# Verify connection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/check/

import { PublicStats } from "~/components";

After setting up `1.1.1.1`, you can check if you are correctly connected to Cloudflare's resolver.

1. Open a web browser on a configured device (smartphone or computer) or on a device connected to your configured router.
2. Enter [https://1.1.1.1/help](https://one.one.one.one/help) on the browser address bar.

Wait for the page to load and run its tests. The page will present you a summary of the type of connection you have to `1.1.1.1`, as well as the Cloudflare data center you are connected to.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to explore more resources.

## What is 1.1.1.1?

1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare's fast and secure DNS resolver. When you request to visit an application like `cloudflare.com`, your computer needs to know which server to connect you to so that it can load the application. Computers don’t know how to do this name to address translation, so they ask a specialized server to do it for them.

This specialized server is called a DNS recursive resolver. The resolver’s job is to find the address for a given name, like `2400:cb00:2048:1::c629:d7a2` for `cloudflare.com`, and return it to the computer that asked for it.

Computers are configured to talk to specific DNS resolvers, identified by IP address. Usually the configuration is managed by your ISP (like Comcast or AT\&T) if you are on your home or wireless Internet, and by your network administrator if you’re connected to the office Internet. You can also change the configured DNS resolver your computer talks to yourself.


## How can I check if my computer / smartphone / tablet is connected to 1.1.1.1?


Visit [1.1.1.1/help](https://one.one.one.one/help) to make sure your system is connected to 1.1.1.1 and that it is working.


## What do DNS resolvers do?

DNS resolvers are like address books for the Internet. They translate the name of places to addresses so that your browser can figure out how to get there. DNS resolvers do this by working backwards from the top until they find the website your are looking for.

Every resolver knows how to find the invisible `.` at the end of domain names (for example, `cloudflare.com.`). There are [hundreds of root servers](http://www.root-servers.org/) all over the world that host the `.` file, and resolvers are [hard coded to know the IP addresses](http://www.internic.net/domain/named.root) of those servers. Cloudflare itself hosts [that file](http://www.internic.net/domain/root.zone) on all of its servers around the world through a [partnership with ISC](https://blog.cloudflare.com/f-root/).

The resolver asks one of the root servers where to find the next link in the chain — the top-level domain (abbreviated to TLD) or domain ending. An example of a TLD is `.com` or `.org`. Luckily, the root servers store the locations of all the TLD servers, so they can return which IP address the DNS resolver should go ask next.

The resolver then asks the TLD’s servers where it can find the domain it is looking for. For example, a resolver might ask `.com` where to find `cloudflare.com`. TLDs host a file containing the location of every domain using the TLD.

Once the resolver has the final IP address, it returns the answer to the computer that asked.

This whole system is called the [Domain Name System (DNS)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/). This system includes the servers that host the information (called [authoritative DNS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-server-types/)) and the servers that seek the information (the DNS resolvers).

## Does 1.1.1.1 support ANY?

Cloudflare [stopped supporting the ANY query](https://blog.cloudflare.com/deprecating-dns-any-meta-query-type/) in 2015 as ANY queries are more often used to perpetuate large volumetric attacks against the DNS system than valid use. 1.1.1.1 returns `NOTIMPL` when asked for `qtype==ANY`.


## How does 1.1.1.1 work with DNSSEC?

1.1.1.1 is a DNSSEC validating resolver. 1.1.1.1 sends the `DO` (`DNSSEC OK`) bit on every query to convey to the authoritative server that it wishes to receive signed answers if available. 1.1.1.1 supports the signature algorithms specified in [Supported DNSKEY signature algorithms](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dnskey/).


## ​Does 1.1.1.1 send EDNS Client Subnet header?

1.1.1.1 is a privacy centric resolver so it does not send any client IP information and does not send the <GlossaryTooltip term="EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)">EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)</GlossaryTooltip> header to authoritative servers. The exception is the single Akamai debug domain `whoami.ds.akahelp.net` to aid in cross-provider debugging. However, Cloudflare does not send ECS to any of Akamai's production domains, such as `akamaihd.net` or similar.


## Does 1.1.1.1 support IPv6?

1.1.1.1 has full IPv6 support.


## What is Purge Cache?


1.1.1.1's Purge Cache tool allows you to refresh 1.1.1.1's DNS cache for domain names. To refresh the cache for a domain name, visit the [Purge Cache page](https://one.one.one.one/purge-cache/).


## What is query name minimization?

Cloudflare minimizes privacy leakage by only sending minimal query name to authoritative DNS servers. For example, if a client is looking for foo.bar.example.com, the only part of the query 1.1.1.1 discloses to .com is that we want to know who’s responsible for example.com and the zone internals stay hidden.


## What are root hints?

For decreased latency, reduced privacy leakage of queries and lower load on the DNS system, 1.1.1.1 upstreams to [locally hosted root zone files](https://blog.cloudflare.com/f-root/).

## Can IPs used by 1.1.1.1 be allowlisted?

Authoritative DNS providers may want to allowlist IP's 1.1.1.1 uses to query upstream DNS providers. The comprehensive list of IP's to allowlist is available at [https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

---

# 1.1.1.1 (DNS Resolver)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Speed up your online experience with Cloudflare's public DNS resolver.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare’s public DNS resolver. It offers a fast and private way to browse the Internet. [DNS resolvers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/) translate domains like `cloudflare.com` into the IP addresses necessary to reach the website (like `104.16.123.96`).

Unlike most DNS resolvers, 1.1.1.1 does not sell user data to advertisers. 1.1.1.1 has also been measured to be the [fastest DNS resolver available](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-resolvers) — it is deployed in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), and has access to the addresses of millions of domain names on the same servers it runs on.

1.1.1.1 is completely free. Setting it up takes minutes and requires no special software.

***

## Features

<Feature header="1.1.1.1 for Families" href="/1.1.1.1/setup/#1111-for-families">
1.1.1.1 for Families has additional protection against malware and adult content.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Encrypted service" href="/1.1.1.1/encryption/">
1.1.1.1 offers an encrypted service through DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT) for increased security and privacy. You can also access 1.1.1.1 [as a Tor hidden service](/1.1.1.1/other-ways-to-use-1.1.1.1/dns-over-tor/).
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="WARP Client" href="/warp-client/" product="warp-client">
Access the Internet in a more secure and private way.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
Cloudflare's global DNS platform provides speed and resilience. DNS customers also benefit from free DNSSEC, and protection against route leaks and hijacking.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Spectrum" href="/spectrum/" product="spectrum">
Secure and accelerate your TCP or UDP based applications.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# IP addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/ip-addresses/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Consider the tables below to know which IPv4 or IPv6 addresses are used by the different Cloudflare DNS resolver offerings.

For detailed guidance refer to [Set up](/1.1.1.1/setup/).

***

## 1.1.1.1

1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare’s public DNS resolver. It offers a fast and private way to browse the Internet.

| IPv4                     | IPv6                                               |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `1.1.1.1` <br/>`1.0.0.1` | `2606:4700:4700::1111` <br/>`2606:4700:4700::1001` |

Refer to [Encryption](/1.1.1.1/encryption/) to learn how to use 1.1.1.1 in an encrypted way.

***

## 1.1.1.1 for Families

1.1.1.1 for Families categorizes destinations on the Internet based on the potential threat they pose regarding malware, phishing, or other types of security risks.

For more information, refer to [1.1.1.1 for Families set up](/1.1.1.1/setup/#1111-for-families).

### Block malware

| IPv4                     | IPv6                                               |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `1.1.1.2` <br/>`1.0.0.2` | `2606:4700:4700::1112` <br/>`2606:4700:4700::1002` |

### Block malware and adult content

| IPv4                     | IPv6                                               |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `1.1.1.3` <br/>`1.0.0.3` | `2606:4700:4700::1113` <br/>`2606:4700:4700::1003` |

---

# Terms of use

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/terms-of-use/

By using 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver or 1.1.1.1 for Families, you consent to be bound by the [Cloudflare Website and Online Services Terms of Use](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/troubleshooting/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This guide will help you diagnose and resolve common issues with Cloudflare's DNS Resolver. Before proceeding with manual troubleshooting steps, you can [verify your connection](/1.1.1.1/check/) to automatically gather relevant information.

## Name resolution issues

### Linux/macOS

```sh
# Test DNS resolution
dig example.com @1.1.1.1
dig example.com @1.0.0.1
dig example.com @8.8.8.8

# Check connected nameserver
dig +short CHAOS TXT id.server @1.1.1.1
dig +short CHAOS TXT id.server @1.0.0.1

# Optional: Network information
dig @ns3.cloudflare.com whoami.cloudflare.com txt +short
```

### Windows

```sh
# Test DNS resolution
nslookup example.com 1.1.1.1
nslookup example.com 1.0.0.1
nslookup example.com 8.8.8.8

# Check connected nameserver
nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.1.1.1
nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.0.0.1

# Optional: Network information
nslookup -type=txt whoami.cloudflare.com ns3.cloudflare.com
```

**Note:** The network information command reveals your IP address. Only include this in reports to Cloudflare if you are comfortable sharing this information.

For additional analysis, you can generate a [DNSViz](http://dnsviz.net/) report for the domain in question.

## Connectivity and routing issues

Before reporting connectivity issues:

1. Search for existing reports from your country and ISP.
2. Run traceroutes to both Cloudflare DNS resolvers.

### Linux/macOS

```sh
# Basic connectivity tests
traceroute 1.1.1.1
traceroute 1.0.0.1

# If reachable, check nameserver identity
dig +short CHAOS TXT id.server @1.1.1.1
dig +short CHAOS TXT id.server @1.0.0.1

# TCP connection tests
dig +tcp @1.1.1.1 id.server CH TXT
dig +tcp @1.0.0.1 id.server CH TXT
```

### Windows

```sh
# Basic connectivity tests
tracert 1.1.1.1
tracert 1.0.0.1

# If reachable, check nameserver identity
nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.1.1.1
nslookup -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.0.0.1

# TCP connection tests
nslookup -vc -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.1.1.1
nslookup -vc -class=chaos -type=txt id.server 1.0.0.1
```

## DNS-over-TLS (DoT) troubleshooting

### Linux/macOS

```sh
# Test TLS connectivity
openssl s_client -connect 1.1.1.1:853
openssl s_client -connect 1.0.0.1:853

# Test DNS resolution over TLS
kdig +tls @1.1.1.1 id.server CH TXT
kdig +tls @1.0.0.1 id.server CH TXT
```

### Windows

Windows does not include a standalone DoT client. You can test TLS connectivity using OpenSSL after installing it manually.

## DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) troubleshooting

### Linux/macOS

```sh
curl -H 'accept: application/dns-json' 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=cloudflare.com&type=AAAA'
```

### Windows

```powershell
(Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=cloudflare.com&type=AAAA').RawContent
```

## Common issues

### First hop failures

If your traceroute fails at the first hop, the issue is likely hardware-related. Your router may have a hardcoded route for 1.1.1.1. When reporting this issue, include:

- Router make and model
- ISP name
- Any relevant router configuration details

## Additional resources

- [1.1.1.1 DNS Resolver homepage](https://1.1.1.1)
- [DNS over TLS documentation](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-tls/)
- [Diagnostic tool](https://one.one.one.one/help/)

---

# Cloudflare Aegis

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/

import { CardGrid, Description, GlossaryTooltip, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Leverage dedicated IPs to improve your origin security and implement Zero Trust.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Cloudflare Aegis provides dedicated egress IPs (from Cloudflare to your origin) for your layer 7 [WAF](/waf/) and <GlossaryTooltip term="content delivery network (CDN)">CDN</GlossaryTooltip> services, as well as [Spectrum](/spectrum/). The egress IPs are reserved exclusively for your account so that you can increase your origin security by only allowing traffic from a small list of IP addresses.

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Access" href="/cloudflare-one/policies/access/" product="cloudflare-one">
Cloudflare Access determines who can reach your application by applying the Access policies you configure.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Tunnel" href="/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/" product="cloudflare-one">
Cloudflare Tunnel provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Authenticated Origin Pulls" href="/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/" product="ssl">
Authenticated Origin Pulls gives you the ability to perform mutual TLS between Cloudflare and your origin environment, providing cryptographically verifiable proof of the source of the traffic you receive.
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Introductory blog post" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-aegis/" icon="open-book">

Deep dive into use cases where Aegis can help secure enterprise origins.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Multi-Vendor Architecture" href="/reference-architecture/architectures/multi-vendor/#connectivity-options" icon="document">

Reference Architecture for multi-vendor application security and performance.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Build agents on Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	LinkButton,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";

Build AI-powered agents that can autonomously perform tasks, persist state, browse the web, and communicate back to users in real-time over any channel.

- **Non I/O bound pricing:** don't pay for long-running processes when your code is not executing. Cloudflare Workers is designed to scale down and [only charge you for CPU time](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-pricing-scale-to-zero/), as opposed to wall-clock time.
- **Designed for durable execution:** [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) and [Workflows](/workflows) are built for a programming model that enables guaranteed execution for async tasks like long-running deep thinking LLM calls, human-in-the-loop, or unreliable API calls.
- **Scalable, and reliable, without compromising on performance:** by running on Cloudflare's network, agents can execute tasks close to the user without introducing latency for real-time experiences.

## Start building

<Tabs syncKey="agents-products">
<TabItem label="Workflows">

Build agents that can execute complex tasks, progressively save state, and call out to _any_ third party API they need to using [Workflows](/workflows/). Send emails or [text messages](/workflows/examples/twilio/), [browse the web](/browser-rendering/), process and summarize documents, and/or query your database.

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest workflows-starter -- --template "cloudflare/workflows-starter"
cd workflows-starter
npm i resend
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';
import { Resend } from 'resend';

type Env = {
  MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
  RESEND_API_KEY: string;
};

type Params = {
  email: string;
  metadata: Record<string, string>;
};

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {

    const files = await step.do('my first step', async () => {
      // Fetch a list of files from $SOME_SERVICE
      return {
        files: [
          'doc_7392_rev3.pdf',
          'report_x29_final.pdf',
          'memo_2024_05_12.pdf',
          'file_089_update.pdf',
          'proj_alpha_v2.pdf',
          'data_analysis_q2.pdf',
          'notes_meeting_52.pdf',
          'summary_fy24_draft.pdf',
        ],
      };
    });

    const summaries = await step.do('summarize text', async () => {
      const results = {};
      for (const filename of files.files) {
        const fileContent = await this.env.MY_BUCKET.get(filename);
        if (!fileContent) continue;

        const text = await fileContent.text();
        const summary = await this.env.WORKERS_AI.run('@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct', {
          messages: [{
            role: 'user',
            content: `Please summarize the following text concisely: ${text}`
          }]
        });
        results[filename] = summary.response;
      }
      return results;
    });

    await step.sleep('wait on something', '1 minute');

    let summaryKey = await step.do(
      'store summaries in R2',
      async () => {
        const summaryKey = `summaries-${Date.now()}.json`;
        await this.env.MY_BUCKET.put(summaryKey, JSON.stringify(summaries));
        return summaryKey;
      },
    );

    await step.do(
      'email summaries',
      {
        retries: {
          limit: 3,
          delay: '5 second',
          backoff: 'exponential',
        }
      },
      async () => {
        const summaryText = Object.entries(summaries)
          .map(([filename, summary]) => `${filename}:\n${summary}\n\n`)
          .join('');

        const resend = new Resend(this.env.RESEND_API_KEY);

        await resend.emails.send({
          from: 'notifications@yourdomain.com',
          to: event.payload.email,
          subject: 'Your Document Summaries',
          text: summaryText,
        });
      }
    );

    return summaryKey;
  }
}

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    let id = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get('instanceId');

    if (id) {
      let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id);
      return Response.json({
        status: await instance.status(),
      });
    }

    let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create();
    return Response.json({
      id: instance.id,
      details: await instance.status(),
    });
  },
};
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Durable Objects">

Use [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) — stateful, serverless, long-running micro-servers — to ship interactive, real-time agents that can connect to the latest AI models.

Stream responses over [WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/), and don't time out while waiting for the latest chain-of-thought models — including `o1` or `deepseek-r1` — to respond.

```ts
npm i openai
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  DURABLE_AGENT: DurableObjectNamespace<DurableAgent>;
  OPENAI_API_KEY: string;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
    if (request.url.endsWith("/agent/chat")) {
      const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get("Upgrade");
      if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== "websocket") {
        return Response.json(
          { error: "Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket" },
          { status: 426 }
        );
      }

      const url = new URL(request.url);
      const agentId = url.searchParams.get("id") || (await crypto.randomUUID());

      let id = env.DURABLE_AGENT.idFromName(agentId);
      let agent = env.DURABLE_AGENT.get(id);

      return agent.fetch(request);
    }

    return Response.json({ message: "Bad Request" }, { status: 400 });
  },
};

export class DurableAgent extends DurableObject {
  constructor(private state: DurableObjectState, private env: Env) {
    super();
  }

  async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
    const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
    const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

    this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 101,
      webSocket: client,
    });
  }

  async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, message: ArrayBuffer | string) {
    try {
      const openai = new OpenAI({
        apiKey: this.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
        timeout: 10 * 60 * 1000, // Don't let it think TOO long.
      });

      // Stream the response to immediately start sending chunks to the client,
      // rather than buffering the entire response and making the user wait
      const stream = await openai.chat.completions.create({
        model: "o1",
        messages: [{ role: "user", content: message.toString() }],
        stream: true,
      });

      for await (const chunk of stream) {
        const content = chunk.choices[0]?.delta?.content;
        if (content) {
          ws.send(content);
        }
      }
    } catch (error) {
      ws.send(
        JSON.stringify({
          error: "OpenAI request failed",
          message: error.message,
        })
      );
    }
  }

  async webSocketClose(ws: WebSocket, code: number, reason: string, wasClean: boolean) {
    ws.close(code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Browser Rendering">

Use the [Browser Rendering API](/browser-rendering/) to allow your agents to search the web, take screenshots, and directly interact with websites.

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

interface Env {
  MYBROWSER: Fetcher;
  BROWSER_KV_DEMO: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
    const url = searchParams.get("url");

    if (!url) {
      return new Response("Please add an ?url=https://example.com/ parameter");
    }

    const normalizedUrl = new URL(url).toString();
    let img = await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.get(normalizedUrl, { type: "arrayBuffer" });

    if (img === null) {
      const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
      const page = await browser.newPage();
      await page.goto(normalizedUrl);
      img = await page.screenshot() as Buffer;

      await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.put(normalizedUrl, img, {
        expirationTtl: 60 * 60 * 24, // 24 hours
      });

      await browser.close();
    }

    return new Response(img, {
      headers: {
        "content-type": "image/jpeg",
      },
    });
  },
};
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="AI Gateway">

Use [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/) to cache, log, retry and run [evals](/ai-gateway/evaluations/) (evaluations) for your agents, no matter where they're deployed.

```py collapse={30-1000}
from anthropic import Anthropic

anthropic = Anthropic(
    api_key="<your_anthropic_api_key>",
    # Route, cache, fallback and log prompt-response pairs between your app
    # and your AI model provider.
    base_url="https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/anthropic"
)

message = anthropic.messages.create(
    model="claude-3-opus-20240229",
    max_tokens=1000,
    messages=[{
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Generate a Cloudflare Worker that returns a simple JSON payload based on a query param",
    }]
)

print(message.content)
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Use your favorite AI framework

Build agents using your favorite AI frameworks, and deploy it directly to [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

<Tabs syncKey="agents-frameworks">
<TabItem label="LangChain">

Use [LangChain](https://js.langchain.com/docs/integrations/text_embedding/cloudflare_ai/) to build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) and [Vectorize](/vectorize/).

Give your agents more context and the ability to search across content, reply to user queries, and expand their domain knowledge.

```sh
npm i @langchain/cloudflare hono
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import {
  CloudflareVectorizeStore,
  CloudflareWorkersAIEmbeddings
} from "@langchain/cloudflare";
import { VectorizeIndex } from "@cloudflare/workers-types";
import { Ai } from "@cloudflare/ai";
import { Hono } from "hono";

export interface Env {
  VECTORIZE_INDEX: VectorizeIndex;
  AI: Ai;
}

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Env }>();

app.get("/", async (c) => {
  const embeddings = new CloudflareWorkersAIEmbeddings({
    binding: c.env.AI,
    model: "@cf/baai/bge-small-en-v1.5",
  });

  const store = new CloudflareVectorizeStore(embeddings, {
    index: c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX,
  });

  const results = await store.similaritySearch("hello", 5);
  return c.json(results);
});

app.post("/load", async (c) => {
  const embeddings = new CloudflareWorkersAIEmbeddings({
    binding: c.env.AI,
    model: "@cf/baai/bge-small-en-v1.5",
  });

  const store = new CloudflareVectorizeStore(embeddings, {
    index: c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX,
  });

  const documents = [
    { pageContent: "hello", metadata: {} },
    { pageContent: "world", metadata: {} },
    { pageContent: "hi", metadata: {} }
  ];

  await store.addDocuments(documents, {
    ids: ["id1", "id2", "id3"]
  });

  return c.json({ success: true });
});

app.delete("/clear", async (c) => {
  const embeddings = new CloudflareWorkersAIEmbeddings({
    binding: c.env.AI,
    model: "@cf/baai/bge-small-en-v1.5",
  });

  const store = new CloudflareVectorizeStore(embeddings, {
    index: c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX,
  });

  await store.delete({ ids: ["id1", "id2", "id3"] });
  return c.json({ success: true });
});

export default app;
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="AI SDK">

Ship faster with the [AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs/introduction): make it easier to generate text, tool call and/or get structured output from your AI models (and then deploy it [Workers](/workers/).

```sh
npm i ai workers-ai-provider
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import { createWorkersAI } from 'workers-ai-provider';
import { streamText } from 'ai';

type Env = {
  AI: Ai;
};

export default {
  async fetch(_: Request, env: Env) {
    const workersai = createWorkersAI({ binding: env.AI });
    const result = streamText({
      model: workersai('@cf/meta/llama-3.2-3b-instruct'),
      prompt: 'Write short essay on why you like Cloudflare Durable Objects.',
    });

    return result.toTextStreamResponse({
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/x-unknown',
        'content-encoding': 'identity',
        'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
      },
    });
  },
};
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="OpenAI SDK">

Use any model provider with OpenAI compatible endpoints, including [ChatGPT](https://platform.openai.com/docs/quickstart), [DeepSeek](https://api-docs.deepseek.com/) and [Workers AI](/workers-ai/configuration/open-ai-compatibility/), directly from Cloudflare Workers.

```sh
npm i openai
```

```ts collapse={30-1000}
import OpenAI from "openai";

export interface Env {
  OPENAI_API_KEY: string;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env) {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    const prompt = url.searchParams.get('prompt') || "Make some robot noises";

    const openai = new OpenAI({
      apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY
    });

    const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
      messages: [{ role: "user", content: prompt }],
      model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
    });

    const embeddings = await openai.embeddings.create({
      model: "text-embedding-ada-002",
      input: "Cloudflare Agents documentation",
    });

    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ chatCompletion, embeddings }));
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

***

## All the products you need in one platform

<RelatedProduct header="AI Gateway" href="/ai-gateway/" product="ai-gateway">

Observe and control your AI applications with caching, rate limiting, request retries, model fallback, and more.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Vectorize" href="/vectorize/" product="vectorize">

Build full-stack AI applications with Vectorize, Cloudflare’s vector database. Adding Vectorize enables you to perform tasks such as semantic search, recommendations, anomaly detection or can be used to provide context and memory to an LLM.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workers AI" href="/workers-ai/" product="workers-ai">

Run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare's global network.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Calls" href="/calls/" product="calls">

Build real-time serverless video, audio and data applications with WebRTC running on Cloudflare's network.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workflows" href="/workflows/" product="workflows">

Build stateful agents that guarantee executions, including automatic retries, persistent state that runs for minutes, hours, days, or weeks.

</RelatedProduct>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/ai-gateway.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/demos/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components";

Learn how you can use AI Gateway within your existing architecture.

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use AI Gateway:

<ResourcesBySelector
	types={[
		"reference-architecture",
		"design-guide",
		"reference-architecture-diagram",
	]}
	products={["AI Gateway"]}
/>

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/get-started/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, LinkButton, Render } from "~/components";

In this guide, you will learn how to create your first AI Gateway. You can create multiple gateways to control different applications.

## Prerequisites

Before you get started, you need a Cloudflare account.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up">
	Sign up
</LinkButton>

## Create gateway

Then, create a new AI Gateway.

<Render file="create-gateway" />

## Choosing gateway authentication

When setting up a new gateway, you can choose between an authenticated and unauthenticated gateway. Enabling an authenticated gateway requires each request to include a valid authorization token, adding an extra layer of security. We recommend using an authenticated gateway when storing logs to prevent unauthorized access and protect against invalid requests that can inflate log storage usage and make it harder to find the data you need. Learn more about setting up an [Authenticated Gateway](/ai-gateway/configuration/authentication/).

## Connect application

Next, connect your AI provider to your gateway.

AI Gateway offers multiple endpoints for each Gateway you create - one endpoint per provider, and one Universal Endpoint. To use AI Gateway, you will need to create your own account with each  provider and provide your API key. AI Gateway acts as a proxy for these requests, enabling observability, caching, and more.

Additionally, AI Gateway has a [WebSockets API](/ai-gateway/configuration/websockets-api/) which provides a single persistent connection, enabling continuous communication. This API supports all AI providers connected to AI Gateway, including those that do not natively support WebSockets.

Below is a list of our supported model providers:

<DirectoryListing folder="ai-gateway/providers" />

If you do not have a provider preference, start with one of our dedicated tutorials:

- [OpenAI](/ai-gateway/integrations/aig-workers-ai-binding/)
- [Workers AI](/ai-gateway/tutorials/create-first-aig-workers/)

## View analytics

Now that your provider is connected to the AI Gateway, you can view analytics for requests going through your gateway.

<Render file="analytics-overview" /> <br />

<Render file="analytics-dashboard" />

:::note[Note]

The cost metric is an estimation based on the number of tokens sent and received in requests. While this metric can help you monitor and predict cost trends, refer to your provider’s dashboard for the most accurate cost details.

:::

## Next steps

- Learn more about [caching](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/) for faster requests and cost savings and [rate limiting](/ai-gateway/configuration/rate-limiting/) to control how your application scales.
- Explore how to specify model or provider [fallbacks](/ai-gateway/configuration/fallbacks/) for resiliency.
- Learn how to use low-cost, open source models on [Workers AI](/ai-gateway/providers/workersai/) - our AI inference service.

---

# Header Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components";

AI Gateway supports a variety of headers to help you configure, customize, and manage your API requests. This page provides a complete list of all supported headers, along with a short description

<Glossary product="ai-gateway" />

## Configuration hierarchy

Settings in AI Gateway can be configured at three levels: **Provider**, **Request**, and **Gateway**. Since the same settings can be configured in multiple locations, the following hierarchy determines which value is applied:

1. **Provider-level headers**:
   Relevant only when using the [Universal Endpoint](/ai-gateway/providers/universal/), these headers take precedence over all other configurations.
2. **Request-level headers**:
   Apply if no provider-level headers are set.
3. **Gateway-level settings**:
   Act as the default if no headers are set at the provider or request levels.

This hierarchy ensures consistent behavior, prioritizing the most specific configurations. Use provider-level and request-level headers for more fine-tuned control, and gateway settings for general defaults.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Observe and control your AI applications.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare's AI Gateway allows you to gain visibility and control over your AI apps. By connecting your apps to AI Gateway, you can gather insights on how people are using your application with analytics and logging and then control how your application scales with features such as caching, rate limiting, as well as request retries, model fallback, and more. Better yet - it only takes one line of code to get started.

Check out the [Get started guide](/ai-gateway/get-started/) to learn how to configure your applications with AI Gateway.

## Features

<Feature header="Analytics" href="/ai-gateway/observability/analytics/" cta="View Analytics">

View metrics such as the number of requests, tokens, and the cost it takes to run your application.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Logging" href="/ai-gateway/observability/analytics/#logging" cta="View Logging">

Gain insight on requests and errors.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Caching" href="/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/">

Serve requests directly from Cloudflare's cache instead of the original model provider for faster requests and cost savings.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Rate limiting" href="/ai-gateway/configuration/rate-limiting">

Control how your application scales by limiting the number of requests your application receives.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Request retry and fallback" href="/ai-gateway/configuration/fallbacks/">

Improve resilience by defining request retry and model fallbacks in case of an error.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Your favorite providers" href="/ai-gateway/providers/">

Workers AI, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, HuggingFace, Replicate, and more work with AI Gateway.

</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers AI" href="/workers-ai/" product="workers-ai">

Run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare’s global network.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Vectorize" href="/vectorize/" product="vectorize">

Build full-stack AI applications with Vectorize, Cloudflare’s vector database. Adding Vectorize enables you to perform tasks such as semantic search, recommendations, anomaly detection or can be used to provide context and memory to an LLM.

</RelatedProduct>

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Developer Discord"
	href="https://discord.cloudflare.com"
	icon="discord"
>
	Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you
	are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Use cases" href="/use-cases/ai/" icon="document">
	Learn how you can build and deploy ambitious AI applications to Cloudflare's
	global network.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="@CloudflareDev"
	href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev"
	icon="x.com"
>
	Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and
	what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Types of analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/types-of-analytics/

import { Badge } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Analytics is a comprehensive product that encompasses all metadata generated by the Cloudflare network. You can access these insights through the Cloudflare dashboard. Depending on where in the dashboard you are, it will show you different aspects from the collected metadata.

## Account-level analytics

### Account Analytics (beta)

Available under **Analytics & Logs** in your Cloudflare dashboard when you log in, Account Analytics (beta) shows you an [overview of traffic for all domains](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/account-analytics/) under your Cloudflare account, such as requests and bandwidth by country, information related to security, cache, and errors, among others. To access Account Analytics, [log in to the Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), select the appropriate account, and go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Account Analytics**.

### Network Analytics

Network Analytics provides [visibility into network and transport-layer traffic patterns, and DDoS attacks](/analytics/network-analytics/).

The Network Analytics dashboard is only available for customers with an Enterprise domain plan who use [Spectrum](/spectrum/), [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), or [Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)](/byoip/).

### Web Analytics

Web Analytics (formerly known as Browser Insights) [provides free, privacy-first analytics for your website](/web-analytics/). Web Analytics does not collect your visitor's personal data, and allows you to have a detailed view into the performance of web pages as experienced by your visitors.

### Carbon Impact Report

Carbon Impact Report gives you a [report on carbon savings](https://blog.cloudflare.com/understand-and-reduce-your-carbon-impact-with-cloudflare/) from using Cloudflare services versus Internet averages for your usage volume.

Cloudflare is committed to use 100% renewable energy sources, but also to [remove all greenhouse gases emitted](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-committed-to-building-a-greener-internet/) as a result of powering our network since 2010.

## Analytics related to specific properties

Access aggregated traffic, security, and performance metrics for each domain proxied through Cloudflare. To access these analytics, [log in to the Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), select your account and domain, and go to the **Analytics & Logs** section.

Data available under the **Analytics & Logs** section includes:

* **HTTP Traffic** - Requests, Data transfer, Page views, Visits, and [API requests](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/#api-requests).
* **Security** - Total Threats, Top Crawlers/Bots, Rate Limiting, Total Threats Stopped.
* **Performance** - Origin Performance, Bandwidth Saved.
* **Edge Reachability** - [Last mile insights](/network-error-logging/) for Enterprise customers.
* **Workers** - [Detailed information](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/) related to your Workers per zone, and Workers KV per account.
* **Logs** - [Detailed logs](/logs/) of the metadata generated by Cloudflare products for Enterprise customers.
* **Instant logs** - [Live stream of traffic](/logs/instant-logs/) for your domain. Enterprise customers can access this live stream from the Cloudflare dashboard or from a command-line interface (CLI).

## Product analytics

Beyond the analytics provided for your properties, you can also access analytics related to specific products:

* [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/) - Shows which requests are associated with known bots, likely automated traffic, likely human traffic, and more.
* [Cache Analytics](/cache/performance-review/cache-analytics/) - Insights to that help determine if resources are missing from cache, expired, or ineligible for caching.
* [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) - Highlights attack and mitigation metrics detected by the Cloudflare WAF and HTTP DDoS protection systems.
* [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) - Displays information about all incoming HTTP requests, including those not affected by security measures (for example, from the WAF and DDoS protection systems).
* [Load Balancing Analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) - Features metrics to help gain insights into traffic load balancer steering decisions.

## GraphQL APIs

If you would like to have more control over how you visualize the analytic and log information available on the Cloudflare dashboard, use the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) to build customized views. This API replaces and expands on the previous Zone Analytics API.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/

import { Feature, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

Cloudflare visualizes the metadata collected by our products in the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to [Types of analytics](/analytics/types-of-analytics/) for more information about the various types of analytics and where they exist in the dashboard.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Workers Analytics Engine" href="/analytics/analytics-engine/">
Send unlimited-cardinality data from your Worker to a time-series database. Query it with SQL. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Account and zone analytics" href="/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/">
Provides details about the requests and traffic related to your Cloudflare accounts and zones. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Cloudflare Network Analytics" href="/analytics/network-analytics/">
Provides near real-time visibility into network and transport-layer traffic patterns and DDoS attacks. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="GraphQL Analytics API" href="/analytics/graphql-api/">
Provides all of your performance, security, and reliability data from one endpoint. Select exactly what you need, from one metric for a domain to multiple metrics aggregated for your account. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">
Cloudflare Workers allows developers to build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Logs" href="/logs/" product="logs">
Detailed logs that contain metadata generated by Cloudflare products helpful for debugging, identifying configuration adjustments, and creating analytics. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# API Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/api-gateway/

API Gateway is a package of features that will do everything for your APIs, including:

- **Security**: Protect your API from malicious traffic with [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/), [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), [mTLS validation](/api-shield/security/mtls/), and more.
- **Management and monitoring**: Streamline API management with [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) and [tools](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/) like analytics, routing, and authentication.
- **Logging, quota management, and more**: All of Cloudflare's [established features](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/), like caching, load balancing, and log integrations work natively with API Gateway.

For more details about API Gateway, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-gateway/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/api-shield.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/frequently-asked-questions/

## Why are my API endpoints not found by API Discovery?

In most cases, this is due to the system not observing enough valid requests over a continuous period.

API Discovery only looks at requests that satisfy all of the following criteria:

1. Requests must return `2XX` response codes from the edge.
2. Requests must not come directly from Cloudflare Workers.
3. At least 500 requests are made to the discovered endpoint within a 10 day period.

Endpoints discovered using session identifiers will be labeled as such in the dashboard. If the endpoints are not discovered through session identifiers, they will be discovered using our machine learning-based [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/).

---

## How does Cloudflare calculate the recommended rate limit for my endpoint?


Cloudflare uses both the volume and frequency of traffic to guide your recommended rate. We calculate the recommended rate value throughout the day, and the new calculation may equal the existing recommendation due to similar traffic profiles existing on your API. When we recalculate, we look at requests that happened in the last 24 hours.

You can view the `P50`/`95`/`99` of your request count for more details under an endpoint’s expanded view.

---

## Will I be able to access an endpoint’s data after I delete it?

No. Cloudflare will stop tracking performance data when you delete an endpoint and its previous data will not be stored. This means that if you save this endpoint again, the metrics will start tracking from the point that you save it.

---

### Why do I not receive threshold recommendations for my discovered API endpoints?

Thresholds can only be recommended for endpoints that receive sufficient levels of traffic that meet the following criteria:

- Only requests with the same criteria as API Discovery are considered.
- If traffic has been erratic or intermittent to this endpoint, the threshold might not show up. Cloudflare needs endpoints to receive sufficient valid traffic in any 24-hour period in the last 7 days or since the initial discovery of the endpoint to make statistically safe threshold suggestions.
- Cloudflare also requires at least 50 distinct sessions to have accessed the endpoint in any 24-hour period in the last 7 days or since the initial discovery of the endpoint. To detect sessions, you must set up [session identifiers](/api-shield/get-started/#session-identifiers).

If you do not receive threshold recommendations for a discovered endpoint, you will see one of the following error codes:

- `404 response`: Cloudflare has not seen sufficient valid traffic for this zone to generate recommendations.
- `551 response`: Cloudflare has successfully generated recommendations at some point in the past, but we have not seen sufficient recent valid traffic to provide up-to-date recommendations.

---

## Does API Shield work for JDCloud customers?

Not currently.

---

## What version of OpenAPI specification do you support?

The importing ([Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/)) and exporting ([Schema Learning](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-schema-learning)) of OpenAPI schemas from our product to customers is done using **OpenAPI v3.0**. Any specifications using patched versions (3.0.x) are compatible as well.

---

## Why am I not seeing latency metrics?

Latency metrics currently are not supported when a Cloudflare Worker is running on the URL, as the requests are not passed directly to your origin.

Some Cloudflare products such as [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/) are built on top of Workers, so the same limitations apply to applications using these products.

---

# Get started with API Shield

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

This guide will help you set up API Shield to identify and address API security best practices.

:::note

Enabling API Shield features will have no impact on your traffic until you choose to move a setting from `log` to `block` mode. 
:::

## Session identifiers

<Render file="session-identifiers" />

### To set up session identifiers

<Render file="set-up-session-identifiers" />

## Upload a schema using Schema Validation (optional)

Schema Validation protects your APIs by ensuring only requests matching your <GlossaryTooltip term="API schema">API schema</GlossaryTooltip> are allowed to communicate with your origin.

While not strictly required, uploading a pre-existing schema will offer the chance to automatically add endpoints to Endpoint Management. If you already have a schema, you can upload it to [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/).

:::note

It is recommended to start with Schema Validation rules set to `log` to review logged requests in **Security** > **Events**. When you are confident that only the correct requests are logged, you should switch the rule to `block`. 
:::

If you do not have a schema to upload, continue reading this guide to learn how to generate a schema with API Shield.

## Enable the Sensitive Data Detection ruleset and accompanying rules

API Shield works with Cloudflare WAF’s [Sensitive Data Detection](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#sensitive-data-detection) ruleset to identify <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">API endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> that return sensitive data such as social security or credit card numbers in their HTTP responses. Monitoring these endpoints can be critical to ensuring sensitive data is returned only when expected.

:::note

A subscription is required for Sensitive Data Detection. Contact your account team if you are not entitled for Sensitive Data Detection. 
:::

You can identify endpoints returning sensitive data by selecting the icon next to the path in a row. Expand the endpoint to see details on which rules were triggered and view more information by exploring events in **Firewall Events**.

## Add your discovered endpoints to Endpoint Management

Cloudflare’s machine learning models have already inspected your existing traffic for the presence of API endpoints. By adding endpoints from API Discovery to Endpoint Management, you can unlock further security, visibility, and management features of the platform. Endpoint Management monitors the health of your API endpoints by saving, updating, and monitoring performance metrics.

:::note

Schema Validation, Schema Learning, JWT Validation, Sequence Analytics, Sequence Mitigation, and rate limit recommendations only run on endpoints saved to Endpoint Management. 
:::

You can save your endpoints directly from [API Discovery](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-from-api-discovery), [Schema Validation](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-from-schema-validation), or [manually](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-manually) by method, path, and host.

This will add the specified endpoints to your list of managed endpoints. You can view your list of saved endpoints in the **Endpoint Management** page.

Cloudflare will aggregate [performance data](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-performance-analysis) and security data on your endpoint once it is saved.

### Allow the system to learn your traffic patterns

Cloudflare will inspect your API traffic and begin to learn its schema over the next 24 hours after adding an endpoint. Depending on how much traffic an individual endpoint sees, our confidence in the resulting schema may differ.

Cloudflare will also use the configured session identifiers to suggest rate limits per endpoint.

For best results, allow at least 24 hours after adding endpoints before proceeding to the following steps.

We recommend proceeding with [additional configurations](/api-shield/get-started/#additional-configuration) if this is your first time setting up API Shield and have added your first API endpoints to Endpoint Management.

## Add rate limits to your most sensitive endpoints

[Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) allow you to define rate limits for requests matching an expression, and choose the action to perform when those rate limits are reached.

You can observe Cloudflare suggested rate limits in Endpoint Management for endpoints using session identifiers. Unlike many security tools, these recommended rate limits are per-endpoint and per-session, not site-wide and not based on IP address. When creating a rule, it will be based on only traffic to that specific endpoint from unique visitors during their session. This feature allows you to be very specific and targeted with your rate limit enforcement, both lowering abusive traffic and false positives due to broadly scoped rules.

## Import a learned schema to Schema Validation

Cloudflare learns schema parameters via traffic inspection for all endpoints stored in Endpoint Management. You can export OpenAPI schemas in OpenAPI v3.0.0 format by hostname.

By importing the learned schema, you can protect API endpoints found via API Discovery that were never previously possible to protect due to not knowing about their presence or schema.

You can import the learned schema of an entire hostname using the [Cloudflare dashboard](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#add-validation-by-applying-a-learned-schema-to-an-entire-hostname). Alternatively, you can [apply learned schemas to individual endpoints](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#add-validation-by-applying-a-learned-schema-to-a-single-endpoint). Before applying the learned schema, Cloudflare suggests exporting the schema to review what will validate your traffic.

## Export a learned schema from Endpoint Management

Learned schemas will always include the listed hostname in the servers section, all endpoints by host, method, and path, and detected path variables. They can also potentially include detected query parameters and their format. You can optionally include API Shield’s rate limit threshold recommendations.

You can export your learned schemas in the [Cloudflare dashboard](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#export-a-schema) or via the [API](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/schemas/methods/list/).

## View and configure Sequence Analytics

[Sequence Analytics](/api-shield/security/sequence-analytics/) surfaces a subset of important API request sequences found in your API traffic over time.

You can observe the top sequences in your API traffic that contain endpoints stored in Endpoint Management. We rank sequences by Correlation Score. High-scoring sequences contain API requests which are likely to occur together in order.

[Sequence Mitigation](/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/) allows you to enforce request patterns for authenticated clients communicating with your API. Use Sequence Analytics to better understand the request sequences used by your API clients.

You should apply all possible API Shield protections (rate limiting suggestions, Schema Validation, JWT Validation, and mTLS) to API endpoints found in high correlation score sequences that make up the critical request flows in your application. You should also check their specific endpoint order with your development team.

For more information, refer to [Detecting API abuse automatically using sequence analysis](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-sequence-analytics) blog post.

## Additional configuration

### Set up JSON Web Tokens (JWT) Validation

Use the Cloudflare API to configure [JSON Web Tokens Validation](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/), which validates the integrity and validity of JWTs sent by clients to your API or web application.

### Set up GraphQL Malicious Query Protection

If your origin uses GraphQL, you may consider setting limits on GraphQL query size and depth.

[GraphQL malicious query protection](/api-shield/security/graphql-protection/configure/) scans your GraphQL traffic for queries that could overload your origin and result in a denial of service. Customers can build rules that limit the query depth and size of incoming GraphQL queries in order to block suspiciously large or complex queries.

For more information, refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-graphql-apis-from-malicious-queries/).

### Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication

If you operate an API that requires or would benefit from an extra layer of protection, you may consider using Mutual TLS (mTLS).

[Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication](/api-shield/security/mtls/) uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider, such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices, to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's API Shield documentation.

<Glossary product="api-shield" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Identify and address your API vulnerabilities. 
</Description>

<Plan type="ent-add-on" />

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

## Why care about API security?

<Render file="why-care" product="api-shield" />

Refer to the [Get started](/api-shield/get-started/) guide to set up API Shield.

## Features

<Feature header="Security features" href="/api-shield/security/">
Secure your APIs using API Shield's security features. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Management, monitoring, and more" href="/api-shield/api-gateway/">
A package of features that will do everything for your APIs. 
</Feature>

## Availability

Cloudflare API Security products are available to Enterprise customers only, though anyone can set up [Mutual TLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/) with a Cloudflare-managed certificate authority.

The full API Shield security suite is available as an Enterprise-only paid add-on, but all customers can access [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) and [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/) functionalities.

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="DDoS Protection" href="/ddos-protection/" product="ddos-protection">
Cloudflare DDoS protection secures websites, applications, and entire networks while ensuring the performance of legitimate traffic is not compromised. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/plans/

Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers without an API Gateway subcription can access [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) and [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), but no other [API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/) features.

To subscribe to API Gateway, upgrade to an Enterprise plan and contact your account team.

Limits to endpoints apply to Endpoint Management and Schema Validation. Refer to the table below for limits based on your zone plan. 

| Plan type | Saved endpoints | Uploaded schemas | Total uploaded schema size | Rule action |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Free** | 100 | 5 | 200 kB | `Block` only |
| **Pro** | 250 | 5 | 500 kB | `Block` only |
| **Business** | 500 | 10 | 2 MB | `Block` only |
| **Enterprise without API Gateway** | 500 | 5 | 5 MB | `Log` or `Block` |
| **Enterprise with API Gateway** | 10,000 | 10+ | 10+ MB | `Log` or `Block` |

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/analytics/

Cloudflare provides analytics to show the performance benefits of Argo Smart Routing.

You can access Argo analytics for your domain in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) at **Analytics** > **Performance**. For information on all analytics in the dashboard, refer to [Analytics](/analytics/).

## How it works

Analytics collects data based on the time-to-first-byte (TTFB) from your origin to the Cloudflare network. TTFB is the delay between when Cloudflare sends a request to your server and when it receives the first byte in response. Argo Smart Routing optimizes your server's network transit time to minimize this delay.

:::note


Detailed performance data within **Origin Performance (Argo)** will only display if Argo has routed at least 500 origin requests within the last 48 hours.


:::

## Types of analytics

The dashboard displays two different views for performance data:

* **Origin Response Time**: A histogram shows response time from your origin to the Cloudflare network. The blue bars show TTFB without Argo, while the orange bars show TTFB where Argo found a Smart Route.

* **Geography**: A map shows the improvement in response time at each Cloudflare data center.

  * A negative value indicates that requests from that location would not have benefited from Argo Smart Routing, so instead would have been routed directly.

---

# Argo for Packets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/argo-for-packets/

Argo for Packets provides IP layer network optimizations to supercharge your Cloudflare network services products like [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/), and [Cloudflare for Offices](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-offices/).

Argo for Packets dynamically chooses the best possible path through Cloudflare's network and looks at every path back from every Cloudflare data center back to your origin, down to the individual network path. Argo compares existing Layer 4 traffic and network analytics across all of these unique paths to determine the fastest, most available path.

Customers with multiple locations will especially benefit from Argo for Packets because it optimizes complex paths on the Internet and makes them just as fast as the other paths.

To begin using Argo for Packets, contact your account manager.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/get-started/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Argo Smart Routing is a one-click solution to speed up your global traffic.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable [Argo Smart Routing](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic) in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Argo Smart Routing**.
3. For **Argo Smart Routing**, switch the toggle to **On**.
4. Provide your billing information.

   - If you do not have a [billing profile](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/), enter your billing information.

   - If you have a billing profile, confirm your billing information.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable or disable Argo Smart Routing with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/argo/subresources/smart_routing/methods/edit/) request with the `value` parameter set to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

You will need to already have a [billing profile](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/) on your account to enable Argo Smart Routing.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

## Billing

If Cloudflare mitigates attacks on your site - whether through DDoS protection, the WAF, or other mechanisms - that traffic will not be included in any charges for Argo Smart Routing.

<Render file="ubb-recommendation" product="fundamentals" />

## Enable Tiered Cache

[Cache](/cache/) works by storing a copy of website content at Cloudflare's data centers. [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) divides these data centers into a hierarchy based on location. This behavior allows Cloudflare to deliver content from data centers closest to your visitor.

Argo Smart Routing and Tiered Cache work together to provide the most efficient connection for visitors to your site. For more information, go to [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/).

---

# Argo Smart Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-smart-routing/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Speed up your global traffic with a single click 
</Description>

<Plan id="traffic.argo.properties.availability.summary" />

Argo Smart Routing detects real-time network issues and routes your web traffic across the most efficient network path, avoiding congestion. This results in faster loading times, increased reliability, and reduced costs. These benefits are most apparent for users farthest from your origin server.

Learn more about the [benefits of Argo Smart Routing](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/argo-smart-routing/).

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="Analytics" href="/argo-smart-routing/analytics/">

Argo Smart Routing includes comprehensive analytics to compare performance improvements with and without Argo enabled.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Tiered Cache" href="/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/" product="cache">
Increase cache hit ratios to reduce requests to your origin server. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="China Network" href="/china-network/" product="china-network">
Improve security and performance within mainland China. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Magic Transit" href="/magic-transit/" product="magic-transit">
Reduce latency and protect from DDoS attacks using the Cloudflare network. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Argo in the dashboard
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Welcome

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/

Take your WordPress site’s performance to the next level with Automatic Platform Optimizations (APO). APO allows Cloudflare to serve your entire WordPress site from its edge network ensuring consistent, fast performance for visitors no matter where they are.

Automatic Platform Optimization is the result of using the power of Cloudflare Workers to intelligently cache dynamic content. By caching dynamic content, Cloudflare can serve the entire website from our edge network to make a site's time to first byte (TTFB) both fast and consistent.

To read more about the benefits of using APO with your site, see [The Benefits of Automatic Platform Optimization blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimizations-starting-with-wordpress/#the-benefits-of-automatic-platform-optimization). You must use the Cloudflare for WordPress plugin to begin using APO.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/bots.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Bots documentation.

<Glossary product="bots" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your domain from bad bots. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

While Cloudflare offers several products that relate to bot traffic, this section reviews our bot-specific products, Bot Fight Mode, Super Bot Fight Mode, and Bot Management for Enterprise.

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

## Which bot solution do I need?

<Render file="which-solution-do-i-need" product="bots" />

## Features

<Feature header="Bot Fight Mode" href="/bots/get-started/free/">
Detect and mitigate bot traffic on your domain. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Super Bot Fight Mode" href="/bots/get-started/pro/">
Identify traffic matching patterns of known bots, challenge or block bots, protect static resources, and view analytics to help you understand bot traffic using Super Bot Fight Mode. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Bot Analytics" href="/bots/bot-analytics/">
Use Bot Analytics to dynamically examine bot traffic. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Firewall variables" href="/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/">
Access several new variables within the Firewall expression builder. 
</Feature>

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="API Shield" href="/api-shield/" product="api-shield">
Identify and address API vulnerabilities using API Shield. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DDoS Protection" href="/ddos-protection/" product="ddos-protection">
Detect and mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks using Cloudflare's Autonomous Edge. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Turnstile" href="/turnstile/" product="turnstile">
Use Cloudflare's smart CAPTCHA alternative to run less intrusive challenges. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="WAF" href="/waf/" product="waf">
Get automatic protection from vulnerabilities and the flexibility to create custom rules. 
</RelatedProduct>

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/radar.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to explore additional resources.

##### Uncaught (in response) TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'fetch')

Make sure that you are passing your Browser binding to the `puppeteer.launch` api and that you have [Workers for Platforms Paid plan](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/pricing/).

##### Will browser rendering bypass Cloudflare's Bot Protection?

Browser rendering requests are always identified as bots by Cloudflare.

If you are trying to **scan** your **own zone**, you can create a [WAF skip rule](/waf/custom-rules/skip/) to bypass the bot protection using a header or a custom user agent.

## Puppeteer

##### Code generation from strings disallowed for this context while using an Xpath selector

Currently it's not possible to use Xpath to select elements since this poses a security risk to Workers.

As an alternative try to use a css selector or `page.evaluate` for example:

```ts
const innerHtml = await page.evaluate(() => {
	return (
		// @ts-ignore this runs on browser context
		new XPathEvaluator()
			.createExpression("/html/body/div/h1")
			// @ts-ignore this runs on browser context
			.evaluate(document, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE).singleNodeValue
			.innerHTML
	);
});
```

:::note

Keep in mind that `page.evaluate` can only return primitive types like strings, numbers, etc.

Returning an `HTMLElement` will not work.

:::

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/troubleshooting/

import { Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

## Bots

## How does Cloudflare detect bots?

Cloudflare uses multiple methods to detect bots, but these vary by plan. For more details, refer to [Plans](/bots/plans).

---

## How do I know what's included in my plan?

To know what's included in your plan, refer to our [Plans](/bots/plans).

---

## How do I set up my bot product?

To learn how to set up your bot product, refer to [Get started](/bots/get-started).

---

## Yandex bot unexpectedly blocked by the WAF managed rule with ID `...f6cbb163`

Yandex updates their bots very frequently, you may see more false positives while these changes are propagated. New and recently updated bots will occasionally be blocked by a Cloudflare WAF managed rule, as the IP list of Yandex bots has not yet synced with Yandex's most recent changes.

**Workarounds:**

- Create an [exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) to temporarily skip the managed rule with ID <RuleID id="2854e3f18ad946049e6d90ccf6cbb163" /> when a request is coming from the **Yandex IP** and the user-agent contains **Yandex.**
- Create a [WAF custom rule with the _Skip_ action](/waf/custom-rules/skip/) to temporarily bypass WAF Managed Rules when a request is coming from the **Yandex IP** and the user-agent contains **Yandex.**

If you are using the legacy WAF managed rules ([now deprecated](/waf/reference/migration-guides/waf-managed-rules-migration/)), disable the WAF managed rule with ID `100203` temporarily.

**Solution:**

Once the new Yandex IP is propagated to our system, the requests will not be blocked anymore and you can remove any workaround you configured. This can take up to 48 hours. If you see any Yandex bots still being blocked after 48 hours with no change to the bot, contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

## How does machine learning work?

Supervised machine learning takes certain variables (X) like gender and age and predicts another variable (Y) like income.

In Bot Management and Super Bot Fight Mode, the X variables are request features, while the Y variable represents the probability of solving a challenge based on X values.

Cloudflare uses data from millions of requests and re-train the system on a periodic basis. You can learn about this data from your own request logs such as Cloudflare Logpull and Logpush as well as the Firewall API.

---

## Why am I seeing a Managed Challenge action for WAF rules?

When you choose to challenge different bot categories with Bot Fight Mode or Super Bot Fight Mode, you will see Security Events with an **Action Taken** of **Managed Challenge**.

You may also see Managed Challenge due to a triggered [WAF custom rule](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#managed-challenge-recommended).

This does not mean that your traffic was blocked. It is the challenge sent to your user to determine whether they are likely human or likely bot.

To understand if the result of the challenge was a success or a failure, you can verify using [Logpush](/logs/about/).

## Does the WAF run before Super Bot Fight Mode?

Yes. WAF rules are executed before Super Bot Fight Mode. If a WAF custom rule performs a [terminating action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) such as _Block_, your Super Bot Fight Mode configuration will not be evaluated.

---

## What is the difference between the threat score and bot management score?

The difference is significant:

- Threat score (_cf.threat_score_) is what Cloudflare uses to determine IP Reputation. It goes from 0 (good) to 100 (bad).
- Bot management score (_cf.bot_management.score_) is what Cloudflare uses in Bot Management to measure if the request is from a human or a script. The scores range from 1 (bot) to 99 (human). Lower scores indicate the request came from a script, API service, or an automated agent. Higher scores indicate that the request came from a human using a standard desktop or mobile web browser.

These fields are available via [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and other products based on the Ruleset Engine.

---

## What is cf.bot_management.verified_bot?

A request's _cf.bot_management.verified_bot_ value is a boolean indicating whether such request comes from a Cloudflare allowed bot.

Cloudflare has built an allowlist of good, automated bots, e.g. Google Search Engine, Pingdom, and more.

This allowlist is large based on reverse DNS verification, meaning that the IPs we allow really match the requesting service. In addition to this, Cloudflare uses multiple validation methods including ASN blocks and public lists. If none of these validation types are available for a customer, we use internal Cloudflare data and machine learning to identify legitimate IP addresses from good bots.

To allow traffic from good bots, use the [Verified Bot](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.verified_bot/) field in your WAF custom rule.

---

## Why might the ja3hash be empty in HTTP logs?

The JA3 Fingerprint can be null or empty in some cases. The most common case is for HTTP requests, because JA3 is calculated in TLS, but can also be empty due to the following:

- Orange to Orange zones (Cloudflare Zone proxied to another Cloudflare Zone).

- Worker sending requests within the same zone or to a zone that is not proxied (or a 3rd party).

---

## I run a good bot and want for it to be added to the allowlist (cf.bot_management.verified_bot). What should I do?

Cloudflare maintains a sample list of verified bots in [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/verified-bots).

As a bot operator, in order to be listed by Cloudflare as a Verified Bot, your bot must conform with our [verified bot public policy](/bots/reference/verified-bots-policy/). If your bot meets this criteria, submit this [online application](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqYNuULEypMnp4i5pROSc-uP6x65Xub9svD27mb8JChA_-XA/viewform?usp=sf_link).

---

## What information do I need to troubleshoot my bot issues?

If you are experiencing errors with your bot solution and need to submit a Support request, include the following information:

:::caution

The following information gathering are required when you are experiencing issues (e.g. false positives) with Enterprise Bot Management only (Enterprise plan).

Because Bot Fight Mode (BFM) and Super Bot Fight Mode (SBFM) are set at a domain level, we often find that disabling these features is the best solution to false positives.

Please follow instructions in the following questions on how to disable BFM and SBFM features. We conduct more thorough investigations for Enterprise Bot Management.
:::

- RayIDs
- IP addresses
- WAF custom rule IDs, rule expression, Challenge solve rates
- Common user-agents among false positives
- Common ASNs among false positives
- Screenshots of strange activity from the WAF, such as a huge spike in challenged traffic on the graph
- Problematic URIs or paths
- Rough description of how your domain is configured.
  - Is one zone Cloudflare for SaaS while the others are not?
  - Is most API traffic sent to a particular URI?
  - How much mobile traffic do you expect?

---

## What should I do if I am getting False positives caused by Bot Fight Mode (BFM) or Super Bot Fight Mode (SBFM)?

:::caution[Important considerations you need to be aware of before turning on BFM or SBFM]

- BFM and SBFM are high security features intended to quickly help customers under active attack stop as many bots as possible. Due to the high security threshold, false positives do sometimes happen.
- BFM has limited control. You cannot bypass or skip BFM using the _Skip_ action in WAF custom rules or using Page Rules. BFM will be disabled if there are any IP Access rules present. If you turned on BFM during an attack, and the attack has subsided, we recommend either disabling the feature using IP Access rules to bypass BFM, or looking at [Bot Management for Enterprise](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/), which gives you the ability to precisely customize your security threshold and create exception rules as needed.
- SBFM can be bypassed with IP Access _Allow_ action rules. You can use the _Skip_ action in [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/skip/) to specify where Super Bot Fight Mode should not run.

:::

**How to disable BFM/SBFM feature?**

If you encounter any issues with BFM/SBFM feature (e.g. false positive), you can disable it under **Security** > **Bots**.

- For **Free** plans, toggle the **Bot Fight Mode** option to **Off**
- For **Pro** plans, click the **Configure Super Bot Fight Mode** link and set each of **Definitely automated** and **Verified bots** features to **Allow**, and toggle the **Static resource protection** and **JavaScript Detections** options to **Off**
- For **Business** and **Enterprise** (with no Bot Management add-on) plans, click the **Configure Super Bot Fight Mode** link and set each of **Definitely automated**, **Likely automated** and **Verified bots** features to **Allow**, and toggle the **Static resource protection** and **JavaScript Detections** options to **Off**

<Render file="flexible-sbfm" />

You cannot bypass or skip Bot Fight Mode using the _Skip_ action in WAF custom rules or using Page Rules. _Skip_, _Bypass_, and _Allow_ actions apply to rules or rulesets running on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). While Super Bot Fight Mode rules are implemented in the Ruleset Engine, Bot Fight Mode checks are not. This is why you can skip Super Bot Fight Mode, but not Bot Fight Mode. If you need to skip Bot Fight Mode, consider using [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/).

Bot Fight Mode can still trigger if you have IP Access rules, but it cannot trigger if an IP Access rule matches the request. For example, the IP Access rule matches the connecting IP.

---

## Super Bot Fight Mode feature (SBFM) is still blocking requests even though the feature is turned off, why?

This is a known issue the Bots team is working to resolve in the near future. In the meantime, there is a workaround to resolve such issue. You will need to run the following API command to check and remove the SBFM ruleset:

1. List the existing Rulesets at the zone level.

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

2. From the output in step 1, find the ruleset ID that is associated with the zone's SBFM configuration. You should be able to see `"kind": "zone"` and `"phase": "http_request_sbfm"` for that ruleset.

3. Use the ruleset ID you found to delete the SBFM ruleset.

   ```bash
   curl --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

Note that you need to replace `<API_TOKEN>` with your own [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

---

# Browser Rendering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Browser automation for [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

</Description>

<Plan type="workers-paid" />

The Workers Browser Rendering API allows developers to programmatically control and interact with a headless browser instance and create automation flows for their applications and products. Once you configure the service, Workers Browser Rendering gives you access to a WebSocket endpoint that speaks the [DevTools Protocol](https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/). DevTools is what allows Cloudflare to instrument a Chromium instance running in the Cloudflare global network.

Use Browser Rendering to:

- Take screenshots of pages.
- Convert a page to a PDF.
- Test web applications.
- Gather page load performance metrics.
- Crawl web pages for information retrieval.

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Durable Objects" href="/durable-objects/" product="durable-objects">

A globally distributed coordination API with strongly consistent storage.

</RelatedProduct>

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Get started"
	href="/browser-rendering/get-started/"
	icon="open-book"
>
	Deploy your first Browser Rendering project using Wrangler and Cloudflare's
	version of Puppeteer.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Learning Path"
	href="/learning-paths/workers/concepts/"
	icon="pen"
>
	New to Workers? Get started with the Workers Learning Path.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Limits"
	href="/browser-rendering/platform/limits/"
	icon="document"
>
	Learn about Browser Rendering limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Developer Discord"
	href="https://discord.cloudflare.com"
	icon="discord"
>
	Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you
	are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="@CloudflareDev"
	href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev"
	icon="x.com"
>
	Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and
	what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

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<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

To bring your own IPs, you must work with your account team to understand everything you need to ensure a smooth transition during the onboarding process.

:::note
BYOIP is ingress only.
:::

Cloudflare requires a service-specific configuration for your prefixes, as well as some requirements common to all BYOIP customers regardless of service type. These requirements are common to all products compatible with BYOIP, such as [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Spectrum](/spectrum/), and [CDN services](/cache/).

## Prerequisites

There are two major prerequisites before Cloudflare can begin onboarding your IP space.

1. Cloudflare must receive a [Letter of Agency (LOA)](/byoip/concepts/loa/) to announce your prefixes, which we will share with our transit partners as evidence that we are allowed to announce the route.
2. You must verify that your [Internet Routing Registry (IRR)](/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/) records are up to date and contain:
    - `route` or `route6` objects matching the exact prefixes you want to onboard
    - `origin` matching the correct ASN you want to onboard

:::caution[RPKI validation]
You are not required to use <GlossaryTooltip term="Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)">Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI)</GlossaryTooltip>. However, if you do, make sure your <GlossaryTooltip term="Route Origin Authorization (ROA)">ROAs</GlossaryTooltip> are accurate. You can use [Cloudflare's RPKI Portal](https://rpki.cloudflare.com/?view=validator) and a second source such as [Routinator](https://rpki-validator.ripe.net/ui/) to double check your prefixes.
:::

After onboarding, [Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) announcements for customer prefixes can be controlled with the [Dynamic Advertisement](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/) API or via the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Cloudflare IPs

If you are unable to bring your own IP to Cloudflare, you can use an IP address issued by Cloudflare.

Using a Cloudflare IP may be a good option if you:

* Have one or a few IPs allocated from home or business class ISPs.
* Are an online streamer who could be the target of a DoS attack if your IP is leaked.
* Are a business owner with a small number of locations with broadband Internet connections.
* Do not own an IP space with a /24 prefix length.
* Maintain a large number of locations with a combination of connectivity methods.
* Own an IP space with a /24 prefix length but do not advertise prefixes from every location.

To protect your network using a Cloudflare IP address, contact your account manager.

:::note

When you use a Cloudflare-managed IP space, you do not need to provide a Letter of Agency (LOA) and advertise your prefixes that are associated with bringing your own IP.
:::

---

# Cloudflare BYOIP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/

import { LinkButton, Plan } from "~/components";

<Plan type="enterprise" />

With **Bringing Your Own IPs** (BYOIP), Cloudflare announces your IPs in all our locations. Use your IPs with [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Spectrum](/spectrum/), [CDN services](/cache/), or [Gateway DNS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/).

Learn how to [get started](/byoip/get-started/).

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's BYOIP documentation.

<Glossary product="byoip" />

---

# Route Leak Detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/route-leak-detection/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

Route Leak Detection protects your routes on the Internet by notifying you when your traffic is routed somewhere it should not go, which could indicate a possible attack. Route Leak Detection also reduces the amount of time needed to mitigate leaks by providing you with timely notifications.

Cloudflare detects route leaks by using several sources of routing data to create a synthesis of how the Internet sees routes to BYOIP users. Cloudflare then watches these views to track any sudden changes that occur on the Internet. If the changes can be correlated to actions Cloudflare has taken, no further action is required. However, if changes have not been made, Cloudflare notifies you to inform you that your routes and users may be at risk.

## Enable Route Leak Detection

<AvailableNotifications product="Route Leak Detection" />

You must be a user who has brought your own IP address to Cloudflare, which includes Magic Transit, Spectrum, and WAF users. Only prefixes advertised by Cloudflare qualify for Route Leak Detection.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Notifications** > **Add**.
3. Locate **Route Leak Detection** from the list > **Select**.
4. Enter a name and description for the notification.
5. Enter one or more email addresses to receive the notifications.
6. Select **Save**.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/troubleshooting/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The following topics are useful for troubleshooting BYOIP issues.

## uRPF filtering and packet loss

Routers receive IP packets and forward the packets to the destination IP address. Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF) is a security feature that can prevent spoofing attacks. uRPF operates under two modes: strict and loose mode.

Under **strict mode**, the router performs two checks on incoming packets to look for a matching entry in the source routing table and to determine whether the interface that received the packet can be used to reach the source. If the incoming IP packets pass both checks, the packets are forwarded; if the checks do not pass, the packets are dropped.

When uRPF is set to loose mode, the router performs a single check when it receives an IP packet to look for a source's matching entry in the routing table.

If you are experiencing packet loss as a result of an upstream ISP implementing uRPF filtering, contact your ISP and request the link be set to **loose mode**.

## Non-SNI support

Currently, BYOIP cannot be used with [legacy custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/) to support <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)" link="/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/#non-sni-support">non-SNI</GlossaryTooltip> requests.

Instead, you can use Address Maps to set a default SNI for IPs on your account or zone. Refer to [Setup](/byoip/address-maps/setup/#non-sni-support) for further guidance.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

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<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare makes customer websites faster by storing a copy of the website's content on the servers of our globally distributed data centers. Content can be either static or dynamic: static content is “cacheable” or eligible for caching, and dynamic content is “uncacheable” or ineligible for caching. The cached copies of content are stored physically closer to users, optimized to be fast, and do not require recomputing.

Cloudflare caches static content based on the following factors:

* [Caching levels](/cache/how-to/set-caching-levels/)
* [File extension](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions)
* Presence of [query strings](/cache/advanced-configuration/query-string-sort/)
* [Origin cache-control headers](/cache/concepts/cache-control/)
* Origin headers that indicate <GlossaryTooltip term="dynamic content">dynamic content</GlossaryTooltip>
* Cache rules that bypass cache on cookie

Cloudflare only caches resources within the Cloudflare data center that serve the request. Cloudflare does not cache off-site or third-party resources, such as Facebook or Flickr, or content hosted on [unproxied (grey-clouded)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) DNS records.

## Learn the basics

Discover the benefits of caching with Cloudflare's CDN and understand the default cache behavior.

* [Understand what is a CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/)
* [Understand default cache behavior](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)
* [Understand the default file types Cloudflare caches](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions)

## Make more resources cacheable

Configure your settings to cache static HTML or cache anonymous page views of dynamic content.

* [Customize Caching with Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/)
* [Specify which resources to cache](/cache/concepts/customize-cache/)
* [Understand Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/)
* [Cache by device type (Enterprise only)](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-device-type/)

## Improve cache hit rates

Include or exclude query strings, optimize cache keys, or enable tiered cache to improve hit rates and reduce traffic to your origin.

* [Choose a cache level](/cache/how-to/set-caching-levels/)
* [Enable Tiered Cache with Argo](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#enable-tiered-cache)
* [Configure custom cache keys (Enterprise only)](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/)
* [Enable Prefetch URLs (Enterprise only)](/speed/optimization/content/prefetch-urls/)

## Secure your cache configuration

Control resources a client is allowed to load and set access permissions to allow different origins to access your origin’s resources. Protect your site from web cache deception attacks while still caching static assets.

* [Avoid web cache poisoning attacks](/cache/cache-security/avoid-web-poisoning/)
* [Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](/cache/cache-security/cors/)
* [Enable Cache Deception Armor](/cache/cache-security/cache-deception-armor/#enable-cache-deception-armor)

## Cloudflare features that can alter your HTML and cacheable objects

To provide Cloudflare services to our customers, we may need to alter your HTML or cached objects to enable the feature or provide optimization.

These code alterations only occur on the cacheable objects found at Cloudflare's edge and do not affect the original source. The changes will also be removed if the specific feature is disabled and the cache is purged.

Review the list of Cloudflare features that function in this manner:

* [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/)
* [Polish](/images/polish/)
* [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/)
* [Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/)
* [Email address obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/)
* [Bot Management JavaScript Detections](/bots/reference/javascript-detections/)

## Troubleshoot

Resolve common caching concerns.

* [Learn about Cloudflare's cache response statuses](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/)
* [Investigate Cloudflare's cache response with cURL](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#troubleshoot-requests-with-curl)
* [Diagnose Always Online issues](/cache/troubleshooting/always-online/)

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Cache documentation.

<Glossary product="cache" />

---

# Cloudflare Cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, GlossaryTooltip, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Cache content across Cloudflare's global server network.
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cache stores copies of frequently accessed content (such as images, videos, or webpages) in geographically distributed data centers that are located closer to end users than origin servers, reducing server load and improving website performance.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Default cache behavior" href="/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/">

Learn about default cache behavior, default cached file extensions and cache responses.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Cache Rules" href="/cache/how-to/cache-rules/">

Configure Cache Rules to optimize your website by specifying which resources should be cached and for how long.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Tiered Cache" href="/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/">

Enable Tiered Cache to optimize content delivery by caching frequently accessed content in multiple locations for faster delivery and reduced origin traffic.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Cache Reserve" href="/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/">

Use Cloudflare's persistent storage to increase cache times.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Purge" href="/cache/how-to/purge-cache/">

Instantly purge cached files to force Cloudflare to fetch fresh versions from your web server files. You can purge specific files or all at once.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Load Balancing" href="/load-balancing/" product="load-balancing">
Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across your <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, reducing endpoint strain and latency and improving the end users experience.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Images" href="/images/" product="images">
A suite of products tailored to your image-processing needs.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">
Cloudflare Workers allows developers to build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Rules" href="/rules/" product="rules">
Cloudflare Rules allows you to make adjustments to requests and responses, configure Cloudflare settings, and trigger specific actions for matching requests.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Network Interconnect" href="/network-interconnect/" product="network-interconnect">
Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare – rather than using the public Internet – for a more reliable and secure experience.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">
Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Aegis" href="/aegis/" product="aegis">
Cloudflare Aegis provides dedicated egress IPs (from Cloudflare to your origin) for your layer 7 WAF and CDN services, as well as Spectrum.
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn/" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Cache
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/plans/

import { ProductFeatures } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides the following features for different [plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/).

## Features

<ProductFeatures id="cache" />

---

# Calls vs regular SFUs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/calls-vs-sfus/

## Cloudflare Calls vs. Traditional SFUs

Cloudflare Calls represents a paradigm shift in building real-time applications by leveraging a distributed real-time data plane. It creates a seamless experience in real-time communication, transcending traditional geographical limitations and scalability concerns. Calls is designed for developers looking to integrate WebRTC functionalities in a server-client architecture without delving deep into the complexities of regional scaling or server management.

### The Limitations of Centralized SFUs

Selective Forwarding Units (SFUs) play a critical role in managing WebRTC connections by selectively forwarding media streams to participants in a video call. However, their centralized nature introduces inherent limitations:

* **Regional Dependency:** A centralized SFU requires a specific region for deployment, leading to latency issues for global users except for those in proximity to the selected region.

* **Scalability Concerns:** Scaling a centralized SFU to meet global demand can be challenging and inefficient, often requiring additional infrastructure and complexity.

### How is Cloudflare Calls different?

Cloudflare Calls addresses these limitations by leveraging Cloudflare's global network infrastructure:

* **Global Distribution Without Regions:** Unlike traditional SFUs, Cloudflare Calls operates on a global scale without regional constraints. It utilizes Cloudflare's extensive network of over 250 locations worldwide to ensure low-latency video forwarding, making it fast and efficient for users globally.

* **Decentralized Architecture:** There are no dedicated servers for Calls. Every server within Cloudflare's network contributes to handling Calls, ensuring scalability and reliability. This approach mirrors the distributed nature of Cloudflare's products such as 1.1.1.1 DNS or Cloudflare's CDN.

## How Cloudflare Calls Works

### Establishing Peer Connections

To initiate a real-time communication session, an end user's client establishes a WebRTC PeerConnection to the nearest Cloudflare location. This connection benefits from anycast routing, optimizing for the lowest possible latency.

### Signaling and Media Stream Management

* **HTTPS API for Signaling:** Cloudflare Calls simplifies signaling with a straightforward HTTPS API. This API manages the initiation and coordination of media streams, enabling clients to push new MediaStreamTracks or request these tracks from the server.

* **Efficient Media Handling:** Unlike traditional approaches that require multiple connections for different media streams from different clients, Cloudflare Calls maintains a single PeerConnection per client. This streamlined process reduces complexity and improves performance by handling both the push and pull of media through a singular connection.

### Application-Level Management

Cloudflare Calls delegates the responsibility of state management and participant tracking to the application layer. Developers are empowered to design their logic for handling events such as participant joins or media stream updates, offering flexibility to create tailored experiences in applications.

## Getting Started with Cloudflare Calls

Integrating Cloudflare Calls into your application promises a straightforward and efficient process, removing the hurdles of regional scalability and server management so you can focus on creating engaging real-time experiences for users worldwide.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/calls.yaml. --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# DataChannels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/datachannels/

Since Cloudflare Calls is basically a pub/sub server for WebRTC that can scale up to many subscribers per publisher, it's fit for arbitrary data besides media too.

## Example

An example of DataChannels in action can be found in the [Calls Examples github repo](https://github.com/cloudflare/calls-examples/tree/main/echo-datachannels).

---

# Demos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Calls within your existing architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Calls.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Calls"]} />

---

# Example architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/example-architecture/

<div class="full-img">

![Example Architecture](~/assets/images/calls/video-calling-application.png)

</div>

1. Clients connect to the backend service
2. Backend service manages the relationship between the clients and the tracks they should subscribe to
3. Backend service contacts the Cloudflare Calls API to pass the SDP from the clients to establish the WebRTC connection.
4. Calls API relays back the Calls API SDP reply and renegotiation messages.
5. If desired, headless clients can be used to record the content from other clients or publish content.
6. Admin manages the rooms and room members.

---

# Quickstart guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/get-started/

:::note[Before you get started:]


You must first [create a Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/).


:::

## Create your first app

Every Calls App is a separate environment, so you can make one for development, staging and production versions for your product.
Either using [Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/calls), or the [API](/api/resources/calls/subresources/sfu/methods/create/) create a Calls App. When you create a Calls App, you will get:

* App ID
* App Secret

These two combined will allow you to make API Calls from your backend server to Calls.

---

# Connection API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/https-api/

Cloudflare Calls simplifies the management of peer connections and media tracks through HTTPS API endpoints. These endpoints allow developers to efficiently manage sessions, add or remove tracks, and gather session information.

## API Endpoints

* **Create a New Session**: Initiates a new session on Cloudflare Calls, which can be modified with other endpoints below.
  * `POST /apps/{appId}/sessions/new`
* **Add a New Track**: Adds a media track (audio or video) to an existing session.
  * `POST /apps/{appId}/sessions/{sessionId}/tracks/new`
* **Renegotiate a Session**: Updates the session's negotiation state to accommodate new tracks or changes in the existing ones.
  * `PUT /apps/{appId}/sessions/{sessionId}/renegotiate`
* **Close a Track**: Removes a specified track from the session.
  * `PUT /apps/{appId}/sessions/{sessionId}/tracks/close`
* **Retrieve Session Information**: Fetches detailed information about a specific session.
  * `GET /apps/{appId}/sessions/{sessionId}`

[View full API and schema (OpenAPI format)](/calls/static/calls-api-2024-05-21.yaml)

## Handling Secrets

It is vital to manage App ID and its secret securely. While track and session IDs can be public, they should be protected to prevent misuse. An attacker could exploit these IDs to disrupt service if your backend server does not authenticate request origins properly, for example by sending requests to close tracks on sessions other than their own. Ensuring the security and authenticity of requests to your backend server is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your application.

## Using STUN and TURN Servers

Cloudflare Calls is designed to operate efficiently without the need for TURN servers in most scenarios, as Cloudflare exposes a publicly routable IP address for Calls. However, integrating a STUN server can be necessary for facilitating peer discovery and connectivity.

* **Cloudflare STUN Server**: `stun.cloudflare.com:3478`

Utilizing Cloudflare's STUN server can help the connection process for Calls applications.

## Lifecycle of a Simple Session

This section provides an overview of the typical lifecycle of a simple session, focusing on audio-only applications. It illustrates how clients are notified by the backend server as new remote clients join or leave, incorporating video would introduce additional tracks and considerations into the session.

<div class="full-img">

![Example Lifecycle](~/assets/images/calls/lifecycle-of-a-session.png)

</div>

There is also a previously used, but now deprecated way to use the API illustrated below. If you are using this style please consider upgrading to the newer version illustrated above.

<div class="full-img">

![Deprecated Lifecycle](~/assets/images/calls/deprecated-lifecycle-of-a-session.png)

</div>

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/

import { Description, LinkButton } from "~/components"

<Description>

Build real-time serverless video, audio and data applications.

</Description>

Cloudflare Calls is infrastructure for real-time audio/video/data applications. It allows you to build real-time apps without worrying about scaling or regions. It can act as a selective forwarding unit (WebRTC SFU), as a fanout delivery system for broadcasting (WebRTC CDN) or anything in between.

Cloudflare Calls runs on [Cloudflare's global cloud network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) in hundreds of cities worldwide.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/calls/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/calls">Calls dashboard</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="https://github.com/cloudflare/orange">Orange Meets demo app</LinkButton>

---

# Introduction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/introduction/

Cloudflare Calls can be used to add realtime audio, video and data into your applications. Cloudflare Calls uses WebRTC, which is the lowest latency way to communicate across a broad range of platforms like browsers, mobile and native apps.

Calls integrates with your backend and frontend application to add realtime functionality.

## Why Cloudflare Calls exists

* **It's difficult to scale WebRTC**: Many struggle scaling WebRTC servers. Operators run into issues about how many users can be in the same "room" or want to build unique solutions that don't fit into the current concepts in high level APIs.

* **High egress costs**: WebRTC is expensive to use as managed solutions charge a high premium on cloud egress and running your own servers incur system administration and scaling overhead. Cloudflare already has 300+ locations with upwards of 1,000 servers in some locations. Cloudflare Calls scales easily on top of this architecture and can offer the lowest WebRTC usage costs.

* **WebRTC is growing**: Developers are realizing that WebRTC is not just for video conferencing. WebRTC is supported on many platforms, it mature and well understood.

## What makes Cloudflare Calls unique

* \**Unopinionated*: Cloudflare Calls does not offer a SDK. It instead allows you to access raw WebRTC to solve unique problems that might not fit into existing concepts. The API is deliberately simple.

* **No rooms**: Unlike other WebRTC products, Cloudflare Calls lets you be in charge of each track (audio/video/data) instead of offering abstractions such as rooms. You define the presence protocol on top of simple pub/sub. Each end user can publish and subscribe to audio/video/data tracks as they wish.

* **No lock-in**: You can use Cloudflare Calls to solve scalability issues with your SFU. You can use in combination with peer-to-peer architecture. You can use Cloudflare Calls standalone. To what extent you use Cloudflare Calls is up to you.

## What exactly does Cloudflare Calls do?

* **SFU**: Calls is a special kind of pub/sub server that is good at forwarding media data to clients that subscribe to certain data. Each client connects to Cloudflare Calls via WebRTC and either sends data, receives data or both using WebRTC. This can be audio/video tracks or DataChannels.

* **It scales**: All Cloudflare servers act as a single server so millions of WebRTC clients can connect to Cloudflare Calls. Each can send data, receive data or both with other clients.

## How most developers get started

1. Get started with the echo example, which you can download from the Cloudflare dashboard when you create a Calls App or from [demos](/calls/demos/). This will show you how to send and receive audio and video.

2. Understand how you can manipulate who can receive what media by passing around session and track ids. Remember, you control who receives what media. Each media track is represented by a unique ID. It's your responsibility to save and distribute this ID.

:::note[Calls is not a presence protocol]


Calls does not know what a room is. It only knows media tracks. It's up to you to make a room by saving who is in a room along with track IDs that unique identify media tracks. If each participant publishes their audio/video, and receives audio/video from each other, you've got yourself a video conference!


:::

3. Create an app where you manage each connection to Cloudflare Calls and the track IDs created by each connection. You can use any tool to save and share tracks. Check out the example apps at [demos](/calls/demos/), such as [Orange Meets](https://github.com/cloudflare/orange), which is a full-fledged video conferencing app that uses [Workers Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) to keep track of track IDs.

---

# Limits, timeouts and quotas

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/limits/

Understanding the limits and timeouts of Cloudflare Calls is crucial for optimizing the performance and reliability of your applications. This section outlines the key constraints and behaviors you should be aware of when integrating Cloudflare Calls into your app.

## Free

* Each account gets 1,000GB/month of data transfer from Cloudflare to your client for free.
* Data transfer from your client to Cloudflare is always free of charge.

## Limits

* **API Calls per Session**: You can make up to 50 API calls per second for each session. There is no ratelimit on a App basis, just sessions.

* **Tracks per API Call**: Up to 64 tracks can be added with a single API call. If you need to add more tracks to a session, you should distribute them across multiple API calls.

* **Tracks per Session**: There's no upper limit to the number of tracks a session can contain, the practical limit is governed by your connection's bandwidth to and from Cloudflare.

## Inactivity Timeout

* **Track Timeout**: Tracks will automatically timeout and be garbage collected after 30 seconds of inactivity, where inactivity is defined as no media packets being received by Cloudflare. This mechanism ensures efficient use of resources and session cleanliness across all Sessions that use a track.

## PeerConnection Requirements

* **Session State**: For any operation on a session (e.g., pulling or pushing tracks), the PeerConnection state must be `connected`. Operations will block for up to 5 seconds awaiting this state before timing out. This ensures that only active and viable sessions are engaged in media transmission.

## Handling Connectivity Issues

* **Internet Connectivity Considerations**: The potential for internet connectivity loss between the client and Cloudflare is an operational reality that must be addressed. Implementing a detection and reconnection strategy is recommended to maintain session continuity. This could involve periodic 'heartbeat' signals to your backend server to monitor connectivity status. Upon detecting connectivity issues, automatically attempting to reconnect and establish a new session is advised. Sessions and tracks will remain available for reuse for 30 seconds before timing out, providing a brief window for reconnection attempts.

Adhering to these limits and understanding the timeout behaviors will help ensure that your applications remain responsive and stable while providing a seamless user experience.

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/pricing/

Cloudflare Calls billing is based on data sent from Cloudflare edge to your application.

Cloudflare Calls SFU and TURN services cost $0.05 per GB of data egress.

There is a free tier of 1,000 GB before any charges start. This free tier includes usage from both SFU and TURN services, not two independent free tiers. Cloudflare Calls billing appears as a single line item on your Cloudflare bill, covering both SFU and TURN.

Traffic between Cloudflare Calls TURN and Cloudflare Calls SFU or Cloudflare Stream (WHIP/WHEP) does not get double charged, so if you are using both SFU and TURN at the same time, you will get charged for only one.

### TURN

Please see the [TURN FAQ page](/calls/turn/faq), where there is additional information on speficially which traffic path from RFC8656 is measured and counts towards billing.

### SFU

Only traffic originating from Cloudflare towards clients incurs charges. Traffic pushed to Cloudflare incurs no charge even if there is no client pulling same traffic from Cloudflare.

---

# Sessions and Tracks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/sessions-tracks/

Cloudflare Calls offers a simple yet powerful framework for building real-time experiences. At the core of this system are three key concepts: **Applications**,  **Sessions** and **Tracks**. Familiarizing yourself with these concepts is crucial for using Calls.

## Application

A Calls Application is an environment within different Sessions and Tracks can interact. Examples of this could be production, staging or different environments where you'd want separation between Sessions and Tracks. Cloudflare Calls usage can be queried at Application, Session or Track level.

## Sessions

A **Session** in Cloudflare Calls correlates directly to a WebRTC PeerConnection. It represents the establishment of a communication channel between a client and the nearest Cloudflare data center, as determined by Cloudflare's anycast routing. Typically, a client will maintain a single Session, encompassing all communications between the client and Cloudflare.

* **One-to-One Mapping with PeerConnection**: Each Session is a direct representation of a WebRTC PeerConnection, facilitating real-time media data transfer.
* **Anycast Routing**: The client connects to the closest Cloudflare data center, optimizing latency and performance.
* **Unified Communication Channel**: A single Session can handle all types of communication between a client and Cloudflare, ensuring streamlined data flow.

## Tracks

Within a Session, there can be one or more **Tracks**.

* **Tracks map to MediaStreamTrack**: Tracks align with the MediaStreamTrack concept, facilitating audio, video, or data transmission.
* **Globally Unique Ids**: When you push a track to Cloudflare, it is assigned a unique ID, which can then be used to pull the track into another session elsewhere.
* **Available globally**: The ability to push and pull tracks is central to what makes Calls a versatile tool for real-time applications. Each track is available globally to be retrieved from any Session within an App.

## Calls as a Programmable "Switchboard"

The analogy of a switchboard is apt for understanding Calls. Historically, switchboard operators connected calls by manually plugging in jacks. Similarly, Calls allows for the dynamic routing of media streams, acting as a programmable switchboard for modern real-time communication.

## Beyond "Rooms", "Users", and "Participants"

While many SFUs utilize concepts like "rooms" to manage media streams among users, this approach has scalability and flexibility limitations. Cloudflare Calls opts for a more granular and flexible model with Sessions and Tracks, enabling a wide range of use cases:

* Large-scale remote events, like 'fireside chats' with thousands of participants.
* Interactive conversations with the ability to bring audience members "on stage."
* Educational applications where an instructor can present to multiple virtual classrooms simultaneously.

### Presence Protocol vs. Media Flow

Calls distinguishes between the presence protocol and media flow, allowing for scalability and flexibility in real-time applications. This separation enables developers to craft tailored experiences, from intimate calls to massive, low-latency broadcasts.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/faq/

## Requirements

### What are the requirements to enable the Cloudflare China Network service from Cloudflare?

Refer to [Get started](/china-network/get-started/) for more information.

### Can I use my current account to access the Cloudflare China Network service or do I need a separate account?

Yes, you can use your current Cloudflare account and dashboard.

### What are the requirements for requesting a Cloudflare China Network PoC?

Cloudflare requires that you have a valid [ICP (Internet Content Provider)](/china-network/concepts/icp/) number and content vetting approval from JD Cloud to provide you with a Cloudflare China Network PoC (proof of concept). If you are interested in a PoC, contact your sales team.

## Data storage

### Will my Cloudflare account or configuration information be stored in China?

Cloudflare has taken numerous steps to ensure your security and the integrity of your data in China. Your identification information such as email addresses, password hashes, and billing information are never stored on the Cloudflare China Network or shared with the Cloudflare partner except for Zone configuration information and bindings with Cloudflare’s Developer Suite which are stored on the China Network operated by our partners in China upon your enabling the China Service for a particular Zone.

## Licensing and onboarding

### Does Cloudflare have an MIIT license to provide CDN services in China?

As a US company, Cloudflare does not have a license from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). However, Cloudflare's partner JD Cloud has all the licenses required by the MIIT to operate and provide CDN services in China.

### Can Cloudflare or JD Cloud help me to get the ICP?

No, neither Cloudflare nor JD Cloud is responsible for [ICP (Internet Content Provider)](/china-network/concepts/icp/) applications. Cloudflare recommends you to reach out to local agents specialized in ICP applications. For more information, refer to [Obtain an ICP number](/china-network/concepts/icp/#obtain-an-icp-number).

### Why is my ICP filing/license revoked?

The application and revocation of ICP filings or licenses is managed by China's local authorities. Usually either the customer or the agency processing the ICP application receive a notification with more details. Cloudflare cannot provide the ICP revocation reasons.

### What would happen if my ICP filing/license got revoked?

Cloudflare's partner JD Cloud and the local authorities continuously track the status of the ICP. If your ICP gets revoked, JD Cloud may terminate or suspend your access to the China Service at any time and without liability, in accordance with China local regulations.
To mitigate the impact on your Internet properties, Cloudflare would reroute the traffic for the affected domains to the nearest data centers outside of China.

### What is content vetting and why do I need JD Cloud to vet my domain's content before onboarding?

The JD Cloud network is proxying content inside of China for customers who have purchased the Cloudflare China Network subscription. To ensure compliance with China’s regulation on Internet information services and with [JD Cloud's service terms](https://docs.jdcloud.com/cn/product-service-agreement/starshield-terms-of-service), JD Cloud must review the content of all the domains before onboarding those domains to their network. They can approve or reject any domain based on the nature of its content. For more information, contact your sales team.

## Technical questions

### How does IPv6 work on the Cloudflare China Network?

All sites hosted in mainland China must have IPv6 enabled. The Cloudflare China Network feature automatically enables IPv6 for domains to fulfill this requirement and it is not possible to disable it. According to Cloudflare's tests, IPv6 connections in mainland China are more reliable and offer better latency.

## Other services

### Can Cloudflare provide a private line for cross-border traffic?

No. Cloudflare is not licensed to provide such cross-border private line service.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/get-started/

## 1. Contract required services and agree to supplemental terms

1. Ensure that you have a Cloudflare Enterprise plan. If you do not have an Enterprise plan yet, you must upgrade.
2. Add the Cloudflare China Network package (a separate subscription) to your Enterprise plan.
3. Agree to the [China Service Supplemental Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/supplemental-terms/#china-service).

Contact your sales team for more information on these steps.

## 2. Obtain ICP and vet domain content

1. [Obtain Internet Content Provider (ICP) filings or licenses](/china-network/concepts/icp/#obtain-an-icp-number) for all the apex domains you wish to onboard.

2. Present valid ICP filings or licenses for the zones you are onboarding.

3. Ensure that your websites [display their ICP number in the page footer](/china-network/concepts/icp/#display-your-icp-number).

4. Prepare the required information for JD Cloud to review the content on your domains. JD Cloud, a Cloudflare partner, is required to review and vet the content of all domains on their network before enabling them. You will need to provide the following information:

   - Customer and company name.
   - Domain name.
   - ICP license/filing number.
   - A general description of the content of each domain (for example, `Marketing website`).
   - A signed Self Attestation letter (provided by your sales team).

## 3. Onboard your domains to the Cloudflare China Network

After content vetting is complete, [add your domains to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

It will take a minimum of 24 hours to enable user traffic (that is, until DNS starts answering with JD Cloud's network IP addresses).

---

# Cloudflare China Network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/

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The [Cloudflare China Network](https://www.cloudflare.com/china-network/) is a package of selected Cloudflare's performance and security products running on data centers located in mainland China and operated by Cloudflare's partner JD Cloud.

The data centers cover most populated regions in China. Combining Cloudflare's technological leadership and JD Cloud's local operations expertise, the Cloudflare China Network is designed to meet the needs for secure, reliable, and fast-performing content delivery in China. You can use the same configurations that you use with Cloudflare everywhere else in the world and with the same dashboard experience.

## Main features

The Cloudflare China Network provides:

- A single solution for both performance improvement and security services such as [WAF](/waf/), [DDoS](/ddos-protection/), and [bot management](/bots/).
- An unified experience for managing network traffic and security posture. You can manage all configurations on the same dashboard.
- The same customer support capabilities as Cloudflare's global network. You may also have access to premium service and local language support.
- [In-China Authoritative DNS and in-China nameservers](/china-network/concepts/china-dns/) to improve the Time to First Byte (TTFB) performance.
- [China Express](/china-network/concepts/china-express) is a suite of connectivity, performance offerings and professional services designed to simplify your global assets' deployment in China.

### Video Introduction

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## Availability

The Cloudflare China Network is available as a separate subscription for customers on an [Enterprise plan](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/).

## Important notes

- Not all Cloudflare products are available in the Cloudflare China Network. Refer to [Available products and features](/china-network/reference/available-products/) for details.
- IPv6 support is mandatory for all Internet entities operating in mainland China. The Cloudflare China Network feature automatically enables IPv6 for domains to fulfill this requirement.
- All the content inside of mainland China is monitored by local authorities and has to comply with local regulations.
- You must have a valid [ICP (Internet Content Provider) filing or license](/china-network/concepts/icp/) for each apex domain you wish to onboard to Cloudflare.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-ip-geolocation/get-started/

:::note


Client IP Geolocation is currently in closed Beta testing.


:::

There are several things you can do to best handle traffic from Cloudflare VPN and forward-proxy users:

* **Origin operators**:
  * Do not block IP addresses associated with our VPN and proxy products (see the [About section](/client-ip-geolocation/about/) for more details)
  * To get even more accurate geolocation data, ensure your origin is [reachable via IPv6](/client-ip-geolocation/faq/)
* **Geolocation data providers**:
  * Regularly pull updated geolocation data from the [Cloudflare API](https://api.cloudflare.com/local-ip-ranges.csv)
* **Users of WARP and 1.1.1.1**:
  * Review the [FAQs](/client-ip-geolocation/faq/#cloudflare-vpn-users) and [About section](/client-ip-geolocation/about/) to learn exactly how, how much, and why we share geolocation data

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-ip-geolocation/

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:::note


Client IP Geolocation is currently in closed Beta testing.


:::

Cloudflare designed [Cloudflare WARP](/warp-client/) and [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/) to make Internet browsing more private and secure. These applications encrypt last-mile connections and make it more difficult for others to use client IP addresses in user fingerprinting.

However, unlike legacy VPN applications, we never designed WARP or 1.1.1.1 to hide user locations or allow users to misrepresent their true geographic location. As a web property operator, you can use **Client IP Geolocation** to map Cloudflare egress IP addresses to specific geolocations.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/client-ip-geolocation/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="/client-ip-geolocation/about/">Learn more</LinkButton>


:::note


Client IP Geolocation is different from the [Cloudflare IP Geolocation setting](/network/ip-geolocation/), which helps you capture country codes for visitors.


:::

---

# Cloudflare for Platforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/

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<Description>

Cloudflare's offering for SaaS businesses. 
</Description>

Extend Cloudflare's security, reliability, and performance services to your customers with Cloudflare for Platforms. Together with Cloudflare for SaaS and Workers for Platforms, your customers can build custom logic to meet their needs right into your application.

***

## Products

<Feature header="Cloudflare for SaaS" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/">
Cloudflare for SaaS allows you to extend the security and performance benefits of Cloudflare’s network to your customers via their own custom or vanity domains. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Workers for Platforms" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/">
Workers for Platforms help you deploy serverless functions programmatically on behalf of your customers.
</Feature>

---

# Account limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/account-limits/

This page lists the default account limits for rules, applications, fields, and other features. These limits may be increased on Enterprise accounts. To request a limit increase, contact your account team.

## Access

| Feature                     | Limit |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Applications count          | 500   |
| Audit Logpush jobs          | 5     |
| Email addresses per rule    | 1,000 |
| Group count                 | 300   |
| Group size                  | 1,000 |
| IP addresses per rule       | 1,000 |
| mTLS root certificates      | 50    |
| Service tokens count        | 50    |
| IdP count                   | 50    |
| Rules count per application | 1,000 |
| Rules count per group       | 1,000 |
| Domains per application     | 5     |
| Infrastructure targets      | 300   |

## Gateway

| Feature                                   | Limit |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----- |
| DNS policies per account                  | 500   |
| Network policies per account              | 500   |
| HTTP policies per account                 | 500   |
| Egress policies per account               | 500   |
| Resolver policies per account             | 500   |
| DNS locations                             | 250   |
| Concurrent streams for HTTP/2 connections | 256   |
| Proxy endpoints                           | 500   |
| Source IP CIDRs per proxy endpoint        | 2,000 |
| Lists                                     | 100   |
| Entries per list (Standard users)         | 1,000 |
| Entries per list (Enterprise users)       | 5,000 |
| DNS Logpush jobs                          | 5     |
| HTTP Logpush jobs                         | 5     |

## Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

| Feature                                  | Limit     |
| ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Custom entries                           | 25        |
| Exact Data Match cells per spreadsheet   | 100,000   |
| Custom Wordlist keywords per spreadsheet | 200       |
| Custom Wordlist keywords per account     | 1,000     |
| Dataset cells per account                | 1,000,000 |

## Cloudflare Tunnel

| Feature                                  | Limit |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Tunnels per account                      | 1,000 |
| IP routes per account                    | 1,000 |
| Active `cloudflared` replicas per tunnel | 25    |

## Digital Experience Monitoring

| Feature                                       | Limit |
| --------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Tests per account                             | 10    |
| Remote captures per day (Free users)          | 100   |
| Remote captures per day (Pay-as-you-go users) | 200   |
| Remote captures per day (Enterprise users)    | 800   |

## Certificates

| Feature                        | Limit |
| ------------------------------ | ----- |
| Active certificates            | 10    |
| Certificates generated per day | 3     |
| Custom certificates            | 5     |

## Maximum number of characters

| Feature                       | Character limit |
| ----------------------------- | --------------- |
| Application name              | 350             |
| Group name                    | 350             |
| mTLS certificates name        | 350             |
| Service token name            | 350             |
| IdP name                      | 350             |
| Target name                   | 255             |
| Application URL               | 63              |
| Team domain                   | 63              |
| Gateway API policy expression | 140,000         |

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/glossary/

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Review definitions for Cloudflare Zero Trust terms.

<Glossary product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy security perimeters with Cloudflare's global network, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world. Refer to our [reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) to learn how to evolve your network and security architecture to our SASE platform.

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**Zero Trust access for all of your applications.**

- Authenticate users on our global network
- Onboard third-party users seamlessly
- Log every event and request

**A Secure Web Gateway to protect users and devices.**

- Enforce your company's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
- Block risky sites with custom blocklists and built-in threat intel
- Enhance visibility and protection into SaaS applications

**A fast and reliable solution for remote browsing.**

- Execute all browser code in the cloud
- Mitigate the impact of attacks
- Seamless, lightning-fast end user experience

**A Cloud Access Security Broker to safeguard data in the cloud.**

- Protect users and sensitive data at rest in SaaS applications
- Detect insider threats and unsanctioned application usage, also known as <GlossaryTooltip term="shadow IT" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/">shadow IT</GlossaryTooltip>
- Ensure best practices to prevent data leaks and compliance violations

**A Data Loss Prevention solution to safeguard data in transit.**

- Detect sensitive data as it moves to and from SaaS applications
- Predefined DLP Profiles to quickly get started
- Log or block DLP matches

**An Email Security solution to protect your email inbox.**

- Configure policies to manage your inbox.
- Automatically move emails based on a certain disposition.
- Use screen criteria to investigate your email.

![Illustrated laptop with a login screen with a data stream flowing to a cloud server.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/teams-no-background.png)

---

# Roles and permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/

When creating a Cloudflare Zero Trust account, you will be given the Super Administrator role. As a Super Administrator, you can invite members to join your Zero Trust account and assign them different roles. There is no limit to the number of members which can be added to a given account. Any members with the proper permissions will be able to make configuration changes while actively logged into Zero Trust (unless [read-only mode](/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/#set-dashboard-to-read-only) is enabled).

To check the list of members in your account, or to manage roles and permissions, refer to our [Account setup](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/) documentation.

## Zero Trust roles

Only Super Administrators will be able to assign or remove the following roles from users in their account. Scroll to the right to see a full list of permissions for each role.

|                                 | Access Read | Access Edit | Gateway Read | Gateway Edit | Gateway Report | Billing Read | Billing Edit |
| ------------------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ | ------------ | -------------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| Super Administrator             | ✅          | ✅          | ✅           | ✅           | ✅             | ✅           | ✅           |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust           | ✅          | ✅          | ✅           | ✅           | ✅             | ✅           | ❌           |
| Cloudflare Access               | ✅          | ✅          | ✅           | ❌           | ✅             | ✅           | ❌           |
| Cloudflare Gateway              | ✅          | ❌          | ✅           | ✅           | ✅             | ✅           | ❌           |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust Read Only | ✅          | ❌          | ✅           | ❌           | ✅             | ✅           | ❌           |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust Reporting | ❌          | ❌          | ❌           | ❌           | ✅             | ✅           | ❌           |

:::note
The Cloudflare Zero Trust role grants administrator access to all Zero Trust products including Access, Gateway, WARP, Tunnel, Browser Isolation, CASB, DLP, DEX, and Email Security.
:::

### Cloudflare Zero Trust PII

By default, only Super Administrators can view end users' PII in the Gateway activity logs, such as Device IDs, Source IPs, or user emails. No other roles will have the ability to read PII unless Super Administrators explicitly assign the **Cloudflare Zero Trust PII** role to them.

The Cloudflare Zero Trust PII role should be considered an add-on role, to be combined with any role from the table above. For example, Super Administrators may decide to assign the Cloudflare Gateway role to a user, and add the Cloudflare Zero Trust PII role to allow that user to access PII in the Gateway logs.

:::note
The Cloudflare Zero Trust PII role does not apply to Access audit logs. PII is always visible in Access logs.
:::

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/constellation/

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<Description>

Run machine learning models with Cloudflare Workers.
</Description>

Constellation allows you to run fast, low-latency inference tasks on pre-trained machine learning models natively on Cloudflare Workers. It supports some of the most popular machine learning (ML) and AI runtimes and multiple classes of models.

Cloudflare provides a curated list of verified models, or you can train and upload your own.

Functionality you can deploy to your application with Constellation:

* Content generation, summarization, or similarity analysis
* Question answering
* Audio transcription
* Image or audio classification
* Object detection
* Anomaly detection
* Sentiment analysis

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/setup/

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This guide covers the recommended steps to start securing your users and devices with Cloudflare Zero Trust.

:::note

To get started with a specific use case, refer to our [implementation guides](/cloudflare-one/implementation-guides/).
:::

## Prerequisites

Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up).

## Create a Zero Trust organization

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Welcome to Cloudflare Zero Trust! You can now explore a list of one-click actions we have designed to help you kickstart your Zero Trust experience.

## Install the WARP client on your devices

If you want to enable security features such as Browser Isolation, HTTP filtering, AV scanning, and device posture, or connect networks to Cloudflare, here are the next steps you need to take:

1. **Set up a login method.** Configure [One-time PIN](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) or connect a [third-party identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) in Zero Trust. This is the login method your users will utilize when authenticating to add a new device to your Zero Trust setup.

2. **Next, define [device enrollment permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/)**. Create device enrollment rules to define which users in your organization should be able to connect devices to your organization's Zero Trust setup. As you create your rule, you will be asked to select which login method you would like users to authenticate with.

3. **Install the [Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your devices.** Advanced security features including HTTP traffic inspection require users to install and trust the Cloudflare root certificate on their machine or device. If you are installing certificates manually on all your devices, these steps will need to be performed on each new device that is to be subject to HTTP filtering.

4. **Download and deploy the WARP client to your devices**. Choose one of the [different ways](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to deploy the WARP client, depending on what works best for your organization.

5. **Log in to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance from your devices**. On your device, go to the Settings section in the WARP client and insert your organization's team name.

Your devices are now connected to Cloudflare Zero Trust through the WARP client. You can go to **My Team** > **Devices** to find a list of your enrolled devices, when they were last seen, and the WARP client version they are running.

Next, [enforce security policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/) on your traffic and access requests.

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/demos/

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Learn how you can use D1 within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for D1.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["D1"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use D1:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["D1"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/get-started/

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	Render,
	PackageManagers,
	Steps,
	FileTree,
	Tabs,
	TabItem,
	TypeScriptExample,
	WranglerConfig
} from "~/components";

This guide instructs you through:

- Creating your first database using D1, Cloudflare's native serverless SQL database.
- Creating a schema and querying your database via the command-line.
- Connecting a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) to your D1 database to query your D1 database programmatically.

You can perform these tasks through the CLI or through the Cloudflare dashboard.

:::note
If you already have an existing Worker and an existing D1 database, follow this tutorial from [3. Bind your Worker to your D1 database](/d1/get-started/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-d1-database).
:::

## Prerequisites

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## 1. Create a Worker

Create a new Worker as the means to query your database.

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<Steps>
1. Create a new project named `d1-tutorial` by running:

    <PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"d1-tutorial"} />

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    	file="c3-post-run-steps"
    	product="workers"
    	params={{
    	category: "hello-world",
    	type: "Hello World Worker",
    	lang: "TypeScript",
    	}}
    />

    This creates a new `d1-tutorial` directory as illustrated below.

    <FileTree>
    - d1-tutorial
    	- node_modules/
    	- test/
    	- src
    		- **index.ts**
    	- package-lock.json
    	- package.json
    	- testconfig.json
    	- vitest.config.mts
    	- worker-configuration.d.ts
    	- **wrangler.json**
    </FileTree>

    Your new `d1-tutorial` directory includes:

    - A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) in `index.ts`.
    - A [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). This file is how your `d1-tutorial` Worker accesses your D1 database.

</Steps>

:::note

If you are familiar with Cloudflare Workers, or initializing projects in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment, initialize a new project non-interactively by setting `CI=true` as an environmental variable when running `create cloudflare@latest`.

For example: `CI=true npm create cloudflare@latest d1-tutorial --type=simple --git --ts --deploy=false` creates a basic "Hello World" project ready to build on.

:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to your account > **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
3. Select **Create**.
4. Select **Create Worker**.
5. Name your Worker. For this tutorial, name your Worker `d1-tutorial`.
6. Select **Deploy**.
</Steps>
</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Create a database

A D1 database is conceptually similar to many other databases: a database may contain one or more tables, the ability to query those tables, and optional indexes. D1 uses the familiar [SQL query language](https://www.sqlite.org/lang.html) (as used by SQLite).

To create your first D1 database:

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

<Steps>
1. Change into the directory you just created for your Workers project:

    ```sh
    cd d1-tutorial
    ```

2. Run the following `wrangler d1` command and give your database a name. In this tutorial, the database is named `prod-d1-tutorial`:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler d1 create prod-d1-tutorial
   ```

   ```sh output

   ✅ Successfully created DB 'prod-d1-tutorial'

   [[d1_databases]]
   binding = "DB" # available in your Worker on env.DB
   database_name = "prod-d1-tutorial"
   database_id = "<unique-ID-for-your-database>"
   ```

</Steps>

This creates a new D1 database and outputs the [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) configuration needed in the next step.

:::note

The `wrangler` command-line interface is Cloudflare's tool for managing and deploying Workers applications and D1 databases in your terminal. It was installed when you used `npm create cloudflare@latest` to initialize your new project.

:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to **Storage & Databases** > **D1**.
2. Select **Create**.
3. Name your database. For this tutorial, name your D1 database `prod-d1-tutorial`.
4. (Optional) Provide a location hint. Location hint is an optional parameter you can provide to indicate your desired geographical location for your database. Refer to [Provide a location hint](/d1/configuration/data-location/#provide-a-location-hint) for more information.
5. Select **Create**.

</Steps>

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

:::note

For reference, a good database name:

- Uses a combination of ASCII characters, shorter than 32 characters, and uses dashes (-) instead of spaces.
- Is descriptive of the use-case and environment. For example, "staging-db-web" or "production-db-backend".
- Only describes the database, and is not directly referenced in code.

:::

## 3. Bind your Worker to your D1 database

You must create a binding for your Worker to connect to your D1 database. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to access resources, like D1, on the Cloudflare developer platform.

To bind your D1 database to your Worker:

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

You create bindings by updating your Wrangler file.

<Steps>

1. Copy the lines obtained from [step 2](/d1/get-started/#2-create-a-database) from your terminal.
2. Add them to the end of your Wrangler file.

   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   [[d1_databases]]
   binding = "DB" # available in your Worker on env.DB
   database_name = "prod-d1-tutorial"
   database_id = "<unique-ID-for-your-database>"
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

   Specifically:

   - The value (string) you set for `binding` is the **binding name**, and is used to reference this database in your Worker. In this tutorial, name your binding `DB`.
   - The binding name must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_DB"` or `binding = "productionDB"` would both be valid names for the binding.
   - Your binding is available in your Worker at `env.<BINDING_NAME>` and the D1 [Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) is exposed on this binding.

</Steps>

:::note
When you execute the `wrangler d1 create` command, the client API package (which implements the D1 API and database class) is automatically installed. For more information on the D1 Workers Binding API, refer to [Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).
:::

You can also bind your D1 database to a [Pages Function](/pages/functions/). For more information, refer to [Functions Bindings for D1](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

You create bindings by adding them to the Worker you have created.

<Steps>
1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
2. Select the `d1-tutorial` Worker you created in [step 1](/d1/get-started/#1-create-a-worker).
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Scroll to **Bindings**, then select **Add**.
5. Select **D1 database**.
6. Name your binding in **Variable name**, then select the `prod-d1-tutorial` D1 database you created in [step 2](/d1/get-started/#2-create-a-database) from the dropdown menu. For this tutorial, name your binding `DB`.
7. Select **Deploy** to deploy your binding. When deploying, there are two options:
	- **Deploy:** Immediately deploy the binding to 100% of your audience.
	- **Save version:** Save a version of the binding which you can deploy in the future.

    For this tutorial, select **Deploy**.

</Steps>

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 4. Run a query against your D1 database

### Configure your D1 database

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

After correctly preparing your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, set up your database. Use the example `schema.sql` file below to initialize your database.

<Steps>
1. Copy the following code and save it as a `schema.sql` file in the `d1-tutorial` Worker directory you created in step 1:

    ```sql
    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Customers;
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Customers (CustomerId INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName TEXT, ContactName TEXT);
    INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName) VALUES (1, 'Alfreds Futterkiste', 'Maria Anders'), (4, 'Around the Horn', 'Thomas Hardy'), (11, 'Bs Beverages', 'Victoria Ashworth'), (13, 'Bs Beverages', 'Random Name');
    ```

2. Initialize your database to run and test locally first. Bootstrap your new D1 database by running:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler d1 execute prod-d1-tutorial --local --file=./schema.sql
   ```

3. Validate your data is in your database by running:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler d1 execute prod-d1-tutorial --local --command="SELECT * FROM Customers"
   ```

   ```sh output
   🌀 Mapping SQL input into an array of statements
   🌀 Executing on local database production-db-backend (5f092302-3fbd-4247-a873-bf1afc5150b) from .wrangler/state/v3/d1:
   ┌────────────┬─────────────────────┬───────────────────┐
   │ CustomerId │ CompanyName         │ ContactName       │
   ├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
   │ 1          │ Alfreds Futterkiste │ Maria Anders      │
   ├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
   │ 4          │ Around the Horn     │ Thomas Hardy      │
   ├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
   │ 11         │ Bs Beverages        │ Victoria Ashworth │
   ├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
   │ 13         │ Bs Beverages        │ Random Name       │
   └────────────┴─────────────────────┴───────────────────┘
   ```

</Steps>

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

Use the Dashboard to create a table and populate it with data.

<Steps>
1. Go to **Storage & Databases** > **D1**.
2. Select the `prod-d1-tutorial` database you created in [step 2](/d1/get-started/#2-create-a-database).
3. Select **Console**.
4. Paste the following SQL snippet.

    ```sql
    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS Customers;
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS Customers (CustomerId INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, CompanyName TEXT, ContactName TEXT);
    INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerID, CompanyName, ContactName) VALUES (1, 'Alfreds Futterkiste', 'Maria Anders'), (4, 'Around the Horn', 'Thomas Hardy'), (11, 'Bs Beverages', 'Victoria Ashworth'), (13, 'Bs Beverages', 'Random Name');
    ```

5. Select **Execute**. This creates a table called `Customers` in your `prod-d1-tutorial` database.
6. Select **Tables**, then select the `Customers` table to view the contents of the table.

</Steps>

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Write queries within your Worker

After you have set up your database, run an SQL query from within your Worker.

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

<Steps>
1. Navigate to your `d1-tutorial` Worker and open the `index.ts` file. The `index.ts` file is where you configure your Worker's interactions with D1.
2. Clear the content of `index.ts`.
3. Paste the following code snippet into your `index.ts` file:

    <TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
    ```typescript
    export interface Env {
    	// If you set another name in the Wrangler config file for the value for 'binding',
    	// replace "DB" with the variable name you defined.
    	DB: D1Database;
    }

    export default {
    	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
    		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

    		if (pathname === "/api/beverages") {
    			// If you did not use `DB` as your binding name, change it here
    			const { results } = await env.DB.prepare(
    				"SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?",
    			)
    				.bind("Bs Beverages")
    				.all();
    			return Response.json(results);
    		}

    		return new Response(
    			"Call /api/beverages to see everyone who works at Bs Beverages",
    		);
    	},
    } satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
    ```
    </TypeScriptExample>

    In the code above, you:

    1. Define a binding to your D1 database in your TypeScript code. This binding matches the `binding` value you set in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file under `[[d1_databases]]`.
    2. Query your database using `env.DB.prepare` to issue a [prepared query](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#prepare) with a placeholder (the `?` in the query).
    3. Call `bind()` to safely and securely bind a value to that placeholder. In a real application, you would allow a user to define the `CompanyName` they want to list results for. Using `bind()` prevents users from executing arbitrary SQL (known as "SQL injection") against your application and deleting or otherwise modifying your database.
    4. Execute the query by calling `all()` to return all rows (or none, if the query returns none).
    5. Return your query results, if any, in JSON format with `Response.json(results)`.

</Steps>

After configuring your Worker, you can test your project locally before you deploy globally.

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

You can query your D1 database using your Worker.

<Steps>
1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
2. Select the `d1-tutorial` Worker you created.
3. Select **Edit Code**.
4. Clear the contents of the `worker.js` file, then paste the following code:

    ```js
    export default {
    	async fetch(request, env) {
    		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

    		if (pathname === "/api/beverages") {
    			// If you did not use `DB` as your binding name, change it here
    			const { results } = await env.DB.prepare(
    				"SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?"
    			)
    				.bind("Bs Beverages")
    				.all();
    			return new Response(JSON.stringify(results), {
    				headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
    			});
    		}

    		return new Response(
    			"Call /api/beverages to see everyone who works at Bs Beverages"
    		);
    	},
    };
    ```

5. Select **Save**.

</Steps>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 5. Deploy your database

Deploy your database on Cloudflare's global network.

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

To deploy your Worker to production using Wrangler, you must first repeat the [database configuration](/d1/get-started/#configure-your-d1-database) steps after replacing the `--local` flag with the `--remote` flag to give your Worker data to read. This creates the database tables and imports the data into the production version of your database.

<Steps>
1. Bootstrap your database with the `schema.sql` file you created in step 4:

    ```sh
    npx wrangler d1 execute prod-d1-tutorial --remote --file=./schema.sql
    ```

2. Validate the data is in production by running:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler d1 execute prod-d1-tutorial --remote --command="SELECT * FROM Customers"
   ```

3. Deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. Run:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

   ```sh output
   Outputs: https://d1-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev
   ```

   You can now visit the URL for your newly created project to query your live database.

   For example, if the URL of your new Worker is `d1-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`, accessing `https://d1-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/api/beverages` sends a request to your Worker that queries your live database directly.

4. Test your database is running successfully. Add `/api/beverages` to the provided Wrangler URL. For example, `https://d1-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/api/beverages`.

</Steps>

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>
<Steps>

1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
2. Select your `d1-tutorial` Worker.
3. Select **Deployments**.
4. From the **Version History** table, select **Deploy version**.
5. From the **Deploy version** page, select **Deploy**.

</Steps>

This deploys the latest version of the Worker code to production.

</TabItem></Tabs>

## 6. (Optional) Develop locally with Wrangler

If you are using D1 with Wrangler, you can test your database locally. While in your project directory:

<Steps>
1. Run `wrangler dev`:

    ```sh
    npx wrangler dev
    ```

    When you run `wrangler dev`, Wrangler provides a URL (most likely `localhost:8787`) to review your Worker.

2. Go to the URL.

   The page displays `Call /api/beverages to see everyone who works at Bs Beverages`.

3. Test your database is running successfully. Add `/api/beverages` to the provided Wrangler URL. For example, `localhost:8787/api/beverages`.

</Steps>

If successful, the browser displays your data.

:::note
You can only develop locally if you are using Wrangler. You cannot develop locally through the Cloudflare dashboard.
:::

## 7. (Optional) Delete your database

To delete your database:

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

Run:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 delete prod-d1-tutorial
```

</TabItem><TabItem label='Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to **Storages & Databases** > **D1**.

2. Select your `prod-d1-tutorial` D1 database.

3. Select **Settings**.

4. Select **Delete**.

5. Type the name of the database (`prod-d1-tutorial`) to confirm the deletion.

</Steps>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

If you want to delete your Worker:

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

Run:

```sh
npx wrangler delete d1-tutorial
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label='Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.

2. Select your `d1-tutorial` Worker.

3. Select **Settings**.

4. Scroll to the bottom of the page, then select **Delete**.

5. Type the name of the Worker (`d1-tutorial`) to confirm the deletion.

</Steps>

</TabItem></Tabs>

## Summary

In this tutorial, you have:

- Created a D1 database
- Created a Worker to access that database
- Deployed your project globally

## Next steps

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

- See supported [Wrangler commands for D1](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1).
- Learn how to use [D1 Worker Binding APIs](/d1/worker-api/) within your Worker, and test them from the [API playground](/d1/worker-api/#api-playground).
- Explore [community projects built on D1](/d1/reference/community-projects/).

---

# Wrangler commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/wrangler-commands/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components"

D1 Wrangler commands use REST APIs to interact with the control plane. This page lists the Wrangler commands for D1.

<Render file="wrangler-commands/d1" product="workers" />

## Global commands

<Render file="wrangler-commands/global-flags" product="workers" />

## Experimental commands

### `insights`

Returns statistics about your queries.

```sh
npx wrangler d1 insights <database_name> --<option>
```

For more information, see [Query `insights`](/d1/observability/metrics-analytics/#query-insights).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>


Create new serverless SQL databases to query from your Workers and Pages projects.


</Description>

<Plan type="workers-all" />

D1 is Cloudflare's managed, serverless database with SQLite's SQL semantics, built-in disaster recovery, and Worker and HTTP API access.

D1 is designed for horizontal scale out across multiple, smaller (10 GB) databases, such as per-user, per-tenant or per-entity databases. D1 allows you to build applications with thousands of databases at no extra cost for isolating with multiple databases. D1 pricing is based only on query and storage costs.

Create your first D1 database by [following the Get started guide](/d1/get-started/), learn how to [import data into a database](/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/), and how to [interact with your database](/d1/worker-api/) directly from [Workers](/workers/) or [Pages](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Create your first D1 database" href="/d1/get-started/" cta="Create your D1 database">

Create your first D1 database, establish a schema, import data and query D1 directly from an application [built with Workers](/workers/).


</Feature>

<Feature header="SQLite" href="/d1/sql-api/sql-statements/" cta="Execute SQL queries">

Execute SQL with SQLite's SQL compatibility and D1 Client API.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Time Travel" href="/d1/reference/time-travel/" cta="Learn about Time Travel">

Time Travel is D1’s approach to backups and point-in-time-recovery, and allows you to restore a database to any minute within the last 30 days.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pages" href="/pages/" product="pages">

Deploy dynamic front-end applications in record time.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/d1/platform/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
Learn about D1's pricing and how to estimate your usage.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/d1/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about what limits D1 has and how to work within them.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Community projects" href="/d1/reference/community-projects/" icon="pen">
Browse what developers are building with D1.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="document">
Learn more about the storage and database options you can build on with Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/data-localization.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Product compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/compatibility/

The table below provides a summary of the Data Localization Suite product's behavior with Cloudflare products. Refer to the table legend for guidance on interpreting the table.

✅ Product works with no caveats <br/>
🚧 Product can be used with some caveats <br/>
✘ Product cannot be used <br/>
⚫️ Not applicable

## Application Performance

| Product                | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ---------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Caching/CDN            | ✅              | ✅                 | ✅                       |
| Cache Reserve          | ⚫️              | 🚧                 | ✅ [^29]                 |
| DNS                    | ⚫️              | 🚧 [^33]           | 🚧 [^32]                 |
| HTTP/3 (with QUIC)     | ⚫️              | ✘                  | ⚫️                       |
| Image Resizing         | ✅              | ✅ [^6]           | 🚧 [^1]                  |
| Load Balancing         | ✅              | ✅                 | 🚧 [^1]                  |
| Onion Routing          | ✘               | ✘                  | ✘                        |
| Orange-to-Orange (O2O) | ✘               | ✘                  | ✘                        |
| Stream Delivery        | ✅              | ✅                 | ✅                       |
| Tiered Caching         | ✅              | 🚧 [^2]            | 🚧 [^30]                 |
| Trace                  | ✘               | ✘                  | ✘                        |
| Waiting Room           | ⚫️              | ✅                 | ✅                       |
| Zaraz                  | ✅              | ✅                 | ✅                       |

***

## Application Security

| Product                      | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ---------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Advanced Certificate Manager | ⚫️              | ⚫️                | ⚫️                        |
| Advanced DDoS Protection     | ✅              | ✅                | 🚧 [^3]                   |
| API Shield                   | ✅              | ✅                | 🚧 [^4]                    |
| Bot Management               | ✅              | ✅                | 🚧 [^5]                   |
| DNS Firewall                 | ⚫️              | ⚫️                | 🚧 [^22]                   |
| Page Shield                  | ✅              | ✅                | ✅                        |
| Rate Limiting                | ✅              | ✅                | ✅ [^37]                   |
| SSL                          | ✅              | ✅                | ✅                        |
| Cloudflare for SaaS          | ✘               | ✅                | ✅                        |
| Turnstile                    | ⚫️              | ✘                 | ✅ [^38]                       |
| WAF/L7 Firewall              | ✅              | ✅                | ✅                        |
| DMARC Management             | ⚫️              | ⚫️                | ✅                        |

***

## Developer Platform

| Product                      | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ---------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Cloudflare Images            | ⚫️              | ✅ [^36]          | 🚧 [^35]                    |
| AI Gateway                   | ✘               | ✘                | 🚧 [^39]                    |
| Cloudflare Pages             | ✅ [^11]        | ✅ [^11]          | 🚧 [^1]                   |
| Cloudflare D1                | ⚫️             |  ⚫️                | 🚧 [^40]                   |
| Durable Objects              | ⚫️              | ✅ [^7]           | 🚧 [^1]                   |
| Email Routing                | ⚫️              | ⚫️                | ✅                        |
| R2                           | ✅ [^27]        | ✅ [^8]           | ✅ [^28]                  |
| Smart Placement              | ⚫️              | ✘                 | ✘                         |
| Stream                       | ⚫️              | ✘                 | 🚧 [^1]                    |
| Workers (deployed on a Zone) | ✅              | ✅                | 🚧 [^41]                   |
| Workers AI                   | ⚫️              | ✘                 | ✅                        |
| Workers KV                   | ⚫️              | ✘                 | ✅ [^34]                   |
| Workers.dev                  | ✘              | ✘                 | ✘                         |
| Workers Analytics Engine (WAE) | ⚫️           | ⚫️                 | 🚧 [^1]                    |

***

## Network Services

| Product            | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Argo Smart Routing | ✅              | ✘ [^9]           | ✘ [^10]                    |
| Static IP/BYOIP    | ⚫️              | ✅ [^26]         | ⚫️                         |
| Magic Firewall     | ⚫️              | ⚫️               | ✅                         |
| Magic Network Monitoring | ⚫️        | ⚫️               | 🚧 [^1]                    |
| Magic Transit      | ⚫️              | ⚫️               | 🚧 [^1]                    |
| Magic WAN          | ⚫️              | ⚫️               | ✅                         |
| Spectrum           | ✅              | ✅ [^42]         | ✅                         |

***

## Platform

| Product | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ------- | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Logpull | ⚫️              | ⚫️               | 🚧 [^12]                   |
| Logpush | ⚫️              | ✅               | 🚧 [^13]                   |

***

## Zero Trust

| Product           | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary |
| ----------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Access            | 🚧 [^14]        | 🚧 [^15]           | 🚧 [^16]                 |
| Browser Isolation | ⚫️              | 🚧 [^17]           | ✅                       |
| CASB              | ⚫️              | ⚫️                 | ✘                        |
| Cloudflare Tunnel | ⚫️              | 🚧 [^18]           | ⚫️                       |
| DLP               | ⚫️ [^19]        | ⚫️ [^19]           | 🚧 [^31]                 |
| Gateway           | 🚧 [^20]        | 🚧 [^21]           | 🚧 [^22]                 |
| WARP              | ⚫️              | ⚫️                 | 🚧 [^1]                  |


[^1]: Logs / Analytics not available outside US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary.
[^2]: Regular and Custom Tiered Cache works; Smart Tiered Caching not available with Regional Services.
[^3]: Adaptive DDoS Protection is only supported for US CMB.
[^4]: Features such as API Discovery and Volumetric Abuse Detection will not work with CMB set to EU only.
[^5]: Some advanced Enterprise features, including the [Anomaly Detection engine](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#anomaly-detection), are not available.
[^6]: Only when using a Custom Domain set to a region, either through Workers or [Transform Rules](/images/transform-images/serve-images-custom-paths/) within the same zone.
[^7]: [Jurisdiction restrictions for Durable Objects](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#restrict-durable-objects-to-a-jurisdiction).
[^8]: Only when using a [Custom Domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#connect-a-bucket-to-a-custom-domain) set to a region and using [jurisdictions with the S3 API](/r2/reference/data-location/#using-jurisdictions-with-the-s3-api).
[^9]: Argo cannot be used with Regional Services.
[^10]: Argo cannot be used with Customer Metadata Boundary.
[^11]: Only when using [Custom Domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) set to a region.
[^12]: Logpull not available when using Customer Metadata Boundary outside US region. Logs may be stored and retrieved with [Logs Engine](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-logs-engine/) which is adding region support in 2025.
[^13]: Logpush available with Customer Metadata Boundary for [these datasets](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/logpush-datasets/). Contact your account team if you need another dataset.
[^14]: Access App SSL keys can use Geo Key Manager. [Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) is not yet localized.
[^15]: Can be localized to US FedRAMP region only. More regions coming in 2024.
[^16]: Customer Metadata Boundary can be used to limit data transfer outside region, but Access User Logs will not be available outside US region.
[^17]: Currently may only be used with US FedRAMP region.
[^18]: The only connectivity option is [US FedRAMP region](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#region). Regional Services only applies when using [Public Hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) set to a region.
[^19]: Uses Gateway HTTP and CASB.
[^20]: You can [bring your own certificate](https://blog.cloudflare.com/bring-your-certificates-cloudflare-gateway/) to Gateway but these cannot yet be restricted to a specific region.
[^21]: Gateway HTTP supports Regional Services. Gateway DNS does not yet support regionalization. <br/> ICMP proxy and WARP-to-WARP proxy are not available to Regional Services users.
[^22]: Dashboard Analytics and Logs are empty when using CMB outside the US region. Use Logpush instead.
[^26]: Static IP/BYOIP can be used with the legacy Spectrum setup.
[^27]: Only when using a Custom Domain and a [Custom Certificate](/r2/reference/data-security/#encryption-in-transit) or [Keyless SSL](/ssl/keyless-ssl/).
[^28]: R2 Dashboard [Metrics and Analytics](/r2/platform/metrics-analytics/) are populated. Additionally, [Jurisdictional Restrictions](/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions) guarantee objects in a bucket are stored within a specific jurisdiction.
[^29]: You cannot yet specify region location for object storage itself.
[^30]: Regular/Generic and Custom Tiered Cache works; Smart Tiered Caching does not work with Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB). <br/> With CMB set to EU, the Zone Dashboard **Caching** > **Tiered Cache** > **Smart Tiered Caching** option will not populate the Dashboard Analytics.
[^31]: DLP is part of Gateway HTTP, however, [DLP datasets](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/datasets/#use-dlp-datasets) are not available outside US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary.
[^32]: Dashboard Analytics are empty when using CMB outside the US region. Use Logpush instead.
[^33]: [Outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/) will carry Earth region proxy IPs, thus making regional service dysfunctional when non-Cloudflare nameservers respond to the DNS queries.
[^34]: Jurisdictional Restrictions (storage) for Workers KV pairs is not supported today.
[^35]: Logs / Analytics not available outside US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary. Jurisdictional Restrictions (storage) options are not supported today.
[^36]: Only when using a [Custom Domain](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-from-custom-domains/) set to a region.
[^37]: Legacy Zone Analytics & Logs section not available outside US region when using CMB. Use [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) instead.
[^38]: [Turnstile Analytics](/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/) are available. However, there are no regionalization guarantees for the Siteverify API yet.
[^39]: Jurisdictional Restrictions (storage) options for [Logs](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/) are not supported today.
[^40]: Jurisdictional Restrictions ([data location](/d1/configuration/data-location/) / storage) options are not supported today.
[^41]: Logs / Analytics not available outside US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary. Use Logpush instead.
[^42]: Only applies to HTTP/S Spectrum applications.

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/faq/

## Are DLP and DLS the same?

No, they are not. DLP stands for [Data Loss Prevention](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/), and it is part of Cloudflare’s Zero Trust offering (requiring Gateway). It allows customers to scan web traffic and SaaS apps for sensitive data like secret keys, financial information (credit card numbers), and other keywords.

[Data Localization Suite](/data-localization/) (DLS) is a suite of features that can provide localization and data residency features.


## Are Cloudflare’s services GDPR compliant?

Yes, even without DLS, Cloudflare services are designed to satisfy the GDPR’s requirements. Cloudflare services are also verified compliant with the EU Cloud CoC, Verification-ID: 2023LVL02SCOPE4316. For further information, visit EU Cloud CoC [public register](https://eucoc.cloud/en/public-register).


## How can I use DLS?

Once you have purchased DLS, the post-sales team will entitle DLS for you, and you will be able to configure all features by yourself via dashboard or API. You can find more specific information under the [Configuration guides](/data-localization/how-to/) section.

## Does Regional Services work with HTTP/3 / QUIC?

Not yet.


## Are there other options if I prefer not to have Cloudflare handle TLS termination (decryption)?

Yes, you have these options available:

* [Spectrum TCP/UDP Apps](/spectrum/) (without TLS Termination)
* [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)
* [Privacy Gateway](/privacy-gateway/)

These options only offer L3/L4 DDoS protection and using them imply that no application / L7 security or performance services can be applied.

---

# Geo Key Manager

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/geo-key-manager/

Geo Key Manager offers enhanced control over the storage location of private SSL/TLS keys, ensuring compliance with regional data regulations and security requirements.

## Customize key storage

By default, private keys will be encrypted and securely distributed to each data center, where they can be utilized for local SSL/TLS termination. Geo Key Manager allows you to choose where you want to store your private keys.

Geo Key Manager was restricted to the US, EU, and high-security data centers, but with the new version of Geo Key Manager, available in [Closed Beta](https://blog.cloudflare.com/configurable-and-scalable-geo-key-manager-closed-beta/), you can now create `allowlists` and `blocklists` of countries in which your private keys will be stored. That means that you will be able define specific geographic locations where to store keys, for instance you can store your private keys exclusively in Australia or limit private keys storage to the EU and the UK.

## Cloudflare data center flow example

The following diagram is a high-level example of the flow of the Cloudflare data centers without private TLS key. In this process, data centers have to request and create temporary Session Keys to perform TLS termination by reaching out to Cloudflare data centers which hold the private TLS keys:

<br/>

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant User as End user
    participant CloudflarePoP as Closest data center without TLS Key
    participant CloudflarePoPwTLS as Data center with TLS Key

    User->>CloudflarePoP: Initial request
    Note right of CloudflarePoP: Closest data center cannot decrypt
    CloudflarePoP-->>CloudflarePoPwTLS: Requests TLS Signature
    CloudflarePoPwTLS-->>CloudflarePoP: Sends TLS Signature in order to establish Session Key
    Note right of CloudflarePoP: Decrypts and performs business logic (for example, WAF, Configuration Rules, Load Balancing)
    CloudflarePoP-->>User: Subsequent requests use the Session Key
    User-->>CloudflarePoP: Subsequent requests use the Session Key
```

<br/>

For detailed information on setup and supported options, refer to [Geo Key Manager documentation](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/).

---

# Data Localization Suite

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/

import { CardGrid, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Plan type="ent-add-on" />

The Data Localization Suite (DLS) is a collection of tools that enable customers to choose the location where Cloudflare inspects and stores data, while maintaining the security and performance benefits of our global network.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Geo Key Manager" href="/data-localization/geo-key-manager/">

Keep your keys within a specified region, ensuring compliance and data sovereignty.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Customer Metadata Boundary" href="/data-localization/metadata-boundary/">

Ensure that any traffic metadata that can identify your end user stays in the region you selected.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Regional Services" href="/data-localization/regional-services/">

Comply with regional restrictions by choosing which subset of data centers decrypts and services your HTTPS traffic.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="SSL/TLS" href="/ssl/" product="ssl">
Cloudflare SSL/TLS encrypts your web traffic to prevent data theft and other tampering. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
Cloudflare's global DNS platform provides speed and resilience. DNS customers also benefit from free DNSSEC, and protection against route leaks and hijacking. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Resource hub" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/resource-hub/?topic=Privacy" icon="document">
Refer to our latest resources to learn more about privacy.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Cloudflare blog" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/data-localization-suite" icon="open-book">
Read articles about the latest updates to the Data Localization Suite. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/limitations/

import { Render } from "~/components"

There are some caveats and limitations when deploying Data Localization Suite features.

Cloudflare is working hard to improve this offering and fill the gaps. If you have a specific feature request, please contact your [Account Team](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

## Key Management

When using Geo Key Manager or Keyless SSL, some caveats may apply.

The remote procedure call from the server to the key server can add latency to the handshake, slowing down connection establishment. The additional latency cost corresponds to the round-trip time from the server to the key server, which can be as much as a second if the key server is on the other side of the world. Luckily, this latency cost only applies to the first time you connect to a server. Once the handshake is complete, the key server is not involved. Furthermore, if you reconnect to a site you do not have to pay the latency cost either because resuming a connection with TLS Session Resumption does not require the private key. Hence, latency is only added for the initial connection.

Learn more about how it works in our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/geo-key-manager-how-it-works/).

## Regional Services

When using Regional Services, some caveats and limitations may apply.

For product-specific caveats, refer to [Cloudflare product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/) page.

The following features and protocols are not supported by Regional Services and might not work on regionalized hostnames:

* [ICMP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/internet-control-message-protocol-icmp/)
* [Encrypted Client Hello (ECH)](/ssl/edge-certificates/ech/)
* [Orange-to-Orange (O2O)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/)
* [Onion Routing (Tor)](/network/onion-routing/)

Since Regional Services leverages Spectrum in the background, [Spectrum limitations](/spectrum/reference/limitations/) apply.

Regional Services does not apply to [Subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests). Regional Services operates on your hostname's IPs. We recommend using [DNSSEC](/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/dnssec/) and/or [DNS over HTTPS](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/) to ensure that DNS responses are secure and correct.

## Customer Metadata Boundary

There are certain limitations and caveats when using Customer Metadata Boundary.

Specifically most of the Zone Analytics & Logs UI Tabs will be showing up as empty, when configuring Customer Metadata Boundary to EU only. It is recommended to use the UI [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) instead, or the [HTTP request](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) logs via [Logpush](/logs/about/).

To configure Customer Metadata Boundary to EU only, you must disable Log Retention for all zones within your account. Log Retention is a legacy feature of [Logpull](/logs/logpull/). 

For product-specific caveats, refer to [Cloudflare product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/) page.

### Data unavailability

<Render file="customer_metadata_boundary_error" product="analytics" />

### Dashboard UI Analytics

In some cases, when using Customer Metadata Boundary set to the EU, some Dashboard UI Analytics might show up empty.

---

# Region support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/region-support/

Support by product and region is summarized in the following table:

| Region                             | Geo Key Manager | Regional Services | Customer Metadata Boundary    |
| ---------------------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------- |
| US                                 | ✅               | ✅                 | ✅                             |
| EU                                 | ✅               | ✅                 | ✅                             |
| UK                                 | ✅               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Canada                             | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Australia                          | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Japan                              | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| India                              | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| ISO 27001 Certified European Union | ✅               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Germany                            | ✅               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Singapore                          | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| South Korea                        | ✅               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Austria                            | ✘               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Brazil                             | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Cloudflare Green Energy            | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Exclusive of Hong Kong and Macau   | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Exclusive of Russia and Belarus    | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| France                             | ✘               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Hong Kong                          | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Italy                              | ✘               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| NATO                               | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Netherlands                        | ✘               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Russia                             | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Saudi Arabia                       | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| South Africa                       | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Spain                              | ✘               | ✅                 | Can use EU metadata boundary. |
| Switzerland                        | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| Taiwan                             | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| US State of California             | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| US State of Florida                | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |
| US State of Texas                  | ✘               | ✅                 | ✘                             |


Only supported in [Geo Key Manager v2](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/).

---

# Botnet Threat Feed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/botnet-threat-feed/

The Cloudflare DDoS Botnet Threat Feed is a threat intelligence feed for service providers (SPs) such as hosting providers and Internet service providers (ISPs) that provides information about their own IP addresses that have participated in HTTP DDoS attacks as observed from Cloudflare's global network. The feed aims to help service providers stop the abuse and reduce DDoS attacks originating from within their networks.

Each offense is a mitigated HTTP request from the specific IP address. For example, if an IP has 3,000 offenses, it means that Cloudflare has mitigated 3,000 HTTP requests from that IP. 

A service provider can only get information about IP addresses associated with their autonomous system numbers (ASNs). The affiliation of a service provider with their ASNs will be checked against [PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/), a reliable and globally recognized interconnection database.

To ensure the feed's accuracy, Cloudflare will only include IP addresses that have participated in multiple HTTP DDoS attacks and have triggered high-confidence rules. 

## Context

A single DDoS attack consisting of thousands of bots can involve as little as one single IP per service provider. Service providers usually only see a small fraction of the attack traffic leaving their network, and it can be hard to correlate it to malicious activity, while trying to identify abusers.

In the case of HTTPS DDoS attacks, service providers only see encrypted payloads leaving their network without any possibility to decrypt or understand if it is malicious or legitimate traffic. However, Cloudflare can see an entire attack and all of its sources if the attack targets an Internet property that uses Cloudflare's services. This global view can help service providers stop the abusers.

For more details, refer to [How DDoS protection works](/ddos-protection/about/how-ddos-protection-works/).

## Availability

The Cloudflare DDoS Botnet Threat Feed is available for free to service providers. For more information, refer to the [Terms of Use](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/service-specific-terms-application-services/#ddos-botnet-threat-feed).

---

## Before you begin

Make sure that:

- You have [created a Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/).

## Get started

### 1. Authenticate your ASN via PeeringDB

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. Select **DDoS Threat Feed ASNs**.
4. On the list of ASNs configured for your threat feed, select **Add ASN**.
5. You will be redirected to the PeeringDB authentication page, where you can log in and consent to share the affiliation data with us. You will be redirected back to the configuration page once it is successful.

:::note
You can add multiple ASNs to your threat feed.
:::

### 2. Obtain Cloudflare API token

You must [obtain a Cloudflare API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with at least the following account-level permission:

- _DDoS Botnet Feed_ > _Read_

### 3. Call Botnet Threat Feed API

Invoke one of the Botnet Threat Feed API endpoints:

- [Get full report](#get-full-report)
- [Get day report](#get-day-report)

---

## Available API endpoints

:::caution[Important notes]

- The API URI path is planned to change from `.../botnet_feed/...` to `.../ddos_botnet_feed/...` in the future.
- Responses with no IP addresses in the results (empty state) will return an `HTTP 200` status code (success), with an empty list in the `result` property.
- When the response is a success but the result is `0` or `null`, this means that there are no detected offenses.
:::

To invoke an API endpoint, append the operation endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

### Get full report

Retrieves all the data in the botnet tracking database for a given ASN (currently two weeks worth of data).

- HTTP verb: `GET`
- Operation endpoint: `/accounts/{account_id}/botnet_feed/asn/{asn}/full_report`

The provided `{asn}` must be affiliated with your account.

```bash title="Example request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/botnet_feed/asn/{asn}/full_report" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "cidr": "127.0.0.1/32",
      "date": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "offense_count": 10000
    },
    // ... other entries ...
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### Get day report

Retrieves all the data the botnet tracking database has for a given ASN on a given date. This operation currently allows dates greater than two weeks prior, but in this case it will return an empty dataset (the database currently stores two-weeks worth of data).

- HTTP verb: `GET`
- Operation endpoint: `/accounts/{account_id}/botnet_feed/asn/{asn}/day_report?date={date}`

The provided `{asn}` must be affiliated with your account.

`{date}` must be an ISO 8601-formatted date: `YYYY-MM-DD`. If no date is specified, the API responds with the data from the day before.

```bash title="Example request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/botnet_feed/asn/{asn}/day_report?date=2024-05-05" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "cidr": "127.0.0.1/32",
      "date": "2024-05-05T00:00:00Z",
      "offense_count": 10000
    },
    // ... other entries ...
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/

import { Description, Feature, FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Detect and mitigate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks automatically. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare automatically detects and mitigates <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/">distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks</GlossaryTooltip> via our autonomous DDoS systems.

These systems include multiple dynamic mitigation rules exposed as [DDoS attack protection managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/). You can customize the mitigation rules included in these rulesets to optimize and tailor the protection to your needs.

---

## Features

<Feature header="Managed rulesets" href="/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/">
Protect against a variety of DDoS attacks across layers 3/4 (network layer) and layer 7 (application layer) of the OSI model. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Adaptive DDoS protection" href="/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/">
Get increased protection against sophisticated DDoS attacks on layer 7 and layers 3/4. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Advanced TCP protection" href="/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/">
Detect and mitigate sophisticated out-of-state TCP attacks such as randomized and spoofed ACK floods, or SYN and SYN-ACK floods.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Advanced DNS protection" href="/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/">
Protect against DNS-based DDoS attacks, specifically sophisticated and fully randomized DNS attacks such as random prefix attacks.
</Feature>

---

## Availability

<div style="font-size:87%">

<FeatureTable id="security.ddos" />

</div>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Spectrum" href="/spectrum/" product="spectrum">
Provides security and acceleration for any TCP or UDP based application. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Magic Transit" href="/magic-transit/" product="magic-transit">
A network security and performance solution that offers DDoS protection, traffic acceleration, and more for on-premise, cloud-hosted, and hybrid networks. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Web Application Firewall (WAF)" href="/waf/" product="waf">
Get automatic protection from vulnerabilities and the flexibility to create custom rules. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Application guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/application-guide/

If you use Cloudflare's developer products and would like to share your expertise then Cloudflare's Developer Spotlight program is for you. Whether you use Cloudflare in your profession, as a student or as a hobby, let us spotlight your creativity. Write a tutorial for our documentation and earn credits for your Cloudflare account along with having your name credited on your work.

The Developer Spotlight program is open for applicants until Thursday, the 24th of October 2024.

## Who can apply?

The following is required in order to be an eligible applicant for the Developer Spotlight program:

- You must not be an employee of Cloudflare.
- You must be 18 or older.
- All participants must agree to the [Developer Spotlight terms](/developer-spotlight/terms/).

## Submission rules

Your tutorial must be:

1. Easy for anyone to follow.
2. Technically accurate.
3. Entirely original, written only by you.
4. Written following Cloudflare's documentation style guide. For more information, please visit our [style guide documentation](/style-guide/) and our [tutorial style guide documentation](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/#template)
5. About how to use [Cloudflare's Developer Platform products](/products/?product-group=Developer+platform) to create a project or solve a problem.
6. Complete, not an unfinished draft.

## How to apply

To apply to the program, submit an application through the [Developer Spotlight signup form](https://forms.gle/anpTPu45tnwjwXsk8). Successful applicants will be contacted by email.

## Account credits

Account credits can be used towards recurring monthly charges for Cloudflare plans or add-on services. Once a tutorial submission has been approved and published, we can then add 350 credits to your Cloudflare account. Credits are only valid for three years. Valid payment details must be stored on the recieving account before credits can be added.

## FAQ

### How many tutorial topic ideas can I submit?

You may submit as many tutorial topics ideas as you like in your application.

### When will I be compensated for my tutorial?

We will add the account credits to your Cloudflare account after your tutorial has been approved and published under the Developer Spotlight program.

### If my tutorial is accepted and published on Cloudflare's Developer Spotlight program, can I republish it elsewhere?

We ask that you do not republish any tutorials that have been published under the Cloudflare Developer Spotlight program.

### Will I be credited for my work?

You will be credited as the author of any tutorial you submit that is successfully published through the Cloudflare Developer Spotlight program. We will add your details to your work after it has been approved.

### What happens If my topic of choice gets accepted but the tutorial submission gets rejected?

Our team will do our best to help you edit your tutorial's pull request to be ready for submission; however, in the unlikely chance that your tutorial's pull request is rejected, you are still free to publish your work elsewhere.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/get-started/

## Free, Pro, and Business plans

The DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets provided by Cloudflare are enabled by default on zones onboarded to Cloudflare, IP applications onboarded to Spectrum, and IP Prefixes onboarded to Magic Transit.

In some situations, the default protection offered by DDoS rules may need to be fine-tuned to your specific situation. You may also want to configure additional protection using other Cloudflare products.

### Adjust the provided DDoS rules

If one or more DDoS rules provided by Cloudflare affects legitimate traffic, you can adjust them so that they do not perform any mitigation action against this kind of traffic. Follow the steps in [Handle a false positive](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-positive/) to reduce the sensitivity level of one or more DDoS rules and allow incoming legitimate traffic.

### Configure additional protection

To configure additional protection against DDoS attacks, refer to the related Cloudflare products listed in [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/#related-cloudflare-products) and [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/#related-cloudflare-products).

## Enterprise plan

Cloudflare's DDoS protection systems automatically detect and mitigate DDoS attacks. Additionally, the systems may flag suspiciously-looking incoming traffic from legacy applications, Internet services, or faulty client applications as malicious and apply mitigation actions. If the traffic is in fact legitimate, the mitigation actions can cause service disruptions and outages in your Internet properties.

To prevent this situation, Cloudflare recommends that you perform these steps to get started:

1. Set the ruleset actions for all the [DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/) to _Log_.
2. Analyze the flagged traffic.
3. Adjust the sensitivity or action of individual managed ruleset rules, if required.
4. Switch ruleset actions from _Log_ back to the default.

### Prerequisites

You must have one of the following:

- [A zone onboarded to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) but without updated DNS records.
- [An IP application onboarded to Spectrum](/spectrum/get-started/).
- [An IP Prefix onboarded to Magic Transit](/magic-transit/get-started/).

### 1. Configure ruleset actions to Log

:::note

The _Log_ action is only available to Enterprise customers. 
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. [Configure all the rules in the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/#create-a-ddos-override), setting their action to _Log_.
3. [Configure all the rules in the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/#create-a-ddos-override), setting the action to _Log_.

Alternatively, if you are using the API, define an override at the ruleset level to set the action of all managed ruleset rules to `log` by following these instructions:

- [Configure an override for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/#configure-an-override-for-the-http-ddos-attack-protection-managed-ruleset)
- [Configure an override for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/#configure-an-override-for-the-network-layer-ddos-attack-protection-managed-ruleset)

### 2. Review flagged traffic

1. Go to your [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/) (the exact dashboard depends on your Cloudflare services).
2. Apply one or more filters, if required, and identify any rules that would have blocked legitimate traffic if _Log_ mode were disabled. Take note of the rule IDs.

### 3. Customize managed ruleset rules

Customize the specific managed ruleset rules you identified, changing their sensitivity or their action, using the Cloudflare dashboard or using the API.

If you are using the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to:

- [Configure HTTP DDoS Attack Protection in the dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/)
- [Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection in the dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/)

If you are using the API, refer to:

- [Configure HTTP DDoS Attack Protection via API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/)
- [Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection via API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/)

When using the API, ensure that you add any required rule overrides without removing the ruleset override you configured in [Step 1](#1-configure-ruleset-actions-to-log).

### 4. Switch ruleset actions back to the default

Revert the change you did in [Step 1](#1-configure-ruleset-actions-to-log), changing the action of each managed ruleset rule back to _Default_ in **Ruleset action**.

Alternatively, if you are using the API, [remove the override](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/#configure-an-override-for-the-http-ddos-attack-protection-managed-ruleset) you previously configured at the ruleset level for each managed ruleset. Ensure that you only remove the ruleset override and not any of the rule overrides you may have configured in [Step 3](#3-customize-managed-ruleset-rules).

---

# Developer Spotlight program

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/

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Find examples of how our community of developers are getting the most out of our products.

Applications are currently open until Thursday, the 24th of October 2024. To apply, please read the [application guide](/developer-spotlight/application-guide/)

## View latest contributions

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>
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---

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URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/terms/

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# DNS lookup limit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/dns-lookup-limits/

The [Sender Policy Framework (SPF)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4408/) specification has a limit on the number of DNS lookups required to fully resolve an SPF record. According to the specification, SPF must limit the number of DNS lookups to 10 per SPF check. If your SPF records exceed this number, your emails might not reach their destination.

To check if your SPF records are compliant with the SPF specification:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **DMARC Management**.
3. In **Email record overview**, select **View records**.
4. Find your SPF record, and select the three dots next to it > **Inspect**.
5. DMARC Management will inspect your records and check for the total number of DNS lookups. If the record exceeds the maximum number of DNS lookups, DMARC Management will warn you about this. You should edit and remove unnecessary records in the DNS page. Refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#delete-dns-records) for more information on how to delete DNS records.

---

# Enable DMARC Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/enable/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You need to enable DMARC Management to allow Cloudflare to process DMARC reports on your behalf. DMARC Management only works with <GlossaryTooltip term="apex domain">apex domains</GlossaryTooltip> and not domains in [subdomain setups](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/).

:::caution[A warning on DMARC Management and SPF records]

DMARC Management does not support actions on SPF records when your zone has a CNAME record that points to a different domain. Changing the SPF record would make DMARC rules invalid, as Cloudflare cannot change other DNS records to reflect your updates.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **DMARC Management**.
3. Select **Enable DMARC Management**.
4. DMARC Management will scan your zone for DMARC records.

   1. If no record is found, Cloudflare will automatically invite you to add one that you can edit later. Select **Add** to continue.
   2. If there is a DMARC record in your zone, Cloudflare will add another `rua` entry to it. This additional `rua` tag has a Cloudflare email address and is needed for Cloudflare to be able to start processing DMARC reports on your behalf. Select **Next** to continue.

DMARC Management (beta) is now active. However, it may take up to 24 hours to receive your first DMARC report and to display this information in DMARC Management.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/

import { Description, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Stop brand impersonation.
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare DMARC Management (beta) helps you track every source that is sending emails from your domain and review [Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dmarc-record/) reports for each source. DMARC reports will help you understand if messages sent from your domain are passing DMARC authentication, [DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dkim-record/) authentication, and [Sender Policy Framework (SPF)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-spf-record/) policies.

DMARC Management (beta) is available to all Cloudflare customers with [Cloudflare DNS](/dns/).

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Area 1 Email Security" href="/email-security/" product="email-security">
Stop phishing attacks with Area 1 cloud-native email security service.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
Fast, resilient and easy-to-manage DNS service.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Security records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/security-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="domain-spoofing" />

## Create security records

To set up email security records:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **DMARC Management**.
3. In **Email record overview**, select **View records**.
4. Use the available options to set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records. This page will also list any previous records you might already have in your account.

## Edit or delete records

Refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for more information.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/changelog/

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{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/dns.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Statistics and details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dmarc-management/statistics/

DMARC Management (beta) allows you to review how emails sent on your behalf have fared regarding security policies such as DMARC, SFP, and DKIM.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **DMARC Management**.
3. The graph shows you the volume of emails during a certain period of time. Select the dropdown to select a period of time up to 30 days.
4. Moving your mouse through the graph gives you details for a particular day. Select **View reports** for a list of DMARC reports by date.
5. Select one of the dates shown to open a window with more details.

## Source details

The Top 10 sources section shows you details about the top sources sending emails on your behalf, with information such as total volume of emails and how these sources fared regarding security policies.

You also have access to information about all third parties, and can drill down for further details on each of them:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **DMARC Management**.
3. Select **View all**.
4. The next page shows you a list of all sources sending email on your behalf. You can filter this list by time period.
5. Find a source you want to inspect further, and select the three dots in front of it > **Details** to learn more about that third party.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/concepts/

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This page defines and articulates key concepts that are relevant to the Cloudflare DNS service and are used in this documentation. For more concepts and broader descriptions, refer to the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/).

## Domain

Also known as domain name, a domain is the string of text that identifies a specific website, such as `google.com` or `facebook.com`. Every time you access a website from your web browser, a DNS query takes place and the DNS service maps the domain to the actual IP address where the website is [hosted](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/).

## Registrar

Before you can start using the Cloudflare DNS service, you must first have a domain. This is achieved by using a service called registrar. As explained in our [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name-registrar/), a registrar handles the reservation of domain names.

Very often the same company that offers domain registration also offers web hosting and DNS management.

You can register a domain name at cost through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/). Every domain acquired through Cloudflare Registrar must also use Cloudflare as their [primary authoritative DNS](#authoritative-dns).

## Nameserver

Although the resolution of a DNS query involves a number of different servers, in this documentation nameserver usually refers to the Cloudflare authoritative nameservers. As explained in the [article about DNS server types](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-server-types/), the authoritative nameserver is the last stop in the resolution of a DNS query.

Refer to [Nameservers](/dns/nameservers/) for details on the different nameserver offerings.

## Authoritative DNS

Authoritative DNS refers to the service whose nameservers provide the final information mapping a hostname (such as `example.com` or `blog.example.com`) to the IP address that hosts the corresponding content or resources.

This is important because the performance of such authoritative DNS services determine how available, resilient, and performant your website or application is. Cloudflare DNS is an authoritative DNS service leveraging Cloudflare's global network. Refer to [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) for details.

## DNS setups

It is also possible that one same company will use more than one DNS provider. Usually, this relates to making a domain more resilient - if one provider faces an outage, the nameservers operated by the other DNS provider will most likely still be available.

In this context, you can have a primary DNS setup, when you use Cloudflare to manage your [DNS records](#dns-records), or a [secondary DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/), when your DNS records are managed on a different provider and Cloudflare simply receives zone transfers containing your DNS records.

When you have a primary DNS setup, you can either use only Cloudflare (also known as [Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)), or you can use Cloudflare and another provider, where the other provider is the one to receive [outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/) from Cloudflare.

Finally, as Cloudflare also works as a [reverse proxy](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy), [partial (CNAME) setups](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) can be used when you do not want Cloudflare to be [authoritative](#authoritative-dns) for your domain but you still want to proxy individual subdomains through Cloudflare.

## DNS records

DNS records are instructions that live in the authoritative DNS servers and provide information about a [zone](#zone). This includes what IP address is associated with a particular domain, but can also cover many other use cases, such as directing emails to a mail server or validating ownership of a domain.

For more details about using DNS records within Cloudflare, refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) and [DNS record types](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).

## Zone

DNS zone is an administrative concept used for delegating control over a given domain and its subdomains. Read more in the ["What is a DNS zone?" Learning Center article](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/dns-zone/).

For the purpose of this documentation, keep in mind that each domain added to a Cloudflare account is listed in the account home page as a zone. The exact properties and behaviors of your zone depend on its [DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/).

Also, different Cloudflare products and features are configurable at the zone level. Refer to [Fundamentals](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#domain-configurations) for details.

### Zone apex

Zone apex refers to the domain or subdomain on which the control of DNS records starts.

<Details header="Example 1">
<Example>
DNS management for **example.com**:

| Type | Name    | Content      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------ |
| A    | `blog`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      | Auto   |

Zone apex: `example.com`

Full record name: `blog.example.com`

</Example>
</ Details>

<Details header="Example 2">
<Example>
DNS management for **sub.example.com**:

| Type | Name    | Content      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------ |
| A    | `blog`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      | Auto   |

Zone apex: `sub.example.com`

Full record name: `blog.sub.example.com`

</Example>
</ Details>

Usually, the zone apex coincides with the <GlossaryTooltip term="apex domain">apex domain</GlossaryTooltip>, as shown in Example 1. Example 2 refers to [subdomain delegation](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/), which is only available to Enterprise plans.

To create a DNS record at the zone apex, use `@` for the record **Name**. For details, refer to [How to](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/).

<Details header="Record at the zone apex">
<Example>
DNS management for **example.com**:

| Type | Name    | Content      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------ |
| A    | `@`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      | Auto   |

Zone apex: `example.com`

Full record name: `example.com`
</Example>

<Example>
DNS management for **sub.example.com**:

| Type | Name    | Content      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------ |
| A    | `@`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      | Auto   |

Zone apex: `sub.example.com`

Full record name: `sub.example.com`
</Example>
</Details>

## DNSSEC

DNSSEC stands for DNS Security Extensions. It increases security by adding cryptographic signatures to DNS records. These signatures can then be checked to verify that a record came from the correct DNS server, preventing anyone else from issuing false DNS records on your behalf and redirecting traffic intended for your domain. You can read more about it in the [article about DNS security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-security/).

For help setting up DNSSEC in Cloudflare, refer to [Enable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/get-started/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components";

You can use Cloudflare DNS with a variety of [setups](/dns/zone-setups/). For an overview of what these setups are and an introduction to specific DNS terminology, refer to [Concepts](/dns/concepts/).

In the most common setup (full), you [add your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/), import your [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/), and [update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) to make Cloudflare your primary authoritative DNS provider.

:::note
Make sure to [review your DNS records](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#review-dns-records) before updating your nameservers. If you activate your domain on Cloudflare *without* setting up the correct DNS records, your domain may not be reachable.
:::

Once the setup is completed:

- You [manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) through the Cloudflare dashboard or API. This is how you control which resources are available on the apex domain (`example.com`) or specific subdomains (`blog.example.com`) of your website, as well as control other configurations.

- Cloudflare [responds to all DNS queries](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-dns-provider) for your hostnames and your DNS records are propagated across the [Cloudflare global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), speeding up your domain.

## Resources

The following links introduce important concepts and will guide you through actions you may need to take while having your website or application on Cloudflare.

- [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/): DNS records contain information about your domain and are used to make your website or application available to visitors and other web services.

- [Nameservers](/dns/nameservers/): In the context of Cloudflare DNS, nameservers refer to authoritative nameservers. When a nameserver is authoritative for `example.com`, it means that DNS resolvers will consider responses from this nameserver when a user tries to access `example.com`.

- [Proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/): Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats incoming HTTP/S requests to A, AAAA, and CNAME records. When a record is proxied, Cloudflare responds with [anycast IPs](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/), which speeds up and protects HTTP/S traffic with our [cache](/cache/)/[CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/), [DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/), [WAF](/waf/), and [more](/products/?product-group=Application+performance%2CApplication+security).

## Further reading

- [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/): An overview of how Cloudflare works as a DNS provider and as a reverse proxy.

- [DNS analytics](/dns/additional-options/analytics/): An overview of the different data sources and insights you can get when using Cloudflare DNS.

- [Troubleshooting](/dns/troubleshooting/): A full resources list for when something is not working.

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's DNS documentation.

<Glossary product="dns" />

---

# Cloudflare DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Leverage Cloudflare's global network to deliver excellent performance and reliability to your domain.
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare DNS is a fast, resilient and easy-to-manage authoritative DNS service. It delivers excellent performance and reliability to your domain while also protecting your business from [DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/) and [route leaks and hijacking](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/bgp-hijacking/). To know where to begin, refer to [Get started](/dns/get-started/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="DNS records" href="/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/">
DNS records make resources available on your domain, and allow you to configure services such as email.
</ Feature>

<Feature header="DNSSEC" href="/dns/dnssec/">
DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) adds cryptographic signatures to your DNS records, preventing anyone else from redirecting traffic intended for your domain.

Cloudflare also supports [Multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/).
</Feature>

<Feature header="CNAME flattening" href="/dns/cname-flattening/">
CNAME flattening delivers better performance and allows you to add a CNAME record at your apex domain (`example.com`). Paid accounts can choose to flatten all CNAME records on their domain.
</Feature>

<br />

Refer to [DNS features and availability](/dns/reference/all-features/) for a complete list of features and their availability according to different Cloudflare plans.

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Registrar" href="/registrar/" product="registrar">
Before you can start using Cloudflare DNS you must first have a domain. Buy and renew your domain at cost with Cloudflare Registrar.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS Resolver" href="/1.1.1.1/" product="1.1.1.1">
Cloudflare DNS focuses on businesses and their domain administration. If you are a consumer and want a more private way to browse the Internet, check out 1.1.1.1, Cloudflare's public DNS Resolver.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/

This section provides guidance on creating and leveling up your docs website.

It's also still in progress, so check back as we add more resources over time.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/durable-objects.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use a <GlossaryTooltip term = "Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip> within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Durable Objects.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Durable Objects"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Durable Objects:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Durable Objects"]} />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/

import { Render, CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, LinkButton } from "~/components"

<Description>
Create collaborative applications, real-time chat, multiplayer games and more without needing to coordinate state or manage infrastructure.
</Description>

<Plan type="paid" />

Durable Objects provide a building block for stateful applications and distributed systems.

Use Durable Objects to build applications that need coordination among multiple clients, like collaborative editing tools, interactive chat, multiplayer games, and deep distributed systems, without requiring you to build serialization and coordination primitives on your own.

### What are Durable Objects?

<Render file="what-are-durable-objects"/>

For more information, refer to the full [What are Durable Objects?](/durable-objects/what-are-durable-objects/) page.

<LinkButton href="/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/">Get started</LinkButton>

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can [opt-in to a SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) in order to access new [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec) and [point-in-time-recovery API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#point-in-time-recovery), part of Durable Objects Storage API.

Storage API billing is not enabled for Durable Object classes using SQLite storage backend. SQLite-backed Durable Objects will incur [charges for requests and duration](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/#billing-metrics). We plan to enable Storage API billing for Durable Objects using SQLite storage backend in the first half of 2025 after advance notice with the following [pricing](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/#sqlite-storage-backend).

:::

***

## Features

<Feature header="In-memory State" href="/durable-objects/reference/in-memory-state/">

Learn how Durable Objects coordinate connections among multiple clients or events.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Storage API" href="/durable-objects/api/storage-api/">

Learn how Durable Objects provide transactional, strongly consistent, and serializable storage.


</Feature>

<Feature header="WebSocket Hibernation" href="/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api">

Learn how WebSocket Hibernation allows you to manage the connections of multiple clients at scale.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Durable Objects Alarms" href="/durable-objects/api/alarms/">

Learn how to use alarms to trigger a Durable Object and perform compute in the future at customizable intervals.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Cloudflare Workers provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="D1" href="/d1/" product="d1">

D1 is Cloudflare’s SQL-based native serverless database. Create a database by importing data or defining your tables and writing your queries within a Worker or through the API.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Built with Durable Objects" href="https://workers.cloudflare.com/built-with/collections/durable-objects/" icon="pen">
Browse what other developers are building with Durable Objects.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/durable-objects/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about Durable Objects limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/durable-objects/platform/pricing/" icon="pen">
Learn about Durable Objects pricing.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="document">
Learn more about storage and database options you can build with Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# What are Durable Objects?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/what-are-durable-objects/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="what-are-durable-objects"/>

## Durable Objects highlights

Durable Objects have properties that make them a great fit for distributed stateful scalable applications.

**Serverless compute, zero infrastructure management**

- Durable Objects are built on-top of the Workers runtime, so they support exactly the same code (JavaScript and WASM), and similar memory and CPU limits.
- Each Durable Object is [implicitly created on first access](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#get). User applications are not concerned with their lifecycle, creating them or destroying them. Durable Objects migrate among healthy servers, and therefore applications never have to worry about managing them.
- Each Durable Object stays alive as long as requests are being processed, and remains alive for several seconds after being idle before hibernating, allowing applications to [exploit in-memory caching](/durable-objects/reference/in-memory-state/) while handling many consecutive requests and boosting their performance.

**Storage colocated with compute**

- Each Durable Object has its own [durable, transactional, and strongly consistent storage](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) (up to 10 GB[^1]), persisted across requests, and accessible only within that object.

**Single-threaded concurrency**

- Each [Durable Object instance has an identifier](/durable-objects/api/id/), either randomly-generated or user-generated, which allows you to globally address which Durable Object should handle a specific action or request.
- Durable Objects are single-threaded and cooperatively multi-tasked, just like code running in a web browser. For more details on how safety and correctness are achieved, refer to the blog post ["Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct — Choose three"](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

**Elastic horizontal scaling across Cloudflare's global network**

- Durable Objects can be spread around the world, and you can [optionally influence where each instance should be located](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#provide-a-location-hint). Durable Objects are not yet available in every Cloudflare data center; refer to the [where.durableobjects.live](https://where.durableobjects.live/) project for live locations.
- Each Durable Object type (or ["Namespace binding"](/durable-objects/api/namespace/) in Cloudflare terms) corresponds to a JavaScript class implementing the actual logic. There is no hard limit on how many Durable Objects can be created for each namespace.
- Durable Objects scale elastically as your application creates millions of objects. There is no need for applications to manage infrastructure or plan ahead for capacity.

## Durable Objects features

### In-memory state

Each Durable Object has its own [in-memory state](/durable-objects/reference/in-memory-state/). Applications can use this in-memory state to optimize the performance of their applications by keeping important information in-memory, thereby avoiding the need to access the durable storage at all.

Useful cases for in-memory state include batching and aggregating information before persisting it to storage, or for immediately rejecting/handling incoming requests meeting certain criteria, and more.

In-memory state is reset when the Durable Object hibernates after being idle for some time. Therefore, it is important to persist any in-memory data to the durable storage if that data will be needed at a later time when the Durable Object receives another request.

### Storage API

The [Durable Object Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) allows Durable Objects to access fast, transactional, and strongly consistent storage. A Durable Object's attached storage is private to its unique instance and cannot be accessed by other objects.

There are two flavors of the storage API, a [key-value (KV) API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#methods) and an [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/).

When using the [new SQLite in Durable Objects storage backend](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/#enable-sqlite-storage-backend-on-new-durable-object-class-migration), you have access to both the APIs. However, if you use the previous storage backend you only have access to the key-value API.

### Alarms API

Durable Objects provide an [Alarms API](/durable-objects/api/alarms/) which allows you to schedule the Durable Object to be woken up at a time in the future. This is useful when you want to do certain work periodically, or at some specific point in time, without having to manually manage infrastructure such as job scheduling runners on your own.

You can combine Alarms with in-memory state and the durable storage API to build batch and aggregation applications such as queues, workflows, or advanced data pipelines.

### WebSockets

WebSockets are long-lived TCP connections that enable bi-directional, real-time communication between client and server. Because WebSocket sessions are long-lived, applications commonly use Durable Objects to accept either the client or server connection.

Because Durable Objects provide a single-point-of-coordination between Cloudflare Workers, a single Durable Object instance can be used in parallel with WebSockets to coordinate between multiple clients, such as participants in a chat room or a multiplayer game.

Durable Objects support the [WebSocket Standard API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-standard-api), as well as the [WebSockets Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api) which extends the Web Standard WebSocket API to reduce costs by not incurring billing charges during periods of inactivity.

### RPC

Durable Objects support Workers [Remote-Procedure-Call (RPC)](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) which allows applications to use JavaScript-native methods and objects to communicate between Workers and Durable Objects.

Using RPC for communication makes application development easier and simpler to reason about, and more efficient.

## Actor programming model

Another way to describe and think about Durable Objects is through the lens of the [Actor programming model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model). There are several popular examples of the Actor model supported at the programming language level through runtimes or library frameworks, like [Erlang](https://www.erlang.org/), [Elixir](https://elixir-lang.org/), [Akka](https://akka.io/), or [Microsoft Orleans for .NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/orleans/overview).

The Actor model simplifies a lot of problems in distributed systems by abstracting away the communication between actors using RPC calls (or message sending) that could be implemented on-top of any transport protocol, and it avoids most of the concurrency pitfalls you get when doing concurrency through shared memory such as race conditions when multiple processes/threads access the same data in-memory.

Each Durable Object instance can be seen as an Actor instance, receiving messages (incoming HTTP/RPC requests), executing some logic in its own single-threaded context using its attached durable storage or in-memory state, and finally sending messages to the outside world (outgoing HTTP/RPC requests or responses), even to another Durable Object instance.

Each Durable Object has certain capabilities in terms of [how much work it can do](/durable-objects/platform/limits/#how-much-work-can-a-single-durable-object-do), which should influence the application's [architecture to fully take advantage of the platform](/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/durable-object-control-data-plane-pattern/).

Durable Objects are natively integrated into Cloudflare's infrastructure, giving you the ultimate serverless platform to build distributed stateful applications exploiting the entirety of Cloudflare's network.

## Durable Objects in Cloudflare

Many of Cloudflare's products use Durable Objects. Some of our technical blog posts showcase real-world applications and use-cases where Durable Objects make building applications easier and simpler.

These blog posts may also serve as inspiration on how to architect scalable applications using Durable Objects, and how to integrate them with the rest of Cloudflare Developer Platform.

- [Durable Objects aren't just durable, they're fast: a 10x speedup for Cloudflare Queues](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-built-cloudflare-queues/)
- [Behind the scenes with Stream Live, Cloudflare's live streaming service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/behind-the-scenes-with-stream-live-cloudflares-live-streaming-service/)
- [DO it again: how we used Durable Objects to add WebSockets support and authentication to AI Gateway](https://blog.cloudflare.com/do-it-again/)
- [Workers Builds: integrated CI/CD built on the Workers platform](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-builds-integrated-ci-cd-built-on-the-workers-platform/)
- [Build durable applications on Cloudflare Workers: you write the Workflows, we take care of the rest](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-workflows-durable-execution-on-workers/)
- [Building D1: a Global Database](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-d1-a-global-database/)
- [Billions and billions (of logs): scaling AI Gateway with the Cloudflare Developer Platform](https://blog.cloudflare.com/billions-and-billions-of-logs-scaling-ai-gateway-with-the-cloudflare/)
- [Indexing millions of HTTP requests using Durable Objects](https://blog.cloudflare.com/r2-rayid-retrieval/)

Finally, the following blog posts may help you learn some of the technical implementation aspects of Durable Objects, and how they work.

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct — Choose three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/)
- [Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sqlite-in-durable-objects/)
- [Workers Durable Objects Beta: A New Approach to Stateful Serverless](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-workers-durable-objects/)

## Get started

Get started now by following the ["Tutorial with SQL API"](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial-with-sql-api/) to create your first application using Durable Objects.

[^1]: Storage per Durable Object with SQLite is currently 1 GB. This will be raised to 10 GB for general availability.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Create custom email addresses for your domain and route incoming emails to your preferred mailbox. 
</Description>

<Plan id="email.email_routing.properties.availability.summary" />

<Render file="email-routing-definition" />

It is available to all Cloudflare customers [using Cloudflare as an authoritative nameserver](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Email Workers" href="/email-routing/email-workers/">
Leverage the power of Cloudflare Workers to implement any logic you need to process your emails. Create rules as complex or simple as you need. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Custom addresses" href="/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/">
With Email Routing you can have many custom email addresses to use for specific situations. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Analytics" href="/email-routing/get-started/email-routing-analytics/">
Email Routing includes metrics to help you check on your email traffic history. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Area 1 Email Security" href="/email-security/" product="email-security">
Cloudflare Area 1 Email Security is a cloud-native service that stops phishing attacks, the biggest cybersecurity threat, across all threat vectors - email, web, and network - either at the edge or in the cloud. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
Email Routing is available to customers using Cloudflare as an authoritative nameserver. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Email Workers size limits

When you process emails with Email Workers and you are on [Workers’ free pricing tier](/workers/platform/pricing/) you might encounter an allocation error. This may happen due to the size of the emails you are processing and/or the complexity of your Email Worker. Refer to [Worker limits](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-limits) for more information.

You can use the [log functionality for Workers](/workers/observability/logs/) to look for messages related to CPU limits (such as `EXCEEDED_CPU`) and troubleshoot any issues regarding allocation errors.

If you encounter these error messages frequently, consider upgrading to the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/) for higher usage limits.

## Message size

Currently, Email Routing does not support messages bigger than 25 MiB.

## Rules and addresses

| Feature                                                                          | Limit |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| [Rules](/email-routing/setup/email-routing-addresses/)                           | 200   |
| [Addresses](/email-routing/setup/email-routing-addresses/#destination-addresses) | 200   |

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

## Email Routing summary for emails sent through Workers

Emails sent through Workers will show up in the Email Routing summary page as dropped even if they were successfully delivered.

---

# Postmaster

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/postmaster/

This page provides technical information about Email Routing to professionals who administer email systems, and other email providers.

Here you will find information regarding Email Routing, along with best practices, rules, guidelines, troubleshooting tools, as well as known limitations for Email Routing.

## Postmaster

### Authenticated Received Chain (ARC)

Email Routing supports [Authenticated Received Chain (ARC)](http://arc-spec.org/). ARC is an email authentication system designed to allow an intermediate email server (such as Email Routing) to preserve email authentication results. Google also supports ARC.

### Contact information

The best way to contact us is using our [community forum](https://community.cloudflare.com/new-topic?category=Feedback/Previews%20%26%20Betas&tags=email) or our [Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev).

### DKIM signature

[DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DomainKeys_Identified_Mail) ensures that email messages are not altered in transit between the sender and the recipient's SMTP servers through public-key cryptography.

Through this standard, the sender publishes its public key to a domain's DNS once, and then signs the body of each message before it leaves the server. The recipient server reads the message, gets the domain public key from the domain's DNS, and validates the signature to ensure the message was not altered in transit.

Email Routing signs email on behalf of `email.cloudflare.net`. If the sender did not sign the email, the receiver will likely use Cloudflare's signature for authentication.

Below is the DKIM key for `email.cloudflare.net`:

```sh
dig TXT 2022._domainkey.email.cloudflare.net +short
```

```sh output

"v=DKIM1; h=sha256; k=rsa; p=MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAnraPy1d8e6+lzeE1HIoUvYWoAOUSREkNHcwxA/ueVM8f6FKXvPu/9gVpgkn8iUyaCfk2z1MW+OVLuFeH64YRMa39mkaQalgke2tZ05SnjRUtYEHYvfrqPuMT+Ouk+GecpgvrtMq5gMXm6ZfeUhQkdWxmMQJGf4fdW5I0piUQJMhK/Qc1dNRSskk" "TiUtXKnsEdjTN2xcnHhyj985S0xOEAxm9Uj1rykPqVvKpqEdjUkujbXOwR0KmHTvPyFpBjCCfxAVqOwwo9zBYuvk/nh0qlDgLIpy0SimrYhNFCq2XBxIj4tdUzIl7qZ5Ck6zLCQ+rjzJ4sm/zA+Ov9kDkbcmyrwIDAQAB"
```

### DMARC enforcing

Email Routing enforces Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC). Depending on the sender's DMARC policy, Email Routing will reject emails when there is an authentication failure. Refer to [dmarc.org](https://dmarc.org/) for more information on this protocol.

### IPv6 support

Currently, Email Routing will connect to the upstream SMTP servers using IPv6 if they provide AAAA records for their MX servers, and fall back to IPv4 if that is not possible.

Below is an example of a popular provider that supports IPv6:

```sh
dig mx gmail.com
```

```sh output

gmail.com. 3084 IN MX 5 gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com. 3084 IN MX 20 alt2.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com. 3084 IN MX 40 alt4.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com. 3084 IN MX 10 alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
gmail.com. 3084 IN MX 30 alt3.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com.
```

```sh
dig AAAA gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com
```

```sh output
gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com. 17 IN AAAA 2a00:1450:400c:c09::1b
```

Email Routing also supports IPv6 through Cloudflare’s inbound MX servers.

### MX, SPF, and DKIM records

Email Routing automatically adds a few DNS records to the zone when our customers enable Email Routing. If we take `example.com` as an example:

```txt
example.com. 300 IN MX 13 amir.mx.cloudflare.net.
example.com. 300 IN MX 86 linda.mx.cloudflare.net.
example.com. 300 IN MX 24 isaac.mx.cloudflare.net.

example.com. 300 IN TXT "v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all"
```

[The MX (mail exchange) records](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-mx-record/) tell the Internet where the inbound servers receiving email messages for the zone are. In this case, anyone who wants to send an email to `example.com` can use the `amir.mx.cloudflare.net`, `linda.mx.cloudflare.net`, or `isaac.mx.cloudflare.net` SMTP servers.

### Outbound hostnames

In addition to the outbound prefixes, Email Routing will use the domain `email.cloudflare.net` for the `HELO/EHLO` command.

PTR records (reverse DNS) ensure that each hostname has an corresponding IP. For example:

```sh
dig a0-7.email.cloudflare.net +short
```

```sh output
104.30.0.7
```

```sh
dig -x 104.30.0.7 +short
```

```sh output
a0-7.email.cloudflare.net.
```

### Outbound prefixes

Email Routing sends its traffic using both IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes, when supported by the upstream SMTP server.

If you are a postmaster and are having trouble receiving Email Routing's emails, allow the following outbound IP addresses in your server configuration:

**IPv4**

`104.30.0.0/20`

**IPv6**

`2405:8100:c000::/38`

_Ranges last updated: December 13th, 2023_

### Sender rewriting

Email Routing rewrites the SMTP envelope sender (`MAIL FROM`) to the forwarding domain to avoid issues with [SPF](#spf-record). Email Routing uses the [Sender Rewriting Scheme](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Rewriting_Scheme) to achieve this.

This has no effect to the end user's experience, though. The message headers will still report the original sender's `From:` address.

### SMTP errors

In most cases, Email Routing forwards the upstream SMTP errors back to the sender client in-session.

### Spam and abusive traffic

Handling spam and abusive traffic is essential to any email provider. Email Routing filters emails based on advanced anti-spam criteria, [powered by Email Security (formerly Area 1)](/email-security/). When Email Routing detects and blocks a spam email, you will receive a message with details explaining what happened. For example:

```txt
554 <YOUR_IP_ADDRESS> found on one or more DNSBLs (abusixip). Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/postmaster/#spam-and-abusive-traffic/
```

### SPF record

A SPF DNS record is an anti-spoofing mechanism that is used to specify which IP addresses and domains are allowed to send emails on behalf of your zone.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) tracks the SPFv1 specification [in RFC 7208](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7208). Refer to the [SPF Record Syntax](http://www.open-spf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax/) to learn the SPF syntax.

Email Routing's SPF record contains the following:

```txt
v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net ~all
```

In the example above:

- `spf1`: Refers to SPF version 1, the most common and more widely adopted version of SPF.
- `include`: Include a second query to `_spf.mx.cloudflare.net` and allow its contents.
- `~all`: Otherwise [`SoftFail`](http://www.open-spf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax/) on all other origins. `SoftFail` means NOT allowed to send, but in transition. This instructs the upstream server to accept the email but mark it as suspicious if it came from any IP addresses outside of those defined in the SPF records.

If we do a TXT query to `_spf.mx.cloudflare.net`, we get:

```txt
_spf.mx.cloudflare.net. 300 IN TXT "v=spf1 ip4:104.30.0.0/20 ~all"
```

This response means:

- Allow all IPv4 IPs coming from the `104.30.0.0/20` subnet.
- Otherwise, `SoftFail`.

You can read more about SPF, DKIM, and DMARC in our [Tackling Email Spoofing and Phishing](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tackling-email-spoofing/) blog.

---

## Known limitations

Below, you will find information regarding known limitations for Email Routing.

### Email address internationalization (EAI)

Email Routing does not support [internationalized email addresses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_email). Email Routing only supports [internationalized domain names](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name).

This means that you can have email addresses with an internationalized domain, but not an internationalized local-part (the first part of your email address, before the `@` symbol). Refer to the following examples:

- `info@piñata.es` - Supported.
- `piñata@piñata.es` - Not supported.

### Non-delivery reports (NDRs)

Email Routing does not forward non-delivery reports to the original sender. This means the sender will not receive a notification indicating that the email did not reach the intended destination.

### Restrictive DMARC policies can make forwarded emails fail

Due to the nature of email forwarding, restrictive DMARC policies might make forwarded emails fail to be delivered. Refer to [dmarc.org](https://dmarc.org/wiki/FAQ#My_users_often_forward_their_emails_to_another_mailbox.2C_how_do_I_keep_DMARC_valid.3F) for more information.

### Sending or replying to an email from your Cloudflare domain

Email Routing does not support sending or replying from your Cloudflare domain. When you reply to emails forwarded by Email Routing, the reply will be sent from your destination address (like `my-name@gmail.com`), not your custom address (like `info@my-company.com`).

### Signs such "`+`" and "`.`" are treated as normal characters for custom addresses

Email Routing does not have advanced routing options. Characters such as `+` or `.`, which perform special actions in email providers like Gmail and Outlook, are currently treated as normal characters on custom addresses. More flexible routing options are in our roadmap.

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Email Security (formerly Area 1) documentation.

<Glossary product="email-security" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, GlossaryTooltip, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Stop <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> attacks with Email Security (formerly Area 1) cloud-native email security service. 
</Description>

<Plan id="email.email_security.properties.availability.summary" />

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

<Render file="email-security-description" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="Deployment" href="/email-security/deployment/" cta="Evaluate deployment options">
Email Security (formerly Area 1) provides two architectures to protect your organization: inline or API setup. Inline architecture evaluates email messages before they reach a user's inbox. API architecture evaluates emails when they have already reached a user's inbox. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="SSO integration" href="/email-security/account-setup/sso/">
In addition to standard logins, Email Security (formerly Area 1) offers support for <GlossaryTooltip term="SAML">SAML</GlossaryTooltip> based single sign-on (SSO) logins to your dashboard. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Business email compromise" href="/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/">
Attackers often try to impersonate executives within an organization when sending malicious emails. The Business email compromise (BEC) feature protects against these attacks. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Zero Trust" href="/cloudflare-one/" product="cloudflare-one">
Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy security perimeters with Cloudflare's global network, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Email Routing" href="/email-routing/" product="email-routing">
Email Routing simplifies the way you create and manage custom email addresses. Email Security (formerly Area 1) helps secure your mail infrastructure from phishing attacks. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DMARC Management" href="/dmarc-management/" product="dmarc-management">
Stop brand impersonation. Track and manage every source that is sending emails from your domain. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/email-security/" icon="seti:shell">

Email Security (formerly Area 1) is available as a standalone product purchase. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Cloudflare Firewall Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Firewall Rules allows you to create rules that inspect incoming traffic and block, challenge, log, or allow specific requests.

<Render file="deprecation-notice" />

## Main features

- **Rule-based protection**: Use pre-defined rulesets provided by Cloudflare, or define your own firewall rules. Create rules in the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.
- **Complex custom rules**: Each rule's expression can reference multiple fields from all the available HTTP request parameters and fields, allowing you to create complex rules.

## Availability

This table outlines the Firewall Rules features and entitlements available with each customer plan:

<FeatureTable id="security.x_firewall_rules" />

## Next steps

- Unless you are already an advanced user, refer to [Expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) and [Actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) to learn more about the basic elements of firewall rules.

- To start building your own firewall rules, refer to one of the following pages:

  - [Manage firewall rules in the dashboard](/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/)
  - [Manage firewall rules via the APIs](/firewall/api/)

- You can also manage firewall rules through Terraform. For more information, refer to [Getting Started with Terraform](https://blog.cloudflare.com/getting-started-with-terraform-and-cloudflare-part-1/).

## Related resources

- [Cloudflare Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/)

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Fundamentals is your landing page containing information about features and outcomes that span Cloudflare products.

As you get started with Cloudflare, explore the following resources:

* [Concepts](/fundamentals/concepts/) explain the basic ideas behind how Cloudflare works and how you can work with Cloudflare.
* [How to use Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/) gives step-by-step instructions on how to add your domain to Cloudflare.
* [Subscriptions and billing](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/) help you set up your account profile, security, billing information, and more.
* [Basic tasks](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/) provide guidance on how to perform common tasks with Cloudflare, particularly those related to new domains.
* [Cloudflare's API](/fundamentals/api/) provides an overview of interacting with Cloudflare in a programmatic way.
* [Reference topics](/fundamentals/reference/) offer technical details about different aspects of Cloudflare (common user agents, supported network ports, etc.).
* [Getting started learning path](/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/) is a guided tutorial introducing you to Cloudflare. By the end of the learning path, you will have a live domain tuned for speed and security.

## Resources

<Render file="cloudflare-resources" />

:::note

For additional resources, review [How to Interact with Cloudflare](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/interact-with-cloudflare/). 
:::

---

# Channel and Alliance Partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/partners/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

Email Security Channel and Alliance partners have the option to set up accounts for themselves and their customers.

## Create accounts

Start by creating parent and child accounts.

### Create a parent account

Parent accounts are treated as containers with no services provisioned. User accounts created at the parent level will allow them to access any child account.

:::note
This is only required for administrators that manage multiple accounts. For example, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSP) managing multiple customer accounts.
:::

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. In **Delegated Accounts** > **Accounts**, select **Create new customer**.
4. Enter their information, and make sure you select *Parent* in **Account Type**.
5. Select **Save**.

Your newly created account should show up in the list. If not, refresh the page.

### Create a child account

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. In **Delegated Accounts** > **Accounts**, select the parent account where you want to create a child account.
4. Select **Create New customer**.
5. Enter their information, and make sure you select *Advantage* in **Account Type**.
6. Scroll down to the **Email Traffic Related Information** section, and enter the information related to your email provider. The number to enter in **Loopback Hops** will depend on your email configuration and where Email Security is in the chain of events. Refer to [Inline deployment](/email-security/deployment/inline/) and [API deployment](/email-security/deployment/api/) for more information.
7. For **Daily Email Volume** and **Number of Email Users** make sure you enter the appropriate values for your organization.
8. Select **Save**.

## Create users and assign permissions

You can create users at both the parent and child account level. Users created at parent level will have access to all its child accounts. Users created at child level will only have access to the assigned child account.

Child accounts can [limit or disable](/email-security/account-setup/manage-parent-permissions/) the level of access allowed from their parent account.

If you modify the Delegated Access controls, make sure you create an administrator account in the child first.

To create an account at parent level or child level:

<Render file="add-user" params={{ one: "with a parent account or child account depending on what you are trying to create" }} />

## Escalation contacts

You should add escalation contacts so Email Security can send notifications regarding detection events and critical service related issues. Email Security highly recommends that these contacts have both phone and email contacts.

Refer to [Escalation contacts](/email-security/account-setup/escalation-contacts/) for more information.

## Status alerts

Subscribe to incident status alerts [from Email Security](https://status.area1security.com/).

## Domains setup (inline/API)

Refer to the [setup options](/email-security/deployment/) for Email Security to learn about the best way of deploying Email Security in your organization. You can choose between two main setup architectures:

* Inline deployment
* API deployment

With an [inline deployment](/email-security/deployment/inline/), Email Security evaluates email messages before they reach a user’s inbox. When you choose an [API deployment](/email-security/deployment/api/), email messages only reach Email Security after they have already reached a user’s inbox.

## Classification actions

Email Security recommends that you quarantine `MALICIOUS` and `SPAM` <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip>. You can configure this directly in [Office 365](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/) and [Gsuite](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/gsuite-area1-mx/), as well as [Email Security](/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/domains/).

## Message retraction

You can configure message retraction to take post-delivery actions against suspicious email messages. You can retract messages manually or automatically. Refer to [Retract settings](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/) for more information.

## TLS enforcement for domains

To add additional TLS requirements for emails coming from certain domains, you can enforce higher levels of SSL/TLS inspection. Refer to [Partner Domains TLS](/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/partner-domains-tls/) for more information.

## Reports

You can subscribe to [daily and weekly email reports](https://horizon.area1security.com/settings/subscriptions/email-subscriptions), as well as <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM" link="https://horizon.area1security.com/settings/email/routing/webhooks">SIEM events</GlossaryTooltip>. For SIEM events, you will need to [configure your SIEM tool](/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/) into Email Security first.

## Whitelisting and blocklisting senders

If you need to whitelist of blocklist senders, refer to [Allow and block lists](/email-security/email-configuration/lists/).

## Submitting false positives and false negatives

There are several ways of dealing with missed <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> or messages flagged as such that are not. Refer to [Phish submissions](/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/) to learn more.

## Best practices

Refer to the following pages to learn more:

1. [Business Email compromise (BEC)](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/)
2. [Text add-ons](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/text-addons/)
3. [Search and reports](/email-security/reporting/)

---

# Google tag in first-party mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/google-tag-first-party-mode/

## Get started

Google tag in first-party mode allows website owners using Cloudflare as a CDN to get the most out of ad measurement tools with just a few clicks.

At the moment, Google tag in first-party mode is in closed beta. You can [sign up](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/lp/google-tag-first-party-mode/) to participate in the closed beta through [Google Ads](http://ads.google.com), [Google Analytics](http://analytics.google.com) or [Google Marketing Platform](https://marketingplatform.google.com/).

### Configure Google tag in first-party mode in the dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Google tag in first-party mode** > **Configuration**.
3. Enable the toggle for **Turn on and configure Google tag**. 

![Google tag in first-party mode configuration](~/assets/images/google-tag-first-party-mode/google-tag-configuration.png)

4. Add your Google tag ID and the path on your website reserved for the Google tag. 
The [Google tag ID](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9539598?hl=en) can be found in the Google Tag Experience dashboard. The measurement path is an unused path on your site that will load Google Tag Manager and all subsequent measurement requests.  

![Add to ID and path](~/assets/images/google-tag-first-party-mode/google-tag-id-path.png)

5. Once you click **Save**, Google Tag in First Party Mode will be enabled on your zone. If you already have a GTM script on your website, this First Party Tag will override the existing script.

Now that you have authenticated into your Cloudflare account and configured GTM in first-party mode, your Google Tags will be loaded using `https://your-domain/measurement-path/...`and subsequent measurement requests will be served by Cloudflare.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/fundamentals.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/get-started/

This guide will get you started with creating and managing configured Health Checks.

## Create a Health Check

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Health Checks**.
3. Select **Create** and fill out the form, paying special attention to:
   * The values for **Interval** and **Check regions**, because decreasing the **Interval** and increasing **Check regions** may increase the load on your origin server.
   * **Retries**, which specify the number of retries to attempt in case of a timeout before marking the origin as unhealthy.
4. Select **Save and Deploy**.

## Manage Health Checks

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Health Checks**.
3. Navigate to your health check and select **Edit**.
4. Edit your Health Check.
5. Select **Save**.

:::note


You can also enable, disable, or delete configured Health Checks.


:::

:::note


Authenticated origin pull is not supported by Standalone Health Checks.


:::

---

# Health Checks Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/health-checks-analytics/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

Once you have set up a standalone Health Check including notification emails, use Health Check Analytics to debug possible origin issues.

To access health check analytics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Health Check Analytics**.

You can evaluate origin uptime, latency, failure reason, and specific event logs:

* **Health Checks By Uptime**: Shows the percentage of uptime for individual origins over time.
* **Health Checks By Failure Reason**: Shows a breakdown of failures by the specific reason. See [common error code causes and solutions below](/health-checks/health-checks-analytics/#common-error-codes).
* **Health Checks By Latency**: Shows average latency – measured in round trip time — for individual origins over time.
* **Event Log**: Shows individual health check data.
  * Select each record for additional details on **Round trip time**, the **Failure Reason**, the **Average Waterfall** (showing chronological data about request stages), **Response status code**, and more.

## Set up alerts

You can configure alerts to notify you of any changes in your health check status.

<AvailableNotifications product="Health Checks" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

## Common error codes

### TCP connection failed

#### Cause

Health Checks failed to establish a TCP connection to your origin server.

#### Solution

This typically occurs when there is a network failure between Cloudflare and your origin, and/or a firewall refuses to allow our connection. Ensure your network and firewall configurations are not interfering with traffic.

### HTTP timeout occurred

#### Cause

The origin failed to return an HTTP response within the timeout configured. This happens if you have the timeout set to a low number. For example, one to two seconds.

#### Solution

Cloudflare recommends increasing the HTTP response timeout to allow the origin server to respond.

### Response code mismatch error

#### Cause

Cloudflare receives an HTTP status code that does not match the values defined in the `expected_codes` property of your Health Check configuration.

#### Solution

Response codes must match the `expected_codes`. Confirm the values are correct by comparing the expected response codes and the status code received in the Event Log.

#### ​​Alternate cause

You may also see this issue if you have a Health Check configured to use HTTP connections and your origin server is redirecting to HTTPS. In this case, the response code will often be `301`, `302`, or `303`.

#### Solution

Change your Cloudflare Health Check configuration to use HTTPS or set the value of `follow_redirect` to `true` so that Cloudflare can resolve the correct status code.

### Response body mismatch error

#### Cause

The response body returns from your origin server and does not include the (case-insensitive) value of `expected_body` configured in your Health Check. 

:::note
We only read the first 10 KB of the response. If you return a larger response, and the `expected_body` is not in the first 10 KB, the Health Check will fail. 
:::

#### Solution

Ensure the `expected_body` is in the first 10 KB of the response body.
​​

### TLS untrusted certificate error

#### Cause

The certificate is not trusted by a public Certificate Authority (CA).

#### Solution

If you’re using a self-signed certificate, Cloudflare recommends either using a publicly trusted certificate or setting the `allow_insecure` property on your Health Check to `true`.

### TLS name mismatch error

#### Cause

Our Health Check (client) was not able to match a name on the server certificate to the hostname of the request.

#### Solution

Inspect your Health Check configuration to confirm that the `header` value set in the Cloudflare Health Check is correct.

### TLS protocol error

#### Cause

This error can occur if you are using an older version of TLS or your origin server is not configured for HTTPS.

#### Solution

Ensure that your origin server supports TLS 1.2 or greater and is configured for HTTPS.

### TLS unrecognized name error

#### Cause

The server did not recognize the name provided by the client. When a host header is set, this is set as the ServerName in the initial TLS handshake. If it is not set, Cloudflare will not provide a ServerName, which can cause this error.

#### Solution

Set the host header in your Health Check object.

### ​​No route to host error

#### Cause

The IP address cannot be reached from Cloudflare’s network. Common causes are ISP or hosting provider network issues (e.g. BGP level), or that the IP does not exist.

#### Solution

Ensure IP is accurate, and check if there is an ISP or hosting provider network issue.

### TCP Timeout

#### Cause

Data transmission was not acknowledged and the retransmit of data did not succeed.

#### Solution

Confirm whether the SYN-ACK for the handshake takes place at your origin and contact [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

### ​​Network Unreachable

#### Cause

Cloudflare cannot connect to the origin web server due to network unavailability. This is usually caused by a network issue or incorrect origin IP.

#### Solution

Check the IP entered for the origin in Cloudflare’s Health Checks configuration or the IP returned via DNS for the origin hostname.

### HTTP Invalid Response

#### Cause

Usually caused by an HTTP 502 error or bad gateway.

#### Solution

Ensure the origin web server responds to requests and that no applications have crashed or are under high load.

### DNS Unknown Host

#### Cause

The origin web server hostname does not exist.

#### Solution

Confirm the origin web server resolves to an IP address.

### Connection Reset by Peer

#### Cause

A network error occurred while the client received data from the origin web server.

#### Solution

Confirm whether the origin web server is experiencing a high amount of traffic or an error.

### Monitor Configuration Error

#### Cause

There was a configuration error in the Health Check and no checks were run against the origin.

#### Solution

Review your Health Check configuration to ensure it matches an expected request to your origin.

### ​​DNS Internal

#### Cause

The origin web server’s hostname resolves to an internal or restricted address. No checks are run against this origin.

#### Solution

Cloudflare does not allow use of an origin web server hostname that resolves to a Cloudflare IP.

### Other Failure

#### Cause

If the failure cannot be classified as any other type of failure mentioned above.

#### Solution

Contact [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# Health Checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/

import { Feature, FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

Standalone Health Checks monitors an IP address or hostname for origin servers or applications and notifies you in near real-time if there happens to be a problem.

A Health Check is a service that runs on Cloudflare’s edge network to monitor whether an origin server is online. This allows you to view the health of your origin servers even if there is only one origin or you do not yet need to balance traffic across your infrastructure.

Standalone Health Checks support various configurations to hone in on what you can check, including response codes, protocol types, and intervals. You can specify a particular path if an origin server serves multiple applications or check a larger subset of response codes for your staging environment. All of these options allow you to properly target your Health Check, providing a precise picture of what is wrong with an origin server.

:::note


Standalone Health Checks are different from health monitors associated with load balancers. For more details about health monitors, refer to the [Load Balancing documentation](/load-balancing/monitors/).


:::

***

## Features

<Feature header="Health Checks Analytics" href="/health-checks/health-checks-analytics/">

You can use Health Checks Analytics to evaluate origin uptime, latency, failure reason, and specific event logs to debug possible origin issues.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Load Balancing" href="/load-balancing/" product="load-balancing">

Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across your <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint" link="/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, which reduces endpoint strain and latency and improves the experience for end users.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="traffic.health_checks" />

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Hyperdrive within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Hyperdrive.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Hyperdrive"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Hyperdrive:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Hyperdrive"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/get-started/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

Hyperdrive accelerates access to your existing databases from Cloudflare Workers, making even single-region databases feel globally distributed.

By maintaining a connection pool to your database within Cloudflare's network, Hyperdrive reduces seven round-trips to your database before you can even send a query: the TCP handshake (1x), TLS negotiation (3x), and database authentication (3x).

Hyperdrive understands the difference between read and write queries to your database, and can cache the most common read queries, improving performance and reducing load on your origin database.

This guide will instruct you through:

- Creating your first Hyperdrive configuration.
- Creating a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) and binding it to your Hyperdrive configuration.
- Establishing a database connection from your Worker to a public database.

## Prerequisites

:::note[Workers Paid plan required]

Hyperdrive is available to all users on the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

:::

To continue:

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.
2. Install [`Node.js`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm). Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.
3. Have **a publicly accessible PostgreSQL (or PostgreSQL compatible) database**. Cloudflare recommends [Neon](https://neon.tech/) if you do not have an existing database. Read the [Neon documentation](https://neon.tech/docs/introduction) to create your first database.

## 1. Log in

Before creating your Hyperdrive binding, log in with your Cloudflare account by running:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

You will be directed to a web page asking you to log in to the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have logged in, you will be asked if Wrangler can make changes to your Cloudflare account. Scroll down and select **Allow** to continue.

## 2. Create a Worker

:::note[New to Workers?]

Refer to [How Workers works](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) to learn about the Workers serverless execution model works. Go to the [Workers Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/) to set up your first Worker.

:::

Create a new project named `hyperdrive-tutorial` by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"hyperdrive-tutorial"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new `hyperdrive-tutorial` directory. Your new `hyperdrive-tutorial` directory will include:

- A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) at `src/index.ts`.
- A [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file. `wrangler.json` is how your `hyperdrive-tutorial` Worker will connect to Hyperdrive.

### Enable Node.js compatibility

[Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) is required for database drivers, including Postgres.js, and needs to be configured for your Workers project.

<Render file="nodejs_compat" product="workers" />

## 3. Connect Hyperdrive to a database

:::note

Hyperdrive currently works with PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL compatible databases, including CockroachDB and Materialize.

Support for other database engines, including MySQL, is on the roadmap.

:::

Hyperdrive works by connecting to your database.

To create your first Hyperdrive database configuration, change into the directory you just created for your Workers project:

```sh
cd hyperdrive-tutorial
```

:::note

Support for the new `hyperdrive` commands in the wrangler CLI requires a wrangler version of `3.10.0` or later. You can use `npx wrangler@latest` to always ensure you are using the latest version of Wrangler.

:::

To create your first Hyperdrive, you will need:

- The IP address (or hostname) and port of your database.
- The database username (for example, `hyperdrive-demo`).
- The password associated with that username.
- The name of the database you want Hyperdrive to connect to. For example, `postgres`.

Hyperdrive accepts the combination of these parameters in the common connection string format used by database drivers:

```txt
postgres://USERNAME:PASSWORD@HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS:PORT/database_name
```

Most database providers will provide a connection string you can directly copy-and-paste directly into Hyperdrive.

To create a Hyperdrive connection, run the `wrangler` command, replacing the placeholder values passed to the `--connection-string` flag with the values of your existing database:

```sh
npx wrangler hyperdrive create <YOUR_CONFIG_NAME> --connection-string="postgres://user:password@HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS:PORT/database_name"
```

If successful, the command will output your new Hyperdrive configuration:

```json
{
	"id": "<example id: 57b7076f58be42419276f058a8968187>",
	"name": "YOUR_CONFIG_NAME",
	"origin": {
		"host": "YOUR_DATABASE_HOST",
		"port": 5432,
		"database": "DATABASE",
		"user": "DATABASE_USER"
	},
	"caching": {
		"disabled": false
	}
}
```

Copy the `id` field: you will use this in the next step to make Hyperdrive accessible from your Worker script.

:::note

Hyperdrive will attempt to connect to your database with the provided credentials to verify they are correct before creating a configuration. If you encounter an error when attempting to connect, refer to Hyperdrive's [troubleshooting documentation](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) to debug possible causes.

:::

## 4. Bind your Worker to Hyperdrive

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-binding" product="hyperdrive" />

## 5. Run a query against your database

### Install a database driver

To connect to your database, you will need a database driver which allows you to authenticate and query your database. For this tutorial, you will use [Postgres.js](https://github.com/porsager/postgres), one of the most widely used PostgreSQL drivers.

To install `postgres`, ensure you are in the `hyperdrive-tutorial` directory. Open your terminal and run the following command:

<PackageManagers pkg="postgres" comment="This should install v3.4.5 or later" />

With the driver installed, you can now create a Worker script that queries your database.

### Write a Worker

After you have set up your database, you will run a SQL query from within your Worker.

Go to your `hyperdrive-tutorial` Worker and open the `index.ts` file.

The `index.ts` file is where you configure your Worker's interactions with Hyperdrive.

Populate your `index.ts` file with the following code:

```typescript
// Postgres.js 3.4.5 or later is recommended
import postgres from "postgres";

export interface Env {
	// If you set another name in the Wrangler config file as the value for 'binding',
	// replace "HYPERDRIVE" with the variable name you defined.
	HYPERDRIVE: Hyperdrive;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		console.log(JSON.stringify(env));
		// Create a database client that connects to your database via Hyperdrive.
		//
		// Hyperdrive generates a unique connection string you can pass to
		// supported drivers, including node-postgres, Postgres.js, and the many
		// ORMs and query builders that use these drivers.
		const sql = postgres(env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString);

		try {
			// Test query
			const results = await sql`SELECT * FROM pg_tables`;

			// Clean up the client, ensuring we don't kill the worker before that is
			// completed.
			ctx.waitUntil(sql.end());

			// Return result rows as JSON
			return Response.json(results);
		} catch (e) {
			console.error(e);
			return Response.json(
				{ error: e instanceof Error ? e.message : e },
				{ status: 500 },
			);
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Upon receiving a request, the code above does the following:

1. Creates a new database client configured to connect to your database via Hyperdrive, using the Hyperdrive connection string.
2. Initiates a query via `await sql` that outputs all tables (user and system created) in the database (as an example query).
3. Returns the response as JSON to the client.

## 6. Deploy your Worker

You can now deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. To deploy your Worker, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
# Outputs: https://hyperdrive-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev
```

You can now visit the URL for your newly created project to query your live database.

For example, if the URL of your new Worker is `hyperdrive-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`, accessing `https://hyperdrive-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/` will send a request to your Worker that queries your database directly.

By finishing this tutorial, you have created a Hyperdrive configuration, a Worker to access that database and deployed your project globally.

## Next steps

- Learn more about [how Hyperdrive works](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/).
- How to [configure query caching](/hyperdrive/configuration/query-caching/).
- [Troubleshooting common issues](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) when connecting a database to Hyperdrive.

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>


Turn your existing regional database into a globally distributed database.


</Description>

<Plan type="workers-paid" />

Hyperdrive is a service that accelerates queries you make to existing databases, making it faster to access your data from across the globe, irrespective of your users' location. Hyperdrive supports any Postgres database, including those hosted on AWS, Google Cloud and Neon, as well as Postgres-compatible databases like CockroachDB and Timescale, with MySQL coming soon.

Use your existing Postgres drivers and object-relational mapping (ORM) libraries of your choice without any changes. Hyperdrive gives you a connection string that looks just like any other. You do not need to write new code or replace your favorite tools: Hyperdrive works with the ones you already use.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Connect your database" href="/hyperdrive/get-started/" cta="Connect Hyperdrive to your database">

Connect Hyperdrive to your existing database and deploy a [Worker](/workers/) that queries it.


</Feature>

<Feature header="PostgreSQL support" href="/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-postgres/" cta="Connect Hyperdrive to your PostgreSQL database">

Hyperdrive allows you to connect to any PostgreSQL or PostgreSQL-compatible database.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Query Caching" href="/hyperdrive/configuration/query-caching/" cta="Learn about Query Caching">

Use Hyperdrive to cache the most popular queries executed against your database.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pages" href="/pages/" product="pages">

Deploy dynamic front-end applications in record time.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/hyperdrive/platform/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
Learn about Hyperdrive's pricing.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/hyperdrive/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about Hyperdrive limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="document">
Learn more about the storage and database options you can build on with Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Images within your existing architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Images.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Images"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Images:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Images"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/get-started/

In this guide, you will get started with Cloudflare Images and make your first API request.

## Prerequisites

Before you make your first API request, ensure that you have a Cloudflare Account ID and an API token.

Refer to [Find zone and account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for help locating your Account ID and [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) to learn how to create an access your API token.

## Make your first API request

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --form file=@./<YOUR_IMAGE.IMG>
```

## Enable transformations

Transformations let you optimize images that are stored outside of Cloudflare Images. Cloudflare will automatically cache every transformed image on our global network so that you store only the original image at your origin.

Before you can enable transformations, you must purchase Cloudflare Images. To use transformations, you will need to enable the feature on each zone:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Transformations**.
3. Select the zone where you want to enable transformations.
4. Select **Enable**.
5. To transform images only from the enabled zone, uncheck **Resize images from any origin**. This will prevent third parties from resizing images at any origin.

:::note


With **Resize images from any origin** unchecked, only the initial URL passed will be checked. Any redirect returned will be followed, including if it leaves the zone, and the resulting image will be transformed.


:::

:::note


If you are using transformations in a Worker, you need to include the appropriate logic in your Worker code to prevent resizing images from any origin. Unchecking this option in the dash does not apply to transformation requests coming from Cloudflare Workers.


:::

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan } from "~/components"

<Description>

Store, transform, optimize, and deliver images at scale 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare Images provides an end-to-end solution designed to help you streamline your image infrastructure from a single API and runs on [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).

There are two different ways to use Images:

- **Efficiently store and deliver images.** You can upload images into Cloudflare Images and dynamically deliver multiple variants of the same original image.
- **Optimize images that are stored outside of Images** You can make transformation requests to optimize any publicly available image on the Internet.

Cloudflare Images is available on both [Free and Paid plans](/images/pricing/). By default, all users have access to the Images Free plan, which includes limited usage of the transformations feature to optimize images in remote sources.

:::note[Image Resizing is now available as transformations]

All Image Resizing features are available as transformations with Images. Each unique transformation is billed only once per 30 days. 

If you are using a legacy plan with Image Resizing, visit the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) to switch to an Imagesplan.


:::

***

## Features

<Feature header="Storage" href="/images/upload-images/">
Use Cloudflare’s edge network to store your images.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Direct creator upload" href="/images/upload-images/direct-creator-upload/">
Accept uploads directly and securely from your users by generating a one-time token. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Variants" href="/images/transform-images" cta="Create variants by transforming images">
Add up to 100 variants to specify how images should be resized for various use cases. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Signed URLs" href="/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images" cta="Serve private images">
Control access to your images by using signed URL tokens. 
</Feature>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Community Forum" href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/images/63" icon="open-book">

Engage with other users and the Images team on Cloudflare support forum. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/pricing/

By default, all users are on the Images Free plan. The Free plan includes access to the transformations feature, which lets you optimize images stored outside of Images, like in R2. 

The Paid plan allows transformations, as well as access to storage in Images.

Pricing is dependent on which features you use. The table below shows which metrics are used for each use case.

| Use case | Metrics | Availability |
|----------|---------|--------------|
| Optimize images stored outside of Images | Images Transformed | Free and Paid plans |
| Optimized images that are stored in Cloudflare Images | Images Stored, Images Delivered | Only Paid plans |

## Images Free

On the Free plan, you can request up to 5,000 unique transformations each month for free.

Once you exceed 5,000 unique transformations:

- Existing transformations in cache will continue to be served as expected.
- New transformations will return a `9422` error. If your source image is from the same domain where the transformation is served, then you can use the [`onerror` parameter](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/#onerror) to redirect to the original image.
- You will not be charged for exceeding the limits in the Free plan.

To request more than 5,000 unique transformations each month, you can purchase an Images Paid plan.

## Images Paid 

When you purchase an Images Paid plan, you can choose your own storage or add storage in Images.

| Metric | Pricing |
|--------|---------|
| Images Transformed | First 5,000 unique transformations included + $0.50 / 1,000 unique transformations / month |
| Images Stored | $5 / 100,000 images stored / month |
| Images Delivered | $1 / 100,000 images delivered / month |

If you optimize an image stored outside of Images, then you will be billed only for Images Transformed.

Alternatively, Images Stored and Images Delivered apply only to images that are stored in your Images bucket. When you optimize an image that is stored in Images, then this counts toward Images Delivered — not Images Transformed.

## Metrics

### Images Transformed

A unique transformation is a request to transform an original image based on a set of [supported parameters](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/#options). This metric is used only when optimizing images that are stored outside of Images.

For example, if you transform `thumbnail.jpg` as 100x100, then this counts as 1 unique transformation. If you transform the same `thumbnail.jpg` as 200x200, then this counts as a separate unique transformation.

You are billed for the number of unique transformations that are counted during each billing period.

Unique transformations are counted over a 30-day sliding window. For example, if you request `width=100/thumbnail.jpg` on June 30, then this counts once for that billing period. If you request the same transformation on July 1, then this will not count as a billable request, since the same transformation was already requested within the last 30 days.

The `format` parameter counts as only 1 billable transformation, even if multiple copies of an image are served. In other words, if `width=100,format=auto/thumbnail.jpg` is served to some users as AVIF and to others as WebP, then this counts as 1 unique transformation instead of 2.

#### Example

A retail website has 1,000 original product images that get served in 5 different sizes each month. This results in 5,000 unique transformations — or a cost of $2.50 per month.

### Images Stored 

Storage in Images is available only with an Images Paid plan. You can purchase storage in increments of $5 for every 100,000 images stored per month.

You can create predefined variants to specify how an image should be resized, such as `thumbnail` as 100x100 and `hero` as 1600x500.

Only uploaded images count toward Images Stored; defining variants will not impact your storage limit.

### Images Delivered 

For images that are stored in Images, you will incur $1 for every 100,000 images delivered per month. This metric does not include transformed images that are stored in remote sources.

Every image requested by the browser counts as 1 billable request.

#### Example

A retail website has a product page that uses Images to serve 10 images. If the page was visited 10,000 times this month, then this results in 100,000 images delivered — or $1.00 in billable usage.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Secure the distribution of public keys in your end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging systems

</Description>

Cloudflare's Key Transparency Auditor aims to secure the distribution of public keys for end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging systems like [WhatsApp](https://engineering.fb.com/2023/04/13/security/whatsapp-key-transparency/). It achieves this by building a verifiable append-only data structure called a Log, similar to [Certificate Transparency](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Certificate_Transparency).

Cloudflare acts as an auditor of Key Transparency Logs to ensure the transparency of end-to-end encrypted messaging public keys. Cloudflare provides an API for anyone to monitor the verification work we perform, and verify the state of its associated Logs locally.

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Certificate Transparency Monitoring" href="/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-transparency-monitoring/" product="ssl">

Certificate Transparency (CT) Monitoring is an opt-in feature in public beta that aims to improve security by allowing you to double-check any SSL/TLS certificates issued for your domain.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Privacy Gateway" href="/privacy-gateway/" product="privacy-gateway">

Privacy Gateway is a managed service deployed on Cloudflare's global network that implements part of the [Oblivious HTTP (OHTTP) IETF](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thomson-http-oblivious-01.html) standard. The goal of Privacy Gateway and Oblivious HTTP is to hide the client's IP address when interacting with an application backend.

</RelatedProduct>

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use KV within your existing application and architecture.

## Demo applications

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for KV.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["KV"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use KV:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["KV"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/get-started/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Steps, FileTree, Details, Tabs, TabItem, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Workers KV provides low-latency, high-throughput global storage to your [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) applications. Workers KV is ideal for storing user configuration data, routing data, A/B testing configurations and authentication tokens, and is well suited for read-heavy workloads.

This guide instructs you through:

- Creating a KV namespace.
- Writing key-value pairs to your KV namespace from a Cloudflare Worker.
- Reading key-value pairs from a KV namespace.

You can perform these tasks through the CLI or through the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker project

:::note[New to Workers?]

Refer to [How Workers works](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) to learn about the Workers serverless execution model works. Go to the [Workers Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/) to set up your first Worker.

:::

<Tabs syncKey = 'CLIvsDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

Create a new Worker to read and write to your KV namespace.

<Steps>
1. Create a new project named `kv-tutorial` by running:

    <PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"kv-tutorial"} />

    <Render
    	file="c3-post-run-steps"
    	product="workers"
    	params={{
    	category: "hello-world",
    	type: "Hello World Worker",
    	lang: "TypeScript",
    	}}
    />

    This creates a new `kv-tutorial` directory, illustrated below.

    <FileTree>
    	- kv-tutorial/
    		- node_modules/
    		- test/
    		- src
    			- **index.ts**
    		- package-lock.json
    		- package.json
    		- testconfig.json
    		- vitest.config.mts
    		- worker-configuration.d.ts
    		- **wrangler.json**
    </FileTree>

    Your new `kv-tutorial` directory includes:

    - A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) in `index.ts`.
    - A [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file. `wrangler.json` is how your `kv-tutorial` Worker accesses your kv database.

2. Change into the directory you just created for your Worker project:

	```sh
	cd kv-tutorial
	```

	:::note

	If you are familiar with Cloudflare Workers, or initializing projects in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment, initialize a new project non-interactively by setting `CI=true` as an environmental variable when running `create cloudflare@latest`.

	For example: `CI=true npm create cloudflare@latest kv-tutorial --type=simple --git --ts --deploy=false` creates a basic "Hello World" project ready to build on.

	:::

</Steps>
</TabItem> <TabItem label = 'Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Log in to your Cloudflare dashboard and select your account.
2. Go to [your account > **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages).
3. Select **Create**.
4. Select **Create Worker**.
5. Name your Worker. For this tutorial, name your Worker `kv-tutorial`.
6. Select **Deploy**.
</Steps>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 2. Create a KV namespace

A [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) is a key-value database replicated to Cloudflare’s global network.

<Tabs syncKey = 'CLIvsDash'> <TabItem label='CLI'>

[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) allows you to put, list, get, and delete entries within your KV namespace.

:::note

KV operations are scoped to your account.
:::

To create a KV namespace via Wrangler:

<Steps>
1. Open your terminal and run the following command:

	```sh
	npx wrangler kv namespace create <BINDING_NAME>
	```

	The `npx wrangler kv namespace create <BINDING_NAME>` subcommand takes a new binding name as its argument. A KV namespace is created using a concatenation of your Worker’s name (from your Wrangler file) and the binding name you provide. A `BINDING_ID` is randomly generated for you.

	For this tutorial, use the binding name `BINDING_NAME`.

	```sh
	npx wrangler kv namespace create BINDING_NAME
	```

	```sh output
	🌀  Creating namespace with title kv-tutorial-BINDING_NAME
	✨  Success!
	Add the following to your configuration file:
	[[kv_namespaces]]
	binding = "BINDING_NAME"
	id = "<BINDING_ID>"
	```

</Steps>

</TabItem><TabItem label = 'Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to [**Storage & Databases** > **KV**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/kv/namespaces).
2. Select **Create a namespace**.
3. Enter a name for your namespace. For this tutorial, use `kv_tutorial_namespace`.
4. Select **Add**.
</Steps>

:::note

:::

</TabItem></Tabs>

## 3. Bind your Worker to your KV namespace

You must create a binding to connect your Worker with your KV namespace. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to access resources, like KV, on the Cloudflare developer platform.

To bind your KV namespace to your Worker:

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvsDash'><TabItem label='CLI'>
<Steps>
1. In your Wrangler file, add the following with the values generated in your terminal from [step 2](/kv/get-started/#2-create-a-kv-namespace):

	<WranglerConfig>

	```toml
	[[kv_namespaces]]
	binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
	id = "<BINDING_ID>"
	```

	</WranglerConfig>

   Binding names do not need to correspond to the namespace you created. Binding names are only a reference. Specifically:

	- The value (string) you set for `<BINDING_NAME>` is used to reference this KV namespace in your Worker. For this tutorial, this should be `BINDING_NAME`.
	- The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_KV"` or `binding = "routingConfig"` would both be valid names for the binding.
	- Your binding is available in your Worker at `env.<BINDING_NAME>` from within your Worker.
</Steps>

:::note[Bindings]

A binding is how your Worker interacts with external resources such as [KV namespaces](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/). A binding is a runtime variable that the Workers runtime provides to your code. You can declare a variable name in your Wrangler file that binds to these resources at runtime, and interact with them through this variable. Every binding's variable name and behavior is determined by you when deploying the Worker.

Refer to [Environment](/kv/reference/environments/) for more information.

:::

</TabItem><TabItem label='Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **Overview**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages).
2. Select the `kv-tutorial` Worker you created in [step 1](/kv/get-started/#1-create-a-worker-project).
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Scroll to **Bindings**, then select **Add**.
5. Select **KV namespace**.
6. Name your binding (`BINDING_NAME`) in **Variable name**, then select the KV namespace (`kv_tutorial_namespace`) you created in [step 2](/kv/get-started/#2-create-a-kv-namespace) from the dropdown menu.
7. Select **Deploy** to deploy your binding.
</Steps>
</TabItem></Tabs>

## 4. Interact with your KV namespace

You can interact with your KV namespace via [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) or directly from your [Workers](/workers/) application.

### Write a value

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvsDash'><TabItem label = 'CLI'>

To write a value to your empty KV namespace using Wrangler:

<Steps>
1. Run the `wrangler kv key put` subcommand in your terminal, and input your key and value respectively. `<KEY>` and `<VALUE>` are values of your choice.

	```sh
	npx wrangler kv key put --binding=<BINDING_NAME> "<KEY>" "<VALUE>"
	```

	```sh output
	Writing the value "<VALUE>" to key "<KEY>" on namespace <BINDING_ID>.
	```
</Steps>

Instead of using `--binding`, you can also use `--namespace-id` to specify which KV namespace should receive the operation:

```sh
npx wrangler kv key put --namespace-id=<BINDING_ID> "<KEY>" "<VALUE>"
```

```sh output
Writing the value "<VALUE>" to key "<KEY>" on namespace <BINDING_ID>.
```

To create a key and a value in local mode, add the `--local` flag at the end of the command:

```sh
npx wrangler kv key put --namespace-id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "<KEY>" "<VALUE>" --local
```

</TabItem><TabItem label = 'Dashboard'>
<Steps>
1. Go to [**Storage & Databases** > **KV**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/kv/namespaces).
2. Select the KV namespace you created (`kv_tutorial_namespace`), then select **View**.
3. Select **KV Pairs**.
4. Enter a `<KEY>` of your choice.
5. Enter a `<VALUE>` of your choice.
6. Select **Add entry**.
</Steps>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Get a value

<Tabs syncKey='CLIvsDash'><TabItem label = 'CLI'>

To access the value using Wrangler:

<Steps>
1. Run the `wrangler kv key get` subcommand in your terminal, and input your key value:

    ```sh
    # Replace [OPTIONS] with --binding or --namespace-id
    npx wrangler kv key get [OPTIONS] "<KEY>"
    ```

    A KV namespace can be specified in two ways:

    <Details header="With a `--binding`">

	```sh
	npx wrangler kv key get --binding=<BINDING_NAME> "<KEY>"
	```

    </Details>

    <Details header ="With a `--namespace-id`">

    ```sh
    npx wrangler kv key get --namespace-id=<YOUR_ID> "<KEY>"
    ```
    </Details>

</Steps>

You can add a `--preview` flag to interact with a preview namespace instead of a production namespace.

:::caution

Exactly **one** of `--binding` or `--namespace-id` is required.
:::

:::note
To view the value directly within the terminal, add `--text`
:::

Refer to the [`kv bulk` documentation](/kv/reference/kv-commands/#kv-bulk) to write a file of multiple key-value pairs to a given KV namespace.

</TabItem><TabItem label='Dashboard'>

You can view key-value pairs directly from the dashboard.
<Steps>
1. Go to your account > **Storage & Databases** > **KV**.
2. Go to the KV namespace you created (`kv_tutorial_namespace`), then select **View**.
3. Select **KV Pairs**.
</Steps>
</TabItem></Tabs>

## 5. Access your KV namespace from your Worker

<Tabs syncKey = 'CLIvsDash'><TabItem label = 'CLI'>

:::note

When using [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to develop locally, Wrangler defaults to using a local version of KV to avoid interfering with any of your live production data in KV. This means that reading keys that you have not written locally returns null.

To have `wrangler dev` connect to your Workers KV namespace running on Cloudflare's global network, call `wrangler dev --remote` instead. This uses the `preview_id` of the KV binding configuration in the Wrangler file. Refer to the [KV binding docs](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/#use-kv-bindings-when-developing-locally) for more information.

:::

<Steps>
1. In your Worker script, add your KV binding in the `Env` interface:

	```ts
	interface Env {
		BINDING_NAME: KVNamespace;
		// ... other binding types
	}
	```

2. Use the `put()` method on `BINDING_NAME` to create a new key-value pair, or to update the value for a particular key:

	```ts
	let value = await env.BINDING_NAME.put(key, value);
	```

3. Use the KV `get()` method to fetch the data you stored in your KV database:

	```ts
	let value = await env.BINDING_NAME.get("KEY");
	```
</Steps>

Your Worker code should look like this:

```ts
export interface Env {
	BINDING_NAME: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			await env.BINDING_NAME.put("KEY", "VALUE");
			const value = await env.BINDING_NAME.get("KEY");
			if (value === null) {
				return new Response("Value not found", { status: 404 });
			}
			return new Response(value);
		} catch (err) {
			// In a production application, you could instead choose to retry your KV
			// read or fall back to a default code path.
			console.error(`KV returned error: ${err}`);
			return new Response(err, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The code above:

1. Writes a key to `BINDING_NAME` using KV's `put()` method.
2. Reads the same key using KV's `get()` method, and returns an error if the key is null (or in case the key is not set, or does not exist).
3. Uses JavaScript's [`try...catch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch) exception handling to catch potential errors. When writing or reading from any service, such as Workers KV or external APIs using `fetch()`, you should expect to handle exceptions explicitly.

To run your project locally, enter the following command within your project directory:

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

When you run `wrangler dev`, Wrangler provides a URL (usually a `localhost:8787`) to review your Worker. The browser prints your value when you visit the URL provided by Wrangler.

The browser should simply return the `VALUE` corresponding to the `KEY` you have specified with the `get()` method.

</TabItem><TabItem label = 'Dashboard'>

<Steps>
1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
2. Go to the `kv-tutorial` Worker you created.
3. Select **Edit Code**.
4. Clear the contents of the `workers.js` file, then paste the following code.

	```js
	export default {
		async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
			try {
				await env.BINDING_NAME.put("KEY", "VALUE");
				const value = await env.BINDING_NAME.get("KEY");
				if (value === null) {
					return new Response("Value not found", { status: 404 });
				}
				return new Response(value);
			} catch (err) {
				// In a production application, you could instead choose to retry your KV
				// read or fall back to a default code path.
				console.error(`KV returned error: ${err}`);
				return new Response(err.toString(), { status: 500 });
			}
		},
	};
	```

	The code above:

	1. Writes a key to `BINDING_NAME` using KV's `put()` method.
	2. Reads the same key using KV's `get()` method, and returns an error if the key is null (or in case the key is not set, or does not exist).
	3. Uses JavaScript's [`try...catch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch) exception handling to catch potential errors. When writing or reading from any service, such as Workers KV or external APIs using `fetch()`, you should expect to handle exceptions explicitly.

	The browser should simply return the `VALUE` corresponding to the `KEY` you have specified with the `get()` method.
2. Select **Save**.

</Steps>

</TabItem></Tabs>

## 6. Deploy your KV

<Tabs syncKey = 'CLIvsDash'><TabItem label = 'CLI'>

<Steps>
1. Run the following command to deploy KV to Cloudflare's global network:

    ```sh
    npx wrangler deploy
    ```

2. Visit the URL for your newly created Workers KV application.

   For example, if the URL of your new Worker is `kv-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`, accessing `https://kv-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/` sends a request to your Worker that writes (and reads) from Workers KV.

</Steps>

</TabItem><TabItem label='Dashboard'>
<Steps>

1. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.
2. Select your `kv-tutorial` Worker.
3. Select **Deployments**.
4. From the **Version History** table, select **Deploy version**.
5. From the **Deploy version** page, select **Deploy**.

	This deploys the latest version of the Worker code to production.

</Steps>
</TabItem></Tabs>

## Summary

By finishing this tutorial, you have:

1. Created a KV namespace
2. Created a Worker that writes and reads from that namespace
3. Deployed your project globally.

## Next steps

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

- Learn more about the [KV API](/kv/api/).
- Understand how to use [Environments](/kv/reference/environments/) with Workers KV.
- Read the Wrangler [`kv` command documentation](/kv/reference/kv-commands/).

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's KV documentation.

<Glossary product="kv" />

---

# Cloudflare Workers KV

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Create a global, low-latency, key-value data storage.

</Description>

<Plan type="workers-all" />

Workers KV is a data storage that allows you to store and retrieve data globally. With Workers KV, you can build dynamic and performant APIs and websites that support high read volumes with low latency.

---

## Features

<Feature header="Key-value storage" href="/kv/get-started/">
	Learn how Workers KV stores and retrieves data.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Wrangler" href="/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/">

The Workers command-line interface, Wrangler, allows you to [create](/workers/wrangler/commands/#init), [test](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), and [deploy](/workers/wrangler/commands/#publish) your Workers projects.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Bindings" href="/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/">

Bindings allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform, including [R2](/r2/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), and [D1](/d1/).

</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Durable Objects" href="/durable-objects/" product="durable-objects">

Cloudflare Durable Objects allows developers to access scalable compute and permanent, consistent storage.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="D1" href="/d1/" product="d1">

Built on SQLite, D1 is Cloudflare’s first queryable relational database. Create an entire database by importing data or defining your tables and writing your queries within a Worker or through the API.

</RelatedProduct>

---

### More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/kv/platform/limits/" icon="document">
	&#x20;Learn about KV limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/kv/platform/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
	&#x20;Learn about KV pricing.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Discord"
	href="https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/893253103695065128"
	icon="discord"
>
	&#x20;Ask questions, show off what you are building, and discuss the platform
	with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Twitter" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
	&#x20;Learn about product announcements, new tutorials, and what is new in
	Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Cloudflare Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, GlossaryTooltip, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Maximize application performance and availability 
</Description>

<Plan id="traffic.load_balancing.properties.availability.summary" />

Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across your <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint" link="/glossary/?term=endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, which reduces endpoint strain and latency and improves the experience for end users.

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="Load balancing and failover" href="/load-balancing/load-balancers/">

Distribute traffic evenly across your healthy endpoints, automatically failing over when an endpoint is unhealthy or unresponsive.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Active monitoring" href="/load-balancing/monitors/">

Monitor your endpoints at configurable intervals and across multiple data centers to look for specific status codes, response text, and timeouts.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Intelligent routing" href="/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/">

Choose whether to distribute requests based on endpoint latency, a visitor's geographic region, or even a visitor's GPS coordinates.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Custom rules" href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/">

Customize the behavior of your load balancer based on the characteristics of individual requests.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Analytics" href="/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/">

Review comprehensive analytics to evaluate traffic flow, assess endpoint health status, and review changes in pools and pool health over time.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Standalone Health Checks" href="/health-checks/" product="health-checks">
Actively monitor whether your origin server is online by sending specific requests at regular intervals. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
Get enterprise-grade authoritative DNS service with the fastest response time, unparalleled redundancy, and advanced security with built-in DDoS mitigation and DNSSEC. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Waiting Room" href="/waiting-room/" product="waiting-room">
Route excess users to a custom-branded waiting room, helping preserve customer experience and protect origin servers from being overwhelmed with requests. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing/" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Load Balancing in the dashboard.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Reference Architecture" href="/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/" icon="pen">
Learn more about the structure of Cloudflare Load Balancers and their various configurations.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Learning Paths" href="/learning-paths/" icon="open-book">
Module-based guidance on Cloudflare product workflows. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/waiting-room.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Logs Engine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/r2-log-retrieval/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Logs Engine gives you the ability to store your logs in R2 and query them directly.

:::note

Logs Engine is going to be replaced by Log Explorer. For further details, consult the [Log Explorer](/logs/log-explorer/) documentation and to request access, complete the [sign-up form](https://cloudflare.com/lp/log-explorer/). 
:::

## Store logs in R2

* Set up a [Logpush to R2](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/r2/) job.
* Create an [R2 access key](/r2/api/s3/tokens/) with at least R2 read permissions.
* Ensure that you have Logshare read permissions.
* Alternatively, create a Cloudflare API token with the following permissions:
  * Account scope
  * Logs read permissions

## Query logs

You can use the API to query and download your logs by time range or RayID.

## Authentication

The following headers are required for all API calls:

* `X-Auth-Email` - the Cloudflare account email address associated with the domain
* `X-Auth-Key` - the Cloudflare API key

Alternatively, API tokens with Logs edit permissions can also be used for authentication:

* `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`

### Required headers

In addition to the required authentication headers mentioned, the following headers are required for the API to access logs stored in your R2 bucket.

`R2-access-key-id` (required) - [R2 Access Key Id](/r2/api/s3/tokens/)
`R2-secret-access-key` (required) - [R2 Secret Access Key](/r2/api/s3/tokens/)

## List files

List relevant R2 objects containing logs matching the provided query parameters, using the endpoint `GET /accounts/{accountId}/logs/list`.

### Query parameters

* `start` (required) string  (TimestampRFC3339) - Start time in RFC 3339 format, for example `start=2022-06-06T16:00:00Z`.

* `end` (required) string  (TimestampRFC3339) - End time in RFC 3339 format, for example `end=2022-06-06T16:00:00Z`.

* `bucket` (required) string (Bucket) - R2 bucket name, for example `bucket=cloudflare-logs`.

* `prefix` string (Prefix) - R2 bucket prefix logs are stored under, for example `prefix=http_requests/example.com/{DATE}`.

* `limit` number (Limit) - Maximum number of results to return, for example `limit=100`.

## Retrieve logs by time range

Stream logs stored in R2 that match the provided query parameters, using the endpoint `GET /accounts/{accountId}/logs/retrieve`.

### Query parameters

* `start` (required) string  (TimestampRFC3339) - Start time in RFC 3339 format, for example `start=2022-06-06T16:00:00Z`

* `end` (required) string  (TimestampRFC3339) - End time in RFC 3339 format, for example `end=2022-06-06T16:00:00Z`

* `bucket` (required) string (Bucket) - R2 bucket name, for example `bucket=cloudflare-logs`

* `prefix` string (Prefix) - R2 bucket prefix logs are stored under, for example `prefix=http_requests/example.com/{DATE}`

### Example API request

```bash
curl --globoff "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logs/retrieve?start=2022-06-01T16:00:00Z&end=2022-06-01T16:05:00Z&bucket=cloudflare-logs&prefix=http_requests/example.com/{DATE}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \ 
--header "R2-Access-Key-Id: R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID" \
--header "R2-Secret-Access-Key: R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
```

Results can be piped to a file using `> logs.json`.

Additionally, if you want to receive the raw GZIP bytes without them being transparently decompressed by your client, include the header `--header "Accept-Encoding: gzip"`.

## ​Retrieve logs by RayID

Using your logs stored in R2 - the Logpull RayID Lookup feature allows you to query an indexed time range for the presence of an RayID and return the matching result. This feature is available to users with the Logpull RayID Lookup beta subscription.

The ability to look up a RayID is a two-step process. First, a time range needs to be indexed before being able to request a record by the RayID.

Indexes will automatically expire after seven days of no usage.

### Index a time range

Before executing your query, you can specify the time range you would like to index in order to narrow down the scope of the query. In the following example, we index one minute of logs stored in the R2 bucket `"cloudflare-logs"` under the prefix `"http_requests/{DATE}"`.

### Example API request

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logs/rayids/index \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "R2-Access-Key-Id: <R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>" \
--header "R2-Secret-Access-Key: <R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw '{
  "start": "2022-08-16T20:30:00Z",
  "end": "2022-08-16T20:31:00",
  "bucket": "cloudflare-logs",
  "prefix": "http_requests/example.com/{DATE}"
}'
```

## Lookup a RayID

After indexing a time range, perform a `GET` request with the RayID. If a matching result is found in the indexed time range, the record will be returned. Note that the parameters have moved from the request body and into the URL. The `-g` flag is required to avoid the `{DATE}` parameter from being misinterpreted by cURL.

### Example API request

```bash
curl --globoff "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logs/rayids/<RAY_ID>?bucket=cloudflare-logs&prefix=http_requests/example.com/{DATE}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "R2-Access-Key-Id: <R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>" \
--header "R2-Secret-Access-Key: <R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>"
```

## Troubleshooting


<Details header="I am getting an error when accessing the API">

* **Error**: Time range returned too many results. Try reducing the time range and try again.

HTTP status code `422` will be returned if the time range between the start and end parameters is too wide. Try querying a shorter time range if you are running into this limit.

* **Error**: Provided token does not have the required features enabled.

Contact your account representative to have the beta Logpull RayID Lookup subscription added to your account.

* **Error**: Time range returned too many results. Try reducing the time range and try again.

High volume zones can produce many log files in R2. Try reducing your start and end time range until you find a duration that works best for your log volume.


</Details>


<Details header="How do I know what time range to index?">

Currently, there is no process to index logs as they arrive. If you have the RayID and know the time the request was made, try indexing the next 5-10 minutes of logs after the request was completed.


</Details>


<Details header="What is the time delay between when an event happens and when I can query for it?">

Logpush delivers logs in batches as soon as possible, generally in less than one minute. After this, logs can be accessed using Logs Engine.


</Details>


<Details header="Does R2 have retention controls?">

R2 does not currently have retention controls in place. You can query back as far as when you created the Logpush job.


</Details>


<Details header="Which datasets is Logs Engine compatible with?">

The retrieval API is compatible with all the datasets we support. The full list is available on the [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) section.


</Details>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/logs.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Logpush

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/about/

import { FeatureTable, LinkButton } from "~/components"

Logpush delivers logs in batches as quickly as possible, with no minimum batch size, potentially delivering files more than once per minute. This capability enables Cloudflare to provide information almost in real time, in smaller file sizes. Users can configure the batch size [using the API](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#max-upload-parameters) for improved control in case the log destination has specific requirements.

Logpush does not offer storage or search functionality for logs; its primary aim is to send logs as quickly as they arrive.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="analytics.logpush" />

:::note


Users without an Enterprise plan can still access [Workers Trace Events Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) by subscribing to the [Workers Paid](/workers/platform/pricing/) plan.


:::

## Next steps

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton>

---

# Edge Log Delivery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/edge-log-delivery/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

Edge Log Delivery allows customers to send logs directly from Cloudflare’s edge to their destination of choice. You can configure the maximum interval for your log batches between 30 seconds and five minutes. However, you cannot specify a minimum interval for log batches, meaning that log files may be sent in shorter intervals than the maximum specified. Compared to Logpush, Edge Log Delivery sends logs with lower latency, more frequently, and in smaller batches.

Edge Log Delivery is only available for HTTP request logs. Refer to the [API configuration](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#kind) page for steps on how to configure a job to use Edge Log Delivery.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton>

---

# Cloudflare Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Detailed logs that contain metadata generated by our products. 
</Description>

These logs are helpful for debugging, identifying configuration adjustments, and creating analytics, especially when combined with logs from other sources, such as your application server. For information about the types of data Cloudflare collects, refer to [Cloudflare's Types of analytics](/analytics/types-of-analytics/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Logpush" href="/logs/get-started/">

Push your request or event logs to your cloud service provider using Logpush, which can be configured via the Cloudflare dashboard or API.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Instant Logs" href="/logs/instant-logs/">

View HTTP request logs instantly in the Cloudflare dashboard or the CLI.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Logs Engine" href="/logs/r2-log-retrieval/">

Use Logs Engine to store your logs in R2 and query them directly.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Audit Logs" href="/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/" product="fundamentals">
Summarize the history of changes made within your Cloudflare account. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Web Analytics" href="/web-analytics/" product="analytics">
Provides privacy-first analytics without changing your DNS or using Cloudflare's proxy. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-logs/" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Logs
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Instant Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/instant-logs/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components";

Instant Logs allows Cloudflare customers to access a live stream of the traffic for their domain from the Cloudflare dashboard or from a command-line interface (CLI). Seeing data in real time allows you to investigate an attack, troubleshoot, debug or test out changes made to your network. Instant Logs is lightweight, simple to use and does not require any additional setup.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="analytics.instant_logs" />

## Instant Logs via Cloudflare Dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select the [zone](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones) you want to use with Instant Logs.

2. Go to **Analytics** > **Instant Logs**.

3. Select **Start streaming**.

4. (optional) Select **Add filter** to narrow down the events to be shown.

Fields supported in our [HTTP requests dataset](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) can be used when you add filters. Some fields with additional subscriptions required are not supported in the dashboard, you will need to use CLI instead.

Once a filter is selected and the stream has started, only log lines that match the filter criteria will appear. Filters are not applied retroactively to logs already showing in the dashboard.

## Instant Logs via CLI

### 1. Create an Instant Logs Job

Create a session by sending a `POST` request to the Instant Logs job endpoint with the following parameters:

- **Fields** - List any field available in the [HTTP requests dataset](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/).

- **Sample** - The sample parameter is the sample rate of the records set by the client: `"sample": 1` is 100% of records `"sample": 10` is 10% and so on.

:::note

Instant Logs has a maximum data rate supported. For high volume domains, we sample server side as indicated in the `"sampleInterval"` parameter returned in the logs.

:::

- **Filters** - Use filters to drill down into specific events. Filters consist of three parts: key, operator and value.

All supported operators can be found in the [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) page.

Below we have three examples of filters:

```bash
# Filter when client IP country is not Canada:
"filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"ClientCountry\",\"operator\":\"neq\",\"value\":\"ca\"}]}}"
```

```bash
# Filter when the status code returned from Cloudflare is either 200 or 201:
"filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"EdgeResponseStatus\",\"operator\":\"in\",\"value\":\"200,201\"}]}}"
```

```bash
# Filter when the request path contains "/static" and the request hostname is "example.com":
"filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"ClientRequestPath\",\"operator\":\"contains\",\"value\":\"/static\"}, {\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"ClientRequestHost\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"example.com\"}]}}"
```

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/edge/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "fields": "ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID",
  "sample": 100,
  "filter": "",
  "kind": "instant-logs"
}'
```

Response:

The response will include a new field called **destination_conf**. The value of this field is your unique WebSocket address that will receive messages from Cloudflare's global network.

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "fields": "ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID",
    "sample": 100,
    "filter": "",
    "destination_conf": "wss://logs.cloudflare.com/instant-logs/ws/sessions/<SESSION_ID>",
    "kind": "instant-logs"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

### 2. Connect to WebSocket

Using a CLI utility like [Websocat](https://github.com/vi/websocat), you can connect to the WebSocket and start immediately receiving logs.

```bash
websocat wss://logs.cloudflare.com/instant-logs/ws/sessions/<SESSION_ID>
```

Response:

Once connected to the websocket, you will receive messages of line-delimited JSON.

### Angle Grinder

Now that you have a connection to Cloudflare's websocket and are receiving logs from Cloudflare's global network, you can start slicing and dicing the logs. A handy tool for this is [Angle Grinder](https://github.com/rcoh/angle-grinder). Angle Grinder lets you apply filtering, transformations and aggregations on stdin with first class JSON support. For example, to get the number of visitors from each country you can sum the number of events by the `ClientCountry` field.

```bash
awebsocat wss://logs.cloudflare.com/instant-logs/ws/sessions/<SESSION_ID> | agrind '* | json | sum(sampleInterval) by ClientCountry'
```

Response:

| **ClientCountry** | **\_sum** |
| ----------------- | --------- |
| pt                | `4`       |
| fr                | `3`       |
| us                | `3`       |
| om                | `2`       |
| ar                | `1`       |
| au                | `1`       |

## Datasets available

For the moment, `HTTP requests` is the only dataset supported. In the future, we will expand to other datasets.

## Export

You can download the table of logs that appears in the dashboard, in JSON format via the **Export** button.

## Limits

Instant Logs has three limits set in place:

- Only one active Instant Logs session per zone.
- Maximum session time is 60 minutes.
- If you stop listening to a socket for more than five minutes.

If either of these limits are reached, the logs stream will automatically stop.

## Connect with us

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with us by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Log Explorer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/log-explorer/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Log Explorer enables you to store and explore your Cloudflare logs directly within the Cloudflare Dashboard or API. Giving you visibility into your logs without the need to forward them to third parties. Logs are stored on Cloudflare's global network using the R2 object storage platform and can be queried via the Dashboard or SQL API.

:::note

Log Explorer is currently in beta. To request access, complete the [sign-up form](https://cloudflare.com/lp/log-explorer/).

:::

## Supported datasets

The following zone-level datasets are currently available with Log Explorer:

- [HTTP requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) (`FROM http_requests`)
- [Firewall events](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/firewall_events/) (`FROM firewall_events`)

## Authentication

In order to communicate with the API, you will need to configure the appropriate authentication headers.

- `X-Auth-Email` - the Cloudflare account email address associated with the domain
- `X-Auth-Key` - the Cloudflare API key

Alternatively, API tokens with Account and Zone level Logs Edit permissions can also be used for authentication:

- `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`

## Enable Log Explorer

You can use the dashboard or the API to enable the datasets you want to query with Log Explorer.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Log Explorer**.
3. Select **Enable a dataset** to select the datasets you want to query. You can enable more datasets later.

:::note

It may take a few minutes for the logs to become available for querying.
:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the Log Explorer API to enable Log Explorer for each dataset you wish to store. It may take up to 30 minutes after a logstream is enabled before you can view the logs.

The following curl command is an example for enabling `http_requests`, as well as the expected response when the command succeeds.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/explorer/datasets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "dataset": "http_requests"
}'
```

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "created_at": "2023-09-25T22:12:31Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-09-25T22:12:31Z"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Use Log Explorer

Filtering and viewing your logs is available via the Cloudflare Dashboard or via query API.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Log Explorer**.
3. From the dropdown, select the **Dataset** you want to use.
4. Select a **Limit**. That is the maximum number of results to return, for example, 50.
5. Select the **Time period** from which you want to query, for example, the previous 12 hours.
6. Select **Add filter** to create your query. Select a **Field**, an **Operator**, and a **Value**.
7. A query preview is displayed. Select **Use custom SQL**, if you would like to change it.
8. Select **Run query** when you are done. The results are displayed below within the **Query results** section.

:::note

You can also access the Log Explorer dashboard directly from the [Security Analytics dashboard](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/#logs). When doing so, the filters you applied in Security Analytics will automatically carry over to your query in Log Explorer.

:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Log Explorer exposes a query endpoint that uses a familiar SQL syntax for querying your logs generated with Cloudflare's network.

For example, to find an HTTP request with a specific [Ray ID](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/), you can perform the following SQL query.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/explorer/query/sql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--url-query query="SELECT clientRequestScheme, clientRequestHost, clientRequestMethod, edgeResponseStatus, clientRequestUserAgent FROM http_requests WHERE RayID = '806c30a3cec56817' LIMIT 1"
```

Which returns the following HTTP request details:

```json
{
  "result": [
    {
      "clientrequestscheme": "https",
      "clientrequesthost": "example.com",
      "clientrequestmethod": "GET",
      "clientrequestuseragent": "curl/7.88.1",
      "edgeresponsestatus": 200
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Output formats

Log Explorer output can be presented in different formats, besides JSON: JSON Lines (also known as NDJSON), CSV, and plain text. The plain text uses ASCII tables similar to psql's `aligned` output mode. Besides the convenience factor of not having to translate the format on the client side, JSON Lines, CSV, and plain text formats have the advantage of being streamed from the API. So for large result sets, you will get a response earlier.

You can choose the output format with an HTTP `Accept` header, as shown in the table below:

| Output format | Content type           | Streaming? |
| ------------- | ---------------------- | ---------- |
| JSON          | `application/json`     | No         |
| JSON Lines    | `application/x-ndjson` | Yes        |
| CSV           | `text/csv`             | Yes        |
| Plain text    | `text/plain`           | Yes        |

## Optimizing your queries

All the tables supported by Log Explorer contain a special column called `date`, which helps to narrow down the amount of data that is scanned to respond to your query, resulting in faster query response times. The value of `date` must be in the form of `YYYY-MM-DD`. For example, to query logs that occurred on October 12, 2023, add the following to your `WHERE` clause: `date = '2023-10-12'`. The column supports the standard operators of `<`, `>`, and `=`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/explorer/query/sql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--url-query query="SELECT clientRequestMethod, clientRequestPath, clientRequestProtocol FROM http_requests WHERE date = '2023-10-12' LIMIT 500"
```

### Additional query optimization tips

- Narrow your query time frame. Focus on a smaller time window to reduce the volume of data processed. This helps avoid querying excessive amounts of data and speeds up response times.
- Omit `ORDER BY` and `LIMIT` clauses. These clauses can slow down queries, especially when dealing with large datasets. For queries that return a large number of records, reduce the time frame instead of limiting to the newest `N` records from a broader time frame.
- Select only necessary columns. For example, replace `SELECT *` with the list of specific columns you need. You can also use `SELECT RayId` as a first iteration and follow up with a query that filters by the Ray IDs to retrieve additional columns. Additionally, you can use `SELECT COUNT(*)` to probe for time frames with matching records without retrieving the full dataset.

## SQL queries supported

These are the SQL query clauses supported by Log Explorer.

### SELECT

The `SELECT` clause specifies the columns that you want to retrieve from the database tables. It can include individual column names, expressions, or even wildcard characters to select all columns.

### FROM

The `FROM` clause specifies the tables from which to retrieve data. It indicates the source of the data for the `SELECT` statement.

### WHERE

The `WHERE` clause filters the rows returned by a query based on specified conditions. It allows you to specify conditions that must be met for a row to be included in the result set.

### GROUP BY

The `GROUP BY` clause is used to group rows that have the same values into summary rows.

### HAVING

The `HAVING` clause is similar to the `WHERE` clause but is used specifically with the `GROUP BY` clause. It filters groups of rows based on specified conditions after the `GROUP BY` operation has been performed.

### ORDER BY

The `ORDER BY` clause is used to sort the result set by one or more columns in ascending or descending order.

### LIMIT

The `LIMIT` clause is used to constrain the number of rows returned by a query. It is often used in conjunction with the `ORDER BY` clause to retrieve the top N rows or to implement pagination.

:::note

Log Explorer does not support `JOINs`, `DDL`, `DML`, or `EXPLAIN` queries.

:::

## FAQs

### Which fields (or columns) are available for querying?

All fields listed in the datasets [Log Fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) are viewable in Log Explorer. For filtering, only fields with simple values, such as those of type `bool`, `int`, `float`, or `string` are supported. Fields with key-value pairs are currently not supported. For example, you cannot use the fields `RequestHeaders` and `Cookies` from the HTTP requests dataset in a filter.

### Why does my query not complete or time out?

Log Explorer performs best when query parameters focus on narrower ranges of time. You may experience query timeouts when your query would return a large quantity of data. Consider refining your query to improve performance.

If your query times out with an HTTP status of 524 (Gateway Timeout), consider using one of the [streaming output formats](/logs/log-explorer/#output-formats), such as `application/x-ndjson`.

### My query returned an error. How do I figure out what went wrong?

We are actively working on improving error codes. If you receive a generic error, check your SQL syntax (if you are using the custom SQL feature), make sure you have included a date and a limit, and that the field you are filtering is not a key-value pair. If the query still fails it is likely timing out. Try refining your filters.

### Where is the data stored?

The data is stored in Cloudflare R2. Each Log Explorer dataset is stored on a per-customer level, similar to Cloudflare D1, ensuring that your data is kept separate from that of other customers. In the future, this single-tenant storage model will provide you with the flexibility to create your own retention policies and decide in which regions you want to store your data.

### Does Log Explorer support Customer Metadata Boundary?

Customer metadata boundary is currently not supported for Log Explorer.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/magic-cloud-networking.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here.. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Cloud on-ramps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-wan-on-ramps" params={{ mwanAccount: "Have a Magic WAN account. Contact your account team to learn more." }} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/get-started/

To get started with Magic Cloud Networking you need to give Cloudflare permission to interact with cloud providers on your behalf. You might have multiple provider accounts for the same cloud provider - for example, you might want Cloudflare to manage virtual private clouds (VPCs) belonging to two different AWS accounts.

Once Cloudflare has the credentials required to access your cloud environments, Magic Cloud Networking will automatically begin discovering your cloud resources - like routing tables and virtual private networks. Discovered resources appear in your [Cloud resource catalog](/magic-cloud-networking/manage-resources/#cloud-resource-catalog).

## 1. Set up cloud credentials

Before you can connect Magic Cloud Networking to your cloud provider, you first need to create credentials with the correct permissions in your cloud provider.

### Amazon AWS

1. Create a [custom access policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_create-console.html) in your AWS account, and take note of the name you entered. Then, paste the following [JSON code](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_policies_elements_version.html) in the JSON tab:

```json
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:AcceptTransitGatewayPeeringAttachment",
                "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayPeeringAttachment",
                "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayPeeringAttachment",
                "ec2:DescribeRegions",
                "ec2:DescribeTransitGatewayPeeringAttachments",
                "ec2:RejectTransitGatewayPeeringAttachment",
                "ec2:GetManagedPrefixListEntries",
                "ec2:CreateManagedPrefixList",
                "ec2:ModifyManagedPrefixList",
                "ec2:DeleteManagedPrefixList",
                "ec2:CreateTransitGatewayPrefixListReference",
                "ec2:DeleteTransitGatewayPrefixListReference",
                "ec2:GetTransitGatewayPrefixListReferences",
                "ec2:ModifyTransitGatewayPrefixListReference"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}
```

2. Follow the [instructions on AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_users_create.html) to create an IAM user up until step 4 - do not check the **Provide users access to the AWS Management Console** option.

3. **In Give users permissions to manage their own security credentials** (step 7 of the AWS instructions) select **Attach policies directly**, and add the following policies:
   - `AmazonEC2ReadOnlyAccess`
   - `IAMReadOnlyAccess`
   - `NetworkAdministrator`
   - `<THE_NAME_OF_YOUR_CUSTOM_POLICY>` (from step 1).

4. [Add an Access Key](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html) to the new user. Take note of the access key as you cannot retrieve this information later. Cloudflare will ask for this value when you make an AWS Cloud Integration.

### Microsoft Azure

1. [Register an application](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/quickstart-register-app#register-an-application) and skip the optional **Redirect URL** step.
2. [Add a client secret](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity-platform/quickstart-register-app#add-a-client-secret) to the app registration. Take note of the secret value as you cannot retrieve this information later. Cloudflare will ask for this value when you make an Azure Cloud Integration.
3. [Add a role assignment](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-portal). The purpose of this step is to give the app that you registered in step 1 permission to access your Azure Subscription.
   1. In step 3 of the linked document, select the **Contributor** role from the **Privileged administrator roles** tab.
   2. In step 4 of the linked document, search for the app registration from step 1 when selecting members.

### Google Cloud Platform

1. Enable the [Compute Engine API](https://cloud.google.com/apis/docs/getting-started#enabling_apis).
2. [Create](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts-create) a service account.
3. Grant the new service account the **Compute Network Admin** role.
4. [Create](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/keys-create-delete) a service account key. Use the JSON key type.

## 2. Set up Cloud Integrations

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Select **Manage Account** > **Cloud integrations**.
3. Go to **Cloud integrations** and select **Add**.
4. Select your cloud provider to start the cloud integration wizard.
5. Enter a descriptive name, and optionally a description, for your cloud integration.
6. Select **Continue**.
7. Enter the credentials that you have created in [Set up cloud credentials](#1-set-up-cloud-credentials). These allow Magic Cloud Networking to access the resources in your cloud provider.
8. Select **Authorize**.

You have successfully connected your cloud provider to Magic Cloud Networking. Cloud resources found by Magic Cloud Networking are available in the [Cloud resource catalog](/magic-cloud-networking/manage-resources/#cloud-resource-catalog).

## Next steps

- [Set up Magic WAN](/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/) as an on-ramp to your cloud.
- [Manage resources](/magic-cloud-networking/manage-resources/) found by Magic Cloud Networking.
- [Edit](/magic-cloud-networking/manage-resources/#edit-cloud-integrations) cloud integrations.

---

# Magic Cloud Networking

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>
Automate resource discovery, and reduce management burden when connecting to your public cloud.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Magic Cloud Networking simplifies the process of connecting to your public cloud infrastructure, like Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure. With Magic Cloud Networking you can automatically discover your cloud resources through Cloudflare's dashboard, and effortlessly combine your cloud networks with your office and data center networks.

Magic Cloud Networking allows you to connect, accelerate, and manage your virtual private clouds securely through Cloudflare. Grow your multi-cloud network architecture in a consistent and scalable manner, centered on Cloudflare's connectivity cloud services.

Magic Cloud Networking is currently in closed beta. If you would like to be among the first customers to try it out, [fill out this form](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/cloud-networking/).

Learn how to [get started](/magic-cloud-networking/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature header="Discover your cloud resources automatically" href="/magic-cloud-networking/get-started/" cta="Use cloud resource discovery">
Discover your cloud resources like virtual private clouds (VPCs), subnets, virtual machines (VMs), route tables, and routes automatically, and easily set up your integrations.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Automatically connect a cloud network" href="/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/" cta="Create cloud on-ramps">
Automatically build VPN tunnels between cloud networks and Magic WAN.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Magic WAN" href="/magic-wan/" product="magic-wan">
Secure your network from incoming Internet traffic, and improve performance at Cloudflare scale.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Manage resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/manage-resources/

## Cloud resource catalog

Your cloud environment is built from individual cloud resources, like virtual private clouds (VPCs), subnets, virtual machines (VMs), route tables, and routes. Magic Cloud Networking discovers all of your cloud resources and stores their configuration and status in the Cloud resource catalog, a read-only snapshot of your cloud environment. Discovery runs regularly in the background, keeping your catalog up to date as your environment changes.

When Magic Cloud Networking creates or modifies configurations in the cloud provider - for example, to deploy a managed IPsec on-ramp for Magic WAN - the created resources will be labeled as **Managed** in the resource catalog.

To browse the resources in your catalog:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Select **Manage Account** > **Cloud integrations**.
3. Go to **Resource catalog**.
4. Select a resource to inspect its details.

## Edit Cloud integrations

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Select **Manage Account** > **Cloud integrations**.
3. Select the integration you want to edit > **Edit**.
4. In **Credentials**, select **I would like to update my credentials**, and make the required changes to your credentials.
5. Select **Save** when you are finished.
6. (Optional) You can also select **Delete** to delete your cloud integration.

## Download cloud resource catalog

You can download a JSON file containing metadata and configuration for all your cloud resources:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Select **Manage Account** > **Cloud integrations**.
3. Go to **Resource catalog**.
4. Select **Download catalog**.

After your browser finishes downloading the ZIP file, expand it to access the JSON with the information about your cloud resources.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-cloud-networking/reference/

Refer to this page for details about how Cloudflare orchestrates VPN connectivity to your cloud networks.

## Cloud on-ramps

### AWS

![Diagram showing how Cloudflare creates on-ramps to AWS](~/assets/images/magic-cloud-networking/reference/aws.png)

When using Magic Cloud Networking to automatically create on-ramps to your AWS account, you should be aware of the following configuration changes Cloudflare will make on your behalf:

- Cloudflare will create a new customer-managed prefix list named **Magic WAN and Cloudflare Edge** populated with your [Magic WAN Address Space](/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/#magic-wan-address-space) prefixes and the IPv4 address ranges for Cloudflare's global network servers (the latter prefixes are necessary if you use any Cloudflare L7 processing features). You must create rules in your Network Security Groups (NSGs) allowing traffic to/from this prefix list in order to have connectivity with Magic WAN. (The prefix list will contain around 15 to 25 entries, which each count against the rules-per-security-group quota for NSGs in your AWS account.)
- Cloudflare will create a Virtual Private Gateway and attach it to your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). If an existing Virtual Private Gateway is already attached to the VPC, on-ramp creation will fail.
- Cloudflare will enable route propagation from the Virtual Private Gateway into all route tables in your VPC. This will result in a route for each prefix in your [Magic WAN Address Space](/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/#magic-wan-address-space) targeting the gateway.
- Cloudflare will add a route in Magic WAN for each IPv4 CIDR block in your VPC.

### Azure

![Diagram showing how Cloudflare creates on-ramps to AWS](~/assets/images/magic-cloud-networking/reference/azure.png)

When using Magic Cloud Networking to automatically create on-ramps to your Azure account, you should be aware of the following configuration changes Cloudflare will make on your behalf:

- Cloudflare will create a Virtual Network Gateway in your Virtual Network (VNet). Virtual Network Gateways in Azure require a subnet named `GatewaySubnet`. Cloudflare will create a `GatewaySubnet` if one does not already exist in your VNet. If there is not enough unused address space left in your VNet to create a `/27` subnet  for the`GatewaySubnet`, or if a `GatewaySubnet` exists but does not have enough address space left for a Virtual Network Gateway, on-ramp creation will fail.
- Cloudflare will enable gateway route propagation on all route tables in your VNet. This will result in a route for each prefix in your [Magic WAN Address Space](/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/#magic-wan-address-space) pointing to the gateway. If your VNet has other Virtual Network Gateways, their routes will also propagate to your route tables. If you delete the on-ramp, route propagation will not be disabled.
- By default, Network Security Groups in Azure contain Allow rules for outbound/inbound traffic to/from the `VirtualNetwork` service tag, which includes Virtual Network Gateway address space (and therefore your Magic WAN Address Space). If you do not want all resources in your VNet to be accessible from Magic WAN, add the appropriate Deny rules to your Network Security Groups (NSGs).
- Cloudflare will add a route in Magic WAN for each IPv4 address range in your VNet.

### GCP

![Diagram showing how Cloudflare creates on-ramps to GCP](~/assets/images/magic-cloud-networking/reference/gcp.png)

When using Magic Cloud Networking to automatically create on-ramps to your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account, you should be aware of the following configuration changes Cloudflare will make on your behalf:

- Cloudflare will reserve a public Internet routable IP address from GCP.
- Cloudflare will create a VPN Gateway and two VPN Tunnels in the region you specify.
- Cloudflare will create routes for each prefix in your [Magic WAN Address Space](/magic-cloud-networking/cloud-on-ramps/#magic-wan-address-space) within your VPC pointing to the VPN Tunnels.
- Cloudflare will add routes in Magic WAN for all subnet CIDR prefixes in your VPC. This includes all regions within the VPC. Traffic bound for a region other than the VPN Gateway's region will be subject to GCP's [Inter-region Pricing](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/network-pricing#inter-region-data-transfer).
- Traffic sent to and from your VM instances through the VPN Tunnels is still subject to VPC firewall rules, and may [require further configuration](https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/how-to/configuring-firewall-rules#firewall_rules).

## Supported resources

Magic Cloud Networking discovers the following resource types.

### AWS

- AWS Customer Gateway
- AWS EC2 Managed Prefix List
- AWS EC2 Transit Gateway
- AWS EC2 Transit Gateway Prefix List
- AWS EC2 Transit Gateway VPC Attachment
- AWS Egress Only Internet Gateway
- AWS Internet Gateway
- AWS Instance
- AWS Network Interface
- AWS Route Table
- AWS Route Table Association
- AWS Security Group
- AWS Subnet
- AWS VPC
- AWS VPC IPv4 CIDR Block Association
- AWS VPC Security Group Egress Rule
- AWS VPC Security Group Ingress Rule
- AWS VPN Connection
- AWS VPN Connection Route
- AWS VPN Gateway

### Azure

- Azure Application Security Group
- Azure Load Balancer
- Azure Load Balancer Backend Address Pool
- Azure Load Balancer NAT Pool
- Azure Load Balancer NAT Rule
- Azure Load Balancer Rule
- Azure Local Network Gateway
- Azure Network Interface
- Azure Network Interface Application Security Group Association
- Azure Network Interface Backend Address Pool Association
- Azure Network Interface Security Group Association
- Azure Network Security Group
- Azure Public IP
- Azure Route
- Azure Route Table
- Azure Subnet
- Azure Subnet Route Table Association
- Azure Virtual Machine
- Azure Virtual Machine Gateway Connection
- Azure Virtual Network
- Azure Virtual Network Gateway
- Azure Virtual Network Gateway Connection

### GCP

- Google Compute Address
- Google Compute Forwarding Rule
- Google Compute Global Address
- Google Compute HA VPN Gateway
- Google Compute Interconnect Attachment
- Google Compute Network
- Google Compute Network Firewall Policy
- Google Compute Network Firewall Policy Rule
- Google Compute Route
- Google Compute Router
- Google Compute Subnetwork
- Google Compute VPN Gateway
- Google Compute VPN Tunnel

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/changelog/

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<ProductChangelog />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/

import { Description, Feature, GlossaryTooltip, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>
Protect your cloud infrastructure or network offices with advanced, scalable firewall-as-a-service protection.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Magic Firewall is a <GlossaryTooltip term="firewall-as-a-service">firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS)</GlossaryTooltip> delivered from the Cloudflare global network to protect office networks and cloud infrastructure with advanced, scalable protection. With Magic Firewall, you can apply filter rules on a variety of criteria, such as protocol and <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packet</GlossaryTooltip> length, to filter unwanted traffic before it reaches your network.

Magic Firewall uses Wireshark syntax, a domain-specific language (DSL) common in the networking world and the same syntax used across our other products. With this syntax, you can easily craft powerful rules to precisely allow or deny any traffic in or out of your network.

Magic Firewall is available with the purchase of [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) or [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Intrusion Detection System (IDS)" href="/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-ids/">
Actively monitor for a wide range of known threat signatures in your traffic. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Magic Transit" href="/magic-transit/" product="cloudflare-one">
Secure your network from incoming Internet traffic, and improve performance at Cloudflare scale. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Magic WAN" href="/magic-wan/" product="magic-wan">
Improve security and performance for your entire corporate networking, reducing cost and operation complexity. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/plans/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

If you are a [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) or [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) user, you are automatically provided with a standard list of Magic Firewall features. For additional features available for purchase, refer to the list of advanced features below.

## Standard features

* Filtering rules based on protocol, port, IP addresses, <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packet</GlossaryTooltip> length, and <GlossaryTooltip term="bit field matching">bit field match</GlossaryTooltip>.
* Fast propagation of rule changes in less than a minute.
* Single dashboard to manage <GlossaryTooltip term="firewall">firewall</GlossaryTooltip> and network configuration.
* Programmable API for automated deployment and management — compatible with infrastructure-as-code platforms like [Terraform](/terraform/).
* Traffic analytics per rule in the dashboard and using the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/).
* Integration with [Magic WAN network-as-a-service](/magic-wan/).
* Included DDoS protection with [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/).

## Advanced features

All standard features are included with the purchase of the advanced features below:

* Customizable IP lists.
* Managed threat intelligence IP lists (Anonymizer, Botnet, Malware, Open Proxies, VPNs).
* Geoblocking based on user location by country.
* Block or allow packets based on Autonomous System Number (ASN).
* Packet captures on demand for network troubleshooting.
* [Protocol validation rules](/magic-firewall/about/protocol-validation-rules/) to inspect traffic validity and enforce a positive security model.
* [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) filtering for outbound Internet traffic (network and HTTP policies). The Secure Web Gateway supports all TCP and UDP ports, as well as traffic sourced from RFC. Gateway will proxy BYOIP traffic to egress via the default Cloudflare IPs or your assigned [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/).
* Intrusion Detection System (IDS).

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/api/

Use Magic Network Monitoring's API to configure your [account](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/configs/methods/get/) and [rules](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/rules/methods/list/).

## Account configuration

Refer to [account configuration](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/configs/methods/get/) to:

- Create, list, update, and delete Magic Network Monitoring configurations
- List default sampling, router IPs, and rules for an account

## Rules configuration

Refer to [rules configuration](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/rules/methods/list/) to:

- Create, list, update, and delete rules
- Update advertisement for a rule

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/changelog/

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---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/faq/

## Can I send NetFlow/sFlow data to Cloudflare in a secure, encrypted way?

Yes. Both enterprise and free customers can send encrypted network flow data to Cloudflare.

Enterprise customers with Magic Transit or Magic WAN are able to send encrypted network flow data via an IPsec tunnel to Cloudflare's network. You can achieve this by:

1. Configuring your [NetFlow](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/netflow-ipfix-config/) or [sFlow](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/sflow-config/) data to be sent to Cloudflare's network for parsing.
2. Directing that network flow data to be sent over [Magic Transit IPsec tunnels](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/) or [Magic WAN IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) to Cloudflare's network.

Cloudflare's network will then identify this traffic via the destination IP address/port, and direct the network flow traffic to Magic Network Monitoring for parsing.

Free customers can route their network flow traffic through a device that is running the WARP client. Then, network flow traffic can be forwarded from the WARP enabled device to Cloudflare's network flow endpoints. You can learn more about this in the [Encrypt network flow data tutorial](/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/encrypt-network-flow-data).

## I have Auto-Advertisement enabled and it was triggered by an attack. Do I have to turn Magic Transit off manually?

Once Auto-Advertisement is activated for an IP prefix that is under attack, the IP prefix will continue to be advertised by Cloudflare even if the attack ends. You will then need to manually disable advertisement for that IP prefix. Refer to [Configure dynamic advertisement](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/#configure-dynamic-advertisement) to learn how to withdraw your prefixes, and stop using Magic Transit.

## If Auto-Advertisement is enabled, and the threshold has been triggered, will the IP prefix show as advertised in the dashboard?

Yes, the IP prefix will show as advertised under the [IP Prefixes tab](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/#configure-dynamic-advertisement).

## Does Auto-advertisement also work with BGP-controlled advertisements?

No. Auto-advertisement only works with API-controlled advertisement, not BGP-controlled advertisement.

## In the API, Magic Network Monitoring rules have a `bandwidth_threshold` data field. Does the value for this field refer to bytes transferred or current throughput?

The threshold for a [Magic Network Monitoring (MNM) rule](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/rules/methods/list/) has two values. The first value is `bandwidth_threshold`. This value is a measure of the total ingress throughput on a network at any given moment. The second value is `duration`. The `duration`value refers to the amount of time that `bandwidth_threshold` must be exceeded before an alert is sent to the customer.

For example, you create a MNM rule with the following parameters:

```txt
"bandwidth_threshold": 50000000
"duration": "1m0s"
```

With this rule, your network needs to receive a throughput greater than 50,000,000 bits per second (50 Gigabits per second or Gbps) for 60 seconds. If both of these conditions are met, then MNM will send you an alert.

## My router's public IP address is different from the IP address of my network flow `agent-ip`. I cannot change my network flow `agent-ip`, and I am not seeing my router's traffic in MNM analytics

It is recommended that you set your router's public IP address and network flow `agent-ip` to the same value. However, if you are unable to do this, you can register both your router's public IP and your network flow `agent-ip` in the Magic Network Monitoring (MNM) [router configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/get-started/). This will prevent MNM from blocking network traffic received from any unknown IP addresses, and will show your router's network flow data underneath the router's `agent-ip`.

## What is Magic Network Monitoring's data retention policy for Netflow/sFlow received from customer's routers?

Currently, all data received from a customer's router goes to our servers in the US. If you enable data sovereignty in Europe, you cannot currently use Magic Network Monitoring.

GraphQL analytics is retained for 90 days for enterprise customers. For non-enterprise customers, data retention is seven days. Cloudflare also retains data for six hours in the US, for threshold crossing detection.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

To begin using Magic Network Monitoring, complete the list of tasks below.

If you are an Enterprise customer, Cloudflare can significantly accelerate the onboarding timeline during active-attack scenarios. Enterprise customers that would like to use Magic Network Monitoring and Magic Transit On Demand together can begin by [configuring Magic Transit](/magic-transit/get-started/).

## 1. Verify NetFlow or sFlow capabilities

Verify your routers are capable of exporting <GlossaryTooltip term="NetFlow">NetFlow</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="sFlow">sFlow</GlossaryTooltip> to an IP address on Cloudflare's network. Magic Network Monitoring supports NetFlow v5, NetFlow v9, IPFIX, and sFlow.

Refer to [Supported routers](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/supported-routers) to view a list of supported routers. The list is not exhaustive.

## 2. Register your router with Cloudflare

When you register your router with Cloudflare, your router links your NetFlow or sFlow data to your Cloudflare account.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring**.
3. In **Magic Network Monitoring Analytics**, select **Configure Magic Network Monitoring**.
4. Select the **Configure routers** tab.
5. Under **IP Address**, enter your router's public IP address.
6. Under **Default router sampling rate**, enter a value for the <GlossaryTooltip term="sampling">sampling</GlossaryTooltip> rate. The value should match the sampling rate of your NetFlow or sFlow configuration.
7. Select **Next**.

## 3. Configure your router

Next, configure your router to send NetFlow/SFlow data to Cloudflare. For this step, you will also need to have your router's configuration menu open to input the values shown in the Cloudflare dashboard.

Refer to the [NetFlow/IPFIX configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/netflow-ipfix-config/) or the [sFlow configuration guide](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/sflow-config/) for more information.

1. From **Configure routers** in the dashboard, select either **NetFlow Configuration** or **sFlow configuration**.
2. Follow the configuration steps for the selected configuration type.
3. Enter the values shown in your router's configuration.
4. Select **Next**.

## 4. Check your router configuration

After setting up your router, confirm the configuration was successfully set up.

From the **Check routers** page on the dashboard, you can view the status of your routers. Keep in mind that router data takes five to ten minutes to be sent to Cloudflare.

Refer to **Router status description** to confirm whether data is successfully being sent.

When you are done with router configuration, select **Finish onboarding**.

:::note
This will only be visible during the onboarding process. When you are finished onboarding, this page will no longer be visible.
:::

## 5. Create rules

Create rules to analyze data for a specific set of destinations or to implement thresholds. Refer to [Rules](/magic-network-monitoring/rules/) for more information.

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Magic Network Monitoring documentation.

<Glossary product="magic-network-monitoring" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Improve your network visibility and detect DDoS attacks based on traffic flows.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Magic Network Monitoring provides visibility into your network traffic by analyzing network <GlossaryTooltip term="flow data">flow data</GlossaryTooltip> sent from a customer's routers. Magic Network Monitoring supports NetFlow v5, NetFlow v9, IPFIX, and sFlow.

Magic Network Monitoring is generally available to everyone with a Cloudflare account by default. You can log in to your Cloudflare dashboard, select your account, then go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring** to get started.

Everyone can use the [free version](/magic-network-monitoring/magic-network-monitoring-free/) of Magic Network Monitoring in a home network, network lab, or business to get end to end visibility across their network traffic. Potential enterprise customers are encouraged to use the free version to run a proof of concept.

Enterprise customers can use Magic Network Monitoring with [Magic Transit on-demand](/magic-transit/on-demand/) to monitor their network, identify volumetric DDoS attacks, and activate Magic Transit on-demand to mitigate those attacks.

Learn how to [get started](/magic-network-monitoring/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature header="Rules" href="/magic-network-monitoring/rules/">

Create rules to configure the threshold for data flowing from your network.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Magic Transit integration" href="/magic-network-monitoring/magic-transit-integration/">

Magic Transit On Demand customers can use Magic Network Monitoring to enable DDoS mitigation when a DDoS attack is detected.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Notifications" href="/magic-network-monitoring/notifications/">

Set up notifications to learn about an attack.

</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Magic Transit" href="/magic-transit/" product="magic-transit">

Mitigates L7, L4, and L3 DDoS attacks with Magic Network Monitoring with Magic Transit on-demand.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DDoS Protection" href="/ddos-protection/" product="ddos-protection">

Provides HTTP DDoS attack protection for zones onboarded to Cloudflare in addition to L3 and L4 DDoS attack protection.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Network Interconnect" href="/network-interconnect/" product="network-interconnect">

Connects your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare - rather than using the public Internet - for a more reliable and secure experience.

</RelatedProduct>

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Discord"
	href="https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev"
	icon="discord"
>
	Connect with the Magic Network Monitoring community on Discord to ask
	questions, and share feedback.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Free version

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/magic-network-monitoring-free/

The free version of Magic Network Monitoring (MNM) is generally available to everyone with a Cloudflare account by default.

All free customers are encouraged to join [Cloudflare's Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev) to discuss the use cases, configuration, and troubleshooting of Magic Network Monitoring. Free customers are always welcome to provide product feedback and discuss feature requests. The product and engineering team that works on Magic Network Monitoring regularly engages with the Discord community.

You can find the channel by joining the Cloudflare Developers Discord server. Then scroll down in the side bar navigation to the **Cloudflare One** category and select **magic-network-monitoring**.

## Access the free version of MNM

The free version includes all the features of the enterprise version, but has network flow volume and configuration limitations. These limits are detailed below.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring**.
3. Complete the onboarding wizard to configure Magic Network Monitoring. Refer to [Get started](/magic-network-monitoring/get-started/) for more information.

## Limitations

| Limitation Type                      | Value |
| ------------------------------------ | ----- |
| Number of registered routers         | 10    |
| Number of rules                      | 25    |
| Network flows per second per account | 250   |

---

# Magic Transit integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/magic-transit-integration/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-transit-integration" />

---

# Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/notifications/

You can receive Magic Network Monitoring notifications via email, PagerDuty, or webhooks.

For more information on receiving notifications via PagerDuty or using webhooks, refer to [Create a notification](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification).

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Notifications** > **Add**.
3. Locate **Magic Transit** > **Magic Network Monitoring: Volumetric Attack** in the list, and choose **Select** to add a notification.
4. Enter a name and description for the notification.
5. Add an email address for the person who should receive the notification.
6. Select **Create** when you are done.

---

# Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in your network.

<AvailableNotifications product="Magic Transit" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/about/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic Transit is a network security and performance solution that offers DDoS protection, traffic acceleration, and more for on-premise, cloud-hosted, and hybrid networks.

Magic Transit delivers its connectivity, security, and performance benefits by serving as the front door to your IP network. This means it accepts IP <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> destined for your network, processes them, and then outputs them to your origin infrastructure.

The Cloudflare network uses [Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) to announce your company's IP address space, extending your network presence globally, and <GlossaryTooltip term="anycast" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/">anycast</GlossaryTooltip> to ingest your traffic. Today, Cloudflare's anycast global network spans [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).

Once packets hit Cloudflare's network, traffic is inspected for attacks, filtered, <GlossaryTooltip term="traffic steering">steered</GlossaryTooltip>, accelerated, and sent onward to your origin. Magic Transit connects to your origin infrastructure using anycast <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel">Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)</GlossaryTooltip> tunnels over the Internet or, with [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](/network-interconnect/), via physical or virtual interconnect.

Magic Transit users have two options for their implementation: ingress traffic or ingress and [egress traffic](/magic-transit/reference/egress/). Users with an egress implementation will need to set up <GlossaryTooltip term="policy-based routing">policy-based routing (PBR)</GlossaryTooltip> or ensure default routing on their end forwards traffic to Cloudflare via tunnels.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Magic Transit
accDescr: Diagram showing how Magic Transit protects traffic on the customer's network.

A(DDoS <br> attack)
B[("Cloudflare global <br> anycast network <br> (DDoS protection + <br> network firewall)")]
C[Customer <br> network]
D((User))
E([BGP <br> announcement])

A --x B
E --- B
B-- Anycast <br> GRE tunnel ---C
B-- Cloudflare <br> Network <br> Interconnect ---C
C-- Egress via <br> Direct Server <br> Return --> D
D -- Ingress --> B

style A stroke: red,fill: red,color: white
style B stroke: orange,fill: orange,color: black
style C stroke: #ADD8E6,fill: #ADD8E6,color: black
style D stroke: blue,fill: blue,color: white
linkStyle 0 stroke-width:3px,stroke:red
linkStyle 1 stroke-width:2px,stroke:orange
linkStyle 2 stroke-width:2px,stroke:#ADD8E6
linkStyle 3 stroke-width:2px,stroke:gray
linkStyle 4 stroke-width:3px,stroke:green
```

:::note
Magic Transit is not yet supported on Cloudflare's China Network.
:::

For detailed information on Magic Transit architecture, refer to the [Reference section](/magic-transit/reference/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/changelog/

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<ProductChangelog />

---

# Cloudflare IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

In addition to using Magic Transit with your own IP address, you can use Magic Transit with a Cloudflare-owned IP address. This option is helpful for users who do not meet the `/24` <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefix</GlossaryTooltip> length requirements or who want to protect a smaller network.

To protect your network using a Cloudflare IP address, contact your account manager. After receiving your IP address, you will need to:

- [Create a tunnel](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/).
- [Set up static routes](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes) or [BGP peering](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/).
- [Configure health checks](/magic-transit/how-to/run-endpoint-health-checks).
- Confirm [tunnel](/magic-transit/how-to/tunnel-health-checks/) and endpoint health checks were properly configured.
- Update your infrastructure at your own pace to use the allocated Cloudflare IPs.

When you use a Cloudflare-owned IP space, you do not need a <GlossaryTooltip term="letter of agency" link="/magic-transit/get-started/#draft-letter-of-agency">Letter of Agency (LOA)</GlossaryTooltip>. You can skip this step from the Prerequisites page.

---

# DDoS protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/ddos/

Cloudflare DDoS protection automatically detects and mitigates Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks using its Autonomous Edge. Magic Transit customers have access to additional features, such as:

- [Advanced TCP protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) (disabled by default)
- [Advanced DNS protection (beta)](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/)

Refer to [Cloudflare DDoS documentation](/ddos-protection/) for more information.

---

## Execution order

The execution order of the different mitigation systems for Magic Transit customers is the following:

1. [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/)
2. [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/)
3. [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/)
4. [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/)

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Before you can begin using Magic Transit, be sure to complete the onboarding steps below. Cloudflare can significantly accelerate this timeline during active-attack scenarios.

## 1. Scope your configuration

The onboarding process begins with an initial kickoff call where Cloudflare engages with your organization to confirm the scope and timeline for setting up Magic Transit.

After your call with Cloudflare, complete the prerequisites step.

## 2. Prerequisites

Before you can begin using Magic Transit, verify that you meet Cloudflare's onboarding requirements.

### Verify router compatibility

Magic Transit relies on <GlossaryTooltip term="anycast">anycast</GlossaryTooltip> tunnels to transmit <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> from Cloudflare's global network to your origin network.

The routers at your tunnel endpoints must meet the following requirements to ensure compatibility with Magic Transit.

- Support anycast tunneling.
- Allow configuration of at least one tunnel per Internet service provider (ISP).
- Support <GlossaryTooltip term="maximum segment size (MSS)">maximum segment size (MSS)</GlossaryTooltip> clamping.

### Draft Letter of Agency

Draft a [Letter of Agency (LOA)](/byoip/concepts/loa/) - sometimes referred to as a Letter of Authorization - that identifies the prefixes you want to advertise and gives Cloudflare permission to announce them. The LOA is required by Cloudflare's transit providers so they can accept the routes Cloudflare advertises on your behalf. See this [LOA template](/byoip/concepts/loa/) for an example.

If you are an Internet service provider (ISP) and advertising <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefixes</GlossaryTooltip> on behalf of a customer, an LOA is required for the ISP and for the customer.

If you are using a [Cloudflare IP address](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/), you do not need to submit an LOA.

:::note[Note]
The LOA must be a PDF. Transit providers may reject the LOA if it is a JPG or PNG.
:::

### Verify IRR entries

Verify that your Internet Routing Registry (IRR) entries match your corresponding origin autonomous system numbers (ASNs) to ensure Magic Transit routes traffic to the correct autonomous systems (AS). For guidance, refer to [Verify IRR entries](/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/best-practices/#verify-an-irr-entry).

If you are using a Cloudflare IP, you do not need to verify your IRR entries.

#### Optional: RPKI check for prefix validation

You can also use the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) as an additional option to validate your prefixes. RPKI is a [security framework method](https://blog.cloudflare.com/rpki/) that associates a route with an autonomous system. It uses cryptography to validate the information before being passed onto the routers.

To check your prefixes, you can use [Cloudflare's RPKI Portal](https://rpki.cloudflare.com/?view=validator).

### Set maximum segment size

<Render
	file="prerequisites/maximum-segment-size"
	params={{ productName: "Magic Transit" }}
/>

#### MSS clamping recommendations

##### GRE tunnels as off-ramp

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-gre" />

##### IPsec tunnels

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-ipsec" />

:::caution[Important]
Refer to your device documentation to check if it sets IPsec MSS clamping automatically. If that is not the case and you are using IPsec inside GRE, you have to set MSS clamp manually.
:::

Refer to [Maximum transmission unit and maximum segment size](/magic-transit/reference/mtu-mss/) for more details.

#### Clear Do not fragment (DF)

If you are unable to set the MSS on your physical interfaces to a value lower than 1500 bytes, you can choose to clear the `do not fragment` bit in the IP header. When this option is enabled, Cloudflare fragments packets greater than 1500 bytes, and the packets are reassembled on your infrastructure after decapsulation. In most environments, enabling this option does not have significant impact on traffic throughput.

To enable this option for your network, contact your account team.

Refer to [Maximum transmission unit and maximum segment size](/magic-transit/reference/mtu-mss/) for more details.

### Follow router vendor guidelines

<Render file="prerequisites/router-vendor-guidelines-mss-settings-origin" />

## 3. Configure tunnels

[Configure the tunnels](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/) on both the Cloudflare side and your router side to connect to your origin infrastructure.

## 4. Configure static routes or BGP peering

Configure [static routes](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/) or [BGP peering](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/) to route traffic from Cloudflare's global network to your locations.

## 5. Run pre-flight checks

After setting up your tunnels and routes, Cloudflare validates tunnel connectivity, tunnel and endpoint [health checks](/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#tunnel-health-checks), <GlossaryTooltip term="letter of agency">Letter of Agency (LOA)</GlossaryTooltip>, Internet Routing Registry (IRR), and <GlossaryTooltip term="maximum segment size (MSS)">maximum segment size (MSS) configurations</GlossaryTooltip>. Configurations for Cloudflare global network are applied and take around one day to rollout.

## 6. Advertise prefixes

Once pre-flight checks are completed, Cloudflare will unlock your <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefixes</GlossaryTooltip> for you to [advertise via the dashboard, API or BGP](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/) at a time of your choosing. Refer to [Dynamic advertisement best practices](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/) to learn more about advertising prefixes.

If you are using a Cloudflare IP, you do not need to advertise your prefixes.

:::caution[Important]
You must [put the appropriate MSS clamps](#set-maximum-segment-size) in place before routing changes are made. Failure to apply an MSS clamp can result in dropped packets and hard-to-debug connectivity issues.

Also, when using [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/magic-transit/network-interconnect/) with Magic Transit you must set the following MSS clamp sizes to accommodate additional overhead:

- GRE tunnels over Classic CNI: 1476 bytes
- Direct CNI / Classic CNI with a maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of 1500 bytes handoff does not require an MSS clamp.

MSS clamps are used to backhaul data from the data center where traffic is ingested (close to the end user) to the facility with the CNI link.
:::

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Magic Transit documentation.

<Glossary product="magic-transit" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>
Secure your network and improve performance at Cloudflare scale.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Magic Transit is a network security and performance solution that offers DDoS protection, traffic acceleration, and more for on-premise, cloud-hosted, and hybrid networks.

Learn how to [get started](/magic-transit/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature header="Tunnel health checks" href="/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/" cta="Learn about health checks">
Magic Transit sends health check probes to monitor network status and the health of specific network components.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Traffic steering" href="/magic-transit/reference/traffic-steering/" cta="Learn about traffic steering">
Magic Transit steers traffic along tunnel routes based on priorities you define during the onboarding process.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Cloudflare IPs" href="/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/">
Use Cloudflare-owned IP addresses if you want to protect a smaller network and do not meet Magic Transit's `/24` prefix length requirements.
</Feature>

<Feature header="BGP peering" href="/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/">
Use BGP peering between your networks and Cloudflare to automate the process of adding or removing networks and subnets, and take advantage of failure detection and session recovery features.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Magic Firewall" href="/magic-firewall/" product="magic-firewall">
Magic Firewall is a firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) delivered from the Cloudflare global network to protect office networks and cloud infrastructure with advanced, scalable protection.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Network Interconnect" href="/network-interconnect/" product="network-interconnect">
Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare - rather than using the public Internet - for a more reliable and secure experience.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DDoS Protection" href="/ddos-protection/" product="ddos-protection">
Cloudflare DDoS protection secures websites, applications, and entire networks while ensuring the performance of legitimate traffic is not compromised.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Bringing Your Own IP (BYOIP)" href="/byoip/" product="byoip">
With Bringing Your Own IPs (BYOIP), Cloudflare announces your IPs in all our locations. Use your IPs with Magic Transit, Spectrum, or CDN services.
</RelatedProduct>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Reference Architecture" href="/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/" icon="pen">

Deep dive into the key architecture, functionalities, and network deployment options of Cloudflare Magic Transit.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Magic Network Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/magic-network-monitoring/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-transit-integration" product="magic-network-monitoring" />

---

# Network Interconnect (CNI)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/network-interconnect/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="magic-cni"
  product="network-interconnect"
  params={{
    magic: "Magic Transit",
    productName: "Magic Transit",
    legacyHCLink: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#legacy-bidirectional-health-checks"
  }}
/>

---

# Magic Transit on-demand

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/on-demand/

Customers with access to the Magic Transit on-demand option can [configure prefix advertisement](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/#configure-dynamic-advertisement) from the **IP Prefixes** page in their Cloudflare account home or via the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/statuses/methods/get/).

A common workflow is to enable prefix advertisement during an attack so that you can take advantage of Cloudflare protection and then disable advertisement once the incident is resolved. Prefixes using BGP-controlled advertisements cannot be used in conjunction with dynamic advertisement (via dashboard/API). Please specify your preferred on-demand advertisement method during the prefix onboarding.

To ensure smooth operation in general and simplify the advertisement process during an attack scenario, refer to [Dynamic advertisement: Best practices](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/).

:::note
Magic Transit on-demand cannot be used with Cloudflare leased IPs.
:::

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/magic-wan.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Magic WAN allows you to achieve any-to-any connectivity across branch and retail sites and data centers, with Cloudflare connectivity cloud.

## Before you begin

Magic WAN is an Enterprise-only product. [Contact Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/) to acquire Magic WAN. If you plan on using Magic WAN Connector to automatically onboard your locations to Cloudflare, you will need to purchase Magic WAN first.

## Set up method

Magic WAN supports an automatic setup and a manual setup. The automatic setup through Magic WAN Connector is the preferred method.

### Automatic set up

Setting up Magic WAN automatically is done through Magic WAN Connector, and is the preferred method. You can choose between the hardware version and the virtual version of the Magic WAN Connector. The virtual version can be installed on your own machines.

If you plan on using Magic WAN Connector, you can skip the prerequisites below, and refer to [Configure with Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/) for more information on how to continue.

### Manual set up

Setting up Magic WAN manually is done through a combination of third-party devices in your premises and the Cloudflare dashboard. To be successful, you need to:

1. Read the [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) below.
2. Follow the steps in [Manual configuration](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/).

## Prerequisites

:::note
The list of prerequisites below is only for customers planning to connect manually to Cloudflare with a third-party device. If you plan on using Magic WAN Connector, skip this section and refer to [Configure with Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/).
:::

### Use compatible tunnel endpoint routers

Magic WAN relies on <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel" link="/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/">GRE</GlossaryTooltip> and <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel" link="/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#ipsec-tunnels">IPsec tunnels</GlossaryTooltip> to transmit packets from Cloudflare's global network to your origin network. To ensure compatibility with Magic WAN, the routers at your tunnel endpoints must:

- Allow configuration of at least one tunnel per Internet service provider (ISP).
- Support <GlossaryTooltip term="maximum segment size (MSS)">maximum segment size (MSS)</GlossaryTooltip> clamping.
- Support the configuration parameters for IPsec mentioned in [IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters).

### Set maximum segment size

<Render
	file="prerequisites/maximum-segment-size"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{ productName: "Magic WAN" }}
/>
#### MSS clamping recommendations

##### GRE tunnels as off-ramp

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-gre" />

##### IPsec tunnels

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-ipsec" />

:::caution[Important]
Refer to your device documentation to check if it sets IPsec MSS clamping automatically. If that is not the case and you are using IPsec inside GRE, you have to set MSS clamp manually.
:::

Refer to [Maximum transmission unit and maximum segment size](/magic-wan/reference/mtu-mss/) for more details.

### Follow router vendor guidelines

<Render
	file="prerequisites/router-vendor-guidelines-mss-settings-origin"
	product="magic-transit"
/>

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Magic WAN documentation.

<Glossary product="magic-wan" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>
	Improve security and performance for your entire corporate networking,
	reducing cost and operation complexity.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Magic WAN provides secure, performant connectivity and routing for your entire corporate networking, reducing cost and operation complexity. [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) integrates smoothly with Magic WAN, enabling you to enforce network firewall policies at Cloudflare's global network, across traffic from any entity within your network.

With Magic WAN, you can securely connect any traffic source - data centers, offices, devices, cloud properties - to Cloudflare's network and configure routing policies to get the bits where they need to go, all within one SaaS solution.

Magic WAN supports a variety of <GlossaryTooltip term="on-ramp">on-ramps</GlossaryTooltip> including any device that supports <GlossaryTooltip term="anycast">anycast</GlossaryTooltip> <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel">GRE</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip> tunnels. To make it easier to onboard your cloud properties, you can use [Magic Cloud Networking](/magic-wan/configuration/magic-cloud-networking/), which automates the process of creating on-ramps from your cloud networks.

Refer to [On-ramps](/magic-wan/on-ramps/) for a full list of supported on-ramps.

Learn how to [get started](/magic-wan/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature
	header="Connect your network automatically"
	href="/magic-wan/configuration/connector/"
	cta="Use Magic WAN Connector"
>
	Use Magic WAN Connector to automatically connect, steer, and shape any IP
	traffic.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Connect your network manually"
	href="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/"
	cta="Use a third-party device"
>
	Magic WAN is compatible with a host of third-party devices. If you do not have
	Magic WAN Connector, start here to learn how to set up Magic WAN manually.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Automatic cloud on-ramps"
	href="/magic-wan/configuration/magic-cloud-networking/"
	cta="Automate your cloud on-ramps"
>
	Automate resource discovery, and reduce management burden when connecting to
	your public cloud.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Zero Trust integration"
	href="/magic-wan/zero-trust/"
	cta="Integrate with other Zero Trust products"
>
	Learn how you can use Magic WAN with other Cloudflare Zero Trust products.
</Feature>

<Feature header="BGP peering" href="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/bgp-peering/">
Use BGP peering between your networks and Cloudflare to automate the process of adding or removing networks and subnets, and take advantage of failure detection and session recovery features.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct
	header="Cloudflare Zero Trust"
	href="/cloudflare-one/"
	product="cloudflare-one"
>
	Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy security perimeters with our global
	edge, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Magic Firewall"
	href="/magic-firewall/"
	product="magic-firewall"
>
	Magic Firewall is a firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) delivered from the
	Cloudflare global network to protect office networks and cloud infrastructure
	with advanced, and scalable protection.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Magic Cloud Networking"
	href="/magic-cloud-networking/"
	product="magic-cloud-networking"
>
	Simplify and automate cloud resource discovery, and reduce your management
	burden when connecting to your public cloud.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Cloudflare Network Interconnect"
	href="/network-interconnect/"
	product="network-interconnect"
>
	Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network
	infrastructure directly with Cloudflare - rather than using the public
	Internet - for a more reliable and secure experience.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Load Balancing"
	href="/load-balancing/"
	product="load-balancing"
>
	Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across your endpoints, which
	reduces endpoint strain and latency and improves the experience for end users.
</RelatedProduct>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Reference Architecture" href="/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/" icon="pen">

Deep dive into key architecture and functionalities aspects of Cloudflare One, and learn more about Magic WAN and its structure.

</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/load-balancing/

You can use Cloudflare Load Balancing with Magic WAN to distribute traffic across endpoints, reducing strain and improving the performance of your network. This works through Private Network Load Balancing, which supports both on-ramping and off-ramping traffic to Magic WAN tunnels.

Refer to [Private Network Load Balancing](/load-balancing/private-network/) for more information about the feature and how to set it up. You will need to [enable Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) before you can use this feature.

---

# Network Interconnect (CNI)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/network-interconnect/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="magic-cni"
  product="network-interconnect"
  params={{
    magic: "Magic WAN",
    productName: "Magic WAN",
    legacyHCLink: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#legacy-bidirectional-health-checks"
  }}
/>

<Render file="traceroute" />

---

# On-ramps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/on-ramps/

To on-ramp your network traffic to Magic WAN, you can use [Magic WAN Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/), a lightweight software package you can install in corporate network locations to automatically connect, steer, and shape any IP traffic.

You can also use any device that supports [GRE or IPsec](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/) tunnels with the supported configuration parameters.

Additional compatible on-ramps include:

- [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](/magic-wan/network-interconnect/): Connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare - rather than using the public Internet - for a more reliable and secure experience.
- [Cloudflare Tunnel](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/): Magic WAN can be used together with Cloudflare Tunnel for easy access between your networks and applications.
- [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/): Protect corporate devices by securely and privately sending traffic from those devices to Cloudflare's global network, where Cloudflare Gateway can apply advanced web filtering.
- [Magic Cloud Networking](/magic-wan/configuration/magic-cloud-networking/): Automatically create on-ramps from your cloud networks to Magic WAN.
- [Network on-ramp partnerships](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-onramp-partners/): Refer to our [third-party integration tutorials](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/) for guidance on configuring the most asked for third-party products.

---

# Security filters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/security/

Magic WAN customers have [automatic access to Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/plans/). Magic Firewall is Cloudflare's firewall-as-a-service solution that allows you to protect your infrastructure. Magic Firewall supports layers three and four of the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/), and enables you to allow or block traffic on a variety of packet characteristics.

Refer to [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) for more information about this product.

As a Magic WAN customer, you can also use Cloudflare Gateway to set up policies to inspect network and HTTP traffic to the Internet or your private network infrastructure. Refer to [Connect to Cloudflare Gateway with Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/) to learn how to filter Magic WAN traffic with Gateway policies.

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/migration-guides/

import { CardGrid, Description, LinkTitleCard } from "~/components"

<Description>

Content designed to help you migrate from another provider to Cloudflare.

This section is still in work. Expect more guides soon. 
</Description>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Reference architectures" href="/reference-architecture/" icon="open-book">

High-level overviews of Cloudflare's network and platform. 
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Cloudflare blog" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/" icon="open-book">

Read articles and announcements about the latest Cloudflare products and features. 
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Learning Paths" href="/learning-paths/" icon="open-book">

Module-based guidance on Cloudflare product workflows. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# gRPC connections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/grpc-connections/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare offers support for gRPC to protect your APIs on any [proxied gRPC endpoints](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). The gRPC protocol helps build efficient APIs with smaller payloads for reduced bandwidth usage, decreased latency, and faster implementations.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.grpc" />

Charges may occur for gRPC traffic over add-on products such as [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/), [WAF](/waf/), and [Bot Management](/bots/).

## Limitations

Running gRPC traffic on Cloudflare is compatible with most Cloudflare products.

However, the following products have limited capabilities with gRPC requests:

* The [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/) will only run for header inspection during the connection phase. WAF Managed Rules will not run on the content of a gRPC stream.
* <Render file="tunnel/grpc-support" product="cloudflare-one" />
* [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) does not support gRPC traffic sent through Cloudflare’s reverse proxy. gRPC traffic will be ignored by Access if gRPC is enabled in Cloudflare. We recommend disabling gRPC for any sensitive origin servers protected by Access or enabling another means of authenticating gRPC traffic to your origin servers.

## Enable gRPC

### Requirements

* Your gRPC endpoint must listen on port 443. 
* Your gRPC endpoint must support TLS and HTTP/2.
* HTTP/2 must be advertised over ALPN.
* Use `application/grpc` or `application/grpc+<message type` (for example: `application/grpc+proto`) for the **Content-Type** header of gRPC requests.
* Make sure that the hostname that hosts your gRPC endpoint:
  * Is set to [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/)
  * Uses at least the [Full SSL/TLS encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/).

### Procedure

To change the **gRPC** setting in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **gRPC**, switch the toggle to **On**.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>
Manage network settings for your website.
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="IP Geolocation" href="/network/ip-geolocation/">
Include the country code of the visitor location with all requests to your website. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="IPv6 Compatibility" href="/network/ipv6-compatibility/">
Enable IPv6 support and gateway. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="WebSockets" href="/network/websockets/">
Allow WebSockets connections to your origin server. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="China Network" href="/china-network/" product="china-network">
The Cloudflare China Network is a package of selected Cloudflare’s performance and security products running on data centers located in mainland China and operated by Cloudflare’s partner JD Cloud. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Managed Transforms" href="/rules/transform/managed-transforms/" product="rules">
Managed Transforms allow you to perform common adjustments to HTTP request and response headers with the click of a button. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# IP geolocation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/ip-geolocation/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

IP geolocation adds the [`CF-IPCountry` header](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ipcountry) to all requests to your origin server.

Cloudflare automatically updates its IP geolocation database using MaxMind and other data sources, typically twice a week.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.ip_geolocation" />

## Add IP geolocation information

The recommended procedure to enable IP geolocation information is to [enable the **Add visitor location headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-visitor-location-headers). This Managed Transform adds HTTP request headers with location information for the visitor's IP address, such as city, country, continent, longitude, and latitude.

If you only want the request header for the visitor's country, you can enable **IP Geolocation**.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **IP Geolocation** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **IP Geolocation**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **IP Geolocation** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `ip_geolocation` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

In order to use this data, you will need to then retrieve it from the [`CF-IPCountry` header](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ipcountry).

:::

---

## Report an incorrect IP location

If you find an incorrect IP location, consider the following:

- If the IP is part of the [current Cloudflare IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), report to `geoip@cloudflare.com`.
- If the IP is **not** listed within the [current Cloudflare IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), [report to MaxMind](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-data-correction-request).

---

# IPv6 compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/ipv6-compatibility/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare enables IPv6 on all domains without requiring additional configuration or hardware (as long as your host provides IPv6 support).

When both IPv4 and IPv6 connections are available, Cloudflare prefers IPv4.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.ipv6" />

## Enable IPv6 compatibility

By default, IPv6 compatibility is enabled on your domain and will apply to all domains and subdomains covered by [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

:::note

If you have signed up for Cloudflare through a [Cloudflare hosting partner](http://www.cloudflare.com/hosting-partners) or by use [partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), IPv6 compatibility does not apply to your apex domain.

:::

## Disable IPv6 compatibility

If your origin web server only understands IPv4 formatted IP addresses, non-Enterprise customers should [enable **Pseudo IPv4**](/network/pseudo-ipv4/).

Alternatively, customers with an Enterprise account can disable Cloudflare's IPv6 compatibility.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To disable **IPv6 Compatibility** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **IPv6 Compatibility**, switch the toggle to **Off**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To disable **IPv6 Compatibility** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `ipv6` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"off"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

Even when IPv6 is disabled, domains can still receive IPv6 traffic via the Tor network. To completely disable all IPv6 traffic:

- Disable [**Onion Routing**](/network/onion-routing/).
- Use a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) to block `0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0/0` using the filter `ip.src in {::/0}`.

:::

---

## Troubleshoot an IPv6 network issue

Provide the following information to [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) if you experience issues with IPv6 connectivity:

- A [traceroute](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#perform-a-traceroute) that demonstrates the IPv6 connection issues,
- the [Cloudflare data center serving your request](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#identify-the-cloudflare-data-center-serving-your-request) when the IPv6 issues occur, and
- confirmation of whether [disabling IPv6 Compatibility](#disable-ipv6-compatibility) resolves the issue.

---

# Onion Routing and Tor support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/onion-routing/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Improve the Tor user experience by enabling Onion Routing, which enables Cloudflare to serve your website’s content directly through the Tor network and without requiring exit nodes.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.onion_routing" />

## How it works

Due to the behavior of some individuals using the Tor network (spammers, distributors of malware, attackers), the IP addresses of Tor exit nodes may earn a bad reputation, elevating their Cloudflare threat score.

Our [basic protection level](/waf/tools/security-level/) issues challenges to visitors whose IP address has a high threat score, depending on the level chosen by the Cloudflare customer.

One way to address this threat score is to create [custom WAF rules](/waf/custom-rules/). Cloudflare assigns the two-letter code `T1` for Tor.  There's no geographical country associated with these IPs, but this approach lets Cloudflare customers override the default Cloudflare threat score to define the experience for their Tor visitors. Cloudflare updates its list of Tor exit node IP addresses every hour.

The other way to improve the Tor user experience is through Onion Routing. This improves Tor browsing as follows:

- Tor users no longer access your site via exit nodes, which can sometimes be compromised, and may snoop on user traffic.
- Human Tor users and bots can be distinguished by our Onion services, such that interactive challenges are only served to malicious bot traffic.

[Tor Browser](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/about/) users receive an [alt-svc header](https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc7838.html#alt-svc) as part of the response to the first request to your website. The browser then creates a Tor Circuit to access this website using the `.onion` TLD service provided by this header.

You should note that the visible domain in the UI remains unchanged, as the host header and the SNI are preserved. However, the underlying connection changes to be routed through Tor, as the [UI denotes on the left of the address bar](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/managing-identities/#managing-identities) with a Tor Circuit. Cloudflare does not provide a certificate for the `.onion` domain provided as part of alt-svc flow, which therefore cannot be accessed via HTTPS.

## Enable Onion Routing

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Onion Routing** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **Onion Routing**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **Onion Routing** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `opportunistic_onion` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Response Buffering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/response-buffering/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

If your domain sends many small packets, it may be faster to buffer the file and deliver the full payload all at once (instead of streaming it).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.response_buffering" />

## How it works

By default, Cloudflare **streams** traffic data, meaning that each packet is sent as it becomes available. This can improve the delivery of large files. However, this streaming behavior only applies to dynamic traffic; cacheable traffic is buffered and this behavior cannot be changed.

If your domain sends many small packets, however, it might be faster to **buffer** the file. This approach waits to send the full file until all packets are ready, preventing a client browser from having to re-assemble packets.

## Enable Response Buffering

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Response Buffering** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **Response Buffering**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **Response Buffering** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `response_buffering` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Pseudo IPv4

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/pseudo-ipv4/

import { FeatureTable, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare customers can use **Pseudo IPv4** if their origin web server only understands IPv4 formatted IP addresses (meaning it would not support Cloudflare's default [IPv6 compatibility](/network/ipv6-compatibility/)).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.pseudo_ipv4" />

## Background

Some older origin server analytics and fraud detection software expect IP addresses in an IPv4 format and do not support IPv6 addresses.

**Pseudo IPv4** uses the [Class E IPv4 address space](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1112#section-4) to provide as many unique IPv4 addresses corresponding to IPv6 addresses as possible.

- Example Class E IPv4 address: `240.16.0.1`
- Example IPv6 address: `2400:cb00:f00d:dead:beef:1111:2222:3333`

:::note

Class E IPv4 addresses are designated as experimental and are not used
for production Internet traffic.
:::

## Configure Pseudo IPv4

Cloudflare offers three options for configuring **Pseudo IPv4**:

- **Off**: Default value.
- **Add Header**: Cloudflare automatically adds the `Cf-Pseudo-IPv4` header with a Class E IPv4 address hashed from the original IPv6 address.
- **Overwrite Headers**: <Render file="pseudo-ipv4-warning" product="fundamentals" />

:::note

When using _Overwrite Headers_, no software changes are necessary in
your origin web server.
:::

To configure **Pseudo IPv4**:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To change the **Pseudo IPv4** setting in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **Pseudo IPv4**, choose your desired setting.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To change **Pseudo IPv4** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `pseudo_ipv4` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to your desired value: `"off"`, `"add_header"`, or `"overwrite_header"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Understanding the True-Client-IP Header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/true-client-ip-header/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components";

Enabling the True-Client-IP Header adds the [`True-Client-IP` header](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#true-client-ip-enterprise-plan-only) to all requests to your origin server, which includes the end user's IP address.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.true_client_ip_header" />

## Add True-Client-IP Header

The recommended procedure to access client IP information is to [enable the **Add "True-Client-IP" header** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-true-client-ip-header).

:::note
To use this data, you will need to then retrieve it from the [`True-Client-IP` header](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ipcountry).
:::

## Additional resources

For additional guidance on using True-Client-IP Header with Cloudflare, refer to the following resources:

- [Available Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-true-client-ip-header)
- [Cloudflare HTTP headers](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#true-client-ip-enterprise-plan-only)
- [Restoring original visitor IPs](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/)

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-error-logging/get-started/

Network Error Logging is available to users on all plan types.

To enable Network Error Logging for Free and Pro zones:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Network** and locate **Network Error Logging Monitoring**.
3. Select the toggle to enable Network Error Logging.

To enable this for Business and Enterprise, contact support or your account team.

---

# WebSockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network/websockets/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare supports proxied WebSocket connections without additional configuration.

## Background

WebSockets are open connections sustained between the client and the origin server. Inside a WebSockets connection, the client and the origin can pass data back and forth without having to reestablish sessions. This makes exchanging data within a WebSockets connection fast. WebSockets are often used for real-time applications such as live chat and gaming.

## Enable WebSockets

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **WebSockets** connections to your origin server in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. For **WebSockets**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **WebSockets** connections to your origin server with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `websockets` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Compatibility notes

| Product                                  | Compatible | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [SSL](/ssl/)                             | Yes        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [WAF](/waf/)                             | Yes\*      | The initial HTTP 101 request is subject to WAF managed rules, custom rules, rate limiting rules, and other WAF features like any other WebSockets connection. However, once a connection has been established, the WAF does not perform any further inspections. |
| [Workers](/workers/examples/websockets/) | Yes        | You can also use [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) as an endpoint for WebSocket sessions, giving you full control over messages sent to and from clients.                                                                                                     |

:::note

Cloudflare also supports [ASP.NET SignalR](http://signalr.net/), which helps negotiate which transport method to use (long polling or WebSockets).

:::

## Availability

WebSockets are supported on all Cloudflare plans.

## Requests and Bandwidth measurement

Given the nature of WebSocket connections, you may notice they differ from typical HTTP traffic in terms of requests and bandwidth usage. If you are an Enterprise customer, it is important to consider how Cloudflare measures requests and bandwidth to accurately estimate your usage.

Cloudflare measures a single WebSocket connection in the following way:

- **Requests**: Cloudflare recognizes only the initial upgrade request per WebSocket connection as an HTTP request. Even though you can send a bidirectional message stream through the established WebSocket connection, it will be counted as a single long-lived HTTP request.

- **Bandwidth**: Cloudflare measures data transfer sent from Cloudflare to the client. This typically means that messages from the WebSocket server behind Cloudflare to the WebSocket client are counted towards bandwidth usage.

Once a WebSocket connection is closed, you can view your aggregated WebSocket usage through [Traffic Analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/#traffic), the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/), and [HTTP requests logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/).

## Technical note

When Cloudflare releases new code to its global network, we may restart servers, which terminates WebSockets connections.

### Best practices

- Implement a [keepalive](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API/Writing_WebSocket_servers#pings_and_pongs_the_heartbeat_of_websockets).
- Review and then remove or extend timeout settings on the origin and/or on the client.

### Troubleshooting

Investigating issues with Websocket can be facilitated with client tools like [wscat](https://github.com/websockets/wscat).
Being able to reproduce an issue on a single URL with a minimalistic tool helps narrowing down the issue.

The `EdgeStartTimestamp` and `EdgeStopTimestamp` fields in [HTTP requests logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) represent the duration of the WebSocket connection (they do not represent the initial HTTP connection).

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-error-logging/how-to/

Use NEL reports to view information such as:

* Why a request failed
* The country a request failed from
* The last mile network a request failed from
* The Cloudflare data center the request was most likely meant for

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Analytics & Logs** > **Edge Reachability**.

Click a tab under **Reachability summary** to view specific information related to your Origin ASN, Origin, IP, or data center. Hover over a location on the map to view the number of reachable requests.

Under **Reachability by data center**, click a location under Data Centers to filter reachability by a specific location.

To view the log fields available for NEL, refer to [NEL reports](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/nel_reports/).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-error-logging/

Network Error Logging (NEL) is a browser-based reporting system that allows users to report their own failures to an external endpoint. You can use Network Error Logging to gain insight into connectivity issues on the Internet to learn when and where an incident is happening, who is impacted, and how they are being impacted.

## The last mile

The last mile is the path from a user to the first point of ingress to the resource, whether that be a network like Cloudflare or directly to the origin server. The last mile is important because it is in the critical path of the request for a resource: if the last mile has issues, users cannot connect to their resources. When Network Error Logging is enabled, you can receive alerts about issues in the last mile — which are typically difficult to detect — to learn what the problem is and how to fix it.

![The last mile diagram, showing the steps involved in delivering data to a customer](~/assets/images/network-error-logging/last-mile.png)

## How NEL affects requests

The Report-To header is present in all requests to Cloudflare zones that have NEL enabled:  

```txt
report-to: {"group":"cf-nel","max_age":31536000,"endpoints":[{"url":"`[`https://a.nel.cloudflare.com/report?lkg-colo=lhr&lkg-time=1600338181`](https://gcp.nel.cloudflare.com/report?lkg-colo=lhr&lkg-time=1600338181&lkg-ip=1.1.1.1)`"}]}
```

A sample Network Error Report payload appears as follows:

```json
{
  "age": 20,
  "type": "network-error",
  "url": "https://example.com/previous-page",
  "body": {
    "elapsed_time": 18,
    "method": "POST",
    "phase": "dns",
    "protocol": "http/1.1",
    "referrer": "https://example.com/previous-page",
    "sampling_fraction": 1,
    "server_ip": "",
    "status_code": 0,
    "type": "dns.name_not_resolved",
    "url": "https://example-host.com/"
  }
}
```

## Privacy

Cloudflare uses geolocation lookups to extract the following information from every client IP in a NEL report:

* Client ASN
* Client country
* Client metro area

Cloudflare uses internal lookups to associate the above data with a customer domain and customer account.

Cloudflare does not store any PII or user-specific data, and any IP data is only kept for the duration of the request as it is processed. After the report is processed through the NEL pipeline, all PII data is purged from the system.

The client IP address is only stored in volatile memory for the lifetime of the request to Cloudflare’s NEL endpoint (order of milliseconds) and is dropped immediately after the request completes. Cloudflare does not log the client IP address anywhere in the Network Error Logging pipeline. Customers can opt out of having their end users consume the NEL headers by emailing Cloudflare support.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-error-logging/reference/

If a user is able to connect to Cloudflare and the site they connect to has NEL enabled, Cloudflare passes back two headers to the browser indicating that they should report any network failures to an endpoint specified in the headers. The browser will operate as usual, and if something happens that prevents the browser from connecting to the site, the browser will log the failure as a report and send it to the endpoint.

Network Error Logging failures can occur for different reasons which are outlined below.

## Internet Service Provider (ISP) outage

An ISP outage appears to NEL users as failures from one particular last-mile network. By examining NEL data to look at the client autonomous system number (ASN) view, you can see which networks are causing the most impact.

For customers, this scenario appears as an influx of `tcp.timed_out errors`, as well as `tcp.failed`, `h2.protocol_error` and `h3.protocol_error`.

In the event of a last-mile outage, the best course of action is to contact the provider to investigate.

## Transit Flap

Transit flaps look like momentary outages caused by transits re-establishing BGP sessions.

To customers, this will appear as `tcp.timed_out` reports from a variety of ASNs over a short period of time. This could happen for several reasons:

- Maintenance in the transit network necessitated a reset of the session.
- Maintenance or reboots in Cloudflare necessitated a reset of the BGP session.
- Packet loss in the network caused the session to flap.

Heavy packet loss in the network will likely result in a series of flaps over time. Maintenance is typically one impact period that lasts no more than two minutes.

## Infrastructure outage

Infrastructure outages occur at shared peering points, such as Internet exchanges.

These outages appear to customers as an increase in `tcp.timed_out`, `tcp.failed`, and `tcp.aborted reports`. These failures will likely appear across multiple networks for an extended period of time.

Depending on the severity of the report volume, Cloudflare may declare an incident to track remediation. Alternatively, Cloudflare may deactivate peering from these shared points until the issue is resolved.

## Cloudflare outage

Cloudflare outages consist of issues within Cloudflare’s data-center fabric.

These outages appear to customers as an increase in `tcp.timed_out`, `tcp.failed`, and `tcp.aborted` reports and will likely appear across multiple networks for a short period of time.

By pivoting by data center, customers can track the impact across Cloudflare points of presence. Cloudflare-based incidents will always be tracked through a status page, which will indicate whether or not there are issues within the impacted region.

## Provider sending traffic through scrubbing center/blocking traffic

This type of outage manifests as TLS errors, such as `tls.cert.authority_invalid`, `tls.cert.name_invalid,` or others and may also present with `tcp.aborted errors`.

Customers may uncover this behavior by looking at which last-mile ASNs are displaying increased failures, as it will typically be only one.

Customers can seek remediation by contacting the provider that they believe is scrubbing their traffic.

## Certificate issues

Certificate issues are also detectable through NEL. The `TLS.version`, `cipher_mismatch`, or other errors may present across multiple ISPs in multiple Cloudflare locations.

If this is detected in NEL, the issue can be remediated by deploying new certificates or using [Cloudflare’s SSL management suite](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) to automatically deploy new certificates.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/about/

Cloudflare supports a variety of options to connect your network to Cloudflare:

- Direct CNI, for Magic WAN and Magic Transit.
- Classic CNI, for Magic Transit.
- Cloud CNI, for Magic WAN and Magic Transit.
- Peering via either an Internet exchange, or a private network interconnect (PNI).

Below is a brief overview of the options to help you decide which method best fits your network.

| Network interconnect mode | Use cases | Capabilities |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Direct CNI](/network-interconnect/express-cni/) | Use for Magic WAN or Magic Transit, interconnecting directly with on-premise locations. | - 10, 100 Gbps <br/> - Available at Direct CNI-capable Cloudflare locations <br/> - No tunnel required <br/> - Set up via dashboard in less than three minutes. |
| [Classic CNI](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/) | Use for Magic Transit, interconnecting directly or via a partner with on-premise locations. | - 10, 100 Gbps <br/> - Available at classic CNI capable Cloudflare data centers <br/> - Overlay GRE tunnel required for egress <br/> - BGP route reflector signaling <br/> - Setup facilitated by account team. |
| [Cloud CNI](/network-interconnect/cloud-cni/) | Use for Magic WAN or Magic Transit, interconnecting directly with virtual networks (VPCs) from public cloud providers. | - Speed depends on cloud provider <br/> - Available at Cloud CNI capable Cloudflare locations <br/> - Setup facilitated by account team. |
| [Peering, or private network interconnect (PNI)](/network-interconnect/pni-and-peering/) | Use for connecting your users to any Cloudflare services, via a more direct, performant and potentially cost-effective network path. | - No requirement to be a customer <br/> - Speed depends on IX or PNI <br/> - Available at PNI capable Cloudflare locations (PNI) and any Internet Exchange (IX) where Cloudflare peers today. <br/> - Setup facilitated by `peering@cloudflare.com` |

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/network-interconnect.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/

import { Description, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>
Connect your network infrastructure directly to Cloudflare
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI) allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare – rather than using the public Internet – for a more reliable and secure experience. With CNI, you can bring Cloudflare's full suite of network functions to your physical network edge.

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Magic Transit" href="/magic-transit/" product="magic-transit">
Magic Transit is a network security and performance solution that offers DDoS protection, traffic acceleration, and more for on-premise, cloud-hosted, and hybrid networks.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Magic WAN" href="/magic-wan/" product="magic-wan">
Improve security and performance for your entire corporate network, reducing cost and operation complexity.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Cloud CNI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/cloud-cni/

Cloud CNI allows you to connect your virtual private cloud (VPC) virtual networks directly with Cloudflare – for a more reliable and secure experience.

Connecting to Cloudflare directly with a Cloud CNI reduces latency, makes your network more stable by bypassing Internet performance potential bottlenecks, and will often reduce your cloud provider network egress bandwidth charges.

The use case for Cloud CNI is Magic Transit or Magic WAN. If you have publicly routable origins that are behind Magic Transit over a Cloud CNI, then all Cloudflare services that work with public origins will run over the CNI (e.g. Load Balancer, WAF, Cache etc).

## Supported cloud providers

Cloudflare supports interconnect with:

- Amazon Web Services (AWS) DirectConnect
- Google Cloud (GCP) Interconnect
- IBM Cloud Direct Link
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect

Azure ExpressRoute support is coming soon.

## Cloud CNI Setup

Enterprise customers using Magic WAN or Magic Transit can get started with Cloud CNI by contacting their account team.

---

# PNI and peering setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/pni-and-peering/

Cloudflare has an [open peering policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/peering-policy/). There is no requirement to be a Cloudflare customer for public peering, or a Private Network Interconnect (PNI).

You can use BGP to peer with Cloudflare at any of the Public Internet Exchanges listed on [Cloudflare's PeeringDB page](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224). If you have many users accessing websites protected and proxied by Cloudflare, then peering with Cloudflare may help you remove bandwidth from your Internet transit links, and increase performance by reducing latency to Cloudflare.

You may also optionally sign up for the [Cloudflare Peering Portal](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/peering-portal/), which allows operators of public BGP Autonomous System Number (ASN) listed on PeeringDB to view where their network exchanges traffic with Cloudflare. Finally, if our networks exchange more than 1 Gbps of traffic in a single location, we can move your peering from the Internet Exchange to a Private Network Interconnect (PNI).

If you operate a public autonomous system on the BGP table, and would like to peer with Cloudflare at a Public Internet Exchange listed on [Cloudflare's PeeringDB page](https://www.peeringdb.com/asn/13335), you can request peering by emailing `peering@cloudflare.com`.

## PNI and peering setup

You can use a peering portal, such as PeeringDB, to view and maintain your database of peering locations.

Before you begin using PeeringDB, you must create an account and affiliate with Cloudflare.

### Log in to the PeeringDB portal

:::note
You must first [create PeeringDB portal account](https://www.peeringdb.com/register) before you can log in.
:::

1. [Log in](https://www.peeringdb.com/account/login/?next=/register) to your account.
2. Ensure your email address is affiliated with the ASN you want to request access for.
   Select the **OIDC PeeringDB** and follow the log in process.

If you receive a message stating your account has not been affiliated with an organization, you will need to request affiliation.

![Error message about missing organization affiliation](~/assets/images/network-interconnect/peeringdb-request-affiliation.png)

When your affiliation is approved, **Cloudflare, Inc.** appears under **Existing affiliations** on your profile.

![List of existing affiliations](~/assets/images/network-interconnect/peeringdb-affiliation-approved.png)

### Request peer sessions

Before you can request a peering session for an ASN, you must be an admin for that ASN.

1. On the **ASN** page on [PeeringDB](https://www.peeringdb.com/), select **Users**. Confirm your email address in the **Admin** group.
2. From the **Peering Portal**, locate **Peering Locations**.
3. From the **Sessions** toggle, select **Potential**.

The **Peer** button under **Peering Request** only appears active to admins.

![Admin view of peering locations list](~/assets/images/network-interconnect/peeringdb-admin-view.png)

Non-admin users will be unable to select **Peer** and hovering over the button will display a message about the need for admin access.

![Non-admin view of peering locations list](~/assets/images/network-interconnect/peeringdb-nonadmin-view.png)

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/notifications.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Available Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-available/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

Available Notifications depend on your Cloudflare plan. Cloudflare offers a variety of Notifications for our products and services, such as [Billing](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/), [Denial of Service protection](/ddos-protection/), [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), and [SSL/TLS](/ssl/).

Depending on your plan, you can also configure webhooks, allowing you to connect your account with external services such as Slack and Google Chat, and PagerDuty to receive Cloudflare Notifications.

## Actions available on receiving a Notification

Each Notification carries different types of information about the status of your Cloudflare account, or the type of action you can take.

Refer to information below to understand what each Notification does and what to do when receiving one.

<AvailableNotifications />

---

# Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/

import { Plan } from "~/components"

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare Notifications help you stay up to date with your Cloudflare account. Manage your Notifications to define what you want to be warned about and how, be it a denial-of-service attack or an issue with your server.

The available Notification features vary according to your plan:

- Free plans can set up email-based Notifications.
- Business and higher plans can also [access PagerDuty](/notifications/get-started/configure-pagerduty/).
- Professional and higher plans can also [use webhooks](/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/).

The notification service only works on the [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) domains because Cloudflare needs enough information necessary to decide if we need to trigger a notification or not.

:::note

The availability of delivery methods like PagerDuty and webhooks in Free or Professional zones depends on the highest zone plan in your Cloudflare account:

- PagerDuty is available in zones on a Free/Professional plan if your Cloudflare account has at least one zone in a Business plan (or higher).
- Webhooks are available in zones on a Free plan if your Cloudflare account has at least one zone in a Professional plan (or higher). 
:::

---

# Notification History

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/notification-history/

Notification History is a log of notifications that have been sent to your account via the Notifications service. Information contained in Notification History includes the notification itself, when the notification was sent, and who the notification was sent to.

## How to access Notification History

Currently, customers can access Notification History [via the Cloudflare API](/api/resources/alerting/subresources/history/methods/list/). Using `GET`, customers can retrieve a list of history records for notifications sent to an account. The records are displayed for the last 30 or 90 days, based on the type of plan.

```txt title="Syntax"
GET accounts/{account_id}/alerting/v3/history
```

```bash title="Example"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/alerting/v3/history?page=1&per_page=25" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

## Availability

Notification History is available on all plans. The amount of history clients have access to depends on the type of plan:

- **Free, Pro, and Business**: History from the past 30 days.
- **Enterprise**: History from the past 90 days.

:::note

Customers will not be able to access Notification History from before 2021-10-11. 
:::

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/page-shield.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Activate Page Shield

To enable Page Shield:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield**.
3. Select **Enable Page Shield**.

If you do not have access to Page Shield in the Cloudflare dashboard, check if your user has one of the [necessary roles](/page-shield/reference/roles-and-permissions/).

## Review detected scripts

When you enable Page Shield, it may take a while to get the list of detected scripts in your domain.

Review the scripts displayed in the [**Monitors** dashboard](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/), checking them for signs of malicious activity.

Depending on your plan, you may be able to also review the connections made by scripts in your domain's pages and check them for malicious activity.

## Configure alerts

:::note
Only available to customers on a Business or Enterprise plan.
:::

<Render file="alerts-intro" />

<Render file="alerts-configure" />

## Define policies

:::note
Only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

[Policies](/page-shield/policies/) define allowed resources on your websites. Create policies to implement a positive security model [^1].

1. [Create a policy](/page-shield/policies/create-dashboard/) with the _Log_ action.

2. After some time, [review the list of policy violations](/page-shield/policies/violations/) to make sure the policy is correct. Update the policy if needed.

3. Change the policy action to _Allow_ to start blocking resources not covered by the policy.

[^1]: A positive security model is one that defines what is allowed and rejects everything else. In contrast, a negative security model defines what will be rejected and accepts the rest.

---

# Cloudflare Page Shield

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/

import { Description, Feature, FeatureTable, Plan } from "~/components";

<Description>

Ensures the safety and privacy of your website visitors' browsing environment.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Page Shield helps manage resources loaded by your website visitors — including scripts, their connections, and cookies — and triggers alert notifications when resources change or are considered malicious.

Learn how to [get started](/page-shield/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature
	header="Monitors"
	href="/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/"
	cta="Monitor resources"
>
	Displays information about loaded scripts in your domain's pages and the
	connections they make.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Page attribution"
	href="/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/#view-details"
	cta="Find resource occurrences"
>
	Find in which page a resource first appeared, and view a list of the latest
	occurrences of the resource in your pages.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Malicious script detection"
	href="/page-shield/detection/review-malicious-scripts/"
	cta="Review malicious scripts"
>
	Detects malicious scripts in your pages using threat intelligence and machine
	learning.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Code change detection"
	href="/page-shield/detection/review-changed-scripts/"
	cta="Review changed scripts"
>
	Detects any changes in the scripts loaded in your pages.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Alerts"
	href="/page-shield/detection/configure-alerts/"
	cta="Configure alerts"
>
	Receive notifications about newly detected scripts, scripts loaded from
	unknown domains, new scripts considered malicious, or code changes in your
	existing scripts.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Policies" href="/page-shield/policies/">
	Policies define allowed resources on your websites. Use policies to enforce an
	allowlist of resources, effectively blocking resources not included in your
	policies.
</Feature>

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="security.page_shield" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/troubleshooting/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Why do I not see scripts after I activated Page Shield?

Page Shield does not collect data on every single page view. Instead, it uses a sampling approach to gather information efficiently. This means that domains with lower traffic might take longer to generate initial reports, as these domains need more page views to accumulate enough samples. To speed up the reporting process, it is recommended that you actively generate traffic to your application after [activating Page Shield](/page-shield/get-started/). This will provide Page Shield with more data to work with, leading to faster report generation.

## Why do I see scripts that I do not recognize?

Scripts often reference other scripts outside your application.

But, if you see unexpected scripts on your Script Monitor dashboard, check them for signs of malicious activity.

## Why do I see warnings in my browser's developer tools related to Content Security Policy (CSP)?

Page Shield uses a <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> report-only directive to gather a list of all scripts running on your application.

Some browsers display scripts being reported as warnings in the console pane of their developer tools. For example:

```txt
[Report Only] Refused to execute inline script because it violates
the following Content Security Policy directive: "script-src 'none'".

Either the 'unsafe-inline' keyword, a hash ('sha256-RFWPLDbv2BY+rCkDzsE+0fr8ylGr2R2faWMhq4lfEQc='), or a nonce ('nonce-...')
is required to enable inline execution.
```

You can safely ignore these warnings, since they are related to the reports that Page Shield requires to detect loaded scripts. For more information, refer to [How Page Shield works](/page-shield/how-it-works/).

## Why do I get policy violation reports for a domain I allowlisted?

Policy violations reported via CSP's [report-only directive](/page-shield/reference/csp-header/) do not take into consideration any redirects or redirect HTTP status codes. This is [by design](https://www.w3.org/TR/CSP3/#create-violation-for-request) for security reasons.

Some third-party services you may want to cover in your Page Shield allow policies perform redirects. An example of such a service is Google Ads, which [does not work well with CSP policies](https://support.google.com/adsense/thread/102839782?hl=en&msgid=103611259).

For example, if you add the `adservice.google.com` domain to an allow policy, you could get policy violation reports for this domain due to redirects to a different domain (not present in your allow policy). In this case, the violation report would still mention the original domain, and not the domain of the redirected destination, which can cause some confusion.

To try to solve this issue, add the domain of the redirected destination to your allow policy. You may need to add several domains to your policy due to redirects.

## Do I have access to Page Shield?

Yes, Page Shield is available on all plans. For details on the available features per plan, refer to [Availability](/page-shield/#availability).

### How do I set up Page Shield?

For help setting up Page Shield, refer to our [get started guide](/page-shield/get-started/).

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Pages within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Pages.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Pages"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Pages:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Pages"]} />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Create full-stack applications that are instantly deployed to the Cloudflare global network. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Deploy your Pages project by connecting to [your Git provider](/pages/get-started/git-integration/), uploading prebuilt assets directly to Pages with [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) or using [C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) from the command line.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Pages Functions" href="/pages/functions/">

Use Pages Functions to deploy server-side code to enable dynamic functionality without running a dedicated server.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Rollbacks" href="/pages/configuration/rollbacks/">

Rollbacks allow you to instantly revert your project to a previous production deployment.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Redirects" href="/pages/configuration/redirects/">

Set up redirects for your Cloudflare Pages project.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Cloudflare Workers provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="D1" href="/d1/" product="d1">

D1 is Cloudflare’s native serverless database. Create a database by importing data or defining your tables and writing your queries within a Worker or through the API.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Zaraz" href="/zaraz/" product="zaraz">

Offload third-party tools and services to the cloud and improve the speed and security of your website.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/pages/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about limits that apply to your Pages project (500 deploys per month on the Free plan).
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Migration guides" href="/pages/migrations/" icon="pen">
Migrate to Pages from your existing hosting provider.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Framework guides" href="/pages/framework-guides/" icon="open-book">
Deploy popular frameworks such as React, Hugo, and Next.js on Pages.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/get-started/

Privacy Gateway implementation consists of three main parts:

1. Application Gateway Server/backend configuration (operated by you).
2. Client configuration (operated by you).
3. Connection to a Privacy Gateway Relay Server (operated by Cloudflare).

***

## Before you begin

Privacy Gateway is currently in closed beta. If you are interested, [contact us](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/privacy-edge/).

***

## Step 1 - Configure your server

As a customer of the Privacy Gateway, you also need to add server support for OHTTP by implementing an application gateway server. The application gateway is responsible for decrypting incoming requests, forwarding the inner requests to their destination, and encrypting the corresponding response back to the client.

The [server implementation](#resources) will handle incoming requests and produce responses, and it will also advertise its public key configuration for clients to access. The public key configuration is generated securely and made available via an API. Refer to the [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/privacy-gateway-server-go#readme) for details about configuration.

Applications can also implement this functionality themselves. Details about [public key configuration](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ohai-ohttp-05#section-3), HTTP message [encryption and decryption](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ohai-ohttp-05#section-4), and [server-specific details](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ohai-ohttp-05#section-5) can be found in the OHTTP specification.

### Resources

Use the following resources for help with server configuration:

* **Go**:
  * [Sample gateway server](https://github.com/cloudflare/privacy-gateway-server-go)
  * [Gateway library](https://github.com/chris-wood/ohttp-go)
* **Rust**: [Gateway library](https://github.com/martinthomson/ohttp/tree/main/ohttp-server)
* **JavaScript / TypeScript**: [Gateway library](https://github.com/chris-wood/ohttp-js)

***

## Step 2 - Configure your client

As a customer of the Privacy Gateway, you need to set up client-side support for the gateway. Clients are responsible for encrypting requests, sending them to the Cloudflare Privacy Gateway, and then decrypting the corresponding responses.

Additionally, app developers need to [configure the client](#resources-1) to fetch or otherwise discover the gateway’s public key configuration. How this is done depends on how the gateway makes its public key configuration available. If you need help with this configuration, [contact us](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/privacy-edge/).

### Resources

Use the following resources for help with client configuration:

* **Objective C**: [Sample application](https://github.com/cloudflare/privacy-gateway-client-demo)
* **Rust**: [Client library](https://github.com/martinthomson/ohttp/tree/main/ohttp-client)
* **JavaScript / TypeScript**: [Client library](https://github.com/chris-wood/ohttp-js)

***

## Step 3 - Review your application

After you have configured your client and server, review your application to make sure you are only sending intended data to Cloudflare and the application backend. In particular, application data should not contain anything unique to an end-user, as this would invalidate the benefits that OHTTP provides.

* Applications should scrub identifying user data from requests forwarded through the Privacy Gateway. This includes, for example, names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
* Applications should encourage users to disable crash reporting when using Privacy Gateway. Crash reports can contain sensitive user information and data, including email addresses.
* Where possible, application data should be encrypted on the client device with a key known only to the client. For example, iOS generally has good support for [client-side encryption (and key synchronization via the KeyChain)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/certificate_key_and_trust_services/keys). Android likely has similar features available.

***

## Step 4 - Relay requests through Cloudflare

Before sending any requests, you need to first set up your account with Cloudflare. That requires [contacting us](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/privacy-edge/) and providing the URL of your application gateway server.

Then, make sure you are forwarding requests to a mutually agreed URL with the following conventions.

```txt
https://<APPLICATION_NAME>.privacy-gateway.cloudflare.com/
```

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/faq/

## What messaging systems are similar?

Messaging systems that also implement or strongly align to the "publish-subscribe" model include AWS SNS (Simple Notification Service), Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Redis' PUBLISH-SUBSCRIBE features, and RabbitMQ. If you have used one of these systems before, you will notice that Pub/Sub shares similar foundations (topics, subscriptions, fan-in/fan-out models) and is easy to migrate to.

## How is Pub/Sub priced?

Cloudflare is still exploring pricing models for Pub/Sub and will share more with developers prior to GA. Users will be given prior notice and will require beta users to explicitly opt-in.

## Does Pub/Sub show data in the Cloudflare dashboard?

Pub/Sub today does not support the Cloudflare dashboard. You can set up Pub/Sub through Wrangler by following [these steps](/pub-sub/guide/).

## Where can I speak with other like-minded developers about Pub/Sub?

Try the #pubsub-beta channel on the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev).

## What limits does Pub/Sub have?

Refer to [Limits](/pub-sub/platform/limits) for more details on client, broker, and topic-based limits.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/

import { Description, Feature, Plan } from "~/components"

<Description>

Implements the Oblivious HTTP IETF standard to improve client privacy.
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

[Privacy Gateway](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-privacy-into-internet-standards-and-how-to-make-your-app-more-private-today/) is a managed service deployed on Cloudflare’s global network that implements part of the [Oblivious HTTP (OHTTP) IETF](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thomson-http-oblivious-01.html) standard. The goal of Privacy Gateway and Oblivious HTTP is to hide the client's IP address when interacting with an application backend.

OHTTP introduces a trusted third party between client and server, called a relay, whose purpose is to forward encrypted requests and responses between client and server. These messages are encrypted between client and server such that the relay learns nothing of the application data, beyond the length of the encrypted message and the server the client is interacting with.

***

## Availability

Privacy Gateway is currently in closed beta – available to select privacy-oriented companies and partners. If you are interested, [contact us](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/privacy-edge/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Get started" href="/privacy-gateway/get-started/" cta="Get started">
Learn how to set up Privacy Gateway for your application.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Legal" href="/privacy-gateway/reference/legal/" cta="Learn more">
Learn about the different parties and data shared in Privacy Gateway.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Metrics" href="/privacy-gateway/reference/metrics/" cta="Learn more">
Learn about how to query Privacy Gateway metrics.
</Feature>

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/guide/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note

Pub/Sub is currently in private beta. You can [sign up for the waitlist](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-pub-sub-lightweight-messaging-private-beta/) to register your interest.

:::

Pub/Sub is a flexible, scalable messaging service built on top of the MQTT messaging standard, allowing you to publish messages from tens of thousands of devices (or more), deploy code to filter, aggregate and transform messages using Cloudflare Workers, and/or subscribe to topics for fan-out messaging use cases.

This guide will:

- Instruct you through creating your first Pub/Sub Broker using the Cloudflare API.
- Create a `<broker>.<namespace>.cloudflarepubsub.com` endpoint ready to publish and subscribe to using any MQTT v5.0 compatible client.
- Help you send your first message to the Pub/Sub Broker.

Before you begin, you should be familiar with using the command line and running basic terminal commands.

## Prerequisite: Create a Cloudflare account

In order to use Pub/Sub, you need a [Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/). If you already have an account, you can skip this step.

## 1. Enable Pub/Sub

During the Private Beta, your account will need to be explicitly granted access. If you have not, sign up for the waitlist, and we will contact you when you are granted access.

## 2. Install Wrangler (Cloudflare CLI)

:::note

Pub/Sub support in Wrangler requires wrangler `2.0.16` or above. If you're using an older version of Wrangler, ensure you [update the installed version](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler).

:::

Installing `wrangler`, the Workers command-line interface (CLI), allows you to [`init`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#init), [`dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), and [`publish`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#publish) your Workers projects.

To install [`wrangler`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler), ensure you have [`npm` installed](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started), preferably using a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm). Using a version manager helps avoid permission issues and allows you to easily change Node.js versions. Then run:

<Render file="install_wrangler" product="workers" />

Validate that you have a version of `wrangler` that supports Pub/Sub:

```sh
wrangler --version
```

```sh output
2.0.16 # should show 2.0.16 or greater - e.g. 2.0.17 or 2.1.0
```

With `wrangler` installed, we can now create a Pub/Sub API token for `wrangler` to use.

## 3. Fetch your credentials

To use Wrangler with Pub/Sub, you'll need an API Token that has permissions to both read and write for Pub/Sub. The `wrangler login` flow does not issue you an API Token with valid Pub/Sub permissions.

:::note

This API token requirement will be lifted prior to Pub/Sub becoming Generally Available.

:::

1. From the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), click on the profile icon and select **My Profile**.
2. Under **My Profile**, click **API Tokens**.
3. On the [**API Tokens**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) page, click **Create Token**
4. Choose **Get Started** next to **Create Custom Token**
5. Name the token - e.g. "Pub/Sub Write Access"
6. Under the **Permissions** heading, choose **Account**, select **Pub/Sub** from the first drop-down, and **Edit** as the permission.
7. Select **Add More** below the newly created permission. Choose **User** > **Memberships** from the first dropdown and **Read** as the permission.
8. Select **Continue to Summary** at the bottom of the page, where you should see _All accounts - Pub/Sub:Edit_ as the permission.
9. Select **Create Token** and copy the token value.

In your terminal, configure a `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` environmental variable with your Pub/Sub token. When this variable is set, `wrangler` will use it to authenticate against the Cloudflare API.

```sh
export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="pasteyourtokenhere"
```

:::caution[Warning]

This token should be kept secret and not committed to source code or placed in any client-side code.

:::

With this environmental variable configured, you can now create your first Pub/Sub Broker!

## 4. Create your first namespace

A namespace represents a collection of Pub/Sub Brokers, and they can be used to separate different environments (production vs. staging), infrastructure teams, and in the future, permissions.

Before you begin, consider the following:

- **Choose your namespace carefully**. Although it can be changed later, it will be used as part of the hostname for your Brokers. You should not use secrets or other data that cannot be exposed on the Internet.
- Namespace names are global; they are globally unique.
- Namespaces must be valid DNS names per RFC 1035. In most cases, this means only a-z, 0-9, and hyphens are allowed. Names are case-insensitive.

For example, a namespace of `my-namespace` and a broker of `staging` would create a hostname of `staging.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com` for clients to connect to.

With this in mind, create a new namespace. This example will use `my-namespace` as a placeholder:

```sh
wrangler pubsub namespace create my-namespace
```

```json output
{
	"id": "817170399d784d4ea8b6b90ae558c611",
	"name": "my-namespace",
	"description": "",
	"created_on": "2022-05-11T23:13:08.383232Z",
	"modified_on": "2022-05-11T23:13:08.383232Z"
}
```

If you receive an HTTP 403 (Forbidden) response, check that your credentials are correct and that you have not pasted erroneous spaces or characters.

## 5. Create a broker

A broker, in MQTT terms, is a collection of connected clients that publish messages to topics, and clients that subscribe to those topics and receive messages. The broker acts as a relay, and with Cloudflare Pub/Sub, a Cloudflare Worker can be configured to act on every message published to it.

This broker will be configured to accept `TOKEN` authentication. In MQTT terms, this is typically defined as username:password authentication. Pub/Sub uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) that are unique to each client, and that can be revoked, to make authentication more secure.

Broker names must be:

- Chosen carefully. Although it can be changed later, the name will be used as part of the hostname for your brokers. Do not use secrets or other data that cannot be exposed on the Internet.
- Valid DNS names (per RFC 1035). In most cases, this means only `a-z`, `0-9` and hyphens are allowed. Names are case-insensitive.
- Unique per namespace.

To create a new MQTT Broker called `example-broker` in the `my-namespace` namespace from the example above:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker create example-broker --namespace=my-namespace
```

```json output
{
	"id": "4c63fa30ee13414ba95be5b56d896fea",
	"name": "example-broker",
	"authType": "TOKEN",
	"created_on": "2022-05-11T23:19:24.356324Z",
	"modified_on": "2022-05-11T23:19:24.356324Z",
	"expiration": null,
	"endpoint": "mqtts://example-broker.namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com:8883"
}
```

In the example above, a broker is created with an endpoint of `mqtts://example-broker.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com`. This means:

- Our Pub/Sub (MQTT) Broker is reachable over MQTTS (MQTT over TLS) - port 8883
- The hostname is `example-broker.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com`
- [Token authentication](/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization/) is required to clients to connect.

## 6. Create credentials for your broker

In order to connect to a Pub/Sub Broker, you need to securely authenticate. Credentials are scoped to each broker and credentials issued for `broker-a` cannot be used to connect to `broker-b`.

Note that:

- You can generate multiple credentials at once (up to 100 per API call), which can be useful when configuring multiple clients (such as IoT devices).
- Credentials are associated with a specific Client ID and encoded as a signed JSON Web Token (JWT).
- Each token has a unique identifier (a `jti` - or `JWT ID`) that you can use to revoke a specific token.
- Tokens are prefixed with the broker name they are associate with (for example, `my-broker`) to make identifying tokens across multiple Pub/Sub brokers easier.

:::note

Ensure you do not commit your credentials to source control, such as GitHub. A valid token allows anyone to connect to your broker and publish or subscribe to messages. Treat credentials as secrets.

:::

To generate two tokens for a broker called `example-broker` with a 48 hour expiry:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker issue example-broker --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --number=2 --expiration=48h
```

You should receive a success response that resembles the example below, which is a map of Client IDs and their associated tokens.

```json
{
  "01G3A5GBJE5P3GPXJZ72X4X8SA": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IkpEUHVZSnFIT3Zxemxha2tORlE5a2ZON1dzWXM1dUhuZHBfemlSZG1PQ1UifQ.
  not-a-real-token.ZZL7PNittVwJOeMpFMn2CnVTgIz4AcaWXP9NqMQK0D_iavcRv_p2DVshg6FPe5xCdlhIzbatT6gMyjMrOA2wBg",
  "01G3A5GBJECX5DX47P9RV1C5TV": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IkpEUHVZSnFIT3Zxemxha2tORlE5a2ZON1dzWXM1dUhuZHBfemlSZG1PQ1UifQ.also-not-a-real-token.WrhK-VTs_IzOEALB-T958OojHK5AjYBC5ZT9xiI_6ekdQrKz2kSPGnvZdUXUsTVFDf9Kce1Smh-mw1sF2rSQAQ",
}
```

Each token allows you to publish or subscribe to the associated broker.

## 7. Subscribe and publish messages to a topic

Your broker is now created and ready to accept messages from authenticated clients. Because Pub/Sub is based on the MQTT protocol, there are client libraries for most popular programming languages. Refer to the list of [recommended client libraries](/pub-sub/learning/client-libraries/).

:::note

You can view a live demo available at [demo.mqtt.dev](http://demo.mqtt.dev) that allows you to use your own Pub/Sub Broker and a valid token to subscribe to a topic and publish messages to it. The `JWT` field in the demo accepts a valid token from your Broker.
:::

The example below uses [MQTT.js](https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js) with Node.js to subscribe to a topic on a broker and publish a very basic "hello world" style message. You will need to have a [supported Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/) version installed.

```sh
# Check that Node.js is installed
which node
# Install MQTT.js
npm i mqtt --save
```

Set your environment variables.

```sh
export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="YourAPIToken"
export CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="YourAccountID"
export DEFAULT_NAMESPACE="TheNamespaceYouCreated"
export BROKER_NAME="TheBrokerYouCreated"
```

We can now generate an access token for Pub/Sub. We will need both the client ID and the token (a JSON Web Token) itself to authenticate from our MQTT client:

```sh
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}/pubsub/namespaces/namespace/brokers/is-it-broken/credentials?type=TOKEN&topicAcl=#" | jq '.result | to_entries | .[0]'
```

This will output a `key` representing the `clientId`, and a `value` representing our (secret) access token, resembling the following:

```json
{
	"key": "01HDQFD5Y8HWBFGFBBZPSWQ22M",
	"value": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IjU1X29UODVqQndJbjlFYnY0V3dzanRucG9ycTBtalFlb1VvbFZRZDIxeEUifQ....NVpToBedVYGGhzHJZmpEG1aG_xPBWrE-PgG1AFYcTPEBpZ_wtN6ApeAUM0JIuJdVMkoIC9mUg4vPtXM8jLGgBw"
}
```

Copy the `value` field and set it as the `BROKER_TOKEN` environmental variable:

```sh
export BROKER_TOKEN="<VALUE>"
```

Create a file called `index.js `, making sure that:

- `brokerEndpoint` is set to the address of your Pub/Sub broker.
- `clientId` is the `key` from your newly created access token
- The `BROKER_TOKEN` environmental variable populated with your access token.

:::note

Your `BROKER_TOKEN` is sensitive, and should be kept secret to avoid unintended access to your Pub/Sub broker. Avoid committing it to source code.

:::

```js
const mqtt = require("mqtt");

const brokerEndpoint = "mqtts://my-broker.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com";
const clientId = "01HDQFD5Y8HWBFGFBBZPSWQ22M"; // Replace this with your client ID

const options = {
	port: 8883,
	username: clientId, // MQTT.js requires this, but Pub/Sub does not
	clientId: clientId, // Required by Pub/Sub
	password: process.env.BROKER_TOKEN,
	protocolVersion: 5, // MQTT 5
};

const client = mqtt.connect(brokerEndpoint, options);

client.subscribe("example-topic");
client.publish(
	"example-topic",
	`message from ${client.options.clientId}: hello at ${Date.now()}`,
);
client.on("message", function (topic, message) {
	console.log(`received message on ${topic}: ${message}`);
});
```

Run the example. You should see the output written to your terminal (stdout).

```sh
node index.js
```

```sh output
> received message on example-topic: hello from 01HDQFD5Y8HWBFGFBBZPSWQ22M at 1652102228
```

Your client ID and timestamp will be different from above, but you should see a very similar message. You can also try subscribing to multiple topics and publishing to them by passing the same topic name to `client.publish`. Provided they have permission to, clients can publish to multiple topics at once or as needed.

If you do not see the message you published, or you are receiving error messages, ensure that:

- The `BROKER_TOKEN` environmental variable is not empty. Try echo `$BROKER_TOKEN` in your terminal.
- You updated the `brokerEndpoint` to match the broker you created. The **Endpoint** field of your broker will show this address and port.
- You correctly [installed MQTT.js](https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js#install).

## Next Steps

What's next?

- [Connect a worker to your broker](/pub-sub/learning/integrate-workers/) to programmatically read, parse, and filter messages as they are published to a broker
- [Learn how PubSub and the MQTT protocol work](/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works)
- [See example client code](/pub-sub/examples) for publishing or subscribing to a PubSub broker

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/

:::note

Pub/Sub is currently in private beta. Browse the documentation to understand how Pub/Sub works and integrates with our broader Developer Platform, and [sign up for the waitlist](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-pub-sub-lightweight-messaging-private-beta/) to get access in the near future.

:::

Pub/Sub is Cloudflare's distributed MQTT messaging service. MQTT is one of the most popular messaging protocols used for consuming sensor data from thousands (or tens of thousands) of remote, distributed Internet of Things clients; publishing configuration data or remote commands to fleets of devices in the field; and even for building notification or messaging systems for online games and mobile apps.

Pub/Sub is ideal for cases where you have many (from a handful to tens of thousands of) clients sending small, sub-1MB messages — such as event, telemetry or transaction data — into a centralized system for aggregation, or where you need to push configuration updates or remote commands to remote clients at scale.

Pub/Sub:

* Scales automatically. You do not have to provision "vCPUs" or "memory", or set autoscaling parameters to handle spikes in message rates.
* Is global. Cloudflare's Pub/Sub infrastructure runs in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/). Every edge location is part of one, globally distributed Pub/Sub system.
* Is secure by default. Clients must authenticate and connect over TLS, and clients are issued credentials that are scoped to a specific broker.
* Allows you to create multiple brokers to isolate clients or use cases, for example, staging vs. production or customers A vs. B vs. C — as needed. Each broker is addressable by a unique DNS hostname.
* Integrates with Cloudflare Workers to enable programmable messaging capabilities: parse, filter, aggregate, and re-publish MQTT messages directly from your serverless code.
* Supports MQTT v5.0, the most recent version of the MQTT specification, and one of the most ubiquitous messaging protocols in use today.

If you are new to the MQTT protocol, visit the [How Pub/Sub works](/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works/) to better understand how MQTT differs from other messaging protocols.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>


Create, deploy, and manage Cloudflare resources in various programming languages.


</Description>

Provision and manage Cloudflare using infrastructure as code through [Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/). With the [Pulumi Cloudflare package](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/), you can build, deploy, and manage Cloudflare resources using standard programming languages (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, .NET, Java, Go, and YAML). You can define the desired state for your infrastructure in code and leverage language features like loops, functions, classes, and package management.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Open Source" href="https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pulumi-hearts-opensource/" cta="View open source commitment">
[Pulumi](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi) is open source and uses the Apache 2.0 license. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Multiple languages and SDKs" href="https://www.pulumi.com/docs/languages-sdks/">
Use TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .Net, Java, or YAML to write Pulumi programs. Each language is as capable as the other and supports the entire [Pulumi Registry](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/). 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Pulumi Cloud" href="https://www.pulumi.com/product/pulumi-cloud/" product="pulumi">
Pulumi Cloud fully manages infrastructure state and secrets, provides rich search capabilities, and more. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pulumi AI" href="https://www.pulumi.com/ai" product="pulumi">
Pulumi AI is an experimental feature that lets you use natural-language prompts to generate Pulumi infrastructure-as-code programs in any language. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pulumi ESC" href="https://www.pulumi.com/product/esc/" product="pulumi"> 
Pulumi ESC provides centralized management of environments, secrets, and configurations. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Visit the Pulumi docs" href="https://www.pulumi.com/docs" icon="open-book">

To learn more about Pulumi. 
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Report issues" href="https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi" icon="heart">

Report Pulumi configuration issues via GitHub. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/installing/

Follow the recommended steps for your operating system below. For official instructions on installing Pulumi and other install options, refer to [Install Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/install/).

:::note

Pulumi is free, open source, and optionally pairs with the [Pulumi Cloud](https://www.pulumi.com/product/pulumi-cloud/) to make managing infrastructure secure, reliable, and hassle-free.

:::

:::caution

To avoid resource management conflicts, it’s **always** recommended to manage Pulumi-controlled resources via Pulumi.

:::

## Installation

### Mac

Install via Homebrew package manager.

```sh
brew install pulumi/tap/pulumi
```

### Linux

Use the installation script.

```sh
curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh
```

### Windows

1. Download the latest installer from the [Pulumi Repository](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-winget/releases/latest)
2. Double click the MSI file and complete the wizard.

## Verify installation

To verify your installation, run the following in the terminal:

```sh
pulumi version
```

:::note[Note]

For upgrades and installation alternatives, refer to [Install Pulumi](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/install/).

:::

## Next steps

Follow the [Hello World tutorial](/pulumi/tutorial/hello-world/) to write a simple Pulumi program. It takes about 10 minutes to complete.

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Queues within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Queues.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Queues"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Queues:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Queues"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/get-started/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Queues is a flexible messaging queue that allows you to queue messages for asynchronous processing. By following this guide, you will create your first queue, a Worker to publish messages to that queue, and a consumer Worker to consume messages from that queue.

## Prerequisites

To use Queues, you will need:

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker project

You will access your queue from a Worker, the producer Worker. You must create at least one producer Worker to publish messages onto your queue. If you are using [R2 Bucket Event Notifications](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/), then you do not need a producer Worker.

To create a producer Worker, run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"producer-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new directory, which will include both a `src/index.ts` Worker script, and a [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file. After you create your Worker, you will create a Queue to access.

Move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd producer-worker
```

## 2. Create a queue

To use queues, you need to create at least one queue to publish messages to and consume messages from.

To create a queue, run:

```sh
npx wrangler queues create <MY-QUEUE-NAME>
```

Choose a name that is descriptive and relates to the types of messages you intend to use this queue for. Descriptive queue names look like: `debug-logs`, `user-clickstream-data`, or `password-reset-prod`.

Queue names must be 1 to 63 characters long. Queue names cannot contain special characters outside dashes (`-`), and must start and end with a letter or number.

You cannot change your queue name after you have set it. After you create your queue, you will set up your producer Worker to access it.

## 3. Set up your producer Worker

To expose your queue to the code inside your Worker, you need to connect your queue to your Worker by creating a binding. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Worker to access resources, such as Queues, on the Cloudflare developer platform.

To create a binding, open your newly generated `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and add the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.producers]]
 queue = "MY-QUEUE-NAME"
 binding = "MY_QUEUE"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Replace `MY-QUEUE-NAME` with the name of the queue you created in [step 2](/queues/get-started/#2-create-a-queue). Next, replace `MY_QUEUE` with the name you want for your `binding`. The binding must be a valid JavaScript variable name. This is the variable you will use to reference this queue in your Worker.

### Write your producer Worker

You will now configure your producer Worker to create messages to publish to your queue. Your producer Worker will:

1. Take a request it receives from the browser.
2. Transform the request to JSON format.
3. Write the request directly to your queue.

In your Worker project directory, open the `src` folder and add the following to your `index.ts` file:

```ts null {8}
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    let log = {
      url: request.url,
      method: request.method,
      headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
    };
    await env.<MY_QUEUE>.send(log);
    return new Response('Success!');
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Replace `MY_QUEUE` with the name you have set for your binding from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

Also add the queue to `Env` interface in `index.ts`.

```ts null {2}
export interface Env {
   <MY_QUEUE>: Queue<any>;
}
```

If this write fails, your Worker will return an error (raise an exception). If this write works, it will return `Success` back with a HTTP `200` status code to the browser.

In a production application, you would likely use a [`try...catch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch) statement to catch the exception and handle it directly (for example, return a custom error or even retry).

### Publish your producer Worker

With your Wrangler file and `index.ts` file configured, you are ready to publish your producer Worker. To publish your producer Worker, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You should see output that resembles the below, with a `*.workers.dev` URL by default.

```
Uploaded <YOUR-WORKER-NAME> (0.76 sec)
Published <YOUR-WORKER-NAME> (0.29 sec)
  https://<YOUR-WORKER-NAME>.<YOUR-ACCOUNT>.workers.dev
```

Copy your `*.workers.dev` subdomain and paste it into a new browser tab. Refresh the page a few times to start publishing requests to your queue. Your browser should return the `Success` response after writing the request to the queue each time.

You have built a queue and a producer Worker to publish messages to the queue. You will now create a consumer Worker to consume the messages published to your queue. Without a consumer Worker, the messages will stay on the queue until they expire, which defaults to four (4) days.

## 4. Create your consumer Worker

A consumer Worker receives messages from your queue. When the consumer Worker receives your queue's messages, it can write them to another source, such as a logging console or storage objects.

In this guide, you will create a consumer Worker and use it to log and inspect the messages with [`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail). You will create your consumer Worker in the same Worker project that you created your producer Worker.

:::note

Queues also supports [pull-based consumers](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/), which allows any HTTP-based client to consume messages from a queue. This guide creates a push-based consumer using Cloudflare Workers.

:::

To create a consumer Worker, open your `index.ts` file and add the following `queue` handler to your existing `fetch` handler:

```ts null {11}
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    let log = {
      url: request.url,
      method: request.method,
      headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
    };
    await env.<MY_QUEUE>.send(log);
    return new Response('Success!');
  },
  async queue(batch, env): Promise<void> {
    let messages = JSON.stringify(batch.messages);
    console.log(`consumed from our queue: ${messages}`);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Replace `MY_QUEUE` with the name you have set for your binding from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

Every time messages are published to the queue, your consumer Worker's `queue` handler (`async queue`) is called and it is passed one or more messages.

In this example, your consumer Worker transforms the queue's JSON formatted message into a string and logs that output. In a real world application, your consumer Worker can be configured to write messages to object storage (such as [R2](/r2/)), write to a database (like [D1](/d1/)), further process messages before calling an external API (such as an [email API](/workers/tutorials/)) or a data warehouse with your legacy cloud provider.

When performing asynchronous tasks from within your consumer handler, use `waitUntil()` to ensure the response of the function is handled. Other asynchronous methods are not supported within the scope of this method.

### Connect the consumer Worker to your queue

After you have configured your consumer Worker, you are ready to connect it to your queue.

Each queue can only have one consumer Worker connected to it. If you try to connect multiple consumers to the same queue, you will encounter an error when attempting to publish that Worker.

To connect your queue to your consumer Worker, open your Wrangler file and add this to the bottom:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
 queue = "<MY-QUEUE-NAME>"
 # Required: this should match the name of the queue you created in step 3.
 # If you misspell the name, you will receive an error when attempting to publish your Worker.
 max_batch_size = 10 # optional: defaults to 10
 max_batch_timeout = 5 # optional: defaults to 5 seconds
```

</WranglerConfig>

Replace `MY-QUEUE-NAME` with the queue you created in [step 2](/queues/get-started/#2-create-a-queue).

In your consumer Worker, you are using queues to auto batch messages using the `max_batch_size` option and the `max_batch_timeout` option. The consumer Worker will receive messages in batches of `10` or every `5` seconds, whichever happens first.

`max_batch_size` (defaults to 10) helps to reduce the amount of times your consumer Worker needs to be called. Instead of being called for every message, it will only be called after 10 messages have entered the queue.

`max_batch_timeout` (defaults to 5 seconds) helps to reduce wait time. If the producer Worker is not sending up to 10 messages to the queue for the consumer Worker to be called, the consumer Worker will be called every 5 seconds to receive messages that are waiting in the queue.

### Publish your consumer Worker

With your Wrangler file and `index.ts` file configured, publish your consumer Worker by running:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

## 5. Read messages from your queue

After you set up consumer Worker, you can read messages from the queue.

Run `wrangler tail` to start waiting for our consumer to log the messages it receives:

```sh
npx wrangler tail
```

With `wrangler tail` running, open the Worker URL you opened in [step 3](/queues/get-started/#3-set-up-your-producer-worker).

You should receive a `Success` message in your browser window.

If you receive a `Success` message, refresh the URL a few times to generate messages and push them onto the queue.

With `wrangler tail` running, your consumer Worker will start logging the requests generated by refreshing.

If you refresh less than 10 times, it may take a few seconds for the messages to appear because batch timeout is configured for 10 seconds. After 10 seconds, messages should arrive in your terminal.

If you get errors when you refresh, check that the queue name you created in [step 2](/queues/get-started/#2-create-a-queue) and the queue you referenced in your Wrangler file is the same. You should ensure that your producer Worker is returning `Success` and is not returning an error.

By completing this guide, you have now created a queue, a producer Worker that publishes messages to that queue, and a consumer Worker that consumes those messages from it.

## Related resources

- Learn more about [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) and the applications you can build on Cloudflare.

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Queues documentation.

<Glossary product="queues" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>


Send and receive messages with guaranteed delivery and no charges for egress bandwidth.


</Description>

<Plan type="paid" />

Cloudflare Queues integrate with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) and enable you to build applications that can [guarantee delivery](/queues/reference/delivery-guarantees/), [offload work from a request](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/), [send data from Worker to Worker](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/), and [buffer or batch data](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/).

***

## Features

<Feature header="Batching, Retries and Delays" href="/queues/configuration/batching-retries/">

Cloudflare Queues allows you to batch, retry and delay messages.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Dead Letter Queues" href="/queues/configuration/dead-letter-queues/">

Redirect your messages when a delivery failure occurs.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Pull consumers" href="/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/">

Configure pull-based consumers to pull from a queue over HTTP from infrastructure outside of Cloudflare Workers.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Cloudflare Workers allows developers to build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/queues/platform/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
Learn about pricing.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/queues/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about Queues limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Try the Demo" href="https://github.com/Electroid/queues-demo#cloudflare-queues-demo" icon="open-book">
Try Cloudflare Queues which can run on your local machine.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Configuration" href="/queues/configuration/configure-queues/" icon="open-book">
Learn how to configure Cloudflare Queues using Wrangler.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="JavaScript APIs" href="/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/" icon="open-book">
Learn how to use JavaScript APIs to send and receive messages to a Cloudflare Queue.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use R2 within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for R2.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["R2"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use R2:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["R2"]} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://customer-6qw1mjlclhl2mqdy.cloudflarestream.com/c247ba8eb4b61355184867bec9e5c532/iframe?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer-6qw1mjlclhl2mqdy.cloudflarestream.com%2Fc247ba8eb4b61355184867bec9e5c532%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D%26height%3D600" style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;" allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div>

## 1. Install and authenticate Wrangler

:::note
Before you create your first bucket, you must purchase R2 from the Cloudflare dashboard.
:::

1. [Install Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) within your project using npm and Node.js or Yarn.

<Render file="install_wrangler" product="workers" />

2. [Authenticate Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) to enable deployments to Cloudflare. When Wrangler automatically opens your browser to display Cloudflare's consent screen, select **Allow** to send the API Token to Wrangler.

```txt
wrangler login
```

## 2. Create a bucket

To create a new R2 bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select **R2**.
2. Select **Create bucket**.
3. Enter a name for the bucket and select **Create bucket**.

## 3. Upload your first object

1. From the **R2** page in the dashboard, locate and select your bucket.
2. Select **Upload**.
3. Choose to either drag and drop your file into the upload area or **select from computer**.

You will receive a confirmation message after a successful upload.

## Bucket access options

Cloudflare provides multiple ways for developers to access their R2 buckets:

* [Workers Runtime API](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/)
* [S3 API compatibility](/r2/api/s3/api/)
* [Public buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/)

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/

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<Description>


Object storage for all your data.


</Description>

Cloudflare R2 Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

You can use R2 for multiple scenarios, including but not limited to:

* Storage for cloud-native applications
* Cloud storage for web content
* Storage for podcast episodes
* Data lakes (analytics and big data)
* Cloud storage output for large batch processes, such as machine learning model artifacts or datasets

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/r2/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="/r2/examples/">Browse the examples</LinkButton>


***

## Features

<Feature header="Location Hints" href="/r2/reference/data-location/#location-hints">

Location Hints are optional parameters you can provide during bucket creation to indicate the primary geographical location you expect data will be accessed from.


</Feature>

<Feature header="CORS" href="/r2/buckets/cors/">

Configure CORS to interact with objects in your bucket and configure policies on your bucket.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Public buckets" href="/r2/buckets/public-buckets/">

Public buckets expose the contents of your R2 bucket directly to the Internet.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Bucket scoped tokens" href="/r2/api/s3/tokens/">

Create bucket scoped tokens for granular control over who can access your data.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

A [serverless](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/) execution environment that allows you to create entirely new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Stream" href="/stream/" product="stream">

Upload, store, encode, and deliver live and on-demand video with one API, without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Images" href="/images/" product="images">

A suite of products tailored to your image-processing needs.
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

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<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/r2/pricing" icon="seti:shell">
&#x20;Understand pricing for free and paid tier rates.
</LinkTitleCard>

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&#x20;Ask questions, show off what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

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&#x20;Learn about product announcements, new tutorials, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
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---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/pricing/

import { InlineBadge } from "~/components";

R2 charges based on the total volume of data stored, along with two classes of operations on that data:

1. [Class A operations](#class-a-operations) which are more expensive and tend to mutate state.
2. [Class B operations](#class-b-operations) which tend to read existing state.

For the Infrequent Access storage class, [data retrieval](#data-retrieval) fees apply. There are no charges for egress bandwidth for any storage class.

All included usage is on a monthly basis.

:::note

To learn about potential cost savings from using R2, refer to the [R2 pricing calculator](https://r2-calculator.cloudflare.com/).

:::

## R2 pricing

|                                    | Standard storage         | Infrequent Access storage<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Storage                            | $0.015 / GB-month        | $0.01 / GB-month                                       |
| Class A Operations                 | $4.50 / million requests | $9.00 / million requests                               |
| Class B Operations                 | $0.36 / million requests | $0.90 / million requests                               |
| Data Retrieval (processing)        | None                     | $0.01 / GB                                             |
| Egress (data transfer to Internet) | Free [^1]                | Free [^1]                                              |

### Free tier

You can use the following amount of storage and operations each month for free. The free tier only applies to Standard storage.

|                                    | Free                        |
| ---------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Storage                            | 10 GB-month / month         |
| Class A Operations                 | 1 million requests / month  |
| Class B Operations                 | 10 million requests / month |
| Egress (data transfer to Internet) | Free [^1]                   |

### Storage usage

Storage is billed using gigabyte-month (GB-month) as the billing metric. A GB-month is calculated by averaging the _peak_ storage per day over a billing period (30 days).

For example:

- Storing 1 GB constantly for 30 days will be charged as 1 GB-month.
- Storing 3 GB constantly for 30 days will be charged as 3 GB-month.
- Storing 1 GB for 5 days, then 3 GB for the remaining 25 days will be charged as `1 GB * 5/30 month + 3 GB * 25/30 month = 2.66 GB-month`

For objects stored in Infrequent Access storage, you will be charged for the object for the minimum storage duration even if the object was deleted or moved before the duration specified.

### Class A operations

Class A Operations include `ListBuckets`, `PutBucket`, `ListObjects`, `PutObject`, `CopyObject`, `CompleteMultipartUpload`, `CreateMultipartUpload`, `LifecycleStorageTierTransition`, `ListMultipartUploads`, `UploadPart`, `UploadPartCopy`, `ListParts`, `PutBucketEncryption`, `PutBucketCors` and `PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration`.

### Class B operations

Class B Operations include `HeadBucket`, `HeadObject`, `GetObject`, `UsageSummary`, `GetBucketEncryption`, `GetBucketLocation`, `GetBucketCors` and `GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration`.

### Free operations

Free operations include `DeleteObject`, `DeleteBucket` and `AbortMultipartUpload`.

### Data retrieval

Data retrieval fees apply when you access or retrieve data from the Infrequent Access storage class. This includes any time objects are read or copied.

### Minimum storage duration

For objects stored in Infrequent Access storage, you will be charged for the object for the minimum storage duration even if the object was deleted, moved, or replaced before the specified duration.

| Storage class                                          | Minimum storage duration |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ |
| Standard storage                                       | None                     |
| Infrequent Access storage<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> | 30 days                  |

## Data migration pricing

### Super Slurper

Super Slurper is free to use. You are only charged for the Class A operations that Super Slurper makes to your R2 bucket. Objects with sizes < 100MiB are uploaded to R2 in a single Class A operation. Larger objects use multipart uploads to increase transfer success rates and will perform multiple Class A operations. Note that your source bucket might incur additional charges as Super Slurper copies objects over to R2.

Once migration completes, you are charged for storage & Class A/B operations as described in previous sections.

### Sippy

Sippy is free to use. You are only charged for the operations Sippy makes to your R2 bucket. If a requested object is not present in R2, Sippy will copy it over from your source bucket. Objects with sizes < 200MiB are uploaded to R2 in a single Class A operation. Larger objects use multipart uploads to increase transfer success rates, and will perform multiple Class A operations. Note that your source bucket might incur additional charges as Sippy copies objects over to R2.

As objects are migrated to R2, they are served from R2, and you are charged for storage & Class A/B operations as described in previous sections.

## Pricing calculator

To learn about potential cost savings from using R2, refer to the [R2 pricing calculator](https://r2-calculator.cloudflare.com/).

## R2 billing examples

### Data storage example 1

If a user writes 1,000 objects in R2 for 1 month with an average size of 1 GB and requests each 1,000 times per month, the estimated cost for the month would be:

|                    | Usage                                       | Free Tier    | Billable Quantity | Price      |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------- | ---------- |
| Class B Operations | (1,000 objects) \* (1,000 reads per object) | 10 million   | 0                 | $0.00      |
| Class A Operations | (1,000 objects) \* (1 write per object)     | 1 million    | 0                 | $0.00      |
| Storage            | (1,000 objects) \* (1 GB per object)        | 10 GB-months | 990 GB-months     | $14.85     |
| **TOTAL**          |                                             |              |                   | **$14.85** |
|                    |                                             |              |                   |            |

### Data storage example 2

If a user writes 10 objects in R2 for 1 month with an average size of 1 GB and requests 1,000 times per month, the estimated cost for the month would be:

|                    | Usage                                       | Free Tier    | Billable Quantity | Price      |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------- | ---------- |
| Class B Operations | (1,000 objects) \* (1,000 reads per object) | 10 million   | 0                 | $0.00      |
| Class A Operations | (1,000 objects) \* (1 write per object)     | 1 million    | 0                 | $0.00      |
| Storage            | (10 objects) \* (1 GB per object)           | 10 GB-months | 0                 | $0.00      |
| **TOTAL**          |                                             |              |                   | **$0.00**  |
|                    |                                             |              |                   |            |

### Asset hosting

If a user writes 100,000 files with an average size of 100 KB object and reads 10,000,000 objects per day, the estimated cost in a month would be:

|                    | Usage                                   | Free Tier    | Billable Quantity | Price       |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------------- | ----------- |
| Class B Operations | (10,000,000 reads per day) \* (30 days) | 10 million   | 290,000,000       | $104.40     |
| Class A Operations | (100,000 writes)                        | 1 million    | 0                 | $0.00       |
| Storage            | (100,000 objects) \* (100KB per object) | 10 GB-months | 0 GB-months       | $0.00       |
| **TOTAL**          |                                         |              |                   | **$104.40** |
|                    |                                         |              |                   |             |

## Cloudflare billing policy

To learn more about how usage is billed, refer to [Cloudflare Billing Policy](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/).

## Frequently asked questions

### Will I be charged for unauthorized requests to my R2 bucket?

No. You are not charged for operations when the caller does not have permission to make the request (HTTP 401 `Unauthorized` response status code).

[^1]: Egressing directly from R2, including via the [Workers API](/r2/api/workers/), [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/), and [`r2.dev` domains](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#enable-managed-public-access) does not incur data transfer (egress) charges and is free. If you connect other metered services to an R2 bucket, you may be charged by those services.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/changelog/

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---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/glossary/

This page provides a list of terms and concepts to help you understand Radar and the information shown.

## AI bot and crawler traffic

HTTP request activity from user agents associated with AI assistants, AI data scrapers, and AI search crawlers. This information is normalized to show trends in traffic volume, providing insights into the activity levels of AI-driven web interactions over time. User agents included in this analysis are derived from the AI-focused user agents listed in the [ai.robots.txt](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt) repository.

## Application-level attacks

Layer 7 attack information based on mitigated requests, including the most frequent mitigation techniques as well as the trend of mitigated request volume over time. For the "Application layer attack volume" and "Mitigated traffic sources" graphs, the selected location or ASN is the source of the mitigated requests. For the "Application layer attack distribution" graph, the Origin Location graph shows where attacks targeting the selected location are coming from and the Target Location graph shows the target locations of attacks coming from the selected location. "Application layer attack distribution" insights are not available at an ASN level.

## Authentication methods

[SPF](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#spf), [DKIM](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#dkim), and [DMARC](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#dmarc) are policy-driven email authentication methods and when used together, they help prevent spammers, phishers, and other unauthorized parties from sending emails on behalf of a domain they do not own. PASS is the share of processed messages that pass the associated checks. FAIL is the share of processed messages that fail the associated checks. NONE is the share of processed messages for which no associated policy could be found. Data for these metrics comes from Cloudflare’s email routing service.

## Autonomous systems

The Internet is a network of networks, and autonomous systems are the networks that make up the Internet. More specifically, an autonomous system (AS) is a large network or group of networks that has a unified routing policy - the process by which a path through one or more networks is chosen.

Data packets hop from one AS to another until they reach their final destination. Every computer or device that connects to the Internet is connected to an AS. ISPs have one or more ASes, and each AS is assigned an official Autonomous System Number (ASN) for use in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing. For example, Cloudflare's ASN is AS13335. Learn more in the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/).

## BGP announcements

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol for the Internet. Much like the post office processing mail, BGP picks the most efficient routes for delivering Internet traffic. A BGP announcement is a way for an AS to say to another, "When you receive traffic to this network prefix, please send it to me". That message is then processed and (possibly) forwarded to other ASes, allowing for every AS in the path to learn where to send traffic to that network prefix. Learn more in the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/).

On Cloudflare Radar, we provide time series charts for both the volume of BGP messages announced by ASes and the total size of their announced IP address space. BGP message volume shows the level of overall routing activity for a given AS, while announced IP address space indicates the size of the networks a given AS operates over time. We represent the IP address space size with the number of minimum routable network prefix sizes, which are the number of /24 prefixes for IPv4 and /48s for IPv6. Correspondingly, a /24 prefix represents 256 IP addresses while a /48 represents 2^80 IP addresses.

## BGP route leaks

[BGP route leaks](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7908.html) are defined as the propagation of routing announcements beyond their intended scope.
In Cloudflare Radar, you can inspect the detected route leak events on the corresponding autonomous system number (ASN) pages. The columns in the table are defined as follows:

* `From`: The autonomous system (AS) from which the routes are learned from.
* `By`: The AS that leaked the routes, or the leaker.
* `To`: The AS that received and propagated the leaked routes.
* `Start` and `End`: The starting and ending time of a route leak event.
* `BGP Msgs.`: The number of BGP announcements that contain leaked routes.
* `Prefixes`: The number of IP prefixes a route leak event affects.
* `Origins`: The number of origin ASes a route leak event affects.
* `Vantage Points`: The number of route collectors that observed a route leak event.

Learn more about our route leak detection system design and usages  in [How we detect route leaks and our new Cloudflare Radar route leak service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/route-leak-detection-with-cloudflare-radar/) blog post.

## BGP origin hijacks

[BGP origin hijack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bgp_hijacking) is one type of BGP anomaly where networks falsely announce
ownership for groups of IP addresses (prefixes) that they do not own, control, or route to. A BGP origin hijack can redirect Internet traffic to the hijacker from its
legitimate destination, causing data loss with potential leak of private/confidential information.

In Cloudflare Radar, you can inspect the detected BGP origin hijack events in the "BGP Origin Hijacks" table. The columns
of the table are defined as follows:

* `ID`: Event ID, clickable and navigates to the event details page.
* `Detected Origin`: The AS that originated the prefixes at the time of detection, potentially being a BGP hijacker.
* `Expected Origin(s)`: The AS(es) that are expected to originate the corresponding prefixes based on various evidences.
* `Start Time (UTC)` and `Duration`: The detected timestamp in UTC with a human-readable time duration for how long the event lasted. Ongoing events will not have a duration value, indicated by the `--` sign.
* `BGP Messages`: The number of BGP messages that contain the detected anomaly.
* `Prefixes`: The prefixes hijacked during the event, showing only one full prefix due to table space limitation.
* `Confidence`: The level of confidence that we have on the event being a true hijacks. Values can be `High`, `Medium`, or `Low`.
* `Tags`: The relevant evidence presented as short tags, presenting key facts we compiled using additional data sources, such as RPKI validation results or network relationship.

You can also access the detection result programmatically via our [public API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/radar/subresources/bgp/subresources/hijacks/subresources/events/methods/list/) ([CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license).

## Certificates

Encryption is a critical part of a safe Internet. SSL/TLS is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a client and a server.

In Cloudflare Radar, you can view all certificates issued for a given domain by a trusted Certificate Authority that are listed in active certificate transparency logs.

You can review the certificates issued for your domain name to ensure that there have been no incorrect or fraudulent issuances of certificates associated with your domains. You can also sign up to receive alerts from our certificate transparency monitor in the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

## Connection characteristics

Share of inbound connections to Cloudflare from mail transfer agents with the given characteristics. “IP Version” breaks down connections made over IPv4 and IPv6. “Encryption” breaks down connections made over an encrypted connection using TLS, and those made over an unencrypted connection, in the clear. Data for these metrics comes from Cloudflare’s email routing service.

## Connection quality

Connection quality metrics include download and upload speed, latency (round-trip time), and latency jitter (round-trip time stability), reflecting the best expected performance for specific countries or ASNs. These metrics are derived from speed tests initiated by end users on the [Cloudflare Speed Test website](https://speed.cloudflare.com/), aggregated over the previous 90 days. The underlying raw data is freely accessible for analysis through [Measurement Lab's BigQuery](https://blog.cloudflare.com/aim-database-for-internet-quality/).

In speed, latency, and jitter rankings, only countries where users run speed tests with sufficient regularity are included. Consequently, certain countries may be excluded from the rankings, even though their data can be found in other sections of Radar.

Cloudflare Speed Test measures latency multiple times over the course of the test. Measurements taken before a download or upload begins are aggregated into idle latency and jitter, while measurements taken while a download or upload is in progress are aggregated as loaded latency and jitter.

## Content categories

Cloudflare uses a variety of data sources to categorize domains. Using Cloudflare Radar, you can view the content categories associated with a given domain. Cloudflare customers using Cloudflare Gateway or 1.1.1.1 for Families can decide to block certain categories, like "Adult Content", in addition to security threats like malware and phishing.

In some cases, a domain may be miscategorized. For example, a social media site might be categorized as "Shopping & Auctions". If you believe a domain is miscategorized, or a domain has not yet been categorized, please provide your suggested category using [this form](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/feedback) to bring it to our attention.

## Domain rankings

Domain Rankings is based on our anonymized and aggregated 1.1.1.1 resolver data, complies with our [privacy policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/privacypolicy/), and aims to identify the top most popular domains that reflect how people use the Internet globally. Domain Rankings’ popularity metric is best described as the estimated number of unique users that access a domain over some period of time.

Trending domains are domains which are currently experiencing an increase in popularity. Domains Trending Today are domains spiking in popularity, reflecting increased interest potentially related to a particular event or a topic. Domains Trending This Week are domains that have steadily grown in popularity, reflecting an increase of their user base over the week.

## Geographical distribution

Countries contributing traffic to this AS, and their relative contribution as percentage of the total AS traffic seen by Cloudflare.

## Internet outages

Internet connectivity can experience outages or disruptions due to a number of factors. These factors include power outages, damage to fiber optic cables, severe weather, natural disasters, or government directed shutdowns. Outages may be sub-national or national in geographic scope, or may impact one or more [ASNs](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/). Some outages may be brief, lasting just a few minutes, while others can stretch on for months — the duration can be related, in part, to the underlying cause. Internet outages listed in the Cloudflare Radar Outage Center are notable drops in traffic that have generally been corroborated with third party-information, which may include a social media or status page post from a telecommunications provider, a news report, or industry/community mailing lists.

An early warning signal that an Internet outage may be underway on a given network or in a given country is an anomalous drop in traffic as compared to historical traffic patterns and trends. Internet anomalies listed in the Cloudflare Radar Outage Center represent an algorithmically-observed anomalous drop in traffic for the listed entity. If a given entry is marked as verified, it means that we have manually corroborated the observed drop in traffic across multiple Cloudflare data sources and/or third-party sources such as [IODA](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/), or third-party sources of information, such as those listed above. In the case of the latter, an associated Internet outage event will be opened, with the event listed in the Internet Outages table (and API).

## Internet services ranking

Internet services ranking is based on our anonymized and aggregated 1.1.1.1 resolver data, complies with our [privacy policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/privacypolicy/), and aims to identify the top most popular Internet services that reflect how people use the Internet globally. A service represents one or more domains aggregated together. Ranking popularity metric is best described as the estimated number of unique users that access domains associated with a service, over some period of time.

## Internet traffic trends

Trends observed in Internet traffic originating globally or within a given location or autonomous system within the selected time range, based on aggregated data from our network.

## IP address geolocation

IP address geolocation is the term used for the process of associating an IP address with a location in the physical world. IP geolocation used on Cloudflare Radar comes from a third-party database.

Note that a number of factors may affect the accuracy of the geolocation information, including mobile network architecture, the use of VPN services, and the use of privacy-protecting proxy services.

Learn more from [MaxMind](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-data-correction-request) about how to suggest a correction if you believe the location provided is incorrect.

## IPv6 adoption

The IPv4 vs. IPv6 graph shows the distribution of traffic by IP version, and is intended to highlight IPv6 adoption trends.

Note that prior to January 23, 2023, the IPv6 percentage shown in the chart was calculated as (IPv6 requests / IPv4+IPv6 requests). After that date, the IPv6 percentage is calculated as (IPv6 requests / requests for dual-stacked content).

## IQI

The Internet Quality Index estimates connection performance under average utilization, such as web browsing. It is based on end user measurements against a fixed set of Cloudflare and third-party targets, providing numbers for bandwidth, round-trip time (latency), and DNS response time, aggregated by continent, country, or ASN.

The IQI methodology requires a minimum number of measurements to generate estimates. As a result, graphs for smaller countries and ASNs may display occasional gaps, especially during nighttime. These gaps do not indicate outages. The number of measurements underlying IQI does not necessarily correlate with the volume of traffic observed by Cloudflare in a specific country or ASN.

## Mobile operating systems

The Mobile Operating Systems graph shows the distribution of mobile device requests by operating system, representing trends observed in Internet traffic originating globally or within a given location or autonomous system within the selected time range, based on aggregated data from our network. "Mobile device" includes phones and tablets only, and does not include other types of devices, such as those classified as desktops/laptops, smart TVs, or gaming consoles.

## Most observed TLDs

[Top-level domains, also known as TLDs](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/top-level-domain/), are found in the right-most portion of a hostname. As of February 2024, there are nearly 1600 Top Level Domains listed in the [IANA Root Zone Database](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db). On Radar, we are sharing our own perspective on these TLDs, highlighting those with the largest shares of spam and malicious emails. The analysis is based on the sending domain’s TLD, found in the `From:` header of an email message. Data for this metric comes from Cloudflare’s cloud email security service.

## Network-level DDoS attacks

Attacks mitigated by our Level 3 and 4 Denial of Service Attack prevention systems. We show the most used attack vectors as well as the change in attack volume over the selected time range. Selected location is the location of the data center(s) where the attacks were mitigated. Target industry and vertical categories are associated with the customers being attacked.

Industry categories include business types grouped by their primary activities, such as information technology and services, retail, or telecommunications. Vertical categories are high-level groupings that incorporate related industries, such as the "Internet and Telecom" vertical, which includes industries such as "Internet" and "Telecommunications".

Network-level DDoS attacks graphs are based on traffic measured in bytes.

## Post-quantum encryption adoption

The Post-Quantum Encryption Adoption graph shows the share of HTTPS requests to Cloudflare that are encrypted with post-quantum (PQ) cryptography. Additional details about Cloudflare's support for PQ cryptography can be found at [Cloudflare Research](https://pq.cloudflareresearch.com/).

## Robots.txt

A [robots.txt](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-robots-txt/) file contains instructions for bots that tell them which webpages they can and cannot access.

The data displayed for robots.txt is based on successfully parsed robots.txt files from the top 10,000 domains. From these files, we count the occurrences of each user agent under the "Allow" and "Disallow" directives. A user agent is classified as "fully allowed" or "fully disallowed" if the directive value is "*". Otherwise, if the user agent is only allowed or disallowed to crawl specific paths, it is classified as "partially allowed" or "partially disallowed."

Currently, we only include AI-focused user agents listed in the [ai.robots.txt](https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt) repository.

## TCP resets and timeouts

In the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), client-initiated connection resets (via the RST flag, TCP's "panic button") are atypical, and indicate to the server that *something went wrong* requiring the connection to be closed immediately. Similarly, connection timeouts (where the server closes a connection due to an unresponsive client) should not happen in conventional data exchanges. For comparison, a typical TCP connection consists of a 3-way handshake initiated by a client with a SYN packet to the server, then a data exchange moderated with ACK and PSH flags in the data packets, and finally a graceful close initiated from either side with a FIN packet. A FIN close is considered graceful because it ensures both sides complete their data transfer before closing the connection. In contrast, a timeout or RST flag triggers a hard stop, even if data is waiting to be sent or acknowledged. See [RFC 9293](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9293) for more details on the TCP protocol.

A TCP server may see timed-out or reset connections for a variety of reasons. Some are benign, such as client applications that lose connectivity or abruptly shut down (e.g., browsers cleaning up closed tabs or port scanners). Others are more concerning, such as [DoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/syn-flood-ddos-attack/) or third-party interference. In some cases, a close examination of the packets in a connection can help to shed light on the reason for termination. For example, [Global, Passive Detection of Connection Tampering](https://research.cloudflare.com/publications/SundaraRaman2023/) finds that certain packet patterns can be linked to middlebox connection tampering.

On Cloudflare Radar’s [Security & Attacks page](https://radar.cloudflare.com/security-and-attacks), you can view statistics on resets and timeouts from a sample of TCP connections to Cloudflare’s servers, broken down by how far the connection progressed before termination. The plot lines are defined as follows:

* **Post-SYN (mid-handshake)**: Connection resets or timeouts after the server received only a single SYN packet.
* **Post-ACK (immediately post-handshake)**: Connection resets or timeouts after the server received both a SYN packet and an ACK packet, meaning the connection was successfully established.
* **Post-PSH (after first data packet)**: Connection resets or timeouts after the server received a packet with PSH flag set, following connection establishment. The PSH flag indicates that the TCP packet contains data (such as a TLS Client Hello message) ready to deliver to the application.
* **Later (after multiple data packets)**: Connection resets within the first 10 packets from the client, but after the server has received multiple data packets.
* **None**: All other connections.

Learn more about the TCP resets and timeouts dataset in our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tcp-resets-timeouts).

## Threat categories

Attackers use multiple types of techniques when carrying out email-based attacks, including links or attachments leading to malware; identity deception, where the message appears to be coming from a trusted contact; and brand impersonation, where the message appears to be coming from a trusted brand. Categories are assigned to the various types of threats found during the analysis of a malicious email message, and a single message can have multiple categories. These categories are aggregated into “Link”, “Attachment”, “Impersonation”, and “Other” groupings. “Link” groups individual threat types where the attacker is trying to get the user to click on something, “Attachment” groups individual threat types where  the attacker has attached a file to the email message, and “Impersonation” groups individual threat types where the attacker is impersonating a trusted brand or contact. The “Other” grouping includes other threat types not covered by the previous three. The percentages represent the share of malicious email messages where the given threat categories have been found. Data for this metric comes from Cloudflare’s cloud email security service.

## Threat classification

Malicious email messages may be part of a phishing campaign, where recipients are tricked into sharing personal information like login details, or they are an attempt to spread malware through embedded images, links, or attachments. The percentage shown represents the share of processed messages that are classified as malicious. Data for this metric comes from Cloudflare’s cloud email security service.

## Traffic type filter

* **Human Only Traffic**: Traffic that our algorithms determine as being generated by human activity.

* **Automated Only Traffic**: Traffic that our algorithms determine as being generated by bot or automated script activity.

* **All Traffic**: Use all traffic, which includes both human activity and automated activity.

## Trends

Based on the aggregated HTTP/s metadata we see, we are able to show trends about a diverse set of metrics, including the distribution of mobile device vs. desktop traffic, the percentage of traffic detected as coming from bots, and the distribution of user agents/browsers. We also provide insights into the usage of HTTPS and IPv6.

## Verified bots

Bot traffic describes any non-human traffic to a website or an app. Some bots are useful, such as search engine bots that index content for search or customer service bots that help users. Other bots may be used to perform malicious activities, such as break into user accounts or scan the web for contact information to send spam.

Verified bots, such as the ones from search engines, are usually transparent about who they are. Cloudflare manually approves well-behaved services that benefit the broader Internet and honor robots.txt.

Each entry on the Verified Bots list exists because a corresponding IP address was seen associated with a verified bot in the last 30 days. A verified bot is not necessarily good or bad.

## Visitor location

The data displayed on domain-specific geographic traffic patterns is based solely on data from our recursive DNS services. All data displayed is in accordance with our privacy policies and commitments. This data may include attack traffic and cross-origin requests.

## WHOIS

WHOIS is a standard for publishing the contact and nameserver information for all registered domains. Each registrar maintains their own WHOIS service. Anyone can query the registrar's WHOIS service to reveal the data behind a given domain.

## Workers AI

[Workers AI](/workers-ai/) allows you to run machine learning models, on the Cloudflare network, from your own code -- whether that be from Workers, Pages, or anywhere via the Cloudflare API. The data displayed for Workers AI is based on the number of Cloudflare accounts using a model during a specific time interval.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/

import { Description, Feature, Plan } from "~/components"

<Description>

Get access to Cloudflare's data on global Internet traffic. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

[Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com) is a hub that showcases global Internet traffic, attacks, and technology trends and insights. It is powered by data from Cloudflare’s global network, as well as aggregated and [anonymized](/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver/) data from Cloudflare’s [1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver](/1.1.1.1/).

Using Radar's API you can access Cloudflare's data on global Internet traffic.

Radar's API is free, allowing academics, data sleuths and other web enthusiasts to investigate Internet usage across the globe.

Data available via Radar API endpoints is made available under the [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Make your first API request" href="/radar/get-started/first-request/" cta="Make your first API request">
Start learning how to use Radar's API by making your first request. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Compare data" href="/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/" cta="Compare data">
What to know before making comparisons between locations, [autonomous systems](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) and more. 
</Feature>

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/

drand (pronounced "dee-rand") is a distributed randomness beacon daemon written in Golang. Servers running drand can be linked to each other to produce collective, publicly verifiable, unbiased, unpredictable random values at fixed intervals using bilinear pairings and threshold cryptography.

drand is meant to be an Internet infrastructure level service that provides randomness to applications, similar to how NTP provides timing information and Certificate Transparency Logs provide certificate issuance information.

For the most up-to-date documentation on drand, please visit [drand.love](https://drand.love).

---

# How to use

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/how-to-use/

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<Description>
	The reference architecture content in our documentation is designed to help you understand how Cloudflare has been designed and built,
	and how our products and services integrate with your current IT architecture.

</Description>

Below are the different types of architecture content and information is organized from high level reference architectures, to design guides with best practices and guidelines to implementation guides which provide detailed steps to deploy a specific solution.

## Reference architectures

[Reference architectures](/reference-architecture/architectures/) provide a foundational knowledge of the Cloudflare platform and products while offering a description for how they relate to your existing infrastructure and business challenges. They are high-level, conceptual documents that walk through the concepts of an area of our platform, mapping our network, products and features to the typical architecture of a customer's environment. Detailed diagrams with supporting content explain how our technology works and how it can be integrated with your own infrastructure. The goal of a reference architecture is:

- Present thought leadership for a broad technology area
- Visualize the architecture of Cloudflare and understand how it's been designed
- Explain integration points between Cloudflare and your infrastructure

## Reference architecture diagrams

A [reference architecture diagram](/reference-architecture/diagrams/) focusses on a specific solution or use case where Cloudflare can be used. One or more diagrams are the primary content with supporting introduction and summary. These can focus on sections from a reference architecture that are not fully developed. The goal of this type of document is:

- Visualize the components of a specific solution's architecture
- Provide a quick answer to a specific question around a use case

## Design guides

These [guides](/reference-architecture/design-guides/) are typically aimed at architects, developers, and IT professionals who are tasked with designing and deploying systems that leverage the company's technologies. They typically focus on a specific solution that would be a subset of the greater architecture. For example, if you have read our [SASE Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/), but are a startup, you may want to understand the details of using a [SASE approach for a small startup](/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-startups/). These documents are:

- Helping you think through how to design a deployment of Cloudflare as part of an overall solution.
- More prescriptive than reference architectures, sharing best practices and guidelines.
- Focused on a solution design that you are trying to achieve, such as connecting private networks to Cloudflare, or using a web application firewall to secure a public website.
- Not a replacement for product documentation and do not describe specific product configuration or commands to run.

## Implementation guides

Implementation guides provide [step-by-step instructions](/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/) and practical guidance for how to effectively deploy and configure specific solutions or services. Implementation guides are focused on a specific implementation goal. While a design guide provides the overall best practices for designing a solution, an implementation guide details the actual steps to deploy in the context of a specific job-to-be-done. These documents are:

- Focused on a specific implementation outcome, such as connecting a remote office using the Magic WAN Connector.
- Provide information about the exact commands and configuration steps to take.

---

# Find by solution

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/by-solution/

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Use the list below for reference architecture documentation that relates to a solution area you are interested in.

### Cloudflare Connectivity Cloud

Content that pertains to the Cloudflare platform in general.

#### Reference architectures

- [Cloudflare security reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/security/)
- [Multi-vendor Application Security and Performance Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/multi-vendor/)
- [Protect network infrastructure with Magic Transit](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Protect Hybrid Cloud Networks with Cloudflare Magic Transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/)

#### Reference architecture diagrams

- [Protecting ISP and telecommunications networks from DDoS attacks](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/)

#### Design guides

- [Extend Cloudflare's Benefits to SaaS Providers' End-Customers](/reference-architecture/design-guides/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/)

### Zero Trust / SASE

Architecture documentation related to using Cloudflare for Zero Trust, SSE and SASE initiatives for protecting your applications, data, employees and the corporate network.

#### Reference architectures

- [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Using Cloudflare SASE with Microsoft](/reference-architecture/architectures/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/)

#### Reference architecture diagrams

- [Access to private apps without having to deploy client agents](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/)
- [Securing data at rest](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/)
- [Securing data in transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/)
- [Securing data in use](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-use/)
- [Extend ZTNA with external authorization and serverless computing](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/augment-access-with-serverless/)
- [DNS filtering solution for Internet service providers](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/gateway-dns-for-isp/)
- [Magic WAN Connector deployment options](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/magic-wan-connector-deployment/)
- [Deploy self-hosted VoIP services for hybrid users](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/)

#### Design guides

- [Designing ZTNA access policies for Cloudflare Access](/reference-architecture/design-guides/designing-ztna-access-policies/)
- [Building zero trust architecture into your startup](/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-startups/)
- [Network-focused migration from VPN concentrators to Zero Trust Network Access](/reference-architecture/design-guides/network-vpn-migration/)
- [Using a zero trust framework to secure SaaS applications](/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-saas/)

#### Implementation guides

- [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/)
- [Replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/)
- [Deploy Zero Trust Web Access](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/)
- [Secure Microsoft 365 email with Email Security](/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/)

### Networking

#### Reference architecture diagrams

- [Protect public networks with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-public-networks-with-cloudflare/)
- [Bring your own IP space to Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/bring-your-own-ip-space-to-cloudflare/)
- [Protect hybrid cloud networks with Cloudflare Magic Transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/)
- [Protect ISP and telecommunications networks from DDoS attacks](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/)

### Application Performance

Content related to DNS, caching, load balancing and other Cloudflare services designed to improve application reliability and performance.

#### Reference architectures

- [Content Delivery Network](/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn/)
- [Load Balancing](/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/)

### Application Security

Content related to protecting your applications from threats such as DDoS attack, SQL injection, exploiting application vulnerabilities, scraping API data and more.

#### Reference architecture diagrams

- [Bot management](/reference-architecture/diagrams/bots/bot-management/)

#### Design guides

- [Secure application delivery](/reference-architecture/design-guides/secure-application-delivery/)

#### Implementation guides

- [Use mTLS with Cloudflare protected resources](/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/)

### Developer Platform

Architecture content for our developer platform.

#### Reference architecture diagrams

##### AI

- [Automatic captioning for video uploads](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-video-caption/)
- [Composable AI architecture](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-composable/)
- [Content-based asset creation](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-asset-creation/)
- [Multi-vendor AI observability and control](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-multivendor-observability-control/)
- [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/)
- [Ingesting BigQuery Data into Workers AI](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/bigquery-workers-ai/)

##### Serverless

- [Optimizing Image Delivery with Cloudflare Image Resizing and R2](/reference-architecture/diagrams/content-delivery/optimizing-image-delivery-with-cloudflare-image-resizing-and-r2/)
- [A/B-testing using Workers](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/a-b-testing-using-workers/)
- [Fullstack Applications](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/fullstack-application/)
- [Serverless ETL pipelines](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-etl/)
- [Serverless global APIs](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-global-apis/)
- [Serverless image content management](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-image-content-management/)

##### Storage

- [Egress-free object storage in multi-cloud setups](/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/egress-free-storage-multi-cloud/)
- [On-demand Object Storage Data Migration](/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/on-demand-object-storage-migration/)
- [Event notifications for storage](/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/event-notifications-for-storage/)

---

# Reference Architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/

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<Description>

All the documents in this section are designed to help you understand how Cloudflare and its products are designed and architected. These documents describe how you can leverage our platform to create solutions based on your business needs.

</Description>

No matter if you know Cloudflare well, or if you are just starting out. These documents help you understand how our connectivity cloud is architectured and how the services can be integrated with your own infrastructure. Read [How to use](/reference-architecture/how-to-use/) to understand how the documentation is structured, and either navigate by type from the menu or [find by solution](/reference-architecture/by-solution/) area.

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---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Cloudflare blog" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/" icon="open-book">

Read articles and announcements about the latest Cloudflare products and features.

</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Learning Paths" href="/learning-paths/" icon="open-book">

Module-based guidance on Cloudflare product workflows.

</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/about/

Cloudflare Registrar offers several advantages over other [registrars](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name-registrar/), such as domain name registration renewal [without markups fees](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/). You only pay what is charged by registries and [ICANN](https://www.icann.org/). Cloudflare Registrar also offers additional security features, such as free, one-click activation for [Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)](/registrar/get-started/enable-dnssec/), [custom domain protection](/registrar/custom-domain-protection/), and [WHOIS redaction](/registrar/account-options/whois-redaction/).

You can buy your domain from Cloudflare Registrar or from a third party. Even when you buy it from a third party, you can manage your domain with Cloudflare to benefit from all the features Cloudflare offers.

---

# Cloudflare Custom Domain Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/custom-domain-protection/

Cloudflare offers [Custom Domain Protection](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/custom-domain-protection/) to customers with a Cloudflare Enterprise plan and high-profile domains who need the highest level of security against domain hijacking.

Custom Domain Protection offers additional safeguard features for registered domains, including:

* **Registry lock**: Cloudflare applies Registry Lock, when available, to all domains registered through Custom Domain Protection. Any changes to a domain requires Cloudflare to first unlock the domain at the registry level.
* **Out-of-band authentication**: All changes to domain ownership or nameserver information are verified and executed manually based on an authentication process defined by the customer.
* **No interface**: Custom Domain Protection does not offer an interface, to remove the possibility of domain hijack through a compromised account.

Contact your account team if you are interested in Cloudflare's Custom Domain Protection.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/faq/

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to explore more resources.

* [Domain transfers](#domain-transfers)
* [Domain registrations](#domain-registrations)
* [Billing](#billing)

## Domain transfers

### Why did my transfer fail?

Domain transfers sometimes fail. Refer to [Registrar: troubleshoot stalled domain transfers](/registrar/troubleshooting/) for more information on what might have happened and how to solve the issue.

If you cannot solve the issue, open a support ticket or contact your account team.

### ​​Why did my domain’s expiration date change after transferring it to Cloudflare?

ICANN requires that any transfer also extends the expiration date of your domain by at least one year — that is one year from your current expiration date, not one year from the date of transfer. For example, if you transfer a domain on October 10, 2021, but it expires on March 10, 2022, your new expiration date will be March 10, 2023.

Whenever a domain is first registered, the registrant purchases control of that domain for some number of years — up to 10 years. For example, a domain registered on October 8, 2020 will have an expiration date of October 8th in some year between 2021 and 2030, depending on the amount of years originally purchased.

Transferring a domain adds time to the current expiration date, unless your domain already has [10 years on the term](#if-i-registered-my-domain-for-10-years-at-another-registrar-will-i-gain-another-year-if-i-transfer-it-to-cloudflare).


### ​​Why did my domain’s expiration date change after transferring it to Cloudflare?

Cloudflare Registrar only supports transfers of domains that are active on a Cloudflare [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/). Domains on Cloudflare use [nameservers assigned by Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/reference/nameserver-assignment/) to the associated account and those nameservers must remain in place for the domain to be Active.


### How can I see the status of my domain transfer?

Once you initiate a domain transfer, your previous registrar has five days to release the domain. In most cases, they will send you an email to confirm you want to transfer. If you actively acknowledge that email (through a link or the registrar's dashboard), they can process it immediately.

To see the progress of your transfer, log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your account. Then, select **Domain Registration** > **Transfer Domains** to see a list of domain transfers that are in progress. To accelerate the process, be sure to check with your old registrar how you can approve the transfer out.

Once successful, you will receive an email from Cloudflare and be able to manage the domain in the dashboard under **Overview** of that site.


### ​​Why am I not allowed to transfer my domain?

ICANN prohibits domain transfers within 60 days of a change to the WHOIS data or registrar of a domain. If you modified your contact information, transferred registrars, or registered your domain in the last 60 days, Cloudflare will be unable to process your transfer immediately.

You can leave the domain **In Progress** and Cloudflare will wait until after the 60-day window passes to attempt to process the transfer.

:::note[Note]
This information does not apply to `.uk` domains.
:::

### Why am I not able to start a transfer?

If you have an [unverified email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/), you might experience issues when initiating a domain transfer.

### What happens if I enter the wrong auth code?

If you enter an incorrect auth code (also referred to as authentication code or authorization code), return to the **Domain Registration** page or the **Overview** for your site. You can use the available input field to reenter your authentication code.


### ​​If I registered my domain for 10 years at another registrar, will I gain another year if I transfer it to Cloudflare?


No. A domain cannot have more than 10 years on the term. If you registered your domain for 10 years, you will get 10 years upon transferring it to Cloudflare.




***

## Domain registrations

### My domain’s registration was not extended by one year after transferring to Cloudflare

When you transfer your domain to Cloudflare, the registry will extend your registration by one year. However, in one specific circumstance your transfer could result in you keeping your original expiration date.

When a domain expires, the registration enters the auto-renew grace period. During that time, you can renew the domain at your registrar to avoid losing it. If your domain expires at your current registrar, you renew it and then transfer to Cloudflare within 45 days, the registry can restrict the addition of an extra year.

Say you have `example.com` registered and it expires on December 10, 2021. You decide to renew it during the auto-renew grace period on December 20, 2021. That renewal extends the registration to December 20, 2022. You then transfer to Cloudflare on December 30, 2021. Since that transfer is within 45 days of the expiration, the registry may not add the year to your registration. When you transfer to Cloudflare or any registrar in this circumstance, your expiration can still remain December 20th, 2022.

If a year is not added to your registration, you have effectively paid twice for the same added year. Per ICANN rules, you are entitled to request a refund at your previous registrar.


### What Happens When a Domain Expires?

In summary, here is what will happen after a domain expires:

* **Day 0**: Expiration Date.
* **Day 1 - 30**: Grace Period (domain resolves normally).
* **Day 31 - 40**: Suspension Period (domains resolves to suspension page).
* **Day 41 - 70**: Redemption Period.
* **Day 71 - 75**: Pending Delete Period.

Cloudflare currently offers a 40-day grace period for most top-level domains (TLDs).

During this period you may renew/extend the domain at any time from within the dashboard but no further auto-renew attempts will be made. For the first 30 days of the grace period, the domain will continue to resolve as normal. On the 30th day after the expiration date, the domain will be suspended and a parked suspension page will be displayed. You may still renew the domain at any time during this suspension period. On the 40th day, the domain will enter the Redemption Period and will no longer resolve to any web page.

The redemption period lasts for 30 days. During this time, it may be possible to restore and renew the domain. A restore fee may apply in addition to the renewal fee. At the end of the 30 day redemption period, the domain will be placed in pending delete status for a period of five days, after which it will be released and made available for re-registration. The domain cannot be restored or renewed during this period.

If the domain is in a state where it can be restored, the Manage Domain page in the Registrar section of dash will display a message indicating the domain is restorable. You will then will be able to initiate the restore process directly from the dashboard.


***

## Domain restoration

### Which domains are eligible to be restored?

Domains that are in the Redemption Period and have an EPP status of redemptionPeriod may be restored. For most TLDs this will include domains that are between 40 and 70 days past expiration.

Currently `.uk` domains cannot be restored using this process. We are working on an alternative process for `.uk` domains and will provide additional information at a later date.

### ​​Is there a fee to restore a domain?

Yes, in most cases there is a restore fee.

The amount varies depending on the TLD. The restore fee is separate from the renewal fee. You will be presented with both the restore and renewal fees before confirming they wish to proceed.

### Will the domain be renewed after the restore has completed?

Yes. We will attempt to renew the domain after the restore has been completed. While not common, it is possible for the renewal transaction to fail.

In the event of a failure, we will make several retry attempts. If we are unable to process the renewal after several retries, you will be presented with a message that you should contact support for assistance.

### ​​How long does the restore process take?

The entire process can take a few minutes to complete.

There are multiple steps to the restore process, and each step must be completed in a specific sequence. These steps are performed automatically by the system. The UI will continue to poll for an updated status and will provide feedback as each step completes.

### What happens if the domain renewal fails?

The restore and the renewal are two distinct processes that happen sequentially.

In rare cases the domain may be successfully restored but the renewal fails. We will make several attempts to renew the domain. However, should all the renewals fail the customer may attempt to manually renew the domain or contact support so we may investigate the cause of the failure.

### ​​Can a restore be reversed or refunded?

No. Once a restore has been completed it can not be reversed. It may be possible to delete the domain again but there are no refunds.

:::note[Note]


Domain names should be released after a period of 75 days, although the exact deletion timeline is ultimately determined by the domain's registry. You should monitor the domain status to ascertain when it will become available for registration once again.


:::



***

## Domain deletions


### Why am I unable to delete my Registrar domain?

A domain can only be deleted if all the following conditions are met:

* The user initiating the action is a Super Admin or Read/Write Administrator.
* The domain is not delete locked at the registry with either `clientDeleteProhibited` or `serverDeleteProhibited`.
* The domain is not already in `pendingDelete`, `redemptionPeriod`, or in `pendingTransfer`.
* The domain has not been administratively locked by Cloudflare.  This typically occurs for legal reasons such as a UDRP filing or court order, but may also be the result of an abuse or payment investigation.
* The domain is NOT a .UK domain. .UK domains currently cannot be deleted at the registry.

If any of the above conditions are not met, the domain cannot be deleted.

### ​​Who has permission to delete a domain registration?


Only Super Admins and Administrators with Read/Write access can initiate the deletion of a domain.  Note that only Super Admins will receive the email with the delete token.


### Will I receive a refund for my deleted domain registration?

No. Refunds will not be issued for costs incurred by a domain registration.

### How do I get the domain deletion token?

The delete token is only sent to the Super Admins of the account. If the user requesting the deletion is not a Super Admin they will need to obtain the delete token from one of the Super Admins of the account.

### ​​How long is the domain deletion token valid for?

The delete token is valid for 30 minutes. After the 30 minutes the code will expire and the user must restart the process.

### Will the domain be deleted immediately from my account?

If the domain is within 5 days of the initial registration, the domain will be immediately released by the registry and made available for re-registration. In this scenario the domain will be immediately removed from the registrar section of the account. You may need to refresh the page to force an update of the data.

If the domain is more than 5 days old, it will enter the redemption period and will remain in account until the redemption period expires and the registry releases the domain.




***

## Billing


### How much does Cloudflare Registrar cost?

Refer to [What is Cloudflare Registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-cloudflare-registrar/) for more information on pricing.


### When will I be billed?

You will be billed when you input your authorization code and initiate the transfer of your domain to Cloudflare. Currently, Cloudflare Registrar only uses the primary payment method for any associated transaction. Make sure to copy and paste the code to avoid mistakes. The transfer will not initiate if the code is incorrect.


### ​​Is there a fee to transfer a .UK domain?

No, there is no fee to transfer a `.uk` domain. Also, an additional year is NOT added during the transfer process. However, if the domain is nearing the expiration date and is set to auto-renew, it may be automatically renewed shortly after the completion of the transfer.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/

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<Description>

Buy and renew your domain at cost with Cloudflare Registrar. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Buy and manage your domain with Cloudflare Registrar, and add an additional layer of security to your DNS records for free. Cloudflare Registrar also offers redacted WHOIS information by default and will only charge you what is paid to the registry for your domain. No markup. No surprise fees.

***

## Features

<Feature header="DNSSEC" href="/registrar/get-started/enable-dnssec/">
Cloudflare Registrar offers one-click DNSSEC activation. DNSSEC secures DNS records with cryptographic signatures, and is free to all Cloudflare customers. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Buy domains at cost" href="/registrar/get-started/register-domain/" cta="Buy domains at cost">
Buy and renew domains through Cloudflare Registrar at cost, without markup fees. You only pay what is charged by [registries and ICANN](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/). 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
When you use Cloudflare DNS, all DNS queries for your domain are answered by Cloudflare’s global anycast network. This network delivers performance and global availability. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Troubleshoot failed domain transfers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/troubleshooting/

After you start the transfer process to Cloudflare Registrar, your previous registrar has five days to release the domain after a successful transfer request. If your transfer has not been completed within that time frame, something has likely gone wrong.

Most issues with a stalled transfer can be solved by checking the following details and [restarting the transfer](#restart-your-transfer).

## Registrar lock reapplied

You have reapplied the registrar lock at your current registrar since requesting the transfer. You will need to remove it again to restart the transfer process.

## Transfer rejected

Your transfer has been rejected by your previous registrar. There are several reasons for this to happen:

* You actively rejected the transfer request in the email you received from your registrar or on your registrar’s interface.
* Your registrar determined the domain is not eligible for transfer.
* Some registrars allow customers to enable a setting to reject all transfer requests.
* In some instances, registrars may reject the transfer if they suspect malicious behavior.

You will need to restart the transfer and approve the request or contact your current registrar to solve this issue.

## Auth code invalid

Your auth code (also referred to as authentication code and authorization code) has since changed or been deprecated, and Cloudflare cannot complete the transfer. Confirm the code with your current registrar again. To avoid mistakes, copy and paste the auth code provided by your current registrar.

## WHOIS Guard / privacy protection

Some registrars may prohibit transfer requests if you have WHOIS privacy services enabled. You need to first disable those services at your current registrar before you can proceed with the transfer process.

## Restart your transfer

:::note

This solution does not apply to `.uk` domains. 
:::

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the correct domain and select **Manage**.
4. Select **Cancel Transfer and Retry**. After you initiate the retry, you must re-enter your auth code and confirm your WHOIS information.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/rules.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/examples/

import { ListExamples, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Rules.

<ListExamples
	filters={["products", "goal", "operation"]}
	additionalProducts={["Cache Rules"]}
/>

---

# Cloudflare Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Feature,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
	Render,
} from "~/components";

<Plan type="all" />

<Render file="rules-definition" />

Rules features require that you [proxy the DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your domain (or subdomain) through Cloudflare.

---

## Features

<Feature header="Configuration Rules" href="/rules/configuration-rules/">
	Customize Cloudflare configuration settings for matching incoming requests.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Snippets" href="/rules/snippets/">
	Customize the behavior of your website or application using short pieces of
	JavaScript code.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Transform Rules" href="/rules/transform/">
	Adjust the URI path, query string, and HTTP headers of requests and responses
	on the Cloudflare global network.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Redirects" href="/rules/url-forwarding/">
	Redirect visitors from a source URL to a target URL with a specific HTTP
	status code. Use Single Redirects or Bulk Redirects depending on your use
	case.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Origin Rules" href="/rules/origin-rules/">
	Customize where the incoming traffic will go and with which parameters.
	Override request properties such as `Host` header, destination hostname, and
	destination port.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Cloud Connector" href="/rules/cloud-connector/">
	Route matching incoming traffic from your website to a public cloud provider
	such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Compression Rules" href="/rules/compression-rules/">
	Customize the compression applied to responses from Cloudflare's global
	network to your website visitors, based on the file extension and content
	type.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Page Rules" href="/rules/page-rules/" cta="Use Page Rules">
	Trigger certain actions when a request matches a URL pattern.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="URL normalization"
	href="/rules/normalization/"
	cta="Configure URL normalization"
>
	Modify the URLs of incoming requests so that they conform to a consistent
	formatting standard.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Custom Error Responses"
	href="/rules/custom-error-responses/"
	cta="Configure Custom Error Responses"
>
	Define custom responses for errors returned by an origin server or by a
	Cloudflare product, including Workers.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Custom rules" href="/waf/custom-rules/" product="waf">
	Control incoming traffic by filtering requests to a zone. You can block or
	challenge incoming requests according to rules you define.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Rate limiting rules"
	href="/waf/rate-limiting-rules/"
	product="waf"
>
	Define rate limits for requests matching an expression, and the action to
	perform when those rate limits are reached.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Cache rules"
	href="/cache/how-to/cache-rules/"
	product="cache"
>
	Customize the cache properties of your HTTP requests.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">
	Cloudflare Workers provides a serverless execution environment that allows you
	to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or
	maintaining infrastructure.
</RelatedProduct>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Plans"
	href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview"
	icon="document"
>
	Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Cloudflare Ruleset Engine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Ruleset Engine allows you to create and deploy rules and rulesets in different Cloudflare products using the same basic syntax.

## Main features

- **Powerful syntax**: Rule expressions use a powerful Rules language similar to the wirefilter syntax that allows you to create complex rules.
- **High-performance rule evaluation**: Allows you to have many rules in different Cloudflare products with almost no impact on performance.
- **Engine powering different Cloudflare products**: Cloudflare keeps building products on top of the Ruleset Engine, which means that you can use the same API methods for configuring different products, with the same customization possibilities. Additionally, the Ruleset Engine supports the different phases of the request life cycle at Cloudflare.

## Availability

The Ruleset Engine supports different Cloudflare products. Check each product's documentation for availability details.

---

# Security reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/app-security-reports/

:::note

Currently, this feature is only available to Enterprise customers.
:::

Application security reports provide visibility into requests blocked or challenged by the Cloudflare Application Security suite of products.

These reports allow you to get insights and analyze trends for all the zones in your account on a monthly basis, covering the mitigation actions performed by all Cloudflare layer 7 (application layer) security products. Each report includes an overview section and a per-product breakdown.

Cloudflare automatically generates a report every month, usually within the first five days of the month.

To dive deeper into the mitigations performed by Cloudflare security products, use the [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) dashboard.

## Download a report

To download a monthly application security report:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Security Reports**.
3. For a given month and year, select **Download** to download the report for that particular month.

:::caution

Due to limitations in the current reporting solution, some customers do not have access to reports from the past few months. We are working on a new version of app security reports without the current limitations.
:::

***

## Required roles

A Cloudflare user must have one of the following [roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) to download application security reports:

* Super Administrator
* Administrator

## Number of mitigated requests

As of the April 2023 report, the number of mitigated requests in each report is a sum of the following requests:

* Blocked requests
* Challenged requests that were not solved or bypassed (that is, not issued again because the visitor had previously passed a similar challenge)

---

# Blocked Content

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/blocked-content/

If your domain has content that has been blocked, Blocked Content on the dashboard gives you the ability to request the Trust and Safety team to remove a block.

To view Blocked Content on the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Blocked Content**.

:::note
You must have Admin, Super Admin, or Trust and Safety [role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) to access Blocked Content.
:::

The Security Center dashboard displays three statuses for blocked content: active, pending, or resolved blocks.

## Active blocks

An active block is a block that is in effect on blocking content.

When you select **Request Review**, the status changes to **In Review**, and the block will be reviewed by the Trust and Safety team.

## Pending blocks

A pending block represents a blocking action Cloudflare will take at the scheduled time.

You can view all your pending blocks by selecting **Pending** on the dashboard. Selecting **Request Review** cancels the pending delayed action. This means that the block will not be placed.

## Resolved blocks

Resolved blocks list your recently resolved blocks. Resolved blocks are limited to 30 days of recently resolved blocks. Resolved blocks require no action. You can only sort and/or filter the list.

---

# Brand Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/brand-protection/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

:::note[User permission]
While the Brand Protection tool is in beta, you will need to request access by filling in the [sign-up form](http://cloudflare.com/lp/brandprotection). Only Super Admin and users with a Brand Protection role can access Brand Protection. 
:::

<Render file="brand-protection-definition" />

## Domain search

To start searching for new domains that might be trying to impersonate your brand:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to **Security Center** > **Brand Protection**.

3. In **String query**, provide a name for your query. You can add multiple brand phrases on the same query, and the results will generate matches for all of those. Once you entered the string queries, select **Search matches**.

4. In the **Character distance**, select from `0-3`. The number of characters the results can differ from your domain.

   :::note

   If a brand phrase or search term has less than five characters, you can only choose a max distance of `0` (zero).
   :::

5. You can select **Save query** to monitor it in the future and perform other actions, such as delete, clone and set up alerts, according to your Paid plan limits.

6. To export all matches from a saved query, select your **Query name** > select the three dots > **Export matches**.

In the section **Monitor Strings**, you can check all the string queries that you selected to monitor. You can delete, clone, or create notifications for a string query. Refer to [Brand Protection Alerts](#brand-protection-alerts) to set up notifications.

## Logo queries

To set up a new logo query:

1. Go to **Security Center** > **Monitor Logos** and select **Add logo**.
2. Add a name for your query and upload your logo. Only the `.png`, `.jpeg`, and `.jpg` file extensions are supported.
3. Select **Save logo**.

The browser will return to the **Monitor Images** overview page, where you can access your query and configure notifications.

## Investigate a query

In this section, the dashboard displays:

- **Domain overview**.
- **WHOIS** that provides details about the date the domain was created, registrant and nameservers.
- **Domain history** that provides information on the domain category and when it was last changed. Refer to [Investigate threats](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/) for more details.
- **URL Reports** that provides information on any reported URL.

To investigate a string query:

1. Go to the **Monitor Strings** or **Monitor Logos** section to view all your queries.
2. Select a monitored query to inspect all the domains that matched your query.
3. Next to the domain, select **Domain** or **URL**. This will trigger a search on the [**Investigate**](/security-center/investigate/) section in a separate tab. URL scanner will also be triggered from **Brand Protection** through **Security Center** > **Investigate**. You will also have access to a report which will be generated automatically. The report will display screenshots of the matched domain, and the registrar of your domain.

## Brand Protection Alerts

<Render file="brand-protection-alerts" />

<AvailableNotifications product="Security Center" />

To set up a Brand Protection Alert:

1. Go to **Monitor Strings** and locate the query for which you would like to create notifications.

2. Select **alerts**. This should redirect you to the **Add Notification** page, where you can configure what you want to be notified about, and how.

   :::note

   You can also set up the alerts from your [Notifications](/notifications/) menu.
   :::

3. Create a notification name, add a description (optional), and select the monitored queries. You can also add a Webhook, and a notification email. You can add multiple email addresses.

4. Select **Save**.

Manage your notifications in the **All notifications** tab. You can disable, edit, delete, or test them.

## Limitations

* While this product is in beta, all Enterprise customers and Cloudforce One subscribers have access to Brand Protection. Enterprise customers are entitled to one saved query per Enterprise zone on their account.
* You may only use the Brand Protection search tools to search for domains that may be attempting to impersonate your brand or a brand that has authorized you to conduct such search on its behalf.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/security-center.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This guide covers the steps you need to take to set up Security Center in your Cloudflare account for the first time.

## Prerequisites

* A Cloudflare account
* At least one zone onboarded to Cloudflare

## Enable Security Insights and start initial scan

<Render file="setup" />

### Start a new scan

To manually start a scan:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Infrastructure**.
3. Select **Scan now**.

### Scan Frequency

Once you enable Security Insights, Cloudflare performs scans at a [regular frequency](/security-center/security-insights/how-it-works/#scan-frequency), according to your Cloudflare plan.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/

import { LinkButton, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="security-center-definition" />

## Main features

<Render file="main-features" />

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/security-center/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton>


***

## Availability

Cloudflare Security Center is available to customers on all plans. If you have any comments, questions, or bugs to report, create a post in the [Cloudflare Community forum](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/security/security-center/65).

The frequency of security scans depends on your Cloudflare plan. Refer to [Scan frequency](/security-center/security-insights/how-it-works/#scan-frequency) for more information.

## Limitations

* Users with an [Administrator Read Only](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/#account-scoped-roles) role cannot access the Cloudflare Security Center.
* Only Cloudflare accounts with at least one Business or Enterprise zone, or accounts on the Teams Standard or Teams Enterprise plans, can manually start a new scan.

---

# Custom Indicator Feeds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/indicator-feeds/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare's threat intelligence team crowdsources attack trends and protects users automatically, such as from zero-day vulnerabilities like the [HTTP/2 Rapid Reset attack](https://blog.cloudflare.com/technical-breakdown-http2-rapid-reset-ddos-attack/). However, in some cases, Cloudflare will partner with external entities that have their own feeds which can be shared with eligible Cloudflare users.

With Custom Indicator Feeds, Cloudflare provides a threat intelligence feed based on data received from various Cyber Defense Collaboration groups. The security filtering capabilities are available to eligible public and private sector organizations.

## Publicly available feeds

Cloudflare provides some feeds to Gateway users without the need to establish a provider relationship.

| Name                                                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                         | Availability                              |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| [Treasury Early Indicator Feed](https://www.cloudflare.com/press-releases/2024/us-department-of-treasury-pnnl-finserv-threat-intel-feed/) | Threat data for financial institutions provided by the US Department of Treasury and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). For more information, contact your account team. | Approved financial services organizations |
| [UK NCSC Public Threat Indicators](https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/pdns)                                                              | Recursive DNS service supplied by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to block DNS-based malware.                                                                          | All users                                 |
| Cloudforce One - Public Feed                                                                                                              | Feed of indicators.                                                                                                                                                                 | All users                                          |

## Get started

<Render file="indicator-feeds-overview" />

If your organization is interested in becoming a provider or a subscriber, contact your account team.

### Create a Custom Indicator Feed

Providers can create and manage a Custom Indicator Feed with the [Custom Indicator Feeds API endpoints](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/methods/list/):

1. Contact your account team to configure your account as an indicator feed provider.
2. Create a feed with the [Create new indicator feed endpoint](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/methods/create/). Make note of the `feed_id` generated for your feed. For example:

   ```bash title="Create new indicator feed"
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/intel/indicator-feeds" \
   	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>' \
   	--data '{
   	"description": "Custom indicator feed to detect threats",
   	"name": "threat_indicator_feed"
   }'
   ```

   ```json output {3}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": 10,
   		"name": "threat_indicator_feed",
   		"description": "Custom indicator feed to detect threats",
   		"created_on": "2024-09-17T21:16:09.412Z",
   		"modified_on": "2024-09-17T21:16:09.412Z"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

3. Upload data to the feed with the [Update indicator feed data endpoint](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/subresources/snapshots/methods/update/). Uploaded indicator data must be in a [`.stix2`](https://oasis-open.github.io/cti-documentation/stix/intro) formatted file.

   ```bash title="Update indicator feed data"
   curl --request PUT \
   	"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/intel/indicator-feeds/<FEED_ID>/snapshot" \
   	--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>' \
   	--form 'source=@/path/to/file'
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": {
   		"file_id": 1,
   		"filename": "snapshot_file.unified",
   		"status": "unified"
   	},
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": [],
   	"success": true
   }
   ```

   :::note
   Indicator feeds use a snapshot system. To update feeds with new data, providers must upload a file containing all previous and new indicators.
   :::

4. (Optional) Verify the status of your feed upload with the [Get indicator feed data endpoint](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/methods/data/). For example:

   ```bash title="Get indicator feed data"
   curl --request GET \
   	"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/intel/indicator-feeds/<FEED_ID>/data" \
   	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>'
   ```

   ```json output {8}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": 10,
   		"name": "threat_indicator_feed",
   		"description": "Custom indicator feed to detect threats",
   		"created_on": "2023-08-01T18:00:26.65715Z",
   		"modified_on": "2023-08-01T18:00:26.65715Z",
   		"latest_upload_status": "Complete"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

5. Grant access to subscribers with the [Grant permission to indicator feed endpoint](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/subresources/permissions/methods/create/). You can add subscribers to the feed's allowed subscribers list using their [account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/). For example:

   ```bash title="Update indicator feed data"
   curl --request PUT \
   	"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/intel/indicator-feeds/<FEED_ID>/snapshot" \
   	--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
   	--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>' \
   	--data '{
   	"account_tag": "823f45f16fd2f7e21e1e054aga4d2859",
   	"feed_id": 10
   }'
   ```

### Use a feed in Gateway

Once an account is granted access to a feed, it will be available to match traffic as a [selector in Gateway DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#indicator-feeds).

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**. Select **DNS**.
2. To create a new DNS policy, select **Add a policy**.
3. Name your policy.
4. In **Traffic**, add a condition with the **Indicator Feeds** selector. If your account has been granted access to a Custom Indicator Feed, Gateway will list the feed in **Value**. For example, you can block sites that appear in a feed:

   | Selector        | Operator | Value               | Action |
   | --------------- | -------- | ------------------- | ------ |
   | Indicator Feeds | in       | _Threat Intel Feed_ | Block  |

5. Select **Create policy**.

For more information on creating Gateway policies, refer to [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/spectrum.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/get-started/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Spectrum is available on all paid plans. Pro and Business support selected protocols only, whereas Enterprise supports all TCP and UDP based traffic. Refer to [Configuration options](/spectrum/reference/configuration-options/) for more configuration details.

To create a Spectrum application, you can either use an IP address, a CNAME Record or a load balancer. Independently of the method you use, you can create the application through the dashboard or via [API](/api/resources/spectrum/subresources/apps/methods/list/).

Certain fields in Spectrum request and response bodies require an Enterprise plan. Refer to the [Settings by plan](/spectrum/reference/settings-by-plan/) page for more details.

## Create a Spectrum application using an IP address

To create a Spectrum application using an IP address, Cloudflare normally assigns you an arbitrary IP from Cloudflare’s IP pool to your application. If you want to use your own IP addresses, you can use [BYOIP](/spectrum/about/byoip/) or you can also use a [Static IP](/spectrum/about/static-ip/). In these two last cases, you need to create your Spectrum application through the API, as these features are not available via dash. When using the API, the field `origin_direct` takes as input the IP address.


<Details header="Add your application via Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select **Spectrum**.
3. Select **Create an Application**. If this is your first time using Spectrum, the **Create an Application** modal appears.
4. Select your **Application Type**.
5. Under **Domain**, enter the domain that will use Spectrum.
6. Under **Edge Port**, enter the port Cloudflare should use for your application.
7. Under **Origin**, enter your application's origin IP and port.
8. If your application requires the client IP and supports [Proxy Protocol](https://www.haproxy.com/blog/haproxy/proxy-protocol/), enable **Proxy Protocols**. Proxy Protocol is a method for a proxy like Cloudflare to send the client IP to the origin application.
9. Select **Add**.


</Details>


<Details header="Add your application via API">

Below is a curl example and the associated data being posted to the API.

**API example:**

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/apps" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"protocol":"tcp/22","dns":{"type":"CNAME","name":"ssh.example.com"},"origin_direct":["tcp://192.0.2.1:22"],"proxy_protocol":"off","ip_firewall":true,"tls":"full","edge_ips":{"type":"dynamic","connectivity":"all"},"traffic_type":"direct","argo_smart_routing":true}'
```

**Example data:**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
    "protocol": "tcp/22",
    "dns": {
      "type": "CNAME",
      "name": "ssh.example.com"
    },
    "origin_direct": [
      "tcp://192.0.2.1:22"
    ],
    "proxy_protocol": "off",
    "ip_firewall": true,
    "tls": "full",
    "edge_ips": {
      "type": "dynamic",
      "connectivity": "all"
    },
    "traffic_type": "direct",
    "argo_smart_routing": true,
    "created_on": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
    "modified_on": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z"
  }
}
```


</Details>

## Create a Spectrum application using a CNAME record

To create a Spectrum application using a CNAME record, you will need to create a [CNAME record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-cname-record/) on your Cloudflare hosted zone that points to your origin's hostname. This is required to resolve to your hostname origin. Refer to [Create DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records), for more information. When using a CNAME as an origin, note that Cloudflare needs to be authoritative for that zone. When using the API, the `origin_dns` field takes as input the CNAME record.


<Details header="Add your application via Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select **Spectrum**.
3. Select **Create an Application**. If this is your first time using Spectrum, the **Create an Application** modal appears.
4. Select your **Application Type**.
5. Under **Domain**, enter the domain that will use Spectrum.
6. Under **Edge Port**, enter the port Cloudflare should use for your application.
7. Under **Origin**, enter your `CNAME` record name.
8. Select **Add**.


</Details>


<Details header="Add your application via API">

Below is a curl example and the associated data being posted to the API.

**API example:**

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/apps' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"dns":{"type":"CNAME","name":"spectrum-cname.example.com"},"ip_firewall":false,"protocol":"tcp/22","proxy_protocol":"off","tls":"off","origin_dns": {"name": "cname-to-origin.example.com", "ttl": 1200}, "origin_port": 22}'
```

**Example data:**

```json
{
  "dns": {
    "type": "CNAME",
    "name": "spectrum-cname.example.com"
  },
  "ip_firewall": false,
  "protocol": "tcp/22",
  "proxy_protocol": "off",
  "tls": "off",
  "origin_dns": {
    "name": "cname-to-origin.example.com",
    "ttl": 1200
  },
  "origin_port": 22
}
```


</Details>

## Create a Spectrum application using a load balancer

To create a Spectrum application using a load balancer, you will need to generate a load balancer from the dashboard or via the API. Refer to the [Load Balancing documentation](/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum/#1-configure-your-load-balancer) for more details.

:::note


To prevent issues with DNS resolution for a Spectrum application, do not use the same Spectrum hostname as a current Load Balancing hostname.


:::


<Details header="Add your application via Dashboard">

<Render file="spectrum-with-load-balancer-dash" />


</Details>


<Details header="Add your application via API">

<Render file="spectrum-with-load-balancer-api" />


</Details>

## View traffic

You can now proxy traffic through Cloudflare without additional configuration. As you run traffic through Cloudflare, you will see the last minute of traffic from **Spectrum** in the dashboard.

If you have any feedback, please [let us know](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/website-application-performance/spectrum/48).

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Spectrum documentation.

<Glossary product="spectrum" />

---

# Cloudflare Spectrum

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Spectrum provides security and acceleration for any [TCP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/tcp-ip/) or [UDP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/user-datagram-protocol-udp/) based application.

</Description>

<Plan type="paid" />

Spectrum allows you to route MQTT, email, file transfer, version control, games, and more over TCP or UDP through Cloudflare to mask the origin and protect it from [DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/).

---

## Features

<Feature
	header="Enable Proxy protocol"
	href="/spectrum/how-to/enable-proxy-protocol/"
>
	Use a proxy protocol for Cloudflare to pass on the client IP to your service.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="DDoS Protection for Spectrum"
	href="/spectrum/about/ddos-for-spectrum/"
>
	Learn more about what L3/4 DDoS Protection is included as part of the Spectrum
	service.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct
	header="DDoS Protection"
	href="/ddos-protection/"
	product="ddos-protection"
>
	Cloudflare DDoS protection secures websites, applications, and entire networks
	while ensuring the performance of legitimate traffic is not compromised.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="BYOIP" href="/byoip/" product="byoip">
	With Bringing Your Own IPs (BYOIP), Cloudflare announces your IPs in all our
	locations.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct
	header="Load Balancing"
	href="/load-balancing/"
	product="load-balancing"
>
	Cloudflare Load Balancing distributes traffic across your{" "}
	<GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, which reduces
	endpoint strain and latency and improves the experience for end users.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
	Cloudflare's global DNS platform provides speed and resilience. DNS customers
	also benefit from free DNSSEC, and protection against route leaks and
	hijacking.
</RelatedProduct>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Plans"
	href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/"
	icon="document"
>
	Compare available Cloudflare plans.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Protocols per plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/protocols-per-plan/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

On this table, you have information about which protocols are available per plan.

<FeatureTable id="spectrum.spectrum" />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Speed documentation.

<Glossary product="speed" />

---

# Aggregated Internet Measurement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/aim/

Aggregated Internet Measurement (AIM) helps you understand your Internet quality to identify scenarios that your Internet connection is good or bad for. Typically, an Internet speed test provides you with upload and download speeds, which may not always provide a holistic view of your Internet quality.

AIM uses a scoring rubric that assigns point values based on speed tests to help you understand how your Internet quality will perform for streaming, gaming, and webchat/real-time communication (RTC).

## Scoring Rubric

AIM analyzes the following metrics to generate your score:

* Latency
* Packet Loss
* Download
* Upload
* Loaded Latency
* Jitter

After the test is run and a point value is assigned to each metric, the points are translated to a network score for streaming, gaming, and webchat/RTC.  These scores will indicate how good your Internet is in each of these scenarios.

The possible network scores are:

* Bad
* Poor
* Average
* Good
* Great

## Improve your network score

You have a few options to help improve network scores.

* **Switch to a wired connection.** When possible, switch to a wired connection instead of wireless to avoid performance issues due to radio interference and signal strength.
* **Move closer to your router.** If you are unable to use a wired connection, try to move closer to your wireless router. Signal strength drops as you move away from your wireless router and a weaker signal means poorer connectivity. Keep in mind that any objects or materials between you and your wireless router can also have a negative impact on signal strength.
* **Upgrade your router.** Ensure you are using a router capable of handling smarter queueing with hardware that will not fall over under load.
* **Contact your ISP.** If you’re using a wired connection or have a good connection to your wireless router and are still seeing issues, you may have issues with your Internet connection and should reach out to your ISP.

---

# Speed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Improve the performance of your website or web application. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Speed allows you to assess the performance of your website and get recommendations of Cloudflare products to enhance the website performance.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Observatory" href="/speed/speed-test/">

Use Observatory to conduct tests with both synthetic and real user data to identify potential website performance enhancements.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Optimization" href="/speed/optimization/">

Get recommendations of Cloudflare products and settings to improve your website’s performance.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Aggregated Internet Measurement" href="/speed/aim/">

Understand your Internet quality to identify scenarios that your Internet connection is good or bad for.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cache rules" href="/cache/how-to/cache-rules/" product="cache">
Customize the cache properties of your HTTP requests. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Web Analytics" href="/web-analytics/" product="analytics">
Understand the performance of your webpages as experienced by your site visitors. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare Image Resizing" href="/images/transform-images/" product="images">
Transform images on Cloudflare’s edge platform: resize, adjust quality, and convert images to WebP or AVIF format on demand. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Early Hints" href="/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/" product="cache">
Take advantage of “server think time” to asynchronously send instructions to the browser to begin loading resources while the origin server is compiling the full response. 
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Quotas" href="/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/#quotas" icon="document">

Learn about the quota limits for the number of tests you can run per month. 
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Community Forum" href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/website-application-performance/88" icon="open-book">

Engage with other users and explore more resources on Cloudflare support forum. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/troubleshooting/

import { TroubleshootingList } from "~/components"

The following topics are useful for troubleshooting Speed issues.

<TroubleshootingList />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/ssl.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/concepts/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This page defines and articulates key concepts that are relevant to Cloudflare SSL/TLS and are used in this documentation. For more concepts and broader descriptions, check out the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-ssl/).

## SSL/TLS certificate

An SSL/TLS certificate is what enables websites and applications to establish secure connections. With SSL/TLS, a client - such as a browser - can verify the authenticity and integrity of the server it is connecting with, and use encryption to exchange information.

Since [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) is at the core of several products and services that Cloudflare offers, what this implies in terms of SSL/TLS is that, instead of only one certificate, there can actually be two certificates involved in a single request: an edge certificate and an origin certificate.

### Edge certificate

The [edge certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/) are the ones that Cloudflare presents to clients visiting your website or application. You can manage edge certificates through the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Edge certificate and origin certificate
        accDescr: Diagram showing how edge certificates are positioned between Cloudflare and the browser whereas origin certificates sit between Cloudflare and the origin server.
        A[Browser] <--Edge certificate--> B((Cloudflare))<--Origin certificate--> C[(Origin server)]
```

### Origin certificate

[Origin certificates](/ssl/origin-configuration/) guarantee the security and authentication on the other side of the network, between Cloudflare and the origin server of your website or application. Origin certificates are managed on your origin server.

[SSL/TLS encryption modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) control whether and how Cloudflare will use both these ceritifcates, and you can choose between different modes on the [SSL/TLS overview page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls).

## Validity period

One common aspect of every SSL/TLS certificate is that they must have a fixed expiration date. If a certificate is expired, clients - such as your visitor's browser - will consider that a secure connection cannot be established, resulting in warnings or errors.

Different [certificate authorities (CAs)](#certificate-authority-ca) support different validity periods. Cloudflare works with them to guarantee that both [Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) and [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) edge certificates are always renewed.

## Certificate authority (CA)

A [certificate authority (CA)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) is a trusted third party that generates and gives out SSL/TLS certificates. The CA digitally signs the certificates with their own private key, allowing client devices - such as your visitor's browser - to verify that the certificate is trustworthy.

As explained in the article about [what is an ssl certificate](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-an-ssl-certificate/), this means that, besides not being expired, an SSL/TLS certificate should be issued by a certificate authority (CA) in order to avoid warnings or errors.

## Validation level

SSL/TLS certificates vary in terms of the level to which a CA has validated them. As explained in the article about [types of certificates](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/types-of-ssl-certificates/), SSL/TLS certificates can be DV (Domain Validated), OV (Organization Validated) or EV (Extended Validation).

<Render file="validation-level-note" /> <br />

## Origin pull

When visitors request content from your website or application, Cloudflare first attempts to [serve content from the cache](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/). If this attempt fails, Cloudflare sends a request back to your origin web server to get the content. This request between Cloudflare and your origin web server is called origin pull.

This relates to the difference between [edge certificates](#edge-certificate) and [origin certificates](#origin-certificate), and also explains why some specifications such as [cipher suites](#cipher-suites) can be set differently depending on whether they refer to the connection between Cloudflare and your visitor's browser or between Cloudflare and your origin server.

## Cipher suites

Besides the authentication and integrity aspects that valid certificates guarantee, the other important aspect of SSL/TLS certificates is encryption. Cipher suites determine the set of algorithms that can be used for encryption/decryption and that will be negotiated during an [SSL/TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/).

For the purpose of this documentation, keep in mind that [cipher suites supported at Cloudflare's network](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/) may not be the same as [cipher suites presented by Cloudflare to your origin server](/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/).

## Trust store

The list of [certificate authority (CA)](#certificate-authority-ca) and intermediate certificates that are trusted by operating systems, web browsers or other software that interacts with SSL/TLS certificates is called trust store. Cloudflare maintains its trust store on a public [GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl_trust).

While for most cases you do not have to worry about this list or how it is used when a client checks your SSL/TLS certificate, some features such as [Custom Origin Trust Store](/ssl/origin-configuration/custom-origin-trust-store/), and processes such as [bundle methodologies](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/), are directly related to it.

## Chain of trust

Depending on your organization requirements, or if you have to troubleshoot an issue with your certificates, for example, you might come across the terms root certificate, intermediate certificate and leaf certificate.

These terms refer to the way in which the certificate presented to a client - the leaf certificate - has to be traceable back to a trusted certificate authority (CA) certificate - the [root certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_certificate). This process is structured around a [chain of trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_trust).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/get-started/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

Follow the steps below to enable SSL/TLS protection for your application.


## Before you begin


* [Create an account and register an application](/fundamentals/setup/)



## Choose an edge certificate

As explained in the [concepts page](/ssl/concepts/#ssltls-certificate), edge certificates are the SSL/TLS certificates that Cloudflare presents to your visitors.

Cloudflare offers a variety of options for your application's edge certificates:

* [**Universal certificates**](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/): <GlossaryDefinition term="Universal SSL certificate" />
* [**Advanced certificates**](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/): <Render file="acm-definition" />
* [**Custom certificates**](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/): <Render file="custom-certificates-definition" />
* [**Keyless certificates**](/ssl/keyless-ssl/) (Enterprise only): <Render file="keyless-ssl-definition" />

Refer to [Edge certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/) for more information on how different certificate types can respond to common use cases.

:::note[For SaaS providers]


<Render file="ssl-for-saas-definition" product="cloudflare-for-platforms" />

For more details, refer to [Cloudflare for SaaS (managed hostnames)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/).


:::


## Choose your encryption mode


Once you have chosen your edge certificate, [choose an encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/).

Encryption modes specify how Cloudflare encrypts connections between (a) visitors and Cloudflare, and (b) Cloudflare and your origin server. For more context about this two-part process refer to the [concepts page](/ssl/concepts/#ssltls-certificate).

Note that some encryption modes will require you to have a valid [origin certificate](/ssl/concepts/#origin-certificate), which is managed on your origin server. Each encryption mode setup page lists out this and other requirements and you can also [consider other Cloudflare options to use with your origin server](/ssl/origin-configuration/), such as [Origin CA certificates](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/).


## Enforce HTTPS connections


<Render file="enforce-https-recommendation" />


## Optional - Enable additional features


<Render file="get-started-additional-features" />

---

# Cloudflare SSL/TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Encrypt your web traffic to prevent data theft and other tampering.
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Through [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), Cloudflare is the first Internet performance and security company to offer free SSL/TLS protection.
Cloudflare SSL/TLS also provides a number of other features to meet your encryption requirements and certificate management needs. Refer to [Get started](/ssl/get-started/) for more.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Total TLS" href="/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/">
Extending the protection offered by Universal SSL, Total TLS is an easy way to automatically issue certificates for all levels of subdomains that you have.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Delegated DCV" href="/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/">
Even if you use a different provider for authoritative DNS, you can delegate domain control validation (DCV) to Cloudflare, reducing the need of manual intervention.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Custom TLS settings" href="/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/">
Cloudflare also allows you to specify the minimum TLS version that visitors must use to connect to your website or application, and [restrict cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) according to your security requirements.
</Feature>

<br />

Refer to [features and availability](/ssl/reference/all-features/) for a complete list of SSL/TLS features and their availability according to different Cloudflare plans.

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare DNS" href="/dns/" product="dns">
When you use Cloudflare DNS, all DNS queries for your domain are answered by Cloudflare's global anycast network. This network delivers performance and global availability.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare for SaaS" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/" product="cloudflare-for-platforms">
Cloudflare for SaaS allows you to extend the security and performance benefits of Cloudflare's network to your customers via their own custom or vanity domains.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/stream.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## Stream

### What formats and quality levels are delivered through Cloudflare Stream?

Cloudflare decides on which bitrate, resolution, and codec is best for you. We deliver all videos to industry standard H264 codec. We use a few different adaptive streaming levels from 360p to 1080p to ensure smooth streaming for your audience watching on different devices and bandwidth constraints.

### Can I download original video files from Stream?

You cannot download the *exact* input file that you uploaded. However, depending on your use case, you can use the [Downloadable Videos](/stream/viewing-videos/download-videos/) feature to get encoded MP4s for use cases like offline viewing.

### Is there a limit to the amount of videos I can upload?

* By default, a video upload can be at most 30 GB.

* By default, you can have up to 120 videos queued or being encoded simultaneously. Videos in the `ready` status are playable but may still be encoding certain quality levels until the `pctComplete` reaches 100. Videos in the `error`, `ready`, or `pendingupload` state do not count toward this limit. If you need the concurrency limit raised, [contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) explaining your use case and why you would like the limit raised.

:::note


The limit to the number of videos only applies to videos being uploaded to Cloudflare Stream. This limit is not related to the number of end users streaming videos.


:::

* An account cannot upload videos if the total video duration exceeds the video storage capacity purchased.

Limits apply to Direct Creator Uploads at the time of upload URL creation.

Uploads over these limits will receive a 429 (Too Many Requests) or 413 (Payload too large) HTTP status codes with more information in the response body. Please write to Cloudflare support or your customer success manager for higher limits.

### Can I embed videos on Stream even if my domain is not on Cloudflare?

Yes. Stream videos can be embedded on any domain, even domains not on Cloudflare.

### What input file formats are supported?

Users can upload video in the following file formats:

MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI, FLV, MPEG-2 TS, MPEG-2 PS, MXF, LXF, GXF, 3GP, WebM, MPG, QuickTime

### Does Stream support High Dynamic Range (HDR) video content?

When HDR videos are uploaded to Stream, they are re-encoded and delivered in SDR format, to ensure compatibility with the widest range of viewing devices.

### What frame rates (FPS) are supported?

Cloudflare Stream supports video file uploads for any FPS, however videos will be re-encoded for 70 FPS playback. If the original video file has a frame rate lower than 70 FPS, Stream will re-encode at the original frame rate.

If the frame rate is variable we will drop frames (e.g. if there are more than 1 frames within 1/30 seconds, we will drop the extra frames within that period).

### What browsers does Stream work on?

You can embed the Stream player on the following platforms:

<table-wrap>

| Browser | Version                             |
| ------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Chrome  | Supported since Chrome version 88+  |
| Firefox | Supported since Firefox version 87+ |
| Edge    | Supported since Edge 89+            |
| Safari  | Supported since Safari version 14+  |
| Opera   | Supported since Opera version 75+   |

</table-wrap>

:::note[Note]


Cloudflare Stream is not available on Chromium, as Chromium does not support H.264 videos.


:::

<table-wrap>

| Mobile Platform       | Version                                                                  |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Chrome on Android     | Supported on Chrome 90                                                   |
| UC Browser on Android | Supported on version 12.12+                                              |
| Samsung Internet      | Supported on 13+                                                         |
| Safari on iOS         | Supported on iOS 13.4+. Speed selector supported when not in fullscreen. |

</table-wrap>

### What are the recommended upload settings for video uploads?

If you are producing a brand new file for Cloudflare Stream, we recommend you use the following settings:

* MP4 containers, AAC audio codec, H264 video codec, 30 or below frames per second
* moov atom should be at the front of the file (Fast Start)
* H264 progressive scan (no interlacing)
* H264 high profile
* Closed GOP
* Content should be encoded and uploaded in the same frame rate it was recorded
* Mono or Stereo audio (Stream will mix audio tracks with more than 2 channels down to stereo)

Below are bitrate recommendations for encoding new videos for Stream:

<table-wrap>

| Resolution | Recommended bitrate |
| ---------- | ------------------- |
| 1080p      | 8 Mbps              |
| 720p       | 4.8 Mbps            |
| 480p       | 2.4 Mbps            |
| 360p       | 1 Mbps              |

</table-wrap>

### If I cancel my stream subscription, are the videos deleted?

Videos are removed if the subscription is not renewed within 30 days.

### I use Content Security Policy (CSP) on my website. What domains do I need to add to which directives?

If your website uses <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)" link="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> directives, depending on your configuration, you may need to add Cloudflare Stream's domains to particular directives, in order to allow videos to be viewed or uploaded by your users.

If you use the provided [Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/), `videodelivery.net` and `*.cloudflarestream.com` must be included in the `frame-src` or `default-src` directive to allow the player's `<iframe>` element to load.

```http
Content-Security-Policy: frame-src 'self' videodelivery.net *.cloudflarestream.com
```

If you use your **own** Player, add `*.videodelivery.net` and `*.cloudflarestream.com` to the `media-src`, `img-src` and `connect-src` CSP directives to allow video files and thumbnail images to load.

```http
Content-Security-Policy: media-src 'self' videodelivery.net *.cloudflarestream.com; img-src 'self' *.videodelivery.net *.cloudflarestream.com; connect-src 'self' *.videodelivery.net *.cloudflarestream.com
```

If you allow users to upload their own videos directly to Cloudflare Stream, add `*.videodelivery.net` and `*.cloudflarestream.com` to the `connect-src` CSP directive.

```http
Content-Security-Policy: connect-src 'self' *.videodelivery.net *.cloudflarestream.com
```

To ensure **only** videos from **your** Cloudflare Stream account can be played on your website, replace `*` in `*.cloudflarestream.com` and `*.videodelivery.net` in the examples above with `customer-<CODE>`, replacing `<CODE>` with your unique customer code, which can be found in the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream). This code is unique to your Cloudflare Account.

### Why is PageSpeed Insights giving a bad score when using the Stream Player?

If your website loads in a lot of player instances, PageSpeed Insights will penalize the JavaScript load for each player instance. Our testing shows that when actually loading the page, the script itself is only downloaded once with the local browser cache retrieving the script for the other player objects on the same page. Therefore, we believe that the PageSpeed Insights score is not matching real-world behavior in this situation.

If you are using thumbnails, you can use [animated thumbnails](/stream/viewing-videos/displaying-thumbnails/#animated-gif-thumbnails) that link to the video pages.

If multiple players are on the same page, you can lazy load any players that are not visible in the initial viewport. For more information about lazy loading, refer to [Mozilla's lazy loading documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe#lazy).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/get-started/

:::note[Before you get started:]


You must first [create a Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) and [create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) to begin using Stream.


:::

* [Upload your first video](/stream/get-started#upload-your-first-video)
* [Start your first live stream](/stream/get-started#start-your-first-live-stream)

## Upload your first video

### Step 1: Upload an example video from a public URL

You can upload videos directly from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream) or using the API.

To use the API, replace the `API_TOKEN` and `ACCOUNT_ID` values with your credentials in the example below.

```bash title="Upload a video using the API"
curl \
-X POST \
-d '{"url":"https://storage.googleapis.com/stream-example-bucket/video.mp4","meta":{"name":"My First Stream Video"}}' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/copy
```

### Step 2: Wait until the video is ready to stream

Because Stream must download and process the video, the video might not be available for a few seconds depending on the length of your video. You should poll the Stream API until `readyToStream` is `true`, or use [webhooks](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/) to be notified when a video is ready for streaming.

Use the video UID from the first step to poll the video:

```bash title="Request"
curl \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>
```

```json title="Response" {6}
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
    "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
    "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
    "readyToStream": true,
    "status": {
      "state": "ready"
    },
    "meta": {
      "downloaded-from": "https://storage.googleapis.com/stream-example-bucket/video.mp4",
      "name": "My First Stream Video"
    },
    "created": "2020-10-16T20:20:17.872170843Z",
    "size": 9032701,
   //...
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### Step 3: Play the video in your website or app

Videos uploaded to Stream can be played on any device and platform, from websites to native apps. See [Play videos](/stream/viewing-videos) for details and examples of video playback across platforms.

To play video on your website with the [Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/), copy the `uid` of the video from the request above, along with your unique customer code, and replace `<CODE>` and `<VIDEO_UID>` in the embed code below:

```html
<iframe
  src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
  title="Example Stream video"
  frameBorder="0"
  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
  allowFullScreen>
</iframe>
```

The embed code above can also be found in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream).

<figure data-type="stream">
  <div class="AspectRatio" style="--aspect-ratio: calc(16 / 9)">
    <iframe
      class="AspectRatio--content"
      src="https://iframe.videodelivery.net/5d5bc37ffcf54c9b82e996823bffbb81?muted=true"
      title="Example Stream video"
      frame-border="0"
      allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; fullscreen"></iframe>
  </div>
</figure>

### Next steps

* [Edit your video](/stream/edit-videos/) and add captions or watermarks
* [Customize the Stream player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/)

## Start your first live stream

### Step 1: Create a live input

You can create a live input via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs/create) or using the API.

To use the API, replace the `API_TOKEN` and `ACCOUNT_ID` values with your credentials in the example below.

```bash title="Request"
curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-D '{"meta": {"name":"test stream"},"recording": { "mode": "automatic" }}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/live_inputs
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "uid": "f256e6ea9341d51eea64c9454659e576",
  "rtmps": {
    "url": "rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/",
    "streamKey": "MTQ0MTcjM3MjI1NDE3ODIyNTI1MjYyMjE4NTI2ODI1NDcxMzUyMzcf256e6ea9351d51eea64c9454659e576"
  },
  "created": "2021-09-23T05:05:53.451415Z",
  "modified": "2021-09-23T05:05:53.451415Z",
  "meta": {
    "name": "test stream"
  },
  "status": null,
  "recording": {
    "mode": "automatic",
    "requireSignedURLs": false,
    "allowedOrigins": null
  }
}
```

### Step 2: Copy the RTMPS URL and key, and use them with your live streaming application.

We recommend using [Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)](https://obsproject.com/) to get started.

### Step 3: Play the live stream in your website or app

Live streams can be played on any device and platform, from websites to native apps, using the same video players as videos uploaded to Stream. See [Play videos](/stream/viewing-videos) for details and examples of video playback across platforms.

To play the live stream you just started on your website with the [Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/), copy the `uid` of the live input from the request above, along with your unique customer code, and replace `<CODE>` and `<VIDEO_UID>` in the embed code below:

```html
<iframe
  src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
  title="Example Stream video"
  frameBorder="0"
  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture"
  allowFullScreen>
</iframe>
```

The embed code above can also be found in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream).

### Next steps

* [Secure your stream](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/)
* [View live viewer counts](/stream/getting-analytics/live-viewer-count/)

## Accessibility considerations

To make your video content more accessible, include [captions](/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/) and [high-quality audio recording](https://www.w3.org/WAI/media/av/av-content/).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkButton, LinkTitleCard, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>


Serverless live and on-demand video streaming


</Description>

Cloudflare Stream lets you or your end users upload, store, encode, and deliver live and on-demand video with one API, without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.

You can use Stream to build your own video features in websites and native apps, from simple playback to an entire video platform.

Cloudflare Stream runs on [Cloudflare’s global cloud network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) in hundreds of cities worldwide.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/stream/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream">Stream dashboard</LinkButton>


***

## Features

<Feature header="Control access to video content" href="/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/" cta="Use Signed URLs">

Restrict access to paid or authenticated content with signed URLs.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Let your users upload their own videos" href="/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/" cta="Direct Creator Uploads">

Let users in your app upload videos directly to Stream with a unique, one-time upload URL.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Play video on any device" href="/stream/viewing-videos/" cta="Play videos">

Play on-demand and live video on websites, in native iOS and Android apps, and dedicated streaming devices like Apple TV.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Get detailed analytics" href="/stream/getting-analytics/" cta="Explore Analytics">

Understand and analyze which videos and live streams are viewed most and break down metrics on a per-creator basis.


</Feature>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
&#x20;Join the Stream developer community 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/pricing/

Cloudflare Stream lets you broadcast, store, and deliver video using a simple, unified API and simple pricing. Stream bills on two dimensions only:

- Minutes of video stored
- Minutes of video delivered

On-demand and live video are billed the same way.

Ingress (sending your content to us) and encoding are always free. Bandwidth is already included in "video delivered" with no additional egress (traffic/bandwidth) fees.

## Minutes of video stored

Storage is a prepaid pricing dimension purchased in increments of $5 per 1,000 minutes stored, regardless of file size. You can check how much storage you have and how much you have used on the [Stream](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream) page in Dash.

Storage is consumed by:

- Original videos uploaded to your account
- Recordings of live broadcasts
- The reserved `maxDurationSeconds` for Direct Creator and TUS uploads which have not been completed. After these uploads are complete or the upload link expires, this reservation is released.

Storage is not consumed by:

- Videos in an unplayable or errored state
- Expired Direct Creator upload links
- Deleted videos
- Downloadable files generated for [MP4 Downloads](/stream/viewing-videos/download-videos/)

Storage consumption is rounded up to the second of video duration; file size does not matter. Video stored in Stream does not incur additional storage fees from other storage products such as R2.

:::note
If you run out of storage, you will not be able to upload new videos or start new live streams until you purchase more storage or delete videos.

Enterprise customers _may_ continue to upload new content beyond their contracted quota without interruption.
:::

## Minutes of video delivered

Delivery is a post-paid, usage-based pricing dimension billed at $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered. You can check how much delivery you have used on the [Billable Usage](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/billing/billable-usage) page in Dash or the [Stream Analytics](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/analytics) page under Stream.

Delivery is counted for the following uses:

- Playback via HLS or DASH
- MP4 Downloads
- Simulcasting via SRT or RTMP live outputs

Delivery is counted by HTTP requests for video segments or parts of the MP4. Therefore:

- Client-side preloading and buffering is counted as billable delivery.
- Content played from client-side/browser cache is not billable, like a short looping video. Some mobile app player libraries do not cache HLS segments by default.
- MP4 Downloads are billed by percentage of the file delivered.

Minutes delivered for web playback (HLS and DASH) are rounded to the _segment_ length: for uploaded content, segments are four seconds. Live broadcast and recording segments are determined by the keyframe interval or GOP size of the original broadcast.

## Example scenarios

**Two people each watch thirty minutes of a broadcast. How much would it cost?**

This will result in 60 minutes of Minutes Delivered usage (or $0.06). Stream bills on minutes of video delivered, not per viewer.

**I have a really large file. Does that cost more?**

The cost to store a video is based only on its duration, not its file size. If the file is within the [30GB max file size limitation](/stream/faq/#is-there-a-limit-to-the-amount-of-videos-i-can-upload), it will be accepted. Be sure to use an upload method like Upload from Link or TUS that handles large files well.

**If I make a Direct Creator Upload link with a maximum duration (`maxDurationSeconds`) of 600 seconds which expires in 1 hour, how is storage consumed?**

- Ten minutes will be subtracted from your available storage immediately.
- If the link is unused in one hour, those 10 minutes will be released.
- If the creator link is used to upload a five minute video, when the video is uploaded and processed, the 10 minute reservation will be released and the true five minute duration of the file will be counted.
- If the creator link is used to upload a five minute video but it fails to encode, the video will be marked as errored, the reserved storage will be released, and no storage use will be counted.

**I am broadcasting live, but no one is watching. How much does that cost?**

A live broadcast with no viewers will cost $0 for minutes delivered, but the recording of the broadcast will count toward minutes of video stored.

If someone watches the recording, that will be counted as minutes of video delivered.

If the recording is deleted, the storage use will be released.

**I want to store and deliver millions of minutes a month. Do you have volume pricing?**

Yes, contact our [Sales Team](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/).

---

# WebRTC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/webrtc-beta/

import { Badge, InlineBadge } from '~/components';

Sub-second latency live streaming (using WHIP) and playback (using WHEP) to unlimited concurrent viewers.

WebRTC is ideal for when you need live video to playback in near real-time, such as:

* When the outcome of a live event is time-sensitive (live sports, financial news)
* When viewers interact with the live stream (live Q\&A, auctions, etc.)
* When you want your end users to be able to easily go live or create their own video content, from a web browser or native app

:::note

WebRTC streaming is currently in beta, and we'd love to hear what you think. Join the Cloudflare Discord server [using this invite](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev/) and hop into our [Discord channel](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/893253103695065128) to let us know what you're building with WebRTC! 

:::

## Step 1: Create a live input

[Use the Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs/create), or make a POST request to the [`/live_inputs` API endpoint](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/methods/create/)

```json title="API response from a POST request to /live_inputs" {5}
{
  "uid": "1a553f11a88915d093d45eda660d2f8c",
 ...
  "webRTC": {
    "url": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<SECRET>/webRTC/publish"
  },
  "webRTCPlayback": {
    "url": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<INPUT_UID>/webRTC/play"
  },
...
}
```

## Step 2: Go live using WHIP

Every live input has a unique URL that one creator can be stream to. This URL should *only* be shared with the creator — anyone with this URL has the ability to stream live video to this live input.

Copy the URL from the `webRTC` key in the API response (see above), or directly from the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs).

Paste this URL into the provided [WHIP example code](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/whip.html#L13).

```javascript title="Simplified example code" {4}
// Add a <video> element to the HTML page this code runs in:
// <video id="input-video" autoplay muted></video>

import WHIPClient from "./WHIPClient.js"; // an example WHIP client, see https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/WHIPClient.ts

const url = "<WEBRTC_URL_FROM_YOUR_LIVE_INPUT>"; // add the webRTC URL from your live input here
const videoElement = document.getElementById("input-video");
const client = new WHIPClient(url, videoElement);
```

Once the creator grants permission to their camera and microphone, live video and audio will automatically start being streamed to Cloudflare, using WebRTC.

You can also use this URL with any client that supports the [WebRTC-HTTP ingestion protocol (WHIP)](https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-wish-whip-06.html). See [supported WHIP clients](#supported-whip-and-whep-clients) for a list of clients we have tested and confirmed compatibility with Cloudflare Stream.

## Step 3: Play live video using WHEP

Copy the URL from the `webRTCPlayback` key in the API response (see above), or directly from the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs). There are no limits on the number of concurrent viewers.

Paste this URL into the provided [WHEP example code](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/whep.html#L13).

```javascript title="Simplified example code" {4}
// Add a <video> element to the HTML page this code runs in:
// <video id="output-video" autoplay muted></video>

import WHEPClient from "./WHEPClient.js"; // an example WHEP client, see https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/WHEPClient.ts

const url = "<WEBRTC_URL_FROM_YOUR_LIVE_INPUT>"; // add the webRTCPlayback URL from your live input here
const videoElement = document.getElementById("output-video");
const client = new WHEPClient(url, videoElement);
```

As long as the creator is actively streaming, viewers should see their broadcast in their browser, with less than 1 second of latency.

You can also use this URL with any client that supports the [WebRTC-HTTP egress protocol (WHEP)](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-murillo-whep-01.html). See [supported WHEP clients](#supported-whip-and-whep-clients) for a list of clients we have tested and confirmed compatibility with Cloudflare Stream.

## Using WebRTC in native apps

If you are building a native app, the example code above can run within a [WkWebView (iOS)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wkwebview), [WebView (Android)](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebView) or using [react-native-webrtc](https://github.com/react-native-webrtc/react-native-webrtc/blob/master/Documentation/BasicUsage.md). If you need to use WebRTC without a webview, you can use Google's Java and Objective-C native [implementations of WebRTC APIs](https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/+/refs/heads/main/sdk).

## Debugging WebRTC

* **Chrome**: Navigate to `chrome://webrtc-internals` to view detailed logs and graphs.
* **Firefox**: Navigate to `about:webrtc` to view information about WebRTC sessions, similar to Chrome.
* **Safari**: To enable WebRTC logs, from the inspector, open the settings tab (cogwheel icon), and set WebRTC logging to "Verbose" in the dropdown menu.

## Supported WHIP and WHEP clients

Beyond the [example WHIP client](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/WHIPClient.ts) and [example WHEP client](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/templates/stream/webrtc/src/WHEPClient.ts) used in the examples above, we have tested and confirmed that the following clients are compatible with Cloudflare Stream:

### WHIP

* [OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)](https://obsproject.com)
* [@eyevinn/whip-web-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@eyevinn/whip-web-client) (TypeScript)
* [whip-go](https://github.com/ggarber/whip-go) (Go)
* [gst-plugins-rs](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs) (Gstreamer plugins, written in Rust)
* [Larix Broadcaster](https://softvelum.com/larix/) (free apps for iOS and Android with WebRTC based on Pion, SDK available)

### WHEP

* [@eyevinn/webrtc-player](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@eyevinn/webrtc-player) (TypeScript)
* [@eyevinn/wrtc-egress](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@eyevinn/wrtc-egress) (TypeScript)
* [gst-plugins-rs](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs) (Gstreamer plugins, written in Rust)

As more WHIP and WHEP clients are published, we are committed to supporting them and being fully compliant with the both protocols.

## Supported codecs

* [VP9](https://developers.google.com/media/vp9) (recommended for highest quality)
* [VP8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VP8)
* [h264](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Video_Coding) (Constrained Baseline Profile Level 3.1, referred to as `42e01f` in the SDP offer's `profile-level-id` parameter.)

## Conformance with WHIP and WHEP specifications

Cloudflare Stream fully supports all aspects of the [WHIP](https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-wish-whip-06.html) and [WHEP](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-murillo-whep-01.html) specifications, including:

* [Trickle ICE](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc8838/)
* [Server and client offer modes](https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-murillo-whep-01.html#section-3) for WHEP

You can find the specific version of WHIP and WHEP being used in the `protocol-version` header in WHIP and WHEP API responses. The value of this header references the IETF draft slug for each protocol. Currently, Stream uses `draft-ietf-wish-whip-06` (expected to be the final WHIP draft revision) and `draft-murillo-whep-01` (the most current WHEP draft).

## Limitations while in beta

* [Recording](/stream/stream-live/watch-live-stream/#live-stream-recording-playback) is not yet supported (coming soon)
* [Simulcasting](/stream/stream-live/simulcasting) (restreaming) is not yet supported (coming soon)
* [Live viewer counts](/stream/getting-analytics/live-viewer-count/) are not yet supported (coming soon)
* [Analytics](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/) are not yet supported (coming soon)
* WHIP and WHEP must be used together — we do not yet support streaming using RTMP/SRT and playing using WHEP, or streaming using WHIP and playing using HLS or DASH. (coming soon)
* Once generally available, WebRTC streaming will be priced just like the rest of Cloudflare Stream, based on minutes stored and minutes of video delivered.

---

# Style Guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/

Use this guide when writing any content for product, including the dashboard and documentation.

Understanding Cloudflare style is the first step in being able to write, review, and edit documentation. Adhering to Cloudflare style ensures consistency across the company's documentation and promotes the following benefits:

* A professional and reliable product image
* A seamless customer experience across Cloudflare products
* Minimized customer confusion
* Simplified translation process

Visit the [Cloudflare Docs](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs) repository to contribute to developer documentation.

---

# Contacting Cloudflare Support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/

## Guidelines for contacting Cloudflare support

Cloudflare Support _cannot_ perform the following actions:

- Make configuration or account changes on a customer’s behalf
- Provide sensitive account info over the phone
- Troubleshoot or answer questions about domains not associated with the Cloudflare account email address used to contact support

:::caution

**Do not share** any sensitive information, such as passwords, credit
card numbers, private keys, or API keys with Cloudflare.
:::

Before notifying Cloudflare of an issue with your site, refer to the [Cloudflare Status Page](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/). If reporting issues with your site, ensure to provide adequate details in the support case _(refer to [Getting help with an issue](#getting-help-with-an-issue) for more information)_.

---

## Methods of contacting Cloudflare support

As a Cloudflare customer, you can contact Cloudflare for support via the community portal or by opening a support case, live chat, or phone. Support options can vary depending on your plan.

|                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Enterprise | Business | Pro         | Free        |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | -------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| [Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/)<br/>Join the community to ask basic troubleshooting questions and to view the latest resources (such as tips for resolving common issues and configuration guidance). | Yes        | Yes      | Recommended | Recommended |
| [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com/)<br/>Join the Discord community to ask basic troubleshooting questions (mainly focused on the Developer Platform).                                                         | Yes        | Yes      | Recommended | Recommended |
| [Support case](#getting-help-with-an-issue)<br/>Use to troubleshoot specific issues or errors. Response times depend on your plan.                                                                                   | Yes        | Yes      | Yes         | No\*        |
| **Chat**<br/>Use to troubleshoot specific issues or errors. Response times depend on your plan.                                                                                                                      | Yes        | Yes      | No          | No          |
| **Emergency Phone** <br/>Use phone support to reach out during emergencies such as site outages or DDoS attacks.                                                                                                     | Yes        | No       | No          | No          |

---

:::note

Customers on Free plans are encouraged to utilize our Cloudflare Community and will only receive standard case support for billing, account, and registrar issues.

:::

## Verifying your identity

_(For Enterprise Emergency Phone Support)_

For account security, you must verify your identity and account ownership in the Cloudflare dashboard before discussing account settings and sensitive details with Cloudflare Support. There are two verification options:

- a single-use token that automatically refreshes every thirty (30) seconds, or
- an [authenticator app token](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#configure-totp-mobile-application-authentication-for-two-factor-cloudflare-login) on your mobile device.

### Authenticating your account

1\. Log into your Cloudflare account.

2\. In the upper right corner of the Cloudflare dashboard, select **Support** > **Contact Cloudflare**.

![](~/assets/images/support/contact-cloudflare-menu.png)

3\. On the right-hand panel there is a section for _Emergency Phone Support Hotline_.

![](~/assets/images/support/Screen_Shot_2022-09-28_at_11.41.37.png)

4\. To authenticate using a single-use token, click **Get a single-use token**. A pop-up window will appear with your Unique Customer Id and One Time Passcode. The code automatically refreshes every 30 seconds.

![](~/assets/images/support/Emergency_Phone_Support.png)

5\. To authenticate using an authenticator app, click **Configure authenticator app** and follow the [configuration instructions](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#configure-totp-mobile-application-authentication-for-two-factor-cloudflare-login) on the following screen. After configuration, the token code will appear in your mobile authentication application.

6\. When calling the emergency phone line, you can authenticate automatically by entering your ID and Code when requested.

---

## Getting help with an issue

To submit a support case, follow these steps:

1. Browse to [https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support).
2. Enter the **email** and **password** for your Cloudflare account. Your email needs to be [verified](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/login-and-account-issues/) in order to submit a Support case.
3. Select the appropriate account requiring assistance.
4. Verify that you are now in the Support Portal.
5. Choose the category and subcategories that best define your issue.
6. Choose the affected domains (if applicable).
7. Enter a detailed summary of the issue you’re experiencing.
8. Review the right-hand panel of the Portal for recommended resources and for troubleshooting guides resulting from diagnostics run against your domain.
9. If the provided resources did not solve your issue, click Add more details to submit a case\*\*
10. Complete the case submission fields as completely as possible with the following information. _(**Please note** that missing information will increase the time it takes to resolve your issue and our team may not be able to investigate without enough information. Please review [Gathering information for troubleshooting sites](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/) and make sure you include all needed information.)_
    \- A detailed description of the issue with the following information:
    - Timestamp (UTC)
    - ZoneName/ZoneID
    - Problem frequency
    - Steps to reproduce the issue, with actual results vs expected results
      \- Any necessary information for a technical investigation
    - A description of the actual results vs expected results
    - Steps to reproduce the issue, with example URLs 
    - Exact error messages
    - HAR files
    - Screenshots
    - Relevant logs from the origin web server
    - Output from [test tools](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/) such as MTR, traceroute, dig/nslookup, and cURL
      \- Priority level, impact to service / production
      \- Any collaborators whom you wish to be cc'd on the case
11. Click **Submit Case**

\*\* Available to certain plan types only. Refer to chart above for details.

### Accepted file formats in cases and chats

You can only upload the following file types in a case or a chat:

_Image_

- png, jpg, gif, ico, tiff

_Video_

- mp4, avi, webm

_Text_

- har, txt, csv, eml, css, html, json, tf

Cloudflare Support only accepts the WARP diagnostics as compressed files.
Please do not upload ZIP or RAR files when sharing HAR files, and please do not share compressed documents like DOCX, XLSX or PPTX.

The maximum file size is **20 MB**.
If you need to share a larger file, please provide a link to the file using Google Drive or a similar sharing platform of your choice.

### View open support cases

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account.
2. Select `My Activities - All Tickets` from **Support** dropdown.
3. Select your account if needed.
4. You will be redirected to the portal where you can see your own cases and cases you are CC'd on.

### Add participants to open support tickets

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account.
2. Select `My Activities - All Tickets` from **Support** dropdown.
3. Select your account if needed.
4. Select the case you want to add participants to.
5. Enter their email in the `Case Participants` box in the top right and click **Add**.

---

## Live chat support

You can also use the **live chat** (Business and Enterprise plans, only) to ask specific questions that don’t require a lot of technical investigation:

1. Browse to [https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support).
2. Enter the email and password for your Cloudflare account. Your email needs to be verified in order to chat live with us.
3. Select the appropriate account requiring assistance.
4. Click the **Help** icon in the bottom right corner of the screen
5. The **Live Chat** screen will appear. Use the search field to check for answers to your questions:
6. If the results didn't answer your question, press the **Live chat** button and start typing your message to chat with a Technical Support Engineer.

---

## Service Level Agreements and Objectives

### How we prioritize your issue

Cloudflare support responds to every case received in the following priority order:

- Premium Enterprise
- Standard Enterprise
- Business
- Pro
- Free

Cloudflare Support strives to respond to our customers as quickly as possible. Urgent issues (site down, under attack) are prioritized for the quickest response possible. Please explicitly specify the priority level and impact to your production service when reaching out to Cloudflare support.

Below are definitions of the priority levels Cloudflare assigns to cases and the associated Service Level Agreement (SLA) or Service Level Objective (SLO). Whenever possible, responses are provided quicker than the noted SLAs.

### Priority definitions

- P1 - Service is significantly impaired and unavailable in multiple user locations.
  - _Example_: site outage issues or an ongoing attack.
- P2 - Repeated inability to use the Service from a single location or localized region.
  - _Example_: Localized site outage. These issues may be with a single website or even a single server.
- P3 - Issues that may impact service performance or user experience but do not prevent service usage; account-related queries.
  - _Example_: slow performance issues, information requests, or usage questions.
- P4 - General questions related to Cloudflare's products and services

### Premium SLA

- P1 - initial response in 1 hour
- P2 - initial response in 2 hours 
- P3 - initial response in 24 hours 
- P4 - initial response in 24 hours

### Enterprise SLA

- P1 - initial response in 2 hours
- P2 - initial response in 4 hours
- P3 - initial response in 48 hours
- P4 - initial response in 48 hours

### SLOs for other plans

- PAYGO and Free customers - No SLAs are offered, but customers are responded to in the order in which their request is received. For a quicker answer, we highly recommend searching or posting on our [Community forums](https://community.cloudflare.com/).

## Supported languages

For Enterprise support, Cloudflare provides support in English, but makes a best effort to offer help in the following languages:

- Chinese
- English
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Portuguese
- Spanish

## Supported regions

Cloudflare offers worldwide support, which covers:

- Asia-Pacific
- Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- North and South America

---

# Support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/tenant.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/get-started/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Having access to Cloudflare’s provisioning capabilities allows you to more easily create and manage Cloudflare accounts. The following steps will get you started on making API calls to provision accounts, users, and services.

## Before you begin

### Channel and Alliance partner account setup

Before using the Tenant API, you need to [create an account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/), [verify your email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/), and [add your billing information](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/).

After you sign your partner agreement with Cloudflare, Cloudflare will add [certain entitlements](/tenant/structure/) to your account that allow you to provision and manage custom accounts. If you have signed your partner agreement and your account has not yet been enabled, contact `partners@cloudflare.com`.

### API access

You also need to [retrieve your API key](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/#view-your-global-api-key) to authenticate your requests to the Tenant API.

For more details on using the Cloudflare API, refer to our [API overview](/fundamentals/api/).

## Step 1 - Create an account

<Render file="account-preamble" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="create-account-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="create-account-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Step 2 - Grant user access

Now that you have created an account, you need to either give your customer direct access to Cloudflare or build an interface for them to interact with.

The first method gives customers control over all aspects of Cloudflare, while the latter allows you to integrate your customer's Cloudflare experience into a dashboard that you control and that they may already be familiar with.

### Option 1 - Direct access to Cloudflare

When you grant user access to an account, Cloudflare will send an invitation to the user so they can get access to the account. If they do not already have a Cloudflare user, Cloudflare will take them through the process of creating one. Once created, they will be given access to the account and any zones already created.

#### Using the dashboard

If you want to give customers access to their individual accounts, it is the same as if you were [inviting a teammate](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/#add-account-members) to help manage your account.

#### Using the API

You can also grant access to the Cloudflare dashboard by using the API.

```bash title="Request"
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<CUSTOMER_ACCOUNT_ID>/members' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "email": "<CUSTOMER_EMAIL>",
  "roles": ["<USER_ROLE>"]
}'
```

In most cases, you will want to create new users with a role of `Administrator` which always has the ID `05784afa30c1afe1440e79d9351c7430`.

If your customer is on an Enterprise plan, they have access to a broader set of user roles. To get a full list of available roles, send a [`GET`](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/roles/methods/list/) request to the API.

### Option 2 - Access via an interface

If you want greater control over how customers use Cloudflare or if you want your customers to use an existing dashboard of yours that they already know, use the Cloudflare API to build this experience.

This means that you will be making API calls to Cloudflare on behalf of your customers. To avoid getting [rate limited](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/) by our API, Cloudflare recommend that you create accounts and users for each of your customers. Changes made by customer `A` should go through user `A` and changes made by customer `B` should go through user `B`.

:::note

This capability is not enabled by default. If you need this functionality, contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

:::

To grant access via an interface, you need to create a service user, as no one will log in to the dashboard with them. If you are planning to use this method, Cloudflare will enable you to see the API key in order to make API calls as this user.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/users" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "email": "<ID@example.com>"
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "60758bd48392a06215ae817bc35084b6",
		"email": "<ID@example.com>",
		"first_name": null,
		"last_name": null,
		"username": "17bd2796b374cec14976ac3bced85c05",
		"telephone": null,
		"country": null,
		"created_on": "2019-02-21T23:20:28.645256Z",
		"modified_on": "2019-02-21T23:20:28.645256Z",
		"two_factor_authentication": {
			"enabled": false,
			"locked": false
		},
		"api_key": "xxx"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Step 3 - Create a zone

Now that you have a customer account and customer users (or service users), you need to create a zone.

To do this, send a [`POST`](/api/resources/zones/methods/create/) request to the `/zones` endpoint (including the customer account ID you received in [Step 1](#step-1---create-an-account)).

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "example.com",
  "account": {
    "id": "<CUSTOMER_ACCOUNT_ID>"
  }
}'
```

## Step 4 - Create a zone plan subscription

Now that you have a zone provisioned for the customer, you can add the appropriate zone plan based on your reseller agreement.

<Render file="create-zone-subscription" />

## Step 5 - Create other subscriptions

Depending on your agreement, you may be allowed to resell other add-on services. These are provisioned as account-level subscriptions.

<Render file="create-account-subscription" />

## Step 6 - Configure zone and services

Once you have added the necessary subscriptions, you or your customer can move on to configuring various services and fine-tuning account and zone settings.

Configuration can be done by anyone with access to the account (as well as the correct user permissions). This process does not differ from configuring any other Cloudflare account. For additional guidance, refer to our [Product docs](/).

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/glossary/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The following terms are used throughout the Tenant API docs. For more details on how these concepts interact with each other, refer to [Tenant structure](/tenant/structure/).

## Tenant

<Render file="tenant-definition" />

## Tenant admin

<Render file="tenant-admin-definition" />

## Account

<Render file="account-definition" />

## User

<Render file="user-definition" />

## Resource

<Render file="resource-definition" />

---

# Tenant structure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/structure/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare helps Channel and Alliance partners manage their and their customers' accounts through a Tenant structure.

![Partner accounts contain a tenant, which is a container for customer accounts and zones. For more details, keep reading.](~/assets/images/tenant/tenant-diagram.png)

## Tenants and Tenant admins

<Render file="tenant-definition" />

<Render file="tenant-admin-definition" />

## Accounts, users, and resources

This Tenant structure gives your account streamlined administrative access to customer:

* Accounts[^1]
* Users[^2]
* Resources[^3]

At the same time, this structure keeps your customers' data and settings separate from each other.

[^1]: <Render file="account-definition" />

[^2]: <Render file="user-definition" />

[^3]: <Render file="resource-definition" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/

The Cloudflare Tenant API is a provisioning mechanism to help Channel and Alliance partners set up and manage Cloudflare accounts and services for their customers.

These APIs are built into our Client v4 API library to provide a streamlined onboarding and setup experience.

## Available resources

As you dive into the Tenant API, take advantage of the following resources:

* [Tenant structure](/tenant/structure/) explains some basic ideas behind the Tenant API and how it works.
* [Get started](/tenant/get-started/) provides the quickest path to get your customer accounts up and running.
* [How to](/tenant/how-to/) offers step-by-step instructions for specific tasks.
* [Reference topics](/tenant/reference/) contains detailed information about the Tenant API, including a list of available zone and account-level subscriptions.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/installing/

Terraform ships as a single binary file. The examples below include installation information for popular operating systems.

For official instructions on installing Terraform, refer to [Install Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli).

:::caution

Terraform maintains your configuration state, which can be broken when you make configuration changes through both Terraform and either the Cloudflare Dashboard or API.

To avoid this state, make sure you manage Terraform resources only in Terraform. For more details, refer to our [best practices](/terraform/advanced-topics/best-practices/).

:::

## Mac

The easiest way to install Terraform on macOS is with Homebrew.

```sh
brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform
```

## Linux

You can install the `terraform` binary via your distribution's package manager. For example:

```sh
sudo apt install terraform
```

Alternatively, you can fetch a specific version directly and place the binary in your `PATH`:

```sh
wget -q https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.5/terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip

unzip terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip
```

```sh output
Archive:  terraform_1.4.5_linux_amd64.zip
  inflating: terraform
```

```sh
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/terraform

terraform version
```

```sh output
Terraform v1.4.5
```

## Windows

1. Download the 32 or 64-bit executable from the [Download Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads) page.
2. Unzip and place `terraform.exe` somewhere in your path.

## Other

For additional installers, refer to the [Download Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads) page.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/

Configure Cloudflare using HashiCorp's “Infrastructure as Code” tool, Terraform. With [Cloudflare’s Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs), you can manage the Cloudflare global network using the same familiar tools you use to automate the rest of your infrastructure. Define and store configuration in source code repositories like GitHub, track and version changes over time, and roll back when needed — all without needing to use the Cloudflare APIs.

Report Terraform configuration issues via [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare/issues/new/choose).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn more about Cloudflare’s suite of time services.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Network Time Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/nts/

[Network Time Security](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8915) (NTS) provides cryptographic security for the client-server mode of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). This allows users to obtain time in an authenticated manner.

## Background

The NTS protocol is divided into two phases:

1. **NTS Key Exchange**: Establishes the necessary key material between the NTP client and the server, using a [Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/) (the same public key infrastructure as the web). Once the keys are exchanged, the TLS channel is closed and the protocol enters the second phase.
2. **NTS Extension Fields for NTPv4**: Authenticates NTP time synchronization packets using previously established key material. For more information, refer to [RFC 8915](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8915).

## Next steps

NTS is gaining support in many NTP implementations, including [Chrony](https://chrony-project.org/documentation.html), [NTPsec](https://www.ntpsec.org/), and [ntpd-rs](https://github.com/pendulum-project/ntpd-rs). Read the relevant documentation for guidance on setting them up to point to our time service, `time.cloudflare.com`. Also see [Netnod's documentation](https://www.netnod.se/netnod-time/how-to-use-nts) for configuring NTS clients.

---

# Terms of use

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/tos/

By using Cloudflare's suite of time services, you agree to [Cloudflare Website and Online Services Terms of Use](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/turnstile.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Community resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/community-resources/

Community resources for our customers to help them integrate Turnstile.

:::caution

These resources are made by the **community** and not maintained directly by Cloudflare.

As such, Cloudflare is not liable for any damages arising from using them.
:::

:::note

Did we miss your library? [Contribute to our list][1].

[1]: https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-request-guidelines

:::

## Client-side rendering libraries

Libraries that only support the client-side rendering of Turnstile:

- React
  - [react-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-turnstile)
  - [@marsidev/react-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@marsidev/react-turnstile)

:::note

Cloudflare recommends [@marsidev/react-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@marsidev/react-turnstile) when rendering Turnstile. We have deployed an implementation of the library and can confirm that it is safe to use and works as expected.
:::

- Vue
  - [cfturnstile-vue3](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cfturnstile-vue3)
  - [vue-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/vue-turnstile)
- [Angular](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ngx-turnstile)
- [Svelte](https://www.npmjs.com/package/svelte-turnstile)

## Server-side validation libraries

Libraries that only support the server-side validation of Turnstile:

- [fastify-cloudflare-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fastify-cloudflare-turnstile)

## Full-stack libraries

Libraries that both support the both client-side rendering and server-side validation of Turnstile:

- [Nuxt](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nuxtjs/turnstile)
- [Laravel](https://github.com/romanzipp/Laravel-Turnstile)
- [Phoenix](https://github.com/jsonmaur/phoenix-turnstile)

## Integrations

Turnstile integrations for popular content management systems:

- [Craft CMS](https://plugins.craftcms.com/turnstile)
- [Google Forms](https://github.com/ModMalwareInvestigation/turnstile-for-forms)
- [SilverStripe](https://github.com/webbuilders-group/silverstripe-turnstile)
- [Statamic](https://statamic.com/addons/aryeh-raber/captcha)
- [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-cloudflare-turnstile)

## Other

Other resources related to integrating Turnstile:

### TypeScript definitions

- [turnstile-types](https://www.npmjs.com/package/turnstile-types)
- [@types/cloudflare-turnstile](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/cloudflare-turnstile)

### Additional support

- [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/website-application-performance/turnstile/83)
- [Cloudflare Developers Discord server](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1025131875397812224)

---

# Demos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Turnstile within your existing application.

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Turnstile.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Turnstile"]} />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Turnstile documentation.

<Glossary product="turnstile" />

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/frequently-asked-questions/

## What features are available for Free or Enterprise users?

Refer to [Availability](/turnstile/#availability) for more information on features available per tier.

---

## What languages does Turnstile support?

Refer to the [list of supported languages](/turnstile/reference/supported-languages/) for more information.

---

## Does Turnstile conform to WCAG 2.1 Level AA accessibility standard?

Yes, Turnstile is WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliant.

---

## Where can I get additional support for Turnstile?

Refer to the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/website-application-performance/turnstile/83) or join the [Cloudflare Developers Discord server](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1025131875397812224).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/

import {
	Description,
	Feature,
	FeatureTable,
	LinkButton,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
	Render,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Cloudflare’s smart CAPTCHA alternative.

</Description>

Turnstile can be embedded into any website without sending traffic through Cloudflare and works without showing visitors a CAPTCHA.

<Plan type="all" />

![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)

<Render file="challenge-behavior" />

Rather than try to unilaterally deprecate and replace CAPTCHA with a single alternative, we built a platform to test many alternatives and rotate new challenges in and out as they become more or less effective.

With Turnstile, we adapt the actual challenge outcome to the individual visitor or browser. First, we run a series of small non-interactive JavaScript challenges gathering more signals about the visitor/browser environment. Those challenges include, proof-of-work, proof-of-space, probing for web APIs, and various other challenges for detecting browser-quirks and human behavior. As a result, we can fine-tune the difficulty of the challenge to the specific request and avoid ever showing a visual puzzle to a user.

Turnstile also includes machine learning models that detect common features of end visitors who were able to pass a challenge before. The computational hardness of those initial challenges may vary by visitor, but is targeted to run fast.

Turnstile [widget types](/turnstile/concepts/widget/) include:

- A non-interactive challenge.
- A non-intrusive interactive challenge (such as checking a box), if the visitor is a suspected bot.
- An invisible challenge to the browser.

---

## Accessibility

Turnstile is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant.

---

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="security.turnstile" />

Refer to [Cloudflare Turnstile's product page](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/) for more information on Turnstile's plans.

---

## Get started

{" "}
<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/turnstile/get-started/">
	Get started
</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="/turnstile/migration/">
	Migration guides
</LinkButton> <LinkButton
	variant="secondary"
	href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile"
>
	Dashboard
</LinkButton>

---

## Features

<Feature header="Turnstile analytics" href="/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/">
	Assess the number of challenges issued, evaluate the challenge solve rate, and
	view the metrics of issued challenges.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Pre-Clearance"
	href="/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/"
>
	Integrate Cloudflare challenges on single-page applications (SPAs) by allowing
	Turnstile to issue a Pre-Clearance cookie.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Bots" href="/bots/" product="bots">
	Cloudflare bot solutions identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect
	your domain from bad bots.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="WAF" href="/waf/" product="waf">
	Get automatic protection from vulnerabilities and the flexibility to create
	custom rules.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Turnstile analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/

Using Turnstile analytics, you can:

- Assess the number of challenges issued.
- Evaluate the Challenge Solve Rate (CSR).
- View the metrics of issued challenges.

## View metrics of your widgets

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile** and then navigate to your website to see an overview of its widget metrics.

These metrics show changes in the solve rate, widget traffic, and top actions for your website.

## Change in Solve Rate

The change in Solve Rate is expected to be relatively stable over time. It is an indication of something happening on the website, such as undergoing attacks from bots.

View the history of your website’s widget Solve Rate with Turnstile analytics.

:::note

You can filter the data by `Action=(free input)` or by time. 
:::

### Visitor Solve Rate

Visitor Solve Rate considers all humans who have viewed the widget, whether it was interactive or non-interactive. It measures the percentage of people who completed the widget. For example, if 100 people saw the widget and 20 of them completed it successfully, the Visitor Solve Rate would be 20%.

A full Turnstile Challenge Token Flow consists of a few things:

- A challenge is rendered (issued).
- A challenge is solved on the front end and a token is harvested (solved).
- The token is passed to siteverify, and it is consumed (siteverified).

Visitor Solve Rate is the percentage of tokens that were solved but have not necessarily been siteverified compared to issued challenges.

### API Solve Rate

API Solve Rate is the share of tokens that were siteverified compared to issued. It focuses only on humans who interacted with the widget through the website’s API. It measures the percentage of successful widget completions among all visitors detected through the API. This metric looks specifically at the number of people who successfully completed the widget. For example, if 100 people viewed the widget, 20 of them completed it successfully, and only 15 of them had their token siteverified, the API Solve Rate would be 15%.

## Widget traffic

Widget traffic metrics provide you with data on the number of instances where the widget was displayed, the number of instances where interactive widget was solved, and the number of instances where non-interactive widget was solved on your website over time.

## Top Actions

Top Actions refer to the custom labels you created for your widgets.

Action can be used in analytics and is more limited in size. It should identify different pages in a website where a widget is used. Action should not contain any personally identifiable information (PII) as this is placed into the analytics.

cData is not stored in our analytics. It can contain data that may vary by each challenge instance.

Both cData and action are returned by the siteverify API if a valid token is presented.

## GraphQL

You can use the `turnstileAdaptiveGroups` [dataset in GraphQL](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/) to get Turnstile widget analytics.

---

# Build AI Applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/ai/

import { ExternalResources, ProductsByTag, ResourcesBySelector, Stream } from "~/components"

Build and deploy ambitious AI applications to Cloudflare's global network.

<Stream videoId="3c46281a9b2b84ee6776a53f87580c45" videoTitle="Choosing the right text generation model" />

## Reference architectures

Diagrams, design patterns, and detailed best practices to help you generate solutions with Cloudflare products.

<ResourcesBySelector tags={["AI"]} types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} />

## Demo apps

<ExternalResources tags={["AI"]} type="apps" />

## Tutorials

Step-by-step guides to help you build and learn.

<ResourcesBySelector tags={["AI"]} types={["tutorial"]} />

## Customer spotlights

Explore case studies on [AI companies building on Cloudflare](https://workers.cloudflare.com/built-with/collections/ai-workers/).

## Code examples

Examples ready to copy and paste.

<ResourcesBySelector tags={["AI"]} types={["example"]} />

:::note


Cloudflare also offers detailed code examples for various [AI models](/workers-ai/models/) and [Model providers](/ai-gateway/providers/).


:::

## Related products

<ProductsByTag tags={["AI"]} />

---

# Use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/use-cases/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/demos/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Vectorize within your existing architecture.

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Vectorize:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Vectorize"]} />

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/about/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Version Management works through a combination of **environments** and **versions**.

```mermaid
stateDiagram-v2
    V2: Version 2
    V22: Version 2 <br/>(applied manually)
    V23: Version 2 <br/>(promoted from Development)
    V24: Version 2 <br/>(promoted from Staging)
    Revert: Production (rollback)
    V1: Version 1 <br/>(rolled back due to issues)
    V2 --> Development
    Development --> Staging
    Staging --> Production
    Production --> Revert
    state Development {
        V22
    }
    note right of Development
            At each level, test then promote the version.
        end note
    state Staging {
        V23
    }
    state Production {
        V24
    }
    state Revert {
        V1
    }
    note right of Revert
            Once promoted into an environment, a version can be rolled back.
        end note
```

## Environments

<Render file="environment-definition" /> <br/>

After you [enable](/version-management/how-to/enable/) version management, you will have the ability to create default environments:

<Render file="environment-defaults" />

When you [create](/version-management/how-to/versions/#create-version) a new version, that version will be available to apply to your **Development** environment (or whatever environment has the lowest rank). Once you test a version in your **Development** environment, you would promote that version to the **Staging** environment and - with no issues - then promote it to **Production**.

To send traffic to specific environments, send requests to that environment that match the pattern specified in its [traffic filters](/version-management/reference/traffic-filters/).

## Versions

<Render file="version-definition" /> <br/>

<Render file="enable-default-creation" />

When your version is ready, you would then test and promote it through various environments until it reaches **Production** (or whatever your final environment is).

You can create a new version at any time by choosing to [**Clone**](/version-management/how-to/versions/#create-version) an existing version, which automatically copies over configurations from an existing version.

Version configurations are applied to zone traffic when you [promote a version](/version-management/how-to/environments/#promote-a-version) to a new environment and then send traffic to that environment that matches the pattern specified in its [traffic filters](/version-management/reference/traffic-filters/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/version-management.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Build full-stack AI applications with Vectorize, Cloudflare's powerful vector database.


</Description>

Vectorize is a globally distributed vector database that enables you to build full-stack, AI-powered applications with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). Vectorize makes querying embeddings — representations of values or objects like text, images, audio that are designed to be consumed by machine learning models and semantic search algorithms — faster, easier and more affordable.

<Render file="vectorize-ga" />


For example, by storing the embeddings (vectors) generated by a machine learning model, including those built-in to [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) or by bringing your own from platforms like [OpenAI](#), you can build applications with powerful search, similarity, recommendation, classification and/or anomaly detection capabilities based on your own data.

The vectors returned can reference images stored in Cloudflare R2, documents in KV, and/or user profiles stored in D1 — enabling you to go from vector search result to concrete object all within the Workers platform, and without standing up additional infrastructure.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Vector database" href="/vectorize/get-started/intro/" cta="Create your Vector database">

Learn how to create your first Vectorize database, upload vector embeddings, and query those embeddings from [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).


</Feature>

<Feature header="Vector embeddings using Workers AI" href="/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/" cta="Create vector embeddings using Workers AI">

Learn how to use Vectorize to generate vector embeddings using Workers AI.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers AI" href="/workers-ai/" product="workers-ai">

Run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare’s global network.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2 Storage" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/vectorize/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about Vectorize limits and how to work within them.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Use cases" href="/use-cases/ai/" icon="document">
Learn how you can build and deploy ambitious AI applications to Cloudflare's global network.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="document">
Learn more about the storage and database options you can build on with Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, join the `#vectorize` channel to show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/

import { Description, FeatureTable, Plan, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Safely test, deploy, and roll back changes to your zone configurations using Version Management. 
</Description>

<Plan type="enterprise" />

## Benefits

By using Version Management, you can:

* Create independent versions to make changes with no risk of impacting live traffic.
* Safely deploy changes to staging environments ahead of deploy to production.
* Quickly roll back deployed changes when issues occur.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="account.version_management" />

For access, [enable](/version-management/how-to/enable/) Zone Versioning in the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Limitations

<Render file="product-limitations" />

## Requirements

To use Version Management, the following must all be true:

* Your zone is on an Enterprise plan.
* Your zone is in an [active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) state.
* Your zone uses [WAF managed rules](/waf/managed-rules/).
* Your zone has migrated to use [Custom Rules](/waf/reference/migration-guides/firewall-rules-to-custom-rules/) instead of Firewall Rules (deprecated).
* Your account uses the [new WAF](https://blog.cloudflare.com/new-cloudflare-waf/) (if not, contact your account team).
* Your user account must have an API Key provisioned (if not, [view your API Key](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/#view-your-global-api-key)).
* Your user account must have API Access enabled. Refer to [control API Access](/fundamentals/api/how-to/control-api-access/) for more information.
* You must use the dashboard to manage versioning.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Follow this tutorial to start testing and deploying zone configuration changes with Version Management.



## Enable versioning

<Render file="enable-versioning" />


## (Optional) Create additional environments

<Render file="enable-default-creation" />

These environments each serve a specific purpose and are accessed differently: <Render file="environment-defaults" />

<Render file="create-environment-situation" /> <br/>

For more details, refer to [Create environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#create-environment).

## Update configurations

<Render file="edit-version" />

## Test version

<Render file="test-version" />

## Promote version


Next, [promote](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version) your version through your different environments.

<Render file="promote-version" />

After promoting to each environment, test the new version in your new environment.

## Repeat

For new changes to your zone, [create a new version](/version-management/how-to/versions/#create-version) and repeat this process.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/concepts/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="waf-intro" />

:::note[What is a Web Application Firewall?]

A Web Application Firewall or WAF creates a shield between a web app and the Internet. This shield can help mitigate many common attacks. For a more thorough definition, refer to [Web Application Firewall explained](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/web-application-firewall-waf/) in the Learning Center.
:::

## Rules and rulesets

A [rule](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/) defines a filter and an action to perform on the incoming requests that match the filter.

A [ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/) is an ordered set of rules that you can apply to traffic on the Cloudflare global network.

## Main components

The Cloudflare WAF includes:

- [Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) (for example, the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/)), which are signature-based rules created by Cloudflare that provide immediate protection against known attacks.
- [Traffic detections](/waf/detections/) (for example, bot score and attack score) that enrich requests with metadata.
- User-defined rules for your specific needs, including [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and <GlossaryTooltip term="rate limiting" link="/waf/rate-limiting-rules/">rate limiting rules</GlossaryTooltip>.

## Detection versus mitigation

The two main roles of the Cloudflare WAF are the following:

- **Detection**: Run incoming requests through one or more [traffic detections](/waf/detections/) to find malicious or potentially malicious activity. The scores from enabled detections are available in the [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) dashboard, where you can analyze your security posture and determine the most appropriate mitigation rules.

- **Mitigation**: Blocks, challenges, or throttles requests through different mitigation features such as [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/), and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/). Rules that mitigate traffic can include scores from traffic scans in their expressions to better address possibly malicious requests.

:::caution[Warning]

Enabling traffic detections will not apply any mitigation measures to incoming traffic; detections only provide signals that you can use to define your attack mitigation strategy.
:::

### Available traffic detections

The WAF currently provides the following detections for finding security threats in incoming requests:

- [**Bot score**](/bots/concepts/bot-score/): Scores traffic on a scale from 1 (likely to be a bot) to 99 (likely to be human).
- [**Attack score**](/waf/detections/attack-score/): Checks for known attack variations and malicious payloads. Scores traffic on a scale from 1 (likely to be malicious) to 99 (unlikely to be malicious).
- [**Malicious uploads**](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/): Scans content objects, such as uploaded files, for malicious signatures like malware.

To enable traffic detections in the Cloudflare dashboard, go to your domain > **Security** > **Settings**.

:::note
Currently, you cannot manage the [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) and [attack score](/waf/detections/attack-score/) detections from the **Security** > **Settings** page. Refer to the documentation of each feature for availability details.
:::

---

## Rule execution order

Cloudflare evaluates different types of rules when processing incoming requests. The rule execution order is the following:

1. [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
2. [Firewall rules](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/) (deprecated)
3. [Custom rulesets](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/)
4. [Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
5. [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
6. [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)
7. [Cloudflare Rate Limiting](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/) (previous version, deprecated)

Rules are evaluated in order. If there is a match for a rule with a [terminating action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/), the rule evaluation will stop and the action will be executed immediately. Rules with a non-terminating action (such as _Log_) will not prevent subsequent rules from being evaluated and executed. For more information on how rules are evaluated, refer to [Rule evaluation](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/#rule-evaluation) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

For more information on the phases where each WAF feature will execute, refer to [WAF phases](/waf/reference/phases/).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/get-started/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (Cloudflare WAF) checks incoming web and API requests and filters undesired traffic based on sets of rules called rulesets.

This page will guide you through the recommended initial steps for configuring the WAF to get immediate protection against the most common attacks.

Refer to [Concepts](/waf/concepts/) for more information on WAF concepts, main components, and roles.

:::note
This guide focuses on configuring WAF for individual domains, known as <GlossaryTooltip term="zone">zones</GlossaryTooltip>. The WAF configuration is also available at the account level for Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

## Before you begin

- Make sure that you have [set up a Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/) and [added your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare.

- Users on the Free plan have access to the Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset, a subset of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset. The Free Managed Ruleset is deployed by default on Free plans and is not specifically covered in this guide.<br/>If you are on a Free plan, you may skip to [5. Review traffic in security dashboards](#5-review-traffic-in-security-dashboards).

## 1. Deploy the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset

The [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) protects against Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and known attack vectors. This ruleset is designed to identify common attacks using signatures, while generating low false positives. Rule changes are published on a weekly basis in the [WAF changelog](/waf/change-log/). Cloudflare may also add rules at any time during emergency releases for high profile zero-day protection.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** and select the **Managed rules** tab.
3. Under **Managed Rulesets**, select **Deploy** next to the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset.

<Details header="Default settings and ruleset customization">

By default, the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset enables only a subset of rules and it is designed to strike a balance between protection and false positives. You can review and enable additional rules based on your application technology stack.

In particular situations, enabling the managed ruleset can cause some false positives. False positives are legitimate requests inadvertently mitigated by the WAF. For information on addressing false positives, refer to [Handle false positives](/waf/managed-rules/handle-false-positives/).

If you are testing the WAF against pentesting tools, it is recommended that you enable all rules by using the following ruleset configuration:

- **Ruleset action**: _Block_
- **Ruleset status**: _Enabled_ (enables all rules in the ruleset)

For more information on configuring the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure field values for all the rules](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-field-values-for-all-the-rules).

</Details>

## 2. Create custom rule based on WAF attack score

:::note
WAF attack score is only available to Business customers (limited access to a single field) and Enterprise customers (full access).
:::

[WAF attack score](/waf/detections/attack-score/) is a machine-learning layer that complements Cloudflare's managed rulesets, providing additional protection against [SQL injection](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/sql-injection/) (SQLi), [cross-site scripting](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/cross-site-scripting/) (XSS), and many [remote code execution](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-remote-code-execution/) (RCE) attacks. It helps identify rule bypasses and potentially new, undiscovered attacks.

If you are an Enterprise customer, do the following:

1. Reach out to your account team to get access to WAF attack score.

2. [Create a custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) using the <GlossaryTooltip term="attack score">Attack Score</GlossaryTooltip> field:

   1. Go to your domain > **Security** > **WAF** and select the **Custom rules** tab.
   2. Create a rule with the following configuration:

      - **If incoming requests match**:

        | Field        | Operator  | Value |
        | ------------ | --------- | ----- |
        | Attack Score | less than | `20`  |

      - **Choose action**: Block

If you are on a Business plan, create a custom rule as mentioned above but use the [WAF Attack Score Class](/waf/detections/attack-score/#available-scores) field instead. For example, you could use the following rule expression: `WAF Attack Score Class equals Attack`.

## 3. Create custom rule based on bot score

:::note
Bot score is only available to Enterprise customers with [Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/). Customers on Pro and Business plans may enable [Super Bot Fight mode](/bots/get-started/pro/) instead.
:::

Customers with access to [Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) can block automated traffic (for example, from [bots scraping online content](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-content-scraping/)) using a custom rule with bot score, preventing this traffic from hitting your application.

1. Go to your domain > **Security** > **WAF** and select the **Custom rules** tab.

2. [Create a custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) using the <GlossaryTooltip term="bot score">Bot Score</GlossaryTooltip> and <GlossaryTooltip term="verified bot">Verified Bot</GlossaryTooltip> fields:

   - **If incoming requests match**:

     | Field        | Operator  | Value | Logic |
     | ------------ | --------- | ----- | ----- |
     | Bot Score    | less than | `20`  | And   |
     | Verified Bot | equals    | Off   |       |

   - **Choose action**: Managed Challenge

For a more comprehensive example of a baseline protection against malicious bots, refer to [Challenge bad bots](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/#general-protection).

For more information about the bot-related fields you can use in expressions, refer to [Bot Management variables](/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/).

Once you have deployed the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset and rules based on attack score and bot score you will have achieved substantial protection, limiting the chance of false positives.

## 4. Optional - Deploy the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset

After configuring the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset and attack score, you can also deploy the [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/). This managed ruleset is Cloudflare's implementation of the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set. Its attack coverage significantly overlaps with Cloudflare Managed Ruleset by detecting common attack vectors such as SQLi and XSS.

:::caution
The Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is prone to false positives and offers only marginal benefits when added on top of Cloudflare Managed Ruleset and WAF attack score. If you decide to deploy this managed ruleset, you will need to monitor and adjust its settings based on your traffic to prevent false positives.
:::

1. Go to your domain > **Security** > **WAF** and select the **Managed rules** tab.
2. Under **Managed Rulesets**, select **Deploy** next to the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset.<br/>
   This will deploy the ruleset with the default configuration: paranoia level = _PL1_ and score threshold = _Medium - 40 and higher_.

<Details header="Ruleset configuration">

Unlike the signature-based Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is score-based. You select a certain paranoia level (levels vary from _PL1_ to _PL4_, where _PL1_ is the lowest level), which enables an increasing larger group of rules. You also select a score threshold, which decides when to perform the configured action. Low paranoia with a high score threshold usually leads to fewer false positives. For an example of how the OWASP Core Ruleset is evaluated, refer to [OWASP evaluation example](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/example/).

Follow one of these strategies to configure the ruleset according to your needs:

- Start from a strict configuration (paranoia level = _PL4_, score threshold = _Low - 60 and higher_). Reduce the score threshold and paranoia level until you achieve a good false positives/true positives rate for your incoming traffic.
- Alternatively, start from a more permissive configuration (paranoia level = _PL1_, score threshold = _High - 25 and higher_) and increase both parameters to adjust your protection, trying to keep a low number of false positives.

For more information on configuring the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure field values for all the rules](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-field-values-for-all-the-rules).

</Details>

## 5. Review traffic in security dashboards

:::note
Users on the Free plan only have access to Security Events.
:::

After setting up your WAF configuration, review how incoming traffic is being affected by your current settings using the following dashboards:

- Use [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) to explore all traffic, including traffic not affected by WAF mitigation measures. All data provided by [traffic detections](/waf/concepts/#available-traffic-detections) is available in this dashboard.
- Use [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) to get more information about requests that are being mitigated by Cloudflare security products.

Enterprise customers can also obtain data about HTTP requests and security events using [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

## 6. Optional - Next steps

After configuring the WAF based on the information in the previous sections, you should have a strong base protection against possible threats to your applications.

You can explore the following recommendations to get additional protection for specific use cases.

### Allowlist certain IP addresses

Create a custom rule to [allow traffic from IP addresses in allowlist only](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-ips-in-allowlist/).

### Block specific countries

Create a custom rule to [block traffic from specific countries](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/block-traffic-from-specific-countries/).

### Define rate limits

Create a rate limiting rule to [apply rate limiting on a login endpoint](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/use-cases/#example-1).

### Prevent credential stuffing attacks

Use [leaked credential checks](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/) to prevent <GlossaryTooltip term="credential stuffing" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-credential-stuffing/">credential stuffing</GlossaryTooltip> attacks on your applications.

### Prevent users from uploading malware into your applications

:::note
Available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

[Use WAF content scanning](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/get-started/) to scan content being uploaded to your application, searching for malicious content.

### Get additional security for your APIs

:::note
Available to Enterprise customers.
:::

The Cloudflare WAF protects your APIs from new and known application attacks and exploits such as SQL injection attacks. API-specific security products extend those protections to the unique risks in APIs such as API discovery and authentication management.

For more information on Cloudflare's API security features, refer to [Cloudflare API Shield](/api-shield/).

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's WAF documentation.

<Glossary product="waf" />

---

# Cloudflare Web Application Firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/

import {
	Description,
	Feature,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
	Render,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Get automatic protection from vulnerabilities and the flexibility to create custom rules.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

<Render file="waf-intro" />

Learn how to [get started](/waf/get-started/).

---

## Features

<Feature header="Custom rules" href="/waf/custom-rules/">
	Create your own custom rules to protect your website and your APIs from
	malicious incoming traffic. Use advanced features like [WAF attack
	score](/waf/detections/attack-score/) and [malicious uploads
	detection](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/) in your custom rules.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Rate limiting rules" href="/waf/rate-limiting-rules/">
	Define rate limits for incoming requests matching an expression, and the
	action to take when those rate limits are reached.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Managed rules" href="/waf/managed-rules/">
	Enable the pre-configured managed rulesets to get immediate protection. These
	rulesets are [regularly updated](/waf/change-log/), offering advanced zero-day
	vulnerability protections, and you can adjust their behavior.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Account-level configuration" href="/waf/account/">
	<Plan type="ent-add-on" />
	Create and deploy rulesets to multiple Enterprise zones.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Security Events"
	href="/waf/analytics/security-events/"
	cta="Explore Security Events"
>
	Review mitigated requests (rule matches) using an intuitive interface. Tailor
	your security configurations based on the activity log.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Security Analytics"
	href="/waf/analytics/security-analytics/"
	cta="Explore Security Analytics"
>
	<Plan type="business" />
	Displays information about all incoming HTTP requests, including those not
	affected by security measures.
</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct
	header="DDoS Protection"
	href="/ddos-protection/"
	product="ddos-protection"
>
	Cloudflare DDoS protection secures websites, applications, and entire networks
	while ensuring the performance of legitimate traffic is not compromised.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Page Shield" href="/page-shield/" product="page-shield">
	Page Shield is a comprehensive client-side security solution to ensure the
	safety of your website visitors' browser environment.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Bots" href="/bots/" product="bots">
	Cloudflare bot solutions identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect
	your domain from bad bots.
</RelatedProduct>

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/about/

import { LinkButton, Render } from "~/components"

Waiting Room queues visitors when your traffic approaches a previously defined threshold that might otherwise bring an application down.

![Waiting Room process flow showing how a request is managed by Cloudflare and placed in a waiting room before reaching the origin website](~/assets/images/waiting-room/waiting-room-process-flow.png)

## User flow

Once you have [created and activated a waiting room](/waiting-room/get-started/) for a specific application page:

- If a page is not experiencing heavy traffic, a visitor accesses the page directly.
- If page traffic approaches a [user-defined threshold](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration), a visitor enters a virtual waiting room until it is their turn to access the page:

  - Each user receives a [cookie](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/) to manage the dynamic outflow of requests from the waiting room to the origin website in [First In First Out (FIFO)](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#first-in-first-out-fifo) order.
  - While in the waiting room, the user's browser automatically refreshes every 20 seconds to give them updated information about their estimated wait time.
  - When a user exits the waiting room and reaches your application, they can leave and re-enter without waiting for the length of time specified by the [session duration](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration).
  - Because waiting rooms support dynamic inflow and [outflow](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration), new spots appear more quickly and estimated wait times are lower and more accurate.

## Architecture

Waiting Room is built on [Workers](/workers/) that runs across a global network of Cloudflare data centers.

When a request comes to a host or path covered by a Waiting Room, that request goes to a Waiting Room Worker in the closest geographic data center. The Worker then needs to make a decision: whether to send users to the queue or the website.

That decision itself depends on two factors: [admin-defined thresholds](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/) and the Waiting Room state.

For admin-defined thresholds, the two measures that matter are `total active users` and `new users per minute`:

- `total active users` is a target threshold for how many simultaneous users you want to allow on the pages covered by your waiting room.

- `new users per minute` defines the target threshold for the maximum rate of user influx to your website per minute.

A sharp spike in either of these values might result in queuing. Another configuration that affects how we calculate `the total active users` is `session duration`. A user is considered active for `session duration` minutes since the request is made to any page covered by a waiting room.

The other factor is the Waiting Room state, which is maintained at the local data center level but then also changes continuously based on the traffic around the world. Each data center works with its own Waiting Room state. This state is a snapshot of the traffic pattern for the website around the world available at that point in time. The advantage of using this approach - making decisions at the Worker level - is that we can make decisions without any significant latency added to the request. The algorithm for Waiting Room dynamically allocates a certain number of slots available to each Worker based on the Waiting Room state. Queueing starts when the slots run out within the Worker. The lack of additional latency added enables the customers to turn on the waiting room all the time without worrying about extra latency to their users.

The Waiting Room state is updated with global information every few seconds. We have a pipeline set up in Cloudflare [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) that ensures changes in traffic get propagated around the world. This architecture ensures that we do not introduce additional latency, as well as that we are making decisions with as near-time accuracy as possible.

For even more details about the architecture and why we made these decisions, refer to our [deep-dive technical blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-waiting-room-queues).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

***

## Before you begin

Before you start this tutorial, make sure you have:

* Completed the [prerequisites](/waiting-room/about/#prerequisites).
* Reviewed your [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) to make sure they allow at least one request every 20 seconds (required for automatic page refreshes).

***

## Step 1 — Plan out your waiting room

Before you create your waiting room, think about how you want it to appear and operate.

### Location

Which page will you cover with a waiting room? You can only have one waiting room per page, so you need to identify the high-traffic areas of your website.

Specify the URL for your page by setting the `hostname` and `path` in your [configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/).

Advanced Waiting Room customers can also [specify multiple hostname and path combinations](/waiting-room/how-to/place-waiting-room/) for the same zone.

### Access method

You can direct visitors to your high-traffic page:

* Directly (via URL)
* Indirectly (via [a redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/))

### Queue activation

When you [activate your waiting room](#step-3--activate-your-waiting-room), choose whether:

* [**All visitors**](#queue-all-visitors) to be queued, in preparation for a product release or other time-based event.
* Only [**some visitors**](#queue-some-visitors) to be queued, as traffic reaches the thresholds defined in `Total active users` and `New users per minute`.

## Step 2 — Create your waiting room

Create your waiting room by:

* Using the [dashboard](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/).
* Using the [API](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/).

### Appearance (optional)

Some customers can [customize the design](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/) of their waiting room by editing the page's HTML and CSS.

If you have this ability, think about how you want the page to appear.

### Prepare your waiting room for mobile application traffic

If you need to manage traffic in a non-browser environment such as a mobile app or web app, use a [JSON-friendly waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/json-response/) that can be consumed via your API endpoints. Note that if you have a mobile app or web app that depends on resources that would be protected by a waiting room, you will need to update those clients to handle Waiting Room appropriately.

## Step 3 — Activate your waiting room

Depending on your [queue activation](#queue-activation), you may deploy your waiting room differently.

### Queue some visitors

<Render file="queue-some" />

### Queue all visitors

<Render file="queue-all" />

## Step 4 — Next steps

After you have created and deployed your first waiting room, you might also want to:

* [Test your waiting room](/waiting-room/additional-options/test-waiting-room/) before it goes live.
* [Monitor your traffic](/waiting-room/how-to/monitor-waiting-room/) in real time.
* [Troubleshoot](/waiting-room/troubleshooting/) potential issues.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/waiting-room.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Waiting Room documentation.

<Glossary product="waiting-room" />

---

# Cloudflare Waiting Room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

A virtual waiting room to manage peak traffic.
</Description>

<Plan type="business" />

Cloudflare Waiting Room allows you to route excess users of your website to a customized waiting room, helping preserve customer experience and protect origin servers from being overwhelmed with requests.

***

## Benefits

Waiting Room protects your origin server by preventing surges in legitimate traffic that may overload your origin.

Waiting Room also benefits your visitors by:

- Keeping your application online and preventing them from reaching error pages.
- Showing estimated wait times that are continuously updated.
- Opening up new spots more quickly by tracking dynamic inflow and [outflow](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration).
- Remembering each visitor's status to prevent someone from losing their place in line or having to re-queue if they leave your site.
- Appearing in your own [branding and style](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/), which enhances trust and lets you provide additional information as needed.

---

## Features

<Feature header="Scheduled Event" href="/waiting-room/additional-options/create-events/">
Customize the behavior of a waiting room for a specific period of time.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Waiting Room Rules" href="/waiting-room/additional-options/waiting-room-rules/">
Create rules to indicate specific traffic or areas of your site or application that you do not want a waiting room to apply to.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Waiting Room Analytics" href="/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/">
Get insights into the traffic going through your waiting room.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Additional hostname and path coverage" href="/waiting-room/how-to/place-waiting-room/">
Apply a single waiting room to multiple hostnames and paths within the same zone.
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Cloudflare for SaaS" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/" product="cloudflare-for-platforms">
Cloudflare for SaaS allows you to extend the security and performance benefits of Cloudflare’s network to your customers via their own custom or vanity domains.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Rules" href="/rules/" product="rules">
Cloudflare Rules allows you to make adjustments to requests and responses, configure Cloudflare settings, and trigger specific actions for matching requests.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="SSL/TLS" href="/ssl/" product="ssl">
Cloudflare SSL/TLS encrypts your web traffic to prevent data theft and other tampering.
</RelatedProduct>

***

## Availability

The following customers have access to Cloudflare Waiting Room:

- Those qualified under [Project Fair Shot](https://www.cloudflare.com/fair-shot/)
- Customers on a Business or Enterprise plan

Access to certain features depends on a customer's [plan type](/waiting-room/plans/).

<Render file= "non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

***

## Prerequisites

- [Cloudflare’s CDN](/cache/) is required to use the Waiting Room feature.
- Configure a [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) or a [proxied load balancer](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/) for the waiting room’s hostname. A DNS record is not auto-configured after a waiting room is created.
- Visitors must enable cookies. Refer to [Waiting Room cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/) for information on how cookies are used in Cloudflare Waiting Room.

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Waiting Room.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/plans/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

The features available for a waiting room depend on your plan type. You can only have **one plan** per zone.

<FeatureTable id="traffic.waiting_room" />

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

## How do I get started?

To get started with Waiting Room, review our [setup guide](/waiting-room/get-started/).

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/troubleshooting/

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions about the Waiting Room.

* [Configuration](#configuration)
* [Features and products](#features-and-products)
* [User behavior](#user-behavior)
* [Monitor your waiting room](#monitor-your-waiting-room)

***

## Configuration

### Can I display my waiting room page in another language?

Yes. For more details, refer to [Customize a waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/).


### Why does my waiting room look different than how I designed it?

If you have [customized your waiting room template](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room):

1. Preview your template before deploying it to production.
2. If you encounter any issues, check for proper syntax and a closing backslash (/).

:::note[Note]


Only Enterprise customers can customize the appearance of their waiting room.


:::

### What can I update when my waiting room is actively queueing?

You can update a [waiting room's template](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room) and those changes will be visible to users in near-real time. We recommend these updates as a way to engage with users and provide updated information or expectations.

You can also update the [configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings) of a waiting room, but only make these changes when necessary. These changes may impact the estimated wait time shown to end users and cause unnecessary confusion.




## Features and products

### Which features are included in my Waiting Room plan?

To check which features are available to different plan types, refer to [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/).



### How does Waiting Room interact with other Cloudflare products?

Some Cloudflare products run before a waiting room acts on traffic:

* DDoS Mitigation
* Web Application Firewall (WAF)
* Bot Management
* Page Rules

Other Cloudflare products run after a waiting room acts on traffic:

* Workers




## User behavior


### What happens if a user refreshes their tab when in a waiting room?

A manual tab refresh has no effect on a user's position in your waiting room.

However, if they close their tab and then try to access the application again during active queueing, they will lose their spot and have to go to the back of the queue.




## Monitor your waiting room


### Why do I observe a few users being queued in the dashboard?


Some users might be queued before your waiting room reaches is limit due to architectural designs. For more details on the behavior and how to fix it, refer to [​​Queueing activation](/waiting-room/how-to/monitor-waiting-room#queueing-activation).



### Why are some users not being queued in my waiting room?


If you notice users not being queued to your waiting room, make sure the path you defined exactly matches the path of your website.

The path is case-sensitive, so if you have a waiting room set up for `/Black-Friday-Sale` and users go to `/black-friday-sale`, they will bypass your waiting room.

For more details, refer to [Best practices](/waiting-room/reference/best-practices).


### Why are users being blocked from entering my waiting room?

If you have Rate Limiting, check your [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).

The Waiting Room queue page refreshes every 20 seconds by populating the refresh header. If you have a rule set to block requests from a specific IP within 20 seconds, the user in the waiting room will be blocked. Make sure your rules allow at least one request every 20 seconds.

Your user also might not have [cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie) enabled. If they do not enable cookies and your waiting room is actively queueing traffic, they will not reach your endpoint until the queueing stops.


### Why is the estimated wait time increasing for some users?

Estimated wait times may increase if the rate of users leaving your site decreases. The estimated wait time is updated upon each page refresh based on the most recently available information about the rate of slots opening up on your site and the number of users ahead of the user in line. To make this increase less likely, you could limit the amount of time users are allowed to spend on your site by disabling session renewal. Be aware that if you change your traffic settings, estimated wait times will change as well.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/

import { Description, Feature, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Connect to the Internet faster and in a more secure way. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

The Cloudflare WARP client allows individuals to have a faster, more secure, and more private experience online. The WARP client sits between your device and the Internet, and has several connection modes to better suit different needs.

This documentation is for the consumer version of WARP. If you are using WARP with Cloudflare Zero Trust, refer to the [Zero Trust documentation](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).

## Features

<Feature header="WARP modes" href="/warp-client/warp-modes/">
The WARP client has several modes to better suit your connection needs. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="OS clients" href="/warp-client/get-started/">
WARP is available to several operating systems, including iOS and Android. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="1.1.1.1" href="/1.1.1.1/" product="1.1.1.1">
1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare’s public DNS resolver. It offers a fast and private way to browse the Internet. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="WARP for Zero Trust" href="/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/" product="cloudflare-one">
The enterprise version of WARP allows organizations to apply security policies to corporate devices. 
</RelatedProduct>

---

# Waiting Room Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Waiting Room Analytics gives you historical insights into the traffic going through your waiting room compared to your waiting room settings. Data is stored for the past 30 days.

Using Waiting Room Analytics, you can:

* Evaluate peak traffic flow through your waiting room and onto your site.
* Determine how long users spent in the waiting room.
* Use analytics to help calibrate your waiting room settings.

## ​Dashboard Analytics

To access your waiting room’s analytics in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
3. Expand the waiting room you would like to review metrics for, to display a preview of your waiting room analytics. The preview gives you insights into peak traffic through your waiting room over the last 24 hours including: Maximum active users, Maximum queued users and Typical time in queue for queued users.
4. Select **View More** under the Waiting Room Analytics section to get more historical analytics for your waiting room.
5. The time range for all of the metrics displayed defaults to the last 24 hours. To change the time range, select from the drop down. You can select any time range from the last 30 days that is a minimum of 30 minutes.

## Event Analytics

If your waiting room has a completed scheduled event, you can quickly access the event’s analytics by expanding the row for the waiting room you are interested in and selecting the event time. The link opens the analytics view for that waiting room, including information from the pre-queueing period to the end of the event.

To save this event information, you can either select **Download data** or **Print report**. If you delete the event, the time period link will no longer appear in your dashboard. If you edit the timing of the event, the time period link will update as well.

If you do not get a link to your event’s analytics, one of the following may have happened:

* Your event has not happened yet.
* Your event started more than 30 days ago.

## Metrics

These are metrics available in the Analytics dashboard and how they are calculated.

### Time in queue

Time in queue summary values give you an insight into the user experience by indicating how long queued users spent waiting to enter your application. It displays the time waited for the typical user, as well as for those who waited the longest, for the time period you have selected. These values are an indicator of the impact your waiting room settings combined with the traffic to your waiting room had on wait times.

If wait times are higher than you would like, and you feel comfortable doing so, you could consider taking any or all of the following actions:

* Increase `total_active_users` configured value.
* Increase `new_users_per_minute` configured value.
* Decrease `session_duration`.
* Disable session renewal.

:::note


Note that wait times are only calculated for users who went from the waiting room to your origin.


:::

### Time on origin

Time on origin summary values estimate how long users spent on the pages covered by your waiting room before leaving. For the time period selected, you will have access to the estimated time spent on origin for the typical user, as well as the time on origin for those who spend the most time on your site. Keep in mind that if your session renewal is disabled and there is no active queueing, users are issued a new waiting room session every `session_duration` minutes.  Therefore, these users may be staying for multiple sessions.  The time on origin for these users restarts each time a session expires.

The following are some takeaways you could have depending on the time on origin values.

You may want to increase session duration, giving users more time to make subrequests, and/or enable session renewal if:

* You have session renewal disabled.
* You have frequent, active queueing with long wait times.
* The typical time on origin is around 70% of your configured session duration.

These may be indicators that users need more time to complete their desired tasks on your site.

You may want to decrease session duration and/or disable session renewal if:

* Your top 5% time on origin is less than 70% of your configured session duration.
* You are seeing high queue times and do not want to increase traffic limits.

These may be indicators that users do not need as much time on your site and are taking up spots on your origin.

### Active users vs. queued users

The Active users chart is a time series chart that displays the maximum active users on any URLs covered by your waiting room as well as maximum queued users. These values are shown compared to your configured active user target threshold.

A new user is a novel request made to any URLs covered by the waiting room. Waiting Room counts the request as new if no waiting room cookie is tied to the request. Once the request is made, a waiting room cookie is issued. If there is an active queue, the user will be considered a queued user. Once that user makes it through the queue and onto the site, they are now an active user and remain active as long as they keep making HTTP requests to waiting room URLs at least once every `session_duration` minutes.

To identify and hone in on peak traffic, select a longer time period, such as 30 days. Then, drag your cursor to the left and right of any time period you would like to check with more granularity to zoom in. You can zoom in until each bar represents a one minute interval. All other metrics on the page will update automatically to reflect the data behind the time period selected.

To check for more details about a particular moment in time, hover over a bar on the graph. This displays a tooltip which will indicate the following for the time period that bar represents:

* Maximum active users reached
* Maximum queued users reached
* Configured active user target values

Queueing may occur below your configured limits, and active users may sometimes exceed your configured limits. Refer to the [Queuing activation](/waiting-room/how-to/monitor-waiting-room/#queueing-activation) section for more information.

### New users per minute

The New users per minute chart shows how many new users per minute passed through the waiting room to your origin compared to your configured New users per minute target threshold. Like the Active users chart, you can zoom in by highlighting to the left and right of the time period you are interested in, which will update the other chart as well as summary values. As you zoom out, each data point is averaged. Therefore, as you zoom in, values may fluctuate.

## ​​GraphQL Analytics

You can query your Waiting Room analytics data via GraphQL API. Waiting Room analytics provides near real-time visibility into your Waiting Room, allowing you to visualize the traffic to your application and how it is managed respecting the configured limits.

Here are some query examples to get started:


<Details header="Fetch values for total active users and new users per minute over a certain period.">

This is a simple query to fetch metrics values. You can filter the data with the zone tag and query the  `waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptive` dataset. In this example, we have applied this query only on two metrics, but you can explore the schema and fetch the raw values from the GraphQL dataset without applying any aggregation methods.

```bash title="Request"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: "example-zone"}) {
      waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptive(limit: 3, filter: {datetime_gt: "2023-03-05T19:14:30Z", datetime_lt: "2023-03-07T19:13:00Z", waitingRoomId: "example-waiting-room-id"}) { 
        totalActiveUsers
          newUsersPerMinutes
      }
    }
  }
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptive": [
            {
              "newUsersPerMinute": 77,
              "totalActiveUsers": 1023
            },
            {
              "newUsersPerMinute": 113,
              "totalActiveUsers": 1009
            },
            {
              "newUsersPerMinute": 99,
              "totalActiveUsers": 927
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Find the average of total active users and new users per minute over a certain period, and aggregate this data over a period of 15 minutes.">

This query calculates the average of total active users and new users per minute. The time dimension in the query is 15 minutes, therefore the data is aggregated over 15 minutes for the selected time period.

```bash title="Request"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: "example-zone"}) {
      waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 10, filter: {datetime_geq: "2023-03-15T04:00:00Z", datetime_leq: "2023-03-15T04:45:00Z", waitingRoomId: "example-waiting-room-id"}, orderBy: [datetimeFifteenMinutes_ASC]) {
        avg {
          totalActiveUsers
          newUsersPerMinute
        }
        dimensions {
          datetimeFifteenMinutes
        }
      }
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "avg": {
                "newUsersPerMinute": 119,
                "totalActiveUsers": 1180
              },
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeFifteenMinutes": "2023-03-15T04:00:00Z"
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "newUsersPerMinute": 146,
                "totalActiveUsers": 961
              },
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeFifteenMinutes": "2023-03-15T04:15:00Z"
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "newUsersPerMinute": 144,
                "totalActiveUsers": 1015
              },
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeFifteenMinutes": "2023-03-15T04:30:00Z"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Find the weighted averages of time on origin (50th percentile) and total time waited (90th percentile) for a certain period and aggregate this data over one hour.">

This query calculates the weighted averages of the metrics for a certain period of time aggregated hourly.

```bash title="Request"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: "example-zone"}) {
      waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 10, filter: {datetime_geq: "2023-03-15T04:00:00Z", datetime_leq: "2023-03-15T04:45:00Z", waitingRoomId: "example-waiting-room-id"}, orderBy: [datetimeHour_ASC]) {
        avgWeighted {
          timeOnOriginP50
          totalTimeWaitedP90
        }
        dimensions {
          datetimeHour
        }
      }
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "avgWeighted": {
                "timeOnOriginP50": 99.19,
                "totalTimeWaitedP90": 1625.63
              },
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2023-03-15T04:00:00Z"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>

## Why is there no data for my waiting room?

If you are not seeing any historical data for your waiting room, one or more of the following may be true:

* Your waiting room was not receiving any traffic for the time period you are inspecting.
* Your waiting room was not enabled for the time period you are inspecting.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/known-issues-and-faq/

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions regarding the WARP client. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to explore more resources.

## Why am I not connecting to a closer Cloudflare data center?

As our [Network Map](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) shows, we have locations all over the globe. However, in the Advanced Connection stats of our application, you may notice that the server you are connecting to is not necessarily the one physically closest to your location. This can be due to a number of reasons:

* We work hard to prevent it, but sometimes your nearest server might be having problems. [Check the system status](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/?_ga=2.155811579.1117044671.1600983837-1079355427.1599074097) for more information.
* Your Internet provider may choose to route traffic along an alternate path for reasons such as cost savings, reliability, or other infrastructure concerns.
* Not all Cloudflare locations are WARP enabled. We are constantly evaluating performance and how users are connecting, bringing more servers online with WARP all the time.

## Does WARP reveal my IP address to websites I visit?

No. 1.1.1.1 + WARP replaces your original IP address with a Cloudflare IP that consistently and accurately represents your approximate location. This happens regardless of whether the site is on the Cloudflare network or not.

Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/geoexit-improving-warp-user-experience-larger-network/) for more information on this topic.


## Why has my throughput dropped while using WARP?

Cloudflare WARP is in part powered by [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/), the world's fastest DNS resolver. When visiting sites or going to a new location on the Internet, you should see fast DNS lookups. WARP, however, is built to trade some throughput for enhanced privacy, by encrypting all traffic both to and from your device. While this is not noticeable at most mobile speeds, on desktop systems in countries where high-speed broadband is available, you may notice a drop. We think the tradeoff is worth it and continue to work on improving performance all over the system.

## "What about the performance of the WARP app?

Cloudflare WARP and the 1.1.1.1 with WARP applications go through performance testing that includes battery, network and CPU on a regular basis. In addition, both applications are used by millions of users worldwide that help us stay on top of issues across a wide variety of devices, networks, sites and applications.


## What is the version of .NET Framework required for the Windows client?


The WARP client for Windows requires .NET Framework version 4.7.2 or later to be installed on your computer.




***

## Known issues

* Applications or sites that rely on location information to enforce content licensing agreements (for example, certain games, video streaming, music streaming, or radio streaming) may not function properly. We are working on a product update that will allow these clients to work, by not sending their traffic through WARP.

* Refer to [Known Limitations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/known-limitations/)
  for information on devices, software, and configurations that are incompatible with Cloudflare WARP.

---

# Privacy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/privacy/

The WARP Client application uses a VPN profile and/or service that enables us to intercept and secure your DNS queries and to transmit data from your device through the Cloudflare network, depending on the services you have enabled. We only collect limited DNS query and traffic data (excluding payload) that is sent to our network when you have the app enabled on your device. All information is handled in accordance with our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/application/privacypolicy/).

## What does Cloudflare do with your data?

When not part of a Cloudflare for Teams organization, Cloudflare stores the absolute minimum amount of data we believe is required to provide the service. We will not sell, rent, share or otherwise disclose your personal information to anyone except as necessary to provide our services or as otherwise described in our Privacy Policy without first providing you with notice and the opportunity to consent. We do not use the data to identify who you are or what you are doing on the Internet beyond the exceptions below. We do not store any data except as set forth in our Privacy Policy. Such data may include: your app installation ID, the amount of data transferred through Cloudflare's network, and your average speed when you are using the WARP Client application.

## How Cloudflare Uses User Data:

### Registration ID

Cloudflare uses a random identifier generated when you install the app to give you referral bonuses for referring the app to others.

### Data Transferred

Cloudflare tracks the amount of data your WARP installation has transferred to keep track of your WARP+ usage. When you refer friends to WARP, this quota is increased.

### Average Speed

Cloudflare uses this data to understand how much faster the WARP Client application is making your Internet connection. Knowing this information helps us improve the application in your region and on your mobile carrier or Internet provider.

### Aggregate Usage

Cloudflare tracks the aggregate amount of traffic by website and by region. Knowing this information helps Cloudflare plan better when we should build future data centers.

---

# WARP modes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/warp-modes/

The WARP client has several modes to better suit different connection needs.

## 1.1.1.1

1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare’s public DNS resolver. It offers a fast and private way to browse the Internet. It also offers a DNS encryption service through DNS over HTTPS (DoH) or DNS over TLS (DoT) for increased security and privacy.

Refer to [1.1.1.1 resolver](/1.1.1.1/encryption/) to learn more about DNS encryption.

## 1.1.1.1 with WARP

The WARP application uses [BoringTun](https://blog.cloudflare.com/boringtun-userspace-wireguard-rust/) to encrypt and secure the traffic from your device and send it directly to Cloudflare's edge network. This ensures Internet traffic between your device and the Internet is secure and private, while also preventing third parties from accessing your traffic. If the site you are visiting is already a Cloudflare customer, the content is immediately sent to your device. If not, Cloudflare uses its global network of data centers to devise the shortest path to the site.

For more information, refer to our blog post [Introducing WARP: Fixing Mobile Internet Performance and Security](https://blog.cloudflare.com/1111-warp-better-vpn/).

:::caution[Warning]


WARP does not provide anonymity, and it is not designed to prevent servers you communicate with from identifying you. WARP also does not allow you to pretend to be accessing the Internet from a different country.


:::

## WARP via Local Proxy

Currently, this mode is available on desktop clients only. When WARP is configured as a local proxy, only the applications that you configure to use the proxy (HTTPS or SOCKS5) will have their traffic sent through WARP. This allows you to pick and choose which traffic is encrypted — for example, your web browser or a specific application. Everything else will not be encrypted and will be sent over a regular Internet connection.

Because this feature restricts WARP to just applications configured to use the local proxy, leaving all other traffic over the Internet unencrypted by default, we have hidden it in the **Advanced** menu. To turn it on:

1. Navigate to **Preferences** > **Advanced** and select **Configure Proxy**.
2. On the window that opens, check the box and configure the port you want to listen on.

This will enable the **WARP via Local Proxy** option in the **WARP Settings** menu.

If you enable [FIPS compliance](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#fips-compliance) for TLS decryption, you must [disable QUIC](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/#prevent-inspection-bypass) in your users' browsers. Otherwise, HTTP/3 traffic will bypass inspection by the WARP client.

## WARP+ Unlimited

While WARP can take advantage of the many Cloudflare data centers around the world to give you a more private and robust connection, WARP+ Unlimited subscribers get access to a larger network. More cities to connect to means you are likely to be closer to a Cloudflare data center, which can reduce latency and improve your browsing speed.

WARP+ Unlimited is a paid, monthly subscription that can be purchased via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/about/

import { LinkButton, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="web-analytics-definition" />

Web Analytics supports Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR). Cloudflare's servers will select the best resolution for each chart or table depending on the size of the data, the date range, your network connection, and other factors. For more information, refer to [Explaining Cloudflare's ABR Analytics](https://blog.cloudflare.com/explaining-cloudflares-abr-analytics/).

The data displayed in Web Analytics is real user monitoring (RUM). For more information, refer to [Real User Monitoring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_user_monitoring).

Cloudflare Web Analytics does not collect or use your visitors’ personal data.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="http://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/web-analytics">Get started</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="/web-analytics/data-metrics/">Learn more</LinkButton>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

Cloudflare occasionally updates the `beacon.min.js` file to improve Web Analytics functionality. The table below includes a log of what changed in the `beacon.min.js` file and when.

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/web-analytics.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/faq/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to explore more resources.

* [Errors](#errors)
* [Setup](#setup)
* [Functionality](#functionality)

## Errors

### When I add the beacon to my website and load the webpage, I see an error that includes `is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin` (CORS). What is happening?


This error usually occurs when the hostname of the site loading the analytics does not match the name of the analytics site configured in the dashboard. Double-check that they are identical.

Cloudflare matches hostnames based on a postfix. For example, if you set up analytics for `example.com`, we will allow analytics from `www.example.com`, `blog.staging.example.com`, and `fooexample.com`. However, we will not allow analytics from `example.com.br`.

You may also see this error if the site does not send a `Referer` or `Origin` header. The `Referer` header is required (do not try to use the `Referrer-policy` header instead). We have a change in-flight now that only the `Origin` header will be required – we believe there is no way to disable that in the browser.

### The analytics beacon is blocked by ad-blockers (including adblockplus, Brave, DuckDuckGo extension, etc). Why is that?


Cloudflare is aware that the analytics beacon is blocked by these services.

While Cloudflare Web Analytics uses a JavaScript beacon, Cloudflare’s edge analytics cannot be blocked because we can measure every request that is received. Edge analytics are available to any customer who proxies traffic through Cloudflare. Currently, users on Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans get advanced web analytics powered by our edge logs.

### Why am I not seeing all the metrics for single-page application (SPA) or multiple-page application (MPA)?


Every route change that occurs in the single-page app will send the measurement of the route before the route is changed to the beacon endpoint. The measurement for the last route change will be sent whenever the user leaves the tab or closes the browser window. That will trigger `visibilityState` to a hidden state. Whenever that happens, Beacon JS sends the payload using the [Navigator.sendBeacon method](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon) that should not be cancelled even when the browser window is closed. However, due to compatibility, old browsers would fallback to using AJAX (`XmlHttpRequest`), which can be cancelled when the browser window is closed, so the last payload that gets sent to the beacon endpoint can be lost. Also, due to various network conditions, there can be data loss when the payload is sent to the beacon endpoint.

### For the same site, why would I see more data reported with an automatic setup?


Unless you are using Rules to control which pages to be measured, using [automatic setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-proxied-through-cloudflare) will inject the JS snippet on all pages (sub-domains) under the zone.

If you used a [manual setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-not-proxied-through-cloudflare) instead, only those pages that render the JS snippet will be reported.

:::note


Since only one JS snippet can be rendered and used per page, you cannot have multiple snippets on the same page.


:::


### My website is proxied through Cloudflare, but Web Analytic's automatic setup is not working.

If you have a `Cache-Control` header set to `public, no-transform`, Cloudflare proxy will not be able to modify the original payload of the website. Therefore, the Beacon script will not be automatically injected to your site, and Web Analytics will not work. Refer to [Origin cache control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) for more information.




***

## Setup



### I am proxying my site through Cloudflare. Should I manually add the JS beacon?

You can, but you do not have to. Cloudflare Web Analytics is designed primarily for customers who do not use Cloudflare's proxy to measure their web traffic.

Existing Cloudflare customers can access analytics collected from our edge on the **Analytics** tab of the dashboard. You can also enable Web Analytics to measure performance using JavaScript.

Using a domain proxied through Cloudflare with [automatic setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-proxied-through-cloudflare) will report stats back to your own domain's `/cdn-cgi/rum` endpoint. If you have installed JS snippet yourself (a [manual setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-not-proxied-through-cloudflare)), it will report back to `cloudflareinsights.com/cdn-cgi/rum` endpoint.



### Can I add Web Analytics to my site using a tag manager like Google Tag Manager (GTM)?

Yes. Instead of embedding the script using a tag manager as shown here:

```html
<script defer src='https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js' data-cf-beacon='{"token": "$SITE_TOKEN"}'></script>
```

Add the following script:

```html
<script defer src='https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js?token=$SITE_TOKEN'></script>
```



### Can I use the same JS Snippet for a different domain?


No. However, if the apex domain (also known as "root domain" or "naked domain") is the same, you can use the same site tag. For example, if you have provided us a hostname `example.com` when registering a site, you can use the JS snippet from that site for `abc.example.com` and `def.example.com` since they use the same apex domain. When payload gets sent to the beacon endpoint, we validate the hostname with postfix matching, so if your domain shares the same apex domain, that would work.



### Can I use automatic setup with a DNS-only domain (CNAME setup)?

No, you can only use the [automatic setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-proxied-through-cloudflare) with JS snippet injection if traffic to your domain is proxied through Cloudflare (orange-clouded).

If you have a DNS-only domain, you will have to do a [manual setup](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-not-proxied-through-cloudflare) instead.


### What prevents the JS Snippet from being added to a page?


<Render file="web-analytics-troubleshooting" />




***

## Functionality

### Can I see server-side analytics by URL?


Web Analytics only displays client-side analytics. All Cloudflare customers who proxy their traffic also get analytics based on traffic at their edge.

Currently, users on Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans get advanced HTTP traffic analytics, which is the only way to see features like a breakdown of traffic by URL based on server-side analytics.


### Can I use Web Analytics with AMP?


Not yet, but we plan to support AMP soon.


### What is the period of time I can access data in Web Analytics?

Currently, you can access data for the previous six months.



### Does Cloudflare Web Analytics support UTM parameters?

Not yet. UTM parameters are special query string parameters that can help track where traffic is coming from.
Currently, Cloudflare Web Analytics do not log query strings to avoid collecting potentially sensitive data, but we may add support for this in the future.


### Does Web Analytics support custom events?

Not yet, but we may add support for this in the future.

### Can I track more than one website with Web Analytics?

Yes. Right now there is a soft limit of ten sites per account, but that can be adjusted by contacting Cloudflare support.

### When does the beacon send metrics to the `/cdn-cgi/rum/` endpoint?

For traditional websites, not Single Page Applications (SPAs), the Web Analytics beacon reports to the `/cdn-cgi/rum/` endpoint when the page has finished loading (load event) and when the user leaves the page. For Single Page Applications, additional metrics are sent for every route change to capture the page load event.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Get vital web analytics for your website without compromising user privacy. 
</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare Web Analytics helps you understand the performance of your web pages as experienced by your site visitors.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Filters" href="/web-analytics/configuration-options/filters/">

Use filters to refine the data displayed in Web Analytics.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Rules" href="/web-analytics/configuration-options/rules">

Use rules to configure tracking of Web Analytics for specific websites or paths.


</Feature>

<Feature header="Dimensions" href="/web-analytics/data-metrics/dimensions">

Use dimensions to categorize and organize various metrics or data types effectively.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Analytics" href="/analytics/" product="analytics">
Cloudflare visualizes the metadata collected by our products in the Cloudflare dashboard. 
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Speed" href="/speed/" product="speed">
Speed allows you to assess the performance of your website and get recommendations of Cloudflare products to enhance the website performance.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Resource hub" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/analytics/" icon="document">
Refer to our latest resources to learn more about security, performance and reliability.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Cloudflare blog" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/privacy-first-web-analytics/" icon="open-book">
Read articles about the latest updates about Web Analytics. 
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/limits/

Cloudflare limits the number of sites for which you can track web analytics, as well as the number of rules allowed for each plan type. Refer to the following tables for more information.

## Site limits

Cloudflare limits the number of sites for which you can track web analytics when they are not proxied by Cloudflare.

| Site type                      | Limit    |
| ------------------------------ | -------- |
| Not proxied through Cloudflare | 10       |
| Proxied through Cloudflare     | No limit |

## Rules limits

Cloudflare limits the number of Web Analytics rules you can have by plan type. For plans with a limit of zero, Web Analytics injects the JS snippet on all subdomains.

Rules are only available for sites proxied through Cloudflare.

| Plan type  | Rules limit |
| ---------- | ----------- |
| Free       | 0           |
| Pro        | 5           |
| Business   | 20          |
| Enterprise | 100         |

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/about/

When you [create a gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway), Cloudflare automatically creates and adds specific [DNS records](/web3/reference/gateway-dns-records/) to your Cloudflare account.

When the hostname associated with your gateway receives requests, its DNS records route these requests to a Cloudflare Workers script.

![Cloudflare's Web3 gateways provide HTTP-accessible interfaces to the IPFS and Ethereum networks. For more details, continue reading.](~/assets/images/web3/web3-gateway-flow-diagram.png)

## Read operations

If the API call to the Worker is a read operation and the requested content is cached, the Workers script will respond with the requested information via HTTP to the client.

If the requested content is not cached, it will first be requested via API call to Cloudflare IPFS or Ethereum nodes, cached at the edge for future requests, and returned via HTTP response to the client.

## Write operations

*Only available for gateways to EVM-based chains, such as [Ethereum](/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway).*

If the API call to the gateway is a write operation, the gateway will make an API call to one of the Cloudflare nodes, and the transaction is placed in the local mempool and propagated to peers.

A transaction ID is returned to the gateway, which is then returned to the client via HTTP response. Validators take transactions from the mempool and place them into a block to execute. The new block to add to the blockchain is validated, consensus is reached, and the block is added to the blockchain and propagated to the rest of the network.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/get-started/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Use this tutorial to start using Cloudflare's Web3 Gateways to the IPFS and Ethereum networks.

## Before you begin

Before you start, make sure the you have [set up an account](/fundamentals/setup/account/) and [added your website](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare.

## Step 1 - Subscribe to a gateway

To get access to Web3 gateways for your account, you need to first [subscribe to a gateway](/web3/how-to/enable-gateways/).

## Step 2 - Create a gateway

After purchasing a gateway subscription, create a gateway.


<Details header="Create via dashboard">

<Render file="create-gateway-dashboard" />


</Details>


<Details header="Create via API">

<Render file="create-gateway-api" />


</Details>

<Render file="post-creation-steps" />

## Step 3 - Customize Cloudflare settings

<Render file="cloudflare-settings" />

## Step 4 - Restrict gateway access (optional)

If you are using your gateway for backend services, you may want to use Cloudflare Zero Trust to [restrict gateway access](/web3/how-to/restrict-gateway-access/).

## Step 5 - Set up usage notifications

<Render file="ubb-recommendation" product="fundamentals" />

## Step 6 - Use the gateway

Once you have created a gateway and updated your Cloudflare settings, you can start using your [IPFS](/web3/how-to/use-ipfs-gateway/) or [Ethereum](/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway/).

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Develop Web3 applications without having to worry about running infrastructure 
</Description>

<Plan type="add-on" />

Web3, or the distributed web, is a set of technologies that enables hosting of content and web applications in a serverless manner by leveraging distributed systems and consensus protocols.

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="IPFS Gateway" href="/web3/ipfs-gateway/"> <Plan id="web3.ipfs.properties.availability.summary" />
Provides a read-only, HTTP-accessible interface to the [Interplanetary File System (IPFS)](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/ipfs/).


</Feature>

<Feature header="Ethereum Gateway" href="/web3/ethereum-gateway/"> <Plan id="web3.ethereum.properties.availability.summary" />

Gives you read and write access to the [Ethereum network](/web3/ethereum-gateway/concepts/ethereum/) without installing any software on your computer.


</Feature>

***

## Benefits

Cloudflare's Web3 gateways provide HTTP-accessible interfaces to Web3 networks, providing:

* **Ease of access**: Access content from Web3 networks without installing or running any special software.
* **Security**: Get the protection benefits of Cloudflare's global anycast network for [enhanced security](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-thwarts-17-2m-rps-ddos-attack-the-largest-ever-reported/).
* **Reduced maintenance**: Cloudflare — and not your developers — maintains and monitors security, reliability, and performance.
* **Reliability**: Cloudflare's global anycast network provides a high level of [reliability and availability](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).
* **Performance**: With Cloudflare's edge network of data centers in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), content can be cached and served from data centers close to your end users.

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/web3/" icon="seti:shell">
Explore pricing options for Web3 Gateways in the dashboard
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Workers within your existing application and architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Workers.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Workers"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Workers:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Workers"]} />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components";

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Workers documentation.

<Glossary product="workers" />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	LinkButton,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	RelatedProduct,
	Render,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.

</Description>

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare Workers provides a [serverless](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/) execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.

Cloudflare Workers runs on [Cloudflare’s global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) in hundreds of cities worldwide, offering both [Free and Paid plans](/workers/platform/pricing/).

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/workers/get-started/guide/">
	Get started
</LinkButton> <LinkButton
	variant="secondary"
	href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages/create"
>
	Workers dashboard
</LinkButton>

---

## Features

<Feature header="Wrangler" href="/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/">

The Workers command-line interface, Wrangler, allows you to [create](/workers/wrangler/commands/#init), [test](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), and [deploy](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) your Workers projects.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Bindings" href="/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/">

Bindings allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform, including [R2](/r2/), [KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), and [D1](/d1/).

</Feature>

<Feature header="Playground" href="/workers/playground/" cta="Use the Playground">

The Playground is a sandbox which gives you an instant way to preview and test a Worker directly in the browser against any site. No setup required.

</Feature>

---

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers AI" href="/workers-ai/" product="workers-ai">

Run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare’s global network.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="D1" href="/d1/" product="d1">

Create new serverless SQL databases to query from your Workers and Pages projects.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Durable Objects" href="/durable-objects/" product="durable-objects">

A globally distributed coordination API with strongly consistent storage.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="KV" href="/kv/" product="kv">

Create a global, low-latency, key-value data storage.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Queues" href="/queues/" product="queues">

Send and receive messages with guaranteed delivery and no charges for egress bandwidth.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Hyperdrive" href="/hyperdrive/" product="hyperdrive">

Turn your existing regional database into a globally distributed database.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Vectorize" href="/vectorize/" product="vectorize">

Build full-stack AI applications with Vectorize, Cloudflare’s vector database.

</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Zaraz" href="/zaraz/" product="zaraz">

Offload third-party tools and services to the cloud and improve the speed and security of your website.

</RelatedProduct>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Learning Path"
	href="/learning-paths/workers/concepts/"
	icon="pen"
>
	New to Workers? Get started with the Workers Learning Path.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Plans"
	href="/workers/platform/pricing/"
	icon="seti:shell"
>
	Learn about Free and Paid plans.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/workers/platform/limits/" icon="document">
	Learn about plan limits (Free plans get 100,000 requests per day).
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Storage options"
	href="/workers/platform/storage-options/"
	icon="open-book"
>
	Learn which storage option is best for your project.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Developer Discord"
	href="https://discord.cloudflare.com"
	icon="discord"
>
	Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, share what you
	are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="@CloudflareDev"
	href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev"
	icon="x.com"
>
	Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and
	what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Playground

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/playground/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components";

:::note[Browser support]

The Cloudflare Workers Playground is currently only supported in Firefox and Chrome desktop browsers. In Safari, it will show a `PreviewRequestFailed` error message.

:::

The quickest way to experiment with Cloudflare Workers is in the [Playground](https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground). It does not require any setup or authentication. The Playground is a sandbox which gives you an instant way to preview and test a Worker directly in the browser.

The Playground uses the same editor as the authenticated experience. The Playground provides the ability to [share](#share) the code you write as well as [deploy](#deploy) it instantly to Cloudflare's global network. This way, you can try new things out and deploy them when you are ready.

<LinkButton href="https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground" icon="external">
	Launch the Playground
</LinkButton>

## Hello Cloudflare Workers

When you arrive in the Playground, you will see this default code:

```js
import welcome from "welcome.html";

/**
 * @typedef {Object} Env
 */

export default {
	/**
	 * @param {Request} request
	 * @param {Env} env
	 * @param {ExecutionContext} ctx
	 * @returns {Response}
	 */
	fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		console.log("Hello Cloudflare Workers!");

		return new Response(welcome, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

This is an example of a multi-module Worker that is receiving a [request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), logging a message to the console, and then returning a [response](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) body containing the content from `welcome.html`.

Refer to the [Fetch handler documentation](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) to learn more.

## Use the Playground

As you edit the default code, the Worker will auto-update such that the preview on the right shows your Worker running just as it would in a browser. If your Worker uses URL paths, you can enter those in the input field on the right to navigate to them. The Playground provides type-checking via JSDoc comments and [`workers-types`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types). The Playground also provides pretty error pages in the event of application errors.

To test a raw HTTP request (for example, to test a `POST` request), go to the **HTTP** tab and select **Send**. You can add and edit headers via this panel, as well as edit the body of a request.

## DevTools

For debugging Workers inside the Playground, use the developer tools at the bottom of the Playground's preview panel to view `console.logs`, network requests, memory and CPU usage. The developer tools for the Workers Playground work similarly to the developer tools in Chrome or Firefox, and are the same developer tools users have access to in the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) and the authenticated dashboard.

### Network tab

**Network** shows the outgoing requests from your Worker — that is, any calls to `fetch` inside your Worker code.

### Console Logs

The console displays the output of any calls to `console.log` that were called for the current preview run as well as any other preview runs in that session.

### Sources

**Sources** displays the sources that make up your Worker. Note that KV, text, and secret bindings are only accessible when authenticated with an account. This means you must be logged in to the dashboard, or use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) with your account credentials.

## Share

To share what you have created, select **Copy Link** in the top right of the screen. This will copy a unique URL to your clipboard that you can share with anyone. These links do not expire, so you can bookmark your creation and share it at any time. Users that open a shared link will see the Playground with the shared code and preview.

## Deploy

You can deploy a Worker from the Playground. If you are already logged in, you can review the Worker before deploying. Otherwise, you will be taken through the first-time user onboarding flow before you can review and deploy.

Once deployed, your Worker will get its own unique URL and be available almost instantly on Cloudflare's global network. From here, you can add [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), [storage resources](/workers/platform/storage-options/), and more.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/workers-ai.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Demos and architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip, ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components"

Workers AI can be used to build dynamic and performant services. The following demo applications and reference architectures showcase how to use Workers AI optimally within your architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Workers AI.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Workers AI"]} />

## Reference architectures

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="reference architecture">reference architectures</GlossaryTooltip> that use Workers AI:

<ResourcesBySelector types={["reference-architecture","design-guide","reference-architecture-diagram"]} products={["Workers AI"]} />

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Render, LinkButton, Flex } from "~/components"

<Description>

Run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare's global network. 
</Description>

<Plan type="workers-all" />

Workers AI allows you to run machine learning models, on the Cloudflare network, from your own code -- whether that be from [Workers](/workers/), [Pages](/pages/), or anywhere via [the Cloudflare API](/api/resources/ai/methods/run/).

With the launch of Workers AI, Cloudflare is rolling out GPUs to its global network. This enables you to build and deploy ambitious AI applications that run near your users, wherever they are.

<div>
  <LinkButton href="/workers-ai/get-started">Get started</LinkButton>
  <LinkButton target="_blank" variant="secondary" icon="external" href="https://youtu.be/cK_leoJsBWY?si=4u6BIy_uBOZf9Ve8">Watch a Workers AI demo</LinkButton>
</div>


<Render file="custom_requirements" />

<Render file="file_issues" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="Models" href="/workers-ai/models/" cta="Browse models">

Workers AI comes with a curated set of popular open-source models that enable you to do tasks such as image classification, text generation, object detection and more.


</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="AI Gateway" href="/ai-gateway/" product="ai-gateway">

Observe and control your AI applications with caching, rate limiting, request retries, model fallback, and more.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Vectorize" href="/vectorize/" product="vectorize">

Build full-stack AI applications with Vectorize, Cloudflare’s vector database. Adding Vectorize enables you to perform tasks such as semantic search, recommendations, anomaly detection or can be used to provide context and memory to an LLM.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pages" href="/pages/" product="pages">

Create full-stack applications that are instantly deployed to the Cloudflare global network.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">

Store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="D1" href="/d1/" product="d1">

Create new serverless SQL databases to query from your Workers and Pages projects.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Durable Objects" href="/durable-objects/" product="durable-objects">

A globally distributed coordination API with strongly consistent storage.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="KV" href="/kv/" product="kv">

Create a global, low-latency, key-value data storage.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Get started" href="/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/" icon="open-book">
Build and deploy your first Workers AI application.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="/workers-ai/platform/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
Learn about Free and Paid plans.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/workers-ai/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about Workers AI limits.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Use cases" href="/use-cases/ai/" icon="document">
Learn how you can build and deploy ambitious AI applications to Cloudflare's global network.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="open-book">
Learn which storage option is best for your project.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, share what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Privacy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/privacy/

Cloudflare processes certain customer data in order to provide the Workers AI service, subject to our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) and [Self-Serve Subscription Agreement](https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/) or [Enterprise Subscription Agreement](https://www.cloudflare.com/enterpriseterms/) (as applicable).

Cloudflare neither creates nor trains the AI models made available on Workers AI. The models constitute Third-Party Services and may be subject to open source or other license terms that apply between you and the model provider. Be sure to review the license terms applicable to each model (if any).

Your inputs (e.g., text prompts, image submissions, audio files, etc.), outputs (e.g., generated text/images, translations, etc.), embeddings, and training data constitute Customer Content.

For Workers AI:

* You own, and are responsible for, all of your Customer Content.
* Cloudflare does not make your Customer Content available to any other Cloudflare customer.
* Cloudflare does not use your Customer Content to (1) train any AI models made available on Workers AI or (2) improve any Cloudflare or third-party services, and would not do so unless we received your explicit consent.
* Your Customer Content for Workers AI may be stored by Cloudflare if you specifically use a storage service (e.g., R2, KV, DO, Vectorize, etc.) in conjunction with Workers AI.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct } from "~/components"

<Description>

Build durable multi-step applications on Cloudflare Workers with Workflows.

</Description>

<Plan type="workers-all" />

Workflows is a durable execution engine built on Cloudflare Workers. Workflows allow you to build multi-step applications that can automatically retry, persist state and run for minutes, hours, days, or weeks. Workflows introduces a programming model that makes it easier to build reliable, long-running tasks, observe as they progress, and programatically trigger instances based on events across your services.

Refer to the [get started guide](/workflows/get-started/guide/) to start building with Workflows.

***

## Features

<Feature header="Deploy your first Workflow" href="/workflows/get-started/guide/" cta="Deploy your first Workflow">

Define your first Workflow, understand how to compose multi-steps, and deploy to production.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Rules of Workflows" href="/workflows/build/rules-of-workflows/" cta="Best practices">

Understand best practices when writing and building applications using Workflows.

</Feature>

<Feature header="Trigger Workflows" href="/workflows/build/trigger-workflows/" cta="Trigger Workflows from Workers">

Learn how to trigger Workflows from your Workers applications, via the REST API, and the command-line.

</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Pages" href="/pages/" product="pages">

Deploy dynamic front-end applications in record time.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Pricing" href="/workflows/reference/pricing/" icon="seti:shell">
Learn more about how Workflows is priced.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/workflows/reference/limits/" icon="document">
Learn more about Workflow limits, and how to work within them.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Storage options" href="/workers/platform/storage-options/" icon="document">
Learn more about the storage and database options you can build on with Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Developer Platform.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/zaraz.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Embeds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/embeds/

Embeds are tools for incorporating external content, like social media posts, directly onto webpages, enhancing user engagement without compromising site performance and security.

Cloudflare Zaraz introduces server-side rendering for embeds, avoiding third-party JavaScript to improve security, privacy, and page speed. This method processes content on the server side, removing the need for direct communication between the user's browser and third-party servers.

To add an Embed to Your Website:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Click "add new tool" and activate the desired tools on your Cloudflare Zaraz dashboard.
4. Add a placeholder in your HTML, specifying the necessary attributes. For a generic embed, the snippet looks like this:

```html
<componentName-embedName attribute="value"></componentName-embedName>
```

Replace `componentName`, `embedName` and `attribute="value"` with the specific Managed Component requirements. Zaraz automatically detects placeholders and replaces them with the content in a secure and efficient way.

## Examples

### X (Twitter) embed

```html
<twitter-post tweet-id="12345"></twitter-post>
```

Replace `tweet-id` with the actual tweet ID for the content you wish to embed.

### Instagram embed

```html
<instagram-post post-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC/" captions="true"></instagram-post>
```

Replace `post-url` with the actual URL for the content you wish to embed. To include posts captions set captions attribute to `true`.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) or [Discord channel](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to explore additional resources.

- [General](#general)
- [Tools](#tools)
- [Consent](#consent)

If you're looking for information regarding Zaraz Pricing, see the [Zaraz Pricing](/zaraz/pricing-info/) page.

---

## General

### Setting up Zaraz

#### Why is Zaraz not working?

If you are experiencing issues with Zaraz, there could be multiple reasons behind it. First, it's important to verify that the Zaraz script is loading properly on your website.

To check if the script is loading correctly, follow these steps:

1. Open your website in a web browser.
2. Open your browser's Developer Tools.
3. In the Console, type `zaraz`.
4. If you see an error message saying `zaraz is not defined`, it means that Zaraz failed to load.

If Zaraz is not loading, please verify the following:

- The domain running Zaraz [is proxied by Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).
- Auto Injection is enabled in your [Zaraz Settings](/zaraz/reference/settings/#auto-inject-script).
- Your website's HTML is valid and includes `<head>` and `</head>` tags.
- You have at least [one enabled tool](/zaraz/get-started/) configured in Zaraz.

#### The browser extension I'm using cannot find the tool I have added. Why?

Zaraz is loading tools server-side, which means code running in the browser will not be able to see it. Running tools server-side is better for your website performance and privacy, but it also means you cannot use normal browser extensions to debug your Zaraz tools.

#### I'm seeing some data discrepancies. Is there a way to check what data reaches Zaraz?

Yes. You can use the metrics in [Zaraz Monitoring](/zaraz/monitoring/) and [Debug Mode](/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/) to help you find where in the workflow the problem occurred.

#### Can I use Zaraz with Rocket Loader?

We recommend disabling [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/) when using Zaraz. While Zaraz can be used together with Rocket Loader, there's usually no need to use both. Rocket Loader can sometimes delay data from reaching Zaraz, causing issues.

#### Is Zaraz compatible with Content Security Policies (CSP)?

Yes. To learn more about how Zaraz works to be compatible with <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">CSP</GlossaryTooltip> configurations, refer to the [Cloudflare Zaraz supports CSP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-zaraz-supports-csp/) blog post.

#### Does Cloudflare process my HTML, removing existing scripts and then injecting Zaraz?

Cloudflare Zaraz does not remove other third-party scripts from the page. Zaraz [can be auto-injected or not](/zaraz/reference/settings/#auto-inject-script), depending on your configuration, but if you have existing scripts that you intend to load with Zaraz, you should remove them.

#### Does Zaraz work with Cloudflare Page Shield?

Yes. Refer to [Page Shield](/page-shield/) for more information related to this product.

#### Is there a way to prevent Zaraz from loading on specific pages, like under `/wp-admin`?

To prevent Zaraz from loading on specific pages, refer to [Load Zaraz selectively](/zaraz/advanced/load-selectively/).

#### How can I remove my Zaraz configuration?

Resetting your Zaraz configuration will erase all of your configuration settings, including any tools, triggers, and variables you've set up. This action will disable Zaraz immediately. If you want to start over with a clean slate, you can always reset your configuration.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings** > **Advanced**.
3. Click "Reset" and follow the instructions.

### Zaraz Web API

#### Why would the `zaraz.ecommerce()` method returns an undefined error?

E-commerce tracking needs to be enabled in [the Zaraz Settings page](/zaraz/reference/settings/#e-commerce-tracking) before you can start using the E-commerce Web API.

#### How would I trigger pageviews manually on a Single Page Application (SPA)?

Zaraz comes with built-in [Single Page Application (SPA) support](/zaraz/reference/settings/#single-page-application-support) that automatically sends pageview events when navigating through the pages of your SPA. However, if you have advanced use cases, you might want to build your own system to trigger pageviews. In such cases, you can use the internal SPA pageview event by calling `zaraz.spaPageview()`.

---

## Tools

### Google Analytics

#### After moving from Google Analytics 4 to Zaraz, I can no longer see demographics data. Why?

You probably have enabled **Hide Originating IP Address** in the [Settings option](/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-tools-and-actions/) for Google Analytics 4. This tells Zaraz to not send the IP address to Google. To have access to demographics data and anonymize your visitor's IP, you should use [**Anonymize Originating IP Address**](#i-see-two-ways-of-anonymizing-ip-address-information-on-the-third-party-tool-google-analytics-one-in-privacy-and-one-in-additional-fields-which-is-the-correct-one) instead.

#### I see two ways of anonymizing IP address information on the third-party tool Google Analytics: one in Privacy, and one in Additional fields. Which is the correct one?

There is not a correct option, as the two options available in Google Analytics (GA) do different things.

The "Hide Originating IP Address" option in [Tool Settings](/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-tools-and-actions/) prevents Zaraz from sending the IP address from a visitor to Google. This means that GA treats Zaraz's Worker's IP address as the visitor's IP address. This is often close in terms of location, but it might not be.

With the **Anonymize Originating IP Address** available in the [Add field](/zaraz/custom-actions/additional-fields/) option, Cloudflare sends the visitor's IP address to Google as is, and passes the 'aip' parameter to GA. This asks GA to anonymize the data.

#### If I set up Event Reporting (enhanced measurements) for Google Analytics, why does Zaraz only report Page View, Session Start, and First Visit?

This is not a bug. Zaraz does not offer all the automatic events the normal GA4 JavaScript snippets offer out of the box. You will need to build [triggers](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) and [actions](/zaraz/custom-actions/) to capture those events. Refer to [Get started](/zaraz/get-started/) to learn more about how Zaraz works.

#### Can I set up custom dimensions for Google Analytics with Zaraz?

Yes. Refer to [Additional fields](/zaraz/custom-actions/additional-fields/) to learn how to send additional data to tools.

#### How do I attach a User Property to my events?

In your Google Analytics 4 action, select **Add field** > **Add custom field...** and enter a field name that starts with `up.` — for example, `up.name`. This will make Zaraz send the field as a User Property and not as an Event Property.

#### How can I enable Google Consent Mode signals?

Zaraz has built-in support for Google Consent Mode v2. Learn more on how to use it in [Google Consent Mode page](/zaraz/advanced/google-consent-mode/).

### Facebook Pixel

#### If I set up Facebook Pixel on my Zaraz account, why am I not seeing data coming through?

It can take between 15 minutes to several hours for data to appear on Facebook's interface, due the way Facebook Pixel works. You can also use [debug mode](/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/) to confirm that data is being properly sent from your Zaraz account.

### Google Ads

#### What is the expected format for Conversion ID and Conversion Label

Conversion ID and Conversion Label are usually provided by Google Ads as a "gtag script". Here's an example for a $1 USD conversion:

```js
gtag("event", "conversion", {
	send_to: "AW-123456789/AbC-D_efG-h12_34-567",
	value: 1.0,
	currency: "USD",
});
```

The Conversion ID is the first part of `send_to` parameter, without the `AW-`. In the above example it would be `123456789`. The Conversion Label is the second part of the `send_to` parameter, therefore `AbC-D_efG-h12_34-567` in the above example. When setting up your Google Ads conversions through Zaraz, take the information from the original scripts you were asked to implement.

### Custom HTML

#### Can I use Google Tag Manager together with Zaraz?

You can load Google Tag Manager using Zaraz, but it is not recommended. Tools configured inside Google Tag Manager cannot be optimized by Zaraz, and cannot be restricted by the Zaraz privacy controls. In addition, Google Tag Manager could slow down your website because it requires additional JavaScript, and its rules are evaluated client-side. If you are currently using Google Tag Manager, we recommend replacing it with Zaraz by configuring your tags directly as Zaraz tools.

#### Why should I prefer a native tool integration instead of an HTML snippet?

Adding a tool to your website via a native Zaraz integration is always better than using an HTML snippet. HTML snippets usually depends on additional client-side requests, and require client-side code execution, which can slow down your website. They are often a security risk, as they can be hacked. Moreover, it can be very difficult to control their affect on the privacy of your visitors. Tools included in the Zaraz library are not suffering from these issues - they are fast, executed at the edge, and be controlled and restricted because they are sandboxed.

#### How can I set my Custom HTML to be injected just once in my Single Page App (SPA) website?

If you have enabled "Single Page Application support" in Zaraz Settings, your Custom HTML code may be unnecessarily injected every time a new SPA page is loaded. This can result in duplicates. To avoid this, go to your Custom HTML action and select the "Add Field" option. Then, add the "Ignore SPA" field and enable the toggle switch. Doing so will prevent your code from firing on every SPA pageview and ensure that it is injected only once.

### Other tools

#### What if I want to use a tool that is not supported by Zaraz?

The Zaraz engineering team is adding support to new tools all the time. You can also refer to the [community space](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/integrationrequest/68) to ask for new integrations.

#### I cannot get a tool to load when the website is loaded. Do I have to add code to my website?

If you proxy your domain through Cloudflare, you do not need to add any code to your website. By default, Zaraz includes an automated `Pageview` trigger. Some tools, like Google Analytics, automatically add a `Pageview` action that uses this trigger. With other tools, you will need to add it manually. Refer to [Get started](/zaraz/get-started/) for more information.

#### I am a vendor. How can I integrate my tool with Zaraz?

The Zaraz team is working with third-party vendors to build their own Zaraz integrations using the Zaraz SDK. To request a new tool integration, or to collaborate on our SDK, contact us at [zaraz@cloudflare.com](mailto:zaraz@cloudflare.com).

---

## Consent

### How do I show the consent modal again to all users?

In such a case, you can change the cookie name in the _Consent cookie name_ field in the Zaraz Consent configuration. This will cause the consent modal to reappear for all users. Make sure to use a cookie name that has not been used for Zaraz on your site.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/get-started/

Before being able to use Zaraz, it is recommended that you proxy your website through Cloudflare. Refer to [Set up Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/) for more information. If you do not want to proxy your website through Cloudflare, refer to [Use Zaraz on domains not proxied by Cloudflare](/zaraz/advanced/domains-not-proxied/).

## Add a third-party tool to your website

You can add new third-party tools and load them into your website through the Cloudflare dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and website.
2. Select **Zaraz** from the side menu.
3. If you have already added a tool before, select **Tools Configuration** > **Third-party tools** and click on **Add new tool**.
4. Choose a tool from the tools catalog. Select **Continue** to confirm your selection.
5. In **Set up**, configure the settings for your new tool. The information you need to enter will depend on the tool you choose. If you want to use any dynamic properties or variables, select the `+` sign in the drop-down menu next to the relevant field.
6. In **Actions** setup the actions for your new tool. You should be able to select Pageviews, Events or E-Commerce [^1].
7. Select **Save**. 

[^1]: Some tools do not supported Automatic Actions, see the section about [Custom Actions](/zaraz/custom-actions) if the tool you are adding doesn't present Automatic Actions.

## Events, triggers and actions

Zaraz relies on events, triggers and actions to determine when to load the tools you need in your website, and what action they need to perform. The way you configure Zaraz and where you start largely depend on the tool you wish to use. When using a tool that supports Automatic Actions, this process is largely done for you. If the tool you are adding doesn't support Automatic Actions, read more about configuring [Custom Actions](/zaraz/custom-actions).

When using Automatic Actions, the available actions are as follows:

- **Pageviews** - for tracking every pageview on your website
- **Events** - For tracking calls using the [`zaraz.track` Web API](/zaraz/web-api/track)
- **E-commerce** - For tracking calls to [`zaraz.ecommerce` Web API](/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce)

## Web API

If you need to programmatically start actions in your tools, Cloudflare Zaraz provides a unified Web API to send events to Zaraz, and from there, to third-party tools. This Web API includes the `zaraz.track()`, `zaraz.set()` and `zaraz.ecommerce()` methods.

[The Track method](/zaraz/web-api/track/) allows you to track custom events and actions on your website that might happen in real time. [The Set method](/zaraz/web-api/set/) is an easy shortcut to define a variable once and have it sent with every future Track call. [E-commerce](/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce/) is a unified method for sending e-commerce related data to multiple tools without needing to configure triggers and events. Refer to [Web API](/zaraz/web-api/) for more information.

## Troubleshooting

If you suspect that something is not working the way it should, or if you want to verify the operation of tools on your website, read more about [Debug Mode](/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/) and [Zaraz Monitoring](/zaraz/monitoring/). Also, check the [FAQ](/zaraz/faq/) page to see if your question was already answered there.

## Platform plugins

Users and companies have developed plugins that make using Zaraz easier on specific platforms. We recommend checking out these plugins if you are using one of these platforms.

### WooCommerce

- [Beetle Tracking](https://beetle-tracking.com/) - Integrate Zaraz with your WordPress WooCommerce website to track e-commerce events with zero configuration. Beetle Tracking also supports consent management and other advanced features.

---

# HTTP Events API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/http-events-api/

The Zaraz HTTP Events API allows you to send information to Zaraz from places that cannot run the [Web API](/zaraz/web-api/), such as your server or your mobile app. It is useful for tracking events that are happening outside the browser, like successful transactions, sign-ups and more. The API also allows sending multiple events in batches.

## Configure the API endpoint

The API is disabled unless you configure an endpoint for it. The endpoint determines under what URL the API will be accessible. For example, if you set the endpoint to be `/zaraz/api`, and your domain is `example.com`, requests to the API will go to `https://example.com/zaraz/api`.

To enable the API endpoint:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Endpoints** > **HTTP Events API**, set your desired path. Remember the path is relative to your domain, and it must start with a `/`.

:::caution[Important]
To avoid getting the API used by unwanted actors, Cloudflare recommends choosing a unique path.
:::

## Send events

The endpoint you have configured for the API will receive `POST` requests with a JSON payload. Below, there is an example payload:

```json
{
  "events": [
    {
      "client": {
        "__zarazTrack": "transaction successful",
        "value": "200"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

The payload must contain an `events` array. Each Event Object in this array corresponds to one event you want Zaraz to process. The above example is similar to calling `zaraz.track('transaction successful', { value: "200" })` using the Web API.

The Event Object holds the `client` object, in which you can pass information about the event itself. Every key you include in the Event Object will be available as a *Track Property* in the Zaraz dashboard.

There are two reserved keys:

* `__zarazTrack`: The value of this key will be available as *Event Name*. This is what you will usually build your triggers around. In the above example, setting this to `transaction successful` is the same as [using the Web API](/zaraz/web-api/track/) and calling `zaraz.track("transaction successful")`.
* `__zarazEcommerce`: This key needs to be set to `true` if you want Zaraz to process the event as an e-commerce event.

### The `system` key

In addition to the `client` key, you can use the `system` key to include information about the device from which the event originated. For example, you can submit the `User-Agent` string, the cookies and the screen resolution. Zaraz will use this information when connecting to different third-party tools. Since some tools depend on certain fields, it is often useful to include all the information you can.

The same payload from before will resemble the following example, when we add the `system` information:

```json
{
  "events": [
    {
      "client": {
        "__zarazTrack": "transaction successful",
        "value": "200"
      },
      "system": {
        "page": {
          "url": "https://example.com",
          "title": "My website"
        },
        "device": {
          "language": "en-US",
          "ip": "192.168.0.1"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

For all available system keys, refer to the table below:

| Property                   | Type  | Description                                                                                |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `system.cookies`           | Object                         | A key-value object holding cookies from the device associated with the event.              |
| `system.device.ip`         | String                         | The IP address of the device associated with the event.                                    |
| `system.device.resolution` | String                         | The screen resolution of the device associated with the event, in a `WIDTHxHEIGHT` format. |
| `system.device.viewport`   | String                         | The viewport of the device associated with the event, in a `WIDTHxHEIGHT` format.          |
| `system.device.language`   | String                         | The language code used by the device associated with the event.                            |
| `system.device.user-agent` | String                         | The `User-Agent` string of the device associated with the event.                           |
| `system.page.title`        | String                         | The title of the page associated with the event.                                           |
| `system.page.url`          | String                         | The URL of the page associated with the event.                                             |
| `system.page.referrer`     | String                         | The URL of the referrer page in the time the event took place.                             |
| `system.page.encoding`     | String                         | The encoding of the page associated with the event.                                        |

:::note

It is currently not possible to override location related properties, such as City, Country, and Continent. 
:::

## Process API responses

For each Event Object in your payload, Zaraz will respond with a Result Object. The Result Objects order matches the order of your Event Objects.

Depending on what tools you are loading using Zaraz, the body of the response coming from the API might include information you will want to process. This is because some tools do not have a complete server-side implementation and still depend on cookies, client-side JavaScript or similar mechanisms. Each Result Object can include the following information:

| Result key | Description |
| --- | --- |
| `fetch` | Fetch requests that tools want to send from the user browser. |
| `execute` | JavaScript code that tools want to execute in the user browser. |
| `return` | Information that tools return. |
| `cookies` | Cookies that tools want to set for the user. |

You do not have to process the information above, but some tools might depend on this to work properly. You can start using the HTTP Events API without processing the information in the table above, and adjust accordingly later.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/

import {
	CardGrid,
	Description,
	Feature,
	LinkTitleCard,
	Plan,
	Render,
} from "~/components";

<Description>

Offload third-party tools and services to the cloud and improve the speed and security of your website.

</Description>

<Plan id="zaraz.zaraz.properties.availability.summary" />

<Render file="zaraz-definition" />

---

## Features

<Feature header="Third-party tools" href="/zaraz/get-started/">
	You can add many third-party tools to Zaraz, and offload them from your
	website.
</Feature>

<Feature
	header="Custom Managed Components"
	href="/zaraz/advanced/load-custom-managed-component/"
>
	You can add Custom Managed Components to Zaraz and run them as a tool.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Web API" href="/zaraz/web-api/">
Zaraz provides a client-side web API that you can use anywhere inside the `<body>` tag of a page.
</Feature>

<Feature header="Consent management" href="/zaraz/consent-management/">
	Zaraz provides a Consent Management platform to help you address and manage
	required consents.
</Feature>

---

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Discord Channel" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">

If you have any comments, questions, or bugs to report, contact the Zaraz team on their Discord channel.

</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Community Forum" href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/zaraz/67" icon="open-book">

Engage with other users and the Zaraz team on Cloudflare support forum.

</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# DNS over TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-tls/

By default, DNS is sent over a plaintext connection. DNS over TLS (DoT) is one way to send DNS queries over an encrypted connection. Cloudflare supports DNS over TLS on standard port 853 and is compliant with [RFC 7858](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858). With DoT, the encryption happens at the transport layer, where it adds TLS encryption on top of a TCP connection.

## How it works

Cloudflare supports DNS over TLS (DoT) on `1.1.1.1`, `1.0.0.1`, and the corresponding IPv6 addresses (`2606:4700:4700::1111` and `2606:4700:4700::1001`) on port `853`. If your DoT client does not support IP addresses, Cloudflare's DoT endpoint can also be reached by hostname on `one.one.one.one`. A stub resolver (the DNS client on a device that talks to the DNS resolver) connects to the resolver over a TLS connection:

1. Before the connection, the DNS stub resolver has stored a base64 encoded SHA256 hash of the TLS certificate from 1.1.1.1 (called SPKI).
2. DNS stub resolver establishes a TCP connection with `1.1.1.1:853`.
3. DNS stub resolver initiates a TLS handshake.
4. In the TLS handshake, 1.1.1.1 presents its TLS certificate.
5. Once the TLS connection is established, the DNS stub resolver can send DNS over an encrypted connection, preventing eavesdropping and tampering.
6. All DNS queries sent over the TLS connection must comply with specifications of [sending DNS over TCP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1035#section-4.2.2).

## Example

```sh
kdig -d @1.1.1.1 +tls-ca +tls-host=one.one.one.one example.com
```

```sh output

;; DEBUG: Querying for owner(example.com.), class(1), type(1), server(1.1.1.1), port(853), protocol(TCP)
;; DEBUG: TLS, imported 138 system certificates
;; DEBUG: TLS, received certificate hierarchy:
;; DEBUG:  #1, C=US,ST=California,L=San Francisco,O=Cloudflare\, Inc.,CN=cloudflare-dns.com
;; DEBUG:      SHA-256 PIN: GP8Knf7qBae+aIfythytMbYnL+yowaWVeD6MoLHkVRg=
;; DEBUG:  #2, C=US,O=DigiCert Inc,CN=DigiCert TLS Hybrid ECC SHA384 2020 CA1
;; DEBUG:      SHA-256 PIN: e0IRz5Tio3GA1Xs4fUVWmH1xHDiH2dMbVtCBSkOIdqM=
;; DEBUG: TLS, skipping certificate PIN check
;; DEBUG: TLS, The certificate is trusted.
;; TLS session (TLS1.3)-(ECDHE-X25519)-(ECDSA-SECP256R1-SHA256)-(AES-256-GCM)
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY; status: NOERROR; id: 3395
;; Flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1; ANSWER: 1; AUTHORITY: 0; ADDITIONAL: 1

;; EDNS PSEUDOSECTION:
;; Version: 0; flags: ; UDP size: 1232 B; ext-rcode: NOERROR
;; PADDING: 408 B

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;; example.com.        		IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com.        	75897	IN	A	93.184.216.34

;; Received 468 B
;; Time 2023-06-23 18:05:42 PDT
;; From 1.1.1.1@853(TCP) in 12.1 ms
```

## Supported TLS versions

Cloudflare's DNS over TLS supports TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2.

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/pricing-info/

Zaraz is available to all Cloudflare users, across all tiers. Each month, every Cloudflare account gets 1,000,000 free Zaraz Events. For additional usage, the Zaraz Paid plan costs $5 per month for each additional 1,000,000 Zaraz Events.

All Zaraz features and tools are always available on all accounts. Learn more about our pricing in [the following pricing announcement](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zaraz-announces-new-pricing)

## The Zaraz Event unit

One Zaraz Event is an event you’re sending to Zaraz, whether that’s a page view, a `zaraz.track` event, or similar. You can easily see the total number of Zaraz Events you’re currently using under the [Monitoring section](/zaraz/monitoring/) in the Cloudflare Zaraz Dashboard.

## Enabling Zaraz Paid

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Plans**.
3. Click the **Enable Zaraz usage billing** button and follow the instructions.

## Using Zaraz Free

If you don't enable Zaraz Paid, you'll receive email notifications when you reach 50%, 80%, and 90% of your free allocation. Zaraz will be disabled until the next billing cycle if you exceed 1,000,000 events without enabling Zaraz Paid.

---

# DNSKEY

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dnskey/

[DNSSEC is a protocol](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dnskey-ds-records/) that adds a layer of security to the domain name system (DNS). DNSSEC does this by providing authentication through public signing keys using two DNS records: DNSKEY and DS. They can be used to verify DNSSEC signatures in [RRSIG records](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/how-dnssec-works/).

1.1.1.1 supports the following signature algorithms:

* RSA/SHA-1
* RSA/SHA-256
* RSA/SHA-512
* RSASHA1-NSEC3-SHA1
* ECDSA Curve P-256 with SHA-256 (ECDSAP256SHA256)
* ECDSA Curve P-384 with SHA-384 (ECDSAP384SHA384)
* ED25519

---

# Encryption

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/

Traditionally, DNS queries and replies are performed over plaintext. They are sent over the Internet without any kind of encryption or protection, even when you are accessing a secured website. This has a great impact on security and privacy, as these queries might be subject to surveillance, spoofing and tracking by malicious actors, advertisers, ISPs, and others.

To prevent untrustworthy entities from interpreting and manipulating your queries, 1.1.1.1 supports different standards to encrypt plaintext DNS traffic and improve DNS privacy:

- [DNS over TLS (DoT)](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-tls/)
- [DNS over HTTPS (DoH)](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/)
- [Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (ODoH)](/1.1.1.1/encryption/oblivious-dns-over-https/)

You can also [configure your browser](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/encrypted-dns-browsers/) to secure your DNS queries.

If you need to secure connections in your smartphone, refer to 1.1.1.1 [iOS](/1.1.1.1/setup/ios/) or [Android](/1.1.1.1/setup/android/) apps.

---

# Oblivious DNS over HTTPS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/oblivious-dns-over-https/

As announced on [our blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/oblivious-dns/), since late 2020, Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 supports Oblivious DNS over HTTPS (ODoH).

:::caution
ODoH is defined in [RFC 9230](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9230.html). This RFC is experimental and is not endorsed by the IETF.
:::

## How ODoH works

ODoH improves privacy by separating the contents of an HTTP request (and response) from its requester IP address. To achieve this, a proxy and a target are introduced between the client and the upstream DNS resolver:

- The proxy has no visibility into the DNS messages, with no ability to identify, read, or modify either the query being sent by the client or the answer being returned by the target.

- The target only has access to the encrypted query and the proxy's IP address, while not having visibility over the client's IP address.

- Only the intended target can read the content of the query and produce a response, which is also encrypted.

This means that, as long as the proxy and the target do not collude, no single entity can have access to both the DNS messages and the client IP address at the same time. Also, clients are in complete control of proxy and target selection.

Additionally, clients encrypt their query for the target using Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE). A target's public key is obtained via DNS, where it is bundled into an HTTPS resource record and protected by DNSSEC.

## Cloudflare and third-party products

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 supports ODoH by acting as a target that can be reached at `odoh.cloudflare-dns.com`.

To make ODoH queries you can use open source clients such as [dnscrypt-proxy](https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy).

Also, [iCloud Private Relay](https://support.apple.com/102602) is based on ODoH and uses [Cloudflare as one of their partners](https://blog.cloudflare.com/icloud-private-relay/).

## Related resources

- [HPKE: Standardizing public-key encryption](https://blog.cloudflare.com/hybrid-public-key-encryption/) blog post
- [Privacy Gateway](/privacy-gateway/)

---

# Extended DNS error codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/extended-dns-error-codes/

[Extended DNS Error Codes](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8914.html) is a method to return additional information about the cause of DNS errors. As there are many reasons why a DNS query might fail, it became necessary to provide additional information on the exact cause of an error.

1.1.1.1 supports Extended DNS Error Codes. Below is a list of error codes 1.1.1.1 returns, what they mean, and steps you may want to take to resolve the issue.





<table>
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th style="width:5%">Code number</th>
            <th style="width:20%">Code name</th>
            <th style="width:35%">Example output</th>
            <th style="width:40%">Next steps</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td><p>Unsupported DNSKEY Algorithm</p></td>
            <td><code>EDE: 1 (Unsupported DNSKEY Algorithm): (failed to verify example.com. A: unsupported key size, DNSKEY example.com., id = 12345)</code></td>
            <td>The domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. Check which <a href="/1.1.1.1/encryption/dnskey/">signature key algorithm</a> your website uses and confirm it is supported by 1.1.1.1.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>Unsupported DS Digest Type</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 2 (Unsupported DS Digest Type): (no supported DS digest type for example.com.)</code></td>
            <td>The domain did not pass DNSSEC validation due to an unsupported digest type on the DS record. If none of the provided DS records are supported, the domain will fail to resolve. Make sure to <a href="/dns/dnssec/">add a supported DS record</a> with your registrar.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>Stale Answer</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 3 (Stale Answer)</code></td>
            <td>This is a silent error. It notifies that the DNS resolver could only return stale data. If the issue persists reach out on the 1.1.1.1 <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/reliability/dns-1111/47">community forum</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>6</td>
            <td>DNSSEC Bogus</td>
            <td>
                <code>EDE: 6 (DNSSEC Bogus): (proof of non-existence of example.com. A)</code>
                <br/><br/>
                <code>EDE: 6 (DNSSEC Bogus): (found duplicate CNAME records for example.com. (1 duplicate RRs))</code>
            </td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. The signatures for the target record, or the proof of non-existence of the target records, are invalid. Check your <a href="/dns/">DNS configuration</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>7</td>
            <td>Signature Expired</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 7 (Signature Expired): (for DNSKEY example.com., id = 12345: RRSIG example.com., expiration = 123456)</code></td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation due to an expired signature. Make sure your zone is signed with valid <a href="/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/">DNSSEC signatures</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>8</td>
            <td>Signature Not Yet Valid</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 8 (Signature Not Yet Valid): (for DNSKEY example.com., id = 12345: RRSIG example.com., inception = 12345)</code></td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. Make sure your zone is signed with valid <a href="/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/">DNSSEC signatures</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>9</td>
            <td>DNSKEY Missing</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 9 (DNSKEY Missing): (no SEP matching the DS found for example.com.)</code></td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. It does not have a SEP DNSKEY that matches the set of DS records at the registry. Make sure to either sign the zone using keys that match the current DS set, or <a href="/dns/dnssec/">add the missing DS records</a> with your registrar.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>10</td>
            <td>RRSIGs Missing</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 10 (RRSIGs Missing): (for DNSKEY example.com., id = 12345)</code></td>
            <td>1.1.1.1 was unable to retrieve Resource Record Signatures (RRSigs) to verify the authenticity of the records. Check your <a href="/dns/">DNS configuration</a> and the response code. If the response code is not <code>SERVFAIL</code>, this error indicates that there is a non-operational key issue somewhere along the path, but the resolver found at least one successful path for validation. Examples of non-operational key issues include but are not limited to key rollover in-progress, stand-by key, and attacker stripping signatures made by a certain key.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>11</td>
            <td>No Zone Key Bit Set</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 11 (No Zone Key Bit Set): (for DNSKEY example.com., id = 12345)</code></td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. The zone's SEP DNSKEY must <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4035#section-5.3.1">set a Zone Key flag</a>. Check your <a href="/dns/dnssec/">DNSSEC configuration</a> or DNSSEC's <a href="/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/">troubleshooting guide</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>12</td>
            <td>NSEC Missing</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 12 (NSEC Missing): failed to verify an insecure referral proof for example.com</code></td>
            <td>This domain did not pass DNSSEC validation. The upstream nameserver did not include a valid proof of non-existence for the target name. Make sure the zone is <a href="/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/">signed with DNSSEC</a> and has valid <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/dnssec-complexities-and-considerations/">NSEC/NSEC3 records</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>13</td>
            <td>Cached Error</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 13 (Cached Error)</code></td>
            <td>1.1.1.1 returned a cached error. If this issue persists, reach out to the <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/reliability/dns-1111/47">community forum</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>22</td>
            <td>No Reachable Authority</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 22 (No Reachable Authority): (at delegation example.com.)</code></td>
            <td>1.1.1.1 could not reach some or all of the authoritative nameservers (or they potentially refused to resolve). This can occur if the authoritative nameservers are overloaded or temporarily unavailable. If this issue persists, reach out to the <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/reliability/dns-1111/47">community forum</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>23</td>
            <td>Network Error</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 23 (Network Error): (1.1.1.1:53 rcode=SERVFAIL for example.com. A)</code></td>
            <td>1.1.1.1 could not determine a network path to the upstream nameservers, or the nameserver did not respond. If this issue persists, reach out to the <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/reliability/dns-1111/47">community forum</a>.</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>30</td>
            <td>Invalid Query Type</td>
            <td><code>EDE: 30 (Invalid Query Type): Invalid Query Type</code></td>
            <td>The record type in the request cannot give a valid answer. If this is returned for standard query types, such as A or AAAA records, please reach out to the <a href="https://community.cloudflare.com/c/reliability/dns-1111/47">community forum</a>.</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

---

# Infrastructure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Support for IPv6-only networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/ipv6-networks/

While network infrastructure is shifting towards IPv6-only networks, providers still need to support IPv4 addresses. Dual-stack networks are networks in which all nodes have both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity capabilities, and can therefore understand both IPv4 and IPv6 packets.

1.1.1.1 supports DNS64, a mechanism that synthesizes AAAA records from A records when no AAAA records exist. DNS64 allows configuring a DNS resolver to synthesize IPv6 addresses from IPv4 answers.

:::note


You should only enable DNS64 if you are managing or using an IPv6-only network. While the resolver can synthesize IPv6 addresses, it cannot synthesize their record signatures for domains using DNSSEC, so a DNS client that is able to revalidate signatures would reject these extra records without signatures.

A good tradeoff is to use a secure protocol such as DNS over TLS, or DNS over HTTPS between the client and the resolver to prevent tampering.


:::

## Configure DNS64

DNS64 is specifically for networks that already have NAT64 support. If you are a network operator who has NAT64, you can test our DNS64 support by updating it to the following IP addresses:

```txt
2606:4700:4700::64
2606:4700:4700::6400
```

Some devices use separate fields for all eight parts of IPv6 addresses and cannot accept the `::` IPv6 abbreviation syntax. For such fields enter:

```txt
2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:64
2606:4700:4700:0:0:0:0:6400
```

## Test DNS64

After your configuration, visit an IPv4 only address to check if you can reach it. For example, you can visit [https://ipv4.google.com](https://ipv4.google.com).

Visit [http://test-ipv6.com/](http://test-ipv6.com/) to test if it can detect your IPv6 address. If you receive a `10/10`, your IPv6 is configured correctly.

---

# SLA and technical support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/sla-and-support/

As you use 1.1.1.1 in your infrastructure or service, note that dedicated technical support is limited.

You are subject to the [Cloudflare Website and Online Services Terms of Use](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/) and no service level agreements (SLAs) are provided.

If you need SLAs and dedicated support, consider using [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) instead.

Gateway includes other advanced options such as domain categories, customized filtering, and scheduling capabilities. For example, if you are a device manufacturer or network operator, you can use a multi-tenant environment to allow your customers to configure their own individual filters.

---

# Network operators

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/network-operators/

Network operators, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs), device manufacturers, public Wi-Fi networks, municipal broadband providers, and security scanning services can use [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/setup/) in place of operating their own recursive DNS infrastructure.

Cloudflare also partners with ISPs and network equipment providers to make [1.1.1.1 for Families](/1.1.1.1/setup/#1111-for-families) available within their offerings. Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/safer-resolver/) for details.

Using 1.1.1.1 can improve performance for end-users due to Cloudflare's extensive [global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), as well as provide higher overall cache hit rates due to our regional caches.

The 1.1.1.1 resolver was designed with a privacy-first approach. Refer to our [data and privacy policies](/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver/) for what is logged and retained by 1.1.1.1.

## Configuring 1.1.1.1

There are multiple ways to use 1.1.1.1 as an operator:

* Including a [DNS over HTTPS](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/) or [DNS over TLS](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-tls/) proxy on end-user routers or devices (best for privacy).
* Pushing 1.1.1.1 to devices via DHCP/PPP within an operator network (recommended; most practical).
* Having a DNS proxy on a edge router make requests to 1.1.1.1 on behalf of all connected devices.

Where possible, we recommend using encrypted transports (DNS over HTTPS or TLS) for queries, as this provides the highest degree of privacy for users over last-mile networks.

## Available Endpoints

:::note


[Cloudflare Zero Trust](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/) supports customizable [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/), analytics, additional built-in filtering categories, and custom rate limiting capabilities.

If you require additional controls over our public 1.1.1.1 resolver, [contact us](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/).


:::

The publicly available endpoints for 1.1.1.1 are detailed in the following table:



| Resolver                                 | IPv4 address               | IPv6 <br /> address                                  | DNS over <br /> HTTPS endpoint                  | DNS over <br /> TLS endpoint  |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| 1.1.1.1 <br />(unfiltered)               | `1.1.1.1` <br /> `1.0.0.1` | `2606:4700:4700::1111` <br /> `2606:4700:4700::1001` | `https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query`          | `cloudflare-dns.com`          |
| Families <br />(Malware)                 | `1.1.1.2` <br /> `1.0.0.2` | `2606:4700:4700::1112` <br /> `2606:4700:4700::1002` | `https://security.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query` | `security.cloudflare-dns.com` |
| Families <br />(Adult Content + Malware) | `1.1.1.3` <br /> `1.0.0.3` | `2606:4700:4700::1113` <br /> `2606:4700:4700::1003` | `https://family.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query`   | `family.cloudflare-dns.com`   |



You may wish to provide end users with options to change from the default 1.1.1.1 resolver to one of the [1.1.1.1 for Families](/1.1.1.1/setup/#1111-for-families) endpoints.

## Rate Limiting

Operators using 1.1.1.1 for typical Internet-facing applications and/or users should not encounter any rate limiting for their users. In some rare cases, security scanning use-cases or proxied traffic may be rate limited to protect our infrastructure as well as upstream DNS infrastructure from potential abuse.

Best practices include:

* Avoiding tunneling or proxying all queries from a single IP address at high rates. Distributing queries across multiple public IPs will improve this without impacting cache hit rates (caches are regional).
* A high rate of "uncacheable" responses (such as `SERVFAIL`) against the same domain may be rate limited to protect upstream, authoritative nameservers. Many authoritative nameservers enforce their own rate limits, and we strive to avoid overloading third party infrastructure where possible.

## Help

If you are a network operator and still have outstanding questions, contact `resolver@cloudflare.com` with your use case, so it can be discussed further. Make sure to visit [1.1.1.1/help](https://one.one.one.one/help) from within your network and share the resulting report when contacting Cloudflare.

---

# DNS in Google Sheets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/other-ways-to-use-1.1.1.1/dns-in-google-sheets/

import { Details } from "~/components"

## Create a function

1.1.1.1 works directly inside Google Sheets. To get started, create a [Google Function](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/sheets/functions) with the following code:

```js
function NSLookup(type, domain, useCache = false, minCacheTTL = 30) {

  if (typeof type == 'undefined') {
    throw new Error('Missing parameter 1 dns type');
  }

  if (typeof domain == 'undefined') {
    throw new Error('Missing parameter 2 domain name');
  }

  if (typeof useCache != "boolean") {
    throw new Error('Only boolean values allowed in 3 use cache');
  }

  if (typeof minCacheTTL != "number") {
    throw new Error('Only numeric values allowed in 4 min cache ttl');
  }

  type = type.toUpperCase();
  domain = domain.toLowerCase();

  let cache = null;
  if (useCache) {
    // Cache key and hash
    cacheKey = domain + "@" + type;
    cacheHash = Utilities.base64Encode(cacheKey);
    cacheBinKey = "nslookup-result-" + cacheHash;

    cache = CacheService.getScriptCache();
    const cachedResult = cache.get(cacheBinKey);
    if (cachedResult != null) {
      return cachedResult;
    }
  }

  const url = 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=' + encodeURIComponent(domain) + '&type=' + encodeURIComponent(type);
  const options = {
    muteHttpExceptions: true,
    headers: {
      accept: "application/dns-json"
    }
  };

  const result = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);
  const rc = result.getResponseCode();
  const resultText = result.getContentText();

  if (rc !== 200) {
    throw new Error(rc);
  }

  const errors = [
    { name: "NoError", description: "No Error"}, // 0
    { name: "FormErr", description: "Format Error"}, // 1
    { name: "ServFail", description: "Server Failure"}, // 2
    { name: "NXDomain", description: "Non-Existent Domain"}, // 3
    { name: "NotImp", description: "Not Implemented"}, // 4
    { name: "Refused", description: "Query Refused"}, // 5
    { name: "YXDomain", description: "Name Exists when it should not"}, // 6
    { name: "YXRRSet", description: "RR Set Exists when it should not"}, // 7
    { name: "NXRRSet", description: "RR Set that should exist does not"}, // 8
    { name: "NotAuth", description: "Not Authorized"} // 9
  ];

  const response = JSON.parse(resultText);

  if (response.Status !== 0) {
    return errors[response.Status].name;
  }

  const outputData = [];
  let cacheTTL = 0;

  for (const i in response.Answer) {
    outputData.push(response.Answer[i].data);
    const ttl = response.Answer[i].TTL;
    cacheTTL = Math.min(cacheTTL || ttl, ttl);
  }

  const outputString = outputData.join(',');

  if (useCache) {
    cache.put(cacheBinKey, outputString, Math.max(cacheTTL, minCacheTTL));
  }

  return outputString;
}
```

## Using 1.1.1.1

When you feed the function `NSLookup` a record type and a domain, you will get a DNS record value in the cell you called `NSLookup`.

To limit the number of DNS lookups and speed up the results (especially in larger Google Sheets), you can cache the returned DNS record value. Both the cache usage and the cache TTL can be controlled in arguments 3 and 4, respectively.

<Details header="Supported DNS record types">

* `A`
* `AAAA`
* `CAA`
* `CNAME`
* `DS`
* `DNSKEY`
* `MX`
* `NS`
* `NSEC`
* `NSEC3`
* `RRSIG`
* `SOA`
* `TXT`


</Details>

For example, typing:

```txt
NSLookup(B1, B2)
```

Or - depending on your regional settings - you may have to use this formula:

```txt
NSLookup(B1; B2)
```

<div class="medium-img">

![Google sheets function](~/assets/images/1.1.1.1/google-sheet-function.png)

</div>

<br/>

Returns

```txt
198.41.214.162, 198.41.215.162
```

<div class="medium-img">

![Google sheets function](~/assets/images/1.1.1.1/google-sheet-result.png)

</div>

---

# DNS over Discord

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/other-ways-to-use-1.1.1.1/dns-over-discord/

import { Details } from "~/components"

1.1.1.1 works from a Discord server, thanks to the 1.1.1.1 bot. [Invite the bot to your Discord server](https://cfl.re/3nM6VfQ) to start using DNS over Discord. Or, [add the bot to your Discord account](https://dns-over-discord.v4.wtf/invite/user) to use it anywhere in Discord.

## Perform DNS lookups

Once the bot is in your server, type `/dig` to start performing DNS lookups. This will provide a native interface within Discord that allows you to specify the domain to lookup, an optional DNS record type and an optional flag for a short result.

If only a domain is given for the command, the bot will default to looking for `A` DNS records, and will return the full format result, not the short form.

Example:

```txt
/dig domain: cloudflare.com
```

### Supported record types

Discord has a limit of 25 options in slash commands, so DNS over Discord offers the 25 most common DNS record types to choose from.


<Details header="Supported DNS record types">

* `A`
* `AAAA`
* `CAA`
* `CDNSKEY`
* `CDS`
* `CERT`
* `CNAME`
* `DNSKEY`
* `DS`
* `HINFO`
* `HTTPS`
* `LOC`
* `MX`
* `NAPTR`
* `NS`
* `PTR`
* `SMIMEA`
* `SOA`
* `SPF`
* `SRV`
* `SSHFP`
* `SVCB`
* `TLSA`
* `TXT`
* `URI`


</Details>

To query other DNS record types, or multiple record types at once, use the `/multi-dig` command.

### Short form response

DNS over Discord has an optional flag in the `/dig` command that allows the user to request a response in the short form.

When you request a response in the short form, the name and TTL columns will be excluded. The command only returns the data column without formatting, similar to the equivalent `dig` command-line interface response.

Example:

```txt
/dig domain: cloudflare.com type: AAAA records short: True
```

### Disable DNSSEC checking

You can disable DNSSEC checking in the `dig` command by passing `cdflag` as true. This will return the DNS records even if the DNSSEC validation fails.

Example:

```txt
/dig domain: cloudflare.com type: AAAA records cdflag: True
```

### Refreshing existing results

You can refresh the DNS lookup results by clicking the Refresh button. Clicking it will trigger the bot to re-request the DNS query in the message, and update the results in the message. Any user can click this button.

The refresh button is available on all responses to the `/dig` command, including those that resulted in an error, such as an unknown domain or no records found.

### Changing DNS provider

By default, the DNS over Discord bot uses Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 DNS service. You can run the DNS lookup with alternate DNS providers by selecting the dropdown below the result. This shows you a list of available providers. Selecting a new provider updates the results in the message. Any user can change the DNS provider.

## `multi-dig` command

If you want to look up multiple DNS record types at once, use the `/multi-dig` command. This allows you to specify any supported DNS record type, and multiple types separated by a space.

Example:

```txt
/multi-dig domain: cloudflare.com types: A AAAA
```

### Supported record types

When providing DNS record types for the `/multi-dig` command, Discord will not prompt you with options. You have to provide a space-separated list of valid DNS record types to lookup, as any invalid options will be silently dropped. `A` records will be used as the default if no valid types are given.


<Details header="DNS record types supported and considered valid by the bot">

Use a `*` (asterisk) in place of a record type to get DNS results for all supported types.

* `A`
* `AAAA`
* `AFSDB`
* `APL`
* `CAA`
* `CDNSKEY`
* `CDS`
* `CERT`
* `CNAME`
* `CSYNC`
* `DHCID`
* `DLV`
* `DNAME`
* `DNSKEY`
* `DS`
* `EUI48`
* `EUI64`
* `HINFO`
* `HIP`
* `HTTPS`
* `IPSECKEY`
* `KEY`
* `KX`
* `LOC`
* `MX`
* `NAPTR`
* `NS`
* `NSEC`
* `NSEC3`
* `NSEC3PARAM`
* `OPENPGPKEY`
* `PTR`
* `RP`
* `SMIMEA`
* `SOA`
* `SPF`
* `SRV`
* `SSHFP`
* `SVCB`
* `TA`
* `TKEY`
* `TLSA`
* `TXT`
* `URI`
* `ZONEMD`


</Details>

### Short form response

Like the main `/dig` command, the `/multi-dig` command also supports the optional short flag after the types have been specified in the slash command.

Example:

```txt
/multi-dig domain: cloudflare.com types: CDS CDNSKEY short: True
```

### Disable DNSSEC checking

As with the `dig` command, you can disable DNSSEC checking by passing `cdflag` as true. This will return the DNS records even if the DNSSEC validation fails.

Example:

```txt
/multi-dig domain: cloudflare.com type: AAAA records cdflag: True
```

### Refreshing existing results

The `/multi-dig` command also provides a refresh button below each set of DNS results requested (or after each block of 10 DNS record types, if you requested more than 10).

As with the `/dig` command, any user can press the refresh button to refresh the displayed DNS results, including for DNS queries that had previously failed.

### Changing DNS provider

Like the `/dig` command, you can change the DNS provider when using the `/multi-dig` command. The menu appears after each set of DNS results (or after each block of results if more than 10 record types are requested).

This menu can be used be any user to change the DNS provider used for the lookup.

## `whois` command

The `/whois` command allows you to perform a RDAP/WHOIS lookup right in Discord for a given domain, IP or ASN.

Examples:

```txt
/whois query: cloudflare.com
/whois query: 104.16.132.229
/whois query: 2606:4700::6810:84e5
/whois query: 13335
```

## Other commands

The bot also has a set of helper commands available to get more information about the bot and quick links.

### `help` command

The `/help` command provides in-Discord documentation about all the commands available in the 1.1.1.1 DNS over Discord bot.

Example:

```txt
/help
```

### `privacy` command

The `/privacy` command displays the Privacy Policy notice for using the 1.1.1.1 DNS over Discord bot. You can also [refer to the Privacy Policy page](https://dns-over-discord.v4.wtf/privacy) to access it.

Example:

```txt
/privacy
```

### `terms` command

The `/terms` command displays the Terms of Service notice for using the 1.1.1.1 DNS over Discord bot. You can also [refer to the Terms of Service page](https://dns-over-discord.v4.wtf/terms) to access it.

Example:

```txt
/terms
```

### `github` command

The DNS over Discord bot is open-source, and the `/github` command provides a quick link to access the GitHub repository. The GitHub repository can be accessed at [https://github.com/MattIPv4/DNS-over-Discord/](https://github.com/MattIPv4/DNS-over-Discord/).

Example:

```txt
/github
```

### `invite` command

The `/invite` command provides the user with a quick link to invite the 1.1.1.1 DNS over Discord bot to another Discord server, or to add it to a Discord account.
The bot can be invited at any time with [https://cfl.re/3nM6VfQ](https://cfl.re/3nM6VfQ).
The bot can also be added to accounts with [https://dns-over-discord.v4.wtf/invite/user](https://dns-over-discord.v4.wtf/invite/user).

```txt
/invite
```

***

## Development

The DNS over Discord bot is deployed on [Cloudflare Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/).

You can find the source code for the bot on GitHub, as well as information on getting started with contributing to the project, at [https://github.com/MattIPv4/DNS-over-Discord/](https://github.com/MattIPv4/DNS-over-Discord/).

---

# DNS over Tor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/other-ways-to-use-1.1.1.1/dns-over-tor/

:::caution

The hidden resolver is still an experimental service and should not be used in production or for other critical uses.

:::

If you do not want to disclose your IP address to the resolver, you can use our Tor onion service. Resolving DNS queries through the Tor network guarantees a significantly higher level of anonymity than making the requests directly. Not only does doing so prevent the resolver from ever seeing your IP address, but it also prevents your ISP from knowing that you attempted to resolve a domain name.

Read more about this service in [this blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-hidden-resolver/).

## Setting up a Tor client

The important difference between using all other modes of DNS and this one is that packet routing no longer uses IP addresses, and therefore all connections must be routed through a Tor client.

Before you start, head to the [Tor Project website](https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en) to download and install a Tor client. If you use the Tor Browser, it will automatically start a [SOCKS proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS) at `127.0.0.1:9150`.

If you use Tor from the command line, create the following configuration file:

```txt
SOCKSPort 9150
```

Then you can run tor with:

```sh
tor -f tor.conf
```

Also, if you use the Tor Browser, you can head to the resolver's address to see the usual 1.1.1.1 page:

```txt
https://dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion/
```

:::note[Note]

The HTTPS certificate indicator should say "Cloudflare, Inc. (US)."

:::

If you ever forget 1.1.1.1's address, use cURL to retrieve it:

```sh
curl -sI https://tor.cloudflare-dns.com | grep -i alt-svc
```

```sh output
alt-svc: h2="dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion:443"; ma=315360000; persist=1
```

## Setting up a local DNS proxy using socat

Of course, not all DNS clients support connecting to the Tor client, so the easiest way to connect any DNS-speaking software to the hidden resolver is by forwarding ports locally, for instance [using `socat`](http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/).

### DNS over TCP, TLS, and HTTPS

The hidden resolver is set up to listen on TCP ports 53 and 853 for DNS over TCP and TLS. After setting up a Tor proxy, run the following `socat` command as a privileged user, replacing the port number appropriately:

```sh
PORT=853; socat TCP4-LISTEN:${PORT},reuseaddr,fork SOCKS4A:127.0.0.1:dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion:${PORT},socksport=9150
```

From here, you can follow the regular guide for [setting up 1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/setup/), except you should always use `127.0.0.1` instead of `1.1.1.1`. If you need to access the proxy from another device, simply replace `127.0.0.1` in `socat` commands with your local IP address.

### DNS over HTTPS

[As explained in the blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/welcome-hidden-resolver/), our favorite way of using the hidden resolver is using DNS over HTTPS (DoH). To set it up:

1. Download `cloudflared` by following the guide for [connecting to 1.1.1.1 using DNS over HTTPS clients](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/dns-over-https-client/).

2. Start a Tor SOCKS proxy and use `socat` to forward port TCP:443 to localhost:

```sh
socat TCP4-LISTEN:443,reuseaddr,fork SOCKS4A:127.0.0.1:dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion:443,socksport=9150
```

3. Instruct your machine to treat the `.onion` address as localhost:

```bash
cat << EOF >> /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion
EOF
```

4. Finally, start a local DNS over UDP daemon:

```sh
cloudflared proxy-dns --upstream "https://dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion/dns-query"
```

```sh output
INFO[0000] Adding DNS upstream                           url="https://dns4torpnlfs2ifuz2s2yf3fc7rdmsbhm6rw75euj35pac6ap25zgqad.onion/dns-query"
INFO[0000] Starting DNS over HTTPS proxy server          addr="dns://localhost:53"
INFO[0000] Starting metrics server                       addr="127.0.0.1:35659"
```

---

# Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/cloudflare-resolver-firefox/

## Frequently asked questions about the Cloudflare resolver for Firefox

### What is the Cloudflare resolver for Firefox?

Every time you type a web address, such as [www.mozilla.org](http://www.mozilla.org) or [www.firefox.com](http://www.firefox.com), into a web browser, the web browser sends a query to a DNS resolver. If DNS is like the card catalog of the Internet, then a DNS resolver is like a helpful librarian that knows how to use the information from that catalog to track down the exact location of a website. Whenever a resolver receives your query it looks up the IP address associated with the web address that you entered and relays that information to your web browser. “DNS resolution” as this process is referred to, is a crucial component of your Internet experience because without it your web browser would be unable to communicate with the servers that host your favorite websites, since communication requires knowing the IP addresses of those websites.

For most Internet users, the DNS resolver that they use is either the one that comes with the operating system running on their machines or the one that is set by their network provider. In some cases, these resolvers leave a lot to be desired because of their susceptibility to unwanted spying and other security threats.

To counter such threats, Mozilla has partnered with Cloudflare to provide direct DNS resolution from within the Firefox browser using the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox. What this means is that whenever you select or type a web address in the Firefox browser your DNS lookup request will be sent over a secure channel to the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox rather than to an unknown DNS resolver, significantly decreasing the odds of any unwanted spying or man in the middle attacks.

### What information does the Cloudflare resolver for Firefox collect?

Any data Cloudflare handles as a result of its resolver for Firefox is as a data processor acting pursuant to Firefox’s data processing instructions. Therefore, the data Cloudflare collects and processes pursuant to its agreement with Firefox is not covered by the [Cloudflare Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). As part of its agreement with Firefox, Cloudflare has agreed to collect only a limited amount of data about the DNS requests that are sent to the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox via the Firefox browser. Cloudflare will collect only the following information from Firefox users:

* date
* dateTime
* srcAsNum
* srcIPVersion
* dstIPVersion
* dstIPv6
* dstIPv4
* dstPort
* protocol
* queryName
* queryType
* queryClass
* queryRd
* queryDo
* querySize
* queryEdns
* ednsVersion
* ednsPayload
* ednsNsid
* responseType
* responseCode
* responseSize
* responseCount
* responseTimeMs
* responseCached
* responseMinTTL
* answerData type
* answerData
* validationState
* coloID (unique Cloudflare data center ID)
* metalId (unique Cloudflare data center ID)

All of the above information will be stored briefly as part of Cloudflare’s temporary logs, and then permanently deleted within 24 hours of Cloudflare’s receipt of such information. In addition to the above information, Cloudflare will also collect and store the following information as part of its permanent logs.

* Total number of requests processed by each Cloudflare co-location facility.
* Aggregate list of all domain names requested.
* Samples of domain names queried along with the times of such queries.

Information stored in Cloudflare’s permanent logs will be anonymized and may be held indefinitely by Cloudflare for its own internal research and development purposes.

### What is the Cloudflare promise?

Cloudflare understands how important your data is to you, which is why we promise to use the information that we collect from the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox solely to improve the performance of Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox and to assist us in debugging efforts if an issue arises. In addition to limiting our collection and use of your data, Cloudflare also promises:

* Cloudflare will not retain or sell or transfer to any third party (except as may be required by law) any personal information, IP addresses or other user identifiers from the DNS queries sent from the Firefox browser to the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox;

* Cloudflare will not combine the data that it collects from such queries, with any other Cloudflare or third party data in any way that can be used to identify individual end users;

* Cloudflare will not sell, license, sublicense, or grant any rights to your data to any other person or entity without Mozilla’s explicit written permission.

### What about government requests for content blocking?

Cloudflare does not block or filter content through the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox. As part of its agreement with Mozilla, Cloudflare is providing only direct DNS resolution. If Cloudflare were to receive written requests from law enforcement and government agencies to block access to domains or content through the Cloudflare resolver for Firefox, Cloudflare would, in consultation with Mozilla, exhaust our legal remedies before complying with such a request. We also commit to documenting any government request to block access in our semi-annual transparency report, unless legally prohibited from doing so.

---

# Other ways to use 1.1.1.1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/other-ways-to-use-1.1.1.1/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

There are many other ways to use 1.1.1.1 beyond the traditional set up in operating systems and routers.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Privacy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/

* [1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver](/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver/): This document provides details on our collection, use, and disclosure of the information processed by the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver. The 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver service is governed by our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

* [Resolver for Firefox](/1.1.1.1/privacy/cloudflare-resolver-firefox/): This document outlines our collection, use, and disclosure of the information processed by the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox. Any data Cloudflare processes in connection with the Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox is as a data processor acting pursuant to Mozilla’s data processing instructions. Cloudflare Resolver for Firefox is not covered by our main Privacy Policy and is separate from the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver.

* [1.1.1.1 Application](https://www.cloudflare.com/application/privacypolicy/): This policy applies to our collection, use, and disclosure of the information from Cloudflare’s consumer-facing 1.1.1.1 Applications, such as our 1.1.1.1 Application for iOS and Android.

---

# 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver/

*Last updated March 27, 2024*

## Cloudflare’s commitment to privacy: 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver

The 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver is governed by our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). This document provides additional details on our collection, use, and disclosure of the information collected from the 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver.

***

Nearly everything on the Internet starts with a DNS request. DNS is the Internet’s directory. Select a link, open an app, send an email, and the first thing your phone or computer does is ask its directory: where can I find this?

Unfortunately, by default, DNS is usually slow and insecure. Your ISP, and anyone else listening in on the Internet, can see every site you visit and every app you use — even if their content is encrypted. Creepily, some DNS providers sell data about your Internet activity or use it to target you with ads.

Given the current state of affairs, Cloudflare created a DNS resolver with your privacy and security in mind. Cloudflare, in partnership with APNIC, runs the 1.1.1.1 public resolver, a recursive DNS service that values user privacy and security. DNS requests sent to our public resolver can be sent over a secure channel, significantly decreasing the odds of any unwanted spying or man in the middle attacks.

The 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver was designed for privacy first, and Cloudflare commits to the following:

1. Cloudflare will not sell or share Public Resolver users’ personal data with third parties or use personal data from the Public Resolver to target any user with advertisements.
2. Cloudflare will only retain or use what is being asked, not information that will identify who is asking it. Except for randomly sampled network packets captured from at most 0.05% of all traffic sent to Cloudflare’s network infrastructure, Cloudflare will not retain the source IP from DNS queries to the Public Resolver in non-volatile storage. These randomly sampled packets are solely used for network troubleshooting and DoS mitigation purposes.
3. A Public Resolver user’s IP address (referred to as the client or source IP address) will not be stored in non-volatile storage. Cloudflare will anonymize source IP addresses via IP truncation methods (last octet for IPv4 and last 80 bits for IPv6). Cloudflare will delete the truncated IP address within 25 hours.
4. Cloudflare will retain only the limited transaction and debug log data (“Public Resolver Logs”) set forth below, for the legitimate operation of our Public Resolver and research purposes, and Cloudflare will delete the Public Resolver Logs within 25 hours.
5. Cloudflare will not share the Public Resolver Logs with any third parties except for APNIC pursuant to a Research Cooperative Agreement. APNIC will only have limited access to query the anonymized data in the Public Resolver Logs and conduct research related to the operation of the DNS system.

Cloudflare has taken technical steps to ensure that we cannot retain our user’s information.

We have also retained one of the top four accounting firms to audit our practices and publish a public report confirming we are doing what we said we would. The report is available in the [Certifications and compliance resources](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/) page.

## Limited data sharing with APNIC

Cloudflare has partnered with [APNIC Labs](https://labs.apnic.net/?p=1127), the regional Internet registry for the Asia-Pacific region to make the 1.1.1.1 IP address the home of the Cloudflare Public DNS Resolver. As part of its mission to ensure a global, open and secure Internet, APNIC conducts research about the functioning and governance of the Internet, which it makes available on its website, located at [www.apnic.net](http://www.apnic.net).

Cloudflare has agreed to provide APNIC with access to some of the anonymized data that Cloudflare collects through the Cloudflare Public DNS Resolver. Specifically, APNIC will be permitted to access query names, query types, resolver location and other metadata via a Cloudflare API that will allow APNIC to study topics like the volume of DDoS attacks launched on the Internet and adoption of IPv6.

APNIC Labs will use such data for non-profit operational research. As part of Cloudflare’s commitment to privacy, Cloudflare will not provide APNIC with any access to the IP address associated with a client.

Aside from APNIC, Cloudflare will not share the Public Resolver Logs with any third party.

## Data in public resolver logs

The Public Resolver Logs we store consist entirely of the following fields:

* answerData type
* answerData
* coloID (unique Cloudflare data center ID)
* date
* dateTime
* dstIPVersion
* dstIPv6
* dstIPv4
* dstPort
* ede
* ednsVersion
* ednsPayload
* ednsNsid
* feature.uid
* feature.value
* metalId (unique Cloudflare data center ID)
* ns ip
* ns name
* protocol
* queryName
* queryType
* queryClass
* queryRd
* queryDo
* querySize
* queryEdns
* queryCd
* responseType
* responseCode
* responseSize
* responseCount
* responseTimeMs
* responseCached
* responseMinTTL
* reused
* srcAsNum
* srcCountry
* srcIPVersion
* validationState

Additionally, recursive resolvers perform outgoing queries to various authoritative nameservers in the DNS hierarchy that are logged in subrequest fields. These logs are used for the operation and debugging of our public DNS resolver service.

The following subrequest data is included in the Public Resolver Logs:

* subrequest.ipv6 (authoritative nameserver)
* subrequest.ipv4 (authoritative nameserver)
* subrequest.protocol
* subrequest.durationMs
* subrequest.queryName
* subrequest.queryType
* subrequest.responseCode
* subrequest.responseCount
* subrequest.recordType
* subrequest.recordData
* subrequest.error

Except for the limited sampled data from the Public Resolver Logs (which do not include truncated IP addresses) used to generate the aggregated data described below, all of the Public Resolver Logs are deleted within 25 hours of Cloudflare’s receipt of such information.

Cloudflare may make the following aggregations:

* Total number of queries with different protocol settings (for example, tcp/udp/dnssec) by Cloudflare data centers.
* Response code/time quantiles with different protocol settings by Cloudflare data centers.
* Total Number of Requests Processed by Cloudflare data centers.
* Aggregate List of All Domain Names Requested and aggregate number of requests and timestamp of first time requested by region.
* Number of unique clients, queries over IPv4, queries over IPv6, queries with the RD bit set, queries asking for DNSSEC, number of bogus, valid, and invalid DNSSEC answers, queries by type, number of answers with each response code, response time quantiles (e.g. 50 percentile), response TTL, and number of cached answers per minute, per day, per protocol (HTTPS/UDP/TCP/TLS), per region, per Cloudflare data center, and per Autonomous System Number.
* Number of queries, number of queries with EDNS, number of bytes and time in answers quantiles (e.g. 50 percentile) by day, month, Cloudflare data center, and by IPv4 vs IPv6.
* Number of queries, response codes and response code quantiles (e.g. 50 percentile) by day, region, name and type.

Cloudflare may store the data described above indefinitely in order to power Cloudflare Radar and assist Cloudflare in improving Cloudflare services, such as, enhancing the overall performance of the Cloudflare Resolver and identifying security threats.

## What about requests for content blocking?

Cloudflare does not block or filter any content through the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver, which is designed for direct, fast DNS resolution, not for blocking or filtering content. Cloudflare does block and filter malware and adult content through 1.1.1.1 for Families, which is designed to help individuals protect their home networks.

In general, Cloudflare views government or civil requests to block content at the DNS level as ineffective, inefficient, and overboard. Because such a block would apply globally to all users of the resolver, regardless of where they are located, it would affect end users outside of the blocking government’s jurisdiction. A government request to block content through a globally available public recursive resolver like the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver and 1.1.1.1 for Families should therefore be evaluated as a request to block content globally.

Given the broad extraterritorial effect, if Cloudflare were to receive written requests from law enforcement and government agencies to block access to domains or content through the 1.1.1.1 Public DNS Resolver or to block access to domains or content through 1.1.1.1 for Families that is outside the scope of the filtering in that product, Cloudflare would pursue its legal remedies before complying with such a request. We also commit to documenting any government request to block access in our semi-annual transparency report, unless legally prohibited from doing so.

---

# Android

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/android/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

[1.1.1.1: Faster Internet](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone) is the preferred method of setting up 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver and 1.1.1.1 for Families. It allows you to automatically configure your phone to use 1.1.1.1 on any network you connect to.

The app also allows you to enable encryption for DNS queries or enable [WARP mode](/warp-client/), which keeps all your HTTP traffic private and secure, including your DNS queries to 1.1.1.1.

You can select between the options available in the app settings. By default, 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet is configured to WARP mode.

## Set up 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet

1. Download [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet from Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone) for free.
2. Launch 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet and accept the Terms of Service.
3. Toggle the **WARP** button to **Connected**.
4. Install the VPN profile that allows your phone to connect securely to 1.1.1.1.

Your connection to the Internet and your DNS queries are now protected.

### Enable 1.1.1.1 for Families

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Tap the **menu button**.
3. Select **Advanced** > **Connection options**.
4. In **DNS settings** > **1.1.1.1 for Families**, select the option you want to use.

## Configure 1.1.1.1 manually

### Android 11 or later

Android 11 or later versions support both DNS over TLS (DoT) and DNS over HTTPS (DoH).

1. Go to **Settings** > **Network & internet**.
2. Select **Advanced** > **Private DNS**.
3. Select the **Private DNS provider hostname** option.
4. Depending on what you want to configure, use one of the following DNS hostnames or [IP addresses](/1.1.1.1/ip-addresses/) and select **Save**.


  <Details header="Use 1.1.1.1 resolver">

  * `one.one.one.one`

  Or the corresponding IP address if your device requires it:

    * **IPv4**: `1.1.1.1` or `1.0.0.1`
    * **IPv6**: `2606:4700:4700::1111` or `2606:4700:4700::1001`

  </Details>

  <Details header="Block malware with 1.1.1.1 for Families">

  * `security.cloudflare-dns.com`

  Or the corresponding IP address if your device requires it:

    * **IPv4**: `1.1.1.2` or `1.0.0.2`
    * **IPv6**: `2606:4700:4700::1112` or `2606:4700:4700::1002`

  </Details>

  <Details header="Block malware and adult content with 1.1.1.1 for Families">

  * `family.cloudflare-dns.com`

  Or the corresponding IP address if your device requires it:

    * **IPv4**: `1.1.1.3` or `1.0.0.3`
    * **IPv6**: `2606:4700:4700::1113` or `2606:4700:4700::1003`

  </Details>

### Android 9 or 10

Android 9 and Android 10 support DNS over TLS to secure your queries through encryption. In Android, this option is called Private DNS. It prevents your queries from being tracked, modified or surveilled by third-parties. Unlike previous versions of Android, this method also ensures 1.1.1.1 does not need to be configured for each new Wi-Fi network your smartphone joins.

1. Go to **Settings** > **Network & internet**.
2. Select **Advanced** > **Private DNS**.
3. Select the **Private DNS provider hostname** option.
4. Enter `one.one.one.one` and select **Save**. Or consider the following options if you want to use 1.1.1.1 for Families.


  <Details header="Block malware with 1.1.1.1 for Families">

  * `security.cloudflare-dns.com`

  Or the corresponding IP address if your device requires it:

    * **IPv4**: `1.1.1.2` or `1.0.0.2`
    * **IPv6**: `2606:4700:4700::1112` or `2606:4700:4700::1002`

  </Details>

  <Details header="Block malware and adult content with 1.1.1.1 for Families">

  * `family.cloudflare-dns.com`

  Or the corresponding IP address if your device requires it:

    * **IPv4**: `1.1.1.3` or `1.0.0.3`
    * **IPv6**: `2606:4700:4700::1113` or `2606:4700:4700::1003`

  </Details>

### Previous Android versions

Before making changes, take note of any DNS addresses you might have and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

1. Open **Settings** > **Wi-Fi**.
2. Press down and hold the name of the network you are currently connected to.
3. Select **Modify Network**.
4. Select the checkbox **Show Advanced Options**.
5. Change the IP Settings to **Static**.
6. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
7. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
8. Select **Save**. You may need to disconnect from the Wi-Fi and reconnect for the changes to take place.

<Render file="captive-portals" />

---

# Azure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/azure/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. Log in to your Azure portal.
2. From the Azure portal side menu, select **Virtual Networks**.
3. Navigate to the virtual network associated with your virtual machine (VM).
4. Select **DNS Servers** > **Custom**, and add two entries: <Render file="ipv4" />
5. Select **Save**.

---

# Gaming consoles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/gaming-consoles/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## PS4

1. Go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Set Up Internet Connection**.
2. Select **Wi-Fi** or **LAN** depending on your Internet connection.
3. Select **Custom**.
4. Set **IP Address Settings** to **Automatic**.
5. Change **DHCP Host Name** to **Do Not Specify**.
6. Set **DNS Settings** to **Manual**.
7. Change **Primary DNS** and **Secondary DNS** to: <Render file="ipv4" />
8. If you are able to add more DNS servers, you can add the IPv6 addresses as well: <Render file="ipv6" />
9. Set **MTU Settings** to **Automatic**.
10. Set **Proxy Server** to **Do Not Use**.

## Xbox One

1. Open the Network screen by pressing the Xbox button on your controller.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Network Settings**.
3. Next, go to **Advanced Settings** > **DNS Settings**.
4. Select **Manual**.
5. Set **Primary DNS** and **Secondary DNS** to: <Render file="ipv4" />
6. If you have the option to add more DNS servers, you can add the IPv6 addresses as well: <Render file="ipv6" />
7. When you are done, you will be shown a confirmation screen. Press **B** to save.

## Nintendo

The following instructions work on New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo 2DS XL, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, and Nintendo 2DS.

1. Go to the home menu and choose **System Settings** (the wrench icon).
2. Select **Internet Settings** > **Connection Settings**.
3. Select your Internet connection and then select **Change Settings**.
4. Select **Change DNS**.
5. Set **Auto-Obtain DNS** to **No**.
6. Select **Detailed Setup**.
7. Set **Primary DNS** and **Secondary DNS** to: <Render file="ipv4" />
8. If you are able to add more DNS servers, you can add the IPv6 addresses as well: <Render file="ipv6" />
9. Select **Save** > **OK**.

## Nintendo Switch

1. Press the home button and select **System Settings**.
2. Scroll down and select **Internet** > **Internet Settings**.
3. Select your Internet connection and then select **Change Settings**.
4. Select **DNS Settings** > **Manual**.
5. Set **Primary DNS** and **Secondary DNS** to: <Render file="ipv4" />
6. Select **Save** > **OK**.

---

# Google Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/google-cloud/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Google Cloud supports configuring [outbound server policy](https://cloud.google.com/dns/docs/server-policies-overview#dns-server-policy-out) within Cloud DNS. Policies are applied per Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network, and will affect all resources within that VPC network, including any existing virtual machines.

:::note


If you are using [Cloudflare Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/), you can choose assigned [locations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) to apply custom [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) via Gateway.


:::

To configure 1.1.1.1 for your Google Cloud VPC network(s):

1. Open the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com).
2. Navigate to **Network Services** > **Cloud DNS** and select [**DNS Server Policies**](https://console.cloud.google.com/net-services/dns/policies).
3. Select **Create Policy**.
4. Provide a name for your Policy (such as `cloudflare-1-1-1-1`) and select associated VPC network or networks.
5. Under **Alternate DNS servers**, select **Add Item** and type: <Render file="ipv4" />
6. Select **Create**.

DNS requests within the configured VPC network(s) will now use 1.1.1.1.

---

# Set up

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

By default, the [DNS server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/) your devices use is provided by your Internet service provider (ISP). Some [ISPs and network equipment providers](/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/network-operators/) partner with Cloudflare to add safer browsing to their offerings.

If your providers are not currently using Cloudflare, you can change the DNS settings on your device or router as detailed in the following instructions.


<Details header="Device or router specific guides">

<DirectoryListing />


</Details>

You can also set up [1.1.1.1 for Families](#1111-for-families) for an added layer of protection on your home network against malware and adult content. 1.1.1.1 for Families leverages Cloudflare's global network to ensure that it is fast and secure around the world, and includes the same [strong privacy guarantees](/1.1.1.1/privacy/public-dns-resolver/) that Cloudflare committed to when launching 1.1.1.1.

***

## 1.1.1.1 for Families

1.1.1.1 for Families categorizes destinations on the Internet based on the potential threat they pose regarding malware, phishing, or other types of security risks.

1.1.1.1 for Families has two default options:


<Details header="Block malware">

Use the following DNS resolvers to block malicious content:

* `1.1.1.2`
* `1.0.0.2`
* `2606:4700:4700::1112`
* `2606:4700:4700::1002`


</Details>


<Details header="Block malware and adult content">

Use the following DNS resolvers to block malware and adult content:

* `1.1.1.3`
* `1.0.0.3`
* `2606:4700:4700::1113`
* `2606:4700:4700::1003`


</Details>

Cloudflare returns `0.0.0.0` if the [fully qualified domain name (FQDN)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name) or IP in a DNS query is classified as malicious.

:::note[Domain miscategorization]


If you are using 1.1.1.1 for Families and see a domain that you believe is miscategorized, [fill in this form](https://radar.cloudflare.com/categorization-feedback/) to bring it to our attention. Your submission will remain anonymous.

We review these submissions to improve Cloudflare’s categorization.


:::

### Test 1.1.1.1 for Families

After configuring 1.1.1.1 for Families, you can test if it is working as intended with the following URLs:

* [https://malware.testcategory.com/](https://malware.testcategory.com/): Use this to test if 1.1.1.1 for Families is blocking known malware addresses correctly.
* [https://nudity.testcategory.com/](https://nudity.testcategory.com/): Use this to test if 1.1.1.1 for Families is blocking known adult content and malware addresses correctly.

### DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

If you have a DoH-compliant client, such as a compatible router, you can set up 1.1.1.1 for Families to encrypt your DNS queries over HTTPS. This prevents spoofing and tracking by malicious actors, advertisers, ISPs, and others. For more information on DoH, refer to the [Learning Center article on DNS encryption](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/).

To configure an encrypted DoH connection to 1.1.1.1 for Families, type one of the following URLs into the appropriate field of your DoH-compliant client:


<Details header="Block malware">

```txt
https://security.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
```


</Details>


<Details header="Block malware and adult content">

```txt
https://family.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
```


</Details>

### DNS over TLS (DoT)

1.1.1.1 for Families also supports DoT if you have a compliant client, such as a compatible DoT router. DoT allows you to encrypt your DNS queries, protecting you from spoofing, malicious actors, and others. You can learn more about DoT in the [Learning Center article on DNS encryption](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/).

To configure an encrypted DoT connection to 1.1.1.1 for Families, type one of the following URLs into the appropriate field of your DoT-compliant client:


<Details header="Block malware">

```txt
security.cloudflare-dns.com
```


</Details>


<Details header="Block malware and adult content">

```txt
family.cloudflare-dns.com
```


</Details>

---

# iOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/ios/

import { Render } from "~/components"

[1.1.1.1: Faster Internet](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1-1-1-1-faster-internet/id1423538627) is the preferred method of setting up 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver and 1.1.1.1 for Families in iOS devices. It allows you to automatically configure your phone to use 1.1.1.1 on any network you connect to, and solves iOS inability of using an alternative DNS resolver in cellular connections.

The app also allows you to enable encryption for DNS queries or enable [WARP mode](/warp-client/), which keeps all your HTTP traffic private and secure, including your DNS queries to 1.1.1.1.

You can select between the options available in the app's settings. By default, 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet is configured to WARP mode.

## Set up 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet

1. Download [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet from the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1-1-1-1-faster-internet/id1423538627) for free.
2. Launch 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet and accept the Terms of Service.
3. Install the VPN profile that allows your phone to connect securely to 1.1.1.1.
4. Toggle the **WARP** button to **Connected**.

### Enable 1.1.1.1 for Families

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Tap the **menu button**.
3. Select **Advanced** > **Connection options**.
4. In **DNS settings** > **1.1.1.1 for Families**, select the option you want to use.

## Configure 1.1.1.1 manually

:::note


If you configure 1.1.1.1 manually, you will have to do it for every Wi-Fi network your device connects to. This method does not work for cellular connections.


:::

Take note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

1. Go to **Settings** > **Wi-Fi**.
2. Select the **'i'** icon next to the Wi-Fi network you are connected to.
3. Scroll down and select **Configure DNS**.
4. Change the configuration from **Automatic** to **Manual**.
5. Select **Add Server**.
6. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
7. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
8. Select **Save**.

<Render file="captive-portals" />

---

# Linux

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/linux/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Before you begin, take note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

Consider the sections below to set up 1.1.1.1 using either the [command line interface (CLI)](#use-command-line-interface-cli) or a [graphical user interface (GUI)](#use-graphical-user-interface-gui) of your preference.

## Use command line interface (CLI)

Choose whether you want to use 1.1.1.1 or 1.1.1.1 For Families, and replace `1.1.1.1` with the corresponding [IPv4 or IPv6 address](/1.1.1.1/ip-addresses/) accordingly.

### `resolv.conf`

Usually, `/etc/resolv.conf` is where you can configure the resolver IPs that your system is using.

In that case, you can use the following one-line command to specify `1.1.1.1` as your DNS resolver and `1.0.0.1` as backup:

```sh
echo -e "nameserver 1.1.1.1\nnameserver 1.0.0.1" | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf
```

:::caution

Note that other systems, such as dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), may automatically write to `/etc/resolv.conf` and change that configuration. In those cases, consider changing your network settings or DHCP to use `1.1.1.1`.
:::

Alternatively, you can use an editor (`nano` or `vim`, for example) to manually edit the file.

### `systemd-resolved`

If you use `systemd-resolved` utility and the resolver IPs configuration is in `/etc/systemd/resolved.conf`, consider the steps below:

1. Run the following command, replacing `<EDITOR>` with your preferred editor.

```sh
sudo <EDITOR> /etc/systemd/resolved.conf
```

2. In the editor, add or edit the following lines:

```txt
[Resolve]
DNS=1.1.1.1
```
To use DNS over TLS, add `#one.one.one.one` and set `DNSOverTLS` to `yes`, as in the following example:

```txt
[Resolve]
DNS=1.1.1.1#one.one.one.one
DNSOverTLS=yes
```

## Use graphical user interface (GUI)

### GNOME

1. Go to **Show Applications** > **Settings** > **Network**.
2. Select the adapter you want to configure — like your Ethernet adapter or Wi-Fi card — and select the **Settings** button.
3. On the **IPv4** tab > **DNS** section, disable the **Automatic** toggle.
4. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
5. Go to **IPv6**.
6. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
7. Select **Apply**.

### KDE Plasma

1. Go to **System Settings** > **Wi-Fi & Internet** > **Wi-Fi & Networking**. (or **Connections**, if on Plasma 5)
2. Select the connection you want to configure - like your current connected network.
3. On the **IPv4** tab, select the **Method** drop-down menu > _Automatic (Only addresses)_.
4. Select the text box next to **DNS servers**.
5. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
6. On the **IPv6** tab, select the **Method** drop-down menu > _Automatic (Only addresses)_.
7. Select the text box next to **DNS servers**.
8. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
9. Select **Apply**.

<Render file="captive-portals" />

---

# macOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/macos/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Take note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

1. Go to **System Settings**. You can find it by pressing `CMD + Space` on your keyboard and typing `System Settings`.
2. Go to **Network**.
3. Select a network service.
4. Select **Details**.
5. Go to **DNS**.
6. Under **DNS Servers**, select **Add**.
7. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
8. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
9. Select **OK**.

<Render file="captive-portals" />

<Render file="encrypted" />

---

# Router

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/router/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. Go to the **IP address** used to access your router's admin console in your browser.
   * Linksys and Asus routers typically use `http://192.168.1.1` or `http://router.asus.com` (for ASUS).
   * Netgear routers typically use `http://192.168.1.1` or `http://routerlogin.net`.
   * D-Link routers typically use `http://192.168.0.1`.
   * Ubiquiti routers typically use `http://unifi.ubnt.com`.

2. Enter the router credentials. For consumer routers, the default credentials for the admin console are often found under or behind the device.

3. In the admin console, find the place where **DNS settings** are set. This may be contained within categories such as **WAN** and **IPv6** (Asus Routers) or **Internet** (Netgear Routers). Consult your router's documentation for details.

4. Take note of any DNS addresses that are currently set and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

5. <Render file="all-ipv4" />

6. <Render file="all-ipv6" />

7. Save the updated settings.

## Using DNS-Over-TLS on OpenWrt

It is possible to encrypt DNS traffic out from your router using DNS-over-TLS if it is running OpenWrt. For more details, see our blog post on the topic: [Adding DNS-Over-TLS support to OpenWrt (LEDE) with Unbound](https://blog.cloudflare.com/dns-over-tls-for-openwrt/).

## FRITZ!Box

Starting with [FRITZ!OS 7.20](https://en.avm.de/press/press-releases/2020/07/fritzos-720-more-performance-convenience-security/), DNS over TLS is supported, see [Configuring different DNS servers in the FRITZ!Box](https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/165_Configuring-different-DNS-servers-in-the-FRITZ-Box/).

---

# Windows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/windows/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Windows 10

Take note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

1. Select the **Start menu** > **Settings**.
2. On **Network and Internet**, select **Change Adapter Options**.
3. Right-click on the Ethernet or Wi-Fi network you are connected to and select **Properties**.
4. Choose **Internet Protocol Version 4**.
5. Select **Properties** > **Use the following DNS server addresses**.
6. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
7. Select **OK**.
8. Go to **Internet Protocol Version 6**.
9. Select **Properties** > **Use the following DNS server addresses**.
10. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
11. Select **OK**.

## Windows 11

Take note of any DNS addresses you might have set up, and save them in a safe place in case you need to use them later.

1. Select the **Start menu** > **Settings**.
2. On **Network and Internet**, choose the adapter you want to configure - like your Ethernet adapter or Wi-Fi card.
3. Scroll to **DNS server assignment** and select **Edit**.
4. Select the **Automatic (DHCP)** drop-down menu > **Manual**.
5. Select the **IPv4** toggle to turn it on.
6. <Render file="all-ipv4" />
7. Select the **IPv6** toggle.
8. <Render file="all-ipv6" />
9. Select **Save**.

<Render file="captive-portals" />

<Render file="encrypted" />

---

# Connection forwarding

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/about/connection-forwarding/

Since IPv6 address ranges are deployed globally, no forwarding is needed.

For IPv4 traffic, based on [IPs allocation](/aegis/about/ips-allocation/), not all egress data centers will have access to an applicable Aegis IP.

Aegis does not forward to another location in response to traffic spikes. Instead, each IPv4 can be split across up to four locations, where some of these locations may have multiple data centers. IP capacity in each data center can also be adjusted in accordance with the amount of traffic that reaches each location.

After a request reaches Cloudflare on an ingress data center, and the cache service sends a request for the egress router to connect to your origin, the following scenarios are possible.

## Traffic can egress from the same server

If the server running the egress router has access to an applicable Aegis IP, traffic egresses from that server.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare Aegis and connection forwarding
        accDescr: Diagram showing IPv4 connection forwarding for Cloudflare Aegis - Same data center.
        A[Client]
        subgraph Data center A
        X[(Cache service)] --> B[(Egress router <br/> <small>*has Aegis IP</small>)]
        end
        C[(Origin server)]

        A --ingress--> X
        B --egress--> C
```

## Connection forwarding is needed

If the server does not have access to an applicable Aegis IP, the following options are checked and the first that is possible will take place:

* Another server in the same data center has access to an applicable Aegis IP and the connection is forwarded to that server.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare Aegis and connection forwarding
        accDescr: Diagram showing IPv4 connection forwarding for Cloudflare Aegis - Same data center.
        A[Client]
        subgraph Data center A
        X[(Cache service)] --> B[(Egress router <br/> <small>*no Aegis IP</small>)]
        B --> Y[(Egress server <br/> <small>*has Aegis IP</small>)]
        end
        C[(Origin server)]

        A --ingress--> X
        Y --egress--> C
```

* Another data center in the same location has access to an applicable Aegis IP and the connection is forwarded to that data center.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare Aegis and connection forwarding
        accDescr: Diagram showing IPv4 connection forwarding for Cloudflare Aegis - Different data center.
        A[Client]
        subgraph Location 1
        subgraph Data center A
        X[(Cache service)] --> B[(Egress router <br/> <small>*no Aegis IP</small>)]
        end
        subgraph Data center B
        B --> Y[(Egress server <br/> <small>*has Aegis IP</small>)]
        end
        end
        C[(Origin server)]


        A --ingress--> X
        Y --egress--> C
```

* Another data center in a different location has access to an applicable Aegis IP. The closest location is selected and connection is forwarded to that location.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare Aegis and connection forwarding
        accDescr: Diagram showing IPv4 connection forwarding for Cloudflare Aegis - Different location.
        A[Client]
        subgraph Location 1
          subgraph Data center A
          X[(Cache service)] --> B[(Egress router <br/> <small>*no Aegis IP</small>)]
          end
        end
        subgraph Location 2
          subgraph Data center C
            B --> Y[(Egress server <br/> <small>*has Aegis IP</small>)]
          end
        end
        C[(Origin server)]


        A --ingress--> X
        Y --egress--> C
```

---

# How Aegis works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/about/

:::caution[Warning]

Cloudflare Aegis is available in early access to Enterprise customers. Contact your account team to request access.
:::

When you use Cloudflare [as a reverse proxy](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy), [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) sits between client requests and your origin servers.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare as a reverse proxy
        accDescr: Diagram showing Cloudflare's network between clients and the origin server.
        A[Client] <--> B((Cloudflare))<--> C[(Origin server)]
```

Zooming in to what happens as a request routes through Cloudflare, you can consider two parts of the process: ingress and egress.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare as a reverse proxy
        accDescr: Diagram showing Cloudflare's network between clients and the origin server.
        A[Client] --ingress--> B((Cloudflare))--egress--> C[(Origin server)]
```

Ingress refers to the data center where the client request lands on, based on Internet routing. From there on, the request will be processed according to your Cloudflare configurations and, if needed, a connection to the origin will be initiated via an egress data center.

Traditionally, Cloudflare maintains a very large pool of egress IPs that are used by all Cloudflare customers and are [publicly documented](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/). With Aegis, Cloudflare provides dedicated egress IP addresses that are reserved for you.

:::caution[Warning]

[BYOIP](/byoip/) cannot be used as an Aegis egress IP.
:::

## Benefits

With dedicated egress IPs, you can:

* Lock down your [network firewall](/aegis/configuration-options/network-firewall/) to only allow traffic from the Aegis IPs.
* Use [Cloudflare Access](/aegis/configuration-options/access-cni/) to secure your applications without installing software or customizing code on your server.
* Ensure only authorized [Workers](/aegis/configuration-options/workers/) can access your origin services.

Refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-aegis/) for details and example use cases.

## Scope

You can assign Aegis IPs to single or multiple Cloudflare zones, and across different Cloudflare accounts.

Aegis IPs are included within [BGP advertisement over CNI](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-bgp-bfd/).

---

# IPs allocation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/about/ips-allocation/

Cloudflare Aegis supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

IPv6 address ranges are deployed globally, meaning your Aegis IPv6 addresses can be used for connections from Cloudflare to your origin servers across all Cloudflare data centers.

:::note[China exception]
Aegis is currently **not** available in the [Cloudflare China Network](/china-network/), operated by Cloudflare's partner JD Cloud.
:::

For IPv4 addresses, you should work with your account team to choose the locations where each IP should be deployed. Ideally, your Aegis IPv4 addresses should be placed near your origin servers and adjusted to the amount of traffic expected for each region.

Refer to [connection forwarding](/aegis/about/connection-forwarding/) to understand how requests are processed when reaching different Cloudflare data centers.

## Connections to your origin

Each Aegis IP can support 40,000 concurrent connections per origin IP. For example, if you have one Aegis IP and two origins (A and B), this single Aegis IP can support 40,000 concurrent connections to origin A, while simultaneously supporting 40,000 concurrent connections to origin B.

## Regional services

If you are using [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/), you should take this into consideration when allocating Aegis IPv4. Traffic will egress from the specified locations as long as you have Aegis IPs provisioned in those locations.

---

# Access and CNI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/access-cni/

You can use Aegis combined with [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](/network-interconnect/) to secure your applications with [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) without installing software or customizing code on your server.

While Access allows you to enforce policies at the hostname level, other solutions are usually necessary to protect against origin IP bypass — when an attacker knows your origin server IP and uses it to directly interact with the target application.

With Aegis IPs, you only allow a small number of IPs (that are not publicly listed) through your [network firewall](/aegis/configuration-options/network-firewall/). And with Cloudflare Network Interconnect, you can use a completely private path between Cloudflare and your application server, without exposure to the public Internet.

Aegis IPs are included within [BGP advertisement over CNI](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-bgp-bfd/).

For details and background, refer to the [Cloudflare blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/access-aegis-cni).

---

# Data Localization Suite

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/data-localization/

[Data Localization Suite (DLS)](/data-localization/) is an enterprise add-on that enables you to choose the location where Cloudflare encrypts, decrypts, and stores data.

To ensure egress will happen from DLS-specified locations, make sure you have Aegis IPs provisioned in those locations. Refer to [IPs allocation](/aegis/about/ips-allocation/) for details.

---

# Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/load-balancing/

[Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) allows you to intelligently distribute traffic across your origins by issuing regular monitors (that assess origin health) and following the traffic steering policies you define.

By default, the Load Balancing monitors will use public Cloudflare IP addresses.

To avoid inconsistencies between what the Load Balancing monitors report and what you observe in service traffic with Aegis, make sure to turn on the **Simulate Zone** option in the [monitor settings](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/#create-a-monitor).

---

# Configuration options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Use Aegis in combination with different Cloudflare products.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Network firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/network-firewall/

One of the main benefits of using Cloudflare Aegis is being able to update your network firewall rules to be more restrictive. Instead of allowing all [Cloudflare IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), once you onboard to Aegis, you can update your firewall rules to only allow Aegis IPs.

This means moving from allowlisting millions of IPs that are publicly listed to only a few IPs that are much harder for attackers to discover, and not possible for them to use as the Source IP for requests.

---

# Spectrum

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/spectrum/

[Spectrum](/spectrum/) allows you to route email, file transfer, games, and more over TCP or UDP through Cloudflare. This means you can mask your origin and protect it from DDoS attacks.

While you can use [BYOIP](/byoip/) or static IPs to control which IPs are used for ingress with Spectrum, Aegis allows you to have a more strict list of [egress IPs](/aegis/about/) as well.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Cloudflare as a reverse proxy
        accDescr: Diagram showing Cloudflare's network between clients and the origin server.
        A[Client] --ingress--> B((Cloudflare))--egress--> C[(Origin server)]
```

Aegis with Spectrum supports both TCP and UDP application types. HTTP/HTTPS types are also supported, although through a different configuration.

If you are interested in any of these solutions, contact your account team.

---

# Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/aegis/configuration-options/workers/

[Workers](/workers/) provides a serverless execution environment for you to create applications leveraging Cloudflare's global network.

When paired with Aegis, whenever Cloudflare's developer platform needs to access services on your origin, it will use the dedicated IP addresses.

:::note
For Workers subrequests — meaning requests from one Worker to another — it is expected that different IPs are used. However, requests to external origins made by a Worker invoked via a subrequest will use the dedicated IP addresses.
:::

---

# Capabilities

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/capabilities/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Capabilities

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/products/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Example Reference Architectures

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Reference Architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/reference-architectures/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Example Reference Architectures

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/authentication/

Using an Authenticated Gateway in AI Gateway adds security by requiring a valid authorization token for each request. This feature is especially useful when storing logs, as it prevents unauthorized access and protects against invalid requests that can inflate log storage usage and make it harder to find the data you need. With Authenticated Gateway enabled, only requests with the correct token are processed.

:::note
We recommend enabling Authenticated Gateway when opting to store logs with AI Gateway.

If Authenticated Gateway is enabled but a request does not include the required `cf-aig-authorization` header, the request will fail. This setting ensures that only verified requests pass through the gateway. To bypass the need for the `cf-aig-authorization` header, make sure to disable Authenticated Gateway.
:::

## Setting up Authenticated Gateway using the Dashboard

1. Go to the Settings for the specific gateway you want to enable authentication for.
2. Select **Create authentication token** to generate a custom token with the required `Run` permissions. Be sure to securely save this token, as it will not be displayed again.
3. Include the `cf-aig-authorization` header with your API token in each request for this gateway.
4. Return to the settings page and toggle on Authenticated Gateway.

## Example requests with OpenAI

```bash
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'cf-aig-authorization: Bearer {CF_AIG_TOKEN}' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer OPENAI_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"model": "gpt-3.5-turbo", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What is Cloudflare?"}]}'
```

Using the OpenAI SDK:

```javascript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
	baseURL: "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/account-id/gateway/openai",
	defaultHeaders: {
		"cf-aig-authorization": `Bearer {token}`,
	},
});
```

## Example requests with the Vercel AI SDK

```javascript
import { createOpenAI } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const openai = createOpenAI({
	baseURL: "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/account-id/gateway/openai",
	headers: {
		"cf-aig-authorization": `Bearer {token}`,
	},
});
```

## Expected behavior

The following table outlines gateway behavior based on the authentication settings and header status:

| Authentication Setting | Header Info    | Gateway State           | Response                                   |
| ---------------------- | -------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| On                     | Header present | Authenticated gateway   | Request succeeds                           |
| On                     | No header      | Error                   | Request fails due to missing authorization |
| Off                    | Header present | Unauthenticated gateway | Request succeeds                           |
| Off                    | No header      | Unauthenticated gateway | Request succeeds                           |

---

# Caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Enable and customize your gateway cache to serve requests directly from Cloudflare's cache, instead of the original model provider, for faster requests and cost savings.

:::note

Currently caching is supported only for text and image responses, and it applies only to identical requests. 

This is helpful for use cases when there are limited prompt options - for example, a support bot that asks "How can I help you?" and lets the user select an answer from a limited set of options works well with the current caching configuration.
We plan on adding semantic search for caching in the future to improve cache hit rates.
:::

## Default configuration

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To set the default caching configuration in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **AI** > **AI Gateway**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Enable **Cache Responses**.
5. Change the default caching to whatever value you prefer.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To set the default caching configuration using the API:

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the following permissions:

- `AI Gateway - Read`
- `AI Gateway - Edit`

2. Get your [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
3. Using that API token and Account ID, send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/ai_gateway/methods/create/) to create a new Gateway and include a value for the `cache_ttl`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This caching behavior will be uniformly applied to all requests that support caching. If you need to modify the cache settings for specific requests, you have the flexibility to override this setting on a per-request basis.

To check whether a response comes from cache or not, **cf-aig-cache-status** will be designated as `HIT` or `MISS`.

## Per-request caching

In order to override the default cache behavior defined on the settings tab, you can, on a per-request basis, set headers for the following options:

:::note

The following headers have been updated to new names, though the old headers will still function. We recommend updating to the new headers to ensure future compatibility:

`cf-cache-ttl` is now `cf-aig-cache-ttl`

`cf-skip-cache` is now `cf-aig-skip-cache`

:::

### Skip cache (cf-aig-skip-cache)

Skip cache refers to bypassing the cache and fetching the request directly from the original provider, without utilizing any cached copy.

You can use the header **cf-aig-skip-cache** to bypass the cached version of the request.

As an example, when submitting a request to OpenAI, include the header in the following manner:

```bash title="Request skipping the cache"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-skip-cache: true' \
  --data ' {
   		 "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
   		 "messages": [
   			 {
   				 "role": "user",
   				 "content": "how to build a wooden spoon in 3 short steps? give as short as answer as possible"
   			 }
   		 ]
   	 }
'
```

### Cache TTL (cf-aig-cache-ttl)

Cache TTL, or Time To Live, is the duration a cached request remains valid before it expires and is refreshed from the original source. You can use **cf-aig-cache-ttl** to set the desired caching duration in seconds. The minimum TTL is 60 seconds and the maximum TTL is one month.

For example, if you set a TTL of one hour, it means that a request is kept in the cache for an hour. Within that hour, an identical request will be served from the cache instead of the original API. After an hour, the cache expires and the request will go to the original API for a fresh response, and that response will repopulate the cache for the next hour.

As an example, when submitting a request to OpenAI, include the header in the following manner:

```bash title="Request to be cached for an hour"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-cache-ttl: 3600' \
  --data ' {
   		 "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
   		 "messages": [
   			 {
   				 "role": "user",
   				 "content": "how to build a wooden spoon in 3 short steps? give as short as answer as possible"
   			 }
   		 ]
   	 }
'
```

### Custom cache key (cf-aig-cache-key)

Custom cache keys let you override the default cache key in order to precisely set the cacheability setting for any resource. To override the default cache key, you can use the header **cf-aig-cache-key**.

When you use the **cf-aig-cache-key** header for the first time, you will receive a response from the provider. Subsequent requests with the same header will return the cached response. If the **cf-aig-cache-ttl** header is used, responses will be cached according to the specified Cache Time To Live. Otherwise, responses will be cached according to the cache settings in the dashboard. If caching is not enabled for the gateway, responses will be cached for 5 minutes by default.

As an example, when submitting a request to OpenAI, include the header in the following manner:

```bash title="Request with custom cache key"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {openai_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-cache-key: responseA' \
  --data ' {
   		 "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
   		 "messages": [
   			 {
   				 "role": "user",
   				 "content": "how to build a wooden spoon in 3 short steps? give as short as answer as possible"
   			 }
   		 ]
   	 }
'
```

:::caution[AI Gateway caching behavior]
Cache in AI Gateway is volatile. If two identical requests are sent simultaneously, the first request may not cache in time for the second request to use it, which may result in the second request retrieving data from the original source.
:::

---

# Custom metadata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/custom-metadata/

Custom metadata in AI Gateway allows you to tag requests with user IDs or other identifiers, enabling better tracking and analysis of your requests. Metadata values can be strings, numbers, or booleans, and will appear in your logs, making it easy to search and filter through your data.

## Key Features

* **Custom Tagging**: Add user IDs, team names, test indicators, and other relevant information to your requests.
* **Enhanced Logging**: Metadata appears in your logs, allowing for detailed inspection and troubleshooting.
* **Search and Filter**: Use metadata to efficiently search and filter through logged requests.

:::note


AI Gateway allows you to pass up to five custom metadata entries per request. If more than five entries are provided, only the first five will be saved; additional entries will be ignored. Ensure your custom metadata is limited to five entries to avoid unprocessed or lost data.

:::

## Supported Metadata Types

* String
* Number
* Boolean

:::note


Objects are not supported as metadata values.


:::

## Implementations

### Using cURL

To include custom metadata in your request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {api_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-metadata: {"team": "AI", "user": 12345, "test":true}' \
  --data '{"model": "gpt-4o", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "What should I eat for lunch?"}]}'
```

### Using SDK

To include custom metadata in your request using the OpenAI SDK:

```javascript
import OpenAI from "openai";

export default {
 async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
   const openai = new OpenAI({
     apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
     baseURL: "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai",
   });

   try {
     const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create(
       {
         model: "gpt-4o",
         messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What should I eat for lunch?" }],
         max_tokens: 50,
       },
       {
         headers: {
           "cf-aig-metadata": JSON.stringify({
             user: "JaneDoe",
             team: 12345,
             test: true
           }),
         },
       }
     );

     const response = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;
     return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(e);
     return new Response(e);
   }
 },
};
```

### Using Binding

To include custom metadata in your request using [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/):

```javascript
export default {
 async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
   const aiResp = await env.AI.run(
       '@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1',
       { prompt: 'What should I eat for lunch?' },
       { gateway: { id: 'gateway_id', metadata: { "team": "AI", "user": 12345, "test": true} } }
   );

   return new Response(aiResp);
 },
};
```

---

# Custom costs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/custom-costs/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

AI Gateway allows you to set custom costs at the request level. By using this feature, the cost metrics can accurately reflect your unique pricing, overriding the default or public model costs.

:::note[Note]

Custom costs will only apply to requests that pass tokens in their response. Requests without token information will not have costs calculated.

:::

## Custom cost

To add custom costs to your API requests, use the `cf-aig-custom-cost` header. This header enables you to specify the cost per token for both input (tokens sent) and output (tokens received).

- **per_token_in**: The negotiated input token cost (per token).
- **per_token_out**: The negotiated output token cost (per token).

There is no limit to the number of decimal places you can include, ensuring precise cost calculations, regardless of how small the values are.

Custom costs will appear in the logs with an underline, making it easy to identify when custom pricing has been applied.

In this example, if you have a negotiated price of $1 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens, include the `cf-aig-custom-cost` header as shown below.

```bash title="Request with custom cost"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-custom-cost: {"per_token_in":0.000001,"per_token_out":0.000002}' \
  --data ' {
        "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
        "messages": [
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "When is Cloudflare’s Birthday Week?"
          }
        ]
      }'
```

---

# Fallbacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/fallbacks/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Specify model or provider fallbacks with your [Universal endpoint](/ai-gateway/providers/universal/) to handle request failures and ensure reliability.

Fallbacks are currently triggered only when a request encounters an error. We are working to expand fallback functionality to include time-based triggers, which will allow requests that exceed a predefined response time to timeout and fallback. 

## Example

In the following example, a request first goes to the [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) Inference API. If the request fails, it falls back to OpenAI. The response header `cf-aig-step` indicates which provider successfully processed the request. 

1. Sends a request to Workers AI Inference API.
2. If that request fails, proceeds to OpenAI.

```mermaid
graph TD
    A[AI Gateway] --> B[Request to Workers AI Inference API]
    B -->|Success| C[Return Response]
    B -->|Failure| D[Request to OpenAI API]
    D --> E[Return Response]
```

<br />

You can add as many fallbacks as you need, just by adding another object in the array.

<Render file="universal-gateway-example" />

## Response header(cf-aig-step)

When using the [Universal endpoint](/ai-gateway/providers/universal/) with fallbacks, the response header `cf-aig-step` indicates which model successfully processed the request by returning the step number. This header provides visibility into whether a fallback was triggered and which model ultimately processed the response.

- `cf-aig-step:0` – The first (primary) model was used successfully.
- `cf-aig-step:1` – The request fell back to the second model.
- `cf-aig-step:2` – The request fell back to the third model.
- Subsequent steps – Each fallback increments the step number by 1.

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Configure your AI Gateway with multiple options and customizations.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage gateways

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/manage-gateway/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You have several different options for managing an AI Gateway.

## Create gateway

<Render file="create-gateway" />

## Edit gateway

<Render file="edit-gateway" />

:::note


For more details about what settings are available for editing, refer to [Configuration](/ai-gateway/configuration/).


:::

## Delete gateway

Deleting your gateway is permanent and can not be undone.

<Render file="delete-gateway" />

---

# Rate limiting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/rate-limiting/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Rate limiting controls the traffic that reaches your application, which prevents expensive bills and suspicious activity.

## Parameters

You can define rate limits as the number of requests that get sent in a specific time frame. For example, you can limit your application to 100 requests per 60 seconds.

You can also select if you would like a **fixed** or **sliding** rate limiting technique. With rate limiting, we allow a certain number of requests within a window of time. For example, if it is a fixed rate, the window is based on time, so there would be no more than `x` requests in a ten minute window. If it is a sliding rate, there would be no more than `x` requests in the last ten minutes.

To illustrate this, let us say you had a limit of ten requests per ten minutes, starting at 12:00. So the fixed window is 12:00-12:10, 12:10-12:20, and so on. If you sent ten requests at 12:09 and ten requests at 12:11, all 20 requests would be successful in a fixed window strategy. However, they would fail in a sliding window strategy since there were more than ten requests in the last ten minutes.

## Handling rate limits

When your requests exceed the allowed rate, you'll encounter rate limiting. This means the server will respond with a `429 Too Many Requests` status code and your request won't be processed. 

## Default configuration

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To set the default rate limiting configuration in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **AI** > **AI Gateway**.
3. Go to **Settings**.
4. Enable **Rate-limiting**.
5. Adjust the rate, time period, and rate limiting method as desired.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To set the default rate limiting configuration using the API:

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the following permissions:

- `AI Gateway - Read`
- `AI Gateway - Edit`

2. Get your [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
3. Using that API token and Account ID, send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/ai_gateway/methods/create/) to create a new Gateway and include a value for the `rate_limiting_interval`, `rate_limiting_limit`, and `rate_limiting_technique`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This rate limiting behavior will be uniformly applied to all requests for that gateway.

---

# WebSockets API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/configuration/websockets-api/

The AI Gateway WebSockets API provides a single persistent connection, enabling continuous communication. By using WebSockets, you can establish a single connection for multiple AI requests, eliminating the need for repeated handshakes and TLS negotiations, which enhances performance and reduces latency. This API supports all AI providers connected to AI Gateway, including those that do not natively support WebSockets.

## When to use WebSockets?

WebSockets are long-lived TCP connections that enable bi-directional, real-time communication between client and server. Unlike HTTP connections, which require repeated handshakes for each request, WebSockets maintain the connection, supporting continuous data exchange with reduced overhead. WebSockets are ideal for applications needing low-latency, real-time data, such as voice assistants.

## Key benefits

- **Reduced Overhead**: Avoid overhead of repeated handshakes and TLS negotiations by maintaining a single, persistent connection.
- **Provider Compatibility**: Works with all AI providers in AI Gateway. Even if your chosen provider does not support WebSockets, we handle it for you, managing the requests to your preferred AI provider.

## Set up WebSockets API

1. Generate an AI Gateway token with appropriate AI Gateway Run and opt in to using an authenticated gateway.
2. Modify your Universal Endpoint URL by replacing `https://` with `wss://` to initiate a WebSocket connection:
   ```
   wss://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}
   ```
3. Open a WebSocket connection authenticated with a Cloudflare token with the AI Gateway Run permission.

:::note
Alternatively, we also support authentication via the `sec-websocket-protocol` header if you are using a browser WebSocket.
:::

## Example request

```javascript
import WebSocket from "ws";

const ws = new WebSocket(
	"wss://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/my-account-id/my-gateway/",
	{
		headers: {
			"cf-aig-authorization": "Bearer AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN",
		},
	},
);

ws.send(
	JSON.stringify({
		type: "universal.create",
		request: {
			eventId: "my-request",
			provider: "workers-ai",
			endpoint: "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
			headers: {
				Authorization: "Bearer WORKERS_AI_TOKEN",
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
			},
			query: {
				prompt: "tell me a joke",
			},
		},
	}),
);

ws.on("message", function incoming(message) {
	console.log(message.toString());
});
```

## Example response

```json
{
	"type": "universal.created",
	"metadata": {
		"cacheStatus": "MISS",
		"eventId": "my-request",
		"logId": "01JC3R94FRD97JBCBX3S0ZAXKW",
		"step": "0",
		"contentType": "application/json"
	},
	"response": {
		"result": {
			"response": "Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems. Would you like to hear another one?"
		},
		"success": true,
		"errors": [],
		"messages": []
	}
}
```

## Example streaming request

For streaming requests, AI Gateway sends an initial message with request metadata indicating the stream is starting:

```json
{
	"type": "universal.created",
	"metadata": {
		"cacheStatus": "MISS",
		"eventId": "my-request",
		"logId": "01JC40RB3NGBE5XFRZGBN07572",
		"step": "0",
		"contentType": "text/event-stream"
	}
}
```

After this initial message, all streaming chunks are relayed in real-time to the WebSocket connection as they arrive from the inference provider. Only the `eventId` field is included in the metadata for these streaming chunks. The `eventId` allows AI Gateway to include a client-defined ID with each message, even in a streaming WebSocket environment.

```json
{
	"type": "universal.stream",
	"metadata": {
		"eventId": "my-request"
	},
	"response": {
		"response": "would"
	}
}
```

Once all chunks for a request have been streamed, AI Gateway sends a final message to signal the completion of the request. For added flexibility, this message includes all the metadata again, even though it was initially provided at the start of the streaming process.

```json
{
	"type": "universal.done",
	"metadata": {
		"cacheStatus": "MISS",
		"eventId": "my-request",
		"logId": "01JC40RB3NGBE5XFRZGBN07572",
		"step": "0",
		"contentType": "text/event-stream"
	}
}
```

---

# Add Human Feedback using API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/evaluations/add-human-feedback-api/

This guide will walk you through the steps of adding human feedback to an AI Gateway request using the Cloudflare API. You will learn how to retrieve the relevant request logs, and submit feedback using the API.

If you prefer to add human feedback via the dashboard, refer to [Add Human Feedback](/ai-gateway/evaluations/add-human-feedback/).

## 1. Create an API Token

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the following permissions:

- `AI Gateway - Read`
- `AI Gateway - Edit`

2. Get your [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
3. Using that API token and Account ID, send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/ai_gateway/methods/create/) to the Cloudflare API.

## 2. Using the API Token

Once you have the token, you can use it in API requests by adding it to the authorization header as a bearer token. Here is an example of how to use it in a request:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai-gateway/gateways/{gateway_id}/logs" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer {your_api_token}"
```

In the request above:

- Replace `{account_id}` and `{gateway_id}` with your specific Cloudflare account and gateway details.
- Replace `{your_api_token}` with the API token you just created.

## 3. Retrieve the `cf-aig-log-id`

The `cf-aig-log-id` is a unique identifier for the specific log entry to which you want to add feedback. Below are two methods to obtain this identifier.

### Method 1: Locate the `cf-aig-log-id` in the request response

This method allows you to directly find the `cf-aig-log-id` within the header of the response returned by the AI Gateway. This is the most straightforward approach if you have access to the original API response.

The steps below outline how to do this.

1. **Make a Request to the AI Gateway**: This could be a request your application sends to the AI Gateway. Once the request is made, the response will contain various pieces of metadata.
2. **Check the Response Headers**: The response will include a header named `cf-aig-log-id`. This is the identifier you will need to submit feedback.

In the example below, the `cf-aig-log-id` is `01JADMCQQQBWH3NXZ5GCRN98DP`.

```json
{
	"status": "success",
	"headers": {
		"cf-aig-log-id": "01JADMCQQQBWH3NXZ5GCRN98DP"
	},
	"data": {
		"response": "Sample response data"
	}
}
```

### Method 2: Retrieve the `cf-aig-log-id` via API (GET request)

If you don't have the `cf-aig-log-id` in the response body or you need to access it after the fact, you can retrieve it by querying the logs using the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/ai_gateway/subresources/logs/methods/list/).

The steps below outline how to do this.

1. **Send a GET Request to Retrieve Logs**: You can query the AI Gateway logs for a specific time frame or for a specific request. The request will return a list of logs, each containing its own `id`.
   Here is an example request:

```bash
GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai-gateway/gateways/{gateway_id}/logs
```

Replace `{account_id}` and `{gateway_id}` with your specific account and gateway details.

2. **Search for the Relevant Log**: In the response from the GET request, locate the specific log entry for which you would like to submit feedback. Each log entry will include the `id`.

In the example below, the `id` is `01JADMCQQQBWH3NXZ5GCRN98DP`.

```json
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "01JADMCQQQBWH3NXZ5GCRN98DP",
			"cached": true,
			"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
			"custom_cost": true,
			"duration": 0,
			"id": "string",
			"metadata": "string",
			"model": "string",
			"model_type": "string",
			"path": "string",
			"provider": "string",
			"request_content_type": "string",
			"request_type": "string",
			"response_content_type": "string",
			"status_code": 0,
			"step": 0,
			"success": true,
			"tokens_in": 0,
			"tokens_out": 0
		}
	],
	"result_info": {
		"count": 0,
		"max_cost": 0,
		"max_duration": 0,
		"max_tokens_in": 0,
		"max_tokens_out": 0,
		"max_total_tokens": 0,
		"min_cost": 0,
		"min_duration": 0,
		"min_tokens_in": 0,
		"min_tokens_out": 0,
		"min_total_tokens": 0,
		"page": 0,
		"per_page": 0,
		"total_count": 0
	},
	"success": true
}
```

### Method 3: Retrieve the `cf-aig-log-id` via a binding

You can also retrieve the `cf-aig-log-id` using a binding, which streamlines the process. Here's how to retrieve the log ID directly:

```js
const resp = await env.AI.run('@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct', {
		prompt: 'tell me a joke'
}, {
		gateway: {
				id: 'my_gateway_id'
		}
})

const myLogId = env.AI.aiGatewayLogId
```

:::note[Note:]


The `aiGatewayLogId` property, will only hold the last inference call log id.


:::

## 4. Submit feedback via PATCH request

Once you have both the API token and the `cf-aig-log-id`, you can send a PATCH request to submit feedback. Use the following URL format, replacing the `{account_id}`, `{gateway_id}`, and `{log_id}` with your specific details:

```bash
PATCH https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai-gateway/gateways/{gateway_id}/logs/{log_id}
```

Add the following in the request body to submit positive feedback:

```json
{
	"feedback": 1
}
```

Add the following in the request body to submit negative feedback:

```json
{
	"feedback": -1
}
```

## 5. Verify the feedback submission

You can verify the feedback submission in two ways:

- **Through the [Cloudflare dashboard ](https://dash.cloudflare.com)**: check the updated feedback on the AI Gateway interface.
- **Through the API**: Send another GET request to retrieve the updated log entry and confirm the feedback has been recorded.

---

# Evaluations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/evaluations/

Understanding your application's performance is essential for optimization. Developers often have different priorities, and finding the optimal solution involves balancing key factors such as cost, latency, and accuracy. Some prioritize low-latency responses, while others focus on accuracy or cost-efficiency.

AI Gateway's Evaluations provide the data needed to make informed decisions on how to optimize your AI application. Whether it's adjusting the model, provider, or prompt, this feature delivers insights into key metrics around performance, speed, and cost. It empowers developers to better understand their application's behavior, ensuring improved accuracy, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

Evaluations use datasets which are collections of logs stored for analysis. You can create datasets by applying filters in the Logs tab, which help narrow down specific logs for evaluation.

Our first step toward comprehensive AI evaluations starts with human feedback (currently in open beta). We will continue to build and expand AI Gateway with additional evaluators.

[Learn how to set up an evaluation](/ai-gateway/evaluations/set-up-evaluations/) including creating datasets, selecting evaluators, and running the evaluation process.

---

# Add Human Feedback using Dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/evaluations/add-human-feedback/

Human feedback is a valuable metric to assess the performance of your AI models. By incorporating human feedback, you can gain deeper insights into how the model's responses are perceived and how well it performs from a user-centric perspective. This feedback can then be used in evaluations to calculate performance metrics, driving optimization and ultimately enhancing the reliability, accuracy, and efficiency of your AI application.

Human feedback measures the performance of your dataset based on direct human input. The metric is calculated as the percentage of positive feedback (thumbs up) given on logs, which are annotated in the Logs tab of the Cloudflare dashboard. This feedback helps refine model performance by considering real-world evaluations of its output.

This tutorial will guide you through the process of adding human feedback to your evaluations in AI Gateway using the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

On the next guide, you can [learn how to add human feedback via the API](/ai-gateway/evaluations/add-human-feedback-api/).

## 1. Log in to the dashboard

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **AI** > **AI Gateway**.

## 2. Access the Logs tab

1. Go to **Logs**.
2. The Logs tab displays all logs associated with your datasets. These logs show key information, including:
   - Timestamp: When the interaction occurred.
   - Status: Whether the request was successful, cached, or failed.
   - Model: The model used in the request.
   - Tokens: The number of tokens consumed by the response.
   - Cost: The cost based on token usage.
   - Duration: The time taken to complete the response.
   - Feedback: Where you can provide human feedback on each log.

## 3. Provide human feedback

1. Click on the log entry you want to review. This expands the log, allowing you to see more detailed information.
2. In the expanded log, you can view additional details such as:
   - The user prompt.
   - The model response.
   - HTTP response details.
   - Endpoint information.
3. You will see two icons:
   - Thumbs up: Indicates positive feedback.
   - Thumbs down: Indicates negative feedback.
4. Click either the thumbs up or thumbs down icon based on how you rate the model response for that particular log entry.

## 4. Evaluate human feedback

After providing feedback on your logs, it becomes a part of the evaluation process.

When you run an evaluation (as outlined in the [Set Up Evaluations](/ai-gateway/evaluations/set-up-evaluations/) guide), the human feedback metric will be calculated based on the percentage of logs that received thumbs-up feedback.

:::note[Note]

You need to select human feedback as an evaluator to receive its metrics.

:::

## 5. Review results

After running the evaluation, review the results on the Evaluations tab.
You will be able to see the performance of the model based on cost, speed, and now human feedback, represented as the percentage of positive feedback (thumbs up).

The human feedback score is displayed as a percentage, showing the distribution of positively rated responses from the database.

For more information on running evaluations, refer to the documentation [Set Up Evaluations](/ai-gateway/evaluations/set-up-evaluations/).

---

# Set up Evaluations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/evaluations/set-up-evaluations/

This guide walks you through the process of setting up an evaluation in AI Gateway. These steps are done in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

## 1. Select or create a dataset

Datasets are collections of logs stored for analysis that can be used in an evaluation. You can create datasets by applying filters in the Logs tab. Datasets will update automatically based on the set filters.

### Set up a dataset from the Logs tab

1. Apply filters to narrow down your logs. Filter options include provider, number of tokens, request status, and more.
2. Select **Create Dataset** to store the filtered logs for future analysis.

You can manage datasets by selecting **Manage datasets** from the Logs tab.

:::note[Note]

Please keep in mind that datasets currently use `AND` joins, so there can only be one item per filter (for example, one model or one provider). Future updates will allow more flexibility in dataset creation.

:::

### List of available filters

| Filter category | Filter options                                               | Filter by description                     |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| Status          | error, status                                                | error type or status.                     |
| Cache           | cached, not cached                                           | based on whether they were cached or not. |
| Provider        | specific providers                                           | the selected AI provider.                 |
| AI Models       | specific models                                              | the selected AI model.                    |
| Cost            | less than, greater than                                      | cost, specifying a threshold.             |
| Request type    | Universal, Workers AI Binding, WebSockets                    | the type of request.                      |
| Tokens          | Total tokens, Tokens In, Tokens Out                          | token count (less than or greater than).  |
| Duration        | less than, greater than                                      | request duration.                         |
| Feedback        | equals, does not equal (thumbs up, thumbs down, no feedback) | feedback type.                            |
| Metadata Key    | equals, does not equal                                       | specific metadata keys.                   |
| Metadata Value  | equals, does not equal                                       | specific metadata values.                 |
| Log ID          | equals, does not equal                                       | a specific Log ID.                        |
| Event ID        | equals, does not equal                                       | a specific Event ID.                      |

## 2. Select evaluators

After creating a dataset, choose the evaluation parameters:

- Cost: Calculates the average cost of inference requests within the dataset (only for requests with [cost data](/ai-gateway/observability/costs/)).
- Speed: Calculates the average duration of inference requests within the dataset.
- Performance:
  - Human feedback: measures performance based on human feedback, calculated by the % of thumbs up on the logs, annotated from the Logs tab.

:::note[Note]

Additional evaluators will be introduced in future updates to expand performance analysis capabilities.

:::

## 3. Name, review, and run the evaluation

1. Create a unique name for your evaluation to reference it in the dashboard.
2. Review the selected dataset and evaluators.
3. Select **Run** to start the process.

## 4. Review and analyze results

Evaluation results will appear in the Evaluations tab. The results show the status of the evaluation (for example, in progress, completed, or error). Metrics for the selected evaluators will be displayed, excluding any logs with missing fields. You will also see the number of logs used to calculate each metric.

While datasets automatically update based on filters, evaluations do not. You will have to create a new evaluation if you want to evaluate new logs.

Use these insights to optimize based on your application's priorities. Based on the results, you may choose to:

- Change the model or [provider](/ai-gateway/providers/)
- Adjust your prompts
- Explore further optimizations, such as setting up [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/)

---

# Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/integrations/aig-workers-ai-binding/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will walk you through setting up and deploying a Workers AI project. You will use [Workers](/workers/), an AI Gateway binding, and a large language model (LLM), to deploy your first AI-powered application on the Cloudflare global network.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker Project

You will create a new Worker project using the create-Cloudflare CLI (C3). C3 is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare.

Create a new project named `hello-ai` by running:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"hello-ai"} />

Running `npm create cloudflare@latest` will prompt you to install the create-cloudflare package and lead you through setup. C3 will also install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), the Cloudflare Developer Platform CLI.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new `hello-ai` directory. Your new `hello-ai` directory will include:

- A "Hello World" Worker at `src/index.ts`.
- A `wrangler.json` configuration file.

Go to your application directory:

```bash
cd hello-ai
```

## 2. Connect your Worker to Workers AI

You must create an AI binding for your Worker to connect to Workers AI. Bindings allow your Workers to interact with resources, like Workers AI, on the Cloudflare Developer Platform.

To bind Workers AI to your Worker, add the following to the end of your `wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Your binding is [available in your Worker code](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/#bindings-in-es-modules-format) on [`env.AI`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

You will need to have your `gateway id` for the next step. You can learn [how to create an AI Gateway in this tutorial](/ai-gateway/get-started/).

## 3. Run an inference task containing AI Gateway in your Worker

You are now ready to run an inference task in your Worker. In this case, you will use an LLM, [`llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast`](/workers-ai/models/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast/), to answer a question. Your gateway ID is found on the dashboard.

Update the `index.ts` file in your `hello-ai` application directory with the following code:

```typescript title="src/index.ts" {78-81}
export interface Env {
	// If you set another name in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file as the value for 'binding',
	// replace "AI" with the variable name you defined.
	AI: Ai;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		// Specify the gateway label and other options here
		const response = await env.AI.run(
			"@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fast",
			{
				prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase Hello, World",
			},
			{
				gateway: {
					id: "GATEWAYID", // Use your gateway label here
					skipCache: true, // Optional: Skip cache if needed
				},
			},
		);

		// Return the AI response as a JSON object
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Up to this point, you have created an AI binding for your Worker and configured your Worker to be able to execute the Llama 3.1 model. You can now test your project locally before you deploy globally.

## 4. Develop locally with Wrangler

While in your project directory, test Workers AI locally by running [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev):

```bash
npx wrangler dev
```

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

You will be prompted to log in after you run `wrangler dev`. When you run `npx wrangler dev`, Wrangler will give you a URL (most likely `localhost:8787`) to review your Worker. After you go to the URL Wrangler provides, you will see a message that resembles the following example:

````json
{
  "response": "A fascinating question!\n\nThe phrase \"Hello, World!\" originates from a simple computer program written in the early days of programming. It is often attributed to Brian Kernighan, a Canadian computer scientist and a pioneer in the field of computer programming.\n\nIn the early 1970s, Kernighan, along with his colleague Dennis Ritchie, were working on the C programming language. They wanted to create a simple program that would output a message to the screen to demonstrate the basic structure of a program. They chose the phrase \"Hello, World!\" because it was a simple and recognizable message that would illustrate how a program could print text to the screen.\n\nThe exact code was written in the 5th edition of Kernighan and Ritchie's book \"The C Programming Language,\" published in 1988. The code, literally known as \"Hello, World!\" is as follows:\n\n```
main()
{
  printf(\"Hello, World!\");
}
```\n\nThis code is still often used as a starting point for learning programming languages, as it demonstrates how to output a simple message to the console.\n\nThe phrase \"Hello, World!\" has since become a catch-all phrase to indicate the start of a new program or a small test program, and is widely used in computer science and programming education.\n\nSincerely, I'm glad I could help clarify the origin of this iconic phrase for you!"
}
````

## 5. Deploy your AI Worker

Before deploying your AI Worker globally, log in with your Cloudflare account by running:

```bash
npx wrangler login
```

You will be directed to a web page asking you to log in to the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have logged in, you will be asked if Wrangler can make changes to your Cloudflare account. Scroll down and select **Allow** to continue.

Finally, deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. To deploy your Worker, run:

```bash
npx wrangler deploy
```

Once deployed, your Worker will be available at a URL like:

```bash
https://hello-ai.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev
```

Your Worker will be deployed to your custom [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) subdomain. You can now visit the URL to run your AI Worker.

By completing this tutorial, you have created a Worker, connected it to Workers AI through an AI Gateway binding, and successfully ran an inference task using the Llama 3.1 model.

---

# Vercel AI SDK

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/integrations/vercel-ai-sdk/

The [Vercel AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/) is a TypeScript library for building AI applications. The SDK supports many different AI providers, tools for streaming completions, and more.

To use Cloudflare AI Gateway inside of the AI SDK, you can configure a custom "Gateway URL" for most supported providers. Below are a few examples of how it works.

## Examples

### OpenAI

If you're using the `openai` provider in AI SDK, you can create a customized setup with `createOpenAI`, passing your OpenAI-compatible AI Gateway URL:

```typescript
import { createOpenAI } from "@ai-sdk/openai";

const openai = createOpenAI({
	baseURL: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai`,
});
```

### Anthropic

If you're using the `anthropic` provider in AI SDK, you can create a customized setup with `createAnthropic`, passing your Anthropic-compatible AI Gateway URL:

```typescript
import { createAnthropic } from "@ai-sdk/anthropic";

const anthropic = createAnthropic({
	baseURL: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/anthropic`,
});
```

### Google AI Studio

If you're using the Google AI Studio provider in AI SDK, you need to append `/v1beta` to your Google AI Studio-compatible AI Gateway URL to avoid errors. The `/v1beta` path is required because Google AI Studio's API includes this in its endpoint structure, and the AI SDK sets the model name separately. This ensures compatibility with Google's API versioning.

```typescript
import { createGoogleGenerativeAI } from '@ai-sdk/google';

const google = createGoogleGenerativeAI({
	baseURL: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-ai-studio/v1beta`,
});
```

### Other providers

For other providers that are not listed above, you can follow a similar pattern by creating a custom instance for any AI provider, and passing your AI Gateway URL. For help finding your provider-specific AI Gateway URL, refer to the [Supported providers page](/ai-gateway/providers).

---

# AI Gateway Binding Methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/integrations/worker-binding-methods/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

This guide provides an overview of how to use the latest Cloudflare Workers AI Gateway binding methods. You will learn how to set up an AI Gateway binding, access new methods, and integrate them into your Workers.

## Prerequisites

- Ensure your Worker project is configured with an AI Gateway binding in `wrangler.json`.
- Install and use the `@cloudflare/workers-types` library, version `4.20250124.3` or above.

## 1. Add an AI Binding to your Worker

To connect your Worker to Workers AI, add the following to your `wrangler.toml` file:

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

This configuration sets up the AI binding accessible in your Worker code as `env.AI`.

## 2. Basic Usage with Workers AI + Gateway

To perform an inference task using Workers AI and an AI Gateway, you can use the following code:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
const resp = await env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
  prompt: "tell me a joke"
}, {
  gateway: {
    id: "my-gateway"
  }
});
```

Additionally, you can access the latest request log ID with:

```typescript
const myLogId = env.AI.aiGatewayLogId;
```

## 3. Access the Gateway Binding

You can access your AI Gateway binding using the following code:

```typescript
const gateway = env.AI.gateway("my-gateway");
```

Once you have the gateway instance, you can use the following methods:

### 3.1. `patchLog`: Send Feedback

The `patchLog` method allows you to send feedback, score, and metadata for a specific log ID. All object properties are optional, so you can include any combination of the parameters:

```typescript
gateway.patchLog('my-log-id', {
  feedback: 1,
  score: 100,
  metadata: {
    user: "123"
  }
});
```

- **Returns**: `Promise<void>` (Make sure to `await` the request.)
- **Example Use Case**: Update a log entry with user feedback or additional metadata.

### 3.2. `getLog`: Read Log Details

The `getLog` method retrieves details of a specific log ID. It returns an object of type `Promise<AiGatewayLog>`. You can import the `AiGatewayLog` type from the `@cloudflare/workers-types` library.

```typescript
const log = await gateway.getLog("my-log-id");
```

- **Returns**: `Promise<AiGatewayLog>`
- **Example Use Case**: Retrieve log information for debugging or analytics.

### 3.3. `run`: Universal Requests

The `run` method allows you to execute universal requests. Users can pass either a single universal request object or an array of them. This method supports all AI Gateway providers.

Refer to the [Universal endpoint documentation](/ai-gateway/providers/universal/) for details about the available inputs.

```typescript
const resp = await gateway.run({
  provider: "workers-ai",
  endpoint: "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
  headers: {
    authorization: "Bearer my-api-token"
  },
  query: {
    prompt: "tell me a joke"
  }
});
```

- **Returns**: `Promise<Response>`
- **Example Use Case**: Perform a [universal request](/ai-gateway/providers/universal/) to any supported provider.

## Conclusion

With the new AI Gateway binding methods, you can now:

- Send feedback and update metadata with `patchLog`.
- Retrieve detailed log information using `getLog`.
- Execute universal requests to any AI Gateway provider with `run`.

These methods offer greater flexibility and control over your AI integrations, empowering you to build more sophisticated applications on the Cloudflare Workers platform.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/observability/analytics/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Your AI Gateway dashboard shows metrics on requests, tokens, caching, errors, and cost. You can filter these metrics by time.
These analytics help you understand traffic patterns, token consumption, and
potential issues across AI providers. You can
view the following analytics:

- **Requests**: Track the total number of requests processed by AI Gateway.
- **Token Usage**: Analyze token consumption across requests, giving insight into usage patterns.
- **Costs**: Gain visibility into the costs associated with using different AI providers, allowing you to track spending, manage budgets, and optimize resources.
- **Errors**: Monitor the number of errors across the gateway, helping to identify and troubleshoot issues.
- **Cached Responses**: View the percentage of responses served from cache, which can help reduce costs and improve speed.

## View analytics

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="analytics-dashboard" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="graphql">

You can use GraphQL to query your usage data outside of the AI Gateway dashboard. See the example query below. You will need to use your Cloudflare token when making the request, and change `{account_id}` to match your account tag.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer TOKEN \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "query": "query{\n  viewer {\n	accounts(filter: { accountTag: \"{account_id}\" }) {\n	requests: aiGatewayRequestsAdaptiveGroups(\n    	limit: $limit\n    	filter: { datetimeHour_geq: $start, datetimeHour_leq: $end }\n    	orderBy: [datetimeMinute_ASC]\n  	) {\n    	count,\n    	dimensions {\n        	model,\n        	provider,\n        	gateway,\n        	ts: datetimeMinute\n    	}\n    	\n  	}\n    	\n	}\n  }\n}",
    "variables": {
   	 "limit": 1000,
   	 "start": "2023-09-01T10:00:00.000Z",
   	 "end": "2023-09-30T10:00:00.000Z",
   	 "orderBy": "date_ASC"
    }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Costs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/observability/costs/

## Supported Providers

AI Gateway currently supports cost metrics from the following providers:

- Anthropic
- Azure OpenAI
- Cohere
- Google AI Studio
- Groq
- Mistral
- OpenAI
- Perplexity
- Replicate

Cost metrics are only available for endpoints where the models return token data and the model name in their responses.

:::note[Note]

The cost metric is an **estimation** based on the number of tokens sent and received in requests. While this metric can help you monitor and predict cost trends, refer to your provider’s dashboard for the most **accurate** cost details.

:::

:::caution[Caution]

Providers may introduce new models or change their pricing. If you notice outdated cost data or are using a model not yet supported by our cost tracking, please [submit a request](https://forms.gle/8kRa73wRnvq7bxL48)

:::

## Custom costs

AI Gateway allows users to set custom costs when operating under special pricing agreements or negotiated rates. Custom costs can be applied at the request level, and when applied, they will override the default or public model costs.
For more information on configuration of custom costs, please visit the [Custom Costs](/ai-gateway/configuration/custom-costs/) configuration page.

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Observability is the practice of instrumenting systems to collect metrics, and logs enabling better monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization of applications.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Anthropic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/anthropic/

[Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) helps build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/anthropic
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Anthropic, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Anthropic API token.
- The name of the Anthropic model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/anthropic/v1/messages \
 --header 'x-api-key: {anthropic_api_key}' \
 --header 'anthropic-version: 2023-06-01' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data  '{
    "model": "claude-3-opus-20240229",
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "What is Cloudflare?"}
    ]
  }'
```

### Use Anthropic SDK with JavaScript

If you are using the `@anthropic-ai/sdk`, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const apiKey = env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY;
const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/anthropic`;

const anthropic = new Anthropic({
	apiKey,
	baseURL,
});

const model = "claude-3-opus-20240229";
const messages = [{ role: "user", content: "What is Cloudflare?" }];
const maxTokens = 1024;

const message = await anthropic.messages.create({
	model,
	messages,
	max_tokens: maxTokens,
});
```

---

# Azure OpenAI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/azureopenai/

[Azure OpenAI](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/products/ai-services/openai-service/) allows you apply natural language algorithms on your data.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/azure-openai/{resource_name}/{deployment_name}
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Azure OpenAI, you will need:

- AI Gateway account ID
- AI Gateway gateway name
- Azure OpenAI API key
- Azure OpenAI resource name
- Azure OpenAI deployment name (aka model name)

## URL structure

Your new base URL will use the data above in this structure: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/azure-openai/{resource_name}/{deployment_name}`. Then, you can append your endpoint and api-version at the end of the base URL, like `.../chat/completions?api-version=2023-05-15`.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl 'https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/azure-openai/{resource_name}/{deployment_name}/chat/completions?api-version=2023-05-15' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'api-key: {azure_api_key}' \
  --data '{
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Use `openai-node` with JavaScript

If you are using the `openai-node` library, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const resource = "xxx";
const model = "xxx";
const apiVersion = "xxx";
const apiKey = env.AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY;
const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/azure-openai/${resource}/${model}`;

const azure_openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey,
	baseURL,
	defaultQuery: { "api-version": apiVersion },
	defaultHeaders: { "api-key": apiKey },
});
```

---

# Amazon Bedrock

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/bedrock/

[Amazon Bedrock](https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/) allows you to build and scale generative AI applications with foundation models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/aws-bedrock`
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Amazon Bedrock, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Amazon Bedrock API token.
- The name of the Amazon Bedrock model you want to use.

## Make a request

When making requests to Amazon Bedrock, replace `https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/aws-bedrock/bedrock-runtime/us-east-1/`, then add the model you want to run at the end of the URL.

With Bedrock, you will need to sign the URL before you make requests to AI Gateway. You can try using the [`aws4fetch`](https://github.com/mhart/aws4fetch) SDK.

## Examples

### Use `aws4fetch` SDK with TypeScript

```typescript
import { AwsClient } from "aws4fetch";

interface Env {
	accessKey: string;
	secretAccessKey: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(
		request: Request,
		env: Env,
		ctx: ExecutionContext,
	): Promise<Response> {
		// replace with your configuration
		const cfAccountId = "{account_id}";
		const gatewayName = "{gateway_id}";
		const region = "us-east-1";

		// added as secrets (https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/)
		const accessKey = env.accessKey;
		const secretKey = env.secretAccessKey;

		const requestData = {
			inputText: "What does ethereal mean?",
		};

		const headers = {
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		};

		// sign the original request
		const stockUrl = new URL(
			"https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/model/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1/invoke",
		);

		const awsClient = new AwsClient({
			accessKeyId: accessKey,
			secretAccessKey: secretKey,
			region: region,
			service: "bedrock",
		});

		const presignedRequest = await awsClient.sign(stockUrl.toString(), {
			method: "POST",
			headers: headers,
		});

		// change the signed request's host to AI Gateway
		const stockUrlSigned = new URL(presignedRequest.url);
		stockUrlSigned.host = "gateway.ai.cloudflare.com";
		stockUrlSigned.pathname = `/v1/${cfAccountId}/${gatewayName}/aws-bedrock/bedrock-runtime/${region}/model/amazon.titan-embed-text-v1/invoke`;

		// make request
		const response = await fetch(stockUrlSigned, {
			method: "POST",
			headers: presignedRequest.headers,
			body: JSON.stringify(requestData),
		});

		if (
			response.ok &&
			response.headers.get("content-type")?.includes("application/json")
		) {
			const data = await response.json();
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(data));
		} else {
			return new Response("Invalid response", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Cohere

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/cohere/

[Cohere](https://cohere.com/) build AI models designed to solve real-world business challenges.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/cohere
```

## URL structure

When making requests to [Cohere](https://cohere.com/), replace `https://api.cohere.ai/v1` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/cohere`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Cohere, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Cohere API token.
- The name of the Cohere model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/cohere/v1/chat \
  --header 'Authorization: Token {cohere_api_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "chat_history": [
    {"role": "USER", "message": "Who discovered gravity?"},
    {"role": "CHATBOT", "message": "The man who is widely credited with discovering gravity is Sir Isaac Newton"}
  ],
  "message": "What year was he born?",
  "connectors": [{"id": "web-search"}]
}'
```

### Use Cohere SDK with Python

If using the [`cohere-python-sdk`](https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-python), set your endpoint like this:

```js title="Python"

import cohere
import os

api_key = os.getenv('API_KEY')
account_id = '{account_id}'
gateway_id = '{gateway_id}'
base_url = f"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/cohere/v1"

co = cohere.Client(
  api_key=api_key,
  base_url=base_url,
)

message = "hello world!"
model = "command-r-plus"

chat = co.chat(
  message=message,
  model=model
)

print(chat)

```

---

# DeepSeek

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/deepseek/

[DeepSeek](https://www.deepseek.com/) helps you build quickly with DeepSeek's advanced AI models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/deepseek
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to DeepSeek, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active DeepSeek AI API token.
- The name of the DeepSeek AI model you want to use.

## URL structure

Your new base URL will use the data above in this structure:

`https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/deepseek/`.

You can then append the endpoint you want to hit, for example: `chat/completions`.

So your final URL will come together as:

`https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/deepseek/chat/completions`.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/deepseek/chat/completions \
 --header 'content-type: application/json' \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer DEEPSEEK_TOKEN' \
 --data '{
    "model": "deepseek-chat",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
    ]
}'
```

### Use DeepSeek with JavaScript

If you are using the OpenAI SDK, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey: env.DEEPSEEK_TOKEN,
	baseURL:
		"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/deepseek",
});

try {
	const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
		model: "deepseek-chat",
		messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What is Cloudflare?" }],
	});

	const response = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;

	return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
} catch (e) {
	return new Response(e);
}
```

---

# Google AI Studio

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/google-ai-studio/

[Google AI Studio](https://ai.google.dev/aistudio) helps you build quickly with Google Gemini models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-ai-studio
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Google AI Studio, you will need:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Google AI Studio API token.
- The name of the Google AI Studio model you want to use.

## URL structure

Your new base URL will use the data above in this structure: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-ai-studio/`.

Then you can append the endpoint you want to hit, for example: `v1/models/{model}:{generative_ai_rest_resource}`

So your final URL will come together as: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-ai-studio/v1/models/{model}:{generative_ai_rest_resource}`.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_name}/google-ai-studio/v1/models/gemini-1.0-pro:generateContent" \
 --header 'content-type: application/json' \
 --header 'x-goog-api-key: {google_studio_api_key}' \
 --data '{
      "contents": [
          {
            "role":"user",
            "parts": [
              {"text":"What is Cloudflare?"}
            ]
          }
        ]
      }'
```

### Use `@google/generative-ai` with JavaScript

If you are using the `@google/generative-ai` package, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript example"
import { GoogleGenerativeAI } from "@google/generative-ai";

const api_token = env.GOOGLE_AI_STUDIO_TOKEN;
const account_id = "";
const gateway_name = "";

const genAI = new GoogleGenerativeAI(api_token);
const model = genAI.getGenerativeModel(
	{ model: "gemini-1.5-flash" },
	{
		baseUrl: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${account_id}/${gateway_name}/google-ai-studio`,
	},
);

await model.generateContent(["What is Cloudflare?"]);
```

---

# Grok

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/grok/

[Grok](https://docs.x.ai/docs#getting-started) is s a general purpose model that can be used for a variety of tasks, including generating and understanding text, code, and function calling.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok
```

## URL structure

When making requests to [Grok](https://docs.x.ai/docs#getting-started), replace `https://api.x.ai/v1` in the URL you are currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Grok, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Grok API token.
- The name of the Grok model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok/v1/chat/completions \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {grok_api_token}' \
  --data '{
    "model": "grok-beta",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
    ]
}'
```

### Use OpenAI SDK with JavaScript

If you are using the OpenAI SDK with JavaScript, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey: "<api key>",
	baseURL:
		"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok",
});

const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
	model: "grok-beta",
	messages: [
		{
			role: "system",
			content:
				"You are Grok, a chatbot inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.",
		},
		{
			role: "user",
			content: "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?",
		},
	],
});

console.log(completion.choices[0].message);
```

### Use OpenAI SDK with Python

If you are using the OpenAI SDK with Python, you can set your endpoint like this:

```python title="Python"
import os
from openai import OpenAI

XAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("XAI_API_KEY")
client = OpenAI(
    api_key=XAI_API_KEY,
    base_url="https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="grok-beta",
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": "You are Grok, a chatbot inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."},
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?"},
    ],
)

print(completion.choices[0].message)
```

### Use Anthropic SDK with JavaScript

If you are using the Anthropic SDK with JavaScript, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";

const anthropic = new Anthropic({
	apiKey: "<api key>",
	baseURL:
		"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok",
});

const msg = await anthropic.messages.create({
	model: "grok-beta",
	max_tokens: 128,
	system:
		"You are Grok, a chatbot inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.",
	messages: [
		{
			role: "user",
			content: "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?",
		},
	],
});

console.log(msg);
```

### Use Anthropic SDK with Python

If you are using the Anthropic SDK with Python, you can set your endpoint like this:

```python title="Python"
import os
from anthropic import Anthropic

XAI_API_KEY = os.getenv("XAI_API_KEY")
client = Anthropic(
    api_key=XAI_API_KEY,
    base_url="https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/grok",
)

message = client.messages.create(
    model="grok-beta",
    max_tokens=128,
    system="You are Grok, a chatbot inspired by the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.",
    messages=[
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything?",
        },
    ],
)

print(message.content)
```

---

# Groq

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/groq/

[Groq](https://groq.com/) delivers high-speed processing and low-latency performance.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/groq
```

## URL structure

When making requests to [Groq](https://groq.com/), replace `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/groq`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Groq, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Groq API token.
- The name of the Groq model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/groq/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {groq_api_key}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
      }
    ],
    "model": "mixtral-8x7b-32768"
}'
```

### Use Groq SDK with JavaScript

If using the [`groq-sdk`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/groq-sdk), set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import Groq from "groq-sdk";

const apiKey = env.GROQ_API_KEY;
const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/groq`;

const groq = new Groq({
	apiKey,
	baseURL,
});

const messages = [{ role: "user", content: "What is Cloudflare?" }];
const model = "mixtral-8x7b-32768";

const chatCompletion = await groq.chat.completions.create({
	messages,
	model,
});
```

---

# HuggingFace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/huggingface/

[HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/) helps users build, deploy and train machine learning models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/huggingface
```

## URL structure

When making requests to HuggingFace Inference API, replace `https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/huggingface`. Note that the model you’re trying to access should come right after, for example `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/huggingface/bigcode/starcoder`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to HuggingFace, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active HuggingFace API token.
- The name of the HuggingFace model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/huggingface/bigcode/starcoder \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {hf_api_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "inputs": "console.log"
}'
```

### Use HuggingFace.js library with JavaScript

If you are using the HuggingFace.js library, you can set your inference endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import { HfInferenceEndpoint } from "@huggingface/inference";

const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const model = "gpt2";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/huggingface/${model}`;
const apiToken = env.HF_API_TOKEN;

const hf = new HfInferenceEndpoint(baseURL, apiToken);
```

---

# Model providers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/

Here is a quick list of the providers we support:

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Mistral AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/mistral/

[Mistral AI](https://mistral.ai) helps you build quickly with Mistral's advanced AI models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/mistral
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to the Mistral AI, you will need:

- AI Gateway Account ID
- AI Gateway gateway name
- Mistral AI API token
- Mistral AI model name

## URL structure

Your new base URL will use the data above in this structure: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/mistral/`.

Then you can append the endpoint you want to hit, for example: `v1/chat/completions`

So your final URL will come together as: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/mistral/v1/chat/completions`.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl -X POST https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/mistral/v1/chat/completions \
 --header 'content-type: application/json' \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer MISTRAL_TOKEN' \
 --data '{
    "model": "mistral-large-latest",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
    ]
}'
```

### Use `@mistralai/mistralai` package with JavaScript

If you are using the `@mistralai/mistralai` package, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript example"
import { Mistral } from "@mistralai/mistralai";

const client = new Mistral({
	apiKey: MISTRAL_TOKEN,
	serverURL: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/mistral`,
});

await client.chat.create({
	model: "mistral-large-latest",
	messages: [
		{
			role: "user",
			content: "What is Cloudflare?",
		},
	],
});
```

---

# OpenAI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/openai/

[OpenAI](https://openai.com/about/) helps you build with ChatGPT.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai
```

## URL structure

When making requests to OpenAI, replace `https://api.openai.com/v1` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to OpenAI, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active OpenAI API token.
- The name of the OpenAI model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {openai_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data ' {
   		 "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
   		 "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "What is Cloudflare"
        }
   		 ]
   	 }
'
```

### Use OpenAI SDK with JavaScript

If you are using a library like openai-node, set the `baseURL` to your OpenAI endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const apiKey = "my api key"; // defaults to process.env["OPENAI_API_KEY"]
const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/openai`;

const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey,
	baseURL,
});

try {
	const model = "gpt-3.5-turbo-0613";
	const messages = [{ role: "user", content: "What is a neuron?" }];
	const maxTokens = 100;

	const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
		model,
		messages,
		max_tokens: maxTokens,
	});

	const response = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;

	return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
} catch (e) {
	return new Response(e);
}
```

---

# OpenRouter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/openrouter/

[OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/) is a platform that provides a unified interface for accessing and using large language models (LLMs).

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openrouter
```

## URL structure

When making requests to [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai/), replace `https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions` in the URL you are currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openrouter`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to OpenRouter, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active OpenRouter API token or a token from the original model provider.
- The name of the OpenRouter model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl -X POST https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/ACCOUNT_TAG/GATEWAY/openrouter/v1/chat/completions \
 --header 'content-type: application/json' \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer OPENROUTER_TOKEN' \
 --data '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
    "messages": [
        {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
    ]
}'

```

### Use OpenAI SDK with JavaScript

If you are using the OpenAI SDK with JavaScript, you can set your endpoint like this:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
	apiKey: env.OPENROUTER_TOKEN,
	baseURL:
		"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/ACCOUNT_TAG/GATEWAY/openrouter",
});

try {
	const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
		model: "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
		messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What is Cloudflare?" }],
	});

	const response = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;

	return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
} catch (e) {
	return new Response(e);
}
```

---

# Perplexity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/perplexity/

[Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) is an AI powered answer engine.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/perplexity-ai
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Perplexity, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Perplexity API token.
- The name of the Perplexity model you want to use.

## Examples

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/perplexity-ai/chat/completions \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --header 'Authorization: Bearer {perplexity_token}' \
     --data '{
      "model": "mistral-7b-instruct",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
      ]
    }'
```

### Use Perplexity through OpenAI SDK with JavaScript

Perplexity does not have their own SDK, but they have compatibility with the OpenAI SDK. You can use the OpenAI SDK to make a Perplexity call through AI Gateway as follows:

```js title="JavaScript"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const apiKey = env.PERPLEXITY_API_KEY;
const accountId = "{account_id}";
const gatewayId = "{gateway_id}";
const baseURL = `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/${accountId}/${gatewayId}/perplexity-ai`;

const perplexity = new OpenAI({
	apiKey,
	baseURL,
});

const model = "mistral-7b-instruct";
const messages = [{ role: "user", content: "What is Cloudflare?" }];
const maxTokens = 20;

const chatCompletion = await perplexity.chat.completions.create({
	model,
	messages,
	max_tokens: maxTokens,
});
```

---

# Replicate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/replicate/

[Replicate](https://replicate.com/) runs and fine tunes open-source models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/replicate
```

## URL structure

When making requests to Replicate, replace `https://api.replicate.com/v1` in the URL you’re currently using with `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/replicate`.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Replicate, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Replicate API token.
- The name of the Replicate model you want to use.

## Example

### cURL

```bash title="Request"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/replicate/predictions \
  --header 'Authorization: Token {replicate_api_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
    "input":
      {
        "prompt": "What is Cloudflare?"
      }
    }'
```

---

# Universal Endpoint

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/universal/

import { Render, Badge } from "~/components";

You can use the Universal Endpoint to contact every provider.

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}
```

AI Gateway offers multiple endpoints for each Gateway you create - one endpoint per provider, and one Universal Endpoint. The Universal Endpoint requires some adjusting to your schema, but supports additional features. Some of these features are, for example, retrying a request if it fails the first time, or configuring a [fallback model/provider](/ai-gateway/configuration/fallbacks/).

You can use the Universal endpoint to contact every provider. The payload is expecting an array of message, and each message is an object with the following parameters:

- `provider` : the name of the provider you would like to direct this message to. Can be OpenAI, workers-ai, or any of our supported providers.
- `endpoint`: the pathname of the provider API you’re trying to reach. For example, on OpenAI it can be `chat/completions`, and for Workers AI this might be [`@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`](/workers-ai/models/llama-3.1-8b-instruct/). See more in the sections that are specific to [each provider](/ai-gateway/providers/).
- `authorization`: the content of the Authorization HTTP Header that should be used when contacting this provider. This usually starts with “Token” or “Bearer”.
- `query`: the payload as the provider expects it in their official API.

## cURL example

<Render file="universal-gateway-example" />

The above will send a request to Workers AI Inference API, if it fails it will proceed to OpenAI. You can add as many fallbacks as you need, just by adding another JSON in the array.

## WebSockets API <Badge text="beta" variant="tip" size="small" />

The Universal Endpoint can also be accessed via a [WebSockets API](/ai-gateway/configuration/websockets-api/) which provides a single persistent connection, enabling continuous communication. This API supports all AI providers connected to AI Gateway, including those that do not natively support WebSockets.

## WebSockets example

```javascript
import WebSocket from "ws";
const ws = new WebSocket(
	"wss://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/my-account-id/my-gateway/",
	{
		headers: {
			"cf-aig-authorization": "Bearer AI_GATEWAY_TOKEN",
		},
	},
);

ws.send(
	JSON.stringify({
		type: "universal.create",
		request: {
			eventId: "my-request",
			provider: "workers-ai",
			endpoint: "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
			headers: {
				Authorization: "Bearer WORKERS_AI_TOKEN",
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
			},
			query: {
				prompt: "tell me a joke",
			},
		},
	}),
);

ws.on("message", function incoming(message) {
	console.log(message.toString());
});
```

## Header configuration hierarchy

The Universal Endpoint allows you to set fallback models or providers and customize headers for each provider or request. You can configure headers at three levels:

1. **Provider level**: Headers specific to a particular provider.
2. **Request level**: Headers included in individual requests.
3. **Gateway settings**: Default headers configured in your gateway dashboard.

Since the same settings can be configured in multiple locations, AI Gateway applies a hierarchy to determine which configuration takes precedence:

- **Provider-level headers** override all other configurations.
- **Request-level headers** are used if no provider-level headers are set.
- **Gateway-level settings** are used only if no headers are configured at the provider or request levels.

This hierarchy ensures consistent behavior, prioritizing the most specific configurations. Use provider-level and request-level headers for fine-tuned control, and gateway settings for general defaults.

## Hierarchy example

This example demonstrates how headers set at different levels impact caching behavior:

- **Request-level header**: The `cf-aig-cache-ttl` is set to `3600` seconds, applying this caching duration to the request by default.
- **Provider-level header**: For the fallback provider (OpenAI), `cf-aig-cache-ttl` is explicitly set to `0` seconds, overriding the request-level header and disabling caching for responses when OpenAI is used as the provider.

This shows how provider-level headers take precedence over request-level headers, allowing for granular control of caching behavior.

```bash
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-cache-ttl: 3600' \
  --data '[
    {
      "provider": "workers-ai",
      "endpoint": "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {cloudflare_token}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
      },
      "query": {
        "messages": [
          {
            "role": "system",
            "content": "You are a friendly assistant"
          },
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "provider": "openai",
      "endpoint": "chat/completions",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {open_ai_token}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "cf-aig-cache-ttl": "0"
      },
      "query": {
        "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
        "stream": true,
        "messages": [
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]'
```

---

# Google Vertex AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/vertex/

[Google Vertex AI](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai) enables developers to easily build and deploy enterprise ready generative AI experiences.

Below is a quick guide on how to set your Google Cloud Account:

1. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Account

   - Sign up for a [GCP account](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai). New users may be eligible for credits (valid for 90 days).

2. Enable the Vertex AI API

   - Navigate to [Enable Vertex AI API](https://console.cloud.google.com/marketplace/product/google/aiplatform.googleapis.com) and activate the API for your project.

3. Apply for access to desired models.

## Endpoint

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-vertex-ai
```

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Google Vertex, you will need:

- AI Gateway account tag
- AI Gateway gateway name
- Google Vertex API key
- Google Vertex Project Name
- Google Vertex Region (for example, us-east4)
- Google Vertex model

## URL structure

Your new base URL will use the data above in this structure: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-vertex-ai/v1/projects/{project_name}/locations/{region}`.

Then you can append the endpoint you want to hit, for example: `/publishers/google/models/{model}:{generative_ai_rest_resource}`

So your final URL will come together as: `https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-vertex-ai/v1/projects/{project_name}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/gemini-1.0-pro-001:generateContent`

## Example

### cURL

```bash title="Example fetch request"
curl "https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/google-vertex-ai/v1/projects/{project_name}/locations/{region}/publishers/google/models/gemini-1.0-pro-001:generateContent" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {vertex_api_key}" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
        "contents": {
          "role": "user",
          "parts": [
            {
              "text": "Tell me more about Cloudflare"
            }
          ]
        }'

```

---

# Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/providers/workersai/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use AI Gateway for analytics, caching, and security on requests to [Workers AI](/workers-ai/). Workers AI integrates seamlessly with AI Gateway, allowing you to execute AI inference via API requests or through an environment binding for Workers scripts. The binding simplifies the process by routing requests through your AI Gateway with minimal setup.

## Prerequisites

When making requests to Workers AI, ensure you have the following:

- Your AI Gateway Account ID.
- Your AI Gateway gateway name.
- An active Workers AI API token.
- The name of the Workers AI model you want to use.

## REST API

To interact with a REST API, update the URL used for your request:

- **Previous**:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model_id}
```

- **New**:

```txt
https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/workers-ai/{model_id}
```

For these parameters:

- `{account_id}` is your Cloudflare [account ID](/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/#1-get-api-token-and-account-id).
- `{gateway_id}` refers to the name of your existing [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/get-started/#create-gateway).
- `{model_id}` refers to the model ID of the [Workers AI model](/workers-ai/models/).

## Examples

First, generate an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with `Workers AI Read` access and use it in your request.

```bash title="Request to Workers AI llama model"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/workers-ai/@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_api_token}' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data '{"prompt": "What is Cloudflare?"}'
```

```bash title="Request to Workers AI text classification model"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/workers-ai/@cf/huggingface/distilbert-sst-2-int8 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_api_token}' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "text": "Cloudflare docs are amazing!" }'
```

### OpenAI compatible endpoints

<Render file="openai-compatibility" product="workers-ai" /> <br />

```bash title="Request to OpenAI compatible endpoint"
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/workers-ai/v1/chat/completions \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_api_token}' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 --data '{
      "model": "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "What is Cloudflare?"
        }
      ]
    }
'
```

## Workers Binding

You can integrate Workers AI with AI Gateway using an environment binding. To include an AI Gateway within your Worker, add the gateway as an object in your Workers AI request.

```ts
export interface Env {
	AI: Ai;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		const response = await env.AI.run(
			"@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
			{
				prompt: "Why should you use Cloudflare for your AI inference?",
			},
			{
				gateway: {
					id: "{gateway_id}",
					skipCache: false,
					cacheTtl: 3360,
				},
			},
		);
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

For a detailed step-by-step guide on integrating Workers AI with AI Gateway using a binding, see [Integrations in AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/integrations/aig-workers-ai-binding/).

Workers AI supports the following parameters for AI gateways:

- `id` string
  - Name of your existing [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/get-started/#create-gateway). Must be in the same account as your Worker.
- `skipCache` boolean(default: false)
  - Controls whether the request should [skip the cache](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/#skip-cache-cf-aig-skip-cache).
- `cacheTtl` number
  - Controls the [Cache TTL](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/#cache-ttl-cf-aig-cache-ttl).

---

# Audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/audit-logs/

[Audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) provide a comprehensive summary of changes made within your Cloudflare account, including those made to gateways in AI Gateway. This functionality is available on all plan types, free of charge, and is enabled by default.

## Viewing Audit Logs

To view audit logs for AI Gateway:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Audit Log**.

For more information on how to access and use audit logs, refer to [review audit logs documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).

## Logged Operations

The following configuration actions are logged:

| Operation       | Description                      |
| --------------- | -------------------------------- |
| gateway created | Creation of a new gateway.       |
| gateway deleted | Deletion of an existing gateway. |
| gateway updated | Edit of an existing gateway.     |

## Example Log Entry

Below is an example of an audit log entry showing the creation of a new gateway:

```json
{
 "action": {
     "info": "gateway created",
     "result": true,
     "type": "create"
 },
 "actor": {
     "email": "<ACTOR_EMAIL>",
     "id": "3f7b730e625b975bc1231234cfbec091",
     "ip": "fe32:43ed:12b5:526::1d2:13",
     "type": "user"
 },
 "id": "5eaeb6be-1234-406a-87ab-1971adc1234c",
 "interface": "UI",
 "metadata": {},
 "newValue": "",
 "newValueJson": {
     "cache_invalidate_on_update": false,
     "cache_ttl": 0,
     "collect_logs": true,
     "id": "test",
     "rate_limiting_interval": 0,
     "rate_limiting_limit": 0,
     "rate_limiting_technique": "fixed"
 },
 "oldValue": "",
 "oldValueJson": {},
 "owner": {
     "id": "1234d848c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a"
 },
 "resource": {
     "id": "89303df8-1234-4cfa-a0f8-0bd848e831ca",
     "type": "ai_gateway.gateway"
 },
 "when": "2024-07-17T14:06:11.425Z"
}
```

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following limits apply to gateway configurations, logs, and related features in Cloudflare's platform.

| Feature                                                          | Limit                               |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| [Cacheable request size](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/)     | 25 MB per request                   |
| [Cache TTL](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching/#cache-ttl-cf-aig-cache-ttl)     | 1 month               |
| [Custom metadata](/ai-gateway/configuration/custom-metadata/)    | 5 entries per request               |
| [Datasets](/ai-gateway/evaluations/set-up-evaluations/)          | 10 per gateway                      |
| Gateways                                                         | 10 per account                      |
| Gateway name length                                              | 64 characters                       |
| Log storage rate limit                                           | 500 logs per second per gateway     |
| Logs stored [paid plan](/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/)          | 10 million per gateway <sup>1</sup> |
| Logs stored [free plan](/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/)          | 100,000 per account <sup>2</sup>    |
| [Log size stored](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/)            | 10 MB per log <sup>3</sup>          |
| [Logpush jobs](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/logpush/)       | 4 per account                       |
| [Logpush size limit](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/logpush/) | 1MB per log                         |

<sup>1</sup> If you have reached 10 million logs stored per gateway, new logs
will stop being saved. To continue saving logs, you must delete older logs in
that gateway to free up space or create a new gateway. Refer to [Auto Log
Cleanup](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/#auto-log-cleanup) for more details
on how to automatically delete logs.

<sup>2</sup> If you have reached 100,000 logs stored per account, across all
gateways, new logs will stop being saved. To continue saving logs, you must
delete older logs. Refer to [Auto Log
Cleanup](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/#auto-log-cleanup) for more details
on how to automatically delete logs.

<sup>3</sup> Logs larger than 10 MB will not be stored.

<Render file="limits-increase" product="ai-gateway" />

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/reference/pricing/

AI Gateway is available to use on all plans.

AI Gateway's core features available today are offered for free, and all it takes is a Cloudflare account and one line of code to [get started](/ai-gateway/get-started/). Core features include: dashboard analytics, caching, and rate limiting.

We will continue to build and expand AI Gateway. Some new features may be additional core features that will be free while others may be part of a premium plan. We will announce these as they become available.

You can monitor your usage in the AI Gateway dashboard.

## Persistent logs (Beta)

:::note[Note]

Billing for persistent logs has not yet started. Users on paid plans can store logs beyond the included volume of 200,000 logs stored a month without being charged during this period. (Users on the free plan remain limited to the 100,000 logs cap for their plan.) We will provide plenty of advanced notice before charging begins for persistent log storage. 

:::

Persistent logs are available on all plans, with a free allocation for both free and paid plans. Charges for additional logs beyond those limits are based on the number of logs stored per month.

### Free allocation and overage pricing

| Plan         | Free logs stored   | Overage pricing                      |
| ------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| Workers Free | 100,000 logs total | N/A – Upgrade to Workers Paid        |
| Workers Paid | 200,000 logs total | $8 per 100,000 logs stored per month |

Allocations are based on the total logs stored across all gateways. If your limit is reached, new logs will stop being saved. To continue saving logs, you must [delete logs](/ai-gateway/observability/logging/#how-to-delete-logs/) to free up space. 

## Logpush

Logpush is only available on the Workers Paid plan.

|          | Paid plan                          |
| -------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Requests | 10 million / month, +$0.05/million |

## Fine print

Prices subject to change. If you are an Enterprise customer, reach out to your account team to confirm pricing details.

---

# Create your first AI Gateway using Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/tutorials/create-first-aig-workers/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This tutorial guides you through creating your first AI Gateway using Workers AI on the Cloudflare dashboard. The intended audience is beginners who are new to AI Gateway and Workers AI. Creating an AI Gateway enables the user to efficiently manage and secure AI requests, allowing them to utilize AI models for tasks such as content generation, data processing, or predictive analysis with enhanced control and performance.

## Sign up and log in

1. **Sign up**: If you do not have a Cloudflare account, [sign up](https://cloudflare.com/sign-up).
2. **Log in**: Access the Cloudflare dashboard by logging in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).

## Create gateway

Then, create a new AI Gateway.

<Render file="create-gateway" />

## Connect Your AI Provider

1. In the AI Gateway section, select the gateway you created.
2. Select **Workers AI** as your provider to set up an endpoint specific to Workers AI.
   You will receive an endpoint URL for sending requests.

## Configure Your Workers AI

1. Go to **AI** > **Workers AI** in the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select **Use REST API** and follow the steps to create and copy the API token and Account ID.
3. **Send Requests to Workers AI**: Use the provided API endpoint. For example, you can run a model via the API using a curl command. Replace `{account_id}`, `{gateway_id}` and `{cf_api_token}` with your actual account ID and API token:

   ```bash
   curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/workers-ai/@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct \
   --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_api_token}' \
   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   --data '{"prompt": "What is Cloudflare?"}'
   ```

The expected output would be similar to :

```bash
{"result":{"response":"I'd be happy to explain what Cloudflare is.\n\nCloudflare is a cloud-based service that provides a range of features to help protect and improve the performance, security, and reliability of websites, applications, and other online services. Think of it as a shield for your online presence!\n\nHere are some of the key things Cloudflare does:\n\n1. **Content Delivery Network (CDN)**: Cloudflare has a network of servers all over the world. When you visit a website that uses Cloudflare, your request is sent to the nearest server, which caches a copy of the website's content. This reduces the time it takes for the content to load, making your browsing experience faster.\n2. **DDoS Protection**: Cloudflare protects against Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. This happens when a website is overwhelmed with traffic from multiple sources to make it unavailable. Cloudflare filters out this traffic, ensuring your site remains accessible.\n3. **Firewall**: Cloudflare acts as an additional layer of security, filtering out malicious traffic and hacking attempts, such as SQL injection or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.\n4. **SSL Encryption**: Cloudflare offers free SSL encryption, which secure sensitive information (like passwords, credit card numbers, and browsing data) with an HTTPS connection (the \"S\" stands for Secure).\n5. **Bot Protection**: Cloudflare has an AI-driven system that identifies and blocks bots trying to exploit vulnerabilities or scrape your content.\n6. **Analytics**: Cloudflare provides insights into website traffic, helping you understand your audience and make informed decisions.\n7. **Cybersecurity**: Cloudflare offers advanced security features, such as intrusion protection, DNS filtering, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection.\n\nOverall, Cloudflare helps protect against cyber threats, improves website performance, and enhances security for online businesses, bloggers, and individuals who need to establish a strong online presence.\n\nWould you like to know more about a specific aspect of Cloudflare?"},"success":true,"errors":[],"messages":[]}%
```

## View Analytics

Monitor your AI Gateway to view usage metrics.

1. Go to **AI** > **AI Gateway** in the dashboard.
2. Select your gateway to view metrics such as request counts, token usage, caching efficiency, errors, and estimated costs. You can also turn on additional configurations like logging and rate limiting.

## Optional - Next steps

To build more with Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with other developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Deploy a Worker that connects to OpenAI via AI Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/tutorials/deploy-aig-worker/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to deploy a Worker that makes calls to OpenAI through AI Gateway. AI Gateway helps you better observe and control your AI applications with more analytics, caching, rate limiting, and logging.

This tutorial uses the most recent v4 OpenAI node library, an update released in August 2023.

## Before you start

All of the tutorials assume you have already completed the [Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/), which gets you set up with a Cloudflare Workers account, [C3](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare), and [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

## 1. Create an AI Gateway and OpenAI API key

On the AI Gateway page in the Cloudflare dashboard, create a new AI Gateway by clicking the plus button on the top right. You should be able to name the gateway as well as the endpoint. Click on the API Endpoints button to copy the endpoint. You can choose from provider-specific endpoints such as OpenAI, HuggingFace, and Replicate. Or you can use the universal endpoint that accepts a specific schema and supports model fallback and retries.

For this tutorial, we will be using the OpenAI provider-specific endpoint, so select OpenAI in the dropdown and copy the new endpoint.

You will also need an OpenAI account and API key for this tutorial. If you do not have one, create a new OpenAI account and create an API key to continue with this tutorial. Make sure to store your API key somewhere safe so you can use it later.

## 2. Create a new Worker

Create a Worker project in the command line:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"openai-aig"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Go to your new open Worker project:

```sh title="Open your new project directory"
cd openai-aig
```

Inside of your new opeai-aig directory, find and open the `src/index.js` file. You will configure this file for most of the tutorial.

Initially, your generated `index.js` file should look like this:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

## 3. Configure OpenAI in your Worker

With your Worker project created, we can learn how to make your first request to OpenAI. You will use the OpenAI node library to interact with the OpenAI API. Install the OpenAI node library with `npm`:

```sh title="Install the OpenAI node library"
npm install openai
```

In your `src/index.js` file, add the import for `openai` above `export default`:

```js
import OpenAI from "openai";
```

Within your `fetch` function, set up the configuration and instantiate your `OpenAIApi` client with the AI Gateway endpoint you created:

```js null {5-8}
import OpenAI from "openai";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const openai = new OpenAI({
			apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
			baseURL:
				"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai", // paste your AI Gateway endpoint here
		});
	},
};
```

To make this work, you need to use [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put) to set your `OPENAI_API_KEY`. This will save the API key to your environment so your Worker can access it when deployed. This key is the API key you created earlier in the OpenAI dashboard:

```sh title="Save your API key to your Workers env"
npx wrangler secret put OPENAI_API_KEY
```

To make this work in local development, create a new file `.dev.vars` in your Worker project and add this line. Make sure to replace `OPENAI_API_KEY` with your own OpenAI API key:

```txt title="Save your API key locally"
OPENAI_API_KEY = "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY_HERE>"
```

## 4. Make an OpenAI request

Now we can make a request to the OpenAI [Chat Completions API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt/chat-completions-api).

You can specify what model you'd like, the role and prompt, as well as the max number of tokens you want in your total request.

```js null {10-22}
import OpenAI from "openai";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const openai = new OpenAI({
			apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
			baseURL:
				"https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai",
		});

		try {
			const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
				model: "gpt-4o-mini",
				messages: [{ role: "user", content: "What is a neuron?" }],
				max_tokens: 100,
			});

			const response = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;

			return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(e);
		}
	},
};
```

## 5. Deploy your Worker application

To deploy your application, run the `npx wrangler deploy` command to deploy your Worker application:

```sh title="Deploy your Worker"
npx wrangler deploy
```

You can now preview your Worker at \<YOUR_WORKER>.\<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev.

## 6. Review your AI Gateway

When you go to AI Gateway in your Cloudflare dashboard, you should see your recent request being logged. You can also [tweak your settings](/ai-gateway/configuration/) to manage your logs, caching, and rate limiting settings.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components";

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with AI Gateway.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Account analytics (beta)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/account-analytics/

Cloudflare account analytics lets you access a wide range of aggregated metrics from all the sites under a specific Cloudflare account.

:::note

For general information about all of Cloudflare's analytics offerings, refer to [About Cloudflare Analytics](/analytics/faq/about-analytics/). 
:::

***

## View your account analytics

To view metrics for your site:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. Select the appropriate Cloudflare account.

3. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Account Analytics**.

Once it loads, the Account Analytics app displays a collection of categorized charts with aggregated metrics for your account. To understand the various metrics available, refer to *Review your account metrics* below.

***

## Review your account metrics

This section outlines the aggregated metrics under each category.  Before reviewing your metrics, let’s define a couple of concepts used in some panels:

* *Rate* -  Reflects the ratio between the amount for a specific data category and the total.
* *Bandwidth* - Refers to the number of bytes sent from the Cloudflare edge network to the requesting client.

Also, note that:

* To filter metrics for a specific time period, use the dropdown in the top right.
* Most metrics are grouped into panels representing different aspects of the underlying data.

### Summary of metrics

Below is a brief description of the major elements comprising the metrics available.

#### HTTP Traffic

These charts aggregate data for HTTP traffic, and include:

![Chart showing last week's data for HTTP traffic](~/assets/images/support/hc-dash-account-analytics-map.png)

* Spark lines for *Requests*, *Bandwidth*, *Page views*, and *Visitors* (*Unique IPs)*
* An interactive map that breaks down the number of requests by country
* A table combining numerical and spark line data, sorted by total number of requests per country

#### Security

![Panel displaying lines highlighting encryption metrics: requests, requests rate, bandwidth, and bandwidth rate](~/assets/images/support/hc-dash-account-analytics_security_panel.png)

This panel features spark lines highlighting various encryption metrics, including: *requests*, *requests rate*, *bandwidth*, and *bandwidth rate*.  These also include a comparative percentage change based on the previous period.

#### Cache

![Panel displaying lines for caching metrics: requests, requests rate, bandwidth, and bandwidth rate](~/assets/images/support/hc-dash-account-analytics_cache_card.png)

This panel features spark lines for various caching metrics, including: *requests*, *requests rate*, *bandwidth*, and *bandwidth rate*.  These also include a comparative percentage change based on the previous equivalent period.  For example, if you selected *Last week* as your time period, the previous period refers to the *week* before.

#### Errors

![Panel displaying lines for 4xx and 5xx error rates](~/assets/images/support/hc-account-analytics_errors_card.png)

This panel displays spark lines for 4xx and 5xx error rates, respectively. Learn more about [HTTP Status Codes](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/http-status-codes/). 

#### Network

![Statistics showing the percentage of requests that use a specific version of HTTP](~/assets/images/support/hc-dash-account-analytics_network_card.png)

#### Client HTTP Version Used

These statistics show the percentage of requests that use a specific version of HTTP.

#### Traffic Served Over SSL

These statistics show the percentage of traffic that is encrypted using a specific version of SSL or TLS.

#### Content Type Breakdown

These statistics show the number of requests based on the resource content type.

---

# Account and zone analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Visit the following pages to learn more about account and zone analytics:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare analytics with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/analytics-with-workers/

Learn how Cloudflare analytics tracks requests made by [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

## What is a subrequest?

With a no-op Worker (a Worker that simply proxies traffic by passing on the original client request to the origin and proxying the response) running on a particular route, the request to the origin is counted as a “subrequest”, separate from initial client to edge request. Thus, unless the Worker responds with a static response and never hits an origin, the eyeball → edge request, and edge → origin request will each be counted separately towards the request or bandwidth count in Analytics.  Subrequests are not included in the **Requests** or **Bandwidth** graphs of the Cloudflare **Analytics** app.

***

## Zone analytics

In the dashboard, the numbers in zone analytics reflect visitor traffic. That is, the number of requests shown in zone analytics (under the Analytics tabs in the dashboard) is the number of requests that were served to the client.

Similarly, the bandwidth is counted based on the bandwidth that is sent to the client, and status codes reflect the status codes that were served back to the client (so if a subrequest received a 500, but you respond with a 200, a 200 will be shown in the status codes breakdown).

***

## Worker analytics

For a breakdown of subrequest traffic (origin facing traffic), you may go to the Cloudflare **Analytics** app and select the **Workers** tab. Under the **Workers** tab, below the Service Workers panel, are a **Subrequests** breakdown by count, **Bandwidth** and **Status Codes**. This will help you spot and debug errors at your origin (such as spikes in 500s), and identify your cache-hit ratio to help you understand traffic going to your origin.

***

## FAQ

**Why don’t I have any analytics for Workers?**

* If you are not currently using Workers (don’t have Workers deployed on any routes or filters), we will not have any information to show you.
* If your Worker sends a static response back to the client without ever calling fetch() to an origin, you are not making any subrequests, thus, all traffic will be shown in zone Analytics

**Will this impact billing?** 

No, [billing for Workers](/workers/platform/pricing/) is based on requests that go through a Worker. 

**Why am I seeing such a high cache hit ratio?**

Requests served by a Worker always show as cached. For an accurate cache hit ratio on subrequests, refer to the **Subrequests** graph in the **Analytics** app under the **Workers** analytics tab.

---

# Status codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/status-codes/

:::note

Status Codes analytics by data center is exclusive to the [enterprise level of service](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/). 
:::

Status Codes metrics in the Cloudflare dashboard **Analytics** app provide customers with a deeper insight into the distribution of errors that are occurring on their website per data center. A data center facility is where Cloudflare runs its servers that make up our edge network ([current locations](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/)).

HTTP status codes that appear in a response passing through our edge are displayed in analytics. 

The `Origin Status Code` can help you investigate issues on your origin. If your origin returns a `5xx` error, Cloudflare's edge will forward this error to the end user. Comparing the `Edge Status Code` and `Origin Status Code` can help determine whether the issue is occurring on your origin or on the Cloudflare edge.

Errors that originate from our edge servers (blank `502`, `503`, or `504` error page with just `Cloudflare`) are not reported as part of the error analytics.

You can filter out specific error(s) by selecting one or more in the legend. You can also exclude a particular error and it will no longer display as part of the graph.

:::note

Users may also see `100x` errors which are not reported. These will be displayed as either `403` or `409` (edge) errors. 
:::

![Error analytics by Cloudflare data center](~/assets/images/analytics/status-codes.png)

***

## Common edge status codes

- `400` - Bad Request intercepted at the Cloudflare Edge (for example, missing or bad HTTP header)
- `403` - Security functionality (for example, Web Application Firewall, Browser Integrity Check, [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/), and most 1xxx error codes)
- `409` - DNS errors typically in the form of 1000 or 1001 error code
- `413` - File size upload exceeded the maximum size allowed (configured in the dashboard under **Network** > **Maximum Upload Size**.)
- `444` - Used by Nginx to indicate that the server has returned no information to the client, and closed the connection. This error code is internal to Nginx and is **not** returned to the client.
- `499` - Used by Nginx to indicate when a connection has been closed by the client while the server is still processing its request, making the server unable to send a status code back.

For more information, refer to [4xx Client Error](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/4xx-client-error/).

***

## Common origin status codes

- `400` - Origin rejected the request due to bad, or unsupported syntax sent by the application.
- `404` - Only if the origin triggered a 404 response for a request.
- `4xx`
- `50x`

For more information, refer to [4xx Client Error](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/4xx-client-error/) and [Troubleshooting Cloudflare 5XX errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/).

***

## 52x errors

- `520` - This is essentially a "catch-all" response for when the origin server returns something unexpected, or something that is not tolerated/cannot be interpreted by our edge (that is, protocol violation or empty response).
- `522` - Our edge could not establish a TCP connection to the origin server.
- `523` - Origin server is unreachable (for example, the origin IP changed but DNS was not updated, or due to network issues between our edge and the origin).
- `524` - Our edge established a TCP connection, but the origin did not reply with a HTTP response before the connection timed out.
- `525` - This error indicates that the SSL handshake between Cloudflare and the origin web server failed, either due to a network issue or a certificare issue at the origin.
- `526` - The certificate configured at the origin is not valid.

For more information, refer to [Troubleshooting Cloudflare 5XX errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/).

---

# Total threats stopped

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/total-threats-stopped/

Total Threats Stopped measures the number of “suspicious” and “bad” requests that were aimed at your site. Requests receive these labels by our IP Reputation Database as they enter Cloudflare’s network:

* **Legitimate:** request pass directly to your site
* **Suspicious:** request has been challenged with a [Cloudflare challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/)
* **Bad:** request has been blocked because our Browser Integrity Check, or because of user configured settings like WAF rules or IP range block.

Cloudflare uses Threat Scores gathered from sources such as Project Honeypot, as well as our own communities' traffic to determine whether a visitor is legitimate or malicious. When a legitimate visitor passes a challenge, that helps offset the Threat Score against the previous negative behavior seen from that IP address. Our system learns who is a threat from this activity.

In addition to threat analytics you can also monitor search engine crawlers going to your websites. For most websites, threats and crawlers make up 20% to 50% of traffic.

---

# Threat types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/threat-types/

Cloudflare classifies the threats that it blocks or challenges. To help you understand more about your site’s traffic, the “Type of Threats Mitigated” metric on the analytics page measures threats blocked or challenged by the following categories:

## Bad browser

The source of the request was not legitimate or the request itself was malicious. Users would receive a [1010 error page](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1010-the-owner-of-this-website-has-banned-your-access-based-on-your-browsers-signature) in their browser.

Cloudflare's [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/) looks for common HTTP headers abused most commonly by spammers and denies them access to your page. It will also challenge visitors that do not have a user agent or a non standard user agent (also commonly used by bots, crawlers, or visitors).

## Blocked hotlink

[Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/) ensures that other sites cannot use your bandwidth by building pages that link to images hosted on your origin server. This feature can be turned on and off by Cloudflare’s customers.

## Human challenged

Visitors were presented with an interactive challenge page and failed to pass.

*Note: An interactive challenge page is a difficult to read word or set of numbers that only a human can translate. If entered incorrectly or not answered in a timely fashion, the request is blocked.*

## Browser challenge

A bot gave an invalid answer to the JavaScript challenge (in most cases this will not happen, bots typically do not respond to the challenge at all, so "failed" JavaScript challenges would not get logged).

*Note: During a JavaScript challenge you will be shown an interstitial page for about five seconds while Cloudflare performs a series of mathematical challenges to make sure it is a legitimate human visitor.*

## Bad IP

A request that came from an IP address that is not trusted by Cloudflare based on the Threat Score.

Cloudflare uses Threat Scores gathered from sources such as Project Honeypot, as well as our own communities' traffic to determine whether a visitor is legitimate or malicious. When a legitimate visitor passes a challenge, that helps offset the Threat Score against the previous negative behavior seen from that IP address. Our system learns who is a threat from this activity. Site owners may override the Threat Score at any time using Cloudflare's security settings.

## Country block

Requests from countries that were blocked based on the [user configuration](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) set in the WAF.

## IP block (user)

Requests from specific IP addresses that were blocked based on the [user configuration](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) set in the WAF.

## IP range block (/16)

A /16 IP range that was blocked based on the [user configuration](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) set in the WAF.

## IP range block (/24)

A /24 IP range that was blocked based on the [user configuration](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) set in the WAF.

## New Challenge (user)

[Challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) based on user configurations set for visitor’s IP in either WAF managed rules or custom rules, configured in **Security** > **WAF**.

## Challenge error

Requests made by a bot that failed to pass the challenge.

*Note: An interactive challenge page is a difficult to read word or set of numbers that only a human can translate. If entered incorrectly or not answered in a timely fashion, the request is blocked.*

## Bot Request

Request that came from a bot.

## Unclassified

Unclassified threats comprises a number of automatic blocks that are not related to the Browser Integrity Challenge (Bad Browser). These threats usually relate to Hotlink Protection, and other actions that happen on Cloudflare's global network based on the composition of the request (and not its content).

Unclassified means a number of conditions under which we group common threats related to Hotlink Protection as well as certain cases of IP reputation and specific requests that are blocked at Cloudflare's global network before reaching your servers.

---

# Zone Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/

import { Badge } from "~/components";


The Cloudflare zone analytics is a major component of the overall Cloudflare Analytics product line.  Specifically, this app gives you access to a wide range of metrics, collected at the website or domain level.

:::note

Read [Cloudflare Analytics](/analytics/faq/about-analytics/)
for general information about all of Cloudflare's analytics offerings.
You can also understand the characteristics of the data that Cloudflare
captures and processes.
:::

***

## View your website analytics

To view metrics for your website:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select the appropriate Cloudflare **account** for your site, then pick the **domain**.
3. Next, select **Analytics & Logs**.

Once it loads, you can find tabs for **Traffic**, **Security**, **Performance**, **DNS**, **Workers**, and **Logs** (Enterprise domains only). To understand the various metrics available, refer to *Review your website metrics* below.

***

## Review your website metrics

This section outlines the metrics available under each Analytics app tab. Before proceeding, note that each tab may contain:

* One or more panels to further categorize the underlying metrics.
* A dropdown (on the panel’s top right) to filter metrics for a specific time period. The time period you can select may vary based on the Cloudflare plan that your domain is associated with.

Below is a summary of each Analytics app tab.

### Traffic

#### Free plan

These metrics include legitimate user requests as well as crawlers and threats. The Traffic tab features the following panels: 

* **Web Traffic** - Displays metrics for *Requests*, *Bandwidth*, and *Unique Visitors*. If you are using Cloudflare Workers, subrequests data will not be visible in zone Traffic Analytics. Instead, you can find subrequests analytics under the **Workers & Pages** tab in the **Overview** section. Refer to [Worker Analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/analytics-with-workers/#worker-analytics) for more information.
* **Web Traffic Requests by Country** - Is an interactive map that breaks down the number of requests by country.  This panel also includes a data table for **Top Traffic Countries / Regions** that display the countries with the most number of requests (up to five, if the data exists).
* **Share Your Stats -** Lets you share actual site statistics on social media (Twitter) for: *Bytes saved,* *SSL requests served*, and *attacks blocked*.

#### Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan

:::note

Privacy-first Web Traffic Analytics are available on the Pro, Business,
and Enterprise plans.
:::

Analytics are based on Cloudflare’s edge logs, with no need for third party scripts or trackers. The Traffic tab features the following metrics:

* **Requests** - An HTTP request. A typical page view requires many requests. If you are using Cloudflare Workers, subrequests data will not be visible in zone Traffic Analytics. Instead, you can find subrequests analytics under the **Workers & Pages** tab in the **Overview** section. Refer to [Worker Analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/analytics-with-workers/#worker-analytics) for more information.
* **Data Transfer** - Total HTTP data transferred in responses.
* **Page views** - A page view is defined as a successful HTTP response with a content-type of HTML. 
* **Visits** - A visit is defined as a page view that originated from a different website, or direct link. Cloudflare checks where the HTTP referer does not match the hostname. One visit can consist of multiple page views. 
* **API Requests** - An HTTP request for API data.

To receive more detailed metrics, **Add filter**. You can also filter each metric by **Referer**, **Host**, **Country**, **Path**, **Status code**, **Origin status code**, **Browser**, **Operating system**, or **Device type**. 

To change the time period, use the dropdown menu on the right-hand side above the graph. You can also drag to zoom on the graph.

### Security

For this tab, the number and type of charts may vary based on existing data and customer plan. Most of the metrics in this tab come from the Cloudflare Firewall app. The panels available include:

* **Threats** - Displays a data summary and an area chart showing threats against the site.
* **Threats by Country** - Is an interactive map highlighting the countries where threats originated. It also includes data tables with statistics on **Top Threat Countries / Regions** and **Top Crawlers / Bots.**
* **Rate Limiting** (add-on service) - Features a line chart highlighting matching and blocked requests, based on rate limits.  To learn more, consult [Rate Limiting Analytics](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/#analytics).
* **Overview** - Displays a set of pie charts for: **Total Threats Stopped**, **Traffic Served Over SSL**, and **Types of Threats Mitigated**. If available, the expandable **Details** link display a table with numerical data.

### Performance

The metrics aggregated under this tab span multiple Cloudflare services.  The panels available include:

* **Origin Performance (Argo)** (add-on service) - Displays metrics related to response time between the Cloudflare edge network and origin servers for the last 48 hours.  For additional details, refer to [Argo Analytics](/argo-smart-routing/analytics/).
* **Overview** - Displays a set of pie charts for: **Client HTTP Version Used**, **Bandwidth Saved**, and **Content Type Breakdown**. If available, the expandable **Details** link display a table with numerical data.

### Workers

This panel features metrics for Cloudflare Workers. To learn more, read [Cloudflare analytics with Workers](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/analytics-with-workers/).

### Logs

The Logs tab is not a metrics feature. Instead, Customers in the Enterprise plan can enable the [Cloudflare Logs Logpush](/logs/about/) service. You can use Logpush to download and analyze data using any analytics tool of your choice.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

## 1. Name your dataset and add it to your Worker

Add the following to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to create a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to a Workers Analytics Engine dataset. A dataset is like a table in SQL: the rows and columns should have consistent meaning.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[analytics_engine_datasets]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
dataset = "<DATASET_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 2. Write data points from your Worker

You can write data points to your Worker by calling the `writeDataPoint()` method that is exposed on the binding that you just created.

```js
async fetch(request, env) {
  env.WEATHER.writeDataPoint({
    'blobs': ["Seattle", "USA", "pro_sensor_9000"], // City, State
    'doubles': [25, 0.5],
    'indexes': ["a3cd45"]
  });
  return new Response("OK!");
}
```

:::note

You do not need to await `writeDataPoint()` — it will return immediately, and the Workers runtime handles writing your data in the background.
:::

A data point is a structured event that consists of:

* **Blobs** (strings) — The dimensions used for grouping and filtering. Sometimes called labels in other metrics systems.
* **Doubles** (numbers) — The numeric values that you want to record in your data point.
* **Indexes** — (strings) — Used as a [sampling](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#sampling) key.

In the example above, suppose you are collecting air quality samples. Each data point written represents a reading from your weather sensor. The blobs define city, state, and sensor model — the dimensions you want to be able to filter queries on later. The doubles define the numeric temperature and air pressure readings. And the index is the ID of your customer. You may want to include [context about the incoming request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), such as geolocation, to add additional data to your datapoint.

Currently, the `writeDataPoint()` API accepts ordered arrays of values. This means that you must provide fields in a consistent order. While the `indexes` field accepts an array, you currently must only provide a single index. If you attempt to provide multiple indexes, your data point will not be recorded.

## 3. Query data using the SQL API

You can query the data you have written in two ways:

* [**SQL API**](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api) — Best for writing your own queries and integrating with external tools like Grafana.
* [**GraphQL API**](/analytics/graphql-api/) — This is the same API that powers the Cloudflare dashboard.

For the purpose of this example, we will use the SQL API.

### Create an API token

Create an [API Token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) that has the `Account Analytics Read` permission.

### Write your first query

The following query returns the top 10 cities that had the highest average humidity readings when the temperature was above zero:

```sql
SELECT
  blob1 AS city,
  SUM(_sample_interval * double2) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS avg_humidity
FROM WEATHER
WHERE double1 > 0
GROUP BY city
ORDER BY avg_humidity DESC
LIMIT 10
```

:::note

We are using a custom averaging function to take [sampling](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#sampling) into account.
:::

You can run this query by making an HTTP request to the SQL API:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/analytics_engine/sql" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data "SELECT blob1 AS city, SUM(_sample_interval * double2) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS avg_humidity FROM WEATHER WHERE double1 > 0 GROUP BY city ORDER BY avg_humidity DESC LIMIT 10"
```

Refer to the [Workers Analytics Engine SQL Reference](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/) for a full list of supported SQL functionality.

### Working with time series data

Workers Analytics Engine is optimized for powering time series analytics that can be visualized using tools like Grafana. Every event written from the runtime is automatically populated with a `timestamp` field. It is expected that most time series will round, and then `GROUP BY` the `timestamp`. For example:

```sql
SELECT
  intDiv(toUInt32(timestamp), 300) * 300 AS t,
  blob1 AS city,
  SUM(_sample_interval * double2) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS avg_humidity
FROM WEATHER
WHERE
  timestamp >= NOW() - INTERVAL '1' DAY
  AND double1 > 0
GROUP BY t, city
ORDER BY t, avg_humidity DESC
```

This query first rounds the `timestamp` field to the nearest five minutes. Then, it groups by that field and city and calculates the average humidity in each city for a five minute period.

Refer to [Querying Workers Analytics Engine from Grafana](/analytics/analytics-engine/grafana/) for more details on how to create efficient Grafana queries against Workers Analytics Engine.

## Further reading

<DirectoryListing
folder="analytics/analytics-engine"
/>

---

# Querying from Grafana

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/grafana/

Workers Analytics Engine is optimized for powering time series analytics that can be visualized using tools like Grafana. Every event written from the runtime is automatically populated with a `timestamp` field.

## Grafana plugin setup

We recommend the use of the [Altinity plugin for Clickhouse](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/vertamedia-clickhouse-datasource/) for querying Workers Analytics Engine from Grafana.

Configure the plugin as follows:

* URL: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<account_id>/analytics_engine/sql`. Replace `<account_id>` with your 32 character account ID (available in the Cloudflare dashboard).
* Leave all auth settings off.
* Add a custom header with a name of `Authorization` and value set to `Bearer <token>`. Replace `<token>` with suitable API token string (refer to the [SQL API docs](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#authentication) for more information on this).
* No other options need to be set.

## Querying timeseries data

For use in a dashboard, you usually want to aggregate some metric per time interval. This can be achieved by rounding and then grouping by the `timestamp` field. The following query rounds and groups in this way, and then computes an average across each time interval whilst taking into account [sampling](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#sampling).

```sql
SELECT
    intDiv(toUInt32(timestamp), 60) * 60 AS t,
    blob1 AS label,
    SUM(_sample_interval * double1) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS average_metric
FROM dataset_name
WHERE 
    timestamp <= NOW() 
    AND timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1' DAY
GROUP BY blob1, t
ORDER BY t
```

The Altinity plugin provides some useful macros that can simplify writing queries of this type. The macros require setting `Column:DateTime` to `timestamp` in the query builder, then they can be used like this:

```sql
SELECT
    $timeSeries AS t,
    blob1 AS label,
    SUM(_sample_interval * double1) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS average_metric
FROM dataset_name
WHERE $timeFilter
GROUP BY blob1, t
ORDER BY t
```

This query will automatically adjust the rounding time depending on the zoom level and filter to the correct time range that is currently being displayed.

---

# Workers Analytics Engine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

Workers Analytics Engine provides unlimited-cardinality analytics at scale, via [a built-in API](/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/) to write data points from Workers, and a [SQL API](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/) to query that data.

You can use Workers Analytics Engine to:

* Expose custom analytics to your own customers
* Build usage-based billing systems
* Understand the health of your service on a per-customer or per-user basis
* Add instrumentation to frequently called code paths, without impacting performance or overwhelming external analytics systems with events

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/">Get started</LinkButton>

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/limits/

The following limits apply to Workers Analytics Engine:

* Analytics Engine will accept up to twenty blobs, twenty doubles, and one index per call to `writeDataPoint`.
* The total size of all blobs in a request must not exceed 5120 bytes.
* Each index must not be more than 96 bytes.
* You can write a maximum of 25 data points per Worker invocation (client HTTP request). Each call to `writeDataPoint` counts towards this limit.

## Data retention

Data written to Workers Analytics Engine is stored for three months.

Interested in longer retention periods? Join the `#analytics-engine` channel in the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com/) and tell us more about what you are building.

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/pricing/

Workers Analytics Engine is priced based on two metrics — data points written, and read queries.

| Plan             | Data points written                                                  | Read queries                                                 |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Workers Paid** | 10 million included per month <br /> (+$0.25 per additional million) | 1 million included per month (+$1.00 per additional million) |
| **Workers Free** | 100,000 included per day                                             | 10,000 included per day                                      |

:::note[Pricing availability]

Currently, you will not be billed for your use of Workers Analytics Engine. Pricing information here is shared in advance, so that you can estimate what your costs will be once Cloudflare starts billing for usage in the coming months.

If you are an Enterprise customer, contact your account team for information about Workers Analytics Engine pricing and billing. 
:::

### Data points written

Every time you call [`writeDataPoint()`](/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/#2-write-data-points-from-your-worker) in a Worker, this counts as one data point written.

Each data point written costs the same amount. There is no extra cost to add dimensions or cardinality, and no additional cost for writing more data in a single data point.

### Read queries

Every time you post to Workers Analytics Engine's [SQL API](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/), this counts as one read query.

Each read query costs the same amount. There is no extra cost for more or less complex queries, and no extra cost for reading only a few rows of data versus many rows of data.

---

# Sampling with WAE

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/

Workers Analytics Engine offers the ability to write an extensive amount of data and retrieve it quickly, at minimal or no cost. To facilitate writing large amounts of data at a reasonable cost, Workers Analytics Engine employs weighted adaptive [sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_\(statistics\)).

When utilizing sampling, you do not need every single data point to answer questions about a dataset. For a sufficiently large dataset, the [necessary sample size](https://select-statistics.co.uk/blog/importance-effect-sample-size/) does not depend on the size of the original population. Necessary sample size depends on the variance of your measure, the size of the subgroups you analyze, and how accurate your estimate must be.

The implication for Analytics Engine is that we can compress very large datasets into many fewer observations, yet still answer most queries with very high accuracy. This enables us to offer an analytics service that can measure very high rates of usage, with unbounded cardinality, at a low and predictable price.

At a high level, the way sampling works is:

1. At write time, we sample if data points are written too quickly into one index.
2. We sample again at query time if the query is too complex.

In the following sections, you will learn:

* [How sampling works](/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/#how-sampling-works).
* [How to read sampled data](/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/#how-to-read-sampled-data).
* [How is data sampled](/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/#how-is-data-sampled).
* [How Adaptive Bit Rate Sampling works](/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/#adaptive-bit-rate-sampling-at-read-time).
* [How to pick your index such that your data is sampled in a usable way](/analytics/analytics-engine/sampling/#how-to-select-an-index).

## How sampling works

Cloudflare's data sampling is similar to how online mapping services like Google Maps render maps at different zoom levels. When viewing satellite imagery of a whole continent, the mapping service provides appropriately sized images based on the user's screen and Internet speed.

![The image on the left shows a satellite view from OpenStreetMap. On the right, the same image is zoomed in. In these two images, each pixel represents the same area; however the image on the right has many fewer pixels.](~/assets/images/analytics/zoom-less-pixels.png)

Each pixel on the map represents a large area, such as several square kilometers. If a user tries to zoom in using a screenshot, the resulting image would be blurry. Instead, the mapping service selects higher-resolution images when a user zooms in on a specific city. The total number of pixels remains relatively constant, but each pixel now represents a smaller area, like a few square meters.

![Now the image on the right is of a much higher resolution. Each pixel represents a much smaller area; however, the total number of pixels in both images is roughly the same.](~/assets/images/analytics/zoom-more-pixels.png)

The key point is that the map's quality does not solely depend on the resolution or the area represented by each pixel. It is determined by the total number of pixels used to render the final view.

There are similarities between the how a mapping services handles resolution and Cloudflare Analytics delivers analytics using adaptive samples:

* **How data is stored**:
  * **Mapping service**: Imagery stored at different resolutions.
  * **Cloudflare Analytics**: Events stored at different sample rates.
* **How data is displayed to user**:
  * **Mapping service**: The total number of pixels is \~constant for a given screen size, regardless of the area selected.
  * **Cloudflare Analytics**: A similar number of events are read for each query, regardless of the size of the dataset or length of time selected.
* **How a resolution is selected**:
  * **Mapping service**: The area represented by each pixel will depend on the size of the map being rendered. In a more zoomed out map, each pixel will represent a larger area.
  * **Cloudflare Analytics**: The sample interval of each event in the result depends on the size of the underlying dataset and length of time selected. For a query over a large dataset or long length of time, each sampled event may stand in for many similar events.

## How to read sampled data

To effectively write queries and analyze the data, it is helpful to first learn how sampled data is read in Workers Analytics Engine.

In Workers Analytics Engine, every event is recorded with the `_sample_interval` field. The sample interval is the inverse of the sample rate. For example, if a one percent (1%) sample rate is applied, the `sample_interval` will be set to `100`.

Using the mapping example in simple terms, the sample interval represents the "number of unsampled data points" (kilometers or meters) that a given sampled data point (pixel) represents.

The sample interval is a property associated with each individual row stored in Workers Analytics Engine. Due to the implementation of equitable sampling, the sample interval can vary for each row. As a result, when querying the data, you need to consider the sample interval field. Simply multiplying the query result by a constant sampling factor is not sufficient.

Here are some examples of how to express some common queries over sampled data.

| Use case                           | Example without sampling | Example with sampling                                   |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Count events in a dataset          | `count()`                | `sum(_sample_interval)`                                 |
| Sum a quantity, for example, bytes | `sum(bytes)`             | `sum(bytes * _sample_interval)`                         |
| Average a quantity                 | `avg(bytes)`             | `sum(bytes * _sample_interval) / sum(_sample_interval)` |
| Compute quantiles                  | `quantile(0.50)(bytes)`  | `quantileWeighted(0.50)(bytes, _sample_interval)`       |

Note that the accuracy of results is not determined by the sample interval, similar to the mapping analogy mentioned earlier. A high sample interval can still provide precise results. Instead, accuracy depends on the total number of data points queried and their distribution.

## How is data sampled

To determine the sample interval for each event, note that most analytics have some important type of subgroup that must be analyzed with accurate results. For example, you may want to analyze user usage or traffic to specific hostnames. Analytics Engine users can define these groups by populating the `index` field when writing an event. This allows for more targeted and precise analysis within the specified groups.

The next observation is that these index values likely have a very different number of events written to them. In fact, the usage of most web services follows a [Pareto distribution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_distribution), meaning that the top few users will account for the vast majority of the usage. Pareto distributions are common and look like this:

![In this graphic, each bar represents a user; the height of the bar is their total usage.](~/assets/images/analytics/total-usage.png)

If we took a [simple random sample](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_random_sample) of one percent (1%) of this data, and we applied that to the whole population, you may be able to track your largest customers accurately — but you would lose visibility into what your smaller customers are doing:

![The same graphic as above, but now based on a 1% sample of the data.](~/assets/images/analytics/sample-data.png)

Notice that the larger bars look more or less unchanged, and yet they are still quite accurate. But as you analyze smaller customers, results get [quantized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization_\(signal_processing\)) and may even be rounded to 0 entirely.

This shows that while a one percent (1%) or even smaller sample of a large population may be sufficient, we may need to store a larger proportion of events for a small population to get accurate results.

We do this through a technique called equitable sampling. This means that we will equalize the number of events we store for each unique index value. For relatively uncommon index values, we may write all of the data points that we get via `writeDataPoint()`.  But if you write lots of data points to a single index value, we will start to sample.

Here is the same distribution, but now with (a simulation of) equitable sampling applied:

![This graphic shows the same population, but with equitable sampling.](~/assets/images/analytics/equitable-sampling.png)

You may notice that this graphic is very similar to the first graph. However, it only requires `<10%` of the data to be stored overall. The sample rate is actually much lower than `10%` for the larger series (that is, we store larger sample intervals), but the sample rate is higher for the smaller series.

Refer back to the mapping analogy above. Regardless of the map area shown, the total number of pixels in the map stays constant. Similarly, we always want to store a similar number of data points for each index value. However, the resolution of the map — how much area is represented by each pixel — will change based on the area being shown. Similarly here, the amount of data represented by each stored data point will vary, based on the total number of data points in the index.

## Adaptive Bit Rate Sampling at Read Time

Equitable sampling ensures that an equal amount of data is maintained for each index within a specific time frame. However, queries can vary significantly in the duration of time they target. Some queries may only require a 10-minute data snapshot, while others might need to analyze data spanning 10 weeks — a period which is 10,000 times longer.

To address this issue, we employ a method called [adaptive bit rate](https://blog.cloudflare.com/explaining-cloudflares-abr-analytics/) (ABR). With ABR, queries that cover longer time ranges will retrieve data from a higher sample interval, allowing them to be completed within a fixed time limit. In simpler terms, just as screen size or bandwidth is a fixed resource in our mapping analogy, the time required to complete a query is also fixed. Therefore, irrespective of the volume of data involved, we need to limit the total number of rows scanned to provide an answer to the query. This helps to ensure fairness: regardless of the size of the underlying dataset being queried, we ensure that all queries receive an equivalent share of the available computing time.

To achieve this, we store the data in multiple resolutions (that is, with different levels of detail, for instance, 100%, 10%, 1%) derived from the equitably sampled data. At query time, we select the most suitable data resolution to read based on the query's complexity. The query's complexity is determined by the number of rows to be retrieved and the probability of the query completing within a specified time limit of N seconds. By dynamically selecting the appropriate resolution, we optimize the query performance and ensure it stays within the allotted time budget.

ABR offers a significant advantage by enabling us to consistently provide query results within a fixed query budget, regardless of the data size or time span involved. This sets it apart from systems that struggle with timeouts, errors, or high costs when dealing with extensive datasets.

## How to select an index

In order to get accurate results with sampled data, select an appropriate value to use as your index. The index should match how users will query and view data. For example, if users frequently view data based on a specific device or hostname, it is recommended to incorporate those attributes into your index.

The index has the following properties, which are important to consider when choosing an index:

* Get accurate summary statistics about your entire dataset, across all index values.
* Get an accurate count of the number of unique values of your index.
* Get accurate summary statistics (for example, count, sum) within a particular index value.
* See the `Top N` values of specific fields that are not in your index.
* Filter on most fields.
* Run other aggregations like quantiles.

Some limitations and trade-offs to consider are:

* You may not be able to get accurate unique counts of fields that are not in your index.
  * For example, if you index on `hostname`, you may not be able to count the number of unique URLs.
* You may not be able to observe very rare values of fields not in the index.
  * For example, a particular URL for a hostname, if you index on host and have millions of unique URLs.
* You may not be able to run accurate queries across multiple indices at once.
  * For example, you may only be able to query for one host at a time (or all of them) and expect accurate results.
* There is no guarantee you can retrieve any one individual record.
* You cannot necessarily reconstruct exact sequences of events.

It is not recommended to write a unique index value on every row (like a UUID) for most use cases. While this will make it possible to retrieve individual data points very quickly, it will slow down most queries for aggregations and time series.

Refer to the Workers Analytics Engine FAQs, for common question about [Sampling](/analytics/faq/wae-faqs/#sampling).

---

# SQL API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/

The Workers Analytics Engine SQL API is an HTTP API that allows executing SQL queries against your Workers Analytics Engine datasets.

The API is hosted at `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<account_id>/analytics_engine/sql`.

## Authentication

Authentication is done via bearer token. An `Authorization: Bearer <token>` header must be supplied with every request to the API.

Use the dashboard to create a token with permission to read analytics data on your account:

1. Visit the [API tokens](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) page in the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select **Create Token**.
3. Select **Create Custom Token**.
4. Complete the **Create Custom Token** form as follows:
   * Give your token a descriptive name.
   * For **Permissions** select *Account* | *Account Analytics* | *Read*
   * Optionally configure account and IP restrictions and TTL.
   * Submit and confirm the form to create the token.
5. Make a note of the token string.

## Querying the API

Submit the query text in the body of a `POST` request to the API address. The format of the data returned can be selected using the [`FORMAT` option](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/#format-clause) in your query.

You can use cURL to test the API as follows, replacing the `<account_id>` with your 32 character account ID (available in the dashboard) and the `<token>` with the token string you generated above.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/analytics_engine/sql" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data "SELECT 'Hello Workers Analytics Engine' AS message"
```

If you have already published some data, you might try executing the following to confirm that the dataset has been created in the DB.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/analytics_engine/sql" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data "SHOW TABLES"
```

Refer to the Workers Analytics Engine [SQL reference](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/), for the full supported query syntax.

## Table structure

A new table will automatically be created for each dataset once you start writing events to it from your worker.

The table will have the following columns:

| Name                         | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| dataset                      | string   | This column will contain the dataset name in every row.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| timestamp                    | DateTime | The timestamp at which the event was logged in your worker.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| \_sample\_interval           | integer  | In case that the data has been sampled, this column indicates what the sample rate is for this row (that is, how many rows of the original data are represented by this row). Refer to the [sampling](#sampling) section below for more information. |
| index1                       | string   | The index value that was logged with the event. The value in this column is used as the key for sampling.                                                                                                                                            |
| blob1<br/>...<br/>blob20     | string   | The blob values that were logged with the event.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| double1<br/>...<br/>double20 | double   | The double values that were logged with the event.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

## Sampling

At very high volumes of data, Analytics Engine will downsample data in order to be able to maintain performance. Sampling can occur on write and on read.
Sampling is based on the index of your dataset so that only indexes that receive large numbers of events will be sampled. For example, if your worker serves multiple customers, you might consider making customer ID the index field. This would mean that if one customer starts making a high rate of requests then events from that customer could be sampled while other customers data remains unsampled.

We have tested this system of sampling over a number of years at Cloudflare and it has enabled us to scale our web analytics systems to very high throughput, while still providing statistically meaningful results irrespective of the amount of traffic a website receives.

The rate at which the data is sampled is exposed via the `_sample_interval` column. This means that if you are doing statistical analysis of your data, you may need to take this column into account. For example:

| Original query                 | Query taking into account sampling                                        |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `SELECT COUNT() FROM ... `     | `SELECT SUM(_sample_interval) FROM ...`                                   |
| `SELECT SUM(double1) FROM ...` | `SELECT SUM(_sample_interval * double1) FROM ...`                         |
| `SELECT AVG(double1) FROM ...` | `SELECT SUM(_sample_interval * double1) / SUM(_sample_interval) FROM ...` |

Additionally, the [QUANTILEWEIGHTED function](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/#quantileweighted) is designed to be used with sample interval as the third argument.

## Example queries

### Select data with column aliases

Column aliases can be used in queries to give names to the blobs and doubles in your dataset:

```sql
SELECT
    timestamp,
    blob1 AS location_id,
    double1 AS inside_temp,
    double2 AS outside_temp
FROM temperatures
WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1' DAY
```

### Aggregation taking into account sample interval

Calculate number of readings taken at each location in the last 7 days. In this case, we are grouping by the index field so an exact count can be calculated even in the case that the data has been sampled:

```sql
SELECT
    index1 AS location_id,
    SUM(_sample_interval) AS n_readings
FROM temperatures
WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '7' DAY
GROUP BY index1
```

Calculate the average temperature over the last 7 days at each location. Sample interval is taken into account:

```sql
SELECT
    index1 AS location_id,
    SUM(_sample_interval * double1) / SUM(_sample_interval) AS average_temp
FROM temperatures
WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '7' DAY
GROUP BY index1
```

---

# SQL Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/

## SHOW TABLES statement

`SHOW TABLES` can be used to list the tables on your account. The table name is the name you specified as `dataset` when configuring the workers binding (refer to [Get started with Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/), for more information). The table is automatically created when you write event data in your worker.

```sql
SHOW TABLES
[FORMAT <format>]
```

Refer to [FORMAT clause](#format-clause) for the available `FORMAT` options.

## SHOW TIMEZONES statement

`SHOW TIMEZONES` can be used to list all of the timezones supported by the SQL API. Most common timezones are supported.

```sql
SHOW TIMEZONES
[FORMAT <format>]
```

## SHOW TIMEZONE statement

`SHOW TIMEZONE` responds with the current default timezone in use by SQL API. This should always be `Etc/UTC`.

```sql
SHOW TIMEZONE
[FORMAT <format>]
```

## SELECT statement

`SELECT` is used to query tables.

Usage:

```sql
SELECT <expression_list>
[FROM <table>|(<subquery>)]
[WHERE <expression>]
[GROUP BY <expression>, ...]
[ORDER BY <expression_list>]
[LIMIT <n>|ALL]
[FORMAT <format>]
```

Below you can find the syntax of each clause. Refer to the [SQL API docs](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/) for some example queries.

### SELECT clause

The `SELECT` clause specifies the list of columns to be included in the result.
Columns can be aliased using the `AS` keyword.

Usage:

```sql
SELECT <expression> [AS <alias>], ...
```

Examples:

```sql
-- return the named columns
SELECT blob2, double3

-- return all columns
SELECT *

-- alias columns to more descriptive names
SELECT
    blob2 AS probe_name,
    double3 AS temperature
```

Additionally, expressions using supported [functions](#supported-functions) and [operators](#supported-operators) can be used in place of column names:

```sql
SELECT
    blob2 AS probe_name,
    double3 AS temp_c,
    double3*1.8+32 AS temp_f -- compute a value

SELECT
    blob2 AS probe_name,
    if(double3 <= 0, 'FREEZING', 'NOT FREEZING') AS description -- use of functions

SELECT
    blob2 AS probe_name,
    avg(double3) AS avg_temp -- aggregation function
```

### FROM clause

`FROM` is used to specify the source of the data for the query.

Usage:

```sql
FROM <table_name>|(subquery)
```

Examples:

```sql
-- query data written to a workers dataset called "temperatures"
FROM temperatures

-- use a subquery to manipulate the table
FROM (
    SELECT
        blob1 AS probe_name,
        count() as num_readings
    FROM
        temperatures
    GROUP BY
        probe_name
)
```

Note that queries can only operate on a single table. `UNION`, `JOIN` etc. are not currently supported.

### WHERE clause

`WHERE` is used to filter the rows returned by a query.

Usage:

```sql
WHERE <condition>
```

`<condition>` can be any expression that evaluates to a boolean.

[Comparison operators](#comparison-operators) can be used to compare values and [boolean operators](#boolean-operators) can be used to combine conditions.

Expressions containing [functions](#supported-functions) and [operators](#supported-operators) are supported.

Examples:

```sql
-- simple comparisons
WHERE blob1 = 'test'
WHERE double1 = 4

-- inequalities
WHERE double1 > 4

-- use of operators (see below for supported operator list)
WHERE double1 + double2 > 4
WHERE blob1 = 'test1' OR blob2 = 'test2'

-- expression using inequalities, functions and operators
WHERE if(unit = 'f', (temp-32)/1.8, temp) <= 0
```

### GROUP BY clause

When using aggregate functions, `GROUP BY` specifies the groups over which the aggregation is run.

Usage:

```sql
GROUP BY <expression>, ...
```

For example. If you had a table of temperature readings:

```sql
-- return the average temperature for each probe
SELECT
    blob1 AS probe_name,
    avg(double1) AS average_temp
FROM temperature_readings
GROUP BY probe_name
```

In the usual case the `<expression>` can just be a column name but it is also possible to supply a complex expression here. Multiple expressions or column names can be supplied separated by commas.

### ORDER BY clause

`ORDER BY` can be used to control the order in which rows are returned.

Usage:

```sql
ORDER BY <expression> [ASC|DESC], ...
```

`<expression>` can just be a column name.

`ASC` or `DESC` determines if the ordering is ascending or descending. `ASC` is the default, and can be omitted.

Examples:

```sql
-- order by double2 then double3, both in ascending order
ORDER BY double2, double3

-- order by double2 in ascending order then double3 is descending order
ORDER BY double2, double3 DESC
```

### LIMIT clause

`LIMIT` specifies a maximum number of rows to return.

Usage:

```sql
LIMIT <n>|ALL
```

Supply the maximum number of rows to return or `ALL` for no restriction.

For example:

```sql
LIMIT 10 -- return at most 10 rows
```

### FORMAT clause

`FORMAT` controls how to the returned data is encoded.

Usage:

```sql
FORMAT [JSON|JSONEachRow|TabSeparated]
```

If no format clause is included then the default format of `JSON` will be used.

Override the default by setting a format. For example:

```sql
FORMAT JSONEachRow
```

The following formats are supported:

#### JSON

Data is returned as a single JSON object with schema data included:

```json
{
    "meta": [
        {
            "name": "<column 1 name>",
            "type": "<column 1 type>"
        },
        {
            "name": "<column 2 name>",
            "type": "<column 2 type>"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "data": [
        {
            "<column 1 name>": "<column 1 value>",
            "<column 2 name>": "<column 2 value>",
            ...
        },
        {
            "<column 1 name>": "<column 1 value>",
            "<column 2 name>": "<column 2 value>",
            ...
        },
        ...
    ],
    "rows": 10
}
```

#### JSONEachRow

Data is returned with a separate JSON object per row. Rows are newline separated and there is no header line or schema data:

```json
{"<column 1 name>": "<column 1 value>", "<column 2 name>": "<column 2 value>"}
{"<column 1 name>": "<column 1 value>", "<column 2 name>": "<column 2 value>"}
...
```

#### TabSeparated

Data is returned with newline separated rows. Columns are separated with tabs. There is no header.

```txt
column 1 value  column 2 value
column 1 value  column 2 value
...
```

## Supported functions

:::note

Note that function names are not case-sensitive, they can be used both in uppercase or in lowercase. 
:::

### count

Usage:

```sql
count()
count(DISTINCT column_name)
```

Count is an aggregation function that returns the number of rows in each group or results set.

Count can also be used to count the number of distinct (unique) values in each column:

Example:

```sql
-- return the total number of rows
count()
-- return the number of different values in the column
count(DISTINCT column_name)
```

### sum

Usage:

```sql
sum([DISTINCT] column_name)
```

Sum is an aggregation function that returns the sum of column values across all rows in each group or results set. Sum also supports `DISTINCT`, but in this case it will only sum the unique values in the column.

Example:

```sql
-- return the total cost of all items
sum(item_cost)
-- return the total of all unique item costs
sum(DISTINCT item_cost)
```

### avg

Usage:

```sql
avg([DISTINCT] column_name)
```

Avg is an aggregation function that returns the mean of column values across all rows in each group or results set. Avg also supports `DISTINCT`, but in this case it will only average the unique values in the column.

Example:

```sql
-- return the mean item cost
avg(item_cost)
-- return the mean of unique item costs
avg(DISTINCT item_cost)
```

### min

Usage:

```sql
min(column_name)
```

Min is an aggregation function that returns the minimum value of a column across all rows.

Example:

```sql
-- return the minimum item cost
min(item_cost)
```

### max

Usage:

```sql
max(column_name)
```

Max is an aggregation function that returns the maximum value of a column across all rows.

Example:

```sql
-- return the maximum item cost
max(item_cost)
```

### quantileWeighted

Usage:

```sql
quantileWeighted(q, column_name, weight_column_name)
```

`quantileWeighted` is an aggregation function that returns the value at the q<sup>th</sup> quantile in the named column across all rows in each group or results set. Each row will be weighted by the value in `weight_column_name`. Typically this would be `_sample_interval` (refer to [how sampling works](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#sampling), for more information).

Example:

```sql
-- estimate the median value of <double1>
quantileWeighted(0.5, double1, _sample_interval)

-- in a table of query times, estimate the 95th centile query time
quantileWeighted(0.95, query_time, _sample_interval)
```

### if

Usage:

```sql
if(<condition>, <true_expression>, <false_expression>)
```

Returns `<true_expression>` if `<condition>` evaluates to true, else returns `<false_expression>`.

Example:

```sql
if(temp > 20, 'It is warm', 'Bring a jumper')
```

### intDiv

Usage:

```sql
intDiv(a, b)
```

Divide a by b, rounding the answer down to the nearest whole number.

### toUInt32

Usage:

```sql
toUInt32(<expression>)
```

Converts any numeric expression, or expression resulting in a string representation of a decimal, into an unsigned 32 bit integer.

Behaviour for negative numbers is undefined.

### length

Usage:

```sql
length({string})
```

Returns the length of a string. This function is UTF-8 compatible.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT length('a string') AS s;
SELECT length(blob1) AS s FROM your_dataset;
```

### isEmpty

Usage:

```sql
isEmpty({string})
```

Returns a boolean saying whether the string was empty. This computation can also be done as a binary operation: `{string} = ''`.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT isEmpty('a string') AS b;
SELECT isEmpty(blob1) AS b FROM your_dataset;
```

### toLower

Usage:

```sql
toLower({string})
```

Returns the string converted to lowercase. This function is Unicode compatible. This may not be perfect for all languages and users with stringent needs, should do the operation in their own code.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT toLower('STRING TO DOWNCASE') AS s;
SELECT toLower(blob1) AS s FROM your_dataset;
```

### toUpper

Usage:

```sql
toUpper({string})
```

Returns the string converted to uppercase. This function is Unicode compatible. The results may not be perfect for all languages and users with strict needs. These users should do the operation in their own code.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT toUpper('string to uppercase') AS s;
SELECT toUpper(blob1) AS s FROM your_dataset;
```

### startsWith

Usage:

```sql
startsWith({string}, {string})
```

Returns a boolean of whether the first string has the second string at its start.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT startsWith('prefix ...', 'prefix') AS b;
SELECT startsWith(blob1, 'prefix') AS b FROM your_dataset;
```

### endsWith

Usage:

```sql
endsWith({string}, {string})
```

Returns a boolean of whether the first string contains the second string at its end.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT endsWith('prefix suffix', 'suffix') AS b;
SELECT endsWith(blob1, 'suffix') AS b FROM your_dataset;
```

### position

Usage:

```sql
position({needle:string} IN {haystack:string})
```

Returns the position of one string, `needle`, in another, `haystack`. In SQL, indexes are usually 1-based. That means that position returns `1` if your needle is at the start of the haystack. It only returns `0` if your string is not found.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT position(':' IN 'hello: world') AS p;
SELECT position(':' IN blob1) AS p FROM your_dataset;
```

### substring

Usage:

```sql
substring({string}, {offset:integer}[. {length:integer}])
```

Extracts part of a string, starting at the Unicode code point indicated by the offset and returning the number of code points requested by the length. As previously mentioned, in SQL, indexes are usually 1-based. That means that the offset provided to substring should be at least `1`.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT substring('hello world', 6) AS s;
SELECT substring('hello: world', 1, position(':' IN 'hello: world')-1) AS s;
```

### format

Usage:

```sql
format({string}[, ...])
```

This function supports formatting strings, integers, floats, datetimes, intervals, etc, except `NULL`. The function does not support literal `{` and `}` characters in the format string.

Examples:

```sql
SELECT format('blob1: {}', blob1) AS s FROM dataset;
```

See also: [formatDateTime](#formatdatetime)

### toDateTime

Usage:

```sql
toDateTime(<expression>[, 'timezone string'])
```

`toDateTime` converts an expression to a datetime. This function does not support ISO 8601-style timezones; if your time is not in UTC then you must provide the timezone using the second optional argument.

Examples:

```sql
-- double1 contains a unix timestamp in seconds
toDateTime(double1)

-- blob1 contains an datetime in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss'
toDateTime(blob1)

-- literal values:
toDateTime(355924804) -- unix timestamp
toDateTime('355924804') -- string containing unix timestamp
toDateTime('1981-04-12 12:00:04') -- string with datetime in 'YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss' format

-- interpret a date relative to New York time
toDateTime('2022-12-01 16:17:00', 'America/New_York')
```

### now

Usage:

```sql
now()
```

Returns the current time as a DateTime.

### toUnixTimestamp

Usage:

```sql
toUnixTimestamp(<datetime>)
```

`toUnixTimestamp` converts a datetime into an integer unix timestamp.

Examples:

```sql
-- get the current unix timestamp
toUnixTimestamp(now())
```

### formatDateTime

Usage:

```sql
formatDateTime(<datetime expression>, <format string>[, <timezone string>])
```

`formatDateTime` prints a datetime as a string according to a provided format string. See
[ClickHouse's docs](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/functions/date-time-functions/#formatdatetime)
for a list of supported formatting options.

Examples:

```sql
-- prints the current YYYY-MM-DD in UTC
formatDateTime(now(), '%Y-%m-%d')

-- prints YYYY-MM-DD in the datetime's timezone
formatDateTime(<a datetime with a timezone>, '%Y-%m-%d')
formatDateTime(toDateTime('2022-12-01 16:17:00', 'America/New_York'), '%Y-%m-%d')

-- prints YYYY-MM-DD in UTC
formatDateTime(<a datetime with a timezone>, '%Y-%m-%d', 'Etc/UTC')
formatDateTime(toDateTime('2022-12-01 16:17:00', 'America/New_York'), '%Y-%m-%d', 'Etc/UTC')
```

### toStartOfInterval

Usage:

```sql
toStartOfInterval(<datetime>, INTERVAL '<n>' <unit>[, <timezone string>])
```

`toStartOfInterval` rounds down a datetime to the nearest offset of a provided interval. This can
be useful for grouping data into equal-sized time ranges.

Examples:

```sql
-- round the current time down to the nearest 15 minutes
toStartOfInterval(now(), INTERVAL '15' MINUTE)

-- round a timestamp down to the day
toStartOfInterval(timestamp, INTERVAL '1' DAY)

-- count the number of datapoints filed in each hourly window
SELECT
  toStartOfInterval(timestamp, INTERVAL '1' HOUR) AS hour,
  sum(_sample_interval) AS count
FROM your_dataset
GROUP BY hour
ORDER BY hour ASC
```

### extract

Usage:

```sql
extract(<time unit> from <datetime>)
```

`extract` returns an integer number of time units from a datetime. It supports
`YEAR`, `MONTH`, `DAY`, `HOUR`, `MINUTE` and `SECOND`.

Examples:

```sql
-- extract the number of seconds from a timestamp (returns 15 in this example)
extract(SECOND from toDateTime('2022-06-06 11:30:15'))
```

## Supported operators

The following operators are supported:

### Arithmetic operators

| Operator | Description    |
| -------- | -------------- |
| `+`      | addition       |
| `-`      | subtraction    |
| `*`      | multiplication |
| `/`      | division       |
| `%`      | modulus        |

### Comparison operators

| Operator     | Description                                                                                                   |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `=`          | equals                                                                                                        |
| `<`          | less than                                                                                                     |
| `>`          | greater than                                                                                                  |
| `<=`         | less than or equal to                                                                                         |
| `>=`         | greater than or equal to                                                                                      |
| `<>` or `!=` | not equal                                                                                                     |
| `IN`         | true if the preceding expression's value is in the list<br/>`column IN ('a', 'list', 'of', 'values')`         |
| `NOT IN`     | true if the preceding expression's value is not in the list<br/>`column NOT IN ('a', 'list', 'of', 'values')` |

We also support the `BETWEEN` operator for checking a value is in an inclusive range: `a [NOT] BETWEEN b AND c`.

### Boolean operators

| Operator | Description                                                          |
| -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AND`    | boolean "AND" (true if both sides are true)                          |
| `OR`     | boolean "OR" (true if either side or both sides are true)            |
| `NOT`    | boolean "NOT" (true if following expression is false and visa-versa) |

### Unary operators

| Operator | Description                            |
| -------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `-`      | negation operator (for example, `-42`) |

## Literals

| Type          | Syntax                                                                                                   |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| integer       | `42`, `-42`                                                                                              |
| double        | `4.2`, `-4.2`                                                                                            |
| string        | `'so long and thanks for all the fish'`                                                                  |
| boolean       | `true` or `false`                                                                                        |
| time interval | `INTERVAL '42' DAY`<br/>Intervals of `YEAR`, `MONTH`, `DAY`, `HOUR`, `MINUTE` and `SECOND` are supported |

---

# Querying from a Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/worker-querying/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

If you want to access Analytics Engine data from within a Worker you can use `fetch` to access the SQL API. The API can return JSON data that is easy to interact with in JavaScript.

## Authentication

In order that your Worker can authenticate with the API you will need your account ID and an API token.

- Your 32 character account ID can be obtained from the Cloudflare dashboard.
- An API token can also be generated in the dashboard. Refer to the [SQL API docs](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/#authentication) for more information on this.

We recommend storing the account ID as an environment variable and the API token as a secret in your worker. This can be done through the dashboard or through Wrangler. Refer to the [Workers documentation](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) for more details on this.

## Querying

Use the JavaScript `fetch` API as follows to execute a query:

```js
const query = "SELECT * FROM my_dataset";
const API = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${env.ACCOUNT_ID}/analytics_engine/sql`;
const response = await fetch(API, {
	method: "POST",
	headers: {
		Authorization: `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
	},
	body: query,
});
const responseJSON = await response.json();
```

The data will be returned in the format described in the [FORMAT section of the API docs](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-reference/#json) allowing you to extract meta information about the names and types of returned columns in addition to the data itself and a row count.

## Example Worker

The following is a sample Worker which executes a query against a dataset of weather readings and displays minimum and maximum values for each city.

### Environment variable setup

First the environment variables are set up with the account ID and API token.

The account ID is set in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[vars]
ACCOUNT_ID = "<account_id>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The API_TOKEN can be set as a secret, using the wrangler command line tool, by running the following and entering your token string:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put API_TOKEN
```

### Worker script

The worker script itself executes a query and formats the result:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// This worker only responds to requests at the root.
		if (new URL(request.url).pathname != "/") {
			return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
		}

		// SQL string to be executed.
		const query = `
            SELECT
                blob1 AS city,
                max(double1) as max_temp,
                min(double1) as min_temp
            FROM weather
            WHERE timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '1' DAY
            GROUP BY city
            ORDER BY city`;

		// Build the API endpoint URL and make a POST request with the query string
		const API = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${env.ACCOUNT_ID}/analytics_engine/sql`;
		const queryResponse = await fetch(API, {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				Authorization: `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
			},
			body: query,
		});

		// The API will return a 200 status code if the query succeeded.
		// In case of failure we log the error message and return a failure message.
		if (queryResponse.status != 200) {
			console.error("Error querying:", await queryResponse.text());
			return new Response("An error occurred!", { status: 500 });
		}

		// Read the JSON data from the query response and render the data as HTML.
		const queryJSON = await queryResponse.json();
		return new Response(renderResponse(queryJSON.data), {
			headers: { "content-type": "text/html" },
		});
	},
};

// renderCity renders a table row as HTML from a data row.
function renderCity(row) {
	return `<tr><td>${row.city}</td><td>${row.min_temp}</td><td>${row.max_temp}</td></tr>`;
}

// renderResponse renders a simple HTML table of results.
function renderResponse(data) {
	return `<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <body>
        <table>
            <tr><th>City</th><th>Min Temp</th><th>Max Temp</th></tr>
            ${data.map(renderCity).join("\n")}
        </table>
    </body>
<html>`;
}
```

---

# Datadog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/datadog/

This tutorial explains how to analyze Cloudflare metrics using the [Cloudflare Integration tile for Datadog](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/cloudflare/).

## Overview

Before viewing the Cloudflare dashboard in Datadog, note that this integration:

* Is available to all Cloudflare customer plans (Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise)
* Is based on the Cloudflare Analytics API
* Provides Cloudflare web traffic and DNS metrics only
* Does not feature data coming from request logs stored in Cloudflare Logs

## Task 1 - Install the Cloudflare App

To install the Cloudflare App for Datadog:

1. Log in to **Datadog**.

2. Click the **Integrations** tab.

3. In the **search box**, start typing *Cloudflare*. The app tile should appear below the search box.
   ![Searching for Cloudflare App in the Datadog Integrations tab](~/assets/images/fundamentals/datadog/screenshots/datadog-integrations.png)

4. Click the **Cloudflare** tile to begin the installation.

5. Next, click **Configuration** and then complete the following:

   * **Account name**: (Optional) This can be any value. It has not impact on the site data pulled from Cloudflare.

   * **Email**: This value helps keep your account safe. We recommend creating a dedicated Cloudflare user for analytics with the [*Analytics* role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) (read-only). Note that the *Analytics* role is available to Enterprise customers only.

   * **API Key**: Enter your Cloudflare Global API key. For details refer to [API Keys](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/).

6. Click **Install Integration**.
   ![Configuring and installing the Datadog integration](~/assets/images/fundamentals/datadog/screenshots/cloudflare-tile-datadog-fill-details.png)

The Cloudflare App for Datadog should be installed now and you can view the dashboard.

## Task 2 - View the dashboard

By default, the dashboard displays metrics for all sites in your Cloudflare account. Use the dashboard filters see metrics for a specific domain.

The dashboard displays the following metrics:

* **Threats** (threats by type, threats by country)
* **Requests** (total requests, cached requests, uncached requests, top countries by request, requests by IP class, top content types)
* **Bandwidth** (total bandwidth, encrypted and unencrypted traffic cached bandwidth, uncached bandwidth)
* **Caching** (Cache hit rate, request caching rate over time)
* **HTTP response status errors**
* **Page views**
* **Search Engine Bot Traffic**
* **DNS** (DNS queries, response time, top hostnames, queries by type, stale vs. uncached queries)

![Dashboard displaying metrics for a site on a Cloudflare account](~/assets/images/fundamentals/datadog/dashboards/cloudflare-dashboard-datadog.png)

---

# Google Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/google-cloud/

## Overview

This tutorial covers how to configure certain Google Cloud Platform (GCP) components so that you can analyze your Cloudflare Logs data.

Before proceeding, you need to enable [Cloudflare Logpush in Google Cloud Storage](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/google-cloud-storage/) to ensure your log data is available for analyzing.

The components we'll use in this tutorial include:

- **Google Cloud Function** to import logs from Google Cloud Storage to Google BigQuery
- **Google BigQuery** to make log data available to the reporting engine, and
- **Google Data Studio** to run interactive reports

The following diagram depicts how data flows from Cloudflare Logs through the different components of the Google Cloud Platform discussed in this tutorial.

![Data flow from Cloudflare Logpush to Google Cloud Platform](~/assets/images/fundamentals/google/cf-logpush-to-google-cloud-platform.png)

:::note

Google Cloud is offering a credit towards a new Google Cloud account to help you get started. To learn more, visit [Google Cloud Platform Partner Credit](https://cloud.google.com/partners/partnercredit/?PCN=a0n60000003kp9MAAQ).

:::

## Task 1 - Use Google Cloud Function to import log data into Google BigQuery

After you configured Cloudflare Logpush to send your logs to a Google Cloud Storage bucket, your log data updates every five minutes by default.

Google BigQuery makes data available for both querying using Structured Query Language (SQL) and for configuring as a data source for the Google Data Studio reporting engine. BigQuery is a highly scalable cloud database where SQL queries run quite fast.

Importing data from Google Cloud Storage into Google BigQuery requires creating a function using Google Cloud Function and running it in the Google Cloud Shell. This function triggers every time new Cloudflare log data is uploaded to your Google Cloud Storage bucket.

### Clone and deploy a Google Cloud Function

To a create a cloud function to import data from Google Cloud Storage into Google BigQuery, you will need the following GitHub repository from Cloudflare: [https://github.com/cloudflare/GCS-To-Big-Query](https://github.com/cloudflare/GCS-To-Big-Query).

To clone and deploy the cloud function:

1. Run the Google Cloud Platform shell by opening the **Google Cloud Platform** console and clicking the **Google Shell** icon (_Activate Cloud Shell_).

2. Run the following command to download the _master_ zipped archive, uncompress the files to new a directory, and change the command line prompt to the new directory: `curl -LO "https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-gcp/archive/master.zip" && unzip master.zip && cd cloudflare-gcp-master/logpush-to-bigquery`

3. Next, edit the `deploy.sh` file and make sure that:

- **BUCKET_NAME** is set to the bucket you created when you configured Cloudflare Logpush with Google Cloud Platform.

- **DATASET** and **TABLE** are unique names.

  The contents of `deploy.sh` should look similar to this:

  ```bash
  .
  .
  .
  BUCKET_NAME="my_cloudflarelogs_gcp_storage_bucket"
  DATASET="my_cloudflare_logs"
  TABLE="cloudflare_logs"
  .
  .
  .
  ```

4. Then in the **Google Shell**, run the following command to deploy your instance of the cloud function:

   ```sh
   sh ./deploy.sh
   ```

Once you've deployed your new cloud function, verify that it appears in the **Cloud Functions** interface by navigating to **Google Cloud Platform** > **Compute** > **Cloud Functions**.

Also, verify that the data now appears in your table in **BigQuery** by navigating to the appropriate project in **Google Cloud Platform** > **Big Data** > **BigQuery**.

If everything is configured correctly, you can now query any request or visualize data with Google Data Studio or any other analytics tool that supports BigQuery as an input source.

### Add fields in Google Cloud Function

To add fields in Cloud Function, edit the `schema.json` file.

1. Open Google Cloud Function.

2. Select the function you want to update.

3. Click **EDIT** on the Function details page.

4. Select `schema.json` from the list of files.

5. In the file editor, enter the `name`, `type`, and `mode` of any fields you would like to add. Follow the format shown in the file.

6. Click **Deploy**.

To debug in Cloud Function, click **VIEW LOGS** on the Function details page. This will take you to the Logs Viewer, where any errors will appear.

### Add fields in BigQuery

To add fields in BigQuery, edit the schema.

1. Open BigQuery.

2. In the menu, expand **your-project-name**.

3. Expand **cloudflare_data** and click **cf_analytics_logs**.

4. Select the **Schema** tab.

5. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click **Edit schema**.

6. On the pop-up page, click **Add field**. Enter the field **Name** and select the field **Type** and **Mode** from the dropdowns.

7. Click **Save**.

## Task 2 - Analyze log data with Google Data Studio

To analyze and visualize logs, you can use **Google Data Studio** or any other 3rd party services that supports Google BigQuery as an input source.

With Google Data Studio, you can generate graphs and charts from a Google BigQuery table. You can also refresh the data in your reports and get real-time analytics.

### About the Cloudflare Logs Insights Template

Cloudflare has published a [Logs Insights Template](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/1ez3m7Yf8AZLfM6aYRjfgF0pPpRvOwhTh/page/mAzI/preview) in the **Google Data Studio Report Gallery**.

![Cloudflare Logs Insights Template on Google Data Studio Report Gallery](~/assets/images/fundamentals/google/cf-logs-insights-template.png)

The Cloudflare Insights Template features several dashboards, or report pages, to help you analyze your Cloudflare Logs data. You can also use filters within the dashboards to narrow down the analysis by date and time, device type, country, user agent, client IP, hostname, and more. These insights further help with debugging and tracing.

The following dashboards are included in the Insights template:

- **Snapshot**: Gives you an overview of the most important metrics from your Cloudflare logs, including total number of requests, top visitors by geography, IP, user agent, traffic type, total number of threats, and bandwidth usage.

- **Security**: Provides insights on threat identification and mitigations by our **Web Application Firewall**, including **Firewall Rules**, **Rate Limiting**, and **IP Firewall**. Metrics include total threats stopped, threat traffic source, blocked IPs and user agents, top threat requests, security events (SQL injections, XSS, etc.), and rate limiting. Use this data to fine tune the firewall to target obvious threats and avoid false positives.

- **Performance**: Helps you identify and address issues like slow pages and caching misconfigurations. Metrics include total vs. cached bandwidth, cache ratio, top uncached requests, static vs. dynamic content, slowest URIs, and more.

- **Reliability**: Provides insights on the availability of your websites and applications. Metrics include origin response error ratio, origin response status over time, percentage of 3xx/4xx/5xx errors over time, and more.

### Create a report based on the Insights Template

To create a report for your log data based on the Cloudflare template:

1. In Data Studio, open the Cloudflare [template](https://datastudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/1ez3m7Yf8AZLfM6aYRjfgF0pPpRvOwhTh/page/mAzI/preview) and click **Use Template**. A _Create new report_ dialog opens.

2. Under the **New Data Source** dropdown, select **Create New Data Source**. A page opens where you can enter additional configuration details.

3. Under **Google Connectors**, locate the **BigQuery** card and click **Select**.

4. Next under **MY PROJECTS**, select your **Project**, **Dataset**, and **Table**.

5. Click **Connect** in the upper right.

6. In the list of Cloudflare Logs fields, locate _EdgeStartTimestamp_, click the three vertical dots and select **Duplicate**. This creates _Copy of EdgeStartTimestamp_ right below _EdgeStartTimestamp_.

7. Update the **Type** for _Copy of EdgeStartTimestamp_ to set it to _Date & Time_ > _Date Hour (YYYYMMDDHH)_.

8. Next, update the **Type** for each of the following fields as indicated below:

| Cloudflare Log Field       | Type                                 |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| ZoneID                     | Text                                 |
| EdgeColoID                 | Text                                 |
| ClientSrcPort              | Text                                 |
| EdgeResponseStatus         | Number                               |
| Copy of EdgeStartTimestamp | Date & Time > Date Hour (YYYYMMDDHH) |
| OriginResponseStatus       | Number                               |
| ClientASN                  | Text                                 |
| ClientCountry              | Geo > Country                        |

9. Next, add a new field to identify and calculate threat. In the top right corner, click **+ ADD A FIELD**, then in the add field UI:

   - For **Field Name**, type _Threats_.

   - In the **Formula** text box, paste the following code:

   ```sql
   CASE
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "user" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "ip" THEN "ip block"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "user" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "ctry" THEN "country block"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "user" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "zl" THEN "routed by zone lockdown"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "user" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "ua" THEN "blocked user agent"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "user" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "rateLimit" THEN "rate-limiting rule"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "bic" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "unknown" THEN "browser integrity check"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "hot" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "unknown" THEN "blocked hotlink"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "macro" AND EdgePathingOp = "chl" AND EdgePathingStatus = "captchaFail" THEN "CAPTCHA challenge failed"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "macro" AND EdgePathingOp = "chl" AND EdgePathingStatus = "jschlFail" THEN "java script challenge failed"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "filterBasedFirewall" AND EdgePathingOp = "ban" AND EdgePathingStatus = "unknown" THEN "blocked by filter based firewall"
   WHEN EdgePathingSrc = "filterBasedFirewall" AND EdgePathingOp = "chl" THEN "challenged by filter based firewall"
   Else "Other"
   END
   ```

   - Click **Save** in the lower right corner.

10. Finally, add another new field for grouping status error codes. In the top right corner, click **+ ADD A FIELD**, then in the add field UI:

    - For **Field Name**, type _EdgeResponseStatusClass_.
    - In the **Formula** text box, paste the following code:

    ```sql
    CASE
    WHEN EdgeResponseStatus > 199 AND EdgeResponseStatus < 300 THEN "2xx"
    WHEN EdgeResponseStatus > 299 AND EdgeResponseStatus < 400 THEN "3xx"
    WHEN EdgeResponseStatus > 399 AND EdgeResponseStatus < 500 THEN "4xx"
    WHEN EdgeResponseStatus > 499 AND EdgeResponseStatus < 600 THEN "5xx"
    WHEN EdgeResponseStatus = 0 THEN "0 - Served from CF Edge"
    Else "Other"
    END
    ```

    - Click **Save** in the lower right corner.

11. To finish, click **Add to Report** in the upper right.

### Refreshing fields and filters manually

After you've added your report, you will notice that not all report components render successfully. To fix this, you need to resolve any errors related to invalid dimensions, metrics, or filters that appear in the affected report components.

#### Update Data Studio with new fields

To update Data Studio with fields added to BigQuery, refresh fields for the data source.

1. In Data Studio, open the Cloudflare dashboard in **Edit** mode.

2. Expand the **Resource** menu and select **Manage added data sources**.

3. Click the **EDIT** action for the data source that you want to update.

4. Click **REFRESH FIELDS** below the table. A window with **Field changes found** in BigQuery will pop up.

5. To add the new fields, click **APPLY**.

You can also create custom fields directly in Data Studio.

1. In Data Studio, open the Cloudflare dashboard in **Edit** mode.

2. Expand the **Resource** menu and select **Manage added data sources**.

3. Click the **EDIT** action for the data source that you want to add a custom field to.

4. Click **ADD A FIELD** above the table.

5. Enter a formula in the **Formula** editor.

6. Click **SAVE**.

#### Fix invalid metric or dimension errors

The following table summarizes which specific components require to be fixed:

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Report page</th>
			<th>Components</th>
			<th>Field to add</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td rowspan="3">2 Security Cloudflare&nbsp;</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					<em>Threats </em>(scorecard)
				</p>
			</td>
			<td>&nbsp;Threats (Metric)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<p>
					<em>Threats - Record Count (table)</em>
				</p>
			</td>
			<td>&nbsp;Threats (Dimension)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				&nbsp;<em>Threats Over Time&nbsp;</em>(area chart)
			</td>
			<td>&nbsp;Threats (Breadown Dimension)</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>3 Reliability Cloudflare</td>
			<td>
				<em>Status Codes Last 24 hours&nbsp;</em>(bar chart)
			</td>
			<td>
				<em>Copy of EdgeStartTimeStamp&nbsp;</em>(Dimension)
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>5&nbsp;Last 100s Requests Cloudflare</td>
			<td>
				<em>Last 100 Requests</em> (table)
			</td>
			<td>
				&nbsp;<em>Copy of EdgeStartTimeStamp</em>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

For each of the report components listed above:

1. Select the report component affected.

2. On the menu to the right, under the **Data** tab, locate and click **Invalid Dimension** or **Invalid Metric** (as applicable). The **Field Picker** panel opens.

3. Search or type for the field to add, then click to select it.

4. To finish, click away from the panel to return to the main report.

The component should now render correctly.

#### Update data filters

This fix applies to report page: **3 Reliability Cloudflare**, for the following scorecard components in the report:

- **5xx Errors**
- **4xx Errors**
- **3xx Errors**

To update the filter associated with each scorecard:

1. Select the report component affected.

2. On the menu to the right, under the **Data** tab, locate the **Filters** > **Scorecard Filter** section and click the **pencil** next to the filter name to edit it. The **Edit Filter** panel opens.

3. In the filtering criteria section, click the dropdown and scroll or search for the field _EdgeResponseStatusClass_ and select it.

4. To finish, click **Save** in the lower right corner.

The component should now render correctly.

---

# Graylog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/graylog/

This tutorial explains how to analyze [Cloudflare Logs](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-logs/) using [Graylog](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-s3-lambda/blob/master/content-packs/cloudflare/cloudflare-logpush-content-pack.json).

## Overview

If you haven't used Cloudflare Logs before, visit our [Logs documentation](/logs/) for
more details. Contact your Cloudflare Customer Account Team to enable logs for
your account.

### Prerequisites

Before sending your Cloudflare log data to Graylog, make sure that you:

* Have an existing Graylog installation. Both single-node and cluster configurations are supported
* Have a Cloudflare Enterprise account with Cloudflare Logs enabled
* Configure [Logpush](/logs/about/)

:::note[Note]


Cloudflare logs are HTTP/HTTPS request logs in JSON format and are gathered from our 200+ data centers globally. By default, timestamps are returned as UNIX nanosecond integers. All timestamp formats are supported by Graylog.


:::

## Task 1 - Preparation

Before getting Cloudflare logs into Graylog:

1. Configure Cloudflare [Logpush](/logs/about/) to push logs with all desired fields to an AWS S3 bucket of your choice.
2. Download the latest [Graylog Integration for Cloudflare](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-s3-lambda/blob/master/content-packs/cloudflare/cloudflare-logpush-content-pack.json).
3. Decompress the zip file.

Once decompressed, the integration package includes:

* *graylog-s3-lambda.jar*
* *content-packs/cloudflare/cloudflare-logpush-content-pack.json*
* *content-packs/cloudflare/threat-lookup.csv*

## Task 2 - Create and configure the AWS Lambda Function

1. Navigate to the Lambda service page in the AWS web console.
2. Create a new Lambda function and specify a *function name* of your choice and the *Java-8 runtime*.
3. Create or specify an execution role with the following permissions. You can also further restrict the resource permissions as desired for your specific set-up.

```json
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "Policy",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "logs:CreateLogGroup"
        "s3:GetObject",
        "logs:CreateLogStream",
        "logs:PutLogEvents"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "arn:aws:logs:your-region:your-account-number:*",
        "arn:aws:s3:your-region::cloudflare-bucket-name/*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

**Note:** If your Graylog cluster is running in a VPC, you may need to add the *AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole* managed role to allow the Lambda function to route traffic to the VPC.

4. Once you've created the Lambda function, upload the function code ***graylog-s3-lambda.jar*** downloaded in [Task 1](#task-1---preparation).  Specify the following method for the Handler: *org.graylog.integrations.s3.GraylogS3Function::handleRequest*.

5. Specify at least the following required environment variables to configure the Lambda function for your Graylog cluster:

   * **CONTENT\_TYPE** (required) - *application/x.cloudflare.log* value to indicate that the Lambda function will process Cloudflare logs.
   * **COMPRESSION\_TYPE** ***(required*** **)** - *gzip* since Cloudflare logs are gzip compressed.
   * **GRAYLOG\_HOST** *(required)* - hostname or IP address of the Graylog host or cluster load balancer.
   * **GRAYLOG\_PORT** *(optional - defaults to 12201)* - The Graylog service port.
   * **CONNECT\_TIMEOUT** *(optional - defaults to 10000)* - The number of milliseconds to wait for the connection to be established.
   * **LOG\_LEVEL** *(optional - defaults to INFO)* - The level of detail to include in the CloudWatch logs generated from the Lambda function. Supported values are *OFF*, *ERROR*, *WARN*, *INFO*, *DEBUG*, *TRACE*, and *ALL*. Increase the logging level to help with troubleshooting. See [Defining Custom Log Levels in Code](https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.0/manual/customloglevels.html) for more information.
   * **CLOUDFLARE\_LOGPUSH\_MESSAGE\_FIELDS** *(optional - defaults to all)* - The fields to parse from the message. Specify as a comma-separated list of field names.
   * **CLOUDFLARE\_LOGPUSH\_MESSAGE\_SUMMARY\_FIELDS** *(optional - defaults to ClientRequestHost, ClientRequestPath, OriginIP, ClientSrcPort, EdgeServerIP, EdgeResponseBytes)* - The fields to include in the message summary that appears above the parsed fields at the top of each message in Graylog. Specify as a comma-separated list of field names.
     ![List of required Graylog environment variables](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/screenshots/graylog-environment-variables.png)

     **Note:** More configuration variables are available to fine-tune the function configuration in the Graylog Lambda S3 [README](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-s3-lambda/blob/master/README.md#step-2-specify-configuration) file.

6. Create an AWS S3 Trigger for the Lambda function so that the function can process each Cloudflare log field that is written. Specify the same S3 bucket from [Task 1](#task-1---preparation) and choose the *All object create events* option. Any other desired file filters can be applied here.
   ![Add trigger dialog with an example AWS S3 Trigger](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/screenshots/aws-s3-add-trigger.png)

7. If your Graylog cluster is located within a VPC, you will need to [configure your Lambda function to access resources in a VPC](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/configuration-vpc.html). You may also need to create a [VPC endpoint for the AWS S3 service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-endpoints.html#create-vpc-endpoint). This allows the Lambda function to access S3 directly when running in a VPC.

:::note[Note]


By default, all log messages are sent over TCPt. TLS encryption between the
Lambda function and Graylog is not currently supported. We recommend taking
appropriate measures to secure the log messages in transit, such as placing
the Lambda function within a secure VPC subnet where the Graylog node or
cluster is running.


:::

## Task 3 - Import the content pack in Graylog

Importing the Cloudflare Logpush content pack into Graylog loads the
necessary configuration to receive Cloudflare logs and installs the
Cloudflare dashboards.

The following components install with the content pack:

* Cloudflare dashboards ([Task 4](#task-4---view-the-cloudflare-dashboards)).
* A Cloudflare GELF (TCP) input that allows Graylog to receive Cloudflare logs.
* A Cloudflare message [stream](https://docs.graylog.org/en/3.1/pages/streams.html).
* [Pipeline](https://docs.graylog.org/en/3.1/pages/pipelines/pipelines.html) rules that help to process and parse Cloudflare log fields.

To import the content pack:

1. Locate the *cloudflare-logpush-content-pack.json* file that you downloaded and extracted in [Task 1](#task-1---preparation).

2. In Graylog, go to **System** > **Content Packs** and click **Upload** in the top right. Once uploaded, the Cloudflare Logpush content pack will appear in the list of uploaded content packs.
   ![Uploading Graylog content packs](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/screenshots/graylog-content-packs.png)

3. Click **Install**.
   ![Installing Graylog content packs](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/screenshots/graylog-content-packs-uploaded.png)

4. In the **Install** dialog, enter an optional install comment, and verify that the correct values are entered for all configuration parameters.

   * A path is required for the MaxMind™️ database, available at [https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/](https://dev.maxmind.com/geoip/).
   * A path is also required for the *Threat Lookup* CSV file, extracted in [Task 1](#task-1---preparation).

   ![Adding an install comment and configuring parameters in Install Dialog screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/screenshots/graylog-content-pack-install.png)

5. Once installed, your Graylog cluster will be ready to receive Cloudflare logs from the Lambda function.

Refer to the Graylog Lambda S3 [README](https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog-s3-lambda/blob/master/README.md) for additional information and troubleshooting tips.

## Task 4 - View the Cloudflare Dashboards

You can view your dashboard in the [Graylog Cloudflare integration page](https://go.graylog.com/cloudflare). The dashboards include:

### Cloudflare - Snapshot

This is an at-a-glance overview of the most important metrics from your websites and applications on the Cloudflare network. You can use dashboard filters to further slice and dice the information for granular analysis of events and trends.

Use this dashboard to:

* Monitor the most important web traffic metrics of your websites and applications on the Cloudflare network
* View which countries and IPs your traffic is coming from, and analyze the breakdown between mobile and desktop traffic, protocol, methods, and content types

![Visualizing Cloudflare log metrics in the Graylog dashboard](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/dashboards/snapshot-cloudflare-dashboard-graylog.png)

### Cloudflare - Security

This overview provides insights into threats to your websites and applications, including number of threats stopped,threats over time, top threat countries, and more.

Use this dashboard to:

* Monitor the most important security and threat metrics for your websites and applications
* Fine-tune and configure your IP firewall

![Visualizing an analysis of Cloudflare threat traffic in the Graylog dashboard](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/dashboards/security-cloudflare-dashboard-graylog.png)

### Cloudflare - Performance

This dashboard helps to identify and address performance issues and caching misconfigurations. Metrics include total vs. cached bandwidth, saved bandwidth, total requests, cache ratio, top uncached requests, and more.

Use this dashboard to:

* Monitor caching behavior and identify misconfigurations
* Improve configuration and caching ratio

![Visualizing Cloudflare Performance metrics in the Graylog dashboard](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/dashboards/performance-cloudflare-dashboard-graylog.png)

### Cloudflare - Reliability

This dashboard provides insights on the availability of your websites and applications. Metrics include origin response error ratio, origin response status over time, percentage of 3xx/4xx/5xx errors over time, and more.

Use this dashboard to:

* Investigate errors on your websites and applications by viewing edge and origin response status codes
* Further analyze errors based on status codes by countries, client IPs, hostnames, and other metrics

![Graylog dashboard Cloudflare Reliability](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/dashboards/reliability-cloudflare-dashboard-graylog.png)

### Cloudflare - Bots

Use this dashboard to detect and mitigate bad bots so that you can prevent credential stuffing, spam registration, content scraping, click fraud, inventory hoarding, and other malicious activities.

:::note[Note]


To get bot requests identified correctly, use only one WAF custom rule (or firewall rule), configured with the action *Interactive Challenge*. To learn more about custom rules, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/custom-rules/).


:::

Use this dashboard to:

* Investigate bot activity on your website and prevent content scraping, checkout fraud, spam registration, and other malicious activities.
* Use insight to tune Cloudflare to prevent bots from excessive usage and abuse across websites, applications, and API endpoints.

![Graylog dashboard Cloudflare Bot Management](~/assets/images/fundamentals/graylog/dashboards/bot-management-cloudflare-dashboard-graylog.png)

---

# Analytics integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Enterprise customers can use Cloudflare integrations with their preferred analytics provider and configure ready-to-use Cloudflare Dashboards. Most analytics integrations are built on Cloudflare Logs by using Logpush with either Amazon S3 bucket or GCP Storage bucket.

Analyze [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/) data with the following analytics platforms:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Looker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/looker/

This tutorial explains how to analyze [Cloudflare Logs](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-logs/) using the [Cloudflare Log Analytics for Looker](https://looker.com/platform/blocks/source/cloudflare-log-analytics).

## Overview

If you have not used Cloudflare Logs before, refer to the [Logs documentation](/logs/) for more details. Contact your Cloudflare Customer Account Team to enable logs for your account.

This tutorial uses Cloudflare Logpush to send logs to [Google Cloud Storage Bucket and Cloud Function](/analytics/analytics-integrations/google-cloud/) and then import them into Google Big Query.

### Prerequisites

Before sending your Cloudflare log data to Looker, make sure that you:

* Have an existing Looker account
* Have a Cloudflare Enterprise account with Cloudflare Logs enabled
* Configure [Logpush](/logs/about/) or [Logpull](/logs/logpull/)
* Load your data in a [database supported by Looker](https://looker.com/solutions/other-databases)

:::note[Note]


Cloudflare logs are HTTP/HTTPS request logs in JSON format and are gathered from our 200+ data centers globally. By default, timestamps are returned as Unix nanosecond integers. We recommend using the RFC 3339 format for sending logs to Looker.


:::

## Task 1 - Connect your Database to Looker

Looker connects to a database in order to query the data. In this tutorial, we use Google Big Query as an example. Learn [how to connect Google BigQuery to Looker](https://docs.looker.com/setup-and-management/database-config/google-bigquery#create_a_temporary_dataset_for_persistent_derived_tables).

Once you load Cloudflare logs into your database, [connect the database to Looker](https://docs.looker.com/setup-and-management/connecting-to-db).

## Task 2 - Create a new LookML project from the public Git repository

To create your new LookML project:

1. Log in to your Looker account.

2. In the menu bar, click **Develop** and make sure **Development Mode** is set to *ON*.

3. Next, also under **Develop**, click **Manage LookML Projects**.

4. At the top right of the LookML Projects page, click **New LookML Project**.

5. In the **New Project** dialog, enter a project name.

6. For **Starting Point**, choose \*Clone Public Git Repository\*\*.\*\*\*

7. Enter the *cloudflare\_block* URL for the public Git repository `git://github.com/llooker/cloudflare_block.git`.

8. Click **Create Project**. Looker will pull all of the repository files into a new LookML project.

9. Next, open the project.

10. Click **Deploy from Remote** to pull all remote changes into your local version of the repository.
    ![LookML projects page highlighting Develop menu and Manage LookML Projects and New LookML Project options](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/screenshots/develop-look-ml-project.png)

## Task 3 - Update the connection name

To update the connection name in the LookML files:

1. In your LookML **cloudflare\_looker** model file, replace the **connection** name with yours, for example:
   `connection: "bigquery_lpr"`.

2. Check if any table names need to be updated to your database connection names as well. If you decide to rename the filenames for explore, model name, and view, make sure to update all mentions within the other files. Otherwise, you might encounter errors.

## Task 4 - View the Dashboards

In the main menu, click **Browse** and select **LookML Dashboards**. You should see all the Cloudflare dashboards that were pulled from GitHub.

### About the Dashboards

There are five dashboards to help you analyze Cloudflare logs. You can also use filters within the dashboards to help narrow the analysis by date and time, device type, country, user agent, client IP, hostname, and more.

#### Snapshot

This is a quick overview of the most important metrics from your Cloudflare logs, including total number of requests, top visitors by country, client IP, user agent, traffic type, total number of threats, and bandwidth usage.

![Looker dashboard highlighting Cloudflare metrics including Web Traffic Overview and Web Traffic Types](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/dashboards/snapshot-cloudflare-dashboard-looker.png)

#### Security

This dashboard provides insights on threat identification and mitigation through our Web Application Firewall (WAF) and IP Firewall. Metrics include total threats stopped, threat traffic source, blocked IPs, and user agents, top threat requests, WAF events (SQL injections, XSS, etc.), and rate limiting. Use this data to fine tune the firewall to target obvious threats and prevent false positives.

![Looker dashboard highlighting Cloudflare metrics including Threats and Threats Over time](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/dashboards/security-cloudflare-dashboard-looker.png)

#### Performance

This dashboard helps you identify and address issues like slow pages and caching misconfigurations. Metrics include total vs. cached bandwidth, cache ratio, top uncached requests, static vs. dynamic content, slowest URIs, and more.

![Looker dashboard highlighting Cloudflare metrics including Requests, Bandwidth, and Cache](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/dashboards/performance-cloudflare-dashboard-looker.png)

#### Reliability

This dashboard provides insights on the availability of your websites and applications. Metrics include origin response error ratio, origin response status over time, percentage of 3xx/4xx/5xx errors over time, and more.

![Looker dashboard highlighting Cloudflare metrics including Edge and Origin Response Status Over time and Error Ratios](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/dashboards/reliability-cloudflare-dashboard-looker.png)

#### Bot Management

This dashboard allows to reliably detect and mitigate bad bots to prevent credential stuffing, spam registration, content scraping, click fraud, inventory hoarding, and other malicious activities. Use these insights to tune Cloudflare and prevent bots from excessive usage and abuse across websites, applications, and API endpoints.

![Looker dashboard highlighting Cloudflare metrics including Global Traffic, False Detected Bots, and Bad Bots](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/dashboards/bot-management-cloudflare-dashboard-looker.png)

### Filters

All dashboard have a set of filters that you can apply to the entire dashboard, as shown in the following example. The filters apply across the entire dashboard.

![List of the available filters from the Looker dashboard](~/assets/images/fundamentals/looker/screenshots/cloudflare-looker-dashboard-filters.png)

The default time interval is set to 24 hours. Note that for correct calculations, by default, filters exclude Worker subrequests (**WorkerSubrequest** = *false*) and purge requests (**ClientRequestMethod** is not *PURGE*).

Available Filters:

* Date (EdgeStartTimestamp)

* Device type

* Country

* Client IP

* Hostname

* Request URI

* Origin Response Status

* Edge response status

* Origin IP

* User Agent

* RayID

* Worker Subrequest

* Client Request Method

With the following pre-set filter values in the Looker dashboards all workers subrequests and client request method PURGE are excluded from the calculations:

* **WorkerSubrequet** set to value *False*

* **ClientRequestMethod** doesn’t equal to *PURGE*

You can always adjust your default filters values according to your needs.

---

# New Relic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/new-relic/

This tutorial explains how to analyze Cloudflare metrics using the [New Relic One Cloudflare Quickstart](https://newrelic.com/instant-observability/cloudflare/fc2bb0ac-6622-43c6-8c1f-6a4c26ab5434).

## Prerequisites

Before sending your Cloudflare log data to New Relic, make sure that you:

* Have a Cloudflare Enterprise account with Cloudflare Logs enabled.
* Have a New Relic account.
* Configure [Logpush to New Relic](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/new-relic/).

## Task 1 - Install the Cloudflare Network Logs quickstart

1. Log in to New Relic.
2. Click the Instant Observability button (top right).
3. Search for **Cloudflare Network Logs**.

![Cloudflare Network Logs install screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/new-relic/screenshots/cloudflare-network-logs.png)

4. Click **Install this quickstart**.
5. Follow the steps to deploy.

## Task 2 - View the Cloudflare Dashboards

You can view your dashboards on the New Relic dashboard page. The dashboards include the following information:

### Overview

Get a quick overview of the most important metrics from your websites and applications on the Cloudflare network.

![Cloudflare Network Logs install screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/new-relic/dashboard/dash-1.png)

### Security

Get insights on threats to your websites and applications, including number of threats taken action on by the Web Application Firewall (WAF), threats over time, top threat countries, and more.

![Cloudflare Network security metrics screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/new-relic/dashboard/dash-2.png)

### Performance

Identify and address performance issues and caching misconfigurations. Metrics include total requests, total versus cached requests, total versus origin requests.

![Cloudflare Network Logs performance metrics screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/new-relic/dashboard/dash-3.png)

### Reliability

Get insights on the availability of your websites and Applications. Metrics include, edge response status over time, percentage of `3xx`/`4xx`/`5xx` errors over time, and more.

![Cloudflare Network Logs reliability metrics screen](~/assets/images/fundamentals/new-relic/dashboard/dash-4.png)

---

# Sentinel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/sentinel/

Microsoft has developed a Cloudflare connector that allows their customers to integrate [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/) with Microsoft Sentinel.

## How it works

[Logpush](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/azure/) sends logs from Cloudflare to Azure Blob Storage. From there, the Cloudflare connector, a Microsoft function, ingests these logs into Azure Log Analytics Workspace, making them available for monitoring and analysis in Microsoft Sentinel.

![Sentinel integrations steps](~/assets/images/analytics/sentinel-diagram.png)

For more details, refer to the Microsoft documentation [Cloudflare connector for Microsoft Sentinel](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sentinel/data-connectors/cloudflare).

---

# Splunk

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-integrations/splunk/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This tutorial explains how to analyze [Cloudflare Logs](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-logs/) using the [Cloudflare App for Splunk](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4501/).

## Prerequisites

Before sending your Cloudflare log data to Splunk, ensure that you:

* Have an existing Splunk Enterprise or Cloud account
* Have a Cloudflare Enterprise account
* Consult the [Splunk documentation](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4501/) for the Cloudflare App

## Task 1 - Install and Configure the Cloudflare App for Splunk

To install the [Cloudflare App for Splunk](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4501/):

1. Log in to your Splunk instance.
2. Under **Apps** > **Find More Apps**, search for *Cloudflare App for Splunk.*
3. Click **Install**.

![Splunk website with Apps menu expanded and Search & Reporting menu item along with Cloudflare App for Splunk](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/screenshots/splunk-cloudflare-app-for-splunk.png)

4. Restart and reopen your Splunk instance.

5. Edit the `cloudflare:json` source type in the Cloudflare App for Splunk. To edit the source type:

   1. Click the **Settings** dropdown and select **Source types**.
   2. Uncheck **Show only popular** and search for *cloudflare*.
   3. Click **Edit** and change the Regex expression to `([\r\n]+)`.
   4. Save your edits.

6. Create an index on Splunk to store the HTTP Event logs. To create an index:

   1. Open the setup screen by clicking the **Settings** dropdown, then click **Indexes**.
   2. Select **New Index**. Note that the **Indexes** page also gives you the status of all your existing indexes so that you can see whether you're about to use up your licensed amount of space.
   3. Name the index **cloudflare**, which is the default index that the Cloudflare App will use.

7. Set up the HTTP Event Collector (HEC) on Splunk. To create an HEC:

   1. Click the **Settings** dropdown and select **Data inputs**.
   2. Click **+Add new** and follow the wizard. When prompted, submit the following responses:
      * Name: Cloudflare
      * Source Type: Select > "cloudflare:json"
      * App Context: Cloudflare App for Splunk (cloudflare)
      * Index: cloudflare
   3. At the end of the wizard you will see a **Token Value**. This token authorizes the Cloudflare Logpush job to send data to your Splunk instance. If you forget to copy it now, Splunk allows you to get the value at any time.

8. Verify whether Splunk is using a self-signed certificate. You'll need this information when creating the Logpush job.

9. Determine the endpoint to use to send the data to. The endpoint should be:

```sql
"<protocol>://input-<host>:<port>/<endpoint>" or "<protocol>://http-inputs-<host>:<port>/<endpoint>"
```

Where:

* `protocol`: HTTP or HTTPS
* `input`: `input` or `http-inputs` based on whether you have a self-service or managed cloud plan
* `host`: The hostname of your Splunk instance. The easiest way to determine the hostname is to look at the URL you went to when you logged in to Splunk.
* `port`: 443 or 8088
* `endpoint`: services/collector/raw

For example: `https://prd-p-0qk3h.splunkcloud.com:8088/services/collector/raw`. Refer to the [Splunk Documentation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector) for more details and examples.

**Post Installation Notes**

You can change the **Index Name** after the initial configuration by clicking on the **Settings** dropdown and navigating to **Advance search**. There you can select **Search macros** and look for the Cloudflare App for Splunk.

![Splunk interface highlighting Apps menu and Manage Apps option along with Enable Acceleration checkbox](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/screenshots/splunk-settings-advanced-search-search-macros.png)

The Cloudflare App for Splunk comes with a custom Cloudflare Data Model that has an acceleration time frame of 1 day but is not accelerated by default. If you enable [Data Model acceleration](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Acceleratedatamodels), we recommend that the Data Model is only accelerated for 1 or 7 days to ensure there are no adverse effects within your Splunk environment.

Enable or disable acceleration after the initial configuration by accessing the app Set up page by clicking the **Apps** dropdown, then **Manage Apps** > **Cloudflare Set Up**.

![Splunk Advanced Search page highlighted Search macros and Advanced search](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/screenshots/splunk-apps-manage-apps-cloudflare-set-up-enable-data-model-acceleration.png)

You can also manually configure Data Models by going to **Settings** > **Data models**. Learn more about data model acceleration in the [Splunk documentation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Knowledge/Acceleratedatamodels).

## Task 2 - Make the API call to create the Logpush job

Create the Logpush job by following the instructions on [Enable Logpush to Splunk](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/splunk/). The API call creates a Logpush job but does not enable it.

Enable the Logpush job through the Cloudflare dashboard or through the API by following the instructions on [Enable Logpush to Splunk](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/splunk/). To enable through the dashboard:

1. Navigate to the Cloudflare dashboard and select **Analytics & Logs** > **Logs**.
2. Select **Edit** and select the fields referenced in the Dashboard section below to fully populate all tables and graphs.
3. Enable the Logpush job by toggling on the switch next to the Edit link. Data takes a few minutes to populate.

To validate that you are receiving data, search `index=cloudflare` in Splunk.

## Task 3 - View the Dashboards

You can analyze Cloudflare logs with the thirteen (13) dashboards listed below.

You can use filters within these dashboards to help narrow the analysis by date and time, device type, country, user agent, client IP, hostname, and more to further help with debugging and tracing.

### About the Dashboards

The following dashboards outlined below are available as part of the Cloudflare App for Splunk.

#### Cloudflare - Snapshot

*Web Traffic Overview* and *Web Traffic Types*: Get an overview of the most important metrics from your websites and applications on the Cloudflare network.
![Splunk dashboard with Web Traffic Overview metrics](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-snapshot-dashboard.png)

#### Cloudflare - Reliability

*Summary* and *Detailed*: Get insights on the availability of your websites and applications. Metrics include origin response error ratio, origin response status over time, percentage of 3xx/4xx/5xx errors over time, and more.
![Splunk dashboard with a high level summary of Reliability metrics](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-reliability-summary-dashboard.png)

![Splunk dashboard with a detailed summary of Reliability metrics](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-reliability-detailed-dashboard.png)

#### Cloudflare - Security

*Overview*: Get insights on threats to your websites and applications, including number of threats stopped, threats over time, top threat countries, and more.
![Splunk dashboard with an overview of Security metrics](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-security-overview.png)

*WAF*: Get insights on threat identification and mitigation by our Web Application Firewall, including events like SQL injections, XSS, and more. Use this data to fine tune the firewall to target obvious threats and prevent false positives.
![Splunk dashboard with an overview of Security metrics for WAF](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-security-waf-dashboard.png)

*Rate Limiting*: Get insights on rate limiting protection against denial-of-service attacks, brute-force login attempts, and other types of abusive behavior targeted at your websites or applications.
![Splunk dashboard with an overview of Security metrics for Rate Limiting](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-security-rate-limiting-dashboard.png)

*Bots Summary* and *Bots Detailed*: Investigate bot activity on your website to prevent content scraping, checkout fraud, spam registration and other malicious activities.
![Splunk dashboard with a high level summary of Security metrics for Bots](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-security-bot-summary-dashboard.png)

![Splunk dashboard with a detailed summary of Security metrics for Bots](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-security-bots-detailed-dashboard.png)

#### Cloudflare - Performance

*Requests and Cache* and *Bandwidth*: Identify and address performance issues and caching misconfigurations. Metrics include total vs. cached bandwidth, saved bandwidth, total requests, cache ratio, top uncached requests, and more.
![Splunk dashboard with Performance metrics for Requests and Cache](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-performance-requests-and-cache-dashboard.png)

![Splunk dashboard with Performance metrics for Bandwidth](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-performance-bandwidth-dashboard.png)

*Hostname, Content Type, Request Methods, Connection Type*: Get insights into your most popular hostnames, most requested content types, breakdown of request methods, and connection type.

![Splunk dashboard with Cloudflare Performance metrics including for Hostname, Content Type, Request Methods, Connection Type](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-performance-hostname-dashboard.png)

*Static vs. Dynamic Content*: Get insights into the performance of your static and dynamic content, including slowest URLs.
![Splunk dashboard with Cloudflare Performance metrics for Static vs. Dynamic Content](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/dashboards/splunk-cloudflare-performance-static-vs-dynamic-dashboard.png)

### Filters

All dashboard have a set of filters that you can apply to the entire dashboard, as shown in the following example. Filters are applied across the entire dashboard.

![Available dashboard filters from the Splunk dashboard](~/assets/images/fundamentals/splunk/screenshots/splunk-filters.png)

You can use filters to drill down and examine the data at a granular level. Filters include client country, client device type, client IP, client request host, client request URI, client request user agent, edge response status, origin IP, and origin response status.

The default time interval is set to 24 hours. Note that for correct calculations filter will need to exclude Worker subrequests (**WorkerSubrequest** = *false*) and purge requests (**ClientRequestMethod** is not *PURGE*).

Available Filters:

* Time Range (EdgeStartTimestamp)

* Client Country

* Client Device type

* Client IP

* Client Request Host

* Client Request URI

* Client Request User Agent

* Edge response status

* Origin IP

* Origin Response Status

* RayID

* Worker Subrequest

* Client Request Method

## Debugging tips

### Incomplete dashboards

The Splunk Cloudflare App relies on data from the Cloudflare Enterprise Logs fields outlined below. Depending on which fields you have enabled, certain dashboards might not populate fully.

If that is the case, verify and test the Cloudflare App filters below each dashboard (these filters are the same across all dashboards). You can delete any filters that you do not need, even if such filters include data fields already contained in your logs.

Also, you could compare the list of fields you are getting in Cloudflare Logs with the fields listed in **Splunk** > **Settings** > **Data Model** > **Cloudflare**.

The available fields are:

* CacheCacheStatus

* CacheResponseBytes

* CacheResponseStatus

* ClientASN

* ClientCountry

* ClientDeviceType

* ClientIP

* ClientIPClass

* ClientRequestBytes

* ClientRequestHost

* ClientRequestMethod

* ClientRequestPath

* ClientRequestProtocol

* ClientRequestReferer

* ClientRequestURI

* ClientRequestUserAgent

* ClientSSLCipher

* ClientSSLProtocol

* ClientSrcPort

* EdgeColoCode

* EdgeColoID

* EdgeEndTimestamp

* EdgePathingOp

* EdgePathingSrc

* EdgePathingStatus

* EdgeRequestHost

* EdgeResponseBytes

* EdgeResponseContentType

* EdgeResponseStatus

* EdgeServerIP

* EdgeStartTimestamp

* OriginIP

* OriginResponseStatus

* OriginResponseTime

* OriginSSLProtocol

* RayID

* SecurityAction

* SecurityActions

* SecurityRuleDescription

* SecurityRuleID

* SecurityRuleIDs

* SecuritySources

* WAFFlags

* WAFMatchedVar

* WorkerSubrequest

* ZoneID

---

# About Cloudflare Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/faq/about-analytics/

In an effort to make analytics an ubiquitous component of all Cloudflare's products, Cloudflare has implemented, and continues to evolve, several ways in which customers can access and gain insights from Internet properties on Cloudflare.

You can access root-level analytics that give you an overview of metadata related to your Cloudflare account, analytics related to specific properties and products, and the GraphQL API that gives you more control over how you visualize the analytics and log information available on the Cloudflare dashboard.

Refer to [Types of analytics](/analytics/types-of-analytics/) for more information regarding this subject.

## How Cloudflare captures and processes analytics data

The underlying datasets that Cloudflare Analytics captures and processes share the following characteristics:

* All metrics reflect traffic proxied through the Cloudflare network (also known as orange-clouded), as configured via DNS records in the Cloudflare DNS app. Note that for a [CNAME setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), Cloudflare is unable to offer DNS metrics.
* Cloudflare does not count traffic for unproxied DNS records. However, if your site is not proxied through Cloudflare but Cloudflare is your authoritative DNS server, then we are able to collect DNS metrics.
* Cloudflare can only proxy information for traffic targeting [specific ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/).
* In determining the originating country, Cloudflare uses the IP address associated with each request. Learn about [Configuring Cloudflare IP Geolocation](/network/ip-geolocation/).

## Apparent data discrepancies

It is possible that your Cloudflare metrics do not fully align with data for the same site as reported by other analytics sources, such as Google Analytics and web server logs.

Once Cloudflare identifies a unique IP address for a request, we identify such request as a visit. Therefore, the number of visitors Cloudflare Analytics shows is probably higher than what other analytics services may report.

For example, Google Analytics and other web-based analytics programs use JavaScript on the web browser to track visitors. As a result, Google Analytics does not record threats, bots, and automated crawlers because those requests typically do not trigger JavaScript. Also, these services do not track visitors who disable JavaScript on their browser or who leave a page before it fully loads.

Finally, it is likely that unique visitor data from the Cloudflare Analytics app is greater than your search analytics unique pageviews. This is because pageviews reflect when someone visits a page via a web browser and loads the entire page. However, when another site or service like a bot, plugin, or API is consuming partial content from your site (but not loading a full page), this counts as a unique visitor in Cloudflare and not as a pageview.

## About missing metrics

You may not be seeing metrics on Cloudflare Analytics for the following reasons:

* You only recently signed up for Cloudflare. Metrics are delayed 24 hours for domains on a free Cloudflare plan.
* If you signed up directly with Cloudflare, your nameservers might not be pointing to Cloudflare at your registrar just yet. Registrars can take 24-72 hours to update their nameservers. Metrics will not start gathering until we detect the nameservers pointing to Cloudflare.
* If you signed up through a Cloudflare [hosting partner option](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/), something might not be configured correctly. Contact the hosting partner for support.
* Some browser extensions designed to block ads may prevent analytics from loading. To address this issue, disable the ad block extension or allow `cloudflare.com` on it.

:::note
Activations through a hosting partner works via a [CNAME setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) on the `www` record. If most of your traffic actually goes to `domain.com`, [forward your traffic](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) from `domain.com` to `www.domain.com`.
:::

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/faq/

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Visit the following pages for commonly asked questions:

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---

# Other FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/faq/other-faqs/

## Why do I see a large amount of traffic from CLOUDFLARENET ASN 13335 in Analytics? Does this indicate a DDoS attack?

There is a number of different types of traffic which may originate from **CLOUDFLARENET ASN 13335**; just because there is a lot of traffic from this AS, it likely does not indicate a DDoS attack.

Some sources of traffic from ASN13335 include:

* [Workers subrequests](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/)
* [WARP](/warp-client/known-issues-and-faq/#does-warp-reveal-my-ip-address-to-websites-i-visit)
* [iCloud Private Relay](https://blog.cloudflare.com/icloud-private-relay/) (For reference, iCloud Private Relay’s egress IP addresses are available in this [CSV form](https://mask-api.icloud.com/egress-ip-ranges.csv))
* [Cloudflare Privacy Proxy](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-privacy-into-internet-standards-and-how-to-make-your-app-more-private-today/)
* Other Cloudflare features like [Health Checks](/health-checks/)

---

# Error responses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/errors/

The GraphQL Analytics API is a RESTful API based on HTTPS requests and JSON responses, and will return familiar HTTP status codes (for example, `404`, `500`, `504`). However, in contrast to the common REST approach, a `200` response can contain an error, conforming to the [GraphQL specification](https://graphql.github.io/graphql-spec/June2018/#sec-Errors).

All responses contain an `errors` array, which will be `null` if there are no errors, and include at least one error object if there was an error. Non-null error objects will contain the following fields:

* `message`: a string describing the error.
* `path`: the nodes associated with the error, starting from the root. Note that the number included in the path array, for example, `0` or `1`, specifies to which zone the error applies; `0` indicates the first zone in the list (or only zone, if only one is being queried).
* `timestamp`: UTC datetime when the error occurred.

## Example

```json
{
  "data": null,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "cannot request data older than 2678400s",
      "path": ["viewer", "zones", "0", "firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups"],
      "extensions": {
        "timestamp": "2019-12-09T21:27:19.195060142Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

## Common error types

### Dataset accessibility limits (entitlements) exceeded

Sample error messages:

* "cannot request data older than..."
* "number of fields cannot be more than..."

These messages indicate that the query exceeds what is allowed for the particular dataset under your plan. Refer to [Node limits](/analytics/graphql-api/limits/#node-limits-and-availability) for details.

### Parsing issues

Sample error messages:

* "error parsing args..."
* "scalar fields must have not selections"

These messages indicate that the query cannot be processed because it is malformed.

### Rate limits exceeded

Sample error messages:

* "limit reached, please try reduced time period"
* "quota exceeded, please repeat your request in the next minute"
* "rate limiter budget depleted, try again after 5 minutes"

Refer to the [Limits](/analytics/graphql-api/limits/) section for more details about rate limits.

---

# Workers Analytics Engine FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/faq/wae-faqs/

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions.

## Sampling

### Could I just use many unique index values to get better unique counts?

No, adding a large number of index values does not come without drawbacks. The tradeoff is that reading across many indices is slow.

In practice, due to how ABR works, reading from many indices in one query will result in low-resolution data – possibly unusably low.

On the other hand, if you pick a good index that aligns with how you read the data, your queries will run faster and you will get higher resolution results.

### What if I need to index on multiple values?


It is possible to concatenate multiple values in your index field. So if you want to index on user ID and hostname, you can write, for example `"$userID:$hostname"` into your index field.

Note that, based on your query pattern, it may make sense to write the same dataset with different indices. It is a common misconception that one should avoid "double-writing" data.

Thanks to sampling, the cost of writing data multiple times can be relatively low. However, reading data inefficiently can result in significant expenses or low-quality results due to sampling.


### How do I know if my data is sampled?

You can use the `_sample_interval` field — again, note that this does not tell you if the results are accurate.

You can tell when data is sampled at read time because sample intervals will be multiples of powers of 10, for example `20` or `700`. There is no hard and fast rule for when sampling starts at read time, but in practice reading longer periods (or more index values) will result in a higher sample interval.


### Why is data missing?


Sampling is based largely on the choice of index, as well as other factors like the time range queried and number of indices read. If you are reading from a larger index over a longer time period, and have filtered to a relatively small subgroup within that index, it may not be present due to sampling.

If you need to read accurate results for that subgroup, we suggest that you add that field to your index (refer to [What if I need to index on multiple values](/analytics/faq/wae-faqs/#what-if-i-need-to-index-on-multiple-values)).


### Can I trust sampled data? Are my results accurate?

Sampled data is highly reliable, particularly when a carefully selected index is used.

Admittedly, it is difficult at present to prove that the results returned by ABR queries are within a certain error bound. As a rule of thumb, it is good to check the number of rows read by using count() — think of this like the count of pixels in your image. A higher number of rows read will result in more accurate results. (The flipside is that the `_sample_interval` field does not tell you very much about whether your results are accurate). If you are extrapolating from only one or two rows, it is unlikely you have a representative result; if you are extrapolating from thousands of rows, it is very likely that your results are quite accurate.

In the near future, we plan to expose the [margin of error](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margin_of_error) along with query results so that you can see precisely how accurate your results are.

### How are bursts handled?

Equitable sampling exists both to normalize differences between groups, and also to handle large spikes of traffic to a given index. Equalization happens every few seconds; if you are writing many events very close in time, then it is expected that they will be sampled at write time.  The sample interval for a given index will vary from moment to moment, based on the current rate of data being written.

### How much traffic will trigger sampling?

There is no fixed rule determining when sampling will be triggered.

We have observed that for workloads like our global CDN, which distribute load around our network, each index value needs about 100 data points per second before sampling is noticeable at all.

Depending on your workload and how you use Workers Analytics Engine, sampling may start at a higher or lower threshold than this. For example, if you are writing out many data points from a single worker execution, it is more likely that your data will be sampled.

---

# GraphQL Analytics API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/

The GraphQL Analytics API provides data regarding HTTP requests passing through Cloudflare’s network, as well as data from specific products, such as Firewall or Load Balancing. Network Analytics users also have access to packet-level data. Use the GraphQL Analytics API to select specific datasets and metrics of interest, filter and aggregate the data along various dimensions, and integrate the results with other applications.

The basis of the API is the [GraphQL framework](https://graphql.org/), created and open-sourced by Facebook. There is an active developer community for GraphQL and powerful clients for running queries, which makes it easy to get started. GraphQL is especially useful for building visualizations and powers the analytics in the Cloudflare dashboard.

GraphQL models a business domain as a graph using a schema. In the schema, there are logical definitions for different types of nodes and their connections (edges). These nodes are the datasets you use for your analytics. You write queries in GraphQL much like in SQL: you specify the dataset (table), the metrics to retrieve (such as requests and bytes), and filter or group by dimensions (for example, a time period).

GraphQL differs from a traditional API: it has one single endpoint:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql
```

You pass the query parameters as a JSON object in the payload of a `POST` request to this endpoint.

You can use `curl` to make requests to the GraphQL Analytics API. Alternatively, you can use a GraphQL client to construct queries and pass requests to the GraphQL Analytics API.

## Clients

We are using [GraphiQL](https://github.com/skevy/graphiql-app) for our example GraphQL queries. There are many other popular open-source clients that you can find online, such as [Altair](https://altair.sirmuel.design) and [Insomnia](https://insomnia.rest).

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/limits/

Cloudflare GraphQL API exposes more than 70 datasets representing products with
different configurations and data availability for different zones and accounts
plans.

To support this variety of products, Cloudflare GraphQL API has three layers of
limits:

* global limits
* user limits
* node (dataset) limits

## Global limits

These limits are applied to every query for every plan:

* A zone-scoped query can include up to **10 zones**
* An account-scoped query can include only **1 account**

Additionally, there is a limited number of queries you can make per request. The total number of queries in a request is equal to the number of zone/account scopes, multiplied by the number of nodes to which they are applied.

## User limits

Cloudflare GraphQL API limits the number of GraphQL requests each user can send.
The default quota is **300 GraphQL queries over 5-minute window**. It allows a
user to run at least **1 query every second** or do a burst of 300 queries and
then wait 5 minutes before issuing another query.

That rate limit is applied in addition to the [general rate limits enforced by
the Cloudflare API](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/).

## Node limits and availability

Each data node has its limits, such as:

* how far back in time can data be requested,
* the maximum time period (in seconds) that can be requested in one query,
* the maximum number of fields that can be requested in one query,
* the maximum number of records that can be returned in one query.

Node limits are tied to requested `zoneTag` or `accountTag`. Larger plans have
access to a greater selection of datasets and can query over broader historical
intervals.

To get exact boundaries and availability for your zone(s) or account, please
refer to [settings][1].

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/settings/

---

# Sampling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/sampling/

## Overview

In a small number of cases, the analytics provided on the Cloudflare dashboard and GraphQL Analytics API are based on a **sample** — a subset of the dataset. In these cases, Cloudflare Analytics returns an estimate derived from the sampled value. For example, suppose that during an attack the sampling rate is 10% and 5,000 events are sampled. Cloudflare will estimate 50,000 total events (5,000 × 10) and report this value in Analytics.

## Sampled datasets

Cloudflare GraphQL API exposes datasets that powered by adaptive sampling. These
nodes have **Adaptive** in the name and can be discovered through
[introspection][1].

The presence of sampled data is also called out in the Cloudflare dashboard and
in the description of the dataset in the API.

## Why sampling is applied

Analytics is designed to provide requested data, at the appropriate level of detail, as quickly as possible. Sampling allows Cloudflare to deliver analytics within seconds, even when datasets scale quickly and unpredictably, such as a burst of Firewall events generated during an attack. And because the volume of underlying data is large, the value estimated from the sample should still be statistically significant – meaning you can rely on sampled data with a high degree of confidence. Without sampling, it might take several minutes or longer to answer a query — a long time to wait when validating mitigation efforts.

## Types of sampling

### Adaptive sampling

Cloudflare almost always uses **adaptive sampling**, which means the sample rate fluctuates depending on the volume of data ingested or queried. If the number of records is relatively small, sampling is not used. However, as the volume of records grows larger, progressively lower sample rates are applied. Security Events (also known as Firewall Events) and the Security Event Log follow this model. Data nodes that use adaptive sampling are easy to identify by the `Adaptive` suffix in the node name, as in `firewallEventsAdaptive`.

### Fixed sampling

The following data nodes are based on fixed sampling, where the sample rate does not vary:



| Data set                                                                                                                                       |   Rate | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Firewall Rules Preview<br /><p><b>Nodes:</b><br />`firewallRulePreviewGroups`</p>                                                              |     1% | Use with caution. A 1% sample rate does not provide accurate estimates for datasets smaller than a certain threshold, a scenario the Cloudflare dashboard calls out explicitly but the API does not. |
| Network Analytics<br /><p><b>Nodes:</b><br />`ipFlows1mGroups`<br />`ipFlows1hGroups`<br />`ipFlows1dGroups`<br />`ipFlows1mAttacksGroups`</p> | 0.012% | Sampling rate is in terms of packet count (1 of every 8,192 packets).                                                                                                                                |



## Access to raw data

Because sampling is primarily adaptive and automatically adjusts to provide an accurate estimate, the sampling rate cannot be directly controlled. Enterprise customers have access to raw data via Cloudflare Logs.

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/get-started/

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## View the Network Analytics dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an account that has access to Magic Transit or Spectrum.

2. Go to Account Home > **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.

3. Configure the displayed data. You can [adjust the time range](/analytics/network-analytics/configure/time-range/), [select the main metric](/analytics/network-analytics/configure/displayed-data/#select-high-level-metric) (total packets or total bytes), [apply filters](/analytics/network-analytics/configure/displayed-data/#apply-filters), and more.

## Get Network Analytics data via API

Use the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) to query data using the available [Network Analytics nodes](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/).

## Send Network Analytics logs to a third-party service

[Create a Logpush job](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) that sends Network analytics logs to your storage service, <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM solution</GlossaryTooltip>, or log management provider.

---

# Network analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/

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Cloudflare Network Analytics (version 2) provides near real-time visibility into network and transport-layer traffic patterns and DDoS attacks. Network Analytics visualizes packet and bit-level data, the same data available via the Network Analytics dataset of the GraphQL Analytics API.

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For a technical deep-dive into Network Analytics, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-network-analytics-v2/).

## Remarks

* The Network Analytics logs refer to IP traffic of Magic Transit customer prefixes/leased IP addresses or Spectrum applications. These logs are not directly associated with the [zones](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones) in your Cloudflare account.

* The data retention for Network Analytics is 16 weeks. Additionally, data older than eight weeks might have lower resolution when using narrow time frames.

## Related resources

* [Cloudflare GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/)
* [Cloudflare Logpush](/logs/about/)
* [Migrating from Network Analytics v1 to Network Analytics v2](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/)
* [Cloudflare Network Analytics v1](/analytics/network-analytics/reference/network-analytics-v1/) <InlineBadge preset="deprecated" />

---

# Build developer portals

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/developer-portal/

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Once <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> are saved into Endpoint Management, API Shield doubles as an API catalog. API Shield can build an interactive documentation portal with the knowledge it has of your APIs, or you can upload a new OpenAPI schema file to build a documentation portal ad-hoc.

## Process

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Create a developer portal**, select **Create site**.
4. Upload an OpenAPI v3.0 schema file or choose to select an existing schema from API Shield.

  :::note

  If you do not have a schema to upload or to select from a pre-existing schema, export your Endpoint Management schema. For best results, include the learned parameters.

  Only <GlossaryTooltip term="API schema">API schemas</GlossaryTooltip> uploaded to Schema Validation 2.0 are available when selecting existing schemas 
  :::

5. Select **Download project files** to save a local copy of the files that will be uploaded to Cloudflare Pages. Downloading the project files can be helpful if you wish to modify the project in any way and then upload the new version manually to Pages.
6. Select **Create pages project** to begin project creation. A new Pages project will be automatically created and your API schema will be automatically uploaded to the project along with other supporting static content.
7. Select **Deploy site**.

### Custom domains

To create a vanity domain instead of using the pages.dev domain, refer to the [Pages custom domain documentation](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/).

## Availability

Building developer portals is available to all API Shield subscribers. This feature uses Cloudflare Pages to host the resulting portal. Refer to [Pages](/pages/) for any limitations of your current subscription plan.

## Limitations

This feature currently uses the open source [Redoc](https://github.com/Redocly/redoc) project from [Redocly](https://redocly.com/). For custom theme and branding options, visit the [Redoc GitHub repository](https://github.com/Redocly/redoc).

To modify the resulting page, download the project files before creating the Pages project. You can create a new Pages project with the modified files you have made to meet your branding guidelines.

---

# Endpoint labeling service

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/

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API Shield's labeling service will help you organize your endpoints and address vulnerabilities in your API. The labeling service comes with managed and user-defined labels.

Today, managed labels are useful for organizing endpoints by use case. In a future release, managed labels will automatically label endpoints by use case and those with informative or security risks, alerting you on endpoints that need attention.

User-defined labels can also be added to endpoints in API Shield by creating a label and adding it to an individual endpoint or multiple endpoints. User-defined labels will be useful for organizing your endpoints by owner, version, or type.

You can filter your endpoints based on the labels. 

## Managed labels

`cf-log-in`: Add this label to endpoints that accept user credentials. You may have multiple endpoints if you accept username, password, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) across multiple endpoints or requests.

`cf-sign-up`: Add this label to endpoints that are the final step in creating user accounts for your site or application.

`cf-content`: Add this label to endpoints that provide unique content, such as product details, user reviews, pricing, or other unique information.

`cf-purchase`: Add this label to endpoints that are the final step in purchasing goods or services online.

`cf-password-reset`: Add this label to endpoints that participate in the user password reset process. This includes initial password reset requests and final password reset submissions.

`cf-add-cart`: Add this label to endpoints that add items to a user's shopping cart or verify item availability.

`cf-add-payment`: Add this label to endpoints that accept credit card or bank account details where fraudsters may iterate through account numbers to guess valid combinations of payment information. 

`cf-check-value`: Add this label to endpoints that check the balance of rewards points, in-game currency, or other stored value products that can be earned, transferred, and redeemed for cash or physical goods.

`cf-add-post`: Add this label to endpoints that post messages in a communication forum, or product or merchant reviews.

`cf-account-update`: Add this label to endpoints that participate in user account or profile updates.

`cf-rss-feed`: Add this label to endpoints that expect traffic from RSS clients.

`cf-risk-missing-auth`: Automatically added when all successful requests lack a session identifier. Refer to the table below for more information.

`cf-risk-mixed-auth`: Automatically added when some successful requests contain a session identifier and some successful requests lack a session identifier. Refer to the table below for more information. 

`cf-risk-sensitive`: Cloudflare will automatically add this label to endpoints when HTTP responses match the WAF's [Sensitive Data Detection](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#sensitive-data-detection) ruleset.

:::note
Cloudflare will only add authentication labels to endpoints with successful response codes. Refer to the below table for more details.
:::

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## Create a label

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. 
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings** > **Labels**.
3. Under **Security labels**, select **Create label**.
4. Name the label and add an optional label description. 
5. Apply the label to your selected endpoints. 
6. Select **Create label**. 

Alternatively, you can create a user-defined label via Endpoint Management in API Shield. 

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. 
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings** > **Labels**.
3. Choose the endpoint that you want to label. 
4. Select **Edit labels**.
5. Under **User**, select **Create user label**. 
6. Enter the label name. 
7. Select **Create**. 

## Apply a label to an individual endpoint

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. 
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **Endpoint Management**.
3. Choose the endpoint that you want to label. 
4. Select **Edit labels**.
5. Add the label(s) that you want to use for the endpoint from the list of managed and user-defined labels. 
6. Select **Save labels**. 

## Bulk apply labels to multiple endpoints

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. 
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings** > **Labels**.
3. On the existing label that you want to apply to multiple endpoints, select **Bulk apply**. 
4. Choose the endpoints that you want to label by selecting its checkbox. 
5. Select **Save label**. 

## Availability

Endpoint Management's labeling service is currently available to Enterprise API Shield subscribers.

---

# Management and Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Plan } from "~/components"

<Plan type="all" />

Monitor the health of your <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">API endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> by saving, updating, and monitoring performance metrics using API Shield’s Endpoint Management.

**Add endpoints** allows customers to save endpoints directly from [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/) or manually by method, path, and host.

This will add the specified endpoints to your list of managed endpoints. You can view your list of saved endpoints in the **Endpoint Management** page.

Cloudflare will start collecting [performance data](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-performance-analysis) on your endpoint when you save an endpoint.

:::note

When an endpoint is using [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), the metrics data will not be populated. 
:::

## Access

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Add your endpoints [manually](#add-endpoints-manually), from [Schema Validation](#add-endpoints-from-schema-validation), or from [API Discovery](#add-endpoints-from-api-discovery).

## Add endpoints from API Discovery

There are two ways to add API endpoints from Discovery.

### Add from the Endpoint Management Tab

1. From Endpoint Management, select **Add endpoints** > **Select from Discovery** tab.
2. Select the discovered endpoints you would like to add.
3. Select **Add endpoints**.

### Add from the Discovery Tab

1. From Endpoint Management, select the **Discovery** tab.
2. Select the discovered endpoints you would like to add.
3. Select **Save selected endpoints**.

## Add endpoints from Schema Validation

1. Add a schema by [configuring Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/).
2. On **Review schema endpoints**, save new endpoints to endpoint management by checking the box.
3. Select **Save as draft** or **Save and Deploy**. Endpoints will be saved regardless of whether the Schema is saved as a draft or published.

API Shield will look for duplicate endpoints that have the same host, method, and path. Duplicate endpoints will not be saved to endpoint management.

:::note

If you deselect **Save new endpoints to endpoint management**, the endpoints will not be added. 
:::

## Add endpoints manually

1. From Endpoint Management, select **Add endpoints** > **Manually add**.
2. Choose the method from the dropdown menu and add the path and hostname for the endpoint.
3. Select **Add endpoints**.

:::note

By selecting multiple checkboxes, you can add several endpoints from Discovery at once instead of individually. 
:::

When adding an endpoint manually, you can specify variable fields in the path or host by enclosing them in braces, `/api/user/{var1}/details` or `{hostVar1}.example.com`. 

Cloudflare supports hostname variables in the following formats:

```txt

{hostVar1}.example.com

foo.{hostVar1}.example.com

{hostVar2}.{hostVar1}.example.com
```

Hostname variables must comprise the entire domain field and must not be used with other text in the field. 

The following format is not supported: 

```txt

foo-{hostVar1}.example.com
```

For more information on how Cloudflare uses variables in API Shield, refer to the examples from [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/).

## Delete endpoints manually

You can delete endpoints one at a time or in bulk.

1. From Endpoint Management, select the checkboxes for the endpoints that you want to delete.
2. Select **Delete endpoints**.

## Endpoint schema learning

Cloudflare learns schema parameters via traffic inspection. For all endpoints saved to Endpoint Management, you can export OpenAPI schemas in `v3.0.0` format by hostname. You can also include learned schema parameters.

To protect your API with a learned schema, refer to [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#add-validation-by-applying-a-learned-schema-to-an-entire-hostname).

### Export a schema

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Navigate to **Endpoint Management**.
4. Select **Export schema** and choose a hostname to export.
5. Select whether to include [learned parameters](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#learned-schemas-will-always-include) and [rate limit recommendations](/api-shield/security/volumetric-abuse-detection/)
6. Select **Export schema** and choose a location to save the file.

:::note

The schema is saved as a JSON file in OpenAPI `v3.0.0` format. 
:::

#### Learned schemas will always include:

- The listed hostname in the servers section
- All endpoints by host, method, and path
- Detected path variables

#### Learned schemas can optionally include:

- Detected query parameters and its format
- API Shield’s rate limit threshold recommendations

## Endpoint Analysis

For each saved endpoint, customers can view:

- **Request count**: The total number of requests to the endpoint over time.
- **Rate limiting recommendation**: per 10 minutes. This is guided by the request count.
- **Latency**: The average origin response time in milliseconds (ms). This metric shows how long it takes from the moment a visitor makes a request to the moment the visitor gets a response back from the origin.
- **Error rate** vs. overall traffic: grouped by 4xx, 5xx, and their sum.
- **Response size**: The average size of the response (in bytes) returned to the request.
- **Labels**: The current [labels](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/) assigned to the endpoint.
- **Authentication status**: The breakdown of which [session identifiers](/api-shield/get-started/#session-identifiers) were seen on successful requests to this endpoint.
- **Sequences**: The number of [Sequence Analytics](/api-shield/security/sequence-analytics/) sequences the endpoint was found in.

:::note

Customers viewing analytics have the ability to toggle detailed metrics view between the last 24 hours and 7 days. 
:::

## Using the Cloudflare API

You can interact with Endpoint Management through the Cloudflare API. Refer to [Endpoint Management’s API documentation](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/discovery/subresources/operations/methods/list/) for more information.

## Sensitive Data Detection

Sensitive data comprises various personally identifiable information and financial data. Cloudflare created this ruleset to address common data loss threats, and the WAF can search for this data in HTTP response bodies from your origin.

API Shield will alert users to the presence of sensitive data in the response body of API endpoints listed in Endpoint Management if the zone is also subscribed to the [Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/sensitive-data-detection/).

Sensitive Data Detection is available to Enterprise customers on our Advanced application security plan.

Once Sensitive Data Detection is enabled for your zone, API Shield queries firewall events from the WAF for the last seven days and places a notification icon on the Endpoint Management table row if there are any matched sensitive responses for your endpoint.

API Shield displays the types of sensitive data found if you expand the Endpoint Management table row to view further details. Select **Explore Events** to view the matched events in Security Events.

After Sensitive Data Detection is enabled for your zone, you can [browse the Sensitive Data Detection ruleset](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/data/ruleset/e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e/rules). The link will not work if Sensitive Data Detection is not enabled.

---

# Session identifiers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/session-identifiers/

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## To set up session identifiers

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---

# Classic Schema Validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/reference/classic-schema-validation/

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Use the **API Shield** interface to configure [API Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), which validates requests according to the <GlossaryTooltip term="API schema">API schema</GlossaryTooltip> you provide.

Before you can configure Schema Validation for an API, you must obtain an API Schema file matching our [specifications](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#specifications).

If you are in the Schema Validation 2.0, you can make changes to your settings but you cannot add any new Classic Schema Validation schemas.

:::note

This feature is only available for customers on an Enterprise plan. Contact your Cloudflare Customer Success Manager to get access. 
:::

## Create an API Shield with Schema Validation

To configure Schema Validation in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to **Schema Validation** and select **Add schema**.
4. Enter a descriptive name for your policy and optionally edit the expression to trigger Schema Validation. For example, if your API is available at `http://api.example.com/v1`, include a check for the *Hostname* field — equal to `api.example.com` — and a check for the *URI Path* field using a regular expression — matching the regex `^/v1`.
:::caution[Important]

To validate the hostname, you must include the *Hostname* field explicitly in the rule, even if the hostname value is in the schema file. Any hostname value present in the schema file will be ignored. 
:::
5. Select **Next**.
6. Upload your schema file.
7. Select **Save** to validate the content of the schema file and deploy the Schema Validation rule. If you get a validation error, ensure that you are using one of the [supported file formats](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/#specifications) and that each endpoint and method pair has a unique operation ID.

After deploying your API Shield rule, Cloudflare displays a summary of all <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">API endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> organized by their protection level and actions that will occur for non-compliant and unprotected requests.

1. In the **Endpoint action** dropdown, select an action for every request that targets a protected endpoint and fails Schema Validation.
2. In the **Fallthrough action** dropdown, select an action for every request that targets an unprotected endpoint.
3. Optionally, you can save the endpoints to Endpoint Management at the same time the Schema is saved by selecting **Save new endpoints to [endpoint management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/)**. Endpoints will be saved regardless of whether the Schema is saved as a draft or published live.
4. Select **Done**.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/reference/

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Refer to the following pages for more information about API Shield:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/reference/terraform/

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Get started with API Shield using Terraform from the examples below. For more information on how to use Terraform with Cloudflare, refer to the [Terraform documentation](/terraform/).

The following resources are available to configure through Terraform:

**Session identifiers**

- [`api_shield`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_shield) for configuring <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifiers</GlossaryTooltip> in API Shield.

**Endpoint Management**

- [`api_shield_operation`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_shield_operation) for configuring <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> in Endpoint Management.

**Schema Validation 2.0**

- [`api_shield_schema`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_shield_schema) for configuring a schema in [Schema Validation 2.0](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/).
- [`api_shield_schema_validation_settings`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_shield_schema_validation_settings) for configuring zone-level Schema Validation 2.0 settings.
- [`api_shield_operation_schema_validation_settings`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/api_shield_operation_schema_validation_settings) for configuring operation-level Schema Validation 2.0 settings.

## Manage API Shield session identifiers

Refer to the example configuration below to set up [session identifiers](/api-shield/get-started/#set-up-session-identifiers) on your zone.

```tf title="Example configuration"
resource "cloudflare_api_shield" "my_api_shield" {
  zone_id  = var.zone_id
  auth_id_characteristics {
    name = "authorization"
    type = "header"
  }
}
```

## Manage API Shield Endpoint Management

Refer to the example configuration below to [manage endpoints](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) on your zone.

```tf title="Example configuration"
resource "cloudflare_api_shield_operation" "get_image" {
  zone_id  = var.zone_id
  method   = "GET"
  host     = "example.com"
  endpoint = "/api/images/{var1}"
}
 
resource "cloudflare_api_shield_operation" "post_image" {
  zone_id  = var.zone_id
  method   = "POST"
  host     = "example.com"
  endpoint = "/api/images/{var1}"
}
```

## Manage Schema Validation 2.0

:::note

It is required to configure Endpoint Management if you want to set up Schema Validation 2.0 using Terraform. 
:::

Refer to the example configuration below to manage [Schema Validation 2.0](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/configure/) on your zone.

```tf title="Example configuration"
# Schema that should be used for schema validation 2.0
resource "cloudflare_api_shield_schema" "example_schema" {
  zone_id                   = var.zone_id
  name                      = "example-schema"
  kind                      = "openapi_v3"
  validation_enabled        = true
  source                    = file("./schemas/example-schema.json")
}
 
# Block all requests that violate schema by default
resource "cloudflare_api_shield_schema_validation_settings" "zone_level_settings" {
  zone_id                               = var.zone_id
  validation_default_mitigation_action  = "block"
}
 
# For endpoint post_image - only log requests that violate schema
resource "cloudflare_api_shield_operation_schema_validation_settings" "post_image_log_only" {
  zone_id           = var.zone_id
  operation_id      = cloudflare_api_shield_operation.post_image.id
  mitigation_action = "log"
}
```

---

# API Discovery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/api-discovery/

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Most development teams struggle to keep track of their APIs. Cloudflare API Discovery helps you map out and understand your attack surface area.

## Process

Cloudflare produces a simple, trustworthy map of <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">API endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> through a process of path normalization.

For example, you might have thousands of APIs, but a lot of the calls look similar, such as:

- `api.example.com/profile/238`
- `api.example.com/profile/392`

Both paths serve a similar purpose — allowing users to log in to their accounts — but they are not identical. To simplify your endpoints, these examples might both map to `api.example.com/profile/*`.

API Discovery runs this process across all your traffic, generating a simple map of endpoints that might look like:

```
/api/login/{customer_identifier}
/api/auth
/api/account/{customer_identifier}
/api/password_reset
/api/logout
```

Similarly, if you have multiple subdomains that share the same set of endpoints, Cloudflare will consolidate subdomains:

```txt
us-api.example.com/api/v1/users/{var1}
de-api.example.com/api/v1/users/{var1}
fr-api.example.com/api/v1/users/{var1}
jp-api.example.com/api/v1/users/{var1}
```

We will consolidate to `{hostVar1}.example.com/api/v1/users/{var1}`.

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### Inbox view

API Shield first catalogs your discovered API endpoints in an email inbox-style view. From API Discovery, you can save endpoints to [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) or ignore endpoints to remove them from view.

You should save all discovered API endpoints to Endpoint Management while ignoring any potential false positives in the API Discovery results by selecting **Save** or **Ignore** on each line. Alternatively, you can bulk-select endpoints to save or ignore. You can get started with saving endpoints by saving all endpoints with a variable. Search for `var1` in the search box and add all the resulting endpoints. You can examine endpoints without path variables for accuracy later on.

By adding endpoints to Endpoint Management, you will unlock further [security](/api-shield/security/), [visibility](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-performance-analysis), and [management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) features of the platform. Endpoint Management monitors the health of your API endpoints by saving, updating, and monitoring performance metrics.

To restore any errantly ignored endpoints, you can filter by **Ignored** and select **Restore**.

API Discovery is an ongoing process. Check back regularly for new API Discovery results. A badge with the number of endpoints needing review will show in the API Shield dashboard. You may see the quantities in the **Needs Review** and **Ignored** metrics change over time. As your actual API or traffic patterns to your APIs change, API Discovery results that are not saved can disappear.

:::note

Cloudflare will use your feedback on the ignored endpoints to better train the API Discovery Machine Learning model in a future release. 
:::

### Machine Learning-based Discovery

Your API endpoints are discovered with both the Session Identifier-based Discovery and the Machine Learning-based Discovery.

To access Machine Learning-based Discovery, log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain. Go to **API Shield** > **Discovery**. You may filter the source results by `Session Identifier` or `Machine Learning` to view results from each Discovery method.

If all of your zone’s API traffic contains the <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip> that you have configured, both sources may deliver the same results due to similarities between their underlying methodology. We expect Machine Learning-based Discovery to excel in discovering API traffic regardless of whether your API uses a session identifier.

You can direct any feedback about your API Discovery results to your account team.

## Availability

API Discovery is only available for Enterprise customers. If you are an Enterprise customer and interested in this product, contact your account team.

---

# Authentication Posture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/authentication-posture/

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Authentication Posture helps users identify authentication misconfigurations for APIs and alerts of their presence.

For example, a security team member may believe that their API hosted at `/api/v1/users` and `/api/v1/orders` are guarded by the fact that only authenticated users can interact with the endpoints. However, bugs in origin API authentication policies may lead to broken authentication vulnerabilities. Authentication Posture with API Shield details the authentication status of successful requests to your API endpoints, alerting to potential misconfigurations.

Consider a typical e-commerce application. Users can browse items and prices without being logged in. However, to retrieve order details with the `GET /api/v1/orders/{order_id}` endpoint, this example application requires users to log in to their account and pass the subsequent Authorization HTTP header in all requests. Cloudflare will alert via [Security Center Insights](/security-center/security-insights/) and [Endpoint Management labels](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/) if successful requests are sent to the `GET /api/v1/orders/{order_id}` endpoint or any other endpoint without authentication when <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifiers</GlossaryTooltip> are configured.

## Process

After configuring [session identifiers](/api-shield/get-started/#session-identifiers), API Shield continuously scans your traffic for successful requests without authentication and labels your endpoints on a daily basis. Refer to the table below for our labeling methodology.

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To examine an endpoint's authentication details in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **Endpoint Management**.
3. Filter Endpoint Management by the `cf-risk-missing-auth` or `cf-risk-mixed-auth` labels.
4. Select an endpoint to see its authentication posture details on the endpoint details page.
5. Choose between the 24-hour and 7-day view options, and note any authentication changes over time.

The main authentication widget displays how many successful requests over the last seven days had session identifiers included with them, and which identifiers were included with the traffic. 

The authentication-over-time chart shows a detailed breakdown over time of how clients successfully interacted with your API and which identifiers were used. A large increase in unauthenticated traffic may signal a security incident. Similarly, any successful unauthenticated traffic on an endpoint that is expected to be 100% authenticated can be a cause for concern.

Work with your development team to understand which authentication policies may need to be corrected on your API to stop unauthenticated traffic.

## Stop unauthenticated traffic with Cloudflare

You can use the `cf.api_gateway.auth_id_present` field in [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) to trigger when the API Shield configured session identifiers are present or absent on a request. Since this rule would cover your entire zone, Cloudflare recommends adding a host and path match in the rule to pinpoint the protection to exactly what is needed.

## Limitations

Authentication Posture can only apply when customers accurately set up session identifiers in API Shield. As a reminder, session identifiers are meant to uniquely identify authenticated users of your API. If you are unsure of your API's session identifier, consult with your development team.

## Availability 

Authentication Posture is available for all Enterprise subscriptions with API Shield.

---

# Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/

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Cloudflare offers the following features to help secure your APIs:

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## Example Cloudflare solutions

Cloudflare's API Shield — together with other compatible Cloudflare products — helps protect your API from the issues detailed in the [OWASP® API Security Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-api-security/).

The following table provides examples of how you might match Cloudflare products to OWASP vulnerabilities:

| OWASP issue                                     | Example Cloudflare solution                                                                                                                            |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Broken Object Level Authorization               | [Sequence Mitigation], [Schema Validation], [JWT Validation], [Rate Limiting]                                                                          |
| Broken Authentication                           | [mTLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/), [JWT Validation], [Exposed Credential Checks](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/), [Bot Management] |
| Broken Object Property Level Authorization      | [Schema Validation], [JWT Validation]                                                                                                                  |
| Unrestricted Resource Consumption               | [Rate Limiting], [Sequence Mitigation], [Bot Management], [GraphQL Query Protection]                                                                   |
| Broken Function Level Authorization             | [Schema Validation], [JWT Validation]                                                                                                                  |
| Unrestricted Access to Sensitive Business Flows | [Sequence Mitigation], [Bot Management], [GraphQL Query Protection]                                                                                    |
| Server Side Request Forgery                     | [Schema Validation], [WAF Managed Rules], [WAF Custom Rules](/waf/custom-rules/)                                                                       |
| Security Misconfiguration                       | [Sequence Mitigation], [Schema Validation], [WAF Managed Rules], [GraphQL Query Protection]                                                            |
| Improper Inventory Management                   | [Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/), [Schema Learning](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-schema-learning)                   |
| Unsafe Consumption of APIs                      | [JWT Validation], [WAF Managed Rules]                                                                                                                  |

[Schema Validation]: /api-shield/security/schema-validation/

[Sequence Mitigation]: /api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/

[JWT Validation]: /api-shield/security/jwt-validation/

[GraphQL Query Protection]: /api-shield/security/graphql-protection/

[Bot Management]: /bots/

[Rate Limiting]: /waf/rate-limiting-rules/

[WAF Managed Rules]: /waf/managed-rules/

---

# Sequence Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/sequence-analytics/

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Sequence Analytics tracks the order of API endpoint requests over time, allowing you to discover how users interact with your API. Sequence Analytics groups and highlights important user journeys (sequences) across your API. You can enforce preferred sequences using [Sequence Mitigation](/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/).

## Process

### Sequence building

A sequence is a time-ordered list of HTTP API requests made by a specific visitor as they browse a website, use a mobile app, or interact with a B2B partner via API.

For example, a portion of a sequence made during a bank funds transfer could look like:

| Order | Method | Path                                    | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| ----- | ------ | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts`      | `user_id` is the active user.                                                                                                                  |
| 2     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` | `account_id` is one of the user’s accounts.                                                                                                    |
| 3     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` | `account_id` is a different account belonging to the user.                                                                                     |
| 4     | `POST` | `/api/v1/transferFunds`                 | This contains a request body detailing an account to transfer funds from, an account to transfer funds to, and an amount of money to transfer. |

API Shield uses your configured <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip> to build a set of ordered API operations (HTTP host, method, and path) requested per session. We may surface sequences in various lengths depending how API Shield scores the sequences.

### Sequence scoring

API Shield scores sequences by a metric called precedence score. Sequence Analytics displays sequences by the highest precedence score. High-scoring sequences contain API requests which are likely to occur together in order.

Using the example above, a high score means that the last operation in the sequence `POST /api/v1/transferFunds` is highly likely to be preceded by the other operations in sequence `GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts` followed by `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance`. The scores are probabilities, which API Shield estimates using data from the last 24 hours.

### Secure your API

To proactively secure your API, you should inspect your highest-scoring sequences. For each high-scoring sequence, you should confirm with your development team if the final operation in the sequence must legitimately always be preceded by the other operations in the sequence.

Using the above example, if `POST /api/v1/transferFunds` must legitimately always be preceded by `GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts` and `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance?`, you should create an **Allow** rule in Sequence Mitigation on the final operation of the sequence.

You should also consider applying other API Shield protections to these endpoints ([rate limiting suggestions](/api-shield/security/volumetric-abuse-detection/), [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), [JWT Validation](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/), and [mTLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/)).

For more information, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/api-sequence-analytics).

### Repeated sequences

True API usage shows many successively repeated operations. To facilitate exploration, Sequence Analytics collapses successively repeated operations into one.

## Availability

Sequence Analytics is available for all API Shield customers. Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers who have not purchased API Shield can get started by [enabling the API Shield trial](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/api-shield) in the Cloudflare dashboard or contacting your account manager.

## Limitations

Sequence Analytics currently requires a session identifier in order to build and track sequences made by an API consumer. Ensure that you have set up your session identifier(s) in the Cloudflare dashboard by going to **API Shield** > **Settings**.

Sequences are currently limited to nine operations in length.

---

# Volumetric Abuse Detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/volumetric-abuse-detection/

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Cloudflare Volumetric Abuse Detection helps you set up a system of adaptive rate limiting.

## About

After [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/), Cloudflare looks for <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">endpoint</GlossaryTooltip> abuse based on common user traffic.

For example, your API might see different levels of traffic to a `/reset-password` endpoint than a `/login` endpoint. Additionally, your `/login` endpoint might see higher than average traffic after a successful marketing campaign.

These two scenarios speak to the limitations of traditional rate limiting. Not only does traffic vary between endpoints, but it also can vary over time for the same endpoint. Volumetric Abuse Detection solves these problems with unsupervised learning to develop separate baselines for each API and better adjust to changes in user behavior.

Volumetric Abuse Detection rate limits are generated on a per-session basis. Unlike traditional rate limits, which are based on IP addresses, Volumetric Abuse Detection rate limits are not as susceptible to false positives when traffic to your API increases.

Volumetric Abuse Detection rate limits are a way to prevent blatant volumetric abuse while minimizing false positives. If you are trying to prevent abusive bot traffic altogether, refer to Cloudflare’s [Bot solutions](/bots/).

## Process

Volumetric Abuse Detection analyzes your API’s individual session traffic statistics to recommend per-endpoint, per-session rate limits.

Volumetric Abuse Detection currently requires a <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier" link="/api-shield/get-started/#set-up-session-identifiers">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip>, like an authorization token available as a request header or cookie.

After adding a session identifier, allow 24 hours for rate limit recommendations to appear on endpoints in **Security** > **API Shield** > **Endpoint Management** on the Cloudflare dashboard. Recommendations will continue to update if your traffic pattern changes

### Observe rate limits

Once rate limit recommendations appear in **Endpoint Management**, select the endpoint row to view more detail about the recommendation. You will see the overall recommended rate limit value, as well as p99, p90, and p50 rate limit values.

Cloudflare recommends choosing the overall rate limit recommendation, as our analysis includes the variance of the request rate distribution across your API sessions. Choosing a single p-value may cause false positives due to a high number of outliers.

:::note[p-values]

p-values describe what percentile of your traffic fits below the value. For example, if your p90 value is `83`, then 90% of your sessions had maximum request rates less than 83 requests per 10 minutes. 
:::

In **Endpoint Management**, you can review our confidence in the recommendation and how many unique sessions we have seen over the last seven (7) days. In general, endpoints with fewer unique sessions and high variability of user behavior will have lower confidence scores.

Implementing low confidence rate limits can still be helpful to prevent API abuse. If you are hesitant due to the recommendation’s confidence, we suggest starting your rate limit rule in `log` mode and observing violations of the rule for false positives.

### Create rate limits

To create rate limits:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. In **Endpoint Management**, select an endpoint.
4. Select **Create rule** to be automatically redirected to the Advanced Rate Limiting rules dashboard. 

  :::note

  Your endpoint information, session identifier, and recommended rate limit will be pre-filled into the rule. The pre-filled rule will only be enforced when the session identifiers are present on incoming requests.

  To apply rate limits to all requests, remove the `exists` logic in the rule and refer to the disclaimer in the [WAF documentation](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#missing-field-versus-empty-value). 
  :::
  
5. Give your rule a name, action, and duration.
6. Select **Deploy** to activate your rule.

## API

[Rate limit recommendations are available via the API](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/operations/methods/get/) if you would like to dynamically update rate limits over time.

## Limitations

API Shield will always calculate recommendations when session identifiers are configured. To enable session-based rate limits, [subscribe to Advanced Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability).

## Availability

Volumetric Abuse Detection is only available for Enterprise customers. If you are an Enterprise customer and interested in this product, contact your account team.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/

With Automatic Platform Optimization (APO), Cloudflare serves your entire site from our edge network, ensuring customers see improved performance when visiting your site. Cloudflare typically only caches static content, but with APO, we can also cache dynamic content — like HTML — to serve the entire site from the cache. This process removes round trips from the origin to drastically improve time to first byte (TTFB) along with other site performance metrics. In addition to caching dynamic content, APO caches third-party scripts to further reduce the number of requests that leave Cloudflare's edge network.

With APO, you can manage your WordPress site as normal. Whenever you update content in WordPress, Cloudflare updates content on our edge to prevent serving stale content when you use Cloudflare's WordPress plugin. Additionally, for logged-in or administrator users, we bypass the cache to ensure that private content is not cached and served to other visitors.

## Limitations

Automatic Platform Optimization is not compatible with Enterprise [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) when a subdomain, for example, `www` is in a different zone to the apex domain.

---

# Plugin compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/plugin-compatibility/

Currently, WordPress offers over 50,000 plugins for download. As a result, testing the compatibility between APO and every available plugin is impossible. However, Cloudflare has a list of officially supported plugins and a list of plugins known to cause issues when APO is enabled.

For questions about a specific plugin not shown in the list, create a thread in the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/) to begin the conversation.

:::note


The Cloudflare APO WordPress plugin does not support multisite WordPress installation.


:::

## Compatible plugins

* [NitroPack](https://nitropack.io/)
* [FlyingPress](https://flyingpress.com/)
* [WP Rocket](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/cloudflares-apo-with-wp-rockets-minified-css/225906/3?u=yevgen) **version 3.8.6 or later**
* [BigCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bigcommerce/)
* [Easy Digital Downloads](https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-digital-downloads/)
* [WooCommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/)
* [Redis Object Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/redis-cache/)
* [Object Cache Pro](https://objectcache.pro)
* [YITH WooCommerce Wishlist](https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-wishlist/)
* [WP EasyCart](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-easycart/)
* [Ecwid Ecommerce Shopping Cart](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ecwid-shopping-cart/)
* [WP ECommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-e-commerce/)
* [Bookly](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookly-responsive-appointment-booking-tool/)
* [WPTouch](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptouch/)
* [Mobile Detect](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinywp-mobile-detect/)
* [WordPress Mobile Pack](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/)
* [WP-Mobilizer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mobilizer/)
* [Any Mobile Theme Switcher](https://wordpress.org/plugins/any-mobile-theme-switcher/)
* [Easy Social Share Buttons](https://codecanyon.net/item/easy-social-share-buttons-for-wordpress/6394476)
* [Jetpack (Mobile Theme)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)
* [WPML](https://wpml.org/)
* [Hummingbird](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/)
* [Imunify360](https://docs.imunify360.com/features/#webshield)
* [Perfmatters](https://perfmatters.io/docs/cloudflare-wordpress-settings/)

---

# Test current speed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/about/test-current-speed/

Before you begin using APO, we recommend testing your current site speed. Your site speed results give your website a letter grade and performance rating.

1. Visit [GTmetrix](https://gtmetrix.com/).
2. In the text field, enter your website's URL.
3. Click **Test your site**.

After the test runs, you can view your site's grade, performance rating, and other performance metrics.

---

# Activate the Cloudflare WordPress plugin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/activate-cf-wp-plugin/

After you [change your nameservers](/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/change-nameservers/), activate the Cloudflare WordPress plugin.

## Prerequisites

Before activating the Cloudflare WordPress plugin, review the following prerequisites.

### Plan type

For users on the free plan, [purchase APO](#purchase-apo) before installing the WordPress plugin.

For users on a Pro plan or higher, continue to [Install and activate](#install-and-activate-the-cloudflare-wordpress-plugin) the Cloudflare WordPress plugin.

### Plugin compatibility

Cloudflare recommends turning off plugins such as WP Rocket Cache Plugin, W3 Total Cache, or similar plugins when first setting up APO. After confirming APO is working, we recommend testing whether turning on the plugins listed above improves results or causes unexpected behavior. In many cases, using APO along with other caching plugins can cause unexpected results.

We also recommend clearing the server cache for the WP Rocket Cache plugin, W3 Total Cache, or similar plugins after APO activation.

For more details, refer to [Plugin compatibility](/automatic-platform-optimization/about/plugin-compatibility/).

### Limitations

The Cloudflare APO WordPress plugin does not support multisite WordPress installation.

## Purchase APO

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
4. For **Automatic Platform Optimization for WordPress**, select **Purchase**.
5. Enter your payment information and select **Confirm payment**.

## Install and activate the Cloudflare WordPress plugin

The easiest way to begin using APO is directly from Cloudflare’s WordPress plugin. Before you can use APO, you must first install and activate the plugin and then activate APO.

1. Navigate and log in to your WordPress account.
2. Select **Plugins** > **Add new**.
3. In the search field, enter `Cloudflare`.
4. Locate the Cloudflare plugin and select **Install now**.
5. After the plugin finishes installing, select **Activate**. The Cloudflare plugin now displays in your Plugins list.

## Activate APO

To create the connection between WordPress and Cloudflare, you will create an API token from your Cloudflare dashboard and add it to WordPress. To set up APO on a subdomain, refer to [Subdomains and subdirectories](/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/subdomain-subdirectories/).

## Create the API token from Cloudflare

1. Open your Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select **My Profile** from the top of the page.
3. Select **API Tokens** > **Create Token**.
4. Locate **WordPress** from the list and select **Use template**.
5. Select **Continue to summary** at the bottom of the page.
6. On the **WordPress API token summary** page, select **Create Token**. Your API token displays.
7. Select the **Copy** button to copy your token. You will need to paste the token in the next section.

:::note


Copy and paste your API token into a document saved on your computer to easily reference it again.


:::

## Add your API token to WordPress

1. Open your WordPress account and navigate to Plugins.
2. Locate the Cloudflare plugin and select **Settings**.
3. Select the option to sign in with an existing account.
4. Enter your email address and paste the token you copied in Step 7 of Create the API token from Cloudflare.
5. Select **Save API Credentials**.
6. For **Apply Recommended Cloudflare Settings for WordPress**, select **Apply**.
7. For **Automatic Platform Optimization**, switch the toggle to **On** to enable APO.

To verify APO is working, see [Verify APO works](/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/verify-apo-works/).

---

# Confirm DNS Records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/confirm-dns-records/

Before you change your nameserver, confirm your DNS records are displaying correctly.

1. Open your Cloudflare dashboard and select your account.
2. Select your domain from the dropdown.
3. Select the **DNS** > **Records** tile. DNS management for your domain displays.
4. To add a record, select **Add record.**
5. To edit an existing record, select **Edit** for the appropriate record.
6. After making your changes, select **Save**.

After you confirm your DNS records, [change your nameservers](/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/change-nameservers/).

---

# Change nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/change-nameservers/

After you [confirm your DNS records](/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/confirm-dns-records/), change your nameservers.

Updating your domain to use Cloudflare's nameservers is a critical step to ensure Cloudflare can optimize and protect your site. Nameservers are your primary DNS controller and identify the location of your domain on the Internet.

Domain registrars can take up to 24 hours to process the nameserver updates. You will receive an email from Cloudflare once your site is activated.

## Lookup domain name registration

1. Visit [WHOIS](https://lookup.icann.org/) to look up your domain name registration.
2. In the text field, enter your domain name without `https://www.` and select **Lookup**.
3. From **Domain Information**, make note of the nameserver information that displays. You will update those nameservers to point to Cloudflare.

We recommend keeping this browser tab or window open and opening a new tab or window for the next section.

## Update your nameserver with your domain registrar

1. Log in to the administrator account for your domain registrar.
2. Navigate to DNS Management.
3. Locate your nameserver information. Your nameservers should match the information from Step 3 of Lookup domain name registration.
4. Replace the existing nameserver information with the Cloudflare nameservers from Step 4 of Create the custom nameserver with Cloudflare.

:::note


You may be prompted to confirm the nameserver change with your domain registrar. Confirm or continue after making the update.


:::

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Before you configure APO for your WordPress site, complete the following tasks.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Verify APO works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/verify-apo-works/

You can check whether or not APO is working by verifying APO headers are present. When APO is working, three headers are present: `CF-Cache-Status`, `cf-apo-via`, `cf-edge-cache`.

1. Visit [Uptrends.com](https://www.uptrends.com/tools/http-response-header-check).
2. In the text field, enter the URL for your WordPress homepage including the `https://www.`.
3. Select **Start test**. The **Response Headers** table displays.
4. Locate the three header responses and their description. APO is working correctly when the headers exactly match the headers below.

* `CF-Cache-Status` | `HIT`
  * The `cf-cache-status` header displays if the asset is served from the cache or was considered dynamic and served from the origin.
* `cf-apo-via` | `tcache`
  * The `cf-apo-via` header returns the APO status for the given request.
* `cf-edge-cache` | `cache, platform=wordpress`
  * The `cf-edge-cache` headers confirms the WordPress plugin is installed and enabled.

## Verify the APO integration and WordPress integration work

Open your WordPress site and publish a change. When the integration is working, the page is cached with `cf-cache-status: HIT` and `cf-apo-via: tcache`

---

# Cache by device type

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/cache-device-type/

APO cache by device type provides all of the same benefits of Cloudflare's cache while targeting visitors with content appropriate to their device. Cloudflare evaluates the `User-Agent` header in the HTTP request to identify the device type. Cloudflare then identifies each device type with a case insensitive match to the regex below:

* **Mobile**: `(?:phone|windows\s+phone|ipod|blackberry|(?:android|bb\d+|meego|silk|googlebot) .+? mobile|palm|windows\s+ce|opera mini|avantgo|mobilesafari|docomo|kaios)`
* **Tablet**: `(?:ipad|playbook|(?:android|bb\d+|meego|silk)(?! .+? mobile))`
* **Desktop**: Everything else not matched above.

To enable caching by device type, enable the setting from the Cloudflare dashboard's APO card or from the WordPress plugin version 4.4.0 or later.

Once enabled, Cloudflare sends a `CF-Device-Type` HTTP header to your origin with a value of either `mobile`, `tablet`, `desktop` for every request to specify the visitor’s device type. If your origin responds with the appropriate content for that device type, Cloudflare only caches the resource for that specific device type.

:::note


Changing Cache By Device Type setting will invalidate Cache.


:::

The Cloudflare for WordPress plugin automatically purges all cache variations for updated pages.

Cloudflare recommends that you use plugins that support cache by device type, which you may have to enable on the plugin. You will still need to test your plugins to make sure they behave as expected.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Page Rule integration with APO

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/page-rule-integration/

The following Page Rules can control APO. Any changes to caching via Page Rules require purging the cache for the changes to take effect.

:::caution

Consider using [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) instead to control APO due to their enhanced configurability. 
:::

* **Cache Level: Bypass** — APO bypasses pages with response header `cf-apo-via: origin,page-rules`

* **Cache Level: Ignore Query String** — APO ignores all query strings when serving from Cache.

* **Cache Level: Cache Everything** — APO caches pages with all query strings.

  :::caution

  Automatic page purge via the WordPress plugin won’t clean all cached pages, only pages without query strings. Cached responses will be returned even with request header `cache-control: no-cache`.

  :::

* **Bypass Cache on Cookie (Business and Enterprise plans only)** — APO applies custom bypass cookies in addition to the default list.

* **Edge Cache TTL** — APO applies custom Edge TTL instead of 30 days. This page rule is helpful for pages that can generate Captchas or nonces.

* **Browser Cache TTL** — APO applies custom Browser TTL.

* `CDN-Cache-Control` and `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` – Enables users to have detailed control over cache TTLs without using a page rule. For more information on the `CDN-Cache-Control` and `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` headers, refer to [CDN-Cache-Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/).

---

# Query parameters and cached responses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/query-parameters/

Query parameters often signal the presence of dynamic content. As a result, if there are query parameters in the URL, APO bypasses the cache and attempts to get a new version of the page from the origin by default. Because query parameters are also often used for marketing attribution, like UTMs, quick loading times are especially important for users.

To add a query parameter to our allowlist, [create a post in the community](https://community.cloudflare.com/) for consideration.

APO serves cached content as long as the query parameters in the URL are one of the following:

* `ref`
* `utm_source`
* `utm_medium`
* `utm_campaign`
* `utm_term`
* `utm_content`
* `utm_expid`
* `fbclid`
* `fb_action_ids`
* `fb_action_types`
* `fb_source`
* `mc_cid`
* `mc_eid`
* `gclid`
* `dclid`
* `_ga`
* `campaignid`
* `adgroupid`
* `_ke`
* `cn-reloaded`
* `age-verified`
* `ao_noptimize`
* `usqp`
* `mkt_tok`
* `epik`
* `ck_subscriber_id`

## Cookies prefixes that always bypass cache

* `wp-`
* `wordpress`
* `comment_`
* `woocommerce_`
* `xf_`
* `edd_`
* `jetpack`
* `yith_wcwl_session_`
* `yith_wrvp_`
* `wpsc_`
* `ecwid`
* `ec_`
* `bookly_`
* `bookly`

---

# Subdomains and subdirectories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/subdomain-subdirectories/

## Run APO on a subdomain

After you enable APO, you configure it to run on the subdomain that uses WordPress. For example, if you have a website called `www.mysite.com` which includes a subdomain running WordPress called `shop.mysite.com`, you would configure APO to run on the `shop.mysite.com` subdomain.

1. Install version 4.4.0 or later of the Cloudflare WordPress plugin.
2. Log in using Cloudflare **API token** or **Global key**.
3. Enable APO. The subdomain displays in the list of hostnames in the card.
4. Repeat the process for each subdomain to enable APO.

By default, APO runs on the apex domain (also known as "root domain" or "naked domain"). If you choose to run APO on a subdomain, the apex domain is automatically disabled. To run APO on a subdomain and the apex domain, upgrade the WordPress plugin to version 4.4.0 or later on the apex domain and re-enable APO.

## Run APO on a subdirectory

After you enable APO, you configure it to run on the subdirectory that uses WordPress. For example, if you have a website called `www.mysite.com` which includes a subdirectory running WordPress called `mysite.com/shop`, you would configure APO to run on the `mysite.com` domain.

1. Install the Cloudflare WordPress plugin.
2. Add your Cloudflare API Token.
3. Activate APO.

Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each subdirectory to activate the WordPress plugin for automatic cache purging.

## Run APO only on a subdirectory

If you choose to run APO only on a subdirectory, the rest of the domain should be configured to bypass APO. You can bypass APO in one of two ways.

### Use the `cf-edge-cache` response header

The `cf-edge-cache: no-cache` instructs the APO service to bypass caching for non-WordPress parts of the site. You can implement this option with Cloudflare Workers using the example below.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const originalResponse = await fetch(request);

		// Response properties are immutable. To change them, construct a new Response object.
    const response = new Response(originalResponse.body, originalResponse);

    // Response headers can be modified through the headers `set` method.
    response.headers.set("cf-edge-cache", "no-cache");

		return response;
	},
};
```

### Use Cache Rules

Create a [cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) to exclude non-WordPress portions of the site from caching using **Cache eligibility: Bypass cache**. This option disables all caching, including static assets for those paths. As a result, we recommend disabling APO via the response header.

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/troubleshooting/faq/

## Do I still need to create "Edge Cache TTL" page rules with "Cache Level: Cache Everything"?

No, you don't need create Edge Cache TTL page rules. When the WordPress plugin is installed, APO automatically caches content for 30 days and invalidates on change within 30 seconds. However, because APO now supports cache-related page rules, make sure existing page rules don't affect the resources served by APO.

## Does Origin Cache Control override APO?

No. APO ignores Origin Cache Control for caching on the Edge, but APO serves original Origin Cache Control to the client.

## Why are my browser cache control headers missing with APO?

The browser cache control headers may be missing with APO if you set your **Browser Cache TTL** to **Respect Existing Headers**. For example:

```sh
curl --silent --verbose --output /dev/null https://example.com/ --header 'Accept: text/html' 2>&1 | grep cache-control
```

```sh output
< cache-control: max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400, stale-if-error=86400
```

## Is the stale-if-error directive still needed with APO?

No, the `stale-if-error` directive is not needed because the feature is built into APO.

## When I check the posts and homepage cache status, the response header shows `cf-cache-status: BYPASS`. Is APO working?

When Chrome DevTools is open, Chrome sends `Cache-Control: no-cache` by default. You can uncheck the **Disable cache (while DevTools is open)** setting and see that `cf-cache-status: HIT` and `cf-apo-via: cache` headers will be returned.

## When I check `cf-cache-status` via cURL, `MISS` and `DYNAMIC` are always returned. In my browser, I see `HIT` but other tools return `DYNAMIC`. Is this expected behavior?

Yes, this is expected behavior because the requests must contain `accept: "text/html"`.

## Are Google Fonts optimized when APO is activated?

Yes, Google Fonts are also optimized when APO is activated. You can confirm the optimization by checking the font URLs. For example, the URL will change from `https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/...` to `https://example.com/fonts.gstatic.com/s/...` when the site loads. For proxied fonts, the `cf-apo-via:proxy` header is returned.

## Can I customize query string caching with APO?

For more information on query parameters, see [Query parameters and cached responses](/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/query-parameters/).

## Why are my font URLs not being transformed?

APO will skip URL font transformation when the `content-security-policy` response header is present but missing the values described below.

To fix the problem, the `content-security-policy` header value must allow for `unsafe-inline` on either the `style-src` or `default-src` directive. For example, `Content-Security-Policy: style-src unsafe-inline;`.

The header must allow for `self` on either the `font-src` or `default-src` directive. For example, `Content-Security-Policy: font-src self;`.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/troubleshooting/

## WordPress plugin is undetected on Cloudflare dashboard

The WordPress plugin may go undetected on your Cloudflare dashboard for a few reasons.

* Versions older than 3.8.2 of the WordPress plugin are installed.
  * **Solution:** Install version 4.4.0 of the WordPress plugin.
* Version 3.8.2 of the plugin is installed but existing cache plugins return stale responses, for example, without `cf-edge-cache` header.
  * **Solution:** Enable APO from the WordPress plugin and purge the cache in the existing cache plugins.
* WordPress only runs on a subdomain, but WordPress and the WordPress plugin check against the apex domain.
  * **Solution:** For additional information, see [Subdomains and subdirectories](/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/subdomain-subdirectories/)

If your Cloudflare dashboard can't detect the WordPress plugin after trying the solutions above, ensure you completed all of the steps listed in [Activate the Cloudflare WordPress plugin](/automatic-platform-optimization/get-started/activate-cf-wp-plugin/).

:::note


The Cloudflare APO WordPress plugin does not support multisite WordPress installation.


:::

## WordPress returns stale content

If WordPress is returning stale content, [purge the cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) when APO is enabled.

---

# Business

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/bot-analytics/biz-and-ent/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Business and Enterprise customers without Bot Management can use **Bot Analytics** to dynamically examine bot traffic. These dashboards offer less functionality than Bot Management for Enterprise but still help you understand bot traffic on your domain.

## Access

To use Bot Analytics, open the Cloudflare dashboard and select **Security** > **Bots**.

![View Bot Analytics in the Cloudflare dashboard. For more details, keep reading.](~/assets/images/bots/bot-analytics-dashboard-biz.png)

## Features

For a full tour of Bot Analytics, see [our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-bot-analytics/). At a high level, the tool includes:

- **Requests by traffic type**: View your total domain traffic segmented vertically by traffic type. Keep an eye on _automated_ and _likely automated_ traffic.
- **Requests by detection source**: Identify the most common detection engines used to score your traffic. Hover over a tooltip to learn more about each engine.
- **Top requests by attribute**: View more detailed information on specific IP addresses and other characteristics.

Bot Analytics shows up to 72 hours of data at a time and can display data up to 30 days old. Bot Analytics displays data in real time in most cases.

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## Common uses

Business and Enterprise customers without Bot Management can use Bot Analytics to:

- Understand <GlossaryTooltip term="bot">bot</GlossaryTooltip> traffic
- Study recent attacks to find trends and detailed information
- Learn more about Cloudflare’s detection engines with real data

For more details and granular control over bot traffic, consider upgrading to [Bot Management for Enterprise](/bots/bot-analytics/bm-subscription/).

---

# Bot Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/bot-analytics/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Business and Enterprise customers can use **Bot Analytics** to dynamically examine bot traffic.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Enterprise Bot Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/bot-analytics/bm-subscription/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Enterprise customers with Bot Management can use **Bot Analytics** to dynamically examine bot traffic.

## Access

To use Bot Analytics, open the Cloudflare dashboard and select **Security** > **Bots**.

![View Bot Analytics in the Cloudflare dashboard. For more details, keep reading.](~/assets/images/bots/bot-analytics-dashboard-ent.png)

## Features

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## Common uses

Bot Management customers can use Bot Analytics to:

- Understand traffic during [your onboarding phase](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/).
- Tune WAF custom rules to be effective but not overly aggressive.
- Study recent attacks to find trends and detailed information.
- Learn more about Cloudflare’s detection engines with real data.

## API

Data from Bot Analytics is also available via the GraphQL API. You can access <GlossaryTooltip term="bot score">bot scores</GlossaryTooltip>, bot sources, <GlossaryTooltip term="bot tags" link="/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/">bot tags</GlossaryTooltip>, and bot _decisions_ (_automated_, _likely automated_, etc.), and more.

Read the [GraphQL Analytics API documentation](/analytics/graphql-api/) for more information about GraphQL and basic querying.

---

# Bots

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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Bots can be used for good (chatbots, search engine crawlers) or for evil (inventory hoarding, credential stuffing).

:::note[More information]

For more background, refer to [What is a bot?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-a-bot/). 
:::

## Verified bots

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:::note

The method for allowing or blocking verified bots depends on [your plan](/bots/get-started/). 
:::

## AI bots

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:::note

The method for blocking AI bots depends on [your plan](/bots/get-started/). 
:::

---

# Challenge Solve Rate (CSR)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/challenge-solve-rate/

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You can find the CSR of a rule by going to its corresponding dashboard page:

- For [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.
- For [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**.

---

# Bot Tags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/

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Use these tags to learn more about your bot traffic and better inform security settings.

:::note

Bot tags are only available to Enterprise customers who have purchased Bot Management. 
:::

## Potential values

Once you [enable Bot Tags](#enable-bot-tags), you can see more information about bot requests, such as whether a request came from a verified bot (like Bing) or a category of verified bot (like SearchEngine).

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## Enable bot tags

To enable bot tags, include the `BotTags` log field when using our [Logpush service](/logs/about/).

## Limitations

Currently, Bot Tags are only available in log fields.

Future work will add more values and extend Bot Tags to other Cloudflare products.

---

# Detection IDs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/detection-ids/

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If you are having an issue with one of our heuristics, detection IDs allow you to decide which heuristics to enforce on your zones using customer configurable heuristics. You can choose unique actions for different bots, detected through Cloudflare’s heuristics engine. You can block, allow, or serve alternate content to specific bots to meet the unique needs of your site’s traffic.

:::note

A request can trigger multiple detection IDs. 
:::

You can use `cf.bot_management.detection_ids` fields in tools such as:

- [Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
- [Advanced Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
- [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)
- [Workers](/workers/) (as `request.cf.botManagement.detectionIds`)

Bot Detection IDs and tags are also available in [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/) and [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/).

## Detection tags

Detection tags refer to the category associated with the detection ID at the time that Cloudflare has fingerprinted a bot. For example, if a detection tag is `go`, this means that Cloudflare has observed traffic from that detection ID from a Go programming language bot.

:::note

Detection tags are available in Security Analytics, but not in the Security Events.
:::

## Bot Detection IDs via Logpush

You can create or edit their existing Logpush jobs to include the new Bot Detection IDs field which will provide an array of IDs for each request that has heuristics match on it. The `BotDetectionIDs` field is available as part of the HTTP Requests dataset and you can add it to new or existing jobs via the Logpush API or on the Cloudflare dashboard. This is the primary method to discover Detection IDs.

### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Logs**.
3. Select **Add Logpush Job**.
4. Select **HTTP Requests** as the dataset.
5. Select **BotDetectionIDs** under the General data field category.
6. Select and enter the destination information.
7. Prove the ownership.
8. Select **Save**.

### Via the API

[Update your logpush job](/logs/reference/log-output-options/) by adding `BotDetectionIDs` to the  `output_options:`  parameters.

## Create or edit an expression

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**, apply filters and select **Create custom rule** to create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) based on those filters. 
   - Alternatively, if you already created a custom rule, go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules** and edit the expression of an existing custom rule.
3. Use the `cf.bot_management.detection_ids` field in the rule expression.
4. Select **Save**.

## Use cases

### Block requests that match a specific detection ID

```js
any(cf.bot_management.detection_ids[*] eq 3355446)
and not cf.bot_management.verified_bot
and http.request.uri.path eq "/login"
and http.request.method eq "POST"
```

### Run Bot Management without specific detection IDs

```js
cf.bot_management.score lt 30
and not cf.bot_management.verified_bot
and http.request.uri.path eq "/login"
and http.request.method eq "POST"
and not any(cf.bot_management.detection_ids[*] in {3355446 12577893})
```

## Account takeover detections

<Render file="account-takeover-detections" />

### Challenges for account takeover detections

Cloudflare's [Managed Challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) can limit brute-force attacks on your login endpoints.

To access account takeover detections:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF**.
3. Under **Custom Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. Fill out the form using **Bot Detection IDs** along with other necessary information.
5. Select **Save as draft** to return to it later, or **Deploy** to deploy the rule.

```js title="Rule example"

(any(cf.bot_management.detection_ids[*] eq 201326593))
```

### Limit logins with account takeover detections

Rate limiting rules can limit the number of logins from a particular IP, JA4 Fingerprint, or country.

To use rate limiting rules with account takeover detections:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to ***Security** > **WAF**.
3. Under **Rate limiting rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. Fill out the form using the **Custom expression builder** and `cf.bot_management_detection_ids` along with other necessary information.
5. Select **Save as draft** to return to it later, or **Deploy** to deploy the rule.

:::note
The rule can be enhanced with Leaked Credential Checks. Refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/) for more information on how to include leaked credentials and account takeover detections in a rate limiting rule. 

:::

---

# Bot Feedback Loop

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/feedback-loop/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

The Bot Feedback Loop is a way for customers to send Cloudflare direct feedback in the case of Bot Management potentially <GlossaryTooltip term="bot score" link="/bots/concepts/bot-score/">scoring</GlossaryTooltip> a request incorrectly. When a customer submits a False Negative or a False Positive report, Cloudflare manually analyzes this data and uses it as a training dataset for our next Machine Learning model.

## Availability

Bot Feedback Loop is available for Enterprise Bot Management customers. Visit [Plans](/bots/plans/) for more information.

## False Positive

A false positive can happen if Cloudflare scores a request from a person using a browser, mobile application or desktop application in the _automated_ or _likely automated_ range.

## False Negative

If Cloudflare is unable to detect a portion of automated traffic on your site, submitting a False Negative report will help us catch it in the future.

### Subtypes

| Subtype                | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Account Creation Abuse | The automated creation of many new accounts in order to gain access to site resources.                                                                                                                    |
| Ad Fraud               | Fraudulent increase in the number of times an advertisement is clicked on or displayed.                                                                                                                   |
| Credit Card Abuse      | Attempts to repeatedly validate many credit card numbers or the same credit card number with different validation details.                                                                                |
| Cashing Out            | Abusing the target Internet application to obtain valuable goods.                                                                                                                                         |
| Login Abuse            | Attempts to gain access to a password protected portion of an Internet application using many different combinations of usernames and passwords.                                                          |
| Inventory Abuse        | Automated abuse related to purchasing limited stock inventory or holding inventory to prevent others from making transactions.                                                                            |
| Denial of Service      | Automated requests with the intent of exhausting server resources to prevent the Internet application from functioning.                                                                                   |
| Expediting             | Automating the use of an Internet application to make transactions faster than a human visitor to gain unfair advantage.                                                                                  |
| Fuzzing                | Finding implementation bugs through the use of malformed data injection in an automated fashion.                                                                                                          |
| Scraping               | Automated retrieval of valuable or proprietary information from an Internet application.                                                                                                                  |
| Spamming               | The abuse of content forms to send spam.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Token Cracking         | Identification of valid token codes providing some form of user benefit within the application.                                                                                                           |
| Vulnerability Scanning | Systematic enumeration and examination of identifiable, guessable and unknown content locations, paths, file names, parameters, to find weaknesses and points where a security vulnerability might exist. |

## Submit a report

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
3. Apply one or more bot score filters.
4. Select **Report incorrect data** and fill out the form.
5. Select **Submit**.

## Via the API

### Create a feedback report

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/bot_management/feedback' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "false_positive",
  "description": "Legitimate customers having low score",
  "expression": "(cf.bot_management.score le 46 and ip.geoip.asnum eq 132892 and http.host eq \"api-discovery.theburritobot.com\" and cf.bot_management.ja3_hash eq \"3fed133de60c35724739b913924b6c24\")",
  "first_request_seen_at": "2022-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "last_request_seen_at": "2022-08-10T00:00:00Z",
  "requests": 100,
  "requests_by_score": {
    "1": 50,
    "10": 50
  },
  "requests_by_score_src": {
    "heuristics": 25,
    "machine_learning": 75
  },
  "requests_by_attribute": {
    "topIPs": [
      {
        "metric": "10.75.34.1",
        "requests": 100
      }
    ],
    "topUserAgents": [
      {
        "metric": "curl/7.68.0",
        "requests": 100
      }
    ]
  }
}'
```

```json
# Output
Null
```

### List feedback reports

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/bot_management/feedback' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json
// Output
[
  {
    "created_at": "2022-08-19T00:05:24.749712Z",
    "type": "false_positive",
    "description": "Legitimate customers having low score",
    "expression": "(cf.bot_management.score le 46 and ip.geoip.asnum eq 132892 and http.host eq \"api-discovery.theburritobot.com\" and cf.bot_management.ja3_hash eq \"3fed133de60c35724739b913924b6c24\")",
    "first_request_seen_at": "2022-08-01T00:00:00Z",
    "last_request_seen_at": "2022-08-10T00:00:00Z",
    "requests": 100,
    "requests_by_score": {
      "1": 50,
      "10": 50
    },
    "requests_by_score_src": {
      "heuristics": 25,
      "machine_learning": 75
    },
    "requests_by_attribute": {
      "topIPs": [
        {
          "metric": "10.75.34.1",
          "requests": 100
        }
      ],
      "topUserAgents": [
        {
          "metric": "curl/7.68.0",
          "requests": 100
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]
```

## API Fields

| Field                   | Type    | Description                                                                 | Value Example                                                                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `type`                  | string  | The feedback report type.                                                   | `false_positive`                                                                                                                                                       |
| `description`           | string  | The feedback report description with  more details on the issue.            | Legitimate customers having low scores.                                                                                                                                |
| `expression`            | string  | The wirefilter expression matching reported requests.                       | `(cf.bot_management.score le 46 and ip.geoip.asnum eq 132892 and http.host eq "app.example.com" and cf.bot_management.ja3_hash eq "3fed133de60c35724739b913924b6c24")` |
| `first_request_seen_at` | string  | The time range start when the first request has been seen, RFC 3339 format. | `2022-08-01T00:00:00Z`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `last_request_seen_at`  | string  | The time range end when the last request has been seen, RFC 3339 format.    | `2022-08-10T00:00:00Z`                                                                                                                                                 |
| `requests`              | integer | The total number of reported requests.                                      | `100`                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `requests_by_score`     | object  | The requests breakdown by score.                                            | See example below.                                                                                                                                                     |
| `requests_by_score_src` | object  | Requests breakdown by score source.                                         | See example below.                                                                                                                                                     |
| `requests_by_attribute` | object  | Requests breakdown by attribute (optional).                                 | See example below.                                                                                                                                                     |

`requests_by_score`

```json
{
  "1": 50,
  "10": 50
}
```

`requests_by_score_src`

```json
{
  "machine_learning": 75,
  "heuristics": 25
}
```

`requests_by_attribute`

```json
  {
    "topIPs": [
      {
        "metric": "10.75.34.1"
        "requests": 100
      }
    ],
    "topUserAgents": [
      {
        "metric": "curl/7.68.0",
        "requests": 100
      }
    ]
  }
```

### Expression fields

| Field                        | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `cf.bot_management.ja3_hash` | string  | This provides an SSL/TLS fingerprint to help you identify potential bot requests.                                                                                           |
| `cf.bot_management.score`    | integer | This represents the likelihood that a request originates from a bot using a score from 1-99.                                                                                |
| `http.host`                  | string  | This represents the hostname used in the full request URI.                                                                                                                  |
| `http.request.uri.path`      | string  | This represents the URI path of the request.                                                                                                                                |
| `http.user_agent`            | string  | This represents the HTTP user agent which is a request header that contains a characteristic string to allow identification of the client operating system and web browser. |
| `ip.geoip.asnum`             | integer | This represents the 16- or 32-bit integer representing the Autonomous System (AS) number associated with client IP address.                                                 |
| `ip.geoip.country`           | string  | This represents the 2-letter country code in ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 format.                                                                                                     |
| `ip.src`                     | string  | The source address of the IP.                                                                                                                                               |

## Recommendations when submitting a report

When you submit a report, use the filters available in the Bot Analytics dashboard to ensure that your report includes only the traffic that received an incorrect score. In addition to filtering by a score (required), you may want to filter by user-agent, IP, ASN or JA3 to more precisely highlight the section of traffic that was scored incorrectly.

If you are not certain if some traffic received an incorrect score, keep this traffic in the report.

We appreciate any comments you wish to leave in the description field that might help our team better understand these requests in the context of typical traffic to your domain.

## Recommendations after submitting a false positive

:::note

The instructions below apply to Enterprise subscription with Bot Management only. 
:::

After submitting a false positive, you can explicitly allow the traffic if you are confident that this traffic source cannot be used for abuse in the future. To allow traffic, you can create a WAF custom rule with a [Skip the remaining custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/) action that matches the characteristics of your false positive report. We recommend any skip rule that you create uses the most narrow possible scope, including restricting the request methods and URIs that the expected traffic has access to, to limit potential abuse.

* Allowing a **[JA3/JA4 fingerprint](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/)**:  If you want to allow access to a stable software client that does not come from a dedicated IP, you can do so by looking up the JA3 fingerprint(s) used by that client in the Bot Analytics dashboard, and creating a WAF custom rule to allow traffic based on that JA3 fingerprint. JA3 fingerprints will only match a client’s TLS library, so be cautious in looking for both overlap with other clients and with variation based on the operating system. <br/><br/>Cloudflare does not recommend relying on JA3 rules for mobile applications that may be abused. If you have questions about how to securely allow traffic from your mobile application, please contact your account team.

:::note

The instructions below apply to Enterprise subscription with Bot Management, Bot Fight Mode and Super Bot Fight Mode. 
:::

* Allowing an **IP address**: Only use an IP address to allow traffic if the IP is a dedicated resource that belongs only to the traffic source you wish to allow. <br/>If the traffic you want to allow shares an IP with other traffic sources, or if the IP changes frequently, consider an alternative to allowing by IP address.

## Recommendations after submitting a false negative

After submitting a false negative report, you can explicitly block or rate-limit the incorrectly scored traffic using a combination of characteristics such as IP address, JA3 fingerprint, ASN, and user-agent. Before blocking or rate-limiting based on JA3 fingerprint, please use Bot Analytics to confirm that fingerprint is not being used by legitimate traffic sources.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# JA3/JA4 Fingerprint

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="ja3-fingerprint" />

<Render file="ja4-fingerprint" />

:::note

JA3 and JA4 fingerprints are only available to Enterprise customers who have purchased Bot Management. 
:::

<Render file="signals-intelligence-and-ja4" />

```json title="Sample output"
{
  "ja4Signals": {
    "h2h3_ratio_1h": 0.98826485872269,
    "heuristic_ratio_1h": 7.288895722013e-05,
    "reqs_quantile_1h": 0.99905741214752,
    "uas_rank_1h": 901,
    "browser_ratio_1h": 0.93640440702438,
    "paths_rank_1h": 655,
    "reqs_rank_1h": 850,
    "cache_ratio_1h": 0.18918327987194,
    "ips_rank_1h": 662,
    "ips_quantile_1h": 0.99926590919495
  },
  "jaSignalsParsed": {
    "ratios": {
      "h2h3_ratio_1h": 0.98826485872269,
      "heuristic_ratio_1h": 7.288895722013e-05,
      "browser_ratio_1h": 0.93640440702438,
      "cache_ratio_1h": 0.18918327987194
    },
    "ranks": {
      "uas_rank_1h": 901,
      "paths_rank_1h": 655,
      "reqs_rank_1h": 850,
      "ips_rank_1h": 662
    },
    "quantiles": {
      "reqs_quantile_1h": 0.99905741214752,
      "ips_quantile_1h": 0.99926590919495
    }
  }
}
```

When JA4 Signals are missing, the output appears as follows:

```json title="Missing JA4 signals output"
{
  "ja4Signals": {},
  "jaSignalsParsed": {
    "ratios": {},
    "ranks": {},
    "quantiles": {}
  }
}
```

:::note

This sample was generated using [Workers' Cloudflare Object script](/workers/examples/accessing-the-cloudflare-object/). 
:::

## Analytics

To get more information about potential bot requests, use these JA3 and JA4 fingerprints in:

- [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/bm-subscription/)
- [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) and [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/)
- [Analytics GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/), specifically the **HTTP Requests** dataset
- [Logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/)

## Actions

To adjust how your application responds to specific fingerprints, use them with:

- [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
- [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)
- [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties)

## Use cases

### Block or allow certain traffic

A group of similar requests may share the same JA3 fingerprint. For this reason, JA3 may be useful in blocking an incoming threat. For example, if you notice that a bot attack is not caught by existing defenses, create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that blocks or challenges the JA3 used for the attack.

Alternatively, if existing defenses are blocking traffic that is actually legitimate, create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) with the _Skip_ action allowing the JA3 seen across good requests.

JA3 may also be useful if you want to immediately remedy false positives or false negatives with Bot Management.

### Allow mobile traffic

Often, mobile application traffic will produce the same JA3 fingerprint across devices and users. This means you can identify your mobile application traffic by its JA3 fingerprint.

Use the JA3 fingerprint to [allow traffic](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/#adjust-for-mobile-traffic) from your mobile application, but block or challenge remaining traffic.

---

# Sequence rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/sequence-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="sequence-rules" product="bots" params={{ one: "Sequence rules", two: "/bots/concepts/sequence-rules/" }} />

Sequence rules is currently in private beta. If you would like to be included in the beta, contact your account team.

## Prerequisites

- Your account must have the Fraud Detection subscription.
- Each zone must have an API Shield subscription as it relies on [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/).
- Each zone must configure the endpoints to track via Endpoint Management.

---

## Enable sequence rules via the API

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) if you do not already have one. The API token must include the _Zone_ > _Fraud Detection_ > _Edit_ permission.
2. [Get the zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for the zone(s) where you want to enable sequence rules.
3. [Add the endpoints](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) that you want to track in your sequence rules using API Shield's Endpoint Management and make note of the short ID. 
  :::note

  The short ID will not be visible until our account team has enabled this feature for you. 
  :::
4. Enable the sequence cookie by adding your API token and zone ID to the following API call.

```bash title="API call"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/fraud_detection/sequence_cookies \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"enabled": true}'
```

5. Use the expression editor to write sequence or timing based rules via [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), or [transform rules](/rules/transform/). You can put these rules in log only mode to monitor.

:::note

When you enable sequence rules, Cloudflare will start setting cookies for all requests that match your endpoints. 
:::

Once you have enabled sequence rules, the rules fields will be populated and you can now use the new fields in your rules.

---

## Rules fields

Sequence rules introduces three new fields to Cloudflare Rules. All of these fields reference operations by their short ID. Accounts that have the Fraud Detection subscription can refer to the short ID by viewing the endpoint details via **API Shield** > **Endpoint Management** in the Cloudflare dashboard. Accounts without Fraud Detection do not have access to this field.

Cloudflare only stores up to the 10 most recent operations in a sequence for up to one hour. If there are more than 10 operations in the sequence, older operations will be dropped and will not be included in the following fields. Similarly, if an operation happened more than one hour ago, it will also not be included in the following fields.

## Availability

<Render file="sequence-rules-availability" />

### Example rules

The customer must request endpoint A before endpoint B.

```txt title="Valid sequence"
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and
any(cf.sequence.previous_ops[*] == "aaaaaaaa")
```

```txt title="Invalid sequence"
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and
not any(cf.sequence.previous_ops[*] == "aaaaaaaa")
```

Customer must request endpoint A at least one second before endpoint B.

```txt title="Valid sequence"
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and
cf.sequence.msec_since_op["aaaaaaaa"] ge 1000
```

```txt title="Invalid sequence"
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and
not cf.sequence.msec_since_op["aaaaaaaa"] ge 1000
```

---

## Disable sequence rules via the API

Disabling sequence rules will stop the rules fields from being populated. If you still have rules deployed which depend on these fields, those rules may not behave as intended. Remove or disable any rules that rely on sequence fields before disabling sequence rules.

To disable sequence rules:

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) if you do not already have one. The API token must include the _Zone_ > _Fraud Detection_ > _Edit_ permission.
2. [Get the zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for the zone(s) where you want to enable sequence rules.
3. [Add the endpoints](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) that you want to track in your sequence rules using API Shield's Endpoint Management and make note of the short ID.

  :::note

  The short ID will not be visible until our account team has enabled this feature for you. 
  :::

4. Disable the sequence cookie using your API token, zone ID, and by setting `enabled` to `false` on the following API call.

```bash title="API call"
curl --request PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/fraud_detection/sequence_cookies \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{"enabled": false}'
```

---

## Limitations

Cloudflare only supports HTTPS requests since our cookies set the `Secure` attribute.

---

# Signals Intelligence

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/signals-intelligence/

import { Render } from "~/components"

For every available [JA4 fingerprint](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/), Bot Management customers can view how Cloudflare sees it on the Internet and what behavior we view with the fingerprint. This data can help you understand why a request is scored in a particular fashion or allow you to use the aggregate data in your own ML models, run in either [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) or at the origin location.

Specifically, for each JA4 fingerprint, you will be able to access the following information:

- The percentage of traffic associated with browsers that Cloudflare sees.
- The percentage of traffic associated with known bots that Cloudflare sees.
- The number of networks Cloudflare sees actively using this fingerprint.
- The number of Cloudflare sites that see traffic from this fingerprint.
- The frequency that fingerprint requests caches content and generates errors.

This data gives you access to insights only available via the Cloudflare network and generated by our unique edge network that sits behind 20% of all internet traffic. Additionally, you can feed this data into your own [Workers AI](/workers-ai/)-powered custom machine learning models via the Signals Intelligence fields below.

## Signals Intelligence fields

Signals Intelligence fields show observations about a particular JA4 that Cloudflare has seen globally over the last hour.

| <div style="width:170px">Field name</div> | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `h2h3_ratio_1h`                           | The ratio of HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 requests combined with the total number of requests for the JA4 fingerprint in the last hour. Higher values indicate a higher proportion of HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 requests compared to other protocol versions.        |
| `heuristic_ratio_1h`                      | The ratio of requests with a `scoreSrc` value of "heuristics" for the JA4 fingerprint in the last hour. Higher values suggest a larger proportion of requests being flagged by heuristic-based scoring.                                           |
| `reqs_quantile_1h`                        | The quantile position of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of requests across all fingerprints in the last hour. Higher values indicate a relatively higher number of requests compared to other fingerprints.                              |
| `uas_rank_1h`                             | The rank of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of distinct user agents across all fingerprints in the last hour. Lower values indicate a higher diversity of user agents associated with the fingerprint.                                    |
| `browser_ratio_1h`                        | The ratio of requests originating from browser-based user agents for the JA4 fingerprint in the last hour. Higher values suggest a higher proportion of browser-based requests.                                                                   |
| `paths_rank_1h`                           | The rank of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of unique request paths across all fingerprints in the last hour. Lower values indicate a higher diversity of request paths associated with the fingerprint.                                  |
| `reqs_rank_1h`                            | The rank of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of requests across all fingerprints in the last hour. Lower values indicate a higher number of requests associated with the fingerprint.                                                      |
| `cache_ratio_1h`                          | The ratio of cacheable responses for the JA4 fingerprint in the last hour. Higher values suggest a higher proportion of responses that can be cached.                                                                                             |
| `ips_rank_1h`                             | The rank of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of unique client IP addresses across all fingerprints in the last hour. Lower values indicate a higher number of distinct client IPs associated with the fingerprint.                         |
| `ips_quantile_1h`                         | The quantile position of the JA4 fingerprint based on the number of unique client IP addresses across all fingerprints in the last hour. Higher values indicate a relatively higher number of distinct client IPs compared to other fingerprints. |

<Render file="signals-intelligence-and-ja4" />

---

# Business

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/biz-and-ent/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Super Bot Fight Mode is included in your Business or Enterprise subscription. When enabled, the product:

- Identifies traffic matching patterns of known bots and likely bots
- Can challenge or block bots
- Offers protection for static resources
- Provides robust analytics to help you understand bot traffic

:::note

If you have an Enterprise subscription without Bot Management, your application will also have Super Bot Fight Mode for Business.
:::

## Enable Super Bot Fight Mode

<Render file="get-started-pro-biz-steps" />

<Render file="flexible-sbfm" />

<Render file="sbfm-upgrade" />

## Disable Super Bot Fight Mode

<Render file="disable-sbfm" />

<Render file="flexible-sbfm" />

## Block AI bots

<Render file="block-ai-bots-enable" params={{ one: "Super Bot Fight Mode" }} />

:::note

You can view blocked AI bot traffic via [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/). 
:::

## Analytics

For more on analytics, see [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/biz-and-ent/).

## Ruleset Engine

<Render file="bfm-ruleset-engine" />

<Render file="bfm-change-notice" />

---

# Enterprise Bot Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Bot Management for Enterprise is a paid add-on that provides sophisticated bot protection for your domain. Customers can identify automated traffic, take appropriate action, and view detailed analytics within the dashboard.

This Enterprise product provides the most flexibility to customers by:

- Generating a [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) of 1-99 for every request. Scores below 30 are commonly associated with bot traffic.
- Allowing customers to take action on this score with [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) or [`Workers`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties).
- Allowing customers to view this score in Bot Analytics or Logs.

## Enable Bot Management for Enterprise

Bot Management is automatically enabled for Enterprise zones entitled with the add-on.

To enable a [Bot Management](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/bots) trial on Enterprise zones without the Bot Management add-on entitled:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
3. Select **Add Bot Management**.

:::note

If you are not seeing Bot Management enabled on your zone or if you still see **Add Bot Management** on the Cloudflare dashboard, contact your account team for the proper entitlements. 
:::

## Block AI bots

<Render file="block-ai-bots-enable" params={{ one: "Bot Management" }} />

:::note

You can view blocked AI bot traffic via [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/). 
:::

## Setup

For more guidance on setup, refer to your Customer Success Manager.

---

# Get started with Cloudflare bot solutions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Free

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/free/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-definition" />

## Enable Bot Fight Mode

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-enable" />

<Render file="sbfm-upgrade" />

## Disable Bot Fight Mode

If you find that **Bot Fight Mode** is causing problems with your application traffic, you may want to disable it.

To disable Bot Fight Mode:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
3. For **Bot Fight Mode**, select **Off**.

## Block AI bots

<Render file="block-ai-bots-enable" params={{ one: "Bot Fight Mode" }} />

:::note

You can view blocked AI bot traffic via [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/). 
:::

## Visibility

You can see bot-related actions by going to **Security** > **Events**. Any requests challenged by this product will be labeled **Bot Fight Mode** in the **Service** field. This allows you to observe, analyze, and follow trends in your bot traffic over time.

## Limitations

You cannot bypass or skip Bot Fight Mode using the _Skip_ action in WAF custom rules or using Page Rules. _Skip_, _Bypass_, and _Allow_ actions apply to rules or rulesets running on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). While Super Bot Fight Mode rules are implemented in the Ruleset Engine, Bot Fight Mode checks are not. This is why you can skip Super Bot Fight Mode, but not Bot Fight Mode. If you need to skip Bot Fight Mode, consider using [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/).

Bot Fight Mode can still trigger if you have IP Access rules, but it cannot trigger if an IP Access rule matches the request. For example, the IP Access rule matches the connecting IP.

---

# Pro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/pro/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Super Bot Fight Mode is included in your Pro subscription. When enabled, the product:

- Identifies traffic matching patterns of known bots
- Can challenge or block bots
- Offers protection for static resources
- Provides limited analytics to help you understand bot traffic

## Enable Super Bot Fight Mode

<Render file="get-started-pro-biz-steps" />

<Render file="flexible-sbfm" />

<Render file="sbfm-upgrade" />

## Disable Super Bot Fight Mode

<Render file="disable-sbfm" />

<Render file="flexible-sbfm" />

## Block AI bots

<Render file="block-ai-bots-enable" params={{ one: "Super Bot Fight Mode" }} />

:::note

You can view blocked AI bot traffic via [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/). 
:::

## Analytics

### Bot Report

Use the **Bot Report** to monitor bot traffic for the past 24 hours.

To access the **Bot Report**, go to **Security** > **Bots**. If you see a double-digit percentage of automated traffic, you may want to upgrade to [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) to save money on origin costs and protect your domain from large-scale attacks.

![Example traffic distribution as part of a bot report](~/assets/images/bots/bot-report-pro.png)

### Security events

You can see bot-related actions by going to **Security** > **Events**. Any requests challenged by this product will be labeled **Super Bot Fight Mode** in the **Service** field. This allows you to observe, analyze, and follow trends in your bot traffic over time.

## Ruleset Engine

<Render file="bfm-ruleset-engine" />

<Render file="bfm-change-notice" />

---

# Business

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/biz-and-ent/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="plan-intro" />

<Render file="buttons-plan-pages" />

## Business features

<Render file="about-plan-biz-and-ent" />

## Bot detection engines

### Heuristics

<Render file="bots-heuristics" />

### Machine learning

<Render file="bots-ml" />

The ML engine identifies _likely automated_ traffic.

### JavaScript detections

<Render file="bots-jsd" />

JSD is completely optional. To adjust your settings, configure Super Bot Fight Mode from **Security** > **Bots**.

### Notes on detection

<Render file="bots-cookie" />

<Render file="disable-cf-bm-cookie" />

## Considerations

<Render file="about-plan-considerations" />

## How do I get started?

<Render file="plan-get-started" />

---

# Enterprise Bot Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/bm-subscription/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="plan-intro" />

<Render file="buttons-plan-pages" />

## Bot Management for Enterprise Features

<Render file="about-plan-bm-subscription" />

:::note

Zones that have [Enterprise Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) enabled will not see Bot Fight Mode or Super Bot Fight Mode under **Security** > **Bots**.
:::

## Bot detection engines

<Render file="bm-bot-detection-engines" />

## How do I get started?

<Render file="plan-get-started" />

---

# Free

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/free/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="plan-intro" />

<Render file="buttons-plan-pages" />

## Free features

<Render file="about-plan-free" />

## Bot detection engines

### Heuristics

<Render file="bots-heuristics" />

### JavaScript detections

<Render file="bots-jsd" />

JSD is automatically enabled with Bot Fight Mode.

### Notes on detection

<Render file="bots-cookie" />

## Considerations

<Render file="about-plan-considerations" />

## How do I get started?

<Render file="plan-get-started" />

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/

import { LinkButton, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="plan-intro" />

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/bots/plans/free/">Free</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/bots/plans/pro/">Pro</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/bots/plans/biz-and-ent/">Business</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/bots/plans/bm-subscription/">Bot Management for Enterprise</LinkButton>


## How do I get started?

<Render file="plan-get-started" />

---

# Pro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/plans/pro/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="plan-intro" />

<Render file="buttons-plan-pages" />

## Pro features

<Render file="about-plan-pro" />

## Bot detection engines

### Heuristics

<Render file="bots-heuristics" />

### JavaScript detections

<Render file="bots-jsd" />

JSD is completely optional. To adjust your settings, configure Super Bot Fight Mode from **Security** > **Bots**.

### Notes on detection

<Render file="bots-cookie" />

## Considerations

<Render file="about-plan-considerations" />

## How do I get started?

<Render file="plan-get-started" />

---

# Bot Management skips

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-management-skips/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

There are instances in which Bot Management does not run and certain fields, such as the [JA3/JA4 field](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/), are not populated because it has been determined that running Bot Management would not be necessary.

Refer to <GlossaryTooltip term="bot score" link="/bots/concepts/bot-score/#not-computed">bot scores</GlossaryTooltip> for more information about why a request is not scored.

## Common reasons for Bot Management to not score a request

### Requests to internal endpoints

Requests such as `/cdn-cgi/` are handled individually and will never receive a Bot Management score. Email Obfuscation, Web Analytics, Trace Requests, Challenge Pages, and JavaScript Detections do not receive bot scores. Refer to the table below for some examples of internal endpoints.

| Route                                                             |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `/cdn-cgi/rum`                                                    |
| `/cdn-cgi/script_monitor/report`                                  |
| `/cdn-cgi/trace`                                                  |
| `/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/…`                                   |
| `/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js` |

### Purge requests

All HTTP purge requests will not receive a bot score.

### Early hints cache requests

Early hints cache requests will not receive a bot score.

---

# Bot Management variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Ruleset Engine fields

<Render file="firewall-variables" />

## Workers variables

<Render file="workers-cf-request" />

## Corporate Proxy

<Render file="corporate_proxy" />

## Log fields

<Render file="bot-log-fields" />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# JavaScript detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/javascript-detections/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="javascript-detections-definition" params={{ one: " " }} />

## Enable JavaScript detections

For Free customers (Bot Fight Mode), JavaScript detections are automatically enabled and cannot be disabled.

For all other customers (Super Bot Fight Mode and Bot Management for Enterprise), JavaScript detections are optional.

<Render file="javascript-detections-enable" />

For more details on how to set up bot protection, see [Get started](/bots/get-started/).

## Enforcing execution of JavaScript detections

<Render file="javascript-detections-implementation" />

<Render file="cf-clearance-cookie" />

## Limitations

### If you enabled Bot Management before June 2020

Customers who enabled Enterprise Bot Management before June 2020 do not have JavaScript detections enabled by default (unless specifically requested). These customers can still enable the feature in the Cloudflare dashboard.

### If you have a Content Security Policy (CSP)

<Render file="javascript-detections-csp" />

:::caution[Warning]

JavaScript detections are not supported with `nonce` set via `<meta>` tags. 
:::

### If you have ETags

Enabling JavaScript Detections (JSD) will strip [ETags](/cache/reference/etag-headers/) from HTML responses where JSD is injected.

---

# Machine Learning models

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/machine-learning-models/

## Enable Auto-updates to the Machine Learning Models

Cloudflare allows Enterprise customers to enable Auto-updates to its Machine Learning models for the newest bot detection models as they are released.

To enable Auto-updates:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
3. Select **Configure Bot Management**.
4. Enable **Auto-updates to the Machine Learning Model**.

### What will change

If you are on an older Machine Learning model, you will see a score change to requests scored by the **Machine Learning** source instantly. If you are already on the latest model, you will see changes only after a new Machine Learning model becomes the global default.

Customers will be notified via email and dashboard prior to a new Machine Learning model becoming the global default.

### Risks of not updating

By not updating to the latest version, you will be using a Machine Learning model no longer maintained or monitored by our engineering team. As Internet traffic changes and new trends evolve, scoring accuracy by older versions may degrade.

### Model versions and release notes

| Version | Release Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Launch Date |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| v1      | First Machine Learning Model released.                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Q1 2019     |
| v2      | Introduced dynamic inter-request features to leverage the Cloudflare network to detect new bots more accurately. <br/><br/>Feedback other Bot Management detection mechanisms to the machine learning model to more accurately detect bots. | Q1 2020     |
| v3      | Fixed accuracy issues under some conditions in the previous version.                                                                                                                                                                        | Q2 2020     |
| v4      | Improved scoring for iOS devices. <br/><br/>Fixed scoring inaccuracy in Firefox builds.                                                                                                                                                     | Q1 2021     |
| v5      | Recalibrated model for the [removal of `_cfduid` cookie](https://blog.cloudflare.com/deprecating-cfduid-cookie/). <br/><br/> Introduced new signals to reduce false negatives.                                                              | Q2 2021     |
| v6      | Significantly improved scoring for native Android application traffic. <br/><br/>Improved scoring on the newest versions of Chromium browsers.                                                                                              | Q1 2022     |
| v7      | Increased recognition of distributed botnets. <br/><br/>Improved HTTP/3 scoring.                                                                                                                                                            | Q1 2024     |
| v8      | Improved detection of residential proxies. <br/><br/>Increased weight on network level traffic characteristics.                                                                                                                             | Q2 2024     |

---

# Sample Terms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/sample-terms/

Cloudflare recommends that customers consider updating their Terms of Service to address bots specifically related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and data scraping. The text below provides an informational example of the kind of language that could be added to a website's terms of use.

> **Artificial Intelligence Restriction**
>
> You may not use automated bots to access, scan, scrape, data mine, copy, or use the materials or content on this website for developing, training, fine-tuning, or otherwise contributing to or improving a machine learning model or artificial intelligence (AI) system or the operation thereof, unless your bot’s user agent is (i) explicitly permitted (“allowed”) to do so in this website’s robots.txt file and (ii) solely used to identify bots used for AI purposes (i.e., this provision does not apply to user agents that are used for multiple purposes, such as search engine indexing and AI purposes).

**Disclaimer**
This language is provided for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, nor does it guarantee any specific outcome. This is merely an illustrative example of language that can be included in a website’s terms to put AI-providers on notice that they are not authorized to use automated means to scrape content from your website for purposes of training or otherwise contributing to their AI models or systems, unless you have expressly permitted them to do so in your robots.txt file.

---

# Static resource protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/static-resources/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers can use Cloudflare's bot solutions to protect their <GlossaryTooltip term="static content">static resources</GlossaryTooltip> from bots.

:::caution[Warning]

If you enable static resource protection, you may block good bots — like mail clients — that routinely fetch static resources. Make sure you understand your existing infrastructure before enabling this feature. 
:::

## Super Bot Fight Mode

To enable this feature as a Pro or Business customer or an Enterprise customer without Bot Management:

1. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
2. Select **Configure Super Bot Fight Mode**.
3. For **Static resource protection**, select **On**.

:::caution

The **Static Resource Protection** setting will only activate if at least one of the bot categories (definite, likely, or verified) is _not_ set to `Allow`. If all categories are set to `Allow`, this setting will not have any impact since it works alongside these bot settings as part of the managed rules.
:::

## Bot Management for Enterprise

<Render file="static-resources-bm" /> <br/>

To exclude static resources, you would need to include `not (cf.bot_management.static_resource)` as part of your custom rule.

## Which files are protected?

<Render file="static-resources-list" />

---

# Verified Bot Categories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/verified-bot-categories/

You can segment your verified bot traffic by its type and purpose by adding the Verified Bot Categories field `cf.verified_bot_category` as a filter criteria in [WAF Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Advanced Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), and Late Transform rules.

:::note

The Verified Bot Categories field is not compatible with legacy Firewall rules. 
:::

## Categories

| Name                       | String value                 | Example                                                                 |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Academic research          | `Academic Research`          | Internet Archive, Library of Congress, TurnItInBot                      |
| Accessibility              | `Accessibility`              | —                                                                       |
| Advertising or marketing   | `Advertising & Marketing`    | Google Adsbot                                                           |
| Aggregators                | `Aggregator`                 | Pinterest, Indeed Jobsbot                                               |
| AI Assistant               | `AI Assistant`               | —                                                                       |
| AI Crawler                 | `AI Crawler`                 | Google Bard, ChatGPT bot                                                |
| AI Search                  | `AI Search`                  | —                                                                       |
| Feed fetcher               | `Feed Fetcher`               | RSS or Podcast feed updaters                                            |
| Monitoring or analytics    | `Monitoring & Analytics`     | Uptime Monitors                                                         |
| Page preview               | `Page Preview`               | Facebook, Slack, Twitter, or Discord Link Preview tools                 |
| Search engine crawler      | `Search Engine Crawler`      | Googlebot, Bingbot, Yandexbot, Baidubot                                 |
| Search engine optimization | `Search Engine Optimization` | Google Lighthouse, GT Metrix, Pingdom, AddThis                          |
| Security                   | `Security`                   | Vulnerability Scanners, SSL Domain Control Validation (DCV) Check Tools |
| Social media marketing     | `Social Media Marketing`     | —                                                                       |
| Webhooks                   | `Webhooks`                   | Payment processors, WordPress Integration tools                         |
| Other                      | `Other`                      | —                                                                       |

## Availability

Verified Bot Categories is available to all Bots customers.

---

# Verified Bots Policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/verified-bots-policy/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

In order to be listed by Cloudflare as a <GlossaryTooltip term="verified bot" link="/bots/concepts/bot/#verified-bots">verified bot</GlossaryTooltip>, your <GlossaryTooltip term="bot">bot</GlossaryTooltip> must conform to the below requirements. To provide the best possible protection to our customers, this policy may change in the future as we adapt to new bot behaviors.

## Bot Policy

### Minimum Traffic

A bot or proxy must have a minimum amount of traffic for Cloudflare to be able find it in the sampled data. The minimum traffic should have more than 1000 requests per day across multiple domains.

### Minimum Zones

Service must be made for a widespread use of zones.

#### Example

A bot crawling one site is not valid.

### Bot Identification

The user-agent with the following requirements:

- Have at least 5 characters.
- Must not contain special characters.
- Must not include the same user-agent of another verified service.

#### Example

`GoogleBot/1.0` is a valid UA.

### Domain Owner Consent

Domains should only be crawled with the explicit or implicit consent of the zone's owner or terms of use. Search engines crawlers must read the `robots.txt` to exclude paths to crawl from the owner.

#### Example

A tool trying to scalp inventories from different websites might be breaking terms of use while a search engine bot indexing websites but complying with `robots.txt` is a valid service.

### Service Purpose

The purpose of the service should be benign or helpful to both the owner of a zone and the users of the service. The service cannot perform any of the following:

- Bot tooling
- Scalpers
- Credential-stuffing
- Directory-traversal scanning
- Excessive data scraping
- DDoS botnets

#### Example

Price scraping direct ecommerce competitors is not a valid use case.

### Crawling Etiquette

The crawling etiquette should check `robots.txt` if crawling the whole website, and it should not attempt to crawl sensitive paths.

#### Example

If a search engine crawler skips `robots.txt`, it will be rejected.

### Public Documentation

The bot must have publicly documented expected behavior or user-agent format.

## IP Validation

A set of validation methods and requirements to gather set IP ranges for a verified service.

### Public IP List

- A fixed and limited set of IP addresses, which can be verified via publicly accessible plain-text, `JSON`, or `CSV`.
- IP addresses used solely by the bot owner.
- A user-agent match pattern.

### Reverse DNS

- A list of domain suffixes to validate DNS records.
- IP addresses should have PTR records set correctly.
- A user-agent match pattern.

### ASN

- A valid `ASN` belonging to the bot owner.
- A user-agent match pattern.

## Breach of Policy

If any of the requirements to validate are breached, a service will be removed from the global allowlist.

#### Example breaches of policy

- Adding a set of IPs that are not solely used by verified service.
- The service IPs are breached by an attacker.
- The service has vulnerabilities that have not been patched.
- A block of IPs not briefed on onboarding is added to the list.
- The disclosed purpose of the service does not reflect on the traffic.
- An AI Crawler that does not respect the crawl-delay directive in robots.txt.

## Online application

To submit a verified bot that Cloudflare is not [currently tracking](https://radar.cloudflare.com/verified-bots), fill out an [online application](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/configurations/verified-bots) in the Cloudflare dashboard for the fastest possible results. Bot operators who prefer not to create a free Cloudflare account can do so using our [old form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdqYNuULEypMnp4i5pROSc-uP6x65Xub9svD27mb8JChA_-XA/viewform?usp=sf_link), but the waiting time is up to several weeks for verified bot requests to be evaluated.

### Generic user-agents

User-agent patterns that match generic user-agents will be rejected by the Verified Bots API. When you add a user-agent pattern that is considered very common to the Verified Bot form, you may encounter an error message that will prompt you to correct the user-agent before you can submit again.

Generic user-agents include:

- `Dart`
- `Go-http-client`
- `GuzzleHttp`
- `Google Chrome`
- `Mozilla Firefox`
- `Safari`
- `Nessus`
- `Websocket++`
- `cloudflare-go`
- `fasthttp`
- `got`
- `nginx-ssl early hints`
- `node`
- `node-fetch`
- `okhttp`
- `python-requests`
- `uTorrent`

## Transient false negatives

Once Cloudflare lists a bot as a verified bot, this entry is cached and may get delisted if no traffic is seen in the Cloudflare network coming from the bot for a defined period of time.

It takes 24 hours for an inactive IP to be removed as a verified bot.

A bot can remain unlisted until Cloudflare sees traffic being sourced from the bot. When the bot is revalidated, it is listed as a verified bot again.

---

# Super Bot Fight Mode for WordPress

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/wordpress-loopback-issue/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="wordpress-loopback-definition" /> <br/>

WordPress relies on making loopback requests to monitor and occasionally administer its websites. Customers can opt-in to optimize Super Bot Fight Mode for WordPress. If this feature is enabled, automated loopback requests made by your WordPress site will be authorized even when Super Bot Fight Mode blocks other bots.

:::note

Loopback requests may also be blocked by [I’m Under Attack mode](/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/) or certain [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). 
:::

## Enable Optimize for WordPress

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](http://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Bots**.
3. Select **Configure Bot Management**.
4. Enable **Optimize for WordPress**.

## Availability

This feature is available for all Super Bot Fight Mode customers.

---

# Deploy a Browser Rendering Worker with Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/get-started/browser-rendering-with-do/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

By following this guide, you will create a Worker that uses the Browser Rendering API along with [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) to take screenshots from web pages and store them in [R2](/r2/).

Using Durable Objects to persist browser sessions improves performance by eliminating the time that it takes to spin up a new browser session. Since Durable Objects re-uses sessions, it reduces the number of concurrent sessions needed.

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker project

[Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure. Your Worker application is a container to interact with a headless browser to do actions, such as taking screenshots.

Create a new Worker project named `browser-worker` by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"browser-worker"}
/>

## 2. Enable Durable Objects in the dashboard

To enable Durable Objects, you will need to purchase the Workers Paid plan:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Plans**.
3. Select **Purchase Workers Paid** and complete the payment process to enable Durable Objects.

## 3. Install Puppeteer

In your `browser-worker` directory, install Cloudflare’s [fork of Puppeteer](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/):

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

## 4. Create a R2 bucket

Create two R2 buckets, one for production, and one for development.

Note that bucket names must be lowercase and can only contain dashes.

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket create screenshots
wrangler r2 bucket create screenshots-test
```

To check that your buckets were created, run:

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket list
```

After running the `list` command, you will see all bucket names, including the ones you have just created.

## 5. Configure your Wrangler configuration file

Configure your `browser-worker` project's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) by adding a browser [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and a [Node.js compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag). Browser bindings allow for communication between a Worker and a headless browser which allows you to do actions such as taking a screenshot, generating a PDF and more.

Update your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file with the Browser Rendering API binding, the R2 bucket you created and a Durable Object:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "rendering-api-demo"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2023-09-04"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat"]
account_id = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"


# Browser Rendering API binding
browser = { binding = "MYBROWSER" }

# Bind an R2 Bucket
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "BUCKET"
bucket_name = "screenshots"
preview_bucket_name = "screenshots-test"

# Binding to a Durable Object
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "BROWSER"
class_name = "Browser"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["Browser"] # Array of new classes

```

</WranglerConfig>

## 6. Code

The code below uses Durable Object to instantiate a browser using Puppeteer. It then opens a series of web pages with different resolutions, takes a screenshot of each, and uploads it to R2.

The Durable Object keeps a browser session open for 60 seconds after last use. If a browser session is open, any requests will re-use the existing session rather than creating a new one. Update your Worker code by copy and pasting the following:

```js
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		let id = env.BROWSER.idFromName("browser");
		let obj = env.BROWSER.get(id);

		// Send a request to the Durable Object, then await its response.
		let resp = await obj.fetch(request.url);

		return resp;
	},
};

const KEEP_BROWSER_ALIVE_IN_SECONDS = 60;

export class Browser {
	constructor(state, env) {
		this.state = state;
		this.env = env;
		this.keptAliveInSeconds = 0;
		this.storage = this.state.storage;
	}

	async fetch(request) {
		// screen resolutions to test out
		const width = [1920, 1366, 1536, 360, 414];
		const height = [1080, 768, 864, 640, 896];

		// use the current date and time to create a folder structure for R2
		const nowDate = new Date();
		var coeff = 1000 * 60 * 5;
		var roundedDate = new Date(
			Math.round(nowDate.getTime() / coeff) * coeff,
		).toString();
		var folder = roundedDate.split(" GMT")[0];

		//if there's a browser session open, re-use it
		if (!this.browser || !this.browser.isConnected()) {
			console.log(`Browser DO: Starting new instance`);
			try {
				this.browser = await puppeteer.launch(this.env.MYBROWSER);
			} catch (e) {
				console.log(
					`Browser DO: Could not start browser instance. Error: ${e}`,
				);
			}
		}

		// Reset keptAlive after each call to the DO
		this.keptAliveInSeconds = 0;

		const page = await this.browser.newPage();

		// take screenshots of each screen size
		for (let i = 0; i < width.length; i++) {
			await page.setViewport({ width: width[i], height: height[i] });
			await page.goto("https://workers.cloudflare.com/");
			const fileName = "screenshot_" + width[i] + "x" + height[i];
			const sc = await page.screenshot({ path: fileName + ".jpg" });

			await this.env.BUCKET.put(folder + "/" + fileName + ".jpg", sc);
		}

		// Close tab when there is no more work to be done on the page
		await page.close();

		// Reset keptAlive after performing tasks to the DO.
		this.keptAliveInSeconds = 0;

		// set the first alarm to keep DO alive
		let currentAlarm = await this.storage.getAlarm();
		if (currentAlarm == null) {
			console.log(`Browser DO: setting alarm`);
			const TEN_SECONDS = 10 * 1000;
			await this.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + TEN_SECONDS);
		}

		return new Response("success");
	}

	async alarm() {
		this.keptAliveInSeconds += 10;

		// Extend browser DO life
		if (this.keptAliveInSeconds < KEEP_BROWSER_ALIVE_IN_SECONDS) {
			console.log(
				`Browser DO: has been kept alive for ${this.keptAliveInSeconds} seconds. Extending lifespan.`,
			);
			await this.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + 10 * 1000);
			// You could ensure the ws connection is kept alive by requesting something
			// or just let it close automatically when there  is no work to be done
			// for example, `await this.browser.version()`
		} else {
			console.log(
				`Browser DO: exceeded life of ${KEEP_BROWSER_ALIVE_IN_SECONDS}s.`,
			);
			if (this.browser) {
				console.log(`Closing browser.`);
				await this.browser.close();
			}
		}
	}
}
```

## 7. Test

Run [`npx wrangler dev --remote`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to test your Worker remotely before deploying to Cloudflare's global network. Local mode support does not exist for Browser Rendering so `--remote` is required.

## 8. Deploy

Run [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) to deploy your Worker to the Cloudflare global network.

## Related resources

- Other [Puppeteer examples](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/tree/main/examples)
- Get started with [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/get-started/)
- [Using R2 from Workers](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/)

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Reuse sessions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/get-started/reuse-sessions/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The best way to improve the performance of your browser rendering worker is to reuse sessions. One way to do that is via [Durable Objects](/browser-rendering/get-started/browser-rendering-with-do/), which allows you to keep a long running connection from a worker to a browser. Another way is to keep the browser open after you've finished with it, and connect to that session each time you have a new request.

In short, this entails using `browser.disconnect()` instead of `browser.close()`, and, if there are available sessions, using `puppeteer.connect(env.MY_BROWSER, sessionID)` instead of launching a new browser session.

## 1. Create a Worker project

[Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure. Your Worker application is a container to interact with a headless browser to do actions, such as taking screenshots.

Create a new Worker project named `browser-worker` by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"browser-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

## 2. Install Puppeteer

In your `browser-worker` directory, install Cloudflare's [fork of Puppeteer](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/):

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

## 3. Configure the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
name = "browser-worker"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2023-03-14"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]

browser = { binding = "MYBROWSER" }
```
</WranglerConfig>

## 4. Code

The script below starts by fetching the current running sessions. If there are any that don't already have a worker connection, it picks a random session ID and attempts to connect (`puppeteer.connect(..)`) to it. If that fails or there were no running sessions to start with, it launches a new browser session (`puppeteer.launch(..)`). Then, it goes to the website and fetches the dom. Once that's done, it disconnects (`browser.disconnect()`), making the connection available to other workers.

Take into account that if the browser is idle, i.e. does not get any command, for more than the current [limit](/browser-rendering/platform/limits/), it will close automatically, so you must have enough requests per minute to keep it alive.

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

interface Env {
	MYBROWSER: Fetcher;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		let reqUrl = url.searchParams.get("url") || "https://example.com";
		reqUrl = new URL(reqUrl).toString(); // normalize

		// Pick random session from open sessions
		let sessionId = await this.getRandomSession(env.MYBROWSER);
		let browser, launched;
		if (sessionId) {
			try {
				browser = await puppeteer.connect(env.MYBROWSER, sessionId);
			} catch (e) {
				// another worker may have connected first
				console.log(`Failed to connect to ${sessionId}. Error ${e}`);
			}
		}
		if (!browser) {
			// No open sessions, launch new session
			browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
			launched = true;
		}

		sessionId = browser.sessionId(); // get current session id

		// Do your work here
		const page = await browser.newPage();
		const response = await page.goto(reqUrl);
		const html = await response!.text();

		// All work done, so free connection (IMPORTANT!)
		await browser.disconnect();

		return new Response(
			`${launched ? "Launched" : "Connected to"} ${sessionId} \n-----\n` + html,
			{
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/plain",
				},
			},
		);
	},

	// Pick random free session
	// Other custom logic could be used instead
	async getRandomSession(endpoint: puppeteer.BrowserWorker): Promise<string> {
		const sessions: puppeteer.ActiveSession[] =
			await puppeteer.sessions(endpoint);
		console.log(`Sessions: ${JSON.stringify(sessions)}`);
		const sessionsIds = sessions
			.filter((v) => {
				return !v.connectionId; // remove sessions with workers connected to them
			})
			.map((v) => {
				return v.sessionId;
			});
		if (sessionsIds.length === 0) {
			return;
		}

		const sessionId =
			sessionsIds[Math.floor(Math.random() * sessionsIds.length)];

		return sessionId!;
	},
};
```

Besides `puppeteer.sessions()`, we've added other methods to facilitate [Session Management](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/#session-management).

## 5. Test

Run [`npx wrangler dev --remote`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to test your Worker remotely before deploying to Cloudflare's global network. Local mode support does not exist for Browser Rendering so `--remote` is required.

To test go to the following URL:

`<LOCAL_HOST_URL>/?url=https://example.com`

## 6. Deploy

Run `npx wrangler deploy` to deploy your Worker to the Cloudflare global network and then to go to the following URL:

`<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/?url=https://example.com`

---

# Deploy a Browser Rendering Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/get-started/screenshots/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

By following this guide, you will create a Worker that uses the Browser Rendering API to take screenshots from web pages. This is a common use case for browser automation.

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker project

[Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure. Your Worker application is a container to interact with a headless browser to do actions, such as taking screenshots.

Create a new Worker project named `browser-worker` by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"browser-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript / TypeScript",
	}}
/>

## 2. Install Puppeteer

In your `browser-worker` directory, install Cloudflare’s [fork of Puppeteer](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/):

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

## 3. Create a KV namespace

Browser Rendering can be used with other developer products. You might need a [relational database](/d1/), an [R2 bucket](/r2/) to archive your crawled pages and assets, a [Durable Object](/durable-objects/) to keep your browser instance alive and share it with multiple requests, or [Queues](/queues/) to handle your jobs asynchronous.

For the purpose of this guide, you are going to use a [KV store](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) to cache your screenshots.

Create two namespaces, one for production, and one for development.

```sh
npx wrangler kv:namespace create BROWSER_KV_DEMO
npx wrangler kv:namespace create BROWSER_KV_DEMO --preview
```

Take note of the IDs for the next step.

## 4. Configure the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

Configure your `browser-worker` project's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) by adding a browser [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and a [Node.js compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag). Bindings allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform. Your browser `binding` name is set by you, this guide uses the name `MYBROWSER`. Browser bindings allow for communication between a Worker and a headless browser which allows you to do actions such as taking a screenshot, generating a PDF and more.

Update your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file with the Browser Rendering API binding and the KV namespaces you created:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "browser-worker"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2023-03-14"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]

browser = { binding = "MYBROWSER" }
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "BROWSER_KV_DEMO", id = "22cf855786094a88a6906f8edac425cd", preview_id = "e1f8b68b68d24381b57071445f96e623" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 5. Code

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
Update `src/index.js` with your Worker code:

```js
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
		let url = searchParams.get("url");
		let img;
		if (url) {
			url = new URL(url).toString(); // normalize
			img = await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.get(url, { type: "arrayBuffer" });
			if (img === null) {
				const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
				const page = await browser.newPage();
				await page.goto(url);
				img = await page.screenshot();
				await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.put(url, img, {
					expirationTtl: 60 * 60 * 24,
				});
				await browser.close();
			}
			return new Response(img, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "image/jpeg",
				},
			});
		} else {
			return new Response("Please add an ?url=https://example.com/ parameter");
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">
Update `src/worker.ts` with your Worker code:

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

interface Env {
	MYBROWSER: Fetcher;
	BROWSER_KV_DEMO: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
		let url = searchParams.get("url");
		let img: Buffer;
		if (url) {
			url = new URL(url).toString(); // normalize
			img = await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.get(url, { type: "arrayBuffer" });
			if (img === null) {
				const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
				const page = await browser.newPage();
				await page.goto(url);
				img = (await page.screenshot()) as Buffer;
				await env.BROWSER_KV_DEMO.put(url, img, {
					expirationTtl: 60 * 60 * 24,
				});
				await browser.close();
			}
			return new Response(img, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "image/jpeg",
				},
			});
		} else {
			return new Response("Please add an ?url=https://example.com/ parameter");
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This Worker instantiates a browser using Puppeteer, opens a new page, navigates to what you put in the `"url"` parameter, takes a screenshot of the page, stores the screenshot in KV, closes the browser, and responds with the JPEG image of the screenshot.

If your Worker is running in production, it will store the screenshot to the production KV namespace. If you are running `wrangler dev`, it will store the screenshot to the dev KV namespace.

If the same `"url"` is requested again, it will use the cached version in KV instead, unless it expired.

## 6. Test

Run [`npx wrangler dev --remote`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to test your Worker remotely before deploying to Cloudflare's global network. Local mode support does not exist for Browser Rendering so `--remote` is required.

To test taking your first screenshot, go to the following URL:

`<LOCAL_HOST_URL>/?url=https://example.com`

## 7. Deploy

Run `npx wrangler deploy` to deploy your Worker to the Cloudflare global network.

To take your first screenshot, go to the following URL:

`<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/?url=https://example.com`

## Related resources

- Other [Puppeteer examples](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/tree/main/examples)

---

# Use browser rendering with AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/how-to/ai/

import { Aside, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The ability to browse websites can be crucial when building workflows with AI. Here, we provide an example where we use Browser Rendering to visit
`https://news.ycombinator.com/` and then, using a machine learning model available in [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), extract the first post as JSON with a specified schema.

## Prerequisites

1. Use the `create-cloudflare` CLI to generate a new Hello World Cloudflare Worker script:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest -- browser-worker
```

2. Install `@cloudflare/puppeteer`, which allows you to control the Browser Rendering instance:

```sh
npm i @cloudflare/puppeteer
```

2. Install `zod` so we can define our output format and `zod-to-json-schema` so we can convert it into a JSON schema format:

```sh
npm i zod
npm i zod-to-json-schema
```

3. Activate the nodejs compatibility flag and add your Browser Rendering binding to your new Wrangler configuration:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]
```
</WranglerConfig>

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
[browser]
binding = "MY_BROWSER"
```
</WranglerConfig>

4.  In order to use [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), you need to get your [Account ID and API token](/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/#1-get-api-token-and-account-id).
Once you have those, create a [`.dev.vars`](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/#add-environment-variables-via-wrangler) file and set them there:

```
ACCOUNT_ID=
API_TOKEN=
```

We use `.dev.vars` here since it's only for local development, otherwise you'd use [Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).

## Load the page using Browser Rendering

In the code below, we launch a browser using `await puppeteer.launch(env.MY_BROWSER)`, extract the rendered text and close the browser.
Then, with the user prompt, the desired output schema and the rendered text, prepare a prompt to send to the LLM.

Replace the contents of `src/index.ts` with the following skeleton script:

```ts
import { z } from "zod";
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";
import zodToJsonSchema from "zod-to-json-schema";

export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    if (url.pathname != "/") {
      return new Response("Not found");
    }

    // Your prompt and site to scrape
    const userPrompt = "Extract the first post only.";
    const targetUrl = "https://labs.apnic.net/";

    // Launch browser
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MY_BROWSER);
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto(targetUrl);

    // Get website text
    const renderedText = await page.evaluate(() => {
      // @ts-ignore js code to run in the browser context
      const body = document.querySelector("body");
      return body ? body.innerText : "";
    });
    // Close browser since we no longer need it
    await browser.close();

    // define your desired json schema
    const outputSchema = zodToJsonSchema(
      z.object({ title: z.string(), url: z.string(), date: z.string() })
    );

    // Example prompt
    const prompt = `
    You are a sophisticated web scraper. You are given the user data extraction goal and the JSON schema for the output data format.
    Your task is to extract the requested information from the text and output it in the specified JSON schema format:

        ${JSON.stringify(outputSchema)}

    DO NOT include anything else besides the JSON output, no markdown, no plaintext, just JSON.

    User Data Extraction Goal: ${userPrompt}

    Text extracted from the webpage: ${renderedText}`;

    // TODO call llm
    //const result = await getLLMResult(env, prompt, outputSchema);
    //return Response.json(result);
  }

} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

```

## Call an LLM

Having the webpage text, the user's goal and output schema, we can now use an LLM to transform it to JSON according to the user's request.
The example below uses `@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq` but other [models](/workers-ai/models/), or services like OpenAI, could be used with minimal changes:

```ts
async getLLMResult(env, prompt: string, schema?: any) {
    const model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq"
    const requestBody = {
        messages: [{
            role: "user",
            content: prompt
        }
        ],
    };
    const aiUrl = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${env.ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/run/${model}`

    const response = await fetch(aiUrl, {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization: `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
      },
      body: JSON.stringify(requestBody),
    });
    if (!response.ok) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.text(), null, 2));
      throw new Error(`LLM call failed ${aiUrl} ${response.status}`);
    }

    // process response
    const data = await response.json();
    const text = data.result.response || '';
    const value = (text.match(/```(?:json)?\s*([\s\S]*?)\s*```/) || [null, text])[1];
    try {
      return JSON.parse(value);
    } catch(e) {
      console.error(`${e} . Response: ${value}`)
    }
  }
```

If you want to use Browser Rendering with OpenAI instead you'd just need to change the `aiUrl` endpoint and `requestBody` (or check out the [llm-scraper-worker](https://www.npmjs.com/package/llm-scraper-worker) package).

## Conclusion

The full Worker script now looks as follows:

```ts
import { z } from "zod";
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";
import zodToJsonSchema from "zod-to-json-schema";

export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    if (url.pathname != "/") {
      return new Response("Not found");
    }

    // Your prompt and site to scrape
    const userPrompt = "Extract the first post only.";
    const targetUrl = "https://labs.apnic.net/";

    // Launch browser
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MY_BROWSER);
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto(targetUrl);

    // Get website text
    const renderedText = await page.evaluate(() => {
      // @ts-ignore js code to run in the browser context
      const body = document.querySelector("body");
      return body ? body.innerText : "";
    });
    // Close browser since we no longer need it
    await browser.close();

    // define your desired json schema
    const outputSchema = zodToJsonSchema(
      z.object({ title: z.string(), url: z.string(), date: z.string() })
    );

    // Example prompt
    const prompt = `
    You are a sophisticated web scraper. You are given the user data extraction goal and the JSON schema for the output data format.
    Your task is to extract the requested information from the text and output it in the specified JSON schema format:

        ${JSON.stringify(outputSchema)}

    DO NOT include anything else besides the JSON output, no markdown, no plaintext, just JSON.

    User Data Extraction Goal: ${userPrompt}

    Text extracted from the webpage: ${renderedText}`;

    // call llm
    const result = await getLLMResult(env, prompt, outputSchema);
    return Response.json(result);
  }

} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;


async function getLLMResult(env, prompt: string, schema?: any) {
    const model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq"
    const requestBody = {
        messages: [{
            role: "user",
            content: prompt
        }
        ],
    };
    const aiUrl = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${env.ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/run/${model}`

    const response = await fetch(aiUrl, {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization: `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
      },
      body: JSON.stringify(requestBody),
    });
    if (!response.ok) {
      console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.text(), null, 2));
      throw new Error(`LLM call failed ${aiUrl} ${response.status}`);
    }

    // process response
    const data = await response.json() as { result: { response: string }};
    const text = data.result.response || '';
    const value = (text.match(/```(?:json)?\s*([\s\S]*?)\s*```/) || [null, text])[1];
    try {
      return JSON.parse(value);
    } catch(e) {
      console.error(`${e} . Response: ${value}`)
    }
}
```

You can run this script to test it using Wrangler's `--remote` flag:

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

With your script now running, you can go to `http://localhost:8787/` and should see something like the following:

```json
{
  "title": "IP Addresses in 2024",
  "url": "http://example.com/ip-addresses-in-2024",
  "date": "11 Jan 2025"
}
```

For more complex websites or prompts, you might need a better model. Check out the latest models in [Workers AI](/workers-ai/models/).

---

# How To

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Generate PDFs Using HTML and CSS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/how-to/pdf-generation/

import { Aside, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

As seen in the [Getting Started guide](/browser-rendering/get-started/screenshots/), Browser Rendering can be used to generate screenshots for any given URL. Alongside screenshots, you can also generate full PDF documents for a given webpage, and can also provide the webpage markup and style ourselves.

## Prerequisites

1. Use the `create-cloudflare` CLI to generate a new Hello World Cloudflare Worker script:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest -- browser-worker
```

2. Install `@cloudflare/puppeteer`, which allows you to control the Browser Rendering instance:

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

3. Add your Browser Rendering binding to your new Wrangler configuration:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
browser = { binding = "BROWSER" }
```
</WranglerConfig>

4. Replace the contents of `src/index.ts` (or `src/index.js` for JavaScript projects) with the following skeleton script:

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

const generateDocument = (name: string) => {};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
		let name = searchParams.get("name");

		if (!name) {
			return new Response("Please provide a name using the ?name= parameter");
		}

		const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.BROWSER);
		const page = await browser.newPage();

		// Step 1: Define HTML and CSS
		const document = generateDocument(name);

		// Step 2: Send HTML and CSS to our browser
		await page.setContent(document);

		// Step 3: Generate and return PDF

		return new Response();
	},
};
```

## 1. Define HTML and CSS

Rather than using Browser Rendering to navigate to a user-provided URL, manually generate a webpage, then provide that webpage to the Browser Rendering instance. This allows you to render any design you want.

:::note
You can generate your HTML or CSS using any method you like. This example uses string interpolation, but the method is also fully compatible with web frameworks capable of rendering HTML on Workers such as React, Remix, and Vue.
:::

For this example, we're going to take in user-provided content (via a '?name=' parameter), and have that name output in the final PDF document.

To start, fill out your `generateDocument` function with the following:

```ts
const generateDocument = (name: string) => {
	return `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <style>
      html,
      body,
      #container {
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0;
      }
      body {
        font-family: Baskerville, Georgia, Times, serif;
        background-color: #f7f1dc;
      }
      strong {
        color: #5c594f;
        font-size: 128px;
        margin: 32px 0 48px 0;
      }
      em {
        font-size: 24px;
      }
      #container {
        flex-direction: column;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
        text-align: center;
      }
    </style>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="container">
      <em>This is to certify that</em>
      <strong>${name}</strong>
      <em>has rendered a PDF using Cloudflare Workers</em>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
`;
};
```

This example HTML document should render a beige background imitating a certificate showing that the user-provided name has successfully rendered a PDF using Cloudflare Workers.

:::note
It is usually best to avoid directly interpolating user-provided content into an image or PDF renderer in production applications. To render contents like an invoice, it would be best to validate the data input and fetch the data yourself using tools like [D1](/d1/) or [Workers KV](/kv/).
:::

## 2. Load HTML and CSS Into Browser

Now that you have your fully styled HTML document, you can take the contents and send it to your browser instance. Create an empty page to store this document as follows:

```ts
const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.BROWSER);
const page = await browser.newPage();
```

The [`page.setContent()`](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/api/puppeteer.page.setcontent.md) function can then be used to set the page's HTML contents from a string, so you can pass in your created document directly like so:

```ts
await page.setContent(document);
```

## 3. Generate and Return PDF

With your Browser Rendering instance now rendering your provided HTML and CSS, you can use the [`page.pdf()`](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/api/puppeteer.page.pdf.md) command to generate a PDF file and return it to the client.

```ts
let pdf = page.pdf({ printBackground: true });
```

The `page.pdf()` call supports a [number of options](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/api/puppeteer.pdfoptions.md), including setting the dimensions of the generated PDF to a specific paper size, setting specific margins, and allowing fully-transparent backgrounds. For now, you are only overriding the `printBackground` option to allow your `body` background styles to show up.

Now that you have your PDF data, return it to the client in the `Response` with an `application/pdf` content type:

```ts
return new Response(pdf, {
	headers: {
		"content-type": "application/pdf",
	},
});
```

## Conclusion

The full Worker script now looks as follows:

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

const generateDocument = (name: string) => {
	return `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <style>
	  html, body, #container {
		width: 100%;
	    height: 100%;
		margin: 0;
	  }
      body {
        font-family: Baskerville, Georgia, Times, serif;
        background-color: #f7f1dc;
      }
      strong {
        color: #5c594f;
		font-size: 128px;
		margin: 32px 0 48px 0;
      }
	  em {
		font-size: 24px;
	  }
      #container {
		flex-direction: column;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
		text-align: center
      }
    </style>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="container">
		<em>This is to certify that</em>
		<strong>${name}</strong>
		<em>has rendered a PDF using Cloudflare Workers</em>
	</div>
  </body>
</html>
`;
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const { searchParams } = new URL(request.url);
		let name = searchParams.get("name");

		if (!name) {
			return new Response("Please provide a name using the ?name= parameter");
		}

		const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.BROWSER);
		const page = await browser.newPage();

		// Step 1: Define HTML and CSS
		const document = generateDocument(name);

		// // Step 2: Send HTML and CSS to our browser
		await page.setContent(document);

		// // Step 3: Generate and return PDF
		const pdf = await page.pdf({ printBackground: true });

		return new Response(pdf, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/pdf",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

You can run this script to test it using Wrangler’s `--remote` flag:

```sh
npx wrangler@latest dev --remote
```

With your script now running, you can pass in a `?name` parameter to the local URL (such as `http://localhost:8787/?name=Harley`) and should see the following:

![A screenshot of a generated PDF, with the author's name shown in a mock certificate.](~/assets/images/browser-rendering/pdf-generation.png).

---

Dynamically generating PDF documents solves a number of common use-cases, from invoicing customers to archiving documents to creating dynamic certificates (as seen in the simple example here).

---

# Browser close reasons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/platform/browser-close-reasons/

A browser session may close for a variety of reasons, occasionally due to connection errors or errors in the headless browser instance. As a best practice, wrap `puppeteer.connect` or `puppeteer.launch` in a [`try/catch`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch) statement.

The reason that a browser closed can be found on the Browser Rendering Dashboard in the [logs tab](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/browser-renderingl/logs). When Cloudflare begins charging for the Browser Rendering API, we will not charge when errors are due to underlying Browser Rendering infrastructure.

| Reasons a session may end                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------- |
| User opens and closes browser normally.              |
| Browser is idle for 60 seconds.                      |
| Chromium instance crashes.                           |
| Error connecting with the client, server, or Worker. |
| Browser session is evicted.                          |

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

| Feature                                       | Limit                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Concurrent browsers per account               | 10 per account	[^1] 						                            	  |
| New browser instances per minute              | 10 per minute [^1]                                    					|
| Browser timeout                               | 60 seconds [^1][^2]                                           |

[^1]: Contact our team to request increases to this limit.
[^2]: By default, a browser instance gets killed if it does not get any [devtools](https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/) command for 60 seconds, freeing one instance. Users can optionally increase this by using the `keep_alive` [option](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/#keep-alive). `browser.close()` releases the browser instance.
close()` releases the browser instance.

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Puppeteer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

[Puppeteer](https://pptr.dev/) is one of the most popular libraries that abstract the lower-level DevTools protocol from developers and provides a high-level API that you can use to easily instrument Chrome/Chromium and automate browsing sessions. Puppeteer is used for tasks like creating screenshots, crawling pages, and testing web applications.

Puppeteer typically connects to a local Chrome or Chromium browser using the DevTools port. Refer to the [Puppeteer API documentation on the `Puppeteer.connect()` method](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.puppeteer.connect) for more information.

The Workers team forked a version of Puppeteer and patched it to connect to the Workers Browser Rendering API instead. The [changes between Workers Puppeteer fork and the Puppeteer core](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/src/puppeteer-core.ts) are minimal. After connecting, the developers can then use the full [Puppeteer API](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/api/index.md) as they would on a standard setup.

Our version is open sourced and can be found in [Cloudflare's fork of Puppeteer](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer). The npm can be installed from [npmjs](https://www.npmjs.com/) as [@cloudflare/puppeteer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/puppeteer):

```bash
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
```

## Use Puppeteer in a Worker

Once the [browser binding](/browser-rendering/platform/wrangler/#bindings) is configured and the `@cloudflare/puppeteer` library is installed, Puppeteer can be used in a Worker:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
		const page = await browser.newPage();
		await page.goto("https://example.com");
		const metrics = await page.metrics();
		await browser.close();
		return Response.json(metrics);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

interface Env {
	MYBROWSER: Fetcher;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
		const page = await browser.newPage();
		await page.goto("https://example.com");
		const metrics = await page.metrics();
		await browser.close();
		return Response.json(metrics);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This script [launches](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.puppeteernode.launch) the `env.MYBROWSER` browser, opens a [new page](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.browser.newpage), [goes to](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.page.goto) [https://example.com/](https://example.com/), gets the page load [metrics](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.page.metrics), [closes](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.browser.close) the browser and prints metrics in JSON.

### Keep Alive

If users omit the `browser.close()` statement, it will stay open, ready to be connected to again and [re-used](/browser-rendering/get-started/reuse-sessions/) but it will, by default, close automatically after 1 minute of inactivity. Users can optionally extend this idle time up to 10 minutes, by using the `keep_alive` option, set in milliseconds:

```js
const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER, { keep_alive: 600000 });
```

Using the above, the browser will stay open for up to 10 minutes, even if inactive.

## Session management

In order to facilitate browser session management, we've added new methods to `puppeteer`:

### List open sessions

`puppeteer.sessions()` lists the current running sessions. It will return an output similar to this:

```json
[
	{
		"connectionId": "2a2246fa-e234-4dc1-8433-87e6cee80145",
		"connectionStartTime": 1711621704607,
		"sessionId": "478f4d7d-e943-40f6-a414-837d3736a1dc",
		"startTime": 1711621703708
	},
	{
		"sessionId": "565e05fb-4d2a-402b-869b-5b65b1381db7",
		"startTime": 1711621703808
	}
]
```

Notice that the session `478f4d7d-e943-40f6-a414-837d3736a1dc` has an active worker connection (`connectionId=2a2246fa-e234-4dc1-8433-87e6cee80145`), while session `565e05fb-4d2a-402b-869b-5b65b1381db7` is free. While a connection is active, no other workers may connect to that session.

### List recent sessions

`puppeteer.history()` lists recent sessions, both open and closed. It's useful to get a sense of your current usage.

```json
[
	{
		"closeReason": 2,
		"closeReasonText": "BrowserIdle",
		"endTime": 1711621769485,
		"sessionId": "478f4d7d-e943-40f6-a414-837d3736a1dc",
		"startTime": 1711621703708
	},
	{
		"closeReason": 1,
		"closeReasonText": "NormalClosure",
		"endTime": 1711123501771,
		"sessionId": "2be00a21-9fb6-4bb2-9861-8cd48e40e771",
		"startTime": 1711123430918
	}
]
```

Session `2be00a21-9fb6-4bb2-9861-8cd48e40e771` was closed explicitly with `browser.close()` by the client, while session `478f4d7d-e943-40f6-a414-837d3736a1dc` was closed due to reaching the maximum idle time (check [limits](/browser-rendering/platform/limits/)).

You should also be able to access this information in the dashboard, albeit with a slight delay.

### Active limits

`puppeteer.limits()` lists your active limits:

```json
{
	"activeSessions": [
		"478f4d7d-e943-40f6-a414-837d3736a1dc",
		"565e05fb-4d2a-402b-869b-5b65b1381db7"
	],
	"allowedBrowserAcquisitions": 1,
	"maxConcurrentSessions": 2,
	"timeUntilNextAllowedBrowserAcquisition": 0
}
```

- `activeSessions` lists the IDs of the current open sessions
- `maxConcurrentSessions` defines how many browsers can be open at the same time
- `allowedBrowserAcquisitions` specifies if a new browser session can be opened according to the rate [limits](/browser-rendering/platform/limits/) in place
- `timeUntilNextAllowedBrowserAcquisition` defines the waiting period before a new browser can be launched.

## Puppeteer API

The full Puppeteer API can be found in the [Cloudflare's fork of Puppeteer](https://github.com/cloudflare/puppeteer/blob/main/docs/api/index.md).

---

# Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-rendering/platform/wrangler/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) is a command-line tool for building with Cloudflare developer products.

Use Wrangler to deploy projects that use the Workers Browser Rendering API.

## Install

To install Wrangler, refer to [Install and Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

## Bindings

[Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform. A browser binding will provide your Worker with an authenticated endpoint to interact with a dedicated Chromium browser instance.

To deploy a Browser Rendering Worker, you must declare a [browser binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in your Worker's Wrangler configuration file.

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" product="workers" />

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Top-level configuration
name = "browser-rendering"
main = "src/index.ts"
workers_dev = true
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat_v2"]

browser = { binding = "MYBROWSER" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

After the binding is declared, access the DevTools endpoint using `env.MYBROWSER` in your Worker code:

```javascript
const browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.MYBROWSER);
```

Run [`npx wrangler dev --remote`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to test your Worker remotely before deploying to Cloudflare's global network. Local mode support does not exist for Browser Rendering so `--remote` is required. To deploy, run [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy).

---

# Set up address maps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/address-maps/setup/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Consider the sections below to learn how to set up address maps.

:::note
There is **no expected downtime** when setting up or updating your address maps.
:::

## Create address maps

To avoid any errors if you have [static IPs](/byoip/concepts/static-ips/), Cloudflare creates an address map during the static IP onboarding process, meaning you cannot create a new address map with your static IPs. You may only edit the Cloudflare-created map and add or edit your zones within the existing map.

If you are using BYOIP instead, refer to the following steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **Address Maps**.
3. Select **Create an address map**.
4. Choose the scope of the address map.
5. Add the zones and IP addresses that you want to map.
6. Name your address map.
7. Review the information and select **Save and Deploy**.

:::note
Creating an address map does not automatically change DNS configuration. DNS responses only begin to change when a zone or account is added to a map. Additionally, address maps that are not yet enabled will not take effect in DNS responses.
:::

## Manage address maps

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **Address Maps**.
3. Go to your address map and select **Review**.
4. Edit your address map.
5. Review the information and select **Save**.

:::note
You can also enable, disable, and delete address maps. This will likely change the IP addresses used for your zones.
:::

## Non-SNI support

If your visitors use devices that have not been updated since 2011, they may not have <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)">Server Name Indication (SNI)</GlossaryTooltip> support. For further context, refer to [browser compatibility](/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/#non-sni-support).

Use address maps to specify a hostname as default SNI. This will be used whenever Cloudflare receives a non-SNI TLS handshake.

:::note
Setting up a default SNI is currently only supported via API.
:::

1. If you have not already, create an address map. Refer to the [section above](#create-address-maps) or to the [Create Address Map](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/address_maps/methods/create/) API endpoint.
2. Take note of the address map `id`. If needed, you can use the [List Address Maps](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/address_maps/methods/list/) endpoint to get it.
3. Make sure you add the desired IPs to the address map. Cloudflare will respond with the default SNI on those IPs. Use the dashboard or refer to [Add An IP To An Address Map](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/address_maps/subresources/ips/methods/update/).
4. Configure the `default_sni` value on the address map created in step 1. Refer to the [Update Address Map](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/address_maps/methods/edit/) API endpoint for details. The default SNI can be any valid domain or subdomain owned by your account.

---

# About address maps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/address-maps/

import { GlossaryDefinition } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="address map" prepend="Address map is " />

If you do not have BYOIP or static IPs and you want to use Address Maps, contact your account manager. You can [customize the IPs Cloudflare uses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#customize-cloudflare-ip-addresses) by bringing your own IP addresses to Cloudflare (BYOIP) or by leasing static Cloudflare IPs.

:::note
Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are supported.
:::

---

## How Address Maps works

For zones using [Cloudflare's authoritative DNS](/dns/), Cloudflare typically responds to DNS queries for proxied hostnames with [anycast IPs](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/). However, if you [customize the IPs Cloudflare uses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#customize-cloudflare-ip-addresses) and use Address Maps, Cloudflare will respond with the IP address(es) on the address map.

Address maps do not change [how Cloudflare reaches the configured origin](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy). The IP addresses defined on the **DNS** > **Records** under your zone continue to instruct Cloudflare how to reach the origin.

:::caution
Depending on whether you use static IPs or BYOIP, the process to [create an address map](/byoip/address-maps/setup/) is different.
:::

### Static IPs or BYOIP

Leased static IPs allow you to use a set of specifically assigned Cloudflare IPs to ensure they do not change. Cloudflare creates an address map with your static IPs that you may edit. You cannot create another map using your static IPs.

With BYOIP, you use your IPs by bringing an address space that you lease or own and creating an address map.

---

## Immutable address maps

Some customers may only proxy zones through BYOIP addresses, and are prohibited from using Cloudflare IP addresses for proxied DNS names. In this case, Cloudflare will create an immutable, account-wide address map to ensure all zones in your account receive BYOIP addresses as a fallback. These address maps cannot be deleted.

It is still possible to create more specific zone-level address maps with specific BYOIPs, but DNS will fall back to the account-wide address map without one.

To specify different addresses for certain zones, [create a new address map](/byoip/address-maps/setup/).

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the topics below for more information about concepts related to BYOIP.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Letter of Agency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/loa/

A Letter of Agency (LOA) - sometimes referred to as a Letter of Authorization - is a document that authorizes Cloudflare to announce a prefix(es) on behalf of another entity. The LOA is required by Cloudflare's transit providers so they can accept the routes Cloudflare advertises on behalf of another entity.

The letter must contain both the prefixes you are authorizing Cloudflare to announce and which ASN they will be announced under. Cloudflare can announce a prefix under your ASN or you can use Cloudflare's ASN, which is AS13335.

:::note
Current customers who are still using Cloudflare's AS209242 can continue using this same ASN. No further change is required.
:::

Cloudflare accepts digital signatures on an LOA, as long as it is clear who is signing the LOA.

:::note[Note]
An LOA is a formal document which should be on company letterhead and contain a wet signature. The Letter of Agency must be a PDF. Transit providers may reject the LOA if it is in a JPG or PNG format.
:::

You can use the below template when creating an LOA document.

```txt title="Letter of Agency template"
[COMPANY LETTERHEAD]

LETTER OF AGENCY ("LOA")

[DATE]


To whom it may concern:

[COMPANY NAME] (the "Company") authorizes Cloudflare, Inc. with AS13335 to advertise the following IP address blocks / originating ASNs:

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[Subnet & Originating ASN]
[Subnet & Originating ASN]
[Subnet & Originating ASN]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

As a representative of the Company that is the owner of the aforementioned IP address blocks / originating ASNs, I hereby declare that I am authorized to sign this LOA on the Company’s behalf.

Should you have any questions please email me at [E-MAIL ADDRESS], or call: [TELEPHONE NUMBER]

Regards,


[SIGNATURE]


[NAME TYPED]
[TITLE]
[COMPANY NAME]
[COMPANY ADDRESS]
[COMPANY STAMP]
```

---

# Prefix delegations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/prefix-delegations/

BYOIP supports prefix delegations, which occur when a prefix owner’s account (Account A) allows another account (Account B) to use all or part of their prefix. The original prefix is still managed by the original account, but a delegation allows another account to use the delegated IP(s) on various services within that account.

Refer to [service bindings](/byoip/service-bindings/) for more information on the services an IP can be bound to.

## CDN


CDN delegations allow you to use the IP(s) with [Address Maps](/byoip/address-maps/) or [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) customers.

Address Maps allows you to assign IPs either at the account level or zone level.

In the Cloudflare for SaaS example, Account A is using BYOIP + CDN and Cloudflare for SaaS. Account A can validate and serve traffic for a custom hostname on any of the IPs in its prefix. If Account A delegates some or all of the prefix to Account B, Account B may also validate and serve traffic for custom hostnames on those IPs as well. This is very useful if you use Cloudflare for SaaS but manage different configurations in different accounts. All the accounts can use the IPs through a delegation.

## Spectrum

If Account A delegates use of part or all of a prefix to Account B via a prefix delegation, Account B can also use the [Spectrum API](/spectrum/about/byoip/) with the IPs it was delegated access to.

**Example:** Account A is the primary owner of prefix 1.2.3.0/24. Account A delegates the use of 1.2.3.0/32 to Account B. Account B can now use the Spectrum API to create a Spectrum app with 1.2.3.0/32.

## API calls for prefix delegations

API calls for delegations can be found at [Prefix Delegations](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/delegations/methods/list/).

:::note

The dashboard only supports delegation of an entire prefix. If you want to delegate less than the entire prefix, use the API.

To bind an IP from one service to another, use the API.
:::

## Configure prefix delegations

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **IP Prefixes**.
3. Select **Edit** to modify a prefix. **Edit IP Prefixes** displays.
4. At the bottom of the page, select **Add Delegation**. Other accounts that your user is a part of will auto-load when you create the delegation.
5. Select **Save**.
6. Bind IPs to a service via the [Service Bindings API](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/service_bindings/) as needed.

---

# Static IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/static-ips/

Lease static IPs so that you can use a set of specifically assigned Cloudflare IPs. If you need to allowlist your IPs or to communicate your IPs to third parties, allocating static IPs to your account allows you to know them ahead of time.

Cloudflare will not change static IP addresses without notifying you, and will typically only do so at your request.

:::note
Although BYOIP and static IPs are different offerings, both can be managed using [Address Maps](/byoip/address-maps/).
:::

Static IPs are allocated to the account, but can be assigned to a single zone. This means that you can place multiple zones on the same static IPs. You can also specify which zones are mapped to your static IPs and control when the IPs for your zones change.

## Availability

Static IPs are available as an add-on purchase for Enterprise plans.

---

# IP address service bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/service-bindings/

Service bindings are mappings that control whether traffic destined for a given IP address is routed to [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), the CDN pipeline [^1], or the Spectrum pipeline [^2].

:::note
Service binding operations are currently only available via API. You can find all endpoints and their specifications in the [Cloudflare API documentation](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/bindings/methods/list/).
:::

## Scope

Customers using BYOIP with Magic Transit can leverage the [service binding API endpoints](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/bindings/methods/list/) to selectively route traffic through the CDN [^1] or Spectrum [^2] pipelines on a per-IP address basis.

You can upgrade individual IPs within a Magic Transit prefix to either a CDN IP or a Spectrum IP. For example, if you have `203.0.113.0/24`, you can upgrade `203.0.113.1` to CDN and `203.0.113.2` to Spectrum.

:::caution
Magic Transit customers must ensure that their contract includes CDN and/or Spectrum according to their needs.
:::

### CDN (Cache)

When a service binding of type `CDN` is applied, once the change has propagated across Cloudflare's global network (four to six hours), any HTTP requests are directed into the CDN pipeline for Layer 7 processing.

Refer to [Use BYOIP with Magic Transit and CDN](/byoip/service-bindings/magic-transit-with-cdn/) for detailed guidance.

### Spectrum

When a service binding of type `Spectrum` is applied, once the change has propagated across Cloudflare's global network (four to six hours), any TCP/UDP/HTTP requests are directed into the Spectrum pipeline for Layer 4 or Layer 7 processing.

## Limitations

- You must keep Magic Transit as a common base service, spanning all addresses in your prefix.
- When adding a service binding for a given IP address, it must be either a CDN service binding or a Spectrum service binding. It is not possible (or necessary) to bind both services.
-  Once a service binding is created (or deleted), it will take four to six hours to propagate across Cloudflare's global network. Services for the IP addresses in scope will likely be disrupted during this window.

[^1]: Layer 7 HTTP-based
[^2]: Layer 4 or Layer 7 HTTP with custom ports

---

# Use BYOIP with Magic Transit and CDN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/service-bindings/magic-transit-with-cdn/

import { Details, Example, TabItem, Tabs, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

[Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) customers using BYOIP can also benefit from the performance, reliability, and security that Cloudflare offers for HTTP-based applications.

This documentation covers using the Cloudflare API to configure [service bindings](/byoip/service-bindings/) within Cloudflare's IP Address Management framework. Service bindings allow BYOIP customers to selectively route traffic on a per-IP address basis to the CDN pipeline (which includes [Cache](/cache/), [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/), and more).

It is also possible to define service bindings to route traffic to the Spectrum pipeline selectively. However, this is not in the scope of this guide.

It is important to note that traffic routed to the CDN pipeline is protected at Layers 3 and 4 by the inherent DDoS protection capabilities native to the CDN pipeline.

## Before you begin

Although it is possible to add discrete bindings for non-contiguous CIDR blocks, implementing service bindings through an **aggregated** CIDR block is **strongly** recommended as it is more efficient.

<Details header="Example">

**Magic Transit protected prefix:** `203.0.113.100/24`

**IPs to upgrade to the CDN:**

`203.0.113.16`<br />
`203.0.113.17`<br />
`203.0.113.18`<br />
`203.0.113.19`<br />
`203.0.113.20`<br />
`203.0.113.21`<br />
`203.0.113.22`<br />
`203.0.113.23`

Add one discrete CDN service binding for `203.0.113.16` with a `/29` netmask.

</Details>

Once a service binding is created (or deleted), it will take **four** to **six** hours to propagate across Cloudflare's global network. Services for the IP addresses in scope will likely be disrupted during this window.

:::note
This guide assumes that the prefix is tied to a single Cloudflare account that has both Magic Transit and CDN properties. If you are using [prefix delegations](/byoip/concepts/prefix-delegations/), the service bindings must be [created](#2-create-service-binding) on the parent account.
:::

## 1. Get account information

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and get your [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) and [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/). The token permissions should include `Account` - `IP Prefixes` - `Edit`.
2. Make a `GET` request to the [List Services](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/services/methods/list/) endpoint and take note of the `id` associated with the CDN service.
3. Use the [List Prefixes](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/methods/list/) endpoint and take note of the `id` associated with the prefix (`cidr`) you will configure.

<Example>

At this point, continuing the [example](#before-you-begin), you should have a mapping similar to the following:

| Variables      | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `{service_id}` | The ID of the CDN service within Cloudflare. <br /><br /> Example: `969xxxxxxxx000xxx0000000x00001bf`                                             |
| `{prefix_id}`  | The ID of the Magic Transit protected prefix (`203.0.113.100/24`) you want to configure. <br /><br /> Example: `6b25xxxxxxx000xxx0000000x0000cfc` |

</Example>

4. To confirm you currently only have a Magic Transit service binding and that it spans across your entire prefix, make a `GET` request to the [List Service Bindings](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/bindings/methods/list/) endpoint. Replace the `{prefix_id}` in the URI path by the actual prefix ID you got from the previous step.

<Example>

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/addressing/prefixes/{prefix_id}/bindings \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

</Example>

## 2. Create service binding

:::caution[Caution]
Once a service binding is created (or deleted), it will take four to six hours to propagate across Cloudflare's global network. Services for the IP addresses in scope will likely be disrupted during this window.
:::

1. Make a `POST` request to the [Create service binding](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/bindings/methods/create/) endpoint, indicating the IP address you want to bind to the CDN. Specify the **corresponding network mask** as needed.

<Example>

Continuing the example, `203.0.113.100/32` designates an IP address that is within the Magic Transit protected prefix `203.0.113.0/24`.

Replace the `{prefix_id}` in the URI with your prefix ID from previous steps. Within the request body, the `cidr` value should correspond to the IP address or subnet that you are configuring for use with CDN.

```bash

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/addressing/prefixes/{prefix_id}/bindings \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "cidr": "203.0.113.100/32",
  "service_id": <SERVICE_ID>
}'
```

In the response body, the initial provisioning state should be `provisioning`.

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "cidr": "203.0.113.100/32",
    "id": <CDN_SERVICE_BINDING_ID>,
    "provisioning": {
      "state": "provisioning"
      },
    "service_id": <SERVICE_ID>,
    "service_name": "CDN"
  }
}
```

</Example>

You can periodically check the service binding status using the [List Service Bindings](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/bindings/methods/list/) endpoint.

## 3. Create address maps

Once you have configured your IPs to have CDN service, you can use <GlossaryTooltip term="address map" link="/byoip/address-maps/">address maps</GlossaryTooltip> to specify which IPs should be used by Cloudflare in DNS responses when a record is <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status" link="/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records">proxied</GlossaryTooltip>.

You can choose between two different scopes:

- Account-level: uses the address map for all proxied DNS records across all of the zones within an account.
- Zone-level: uses the address map for all proxied DNS records within a zone.

:::note
If you need to map only specific subdomains (and not all proxied DNS records) to specific IP addresses, you can use a [Subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/).
:::

<Tabs labels="Dashboard | API">
<TabItem label="dashboard" no-code="true">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **Address Maps**.
3. Select **Create an address map**.
4. Choose the scope of the address map.
5. Add the zones and IP addresses that you want to map.
6. Name your address map.
7. Review the information and select **Save and Deploy**.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="api" no-code="true">

Use the [Create Address Map](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/address_maps/methods/create/) endpoint.

Make sure you have the correct Key/Token and permissions.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 4. Create DNS records

<Tabs labels="Dashboard | API">
<TabItem label="dashboard" no-code="true">

To create a DNS record in the dashboard:

1.  Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account and domain.
2.  Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3.  Select **Add record**.
4.  Choose an address (`A`/`AAAA`) [record type](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).
5.  Complete the required fields, setting the **Proxy status** to **proxied**.
6.  Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="api" no-code="true">

To create records with the API, use a [POST request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/). For field definitions, select a record type under the request body specification.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

:::note
As you create the necessary DNS records, [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) can help making sure that you have SSL/TLS certificates in place for all your hostnames.
:::

While the DNS record proxy status and address map will determine how Cloudflare's authoritative DNS responds to requests for your hostnames, the IP addresses specified in `A`/`AAAA` records will determine [how Cloudflare reaches the configured origin](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy).

<Details header="Example">

| Type | Name  | IP address      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ----- | --------------- | ------------ | ------ |
| `A`  | `www` | `203.0.113.150` | `Proxied`    | `Auto` |

At this point, if an address map for a zone `example.com` specifies that Cloudflare should use `203.0.113.100` for proxied records and the above record exists in the same zone, you can expect the following:

1. Cloudflare responds to DNS requests with `203.0.113.100`.
2. Cloudflare proxies requests through the CDN and then routes the requests via [GRE](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/) or [CNI](/magic-transit/network-interconnect/) to the origin server `203.0.113.150` (Magic Transit protected prefix).
3. Depending on whether Magic Transit is implemented with [direct server return model or with Magic Transit egress](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#bidirectional-vs-unidirectional-health-checks), the origin server responds back to Cloudflare either:

   - Directly over the Internet in a Magic Transit direct server return model
   - Back through the Magic GRE tunnel(s) in a Magic Transit egress model

4. As the HTTP response egresses the Cloudflare network back to the client side, the source IP address of the response becomes `203.0.113.100` (the IP address that the HTTP request originally landed on).

</Details>

:::note
Having the same IP address as ingress IP (defined in the address map) and origin IP (listed in the DNS record) will not cause any loops.
:::

<Details header="Example">

Assuming `203.0.113.100` was also the origin IP, the DNS record would look like the following:

| Type | Name  | IP address      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ----- | --------------- | ------------ | ------ |
| `A`  | `www` | `203.0.113.100` | `Proxied`    | `Auto` |

</Details>

## 5. (Optional) Add layer 7 functionality

Leverage other features according to your needs:

- [Cache](/cache/)
- [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
- [Security analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/)

---

# Cache Reserve

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cache Reserve is a large, persistent data store [implemented on top of R2](/r2/). By pushing a single button in the dashboard, your website’s cacheable content will be written to Cache Reserve. In the same way that [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) builds a hierarchy of caches between your visitors and your origin, Cache Reserve serves as the ultimate [upper-tier cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) that will reserve storage space for your assets for as long as you want. This ensures that your content is served from cache longer, shielding your origin from unneeded egress fees.

![Content served from origin and getting cached in Cache Reserve, and Edge Cache Data Centers (T1=upper-tier, T2=lower-tier) on its way back to the client](~/assets/images/cache/content-being-served.png)

How long content in Cache Reserve will be considered “fresh” is determined by Edge Cache TTL setting or Cache-Control headers at your origin, if [Edge Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#edge-cache-ttl) is not set. After freshness expires, Cloudflare will attempt to revalidate the asset when a subsequent request arrives in Cache Reserve for the asset. This is the same behavior as in Cloudflare's regular CDN.

The retention period of an asset is how long we will keep the asset in Cache Reserve before marking it for eviction. If an asset is not requested within the retention period, it will be evicted from Cache Reserve. Accessing the asset will extend the retention period by one period. By default, the Cache Reserve retention period is 30 days.

Assets must [meet certain criteria](#cache-reserve-asset-eligibility) to use Cache Reserve.

Cache Reserve is a usage-based product and [pricing](#pricing) is detailed below. While Cache Reserve does require a paid plan, users can continue to use Cloudflare’s CDN (without Cache Reserve) for free.

## Enable Cache Reserve

A paid Cache Reserve Plan is required for the enablement.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select a domain.
2. Go to **Caching** > **Cache Reserve**.
3. Select **Enable storage sync**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Refer to the [Change Cache Reserve setting API](/api/resources/cache/subresources/cache_reserve/methods/edit/) for more information.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note[Note]
You can pause Cache Reserve at any time. Pausing Cache Reserve means that Cloudflare’s network will no longer use Cache Reserve to serve data, but resources will remain in storage until they are purged or expired.
:::

If you are an Enterprise customer and are interested in Cache Reserve, contact your account team to get help with your configuration.

## Cache Reserve asset eligibility

Not all assets are eligible for Cache Reserve. To be admitted into Cache Reserve, assets must:

- Be cacheable, according to Cloudflare's standard [cacheability factors](/cache),
- Have a freshness time-to-live (TTL) of at least 10 hours (set by any means such as Cache-Control / [CDN-Cache-Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) origin response headers, [Edge Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#edge-cache-ttl), [Cache TTL By Status](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/), or [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/)),
- Have a Content-Length response header.
- When using [Image transformations](/images/manage-images/create-variants/), original files are eligible for Cache Reserve, but resized file variants are not eligible because transformations happen after Cache Reserve in the response flow.

## Limits

- Cache Reserve file limits are the same as [R2 limits](/r2/platform/limits/). Note that [CDN cache limits](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#customization-options-and-limits) still apply. Assets larger than standard limits will not be stored in the standard CDN cache, so these assets will incur Cache Reserve operations costs far more frequently.
- Origin Range requests are not supported at this time from Cache Reserve.
- Vary for Images is currently not compatible with Cache Reserve.
- Requests to [R2 public buckets linked to a zone's domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/) will not use Cache Reserve. Enabling Cache Reserve for the connected zone will use Cache Reserve only for requests not destined for the R2 bucket.
- Cache Reserve makes requests for uncompressed content directly from the origin. Unlike the standard Cloudflare CDN, Cache Reserve does not include the `Accept-Encoding: gzip` header when sending requests to the origin.
- Cache Reserve is bypassed when using the Cloudflare [O2O](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/) setup.

## Usage

Like the standard CDN, Cache Reserve also uses the `cf-cache-status` header to indicate cache statuses like `MISS`, `HIT`, and `REVALIDATED`. Cache Reserve cache misses and hits are factored into the dashboard's cache hit ratio.

Individual sampled requests that filled or were served by Cache Reserve are viewable via the [CacheReserveUsed](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) Logpush field.

Cache Reserve monthly operations and storage usage are viewable in the dashboard.

## Pricing

Cache Reserve charges based on the total volume of data stored, along with two classes of operations on that data:

- [Class A operations](/r2/pricing/#class-a-operations) which are more expensive and tend to mutate state.
- [Class B operations](/r2/pricing/#class-b-operations) which tend to read existing state.

In most cases, a Cache Reserve miss will result in both one class A and one class B operation, and a Cache Reserve hit will result in one class B operation. Assets larger than 1 GB will incur more operations proportional to their size.

### Cache Reserve pricing

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th></th>
		<th>Rates</th>
		<tr>
			<td>Storage</td>
			<td>$0.015 / GB-month</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Class A Operations (writes)</td>
			<td>$4.50 / million requests</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Class B Operations (reads)</td>
			<td>$0.36 / million requests</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

<Render file="cache-reserve-billing-note" />

### Storage usage

Storage is billed using gigabyte-month (GB-month) as the billing metric. A GB-month is calculated by recording total bytes stored for the duration of the month.

For example:

- Storing 1 GB for 30 days will be charged as 1 GB-month.
- Storing 2 GB for 15 days will be charged as 1 GB-month.

### Operations

Operations are performed by Cache Reserve on behalf of the user to write data from the origin to Cache Reserve and to pass that data downstream to other parts of Cloudflare’s network. These operations are managed internally by Cloudflare.

#### Class A operations (writes)

Class A operations are performed based on cache misses from Cloudflare’s CDN. When a request cannot be served from cache, it will be fetched from the origin and written to cache reserve as well as our edge caches on the way back to the visitor.

#### Class B operations (reads)

Class B operations are performed when data needs to be fetched from Cache Reserve to respond to a miss in the edge cache.

#### Purge

Asset purges are free operations.

Cache Reserve will be instantly purged along with edge cache when you send a purge by URL request.

Other purge methods, such as purge by tag, host, prefix, or purge everything will force an attempt to revalidate on the subsequent request for the Cache Reserve asset. Note that assets purged this way will still incur storage costs until their retention TTL expires.

:::note
Note this differs from the standard CDN's purge by tag, host, or prefix features which force a cache miss, requiring the origin to deliver the asset in full.
:::

## Cache Reserve billing examples

#### Example 1

Assuming 1,000 assets (each 1 GB) are written to Cache Reserve at the start of the month and each asset is read 1,000 times, the estimated cost for the month would be:

|                    | Usage                                     | Billable Quantity | Price      |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ---------- |
| Class B Operations | (1,000 assets) \* (1,000 reads per asset) | 1,000,000         | $0.36      |
| Class A Operations | (1,000 assets) \* (1 write per asset)     | 1,000             | $4.50      |
| Storage            | (1,000 assets) \* (1GB per asset)         | 1,000 GB-months   | $15.00     |
| **TOTAL**          |                                           |                   | **$19.86** |
|                    |                                           |                   |            |

<Render file="cache-reserve-billing-note" />

#### Example 2

Assuming 1,000,000 assets (each 1 MB) are in Cache Reserve, and:

- each asset expires and is rewritten into Cache Reserve 1 time per day
- each asset is read 2 times per day

the estimated cost for the month would be:

|                    | Usage                                                | Billable Quantity | Price       |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------- |
| Class B Operations | (1,000,000 assets) \* (2 reads per day) \* (30 days) | 60,000,000        | $21.60      |
| Class A Operations | (1,000,000 assets) \* (1 write per day) \* (30 days) | 30,000,000        | $135.00     |
| Storage            | (1,000,000 assets) \* (1MB per asset)                | 1,000 GB-months   | $15.00      |
| **TOTAL**          |                                                      |                   | **$171.60** |
|                    |                                                      |                   |             |

<Render file="cache-reserve-billing-note" />

## Tips and best practices

Cache Reserve should be used with [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) enabled. Cache Reserve is designed for use with Tiered Cache enabled for maximum origin shielding. Using Cache Reserve without Tiered Cache may result in higher storage operation costs. Enabling Cache Reserve via the Cloudflare dashboard will check and provide a warning if you try to use Cache Reserve without Tiered Cache enabled.

## Cache Reserve Analytics

Cache Reserve Analytics provides insights regarding your Cache Reserve usage. It allows you to check what content is stored in Cache Reserve, how often it is being accessed, how long it has been there and how much egress from your origin it is saving you.

In the **Overview** section, under **Cache Reserve**, you have access to the following metrics:

- **Egress savings (bandwidth)** - is an estimation based on response bytes served from Cache Reserve that did not need to be served from your origin server. These are represented as cache hits.
- **Requests served by Cache Reserve** - is the number of requests served by Cache Reserve (total).
- **Data storage summary** - is based on a representative sample of requests. Refer to [Sampling](/analytics/graphql-api/sampling/) for more details about how Cloudflare samples data.
  - **Current data stored** - is the data stored (currently) over time.
  - **Aggregate storage usage** - is the total of storage used for the selected timestamp.
- **Operations** - [Class A](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/#class-a-operations-writes) (writes) and [Class B](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/#class-b-operations-reads) (reads) operations over time.

## Cache Reserve clear button

You can remove all data stored in Cache Reserve through the dashboard or via API. To clear your cache reserve:

- Cache Reserve must have already been enabled for the zone.
- Cache Reserve needs to be off.

Be aware that the deletion may take up to 24 hours to complete.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select a domain.
2. Go to **Caching** > **Cache Reserve**.
3. In **Delete Cache Reserve Data**, select **Delete Storage**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete Cache Reserve data via API use the following example requests. For more information, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/cache/subresources/cache_reserve/methods/clear/).

```bash title="Request 1: Get Cache Reserve status"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/cache_reserve \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"editable": true,
		"id": "cache_reserve",
		"value": "off"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

If Cache Reserve is turned off, you can proceed to the Cache Reserve Clear operation.

```bash title="Request 2: Start Cache Reserve Clear"
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/cache_reserve_clear \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "cache_reserve_clear",
		"start_ts": "2024-06-02T10:00:00.12345Z",
		"state": "In-progress"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Crawler Hints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/crawler-hints/

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Crawler Hints aims to increase the proportion of relevant crawls and limit crawls that do not find fresh content to reduce the need for repeated crawls.

## Background

Search engines and similar services operate massive networks of bots that crawl the Internet to identify the content most relevant to a user query. Content on the web is always changing though, and search engine crawlers must continually wander the Internet and guess how frequently they should check a site for content updates.

With Crawler Hints, Cloudflare can proactively tell a crawler about the best time to index or when content changes. Additionally, Crawler Hints supports [IndexNow](https://www.indexnow.org/), which allows websites to notify search engines whenever content on their website content is created, updated, or deleted. Crawler Hints uses cache-status `MISS` to determine when content has likely been updated and sends it to IndexNow's crawler. If an asset's response has an HTTP status code greater than 4xx, the Crawler hints will not report that to [IndexNow](https://www.indexnow.org/).

## Benefits

For a website owner, Crawler Hints ensures that search engines and other bot-powered experiences have the freshest version of your content, translating into happier users and ultimately influencing search rankings.

Crawler Hints also means less traffic hitting your origin, improving resource consumption, site performance, and environmental impact.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.crawler_hints" />

## Enable Crawler Hints

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your domain.
2. Go to **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Enable **Crawler Hints**.

After enabling Crawler Hints, Cloudflare will begin sending hints to search engines about when they should crawl particular parts of your website.

## Prevent indexing for a specific page

When enabled, Crawler Hints is a global setting for your entire website. You can stop a specific page from being indexed by either:

* Having the origin server send through the header `X-Robots-Tag: noindex` on any pages that should not be indexed.
* Including `<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" />` in the HTML of any pages that should not be indexed.
* Creating a [Response header Transform Rule](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) in Cloudflare to add the `X-Robots-Tag: noindex` header instead of doing it from the origin server.

---

# Early Hints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Early Hints takes advantage of “server think time” to asynchronously send instructions to the browser to begin loading resources while the origin server is compiling the full response. By sending these hints to a browser before the full response is prepared, the browser can figure out how to load the webpage faster for the end user.

Formally, Early Hints is a [web standard](https://httpwg.org/specs/rfc8297.html) that defines a new HTTP status code (103 Early Hints) that defines new interactions between a client and server. 103s are served to clients while a 200 OK (or error) response is prepared, which is the “server think time.” You can enable Cloudflare's edge to cache and send 103 Early Hints responses with Link headers from your HTML pages. The response contains hints about which assets will likely be needed to fully render the webpage. This "hinting" speeds up page loads and generally reduces user-perceived latency.

:::note[Note]


Early Hints is currently only supported over HTTP/2 and HTTP/3.


:::

For more information about Early Hints, refer to the [Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/early-hints) and [Google Chrome](https://developer.chrome.com/en/blog/early-hints/) blogs.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.early_hints" />

## Enable Early Hints

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your domain.
2. From the dashboard, select **Speed** > **Optimization**.
3. Go to the **Content Optimization** tab.
4. For **Early Hints**, toggle the switch to **On**.

## Generate Early Hints

Early Hints are only generated and cached:

* For URIs with `.html`, `.htm`, or `.php` file extensions, or no file extension
* On 200, 301, or 302 response return codes
* When the response contains [link headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Link) with preconnect or preload rel types, such as `Link: </img/preloaded.png>; rel=preload`

:::note


Early Hints cache entries are keyed by request URI and ignore query strings.


:::

## Emit Early Hints

Cloudflare will asynchronously look up and emit a cached 103 Early Hints response ahead of a main response.

Currently, only certain browser versions will take action to preload or preconnect on receiving Early Hints, such as Google Chrome M94 and higher. Instructions for running WebPageTest to experiment with compatible client browsers can be found in the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/early-hints/#testing-early-hints-with-web-page-test).

Additionally, keep the following in mind:

* Early Hints responses may be emitted before reaching the origin server or Worker. When Early Hints is enabled and pages on your site require authentication, unauthenticated visitors may receive a 103 response. The 103 response would contain cached Link headers and be sent before a 403 Forbidden response from your origin.
* Early Hints may be emitted less frequently on requests where the content is cacheable. Cloudflare CDN is more likely to retrieve a response header before the asynchronous Early Hints lookup finishes if the response has been cached. Cloudflare will not send a 103 response if the main response header is already available.
* Cloudflare currently disables Early Hints on some User-Agents, for example, select search crawler bots that show incompatibility with 1xx responses.
* You may see an influx of `504` responses with the `RequestSource` of `earlyHintsCache` in Cloudflare Logs when Early Hints is enabled, which is expected and benign. Requests from `earlyHintsCache` are internal subrequests for cached Early Hints, and they are neither end user requests, nor do they go to your origin. Their response status only indicates whether there are cached Early Hints for the request URI (`200` on cache HIT, `504` on cache MISS). These requests are already filtered out in other views, such as Cache Analytics. To filter out these requests or to filter requests by end users of your website only, please refer to [Filter end users](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/#filter-end-users).

---

# Advanced configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn how to complete different configuration options to customize your cache behavior.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Query String Sort

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/query-string-sort/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

**Query String Sort** increases cache-hit rates by first sorting query strings into a consistent order before checking the Cloudflare cache.

By default, Cloudflare’s cache treats resources as distinct if their URL query strings are in a different order. For instance, these resources are cached separately:

* `/video/48088296?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=51a516`
* `/video/48088296?byline=0&color=51a516&portrait=0&title=0`

Query String Sort changes this behavior. If two query strings exist with the same name, the URL is sorted by the parameter value. For example:

`/example/file?word=alpha&word=beta` and `/example/file?word=beta&word=alpha`

would be sorted to:

`/example/file?word=alpha&word=beta`

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.query_string_sort" />

***

## Enable Query String Sort

To enable Query String Sort:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Caching** > **Configuration**.
4. For **Enable Query String Sort**, switch the toggle to **On**.

***

## Unexpected behavior with WordPress admin pages

When a site or an application requires exact query string ordering, enabling Query String Sort might cause unexpected behavior.

For example in the WordPress admin UI, you might notice any of the following behaviors:

* No media appear in the Media Library
* Inability to customize the site via **Appearance** > **Customize**
* Inability to drag any widget to a sidebar in **Appearance** > **Widgets**
* Inability to edit menus in **Appearance** > **Menus**

To understand why this happens, note that WordPress [concatenates JavaScript files](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/wordpress/wp-config/#disable-javascript-concatenation) to speed up the administration interface. The way WordPress implements this involves multiple occurrences of `load[]` parameters in the query string, where the order of those parameters is crucial.

:::note


Note that more recent versions of WordPress may not experience this issue, as a patch has been implemented in WordPress since 2019. The patch can be found at [WordPress Core Trac Changeset 45456](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/45456).


:::

### Identify the problem

The screenshot below shows an example where resources in the Media Library are not rendered correctly and the browser debugging console reveals that the page is throwing an error:

![Resources in the Media Library are not rendered correctly](~/assets/images/support/media_library_enabling_query.png)

When the page `load-scripts.php` loads, the browser sends a request to Cloudflare for:

```txt
/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5B%5D=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,underscore,shortcode,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,wp-plupload,wp-mediaelement,wp-api-r&load%5B%5D=equest,media-views,media-editor,media-audiovideo,mce-view,imgareaselect,image-edit,media-grid,media,svg-painter&ver=5.0.3
```

With Query String Sort enabled, Cloudflare will then sort the parameters and values in the request query string, resulting in the following:

```txt
/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5B%5D=equest,media-views,media-editor,media-audiovideo,mce-view,imgareaselect,image-edit,media-grid,media,svg-painter&load%5B%5D=hoverIntent,common,admin-bar,underscore,shortcode,backbone,wp-util,wp-backbone,media-models,wp-plupload,wp-mediaelement,wp-api-r&ver=5.0.3
```

Note that the `load[]` parameters were swapped, as `equest` should come before `hoverIntent` when alphabetically ordered.

When this happens, you will most likely find errors in the browser console, such as:

`_____ is not defined at load-scripts.php?c=0&load[]=...`

This type of error indicates that Query String Sort is inadvertently breaking some WordPress admin page functionality.

After sorting, the query then goes to Cloudflare's cache infrastructure (and to the origin server, if the resource is not in the Cloudflare cache or is not cacheable). The origin server then serves the concatenated scripts, which are ordered differently. Because scripts might depend on other scripts, this process might break dependencies.

### Respond to the issue

Start by analyzing your site or application behavior around the use of query strings. Do you have assets served with multiple possible arrangements of query strings?

For example, you might have an image resizing endpoint or a search form, where the order of query parameters might vary - such as width, height, and version - yet a unique parameter combination points to a single relevant asset.

To minimize problems, consider:

* Disabling **Query String Sort** for the site if you’re sure that this feature does not add value to any part of your site. Cloudflare disables this option by default in the **Caching** app.
* Use Cache Rules to enable **Query String Sort** (set **Cache key** > **Sort query string**: `On`) for URLs where preserving the query string parameter order is not important.
* Alternatively, use Cache Rules to disable **Query String Sort** for URLs where a specific parameter order is required. For example, set **Cache key** > **Sort query string**: `Off` for URI paths starting with `/wp-admin/load-scripts.php`, or for any URLs with similar requirements.

To learn more about Cache Rules, visit [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/).

***

## Related resources

* [Increasing Cache Hit Rates with Query String Sort](https://blog.cloudflare.com/increasing-cache-hit-rates-with-query-string-sort/)
* [Best Practice: Caching Everything While Ignoring Query Strings](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-everything-ignore-query-strings/)

---

# Vary for images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/advanced-configuration/vary-for-images/

import { Details, FeatureTable } from "~/components"

`Vary` is an HTTP response header that allows origins to serve variants of the same content that can be used depending on the browser sending the request.

Cloudflare sits in between the browser and the origin. When Cloudflare receives the origin’s response, the specific image variant is cached so that subsequent requests from browsers with the same image preferences can be served from cache. This also means that serving multiple image variants for the same asset will create distinct cache entries.

`Vary` for Images reduces the content-negotiation process by parsing a request’s `Accept` header, which is sent to the origin to deliver the correct content to the browser.

Vary for images is available for Pro, Business, and Enterprise customers.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.vary_for_images" />

## File extensions

You can use vary for images on the file extensions below if the origin server sends the `Vary: Accept` response header. If the origin server sends `Vary: Accept` but does not serve the set variant, the response is not cached and displays `BYPASS` in the cache status in the response header. Additionally, the list of variant types the origin serves for each extension must be configured so that Cloudflare decides which variant to serve without contacting the origin server.


<Details header="File extensions enabled for varying">
  <ul>
    <li>.avif</li>
    <li>.bmp</li>
    <li>.gif</li>
    <li>.jpg</li>
    <li>.jpeg</li>
    <li>.jp2</li>
    <li>.png</li>
    <li>.tif</li>
    <li>.tiff</li>
    <li>.webp</li>
  </ul>
</Details>

## Enable vary for images

Vary for Images is enabled through Cloudflare’s API by creating a variants rule. In the examples below, learn how to serve JPEG, WebP, and AVIF variants for `.jpeg` and `.jpg` extensions.

### Create a variants rule

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/variants" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value":{"jpeg":["image/webp","image/avif"],"jpg":["image/webp","image/avif"]}}'
```

### Modify to only allow WebP variants

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/variants" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value":{"jpeg":["image/webp"],"jpg":["image/webp"]}}'
```

### Delete the rule

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/variants" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Get the rule

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/variants" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

To learn more about purging varied images, refer to [Purge varied images](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-varied-images/).

## Limitations

* For Vary for images to work, your image URLs must include the file extension in the path and not the query string. For example the URL `https://example.com/image.jpg` is compatible but `https://example.com/index.php?file=image.jpg` is not compatible.
* Your origin must return an image type matching the file extension in the URL when a HTTP client sends no `Accept` header, or an `Accept: */*` header. Otherwise, you will see `CF-Cache-Status: BYPASS` in the HTTP response headers.

---

# Avoid web cache poisoning

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/cache-security/avoid-web-poisoning/

A cache poisoning attack uses an HTTP request to trick an origin web server into responding with a harmful resource that has the same cache key as a clean request. As a result, the poisoned resource gets cached and served to other users.

A Content Delivery Network (CDN) like Cloudflare relies on cache keys to compare new requests against cached resources. The CDN then determines whether the resource should be served from the cache or requested directly from the origin web server.

## Learn about Cache Poisoning

To deepen your understanding of the risks and vulnerabilities associated with cache poisoning, consult the following resources:

* [Practical Web Cache Poisoning](https://portswigger.net/blog/practical-web-cache-poisoning)
* [How Cloudflare protects customers from cache poisoning](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cache-poisoning-protection/)

## Only cache files that are truly static

Review the caching configuration for your origin web server and ensure you are caching files that are static and do not depend on user input in any way. To learn more about Cloudflare caching, review:

* [Which file extensions does Cloudflare cache for static content?](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)
* [How Do I Tell Cloudflare What to Cache?](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/)

## Do not trust data in HTTP headers

Client-side vulnerabilities are often exploited through HTTP headers, including cross-site scripting (XSS). In general, you should not trust the data in HTTP headers and as such:

* Do not rely on values in HTTP headers if they are not part of your [cache key](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/).
* Never return HTTP headers to users in cached content.

## Do not trust GET request bodies

Cloudflare caches contents of GET request bodies, but they are not included in the cache key. GET request bodies should be considered untrusted and should not modify the contents of a response. If a GET body can change the contents of a response, consider bypassing cache or using a POST request.

## Monitor web security advisories

To keep informed about Internet security threats, Cloudflare recommends that you monitor web security advisories on a regular basis. Some of the more popular advisories include:

* [Drupal Security Advisories](https://www.drupal.org/security)
* [Symfony Security Advisories](https://symfony.com/blog/category/security-advisories)
* [Laminas Security Advisories](https://getlaminas.org/security/advisories)

---

# Cache Deception Armor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/cache-security/cache-deception-armor/

Before learning about Cache Deception Armor, you should first understand how Web Cache Deception attacks work.

## Web Cache Deception attacks

Web Cache Deceptions attacks occur when an attacker tricks a user into opening a link in the format of `http://www.example.com/newsfeed/foo.jpg`, when `http://www.example.com/newsfeed` is the location of a dynamic script that returns different content for different users.

This scenario becomes problematic when your website is configured to be flexible about what kinds of paths it can handle. To be more specific, when requests to a path that do not exist, such as `/x/y/z` are treated as equivalent to requests to a parent path that does exist `/x`.

For example, an attacker could send a user a link to `http://www.example.com/newsfeed/foo.jpg` so that the user could be taken to their newsfeed. When the request passes through Cloudflare, the request would be cached because the path ends in `.jpg`. The attacker can then visit the same URL themselves, and their request will be served from Cloudflare's cache, exposing your user's sensitive content.

## Cache Deception Armor protects against attacks

You can protect users from Web Cache Deception attacks by [creating a cache rule](/cache/cache-security/cache-deception-armor/#enable-cache-deception-armor). With this rule, you can continue to cache static assets, but the rule will verify a URL's extension matches the returned `Content-Type`.

In the newsfeed example above, if `http://www.example.com/newsfeed` is a script that outputs a webpage, the `Content-Type` is `text/html`. On the other hand, `http://www.example.com/newsfeed/foo.jpg` is expected to have `image/jpeg` as `Content-Type`. When a mismatch that could result in a Web Cache Deception attack is found, Cloudflare does not cache the response.

### Exceptions

* If the returned `Content-Type` is `application/octet-stream`, the extension does not matter because that is typically a signal to instruct the browser to save the asset instead of to display it.
* Cloudflare allows `.jpg` to be served as `image/webp` or `.gif` as `video/webm` and other cases that we think are unlikely to be attacks.
* Keep in mind that Cache Deception Armor depends upon [Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/). A `Cache-Control` header from the origin, [Edge Cache TTL Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl) or [Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/set-browser-ttl/) zone setting may override the protection.

## Enable Cache Deception Armor

To enable Cache Deception Armor, you need to start by creating a [cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/). Follow the steps below for guidance:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Caching** > **Cache Rules**.
3. Select **Create rule**.
4. Under **When incoming requests match**, define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder).
5. Under **Then**, in the **Cache eligibility** section, select **Eligible for cache**.
6. Add the **Cache Key** setting to the rule and turn on **Cache deception armor**.
7. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/cache-security/cors/

A cross-origin request is a request for website resources external to the origin. For example, `a.example.com` attempts to serve resources from `b.secondexample.com`. CORS instructs the browser to determine if a cross-origin request, such as an image or JavaScript from `b.secondexample.com`, is allowed by `a.example.com`. The browser does not load resources that are disallowed by CORS.

Cloudflare supports CORS by:

* Identifying cached assets based on the `Host` Header, `Origin` Header, URL path, and query. This allows different resources to use the same `Host` header but different `Origin` headers.
* Passing `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` headers from the origin server to the browser.

The `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header allows servers to specify rules for sharing their resources with external domains. When a server receives a request to access a resource, it responds with a value for the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header. `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` headers are often applied to [cacheable content](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/). A web server may respond with different `Access-Control` headers depending on the `Origin` header sent in the request.

## Add or change CORS headers

If you add or change CORS configuration at your origin web server, purging the Cloudflare cache by URL does not update the CORS headers. Force Cloudflare to retrieve the new CORS headers via one of the following options:

* Change the filename or URL to bypass cache to instruct Cloudflare to retrieve the latest CORS headers.
* Use the [single-file purge API](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/#purge-cached-content-by-url) to specify the appropriate CORS headers along with the purge request.
* Update the resource’s last-modified time at your origin web server. Then, complete a [full purge](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-everything/) to retrieve the latest version of your assets including updated CORS headers.

---

# Head Requests and Set-Cookie Headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/cache-behavior/

In this page, we document how Cloudflare's cache system behaves in interaction with:

* `HEAD` requests
* `Set-Cookie` response headers

## Interaction of `HEAD` requests with Cache

Cloudflare converts `HEAD` requests to `GET` requests for cacheable requests.

When you make a `HEAD` request for a cacheable resource and Cloudflare does not have that resource in the edge cache, a cache miss happens. Cloudflare will send a `GET` request to your origin, cache the full response and return the response headers only. Make sure the origin server is setup to handle `GET` requests, even if only `HEAD` requests are expected, so that compatibility with this behavior is ensured.

## Interaction of `Set-Cookie` response header with Cache

For non-cacheable requests, `Set-Cookie` is always preserved. For cacheable requests, there are three possible behaviors:

* `Set-Cookie` is returned from origin and the default cache level is used. If [origin cache control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) is not enabled, Cloudflare removes the `Set-Cookie` and caches the asset. If origin cache control is enabled, Cloudflare does not cache the asset and preserves the `Set-Cookie`. A cache status of `BYPASS` is returned.

* `Set-Cookie` is returned from origin and the cache level is set to `Cache Everything` in Page Rules, or `Eligible for cache` in Cache Rules. In this case, Cloudflare preserves the `Set-Cookie` but does not cache the asset. A cache `MISS` will be returned every time.

* `Set-Cookie` is returned from origin, the cache level is set to `Cache Everything` in Page Rules, or `Eligible for cache` in Cache Rules, and edge cache TTL is set. In this case, Cloudflare removes the `Set-Cookie` and the asset is cached.

---

# Cache security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/cache-security/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the following content to learn more about cache security.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Origin Cache Control

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/cache-control/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Origin Cache Control is a Cloudflare feature. When enabled on an Enterprise customer's website, it indicates that Cloudflare should strictly respect `Cache-Control` directives received from the origin server. Free, Pro and Business customers have this feature enabled by default.

`Cache-Control` directives in the HTTP response from your origin server provide specific [caching instructions](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7234) to intermediary services like Cloudflare.

With the Origin Cache Control feature enabled, `Cache-Control` directives present in the origin server's response will be followed as specified. For example, if the response includes a `max-age` directive of 3,600 seconds, Cloudflare will cache the resource for that duration before checking the origin server again for updates.

Cloudflare's [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) allows users to either augment or override an origin server's `Cache-Control` headers or [default policies](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) set by Cloudflare.

In the following sections, we will provide more details regarding:

* The most common `Cache-Control` directives.
* How to enable Origin Cache Control.
* How Origin Cache Control behaves with `Cache-Control` directives.
* How other Cloudflare products interact with `Cache-Control` directives.

## `Cache-control` directives

A `Cache-Control` header can include a number of directives, and the directive dictates who can cache a resource along with how long those resources can be cached before they must be updated.

:::note[Note]


For more information about `Cache-Control` directives at origin servers, refer to the [Mozilla Cache-Control documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control).


:::

If multiple directives are passed together, each directive is separated by a comma. If the directive takes an argument, it follows the directive separated by an equal sign. For example: `max-age=86400`.

Directives can be broken down into four groups: [cacheability](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#cacheability), [expiration](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#expiration), [revalidation](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#revalidation), and [other](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#other).

### Cacheability

Cacheability refers to whether or not a resource should enter a cache, and the directives below indicate a resource's cacheability.

* `public` — Indicates any cache may store the response, even if the response is normally non-cacheable or cacheable only within a private cache.
* `private` — Indicates the response message is intended for a single user, such as a browser cache, and must not be stored by a shared cache like Cloudflare or a corporate proxy.
* `no-store` — Indicates any cache, such as a client or proxy cache, must not store any part of either the immediate request or response.

### Expiration

Expiration refers to how long a resource should remain in the cache, and the directives below affect how long a resource stays in the cache.

:::note[Note]


Cloudflare respects whichever value is higher: the [Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/) in Cloudflare or the `max-age` header. You can also simultaneously specify a Cloudflare Edge Cache TTL different than a Browser's Cache TTL respectively via the `s-maxage` and `max-age` `Cache-Control` headers.

When using Origin Cache Control and setting `max-age=0`, Cloudflare prefers to cache and revalidate. With Origin Cache Control off and `max-age=0`, Cloudflare will bypass cache.

When setting `no-cache` with Origin Cache Control off, Cloudflare does not cache. When setting `no-cache` with Origin Cache Control on, Cloudflare caches and always revalidates.


:::

* `max-age=seconds` — Indicates the response is stale after its age is greater than the specified number of seconds. Age is defined as the time in seconds since the asset was served from the origin server. The `seconds` argument is an unquoted integer.
* `s-maxage=seconds` — Indicates that in shared caches, the maximum age specified by this directive overrides the maximum age specified by either the `max-age` directive or the `Expires` header field. The `s-maxage` directive also implies the semantics of the proxy-revalidate response directive. Browsers ignore `s-maxage`.
* `no-cache` — Indicates the response cannot be used to satisfy a subsequent request without successful validation on the origin server. This allows an origin server to prevent a cache from using the origin to satisfy a request without contacting it, even by caches that have been configured to send stale responses.

Ensure the HTTP `Expires` header is set in your origin server to use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) as stipulated in [RFC 2616](https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.3 "3.3.1 Full Date").

### Revalidation

Revalidation determines how the cache should behave when a resource expires, and the directives below affect the revalidation behavior.

* `must-revalidate` — Indicates that once the resource is stale, a cache (client or proxy) must not use the response to satisfy subsequent requests without successful validation on the origin server.
* `proxy-revalidate` — Has the same meaning as the `must-revalidate` response directive except that it does not apply to private client caches.
* `stale-while-revalidate=<seconds>` — When present in an HTTP response, indicates caches may serve the response in which it appears after it becomes stale, up to the indicated number of seconds since the resource expired. If [Always Online](/cache/how-to/always-online/) is enabled, then the `stale-while-revalidate` and `stale-if-error` directives are ignored. This directive is not supported when using the Cache API methods `cache.match` or `cache.put`. For more information, refer to the [Worker's documentation for Cache API](/workers/platform/limits/#cache-api-limits).
* `stale-if-error=<seconds>` — Indicates that when an error is encountered, a cached stale response may be used to satisfy the request, regardless of other freshness information. To avoid this behavior, include `stale-if-error=0` directive with the object returned from the origin. This directive is not supported when using the Cache API methods `cache.match` or `cache.put`. For more information, refer to the [Worker's documentation for Cache API](/workers/platform/limits/#cache-api-limits).

The `stale-if-error` directive is ignored if [Always Online](/cache/how-to/always-online/) is enabled or if an explicit in-protocol directive is passed. Examples of explicit in-protocol directives include a `no-store` or `no-cache cache` directive, a `must-revalidate` cache-response-directive, or an applicable `s-maxage` or `proxy-revalidate` cache-response-directive.

### Other

Additional directives that influence cache behavior are listed below.

* `no-transform` — Indicates that an intermediary — regardless of whether it implements a cache — must not transform the payload.
* `vary` — Cloudflare does not consider vary values in caching decisions. Nevertheless, vary values are respected when [Vary for images](/cache/advanced-configuration/vary-for-images/) is configured and when the vary header is [`vary: accept-encoding`](/speed/optimization/content/compression/).
* `immutable` — Indicates to clients the response body does not change over time. The resource, if unexpired, is unchanged on the server. The user should not send a conditional revalidation request, such as `If-None-Match` or `If-Modified-Since`, to check for updates, even when the user explicitly refreshes the page. This directive has no effect on public caches like Cloudflare, but does change browser behavior.

## Enable Origin Cache Control

If you enable Origin Cache Control, Cloudflare will aim to strictly adhere to [RFC 7234](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7234). Enterprise customers have the ability to select if Cloudflare will adhere to this behavior, enabling or disabling Origin Cache Control for their websites through cache rules in the [dashboard](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#origin-cache-control-enterprise-only) or via [API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#origin-cache-control-enterprise-only). Free, Pro, and Business customers have this option enabled by default and cannot disable it.

## Origin Cache Control behavior

The following section covers the directives and behavioral conditions associated with enabling or disabling Origin Cache Control.

### Directives

The table below lists directives and their behaviors when Origin Cache Control is disabled and when it is enabled.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Directive
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Origin Cache Control disabled behavior
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Origin Cache Control enabled behavior
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>s-maxage=0</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Will not cache.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Caches and always revalidates
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>max-age=0</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Will not cache.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Caches and always revalidates.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>no-cache</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Will not cache.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Caches and always revalidates. Does not serve stale.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>no-cache=&lt;headers&gt;</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Will not cache.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Caches if headers mentioned in <code>no-cache=&lt;headers&gt;</code> do not exist. Always
        revalidates if any header mentioned in <code>no-cache=&lt;headers&gt;</code> is present.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Private=&lt;headers&gt;</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Will not cache.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Does not cache <code>&lt;headers&gt;</code> values mentioned in <code>Private=&lt;headers&gt;</code> directive.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>must-revalidate</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Cache directive is ignored and stale is served.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Does not serve stale. Must revalidate for CDN and for browser.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>proxy-revalidate</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Cache directive is ignored and stale is served.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Does not serve stale. Must revalidate for CDN but not for browser.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>no-transform</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        May (un)Gzip, Polish, email filter, etc.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Does not transform body.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>s-maxage=delta, delta>1</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Same as <code>max-age</code>.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Max-age</code> and <code>proxy-revalidate</code>.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>immutable</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Not proxied downstream.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Proxied downstream. Browser facing, does not impact caching proxies.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

### Conditions

Certain scenarios also affect Origin Cache Control behavior when it is enabled or disabled.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Condition
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Origin Cache Control disabled behavior
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Origin Cache Control enabled behavior
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Presence of <code>Authorization</code> header.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Content may be cached.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Content is cached only if <code>must-revalidate</code>, <code>public</code>, or <code>s-maxage</code> is also present.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Use of <code>no-cache</code> header.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        In logs, <code>cacheStatus=miss</code>.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        In logs, <code>cacheStatus=bypass</code>.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Origin response has <code>Set-Cookie</code> header and default cache level is used.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Content may be cached with stripped <code>set-cookie</code> header.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Content is not cached.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Browser Cache TTL is set.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        `Cache-Control` returned to eyeball does not include <code>private</code>.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        If origin returns <code>private</code> in `Cache-Control` then preserve it.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Examples

Review the examples below to learn which directives to use with the `Cache-Control` header to control specific caching behavior.


<Details header="Cache a static asset.">

`Cache-Control: public, max-age=86400`


</Details>


<Details header="Ensure a secret asset is never cached.">

`Cache-Control: no-store`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets on browsers but not on proxy cache.">

`Cache-Control: private, max-age=3600`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets in client and proxy caches, but prefer revalidation when serve.">

`Cache-Control: public, no-cache`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets in proxy caches but REQUIRE revalidation by the proxy when serve.">

`Cache-Control: public, no-cache, proxy-revalidate` or `Cache-Control: public, s-maxage=0`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets in proxy caches, but REQUIRE revalidation by any cache when serve.">

`Cache-Control: public, no-cache, must-revalidate`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets, but ensure the proxy does not modify it.">

`Cache-Control: public, no-transform`

This configuration also disables transformation like gzip or brotli compression from our edge to your visitors if the original payload was served uncompressed.


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets with revalidation, but allow stale responses if origin server is unreachable.">

`Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600, stale-if-error=60`

With this configuration, Cloudflare attempts to revalidate the content with the origin server after it has been in cache for 3600 seconds (one hour). If the server returns an error instead of proper revalidation responses, Cloudflare continues serving the stale resource for a total of one minute beyond the expiration of the resource.


</Details>


<Details header="Cache assets for different amounts of time on Cloudflare and in visitor browsers.">

`Cache-Control: public, max-age=7200, s-maxage=3600`


</Details>


<Details header="Cache an asset and serve while asset is being revalidated.">

`Cache-Control: max-age=600, stale-while-revalidate=30`

This configuration indicates the asset is fresh for 600 seconds. The asset can be served stale for up to an additional 30 seconds to parallel requests for the same resource while the initial synchronous revalidation is attempted.


</Details>

## Interaction with other Cloudflare features

In this section, we provide details regarding how other Cloudflare features interact with `Cache-Control` directives.

### Edge Cache TTL

[Edge Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#edge-cache-ttl) Cache Rules override `s-maxage` and disable revalidation directives if present. When Origin Cache Control is enabled at Cloudflare, the original `Cache-Control` header passes downstream from our edge even if Edge Cache TTL overrides are present. Otherwise, when Origin Cache Control is disabled at Cloudflare, Cloudflare overrides the Origin Cache Control.

### Browser Cache TTL

[Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#browser-cache-ttl) Cache Rules override `max-age` settings passed downstream from our edge, typically to your visitor's browsers.

### Polish

[Polish](/images/polish/) is disabled when the `no-transform` directive is present.

### Gzip and Other Compression

Compression is disabled when the `no-transform` directive is present. If the original asset fetched from the origin is compressed, it is served compressed to the visitor. If the original asset is uncompressed, compression is not applied.

---

# Cloudflare cache responses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/cache-responses/

The `CF-Cache-Status` header output indicates whether a resource is cached or not. To investigate cache responses returned by this header, use services like [Redbot](https://redbot.org/), [webpagetest.org](http://www.webpagetest.org/), or a visual tool like [Chrome's Dr. Flare plugin](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-dr-flare-debug-tool-for-cloudflare-chrome-extension/110166).

Below you can find a comprehensive breakdown of Cloudflare's cache response statuses.

## HIT

The resource was found in Cloudflare's cache.

## MISS

The resource was not found in Cloudflare's cache and was served from the origin web server.

## NONE/UNKNOWN

Cloudflare generated a response that denotes the asset is not eligible for caching. This may have happened because:

* A Worker generated a response without sending any subrequests. In this case, the response did not come from cache, so the cache status will be `none/unknown`.

* A Worker request made a subrequest (`fetch`). In this case, the subrequest will be logged with a cache status, while the main request will be logged with `none/unknown` status (the main request did not hit cache, since Workers sits in front of cache).

* A WAF custom rule was triggered to block a request. The response will come from the Cloudflare global network before it hits cache. Since there is no cache status, Cloudflare will log as `none/unknown`.

* A [redirect rule](/rules/url-forwarding/) or [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) caused the global network to respond with a redirect to another asset/URL. This redirect response happens before the request reaches cache, so the cache status is `none/unknown`.

## EXPIRED

The resource was found in Cloudflare's cache but was expired and served from the origin web server.

## STALE

The resource was served from Cloudflare's cache but was expired. Cloudflare could not contact the origin to retrieve an updated resource.

## BYPASS

The origin server instructed Cloudflare to bypass cache via a `Cache-Control` header set to `no-cache`, `private`, or `max-age=0` even though Cloudflare originally preferred to cache the asset. BYPASS is returned when enabling [Origin Cache-Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/). Cloudflare also sets BYPASS when your origin web server sends cookies in the response header. If the Request to your origin includes an `Authorization` header, in some cases the response will also be BYPASS. Refer to [Conditions](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#conditions) in the Origin Cache-Control behavior section for more details.

## REVALIDATED

The resource is served from Cloudflare's cache but is stale. The resource was revalidated by either an `If-Modified-Since` header or an `If-None-Match` header.

## UPDATING

The resource was served from Cloudflare's cache and was expired, but the origin web server is updating the resource. `UPDATING` is typically only seen for very popular cached resources.

## DYNAMIC

Cloudflare does not consider the asset eligible to cache and your Cloudflare settings do not explicitly instruct Cloudflare to cache the asset. Instead, the asset was requested from the origin web server. Use [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) to implement custom caching options.

---

# CDN-Cache-Control

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/cdn-cache-control/

`CDN-Cache-Control` is a response header field set on the origin to separately control the behavior of CDN caches from other intermediaries that might handle a response. You can set the `CDN-Cache-Control` or `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` response header using the same directives used with the [Cache-Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/).

## Header precedence

You have several options available to determine how `CDN-Cache-Control` directives interact with `Cache-Control` directives.

An origin can:

* Return the `CDN-Cache-Control` response header which Cloudflare evaluates to make caching decisions. `Cache-Control`, if also returned by the origin, is proxied as is and does not affect caching decisions made by Cloudflare. Additionally, `CDN-Cache-Control` is proxied downstream in case there are other CDNs between Cloudflare and the browser.

* Return the `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` response header. This results in the same behavior as the origin returning `CDN-Cache-Control` except Cloudflare does not proxy `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` downstream because it’s a header only used to control Cloudflare. This option is beneficial if you want only Cloudflare to have a different caching behavior while all other downstream servers rely on `Cache-Control` or if you do not want Cloudflare to proxy the `CDN-Cache-Control` header downstream.

* Return both `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` and `CDN-Cache-Control` response headers. In this case, Cloudflare only looks at `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` when making caching decisions because it is the most specific version of `CDN-Cache-Control` and proxies `CDN-Cache-Control` downstream. Only forwarding `CDN-Cache-Control` in this situation is beneficial if you want Cloudflare to have a different caching behavior than other CDNs downstream.

Additionally, surrogates will not honor `Cache-Control` headers in the response from an origin. For example, if the `Surrogate-Control` header is present within the response, Cloudflare ignores any `Cache-Control` directives, even if the `Surrogate-Control` header does not contain directives.

## Interaction with other Cloudflare features

### Edge Cache TTL cache rule

The [Edge Cache TTL cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl) overrides the amount of time an asset is cached on the edge (Cloudflare data centers). This cache rule overrides directives in `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control/CDN-Cache-Control` which manage how long an asset is cached on the edge. You can create this rule in the dashboard in **Cache** > **Cache Rules**.

### Browser Cache TTL cache rule

The [Browser Cache TTL cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#browser-ttl) overrides the amount of time an asset is cached by browsers/servers downstream of Cloudflare. Browser Cache TTL only modifies the `Cache-Control` response header. This cache rule does not modify `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control/CDN-Cache-Control` response headers.

### Other Origin Response Headers

The origin returns the `Expires` response header which specifies the amount of time before an object is considered stale to the browser. This response header does not affect the caching decision at Cloudflare when `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control/CDN-Cache-Control` is in use.

### Cloudflare Default cache values

In situations where Cloudflare does not receive `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control`, `CDN-Cache-Control`, or `Cache-Control` values, cacheable assets use the general [default values](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/).

## When to use CDN-Cache-Control

### Manage cached assets TTLs

Use `CDN-Cache-Control` when you want to manage cached asset’s TTLs separately for origin caches, CDN caches, and browser caches. The example below shows how you can manage your cached asset’s TTLs using origin-set response headers.

Headers:

* `Cache-Control: max-age=14400, s-maxage=84000`
* `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control: max-age=24400`
* `CDN-Cache-Control: max-age=18000`

Cache behavior:

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Caches
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Cache TTL (seconds)
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Origin Server Cache
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        14400
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Network Shared Cache
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        84000
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Cloudflare Edge
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        24400
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Other CDNs
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        18000
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Browser Cache
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        14400
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

### Specify when to serve stale content

Use `CDN-Cache-Control` headers in conjunction with `Cache-Control` headers to specify when to serve stale content in the case of error or during revalidation. The example below shows how you might set your headers and directives to apply to CDNs when handling errors.

Headers:

* `Cache-Control: stale-if-error=400`
* `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control: stale-if-error=60`
* `CDN-Cache-Control: stale-if-error=200`

Behavior in response to 5XX error:

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Caches
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Stale served (seconds) in response to error
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Origin Cache Layer/Network Cache/Browser Cache
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        400 (if it assumes the directive applies)
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Cloudflare Edge
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        60
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Other CDN
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        200
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Customize cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/customize-cache/

Some possible combinations of origin web server settings and Cloudflare [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) include:

## Create a directory for static content at your origin web server

For example, create a `/static/` subdirectory at your origin web server and a Cache Everything Cache Rule matching the following expression:

* Using the Expression Builder: `Hostname contains "example.com" AND URI Path starts with "/static"`
* Using the Expression Editor: `(http.host contains "example.com" and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/static"))`

## Append a unique file extension to static pages

For example, create a `.shtml` file extension for resources at your origin web server and a Cache Everything Cache Rule matching the following expression:

* Using the Expression Builder: `Hostname contains "example.com" AND URI Path ends with ".shtml"`
* Using the Expression Editor: `(http.host contains "example.com" and ends_with(http.request.uri.path, ".shtml"))`

## Add a query string to a resource’s URL to mark the content as static

For example, add a `static=true` query string for resources at your origin web server and a Cache Everything Cache Rule matching the following expression:

* Using the Expression Builder: `Hostname contains "example.com" AND URI Query String contains "static=true"`
* Using the Expression Editor: `(http.host contains "example.com" and http.request.uri.query contains "static=true")`

Resources that match a Cache Everything Cache Rule are still not cached if the origin web server sends a Cache-Control header of `max-age=0`, `private`, `no-cache`, or an `Expires` header with an already expired date. Include the [Edge Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl) setting within the Cache Everything Cache Rule to additionally override the `Cache-Control` headers from the origin web server.

---

# Default cache behavior

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare respects the origin web server’s cache headers in the following order unless an [Edge Cache TTL cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl) overrides the headers. Refer to the [Edge TTL](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/#edge-ttl) section for details on default TTL behavior.

* Cloudflare **does not** cache the resource when:
  * The `Cache-Control` header is set to `private`, `no-store`, `no-cache`, or `max-age=0`.
  * The [Set-Cookie header](/cache/concepts/cache-behavior/#interaction-of-set-cookie-response-header-with-cache) exists.
  * The HTTP request method is anything other than a `GET`.
* Cloudflare **does** cache the resource when:
  * The `Cache-Control` header is set to `public` and `max-age` is greater than 0.
  * The `Expires` header is set to a future date.

:::note
Cloudflare does cache the resource even if there is no `Cache-Control` header based on [status codes](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/#edge-ttl).
:::

:::note
If both `max-age` and an `Expires` header are set, `max-age` will be used by Cloudflare.
:::

When [Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) is enabled on an Enterprise customer’s website, it indicates that Cloudflare should strictly respect `Cache-Control` directives received from the origin server. Free, Pro and Business customers have this feature enabled by default. For a list of directives and behaviors when Origin Cache-Control is enabled or disabled, refer to [Cache-Control directives](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#cache-control-directives).

## Default cached file extensions

Cloudflare only caches based on file extension and not by MIME type. The Cloudflare CDN does not cache HTML or JSON by default. Additionally, by default Cloudflare caches a website's robots.txt.

|       |      |      |      |      |       |     |
| ----- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ----- | --- |
| 7Z    | CSV  | GIF  | MIDI | PNG  | TIF   | ZIP |
| AVI   | DOC  | GZ   | MKV  | PPT  | TIFF  | ZST |
| AVIF  | DOCX | ICO  | MP3  | PPTX | TTF   |     |
| APK   | DMG  | ISO  | MP4  | PS   | WEBM  |     |
| BIN   | EJS  | JAR  | OGG  | RAR  | WEBP  |     |
| BMP   | EOT  | JPG  | OTF  | SVG  | WOFF  |     |
| BZ2   | EPS  | JPEG | PDF  | SVGZ | WOFF2 |     |
| CLASS | EXE  | JS   | PICT | SWF  | XLS   |     |
| CSS   | FLAC | MID  | PLS  | TAR  | XLSX  |     |

To cache additional content, refer to [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) to create a rule to cache everything.

## Customization options and limits

Cloudflare’s CDN provides several cache customization options:

* Caching behavior for individual URLs via [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/)
* Customize caching with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/)
* Adjust caching level, cache TTL, and more via the Cloudflare Caching app

### Upload limits

<FeatureTable id="network.max_upload_size" />

If you require a larger upload, group requests smaller than the upload thresholds or upload the full resource through an [unproxied (grey-clouded) DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

### Cacheable size limits

Cloudflare cacheable file limits:

* Free, Pro and Business customers have a limit of 512 MB.
* For Enterprise customers the default maximum cacheable file size is 5 GB. Contact your account team to request a limit increase.

## When does Cloudflare cache successfully?

The connection status between visitors and Cloudflare can vary, affecting whether Cloudflare caches the content or not. If Cloudflare has already established a connection to the origin and started fetching the content, it will continue to retrieve and cache the entire content, even if the visitor disconnects midway. However, if a visitor disconnects before the origin responds to Cloudflare's request, no content will have been fetched yet, so Cloudflare will not start caching the content.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the following topics to learn more about the basic concepts and components of Cloudflare Cache.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Retention vs Freshness (TTL)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/retention-vs-freshness/

In the context of Cloudflare CDN (Content Delivery Network), retention and freshness refer to two separate but related concepts. For an object in cache, freshness is how long it should be considered valid without consulting its source, while retention refers to how long it stays in cache before being removed.

## Retention

When a file or resource is requested from a website, Cloudflare caches it to avoid having to ask the origin server for it again the next time it is requested, reducing latency and improving delivery speed. But if an object in cache does not get requested again, eventually it will be removed to make room for newer, more popular objects. This process is called eviction and is a standard part of cache management. When the cache wants to store a new object but does not have room, it uses an algorithm called Least Recently Used, or LRU, to nominate an object to evict and replace it with the new one. An object’s cache retention period refers to the duration the object is stored in Cloudflare’s cache before being evicted. It is worth noting that an object’s retention period is a function of its relative popularity and the size of Cloudflare’s caches, and therefore is not configurable.

## Freshness (TTL)

The time window that an object should be considered safe for a cache to use is dictated by its freshness, also known as Time to Live (TTL). If an object has a TTL of five minutes that means that, starting from the moment the cache first receives the object, for the next five minutes the cache can use that object without checking with the origin again. After five minutes have passed, if Cloudflare gets another request for that object, we cannot use what is stored in the cache without first checking the origin to see if the object is still valid. Those first five minutes in this object’s case are its freshness period. There are a few ways to configure TTLs for resources served through Cloudflare’s Content Delivery Network:

* Include [Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) or [CDN Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) directives, like `max-age` or `s-maxage`, in the origin cache-control response header.

* Use [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) or [Workers](/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/workers/).

If an object in cache is no longer fresh and Cloudflare receives a request for it, we ask the origin to revalidate the object we have in cache. The Origin can then either send a new version of the object which will replace the old in cache, or tell us the object we have is valid and to refresh its TTL. This revalidation will happen any time an object’s retention period is greater than its freshness period.

---

# Always Online

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/always-online/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare’s Always Online feature is now integrated with the [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/) so that visitors can access a portion of your website even when your origin server is unreachable and a Cloudflare-cached version is unavailable. When your origin is unreachable, Always Online checks Cloudflare’s cache for a stale or expired version of your website. If a version does not exist, Cloudflare goes to the Internet Archive to fetch and serve static portions of your website.

When you enable Always Online with Internet Archive integration, Cloudflare shares your hostname and popular URL paths with the archive so that the Internet Archive’s crawler stores the pages you want archived. When submitting targets to the crawler, Cloudflare identifies the most popular URLs found among GET requests that returned a 200 HTTP status code in the previous five hours.

Note that Cloudflare does not save a copy of every page of your website, and it cannot serve dynamic content while your origin is offline. If the requested page is not in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the visitor sees the actual error page caused by the offline origin web server.

When the Internet Archive integration is enabled, Cloudflare tells the Internet Archive what pages to crawl and how often. The pages to crawl, as previously mentioned, are the most popular URLs that were successfully visited in the last five hours. The crawling intervals, to ensure stability of service, are limited by Cloudflare. Limits vary according to your Cloudflare plan.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.always_online" />

## Visitor Experience

When Always Online with Internet Archive integration is enabled, visitors see a banner at the top of the webpage explaining they are visiting an archived version of the website. Visitors can select the Refresh button to check whether the origin has recovered and fresh content is available.

When a visitor requests content for an offline website, Cloudflare returns an HTTP response status code in the range [520–527](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-520-web-server-returns-an-unknown-error), depending on the issue. These status codes indicate that the origin is unreachable.

When the Internet Archive integration is enabled, Cloudflare checks the archive and serves the most recently archived version of the page.

Visitors who interact with dynamic parts of a website, such as a shopping cart or comment box, will see an error page caused by the offline origin web server.

## Enable Always Online

Here is how to enable Always Online in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account.
2. Choose the domain that will use Always Online with Internet Archive integration.
3. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
4. Under **Always Online**, set the toggle to **On**.

:::note[Note]


When turning on Always Online, you are also enabling the Internet Archive integration.


:::

Refer to [Always Online](/cache/troubleshooting/always-online/) for best practices, limitations, and FAQs.

---

# Revalidation and request collapsing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/concepts/revalidation/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Revalidation is a caching mechanism that checks the [freshness](/cache/concepts/retention-vs-freshness/#freshness-ttl) of cached data before serving it to users. If a cached object is no longer fresh and Cloudflare receives a request for it, the system makes a request to the origin to revalidate the object in the Cloudflare cache. By using headers like `If-Modified-Since` and `ETag`, Cloudflare validates content without fully re-fetching it. When these headers are missing, Smart Edge Revalidation generates a `Last-Modified` header, ensuring efficient updates and delivery of fresh content while reducing origin traffic.

## Revalidation towards origin

For stale (expired TTL) content, Cloudflare will send a revalidation request to the origin. If the stale content is still valid Cloudflare will set a new TTL. If the content is expired, then the origin will provide new fresh content to replace the old.

Consider the following example scenarios.

### Example 1

One-thousand (1,000) requests arrive simultaneously at Cloudflare's network, and the requested resource was in Cloudflare but cannot be served because its TTL configuration indicates it is no longer fresh. This means that the resource needs to be served from the origin server. In this case, one request will go to the origin to be revalidated, while the other 999 requests will be served from cache with the status of [UPDATING](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#updating). This means that the resource, although expired, is served stale from Cloudflare's cache, while the origin server is updating it. This behavior is defined by the [`stale-while-revalidate`](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#revalidation) directive in `cache-control`. If you do not wish to serve stale content, set the directive to zero seconds, `stale-while-revalidate=0`.

### Example 2

One-thousand (1,000) requests arrive simultaneously at a single Cloudflare data center, and the requested asset is not in Cloudflare's cache (a cache miss). These requests will use a <GlossaryTooltip term="cache lock">cache lock</GlossaryTooltip> to communicate with your origin. This means that only the first request will go to origin to fetch the asset. The remaining 999 requests wait for the first request to fetch the data, after which the response is [streamed](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-concurrent-streaming-acceleration/) to all the waiting requests. The cache lock ensures that Cloudflare only sends the origin one request at a time for a given asset from a location in Cloudflare's network, preventing the origin from getting too much traffic.

## Smart revalidation towards users

When both [`Last-Modified`](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7232?cf_history_state=%7B%22guid%22%3A%22C255D9FF78CD46CDA4F76812EA68C350%22%2C%22historyId%22%3A15%2C%22targetId%22%3A%226C8153BAEF7BC0C5A331E28F8BCF1ABA%22%7D#section-2.2) and [`Etag`](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7232?cf_history_state=%7B%22guid%22%3A%22C255D9FF78CD46CDA4F76812EA68C350%22%2C%22historyId%22%3A13%2C%22targetId%22%3A%226C8153BAEF7BC0C5A331E28F8BCF1ABA%22%7D#section-2.3) headers are absent from the origin server response, Smart Edge Revalidation will use the time the object was cached on Cloudflare's global network as the `Last-Modified` header value. When a browser sends a revalidation request to Cloudflare using `If-Modified-Since` or `If-None-Match`, our global network can answer those revalidation questions using the `Last-Modified` header generated from Smart Edge Revalidation. In this way, our global network can ensure efficient revalidation even if the headers are not sent from the origin.

---

# Cache keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-keys/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

A Cache Key is an identifier that Cloudflare uses for a file in our cache, and the Cache Key Template defines the identifier for a given HTTP request.

A default cache key includes:

1. Full URL:
   * scheme - could be HTTP or HTTPS.
   * host - for example, `www.cloudflare.com`
   * URI with query string - for example, `/logo.jpg`
2. Origin header sent by client (for CORS support).
3. `x-http-method-override`, `x-http-method`, and `x-method-override` headers.
4. `x-forwarded-host`, `x-host`, `x-forwarded-scheme` (unless http or https), `x-original-url`, `x-rewrite-url`, and `forwarded` headers.

## Create custom cache keys

Custom cache keys let you precisely set the cacheability setting for any resource. They provide the benefit of more control, though they may reduce your cache hit rate and result in cache sharding:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Caching** > **Cache Rules**.
3. Select **Create rule**.
4. Under **When incoming requests match**, define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder).
5. Under **Then**, in the **Cache eligibility** section, select **Eligible for cache**.
6. Add the **Cache Key** setting to the rule and select the appropriate **Query String** setting.
7. You can also select settings for **Headers**, **Cookie**, **Host**, and **User**.
8. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

## Cache Key Template

There are a couple of common reasons to change the Cache Key Template. You might change the Cache Key Template to:

* Fragment the cache so one URL is stored in multiple files. For example, to store different files based on a specific query string in the URL.
* Consolidate the cache so different HTTP requests are stored in the same file. For example, to remove the Origin header added to Cloudflare Cache Keys by default.

### Impact of SSL settings on Cache behavior

The `$scheme` refers to the protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) sent to your origin web server, not the protocol received from the visitor. Therefore, setting the Cloudflare [SSL option](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) influences caching decisions. For example, when using [Flexible SSL](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/flexible/), Cloudflare only attempts to connect to your origin web server via HTTP. This means that Cloudflare serves the same cached resource for visitor requests via either HTTP or HTTPS, since Flexible SSL instructs Cloudflare to connect to an origin solely over HTTP.

It is important to understand how SSL setting changes affect the cache:

- Switching from **Off** to **Full**, **Full (strict)**, or **Strict** will change the origin scheme from HTTP to HTTPS. This results in a cache bust, meaning the cached content becomes invalid and needs to be re-fetched from the origin server.

- Transitioning from **Flexible** to **Full**, **Full (strict)**, or **Strict** changes the origin scheme from HTTP to HTTPS, causing a cache bust.

- Downgrading from **Full**, **Full (strict)**, or **Strict** to **Flexible** or **Off** changes the origin scheme from HTTPS to HTTP, resulting in a cache bust.

This behavior is important to consider when adjusting SSL settings, as any change in the origin scheme (HTTP to HTTPS or vice versa) triggers a cache reset.

### Cache Level: Ignore Query String

A [Cache Level](/cache/how-to/set-caching-levels/) of Ignore Query String creates a Cache Key that includes all the elements in the default cache key, except for the query string in the URI that is no longer included. For instance, a request for `http://example.com/file.jpg?something=123` and a request for `http://example.com/file.jpg?something=789` will have the same cache key, in this case.

## Cache Key Settings

The following fields control the Cache Key Template.

### Query String

The query string controls which URL query string parameters go into the Cache Key. You can `include` specific query string parameters or `exclude` them using the respective fields. When you include a query string parameter, the `value` of the query string parameter is used in the Cache Key.

#### Example

If you include the query string foo in a URL like `https://www.example.com/?foo=bar`, then bar appears in the Cache Key. Exactly one of `include` or `exclude` is expected.

#### Usage notes

* To include all query string parameters (the default behavior), use include: "\*"
* To ignore query strings, use exclude: "\*"
* To include most query string parameters but exclude a few, use the exclude field which assumes the other query string parameters are included.

### Headers

Headers control which headers go into the Cache Key. Similar to Query String, you can include specific headers or exclude default headers.

When you include a header, the header value is included in the Cache Key. For example, if an HTTP request contains an HTTP header like `X-Auth-API-key: 12345`, and you include the `X-Auth-API-Key header` in your Cache Key Template, then `12345` appears in the Cache Key.

In the **Check if header contains** section, you can add header names and their values to the cache key. For custom headers, values are optional, but for the following restricted headers, you must include one to three specific values:

  * `accept`
  * `accept-charset`
  * `accept-encoding`
  * `accept-datetime`
  * `accept-language`
  * `referer`
  * `user-agent`

To check for the presence of a header without including its actual value, use the **Check presence of** option.

Currently, you can only exclude the `Origin` header. The `Origin` header is always included unless explicitly excluded. Including the [Origin header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin) in the Cache Key is important to enforce [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS).

Additionally, you cannot include the following headers:

* Headers that re-implement cache or proxy features
  * `connection`
  * `content-length`
  * `cache-control`
  * `if-match`
  * `if-modified-since`
  * `if-none-match`
  * `if-unmodified-since`
  * `range`
  * `upgrade`
* Headers that are covered by other Cache Key features
  * `cookie`
  * `host`
* Headers that are specific to Cloudflare and prefixed with `cf-`, for example, `cf-ray`
* Headers that are already included in the custom Cache Key template, for example, `origin`

### Host

Host determines which host header to include in the Cache Key.

* If `Use original host` (`resolved: false` in the API), Cloudflare includes the `Host` header in the HTTP request sent to the origin.
* If `Resolved host` (`resolved: true` in the API), Cloudflare includes the `Host` header that was resolved to get the `origin IP` for the request. The `Host` header may be different from the header actually sent if the [Cloudflare Resolve Override](/rules/page-rules/how-to/override-url-or-ip-address/) feature is used.

### Cookie

Like `query_string` or `header`, `cookie` controls which cookies appear in the Cache Key. You can either include the cookie value or check for the presence of a particular cookie.

#### Usage notes

You cannot include cookies specific to Cloudflare. Cloudflare cookies are prefixed with `__cf`, for example, `__cflb`

### User features

User feature fields add features about the end-user (client) into the Cache Key.

* `device_type` classifies a request as `mobile`, `desktop`, or `tablet` based on the User Agent
* `geo` includes the client’s country, derived from the IP address
* `lang` includes the first language code contained in the `Accept-Language` header sent by the client

## Availability

Cache keys options availability varies according to your plan.

<FeatureTable id="cache.cache_key" />

## Limitations

The Prefetch feature is not compatible with the custom cache keys. With Cache Rules, the custom cache key is used to cache all assets. However, Prefetch always uses the default cache key. This results in a key mismatch.

---

# Cache by status code

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/

Customers can set cache time-to-live (TTL) based on the response status from the origin web server. Cache TTL refers to the duration of a resource in the Cloudflare network before being marked as `STALE` or discarded from cache. Status codes are returned by a resource's origin.

Setting cache TTL based on response status overrides the [default cache behavior (standard caching)](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) for static files and overrides cache instructions sent by the origin web server. To cache non-static assets, set a [Cache Level of Cache Everything using a Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests). Setting `no-store` **Cache-Control** or a low TTL (using `max-age`/`s-maxage`) increases requests to origin web servers and decreases performance.

## Caching limits

The maximum caching limit for Free, Pro, and Business customers is 512 MB per file, and the maximum caching limit for Enterprise customers is 5 GB per file. If you need to raise the limits, contact your Customer Success Manager.

## Edge TTL

By default, Cloudflare caches certain HTTP response codes with the following Edge Cache TTL when a `cache-control` directive or `expires` response header are not present.

| HTTP status code | Default TTL |
| ---------------- | ----------- |
| 200, 206, 301    | 120m        |
| 302, 303         | 20m         |
| 404, 410         | 3m          |

All other status codes are not cached by default.

## Set cache TTL by response status via the Cloudflare dashboard

To set cache TTL by response status, [create a Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) for [**Cache TTL by status code**](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl).

## Set cache TTL by response status via the Cloudflare API

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"www.example.com\")",
      "description": "set cache TTL by response status",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true,
        "edge_ttl": {
          "status_code_ttl": [
            {
              "status_code_range": {
                "to": 299
              },
              "value": 86400
            },
            {
              "status_code_range": {
                "from": 300,
                "to": 499
              },
              "value": 0  // no-cache
            },
            {
              "status_code_range": {
                "from": 500
              },
              "value": -1  // no-store
            }
          ],
          "mode": "respect_origin"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Syntax

Provide a JSON object containing status codes and their corresponding TTLs. Each key-value pair in the cache TTL by status cache rule has the following syntax:

* `status_code`: An integer value such as 200 or 500. `status_code` matches the exact status code from the origin web server. Valid status codes are between 100-999.
* `status_code_range`: Integer values for `from` and `to`. `status_code_range` matches any status code from the origin web server within the specified range.
* `value`: An integer value that defines the duration an asset is valid in seconds or one of the following strings: `no-store` (equivalent to `-1`), `no-cache` (equivalent to `0`).

## Set cache TTL by response status via a Cloudflare Worker

The **cacheTtlByStatus** option is a version of the **cacheTtl** feature that designates a cache TTL for a request’s response status code (for example, `{ "200-299": 86400, 404: 1, "500-599": 0 }`).

---

# Caching levels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/set-caching-levels/

Caching levels determine how much of your website’s static content Cloudflare should cache. Cloudflare’s CDN caches static content according to the levels below.

* **No Query String**: Delivers resources from cache when there is no query string. Example URL: `example.com/pic.jpg`
* **Ignore Query String**: Delivers the same resource to everyone independent of the query string. Example URL: `example.com/pic.jpg?ignore=this-query-string`
* **Standard (Default)**: Delivers a different resource each time the query string changes. Example URL: `example.com/pic.jpg?with=query`

You can adjust the caching level from the dashboard under **Caching** > **Configuration** > **Caching level**.

:::note[Note]


Ignore Query String only disregards the query string for static file extensions. For example, Cloudflare serves the `style.css` resource to requests for either `style.css?this` or `style.css?that`.


:::

## API Caching level values

If you are using the API to change the cache level, the values will differ from those shown in the dashboard. Refer to the table below to see how the API values map to the values shown in the dashboard.

| Dashboard           | API        |
| ------------------- | ---------- |
| No Query String     | Basic      |
| Ignore Query String | Simplified |
| Standard (Default)  | Aggressive |

---

# Cache configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn how to complete different configuration options to customize your cache behavior.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tiered Cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/

import { Details, FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Tiered Cache uses the size of Cloudflare’s network to reduce requests to customer origins by dramatically increasing cache hit ratios. With data centers around the world, Cloudflare caches content very close to end users. However, if a piece of content is not in cache, the Cloudflare edge data centers must contact the origin server to receive the cacheable content.

Tiered Cache works by dividing Cloudflare’s data centers into a hierarchy of lower-tiers and upper-tiers. If content is not cached in lower-tier data centers (generally the ones closest to a visitor), the lower-tier must ask an upper-tier to see if it has the content. If the upper-tier does not have the content, only the upper-tier can ask the origin for content. This practice improves bandwidth efficiency by limiting the number of data centers that can ask the origin for content, which reduces origin load and makes websites more cost-effective to operate.

Additionally, Tiered Cache concentrates connections to origin servers so they come from a small number of data centers rather than the full set of network locations. This results in fewer open connections using server resources.

To enable Tiered Cache, refer to [Enable Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#enable-tiered-cache).

## Tiered Cache Topology

Cloudflare allows you to select your cache topology so that you have control over how your origin connects to Cloudflare’s data centers. This will help ensure higher cache hit ratios, fewer origin connections, and a reduction of Internet latency. Below you can find details about the options we have available.

### Smart Tiered Cache

Smart Tiered Cache dynamically selects the single closest upper tier for each of your website’s origins with no configuration required, using our in-house performance and routing data. Cloudflare collects latency data for each request to an origin, and uses the latency data to determine how well any upper-tier data center is connected with an origin. As a result, Cloudflare can select the data center with the lowest latency to be the upper-tier for an origin.

#### Load Balancing interaction

While Smart Tiered Cache selects one Upper Tier per origin, when using Load Balancing, Smart Tiered Cache will select the single best Upper Tier for the entire Load Balancing Pool.

#### Caveats

Smart Tiered Cache does not work when an origin is behind an [anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) or a regional unicast network because that will prevent us from knowing where the origin is located. As a result, we are unable to select the optimal upper tier and latency may be negatively impacted.

You need to be careful when updating your origin IPs/DNS records while Smart Tiered Cache is enabled. Depending on the changes made, it may cause the existing assigned upper tiers to change, resulting in an increased `MISS` rate as cache is refilled in the new upper tiers. If the origin is switched to a network behind anycast, it will significantly reduce the effectiveness of Smart Tiered Cache.

If you need to use anycast or regional unicast and want to use Smart Tiered cache, contact your account team.

### Generic Global Tiered Cache

Generic Global topology allows for all of Cloudflare’s global data centers to serve as a network of upper-tiers. This topology may help reduce the long tail latencies for far-away visitors.

### Regional Tiered Cache

Regional Tiered Cache provides an additional layer of caching for Enterprise customers who have a global traffic footprint and want to serve content faster by avoiding network latency when there is a cache `MISS` in a lower-tier, resulting in an upper-tier fetch in a data center located far away.

Regional Cache instructs Cloudflare to check a regional hub data center near the lower tier before going to the upper tier that may be outside of the region. This can help improve performance for **Smart** and **Custom Tiered Cache** topologies with upper-tiers in one or two regions. Regional Tiered Cache is not beneficial for customers with many upper tiers in many regions like Generic Global Tiered Cache.

### Custom Tiered Cache

Custom Tiered cache allows you to work with Cloudflare’s support team to set a custom topology that fits your specific needs, for instance you have close upper tiers or you have an unique traffic pattern. If you want a custom topology, please contact your CSM.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.tiered_cache" />

## Bandwidth Alliance

Enterprise customers can override Bandwidth Alliance configuration with Tiered Cache. For all other users, the Bandwidth Alliance takes precedence. Tiered Cache is still a valuable option to enable because the Bandwidth Alliance may not always be an available option, and in those instances, the Tiered Cache configuration will be used.

## Enable Tiered Cache

You can enable Tiered Cache in the dashboard or via API.

### Enable Tiered Cache in the dashboard

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Tiered Cache**.
3. From **Tiered Cache**, toggle the button to **enabled**.
4. In **Tiered Cache Topology**, you can control how your origin connects to Cloudflare’s data centers. You can select:
   * **Upper Tier Cache** - You have the option to choose between Smart or Generic Global Tiered Cache Topology.
   * **Middle Tier Cache** -  If you have selected Smart or Custom Tiered Cache Topology, you can now enable Regional Tiered Cache.
   * **Custom Tiered Cache** - Allows you to work with Cloudflare’s support team to set a custom topology that fits your specific needs.
   * **Disable Tiered Cache**.

![Tiered Cache Topology dashboard](~/assets/images/cache/tiered_cache_topology.png)

### Enable Tiered Cache via API

To enable Tiered Cache via API use the following cURL example:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/argo/tiered_caching \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "value": "on" }'
```

You can also configure Tiered Cache Topology via API, for instance:


<Details header="Enable Smart Tiered Cache">

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/tiered_cache_smart_topology_enable \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "value": "on" }'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Enable Regional Tiered Cache">

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/regional_tiered_cache \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "value": "on" }'
```


</Details>

For more API examples and configuration options for Tiered Cache, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/argo/subresources/tiered_caching/methods/get/).

:::note


To confirm that Tiered Cache is working, make sure you have the value `CacheTieredFill` in your http\_requests logs, this will indicate that Tiered Cache was used to serve the request.


:::

---

# Interaction with Cloudflare products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the following topics to learn more about how Cache interacts with other Cloudflare products.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Enable cache in an R2 bucket

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/r2/

To enable caching for a [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) bucket, make sure your bucket is public and accessible by the Cache. This can be done by creating a [Custom Domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#custom-domains). Follow these steps to set up a Custom Domain for your bucket:

1. Go to **R2** and select your bucket.
2. On the bucket page, select **Settings**.
3. Under **Public access** > **Custom Domains**, select **Connect Domain**.
4. Enter the domain name you want to connect to and select **Continue**.
5. Review the new record that will be added to the DNS table and select **Connect Domain**.

This will generate a publicly available CNAME in the format `[name].domain.com`.

## Tiered Cache

By default Cloudflare will cache R2 content based on [cache rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) at the Edge only.

Tiered cache can be enabled by configuring [Smart Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#smart-tiered-cache) which will select an Upper Tier data center next to your R2 bucket for optimal performance.

## Additional considerations

- Apply access controls to your newly public bucket. Refer to [Control cache access with WAF and Snippets](/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/waf-snippets/) for more information.
- Be aware of the [cacheable size limits](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#cacheable-size-limits) for files.

---

# Control cache access with WAF and Snippets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/waf-snippets/

To limit access to the public bucket created for caching content, you can use Cloudflare's [WAF](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/). The WAF provides an additional security layer to filter requests and ensure that only authorized traffic reaches your bucket. 

The following diagram illustrates the flow of a user's request through WAF, Cache, and R2.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Connections with Cloudflare
A[User's request] --> B[WAF] --> C[Cache] --> D[R2]
```

<br/>

The WAF product uses token authentication to either sign or authenticate a request. You can then use this in either Workers or Snippets to control access.

## Presigned URLs

You can presign URLs similar to [S3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-presigned-url.html), enabling you to share direct access to your content with a with an associated timeout. This approach can be implemented using a combination of Snippets, Rules, or Cloudflare Workers.

For optimal performance, we recommend separating the creation and validation processes as follows:

- [Snippets](/rules/snippets/examples/signing-requests/) for HMAC creation
- [Rules](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation) for HMAC validation

In the Workers documentation, in the section [Signing requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/), you can also find an example of how to verify a signed request using the HMAC.

---

# Cache Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/performance-review/cache-analytics/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Use Cache Analytics to improve site performance or reduce origin web server traffic. Cache Analytics helps determine if resources are missing from cache, expired, or ineligible for caching. Cache Analytics includes filter by hostname, list of top URLs that miss cache, and a query of up to three days of data.

First, determine whether to focus on Requests or Data Transfer. The default view is Requests, which helps with understanding performance because every cache miss degrades the speed of content delivery. Data Transfer helps with understanding cost because most hosting providers charge for every byte that leaves their network.

You can toggle between Requests and Data Transfer while keeping other analytics filters enabled.

For best practices related to Cache Analytics, refer to [Cache performance](/cache/performance-review/cache-performance/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="cache.cache_analytics" />

## Add filters

Cache Analytics also allows for flexible filtering of data. Create filters to focus on the traffic to optimize. Example filters include **Cache status**, **Host**, **Path**, or **Content type**.

To add filters, under **Cache Performance**, select **Add filter**. Select **Apply** when you are done.

## Review cache status

The **Requests summary** graph depicts how your traffic changes over time, such as in response to a high-traffic event or a recent configuration change. Note that the Requests summary content is based on a 10% sample of requests.

**Served by Cloudflare** indicates content served by Cloudflare that did not require contacting your origin web server. **Served by Origin** indicates traffic served from the origin web server.

For **Data Transfer**, **Revalidated** requests are considered **Served by Cloudflare**. However, revalidated requests count as **Served by Origin** within the **Requests** view. This analytics behavior reflects that Cloudflare must check the origin web server for revalidated cache requests before returning a result from cache.

**Cache status** graphs help explain why traffic is served from Cloudflare versus the origin web server. The graph shows analytics by content-type to portray how different components of your website perform:

For a breakdown of cache statuses and their descriptions, refer to [Cloudflare cache responses](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/).

## Review requests by source

Cache Analytics shows top metrics (Top-N) for several request components. Apply filters before reviewing Top-N metrics. For example, filtering to only view traffic with an Expired or Revalidated Cache status lets you review which URLs were primarily responsible for those statuses.

### Empty content types

Finding an **empty** content type when reviewing your analytics is common. This content type occurs when 301/302 redirects do not contain an HTTP response body. Additionally, most HTTP error codes, such as 403, do not return text/html and are therefore also reported as empty.

---

# Customize cache behavior with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/interaction-cloudflare-products/workers/

You can use [Workers](/workers/) to customize cache behavior on Cloudflare's CDN. Cloudflare Workers provide flexibility in handling assets and responses by running both before and after the cache. A Worker can be configured to run before a request reaches the cache, allowing for modifications to the request, and it can also be used to modify assets once they are returned from the cache.

The diagram below illustrates a common interaction flow between Workers and Cache.

![Workers and cache flow example flow diagram.](~/assets/images/cache/workers-cache-flow.png)

1. A User (a) Requests a URI, and this request is directed to a Worker. The Worker can then interact with the request, either requesting the content further upstream using (b) fetch() or sending a (f) Response back to the User.
2. If the content is cached, the Cache will send a (e) Response back to the Worker which can now interact with the response before sending a (f) Response back to the user.

Here are a few examples of how Workers can be used to customize cache behavior:

- **Modify Response**: Adjust or enhance content after it is retrieved from the cache, ensuring that responses are up-to-date or tailored to specific needs.

- **Signed URLs**: Generate URLs that are valid for a specific duration (for example, minutes, hours, days) to control access and enhance security.

- **Personalized Response**: Deliver personalized content based on user data while leveraging cached resources to reduce the load on the origin.

- **Reduce Latency**: Serve content from a location close to the user, decreasing load times and improving the user experience.

You can also use [Snippets](/rules/snippets/) as a free alternative for simple modifications and logic, bypassing the need for full Worker scripts. These lightweight scripts enable quick adjustments and optimizations, offering an efficient way to enhance your Cloudflare setup without the complexity and overhead of more extensive code deployments.

:::note
When using Workers and [Orange-to-Orange (O2O)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/), some caveats and limitations may apply.
:::

## Cache features in Workers

- **fetch()**: Allows interaction with Cloudflare's Cache and Tiered Cache, providing control over how requests are handled. To optimize caching behavior, you can set TTLs, define custom cache keys, and configure cache headers directly within a fetch request. For more details on these configurations, refer to [Cache using fetch](/workers/examples/cache-using-fetch/).

- **Cache API**: Enables storing and retrieving responses from Cloudflare's cache, limited to the cache in the local data center and excluding content stored in the Tiered Cache. To use the Cache API to store responses in Cloudflare's cache, refer to [Using the Cache API](/workers/examples/cache-api/).

To understand more about how Cache and Workers interact refer to [Cache in Workers](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/).

---

# Cache performance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/performance-review/cache-performance/

## Optimize cache ratios

Depending on the cache status you receive, you can make modifications to improve your cache ratio. To review the list of cache statuses, refer to [Cloudflare cache responses](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/).

- **Dynamic**: Default response for many file types including HTML. To cache additional content, refer to [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/).
- **Revalidated**: To address an atypical quantity of revalidated content, consider [increasing your Edge Cache TTLs](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl).
- **Expired**: Consider [extending Edge Cache TTLs](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl)) for these resources via a Cache Rule or enable revalidation at your origin.
- **Miss**: Although tricky to optimize, there are a few potential remedies:
  - [Enable Argo Tiered Caching](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#enable-tiered-cache) to check cache in another Cloudflare data center before checking the origin web server.
  - [Create a custom cache key](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/custom-cache-key/) for multiple URLs to match the same cached resource, for example by ignoring query string.

## Example reports for troubleshooting cache performance

Several examples of helpful insights into your site performance via Cache Analytics include:

- Not caching HTML.

  - Identify the issue: Select **Add filter** and select **Cache status equals Dynamic**.
  - Resolution: Set a Cloudflare Cache Rule to [cache dynamic content](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-everything/).

:::caution

This option caches all HTML regardless of the presence of dynamic content. If you use this approach to cache pages containing dynamic content, visitors may receive information not intended for them. To avoid caching dynamic content, you can add a condition to the rule's matching criteria to prevent it from matching that content. Some examples include:

- Checking for the presence of a cookie.
- Negative matching against known dynamic content file paths.
- Negative matching against dynamic content extensions (or lack of an extension).
  :::

* Short cache expiration TTL.

  - Identify the issue: Select **Add filter** and select **Cache status equals Revalidated**.
  - Resolution: [Increase Cloudflare's Edge Cache TTL via a Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/edge-ttl/).

* Need to enable Tiered Cache or Custom Cache Key

  - Identify the issue: Select **Add filter** and select **Cache status equals Miss**.
  - Resolution: [Enable Argo Tiered Caching](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#enable-tiered-cache) or [create a custom cache key](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/custom-cache-key/).

---

# Performance review

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/performance-review/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the following content to learn more about cache performance.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# CSAM Scanning Tool

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/reference/csam-scanning/

The Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) Scanning Tool allows website owners to proactively identify and take action on CSAM located on their website. By enabling this tool, Cloudflare will compare content served for your website through the Cloudflare cache to known lists of CSAM. These lists are provided to Cloudflare by leading child safety advocacy groups such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

Remember, by enabling the Service, you agree to the [Service-Specific Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/service-specific-terms-application-services/#csam-scanning-tool-terms) for the CSAM Scanning Tool. You agree to use this tool solely for the purposes of preventing the spread of CSAM.

***

## Why would a URL be blocked?

Because knowingly distributing or viewing CSAM is illegal, the owner of the website has enabled Cloudflare's CSAM scanning tool to proactively identify and block images identified as CSAM located on their website.

***

## Configure the CSAM scanning tool

To enable the tool:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Caching** > **Configuration**.
4. For **CSAM Scanning Tool**, select **Configure**.

You must provide an email address, which will be used to notify you in the event Cloudflare detects a positive match.

***

## What happens when a match is detected?

When a potential match is detected with the tool:

1. An email is sent to you once per day to inform you of any detections made in the past 24 hours. This email will include the file paths of any content that was matched.
2. If possible, a block is placed to prevent further serving of the matched content. If a block fails, we will indicate that the content has not been blocked in the email.

***

## What action should I take when a match is detected?

You are responsible for understanding and complying with any legal obligations you have as a website owner when made aware of any potential CSAM. Although legal obligations vary based on the provider and the jurisdiction, website owners often have obligations to report apparent CSAM, to remove content, and to preserve records. Some of those possible obligations are as follows:

- You likely have an obligation to report apparent CSAM to the appropriate authorities. You can file a report to NCMEC with additional information via NCMEC's CyberTip reporting form or find the preferred reporting portal for your jurisdiction via the INHOPE website.

<br/>

- You may need to preserve and securely store a copy of the content and related data in the case NCMEC or law enforcement reach out for additional details.
- You likely have an obligation to securely preserve certain information related to your report for at least 90 days in the case of an investigation. To ensure that access to the content is limited, take care not to store this information anywhere accessible to anyone but those within your organization responsible for legal requests.

<br/>

- You should remove the content and notify Cloudflare of the removal.
- Once any preservation obligations have been fulfilled, you should remove the content from your website. This is especially important if Cloudflare's notice to you indicates that our block was unsuccessful.

***

## How do I have a block removed from my website?

To disable a block, either because you have determined that the blocked content is not CSAM (a false positive) or because you have taken down the blocked content, view [Blocked Content in the Security Center](/security-center/blocked-content/) in the Cloudflare Dashboard and request reviews on the relevant blocks. A request to remove a block must be accompanied by a representation from you confirming that the blocked content is not CSAM or has been removed. 

These actions are available to users with the following roles:

- Admin
- Super Admin
- Trust & Safety

***

## Additional Resources

[CSAM Scanning Tool Supplemental Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/supplemental-terms/)

[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)](https://www.missingkids.org/)

[NCMEC CyberTipline](https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline)

[INHOPE](https://www.inhope.org/)

---

# Development Mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/reference/development-mode/

Development Mode temporarily suspends Cloudflare's edge caching and [Polish](/images/polish/) features for three hours unless disabled beforehand. Development Mode allows customers to immediately observe changes to their cacheable content like images, CSS, or JavaScript.

:::note

To bypass cache for longer than three hours, use bypass cache in [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#bypass-cache). 
:::

## Enable Development Mode

Development Mode temporarily bypasses Cloudflare's cache and does not purge cached files. To instantly purge your Cloudflare cache, refer to [purge cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/).

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account.
2. Select your domain.
3. Select **Caching**.
4. Toggle **Development Mode** to **On**.

---

# Using ETag Headers with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/reference/etag-headers/

ETag headers identify whether the version of a resource cached in the browser is the same as the resource at the web server. A visitor's browser stores ETags. When a visitor revisits a site, the browser compares each ETag to the one it stored. Matching values cause a `304 Not-Modified HTTP` response that indicates the cached resource version is current. Cloudflare supports both strong and weak ETags configured at your origin web server.

## Weak ETags

Weak ETag headers indicate a cached resource is semantically equivalent to the version on the web server but not necessarily byte-for-byte identical.

:::note


When using weak ETag headers, it is necessary to disable certain features such as [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/) and [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/) to prevent Cloudflare from removing the ETag headers set by your origin web server. For a comprehensive list of the features you need to disable, refer to the [Notes about end-to-end compression](/speed/optimization/content/compression/#notes-about-end-to-end-compression).


:::

## Strong ETags

Strong ETag headers ensure the resource in browser cache and on the web server are byte-for-byte identical. Use [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) to enable strong ETag headers.

### Behavior with Respect Strong ETags enabled

When you enable **Respect Strong ETags** in a cache rule, Cloudflare will use strong ETag header validation to ensure that resources in the Cloudflare cache and on the origin server are byte-for-byte identical.

However, in some situations Cloudflare will convert strong ETags to weak ETags. For example, given the following conditions:

* **Respect Strong ETags** is enabled
* [Brotli compression](/speed/optimization/content/compression/) is enabled
* The origin server's response includes an `etag: "foobar"` strong ETag header

The Cloudflare network will take the following actions, depending on the visitor's `accept-encoding` header and the compression used in the origin server's response:

<table-wrap>

| `accept-encoding`<br/>header from visitor | Compression used in origin server response | Cloudflare actions                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `gzip, br`                                | GZIP                                       | Return GZIP-compressed response to visitor with strong ETag header: `etag: "foobar"`.                    |
| `gzip, br`                                | Brotli                                     | Return Brotli-compressed response to visitor with strong ETag header: `etag: "foobar"`.                  |
| `br`                                      | GZIP                                       | Decompress GZIP and return uncompressed response to visitor with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`.   |
| `gzip`                                    | Brotli                                     | Decompress Brotli and return uncompressed response to visitor with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`. |
| `gzip`                                    | (none)                                     | Return uncompressed response to visitor with strong ETag header: `etag: "foobar"`.                       |

</table-wrap>

Enabling **Respect Strong ETags** in Cloudflare automatically disables Rocket Loader, Email Obfuscation, Automatic HTTPS Rewrites, and Mirage.

### Behavior with Respect Strong ETags disabled

When **Respect Strong ETags** is disabled, Cloudflare will preserve strong ETag headers set by the origin web server if all the following conditions apply:

* The origin server sends a response compressed using GZIP or Brotli, or an uncompressed response.
* If the origin server sends a compressed response, the visitor accepts the same compression (GZIP, Brotli), according to the `accept-encoding` header.
* [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/) and [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/) features are disabled.

In all other situations, Cloudflare will either convert strong ETag headers to weak ETag headers or remove the strong ETag. For example, given the following conditions:

* **Respect Strong ETags** is disabled
* [Brotli compression](/speed/optimization/content/compression/) is enabled
* The origin server's response includes an `etag: "foobar"` strong ETag header

The Cloudflare network will take the following actions, depending on the visitor's `accept-encoding` header and the compression used in the origin server's response:

<table-wrap>

| `accept-encoding`<br/>header from visitor | Compression used in origin server response | Cloudflare actions                                                                                                                                |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `gzip, br`                                | GZIP                                       | Decompress GZIP and return Brotli-compressed response to visitor (since Brotli compression is enabled) with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`. |
| `gzip, br`                                | Brotli                                     | Return Brotli-compressed response to visitor with strong ETag header: `etag: "foobar"`.                                                           |
| `br`                                      | GZIP                                       | Decompress GZIP and return Brotli-compressed response to visitor with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`.                                       |
| `gzip`                                    | Brotli                                     | Decompress Brotli and return GZIP-compressed response to visitor with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`.                                       |
| `gzip`                                    | (none)                                     | Compress origin response using GZIP and return it to visitor with weak ETag header: `etag: W/"foobar"`.                                           |

</table-wrap>

## Important remarks

* You must set the value in a strong ETag header using double quotes (for example, `etag: "foobar"`). If you use an incorrect format, Cloudflare will remove the ETag header instead of converting it to a weak ETag. 

* If a resource is cacheable and there is a cache miss, Cloudflare does not send ETag headers to the origin server. This is because Cloudflare requires the full response body to fill its cache.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the reference content to learn more about specific caching functionality.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Always Online

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/troubleshooting/always-online/

Observe the following best practices when enabling Always Online with Internet Archive integration.

- **Allow requests from the Internet Archive IP addresses.** Origin servers receive requests from the Internet Archive IPs. Make sure you are not blocking requests from the Internet Archive IP range: `207.241.224.0/20` and `208.70.24.0/21`.
- **The Internet Archive does not consider your origin server's cache-control header.** When the Internet Archive is crawling sites, it will crawl sites regardless of their cache-control, since the Internet Archive does not cache assets, but archives them.
- **Consider potential conflicts with Cloudflare features that transform URIs.** Always Online with Internet Archive integration may cause issues with Cache Rules and other Cloudflare features that transform URIs due to the way the Internet Archive crawls pages to archive. Specifically, some redirects that take place at the edge may cause the Internet Archive's crawler not to archive the target URL. Before enabling Origin Cache Control, review [how Cloudflare caches resources by default](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) as well as any Cache Rules you have configured so that you can avoid these issues. If you experience problems, disable Always Online.
- **Do not block Known Bots or Verified Bots via a WAF custom rule.** If you block either of these bot lists, the Internet Archive will not be able to crawl.

Do not use Always Online with:

- API traffic.
- An [IP Access rule](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) or a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that blocks the United States or
- Bypass Cache cache rules. Always Online ignores Bypass Cache cache rules and serves Always Online cached assets.

## Limitations

There are limitations with the Always Online functionality:

1. Always Online is not immediately active for sites recently added due to:
   - DNS record propagation, which can take 24-72 hours
   - Always Online has not initially crawled the website
2. Cloudflare cannot show private content behind logins or handle form submission (POSTs) if your origin web server is offline.

Always Online does not trigger for HTTP response codes such as [404](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/4xx-client-error/#404-not-found), [503](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-503-service-temporarily-unavailable), or [500](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-500-internal-server-error) errors such as database connection errors or internal server errors.

## Frequently asked questions

1. How can I know if a page has been crawled?

   - You can go to the [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/) and search for the page URL to see if it has been crawled or not.
   - You can also check this via the [Internet Archive Availability API](https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php).

2. Why were not pages x, y, and z crawled?

   - Since Cloudflare only requests to crawl the most popular pages on the site, it is possible that there will be missing pages. If you really want to archive a page, then you can visit the [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/save) save page and ask them to crawl a particular page.

3. What IP addresses do we need to allowlist to make sure crawling works?

   - IP Range: `207.241.224.0/20` and `208.70.24.0/21`. Note that this ip range belongs to Internet Archive and NOT Cloudflare, since it is the Internet Archive that does the crawling.

4. What user agent should the origin expect to see?
   - Currently the Internet Archive uses: `Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.82 Safari/605.1.15`.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/analytics/

Cloudflare Calls TURN service counts ingress and egress usage in bytes. You can access this real-time and historical data using the TURN analytics API. You can see TURN usage data in a time series or aggregate that shows traffic in bytes over time.

Cloudflare TURN analytics is available over the GraphQL API only.

:::note[API token permissions]

You will need the "Account Analytics" permission on your API token to make queries to the Calls GraphQL API. 
:::

:::note

See [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/) for more information on how to set up your GraphQL client. The examples below use the same GraphQL endpoint at `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql`. 
:::

## TURN traffic data filters

You can filter the data in TURN analytics on:

* Datetime range
* TURN Key ID
* TURN Username
* Custom identifier

:::note


[Custom identifiers](/calls/turn/replacing-existing/#tag-users-with-custom-identifiers) are useful for accounting usage for different users in your system.


:::

## Useful TURN analytics queries

Below are some example queries for common usecases. You can modify them to adapt your use case and get different views to the analytics data.

### Top TURN keys by egress

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
        }
          limit: 2
          orderBy: [sum_egressBytes_DESC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            keyId
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }


```

```
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "usage": [
        {
          "callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "keyId": "74007022d80d7ebac4815fb776b9d3ed"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 502614982
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "keyId": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 4853235
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

### Top TURN custom identifiers

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
        }
          limit: 100
          orderBy: [sum_egressBytes_DESC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            customIdentifier
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

```
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "usage": [
        {
          "callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "customIdentifier": "custom-id-333"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 269850354
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "customIdentifier": "custom-id-555"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 162641324
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "customIdentifier": "custom-id-112"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 70123304
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

### Usage for a specific custom identifier

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
          customIdentifier: "tango"
        }
          limit: 100
          orderBy: []
        ) {
          dimensions {
            keyId
            customIdentifier
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

```

```
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "usage": [
        {
          "callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "customIdentifier": "tango",
                "keyId": "74007022d80d7ebac4815fb776b9d3ed"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 162641324
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

### Usage as a timeseries (for graphs)

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
        }
          limit: 100
          orderBy: [datetimeMinute_ASC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            datetimeMinute
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }



```

```
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "usage": [
        {
          "callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2024-08-01T17:09:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 4570704
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2024-08-01T17:10:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 27203016
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2024-08-01T17:11:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 9067412
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2024-08-01T17:17:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "egressBytes": 10059322
              }
            },
            ...
           ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The following topics are useful for troubleshooting Cache issues.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Custom TURN domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/custom-domains/

Cloudflare Calls TURN service supports using custom domains for UDP, and TCP - but not TLS protocols. Custom domains do not affect any of the performance of Cloudflare Calls TURN and is set up via a simple CNAME DNS record on your domain.

| Protocol      | Custom domains | Primary port | Alternate port |
| ------------- | -------------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| STUN over UDP | ✅              | 3478/udp     | 53/udp         |
| TURN over UDP | ✅              | 3478/udp     | 53 udp         |
| TURN over TCP | ✅              | 3478/tcp     | 80/tcp         |
| TURN over TLS | No             | 5349/tcp     | 443/tcp        |

## Setting up a CNAME record

To use custom domains for TURN, you must create a CNAME DNS record pointing to `turn.cloudflare.com`.

:::caution


Do not resolve the address of `turn.cloudflare.com` or `stun.cloudflare.com` or use an IP address as the value you input to your DNS record. Only CNAME records are supported.


:::

Any DNS provider, including Cloudflare DNS can be used to set up a CNAME for custom domains.

:::note


If Cloudflare's authoritative DNS service is used, the record must be set to [DNS-only or "grey cloud" mode](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records).\`


:::

There is no additional charge to using a custom hostname with Cloudflare Calls TURN.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/faq/

## General

### What is Cloudflare Calls TURN pricing? How exactly is it calculated?

Cloudflare TURN pricing is based on the data sent from the Cloudflare edge to the TURN client, as described in [RFC 8656 Figure 1](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8656#fig-turn-model). This means data sent from the TURN server to the TURN client and captures all data, including TURN overhead, following successful authentication.

Pricing for Cloudflare Calls Serverless SFU and TURN services is $0.05 per GB of data used.

There is a free tier of 1,000 GB before any charges start. This free tier includes both Serverless SFU and TURN services. Cloudflare Calls billing appears as a single line item on your Cloudflare bill, covering both SFU and TURN.

Traffic between Cloudflare Calls TURN and Cloudflare Calls SFU or Cloudflare Stream (WHIP/WHEP) does not incur any charges.

<div class="full-img">

![TURN charging illustration](~/assets/images/calls/turn-charging.png)

</div>

### Is Calls TURN HIPAA/GDPR/FedRAMP compliant?

Please view Cloudflare's [certifications and compliance resources](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/) and contact your Cloudflare enterprise account manager for more information.

### Is Calls TURN end-to-end encrypted?

TURN protocol, [RFC 8656](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8656), does not discuss encryption beyond wrapper protocols such as TURN over TLS. If you are using TURN with WebRTC will encrypt data at the WebRTC level.

### What regions does Cloudflare Calls TURN operate at?

Cloudflare Calls TURN server runs on [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network) - a growing global network of thousands of machines distributed across hundreds of locations, with the notable exception of the Cloudflare's [China Network](/china-network/).

### Does Cloudflare Calls TURN use the Cloudflare Backbone or is there any "magic" Cloudflare do to speed connection up?

Cloudflare Calls TURN allocations are homed in the nearest available Cloudflare data center to the TURN client via anycast routing. If both ends of a connection are using Cloudflare Calls TURN, Cloudflare will be able to control the routing and, if possible, route TURN packets through the Cloudflare backbone.

### What is the difference between Cloudflare Calls TURN with a enterprise plan vs self-serve (pay with your credit card) plans?

There is no performance or feature level difference for Cloudflare Calls TURN service in enterprise or self-serve plans, however those on [enterprise plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/enterprise/) will get the benefit of priority support, predictable flat-rate pricing and SLA guarantees.

### Does Cloudflare Calls TURN run in the Cloudflare China Network?

Cloudflare's [China Network](/china-network/) does not participate in serving Calls traffic and TURN traffic from China will connect to Cloudflare locations outside of China.

### How long does it take for TURN activity to be available in analytics?

TURN usage shows up in analytics in 30 seconds.

## Technical

### I need to allowlist (whitelist) Cloudflare Calls TURN IP addresses. Which IP addresses should I use?

Cloudflare Calls TURN is easy to use by IT administrators who have strict firewalls because it requires very few IP addresses to be allowlisted compared to other providers. You must allowlist both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses.

Please allowlist the following IP addresses:

- `2a06:98c1:3200::1/128`
- `2606:4700:48::1/128`
- `141.101.90.1/32`
- `162.159.207.1/32`

:::caution[Watch for IP changes]

Cloudflare tries to, but cannot guarantee that the IP addresses used for the TURN service won't change. If you are allowlisting IP addresses and do not have a enterprise contract, you must set up alerting that detects changes the DNS response from `turn.cloudflare.com` (A and AAAA records) and update the hardcoded IP address(es) accordingly within 14 days of the DNS change.

For more details about static IPs, guarantees and other arrangements please discuss with your enterprise account team.

Your enterprise team will be able to provide additional addresses to allowlist as future backup to achieve address diversity while still keeping a short list of IPs.

:::

### I would like to hardcode IP addresses used for TURN in my application to save a DNS lookup

Although this is not recommended, we understand there is a very small set of circumstances where hardcoding IP addresses might be useful. In this case, you must set up alerting that detects changes the DNS response from `turn.cloudflare.com` (A and AAAA records) and update the hardcoded IP address(es) accordingly within 14 days of the DNS change. Note that this DNS response could return more than one IP address. In addition, you must set up a failover to a DNS query if there is a problem connecting to the hardcoded IP address. Cloudflare tries to, but cannot guarantee that the IP address used for the TURN service won't change unless this is in your enterprise contract. For more details about static IPs, guarantees and other arrangements please discuss with your enterprise account team.

### I see that TURN IP are published above. Do you also publish IPs for STUN?

TURN service at `turn.cloudflare.com` will also respond to binding requests ("STUN requests").

### Does Cloudflare Calls TURN support the expired IETF RFC draft "draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00"?

The Cloudflare Calls credential generation function returns a JSON structure similar to the [expired RFC draft "draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00"](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00), but it does not include the TTL value. If you need a response in this format, you can modify the JSON from the Cloudflare Calls credential generation endpoint to the required format in your backend server or Cloudflare Workers.

### I am observing packet loss when using Cloudflare Calls TURN - how can I debug this?

Packet loss is normal in UDP and can happen occasionally even on reliable connections. However, if you observe systematic packet loss, consider the following:

- Are you sending or receiving data at a high rate (>50-100Mbps) from a single TURN client? Calls TURN might be dropping packets to signal you to slow down.
- Are you sending or receiving large amounts of data with very small packet sizes (high packet rate > 5-10kpps) from a single TURN client? Cloudflare Calls might be dropping packets.
- Are you sending packets to new unique addresses at a high rate resembling to [port scanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_scanner) behavior?

### I plan to use Calls TURN at scale. What is the rate at which I can issue credentials?

There is no defined limit for credential issuance. Start at 500 credentials/sec and scale up linearly. Ensure you use more than 50% of the issued credentials.

### What is the maximum value I can use for TURN credential expiry time?

You can set a expiration time for a credential up to 48 hours in the future. If you need your TURN allocation to last longer than this, you will need to [update](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/setConfiguration) the TURN credentials.

### Does Calls TURN support IPv6?

Yes. Cloudflare Calls is available over both IPv4 and IPv6 for TURN Client to TURN server communication, however it does not issue relay addresses in IPv6 as described in [RFC 6156](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6156).

### Does Calls TURN issue IPv6 relay addresses?

No. Calls TURN will not respect `REQUESTED-ADDRESS-FAMILY` STUN attribute if specified and will issue IPv4 addresses only.

### Does Calls TURN support TCP relaying?

No. Calls does not implement [RFC6062](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6062) and will not respect `REQUESTED-TRANSPORT` STUN attribute.

### I am unable to make CreatePermission or ChannelBind requests with certain IP addresses. Why is that?

Cloudflare Calls denies CreatePermission or ChannelBind requests if private IP ranges (e.g loopback addresses, linklocal unicast or multicast blocks) or IP addresses that are part of [BYOIP](/byoip/) are used.

If you are a Cloudflare BYOIP customer and wish to connect to your BYOIP ranges with Calls TURN, please reach out to your account manager for further details.

### When I send packets to relayed address without using TURN, the packets don't arrive

Cloudflare Calls denies CreatePermission or ChannelBind requests if private IP ranges (e.g loopback addresses, linklocal unicast or multicast blocks) or IP addresses that are part of [BYOIP](/byoip/) are used.

If you are a Cloudflare BYOIP customer and wish to connect to your BYOIP ranges with Calls TURN, please reach out to your account manager for further details.

### What will happen if TURN credentials expire while the TURN allocation is in use?

Cloudflare Calls will immediately stop billing and recording usage for analytics. After a short delay, the connection will be disconnected.

---

# Generate Credentials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/generate-credentials/

Cloudflare will issue TURN keys, but these keys cannot be used as credentials with `turn.cloudflare.com`. To use TURN, you need to create credentials with a expiring TTL value.

## Create a TURN key

To create a TURN credential, you first need to create a TURN key using [Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/calls), or the [API](/api/resources/calls/subresources/turn/methods/create/).

You should keep your TURN key on the server side (don't share it with the browser/app). A TURN key is a long-term secret that allows you to generate unlimited, shorter lived TURN credentials for TURN clients.

With a TURN key you can:

* Generate TURN credentials that expire
* Revoke previously issued TURN credentials

## Create credentials

You should generate short-lived credentials for each TURN user. In order to create credentials, you should have a back-end service that uses your TURN Token ID and API token to generate credentials. It will make an API call like this:

```bash
curl https://rtc.live.cloudflare.com/v1/turn/keys/$TURN_KEY_ID/credentials/generate \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $TURN_KEY_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"ttl": 86400}'
```

The JSON response below can then be passed on to your front-end application:

```json
{
  "iceServers": {
    "urls": [
      "stun:stun.cloudflare.com:3478",
      "turn:turn.cloudflare.com:3478?transport=udp",
      "turn:turn.cloudflare.com:3478?transport=tcp",
      "turns:turn.cloudflare.com:5349?transport=tcp"
    ],
    "username": "bc91b63e2b5d759f8eb9f3b58062439e0a0e15893d76317d833265ad08d6631099ce7c7087caabb31ad3e1c386424e3e",
    "credential": "ebd71f1d3edbc2b0edae3cd5a6d82284aeb5c3b8fdaa9b8e3bf9cec683e0d45fe9f5b44e5145db3300f06c250a15b4a0"
  }
}
```

Use `username` and `credential` as follows when instantiating the `RTCPeerConnection` (note, `iceServers` is now an array):

```js
const myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
  iceServers: [
    {
      urls: [
        "stun:stun.cloudflare.com:3478",
        "turn:turn.cloudflare.com:3478?transport=udp",
        "turn:turn.cloudflare.com:3478?transport=tcp",
        "turns:turn.cloudflare.com:5349?transport=tcp"
      ],
      username: "REPLACE_WITH_USERNAME",
      credential: "REPLACE_WITH_CREDENTIAL",
    },
  ],
});

```

The `ttl` value can be adjusted to expire the short lived key in a certain amount of time. This value should be larger than the time you'd expect the users to use the TURN service. For example, if you're using TURN for a video conferencing app, the value should be set to the longest video call you'd expect to happen in the app.

When using short-lived TURN credentials with WebRTC, credentials can be refreshed during a WebRTC session using the `RTCPeerConnection` [`setConfiguration()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/setConfiguration) API.

## Revoke credentials

Short lived credentials can also be revoked before their TTL expires with a API call like this:

```bash
curl --request POST \
https://rtc.live.cloudflare.com/v1/turn/keys/$TURN_KEY_ID/credentials/username/$USERNAME/revoke \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $TURN_KEY_API_TOKEN"
```

---

# TURN Service

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/

Separately from the SFU, Calls offers a managed TURN service. TURN acts as a relay point for traffic between WebRTC clients like the browser and SFUs, particularly in scenarios where direct communication is obstructed by NATs or firewalls. TURN maintains an allocation of public IP addresses and ports for each session, ensuring connectivity even in restrictive network environments.

Using Cloudflare Calls TURN service is available free of charge when used together with the Calls SFU. Otherwise, it costs $0.05/real-time GB outbound from Cloudflare to the TURN client.

## Service address and ports

| Protocol      | Primary address     | Primary port | Alternate port |
| ------------- | ------------------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| STUN over UDP | stun.cloudflare.com | 3478/udp     | 53/udp         |
| TURN over UDP | turn.cloudflare.com | 3478/udp     | 53 udp         |
| TURN over TCP | turn.cloudflare.com | 3478/tcp     | 80/tcp         |
| TURN over TLS | turn.cloudflare.com | 5349/tcp     | 443/tcp        |

:::note[Note]
Use of alternate port 53 only by itself is not reccomended. Port 53 is blocked by many ISPs, and by popular browsers such as [Chrome](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/refs/heads/master/net/base/port_util.cc#44) and [Firefox](https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/netwerk/base/nsIOService.cpp#L132). It is useful only in certain specific scenerios.
:::

## Regions

Calls TURN service is available in every Cloudflare data center.

When a client tries to connect to `turn.cloudflare.com`, it *automatically* connects to the Cloudflare location closest to them. We achieve this using anycast routing.

To learn more about the architecture that makes this possible, read this [technical deep-dive about Calls](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-calls-anycast-webrtc).

## Protocols and Ciphers for TURN over TLS

TLS versions supported include TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, and TLS 1.3.

| OpenSSL Name                  | TLS 1.1 | TLS 1.2 | TLS 1.3 |
| ----------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256        | No      | No      | ✅       |
| AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384        | No      | No      | ✅       |
| AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 | No      | No      | ✅       |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 | No      | ✅       | No      |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256   | No      | ✅       | No      |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA          | ✅       | ✅       | No      |
| AES128-GCM-SHA256             | No      | ✅       | No      |
| AES128-SHA                    | ✅       | ✅       | No      |
| AES256-SHA                    | ✅       | ✅       | No      |

## MTU

There is no specific MTU limit for Cloudflare Calls TURN service.

## Limits

Cloudflare Calls TURN service places limits on:

* Unique IP address you can communicate with per relay allocation (>5 new IP/sec)
* Packet rate outbound and inbound to the relay allocation (>5-10 kpps)
* Data rate outbound and inbound to the relay allocation (>50-100 Mbps)

A relay allocation often represents a single TURN client connection with the TURN server, not all connections for a single customer.

These limits are suitable for high-demand applications and also have burst rates higher than those documented above. Hitting these limits will result in packet drops.

---

# Replacing existing TURN servers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/replacing-existing/

If you are a existing TURN provider but would like to switch to providing Cloudflare Calls TURN for your customers, there is a few considerations.

## Benefits

Cloudflare Calls TURN service can reduce tangible and untangible costs associated with TURN servers:

* Server costs (AWS EC2 etc)
* Bandwidth costs (Egress, load balancing etc)
* Time and effort to set up a TURN process and maintenance of server
* Scaling the servers up and down
* Maintain the TURN server with security and feature updates
* Maintain high availability

## Recommendations

### Separate environments with TURN keys

When using Cloudflare Calls TURN service at scale, consider separating environments such as "testing", "staging" or "production" with TURN keys. You can create up to 1,000 TURN keys in your account, which can be used to generate end user credentials.

There is no limit to how many end-user credentials you can create with a particular TURN key.

### Tag users with custom identifiers

Cloudflare Calls TURN service lets you tag each credential with a custom identifier as you generate a credential like below:

```bash null {4}
curl https://rtc.live.cloudflare.com/v1/turn/keys/$TURN_KEY_ID/credentials/generate \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $TURN_KEY_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"ttl": 864000, "customIdentifier": "user4523958"}'
```

Use this field to aggregate usage for a specific user or group of users and collect analytics.

### Monitor usage

You can monitor account wide usage with the [GraphQL analytics API](/calls/turn/analytics/). This is useful for keeping track of overall usage for billing purposes, watching for unexpected changes. You can get timeseries data from TURN analytics with various filters in place.

### Monitor for credential abuse

If you share TURN credentials with end users, credential abuse is possible. You can monitor for abuse by tagging each credential with custom identifiers and monitoring for top custom identifiers in your application via the [GraphQL analytics API](/calls/turn/analytics/).

## How to bill end users for their TURN usage

When billing for TURN usage in your application, it's crucial to understand and account for adaptive sampling in TURN analytics. This system employs adaptive sampling to efficiently handle large datasets while maintaining accuracy.

The sampling process in TURN analytics works on two levels:

* At data collection: Usage data points may be sampled if they are generated too quickly.
* At query time: Additional sampling may occur if the query is too complex or covers a large time range.

To ensure accurate billing, write a single query that sums TURN usage per customer per time period, returning a single value. Avoid using queries that list usage for multiple customers simultaneously.

By following these guidelines and understanding how TURN analytics handles sampling, you can ensure more accurate billing for your end users based on their TURN usage.

:::note


Cloudflare Calls only bills for traffic from Cloudflare's servers to your client, called `egressBytes`.


:::

### Example queries

:::caution[Incorrect approach example]


Querying TURN usage for multiple customers in a single query can lead to inaccurate results. This is because the usage pattern of one customer could affect the sampling rate applied to another customer's data, potentially skewing the results.


:::

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
        }
          limit: 100
          orderBy: [customIdentifier_ASC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            customIdentifier
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

Below is a query that queries usage only for a single customer.

```
query{
  viewer {
    usage: accounts(filter: { accountTag: "8846293bd06d1af8c106d89ec1454fe6" }) {
        callsTurnUsageAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {
          datetimeMinute_gt: "2024-07-15T02:07:07Z"
          datetimeMinute_lt: "2024-08-10T02:07:05Z"
          customIdentifier: "myCustomer1111"
        }
          limit: 1
          orderBy: [customIdentifier_ASC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            customIdentifier
          }
          sum {
            egressBytes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

```

---

# TURN Feature Matrix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/rfc-matrix/

## TURN client to TURN server protocols

| Protocol | Support | Relevant specification                                                                                    |
| -------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| UDP      | ✅       | [RFC 5766](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5766)                                                 |
| TCP      | ✅       | [RFC 5766](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5766)                                                 |
| TLS      | ✅       | [RFC 5766](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5766)                                                 |
| DTLS     | No      | [draft-petithuguenin-tram-turn-dtls-00](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-petithuguenin-tram-turn-dtls-00) |

## TURN client to TURN server protocols

| Protocol                                        | Support                                                                                                                        | Relevant specification                                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| TURN (base RFC)                                 | ✅                                                                                                                              | [RFC 5766](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5766)                                                            |
| TURN REST API                                   | ✅ (See [FAQ](/calls/turn/faq/#does-cloudflare-calls-turn-support-the-expired-ietf-rfc-draft-draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00)) | [draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-uberti-behave-turn-rest-00)                      |
| Origin field in TURN (Multi-tenant TURN Server) | ✅                                                                                                                              | [draft-ietf-tram-stun-origin-06](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tram-stun-origin-06)                         |
| ALPN support for STUN & TURN                    | ✅                                                                                                                              | [RFC 7443](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7443)                                                            |
| TURN Bandwidth draft specs                      | No                                                                                                                             | [draft-thomson-tram-turn-bandwidth-01](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-thomson-tram-turn-bandwidth-01)              |
| TURN-bis (with dual allocation) draft specs     | No                                                                                                                             | [draft-ietf-tram-turnbis-04](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tram-turnbis-04)                                  |
| TCP relaying TURN extension                     | No                                                                                                                             | [RFC 6062](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6062)                                                            |
| IPv6 extension for TURN                         | No                                                                                                                             | [RFC 6156](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6156)                                                            |
| oAuth third-party TURN/STUN authorization       | No                                                                                                                             | [RFC 7635](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7635)                                                            |
| DTLS support (for TURN)                         | No                                                                                                                             | [draft-petithuguenin-tram-stun-dtls-00](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-petithuguenin-tram-stun-dtls-00) |
| Mobile ICE (MICE) support                       | No                                                                                                                             | [draft-wing-tram-turn-mobility-02](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wing-tram-turn-mobility-02)                      |

---

# What is TURN?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/calls/turn/what-is-turn/

## What is TURN?

TURN (Traversal Using Relays around NAT) is a protocol that assists in traversing Network Address Translators (NATs) or firewalls in order to facilitate peer-to-peer communications. It is an extension of the STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for NAT) protocol and is defined in [RFC 8656](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8656).

## How do I use TURN?

Just like you would use a web browser or cURL to use the HTTP protocol, you need to use a tool or a library to use TURN protocol in your application.

Most users of TURN will use it as part of a WebRTC library, such as the one in their browser or part of [Pion](https://github.com/pion/webrtc), [webrtc-rs](https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc) or [libwebrtc](https://webrtc.googlesource.com/src/).

You can use TURN directly in your application too. [Pion](https://github.com/pion/turn) offers a TURN client library in Golang, so does [webrtc-rs](https://github.com/webrtc-rs/webrtc/tree/master/turn) in Rust.

## Key concepts to know when understanding TURN

1. **NAT (Network Address Translation)**: A method used by routers to map multiple private IP addresses to a single public IP address. This is commonly done by home internet routers so multiple computers in the same network can share a single public IP address.

2. **TURN Server**: A relay server that acts as an intermediary for traffic between clients behind NATs. Cloudflare Calls TURN service is a example of a TURN server.

3. **TURN Client**: An application or device that uses the TURN protocol to communicate through a TURN server. This is your application. It can be a web application using the WebRTC APIs or a native application running on mobile or desktop.

4. **Allocation**: When a TURN server creates an allocation, the TURN server reserves an IP and a port unique to that client.

5. **Relayed Transport Address**: The IP address and port reserved on the TURN server that others on the Internet can use to send data to the TURN client.

## How TURN Works

1. A TURN client sends an Allocate request to a TURN server.
2. The TURN server creates an allocation and returns a relayed transport address to the client.
3. The client can then give this relayed address to its peers.
4. When a peer sends data to the relayed address, the TURN server forwards it to the client.
5. When the client wants to send data to a peer, it sends it through the TURN server, which then forwards it to the peer.

## TURN vs VPN

TURN works similar to a VPN (Virtual Private Network). However TURN servers and VPNs serve different purposes and operate in distinct ways.

A VPN is a general-purpose tool that encrypts all internet traffic from a device, routing it through a VPN server to enhance privacy, security, and anonymity. It operates at the network layer, affects all internet activities, and is often used to bypass geographical restrictions or secure connections on public Wi-Fi.

A TURN server is a specialized tool used by specific applications, particularly for real-time communication. It operates at the application layer, only affecting traffic for applications that use it, and serves as a relay to traverse NATs and firewalls when direct connections between peers are not possible. While a VPN impacts overall internet speed and provides anonymity, a TURN server only affects the performance of specific applications using it.

## Why is TURN Useful?

TURN is often valuable in scenarios where direct peer-to-peer communication is impossible due to NAT or firewall restrictions. Here are some key benefits:

1. **NAT Traversal**: TURN provides a way to establish connections between peers that are both behind NATs, which would otherwise be challenging or impossible.

2. **Firewall Bypassing**: In environments with strict firewall policies, TURN can enable communication that would otherwise be blocked.

3. **Consistent Connectivity**: TURN offers a reliable fallback method when direct or NAT-assisted connections fail.

4. **Privacy**: By relaying traffic through a TURN server, the actual IP addresses of the communicating parties can be hidden from each other.

5. **VoIP and Video Conferencing**: TURN is crucial for applications like Voice over IP (VoIP) and video conferencing, ensuring reliable connections regardless of network configuration.

6. **Online Gaming**: TURN can help online games establish peer-to-peer connections between players behind different types of NATs.

7. **IoT Device Communication**: Internet of Things (IoT) devices can use TURN to communicate when they're behind NATs or firewalls.

---

# China Authoritative DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/concepts/china-dns/

Cloudflare China Network provides a nearest-to-client nameservice by default. The DNS request is resolved on the data center nearest to the client out of China, and the HTTP request is served on the data center nearest to the client. The closest Cloudflare data center outside of China is adopted for clients outside of China, and the JD Cloud data center in China is adopted for clients in China.

## In-China Nameserver

Cloudflare is able to deploy DNS service in mainland China to improve the Time to First Byte (TTFB) performance. With this deployment, the DNS query will be resolved in mainland China instead of global DNS servers.

## When to use

Before you enable China Authoritative DNS, you should confirm that majority (over 90%) of the traffic is coming from China. After you enable China Authoritative DNS, all the global DNS requests will be routed to JD Cloud data centers in China instead of the nearest data centers.

## Comparison

The following table compares the default DNS offering with the In-China Nameserver option.

| DNS option          | Behavior                                      |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Default             | Uses the DNS server closest to the end user.  |
| In-China Nameserver | Uses only DNS in China, operated by JD Cloud. |

## General setup

After you [enable the Cloudflare China Network service](/china-network/get-started/), do the following:

1.  Contact your Cloudflare sales team to enable the feature. Currently you cannot enable it in the Cloudflare dashboard.

    The current China Network supports both a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and a [partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

2.  Update your domain registrar with the assigned in-China nameservers.

    - For a full setup: These nameservers are displayed in the Cloudflare dashboard.
    - For a partial setup: Create a `CNAME` record pointing to `<host_name>.cdn.cloudflarecn.net`.

    For example, consider a zone named `samplezone.cn`. In this zone, you have two DNS records, `www` and `media`, pointing to two different origin servers. Your Authoritative DNS server needs to set the following DNS records:

    - CNAME `www.samplezone.cn` to `www.samplezone.cn.cdn.cloudflarecn.net`
    - CNAME `media.samplezone.cn` to `media.samplezone.cn.cdn.cloudflarecn.net`

3.  Test your configuration by checking if the domain resolves correctly.

For further assistance, contact your account team.

---

# China Express

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/concepts/china-express/

# China Express

:::note
China Express is an add-on to China Network and Zero Trust.
:::

China Express is a suite of connectivity, performance offerings and professional services designed to simplify your global assets' deployment in China. China Express is provided by our partners including CMI, CBC, and JD Cloud. You may find the China Express offer with different scenarios:

| Offer                                         | Scenario                                                             |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Connectivity](#connectivity)                 | Higher performance of China Network CDN with dynamic content.        |
| [Traffic Steering](#traffic-steering)         | China Network CDN with specific requirements of Cloudflare features. |
| [WARP Connection](#warp-connection)           | WARP client used in China.                                           |
| [Magic WAN Connection](#magic-wan-connection) | Magic WAN used in China.                                             |
| [ICP](#icp-services)                          | ICP services.                                                        |
| [MLPS](#mlps-services)                        | MLPS certification services.                                         |
| [Travel SIM](#mlps-services)                  | Zero Trust clients in business traveling to China.                   |

## Connectivity

China Express Connectivity provides stable and reliable connections for dynamic content entering and exiting China, specifically beneficial for users' experience within the country.

## Traffic Steering

China Express Traffic Steering facilitates seamless dynamic traffic management, ensuring stable connectivity across multiple global origins. It can support more advanced scenarios of Cloudflare features with great performance, such as accessing Cloudflare R2 and Cloudflare Fonts in China.

## WARP Connection

WARP Connection is a verified solution for enabling WARP client access within China, allowing remote employees to maintain secure and consistent connections.

## Magic WAN Connection

Magic WAN Connection is a verified solution for enabling Magic WAN access within China, allowing in-office employees to maintain secure and reliable connectivity.

## ICP services

Internet Content Provider (ICP) service simplifies the complexities of acquiring an ICP for domains to operate compliantly within China.

## MLPS services

The Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS) service add-on streamlines the certification process to secure the MLPS L3 certification for your applications.

### Travel SIM

Travel SIM offers temporary, seamless WARP access for individual employees traveling to China, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity during their visit.

---

## General process

### 1. Validate prerequisites

Ensure that you have a Cloudflare [Enterprise plan](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/) and [China Network](/china-network/) if you want Connectivity, Traffic Steering, or other offer. Licenses of WARP and Magic WAN are required for WARP Connection or Magic WAN Connection.

### 2. Sign contract

Contact your Cloudflare account team. They will assist you to sign a contract with the China Express partner.

### 3. Deploy China Express

Our China Express partner will assist you to deploy China Express.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/concepts/

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# Internet Content Provider (ICP)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/concepts/icp/

Internet Content Provider (ICP) is a licensing regime instated by the Telecommunications Regulations of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国电信条例), promulgated in September 2000.

Under ICP, all websites with their own domain name that operate inside China must obtain a license, whether hosted on a server in mainland China or provided to visitors from China via a CDN. Licenses are issued at the provincial level. You can use the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) website to [check if a domain already has an ICP number](https://beian.miit.gov.cn/#/Integrated/recordQuery) (only available in Chinese).

All public websites in mainland China must have an ICP number [displayed on the website's home page](#display-your-icp-number). Websites with the same apex domain can share the same ICP number. China-based hosting providers are instructed to shut down any website (often without notice) without an ICP number.

## Types of ICP

To host web services in mainland China, you are legally required to acquire an **ICP filing** or an **ICP license** in China.

The type of ICP you must obtain depends on the type of website you are providing to customers in China:



|                    | ICP filing                                                                                                                                                                                                    | ICP license                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Definition         | An ICP filing, known in Chinese as “Bei’An,” is the first level of ICP registration. An ICP filing enables the holder to host a website on a server or CDN in mainland China for informational purposes only. | An ICP license, known as “ICP Zheng” in Chinese, allows online platforms or third-party sellers selling goods and services to deploy their website on a hosting server or CDN within mainland China. |
| Website purpose    | Non-commercial and non-transactional purposes.                                                                                                                                                                | Commercial and transactional purposes.                                                                                                                                                               |
| Eligibility        | Representative office<br/>Wholly foreign-owned enterprise<br/>Joint venture<br/>Local company<br/>Individuals (personal website)                                                                              | Joint venture (foreign company with less than 50% ownership)<br/>Local company                                                                                                                       |
| Example format     | Beijing ICP preparation XXXXXXXX number                                                                                                                                                                       | Beijing ICP license XXXXXXXX number                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Other requirements | N/A                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Companies acquiring an ICP license must already have obtained an ICP filing.                                                                                                                         |
| Timeline           | 1-2 months                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2-3 months                                                                                                                                                                                           |



If you wish to host a marketing-related website, you only need an ICP filing.

***

## Obtain an ICP number

Cloudflare recommends that you apply for an ICP license through your hosting or Cloud Services Provider. You will need to provide the necessary documents to your provider to register the ICP number on your behalf:



| For individuals                                                                                                                             | For commercial companies                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| – ICP application form<br/>– Copy of your personal ID<br/>– Forms to authenticate website information<br/>– Copy of your domain certificate | – Copy of your business license<br/>– Your organization code certificate  |



After all required documents are submitted, it can take four to eight weeks to obtain an ICP number depending on the type of website and the province where the company is registered. Although there is no cost to register with the MIIT, your provider may charge you a fee.

After receiving the ICP number and the certificate, add it to your website's home page. 

## Display your ICP number

After you obtain an ICP number, you must display it in the footer of your website, like in the following example:

![An ICP number displayed in the footer of a website.](~/assets/images/china-network/icp-number-in-footer.png)

---

# Available products and features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/reference/available-products/

The following products and features are available on the Cloudflare China Network operated by JD Cloud:

## Application services

| Product                                    | Feature                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| DNS                                        | [DNS resolution service](/china-network/concepts/china-dns/) | Authoritative DNS resolution inside mainland China.                                                                                                      |
| CDN                                        | [Caching](/cache/)                                           | Core cache features. Static cache only. Does not support Cache Reserve or Tiered Cache.                                                                  |
| CDN                                        | [Image transformations](/images/)                            | Optimize image format at the edge to fit a domain’s layout.                                                                                              |
| [DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/)       | Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) DDoS protection                         | Layer 7 (application layer) protection against DDoS attacks such as HTTP flood attacks, WordPress Pingback attacks, HULK attacks, and LOIC attacks.      |
| Web Application Firewall (WAF)             | [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)                     | Pre-configured OWASP rulesets and Cloudflare managed rulesets.                                                                                           |
| Web Application Firewall (WAF)             | [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)                       | Custom WAF rules. Supports uploaded content scanning and managed challenges.                                                                             |
| Web Application Firewall (WAF)             | [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)             | Define rate limits for incoming requests matching an expression, and the action to take when those rate limits are reached.                              |
| [Page Shield](/page-shield/)               | Page Shield                                                  | Simplifies external script management by tracking loaded resources like scripts and providing alerts when it detects new resources or malicious scripts. |
| [Bot Management](/bots/)                   | Bot detection and mitigation                                 | Provides bot identification and protection for a domain. Only supports certain Machine Learning (ML) models.                                             |
| [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/) | Layer 7 smart routing                                        | Layer 7 (application layer) traffic smart-routed more efficiently to origin.                                                                             |
| [Rules](/rules/)                           | All rules products, except [Snippets](/rules/snippets/)      | Make adjustments to requests and responses, configure Cloudflare settings, and trigger specific actions for matching requests.                           |
| [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)         | Full features                                                | Maximize application performance and availability.                                                                                                       |

## Developer services

| Product              | Feature                           | Description                                                                  |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Workers](/workers/) | Serverless computing              | A serverless execution environment running on the Cloudflare global network. |
| [Pages](/pages/)     | Serverless front-end applications | Deploy dynamic front-end applications in record time.                        |

## Network services

| Product             | Feature                                                                         | Description                                                                                                 |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Supported protocols | [IPv6](/network/ipv6-compatibility/)                                            | All data centers have IPv6 support by default.                                                              |
| Supported protocols | [SSL/TLS](/ssl/)                                                                | Customer Certificate, Dedicated Certificate, Universal Certificate, Custom, ACM (Dedicated), Universal SSL. |
| Supported protocols | [HTTP/3 (QUIC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-http3/) | The latest version of the HTTP protocol to optimize page loading performance.                               |
| Supported protocols | [WebSockets](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/)                                 | Real-time communication with Cloudflare Workers serverless functions.                                       |

## Other services

| Product                  | Feature       | Description                                                      |
| ------------------------ | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Analytics](/analytics/) | Web Analytics | Real-time traffic, security, and data monitoring.                |
| [Logs](/logs/)           | Instant Logs  | Live Tail your Cloudflare HTTP logs in the Cloudflare Dashboard. |

For more details or specific product features, contact your account team.

---

# Infrastructure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/reference/infrastructure/

## China data centers

For up-to-date information, refer to the [Cloudflare China Network](https://www.cloudflare.com/china-network/) page.

### Network IP addresses

Cloudflare publishes a list of IP addresses for JD Cloud data centers, used by Cloudflare when connecting to the origin networks of customers to retrieve assets. These addresses are not the same IP addresses returned to website visitors as part of DNS resolution.

You can obtain the list of JD Cloud data center IP addresses via Cloudflare API. Use the [Cloudflare/JD Cloud IP Details](/api/resources/ips/methods/list/) operation with the `networks=jdcloud` query string parameter:

```sh title="Example request"
$ curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/ips?networks=jdcloud
```

IP addresses of JD Cloud data centers will be returned in the `jdcloud_cidrs` array:

```json title="Example response" {9,10,11}
{
  "result": {
    "ipv4_cidrs": [
      // (...)
    ],
    "ipv6_cidrs": [
      // (...)
    ],
    "jdcloud_cidrs": [
      // (...)
    ],
    "etag": "<ETAG>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Cloudflare will add new IP addresses to this list 30 days in advance before connecting from those IP addresses to an origin server. If you are using the China Network on JD Cloud, you should update your firewalls to reflect any IP address changes at least once every 30 days.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/china-network/reference/

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# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-ip-geolocation/about/

:::note


Client IP Geolocation is currently in closed Beta testing.


:::

Cloudflare Client IP Geolocation helps you understand where in the world a given client is located, even if their true client IP address is obscured by Cloudflare's proxy systems. We offer this service to ensure customers have high-quality experiences interacting with origins that rely on geolocation — such as mapping providers — and origin operators can deliver the right content to the right users. Ensuring origins know where clients are located avoids problems associated with traditional VPNs that obscure a consumer’s geolocation and allow circumvention of geographic restrictions on content.

**Users cannot opt out of this geolocation support and Cloudflare will always make a best effort to convey geolocation.**

## Simple explanation

When Cloudflare connects to your origin over **IPv4**, we geolocate our VPN users to 1 of 1,000 egress locations (a `cell`). The list of cells is a super set of all the countries in the world and all US Designated Market Areas and includes multiple cells for large metropolitan areas. For all supported cell locations, download [our list](https://api.cloudflare.com/local-ip-ranges.csv).

When Cloudflare connects to your origin over **IPv6**, we geolocate our VPN users to one of thousands of locations distributed across the globe.

If a VPN user tries to use an interposed VPN or proxy system that attempts to hide their location, we share that information with downstream entities.

## Technical explanation

We map our egress IP addresses for our forward-proxy offerings to specific geolocations and continuously share this information with major geolocation database providers like *MaxMind*, *IP 2 Location*, and *Neustar*.

When Cloudflare receives an inbound request from a WARP or 1.1.1.1 user, we first geolocate the IP address that made the connection to Cloudflare. Then, we select an egress IP that maps to the client geolocation. We then discard Client IP information to preserve user privacy but return their true geographic location.

If the Client IP is a known proxy or VPN service without strong commitments to preserving client location, we return an unmapped/unknown location.

Because our cell list includes Designated Market Areas in the United States, you can use the returned geolocation information — or lack of it — to enforce content restrictions when delivering linear or on-demand video content subject to common licensing requirements.

## Example scenario

Jane is a Cloudflare WARP user in Glendive, Montana, USA. She is interested in the privacy benefits of using a VPN. Her client IP address is `108.59.112.0`, which is owned by [Mid-Rivers Telephone Cooperative](https://bgp.he.net/AS11961) and geolocates to 47.0984,-104.7275 (with a location accuracy of 50km using MaxMind’s GeoIP service).

![Diagram of how Cloudflare reports accurate location information over VPN](~/assets/images/client-ip-geolocation/client-ip-geolocation-example.png)

Jane connects to Cloudflare’s edge using a secure tunnel. Cloudflare operates an anycast network and dictates VPN ingress by anycast. Jane’s VPN traffic lands in the Cloudflare Minneapolis data center, [930km from Glendive](http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=GDV-MSP).

A naive geolocation implementation would provide unacceptably inaccurate information. It would have Jane geolocated to Minneapolis, which is in a totally different state — Minnesota instead of Montana — and Designated Marketing Area — Glendive, MT, the [country’s smallest DMA](https://mediatracks.com/resources/nielsen-dma-rankings-2020/), instead of Minneapolis, MN — from her true location. From a content distribution perspective, this level of geolocation is **not acceptable**.

Instead, Cloudflare uses its [own geolocation mapping](#technical-explanation) to provide much more accurate information. Cloudflare’s edge would geolocate Jane’s client IP (`108.59.112.0`) to Glendive and select an egress IP address of `a.b.c.d` from its list of available egress IP addresses based on this geolocation result.

Jane attempts to watch live television via an over-the-top (OTT) video provider. The video provider’s origin sees a connection from `a.b.c.d`. A geolocation lookup on `a.b.c.d` returns Glendale, MT, and Jane is able to access the linear video content because the OTT provider is able to geolocate the VPN traffic to the true client location.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/client-ip-geolocation/faq/

:::note


Client IP Geolocation is currently in closed Beta testing.


:::

## Website operators

### What does this functionality mean for me as a website operator?

If you operate a website or ISP that needs to use IP address geolocation information for geographic content restriction, consider allowing IP addresses associated with a VPN.

You can now restrict content delivery to Cloudflare VPN users using the same client IP geolocation mechanisms used for non-VPN users.

### How does the above scenario change if I use Cloudflare to secure my infrastructure?

There is significant cross pollination between Cloudflare forward- and reverse-proxy services. When a user connects through Cloudflare proxies to origin infrastructure protected by Cloudflare security tools, our origin-facing tools automatically consume information from our user-facing systems about client geography, IP reputation, and other client metadata. This process happens in a privacy-preserving manner that reduces unnecessary collection of personally identifiable information while ensuring customers can maintain their desired security posture.

WAF custom rules specifying country- or region-level match criteria will match correctly on users passing through our VPN and forward-proxy systems with no action needed from you.

### In the example, what happens when Cloudflare’s Minneapolis data center is removed from service for maintenance?

The [example scenario](/client-ip-geolocation/about/#example-scenario) still provides accurate geolocation data.

Geography-specific egress IPs are not tightly coupled to physical Cloudflare network locations. We continue using geography-specific egress IPs even if the geographically closest network location or locations are rerouted.

### What happens when a user nests or chains VPNs and connects to Cloudflare through a downstream proxy service?

Cloudflare will make best efforts to identify such circumstances and communicate this information upstream to origins. Client IPs will geolocate as `unknown` when the entity that made the initial connection to Cloudflare appears to have originated from an open-proxy service or we are unsure of the location of the user.

### I want greater geographic detail on egress locations. Can you provide it?

Yes! We can provide much finer granularity for origins reachable over IPv6. We encourage adoption of IPv6 for the good of the Internet, as well as for providing much finer detail on user locations to origin operators.

### What incentives does Cloudflare have to ensure location information is accurate?

Cloudflare wants those using our consumer VPN and corporate forward-proxy services to have as smooth an experience as possible. We want our users to have uninterrupted browsing experiences. At the same time, we also want to give origin operators the information they need to distribute the right content to the right users at the right times.

## Cloudflare VPN users

### What does this mean for me as a Cloudflare VPN user?

If you use [Cloudflare WARP](/warp-client/) or [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/), geolocation improves your user experience. Because we communicate your geographic location accurately (but still in a non-identifiable way), you should have accurate, geography-specific experiences and uninterrupted access to the content you are licensed to consume in your local geography.

We also maintain all of our [privacy commitments](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/privacy-and-data-protection/) regarding your use of our consumer application and will keep your Internet browsing private and secure.

### What if I am a user and want to spoof my location?

Cloudflare does not permit or support the spoofing of location and will never offer such functionality in the future.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/hostname-analytics/

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You can use custom hostname analytics for two general purposes: exploring how your customers use your product and sharing the benefits provided by Cloudflare with your customers.

These analytics include **Site Analytics**, **Bot Analytics**, **Cache Analytics**, **Security Events**, and [any other datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/) with the `clientRequestHTTPHost` field.

:::note


The plan of your Cloudflare for SaaS application determines the analytics available for your custom hostnames.


:::

## Explore customer usage

Use custom hostname analytics to help your organization with billing and infrastructure decisions, answering questions like:

* "How many total requests is your service getting?"
* "Is one customer transferring significantly more data than the others?"
* "How many global customers do you have and where are they distributed?"

If you see one customer is using more data than another, you might increase their bill. If requests are increasing in a certain geographic region, you might want to increase the origin servers in that region.

To access custom hostname analytics, either [use the dashboard](/analytics/faq/about-analytics/) and filter by the `Host` field or [use the GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/) and filter by the `clientRequestHTTPHost` field. For more details, refer to our tutorial on [Querying HTTP events by hostname with GraphQL](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/end-customer-analytics/).

## Share Cloudflare data with your customers

With custom hostname analytics, you can also share site information with your customers, including data about:

* How many pageviews their site is receiving.
* Whether their site has a large percentage of bot traffic.
* How fast their site is.

Build custom dashboards to share this information by specifying an individual custom hostname in `clientRequestHTTPHost` field of [any dataset](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/) that includes this field.

## Logpush

[Logpush](/logs/about/) sends metadata from Cloudflare products to your cloud storage destination or SIEM.

Using [filters](/logs/reference/filters/), you can send set sample rates (or not include logs altogether) based on filter criteria. This flexibility allows you to maintain selective logs for custom hostnames without massively increasing your log volume.

Filtering is available for [all Cloudflare datasets](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/).

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# Cloudflare for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/

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As a SaaS provider, you may want to support subdomains under your own zone in addition to letting your customers use their own domain names with your services. For example, a customer may want to use their vanity domain `app.customer.com` to point to an application hosted on your Cloudflare zone `service.saas.com`. Cloudflare for SaaS allows you to increase security, performance, and reliability of your customers' domains.

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## Benefits

When you use Cloudflare for SaaS, it helps you to:

- Provide custom domain support.
- Keep your customers' traffic encrypted.
- Keep your customers online.
- Facilitate fast load times of your customers' domains.
- Gain insight through traffic analytics.

## Limitations

If your customers already have their applications on Cloudflare, they cannot control some Cloudflare features for hostnames managed by your Custom Hostnames configuration, including:

- Argo
- Early Hints
- Page Shield
- Spectrum
- Wildcard DNS

## How it works

As the SaaS provider, you can extend Cloudflare's products to customer-owned custom domains by adding them to your zone [as custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/). Through a suite of easy-to-use products, Cloudflare for SaaS routes traffic from custom hostnames to an origin, set up on your domain. Cloudflare for SaaS is highly customizable. Three possible configurations are shown below.

### Standard Cloudflare for SaaS configuration:

Custom hostnames are routed to a default origin server called fallback origin. This configuration is available on all plans.

![Standard case](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/use-cases/Standard.png)

### Cloudflare for SaaS with Apex Proxying:

This allows you to support apex domains even if your customers are using a DNS provider that does not allow a CNAME at the apex. This is available as an add-on for Enterprise plans. For more details, refer to [Apex Proxying](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/).

![Advanced case](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/use-cases/Advanced.png)

### Cloudflare for SaaS with BYOIP:

This allows you to support apex domains even if your customers are using a DNS provider that does not allow a CNAME at the apex. Also, you can point to your own IPs if you want to bring an IP range to Cloudflare (instead of Cloudflare provided IPs). This is available as an add-on for Enterprise plans.

![Pro Case](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/use-cases/Pro.png)

## Availability

Cloudflare for SaaS is bundled with non-Enterprise plans and available as an add-on for Enterprise plans. For more details, refer to [Plans](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/plans/).

## Next steps

<LinkButton
	variant="primary"
	href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/"
>
	Get started
</LinkButton>
<LinkButton
	variant="secondary"
	href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-ssl-for-saas/"
>
	Learn more
</LinkButton>

---

# Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/plans/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<FeatureTable id="ssl.z_custom_hostnames" />

## Enterprise plan benefits

The Enterprise plan offers features that give SaaS providers flexibility when it comes to meeting their end customer's requirements. In addition to that, Enterprise customers are able to extend all of the benefits of the Enterprise plan to their customer's custom hostnames. This includes advanced Bot Mitigation, WAF rules, analytics, DDoS mitigation, and more.

In addition, large SaaS providers rely on Enterprise level support, multi-user accounts, SSO, and other benefits that are not provided in non-Enterprise plans.

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Demos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Workers for Platforms within your existing architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Workers for Platforms.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Workers for Platforms"]} />

---

# Workers for Platforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/

import { CardGrid, Description, Feature, LinkTitleCard, Plan, RelatedProduct, Stream } from "~/components"

<Description>


Deploy custom code on behalf of your users or let your users directly deploy their own code to your platform, managing infrastructure.


</Description>

<Plan type="paid" />

Workers for Platforms allows you to run your own code as a wrapper around your user's code. With Workers for Platforms, you can logically group your code separately from your users' code, create custom logic, and use additional APIs such as [script tags](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/tags/) for bulk operations.

Workers for Platforms is built on top of [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). Workers for Platforms lets you surpass Cloudflare Workers' 500 scripts per account [limit](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/limits/).

<br></br>

<Stream videoId="c8afb7a0a811f07db4b4ffaf56c277bc" videoTitle="Workers for Platforms Overview" thumbnailTimeOrURL="8.6s" />

***

## Features

<Feature header="Get started" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/" cta="Get started">
Learn how to set up Workers for Platforms. 
</Feature>

<Feature header="Workers for Platforms architecture" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/" cta="Learn more">
Learn about Workers for Platforms architecture. 
</Feature>

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">

Cloudflare Workers provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.


</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Limits" href="/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/limits/" icon="document">
Learn about limits that apply to your Workers for Platforms project.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="Developer Discord" href="https://discord.cloudflare.com" icon="discord">
Connect with the Workers community on Discord to ask questions, show what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard title="@CloudflareDev" href="https://x.com/cloudflaredev" icon="x.com">
Follow @CloudflareDev on Twitter to learn about product announcements, and what is new in Cloudflare Workers.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-with-terraform/

| Requirements                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli) installed on your machine |
| The [Cloudflare provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) properly configured                 |

[Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli) is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure, and provides components and documentation for building [Cloudflare resources](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs). Listed below are examples to help you get started with building Access with Terraform. For a more generalized guide on configuring Cloudflare and Terraform, visit our [Getting Started with Terraform and Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/getting-started-with-terraform-and-cloudflare-part-1/) blog post.

## Create an application with Terraform

1. Create an application.

   Here is an example configuration:

   ```tf
   variable "domain" {
     default = "example.com"
   }

   variable "zone_id" {
     default = <CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID>
   }

   resource "cloudflare_access_application" "cf_app" {
     zone_id          = var.zone_id
     name             = "My Example App"
     domain           = var.domain
     session_duration = "24h"
   }
   ```

2. Next, we need to export our environment variables and secrets:

   ```sh
   export CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL=<CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL>
   export CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY=<CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY>
   ```

3. Now we can run a `terraform plan` which will output any proposed changes. Make sure to review the plan carefully:

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

   ```sh output
   Refreshing Terraform state in-memory prior to plan...
   The refreshed state will be used to calculate this plan, but will not be
   persisted to local or remote state storage.

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
   Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
   	+ create

   Terraform will perform the following actions:

   	# cloudflare_access_application.cf_app will be created
   	+ resource "cloudflare_access_application" "cf_app" {
   			+ aud              = (known after apply)
   			+ domain           = "example.com"
   			+ id               = (known after apply)
   			+ name             = "My Example App"
   			+ session_duration = "24h"
   			+ zone_id          = "1ce82492016e71df631bf4af9c02587f"
   		}

   Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Note: You didn't specify an "-out" parameter to save this plan, so Terraform
   can't guarantee that exactly these actions will be performed if
   "terraform apply" is subsequently run.
   ```

4. Apply these changes using the `apply` command, once they look accurate and you're comfortable moving forward:

   ```sh
   terraform apply --auto-approve
   ```

   ```sh output
   cloudflare_access_application.cf_app: Creating...
   cloudflare_access_application.cf_app: Creation complete after 2s [id=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx]

   Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
   ```

## Create a policy

After you've created an application, you can start creating policies and attaching them to applications:

```tf
   resource "cloudflare_access_policy" "cf_policy" {
     application_id = cloudflare_access_application.cf_app.id
     zone_id        = var.zone_id
     name           = "Example Policy"
     precedence     = "1"
     decision       = "allow"

     include {
       email = ["test@example.com"]
     }
   }
```

To do so:

1. Run a `terraform plan`:

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

   ```sh output

   Refreshing Terraform state in-memory prior to plan...
   The refreshed state will be used to calculate this plan, but will not be
   persisted to local or remote state storage.

   cloudflare_access_application.cf_app: Refreshing state... [id=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx]

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
   Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
    + create

   Terraform will perform the following actions:

    # cloudflare_access_policy.cf_policy will be created
    + resource "cloudflare_access_policy" "cf_policy" {
        + application_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
        + decision       = "allow"
        + id             = (known after apply)
        + name           = "My Example Policy"
        + precedence     = 1
        + zone_id        = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

        + include {
            + email = [
                + "test@example.com",
              ]
          }
      }

   Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------

   Note: You didn't specify an "-out" parameter to save this plan, so Terraform
   can't guarantee that exactly these actions will be performed if
   "terraform apply" is subsequently run.
   ```

2. Next, apply these changes using the `apply` command, once they look accurate and you're comfortable moving forward:

   ```sh
   terraform apply --auto-approve
   ```

### Configuring an identity provider

The example below shows how you can configure an identity provider and attach it to a policy:

```tf
resource "cloudflare_access_identity_provider" "github_oauth" {
  account_id = <CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID>
  name       = "GitHub OAuth"
  type       = "github"
  config {
    client_id     = <GITHUB_CLIENT_ID>
    client_secret = <GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET>
  }
}

resource "cloudflare_access_policy" "cf_policy" {
  application_id = cloudflare_access_application.cf_app.id
  zone_id        = var.zone_id
  name           = "My Example Policy"
  precedence     = "1"
  decision       = "allow"

  include {
    email = ["test@example.com"]
    github {
      name                 = "My GitHub Org"
      identity_provider_id = cloudflare_access_identity_provider.github_oauth.id
    }
  }
}
```

These are the basics to get up and running with Access and Terraform. Refer to our [API documentation](/api/) for other endpoints that can be managed via Terraform.

---

# API and Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

This section covers a few common use cases with the API and Terraform to manage Cloudflare Zero Trust. For more information, refer to our [API documentation](/api/) and [Terraform reference guide](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs).

<DirectoryListing />

## Set dashboard to read-only

Super Administrators can lock all settings as read-only in Zero Trust. Read-only mode ensures that all updates for the account are made through the API or Terraform.

To enable read-only mode:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Account**.
2. Enable **API/Terraform read-only mode**.

All users, regardless of [user permissions](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/), will be prevented from making configuration changes through the UI.

---

# Scoped API tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/scoped-api-tokens/

The administrators managing policies and groups in Cloudflare Access might be different from the users responsible for configuring WAF custom rules or other Cloudflare settings. Cloudflare Access supports [scoped API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) so that team members and automated systems can manage settings specific to Access without having permission to modify other configurations in Cloudflare.

## Creating a scoped API token

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select the user icon > **My Profile**.

2. Select the **API Tokens** tab. The existing tokens will display.

   ![Existing API tokens listed in the API Tokens tab.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/create-token.png)

3. Select **Create Token**.

4. Select **Get started** next to **Create Custom Token**.

5. Select **Account** and **Access: Organizations, Identity Providers, and Groups** in the drop-downs under **Permissions**. You can configure the token to be Read or Write in the third drop-down.

   ![Dropdown displaying read and write options for API token customization.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/edit-token.png)

6. In the final section, the token can be applied to a single account or multiple if you are an administrator of multiple Cloudflare accounts.

7. Select **Continue to summary**. The next page will display the token details and instructions on how to use it.

## Review tokens

You can review tokens created in the **API Tokens** tab. In this view, you can roll, revoke, or edit issued tokens.

![A list of created API tokens.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/view-token.png)

---

# App Launcher

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/app-launcher" />

## Tags

<Render file="access/tags" />

---

# Block page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/block-page/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/block-page" />

---

# Add bookmarks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/bookmarks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/bookmarks" />

---

# Applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust can secure self-hosted and SaaS applications with Zero Trust rules.

Learn how to secure your applications, and how to configure one dashboard for your users to reach all the applications you've secured behind Cloudflare Zero Trust:

<DirectoryListing />

Refer to our [reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) for an understanding on how to architect a Zero Trust and SASE solution.

---

# Login page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/login-page/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can customize the login page that is displayed to end users when they go to an Access application.

<Render file="access/login-page" />

---

# Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/access/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/access.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Browser Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/browser-isolation/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/browser-isolation.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# CASB

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/casb/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/casb.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Digital Experience Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/dex/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/dex.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Data Loss Prevention

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/dlp/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/dlp.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Email Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/email-security/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/email-security.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/gateway/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/gateway.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in associated src/content/changelogs/{productName}.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Risk score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/risk-score/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/risk-score.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/tunnel/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/tunnel.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Zero Trust WARP Client

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/changelog/warp/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in src/content/changelogs/warp.yaml. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Connections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn how you can connect your applications, devices, and networks to Cloudflare.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Auto-move events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/

Auto-move events are events where emails are automatically moved to different inboxes based on the disposition Email Security assigned to them.

Email Security shows you the total number of auto-moves and the source folder from which these moves are originating from.

To configure auto-move events:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Select **Moves**.
5. Under **Auto-moves**, select **Configure**.
6. Assign actions based on malicious, spoof, suspicious, spam, and bulk dispositions. Select among:
   - **Soft delete - user recoverable**: Moves the message to the user's **Recoverable Items - Deleted** folder. Messages can be recovered by the user.
   - **Hard delete - admin recoverable**: Completely deletes messages from a user's inbox.
   - **Move to trash**: Moves messages to the trash or deleted items email folder.
   - **Move to junk**: Moves the message to the junk or spam folder.
   - **No action**: Messages stay in the origin folder.
7. Select **Post-delivery** moves:
   - **(Recommended) Post-delivery response**: Enabling this option allows Email Security to rescan delivered emails at multiple time intervals for previously unknown phishing sites or campaigns.
   - **(Recommended) Phish submission response**: Enabling this option allows Email Security to move emails that your users reported as phishing and Email Security determined to be malicious.
8. Select **Save**.

---

# Email Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/

import { Description } from "~/components"

:::caution[Important]
Refer to [Area 1](/email-security/) if you are looking for the Area 1 documentation.
:::

<Description>
Secure your email inbox with API-first Email Security.
</Description>

Email Security secures your email inbox with API-first email security. Email Security integrates with your existing email provider and blocks phishing attacks, malware, [Business Email Compromise](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/) attacks, and vendor email fraud.

Email Security allows you to:

- Configure [allow policies](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/allow-policies/), [blocked senders](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/blocked-senders/), [trusted domains](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/trusted-domains/), and [additional detections](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/).
- [Automatically move messages](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to specific folders based on a [certain disposition](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/).
- [Manage directories](/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/).
- [Monitor your inbox](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/) and perform a thorough [search of your email](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/search-email/).
- Generate a [Phishing Risk Assessment report](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phishing-report/) and [submit email phishing reports](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/).

---

# Outbound Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/outbound-dlp/

:::note[Compatibility]
Outbound DLP is only compatible with Microsoft 365.
:::

Outbound Data Loss Prevention ensures the protection of sensitive information in outbound emails with [Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP)](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/). Outbound Data Loss Prevention integrates with your inbox, and it proactively monitors your email to prevent unauthorized data leaks.

## Get started

To begin using outbound DLP, install the Cloudflare add-in in Microsoft 365:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Email Security** > **Outbound DLP**.
2. In **Protect sensitive data in outbound emails**, select **Get started**.
3. Select **Download add-in** to download the Cloudflare add-in.
4. Configure Microsoft 365 to use the Cloudflare add-in:
   1. In the [Microsoft 365 Apps admin center](https://config.office.com/), go to **Microsoft 365 Admin Center** > **Settings** > **Integrated Apps**.
   2. Select **Upload custom apps**. For the application type, choose _Office Add-in_.
   3. Select **Upload manifest file (.xml) from device**.
   4. Upload the Cloudflare add-in file.
   5. Verify and complete the wizard.
5. Confirm the Cloudflare add-in was configured in Microsoft 365.

After configuring the Cloudflare add-in in Microsoft 365, you can select **Add a policy** to create an [outbound DLP policy](#create-an-outbound-policy).

:::note
The Cloudflare add-in can take up to 24 hours to propagate after install.
:::

## Create an outbound policy

An outbound policy allows you to control outbound email flow.

To create an outbound DLP policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Email Security** > **Outbound DLP**.
2. Select **Add a policy**.
3. Name your policy.
4. Build an expression to match specific email traffic. For example, you can create a policy that blocks outbound emails containing identifying numbers:

   | Selector            | Operator | Value                                                     | Logic | Action |
   | ------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
   | Recipient email     | not in   | `example.com`                                             | And   | Block  |
   | Matched DLP profile | in       | _Social Security, Insurance, Tax, and Identifier Numbers_ |       |        |

5. (Optional) Choose whether to use the default block message or a custom message.
6. Select **Create policy**.

After creating your policy, you can modify or reorder your policies in **Email Security** > **Outbound DLP**.

### Selectors

| Selector            | Description                                                                                                                |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recipient email     | The intended recipient of an outbound email.                                                                               |
| Email sender        | The user in your organization sending an email.                                                                            |
| Matched DLP profile | The [DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/) that content of an email matches upon scan. |

---

# PhishGuard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/phish-guard/

PhishGuard is a managed email security service that provides resources for end-to-end phish and targeted attack management and response. With PhishGuard, you can preemptively block [phishing attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/phishing-attack/), [malware](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/glossary/malware/), [Business Email Compromise (BEC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/), and vendor email fraud.

To use PhishGuard:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **PhishGuard**.

The dashboard will display the following metrics:

- ROI Calculator
- Insider threat defense
- Email threat hunting
- Actions
- API Status
- Managed email security operations
- Reports

## ROI Calculator

Use the ROI Calculator to compare triage durations and hourly rates to calculate PhishGuard's return on investment.

The ROI Calculator displays:

- Total aggregated saved number in USD dollars.
- Triage duration: The amount of time in minutes spent triaging the message.
- Hourly rate.

## Insider threat defense

An [insider threat](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-an-insider-threat/) is a risk to an organization's security stemming from someone associated with the organization.

Insider threat defense on the dashboard displays **Insider leads** and **Insider reports generated**. **Insider leads** displays the number of emails identified as potential insider threat email. **Insider reports generated** displays the number of reports created based on insider leads.

## Email threat hunting

Email threat hunting displays previously unknown phishing attacks.

Email threat hunting displays **Threat leads generated** and **Total reposts generated**.

## Actions

**Actions** allows you to review the most common actions taken by the PhishGuard team, such as escalations, threat hunts, and moves.

## API Status

API Status allows you to monitor and configure the current status of API message auto-moves and directory integrations.

Select **Message moves** to [configure auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/). Select **Directory integration** to [configure directories](/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/).

## Managed email security operations

Managed email security operations allows you to review the results of phish submissions reviewed by the PhishGuard team.

It displays the following:

- Total [phish submissions](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/)
- Tracked incidents
- Median time to resolve
- Resolved track incidents

## Reports

Under Reports, you can review reports of threats discovered and resolved by the PhishGuard team.

If you select the three dots, you can:

- **View report details**: Report Details gives you the following information about each report:
  - **Overview**: An Overview of the report. This includes date and time of the report, type of attack performed, and more.
  - **Target and victimology**: Company targeted.
  - **Details**: Displays information such as delivery disposition, current disposition, ES Alert ID, Message-ID, Timestamp, Subject, and Attempted Fraudulent Amount.
  - **Indicators of compromise (IOC)**: [Indicators of compromise (IOC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/what-are-indicators-of-compromise/) are information about a specific security breach that can help security teams determine if an attack has taken place. 
- Preview email.
- [Move email](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/).

---

# Identity FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/authentication-faq/

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## Can Access work with multiple identity providers at the same time?

Yes. Your team can simultaneously use multiple providers, reducing friction when working with partners or contractors. Get started by adding your preferred identity providers as login methods in Zero Trust. Then, when securing a new application behind Access, you'll be able to choose which providers you want your users to log in with to reach that application.

## What if the identity provider my team uses is not listed?

You can add your preferred identity providers to Cloudflare Access even if you do not see them listed in Zero Trust, as long as these providers support SAML 2.0 or [OpenID Connect (OIDC)](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/).

## How do end users log out of an application protected by Access?

Access provides a URL that will end a user's current session.

To force log out of an Access application, go to:

`<your-application-domain>/cdn-cgi/access/logout`

To log out of an App Launcher session, go to:

`<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/logout`

For more information, refer to our [session management page](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/#log-out-as-a-user).

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# Tunnels FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/cloudflare-tunnels-faq/

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## ​Can I create a Tunnel for an apex domain?

Yes. With [Named Tunnels](https://blog.cloudflare.com/argo-tunnels-that-live-forever/) you can create a CNAME at the apex that points to the named tunnel.

## ​Does Cloudflare Tunnel support Websockets?

Yes. Cloudflare Tunnel has full support for Websockets.

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## How can Tunnel be used with Partial DNS (CNAME Setup)?

Cloudflare offers two modes of setup: [Full Setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), in which the domain uses Cloudflare DNS nameservers, and [Partial Setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) (also known as CNAME setup) in which the domain uses non-Cloudflare DNS servers.

The best experience with Cloudflare Tunnel is using Full Setup because Cloudflare manages DNS for the domain and can automatically configure DNS records for newly started Tunnels.

You can still use Tunnel with Partial Setup. You will need to create a new DNS record with your current DNS provider for each new hostname connected through Cloudflare Tunnel. The DNS record should be of type CNAME or ALIAS if it is on the root of the domain. The name of the record should be the subdomain it corresponds to (e.g. `example.com` or `tunnel.example.com`) and the value of the record should be `subdomain.domain.tld.cdn.cloudflare.net`. (e.g. `example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net` or `tunnel.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net`)

## How can origin servers be secured when using Tunnel?

Tunnel can expose web applications to the Internet that sit behind a NAT or firewall. Thus, you can keep your web server otherwise completely locked down. To double check that your origin web server is not responding to requests outside Cloudflare while Tunnel is running you can run netcat in the command line:

```sh
netcat -zv [your-server's-ip-address] 80
netcat -zv [your-server's-ip-address] 443
```

If your server is still responding on those ports, you will see:

```txt
[ip-address] 80 (http) open
```

If your server is correctly locked down, you will see:

```txt
[ip-address] 443 (https): Connection refused
```

## What records are created for routing to a Named Tunnel's hostname?

Named Tunnels can be routed via DNS records, in which case we use CNAME records to point to the `<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`; Or as Load Balancing endpoints, which also point to `<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`.

## Does Cloudflare Tunnel send visitor IPs to my origin?

No. When using Cloudflare Tunnel, all requests to the origin are made internally between `cloudflared` and the origin.

To log external visitor IPs, you will need to [configure an alternative method](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/).

## Why does the name 'warp' and 'argo' appear in some legacy materials?

Cloudflare Tunnel was previously named Warp during the beta phase. As Warp was added to the Argo product family, we changed the name to Argo Tunnel to match. Once we no longer required users to purchase Argo to create Tunnels, we renamed Argo Tunnel to Cloudflare Tunnel.

For more information about migrating from Argo Tunnel, refer to [Migrate legacy tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/migrate-legacy-tunnels/).

## Is it possible to restore a deleted tunnel?

No. You cannot undo a tunnel deletion. If the tunnel was locally-managed, its [`config.yaml` file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#configuration-file) will still be present and you can create a new tunnel with the same configuration. If the tunnel was remotely-managed, both the tunnel and its configuration are permanently deleted.

## How do I contact support?

Before contacting the Cloudflare support team:

1. Take note of any specific error messages and/or problematic behaviors.

2. Make sure that `cloudflared` is updated to the [latest version](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared).

3. Gather any relevant error/access logs from your server.

4. (Locally-managed tunnels only) Set [`--loglevel`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#loglevel) to `debug`, so the Cloudflare support team can get more info from the `cloudflared.log` file.

5. Include your [Cloudflare Tunnel diagnostic logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/troubleshoot-tunnels/diag-logs/) (`cloudflared-diag-YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss.zip`).

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# Devices FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/devices-faq/

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## Why does my Windows device appear to switch from Wi-Fi to Ethernet when I enable WARP?

As the WARP client has replaced WinDivert with WinTun architecture, all Windows machines using WinTun will show as being connected using a virtual adapter. Windows, by default, shows virtual adapter connections with a wired Ethernet connection icon, even if the device is connected over wireless. This is by design and should have no impact on connectivity.

## Why is my device not connecting to a closer Cloudflare data center?

As our [Network Map](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/network/) shows, we have locations all over the globe. However, in the Advanced Connection stats of our application, you may notice that the data center (colo) you are connecting to isn't necessarily the one physically closest to your location. This can be due to a number of reasons:

* Sometimes your nearest colo may be undergoing maintenance or having problems. Check the [Cloudflare Status page](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/) for system status.
* Your Internet provider may choose to route traffic along an alternate path for reasons such as cost savings, reliability, or other infrastructure concerns.

## Why is my public IP address sometimes visible?

Cloudflare WARP Client in WARP mode was meant to ensure all your traffic is kept private between you and the origin (the site you are connecting to), but not from the origin itself. In a number of cases, if the origin site you are communicating with can't determine who you are and where you're from, they can't serve locale relevant content to you.
Sites inside Cloudflare network are able to see this information. If a site is showing you your IP address, chances are they are in our network. Most sites outside our network (orange clouded sites) however are unable to see this information and instead see the nearest egress colo to their server. We are working to see if in the future we can't find a way to more easily share this information with a limited number of gray clouded sites where it is relevant to both parties.

## Why has my throughput dropped while using WARP?

Cloudflare WARP is in part powered by 1.1.1.1. When visiting sites or going to a new location on the Internet, you should see blazing fast DNS lookups. However, WARP is built to trade some throughput for enhanced privacy, because it encrypts all traffic both to and from your device. While this isn't noticeable at most mobile speeds, on desktop systems in countries where high speed broadband is available, you may notice a drop. We think the tradeoff is worth it though and continue to work on improving performance all over the system.

## Why is my device not connecting to a public Wi-Fi?

The Wi-Fi network may have a captive portal that is blocking WARP from establishing a secure connection. In order to access the portal, and therefore the Internet, you will need to temporarily turn off WARP. After you login to the captive portal through your browser, you can turn WARP back on to access corporate resources.

For more information, refer to [Captive portal detection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/captive-portals/).

## Why is my device not connecting to the Internet?

A third-party service or ISP may be blocking WARP, or Zero Trust settings may be misconfigured. For a list of common issues and steps to resolve, refer to our [troubleshooting guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/).

## Why is my device not connecting to the corporate Wi-Fi?

An [OS firewall rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#system-firewall) on the device may be blocking the EAP/Radius server that allows users to join the Wi-Fi network. If your corporate Wi-Fi uses a Radius server for network authentication, add the Radius server to your [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) Exclude list.

## Why is my device not connecting to my private network?

If your private network is [exposed via Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/):

* Verify that the WARP client is [properly configured](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#device-configuration) on the device.
* Verify that the user is allowed through by your Access and Gateway policies.
* Verify that the [local LAN settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#router-configuration) for the device do not overlap with the CIDR range of your private network.

When contacting Cloudflare support, ensure that you include [WARP debug logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/) for your device. These logs will help Cloudflare support understand the overall architecture of your machine and networks.

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# General

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/general-faq/

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## What is the difference between Cloudflare Gateway and 1.1.1.1?

1.1.1.1 does not block any DNS query. When a browser requests for example.com, 1.1.1.1 simply looks up the answer either in cache or by performing a full recursive DNS query.

Cloudflare Gateway's DNS resolver introduces security into this flow. Instead of allowing all DNS queries, Gateway first checks the hostname being queried against the intelligence Cloudflare has about threats on the Internet. If that query matches a known threat, or is requesting a blocked domain configured by an administrator as part of a Gateway policy, Gateway stops it before the site could load for the user - and potentially execute code or phish that team member.

## Is multi-factor authentication supported?

Access is subjected to the MFA policies set in your identity provider. For example, users attempting to log in to an Access protected app might log in through Okta. Okta would enforce an MFA check before sending the valid authentication confirmation back to Cloudflare Access.

Access does not have an independent or out-of-band MFA feature.

## Which browsers are supported?

These browsers are supported:

- Internet Explorer 11
- Edge (current release, last release)
- Firefox (current release, last release)
- Chrome (current release, last release)
- Safari (current release, last release)

## What data localization services are supported?

Cloudflare Zero Trust can be used with the Data Localization Suite to ensure that traffic is only inspected in the regions you choose. For more information refer to [Use Zero Trust with Data Localization Suite](/data-localization/how-to/zero-trust/).

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# Getting started with Cloudflare Zero Trust FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/getting-started-faq/

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## How do I sign up for Cloudflare Zero Trust?

You can sign up today at [this link](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/teams). Follow the onboarding steps, choose a team name and a payment plan, and start protecting your network in just a few minutes.

## What is a team domain/team name?

Your team domain is a unique subdomain assigned to your Cloudflare account, for example, `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`. [Setting up a team domain](/cloudflare-one/setup/#create-a-zero-trust-organization) is an essential step in your Zero Trust configuration. This is where your users will find the apps you have secured behind Cloudflare Zero Trust — displayed in the [App Launcher](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) — and will be able to make login requests to them. The customizable portion of your team domain is called **team name**. You can view your team name and team domain in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

| team name        | team domain                             |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `your-team-name` | `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` |

You can change your team name at any time, unless you have the Cloudflare dashboard SSO feature enabled on your account. Cloudflare dashboard SSO does not currently support team name changes.

:::caution[Warning]

If you change your team name, you need to update your organization's identity providers (IdPs) and the WARP client to reflect the new team name in order to avoid any mismatch errors.
:::

### Why is my old team name is still showing up on the Login page and App Launcher?

After changing your team name, you will need to check your Block page, Login page, and App Launcher settings to make sure the new team name is reflected.

To verify that your team name change is successfully rendering on the Block page, Login page and App Launcher:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.
2. Find the **Block page** and **Login page** > select **Customize** next to the page you would like to review first.
3. Review that the value in **Your Organization's name** matches your new team name.
4. If the desired name is not already displayed, change the value to your desired team name and select **Save**.
5. Check both pages (**Block page** and **Login page**) to set **Your Organization's name** as your desired team name.

The App Launcher will display the same team name set on the Login page, so you do not need to update the **Your Organization's name** field in the App Launcher page.

## How do I change my subscription plan?

To make changes to your subscription, visit the Billing section under Account in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/). You can change or cancel your subscription at any time. Just remember - if you downgrade your plan during a billing cycle, your downgraded pricing will apply in the next billing cycle. If you upgrade during a billing cycle, you will be billed for the upgraded plan at the moment you select it.

## How are active seats measured?

Cloudflare Zero Trust subscriptions consist of seats that users in your account consume. When users authenticate to an application or enroll their agent into WARP, they count against one of your active seats. Seats can be added, removed, or revoked at **Settings** > **Account** > **Plan**. If all seats are currently consumed, you must first remove users before decreasing your purchased seat count.

### Removing users

User seats can be removed for Access and Gateway at **My Team** > **Users**. Removing a user will have consequences both on Access and on Gateway:

- **Access**: All active sessions for that user will be invalidated. A user will be able to log back into an application unless you create an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to block future logins from that user.

- **Gateway**: All active devices for that user will be logged out of your Zero Trust organization, which stops all filtering and routing via the WARP client. A user will be able to re-enroll their device unless you create a [device enrollment policy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to block them.

:::caution

The Remove action will remove a user's seat, but it will not permanently revoke their ability to authenticate. To permanently disable a user's ability to authenticate, you must modify the policies that allow them to reach a given application or enroll a device in WARP.

:::

### Revoking users

The Revoke action will terminate active sessions and log out active devices, but will not remove the user's consumption of an active seat.

## How do I know if my network is protected behind Cloudflare Zero Trust?

You can visit the [Zero Trust help page](https://help.teams.cloudflare.com). This page will give you an overview of your network details, as well as an overview of the categories that are being blocked and/or allowed.

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# FAQ

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Below you'll find answers to the most commonly asked questions on Cloudflare Zero Trust, as well as a troubleshooting section to help you solve common issues and errors you may come across.

If you can't find the answer you're looking for, feel free to head over to our [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) and post your question there.

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For general questions on Cloudflare Zero Trust and how it works.

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For questions on identity providers and accessing applications behind Cloudflare Zero Trust.

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## Policies

For questions on how policies work, and how to create and test them.

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## Devices

For questions on device connectivity and the WARP client.

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# Policies FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/policies-faq/

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## What is the order of policy enforcement?

Gateway and Access policies generally trigger from top to bottom based on their position in the policy table in the UI. Exceptions include Bypass and Service Auth policies, which Access evaluates first. Similarly, for Gateway HTTP policies, Do Not Inspect and Isolate policies take precedence over all Allow or Block policies. To learn more about order of enforcement, refer to our documentation for [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#order-of-execution) and [Gateway policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/).

## **How can I bypass the L7 firewall for a website?**

Cloudflare Gateway uses the hostname in the HTTP `CONNECT` header to identify the destination of the request. Administrators who wish to bypass a site must create a [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) policy in order to prevent HTTP inspection from occurring on both encrypted and plaintext traffic.

Bypassing the L7 firewall results in no HTTP traffic inspection, and logging is disabled for that HTTP session.

## Can I secure applications with a second-level subdomain URL?

Yes. Ensure that your SSL certificates cover the first- and second-level subdomain. Most certificates only cover the first-level subdomain and not the second. This is true for most Cloudflare certificates. To cover a second-level subdomain with a CF certificate, create an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/).

Wildcard-based policies in Cloudflare Access only cover the level where they are applied. Add the wildcard policy to the left-most subdomain to be covered.

## How do isolation policies work together with HTTP policies?

Isolation policies, like all HTTP policies, are evaluated in stages. When a user makes a request which evaluates an Isolation policy, the request will be rerouted to an isolated browser and re-evaluated for HTTP policies. This makes it possible for an isolated browser to remotely render a block page, or have malicious content within the isolated browser blocked by HTTP policies.

## Why is API or CLI traffic not isolated?

Isolation policies are applied to requests that include `Accept: text/html*`. This allows Browser Isolation policies to co-exist with API and command line requests.

## Can Access enforce policies on a specific nonstandard port?

No. Cloudflare Access cannot enforce a policy that would contain a port appended to the URL. However, you can use Cloudflare Tunnel to point traffic to non-standard ports. For example, if Jira is available at port `8443` on your origin, you can proxy traffic to that port via Cloudflare Tunnel.

## Why can I still reach domains blocked by a Gateway policy?

If the domain is blocked by a DNS, network, or HTTP policy, it may be because:

- **Your policy is still being updated.** After you edit or create a policy, Cloudflare updates the new setting across all of our data centers around the world. It takes about 60 seconds for the change to propagate.

If the domain is only blocked by a DNS policy, it may be because:

- **Your device is using another DNS resolver.** If you have other DNS resolvers in your DNS settings, your device could be using IP addresses for resolvers that are not part of Gateway. As a result, the domain you are trying to block is still accessible from your device. Make sure to remove all other IP addresses from your DNS settings and only include Gateway's DNS resolver IP addresses.

- **Your policy is not assigned to a DNS location.** If your policy is not assigned to a DNS location and you send a DNS query from that location, Gateway will not apply that policy. Assign a policy to a DNS location to make sure the desired policy is applied when you send a DNS query from that location.

- **Your DoH endpoint is not a Gateway DNS location**. Browsers can be configured to use any DoH endpoint. If you chose to configure DoH directly in your browser, make sure that the DoH endpoint is a Gateway DNS location.

If the domain is only blocked by a network policy, it may be because:

- **Your browser is reusing an existing connection**. Network policies only apply when a connection is opened. If a browser is connected to a domain to be blocked by a network policy, Gateway will not block requests until the connection is closed. To block the domain, close any related tabs or restart your browser.

## When does Access return a Forbidden status page versus a login page?

Access returns a Forbidden page with status codes `401`/`403` when it determines there is no way a user can pass a [policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). If Cloudflare can make a full policy determination that a user will not be able to log in, Access will return a Forbidden page instead of a [login page](/cloudflare-one/applications/login-page/).

For example, your application has a policy that requires a user to be in a [specific geolocation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#allow) to log in.

As admin, you could define this geolocation policy by using [Include](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#include) rules, meaning the user could log in to the application from Country A or Country B.

Or you could define this geolocation policy using a [Require](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#require) rule, meaning the user must be in Country A to log in.

If a user from country C attempts to access the application, in both the Include and Require scenarios, the user will receive the Forbidden page. This is because Country C was not defined in either scenario. Therefore, Cloudflare has determined that this user cannot meet policy requirements and will receive the Forbidden status page.

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# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/

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## I tried to register the WARP client with my Zero Trust domain but received the following error messages: `Authentication Expired` and `Registration error. Please try again later`.

When a user logs into an organization, WARP will open a web page so the user can sign in via Cloudflare Access. Access then generates a JSON Web Token (JWT) that is passed from the web page to the WARP client to authenticate the device. This JWT has a timestamp indicating the exact time it was created, as well as a timestamp indicating it will expire 50 seconds into the future.

This error message means that when the JWT is finally passed to the WARP client, it has already expired. One of two things can be happening:

1. (Most likely): Your computer system clock is not properly synced using Network Time Protocol (NTP). Visit [https://time.is](https://time.is) on the affected machine to validate your clock is properly synchronized within 20 seconds of the actual time.

2. You are waiting more than one minute to open Cloudflare WARP from the time Cloudflare Access prompts you. Open the WARP client as soon as you get the prompt.

## I see a website is blocked, and it shouldn't be.

If you believe a domain has been incorrectly blocked, you can use [this form](https://radar.cloudflare.com/categorization-feedback/) to get the URL reviewed.

## I see an error saying `No Access-Control-Allow-Origin header is present on the requested resource`.

Cloudflare Access requires that the credentials: `same-origin parameter` be added to JavaScript when using the Fetch API (to include cookies). AJAX requests fail without this parameter present. For more information, refer to our documentation about [CORS settings](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/cors/).

## I see untrusted certificate warnings for every page and I am unable to browse the Internet.

Advanced security features including HTTPS traffic inspection require users to install and trust the Cloudflare root certificate on their machine or device. If you are installing certificates manually on all of your devices, these steps will need to be performed on each new device that is to be subject to HTTP Filtering.
To install the Cloudflare root certificate, follow [this guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/).

## I see error 526 when browsing to a website.

Gateway presents an **HTTP Response Code: 526** error page in the following cases:

- **An untrusted certificate is presented from the origin to Gateway.** Gateway will consider a certificate is untrusted if any of these conditions are true:

  - The server certificate issuer is unknown or is not trusted by the service.
  - The server certificate is revoked and fails a CRL check.
  - There is at least one expired certificate in the certificate chain for the server certificate.
  - The common name on the certificate does not match the URL you are trying to reach.
  - The common name on the certificate contains invalid characters (such as underscores). Gateway uses [BoringSSL](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules/search?SearchMode=Basic&Vendor=Google&CertificateStatus=Active&ValidationYear=0) to validate certificates. Chrome's [validation logic](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/net/cert/x509_certificate.cc#429) allows non-RFC 1305 compliant certificates, which is why the website may load when you turn off WARP.

- **The connection from Gateway to the origin is insecure.** Gateway does not trust origins which:

  - Only offer insecure cipher suites (such as RC4, RC4-MD5, or 3DES). You can use the [SSL Server Test tool](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html) to check which ciphers are supported by the origin.
  - Do not support [FIPS-compliant ciphers](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#cipher-suites) (if you have enabled [FIPS compliance mode](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#fips-compliance)). In order to load the page, you can either disable FIPS mode or create a Do Not Inspect policy for this host (which has the effect of disabling FIPS compliance for this origin).
  - Redirect all HTTPS requests to HTTP.

If none of the above scenarios apply, contact Cloudflare support with the following information:

- Operating System (Windows 10, macOS 10.x, iOS 14.x)
- Web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
- URL of the request
- Screenshot or copy/paste of the content from the error page

For more troubleshooting information, refer to [Support](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-526-invalid-ssl-certificate).

## I see an error in the Gateway Overview page, and no analytics are displayed.

![An error displayed in the Gateway Overview page instead of analytics.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/faq/gateway-dash-overview-empty.png)

You may not see analytics on the Overview page for the following reasons:

- **You are not sending DNS queries to Gateway**. Verify that the destination IP addresses you are sending DNS queries to are correct. You can check the destination IP addresses for your DNS location by going to **Gateway** > **DNS locations** and then expanding the location.
- **You are using other DNS resolvers**. If you have other DNS resolvers in your DNS settings, your device could be using IP addresses for resolvers that are not part of Gateway. Make sure to remove all other IP addresses from your DNS settings and only include Gateway's DNS resolver IP addresses.
- **The source IPv4 address for your DNS location is incorrect**. If you are using IPv4, check the source IPv4 address that you entered for the DNS location matches with the network's source IPv4 address.
- **Analytics is not available yet**. It takes some time to generate the analytics for Cloudflare Gateway. If you are not seeing anything even after 5 minutes, file a support ticket.

## I see a "No Browsers Available" alert.

If you encounter this error, [file feedback](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/known-limitations/) via the WARP client and we will investigate.

## I see a "Maximum Sessions Reached" alert.

This can occur if your device is attempting to establish a connection to more than two remote browser instances.
A browser isolation session is a connection from your local browser to a remote browser. Tabs and windows within the same browser share a single remote browser session. In practice, this generally means that you can open both Chrome and Firefox to use browser isolation concurrently, but attempting to open a third browser such as Opera will cause this alert to appear. To release a browser session, close all tabs/windows in your local browser. The remote browser session will be automatically terminated within 15 minutes.

## I see `SAML Verify: Invalid SAML response, SAML Verify: No certificate selected to verify` when testing a SAML identity provider.

This error occurs when the identity provider has not included the signing public key in the SAML response. While not required by the SAML 2.0 specification, Cloudflare Access always checks that the public key provided matches the **Signing certificate** uploaded to Zero Trust. For the integration to work, you will need to configure your identity provider to add the public key.

## I see `Error 0: Bad Request. Please create a ca for application.` when attempting to connect to SSH with a short-lived certificate.

This error will appear if a certificate has not been generated for the Access application users are attempting to connect to. For more information on how to generate a certificate for the application on the Access Service Auth SSH page, refer to [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/short-lived-certificates-legacy/).

## Mobile applications warn of an invalid certificate, even though I installed a Cloudflare certificate on my system.

These mobile applications may use <GlossaryTooltip term="certificate pinning">certificate pinning</GlossaryTooltip> Cloudflare Gateway dynamically generates a certificate for all encrypted connections in order to inspect the content of HTTP traffic. This certificate will not match the expected certificate by applications that use certificate pinning.
To allow these applications to function normally, administrators can configure bypass rules to exempt traffic to hosts associated with the application from being intercepted and inspected.

## Firefox shows a network protocol violation when I use the WARP client.

If you see this warning, you may have to disable DNS over HTTPS setting in Firefox. If you need help doing that, see [these instructions](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-dns-over-https#w_manually-enabling-and-disabling-dns-over-https).

## Chrome shows `NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID` when I use the WARP client.

Advanced security features including HTTPS traffic inspection require you to deploy a [root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on the device. If [**Install CA to system certificate store**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) is enabled, the WARP client will automatically install a new root certificate whenever you install or update WARP.

Certain web browsers (such as Chrome and Microsoft Edge) load and cache root certificates when they start. Therefore, if you install a root certificate while the browser is already running, the browser may not detect the new certificate. To resolve the error, restart the browser.

## I see `Access api error auth_domain_cannot_be_updated_dash_sso`.

This error appears if you try to change your [team domain](/cloudflare-one/faq/getting-started-faq/#whats-a-team-domainteam-name) while the [Cloudflare dashboard SSO](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/) feature is enabled on your account.
Cloudflare dashboard SSO does not currently support team domain changes. Contact your account team for more details.

## WARP on Linux shows `DNS connectivity check failed`.

This error means that the `systemd-resolved` service on Linux is not allowing WARP to resolve DNS requests.

To solve the issue:

1. Add the following line to `/etc/systemd/resolved.conf`:

```txt
ResolveUnicastSingleLabel=yes
```

2. Make sure that no other DNS servers are configured in `/etc/systemd/resolved.conf`. For example, if the file contains `DNS=X.Y.Z.Q`, comment out the line.

3. Restart the service:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart systemd-resolved.service
```

## Windows incorrectly shows `No Internet access` when WARP is enabled.

[NCSI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/ncsi/ncsi-overview) is a Windows feature for determining network quality and connectivity. When WARP is enabled, NCSI checks can sometimes fail and cause a cosmetic UI error where the user believes they have no Internet even though the device still has full connectivity. Some apps (Outlook, JumpCloud) may refuse to connect because Windows is reporting there is no Internet connectivity.

To resolve the issue, you will need to edit two Windows registry keys:

1. Configure NCSI to detect WARP's [local DNS proxy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#dns-traffic).

   ```txt
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\POLICIES\MICROSOFT\Windows\NetworkConnectivityStatusIndicator
   Type: DWORD
   Value: UseGlobalDNS
   Data: 1
   ```

2. Configure NCSI to use active probing mode, as WARP may be obscuring the number of hops expected by the [passive probe](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/ncsi/ncsi-frequently-asked-questions#how-does-passive-probing-determine-connectivity).

   ```txt
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NlaSvc\Parameters\Internet
   Type: DWORD
   Value: EnableActiveProbing
   Data: 1
   ```

If you continue to have issues with Microsoft 365 applications, consider enabling [**Directly route Microsoft 365 traffic**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#directly-route-microsoft-365-traffic).

## I see `WebGL Rendering Error`.

Cloudflare Browser Isolation leverages Network Vector Rendering (NVR) technology. This allows us to deliver a secure, performant remote computing experience without the bandwidth limitations of traditional solutions. While we expect most websites to work perfectly, some browser features and web technologies such as WebGL (Web Graphics Library) are unsupported.

WebGL is a JavaScript API for rendering high-performance interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without the use of plug-ins. Support for WebGL is present in all modern browsers. However, the user's device must also have access to the underlying [hardware](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGL_API#browser_compatibility) that supports these features.

When running remote browser isolation in a virtualized environment, the user's device may not have access to the required system resources. To resolve the error, you can configure your browser to render vector graphics entirely through software, without using the hardware acceleration provided by a GPU.

To enable software rasterization:

1. Go to `chrome://flags/#override-software-rendering-list`.
2. Set **Override software rendering list** to _Enabled_.
3. Select **Relaunch** to apply the change.

## I cannot send emails on port `25`.

By default, the WARP client blocks outgoing SMTP traffic on port `25` to prevent users from abusing our service to send spam. Modern email service providers use port `587` or `465` to encrypt emails over a TLS/SSL connection. For more information, refer to [What SMTP port should be used?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/smtp-port-25-587/).

If you need to unblock port `25`, contact your account team.

## I see `502 Bad Gateway` when browsing to a website.

This issue can occur when communicating with an origin that partially supports HTTP/2. In these scenarios, the connection from Gateway to the website starts using HTTP/2 but requests a downgrade to HTTP/1.1 for some requests. For example, servers such as [Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)](https://learn.microsoft.com/iis/get-started/whats-new-in-iis-10/http2-on-iis#when-is-http2-not-supported) do not support authentication over HTTP/2. When errors occur, the website may send back a `RST_STREAM` frame with the error code `HTTP_1_1_REQUIRED`, which indicates that the browser should retry the request over HTTP/1.1. Gateway translates any received upstream `RST_STREAM` frames to a pseudo socket close, so this appears as a `502 Bad Gateway` exception page. The browser will not indicate why it failed.

Gateway does not support this downgrade mechanism. When receiving the `HTTP_1_1_REQUIRED` error code, Gateway will not reissue requests over HTTP/1.1. To make the connection from Gateway to the website successfully, you will need to disable HTTP/2 at the origin.

## I see `This site can't provide a secure connection.`

If you see an error with the title `This site can't provide a secure connection` and a subtitle of `<hostname> uses an unsupported protocol`, you must [order an Advanced Certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/#create-a-certificate).

If you added a [multi-level subdomain](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/#2a-connect-an-application) (more than one level of subdomain), you must [order an Advanced Certificate for the hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/#2a-connect-an-application) as Cloudflare's Universal certificate will not cover the public hostname by default.

## As of February 2, 2025, my end-user device's browser is returning a `Your connection is not private` warning.

### Why am I getting this error?

The default global Cloudflare root certificate expired on 2025-02-02 at 16:05 UTC. If you installed the default Cloudflare certificate before 2024-10-17, you must [generate a new certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#generate-a-cloudflare-root-certificate) and activate it for your Zero Trust organization to avoid inspection errors. If you did not generate a new certificate before February 2, 2025, you will encounter browser warnings like `Your connection is not private`.

Starting with WARP client version 2024.12.554.0 and later, the WARP client will automatically install Cloudflare certificates in an end-user device's certificate store as soon as the Cloudflare certificates appear as **Available** in the Cloudflare dashboard.

For WARP client versions prior to 2024.12.554.0, certificates had to be marked as **In-Use** in the Cloudflare dashboard before the WARP client could push the Cloudflare certificates to an end-user device's certificate store.

### What do I need to do?

Before deploying a new certificate, [update WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/update-warp/#how-to-update-warp) to version 2024.12.554.0 or newer.

For WARP client versions before and after 2024.12.554.0, certificate propagation will only occur when the WARP client is responsible for automatically installing the certificate on the client device. To enable the WARP client to propogate certificates:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Turn on **Install CA to system certificate store**.

If **Install CA to system certificate store** is turned off, you must [manually install the certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/), use an [MDM solution](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#mobile-device-management-mdm-software) to distribute the Cloudflare certificate to your fleet of devices, or not use the Cloudflare certificate because you do not want to have TLS decryption enabled. [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) must be enabled to enforce Gateway HTTP policies for HTTPS traffic.

After enabling certificate propagation, you must update your certificate:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**, then select **Manage** next to **Cloudflare certificates**.
2. Select **Generate certificate**.
3. Select the expiration date for this new certificate (five years is the default, but this can be adjusted) and select **Generate certificate**.
4. The new certificate will be marked **Inactive** at first. Select the **three dots** to the right of the certificate, then select **Activate** to activate the certificate.

For WARP versions on or above 2024.12.554.0, selecting **Activate** will download the new certificate to end-user devices.

Certificate propagation to end-user devices can take up to 24 hours, but can be expedited by resetting the encryption keys.

To reset the encryption keys:

1. Open the WARP GUI on your device.
2. Select the gear icon on the top right > **Preferences**.
3. Select **Connection**, then select **Reset Encryption Keys**.

macOS Big Sur and newer releases do not allow WARP to automatically trust the certificate. You must either [manually trust the certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/#macos) as the user or [use a MDM to trust the certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#mobile-device-management-mdm-software).

After confirming that the certificate is installed and trusted on the end-user device, mark the certificate as **In-Use**. To mark the certificate as **In-Use**:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**, then select **Manage** next to **Cloudflare certificates**.
2. Select a certificate.
3. In the detailed menu under **Basic Information**, select **Confirm and turn on certificate**.
4. Once turned on, the new certificate will now show as **In-Use** in Zero Trust. **In-Use** indicates that the certificate is being used for inspection.

It is recommended to have end users disconnect and reconnect WARP to expedite this change being reflected on their local machine. To verify the new certificate is being used correctly:

1. Connect to WARP.
2. Visit an HTTPS site.
3. Verify that no certificate error is enountered.

Additionally, you can check the certificate used within your browser by viewing the certificate (steps vary by browser, but you can generally do this check by selecting the lock icon next to the URL) and verifying the Organizational Unit (OU) does not reference `ECC Certificate Authority`.

The new certificate will be valid until the configured expiration date.

### I followed all the instructions but I am still having problems with my certificate.

If the new certificate is not activating on the end-user device or you are getting a `Certificate is missing` warning even though the certificate is marked **In-Use**. Refer to the following troubleshooting options:

1. Rotate the keys used by WARP to force activate the new certificate by running:

   ```sh
   warp-cli tunnel rotate-keys
   ```

2. [Upgrade](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/update-warp/#how-to-update-warp) to WARP version 2024.12.554.0.

   Some customers who are on versions earlier than 2024.11.309.0 have experienced inconsistencies with certificate installation and may need to upgrade.

3. Turn off TLS Decryption.

If no measure is working quickly and you are encountering browser warnings that are blocking work, [turning off TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#turn-on-tls-decryption) will prevent HTTP policies from being enforced and will ensure websites resolve until the certificate can be deployed to more user devices.

Turning off TLS decryption should be a temporary measure. TLS decryption should be turned on if you need to enforce HTTP policies and log traffic for HTTPS traffic.

---

# Identity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust integrates with your organization's identity provider to apply Zero Trust and Secure Web Gateway policies. If you work with partners, contractors, or other organizations, you can integrate multiple identity providers simultaneously.

As an alternative to configuring an identity provider, Cloudflare Zero Trust can send a [one-time PIN (OTP)](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) to approved email addresses. No configuration needed — simply add a user's email address to an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) and to the group that allows your team to reach the application.

You can simultaneously configure an OTP and an identity provider to allow users to use their own authentication method.

Additionally, Cloudflare Zero Trust can integrate with [endpoint protection providers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) to check requests for device posture. This allows you to configure security policies that rely on additional signals from endpoint security providers to allow or deny connections to your applications.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# One-time PIN login

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Access can send a one-time PIN (OTP) to approved email addresses as an alternative to integrating an identity provider. You can simultaneously configure OTP login and the identity provider of your choice to allow users to select their own authentication method.

For example, if your team uses Okta but you are collaborating with someone outside your organization, you can use OTP to grant access to guests.

<Render file="access/one-time-pin-warning" />

## Set up OTP

<Render file="access/one-time-pin" />

To grant a user access to an application, simply add their email address to an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/policy-management/#create-a-policy).

## Log in with OTP

To log in to Access using the one-time PIN:

1. Go to the application protected by Access.
2. On the Access login page, enter your email address and select **Send me a code**.
   ![Enter email to sign in with OTP.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/otp/otp1.png)
3. If the email is allowed by an Access policy, you will receive a PIN in your inbox. This secure PIN expires 10 minutes after the initial request.

:::note

By design, blocked users will not receive an email. The login page will always say **A code has been emailed to you**, regardless of whether or not an email was sent.
:::

4. Paste the PIN into the Access login page and select **Sign in**.
   ![Enter PIN to sign in.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/otp/otp2.png)

   - If the code was valid, you will be redirected to the application.
   - If the code was invalid, you will see **That account does not have access.**

:::note

Access only logs an authentication attempt after the user enters a code. If the user enters their email but never submits a code, the event will not appear in your [audit logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/#authentication-audit-logs).
:::

## Example API Config

```json
{
	"config": {},
	"type": "onetimepin",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Service tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components";

You can provide automated systems with service tokens to authenticate against your Zero Trust policies. Cloudflare Access will generate service tokens that consist of a Client ID and a Client Secret. Automated systems or applications can then use these values to reach an application protected by Access.

This section covers how to create, renew, and revoke a service token.

## Create a service token

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You can now configure your Access applications and [device enrollment permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/#check-for-service-token) to accept this service token. Make sure to set the policy action to [**Service Auth**](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#service-auth); otherwise, Access will prompt for an identity provider login.

## Connect your service to Access

### Initial request

To authenticate to an Access application using your service token, add the following to the headers of any HTTP request:

`CF-Access-Client-Id: <CLIENT_ID>`

`CF-Access-Client-Secret: <CLIENT_SECRET>`

For example,

```sh
curl -H "CF-Access-Client-Id: <CLIENT_ID>" -H "CF-Access-Client-Secret: <CLIENT_SECRET>" https://app.example.com
```

If the service token is valid, Access generates a JWT scoped to the application in the form of a [`CF_Authorization` cookie](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/). You can use this cookie to authenticate [subsequent requests](#subsequent-requests) to the application.

### Subsequent requests

After you have [authenticated to the application](#initial-request) using the service token, add the resulting `CF_Authorization` cookie to the headers of all subsequent requests:

```sh
curl -H "cookie: CF_Authorization=<CF_AUTHORIZATION_COOKIE>" https://app.example.com
```

If you prefer to use a raw header, send the value as `cf-access-token`:

```sh
curl -H "cf-access-token: <CF_AUTHORIZATION_COOKIE>" https://app.example.com
```

All requests with this cookie will succeed until the JWT expires.

:::note

If your Access application only has Service Auth policies, you must send the service token on every subsequent request. You can only use the JWT if the application has at least one Allow policy.
:::

## Renew service tokens

Service tokens expire according to the token duration you selected when you created the token.

To renew the service token:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Service auth** > **Service Tokens**.
2. Locate the token you want to renew.
3. To extend the token's lifetime by one year, select **Refresh**.
4. To extend the token's lifetime by more than a year:
   1. Select **Edit**.
   2. Choose a new **Service Token Duration**.
   3. Select **Save**. The expiration date will be extended by the selected amount of time.

## Revoke service tokens

If you need to revoke access before the token expires, simply delete the token.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Service auth** > **Service Tokens**.
2. **Delete** the token you need to revoke.

Services that rely on a deleted service token can no longer reach your application.

:::note

When editing an Access application, selecting **Revoke existing tokens** revokes existing sessions but does not prevent the user from starting a new session. As long as the Client ID and Client Secret are still valid, they can be exchanged for a new token on the next request. To revoke access, you must delete the service token.
:::

## Set a token expiration alert

An alert can be configured to notify a week before a service token expires to allow an administrator to invoke a token refresh.

<AvailableNotifications product="Cloudflare Access" />

To configure a service token expiration alert:

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), go to the **Notifications** tab.
2. Select **Add**.
3. Select _Expiring Access Service Token_.
4. Enter a name for your alert and an optional description.
5. (Optional) Add other recipients for the notification email.
6. Select **Save**.

Your alert has been set and is now visible in the **Notifications** tab of the Cloudflare dashboard.

---

# Implementation guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/implementation-guides/

import { CardGrid, LinkTitleCard } from "~/components";

Implementation guides cover deployment steps and best practices for specific Cloudflare One use cases.

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Secure your Internet Traffic and SaaS apps"
	href="/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/"
	icon="seti:lock"
>
	Provide your users and networks with a secure, performant, and flexible path
	to the Internet.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Replace your VPN"
	href="/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/"
	icon="seti:db"
>
	Give users secure, auditable network and application access.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Deploy Zero Trust Web Access"
	href="/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/"
	icon="laptop"
>
	Secure access to internal web applications without a device client.
</LinkTitleCard>

<LinkTitleCard
	title="Secure Microsoft 365 email with Email Security"
	href="/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/"
	icon="email"
>
	Use Cloudflare's Email Security to protect your Microsoft 365 email inbox from
	phishing and malware attacks.
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Insights

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Zero Trust gives you comprehensive and in-depth visibility into your network. Whether you need data on network usage, on security threats blocked by Cloudflare Zero Trust, or on how many users have logged in to your applications this month, Zero Trust provides you with the right tools for the job.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Risk score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Zero Trust risk scoring detects user activity and behaviors that could introduce risk to your organization's systems and data. Risk scores add user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) to the Zero Trust platform.

## User risk scoring

Cloudflare Zero Trust assigns a risk score of Low, Medium, or High based on detections of users' activities, posture, and settings. A user's score is equal to the highest-level risk behavior they trigger.

### View a user's risk score

To view a user's risk score in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Risk score** > **User risk scoring**. Select a user's name to view their instances of risk behaviors, if any. You can select an instance of a risk behavior to view the log associated with the detection.

Users that have had their risk score [cleared](#clear-a-users-risk-score) will not appear in the table unless they trigger another risk behavior.

### Clear a user's risk score

If required, you can reset risk scores for specific users. Once reset, users will not appear in the associated risk table until they trigger another risk behavior.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Risk score** > **User risk scoring**.
2. Select the user you want to clear the risk score for.
3. In **User risk overview**, select **Reset user risk**.
4. Select **Confirm**.

### Send risk score to Okta

In addition to controls in Zero Trust, Okta users can send risk scores to Okta to apply SSO-level policies.

First, configure Zero Trust to send user risk scores to Okta.

1. Set up the [Okta SSO integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/).
2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
3. In **Login methods**, locate your Okta integration and select **Edit**.
4. Turn on **Send risk score to Okta**.
5. Select **Save**.
6. Upon saving, Zero Trust will display the well-known URL for your organization. Copy the value.

Next, configure Okta to receive your risk scores.

1. On your Okta admin dashboard, go to **Security** > **Device Integrations**.
2. Go to **Receive shared signals**, then select **Create stream**.
3. Name your integration. In **Set up integration with**, choose _Well-known URL_.
4. In **Well-known URL**, enter the well-known URL value provided by Zero Trust.
5. Select **Create**.

For more information on configuring user risk score within Okta, refer to the [Okta documentation](https://help.okta.com/oie/en-us/content/topics/itp/overview.htm).

While the Okta integration is turned on, Zero Trust will send any user risk score updates to Okta, including score increases and resets. Score update events will appear in your [Access audit logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/).

## Predefined risk behaviors

By default, all predefined behaviors are disabled. When a behavior is enabled, Zero Trust will continuously evaluate all users within the organization for the behavior. You can [change the risk level](#change-risk-behavior-risk-levels) for predefined behaviors if the default assignment does not suit your environment.

| Risk behaviors                         | Requirements                                                                                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Impossible travel                      | [A configured Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/)                                            | User has a successful login from two different locations that they could not have traveled between in that period of time. Matches will appear in your [Access audit logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/). |
| High number of DLP policies triggered  | [A configured DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/)                     | User has created a high number of DLP policy matches within a narrow frame of time. Matches will appear in your [Gateway activity logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/).                                  |
| SentinelOne threat detected on machine | [SentinelOne service provider integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/sentinelone/) | SentinelOne returns one or more configured [device posture attributes](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/sentinelone/#device-posture-attributes) for a user.                                          |

## Manage risk behaviors

To toggle risk behaviors, go to **Risk score** > **Risk behaviors**.

### Enable risk behaviors

When a specific behavior is enabled, Zero Trust will continuously monitor all users within the organization for any instances of that behavior.

If a user engages in an enabled risk behavior, their risk level is re-evaluated. Zero Trust will update their risk score to the highest value between the current risk level and the risk level of the behavior they triggered.

### Disable risk behaviors

When a risk behavior is disabled, monitoring for future activity will cease. Previously detected risk behaviors will remain in the logs and associated with a user.

### Change risk behavior risk levels

You can change the risk level for a behavior at any time.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Risk score** > **Risk behaviors**.
2. Select the risk behavior you want to modify.
3. In the drop-down menu, choose your desired risk level.
4. Select **Save**.

---

# Policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can create:

- [**Secure Web Gateway**](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) policies to inspect outbound traffic to the Internet with <GlossaryTooltip term="Cloudflare Gateway">Cloudflare Gateway</GlossaryTooltip>.
- [**Access**](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) policies to secure inbound traffic to your applications with <GlossaryTooltip term="Cloudflare Access">Cloudflare Access</GlossaryTooltip>.
- [**Browser Isolation**](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) policies to protect your organization's devices from threats on the Internet and prevent data loss by loading requests in an isolated browser.
- [**Data Loss Prevention**](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) policies to detect and secure your organization's sensitive data in web traffic and SaaS applications.

---

# Create custom headers for Cloudflare Access-protected origins with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/access-workers/

This tutorial covers how to use a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) to add custom HTTP headers to traffic, and how to send those custom headers to your origin services protected by [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

Some applications and networking implementations require specific custom headers to be passed to the origin, which can be difficult to implement for traffic moving through a Zero Trust proxy. You can configure a Worker to send the [user authorization headers](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/) required by Access.

---

## Before you begin

- Secure your origin server with Cloudflare Access

## Before you begin

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account. Go to **Workers & Pages**.

2. If this is your first Worker, select **Create Worker**. Otherwise, select **Create application**, then select **Create Worker**.

3. Enter an identifiable name for the Worker, then select **Deploy**.

4. Select **Edit code**.

5. Input the following Worker:

```js title="Worker with custom HTTP headers"
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    const { headers } = request;
    const cfaccessemail = headers.get("cf-access-authenticated-user-email");

    const requestWithID = new Request(request);
    requestWithID.headers.set('company-user-id', cfaccessemail);

    return fetch(requestWithID);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

6. Select **Save and deploy**.

Your Worker is now ready to send custom headers to your Access-protected origin services.

## Apply the Worker to your hostname

1. Select the Worker you created, then go to **Triggers**.
2. In **Routes**, select **Add route**.
3. Enter the hostname and zone for your origin, then select **Add route**.

The Worker will now insert a custom header into requests that match the defined route. For example:

```http title="Example custom header" {4,5}
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
    "Cf-Access-Authenticated-User-Email": "user@example.com",
    "Company-User-Id": "user@example.com",
    "Connection": "keep-alive"
```

---

# Connect through Cloudflare Access using a CLI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/cli/

Cloudflare's `cloudflared` command-line tool allows you to interact with endpoints protected by Cloudflare Access. You can use `cloudflared` to interact with a protected application's API.

These instructions are not meant for configuring a service to run against an API. The token in this example is tailored to user identity and intended only for an end user interacting with an API via a command-line tool.

**This walkthrough covers how to:**

- Connect to resources secured by Cloudflare Access from a CLI

**Time to complete:**

30 minutes

---

## Authenticate a session from the command line

Once you have installed `cloudflared`, you can use it to retrieve a Cloudflare Access [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/). This walkthrough uses the domain `example.com` as a stand-in for a protected API.

1. To generate a token, run the following command:

   ```sh
   cloudflared access login https://example.com
   ```

   With this command, `cloudflared` launches a browser window containing the same Access login page found when attempting to access a web application.

2. Select your identity provider and log in.

If the browser window does not launch, you can use the unique URL that is automatically printed to the command line.

1. Once you have successfully authenticated, the browser returns the token to `cloudflared` in a cryptographic transfer and stores it.

The token is valid for the [session duration](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/) configured by the Access administrator.

## Access your API

Once you have retrieved a token, you can access the protected API. The `cloudflared` command-line tool includes a wrapper for transferring data via `curl`, which uses URL syntax (for more, see the [curl](https://github.com/curl/curl) GitHub project). The wrapper injects the token into the `curl` request as a query argument named _token_. You can invoke the wrapper as follows:

```sh
cloudflared access curl http://example.com
```

It is possible also to use the `put` command with `cloudflared` for any Unix tool to include the token in the request.

Read on for other available commands.

## Available commands

### login

The `login` command initiates the login flow for an application behind Access.

```sh
cloudflared access login http://example.com
```

### curl

The `curl` command invokes the client wrapper and includes the token in the request automatically.

```sh
cloudflared access curl http://example.com
```

### token

The `token` command retrieves the token scoped to that specific application for use in other command-line tools.

```sh
cloudflared access token -app=http://example.com
```

## Using the token as an environment variable

It is possible to save the token as an environment variable for convenience and concision in scripts that access a protected application.

Set up a token as an environment variable as follows:

1. Run the following command to export the token to the shell environment:

   ```sh
   export TOKEN=$(cloudflared access token -app=http://example.com)
   ```

2. Confirm the token was saved with the following:

   ```sh
   echo $TOKEN
   ```

Once you have exported the token to your environment, use the variable with the Cloudflare Access request header in the script to access a protected endpoint, as in the following example:

```sh
curl -H "cf-access-token: $TOKEN" https://example.com/rest/api/2/item/foo-123
```

---

# Access a web application via its private hostname without WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/clientless-access-private-dns/

import { Render } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Browser Isolation and resolver policies, users can connect to private web-based applications via their private hostnames without needing to install the WARP client. By the end of this tutorial, users who pass your Gateway DNS and network policies will be able to access your private application at `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://internalrecord.com`.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) enabled on your account
- [Resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) enabled on your account
- An HTTP or HTTPS application that users access through a browser

## Create a Cloudflare Tunnel

First, install `cloudflared` on a server in your private network:

<Render file="tunnel/create-tunnel" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Add private network routes

1. In the **Private Networks** tab, add the following IP addresses:

   - Private IP/CIDR of your application server (for example, `10.128.0.175/32`)
   - Private IP/CIDR of your DNS server

2. Select **Save tunnel**.

The application and DNS server are now connected to Cloudflare.

## Enable Clientless Web Isolation

<Render file="clientless-browser-isolation" />

3. For **Permissions**, select **Manage**.

4. Select **Add a rule**.

5. Create an expression that defines who can open the Clientless Web Isolation browser. For example,

   | Rule action | Rule type | Selector         | Value          | Action           |
   | ----------- | --------- | ---------------- | -------------- | ---------------- |
   | Allow       | Include   | Emails ending in | `@example.com` | Select **Save**. |

To test, open a browser and go to `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://<private-IP-of-application>`.

## Create a Gateway resolver policy

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Resolver policies**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Create an expression to match against the private [domain](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/#domain) or [hostname](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/#host) of the application:

   | Selector | Operator | Value                |
   | -------- | -------- | -------------------- |
   | Domain   | in       | `internalrecord.com` |

4. In **Select DNS resolver**, select _Configure custom DNS resolvers_.

5. Enter the private IP address of your DNS server.

6. In the dropdown menu, select _`<IP-address> - Private`_.

7. (Optional) Enter a custom port.

8. Select **Create policy**.

To test, open a browser and go to `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://internalrecord.com`.

## Create a Gateway network policy (recommended)

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **Network**.

2. Add a [network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) that targets the private IP address of your application. You can optionally include any ports or protocols relevant for application access. For example,

   | Selector         | Operator      | Value           | Logic | Action |
   | ---------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----- | ------ |
   | Destination IP   | in            | `10.128.0.175`  | And   | Allow  |
   | Destination Port | in            | `80`            | Or    |        |
   | User Email       | matches regex | `.*example.com` |       |        |

:::note

Device posture checks are not supported because they require the WARP client.

:::

For best practices on securing private applications, refer to [Build secure access policies](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/).

## Connect as a user

Users can now access the application at the following URL:

`https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://internalrecord.com`

The application will load in an isolated browser. You can optionally [configure remote browser controls](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings) such as disabling copy/paste, printing, or keyboard input.

---

# Use Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies in Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/entra-id-conditional-access/

With [Conditional Access](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/conditional-access/overview) in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), administrators can enforce policies on applications and users directly in Entra ID. Conditional Access has a set of checks that are specialized to Windows and are often preferred by organizations with Windows power users.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- Global admin rights to Microsoft Entra ID account
- Configured users in the Microsoft Entra ID account

## Set up an identity provider for your application

Refer to [our IdP setup instructions](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider) for Entra ID.

## Add API permission in Entra ID

Once the base IdP integration is tested and working, grant permission for Cloudflare to read Conditional Access policies from Entra ID.

1. In Microsoft Entra ID, go to **App registrations**.

2. Select the application you created for the IdP integration.

3. Go to **API permissions** and select **Add a permission**.

4. Select **Microsoft Graph**.

5. Select **Application permissions** and add `Policy.Read.ConditionalAccess`.

6. Select **Grant admin consent**.

## Configure Conditional Access in Entra ID

1. In Microsoft Entra ID, go to **Enterprise applications** > **Conditional Access**.
2. Go to **Authentication Contexts**.
3. [Create an authentication context](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/conditional-access/concept-conditional-access-cloud-apps#authentication-context) to reference in your Cloudflare Access policies. Give the authentication context a descriptive name (for example, `Require compliant devices`).
4. Next, go to **Policies**.
5. [Create a new Conditional Access policy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/conditional-access/concept-conditional-access-policies) or select an existing policy.
6. Assign the conditional access policy to an authentication context:
   1. In the policy builder, select **Target resources**.
   2. In the **Select what this policy applies to** dropdown, select _Authentication context_.
   3. Select the authentication context that will use this policy.
   4. Save the policy.

## Sync Conditional Access with Zero Trust

To import your Conditional Access policies into Cloudflare Access:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Find your Microsoft Entra ID integration and select **Edit**.
3. Enable **Azure AD Policy Sync**.
4. Select **Save**.

## Create an Access application

To enforce your Conditional Access policies on a Cloudflare Access application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **Self-hosted**.

4. Enter any name for the application.

5. Select **Add public hostname** and enter the target URL of the protected application.

6. Select **Create new policy** and build an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) using the _Azure AD - Auth context_ selector. For example:

   | Action | Rule type | Selector                | Value                       |
   | ------ | --------- | ----------------------- | --------------------------- |
   | Allow  | Include   | Emails ending in        | `@example.com`              |
   |        | Require   | Azure AD - Auth context | `Require compliant devices` |

7. Add this policy to your application configuration.

8. For **Identity providers**, select your Microsoft Entra ID integration.

9. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

Users will only be allowed access if they pass the Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access policies associated with this authentication context.

---

# Send SSO attributes to Access-protected origins with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/extend-sso-with-workers/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

This tutorial will walk you through extending the single-sign-on (SSO) capabilities of [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) with our serverless computing platform, [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). Specifically, this guide will demonstrate how to modify requests sent to your secured origin to include additional information from the Cloudflare Access authentication event.

**Time to complete:** 45 minutes

## Authentication flow

[Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) is an authentication proxy in charge of validating a user's identity before they connect to your application. As shown in the diagram below, Access inserts a [JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/) into the request, which can then be [verified](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#validate-jwts) by the origin server.

![Standard authentication flow for a request to an Access application](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/access-standard-flow.png)

You can extend this functionality by using a Cloudflare Worker to insert additional HTTP headers into the request. In this example, we will add the [device posture attributes](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/#enforce-device-posture) `firewall_activated` and `disk_encrypted`, but you can include any attributes that Cloudflare Access collects from the authentication event.

![Extended authentication flow uses a Worker to pass additional request headers to the origin](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/access-extended-flow-serverless.png)

## Benefits

This approach allows you to:

* **Enhance security:** By incorporating additional information from the authentication event, you can implement more robust security measures. For example, you can use device posture data to enforce access based on device compliance.
* **Improve user experience:** You can personalize the user experience by tailoring content or functionality based on user attributes. For example, you can display different content based on the user's role or location.
* **Simplify development:** By using Cloudflare Workers, you can easily extend your Cloudflare Access configuration without modifying your origin application code.


## Before you begin

- Add a [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to Cloudflare Access.
- Enable the [Disk encryption](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/disk-encryption/) and [Firewall](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/firewall/) device posture checks.
- Install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) on your local machine.

## 1. Create the Worker

1. Create a new Workers project:

		<PackageManagers
			type="create"
			pkg="cloudflare@latest"
			args={"device-posture-worker"}
		/>

		<Render
			file="c3-post-run-steps"
			product="workers"
			params={{
				category: "hello-world",
				type: "Hello World Worker",
				lang: "JavaScript",
			}}
		/>

2. Change to the project directory:

    ```sh
    $ cd device-posture-worker
    ```

3. Copy-paste the following code into `src/index.js`. Be sure to replace `<your-team-name>` with your Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

    ```js title="index.js"

    import { parse } from "cookie";
    export default {
      async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
        // The name of the cookie
        const COOKIE_NAME = "CF_Authorization";
      const CF_GET_IDENTITY = "https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com>/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity";
        const cookie = parse(request.headers.get("Cookie") || "");
        if (cookie[COOKIE_NAME] != null) {
        try {
        let id = await (await fetch(CF_GET_IDENTITY, request)).json()
        let diskEncryptionStatus = false;
        let firewallStatus = false;

        for (const checkId in id.devicePosture) {
          const check = id.devicePosture[checkId];
          if (check.type === "disk_encryption") {
            console.log(check.type)
            diskEncryptionStatus = check.success;
          }
          if (check.type === "firewall") {
            console.log(check.type)
            firewallStatus = check.success;
            break;
          }
        }
        //clone request (immutable otherwise) and insert posture values in new header set
        let newRequest = await new Request(request)
        newRequest.headers.set("Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated", firewallStatus)
        newRequest.headers.set("Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted", firewallStatus)

        //sent modified request to origin
        return await fetch(newRequest)

        } catch (e) {
        console.log(e)
        return await fetch(request)
        }
        }
        return await fetch(request)
      },
    };

    ```

## 2. View the user's identity

The script in `index.js` uses the [`get-identity`](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity) endpoint to fetch a user's complete identity from a Cloudflare Access authentication event. To view a list of available data fields, log in to your Access application and append `/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity` to the URL. For example, if `www.example.com` is behind Access, go to `https://www.example.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity`.

Below is an example of a user identity that includes the `disk_encryption` and `firewall` posture checks. The Worker inserts the posture check results into the request headers **Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated** and **Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted**.

```json title="Example user identity" {33,52}
{
  "id": "P51Tuu01fWHMBjIBvrCK1lK-eUDWs2aQMv03WDqT5oY",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "john.doe@cloudflare.com",
  "amr": [
    "pwd"
  ],
  "oidc_fields": {
    "principalName": "XXXXXX_cloudflare.com#EXT#@XXXXXXcloudflare.onmicrosoft.com"
  },
  "groups": [
    {
      "id": "fdaedb59-e9be-4ab7-8001-3e069da54185",
      "name": "XXXXX"
    }
  ],
  "idp": {
    "id": "b9f4d68e-dac1-48b0-b728-ae05a5f0d4b2",
    "type": "azureAD"
  },
  "geo": {
    "country": "FR"
  },
  "user_uuid": "ce40d564-c72f-475f-a9b8-f395f19ad986",
  "account_id": "121287a0c6e6260ec930655e6b39a3a8",
  "iat": 1724056537,
  "devicePosture": {
    "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8": {
      "id": "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8",
      "schedule": "5m",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z",
      "description": "",
      "type": "disk_encryption",
      "check": {
        "drives": {
          "C": {
            "encrypted": true
          }
        }
      },
      "success": false,
      "rule_name": "Disk Encryption - Windows",
      "input": {
        "requireAll": true,
        "checkDisks": []
    },
    "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186": {
      "id": "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186",
      "schedule": "5m",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z",
      "description": "",
      "type": "firewall",
      "check": {
        "firewall": false
      },
      "success": false,
      "rule_name": "Local Firewall Check - Windows",
      "input": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
    ...
  }
```

## 3. Route the Worker to your application

In the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, [set up a route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) that maps the Worker to your Access application domain:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
route = { pattern= "app.example.com/*", zone_name="example.com"}
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 4. Deploy the Worker

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

The Worker will now insert the **Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated** and **Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted** headers into requests that pass your application's Access policies.

```json title="Example request headers" {7,8}
{
  "headers": {
    "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7",
    "Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9,fr-FR;q=0.8,fr;q=0.7,en-GB;q=0.6",
    "Cf-Access-Authenticated-User-Email": "John.Doe@cloudflare.com",
    "Cf-Access-Disk-Encrypted": "false",
    "Cf-Access-Firewall-Activated": "false",
    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/127.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
  }
}
```

You can verify that these headers are received by the origin server.

---

# Isolate risky Entra ID users

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/entra-id-risky-users/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";


Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) calculates a user's [risk level](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-protection/howto-identity-protection-investigate-risk) based on the probability that their account has been compromised. With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can synchronize the Entra ID risky users list with Cloudflare Access and apply more stringent Zero Trust policies to users at higher risk.

This tutorial demonstrates how to automatically redirect users to a remote browser when they are deemed risky by Entra ID.

**Time to complete:**

1 hour

## Prerequisites

- Microsoft Entra ID Premium P2 license
- [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) add-on
- [Gateway HTTP filtering](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) enabled on your devices
- [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) installation
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) installation

## 1. Set up Entra ID as an identity provider

Refer to [our IdP setup instructions](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider) for Entra ID.

:::note

- When you configure the IdP in Zero Trust, be sure to select **Enable group membership change reauthentication**.
- Save the **Application (client) ID**, **Directory (tenant) ID**, and **Client secret** as you will need them again in a later step.
  :::

## 2. Add Entra ID API permissions

Once the base IdP integration is tested and working, enable additional permissions that will allow a script to create and update risky user groups in Entra ID:

1. In Microsoft Entra ID, go to **App registrations**.

2. Select the application you created for the IdP integration.

3. Go to **API permissions** and select **Add a permission**.

4. Select **Microsoft Graph**.

5. Select **Application permissions** and add the following [permissions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/permissions-reference):

   - `IdentityRiskyUser.ReadAll`
   - `Directory.ReadWriteAll`
   - `Group.Create`
   - `Group.ReadAll`
   - `GroupMember.ReadAll`
   - `GroupMember.ReadWriteAll`

6. Select **Grant admin consent**.

You will see the list of enabled permissions.

![API permissions in Entra ID](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/risky-users-permissions.png)

## 3. Add risky users to Entra ID group

Next, configure an automated script that will populate an Entra ID security group with risky users.

To get started quickly, deploy our example Cloudflare Workers script by following the step-by-step instructions below. Alternatively, you can implement the script using [Azure Functions](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/functions-overview) or any other tool.

1. Open a terminal and clone our example project.

   ```sh
   npm create cloudflare@latest risky-users -- --template https://github.com/cloudflare/msft-risky-user-ad-sync
   ```

2. Go to the project directory.

   ```sh
   cd risky-users
   ```

3. Modify the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to include the following values:

   - `<ACCOUNT_ID>`: your Cloudflare [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
   - `<TENANT_ID>`: your Entra ID **Directory (tenant) ID**, obtained when [setting up Entra ID as an identity provider](#1-set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider).
   - `<CLIENT_ID>`: your Entra ID **Application (client) ID**, obtained when [setting up Entra ID as an identity provider](#1-set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider).


   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   name = "risky-users"
   compatibility_date = "2023-01-04"
   main = "src/index.js"
   workers_dev = false

   account_id = "<ACCOUNT-ID>"

   [vars]
   AZURE_AD_TENANT_ID = "<TENANT-ID>"
   AZURE_AD_CLIENT_ID = "<CLIENT-ID>"

   [triggers]
   crons = ["* * * * *"]
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

:::note

The [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) in this example schedules the script to run every minute. Learn more about [supported cron expressions](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/#supported-cron-expressions).
:::

4. Deploy the Worker to Cloudflare's global network.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

5. Create a secret variable named `AZURE_AD_CLIENT_SECRET`.

   ```sh
   wrangler secret put AZURE_AD_CLIENT_SECRET
   ```

   You will be prompted to input the secret's value. Enter the **Client secret** obtained when [setting up Microsoft Entra ID as an identity provider](#1-set-up-azure-ad-as-an-identity-provider).

The Worker script will begin executing once per minute. To view realtime logs, run the following command and wait for the script to execute:

```sh
wrangler tail --format pretty
```

After the initial run, the auto-generated groups will appear in the Entra ID dashboard.

![Risky user groups in the Entra ID dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/risky-users-groups.png)

## 4. Synchronize risky user groups

Next, synchronize Entra ID risky user groups with Cloudflare Access:

1. [Enable SCIM synchronization](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

2. In Entra ID, assign the following groups to your SCIM enterprise application:
   - `IdentityProtection-RiskyUser-RiskLevel-high`
   - `IdentityProtection-RiskyUser-RiskLevel-medium`
   - `IdentityProtection-RiskyUser-RiskLevel-low`

Cloudflare Access will now synchronize changes in group membership with Entra ID. You can verify the synchronization status on the SCIM application's **Provisioning** page.

## 5. Create a browser isolation policy

Finally, create a [Gateway HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) to isolate traffic for risky user groups.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Build an [Isolate policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/) that contains a _User Group Names_ rule. For example, the following policy serves `app1.example.com` and `app2.example.com` in a remote browser for all members flagged as high risk:

   | Selector         | Operator | Value                                         | Logic | Action  |
   | ---------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------- |
   | Domain           | in       | `app1.example.com`, `app2.example.com`        | And   | Isolate |
   | User Group Names | in       | `IdentityProtection-RiskyUser-RiskLevel-high` |       |         |

To test the policy, refer to the Microsoft documentation for [simulating risky detections](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/id-protection/howto-identity-protection-simulate-risk).

---

# Validate the Access token with FastAPI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/fastapi/

This tutorial covers how to validate that the [Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) is on requests made to FastAPI apps.

**Time to complete:** 15 minutes

## Prerequisites

* A [self-hosted Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) for your FastAPI app
* The [AUD tag](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#get-your-aud-tag) for your Access application

## 1. Create a validation function

1. In your FastAPI project, create a new file called `cloudflare.py` that contains the following code:

```python
from fastapi import Request, HTTPException

# The Application Audience (AUD) tag for your application
POLICY_AUD = "XXXXX"

# Your CF Access team domain
TEAM_DOMAIN = "https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com"
CERTS_URL = "{}/cdn-cgi/access/certs".format(TEAM_DOMAIN)

async def validate_cloudflare(request: Request):
    """
    Validate that the request is authenticated by Cloudflare Access.
    """
    if verify_token(request) != True:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Not authenticated properly!")


def _get_public_keys():
    """
    Returns:
        List of RSA public keys usable by PyJWT.
    """
    r = requests.get(CERTS_URL)
    public_keys = []
    jwk_set = r.json()
    for key_dict in jwk_set["keys"]:
        public_key = jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm.from_jwk(json.dumps(key_dict))
        public_keys.append(public_key)
    return public_keys


def verify_token(request):
    """
    Verify the token in the request.
    """
    token = ""

    if "CF_Authorization" in request.cookies:
        token = request.cookies["CF_Authorization"]
    else:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="missing required cf authorization token")

    keys = _get_public_keys()

    # Loop through the keys since we can't pass the key set to the decoder
    valid_token = False
    for key in keys:
        try:
            # decode returns the claims that has the email when needed
            jwt.decode(token, key=key, audience=POLICY_AUD, algorithms=["RS256"])
            valid_token = True
            break
        except:
            raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Error decoding token")
    if not valid_token:
        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Invalid token")

    return True

```

## 2. Use the validation function in your app

You can now add the validation function as a dependency in your FastAPI app. One way to do this is by creating an [`APIRouter` instance](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/bigger-applications/#another-module-with-apirouter). The following example executes the validation function on each request made to paths that start with `/admin`:

```python
from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException
from cloudflare import validate_cloudflare

router = APIRouter(
    prefix="/admin",
    tags=["admin"],
    dependencies=[Depends(validate_cloudflare)]
    responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}},
)

@router.get("/")
async def root():
    return {"message": "Hello World"}
```

---

# Zero Trust GitLab SSH & HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/gitlab/

You can use Cloudflare Access to add Zero Trust rules to a self-hosted instance of GitLab. Combined with Cloudflare Tunnel, users can connect through HTTP and SSH and authenticate with your team's identity provider.

**This walkthrough covers how to:**

- Deploy an instance of GitLab
- Lock down all inbound connections to that instance and use Cloudflare Tunnel to set outbound connections to Cloudflare
- Build policies with Cloudflare Access to control who can reach GitLab
- Connect over HTTP and SSH through Cloudflare

**Time to complete:**

1 hour

---

## Deploying GitLab

This section walks through deploying GitLab in DigitalOcean. If you have already deployed GitLab, you can skip this section.

Create a Droplet that has 16 GB of RAM and 6 CPUs. This should make it possible to support 500 users, based on [GitLab's resource recommendations](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/install/requirements.html).

![Create Droplet](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/create-droplet.png)

GitLab will provide an external IP that is exposed to the Internet (for now). You will need to connect to the deployed server using this external IP for the initial configuration. You can secure connections to the IP by [adding SSH keys](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-keys--2) to your DigitalOcean account.

This example uses a macOS machine to configure the Droplet. Copy the IP address assigned to the machine from DigitalOcean.

![Machine IP](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/show-ip.png)

Open Terminal and run the following command, replacing the IP address with the IP assigned by DigitalOcean.

```sh
ssh root@134.209.124.123
```

Next, install GitLab. This example uses the [Ubuntu package](https://about.gitlab.com/install/#ubuntu) and the steps in the GitLab documentation, with a few exceptions called out below.

Run the following commands to begin.

```sh
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y curl openssh-server ca-certificates
curl https://packages.gitlab.com/install/repositories/gitlab/gitlab-ee/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
```

The commands above download the GitLab software to this machine. You must now install it. This is the first place this tutorial will diverge from the operations in the GitLab documentation. The next step in the GitLab-provided tutorial sets an external hostname. Instead, you can just install the software.

```sh
sudo apt-get install gitlab-ee
```

After a minute or so, GitLab will be installed.

![Install GitLab](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/install-gitlab.png)

However, the application is not running yet. You can check to see what ports are listening to confirm by using `ss`.

```sh
sudo ss -lntup
```

The result should be only the services currently active on the machine:

{/* <!-- ![Just Services](/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/just-services.png) --> */}

```bash
sudo ss -lntup
```

```bash output
Netid   State    Recv-Q   Send-Q     Local Address:Port     Peer Address:Port   Process
udp     UNCONN   0        0                      *:9094                *:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        128              0.0.0.0:22            0.0.0.0:*       users:(("sshd",pid=29,fd=3))
tcp     LISTEN   0        128                 [::]:22               [::]:*       users:(("sshd",pid=29,fd=4))
```

To start GitLab, run the software's reconfigure command.

```sh
sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
```

GitLab will launch its component services. Once complete, confirm that GitLab is running and listening on both ports 22 and 80.

![GitLab Services](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/gitlab-services.png)

```bash
sudo ss -lntup
```

```bash output
Netid   State    Recv-Q   Send-Q     Local Address:Port     Peer Address:Port   Process
udp     UNCONN   0        0                      *:9094                *:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9236          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8150          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        128              0.0.0.0:22            0.0.0.0:*       users:(("sshd",pid=29,fd=3))
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8151          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:3000          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8153          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8154          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8155          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        511              0.0.0.0:8060          0.0.0.0:*       users:(("nginx",pid=324,fd=8))
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9121          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9090          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9187          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9093          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9229          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        1024           127.0.0.1:8080          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        511              0.0.0.0:80            0.0.0.0:*       users:(("nginx",pid=324,fd=7))
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:9168          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096           127.0.0.1:8082          0.0.0.0:*
tcp     LISTEN   0        128                 [::]:22               [::]:*       users:(("sshd",pid=29,fd=4))
tcp     LISTEN   0        4096                   *:9094                *:*
```

Users connect to GitLab over SSH (port 22 here) and HTTP for the web app (port 80). In the next step, you will make it possible for users to try both through Cloudflare Access. I'll leave this running and head over to the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Securing GitLab with Zero Trust rules

### Building Zero Trust policies

You can use Cloudflare Access to build Zero Trust rules to determine who can connect to both the web application of GitLab (HTTP) and who can connect over SSH.

When a user makes a request to a site protected by Access, that request hits Cloudflare's network first. Access can then check if the user is allowed to reach the application. When integrated with Cloudflare Tunnel, the Zero Trust architecture looks like this:

![GitLab Services](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/teams-diagram.png)

To determine who can reach the application, Cloudflare Access relies on integration with identity providers like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, or Google to issue the identity cards that get checked at the door. While a VPN allows users free range on a private network unless someone builds an active rule to stop them, Access enforces that identity check on every request (and at any granularity configured).

For GitLab, start by building two policies. Users will connect to GitLab in a couple of methods: in the web app and over SSH. Create policies to secure a subdomain for each. First, the web app.

Before you build the rule, you'll need to follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/setup/) to set up Cloudflare Access in your account.

Once enabled, go to the **Applications** page in Zero Trust. Select **Add an application**.

Choose self-hosted from the options presented.

![Self Hosted](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/policy.png)

In the policy builder, you will be prompted to add a subdomain that will represent the resource. This must be a subdomain of a domain in your Cloudflare account. You will need separate subdomains for the web application and SSH flows.

This example uses `gitlab.widgetcorp.tech` for the web application and `gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech` for SSH connectivity.

While on this page, you can decide which identity providers will be allowed to authenticate. By default, all configured providers are allowed. Select **Next** to build rules to determine who can reach the application.

You can then add rules to determine who can reach the site.

Select **Next** and **Next** again on the **Setup** page - this example does not require advanced CORS configuration. Repeat these steps for the second application, `gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech`.

## Cloudflare Tunnel

Cloudflare Tunnel creates a secure, outbound-only, connection between this machine and Cloudflare's network. With an outbound-only model, you can prevent any direct access to this machine and lock down any externally exposed points of ingress. And with that, no open firewall ports.

Cloudflare Tunnel is made possible through a lightweight daemon from Cloudflare called `cloudflared`. Download and install `cloudflared` on the DigitalOcean machine by following the instructions listed on the [Downloads](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) page.

Once installed, authenticate the instance of `cloudflared` with the following command.

```sh
cloudflared login
```

The command will print a URL that you must visit to login with your Cloudflare account.

Choose a website that you have added into your account.

Once you select one of the sites in your account, Cloudflare will download a certificate file to authenticate this instance of `cloudflared`. You can now use `cloudflared` to control Cloudflare Tunnel connections in your Cloudflare account.

![Download Cert](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/share-new-site/cert-download.png)

### Connecting to Cloudflare

You can now connect GitLab to Cloudflare using Cloudflare Tunnel.

1. Create a new Tunnel by running the following command.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel create gitlab
```

`cloudflared` will generate a unique ID for this Tunnel, for example `6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef`. You can use this Tunnel both for SSH and HTTP traffic.

2. You will need to configure Cloudflare Tunnel to proxy traffic to both destinations. The configuration below will take traffic bound for the DNS record that will be created for the web app and the DNS record to represent SSH traffic to the right port.

You use the text editor of your choice to edit the configuration file. The example relies on `Vi`.

```sh
vim ~/.cloudflared/config.yml
```

3. Configure the Tunnel to serve traffic.

```yml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json

ingress:
  - hostname: gitlab.widgetcorp.tech
    service: http://localhost:80
  - hostname: gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech
    service: ssh://localhost:22
  # Catch-all rule, which just responds with 404 if traffic doesn't match any of
  # the earlier rules
  - service: http_status:404
```

![Self Hosted](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/config-file.png)

4. You can test that the configuration file is set correctly with the following command:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel ingress validate
```

`cloudflared` should indicate the Tunnel is okay. You can now begin running the Tunnel.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel run
```

![Tunnel Run](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/tunnel-run.png)

:::note

This command should be run as a `systemd` service for long-term use; if it terminates, GitLab will be unavailable.

:::

### Configure DNS records

You can now create DNS records for GitLab in the Cloudflare dashboard. Remember, you will still need two records - one for the web application and one for SSH traffic.

In the **DNS** tab, choose the website where you built your [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). Select **Add record** and select `CNAME` from type. In the **Name** field, input `gitlab`. In the **Target** field, input the ID of the Tunnel created followed by `cfargotunnel.com`. In this example, that value is:

```txt
6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.cfargotunnel.com
```

Select **Save**. Repeat the process again by creating a second `CNAME` record, with the same **Target**, but input `gitlab-ssh` for the **Name**. Both records should then appear, pointing to the same Tunnel. The ingress rules defined in the configuration file above will direct traffic to the appropriate port.

![View DNS](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/view-dns.png)

### Connecting to the web application

You can now test the end-to-end configuration for the web application. Visit the subdomain created for the web application. Cloudflare Access will prompt you to authenticate. Login with your provider.

Once authenticated, you should see the GitLab web application.

![GitLab Web](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/gitlab-web.png)

Register your own account and create a Blank project to test SSH in the next step.

![Blank Project](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/blank-project.png)

GitLab will create a new project and repository.

:::note

To pull or push code, you must also add an SSH key to your profile in GitLab.

:::

### Configuring SSH

To push and pull code over SSH, you will need to install `cloudflared` on the client machine as well. This example uses a macOS laptop. On macOS, you can install `cloudflared` with the following command.

```sh
brew install cloudflared
```

While you need to install `cloudflared`, you do not need to wrap your SSH commands in any unique way. Instead, you will need to make a one-time change to your SSH configuration file.

```sh
vim /Users/samrhea/.ssh/config
```

Input the following values; replacing `gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech` with the hostname you created.

```txt
Host gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech
  ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/cloudflared access ssh --hostname %h
```

You can now test the SSH flow by attempting to clone the project created earlier.

```sh
git clone git@gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech:samrhea/demo
```

`cloudflared` will prompt you to login with my identity provider and, once successful, issue a token to your device to allow you to authenticate.

![GitLab Clone](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/git-clone.png)

### Lock down exposed ports

You can now configure your DigitalOcean firewall with a single rule, block any inbound traffic, to prevent direct access.

![Set Rules](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/gitlab/disable-ingress.png)

Cloudflare Tunnel will continue to run outbound-only connections and I can avoid this machine getting caught up in a crypto mining operation, or something worse.

## View logs

You can also view logs of the events that are allowed and blocked. Open the `Access` page of the `Logs` section in Zero Trust.

---

# Monitor Cloudflare Tunnel with Grafana

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/grafana/

[Grafana](https://grafana.com/) is a dashboard tool that visualizes data stored in other databases. You can use Grafana to convert your [tunnel metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/) into actionable insights.

It is not possible to push metrics directly from `cloudflared` to Grafana. Instead, `cloudflared` runs a [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io) metrics endpoint, which a Prometheus server periodically scrapes. Grafana then uses Prometheus as a data source to present metrics to the administrator.

```mermaid
flowchart LR

  subgraph 192.168.1.1
  A[cloudflared]-->B[Metrics endpoint]
  end

  B--->C
  subgraph 192.168.1.2
  C[Prometheus server]-->D[Grafana dashboard]
  end
```

This tutorial covers how to create the metrics endpoint, set up the Prometheus server, and view the data in Grafana.

## Before you begin

- You will need a Cloudflare Tunnel. To create a tunnel, refer to our [getting started guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/).

## Create the metrics endpoint

If your tunnel was created via the CLI, run the following command on the `cloudflared` server (`192.168.1.1`):

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --metrics 192.168.1.1:60123 run my-tunnel
```

If your tunnel was created via the dashboard, the [--metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#metrics) flag must be added to your `cloudflared` system service configuration. Refer to [Add tunnel run parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/#add-tunnel-run-parameters) for instructions on how to do this.

## Set up Prometheus

On the Prometheus and Grafana server (`192.168.1.2`):

1. [Download](https://prometheus.io/download/) Prometheus.

2. Extract Prometheus:

   ```sh
   tar xvfz prometheus-*.tar.gz
   cd prometheus-*
   ```

3. Open `prometheus.yml` in a text editor and add the `cloudflared` job to the end of the file:

   ```yml null {31-33}
   # my global config
   global:
     scrape_interval: 15s # Set the scrape interval to every 15 seconds. Default is every 1 minute.
     evaluation_interval: 15s # Evaluate rules every 15 seconds. The default is every 1 minute.
     # scrape_timeout is set to the global default (10s).

   # Alertmanager configuration
   alerting:
     alertmanagers:
       - static_configs:
           - targets:
             # - alertmanager:9093

   # Load rules once and periodically evaluate them according to the global 'evaluation_interval'.
   rule_files:
     # - "first_rules.yml"
     # - "second_rules.yml"

   # A scrape configuration containing exactly one endpoint to scrape:
   # Here it's Prometheus itself.
   scrape_configs:
     # The job name is added as a label `job=<job_name>` to any timeseries scraped from this config.
     - job_name: "prometheus"

       # metrics_path defaults to '/metrics'
       # scheme defaults to 'http'.

       static_configs:
         - targets: ["localhost:9090"] ## Address of Prometheus dashboard

     - job_name: "cloudflared"
       static_configs:
         - targets: ["198.168.1.1:60123"] ## cloudflared server IP and the --metrics port configured for the tunnel
   ```

4. Start Prometheus:

   ```sh
   ./prometheus --config.file="prometheus.yml"
   ```

   You can optionally configure Prometheus to run as a service so that it does not need to be manually started if the machine reboots.

5. Open a browser and go to `http://localhost:9090/`. You should be able to access the Prometheus dashboard.

6. To verify that Prometheus is fetching tunnel metrics, enter `cloudflared_tunnel_total_requests` into the expression console and select **Execute**.

   ![Prometheus dashboard showing tunnel metrics data](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/monitor-tunnels/Prometheus-dashboard.png)

Refer to [Available metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#available-metrics) to check what other metrics are available.

## Connect Grafana to Prometheus

1. [Download](https://grafana.com/grafana/download) and install Grafana.

2. Start Grafana as a system service:

   ```sh
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   sudo systemctl start grafana-server
   ```

3. Verify that Grafana is running:

   ```sh
   sudo systemctl status grafana-server
   ```

4. Open a browser and go to `http://localhost:3000/`. The default HTTP port that Grafana listens to is `3000` unless you have configured a different port.

5. On the sign-in page, enter your Grafana credentials.

   To test without an account, you can enter `admin` for both the username and password and skip the password change step.

6. In Grafana, go to **Connections** > **Data sources**.

7. Select **Add a new data source** and select **Prometheus**.

8. In the **Prometheus server URL** field, enter the IP address and port of your Prometheus dashboard (`http://localhost:9090`).

9. Select **Save & test**.

## Build Grafana dashboard

1. In Grafana, go to **Dashboards** > **New** > **New dashboard**.
2. Select **Add visualization**.
3. Select **Prometheus**.
4. In the metrics field, enter `cloudflared_tunnel_total_requests` and select **Run queries**. You will see a graph showing the number of requests as a function of time.

![Grafana dashboard showing a tunnel metrics graph](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/monitor-tunnels/Grafana-dashboard.png)

You can add operations to the queries to modify what is displayed. For example, you could show all tunnel requests over a recent period of time, such as a day, rather than all tunnel requests since metrics began reporting.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/

import { ListTutorials } from "~/components"

<ListTutorials />

---

# Integrate Microsoft MCAS with Cloudflare Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/integrate-microsoft-mcas-teams/

Many security teams rely on Microsoft MCAS (Microsoft Cloud App Security), Microsoft's CASB solution, to identify and block threats on the Internet, as well as allow or block access to cloud applications. This tutorial covers how to integrate MCAS with Cloudflare Zero Trust, and create Gateway HTTP policies to ensure visibility and control over data.

Microsoft provides an MCAS API endpoint to allow queries to see which applications have been marked as blocked or allowed. With an MCAS API call, you can manage a URL category that contains the blocked URLs returned by the API query, and use the output to create a Hostname List that can be used by Gateway HTTP policies to block them.

**Time to complete:**

20 minutes

## Basic configuration

In your Microsoft account, you first need to create an API token and URL endpoint to use to query the URLs blocked by MCAS.
Follow the guide for [Managing API tokens for Microsoft Cloud App Security](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-app-security/api-authentication) to generate a new API token and a custom API URL for the API endpoint.

## Using the API to query banned applications

Once you have the API token and API URL, use curl to get the list of banned applications from Microsoft MCAS:

```sh
curl -v "https://<MCAS API URL>/api/discovery_block_scripts/?format=120&type=banned" -H "Authorization: Token <API token>"
```

This will return a list of banned hostnames. In this case, Angie's List is the banned application.

![Banned hostnames](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/microsoft-mcas/mcas-domains.png)

### Processing the output

As you can see, the banned hostnames are preceded by a `.`. To use this output for a Zero Trust List, we need to do some text processing.

1. Run the curl API call and direct the output to a file, in this case `mcas.txt`:

   ```sh
   curl -v "https://<MCAS API URL>/api/discovery_block_scripts/?format=120&type=banned" -H "Authorization: Token <API token>" > mcas.txt
   ```

2. Remove the leading `.`, for example by running `sed` from the CLI:

   ```sh
   sed -i 's/^.//' mcas.txt
   ```

3. This will give you the list of hostnames without leading `.`.

4. Replace the file's `.txt` extension with `.csv`. The file can now be imported into Cloudflare Zero Trust as a Hostname list.

## Using the API to query allowed applications

If you would like to get a list of all of the MCAS allowed applications, you can use the same API query, but instead of using `type=banned`, use `type=allowed`. This will return a much larger list.

```sh
curl -v "https://<MCAS API URL>/api/discovery_block_scripts/?format=120&type=allowed" -H "Authorization: Token <API token>"
```

## Adding a hostname list in Zero Trust

1. In Zero Trust, go to **My Team** > **Lists**
2. Select **Upload CSV**. Even though the hostname list is not really in CSV format, it will work with no issues.
3. Add a name for the list, specify "Hostnames" as the list type, and give it a description.
4. Drag and drop your MCAS output file created via the API call, or you can select **Select a file**.
5. Select **Create**. You will see the list of hostnames that have been added to the list.
6. Save the list.

Your list is now ready to be referenced by Gateway HTTP policies.

## Creating an HTTP policy

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**. Select **HTTP**.
2. Select **Add a policy**.
3. Create the following policy.

   | Selector | Operator | Value                | Action |
   | -------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------ |
   | Host     | in list  | \<NEW_HOSTNAME_LIST> | Block  |

Now when trying to visit one of the MCAS defined sites, the user will be blocked.

![Access Restricted](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/microsoft-mcas/mcas-block-page.png)

---

# Connect through Cloudflare Access using kubectl

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/kubectl/

You can connect to machines over `kubectl` using Cloudflare's Zero Trust platform.

**This walkthrough covers how to:**

- Build a policy in Cloudflare Access to secure the machine
- Connect a machine to Cloudflare's network using kubectl
- Connect from a client machine

**Before you start**

- [Add a website to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)

**Time to complete:**

30 minutes

---

## Create a Zero Trust policy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application**.
3. Select **Self-hosted**.
4. Enter a name for your Access application.
5. Select **Add public hostname** and input a subdomain. This will be the hostname where your application will be available to users.
6. [Create a new policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/policy-management/) to control who can reach the application, or select existing policies.
7. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

## Install `cloudflared`

Cloudflare Tunnel creates a secure, outbound-only connection between this machine and Cloudflare's network. With an outbound-only model, you can prevent any direct access to this machine and lock down any externally exposed points of ingress. And with that, no open firewall ports.

Cloudflare Tunnel is made possible through a lightweight daemon from Cloudflare called `cloudflared`. Download and install `cloudflared` on the DigitalOcean machine by following the instructions listed on the [Downloads](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) page.

## Authenticate `cloudflared`

Run the following command to authenticate cloudflared into your Cloudflare account.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel login
```

`cloudflared` will open a browser window and prompt you to log in to your Cloudflare account. If you are working on a machine that does not have a browser, or a browser window does not launch, you can copy the URL from the command-line output and visit the URL in a browser on any machine.

Choose any hostname presented in the list. Cloudflare will issue a certificate scoped to your account. You do not need to pick the specific hostname where you will serve the Tunnel.

## Create a Tunnel

Next, create a tunnel with the command below.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>
```

Replacing `<NAME>` with a name for the Tunnel. This name can be any value. A single Tunnel can also serve traffic for multiple hostnames to multiple services in your environment, including a mix of connection types like SSH and HTTP.

The command will output an ID for the Tunnel and generate an associated credentials file. At any time you can list the Tunnels in your account with the following command.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel list
```

## Configure the Tunnel

You can now [configure the tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#4-create-a-configuration-file) to serve traffic.

Create a `YAML` file that `cloudflared` can reach. By default, `cloudflared` will look for the file in the same folder where `cloudflared` has been installed.

```sh
vim ~/.cloudflared/config.yml
```

Next, configure the Tunnel, replacing the example ID below with the ID of the Tunnel created above. Additionally, replace the hostname in this example with the hostname of the application configured with Cloudflare Access.

```yaml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json

ingress:
  - hostname: azure.widgetcorp.tech
    service: tcp://kubernetes.docker.internal:6443
    originRequest:
      proxyType: socks
  - service: http_status:404
  # Catch-all rule, which responds with 404 if traffic doesn't match any of
  # the earlier rules
```

## Route to the Tunnel

You can now create a DNS record that will route traffic to this Tunnel. Multiple DNS records can point to a single Tunnel and will send traffic to the configured service as long as the hostname is defined with an [ingress rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#file-structure-for-public-hostnames).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account. Select your domain and go to **DNS**.

2. Select **Add record**. Choose `CNAME` as the record type. For **Name**, choose the hostname where you want to create a Tunnel. This should match the hostname of the Access policy.

3. For **Target**, input the ID of your Tunnel followed by `.cfargotunnel.com`. For example:

```txt
  6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.cfargotunnel.com
```

4. Select **Save**.

## Run the Tunnel

You can now run the Tunnel to connect the target service to Cloudflare. Use the following command to run the Tunnel, replacing `<NAME>` with the name created for your Tunnel.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel run <NAME>
```

We recommend that you run `cloudflared` [as a service](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/) that is configured to launch on start.

## Connect from a client machine

You can now connect from a client machine using `cloudflared`.

This example uses a macOS laptop. On macOS, you can install `cloudflared` with the following command using Homebrew.

```sh
brew install cloudflared
```

Run the following command to create a connection from the device to Cloudflare. Any available port can be specified.

```sh
cloudflared access tcp --hostname azure.widgetcorp.tech --url 127.0.0.1:1234
```

With this service running, you can run a `kubectl` command and `cloudflared` will launch a browser window and prompt the user to authenticate with your SSO provider. Once authenticated, `cloudflared` will expose the connection to the client machine at the local URL specified in the command.

`kubeconfig` does not support proxy command configurations at this time, though the community has submitted plans to do so. In the interim, users can alias the cluster's API server to save time.

```sh
alias kubeone="env HTTPS_PROXY=socks5://127.0.0.1:1234 kubectl"
```

---

# Use cloudflared to expose a Kubernetes app to the Internet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/many-cfd-one-tunnel/

You can use [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) to connect applications and servers to Cloudflare's network. Tunnel relies on a piece of software, [cloudflared](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared), to create those connections.

The same Tunnel can be run from multiple instances of `cloudflared`, giving you the ability to run many `cloudflared` replicas to scale your system when incoming traffic changes.

In this tutorial, we will walk through running an application as a Kubernetes [Service](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/services-networking/service/), and then running `cloudflared` in a separate [Deployment](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/).

This architecture allows `cloudflared` instances to proxy Internet traffic into whichever Kubernetes Service it was configured to.

**This tutorial covers how to:**

- Deploy `cloudflared` in a replica model
- Proxy traffic into a Kubernetes service with Tunnel

**Time to complete: 45 minutes**

## Install `cloudflared`

Start by [downloading and installing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) the lightweight Cloudflare Tunnel daemon, `cloudflared`. Reference our installation guide for instructions on how to install `cloudflared` on your operating system.

## Login to Cloudflare

Once installed, you can use the `tunnel login` command in `cloudflared` to obtain a certificate.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel login
```

## Create your Tunnel

In the example below, simply change `<example-tunnel>` to the name you wish to assign to your Tunnel.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel create example-tunnel
```

```sh output
Tunnel credentials written to /Users/cf000197/.cloudflared/ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad.json. cloudflared chose this file based on where your origin certificate was found. Keep this file secret. To revoke these credentials, delete the tunnel.

Created tunnel example-tunnel with id ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad
```

## Upload the Tunnel credentials file to Kubernetes

Next, you will upload the generated Tunnel credential file as a secret to your Kubernetes cluster. You will also need to provide the filepath that the Tunnel credentials file was created under. You can find that path in the output of `cloudflared tunnel create <example-tunnel>` above.

```sh
kubectl create secret generic tunnel-credentials \
--from-file=credentials.json=/Users/cf000197/.cloudflared/ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad.json
```

## Associate your Tunnel with a DNS record

1. Go to the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Go to the DNS tab.
3. Now create a CNAME targeting `.cfargotunnel.com`. In this example, the tunnel ID is ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad, so create a CNAME record specifically targeting `ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad.cfargotunnel.com`.

You can also create multiple CNAME records targeting the same Tunnel, if desired.

Alternatively, you can perform this step from the command line by running `cloudflared tunnel route dns <tunnel> <hostname>`. For example, `cloudflared tunnel route dns example-tunnel tunnel.example.com`. You can use a similar method to route traffic to `cloudflared` from a [Cloudflare Load Balancer](https://www.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/), see [docs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) for details.

## Deploy `cloudflared`

Now, we'll deploy `cloudflared` by applying its [manifest](https://github.com/cloudflare/argo-tunnel-examples/blob/master/named-tunnel-k8s/cloudflared.yaml). This will start a [Deployment](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/) for running `cloudflared` and a [ConfigMap](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/configmap/) with `cloudflared`'s config. When Cloudflare receives traffic for the DNS or Load Balancing hostname you configured in the previous step, it will send that traffic to the `cloudflared` instances running in this deployment. Then, those `cloudflared` instances will proxy the request to your [application's Service](https://github.com/cloudflare/argo-tunnel-examples/blob/master/named-tunnel-k8s/app.yaml).

```sh
kubectl apply -f cloudflared.yaml
```

```sh output
deployment.apps/cloudflared created
configmap/cloudflared configured
```

## Examine status of your pod

```
    $ kubectl get pods
    NAME                                  READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    cloudflared-57746f77fd-frc99          1/1     Running   0          12m
    cloudflared-57746f77fd-xht8n          1/1     Running   0          12m
    httpbin-deployment-67f749774f-42tqj   1/1     Running   0          20h
    $ kubectl logs $(kubectl get pod -l app=cloudflared -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Starting tunnel tunnelID=ef824aef-7557-4b41-a398-4684585177ad
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Version
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF GOOS: linux, GOVersion: go1.15.7, GoArch: amd64
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Settings: map[config:/etc/cloudflared/config/config.yaml cred-file:/etc/cloudflared/creds/credentials.json credentials-file:/etc/cloudflared/creds/credentials.json metrics:0.0.0.0:2000 no-autoupdate:true]
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Generated Connector ID: 4c5dc5d3-8e10-480e-ac74-e385e591553e
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Initial protocol h2mux
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Starting metrics server on [::]:2000/metrics
    2021-05-04T17:39:49Z INF Connection 1daced2f-466c-4610-8ba6-7642a8ddec68 registered connIndex=0 location=MCI
    2021-05-04T17:39:50Z INF Connection 1a5276bc-3313-4bb7-a677-d93deccab24f registered connIndex=1 location=DFW
    2021-05-04T17:39:51Z INF Connection aa7adacc-e855-4b11-bf41-e113419b7ef4 registered connIndex=2 location=MCI
    2021-05-04T17:39:51Z INF Connection a8055c76-2a90-4be5-8dc9-ebaa5c58fb5f registered connIndex=3 location=DFW
```

## Visit your hostname

At this point, you'll see the httpbin welcome page.

In this tutorial, we've covered how the same Tunnel can be run in many `cloudflared` processes. You can also use this knowledge to support elastic scaling, graceful `cloudflared` restarts, and rolling upgrades in the future.

We love to hear your feedback! Join the discussion in our [community](https://community.cloudflare.com/).

---

# MongoDB SSH

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/mongodb-tunnel/

import { Details } from "~/components";

You can build Zero Trust rules to secure connections to MongoDB deployments using Cloudflare Access and Cloudflare Tunnel. Cloudflare Tunnel requires a lightweight daemon, `cloudflared`, running alongisde the deployment and as on the client side.

In this tutorial, a client running `cloudflared` connects over SSH to a MongoDB deployment running on Kubernetes. The deployment example is structured to connect [Compass](https://www.mongodb.com/products/compass) to the MongoDB instance. The MongoDB Kubernetes deployment runs both the MongoDB database service and `cloudflared` as a ingress service that operates like a jump host.

**This tutorial covers how to:**

- Create a Cloudflare Access rule to secure a MongoDB deployment
- Configure a StatefulSet and service definition for the deployment
- Configure an Cloudflare Tunnel connection to Cloudflare's edge
- Create an SSH configuration file for the client

**Time to complete:**

50 minutes

---

## Configure Cloudflare Access

You can build a rule in Cloudflare Access to control who can connect to your MongoDB deployment. Cloudflare Access rules are built around a hostname; even though this deployment will be accessible over SSH, the resource will be represented in Cloudflare as a hostname. For example, if you have the website `app.com` in your Cloudflare account, you can build a rule to secure `mongodb.app.com`.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **Self-hosted**.

4. Enter any name for the application.

5. Select **Add public hostname** and enter the subdomain where users will connect to your deployment (for example, `mongodb.app.com`).

6. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can reach the deployment. You can build a policy that allows anyone in your organization to connect or you can build more granular policies based on signals like identity provider groups, [multifactor method](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/okta-u2f/), or [country](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/).

7. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

## Configure the Kubernetes deployment

To be accessible over SSH, the Kubernetes deployment should manage both the MongoDB standalone service and an SSH proxy service. The configuration below will deploy 1 replica of the database service, available at port 27017, as well as an SSH proxy available at port 22.

<Details header=" StatefulSet Configuration">

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: StatefulSet
metadata:
  name: mongodb-standalone
  namespace: mongodb
spec:
  serviceName: database
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: database
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: database
        selector: mongodb-standalone
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: mongodb-standalone
          image: mongo
          command: ["mongod"]
          args: ["--config=/config/mongod.conf"]
          ports:
            - containerPort: 27017
              protocol: TCP
              name: mongod
          volumeMounts:
            - name: mongodb-conf
              mountPath: /config
              readOnly: true
            - name: mongodb-data
              mountPath: /data/db
            - name: tls
              mountPath: /etc/tls
            - name: mongodb-socket
              mountPath: /socket
        - name: ssh-proxy
          image: ubuntu:20.04
          command: ["/scripts/entrypoint.sh"]
          ports:
            - containerPort: 22
              protocol: TCP
              name: ssh-port
          volumeMounts:
            - name: mongodb-socket
              mountPath: /socket
            - name: scripts
              mountPath: /scripts
              readOnly: true
            - name: ssh-authorized-keys
              mountPath: /config/ssh
              readOnly: true
          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: 20m
              memory: 32Mi
      volumes:
        - name: mongodb-socket
          emptyDir: {}
        - name: mongodb-conf
          configMap:
            name: mongodb-standalone
            items:
              - key: mongod.conf
                path: mongod.conf
        - name: tls
          secret:
            secretName: tls
        - name: mongodb-data
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: mongodb-standalone
        - name: scripts
          configMap:
            name: scripts
            items:
              - key: entrypoint.sh
                path: entrypoint.sh
                mode: 0744
        - name: ssh-authorized-keys
          configMap:
            name: ssh-proxy-config
            items:
              - key: authorized_keys
                path: authorized_keys
                mode: 0400
```

</Details>

The corresponding service definition should also specify the ports and target ports for the containers (in this case, the database service and the SSH proxy service).

<Details header="Service Definition">

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: database
  namespace: mongodb
  labels:
    app: database
spec:
  clusterIP: None
  selector:
    app: database
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 27017
      targetPort: 27017
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: ssh-proxy
  namespace: mongodb
  labels:
    app: database
spec:
  selector:
    app: database
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 22
      targetPort: 22
```

</Details>

The MongoDB pod and the SSH jump host will share a Unix socket over an empty directory volume. The `entrypoint.sh` file run by the jump host, example below, will start an OpenSSH server.

```bash
#!/bin/sh
export TZ=America/Chicago
ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y openssh-server
mkdir /root/.ssh
cp /config/ssh/authorized_keys /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 400 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
service ssh start
while true;
do sleep 30;
done;
```

## Configure Cloudflare Tunnel

Next, you can use `cloudflared` to connect to Cloudflare's Edge using Cloudflare Tunnel. Start by [downloading and installing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/) the Cloudflare Tunnel daemon, `cloudflared`.

Once installed, run the following command to authenticate the instance of `cloudflared` into your Cloudflare account.

```sh
cloudflared login
```

The command will launch a browser window and prompt you to login with your Cloudflare account. Choose a website that you have added into your account.

Once you select one of the sites in your account, Cloudflare will download a certificate file, called `cert.pem` to authenticate this instance of `cloudflared`. The `cert.pem` file uses a certificate to authenticate your instance of `cloudflared` and includes an API key for your account to perform actions like DNS record changes.

You can now use `cloudflared` to control Cloudflare Tunnel connections in your Cloudflare account.

![Download Certificate](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/share-new-site/cert-download.png)

### Create a Tunnel

You can now [create a Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/) that will connect `cloudflared` to Cloudflare's edge. You'll configure the details of that Tunnel in the next step.

Run the following command to create a Tunnel. You can replace `mongodb` with any name that you choose. This command requires the `cert.pem` file.

`cloudflared tunnel create mongodb`

Cloudflare will create the Tunnel with that name and generate an ID and credentials file for that Tunnel.

![New Tunnel](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/share-new-site/create.png)

### Delete the `cert.pem` file

The credentials file is separate from the `cert.pem` file. Unlike the `cert.pem` file, the credentials file consists of a token that authenticates only the Named Tunnel you just created. Formatted as `JSON`, the file cannot make changes to your Cloudflare account or create additional Tunnels.

If you are done creating Tunnels, you can delete the `cert.pem` file, leave only the credentials file, and continue to manage DNS records directly in the Cloudflare dashboard or API. For additional information on the different functions of the two files, refer to the list of [useful terms](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#certpem).

Store the `JSON` file as a Kubernetes secret.

### Configure Cloudflare Tunnel

The previous setps used `cloudflared` to generate a credentials file for your Cloudflare account. When run as a service alongside the MongoDB Kubernetes deployment you will need to use a Docker image of `cloudflared`. Cloudflare makes an [official image available](https://hub.docker.com/r/cloudflare/cloudflared) in DockerHub.

The configuration below will run a single replica of `cloudflared` as an ingress point alongside the MongoDB and SSH proxy services. `cloudflared` will proxy traffic to the SSH proxy service. The `cloudflared` instance will run as its own deployment in a different namespace and, if network policy allows, ingress to any service in the Kubernetes node.

<Details header="`cloudflared` Configuration">

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: dashboard-tunnel
  namespace: argotunnel
  labels:
    app: dashboard-tunnel
spec:
  replicas: 1
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: dashboard-tunnel
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: dashboard-tunnel
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: dashboard-tunnel
          # Image from https://hub.docker.com/r/cloudflare/cloudflared
          image: cloudflare/cloudflared:2020.11.11
          command: ["cloudflared", "tunnel"]
          args: ["--config", "/etc/tunnel/config.yaml", "run"]
          ports:
            - containerPort: 5000
          livenessProbe:
            tcpSocket:
              port: 5000
            initialDelaySeconds: 60
            periodSeconds: 60
          volumeMounts:
            - name: dashboard-tunnel-config
              mountPath: /etc/tunnel
            - name: tunnel-credentials
              mountPath: /etc/credentials
      volumes:
        - name: dashboard-tunnel-config
          configMap:
            name: dashboard-tunnel-config
        - name: tunnel-credentials
          secret:
            secretName: tunnel-credentials
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: dashboard-tunnel-config
  namespace: argotunnel
data:
  config.yaml: |
    tunnel: 9a00ef26-4997-4de2-83db-631efc74245c
    credentials-file: /etc/credentials/k8s-dashboard.json
    metrics: :5000
    protocol: http2
    no-autoupdate: true
    ingress:
    - hostname: mongodb.widgetcorp.tech
      originRequest:
        bastionMode: true
    - service: http_status:404
```

</Details>

## Connect from a client

Once deployed, you can run `cloudflared` on the client side to connect to the MongoDB deployment. Add the following lines to your SSH configuration file, replacing the examples with your hostname and details. The `--destination` value should match the URL of the SSH Proxy service configured previously.

```bash
Host mongodb
  ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/cloudflared access ssh --hostname mongodb.widgetcorp.tech --destination ssh-proxy.mongodb.svc.cluster.local:22
  LocalForward 27000 /socket/mongodb-27017.sock
  User root
  IdentityFile /Users/username/.ssh/id_rsa
```

This is a one-time step. When you next attempt to make an SSH connection to the deployment, `cloudflared` will launch a browser window and prompt you to authenticate. Once authenticated, you will be connected if you have a valid session. Once the tunnel is established, all requests to `localhost:27000` on your machine will be forwarded to `/socket/mongodb-27017.sock` on the SSH proxy container.

You can then set MongoDB Compass to connect to `localhost:27000`.

---

# Protect access to Microsoft 365 with dedicated egress IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/m365-dedicated-egress-ips/

:::note

Only available on Zero Trust Enterprise plans.

:::

This tutorial covers how to secure access to your Microsoft 365 applications with Cloudflare Gateway dedicated egress IPs.

You can map a named location in Microsoft Entra ID to a location associated with your dedicated egress IPs. Traffic will egress from Cloudflare with these IP addresses. If users attempt to access your Microsoft applications without these IPs, Entra ID will block access.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- In Cloudflare, a Zero Trust Enterprise plan with [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/)
- In Microsoft 365, an organization managed with [Microsoft Entra ID](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/)

## Create an egress policy in Cloudflare Gateway

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Egress policies**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Name your policy, then add conditions to check users are configured in Microsoft Entra ID. For example, you can check for [identity conditions](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/):

   | Selector         | Operator | Value                                         |
   | ---------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
   | User Group Names | in       | `Sales and Marketing`, `Retail`, `U.S. Sales` |

   Additionally, you can check for [device posture conditions](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/):

   | Selector                    | Operator | Value                                             | Logic |
   | --------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
   | Passed Device Posture Check | is       | `CrowdStrike Overall ZTA score (Crowdstrike s2s)` | And   |
   | Passed Device Posture Check | is       | `AppCheckMac - Required Software (Application)`   |       |

4. Enable **Use dedicated Cloudflare egress IPs**. Select your desired IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. For example:

   | Primary IPv4 address | IPv6 address    |
   | -------------------- | --------------- |
   | `203.0.113.0`        | `2001:db8::/32` |

## Create a named IP range location in Microsoft Entra ID

1. Log in to the [Microsoft Azure portal](https://aka.ms/azureportal).
2. In the sidebar, select **Microsoft Entra ID**.
3. Go to **Security** > **Named locations**.
4. Select **IP ranges location**.
5. Name your location, then add the IP addresses used in your Cloudflare dedicated egress IP policy.
6. Select **Upload**.

This named location corresponds with the locations of your dedicated egress IPs.

## Create a conditional access policy in Microsoft Entra ID

1. In **Protect**, go to **Conditional Access**.
2. Select **Create new policy**.
3. Configure which Entra ID users you want to limit access for, and which traffic, applications, or actions you want to protect.
4. In **Conditions**, select **Locations**. Enable **Configure**.
5. In **Include**, select _Any location_. In **Exclude**, select the named location you created.
6. In **Access controls**, go to **Grant**. Enable _Block access_.

Your policy will block access for your selected users from any location except those using your dedicated egress IPs.

## Test your policies

1. Using [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/), sign in to your Zero Trust organization with a user's account.
2. Go to any Microsoft 365 app within your organization. Entra ID should allow access.
3. Disconnect WARP from your Zero Trust organization. Entra ID should block access to any Microsoft 365 applications.

---

# Migrate to Named Tunnels with Load Balancer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/migrate-lb-tunnel/

import { Example, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Tunnel is available in two deployment modes: "Legacy" Tunnel and "Named" Tunnel. [Named Tunnel](https://blog.cloudflare.com/argo-tunnels-that-live-forever/) mode improves maintainability and stability by distinguishing between routing and configuration.

Unlike Legacy mode, Named Tunnels give users the ability to manage routing in the Cloudflare dashboard and to run `cloudflared` once for [multiple services](https://blog.cloudflare.com/many-services-one-cloudflared/).

If you are using Legacy Tunnel today you can migrate to Named Tunnel deployment in less than 10 minutes.

**This tutorial covers how to:**

- Migrate a Legacy Tunnel deployment to Named Tunnel model
- Use Cloudflare Load Balancer to perform a zero downtime migration

**Time to complete:**

10 minutes

See additional documentation for working with [Kubernetes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/kubernetes/).

---

## Legacy Tunnel with Cloudflare Load Balancer

This tutorial starts by documenting the steps to create a Legacy Tunnel with Cloudflare Load Balancer so that those can be compared to the migration steps. If you would prefer to start the migration now, skip to [Create a Named Tunnel](#create-a-named-tunnel).

In both modes, the first step is to create a load balancer and endpoint pool.

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.

2. Select **Create Load Balancer**.

3. On the **Hostname** page:
   - Enter a **Hostname**, which is the DNS name at which the load balancer is available. For more details on record priority, refer to [DNS records for load balancing](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/).
   - Toggle the orange cloud icon to update the [proxy mode](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/), which affects how traffic is routed and which IP addresses are advertised.
   - If you want [session-based load balancing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/), toggle the **Session Affinity** switch.

Next, [create an endpoint pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool) for the load balancer. A pool is a group of <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> or origins, whether Cloudflare Tunnel connections or traditional IP addresses, used by the load balancer.

In Legacy mode, adding a new instance of `cloudflared` into a Load Balancer pool must be done from the command line tool itself. The `cloudflared` agent will start and create 4 separate connections, enrolling each of these into a load balancer pool.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --hostname app.widgetcorp.tech --url http://localhost:8000 --lb-pool lisbon-data-center
```

<Example>
For this example, the load balancer `app.widgetcorp.tech` would have a pool `lisbon-data-center` with endpoints similar to the following:

| Endpoint Name   | Endpoint Address   | Weight |
| --------------- | ------------------ | ------ |
| `0-51cc...d004` | `tunnel:snf...aad` | 1      |
| `1-51cc...d004` | `tunnel:10x...x1b` | 1      |
| `2-51cc...d004` | `tunnel:yeq...y15` | 1      |
| `3-51cc...d004` | `tunnel:vn6...7p6` | 1      |

</Example>

However, the Legacy Tunnel mode has some downsides, including:

- You cannot manage these connections from the Cloudflare dashboard.
- When `cloudflared` restarts, it will attempt to register these connections as new connections which can lead to service disruption.

The Named Tunnel, documented below, model provides easier management and greater stability.

## Create a Named Tunnel

To migrate to the Named Tunnel model, first [download and authenticate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) `cloudflared`. Install the agent within your environment in a location that can reach the service you plan to connect to Cloudflare.

To begin, create a Named Tunnel with the following command.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel create lisbon-app
```

This command will create a Tunnel object in your Cloudflare account that is represented by this instance of `cloudflared`. You can point DNS records or LB records to this connection when you run the Tunnel.

## Create a configuration file

Next, configure your Tunnel. The example below consists of a web service that is available at port 8000. The ingress rule will send traffic that `cloudflared` receives for the specified hostname to that port. You can also connect [multiple services](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#file-structure-for-public-hostnames) with a single instance of `cloudflared`.

In the configuration file, you must specify the location of the credentials file generated previously when you created the Tunnel.

![Example of configuration file that specifies the location of the credentials file](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/secure-origin-connections/migrate-lb-tunnel/tunnel-config.png)

Save the configuration file.

## Run the Tunnel

You can now run the Tunnel. Running the Tunnel will connect `cloudflared` to Cloudflare's edge in a connection only available to your account. You can use the Tunnel ID value to treat that connection like the IP address of an <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoint</GlossaryTooltip> or origin, without the risk of someone reaching it directly and bypassing Cloudflare.

Run the following command, replacing `lisbon-app` with the name of your Tunnel.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel run lisbon-app
```

## Migrate the Load Balancer configuration

You can now begin migrating your Load Balancer deployment to use the new Named Tunnel. Create a new pool in the load balancer. Add a new endpoint to the list.

In the **Endpoint Address** field, input the ID of the tunnel followed by `cfargotunnel.com`.

<Example>

In this example, the endpoint address value would be `6b9b8f72-b655-46fb-b008-a45366e26b48.cfargotunnel.com`.

| Endpoint Name            | Endpoint Address                                        | Weight |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| `lisbon-data-center-one` | `6b9b8f72-b655-46fb-b008-a45366e26b48.cfargotunnel.com` | 1      |

</Example>

Wait 1 minute while the new origin is recognized as healthy by Cloudflare Load Balancer. Once healthy, you can begin to disable the Legacy Argo Tunnel endpoints from the legacy Load Balancer pool.

---

# Access and secure a MySQL database using Cloudflare Tunnel and network policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/mysql-network-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Using Cloudflare Tunnel's private networks, users can connect to arbitrary non-browser based TCP/UDP applications, like databases. You can set up network policies that implement zero trust controls to define who and what can access those applications using the WARP client.

By the end of this tutorial, users that pass network policies will be able to access a remote MySQL database available through a Cloudflare Tunnel on TCP port 3306.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- A MySQL database listening for remote connections and configured with users that can connect remotely
- (Optional)[Resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) enabled on your account

## Create a Cloudflare Tunnel

Install `cloudflared` on a server in your private network. This server should have connectivity to the MySQL database.

<Render file="tunnel/create-tunnel" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Add private network routes

1. In the **Private Networks** tab, add the following IP addresses:

- Private IP/CIDR of your MySQL server (for example, `10.128.0.175/32`)
- (Optional) Private IP/CIDR of your internal DNS server

2. Select **Save tunnel**.

The application and (optional) DNS server are now connected to Cloudflare.

## Create a Gateway network policy

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **Network**.
2. Add a [network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) that targets the private IP address and the port of the MySQL database (port 3306 by default). The following example allows access to the database to the users that enrolled into WARP using an `@example.com` email address. The network policies can also take into consideration [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/).

| Selector         | Operator      | Value           | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP   | in            | `10.128.0.175`  | And   | Allow  |
| Destination Port | in            | `3306`          | And   |        |
| User Email       | matches regex | `.*example.com` |       |        |

In addition to the Allow rule above, Cloudflare recommends adding a [catch-all block policy](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/) to the bottom of your network policy list to enforce a default-deny model.

Allowed WARP users can now connect to the MySQL server at `10.128.0.175` using the MySQL client of their choice.

## (Optional) Create a Gateway resolver policy

To allow users to access the MySQL database using an internal hostname instead of the private IP address, configure a Gateway resolver policy.

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Resolver policies**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Create an expression to match against the private [domain](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/#domain) or [hostname](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/#host) of the application, like in the following example:

   | Selector | Operator | Value                |
   | -------- | -------- | -------------------- |
   | Domain   | in       | `internalrecord.com` |

4. In **Select DNS resolver**, select _Configure custom DNS resolvers_.

5. Enter the private IP address of your DNS server.

6. In the dropdown menu, select _`<IP-address> - Private`_.

7. (Optional) Enter a custom port.

8. Select **Create policy**.

If your internal DNS server has an `A` record for the MySQL database, users can connect to the server using this record. For example, assuming a BIND server that includes the entry:

`mysql IN  A  10.128.0.175`

Allowed WARP users can connect to the MySQL database at `mysql.internalrecord.com` using the MySQL client of their choice.

---

# Require U2F with Okta

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/okta-u2f/

Many identity providers, like Okta, support multiple multifactor authentication (MFA) options simultaneously. For example, Okta will allow you to login with your password and a temporary code generated in an app or a U2F hard key like a Yubikey.

Some second factor methods are more resistant to phishing. U2F options require you to have access to a physical device, also known as a hardware key. Without that key, a user cannot impersonate you even if they have your password. You can build rules in Cloudflare Access to require that users authenticate with a hardware key - even if your provider supports multiple options. When users login with a less secure option, like an app-based code, Access will block them.

**This tutorial covers how to:**

* Integrate Cloudflare Access with Okta
* Configure Okta for U2F enrollment
* Build an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) that require users login with a hardware key
* Specify that policy to apply to certain Access applications

The first two sections of this tutorial link to guides to set up Cloudflare Access and integrate Okta. If you already use Cloudflare Access with Okta, you can skip ahead to the fourth section.

**Time to complete:**

20 minutes

***

## Configure Cloudflare Access

Before you begin, you'll need to follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/setup/) to set up Cloudflare Access in your account. The hardware key feature is available on any plan, including the free plan.

## Integrate Okta

Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/) to integrate Okta with your Cloudflare Access account. Once integrated, Access will be able to apply rules using identity, group membership, and multifactor method from Okta.

## Configure Okta for U2F

An Okta administrator in your organization must first [enable U2F support](https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/MFA.htm) in your Okta account **and** [configure users](https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/healthinsight/required-factors.htm) to be prompted for it. This is a global setting; if your account has already configured U2F, you do not need to do anything unique to use it with Cloudflare Access.

## Test U2F in Access

You can begin building U2F policies by testing your Okta integration.

In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to the **Settings** > **Authentication**. Next, choose the row for Okta and select **Test**.

Cloudflare Access will prompt you to login with your Okta account. For the purposes of the test, use a second factor option like an app-based code. Okta will return `amr` values to Cloudflare Access - these are standard indicators of multifactor methods shared between identity control systems.

The `mfa` value is sent by Okta to tell Cloudflare Access that you used a multifactor authentication option. The `pwd` value indicates you used a password. In this example, the `otp` value is sent because the user authenticatd with an app-based code.

You can test with a hardkey by logging out of Okta and returning to the list of providers in Access. Select **Test** again, but this time use your hardware key as a second factor. Cloudflare Access will now see Okta share `hwk` in the `amr` fields.

![Test MFA](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/require-yubikey/with-hwk.png)

## Build a Zero Trust policy to require U2F

You can use this information to build a rule in Access. Go to the `Applications` list in the Cloudflare Access section of the dashboard. Choose an application that you have already built or create a new one. This example adds the requirement to an existing application.

Select **Edit** to edit the existing `Allow` rule.

Add a `Require` rule and select `Authentication Method` from the list. Choose `hwk` as the required `Authentication Method`. Select **Save rule**.

![Require Rule](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/require-yubikey/require-hwk.png)

Optional: you can also configure Cloudflare Access to only show users Okta for this application if you have multiple other providers integrated. In the `Authentication` Tab, choose `Okta` as the only option to show users.

## Testing the rule

You can now test the rule. Visit the application and attempt to login using an app-based code or method other than a hardware security key. Access will block the attempt.

![Blocked](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/zero-trust-security/require-yubikey/blocked-user.png)

If you sign out of Okta, and reattempt with a hardware key, Access will then allow the connection.

---

# Use Cloudflare R2 as a Zero Trust log destination

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/r2-logs/

:::note


Only available on Zero Trust Enterprise plans.


:::

This tutorial covers how to build a [Cloudflare R2 bucket](/r2/buckets/) to store logs, and how to connect the bucket to the Zero Trust [Logpush service](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/) to store logs persistently and export them into other tools.


## Before you begin


* Ensure Cloudflare R2 and the Zero Trust Logpush integration are included in your plan. For more information, contact your account team.


## Create a Cloudflare R2 bucket


1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **R2** > **Overview**. Select **Create bucket**.
3. Enter an identifiable name for the bucket, then select **Create bucket**.


## Create an R2 API token

1. Return to **R2**, then select **Manage R2 API tokens**.
2. Select **Create API token**.
3. In **Permissions**, select **Object Read & Write**.
4. In **Specify bucket(s)**, choose *Apply to specific buckets only*. Select the bucket you created.
5. Configure other token settings to your preferences.
6. Select **Create API Token**.
7. Copy the **Access Key ID**, **Secret Access Key**, and endpoint URL values. You will not be able to access these values again.
8. Select **Finish**.


## Connect a Zero Trust Logpush job


1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Logs** > **Logpush**.
2. Select **Connect a service**.
3. Choose which data sets and fields you want to send to your bucket. Select **Next**.
4. Select **S3 Compatible**.
5. In **S3 Compatible Bucket Path**, enter the name of your bucket.
6. In **Bucket region**, enter `auto`.
7. Enter the values for **Access Key ID**, **Secret Access Key**, and **Endpoint URL** in their corresponding fields.
8. Select **Push**. If prompted, you do not need to prove ownership with a token challenge.

The Logpush job will send the selected Zero Trust logs to your R2 bucket.

---

# Protect access to Amazon S3 buckets with Cloudflare Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/s3-buckets/

This tutorial demonstrates how to secure access to Amazon S3 buckets with Cloudflare Zero Trust so that data in these buckets is not publicly exposed on the Internet. You can combine Cloudflare Access and AWS VPC endpoints. Enterprise may also use Cloudflare Gateway egress policies with dedicated egress IPs.

## Method 1: Via Cloudflare Access and VPC endpoints

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    cf1[/Agentless and WARP </br>Zero Trust users/]--Access policy-->cf2{{Cloudflare}}
    cf2--Cloudflare Tunnel-->vpc1

    subgraph VPC
    vpc1[EC2 VM]-->vpc2[VPC endpoint]
    end
    vpc2-->s3_1

    subgraph S3 service
    s3_1([S3 bucket])
    end

    i1[/Users outside </br> Zero Trust/]-. "S3 access denied" .->s3_1
```

### Prerequisites

- S3 bucket to be protected by Cloudflare Zero Trust
- AWS VPC with one EC2 virtual machine (VM) hosting the [Cloudflare Tunnel daemon](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/)
- S3 bucket and AWS VPC configured in the same [AWS region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html)

### 1. Create a VPC endpoint in AWS

1. In the [AWS dashboard](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), go to **Services** > **Networking & Content Delivery** > **VPC**.
2. Under **Virtual private cloud**, go to **Endpoints**.
3. Select **Create endpoint** and name the endpoint.
4. Choose _AWS services_ as the service category.
5. In **Services**, search and select the S3 service in the same region of the VPC. For example, for the AWS region **Europe (London) - eu-west-2**, the corresponding S3 service is named `com.amazonaws.eu-west-2.s3` with a type of Gateway.
6. In **VPC**, select your VPC that contains the EC2 VM hosting the Cloudflare tunnel daemon.
7. In **Route tables**, select the route table associated with the VPC.
8. In **Policy**, choose _Full access_.
9. Select **Create endpoint**.

After you create the VPC endpoint, a new entry in the VPC route table with the target being your VPC endpoint. The entry will have the format `vpce-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx`.

### 2. Set up a bucket policy for VPC access

1. Go to **Services** > **Storage** > **S3**.
2. In Amazon S3, go to **Buckets** > **\<your-S3-bucket>** > **Permissions**.
3. Disable **Block all public access**.
4. In **Bucket policy**, add the following policy:

```json
{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Id": "VPCe",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Sid": "VPCe",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Principal": "*",
			"Action": "s3:*",
			"Resource": [
				"arn:aws:s3:::<your-S3-bucket01>",
				"arn:aws:s3:::<your-S3-bucket01>/*"
			],
			"Condition": {
				"StringEquals": {
					"aws:SourceVpce": "<your-vpc-endpoint>"
				}
			}
		}
	]
}
```

Your bucket policy will allow your VPC to access your S3 bucket.

### 3. Enable static website hosting for the S3 bucket

1. Return to Amazon S3, then go to **Buckets** > **\<your-S3-bucket01>** > **Properties**.
2. In **Static website hosting**, select **Edit**.
3. Enable **Static website hosting**.
4. Specify the Index and Error documents for the S3 bucket.
5. Select **Save changes**.

A bucket website endpoint will be available at `http://<your-S3-bucket01>.s3-website.<aws-region>.amazonaws.com`. Because of the bucket policy, this website endpoint will only be accessible from the VPC with the VPC endpoint configured.

### 4. Add a new public hostname to the Cloudflare Tunnel

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Tunnels**
2. Select your Tunnel, then select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Public Hostname**, then select **Add a public hostname**.
4. Enter a subdomain your organization will use to access the S3 bucket. For example, `s3-bucket.<your-domain>.com`.
5. Under **Service**, choose _HTTP_ for **Type**. In **URL**, enter `<your-S3-bucket01>.s3-website.<aws-region>.amazonaws.com`.
6. In **Additional application settings** > **HTTP Settings**, input the **HTTP Host Header** as `<your-S3-bucket01>.s3-website.<aws-region>.amazonaws.com`.
7. Select **Save hostname**.

Your Cloudflare Tunnel will terminate at the AWS VPC using your public hostname.

### 5. Restrict S3 access with an Access policy

1. Go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application**.
3. Select **Self-hosted**.
4. Enter a name for the application.
5. Select **Add public hostname** and enter the public hostname used by your Tunnel. For example, `s3-bucket.<your-domain>.com`.
6. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to determine which users and applications may access your bucket. You can optionally create a [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) policy to automatically authenticate access to your S3 bucket.
7. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

Users and applications that successfully authenticate via Cloudflare Access can access your S3 bucket at `https://s3-bucket.<your-domain>.com`.

## Method 2: Via Cloudflare Gateway egress policies

:::note

This method is only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    cf1[/WARP users/]--Egress policy-->cf2{{Cloudflare}}
    cf2--Egress with dedicated IP-->i1[Internet]
    i1-->s3_1

    subgraph S3 Service
    s3_1([S3 bucket])
    end

    i2[/Users outside </br> Zero Trust/]-. "IPs denied" .->s3_1
```

### Prerequisites

- Cloudflare Zero Trust account with [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/)
- S3 bucket to be protected by Cloudflare Zero Trust

### 1. Set up a bucket policy to restrict access to a specific IP address

1. In the [AWS dashboard](https://aws.amazon.com/console/), go to **Services** > **Storage** > **S3**.
2. Go to **Buckets** > **\<your-S3-bucket02>** > **Permissions**.
3. Disable **Block all public access**.
4. In **Bucket policy**, add the following policy:

```json
{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Id": "SourceIP",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Sid": "SourceIP",
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Principal": "*",
			"Action": "s3:*",
			"Resource": [
				"arn:aws:s3:::<your-S3-bucket02>",
				"arn:aws:s3:::<your-S3-bucket02>/*"
			],
			"Condition": {
				"IpAddress": {
					"aws:SourceIp": "<your-dedicated-ip>/32"
				}
			}
		}
	]
}
```

### 2. Enable static website hosting for the S3 bucket

1. Return to your bucket, then go to **Properties**.
2. In **Static website hosting**, select **Edit**.
3. Enable **Static website hosting**.
4. Specify the Index and Error documents for the S3 bucket.
5. Select **Save changes**.

A bucket website endpoint will be available at `http://<your-S3-bucket02>.s3-website.<aws-region>.amazonaws.com`. Because of the bucket policy, the website endpoint will only be accessible to traffic sourced from the dedicated egress IP specified.

### 3. Setup a dedicated egress IP policy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Egress policies**. Select **Add a policy**.
2. Create a policy that specifies which proxied traffic Gateway should assign a [dedicated egress IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) to. For more information, refer to [Egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/).
3. In **Select an egress IP**, choose _Use dedicated Cloudflare egress IPs_. Select the dedicated egress IP defined in your bucket policy.
4. Select **Create policy**.

Traffic proxied by Gateway and assigned your specified egress IP can access your S3 bucket at `http://<your-S3-bucket02>.s3-website.<aws-region>.amazonaws.com`.

---

# Use Cloudflare Tunnels with Kubernetes client-go plugin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/tunnel-kubectl/

# Use Cloudflare Tunnels with Kubernetes client-go credential plugins

This tutorial explains how to use Cloudflare Tunnels with Kubernetes client-go credential plugins for authentication. By following these steps, you can securely access your Kubernetes cluster through a Cloudflare Tunnel using the `kubectl` command-line tool.

## Prerequisites

- A Cloudflare account
- The Cloudflare Tunnel client (`cloudflared`) installed on your machine
- Access to a Kubernetes cluster
- `kubectl` installed on your machine

## 1. Set up a Cloudflare Tunnel

1. Authenticate `cloudflared` with your Cloudflare account:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel login
   ```

2. Create a new tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel create k8s-tunnel
   ```

3. Configure your tunnel by creating a configuration file named `config.yml`:

   ```yaml
   tunnel: <TUNNEL_ID>
   credentials-file: /path/to/credentials.json
   ingress:
     - hostname: k8s.example.com
       service: tcp://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local:443
     - service: http_status:404
   ```

   Replace `<TUNNEL_ID>` with your tunnel ID and adjust the hostname as needed.

4. Start the tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel run k8s-tunnel
   ```

## 2. Configure the Kubernetes API server

Ensure your Kubernetes API server is configured to accept authentication from Cloudflare Tunnels. This may involve setting up an authentication webhook or configuring the API server to trust the Cloudflare Tunnel's client certificates.

## 3. Set up client-go credential plugin

1. Create a script named `cloudflare-k8s-auth.sh` with the following content:

   ```bash
   #!/bin/bash
   
   echo '{
     "apiVersion": "client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1",
     "kind": "ExecCredential",
     "status": {
       "token": "'"$(cloudflared access token -app=https://k8s.example.com)"'"
     }
   }'
   ```

   Make the script executable:

   ```sh
   chmod +x cloudflare-k8s-auth.sh
   ```

2. Update your `~/.kube/config` file to use the credential plugin:

   ```yaml
   apiVersion: v1
   kind: Config
   clusters:
   - cluster:
       server: https://k8s.example.com
     name: cloudflare-k8s
   users:
   - name: cloudflare-user
     user:
       exec:
         apiVersion: client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1
         command: /path/to/cloudflare-k8s-auth.sh
         interactiveMode: Never
   contexts:
   - context:
       cluster: cloudflare-k8s
       user: cloudflare-user
     name: cloudflare-k8s-context
   current-context: cloudflare-k8s-context
   ```

## 4. Use kubectl with Cloudflare Tunnel

Now you can use `kubectl` commands as usual. The client-go credential plugin will automatically handle authentication through the Cloudflare Tunnel:

```sh
kubectl get pods
```

## Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues:

- Ensure `cloudflared` is running and the tunnel is active
- Check that your `~/.kube/config` file is correctly configured
- Verify that the Kubernetes API server is properly set up to accept authentication from Cloudflare Tunnels
- Review the Cloudflare Tunnel logs for any error messages

For more information, refer to the [Cloudflare Tunnels documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/) and the [Kubernetes client-go credential plugins documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/authentication/#client-go-credential-plugins).

---

# Use virtual networks to change user egress IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/user-selectable-egress-ips/

import { Details, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.

:::

This tutorial gives administrators an easy way to allow their users to change their egress IP address between any of your assigned dedicated egress IP addresses. Your users can choose which egress IP to use by switching virtual networks directly from in the WARP client.

Changing egress IPs can be useful in quality assurance (QA) and other similar scenarios in which users both use their local egress location and either switch to or simulate other remote locations.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have:

- [Deployed the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your users' devices.
- [Configured tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) to connect your private network to Cloudflare. This tutorial assumes you have:
  - Created two tunnels [through the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/).
  - Routed `10.0.0.0/8` through one tunnel.
  - Routed `192.168.88.0/24` through the other tunnel.
- Received multiple [dedicated egress IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/).

## Create a virtual network for each egress route

First, create [virtual networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) corresponding to your dedicated egress IPs.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. In **Network locations**, go to **Virtual networks** and select **Manage**.
3. Select **Create virtual network**.
4. Name your virtual network. We recommend using a name related to the location of the corresponding dedicated egress IP. For example, if your users will egress from the Americas, you can name the virtual network `vnet-AMER`.
5. Select **Save**.
6. Repeat Steps 3-5 for each dedicated egress IP you want users to switch between. For example, you can create another virtual network called `vnet-EMEA` for egress from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Create a [virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) corresponding to one of your dedicated egress IPs. We recommend using a name related to the location of the corresponding dedicated egress IP. For example, if your users will egress from the Americas, you can name the virtual network `vnet-AMER`.

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/teamnet/virtual_networks \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "comment": "Virtual network to egress from the Americas",
     "is_default": false,
     "name": "vnet-AMER"
   }'
   ```

   For more information, refer to [Create a virtual network](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/virtual_networks/methods/create/).

2. Repeat Step 1 for each dedicated egress IP you want users to switch between. For example, you can create another virtual network called `vnet-EMEA` for egress from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Assign each virtual network to each tunnel

After creating your virtual networks, route your private network CIDRs over each virtual network. This ensures that users can reach all services on your network regardless of which egress IP they use.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Select your tunnel routing `10.0.0.0/8`, then select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Private Network**. Select the `10.0.0.0/8` route.
4. In **Additional settings**, choose your first virtual network. For example, `vnet-AMER`.
5. Select **Save private network**.
6. To route `10.0.0.0/8` over another virtual network, select **Add a private network**.
7. In **CIDR**, enter `10.0.0.0/8`. In **Additional settings**, choose your second virtual network. For example, `vnet-EMEA`.
8. Select **Save private network**.
9. Repeat Steps 6-8 for each virtual network you created.
10. Return to **Networks** > **Tunnels**. Repeat Steps 2-9 for each private network tunnel route.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Assign your first virtual network to your private network route. For example, assign `vnet-AMER` to your tunnel that routes `10.0.0.0/8`:

   ```bash
   curl --request PATCH \
   https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/teamnet/routes/{route_id} \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "network": "10.0.0.0/8",
     "tunnel_id": <TUNNEL_UUID>,
     "virtual_network_id": <VNET_AMER_UUID>
   }'
   ```

   For more information, refer to [Update a tunnel route](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/routes/methods/edit/).

2. Repeat this process for each virtual network you created. For example:

   ```bash
   curl --request PATCH \
   https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/teamnet/routes/{route_id} \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "network": "10.0.0.0/8",
     "tunnel_id": <TUNNEL_UUID>,
     "virtual_network_id": <VNET_EMEA_UUID>
   }'
   ```

3. Repeat Steps 1-2 for each private network tunnel route.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Each tunnel connected to your private network should have each of your virtual networks assigned to it. For example, if you have tunnels routing `10.0.0.0/8` and `192.168.88.0/24`, both tunnels should have the `vnet-AMER` and `vnet-EMEA` virtual networks assigned.

| Tunnel       | CIDR              | Virtual network |
| ------------ | ----------------- | --------------- |
| **Tunnel 1** | `10.0.0.0/8`      | `vnet-AMER`     |
|              | `10.0.0.0/8`      | `vnet-EMEA`     |
| **Tunnel 2** | `192.168.88.0/24` | `vnet-AMER`     |
|              | `192.168.88.0/24` | `vnet-EMEA`     |

## Create virtual network egress policies

Next, assign your dedicated egress IPs to each virtual network using Gateway egress policies.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Egress policies**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Name your policy. We recommend including the country or region traffic will egress from.

4. Add the virtual network with the _Virtual Network_ selector. For example:

   | Selector        | Operator | Value       |
   | --------------- | -------- | ----------- |
   | Virtual Network | is       | _vnet-AMER_ |

5. In **Select an egress IP**, choose **Use dedicated Cloudflare egress IPs**. Choose the dedicated IPv4 and IPv6 addresses you want traffic to egress with.

6. Select **Create policy**.

7. Repeat Steps 1-6 to create a separate egress policy for each virtual network you created.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Add a Gateway egress policy that matches the corresponding virtual network. For example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "action": "egress",
     "description": "Egress via North America by connecting to vnet-AMER",
     "enabled": true,
     "filters": [
     "egress"
     ],
     "name": "Egress AMER vnet",
     "precedence": 0,
     "traffic": "net.vnet_id == <VNET_AMER_UUID>",
     "rule_settings": {
       "egress": {
         "ipv4": <DEDICATED_IPV4_ADDRESS>,
         "ipv4_fallback": <SECONDARY_DEDICATED_IPV6_ADDRESS>,
         "ipv6": <DEDICATED_IPV6_ADDRESS>
         }
     }
   }'
   ```

   For more information, refer to [Create a Zero Trust Gateway rule](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/rules/methods/create/).

2. Repeat Step 1 to create an egress policy for each virtual network you created.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Each policy you create should correspond to a different primary dedicated egress IP.

## Test virtual network egress

<Details header="Windows, macOS, and Linux">

1. On your user's device, log in to your Zero Trust organization in the WARP client.

2. In a terminal, run the following command to check the default egress IP address.

   ```sh
   curl ifconfig.me -4
   ```

   The command should output your organization's default egress IP.

3. In the WARP client, select the gear icon > **Virtual Networks**. Choose a virtual network you created.

4. Check the egress IP address by running `curl ifconfig.me -4` again. The command should output the IP address specified in your egress policy.

</Details>

<Details header="iOS and Android">

1. On your user's device, log in to your Zero Trust organization in the Cloudflare One Agent app.
2. In a browser, go to [ifconfig.me](https://ifconfig.me/). Your organization's default egress IP should appear in **IP Address**.
3. In Cloudflare One Agent, go to **Advanced** > **Connection options** > **Virtual networks**. Choose a virtual network you created.
4. Check the egress IP address by reloading the browser page from Step 1. The IP address specified in your egress policy should appear in **IP Address**.

</Details>

While your users are connected to a virtual network, their traffic will route via the dedicated egress IP specified. You can repeat these steps to test that each virtual network is egressing from the correct IP.

---

# Render a VNC client in browser

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/tutorials/vnc-client-in-browser/

Cloudflare can render a Virtual Network Computer (VNC) terminal in your browser without any client software or configuration required.

Administrators can use Cloudflare Tunnel to connect a VNC host to Cloudflare's network. Using Cloudflare Access, you can apply Zero Trust policies to determine who can access your VNC server. Cloudflare's network will then enforce the Zero Trust policies and, when a user is allowed, render the client in the browser.

**This walkthrough covers how to:**

- Install and run a Cloudflare Tunnel on a Linux virtual machine
- Install and configure VNC on a Linux virtual machine
- Build a Zero Trust policy to determine who can reach the host
- Render the VNC server in your browser

**Time to complete:**

10 minutes

:::note

There are a number of VNC versions, deployments, and instances. This tutorial focuses on configuring a Tight VNC server on an Azure hosted Linux virtual machine (VM). For help with other configurations, post your questions in our [community](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/feedback-for-browser-vnc/280619/3).

:::

## Before you start

1. [Add a website to Cloudflare.](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)
2. [Enable Cloudflare Zero Trust on your account.](/cloudflare-one/setup/)
3. [Connect your identity provider to Cloudflare Zero Trust.](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/)

---

## Configure VNC on your virtual machine

This section covers how to install a VNC server with TightVNC and the GNOME desktop environment. If you already have a VNC server installed, you can skip this step.

1. Open a terminal window for your VM.

2. To install the VNC software, run the following commands:

   ```sh
   sudo apt-get update

   sudo apt-get install gnome-core gnome-panel ubuntu-gnome-desktop tightvncserver
   ```

3. Once installed, you can create the VNC server instance with the following command:

   ```sh
   sudo tightvncserver
   ```

4. Select a password for the VNC server. This password will be used during login for your browser VNC server.

5. Run the following command, which will take you to your VNC server configuration directory.

   ```sh
   cd .vnc
   ```

6. Open your `xstartup` file.

   ```sh
   vim xstartup
   ```

7. Update the file to the following configuration (this is for demonstration purposes — browser-based VNC will work with most configurations):

   ```txt
   xsetroot -solid grey
   x-terminal-emulator -geometry 80x24+10+10 -ls -title "$VNCDESKTOP Desktop" &
   #x-window-manager &

   # Fix to make GNOME work
   export XKL_XMODMAP_DISABLE=1
   /etc/X11/Xsession

   #gnome-session &
   gnome-panel &
   nautilus &
   ```

8. To create your VNC server, run the following command:

   ```sh
   vncserver
   ```

At this point, you have a VNC server ready to test with browser-based VNC. We recommend performing a brief test with an existing VNC browser to verify any missing packages or configuration changes that might need to be made before continuing. Once your VNC server appears as desired, continue with your setup.

## Configure Cloudflare Tunnel on your machine

1. Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) to install `cloudflared`.

2. Authenticate `cloudflared` with the command:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel login
   ```

3. Create a Tunnel with the command:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>
   ```

4. Create a Tunnel configuration file with the command:

   ```sh
   vim config.yml
   ```

5. Add the following configuration to your configuration file.

   ```txt
   tunnel: <NAME>
   ingress:
   - hostname: vnc.kennyatx.com
     service: tcp://localhost:5901
   - service: http_status:404
   ```

   As you do that, replace `<HOSTNAME>` with the domain you wish to use to expose your VNC server in the browser. Also, replace `5901` with the port your VNC server is running on. To get a list of ports, run `sudo ss -lnpt` and look for `VNC` to get the value that should be specified in your configuration file.

6. [Route your Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) to your website.

7. Run your Tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel --config path/config.yaml run <NAME>
   ```

8. Follow [this guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/) to open outbound connections for Cloudflare Tunnel if you have a firewall enabled.

At this point you have a running VNC server and a Cloudflare Tunnel on your machine ready to accept inbound VNC requests.

## Create a Zero Trust VNC application

The last step is to create a Zero Trust application to run your VNC server in the Browser.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **Self-hosted**.

4. Enter any name for the application.

5. Select **Add public hostname** and set the domain to which you would like to expose the VNC server.

6. In **Access policies**, add an Allow or Block policy. For example policies, refer to the [Access policies documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#allow).

:::note

Service Auth and Bypass policies are not supported for browser-based VNC applications.
:::

7. In **Advanced settings**, set **Browser rendering** to _VNC_.

Users will see a login screen with your configured identity providers. After successful authentication, they may be prompted to enter the VNC server's password.

You can define granular access controls across each individual VNC instance.

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/constellation/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Client API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/constellation/platform/client-api/

The Constellation client API allows developers to interact with the inference engine using the models configured for each project. Inference is the process of running data inputs on a machine-learning model and generating an output, or otherwise known as a prediction.

Before you use the Constellation client API, you need to:

* Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up).
* Enable Constellation by logging into the Cloudflare dashboard > **Workers & Pages** > **Constellation**.
* Create a Constellation project and configure the binding.
* Import the `@cloudflare/constellation` library in your code:

```javascript
import { Tensor, run } from "@cloudflare/constellation";
```

## Tensor class

Tensors are essentially multidimensional numerical arrays used to represent any kind of data, like a piece of text, an image, or a time series. TensorFlow popularized the use of [Tensors](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/tensor) in machine learning (hence the name). Other frameworks and runtimes have since followed the same concept.

Constellation also uses Tensors for model input.

Tensors have a data type, a shape, the data, and a name.

```typescript
enum TensorType {
    Bool = "bool",
    Float16 = "float16",
    Float32 = "float32",
    Int8 = "int8",
    Int16 = "int16",
    Int32 = "int32",
    Int64 = "int64",
}

type TensorOpts = {
  shape?: number[],
  name?: string
}

declare class Tensor<TensorType> {
  constructor(
    type: T,
    value: any | any[],
    opts: TensorOpts = {}
  )
}
```

### Create new Tensor

```typescript
new Tensor(
  type:TensorType,
  value:any | any[],
  options?:TensorOpts
  )
```

#### type

Defines the type of data represented in the Tensor. Options are:

* TensorType.Bool
* TensorType.Float16
* TensorType.Float32
* TensorType.Int8
* TensorType.Int16
* TensorType.Int32
* TensorType.Int64

#### value

This is the tensor's data. Example tensor values can include:

* scalar: 4
* vector: \[1, 2, 3]
* two-axes 3x2 matrix: \[\[1,2], \[2,4], \[5,6]]
* three-axes 3x2 matrix \[ \[\[1, 2], \[3, 4]], \[\[5, 6], \[7, 8]], \[\[9, 10], \[11, 12]] ]

#### options

You can pass options to your tensor:

##### shape

Tensors store multidimensional data. The shape of the data can be a scalar, a vector, a 2D matrix or multiple-axes matrixes. Some examples:

* \[] - scalar data
* \[3] - vector with 3 elements
* \[3, 2] - two-axes 3x2 matrix
* \[3, 2, 2] - three-axis 2x2 matrix

Refer to the [TensorFlow documentation](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/tensor) for more information about shapes.

If you don't pass the shape, then we try to infer it from the value object. If we can't, we thrown an error.

##### name

Naming a tensor is optional, it can be a useful key for mapping operations when building the tensor inputs.

### Tensor examples

#### A scalar

```javascript
  new Tensor(TensorType.Int16, 123);
```

#### Arrays

```javascript
  new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, [1, 23]);
  new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ], { shape: [2, 2] });
  new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, [1, 23], { shape: [1] });
```

#### Named

```javascript
  new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 1, { name: "foo" });
```

### Tensor properties

You can read the tensor's properties after it has been created:

```javascript
const tensor = new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ], { shape: [2, 2], name: "test" });

console.log ( tensor.type );
// TensorType.Int32

console.log ( tensor.shape );
// [2, 2]

console.log ( tensor.name );
// test

console.log ( tensor.value );
//  [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ]
```

### Tensor methods

#### async tensor.toJSON()

Serializes the tensor to a JSON object:

```javascript
const tensor = new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ], { shape: [2, 2], name: "test" });

tensor.toJSON();

{
  type: TensorType.Int32,
  name: "test",
  shape:  [2, 2],
  value: [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ]
}
```

#### async tensor.fromJSON()

Serializes a JSON object to a tensor:

```javascript
const tensor = Tensor.fromJSON(
  {
    type: TensorType.Int32,
    name: "test",
    shape:  [2, 2],
    value: [ [1, 2], [3, 4], ]
  }
);
```

## InferenceSession class

Constellation requires an inference session before you can run a task. A session is locked to a specific project, defined in your binding, and the project model.

You can, and should, if possible, run multiple tasks under the same inference session. Reusing the same session, means that we instantiate the runtime and load the model to memory once.

```typescript
export class InferenceSession {
    constructor(binding: any, modelId: string, options: SessionOptions = {})
}

export type InferenceSession = {
  binding: any;
  model: string;
  options: SessionOptions;
};
```

### InferenceSession methods

#### new InferenceSession()

To create a new session:

```javascript
import { InferenceSession } from "@cloudflare/constellation";

const session = new InferenceSession(
  env.PROJECT,
  "0ae7bd14-a0df-4610-aa85-1928656d6e9e"
);
```

* **env.PROJECT** is the project binding defined in your Wrangler configuration.
* **0ae7bd14...** is the model ID inside the project. Use Wrangler to list the models and their IDs in a project.

#### async session.run()

Runs a task in the created inference session. Takes a list of tensors as the input.

```javascript
import { Tensor, InferenceSession, TensorType } from "@cloudflare/constellation";

const session = new InferenceSession(
  env.PROJECT,
  "0ae7bd14-a0df-4610-aa85-1998656d6e9e"
);

const tensorInputArray = [ new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 1), new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 2), new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 3) ];

const out = await session.run(tensorInputArray);

```

You can also use an object and name your tensors.

```javascript
const tensorInputNamed = {
  "tensor1": new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 1),
  "tensor2": new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 2),
  "tensor3": new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 3)
};

out = await session.run(tensorInputNamed);
```

This is the same as using the name option when you create a tensor.

```javascript
{ "tensor1": new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 1) } == [ new Tensor(TensorType.Int32, 1, { name: "tensor1" } ];
```

---

# Import and export data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/

D1 allows you to import existing SQLite tables and their data directly, enabling you to migrate existing data into D1 quickly and easily. This can be useful when migrating applications to use Workers and D1, or when you want to prototype a schema locally before importing it to your D1 database(s).

D1 also allows you to export a database. This can be useful for [local development](/d1/best-practices/local-development/) or testing.

## Import an existing database

To import an existing SQLite database into D1, you must have:

1. The Cloudflare [Wrangler CLI installed](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
2. A database to use as the target.
3. An existing SQLite (version 3.0+) database file to import.

:::note

You cannot import a raw SQLite database (`.sqlite3` files) directly. Refer to [how to convert an existing SQLite file](#convert-sqlite-database-files) first.

:::

For example, consider the following `users_export.sql` schema & values, which includes a `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS` statement:

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
	id VARCHAR(50),
	full_name VARCHAR(50),
	created_on DATE
);
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on) VALUES ('01GREFXCN9519NRVXWTPG0V0BF', 'Catlaina Harbar', '2022-08-20 05:39:52');
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on) VALUES ('01GREFXCNBYBGX2GC6ZGY9FMP4', 'Hube Bilverstone', '2022-12-15 21:56:13');
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on) VALUES ('01GREFXCNCWAJWRQWC2863MYW4', 'Christin Moss', '2022-07-28 04:13:37');
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on) VALUES ('01GREFXCNDGQNBQAJG1AP0TYXZ', 'Vlad Koche', '2022-11-29 17:40:57');
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on) VALUES ('01GREFXCNF67KV7FPPSEJVJMEW', 'Riane Zamora', '2022-12-24 06:49:04');
```

With your `users_export.sql` file in the current working directory, you can pass the `--file=users_export.sql` flag to `d1 execute` to execute (import) our table schema and values:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute example-db --remote --file=users_export.sql
```

To confirm your table was imported correctly and is queryable, execute a `SELECT` statement to fetch all the tables from your D1 database:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute example-db --remote --command "SELECT name FROM sqlite_schema WHERE type='table' ORDER BY name;"
```

```sh output
...
🌀 To execute on your local development database, remove the --remote flag from your wrangler command.
🚣 Executed 1 commands in 0.3165ms
┌────────┐
│ name   │
├────────┤
│ _cf_KV │
├────────┤
│ users  │
└────────┘
```

:::note

The `_cf_KV` table is a reserved table used by D1's underlying storage system. It cannot be queried and does not incur read/write operations charges against your account.

:::

From here, you can now query our new table from our Worker [using the D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).

:::caution[Known limitations]

For imports, `wrangler d1 execute --file` is limited to 5GiB files, the same as the [R2 upload limit](/r2/platform/limits/). For imports larger than 5GiB, we recommend splitting the data into multiple files.
:::

### Convert SQLite database files

:::note

In order to convert a raw SQLite3 database dump (a `.sqlite3` file) you will need the [sqlite command-line tool](https://sqlite.org/cli.html) installed on your system.

:::

If you have an existing SQLite database from another system, you can import its tables into a D1 database. Using the `sqlite` command-line tool, you can convert an `.sqlite3` file into a series of SQL statements that can be imported (executed) against a D1 database.

For example, if you have a raw SQLite dump called `db_dump.sqlite3`, run the following `sqlite` command to convert it:

```sh
sqlite3 db_dump.sqlite3 .dump > db.sql
```

Once you have run the above command, you will need to edit the output SQL file to be compatible with D1:

1. Remove `BEGIN TRANSACTION` and `COMMIT;` from the file
2. Remove the following table creation statement (if present):
   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE _cf_KV (
    	key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    	value BLOB
   ) WITHOUT ROWID;
   ```

You can then follow the steps to [import an existing database](#import-an-existing-database) into D1 by using the `.sql` file you generated from the database dump as the input to `wrangler d1 execute`.

## Export an existing D1 database

In addition to importing existing SQLite databases, you might want to export a D1 database for local development or testing. You can export a D1 database to a `.sql` file using [wrangler d1 export](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1-export) and then execute (import) with `d1 execute --file`.

To export full D1 database schema and data:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --output=./database.sql
```

To export single table schema and data:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --table=<table_name> --output=./table.sql
```

To export only D1 database schema:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --output=./schema.sql --no-data
```

To export only D1 table schema:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --table=<table_name> --output=./schema.sql --no-data
```

To export only D1 database data:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --output=./data.sql --no-schema
```

To export only D1 table data:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 export <database_name> --remote --table=<table_name> --output=./data.sql --no-schema
```

### Known limitations

- Export is not supported for virtual tables, including databases with virtual tables. D1 supports virtual tables for full-text search using SQLite's [FTS5 module](https://www.sqlite.org/fts5.html). As a workaround, delete any virtual tables, export, and then recreate virtual tables.
- A running export will block other database requests.

## Troubleshooting

If you receive an error when trying to import an existing schema and/or dataset into D1:

- Ensure you are importing data in SQL format (typically with a `.sql` file extension). Refer to [how to convert SQLite files](#convert-sqlite-database-files) if you have a `.sqlite3` database dump.
- Make sure the schema is [SQLite3](https://www.sqlite.org/docs.html) compatible. You cannot import data from a MySQL or PostgreSQL database into D1, as the types and SQL syntax are not directly compatible.
- If you have foreign key relationships between tables, ensure you are importing the tables in the right order. You cannot refer to a table that does not yet exist.
- If you receive a `"cannot start a transaction within a transaction"` error, make sure you have removed `BEGIN TRANSACTION` and `COMMIT` from your dumped SQL statements.

### Resolve `Statement too long` error

If you encounter a `Statement too long` error when trying to import a large SQL file into D1, it means that one of the SQL statements in your file exceeds the maximum allowed length.

To resolve this issue, convert the single large `INSERT` statement into multiple smaller `INSERT` statements. For example, instead of inserting 1,000 rows in one statement, split it into four groups of 250 rows, as illustrated in the code below.

Before:

```sql
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on)
VALUES
  ('1', 'Jacquelin Elara', '2022-08-20 05:39:52'),
  ('2', 'Hubert Simmons', '2022-12-15 21:56:13'),
  ...
  ('1000', 'Boris Pewter', '2022-12-24 07:59:54');
```

After:

```sql
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on)
VALUES
  ('1', 'Jacquelin Elara', '2022-08-20 05:39:52'),
  ...
  ('100', 'Eddy Orelo', '2022-12-15 22:16:15');
...
INSERT INTO users (id, full_name, created_on)
VALUES
  ('901', 'Roran Eroi', '2022-08-20 05:39:52'),
  ...
  ('1000', 'Boris Pewter', '2022-12-15 22:16:15');
```

## Foreign key constraints

When importing data, you may need to temporarily disable [foreign key constraints](/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/). To do so, call `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = true` before making changes that would violate foreign keys.

Refer to the [foreign key documentation](/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/) to learn more about how to work with foreign keys and D1.

## Next Steps

- Read the SQLite [`CREATE TABLE`](https://www.sqlite.org/lang_createtable.html) documentation.
- Learn how to [use the D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) from within a Worker.
- Understand how [database migrations work](/d1/reference/migrations/) with D1.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Local development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/local-development/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

D1 has fully-featured support for local development, running the same version of D1 as Cloudflare runs globally. Local development uses [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the command-line interface for Workers, to manage local development sessions and state.

## Start a local development session

:::note

This guide assumes you are using [Wrangler v3.0](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wrangler3/) or later.

Users new to D1 and/or Cloudflare Workers should visit the [D1 tutorial](/d1/get-started/) to install `wrangler` and deploy their first database.

:::

Local development sessions create a standalone, local-only environment that mirrors the production environment D1 runs in so that you can test your Worker and D1 _before_ you deploy to production.

An existing [D1 binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#d1-databases) of `DB` would be available to your Worker when running locally.

To start a local development session:

1. Confirm you are using wrangler v3.0+.

   ```sh
   wrangler --version
   ```

   ```sh output
   ⛅️ wrangler 3.0.0
   ```

2. Start a local development session

   ```sh
   wrangler dev
   ```

   ```sh output
   ------------------
   wrangler dev now uses local mode by default, powered by 🔥 Miniflare and 👷 workerd.
   To run an edge preview session for your Worker, use wrangler dev --remote
   Your worker has access to the following bindings:
   - D1 Databases:
   	- DB: test-db (c020574a-5623-407b-be0c-cd192bab9545)
   ⎔ Starting local server...

   [mf:inf] Ready on http://127.0.0.1:8787/
   [b] open a browser, [d] open Devtools, [l] turn off local mode, [c] clear console, [x] to exit
   ```

In this example, the Worker has access to local-only D1 database. The corresponding D1 binding in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file would resemble the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "test-db"
database_id = "c020574a-5623-407b-be0c-cd192bab9545"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Note that `wrangler dev` separates local and production (remote) data. A local session does not have access to your production data by default. To access your production (remote) database, pass the `--remote` flag when calling `wrangler dev`. Any changes you make when running in `--remote` mode cannot be undone.

Refer to the [`wrangler dev` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to learn more about how to configure a local development session.

## Develop locally with Pages

You can only develop against a _local_ D1 database when using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) by creating a minimal `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file in the root of your Pages project. This can be useful when creating schemas, seeding data or otherwise managing a D1 database directly, without adding to your application logic.

:::caution[Local development for remote databases]

It is currently not possible to develop against a _remote_ D1 database when using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/).
:::

your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file should resemble the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# If you are only using Pages + D1, you only need the below in your Wrangler config file to interact with D1 locally.
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB" # Should match preview_database_id
database_name = "YOUR_DATABASE_NAME"
database_id = "the-id-of-your-D1-database-goes-here" # wrangler d1 info YOUR_DATABASE_NAME
preview_database_id = "DB" # Required for Pages local development
```

</WranglerConfig>

You can then execute queries and/or run migrations against a local database as part of your local development process by passing the `--local` flag to wrangler:

```bash
wrangler d1 execute YOUR_DATABASE_NAME \
  --local --command "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users ( user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, email_address TEXT, created_at INTEGER, deleted INTEGER, settings TEXT);"
```

The preceding command would execute queries the **local only** version of your D1 database. Without the `--local` flag, the commands are executed against the remote version of your D1 database running on Cloudflare's network.

## Persist data

:::note

By default, in Wrangler v3 and above, data is persisted across each run of `wrangler dev`. If your local development and testing requires or assumes an empty database, you should start with a `DROP TABLE <tablename>` statement to delete existing tables before using `CREATE TABLE` to re-create them.

:::

Use `wrangler dev --persist-to=/path/to/file` to persist data to a specific location. This can be useful when working in a team (allowing you to share) the same copy, when deploying via CI/CD (to ensure the same starting state), or as a way to keep data when migrating across machines.

Users of wrangler `2.x` must use the `--persist` flag: previous versions of wrangler did not persist data by default.

## Test programmatically

### Miniflare

[Miniflare](https://miniflare.dev/) allows you to simulate a Workers and resources like D1 using the same underlying runtime and code as used in production.

You can use Miniflare's [support for D1](https://miniflare.dev/storage/d1) to create D1 databases you can use for testing:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "test-db"
database_id = "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	d1Databases: {
		DB: "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
	},
});
```

You can then use the `getD1Database()` method to retrieve the simulated database and run queries against it as if it were your real production D1 database:

```js
const db = await mf.getD1Database("DB");

const stmt = db.prepare("SELECT name, age FROM users LIMIT 3");
const { results } = await stmt.all();

console.log(results);
```

### `unstable_dev`

Wrangler exposes an [`unstable_dev()`](/workers/wrangler/api/) that allows you to run a local HTTP server for testing Workers and D1. Run [migrations](/d1/reference/migrations/) against a local database by setting a `preview_database_id` in your Wrangler configuration.

Given the below Wrangler configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[ d1_databases ]]
binding = "DB" # i.e. if you set this to "DB", it will be available in your Worker at `env.DB`
database_name = "your-database" # the name of your D1 database, set when created
database_id = "<UUID>" # The unique ID of your D1 database, returned when you create your database or run `
preview_database_id = "local-test-db" # A user-defined ID for your local test database.
```

</WranglerConfig>

Migrations can be run locally as part of your CI/CD setup by passing the `--local` flag to `wrangler`:

```sh
wrangler d1 migrations apply your-database --local
```

### Usage example

The following example shows how to use Wrangler's `unstable_dev()` API to:

- Run migrations against your local test database, as defined by `preview_database_id`.
- Make a request to an endpoint defined in your Worker. This example uses `/api/users/?limit=2`.
- Validate the returned results match, including the `Response.status` and the JSON our API returns.

```ts
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";
import type { UnstableDevWorker } from "wrangler";

describe("Test D1 Worker endpoint", () => {
	let worker: UnstableDevWorker;

	beforeAll(async () => {
		// Optional: Run any migrations to set up your `--local` database
		// By default, this will default to the preview_database_id
		execSync(`NO_D1_WARNING=true wrangler d1 migrations apply db --local`);

		worker = await unstable_dev("src/index.ts", {
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
	});

	afterAll(async () => {
		await worker.stop();
	});

	it("should return an array of users", async () => {
		// Our expected results
		const expectedResults = `{"results": [{"user_id": 1234, "email": "foo@example.com"},{"user_id": 6789, "email": "bar@example.com"}]}`;
		// Pass an optional URL to fetch to trigger any routing within your Worker
		const resp = await worker.fetch("/api/users/?limit=2");
		if (resp) {
			// https://jestjs.io/docs/expect#tobevalue
			expect(resp.status).toBe(200);
			const data = await resp.json();
			// https://jestjs.io/docs/expect#tomatchobjectobject
			expect(data).toMatchObject(expectedResults);
		}
	});
});
```

Review the [`unstable_dev()`](/workers/wrangler/api/#usage) documentation for more details on how to use the API within your tests.

## Related resources

- Use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to run your Worker and D1 locally and debug issues before deploying.
- Learn [how to debug D1](/d1/observability/debug-d1/).
- Understand how to [access logs](/workers/observability/logs/) generated from your Worker and D1.

---

# Query a database

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/query-d1/

D1 is compatible with most SQLite's SQL convention since it leverages SQLite's query engine. You can use SQL commands to query D1.

There are a number of ways you can interact with a D1 database:

1. Using [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) in your code.
2. Using [D1 REST API](/api/resources/d1/subresources/database/methods/create/).
3. Using [D1 Wrangler commands](/d1/wrangler-commands/).

## Use SQL to query D1

D1 understands SQLite semantics, which allows you to query a database using SQL statements via Workers BindingAPI or REST API (including Wrangler commands). Refer to [D1 SQL API](/d1/sql-api/sql-statements/) to learn more about supported SQL statements.

### Use foreign key relationships

When using SQL with D1, you may wish to define and and enforce foreign key constraints across tables in a database. Foreign key constraints allow you to enforce relationships across tables, or prevent you from deleting rows that reference rows in other tables. An example of a foreign key relationship is shown below.

```sql
CREATE TABLE users (
    user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    email_address TEXT,
    name TEXT,
    metadata TEXT
)

CREATE TABLE orders (
    order_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    status INTEGER,
    item_desc TEXT,
    shipped_date INTEGER,
    user_who_ordered INTEGER,
    FOREIGN KEY(user_who_ordered) REFERENCES users(user_id)
)
```

Refer to [Define foreign keys](/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/) for more information.

### Query JSON

D1 allows you to query and parse JSON data stored within a database. For example, you can extract a value inside a JSON object.

Given the following JSON object (`type:blob`) in a column named `sensor_reading`, you can extract values from it directly.

```json
{
    "measurement": {
        "temp_f": "77.4",
        "aqi": [21, 42, 58],
        "o3": [18, 500],
        "wind_mph": "13",
        "location": "US-NY"
    }
}
```
```sql
-- Extract the temperature value
SELECT json_extract(sensor_reading, '$.measurement.temp_f')-- returns "77.4" as TEXT
```

Refer to [Query JSON](/d1/sql-api/query-json/) to learn more about querying JSON objects.

## Query D1 with Workers Binding API

Workers Binding API primarily interacts with the data plane, and allows you to query your D1 database from your Worker.

This requires you to:

1. Bind your D1 database to your Worker.
2. Prepare a statement.
3. Run the statement.

```js title="index.js"
export default {
    async fetch(request, env) {
        const {pathname} = new URL(request.url);
        const companyName1 = `Bs Beverages`;
        const companyName2 = `Around the Horn`;
        const stmt = env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`);

        if (pathname === `/RUN`) {
            const returnValue = await stmt.bind(companyName1).run();
            return Response.json(returnValue);
        }

        return new Response(
            `Welcome to the D1 API Playground!
						\nChange the URL to test the various methods inside your index.js file.`,
        );
    },
};
```

Refer to [Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) for more information.

## Query D1 with REST API

REST API primarily interacts with the control plane, and allows you to create/manage your D1 database.

Refer to [D1 REST API](/api/resources/d1/subresources/database/methods/create/) for D1 REST API documentation.

## Query D1 with Wrangler commands

You can use Wrangler commands to query a D1 database. Note that Wrangler commands use REST APIs to perform its operations.

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute prod-d1-tutorial --command="SELECT * FROM Customers"
```
```sh output
🌀 Mapping SQL input into an array of statements
🌀 Executing on local database production-db-backend (<DATABASE_ID>) from .wrangler/state/v3/d1:
┌────────────┬─────────────────────┬───────────────────┐
│ CustomerId │ CompanyName         │ ContactName       │
├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ 1          │ Alfreds Futterkiste │ Maria Anders      │
├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ 4          │ Around the Horn     │ Thomas Hardy      │
├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ 11         │ Bs Beverages        │ Victoria Ashworth │
├────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ 13         │ Bs Beverages        │ Random Name       │
└────────────┴─────────────────────┴───────────────────┘
```

---

# Remote development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/remote-development/

D1 supports remote development using the [dashboard playground](/workers/playground/#use-the-playground). The dashboard playground uses a browser version of Visual Studio Code, allowing you to rapidly iterate on your Worker entirely in your browser.

## 1. Bind a D1 database to a Worker

:::note


This guide assumes you have previously created a Worker, and a D1 database.

Users new to D1 and/or Cloudflare Workers should read the [D1 tutorial](/d1/get-started/) to install `wrangler` and deploy their first database.


:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **Overview**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages).
3. Select an existing Worker.
4. Select the **Settings** tab.
5. Select the **Variables** sub-tab.
6. Scroll down to the **D1 Database Bindings** heading.
7. Enter a variable name, such as `DB`, and select the D1 database you wish to access from this Worker.
8. Select **Save and deploy**.

## 2. Start a remote development session

1. On the Worker's page on the Cloudflare dashboard, select **Edit Code** at the top of the page.
2. Your Worker now has access to D1.

Use the following Worker script to verify that the Worker has access to the bound D1 database:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const res = await env.DB.prepare("SELECT 1;").all();
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(res, null, 2));
  },
};
```

## Related resources

* Learn [how to debug D1](/d1/observability/debug-d1/).
* Understand how to [access logs](/workers/observability/logs/) generated from your Worker and D1.

---

# Use indexes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/

Indexes enable D1 to improve query performance over the indexed columns for common (popular) queries by reducing the amount of data (number of rows) the database has to scan when running a query.

## When is an index useful?

Indexes are useful:

* When you want to improve the read performance over columns that are regularly used in predicates - for example, a `WHERE email_address = ?` or `WHERE user_id = 'a793b483-df87-43a8-a057-e5286d3537c5'` - email addresses, usernames, user IDs and/or dates are good choices for columns to index in typical web applications or services.
* For enforcing uniqueness constraints on a column or columns - for example, an email address or user ID via the `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX`.
* In cases where you query over multiple columns together - `(customer_id, transaction_date)`.

Indexes are automatically updated when the table and column(s) they reference are inserted, updated or deleted. You do not need to manually update an index after you write to the table it references.

## Create an index

:::note

Tables that use the default primary key (an `INTEGER` based `ROWID`), or that define their own `INTEGER PRIMARY KEY`, do not need to create an index for that column.
:::

To create an index on a D1 table, use the `CREATE INDEX` SQL command and specify the table and column(s) to create the index over.

For example, given the following `orders` table, you may want to create an index on `customer_id`. Nearly all of your queries against that table filter on `customer_id`, and you would see a performance improvement by creating an index for it.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS orders (
    order_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    customer_id STRING NOT NULL, -- for example, a unique ID aba0e360-1e04-41b3-91a0-1f2263e1e0fb
    order_date STRING NOT NULL,
    status INTEGER NOT NULL,
    last_updated_date STRING NOT NULL
)
```

To create the index on the `customer_id` column, execute the below statement against your database:

:::note

A common naming format for indexes is `idx_TABLE_NAME_COLUMN_NAMES`, so that you can identify the table and column(s) your indexes are for when managing your database.
:::

```sql
CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_orders_customer_id ON orders(customer_id)
```

Queries that reference the `customer_id` column will now benefit from the index:

```sql
-- Uses the index: the indexed column is referenced by the query.
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE customer_id = ?

-- Does not use the index: customer_id is not in the query.
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE order_date = '2023-05-01'
```

In more complex cases, you can confirm whether an index was used by D1 by [analyzing a query](#test-an-index) directly.

## List indexes

List the indexes on a database, as well as the SQL definition, by querying the `sqlite_schema` system table:

```sql
SELECT name, type, sql FROM sqlite_schema WHERE type IN ('index');
```

This will return output resembling the below:

```txt
┌──────────────────────────────────┬───────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ name                             │ type  │ sql                                    │
├──────────────────────────────────┼───────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ idx_users_id                     │ index │ CREATE INDEX idx_users_id ON users(id) │
└──────────────────────────────────┴───────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

Note that you cannot modify this table, or an existing index. To modify an index, [delete it first](#remove-indexes) and [create a new index](#create-an-index) with the updated definition.

## Test an index

Validate that an index was used for a query by prepending a query with [`EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN`](https://www.sqlite.org/eqp.html). This will output a query plan for the succeeding statement, including which (if any) indexes were used.

For example, if you assume the `users` table has an `email_address TEXT` column and you created an index `CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_email_address ON users(email_address)`, any query with a predicate on `email_address` should use your index.

```sql
EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT * FROM users WHERE email_address = 'foo@example.com';
QUERY PLAN
`--SEARCH users USING INDEX idx_email_address (email_address=?)
```

Review the `USING INDEX <INDEX_NAME>` output from the query planner, confirming the index was used.

This is also a fairly common use-case for an index. Finding a user based on their email address is often a very common query type for login (authentication) systems.

Using an index can reduce the number of rows read by a query. Use the `meta` object to estimate your usage. Refer to ["Can I use an index to reduce the number of rows read by a query?"](/d1/platform/pricing/#can-i-use-an-index-to-reduce-the-number-of-rows-read-by-a-query) and ["How can I estimate my (eventual) bill?"](/d1/platform/pricing/#how-can-i-estimate-my-eventual-bill).

## Multi-column indexes

For a multi-column index (an index that specifies multiple columns), queries will only use the index if they specify either *all* of the columns, or a subset of the columns provided all columns to the "left" are also within the query.

Given an index of `CREATE INDEX idx_customer_id_transaction_date ON transactions(customer_id, transaction_date)`, the following table shows when the index is used (or not):

| Query                                                                                       | Index Used?                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE customer_id = '1234' AND transaction_date = '2023-03-25'` | Yes: specifies both columns in the index.                                                          |
| `SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE transaction_date = '2023-03-28'`                          | No: only specifies `transaction_date`, and does not include other leftmost columns from the index. |
| `SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE customer_id = '56789'`                                    | Yes: specifies `customer_id`, which is the leftmost column in the index.                           |

Notes:

* If you created an index over three columns instead — `customer_id`, `transaction_date` and `shipping_status` — a query that uses both `customer_id` and `transaction_date` would use the index, as you are including all columns "to the left".
* With the same index, a query that uses only `transaction_date` and `shipping_status` would *not* use the index, as you have not used `customer_id` (the leftmost column) in the query.

## Partial indexes

Partial indexes are indexes over a subset of rows in a table. Partial indexes are defined by the use of a `WHERE` clause when creating the index. A partial index can be useful to omit certain rows, such as those where values are `NULL` or where rows with a specific value are present across queries.

* A concrete example of a partial index would be on a table with a `order_status INTEGER` column, where `6` might represent `"order complete"` in your application code.
* This would allow queries against orders that are yet to be fulfilled, shipped or are in-progress, which are likely to be some of the most common users (users checking their order status).
* Partial indexes also keep the index from growing unbounded over time. The index does not need to keep a row for every completed order, and completed orders are likely to be queried far fewer times than in-progress orders.

A partial index that filters out completed orders from the index would resemble the following:

```sql
CREATE INDEX idx_order_status_not_complete ON orders(order_status) WHERE order_status != 6
```

Partial indexes can be faster at read time (less rows in the index) and at write time (fewer writes to the index) than full indexes. You can also combine a partial index with a [multi-column index](#multi-column-indexes).

## Remove indexes

Use `DROP INDEX` to remove an index. Dropped indexes cannot be restored.

## Considerations

Take note of the following considerations when creating indexes:

* Indexes are not always a free performance boost. You should create indexes only on columns that reflect your most-queried columns. Indexes themselves need to be maintained. When you write to an indexed column, the database needs to write to the table and the index. The performance benefit of an index and reduction in rows read will, in nearly all cases, offset this additional write.
* You cannot create indexes that reference other tables or use non-deterministic functions, since the index would not be stable.
* Indexes cannot be updated. To add or remove a column from an index, [remove](#remove-indexes) the index and then [create a new index](#create-an-index) with the new columns.
* Indexes contribute to the overall storage required by your database: an index is effectively a table itself.

---

# Data location

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/configuration/data-location/

Learn how the location of data stored in D1 is determined, including where the leader is placed and how you optimize that location based on your needs.

## Automatic (recommended)

By default, D1 will automatically create your database in a location close to where you issued the request to create a database. In most cases this allows D1 to choose the optimal location for your database on your behalf.

## Provide a location hint

Location hint is an optional parameter you can provide to indicate your desired geographical location for your database.

You may want to explicitly provide a location hint in cases where the majority of your writes to a specific database come from a different location than where you are creating the database from. location hints can be useful when:

- Working in a distributed team.
- Creating databases specific to users in specific locations.
- Using continuous deployment (CD) or Infrastructure as Code (IaC) systems to programmatically create your databases.

Provide a location hint when creating a D1 database when:

- Using [`wrangler d1`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1) to create a database.
- Creating a database [via the Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/d1).

:::caution
Providing a location hint does not guarantee that D1 runs in your preferred location. Instead, it will run in the nearest possible location (by latency) to your preference.
:::

### Use Wrangler

:::note

To install Wrangler, the command-line interface for D1 and Workers, refer to [Install and Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

:::

To provide a location hint when creating a new database, pass the `--location` flag with a valid location hint:

```sh
wrangler d1 create new-database --location=weur
```

### Use the dashboard

To provide a location hint when creating a database via the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **D1**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/d1).
3. Select **Create database**.
4. Provide a database name and an optional **Location**.
5. Select **Create** to create your database.

## Available location hints

D1 supports the following location hints:

| Hint | Hint description      |
| ---- | --------------------- |
| wnam | Western North America |
| enam | Eastern North America |
| weur | Western Europe        |
| eeur | Eastern Europe        |
| apac | Asia-Pacific          |
| oc   | Oceania               |

:::caution
D1 location hints are not currently supported for South America (`sam`), Africa (`afr`), and the Middle East (`me`). D1 databases do not run in these locations.
:::

---

# Environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/configuration/environments/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

[Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) are different contexts that your code runs in. Cloudflare Developer Platform allows you to create and manage different environments. Through environments, you can deploy the same project to multiple places under multiple names.

To specify different D1 databases for different environments, use the following syntax in your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# This is a staging environment
[env.staging]
d1_databases = [
    { binding = "<BINDING_NAME_1>", database_name = "<DATABASE_NAME_1>", database_id = "<UUID1>" },
]

# This is a production environment
[env.production]
d1_databases = [
    { binding = "<BINDING_NAME_2>", database_name = "<DATABASE_NAME_2>", database_id = "<UUID2>" },
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

In the code above, the `staging` environment is using a different database (`DATABASE_NAME_1`) than the `production` environment (`DATABASE_NAME_2`).

## Anatomy of Wrangler file

If you need to specify different D1 databases for different environments, your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file may contain bindings that resemble the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[production.d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "DATABASE_NAME"
database_id = "DATABASE_ID"
```

</WranglerConfig>

In the above configuration:

- `[[production.d1_databases]]` creates an object `production` with a property `d1_databases`, where `d1_databases` is an array of objects, since you can create multiple D1 bindings in case you have more than one database.
- Any property below the line in the form `<key> = <value>` is a property of an object within the `d1_databases` array.

Therefore, the above binding is equivalent to:

```json
{
  "production": {
    "d1_databases": [
      {
        "binding": "DB",
        "database_name": "DATABASE_NAME",
        "database_id": "DATABASE_ID"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

### Example



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[env.staging.d1_databases]]
binding = "BINDING_NAME_1"
database_name = "DATABASE_NAME_1"
database_id = "UUID_1"

[[env.production.d1_databases]]
binding = "BINDING_NAME_2"
database_name = "DATABASE_NAME_2"
database_id = "UUID_2"

```

</WranglerConfig>

The above is equivalent to the following structure in JSON:

```json
{
  "env": {
    "production": {
      "d1_databases": [
        {
          "binding": "BINDING_NAME_2",
          "database_id": "UUID_2",
          "database_name": "DATABASE_NAME_2"
        }
      ]
    },
    "staging": {
      "d1_databases": [
        {
          "binding": "BINDING_NAME_1",
          "database_id": "UUID_1",
          "database_name": "DATABASE_NAME_1"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Query D1 from Hono

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/examples/d1-and-hono/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Hono is a fast web framework for building API-first applications, and it includes first-class support for both [Workers](/workers/) and [Pages](/pages/).

When using Workers:

* Ensure you have configured your [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/d1/get-started/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-d1-database) to bind your D1 database to your Worker.
* You can access your D1 databases via Hono's [`Context`](https://hono.dev/api/context) parameter: [bindings](https://hono.dev/getting-started/cloudflare-workers#bindings) are exposed on `context.env`. If you configured a [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases) named `DB`, then you would access [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/) methods via `c.env.DB`.
* Refer to the Hono documentation for [Cloudflare Workers](https://hono.dev/getting-started/cloudflare-workers).

If you are using [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/):

1. Bind a D1 database to your [Pages Function](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).
2. Pass the `--d1 BINDING_NAME=DATABASE_ID` flag to `wrangler dev` when developing locally. `BINDING_NAME` should match what call in your code, and `DATABASE_ID` should match the `database_id` defined in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file: for example, `--d1 DB=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx`.
3. Refer to the Hono guide for [Cloudflare Pages](https://hono.dev/getting-started/cloudflare-pages).

The following examples show how to access a D1 database bound to `DB` from both a Workers script and a Pages Function:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="workers">

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";

// This ensures c.env.DB is correctly typed
type Bindings = {
  DB: D1Database;
};

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

// Accessing D1 is via the c.env.YOUR_BINDING property
app.get("/query/users/:id", async (c) => {
  const userId = c.req.param("id");
  try {
    let { results } = await c.env.DB.prepare(
      "SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id = ?",
    )
      .bind(userId)
      .all();
    return c.json(results);
  } catch (e) {
    return c.json({ err: e.message }, 500);
  }
});

// Export our Hono app: Hono automatically exports a
// Workers 'fetch' handler for you
export default app;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pages">

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { handle } from "hono/cloudflare-pages";

const app = new Hono().basePath("/api");

// Accessing D1 is via the c.env.YOUR_BINDING property
app.get("/query/users/:id", async (c) => {
  const userId = c.req.param("id");
  try {
    let { results } = await c.env.DB.prepare(
      "SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_id = ?",
    )
      .bind(userId)
      .all();
    return c.json(results);
  } catch (e) {
    return c.json({ err: e.message }, 500);
  }
});

// Export the Hono instance as a Pages onRequest function
export const onRequest = handle(app);
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Query D1 from Remix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/examples/d1-and-remix/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Remix is a full-stack web framework that operates on both client and server. You can query your D1 database(s) from Remix using Remix's [data loading](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/guides/data-loading) API with the [`useLoaderData`](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/hooks/use-loader-data) hook.

To set up a new Remix site on Cloudflare Pages that can query D1:

1. **Refer to [the Remix guide](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-remix-site/)**.
2. Bind a D1 database to your [Pages Function](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).
3. Pass the `--d1 BINDING_NAME=DATABASE_ID` flag to `wrangler dev` when developing locally. `BINDING_NAME` should match what call in your code, and `DATABASE_ID` should match the `database_id` defined in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file: for example, `--d1 DB=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx`.

The following example shows you how to define a Remix [`loader`](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/route/loader) that has a binding to a D1 database.

* Bindings are passed through on the `context.env` parameter passed to a `LoaderFunction`.
* If you configured a [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases) named `DB`, then you would access [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/) methods via `context.env.DB`.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import type { LoaderFunction } from "@remix-run/cloudflare";
import { json } from "@remix-run/cloudflare";
import { useLoaderData } from "@remix-run/react";

interface Env {
  DB: D1Database;
}

export const loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ context, params }) => {
  let env = context.cloudflare.env as Env;

  let { results } = await env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 5").all();
  return json(results);
};

export default function Index() {
  const results = useLoaderData<typeof loader>();
  return (
    <div style={{ fontFamily: "system-ui, sans-serif", lineHeight: "1.8" }}>
      <h1>Welcome to Remix</h1>
      <div>
        A value from D1:
        <pre>{JSON.stringify(results)}</pre>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Query D1 from SvelteKit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/examples/d1-and-sveltekit/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

[SvelteKit](https://kit.svelte.dev/) is a full-stack framework that combines the Svelte front-end framework with Vite for server-side capabilities and rendering. You can query D1 from SvelteKit by configuring a [server endpoint](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/routing#server) with a binding to your D1 database(s).

To set up a new SvelteKit site on Cloudflare Pages that can query D1:

1. **Refer to [the SvelteKit guide](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-svelte-kit-site/) and Svelte's [Cloudflare adapter](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-cloudflare)**.
2. Install the Cloudflare adapter within your SvelteKit project: `npm i -D @sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare`.
3. Bind a D1 database [to your Pages Function](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).
4. Pass the `--d1 BINDING_NAME=DATABASE_ID` flag to `wrangler dev` when developing locally. `BINDING_NAME` should match what call in your code, and `DATABASE_ID` should match the `database_id` defined in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file: for example, `--d1 DB=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx`.

The following example shows you how to create a server endpoint configured to query D1.

* Bindings are available on the `platform` parameter passed to each endpoint, via `platform.env.BINDING_NAME`.
* With SvelteKit's [file-based routing](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/routing), the server endpoint defined in `src/routes/api/users/+server.ts` is available at `/api/users` within your SvelteKit app.

The example also shows you how to configure both your app-wide types within `src/app.d.ts` to recognize your `D1Database` binding, import the `@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare` adapter into `svelte.config.js`, and configure it to apply to all of your routes.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import type { RequestHandler } from "@sveltejs/kit";

/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
export async function GET({ request, platform }) {
  let result = await platform.env.DB.prepare(
    "SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 5"
  ).run();
  return new Response(JSON.stringify(result));
}
```

```ts
// See https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/types#app
// for information about these interfaces
declare global {
  namespace App {
    // interface Error {}
    // interface Locals {}
    // interface PageData {}
    interface Platform {
      env: {
        DB: D1Database;
      };
      context: {
        waitUntil(promise: Promise<any>): void;
      };
      caches: CacheStorage & { default: Cache };
    }
  }
}

export {};
```

```js
import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare';

export default {
    kit: {
        adapter: adapter({
            // See below for an explanation of these options
            routes: {
                include: ['/*'],
                exclude: ['<all>']
            }
        })
    }
};

```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListExamples } from "~/components";

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for D1.

<ListExamples directory="d1/examples/" />

---

# Query D1 from Python Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/examples/query-d1-from-python-workers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Workers platform supports [multiple languages](/workers/languages/), including TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust and Python. This guide shows you how to query a D1 database from [Python](/workers/languages/python/) and deploy your application globally.

:::note

Support for Python in Cloudflare Workers is in beta. Review the [documentation on Python support](/workers/languages/python/) to understand how Python works within the Workers platform.

:::

## Prerequisites

Before getting started, you should:

1. Review the [D1 tutorial](/d1/get-started/) for TypeScript and JavaScript to learn how to **create a D1 database and configure a Workers project**.
2. Refer to the [Python language guide](/workers/languages/python/) to understand how Python support works on the Workers platform.
3. Have basic familiarity with the Python language.

If you are new to Cloudflare Workers, refer to the [Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/) first before continuing with this example.

## Query from Python

This example assumes you have an existing D1 database. To allow your Python Worker to query your database, you first need to create a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) between your Worker and your D1 database and define this in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

You will need the `database_name` and `database_id` for a D1 database. You can use the `wrangler` CLI to create a new database or fetch the ID for an existing database as follows:

```sh title="Create a database"
npx wrangler d1 create my-first-db
```

```sh title="Retrieve a database ID"
npx wrangler d1 info some-existing-db
```

```sh output
# ┌───────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
# │                   │ c89db32e-83f4-4e62-8cd7-7c8f97659029 │
# ├───────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ name              │ db-enam                              │
# ├───────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ created_at        │ 2023-06-12T16:52:03.071Z             │
# └───────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
```

### 1. Configure bindings

In your Wrangler file, create a new `[[d1_databases]]` configuration block and set `database_name` and `database_id` to the name and id (respectively) of the D1 database you want to query:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "python-and-d1"
main = "src/entry.py"
compatibility_flags = ["python_workers"] # Required for Python Workers
compatibility_date = "2024-03-29"

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB" # This will be how you refer to your database in your Worker
database_name = "YOUR_DATABASE_NAME"
database_id = "YOUR_DATABASE_ID"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The value of `binding` is how you will refer to your database from within your Worker. If you change this, you must change this in your Worker script as well.

### 2. Create your Python Worker

To create a Python Worker, create an empty file at `src/entry.py`, matching the value of `main` in your Wrangler file with the contents below:

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    # Do anything else you'd like on request here!

    # Query D1 - we'll list all tables in our database in this example
    results = await env.DB.prepare("PRAGMA table_list").all()
    # Return a JSON response
    return Response.json(results)

```

The value of `binding` in your Wrangler file exactly must match the name of the variable in your Python code. This example refers to the database via a `DB` binding, and query this binding via `await env.DB.prepare(...)`.

You can then deploy your Python Worker directly:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

```sh output
# Example output
#
# Your worker has access to the following bindings:
# - D1 Databases:
#   - DB: db-enam (c89db32e-83f4-4e62-8cd7-7c8f97659029)
# Total Upload: 0.18 KiB / gzip: 0.17 KiB
# Uploaded python-and-d1 (4.93 sec)
# Published python-and-d1 (0.51 sec)
#   https://python-and-d1.YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev
# Current Deployment ID: 80b72e19-da82-4465-83a2-c12fb11ccc72
```

Your Worker will be available at `https://python-and-d1.YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev`.

If you receive an error deploying:

- Make sure you have configured your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file with the `database_id` and `database_name` of a valid D1 database.
- Ensure `compatibility_flags = ["python_workers"]` is set in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, which is required for Python.
- Review the [list of error codes](/workers/observability/errors/), and ensure your code does not throw an uncaught exception.

## Next steps

- Refer to [Workers Python documentation](/workers/languages/python/) to learn more about how to use Python in Workers.
- Review the [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) and how to query D1 databases.
- Learn [how to import data](/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/) to your D1 database.

---

# Audit Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/observability/audit-logs/

[Audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) provide a comprehensive summary of changes made within your Cloudflare account, including those made to D1 databases. This functionality is available on all plan types, free of charge, and is always enabled.

## Viewing audit logs

To view audit logs for your D1 databases:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=audit-log) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Audit Log**.

For more information on how to access and use audit logs, refer to [Review audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).

## Logged operations

The following configuration actions are logged:

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:220px">
			Operation
		</th>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
			Description
		</th>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				CreateDatabase
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Creation of a new database.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				DeleteDatabase
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Deletion of an existing database.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				<a href="/d1/reference/time-travel">TimeTravel</a>
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Restoration of a past database version.
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Example log entry

Below is an example of an audit log entry showing the creation of a new database:

```json
{
	"action": { "info": "CreateDatabase", "result": true, "type": "create" },
	"actor": {
		"email": "<ACTOR_EMAIL>",
		"id": "b1ab1021a61b1b12612a51b128baa172",
		"ip": "1b11:a1b2:12b1:12a::11a:1b",
		"type": "user"
	},
	"id": "a123b12a-ab11-1212-ab1a-a1aa11a11abb",
	"interface": "API",
	"metadata": {},
	"newValue": "",
	"newValueJson": { "database_name": "my-db" },
	"oldValue": "",
	"oldValueJson": {},
	"owner": { "id": "211b1a74121aa32a19121a88a712aa12" },
	"resource": {
		"id": "11a21122-1a11-12bb-11ab-1aa2aa1ab12a",
		"type": "d1.database"
	},
	"when": "2024-08-09T04:53:55.752Z"
}
```

---

# Billing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/observability/billing/

D1 exposes analytics to track billing metrics (rows read, rows written, and total storage) across all databases in your account.

The metrics displayed in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) are sourced from Cloudflare's [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically](/d1/observability/metrics-analytics/#query-via-the-graphql-api) via GraphQL or HTTP client.

## View metrics in the dashboard

Total account billable usage analytics for D1 are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and past metrics for an account:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Billing**.
3. Select the **Billable Usage** tab.

From here you can view charts of your account's D1 usage on a daily or month-to-date timeframe.

Note that billable usage history is stored for a maximum of 30 days.

## Billing Notifications

Usage-based billing notifications are available within the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) for users looking to monitor their total account usage.

Notifications on the following metrics are available:
- Rows Read
- Rows Written

---

# Debug D1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/observability/debug-d1/

D1 allows you to capture exceptions and log errors returned when querying a database. To debug D1, you will use the same tools available when [debugging Workers](/workers/observability/).

## Handle errors

The D1 [Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) returns detailed error messages within an `Error` object.

To ensure you are capturing the full error message, log or return `e.message` as follows:

```ts
try {
    await db.exec("INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES ()");
} catch (e: any) {
    console.error({
        message: e.message
    });
}
/*
{
  "message": "D1_EXEC_ERROR: Error in line 1: INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES (): sql error: near \"INSERTZ\": syntax error in INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES () at offset 0"
}
*/
```

### Errors

The [`stmt.`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/) and [`db.`](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/) methods throw an [Error object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error) whenever an error occurs.

:::note
Prior to [`wrangler` 3.1.1](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/releases/tag/wrangler%403.1.1), D1 JavaScript errors used the [cause property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/cause) for detailed error messages.

To inspect these errors when using older versions of `wrangler`, you should log `error?.cause?.message`.
:::

To capture exceptions, log the `Error.message` value. For example, the code below has a query with an invalid keyword - `INSERTZ` instead of `INSERT`:

```js
try {
    // This is an intentional misspelling
    await db.exec("INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES ()");
} catch (e: any) {
    console.error({
        message: e.message
    });
}
```

The code above throws the following error message:

```json
{
	"message": "D1_EXEC_ERROR: Error in line 1: INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES (): sql error: near \"INSERTZ\": syntax error in INSERTZ INTO my_table (name, employees) VALUES () at offset 0"
}
```

### Error list

D1 returns the following error constants, in addition to the extended (detailed) error message:

| Message              | Cause                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `D1_ERROR`           | Generic error.                                                                                                                                                   |
| `D1_TYPE_ERROR`      | Returned when there is a mismatch in the type between a column and a value. A common cause is supplying an `undefined` variable (unsupported) instead of `null`. |
| `D1_COLUMN_NOTFOUND` | Column not found.                                                                                                                                                |
| `D1_DUMP_ERROR`      | Database dump error.                                                                                                                                             |
| `D1_EXEC_ERROR`      | Exec error in line x: y error.                                                                                                                                   |


## View logs

View a stream of live logs from your Worker by using [`wrangler tail`](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs#view-logs-using-wrangler-tail) or via the [Cloudflare dashboard](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs#view-logs-from-the-dashboard).

## Report issues

* To report bugs or request features, go to the [Cloudflare Community Forums](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/d1/85).
* To give feedback, go to the [D1 Discord channel](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev).
* If you are having issues with Wrangler, report issues in the [Wrangler GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose).

You should include as much of the following in any bug report:

* The ID of your database. Use `wrangler d1 list` to match a database name to its ID.
* The query (or queries) you ran when you encountered an issue. Ensure you redact any personally identifying information (PII).
* The Worker code that makes the query, including any calls to `bind()` using the [Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).
* The full error text, including the content of [`error.cause.message`](#handle-errors).

## Related resources

* Learn [how to debug Workers](/workers/observability/).
* Understand how to [access logs](/workers/observability/logs/) generated from your Worker and D1.
* Use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to run your Worker and D1 locally and [debug issues before deploying](/workers/testing/local-development/).

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/observability/metrics-analytics/

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D1 exposes database analytics that allow you to inspect query volume, query latency, and storage size across all and/or each database in your account.

The metrics displayed in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) charts are queried from Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically](#query-via-the-graphql-api) via GraphQL or HTTP client.

## Metrics

D1 currently exports the below metrics:

| Metric                 | GraphQL Field Name        | Description                                                                                                                           |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Read Queries (qps)     | `readQueries`             | The number of read queries issued against a database. This is the raw number of read queries, and is not used for billing.            |
| Write Queries (qps)    | `writeQueries`            | The number of write queries issued against a database. This is the raw number of write queries, and is not used for billing.          |
| Rows read (count)      | `rowsRead`                | The number of rows read (scanned) across your queries. See [Pricing](/d1/platform/pricing/) for more details on how rows are counted. |
| Rows written (count)   | `rowsWritten`             | The number of rows written across your queries.                                                                                       |
| Query Response (bytes) | `queryBatchResponseBytes` | The total response size of the serialized query response, including any/all column names, rows and metadata. Reported in bytes.       |
| Query Latency (ms)     | `queryBatchTimeMs`        | The total query response time, including response serialization, on the server-side. Reported in milliseconds.                        |
| Storage (Bytes)        | `databaseSizeBytes`       | Maximum size of a database. Reported in bytes.                                                                                        |

Metrics can be queried (and are retained) for the past 31 days.

### Row counts

D1 returns the number of rows read, rows written (or both) in response to each individual query via [the Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/return-object/).

Row counts are a precise count of how many rows were read (scanned) or written by that query.
Inspect row counts to understand the performance and cost of a given query, including whether you can reduce the rows read [using indexes](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/). Use query counts to understand the total volume of traffic against your databases and to discern which databases are actively in-use.

Refer to the [Pricing documentation](/d1/platform/pricing/) for more details on how rows are counted.

## View metrics in the dashboard

Per-database analytics for D1 are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a database:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **D1**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/d1).
3. Select an existing database.
4. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

You can programmatically query analytics for your D1 databases via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This API queries the same datasets as the Cloudflare dashboard, and supports GraphQL [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/).

D1's GraphQL datasets require an `accountTag` filter with your Cloudflare account ID and include:

- `d1AnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`
- `d1StorageAdaptiveGroups`
- `d1QueriesAdaptiveGroups`

### Examples

To query the sum of `readQueries`, `writeQueries` for a given `$databaseId`, grouping by `databaseId` and `date`:

```graphql
query {
	viewer {
		accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountId }) {
			d1AnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
				limit: 10000
				filter: {
					date_geq: $startDate
					date_leq: $endDate
					databaseId: $databaseId
				}
				orderBy: [date_DESC]
			) {
				sum {
					readQueries
					writeQueries
				}
				dimensions {
					date
					databaseId
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
```

To query both the average `queryBatchTimeMs` and the 90th percentile `queryBatchTimeMs` per database:

```graphql
query {
	viewer {
		accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountId }) {
			d1AnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
				limit: 10000
				filter: {
					date_geq: $startDate
					date_leq: $endDate
					databaseId: $databaseId
				}
				orderBy: [date_DESC]
			) {
				quantiles {
					queryBatchTimeMsP90
				}
				dimensions {
					date
					databaseId
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
```

To query your account-wide `readQueries` and `writeQueries`:

```graphql
query {
	viewer {
		accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountId }) {
			d1AnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
				limit: 10000
				filter: {
					date_geq: $startDate
					date_leq: $endDate
					databaseId: $databaseId
				}
			) {
				sum {
					readQueries
					writeQueries
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
```

## Query `insights`

D1 provides metrics that let you understand and debug query performance. You can access these via GraphQL's `d1QueriesAdaptiveGroups` or `wrangler d1 insights` command.

D1 captures your query strings to make it easier to analyze metrics across query executions. [Bound parameters](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#guidance) are not captured to remove any sensitive information.

:::note

`wrangler d1 insights` is an experimental Wrangler command. Its options and output may change.

Run `wrangler d1 insights --help` to view current options.

:::

| Option             | Description                                                                                                      |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--timePeriod`     | Fetch data from now to the provided time period (default: `1d`).                                                 |
| `--sort-type`      | The operation you want to sort insights by. Select between `sum` and `avg` (default: `sum`).                     |
| `--sort-by`        | The field you want to sort insights by. Select between `time`, `reads`, `writes`, and `count` (default: `time`). |
| `--sort-direction` | The sort direction. Select between `ASC` and `DESC` (default: `DESC`).                                           |
| `--json`           | A boolean value to specify whether to return the result as clean JSON (default: `false`).                        |
| `--limit`          | The maximum number of queries to be fetched.                                                                     |

<Details header="To find top 3 queries by execution count:">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 insights <database_name> --sort-type=sum --sort-by=count --limit=3
```
```sh output
 ⛅️ wrangler 3.95.0
-------------------

-------------------
🚧 `wrangler d1 insights` is an experimental command.
🚧 Flags for this command, their descriptions, and output may change between wrangler versions.
-------------------

[
  {
    "query": "SELECT tbl_name as name,\n                   (SELECT ncol FROM pragma_table_list(tbl_name)) as num_columns\n            FROM sqlite_master\n            WHERE TYPE = \"table\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"sqlite_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"d1_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"_cf_%\"\n            ORDER BY tbl_name ASC;",
    "avgRowsRead": 2,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.49505,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.9901,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 2,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT * FROM Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 4,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 1
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT * From Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 0,
    "totalRowsRead": 0,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "totalDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  }
]
```
</Details>

<Details header="To find top 3 queries by average execution time:">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 insights <database_name> --sort-type=avg --sort-by=time --limit=3
```
```sh output
⛅️ wrangler 3.95.0
-------------------

-------------------
🚧 `wrangler d1 insights` is an experimental command.
🚧 Flags for this command, their descriptions, and output may change between wrangler versions.
-------------------

[
  {
    "query": "SELECT * From Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 0,
    "totalRowsRead": 0,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "totalDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT tbl_name as name,\n                   (SELECT ncol FROM pragma_table_list(tbl_name)) as num_columns\n            FROM sqlite_master\n            WHERE TYPE = \"table\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"sqlite_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"d1_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"_cf_%\"\n            ORDER BY tbl_name ASC;",
    "avgRowsRead": 2,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.49505,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.9901,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 2,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT * FROM Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 4,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 1
  }
]
```
</Details>

<Details header="To find top 10 queries by rows written in last 7 days:">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 insights <database_name> --sort-type=sum --sort-by=writes --limit=10 --timePeriod=7d
```
```sh output
⛅️ wrangler 3.95.0
-------------------

-------------------
🚧 `wrangler d1 insights` is an experimental command.
🚧 Flags for this command, their descriptions, and output may change between wrangler versions.
-------------------

[
  {
    "query": "SELECT * FROM Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 4,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.1873,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 1
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT * From Customers",
    "avgRowsRead": 0,
    "totalRowsRead": 0,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "totalDurationMs": 1.0225,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 1,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  },
  {
    "query": "SELECT tbl_name as name,\n                   (SELECT ncol FROM pragma_table_list(tbl_name)) as num_columns\n            FROM sqlite_master\n            WHERE TYPE = \"table\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"sqlite_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"d1_%\"\n              AND tbl_name NOT LIKE \"_cf_%\"\n            ORDER BY tbl_name ASC;",
    "avgRowsRead": 2,
    "totalRowsRead": 4,
    "avgRowsWritten": 0,
    "totalRowsWritten": 0,
    "avgDurationMs": 0.49505,
    "totalDurationMs": 0.9901,
    "numberOfTimesRun": 2,
    "queryEfficiency": 0
  }
]
```
</Details>

:::note
The quantity `queryEfficiency` measures how efficient your query was. It is calculated as: the number of rows returned divided by the number of rows read.

Generally, you should try to get `queryEfficiency` as close to `1` as possible. Refer to [Use indexes](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/) for more information on efficient querying.
:::

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/observability/

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# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/platform/changelog/

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---

# Alpha database migration guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/platform/alpha-migration/

:::caution

D1 alpha databases stopped accepting live SQL queries on August 22, 2024.

:::

D1's open beta launched in October 2023, and newly created databases use a different underlying architecture that is significantly more reliable and performant, with increased database sizes, improved query throughput, and reduced latency.

This guide will instruct you to recreate alpha D1 databases on our production-ready system.

## Prerequisites

1. You have the [`wrangler` command-line tool](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) installed
2. You are using `wrangler` version `3.33.0` or later (released March 2024) as earlier versions do not have the [`--remote` flag](/d1/platform/changelog/#2024-03-12) required as part of this guide
3. An 'alpha' D1 database. All databases created before July 27th, 2023 ([release notes](/d1/platform/changelog/#2024-03-12)) use the alpha storage backend, which is no longer supported and was not recommended for production.

## 1. Verify that a database is alpha

```sh
npx wrangler d1 info <database_name>
```

If the database is alpha, the output of the command will include `version` set to `alpha`:

```
...
│ version           │ alpha                                 │
...
```

## 2. Create a manual backup

```sh
npx wrangler d1 backup create <alpha_database_name>
```

## 3. Download the manual backup

The command below will download the manual backup of the alpha database as `.sqlite3` file:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 backup download <alpha_database_name> <backup_id> # See available backups with wrangler d1 backup list <database_name>
```

## 4. Convert the manual backup into SQL statements

The command below will convert the manual backup of the alpha database from the downloaded `.sqlite3` file into SQL statements which can then be imported into the new database:

```sh
sqlite3 db_dump.sqlite3 .dump > db.sql
```

Once you have run the above command, you will need to edit the output SQL file to be compatible with D1:

1. Remove `BEGIN TRANSACTION` and `COMMIT;` from the file.
2. Remove the following table creation statement:

   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE _cf_KV (
    	key TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    	value BLOB
   ) WITHOUT ROWID;
   ```

## 5. Create a new D1 database

All new D1 databases use the updated architecture by default.

Run the following command to create a new database:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create <new_database_name>
```

## 6. Run SQL statements against the new D1 database

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute <new_database_name> --remote --file=./db.sql
```

## 7. Delete your alpha database

To delete your previous alpha database, run:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 delete <alpha_database_name>
```

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/platform/

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# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/platform/limits/

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| Feature                                                                                                             | Limit                                             |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Databases                                                                                                           | 50,000 (Workers Paid)[^1] / 10 (Free)                 |
| Maximum database size                                                                                               | 10 GB (Workers Paid) / 500 MB (Free)              |
| Maximum storage per account                                                                                         | 250 GB (Workers Paid)[^1] / 5 GB (Free)           |
| [Time Travel](/d1/reference/time-travel/) duration (point-in-time recovery)                                         | 30 days (Workers Paid) / 7 days (Free)            |
| Maximum Time Travel restore operations                                                                              | 10 restores per 10 minute (per database)          |
| Queries per Worker invocation (read [subrequest limits](/workers/platform/limits/#how-many-subrequests-can-i-make)) | 50 (Bundled) / 1000 (Unbound)                     |
| Maximum number of columns per table                                                                                 | 100                                               |
| Maximum number of rows per table                                                                                    | Unlimited (excluding per-database storage limits) |
| Maximum string, `BLOB` or table row size                                                                            | 2,000,000 bytes (2 MB)                            |
| Maximum SQL statement length                                                                                        | 100,000 bytes (100 KB)                            |
| Maximum bound parameters per query                                                                                  | 100                                               |
| Maximum arguments per SQL function                                                                                  | 32                                                |
| Maximum characters (bytes) in a `LIKE` or `GLOB` pattern                                                            | 50 bytes                                          |
| Maximum bindings per Workers script                                                                                 | Approximately 5,000 [^2]                          |
| Maximum SQL query duration                                                                                          | 30 seconds [^3]                                   |
| Maximum file import (`d1 execute`) size                                                                             | 5 GB [^4]                                        |

:::note[Batch limits]
Limits for individual queries (listed above) apply to each individual statement contained within a batch statement. For example, the maximum SQL statement length of 100 KB applies to each statement inside a `db.batch()`.
:::

[^1]: The maximum storage per account can be increased by request on Workers Paid and Enterprise plans. See the guidance on limit increases on this page to request an increase.

[^2]: A single Worker script can have up to 1 MB of script metadata. A binding is defined as a binding to a resource, such as a D1 database, KV namespace, environmental variable or secret. Each resource binding is approximately 150-bytes, however environmental variables and secrets are controlled by the size of the value you provide. Excluding environmental variables, you can bind up to \~5,000 D1 databases to a single Worker script.

[^3]: Requests to Cloudflare API must resolve in 30 seconds. Therefore, this duration limit also applies to the entire batch call.

[^4]: The imported file is uploaded to R2. See [R2 upload limit](/r2/platform/limits).

Cloudflare also offers other storage solutions such as [Workers KV](/kv/api/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), and [R2](/r2/get-started/). Each product has different advantages and limits. Refer to [Choose a data or storage product](/workers/platform/storage-options/) to review which storage option is right for your use case.

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## Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions related to D1 limits:

### How much work can a D1 database do?

D1 is designed for horizontal scale out across multiple, smaller (10 GB) databases, such as per-user, per-tenant or per-entity databases. D1 allows you to build applications with thousands of databases at no extra cost for isolating with multiple databases, as the pricing is based only on query and storage costs.

- Each D1 database can store up to 10 GB of data, and you can create up to thousands of separate D1 databases. This allows you to split a single monolithic database into multiple, smaller databases, thereby isolating application data by user, customer, or tenant.
- SQL queries over a smaller working data set can be more efficient and performant while improving data isolation.

:::caution
Note that the 10 GB limit of a D1 database cannot be further increased.
:::

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/platform/pricing/

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D1 bills based on:

- **Usage**: Queries you run against D1 will count as rows read, rows written, or both (for transactions or batches).
- **Scale-to-zero**: You are not billed for hours or capacity units. If you are not running queries against your database, you are not billed for compute.
- **Storage**: You are only billed for storage above the included [limits](/d1/platform/limits/) of your plan.

## Billing metrics

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## Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions related to D1 pricing:

### Will D1 always have a Free plan?

Yes, the [Workers Free plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) will always include the ability to prototype and experiment with D1 for free.

### What happens if I exceed the daily limits on reads and writes, or the total storage limit, on the Free plan?

When your account hits the daily read and/or write limits, you will not be able to run queries against D1. D1 API will return errors to your client indicating that your daily limits have been exceeded. Once you have reached your included storage limit, you will need to delete unused databases or clean up stale data before you can insert new data, create or alter tables or create indexes and triggers.

Upgrading to the Workers Paid plan will remove these limits, typically within minutes.

### What happens if I exceed the monthly included reads, writes and/or storage on the paid tier?

You will be billed for the additional reads, writes and storage according to [D1's pricing metrics](#billing-metrics).

### How can I estimate my (eventual) bill?

Every query returns a `meta` object that contains a total count of the rows read (`rows_read`) and rows written (`rows_written`) by that query. For example, a query that performs a full table scan (for instance, `SELECT * FROM users`) from a table with 5000 rows would return a `rows_read` value of `5000`:

```json
"meta": {
  "duration": 0.20472300052642825,
  "size_after": 45137920,
  "rows_read": 5000,
  "rows_written": 0
}
```

These are also included in the D1 [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and the [analytics API](/d1/observability/metrics-analytics/), allowing you to attribute read and write volumes to specific databases, time periods, or both.

### Does D1 charge for data transfer / egress?

No.

### Does D1 charge additional for additional compute?

D1 itself does not charge for additional compute. Workers querying D1 and computing results: for example, serializing results into JSON and/or running queries, are billed per [Workers pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers), in addition to your D1 specific usage.

### Do queries I run from the dashboard or Wrangler (the CLI) count as billable usage?

Yes, any queries you run against your database, including inserting (`INSERT`) existing data into a new database, table scans (`SELECT * FROM table`), or creating indexes count as either reads or writes.

### Can I use an index to reduce the number of rows read by a query?

Yes, you can use an index to reduce the number of rows read by a query. [Creating indexes](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/) for your most queried tables and filtered columns reduces how much data is scanned and improves query performance at the same time. If you have a read-heavy workload (most common), this can be particularly advantageous. Writing to columns referenced in an index will add at least one (1) additional row written to account for updating the index, but this is typically offset by the reduction in rows read due to the benefits of an index.

### Does a freshly created database, and/or an empty table with no rows, contribute to my storage?

Yes, although minimal. An empty table consumes at least a few kilobytes, based on the number of columns (table width) in the table. An empty database consumes approximately 12 KB of storage.

---

# Backups (Legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/backups/

D1 has built-in support for creating and restoring backups of your databases, including support for scheduled automatic backups and manual backup management.

:::caution[Time Travel]

The snapshot based backups described in this documentation are deprecated, and limited to the original alpha databases.

Databases using D1's [production storage subsystem](https://blog.cloudflare.com/d1-turning-it-up-to-11/) can use Time Travel. Time Travel replaces the [snapshot-based backups](/d1/reference/backups/) used for legacy alpha databases.

To understand which storage subsystem your database uses, run `wrangler d1 info YOUR_DATABASE` and inspect the `version` field in the output. Databases with `version: production` support the new Time Travel API. Databases with `version: alpha` only support the older, snapshot-based backup API.

:::

## Automatic backups

D1 automatically backs up your databases every hour on your behalf, and [retains backups for 24 hours](/d1/platform/limits/). Backups will block access to the DB while they are running. In most cases this should only be a second or two, and any requests that arrive during the backup will be queued.

To view and manage these backups, including any manual backups you have made, you can use the `d1 backup list <DATABASE_NAME>` command to list each backup.

For example, to list all of the backups of a D1 database named `existing-db`:

```sh
wrangler d1 backup list existing-db
```

```sh output

┌──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┬─────────┐
│ created_at   │ id                                   │ num_tables │ size    │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┼─────────┤
│ 1 hour ago   │ 54a23309-db00-4c5c-92b1-c977633b937c │ 1          │ 95.3 kB │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┼─────────┤
│ <...>        │ <...>                                │ <...>      │ <...>   │
├──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┼─────────┤
│ 2 months ago │ 8433a91e-86d0-41a3-b1a3-333b080bca16 │ 1          │ 65.5 kB │
└──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┴─────────┘%
```

The `id` of each backup allows you to download or restore a specific backup.

## Manually back up a database

Creating a manual backup of your database before making large schema changes, manually inserting or deleting data, or otherwise modifying a database you are actively using is a good practice to get into. D1 allows you to make a backup of a database at any time, and stores the backup on your behalf. You should also consider [using migrations](/d1/reference/migrations/) to simplify changes to an existing database.

To back up a D1 database, you must have:

1. The Cloudflare [Wrangler CLI installed](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/)
2. An existing D1 database you want to back up.

For example, to create a manual backup of a D1 database named `example-db`, call `d1 backup create`.

```sh
wrangler d1 backup create example-db
```

```sh output
┌─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┬─────────┬───────┐
│ created_at                  │ id                                   │ num_tables │ size    │ state │
├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 2023-02-04T15:49:36.113753Z │ 123a81a2-ab91-4c2e-8ebc-64d69633faf1 │ 1          │ 65.5 kB │ done  │
└─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┴─────────┴───────┘
```

Larger databases, especially those that are several megabytes (MB) in size with many tables, may take a few seconds to backup. The `state` column in the output will let you know when the backup is done.

## Downloading a backup locally

To download a backup locally, call `wrangler d1 backup download <DATABASE_NAME> <BACKUP_ID>`. Use `wrangler d1 backup list <DATABASE_NAME>` to list the available backups, including their IDs, for a given D1 database.

For example, to download a specific backup for a database named `example-db`:

```sh
wrangler d1 backup download example-db 123a81a2-ab91-4c2e-8ebc-64d69633faf1
```

```sh output

🌀 Downloading backup 123a81a2-ab91-4c2e-8ebc-64d69633faf1 from 'example-db'
🌀 Saving to /Users/you/projects/example-db.123a81a2.sqlite3
🌀 Done!
```

The database backup will be download to the current working directory in native SQLite3 format. To import a local database, read [the documentation on importing data](/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/) to D1.

## Restoring a backup

:::caution

Restoring a backup will overwrite the existing version of your D1 database in-place. We recommend you make a manual backup before you restore a database, so that you have a backup to revert to if you accidentally restore the wrong backup or break your application.

:::

Restoring a backup will overwrite the current running version of a database with the backup. Database tables (and their data) that do not exist in the backup will no longer exist in the current version of the database, and queries that rely on them will fail.

To restore a previous backup of a D1 database named `existing-db`, pass the ID of that backup to `d1 backup restore`:

```sh
wrangler d1 backup restore existing-db  6cceaf8c-ceab-4351-ac85-7f9e606973e3
```

```sh output
Restoring existing-db from backup 6cceaf8c-ceab-4351-ac85-7f9e606973e3....
Done!
```

Any queries against the database will immediately query the current (restored) version once the restore has completed.

---

# Data security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/data-security/

This page details the data security properties of D1, including:

* Encryption-at-rest (EAR).
* Encryption-in-transit (EIT).
* Cloudflare's compliance certifications.

## Encryption at Rest

All objects stored in D1, including metadata, live databases, and inactive databases are encrypted at rest. Encryption and decryption are automatic, do not require user configuration to enable, and do not impact the effective performance of D1.

Encryption keys are managed by Cloudflare and securely stored in the same key management systems we use for managing encrypted data across Cloudflare internally.

Objects are encrypted using [AES-256](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-encryption/), a widely tested, highly performant and industry-standard encryption algorithm. D1 uses GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) as its preferred mode.

## Encryption in Transit

Data transfer between a Cloudflare Worker, and/or between nodes within the Cloudflare network and D1 is secured using the same [Transport Layer Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) (TLS/SSL).

API access via the HTTP API or using the [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) command-line interface is also over TLS/SSL (HTTPS).

## Compliance

To learn more about Cloudflare's adherence to industry-standard security compliance certifications, visit the Cloudflare [Trust Hub](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/).

---

# Generated columns

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/generated-columns/

D1 allows you to define generated columns based on the values of one or more other columns, SQL functions, or even [extracted JSON values](/d1/sql-api/query-json/).

This allows you to normalize your data as you write to it or read it from a table, making it easier to query and reducing the need for complex application logic.

Generated columns can also have [indexes defined](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/) against them, which can dramatically increase query performance over frequently queried fields.

## Types of generated columns

There are two types of generated columns:

* `VIRTUAL` (default): the column is generated when read. This has the benefit of not consuming storage, but can increase compute time (and thus reduce query performance), especially for larger queries.
* `STORED`: the column is generated when the row is written. The column takes up storage space just as a regular column would, but the column does not need to be generated on every read, which can improve read query performance.

When omitted from a generated column expression, generated columns default to the `VIRTUAL` type. The `STORED` type is recommended when the generated column is compute intensive. For example, when parsing large JSON structures.

## Define a generated column

Generated columns can be defined during table creation in a `CREATE TABLE` statement or afterwards via the `ALTER TABLE` statement.

To create a table that defines a generated column, you use the `AS` keyword:

```sql
CREATE TABLE some_table (
    -- other columns omitted
    some_generated_column AS <function_that_generates_the_column_data>
)
```

As a concrete example, to automatically extract the `location` value from the following JSON sensor data, you can define a generated column called `location` (of type `TEXT`), based on a `raw_data` column that stores the raw representation of our JSON data.

```json
{
    "measurement": {
        "temp_f": "77.4",
        "aqi": [21, 42, 58],
        "o3": [18, 500],
        "wind_mph": "13",
        "location": "US-NY"
    }
}
```

To define a generated column with the value of `$.measurement.location`, you can use the [`json_extract`](/d1/sql-api/query-json/#extract-values) function to extract the value from the `raw_data` column each time you write to that row:

```sql
CREATE TABLE sensor_readings (
    event_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    timestamp INTEGER NOT NULL,
    raw_data TEXT,
    location as (json_extract(raw_data, '$.measurement.location')) STORED
);
```

Generated columns can optionally be specified with the `column_name GENERATED ALWAYS AS <function> [STORED|VIRTUAL]` syntax. The `GENERATED ALWAYS` syntax is optional and does not change the behavior of the generated column when omitted.

## Add a generated column to an existing table

A generated column can also be added to an existing table. If the `sensor_readings` table did not have the generated `location` column, you could add it by running an `ALTER TABLE` statement:

```sql
ALTER TABLE sensor_readings
ADD COLUMN location as (json_extract(raw_data, '$.measurement.location'));
```

This defines a `VIRTUAL` generated column that runs `json_extract` on each read query.

Generated column definitions cannot be directly modified. To change how a generated column generates its data, you can use `ALTER TABLE table_name REMOVE COLUMN` and then `ADD COLUMN` to re-define the generated column, or `ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME COLUMN current_name TO new_name` to rename the existing column before calling `ADD COLUMN` with a new definition.

## Examples

Generated columns are not just limited to JSON functions like `json_extract`: you can use almost any available function to define how a generated column is generated.

For example, you could generate a `date` column based on the `timestamp` column from the previous `sensor_reading` table, automatically converting a Unix timestamp into a `YYYY-MM-dd` format within your database:

```sql
ALTER TABLE your_table
-- date(timestamp, 'unixepoch') converts a Unix timestamp to a YYYY-MM-dd formatted date
ADD COLUMN formatted_date AS (date(timestamp, 'unixepoch'))
```

Alternatively, you could define an `expires_at` column that calculates a future date, and filter on that date in your queries:

```sql
-- Filter out "expired" results based on your generated column:
-- SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE current_date() > expires_at
ALTER TABLE your_table
-- calculates a date (YYYY-MM-dd) 30 days from the timestamp.
ADD COLUMN expires_at AS (date(timestamp, '+30 days'));
```

## Additional considerations

* Tables must have at least one non-generated column. You cannot define a table with only generated column(s).
* Expressions can only reference other columns in the same table and row, and must only use [deterministic functions](https://www.sqlite.org/deterministic.html). Functions like `random()`, sub-queries or aggregation functions cannot be used to define a generated column.
* Columns added to an existing table via `ALTER TABLE ... ADD COLUMN` must be `VIRTUAL`. You cannot add a `STORED` column to an existing table.

---

# Community projects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/community-projects/

Members of the Cloudflare developer community and broader developer ecosystem have built and/or contributed tooling — including ORMs (Object Relational Mapper) libraries, query builders, and CLI tools — that build on top of D1.

:::note


Community projects are not maintained by the Cloudflare D1 team. They are managed and updated by the project authors.


:::

## Projects

### Sutando ORM

Sutando is an ORM designed for Node.js. With Sutando, each table in a database has a corresponding model that handles CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations.

- [GitHub](https://github.com/sutandojs/sutando)
- [D1 with Sutando ORM Example](https://github.com/sutandojs/sutando-examples/tree/main/typescript/rest-hono-cf-d1)

### knex-cloudflare-d1

knex-cloudflare-d1 is the Cloudflare D1 dialect for Knex.js. Note that this is not an official dialect provided by Knex.js.

- [GitHub](https://github.com/kiddyuchina/knex-cloudflare-d1)

### Prisma ORM

[Prisma ORM](https://www.prisma.io/orm) is a next-generation JavaScript and TypeScript ORM that unlocks a new level of developer experience when working with databases thanks to its intuitive data model, automated migrations, type-safety and auto-completion.

* [Tutorial](/d1/tutorials/d1-and-prisma-orm/)
* [Docs](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/prisma-client/deployment/edge/deploy-to-cloudflare#d1)

### D1 adapter for Kysely ORM

Kysely is a type-safe and autocompletion-friendly typescript SQL query builder. With this adapter you can interact with D1 with the familiar Kysely interface.

* [Kysely GitHub](https://github.com/koskimas/kysely)
* [D1 adapter](https://github.com/aidenwallis/kysely-d1)

### feathers-kysely

The `feathers-kysely` database adapter follows the FeathersJS Query Syntax standard and works with any framework. It is built on the D1 adapter for Kysely and supports passing queries directly from client applications. Since the FeathersJS query syntax is a subset of MongoDB's syntax, this is a great tool for MongoDB users to use Cloudflare D1 without previous SQL experience.

* [feathers-kysely on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/feathers-kysely)
* [feathers-kysely on GitHub](https://github.com/marshallswain/feathers-kysely)

### Drizzle ORM

Drizzle is a headless TypeScript ORM with a head which runs on Node, Bun and Deno. Drizzle ORM lives on the Edge and it is a JavaScript ORM too. It comes with a drizzle-kit CLI companion for automatic SQL migrations generation. Drizzle automatically generates your D1 schema based on types you define in TypeScript, and exposes an API that allows you to query your database directly.

* [Docs](https://orm.drizzle.team/docs)
* [GitHub](https://github.com/drizzle-team/drizzle-orm)
* [D1 example](https://orm.drizzle.team/docs/connect-cloudflare-d1)

### Flyweight

Flyweight is an ORM designed specifically for databases related to SQLite. It has first-class D1 support that includes the ability to batch queries and integrate with the wrangler migration system.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/thebinarysearchtree/flyweight)

### d1-orm

Object Relational Mapping (ORM) is a technique to query and manipulate data by using JavaScript. Created by a Cloudflare Discord Community Champion, the `d1-orm` seeks to provide a strictly typed experience while using D1.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/Interactions-as-a-Service/d1-orm/issues)
* [Documentation](https://docs.interactions.rest/d1-orm/)

### workers-qb

`workers-qb` is a zero-dependency query builder that provides a simple standardized interface while keeping the benefits and speed of using raw queries over a traditional ORM. While not intended to provide ORM-like functionality, `workers-qb` makes it easier to interact with your database from code for direct SQL access.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/G4brym/workers-qb)
* [Documentation](https://workers-qb.massadas.com/)

### d1-console

Instead of running the `wrangler d1 execute` command in your terminal every time you want to interact with your database, you can interact with D1 from within the `d1-console`. Created by a Discord Community Champion, this gives the benefit of executing multi-line queries, obtaining command history, and viewing a cleanly formatted table output.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/isaac-mcfadyen/d1-console)

### L1

`L1` is a package that brings some Cloudflare Worker ecosystem bindings into PHP and Laravel via the Cloudflare API. It provides interaction with D1 via PDO, KV and Queues, with more services to add in the future, making PHP integration with Cloudflare a real breeze.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/renoki-co/l1)
* [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/renoki-co/l1)

### Staff Directory - a D1-based demo

Staff Directory is a demo project using D1, [HonoX](https://github.com/honojs/honox), and [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/). It uses D1 to store employee data, and is an example of a full-stack application built on top of D1.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory)
* [D1 functionality](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory/blob/main/app/db.ts)

### NuxtHub

`NuxtHub` is a Nuxt module that brings Cloudflare Worker bindings into your Nuxt application with no configuration. It leverages the [Wrangler Platform Proxy](/workers/wrangler/api/#getplatformproxy) in development and direct binding in production to interact with [D1](/d1/), [KV](/kv/) and [R2](/r2/) with server composables (`hubDatabase()`, `hubKV()` and `hubBlob()`).

`NuxtHub` also provides a way to use your remote D1 database in development using the `npx nuxt dev --remote` command.

* [GitHub](https://github.com/nuxt-hub/core)
* [Documentation](https://hub.nuxt.com)
* [Example](https://github.com/Atinux/nuxt-todos-edge)

## Feedback

To report a bug or file feature requests for these community projects, create an issue directly on the project's repository.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/migrations/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Database migrations are a way of versioning your database. Each migration is stored as an `.sql` file in your `migrations` folder. The `migrations` folder is created in your project directory when you create your first migration. This enables you to store and track changes throughout database development.

## Features

Currently, the migrations system aims to be simple yet effective. With the current implementation, you can:

* [Create](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1-migrations-create) an empty migration file.
* [List](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1-migrations-list) unapplied migrations.
* [Apply](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1-migrations-apply) remaining migrations.

Every migration file in the `migrations` folder has a specified version number in the filename. Files are listed in sequential order. Every migration file is an SQL file where you can specify queries to be run.

## Wrangler customizations

By default, migrations are created in the `migrations/` folder in your Worker project directory. Creating migrations will keep a record of applied migrations in the `d1_migrations` table found in your database.

This location and table name can be customized in your Wrangler file, inside the D1 binding.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[ d1_databases ]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>" # i.e. if you set this to "DB", it will be available in your Worker at `env.DB`
database_name = "<DATABASE_NAME>"
database_id = "<UUID>"
preview_database_id = "<UUID>"
migrations_table = "<d1_migrations>" # Customize this value to change your applied migrations table name
migrations_dir = "<FOLDER_NAME>" # Specify your custom migration directory
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Foreign key constraints

When applying a migration, you may need to temporarily disable [foreign key constraints](/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/). To do so, call `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = true` before making changes that would violate foreign keys.

Refer to the [foreign key documentation](/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/) to learn more about how to work with foreign keys and D1.

---

# Time Travel and backups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/reference/time-travel/

Time Travel is D1's approach to backups and point-in-time-recovery, and allows you to restore a database to any minute within the last 30 days.

- You do not need to enable Time Travel. It is always on.
- Database history and restoring a database incur no additional costs.
- Time Travel automatically creates [bookmarks](#bookmarks) on your behalf. You do not need to manually trigger or remember to initiate a backup.

By not having to rely on scheduled backups and/or manually initiated backups, you can go back in time and restore a database prior to a failed migration or schema change, a `DELETE` or `UPDATE` statement without a specific `WHERE` clause, and in the future, fork/copy a production database directly.

:::note[Support for Time Travel]

Databases using D1's [new storage subsystem](https://blog.cloudflare.com/d1-turning-it-up-to-11/) can use Time Travel. Time Travel replaces the [snapshot-based backups](/d1/reference/backups/) used for legacy alpha databases.

To understand which storage subsystem your database uses, run `wrangler d1 info YOUR_DATABASE` and inspect the `version` field in the output. Databases with `version: production` support the new Time Travel API. Databases with `version: alpha` only support the older, snapshot-based backup API.

:::

## Bookmarks

Time Travel introduces the concept of a "bookmark" to D1. A bookmark represents the state of a database at a specific point in time, and is effectively an append-only log.

- Bookmarks are lexicographically sortable. Sorting orders a list of bookmarks from oldest-to-newest.
- Bookmarks older than 30 days are invalid and cannot be used as a restore point.
- Restoring a database to a specific bookmark does not remove or delete older bookmarks. For example, if you restore to a bookmark representing the state of your database 10 minutes ago, and determine that you needed to restore to an earlier point in time, you can still do so.

Bookmarks can be derived from a [Unix timestamp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) (seconds since Jan 1st, 1970), and conversion between a specific timestamp and a bookmark is deterministic (stable).

## Timestamps

Time Travel supports two timestamp formats:

- [Unix timestamps](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Unix_time), which correspond to seconds since January 1st, 1970 at midnight. This is always in UTC.
- The [JavaScript date-time string format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date#date_time_string_format), which is a simplified version of the ISO-8601 timestamp format. An valid date-time string for the July 27, 2023 at 11:18AM in Americas/New_York (EST) would look like `2023-07-27T11:18:53.000-04:00`.

## Requirements

- [`Wrangler`](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) `v3.4.0` or later installed to use Time Travel commands.
- A database on D1's production backend. You can check whether a database is using this backend via `wrangler d1 info DB_NAME` - the output show `version: production`.

## Retrieve a bookmark

You can retrieve a bookmark for the current timestamp by calling the `d1 info` command, which defaults to returning the current bookmark:

```sh
wrangler d1 time-travel info YOUR_DATABASE
```

```sh output
🚧 Time Traveling...
⚠️ The current bookmark is '00000085-0000024c-00004c6d-8e61117bf38d7adb71b934ebbf891683'
⚡️ To restore to this specific bookmark, run:
 `wrangler d1 time-travel restore YOUR_DATABASE --bookmark=00000085-0000024c-00004c6d-8e61117bf38d7adb71b934ebbf891683`
```

To retrieve the bookmark for a timestamp in the past, pass the `--timestamp` flag with a valid Unix or RFC3339 timestamp:

```sh title="Using an RFC3339 timestamp, including the timezone"
wrangler d1 time-travel info YOUR_DATABASE --timestamp="2023-07-09T17:31:11+00:00"
```

## Restore a database

To restore a database to a specific point-in-time:

:::caution

Restoring a database to a specific point-in-time is a _destructive_ operation, and overwrites the database in place. In the future, D1 will support branching & cloning databases using Time Travel.

:::

```sh
wrangler d1 time-travel restore YOUR_DATABASE --timestamp=UNIX_TIMESTAMP
```

```sh output
🚧 Restoring database YOUR_DATABASE from bookmark 00000080-ffffffff-00004c60-390376cb1c4dd679b74a19d19f5ca5be

⚠️ This will overwrite all data in database YOUR_DATABASE.
In-flight queries and transactions will be cancelled.

✔ OK to proceed (y/N) … yes
⚡️ Time travel in progress...
✅ Database YOUR_DATABASE restored back to bookmark 00000080-ffffffff-00004c60-390376cb1c4dd679b74a19d19f5ca5be

↩️ To undo this operation, you can restore to the previous bookmark: 00000085-ffffffff-00004c6d-2510c8b03a2eb2c48b2422bb3b33fad5
```

Note that:

- Timestamps are converted to a deterministic, stable bookmark. The same timestamp will always represent the same bookmark.
- Queries in flight will be cancelled, and an error returned to the client.
- The restore operation will return a [bookmark](#bookmarks) that allows you to [undo](#undo-a-restore) and revert the database.

## Undo a restore

You can undo a restore by:

- Taking note of the previous bookmark returned as part of a `wrangler d1 time-travel restore` operation
- Restoring directly to a bookmark in the past, prior to your last restore.

To fetch a bookmark from an earlier state:

```sh title: "Get a historical bookmark"
wrangler d1 time-travel info YOUR_DATABASE
```

```sh output
🚧 Time Traveling...
⚠️ The current bookmark is '00000085-0000024c-00004c6d-8e61117bf38d7adb71b934ebbf891683'
⚡️ To restore to this specific bookmark, run:
 `wrangler d1 time-travel restore YOUR_DATABASE --bookmark=00000085-0000024c-00004c6d-8e61117bf38d7adb71b934ebbf891683`
```

## Notes

- You can quickly get the Unix timestamp from the command-line in macOS and Windows via `date %+s`.
- Time Travel does not yet allow you to clone or fork an existing database to a new copy. In the future, Time Travel will allow you to fork (clone) an existing database into a new database, or overwrite an existing database.
- You can restore a database back to a point in time up to 30 days in the past (Workers Paid plan) or 7 days (Workers Free plan). Refer to [Limits](/d1/platform/limits/) for details on Time Travel's limits.

---

# Define foreign keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/sql-api/foreign-keys/

D1 supports defining and enforcing foreign key constraints across tables in a database.

Foreign key constraints allow you to enforce relationships across tables. For example, you can use foreign keys to create a strict binding between a `user_id` in a `users` table and the `user_id` in an `orders` table, so that no order can be created against a user that does not exist.

Foreign key constraints can also prevent you from deleting rows that reference rows in other tables. For example, deleting rows from the `users` table when rows in the `orders` table refer to them.

By default, D1 enforces that foreign key constraints are valid within all queries and migrations. This is identical to the behaviour you would observe when setting `PRAGMA foreign_keys = on` in SQLite for every transaction.

## Defer foreign key constraints

When running a [query](/d1/worker-api/), [migration](/d1/reference/migrations/) or [importing data](/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/) against a D1 database, there may be situations in which you need to disable foreign key validation during table creation or changes to your schema.

D1's foreign key enforcement is equivalent to SQLite's `PRAGMA foreign_keys = on` directive. Because D1 runs every query inside an implicit transaction, user queries cannot change this during a query or migration.

Instead, D1 allows you to call `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = on` or `off`, which allows you to violate foreign key constraints temporarily (until the end of the current transaction).

Calling `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = off` does not disable foreign key enforcement outside of the current transaction. If you have not resolved outstanding foreign key violations at the end of your transaction, it will fail with a `FOREIGN KEY constraint failed` error.

To defer foreign key enforcement, set `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = on` at the start of your transaction, or ahead of changes that would violate constraints:

```sql
-- Defer foreign key enforcement in this transaction.
PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = on

-- Run your CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE / COLUMN statements
ALTER TABLE users ...

-- This is implicit if not set by the end of the transaction.
PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = off
```

You can also explicitly set `PRAGMA defer_foreign_keys = on` immediately after you have resolved outstanding foreign key constraints. If there are still outstanding foreign key constraints, you will receive a `FOREIGN KEY constraint failed` error and will need to resolve the violation.

## Define a foreign key relationship

A foreign key relationship can be defined when creating a table via `CREATE TABLE` or when adding a column to an existing table via an `ALTER TABLE` statement.

To illustrate this with an example based on an e-commerce website with two tables:

* A `users` table that defines common properties about a user account, including a unique `user_id` identifier.
* An `orders` table that maps an order back to a `user_id` in the user table.

This mapping is defined as `FOREIGN KEY`, which ensures that:

* You cannot delete a row from the `users` table that would violate the foreign key constraint. This means that you cannot end up with orders that do not have a valid user to map back to.
* `orders` are always defined against a valid `user_id`, mitigating the risk of creating orders that refer to invalid (or non-existent) users.

```sql
CREATE TABLE users (
    user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    email_address TEXT,
    name TEXT,
    metadata TEXT
)

CREATE TABLE orders (
    order_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    status INTEGER,
    item_desc TEXT,
    shipped_date INTEGER,
    user_who_ordered INTEGER,
    FOREIGN KEY(user_who_ordered) REFERENCES users(user_id)
)
```

You can define multiple foreign key relationships per-table, and foreign key definitions can reference multiple tables within your overall database schema.

## Foreign key actions

You can define *actions* as part of your foreign key definitions to either limit or propagate changes to a parent row (`REFERENCES table(column)`). Defining *actions* makes using foreign key constraints in your application easier to reason about, and help either clean up related data or prevent data from being islanded.

There are five actions you can set when defining the `ON UPDATE` and/or `ON DELETE` clauses as part of a foreign key relationship. You can also define different actions for `ON UPDATE` and `ON DELETE` depending on your requirements.

* `CASCADE` - Updating or deleting a parent key deletes all child keys (rows) associated to it.
* `RESTRICT` - A parent key cannot be updated or deleted when *any* child key refers to it. Unlike the default foreign key enforcement, relationships with `RESTRICT` applied return errors immediately, and not at the end of the transaction.
* `SET DEFAULT` - Set the child column(s) referred to by the foreign key definition to the `DEFAULT` value defined in the schema. If no `DEFAULT` is set on the child columns, you cannot use this action.
* `SET NULL` - Set the child column(s) referred to by the foreign key definition to SQL `NULL`.
* `NO ACTION` - Take no action.

:::caution[CASCADE usage]

Although `CASCADE` can be the desired behavior in some cases, deleting child rows across tables can have undesirable effects and/or result in unintended side effects for your users.
:::

In the following example, deleting a user from the `users` table will delete all related rows in the `scores` table as you have defined `ON DELETE CASCADE`. Delete all related rows in the `scores` table if you do not want to retain the scores for any users you have deleted entirely. This might mean that *other* users can no longer look up or refer to scores that were still valid.

```sql
CREATE TABLE users (
    user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    email_address TEXT,
)

CREATE TABLE scores (
    score_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    game TEXT,
    score INTEGER,
    player_id INTEGER,
    FOREIGN KEY(player_id) REFERENCES users(user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
)
```

## Next Steps

* Read the SQLite [`FOREIGN KEY`](https://www.sqlite.org/foreignkeys.html) documentation.
* Learn how to [use the D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) from within a Worker.
* Understand how [database migrations work](/d1/reference/migrations/) with D1.

---

# SQL API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/sql-api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Query JSON

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/sql-api/query-json/

D1 has built-in support for querying and parsing JSON data stored within a database. This enables you to:

* [Query paths](#extract-values) within a stored JSON object - for example, extracting the value of named key or array index directly, which is especially useful with larger JSON objects.
* Insert and/or replace values within an object or array.
* [Expand the contents of a JSON object](#expand-arrays-for-in-queries) or array into multiple rows - for example, for use as part of a `WHERE ... IN` predicate.
* Create [generated columns](/d1/reference/generated-columns/) that are automatically populated with values from JSON objects you insert.

One of the biggest benefits to parsing JSON within D1 directly is that it can directly reduce the number of round-trips (queries) to your database. It reduces the cases where you have to read a JSON object into your application (1), parse it, and then write it back (2).

This allows you to more precisely query over data and reduce the result set your application needs to additionally parse and filter on.

## Types

JSON data is stored as a `TEXT` column in D1. JSON types follow the same [type conversion rules](/d1/worker-api/#type-conversion) as D1 in general, including:

* A JSON null is treated as a D1 `NULL`.
* A JSON number is treated as an `INTEGER` or `REAL`.
* Booleans are treated as `INTEGER` values: `true` as `1` and `false` as `0`.
* Object and array values as `TEXT`.

## Supported functions

The following table outlines the JSON functions built into D1 and example usage.

* The `json` argument placeholder can be a JSON object, array, string, number or a null value.
* The `value` argument accepts string literals (only) and treats input as a string, even if it is well-formed JSON. The exception to this rule is when nesting `json_*` functions: the outer (wrapping) function will interpret the inner (wrapped) functions return value as JSON.
* The `path` argument accepts path-style traversal syntax - for example, `$` to refer to the top-level object/array, `$.key1.key2` to refer to a nested object, and `$.key[2]` to index into an array.

| Function                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                    | Example                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `json(json)`                                                | Validates the provided string is JSON and returns a minified version of that JSON object.                                                                      | `json('{"hello":["world" ,"there"] }')` returns `{"hello":["world","there"]}`             |
| `json_array(value1, value2, value3, ...)`                   | Return a JSON array from the values.                                                                                                                           | `json_array(1, 2, 3)` returns `[1, 2, 3]`                                                 |
| `json_array_length(json)` - `json_array_length(json, path)` | Return the length of the JSON array                                                                                                                            | `json_array_length('{"data":["x", "y", "z"]}', '$.data')` returns `3`                     |
| `json_extract(json, path)`                                  | Extract the value(s) at the given path using `$.path.to.value` syntax.                                                                                         | `json_extract('{"temp":"78.3", "sunset":"20:44"}', '$.temp')` returns `"78.3"`            |
| `json -> path`                                              | Extract the value(s) at the given path using path syntax and return it as JSON.                                                                                |                                                                                           |
| `json ->> path`                                             | Extract the value(s) at the given path using path syntax and return it as a SQL type.                                                                          |                                                                                           |
| `json_insert(json, path, value)`                            | Insert a value at the given path. Does not overwrite an existing value.                                                                                        |                                                                                           |
| `json_object(label1, value1, ...)`                          | Accepts pairs of (keys, values) and returns a JSON object.                                                                                                     | `json_object('temp', 45, 'wind_speed_mph', 13)` returns `{"temp":45,"wind_speed_mph":13}` |
| `json_patch(target, patch)`                                 | Uses a JSON [MergePatch](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396) approach to merge the provided patch into the target JSON object.                                |                                                                                           |
| `json_remove(json, path, ...)`                              | Remove the key and value at the specified path.                                                                                                                | `json_remove('[60,70,80,90]', '$[0]')` returns `70,80,90]`                                |
| `json_replace(json, path, value)`                           | Insert a value at the given path. Overwrites an existing value, but does not create a new key if it doesn't exist.                                             |                                                                                           |
| `json_set(json, path, value)`                               | Insert a value at the given path. Overwrites an existing value.                                                                                                |                                                                                           |
| `json_type(json)` - `json_type(json, path)`                 | Return the type of the provided value or value at the specified path. Returns one of `null`, `true`, `false`, `integer`, `real`, `text`, `array`, or `object`. | `json_type('{"temperatures":[73.6, 77.8, 80.2]}', '$.temperatures')` returns `array`      |
| `json_valid(json)`                                          | Returns 0 (false) for invalid JSON, and 1 (true) for valid JSON.                                                                                               | `json_valid({invalid:json})`returns`0\`                                                  |
| `json_quote(value)`                                         | Converts the provided SQL value into its JSON representation.                                                                                                  | `json_quote('[1, 2, 3]')` returns `[1,2,3]`                                               |
| `json_group_array(value)`                                   | Returns the provided value(s) as a JSON array.                                                                                                                 |                                                                                           |
| `json_each(value)` - `json_each(value, path)`               | Returns each element within the object as an individual row. It will only traverse the top-level object.                                                       |                                                                                           |
| `json_tree(value)` - `json_tree(value, path)`               | Returns each element within the object as an individual row. It traverses the full object.                                                                     |                                                                                           |

The SQLite [JSON extension](https://www.sqlite.org/json1.html), on which D1 builds on, has additional usage examples.

## Error Handling

JSON functions will return a `malformed JSON` error when operating over data that isn't JSON and/or is not valid JSON. D1 considers valid JSON to be [RFC 7159](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7159.txt) conformant.

In the following example, calling `json_extract` over a string (not valid JSON) will cause the query to return a `malformed JSON` error:

```sql
SELECT json_extract('not valid JSON: just a string', '$')
```

This will return an error:

```txt
ERROR 9015: SQL engine error: query error: Error code 1: SQL error or missing database (malformed
  JSON)`
```

## Generated columns

D1's support for [generated columns](/d1/reference/generated-columns/) allows you to create dynamic columns that are generated based on the values of other columns, including extracted or calculated values of JSON data.

These columns can be queried like any other column, and can have [indexes](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/) defined on them. If you have JSON data that you frequently query and filter over, creating a generated column and an index can dramatically improve query performance.

For example, to define a column based on a value within a larger JSON object, use the `AS` keyword combined with a [JSON function](#supported-functions) to generate a typed column:

```sql
CREATE TABLE some_table (
    -- other columns omitted
    raw_data TEXT -- JSON: {"measurement":{"aqi":[21,42,58],"wind_mph":"13","location":"US-NY"}}
    location AS (json_extract(raw_data, '$.measurement.location')) STORED
)
```

Refer to [Generated columns](/d1/reference/generated-columns/) to learn more about how to generate columns.

## Example usage

### Extract values

There are three ways to extract a value from a JSON object in D1:

* The `json_extract()` function - for example, `json_extract(text_column_containing_json, '$.path.to.value)`.
* The `->` operator, which returns a JSON representation of the value.
* The `->>` operator, which returns an SQL representation of the value.

The `->` and `->>` operators functions both operate similarly to the same operators in PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB.

Given the following JSON object in a column named `sensor_reading`, you can extract values from it directly.

```json
{
    "measurement": {
        "temp_f": "77.4",
        "aqi": [21, 42, 58],
        "o3": [18, 500],
        "wind_mph": "13",
        "location": "US-NY"
    }
}
```

```sql
-- Extract the temperature value
json_extract(sensor_reading, '$.measurement.temp_f')-- returns "77.4" as TEXT
```

```sql
-- Extract the maximum PM2.5 air quality reading
sensor_reading -> '$.measurement.aqi[3]' -- returns 58 as a JSON number
```

```sql
-- Extract the o3 (ozone) array in full
sensor_reading -\-> '$.measurement.o3' -- returns '[18, 500]' as TEXT
```

### Get the length of an array

You can get the length of a JSON array in two ways:

1. By calling `json_array_length(value)` directly
2. By calling `json_array_length(value, path)` to specify the path to an array within an object or outer array.

For example, given the following JSON object stored in a column called `login_history`, you could get a count of the last logins directly:

```json
{
    "user_id": "abc12345",
    "previous_logins": ["2023-03-31T21:07:14-05:00", "2023-03-28T08:21:02-05:00", "2023-03-28T05:52:11-05:00"]
}
```

```sql
json_array_length(login_history, '$.previous_logins') --> returns 3 as an INTEGER
```

You can also use `json_array_length` as a predicate in a more complex query - for example, `WHERE json_array_length(some_column, '$.path.to.value') >= 5`.

### Insert a value into an existing object

You can insert a value into an existing JSON object or array using `json_insert()`. For example, if you have a `TEXT` column called `login_history` in a `users` table containing the following object:

```json
{"history": ["2023-05-13T15:13:02+00:00", "2023-05-14T07:11:22+00:00", "2023-05-15T15:03:51+00:00"]}
```

To add a new timestamp to the `history` array within our `login_history` column, write a query resembling the following:

```sql
UPDATE users
SET login_history = json_insert(login_history, '$.history[#]', '2023-05-15T20:33:06+00:00')
WHERE user_id = 'aba0e360-1e04-41b3-91a0-1f2263e1e0fb'
```

Provide three arguments to `json_insert`:

1. The name of our column containing the JSON you want to modify.
2. The path to the key within the object to modify.
3. The JSON value to insert. Using `[#]` tells `json_insert` to append to the end of your array.

To replace an existing value, use `json_replace()`, which will overwrite an existing key-value pair if one already exists. To set a value regardless of whether it already exists, use `json_set()`.

### Expand arrays for IN queries

Use `json_each` to expand an array into multiple rows. This can be useful when composing a `WHERE column IN (?)` query over several values. For example, if you wanted to update a list of users by their integer `id`, use `json_each` to return a table with each value as a column called `value`:

```sql
UPDATE users
SET last_audited = '2023-05-16T11:24:08+00:00'
WHERE id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each('[183183, 13913, 94944]'))
```

This would extract only the `value` column from the table returned by `json_each`, with each row representing the user IDs you passed in as an array.

`json_each` effectively returns a table with multiple columns, with the most relevant being:

* `key` - the key (or index).
* `value` - the literal value of each element parsed by `json_each`.
* `type` - the type of the value: one of `null`, `true`, `false`, `integer`, `real`, `text`, `array`, or `object`.
* `fullkey` - the full path to the element: e.g. `$[1]` for the second element in an array, or `$.path.to.key` for a nested object.
* `path` - the top-level path - `$` as the path for an element with a `fullkey` of `$[0]`.

In this example, `SELECT * FROM json_each('[183183, 13913, 94944]')` would return a table resembling the below:

```sql
key|value|type|id|fullkey|path
0|183183|integer|1|$[0]|$
1|13913|integer|2|$[1]|$
2|94944|integer|3|$[2]|$
```

You can use `json_each` with [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) in a Worker by creating a statement and using `JSON.stringify` to pass an array as a [bound parameter](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#guidance):

```ts
const stmt = context.env.DB
    .prepare("UPDATE users SET last_audited = ? WHERE id IN (SELECT value FROM json_each(?1))")
const resp = await stmt.bind(
    "2023-05-16T11:24:08+00:00",
    JSON.stringify([183183, 13913, 94944])
    ).run()
```

This would only update rows in your `users` table where the `id` matches one of the three provided.

---

# SQL statements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/sql-api/sql-statements/

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D1 is compatible with most SQLite's SQL convention since it leverages SQLite's query engine. D1 supports a number of database-level statements that allow you to list tables, indexes, and inspect the schema for a given table or index.

You can execute any of these statements via the D1 console in the Cloudflare dashboard, [`wrangler d1 execute`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#d1), or with the [D1 Worker Bindings API](/d1/worker-api/d1-database).

## Supported SQLite extensions

D1 supports a subset of SQLite extensions for added functionality, including:

- Default SQLite extensions.
- [FTS5 module](https://www.sqlite.org/fts5.html) for full-text search.

## Compatible PRAGMA statements

D1 supports some [SQLite PRAGMA](https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html) statements. The PRAGMA statement is an SQL extension for SQLite. PRAGMA commands can be used to:

- Modify the behavior of certain SQLite operations.
- Query the SQLite library for internal data about schemas or tables (but note that PRAGMA statements cannot query the contents of a table).
- Control environmental variables.

<Render file="use-pragma-statements" />

## Query `sqlite_master`

You can also query the `sqlite_master` table to show all tables, indexes, and the original SQL used to generate them:

```sql
SELECT name, sql FROM sqlite_master
```

```json
      {
        "name": "users",
        "sql": "CREATE TABLE users ( user_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, email_address TEXT, created_at INTEGER, deleted INTEGER, settings TEXT)"
      },
      {
        "name": "idx_ordered_users",
        "sql": "CREATE INDEX idx_ordered_users ON users(created_at DESC)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Order",
        "sql": "CREATE TABLE \"Order\" ( \"Id\" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, \"CustomerId\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"EmployeeId\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"OrderDate\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"RequiredDate\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShippedDate\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipVia\" INTEGER NULL, \"Freight\" DECIMAL NOT NULL, \"ShipName\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipAddress\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipCity\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipRegion\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipPostalCode\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"ShipCountry\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Product",
        "sql": "CREATE TABLE \"Product\" ( \"Id\" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, \"ProductName\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"SupplierId\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"CategoryId\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"QuantityPerUnit\" VARCHAR(8000) NULL, \"UnitPrice\" DECIMAL NOT NULL, \"UnitsInStock\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"UnitsOnOrder\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"ReorderLevel\" INTEGER NOT NULL, \"Discontinued\" INTEGER NOT NULL)"
      }
```

## Search with LIKE

You can perform a search using SQL's `LIKE` operator:

```js
const { results } = await env.DB.prepare(
	"SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName LIKE ?",
)
	.bind("%eve%")
	.all();
console.log("results: ", results);
```
```js output
results:  [...]
```

## Related resources

- Learn [how to create indexes](/d1/best-practices/use-indexes/#list-indexes) in D1.
- Use D1's [JSON functions](/d1/sql-api/query-json/) to query JSON data.
- Use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to run your Worker and D1 locally and debug issues before deploying.

---

# D1 Database

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/d1-database/

import { Type, MetaInfo, Details } from "~/components";

To interact with your D1 database from your Worker, you need to access it through the environment bindings provided to the Worker (`env`).

```js
async fetch(request, env) {
	// D1 database is 'env.DB', where "DB" is the binding name from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
}
```

A D1 binding has the type `D1Database`, and supports a number of methods, as listed below.

## Methods

### `prepare()`

Prepares a query statement to be later executed.

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
```

#### Parameters

- <code>query</code>: <Type text="String"/> <MetaInfo text="Required"/>
  - The SQL query you wish to execute on the database.

#### Return values

- <code>D1PreparedStatement</code>: <Type text="Object"/>
  - An object which only contains methods. Refer to [Prepared statement methods](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/).

#### Guidance

You  can use the `bind` method to dynamically bind a value into the query statement, as shown below.

- Example of a static statement without using `bind`:

	```js
	const stmt = db
		.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = Alfreds Futterkiste AND CustomerId = 1")
	```

- Example of an ordered statement using `bind`:

	```js
	const stmt = db
		.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ? AND CustomerId = ?")
		.bind("Alfreds Futterkiste", 1);
	```

Refer to the [`bind` method documentation](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#bind) for more information.

### `batch()`

Sends multiple SQL statements inside a single call to the database. This can have a huge performance impact as it reduces latency from network round trips to D1. D1 operates in auto-commit. Our implementation guarantees that each statement in the list will execute and commit, sequentially, non-concurrently.

Batched statements are [SQL transactions](https://www.sqlite.org/lang_transaction.html). If a statement in the sequence fails, then an error is returned for that specific statement, and it aborts or rolls back the entire sequence.

To send batch statements, provide `D1Database::batch` a list of prepared statements and get the results in the same order.

```js
const companyName1 = `Bs Beverages`;
const companyName2 = `Around the Horn`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`);
const batchResult = await env.DB.batch([
	stmt.bind(companyName1),
	stmt.bind(companyName2)
]);
```

#### Parameters

- <code>statements</code>: <Type text="Array"/>
  - An array of [`D1PreparedStatement`](#prepare)s.

#### Return values

- <code>results</code>: <Type text="Array"/>
  - An array of `D1Result` objects containing the results of the [`D1Database::prepare`](#prepare) statements. Each object is in the array position corresponding to the array position of the initial [`D1Database::prepare`](#prepare) statement within the `statements`.
  - Refer to [`D1Result`](/d1/worker-api/return-object/#d1result) for more information about this object.

<Details header="Example of return values" open={false}>

```js
const companyName1 = `Bs Beverages`;
const companyName2 = `Around the Horn`;
const stmt = await env.DB.batch([
	env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`).bind(companyName1),
	env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`).bind(companyName2)
]);
return Response.json(stmt)
```
```js output
[
  {
    "success": true,
    "meta": {
      "served_by": "miniflare.db",
      "duration": 0,
      "changes": 0,
      "last_row_id": 0,
      "changed_db": false,
      "size_after": 8192,
      "rows_read": 4,
      "rows_written": 0
    },
    "results": [
      {
        "CustomerId": 11,
        "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
        "ContactName": "Victoria Ashworth"
      },
      {
        "CustomerId": 13,
        "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
        "ContactName": "Random Name"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "success": true,
    "meta": {
      "served_by": "miniflare.db",
      "duration": 0,
      "changes": 0,
      "last_row_id": 0,
      "changed_db": false,
      "size_after": 8192,
      "rows_read": 4,
      "rows_written": 0
    },
    "results": [
      {
        "CustomerId": 4,
        "CompanyName": "Around the Horn",
        "ContactName": "Thomas Hardy"
      }
    ]
  }
]
```
```js
console.log(stmt[1].results);
```
```js output
[
  {
    "CustomerId": 4,
    "CompanyName": "Around the Horn",
    "ContactName": "Thomas Hardy"
  }
]
```
</Details>

#### Guidance

- You can construct batches reusing the same prepared statement:

	```js
		const companyName1 = `Bs Beverages`;
		const companyName2 = `Around the Horn`;
		const stmt = env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`);
		const batchResult = await env.DB.batch([
			stmt.bind(companyName1),
			stmt.bind(companyName2)
		]);
		return Response.json(batchResult);
	```

### `exec()`

Executes one or more queries directly without prepared statements or parameter bindings.

```js
const returnValue = await env.DB.exec(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = "Bs Beverages"`);
```

#### Parameters

- <code>query</code>: <Type text="String"/> <MetaInfo text="Required"/>
  - The SQL query statement without parameter binding.

#### Return values

- <code>D1ExecResult</code>: <Type text="Object"/>
  - The `count` property contains the number of executed queries.
  - The `duration` property contains the duration of operation in milliseconds.
	- Refer to [`D1ExecResult`](/d1/worker-api/return-object/#d1execresult) for more information.

<Details header="Example of return values" open={false}>
```js
const returnValue = await env.DB.exec(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = "Bs Beverages"`);
return Response.json(returnValue);
```
```js output
{
  "count": 1,
  "duration": 1
}
```
</Details>

#### Guidance

- If an error occurs, an exception is thrown with the query and error messages, execution stops and further statements are not executed. Refer to [Errors](/d1/observability/debug-d1/#errors) to learn more.
- This method can have poorer performance (prepared statements can be reused in some cases) and, more importantly, is less safe.
- Only use this method for maintenance and one-shot tasks (for example, migration jobs).
- The input can be one or multiple queries separated by `\n`.

### `dump`

:::caution
This API only works on databases created during D1's alpha period. Check which version your database uses with `wrangler d1 info <DATABASE_NAME>`.
:::

Dumps the entire D1 database to an SQLite compatible file inside an ArrayBuffer.

```js
const dump = await db.dump();
return new Response(dump, {
	status: 200,
	headers: {
		"Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
	},
});
```

#### Parameters

- None.

#### Return values

- None.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with D1.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Workers Binding API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/

import { DirectoryListing, Details, Steps } from "~/components";

You can execute SQL queries on your D1 database from a Worker using the Worker Binding API. To do this, you can perform the following steps:

1. [Bind the D1 Database](/d1/worker-api/d1-database).
2. [Prepare a statement](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#prepare).
3. [Run the prepared statement](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements).
4. Analyze the [return object](/d1/worker-api/return-object) (if necessary).

Refer to the relevant sections for the API documentation.

## TypeScript support

D1 Worker Bindings API is fully-typed via the [`@cloudflare/workers-types`](/workers/languages/typescript/#typescript) package, and also supports [generic types](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html#generic-types) as part of its TypeScript API. A generic type allows you to provide an optional `type parameter` so that a function understands the type of the data it is handling.

When using the query statement methods [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#run), [`D1PreparedStatement::raw`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#raw) and [`D1PreparedStatement::first`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#first), you can provide a type representing each database row. D1's API will [return the result object](/d1/worker-api/return-object/#d1result) with the correct type.

For example, providing an `OrderRow` type as a type parameter to [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#run) will return a typed `Array<OrderRow>` object instead of the default `Record<string, unknown>` type:

```ts
// Row definition
type OrderRow = {
Id: string;
CustomerName: string;
OrderDate: number;
};

// Elsewhere in your application
const result = await env.MY_DB.prepare(
"SELECT Id, CustomerName, OrderDate FROM [Order] ORDER BY ShippedDate DESC LIMIT 100",
).run<OrderRow>();
```

## Type conversion

D1 automatically converts supported JavaScript (including TypeScript) types passed as parameters via the Workers Binding API to their associated D1 types. The type conversion is as follows:

| JavaScript           | D1                                                                           |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| null                 | `NULL`                                                                       |
| Number               | `REAL`                                                                       |
| Number <sup>1</sup>  | `INTEGER`                                                                    |
| String               | `TEXT`                                                                       |
| Boolean <sup>2</sup> | `INTEGER`                                                                    |
| ArrayBuffer          | `BLOB`                                                                       |
| undefined            | Not supported. Queries with `undefined` values will return a `D1_TYPE_ERROR` |

<sup>1</sup> D1 supports 64-bit signed `INTEGER` values internally, however
[BigInts](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt)
are not currently supported in the API yet. JavaScript integers are safe up to
[`Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/MAX_SAFE_INTEGER).

<sup>2</sup> Booleans will be cast to an `INTEGER` type where `1` is `TRUE` and
`0` is `FALSE`.

## API playground

The D1 Worker Binding API playground is an `index.js` file where you can test each of the documented Worker Binding APIs for D1. The file builds from the end-state of the [Get started](/d1/get-started/#write-queries-within-your-worker) code.

You can use this alongside the API documentation to better understand how each API works.

Follow the steps to setup your API playground.

### 1. Complete the Get started tutorial

Complete the [Get started](/d1/get-started/#write-queries-within-your-worker) tutorial. Ensure you use JavaScript instead of TypeScript.

### 2. Modify the content of `index.js`

Replace the contents of your `index.js` file with the code below to view the effect of each API.

<Details header="index.js" open={false}>
```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
	  const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

	//   if (pathname === "/api/beverages") {
	// 	// If you did not use `DB` as your binding name, change it here
	// 	const { results } = await env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?",).bind("Bs Beverages").all();
	// 	return Response.json(results);
	//   }

		const companyName1 = `Bs Beverages`;
		const companyName2 = `Around the Horn`;
		const stmt = env.DB.prepare(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?`);

	  if (pathname === `/RUN`){
		const returnValue = await stmt.bind(companyName1).run();
		return Response.json(returnValue);

	} else if (pathname === `/RAW`){
		const returnValue = await stmt.bind(companyName1).raw();
		return Response.json(returnValue);

	} else if (pathname === `/FIRST`){
		const returnValue = await stmt.bind(companyName1).first();
		return Response.json(returnValue);

	} else if (pathname === `/BATCH`) {
		const batchResult = await env.DB.batch([
			stmt.bind(companyName1),
			stmt.bind(companyName2)
		]);
		return Response.json(batchResult);

	} else if (pathname === `/EXEC`){
		const returnValue = await env.DB.exec(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = "Bs Beverages"`);
		return Response.json(returnValue);
	}

	  return new Response(
		`Welcome to the D1 API Playground!
		\nChange the URL to test the various methods inside your index.js file.`,
	  );
	},
};

```
</Details>

### 3. Deploy the Worker

<Steps>
1. Navigate to your tutorial directory you created by following step 1.
2. Run `npx wrangler dev`.
	```sh
	npx wrangler dev
	```
	```sh output
	 ⛅️ wrangler 3.85.0 (update available 3.86.1)
	-------------------------------------------------------

	Your worker has access to the following bindings:
	- D1 Databases:
		- DB: <DATABASE_NAME> (DATABASE_ID) (local)
	⎔ Starting local server...
	[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
	╭───────────────────────────╮
	│  [b] open a browser       │
	│  [d] open devtools        │
	│  [l] turn off local mode  │
	│  [c] clear console        │
	│  [x] to exit              │
	╰───────────────────────────╯
	```
3. Open a browser at the specified address.
</Steps>

### 4. Test the APIs

Change the URL to test the various D1 Worker Binding APIs.

---

# Prepared statement methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/

import { Type, MetaInfo, Details } from "~/components";

This chapter documents the various ways you can run and retrieve the results of a query after you have [prepared your statement](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#prepare).

## Methods

### `bind()`

Binds a parameter to the prepared statement.

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
```

#### Parameter

- <code>Variable</code>: <Type text="string"/>
  - The variable to be appended into the prepared statement. See [guidance](#guidance) below.

#### Return values

- <code>D1PreparedStatement</code>: <Type text="Object"/>
  - A `D1PreparedStatement` where the input parameter has been included in the statement.

#### Guidance

- D1 follows the [SQLite convention](https://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html#varparam) for prepared statements parameter binding. Currently, D1 only supports Ordered (`?NNNN`) and Anonymous (`?`) parameters. In the future, D1 will support named parameters as well.

	| Syntax | Type      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
	| ------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| `?NNN` | Ordered   | A question mark followed by a number `NNN` holds a spot for the `NNN`-th parameter. `NNN` must be between `1` and `SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
	| `?`    | Anonymous | A question mark that is not followed by a number creates a parameter with a number one greater than the largest parameter number already assigned. If this means the parameter number is greater than `SQLITE_MAX_VARIABLE_NUMBER`, it is an error. This parameter format is provided for compatibility with other database engines. But because it is easy to miscount the question marks, the use of this parameter format is discouraged. Programmers are encouraged to use one of the symbolic formats below or the `?NNN` format above instead. |

	To bind a parameter, use the `.bind` method.

	Order and anonymous examples:

	```js
	const stmt = db.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind("");
	```

	```js
	const stmt = db
		.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ? AND CustomerId = ?")
		.bind("Alfreds Futterkiste", 1);
	```

	```js
	const stmt = db
		.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?2 AND CustomerId = ?1")
		.bind(1, "Alfreds Futterkiste");
	```

#### Static statements

D1 API supports static statements. Static statements are SQL statements where the variables have been hard coded. When writing a static statement, you manually type the variable within the statement string.

:::note
The recommended approach is to bind parameters to create a prepared statement (which are precompiled objects used by the database) to run the SQL. Prepared statements lead to faster overall execution and prevent SQL injection attacks.
:::

Example of a prepared statement with dynamically bound value:

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
// A variable (someVariable) will replace the placeholder '?' in the query.
// `stmt` is a prepared statement.
```

Example of a static statement:

```js
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = Bs Beverages");
// "Bs Beverages" is hard-coded into the query.
// `stmt` is a static statement.
```

### `run()`

Runs the prepared query (or queries) and returns results. The returned results includes metadata.

```js
const returnValue = await stmt.run();
```

#### Parameter

- None.

#### Return values

- <code>D1Result</code>: <Type text="Object"/>
  - An object containing the success status, a meta object, and an array of objects containing the query results.
  - For more information on the object, refer to [`D1Result`](/d1/worker-api/return-object/#d1result).

<Details header="Example of return values" open = {false}>
```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.run();
```
```js
return Response.json(returnValue);
```
```js output
{
  "success": true,
  "meta": {
    "served_by": "miniflare.db",
    "duration": 1,
    "changes": 0,
    "last_row_id": 0,
    "changed_db": false,
    "size_after": 8192,
    "rows_read": 4,
    "rows_written": 0
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "CustomerId": 11,
      "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
      "ContactName": "Victoria Ashworth"
    },
    {
      "CustomerId": 13,
      "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
      "ContactName": "Random Name"
    }
  ]
}
```
</Details>

#### Guidance

- `results` is empty for write operations such as `UPDATE`, `DELETE`, or `INSERT`.
- When using TypeScript, you can pass a [type parameter](/d1/worker-api/#typescript-support) to [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](#run) to return a typed result object.
- [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](#run) is functionally equivalent to `D1PreparedStatement::all`, and can be treated as an alias.
- You can choose to extract only the results you expect from the statement by simply returning the `results` property of the return object.

<Details header="Example of returning only the `results`" open={false}>
```js
return Response.json(returnValue.results);
```
```js output
[
  {
    "CustomerId": 11,
    "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
    "ContactName": "Victoria Ashworth"
  },
  {
    "CustomerId": 13,
    "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
    "ContactName": "Random Name"
  }
]
```
</Details>

### `raw()`

Runs the prepared query (or queries), and returns the results as an array of arrays. The returned results do not include metadata.

Column names are not included in the result set by default. To include column names as the first row of the result array, set `.raw({columnNames: true})`.

```js
const returnValue = await stmt.raw();
```

#### Parameters

- <code>columnNames</code>: <Type text="Object"/> <MetaInfo text="Optional"/>
  - A boolean object which includes column names as the first row of the result array.

#### Return values

- <code>Array</code>: <Type text="Array"/>
  - An array of arrays. Each sub-array represents a row.

<Details header="Example of return values" open = {false}>
```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.raw();
return Response.json(returnValue);
```
```js output
[
  [11, "Bs Beverages",
    "Victoria Ashworth"
  ],
  [13, "Bs Beverages",
    "Random Name"
  ]
]
```

With parameter `columnNames: true`:
```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.raw({columnNames:true});
return Response.json(returnValue)
```
```js output
[
  [
    "CustomerId",
    "CompanyName",
    "ContactName"
  ],
  [11, "Bs Beverages",
    "Victoria Ashworth"
  ],
  [13, "Bs Beverages",
    "Random Name"
  ]
]
```
</Details>

#### Guidance

- When using TypeScript, you can pass a [type parameter](/d1/worker-api/#typescript-support) to [`D1PreparedStatement::raw`](#raw) to return a typed result array.

### `first()`

Runs the prepared query (or queries), and returns the first row of the query result as an object. This does not return any metadata. Instead, it directly returns the object.

```js
const values = await stmt.first();
```

#### Parameters

- <code>columnName</code>: <Type text="String"/> <MetaInfo text="Optional"/>
  - Specify a `columnName` to return a value from a specific column in the first row of the query result.
- None.
  - Do not pass a parameter to obtain all columns from the first row.

#### Return values

- <code>firstRow</code>: <Type text="Object"/> <MetaInfo text="Optional"/>
  - An object containing the first row of the query result.
  - The return value will be further filtered to a specific attribute if `columnName` was specified.

- `null`: <Type text="null"/>
  - If the query returns no rows.

<Details header ="Example of return values" open = {false}>

Get all the columns from the first row:

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.first();
return Response.json(returnValue)
```
```js output
{
  "CustomerId": 11,
  "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
  "ContactName": "Victoria Ashworth"
}
```

Get a specific column from the first row:

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.first(CustomerId);
return Response.json(returnValue)
```
```js output
11
```
</Details>

#### Guidance

- If the query returns rows but `column` does not exist, then [`D1PreparedStatement::first`](#first) throws the `D1_ERROR` exception.
- [`D1PreparedStatement::first`](#first) does not alter the SQL query. To improve performance, consider appending `LIMIT 1` to your statement.
- When using TypeScript, you can pass a [type parameter](/d1/worker-api/#typescript-support) to [`D1PreparedStatement::first`](#first) to return a typed result object.

---

# Return objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/return-object/

Some D1 Worker Binding APIs return a typed object.

| D1 Worker Binding API                                                                                                          | Return object |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- |
| [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#run), [`D1Database::batch`](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#batch)| `D1Result`    |
| [`D1Database::exec`](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#exec)                                                                         | `D1ExecResult`|

## `D1Result`

The methods [`D1PreparedStatement::run`](/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#run) and [`D1Database::batch`](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#batch) return a typed [`D1Result`](#d1result) object for each query statement. This object contains:

- The success status
- A meta object with the internal duration of the operation in milliseconds
- The results (if applicable) as an array

```js
{
  success: boolean, // true if the operation was successful, false otherwise
  meta: {
    served_by: string // the version of Cloudflare's backend Worker that returned the result
    duration: number, // the duration of the SQL query execution only, in milliseconds
		changes: number, // the number of changes made to the database
		last_row_id: number, // the last inserted row ID, only applies when the table is defined without the `WITHOUT ROWID` option
		changed_db: boolean, // true if something on the database was changed
    size_after: number, // the size of the database after the query is successfully applied
    rows_read: number, // the number of rows read (scanned) by this query
    rows_written: number // the number of rows written by this query
  }
  results: array | null, // [] if empty, or null if it does not apply
}
```

### Example

```js
const someVariable = `Bs Beverages`;
const stmt = env.DB.prepare("SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = ?").bind(someVariable);
const returnValue = await stmt.run();
return Response.json(result)
```
```js
{
  "success": true,
  "meta": {
    "served_by": "miniflare.db",
    "duration": 1,
    "changes": 0,
    "last_row_id": 0,
    "changed_db": false,
    "size_after": 8192,
    "rows_read": 4,
    "rows_written": 0
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "CustomerId": 11,
      "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
      "ContactName": "Victoria Ashworth"
    },
    {
      "CustomerId": 13,
      "CompanyName": "Bs Beverages",
      "ContactName": "Random Name"
    }
  ]
}
```

## `D1ExecResult`

The method [`D1Database::exec`](/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#exec) returns a typed [`D1ExecResult`](#d1execresult) object for each query statement. This object contains:

- The number of executed queries
- The duration of the operation in milliseconds

```js
{
	"count": number, // the number of executed queries
	"duration": number // the duration of the operation, in milliseconds
}
```

### Example

```js
const returnValue = await env.DB.exec(`SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE CompanyName = "Bs Beverages"`);
return Response.json(returnValue);
```
```js output
{
  "count": 1,
  "duration": 1
}
```

---

# Cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/cache/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Cache with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that [eligible assets](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) are cached only in-region, follow these steps for the dashboard or API configuration:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account and zone.
2. Go to the **DNS** tab.
3. Follow these steps to [create a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).
4. From the **Region** dropdown, select the region you would like to use on your domain.
5. Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. To create records with the API, use the [API POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/) command.
2. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the hostname to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific region.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

Take into consideration that only [Generic Global Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#generic-global-tiered-cache) and [Custom Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#custom-tiered-cache) respect Regional Services. [Smart Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#smart-tiered-cache) is incompatible with Regional Services.

:::

## Customer Metadata Boundary

[Cache Analytics](/cache/performance-review/cache-analytics/), Generic Global Tiered Cache and Custom Tiered Cache are compatible with Customer Metadata Boundary. With Customer Metadata Boundary set to EU, the **Caching** > **Tiered Cache** tab in the zone dashboard will not be populated.

For more information on CDN and caching, refer to the [Cache documentation](/cache/).

---

# Cloudflare for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/cloudflare-for-saas/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Cloudflare for SaaS with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for both hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and the fallback origin, follow these steps for the dashboard or API configuration:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account and zone.
2. Go to the **Custom Hostnames** tab.
3. Follow these steps to [configure Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/).

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Set the [fallback record](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/subresources/fallback_origin/methods/update/).
2. Create a [Custom Hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/).
3. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the Custom Hostname to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific region.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The Regional Services functionality can be extended to Custom Hostnames and this is dependent on the target of the alias.

Consider the following example.

:::note

As a SaaS provider, I might want all of my customers to connect to the nearest data center to them and for all the processing and Cloudflare features to be applied there; however, I might have a few exceptions where I want the processing to only be done in the US.

In this case, I can just keep my fallback record with `Earth` as the processing region and have all my Custom Hostnames create a CNAME record and use the fallback record as the CNAME target. For any Custom Hostnames that need to be processed in the US, I will create a DNS record for example, `us.saasprovider.com` and set the processing region to `United States of America`. In order for the US processing region to be applied, my customers must create a CNAME record and use the `us.saasprovider.com` as the CNAME target. The origin associated with the Custom Hostname is not used to set the processing region, but instead to route the traffic to the right server.

:::

Below you can find a breakdown of the different ways that you might configure Cloudflare for SaaS and the corresponding processing regions:

- No processing region: `fallback.saasprovider.com`
- Processing region is the `US`: `us.saasprovider.com`
- User location: `UK` (closest datacenter: `LHR`)

| Test | Custom Hostname                          | Target                      | Origin                         | Location |
| ---- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------ | -------- |
| 1    | ​​`regionalservices-default.example.com` | `fallback.saasprovider.com` | default (fallback)             | `LHR`    |
| 2    | `regionalservices-default2.example.com`  | `us.saasprovider.com`       | default (fallback)             | `EWR`    |
| 3    | `regionalservices-custom.example.com`    | `fallback.saasprovider.com` | `us.saasprovider.com` (custom) | `LHR`    |
| 4    | `regionalservices-custom2.example.com`   | `us.saasprovider.com`       | `us.saasprovider.com` (custom) | `EWR`    |

- In order to set a processing region for the fallback record to any of the available regions for Regional Services, create a new regional hostname entry for the fallback via a [POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) request.

- To update the existing region (for example, from `EU` to `US`), make a [PATCH](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) request for the fallback to update the processing region accordingly.

- To remove the regional services processing region and set it back to `Earth`, make a [DELETE](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) request to delete the region configuration.

## Customer Metadata Boundary

Cloudflare for SaaS [Analytics](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/hostname-analytics/) based on [HTTP requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) are fully supported by Customer Metadata Boundary.

Refer to [Cloudflare for SaaS documentation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) for more information.

---

# Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/durable-objects/

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Durable Objects with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that processing of a Durable Object (DO) occurs only in-region, follow these steps:

1. Follow the steps in the Durable Objects [Get Started](/durable-objects/get-started/) guide.
2. [Restrict Durable Objects to a jurisdiction](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#restrict-durable-objects-to-a-jurisdiction), in order to control where the DO itself runs and persists data, by creating a jurisidictional subnamespace in your Worker’s code.
3. Follow the [Workers guide](/data-localization/how-to/workers/#regional-services) to configure a custom domain with Regional Services, in order to control the regions from which Cloudflare responds to requests.

## Customer Metadata Boundary

DO Logs and Analytics are not available outside the US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary. With Customer Metadata Boundary set to `EU`, **Workers & Pages** > **Workers** > **Metrics** tab related to DO in the zone dashboard will not be populated.

Refer to the [Durable Objects documentation](/durable-objects/) for more information.

---

# Configuration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Learn how to use Cloudflare products with the Data Localization Suite.

<DirectoryListing />

## Verify Regional Services behavior

In order to verify that Regional Services is working, customers can confirm the behavior by executing one of the following `curl` commands on a regionalized hostname:

```bash
curl -X GET -I https://<HOSTNAME>/ 2>&1 | grep cf-ray
```

```bash
curl -s https://<HOSTNAME>/cdn-cgi/trace | grep "colo="
```

The first command will return a three-letter IATA code in the [Cf-Ray](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ray) header, indicating the Cloudflare data center location of processing and/or TLS termination. The second command will directly return the three-letter IATA code.

For example, when a hostname is configured to use the region European Union (EU), the three-letter IATA code will always return a data center inside of the EU.

---

# Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/load-balancing/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Load Balancing with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

You can load balance traffic at different levels of the networking stack depending on the [proxy mode](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/): Layer 7 (`HTTP/S`) and Layer 4 (`TCP`) are supported; however, `DNS-only` is not supported, as it is not [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that the Load Balancer is available only in-region, follow these steps for the dashboard or API configuration:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account and zone.
2. Go to the **Load Balancing** tab.
3. Follow the steps to [create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/#create-a-load-balancer).
4. From the **Data Localization** dropdown, select the region you would like to use on your domain.
5. Select **Next** and continue with the regular setup.
6. Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Follow the instructions outlined to [create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/#create-a-load-balancer) via API.
2. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the Load Balancer hostname to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific region.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Customer Metadata Boundary

[Load Balancing Analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) are not available outside the US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary.

With Customer Metadata Boundary set to `EU`, **Traffic** > **Load Balancing Analytics** > **Overview and Latency** tab in the zone dashboard will not be populated.

Refer to the [Load Balancing documentation](/load-balancing/) for more information.

---

# Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/pages/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Pages with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that processing of a Pages project occurs only in-region, follow these steps for the dashboard or API configuration:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account.
2. Go to the **Workers & Pages** tab.
3. Select your Pages project.
4. Follow these steps to [create a Custom Domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/).
5. Go to the **DNS** of the zone you configured the Custom Domain for.
6. From the **Region** dropdown, select the region you would like to use on your domain.
7. Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Use the [API POST](/api/resources/pages/subresources/projects/subresources/domains/methods/create/) command to add a Custom Domain to a Pages project.
2. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the Pages Custom Domain to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific Region.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

Regional Services only applies to the Custom Domain configured for a Pages project.

:::

## Customer Metadata Boundary

Customer Metadata Boundary applies to the Custom Domain configured, as well as the [\*.pages.dev](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) subdomain. You also have the option to disable access to the [`.dev` domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#disable-access-to-pagesdev-subdomain).

For information on available Analytics and Metrics, review the [Cloudflare product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/) page.

It is recommended not to store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in the Pages project's static assets.

:::note

Page [Functions](/pages/functions/) are implemented as Cloudflare Workers. Refer to the Workers section for more information.

:::

Refer to the [Pages documentation](/pages) for more information.

---

# R2 Object Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/r2/

import { Details } from "~/components"

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure R2 with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that processing of requesting objects from a [R2 Bucket](/r2/buckets/) occurs only in-region, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account.
2. Go to the **R2** tab.
3. Follow the steps to [create a Bucket](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).
4. [Connect a bucket to a custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#connect-a-bucket-to-a-custom-domain).
5. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the configured bucket custom domain to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific region.

Regional Services only applies to the custom domain configured for an R2 Bucket.

### Send logs to R2 via S3-Compatible endpoint

The following instructions will show you how to set up a Logpush job using an S3-compatible endpoint to store logs in an R2 bucket in the jurisdiction of your choice.

1. Create an [R2 bucket](/r2/get-started/) in your Cloudflare account and select the [jurisdiction](/r2/reference/data-location/#set-jurisdiction-via-the-cloudflare-dashboard) you would like to use.

2. Generate an API token for your R2 bucket. You have the following two options:

<Details header="Generate a token for a specific bucket (recommended)">

Go to the R2 section of your Cloudflare dashboard and select **Manage R2 API Tokens** to generate a token directly tied to your specific bucket. You can follow the instructions in the [Authentication](/r2/api/s3/tokens/) section. 

</Details>

<Details header="Generate a token for all buckets">

You can generate a API token in **Manage Account** > **Account API Tokens** or you can create a user-specific token:

1. Go to **My Profile** > **API Tokens** 
2. Select **Create Token** > **Create Custom Token**
3. Choose **Account** > **Workers R2 Storage** > **Edit** to set permissions.
4. To test your token, copy the `curl` command and paste it into a terminal.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens/verify" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The result:

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "325xxxxcd",
    "status": "active"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 10000,
      "message": "This API Token is valid and active",
      "type": null
    }
  ]
}
```

5. Generate a SHA-256 hash of the token:
      
```bash
echo -n "<token>" | shasum -a 256
```

This command will output a hash similar to `dxxxx391b`. 

</Details>

3. Set up a Logpush destination using [S3-compatible endpoint](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/s3-compatible-endpoints/) and fill in the following fields:

- **Bucket**: Enter the name of the R2 bucket you created with the jurisdiction you would like to use.
- **Path** (optional): If you want, you can specify a folder path to organize your logs.
- **Endpoint URL**: Provide the S3 API endpoint for your bucket in the format `<account-id>.eu.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`. Do not include the bucket name, as it was set in the first field.
- **Bucket Region**: For instance, use `WEUR` to specify the EU region.
- **Access Key ID**: Enter the Token ID created previously (`325xxxxcd`).
- **Secret Access Key**: Use the SHA-256 hash of the token (`dxxxx391b`).

Complete the configuration by selecting the fields you want to push to your R2 bucket.

## Customer Metadata Boundary

With Customer Metadata Boundary set to `EU`, **R2** > **Bucket** > [**Metrics**](/r2/platform/metrics-analytics/) tab in the account dashboard will be populated.

:::note


Additionally, customers can create R2 buckets with [jurisdictional restrictions set to EU](/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions). In this case, we recommend [using jurisdictions with the S3 API](/r2/reference/data-location/#using-jurisdictions-with-the-s3-api).


:::

Refer to the [R2 documentation](/r2/) for more information.

---

# Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/workers/

In the following sections, we will give you some details about how to configure Workers with Regional Services and Customer Metadata Boundary.

## Regional Services

To configure Regional Services for hostnames [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare and ensure that processing of a Workers project occurs only in-region, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account.
2. Go to the **Workers & Pages** tab.
3. Select your Workers project.
4. Follow the steps to [create a custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/).
5. Run the [API POST](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/#configure-regional-services-via-api) command on the configured Workers Custom Domain to create a `regional_hostnames` with a specific region.

### Caveats

Regional Services only applies to the custom domain configured for a Workers project. Therefore, it will run only in-region Cloudflare locations.

Regional Services does not apply to [subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests).

Regional Services does not apply to other Worker triggers, like [Queues](/queues/) or [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/).

## Customer Metadata Boundary

Customer Metadata Boundary applies to the custom domain configured, as well as the [`*.workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#routes-with-workersdev) subdomain.

Workers [Metrics and Analytics](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/) are not available outside the US region when using Customer Metadata Boundary.

With Customer Metadata Boundary set to `EU`, **Workers & Pages** > **Workers** > **Metrics** tab the zone dashboard will not be populated.

:::note


It is recommended to not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in the Workers code. If sensitive information needs to be used, it is recommended to use [Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).


:::

Refer to the [Workers documentation](/workers/) for more information.

---

# Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/how-to/zero-trust/

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In the following sections, we will give you some details about how different Zero Trust products can be used with the Data Localization Suite.

## Gateway

Regional Services can be used with Gateway in all [supported regions](/data-localization/region-support/). Be aware that Regional Services only apply when using the WARP client in Gateway with WARP mode.

### Egress policies

Enterprise customers can purchase a [dedicated egress IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) (IPv4 and IPv6) or range of IPs geolocated to one or more Cloudflare network locations.
This allows your egress traffic to geolocate to the city selected in your [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/).

### HTTP policies

As part of Regional Services, Cloudflare Gateway will only perform [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) when using the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) (in default [Gateway with WARP mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/)).

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{/* <Render file="gateway/disable-udp" product="cloudflare-one" /> */}

#### Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

You are able to [log the payload of matched DLP rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules/) and encrypt them with your public key so that only you can examine them later.

[Cloudflare cannot decrypt encrypted payloads](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#data-privacy).

### Network policies

You are able to [configure SSH proxy and command logs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/). Generate a Hybrid Public Key Encryption (HPKE) key pair and upload the public key `sshkey.pub` to your dashboard. All proxied SSH commands are immediately encrypted using this public key. The matching private key – which is in your possession – is required to view logs.

### DNS policies

Regional Services controls where Cloudflare decrypts traffic; because most DNS traffic is not encrypted, Gateway DNS cannot be regionalized using Regional Services.

Refer to the [WARP Settings](/data-localization/how-to/zero-trust/#warp-settings) section below for more information.

### Custom certificates

You can [bring your own certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) to Gateway but these cannot yet be restricted to a specific region.

### Logs and Analytics

By default, Cloudflare will store and deliver logs from data centers across our global network. To maintain regional control over your data, you can use [Customer Metadata Boundary](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/) and restrict data storage to a specific geographic region. For more information refer to the section about [Logpush datasets supported](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/logpush-datasets/).

Customers also have the option to reduce the logs that Cloudflare stores:

- You can [exclude PII from logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/manage-pii/)
- You can [disable logging, or only log blocked requests](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#selective-logging).

## Access

To ensure that all reverse proxy requests for applications protected by Cloudflare Access will only occur in FedRAMP-compliant data centers, you should use [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/) with the region set to FedRAMP.

## Cloudflare Tunnel

You can [configure Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#region) to only connect to data centers within the United States, regardless of where the software was deployed.

## WARP settings

### Local Domain Fallback

You can use the WARP setting [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) in order to use a private DNS resolver, which you can manage yourself.

### Split Tunnels

[Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) allow you to decide which IP addresses/ranges and/or domains are routed through or excluded from Cloudflare.

:::caution

Gateway policies will not apply for excluded traffic.
:::

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/metadata-boundary/faq/

## What data is covered by the Customer Metadata Boundary?

Nearly all end user metadata is covered by the Customer Metadata Boundary. This includes all of the end user data for which Cloudflare is a processor, as defined in the [Cloudflare Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). Cloudflare is a data processor of Customer Logs, which are defined as end user logs that we make available to our customers via the dashboard or other online interfaces. End users are those who access or use our customers' domains, networks, websites, application programming interfaces, and applications.

Specific examples of this data include all of the analytics in our dashboard and APIs on requests, responses, and security products associated and all of the logs received through Logpush.

## What data is not covered by the Customer Metadata Boundary?

Some of the data for which Cloudflare is a controller, as defined in the [Cloudflare Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

Some examples:

- Customer account data (for example, name and billing information).
- Customer configuration data (for example, the content of WAF custom rules).
- Metadata that is “operational” in nature — data needed for Cloudflare to properly operate our network. This includes metadata such as:
  - System data generated for debugging (for example, application logs from internal systems, core dumps).
  - Networking flow data (for example, sFlow from our routers), including data on DDoS attacks.

## Who can use the Customer Metadata Boundary?

Currently, this is available for Enterprise customers as part of the Data Localization Suite.

The Customer Metadata Boundary is for customers who want to limit personal data transfer outside the EU or the US (depending on the customer's selected region). These customers should already be using Regional Services, which ensures that traffic content is only ever decrypted within the geographic region specified by the customer.

## What are the analytics products available for Metadata Boundary?

HTTP and Firewall analytics are available.

At the moment, there are no analytics available for Workers, DNS, Network Analytics, Load Balancing and Rate Limiting. Additionally, there are no dashboard logs or analytics for [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#limitations). Enterprise users can still export Gateway logs via [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/metadata-boundary/get-started/

import { Details } from "~/components"

You can configure the Metadata Boundary to select the region where your logs and analytics are stored via API or dashboard.

Currently, this can only be applied at the account-level. If you only want the Metadata Boundary to be applied on a portion of zones beneath the same account, you will have to [move the rest of zones to a new account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/).

## Configure Customer Metadata Boundary in the dashboard

To configure Customer Metadata Boundary in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. In **Customer Metadata Boundary**, select the region you want to use. You have the option to select `EU` or `US`. If you want to select both regions, select `Global` instead.

## Configure Customer Metadata Boundary via API

You can also configure Customer Metadata Boundary via API. 

Currently, only SuperAdmins and Admin roles can edit DLS configurations. Use the **Account-level Logs:Read/Write** API permissions for the `/logs/control/cmb` endpoint to read/write Customer Metadata Boundary configurations.

These are some examples of API requests.


<Details header="Get current regions">

Here is an example request using cURL to get current regions (if any):

```bash
curl -s -D "/dev/stderr" https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/logs/control/cmb/config -X GET \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <KEY>" \
| jq '.'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Setting regions">

Here is an example request using cURL to set regions:

```bash
curl -s -D "/dev/stderr" https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/logs/control/cmb/config -X POST -d '
{
    "regions": "eu"
}
' \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <KEY>" \
| jq '.'

```

This will overwrite any previous regions.
Change will be in effect after several minutes.


</Details>


<Details header="Delete regions">

Here is an example request using cURL to delete regions:

```bash
curl -s -D "/dev/stderr" https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/logs/control/cmb/config -X DELETE \
-H "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: <KEY>" \
| jq '.'
```


</Details>

## View or change settings

To view or change your Customer Metadata Boundary setting:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **Preferences**.
3. Locate the **Customer Metadata Boundary** section.

---

# GraphQL datasets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/metadata-boundary/graphql-datasets/

The table below shows a non-exhaustive list of GraphQL Analytics API fields that respect CMB configuration and are available in both the US and the EU or only in the US.



 Suite/Category | Product | GraphQL Analytics API Field(s) supported in |
 --- | --- | --- |
 Application Performance | Caching/CDN | US and EU <br/> `httpRequestsAdaptive` <br/> `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `httpRequestsOverviewAdaptiveGroups` <br/> US only <br/> `httpRequests1mGroups` <br/> `httpRequests1hGroups` <br/> `httpRequests1dGroups` |
 | Cache Reserve | US and EU <br/> `cacheReserveOperationsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `cacheReserveRequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `cacheReserveStorageAdaptiveGroups` |
 | DNS | US only <br/> `dnsAnalyticsAdaptive` <br/> `dnsAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Image Resizing | US only <br/> `imageResizingRequests1mGroups` <br/> `imagesRequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `imagesUniqueTransformations` |
 | Load Balancing | US only <br/> [`loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive`](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/#graphql-analytics) <br/> [`loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups`](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/#graphql-analytics) <br/> `healthCheckEventsAdaptive` <br/> `healthCheckEventsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Stream Delivery | Same as Caching/CDN |
 | Tiered Caching | US and EU <br/> Only the field `upperTierColoName` part of `httpRequestsAdaptive` and `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Secondary DNS | Same as DNS |
 | Waiting Room | US and EU <br/> [`waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptive`](/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/#graphql-analytics) <br/> [`waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/#graphql-analytics) |
 | Web Analytics / Real User Monitoring (RUM) | US only <br/> `rumWebVitalsEventsAdaptive` <br/> `rumWebVitalsEventsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `rumPerformanceEventsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `rumPageloadEventsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Zaraz | US and EU <br/>`zarazActionsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `zarazTrackAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `zarazTriggersAdaptiveGroups` |  |
 Application Security | Advanced Certificate Manager | US and EU <br/> Only the fields `clientSSLProtocol` and `ja3Hash` part of `httpRequestsAdaptive` and `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` | |
 | Advanced DDoS Protection | US and EU <br/> [`dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) <br/> [`dosdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) <br/> [`flowtrackdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) <br/> `advancedTcpProtectionNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `advancedDnsProtectionNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | API Shield / API Gateway | US and EU <br/> [`apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups`](/api-shield/security/graphql-protection/configure/#gather-graphql-statistics) <br/> `apiGatewayMatchedSessionIDsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> US only <br/> `apiRequestSequencesGroups` |
 | Bot Management | US and EU <br/>`httpRequestsAdaptive` <br/> [`httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/graphql-api-analytics/) <br/> [`firewallEventsAdaptive`](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-firewall-events/) <br/> [`firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-used-our-new-graphql-api-to-build-firewall-analytics/) | |
 | DNS Firewall | Same as DNS |
 | DMARC Management | US and EU <br/> `dmarcReportsAdaptive` <br/> `dmarcReportsSourcesAdaptiveGroups` | |
 | Page Shield | US and EU <br/> [`pageShieldReportsAdaptiveGroups`](/page-shield/policies/violations/#get-policy-violations-via-graphql-api) |
 | SSL | US and EU <br/> Only the fields `clientSSLProtocol` and `ja3Hash` part of `httpRequestsAdaptive` and `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` |  |
 | SSL 4 SaaS | US and EU <br/> [clientRequestHTTPHost](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/hostname-analytics/#explore-customer-usage) <br/> Refer to [GraphQL Tutorial on querying HTTP events by hostname](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/end-customer-analytics/) |
 | Turnstile | US and EU <br/> [`turnstileAdaptiveGroups`](/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/#graphql) |
 | WAF/L7 Firewall | US and EU <br/> [`firewallEventsAdaptive`](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-firewall-events/) <br/> [`firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-used-our-new-graphql-api-to-build-firewall-analytics/) <br/> `firewallEventsAdaptiveByTimeGroups` |
 Developer Platform | Cloudflare Images | US only <br/> `imagesRequestsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Cloudflare Pages | US only <br/> `pagesFunctionsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> |
 | Durable Objects | US only <br/> [`durableObjectsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups`](/durable-objects/observability/graphql-analytics/) <br/> [`durableObjectsPeriodicGroups`](/durable-objects/observability/graphql-analytics/) <br/> [`durableObjectsStorageGroups`](/durable-objects/observability/graphql-analytics/) <br/> [`durableObjectsSubrequestsAdaptiveGroups`](/durable-objects/observability/graphql-analytics/) |
 | Email Routing | US and EU <br/> `emailRoutingAdaptive` <br/> `emailRoutingAdaptiveGroups` | |
 | R2 | US and EU <br/> `r2OperationsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `r2StorageAdaptiveGroups` | |
 | Stream | US only <br/> [`streamMinutesViewedAdaptiveGroups`](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/) <br/> [`videoPlaybackEventsAdaptiveGroups`](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/) <br/> [`videoBufferEventsAdaptiveGroups`](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/) <br/> [`videoQualityEventsAdaptiveGroups`](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/) |
 | Workers (deployed on a Zone) | US and EU <br/> `workerPlacementAdaptiveGroups` <br/> US only <br/> `workersAnalyticsEngineAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `workersZoneInvocationsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `workersZoneSubrequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `workersOverviewRequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `workersOverviewDataAdaptiveGroups` <br/> [`workersInvocationsAdaptive`](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-workers-metrics/) <br/> `workersInvocationsScheduled` <br/> `workersSubrequestsAdaptiveGroups` |
 Network Services | Network Error Logging (NEL) / Edge Reachability / Last Mile Insights | US only <br/> `nelReportsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Magic Firewall |  US only <br/> [`magicFirewallSamplesAdaptiveGroups`](/magic-firewall/tutorials/graphql-analytics/) <br/> [`magicFirewallNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/magic-firewall/tutorials/graphql-analytics/#example-queries-for-magic-firewall) |
 | Magic Network Monitoring | US only <br/> [`mnmFlowDataAdaptiveGroups`](/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/graphql-analytics/) |
 | Magic Transit | US only <br/> [`magicTransitNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) <br/> [`flowtrackdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) <br/> [`magicTransitTunnelHealthChecksAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-transit-tunnel-healthcheck-results/) <br/> [`magicTransitTunnelTrafficAdaptiveGroups`](/magic-transit/analytics/query-bandwidth/) |
 | Magic WAN | US only <br/> `MagicWANConnectorMetricsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | Spectrum | US and EU <br/> [`spectrumNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/) |
 Platform | GraphQL Analytics API | US and EU <br/> [All GraphQL Analytics API datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/) |
 | Logpush | US only <br/> [`logpushHealthAdaptiveGroups`](/logs/get-started/alerts-and-analytics/#enable-logpush-health-analytics) <br/> |
 Zero Trust | Access | US and EU <br/> [`accessLoginRequestsAdaptiveGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-access-login-events/) | |
 | Browser Isolation | US and EU <br/> Only the field `isIsolated` part of `gatewayL7RequestsAdaptiveGroups`  |
 | DLP | Part of Gateway HTTP / Gateway L7 |
 | Gateway | US and EU <br/> `gatewayL7RequestsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `gatewayL4SessionsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `gatewayResolverQueriesAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `gatewayResolverByCategoryAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `gatewayResolverByRuleExecutionPerformanceAdaptiveGroups` <br/> US only <br/> `gatewayL4DownstreamSessionsAdaptiveGroups` <br/> `gatewayL4UpstreamSessionsAdaptiveGroups` |
 | WARP | US and EU <br/> `warpDeviceAdaptiveGroups` | |

---

# Customer Metadata Boundary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/metadata-boundary/

As part of the Data Localization Suite, the Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB) ensures that any traffic metadata that can identify a customer’s end user (that is, contains the customer's [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)) will stay in the `EU` (European Union) or in the `US` (United States), depending on the region the customer selects. For example, if a customer selects the `EU` Customer Metadata Boundary, metadata will **only** be sent to our core data center located in the European Union.

## Customer traffic metadata flow

The following diagram is a high-level example of the flow of how metadata about a customer's traffic is generated on a Cloudflare data center. Logs are exclusively sent to the EU core data center for Cloudflare customers and their authorized users to access and view.

<br/>

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant UserEU as End user
    participant CloudflarePoP as Closest data center
    participant EUCoreDC as Core data center in EU
    participant CloudflareSuperAdmin as Admin
 
    UserEU->>CloudflarePoP: Connects
    Note right of CloudflarePoP: Customer Logs generated <br> (for example, HTTP requests and Firewall events)
    CloudflarePoP-->>EUCoreDC: Forwards encrypted Customer Logs
    Note right of EUCoreDC: Authorized users can view Logs & Analytics <br> on the UI or via API
    CloudflareSuperAdmin->>EUCoreDC: Authenticated access
    EUCoreDC->>CloudflareSuperAdmin: Logs & Analytics
    CloudflarePoP->>UserEU: Response
```

<br/>

## Log management

Additionally, customers have the option to configure [Logpush](/logs/about/) to push their Customer Logs to various storage services, SIEMs, and log management providers.

## Product specific-behavior

For detailed information about product-specific behavior regarding Metadata Boundary, refer to the [Cloudflare product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/) page.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/regional-services/get-started/

import { Details } from "~/components"

:::note


Interested customers need to contact their account team to enable DNS Regionalisation.


:::

You can use Regional Services through the dashboard or via API.

## Configure Regional Services in the dashboard

To use Regional Services, you need to first create a DNS record in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select an account and domain.
2. Go to the **DNS** tab.
3. Follow these steps to [create a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).
4. From the **Region** dropdown, select the region you would like to use on your domain. This value will be applied to all DNS records on the same hostname. This means that if you have two DNS records of the same hostname and change the region for one of them, both records will have the same region.

:::note


Some regions may not appear on the dropdown because newly announced regions mentioned in the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/expanding-regional-services-configuration-flexibility-for-customers) are subject to approval by Cloudflare's internal team. For more information and entitlement reach out to your account team.


:::

Refer to the table below for the complete list of available regions and their definitions.

| Region                             | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Australia                          | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Australia to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                           |
| Canada                             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Canada to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                              |
| European Union                     | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the European Union. For more details, refer to the [list of European Union countries](https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/country-profiles_en). |
| India                              | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within India to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                               |
| Japan                              | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Japan to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                               |
| United States of America           | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the United States of America to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                        |
| FedRAMP Compliant                  | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are FedRAMP certified.                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ISO 27001 Certified European Union | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the [European Union](https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/country-profiles_en) and that adhere to the ISO 27001 certification.                   |
| Germany                            | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Germany to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                             |
| Singapore                          | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Singapore to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                           |
| South Korea                        | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within South Korea to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                         |
| Austria                            | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Austria to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                             |
| Brazil                             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Brazil to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                              |
| Cloudflare Green Energy            | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are committed to powering their operations with renewable energy.                                                                                                                                       |
| Exclusive of Hong Kong and Macau   | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are NOT physically located within Hong Kong and Macau to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                             |
| Exclusive of Russia and Belarus    | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are NOT physically located within Russia and Belarus to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                              |
| France                             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Metropolitan France (the European territory of France) to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                              |
| Hong Kong                          | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Hong Kong to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                           |
| Italy                              | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Italy to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                               |
| NATO                               | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries. For more details, refer to the [list of NATO countries](https://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/).                         |
| Netherlands                        | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the Netherlands to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                     |
| Russia                             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Russia to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                              |
| Saudi Arabia                       | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Saudi Arabia to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                        |
| South Africa                       | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within South Africa to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                        |
| Spain                              | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Spain to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                               |
| Switzerland                        | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Switzerland to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                         |
| Taiwan                             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within Taiwan to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                                              |
| US State of California             | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the US State of California to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                          |
| US State of Florida                | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the US State of Florida to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                             |
| US State of Texas                  | Cloudflare will only use data centers that are physically located within the US State of Texas to decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.                                                                                                               |

## Configure Regional Services via API

You can also use Regional Services via API. 

Currently, only SuperAdmins and Admin roles can edit DLS configurations. Use the Zone-level **DNS: Read/Write** API permission for the `/addressing/` endpoint to read or write Regional Services configurations.

These are some examples of API requests.

<Details header="List all the available regions">

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames/regions" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "key": "ca",
      "label": "Canada"
    },
    {
      "key": "eu",
      "label": "Europe"
    }
  ],
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Create a new regional hostname entry">

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks", "region_key": "ca"}' | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "ca",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="List all regional hostnames for a zone or get a specific one">

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
      "region_key": "ca",
      "created_on": "2023-01-14T00:47:57.060267Z"
    }
  ],
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="List all regional hostnames for a specific zone">

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "ca",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Patch the region for a specific hostname">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"region_key": "eu"}' | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "hostname": "ca.regional.ipam.rocks",
    "region_key": "eu",
    "created_on": "2023-01-13T23:59:45.276558Z"
  },
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Delete the region configuration">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/addressing/regional_hostnames/ca.regional.ipam.rocks" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": null,
  "messages": []
}
```


</Details>

## Terraform support

You can also configure Regional Services using Terraform. For more details, refer to the [`cloudflare_regional_hostname` resource](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/regional_hostname) in the Terraform documentation.

---

# Logpush datasets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/metadata-boundary/logpush-datasets/

The table below lists the [Logpush datasets](/logs/reference/log-fields/) that support zones or accounts with Customer Metadata Boundary (CMB) enabled. The column **Respects CMB** indicates whether enabling CMB impacts the dataset (yes/no). The last two columns inform you if CMB is available with US and EU.

Be aware that if you enable CMB for a dataset that does not support your region, no data will be pushed to your destination.

| Dataset name           | Level   | Respects CMB | Available with US CMB region | Available with EU CMB region |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ------------ | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| HTTP requests          | Zone    | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Firewall events        | Zone    | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| DNS logs               | Zone    | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| NEL reports            | Zone    | ✘            | ✅                            | ✘                            |
| Spectrum events        | Zone    | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Page Shield            | Zone    | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Access Requests        | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✘                            |
| Audit Logs             | Account | ✘            | ✅                            | ✘                            |
| CASB Findings          | Account | ✘            | ✅                            | ✘                            |
| Device Posture Results | Account | ✘            | ✅                            | ✘                            |
| DNS Firewall logs      | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Gateway DNS            | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Gateway HTTP           | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Gateway Network        | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Magic IDS Detections   | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Network Analytics Logs | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Workers Trace Events   | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Zero Trust Sessions    | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |
| Sinkhole Events        | Account | ✅            | ✅                            | ✅                            |

---

# Default HTTP Privacy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/regional-services/http-requests/

Cloudflare runs one of the largest global anycast networks in the world, with all current data center locations accessible on the [network map](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).

Within the Cloudflare data centers, and between the Cloudflare network and a customer's origin, traffic is encrypted during transit. Customers have the flexibility to select which [encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) and which [Cipher Suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) they want to use.

Additionally, all request and response processing within a Cloudflare data center occurs in memory, with machine inspection used to prevent human access. Nothing is written to disk except for eligible content for caching or Cache Rules configured by the customer. Moreover, all cache disks are encrypted at rest.

![HTTP requests flow](~/assets/images/data-localization/http-requests-flow.png)

At a high level, when an end user's device connects to any Cloudflare data center, the request is processed in the following way:

1. Certain types of requests that can be used for cyber attacks are immediately dropped based on the addressing information (layer 3 / network layer).

2. Next, the encrypted request is decrypted and inspected using the customer's chosen business logic, for example, the products Configuration Rules, WAF Custom Rules, Rate Limiting Rules, following the [traffic sequence](https://blog.cloudflare.com/traffic-sequence-which-product-runs-first/) and phases. This process enables the detection and prevention of a variety of different types of cyber attacks and malicious traffic, including layer 7 / application layer DDoS attacks, automated bot traffic, credential stuffing, and SQL injection, among others.

3. The inspected request is then passed to the cache module. If the cache can fulfill the request with a cached copy of the content, it does so; if not, it forwards the request to the customer's origin server. Traffic between the Cloudflare data center and the origin server is encrypted, unless the customer decides to use a different encryption mode.

4. When the response comes from the customer's origin server, any static and eligible content is cached onto encrypted disks. The response then goes back through the business logic to the user across the Internet.

By default, Cloudflare performs TLS termination globally in every data center, where the Internet end user connects to a website or application behind Cloudflare. However, customers can configure Regional Services to specify in which regions the processing and TLS termination occurs.

---

# Regional Services

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/data-localization/regional-services/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Regional Services gives you the ability to accommodate regional restrictions by choosing which subset of data centers decrypt and service HTTPS traffic.

Regional Services proceeds and processes traffic within certain regions for customers who have to meet regional compliance or have preferences for maintaining regional control over their data. Examples of use cases could be a customer that needs to accommodate regional restrictions like [GDPR](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/gdpr/) (General Data Protection Regulation), or customers that are bound by agreement with their own customers that include geographic restrictions on data flows or data processing.

With Regional Services, TLS is only terminated inside the configured region. For example, if a hostname is configured to regionalize to the European Union (EU), any HTTPS request from the United States (US) will route to the EU.

## Global traffic management

Regional Services globally ingests traffic, implementing [L3/L4 DDoS mitigations](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/). Meanwhile, security, performance, and reliability functions are serviced at only in-region Cloudflare locations.

Regional Services ensures that all edge application services operate within the selected region. This includes (the following list is not exhaustive):

* Storing and retrieving content from Cache.
* Blocking malicious HTTP payloads with the Web Application Firewall (WAF).
* Detecting and blocking suspicious activity with Bot Management.
* Running Cloudflare Workers scripts.
* Load Balancing traffic to the best origin servers (or other <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>).

## Request flow example

The following diagram is a high-level example of the flow of a request coming from an end user located within the US connecting to a website using Cloudflare Regional Services set to EU.

<br/>

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant User in US as End user in US
    participant CloudflarePoPNYC as Closest data center <br> in US
    participant CloudflarePoPDUB as Data center in EU
    participant EUOriginServer as Origin Server

    User in US->>CloudflarePoPNYC: TCP connection
    Note right of User in US: TLS encryption
    Note left of CloudflarePoPNYC: TCP connection<br> (no TLS unwrapping)
    Note right of CloudflarePoPNYC: L3 DDoS protection
    CloudflarePoPNYC-->>CloudflarePoPDUB: Forwards<br> encrypted request
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: TLS termination (decryption)
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: Applies security<br> and performance features<br> (for example, WAF, Configuration Rules, <br>Load Balancing)
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: TLS encryption
    CloudflarePoPDUB-->>EUOriginServer: Requests content
    EUOriginServer-->>CloudflarePoPDUB: Response content
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: TLS termination (decryption)
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: Caches eligible static content<br> (on encrypted disks)
    Note right of CloudflarePoPDUB: TLS encryption
    CloudflarePoPDUB->>User in US: Forwards response with content
```

<br/>

## Additional information

For more details about the products that are compatible with Regional Services, refer to the [Cloudflare product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/) page. If you have purchased these products as part of your Enterprise subscription plan, Cloudflare will only terminate TLS connections for these products in the geographic region you have configured for Regional Services.

---

# Attack coverage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/

import { GlossaryTooltip, InlineBadge, Render } from "~/components"

The [DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/) provide protection against a variety of <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack">DDoS attacks</GlossaryTooltip> across L3/4 (layers 3/4) and L7 of the OSI model. Cloudflare constantly updates these managed rulesets to improve the attack coverage, increase the mitigation consistency, cover new and emerging threats, and ensure cost-efficient mitigations.

[Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) and [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/), available to [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) customers, provide additional protection against sophisticated TCP-based DDoS attacks and sophisticated and fully randomized DNS attacks, respectively.

As a general guideline, various Cloudflare products operate on different open systems interconnection (OSI) layers and you are protected up to the layer on which your service operates. You can customize the DDoS settings on the layer in which you onboarded. For example, since the CDN/WAF service is a Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS) service, Cloudflare provides protection from DDoS attacks on L7 downwards, including L3/4 attacks.

:::note

For Magic Transit customers, Cloudflare provides some L7 protection with a L3 service (like the Advanced DNS Protection system that is available for Magic Transit customers. DNS is considered a L7 protocol). 
:::

The following table includes a sample of covered attack vectors:

<Render file="ddos-attack-coverage" product="ddos-protection" />

## Getting additional DNS protection

The Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset provides protection against some types of DNS attacks.

Magic Transit customers have access to [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/) <InlineBadge preset="beta" />. Other customers might consider the following options:

- Use Cloudflare as your authoritative DNS provider ([primary DNS](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [secondary DNS](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/)).
- If you are running your own <GlossaryTooltip term="nameserver">nameservers</GlossaryTooltip>, use [DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/) to get additional protection against DNS attacks like random prefix attacks.

---

# Main components

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/about/components/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

![Diagram with the main components providing protection against DDoS attacks at Cloudflare](~/assets/images/ddos-protection/ddos-diagram.png)

## Autonomous Edge

The Cloudflare Autonomous Edge is powered by the denial-of-service <GlossaryTooltip term="daemon" prepend="A daemon is ">daemon</GlossaryTooltip> (`dosd`), which is a home-grown software-defined system. The flow tracking daemon, `flowtrackd`, is our stateful mitigation platform alongside `dosd`. A `dosd` instance runs in every single server in every one of [Cloudflare global network's data centers](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) around the world. These `dosd` instances can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks autonomously without requiring centralized consensus. Cloudflare users can configure this system through [DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/).

Another component of Cloudflare’s Autonomous Edge includes the [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) system. This is Cloudflare's TCP state tracking machine for detecting and mitigating the most randomized and sophisticated TCP-based DDoS attacks in unidirectional routing topologies — such as the case of [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/). Advanced TCP Protection is able to identify the state of a TCP connection and then drops, challenges, or rate-limits packets that do not belong to a legitimate connection.

For more information, refer to our blog post [A deep-dive into Cloudflare’s autonomous edge DDoS protection](https://blog.cloudflare.com/deep-dive-cloudflare-autonomous-edge-ddos-protection/).

## Centralized DDoS protection system

Complementary to the Autonomous Edge, Cloudflare’s entire global network is overwatched by a global version of `dosd`. This component protects Cloudflare’s entire global network by detecting and mitigating globally distributed volumetric DDoS attacks.

The centralized systems run in Cloudflare's core data centers. They receive samples from every global network data center, analyze them, and automatically send mitigation instructions when detecting an attack. The system is also synchronized to each of our customers' web servers to identify their health and trigger any required mitigation actions.

---

# How DDoS protection works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/about/how-ddos-protection-works/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

To detect and mitigate <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack">DDoS attacks</GlossaryTooltip>, Cloudflare’s autonomous edge and centralized DDoS systems analyze traffic samples out of path, which allows Cloudflare to asynchronously detect DDoS attacks without causing latency or impacting performance.

The analyzed samples include:

- **Packet fields** such as the source IP, source port, destination IP, destination port, protocol, TCP flags, sequence number, options, and packet rate.
- **HTTP request metadata** such as HTTP headers, user agent, query-string, path, host, HTTP method, HTTP version, TLS cipher version, and request rate.
- **HTTP response metrics** such as error codes returned by customers’ origin servers and their rates.

Cloudflare uses a set of dynamic rules that scan for attack patterns, known attack tools, suspicious patterns, protocol violations, requests causing large amounts of origin errors, excessive traffic hitting the origin or cache, and additional attack vectors. Each rule has a predefined sensitivity level and default action that varies based on the rule's confidence that the traffic is indeed part of an attack.

:::note

You can set an override expression for the [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-expressions/) or [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-expressions/) managed ruleset to define a specific scope for sensitivity level or action adjustments.
:::

Once attack traffic matches a rule, Cloudflare's systems will track that traffic and generate a real-time signature to surgically match against the attack pattern and mitigate the attack without impacting legitimate traffic. The rules are able to generate different signatures based on various properties of the attacks and the signal strength of each attribute. For example, if the attack is distributed — that is, originating from many source IPs — then the source IP field will not serve as a strong indicator, and the rule will not choose the source IP field as part of the attack signature. Once generated, the fingerprint is propagated as a mitigation rule to the most optimal location on the Cloudflare global network for cost-efficient mitigation. These mitigation rules are ephemeral and will expire shortly after the attack has ended, which happens when no additional traffic has been matched to the rule.

| Actions | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Block | Matching requests are denied access to the site. |
| Interactive Challenge | The client that made the request must pass an interactive Challenge. |
| Managed Challenge | Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will choose an appropriate type of challenge. |
| Log | Records matching requests in the Cloudflare Logs. |
| Use rule defaults | Uses the default action that is pre-defined for each rule. | 

## Thresholds

Thresholds vary for each rule and there are different thresholds globally and per colocation. Within a rule, the traffic is fingerprinted and the thresholds are per fingerprint, and it is difficult to know ahead of time which rules, colocations, or fingerprints your traffic generates, so the threshold numbers are not necessarily valuable.

Instead, Cloudflare's DDoS Protection system provides the sensitivity adjustment. If you experience a false positive, you can decrease the sensitivity. You can also use the `Log` action to help find an appropriate sensitivity level. You can decrease the sensitivity while in `Log` mode until the rule no longer matches.

## Time to mitigate

- Immediate mitigation for Advanced TCP and DNS Protection systems.
- Up to three seconds on average for the detection and mitigation of L3/4 DDoS attacks at the edge using the Network-layer DDoS Protection Managed rules.
- Up to 15 seconds on average for the detection and mitigation of HTTP DDoS attacks at the edge using the HTTP DDoS Protection Managed rules.

## Data localization

To learn more about how DDoS protection works with data localization, refer to the Data Localization Suite [product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/).

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/about/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides unmetered and unlimited <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/">distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)</GlossaryTooltip> protection at layers 3, 4, and 7 to all customers on all plans and services.

The protection is enabled by Cloudflare’s [Autonomous DDoS Protection Edge](/ddos-protection/about/components/#autonomous-edge), which automatically detects and mitigates DDoS attacks.

The Autonomous Edge includes multiple dynamic mitigation rules exposed as [managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/), which provide comprehensive protection against a variety of DDoS attacks across layers 3/4 and layer 7 of the OSI model.

[Adaptive DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/) also learns your unique traffic patterns and adapts to them to provide better protection against sophisticated DDoS attacks on layer 7 and layers 3/4. Your Internet properties can be secured from sophisticated TCP and DNS DDoS attacks using [Advanced DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/) that leverages stateful inspection and traffic profiling.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/

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## Prefixes

Advanced DDoS Protection protects the IP prefixes you select from sophisticated DDoS attacks. A prefix can be an IP address or an IP range in CIDR format. You must add prefixes to Advanced DDoS Protection so that Cloudflare can analyze incoming <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> and offer protection against sophisticated TCP DDoS attacks.

Prefixes added to Advanced DDoS Protection must be one of the following:

- A prefix [onboarded to Magic Transit](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/).
- A subset of a prefix [onboarded to Magic Transit](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/).

You cannot add a prefix (or a subset of a prefix) that you have not onboarded to Magic Transit or whose status is still _Unapproved_. Contact your account team to get help with prefix approvals.

## Allowlist

The Advanced DDoS Protection allowlist is a list of prefixes that will bypass all configured Advanced DDoS Protection rules.

For example, you could add prefixes used only by partners of your company to the allowlist so that they are exempt from packet inspection and mitigation actions performed by Advanced DDoS Protection.

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## Rule

A rule configures Advanced DDoS Protection for a given [scope](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#scope), according to several [settings](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rule-settings): execution mode, burst sensitivity, and rate sensitivity.

Each system component (SYN flood protection and out-of-state TCP protection) has its own list of rules, and it should have at least one rule.

### Rule settings
Each rule type has the following settings: scope, mode, burst sensitivity, and rate sensitivity.

You may need to adjust the burst or rate sensitivity of a rule in case of false positives or due to specific traffic patterns.

#### Scope

Advanced TCP Protection rules can have one of the following scopes:

- **Global**: The rule will apply to all incoming packets.
- **Region**: The rule will apply to incoming packets in a selected region.
- **Data center**: The rule will apply to incoming packets in the selected Cloudflare data center.

The rule scope allows you to adjust the system's tolerance for out-of-state packets in locations where you may have more or less traffic than usual, or due to any other networking reasons.

Besides defining rules with one of the above scopes, you must also select the [prefixes](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#prefixes) that you wish to protect with Advanced TCP Protection.

#### Mode

The Advanced TCP Protection system constantly learns your TCP connections to mitigate DDoS attacks. Advanced TCP Protection rules can have one of the following execution modes: monitoring, mitigation (enabled), or disabled.

- **Monitoring**
  - In this mode, Advanced TCP Protection will not impact any packets. Instead, the protection system will learn your legitimate TCP connections and show you what it would have mitigated. Check Network Analytics to visualize what actions Advanced TCP Protection would have taken on incoming packets, according to the current configuration. <Render file="log-and-monitor-behavior-link" />


- **​​Mitigation (Enabled)**
  - In this mode, Advanced TCP Protection will learn your legitimate TCP connections and perform mitigation actions on incoming TCP DDoS attacks based on the rule configuration (burst and rate sensitivity) and your [allowlist](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#allowlist).

- **Disabled**
  - In this mode, a rule will not evaluate any incoming packets.

#### Burst sensitivity

The burst sensitivity is the rule's sensitivity to short-term bursts in the packet rate:

- A low sensitivity means that bigger spikes in the packet rate may trigger a mitigation action.
- A high sensitivity means that smaller spikes in the packet rate may trigger a mitigation action.

The default burst sensitivity is _Medium_.

#### Rate sensitivity

The rate sensitivity is the rule's sensitivity to the sustained packet rate:

- A low sensitivity means that higher sustained packet rates can trigger a mitigation action.
- A high sensitivity means that lower sustained packet rates may trigger a mitigation action. A high sensitivity offers increased protection, but you may get more false positives (that is, mitigated packets that belong to legitimate traffic).

The default rate sensitivity is _Medium_.

#### Profile sensitivity

:::note
Profile sensitivity is available for [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/) only.
:::

The sensitivity to DNS queries that have not been recently seen.

- A higher sensitivity level means that the mitigation system will begin mitigating faster.
- A lower sensitivity provides more tolerance for potentially suspicious DNS queries.

The default rate sensitivity and recommended setting is _Low_. You should only increase sensitivity if it is needed based on observed attacks.

## Filter

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The filter expression can reference source and destination IP addresses and ports. Each system component (SYN flood protection and out-of-state TCP protection) should have one or more [rules](#rule), but filters are optional.

Each system component has its own filters. You can configure a filter for each execution mode:

- **Mitigation Filter**: The system will drop packets matching the filter expression.
- **Monitoring Filter**: The system will log packets matching the filter expression.
- **Off Filter**: The system will ignore packets matching the filter expression.

When there is a match, a filter will alter the execution mode for all configured rules in a given system component (SYN flood protection or out-of-state TCP protection), including disabled rules.

For instructions on creating filters in the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to [Create a filter](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/create-filter/). For API examples, refer to [Common API calls](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/examples/).

### Example use case

You can create a monitor filter for a new prefix that you are onboarding by using the expression to match against the prefix.

Your already onboarded prefixes can remain protected with one or more configured rules in mitigation mode.

When onboarding a new prefix, you would configure a monitoring filter for this prefix and then add it to Advanced TCP Protection.

---

## Determining the execution mode

When you have both rules and filters configured, the execution mode is determined according to the following:

1. If there is a match for one of the configured filters, use the filter's execution mode. The filter evaluation order  is based on their mode, in the following order:
   1. Mitigation filter (filter with `enabled` mode)
   2. Monitoring filter (filter with `monitoring` mode)
   3. Off filter (filter with `disabled` mode)
2. If no filter matched, use the execution mode determined by existing rules.
3. If no rules match, disable Advanced TCP Protection.

---

## Mitigation reasons

The Advanced TCP Protection system applies mitigation actions for different reasons based on the connection states. The **Mitigation reason** field shown in the **Advanced TCP Protection** tab of the [Network Analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/) dashboard will contain more information on why a given packet was dropped by the system.

The connection states are the following:

- **New**: A SYN or SYN-ACK packet has been sent to attempt to open a new connection.
- **Open**: The three-way TCP handshake has been completed and the TCP connection is open.
- **Closing**: A FIN or FIN-ACK packet has been seen attempting to close a connection.
- **Closed**: The closing three-way handshake has been completed, or an RST packet has closed the connection.

The mitigation reasons are the following:

| Reason | Description |
| --- | --- |
| **Unexpected** | Packet dropped because it was not expected given the current state of the TCP connection it was associated with. |
| **Challenge needed** | Packet challenged because the system determined that the packet is most likely part of a packet flood. |
| **Challenge passed** | Packet dropped because it belongs to a solved challenge. |
| **Not found** | Packet dropped because it is not part of an existing TCP connection and it is not establishing a new connection. |
| **Out of sequence** | Packet dropped because its properties (for example, TCP flags or sequence numbers) do not match the expected values for the existing connection. |
| **Already closed** | Packet dropped because it belongs to a connection that is already closed. |

Mitigation will only occur based on your Advanced TCP Protection configuration (rule sensitivities, configured allowlists and prefixes). The protection system will provide some tolerance to out-of-state packets to accommodate for the natural randomness of Internet routing.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/best-practices/

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Refer to the following pages for more information on DDoS protection best practices:

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---

# Respond to DDoS attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/best-practices/respond-to-ddos-attacks/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's network automatically mitigates large <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/">DDoS attacks</GlossaryTooltip>, but these attacks can still affect your application.

## All customers

All customers should perform the following steps to better secure their application:

1. Make sure all [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/) are set to default settings (_High_ sensitivity level and mitigation actions) for optimal DDoS activation.
2. Deploy [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) to enforce a combined positive and negative security model. Reduce the traffic allowed to your website based on your known usage.
3. Make sure your origin is not exposed to the public Internet, meaning that access is only possible from [Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/). As an extra security precaution, we recommend contacting your hosting provider and requesting new origin server IPs if they have been targeted directly in the past.
4. If you have [Managed IP Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists) or [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/), consider using these in WAF custom rules.
5. Enable [caching](/cache/) as much as possible to reduce the strain on your origin servers, and when using [Workers](/workers/), avoid overwhelming your origin server with more subrequests than necessary.
   
   To help counter attack randomization, Cloudflare recommends to update your cache settings to exclude the query string as a cache key. When the query string is excluded as a cache key, Cloudflare's cache will take in unmitigated attack requests instead of forwarding them to the origin. The cache can be a useful mechanism as part of a multilayered security posture.

## Enterprise customers

In addition to the steps for all customers, Cloudflare Enterprise customers subscribed to the Advanced DDoS Protection service should consider enabling [Adaptive DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/), which mitigates attacks more intelligently based on your unique traffic patterns.

---

# Third-party services and DDoS protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/best-practices/third-party/

import { GlossaryTooltip, RuleID } from "~/components";

## Using a third-party CDN in front of Cloudflare

Some Cloudflare customers choose to use a <GlossaryTooltip term="content delivery network (CDN)">Content Delivery Network (CDN)</GlossaryTooltip> in front of Cloudflare to cache and serve their resources.

Cloudflare recommends that you **do not use a third-party CDN in front of Cloudflare**. Some CDN providers may introduce subtleties into HTTP requests that deviate from protocol standards and/or protocol best practices. Additionally, because traffic to Cloudflare will originate from a limited set of IP addresses of the third-party CDN, in rare occasions — such as when using the Akamai CDN in front of Cloudflare — it may appear as if the CDN is launching a DDoS attack against Cloudflare due to the amount of traffic from these limited IP addresses.

Therefore, it is recommended that you **use the [Cloudflare CDN](/cache/)**, which provides the following benefits:

- You remove an additional hop between vendor data centers, thus reducing latency for your users.
- You perform DDoS filtering in the first point of contact from the Internet, which is a recommended best practice.

Note that, if you are using a third-party CDN in front of Cloudflare and Cloudflare mitigates a DDoS attack, you will still pay your first-hop CDN provider for the attack traffic that they processed before it was mitigated by Cloudflare.

### Recommended DDoS configuration adjustments

If you are using a CDN or proxy in front of Cloudflare, it is recommended that you change the action and/or sensitivity level of the following DDoS rules named:

- `HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #1)` with the rule ID <RuleID id="0b1e17bd25c74e38834f19043486aee1" />
- `HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #56)` with the rule ID <RuleID id="466d6c2e8ba74459a2670e91e269dfd6" />
- `HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #57)` with the rule ID <RuleID id="12b9aecf1f6245b29d7e842bf35a42a0" />
- `Requests coming from known bad sources` with the rule ID <RuleID id="6e3ccc23900c428e8ec0fb8a3a679c52" />

You should change the rule’s action to _Log_ (only available on Enterprise plans) to view the flagged traffic in the [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/). Alternatively, change the rule's **Sensitivity Level** to _Essentially Off_ to prevent the rule from being triggered.

For more information, refer to [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset: Ruleset configuration](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/#ruleset-configuration).

## Using VPNs, NATs, and other third-party services

Some Cloudflare Magic Transit customers operate <GlossaryTooltip term="Virtual Private Network (VPN)">Virtual Private Networks (VPN)</GlossaryTooltip> so that their remote employees can connect securely to the organization’s services. Additionally, larger organizations have Network Addressing Translation (NAT) systems that manage connections in and out of their network.

Cloudflare Magic Transit customers may also use third-party services such as Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Teams, and others for their internal organization communication. Because traffic to Cloudflare will be originating from a limited set of IP addresses belonging to these third-party services, it may appear as if the services are launching a DDoS attack against Cloudflare due to the amount of traffic from limited IP addresses.

Additionally, since this traffic may also be targeting a limited set of destinations (for example, the same designated service ports, VPN endpoints, or NAT IP addresses), it may appear as if the CDN is launching a DDoS attack against Cloudflare due to the amount of traffic from a limited set of IPs _to_ a limited set of IPs.

### Recommended DDoS configuration adjustments

If your organization uses VPNs, NATs, or third-party services at high rates of over 100 Mbps, it is recommended that you one of the following:

- Change the **Sensitivity Level** of the relevant rules to a lower level. Changing the level to _Essentially Off_ will prevent the rules from being triggered. Refer to [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/) and [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/) for more information on the available adjustments per ruleset and how to perform them.
- Exclude the desired traffic from the Managed DDoS rule using expression filters. You can exclude a combination of source ports, source IP addresses, destination ports, destination IP addresses, and protocol. For more information, refer to [Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection via API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/).

If you are on an Enterprise plan, you can change a rule’s action to _Log_ to view the flagged traffic in the [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/). After gathering this information, you can later define rule adjustments as previously described.

---

# General updates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/general-updates/

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<ProductChangelog />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/

Cloudflare has a regular cadence of releasing updates and new rules to the DDoS managed rulesets. The updates either improve a rule's accuracy, lower false positives rates, or increase the protection due to a change in the threat landscape.

The release cycle for a new rule within the regular cadence follows this process:

- Cloudflare adds a new rule configured with the _Log_ action, and announces the rule in the "Scheduled changes" section of each managed ruleset.
- From that point on, if this rule matches any traffic, the matched traffic will be visible in one of the [analytics dashboards](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/). If you suspect this might be a false positive, you can lower the sensitivity for that rule. Refer to [Handle a false positive](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-positive/) for details.
- Cloudflare updates the rule action to mitigate traffic (for example, using the _Block_ action) after a period of at least seven days, usually on a Monday. The exact date is shown in the scheduled changes list.

Changes to existing rules follow the same process, except that Cloudflare will create a temporary updated rule (denoted as `BETA` in rule description) before updating the original rule on the next release cycle.

Cloudflare is very proactive in responding to new attack vectors, which may need to be released outside of the 7-day cycle, defined as an Emergency Release. This emergency release is only used to respond to new high priority threats with a low false positive probability.

---

# Adaptive DDoS Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/

Adaptive DDoS Protection learns your unique traffic patterns and adapts to them to provide better protection against sophisticated DDoS attacks on layer 7 and layers 3/4, depending on your subscribed Cloudflare services.

Adaptive DDoS Protection provides the following types of protection:

- **Adaptive DDoS Protection for Origins**: Detects and mitigates traffic that deviates from your site's origin errors profile.
- **Adaptive DDoS Protection for User-Agents**: Detects and mitigates traffic that deviates from the top User Agents seen by Cloudflare on the network. The User Agent profile is built from the entire Cloudflare network and not only from the customer's zone.
- **Adaptive DDoS Protection for Locations**: Detects and mitigates traffic that deviates from your site’s geo-distribution profile. The profile is calculated from the rate for every client country and region, using the rates from the past seven days.
- **Adaptive DDoS Protection for Protocols**: Detects and mitigates traffic that deviates from your traffic’s IP protocol profile. The profile is calculated as a global rate for each of your prefixes.

## Availability

Cloudflare Adaptive DDoS Protection is available to Enterprise customers according to the following table:



| Feature                           | Profiling dimension                        | WAF/CDN<sup>1</sup> | Magic Transit /<br/>Spectrum BYOIP<sup>2</sup> |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | :-----------------: | :--------------------------------------------: |
| **HTTP Adaptive DDoS Protection** |                                            |                     |                                                |
| For Origins                       | Origin errors                              |         Yes         |                        —                       |
| For User-Agents                   | User Agent<br/>(entire Cloudflare network) |         Yes         |                        —                       |
| For Locations                     | Client IP country and region               |         Yes         |                        —                       |
| **L3/4 Adaptive DDoS Protection** |                                            |                     |                                                |
| For Protocols                     | IP protocol                                |          —          |                       Yes                      |
| For Protocols                     | Client IP country and Region for UDP       |          —          |                       Yes                      |



<sup>1</sup> _WAF/CDN customers on the Enterprise plan with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription._<br/> 
<sup>2</sup> _Magic Transit and Spectrum BYOIP customers on an Enterprise plan._

## How it works

Adaptive DDoS Protection creates a traffic profile by looking at the maximum rates of traffic every day, for the past seven days. These profiles are recalculated every day, keeping the seven-day time window. Adaptive DDoS Protection stores the maximal traffic rates seen for every predefined dimension value (the profiling dimension varies for each rule). Every profile uses one dimension, such as the source country of the request, the user agent, and the IP protocol. Incoming traffic that deviates from your profile may be malicious.

To eliminate outliers, rate calculations only consider the 95th percentile rates (discarding the top 5% of the highest rates). Cloudflare requires a minimum amount of requests per second (rps) to build traffic profiles. HTTP Adaptive DDoS Protection rules also take into account Cloudflare’s [Machine Learning (ML) models](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#machine-learning) to identify traffic that is likely automated.

Cloudflare may change the logic of these protection rules from time to time to improve them. Any rule changes will appear in the [Managed rulesets changelog](/ddos-protection/change-log/) page.

### DDoS protection based on the origin HTTP error rate

Cloudflare’s network is built to automatically monitor and mitigate large DDoS attacks. Cloudflare also helps mitigate smaller DDoS attacks, based on the following general rules:

- For zones on any plan, Cloudflare will apply mitigations when the HTTP error rate is above the _High_ (default) sensitivity level of 1,000 errors-per-second rate threshold. You can decrease the sensitivity level by [configuring the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/).
- For zones on Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, Cloudflare performs an additional check for better detection accuracy: the errors-per-second rate must also be at least five times the normal origin traffic levels before applying DDoS mitigations.

Cloudflare determines the error rate based on all HTTP errors in the 52X range (Internal Server Error) and in the 53X range, except for [error 530](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-530). Currently, for DDoS mitigations based on HTTP error rate, you cannot exclude specific HTTP error codes.

For more information on the types of DDoS attacks covered by Cloudflare's DDoS protection, refer to [DDoS attack coverage](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/).

---

## View flagged traffic

To view traffic flagged by HTTP Adaptive DDoS Protection rules:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.
2. Go to **Security** > **Events**.
3. Filter by `Service equals HTTP DDoS` and by rule ID.

To view traffic flagged by L3/4 Adaptive DDoS Protection rules:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.
3. Filter by `Ruleset ID equals 3b64149bfa6e4220bbbc2bd6db589552` (the ID of the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset) and by rule ID.

You may also obtain information about flagged traffic through [Logpush](/logs/about/) or the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

## Configure the rules

You can adjust the action and sensitivity of the Adaptive DDoS Protection rules. The default action is _Log_. Use this action to first observe what traffic is flagged before deciding on a mitigation action.

To configure a rule, refer to the instructions in the following pages:

- [Configure HTTP DDoS Attack Protection in the dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/) (for L7 rules)
- [Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection in the dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/) (for L3/4 rules)

For more information on the available configuration parameters, refer to the following pages:

- For the (L7) DDoS protection rules for Origins, User-Agents, and Locations:<br/>
  [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/)
- For the (L3/4) DDoS protection rules for Protocols:<br/>
  [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/)

---

# Managed rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/

The DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets provide comprehensive protection against a [variety of DDoS attacks](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/) across L3/4 (network layer) and L7 (application layer) of the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/).

The available managed rulesets are:

- **[HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/)**
  - This ruleset includes rules to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks over HTTP and HTTPS.

- **[Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/)**
  - This ruleset includes rules to detect and mitigate DDoS attacks on L3/4 of the OSI model such as UDP floods, SYN-ACK reflection attacks, SYN Floods, and DNS floods.

---

## Proactive false positive detection for new rules

:::note

Only available on Business and Enterprise plans. 
:::

When Cloudflare creates a new managed rule, we check the rule impact against the traffic of Business and Enterprise zones while the rule is not blocking traffic yet.

If a [false positive](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-positive/) is detected, we proactively reach out to the affected customers and help them make configuration changes (for example, to lower the sensitivity level of the new rule) before the rule starts mitigating traffic. This prevents the new rule from causing service disruptions and outages to your Internet properties.

---

# Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

Configure notifications to receive real-time alerts (within \~1 minute) about L3/4 and L7 DDoS attacks on your Internet properties, depending on your plan and services. You can choose from different delivery methods.

Each notification email includes the following information:

- Description
- Detection and mitigation time of attack
- Attack type
- Maximum rate of attack
- Attack target (zone, host, or IP address)
- Rule that matched the attack (ID and description)
- Rule override, if any

Cloudflare automatically sends weekly summaries of detected and mitigated DDoS attacks to Magic Transit and Spectrum BYOIP customers. Monthly application security reports are available for WAF/CDN customers. For more information, refer to [DDoS reports](/ddos-protection/reference/reports/).

:::note

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:::

## Set up a notification for DDoS alerts

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## Edit an existing notification

To edit, delete, or disable a notification, go to your [account notifications](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/notifications).

---

## Alert types

Cloudflare can issue notifications for different types of DDoS attack alerts.

### Standard alerts

<AvailableNotifications product="DDoS Protection" notificationFilter="HTTP DDoS Attack Alert" />

<AvailableNotifications product="DDoS Protection" notificationFilter="Layer 3/4 DDoS Attack Alert" />

### Advanced alerts

:::note

The availability of advanced DDoS attack alerts depends on your Cloudflare plan and subscribed services. Refer to [Availability](#availability) for details. 
:::

Advanced DDoS attack alerts support additional configuration, allowing you to filter the notifications you wish to receive.

<AvailableNotifications product="DDoS Protection" notificationFilter="Advanced HTTP DDoS Attack Alert" /> <AvailableNotifications product="DDoS Protection" notificationFilter="Advanced Layer 3/4 DDoS Attack Alert" />

You will also receive alerts for rules with a _Log_ action, containing information on what triggered the alert.

## Availability

The available alerts depend on your Cloudflare plan and subscribed services:

| Alert type                           |     WAF/CDN     |      Spectrum      |  Spectrum BYOIP |  Magic Transit  |
| ------------------------------------ | :-------------: | :----------------: | :-------------: | :-------------: |
| HTTP DDoS Attack Alert               |       Yes       |          –         |        –        |        –        |
| Advanced HTTP DDoS Attack Alert      | Yes<sup>1</sup> |          –         |        –        |        –        |
| Layer 3/4 DDoS Attack Alert          |        –        | Yes<sup>2, 3</sup> |       Yes       | Yes<sup>3</sup> |
| Advanced Layer 3/4 DDoS Attack Alert |        –        |          –         | Yes<sup>2</sup> | Yes<sup>2</sup> |

<sup>1</sup> _Only available to Enterprise customers with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription._ <br/> 
<sup>2</sup> _Only available on an Enterprise plan._ <br/> 
<sup>3</sup> _Refer to [Final remarks](#final-remarks) for additional notes._

## Example notification

The following image shows an example notification delivered via email:

![Example notification email of a DDoS attack](~/assets/images/ddos-protection/ddos-notification-example.png)

To investigate a possibly ongoing attack, select **View Dashboard**. To go to the rule details in the Cloudflare dashboard, select **View Rule**.

## Final remarks

- Spectrum and Magic Transit customers using [assigned Cloudflare IP addresses](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/) will receive layer 3/4 DDoS attack alerts where the attacked target is the Cloudflare IP or prefix. If you have [brought your own IP (BYOIP)](/byoip/) to Cloudflare Spectrum or Magic Transit, you will see your own IP addresses or prefixes as the attacked target.
- In some cases, HTTP DDoS attack alerts will reference the attacked zone name instead of the attacked hostname. This occurs when the attack signature does not include information on the attacked hostname because it is not a strong indicator for identifying attack requests. For more information on attack signatures, refer to [How DDoS protection works](/ddos-protection/about/how-ddos-protection-works/).
- DDoS alerts are currently only available for DDoS attacks detected and mitigated by the [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/). Alerts are not yet available for DDoS attacks detected and mitigated by the [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) and the [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/) system.
- You will not receive duplicate DDoS alerts within the same one-hour time frame.
- If you configure more than one alert type for the same kind of attack (for example, both an HTTP DDoS Attack Alert and an Advanced HTTP DDoS Attack Alert) you may get more than one notification when an attack occurs. To avoid receiving duplicate notifications, delete one of the configured alerts.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/

You can view DDoS analytics in different dashboards, depending on your service and plan:

- The [Security Events dashboard](/waf/analytics/security-events/) provides you with visibility into L7 security events that target your zone, including HTTP DDoS attacks and TCP attacks. The dashboard displays mitigations of HTTP DDoS attacks as HTTP DDoS events. These events are also available via [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

- The [Network Analytics dashboard](/analytics/network-analytics/) provides you with visibility into L3/4 traffic and DDoS attacks that target your IP ranges or Spectrum applications.

## Availability



| Service       | Free              | Pro             | Business        | Enterprise        |
| ------------- | ----------------- | --------------- | --------------- | ----------------- |
| WAF/CDN       | Activity log only | Security Events | Security Events | Security Events   |
| Spectrum/BYOIP      | –                 | –               | –               | Network Analytics |
| Magic Transit | –                 | –               | –               | Network Analytics |



## Remarks

In some situations, the analytics dashboards will not show you the ID of the DDoS managed rule that handled a packet/request. This means that an internal DDoS rule, which Cloudflare does not currently expose publicly, applied an action to the packet/request. These internal DDoS rules have a very low false positive rate and should always be enabled to protect your properties against DDoS attacks. For the same reason, DDoS rule IDs may also be unavailable in Cloudflare logs and API responses.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about Cloudflare DDoS protection:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/logs/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Retrieve HTTP events using [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/) to integrate them into your <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM systems</GlossaryTooltip>.

Additionally, if you are a Magic Transit or a Spectrum customer on an Enterprise plan, you can export L3/4 traffic and DDoS attack logs using the [Network Analytics logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/network_analytics_logs/).

---

# Reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/reports/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To download an ad-hoc DDoS report, generate a PDF report file by selecting **Print report** in your [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/).

WAF/CDN customers can download a monthly report in Account Home > **Security Center**, by selecting [Security Reports](/security-center/app-security-reports/) and downloading the desired monthly report.

Additionally, if you are a Magic Transit or Spectrum BYOIP customer, you will receive weekly DDoS reports by email with a snapshot of the DDoS attacks that Cloudflare detected and mitigated in the previous week.

:::note[Note]

To receive DDoS reports by email you must have opted in to the **Analytics** category in the [communication preferences](/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/communication-preference/) for your profile. 
:::

## Weekly DDoS reports

Cloudflare sends DDoS reports via email from `no-reply@notify.cloudflare.com` to users with the Super Administrator role on accounts with prefixes advertised by Cloudflare.

Reports contain the following information:

- Total number of DDoS attacks
- Largest DDoS attack in packets per second (pps) and bits per second (bps)
- Changes in DDoS attacks compared to the previous report
- Top attack protocols
- Top targeted IP addresses
- Top targeted destination ports
- Total potential downtime prevented (a sum of the duration of all attacks in that week)
- Total bytes mitigated (a sum of all the mitigated attack traffic)

Cloudflare issues DDoS reports via email each Tuesday. Reports summarize the attacks that occurred from Monday of the previous week to Sunday of the current week. For example, a report issued on 2020-11-10 (Tuesday) summarizes activity from 2020-11-02 (Monday) to 2020-11-08 (Sunday).

To receive real-time attack alerts, configure [DDoS alerts](/ddos-protection/reference/alerts/).

:::note[Notes]

- Information about top attack protocols, IP addresses, and destination ports is temporarily unavailable in weekly DDoS reports. Use the [Network Analytics dashboard](/analytics/network-analytics/) to get this information.
- <Render file="alerts-and-reports-independent" />
:::

### Example report

The following image shows an example DDoS report:

![Example email sent with a weekly DDoS report](~/assets/images/ddos-protection/ddos-report-email.png)

When Cloudflare does not detect any L3/4 DDoS attacks in the prior week, Cloudflare sends a confirmation report:

![Example report email sent when Cloudflare does not detect any DDoS attack in the previous week](~/assets/images/ddos-protection/ddos-report-no-attacks.png)

### Manage reporting subscriptions

Magic Transit and Spectrum BYOIP customers will receive the weekly DDoS report automatically.

To stop receiving DDoS reports, select the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the report email. To resubscribe after opting out, contact Cloudflare support.

---

# Simulating test DDoS attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/reference/simulate-ddos-attack/

import { Render } from "~/components"

After onboarding to Cloudflare, you may want to simulate DDoS attacks against your Internet properties to test the protection, [reporting](/ddos-protection/reference/reports/), and [alerting](/ddos-protection/reference/alerts/) mechanisms. Follow the guidelines in this section to simulate a DDoS attack.

You can only launch DDoS attacks against your own Internet properties — your zone, Spectrum application, or IP range (depending on your Cloudflare services) — and provided that:

- The Internet properties are not shared with other organizations or individuals.
- The Internet properties have been onboarded to Cloudflare in an account under your name or ownership.

## Before you start

You do not have to obtain permission from Cloudflare to launch a DDoS attack simulation against your own Internet properties. However, before launching the simulated attack, you must [open a Support ticket](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) and provide the information below. All fields are mandatory.

It is recommended that you choose the right service and enable the correct features to test against the corresponding DDoS attacks. For example, if you want to test Cloudflare against an HTTP DDoS attack and you are only using Magic Transit, the test is going to fail because you need to onboard your HTTP application to Cloudflare's reverse proxy service to test our HTTP DDoS Protection. 

<Render file="support-ticket-information" product="fundamentals" params={{ one: "Attack" }} />

---

# Create a sitemap from Sanity CMS with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/create-sitemap-from-sanity-cms/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will put together a Cloudflare Worker that creates and serves a sitemap using data from [Sanity.io](https://www.sanity.io), a headless CMS.

The high-level workflow of the solution you are going to build in this tutorial is the following:

1. A URL on your domain (for example, `cms.example.com/sitemap.xml`) will be routed to a Cloudflare Worker.
2. The Worker will fetch your CMS data such as slugs and last modified dates.
3. The Worker will use that data to assemble a sitemap.
4. Finally, The Worker will return the XML sitemap ready for search engines.

## Before you begin

Before you start, make sure you have:

- A Cloudflare account. If you do not have one, [sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) before continuing.
- A domain added to your Cloudflare account using a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/), that is, using Cloudflare for your authoritative DNS nameservers.
- [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) installed on your machine.

## Create a new Worker

Cloudflare Workers provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.

While you can create Workers in the Cloudflare dashboard, it is a best practice to create them locally, where you can use version control and [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the Workers command-line interface, to deploy them.

Create a new Worker project using [C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) (`create-cloudflare` CLI):

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" />

In this tutorial, the Worker will be named `cms-sitemap`.

Select the options in the command-line interface (CLI) that work best for you, such as using JavaScript or TypeScript. The starter template you choose does not matter as this tutorial provides all the required code for you to paste in your project.

Next, require the `@sanity/client` package.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm install @sanity/client
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm install @sanity/client
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn add @sanity/client
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Configure Wrangler

A default `wrangler.json` was generated in the previous step.

The Wrangler file is a configuration file used to specify project settings and deployment configurations in a structured format.

For this tutorial your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file should be similar to the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "cms-sitemap"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-04-19"
minify = true

[vars]
# The CMS will return relative URLs, so we need to know the base URL of the site.
SITEMAP_BASE = "https://example.com"
# Modify to match your project ID.
SANITY_PROJECT_ID = "5z5j5z5j"
SANITY_DATASET = "production"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You must update the `[vars]` section to match your needs. See the inline comments to understand the purpose of each entry.

:::caution

Secrets do not belong in `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` files. If you need to add secrets, use `.dev.vars` for local secrets and the `wranger secret put` command for deploying secrets. For more information, refer to [Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).

:::

## Add code

In this step you will add the boilerplate code that will get you close to the complete solution.

For the purpose of this tutorial, the code has been condensed into two files:

- `index.ts|js`: Serves as the entry point for requests to the Worker and routes them to the proper place.
- `Sitemap.ts|js`: Retrieves the CMS data that will be turned into a sitemap. For a better separation of concerns and organization, the CMS logic should be in a separate file.

Paste the following code into the existing `index.ts|js` file:

```ts
/**
 * Welcome to Cloudflare Workers!
 *
 * - Run `npm run dev` in your terminal to start a development server
 * - Open a browser tab at http://localhost:8787/ to see your worker in action
 * - Run `npm run deploy` to publish your worker
 *
 * Bind resources to your worker in Wrangler config file. After adding bindings, a type definition for the
 * `Env` object can be regenerated with `npm run cf-typegen`.
 *
 * Learn more at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/
 */

import { Sitemap } from "./Sitemap";

// Export a default object containing event handlers.
export default {
	// The fetch handler is invoked when this worker receives an HTTPS request
	// and should return a Response (optionally wrapped in a Promise).
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// You can get pretty far with simple logic like if/switch-statements.
		// If you need more complex routing, consider Hono https://hono.dev/.
		if (url.pathname === "/sitemap.xml") {
			const handleSitemap = new Sitemap(request, env, ctx);
			return handleSitemap.fetch();
		}

		return new Response(`Try requesting /sitemap.xml`, {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html" },
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

You do not need to modify anything in this file after pasting the above code.

Next, create a new file named `Sitemap.ts|js` and paste the following code:

```ts
import { createClient, SanityClient } from "@sanity/client";

export class Sitemap {
	private env: Env;
	private ctx: ExecutionContext;

	constructor(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		this.env = env;
		this.ctx = ctx;
	}

	async fetch(): Promise<Response> {
		// Modify the query to use your CMS's schema.
		//
		// Request these:
		// - "slug": The slug of the post.
		// - "lastmod": When the post was updated.
		//
		// Notes:
		// - The slugs are prefixed to help form the full relative URL in the sitemap.
		// - Order the slugs to ensure the sitemap is in a consistent order.
		const query = `*[defined(postFields.slug.current)] {
			_type == 'articlePost' => {
				'slug': '/posts/' + postFields.slug.current,
				'lastmod': _updatedAt,
			},
			_type == 'examplesPost' => {
				'slug': '/examples/' + postFields.slug.current,
				'lastmod': _updatedAt,
			},
			_type == 'templatesPost' => {
				'slug': '/templates/' + postFields.slug.current,
				'lastmod': _updatedAt,
			}
		} | order(slug asc)`;

		const dataForSitemap = await this.fetchCmsData(query);

		if (!dataForSitemap) {
			console.error(
				"Error fetching data for sitemap",
				JSON.stringify(dataForSitemap),
			);
			return new Response("Error fetching data for sitemap", { status: 500 });
		}

		const sitemapXml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
		<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
		  ${dataForSitemap
				.filter(Boolean)
				.map(
					(item: any) => `
			<url>
			  <loc>${this.env.SITEMAP_BASE}${item.slug}</loc>
			  <lastmod>${item.lastmod}</lastmod>
			</url>
		  `,
				)
				.join("")}
		</urlset>`;

		return new Response(sitemapXml, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/xml",
			},
		});
	}

	private async fetchCmsData(query: string) {
		const client: SanityClient = createClient({
			projectId: this.env.SANITY_PROJECT_ID,
			dataset: this.env.SANITY_DATASET,
			useCdn: true,
			apiVersion: "2024-01-01",
		});

		try {
			const data = await client.fetch(query);
			return data;
		} catch (error) {
			console.error(error);
		}
	}
}
```

In steps 4 and 5 you will modify the code you pasted into `src/Sitemap.ts` according to your needs.

## Query CMS data

The following query in `src/Sitemap.ts` defines which data will be retrieved from the CMS. The exact query depends on your schema:

```ts
const query = `*[defined(postFields.slug.current)] {
  _type == 'articlePost' => {
    'slug': '/posts/' + postFields.slug.current,
    'lastmod': _updatedAt,
  },
  _type == 'examplesPost' => {
    'slug': '/examples/' + postFields.slug.current,
    'lastmod': _updatedAt,
  },
  _type == 'templatesPost' => {
    'slug': '/templates/' + postFields.slug.current,
    'lastmod': _updatedAt,
  }
} | order(slug asc)`;
```

If necessary, adapt the provided query to your specific schema, taking the following into account:

- The query must return two properties: `slug` and `lastmod`, as these properties are referenced when creating the sitemap. [GROQ](https://www.sanity.io/docs/how-queries-work) (Graph-Relational Object Queries) and [GraphQL](https://www.sanity.io/docs/graphql) enable naming properties — for example, `"lastmod": _updatedAt` — allowing you to map custom field names to the required properties.
- You will likely need to prefix each slug with the base path. For `www.example.com/posts/my-post`, the slug returned is `my-post`, but the base path (`/posts/`) is what needs to be prefixed (the domain is automatically added).
- Add a sort to the query to provide a consistent order (`order(slug asc)` in the provided tutorial code).

The data returned by the query will be used to generate an XML sitemap.

## Create the sitemap from the CMS data

The relevant code from `src/Sitemap.ts` generating the sitemap and returning it with the correct content type is the following:

```ts
const sitemapXml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  ${dataForSitemap
		.filter(Boolean)
		.map(
			(item: any) => `
  <url>
    <loc>${this.env.SITEMAP_BASE}${item.slug}</loc>
    <lastmod>${item.lastmod}</lastmod>
  </url>
  `,
		)
		.join("")}
</urlset>`;

return new Response(sitemapXml, {
	headers: {
		"content-type": "application/xml",
	},
});
```

The URL (`loc`) and last modification date (`lastmod`) are the only two properties added to the sitemap because, [according to Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap#additional-notes-about-xml-sitemaps), other properties such as `priority` and `changefreq` will be ignored.

Finally, the sitemap is returned with the content type of `application/xml`.

At this point, you can test the Worker locally by running the following command:

```sh
wrangler dev
```

This command will output a localhost URL in the terminal. Open this URL with `/sitemap.xml` appended to view the sitemap in your browser. If there are any errors, they will be shown in the terminal output.

Once you have confirmed the sitemap is working, move on to the next step.

## Deploy the Worker

Now that your project is working locally, there are two steps left:

1. Deploy the Worker.
2. Bind it to a domain.

To deploy the Worker, run the following command in your terminal:

```sh
wrangler deploy
```

The terminal will log information about the deployment, including a new custom URL in the format `{worker-name}.{account-subdomain}.workers.dev`. While you could use this hostname to obtain your sitemap, it is a best practice to host the sitemap on the same domain your content is on.

## Route a URL to the Worker

In this step, you will make the Worker available on a new subdomain using a built-in Cloudflare feature.

One of the benefits of using a subdomain is that you do not have to worry about this sitemap conflicting with your root domain's sitemap, since both are probably using the `/sitemap.xml` path.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.

2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**, and then select your Worker.

3. Go to **Settings** > **Triggers** > **Custom Domains** > **Add Custom Domain**.

4. Enter the domain or subdomain you want to configure for your Worker.

   For this tutorial, use a subdomain on the domain that is in your sitemap. For example, if your sitemap outputs URLs like `www.example.com` then a suitable subdomain is `cms.example.com`.

5. Select **Add Custom Domain**.

   After adding the subdomain, Cloudflare automatically adds the proper DNS record binding the Worker to the subdomain.

6. To verify your configuration, go to your new subdomain and append `/sitemap.xml`. For example:

   ```txt
   cms.example.com/sitemap.xml
   ```

The browser should show the sitemap as when you tested locally.

You now have a sitemap for your headless CMS using a highly maintainable and serverless setup.

---

# Recommend products on e-commerce sites using Workers AI and Stripe

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/creating-a-recommendation-api/

import {
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	PackageManagers,
	WranglerConfig,
} from "~/components";

E-commerce and media sites often work on increasing the average transaction value to boost profitability. One of the strategies to increase the average transaction value is "cross-selling," which involves recommending related products. Cloudflare offers a range of products designed to build mechanisms for retrieving data related to the products users are viewing or requesting. In this tutorial, you will experience developing functionalities necessary for cross-selling by creating APIs for related product searches and product recommendations.

## Goals

In this workshop, you will develop three REST APIs.

1. An API to search for information highly related to a specific product.
2. An API to suggest products in response to user inquiries.
3. A Webhook API to synchronize product information with external e-commerce applications.

By developing these APIs, you will learn about the resources needed to build cross-selling and recommendation features for e-commerce sites.

You will also learn how to use the following Cloudflare products:

- [**Cloudflare Workers**](/workers/): Execution environment for API applications
- [**Cloudflare Vectorize**](/vectorize/): Vector DB used for related product searches
- [**Cloudflare Workers AI**](/workers-ai/): Used for vectorizing data and generating recommendation texts

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" product="workers" />

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

### Prerequisites

This tutorial involves the use of several Cloudflare products. Some of these products have free tiers, while others may incur minimal charges. Please review the following billing information carefully.

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker project

First, let's create a Cloudflare Workers project.

<Render file="c3-definition" product="workers" />

To efficiently create and manage multiple APIs, let's use [`Hono`](https://hono.dev). Hono is an open-source application framework released by a Cloudflare Developer Advocate. It is lightweight and allows for the creation of multiple API paths, as well as efficient request and response handling.
Open your command line interface (CLI) and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"cross-sell-api --framework=hono"}
/>

If this is your first time running the `C3` command, you will be asked whether you want to install it. Confirm that the package name for installation is `create-cloudflare` and answer `y`.

```sh
Need to install the following packages:
create-cloudflare@latest
Ok to proceed? (y)
```

During the setup, you will be asked if you want to manage your project source code with `Git`. It is recommended to answer `Yes` as it helps in recording your work and rolling back changes. You can also choose `No`, which will not affect the tutorial progress.

```sh
╰ Do you want to use git for version control?
  Yes / No
```

Finally, you will be asked if you want to deploy the application to your Cloudflare account. For now, select `No` and start development locally.

```sh
╭ Deploy with Cloudflare Step 3 of 3
│
╰ Do you want to deploy your application?
  Yes / No
```

If you see a message like the one below, the project setup is complete. You can open the `cross-sell-api` directory in your preferred IDE to start development.

```sh
├  APPLICATION CREATED  Deploy your application with npm run deploy
│
│ Navigate to the new directory cd cross-sell-api
│ Run the development server npm run dev
│ Deploy your application npm run deploy
│ Read the documentation https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers
│ Stuck? Join us at https://discord.cloudflare.com
│
╰ See you again soon!
```

Cloudflare Workers applications can be developed and tested in a local environment. On your CLI, change directory into your newly created Workers and run `npx wrangler dev` to start the application. Using `Wrangler`, the application will start, and you'll see a URL beginning with `localhost`.

```sh
 ⛅️ wrangler 3.60.1
-------------------

⎔ Starting local server...
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
╭───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ [b] open a browser, [d] open Devtools, [l] turn off local mode, [c] clear console, [x] to exit            │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

```

You can send a request to the API using the `curl` command. If you see the text `Hello Hono!`, the API is running correctly.

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787
```

```sh output
Hello Hono!
```

So far, we've covered how to create a Cloudflare Worker project and introduced tools and open-source projects like the `C3` command and the `Hono` framework that streamline development with Cloudflare. Leveraging these features will help you develop applications on Cloudflare Workers more smoothly.

## 2. Create an API to import product information

Now, we will start developing the three APIs that will be used in our cross-sell system. First, let's create an API to synchronize product information with an existing e-commerce application. In this example, we will set up a system where product registrations in [Stripe](https://stripe.com) are synchronized with the cross-sell system.

This API will receive product information sent from an external service like Stripe as a Webhook event. It will then extract the necessary information for search purposes and store it in a database for related product searches. Since vector search will be used, we also need to implement a process that converts strings to vector data using an Embedding model provided by Cloudflare Workers AI.

The process flow is illustrated as follows:

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant Stripe

    box Cloudflare
        participant CF_Workers
        participant CF_Workers_AI
        participant CF_Vectorize
    end

    Stripe->>CF_Workers: Send product registration event
    CF_Workers->>CF_Workers_AI: Request product information vectorization
    CF_Workers_AI->>CF_Workers: Send back vector data result
    CF_Workers->>CF_Vectorize: Save vector data
```

Let's start implementing step-by-step.

### Bind Workers AI and Vectorize to your Worker

This API requires the use of Workers AI and Vectorize. To use these resources from a Worker, you will need to first create the resources then [bind](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/#what-is-a-binding) them to a Worker. First, let's create a Vectorize index with Wrangler using the command `wrangler vectorize create {index_name} --dimensions={number_of_dimensions} --metric={similarity_metric}`. The values for `dimensions` and `metric` depend on the type of [Text Embedding Model](/workers-ai/models/) you are using for data vectorization (Embedding). For example, if you are using the `bge-large-en-v1.5` model, the command is:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create stripe-products --dimensions=1024 --metric=cosine
```

When this command executes successfully, you will see a message like the following. It provides the items you need to add to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to bind the Vectorize index with your Worker application. Copy the three lines starting with `[[vectorize]]`.

```sh
✅ Successfully created a new Vectorize index: 'stripe-products'
📋 To start querying from a Worker, add the following binding configuration into 'wrangler.toml':

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE_INDEX"
index_name = "stripe-products"
```

To use the created Vectorize index from your Worker, let's add the binding. Open the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and add the copied lines.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml null {5,6,7}
name = "cross-sell-api"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-06-05"

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE_INDEX"
index_name = "stripe-products"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Additionally, let's add the configuration to use Workers AI in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml null {9,10}
name = "cross-sell-api"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-06-05"

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE_INDEX"
index_name = "stripe-products"

[ai]
binding = "AI" # available in your Worker on env.AI
```

</WranglerConfig>

When handling bound resources from your application, you can generate TypeScript type definitions to develop more safely. Run the `npm run cf-typegen` command. This command updates the `worker-configuration.d.ts` file, allowing you to use both Vectorize and Workers AI in a type-safe manner.

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

```sh output

> cf-typegen
> wrangler types --env-interface CloudflareBindings

 ⛅️ wrangler 3.60.1
-------------------

interface CloudflareBindings {
        VECTORIZE_INDEX: VectorizeIndex;
        AI: Ai;
}
```

Once you save these changes, the respective resources and APIs will be available for use in the Workers application. You can access these properties from `env`. In this example, you can use them as follows:

```ts
app.get("/", (c) => {
	c.env.AI; // Workers AI SDK
	c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX; // Vectorize SDK
	return c.text("Hello Hono!");
});
```

Finally, rerun the `npx wrangler dev` command with the `--remote` option. This is necessary because Vectorize indexes are not supported in local mode. If you see the message, `Vectorize bindings are not currently supported in local mode. Please use --remote if you are working with them.`, rerun the command with the `--remote` option added.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

### Create a webhook API to handle product registration events

You can receive notifications about product registration and information via POST requests using webhooks. Let's create an API that accepts POST requests. Open your `src/index.ts` file and add the following code:

```ts
app.post("/webhook", async (c) => {
	const body = await c.req.json();
	if (body.type === "product.created") {
		const product = body.data.object;
		console.log(JSON.stringify(product, null, 2));
	}
	return c.text("ok", 200);
});
```

This code implements an API that processes POST requests to the `/webhook` endpoint. The data sent by Stripe's Webhook events is included in the request body in JSON format. Therefore, we use `c.req.json()` to extract the data. There are multiple types of Webhook events that Stripe can send, so we added a conditional to only process events when a product is newly added, as indicated by the `type`.

### Add Stripe's API Key to the project

When developing a webhook API, you need to ensure that requests from unauthorized sources are rejected. To prevent unauthorized API requests from causing unintended behavior or operational confusion, you need a mechanism to verify the source of API requests. When integrating with Stripe, you can protect the API by generating a signing secret used for webhook verification.

1. Refer to the [Stripe documentation](https://docs.stripe.com/keys) to get a [secret API key for the test environment](https://docs.stripe.com/keys#reveal-an-api-secret-key-for-test-mode).
2. Save the obtained API key in a `.dev.vars` file.

```
STRIPE_SECRET_API_KEY=sk_test_XXXX
```

3. Follow the [guide](https://docs.stripe.com/stripe-cli) to install Stripe CLI.
4. Use the following Stripe CLI command to forward Webhook events from Stripe to your local application.

```sh
stripe listen --forward-to http://localhost:8787/webhook --events product.created
```

5. Copy the signing secret that starts with `whsec_` from the Stripe CLI command output.

```
> Ready! You are using Stripe API Version [2024-06-10]. Your webhook signing secret is
whsec_xxxxxx (^C to quit)
```

6. Save the obtained signing secret in the `.dev.vars` file.

```
STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_xxxxxx
```

7. Run `npm run cf-typegen` to update the type definitions in `worker-configuration.d.ts`.
8. Run `npm install stripe` to add the Stripe SDK to your application.
9. Restart the `npm run dev -- --remote` command to import the API key into your application.

Finally, modify the source code of `src/index.ts` as follows to ensure that the webhook API cannot be used from sources other than your Stripe account.

````ts
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { env } from "hono/adapter";
import Stripe from "stripe";

type Bindings = {
	[key in keyof CloudflareBindings]: CloudflareBindings[key];
};

const app = new Hono<{
	Bindings: Bindings;
	Variables: {
		stripe: Stripe;
	};
}>();

/**
 * Initialize Stripe SDK client
 * We can use this SDK without initializing on each API route,
 * just get it by the following example:
 * ```
 * const stripe = c.get('stripe')
 * ```
 */
app.use("*", async (c, next) => {
	const { STRIPE_SECRET_API_KEY } = env(c);
	const stripe = new Stripe(STRIPE_SECRET_API_KEY);
	c.set("stripe", stripe);
	await next();
});

app.post("/webhook", async (c) => {
	const { STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET } = env(c);
	const stripe = c.get("stripe");
	const signature = c.req.header("stripe-signature");
	if (!signature || !STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET || !stripe) {
		return c.text("", 400);
	}
	try {
		const body = await c.req.text();
		const event = await stripe.webhooks.constructEventAsync(
			body,
			signature,
			STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET,
		);
		if (event.type === "product.created") {
			const product = event.data.object;
			console.log(JSON.stringify(product, null, 2));
		}
		return c.text("", 200);
	} catch (err) {
		const errorMessage = `⚠️  Webhook signature verification failed. ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : "Internal server error"}`;
		console.log(errorMessage);
		return c.text(errorMessage, 400);
	}
});

export default app;
````

This ensures that an HTTP 400 error is returned if the Webhook API is called directly by unauthorized sources.

```sh
curl -XPOST http://localhost:8787/webhook -I
```

```sh output
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
```

Use the Stripe CLI command to test sending events from Stripe.

```sh
stripe trigger product.created
```

```sh output
Setting up fixture for: product
Running fixture for: product
Trigger succeeded! Check dashboard for event details.
```

The product information added on the Stripe side is recorded as a log on the terminal screen where `npm run dev` is executed.

```
{
  id: 'prod_QGw9VdIqVCNABH',
  object: 'product',
  active: true,
  attributes: [],
  created: 1718087602,
  default_price: null,
  description: '(created by Stripe CLI)',
  features: [],
  images: [],
  livemode: false,
  marketing_features: [],
  metadata: {},
  name: 'myproduct',
  package_dimensions: null,
  shippable: null,
  statement_descriptor: null,
  tax_code: null,
  type: 'service',
  unit_label: null,
  updated: 1718087603,
  url: null
}
[wrangler:inf] POST /webhook 201 Created (14ms)
```

## 3. Convert text into vector data using Workers AI

We've prepared to ingest product information, so let's start implementing the preprocessing needed to create an index for search. In vector search using Cloudflare Vectorize, text data must be converted to numerical data before indexing. By storing data as numerical sequences, we can search based on the similarity of these vectors, allowing us to retrieve highly similar data.

In this step, we'll first implement the process of converting externally sent data into text data. This is necessary because the information to be converted into vector data is in text form. If you want to include product names, descriptions, and metadata as search targets, add the following processing.

```ts null {3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
if (event.type === "product.created") {
	const product = event.data.object;
	const productData = [
		`## ${product.name}`,
		product.description,
		"### metadata",
		Object.entries(product.metadata)
			.map(([key, value]) => `- ${key}: ${value}`)
			.join("\n"),
	].join("\n");
	console.log(JSON.stringify(productData, null, 2));
}
```

By adding this processing, you convert product information in JSON format into a simple Markdown format product introduction text.

```sh
## product name
product description.
### metadata
- key: value
```

Now that we've converted the data to text, let's convert it to vector data. By using the Text Embedding model of Workers AI, we can convert text into vector data of any desired dimension.

```ts null {7,8,9,10,11,12,13}
const productData = [
	`## ${product.name}`,
	product.description,
	"### metadata",
	Object.entries(product.metadata)
		.map(([key, value]) => `- ${key}: ${value}`)
		.join("\n"),
].join("\n");
const embeddings = await c.env.AI.run("@cf/baai/bge-large-en-v1.5", {
	text: productData,
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(embeddings, null, 2));
```

When using Workers AI, execute the `c.env.AI.run()` function. Specify the model you want to use as the first argument. In the second argument, input text data about the text you want to convert using the Text Embedding model or the instructions for the generated images or text. If you want to save the converted vector data using Vectorize, make sure to select a model that matches the number of `dimensions` specified in the `npx wrangler vectorize create` command. If the numbers do not match, there is a possibility that the converted vector data cannot be saved.

### Save vector data to Vectorize

Finally, let's save the created data to Vectorize. Edit `src/index.ts` to implement the indexing process using the `VECTORIZE_INDEX` binding. Since the data to be saved will be vector data, save the pre-conversion text data as metadata.

```ts null {16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24}
if (event.type === "product.created") {
	const product = event.data.object;
	const productData = [
		`## ${product.name}`,
		product.description,
		"### metadata",
		Object.entries(product.metadata)
			.map(([key, value]) => `- ${key}: ${value}`)
			.join("\n"),
	].join("\n");
	console.log(JSON.stringify(productData, null, 2));
	const embeddings = await c.env.AI.run("@cf/baai/bge-large-en-v1.5", {
		text: productData,
	});
	await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.insert([
		{
			id: product.id,
			values: embeddings.data[0],
			metadata: {
				name: product.name,
				description: product.description || "",
				product_metadata: product.metadata,
			},
		},
	]);
}
```

With this, we have established a mechanism to synchronize the product data with the database for recommendations. Use Stripe CLI commands to save some product data.

```bash
stripe products create --name="Smartphone X" \
  --description="Latest model with cutting-edge features" \
  -d "default_price_data[currency]=usd" \
  -d "default_price_data[unit_amount]=79900" \
  -d "metadata[category]=electronics"
```

```bash
stripe products create --name="Ultra Notebook" \
  --description="Lightweight and powerful notebook computer" \
  -d "default_price_data[currency]=usd" \
  -d "default_price_data[unit_amount]=129900" \
  -d "metadata[category]=computers"
```

```bash
stripe products create --name="Wireless Earbuds Pro" \
  --description="High quality sound with noise cancellation" \
  -d "default_price_data[currency]=usd" \
  -d "default_price_data[unit_amount]=19900" \
  -d "metadata[category]=audio"
```

```bash
stripe products create --name="Smartwatch 2" \
  --description="Stay connected with the latest smartwatch" \
  -d "default_price_data[currency]=usd" \
  -d "default_price_data[unit_amount]=29900" \
  -d "metadata[category]=wearables"
```

```bash
stripe products create --name="Tablet Pro" \
  --description="Versatile tablet for work and play" \
  -d "default_price_data[currency]=usd" \
  -d "default_price_data[unit_amount]=49900" \
  -d "metadata[category]=computers"
```

If the save is successful, you will see logs like `[200] POST` in the screen where you are running the `stripe listen` command.

```sh
2024-06-11 16:41:42   --> product.created [evt_1PQPKsL8xlxrZ26gst0o1DK3]
2024-06-11 16:41:45  <--  [200] POST http://localhost:8787/webhook [evt_1PQPKsL8xlxrZ26gst0o1DK3]
2024-06-11 16:41:47   --> product.created [evt_1PQPKxL8xlxrZ26gGk90TkcK]
2024-06-11 16:41:49  <--  [200] POST http://localhost:8787/webhook [evt_1PQPKxL8xlxrZ26gGk90TkcK]
```

If you confirm one log entry for each piece of registered data, the save process is complete. Next, we will implement the API for related product searches.

## 4. Create a related products search API using Vectorize

Now that we have prepared the index for searching, the next step is to implement an API to search for related products. By utilizing a vector index, we can perform searches based on how similar the data is. Let's implement an API that searches for product data similar to the specified product ID using this method.

In this API, the product ID is received as a part of the API path. Using the received ID, vector data is retrieved from Vectorize using `c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.getByIds()`. The return value of this process includes vector data, which is then passed to `c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.query()` to conduct a similarity search. To quickly check which products are recommended, we set `returnMetadata` to `true` to obtain the stored metadata information as well. The `topK` parameter specifies the number of data items to retrieve. Change this value if you want to obtain less than 2 or more than 4 data items.

```ts
app.get("/products/:product_id", async (c) => {
	// Get the product ID from API path parameters
	const productId = c.req.param("product_id");

	// Retrieve the indexed data by the product ID
	const [product] = await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.getByIds([productId]);

	// Search similar products by using the embedding data
	const similarProducts = await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.query(product.values, {
		topK: 3,
		returnMetadata: true,
	});

	return c.json({
		product: {
			...product.metadata,
		},
		similarProducts,
	});
});
```

Let's run this API. Use a product ID that starts with `prod_`, which can be obtained from the result of running the `stripe products crate` command or the `stripe products list` command.

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787/products/prod_xxxx
```

If you send a request using a product ID that exists in the Vectorize index, the data for that product and two related products will be returned as follows.

```json
{
	"product": {
		"name": "Tablet Pro",
		"description": "Versatile tablet for work and play",
		"product_metadata": {
			"category": "computers"
		}
	},
	"similarProducts": {
		"count": 3,
		"matches": [
			{
				"id": "prod_QGxFoHEpIyxHHF",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "Tablet Pro",
					"description": "Versatile tablet for work and play",
					"product_metadata": {
						"category": "computers"
					}
				},
				"score": 1
			},
			{
				"id": "prod_QGxFEgfmOmy5Ve",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "Ultra Notebook",
					"description": "Lightweight and powerful notebook computer",
					"product_metadata": {
						"category": "computers"
					}
				},
				"score": 0.724717327
			},
			{
				"id": "prod_QGwkGYUcKU2UwH",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "demo product",
					"description": "aaaa",
					"product_metadata": {
						"test": "hello"
					}
				},
				"score": 0.635707003
			}
		]
	}
}
```

Looking at the `score` in `similarProducts`, you can see that there is data with a `score` of `1`. This means it is exactly the same as the query used to search. By looking at the metadata, it is evident that the data is the same as the product ID sent in the request. Since we want to search for related products, let's add a `filter` to prevent the same product from being included in the search results. Here, a filter is added to exclude data with the same product name using the `metadata` name.

```ts null {7,8,9,10,11}
app.get("/products/:product_id", async (c) => {
	const productId = c.req.param("product_id");
	const [product] = await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.getByIds([productId]);
	const similarProducts = await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.query(product.values, {
		topK: 3,
		returnMetadata: true,
		filter: {
			name: {
				$ne: product.metadata?.name.toString(),
			},
		},
	});

	return c.json({
		product: {
			...product.metadata,
		},
		similarProducts,
	});
});
```

After adding this process, if you run the API, you will see that there is no data with a `score` of `1`.

```json
{
	"product": {
		"name": "Tablet Pro",
		"description": "Versatile tablet for work and play",
		"product_metadata": {
			"category": "computers"
		}
	},
	"similarProducts": {
		"count": 3,
		"matches": [
			{
				"id": "prod_QGxFEgfmOmy5Ve",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "Ultra Notebook",
					"description": "Lightweight and powerful notebook computer",
					"product_metadata": {
						"category": "computers"
					}
				},
				"score": 0.724717327
			},
			{
				"id": "prod_QGwkGYUcKU2UwH",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "demo product",
					"description": "aaaa",
					"product_metadata": {
						"test": "hello"
					}
				},
				"score": 0.635707003
			},
			{
				"id": "prod_QGxFEafrNDG88p",
				"metadata": {
					"name": "Smartphone X",
					"description": "Latest model with cutting-edge features",
					"product_metadata": {
						"category": "electronics"
					}
				},
				"score": 0.632409942
			}
		]
	}
}
```

In this way, you can implement a system to search for related product information using Vectorize.

## 5. Create a recommendation API that answers user questions.

Recommendations can be more than just displaying related products; they can also address user questions and concerns. The final API will implement a process to answer user questions using Vectorize and Workers AI.

This API will implement the following processes:

1. Vectorize the user's question using the Text Embedding Model from Workers AI.
2. Use Vectorize to search and retrieve highly relevant products.
3. Convert the search results into a string in Markdown format.
4. Utilize the Text Generation Model from Workers AI to generate a response based on the search results.

This method realizes a text generation mechanism called Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Cloudflare. The bindings and other preparations are already completed, so let's add the API.

```ts
app.post("/ask", async (c) => {
	const { question } = await c.req.json();
	if (!question) {
		return c.json({
			message: "Please tell me your question.",
		});
	}
	/**
	 * Convert the question to the vector data
	 */
	const embeddedQuestion = await c.env.AI.run("@cf/baai/bge-large-en-v1.5", {
		text: question,
	});

	/**
	 * Query similarity data from Vectorize index
	 */
	const similarProducts = await c.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.query(
		embeddedQuestion.data[0],
		{
			topK: 3,
			returnMetadata: true,
		},
	);

	/**
	 * Convert the JSON data to the Markdown text
	 **/
	const contextData = similarProducts.matches.reduce((prev, current) => {
		if (!current.metadata) return prev;
		const productTexts = Object.entries(current.metadata).map(
			([key, value]) => {
				switch (key) {
					case "name":
						return `## ${value}`;
					case "product_metadata":
						return `- ${key}: ${JSON.stringify(value)}`;
					default:
						return `- ${key}: ${value}`;
				}
			},
		);
		const productTextData = productTexts.join("\n");
		return `${prev}\n${productTextData}`;
	}, "");

	/**
	 * Generate the answer
	 */
	const response = await c.env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
		messages: [
			{
				role: "system",
				content: `You are an assistant for question-answering tasks. Use the following pieces of retrieved context to answer the question. If you don't know the answer, just say that you don't know.\n#Context: \n${contextData} `,
			},
			{
				role: "user",
				content: question,
			},
		],
	});

	return c.json(response);
});
```

Let's use the created API to consult on a product. You can send your question in the body of a POST request. For example, if you want to ask about getting a new PC, you can execute the following command:

```sh
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8787/ask" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"question": "I want to get a new PC"}'
```

When the question is sent, a recommendation text will be generated as introduced earlier. In this example, the `Ultra Notebook` product was recommended. This is because it has a `notebook compucoter` description, which means it received a relatively high score in the Vectorize search.

```json
{
	"response": "Exciting! You're looking to get a new PC! Based on the context I retrieved, I'd recommend considering the \"Ultra Notebook\" since it's described as a lightweight and powerful notebook computer, which fits the category of \"computers\". Would you like to know more about its specifications or features?"
}
```

The text generation model generates new text each time based on the input prompt (questions or product search results). Therefore, even if you send the same request to this API, the response text may differ slightly. When developing for production, use features like logging or caching in the [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/) to set up proper control and debugging.

## 6. Deploy the application

Before deploying the application, we need to make sure your Worker project has access to the Stripe API keys we created earlier. Since the API keys of external services are defined in `.dev.vars`, this information also needs to be set in your Worker project. To save API keys and secrets, run the `npx wrangler secret put <KEY>` command. In this tutorial, you'll execute the command twice, referring to the values set in `.dev.vars`.

```sh
npx wrangler secret put STRIPE_SECRET_API_KEY
npx wrangler secret put STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET
```

Then, run `npx wrangler deploy`. This will deploy the application on Cloudflare, making it publicly accessible.

## Conclusion

As you can see, using Cloudflare Workers, Workers AI, and Vectorize allows you to easily implement related product or product recommendation APIs. Even if product data is managed on external services like Stripe, you can incorporate them by adding a webhook API. Additionally, though not introduced in this tutorial, you can save information such as user preferences and interested categories in Workers KV or D1. By using this stored information as text generation prompts, you can provide more accurate recommendation functions.

Use the experience from this tutorial to enhance your e-commerce site with new ideas.

---

# Custom access control for files in R2 using D1 and Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/custom-access-control-for-files/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial gives you an overview on how to create a TypeScript-based Cloudflare Worker which allows you to control file access based on a simple username and password authentication. To achieve this, we will use a [D1 database](/d1/) for user management and an [R2 bucket](/r2/) for file storage.

The following sections will guide you through the process of creating a Worker using the Cloudflare CLI, creating and setting up a D1 database and R2 bucket, and then implementing the functionality to securely upload and fetch files from the created R2 bucket.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker application

To get started developing your Worker you will use the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare). To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"custom-access-control"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created Worker:

```sh
cd custom-access-control
```

## 2. Create a new D1 database and binding

Now that you have created your Worker, next you will need to create a D1 database.
This can be done through the Cloudflare Portal or the Wrangler CLI.
For this tutorial, we will use the Wrangler CLI for simplicity.

To create a D1 database, just run the following command.
If you get asked to install wrangler, just confirm by pressing `y` and then press `Enter`.

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>
```

Replace `<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>` with the name you want to use for your database. Keep in mind that this name can't be changed later on.

After the database is successfully created, you will see the data for the binding displayed as an output.
The binding declaration will start with `[[d1_databases]]` and contain the binding name, database name and ID.
To use the database in your worker, you will need to add the binding to your Wrangler file, by copying the declaration and pasting it into the wrangler file, as shown in the example below.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>"
database_id = "<YOUR_DATABASE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 3. Create R2 bucket and binding

Now that the D1 database is created, you also need to create an R2 bucket which will be used to store the uploaded files.
This step can also be done through the Cloudflare Portal, but as before, we will use the Wrangler CLI for this tutorial.
To create an R2 bucket, run the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>
```

This works similar to the D1 database creation, where you will need to replace `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name you want to use for your bucket.
To do this, go to the Wrangler file again and then add the following lines:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "BUCKET"
bucket_name = "<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Now that you have prepared the Wrangler configuration, you should update the `worker-configuration.d.ts` file to include the new bindings.
This file will then provide TypeScript with the correct type definitions for the bindings, which allows for type checking and code completion in your editor.
You could either update it manually or run the following command in the directory of your project to update it automatically based on the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file (recommended).

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

## 4. Database preparation

Before you can start developing the Worker, you need to prepare the D1 database.

For this you need to

1. Create a table in the database which will then be used to store the user data
2. Create a unique index on the username column, which will speed up database queries and ensure that the username is unique
3. Insert a test user into the table, so you can test your code later on

As this operation only needs to be done once, this will be done through the Wrangler CLI and not in the Worker's code.
Copy the commands listed below, replace the placeholders and then run them in order to prepare the database.
For this tutorial you can replace the `<YOUR_USERNAME>` and `<YOUR_HASHED_PASSWORD>` placeholders with `admin` and `5e884898da28047151d0e56f8dc6292773603d0d6aabbdd62a11ef721d1542d8` respecively.
And `<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>` should be replaced with the name you used to create the database.

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME> --command "CREATE TABLE user (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, username STRING NOT NULL, password STRING NOT NULL)" --remote
npx wrangler d1 execute <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME> --command "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX user_username ON user (username)"  --remote
npx wrangler d1 execute <YOUR_DATABASE_NAME> --command "INSERT INTO user (username, password) VALUES ('<YOUR_USERNAME>', '<YOUR_HASHED_PASSWORD>')"  --remote
```

## 5. Implement authentication in the Worker

Now that the database and bucket are all set up, you can start to develop the Worker application.
The first thing you will need to do is to implement the authentication for the requests.

This tutorial will use a simple username and password authentication, where the username and password (hashed) are stored in the D1 database.
The requests will contain the username and password as a base64 encoded string, which is also called Basic Authentication.
Depending on the request method, this string will be retrieved from the `Authorization` header for POST requests or the `Authorization` search parameter for GET requests.

To handle the authentication, you will need to replace the current code within `index.ts` file with the following code:

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(
		request: Request,
		env: Env,
		ctx: ExecutionContext,
	): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			const url = new URL(request.url);
			let authBase64;
			if (request.method === "POST") {
				authBase64 = request.headers.get("Authorization");
			} else if (request.method === "GET") {
				authBase64 = url.searchParams.get("Authorization");
			} else {
				return new Response("Method Not Allowed!", { status: 405 });
			}
			if (!authBase64 || authBase64.substring(0, 6) !== "Basic ") {
				return new Response("Unauthorized!", { status: 401 });
			}

			const authString = atob(authBase64.substring(6));
			const [username, password] = authString.split(":");
			if (!username || !password) {
				return new Response("Unauthorized!", { status: 401 });
			}

			// TODO: Check if the username and password are correct
		} catch (error) {
			console.error("An error occurred!", error);
			return new Response("Internal Server Error!", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

The code above currently extracts the username and password from the request, but does not yet check if the username and password are correct.

To check the username and password, you will need to hash the password and then query the D1 database table `user` with the given username and hashed password.
If the username and password are correct, you will retrieve a record from D1. If the username or password is incorrect, undefined will be returned and a `401 Unauthorized` response will be sent.
To add this functionality, you will need to add the following code to the `fetch` function by replacing the TODO comment from the last code snippet:

```ts
const passwordHashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest(
	{ name: "SHA-256" },
	new TextEncoder().encode(password),
);
const passwordHashArray = Array.from(new Uint8Array(passwordHashBuffer));
const passwordHashString = passwordHashArray
	.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
	.join("");

const user = await env.DB.prepare(
	"SELECT id FROM user WHERE username = ? AND password = ? LIMIT 1",
)
	.bind(username, passwordHashString)
	.first<{ id: number }>();
if (!user) {
	return new Response("Unauthorized!", { status: 401 });
}

// TODO: Implement upload functionality
```

This code will now ensure that every request is authenticated before it can be processed further.

## 6. Upload a file through the Worker

Now that the authentication is set up, you can start to implement the functionality for uploading a file through the Worker.
To do this, you will need to add a new code path that handles HTTP `POST` requests.
Then within it, you will need to get the data from the request, which is sent within the body of the request, by using the `request.blob()` function.
After that, you can upload the data to the R2 bucket by using the `env.BUCKET.put` function.
And finally, you will return a `200 OK` response to the client.

To implement this functionality, you will need to replace the TODO comment from the last code snippet with the following code:

```ts
if (request.method === "POST") {
	// Upload the file to the R2 bucket with the user id followed by a slash as the prefix and then the path of the URL
	await env.BUCKET.put(`${user.id}/${url.pathname}`, request.body);
	return new Response("OK", { status: 200 });
}
// TODO: Implement GET request handling
```

This code will now allow you to upload a file through the Worker, which will be stored in your R2 bucket.

## 7. Fetch from the R2 bucket

To round up the Worker application, you will need to implement the functionality to fetch files from the R2 bucket.
This can be done by adding a new code path that handles `GET` requests.
Within this code path, you will need to extract the URL pathname and then retrieve the asset from the R2 bucket by using the `env.BUCKET.get` function.

To finalize the code, just replace the TODO comment for handling GET requests from the last code snippet with the following code:

```ts
if (request.method === "GET") {
	const file = await env.BUCKET.get(`${user.id}/${url.pathname.slice(1)}`);
	if (!file) {
		return new Response("Not Found!", { status: 404 });
	}
	const headers = new Headers();
	file.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
	return new Response(file.body, { headers });
}
return new Response("Method Not Allowed!", { status: 405 });
```

This code now allows you to fetch and return data from the R2 bucket when a `GET` request is made to the Worker application.

## 8. Deploy your Worker

After completing the code for this Cloudflare Worker tutorial, you will need to deploy it to Cloudflare.
To do this open the terminal in the directory created for your application, and then run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You might get asked to authenticate (if not logged in already) and select an account. After that, the Worker will be deployed to Cloudflare.
When the deployment finished successfully, you will see a success message with the URL where your Worker is now accessible.

## 9. Test your Worker (optional)

To finish this tutorial, you should test your Worker application by sending a `POST` request to upload a file and after that a `GET` request to fetch the file.
This can be done by using a tool like `curl` or `Postman`, but for simplicity, this will describe the usage of `curl`.

Copy the following command which can be used to upload a simple JSON file with the content `{"Hello": "Worker!"}`.
Replace `<YOUR_API_SECRET>` with the base64 encoded username and password combination and then run the command. For this example you can use `YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ=`, which can be decoded to `admin` and `test`, for the api secret placeholder.

```sh
curl --location '<YOUR_WORKER_URL>/myFile.json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <YOUR_API_SECRET>' \
--data '{
    "Hello": "Worker!"
}'
```

Then run the next command, or simply open the URL in your browser, to fetch the file you just uploaded:

```sh
curl --location '<YOUR_WORKER_URL>/myFile.json?Authorization=Basic%20YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ%3D'
```

## Next steps

If you want to learn more about Cloudflare Workers, R2, or D1 you can check out the following documentation:

- [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/)
- [Cloudflare R2](/r2/)
- [Cloudflare D1](/d1/)

---

# Setup Fullstack Authentication with Next.js, Auth.js, and Cloudflare D1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/fullstack-authentication-with-next-js-and-cloudflare-d1/

import {
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
	Type,
	TypeScriptExample,
	FileTree,
} from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a [Next.js app](/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/nextjs/) with authentication powered by Auth.js, Resend, and [Cloudflare D1](/d1/).

Before continuing, make sure you have a Cloudflare account and have installed and [authenticated Wrangler](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/#login). Some experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript is helpful but not required. In this tutorial, you will learn:

- How to create a Next.js application and run it on Cloudflare Workers
- How to bind a Cloudflare D1 database to your Next.js app and use it to store authentication data
- How to use Auth.js to add serverless fullstack authentication to your Next.js app

You can find the finished code for this project on [GitHub](https://github.com/mackenly/auth-js-d1-example).

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

3. Create or login to a [Resend account](https://resend.com/signup) and get an [API key](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/api-keys/introduction#add-api-key).
4. [Install and authenticate Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

## 1. Create a Next.js app using Workers

From within the repository or directory where you want to create your project run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"auth-js-d1-example --framework=next --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Next.js",
	}}
/>

This will create a new Next.js project using [OpenNext](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) that will run in a Worker using [Workers Static Assets](/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/nextjs/#static-assets).

Before we get started, open your project's `tsconfig.json` file and add the following to the `compilerOptions` object to allow for top level await needed to let our application get the Cloudflare context:

```json title="tsconfig.json"
{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"target": "ES2022",
	}
}
```

Throughout this tutorial, we'll add several values to Cloudflare Secrets. For [local development](/workers/configuration/secrets/#local-development-with-secrets), add those same values to a file in the top level of your project called `.dev.vars` and make sure it is not committed into version control. This will let you work with Secret values locally. Go ahead and copy and paste the following into `.dev.vars` for now and replace the values as we go.

```sh title=".dev.vars"
AUTH_SECRET = "<replace-me>"
AUTH_RESEND_KEY = "<replace-me>"
AUTH_EMAIL_FROM = "onboarding@resend.dev"
AUTH_URL = "http://localhost:8787/"
```

:::note[Manually set URL]
Within the Workers environment, the `AUTH_URL` doesn't always get picked up automatically by Auth.js, hence why we're specifying it manually here (we'll need to do the same for prod later).
:::

## 2. Install Auth.js

Following the [installation instructions](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/installation?framework=Next.js) from Auth.js, begin by installing Auth.js:

<PackageManagers pkg="next-auth@beta" />

Now run the following to generate an `AUTH_SECRET`:

```sh
npx auth secret
```

Now, deviating from the standard Auth.js setup, locate your generated secret (likely in a file named `.env.local`) and [add the secret to your Workers application](/workers/configuration/secrets/#adding-secrets-to-your-project) by running the following and completing the steps to add a secret's value that we just generated:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_SECRET
```

After adding the secret, update your `.dev.vars` file to include an `AUTH_SECRET` value (this secret should be different from the one you generated earlier for security purposes):

```sh title=".dev.vars"
# ...
AUTH_SECRET = "<replace-me>"
# ...
```

Next, go into the newly generated `env.d.ts` file and add the following to the <Type text="CloudflareEnv" /> interface:

```ts title="env.d.ts"
interface CloudflareEnv {
	AUTH_SECRET: string;
}
```

## 3. Install Cloudflare D1 Adapter

Now, install the Auth.js D1 adapter by running:

<PackageManagers pkg="@auth/d1-adapter" />

Create a D1 database using the following command:

```sh title="Create D1 database"
npx wrangler d1 create auth-js-d1-example-db
```

When finished you should see instructions to add the database binding to your `wrangler.toml`. Example binding:

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "auth-js-d1-example-db"
database_id = "<unique-ID-for-your-database>"
```

Now, within your `env.d.ts`, add your D1 binding, like:

```ts title="env.d.ts"
interface CloudflareEnv {
	DB: D1Database;
	AUTH_SECRET: string;
}
```

## 4. Configure Credentials Provider

Auth.js provides integrations for many different [credential providers](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/authentication) such as Google, GitHub, etc. For this tutorial we're going to use [Resend for magic links](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/authentication/email). You should have already created a Resend account and have an [API key](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/api-keys/introduction#add-api-key).

Using either a [Resend verified domain email address](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/domains/introduction) or `onboarding@resend.dev`, add a new Secret to your Worker containing the email your magic links will come from:

```sh title="Add Resend email to secrets"
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_EMAIL_FROM
```

Next, ensure the `AUTH_EMAIL_FROM` environment variable is updated in your `.dev.vars` file with the email you just added as a secret:

```sh title=".dev.vars"
# ...
AUTH_EMAIL_FROM = "onboarding@resend.dev"
# ...
```

Now [create a Resend API key](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/api-keys/introduction) with `Sending access` and add it to your Worker's Secrets:

```sh title="Add Resend API key to secrets"
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_RESEND_KEY
```

As with previous secrets, update your `.dev.vars` file with the new secret value for `AUTH_RESEND_KEY` to use in local development:

```sh title=".dev.vars"
# ...
AUTH_RESEND_KEY = "<replace-me>"
# ...
```

After adding both of those Secrets, your `env.d.ts` should now include the following:

```ts title="env.d.ts"
interface CloudflareEnv {
	DB: D1Database;
	AUTH_SECRET: string;
	AUTH_RESEND_KEY: string;
	AUTH_EMAIL_FROM: string;
}
```

Credential providers and database adapters are provided to Auth.js through a configuration file called `auth.ts`. Create a file within your `src/app/` directory called `auth.ts` with the following contents:

<TypeScriptExample filename="src/app/auth.ts">
```ts
import NextAuth from "next-auth";
import { NextAuthResult } from "next-auth";
import { D1Adapter } from "@auth/d1-adapter";
import Resend from "next-auth/providers/resend";
import { getCloudflareContext } from "@opennextjs/cloudflare";

const authResult = async (): Promise<NextAuthResult> => {
	return NextAuth({
		providers: [
			Resend({
				apiKey: (await getCloudflareContext()).env.AUTH_RESEND_KEY,
				from: (await getCloudflareContext()).env.AUTH_EMAIL_FROM,
			}),
		],
		adapter: D1Adapter((await getCloudflareContext()).env.DB),
	});
};

export const { handlers, signIn, signOut, auth } = await authResult();
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Now, lets add the route handler and middleware used to authenticate and persist sessions.

Create a new directory structure and route handler within `src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]` called `route.ts`. The file should contain:

<TypeScriptExample filename="src/app/api/auth/[...nextauth]/route.ts">
```ts
import { handlers } from "../../../auth";

export const { GET, POST } = handlers;
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Now, within the `src/` directory, create a `middleware.ts` file to persist session data containing the following:

<TypeScriptExample filename="src/middleware.ts">
```ts
export { auth as middleware } from "./app/auth";
```
</TypeScriptExample>

## 5. Create Database Tables

The D1 adapter requires that tables be created within your database. It [recommends](https://authjs.dev/getting-started/adapters/d1#migrations) using the exported `up()` method to complete this. Within `src/app/api/` create a directory called `setup` containing a file called `route.ts`. Within this route handler, add the following code:

<TypeScriptExample filename="src/app/api/setup/route.ts">
```ts
import type { NextRequest } from 'next/server';
import { up } from "@auth/d1-adapter";
import { getCloudflareContext } from "@opennextjs/cloudflare";

export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
    try {
        await up((await getCloudflareContext()).env.DB)
    } catch (e: any) {
        console.log(e.cause.message, e.message)
    }
    return new Response('Migration completed');
}

```
</TypeScriptExample>

You'll need to run this once on your production database to create the necessary tables. If you're following along with this tutorial, we'll run it together in a few steps.

:::note[Clean up]
Running this multiple times won't hurt anything since the tables are only created if they do not already exist, but it's a good idea to remove this route from your production code once you've run it since you won't need it anymore.
:::

Before we go further, make sure you've created all of the necessary files:
<FileTree>
- src/
  - app/
    - api/
      - auth/
        - [...nextauth]/
          - route.ts
      - setup/
        - route.ts
    - auth.ts
    - page.ts
  - middleware.ts
- env.d.ts
- wrangler.toml
</FileTree>

## 6. Build Sign-in Interface
We've completed the backend steps for our application. Now, we need a way to sign in. First, let's install [shadcn](https://ui.shadcn.com/):
```sh title="Install shadcn"
npx shadcn@latest init -d
```

Next, run the following to add a few components:
```sh title="Add components"
npx shadcn@latest add button input card avatar label
```

To make it easy, we've provided a basic sign-in interface for you below that you can copy into your app. You will likely want to customize this to fit your needs, but for now, this will let you sign in, see your account details, and update your user's name.

Replace the contents of `page.ts` from within the `app/` directory with the following:

```ts title="src/app/page.ts"
import { redirect } from 'next/navigation';
import { signIn, signOut, auth } from './auth';
import { updateRecord } from '@auth/d1-adapter';
import { getCloudflareContext } from '@opennextjs/cloudflare';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardFooter } from '@/components/ui/card';
import { Avatar, AvatarFallback, AvatarImage } from '@/components/ui/avatar';
import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label';

async function updateName(formData: FormData): Promise<void> {
	'use server';
	const session = await auth();
	if (!session?.user?.id) {
		return;
	}
	const name = formData.get('name') as string;
	if (!name) {
		return;
	}
	const query = `UPDATE users SET name = $1 WHERE id = $2`;
	await updateRecord((await getCloudflareContext()).env.DB, query, [name, session.user.id]);
	redirect('/');
}

export default async function Home() {
	const session = await auth();
	return (
		<main className="flex items-center justify-center min-h-screen bg-background">
			<Card className="w-full max-w-md">
				<CardHeader className="space-y-1">
					<CardTitle className="text-2xl font-bold text-center">{session ? 'User Profile' : 'Login'}</CardTitle>
					<CardDescription className="text-center">
						{session ? 'Manage your account' : 'Welcome to the auth-js-d1-example demo'}
					</CardDescription>
				</CardHeader>
				<CardContent>
					{session ? (
						<div className="space-y-4">
							<div className="flex items-center space-x-4">
								<Avatar>
									<AvatarImage src={session.user?.image || ''} alt={session.user?.name || ''} />
									<AvatarFallback>{session.user?.name?.[0] || 'U'}</AvatarFallback>
								</Avatar>
								<div>
									<p className="font-medium">{session.user?.name || 'No name set'}</p>
									<p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{session.user?.email}</p>
								</div>
							</div>
							<div>
								<p className="text-sm font-medium">User ID: {session.user?.id}</p>
							</div>
							<form action={updateName} className="space-y-2">
								<Label htmlFor="name">Update Name</Label>
								<Input id="name" name="name" placeholder="Enter new name" />
								<Button type="submit" className="w-full">
									Update Name
								</Button>
							</form>
						</div>
					) : (
						<form
							action={async (formData) => {
								'use server';
								await signIn('resend', { email: formData.get('email') as string });
							}}
							className="space-y-4"
						>
							<div className="space-y-2">
								<Input
									type="email"
									name="email"
									placeholder="Email"
									autoCapitalize="none"
									autoComplete="email"
									autoCorrect="off"
									required
								/>
							</div>
							<Button className="w-full" type="submit">
								Sign in with Resend
							</Button>
						</form>
					)}
				</CardContent>
				{session && (
					<CardFooter>
						<form
							action={async () => {
								'use server';
								await signOut();
								Response.redirect('/');
							}}
						>
							<Button type="submit" variant="outline" className="w-full">
								Sign out
							</Button>
						</form>
					</CardFooter>
				)}
			</Card>
		</main>
	);
}
```

## 7. Preview and Deploy

Now, it's time to preview our app. Run the following to preview your application:

<PackageManagers
	type="run"
	args={"preview"}
/>

:::caution[Windows support]
OpenNext has [limited Windows support](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare#windows-support) and recommends using WSL2 if developing on Windows.
:::

You should see our login form. But wait, we're not done yet. Remember to create your database tables by visiting `/api/setup`. You should see `Migration completed`. This means your database is ready to go.

Navigate back to your application's homepage. Enter your email and sign in (use the same email as your Resend account if you used the `onboarding@resend.dev` address). You should receive an email in your inbox (check spam). Follow the link to sign in. If everything is configured correctly, you should now see a basic user profile letting your update your name and sign out.

Now let's deploy our application to production. From within the project's directory run:

<PackageManagers
	type="run"
	args={"deploy"}
/>

This will build and deploy your application as a Worker. Note that you may need to select which account you want to deploy your Worker to. After your app is deployed, Wrangler should give you the URL on which it was deployed. It might look something like this: `https://auth-js-d1-example.example.workers.dev`. Add your URL to your Worker using:

```sh title="Add URL to secrets"
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_URL
```

After the changes are deployed, you should now be able to access and try out your new application.

You have successfully created, configured, and deployed a fullstack Next.js application with authentication powered by Auth.js, Resend, and Cloudflare D1.

## Related resources

To build more with Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/).

Find more information about the tools and services used in this tutorial at:

- [Auth.js](https://authjs.dev/getting-started)
- [Resend](https://resend.com/)
- [Cloudflare D1](/d1/)

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with other developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Send form submissions using Astro and Resend

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/handle-form-submission-with-astro-resend/

This tutorial will instruct you on how to send emails from [Astro](https://astro.build/) and Cloudflare Workers (via Cloudflare SSR Adapter) using [Resend](https://resend.com/).

## Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following set up before proceeding with this tutorial:

- A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages)
- Installed [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
- A [Resend account](https://resend.com/signup).

## 1. Create a new Astro project and install Cloudflare Adapter:

Open your terminal and run the below command:

```bash title="Create Astro project"
npm create cloudflare@latest my-astro-app -- --framework=astro
```

Follow the prompts to configure your project, selecting your preferred options for TypeScript usage, TypeScript strictness, version control, and deployment.

After the initial installation change into the newly created project directory `my-astro-app` and run the following to add the Cloudflare adapter:

```bash title="Install Cloudflare Adapter"
npm run astro add cloudflare
```

The [`@astrojs/cloudflare` adapter](https://github.com/withastro/adapters/tree/main/packages/cloudflare#readme) allows Astro's Server-Side Rendered (SSR) sites and components to work on Cloudflare Pages and converts Astro's endpoints into Cloudflare Workers endpoints.

## 2. Add your domain to Resend

:::note

If you do not have a domain and just want to test you can skip to step 4 of this section.

:::

1. **Add Your Domain from Cloudflare to Resend:**
   - After signing up for Resend, navigate to the side menu and click `Domains`.
   - Look for the button to add a new domain and click it.
   - A pop-up will appear where you can type in your domain. Do so, then choose a region and click the `add` button.
   - After clicking the add button Resend will provide you with a list of DNS records (DKIM, SPF, and DMARC).
2. **Copy DNS Records from Resend to Cloudflare:**
   - Go back to your Cloudflare dashboard.
   - Select the domain you want to use and find the "DNS" section.
   - Copy and paste the DNS records from Resend to Cloudflare.
3. **Verify Your Domain:**
   - Return to Resend and click on the "Verify DNS Records" button.
   - If everything is set up correctly, your domain status will change to "Verified."
4. **Create an API Key:**
   - In Resend, find the "API Keys" option in the side menu and click it.
   - Create a new API key with a descriptive name and give Full Access permission.
5. **Save the API key for Local Development and Deployed Worker**
   - For local development, create an .env in the root folder of your Astro project and save the API key as RESEND_API_KEY='Api key here' (no quotes).
   - For a deployed Worker, run the following in your CLI and follow the instructions.

```bash
npx wrangler secret put RESEND_API_KEY
```

## 3. Create an Astro endpoint

In the `src/pages` directory, create a new folder called `api`. Inside the `api` folder, create a new file called `sendEmail.json.ts`. This will create an endpoint at `/api/sendEmail.json`.

Copy the following code into the `sendEmail.json.ts` file. This code sets up a POST route that handles form submissions, and validates the form data.

```ts
export const prerender = false; //This will not work without this line

import type { APIRoute } from "astro";

export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }) => {
	const data = await request.formData();
	const name = data.get("name");
	const email = data.get("email");
	const message = data.get("message"); // Validate the data - making sure values are not empty

	if (!name || !email || !message) {
		return new Response(null, {
			status: 404,
			statusText: "Did not provide the right data",
		});
	}
};
```

## 4. Send emails using Resend

Next you will need to install the Resend SDK.

```bash title="Install Resend's SDK"
npm i resend
```

Once the SDK is installed you can add in the rest of the code that sends an email using the Resend's API, and conditionally checks if the Resend response was successful or not.

```ts
export const prerender = false; //This will not work without this line

import type { APIRoute } from "astro";
import { Resend } from "resend";

const resend = new Resend(import.meta.env.RESEND_API_KEY);

export const POST: APIRoute = async ({ request }) => {
	const data = await request.formData();
	const name = data.get("name");
	const email = data.get("email");
	const message = data.get("message"); // Validate the data - making sure values are not empty

	if (!name || !email || !message) {
		return new Response(
			JSON.stringify({
				message: `Fill out all fields.`,
			}),
			{
				status: 404,
				statusText: "Did not provide the right data",
			},
		);
	} // Sending information to Resend

	const sendResend = await resend.emails.send({
		from: "support@resend.dev",
		to: "delivered@resend.dev",
		subject: `Sumbission from ${name}`,
		html: `<p>Hi ${name},</p><p>Your message was received.</p>`,
	}); // If the message was sent successfully, return a 200 response

	if (sendResend.data) {
		return new Response(
			JSON.stringify({
				message: `Message successfully sent!`,
			}),
			{
				status: 200,
				statusText: "OK",
			},
		); // If there was an error sending the message, return a 500 response
	} else {
		return new Response(
			JSON.stringify({
				message: `Message failed to send: ${sendResend.error}`,
			}),
			{
				status: 500,
				statusText: `Internal Server Error: ${sendResend.error}`,
			},
		);
	}
};
```

:::note

Make sure to change the 'to' property in 'resend.emails.send' function, if you set up your own domain in step 2. If you skipped that step, keep the value '[delivered@resend.dev](mailto:delivered@resend.dev)'; otherwise, Resend will throw an error.

:::

## 5. Create an Astro Form Component

In the `src` directory, create a new folder called `components`. Inside the `components` folder, create a new file `AstroForm.astro` and copy the provided code into it.

```typescript
---
export const prerender = false;

type formData = {
  name: string;
  email: string;
  message: string;
};

if (Astro.request.method === "POST") {
  try {
    const formData = await Astro.request.formData();
    const response = await fetch(Astro.url + "/api/sendEmail.json", {
      method: "POST",
      body: formData,
    });

    const data: formData = await response.json();

    if (response.status === 200) {
      console.log(data.message);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof Error) {
      console.error(`Error: ${error.message}`);
    }
  }
}
---

<form method="POST">
    <label>
        Name
        <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required />
    </label>
    <label>
        Email
        <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required />
    </label>
    <label>
        Message
        <textarea id="message" name="message" required />
    </label>
    <button>Send</button>
</form>

```

This code creates an Astro component that renders a form and handles the form submission. When the form is submitted, the component will send a POST request to the `/api/sendEmail.json` endpoint created in the previous step with the form data.

:::caution[File Extension]

Astro requires an absolute URL, which is why you should use `Astro.url + "/api/sendEmail.json`. If you use a relative path the post request will fail.

:::

Additionally, adding the `export const prerender = false;` will enable SSR; otherwise, the component will be static and unable to send a post request. If you don't enable it inside the component then you will need to enable SSR via the [template directive](https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/directives-reference/).

After creating the `AstroForm` component, add the component to your main index file located in the `src/pages` directory. Below is an example of how the main index file should look with the `AstroForm` component added.

```typescript
---
import AstroForm from '../components/AstroForm.astro'
---

<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <meta name="generator" content={Astro.generator} />
    <title>Astro</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <AstroForm />
  </body>
</html>

```

## 6. Conclusion

You now have an Astro form component that sends emails via Resend and Cloudflare Workers. You can view your project locally via `npm run preview`, or you can deploy it live via `npm run deploy`.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/developer-spotlight/tutorials/

import { ListTutorials } from "~/components"

<ListTutorials />

---

# Analytics and logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/additional-options/analytics/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

When you use Cloudflare DNS, you can access data about DNS queries through a variety of sources.

---

## Analytics

DNS analytics allow you to evaluate data about DNS queries to your zone.

You can [use the dashboard](#view-on-the-dashboard) to get insights quickly based on a [predefined set of dimensions](#available-dimensions), or [use the API](#explore-with-the-api) to have access to all fields available in the GraphQL DNS analytics schemas.

### Availability and limits

<FeatureTable id="dns.dns_analytics" />

### View on the dashboard

For a quick summary, view your DNS analytics on the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Analytics**.

The DNS analytics dashboard contains [four main panels](#dns-analytics-panels). The filters and time frame that you specify at the top of the page apply to all of them.

#### Available dimensions

- Query name
- Query type (same as DNS record type)
- Response code
- Data center
- Source IP
- Destination IP
- Protocol
- IP version

#### DNS analytics panels

- **Query overview**: the number of queries per hour and their distribution over time. This information is segmented by each of the [available dimensions](#available-dimensions) and the graph displays the top five values. You can select the dimensions through the different tabs above the graph and quickly filter for or exclude a certain value from the results by hovering over it and selecting **Filter** or **Exclude**.

- **Query statistics**: an overview of query metrics based on your filters and selected time frame. Namely, **Total queries**, **Average queries per second**, and **Average processing time**. The average processing time is displayed in milliseconds and includes upstream queries in the case of [flattened CNAME records](/dns/cname-flattening/).

  :::note
  Processing time is different from response time. Response time would have to include information that is not available to Cloudflare, such as how long the query takes from the client to the resolver and from the resolver to Cloudflare (as your authoritative DNS provider).
  :::

- **DNS queries by data center**: a map indicating which Cloudflare data centers have handled DNS queries to your zone in the selected time period. You can also find a list of the ten top results and quickly filter for or exclude a certain data center from the results by hovering over it and selecting **Filter** or **Exclude**.

- **Queries by source**: a breakdown of the top five, ten, or fifteen results - based on your selection - and grouped by the [available dimensions](#available-dimensions).


### Explore with the API

For more detailed metrics, use the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/). Refer to the GraphQL Analytics API documentation for guidance on how to [get started](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/).

The DNS analytics has two [schemas](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/):

* `dnsAnalyticsAdaptive`: Retrieve information about individual DNS queries.
* `dnsAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`: Get reports on aggregate information only.

---

## Logs

Logs let Enterprise customers view [detailed information](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/dns_logs/) about individual DNS queries.

For help setting up Logpush, refer to [Get started with Logs](/logs/get-started/).

---

# Configure DNS zone defaults

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/

While there are default values for DNS settings that Cloudflare applies to all new zones, Enterprise accounts have the option to configure their own DNS zone defaults according to their preference.

:::caution
DNS zone defaults are only applied at the moment a new zone is created and will not impact already existing zones. Any of the values specified as default can later be adjusted within each zone, on the respective [**DNS** > **Settings**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/settings) or [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records) page.
:::

## Steps

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **DNS Settings**. If these options are not displayed on your Cloudflare dashboard, you may need to reach out to your account team to have them added.
3. For **DNS zone defaults**, select **Configure defaults**.

The values you select for the listed settings will be automatically applied to new zones as you add them to your Cloudflare account.

## Available settings

- [Nameserver assignment](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#assignment-method): Select your preferred nameserver type or assignment method that you want Cloudflare to use for your new zones. This setting applies both to primary zones ([full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)) and [secondary zones](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/).

For primary zones:

- [Multi-provider DNS](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#multi-provider-dns): Control whether or not Cloudflare will consider `NS` records you add on the zone apex and if zones that contain external nameservers listed in the registrar will be activated.
- [Nameserver TTL](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#nameserver-ttl): Control how long, in seconds, your nameserver (`NS`) records are cached. The default time-to-live (TTL) is 24 hours. This setting applies both to Cloudflare nameservers and [custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/).
- [SOA record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#soa): Adjust values for the start of authority (SOA) record that Cloudflare creates for your zone.

For secondary zones:

- [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/): Enable the options to use Cloudflare [proxy](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) and add `CNAME` records at your zone apex.

  Multi-provider DNS does not apply as a setting for secondary zones, as this is already a required behavior for this setup. `SOA` record and the `NS` record TTL are defined on your external DNS provider and only transferred into Cloudflare.

---

# Additional options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/additional-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Beyond [setting up your zone](/dns/zone-setups/) and [updating your DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/), you may want to customize the following settings in Cloudflare DNS:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Reverse zones and PTR records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/additional-options/reverse-zones/

import { Details, Example } from "~/components"

If you control your own IP prefix(es), you can set up reverse zones with PTR records to allow reverse DNS lookups.

## PTR records

PTR records specify the allowed hosts for a given IP address. They are the opposite of [A records](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-a-record) and used for reverse DNS lookups.

Historically, PTR records prevented outbound SMTP servers from being blocked by spam filters. However, more modern DNS records — [SPF, DKIM, and DMARC](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/#prevent-domain-spoofing) — provide better verifications of domain ownership.

Now, PTR records are primarily useful for those who own a dedicated IP space. They can help populate trace routes and security tools with human-readable domain names.

As PTR records are mainly used for reverse DNS lookups, they should preferably be added to reverse zones.

## Availability

The following Cloudflare customers can create reverse zones.

* Customers with an IPv4 or IPv6 address space can add the IPv4 or IPv6 reverse zone for their IP space to their account, and create the required PTR records for forward resolution.
* DNS Firewall customers need to contact their account team to add PTR records for the IPs used for their DNS Firewall clusters.

If your account does not meet these qualifications and you do not own the IP prefix you want to add PTR records on, contact the owner of the IP address based on a [whois lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/).

## Set up a reverse zone

To set up a reverse zone, you need to create a reverse DNS zone and add PTR records for forward resolution.

### 1. Create a reverse DNS zone

1. Within your account, click **Add site**.

2. For your site name, use the reverse IP address:

   * For IPv4 /24 prefixes, the pattern is:
     * **IP prefix**: `<octet_1>.<octet_2>.<octet_3>.0/24`
     * **Reverse zone address**: `<octet_3>.<octet_2>.<octet_1>.in-addr.arpa`
   * For IPv4 /16 prefixes, the pattern is:

     * **IP prefix**: `<octet_1>.<octet_2>.0.0/16`
     * **Reverse zone address**: `<octet_2>.<octet_1>.in-addr.arpa`


    <Details header="Example">

    * **IPv4 prefix**: `198.51.100.0/24`
    * **Reverse zone**: `100.51.198.in-addr.arpa`

    </Details>

  * For IPv6, consider the following examples:

  <Example>
  * **IPv6 prefix**: `2001:DB8::0/32`
  * **Reverse zone**: `8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa`
  </Example>
  <Example>
  * **IPv6 prefix**: `2001:DB8::0/48`
  * **Reverse zone**: `0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa`
  </Example>

3. If you are adding less than 200 PTR records, select the **Free** plan. If you are adding more, select a paid plan.

4. Skip the rest of the onboarding process.

### 2. Add PTR records

1. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.

2. For each IP within the prefix, add a PTR record using the least significant octet(s) as the subdomain.

  <Details header="IPv4 example">

  Suppose you have the following configuration:

  * **Reverse zone**: `100.51.198.in-addr.arpa`
  * **IP address**: `198.51.100.123`

  The subdomain for the PTR record would be `123`, making the full domain for forward lookup `123.100.51.198.in-addr.arpa`.

  <Example>

  | Type       | Name  | Domain name   | TTL    |
  | ---------- | ----- | ------------- | ------ |
  | `PTR`      | `123` | `example.com` | `Auto` |

  </Example>

  </Details>

  <Details header="IPv6 example">

  Suppose you have the following configuration:

  * **Reverse zone**: `0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa`
  * **IP address**: `2001:DB8::5`

  The subdomain for the PTR record would be `5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0`, making the full domain for forward lookup `5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.8.b.d.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa`.

  <Example>

  | Type       | Name                                      | Domain name   | TTL    |
  | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------ |
  | `PTR`      | `5.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0` | `example.com` | `Auto` |

  </Example>

  </Details>

3\. Add the two Cloudflare nameservers provided for the zone at your Regional Internet Registry (RIR).

After this process, your reverse zone will be activated and you can perform reverse DNS lookups.

## Other resources

While setting up reverse zones, the following third-party tools may be useful:

* [Reverse DNS record generator](https://www.whatsmydns.net/reverse-dns-generator)
* [IPv6 subnet calculator](https://www.internex.at/de/toolbox/ipv6)

---

# Example diagram

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/cname-flattening/cname-flattening-diagram/

import { Example } from "~/components"

With CNAME flattening, Cloudflare returns an IP address instead of the target hostname that a CNAME record points to.
This process supports a few features and delivers better performance and flexibility, as mentioned in the [CNAME flattening concept page](/dns/cname-flattening/).

Consider the diagram below to have an overview of the steps that may be involved in CNAME flattening.

:::note

Note that this is a simpler scenario. Cases where CNAME flattening is optional and/or the target hostname is not external to Cloudflare work differently.

:::

## Example use case

* `domain.test` is a zone on Cloudflare and has the following CNAME record:

<Example>

| Type       | Name          | Content                | TTL    |
| ---------- | ------------- | ---------------------- | ------ |
| `CNAME`    | `domain.test` | `external-origin.test` | `3600` |

</Example>

* `external-origin.test` is a zone on a different DNS provider and has the following A record:

<Example>

| Type       | Name                   | Content     | TTL    |
| ---------- | ---------------------- | ----------- | ------ |
| `A`        | `external-origin.test` | `192.0.2.1` | `7200` |

</Example>

In this case, the process to respond to queries for `domain.test` directly with the IP address can be represented by the following diagram:

```mermaid
flowchart BT
accTitle: CNAME flattening diagram
accDescr: Diagram of CNAME flattening process when there is a request for a domain in Cloudflare and the zone has a CNAME record at apex that points to an external A record.
  A((User)) <--query for <code>domain.test</code>--> B[Resolver] --> C
  C["Question:
  <code>domain.test IN A</code>"]
 subgraph Y[Cloudflare DNS]
 direction RL
  D{{Look up record}} --> G["Answer:
  <code>domain.test 3600 CNAME external-origin.test</code>

  This means that <code>domain.test</code> is a <code>CNAME</code> at the zone apex.
  Forced <code>CNAME</code> flattening is enabled."] --- H{{Resolve <code>external-origin.test</code>}}
  K{{Append answer with overwritten query name}} --> L["Answer:
  <code>domain.test 7200 IN A 192.0.2.1</code>"] --- M{Proxy status}
  M --Proxied--> O["Answer:
  <code>domain.test 300 IN A {$Cloudflare IP 1}</code>
  <code>domain.test 300 IN A {$Cloudflare IP 2}</code>"]
  M --DNS only--> N["Answer:
  <code>domain.test 3600 IN A 192.0.2.1</code>"]
 end

 subgraph Z [External DNS provider]
  J["Answer:
  <code>external-origin.test 7200 IN A 192.0.2.1</code>"]
 end

 C --> D
 H --- J --- K
 O --> B
 N --> B
```

## Aspects to consider

* If the CNAME record is proxied in Cloudflare, the answer is made up of multiple [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) and its Time to Live (TTL) is set to `300`.
* If the CNAME record in Cloudflare is not proxied, the flattened answer consists of the IP address from the external DNS provider and its TTL corresponds to the lower value between the external record and the Cloudflare CNAME record.

---

# CNAME flattening

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/cname-flattening/

import { Render } from "~/components"

CNAME flattening speeds up CNAME resolution and allows you to use a CNAME record at your root/apex domain (`example.com`).

:::note


This functionality is also what allows you to use a [root custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) with a Cloudflare Pages site.


:::

## How it works

With CNAME flattening, Cloudflare finds the IP address that a CNAME points to. This process could involve a single lookup or multiple (if your CNAME points to another CNAME). Cloudflare then returns the final IP address instead of a CNAME record, helping DNS queries resolve up to 30% faster.

For more details on the steps involved in CNAME flattening, review the [CNAME flattening diagram](/dns/cname-flattening/cname-flattening-diagram/) and refer to the [Cloudflare blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cname-flattening-rfc-compliant-cnames-at-a-domains-root/).

## Aspects to keep in mind

* CNAME flattening happens by default in some cases. Refer to [Setup](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/) for details.
* <Render file="cname-flattening-callout" />

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

:::note


If the CNAME target is on the same zone as the CNAME record, Cloudflare proceeds with CNAME flattening and ignores the **CNAME Flattening** setting.


:::

## For your zone apex

CNAME flattening occurs by default for all plans when your domain uses a CNAME record for its zone apex (`example.com`, meaning the record **Name** is set to `@`).

## For all CNAME records

For zones on paid plans, you can choose to flatten all CNAME records. This option is useful for <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status">DNS-only (unproxied)</GlossaryTooltip> CNAME records. [Proxied records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records) are flattened by default as they return Cloudflare anycast IPs.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
3. Turn on the option **CNAME flattening for all CNAME records**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Make a `PATCH` request to the [Update DNS Settings](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint and set `flatten_all_cnames` to `true` in the request body.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::caution
 <Render file="cname-flattening-callout" />
:::

## Per record

Paid zones also have the option of flattening specific CNAME records.

If you use this option, a special [tag](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) `cf-flatten-cname` will be added to the respective flattened CNAME records in your zone file, allowing you to [export and import records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/) without losing this configuration.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. In **DNS** > **Settings**, make sure that **CNAME flattening for all CNAME records** is turned off.
3. Go to **DNS** > **Records** and find the CNAME record you would like to flatten.
4. Select **Edit** and turn on the **Flatten** option.
5. Select **Save** to confirm.

:::note[Unavailable flatten option]
For the following cases, **Flatten** will not be available:
- The record is at the [zone apex](#for-your-zone-apex).
- The record is already proxied, which means it will be flattened by default.
- **CNAME flattening for all CNAME records** is turned on, which means you cannot override it per record.
:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

With the available [API endpoints](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/), specify the following for each CNAME record in the request body:

```txt
"settings": {
  "flatten_cname": true
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/analytics/

To access analytics for your DNS Firewall, use the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/dns_firewall/subresources/analytics/subresources/reports/methods/get/).

Alternatively, [set up Logpush](/logs/about/) to deliver [DNS Firewall logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/dns_firewall_logs/) to a storage service, SIEM, or log management provider.

## Response reasons

When analyzing why Cloudflare DNS Firewall responded in one way or another to a specific query, consider the `responseReason` log field.

The following table provides a description for each of the values that might be returned as a response reason:

| Value                     | Description                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `success`                 | Response was successfully served, either from Cloudflare cache or forwarded from the upstream.                                                                 |
| `upstream_failure`        | Response could not be fetched from the upstream due to the upstream failing to respond.                                                                        |
| `upstream_servfail`       | Response could not be fetched from the upstream due to the upstream responding with `SERVFAIL`.                                                                |
| `invalid_query`           | Query is invalid and cannot be processed.                                                                                                                      |
| `any_type_blocked`        | Query of type `ANY` was blocked according to your [DNS Firewall settings](/dns/dns-firewall/setup/) ([RFC 8482](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8482.html)). |
| `rate_limit`              | Query was rate limited according to your [DNS Firewall settings](/dns/dns-firewall/setup/).                                                                    |
| `chaos_success`           | Response for [Chaos class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaosnet) was successfully served.                                                                    |
| `attack_mitigation_block` | Query was blocked as part of [random prefix attack mitigation](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/).                                                      |
| `unknown`                 | There was an unknown error.                                                                                                                                    |

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/faq/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

<Details header="How does DNS Firewall choose a backend nameserver to query upstream?">

DNS Firewall alternates between a customer's nameservers, using an algorithm is more likely to send queries to the faster upstream nameservers than slower nameservers.

</Details>

<Details header="How long does DNS Firewall cache a stale object?">

DNS Firewall sets cache longevity according to allocated memory.

As long as there is enough allocated memory, Cloudflare does not clear items from the cache forcefully, even when the TTL expires. This feature allows Cloudflare to serve stale objects from cache if your nameservers are offline.

</Details>

<Details header="Does the DNS Firewall cache SERVFAIL?">

Yes. `SERVFAIL` is treated like any other negative answer for caching purposes. The default TTL is 30 seconds. You can use the [API](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/edit/) to set a different `negative_cache_ttl`.

</Details>

<Details header="Does DNS Firewall support EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)?">

Yes. Often, DNS providers want to see a client's IP via <GlossaryTooltip term="EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)">EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)</GlossaryTooltip> ([RFC 7871](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7871.html)) because they serve geographically specific DNS answers based on the client's IP. With EDNS Client Subnet enabled, the DNS Firewall will forward the client's IP subnet along with the DNS query to the upstream nameserver.

When EDNS is enabled, the DNS Firewall gives out the geographically correct answer in cache based on the client IP subnet. To do this, the DNS Firewall segments its cache. For example:

1. A resolver says it is looking for an answer for client `192.0.2.0/24`.
2. The DNS Firewall will proxy the request to the upstream nameserver for the answer.
3. The DNS Firewall will cache the answer from the upstream nameserver, but only for that `/24`.
4. `203.0.113.0/24` now asks the same DNS question and the answer is again returned from the upstream nameserver instead of the cache.

:::note

EDNS limits the effectiveness of the DNS cache.

:::

Some resolvers might not be sending any EDNS data. When you set the `ecs_fallback` parameter to `true` via the [API](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/edit/), DNS Firewall will forward the IP subnet of the resolver instead only if there is no EDNS data present in incoming the DNS query.

</Details>

<Details header="Does DNS Firewall cache negative answers?">

Yes. The default TTL is 30 seconds. You can set `negative_cache_ttl` via the [API](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/edit/). This will affect the TTL of responses with status `REFUSED`, `NXDOMAIN`, or `SERVFAIL`.

</Details>

<Details header="How can I set PTR records for nameserver hostnames?">

To set up PTR records for the DNS Firewall cluster IPs that point to your nameserver hostnames, use the following API endpoints:

- [Show DNS Firewall Cluster Reverse DNS](/api/resources/dns_firewall/subresources/reverse_dns/methods/get/)
- [Update DNS Firewall Cluster Reverse DNS](/api/resources/dns_firewall/subresources/reverse_dns/methods/edit/)

</Details>

---

# DNS Firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/

import { Description, Plan } from "~/components"

<Description>

Speed up and protect entire authoritative nameservers
</Description>

<Plan type="ent-add-on" />

Cloudflare DNS Firewall proxies all DNS queries to your nameservers through Cloudflare’s global network. This action protects upstream nameservers from DDoS attacks and reduces load by caching DNS responses.

![Diagram showing protection provided by DNS Firewall. For more details, read further.](~/assets/images/dns/dns-firewall-overview.png)

DNS Firewall is for customers who need to speed up and protect entire authoritative nameservers. If you need to speed up and protect individual zones, refer to Cloudflare DNS [Setups](/dns/zone-setups/).

***

## How DNS Firewall works

When a DNS query for your domain takes place:

1. Queries go to the Cloudflare data center that is closest to the website visitor. This is determined by the location of the DNS resolver.
2. Cloudflare tries to return a DNS response from cache.
3. If the response is not available in cache, Cloudflare queries the upstream authoritative nameservers.
4. After returning the response from the nameservers, Cloudflare temporarily caches it for subsequent DNS queries.

***

## Benefits

DNS Firewall provides the following benefits while allowing your organization total control over your authoritative nameservers:

* DDoS mitigation
* High availability
* Global distribution
* Enhanced performance
* Bandwidth savings
* [Rate limiting per data center](/dns/dns-firewall/setup/#additional-options)
* Minimum and maximum cache TTL specification
* DNS [ANY](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8482) query type block

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/setup/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

## Prerequisites

Prior to setting up DNS Firewall, you need:

- Account access to DNS Firewall (provided by your Enterprise account team).
- Access to **DNS Administrator** or **Super Administrator** privileges on your account.
- Newly updated IP addresses for your nameservers (protects against previously compromised IP addresses).

## Configure DNS Firewall

### Create a DNS Firewall cluster

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) with DNS Firewall.
2. On the account homepage, click **DNS Firewall**.
3. Click **Add Firewall Cluster**.
4. Fill out the required fields, including:
   - **IP Addresses**: The upstream IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses of your authoritative nameservers.
   - **Minimum Cache TTL**: Recommended setting of **30 seconds**.
   - **Maximum Cache TTL**: Recommended setting of **4 hours**. Larger values increase the cache hit ratio, but also increase the time required for DNS changes to propagate.
   - **ANY queries**: Recommended setting is **Off** because these are often used as part of DDoS attacks. Also refer to this [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/rfc8482-saying-goodbye-to-any/).
5. Click **Continue**.
6. On the following screen, save the values for **Your new DNS Firewall IP Addresses**.

:::note[Note:]

If you forget to save your new IP addresses, find your cluster and click **IP Addresses**.

If you delete your cluster, the assigned set of IPs will be lost. If you recreate the cluster you will get a different set of IPs.

:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

You can also create a DNS Firewall cluster by sending a [POST request](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/create/) to the API.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Update registrar settings

Update the `A/AAAA` glue records for your nameserver hostnames at your registrar with your DNS Firewall cluster IP addresses.

### Update DNS servers

At your DNS servers, update the `A/AAAA` records for your nameserver hostnames in your DNS zone file with your DNS Firewall cluster IP addresses.

### Test DNS resolution

Confirm that your nameservers are functioning correctly by running a `dig` command.

### Update security policies

Configure security policy in your DNS servers and Firewall to allow only [Cloudflare IPs](https://cloudflare.com/ips) and TCP/UDP port 53.

## Additional options

When you use the API, you can also specify other parameters, such as rate limit (in queries per second per data center). You can find the parameters descriptions and examples in the [API documentation](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/create/).

To configure rate limiting and other options for already existing clusters, use the [Update DNS Firewall Cluster](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/edit/) endpoint.

---

# Migrate an existing zone with DNSSEC enabled

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/dnssec-active-migration/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Follow this tutorial to migrate an existing DNS zone to Cloudflare without having to disable DNSSEC.

:::caution

This procedure involves cross-importing the [zone signing keys (ZSKs)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dnskey-ds-records/) from one provider to the other. To learn more about this, consider this article [about multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/about/) or refer to [RFC 8901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8901.html).
:::

This is an advanced procedure and assume some familiarity with [DNS concepts](/dns/concepts/), [API operations](/fundamentals/api/), and basic setup steps. Assumed knowledge that is not detailed in this tutorial can be referenced through the linked content in each of the steps.

## Requirement

The provider you are migrating from must allow you to add DNSKEY records on the zone apex and use these records in responses to DNS queries.

## 1. Set up Cloudflare

1. [Add your zone to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

   To add your zone using the API, refer to the [Create Zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/create/).

2. [Review the records found by the automatic scan](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) or [import your zone file](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/).

   To import the zone file using the API, refer to the [Import DNS Records endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/import/).

3. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**, and select **Enable DNSSEC**. Or use the following [API request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/).

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"status": "active"}'
```

4. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**, and enable **Multi-signer DNSSEC**. Or use the following [API request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/).

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"dnssec_multi_signer": true}'
```

## 2. Cross-import ZSKs

1. Add the [ZSK](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dnskey-ds-records/) of your previous provider to Cloudflare by creating a DNSKEY record on your zone.

You can do this [on the dashboard](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) or through the [Create DNS Record endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/), as in the following example.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "type": "DNSKEY",
    "name": "<ZONE_NAME>",
    "data": {
      "flags": 256,
      "protocol": 3,
      "algorithm": 13,
      "public_key": "<PUBLIC_KEY>"
    },
    "ttl":3600
   }'
```

2. Get Cloudflare's ZSK using either the API or a query from one of the assigned Cloudflare nameservers.

API example:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec/zsk \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Command line query example:

```sh
dig <ZONE_NAME> dnskey @<CLOUDFLARE_NAMESERVER> +noall +answer | grep 256
```

3. Add Cloudflare's ZSK that you fetched in the last step to your previous provider.

:::note

You can check if both providers are responding with both ZSKs by running one `dig` command for each, as in the following example. You can also use [Dig Web Interface](https://www.digwebinterface.com/?type=DNSKEY).

```sh
dig <ZONE_NAME> dnskey @<PREVIOUS_PROVIDER_NAMESERVER> +noall +answer
dig <ZONE_NAME> dnskey @<CLOUDFLARE_NAMESERVER> +noall +answer
```

Both queries should return both ZSKs (identified with tag `256`).

<Details header="Example">

```sh
dig multisigner.info dnskey @dns1.p01.nsone.net. +noall +answer
```

```sh output
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    257 3 13 t+4D<bla_bla_bla>JBmA==
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    256 3 13 pxEU<bla_bla_bla>0xOg==
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    256 3 13 oJM<bla_bla_bla>XhSA==
```

```sh
dig multisigner.info dnskey @ashley.ns.cloudflare.com +noall +answer
```

```sh output
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    257 3 13 mdss<bla_bla_bla>eKGQ==
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    256 3 13 oJM<bla_bla_bla>XhSA==
multisigner.info.    3600    IN    DNSKEY    256 3 13 pxEU<bla_bla_bla>0xOg==
```

</Details>

:::

## 3. Set up registrar

1. Add Cloudflare DS record to your registrar. You can see your Cloudflare DS record on the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns) by going to **DNS** > **Settings** > **DS Record**.
2. Add Cloudflare assigned nameservers to your registrar. You can see your Cloudflare nameservers by going to **DNS** > **Records**.

At this point your zone is in a [multi-signer DNSSEC setup](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/).

## 4. Remove previous provider

1. Remove your previous provider's DS record from your registrar.
2. Remove your previous provider's nameservers from your registrar.
3. After waiting at least one and a half times the [TTL](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/time-to-live-ttl/) of your previous provider DS record, you can remove the DNSKEY record (containing your previous provider ZSK) that you added to your Cloudflare zone in [step 2](#2-cross-import-zsks).

:::note

You can find out the TTL of your previous provider DS record by running a `dig` command, as in the following example, or by using this [Dig Web Interface link](https://www.digwebinterface.com/?type=DS).

```sh
dig multisigner.info ds +noall +answer
```

```sh output
multisigner.info. 3600 IN DS 2371 13 2 227B4C7FF3E1D49D59BAF39BDA54CA0839DE700DD9896076AA3E6AD7 19A0CF55
multisigner.info. 3600 IN DS 48553 13 2 893709B51A9C53D011A4054B15FC5454BEDF68E739BB3B3FA1E333DA 7B8DACFE
```

In this example, both DS records have a TTL of `3600` seconds. Cloudflare's DS record always has the key tag set to `2371`, so the second line of the response is the DS record of the other provider.

:::

---

# DNSSEC states

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/dnssec-states/

This page describes different DNSSEC states and how they relate to the responses you get from the [DNSSEC details API endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/get/).

| State            | API response                                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pending          | `"status":"pending"`<br /> `"modified_on":<TIME_STAMP>`          | DNSSEC has been enabled but the Cloudflare DS record has not been added at the registrar.                                                                                         |
| Active           | `"status":"active"`<br /> `"modified_on":<TIME_STAMP>`           | DNSSEC has been enabled and the Cloudflare DS record is present at the registrar.                                                                                                 |
| Pending-disabled | `"status":"pending-disabled"`<br /> `"modified_on":<TIME_STAMP>` | DNSSEC has been disabled but the Cloudflare DS record is still added at the registrar.                                                                                            |
| Disabled         | `"status":"disabled"`<br /> `"modified_on":<TIME_STAMP>`         | DNSSEC has been disabled and the Cloudflare DS record has been removed from the registrar.                                                                                        |
| Deleted          | `"status":"disabled"`<br /> `"modified_on": null`                | DNSSEC has never been enabled for the zone or DNSSEC has been disabled and then deleted using the [Delete DNSSEC records endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/delete/). |

:::caution

Once you have enabled DNSSEC on a zone for the first time, you cannot transition directly from an `active` state to a `deleted` state. You can only [delete DNSSEC records](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/delete/) once your zone DNSSEC is in a `disabled` state. Cloudflare prevents you from deleting DNSSEC records before removing the DS record from the registrar to avoid DNS resolution issues.
:::

In both `pending` and `active` states, Cloudflare signs the zone and responds with RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY, CDS, and CDNSKEY record types.

In `pending-disabled` and `disabled` states, Cloudflare still signs the zone and serves RRSIG, NSEC, and DNSKEY record types, but the CDS and CDNSKEY records are set to zero ([RFC 8078](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8078.html#section-4)), signaling to the registrar that DNSSEC should be disabled.

In `deleted` state, Cloudflare does **not** sign the zone and does **not** respond with RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY, CDS, and CDNSKEY record types.

Refer to [How DNSSEC works](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/how-dnssec-works/) to learn more about the authentication process and records involved.

---

# DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dnssec-definition" product="dns" />

***

## Disable DNSSEC

<Render file="disable_dnssec" product="dns" />

<Render file="dnssec-enabled-migration" product="dns" />

***

## Enable DNSSEC

When you enable DNSSEC, Cloudflare signs your zone, publishes your public signing keys, and generates your **DS** record.

### 1. Activate DNSSEC in Cloudflare

<Render file="dnssec-cloudflare-steps" product="dns" />

### 2. Add DS record to your registrar

<Render file="dnssec-registrar-steps" product="dns" />

<Render file="dnssec-auto-add" product="dns" />

***

## Other DNSSEC setup options

If you are using Cloudflare as your Secondary DNS provider and want to configure DNSSEC on your secondary zone(s), you have [three options](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/) depending on your setup.

If you want to set up DNSSEC on a subdomain zone, refer to [Subdomain DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/dnssec/).

***

## Limitations

If your registrar does not support DNSSEC with Cloudflare's preferred cipher choice (Algorithm 13), you have several options:

* Contact your registrar to ask for DNSSEC with modern encryption.
* Transfer your domain to a different registrar that supports DNSSEC with Algorithm 13
* File a [complaint with ICANN](https://www.icann.org/compliance/complaint), citing your registrar's lack of compliance.

If your top-level domain does not support DNSSEC with Algorithm 13 (also known as *ECDSA Curve P-256 with SHA-256*), [contact that top-level domain](https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/

import { Example } from "~/components";

Learn more about how to troubleshoot issues with DNSSEC.

## Test DNSSEC with Dig

`Dig` is a command-line tool to query a nameserver for DNS records.

For instance, `dig` can ask a DNS resolver for the IP address of `www.cloudflare.com`:

<Example>

```sh
dig www.cloudflare.com +short
```

```sh output
198.41.215.162
198.41.214.162
```

The option `+short` outputs the result only.

</Example>

Use `+dnssec` to verify that the DNS records are signed:

<Example>

```sh
dig www.cloudflare.com +dnssec +short
```

```sh output
198.41.214.162
198.41.215.162
A 13 3 300 20180927180434 20180925160434 35273 cloudflare.com. DYYZ/bhHSAIlpvu/HEUsxlzkC9NsswbCQ7dcfcuiNBrbhYV7k3AI8t46 QMnOlfhwT6jqsfN7ePV6Fwpym3B0pg==
```

In this example, the last line of output is the `RRSIG` record. `RRSIG` is the DNSSEC signature attached to the record. With the `RRSIG`, a DNS resolver determines whether a DNS response is trusted.

</Example>

`Dig` can also retrieve the public key used to verify the DNS record, `DNSKEY`:

<Example>

```sh
dig DNSKEY cloudflare.com +short
```

```sh output
257 3 13 mdsswUyr3DPW132mOi8V9xESWE8jTo0dxCjjnopKl+GqJxpVXckHAeF+ KkxLbxILfDLUT0rAK9iUzy1L53eKGQ==
256 3 13 koPbw9wmYZ7ggcjnQ6ayHyhHaDNMYELKTqT+qRGrZpWSccr/lBcrm10Z 1PuQHB3Azhii+sb0PYFkH1ruxLhe5g==
```

A domain's DNS records are all signed with the same public key. Therefore, query for the apex domain (`cloudflare.com`) public key, not the subdomain (`www.cloudflare.com`) public key.

The DNS response includes two records:

- `DNSKEY` record **256** is the public key called zone signing key (ZSK). ZSKs are used to verify the DNS record signatures for `A`, `MX`, `CNAME`, `SRV`, etc.
- `DNSKEY` record **257** is called the key signing key (KSK). KSKs are used to verify the signatures of the `DNSKEY`, `CDS`, and `CDNSKEY` records.

</Example>

:::note

Details on how to verify the signatures with the public key are beyond the scope of this article.
:::

When not using the `+short` option with `dig`, a DNS response is DNSSEC authenticated if the `ad` flag appears in the response header:

<Example>

```sh
dig www.cloudflare.com
```

```sh output
[...]
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 65326
;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
[...]
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.cloudflare.com.        IN  A
[...]
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.cloudflare.com. 15  IN  A   198.41.215.162
www.cloudflare.com. 15  IN  A   198.41.214.162
```

</Example>

---

## Troubleshoot DNSSEC validation using DNSViz

:::note

DNSViz is a public, free online tool to visualize and help discover issues with your DNSSEC configuration and is **not** associated Cloudflare.
:::

To visualize and discover potential issues with DNSSEC:

1. Browse to [http://dnsviz.net/](http://dnsviz.net/)
2. Enter a domain name in the text field that appears.
3. If DNSViz has never analyzed the site before, click the **Analyze** button that appears.
4. If the site has been analyzed by DNSViz before, click the **Update Now** button that appears.

### Example with missing or incorrect RRSIG record on authoritative nameserver

Below is an example of how dnsviz.net will display incorrect delegation when no valid DNSKEY records are provided by the authoritative nameserver to match the DS record published by the TLD nameserver:

![Incorrect delegation when no valid DNSKEY records are provided](~/assets/images/support/troubleshoot_dnssec-example_no_rrsig.png)

---

## View the DNSSEC chain of trust with Dig

Full verification of domain signatures (for example, `cloudflare.com`) involves verifying the key signing key at the top-level domain (for example, `.com`).

Similar verification is then performed by checking the key-signing key of `.com` at the root server level. DNSSEC root keys are distributed to DNS clients to complete the chain of trust.

When DNSSEC is enabled, a `DS` record is required at the registrar's DNS. The `DS` record contains a hash of the public key signing key as well as metadata about the key.

<Example>

Use `dig` to find a `DS` record:

```sh
dig +short DS cloudflare.com
```

```sh output
2371 13 2 32996839A6D808AFE3EB4A795A0E6A7A39A76FC52FF228B22B76F6D6 3826F2B9
```

When using the `+trace` option, `dig` confirms whether an answer is returned by the nameserver for `cloudflare.com` or the nameserver for `.com`.  In this example, the `DS` record for `cloudflare.com` is returned by `e.gtld-servers.net`:

```sh
dig DS cloudflare.com +trace
```

```sh output
[...]
cloudflare.com.     86400   IN  DS  2371 13 2 32996839A6D808AFE3EB4A795A0E6A7A39A76FC52FF228B22B76F6D6 3826F2B9
[...]
com.            172800  IN  NS  e.gtld-servers.net.
[...]
;; Received 1213 bytes from 2001:502:1ca1::30#53(e.gtld-servers.net) in 37 ms

```

</Example>

An easier alternative to manually running the steps above is to use the third-party tool [DNSViz](#troubleshoot-dnssec-validation-using-dnsviz).

---

## Troubleshoot DNSSEC validation with Dig

Issues occur if authoritative DNS providers are changed without updating or removing old DNSSEC records at the registrar:

<Example>

```sh
dig A brokendnssec.net @1.0.0.1
```

```sh output
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 10663
```

Confirm whether a `SERVFAIL` response is related to DNSSEC by running `dig` with the `+cd` option. The `+cd` option provides DNS results without any DNSSEC validation in place.

```sh
dig A brokendnssec.net @1.0.0.1 +dnssec +cd +short
```

```sh output
104.20.49.61
104.20.48.61
```

In this example, DNSSEC is misconfigured if a proper DNS response is received when using the `+cd` option but queries using DNSSEC return a `SERVFAIL` response. This issue often happens when authoritative nameservers are changed but `DS` records are not updated. The issue can also occur if an attacker attempts to forge a response to a query.

</Example>

---

## Next steps

If a problem is discovered with DNSSEC implementation, contact the domain's registrar and confirm the `DS` record matches what the authoritative DNS provider has specified. If Cloudflare is the authoritative DNS provider, follow the instructions for [configuring DNSSEC with Cloudflare](/dns/dnssec/).

---

# Foundation DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/foundation-dns/

Foundation DNS is the Cloudflare DNS offering for enterprise customers.

With Foundation DNS, you get access to increased reliability, security, and insights. Features include the following:

* [Advanced nameservers](/dns/foundation-dns/advanced-nameservers/) that provide:
  * Strategically distributed IPs to enhance resiliency
  * Reduced exposure to incidents or software regression
  * More consistent nameserver assignment
* DNSSEC keys unique to your zone
* Additional DNS settings, including:
  * [Zone defaults](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/)
  * [Account custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/account-custom-nameservers/)
  * Custom [SOA record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#soa) and [Nameserver TTL](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#nameserver-ttl)

## Availability

Foundation DNS is only available to Enterprise customers.

Advanced nameservers are an opt-in configuration. Refer to [set up advanced nameservers](/dns/foundation-dns/setup/).

## Related resources

* [Release blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/foundation-dns-launch)
* [Product page](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/foundation-dns/)

---

# Advanced nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/foundation-dns/advanced-nameservers/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Advanced nameservers included with [Foundation DNS](/dns/foundation-dns/) offer improved resiliency and more consistent nameserver assignment.

Consider the sections below for details about advanced nameservers, and refer to [Set up advanced nameservers](/dns/foundation-dns/setup/) to learn how to enable this feature.

:::caution
 <Render file="ns-advanced-vs-custom" /> 
:::

## Anycast network groups

To increase resiliency, advanced nameserver IPs are advertised by only one of two <GlossaryTooltip term="anycast">anycast</GlossaryTooltip> network groups.

The two groups consist of data centers that are geographically equally distributed.


<Details header="United Kingdom example">

| IPs             | Group | Data centers         |
| --------------- | ----- | -------------------- |
| `108.162.198.1` | A     | London and Edinburgh |
| `172.64.40.1`   | B     | Manchester           |
| `162.159.60.1`  | A     | London and Edinburgh |


</Details>

In DNS resolution, a resolver eventually acquires a list of all IPs where authoritative nameservers for a domain can be reached, and will then usually prefer the IP with the best resolution performance.

When, instead of advertising all IPs in all data centers, this group logic is applied, resiliency is improved because, if one of the data centers experiences a localized issue, the resolver can fall back to an IP advertised by the next closest data center.

Refer to [our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/foundation-dns-launch) for an in-depth explanation.

## Dedicated release process

Zones using advanced nameservers are less exposed to incidents or software regression.

The dedicated release process means that only changes that have been in production for a while will reach advanced nameservers.

## Nameservers hosting and assignment

While standard Cloudflare nameservers are hosted under `ns.cloudflare.com` or `secondary.cloudflare.com`, advanced nameservers use different domains:

* `foundationdns.com`
* `foundationdns.net`
* `foundationdns.org`

Using the different TLDs (`.com`, `.net`, and `.org`) and making these available only to enterprise accounts allows for better predictability and consistency in nameserver assignment.

There should also be less conflicts when guaranteeing that directly descending zones do not have the same nameserver set.


<Details header="Descending zones example">

Consider the domain `example.com`, and subdomains `abc.example.com` and `123.example.com`:

* `abc.example.com` and `123.example.com` directly descend from `example.com` and cannot have the same nameservers as `example.com`.
* `abc.example.com` and `123.example.com` are sibling domains and can have the same nameservers.
* `new.abc.example.com` directly descends from both `abc.example.com` and `example.com`, and cannot have the same nameservers as them, but can have the same nameservers as `123.example.com`.


</Details>

---

# Set up advanced nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/foundation-dns/setup/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Advanced nameservers included with [Foundation DNS](/dns/foundation-dns/) are an opt-in configuration.

## Enable on a zone

To enable advanced nameservers on an existing zone:

1. Opt for advanced nameservers on your zone:

    <Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

    1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
    2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
    3. In the **Cloudflare nameservers** card, enable **Advanced nameservers**.
    4. After you refresh the page, the card will display the values for your advanced nameservers `NS` records.

    </TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

    Use the [Update DNS Settings](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint to send a PATCH request like the following:

    ```bash
    curl --request PATCH \
    "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_settings" \
    --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
    --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "foundation_dns": true
    }'
    ```

    The response body will contain your assigned namservers in the `nameservers` object. You will use these nameservers in the next step.

    </TabItem> </Tabs>

2. Update the authoritative nameservers at your registrar. This step depends on whether you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/):
   - If you are using Cloudflare Registrar, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to have your nameservers updated.
   - If you are using a different registrar or if your zone is delegated to a parent zone, [manually update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/#specific-processes).

      :::caution

      Make sure the values for your assigned nameservers are copied exactly.
      :::

---

# DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Details, Example } from "~/components"

DNS records contain information about your domain and are used to make your website or application available to visitors and other web services.

Each DNS record belongs to a different type, and each type serves a different purpose. For background about the different types of DNS records, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/). To quickly find reference information about a specific type, refer to [DNS record types](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).

Depending on the providers you used to [get your domain name](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/#get-a-domain-name) and [host your website or application](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/#host-your-domain), it is expected that DNS records were automatically created on your behalf. According to your [setup](/dns/zone-setups/), you can use Cloudflare to manage your DNS records.

## DNS records table

When managing your records at Cloudflare, besides the common record fields described below, you may also find an option for [Proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) and [CNAME flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/). These are specific features offered by Cloudflare.

<Details header="Record fields">
- **Type**: Defines the purpose of a record. Different types of record require different information in their corresponding `Content` field.
- **Name**: Identifies the resource that the record resolves to. Depending on the purpose of the record, the value you want to add to this field will also change.
- **Content**: Contains the core value of a record, depending on the record type.
- **TTL**: Controls how long each record is cached by DNS resolvers.
</Details>

<Details header="Example">

<Example>
DNS management for **example.com**:

| Type | Name    | Content      | Proxy status | TTL    |
| ---- | ------- | ------------ | ------------ | ------ |
| A    | `blog`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      | Auto   |

In this example, an IP address resolution record of type `A` is indicating that the resources that correspond to the subdomain `blog.example.com` can be reached on the IPv4 address `192.0.2.1`.

Also, as this record is <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status" link="/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/">proxied</GlossaryTooltip>, Cloudflare automatically defines for how long this information should be cached by DNS resolvers.
</Example>

</Details>

## DNS records quota

There is a limit to the number of records you can create on a single <GlossaryTooltip term="DNS zone">zone</GlossaryTooltip>.

- Free zones created before `2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC`: 1,000
- Free zones created on or after `2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC`: 200
- Pro: 3,500
- Business: 3,500
- Enterprise: 3,500

:::note[For more DNS records]

If you are an Enterprise customer and require more DNS records, contact your account team. Cloudflare can support millions of DNS records on a single zone.

:::

## Resources

### How to

<DirectoryListing folder="dns/manage-dns-records/how-to" />

### Reference

<DirectoryListing folder="dns/manage-dns-records/reference" />

### Troubleshooting

<DirectoryListing folder="dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting" />

---

# Nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

As explained in [How DNS works](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/), from the moment a user types an address (`www.example.com`) into their web browser, the resolution of a DNS query takes place. Also, the process behind DNS resolution involves different computers (or servers).

In the context of Cloudflare DNS, nameservers refer to authoritative nameservers, which are the last stop in the DNS query resolution. When a nameserver is authoritative for `example.com`, it means that DNS resolvers will consider responses from this nameserver when a user tries to access `example.com`.

## Authoritative nameservers offering

Within Cloudflare, and depending on your plan, you can choose between using Cloudflare-branded nameservers or setting up your own custom nameservers. The names for Cloudflare-branded nameservers are automatically assigned and cannot be changed.

Regardless of the type you choose, for these nameservers to be authoritative for your domain, you need to [update your domain nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/). Updating your nameservers is required to activate your domain on Cloudflare and use most of our [application services](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#application-services).

### Standard nameservers

Unless your account has a specific [DNS zone defaults](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/) configuration, when you add a domain on a [primary (full)](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) DNS setup, Cloudflare automatically assigns two standard nameservers for your zone.

Standard nameservers are hosted on `ns.cloudflare.com` and follow the pattern `<proper_name>.ns.cloudflare.com`.

To know the reason behind these nameserver names, refer to [our blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/whats-the-story-behind-the-names-of-cloudflares-name-servers/).

### Advanced nameservers

Enterprise accounts on [Foundation DNS](/dns/foundation-dns/) have access to advanced nameservers.

[Advanced nameservers](/dns/foundation-dns/advanced-nameservers/) are hosted on `foundationdns.com`, `foundationdns.net`, and `foundationdns.org`.

Each zone that uses advanced nameservers is assigned a set of three nameservers names: `<color>.foundationdns.com`, `<color>.foundationdns.net`, and `<color>.foundationdns.org`.

### Custom nameservers

With [custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/), your nameservers are hosted on your own domain (or domains) and, in this sense, are not Cloudflare branded.

You provide fully qualified domain names (`ns1.mydomain.com`) for your nameservers, and Cloudflare assigns one IPv4 and one IPv6 to each of your custom nameservers.

:::caution
 <Render file="ns-advanced-vs-custom" />
:::

---

# Nameserver options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/

import { Example } from "~/components"

Refer to the sections below to learn about different nameserver options.

## Assignment method

When you add a domain on a full or secondary setup, Cloudflare automatically assigns your nameservers.

The [default assignment method](/dns/zone-setups/reference/nameserver-assignment/) is to use standard nameservers and favor consistent nameserver names across all zones within an account. Nonetheless, in case there are conflicts - for example, if someone else has already added the same zone to a different account - you may get different nameserver names.

To have control over what nameservers are assigned for different zones within an account, you can use [account custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/account-custom-nameservers/).

### DNS zone defaults

If you have an Enterprise account, you also have the option to [configure your own DNS zone defaults](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/) and change how Cloudflare handles nameserver assignment when you add a new zone to your account:

- **Standard nameservers randomized**: instead of attempting consistency, Cloudflare assigns random pairs of nameserver names every time you add a new domain to your account.
- **Advanced nameservers**: Cloudflare uses the same method as the default - trying to keep nameserver names consistent for different zones within an account - but uses the specific [Foundation DNS nameservers](/dns/foundation-dns/advanced-nameservers/).
- **Account custom nameservers**: Cloudflare automatically assigns a set of [account custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/account-custom-nameservers/) that you have previously configured for your account. In this method, **Set 1** will be attempted first and, in case of any conflicts, Cloudflare will cycle through the other nameserver sets, in ascending order.

## Multi-provider DNS

Multi-provider DNS is an optional setting for zones using [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and is an enforced default behavior for zones using [secondary setup](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/).

When you enable multi-provider DNS on a primary (full setup) zone:

* Cloudflare will no longer ignore `NS` records created on the zone apex, as in the example below.

  <Example>

  | Type | Name | Nameserver         |
  | ---- | ---- | ------------------ |
  | `NS` | `@`  | `ns1.external.com` |

  </Example>

This means that responses to DNS queries made to the zone apex and requesting `NS` records will contain both Cloudflare's and your other DNS providers' nameservers.

* Cloudflare will activate a primary (full setup) zone even if its [nameservers listed at the registrar](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) include nameservers from other DNS providers.

:::caution

If you choose this option and you also want to use DNSSEC on your zone, make sure to set up [multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/).

:::

## Nameserver TTL

For both Cloudflare nameservers (standard or advanced) and custom nameservers, the `NS` record time-to-live (TTL) is controlled by the specific setting in **DNS** > **Records** > **DNS record options**.

The default TTL is 24 hours (or 86,400 seconds), but you have the option to lower this value depending on your needs. For example, shorter TTLs can be useful when you are changing nameservers or migrating a zone. Accepted values range from 30 to 86,400 seconds.

This setting can also be configured as a [DNS zone default](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/), meaning new zones created in your account will automatically start with the value you define.

---

# Update nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To use Cloudflare DNS as an authoritative DNS provider - be it in a [primary (full)](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) setup -, your domain nameservers must point to nameservers that you get from your Cloudflare account. Updating your nameservers is required to activate your domain on Cloudflare and use most of our [application services](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#application-services).

## Specific processes

Although Cloudflare will [provide you the nameservers](/dns/nameservers/#authoritative-nameservers-offering) or allow you to create your own [custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/), the final step to make Cloudflare an authoritative DNS provider for your domain may have to be done outside of Cloudflare.

Unless you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), consider which of the following sections correspond to your use case.

### Your domain uses a different registrar

If you have acquired your domain from a [registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name-registrar/) other than Cloudflare Registrar - and it has not been [delegated to another zone](#your-domain-is-delegated-to-another-zone) - you need to update your nameservers at your registrar.

<Render file="ns-update-providers" />

If you do not know who your registrar is, you can use a Whois search, such as [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/). If the registrar indicated on your Whois search result is not a service that you have interacted directly with, you may [have acquired your domain from a reseller](#you-have-acquired-your-domain-from-a-reseller).

### You have acquired your domain from a reseller

Some services, such as website builders ([Squarespace](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/115003671428-Who-s-my-domain-provider), for example), are not registrars but act as a [reseller](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/reseller-2013-05-03-en), allowing you to buy domains directly from them.

In that case, you may have to update your nameservers in the reseller platform, not at the registrar.

:::note

Refer to [Squarespace documentation](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/4404183898125-Nameservers-and-DNSSEC-for-Squarespace-managed-domains#toc-open-the-domain-s-advanced-settings) on how to update nameservers in their platform. 
:::

### Your domain is delegated to another zone

If you are onboarding a subdomain `shop.example.com` as a [child domain](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/), it is expected that the child domain has been delegated to the parent domain.

Delegation means that `shop.example.com` has specific `NS` records set up for it within the DNS records management of the parent zone (`example.com`).

If that is the case, when setting up your zone in Cloudflare or opting for a different set of [nameservers](/dns/nameservers/), you have to update the `NS` records in the parent domain, and not at the registrar.

---

# Features and plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/reference/all-features/

import { ProductFeatures } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides the following features for different [plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/).

## Features

<ProductFeatures id="dns" />

---

# Domain Connect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/reference/domain-connect/

If you are a service provider, consider this page for information on how Cloudflare supports [Domain Connect](https://www.domainconnect.org/) and how you can onboard your template.

## What is Domain Connect

Domain Connect is an open standard that allows service providers - such as email or web hosting platforms - to make it easier for their end users to configure functionality, without having to manually edit DNS records.

This is achieved with templates that close the gap between necessary configurations (required by the service provider) and necessary DNS records changes (that must happen at the authoritative DNS provider).

In practice, this means that when a user that owns `example.com` and has Cloudflare as their authoritative DNS provider wants to use your service, instead of having to manually update their DNS records, they will only have to authenticate themselves and the necessary changes will be applied automatically.

## Setup

### Before you begin

* Note that Cloudflare only supports the [Domain Connect synchronous flow](https://www.domainconnect.org/getting-started/).
* Domain Connect templates and tools are published on GitHub, so you must have a GitHub account and be familiar with [GitHub forks and pull requests](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks).

### 1. Add templates to the repository

Domain Connect templates are published and maintained on a GitHub repository.

1. Create a fork of the [templates repository](https://github.com/Domain-Connect/Templates).
2. Add your template. You can create a copy of one of the existing templates and edit it according to your needs.
   * Refer to the [Domain Connect Specification](https://github.com/Domain-Connect/spec/blob/master/Domain%20Connect%20Spec%20Draft.adoc#52-template-definition) for details on the different available fields.
   * If present, you must set the `syncBlock` field on your template to `false`. This means the template flow will be synchronous, which is the only option supported by Cloudflare.
   * You must also provide a synchronous public key domain (`syncPubKeyDomain` [^1]). When your template is in use, synchronous calls will be digitally signed.
3. Make sure you follow the naming format defined by Domain Connect: `<providerId>.<serviceId>.json`.

:::note[Tip]

You can use Domain Connect's [linter tool](https://github.com/Domain-Connect/dc-template-linter) with the option `-cloudflare` enabled to check your template against Cloudflare specific rules.
:::

4. Submit a pull request to have your template(s) added to the repository.

Once your pull request has been reviewed and merged, contact Cloudflare as specified below.

### 2. Contact Cloudflare to onboard your template

When your template is onboarded, a graphical user interface flow will be available to your end users.

Send an email to `domain-connect@cloudflare.com`, including the following information:

1. List of template(s) you want to onboard, with their corresponding GitHub hyperlinks.
2. A logo to be displayed as part of the Domain Connect flow. Preferably in `SVG` format.
3. The default [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) you would like Cloudflare to set for `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records that are part of your template(s). Proxying other record types is not supported.

   :::note

   Proxy status is applied per template. If needed, organize the records in different templates to specify a different default proxy status per template. Once the records have been created, the domain owner can always change the proxy status for `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records later.
   :::
4. (Optional) A Cloudflare [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for you to test the flow.

   If you have a [DNS provider discovery](https://github.com/Domain-Connect/spec/blob/master/Domain%20Connect%20Spec%20Draft.adoc#dns-provider-discovery) automation in place and will not list new DNS providers manually, Cloudflare can initially restrict your template to be exposed to the specified account only. Once you confirm everything is working as expected, Cloudflare will publish your template on the discovery endpoint, to be picked up by your automation.

## Template updates

Since September, 2024, template updates are picked up by an automation.

The automation compares the template version number in Cloudflare with the authoritative source of the template on the Internet. This check runs multiple times a day. Although Cloudflare cannot guarantee when exactly each update will be picked up, the process is expected to take no longer than eight hours.

:::note
The authoritative source must be in raw `json` format for the automation to work correctly, as in [this example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Domain-Connect/Templates/master/exampleservice.domainconnect.org.template1.json).

If the source template is unavailable, or technically invalid, Cloudflare will keep the previous template in use until the updated version is fixed.
:::

You can contact Cloudflare to opt out of the automatic updates. Once the automation is disabled, you can request template updates individually, by writing to `domain-connect@cloudflare.com`.

### Troubleshooting

Send an email to `domain-connect@cloudflare.com` with the following information:

1. Detailed description of what is wrong:
   - List the record(s) that the issue is related with.
   - Describe what the template did.
   - Describe what you expected the template to do.

2. A [HAR file](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#generate-a-har-file) attachment containing the problematic update.

[^1]: A domain that can be queried for `TXT` records containing a public key to verify your digital signature.

---

# Analytics API properties

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/reference/analytics-api-properties/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

This page describes API properties that you can use in requests to the [DNS analytics API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/analytics/subresources/reports/methods/get/).

:::caution[Warning]
The [DNS analytics API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/analytics/subresources/reports/methods/get/), along with the following [API properties](/dns/reference/analytics-api-properties/), will be deprecated soon.

To access the new analytics dashboard, go to **DNS** > **Analytics**. Refer to [Analytics and logs](/dns/additional-options/analytics/) for details.
:::

## Metrics

A metric is a numerical value based on an attribute of the data, for example a query count.

In API requests, metrics are set in the `metrics` parameter. If you need to list multiple metrics, separate them with commas.



| Metric             | Name                          | Example | Unit                 |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| queryCount         | Query count                   | `1000`  | Count                |
| uncachedCount      | Uncached query count          | `1`     | Count                |
| staleCount         | Stale query count             | `1`     | Count                |
| responseTimeAvg    | Average response time         | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| responseTimeMedian | Median response time          | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| responseTime90th   | 90th percentile response time | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| responseTime99th   | 99th percentile response time | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |



## Dimensions

Dimensions can be used to break down the data by given attributes.

In API requests, dimensions are set in the `dimensions` parameter. If you need to list multiple dimensions, separate them with commas.



| Dimension          | Name                 | Example       | Notes                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------ | -------------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| queryName          | Query Name           | `example.com` |                                                                                                                                           |
| queryType          | Query Type           | `AAAA`        | [Types defined by IANA](http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4). Unknown types are empty.   |
| responseCode       | Response Code        | `NOERROR`     | [Response codes defined by IANA](http://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6). Always uppercase. |
| responseCached     | Response Cached      | `Cached`      | Either `Cached` or `Uncached`.                                                                                                            |
| coloName           | Colo Name            | `SJC`         | PoP code.                                                                                                                                 |
| origin             | Origin               | `2001:db8::1` | Origin used to resolve the query. Empty if N/A or if the query was answered from cache.                                                   |
| dayOfWeek          | Day Of Week          | `1`           | Break down by day of week. Monday is `1`, and Sunday is `7`.                                                                              |
| tcp                | TCP                  | `1`           | Either `1` or `0` depending on the protocol used.                                                                                         |
| ipVersion          | IP Version           | `6`           | IP protocol version used (currently `4` or `6`).                                                                                          |
| querySizeBucket    | Query Size Bucket    | `16-31`       | Query size bucket by multiples of 16.                                                                                                     |
| responseSizeBucket | Response Size Bucket | `16-31`       | Response size bucket by multiples of 16.                                                                                                  |



## Filters

Filters use the form `dimension operator expression`, where each part corresponds to the following:

* **Dimension**: Specifies the [dimension](#dimensions) to filter on. For example, `queryName`.
* **Operator**: Defines the type of filter match to use. Operators are specific to dimensions.
* **Expression**: States the values to include or exclude from the results. Expressions use regular expression (regex) syntax.

### Filter operators

<Render file="api-filter-operators" product="fundamentals" params={{ one: "queryName", two: "example.com", three: "responseCode", four: "NOERROR" }} />

### Combining filters

<Render file="api-combine-filters" product="fundamentals" />


<Details header="Examples using OR">

* `responseCode==NOERROR,responseCode==NXDOMAIN` indicates that response code is either `NOERROR` or `NXDOMAIN`.
* `coloName==SJC OR coloName==LAX` indicates queries in either `SJC` or `LAX`.


</Details>


<Details header="Examples using AND">

* `responseCode==NOERROR;queryType==AAAA` indicates that response code is `NOERROR` and query type is `AAAA`.
* `queryType==AAAA AND coloName==SJC` indicates `AAAA` queries in `SJC`.


</Details>

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Recommended third-party tools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/reference/recommended-third-party-tools/

You can use the third-party tools listed below to test and troubleshoot DNS settings.

* [DNSViz](https://dnsviz.net): A web-based tool for visualizing the status of a DNS zone to understand and troubleshoot the deployment of DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC).

* [Dig Web Interface](https://digwebinterface.com): An online DNS lookup tool based on the command line interface `dig`. Users can skip the process of entering commands with complicated parameters in the terminal by entering the same information in this web tool and getting the same results.

* [dns.google](https://dns.google): A web-based tool, similar to Dig Web Interface, where users can get DNS responses for specific queries.

* [Mess with DNS](https://messwithdns.net): An educational resource that encourages users to experiment with DNS records by providing users with a domain where they are free to play around and break things during the learning process.

---

# General DNS issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/dns-issues/

In web browsers such as Safari or Chrome, there are several commonly observable DNS errors:

* `This site can’t be reached`
* `This webpage is not available`
* `err_name_not_resolved`
* `Can't find the server`
* [`Error 1001 DNS resolution error`](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1001-dns-resolution-error)

## Common causes and resolutions

Below are the most common causes for DNS resolution errors along with suggested solutions.

### Mistyped domain or subdomain

Verify that the domain or subdomain was correctly spelled in the request URL.

### Missing DNS records

Ensure that you have the necessary DNS records in the **DNS** app of your Cloudflare dashboard. This includes having the following records:

* The [zone apex](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/) (e.g., `example.com`) record.
* Existing [subdomains](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/) (`www.example.com`, `blog.example.com`) records.

:::note

If you have a [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup), ensure your DNS records also exist in your authoritative nameservers.
:::

### DNSSEC was not disabled before the domain was added to Cloudflare

DNS resolution failures occur if [DNSSEC is not disabled](/dns/dnssec/#disable-dnssec) at your domain provider before you add the domain to Cloudflare.

### Nameservers no longer point to Cloudflare

If you manage DNS records via the **DNS** app in Cloudflare's Dashboard and your domain stops pointing to Cloudflare's nameservers, DNS resolution will stop functioning.

This can occur if your domain registrar switches the nameservers for your domain to point to their default nameservers. To confirm if this is the problem, [check whether your domain uses Cloudflare's nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#verify-changes).

### Unresolved IP address

In rare cases, the DNS resolver in the client requesting the URL might fail to resolve a DNS record to a valid IP address.

Reload the page after a short wait to note if the problem disappears. This issue is unrelated to Cloudflare, but using [Cloudflare's DNS resolver](/1.1.1.1/setup/) may help. Contact your hosting provider for additional help with your current DNS resolver.

---

# DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/dns-probe-finished-nxdomain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dns-errors-ts-intro" params={{ one: "DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN" }} />

## Background

`DNS_PROBE_FINISHED` means that the DNS request for a resource timed out and `NXDOMAIN` stands for non-existent domain. Together, these messages mean that the DNS query for a specific resource could not locate an associated domain.

Though visitors sometimes encounter this error — or similarly worded messages from Safari, Edge, or Firefox — because of network or local DNS issues, it might point to an issue with your DNS records in Cloudflare.

## Potential solutions

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:::note


For additional troubleshooting help, refer to our [Community troubleshooting guide](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-the-dns-probe-finished-nxdomain-error/42818).


:::

---

# DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/dns-probe-possible/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dns-errors-ts-intro" params={{ one: "DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE" }} />

## Background

`DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE` means that the resolver could not find DNS records for the requested hostname.

Though visitors sometimes encounter this error — or similarly worded messages from Safari, Edge, or Firefox — because of network or local DNS issues, it might point to an issue with your DNS records in Cloudflare.

## Potential solutions

<Render file="dns-errors-ts-action" params={{ one: "DNS_PROBE_POSSIBLE" }} />

---

# Email issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/email-issues/

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If you have issues sending or receiving mail, follow these troubleshooting steps.

## Are your records correct?

Consult with your mail administrator or mail provider to ensure you have valid DNS record content.

## Are DNS records missing?

Contact your mail administrator to confirm the DNS records for your domain are correct. Refer to our guide on [managing DNS records in Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records) if you need assistance to add or edit DNS records.

## Do you have CNAME Flattening enabled?

When set to [Flatten all CNAMEs](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/) in your Cloudflare DNS settings, queries to all `CNAME` records will flatten to an `A` record; no `CNAME` records will be returned.

Also, if `CNAME` records are not returned by the queried nameserver (sometimes nameservers will return TXT records), this may result in nothing being returned when ***Flatten all CNAMEs*** is enabled. Changing to ***Flatten at the root*** should fix any issues with your CNAME records not being returned.

## Is Cloudflare Spectrum enabled on your account?

Cloudflare does not proxy traffic on port 25 (SMTP) unless [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/reference/configuration-options#smtp) is enabled and configured to proxy email traffic across Cloudflare. If you do not have Spectrum enabled, then no email traffic (SMTP) will actually pass through Cloudflare, and we will simply resolve the DNS. This also means that any DNS record used to send email traffic must be DNS-only to bypass the Cloudflare network. Check [Identifying subdomains compatible with Cloudflare's proxy](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records) for more details.

## Contact your mail provider for assistance

If your email does not work shortly after editing DNS records, contact your mail administrator or mail provider for further assistance in troubleshooting so that data about the issue can be provided to Cloudflare support.

## dc-######### subdomain

The dc-##### subdomain is added to overcome a conflict created when your `SRV` or `MX` record resolves to a domain configured to [proxy](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records) to Cloudflare.

Therefore, Cloudflare will create a `dc-#####` DNS record that resolves to the origin IP address. The `dc-#####` record ensures that traffic for your `MX` or `SRV` record is not proxied (it directly resolves to your origin IP) while the Cloudflare proxy works for all other traffic.

For example, before using Cloudflare, suppose your DNS records for mail are as follows:

`example.com MX example.com` `example.com A 192.0.2.1`

After using Cloudflare and proxying the `A` record, Cloudflare will provide DNS responses with a Cloudflare IP (`203.0.113.1` in the example below):

`example.com MX example.com` `example.com A 203.0.113.1`

Since proxying mail traffic to Cloudflare would break your mail services, Cloudflare detects this situation and creates a `dc-#####` record:

`example.com MX dc-1234abcd.example.com` `dc-1234abcd.example.com A 192.0.2.1` `example.com A 203.0.113.1`

Removing the `dc-######` record is only possible via one of these methods:

* If no mail is received for the domain, delete the `MX` record.
* If mail is received for the domain, update the `MX` record to resolve to a separate `A` record for a mail subdomain that is not proxied by Cloudflare:

`example.com MX mail.example.com` `mail.example.com A 192.0.2.1` `example.com A 203.0.113.1`

:::caution

If your mail server resides on the same IP as your web server, your MX
record will expose your origin IP address. 
:::

***

## Best practices for MX records on Cloudflare

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---

# DNS setups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/

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When using Cloudflare DNS, you have a few options for your DNS zone setup:

* [Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) (most common): Use Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider and manage your DNS records on Cloudflare.
* [Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/): Keep your primary DNS provider and only use Cloudflare's reverse proxy for individual subdomains.
* [Subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/): With your apex domain (`example.com`) on a partial or full setup, independently manage the settings for a specific subdomain (`blog.example.com`) within a separate zone and, potentially, a separate account.
* [Zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/): Use Cloudflare and another DNS provider together across your entire zone to increase availability and fault tolerance. DNS records will be transferred between providers using [AXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5936) or [IXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1995).

:::note[Note:]


If you run your own authoritative nameservers but still want to benefit from Cloudflare's global anycast network, check out [DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/).


:::

## Common use cases and availability

If you are unsure of which setup to use, consider the questions below for an overview of common use cases and their correspondence to each setup and [different pricing plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview).


<Details header="Are you on a Free or Pro plan?">

If you are on a Free or Pro plan, [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) is the only one available. This is the recommended and most common option.


</Details>


<Details header="Will you be using Cloudflare with other DNS providers?">

If you are on a Business or Enterprise plan, you can use [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) to keep your primary DNS provider and only proxy individual subdomains through Cloudflare.

If you are on an Enterprise plan, you also have the option to use [zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/) to set up Cloudflare as either a primary or a secondary DNS provider.
</Details>


<Details header="Do you need to manage subdomains separately?">

If you are on an Enterprise plan, you can use [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) to manage the Cloudflare settings for one or more subdomains separately from your domain apex.


</Details>

---

# General FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/faq/

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## Is Cloudflare a free DNS (domain nameserver) provider?

Yes. Cloudflare offers [free DNS services](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns) to customers on all plans. Note that:

1. You do not need to change your hosting provider to use Cloudflare.
2. You do not need to move away from your registrar. The only change you make with your registrar is to point the authoritative nameservers to the Cloudflare nameservers.

---

## Does Cloudflare charge for or limit DNS queries?

Cloudflare never limits or caps DNS queries, but the pricing depends on your plan level.

For customers on Free, Pro, or Business plans, Cloudflare does not charge for DNS queries.

For customers on Enterprise plans, Cloudflare uses the number of monthly DNS queries as a pricing input to generate a custom quote.

---

## Where do I change my nameservers to point to Cloudflare?

Make the change at your registrar, which is where you registered your domain. This may or may not be your hosting provider. If you don't know who your registrar is for the domain, you can find this by doing a WHOIS search. You can use [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/), for example.

:::caution

Some country code TLDs may not be supported by ICANN Lookup. If that is the case, use a different WHOIS search tool.
:::

Once you identify your registrar, follow the instructions in [change nameservers to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#update-your-nameservers).

---

## Does Cloudflare limit the number of DNS records a domain can have?

Yes. All customers have a limit on the number of DNS records they can create.

- Free: 200
- Pro: 3,500
- Business: 3,500
- Enterprise: 3,500

Free zones created before 2024-09-01 00:00:00 UTC have an increased limit of 1,000.

:::note[For more DNS records]

If you are an Enterprise customer and require more DNS records, contact your account team. Cloudflare can support millions of DNS records on a single zone.

:::


---

## Which record types can Cloudflare proxy?

Only `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records can be proxied. Cloudflare will not proxy any other [DNS record types](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).

---

## Can I CNAME a domain not on Cloudflare to a domain that is on Cloudflare?

No. If you would like to do a redirect for a site not on Cloudflare, then set up a traditional `301` or `302` redirect on your origin web server.

Redirecting non-Cloudflare sites via `CNAME` records would cause a DNS resolution error. Since Cloudflare is a reverse proxy for the domain that is on Cloudflare, the `CNAME` redirect for the domain (not on Cloudflare) would not know where to send the traffic to.

---

## Does Cloudflare support wildcard DNS entries?

Cloudflare supports wildcard '*' DNS records, both proxied and unproxied, on all plans.

---

## How long does it take for a DNS change I made to push out?

By default, any changes or additions you make to your Cloudflare zone file will take effect globally within 5 minutes, usually much less.

Depending on the Time-to-Live (TTL) set on the previous [DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/), old data may still remain cached until the TTL expires. Proxied records expire after 5 minutes ("Automatic"), but the TTL for unproxied records can be customized.

If changes to records with large TTLs are anticipated, it may make sense to reduce the TTL ahead of time so that the change takes effect as quickly as possible.

---

## Does Cloudflare offer domain masking?

No. Cloudflare does not offer domain masking or DNS redirect services (your hosting provider might). However, we do offer URL forwarding through [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/).

---

## Why can't I make ANY queries to Cloudflare DNS servers?

`ANY` queries are special and often misunderstood. They are usually used to get all record types available on a DNS name, but what they return is just any type in the cache of recursive resolvers. This can cause confusion when they are used for debugging.

Because of Cloudflare's many advanced DNS features like CNAME flattening, it can be complex and even impossible to give correct answers to `ANY` queries. For example, when DNS records dynamically come and go or are stored remotely, it can be taxing or even impossible to get all the results at the same time.

`ANY` is rarely used in production, but is often used in DNS reflection attacks, taking advantage of the lengthy answer returned by `ANY`.

Instead of using `ANY` queries to list records, Cloudflare customers can get a better overview of their DNS records by logging in and checking their DNS app settings.

The decision to block `ANY` queries was implemented for all Authoritative DNS customers in September 2015, and does not affect DNS Firewall customers.

Read [Deprecating the DNS ANY meta-query type](https://blog.cloudflare.com/deprecating-dns-any-meta-query-type/) on the Cloudflare blog.

---

## Why do I have to remove my `DS` record when signing up for Cloudflare?

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For more help, refer to [Enabling DNSSEC in Cloudflare](/dns/dnssec/).

---

## What happens when I remove the `DS` record?

When you remove your DS record, an invalidation process begins which results in the unsigning of your domain’s DNS records. This will allow your authoritative nameservers to be changed. If you are an existing customer, this will not affect your ability to use Cloudflare. New customers will need to complete this step before Cloudflare can be used successfully.

---

## Does Cloudflare support EDNS0 (extension mechanisms for DNS)?

Yes, Cloudflare DNS supports EDNS0. EDNS0 is enabled for all Cloudflare customers. It is a building block for modern DNS implementations that adds support for signaling if the DNS Resolver (recursive DNS provider) supports larger message sizes and DNSSEC.

EDNS0 is the first approved set of mechanisms for [DNS extensions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension_mechanisms_for_DNS), originally published as [RFC 2671](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2671).

---

## What should I do if I change my server IP address or hosting provider?

After switching hosting providers or server IP addresses, update the IP addresses in your Cloudflare **DNS** app. Your new hosting provider will provide the new IP addresses that your DNS should use.  To modify DNS record content in the **DNS** app, click on the IP address, and enter the new IP address.

---

## Where can I find my Cloudflare nameservers?

Under the **DNS** app of your Cloudflare account, review the **Cloudflare Nameservers**.

The IP address associated with a specific Cloudflare nameserver can be retrieved via a dig command or a third-party DNS lookup tool hosted online such as [whatsmydns.net](https://www.whatsmydns.net/):

```sh
dig kate.ns.cloudflare.com
```

```sh output
kate.ns.cloudflare.com.    68675    IN    A    173.245.58.124.
```

---

## Why are Cloudflare's A or AAAA records / IP addresses for my domain's DNS responses appearing?

For DNS records proxied to Cloudflare, Cloudflare's IP addresses are returned in DNS queries instead of your original server IP address. This allows Cloudflare to optimize, cache, and protect all requests for your website.

---

## Can subdomains be added directly to Cloudflare?

Only Enterprise customers can add subdomains directly to Cloudflare via [Subdomain Support](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/).

---

## 403 Authentication error when creating DNS records using Terraform

**Problem Description**

`Error: failed to create DNS record: HTTP status 403: Authentication error (10000)` is returned when using Terraform with Cloudflare API.

**Root Cause**

Error seems to be misleading, as the error was found to be in customer code syntax, specifically: zone_id = data.cloudflare_zones.example_com.id

**Solution**

Make sure the argument `zone_id = data.cloudflare_zones.example_com.zones[0].id`. A more detailed use case can be found in [this](https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare/issues/913) GitHub thread.

---

## Why am I getting hundreds of random DNS records after adding my domain?

This can happen when you had a wildcard `*` record configured at your previous authoritative DNS, and for some reason the wildcard record wasn't detected. You can remove these records in bulk [using the API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/delete/).

Alternatively, you can also:

1. [Remove your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/) from Cloudflare.
2. Delete the wildcard record from your authoritative DNS.
3. [Re-add](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) the domain.

---

## What IP should I use for parked domain / redirect-only / originless setup?

In the case a placeholder address is needed for “originless” setups, use the IPv6 reserved address `100::` or the IPv4 reserved address `192.0.2.0` in your Cloudflare DNS to create a [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) that can use Cloudflare [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/), [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/), or [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

---

## Why are DNS queries returning incorrect results?

Third-party tools can sometimes fail to return correct DNS results if a recursive DNS cache fails to refresh. In this circumstance, purge your public DNS cache via these methods:

- [Purging your DNS cache at OpenDNS](http://www.opendns.com/support/cache/)
- [Purging your DNS cache at Google](https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache)
- [Purging your DNS cache locally](https://docs.cpanel.net/knowledge-base/dns/how-to-clear-your-dns-cache/)

---

## Why have I received an email: Your Name Servers have Changed?

For domains where Cloudflare hosts the DNS, Cloudflare continuously checks whether the domain uses Cloudflare’s nameservers for DNS resolution. If Cloudflare's nameservers are not used, the [domain status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) is updated from *Active* to *Moved* in the Cloudflare **Overview** app and an email is sent to the customer.

This is important because, if a domain is in a _Moved_ state for a [long enough period of time](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/), it will be deleted from Cloudflare.

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---

## How to configure records on local DNS servers?

You can create CNAME records pointing to `cdn.cloudflare.net` in your local DNS to locally resolve hostnames through Cloudflare.
For example, if you need to resolve `example.com` through Cloudflare in your local DNS server, you need to create a CNAME record such as:

```txt
example.com CNAME example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
```

---

## Why am I getting a warning for hostname not covered even if I have a custom certificate?

If the [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) has been in place before our new certificate management pipeline, the following warning is displayed but can be discarded.

`This hostname is not covered by a certificate.`

The warning will be gone when you upload a new custom certificate, or start using another type of certificate for this hostname.

---

# Zone removal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/removal/

If domains on Free zones remain in the [Pending](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/#pending) or [Moved](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/#moved) status for too long, Cloudflare automatically removes them from your account and the Cloudflare network. Refer to [zone statuses](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) for more details.

You can also [manually remove a domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/) from Cloudflare.

If you need to re-add a domain to your account, follow the [regular onboarding flow](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

:::caution[Purged zones]


By default, your zone will be automatically purged seven days after the removal. In this case, even if you re-add the domain to the same Cloudflare account, none of the zone settings are expected to be restored. Refer to [zone statuses](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) for more details.


:::

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/troubleshooting/

import { TroubleshootingList } from "~/components"

The following topics are useful for troubleshooting DNS issues.

<TroubleshootingList />

---

# Manage content

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Almost more important than creating content, you need to figure out smart ways to manage that content.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Alarms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/alarms/

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## Background

Durable Objects alarms allow you to schedule the Durable Object to be woken up at a time in the future. When the alarm's scheduled time comes, the `alarm()` handler method will be called. Alarms are modified using the <GlossaryTooltip term="Storage API">Storage API</GlossaryTooltip>, and alarm operations follow the same rules as other storage operations.

Notably:

- Each Durable Object is able to schedule a single alarm at a time by calling `setAlarm()`.
- Alarms have guaranteed at-least-once execution and are retried automatically when the `alarm()` handler throws.
- Retries are performed using exponential backoff starting at a 2 second delay from the first failure with up to 6 retries allowed.

:::note[How are alarms different from Cron Triggers?]

Alarms are more fine grained than [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/). A Worker can have up to three Cron Triggers configured at once, but it can have an unlimited amount of Durable Objects, each of which can have an alarm set.

Alarms are directly scheduled from within your Durable Object. Cron Triggers, on the other hand, are not programmatic. [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) execute based on their schedules, which have to be configured through the Cloudflare dashboard or API.

:::

Alarms can be used to build distributed primitives, like queues or batching of work atop Durable Objects. Alarms also provide a mechanism to guarantee that operations within a Durable Object will complete without relying on incoming requests to keep the Durable Object alive. For a complete example, refer to [Use the Alarms API](/durable-objects/examples/alarms-api/).

## Storage methods

### `getAlarm`

- <code>getAlarm()</code>: <Type text="number | null" />

  - If there is an alarm set, then return the currently set alarm time as the number of milliseconds elapsed since the UNIX epoch. Otherwise, return `null`.

### `setAlarm`

- <code>{" "}setAlarm(scheduledTimeMs <Type text="number" />)</code>
  : <Type text="void" />

  - Set the time for the alarm to run. Specify the time as the number of milliseconds elapsed since the UNIX epoch.

### `deleteAlarm`

- `deleteAlarm()`: <Type text='void' />

  - Unset the alarm if there is a currently set alarm.

  - Calling `deleteAlarm()` inside the `alarm()` handler may prevent retries on a best-effort basis, but is not guaranteed.

## Handler methods

### `alarm`

- <code>alarm(`alarmInfo`<Type text="Object"/>)</code>`: <Type text='void' />

  - Called by the system when a scheduled alarm time is reached.

  - The optional parameter `alarmInfo` object has two properties:
    - `retryCount` <Type text="number"/>: The number of times this alarm event has been retried.
    - `isRetry` <Type text="boolean"/>: A boolean value to indicate if the alarm has been retried. This value is `true` if this alarm event is a retry.

  - The `alarm()` handler has guaranteed at-least-once execution and will be retried upon failure using exponential backoff, starting at 2 second delays for up to 6 retries. Retries will be performed if the method fails with an uncaught exception.

  - This method can be `async`.

## Example

This example shows how to both set alarms with the `setAlarm(timestamp)` method and handle alarms with the `alarm()` handler within your Durable Object.

- The `alarm()` handler will be called once every time an alarm fires.
- If an unexpected error terminates the Durable Object, the `alarm()` handler may be re-instantiated on another machine.
- Following a short delay, the `alarm()` handler will run from the beginning on the other machine.

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		let id = env.ALARM_EXAMPLE.idFromName("foo");
		return await env.ALARM_EXAMPLE.get(id).fetch(request);
	},
};

const SECONDS = 1000;

export class AlarmExample extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx, env) {
		this.ctx = ctx;
		this.storage = ctx.storage;
	}
	async fetch(request) {
		// If there is no alarm currently set, set one for 10 seconds from now
		let currentAlarm = await this.storage.getAlarm();
		if (currentAlarm == null) {
			this.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + 10 * SECONDS);
		}
	}
	async alarm() {
		// The alarm handler will be invoked whenever an alarm fires.
		// You can use this to do work, read from the Storage API, make HTTP calls
		// and set future alarms to run using this.storage.setAlarm() from within this handler.
	}
}
```

The following example shows how to use the `alarmInfo` property to identify if the alarm event has been attempted before.

```js
class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  async alarm(alarmInfo) {
    if (alarmInfo?.retryCount != 0) {
      console.log("This alarm event has been attempted ${alarmInfo?.retryCount} times before.");
    }
  }
}
```

## Related resources

- Understand how to [use the Alarms API](/durable-objects/examples/alarms-api/) in an end-to-end example.
- Read the [Durable Objects alarms announcement blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-alarms/).
- Review the [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) documentation for Durable Objects.

---

# Durable Object Base Class

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/base/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip, Type, MetaInfo, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

The `DurableObject` base class is an abstract class which all Durable Objects inherit from. This base class provides a set of optional methods, frequently referred to as handler methods, which can respond to events, for example a webSocketMessage when using the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api). To provide a concrete example, here is a Durable Object `MyDurableObject` which extends `DurableObject` and implements the fetch handler to return "Hello, World!" to the calling Worker.

<TypeScriptExample>
```ts
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

	async fetch(request: Request) {
		return new Response("Hello, World!");
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

## Methods

### `fetch`

- <code>fetch(<Type text="Request"/>)</code>: <Type text="Response"/> | <Type text="Promise <Response>"/>

  - Takes an HTTP request object and returns an HTTP response object. This method allows the Durable Object to emulate an HTTP server where a Worker with a binding to that object is the client.

  - This method can be `async`.

### `alarm`

- <code>alarm(`alarmInfo`<Type text="Object"/>)</code>: <Type text="Promise <void>"/>

  - Called by the system when a scheduled alarm time is reached.

  - The optional parameter `alarmInfo` object has two properties:
    - `retryCount` <Type text="number"/>: The number of times this alarm event has been retried.
    - `isRetry` <Type text="boolean"/>: A boolean value to indicate if the alarm has been retried. This value is `true` if this alarm event is a retry.

  - The `alarm()` handler has guaranteed at-least-once execution and will be retried upon failure using exponential backoff, starting at two second delays for up to six retries. Retries will be performed if the method fails with an uncaught exception.

  - This method can be `async`.

  - Refer to [`alarm`](/durable-objects/api/alarms/#alarm) for more information.

### `webSocketMessage`

- <code> webSocketMessage(ws <Type text="WebSocket" />, message{" "} <Type text="string | ArrayBuffer" />)</code>: <Type text="void" />

  - Called by the system when an accepted WebSocket receives a message.

  - This method can be `async`.

  - This method is not called for WebSocket control frames. The system will respond to an incoming [WebSocket protocol ping](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6455#section-5.5.2) automatically without interrupting hibernation.

### `webSocketClose`

- <code> webSocketClose(ws <Type text="WebSocket" />, code <Type text="number" />, reason <Type text="string" />, wasClean <Type text="boolean" />)</code>: <Type text="void" />

  - Called by the system when a WebSocket is closed. `wasClean()` is true if the connection closed cleanly, false otherwise.

  - This method can be `async`.

### `webSocketError`

- <code> webSocketError(ws <Type text="WebSocket" />, error <Type text="any" />)</code> : <Type text="void" />

  - Called by the system when any non-disconnection related errors occur.

  - This method can be `async`.

## Properties

### `DurableObjectState`

See [`DurableObjectState` documentation](/durable-objects/api/state/).

### `Env`

A list of bindings which are available to the Durable Object.

## Related resources

- Refer to [Use WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/) for more information on examples of WebSocket methods and best practices.

---

# Durable Object ID

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/id/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Description

A Durable Object ID is a 64-digit hexadecimal number used to identify a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip>. Not all 64-digit hex numbers are valid IDs. Durable Object IDs are constructed indirectly via the [`DurableObjectNamespace`](/durable-objects/api/namespace) interface.

The `DurableObjectId` interface refers to a new or existing Durable Object. This interface is most frequently used by [`DurableObjectNamespace::get`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#get) to obtain a [`DurableObjectStub`](/durable-objects/api/stub) for submitting requests to a Durable Object. Note that creating an ID for a Durable Object does not create the Durable Object. The Durable Object is created lazily after creating a stub from a `DurableObjectId`. This ensures that objects are not constructed until they are actually accessed.

:::note[Logging]

If you are experiencing an issue with a particular Durable Object, you may wish to log the `DurableObjectId` from your Worker and include it in your Cloudflare support request.

:::

## Methods

### `toString`

`toString` converts a `DurableObjectId` to a 64 digit hex string. This string is useful for logging purposes or storing the `DurableObjectId` elsewhere, for example, in a session cookie. This string can be used to reconstruct a `DurableObjectId` via `DurableObjectNamespace::idFromString`.

<Render file="example-id-from-string" />

#### Parameters

- None.

#### Return values

- A 64 digit hex string.

### `equals`

`equals` is used to compare equality between two instances of `DurableObjectId`.

```js
const id1 = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const id2 = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
console.assert(!id1.equals(id2), "Different unique ids should never be equal.");
```

#### Parameters

- A required `DurableObjectId` to compare against.

#### Return values

- A boolean. True if equal and false otherwise.

## Properties

### `name`

`name` is an optional property of a `DurableObjectId`, which returns the name that was used to create the `DurableObjectId` via [`DurableObjectNamespace::idFromName`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#idfromname). This value is undefined if the `DurableObjectId` was constructed using [`DurableObjectNamespace::newUniqueId`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#newuniqueid).

```js
const uniqueId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const fromNameId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");
console.assert(uniqueId.name === undefined, "unique ids have no name");
console.assert(
	fromNameId.name === "foo",
	"name matches parameter to idFromName",
);
```

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct – Choose Three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

---

# Workers Binding API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Durable Object Namespace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/namespace/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Description

A Durable Object namespace is a set of Durable Objects that are backed by the same <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip>. There is only one Durable Object namespace per class. A Durable Object namespace can contain any number of Durable Objects.

The `DurableObjectNamespace` interface is used to obtain a reference to new or existing Durable Objects. The interface is accessible from the fetch handler on a Cloudflare Worker via the `env` parameter, which is the standard interface when referencing bindings declared in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

This interface defines several [methods](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#methods) that can be used to create an ID for a Durable Object. Note that creating an ID for a Durable Object does not create the Durable Object. The Durable Object is created lazily after calling [`DurableObjectNamespace::get`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#get) to create a [`DurableObjectStub`](/durable-objects/api/stub) from a `DurableObjectId`. This ensures that objects are not constructed until they are actually accessed.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  ...
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    // Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
    const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

    // A stub is a client Object used to invoke methods defined by the Durable Object
    const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);
    ...
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<MyDurableObject>;
}

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  ...
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    // Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
    const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

    // A stub is a client Object used to invoke methods defined by the Durable Object
    const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);
    ...
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Methods

### `idFromName`

`idFromName` creates a unique [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) which refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class. Named Durable Objects are the most common method of referring to Durable Objects.

```js
const fooId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");
const barId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("bar");
```

#### Parameters

- A required string to be used to generate a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) corresponding to the name of a Durable Object.

#### Return values

- A [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) referring to an instance of a Durable Object class.

### `newUniqueId`

`newUniqueId` creates a randomly generated and unique [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) which refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class. IDs created using `newUniqueId`, will need to be stored as a string in order to refer to the same Durable Object again in the future. For example, the ID can be stored in Workers KV, another Durable Object, or in a cookie in the user's browser.

```js
const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const euId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId({ jurisdiction: "eu" });
```

:::note[`newUniqueId` results in lower request latency at first use]

The first time you get a Durable Object stub based on an ID derived from a name, the system has to take into account the possibility that a Worker on the opposite side of the world could have coincidentally accessed the same named Durable Object at the same time. To guarantee that only one instance of the Durable Object is created, the system must check that the Durable Object has not been created anywhere else. Due to the inherent limit of the speed of light, this round-the-world check can take up to a few hundred milliseconds. `newUniqueId` can skip this check.

After this first use, the location of the Durable Object will be cached around the world so that subsequent lookups are faster.

:::

#### Parameters

- An optional object with the key `jurisdiction` and value of a [jurisdiction](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#restrict-durable-objects-to-a-jurisdiction) string.

#### Return values

- A [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) referring to an instance of the Durable Object class.

### `idFromString`

`idFromString` creates a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) from a previously generated ID that has been converted to a string. This method throws an exception if the ID is invalid, for example, if the ID was not created from the same `DurableObjectNamespace`.

<Render file="example-id-from-string" />

#### Parameters

- A required string corresponding to a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) previously generated either by `newUniqueId` or `idFromName`.

#### Return values

- A [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) referring to an instance of a Durable Object class.

### `get`

`get` obtains a [`DurableObjectStub`](/durable-objects/api/stub) from a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) which can be used to invoke methods on a Durable Object.

This method returns the <GlossaryTooltip term="stub">stub</GlossaryTooltip> immediately, often before a connection has been established to the Durable Object. This allows requests to be sent to the instance right away, without waiting for a network round trip.

```js
const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);
```

#### Parameters

- A required [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id)
- An optional object with the key `locationHint` and value of a [locationHint](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#provide-a-location-hint) string.

#### Return values

- A [`DurableObjectStub`](/durable-objects/api/stub) referring to an instance of a Durable Object class.

### `jurisdiction`

`jurisdiction` creates a subnamespace from a namespace where all Durable Object IDs and references created from that subnamespace will be restricted to the specified [jurisdiction](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#restrict-durable-objects-to-a-jurisdiction).

```js
const subnamespace = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.jurisdiction("foo");
const euId = subnamespace.idFromName("foo");
```

#### Parameters

- A required [jurisdiction](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#restrict-durable-objects-to-a-jurisdiction) string.

#### Return values

- A `DurableObjectNamespace` scoped to a particular geographic jurisdiction.

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct – Choose Three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

---

# SQL Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The `SqlStorage` interface encapsulates methods that modify the SQLite database embedded within a Durable Object. The `SqlStorage` interface is accessible via the `sql` property of `DurableObjectStorage` class.

For example, using `sql.exec()`, a user can create a table, then insert rows into the table.

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  sql: SqlStorage;
  constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    super(ctx, env);
    this.sql = ctx.storage.sql;

    this.sql.exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS artist(
      artistid    INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
      artistname  TEXT
    );INSERT INTO artist (artistid, artistname) VALUES
      (123, 'Alice'),
      (456, 'Bob'),
      (789, 'Charlie');`
    );
  }
}
```

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]
SQL API methods accessed with `ctx.storage.sql` are only allowed on [Durable Object classes with SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/#enable-sqlite-storage-backend-on-new-durable-object-class-migration) and will return an error if called on Durable Object classes with a key-value storage backend.
:::

:::note[Writing to indexes or virtual tables]
When writing data, every index counts as an additional row. However, indexes may be beneficial for read-heavy use cases. Refer to [Index for SQLite Durable Objects](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#index-for-sqlite-durable-objects).

Writing data to [SQLite virtual tables](https://www.sqlite.org/vtab.html) also counts towards rows written.
:::

Specifically for Durable Object classes with SQLite storage backend, KV operations which were previously asynchronous (for example, [`get`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#get), [`put`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#put), [`delete`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#delete), [`deleteAll`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#deleteall), [`list`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#list)) are synchronous, even though they return promises. These methods will have completed their operations before they return the promise.

## Methods

### `exec`

<code>exec(query: <Type text='string'/>, ...bindings: <Type text='any[]'/>)</code>: <Type text='SqlStorageCursor' />

#### Parameters

* `query`: <Type text ='string' />
  * The SQL query string to be executed. `query` can contain `?` placeholders for parameter bindings. Multiple SQL statements, separated with a semicolon, can be executed in the `query`. With multiple SQL statements, any parameter bindings are applied to the last SQL statement in the `query`, and the returned cursor is only for the last SQL statement.
* `...bindings`: <Type text='any[]' /> <MetaInfo text='Optional' />
  * Optional variable number of arguments that correspond to the `?` placeholders in `query`.

#### Returns

A cursor (`SqlStorageCursor`) to iterate over query row results as objects. `SqlStorageCursor` is a JavaScript [Iterable](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols#the_iterable_protocol), which supports iteration using `for (let row of cursor)`. `SqlStorageCursor` is also a JavaScript [Iterator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols#the_iterator_protocol), which supports iteration using `cursor.next()`.

`SqlStorageCursor` supports the following methods:

* `next()`
  * Returns an object representing the next value of the cursor. The returned object has `done` and `value` properties adhering to the JavaScript [Iterator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols#the_iterator_protocol). `done` is set to `false` when a next value is present, and `value` is set to the next row object in the query result. `done` is set to `true` when the entire cursor is consumed, and no `value` is set.
* `toArray()`
  * Iterates through remaining cursor value(s) and returns an array of returned row objects.
* `one()`
  * Returns a row object if query result has exactly one row. If query result has zero rows or more than one row, `one()` throws an exception.
* `raw()`: <Type text='Iterator' />
  * Returns an Iterator over the same query results, with each row as an array of column values (with no column names) rather than an object.
  * Returned Iterator supports `next()`, `toArray()`, and `one()` methods above.
  * Returned cursor and `raw()` iterator iterate over the same query results and can be combined. For example:

```ts
let cursor = this.sql.exec("SELECT * FROM artist ORDER BY artistname ASC;");
let rawResult = cursor.raw().next();

if (!rawResult.done) {
  console.log(rawResult.value); // prints [ 123, 'Alice' ]
} else {
  // query returned zero results
}

console.log(cursor.toArray()); // prints [{ artistid: 456, artistname: 'Bob' },{ artistid: 789, artistname: 'Charlie' }]
```

`SqlStorageCursor` had the following properties:

* `columnNames`: <Type text='string[]' />
  * The column names of the query in the order they appear in each row array returned by the `raw` iterator.
*  `rowsRead`: <Type text='number' />
  * The number of rows read so far as part of this SQL `query`. This may increase as you iterate the cursor. The final value is used for [SQL billing](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/#sqlite-storage-backend).
*  `rowsWritten`: <Type text='number' />
  * The number of rows written so far as part of this SQL `query`. This may increase as you iterate the cursor. The final value is used for [SQL billing](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/#sqlite-storage-backend).

Note that `sql.exec()` cannot execute transaction-related statements like `BEGIN TRANSACTION` or `SAVEPOINT`. Instead, use the [`ctx.storage.transaction()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#transaction) or [`ctx.storage.transactionSync()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#transactionsync) APIs to start a transaction, and then execute SQL queries in your callback.

#### Examples

<Render file="durable-objects-sql" />

### `databaseSize`

`databaseSize`: <Type text ='number' />

#### Returns

The current SQLite database size in bytes.

```ts
let size = ctx.storage.sql.databaseSize;
```

## Point in time recovery

For [Durable Objects classes with SQL storage](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/#enable-sqlite-storage-backend-on-new-durable-object-class-migration), the following point-in-time-recovery (PITR) API methods are available to restore a Durable Object's embedded SQLite database to any point in time in the past 30 days. These methods apply to the entire SQLite database contents, including both the object's stored SQL data and stored key-value data using the key-value `put()` API. The PITR API is not supported in local development because a durable log of data changes is not stored locally.

The PITR API represents points in times using 'bookmarks'. A bookmark is a mostly alphanumeric string like `0000007b-0000b26e-00001538-0c3e87bb37b3db5cc52eedb93cd3b96b`. Bookmarks are designed to be lexically comparable: a bookmark representing an earlier point in time compares less than one representing a later point, using regular string comparison.

### `getCurrentBookmark`

<code>ctx.storage.getCurrentBookmark()</code>: <Type text='Promise<string>' />

* Returns a bookmark representing the current point in time in the object's history.

### `getBookmarkForTime`

<code>ctx.storage.getBookmarkForTime(timestamp: <Type text='number | Date'/>)</code>: <Type text='Promise<string>' />

* Returns a bookmark representing approximately the given point in time, which must be within the last 30 days. If the timestamp is represented as a number, it is converted to a date as if using `new Date(timestamp)`.

### `onNextSessionRestoreBookmark`

<code>ctx.storage.onNextSessionRestoreBookmark(bookmark: <Type text='string'/>)</code>: <Type text='Promise<string>' />

  * Configures the Durable Object so that the next time it restarts, it should restore its storage to exactly match what the storage contained at the given bookmark. After calling this, the application should typically invoke `ctx.abort()` to restart the Durable Object, thus completing the point-in-time recovery.

This method returns a special bookmark representing the point in time immediately before the recovery takes place (even though that point in time is still technically in the future). Thus, after the recovery completes, it can be undone by performing a second recovery to this bookmark.


```ts
let now = new Date();
// restore to 2 days ago
let bookmark = ctx.storage.getBookmarkForTime(now - 2);
ctx.storage.onNextSessionRestoreBookmark(bookmark);
```

## TypeScript and query results

You can use TypeScript [type parameters](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html#working-with-generic-type-variables) to provide a type for your results, allowing you to benefit from type hints and checks when iterating over the results of a query.

:::caution

Providing a type parameter does _not_ validate that the query result matches your type definition. In TypeScript, properties (fields) that do not exist in your result type will be silently dropped.

:::

Your type must conform to the shape of a TypeScript [Record](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/utility-types.html#recordkeys-type) type representing the name (`string`) of the column and the type of the column. The column type must be a valid `SqlStorageValue`: one of `ArrayBuffer | string | number | null`.

For example, 

```ts
type User = {
	id: string;
	name: string;
	email_address: string;
	version: number;
}
```

This type can then be passed as the type parameter to a `sql.exec` call:

```ts
// The type parameter is passed between the "pointy brackets" before the function argument:
const result = this.ctx.storage.sql.exec<User>("SELECT id, name, email_address, version FROM users WHERE id = ?", [user_id]).one()
// result will now have a type of "User"

// Alternatively, if you are iterating over results using a cursor
let cursor = this.sql.exec<User>("SELECT id, name, email_address, version FROM users WHERE id = ?", [user_id])
for (let row of cursor) {
	// Each row object will be of type User
}

// Or, if you are using raw() to convert results into an array, define an array type:
type UserRow = [
  id: string,
  name: string,
  email_address: string,
  version: number,
];

// ... and then pass it as the type argument to the raw() method:
let cursor = sql.exec("SELECT id, name, email_address, version FROM users WHERE id = ?", [user_id]).raw<UserRow>();

for (let row of cursor) {
	// row is of type User
}
```

You can represent the shape of any result type you wish, including more complex types. If you are performing a JOIN across multiple tables, you can compose a type that reflects the results of your queries.

---

# Durable Object State

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/state/

import { Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip, Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

## Description

The `DurableObjectState` interface is accessible as an instance property on the <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip>. This interface encapsulates methods that modify the state of a Durable Object, for example which WebSockets are attached to a Durable Object or how the runtime should handle concurrent Durable Object requests.

The `DurableObjectState` interface is different from the <GlossaryTooltip term="Storage API">Storage API</GlossaryTooltip> in that it does not have top-level methods which manipulate persistent application data. These methods are instead encapsulated in the [`DurableObjectStorage`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api) interface and accessed by [`DurableObjectState::storage`](/durable-objects/api/state/#storage).

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  // DurableObjectState is accessible via the ctx instance property
	constructor(ctx, env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}
  ...
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<MyDurableObject>;
}

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  // DurableObjectState is accessible via the ctx instance property
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}
  ...
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Methods

### `waitUntil`

`waitUntil` waits until the promise which is passed as a parameter resolves and can extends an <GlossaryTooltip term= "event context">event context</GlossaryTooltip> up to 30 seconds after the last client disconnects.

:::note[`waitUntil` is not necessary]

The event context for a Durable Objects extends at least 60 seconds after the last client disconnects. So `waitUntil` is not necessary. It remains part of the `DurableObjectState` interface to remain compatible with [Workers Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil).

:::

#### Parameters

- A required promise of any type.

#### Return values

- None.

### `blockConcurrencyWhile`

`blockConcurrencyWhile` executes an async callback while blocking any other events from being delivered to the Durable Object until the callback completes. This method guarantees ordering and prevents concurrent requests. All events that were not explicitly initiated as part of the callback itself will be blocked. Once the callback completes, all other events will be delivered.

`blockConcurrencyWhile` is commonly used within the constructor of the Durable Object class to enforce initialization to occur before any requests are delivered. Another use case is executing `async` operations based on the current state of the Durable Object and using `blockConcurrencyWhile` to prevent that state from changing while yielding the event loop.

If the callback throws an exception, the object will be terminated and reset. This ensures that the object cannot be left stuck in an uninitialized state if something fails unexpectedly. To avoid this behavior, enclose the body of your callback in a `try...catch` block to ensure it cannot throw an exception.

To help mitigate deadlocks there is a 30 second timeout applied when executing the callback. If this timeout is exceeded, the Durable Object will be reset. It is best practice to have the callback do as little work as possible to improve overall request throughput to the Durable Object.

```js
// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	initialized = false;

	constructor(ctx, env) {
		super(ctx, env);

		// blockConcurrencyWhile will ensure that initialized will always be true
		this.ctx.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
			this.initialized = true;
		});
	}
  ...
}
```

#### Parameters

- A required callback which returns a `Promise<T>`.

#### Return values

- A `Promise<T>` returned by the callback.

### `acceptWebSocket`

`acceptWebSocket` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`acceptWebSocket` adds a WebSocket to the set of WebSockets attached to the Durable Object. Once called, any incoming messages will be delivered by calling the Durable Object's `webSocketMessage` handler, and `webSocketClose` will be invoked upon disconnect. After calling `acceptWebSocket`, the WebSocket is accepted and its `send` and `close` methods can be used.

The [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api) takes the place of the standard [WebSockets API](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/). Therefore, `ws.accept` must not have been called separately and `ws.addEventListener` method will not receive events as they will instead be delivered to the Durable Object.

The WebSocket Hibernation API permits a maximum of 32,768 WebSocket connections per Durable Object, but the CPU and memory usage of a given workload may further limit the practical number of simultaneous connections.

#### Parameters

- A required `WebSocket` with name `ws`.
- An optional `Array<string>` of associated tags. Tags can be used to retrieve WebSockets via [`DurableObjectState::getWebSockets`](/durable-objects/api/state/#getwebsockets). Each tag is a maximum of 256 characters and there can be at most 10 tags associated with a WebSocket.

#### Return values

- None.

### `getWebSockets`

`getWebSockets` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`getWebSockets` returns an `Array<WebSocket>` which is the set of WebSockets attached to the Durable Object. An optional tag argument can be used to filter the list according to tags supplied when calling [`DurableObjectState::acceptWebSocket`](/durable-objects/api/state/#acceptwebsocket).

:::note[`waitUntil` is not necessary]

Disconnected WebSockets are not returned by this method, but `getWebSockets` may still return WebSockets even after `ws.close` has been called. For example, if the server-side WebSocket sends a close, but does not receive one back (and has not detected a disconnect from the client), then the connection is in the CLOSING 'readyState'. The client might send more messages, so the WebSocket is technically not disconnected.

:::

#### Parameters

- An optional tag of type `string`.

#### Return values

- An `Array<WebSocket>`.

### `setWebSocketAutoResponse`

`setWebSocketAutoResponse` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`setWebSocketAutoResponse` sets an automatic response, auto-response, for the request provided for all WebSockets attached to the Durable Object. If a request is received matching the provided request then the auto-response will be returned without waking WebSockets in hibernation and incurring billable duration charges.

`setWebSocketAutoResponse` is a common alternative to setting up a server for static ping/pong messages because this can be handled without waking hibernating WebSockets.

#### Parameters

- An optional `WebSocketRequestResponsePair(request string, response string)` enabling any WebSocket accepted via [`DurableObjectState::acceptWebSocket`](/durable-objects/api/state/#acceptwebsocket) to automatically reply to the provided response when it receives the provided request. Both request and response are limited to 2,048 characters each. If the parameter is omitted, any previously set auto-response configuration will be removed. [`DurableObjectState::getWebSocketAutoResponseTimestamp`](/durable-objects/api/state/#getwebsocketautoresponsetimestamp) will still reflect the last timestamp that an auto-response was sent.

#### Return values

- None.

### `getWebSocketAutoResponse`

`getWebSocketAutoResponse` returns the `WebSocketRequestResponsePair` object last set by [`DurableObjectState::setWebSocketAutoResponse`](/durable-objects/api/state/#setwebsocketautoresponse), or null if not auto-response has been set.

:::note[inspect `WebSocketRequestResponsePair`]

`WebSocketRequestResponsePair` can be inspected further by calling `getRequest` and `getResponse` methods.

:::

#### Parameters

- None.

#### Return values

- A `WebSocketRequestResponsePair` or null.

### `getWebSocketAutoResponseTimestamp`

`getWebSocketAutoResponseTimestamp` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`getWebSocketAutoResponseTimestamp` gets the most recent `Date` on which the given WebSocket sent an auto-response, or null if the given WebSocket never sent an auto-response.

#### Parameters

- A required `WebSocket`.

#### Return values

- A `Date` or null.

### `setHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout`

`setHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`setHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout` sets the maximum amount of time in milliseconds that a WebSocket event can run for.

If no parameter or a parameter of `0` is provided and a timeout has been previously set, then the timeout will be unset. The maximum value of timeout is 604,800,000 ms (7 days).

#### Parameters

- An optional `number`.

#### Return values

- None.

### `getHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout`

`getHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`getHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout` gets the currently set hibernatable WebSocket event timeout if one has been set via [`DurableObjectState::setHibernatableWebSocketEventTimeout`](/durable-objects/api/state/#sethibernatablewebsocketeventtimeout).

#### Parameters

- None.

#### Return values

- A number, or null if the timeout has not been set.

### `getTags`

`getTags` is part of the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), which allows a Durable Object to be removed from memory to save costs while keeping its WebSockets connected.

`getTags` returns tags associated with a given WebSocket. This method throws an exception if the WebSocket has not been associated with the Durable Object via [`DurableObjectState::acceptWebSocket`](/durable-objects/api/state/#acceptwebsocket).

#### Parameters

- A required `WebSocket`.

#### Return values

- An `Array<string>` of tags.

### `abort`

`abort` is used to forcibly reset a Durable Object. A JavaScript `Error` with the message passed as a parameter will be logged. This error is not able to be caught within the application code.

```js
// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

  async sayHello() {
    // Error: Hello, World! will be logged
    this.ctx.abort("Hello, World!");
  }
}
```

:::caution[Not available in local development]

`abort` is not available in local development with the `wrangler dev` CLI command.

:::

#### Parameters

- An optional `string` .

#### Return values

- None.

## Properties

### `id`

`id` is a readonly property of type `DurableObjectId` corresponding to the [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) of the Durable Object.

### `storage`

`storage` is a readonly property of type `DurableObjectStorage` encapsulating the [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api).

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct – Choose Three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

---

# Durable Object Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/storage-api/

import {
	Render,
	Type,
	MetaInfo,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	TypeScriptExample,
} from "~/components";

The Durable Object Storage API allows <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> to access transactional and strongly consistent storage. A Durable Object's attached storage is private to its unique instance and cannot be accessed by other objects.

:::note[Scope of Durable Object storage]
Note that Durable Object storage is scoped by individual <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip>.

- An account can have many Durable Object <GlossaryTooltip term="namespace">namespaces</GlossaryTooltip>.
- A namespace can have many Durable Objects.

However, storage is scoped per individual Durable Object.
:::

Durable Objects gain access to a persistent Durable Object Storage API via the `DurableObjectStorage` interface and accessed by the `DurableObjectState::storage` property. This is frequently accessed via `this.ctx.storage` when the `ctx` parameter passed to the Durable Object constructor.

JavaScript is a single-threaded and event-driven programming language. This means that JavaScript runtimes, by default, allow requests to interleave with each other which can lead to concurrency bugs. The Durable Objects runtime uses a combination of <GlossaryTooltip term="input gate">input gates</GlossaryTooltip> and <GlossaryTooltip term="output gate">output gates</GlossaryTooltip> to avoid this type of concurrency bug when performing storage operations.

The following code snippet shows you how to store and retrieve data using the Durable Object Storage API.

<TypeScriptExample>
```ts
export class Counter extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

    async increment(): Promise<number> {
    	let value: number = (await this.ctx.storage.get('value')) || 0;
    	value += 1;
    	await this.ctx.storage.put('value', value);
    	return value;
    }

}

```
</TypeScriptExample>

## Methods

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can [opt-in to a SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) to access the new [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec). Otherwise, a Durable Object class has a key-value storage backend.

:::

The Durable Object Storage API comes with several methods, including key-value (KV) API, SQL API, and point-in-time-recovery (PITR) API.

- Durable Object classes with the default, key-value storage backend can use KV API.
- Durable Object classes with the [SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) can use KV API, SQL API, and PITR API. KV API methods like `get()`, `put()`, `delete()`, or `list()` store data in a hidden SQLite table.

Each method is implicitly wrapped inside a transaction, such that its results are atomic and isolated from all other storage operations, even when accessing multiple key-value pairs.

### `get`

- <code>get(key <Type text="string" />, options <Type text="Object" />{" "}<MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<any>" />

  - Retrieves the value associated with the given key. The type of the returned value will be whatever was previously written for the key, or undefined if the key does not exist.

- <code>get(keys <Type text="Array<string>" />, options <Type text="Object" />{" "}<MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<Map<string, any>>" />

  - Retrieves the values associated with each of the provided keys. The type of each returned value in the [`Map`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map) will be whatever was previously written for the corresponding key. Results in the `Map` will be sorted in increasing order of their UTF-8 encodings, with any requested keys that do not exist being omitted. Supports up to 128 keys at a time.

#### Supported options

- `allowConcurrency`: <Type text='boolean' />

  - By default, the system will pause delivery of I/O events to the Object while a storage operation is in progress, in order to avoid unexpected race conditions. Pass `allowConcurrency: true` to opt out of this behavior and allow concurrent events to be delivered.

- `noCache`: <Type text='boolean'/>

  - If true, then the key/value will not be inserted into the in-memory cache. If the key is already in the cache, the cached value will be returned, but its last-used time will not be updated. Use this when you expect this key will not be used again in the near future. This flag is only a hint. This flag will never change the semantics of your code, but it may affect performance.

### `put`

- <code>put(key <Type text="string" />, value <Type text="any" />, options{" "}<Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise" />

  - Stores the value and associates it with the given key. The value can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm), which is true of most types. Keys are limited to a max size of 2,048 bytes and values are limited to 128 KiB (131,072 bytes).<br/><br/>

- <code>put(entries <Type text="Object" />, options <Type text="Object" />{" "}<MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise" />

  - Takes an Object and stores each of its keys and values to storage.
  - Each value can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm), which is true of most types.
  - Supports up to 128 key-value pairs at a time. Each key is limited to a maximum size of 2,048 bytes and each value is limited to 128 KiB (131,072 bytes).

### `delete`

- <code>delete(key <Type text="string" />, options <Type text="Object" />{" "}<MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<boolean>" />

  - Deletes the key and associated value. Returns `true` if the key existed or `false` if it did not.

- <code>delete(keys <Type text="Array<string>" />, options <Type text="Object" />{" "}<MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<number>" />

  - Deletes the provided keys and their associated values. Supports up to 128 keys at a time. Returns a count of the number of key-value pairs deleted.

### `deleteAll`

- <code>deleteAll(options <Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise" />

  - Deletes all stored data, effectively deallocating all storage used by the Durable Object. For Durable Objects with a key-value storage backend, `deleteAll()` removes all keys and associated values for an individual Durable Object. For Durable Objects with a [SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend), `deleteAll()` removes the entire contents of a Durable Object's private SQLite database, including both SQL data and key-value data.
  - For Durable Objects with a key-value storage backend, an in-progress `deleteAll()` operation can fail, which may leave a subset of data undeleted. Durable Objects with a SQLite storage backend do not have a partial `deleteAll()` issue because `deleteAll()` operations are atomic (all or nothing).
  - `deleteAll()` does not proactively delete [Alarms](/durable-objects/api/alarms/). Use [`deleteAlarm()`](/durable-objects/api/alarms/#deletealarm) to delete an alarm.

#### Supported options

- `put()`, `delete()` and `deleteAll()` support the following options:

- `allowUnconfirmed` <Type text ='boolean' />

  - By default, the system will pause outgoing network messages from the Durable Object until all previous writes have been confirmed flushed to disk. If the write fails, the system will reset the Object, discard all outgoing messages, and respond to any clients with errors instead.

  - This way, Durable Objects can continue executing in parallel with a write operation, without having to worry about prematurely confirming writes, because it is impossible for any external party to observe the Object's actions unless the write actually succeeds.

  - After any write, subsequent network messages may be slightly delayed. Some applications may consider it acceptable to communicate on the basis of unconfirmed writes. Some programs may prefer to allow network traffic immediately. In this case, set `allowUnconfirmed` to `true` to opt out of the default behavior.

  - If you want to allow some outgoing network messages to proceed immediately but not others, you can use the allowUnconfirmed option to avoid blocking the messages that you want to proceed and then separately call the [`sync()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#sync) method, which returns a promise that only resolves once all previous writes have successfully been persisted to disk.

- `noCache` <Type text ='boolean' />

  - If true, then the key/value will be discarded from memory as soon as it has completed writing to disk.

  - Use `noCache` if the key will not be used again in the near future. `noCache` will never change the semantics of your code, but it may affect performance.

  - If you use `get()` to retrieve the key before the write has completed, the copy from the write buffer will be returned, thus ensuring consistency with the latest call to `put()`.

:::note[Automatic write coalescing]

If you invoke `put()` (or `delete()`) multiple times without performing any `await` in the meantime, the operations will automatically be combined and submitted atomically. In case of a machine failure, either all of the writes will have been stored to disk or none of the writes will have been stored to disk.
:::

:::note[Write buffer behavior]

The `put()` method returns a `Promise`, but most applications can discard this promise without using `await`. The `Promise` usually completes immediately, because `put()` writes to an in-memory write buffer that is flushed to disk asynchronously. However, if an application performs a large number of `put()` without waiting for any I/O, the write buffer could theoretically grow large enough to cause the isolate to exceed its 128 MB memory limit. To avoid this scenario, such applications should use `await` on the `Promise` returned by `put()`. The system will then apply backpressure onto the application, slowing it down so that the write buffer has time to flush. Using `await` will disable automatic write coalescing.
:::

### `list`

- <code>list(options <Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<Map<string, any>>" />

  - Returns all keys and values associated with the current Durable Object in ascending sorted order based on the keys' UTF-8 encodings.

  - The type of each returned value in the [`Map`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Map) will be whatever was previously written for the corresponding key.

  - Be aware of how much data may be stored in your Durable Object before calling this version of `list` without options because all the data will be loaded into the Durable Object's memory, potentially hitting its [limit](/durable-objects/platform/limits/). If that is a concern, pass options to `list` as documented below.

#### Supported options

- `start` <Type text ='string' />

  - Key at which the list results should start, inclusive.

- `startAfter` <Type text ='string' />

  - Key after which the list results should start, exclusive. Cannot be used simultaneously with `start`.

- `end` <Type text ='string' />

  - Key at which the list results should end, exclusive.

- `prefix` <Type text ='string' />

  - Restricts results to only include key-value pairs whose keys begin with the prefix.

- `reverse` <Type text='boolean' />

  - If true, return results in descending order instead of the default ascending order.
  - Enabling `reverse` does not change the meaning of `start`, `startKey`, or `endKey`. `start` still defines the smallest key in lexicographic order that can be returned (inclusive), effectively serving as the endpoint for a reverse-order list. `end` still defines the largest key in lexicographic order that the list should consider (exclusive), effectively serving as the starting point for a reverse-order list.

- `limit` <Type text ='number' />

  - Maximum number of key-value pairs to return.

- `allowConcurrency` <Type text ='boolean' />

  - Same as the option to `get()`, above.

- `noCache` <Type text ='boolean' />

  - Same as the option to `get()`, above.

### `transaction`

- `transaction(closureFunction(txn))`: <Type text='Promise' />

  - Runs the sequence of storage operations called on `txn` in a single transaction that either commits successfully or aborts.

  - Explicit transactions are no longer necessary. Any series of write operations with no intervening `await` will automatically be submitted atomically, and the system will prevent concurrent events from executing while `await` a read operation (unless you use `allowConcurrency: true`). Therefore, a series of reads followed by a series of writes (with no other intervening I/O) are automatically atomic and behave like a transaction.

- `txn`

  - Provides access to the `put()`, `get()`, `delete()` and `list()` methods documented above to run in the current transaction context. In order to get transactional behavior within a transaction closure, you must call the methods on the `txn` Object instead of on the top-level `ctx.storage` Object.<br/><br/>Also supports a `rollback()` function that ensures any changes made during the transaction will be rolled back rather than committed. After `rollback()` is called, any subsequent operations on the `txn` Object will fail with an exception. `rollback()` takes no parameters and returns nothing to the caller.

  * When using [the SQLite-backed storage engine](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend), the `txn` object is obsolete. Any storage operations performed directly on the `ctx.storage` object, including SQL queries using [`ctx.storage.sql.exec()`](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec), will be considered part of the transaction.

### `transactionSync`

- `transactionSync(callback)`: <Type text='any' />

  - Only available when using [the SQLite-backed storage engine](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend).

  - Invokes `callback()` wrapped in a transaction, and returns its result.

  - If `callback()` throws an exception, the transaction will be rolled back.

  * The callback must complete synchronously, that is, it should not be declared `async` nor otherwise return a Promise. Only synchronous storage operations can be part of the transaction. This is intended for use with SQL queries using [`ctx.storage.sql.exec()`](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec), which complete sychronously.

### `sync`

- `sync()`: <Type text='Promise' />

  - Synchronizes any pending writes to disk.

  - This is similar to normal behavior from automatic write coalescing. If there are any pending writes in the write buffer (including those submitted with [the `allowUnconfirmed` option](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#supported-options-1)), the returned promise will resolve when they complete. If there are no pending writes, the returned promise will be already resolved.

### `getAlarm`

- <code>getAlarm(options <Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise<Number | null>" />

  - Retrieves the current alarm time (if set) as integer milliseconds since epoch. The alarm is considered to be set if it has not started, or if it has failed and any retry has not begun. If no alarm is set, `getAlarm()` returns `null`.

#### Supported options

- Same options as [`get()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#get), but without `noCache`.

### `setAlarm`

- <code>setAlarm(scheduledTime <Type text="Date | number" />, options{" "}<Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise" />

  - Sets the current alarm time, accepting either a JavaScript `Date`, or integer milliseconds since epoch.

    If `setAlarm()` is called with a time equal to or before `Date.now()`, the alarm will be scheduled for asynchronous execution in the immediate future. If the alarm handler is currently executing in this case, it will not be canceled. Alarms can be set to millisecond granularity and will usually execute within a few milliseconds after the set time, but can be delayed by up to a minute due to maintenance or failures while failover takes place.

### `deleteAlarm`

- <code>deleteAlarm(options <Type text="Object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />)</code>: <Type text="Promise" />

  - Deletes the alarm if one exists. Does not cancel the alarm handler if it is currently executing.

#### Supported options

- `setAlarm()` and `deleteAlarm()` support the same options as [`put()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#put), but without `noCache`.

## Properties

### `sql`

`sql` is a readonly property of type `DurableObjectStorage` encapsulating the [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/).

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct – Choose Three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/)
- [WebSockets API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/)
```

---

# Durable Object Stub

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/stub/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Description

The `DurableObjectStub` interface is a client used to invoke methods on a remote <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip>. The type of `DurableObjectStub` is generic to allow for RPC methods to be invoked on the stub.

Durable Objects implement E-order semantics, a concept deriving from the [E distributed programming language](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(programming_language)>). When you make multiple calls to the same Durable Object, it is guaranteed that the calls will be delivered to the remote Durable Object in the order in which you made them. E-order semantics makes many distributed programming problems easier. E-order is implemented by the [Cap'n Proto](https://capnproto.org) distributed object-capability RPC protocol, which Cloudflare Workers uses for internal communications.

If an exception is thrown by a Durable Object <GlossaryTooltip term="stub">stub</GlossaryTooltip> all in-flight calls and future calls will fail with [exceptions](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/). To continue invoking methods on a remote Durable Object a Worker must recreate the stub. There are no ordering guarantees between different stubs.

<Render file="example-rpc" />

## Properties

### `id`

`id` is a property of the `DurableObjectStub` corresponding to the [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) used to create the stub.

```js
const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);
console.assert(id.equals(stub.id), "This should always be true");
```

### `name`

`name` is an optional property of a `DurableObjectStub`, which returns the name that was used to create the [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) via [`DurableObjectNamespace::idFromName`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#idfromname) which was then used to create the `DurableObjectStub`. This value is undefined if the [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) used to create the `DurableObjectStub` was constructed using [`DurableObjectNamespace::newUniqueId`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#newuniqueid).

```js
const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");
const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);
console.assert(stub.name === "foo", "This should always be true");
```

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct – Choose Three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

---

# WebGPU

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/webgpu/

:::caution

The WebGPU API is only available in local development. You cannot deploy Durable Objects to Cloudflare that rely on the WebGPU API. See [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) for information on running machine learning models on the GPUs in Cloudflare's global network.

:::

The [WebGPU API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGPU_API) allows you to use the GPU directly from JavaScript.

The WebGPU API is only accessible from within [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/). You cannot use the WebGPU API from within Workers.

To use the WebGPU API in local development, enable the `experimental` and `webgpu` [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/) in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) of your Durable Object.

```
compatibility_flags = ["experimental", "webgpu"]
```

The following subset of the WebGPU API is available from within Durable Objects:

| API                                                                                                                | Supported? | Notes |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ----- |
| [`navigator.gpu`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/gpu)                                  | ✅         |       |
| [`GPU.requestAdapter`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPU/requestAdapter)                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUAdapterInfo`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUAdapterInfo)                                | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUAdapter`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUAdapter)                                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUBindGroupLayout`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUBindGroupLayout)                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUBindGroup`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUBindGroup)                                    | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUBuffer)                                          | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUCommandBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUCommandBuffer)                            | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUCommandEncoder`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUCommandEncoder)                          | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUComputePassEncoder`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUComputePassEncoder)                  | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUComputePipeline`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUComputePipeline)                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUComputePipelineError`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUPipelineError)                     | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUDevice`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUDevice)                                          | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUOutOfMemoryError`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUOutOfMemoryError)                      | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUValidationError`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUValidationError)                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUInternalError`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUInternalError)                            | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUDeviceLostInfo`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUDeviceLostInfo)                          | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUPipelineLayout`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUPipelineLayout)                          | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUQuerySet`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUQuerySet)                                      | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUQueue`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUQueue)                                            | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUSampler`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUSampler)                                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUCompilationMessage`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUCompilationMessage)                  | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUShaderModule`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUShaderModule)                              | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUSupportedFeatures`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUSupportedFeatures)                    | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUSupportedLimits`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUSupportedLimits)                        | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUMapMode`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGPU_API#reading_the_results_back_to_javascript) | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUShaderStage`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebGPU_API#create_a_bind_group_layout)         | ✅         |       |
| [`GPUUncapturedErrorEvent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUUncapturedErrorEvent)              | ✅         |       |

The following subset of the WebGPU API is not yet supported:

| API                                                                                                             | Supported? | Notes |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [`GPU.getPreferredCanvasFormat`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPU/getPreferredCanvasFormat) |            |       |
| [`GPURenderBundle`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPURenderBundle)                           |            |       |
| [`GPURenderBundleEncoder`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPURenderBundleEncoder)             |            |       |
| [`GPURenderPassEncoder`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPURenderPassEncoder)                 |            |       |
| [`GPURenderPipeline`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPURenderPipeline)                       |            |       |
| [`GPUShaderModule`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUShaderModule)                           |            |       |
| [`GPUTexture`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUTexture)                                     |            |       |
| [`GPUTextureView`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUTextureView)                             |            |       |
| [`GPUExternalTexture`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/GPUExternalTexture)                     |            |       |

## Examples

- [workers-wonnx](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-wonnx/) — Image classification, running on a GPU via the WebGPU API, using the [wonnx](https://github.com/webonnx/wonnx) model inference runtime.

---

# Access Durable Objects Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> are a powerful compute API that provides a compute with storage building block. Each Durable Object has its own private, transactional and strongly consistent storage. Durable Objects <GlossaryTooltip term="Storage API">Storage API</GlossaryTooltip> provides access to a Durable Object's attached storage.

A Durable Object's [in-memory state](/durable-objects/reference/in-memory-state/) is preserved as long as the Durable Object is not evicted from memory. Inactive Durable Objects with no incoming request traffic can be evicted. There are normal operations like [code deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/) that trigger Durable Objects to restart and lose their in-memory state. For these reasons, you should use Storage API to persist state durably on disk that needs to survive eviction or restart of Durable Objects.

## Access storage

By default, a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip> leverages a key-value storage backend. New Durable Object classes can opt-in to using a [SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend).

[Storage API methods](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#methods) are available on `ctx.storage` parameter passed to the Durable Object constructor. Storage API has key-value APIs and SQL APIs. Only Durable Object classes with a SQLite storage backend can access SQL API.

A common pattern is to initialize a Durable Object from [persistent storage](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) and set instance variables the first time it is accessed. Since future accesses are routed to the same Durable Object, it is then possible to return any initialized values without making further calls to persistent storage.

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Counter extends DurableObject {
  value: number;

  constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    super(ctx, env);

    // `blockConcurrencyWhile()` ensures no requests are delivered until
    // initialization completes.
    ctx.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
      // After initialization, future reads do not need to access storage.
      this.value = (await ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    });
  }

  async getCounterValue() {
    return this.value;
  }
}
```
### Removing a Durable Object's storage

A Durable Object fully ceases to exist if, when it shuts down, its storage is empty. If you never write to a Durable Object's storage at all (including setting <GlossaryTooltip term="alarm">alarms</GlossaryTooltip>), then storage remains empty, and so the Durable Object will no longer exist once it shuts down.

However if you ever write using [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/), including setting alarms, then you must explicitly call [`storage.deleteAll()`](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/#deleteall) to empty storage. It is not sufficient to simply delete the specific data that you wrote, such as deleting a key or dropping a table, as some metadata may remain. The only way to remove all storage is to call `deleteAll()`. Calling `deleteAll()` ensures that a Durable Object will not be billed for storage.

## SQLite storage backend

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can opt-in to a SQLite storage backend in order to access new [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec). Otherwise, a Durable Object class has a key-value storage backend.

:::

To allow a new Durable Object class to use SQLite storage backend, use `new_sqlite_classes` on the migration in your Worker's Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_sqlite_classes = ["MyDurableObject"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

[SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec) is available on `ctx.storage.sql` parameter passed to the Durable Object constructor.

### Examples

<Render file="durable-objects-sql" />

<Render file="durable-objects-vs-d1" />

## Index for SQLite Durable Objects

Creating indexes for your most queried tables and filtered columns reduces how much data is scanned and improves query performance at the same time. If you have a read-heavy workload (most common), this can be particularly advantageous. Writing to columns referenced in an index will add at least one (1) additional row written to account for updating the index, but this is typically offset by the reduction in rows read due to the benefits of an index.

## Related resources

* [Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sqlite-in-durable-objects)

---

# Invoking methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Invoking methods on a Durable Object

All new projects and existing projects with a compatibility date greater than or equal to [`2024-04-03`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#durable-object-stubs-and-service-bindings-support-rpc) should prefer to invoke [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) methods defined on a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip>. Legacy projects can continue to invoke the `fetch` handler on the Durable Object class indefinitely.

### Invoke RPC methods

By writing a Durable Object class which inherits from the built-in type `DurableObject`, public methods on the Durable Objects class are exposed as [RPC methods](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/), which you can call using a [DurableObjectStub](/durable-objects/api/stub) from a Worker.

All RPC calls are [asynchronous](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle/), accept and return [serializable types](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/), and [propagate exceptions](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/error-handling/) to the caller without a stack trace. Refer to [Workers RPC](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) for complete details.

<Render file="example-rpc" />

:::note

With RPC, the `DurableObject` superclass defines `ctx` and `env` as class properties. What was previously called `state` is now called `ctx` when you extend the `DurableObject` class. The name `ctx` is adopted rather than `state` for the `DurableObjectState` interface to be consistent between `DurableObject` and `WorkerEntrypoint` objects.

:::

Refer to [Build a Counter](/durable-objects/examples/build-a-counter/) for a complete example.

### Invoking the `fetch` handler

If your project is stuck on a compatibility date before [`2024-04-03`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#durable-object-stubs-and-service-bindings-support-rpc), or has the need to send a [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object and return a `Response` object, then you should send requests to a Durable Object via the fetch handler.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx, env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

	async fetch(request) {
		return new Response("Hello, World!");
	}
}

// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Methods on the Durable Object are invoked via the stub
		const response = await stub.fetch(request);

		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
	MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<MyDurableObject>;
}

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		return new Response("Hello, World!");
	}
}

// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Methods on the Durable Object are invoked via the stub
		const response = await stub.fetch(request);

		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The `URL` associated with the [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object passed to the `fetch()` handler of your Durable Object must be a well-formed URL, but does not have to be a publicly-resolvable hostname.

Without RPC, customers frequently construct requests which corresponded to private methods on the Durable Object and dispatch requests from the `fetch` handler. RPC is obviously more ergonomic in this example.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

	private hello(name) {
		return new Response(`Hello, ${name}!`);
	}

	private goodbye(name) {
		return new Response(`Goodbye, ${name}!`);
	}

	async fetch(request) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		let name = url.searchParams.get("name");
		if (!name) {
			name = "World";
		}

		switch (url.pathname) {
			case "/hello":
				return this.hello(name);
			case "/goodbye":
				return this.goodbye(name);
			default:
				return new Response("Bad Request", { status: 400 });
		}
	}
}

// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(_request, env, _ctx) {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Invoke the fetch handler on the Durable Object stub
		let response = await stub.fetch("http://do/hello?name=World");

		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
	MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<MyDurableObject>;
}

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
	}

	private hello(name: string) {
		return new Response(`Hello, ${name}!`);
	}

	private goodbye(name: string) {
		return new Response(`Goodbye, ${name}!`);
	}

	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		let name = url.searchParams.get("name");
		if (!name) {
			name = "World";
		}

		switch (url.pathname) {
			case "/hello":
				return this.hello(name);
			case "/goodbye":
				return this.goodbye(name);
			default:
				return new Response("Bad Request", { status: 400 });
		}
	}
}

// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(_request, env, _ctx) {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Invoke the fetch handler on the Durable Object stub
		let response = await stub.fetch("http://do/hello?name=World");

		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Error handling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/best-practices/error-handling/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";


Any uncaught exceptions thrown by a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip> or thrown by Durable Objects' infrastructure (such as overloads or network errors) will be propagated to the callsite of the client. Catching these exceptions allows you to retry creating the [`DurableObjectStub`](/durable-objects/api/stub) and sending requests.

JavaScript Errors with the property `.retryable` set to True are suggested to be retried if requests to the Durable Object are idempotent, or can be applied multiple times without changing the response. If requests are not idempotent, then you will need to decide what is best for your application.

JavaScript Errors with the property `.overloaded` set to True should not be retried. If a Durable Object is overloaded, then retrying will worsen the overload and increase the overall error rate.

It is strongly recommended to retry requests following the exponential backoff algorithm in production code when the error properties indicate that it is safe to do so.

## How exceptions are thrown

Durable Objects can throw exceptions in one of two ways:

- An exception can be thrown within the user code which implements a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip>. The resulting exception will have a `.remote` property set to `True` in this case.
- An exception can be generated by Durable Object's infrastructure. Some sources of infrastructure exceptions include: transient internal errors, sending too many requests to a single Durable Object, and too many requests being queued due to slow or excessive I/O (external API calls or storage operations) within an individual Durable Object. Some infrastructure exceptions may also have the `.remote` property set to `True` -- for example, when the Durable Object exceeds its memory or CPU limits.

Refer to [Troubleshooting](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/) to review the types of errors returned by a Durable Object and/or Durable Objects infrastructure and how to prevent them.

## Example

This example demonstrates retrying requests using the recommended exponential backoff algorithm.

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
	ErrorThrowingObject: DurableObjectNamespace;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		let userId = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get("userId") || "";
		const id = env.ErrorThrowingObject.idFromName(userId);

		// Retry behavior can be adjusted to fit your application.
		let maxAttempts = 3;
		let baseBackoffMs = 100;
		let maxBackoffMs = 20000;

		let attempt = 0;
		while (true) {
			// Try sending the request
			try {
				// Create a Durable Object stub for each attempt, because certain types of
				// errors will break the Durable Object stub.
				const doStub = env.ErrorThrowingObject.get(id);
				const resp = await doStub.fetch("http://your-do/");

				return Response.json(resp);
			} catch (e: any) {
				if (!e.retryable) {
					// Failure was not a transient internal error, so don't retry.
					break;
				}
			}
			let backoffMs = Math.min(
				maxBackoffMs,
				baseBackoffMs * Math.random() * Math.pow(2, attempt),
			);
			attempt += 1;
			if (attempt >= maxAttempts) {
				// Reached max attempts, so don't retry.
				break;
			}
			await scheduler.wait(backoffMs);
		}
		return new Response("server error", { status: 500 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

export class ErrorThrowingObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(state, env);

		// Any exceptions that are raised in your constructor will also set the
		// .remote property to True
		throw new Error("no good");
	}

	async fetch(req: Request) {
		// Generate an uncaught exception
		// A .remote property will be added to the exception propagated to the caller
		// and will be set to True
		throw new Error("example error");

		// We never reach this
		return Response.json({});
	}
}
```

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/best-practices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Using WebSockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/

import { Tabs, TabItem, GlossaryTooltip, Type } from "~/components";

WebSockets are long-lived TCP connections that enable bi-directional, real-time communication between client and server. Both Cloudflare Durable Objects and Workers can act as WebSocket endpoints – either as a client or as a server. Because WebSocket sessions are long-lived, applications commonly use Durable Objects to accept either the client or server connection. While there are other use cases for using Workers exclusively with WebSockets, for example proxying WebSocket messages, WebSockets are most useful when combined with Durable Objects.

Because Durable Objects provide a single-point-of-coordination between [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), a single Durable Object instance can be used in parallel with WebSockets to coordinate between multiple clients, such as participants in a chat room or a multiplayer game. Refer to [Cloudflare Edge Chat Demo](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-chat-demo) for an example of using Durable Objects with WebSockets.

Both Cloudflare Durable Objects and Workers can use the [Web Standard WebSocket API](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/) to build applications, but a major differentiator of Cloudflare Durable Objects relative to other platforms is the ability to Hibernate WebSocket connections to save costs.

This guide covers:
1. Building a WebSocket server using Web Standard APIs
2. Using WebSocket Hibernation APIs.

## WebSocket Standard API

WebSocket connections are established by making an HTTP GET request with the `Upgrade: websocket` header. A Cloudflare Worker is commonly used to validate the request, proxy the request to the Durable Object to accept the server side connection, and return the client side connection in the response.

:::note[Validate requests in a Worker]

Both Workers and Durable Objects are billed, in part, based on the number of requests they receive. To avoid being billed for requests against a Durable Object for invalid requests, be sure to validate requests in your Worker.

:::

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "GET" && request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
			// Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
			// If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
			const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get("Upgrade");
			if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== "websocket") {
				return new Response(null, {
					status: 426,
					statusText: "Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket",
					headers: {
						"Content-Type": "text/plain",
					},
				});
			}

			// This example will refer to a single Durable Object instance, since the name "foo" is
			// hardcoded
			let id = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
			let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.get(id);

			// The Durable Object's fetch handler will accept the server side connection and return
			// the client
			return stub.fetch(request);
		}

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 400,
			statusText: "Bad Request",
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/plain",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		if (request.method === "GET" && request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
			// Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
			// If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
			const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get("Upgrade");
			if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== "websocket") {
				return new Response(null, {
					status: 426,
					statusText: "Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket",
					headers: {
						"Content-Type": "text/plain",
					},
				});
			}

			// This example will refer to a single Durable Object instance, since the name "foo" is
			// hardcoded
			let id = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
			let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.get(id);

			// The Durable Object's fetch handler will accept the server side connection and return
			// the client
			return stub.fetch(request);
		}

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 400,
			statusText: "Bad Request",
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/plain",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Each WebSocket server in this example is represented by a Durable Object. This WebSocket server creates a single WebSocket connection and responds to all messages over that connection with the total number of accepted WebSocket connections. In the Durable Object's fetch handler we create client and server connections and add event listeners for relevant event types.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketServer extends DurableObject {
	currentlyConnectedWebSockets;

	constructor(ctx, env) {
		// This is reset whenever the constructor runs because
		// regular WebSockets do not survive Durable Object resets.
		//
		// WebSockets accepted via the Hibernation API can survive
		// a certain type of eviction, but we will not cover that here.
		super(ctx, env);
		this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets = 0;
	}

	async fetch(request) {
		// Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
		const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
		const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

		// Calling `accept()` tells the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
		// request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
		// and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
		server.accept();
		this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets += 1;

		// Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
		// and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
		server.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
			server.send(
				`[Durable Object] currentlyConnectedWebSockets: ${this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets}`,
			);
		});

		// If the client closes the connection, the runtime will close the connection too.
		server.addEventListener("close", (cls) => {
			this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets -= 1;
			server.close(cls.code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
		});

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
// Durable Object
export class WebSocketServer extends DurableObject {
	currentlyConnectedWebSockets: number;

	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		// This is reset whenever the constructor runs because
		// regular WebSockets do not survive Durable Object resets.
		//
		// WebSockets accepted via the Hibernation API can survive
		// a certain type of eviction, but we will not cover that here.
		super(ctx, env);
		this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets = 0;
	}

	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		// Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
		const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
		const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

		// Calling `accept()` tells the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
		// request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
		// and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
		server.accept();
		this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets += 1;

		// Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
		// and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
		server.addEventListener("message", (event: MessageEvent) => {
			server.send(
				`[Durable Object] currentlyConnectedWebSockets: ${this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets}`,
			);
		});

		// If the client closes the connection, the runtime will close the connection too.
		server.addEventListener("close", (cls: CloseEvent) => {
			this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets -= 1;
			server.close(cls.code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
		});

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

To execute this code, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the <GlossaryTooltip term="namespace">namespace</GlossaryTooltip> and class name chosen previously.

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "websocket-server"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "WEBSOCKET_SERVER"
class_name = "WebSocketServer"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["WebSocketServer"]
```

A full example can be found in [Build a WebSocket server](/durable-objects/examples/websocket-server/).

:::caution[WebSockets disconnection]

Code updates will disconnect all WebSockets. If you deploy a new version of a Worker, every Durable Object is restarted. Any connections to old Durable Objects will be disconnected.

:::

## WebSocket Hibernation API

In addition to [Workers WebSocket API](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/), Cloudflare Durable Objects can use the WebSocket Hibernation API which extends the Web Standard WebSocket API to reduce costs. Specifically, [billable Duration (GB-s) charges](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/) are not incurred during periods of inactivity. Note that other events, for example [alarms](/durable-objects/api/alarms/), can prevent a Durable Object from being inactive and therefore prevent this cost saving.

The WebSocket consists of Cloudflare-specific extensions to the Web Standard WebSocket API. These extensions are either present on the [DurableObjectState](/durable-objects/api/state) interface, or as handler methods on the Durable Object class.

:::note

Hibernation is only supported when a Durable Object acts as a WebSocket server. Currently, outgoing WebSockets cannot hibernate.

:::

The Worker used in the WebSocket Standard API example does not require any code changes to make use of the WebSocket Hibernation API. The changes to the Durable Object are described in the code sample below. In summary, [`DurableObjectState::acceptWebSocket`](/durable-objects/api/state/#acceptwebsocket) is called to accept the server side of the WebSocket connection, and handler methods are defined on the Durable Object class for relevant event types rather than adding event listeners.

If an event occurs for a hibernated Durable Object's corresponding handler method, it will return to memory. This will call the Durable Object's constructor, so it is best to minimize work in the constructor when using WebSocket hibernation.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketHibernationServer extends DurableObject {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
		const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
		const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

		// Calling `acceptWebSocket()` informs the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
		// request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
		// and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
		// Unlike `ws.accept()`, `state.acceptWebSocket(ws)` informs the Workers Runtime that the WebSocket
		// is "hibernatable", so the runtime does not need to pin this Durable Object to memory while
		// the connection is open. During periods of inactivity, the Durable Object can be evicted
		// from memory, but the WebSocket connection will remain open. If at some later point the
		// WebSocket receives a message, the runtime will recreate the Durable Object
		// (run the `constructor`) and deliver the message to the appropriate handler.
		this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	}

	async webSocketMessage(ws, message) {
		// Upon receiving a message from the client, reply with the same message,
		// but will prefix the message with "[Durable Object]: " and return the
		// total number of connections.
		ws.send(
			`[Durable Object] message: ${message}, connections: ${this.ctx.getWebSockets().length}`,
		);
	}

	async webSocketClose(ws, code, reason, wasClean) {
		// If the client closes the connection, the runtime will invoke the webSocketClose() handler.
		ws.close(code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
	}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
	WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER: DurableObjectNamespace<WebSocketHibernationServer>;
}

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketHibernationServer extends DurableObject {
	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		// Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
		const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
		const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

		// Calling `acceptWebSocket()` informs the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
		// request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
		// and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
		// Unlike `ws.accept()`, `state.acceptWebSocket(ws)` informs the Workers Runtime that the WebSocket
		// is "hibernatable", so the runtime does not need to pin this Durable Object to memory while
		// the connection is open. During periods of inactivity, the Durable Object can be evicted
		// from memory, but the WebSocket connection will remain open. If at some later point the
		// WebSocket receives a message, the runtime will recreate the Durable Object
		// (run the `constructor`) and deliver the message to the appropriate handler.
		this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	}

	async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, message: ArrayBuffer | string) {
		// Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
		// and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
		ws.send(
			`[Durable Object] message: ${message}, connections: ${this.ctx.getWebSockets().length}`,
		);
	}

	async webSocketClose(
		ws: WebSocket,
		code: number,
		reason: string,
		wasClean: boolean,
	) {
		// If the client closes the connection, the runtime will invoke the webSocketClose() handler.
		ws.close(code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Similar to the WebSocket Standard API example, to execute this code, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the <GlossaryTooltip term="namespace">namespace</GlossaryTooltip> and class name chosen previously.

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "websocket-hibernation-server"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER"
class_name = "WebSocketHibernationServer"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["WebSocketHibernationServer"]
```

A full example can be found in [Build a WebSocket server with WebSocket Hibernation](/durable-objects/examples/websocket-hibernation-server/).

:::caution[Support for local development]

Prior to `wrangler@3.13.2` and Miniflare `v3.20231016.0`, WebSockets did not hibernate when using local development environments such as `wrangler dev` or Miniflare.

If you are using older versions, note that while hibernatable WebSocket events such as [`webSocketMessage()`](/durable-objects/api/base/#websocketmessage) will still be delivered, the Durable Object will never be evicted from memory.

:::

## Extended methods

### `serializeAttachment`

- <code> serializeAttachment(value <Type text="any" />)</code>: <Type text="void" />

  - Keeps a copy of `value` associated with the WebSocket to survive hibernation. The value can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm), which is true of most types. If the value needs to be durable please use [Durable Object Storage](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/).

  - If you modify `value` after calling this method, those changes will not be retained unless you call this method again. The serialized size of `value` is limited to 2,048 bytes, otherwise this method will throw an error. If you need larger values to survive hibernation, use the [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) and pass the corresponding key to this method so it can be retrieved later.

### `deserializeAttachment`

- `deserializeAttachment()`: <Type text='any' />

  - Retrieves the most recent value passed to `serializeAttachment()`, or `null` if none exists.

## Related resources

- [Mozilla Developer Network's (MDN) documentation on the WebSocket class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket)
- [Cloudflare's WebSocket template for building applications on Workers using WebSockets](https://github.com/cloudflare/websocket-template)
- [Durable Object base class](/durable-objects/api/base/)
- [Durable Object State interface](/durable-objects/api/state/)

---

# Use the Alarms API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/alarms-api/

import { GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This example implements an <GlossaryTooltip term="alarm">`alarm()`</GlossaryTooltip> handler that wakes the Durable Object once every 10 seconds to batch requests to a single Durable Object. The `alarm()` handler will delay processing until there is enough work in the queue.

```js
import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers';

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    let id = env.BATCHER.idFromName("foo");
    return await env.BATCHER.get(id).fetch(request);
  },
};

const SECONDS = 10;

// Durable Object
export class Batcher extends DurableObject {
  constructor(state, env) {
    this.state = state;
    this.storage = state.storage;
    this.state.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
      let vals = await this.storage.list({ reverse: true, limit: 1 });
      this.count = vals.size == 0 ? 0 : parseInt(vals.keys().next().value);
    });
  }

  async fetch(request) {
    this.count++;

    // If there is no alarm currently set, set one for 10 seconds from now
    // Any further POSTs in the next 10 seconds will be part of this batch.
    let currentAlarm = await this.storage.getAlarm();
    if (currentAlarm == null) {
      this.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + (1000 * SECONDS));
    }

    // Add the request to the batch.
    await this.storage.put(this.count, await request.text());
    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ queued: this.count }), {
      headers: {
        "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
      },
    });
  }

  async alarm() {
    let vals = await this.storage.list();
    await fetch("http://example.com/some-upstream-service", {
      method: "POST",
      body: Array.from(vals.values()),
    });
    await this.storage.deleteAll();
    this.count = 0;
  }
}
```

The `alarm()` handler will be called once every 10 seconds. If an unexpected error terminates the Durable Object, the `alarm()` handler will be re-instantiated on another machine. Following a short delay, the `alarm()` handler will run from the beginning on the other machine.

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "durable-object-alarm"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "BATCHER"
class_name = "Batcher"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["Batcher"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Build a counter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/build-a-counter/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

This example shows how to build a counter using Durable Objects and Workers with [RPC methods](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc) that can print, increment, and decrement a `name` provided by the URL query string parameter, for example, `?name=A`.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    let url = new URL(request.url);
    let name = url.searchParams.get("name");
    if (!name) {
      return new Response(
        "Select a Durable Object to contact by using" +
          " the `name` URL query string parameter, for example, ?name=A"
      );
    }

    // Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Counter class that
    // has its own state. `idFromName()` always returns the same ID when given the
    // same string as input (and called on the same class), but never the same
    // ID for two different strings (or for different classes).
    let id = env.COUNTERS.idFromName(name);

    // Construct the stub for the Durable Object using the ID.
    // A stub is a client Object used to send messages to the Durable Object.
    let stub = env.COUNTERS.get(id);

    // Send a request to the Durable Object using RPC methods, then await its response.
    let count = null;
    switch (url.pathname) {
      case "/increment":
        count = await stub.increment();
        break;
      case "/decrement":
        count = await stub.decrement();
        break;
      case "/":
        // Serves the current value.
        count = await stub.getCounterValue();
        break;
      default:
        return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
    }

    return new Response(`Durable Object '${name}' count: ${count}`);
  }
};

// Durable Object
export class Counter extends DurableObject {

  async getCounterValue() {
    let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    return value;
  }

  async increment(amount = 1) {
    let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    value += amount;
    // You do not have to worry about a concurrent request having modified the value in storage.
    // "input gates" will automatically protect against unwanted concurrency.
    // Read-modify-write is safe.
    await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
    return value;
  }

  async decrement(amount = 1) {
    let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    value -= amount;
    await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
    return value;
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  COUNTERS: DurableObjectNamespace<Counter>;
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    let url = new URL(request.url);
    let name = url.searchParams.get("name");
    if (!name) {
      return new Response(
        "Select a Durable Object to contact by using" +
          " the `name` URL query string parameter, for example, ?name=A"
      );
    }

    // Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Counter class that
    // has its own state. `idFromName()` always returns the same ID when given the
    // same string as input (and called on the same class), but never the same
    // ID for two different strings (or for different classes).
    let id = env.COUNTERS.idFromName(name);

    // Construct the stub for the Durable Object using the ID.
    // A stub is a client Object used to send messages to the Durable Object.
    let stub = env.COUNTERS.get(id);

    let count = null;
    switch (url.pathname) {
      case "/increment":
        count = await stub.increment();
        break;
      case "/decrement":
        count = await stub.decrement();
        break;
      case "/":
        // Serves the current value.
        count = await stub.getCounterValue();
        break;
      default:
        return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
    }

    return new Response(`Durable Object '${name}' count: ${count}`);
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

// Durable Object
export class Counter extends DurableObject {

  async getCounterValue() {
    let value = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    return value;
  }

  async increment(amount = 1) {
    let value: number = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    value += amount;
    // You do not have to worry about a concurrent request having modified the value in storage.
    // "input gates" will automatically protect against unwanted concurrency.
    // Read-modify-write is safe.
    await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
    return value;
  }

  async decrement(amount = 1) {
    let value: number = (await this.ctx.storage.get("value")) || 0;
    value -= amount;
    await this.ctx.storage.put("value", value);
    return value;
  }
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-counter"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "COUNTERS"
class_name = "Counter"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["Counter"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Related resources

* [Workers RPC](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/)
* [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct — Choose three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/).

---

# Build a rate limiter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/build-a-rate-limiter/

import { TabItem, Tabs, GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

This example shows how to build a rate limiter using <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> and Workers that can be used to protect upstream resources, including third-party APIs that your application relies on and/or services that may be costly for you to invoke.

This example also discusses some decisions that need to be made when designing a system, such as a rate limiter, with Durable Objects.

The Worker creates a `RateLimiter` Durable Object on a per IP basis to protect upstream resources. IP based rate limiting can be effective without negatively impacting latency because any given IP will remain within a small geographic area colocated with the `RateLimiter` Durable Object. Furthermore, throughput is also improved because each IP gets its own Durable Object.

It might seem simpler to implement a global rate limiter, `const id = env.RATE_LIMITER.idFromName("global");`, which can provide better guarantees on the request rate to the upstream resource. However:

* This would require all requests globally to make a sub-request to a single Durable Object.
* Implementing a global rate limiter would add additional latency for requests not colocated with the Durable Object, and global throughput would be capped to the throughput of a single Durable Object.
* A single Durable Object that all requests rely on is typically considered an anti-pattern. Durable Objects work best when they are scoped to a user, room, service and/or the specific subset of your application that requires global co-ordination.

:::note

If you do not need unique or custom rate-limiting capabilities, refer to [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) that are part of Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) product.

:::

The Durable Object uses a token bucket algorithm to implement rate limiting. The naive idea is that each request requires a token to complete, and the tokens are replenished according to the reciprocal of the desired number of requests per second. As an example, a 1000 requests per second rate limit will have a token replenished every millisecond (as specified by milliseconds\_per\_request) up to a given capacity limit.

This example uses Durable Object's [Alarms API](/durable-objects/api/alarms) to schedule the Durable Object to be woken up at a time in the future.

* When the alarm's scheduled time comes, the `alarm()` handler method is called, and in this case, the <GlossaryTooltip term="alarm">alarm</GlossaryTooltip> will add a token to the "Bucket".
* The implementation is made more efficient by adding tokens in bulk (as specified by milliseconds\_for\_updates) and preventing the alarm handler from being invoked every millisecond. More frequent invocations of Durable Objects will lead to higher invocation and duration charges.

The first implementation of a rate limiter is below:

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, _ctx) {
    // Determine the IP address of the client
    const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
    if (ip === null) {
      return new Response("Could not determine client IP", { status: 400 });
    }

    // Obtain an identifier for a Durable Object based on the client's IP address
    const id = env.RATE_LIMITER.idFromName(ip);

    try {
      const stub = env.RATE_LIMITER.get(id);
      const milliseconds_to_next_request = await stub.getMillisecondsToNextRequest();
      if (milliseconds_to_next_request > 0) {
        // Alternatively one could sleep for the necessary length of time
        return new Response("Rate limit exceeded", { status: 429 });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      return new Response("Could not connect to rate limiter", { status: 502 });
    }

    // TODO: Implement me
    return new Response("Call some upstream resource...")
  }
};

// Durable Object
export class RateLimiter extends DurableObject {
  static milliseconds_per_request = 1;
  static milliseconds_for_updates = 5000;
  static capacity = 10000;

  constructor(ctx, env) {
    super(ctx, env);
    this.tokens = RateLimiter.capacity;
  }

  async getMillisecondsToNextRequest() {
    this.checkAndSetAlarm()

    let milliseconds_to_next_request = RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request;
    if (this.tokens > 0) {
      this.tokens -= 1;
      milliseconds_to_next_request = 0;
    }

    return milliseconds_to_next_request;
  }

  async checkAndSetAlarm() {
    let currentAlarm = await this.ctx.storage.getAlarm();
    if (currentAlarm == null) {
      this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() +
        RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_updates * RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request);
    }
  }

  async alarm() {
    if (this.tokens < RateLimiter.capacity) {
      this.tokens = Math.min(RateLimiter.capacity,
        this.tokens + RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_updates);
      this.checkAndSetAlarm()
    }
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  RATE_LIMITER: DurableObjectNamespace<RateLimiter>;
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, _ctx): Promise<Response> {
    // Determine the IP address of the client
    const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
    if (ip === null) {
      return new Response("Could not determine client IP", { status: 400 });
    }

    // Obtain an identifier for a Durable Object based on the client's IP address
    const id = env.RATE_LIMITER.idFromName(ip);

    try {
      const stub = env.RATE_LIMITER.get(id);
      const milliseconds_to_next_request = await stub.getMillisecondsToNextRequest();
      if (milliseconds_to_next_request > 0) {
        // Alternatively one could sleep for the necessary length of time
        return new Response("Rate limit exceeded", { status: 429 });
      }
    } catch (error) {
      return new Response("Could not connect to rate limiter", { status: 502 });
    }

    // TODO: Implement me
    return new Response("Call some upstream resource...")
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

// Durable Object
export class RateLimiter extends DurableObject {
  static readonly milliseconds_per_request = 1;
  static readonly milliseconds_for_updates = 5000;
  static readonly capacity = 10000;

  tokens: number;

  constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    super(ctx, env);
    this.tokens = RateLimiter.capacity;
  }

  async getMillisecondsToNextRequest(): Promise<number> {
    this.checkAndSetAlarm()

    let milliseconds_to_next_request = RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request;
    if (this.tokens > 0) {
      this.tokens -= 1;
      milliseconds_to_next_request = 0;
    }

    return milliseconds_to_next_request;
  }

  private async checkAndSetAlarm() {
    let currentAlarm = await this.ctx.storage.getAlarm();
    if (currentAlarm == null) {
      this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() +
        RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_updates * RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request);
    }
  }

  async alarm() {
    if (this.tokens < RateLimiter.capacity) {
      this.tokens = Math.min(RateLimiter.capacity,
        this.tokens + RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_updates);
      this.checkAndSetAlarm()
    }
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

While the token bucket algorithm is popular for implementing rate limiting and uses Durable Object features, there is a simpler approach:

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class RateLimiter extends DurableObject {
  static milliseconds_per_request = 1;
  static milliseconds_for_grace_period = 5000;

  constructor(ctx, env) {
    super(ctx, env);
    this.nextAllowedTime = 0;
  }

  async getMillisecondsToNextRequest() {
    const now = Date.now();

    this.nextAllowedTime = Math.max(now, this.nextAllowedTime);
    this.nextAllowedTime += RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request;

    const value = Math.max(0,
      this.nextAllowedTime - now - RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_grace_period);
    return value;
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts title="index.ts"
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class RateLimiter extends DurableObject {
  static milliseconds_per_request = 1;
  static milliseconds_for_grace_period = 5000;

  nextAllowedTime: number;

  constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    super(ctx, env);
    this.nextAllowedTime = 0;
  }

  async getMillisecondsToNextRequest(): Promise<number> {
    const now = Date.now();

    this.nextAllowedTime = Math.max(now, this.nextAllowedTime);
    this.nextAllowedTime += RateLimiter.milliseconds_per_request;

    const value = Math.max(0,
      this.nextAllowedTime - now - RateLimiter.milliseconds_for_grace_period);
    return value;
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-counter"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "RATE_LIMITER"
class_name = "RateLimiter"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["RateLimiter"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Related resources

* Learn more about Durable Object's [Alarms API](/durable-objects/api/alarms) and how to configure alarms.
* [Understand how to troubleshoot](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/) common errors related with Durable Objects.
* Review how [Durable Objects are priced](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/), including pricing examples.

---

# Durable Object in-memory state

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/durable-object-in-memory-state/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This example shows you how Durable Objects are stateful, meaning in-memory state can be retained between requests. After a brief period of inactivity, the Durable Object will be evicted, and all in-memory state will be lost. The next request will reconstruct the object, but instead of showing the city of the previous request, it will display a message indicating that the object has been reinitialized. If you need your applications state to survive eviction, write the state to storage by using the [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/), or by storing your data elsewhere.

```js
import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers';

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    return await handleRequest(request, env);
  }
}

async function handleRequest(request, env) {
  let id = env.LOCATION.idFromName("A");
  let obj = env.LOCATION.get(id);
  // Forward the request to the remote Durable Object.
  let resp = await obj.fetch(request);
  // Return the response to the client.
  return new Response(await resp.text());
}

// Durable Object
export class Location extends DurableObject {
  constructor(state, env) {
    this.state = state;
    // Upon construction, you do not have a location to provide.
    // This value will be updated as people access the Durable Object.
    // When the Durable Object is evicted from memory, this will be reset.
    this.location = null
  }

  // Handle HTTP requests from clients.
  async fetch(request) {
    let response = null

    if (this.location == null) {
      response = new String(`
This is the first request, you called the constructor, so this.location was null.
You will set this.location to be your city: (${request.cf.city}). Try reloading the page.`);
    } else {
      response = new String(`
The Durable Object was already loaded and running because it recently handled a request.

Previous Location: ${this.location}
New Location: ${request.cf.city}`);
    }

    // You set the new location to be the new city.
    this.location = request.cf.city;
    console.log(response);
    return new Response(response);
  }
}
```

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "durable-object-in-memory-state"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "LOCATION"
class_name = "Location"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["Location"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Durable Object Time To Live

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/durable-object-ttl/

import { TabItem, Tabs, GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A common feature request for Durable Objects is a Time To Live (TTL) for Durable Object instances. Durable Objects give developers the tools to implement a custom TTL in only a few lines of code. This example demonstrates how to implement a TTL making use of <GlossaryTooltip term="alarm">`alarms`</GlossaryTooltip>. While this TTL will be extended upon every new request to the Durable Object, this can be customized based on a particular use case.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
    // Time To Live (TTL) in milliseconds
  timeToLiveMs = 1000;

    constructor(ctx, env) {
    super(ctx, env);

    this.ctx.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
    await this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + this.timeToLiveMs);
    });
  }

  async fetch(_request) {
      // Increment the TTL immediately following every request to a Durable Object
    await this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + this.timeToLiveMs);
      ...
   }

  async alarm() {
    await this.ctx.storage.deleteAll();
  }
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");
        const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id)
    return await stub.fetch(request);
  },
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  MY_DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<MyDurableObject>;
}

// Durable Object
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
    // Time To Live (TTL) in milliseconds
  timeToLiveMs = 1000;

    constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    super(ctx, env);

    this.ctx.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
    await this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + this.timeToLiveMs);
    });
  }

  async fetch(_request: Request) {
      // Increment the TTL immediately following every request to a Durable Object
    await this.ctx.storage.setAlarm(Date.now() + this.timeToLiveMs);
      ...
   }

  async alarm() {
    await this.ctx.storage.deleteAll();
  }
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");
        const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id)
    return await stub.fetch(request);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

To test and deploy this example, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "durable-object-ttl"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "MY_DURABLE_OBJECT"
class_name = "MyDurableObject"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["MyDurableObject"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/

import { ListExamples, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Durable Objects.

<ListExamples />

---

# Testing with Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/testing-with-durable-objects/

```ts
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler"
import type { UnstableDevWorker } from "wrangler"
import { describe, expect, it, beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest"

describe("Worker", () => {
  let worker: UnstableDevWorker

  beforeAll(async () => {
    worker = await unstable_dev("src/index.ts", {
      experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
    });
  });

  afterAll(async () => {
    await worker.stop()
  })

  it("should deny request for short paths", async () => {
    const cases = {
      failures: ["/", "/foo", "/foo/", "/%2F"],
    }
    for (const path of cases.failures) {
      const resp = await worker.fetch(`http://example.com${path}`)
      if (resp) {
        const text = await resp.text()
        expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"path must be at least 5 characters"')
      }
    }
  })

  describe("durable object", () => {
    it("Should send text from a POST to a matching GET", async () => {
      const path = "/stuff1"
      const url = `http://example.com${path}`

      // The get request should wait for the post request to complete
      const getResponsePromise = worker.fetch(url)

      // The post request to the same path should receive a response that the text was consumed
      const postResponse = await worker.fetch(url, { method: "POST", body: "Hello World 12345" })
      expect(postResponse.status).toBe(200)
      const postText = await postResponse.text()
      expect(postText).toBe("The text was consumed!")

      // The get request should now receive the text
      const getResponse = await getResponsePromise
      expect(getResponse.status).toBe(200)
      const text = await getResponse.text()
      expect(text).toBe("Hello World 12345")
    })

    it("Shouldn't send text from a POST to a different GET", async () => {
      const path1 = "/stuff1"
      const path2 = "/stuff2"
      const url = (p: string) => `http://example.com${p}`

      // The get request should wait for the post request to complete
      const getResponsePromise1 = worker.fetch(url(path1))
      const getResponsePromise2 = worker.fetch(url(path2))

      // The post request to the same path should receive a response that the text was consumed
      const postResponse1 = await worker.fetch(url(path1), { method: "POST", body: "Hello World 12345" })
      expect(postResponse1.status).toBe(200)
      const postText1 = await postResponse1.text()
      expect(postText1).toBe("The text was consumed!")

      const postResponse2 = await worker.fetch(url(path2), { method: "POST", body: "Hello World 789" })
      expect(postResponse2.status).toBe(200)
      const postText2 = await postResponse2.text()
      expect(postText2).toBe("The text was consumed!")

      // The get request should now receive the text
      const getResponse1 = await getResponsePromise1
      expect(getResponse1.status).toBe(200)
      const text1 = await getResponse1.text()
      expect(text1).toBe("Hello World 12345")

      const getResponse2 = await getResponsePromise2
      expect(getResponse2.status).toBe(200)
      const text2 = await getResponse2.text()
      expect(text2).toBe("Hello World 789")
    })

    it("Should not send the same POST twice", async () => {
      const path = "/stuff1"
      const url = (p: string) => `http://example.com${p}`

      // The get request should wait for the post request to complete
      const getResponsePromise1 = worker.fetch(url(path))

      // The post request to the same path should receive a response that the text was consumed
      const postResponse1 = await worker.fetch(url(path), { method: "POST", body: "Hello World 12345" })
      expect(postResponse1.status).toBe(200)
      const postText1 = await postResponse1.text()
      expect(postText1).toBe("The text was consumed!")

      // The get request should now receive the text
      const getResponse1 = await getResponsePromise1
      expect(getResponse1.status).toBe(200)
      const text1 = await getResponse1.text()
      expect(text1).toBe("Hello World 12345")

      // The next get request should wait for the next post request to complete
      const getResponsePromise2 = worker.fetch(url(path))

      // Send a new POST with different text
      const postResponse2 = await worker.fetch(url(path), { method: "POST", body: "Hello World 789" })
      expect(postResponse2.status).toBe(200)
      const postText2 = await postResponse2.text()
      expect(postText2).toBe("The text was consumed!")

      // The get request should receive the new text, not the old text
      const getResponse2 = await getResponsePromise2
      expect(getResponse2.status).toBe(200)
      const text2 = await getResponse2.text()
      expect(text2).toBe("Hello World 789")
    })
  })
})
```

Find the [full code for this example on GitHub](https://github.com/jahands/do-demo).

---

# Use Workers KV from Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/use-kv-from-durable-objects/

import { GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The following Worker script shows you how to configure a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip> to read from and/or write to a [Workers KV namespace](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/). This is useful when using a Durable Object to coordinate between multiple clients, and allows you to serialize writes to KV and/or broadcast a single read from KV to hundreds or thousands of clients connected to a single Durable Object [using WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/).

Prerequisites:

* A [KV namespace](/kv/api/) created via the Cloudflare dashboard or the [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
* A [configured binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) for the `kv_namespace` in the Cloudflare dashboard or Wrangler file.
* A [Durable Object namespace binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects).

Configure your Wrangler file as follows:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE", id = "<id_of_your_namespace>" }
]

[durable_objects]
bindings = [
  { name = "YOUR_DO_CLASS", class_name = "YourDurableObject" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

```ts
import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers';

interface Env {
  YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE: KVNamespace;
  YOUR_DO_CLASS: DurableObjectNamespace;
}

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    // Assume each Durable Object is mapped to a roomId in a query parameter
    // In a production application, this will likely be a roomId defined by your application
    // that you validate (and/or authenticate) first.
    let url = new URL(req.url);
    let roomIdParam = url.searchParams.get("roomId");

    if (roomIdParam) {
      // Create (or get) a Durable Object based on that roomId.
      let durableObjectId = env.YOUR_DO_CLASS.idFromName(roomIdParam);
      // Get a "stub" that allows you to call that Durable Object
      let durableObjectStub = env.YOUR_DO_CLASS.get(durableObjectId);

      // Pass the request to that Durable Object and await the response
      // This invokes the constructor once on your Durable Object class (defined further down)
      // on the first initialization, and the fetch method on each request.
      //
      // You could pass the original Request to the Durable Object's fetch method
      // or a simpler URL with just the roomId.
      let response = await durableObjectStub.fetch(`http://do/${roomId}`);

      // This would return the value you read from KV *within* the Durable Object.
      return response;
    }
  }
}

export class YourDurableObject extends DurableObject {
  constructor(public state: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    this.state = state;
    // Ensure you pass your bindings and environmental variables into
    // each Durable Object when it is initialized
    this.env = env;
  }

  async fetch(request: Request) {
    // Error handling elided for brevity.
    // Write to KV
    await this.env.YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE.put("some-key");

    // Fetch from KV
    let val = await this.env.YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE.get("some-other-key");

    return Response.json(val);
  }
}
```

---

# Build a WebSocket server with WebSocket Hibernation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/websocket-hibernation-server/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

This example is similar to the [Build a WebSocket server](/durable-objects/examples/websocket-server/) example, but uses the WebSocket Hibernation API. The WebSocket Hibernation API should be preferred for WebSocket server applications built on Durable Objects, since it significantly decreases duration charge, and provides additional features that pair well with WebSocket applications. For more information, refer to [Use Durable Objects with WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/).

:::note


WebSocket Hibernation is unavailable for outgoing WebSocket use cases. Hibernation is only supported when the Durable Object acts as a server. For use cases where outgoing WebSockets are required, refer to [Write a WebSocket client](/workers/examples/websockets/#write-a-websocket-client).


:::

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    if (request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
      // Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
      // If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
      const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
      if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
        return new Response('Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
      }

      // This example will refer to the same Durable Object,
      // since the name "foo" is hardcoded.
      let id = env.WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
      let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER.get(id);

      return stub.fetch(request);
    }

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 400,
      statusText: 'Bad Request',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
      },
    });
  }
};

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketHibernationServer extends DurableObject {

  async fetch(request) {
    // Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
    const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
    const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

    // Calling `acceptWebSocket()` informs the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
    // request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
    // and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
    // Unlike `ws.accept()`, `state.acceptWebSocket(ws)` informs the Workers Runtime that the WebSocket
    // is "hibernatable", so the runtime does not need to pin this Durable Object to memory while
    // the connection is open. During periods of inactivity, the Durable Object can be evicted
    // from memory, but the WebSocket connection will remain open. If at some later point the
    // WebSocket receives a message, the runtime will recreate the Durable Object
    // (run the `constructor`) and deliver the message to the appropriate handler.
    this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 101,
      webSocket: client,
    });
  }

  async webSocketMessage(ws, message) {
    // Upon receiving a message from the client, reply with the same message,
    // but will prefix the message with "[Durable Object]: " and return the
    // total number of connections.
    ws.send(`[Durable Object] message: ${message}, connections: ${this.ctx.getWebSockets().length}`);
  }

  async webSocketClose(ws, code, reason, wasClean) {
    // If the client closes the connection, the runtime will invoke the webSocketClose() handler.
    ws.close(code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
  }
}

```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER: DurableObjectNamespace<WebSocketHibernationServer>;
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext): Promise<Response> {
    if (request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
      // Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
      // If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
      const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
      if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
        return new Response('Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
      }

      // This example will refer to the same Durable Object,
      // since the name "foo" is hardcoded.
      let id = env.WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
      let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER.get(id);

      return stub.fetch(request);
    }

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 400,
      statusText: 'Bad Request',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
      },
    });
  }
};

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketHibernationServer extends DurableObject {

  async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
    // Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
    const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
    const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

    // Calling `acceptWebSocket()` informs the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
    // request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
    // and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
    // Unlike `ws.accept()`, `state.acceptWebSocket(ws)` informs the Workers Runtime that the WebSocket
    // is "hibernatable", so the runtime does not need to pin this Durable Object to memory while
    // the connection is open. During periods of inactivity, the Durable Object can be evicted
    // from memory, but the WebSocket connection will remain open. If at some later point the
    // WebSocket receives a message, the runtime will recreate the Durable Object
    // (run the `constructor`) and deliver the message to the appropriate handler.
    this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 101,
      webSocket: client,
    });
  }

  async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, message: ArrayBuffer | string) {
    // Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
    // and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
    ws.send(`[Durable Object] message: ${message}, connections: ${this.ctx.getWebSockets().length}`);
  }

  async webSocketClose(ws: WebSocket, code: number, reason: string, wasClean: boolean) {
    // If the client closes the connection, the runtime will invoke the webSocketClose() handler.
    ws.close(code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
  }
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the namespace and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "websocket-hibernation-server"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "WEBSOCKET_HIBERNATION_SERVER"
class_name = "WebSocketHibernationServer"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["WebSocketHibernationServer"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Related resources

* [Durable Objects: Edge Chat Demo with Hibernation](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-chat-demo/).

---

# Build a WebSocket server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/examples/websocket-server/

import { TabItem, Tabs, GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

This example shows how to build a WebSocket server using <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> and Workers. The example exposes an endpoint to create a new WebSocket connection. This WebSocket connection echos any message while including the total number of WebSocket connections currently established. For more information, refer to [Use Durable Objects with WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/).

:::caution


WebSocket connections pin your Durable Object to memory, and so duration charges will be incurred so long as the WebSocket is connected (regardless of activity). To avoid duration charges during periods of inactivity, use the [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/examples/websocket-hibernation-server/), which only charges for duration when JavaScript is actively executing.


:::

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    if (request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
      // Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
      // If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
      const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
      if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
        return new Response('Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
      }

      // This example will refer to the same Durable Object,
      // since the name "foo" is hardcoded.
      let id = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
      let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.get(id);

      return stub.fetch(request);
    }

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 400,
      statusText: 'Bad Request',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
      },
    });
  }
};

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketServer extends DurableObject {
  currentlyConnectedWebSockets;

  constructor(ctx, env) {
    // This is reset whenever the constructor runs because
    // regular WebSockets do not survive Durable Object resets.
    //
    // WebSockets accepted via the Hibernation API can survive
    // a certain type of eviction, but we will not cover that here.
    super(ctx, env);
    this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets = 0;
  }

  async fetch(request) {
    // Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
    const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
    const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

    // Calling `accept()` tells the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
    // request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
    // and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
    server.accept();
    this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets += 1;

    // Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
    // and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
    server.addEventListener('message', (event) => {
      server.send(`[Durable Object] currentlyConnectedWebSockets: ${this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets}`);
    });

    // If the client closes the connection, the runtime will close the connection too.
    server.addEventListener('close', (cls) => {
      this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets -= 1;
      server.close(cls.code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
    });

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 101,
      webSocket: client,
    });
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export interface Env {
  WEBSOCKET_SERVER: DurableObjectNamespace<WebSocketServer>;
}

// Worker
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    if (request.url.endsWith("/websocket")) {
      // Expect to receive a WebSocket Upgrade request.
      // If there is one, accept the request and return a WebSocket Response.
      const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
      if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
        return new Response('Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
      }

      // This example will refer to the same Durable Object,
      // since the name "foo" is hardcoded.
      let id = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.idFromName("foo");
      let stub = env.WEBSOCKET_SERVER.get(id);

      return stub.fetch(request);
    }

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 400,
      statusText: 'Bad Request',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
      },
    });
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

// Durable Object
export class WebSocketServer extends DurableObject {
  currentlyConnectedWebSockets: number;

  constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
    // This is reset whenever the constructor runs because
    // regular WebSockets do not survive Durable Object resets.
    //
    // WebSockets accepted via the Hibernation API can survive
    // a certain type of eviction, but we will not cover that here.
    super(ctx, env);
    this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets = 0;
  }

  async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
    // Creates two ends of a WebSocket connection.
    const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
    const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

    // Calling `accept()` tells the runtime that this WebSocket is to begin terminating
    // request within the Durable Object. It has the effect of "accepting" the connection,
    // and allowing the WebSocket to send and receive messages.
    server.accept();
    this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets += 1;

    // Upon receiving a message from the client, the server replies with the same message,
    // and the total number of connections with the "[Durable Object]: " prefix
    server.addEventListener('message', (event: MessageEvent) => {
      server.send(`[Durable Object] currentlyConnectedWebSockets: ${this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets}`);
    });

    // If the client closes the connection, the runtime will close the connection too.
    server.addEventListener('close', (cls: CloseEvent) => {
      this.currentlyConnectedWebSockets -= 1;
      server.close(cls.code, "Durable Object is closing WebSocket");
    });

    return new Response(null, {
      status: 101,
      webSocket: client,
    });
  }
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Finally, configure your Wrangler file to include a Durable Object [binding](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#5-configure-durable-object-bindings) and [migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) based on the <GlossaryTooltip term="namespace">namespace</GlossaryTooltip> and class name chosen previously.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "websocket-server"

[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "WEBSOCKET_SERVER"
class_name = "WebSocketServer"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["WebSocketServer"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Related resources

* [Durable Objects: Edge Chat Demo](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-chat-demo).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tutorial with SQL API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial-with-sql-api/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will instruct you through:

- Writing a JavaScript class that defines a Durable Object.
- Using Durable Objects SQL API to query a Durable Object's private, embedded SQLite database.
- Instantiating and communicating with a Durable Object from another Worker.
- Deploying a Durable Object and a Worker that communicates with a Durable Object.

If you wish to learn more about Durable Objects, refer to [What are Durable Objects?](/durable-objects/what-are-durable-objects/).

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can [opt-in to a SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) in order to access new [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec), part of Durable Objects Storage API.

:::

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Enable Durable Objects in the dashboard

To enable Durable Objects, you will need to purchase the Workers Paid plan:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Plans**.
3. Select **Purchase Workers Paid** and complete the payment process to enable Durable Objects.

## 2. Create a Worker project to access Durable Objects

You will access your Durable Object from a [Worker](/workers/). Your Worker application is an interface to interact with your Durable Object.

To create a Worker project, run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"durable-object-starter"}
/>

Running `create cloudflare@latest` will install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the Workers CLI. You will use Wrangler to test and deploy your project.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker Using Durable Objects",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new directory, which will include either a `src/index.js` or `src/index.ts` file to write your code and a [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file.

Move into your new directory:

```sh
cd durable-object-starter
```

## 3. Write a class to define a Durable Object that uses SQL API

Before you create and access a Durable Object, its behavior must be defined by an ordinary exported JavaScript class.

:::note

If you do not use JavaScript or TypeScript, you will need a [shim](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Shim) to translate your class definition to a JavaScript class.
:::

Your `MyDurableObject` class will have a constructor with two parameters. The first parameter, `ctx`, passed to the class constructor contains state specific to the Durable Object, including methods for accessing storage. The second parameter, `env`, contains any bindings you have associated with the Worker when you uploaded it.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx, env) {}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		// Required, as we're extending the base class.
		super(ctx, env)
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Workers communicate with a Durable Object using [remote-procedure call](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/#_top). Public methods on a Durable Object class are exposed as [RPC methods](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/) to be called by another Worker.

Your file should now look like:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {}

	async sayHello() {
		let result = this.ctx.storage.sql
			.exec("SELECT 'Hello, World!' as greeting")
			.one();
		return result.greeting;
	}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		// Required, as we're extending the base class.
		super(ctx, env)
	}

	async sayHello() {
		let result = this.ctx.storage.sql
			.exec("SELECT 'Hello, World!' as greeting")
			.one();
		return result.greeting;
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

In the code above, you have:

1. Defined a RPC method, `sayHello()`, that can be called by a Worker to communicate with a Durable Object.
2. Accessed a Durable Object's attached storage, which is a private SQLite database only accessible to the object, using [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec) methods (`sql.exec()`) available on `ctx.storage` .
3. Returned an object representing the single row query result using `one()`, which checks that the query result has exactly one row.
4. Return the `greeting` column from the row object result.

## 4. Instantiate and communicate with a Durable Object

:::note

Durable Objects do not receive requests directly from the Internet. Durable Objects receive requests from Workers or other Durable Objects.
This is achieved by configuring a binding in the calling Worker for each Durable Object class that you would like it to be able to talk to. These bindings must be configured at upload time. Methods exposed by the binding can be used to communicate with particular Durable Objects.
:::

A Worker is used to [access Durable Objects](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/).

To communicate with a Durable Object, the Worker's fetch handler should look like the following:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		let id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName(new URL(request.url).pathname);

		let stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		let greeting = await stub.sayHello();

		return new Response(greeting);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		let id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName(new URL(request.url).pathname);

		let stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		let greeting = await stub.sayHello();

		return new Response(greeting);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

In the code above, you have:

1. Exported your Worker's main event handlers, such as the `fetch()` handler for receiving HTTP requests.
2. Passed `env` into the `fetch()` handler. Bindings are delivered as a property of the environment object passed as the second parameter when an event handler or class constructor is invoked. By calling the `idFromName()` function on the binding, you use a string-derived object ID. You can also ask the system to [generate random unique IDs](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#newuniqueid). System-generated unique IDs have better performance characteristics, but require you to store the ID somewhere to access the Object again later.
3. Derived an object ID from the URL path. `MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName()` always returns the same ID when given the same string as input (and called on the same class), but never the same ID for two different strings (or for different classes). In this case, you are creating a new object for each unique path.
4. Constructed the stub for the Durable Object using the ID. A stub is a client object used to send messages to the Durable Object.
5. Called a Durable Object by invoking a RPC method, `sayHello()`, on the Durable Object, which returns a `Hello, World!` string greeting.
6. Received an HTTP response back to the client by constructing a HTTP Response with `return new Response()`.

Refer to [Access a Durable Object from a Worker](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/) to learn more about communicating with a Durable Object.

## 5. Configure Durable Object bindings

[Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform. The Durable Object bindings in your Worker project's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file will include a binding name (for this guide, use `MY_DURABLE_OBJECT`) and the class name (`MyDurableObject`).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "MY_DURABLE_OBJECT"
class_name = "MyDurableObject"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The `[[durable_objects.bindings]]` section contains the following fields:

- `name` - Required. The binding name to use within your Worker.
- `class_name` - Required. The class name you wish to bind to.
- `script_name` - Optional. Defaults to the current [environment's](/durable-objects/reference/environments/) Worker code.

## 6. Configure Durable Object class with SQLite storage backend

A migration is a mapping process from a class name to a runtime state. You perform a migration when creating a new Durable Object class, or when renaming, deleting or transferring an existing Durable Object class.

Migrations are performed through the `[[migrations]]` configurations key in your Wrangler file.

The Durable Object migration to create a new Durable Object class with SQLite storage backend will look like the following in your Worker's Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_sqlite_classes = ["MyDurableObject"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

Refer to [Durable Objects migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) to learn more about the migration process.

## 7. Develop a Durable Object Worker locally

To test your Durable Object locally, run [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev):

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

In your console, you should see a`Hello world` string returned by the Durable Object.

## 8. Deploy your Durable Object Worker

To deploy your Durable Object Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Once deployed, you should be able to see your newly created Durable Object Worker on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.

Preview your Durable Object Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

By finishing this tutorial, you have successfully created, tested and deployed a Durable Object.

### Related resources

- [Create Durable Object stubs](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/)
- [Access Durable Objects Storage](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/)
- [Miniflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare) - Helpful tools for mocking and testing your Durable Objects.

---

# Tutorial

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will instruct you through:

- Writing a Durable Object class.
- Writing a Worker which invokes methods on a Durable Object.
- Deploying a Durable Object.

If you wish to learn more about Durable Objects, refer to [What are Durable Objects?](/durable-objects/what-are-durable-objects/).

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Enable Durable Objects in the dashboard

To enable Durable Objects, you will need to purchase the Workers Paid plan:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Plans**.
3. Select **Purchase Workers Paid** and complete the payment process to enable Durable Objects.

## 2. Create a Worker project

Durable Objects are accessed from a [Worker](/workers/).

To create a Worker project, run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"durable-object-starter"}
/>

Running `create cloudflare@latest` will install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the Workers CLI. You will use Wrangler to test and deploy your project.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker using Durable Objects",
		lang: "JavaScript / TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new directory, which will include either a `src/index.js` or `src/index.ts` file to write your code and a [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file.

Move into your new directory:

```sh
cd durable-object-starter
```

## 3. Write a Durable Object class

Durable Objects are defined by a exporting a standard JavaScript class which extends from the `DurableObject` base class.

:::note

If you do not use JavaScript or TypeScript, you will need a [shim](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Shim) to translate your class definition to a JavaScript class.
:::

Your `MyDurableObject` class will have a constructor with two parameters. The first parameter, `state`, passed to the class constructor contains state specific to the Durable Object, including methods for accessing storage. The second parameter, `env`, contains any bindings you have associated with the Worker when you uploaded it.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(state, env) {}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Workers can invoke public methods defined on a Durable Object via Remote Procedure Call (RPC).

The `sayHello` method demonstrates this capability:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(state, env) {}

	async sayHello() {
		return "Hello, World!";
	}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyDurableObject extends DurableObject {
	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {}

	async sayHello(): Promise<string> {
		return "Hello, World!";
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 4. Invoke methods on a Durable Object class

As mentioned previously, methods on a Durable Object class are invoked by a Worker. This is done by creating an ID refering to an instance of the Durable Object class, getting a stub that refers to a particular instance of a Durable Object class, and invoking methods on that stub.

The fetch handler should look like the following:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Methods on the Durable Object are invoked via the stub
		const rpcResponse = await stub.sayHello();

		return new Response(rpcResponse);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
// Worker
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Every unique ID refers to an individual instance of the Durable Object class
		const id = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("foo");

		// A stub is a client used to invoke methods on the Durable Object
		const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

		// Methods on the Durable Object are invoked via the stub
		const rpcResponse = await stub.sayHello();

		return new Response(rpcResponse);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 5. Configure Durable Object bindings

To allow a Worker to invoke methods on a Durable Object, the Worker must have a [Durable Object binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in the project's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects). The binding is configured to use a particular Durable Object class.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "MY_DURABLE_OBJECT"
class_name = "MyDurableObject"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The `[[durable_objects.bindings]]` section contains the following fields:

- `name` - Required. The binding name to use within your Worker.
- `class_name` - Required. The class name you wish to bind to.
- `script_name` - Optional. The name of the Worker if the Durable Object is external to this Worker.
- `environment` - Optional. The environment of the `script_name` to bind to.

Refer to [Wrangler Configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects) for more detail.

## 6. Configure Durable Object classes with migrations

A migration is a mapping process from a class name to a runtime state. You perform a migration when creating a new Durable Object class, or when renaming, deleting or transferring an existing Durable Object class.

Migrations are performed through the `[[migrations]]` configurations key in your Wrangler file.

The Durable Object migration to create a new Durable Object class will look like the following in your Worker's Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["MyDurableObject"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

### 6.a Optional: Configure new Durable Object class for SQL storage

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

New beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. SQL storage is opt-in during beta; otherwise, a Durable Object class has the standard, private key-value storage. Objects can access long-lived durable storage with the [Storage API](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/).

:::

A Durable Object class can only have a single storage type, which cannot be changed after the Durable Object class is created.

To configure SQL storage and API, replace `new_classes` with `new_sqlite_classes` in your Worker's Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_sqlite_classes = ["MyDurableObject"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

Refer to [Durable Objects migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) to learn more about the migration process.

## 7. Develop a Durable Object Worker locally

To test your Durable Object locally, run [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev):

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

In your console, you should see a`Hello world` string returned by the Durable Object.

## 8. Deploy your Durable Object Worker

To deploy your Durable Object Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Once deployed, you should be able to see your newly created Durable Object Worker on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), **Workers & Pages** > **Overview**.

Preview your Durable Object Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

By finishing this tutorial, you have successfully created, tested and deployed a Durable Object.

### Related resources

- [Send requests to Durable Objects](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/)
- [Miniflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare) - Helpful tools for mocking and testing your Durable Objects.

---

# Metrics and GraphQL analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/observability/graphql-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

<GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> expose analytics for Durable Object namespace-level and request-level metrics.

The metrics displayed in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) charts are queried from Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically via GraphQL](#query-via-the-graphql-api) or HTTP client.

:::note[Durable Object namespace]

A Durable Object namespace is a set of Durable Objects that can be addressed by name, backed by the same class. There is only one Durable Object namespace per class. A Durable Object namespace can contain any number of Durable Objects.
:::

## View metrics and analytics via the dashboard

Per-namespace analytics for Durable Objects are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a namespace:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **Durable Objects**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/durable-objects).
3. View account-level Durable Objects usage.
4. Select an existing namespace.
5. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

Durable Object metrics are powered by GraphQL.

The datasets that include Durable Object metrics include:

* `durableObjectsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups`
* `durableObjectsPeriodicGroups`
* `durableObjectsStorageGroups`
* `durableObjectsSubrequestsAdaptiveGroups`

Use [GraphQL Introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/) to get information on the fields exposed by each datasets.

### WebSocket metrics

Durable Objects using [WebSockets](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/) will see request metrics across several GraphQL datasets because WebSockets have different types of requests.

* Metrics for a WebSocket connection itself is represented in `durableObjectsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups` once the connection closes. Since WebSocket connections are long-lived, connections often do not terminate until the Durable Object terminates.
* Metrics for incoming and outgoing WebSocket messages on a WebSocket connection are available in `durableObjectsPeriodicGroups`. If a WebSocket connection uses [WebSocket Hibernation](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api), incoming WebSocket messages are instead represented in `durableObjectsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups`.

## Example GraphQL query for Durable Objects

```js
  viewer {
    /*
    Replace with your account tag, the 32 hex character id visible at the beginning of any url
    when logged in to dash.cloudflare.com or under "Account ID" on the sidebar of the Workers & Pages Overview
    */
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: "your account tag here"}) {
      // Replace dates with a recent date
      durableObjectsInvocationsAdaptiveGroups(filter: {date_gt: "2023-05-23"}, limit: 1000) {
        sum {
          // Any other fields found through introspection can be added here
          requests
          responseBodySize
        }
      }
      durableObjectsPeriodicGroups(filter: {date_gt: "2023-05-23"}, limit: 1000) {
        sum {
          cpuTime
        }
      }
      durableObjectsStorageGroups(filter: {date_gt: "2023-05-23"}, limit: 1000) {
        max {
          storedBytes
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

Refer to the [Querying Workers Metrics with GraphQL](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-workers-metrics/) tutorial for authentication and to learn more about querying Workers datasets.

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/

## Debugging

[`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) and [`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail) are both available to help you debug your Durable Objects.

The `wrangler dev` command opens a tunnel from your local development environment to Cloudflare's global network, letting you test your Durable Objects code in the Workers environment as you write it.

`wrangler tail` displays a live feed of console and exception logs for each request served by your Worker code, including both normal Worker requests and Durable Object requests. After running `npx wrangler deploy`, you can use `wrangler tail` in the root directory of your Worker project and visit your Worker URL to see console and error logs in your terminal.

## Common errors

### No event handlers were registered. This script does nothing.

In your Wrangler file, make sure the `dir` and `main` entries point to the correct file containing your Worker code, and that the file extension is `.mjs` instead of `.js` if using ES modules syntax.

### Cannot apply `--delete-class` migration to class.

When deleting a migration using `npx wrangler deploy --delete-class <ClassName>`, you may encounter this error: `"Cannot apply --delete-class migration to class <ClassName> without also removing the binding that references it"`. You should remove the corresponding binding under `[durable_objects]` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file before attempting to apply `--delete-class` again.

### Durable Object is overloaded.

A single instance of a Durable Object cannot do more work than is possible on a single thread. These errors mean the Durable Object has too much work to keep up with incoming requests:

- `Error: Durable Object is overloaded. Too many requests queued.` The total count of queued requests is too high.
- `Error: Durable Object is overloaded. Too much data queued.` The total size of data in queued requests is too high.
- `Error: Durable Object is overloaded. Requests queued for too long.` The oldest request has been in the queue too long.
- `Error: Durable Object is overloaded. Too many requests for the same object within a 10 second window.` The number of requests for a Durable Object is too high within a short span of time (10 seconds). This error indicates a more extreme level of overload.

To solve this error, you can either do less work per request, or send fewer requests. For example, you can split the requests among more instances of the Durable Object.

These errors and others that are due to overload will have an [`.overloaded` property](/durable-objects/best-practices/error-handling) set on their exceptions, which can be used to avoid retrying overloaded operations.

### Your account is generating too much load on Durable Objects. Please back off and try again later.

There is a limit on how quickly you can create new [stubs](/durable-objects/api/stub) for new or existing Durable Objects. Those lookups are usually cached, meaning attempts for the same set of recently accessed Durable Objects should be successful, so catching this error and retrying after a short wait is safe. If possible, also consider spreading those lookups across multiple requests.

### Durable Object reset because its code was updated.

Reset in error messages refers to in-memory state. Any durable state that has already been successfully persisted via `state.storage` is not affected.

Refer to [Global Uniqueness](/durable-objects/platform/known-issues/#global-uniqueness).

### Durable Object storage operation exceeded timeout which caused object to be reset.

To prevent indefinite blocking, there is a limit on how much time storage operations can take. In Durable Objects containing a sufficiently large number of key-value pairs, `deleteAll()` may hit that time limit and fail. When this happens, note that each `deleteAll()` call does make progress and that it is safe to retry until it succeeds. Otherwise contact [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

### Your account is doing too many concurrent storage operations. Please back off and try again later.

Besides the suggested approach of backing off, also consider changing your code to use `state.storage.get(keys Array<string>)` rather than multiple individual `state.storage.get(key)` calls where possible.

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/platform/

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<DirectoryListing />

---

# Known issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/platform/known-issues/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Durable Objects is generally available. However, there are some known issues.

## Global uniqueness

Global uniqueness guarantees there is only a single instance of a <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip> with a given ID running at once, across the world.

Uniqueness is enforced upon starting a new event (such as receiving an HTTP request), and upon accessing storage.

After an event is received, if the event takes some time to execute and does not ever access its durable storage, then it is possible that the Durable Object may no longer be current, and some other instance of the same Durable Object ID will have been created elsewhere. If the event accesses storage at this point, it will receive an [exception](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/). If the event completes without ever accessing storage, it may not ever realize that the Durable Object was no longer current.

A Durable Object may be replaced in the event of a network partition or a software update (including either an update of the Durable Object's class code, or of the Workers system itself). Enabling `wrangler tail` or [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) logs requires a software update.

## Code updates

Code changes for Workers and Durable Objects are released globally in an eventually consistent manner. Because each Durable Object is globally unique, the situation can arise that a request arrives to the latest version of your Worker (running in one part of the world), which then calls to a unique Durable Object running the previous version of your code for a short period of time (typically seconds to minutes). If you create a [gradual deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/), this period of time is determined by how long your live deployment is configured to use more than one version.

For this reason, it is best practice to ensure that API changes between your Workers and Durable Objects are forward and backward compatible across code updates.

## Development tools

[`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail) logs from requests that are upgraded to WebSockets are delayed until the WebSocket is closed. `wrangler tail` should not be connected to a Worker that you expect will receive heavy volumes of traffic.

The Workers editor in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) allows you to interactively edit and preview your Worker and Durable Objects. In the editor, Durable Objects can only be talked to by a preview request if the Worker being previewed both exports the Durable Object class and binds to it. Durable Objects exported by other Workers cannot be talked to in the editor preview.

[`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) has read access to Durable Object storage, but writes will be kept in memory and will not affect persistent data. However, if you specify the `script_name` explicitly in the [Durable Object binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), then writes will affect persistent data. Wrangler will emit a warning in that case.

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/platform/limits/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Durable Objects are only available on the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers). Durable Objects limits are the same as [Workers Limits](/workers/platform/limits/), as well as the following limits that are specific to Durable Objects:

| Feature                                  | Limit for class with key-value storage backend                   | Limit for class with SQLite storage backend [^1] |
| ---------------------------------        | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Number of Objects                        | Unlimited (within an account or of a given class)                | Unlimited (within an account or of a given class)                |
| Maximum Durable Object namespaces        | 500 (identical to the [script limit](/workers/platform/limits/)) | 500 (identical to the [script limit](/workers/platform/limits/)) |
| Storage per account                      | 50 GB (can be raised by contacting Cloudflare) [^2]              | 50 GB (can be raised by contacting Cloudflare) [^2]              |
| Storage per class                        | Unlimited                                                        | Unlimited                                                        |
| Storage per Durable Object               | Unlimited                                                        | 1 GB [^3]                                                        |
| Key size                                 | 2 KiB (2048 bytes)                                               | Key and value combined cannot exceed 2 MB                        |
| Value size                               | 128 KiB (131072 bytes)                                           | Key and value combined cannot exceed 2 MB                        |
| WebSocket message size                   | 1 MiB (only for received messages)                               | 1 MiB (only for received messages)                               |
| CPU per request                          | 30s (including WebSocket messages) [^4]                          | 30s (including WebSocket messages) [^4]                          |

[^1]: The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When creating a Durable Object class, users can [opt-in to using SQL storage](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/#enable-sqlite-storage-backend-on-new-durable-object-class-migration).

[^2]: Durable Objects both bills and measures storage based on a gigabyte <br/> (1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes) and not a gibibyte (GiB). <br/>

[^3]: Will be raised to 10 GB for general availability.

[^4]: Each incoming HTTP request or WebSocket *message* resets the remaining available CPU time to 30 seconds. This allows the Durable Object to consume up to 30 seconds of compute after each incoming network request, with each new network request resetting the timer. If you consume more than 30 seconds of compute between incoming network requests, there is a heightened chance that the individual Durable Object is evicted and reset.

For Durable Object classes with [SQLite storage backend](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) these SQL limits apply:

| SQL                                                      | Limit |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Maximum number of columns per table                      | 100 |
| Maximum number of rows per table                         | Unlimited (excluding per-object storage limits) |
| Maximum string, `BLOB` or table row size                 | 2 MB |
| Maximum SQL statement length                             | 100 KB  |
| Maximum bound parameters per query                       | 100 |
| Maximum arguments per SQL function                       | 32 |
| Maximum characters (bytes) in a `LIKE` or `GLOB` pattern | 50 bytes |

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## How much work can a single Durable Object do?

Durable Objects can scale horizontally across many Durable Objects. Each individual Object is inherently single-threaded.

- An individual Object has a soft limit of 1,000 requests per second. You can have an unlimited number of individual objects per namespace.
- A simple [storage](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) `get()` on a small value that directly returns the response may realize a higher request throughput compared to a Durable Object that (for example) serializes and/or deserializes large JSON values.
- Similarly, a Durable Object that performs multiple `list()` operations may be more limited in terms of request throughput.

A Durable Object that receives too many requests will, after attempting to queue them, return an [overloaded](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/#durable-object-is-overloaded) error to the caller.

## How many Durable Objects can I create?

Durable Objects are designed such that the number of individual objects in the system do not need to be limited, and can scale horizontally.

- You can create and run as many separate Durable Objects as you want within a given Durable Object <GlossaryTooltip term="namespace">namespace</GlossaryTooltip>.
- The main limit to your usage of Durable Objects is the total storage limit per account.
- If you need more storage, contact your account team or complete the [Limit Increase Request Form](https://forms.gle/ukpeZVLWLnKeixDu7) and we will contact you with next steps.

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/platform/pricing/

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## Billing metrics

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## Durable Objects billing examples

These examples exclude the costs for the Workers calling the Durable Objects. When modelling the costs of a Durable Object, note that:

* Inactive objects receiving no requests do not incur any duration charges.
* The [WebSocket Hibernation API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/#websocket-hibernation-api) can dramatically reduce duration-related charges for Durable Objects communicating with clients over the WebSocket protocol, especially if messages are only transmitted occasionally at sparse intervals.

### Example 1

This example represents a simple Durable Object used as a co-ordination service invoked via HTTP.

* A single Durable Object was called by a Worker 1.5 million times
* It is active for 1,000,000 seconds in the month

In this scenario, the estimated monthly cost would be calculated as:

**Requests**:

* (1.5 million requests - included 1 million requests) x $0.15 / 1,000,000 = $0.075

**Compute Duration**:

* 1,000,000 seconds \* 128 MB / 1 GB = 128,000 GB-s
* (128,000 GB-s - included 400,000 GB-s) x $12.50 / 1,000,000 = $0.00

**Estimated total**: \~$0.075 (requests) + $0.00 (compute duration) + minimum $5/mo usage = $5.08 per month

### Example 2

This example represents a moderately trafficked Durable Objects based application using WebSockets to broadcast game, chat or real-time user state across connected clients:

* 100 Durable Objects have 50 WebSocket connections established to each of them.
* Clients send approximately one message a minute for eight active hours a day, every day of the month.

In this scenario, the estimated monthly cost would be calculated as:

**Requests**:

* 50 WebSocket connections \* 100 Durable Objects to establish the WebSockets = 5,000 connections created each day \* 30 days = 150,000 WebSocket connection requests.
* 50 messages per minute \* 100 Durable Objects \* 60 minutes \* 8 hours \* 30 days = 72,000,000 WebSocket message requests.
* 150,000 + (72 million requests / 20 for WebSocket message billing ratio) = 3.75 million billing request.
* (3.75 million requests - included 1 million requests) x $0.15 / 1,000,000 = $0.41.

**Compute Duration**:

* 100 Durable Objects \* 60 seconds \* 60 minutes \* 8 hours \* 30 days = 86,400,000 seconds.
* 86,400,000 seconds \* 128 MB / 1 GB = 11,059,200 GB-s.
* (11,059,200 GB-s - included 400,000 GB-s) x $12.50 / 1,000,000 = $133.24.

**Estimated total**: $0.41 (requests) + $133.24 (compute duration) + minimum $5/mo usage = $138.65 per month.

### Example 3

This example represents a horizontally scaled Durable Objects based application using WebSockets to communicate user-specific state to a single client connected to each Durable Object.

* 100 Durable Objects each have a single WebSocket connection established to each of them.
* Clients sent one message every second of the month so that the Durable Objects were active for the entire month.

In this scenario, the estimated monthly cost would be calculated as:

**Requests**:

* 100 WebSocket connection requests.
* 1 message per second \* 100 connections \* 60 seconds \* 60 minutes \* 24 hours \* 30 days = 259,200,000 WebSocket message requests.
* 100 + (259.2 million requests / 20 for WebSocket billing ratio) = 12,960,100 requests.
* (12.9 million requests - included 1 million requests) x $0.15 / 1,000,000 = $1.79.

**Compute Duration**:

* 100 Durable Objects \* 60 seconds \* 60 minutes \* 24 hours \* 30 days = 259,200,000 seconds
* 259,200,000 seconds \* 128 MB / 1 GB = 33,177,600 GB-s
* (33,177,600 GB-s - included 400,000 GB-s) x $12.50 / 1,000,000 = $409.72

**Estimated total**: $1.79 (requests) + $409.72 (compute duration) + minimum $5/mo usage = $416.51 per month

### Example 4

This example represents a moderately trafficked Durable Objects based application using WebSocket Hibernation to broadcast game, chat or real-time user state across connected clients:

* 100 Durable Objects each have 100 Hibernatable WebSocket connections established to each of them.
* Clients send one message per minute, and it takes 10ms to process a single message in the `webSocketMessage()` handler. Since each Durable Object handles 100 WebSockets, cumulatively each Durable Object will be actively executing JS for 1 second each minute (100 WebSockets \* 10ms).

In this scenario, the estimated monthly cost would be calculated as:

**Requests**:

* 100 WebSocket connections \* 100 Durable Objects to establish the WebSockets = 10,000 initial WebSocket connection requests.
* 100 messages per minute<sup>1</sup> \* 100 Durable Objects \* 60 minutes \* 24 hours \* 30 days = 432,000,000 requests.
* 10,000 + (432 million requests / 20 for WebSocket billing ratio) = 21,610,000 million requests.
* (21.6 million requests - included 1 million requests) x $0.15 / 1,000,000 = $3.09.

**Compute Duration**:

* 100 Durable Objects \* 1 second<sup>2</sup> \* 60 minutes \* 24 hours \* 30 days = 4,320,000 seconds
* 4,320,000 seconds \* 128 MB / 1 GB = 552,960 GB-s
* (552,960 GB-s - included 400,000 GB-s) x $12.50 / 1,000,000 = $1.91

**Estimated total**: $3.09 (requests) + $1.91 (compute duration) + minimum $5/mo usage = $10.00 per month

<sup>1</sup> 100 messages per minute comes from the fact that 100 clients connect to each DO, and each sends 1 message per minute.

<sup>2</sup> The example uses 1 second because each Durable Object is active for 1 second per minute. This can also be thought of as 432 million requests that each take 10 ms to execute (4,320,000 seconds).

## Storage API billing

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# Data location

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/data-location/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Restrict Durable Objects to a jurisdiction

Jurisdictions are used to create <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Objects</GlossaryTooltip> that only run and store data within a region to comply with local regulations such as the [GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/) or [FedRAMP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-achieves-fedramp-authorization/).

Workers may still access Durable Objects constrained to a jurisdiction from anywhere in the world. The jurisdiction constraint only controls where the Durable Object itself runs and persists data. Consider using [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/) to control the regions from which Cloudflare responds to requests.

:::note[Logging]

A [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) will be logged outside of the specified jurisdiction for billing and debugging purposes.

:::

Durable Objects can be restricted to a specific jurisdiction either by creating a [`DurableObjectNamespace`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/) restricted to a jurisdiction, or by creating an individual [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) restricted to a jurisdiction:

```js
const euSubnamespace = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.jurisdiction("eu");
const euId = euSubnamespace.newUniqueId();
// or
const euId = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId({ jurisdiction: "eu" });
```

Methods on a [`DurableObjectNamespace`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/) that take a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) as a parameter will throw an exception if the parameter is associated with a different jurisdiction. To achieve this, a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) encodes its jurisdiction. As a consequence, it is possible to have the same name represent different IDs in different jurisdictions.

```js
const euId1 = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.idFromName("my-name");
const euId2 = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.jurisdiction("eu").idFromName("my-name");
console.assert(!euId1.equal(euId2), "This should always be true");
```

Methods on a [`DurableObjectNamespace`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/) that take a [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) as a parameter will throw an exception if the parameter is associated with a different jurisdiction. However, these methods will not throw an exception if the [`DurableObjectNamespace`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/) is not associated with a jurisdiction. The common case is that any valid [`DurableObjectId`](/durable-objects/api/id) can be used in the top-level namespace's methods.

```js
const euSubnamespace = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.jurisdiction("eu");
const euId = euSubnamespace.idFromName(name);
const stub = env.MY_DURABLE_OBJECT.get(euId);
```

### Supported locations

| Parameter | Location                     |
| --------- | ---------------------------- |
| eu        | The European Union           |
| fedramp   | FedRAMP-compliant data centers |

## Provide a location hint

Durable Objects, as with any stateful API, will often add response latency as requests must be forwarded to the data center where the Durable Object, or state, is located.

Durable Objects do not currently change locations after they are created<sup>1</sup>. By default, a Durable Object is instantiated in a data center close to where the initial `get()` request is made. This may not be in the same data center that the `get()` request is made from, but in most cases, it will be in close proximity.

:::caution[Initial requests to Durable Objects]

It can negatively impact latency to pre-create Durable Objects prior to the first client request or when the first client request is not representative of where the majority of requests will come from. It is better for latency to create Durable Objects in response to actual production traffic or provide explicit location hints.

:::

Location hints are the mechanism provided to specify the location that a Durable Object should be located regardless of where the initial `get()` request comes from.

To manually create Durable Objects in another location, provide an optional `locationHint` parameter to `get()`. Only the first call to `get()` for a particular Object will respect the hint.

```js
let durableObjectStub = OBJECT_NAMESPACE.get(id, { locationHint: "enam" });
```

:::caution

Hints are a best effort and not a guarantee. Unlike with jurisdictions, Durable Objects will not necessarily be instantiated in the hinted location, but instead instantiated in a data center selected to minimize latency from the hinted location.
:::

### Supported locations

| Parameter | Location                   |
| --------- | -------------------------- |
| wnam      | Western North America      |
| enam      | Eastern North America      |
| sam       | South America <sup>2</sup> |
| weur      | Western Europe             |
| eeur      | Eastern Europe             |
| apac      | Asia-Pacific               |
| oc        | Oceania                    |
| afr       | Africa <sup>2</sup>        |
| me        | Middle East <sup>2</sup>   |

<sup>1</sup> Dynamic relocation of existing Durable Objects is planned for the
future.

<sup>2</sup> Durable Objects currently do not spawn in this location. Instead,
the Durable Object will spawn in a nearby location which does support Durable
Objects. For example, Durable Objects hinted to South America spawn in Eastern
North America instead.

---

# Data security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/data-security/

This page details the data security properties of Durable Objects, including:

* Encryption-at-rest (EAR).
* Encryption-in-transit (EIT).
* Cloudflare's compliance certifications.

## Encryption at Rest

All Durable Object data, including metadata, is encrypted at rest. Encryption and decryption are automatic, do not require user configuration to enable, and do not impact the effective performance of Durable Objects.

Encryption keys are managed by Cloudflare and securely stored in the same key management systems we use for managing encrypted data across Cloudflare internally.

Encryption at rest is implemented using the Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) disk encryption specification and [AES-256](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-encryption/), a widely tested, highly performant and industry-standard encryption algorithm.

## Encryption in Transit

Data transfer between a Cloudflare Worker, and/or between nodes within the Cloudflare network and Durable Objects is secured using the same [Transport Layer Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) (TLS/SSL).

API access via the HTTP API or using the [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) command-line interface is also over TLS/SSL (HTTPS).

## Compliance

To learn more about Cloudflare's adherence to industry-standard security compliance certifications, visit the Cloudflare [Trust Hub](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/).

---

# Durable Objects migrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/

import { GlossaryTooltip, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A migration is a mapping process from a class name to a runtime state.

You must initiate a migration process when you:

* Create a new <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object class">Durable Object class</GlossaryTooltip>.
* Rename a Durable Object class.
* Delete a Durable Object class.
* Transfer an existing Durable Objects class.

This process informs the Workers runtime of the changes and provides it with instructions on how to deal with those changes.

:::note


Updating code for an existing Durable Object class does not require a migration. To update code for an existing Durable Object class, run [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy). This is true even for changes to how code interacts with persistent storage. Because of [global uniqueness](/durable-objects/platform/known-issues/#global-uniqueness), you do not have to be concerned about old and new code interacting with the same storage simultaneously. However, it is your responsibility to ensure that new code is backwards compatible with existing stored data.


:::

The most common migration performed is a new class migration, which informs the runtime that a new Durable Object class is being uploaded.

Migrations can also be used for transferring stored data between two Durable Object classes:

* Rename migrations are used to transfer stored Durable Objects between two Durable Object classes in the same Worker code file.
* Transfer migrations are used to transfer stored Durable Objects between two Durable Object classes in different Worker code files.

The destination class (the class that stored Durable Objects are being transferred to) for a rename or transfer migration must be exported by the deployed Worker.

:::caution[Important]


After a rename or transfer migration, requests to the destination Durable Object class will have access to the source Durable Object's stored data.

After a migration, any existing bindings to the original Durable Object class (for example, from other Workers) will automatically forward to the updated destination class. However, any Workers bound to the updated Durable Object class must update their Durable Object binding configuration in the Wrangler file for their next deployment.


:::

Migrations can also be used to delete a Durable Object class and its stored Durable Objects.

:::caution[Delete migrations]


Running a delete migration will delete all Durable Objects associated with the deleted class, including all of their stored data. Do not run a delete migration on a class without first ensuring that you are not relying on the Durable Objects within that class anymore. Copy any important data to some other location before deleting.


:::

### Durable Object migrations in the Wrangler configuration file

Migrations are performed through the `[[migrations]]` configurations key in your Wrangler file.

Migrations require a migration tag, which is defined by the `tag` property in each migration entry.

Migration tags are treated like unique names and are used to determine which migrations have already been applied. Once a given Worker code has a migration tag set on it, all future Worker code deployments must include a migration tag.

The migration list is an ordered array of tables, specified as a top-level key in your Wrangler file. The migration list is inherited by all environments and cannot be overridden by a specific environment.

All migrations are applied at deployment. Each migration can only be applied once per [environment](/durable-objects/reference/environments/).

To illustrate an example migrations workflow, the `DurableObjectExample` class can be initially defined with:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["DurableObjectExample"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

Each migration in the list can have multiple directives, and multiple migrations can be specified as your project grows in complexity. For example, you may want to rename the `DurableObjectExample` class to `UpdatedName` and delete an outdated `DeprecatedClass` entirely.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["DurableObjectExample"] # Array of new classes

[[migrations]]
tag = "v2"
renamed_classes = [{from = "DurableObjectExample", to = "UpdatedName" }] # Array of rename directives
deleted_classes = ["DeprecatedClass"] # Array of deleted class names
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note


Note that `.toml` files do not allow line breaks in inline tables (the `{key = "value"}` syntax), but line breaks in the surrounding inline array are acceptable.


:::

### Enable SQLite storage backend on new Durable Object class migration

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can opt-in to a SQLite storage backend in order to access new [SQL API](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec). Otherwise, a Durable Object class has a key-value storage backend.

:::

To allow a new Durable Object class to use a SQLite storage backend, use `new_sqlite_classes` on the migration in your Worker's Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_sqlite_classes = ["MyDurableObject"] # Array of new classes
```

</WranglerConfig>

You cannot enable a SQLite storage backend on an existing, deployed Durable Object class, so setting `new_sqlite_classes` on later migrations will fail with an error. Automatic migration of deployed classes from their key-value storage backend to SQLite storage backend will be available in the future.

---

# Environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/environments/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) allows you to deploy the same Worker application with different configuration for each [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/).

If you are using Wrangler environments, you must specify any [Durable Object bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) you wish to use on a per-environment basis.

Durable Object bindings are not inherited. For example, you can define an environment named `staging` as below:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.staging]
durable_objects.bindings = [
  {name = "EXAMPLE_CLASS", class_name = "DurableObjectExample"}
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Because Wrangler appends the [environment name](/workers/wrangler/environments/) to the top-level name when publishing, for a Worker named `worker-name` the above example is equivalent to:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.staging]
durable_objects.bindings = [
  {name = "EXAMPLE_CLASS", class_name = "DurableObjectExample", script_name = "worker-name-staging"}
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

`"EXAMPLE_CLASS"` in the staging environment is bound to a different Worker code name compared to the top-level `"EXAMPLE_CLASS"` binding, and will therefore access different Durable Objects with different persistent storage.

If you want an environment-specific binding that accesses the same Objects as the top-level binding, specify the top-level Worker code name explicitly using `script_name`:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.another]
durable_objects.bindings = [
  {name = "EXAMPLE_CLASS", class_name = "DurableObjectExample", script_name = "worker-name"}
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Durable Objects documentation.

<Glossary product="durable-objects" />

---

# In-memory state in a Durable Object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/in-memory-state/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

In-memory state means that each <GlossaryTooltip term="Durable Object">Durable Object</GlossaryTooltip> has one active instance at any particular time. All requests sent to that Durable Object are handled by that same instance. You can store some state in memory.

Variables in a Durable Object will maintain state as long as your Durable Object is not evicted from memory.

A common pattern is to initialize a Durable Object from [persistent storage](/durable-objects/api/storage-api/) and set instance variables the first time it is accessed. Since future accesses are routed to the same Durable Object, it is then possible to return any initialized values without making further calls to persistent storage.

```js
export class Counter {
	constructor(state, env) {
		this.state = state;
		// `blockConcurrencyWhile()` ensures no requests are delivered until
		// initialization completes.
		this.state.blockConcurrencyWhile(async () => {
			let stored = await this.state.storage.get("value");
			// After initialization, future reads do not need to access storage.
			this.value = stored || 0;
		});
	}

	// Handle HTTP requests from clients.
	async fetch(request) {
		// use this.value rather than storage
	}
}
```

A given instance of a Durable Object may share global memory with other instances defined in the same Worker code.

In the example above, using a global variable `value` instead of the instance variable `this.value` would be incorrect. Two different instances of `Counter` will each have their own separate memory for `this.value`, but might share memory for the global variable `value`, leading to unexpected results. Because of this, it is best to avoid global variables.

:::note[Built-in caching]

The Durable Object's storage has a built-in in-memory cache of its own. If you use `get()` to retrieve a value that was read or written recently, the result will be instantly returned from cache. Instead of writing initialization code like above, you could use `get("value")` whenever you need it, and rely on the built-in cache to make this fast. Refer to the [Build a counter example](/durable-objects/examples/build-a-counter/) to learn more about this approach.

However, in applications with more complex state, explicitly storing state in your Object may be easier than making Storage API calls on every access. Depending on the configuration of your project, write your code in the way that is easiest for you.

:::

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Durable Objects.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Demos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/demos/

import { ExternalResources, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Learn how you can use Email Workers within your existing architecture.

## Demos

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="demo application">demo applications</GlossaryTooltip> for Email Workers.

<ExternalResources type="apps" products={["Email Workers"]} />

---

# Edit Email Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/edit-email-workers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Adding or editing Email Workers is straightforward. You can rename, delete or edit Email Workers, as well as change the routes bound to a specific Email Worker.

## Add an Email worker

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email Workers**.

3. Select  **Create**.

<Render file="enable-create-worker" />

## Edit an Email Worker

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email Workers**.

3. Find the Email Worker you want to rename, and select the three-dot button next to it.

4. Select **Code editor**.

5. Make the appropriate changes to your code.

6. Select **Save and deploy** when you are finished editing.

## Rename Email Worker

When you rename an Email Worker, you will lose the route that was previously bound to it. You will need to configure the route again after renaming the Email Worker.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email workers**.

3. Find the Email Worker you want to rename, and select the three-dot button next to it.

4. From the drop-down menu, select **Manage Worker**.

5. Select **Manage Service** > **Rename service**, and fill in the new Email Worker’s name.

6. Select **Continue** > **Move**.

7. Acknowledge the warning and select **Finish**.

8. Now, go back to **Email** > **Email Routing**.

9. In **Routes** find the custom address you previously had associated with your Email Worker, and select **Edit**.

10. In the **Destination** drop-down menu, select your renamed Email Worker.

11. Select **Save**.

## Edit route

The following steps show how to change a route associated with an Email Worker.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email workers**.

3. Find the Email Worker you want to change the associated route, and select  **route** on its card.

4. Select **Edit** to make the required changes.

5. Select **Save** to finish.

## Delete an Email Worker

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email workers**.

3. Find the Email Worker you want to delete, and select the three-dot button next to it.

4. From the drop-down menu, select  **Manage Worker**.

5. Select **Manage Service** > **Delete**.

6. Type the name of the Email Worker to confirm you want to delete it, and select **Delete**.

---

# Enable Email Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/enable-email-workers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Follow these steps to enable and add your first Email Worker. If you have never used Cloudflare Workers before, Cloudflare will create a subdomain for you, and assign you to the Workers [free pricing plan](/workers/platform/pricing/).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Email Workers**.

3. Select  **Get started**.

<Render file="enable-create-worker" />

---

# Email Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/

With Email Workers you can leverage the power of Cloudflare Workers to implement any logic you need to process your emails and create complex rules. These rules determine what happens when you receive an email.

Creating your own rules with Email Workers is as easy or complex as you want. You can begin using one of the starter templates that are pre-populated with code for popular use-cases. These templates allow you to create a blocklist, allowlist, or send notifications to Slack.

If you prefer, you can skip the templates and use custom code. You can, for example, create logic that only accepts messages from a specific address, and then forwards them to one or more of your verified email addresses, while also alerting you on Slack.

The following is an example of an allowlist Email Worker:

```js
export default {
  async email(message, env, ctx) {
    const allowList = ["friend@example.com", "coworker@example.com"];
    if (allowList.indexOf(message.from) == -1) {
      message.setReject("Address not allowed");
    } else {
      await message.forward("inbox@corp");
    }
  }
}
```

Refer to the [Workers Languages](/workers/languages/) for more information regarding the languages you can use with Workers.

## How to use Email Workers

To use Email Routing with Email Workers there are three steps involved:

1. Creating the Email Worker.
2. Adding the logic to your Email Worker (like email addresses allowed or blocked from sending you emails).
3. Binding the Email Worker to a route. This is the email address that forwards emails to the Worker.

The route, or email address, bound to the Worker forwards emails to your Email Worker. The logic in the Worker will then decide if the email is forwarded to its final destination or dropped, and what further actions (if any) will be applied.

For example, say that you create an allowlist Email Worker and bind it to a `hello@my-company.com` route. This route will be the email address you share with the world, to make sure that only email addresses on your allowlist are forwarded to your destination address. All other emails will be dropped.

## Limits

If you encounter any allocation errors while using Email Workers, refer to [Limits](/email-routing/limits/#email-workers-size-limits) for more information.

---

# Reply to emails from Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/reply-email-workers/

You can reply to incoming emails with another new message and implement smart auto-responders programmatically, adding any content and context in the main body of the message. Think of a customer support email automatically generating a ticket and returning the link to the sender, an out-of-office reply with instructions when you are on vacation, or a detailed explanation of why you rejected an email.

Reply to emails is a new method of the [`EmailMessage` object](/email-routing/email-workers/runtime-api/#emailmessage-definition) in the Runtime API. Here is how it works:

```js
import { EmailMessage } from "cloudflare:email";
import { createMimeMessage } from "mimetext";

export default {
  async email(message, env, ctx) {

    const ticket = createTicket(message);

    const msg = createMimeMessage();
    msg.setHeader("In-Reply-To", message.headers.get("Message-ID"));
    msg.setSender({ name: "Thank you for your contact", addr: "<SENDER>@example.com" });
    msg.setRecipient(message.from);
    msg.setSubject("Email Routing Auto-reply");
    msg.addMessage({
      contentType: 'text/plain',
      data: `We got your message, your ticket number is ${ ticket.id }`
    });

    const replyMessage = new EmailMessage(
      "<SENDER>@example.com",
      message.from,
      msg.asRaw()
    );

    await message.reply(replyMessage);
  }
}
```

To mitigate security risks and abuse, replying to incoming emails has a few requirements:

* The incoming email has to have valid [DMARC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dmarc-record/).
* The email can only be replied to once in the same `EmailMessage` event.
* The `In-Reply-To` header of the reply message must be set to the `Message-ID` of the incoming message.
* The recipient in the reply must match the incoming sender.
* The outgoing sender domain must match the same domain that received the email.

If these and other internal conditions are not met, then `reply()` will fail with an exception, otherwise you can freely compose your reply message and send it back to the original sender.

---

# Runtime API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/runtime-api/

## Background

An `EmailEvent` is the event type to programmatically process your emails with a Worker. You can reject, forward, or drop emails according to the logic you construct in your Worker.

***

## Syntax: Service Worker

`EmailEvent` can be handled in Workers functions written using the Service Worker syntax by attaching to the `email` event with `addEventListener`:

```js
addEventListener("email", (event) => {
  event.message.forward("<YOUR_EMAIL>");
});
```

### Properties



* `event.message` EmailMessage

  * An [`EmailMessage` object](#emailmessage-definition).



***

## Syntax: ES modules

`EmailEvent` can be handled in Workers functions written using the [ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) by adding an `email` function to your module's exported handlers:

```js
export default {
  async email(message, env, ctx) {
    message.forward("<YOUR_EMAIL>");
  },
};
```

### Parameters



* `message` EmailMessage

  * An [`EmailMessage` object](#emailmessage-definition).

* `env` object

  * An object containing the bindings associated with your Worker using ES modules format, such as KV namespaces and Durable Objects.

* `ctx` object
  * An object containing the context associated with your Worker using ES modules format. Currently, this object just contains the `waitUntil` function.



***

## `EmailMessage` definition

```ts
 interface EmailMessage<Body = unknown> {
  readonly from: string;
  readonly to: string;
  readonly headers: Headers;
  readonly raw: ReadableStream;
  readonly rawSize: number;

  public constructor(from: string, to: string, raw: ReadableStream | string);

  setReject(reason: string): void;
  forward(rcptTo: string, headers?: Headers): Promise<void>;
  reply(message: EmailMessage): Promise<void>;
}
```



* `from` string

  * `Envelope From` attribute of the email message.

* `to` string

  * `Envelope To` attribute of the email message.

* `headers` Headers

  * A [`Headers` object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers).

* `raw` ReadableStream

  * [Stream](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream) of the email message content.

* `rawSize` number

  * Size of the email message content.

* <code>setReject(reasonstring)</code> : void

  * Reject this email message by returning a permanent SMTP error back to the connecting client, including the given reason.

* <code>forward(rcptTostring, headersHeadersoptional)</code> : Promise

  * Forward this email message to a verified destination address of the account. If you want, you can add extra headers to the email message. Only `X-*` headers are allowed.
  * When the promise resolves, the message is confirmed to be forwarded to a verified destination address.

* <code>reply(messageEmailMessage)</code> : Promise

  * Reply to the sender of this email message with a new EmailMessage object.
  * When the promise resolves, the message is confirmed to be replied.

---

# Send emails from Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="send-emails-workers-intro" params={{ one: "Then, create a new binding in the wrangler.toml file:" }} />

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
send_email = [
    {name = "<NAME_FOR_BINDING>", destination_address = "<YOUR_EMAIL>@example.com"},
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Types of bindings

There are three types of bindings:

* **No attribute defined**: When you do not define an attribute, the binding has no restrictions in place. You can use it to send emails to any verified email address [through Email Routing](/email-routing/setup/email-routing-addresses/#destination-addresses).
* **`destination_address`**: When you define the `destination_address` attribute, you create a targeted binding. This means you can only send emails to the chosen email address. For example, `{type = "send_email", name = "<NAME_FOR_BINDING>", destination_address = "<YOUR_EMAIL>@example.com"}`. <br/> For this particular binding, when you call the `send_email` function you can pass `null` or `undefined` to your Worker and it will assume the email address specified in the binding.
* **`allowed_destination_addresses`**: When you specify this attribute, you create an allowlist, and can send emails to any email address on the list.

<Render file="types-bindings" />

## Example Worker

Refer to the example below to learn how to construct a Worker capable of sending emails. This example uses [MIMEText](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mimetext):

:::note
The sender has to be an email from the domain where you have Email Routing active.
:::

```js
import { EmailMessage } from "cloudflare:email";
import { createMimeMessage } from "mimetext";

export default {
 async fetch(request, env) {
   const msg = createMimeMessage();
   msg.setSender({ name: "GPT-4", addr: "<SENDER>@example.com" });
   msg.setRecipient("<RECIPIENT>@example.com");
   msg.setSubject("An email generated in a worker");
   msg.addMessage({
       contentType: 'text/plain',
       data: `Congratulations, you just sent an email from a worker.`
   });

   var message = new EmailMessage(
     "<SENDER>@example.com",
     "<RECIPIENT>@example.com",
     msg.asRaw()
   );
   try {
     await env.SEB.send(message);
   } catch (e) {
     return new Response(e.message);
   }

   return new Response("Hello Send Email World!");
 },
};
```

---

# Audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/audit-logs/

Audit logs for Email Routing are available in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=audit-log). The following changes to Email Routing will be displayed:

* Add/edit Rule
* Add address
* Address change status
* Enable/disable/unlock zone

Refer to [Review audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) for more information.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/email-routing-analytics/

The Overview page shows you a summary of your account. You can check details such as how many custom and destination addresses you have configured, as well as the status of your routing service.

## Email Routing summary

In Email Routing summary you can check metrics related the number of emails received, forwarded, dropped, and rejected. To filter this information by time interval, select the drop-down menu. You can choose preset periods between the previous 30 minutes and 30 days, as well as a custom date range.

## Activity Log

This section allows you to sort through emails received, and check Email Routing actions - for example, `Forwarded`, `Dropped`, or `Rejected`. Select a specific email to expand its details and check information regarding the [SPF](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7208), [DKIM](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6376), and [DMARC](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7489) statuses. Depending on the information shown, you can opt to mark an email as spam or block the sender.

---

# Enable Email Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/

:::caution[Important]
Enabling Email Routing adds the appropriate `MX` records to the DNS settings of your zone in order for the service to work. You can [change these `MX` records](/email-routing/setup/email-routing-dns-records/) at any time. However, depending on how you configure them, Email Routing might stop working.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing**.
3. Review the records that will be added to your zone.
4. Select **Add records and enable**.
5. Go to **Routing rules**.
6. For **Custom addresses**, select **Create address**.
7. Enter the custom email address you want to use (for example, `my-new-email@example.com`).
8. In **Destination addresses**, enter the full email address you want your emails to be forwarded to — for example, `your-name@example.com`.

   :::note[Notes]

   If you have several destination addresses linked to the same custom email address (rule), Email Routing will only process the most recent rule. To avoid this, do not link several destination addresses to the same custom address.

   The current implementation of email forwarding only supports a single destination address per custom address. To forward a custom address to multiple destinations you must create a Workers script to redirect the email to each destination. All the destinations used in the Workers script must be already validated.

   :::

9. Select **Save**.
10. Cloudflare will send a verification email to the address provided in the **Destination address** field. You must verify your email address before being able to proceed.
11. In the verification email Cloudflare sent you, select **Verify email address** > **Go to Email Routing** to activate Email Routing.
12. Your Destination address should now show **Verified**, under **Status**. Select **Continue**.
13. Cloudflare needs to add the relevant `MX` and `TXT` records to DNS records for Email Routing to work. This step is automatic and is only needed the first time you configure Email Routing. It is meant to ensure you have the proper records configured in your zone. Select **Add records and finish**.

Email Routing is now enabled. You can add other custom addresses to your account.

:::note
When Email Routing is configured and running, no other email services can be active in the domain you are configuring. If there are other `MX` records already configured in DNS, Cloudflare will ask you if you wish to delete them. If you do not delete existing `MX` records, Email Routing will not be enabled.
:::

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

To enable Email Routing, start by creating a custom email address linked to a destination address or Email Worker. This forms an **email rule**. You can enable or disable rules from the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to [Enable Email Routing](/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing) for more details.

Custom addresses you create with Email Routing work as forward addresses only. Emails sent to custom addresses are forwarded by Email Routing to your destination inbox. Cloudflare does not process outbound email, and does not have an SMTP server.

The first time you access Email Routing, you will see a wizard guiding you through the process of creating email rules. You can skip the wizard and add rules manually.

If you need to pause Email Routing or offboard to another service, refer to [Disable Email Routing](/email-routing/setup/disable-email-routing/).

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# Test Email Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/get-started/test-email-routing/

To test that your configuration is working properly, send an email to the custom address [you set up in the dashboard](/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/). You should send your test email from a different address than the one you specified as the destination address.

For example, if you set up `your-name@gmail.com` as the destination address, do not send your test email from that same Gmail account. Send a test email to that destination address from another email account (for example, `your-name@outlook.com`).

The reason for this is that some email providers will discard what they interpret as an incoming duplicate email and will not show it in your inbox, making it seem like Email Routing is not working properly.

---

# Disable Email Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/disable-email-routing/

Email Routing provides two options for disabling the service:

* **Delete and Disable**: This option will immediately disable Email Routing and remove its `MX` records. Your custom email addresses will stop working, and your email will not be routed to its final destination.
* **Unlock and keep DNS records**: (Advanced) This option is recommended if you plan to migrate to another provider. It allows you to add new `MX` records before disabling the service. Email Routing will stop working when you change your `MX` records.

## Delete and disable Email Routing

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Settings**.
3. Select **Start disabling** > **Delete and Disable**. Email Routing will show you the list of records associated with your account that will be deleted.
4. Select **Delete records**.

Email Routing is now disabled for your account and will stop forwarding email. To enable the service again, select **Enable Email Routing** and follow the wizard.

## Unlock and keep DNS records

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Settings**.
3. Select **Start disabling** > **Unlock records and continue**.
4. Select **Edit records on DNS**.

You now have the option to edit your DNS records to migrate your service to another provider.

:::caution

Changing your DNS records will make Email Routing stop working. If you changed your mind and want to keep Email Routing working with your account, select **Lock DNS records**. 
:::

---

# Configure rules and addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/email-routing-addresses/

An email rule is a pair of a custom email address and a destination address, or a custom email address with an Email Worker. This allows you to route emails to your preferred inbox, or apply logic through Email Workers before deciding what should happen to your emails. You can have multiple custom addresses, to route email from specific providers to specific mail inboxes.

## Custom addresses

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Routes**.
3. Select **Create address**.
4. In **Custom address**, enter the custom email address you want to use (for example, `my-new-email`).
5. In the **Action** drop-down menu, choose what this email rule should do. Refer to [Email rule actions](#email-rule-actions) for more information.
6. In **Destination**, choose the email address or Email Worker you want your emails to be forwarded to — for example, `your-name@gmail.com`. You can only choose a destination address you have already verified. To add a new destination address, refer to [Destination addresses](#destination-addresses).

:::note

If you have more than one destination address linked to the same custom address, Email Routing will only process the most recent rule. This means only the most recent pair of custom address and destination address (rule) will receive your forwarded emails. To avoid this, do not link more than one destination address to the same custom address. 
:::

### Email rule actions

When creating an email rule, you must specify an **Action**:

* *Send to an email*: Emails will be routed to your destination address. This is the default action.
* *Send to a Worker*: Emails will be processed by the logic in your [Email Worker](/email-routing/email-workers).
* *Drop*: Deletes emails sent to the custom address without routing them. This can be useful if you want to make an email address appear valid for privacy reasons.

:::note


To prevent spamming unintended recipients, all email rules are automatically disabled until the destination address is validated by the user.


:::

### Disable an email rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Routes**.
3. In **Custom addresses**, identify the email rule you want to pause, and toggle the status button to **Disabled**.

Your email rule is now disabled. It will not forward emails to a destination address or Email Worker. To forward emails again, toggle the email rule status button to **Active**.

### Edit custom addresses

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Routes**.
3. In **Custom addresses**, identify the email rule you want to edit, and select **Edit**.
4. Make the appropriate changes to this custom address.

## Catch-all address

When you enable this feature, Email Routing will catch variations of email addresses to make them valid for the specified domain. For example, if you created an email rule for `info@example.com` and a sender accidentally types `ifno@example.com`, the email will still be correctly handled if you have **Catch-all addresses** enabled.

To enable Catch-all addresses:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Routes**.
3. Enable **Catch-all address**, so it shows as **Active**.
4. In the **Action** drop-down menu, select what to do with these emails. Refer to [Email rule actions](#email-rule-actions) for more information.
5. Select **Save**.

## Destination addresses

This section lets you manage your destination addresses. It lists all email addresses already verified, as well as email addresses pending verification. You can resend verification emails or delete destination addresses.

Destination addresses are shared at the account level, and can be reused with any other domain in your account. This means the same destination address will be available to different domains in your account.

To prevent spam, email rules do not become active until after the destination address has been verified. Cloudflare sends a verification email to destination addresses specified in **Custom addresses**. You have to select **Verify email address** in that email to activate a destination address.

:::note


Deleting a destination address automatically disables all email rules that use that email address as destination.


:::

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/

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# DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/email-routing-dns-records/

You can check the status of your DNS records in the **Settings** section of Email Routing. This section also allows you to troubleshoot any potential problems you might have with DNS records.

## Email DNS records

Check the status of your account's DNS records in the **Email DNS records** card:

* **Email DNS records configured** - DNS records are properly configured.
* **Email DNS records misconfigured** - There is a problem with your accounts DNS records. Select **Enable Email Routing** to [start troubleshooting problems](/email-routing/troubleshooting/).

### Start disabling

When you successfully configure Email Routing, your DNS records will be locked and the dashboard will show a **Start disabling** button in the Email DNS records card. This locked status is the recommended setting by Cloudflare. It means that the DNS records required for Email Routing to work are locked and can only be changed if you disable Email Routing on your domain.

If you need to delete Email Routing or migrate to another provider, select **Start disabling**. Refer to [Disable Email Routing](/email-routing/setup/disable-email-routing/) for more information.

### Lock DNS records

Depending on your zone configuration, you might have your DNS records unlocked. This will also be true if, for some reason, you have unlocked your DNS records. Select **Lock DNS records** to lock your DNS records and protect them from being accidentally changed or deleted.

## View DNS records

Select **View DNS records** for a list of the required `MX` and sender policy framework (SPF) records Email Routing is using.

If you are having trouble with your account's DNS records, refer to the [Troubleshooting](/email-routing/troubleshooting/) section.

---

# Configure MTA-STS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/mta-sts/

MTA Strict Transport Security ([MTA-STS](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8461)) was introduced by email service providers including Microsoft, Google and Yahoo as a solution to protect against downgrade and man-in-the-middle attacks in SMTP sessions, as well as solving the lack of security-first communication standards in email.

Suppose that `example.com` is your domain and uses Email Routing. Here is how you can enable MTA-STS for it.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records** and create a new CNAME record with the name `_mta-sts` that points to Cloudflare’s record `_mta-sts.mx.cloudflare.net`. Make sure to disable the proxy mode.

![MTA-STS CNAME record](~/assets/images/email-routing/mta-sts-record.png)

3. Confirm that the record was created:

```sh
dig txt _mta-sts.example.com
```

```sh output
_mta-sts.example.com. 300 IN  CNAME _mta-sts.mx.cloudflare.net.
_mta-sts.mx.cloudflare.net. 300 IN  TXT "v=STSv1; id=20230615T153000;"
```

This tells the other end client that is trying to connect to us that we support MTA-STS.

Next you need an HTTPS endpoint at `mta-sts.example.com` to serve your policy file. This file defines the mail servers in the domain that use MTA-STS. The reason why HTTPS is used here instead of DNS is because not everyone uses DNSSEC yet, so we want to avoid another MITM attack vector.

To do this you need to deploy a Worker that allows email clients to pull Cloudflare’s Email Routing policy file using the “well-known” URI convention.

4. Go to your **Account** > **Workers & Pages** and press **Create Application**. Pick the "MTA-STS" template from the list.

![MTA-STS Worker](~/assets/images/email-routing/mta-sts-worker.png)

5. This Worker proxies `https://mta-sts.mx.cloudflare.net/.well-known/mta-sts.txt` to your own domain. After deploying it, go to the Worker configuration, then **Triggers** > **Custom Domains** and **Add Custom Domain**. Type the subdomain `mta-sts.example.com`.

![MTA-STS Worker Custom Domain](~/assets/images/email-routing/mta-sts-domain.png)

You can then confirm that your policy file is working with the following:

```sh
curl https://mta-sts.example.com/.well-known/mta-sts.txt
```

```sh output
version: STSv1
mode: enforce
mx: *.mx.cloudflare.net
max_age: 86400
```

This says that you domain `example.com` enforces MTA-STS. Capable email clients will only deliver email to this domain over a secure connection to the specified MX servers. If no secure connection can be established the email will not be delivered.

Email Routing also supports MTA-STS upstream, which greatly improves security when forwarding your Emails to service providers like Gmail, Microsoft, and others.

While enabling MTA-STS involves a few steps today, we aim to simplify things for you and automatically configure MTA-STS for your domains from the Email Routing dashboard as a future improvement.

---

# Subdomains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/setup/subdomains/

Email Routing is a [zone-level](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones) feature. A zone has a top-level domain (the same as the zone name) and it can have subdomains (managed under the DNS feature.) As an example, you can have the `example.com` zone, and then the `mail.example.com` and `corp.example.com` sub-domains under it.

You can use Email Routing with any subdomain of any zone in your account. Follow these steps to add Email Routing features to a new subdomain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Settings**, and select **Add subdomain**.

Once the subdomain is added and the DNS records are configured, you can see it in the **Settings** list under the **Subdomains** section.

Now you can go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Routing rules** and create new custom addresses that will show you the option of using either the top domain of the zone or any other configured subdomain.

---

# DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/troubleshooting/email-routing-dns-records/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing** > **Settings**. Email Routing will show you the status of your DNS records, such as `Missing`.
3. Select **Enable Email Routing**.
4. The next page will show you what kind of action is needed. For example, if you are missing DNS records, select **Add records and enable**.

If there is a problem with your SPF records, refer to [Troubleshooting SPF records](/email-routing/troubleshooting/email-routing-spf-records/).

---

# SPF records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/troubleshooting/email-routing-spf-records/

Having multiple [sender policy framework (SPF) records](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-spf-record/) on your account is not allowed, and will prevent Email Routing from working properly. If your account has multiple SPF records, follow these steps to solve the issue:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing**. Email Routing will warn you that you have multiple SPF records.
3. Under **View DNS records**, select **Fix records**.
4. Delete the incorrect SPF record.

You should now have your SPF records correctly configured. If you are unsure of which SPF record to delete:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email** > **Email Routing**. Email Routing will warn you that you have multiple SPF records.
3. Under **View DNS records**, select **Fix records**.
4. Delete all SPF records.
5. Select **Add records and enable**.

---

# Escalation contacts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/escalation-contacts/

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:::

Whenever Email Security (formerly Area 1) finds an exceptional <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> threat or Email Service irregularity behavior (compromised email servers at a partner or vendor, wire fraud tactics, and more), we try to reach out to our customers.

There are four types of contacts available to configure, each with a priority type:

* **SOC Contact**: P1 priority.
* **Triage Analyst**: P2 priority.
* **In-Depth Analyst**: P3 priority.
* **Executive Contact**: P4 priority.

Email Security will start by reaching out to P1-level contacts. If they do not respond, we will then try reaching out to the other contacts down the list until we receive a reply from one of these groups.

You can enable these special notifications through an opt-in process:

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Subscriptions** > **Escalation Contacts**.
4. Select **Add Contact**.
5. Fill out the form.
6. Select **Save**.

:::note


If you select **Critical Service Events**, the contact will be sent a text and/or an email message. They will need to select the link to confirm the subscriptions.


:::

---

# Account setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/

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---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/troubleshooting/

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Email Routing warns you when your DNS records are not properly configured. In Email Routing's **Overview** page, you will see a message explaining what type of problem your account's DNS records have.

Refer to Email Routing's **Settings** tab on the dashboard for more information. Email Routing will list missing DNS records or warn you about duplicate sender policy framework (SPF) records, for example.

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---

# Manage account members

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/manage-account-members/

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If your account is a **Super Admin**, you have the ability to add, edit, and delete users and - if those users lose their <GlossaryTooltip term="two-factor authentication (2FA)">two-factor authentication (2FA)</GlossaryTooltip> device - reset their 2FA.

## Add user

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## Edit user

To edit a user's settings:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Users and Actions**.
4. On a specific user, select **...** > **Edit**.
5. Update any needed information.
6. Select **Update User**.

## Delete user

To delete a user:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Users and Actions**.
4. On a specific user, select **...** > **Delete**.

## Reset two-factor authentication

To reset a user's two-factor authentication (2FA):

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Users and Actions**.
4. On a specific user, select **...** > **Reset 2FA**.

---

# Manage parent permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/manage-parent-permissions/

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When you set up Email Security through a [partner](/email-security/partners/), that partner's account is the **parent** account to your **child** account.

Each child account can set the level of access allowed to their account from the parent. You may want to update this setting if you are receiving troubleshooting support from your parent account.

To update parent permissions:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. Go to **Delegated Accounts**.

4. Select a permission level:

   * **No external account access**: Shuts off all access from the parent account (including Email Security).
   * **Allow external account view-only access** (default): Allows a parent user to view the customer's portal, including settings.
   * **Allow external account Super Admin access**: Allows a parent user to administer the customer account on their behalf. By selecting this option the customer is acknowledging consent for outside administration of their account.

5. Select **Save**.

---

# Permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/permissions/

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When you [create a user](/email-security/account-setup/manage-account-members/#add-user), the available options for permissions depend on whether your account is a **parent** account or a **child** account.

## Parent accounts

Parent accounts are treated as containers with no services provisioned. User accounts created at the parent level will allow them to access any child account.

These accounts are only required for administrators who manage multiple accounts, most commonly associated with our [partners](/email-security/partners/).

Parent users can have one of the following roles:

* **Viewer**: Can enter child accounts but is prevented from making any settings changes, regardless of the customer account settings.
* **SOC Analyst**: Can enter child accounts and make changes on behalf of the customer.

If your account has [parent permissions](/email-security/account-setup/manage-parent-permissions/) that conflict with a parent user's permissions, the parent permissions set on your account take precedence.

## Child accounts

Child accounts control settings and services associated with an Email Security instance.

### Child users

Users created at child level will only have access to the assigned child account. These users can have one of the following roles:

* **Super Admin**: Has full access to the account and can make any configuration changes. Can access **Settings** (the gear icon).
* **Configuration Admin**: Can make configuration changes and manage users, except for Super Admin. Has no ability to review messages.
* **SOC Analyst**: Can search, review and retract messages. Has no admin capabilities or access to **Settings** (the gear icon).
* **Viewer**: Only has access to metrics within the system. No access to **Settings** (the gear icon).

<table-wrap>

| Account area              | Super Admin | Configuration Admin | SOC Analyst | Viewer |
| ------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------- | ----------- | ------ |
| All Settings              | ✅           | ✅                   | ❌           | ❌      |
| User Profile              | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Global Search             | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Detection Search          | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Detection Search Actions  | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ❌      |
| Mail Trace                | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ❌      |
| Home                      | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Email                     | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Web                       | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Accountability            | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Announcements and Support | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Landscape                 | ✅           | ✅                   | ✅           | ✅      |
| Message Preview           | ✅           | ❌                   | ✅           | ❌      |
| Message Retraction        | ✅           | ❌                   | ✅           | ❌      |
| Admin Quarantine          | ✅           | ❌                   | ✅           | ❌      |

</table-wrap>

### Parent users

Depending on the [parent permissions](/email-security/account-setup/manage-parent-permissions/) of your child account, you can delegate access to parent users of your account. This configuration will allow a parent user to view and change settings associated with your account.

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/api/

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Email Security offers Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to expose our <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> campaign rulesets. These APIs both aid research and provide a set of indicators to block using network security edge devices.

All API requests are initiated using normal HTTP requests (`GET`/`POST`/`DELETE`) and responses are returned in JSON. Authentication to the APIs uses HTTP Basic Authentication over HTTPS.

For more details, refer to our [API documentation (PDF)](/email-security/static/api_documentation_1.38.1.pdf).

---

# Service accounts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/api/service-accounts/

A **service account** allows admins to create and maintain API credentials separate from a single username and password combination. It also allows you to create and control additional API access for different use cases.

When you connect to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) API](/email-security/api/), the **Public Key** is used for the *username* and the **Private Key** for the *password*.

## Create service account

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Service Accounts**.
4. Select **Add Service Account**.
5. Add a **Name**.
6. Select **Create Service Account**.
7. You will see your account's **Private Key** in a pop-up message (which will never be displayed again) and **Public Key** in the list of service accounts. Make sure to copy both values and store in a secure location.

***

## Rotate private key

If you lose your private key or need to rotate it for security reasons, you can generate a new private key:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Service Accounts**.
4. On a specific account, select **...** > **Refresh key**.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/

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Select a deployment method to get started.

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---

# Admin Quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/admin-quarantine/

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Admin Quarantine allows you to automatically prevent incoming messages from reaching a recipient's inbox based on the <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">disposition</GlossaryTooltip> assigned by Email Security.

The messages sent to Admin Quarantine are determined by your [domain settings](/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/domains/).

## Quarantine emails by disposition

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. Select **Email Configuration** > **Domains**.

4. Select the three dots on the domain that you want to configure admin quarantine for, and choose **Edit**.

5. In **Quarantine Policy** choose the dispositions you want to enable quarantine for that domain.

6. Select **Update Domain**.

:::note[Note]

Quarantine by disposition needs to be configured manually per domain. 
:::

## Access Admin Quarantine

You can view and potentially release emails that were sent to **Admin Quarantine**:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Email** > **Admin Quarantine**.

   ![Access Admin Quarantine to review emails](~/assets/images/email-security/admin-quarantine/access-quarantine.png)

3. Review emails as needed.

## Release quarantined emails

From **Admin Quarantine**, you can also release quarantined emails by selecting one or more messages:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Email** > **Admin Quarantine**.

3. Find the email you want to release.

4. Select **...** > **Release**.

   ![Select release to remove emails from quarantine](~/assets/images/email-security/admin-quarantine/release-emails.png)

5. Select **Release** to confirm that you want to release the selected email.

6. (Optional) You can also release multiple messages, by selecting the box next to each message you want to release.

:::note
After being released from quarantine, Email Security forwards the original email messages to their destination. These emails will arrive at email inboxes from the original sender, not Email Security.
:::

---

# Email configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/

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Once you have [set up Email Security](/email-security/deployment/), you have several options to customize and fine-tune email behavior.

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# Cloudflare SSO

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/cloudflare-sso/

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You can use your Cloudflare account as the single sign-on (SSO) authentication scheme to log in to the Email Security dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select **Sign in with Cloudflare**. You will be redirected to your Cloudflare account to log in.
3. Select **Allow** to allow Email Security to make changes to your Cloudflare account. You will be redirected to the Email Security dashboard.
4. Enter your Email Security's email address to log in.

You can now use your Cloudflare account as a single sign-on authentication scheme to log in to Email Security. The next time you access the Email Security dashboard, just select **Sign in with Cloudflare** to log in.

---

# Dispositions and attributes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/

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Email Security uses a variety of factors to determine whether a given email message, domain, URL, or packet is part of a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> campaign. These small pattern assessments are dynamic in nature and — in many cases — no single pattern will determine the final verdict.

Based on these patterns, Email Security may add `X-Headers` to each email message that passes through our system.

## Dispositions

Any traffic that flows through Email Security is given a final disposition, which represents our evaluation of that specific message. Each message will only receive one disposition header so your organization can take clear and specific actions on different message types.

You can use disposition values when [creating your quarantine policy](/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/domains/) or [setting up auto-retract](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/).

### Available values

| Disposition | Description | Recommendation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `MALICIOUS` | Traffic invoked multiple phishing verdict triggers, met thresholds for bad behavior, and is associated with active campaigns. | Block |
| `SUSPICIOUS` | Traffic associated with phishing campaigns (and is under further analysis by our automated systems). | Research these messages internally to evaluate legitimacy. |
| `SPOOF` | Traffic associated with phishing campaigns that is either non-compliant with your email authentication policies (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) or has mismatching `Envelope From` and `Header From` values. | Block after investigating (can be triggered by third-party mail services). |
| `SPAM` | Traffic associated with non-malicious, commercial campaigns. | Route to existing Spam quarantine folder. |
| `BULK` (dashboard only) | Traffic associated with [Graymail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graymail_\(email\)), that fall in between the definitions of `SPAM` and `SUSPICIOUS`. For example, a marketing email that intentionally obscures its unsubscribe link. | Monitor or tag |

### Header structure

When Email Security adds a disposition header to an email message, that header matches the following format:

```txt
X-Area1Security-Disposition: [Value]
```

Note that emails with a disposition of `SPAM` will be tagged with `UCE` (unsolicited commercial emails) in their headers:

```txt
X-Area1Security-Disposition: UCE
```

## Attributes

Traffic that flows through Email Security can also receive one or more **Attributes**, which indicate that a specific condition has been met.

### Available values

| Attribute                               | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CUSTOM_BLOCK_LIST`                     | This message matches a value you have defined in your custom block list.                                                                                                                                                            |
| `NEW_DOMAIN_SENDER=<REGISTRATION_DATE>` | Alerts to mail from a newly registered domain. Formatted as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ.                                                                                                                                                |
| `NEW_DOMAIN_LINK=<REGISTRATION_DATE>`   | Alerts to mail with links pointing out to a newly registered domain. Formatted as yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ.                                                                                                                          |
| `ENCRYPTED`                             | Email message is encrypted.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `EXECUTABLE`                            | Email message contains an executable file.                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `BEC`                                   | Indicates that email address was contained in your [business email compromise (BEC)](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/) list. Associated with `MALICIOUS` or `SPOOF` dispositions. |

### Header structure

When Email Security adds a disposition header to an email message, that header matches the following format.

```txt
X-Area1Security-Attribute: [Value]
X-Area1Security-Attribute: [Value2]
```

---

# How we detect phish

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/how-we-detect-phish/

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# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/

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# Language support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/language-support/

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## Email evaluation

The scanning service and verdict engines used by Email Security are language agnostic. We provide support for Double Byte Character sets (DBCS) and UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32 encoding.

## Dashboard

The Email Security email dashboard is localized to several languages. To update your language settings:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. At the bottom of the page, select the language icon.

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   ![Select the language icon to toggle your dashboard between English and Japanese.](~/assets/images/email-security/language-switcher.png)

    </div>

3. Select your preferred language.

---

# MS Office 365 GCC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/office365-gcc/

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Microsoft 365 Government Community Cloud (GCC) is designed to meet the requirements of the US government. GCC Low and GCC High are two tiers of GCC, each with different security and compliance requirements.

GCC Low is intended for use by US government organizations that handle sensitive but unclassified data, and have less stringent compliance requirements.

Email Security supports GCC Low environments.

---

# Timestamps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reference/timestamps/

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The example below shows timestamps for [Audit logs](/email-security/reporting/audit-logs/). However, note that the same applies to all sections in the Email Security dashboard that show timestamps.

![How timestamps are localized to the user's current time zone.](~/assets/images/email-security/timestamps.png)

---

# Audit Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/audit-logs/

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You can use Email Security logs to review actions performed on your account:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Users and Actions** > **Audit Log**.
4. Review the logs. You can also filter by type of log from the dropdown menu.

## Logs preview

You can use one of the Preview logs to preview how Email Security handles post delivery retractions. With Audit logs Preview, Email Security shows you the emails that would have been retracted with Post Delivery Response (PDR) or Phish Submissions Response (PSR) enabled.

Refer to **Post delivery retractions for new threats** for [Gmail](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/#post-delivery-retractions-for-new-threats) or [Office 365](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/office365-retraction/#post-delivery-retractions-for-new-threats) to learn more about this feature.

To review preview logs:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Users and Actions** > **Audit Log**.
4. From the dropdown, select one of the **Preview** logs. This will show you what would have been retracted with Post Delivery Response or Phish Submission Response enabled.

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# Reporting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/

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Email Security offers a variety of ways for you to better examine and understand your message traffic:

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* The [Email Security API](/email-security/api/) also allows you to download historical records as needed.

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# Phish reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/phish-reports/

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Email Security automatically generates <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> reports to provide an overview of your email traffic. The report only includes malicious emails. Spam and bulk emails are not included.

## In the dashboard

To view phishing reports in the Email Security dashboard, [log in](https://horizon.area1security.com/) and explore the non-Settings areas of the Email Security dashboard (**Home**, **Email**, **Web**, and **Detection Details**).

## Through an email subscription

The same reports that are visible through the dashboard can also be delivered through an email.

To subscribe an email address to daily or weekly reports:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Subscriptions** > **Email Subscriptions**.
4. Select **Add Subscriber**.
5. Enter an **Email** and choose the desired reports.
6. Select **Add Subscriber**.

---

# Types of malicious detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/types-malicious-detections/

To review the number and type of malicious detections made on your account:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/users/login).
2. Select the **Email** tab.
3. The **Overview** section will show you graphs with the total number of emails processed, as well as how many of those pertain to different threat categories - such as Malicious or Spam, among others. Refer to [Dispositions and attributes](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) for more information. Select **View Details**.
4. You will open the **Detections** page. This page breaks down the information regarding the various types of threats detected. You have access to:

| Field                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Attachments**                 | <ul><li>How many of the malicious emails received have an attachment.</li> <li>Of these, what are the top types of malicious files received (for example, PDF files).</li></ul> |
| **Senders**                     | <ul><li>Total number of malicious senders, as well as a graph showing how they are distributed throughout the month.</li> <li>Top malicious domains.</li></ul>                  |
| **Targets**                     | Top email targets on the [BEC feature](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/).                                                     |
| **New domains**                 | <ul><li>Total number of malicious domains registered in the past month.</li> <li>Most common top level malicious domains.</li></ul>                                             |
| **Links**                       | <ul><li>Total number of malicious links and their distribution throughout the month.</li> <li>Top threat types (for example, credential harvester).</li></ul>                   |
| **Threat types**                | Top malicious threat types, and their percentage relatively to the total amount of threats received.                                                                            |
| **Threat origins**              | A graph representing where in the world are your top threat origins.                                                                                                            |

---

# Statistics overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/statistics-overview/

To access an overview of your account, total number of emails processed, a breakdown of types of threads detected, among other types of information:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/users/login).
2. Make sure you are in the Home section to review information regarding your account:

| Field                           | Description                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **System stats**                | <ul><li>Status of Area 1’s services</li> <li>Uptime of Area 1’s services as well as any downtime</li> <li>Number of processed emails and attacks prevented</li></ul>     |
| **Detection stats**             | Statistics regarding the total number of detections made, and emails processed.                                                                                          |
| **Retractions**                 | Shows the distribution of messages removed from your user's mailboxes.                                                                                                   |
| **Phish Submissions Stats**     | Statistics regarding the number of phish emails submitted by your users and security operations center (SOC)                                                             |
| **Threat Origins**              | Top geographical threat origins to your organization.                                                                                                                    |
| **Org Spoofs**                  | Shows attacks where names in envelopes differ from the header, as well as spoofed domains.                                                                               |
| **Domain Proximity**            | List of domains similar to your own.                                                                                                                                     |
| **Malicious Threat Type**       | Breakdown of malicious threat types.                                                                                                                                     |
| **Email Link Isolation**        | How many email were processed by [Email Link Isolation](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/#email-link-isolation).                          |
| **Top BEC Targets**             | What email addresses are the top targets on the [Business Email Compromise feature](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/). |

---

# Call sequence

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/call-sequence/

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The API call examples in this site illustrate the **recommended sequence** of calling the two APIs (the [Cloudflare Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/) and the [Firewall Rules API](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/)).

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The image below depicts this sequence, which can be applied for creating and editing rules. The reverse would apply for delete operations.

![Recommended flow for calling the Cloudflare Filters API and Firewall Rules API when creating or editing rules](~/assets/images/firewall/recommended-flow.png)

Cloudflare recommends this sequence because it facilitates filter reusability and allows working with either API independently. Thanks to the standalone nature of Cloudflare Filters, the same filter can be shared in multiple firewall rules and in other future Cloudflare products and features.

For example, a filter that matches all traffic for your API (that is, `http.request.uri.path matches "^/api/.*$"`) may disable caching, disable human CAPTCHAs, configure JSON custom errors, and appear in a firewall rule. With the recommended sequence above, you would repeat steps 3-6 for every Cloudflare feature to configure against the same filter created in steps 1-2.

However, for a `POST` operation, the **simplified sequence** — shown below — allows you to create both a filter and rule in the same call. In this case, the filter and rule only refer to each other.

![Basic flow for invoking the Firewall Rules API to create both a filter and a rule in a single call](~/assets/images/firewall/simple-flow.png)

In this sequence, a single `POST` request to the `/firewall/rules` endpoint takes the filter object in the JSON to create the filter in the Filters API (also via a `POST` request). If successful, the firewall rule is created.

Below is an example call and response using this method:

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "filter": {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/api/\" and ip.src eq 93.184.216.34"
    },
    "action": "block"
  }
]'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID>",
      "paused": false,
      "action": "block",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/api/\" and ip.src eq 93.184.216.34",
        "paused": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

However, this approach has some disadvantages:

* The firewall rules client has to implement error and exception handling for every potential failure occurring in both the firewall rules and the filters APIs.
* To protect against accidentally modifying or deleting filters used by other Cloudflare features, the `PUT` or `DELETE` operations are not allowed.

By default, if either the filter or rule is invalid, neither will be created.

However, one exception applies. If you are about to exceed your rule quota, Cloudflare may create the filter but not the firewall rule. This happens because the rule is only created after the filter in the sequence diagram.

After you resolve the issue of exceeding your quota or requesting a feature that is unavailable to your zone, return to the recommended flow to create a rule that references the filter.

In summary, Cloudflare strongly recommends the sequence with the two API calls. Limit your rule and filter creation using the simplified sequence for emergency situations, and only via `curl` requests.

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# Manage rules via the APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/

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Cloudflare offers APIs that work together to achieve the same effect as the UI-based **Firewall rules** feature under **Security** > **WAF**.

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These APIs are the following:

* [**Firewall Rules API**](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/): Manage firewall rules and their actions, based on criteria separately defined through filters.
* [**Filters API**](/firewall/api/cf-filters/): Manage the filters that enable rule matching.
* [**Lists API**](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/): Manage named lists of items (such as IP addresses) that you can use in the rules of different Cloudflare products.

---

# Create, edit, and delete rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/

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A firewall rule has two main attributes: an [expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) and an [action](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/).

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When an incoming HTTP request matches a firewall rule expression, Cloudflare performs the specified action. For more information, refer to [Expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) and [Actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/).

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## Create a firewall rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Firewall rules**.

3. Select **Create a firewall rule**.

4. In the **Create firewall rule** page that displays, use the **Rule name** input to supply a descriptive name.

5. Under **When incoming requests match**, use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property (refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) for details). For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value**.

   Alternatively, use the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor) to define the rule expression.

   ![Example firewall rule expression with a selected field, operator, and value](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-expression-builder-value.png)

6. Use the **Operator** drop-down list to choose a comparison operator. For an expression to match, the value of the request **Field** and the value specified in the **Value** input must satisfy the comparison operator.

7. Next, specify the value to match. If the value is an enumeration, then the **Value** control will be a drop-down list. Otherwise, it will be a text input.

8. To add a new sub-expression to the rule expression, select **And** or **Or** next to **Value**.

9. Select an action for your rule in the **Action** drop-down list.

10. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as draft**.

After you choose an option, you return to the rules list, which displays your new rule.

## Manage rules

Use the available options in the rules list to manage firewall rules.

![The rules list interface in the dashboard where you can manage firewall rules](~/assets/images/firewall/cf-firewall-rules-list.png)

### Edit rule

Select **Edit** (wrench icon) located on the right of your rule in the rules list to open the **Edit firewall rule** panel and make the changes you want.

### Enable or disable rule

Use the toggle switch associated with a firewall rule to enable or disable it.

### Delete rule

1. Next to the rule you want to delete, select **Delete** (**X** icon).
2. In the confirmation dialog, select **Delete** to complete the operation.

### Order rules

By default, Cloudflare evaluates firewall rules in **list order**, where rules are evaluated in the order they appear in the rules list. When list ordering is enabled, the rules list allows you to drag and drop firewall rules into position, as shown below.

![Animation of a user dragging and dropping a rule in the rules list to reorder it](/images/firewall/firewall-rules-expression-builder-10.gif)

Once there are more than 200 total rules (including inactive rules), you must manage evaluation using **priority ordering**, in which Cloudflare evaluates firewall rules in order of their **priority number**, starting with the lowest. When you cross this threshold, the firewall rules interface automatically switches to priority ordering. For more on working with priority ordering, refer to [Order and priority](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/order-priority/).

## Test firewall rules with Rule Preview

Rule Preview allows customers on an Enterprise plan to understand the potential impact of a new firewall rule, by testing it against a sample of requests drawn from the last 72 hours of traffic.

Rule Preview is built into the **Create firewall rule** and **Edit firewall rule** panels so that you can test a rule as you edit it. For more information, refer to [Preview rules](/firewall/cf-dashboard/rule-preview/).

---

# Create a mTLS rule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-mtls-rule/

Use the [Mutual TLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/) Rule interface in the Cloudflare dashboard to create an mTLS rule that requires requests to your API or web application to present a valid client certificate.

---

# Preview rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-dashboard/rule-preview/

The expression of a firewall rule can become quite complex. In this situation, you should test your firewall rule before deploying it to ensure that the rule will behave as expected.

Rule Preview helps you understand the potential impact of a firewall rule, by testing the rule against a sample drawn from the last 72 hours of traffic. Rule Preview is built into the firewall rules Expression Editor so that you can test a rule as you edit it.

:::caution
Rule Preview is only available to customers on an Enterprise plan.
:::

## Test a firewall rule with Rule Preview

1. Locate the desired rule in the rules list and select **Edit** (wrench icon).
2. Select **Test rule** to trigger the test.

![The Test Rule button next to the Action drop-down list allows you to check the traffic that would be affected by the current firewall rule](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-preview-1.png)

The results of the test are displayed in a plot that simulates how many of the total requests in the last 72 hours would have matched the tested expression.

In this screenshot, a rule that matches all User-Agents that contain the string `Mozilla` would block about 8% of requests to the zone:

![Example chart of a rule preview operation, stating that about 8% of the zone requests would be blocked by the current rule](~/assets/images/firewall/cf-firewall-rules-preview-rule-plot-chart.png)

## Important notes

**Consider the results of Firewall Preview an _indication_ of traffic levels**, not an exact calculation. The sample rate can be as little as 1% of your total traffic.

**Rule Preview does not take into account other firewall rules** that you have already configured. In effect, Rule Preview tests a single firewall rule in isolation. Security events or any other rules with a higher priority that may have blocked or challenged a request are ignored.

**You cannot test firewall rules that reference [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists)**.

**Cloudflare does not store the entirety of requests, so only a limited number of fields are available to Rule Preview**. The table below lists the fields that Rule Preview supports (green cells), broken down by operator. Fields and operators that are not supported are not included in this table.

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# Manage rules in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-dashboard/

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To configure firewall rules in the Cloudflare dashboard, open **Firewall rules** in **Security** > **WAF**.

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As depicted in the image below, the **Firewall rules** dashboard interface lets you:

* View the list of existing rules, both enabled and disabled.
* [Create, edit, and delete](/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/) firewall rules.
* Enable or disable rules.
* Search and filter the list of existing rules.
* Reorder firewall rules when using [list ordering](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/order-priority/#managing-rule-evaluation-by-list-order).

![The Firewall rules interface, displaying a list of three example firewall rules. This interface allows you to create new firewall rules, manage existing rules, and search and filter the list of rules.](~/assets/images/firewall/cf-firewall-rules-panel.png)

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# Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/

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The action of a firewall rule tells Cloudflare how to handle HTTP requests that have matched the rule expression.

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## Supported actions

The table below lists the actions available in firewall rules. These actions are listed in order of precedence. If the same request matches two different rules which have the same priority, precedence determines the action to take.

For example, the *Allow* action takes precedence over the *Block* action. In a case where a request matches a rule with the *Allow* action and another with the *Block* action, precedence resolves the tie, and Cloudflare allows the request.

There are two exceptions to this behavior: the *Log* and *Bypass* actions. Unlike other actions, *Log* and *Bypass* do not terminate further evaluation within firewall rules. This means that if a request matches two different rules and one of those rules specifies the *Log* or *Bypass* action, the second action will be triggered instead, even though *Log*/*Bypass* has precedence.

:::note

For reference information on rule actions available for Cloudflare products powered by the Ruleset Engine, refer to [Rules language: Actions reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/).

:::

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  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Action</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Order of precedence</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Log</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">log</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>Records matching requests in the Cloudflare Logs.</li>
          <li>Only available for Enterprise plans.</li>
          <li>
            Recommended for validating rules before committing to a more severe
            action.
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Bypass</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">bypass</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>
            Allows user to dynamically disable Cloudflare security features for
            a request.
          </li>
          <li>Available to all plans.</li>
          <li>
            <p>
              Matching requests exempt from evaluation by a user-defined list
              containing one or more of the following Cloudflare security
              features:
            </p>
            <ul>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/">
                  User Agent Blocking
                </a>
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/">
                  Browser Integrity Check
                </a>
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/">
                  Hotlink Protection
                </a>
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/tools/security-level/">
                  Security Level (IP Reputation)
                </a>
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/">
                  Rate Limiting
                </a>{" "}
                (previous version, deprecated)
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/">Zone Lockdown</a>
              </li>
              <li>
                <a href="/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/">
                  WAF managed rules
                </a>{" "}
                (previous version, deprecated)
              </li>
            </ul>
            <p>
              <strong>Notes:</strong>
            </p>
            <ul>
              <li>
                Currently, you cannot bypass Bot Fight Mode. For more
                information on this product, refer to{" "}
                <a href="/bots/">Cloudflare bot solutions</a>.
              </li>
              <li>
                You cannot bypass the new{" "}
                <a href="/waf/managed-rules/">WAF managed rules</a> using this
                action, only the previous version of WAF managed rules. To skip
                one or more managed rules in the new WAF for specific requests,{" "}
                <a href="/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/">
                  create an exception
                </a>
                .
              </li>
            </ul>
            <p></p>
          </li>
          <li>
            Requests which match the <em>Bypass</em> action are still subject to
            evaluation (and thus a challenge or block) within Firewall Rules,
            based on the order of execution.
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Allow</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">allow</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>
            Matching requests are exempt from <em>Bypass</em>, <em>Block</em>,
            and challenge actions triggered by other firewall rules.
          </li>
          <li>
            The scope of the <em>Allow</em> action is limited to firewall rules;
            matching requests are <strong>not</strong> exempt from action by
            other Cloudflare security products such as Bot Fight Mode, IP Access
            Rules, and WAF Managed Rules.
          </li>
          <li>
            Matched requests will be mitigated if they are part of a DDoS
            attack.
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Interactive Challenge</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>
            This option is not recommended. Instead, choose{" "}
            <strong>Managed Challenge (Recommended)</strong>, which issues
            interactive challenges to visitors only when necessary.
          </li>
          <li>
            The client that made the request must pass an interactive challenge.
          </li>
          <li>
            If successful, Cloudflare accepts the matched request; otherwise, it
            is blocked.
          </li>
          <li>
            For additional information, refer to{" "}
            <a href="#notes-about-challenge-actions">
              Notes about challenge actions
            </a>
            .
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>
          Managed Challenge
          <br />
          (Recommended)
        </strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">managed_challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>
            Helps reduce the lifetimes of human time spent solving interactive
            challenges across the Internet.
          </li>
          <li>
            Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will
            dynamically choose the appropriate type of challenge from the
            following actions based on specific criteria:
            <ul>
              <li>
                Show a non-interactive challenge page (similar to the current JS
                Challenge).
              </li>
              <li>
                Show an interactive challenge (such as requiring the visitor to
                click a button or to perform a task).
              </li>
            </ul>
          </li>
          <li>
            For additional information, refer to{" "}
            <a href="#notes-about-challenge-actions">
              Notes about challenge actions
            </a>
            .
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>5</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>JS Challenge</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">js_challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <ul>
          <li>
            Useful for ensuring that bots and spam cannot access the requested
            resource; browsers, however, are free to satisfy the challenge
            automatically.
          </li>
          <li>
            The client that made the request must pass a Cloudflare JavaScript
            Challenge before proceeding.
          </li>
          <li>
            If successful, Cloudflare accepts the matched request; otherwise, it
            is blocked.
          </li>
          <li>
            For additional information, refer to{" "}
            <a href="#notes-about-challenge-actions">
              Notes about challenge actions
            </a>
            .
          </li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>6</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Block</strong>
        <br />
        <br />
        API value:
        <br />
        <code class="InlineCode">block</code>
      </td>
      <td>Matching requests are denied access to the site.</td>
      <td>7</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Notes about challenge actions

When you configure a firewall rule with one of the challenge actions — *Managed Challenge*, *JS Challenge*, or *Interactive Challenge* — and a request matches the rule, one of two things can happen:

* The request is blocked if the visitor fails the challenge
* The request is allowed if the visitor passes the challenge

In this last case, no further firewall rules will be processed. This means that the action of any later rules with a challenge or *Block* action also matching the request will not be applied, and the request will be allowed.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Firewall Rules is a flexible and intuitive framework for filtering HTTP requests. It gives you fine-grained control over which requests reach your applications, proactively inspecting incoming site traffic and automatically responding to threats.

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In a firewall rule you define an [expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) that tells Cloudflare what to look for in a request, and specify the appropriate [action](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) to take when those conditions are met. Expressions can reference [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) - groups of IP addresses that you can reference collectively by name.

To write firewall rule expressions, use the [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/), a powerful expression language inspired in the Wireshark Display Filter language.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The following topics are useful for troubleshooting firewall issues.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Order and priority

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/order-priority/

Cloudflare Firewall Rules, now deprecated, is part of a larger evaluation chain for HTTP requests, as illustrated in the diagram below. For example, Firewall Rules only evaluates requests that first clear IP Access rules. If a request is blocked by a rule at any stage in the chain, Cloudflare does not evaluate the request further.

![Flow chart of request evaluation at Cloudflare for security products that are not powered by the Ruleset Engine](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-order-and-priority-1.png)

:::caution

- You can use [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) to allowlist requests under certain conditions, effectively excluding these requests from all security checks. However, allowing a given country code will not bypass [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) or [WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/).

- The execution order diagram does not include products powered by the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/) like the [WAF](/waf/) or [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/).

:::

By default, Cloudflare evaluates firewall rules in **list order**, where rules are evaluated in the order they appear in the firewall rules list. List ordering is convenient when working with small numbers of rules because you can manage their order by dragging and dropping them into position. However, as the number of rules grows, managing rules in list order becomes difficult. This is where priority order comes into play.

When **priority ordering** is enabled, Cloudflare evaluates firewall rules in order of their **priority number**, starting with the lowest. If a request matches two rules with the same priority, action precedence is used to resolve the tie. In this case, only the action of the rule with the highest precedence is executed, unless that action is _Log_ or _Bypass_ (refer to [Firewall rules actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/#supported-actions) for details). Priority ordering makes it a lot easier to manage large numbers of firewall rules, and once the number of rules passes 200, Cloudflare requires it.

## Managing rule evaluation by list order

Users with relatively small numbers of firewall rules (no more than 200) will find that list ordering is enabled by default. When list ordering is enabled, the rules list allows you to drag and drop firewall rules into position, as shown below:

![Animation of a firewall rule being moved into a new position in the rules list to reorder it](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-order-and-priority-2.gif)

Once there are more than 200 total rules, including inactive rules, you must manage evaluation using priority ordering. When you cross this threshold, the firewall rules interface automatically switches to priority ordering.

## Managing rule evaluation by priority order

Although priority ordering is enabled automatically when the number of active and inactive firewall rules exceeds 200, you can manually enable priority ordering at any time from the rules list.

Cloudflare Firewall Rules does not impose default priorities, and you are not required to set a priority for every rule.

### Enable priority ordering

To manually enable priority ordering:

1. Above the rules list, select **Ordering**.
2. Select _Priority Numbers_.

Once priority ordering is enabled, you can set a priority number for each firewall rule.

### Set rule priority

To set the priority number for a firewall rule:

1. Locate the desired rule in the rules list and select **Edit** (wrench icon).

2. In the **Edit firewall rule** panel, enter a positive integer value in **Priority**.

   ![Editing a firewall rule in the dashboard to define its Priority value](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-order-and-priority-4.png)

3. Select **Save**.

The **Priority** column in the rules list displays the priority value for each rule.

![When using priority order, the Firewall rules tab displays the priority of each rule (if any) in the first column of the rules list](~/assets/images/firewall/firewall-rules-order-and-priority-5.png)

## Working with priority ordering

Cloudflare has designed priority ordering to be extremely flexible. This flexibility is particularly useful for managing large rulesets programmatically via the Cloudflare API. Use the Update firewall rules command to set the `priority` property. Refer to [Cloudflare API: Firewall rules](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/list/) for details.

While your priority numbering scheme can be arbitrary, keep the following in mind:

- **The evaluation sequence starts from the lowest priority number** and goes to the highest.
- **Rules without a priority number are evaluated last**, in order of their action precedence. For example, a rule with the _Log_ action is evaluated before a rule that has the _Block_ action. For more on action precedence, refer to [Firewall rules actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/).
- **Avoid using the number `1` as a priority** to make rule order modification easier in the future.
- **Consider grouping ranges of priority numbers into categories** that have some meaning for your deployment. Here are some examples:

  - 5000-9999: Trusted IP addresses
  - 10000-19999: Blocking rules for bad crawlers
  - 20000-29999: Blocking rules for abusive users/spam

---

# Required firewall rule changes to enable URL normalization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/troubleshooting/required-changes-to-enable-url-normalization/

import { Render } from "~/components";

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On 2021-04-08, Cloudflare announced [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/), a feature that protects zones by normalizing HTTP request URI paths.

Malicious users can craft specific URIs that could be interpreted differently by firewall systems and origin systems. When you enable **Normalize incoming URLs**, all rules filtering on the URI path will receive the URL in a canonical form, which provides an extra layer of protection against these malicious users.

Cloudflare gradually enabled URL normalization for all Cloudflare zones except for those that could be impacted by this change. We determined the impacted zones by analyzing all firewall rules, looking for patterns in HTTP fields that would no longer match when using URL normalization techniques.

These fields are the following:

- `http.request.uri.path`
- `http.request.full_uri`
- `http.request.uri`

Cloudflare did not enable URL normalization automatically for zones that would be impacted by these changes to prevent any change in behavior of your existing firewall rules.

## Why URL normalization is important

Cloudflare strongly recommends that you enable **Normalize incoming URLs** in **Rules** > **Overview** > **URL Normalization** to strengthen your zone's security posture. Not doing so leaves your zone at greater risk of a successful attack. Malicious parties could craft the URL in a way that the rules are not accounting for.

For example, a firewall rule with an expression such as `http.request.uri.path contains "/login"` could be bypassed if the malicious actor has encoded the `l` character as `%6C`. In this scenario, and with URL normalization disabled, traffic would not be matched by the firewall rule.

Refer to [How URL normalization works](/rules/normalization/how-it-works/) for more information and additional examples.

---

## Recommended procedure

It is recommended that you:

1. Update any firewall rules impacted by the URL normalization changes.
2. Enable URL normalization.

These steps will ensure a stronger security posture on your zone(s).

### 1. Review and update firewall rules

Before enabling URL normalization, you should review the affected firewall rules on your zone(s) and take one of the following approaches:

- Edit these firewall rules to remove the parts which will no longer trigger once normalized — for example, any rules that look for `//` or `../` in URL paths. Administrators previously created these rules to perform a limited URL normalization, and these rules can now be safely disabled and then deleted.

- If you wish to identify visitors with non-normalized URI paths with these firewall rules, you should update them to use the original (or raw) non-normalized fields. These fields are the following:

  - `raw.http.request.uri.path`
  - `raw.http.request.full_uri`
  - `raw.http.request.uri`

### 2. Enable URL normalization

Once you have updated the affected firewall rules, enable URL normalization in **Rules** > **Overview** > **URL Normalization**.

A Cloudflare user must have the [Firewall role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) or one of the Administrator roles to access URL normalization settings in the dashboard.

---

## Related resources

- [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/)
- [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)

---

# Cloudflare's API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/troubleshooting/

## The token is not verified

Ensure the token has been verified by running the following `curl` command and confirming that the response returns `"status": "active"`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens/verify" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": "f267e341f3dd4697bd3b9f71dd96247f",
    "status": "active",
    "not_before": "2018-07-01T05:20:00Z",
    "expires_on": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}
```

## The token has incorrect permissions

Review the permissions groups for your token in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens). Refer to [API token permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) for more information.

## The incorrect syntax is used

Occasionally customers will attempt to use an API token with an API key syntax. Ensure you are using the Bearer option rather than the email and API key pair.

## You have the incorrect user permissions

You cannot create a token that exceeds the permission granted to you on your account. For example, if you have been granted an **Admin (Read only)** role, you would need your Super Administrator to update your role so that you could create a token for yourself.

---

# Basic tasks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Improve SEO

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/improve-seo/

The goal of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is to get your website to rank higher on various search engine providers (Google, Bing, etc.).

In practice, SEO is primarily about quality content, user experience, and not making things more difficult for search engine crawlers. While Cloudflare cannot write quality content for you, our service can help with user experience — especially related to [site speed](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/how-website-speed-boosts-seo/) — and search crawlers.

:::note[Tip:]


For general guidelines around SEO, refer to [Google's recommendations](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guidelines/overview).


:::

## SEO improvements with Cloudflare

Several Cloudflare features improve Search Engine site rankings. However, meaningful and regularly updated site content is still crucial to improving SEO.

### Increase site speed

Since at least 2010, Google has publicly stated that [site speed affects your Google ranking](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2010/04/using-site-speed-in-web-search-ranking.html).

Cloudflare offers multiple features to [optimize site performance](/speed/).

### Enable HTTPS

Since search engines use HTTPS as [a ranking signal](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html), HTTPS is vital for SEO.

To make sure your domain is accessible over HTTPS:

1. Get an [SSL/TLS certificate](/ssl/get-started/) for your domain.
2. [Redirect visitors](/ssl/edge-certificates/encrypt-visitor-traffic/) to the HTTPS version of your domain.

### Enable Crawler Hints

With [Crawler Hints](/cache/advanced-configuration/crawler-hints/), search engines and other bot-powered experiences have the freshest version of your content, translating into happier users and ultimately influencing search rankings.

### Enable Automatic Signed Exchanges (SXGs)

Automatic Signed Exchanges (SXGs) is an open web platform specification developed by Google to verify a cached version of a website.

When you enable [signed exchanges](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/), your site will load faster when linked to from a site supporting SXG. Since many search engines use page load times to determine search result ranking, SXGs can provide an SEO boost.

## Troubleshooting

Depending on your domain's security settings, you might accidentally block search engine crawlers.

If you notice SEO issues, make sure your:

* [WAF custom rules](/waf/troubleshooting/faq/#caution-about-potentially-blocking-bots) are allowing **Verified Bots**.
* [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) are allowing **Verified Bots**.
* [Bot protection](/bots/concepts/bot/#verified-bots) settings are not blocking **Verified Bots**.

If you still notice issues with search engine crawlers, refer to our [Troubleshooting guide](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/troubleshooting-crawl-errors/).

## Common misconceptions

The following characteristics do not affect your domain's SEO:

* **Changing your nameservers**: Using Cloudflare's nameservers does not affect your domain's SEO.
* **Server location**: According to Google, [server location](http://www.seroundtable.com/seo-geo-location-server-google-17468.html) is not important for SEO.
* **Sites sharing IP addresses**: Search engines do not generally penalize domains using shared IP addresses unless several of these sites are malicious or spammy.
* **Cloudflare caching**: When Cloudflare caches your content, it actually speeds up content delivery and only improves SEO. Our caching does not create duplicate content, rewrite URLs, or create additional subdomains.

---

# Interacting with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/interact-with-cloudflare/

Once you [set up an account](/fundamentals/setup/account/), you have several ways to interact with Cloudflare.

## Without code

If you prefer working without code, you can manage your account and domain settings through the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).

:::note

If your domain was added to Cloudflare by a hosting partner, manage your DNS records via the hosting partner.

:::

## With code

For those who prefer to interact with Cloudflare programmatically, you can use several methods:

| Resource                                                                               | Docs                                                                 | Description                                                                    |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Cloudflare API](/fundamentals/api/)                                                   | [API docs](/api/)                                                    | RESTful API based on HTTPS requests and JSON responses.                        |
| [Terraform](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) | [Terraform docs](/terraform/)                                        | Configure Cloudflare using HashiCorp’s Infrastructure as Code tool, Terraform. |
| [cloudflare-go](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go)                           | [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go#readme)         | The official Go library for the Cloudflare API.                                |
| [cloudflare-typescript](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript)           | [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript#readme) | The official TypeScript library for the Cloudflare API.                        |
| [cloudflare-python](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python)                   | [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python#readme)     | The official Python library for the Cloudflare API.                            |

---

# Minimize downtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/minimize-downtime/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="minimize-downtime" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Maintenance mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/maintenance-mode/

If you need to make large changes to your website, you may want to make your site temporarily unavailable.

## With code

If you are familiar with code, [create a Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/) that returns an [HTML page](/workers/examples/return-html/) to any site visitors.

![Workers maintenance page returned instead of your website](~/assets/images/fundamentals/workers-page.png)

## Without code

### Business and Enterprise

For a maintenance page without code, Business and Enterprise uses can create a [Cloudflare Waiting Room](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/).

Certain customization and queue options depend on your [plan](/waiting-room/plans/).

![Waiting room page returned instead of your website](~/assets/images/fundamentals/waiting-room-page.png)

### All plans

Users on all plans can [create an Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/). Make sure to limit your [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/policy-management/#create-a-policy) to only include yourself and any collaborators.

If needed, you can also further [customize the login page](/cloudflare-one/applications/login-page).

![Example Access login page](~/assets/images/fundamentals/access-page.png)

---

# Scan for PCI compliance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/pci-scans/

:::note


Cloudflare is PCI certified as a Data Processor. Refer to [PCI compliance and vulnerabilities mitigation](/ssl/reference/compliance-and-vulnerabilities) and Cloudflare's PCI DSS Responsibility Matrix for more information.


:::

PCI scanners are tools used to identify security weaknesses. When a business undergoes a compliance audit, PCI scan results are used for compliance verification.

## Initiate a scan

1. Identify which server your scan should target. Are you scanning against your origin server, where your applications are hosted, or at a proxy server sitting in front of your origin, such as Cloudflare?

2. On your scanner tool, enter a public URL or an IP address. If you enter a public website URL, the scanner will resolve the hostname and scan the resulting the IP address. To scan your origin server, be sure to enter your origin server's IP address or a hostname that resolves to the origin server's IP, not a proxy server.

3. Start the scan and analyze the results.

4. (Optional) Run another scan for a different origin server.

### Open ports versus blocked traffic

There is a difference between open ports and blocked traffic. Due to the nature of how Cloudflare’s anycast network works, ports other than 80 and 443 are always open so that Cloudflare can serve traffic for other customers on these ports. However, customers can easily block all unwanted traffic to these ports by using Cloudflare [WAF Managed Rules](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/#how-to-block-traffic-on-additional-ports) or [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). The PCI scan will show the ports being open, but the traffic would not reach your origin server. This is an often misunderstood concern.

## Additional resources

You can find all our public compliance resources in the following pages:

* [Certifications and compliance resources](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/)
* [Compliance documentation](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/compliance-docs/)

You can access Compliance documents in the Cloudflare dashboard by selecting your account where you are a Super Administrator and then navigating to **Support** > **Compliance Documents**.

---

# Prepare for surges or spikes in web traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/preparing-for-surges-or-spikes-in-web-traffic/

## Use Cloudflare Cache features to optimize caching

By default, Cloudflare [caches static content](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) such as images, CSS, and JavaScript. However, you can extend Cloudflare caching to work with HTML by creating custom [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/).

### Cache more requests

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Caching** > **Cache Rules** and select **Create rule**.

3. For **When incoming requests match**, enter either your entire website or a specific path on your application, based on the **Hostname** or **URI Path**. Refer to the [available fields](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#fields).

4. For **Cache eligibility**, define how these requests should be cached and for how long. Refer to the available [cache eligibility settings](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#eligible-for-cache-settings).

5. You can then monitor the effectiveness of your cache settings using [Cache Analytics](/cache/performance-review/cache-analytics/) and update your configuration according to our [Cache performance guide](/cache/performance-review/cache-performance/).

### Advanced cache optimizations

* [Custom Cache Keys](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/) allows you to precisely set the cacheability setting for any resource.

* [Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) can be used to let the `Cache-Control` headers tell Cloudflare how to handle content from the origin server.

### Use Tiered Cache

[Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) uses the size of Cloudflare's network to reduce requests to customer origin servers by dramatically increasing cache hit ratios.

It works by dividing Cloudflare's data centers into a hierarchy of lower-tiers and upper-tiers. If content is not cached in lower-tier data centers (generally the ones closest to a visitor), the lower-tier requests an upper-tier for the content. If the upper-tier does not have the content, only the upper-tier will initiate a request to the origin. This practice improves bandwidth efficiency by limiting the number of Cloudflare data centers that can ask the origin for content.

Refer to [Enable Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#enable-tiered-cache) to get started.

### Use Cache Reserve

[Cache Reserve](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/) is a large, persistent data store implemented on top of [R2](/r2/).

With a single click in the dashboard, your cacheable content will be written to Cache Reserve. In the same way that Tiered Cache builds a hierarchy of caches between your visitors and your origin, Cache Reserve serves as the ultimate [upper-tier cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) that will reserve storage space for your assets for as long as you want.

This ensures that your content is served from cache longer, shielding your origin from unneeded egress fees.

## Understand the limits of your hosting plan

Cloudflare offsets most of the load to your website via caching and request filtering, but some traffic will still pass through to your origin. Knowing the limits of your hosting plan can help prevent a bottleneck from your host. 

Once you are aware of your plan limits, you can use [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) to restrict how many times a requesting entity can make a request to your website.

To help you define the best rate limiting setting for your use case, refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate article](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/).

## Cloudflare Waiting Room

[Cloudflare Waiting Room](/waiting-room/) allows you to route excess users of your website to a customized waiting room, helping preserve customer experience and protect origin servers from being overwhelmed with requests.

## Use Cloudflare IP addresses to your advantage

Take action to prevent attacks to your application during peak season by configuring your firewall to only accept traffic from Cloudflare IP addresses. By only allowing [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips), you can prevent attackers from bypassing Cloudflare and sending requests directly to your origin.

Refer to [Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/) for more information.

## Monitor traffic in your Cloudflare dashboard

You can use the Cloudflare dashboard to closely monitor the traffic on your domain and fine-tune your cache and security settings accordingly.

### Zone and Account analytics

[Cloudflare zone analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/) gives you access to a wide range of metrics, collected at the website or domain level.

[Cloudflare account analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/account-analytics/) lets you access a wide range of aggregated metrics from all the sites under a specific Cloudflare account.

### Security Analytics and Security Events

[Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) displays information about all incoming HTTP requests for your domain, including requests not handled by Cloudflare security products.

You can also use the [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) to review mitigated requests and tailor your security configurations.

### Cache Analytics

You can use [Cache Analytics](/cache/performance-review/cache-analytics/) to improve site performance or reduce origin web server traffic.
Cache Analytics helps determine if resources are missing from cache, expired, or ineligible for caching.

---

# Protect your origin server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/

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## Secure origin connections

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### Application layer

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### Transport Layer

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### Network Layer

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## Monitor origin health

For passive monitoring, [create notifications](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification) for **Origin Error Rate Alerts** to receive alerts when your origin returns 5xx codes above a configurable threshold and **Passive Origin Monitoring** to see when Cloudflare is unable to reach your origin for a few minutes.

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### Zero Downtime Failover

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## Reduce origin traffic

### Block traffic

For more details, refer to [Secure your website](/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/).

### Increase caching

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### Distribute traffic

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---

# Recovering from a hacked site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/recovering-from-hacked-site/

If your website has been hacked recently, review the recommended steps below to recover a hacked website and prevent future hacks.

## Recovering from an attack

To recover from an attack, reach out to your hosting provider to request:

* Details about the hack, including how they believe the site was hacked.
* That your hosting provider remove any malicious content placed on your website.

Once the hack has been resolved, you should resolve site warnings in [Google Webmaster Tools](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools) and resubmit your site for Google’s review.

***

## Preventing and mitigating the risks of a future hack

To prevent the risk of a hacked site:

* Activate Cloudflare's [WAF managed rules](/waf/managed-rules/) so they can challenge or block known malicious behavior.
* If you use a Content Management System (CMS), make sure you have the most recent version installed (CMS platforms push out updates to address known vulnerabilities).
* If you use plugins, make sure they are updated.
* If you have an admin login page, protect it with Cloudflare's [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) or a [Cloudflare Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).
* Use a backup service so you can avoid losing valid content.

---

# Test speed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/test-speed/

Cloudflare offers several tools to test the speed of your website, as well as the speed of your Internet connection.

***

## Test website speed

### Using Cloudflare

Once your domain is [active on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/), you can run speed tests within the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/speed).

This speed test will provide information about critical loading times, performance with and without [Cloudflare's proxy](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/), and recommended optimizations.

If you experience any issues, make sure you are not blocking specific [user agents](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-site-crawling/#other-situations).

### Using third-party tools

If your domain is not yet active on Cloudflare or you want to measure the before and after improvements of using Cloudflare, Cloudflare recommends using the following third-party tools:

* [GTmetrix](https://gtmetrix.com/)
* [DebugBear](https://www.debugbear.com/test/website-speed)
* [Lighthouse](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/)
* [WebPageTest](https://www.webpagetest.org/)

If you use these third-party tools, you should do the following to test website speed:

1. [Pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/) to remove performance and caching benefits.
2. Run a speed test.
3. Unpause Cloudflare.
4. Run a speed test[^1].
5. Run a second speed test to get your baseline performance with Cloudflare.

[^1]: The results of your first speed test with Cloudflare will likely contain uncached results, which will provide inaccurate results.<br/><br/>One of the key ways Cloudflare speeds up your site is through [caching](/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#performance), which will appear in the results of the second test.

### Improve speed

Based on the results of these speed tests, you may want to explore other ways to [optimize your site speed](/speed/) using Cloudflare.

:::note


Cloudflare does not consider Time to First Byte (TTFB) the most important measure of page load speed. If you are concerned about a slower TTFB while using Cloudflare, refer to our blog post about [Cloudflare and TTFB](http://blog.cloudflare.com/ttfb-time-to-first-byte-considered-meaningles/).


:::

***

## Test Internet speed

To test the speed of your home network connection (download, update, packet loss, ping measurements, and more), visit [speed.cloudflare.com](https://speed.cloudflare.com).

---

# Under a DDoS attack?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/under-ddos-attack/

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## Common signs of an attack

Common signs that you are under DDoS attack include:

* Your site is offline or slow to respond to requests.
* There are unexpected spikes in the graph of **Requests Through Cloudflare** or **Bandwidth** in your Cloudflare **Analytics** app.
* There are strange requests in your origin web server logs that do not match normal visitor behavior.

:::note

If you are currently under DDoS attack, refer to our guide on [responding to a DDoS attack](/ddos-protection/best-practices/respond-to-ddos-attacks/). 
:::

---

# Cloudflare IP addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/

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## Allow Cloudflare IP addresses

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## Configure origin server

### Allowlist Cloudflare IP addresses

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### Block other IP addresses (recommended)

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## Review external tools

To avoid blocking Cloudflare IP addresses unintentionally, review your external tools to check that:

* Any security plugins — such as those for WordPress — allow Cloudflare IP addresses.
* The [ModSecurity](https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity) plugin is up to date.

### Additional recommendations

#### Further protection

For further recommendations on securing your origin server, refer to our guide on [protecting your origin server](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/).

### Customize Cloudflare IP addresses

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### IP range updates

Cloudflare's IP ranges do not change frequently. When they do change, they are added to our [list of IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-in/ips/) before being put into production. You can also use the Cloudflare API to programmatically keep your configuration updated.

---

# Our free plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/free-plan/

At Cloudflare, our mission is to help build a better Internet. We believe the web should be open and free, and that all websites and web users, no matter how small, should be safe, secure, and fast. Cloudflare always has and always will offer a generous free plan for [many reasons](https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/88659/how-can-cloudflare-offer-a-free-cdn-with-unlimited-bandwidth).

We work hard to minimize the cost of running our network so we can offer huge value in our Free plan. On top of this, protecting more sites means we get better data about the types of attacks on our network so we can offer better security and protection for all.

As a privacy-first company, one thing we do not do is sell your data. In fact, Cloudflare recognizes privacy in personal data as a fundamental human right and has taken a [number of steps](https://blog.cloudflare.com/certifying-our-commitment-to-your-right-to-information-privacy/) to demonstrate our commitment to privacy.

---

# How Cloudflare works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/

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The [Cloudflare global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) can improve the security, performance, reliability, and privacy of anything connected to the Internet, such as your website, SaaS application, or corporate network.

## Application Services

To optimize your website or web application, Cloudflare acts as a [DNS provider](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/) for your domain, and a [reverse proxy](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/reverse-proxy/) for your web traffic.

### How Cloudflare works as a DNS provider

We support a few different [setups](/dns/zone-setups/) for using Cloudflare as a DNS provider. A [full DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) is the most common, where Cloudflare becomes the primary authoritative DNS provider for your domain, after you [connect your domain to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/). This means we respond to DNS queries for your domain, and you [manage its DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) via the Cloudflare dashboard or API.

When Cloudflare receives a DNS query for your domain, our response is determined by the configuration [set in your DNS table](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/), including the value of the record, the record's [proxy eligibility](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxy-eligibility), and its [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

If the [domain's status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) is active and the queried DNS record is set to `proxied`, then Cloudflare responds with an [anycast IP address](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/), **instead of** the value defined in your DNS table. This effectively re-routes the `HTTP/HTTPS` requests to the Cloudflare network, instead of directly reaching the targeted the [origin server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/).

In contrast, if the queried DNS record is set to `DNS only`, meaning the proxy is off, then Cloudflare responds with the value defined in your DNS table (that is, an IP address or CNAME record). This means `HTTP/HTTPS` requests route directly to the origin server and are not processed or protected by Cloudflare.

### How Cloudflare works as a reverse proxy

All DNS records in your DNS table have a [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), indicating whether or not `HTTP/HTTPS` traffic for that record will route through Cloudflare on its way between the client and the origin server. If the [domain's status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) is active, all `HTTP/HTTPS` requests for [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records) route through Cloudflare.

As these requests pass through our network, they are processed according to your [configuration](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#domain-configurations). Subsequently, legitimate requests are forwarded to the origin server.

Refer to our [Load Balancing reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/) to learn more about advanced ways to forward traffic to your origins (or other <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint" link="/glossary/?term=endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>), as well as our [CDN reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn/) to learn more about how Cloudflare processes and optimizes your web traffic.

:::note

Proxying is on by default for records that serve `HTTP/HTTPS` traffic (`A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records). To proxy `HTTP/HTTPS` traffic on [non-standard ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/) or to proxy a `TCP-` or `UDP-` based application, use [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/). 
:::

In the Cloudflare dashboard, find out which DNS records are proxied by selecting your domain and navigating to the **DNS records** tab.

#### Example DNS table

| Type |  Name  |   Content   | Proxy status |   TTL  | Actions |
| :--: | :----: | :---------: | :----------: | :----: | ------: |
|  `A` | `blog` | `192.0.2.1` |   `Proxied`  | `Auto` |  `Edit` |
|  `A` | `shop` | `192.0.2.2` |  `DNS only`  | `Auto` |  `Edit` |

In the example DNS table above, there are two DNS records. The record with the name `blog` has the proxy on, while the record named `shop` has the proxy off (that is, `DNS only`).

#### Proxied DNS record example

When the browser initiates a `HTTP/HTTPS` request to `blog.example.com`, a DNS resolver will convert the hostname into an IP address. Since this domain is using Cloudflare as its Authoritative DNS provider, the DNS query will be routed to Cloudflare; and because the proxy is on, Cloudflare will answer with an anycast IP address. Subsequently, the browser initiates a `HTTP/HTTPS` request back to Cloudflare. When Cloudflare receives this request, it performs a lookup to find the matching domain and account configuration and processes the request accordingly. Cloudflare forwards it to the configured origin server, which is `192.0.2.1`.

#### DNS only record example

When the browser initiates a `HTTP/HTTPS` request to `shop.example.com`, a DNS resolver will convert the hostname into an IP address. Since this domain is using Cloudflare as its Authoritative DNS provider, the DNS query will be routed to Cloudflare; but since the proxy is off (that is, `DNS only`), Cloudflare will answer with `192.0.2.2`. Finally, the browser initiates a `HTTP/HTTPS` request to the server hosted at `192.0.2.2`.

#### HTTP methods Cloudflare supports

Cloudflare supports all standard HTTP methods, with the exception of `CONNECT`, `TRACE`, and `PURGE`, which are restricted.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/

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---

# The Internet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/the-internet/

To learn more about background protocols, concepts, and the Internet, refer to [How does the Internet work?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/how-does-the-internet-work/).

---

# What is Cloudflare?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/what-is-cloudflare/

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## What is a connectivity cloud?

A connectivity cloud is a new approach for delivering the many services companies need to secure and connect their digital environment.

As a unified and intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services, a connectivity cloud enables any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications and users.

Cloudflare's connectivity cloud includes a huge array of security, performance, and developer services — not with an eye to replace everything everywhere, but with the ability to fit in wherever needed and consolidate many critical services onto a single platform.

![Cloudflare Product areas](~/assets/images/fundamentals/cloudflare-areas.png)

## Learn more

<RelatedProduct header="How Cloudflare works" href="/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/" product="fundamentals">

The Cloudflare global network can improve the security, performance, reliability, and privacy of anything connected to the Internet, such as your website, SaaS application, or corporate network.


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Connect your domain" href="/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/" product="fundamentals">

Learn how to get started by [creating an account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) and [connecting your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/).


</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Reference Architectures" href="/reference-architecture/" product="reference-architecture">

Learn more about Cloudflare through the Reference Architecture library. These comprehensive guides and diagrams provide a foundational knowledge of the Cloudflare platform and products.


</RelatedProduct>

---

# /cdn-cgi/ endpoint

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cdn-cgi-endpoint/

When you [add a domain to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/), Cloudflare adds a `/cdn-cgi/` endpoint (`www.example.com/cdn-cgi/`) to that domain.

This endpoint is managed and served by Cloudflare. It cannot be modified or customized. The endpoint is not used by every Cloudflare product, but you may find some products use the endpoint in its URL.

A few examples include (but are not limited to):

* [Identify the Cloudflare data center serving your request](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#identify-the-cloudflare-data-center-serving-your-request), which is helpful for troubleshooting (`https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/cdn-cgi/trace`).
* [JavaScript detection](/bots/reference/javascript-detections/) used by Cloudflare bot products (`example.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/`)
* [Image transformations](/images/transform-images) in the new URLs you would use for images (`example.com/cdn-cgi/image/`)
* [Email address obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/) used to hide email addresses from malicious bots (`example.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection`)
* [Web analytics](/web-analytics/get-started/#sites-proxied-through-cloudflare) for a website proxied through Cloudflare (`example.com/cdn-cgi/rum`). This endpoint returns a `204` HTTP status code.
* [Speed Brain](/speed/optimization/content/speed-brain/) adds an HTTP header called `Speculation-Rules` to web page responses. This header contains a URL that hosts an opinionated Speculation-Rules configuration, which instructs the browser to initiate prefetch requests for anticipated future navigations.

## Recommended exclusions

### Exclude from security scanners

Some scanners may display an error because certain `/cdn-cgi/` endpoints do not have an [HSTS setting](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/) applied to it or for similar reasons. Because the endpoint is managed by Cloudflare, you can ignore the error and do not need to worry about it.

To prevent scanner errors, omit the `/cdn-cgi/` endpoint from your security scans.

### Disallow using robots.txt

`/cdn-cgi/` also can cause issues with various web crawlers.

Search engine crawlers can encounter [errors when crawling these endpoints](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/troubleshooting-crawl-errors/) and — though these errors do not impact site rankings — they may surface in your webmaster dashboard.

SEO and other web crawlers may also mistakenly crawl these endpoints, thinking that they are part of your site's content.

As a best practice, update your `robots.txt` file to include `Disallow: /cdn-cgi/`.

---

# Cloudflare crawlers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-site-crawling/

Cloudflare may crawl or make HTTP requests to your site to make sure its protected and performing properly.

## Crawling situations

### Specific products

Cloudflare will crawl your site when you have specific products enabled:

* [**Always Online**](/cache/how-to/always-online/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CloudFlare-AlwaysOnline/1.0; +http://www.cloudflare.com/always-online)`
* [**Health checks**](/health-checks/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Cloudflare-Healthchecks/1.0; +https://www.cloudflare.com/; healthcheck-id: <HEALTHCHECK_ID>)`
  * `HEALTHCHECK_ID` is a 16-character string associated with the health check ID.
* [**Load balancing monitors**](/load-balancing/monitors/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Cloudflare-Traffic-Manager/1.0; +https://www.cloudflare.com/traffic-manager/; pool-id: <POOL_ID>)`
  * `POOL_ID` is a 16-character string associated with the load balancing pool ID being monitored.
* [**Prefetch URLs**](/speed/optimization/content/prefetch-urls/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CloudFlare-Prefetch/0.1; +http://www.cloudflare.com/)`
* [**SSL/TLS recommender**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-tls-recommender/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Cloudflare-SSLDetector`
  * This crawler ignores your `robots.txt` file unless there are rules explicitly targeting the user agent.
* [**Security Insights**](/security-center/security-insights/review-insights/)
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/92.0.4515.107 Safari/537.36 (compatible; +https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/)`

### Other situations

Cloudflare will also crawl your site in other, specific situations:

* **Speed tests**
  * *User-Agent*: `Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/75.0.3770.100 Safari/537.36 PTST/190628.140653`
  * *Triggered when*: You launch a speed test from within [the Cloudflare dashboard](/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/).
* **Support diagnostics**:
  * *User-Agent*: `Cloudflare-diagnostics`
  * *Triggered when*: Cloudflare Support Engineers perform error checks and by continuous monitoring used to raise intelligent alerts in the Cloudflare dashboard.
* **Custom Hostname validation**:
  * *User-Agent*: `Cloudflare Custom Hostname Verification`
  * *Triggered when*: You choose to validate a custom hostname with an [HTTP ownership token](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/pre-validation/#http-tokens).

---

# Cloudflare Ray ID

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/

A **Cloudflare Ray ID** is an identifier given to every request that goes through Cloudflare.

Ray IDs are particularly useful when evaluating Security Events for patterns or false positives or more generally understanding your application traffic.

:::caution

Ray IDs are not guaranteed to be unique for every request. In some situations, different requests may have the same Ray ID.
:::

## Look up Ray IDs

### Security events

All customers can view Ray IDs and associated information — IP address, user agent, ASN, etc. — by looking through the [Activity Log](/waf/analytics/security-events/) in Security Events.

![Example list of events in the Activity log, with one of the events expanded to show its details](~/assets/images/waf/events-activity-log.png)

Additionally, you can [add filters](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#adjusting-displayed-data) to look for specific Ray IDs.

![Example of adding a new filter in Security Events for the Allow action](~/assets/images/waf/events-add-filter-free.png)

Please note that Security Events may use sampled data to improve performance. If sampled data is applied to your search, you might not see all events, and filters might not return the expected results. To display more events, select a smaller timeframe.

### Logs

Enterprise customers can enable Ray ID as a field in their [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

### Server logs

For more details about sending Ray IDs to your server logs, refer to the [Cf-Ray](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ray) header.

---

# Connection limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/

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When HTTP/HTTPS traffic is [proxied through Cloudflare](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy), there are often two established [TCP connections](/fundamentals/reference/tcp-connections/): the first is between the requesting client to Cloudflare and the second is between Cloudflare and the origin server. Each connection has their own set of TCP and HTTP limits, which are documented below.

## Between client and Cloudflare

| Type                           | Limit (seconds) | HTTP status code at limit | Configurable |
| ------------------------------ | --------------- | ------------------------- | ------------ |
| Connection Keep-Alive HTTP/1.1 | 400             | TCP connection closed     | No           |
| Connection Idle HTTP/2         | 400             | TCP connection closed     | No           |

## Between Cloudflare and origin server

:::note

If you are using [Cloudflare tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/), refer to [Origin configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/) to view or modify your connection settings. 
:::

| Type                                                                                      | Limit (seconds) | HTTP status code at limit                                                                                                              | [Configurable](/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/#configurable-limits) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="TCP three-way handshake">Complete TCP Connection</GlossaryTooltip> | 15              | [522](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-522-connection-timed-out)                | No                                                                             |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="ACK (Acknowledge)">TCP ACK</GlossaryTooltip> Timeout               | 90              | [522](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-522-connection-timed-out)                | No                                                                             |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="TCP Keep-Alive">TCP Keep-Alive</GlossaryTooltip> Interval          | 30              | [520](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-520-web-server-returns-an-unknown-error) | No                                                                             |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="idle connection">Proxy Idle</GlossaryTooltip> Timeout              | 900             | [520](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-520-web-server-returns-an-unknown-error) | No                                                                             |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy read timeout">Proxy Read Timeout</GlossaryTooltip>           | 100             | [524](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-524-a-timeout-occurred)                  | [Yes](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/)                       |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy write timeout">Proxy Write Timeout</GlossaryTooltip>         | 30              | [524](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-524-a-timeout-occurred)                  | No                                                                             |
| HTTP/2 Pings to Origin                                                                    | Off             | -                                                                                                                                      | Yes                                                                            |
| <GlossaryTooltip term="idle connection">HTTP/2 Connection Idle</GlossaryTooltip>          | 900             | No                                                                                                                                     | No                                                                             |

## Configurable limits

Some TCP connections can be customized for Enterprise customers. Reach out to your account team for more details.

## Keep-Alives

Cloudflare maintains keep-alive connections to improve performance and reduce cost of recurring TCP connects in the request transaction as Cloudflare proxies customer traffic from its global network to the site's origin server.

Ensure HTTP keep-alive connections are enabled on your origin. Cloudflare reuses open TCP connections up to the `Proxy Idle Timeout` limit after the last HTTP request. Origin web servers close TCP connections if too many are open. HTTP keep-alive helps avoid connection resets for requests proxied by Cloudflare.

---

# Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/cryptographic-personhood/

Cloudflare developed an [alternative](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cryptographic-attestation-of-personhood/) to CAPTCHA authentication, the Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood (CAP).

CAP lets you prove that you are a legitimate website visitor by touching a hardware key, instead of solving a CAPTCHA puzzle.

This article provides answers to common questions about usability and privacy concerns.

You can also test CAP by going to the [demo site](https://cloudflarechallenge.com/).

## Privacy questions

The answer to most privacy concerns are summarized in this table:

| Property                                              | Cloudflare could                                 | Cloudflare does     |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- |
| Collect biometrics (fingerprints or face pictures)    | No                                               | N/A                 |
| Collect information about your hardware authenticator | Yes, limited to the number of keys in your batch | Yes, when available |

No, Cloudflare cannot collect biometrics. Our CAP process uses the WebAuthn API, which prevents the collection of [biometrics by default](https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#sctn-biometric-privacy). When your device asks for a biometric authentication — such as via a fingerprint sensor — it all happens locally. 

As such, we never see your biometric data: that remains on your device. Once your device confirms a match, it sends only a basic attestation message. In effect, your device sends a message proving “yes, someone correctly entered a fingerprint on this trustworthy device” and never sends the fingerprint itself.

Yes, Cloudflare does collect a limited amount of data about your key. We store the manufacturer of your key and batch identifier ([minimum of 100,000](https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-uaf-v1.1-ps-20170202/fido-uaf-protocol-v1.1-ps-20170202.html#full-basic-attestation) keys per batch) for verification purposes. From our perspective, your key looks like all other keys in the batch.

Some self-signed keys and keys from certain manufacturers have been found to [not meet this requirement](https://www.chromium.org/security-keys) and should be avoided if you are minimizing your online privacy risk.

***

For more details on how we set up Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cryptographic-attestation-of-personhood/).

***

## What devices are and are not allowed?

### Allowed devices

CAP supports a wide variety of hardware authenticators:

* **Roaming (cross-platform) authenticators**:
  * *Supported*: All security keys found in the [FIDO Metadata Service 3.0](https://fidoalliance.org/metadata/), unless they have been revoked for security reasons.
  * *Examples*: YubiKeys, HyperFIDO keys, Thetis FIDO U2F keys
* **Platform authenticators:**
  * *Examples*: Apple Touch ID and Face ID on iOS mobile devices and macOS laptops; Android mobile devices with fingerprint readers; Windows Hello

### Known limitations

Most combinations of of web browsers and WebAuthn-capable authenticators will work, but there are some known compatibility issues with WebAuthn attestation that may prevent CAP from working successfully:

* **Basic CAP**:
  * *macOS desktop*: For TouchID, browser must be Safari
  * *Android*: Browser must be Chrome
* **CAP with Zero-Knowledge Proof**:
  * *Apple platform authenticators* (e.g., iPhone with Touch ID/Face ID) are incompatible with the [zero-knowledge proof system](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-private-web-attestation-with-cross-multi-vendor-hardware/). If this fails, you will immediately be redirected to basic CAP route without having to take any further action. Since Apple uses a privacy-preserving [Apple Anonymous Attestation](https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn/#sctn-apple-anonymous-attestation) to show that an authenticator is valid while blocking tracking, this method maintains a high standard of privacy.

We are updating this list as the ecosystem evolves and as we continue to test different combinations.

## Can hackers bypass the Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood?

CAP is one of many techniques to identify and block bots. To date, we have seen some attempts to test CAP’s security system, such as [one thoughtfully-executed, well-documented test](https://betterappsec.com/building-a-webauthn-click-farm-are-captchas-obsolete-bfab07bb798c). The blog post discussing the test specifically calls out that this method does not break the Cloudflare threat model.

This does not mean that CAP is broken, but rather shows that it raises the cost of an attack over the current CAPTCHA model.

## What happens if I lose my key?

If you do not have the necessary hardware (such as a Yubikey), you can still solve a regular CAPTCHA challenge (e.g., selecting pictures).

## What are the common error codes and what do they mean?

* **Unsupported\_att\_fmt**:
  * *Cause*: Your authenticator is using an unsupported attestation format (combination of browser and key). Also occurs when you use *Firefox* and select the option to "anonymise your key".
  * *Solution:* If this error occurs during [zero-knowledge version of CAP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-private-web-attestation-with-cross-multi-vendor-hardware/), you will automatically be redirected to the basic CAP flow. If basic CAP fails, try a different combination of supported hardware device and browser or opt for a CAPTCHA.
* **Unsupported\_issuer**:
  * *Cause*: Your key is currently not supported.
  * *Solution*: Use a [supported key](#allowed-devices).

## Related resources

* [https://cloudflarechallenge.com](https://cloudflarechallenge.com/) (demo site)
* [Introducing Cryptographic Attestation of Personhood](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cryptographic-attestation-of-personhood/) (blog)
* [Expanding Crypotgraphic Attestation of Personhood](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cap-expands-support/) (blog)
* [Introducing Zero-Knowledge Proofs](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-zero-knowledge-proofs-for-private-web-attestation-with-cross-multi-vendor-hardware/) (blog)

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's documentation.

<Glossary />

---

# Cloudflare and Google Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/google-analytics/

Using Cloudflare does not affect Google Analytics (GA) tracking if it is added to the website [in one of ways recommended by Google](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9304153#add-tag).

## Standard GA setup

Cloudflare proxies traffic to your origin web server, but the GA JavaScript code never actually sends traffic to your server. Instead, it executes directly in a user's browser and does not interact with Cloudflare.

Cloudflare only affects analytics tools that read logs directly from your web server (like awstats).

:::note


To troubleshoot potential issues with Google Analytics, refer to [Common GA setup mistakes](https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1009683).


:::

## Zaraz

As an alternative to the standard setup of Google Analytics with tag/snippet, Cloudflare offers a way to use Google Analytics with [Zaraz](/zaraz/). Zaraz is a solution that allows Google Analytics to collect data without its script loaded on the website. If GA is set up this way, then not all features may be available.

:::note


Details about features of Google Analytics that are unavailable with Zaraz can be found in [Zaraz FAQ](/zaraz/faq/#tools)


:::

---

# Cloudflare HTTP headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Request headers

Cloudflare passes all HTTP request headers to your origin web server and adds additional headers as specified below.

:::note
Cloudflare may remove HTTP request headers with names considered invalid [according to NGINX](https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#ignore_invalid_headers) — for example, header names containing a `.` (dot) character.
:::

### Accept-Encoding

For incoming requests, the value of this header will always be set to `accept-encoding: br, gzip`. If the client set a different value, such as `accept-encoding: deflate`, it will be overwritten and the original value will be available in `request.cf.clientAcceptEncoding`.

### CF-Connecting-IP

`CF-Connecting-IP` provides the client IP address connecting to Cloudflare to the origin web server.
This header will only be sent on the traffic from Cloudflare's edge to your origin web server.

For guidance on logging your visitor's original IP address, refer to [Restoring original visitor IPs](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/).

Alternatively, if you do not wish to receive the `CF-Connecting-IP` header or any HTTP header that may contain the visitor's IP address, [enable the **Remove visitor IP headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

#### CF-Connecting-IP in Worker subrequests

In same-zone Worker subrequests, the value of `CF-Connecting-IP` reflects the value of `x-real-ip` (the client's IP). `x-real-ip` can be altered by the user in their Worker script.

In cross-zone subrequests from one Cloudflare zone to another Cloudflare zone, the `CF-Connecting-IP` value will be set to the Worker client IP address `'2a06:98c0:3600::103'` for security reasons.

For Worker subrequests destined for a non-Cloudflare customer zone, the `CF-Connecting-IP` and `x-real-ip` headers will both reflect the client's IP address, with only the `x-real-ip` header able to be altered.

When no Worker subrequest is triggered, `cf-connecting-ip` reflects the client's IP address and the `x-real-ip` header is stripped.

### CF-Connecting-IPv6

Cloudflare provides [free IPv6 support](/network/ipv6-compatibility/) to all domains without requiring additional configuration or hardware. To support migrating to IPv6, Cloudflare's [Pseudo IPv4](/network/pseudo-ipv4/) provides an IPv6 to IPv4 translation service for all Cloudflare domains.

<Render file="pseudo-ipv4-warning" /> <br />

### CF-EW-Via

This header is used for loop detection, similar to the `CDN-Loop` [header](https://blog.cloudflare.com/preventing-request-loops-using-cdn-loop/).

### CF-Pseudo-IPv4

If [Pseudo IPv4](/network/pseudo-ipv4/) is set to `Add Header` - Cloudflare automatically adds the `CF-Pseudo-IPv4` header with a Class E IPv4 address hashed from the original IPv6 address.

### True-Client-IP (Enterprise plan only)

`True-Client-IP` provides the original client IP address to the origin web server. `True-Client-IP` is only available on an Enterprise plan. In the example below, `203.0.113.1` is the original visitor IP address. For example: `True-Client-IP: 203.0.113.1`

There is no difference between the `True-Client-IP` and `CF-Connecting-IP` headers besides the name of the header. Some Enterprise customers with legacy devices need `True-Client-IP` to avoid updating firewalls or load-balancers to read a custom header name.

To add a `True-Client-IP` HTTP header to requests, [enable the **Add "True-Client-IP" header** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

Alternatively, if you do not wish to receive the `True-Client-IP` header or any HTTP header that may contain the visitor's IP address, [enable the **Remove visitor IP headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

:::caution
If you are using Cloudflare in a stacked CDN and authenticating HTTP requests based on the IP address value in the `True-Client-IP` header, you must add a `True-Client-IP` header to your requests. If you do not add this header, its value can be spoofed to any value.
:::

### X-Forwarded-For

`X-Forwarded-For` maintains proxy server and original visitor IP addresses. If there was no existing `X-Forwarded-For`header in the request sent to Cloudflare, `X-Forwarded-For` has an identical value to the `CF-Connecting-IP` header.

For example, if the original visitor IP address is `203.0.113.1` and the request sent to Cloudflare does not contain an `X-Forwarded-For` header, then Cloudflare will send `X-Forwarded-For: 203.0.113.1` to the origin.

If, on the other hand, an `X-Forwarded-For` header was already present in the request to Cloudflare, Cloudflare will append the IP address of the HTTP proxy connecting to Cloudflare to the header. For example, if the original visitor IP address is `203.0.113.1` and a request is proxied through two proxies: proxy A with an IP address of `198.51.100.101` and proxy B with an IP address of `198.51.100.102` before being proxied to Cloudflare, then Cloudflare will send `X-Forwarded-For: 203.0.113.1,198.51.100.101,198.51.100.102` to the origin. Proxy A will append the original visitor's IP address (`203.0.113.1`) to `X-Forwarded-For` before proxying the request to proxy B which, in turn, will append Proxy A's IP address (`198.51.100.101`) to `X-Forwarded-For` before proxying the request to Cloudflare. And finally, Cloudflare will append proxy B's IP address (`198.51.100.102`) to `X-Forwarded-For` before proxying the request to the origin.

If you do not wish to receive the visitor's IP address in the `X-Forwarded-For` header, or any HTTP header that may contain the visitor's IP address, [enable the **Remove visitor IP headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

:::note
To restore the original visitor IP address at your origin web server, Cloudflare recommends that your logs or applications look at `CF-Connecting-IP` or `True-Client-IP` instead of `X-Forwarded-For`. `CF-Connecting-IP` and `True-Client-IP` both have a consistent format containing only one IP address.
:::

### X-Forwarded-Proto

`X-Forwarded-Proto` is used to identify the protocol (HTTP or HTTPS) that Cloudflare uses to connect to origin web server. By default, it is `http`. Certain [encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) may change this header to `https` if the connection is encrypted.

For incoming requests, the value of this header will be set to the protocol the client used (`http` or `https`). If the client set a different value, it will be overwritten.

### Cf-Ray

The `Cf-Ray` header (otherwise known as a [Ray ID](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/)) is a hashed value that encodes information about the data center and the visitor's request. For example: `Cf-Ray: 230b030023ae2822-SJC`.

Add the [`Cf-Ray` header to your origin web server logs](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#add-the-cf-ray-header-to-your-logs) to match requests proxied to Cloudflare to requests in your server logs.

Enterprise customers can also see all requests via [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

### CF-IPCountry

The `CF-IPCountry` header contains a two-character country code of the originating visitor's country.

Besides the [ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 codes](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html), Cloudflare uses the following special country codes:

- `XX` - Used for clients without country code data.
- `T1` - Used for clients using the Tor network.

To add this header to requests, along with other HTTP headers with location information for the visitor's IP address, [enable the **Add visitor location headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

:::note
The `CF-IPCountry` header is removed from requests made from a Worker to an origin that is not proxied behind Cloudflare.
:::

### CF-Visitor

Currently, this header is a JSON object, containing only one key called `scheme`. The header will be either HTTP or HTTPS, and it is only relevant if you need to enable Flexible SSL in your Cloudflare settings. For example: `CF-Visitor: { \"scheme\":\"https\"}`.

### CDN-Loop

`CDN-Loop` allows Cloudflare to specify how many times a request can enter Cloudflare's network before it is blocked as a looping request. For example: `CDN-Loop: cloudflare`.

### CF-Worker

The `CF-Worker` request header is added to an edge Worker subrequest that identifies the host that spawned the subrequest. This is useful when you want to protect yourself against cross-zone Worker subrequests. For example: `CF-Worker: example.com`.

You can add `CF-Worker` header on server logs similar to the way you add the [`CF-RAY`](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#add-the-cf-ray-header-to-your-logs) header. To do that, add `$http_cf_worker` in the log format file: `log_format cf_custom "CF-Worker:$http_cf_worker"'`

`CF-Worker` is added to all Worker subrequests sent via `fetch()`. It is set to the name of the zone which owns the Worker making the subrequest. For example, a Worker script on route for `foo.example.com/*` from `example.com` will have all subrequests with the header:

```txt
CF-Worker: example.com
```

The intended purpose of this header is to provide a means for recipients (for example, origins, load balancers, other Workers) to recognize, filter, and route traffic generated by Workers on specific zones.

:::note
When configuring WAF custom rules, do not match on this header. These rules are applied before Cloudflare adds the `CF-Worker` header. Instead, use the [`cf.worker.upstream_zone`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.worker.upstream_zone/) field, which contains the same value and exists for the same purpose.
:::

### Connection

For incoming requests, the value of this header will always be set to `Keep-Alive`. If the client set a different value, such as `close`, it will be overwritten. Note that is also the case when the client uses HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 to connect.

### Considerations for Spectrum

When using Spectrum with a TCP application, these headers are not visible at the origin as they are HTTP headers. If you wish to utilize these in your application, there are two options:

- Use an HTTP or HTTPS Spectrum app instead of TCP
- Use the [Proxy Protocol feature](/spectrum/how-to/enable-proxy-protocol/)

## Response headers

Cloudflare will remove some HTTP headers from the response sent back to the visitor and add some Cloudflare-specific HTTP headers.

### Removed response headers

Cloudflare passes all HTTP headers in the response from the origin server back to the visitor with the exception of the following headers:

- `X-Accel-Buffering`
- `X-Accel-Charset`
- `X-Accel-Limit-Rate`
- `X-Accel-Redirect`

### Added response headers

Cloudflare adds the HTTP headers specified below to the response sent to the visitor.

#### Cf-Ray

The `Cf-Ray` value returned to the visitor will be the same `Cf-Ray` value that was sent to the origin server.

#### Cf-Cache-Status

A list of all possible `Cf-Cache-Status` values is contained in [Cloudflare cache responses](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/).

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Network Layers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/network-layers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="network-layers" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Network ports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/

import { Details, Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

Learn which network ports Cloudflare proxies by default and how to enable Cloudflare's proxy for additional ports.

## Network ports compatible with Cloudflare's proxy

By default, Cloudflare proxies traffic destined for the HTTP/HTTPS ports listed below.

<Details header="HTTP ports supported by Cloudflare">

- 80
- 8080
- 8880
- 2052
- 2082
- 2086
- 2095

</Details>

<Details header="HTTPS ports supported by Cloudflare">

- 443
- 2053
- 2083
- 2087
- 2096
- 8443

</Details>

<Details header="Ports supported by Cloudflare, but with caching disabled">

- 2052
- 2053
- 2082
- 2083
- 2086
- 2087
- 2095
- 2096
- 8880
- 8443

:::note

Enterprise customers that want to enable caching on these ports can do so by creating a [cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#caching-on-port-enterprise-only).

:::

</Details>

## How to enable Cloudflare's proxy for additional ports

If traffic for your domain is destined for a different port than the ones listed above, for example you have an SSH server that listens for incoming connections on port 22, either:

- Change your subdomain to be [gray-clouded](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), via your Cloudflare DNS app, to bypass the Cloudflare network and connect directly to your origin.
- Configure a [Spectrum application](/spectrum/get-started/) for the hostname running the server. Spectrum supports all ports. Spectrum for all TCP and UDP ports is only available on the Enterprise plan. If you would like to know more about Cloudflare plans, please reach out to your Cloudflare account team.

## How to block traffic on additional ports

Block traffic on ports other than 80 and 443 in Cloudflare paid plans by doing one of the following:

- If you are using [WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/), enable rule ID `100015` (`Anomaly:Port - Non Standard Port (not 80 or 443)`).
- If you are using the new [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/), enable rule ID <RuleID id="8e361ee4328f4a3caf6caf3e664ed6fe" /> (`Anomaly:Port - Non Standard Port (not 80 or 443)`), which is disabled by default. This rule is part of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset.

Ports 80 and 443 are the only ports compatible with:

- HTTP/HTTPS traffic within China data centers for domains that have the **China Network** enabled, and
- Proxying of [Cloudflare Apps](https://cloudflareapps.com/apps/developer/docs/getting-started)

<Render file="open-ports-blocked-traffic" product="waf" /> <br />

The WAF's [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) includes a rule that will block traffic at the application layer (layer 7 in the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/)), preventing HTTP/HTTPS requests over non-standard ports from reaching the origin server.

:::note

[Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/) does not support port numbers in URLs. Port numbers are stripped from requests for URLs protected through Cloudflare Access.

:::

## Related resources

- [Managing DNS records at Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/)

---

# Partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/partners/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

[Cloudflare Technology Partners](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/) offer purpose-built integrations with our products, providing expanded functionality for our users. Learn how to configure these integrations with our tutorials and how-to guides.

## Analytics integrations

Learn how to configure a variety of products with Cloudflare Analytics:

<DirectoryListing folder="analytics/analytics-integrations" />

## Cloudflare Network Interconnect

Connect your network infrastructure with Cloudflare network fabric partners for increased reliability and security.

<DirectoryListing folder="network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners" />

## Cloudflare Zero Trust Technology Partners

Our third-party integrations allow you to deploy the WARP client application and configure devices remotely.

<DirectoryListing folder="cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners" />

## Cloudflare Logs

Enterprise customers have access to detailed logs of the metadata generated by our products, and logs from Cloudflare solutions can be pushed to a variety of log management providers and storage services.

<DirectoryListing folder="logs/get-started/enable-destinations" />

## ​​Cloudflare Technology Partners for Magic WAN

Cloudflare Magic WAN integrates with a number of third-party partners, which enables our users to securely route their Internet traffic.

<DirectoryListing folder="magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party" />

---

# Scans and penetration testing policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/scans-penetration/

Customers may conduct scans and penetration tests (with certain restrictions) on application and network-layer aspects of their own assets, such as their [zones](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones) within their Cloudflare accounts, provided they adhere to Cloudflare's policy.

- **Permitted targets** - all scans or testing must be limited to the following:

  	- Customer-owned IPs,
  	- Cloudflare's designated public IPs, or
 	- The customer's registered DNS entries.

Targets like `*.cloudflare.com` or other Cloudflare-owned destinations are only allowed as part of Cloudflare's Public Bug Bounty program. Refer to the [Additional Resources](#additional-resources) section for more information.

### Scanning

- **Throttling**: Scans should be throttled to a reasonable rate to prevent disruptions and ensure stable system performance.
- **Scope and intent**: Scans should identify the presence of vulnerabilities without attempting to actively exploit any detected weaknesses.
- **Exclusions**: It is recommended to exclude [`/cdn-cgi/` endpoints](/fundamentals/reference/cdn-cgi-endpoint/) from scans to avoid false positives or irrelevant results.
- **Compliance checks**: Customers may conduct [PCI compliance scans](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/pci-scans/) or verify that [known vulnerabilities](/ssl/reference/compliance-and-vulnerabilities/#known-vulnerabilities-mitigations) have been addressed.

### Penetration testing

- **Network behavior**:
  - Cloudflare's [anycast network](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) will report ports other than `80` and `443` as open due to its shared infrastructure and the nature of Cloudflare's proxy. This is expected behavior and does not indicate a vulnerability.
  - Tools like Netcat may list [non-standard HTTP ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/) as open; however, these ports are open solely for Cloudflare's routing purposes and do not necessarily indicate that a connection can be established with the customer's origin over those ports.
- **Known false positives**: Any findings related to the [ROBOT vulnerability](/ssl/reference/compliance-and-vulnerabilities/#return-of-bleichenbachers-oracle-threat-robot) are false positives when the customer's assets are behind Cloudflare.
- **Customer security review**: During penetration testing, customers should be aware of the Cloudflare security and performance features, configurations, and rules active on their account or zone. After completing the test, it is recommended that customers review their security posture and make any necessary adjustments based on the findings.

Customers can download the latest Penetration Test Report of Cloudflare via the [Dashboard](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/compliance-docs/).

### Denial-of-Service (DoS) testing

For guidelines on required notification and necessary information, refer to Cloudflare's documentation [Simulating DDoS Attacks](/ddos-protection/reference/simulate-ddos-attack). Customers should also familiarize themselves with Cloudflare's [DDoS protection best practices](/ddos-protection/best-practices/).

### Additional Resources

For information about Cloudflare's Public Bug Bounty program, visit [HackerOne](https://hackerone.com/cloudflare).

---

# SDK ecosystem support policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/sdk-ecosystem-support-policy/

## Lifecycle

Unless otherwise stated in the code repository, Cloudflare only provides active support for the latest major version of a library or tool. The exception to this policy is for critical security fixes, which will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and take the vulnerability, impact, and mitigation required into consideration.

We provide three primary stages of development: early access, active support, and end of life.

:::note

These lifecycle stages may be referred to in different terms across Cloudflare products, but the underlying principles are the same. 
:::

### Early access

During this stage, Cloudflare makes SDK changes available that we are seeking feedback on prior to releasing for general usage. Early access will  often include warning labels or caveats on functionality that is subject to change without notice. In general, early access SDKs are not suitable for production systems unless explicitly mentioned.

### Active support

During the active support stage, planned changes and support are offered for the library or tool.

### End of life

During the end of life stage, a new major version of the library or tool is released and Cloudflare marks the previous major version as no longer receiving improvements or bug fixes. If you continue to run end of life versions, support will be very limited.

![All lifecycle stages and their relation to one another](~/assets/images/fundamentals/support-policy.png "All lifecycle stages and their relation to one another")

## Previous or end of life versions

While Cloudflare cannot provide support for all older versions of our libraries or tools, we do not remove those versions so they can continued to be used without direct support.

## Versioning

The SDK ecosystem follows semantic versioning, which defines versions as follows:

* MAJOR version when there are backward-incompatible changes made.
* MINOR version when functionality is added in a backward compatible-manner.
* PATCH version for backward-compatible bug fixes (without any improvements).

:::caution

As Cloudflare has recently swapped to [automatically generating our libraries using OpenAPI](https://blog.cloudflare.com/lessons-from-building-an-automated-sdk-pipeline), we have relaxed the strict versioning requirements on the libraries (Terraform is not changing). Minor releases *may* contain breaking changes in the forms of method, structure, or type renames as the service owners stabilize their schemas and iterate on usability improvements.

If this is not suitable for your use case, pin to a known good version or use the previous major version of the library. 
:::

Depending on your needs, you should ensure your application's package manager versioning is configured correctly. At a minimum, restrict installation to the current major version of the library or tool you are using to prevent any major version upgrades occurring automatically.

## Migration

Where possible, Cloudflare provides an automated approach to performing major version upgrades to limit the disruption using codemods. Review the library or tool-specific release notes for how to use these migration tools.

Alongside the automatic migration approach, we provide documentation on the changes that have taken place in case you need to make the changes manually.

## Related resources

* [Semantic versioning definitions](https://semver.org/)
* [Cloudflare's Terraform documentation](/terraform/)

---

# Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/redirects/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare offers a variety of ways to perform <GlossaryTooltip term="redirect">URL redirects</GlossaryTooltip>, which tell a visitor's browser that the location of a page has been changed.

Use the following table to determine when to use each option.

| Option                                                      | Use when                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Single redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) | As a default option.                                      |
| [Bulk redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/)     | When you have a large number of static redirects.         |
| [Pages redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/)          | If you have a Pages project.                              |
| [Workers redirect](/workers/examples/redirect/)             | When the other redirects do not meet your needs.          |
| [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/how-to/url-forwarding/)      | If you already rely on Page Rules for other requirements. |

---

# TCP connections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/tcp-connections/

The following section explains how Cloudflare directs traffic efficiently with anycast routing and serves as an intermediary between users and origin servers. The second part covers TCP connections and keep-alives for performance optimization, and lastly, TCP Fast Open (TFO), a protocol extension that enhances the speed of TCP connections.

## How Cloudflare connects user to origin

Users connect to Cloudflare by sending requests from their devices to Cloudflare's global network. Cloudflare connects to the origin server by acting as an intermediary between the user and the origin.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Connections with Cloudflare
A[Visitor] <-- Connection --> B[Cloudflare global network] <-- Connection --> C[Origin server]
```

<br/>

User traffic is routed to the nearest Cloudflare data center based on the shortest [Border Gateway Protocol](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) (BGP) path, thanks to [anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) routing. Cloudflare then processes the request. In case a request is not served from Cloudflare’s data centers, Cloudflare will open a connection to the origin server to forward the request.

## TCP connections and keep-alives

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is a [Layer 7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model) application protocol that operates over TCP. By default, HTTP opens a new TCP connection for each request-response cycle, which can lead to performance overhead due to the repeated connection establishment and teardown.

Keep-Alives are a mechanism that bridges TCP and HTTP, and allow a single TCP connection to remain open for multiple HTTP requests and responses. This minimizes the connection overhead and latency associated with establishing new TCP connections for each web resource. Keep-Alives improve the efficiency and responsiveness of web applications by facilitating the reuse of existing connections, reducing network traffic, and enhancing user experience.

TCP connections can persist even after HTTP requests have concluded. However, to manage resources efficiently, idle connections are typically terminated after a certain period of inactivity. To enhance connection reuse and minimize connection overhead, keep-alives are employed. These mechanisms collectively optimize the performance and reliability of web applications while conserving network resources.

If either a user or an origin does not respond to two keep-alives, Cloudflare will sever the connection by sending a TCP Reset (RST) packet.

For connections to users, Cloudflare has a default idle timeout of 400 seconds. After the 400 seconds, Cloudflare will start sending keep-alive probes every 75 seconds. If nine consecutive probes are unanswered, Cloudflare will sever the connection by sending an RST packet.

:::note


Be aware that even if there are keep-alives, Cloudflare cannot guarantee to keep a connection, since besides idleness, there are other reasons, like capacity balancing, data center maintenance or node restarts that can cause disconnections. Having this in mind, applications should be structured to handle disconnections gracefully.


:::

TCP connection settings between the user and Cloudflare, and between Cloudflare and Origin can be customized for Enterprise customers. Reach out to your account team for more details.

## TCP Fast Open (TFO)

[TCP Fast Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_Fast_Open) (TFO) is a protocol extension that can significantly improve the speed of establishing TCP connections by allowing data to be sent in the initial SYN packet, rather than requiring a separate handshake before data transmission begins. TFO can reduce latency and improve website and application performance, particularly on high-latency networks. Cloudflare supports TFO on user connections.

When a client initiates a connection to a web server protected by Cloudflare, it sends a TCP SYN packet to request a connection. Cloudflare, acting as a reverse proxy, intercepts the SYN packet and responds with a SYN-ACK packet to establish the connection. With TFO enabled, Cloudflare can also send initial data (such as HTTP request data) in the SYN-ACK packet, eliminating the need for an additional round-trip for data transmission. The client receives the SYN-ACK packet with data and acknowledges it with an ACK packet. This fast tracks the connection setup.

---

# Under Attack mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/

import { Example } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's **I'm Under Attack Mode** performs additional security checks to help mitigate layer 7 DDoS attacks. Validated users access your website and suspicious traffic is blocked. It is designed to be used as one of the last resorts when a zone is under attack (and will temporarily pause access to your site and impact your site analytics).

When enabled, visitors receive an interstitial page.

## Enable Under Attack mode

**I'm Under Attack Mode** is disabled by default for your zone.

### Globally

To put your entire zone in **I'm Under Attack Mode**:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
4. For **Security Level**, choose **I'm Under Attack!**.

### Selectively

To enable **I'm Under Attack Mode** for specific pages or sections of your site, use a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to adjust the **Security Level**.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

* **Field:** *URI Path*
* **Operator:** *starts with*
* **Value:** `/admin`

If you are using the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:<br/>
`(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/admin"))`

**Then the settings are**

1. For **I'm Under Attack**, select **Add**.
2. Switch the toggle to **On**.

</Example>

To turn it on for specific ASNs (hosts/ISPs that own IP addresses), countries, or IP ranges, use [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/).

***

## Preview Under Attack mode

To preview what **I'm Under Attack** mode looks like for your visitors:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account.
3. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
4. Go to **Custom Pages**.
5. For **Managed Challenge / I'm Under Attack Mode™**, select **Custom Pages** > **View default**.

The "Checking your browser before accessing..." challenge determines whether to block or allow a visitor within five seconds. After passing the challenge, the visitor does not observe another challenge until the duration configured in [**Challenge Passage**](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/).

***

## Potential issues

Since the Under Attack mode requires your browser to support JavaScript to display and pass the interstitial page, it is expected to observe impact on third party analytics tools.

---

# Accounts, zones, and profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/

Within the Cloudflare ecosystem, there are three organizing concepts that control where specific settings live: user profiles, accounts, and zones.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Accounts contain zones and user profiles contain user settings
subgraph Account
    subgraph Zone - example.com
        A[WAF]
        B[DNS]
    end
    subgraph Zone - example2.com
        C[Cache rules]
        D[Waiting Room]
    end
    Workers
    K[Account members]
end
subgraph User profile
    G[Email address]
    H[Language]
    I[Communication preferences]
end
```

***

## User profiles

Each user has a profile that contains several settings, such as [Communication preferences](/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/communication-preference/) and [Language preferences](/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/language-preference/).

### Navigation

To access your profile, select the user icon and then **My Profile** from any page within the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

![Use the Profile icon to access your profile settings](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/profile-navigation.png)

***

## Accounts

An account refers to an organization account. Accounts contain one or more users and can contain one or more zones. A user can be part of one or more accounts.

There are also several account-level products - such as [Workers](/workers/), [Pages](/pages/), [Security Center](/security-center/), and [Bulk redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) - that can affect some or all zones contained within that account.

After you [log in](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an account - but before you select a zone - the sidebar will list account-level products.

Accounts also have their own settings, including [account billing profiles](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/), [account members](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/), [lists](/waf/tools/lists/), and more.

### Navigation

When you log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), you can access all accounts where your user is a member.

To access account settings and account-level products from within a zone, use the **Account Home** option from the **Profile** dropdown.

![Use the Account Home option in the Profile dropdown to access account settings and products](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/account-navigation-profile.png)

You can also use the back button near the zone name.

![Use the back button near the account name to move from a zone to your account](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/account-navigation.png)

***

## Zones

Domains (or [subdomains](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/)) that are added to Cloudflare become zones[^1], which have a direct impact on the security and performance of your website, application, or API. Use your zone to monitor security and performance, update configurations, and apply zone-level products and services.

Zone-level services - such as [Load Balancers](/load-balancing/) and [Cache rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) - only affect your website, application, or API for that zone and not other zones, even if they are contained within the same account.

### Navigation

When you log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and choose an account, there will be a list of all zones within that account.

Once you are within a zone, items within the sidebar will be zone-related products.

If you need to change to another zone, use the forward arrow next to the zone name or by go back to the homepage of your account.

![Use the forward button near the account name to switch between zones in an account](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/zone-navigation.png)

[^1]: Similar to [DNS zones](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/dns-zone/), but with additional capabilities.

---

# Find zone and account IDs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/

Once you [set up a new account](/fundamentals/setup/account/) and [add your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare, you may need access to your zone and account IDs for API operations.

To find your zone and account IDs:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).

2. Select your account and domain.

3. On the **Overview** page (the landing page for your domain), find the **API** section.

   ![Screenshot of the Overview page with the API section highlighted](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/dash-overview-api-highlighted.png)

4. The **API** section contains your **Zone ID** and **Account ID**. To copy these values for API commands or other tasks, select **Click to copy**.

   ![Screenshot of the API section on the Overview page of a zone](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/dash-overview-api-close-view.png)

For more guidance on setting up API tokens and using the API, refer to our [Cloudflare API Documentation](/fundamentals/api/).

## Find account ID (Workers and Pages)

You can also find your account ID within the **Workers & Pages** section of your account:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account.
3. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
4. The **Account details** section contains your **Account ID**. To copy these values for API commands or other tasks, select **Click to copy**.

   ![Screenshot of the Workers & Pages Overview page with the account ID section highlighted](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/workers-account-id.png)

---

# How to use Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

<Render file="pointer-to-workers-zt-docs" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/troubleshooting/

When you [set up Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/), you may experience the following issues or error messages.

## Error messages

* [`ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS`](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/)
* [`525` or `526` errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/)
* [Cannot add DNS records with the same name](/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/records-with-same-name/)
* [`ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH` or `SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP`](/ssl/troubleshooting/version-cipher-mismatch/)
* [`DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN`](/dns/troubleshooting/dns-probe-finished-nxdomain/)
* [Record exposing origin server IP address](/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/exposed-ip-address/)
* [Mixed content errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/)
* [SSL errors in appear in my browser](/ssl/troubleshooting/general-ssl-errors/)

## Behavior

* [Why are Cloudflare's IPs in my origin web server logs?](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/)
* [Is Cloudflare attacking me?](#is-cloudflare-attacking-me)
* [Cannot add domain to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/cannot-add-domain/)
* [My domain’s email stopped working](/dns/troubleshooting/email-issues/)
* [Why is my site served over HTTP instead of HTTPS?](/ssl/edge-certificates/encrypt-visitor-traffic/)
* [SSL is not working for my second-level subdomain, such as `dev.www.example.com`](/ssl/troubleshooting/general-ssl-errors/#only-some-of-your-subdomains-return-ssl-errors)
* [Why was my domain deleted from Cloudflare?](/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/domain-deleted/)

## Cloudflare

* [Gather information to troubleshoot site issues](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/)
* [Contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)
* [Login and account issues](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/login-and-account-issues/)
* [Manage email notifications](/fundamentals/setup/account/manage-email-notifications/)

## General resources

* [DNS FAQ](/dns/troubleshooting/faq/)
* [SSL/TLS FAQ](/ssl/troubleshooting/faq/)

## Is Cloudflare attacking me?

There are two common scenarios where Cloudflare is falsely perceived to attack your site:

* Unless you [restore the original visitor IP addresses](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/), Cloudflare IP addresses appear in your server logs for all proxied requests.
* The attacker is spoofing Cloudflare's IPs. Cloudflare only [sends traffic to your origin web server over a few specific ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/) unless you use [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/).

Ideally, because Cloudflare is a reverse proxy, your hosting provider observes attack traffic connecting from [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/). In contrast, if you notice connections from IP addresses that do not belong to Cloudflare, the attack is direct to your origin web server. Cloudflare cannot stop attacks directly to your origin IP address because the traffic bypasses Cloudflare’s network.

:::note

If an attacker is directly targeting your origin web server, refer to [Respond to DDoS attacks](/ddos-protection/best-practices/respond-to-ddos-attacks/). 
:::

---

# Use Cloudflare without changing nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/use-cloudflare-without-changing-nameservers/

If you cannot [change your domain nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), you can still use Cloudflare on your website by:

* Activating Cloudflare through a [certified hosting partner](https://www.cloudflare.com/hosting-partners).
* Using a [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

---

# Cancel Cloudflare subscriptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/cancel-subscription/

Cancellations are not processed until the end of the billing period, so you can continue using the add-on or subscription until the new billing period begins. To avoid unwanted charges, start the cancellation process before the end of your billing period.

If you are making a subscription downgrade including a change from a yearly plan to a monthly plan or a change from a paid plan to a free plan, be aware that downgrades and cancellations do not take immediate effect and that you will continue to be billed and have access to your service for the remainder of your contracted service period. You should not contact Cloudflare to ask for exceptions to this policy or refunds for early downgrades and cancellations.

In addition, you may not always see a cancel button present for each subscription and often it is a switch from a paid plan to a free plan that will act as the cancellation of your paid subscription.

:::note


All billing period dates on invoices and the dashboard are in UTC/GMT timezone, not your local timezone. We recommend any downgrades or changes to subscriptions be made at least 24 hours before stated billing date to avoid any timezone confusion.


:::

***

## Step 1: Disable the Cloudflare subscription

To disable a subscription:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and website.

2. Select the feature you want to disable under **Active Subscriptions** (Free or Pro customers) or **Plan Extensions** (Enterprise customers).

3. Follow the instructions to disable the feature. Each feature has a different process which could include toggling a switch, clicking a button, or choosing *Disable* from a drop-down list.

## Step 2: Cancel the subscription in your billing profile

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.

2. Select **Manage account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Subscriptions**.

4. Find the subscription you want to disable and select **Cancel**.

5. You will be asked to share feedback with us. Choose all that apply.

6. Select **Confirm** to finish.

:::note


To alter your plan, select **Change** under **Active Subscriptions** and choose a new plan type. If you would like to cancel your paid plan, select **Free**.


:::

---

# Change password or email

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-password-or-email/

## Change password

To change your Cloudflare password:

1. Go to your [Profile](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/profile).
2. Select your account.
3. Select **Authentication**.
4. On **Password**, select **Change**.
5. Change your password and select **Save**.

For added account security, consider changing your [API tokens](/fundamentals/api/how-to/roll-token/) as well.

:::note


If your administrator has [enabled Single sign-on (SSO)](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/), you cannot change your **Authentication** settings.


:::

***

## Change email address

To change the email address associated with your Cloudflare account:

1. Go to your [Profile](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/profile).
2. Select your account.
3. In the Email Address panel, select **Change Email Address**.
4. In the dialog, enter your new email address in **New email** and **Confirm email**.
5. Enter your current password.
6. Select **Save**.

:::note


If your administrator has [enabled Single sign-on (SSO)](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/), you cannot change the email address associated with your account.


:::

---

# Change domain plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-plan/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Occasionally, you may want to upgrade or downgrade the plan associated with a specific Cloudflare domain.

## Limitations

Only Super Administrators can manage changes to domain plans.

If you decide to downgrade or remove a domain, Cloudflare does not issue refunds. Refer to our [billing policy](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/) for more information.

Upgrades are processed immediately, but downgrades are not processed until the end of the billing period. You will not be able to upgrade if you have an unpaid invoice. When downgrading, you are allowed to continue using the higher plans' products until the new billing period begins.

If you downgrade your plan, your plan may have access to [fewer Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/). If you continue to use more page rules than is allowed by your plan limit, you may be charged for additional rules. Remove excess rules and [cancel additional subscriptions](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/cancel-subscription/) if you do not want to be charged.

The Enterprise App Sec Advanced and Enterprise App Sec Core plans cannot be downgraded without [contacting Cloudflare](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

For additional help, refer to [this Community thread](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/communitytip-page-rules-best-practices-when-downgrading-pro-to-free/305725).

## Change plan type

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To change the Cloudflare plan for a domain in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Overview**.

3. For Plan Extensions, select **Change**.

   ![Screenshot of the Overview page with the Plan extension section highlighted](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/change-plan.png)

4. Choose the appropriate plan type, then select **Continue**.

5. Select **Confirm**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To change the Cloudflare plan for a domain using the API, first send a [`GET`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/plans/methods/list/) request to review available subscriptions.

Then, send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/subscriptions/methods/update/) request with your desired plan type in the `rate_plan` object.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

If you are an Enterprise customer and cannot change your plan type, contact your Customer Success Manager.

:::

## Change plan duration

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To change the duration of your Cloudflare plan in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Overview**.

3. For Plan Extensions, select **Change**.

   ![Screenshot of the Overview page with the Plan extension section highlighted](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/change-plan.png)

4. Switch the toggle between **Monthly** or **Annual**.

   ![Screenshot of the Plan choice with the annual or monthly toggle highlighted](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/plan-duration.png)

5. Choose the appropriate plan type, then select **Continue**.

6. Select **Confirm**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To change the duration of a Cloudflare plan for a domain using the API, send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/subscriptions/methods/update/) request with an updated value for the `frequency` parameter.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Change Super Administrator

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-super-admin/

If you or someone in your organization leaves or loses access to email, you can add another Super Administrator.

First, [add a member](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/) to your account and assign the **Super Administrator** role.

Then, if needed, remove the previous Super Administrator.

---

# Delete your Cloudflare account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/delete-account/

:::note
These steps do not apply to accounts under contract. Contact your account team for more information.
:::

***

## Who can delete their account

If your account uses [Single-Sign On (SSO)](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/), your super administrator may need to delete your account on your behalf.

If your account does not use SSO, you can delete your account on your own.

## Prerequisites

Before Cloudflare can cancel your account and delete your personal information, you will need to follow the process below for each domain associated with your Cloudflare account:

* [Cancel your subscriptions or add-on services](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/cancel-subscription/)

* [Remove your domain from Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/)

* [Remove Cloudflare nameservers at your domain registrar](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/)

* [Disable auto-renew for your Registrar domain(s)](/registrar/account-options/renew-domains#set-up-automatic-renewals)

* If you are using a Cloudflare [CNAME setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), [update your DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) at your DNS provider to point to your website IPs or hostnames instead of Cloudflare.

* [Delete payment information](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/update-billing-info/#delete-your-current-payment-method)

* (*Optional*) [Download a copy of your invoices](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/understand-invoices/#download-invoice). Once deleted, the invoices will no longer be accessible and cannot be re-sent to you.

## Delete your Cloudflare account

Deleting your account is permanent. Any accounts where you are the primary owner will also be deleted and any other users on those accounts will be removed.

All domains, subscriptions, and billing information on your account will be removed from Cloudflare.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. Select **My Profile**.

3. Select **Delete this user**.

   ![To delete your account, select Delete this user on your profile page.](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/delete-account.png)

4. Select **Continue to delete user**.

5. Follow the prompts to finish deleting your account.

:::note


Cloudflare will purge your personal information within a year of a deletion request unless required to retain it for legal obligations (such as ongoing abuse investigations or pending litigation). Refer to the [Cloudflare Data Processing Addendum](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-customer-dpa/) for further information about the deletion of personal information following the cancellation of your account.


:::

---

# Create billing profile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/

import { Render } from "~/components"

After you [create a new account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/), you might want to create your billing profile.


## Add primary payment method

<Render file="billing-add-payment-method" />


## Optional - Add backup payment method

A backup payment method is used if the primary payment method fails. To add a backup payment method:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Go to **Manage account** > **Billing**.
3. Select **Payment Info**.
4. In the **Payment Method** card, select **Manage**.
5. In the **Backup** card, select **Add** to enter a backup payment method.
6. Enter the required information based on your preferred payment method (credit card or PayPal) and select **Confirm**.
7. If you would like to make the backup payment method the primary method, select **Make primary payment method** in the **Backup** card.


## Set up billing notifications


If you have a [usage-based product](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/) like Rate Limiting or Load Balancing, set up Billing notifications to monitor usage and avoid surprises on your bill.

These notifications do not set a cap on usage, but rather alert you when your usage might be reaching a threshold.

To set up billable usage notifications:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications**.
3. Select **Add**.
4. On the **Billing** notification, click **Select**.
5. Enter a name and description.
6. Select a **Product**. This value affects the usage threshold specified in the next step.
7. Enter a usage threshold.
8. Add a **Notification email**.
9. Select **Create**.

To disable, edit, or delete this notification, return to **Notifications** and find your notification.


## Enable email invoices


To receive invoices via email — which are sent when you add or remove subscriptions from your account — you can opt-in within the Billing section of the Cloudflare dashboard. Once enabled, you will receive invoices via email:

* Within one business day of initial setup.
* Every month at the end of your billing period.
* Within one business day for all new purchases.

To enable Cloudflare invoice emails:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Billing**.
3. Go to **Invoices & Documents**.
4. For **Billing email preference**, switch the value to **On**. You will receive an invoice via billing email address on file within one business day.

---

# Subscriptions and billing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Preview services

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/preview-services/

Contracted customers can try certain products and features for 30 days.

Once you enable the product or feature, it will not be an officially contracted service until you purchase it. Cloudflare will reach out in case you have any questions or feedback, and provide you with a sales quote if you are enjoying the product.

You may cancel at any time before the 30 days ends by reaching out to your sales team for assistance.

## Available features and products

To enable a preview service, use the **Dashboard link** in the following table. Then, select **Enable**. And that is it. You will have instant access to the product or feature you selected so you can begin determining if it is right for your business’ needs.

| Name                               | Dashboard link                                                                                              | Docs                                                                       | Community                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Advanced Certificate Manager (ACM) | [ACM dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates)                  | [ACM docs](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/)           | [ACM community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/security/6)                 |
| API Shield                         | [API Shield dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/api-shield)                 | [API Shield docs](/api-shield/)                                            | [API Shield community](https://community.cloudflare.com/)                      |
| Argo Smart Routing                 | [Argo dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic)                                   | [Argo docs](/argo-smart-routing/)                                          | [Argo community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/performance/argo/45)       |
| Bot Management                     | [Bot Management dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/bots)                   | [Bot Management docs](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/)                        | [Bot Management community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/security/6)      |
| Cloudflare for SaaS                | [Cloudflare for SaaS dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/custom-hostnames)   | [Cloudflare for SaaS docs](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) | [Cloudflare for SaaS community](https://discord.cloudflare.com)                |
| Images                             | [Images dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/images)                                        | [Images docs](/images/)                                                    | [Images community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/images/63)    |
| Load Balancing                     | [Load Balancing dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing)          | [Load Balancing docs](/load-balancing/)                                    | [Load Balancing community](https://community.cloudflare.com/tag/loadbalancing) |
| Advanced Rate Limiting             | [Rate Limiting dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/waf/rate-limiting-rules) | [Rate Limiting docs](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)                            | [Rate Limiting community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/security/6)       |
| Stream                             | [Stream dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream)                                        | [Stream docs](/stream/)                                                    | [Stream community](https://community.cloudflare.com/tag/cloudflarestream)      |
| Waiting Room                       | [Waiting Room Room dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/waiting-rooms)        | [Waiting Room docs](/waiting-room/)                                        | [Waiting Room community](https://community.cloudflare.com/)                    |
| Web3                               | [Web3 dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/web3)                                      | [Web3 docs](/web3/)                                                        | [Web3 discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com)                                 |
| Workers                            | [Workers dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers)                                      | [Workers docs](/workers/)                                                  | [Workers discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev)                    |
| Zero Trust                         | [Zero Trust dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/)                                                    | [Zero Trust docs](/cloudflare-one/)                                        | [Zero Trust community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/security/access/51)  |

## Recommendations

Since these services are not yet part of your contract, we recommend that you use them on staging or other, non-production environments.

## View enabled products

To view which products you have previously enabled, go to your [Account Subscriptions](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/billing/subscriptions) page and look for items that with **Terms** of **NOT IN CONTRACT**.

---

# Understand Cloudflare invoices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/understand-invoices/

You will receive an invoice in the **Billing** section of your Cloudflare account when you:

* Change your Cloudflare plan type
* Upgrade or downgrade to or from a paid plan
* Add a new domain to a Cloudflare account
* Enable or renew a subscription or add-on service

For any historical invoices not included in the **Billing** section, [contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

:::note


Enterprise customers receive invoices directly from the Cloudflare accounting team.


:::

***

## Enable email invoices from Cloudflare

To enable Cloudflare invoice emails, which are sent when you add or remove subscriptions from your account:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.

2. Select **Manage Account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Invoices & Documents**.

4. In the **Billing email preferences** card, toggle the notification switch to **On**.

Once enabled, you will receive invoices via email:

* within one business day of initial set-up
* every month at the end of your billing period
* within one business day for all new purchases

## Download invoice

To download your Cloudflare invoice:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.

2. Select **Manage Account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Invoices & Documents**.

4. Find the invoice you want to download and select the icon next to the invoice number.

:::note


Invoices cannot be re-generated once issued. Any pending billing updates or changes appear in the next month's invoice.


:::

***

## Billing cycles

Monthly and annual billing subscriptions run on different billing cycles.

The first monthly purchase on a Cloudflare account sets the billing date for the following monthly subscriptions. The same behaviour occurs for annual subscriptions.

You can have two different billing cycles on your account, one for a monthly subscription and another for an annual subscription.

***

## Troubleshooting your invoice

### Change in billing contact information

If your billing contact information has changed, [update your Cloudflare email address](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-password-or-email/#change-email-address) as soon as possible.

### Change in Cloudflare subscription or account

The invoice data corresponds to the date your Cloudflare account changed. You are charged immediately for the plan, additional domain, or add-on service. An invoice will be available on the Cloudflare dashboard within 24 hours of the account change.

Billing periods are 30 days. Payments for all recurring monthly costs are processed on the last day of the billing period. Invoices are generated the same day and will appear in the **Billing** section of the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) within 24 hours.

### Cloudflare invoice without company name

To add your business or company name, VAT ID, or Tax ID/EIN on an invoice, add the company name when [updating billing information](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/update-billing-info/).

### Inconsistent invoice and payment amounts

If your Cloudflare payment is past due and you order additional services, the past due amount will be added to your invoice. This may cause inconsistencies between the invoice and what you see in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com). Once the account is current, the amounts in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) will update.

:::note


It may take up to one billing period for updates to appear in your Cloudflare invoice.


:::

---

# Troubleshoot failed payments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/troubleshooting-failed-payments/

## Overview

If payment for a new Cloudflare plan, add-on, or subscription fails, you may need to ask your bank to remove a hold, update your Cloudflare billing information, or confirm that your account has sufficient funds

If payment for a recurring charge for a Cloudflare plan, add-on, or subscription is unsuccessful after five (5) days, your account is automatically downgraded to a Free plan. Downgrading to a Free plan does not suspend your website, but you will lose any subscriptions or add-on services associated with the Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan.

:::caution

The five-day grace period for failed payments on recurring Cloudflare charges includes weekends and holidays. 
:::

After confirming your payment method information, Cloudflare suggests [manually updating your plan type](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-plan/) and subscriptions using the Cloudflare dashboard.

***

## Payment method validation

All changes to payment methods must now pass validation before being accepted. An error will result if the payment details are incorrect.

Below are common validation methods as well as next steps to rectify the issue:

### Address validation

The address entered is checked against a database to verify if it is correct. The verification will fail if there is a mismatch.

### Card address validation

The address entered on the Cloudflare Dashboard is validated against the address that the card is registered with at the card provider. The verification will fail if there is a mismatch.

### CVC validation

The CVC code is verified against the card entered. The verification will fail if there is a mismatch. The card will also be rejected if it is not accepted for use on our website.

### Card type validation

The card type will be validated, which means that card types that we do not support will fail. Not all card types are supported by Cloudflare. As a result, some Visa and Mastercard methods may not be supported.

### Email validation

A verification email is sent to the address on file for your PayPal account.

***

## Common reasons for failed payments

### Bank hold

The bank or card issuer has placed a hold or other similar measure that prevents Cloudflare from charging the card on file. The email you received alerting you about the failed payment lists the specific reason for the decline.

Contact your bank to check for any restriction that would prevent Cloudflare from successfully processing your payment.

### Incorrect billing information

The billing information that Cloudflare has on file is inaccurate or incomplete. Also, the credit card on file might have expired.

:::note

Gift cards and pre-payment cards may not be accepted for payment as they are not associated with a billing address. 
:::

To ensure all billing information is current and accurate, refer to [Updating your Cloudflare billing information](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/update-billing-info/).

### Insufficient funds

Cloudflare was unable to collect payment due to insufficient funds in the account on file. Contact your financial institution to ensure fund availability.

### Cloudflare Registrar domain purchases

Cloudflare processes payments for Registrar domain transfers one at a time, which may trigger a failed payment for users that purchase multiple domains at a time.

For example, if you register five domains in one day, you will be charged five times. This may be flagged as fraud by your credit card company.

Contact your financial institution to ensure that this payment will be processed.

***

## Related resources

* [Cloudflare billing policy](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/)
* [Understand Cloudflare invoices](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/understand-invoices/)
* [Update your Cloudflare billing information](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/update-billing-info/)

---

# Health Checks regions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/concepts/health-checks-regions/

Cloudflare has data centers in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/). Health checks do not run from every single of these data centers as this would result in numerous requests to your servers. Instead, you are able to choose between one and thirteen regions from which to run health checks. Cloudflare will run Health Checks from three data centers in each region that you select.

:::note


The exact location of these data centers are subject to change at any moment.


:::

The Internet is not the same everywhere around the world and your users may not have the same experience on your application according to where they are. Running Health Checks from different regions lets you know the health of your application from the point of view of the Cloudflare network in each of these regions.

If you select multiple regions or choose **All Regions** (Business & Enterprise Only), you may increase traffic to your servers. Each region sends individual health checks from three data centers.

---

# Update billing information

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/update-billing-info/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To avoid potential disruptions in your Cloudflare services, make sure your billing information is current and accurate. It is also important to understand [how Cloudflare plans and add-ons are priced](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview).

If Cloudflare is unable to process your payment, review [Troubleshooting failed payments](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/troubleshooting-failed-payments/).

***

## Access payment methods

To access your current payment methods (primary and backup):

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. Select **Manage account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Payment Info**.

## Add or update payment methods

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### Payment options

Enterprise customers can submit payments via the following payment options:

#### ACH

(preferred method)

* **Bank**: Citibank, One Penn’s Way, New Castle, DE 19720 USA
* **Account name**: CLOUDFLARE INC
* **Account number**: 31460181
* **ABA/Routing number**: 031100209

#### Wire transfer

* **Bank**: Citibank, One Penn’s Way, New Castle, DE 19720 USA
* **Account name**: CLOUDFLARE INC
* **Account number**: 31460181
* **ABA/Routing number**: 031100209
* **SWIFT**: CITIUS33

#### PayPal

Log in to your PayPal account and send your payment to [ar@cloudflare.com](mailto:ar@cloudflare.com). The payment must include the invoice number and customer name.

#### International payments

* **Bank**: Citibank, One Penn’s Way, New Castle, DE 19720 USA
* **Account name**: CLOUDFLARE INC
* **Account number**: 31460181
* **SWIFT**: CITIUS33

:::note


US banks do not participate in International Bank Account Numbers (IBAN).


:::

## Delete your current payment method

Before removing your payment method from file, you must cancel all Cloudflare paid services.

:::caution


If you currently subscribe to any [add-on services](/support/account-management-billing/billing-add-on-service/), Cloudflare must always have a payment method on file. If you need to remove a payment method, then you must enter a new one to replace it. Otherwise, you will see an error.

You also cannot delete your payment method if a payment fails or if there is an outstanding balance. Until we process payment, you can only add or edit your payment method.


:::

To delete your current payment method:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. On the left sidebar, select **Manage account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Payment Info**.

4. In the **Payment Method** card, select **Manage**.

5. Next to your current payment method, select **Delete**.

6. Select **Confirm** to finish.

## Update your billing address

The billing address is associated with your payment method and is used to calculate your sales tax. If you need to update your billing address, you must also enter you payment method. The process for updating your billing address depends on the payment method.

If paying by credit card:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. On the left sidebar, select **Manage account** > **Billing**.

3. Select **Edit** in the **Billing Address** card and input your information.

4. Review the suggested address in the pop-up window. If the information is correct, select **Confirm**.

If paying by PayPal, refer to PayPal's [billing address documentation](https://www.paypal.com/ai/smarthelp/article/how-do-i-edit-the-billing-address-linked-to-my-credit-card-faq680).

## Update billing email address

Your billing email address is particularly important if you have [opted into email invoices](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/#enable-email-invoices).

To update your billing email address:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Billing**.
3. Go to **Invoices & Documents**.
4. For **Billing email preference**, select **Change email address**.
5. Enter and confirm your new email and select **Save**.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the following topics to learn more about the basic concepts involved in Cloudflare Health Checks.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Health Checks notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/how-to/health-checks-notifications/

You can [configure notification emails](/health-checks/how-to/health-checks-notifications/#configure-notifications) to be alerted when the Health Check detects that there is a change in the status of your origin server. Cloudflare will send you an email within seconds so you can take the necessary action before customers are impacted.

The email provides information to determine what caused the health status change. You can evaluate when the change happened, the status of the origin server, if and why it is unhealthy, the expected response code, and the received response code.

## Configure notifications

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Navigate to **Traffic** > **Health Checks**.
3. Select **Configure an alert**.
4. Fill out the **Notification name** and **Description**.
5. Add a Notification email.
6. Select **Next**.
7. Add health checks to include in your alerts.
8. Choose the **Notification trigger**, which determines when you receive alerts.
9. Select **Create**.

:::note


A notification is only sent after a change of status in the majority of all selected region(s).

For a single region, this will be 2 of 3 data centers. With 13 regions selected, this will be 7 of 13 regions.


:::

See [common error codes](/health-checks/health-checks-analytics/#common-error-codes) for more information regarding the cause of any changes to your Health Check.

Cloudflare encourages you to view your [Health Checks Analytics](/health-checks/health-checks-analytics/#common-error-codes) to get more context about the health of your servers over time.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

See the following pages for more information about standalone Health Checks:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Zone Lockdown

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/health-checks/how-to/zone-lockdown/

Currently, any Cloudflare customer on a paid plan can configure Health Checks against any host or IP. [Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/) specifies a list of one or more IP addresses, CIDR ranges, or networks that are the only IPs allowed to access a domain, subdomain, or URL. It allows multiple destinations in a single rule as well as IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. IP addresses not specified in the Zone Lockdown rule are denied access to the specified resources.

When a customer enables zone lockdown, any Health Checks targeting that zone regardless of ownership will still get through because Cloudflare's ASN is on an allow-list.

Cloudflare's ASN is on an allow-list. This allows health checks to bypass zone lockdown. However, this creates a vulnerability and that behavior will change, resulting in Health Checks no longer being allowed through zone lockdown by default. Customers who use zone lockdown and want their health checks to continue passing can follow the guide below to bypass zone lockdown.

## Bypass zone lockdown

To bypass zone lockdown using a WAF custom rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.
3. Select **Create rule**.
4. Create a custom rule matching on **user agent**.
5. Set the action to *Skip* and the corresponding feature to **Zone Lockdown** under **More components to skip**.

Cloudflare Health Checks have a user agent of the following format:
`Mozilla/5.0 (compatible;Cloudflare-Healthchecks/1.0;+https://www.cloudflare.com/; healthcheck-id: XXX)` where `XXX` is replaced with the first 16 characters of the Health Check ID.

To allow a specific Health Check, verify if the user agent contains the first 16 characters of the Health Check ID.

### Via the API

This example adds a new WAF custom rule to the ruleset with ID `{ruleset_id}` that skips zone lockdown for incoming requests with a user agent containing `1234567890abcdef`:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "products": [
      "zoneLockdown"
    ]
  },
  "expression": "http.user_agent contains \"1234567890abcdef\"",
  "description": "bypass zone lockdown - specific healthcheck"
}'
```

---

# Connect to PostgreSQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-postgres/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Hyperdrive supports PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL-compatible databases, [popular drivers](#supported-drivers) and Object Relational Mapper (ORM) libraries that use those drivers.

## Create a Hyperdrive

:::note

New to Hyperdrive? Refer to the [Get started guide](/hyperdrive/get-started/) to learn how to set up your first Hyperdrive.

:::

To create a Hyperdrive that connects to an existing PostgreSQL database, use the [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) CLI or the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages/hyperdrive).

When using wrangler, replace the placeholder value provided to `--connection-string` with the connection string for your database:

```sh
# wrangler v3.11 and above required
npx wrangler hyperdrive create my-first-hyperdrive --connection-string="postgres://user:password@database.host.example.com:5432/databasenamehere"
```

The command above will output the ID of your Hyperdrive, which you will need to set in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for your Workers project:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# required for database drivers to function
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]
compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"

[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "HYPERDRIVE"
id = "<your-hyperdrive-id-here>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

This will allow Hyperdrive to generate a dynamic connection string within your Worker that you can pass to your existing database driver. Refer to [Driver examples](#driver-examples) to learn how to set up a database driver with Hyperdrive.

Refer to the [Examples documentation](/hyperdrive/examples/) for step-by-step guides on how to set up Hyperdrive with several popular database providers.

## Supported drivers

Hyperdrive uses Workers [TCP socket support](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#connect) to support TCP connections to databases. The following table lists the supported database drivers and the minimum version that works with Hyperdrive:

| Driver                                                     | Documentation                                                            | Minimum Version Required | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Postgres.js (**recommended**)                              | [Postgres.js documentation](https://github.com/porsager/postgres)        | `postgres@3.4.4`         | Supported in both Workers & Pages.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| node-postgres - `pg`                                       | [node-postgres - `pg` documentation](https://node-postgres.com/)         | `pg@8.13.0`              | `8.11.4` introduced a bug with URL parsing and will not work. `8.11.5` fixes this. Requires `compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]` and `compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"` - refer to [Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs). Requires wrangler `3.78.7` or later. |
| Drizzle                                                    | [Drizzle documentation](https://orm.drizzle.team/)                       | `0.26.2`^                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Kysely                                                     | [Kysely documentation](https://kysely.dev/)                              | `0.26.3`^                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [rust-postgres](https://github.com/sfackler/rust-postgres) | [rust-postgres documentation](https://docs.rs/postgres/latest/postgres/) | `v0.19.8`                | Use the [`query_typed`](https://docs.rs/postgres/latest/postgres/struct.Client.html#method.query_typed) method for best performance.                                                                                                                                                 |

^ _The marked libraries use `node-postgres` as a dependency._

Other drivers and ORMs not listed may also be supported: this list is not exhaustive.

### Database drivers and Node.js compatibility

[Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) is required for database drivers, including Postgres.js, and needs to be configured for your Workers project.

<Render file="nodejs_compat" product="workers" />

## Supported TLS (SSL) modes

Hyperdrive supports the following [PostgreSQL TLS (SSL)](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-ssl.html) connection modes when connecting to your origin database:

| Mode          | Supported                       | Details                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `none`        | No                              | Hyperdrive does not support insecure plain text connections.                                                                              |
| `prefer`      | No (use `require`)              | Hyperdrive will always use TLS.                                                                                                           |
| `require`     | Yes (default)                   | TLS is required, and server certificates are validated (based on WebPKI).                                                                 |
| `verify-ca`   | Not currently supported in beta | Verifies the server's TLS certificate is signed by a root CA on the client. This ensures the server has a certificate the client trusts.  |
| `verify-full` | Not currently supported in beta | Identical to `verify-ca`, but also requires the database hostname must match a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) present on the certificate. |

:::caution

Hyperdrive does not currently support uploading client CA certificates. In the future, you will be able to provide the client CA to Hyperdrive as part of your database configuration.

:::

## Driver examples

The following examples show you how to:

1. Create a database client with a database driver.
2. Pass the Hyperdrive connection string and connect to the database.
3. Query your database via Hyperdrive.

### Postgres.js

The following Workers code shows you how to use [Postgres.js](https://github.com/porsager/postgres) with Hyperdrive.

<Render file="use-postgresjs-to-make-query" product="hyperdrive" />

### node-postgres / pg

Install the `node-postgres` driver:

```sh
npm install pg
```

**Ensure you have `compatibility_flags` and `compatibility_date` set in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file** as shown below:

<Render file="nodejs-compat-wrangler-toml" product="workers" />

Create a new `Client` instance and pass the Hyperdrive parameters:

```ts
import { Client } from "pg";

export interface Env {
	// If you set another name in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file as the value for 'binding',
	// replace "HYPERDRIVE" with the variable name you defined.
	HYPERDRIVE: Hyperdrive;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const client = new Client({
			connectionString: env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString,
		});

		try {
			// Connect to your database
			await client.connect();

			// A very simple test query
			const result = await client.query({ text: "SELECT * FROM pg_tables" });

			// Clean up the client, ensuring we don't kill the worker before that is
			// completed.
			ctx.waitUntil(client.end());

			// Return result rows as JSON
			return Response.json({ result: result });
		} catch (e) {
			console.log(e);
			return Response.json({ error: e.message }, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## Identify connections from Hyperdrive

To identify active connections to your Postgres database server from Hyperdrive:

- Hyperdrive's connections to your database will show up with `Cloudflare Hyperdrive` as the `application_name` in the `pg_stat_activity` table.
- Run `SELECT DISTINCT usename, application_name FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE application_name = 'Cloudflare Hyperdrive'` to show whether Hyperdrive is currently holding a connection (or connections) open to your database.

## Next steps

- Refer to the list of [supported database integrations](/workers/databases/connecting-to-databases/) to understand other ways to connect to existing databases.
- Learn more about how to use the [Socket API](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets) in a Worker.
- Understand the [protocols supported by Workers](/workers/reference/protocols/).

---

# Connect to a private database using Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-private-database/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Render } from "~/components";

Hyperdrive can securely connect to your private databases using [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) and [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

## How it works

When your database is isolated within a private network (such as a [virtual private cloud](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cloud/what-is-a-virtual-private-cloud) or an on-premise network), you must enable a secure connection from your network to Cloudflare.

- [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) is used to establish the secure tunnel connection.
- [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) is used to restrict access to your tunnel such that only specific Hyperdrive configurations can access it.

A request from the Cloudflare Worker to the origin database goes through Hyperdrive, Cloudflare Access, and the Cloudflare Tunnel established by `cloudflared`. `cloudflared` must be running in the private network in which your database is accessible.

The Cloudflare Tunnel will establish an outbound bidirectional connection from your private network to Cloudflare. Cloudflare Access will secure your Cloudflare Tunnel to be only accessible by your Hyperdrive configuration.

![A request from the Cloudflare Worker to the origin database goes through Hyperdrive, Cloudflare Access and the Cloudflare Tunnel established by `cloudflared`.](~/assets/images/hyperdrive/configuration/hyperdrive-private-database-architecture.png)

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" product="workers" />

:::caution[Warning]

If your organization also uses [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/), keep **Definitely Automated** set to **Allow**. Otherwise, tunnels might fail with a `websocket: bad handshake` error.
:::

## Prerequisites

- A database in your private network, [configured to use TLS/SSL](/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-postgres/#supported-tls-ssl-modes).
- A hostname on your Cloudflare account, which will be used to route requests to your database.

## 1. Create a tunnel in your private network

### 1.1. Create a tunnel

First, create a [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) in your private network to establish a secure connection between your network and Cloudflare. Your network must be configured such that the tunnel has permissions to egress to the Cloudflare network and access the database within your network.

<Render file="tunnel/create-tunnel" product="cloudflare-one" />

### 1.2. Connect your database using a public hostname

Your tunnel must be configured to use a public hostname so that Hyperdrive can route requests to it. If you don't have a hostname on Cloudflare yet, you will need to [register a new hostname](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/) or [add a zone](/dns/zone-setups/) to Cloudflare to proceed.

1. In the **Public Hostnames** tab, choose a **Domain** and specify any subdomain or path information. This will be used in your Hyperdrive configuration to route to this tunnel.

2. In the **Service** section, specify **Type** `TCP` and the URL and configured port of your database, such as `localhost:5432` or `my-database-host.database-provider.com:5432`. This address will be used by the tunnel to route requests to your database.

3. Select **Save tunnel**.

:::note
If you are setting up the tunnel through the CLI instead ([locally-managed tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/)), you will have to complete these steps manually. Follow the Cloudflare Zero Trust documentation to [add a public hostname to your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) and [configure the public hostname to route to the address of your database](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/).
:::

## 2. Create and configure Hyperdrive to connect to the Cloudflare Tunnel

To restrict access to the Cloudflare Tunnel to Hyperdrive, a [Cloudflare Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/) must be configured with a [Policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/) that requires requests to contain a valid [Service Auth token](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#service-auth).

The Cloudflare dashboard can automatically create and configure the underlying [Cloudflare Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/), [Service Auth token](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#service-auth), and [Policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/) on your behalf. Alternatively, you can manually create the Access application and configure the Policies.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Automatic creation">

### 2.1 Create a Hyperdrive configuration in the Cloudflare dashboard

Create a Hyperdrive configuration in the Cloudflare dashboard to automatically configure Hyperdrive to connect to your Cloudflare Tunnel.

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/hyperdrive), navigate to **Storage & Databases > Hyperdrive** and click **Create configuration**.
2. Select **Private database**.
3. In the **Networking details** section, select the tunnel you are connecting to.
4. In the **Networking details** section, select the hostname associated to the tunnel. If there is no hostname for your database, return to step [1.2. Connect your database using a public hostname](/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-private-database/#12-connect-your-database-using-a-public-hostname).
5. In the **Access Service Authentication Token** section, select **Create new (automatic)**.
6. In the **Access Application** section, select **Create new (automatic)**.
7. In the **Database connection details** section, enter the database **name**, **user**, and **password**.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Manual creation">
### 2.1 Create a service token

The service token will be used to restrict requests to the tunnel, and is needed for the next step.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Service auth** > **Service Tokens**.

2. Select **Create Service Token**.

3. Name the service token. The name allows you to easily identify events related to the token in the logs and to revoke the token individually.

4. Set a **Service Token Duration** of `Non-expiring`. This prevents the service token from expiring, ensuring it can be used throughout the life of the Hyperdrive configuration.

5. Select **Generate token**. You will see the generated Client ID and Client Secret for the service token, as well as their respective request headers.

6. Copy the Access Client ID and Access Client Secret. These will be used when creating the Hyperdrive configuration.

   :::caution
   This is the only time Cloudflare Access will display the Client Secret. If you lose the Client Secret, you must regenerate the service token.
   :::

### 2.2 Create an Access application to secure the tunnel

[Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) will be used to verify that requests to the tunnel originate from Hyperdrive using the service token created above.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **Self-hosted**.

4. Enter any name for the application.

5. In **Session Duration**, select `No duration, expires immediately`.

6. Select **Add public hostname**. and enter the subdomain and domain that was previously set for the tunnel application.

7. Select **Create new policy**.

8. Enter a **Policy name** and set the **Action** to _Service Auth_.

9. Create an **Include** rule. Specify a **Selector** of _Service Token_ and the **Value** of the service token you created in step [2. Create a service token](#2-create-a-service-token).

10. Save the policy.

11. Go back to the application configuration and add the newly created Access policy.

12. In **Login methods**, turn off _Accept all available identity providers_ and clear all identity providers.

13. Select **Next**.

14. In **Application Appearance**, turn off **Show application in App Launcher**.

15. Select **Next**.

16. Select **Next**.

17. Save the application.

### 2.3 Create a Hyperdrive configuration

To create a Hyperdrive configuration for your private database, you'll need to specify the Access application and Cloudflare Tunnel information upon creation.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Wrangler">

```sh
# wrangler v3.65 and above required
npx wrangler hyperdrive create <NAME-OF-HYPERDRIVE-CONFIGURATION-FOR-DB-VIA-TUNNEL> --host=<HOSTNAME-FOR-THE-TUNNEL> --user=<USERNAME-FOR-YOUR-DATABASE> --password=<PASSWORD-FOR-YOUR-DATABASE> --database=<DATABASE-TO-CONNECT-TO> --access-client-id=<YOUR-ACCESS-CLIENT-ID> --access-client-secret=<YOUR-SERVICE-TOKEN-CLIENT-SECRET>
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

```terraform
resource "cloudflare_hyperdrive_config"  "<TERRAFORM_VARIABLE_NAME_FOR_CONFIGURATION>" {
  account_id = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name       = "<NAME_OF_HYPERDRIVE_CONFIGURATION>"
  origin     = {
    host     = "<HOSTNAME_OF_TUNNEL>"
    database = "<NAME_OF_DATABASE>"
    user     = "<NAME_OF_DATABASE_USER>"
    password = "<DATABASE_PASSWORD>"
    scheme   = "postgres"
    access_client_id     = "<ACCESS_CLIENT_ID>"
    access_client_secret = "<ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET>"
  }
  caching = {
    disabled = false
  }
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This will create a Hyperdrive configuration using the usual database information (database name, database host, database user, and database password).

In addition, it will also set the Access Client ID and the Access Client Secret of the Service Token. When Hyperdrive makes requests to the tunnel, requests will be intercepted by Access and validated using the credentials of the Service Token.

:::note
When creating the Hyperdrive configuration for the private database, you must enter the `access-client-id` and the `access-client-id`, and omit the `port`. Hyperdrive will route database messages to the public hostname of the tunnel, and the tunnel will rely on its service configuration (as configured in [1.2. Connect your database using a public hostname](#12-connect-your-database-using-a-public-hostname)) to route requests to the database within your private network.
:::

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Query your Hyperdrive configuration from a Worker (optional)

To test your Hyperdrive configuration to the database using Cloudflare Tunnel and Access, use the Hyperdrive configuration ID in your Worker and deploy it.

### Create a Hyperdrive binding

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-binding" product="hyperdrive" />

### Query your database using Postgres.js

Use Postgres.js to send a test query to validate that the connection has been successful.

<Render file="use-postgresjs-to-make-query" product="hyperdrive" />

Now, deploy your Worker:

```bash
npx wrangler deploy
```

If you successfully receive the list of `pg_tables` from your database when you access your deployed Worker, your Hyperdrive has now been configured to securely connect to a private database using [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) and [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

## Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues when setting up your Hyperdrive configuration with tunnels to a private database, consider these common solutions, in addition to [general troubleshooting steps](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) for Hyperdrive:

- Ensure your database is configured to use TLS (SSL). Hyperdrive requires TLS (SSL) to connect.

---

# How Hyperdrive works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/

Connecting to traditional centralized databases from Cloudflare's global network which consists of over [300 data center locations](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) presents a few challenges as queries can originate from any of these locations.

If your database is centrally located, queries can take a long time to get to the database and back. Queries can take even longer in situations where you have to establish a connection and make multiple round trips.

Traditional databases usually handle a maximum number of connections. With any reasonably large amount of distributed traffic, it becomes easy to exhaust these connections.

Hyperdrive solves these challenges by managing the number of global connections to your origin database, selectively parsing and choosing which query response to cache while reducing loading on your database and accelerating your database queries.

![Hyperdrive connection](~/assets/images/hyperdrive/configuration/hyperdrive-comparison.svg)

## Connection Pooling

Hyperdrive creates a global pool of connections to your database that can be reused as your application executes queries against your database.

When a query hits Hyperdrive, the request is routed to the nearest connection pool.

If the connection pool has pre-existing connections, the connection pool will try and reuse that connection.

If the connection pool does not have pre-existing connections, it will establish a new connection to your database and use that to route your query. This aims at reusing and creating the least number of connections possible as required to operate your application.

:::note

Hyperdrive automatically manages the connection pool properties for you, including limiting the total number of connections to your origin database. Refer to [Limits](/hyperdrive/platform/limits/) to learn more. 
:::

## Pooling mode

The Hyperdrive connection pooler operates in transaction mode, where the client that executes the query communicates through a single connection for the duration of a transaction. When that transaction has completed, the connection is returned to the pool.


Hyperdrive supports [`SET` statements](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-set.html) for the duration of a transaction or a query. For instance, if you manually create a transaction with `BEGIN`/`COMMIT`, `SET` statements within the transaction will take effect. Moreover, a query that includes a `SET` command (`SET X; SELECT foo FROM bar;`) will also apply the `SET` command. When a connection is returned to the pool, the connection is `RESET` such that the `SET` commands will not take effect on subsequent queries. 

This implies that a single Worker invocation may obtain multiple connections to perform its database operations and may need to `SET` any configurations for every query or transaction. It is not recommended to wrap multiple database operations with a single transaction to maintain the `SET` state. Doing so will affect the performance and scaling of Hyperdrive as the connection cannot be reused by other Worker isolates for the duration of the transaction.

Hyperdrive supports named prepared statements as implemented in the `postgres.js` and `node-postgres` drivers. Named prepared statements in other drivers may have worse performance.

## Unsupported PostgreSQL features:

Hyperdrive does not support the following PostgreSQL features:

* SQL-level management of prepared statements, such as using `PREPARE`, `DISCARD`, `DEALLOCATE`, or `EXECUTE`.
* Advisory locks ([PostgreSQL documentation](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/explicit-locking.html#ADVISORY-LOCKS)).
* `LISTEN` and `NOTIFY`.
* `PREPARE` and `DEALLOCATE`.
* Any modification to per-session state not explicitly documented as supported elsewhere.

In cases where you need to issue these unsupported statements from your application, the Hyperdrive team recommends setting up a second, direct client without Hyperdrive.

## Query Caching

Hyperdrive supports caching of non-mutating (read) queries to your database.

When queries are sent via Hyperdrive, Hyperdrive parses the query and determines whether the query is a mutating (write) or non-mutating (read) query.

For non-mutating queries, Hyperdrive will cache the response for the configured `max_age`, and whenever subsequent queries are made that match the original, Hyperdrive will return the cached response, bypassing the need to issue the query back to the origin database.

Caching reduces the burden on your origin database and accelerates the response times for your queries.

## Related resources

* [Query caching](/hyperdrive/configuration/query-caching/)

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Query caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/query-caching/

Hyperdrive automatically caches the most popular queries executed against your database, reducing the need to go back to your database (incurring latency and database load) for every query.

## What does Hyperdrive cache?

Because Hyperdrive uses database protocols, it can differentiate between a mutating query (a query that writes to the database) and a non-mutating query (a read-only query), allowing Hyperdrive to safely cache read-only queries.

Besides determining the difference between a `SELECT` and an `INSERT`, Hyperdrive also parses the database wire-protocol and uses it to differentiate between a mutating or non-mutating query.

For example, a read query that populates the front page of a news site would be cached:

```sql
-- Cacheable
SELECT * FROM articles
WHERE DATE(published_time) = CURRENT_DATE()
ORDER BY published_time DESC
LIMIT 50
```

Mutating queries (including `INSERT`, `UPSERT`, or `CREATE TABLE`) and queries that use [functions designated as `volatile` by PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/xfunc-volatility.html) are not cached:

```sql
-- Not cached
INSERT INTO users(id, name, email) VALUES(555, 'Matt', 'hello@example.com');

SELECT LASTVAL(), * FROM articles LIMIT 50;
```

## Default cache settings

The default caching behaviour for Hyperdrive is defined as below:

- `max_age` = 60 seconds (1 minute)
- `stale_while_revalidate` = 15 seconds

The `max_age` setting determines the maximum lifetime a query response will be served from cache. Cached responses may be evicted from the cache prior to this time if they are rarely used.

The `stale_while_revalidate` setting allows Hyperdrive to continue serving stale cache results for an additional period of time while it is revalidating the cache. In most cases, revalidation should happen rapidly.

You can set a maximum `max_age` of 1 hour.

## Disable caching

Disable caching on a per-Hyperdrive basis by using the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) CLI to set the `--caching-disabled` option to `true`.

For example:

```sh
# wrangler v3.11 and above required
npx wrangler hyperdrive update my-hyperdrive-id --origin-password my-db-password --caching-disabled true
```

You can also configure multiple Hyperdrive connections from a single application: one connection that enables caching for popular queries, and a second connection where you do not want to cache queries, but still benefit from Hyperdrive's latency benefits and connection pooling.

For example, using the [Postgres.js](/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-postgres/) driver:

```ts
const client = new Client({
	connectionString: env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString,
});
// ...
const noCachingClient = new Client({
	// This represents a Hyperdrive configuration with the cache disabled
	connectionString: env.HYPERDRIVE_CACHE_DISABLED.connectionString,
});
```

## Next steps

- Learn more about [How Hyperdrive works](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/).
- Learn how to [Connect to PostgreSQL](/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-postgres/) from Hyperdrive.
- Review [Troubleshooting common issues](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) when connecting a database to Hyperdrive.

---

# Local development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/local-development/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Hyperdrive can be used when developing and testing your Workers locally by connecting to any local database instance running on your machine directly. Local development uses [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the command-line interface for Workers, to manage local development sessions and state.

## Configure local development

:::note

This guide assumes you are using `wrangler` version `3.27.0` or later.

If you are new to Hyperdrive and/or Cloudflare Workers, refer to [Hyperdrive tutorial](/hyperdrive/get-started/) to install `wrangler` and deploy their first database.

:::

To specify a database to connect to when developing locally, you can:

- **Recommended** Create a `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_<BINDING_NAME>` environmental variable with the connection string of your database. `<BINDING_NAME>` is the name of the binding assigned to your Hyperdrive in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file or Pages configuration. This allows you to avoid committing potentially sensitive credentials to source control in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, if your test/development database is not ephemeral. If you have configured multiple Hyperdrive bindings, replace `<BINDING_NAME>` with the unique binding name for each.
- Set `localConnectionString` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

If both the `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_<BINDING_NAME>` environmental variable and `localConnectionString` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file are set, `wrangler dev` will use the environmental variable instead. Use `unset WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_<BINDING_NAME>` to unset any existing environmental variables.

For example, to use the environmental variable, export the environmental variable before running `wrangler dev`:

```sh
# Your configured Hyperdrive binding is "TEST_DB"
export WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_TEST_DB="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/databasename"
# Start a local development session referencing this local instance
npx wrangler dev
```

To configure a `localConnectionString` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, ensure your Hyperdrive bindings have a `localConnectionString` property set:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "TEST_DB"
id = "c020574a-5623-407b-be0c-cd192bab9545"
localConnectionString = "postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/databasename"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Use `wrangler dev`

The following example shows you how to check your wrangler version, set a `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_TEST_DB` environmental variable, and run a `wrangler dev` session:

```sh
# Confirm you are using wrangler v3.0+
npx wrangler --version
```

```sh output
⛅️ wrangler 3.27.0
```

```sh
# Set your environmental variable: your configured Hyperdrive binding is "TEST_DB".
export WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_TEST_DB="postgres://user:password@localhost:5432/databasename"
```

```sh
# Start a local dev session:
npx wrangler dev
```

```sh output
------------------
Found a non-empty WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_TEST_DB variable. Hyperdrive will connect to this database
during local development.

wrangler dev now uses local mode by default, powered by 🔥 Miniflare and 👷 workerd.
To run an edge preview session for your Worker, use wrangler dev --remote
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Hyperdrive configs:
  - TEST_DB: c020574a-5623-407b-be0c-cd192bab9545
⎔ Starting local server...

[mf:inf] Ready on http://127.0.0.1:8787/
[b] open a browser, [d] open Devtools, [l] turn off local mode, [c] clear console, [x] to exit
```

`wrangler dev` separates local and production (remote) data. A local session does not have access to your production data by default. To access your production (remote) Hyperdrive configuration, pass the `--remote` flag when calling `wrangler dev`. Any changes you make when running in `--remote` mode cannot be undone.

Refer to the [`wrangler dev` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to learn more about how to configure a local development session.

## Related resources

- Use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to run your Worker and Hyperdrive locally and debug issues before deploying.
- Learn [how Hyperdrive works](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/).
- Understand how to [configure query caching in Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/configuration/query-caching/).

---

# Rotating database credentials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/configuration/rotate-credentials/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

You can change the connection information and credentials of your Hyperdrive configuration in one of two ways:

1. Create a new Hyperdrive configuration with the new connection information, and update your Worker to use the new Hyperdrive configuration.
2. Update the existing Hyperdrive configuration with the new connection information and credentials.

## Use a new Hyperdrive configuration

Creating a new Hyperdrive configuration to update your database credentials allows you to keep your existing Hyperdrive configuration unchanged, gradually migrate your Worker to the new Hyperdrive configuration, and easily roll back to the previous configuration if needed.

To create a Hyperdrive configuration that connects to an existing PostgreSQL database, use the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) CLI or the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-and-pages/hyperdrive).

```sh
# wrangler v3.11 and above required
npx wrangler hyperdrive create my-updated-hyperdrive --connection-string="<YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING>"
```

The command above will output the ID of your Hyperdrive. Set this ID in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for your Workers project:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# required for database drivers to function
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]
compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"

[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "HYPERDRIVE"
id = "<your-hyperdrive-id-here>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

To update your Worker to use the new Hyperdrive configuration, redeploy your Worker or use [gradual deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/).

## Update the existing Hyperdrive configuration

You can update the configuration of an existing Hyperdrive configuration using the [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

```sh
# wrangler v3.11 and above required
npx wrangler hyperdrive update <HYPERDRIVE_CONFIG_ID> --origin-host <YOUR_ORIGIN_HOST> --origin-password <YOUR_ORIGIN_PASSWORD> --origin-user <YOUR_ORIGIN_USERNAME> --database <YOUR_DATABASE> --origin-port <YOUR_ORIGIN_PORT>
```

:::note
Updating the settings of an existing Hyperdrive configuration does not purge Hyperdrive's cache and does not tear down the existing database connection pool. New connections will be established using the new connection information.
:::

---

# Connect to AWS RDS and Aurora

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/aws-rds-aurora/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to an Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Postgres or Amazon Aurora database instance.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

To allow Hyperdrive to connect to your database, you will need to ensure that Hyperdrive has valid user credentials and network access.

<Render file="public-connectivity" />

### AWS Console

When creating or modifying an instance in the AWS console:

1. Configure a **DB cluster identifier** and other settings you wish to customize.
2. Under **Settings** > **Credential settings**, note down the **Master username** and **Master password**.
3. Under the **Connectivity** header, ensure **Public access** is set to **Yes**.
4. Select an **Existing VPC security group** that allows public Internet access from `0.0.0.0/0` to the port your database instance is configured to listen on (default: `5432` for PostgreSQL instances).
5. Select **Create database**.

:::caution

You must ensure that the [VPC security group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-security-groups.html) associated with your database allows public IPv4 access to your database port.

Refer to AWS' [database server rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/security-group-rules-reference.html#sg-rules-db-server) for details on how to configure rules specific to your RDS or Aurora database.

:::

### Retrieve the database endpoint (Aurora)

To retrieve the database endpoint (hostname) for Hyperdrive to connect to:

1. Go to **Databases** view under **RDS** in the AWS console.
2. Select the database you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
3. Under the **Endpoints** header, note down the **Endpoint name** with the type `Writer` and the **Port**.

### Retrieve the database endpoint (RDS PostgreSQL)

For regular RDS instances (non-Aurora), you will need to fetch the endpoint and port of the database:

1. Go to **Databases** view under **RDS** in the AWS console.
2. Select the database you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
3. Under the **Connectivity & security** header, note down the **Endpoint** and the **Port**.

The endpoint will resemble `YOUR_DATABASE_NAME.cpuo5rlli58m.AWS_REGION.rds.amazonaws.com` and the port will default to `5432`.

## 2. Create your user

Once your database is created, you will need to create a user for Hyperdrive to connect as. Although you can use the **Master username** configured during initial database creation, best practice is to create a less privileged user.

To create a new user, log in to the database and use the `CREATE ROLE` command:

```sh
# Log in to the database
psql postgresql://MASTER_USERNAME:MASTER_PASSWORD@ENDPOINT_NAME:PORT/database_name
```

Run the following SQL statements:

```sql
-- Create a role for Hyperdrive
CREATE ROLE hyperdrive;

-- Allow Hyperdrive to connect
GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE postgres TO hyperdrive;

-- Grant database privileges to the hyperdrive role
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE postgres to hyperdrive;

-- Create a specific user for Hyperdrive to log in as
CREATE ROLE hyperdrive_user LOGIN PASSWORD 'sufficientlyRandomPassword';

-- Grant this new user the hyperdrive role privileges
GRANT hyperdrive to hyperdrive_user;
```

Refer to AWS' [documentation on user roles in PostgreSQL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.PostgreSQL.CommonDBATasks.Roles.html) for more details.

With a database user, password, database endpoint (hostname and port) and database name (default: `postgres`), you can now set up Hyperdrive.

## 3. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Azure Database

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/azure/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to an Azure Database for PostgreSQL instance.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

To allow Hyperdrive to connect to your database, you will need to ensure that Hyperdrive has valid credentials and network access.

<Render file="public-connectivity" />

### Azure Portal

#### Public access networking

To connect to your Azure Database for PostgreSQL instance using public Internet connectivity:

1. In the [Azure Portal](https://portal.azure.com/), select the instance you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Expand **Settings** > **Networking** > ensure **Public access** is enabled > in **Firewall rules** add `0.0.0.0` as **Start IP address** and `255.255.255.255` as **End IP address**.
3. Select **Save** to persist your changes.
4. Select **Overview** from the sidebar and note down the **Server name** of your instance.

With the username, password, server name, and database name (default: `postgres`), you can now create a Hyperdrive database configuration.

#### Private access networking

To connect to a private Azure Database for PostgreSQL instance, refer to [Connect to a private database using Tunnel](/hyperdrive/configuration/connect-to-private-database/).

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to CockroachDB

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/cockroachdb/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [CockroachDB](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/) database cluster. CockroachDB is a PostgreSQL-compatible distributed SQL database with strong consistency guarantees.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

To allow Hyperdrive to connect to your database, you will need to ensure that Hyperdrive has valid user credentials and network access.

### CockroachDB Console

The steps below assume you have an [existing CockroachDB Cloud account](https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/cockroachcloud/quickstart) and database cluster created.

To create and/or fetch your database credentials:

1. Go to the [CockroachDB Cloud console](https://cockroachlabs.cloud/clusters) and select the cluster you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Select **SQL Users** from the sidebar on the left, and select **Add User**.
3. Enter a username (for example, \`hyperdrive-user), and select **Generate & Save Password**.
4. Note down the username and copy the password to a temporary location.

To retrieve your database connection details:

1. Go to the [CockroachDB Cloud console](https://cockroachlabs.cloud/clusters) and select the cluster you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Select **Connect** in the top right.
3. Choose the user you created, for example,`hyperdrive-user`.
4. Select the database, for example `defaultdb`.
5. Select **General connection string** as the option.
6. In the text box below, select **Copy** to copy the connection string.

By default, the CockroachDB cloud enables connections from the public Internet (`0.0.0.0/0`). If you have changed these settings on an existing cluster, you will need to allow connections from the public Internet for Hyperdrive to connect.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Google Cloud SQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/google-cloud-sql/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a Google Cloud SQL PostgreSQL database instance.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

To allow Hyperdrive to connect to your database, you will need to ensure that Hyperdrive has valid user credentials and network access.

<Render file="public-connectivity" />

### Cloud Console

When creating the instance or when editing an existing instance in the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances):

To allow Hyperdrive to reach your instance:

1. In the [Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances), select the instance you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Expand **Connections** > ensure **Public IP** is enabled > **Add a Network** and input `0.0.0.0/0`.
3. Select **Done** > **Save** to persist your changes.
4. Select **Overview** from the sidebar and note down the **Public IP address** of your instance.

To create a user for Hyperdrive to connect as:

1. Select **Users** in the sidebar.
2. Select **Add User Account** > select **Built-in authentication**.
3. Provide a name (for example, `hyperdrive-user`) > select **Generate** to generate a password.
4. Copy this password to your clipboard before selecting **Add** to create the user.

With the username, password, public IP address and (optional) database name (default: `postgres`), you can now create a Hyperdrive database configuration.

### gcloud CLI

The [gcloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install) allows you to create a new user and enable Hyperdrive to connect to your database.

Use `gcloud sql` to create a new user (for example, `hyperdrive-user`) with a strong password:

```sh
gcloud sql users create hyperdrive-user --instance=YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME --password=SUFFICIENTLY_LONG_PASSWORD
```

Run the following command to enable [Internet access](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/configure-ip) to your database instance:

```sh
# If you have any existing authorized networks, ensure you provide those as a comma separated list.
# The gcloud CLI will replace any existing authorized networks with the list you provide here.
gcloud sql instances patch YOUR_INSTANCE_NAME --authorized-networks="0.0.0.0/0"
```

Refer to [Google Cloud's documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/postgres/create-manage-users) for additional configuration options.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListExamples } from "~/components";

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Hyperdrive.

<ListExamples directory="hyperdrive/examples/" />

---

# Connect to Materialize

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/materialize/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [Materialize](https://materialize.com/) database. Materialize is a Postgres-compatible streaming database that can automatically compute real-time results against your streaming data sources.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

To allow Hyperdrive to connect to your database, you will need to ensure that Hyperdrive has valid user credentials and network access to your database.

### Materialize Console

:::note


Read the Materialize [Quickstart guide](https://materialize.com/docs/get-started/quickstart/) to set up your first database. The steps below assume you have an existing Materialize database ready to go.


:::

You will need to create a new application user and password for Hyperdrive to connect with:

1. Log in to the [Materialize Console](https://console.materialize.com/).
2. Under the **App Passwords** section, select **Manage app passwords**.
3. Select **New app password** and enter a name, for example, `hyperdrive-user`.
4. Select **Create Password**.
5. Copy the provided password: it will only be shown once.

To retrieve the hostname and database name of your Materialize configuration:

1. Select **Connect** in the sidebar of the Materialize Console.
2. Select **External tools**.
3. Copy the **Host**, **Port** and **Database** settings.

With the username, app password, hostname, port and database name, you can now connect Hyperdrive to your Materialize database.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Neon

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/neon/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [Neon](https://neon.tech/) Postgres database.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Hyperdrive to any existing Neon database by creating a new user and fetching your database connection string.

### Neon Dashboard

1. Go to the [**Neon dashboard**](https://console.neon.tech/app/projects) and select the project (database) you wish to connect to.
2. Select **Roles** from the sidebar and select **New Role**. Enter `hyperdrive-user` as the name (or your preferred name) and **copy the password**. Note that the password will not be displayed again: you will have to reset it if you do not save it somewhere.
3. Select **Dashboard** from the sidebar > go to the **Connection Details** pane > ensure you have selected the **branch**, **database** and **role** (for example,`hyperdrive-user`) that Hyperdrive will connect through.
4. Select the `psql` and check the **pooled connection** checkbox. Note down the connection string (starting with `postgres://hyperdrive-user@...`) from the text box.

With both the connection string and the password, you can now create a Hyperdrive database configuration.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to pgEdge Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/pgedge/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [pgEdge](https://pgedge.com/) Postgres database. pgEdge Cloud provides easy deployment of fully-managed, fully-distributed, and secure Postgres.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Hyperdrive to any existing pgEdge database with the default user and password provided by pgEdge.

### pgEdge dashboard

To retrieve your connection string from the pgEdge dashboard:

1. Go to the [**pgEdge dashboard**](https://app.pgedge.com) and select the database you wish to connect to.
2. From the **Connect to your database** section, note down the connection string (starting with `postgres://app@...`) from the **Connection String** text box.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Supabase

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/supabase/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) Postgres database.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Hyperdrive to any existing Supabase database as the Postgres user which is set up during project creation.
Alternatively, to create a new user for Hyperdrive, run these commands in the [SQL Editor](https://supabase.com/dashboard/project/_/sql/new).

```sql
CREATE ROLE hyperdrive_user LOGIN PASSWORD 'sufficientlyRandomPassword';

-- Here, you are granting it the postgres role. In practice, you want to create a role with lesser privileges.
GRANT postgres to hyperdrive_user;
```

The database endpoint can be found in the [database settings page](https://supabase.com/dashboard/project/_/settings/database).

With a database user, password, database endpoint (hostname and port) and database name (default: postgres), you can now set up Hyperdrive.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Nile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/nile/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [Nile](https://thenile.dev) PostgreSQL database instance.

Nile is PostgreSQL re-engineered for multi-tenant applications. Nile's virtual tenant databases provide you with isolation, placement, insight, and other features for your tenant's data and embedding. Refer to [Nile documentation](https://www.thenile.dev/docs/getting-started/whatisnile) to learn more.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Cloudflare Hyperdrive to any Nile database in your workspace using its connection string - either with a new set of credentials, or using an existing set.

### Nile console

To get a connection string from Nile console:

1. Log in to [Nile console](https://console.thenile.dev), then select a database.
2. On the left hand menu, click **Settings** (the bottom-most icon) and then select **Connection**.
3. Select the PostgreSQL logo to show the connection string.
4. Select "Generate credentials" to generate new credentials.
5. Copy the connection string (without the "psql" part).

You will have obtained a connection string similar to the following:

```txt
    postgres://0191c898-...:4d7d8b45-...@eu-central-1.db.thenile.dev:5432/my_database
```

With the connection string, you can now create a Hyperdrive database configuration.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Timescale

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/timescale/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a [Timescale](https://www.timescale.com/) time-series database. Timescale is built on PostgreSQL, and includes powerful time-series, event and analytics features.

You can learn more about Timescale by referring to their [Timescale services documentation](https://docs.timescale.com/getting-started/latest/services/).

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Hyperdrive to any existing Timescale database by creating a new user and fetching your database connection string.

### Timescale Dashboard

:::note


Similar to most services, Timescale requires you to reset the password associated with your database user if you do not have it stored securely. You should ensure that you do not break any existing clients if when you reset the password.


:::

To retrieve your credentials and database endpoint in the [Timescale Console](https://console.cloud.timescale.com/):

1. Select the service (database) you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Expand **Connection info**.
3. Copy the **Service URL**. The Service URL is the connection string that Hyperdrive will use to connect. This string includes the database hostname, port number and database name.

If you do not have your password stored, you will need to select **Forgot your password?** and set a new **SCRAM** password. Save this password, as Timescale will only display it once.

You will end up with a connection string resembling the below:

```txt
postgres://tsdbadmin:YOUR_PASSWORD_HERE@pn79dztyy0.xzhhbfensb.tsdb.cloud.timescale.com:31358/tsdb
```

With the connection string, you can now create a Hyperdrive database configuration.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Connect to Xata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/examples/xata/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This example shows you how to connect Hyperdrive to a Xata PostgreSQL database instance.

## 1. Allow Hyperdrive access

You can connect Hyperdrive to any existing Xata database with the default user and password provided by Xata.

### Xata dashboard

To retrieve your connection string from the Xata dashboard:

1. Go to the [**Xata dashboard**](https://app.xata.io/).
2. Select the database you want to connect to.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Copy the connection string from the `PostgreSQL endpoint` section and add your API key.

## 2. Create a database configuration

<Render file="create-hyperdrive-config" />

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/observability/metrics/

Hyperdrive exposes analytics that allow you to inspect query volume, query latency and cache ratios size across all and/or each Hyperdrive configuration in your account.

## Metrics

Hyperdrive currently exports the below metrics as part of the `hyperdriveQueriesAdaptiveGroups` GraphQL dataset:

| Metric             | GraphQL Field Name  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------ | ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Queries            | `count`             | The number of queries issued against your Hyperdrive in the given time period.                                                                                                                                    |
| Cache Status       | `cacheStatus`       | Whether the query was cached or not. Can be one of `disabled`, `hit`, `miss`, `uncacheable`, `multiplestatements`, `notaquery`, `oversizedquery`, `oversizedresult`, `parseerror`, `transaction`, and `volatile`. |
| Query Bytes        | `queryBytes`        | The size of your queries, in bytes.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Result Bytes       | `resultBytes`       | The size of your query *results*, in bytes.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Connection Latency | `connectionLatency` | The time (in milliseconds) required to establish new connections from Hyperdrive to your database.                                                                                                                |
| Query Latency      | `queryLatency`      | The time (in milliseconds) required to query (and receive results) from your database.                                                                                                                            |
| Event Status       | `eventStatus`       | Whether a query responded successfully (`complete`) or failed (`error`).                                                                                                                                          |

Metrics can be queried (and are retained) for the past 31 days.

## View metrics in the dashboard

Per-database analytics for Hyperdrive are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a Hyperdrive configuration:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **Hyperdrive**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/hyperdrive).
3. Select an existing Hyperdrive configuration.
4. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

You can programmatically query analytics for your Hyperdrive configurations via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This API queries the same datasets as the Cloudflare dashboard, and supports GraphQL [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/).

Hyperdrives's GraphQL datasets require an `accountTag` filter with your Cloudflare account ID. Hyperdrive exposes the `hyperdriveQueriesAdaptiveGroups` dataset.

## Write GraphQL queries

Examples of how to explore your Hyperdrive metrics.

### Get the number of queries handled via your Hyperdrive config by cache status

```graphql
query HyperdriveQueries($accountTag: string!, $configId: string!, $datetimeStart: Time!, $datetimeEnd: Time!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      hyperdriveQueriesAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          configId: $configId
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
      ) {
        count
        dimensions {
          cacheStatus
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Get the average query and connection latency for queries handled via your Hyperdrive config within a range of time, excluding queries that failed due to an error

```graphql
query AverageHyperdriveLatencies($accountTag: string!, $configId: string!, $datetimeStart: Time!, $datetimeEnd: Time!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      hyperdriveQueriesAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          configId: $configId
          eventStatus: "complete"
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
      ) {
        avg {
          connectionLatency
          queryLatency
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Get the total amount of query and result bytes flowing through your Hyperdrive config

```graphql
query HyperdriveQueryAndResultBytesForSuccessfulQueries($accountTag: string!, $configId: string!, $datetimeStart: Date!, $datetimeEnd: Date!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      hyperdriveQueriesAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          configId: $configId
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
      ) {
        sum {
          queryBytes
          resultBytes
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Troubleshoot and debug

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/

Troubleshoot and debug errors commonly associated with connecting to a database with Hyperdrive.

## Configuration errors

When creating a new Hyperdrive configuration, or updating the connection parameters associated with an existing configuration, Hyperdrive performs a test connection to your database in the background before creating or updating the configuration.

Hyperdrive will also issue an empty test query, a `;` in PostgreSQL, to validate that it can pass queries to your database.

| Error Code | Details                                                                                          | Recommended fixes                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `2008`     | Bad hostname.                                                                                    | Hyperdrive could not resolve the database hostname. Confirm it exists in public DNS.                                                                           |
| `2009`     | The hostname does not resolve to a public IP address, or the IP address is not a public address. | Hyperdrive can only connect to public IP addresses. Private IP addresses, like `10.1.5.0` or `192.168.2.1`, are not currently supported.                       |
| `2010`     | Cannot connect to the host:port.                                                                 | Hyperdrive could not route to the hostname: ensure it has a public DNS record that resolves to a public IP address. Check that the hostname is not misspelled. |
| `2011`     | Connection refused.                                                                              | A network firewall or access control list (ACL) is likely rejecting requests from Hyperdrive. Ensure you have allowed connections from the public Internet.    |
| `2012`     | TLS (SSL) not supported by the database.                                                         | Hyperdrive requires TLS (SSL) to connect. Configure TLS on your database.                                                                                      |
| `2013`     | Invalid database credentials.                                                                    | Ensure your username is correct (and exists), and the password is correct (case-sensitive).                                                                    |
| `2014`     | The specified database name does not exist.                                                      | Check that the database (not table) name you provided exists on the database you are asking Hyperdrive to connect to.                                          |
| `2015`     | Generic error.                                                                                   | Hyperdrive failed to connect and could not determine a reason. Open a support ticket so Cloudflare can investigate.                                            |
| `2016`     | Test query failed.                                                                               | Confirm that the user Hyperdrive is connecting as has permissions to issue read and write queries to the given database.                                       |

## Connection errors

Hyperdrive may also return errors at runtime. This can happen during initial connection setup, or in response to a query or other wire-protocol command sent by your driver.

These errors are returned as `ErrorResponse` wire protocol messages, which are handled by most drivers by throwing from the responsible query or by triggering an error event.
Hyperdrive errors that do not map 1:1 with an error message code [documented by PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html) use the `58000` error code.

Hyperdrive may also encounter `ErrorResponse` wire protocol messages sent by your database. Hyperdrive will pass these errors through unchanged when possible.

### Hyperdrive specific errors

| Error Message                                          | Details                                                                                         | Recommended fixes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Internal error.`                                      | Something is broken on our side.                                                                | Check for an ongoing incident affecting Hyperdrive, and contact Cloudflare Support.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `Failed to acquire a connection from the pool.`        | Hyperdrive timed out while waiting for a connection to your database, or cannot connect at all. | If you are seeing this error intermittently, your Hyperdrive pool is being exhausted because too many connections are being held open for too long by your worker. This can be caused by a myriad of different issues, but long-running queries/transactions are a common offender.            |
| `Server connection attempt failed: connection_refused` | Hyperdrive is unable to create new connections to your origin database.                         | A network firewall or access control list (ACL) is likely rejecting requests from Hyperdrive. Ensure you have allowed connections from the public Internet. Sometimes, this can be caused by your database host provider refusing incoming connections when you go over your connection limit. |

### Node errors

| Error Message                                    | Details                                                                                                               | Recommended fixes                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Uncaught Error: No such module "node:<module>"` | Your Cloudflare Workers project or a library that it imports is trying to access a Node module that is not available. | Enable [Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) for your Cloudflare Workers project to maximize compatibility. |

### Improve performance

Having query traffic written as transactions can limit performance. This is because in the case of a transaction, the connection must be held for the duration of the transaction, which limits connection multiplexing. If there are multiple queries per transaction, this can be particularly impactful on connection multiplexing. Where possible, we recommend not wrapping queries in transactions to allow the connections to be shared more aggressively.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/hyperdrive.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/platform/limits/

The following limits apply to Hyperdrive configuration, connections, and queries made to your configured origin databases.

| Feature                                        | Limit                                                                                 |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Maximum configured databases                   | 25 per account                                                                        |
| Initial connection timeout                     | 15 seconds                                                                            |
| Idle connection timeout                        | 10 minutes                                                                            |
| Maximum cached query response size             | 50 MB                                                                                 |
| Maximum query (statement) duration             | 60 seconds                                                                            |
| Maximum username length                        | 63 characters (bytes) [^1]                                                            |
| Maximum database name length                   | 63 characters (bytes) [^1]                                                            |
| Maximum potential origin database connections  | approx. \~100 connections [^2]																													 |

:::note
Hyperdrive does not have a hard limit on the number of concurrent *client* connections made from your Workers.

As many hosted databases have limits on the number of unique connections they can manage, Hyperdrive attempts to keep number of concurrent pooled connections to your origin database lower.
:::

[^1]: This is a limit enforced by PostgreSQL. Some database providers may enforce smaller limits.

[^2]: Hyperdrive is a distributed system, so it is possible for a client to be unable to reach an existing pool. In this scenario, a new pool will be established, with its own allocation of connections. This favors availability over strictly enforcing limits, but does mean that it is possible in edge cases to overshoot the normal connection limit.

:::note
You can request adjustments to limits that conflict with your project goals by contacting Cloudflare. Not all limits can be increased. To request an increase, submit a [Limit Increase Request](https://forms.gle/ukpeZVLWLnKeixDu7) and we will contact you with next steps.
:::

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/platform/pricing/

**Hyperdrive is free and included in every [Workers Paid](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) plan**.

Hyperdrive is automatically enabled when subscribed to a Workers Paid plan, and does not require you to pay any additional fees to use. Hyperdrive's [connection pooling and query caching](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/) do not incur any additional charges, and there are no hidden limits other than those [published](/hyperdrive/platform/limits/).

:::note

For questions about pricing, refer to the [pricing FAQs](/hyperdrive/reference/faq/#pricing).

:::

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/reference/faq/

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions regarding Hyperdrive.

## Pricing

### Does Hyperdrive charge for data transfer / egress?

No.

### Is Hyperdrive available on the [Workers Free](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) plan?

Not at this time.

### Does Hyperdrive charge for additional compute?

Hyperdrive itself does not charge for compute (CPU) or processing (wall clock) time. Workers querying Hyperdrive and computing results: for example, serializing results into JSON and/or issuing queries, are billed per [Workers pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

## Limits

### Are there any limits to Hyperdrive?

Refer to the published [limits](/hyperdrive/platform/limits/) documentation.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Supported databases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/reference/supported-databases/

## Database support

Details on which database engines and/or specific database providers are supported are detailed in the following table.

| Database Engine | Supported                | Known supported versions | Details                                                                                              |
| --------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| PostgreSQL      | ✅                       | `9.0` to `16.x`          | Both self-hosted and managed (AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle) instances are supported.                    |
| Neon            | ✅                       | All                      | Neon currently runs Postgres 15.x                                                                    |
| Supabase        | ✅                       | All                      | Supabase currently runs Postgres 15.x                                                                |
| Timescale       | ✅                       | All                      | See the [Timescale guide](/hyperdrive/examples/timescale/) to connect.                               |
| Materialize     | ✅                       | All                      | Postgres-compatible. Refer to the [Materialize guide](/hyperdrive/examples/materialize/) to connect. |
| CockroachDB     | ✅                       | All                      | Postgres-compatible. Refer to the [CockroachDB](/hyperdrive/examples/cockroachdb/) guide to connect. |
| MySQL           | Coming soon              |                          |                                                                                                      |
| SQL Server      | Not currently supported. |                          |                                                                                                      |
| MongoDB         | Not currently supported. |                          |                                                                                                      |

## Supported PostgreSQL authentication modes

Hyperdrive supports the following [authentication modes](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/auth-methods.html) for connecting to PostgreSQL databases:

- Password Authentication (`md5`)
- Password Authentication (`password`) (clear-text password)
- SASL Authentication (`SCRAM-SHA-256`)

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Hyperdrive.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Apply blur

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/blur-variants/

You can apply blur to image variants by creating a specific variant for this effect first or by editing a previously created variant. Note that you cannot blur an SVG file.

Refer to [Resize images](/images/manage-images/create-variants/) for help creating variants. You can also refer to the API to learn how to use blur using flexible variants.

To blur an image:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images** > **Variants**.
3. Find the variant you want to blur and select **Edit** > **Customization Options**.
4. Use the slider to adjust the blurring effect. You can use the preview image to see how strong the blurring effect will be.
5. Select **Save**.

The image should now display the blurred effect.

---

# Browser TTL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/browser-ttl/

Browser TTL controls how long an image stays in a browser's cache and specifically configures the `cache-control` response header.

### Default TTL

By default, an image's TTL is set to two days to meet user needs, such as re-uploading an image under the same [Custom ID](/images/upload-images/upload-custom-path/).

## Custom setting

You can use two custom settings to control the Browser TTL, an account or a named variant. To adjust how long a browser should keep an image in the cache, set the TTL in seconds, similar to how the `max-age` header is set. The value should be an interval between one hour to one year.

### Browser TTL for an account

Setting the Browser TTL per account overrides the default TTL.

```bash title="Example"
curl --request PATCH 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/config' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "browser_ttl": 31536000
}'
```

When the Browser TTL is set to one year for all images, the response for the `cache-control` header is essentially `public`, `max-age=31536000`, `stale-while-revalidate=7200`.

### Browser TTL for a named variant

Setting the Browser TTL for a named variant is a more granular option that overrides all of the above when creating or updating an image variant, specifically the `browser_ttl` option in seconds.

```bash title="Example"
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_TAG>/images/v1/variants' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "id":"avatar",
  "options": {
    "width":100,
    "browser_ttl": 86400
  }
}'
```

When the Browser TTL is set to one day for images requested with this variant, the response for the `cache-control` header is essentially `public`, `max-age=86400`, `stale-while-revalidate=7200`.

:::note


[Private images](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images/) do not respect default or custom TTL settings. The private images cache time is set according to the expiration time and can be as short as one hour.


:::

---

# Create variants

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/create-variants/

Variants let you specify how images should be resized for different use cases. By default, images are served with a `public` variant, but you can create up to 100 variants to fit your needs. Follow these steps to create a variant.

:::note

Cloudflare Images can deliver SVG files but will not resize them because it is an inherently scalable format.
Resize via the Cloudflare dashboard. 
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images** > **Variants**.
3. Name your variant and select **Add New Variant**.
4. Define variables for your new variant, such as resizing options, type of fit, and specific metadata options.

## Resize via the API

Make a `POST` request to [create a variant](/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/subresources/variants/methods/create/).

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/variants" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"id":"<NAME_OF_THE_VARIANT>","options":{"fit":"scale-down","metadata":"none","width":1366,"height":768},"neverRequireSignedURLs":true}
```

## Fit options

The `Fit` property describes how the width and height dimensions should be interpreted. The chart below describes each of the options.

| Fit Options | Behavior                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Scale down  | The image is shrunk in size to fully fit within the given width or height, but will not be enlarged.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Contain     | The image is resized (shrunk or enlarged) to be as large as possible within the given width or height while preserving the aspect ratio.                                                                                                                                        |
| Cover       | The image is resized to exactly fill the entire area specified by width and height and will be cropped if necessary.                                                                                                                                                            |
| Crop        | The image is shrunk and cropped to fit within the area specified by the width and height. The image will not be enlarged. For images smaller than the given dimensions, it is the same as `scale-down`. For images larger than the given dimensions, it is the same as `cover`. |
| Pad         | The image is resized (shrunk or enlarged) to be as large as possible within the given width or height while preserving the aspect ratio. The extra area is filled with a background color (white by default).                                                                   |

## Metadata options

Variants allow you to choose what to do with your image’s metadata information. From the **Metadata** dropdown, choose:

* Strip all metadata
* Strip all metadata except copyright
* Keep all metadata

## Public access

When the **Always allow public access** option is selected, particular variants will always be publicly accessible, even when images are made private through the use of [signed URLs](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images).

---

# Configure webhooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/configure-webhooks/

You can set up webhooks to receive notifications about your upload workflow. This will send an HTTP POST request to a specified endpoint when an image either successfully uploads or fails to upload.

Currently, webhooks are supported only for [direct creator uploads](/images/upload-images/direct-creator-upload/).

To receive notifications for direct creator uploads:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications** > **Destinations**.
3. From the Webhooks card, select **Create**.
4. Enter information for your webhook and select **Save and Test**. The new webhook will appear in the **Webhooks** card and can be attached to notifications.
5. Next, go to **Notifications** > **All Notifications** and select **Add**.
6. Under the list of products, locate **Images** and select **Select**.
7. Give your notification a name and optional description.
8. Under the **Webhooks** field, select the webhook that you recently created.
9. Select **Save**.

---

# Delete images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/delete-images/

You can delete an image from the Cloudflare Images storage using the dashboard or the API.

## Delete images via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images**.
3. Find the image you want to remove and select **Delete**.
4. (Optional) To delete more than one image, select the checkbox next to the images you want to delete and then **Delete selected**.

Your image will be deleted from your account.

## Delete images via the API

Make a `DELETE` request to the [delete image endpoint](/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/methods/delete/). `{image_id}` must be fully URL encoded in the API call URL.

```bash
curl --request DELETE https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/{image_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

After the image has been deleted, the response returns `"success": true`.

---

# Delete variants

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/delete-variants/

You can delete variants via the Images dashboard or API. The only variant you cannot delete is public.

:::caution


Deleting a variant is a global action that will affect other images that contain that variant.


:::

## Delete variants via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images** > **Variants**.
3. Find the variant you want to remove and select **Delete**.

## Delete variants via the API

Make a `DELETE` request to the delete variant endpoint.

```bash
curl --request DELETE https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/account/{account_id}/images/v1/variants/{variant_name} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

After the variant has been deleted, the response returns `"success": true.`

---

# Edit images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/edit-images/

The Edit option provides you available options to modify a specific image. After choosing to edit an image, you can:

* Require signed URLs to use with that particular image.
* Use a cURL command you can use as an example to access the image.
* Use fully-formed URLs for all the variants configured in your account.

To edit an image:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Images**.
3. Locate the image you want to modify and select **Edit**.

---

# Enable flexible variants

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/enable-flexible-variants/

Flexible variants allow you to create variants with dynamic resizing which can provide more options than regular variants allow. This option is not enabled by default.

## Enable flexible variants via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images** > **Variants**.
3. Enable **Flexible variants**.

## Enable flexible variants via the API

Make a `PATCH` request to the [Update a variant endpoint](/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/subresources/variants/methods/edit/).

```bash
curl --request PATCH https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/config \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"flexible_variants": true}'
```

After activation, you can use [transformation parameters](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/#options) on any Cloudflare image. For example,

`https://imagedelivery.net/{account_hash}/{image_id}/w=400,sharpen=3`

Note that flexible variants cannot be used for images that require a [signed delivery URL](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images).

---

# Export images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/export-images/

Cloudflare Images supports image exports via the Cloudflare dashboard and API which allows you to get the original version of your image.

## Export images via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images**.
3. Find the image or images you want to export.
4. To export a single image, select **Export** from its menu. To export several images, select the checkbox next to each image and then select **Export selected**.

Your images are downloaded to your machine.

## Export images via the API

Make a `GET` request as shown in the example below. `<IMAGE_ID>` must be fully URL encoded in the API call URL.

`GET accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1/<IMAGE_ID>/blob`

---

# Manage uploaded images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/images.yaml. --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Activate Polish

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/activate-polish/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Images in the [cache must be purged](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) or expired before seeing any changes in Polish settings.

:::caution


Do not activate Polish and [image transformations](/images/transform-images/) simultaneously. Image transformations already apply lossy compression, which makes Polish redundant.


:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select the account and domain where you want to activate Polish.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Image Optimization**.
3. Under **Polish**, select *Lossy* or *Lossless* from the drop-down menu. [*Lossy*](/images/polish/compression/#lossy) gives greater file size savings.
4. (Optional) Select **WebP**. Enable this option if you want to further optimize PNG and JPEG images stored in the origin server, and serve them as WebP files to browsers that support this format.

To ensure WebP is not served from cache to a browser without WebP support, disable any WebP conversion utilities at your origin web server when using Polish.

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

# Cf-Polished statuses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/cf-polished-statuses/

If a `Cf-Polished` header is not returned, try [using single-file cache purge](/cache/how-to/purge-cache) to purge the image. The `Cf-Polished` header may also be missing if the origin is sending non-image `Content-Type`, or non-cacheable `Cache-Control`.

* `input_too_large`: The input image is too large or complex to process, and needs a lower resolution. Cloudflare recommends using PNG or JPEG images that are less than 4,000 pixels in any dimension, and smaller than 20 MB.
* `not_compressed` or `not_needed`: The image was fully optimized at the origin server and no compression was applied.
* `webp_bigger`: Polish attempted to convert to WebP, but the WebP image was not better than the original format. Because the WebP version does not exist, the status is set on the JPEG/PNG version of the response. Refer to [the reasons why Polish chooses not to use WebP](/images/polish/no-webp/).
* `cannot_optimize` or `internal_error`: The input image is corrupted or incomplete at the origin server. Upload a new version of the image to the origin server.
* `format_not_supported`: The input image format is not supported (for example, BMP or TIFF) or the origin server is using additional optimization software that is not compatible with Polish. Try converting the input image to a web-compatible format (like PNG or JPEG) and/or disabling additional optimization software at the origin server.
* `vary_header_present`: The origin web server has sent a `Vary` header with a value other than `accept-encoding`. If the origin web server is attempting to support WebP, disable WebP at the origin web server and let Polish perform the WebP conversion. Polish will still work if `accept-encoding` is the only header listed within the `Vary` header. Polish skips image URLs processed by [Cloudflare Images](/images/transform-images/).

---

# Polish compression

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/compression/

With Lossless and Lossy modes, Cloudflare attempts to strip as much metadata as possible. However, Cloudflare cannot guarantee stripping all metadata because other factors, such as caching status, might affect which metadata is finally sent in the response.

:::caution[Warning]


Polish may not be applied to origin responses that contain a `Vary` header. The only accepted `Vary` header is `Vary: Accept-Encoding`.


:::

## Compression options

### Off

Polish is disabled and no compression is applied. Disabling Polish does not revert previously polished images to original, until they expire or are purged from the cache.

### Lossless

The Lossless option attempts to reduce file sizes without changing any of the image pixels, keeping images identical to the original. It removes most metadata, like EXIF data, and losslessly recompresses image data. JPEG images may be converted to progressive format. On average, lossless compression reduces file sizes by 21 percent compared to unoptimized image files.

The Lossless option prevents conversion of JPEG to WebP, because this is always a lossy operation.

### Lossy

The Lossy option applies significantly better compression to images than the Lossless option, at a cost of small quality loss. When uncompressed, some of the redundant information from the original image is lost. On average, using Lossy mode reduces file sizes by 48 percent.

This option also removes metadata from images. The Lossy option mainly affects JPEG images, but PNG images may also be compressed in a lossy way, or converted to JPEG when this improves compression.

### WebP

When enabled, in addition to other optimizations, Polish creates versions of images converted to the WebP format.

WebP compression is quite effective on PNG images, reducing file sizes by approximately 26 percent.
It may reduce file sizes of JPEG images by around 17 percent, but this [depends on several factors](/images/polish/no-webp/).
WebP is supported in all browsers except for Internet Explorer and KaiOS. You can learn more in our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-very-webp-new-year-from-cloudflare/).

The WebP version is served only when the `Accept` header from the browser includes WebP, and the WebP image is significantly smaller than the lossy or lossless recompression of the original format:

```txt
Accept: image/avif,image/webp,image/*,*/*;q=0.8
```

Polish only converts standard image formats <em>to</em> the WebP format. If the origin server serves WebP images, Polish will not convert them, and will not optimize them.

#### File size, image quality, and WebP

Lossy formats like JPEG and WebP are able to generate files of any size, and every image could theoretically be made smaller. However, reduction in file size comes at a cost of reduction in image quality. Reduction of file sizes below each format's optimal size limit causes disproportionally large losses in quality. Re-encoding of files that are already optimized reduces their quality more than it reduces their file size.

Cloudflare will not convert from JPEG to WebP when the conversion would make the file bigger, or would reduce image quality by more than it would save in file size.

If you choose the Lossless Polish setting, then WebP will be used very rarely. This is due to the fact that, in this mode, WebP is only adequate for PNG images, and cannot improve compression for JPEG images.

Although WebP compresses better than JPEG on average, there are exceptions, and in some occasions JPEG compresses better than WebP. Cloudflare tries to detect these cases and keep the JPEG format.

If you serve low-quality JPEG images at the origin (quality setting 60 or lower), it may not be beneficial to convert them to WebP. This is because low-quality JPEG images have blocky edges and noise caused by compression, and these distortions increase file size of WebP images. We recommend serving high-quality JPEG images (quality setting between 80 and 90) at your origin server to avoid this issue.

If your server or Content Management System (CMS) has a built-in image converter or optimizer, it may interfere with Polish. It does not make sense to apply lossy optimizations twice to images, because quality degradation will be larger than the savings in file size.

## Polish interaction with Image optimization

Polish will not be applied to URLs using image transformations. Resized images already have lossy compression applied where possible, so they do not need the optimizations provided by Polish. Use the `format=auto` option to allow use of WebP and AVIF formats.

---

# Cloudflare Polish

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Polish is a one-click image optimization product that automatically optimizes images in your site. Polish strips metadata from images and reduces image size through lossy or lossless compression to accelerate the speed of image downloads.

When an image is fetched from your origin, our systems automatically optimize it in Cloudflare's cache. Subsequent requests for the same image will get the smaller, faster, optimized version of the image, improving the speed of your website.

![Example of Polish compression's quality.](~/assets/images/images/polish.png)

## Comparison

* <b>Polish</b> automatically optimizes all images served from your origin server. It keeps the same image URLs, and does not require changing markup of your pages.
* <b>Cloudflare Images</b> API allows you to create new images with resizing, cropping, watermarks, and other processing applied. These images get their own new URLs, and you need to embed them on your pages to take advantage of this service. Images created this way are already optimized, and there is no need to apply Polish to them.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.polish" />

---

# WebP may be skipped

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/no-webp/

Polish avoids converting images to the WebP format when such conversion would increase the file size, or significantly degrade image quality.
Polish also optimizes JPEG images, and the WebP format is not always better than a well-optimized JPEG.

To enhance the use of WebP in Polish, enable the [Lossy option](/images/polish/compression/#lossy). When you create new JPEG images, save them with a slightly higher quality than usually necessary.
We recommend JPEG quality settings between 85 and 95, but not higher. This gives Polish enough headroom for lossy conversion to WebP and optimized JPEG.

## In the **lossless** mode, it is not feasible to convert JPEG to WebP

WebP is actually a name for two quite different image formats: WebP-lossless (similar to PNG) and WebP-VP8 (similar to JPEG).

When the [Lossless option](/images/polish/compression/#lossless) is enabled, Polish will not perform any optimizations that change image pixels. This allows Polish to convert only between lossless image formats, such as PNG, GIF, and WebP-lossless. JPEG images will not be converted though, because the WebP-VP8 format does not support the conversion from JPEG without quality loss, and the WebP-lossless format does not compress images as heavily as JPEG.

In the lossless mode, Polish can still apply lossless optimizations to JPEG images. This is a unique feature of the JPEG format that does not have an equivalent in WebP.

## Low-quality JPEG images do not convert well to WebP

When JPEG files are already heavily compressed (for example, saved with a low quality setting like `q=50`, or re-saved many times), the conversion to WebP may not be beneficial, and may actually increase the file size. This is because lossy formats add distortions to images (for example, JPEG makes images blocky and adds noise around sharp edges), and the WebP format can not tell the difference between details of the image it needs to preserve and unwanted distortions caused by a previous compression. This forces WebP to wastefully use bytes on keeping the added noise and blockyness, which increases the file size, and makes compression less beneficial overall.

Polish never makes files larger. When we see that the conversion to WebP increases the file size, we skip it, and keep the smaller original file format.

## For some images conversion to WebP can degrade quality too much

The WebP format, in its more efficient VP8 mode, always loses some quality when compressing images. This means that the conversion from JPEG always makes WebP images look slightly worse. Polish ensures that file size savings from the conversion outweigh the quality loss.

Lossy WebP has a significant limitation: it can only keep one shade of color per 4 pixels. The color information is always stored at half of the image resolution. In high-resolution photos this degradation is rarely noticeable. However, in images with highly saturated colors and sharp edges, this limitation can result in the WebP format having noticeably pixelated or smudged edges.

Additionally, the WebP format applies smoothing to images. This feature hides blocky distortions that are a characteristic of low-quality JPEG images, but on the other hand it can cause loss of fine textures and details in high-quality images, making them look airbrushed.

Polish tries to avoid degrading images for too little gain. Polish keeps the JPEG format when it has about the same size as WebP, but better quality.

## Sometimes older formats are better than WebP

The WebP format has an advantage over JPEG when saving images with soft or blurry content, and when using low quality settings. WebP has fewer advantages when storing high-quality images with fine textures or noise. Polish applies optimizations to JPEG images too, and sometimes well-optimized JPEG is simply better than WebP, and gives a better quality and smaller file size at the same time. We try to detect these cases, and keep the JPEG format when it works better.
Sometimes animations with little motion are more efficient as GIF than animated WebP.

The WebP format does not support progressive rendering. With [HTTP/2 prioritization](/speed/optimization/protocol/enhanced-http2-prioritization/) enabled, progressive JPEG images may appear to load quicker, even if their file sizes are larger.

## Beware of compression that is not better, only more of the same

With a lossy format like JPEG or WebP, it is always possible to take an existing image, save it with a slightly lower quality, and get an image that looks *almost* the same, but has a smaller file size.
It is the [heap paradox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox): you can remove a grain of sand from a heap, and still have a heap of sand. There is no point when you can not make the heap smaller, except when there is no sand left. It is always possible to make an image with a slightly lower quality, all the way until all the accumulated losses degrade the image beyond recognition.

Avoid applying multiple lossy optimization tools to images, before or after Polish. Multiple lossy operations degrade quality disproportionally more than what they save in file sizes.

For this reason Polish will not create the smallest possible file sizes. Instead, Polish aims to maximize the quality to file size ratio, to create the smallest possible files while preserving good quality. The quality level we stop at is carefully chosen to minimize visual distortion, while still having a high compression ratio.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/reference/security/

To further ensure the security and efficiency of image optimization services, you can adopt Cloudflare products that safeguard against malicious activities.

Cloudflare security products like [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/), [Cloudflare Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) and [Cloudflare Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) can enhance the protection of your image optimization requests against abuse. This proactive approach ensures a reliable and efficient experience for all legitimate users.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/reference/troubleshooting/

## Requests without resizing enabled

Does the response have a `Cf-Resized` header? If not, then resizing has not been attempted. Possible causes:

* The feature is not enabled in the Cloudflare Dashboard.
* There is another Worker running on the same request. Resizing is "forgotten" as soon as one Worker calls another. Do not use Workers scoped to the entire domain `/*`.
* Preview in the Editor in Cloudflare Dashboard does not simulate image resizing. You must deploy the Worker and test from another browser tab instead.

***

## Error responses from resizing

When resizing fails, the response body contains an error message explaining the reason, as well as the `Cf-Resized` header containing `err=code`:

* 9401 — The required arguments in `{cf:image{…}}` options are missing or are invalid. Try again. Refer to [Fetch options](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/#fetch-options) for supported arguments.
* 9402 — The image was too large or the connection was interrupted. Refer to [Supported formats and limitations](/images/transform-images/) for more information.
* 9403 — A [request loop](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/#prevent-request-loops) occurred because the image was already resized or the Worker fetched its own URL. Verify your Worker path and image path on the server do not overlap.
* 9406 & 9419 — The image URL is a non-HTTPS URL or the URL has spaces or unescaped Unicode. Check your URL and try again.
* 9407 — A lookup error occurred with the origin server's domain name. Check your DNS settings and try again.
* 9404 — The image does not exist on the origin server or the URL used to resize the image is wrong. Verify the image exists and check the URL.
* 9408 — The origin server returned an HTTP 4xx status code and may be denying access to the image. Confirm your image settings and try again.
* 9509 — The origin server returned an HTTP 5xx status code. This is most likely a problem with the origin server-side software, not the resizing.
* 9412 — The origin server returned a non-image, for example, an HTML page. This usually happens when an invalid URL is specified or server-side software has printed an error or presented a login page.
* 9413 — The image exceeds the maximum image area of 100 megapixels. Use a smaller image and try again.
* 9420 — The origin server redirected to an invalid URL. Confirm settings at your origin and try again.
* 9421 — The origin server redirected too many times. Confirm settings at your origin and try again.
* 9422 - The transformation request is rejected because the usage limit was reached. If you need to request more than 5,000 unique transformations, upgrade to an Images Paid plan.
* 9504, 9505, & 9510 — The origin server could not be contacted because the origin server may be down or overloaded. Try again later.
* 9523 — The `/cdn-cgi/image/` resizing service could not perform resizing. This may happen when an image has invalid format. Use correctly formatted image and try again.
* 9524 — The `/cdn-cgi/image/` resizing service could not perform resizing. This may happen when an image URL is intercepted by a Worker. As an alternative you can [resize within the Worker](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/). This can also happen when using a `pages.dev` URL of a [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) project. In that case, you can use a [Custom Domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) instead.
* 9520 — The image format is not supported. Refer to [Supported formats and limitations](/images/transform-images/) to learn about supported input and output formats.
* 9522 — The image exceeded the processing limit. This may happen briefly after purging an entire zone or when files with very large dimensions are requested. If the problem persists, contact support.
* 9422, 9424, 9516, 9517, 9518, 9522 & 9523 — Internal errors. Please contact support if you encounter these errors.

***

## Limits

* Maximum image size is 100 megapixels (meaning 10.000×10.000 pixels large). Maximum file size is 100 MB. GIF/WebP animations are limited to 50 megapixels total (sum of sizes of all frames).
* Image Resizing is not compatible with [Bringing Your Own IPs (BYOIP)](/byoip/).

***

## Authorization and cookies are not supported

Image requests to the origin will be anonymized (no cookies, no auth, no custom headers). This is because we have to have one public cache for resized images, and it would be unsafe to share images that are personalized for individual visitors.

However, in cases where customers agree to store such images in public cache, Cloudflare supports resizing images through Workers [on authenticated origins](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/).

***

## Caching and purging

Changes to image dimensions or other resizing options always take effect immediately — no purging necessary.

Image requests consists of two parts: running Worker code, and image processing. The Worker code is always executed and uncached. Results of image processing are cached for one hour or longer if origin server's `Cache-Control` header allows. Source image is cached using regular caching rules. Resizing follows redirects internally, so the redirects are cached too.

Because responses from Workers themselves are not cached at the edge, purging of *Worker URLs* does nothing. Resized image variants are cached together under their source’s URL. When purging, use the (full-size) source image’s URL, rather than URLs of the Worker that requested resizing.

If the origin server sends an `Etag` HTTP header, the resized images will have an `Etag` HTTP header that has a format `cf-<gibberish>:<etag of the original image>`. You can compare the second part with the `Etag` header of the source image URL to check if the resized image is up to date.

---

# Draw overlays and watermarks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/draw-overlays/

You can draw additional images on top of a resized image, with transparency and blending effects. This enables adding of watermarks, logos, signatures, vignettes, and other effects to resized images.

This feature is available only in [Workers](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/). To draw overlay images, add an array of drawing commands to options of `fetch()` requests. The drawing options are nested in `options.cf.image.draw`, like in the following example:

```js
fetch(imageURL, {
  cf: {
    image: {
      width: 800,
      height: 600,
      draw: [
        {
          url: 'https://example.com/branding/logo.png', // draw this image
          bottom: 5, // 5 pixels from the bottom edge
          right: 5, // 5 pixels from the right edge
          fit: 'contain', // make it fit within 100x50 area
          width: 100,
          height: 50,
          opacity: 0.8, // 20% transparent
        },
      ],
    },
  },
});
```

## Draw options

The `draw` property is an array. Overlays are drawn in the order they appear in the array (the last array entry is the topmost layer). Each item in the `draw` array is an object, which can have the following properties:



* `url`
  * Absolute URL of the image file to use for the drawing. It can be any of the supported file formats. For drawing watermarks or non-rectangular overlays, Cloudflare recommends that you use PNG or WebP images.

* `width` and `height`
  * Maximum size of the overlay image, in pixels. It must be an integer.

* `fit` and `gravity`
  * Affects interpretation of `width` and `height`. Same as [for the main image](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/#fetch-options).

* `opacity`
  * Floating-point number between `0` (transparent) and `1` (opaque). For example, `opacity: 0.5` makes overlay semitransparent.

* `repeat`
  * If set to `true`, the overlay image will be tiled to cover the entire area. This is useful for stock-photo-like watermarks.
  * If set to `"x"`, the overlay image will be tiled horizontally only (form a line).
  * If set to `"y"`, the overlay image will be tiled vertically only (form a line).

* `top`, `left`, `bottom`, `right`
  * Position of the overlay image relative to a given edge. Each property is an offset in pixels. `0` aligns exactly to the edge. For example, `left: 10` positions left side of the overlay 10 pixels from the left edge of the image it is drawn over. `bottom: 0` aligns bottom of the overlay with bottom of the background image.

    Setting both `left` and `right`, or both `top` and `bottom` is an error.

    If no position is specified, the image will be centered.

* `background`
  * Background color to add underneath the overlay image. Same as [for the main image](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/#fetch-options).

* `rotate`
  * Number of degrees to rotate the overlay image by. Same as [for the main image](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/#fetch-options).


## Examples

### Stock Photo Watermark

```js
image: {
  draw: [
    {
      url: 'https://example.com/watermark.png',
      repeat: true, // Tiled over entire image
      opacity: 0.2, // and subtly blended
    },
  ];
}
```

### Signature

```js
image: {
  draw: [
    {
      url: 'https://example.com/by-me.png', // Predefined logo/signature
      bottom: 5, // Positioned near bottom right corner
      right: 5,
    },
  ];
}
```

### Centered icon

```js
image: {
  draw: [
    {
      url: 'https://example.com/play-button.png',
      // Center position is the default
    },
  ];
}
```

### Combined

Multiple operations can be combined in one image:

```js
image: {
  draw: [
    { url: 'https://example.com/watermark.png', repeat: true, opacity: 0.2 },
    { url: 'https://example.com/play-button.png' },
    { url: 'https://example.com/by-me.png', bottom: 5, right: 5 },
  ];
}
```

---

# Control origin access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/control-origin-access/

You can serve resized images without giving access to the original image. Images can be hosted on another server outside of your zone, and the true source of the image can be entirely hidden. The origin server may require authentication to disclose the original image, without needing visitors to be aware of it. Access to the full-size image may be prevented by making it impossible to manipulate resizing parameters.

All these behaviors are completely customizable, because they are handled by custom code of a script running [on the edge in a Cloudflare Worker](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/).

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Here you can compute arbitrary imageURL and
		// resizingOptions from any request data ...
		return fetch(imageURL, { cf: { image: resizingOptions } });
	},
};
```

This code will be run for every request, but the source code will not be accessible to website visitors. This allows the code to perform security checks and contain secrets required to access the images in a controlled manner.

The examples below are only suggestions, and do not have to be followed exactly. You can compute image URLs and resizing options in many other ways.

:::caution[Warning]

When testing image transformations, make sure you deploy the script and test it from a regular web browser window. The preview in the dashboard does not simulate transformations.

:::

## Hiding the image server

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const resizingOptions = {
			/* resizing options will be demonstrated in the next example */
		};

		const hiddenImageOrigin = "https://secret.example.com/hidden-directory";
		const requestURL = new URL(request.url);
		// Append the request path such as "/assets/image1.jpg" to the hiddenImageOrigin.
		// You could also process the path to add or remove directories, modify filenames, etc.
		const imageURL = hiddenImageOrigin + requestURL.path;
		// This will fetch image from the given URL, but to the website's visitors this
		// will appear as a response to the original request. Visitor’s browser will
		// not see this URL.
		return fetch(imageURL, { cf: { image: resizingOptions } });
	},
};
```

## Preventing access to full-size images

On top of protecting the original image URL, you can also validate that only certain image sizes are allowed:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
  const imageURL = … // detail omitted in this example, see the previous example

  const requestURL = new URL(request.url)
  const resizingOptions = {
    width: requestURL.searchParams.get("width"),
  }
  // If someone tries to manipulate your image URLs to reveal higher-resolution images,
  // you can catch that and refuse to serve the request (or enforce a smaller size, etc.)
  if (resizingOptions.width > 1000) {
    throw Error("We don’t allow viewing images larger than 1000 pixels wide")
  }
  return fetch(imageURL, {cf:{image:resizingOptions}})
},};
```

## Avoid image dimensions in URLs

You do not have to include actual pixel dimensions in the URL. You can embed sizes in the Worker script, and select the size in some other way — for example, by naming a preset in the URL:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const requestURL = new URL(request.url);
		const resizingOptions = {};

		// The regex selects the first path component after the "images"
		// prefix, and the rest of the path (e.g. "/images/first/rest")
		const match = requestURL.path.match(/images\/([^/]+)\/(.+)/);

		// You can require the first path component to be one of the
		// predefined sizes only, and set actual dimensions accordingly.
		switch (match && match[1]) {
			case "small":
				resizingOptions.width = 300;
				break;
			case "medium":
				resizingOptions.width = 600;
				break;
			case "large":
				resizingOptions.width = 900;
				break;
			default:
				throw Error("invalid size");
		}

		// The remainder of the path may be used to locate the original
		// image, e.g. here "/images/small/image1.jpg" would map to
		// "https://storage.example.com/bucket/image1.jpg" resized to 300px.
		const imageURL = "https://storage.example.com/bucket/" + match[2];
		return fetch(imageURL, { cf: { image: resizingOptions } });
	},
};
```

## Authenticated origin

Cloudflare image transformations cache resized images to aid performance. Images stored with restricted access are generally not recommended for resizing because sharing images customized for individual visitors is unsafe. However, in cases where the customer agrees to store such images in public cache, Cloudflare supports resizing images through Workers. At the moment, this is supported on authenticated AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, SecureAuth origins and origins behind Cloudflare Access.

```js null {9}
// generate signed headers (application specific)
const signedHeaders = generatedSignedHeaders();

fetch(private_url, {
  headers: signedHeaders
  cf: {
    image: {
      format: "auto",
      "origin-auth": "share-publicly"
     }
  }
})
```

When using this code, the following headers are passed through to the origin, and allow your request to be successful:

- `Authorization`
- `Cookie`
- `x-amz-content-sha256`
- `x-amz-date`
- `x-ms-date`
- `x-ms-version`
- `x-sa-date`
- `cf-access-client-id`
- `cf-access-client-secret`

For more information, refer to:

- [AWS docs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/sig-v4-authenticating-requests.html)
- [Azure docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/List-Containers2#request-headers)
- [Google Cloud docs](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/aws-simple-migration)
- [Cloudflare Zero Trust docs](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/)
- [SecureAuth docs](https://docs.secureauth.com/2104/en/authentication-api-guide.html)

---

# Integrate with frameworks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/integrate-with-frameworks/

## Next.js

Image transformations can be used automatically with the Next.js [`<Image />` component](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/next/image).

To use image transformations, define a global image loader or multiple custom loaders for each `<Image />` component.

Next.js will request the image with the correct parameters for width and quality.

Image transformations will be responsible for caching and serving an optimal format to the client.

### Global Loader

To use Images with **all** your app's images, define a global [loaderFile](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/components/image#loaderfile) for your app.

Add the following settings to the **next.config.js** file located at the root our your Next.js application.

```ts
module.exports = {
  images: {
    loader: 'custom',
    loaderFile: './imageLoader.ts',
  },
}
```

Next, create the `imageLoader.ts` file in the specified path (relative to the root of your Next.js application).

```ts
const normalizeSrc = (src: string) => {
    return src.startsWith("/") ? src.slice(1) : src;
};

export default function cloudflareLoader({
    src,
    width,
    quality,
}: { src: string; width: number; quality?: number }) {
    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
        return src;
    }
    const params = [`width=${width}`];
    if (quality) {
        params.push(`quality=${quality}`);
    }
    const paramsString = params.join(",");
    return `/cdn-cgi/image/${paramsString}/${normalizeSrc(src)}`;
}
```

### Custom Loaders

Alternatively, define a loader for each `<Image />` component.

```js
import Image from 'next/image';

const normalizeSrc = src => {
  return src.startsWith('/') ? src.slice(1) : src;
};

const cloudflareLoader = ({ src, width, quality }) => {
  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
  	return src;
  }
  const params = [`width=${width}`];
  if (quality) {
    params.push(`quality=${quality}`);
  }
  const paramsString = params.join(',');
  return `/cdn-cgi/image/${paramsString}/${normalizeSrc(src)}`;
};

const MyImage = props => {
  return (
    <Image
      loader={cloudflareLoader}
      src="/me.png"
      alt="Picture of the author"
      width={500}
      height={500}
    />
  );
};
```

:::note


For local development, you can enable [Resize images from any origin checkbox](/images/get-started/) for your zone. Then, replace `/cdn-cgi/image/${paramsString}/${normalizeSrc(src)}` with an absolute URL path:

`https://<YOUR_DOMAIN.COM>/cdn-cgi/image/${paramsString}/${normalizeSrc(src)}`


:::

---

# Transform images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Transformations let you optimize and manipulate images stored outside of the Cloudflare Images product. Transformed images are served from one of your zones on Cloudflare.

To transform an image, you must [enable transformations for your zone](/images/get-started/#enable-transformations).

You can transform an image by using a [specially-formatted URL](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/) or [through Workers](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/).

## Supported formats and limitations

### Supported input formats

* JPEG
* PNG
* GIF (including animations)
* WebP (including animations)
* SVG

### Supported output formats

* JPEG
* PNG
* GIF (including animations)
* WebP (including animations)
* SVG
* AVIF

### Supported features

Transformations can:

* Resize and generate JPEG and PNG images, and optionally AVIF or WebP.
* Save animations as GIF or animated WebP.
* Support ICC color profiles in JPEG and PNG images.
* Preserve JPEG metadata (metadata of other formats is discarded).
* Convert the first frame of GIF/WebP animations to a still image.

<Render file="svg" />

### Format limitations

Since some image formats require longer computational times than others, Cloudflare has to find a proper balance between the time it takes to generate an image and to transfer it over the Internet.

Resizing requests might not be fulfilled with the format the user expects due to these trade-offs Cloudflare has to make. Images differ in size, transformations, codecs and all of these different aspects influence what compression codecs are used.

Cloudflare tries to choose the requested codec, but we operate on a best-effort basis and there are limits that our system needs to follow to satisfy all customers.

AVIF encoding, in particular, can be an order of magnitude slower than encoding to other formats. Cloudflare will fall back to WebP or JPEG if the image is too large to be encoded quickly.

#### Limits per format

Hard limits refers to the maximum image size to process. Soft limits refers to the limits existing when the system is overloaded.

| File format | Hard limits on the longest side (width or height) | Soft limits on the longest side (width or height) |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| AVIF        | 1,200 pixels<sup>1</sup>                          | 640 pixels                                        |
| Other       | 12,000 pixels                                     | N/A                                               |
| WebP        | N/A                                               | 2,560 pixels for lossy; 1920 pixels for lossless  |

<sup>1</sup>Hard limit is 1,600 pixels when `format=avif` is explicitly used with [image transformations](/images/transform-images/).

All images have to be less than 70 MB. The maximum image area is limited to 100 megapixels (for example, 10,000 x 10,000 pixels large).

GIF/WebP animations are limited to a total of 50 megapixels (the sum of sizes of all frames). Animations that exceed this will be passed through unchanged without applying any transformations. Note that GIF is an outdated format and has very inefficient compression. High-resolution animations will be slow to process and will have very large file sizes. For video clips, Cloudflare recommends using [video formats like MP4 and WebM instead](/stream/).

:::caution[Important]

SVG files are passed through without resizing. This format is inherently scalable and does not need resizing. Cloudflare does not support the HEIC (HEIF) format and does not plan to support it.

AVIF format is supported on a best-effort basis. Images that cannot be compressed as AVIF will be served as WebP instead.


:::

#### Progressive JPEG

While you can use the `format=jpeg` option to generate images in an interlaced progressive JPEG format, we will fallback to the baseline JPEG format for small and large images specified when:

* The area calculated by width x height is less than 150 x 150.
* The area calculated by width x height is greater than 3000 x 3000.

For example, a 50 x 50 tiny image is always formatted by `baseline-jpeg` even if you specify progressive jpeg (`format=jpeg`).

---

# Make responsive images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/make-responsive-images/

You can serve responsive images in two different ways:
- Use the HTML `srcset` feature to allow browsers to choose the most optimal image. This is the most reliable solution to serve responsive images.
- Use the `width=auto` option to serve the most optimal image based on the available browser and device information. This is a server-side solution that is supported only by Chromium-based browsers.

## Transform with HTML `srcset`

The `srcset` [feature of HTML](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Multimedia_and_embedding/Responsive_images) allows browsers to automatically choose an image that is best suited for user’s screen resolution.

`srcset` requires providing multiple resized versions of every image, and with Cloudflare’s image transformations this is an easy task to accomplish.

There are two different scenarios where it is useful to use `srcset`:

* Images with a fixed size in terms of CSS pixels, but adapting to high-DPI screens (also known as Retina displays). These images take the same amount of space on the page regardless of screen size, but are sharper on high-resolution displays. This is appropriate for icons, thumbnails, and most images on pages with fixed-width layouts.
* Responsive images that stretch to fill a certain percentage of the screen (usually full width). This is best for hero images and pages with fluid layouts, including pages using media queries to adapt to various screen sizes.

### `srcset` for high-DPI displays

For high-DPI display you need two versions of every image. One for `1x` density, suitable for typical desktop displays (such as HD/1080p monitors or low-end laptops), and one for `2x` high-density displays used by almost all mobile phones, high-end laptops, and 4K desktop displays. Some mobile phones have very high-DPI displays and could use even a `3x` resolution. However, while the jump from `1x` to `2x` is a clear improvement, there are diminishing returns from increasing the resolution further. The difference between `2x` and `3x` is visually insignificant, but `3x` files are two times larger than `2x` files.

Assuming you have an image `product.jpg` in the `assets` folder and you want to display it at a size of `960px`, the code is as follows:

```html
<img
  src="/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=960/assets/product.jpg"
  srcset="/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1920/assets/product.jpg 2x"
/>
```

In the URL path used in this example, the `src` attribute is for images with the usual "1x" density. `/cdn-cgi/image/` is a special path for resizing images. This is followed by `width=960` which resizes the image to have a width of 960 pixels. `/assets/product.jpg` is a URL to the source image on the server.

The `srcset` attribute adds another, high-DPI image. The browser will automatically select between the images in the `src` and `srcset`. In this case, specifying `width=1920` (two times 960 pixels) and adding `2x` at the end, informs the browser that this is a double-density image. It will be displayed at the same size as a 960 pixel image, but with double the number of pixels which will make it look twice as sharp on high-DPI displays.

Note that it does not make sense to scale images up for use in `srcset`. That would only increase file sizes without improving visual quality. The source images you should use with `srcset` must be high resolution, so that they are only scaled down for `1x` displays, and displayed as-is or also scaled down for `2x` displays.

### `srcset` for responsive images

When you want to display an image that takes a certain percentage of the window or screen width, the image should have dimensions that are appropriate for a visitor’s screen size. Screen sizes vary a lot, typically from 320 pixels to 3840 pixels, so there is not a single image size that fits all cases. With `<img srcset>` you can offer the browser several possible sizes and let it choose the most appropriate size automatically.

By default, the browser assumes the image will be stretched to the full width of the screen, and will pick a size that is closest to a visitor’s screen size. In the `src` attribute the browser will pick any size that is a good fallback for older browsers that do not understand `srcset`.

```html
<img
  width="100%"
  srcset="
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=320/assets/hero.jpg   320w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=640/assets/hero.jpg   640w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=960/assets/hero.jpg   960w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1280/assets/hero.jpg 1280w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=2560/assets/hero.jpg 2560w
  "
  src="/cdn-cgi/image/width=960/assets/hero.jpg"
/>
```

In the previous case, the number followed by `x` described *screen* density. In this case the number followed by `w` describes the *image* size. There is no need to specify screen density here (`2x`, etc.), because the browser automatically takes it into account and picks a higher-resolution image when necessary.

If the image is not displayed at full width of the screen (or browser window), you have two options:

* If the image is displayed at full width of a fixed-width column, use the first technique that uses one specific image size.
* If it takes a specific percentage of the screen, or stretches to full width only sometimes (using CSS media queries), then add the `sizes` attribute as described below.

#### The `sizes` attribute

If the image takes 50% of the screen (or window) width:

```html
<img style="width: 50vw" srcset="<SAME_AS_BEFORE>" sizes="50vw" />
```

The `vw` unit is a percentage of the viewport (screen or window) width. If the image can have a different size depending on media queries or other CSS properties, such as `max-width`, then specify all the conditions in the `sizes` attribute:

```html
<img
  style="max-width: 640px"
  srcset="
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=320/assets/hero.jpg   320w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=480/assets/hero.jpg   480w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=640/assets/hero.jpg   640w,
    /cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1280/assets/hero.jpg 1280w
  "
  sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"
/>
```

In this example, `sizes` says that for screens smaller than 640 pixels the image is displayed at full viewport width; on all larger screens the image stays at 640px. Note that one of the options in `srcset` is 1280 pixels, because an image displayed at 640 CSS pixels may need twice as many image pixels on a high-dpi (`2x`) display.

## WebP images

`srcset` is useful for pixel-based formats such as PNG, JPEG, and WebP. It is unnecessary for vector-based SVG images.

HTML also [supports the `<picture>` element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/picture) that can optionally request an image in the WebP format, but you do not need it. Cloudflare can serve WebP images automatically whenever you use `/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto` URLs in `src` or `srcset`.

If you want to use WebP images, but do not need resizing, you have two options:

* You can enable the automatic [WebP conversion in Polish](/images/polish/activate-polish/). This will convert all images on the site.
* Alternatively, you can change specific image paths on the site to start with `/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/`. For example, change `https://example.com/assets/hero.jpg` to `https://example.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/assets/hero.jpg`.

## Transform with `width` parameter

When setting up a [transformation URL](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/#width), you can apply the `width=auto` option to serve the most optimal image based on the available information about the user's browser and device.

This method can serve multiple sizes from a single URL. Currently, images will be served in one of four sizes:

- 1200 (large desktop/monitor)
- 960 (desktop)
- 768 (tablet)
- 320 (mobile)

Each width is counted as a separate transformation. For example, if you use `width=auto` and the image is delivered with a width of 320px to one user and 960px to another user, then this counts as two unique transformations.

By default, this feature uses information from the user agent, which detects the platform type (for example, iOS or Android) and browser.

### Client hints

For more accurate results, you can use client hints to send the user's browser information as request headers. 

This method currently works only on Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome, Edge, and Opera.

You can enable client hints via HTML by adding the following tag in the `<head>` tag of your page before any other elements:

```txt
<meta http-equiv="Delegate-CH" content="sec-ch-dpr https://example.com; sec-ch-viewport-width https://example.com"/>
```

Replace `https://example.com` with your Cloudflare zone where transformations are enabled.

Alternatively, you can enable client hints via HTTP by adding the following headers to your HTML page's response:

```txt
critical-ch: sec-ch-viewport-width, sec-ch-dpr

permissions-policy: ch-dpr=("https://example.com"), ch-viewport-width=("https://example.com")
```

Replace `https://example.com` with your Cloudflare zone where transformations are enabled.

---

# Preserve Content Credentials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/preserve-content-credentials/

[Content Credentials](https://contentcredentials.org/) (or C2PA metadata) are a type of metadata that includes the full provenance chain of a digital asset. This provides information about an image's creation, authorship, and editing flow. This data is cryptographically authenticated and can be verified using an [open-source verification service](https://contentcredentials.org/verify).

You can preserve Content Credentials when optimizing images stored in remote sources.

## Enable

You can configure how Content Credentials are handled for each zone where transformations are served.

In the Cloudflare dashboard under **Images** > **Transformations**, navigate to a specific zone and enable the toggle to preserve Content Credentials:

![Enable Preserving Content Credentials in the dashboard](~/assets/images/images/preserve-content-credentials.png)

The behavior of this setting is determined by the [`metadata`](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/#metadata) parameter for each transformation.

For example, if a transformation specifies `metadata=copyright`, then the EXIF copyright tag and all Content Credentials will be preserved in the resulting image and all other metadata will be discarded.

When Content Credentials are preserved in a transformation, Cloudflare will keep any existing Content Credentials embedded in the source image and automatically append and cryptographically sign additional actions.

When this setting is disabled, any existing Content Credentials will always be discarded.

---

# Serve images from custom paths

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/serve-images-custom-paths/

You can use Transform Rules to rewrite URLs for every image that you transform through Images.

This page covers examples for the following scenarios:

- Serve images from custom paths
- Modify existing URLs to be compatible with transformations in Images
- Transform every image requested on your zone with Images

To create a rule, log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your account and website. Then, go to **Rules** > **Overview** and select **Create rule** next to **URL Rewrite Rules**.

## Before you start

Every rule runs before and after the transformation request.

If the path for the request matches the path where the original images are stored on your server, this may cause the request to fetch the original image to loop.

To direct the request to the origin server, you can check for the string `image-resizing` in the `Via` header:

`...and (not (any(http.request.headers["via"][*] contains "image-resizing")))`

## Serve images from custom paths

By default, requests to transform images through Images are served from the `/cdn-cgi/image/` path.
You can use Transform Rules to rewrite URLs.

### Basic version

Free and Pro plans support string matching rules (including wildcard operations) that do not require regular expressions.

This example lets you rewrite a request from `example.com/images` to `example.com/cdn-cgi/image/`:

```txt title="Text in Expression Editor"
(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/images")) and (not (any(http.request.headers["via"][*] contains "image-resizing")))
```

```txt title="Text in Path > Rewrite to > Dynamic"
concat("/cdn-cgi/image", substring(http.request.uri.path, 7))
```

### Advanced version

:::note
This feature requires a Business or Enterprise plan to enable regex in Transform Rules. Refer to [Cloudflare Transform Rules Availability](/rules/transform/#availability) for more information.
:::

There is an advanced version of Transform Rules supporting regular expressions.

This example lets you rewrite a request from `example.com/images` to `example.com/cdn-cgi/image/`:

```txt title="Text in Expression Editor"
(http.request.uri.path matches "^/images/.*$") and (not (any(http.request.headers["via"][*] contains "image-resizing")))
```

```txt title="Text in Path > Rewrite to > Dynamic"
regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/images/", "/cdn-cgi/image/")
```

## Modify existing URLs to be compatible with transformations in Images

:::note
This feature requires a Business or Enterprise plan to enable regex in Transform Rules. Refer to [Cloudflare Transform Rules Availability](/rules/transform/#availability) for more information.
:::

This example lets you rewrite your URL parameters to be compatible with Images:

```txt
(http.request.uri matches "^/(.*)\\?width=([0-9]+)&height=([0-9]+)$")
```

```txt title="Text in Path > Rewrite to > Dynamic"
regex_replace(
  http.request.uri,
  "^/(.*)\\?width=([0-9]+)&height=([0-9]+)$",
  "/cdn-cgi/image/width=${2},height=${3}/${1}"
)
```

Leave the **Query** > **Rewrite to** > _Static_ field empty.

## Pass every image requested on your zone through Images

:::note
This feature requires a Business or Enterprise plan to enable regular expressions in Transform Rules. Refer to [Cloudflare Transform Rules Availability](/rules/transform/#availability) for more information.
:::

This example lets you transform every image that is requested on your zone with the `format=auto` option:

```txt
(http.request.uri.path.extension matches "(jpg)|(jpeg)|(png)|(gif)") and (not (any(http.request.headers["via"][*] contains "image-resizing")))
```

```txt title="Text in Path > Rewrite to > Dynamic"
regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/(.*)", "/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/${1}")
```

---

# Transform via URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components"

You can convert and resize images by requesting them via a specially-formatted URL. This way you do not need to write any code, only change HTML markup of your website to use the new URLs. The format is:

```txt
https://<ZONE>/cdn-cgi/image/<OPTIONS>/<SOURCE-IMAGE>
```

Here is a breakdown of each part of the URL:



* `<ZONE>`
  * Your domain name on Cloudflare. Unlike other third-party image resizing services, image transformations do not use a separate domain name for an API. Every Cloudflare zone with image transformations enabled can handle resizing itself. In URLs used on your website this part can be omitted, so that URLs start with `/cdn-cgi/image/`.

* `/cdn-cgi/image/`
  * A fixed prefix that identifies that this is a special path handled by Cloudflare's built-in Worker.

* `<OPTIONS>`
  * A comma-separated list of options such as `width`, `height`, and `quality`.

* `<SOURCE-IMAGE>`
  * An absolute path on the origin server, or an absolute URL (starting with `https://` or `http://`), pointing to an image to resize. The path is not URL-encoded, so the resizing URL can be safely constructed by concatenating `/cdn-cgi/image/options` and the original image URL. For example: `/cdn-cgi/image/width=100/https://s3.example.com/bucket/image.png`.


Here is an example of an URL with `<OPTIONS>` set to `width=80,quality=75` and a `<SOURCE-IMAGE>` of `uploads/avatar1.jpg`:

```html
<img src="/cdn-cgi/image/width=80,quality=75/uploads/avatar1.jpg" />
```

<Render file="ir-svg-aside" />

## Options

You must specify at least one option. Options are comma-separated (spaces are not allowed anywhere). Names of options can be specified in full or abbreviated.

### `anim`

<Render file="anim" />

### `background`

<Render file="background" />

### `blur`

<Render file="blur" />

### `border`

<Render file="border" />

### `brightness`

<Render file="brightness" />

### `compression`

<Render file="compression" />

### `contrast`

<Render file="contrast" />

### `dpr`

<Render file="dpr" />

### `fit`

<Render file="fit" />

### `format`

<Render file="format" />

### `gamma`

<Render file="gamma" />

### `gravity`

<Render file="gravity" />

### `height`

<Render file="height" />

### `metadata`

<Render file="metadata" />

### `onerror`

<Render file="onerror" />

### `quality`

<Render file="quality" />

### `rotate`

<Render file="rotate" />

### `saturation`

<Render file="saturation" />

### `sharpen`

<Render file="sharpen" />

### `trim`

<Render file="trim" />

### `width`

<Render file="width" />

## Recommended image sizes

Ideally, image sizes should match exactly the size they are displayed on the page. If the page contains thumbnails with markup such as `<img width="200" …>`, then images should be resized to `width=200`. If the exact size is not known ahead of time, use the [responsive images technique](/images/manage-images/create-variants/).

If you cannot use the `<img srcset>` markup, and have to hardcode specific maximum sizes, Cloudflare recommends the following sizes:

* Maximum of 1920 pixels for desktop browsers.
* Maximum of 960 pixels for tablets.
* Maximum of 640 pixels for mobile phones.

Here is an example of markup to configure a maximum size for your image:

```txt
/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,width=1920/<YOUR-IMAGE>
```

The `fit=scale-down` option ensures that the image will not be enlarged unnecessarily.

You can detect device type by enabling the `CF-Device-Type` header [via Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-device-type/).

## Caching

Resizing causes the original image to be fetched from the origin server and cached — following the usual rules of HTTP caching, `Cache-Control` header, etc.. Requests for multiple different image sizes are likely to reuse the cached original image, without causing extra transfers from the origin server.

:::note


If Custom Cache Keys are used for the origin image, the origin image might not be cached and might result in more calls to the origin.


:::

Resized images follow the same caching rules as the original image they were resized from, except the minimum cache time is one hour. If you need images to be updated more frequently, add `must-revalidate` to the `Cache-Control` header. Resizing supports cache revalidation, so we recommend serving images with the `Etag` header. Refer to the [Cache docs for more information](/cache/concepts/cache-control/#revalidation).

Cloudflare Images does not support purging resized variants individually. URLs starting with `/cdn-cgi/` cannot be purged. However, purging of the original image's URL will also purge all of its resized variants.

---

# Transform via Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Using Cloudflare Workers to transform with a custom URL scheme gives you powerful programmatic control over every image request.

Here are a few examples of the flexibility Workers give you:

* **Use a custom URL scheme**. Instead of specifying pixel dimensions in image URLs, use preset names such as `thumbnail` and `large`.
* **Hide the actual location of the original image**. You can store images in an external S3 bucket or a hidden folder on your server without exposing that information in URLs.
* **Implement content negotiation**. This is useful to adapt image sizes, formats and quality dynamically based on the device and condition of the network.

The resizing feature is accessed via the [options](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties) of a `fetch()` [subrequest inside a Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

:::note


You can use Cloudflare Images to sanitize SVGs but not to resize them.


:::

## Fetch options

The `fetch()` function accepts parameters in the second argument inside the `{cf: {image: {…}}}` object.

### `anim`

<Render file="anim" />

### `background`

<Render file="background" />

### `blur`

<Render file="blur" />

### `border`

<Render file="border" />

### `brightness`

<Render file="brightness" />

### `compression`

<Render file="compression" />

### `contrast`

<Render file="contrast" />

### `dpr`

<Render file="dpr" />

### `fit`

<Render file="fit" />

### `format`

<Render file="format" />

### `gamma`

<Render file="gamma" />

### `gravity`

<Render file="gravity" />

### `height`

<Render file="height" />

### `metadata`

<Render file="metadata" />

### `onerror`

<Render file="onerror" />

### `quality`

<Render file="quality" />

### `rotate`

<Render file="rotate" />

### `saturation`

<Render file="saturation" />

### `sharpen`

<Render file="sharpen" />

### `trim`

<Render file="trim" />

### `width`

<Render file="width" />

In your worker, where you would fetch the image using `fetch(request)`, add options like in the following example:

```js
fetch(imageURL, {
  cf: {
    image: {
      fit: "scale-down",
      width: 800,
      height: 600
    }
  }
})
```

These typings are also available in [our Workers TypeScript definitions library](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-types).

## Configure a Worker

Create a new script in the Workers section of the Cloudflare dashboard. Scope your Worker script to a path dedicated to serving assets, such as `/images/*` or `/assets/*`. Only supported image formats can be resized. Attempting to resize any other type of resource (CSS, HTML) will result in an error.

:::caution[Warning]


Do not set up the Image Resizing worker for the entire zone (`/*`). This will block all non-image requests and make your website inaccessible.


:::

It is best to keep the path handled by the Worker separate from the path to original (unresized) images, to avoid request loops caused by the image resizing worker calling itself. For example, store your images in `example.com/originals/` directory, and handle resizing via `example.com/thumbnails/*` path that fetches images from the `/originals/` directory. If source images are stored in a location that is handled by a Worker, you must prevent the Worker from creating an infinite loop.

### Prevent request loops

To perform resizing and optimizations, the Worker must be able to fetch the original, unresized image from your origin server. If the path handled by your Worker overlaps with the path where images are stored on your server, it could cause an infinite loop by the Worker trying to request images from itself.

You must detect which requests must go directly to the origin server. When the `image-resizing` string is present in the `Via` header, it means that it is a request coming from another Worker and should be directed to the origin server:

```js
addEventListener("fetch", event => {
  // If this request is coming from image resizing worker,
  // avoid causing an infinite loop by resizing it again:
  if (/image-resizing/.test(event.request.headers.get("via"))) {
    return fetch(event.request)
  }

  // Now you can safely use image resizing here
}
```

## Lack of preview in the dashboard

:::note[Note]


Image transformations are not simulated in the preview of in the Workers dashboard editor.


:::

The script preview of the Worker editor ignores `fetch()` options, and will always fetch unresized images. To see the effect of image transformations you must deploy the Worker script and use it outside of the editor.

## Error handling

When an image cannot be resized — for example, because the image does not exist or the resizing parameters were invalid — the response will have an HTTP status indicating an error (for example, `400`, `404`, or `502`).

By default, the error will be forwarded to the browser, but you can decide how to handle errors. For example, you can redirect the browser to the original, unresized image instead:

```js
const response = await fetch(imageURL, options)

if (response.ok || response.redirected) { // fetch() may respond with status 304
  return response
} else {
  return response.redirect(imageURL, 307)
}
```

Keep in mind that if the original images on your server are very large, it may be better not to display failing images at all, than to fall back to overly large images that could use too much bandwidth, memory, or break page layout.

You can also replace failed images with a placeholder image:

```js
const response = await fetch(imageURL, options)
if (response.ok || response.redirected) {
  return response
} else {
  // Change to a URL on your server
  return fetch("https://img.example.com/blank-placeholder.png")
}
```

## An example worker

Assuming you [set up a Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/) on `https://example.com/image-resizing` to handle URLs like `https://example.com/image-resizing?width=80&image=https://example.com/uploads/avatar1.jpg`:

```js
/**
 * Fetch and log a request
 * @param {Request} request
 */
export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    // Parse request URL to get access to query string
    let url = new URL(request.url)

    // Cloudflare-specific options are in the cf object.
    let options = { cf: { image: {} } }

    // Copy parameters from query string to request options.
    // You can implement various different parameters here.
    if (url.searchParams.has("fit")) options.cf.image.fit = url.searchParams.get("fit")
    if (url.searchParams.has("width")) options.cf.image.width = url.searchParams.get("width")
    if (url.searchParams.has("height")) options.cf.image.height = url.searchParams.get("height")
    if (url.searchParams.has("quality")) options.cf.image.quality = url.searchParams.get("quality")

    // Your Worker is responsible for automatic format negotiation. Check the Accept header.
    const accept = request.headers.get("Accept");
    if (/image\/avif/.test(accept)) {
      options.cf.image.format = 'avif';
    } else if (/image\/webp/.test(accept)) {
      options.cf.image.format = 'webp';
    }

    // Get URL of the original (full size) image to resize.
    // You could adjust the URL here, e.g., prefix it with a fixed address of your server,
    // so that user-visible URLs are shorter and cleaner.
    const imageURL = url.searchParams.get("image")
    if (!imageURL) return new Response('Missing "image" value', { status: 400 })

    try {
      // TODO: Customize validation logic
      const { hostname, pathname } = new URL(imageURL)

      // Optionally, only allow URLs with JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WebP file extensions
      // @see https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/url-format#supported-formats-and-limitations
      if (!/\.(jpe?g|png|gif|webp)$/i.test(pathname)) {
        return new Response('Disallowed file extension', { status: 400 })
      }

      // Demo: Only accept "example.com" images
      if (hostname !== 'example.com') {
        return new Response('Must use "example.com" source images', { status: 403 })
      }
    } catch (err) {
      return new Response('Invalid "image" value', { status: 400 })
    }

    // Build a request that passes through request headers
    const imageRequest = new Request(imageURL, {
      headers: request.headers
    })

    // Returning fetch() with resizing options will pass through response with the resized image.
    return fetch(imageRequest, options)
  }
}
```

When testing image resizing, please deploy the script first. Resizing will not be active in the online editor in the dashboard.

## Warning about `cacheKey`

Resized images are always cached. They are cached as additional variants under a cache entry for the URL of the full-size source image in the `fetch` subrequest. Do not worry about using many different Workers or many external URLs — they do not influence caching of resized images, and you do not need to do anything for resized images to be cached correctly.

If you use the `cacheKey` fetch option to unify caches of multiple different source URLs, you must not add any resizing options to the `cacheKey`, as this will fragment the cache and hurt caching performance. The `cacheKey` option is meant for the full-size source image URL only, not for its resized variants.

---

# Accept user-uploaded images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/direct-creator-upload/

The Direct Creator Upload feature in Cloudflare Images lets your users upload images with a one-time upload URL without exposing your API key or token to the client. Using a direct creator upload also eliminates the need for an intermediary storage bucket and the storage/egress costs associated with it.

You can set up [webhooks](/images/manage-images/configure-webhooks/) to receive notifications on your direct creator upload workflow.

## Request a one-time upload URL

Make a `POST` request to the `direct_upload` endpoint using the example below as reference.

:::note
The `metadata` included in the request is never shared with end users.
:::

```bash
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v2/direct_upload \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form 'requireSignedURLs=true' \
--form 'metadata={"key":"value"}'
```

After a successful request, you will receive a response similar to the example below. The `id` field is a future image identifier that will be uploaded by a creator.

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901",
    "uploadURL": "https://upload.imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901"
  },
  "result_info": null,
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

After calling the endpoint, a new draft image record is created, but the image will not appear in the list of images. If you want to check the status of the image record, you can make a request to the one-time upload URL using the `direct_upload` endpoint.

## Check the image record status

To check the status of a new draft image record, use the one-time upload URL as shown in the example below.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/{image_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

After a successful request, you should receive a response similar to the example below. The `draft` field is set to `true` until a creator uploads an image. After an image is uploaded, the draft field is removed.

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901",
    "metadata": {
      "key": "value"
    },
    "uploaded": "2022-01-31T16:39:28.458Z",
    "requireSignedURLs": true,
    "variants": [
      "https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/public",
      "https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/thumbnail"
    ],
    "draft": true
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

The backend endpoint should return the `uploadURL` property to the client, which uploads the image without needing to pass any authentication information with it.

Below is an example of an HTML page that takes a one-time upload URL and uploads any image the user selects.

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form
action="INSERT_UPLOAD_URL_HERE"
method="post"
enctype="multipart/form-data"
>
<input type="file" id="myFile" name="file" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
```

By default, the `uploadURL` expires after 30 minutes if unused. To override this option, add the following argument to the cURL command:

```txt
--data '{"expiry":"2021-09-14T16:00:00Z"}'
```

The expiry value must be a minimum of two minutes and maximum of six hours in the future.

## Direct Creator Upload with custom ID

You can specify a [custom ID](/images/upload-images/upload-custom-path/) when you first request a one-time upload URL, instead of using the automatically generated ID for your image. Note that images with a custom ID cannot be made private with the [signed URL tokens](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images) feature (`--requireSignedURLs=true`).

To specify a custom ID, pass a form field with the name ID and corresponding custom ID value as shown in the example below.

```txt
--form 'id=this/is/my-customid'
```

---

# Upload via batch API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/images-batch/

The Images batch API lets you make several requests in sequence while bypassing Cloudflare’s global API rate limits.

To use the Images batch API, you will need to obtain a batch token and use the token to make several requests. The requests authorized by this batch token are made to a separate endpoint and do not count toward the global API rate limits. Each token is subject to a rate limit of 200 requests per second. You can use multiple tokens if you require higher throughput to the Cloudflare Images API.

To obtain a token, you can use the new `images/v1/batch_token` endpoint as shown in the example below.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1/batch_token" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"

# Response:
{
  "result": {
    "token": "<BATCH_TOKEN>",
    "expiresAt": "2023-08-09T15:33:56.273411222Z"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

After getting your token, you can use it to make requests for:

* [Upload an image](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/methods/create/) - `POST /images/v1`
* [Delete an image](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/methods/delete/) - `DELETE /images/v1/{identifier}`
* [Image details](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/methods/get/) - `GET /images/v1/{identifier}`
* [Update image](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v1/methods/edit/) - `PATCH /images/v1/{identifier}`
* [List images V2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v2/methods/list/) - `GET /images/v2`
* [Direct upload V2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/images/subresources/v2/subresources/direct_uploads/methods/create/) - `POST /images/v2/direct_upload`

These options use a different host and a different path with the same method, request, and response bodies.

```bash title="Request for list images V2 against api.cloudflare.com"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v2" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```bash title="Example request using a batch token"
curl "https://batch.imagedelivery.net/images/v2" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <BATCH_TOKEN>"
```

---

# Upload images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/

Cloudflare Images allows developers to upload images using different methods, for a wide range of use cases.

## Supported image formats

You can upload the following image formats to Cloudflare Images:

* PNG
* GIF
* JPEG
* WebP (Cloudflare Images also supports uploading animated WebP files)
* SVG

:::note


Cloudflare Images does not support the HEIC (HEIF) format.


:::

## Dimensions and sizes

These are the maximum allowed sizes and dimensions Cloudflare Images supports:

* Maximum image dimension is 12,000 pixels.
* Maximum image area is limited to 100 megapixels (for example, 10,000×10,000 pixels).
* Image metadata is limited to 1024 bytes.
* Images have a 10 megabyte (MB) size limit.
* Animated GIFs/WebP, including all frames, are limited to 50 megapixels (MP).

---

# Upload via URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/upload-url/

Before you upload an image, check the list of [supported formats and dimensions](/images/upload-images/#supported-image-formats) to confirm your image will be accepted.

You can use the Images API to use a URL of an image instead of uploading the data.

Make a `POST` request using the example below as reference. Keep in mind that the `--form 'file=<FILE>'` and `--form 'url=<URL>'` fields are mutually exclusive.

:::note
The `metadata` included in the request is never shared with end users.
:::

```bash
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form 'url=https://[user:password@]example.com/<PATH_TO_IMAGE>' \
--form 'metadata={"key":"value"}' \
--form 'requireSignedURLs=false'
```

After successfully uploading the image, you will receive a response similar to the example below.

```json
{
    "result": {
        "id": "2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901",
        "filename": "image.jpeg",
        "metadata": {
            "key": "value"
        },
        "uploaded": "2022-01-31T16:39:28.458Z",
        "requireSignedURLs": false,
        "variants": [
            "https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/public",
            "https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/thumbnail"
        ]
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

If your origin server returns an error while fetching the images, the API response will return a 4xx error.

---

# Upload via custom path

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/upload-custom-path/

You can use a custom ID path to upload an image instead of the path automatically generated by Cloudflare Images’ Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).

Custom paths support:

* Up to 1,024 characters.
* Any number of subpaths.
* The [UTF-8 encoding standard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8) for characters.

:::note

Images with custom ID paths cannot be made private using [signed URL tokens](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images). Additionally, when [serving images](/images/manage-images/serve-images/), any `%` characters present in Custom IDs must be encoded to `%25` in the image delivery URLs. 
:::

Make a `POST` request using the example below as reference. You can use custom ID paths when you upload via a URL or with a direct file upload.

```bash
curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/images/v1 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form 'url=https://<REMOTE_PATH_TO_IMAGE>' \
--form 'id=<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>'
```

After successfully uploading the image, you will receive a response similar to the example below.

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>",
    "filename": "<YOUR_IMAGE>",
    "uploaded": "2022-04-20T09:51:09.559Z",
    "requireSignedURLs": false,
    "variants": ["https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/<PATH_TO_YOUR_IMAGE>/public"]
  },
  "result_info": null,
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Upload via dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/upload-dashboard/

Before you upload an image, check the list of [supported formats and dimensions](/images/upload-images/#supported-image-formats) to confirm your image will be accepted.

To upload an image from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images**.
3. Drag and drop your image into the **Quick Upload** section. Alternatively, you can select **Drop images here** or browse to select your image locally.
4. After the upload finishes, your image appears in the list of files.

---

# Upload via a Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/upload-file-worker/

You can use a Worker to upload your image to Cloudflare Images.

Refer to the example below or refer to the [Workers documentation](/workers/) for more information.

```ts
const API_URL = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1";
const TOKEN = "<YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>";

const image = await fetch("https://example.com/image.png");
const bytes = await image.bytes();

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', new File([bytes], 'image.png'));

const response = await fetch(API_URL, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}`,
  },
  body: formData,
});
```

## Upload from AI generated images

You can use an AI Worker to generate an image and then upload that image to store it in Cloudflare Images. For more information about using Workers AI to generate an image, refer to the [SDXL-Lightning Model](/workers-ai/models/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning).

```ts
const API_URL = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1";
const TOKEN = "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE";

const stream = await env.AI.run(
  "@cf/bytedance/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning",
  {
    prompt: YOUR_PROMPT_HERE
  }
);
const bytes = await (new Response(stream)).bytes();

const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', new File([bytes], 'image.jpg');

const response = await fetch(API_URL, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${TOKEN}`,
  },
  body: formData,
});
```

---

# Auditor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/api/auditor-information/

The Auditor is designed to sign epoch information, which includes the time at which the request is received by the Auditor, the epoch number, and the epoch digest. The Auditor serializes this information in binary using protobuf or bincode and checks whether the requested inclusion is valid, as in it satisfies [publication constraints](/key-transparency/api/epochs/#constraints).

If the Log is setup to provide [AKD](https://github.com/facebook/akd) audit proof, the Auditor verifies them asynchronously.

## Get Auditor information

`keys` contain Auditor public keys which allow for key rotation later.

```sh
curl 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/info'
{
  "keys": [
    {
      "public_key": "d1036a33a8731e82a29dc68210988b32b60b7c1bd22d2341f2e339f4db3a2f4a",
      "not_before": 1712311441501
    }
  ],
  "logs": [
    "508607faff7cb16be841e901eca41a6239461f239e7e610c9ea2576f334bc144"
  ]
}
```

---

# Epochs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/api/epochs/

## Get an epoch

```sh
curl 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/namespaces/{namespace}/audits/1'
{
  "namespace": "your.new.log.com",
  "timestamp": 1717084639921,
  "epoch": 1,
  "digest": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
  "signature": "f6a51443bb6703813b330959d9d97471bc06464142165e59733fa102a18b052782a5307d59c31b8b13c1af7dfff6f6e7bf44e880d44e26e96c50a72f72a30c07"
}
```

## Publish a new epoch

Refer to the example below to publish a new epoch by requesting its signature.

This API is authenticated via [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/), so that only a Log owner can publish new epochs.

```sh
curl 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/namespaces/{namespace}/audits' \
      --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
      --data '{"epoch": 1, "digest": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111"}'
{
  "namespace": "your.new.log.com",
  "timestamp": 1717084639921,
  "epoch": 1,
  "digest": "1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
  "signature": "f6a51443bb6703813b330959d9d97471bc06464142165e59733fa102a18b052782a5307d59c31b8b13c1af7dfff6f6e7bf44e880d44e26e96c50a72f72a30c07",
  "key_id": 74,
}
```

### Constraints

- If `root` is defined for the namespace, the first epoch must match it (number and digest).
- Epochs must be increasing. Second epoch is 2, third is 3, etc.
- Epochs must have a unique digest or it will be rejected.
- Epochs cannot be republished. 
- Digest must be a 32 byte string hex encoded (length 64).

If a namespace is disabled, you receive the following error:

```txt
HTTP 400 Bad Request
Namespace is disabled and read-only.
```

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Namespaces

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/api/namespaces/

The Cloudflare Key Transparency API is organized in namespaces, each one representing a Log monitored by Cloudflare Auditor. If you want to register a namespace, contact us.

## Create a namespace

The following fields are required when making a `POST` request:

- `name`
- `public`
- `root`
- `signature_version`: 
  - 0x0001 for [Protobuf serialisation](https://github.com/cloudflare/plexi/blob/main/plexi_core/src/proto/specs/types.proto) Ed25519 signature from the Auditor 
  - 0x0002 for [bincode serialisation](https://github.com/bincode-org/bincode/blob/trunk/docs/spec.md) E25519 serialisation by the Auditor

The `log_directory` field is optional. If set, Cloudflare will use it to fetch audit proofs and validate them.

This API is authenticated via [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/).

```sh
curl 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/namespaces' \
        	--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        	--data '{
 	"name": "your.new.log.com",
 	"root": "1/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
 	"log_directory": "https://your.new.log.com/path/to/proofs",
	"signature_version": 1
  }'
{
  "name": "your.new.log.com",
  "log_directory": "https://your.new.log.com/path/to/proofs",
  "root": "1/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
  "status": "Initialization",
  "reports_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/reports",
  "audits_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/audits",
  "signature_version": 1
}
```

After publishing the first epoch, `status` will show `Online`. Possible statuses include:
- `Online`
- `Initialization`
- `Disabled`

## List all namespaces

Refer to the example below to get information about all public namespaces.

```sh
curl 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/namespaces'
{
   "namespaces": [
       { "name": "your.new.log.com", "root": "1/abc", "reports_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/reports", "audits_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/audits", "log_directory": "https://your.new.log.com/path/to/proofs", "status": "online" },
       { "name": "my.new.log.com", "reports_uri": "/namespaces/meta-bt-2024/reports", "audits_uri": "/namespaces/meta-bt-2024/audits", "status": "initialization" }
   ]
}
```

## Disable a namespace

If a log state has been corrupted, lost, or needs to be sharded to be maintainable, the Auditor allows the Log operator to mark a namespace as `Disabled`.

This API is authenticated via [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/).


```sh
curl -X PATCH 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com/namespaces/{namespace}' \
        	-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        	-d '{
 	"status": "Disabled"
  }'
{
  "name": "your.new.log.com",
  "log_directory": "https://your.new.log.com/path/to/proofs",
  "root": "1/1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111",
  "status": "Disabled",
  "reports_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/reports",
  "audits_uri": "/namespaces/your.new.log.com/audits",
  "signature_version": 1
}
```

---

# Monitor the Auditor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/key-transparency/monitor-the-auditor/

Cloudflare's Key Transparency Auditor validates Log audit proofs and provides a signature for them. The Log can then distribute these signatures to its end-users, and provides users with confidence that keys have not been tampered with.

In order to verify our work, you can use [Plexi](https://github.com/cloudflare/plexi), a CLI tool that allows anyone to perform proof verification locally via a public [API](/key-transparency/api/).

## Features

- Verify authenticity of a signature, to confirm it has been signed by a given public key
- Verify the validity of [facebook/akd](https://github.com/facebook/akd) proofs
- List Logs an Auditor monitors

## Installation

| Environment                                                   | CLI Command           |
| :------------------------------------------------------------ | :-------------------- |
| [Cargo](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) (Rust 1.81+) | `cargo install plexi` |

## Usage

Use the `--help` option for more details about the commands and their options.

```bash
plexi [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>
```

### Configure your auditor remote

`plexi` does not come with a default remote auditor, and you will need to choose your own.

You can do so either by passing `--remote-url=<REMOTE>` or setting the `PLEXI_REMOTE_URL` environment variable.

A common remote is provided below:

| Name       | Remote                                          |
| :--------- | :---------------------------------------------- |
| Cloudflare | `https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com` |

If you have deployed your own auditor, you can add a remote by filing a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/plexi/issues).

### List monitored Logs

An auditor monitors multiple Logs at once. To discover which Logs an auditor is monitoring, run the following:

```shell
plexi ls --remote-url 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com'
whatsapp.key-transparency.v1
```

### Audit a signature

The Key Transparency Auditor vouches for Log validity by ensuring epoch uniqueness and verifying the associated proof.

`plexi audit` provides information about a given epoch and its validity. It can perform a local audit to confirm the auditor behaviour.

For instance, to verify WhatsApp Log auditted by Cloudflare Auditor, run the following:

```shell
> plexi audit --remote-url 'https://plexi.key-transparency.cloudflare.com' --namespace 'whatsapp.key-transparency.v1' --long
Namespace
  Name               : whatsapp.key-transparency.v1
  Ciphersuite        : ed25519(protobuf)

Signature (2024-09-23T16:53:45Z)
  Epoch height      	: 489193
  Epoch digest      	: cbe5097ae832a3ae51ad866104ffd4aa1f7479e873fd18df9cb96a02fc91ebfe
  Signature         	: fe94973e19da826487b637c019d3ce52f0c08093ada00b4fe6563e2f8117b4345121342bc33aae249be47979dfe704478e2c18aed86e674df9f934b718949c08
  Signature verification: success
  Proof verification	: success
```

---

# Delete key-value pairs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api/delete-key-value-pairs/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

To delete a key-value pair, call the `delete()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.delete(key);
```

#### Example

An example of deleting a key-value pair from within a Worker:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    try {
      await env.NAMESPACE.delete("first-key");

      return new Response("Successful delete", {
        status: 200
      });
    }
    catch (e)
    {
      return new Response(e.message, {status: 500});
    }
  },
};
```

## Reference

The following method is provided to delete from KV:
- [delete()](#delete-method)

### `delete()` method

To delete a key-value pair, call the `delete()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any KV namespace you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.delete(key);
```

#### Parameters

* `key`: `string`
  * The key to associate with the value.

#### Response

* `response`: `Promise<void>`
  * A `Promise` that resolves if the delete is successful.


This method returns a promise that you should `await` on to verify successful deletion. Calling `delete()` on a non-existing key is returned as a successful delete.

Calling the `delete()` method will remove the key and value from your KV namespace. As with any operations, it may take some time for the key to be deleted from various points in the Cloudflare global network.

## Guidance

### Delete data in bulk

Delete more than one key-value pair at a time with Wrangler or [via the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/methods/bulk_delete/).

The bulk REST API can accept up to 10,000 KV pairs at once. Bulk writes are not supported using the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/).

## Other methods to access KV
You can also [delete key-value pairs from the command line with Wrangler](/kv/reference/kv-commands/#kv-namespace-delete) or [with the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/subresources/values/methods/delete/).

---

# Workers Binding API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# List keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api/list-keys/

To list all the keys in your KV namespace, call the `list()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) you have bound to your Worker code:


```js
env.NAMESPACE.list();
```

The `list()` method returns a promise you can `await` on to get the value.

#### Example

An example of listing keys from within a Worker:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    try {
      const value = await env.NAMESPACE.list();

      return new Response(JSON.stringify(value.keys), {
        status: 200
      });
    }
    catch (e)
    {
      return new Response(e.message, {status: 500});
    }
  },
};
```

## Reference

The following method is provided to list the keys of KV:
- [list()](#list-method)

### `list()` method

To list all the keys in your KV namespace, call the `list()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any KV namespace you have bound to your Worker code:

```ts
env.NAMESPACE.list(options?)
```
#### Parameters
* `options`: `{
  prefix?: string,
  limit?: string,
  cursor?: string
}`
  * An object with attributes `prefix` (optional), `limit` (optional), or `cursor` (optional).
    * `prefix` is a `string` that represents a prefix you can use to filter all keys.
    * `limit` is the maximum number of keys returned. The default is 1,000, which is the maximum. It is unlikely that you will want to change this default but it is included for completeness.
    * `cursor` is a `string` used for paginating responses.

#### Response
* `response`: `Promise<{
  keys: {
    name: string,
    expiration?: number,
    metadata?: object
  }[],
  list_complete: boolean,
  cursor: string
}>`
  * A `Promise` that resolves to an object containing `keys`, `list_complete`, and `cursor` attributes.
    * `keys` is an array that contains an object for each key listed. Each object has attributes `name`, `expiration` (optional), and `metadata` (optional). If the key-value pair has an expiration set, the expiration will be present and in absolute value form (even if it was set in TTL form). If the key-value pair has non-null metadata set, the metadata will be present.
    * `list_complete` is a boolean, which will be `false` if there are more keys to fetch, even if the `keys` array is empty.
    * `cursor` is a `string` used for paginating responses.

The `list()` method returns a promise which resolves with an object that looks like the following:

```json
{
  "keys": [
    {
      "name": "foo",
      "expiration": 1234,
      "metadata": { "someMetadataKey": "someMetadataValue" }
    }
  ],
  "list_complete": false,
  "cursor": "6Ck1la0VxJ0djhidm1MdX2FyD"
}
```

The `keys` property will contain an array of objects describing each key. That object will have one to three keys of its own: the `name` of the key, and optionally the key's `expiration` and `metadata` values.

The `name` is a `string`, the `expiration` value is a number, and `metadata` is whatever type was set initially. The `expiration` value will only be returned if the key has an expiration and will be in the absolute value form, even if it was set in the TTL form. Any `metadata` will only be returned if the given key has non-null associated metadata.

If `list_complete` is `false`, there are more keys to fetch, even if the `keys` array is empty. You will use the `cursor` property to get more keys. Refer to [Pagination](#pagination) for more details.

Consider storing your values in metadata if your values fit in the [metadata-size limit](/kv/platform/limits/). Storing values in metadata is more efficient than a `list()` followed by a `get()` per key. When using `put()`, leave the `value` parameter empty and instead include a property in the metadata object:

```js
await NAMESPACE.put(key, "", {
  metadata: { value: value },
});
```

Changes may take up to 60 seconds (or the value set with `cacheTtl` of the `get()` or `getWithMetadata()` method) to be reflected on the application calling the method on the KV namespace.

## Guidance

### List by prefix

List all the keys starting with a particular prefix.

For example, you may have structured your keys with a user, a user ID, and key names, separated by colons (such as `user:1:<key>`). You could get the keys for user number one by using the following code:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const value = await env.NAMESPACE.list({ prefix: "user:1:" });
    return new Response(value.keys);
  },
};
```

This will return all keys starting with the `"user:1:"` prefix.

### Ordering

Keys are always returned in lexicographically sorted order according to their UTF-8 bytes.

### Pagination

If there are more keys to fetch, the `list_complete` key will be set to `false` and a `cursor` will also be returned. In this case, you can call `list()` again with the `cursor` value to get the next batch of keys:

```js
const value = await NAMESPACE.list();

const cursor = value.cursor;

const next_value = await NAMESPACE.list({ cursor: cursor });
```

Checking for an empty array in `keys` is not sufficient to determine whether there are more keys to fetch. Instead, use `list_complete`.

It is possible to have an empty array in `keys`, but still have more keys to fetch, because [recently expired or deleted keys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstone_%28data_store%29) must be iterated through but will not be included in the returned `keys`.

When de-paginating a large result set while also providing a `prefix` argument, the `prefix` argument must be provided in all subsequent calls along with the initial arguments.

### Optimizing storage with metadata for `list()` operations

Consider storing your values in metadata if your values fit in the [metadata-size limit](/kv/platform/limits/). Storing values in metadata is more efficient than a `list()` followed by a `get()` per key. When using `put()`, leave the `value` parameter empty and instead include a property in the metadata object:

```js
await NAMESPACE.put(key, "", {
  metadata: { value: value },
});
```

## Other methods to access KV
You can also [list keys on the command line with Wrangler](/kv/reference/kv-commands/#kv-namespace-list) or [with the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/subresources/keys/methods/list/).

---

# Read key-value pairs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/

To get the value for a given key, call the `get()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.get(key);
```

The `get()` method returns a promise you can `await` on to get the value. If the key is not found, the promise will resolve with the literal value `null`.

#### Example

An example of reading a key from within a Worker:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			const value = await env.NAMESPACE.get("first-key");

			if (value === null) {
				return new Response("Value not found", { status: 404 });
			}
			return new Response(value);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

## Reference

The following methods are provided to read from KV:

- [get()](#get-method)
- [getWithMetadata()](#getwithmetadata-method)

### `get()` method

To get the value for a given key, call the `get()` method on any KV namespace you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.get(key, type?);
// OR
env.NAMESPACE.get(key, options?);
```

The `get()` method returns a promise you can `await` on to get the value. If the key is not found, the promise will resolve with the literal value `null`.

#### Parameters

- `key`: `string`
  - The key of the KV pair.
- `type`: `"text" | "json" | "arrayBuffer" | "stream"`
  - Optional. The type of the value to be returned. `text` is the default.
- `options`: `{
    cacheTtl?: number,
    type?: "text" | "json" | "arrayBuffer" | "stream"
}`
  - Optional. Object containing the optional `cacheTtl` and `type` properties. The `cacheTtl` property defines the length of time in seconds that a KV result is cached in the global network location it is accessed from (minimum: 60). The `type` property defines the type of the value to be returned.

#### Response

- `response`: `Promise<string | Object | ArrayBuffer | ReadableStream | null>`
  - The value for the requested KV pair. The response type will depend on the `type` parameter provided for the `get()` command as follows:
    - `text`: A `string` (default).
    - `json`: An object decoded from a JSON string.
    - `arrayBuffer`: An [`ArrayBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer) instance.
    - `stream`: A [`ReadableStream`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream).

The `get()` method may return stale values. If a given key has recently been read in a given location, writes or updates to the key made in other locations may take up to 60 seconds (or the duration of the `cacheTtl`) to display.

### `getWithMetadata()` method

To get the value for a given key along with its metadata, call the `getWithMetadata()` method on any KV namespace you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.getWithMetadata(key, type?);
// OR
env.NAMESPACE.getWithMetadata(key, options?);
```

Metadata is a serializable value you append to each KV entry.

#### Parameters

- `key`: `string`
  - The key of the KV pair.
- `type`: `"text" | "json" | "arrayBuffer" | "stream"`
  - Optional. The type of the value to be returned. `text` is the default.
- `options`: `{
    cacheTtl?: number,
    type?: "text" | "json" | "arrayBuffer" | "stream"
}`
  - Optional. Object containing the optional `cacheTtl` and `type` properties. The `cacheTtl` property defines the length of time in seconds that a KV result is cached in the global network location it is accessed from (minimum: 60). The `type` property defines the type of the value to be returned.

#### Response

- `response`: `Promise<{
value: string | Object | ArrayBuffer | ReadableStream | null,
metadata: string | null
}>`

  - An object containing the value and the metadata for the requested KV pair. The type of the value attribute will depend on the `type` parameter provided for the `getWithMetadata()` command as follows:
    - `text`: A `string` (default).
    - `json`: An object decoded from a JSON string.
    - `arrayBuffer`: An [`ArrayBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer) instance.
    - `stream`: A [`ReadableStream`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream).

If there is no metadata associated with the requested key-value pair, `null` will be returned for metadata.

The `getWithMetadata()` method may return stale values. If a given key has recently been read in a given location, writes or updates to the key made in other locations may take up to 60 seconds (or the duration of the `cacheTtl`) to display.

#### Example

An example of reading a key with metadata from within a Worker:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			const { value, metadata } =
				await env.NAMESPACE.getWithMetadata("first-key");

			if (value === null) {
				return new Response("Value not found", { status: 404 });
			}
			return new Response(value);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

## Guidance

### Type parameter

For simple values, use the default `text` type which provides you with your value as a `string`. For convenience, a `json` type is also specified which will convert a JSON value into an object before returning the object to you. For large values, use `stream` to request a `ReadableStream`. For binary values, use `arrayBuffer` to request an `ArrayBuffer`.

For large values, the choice of `type` can have a noticeable effect on latency and CPU usage. For reference, the `type` can be ordered from fastest to slowest as `stream`, `arrayBuffer`, `text`, and `json`.

### CacheTtl parameter

`cacheTtl` is a parameter that defines the length of time in seconds that a KV result is cached in the global network location it is accessed from.

Defining the length of time in seconds is useful for reducing cold read latency on keys that are read relatively infrequently. `cacheTtl` is useful if your data is write-once or write-rarely.

:::note[Hot and cold read]

A hot read means that the data is cached on Cloudflare's edge network using the [CDN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/), whether it is in a local cache or a regional cache. A cold read means that the data is not cached, so the data must be fetched from the central stores. Both existing key-value pairs and non-existent key-value pairs (also known as negative lookups) are cached at the edge.
:::

`cacheTtl` is not recommended if your data is updated often and you need to see updates shortly after they are written, because writes that happen from other global network locations will not be visible until the cached value expires.

The `cacheTtl` parameter must be an integer greater than or equal to `60`, which is the default.

The effective `cacheTtl` of an already cached item can be reduced by getting it again with a lower `cacheTtl`. For example, if you did `NAMESPACE.get(key, {cacheTtl: 86400})` but later realized that caching for 24 hours was too long, you could `NAMESPACE.get(key, {cacheTtl: 300})` or even `NAMESPACE.get(key)` and it would check for newer data to respect the provided `cacheTtl`, which defaults to 60 seconds.

## Other methods to access KV

You can [read key-value pairs from the command line with Wrangler](/kv/reference/kv-commands/#kv-key-get) and [from the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/subresources/values/methods/get/).

---

# Write key-value pairs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/api/write-key-value-pairs/

To create a new key-value pair, or to update the value for a particular key, call the `put()` method of the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) on any [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.put(key, value);
```

#### Example

An example of writing a key-value pair from within a Worker:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			await env.NAMESPACE.put("first-key", "This is the value for the key");

			return new Response("Successful write", {
				status: 201,
			});
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

## Reference

The following method is provided to write to KV:

- [put()](#put-method)

### `put()` method

To create a new key-value pair, or to update the value for a particular key, call the `put()` method on any KV namespace you have bound to your Worker code:

```js
env.NAMESPACE.put(key, value, options?);
```

#### Parameters

- `key`: `string`
  - The key to associate with the value. A key cannot be empty or be exactly equal to `.` or `..`. All other keys are valid. Keys have a maximum length of 512 bytes.
- `value`: `string` | `ReadableStream` | `ArrayBuffer`

  - The value to store. The type is inferred. The maximum size of a value is 25 MiB.

- `options`: `{
  expiration?: number,
  expirationTtl?: number,
  metadata?: object
}`
  - Optional. An object containing the `expiration` (optional), `expirationTtl` (optional), and `metadata` (optional) attributes.
    - `expiration` is the number that represents when to expire the key-value pair in seconds since epoch.
    - `expirationTtl` is the number that represents when to expire the key-value pair in seconds from now. The minimum value is 60.
    - `metadata` is an object that must serialize to JSON. The maximum size of the serialized JSON representation of the metadata object is 1024 bytes.

#### Response

- `response`: `Promise<void>`
  - A `Promise` that resolves if the update is successful.

The put() method returns a Promise that you should `await` on to verify a successful update.

## Guidance

### Concurrent writes to the same key

Due to the eventually consistent nature of KV, concurrent writes to the same key can end up overwriting one another. It is a common pattern to write data from a single process with Wrangler or the API. This avoids competing concurrent writes because of the single stream. All data is still readily available within all Workers bound to the namespace.

If concurrent writes are made to the same key, the last write will take precedence.

Writes are immediately visible to other requests in the same global network location, but can take up to 60 seconds (or the value of the `cacheTtl` parameter of the `get()` or `getWithMetadata()` methods) to be visible in other parts of the world.

Refer to [How KV works](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/) for more information on this topic.

### Write data in bulk

Write more than one key-value pair at a time with Wrangler or [via the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/methods/bulk_update/).

The bulk API can accept up to 10,000 KV pairs at once.

A `key` and a `value` are required for each KV pair. The entire request size must be less than 100 megabytes. Bulk writes are not supported using the [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/).

### Expiring keys

KV offers the ability to create keys that automatically expire. You may configure expiration to occur either at a particular point in time (using the `expiration` option), or after a certain amount of time has passed since the key was last modified (using the `expirationTtl` option).

Once the expiration time of an expiring key is reached, it will be deleted from the system. After its deletion, attempts to read the key will behave as if the key does not exist. The deleted key will not count against the KV namespace’s storage usage for billing purposes.

:::note

An `expiration` setting on a key will result in that key being deleted, even in cases where the `cacheTtl` is set to a higher (longer duration) value. Expiration always takes precedence.

:::

There are two ways to specify when a key should expire:

- Set a key's expiration using an absolute time specified in a number of [seconds since the UNIX epoch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time). For example, if you wanted a key to expire at 12:00AM UTC on April 1, 2019, you would set the key’s expiration to `1554076800`.

- Set a key's expiration time to live (TTL) using a relative number of seconds from the current time. For example, if you wanted a key to expire 10 minutes after creating it, you would set its expiration TTL to `600`.

Expiration targets that are less than 60 seconds into the future are not supported. This is true for both expiration methods.

#### Create expiring keys

To create expiring keys, set `expiration` in the `put()` options to a number representing the seconds since epoch, or set `expirationTtl` in the `put()` options to a number representing the seconds from now:

```js
await env.NAMESPACE.put(key, value, {
	expiration: secondsSinceEpoch,
});

await env.NAMESPACE.put(key, value, {
	expirationTtl: secondsFromNow,
});
```

These assume that `secondsSinceEpoch` and `secondsFromNow` are variables defined elsewhere in your Worker code.

### Metadata

To associate metadata with a key-value pair, set `metadata` in the `put()` options to an object (serializable to JSON):

```js
await env.NAMESPACE.put(key, value, {
	metadata: { someMetadataKey: "someMetadataValue" },
});
```

### Limits to KV writes to the same key

Workers KV has a maximum of 1 write to the same key per second. Writes made to the same key within 1 second will cause rate limiting (`429`) errors to be thrown.

You should not write more than once per second to the same key. Consider consolidating your writes to a key within a Worker invocation to a single write, or wait at least 1 second between writes.

The following example serves as a demonstration of how multiple writes to the same key may return errors by forcing concurrent writes within a single Worker invocation. This is not a pattern that should be used in production.

```typescript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Rest of code omitted
		const key = "common-key";
		const parallelWritesCount = 20;

		// Helper function to attempt a write to KV and handle errors
		const attemptWrite = async (i: number) => {
			try {
				await env. YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE.put(key, `Write attempt #${i}`);
				return { attempt: i, success: true };
			} catch (error) {
				// An error may be thrown if a write to the same key is made within 1 second with a message. For example:
				// error: {
				//	"message": "KV PUT failed: 429 Too Many Requests"
				// }

				return {
					attempt: i,
					success: false,
					error: { message: (error as Error).message },
				};
			}
		};

		// Send all requests in parallel and collect results
		const results = await Promise.all(
			Array.from({ length: parallelWritesCount }, (_, i) =>
				attemptWrite(i + 1),
			),
		);
		// Results will look like:
		// [
		// 	  {
		// 		  "attempt": 1,
		// 		  "success": true
		// 	  },
		//    {
		// 		  "attempt": 2,
		// 		  "success": false,
		// 		  "error": {
		// 			  "message": "KV PUT failed: 429 Too Many Requests"
		// 		  }
		// 	  },
		// 	  ...
		// ]

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(results), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});
	},
};
```

To handle these errors, we recommend implementing a retry logic, with exponential backoff. Here is a simple approach to add retries to the above code.

```typescript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Rest of code omitted
		const key = "common-key";
		const parallelWritesCount = 20;

		// Helper function to attempt a write to KV with retries
		const attemptWrite = async (i: number) => {
			return await retryWithBackoff(async () => {
				await env.YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE.put(key, `Write attempt #${i}`);
				return { attempt: i, success: true };
			});
		};

		// Send all requests in parallel and collect results
		const results = await Promise.all(
			Array.from({ length: parallelWritesCount }, (_, i) =>
				attemptWrite(i + 1),
			),
		);

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(results), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});
	},
};

async function retryWithBackoff(
	fn: Function,
	maxAttempts = 5,
	initialDelay = 1000,
) {
	let attempts = 0;
	let delay = initialDelay;

	while (attempts < maxAttempts) {
		try {
			// Attempt the function
			return await fn();
		} catch (error) {
			// Check if the error is a rate limit error
			if (
				(error as Error).message.includes(
					"KV PUT failed: 429 Too Many Requests",
				)
			) {
				attempts++;
				if (attempts >= maxAttempts) {
					throw new Error("Max retry attempts reached");
				}

				// Wait for the backoff period
				console.warn(`Attempt ${attempts} failed. Retrying in ${delay} ms...`);
				await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));

				// Exponential backoff
				delay *= 2;
			} else {
				// If it's a different error, rethrow it
				throw error;
			}
		}
	}
}
```

## Other methods to access KV

You can also [write key-value pairs from the command line with Wrangler](/kv/reference/kv-commands/#kv-namespace-create) and [write data via the REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/subresources/values/methods/update/).

---

# How KV works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/

KV is a global, low-latency, key-value data store. It stores data in a small number of centralized data centers, then caches that data in Cloudflare's data centers after access.

KV supports exceptionally high read volumes with low latency, making it possible to build highly dynamic APIs.

While reads are periodically revalidated in the background, requests which are not in cache and need to hit the centralized back end can experience high latencies.

## Write data to KV and read data from KV

When you write to KV, your data is written to central data stores. Your data is not sent automatically to every location’s cache.

![Your data is written to central data stores when you write to KV.](~/assets/images/kv/kv-write.svg)

Initial reads from a location do not have a cached value. Data must be read from the nearest regional tier, followed by a central tier, degrading finally to the central stores for a truly cold global read. While the first access is slow globally, subsequent requests are faster, especially if requests are concentrated in a single region.

:::note[Hot and cold read]

A hot read means that the data is cached on Cloudflare's edge network using the [CDN](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/), whether it is in a local cache or a regional cache. A cold read means that the data is not cached, so the data must be fetched from the central stores.
:::

![Initial reads will miss the cache and go to the nearest central data store first.](~/assets/images/kv/kv-slow-read.svg)

Frequent reads from the same location return the cached value without reading from anywhere else, resulting in the fastest response times. KV operates diligently to keep the latest value in the cache by refreshing from upper tiers and the central data stores in the background.

Refreshing from upper tiers and the central data stores in the background is done carefully so that assets that are being accessed continue to be kept served from the cache without any stalls.

![As mentioned above, frequent reads will return a cached value.](~/assets/images/kv/kv-fast-read.svg)

KV is optimized for high-read applications. It stores data centrally and uses a hybrid push/pull-based replication to store data in cache. KV is suitable for use cases where you need to write relatively infrequently, but read quickly and frequently. Infrequently read values are pulled from other data centers or the central stores, while more popular values are cached in the data centers they are requested from.

## Performance

To improve KV performance, increase the [`cacheTtl` parameter](/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/#cachettl-parameter) up from its default 60 seconds.

KV achieves high performance by [caching](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/) which makes reads eventually-consistent with writes.

Changes are usually immediately visible in the Cloudflare global network location at which they are made. Changes may take up to 60 seconds or more to be visible in other global network locations as their cached versions of the data time out.

Negative lookups indicating that the key does not exist are also cached, so the same delay exists noticing a value is created as when a value is changed.

KV does not perform like an in-memory datastore, such as [Redis](https://redis.io). Accessing KV values, even when locally cached, has significantly more latency than reading a value from memory within a Worker script.

## Consistency

KV achieves high performance by being eventually-consistent. At the Cloudflare global network location at which changes are made, these changes are usually immediately visible. However, this is not guaranteed and therefore it is not advised to rely on this behaviour. In other global network locations changes may take up to 60 seconds or more to be visible as their cached versions of the data time-out.

Visibility of changes takes longer in locations which have recently read a previous version of a given key (including reads that indicated the key did not exist, which are also cached locally).

:::note

KV is not ideal for applications where you need support for atomic operations or where values must be read and written in a single transaction.
If you need stronger consistency guarantees, consider using [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/).
:::

An approach to achieve write-after-write consistency is to send all of your writes for a given KV key through a corresponding instance of a Durable Object, and then read that value from KV in other Workers. This is useful if you need more control over writes, but are satisfied with KV's read characteristics described above.

## Security

Refer to [Data security documentation](/kv/reference/data-security/) to understand how Workers KV secures data.

---

# Key concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# KV bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

KV [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow for communication between a Worker and a KV namespace.

Configure KV bindings in the [wrangler.toml file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

## Access KV from Workers

A [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) is a key-value database replicated to Cloudflare's global network.

To connect to a KV namespace from within a Worker, you must define a binding that points to the namespace's ID.

The name of your binding does not need to match the KV namespace's name. Instead, the binding should be a valid JavaScript identifier, because the identifier will exist as a global variable within your Worker.

A KV namespace will have a name you choose (for example, `My tasks`), and an assigned ID (for example, `06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db`).

To execute your Worker, define the binding.

In the following example, the binding is called `TODO`. In the `kv_namespaces` portion of your Wrangler file, add:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker"

# ...

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "TODO", id = "06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

With this, the deployed Worker will have a `TODO` field in their environment object (the second parameter of the `fetch()` request handler). Any methods on the `TODO` binding will map to the KV namespace with an ID of `06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db` – which you called `My Tasks` earlier.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Get the value for the "to-do:123" key
		// NOTE: Relies on the `TODO` KV binding that maps to the "My Tasks" namespace.
		let value = await env.TODO.get("to-do:123");

		// Return the value, as is, for the Response
		return new Response(value);
	},
};
```

## Use KV bindings when developing locally

When you use Wrangler to develop locally with the `wrangler dev` command, Wrangler will default to using a local version of KV to avoid interfering with any of your live production data in KV. This means that reading keys that you have not written locally will return `null`.

To have `wrangler dev` connect to your Workers KV namespace running on Cloudflare's global network, call `wrangler dev --remote` instead. This will use the `preview_id` of the KV binding configuration in the Wrangler file. This is how a Wrangler file looks with the `preview_id` specified.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "worker"

# ...

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "TODO", id = "06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db", preview_id="06779da6940b431db6e566b484a6a769a7a" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Access KV from Durable Objects and Workers using ES modules format

[Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) use ES modules format. Instead of a global variable, bindings are available as properties of the `env` parameter [passed to the constructor](/durable-objects/get-started/tutorial/#3-write-a-durable-object-class).

An example might look like:

```js
export class DurableObject {
	constructor(state, env) {
		this.state = state;
		this.env = env;
	}

	async fetch(request) {
		const valueFromKV = await this.env.NAMESPACE.get("someKey");
		return new Response(valueFromKV);
	}
}
```

---

# KV namespaces

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/

import { Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A KV namespace is a key-value database replicated to Cloudflare’s global network.

Bind your KV namespaces through Wrangler or via the Cloudflare dashboard.

:::note

KV namespace IDs are public and bound to your account.

:::

## Bind your KV namespace through Wrangler

To bind KV namespaces to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `kv_namespaces` key.

* `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  * The binding name used to refer to the KV namespace.

* `id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  * The ID of the KV namespace.

* `preview_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The ID of the KV namespace used during `wrangler dev`.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "<TEST_NAMESPACE>", id = "<TEST_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Bind your KV namespace via the dashboard

To bind the namespace to your Worker in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your **Worker**.
4. Select **Settings** > **Bindings**.
5. Select **Add**.
6. Select **KV Namespace**.
7. Enter your desired variable name (the name of the binding).
8. Select the KV namespace you wish to bind the Worker to.
9. Select **Deploy**.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListExamples } from "~/components";

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for KV.

<ListExamples directory="kv/examples/" />

---

# Store and retrieve static assets with Workers KV

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/examples/workers-kv-to-serve-assets/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

By storing static assets in Workers KV, you can retrieve these assets globally with low-latency and high throughput. You can then serve these assets directly, or use them to dynamically generate responses. This can be useful when serving files and images, or when generating dynamic HTML responses from static assets such as translations.

:::note[Note]
With [Workers KV](/kv), you can access, edit and store assets directly from your [Worker](/workers). If you need to serve assets as part of a front-end or full-stack web application, consider using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) or [Workers static assets](/workers/static-assets/), which provide a purpose-built deployment experience for web applications and their assets.
:::

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker application

To get started, create a Worker application using the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare). Open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"example-kv-assets"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created application

```sh
cd example-kv-assets
```

We'll also install the dependencies we will need for this project.

```sh
npm install mimes accept-language-parser
npm install --save-dev @types/accept-language-parser
```

## 2. Create a new KV namespace

Next, we will create a KV store. This can be done through the Cloudflare dashboard or the Wrangler CLI. For this example, we will use the Wrangler CLI.

To create a KV store via Wrangler:

1. Open your terminal and run the following command:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler kv namespace create assets
   ```

   The `wrangler kv namespace create assets` subcommand creates a KV namespace by concatenating your Worker's name and the value provided for `assets`. An `id` will be randomly generated for the KV namespace.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler kv namespace create assets
   ```

   ```sh {6} output
   🌀 Creating namespace with title "example-kv-assets-assets"
   ✨ Success!
   Add the following to your configuration file in your kv_namespaces array:
   [[kv_namespaces]]
   binding = "assets"
   id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>"
   ```

2. In your Wrangler file, add the following with the values generated in the terminal:

   ```bash {3} title="wrangler.toml"
   [[kv_namespaces]]
   binding = "assets"
   id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>"
   ```

   The [KV binding](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/) `assets` is how your Worker will interact with the [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/). This binding will be provided as a runtime variable within your Workers code by the Workers runtime.

   We'll also create a preview KV namespace. It is recommended to create a separate KV namespace when developing locally to avoid making changes to the production namespace. When developing locally against remote resources, the Wrangler CLI will only use the namespace specified by `preview_id` in the KV namespace configuration of the Wrangler file.

3. In your terminal, run the following command:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler kv namespace create assets --preview
   ```

   This command will create a special KV namespace that will be used only when developing with Wrangler against remote resources using `wrangler dev --remote`.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler kv namespace create assets --preview
   ```

   ```sh {6} output
   🌀 Creating namespace with title "example-kv-assets-assets_preview"
   ✨ Success!
   Add the following to your configuration file in your kv_namespaces array:
   [[kv_namespaces]]
   binding = "assets"
   preview_id = "<GENERATED_PREVIEW_NAMESPACE_ID>"
   ```

4. In your Wrangler file, add the additional preview_id below kv_namespaces with the values generated in the terminal:

   ```bash {4} title="wrangler.toml"
   [[kv_namespaces]]
   binding = "assets"
   id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>"
   preview_id = "<GENERATED_PREVIEW_NAMESPACE_ID>"
   ```

We now have one KV binding that will use the production KV namespace when deployed and the preview KV namespace when developing locally against remote resources with `wrangler dev --remote`.

## 3. Store static assets in KV using Wrangler

To store static assets in KV, you can use the Wrangler CLI, the KV binding from a Worker application, or the KV REST API. We'll demonstrate how to use the Wrangler CLI.

For this scenario, we'll be storing a sample HTML file within our KV store. Create a new file `index.html` in the root of project with the following content:

```html title="index.html"
Hello World!
```

We can then use the following Wrangler commands to create a KV pair for this file within our production and preview namespaces:

```sh
npx wrangler kv key put index.html --path index.html --binding assets --preview false
npx wrangler kv key put index.html --path index.html --binding assets --preview
```

This will create a KV pair with the filename as key and the file content as value, within the our production and preview namespaces specified by your binding in your Wrangler file.

## 4. Serve static assets from KV from your Worker application

Within the `index.ts` file of our Worker project, replace the contents with the following:

```js title="index.ts"

import mime from 'mime';

interface Env {
	assets: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		//return error if not a get request
		if(request.method !== 'GET'){
			return new Response('Method Not Allowed', {
				status: 405,
			})
		}

		//get the key from the url & return error if key missing
		const parsedUrl = new URL(request.url)
		const key = parsedUrl.pathname.replace(/^\/+/, '') // strip any preceding /'s
		if(!key){
			return new Response('Missing path in URL', {
				status: 400
			})
		}

		//get the mimetype from the key path
		const extension = key.split('.').pop();
		let mimeType = mime.getType(key) || "text/plain";
		if (mimeType.startsWith("text") || mimeType === "application/javascript") {
			mimeType += "; charset=utf-8";
		}

		//get the value from the KV store and return it if found
		const value = await env.assets.get(key, 'arrayBuffer')
		if(!value){
			return new Response("Not found", {
				status: 404
			})
		}
		return new Response(value, {
			status: 200,
			headers: new Headers({
				"Content-Type": mimeType
			})
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This code will use the path within the URL and find the file associated to the path within the KV store. It also sets the proper MIME type in the response to indicate to the browser how to handle the response. To retrieve the value from the KV store, this code uses `arrayBuffer` to properly handle binary data such as images, documents, and video/audio files.

To start the Worker, run the following within a terminal:

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

This will run you Worker code against your remote resources, specifically using the preview KV namespace as configured.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

```sh output
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- KV Namespaces:
  - assets: <GENERATED_PREVIEW_NAMESPACE_ID>
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:<PORT>
```

Access the URL provided by the Wrangler command as such `http://localhost:<PORT>/index.html`. You will be able to see the returned HTML file containing the file contents of our `index.html` file that was added to our KV store. Try it out with an image or a document and you will see that this Worker is also properly serving those assets from KV.

## 5. Create an endpoint to generate dynamic responses from your key-value pairs

We'll add a `hello-world` endpoint to our Workers application, which will return a "Hello World!" message based on the language requested to demonstrate how to generate a dynamic response from our KV-stored assets.

Start by creating this file in the root of your project:

```json title="hello-world.json"
[
	{
		"language_code": "en",
		"message": "Hello World!"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "es",
		"message": "¡Hola Mundo!"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "fr",
		"message": "Bonjour le monde!"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "de",
		"message": "Hallo Welt!"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "zh",
		"message": "你好，世界！"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "ja",
		"message": "こんにちは、世界！"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "hi",
		"message": "नमस्ते दुनिया!"
	},
	{
		"language_code": "ar",
		"message": "مرحبا بالعالم!"
	}
]
```

Open a terminal and enter the following KV command to create a KV entry for the translations file:

```sh
npx wrangler kv key put hello-world.json --path hello-world.json --binding assets --preview false
npx wrangler kv key put hello-world.json --path hello-world.json --binding assets --preview
```

Update your Workers code to add logic to serve a translated HTML file based on the language of the Accept-Language header of the request:

```js {2, 26-63} title="index.ts"
import mime from 'mime';
import parser from 'accept-language-parser'

interface Env {
	assets: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		//return error if not a get request
		if(request.method !== 'GET'){
			return new Response('Method Not Allowed', {
				status: 405,
			})
		}

		//get the key from the url & return error if key missing
		const parsedUrl = new URL(request.url)
		const key = parsedUrl.pathname.replace(/^\/+/, '') // strip any preceding /'s
		if(!key){
			return new Response('Missing path in URL', {
				status: 400
			})
		}

		//add handler for translation path
		if(key === 'hello-world'){
			//retrieve the language header from the request and the translations from KV
			const languageHeader = request.headers.get('Accept-Language') || 'en'//default to english
			const translations : {
				"language_code": string,
				"message": string
			}[] = await env.assets.get('hello-world.json', 'json') || [];

			//extract the requested language
			const supportedLanguageCodes = translations.map(item => item.language_code)
			const languageCode = parser.pick(supportedLanguageCodes, languageHeader, {
				loose: true
			})

			//get the message for the selected language
			let selectedTranslation = translations.find(item => item.language_code === languageCode)
			if(!selectedTranslation) selectedTranslation = translations.find(item => item.language_code === "en")
			const helloWorldTranslated = selectedTranslation!['message'];

			//generate and return the translated html
			const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
			<html>
				<head>
					<title>Hello World translation</title>
				</head>
				<body>
					<h1>${helloWorldTranslated}</h1>
				</body>
			</html>
			`
			return new Response(html, {
				status: 200,
				headers: {
					'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
				}
			})
		}

		//get the mimetype from the key path
		const extension = key.split('.').pop();
		let mimeType = mime.getType(key) || "text/plain";
		if (mimeType.startsWith("text") || mimeType === "application/javascript") {
			mimeType += "; charset=utf-8";
		}

		//get the value from the KV store and return it if found
		const value = await env.assets.get(key, 'arrayBuffer')
		if(!value){
			return new Response("Not found", {
				status: 404
			})
		}
		return new Response(value, {
			status: 200,
			headers: new Headers({
				"Content-Type": mimeType
			})
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This new code provides a specific endpoint, `/hello-world`, which will provide translated responses. When this URL is accessed, our Worker code will first retrieve the language that is requested by the client in the `Accept-Language` request header and the translations from our KV store for the `hello-world.json` key. It then gets the translated message and returns the generated HTML.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

With the Worker code running, we can notice that our application is now returning the properly translated "Hello World" message. From your browser's developer console, change the locale language (on Chromium browsers, Run `Show Sensors` to get a dropdown selection for locales).

## 6. Deploy your project

Run `wrangler deploy` to deploy your Workers project to Cloudflare with the binding to the KV namespace.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Wrangler will automatically set your KV binding to use the production KV namespace set in our Wrangler file with the KV namespace id. Throughout this example, we uploaded our assets to both the preview and the production KV namespaces.

We can now verify that our project is properly working by accessing our Workers default hostname and accessing `<WORKER-SUBDOMAIN>.<DEFAULT-ACCOUNT-HOSTNAME>.dev/index.html` or `<WORKER-SUBDOMAIN>.<DEFAULT-ACCOUNT-HOSTNAME>.dev/hello-world` to see our deployed Worker in action, generating responses from the values in our KV store.

## Related resources

- [Rust support in Workers](/workers/languages/rust/).
- [Using KV in Workers](/kv/get-started/).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/kv.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/observability/metrics-analytics/

KV exposes analytics that allow you to inspect requests and storage across all namespaces in your account.

The metrics displayed in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) charts are queried from Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically](#query-via-the-graphql-api) via GraphQL or HTTP client.

## Metrics

KV currently exposes the below metrics:

| Dataset   | GraphQL Dataset Name      | Description                                                                   |
| ----------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Operations              | `kvOperationsAdaptiveGroups`| This dataset consists of the operations made to your KV namespaces.   |
| Storage                 | `kvStorageAdaptiveGroups`   | This dataset consists of the storage details of your KV namespaces.   |

Metrics can be queried (and are retained) for the past 31 days.

## View metrics in the dashboard

Per-namespace analytics for KV are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a database:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **KV**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/kv/namespaces).
3. Select an existing namespace.
4. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

You can programmatically query analytics for your KV namespaces via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This API queries the same datasets as the Cloudflare dashboard, and supports GraphQL [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/).

To get started using the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/), follow the documentation to setup [Authentication for the GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/).

To use the GraphQL API to retrieve KV's datasets, you must provide the `accountTag` filter with your Cloudflare Account ID. The GraphQL datasets for KV include:

- `kvOperationsAdaptiveGroups`
- `kvStorageAdaptiveGroups`

### Examples

The following are common GraphQL queries that you can use to retrieve information about KV analytics. These queries make use of variables `$accountTag`, `$date_geq`, `$date_leq`, and `$namespaceId`, which should be set as GraphQL variables or replaced in line. These variables should look similar to these:

```json
{
    "accountTag":"<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>",
    "namespaceId": "<YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE_ID>",
    "date_geq": "2024-07-15",
    "date_leq": "2024-07-30"
}
```

#### Operations

To query the sum of read, write, delete, and list operations for a given `namespaceId` and for a given date range (`date_geq` and `date_leq`), grouped by `date` and `actionType`:

```graphql
query {
    viewer {
        accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
            kvOperationsAdaptiveGroups(
                filter: { namespaceId: $namespaceId, date_geq: $date_geq, date_leq: $date_leq }
                limit: 10000
				orderBy: [date_DESC]
            ) {
                sum {
                    requests
                }
                dimensions {
                    date
                    actionType
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```


To query the distribution of the latency for read operations for a given `namespaceId` within a given date range (`date_geq`, `date_leq`):

```graphql
query {
    viewer {
        accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
            kvOperationsAdaptiveGroups(
                filter: { namespaceId: $namespaceId, date_geq: $date_geq, date_leq: $date_leq, actionType: "read" }
                limit: 10000
            ) {
                sum {
                    requests
                }
                dimensions {
                    actionType
                }
                quantiles {
                    latencyMsP25
                    latencyMsP50
                    latencyMsP75
                    latencyMsP90
                    latencyMsP99
                    latencyMsP999
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

To query your account-wide read, write, delete, and list operations across all KV namespaces:

```graphql
query {
    viewer {
        accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
            kvOperationsAdaptiveGroups(filter: { date_geq: $date_geq, date_leq: $date_leq  }, limit: 10000) {
                sum {
                    requests
                }
                dimensions {
                    actionType
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

#### Storage

To query the storage details (`keyCount` and `byteCount`) of a KV namespace for every day of a given date range:

```graphql
query Viewer {
    viewer {
        accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
            kvStorageAdaptiveGroups(
                filter: { date_geq: $date_geq, date_leq: $date_leq, namespaceId: $namespaceId }
                limit: 10000
                orderBy: [date_DESC]
            ) {
                max {
                    keyCount
                    byteCount
                }
                dimensions {
                    date
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

| Feature                      | Free                  | Paid         |
| ---------------------------- | --------------------- | ------------ |
| Reads                        | 100,000 reads per day | Unlimited    |
| Writes to different keys     | 1,000 writes per day  | Unlimited    |
| Writes to same key           | 1 per second          | 1 per second |
| Operations/worker invocation | 1000                  | 1000         |
| Namespaces                   | 1000                  | 1000         |
| Storage/account              | 1 GB                  | Unlimited    |
| Storage/namespace            | 1 GB                  | Unlimited    |
| Keys/namespace               | Unlimited             | Unlimited    |
| Key size                     | 512 bytes             | 512 bytes    |
| Key metadata                 | 1024 bytes            | 1024 bytes   |
| Value size                   | 25 MiB                | 25 MiB       |
| Minimum [`cacheTtl`](/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/#cachettl-parameter)         | 60 seconds            | 60 seconds   |



<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

:::note[Free versus Paid plan pricing]

Refer to [KV pricing](/kv/platform/pricing/) to review the specific KV operations you are allowed under each plan with their pricing.

:::

:::note[Workers KV REST API limits]

Using the REST API to access Cloudflare Workers KV is subject to the [rate limits that apply to all operations of the Cloudflare REST API](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits).

:::

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/platform/pricing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="kv_pricing" product="workers" />

## Pricing FAQ

### When writing via KV's [REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/methods/bulk_update/), how are writes charged?

Each key-value pair in the `PUT` request is counted as a single write, identical to how each call to `PUT` in the Workers API counts as a write. Writing 5,000 keys via the REST API incurs the same write costs as making 5,000 `PUT` calls in a Worker.

### Do queries I issue from the dashboard or wrangler (the CLI) count as billable usage?

Yes, any operations via the Cloudflare dashboard or wrangler, including updating (writing) keys, deleting keys, and listing the keys in a namespace count as billable KV usage.

### Does Workers KV charge for data transfer / egress?

No.

---

# Data security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/reference/data-security/

This page details the data security properties of KV, including:

* Encryption-at-rest (EAR).
* Encryption-in-transit (EIT).
* Cloudflare's compliance certifications.

## Encryption at Rest

All values stored in KV are encrypted at rest. Encryption and decryption are automatic, do not require user configuration to enable, and do not impact the effective performance of KV.

Values are only decrypted by the process executing your Worker code or responding to your API requests.

Encryption keys are managed by Cloudflare and securely stored in the same key management systems we use for managing encrypted data across Cloudflare internally.

Objects are encrypted using [AES-256](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-encryption/), a widely tested, highly performant and industry-standard encryption algorithm. KV uses GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) as its preferred mode.

## Encryption in Transit

Data transfer between a Cloudflare Worker, and/or between nodes within the Cloudflare network and KV is secured using the same [Transport Layer Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) (TLS/SSL).

API access via the HTTP API or using the [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) command-line interface is also over TLS/SSL (HTTPS).

## Compliance

To learn more about Cloudflare's adherence to industry-standard security compliance certifications, refer to Cloudflare's [Trust Hub](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/).

---

# Environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/reference/environments/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

KV namespaces can be used with [environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/). This is useful when you have code in your Worker that refers to a KV binding like `MY_KV`, and you want to have these bindings point to different KV namespaces (for example, one for staging and one for production).

The following code in the Wrangler file shows you how to have two environments that have two different KV namespaces but the same binding name:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.staging]
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8" }
]

[env.production]
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "a825455ce00f4f7282403da85269f8ea" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Using the same binding name for two different KV namespaces keeps your Worker code more readable.

In the `staging` environment, `MY_KV.get("KEY")` will read from the namespace ID `e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8`. In the `production` environment, `MY_KV.get("KEY")` will read from the namespace ID `a825455ce00f4f7282403da85269f8ea`.

To insert a value into a `staging` KV namespace, run:

```sh
wrangler kv key put --env=staging --binding=<YOUR_BINDING> "<KEY>" "<VALUE>"
```

Since `--namespace-id` is always unique (unlike binding names), you do not need to specify an `--env` argument:

```sh
wrangler kv key put --namespace-id=<YOUR_ID> "<KEY>" "<VALUE>"
```

:::caution

Since version 3.60.0, Wrangler KV commands support the `kv ...` syntax. If you are using versions of Wrangler below 3.60.0, the command follows the `kv:...` syntax. Learn more about the deprecation of the `kv:...` syntax in the [Wrangler commands](/kv/reference/kv-commands/) for KV page.
:::

Most `kv` subcommands also allow you to specify an environment with the optional `--env` flag.

Specifying an environment with the optional `--env` flag allows you to publish Workers running the same code but with different KV namespaces.

For example, you could use separate staging and production KV namespaces for KV data in your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
type = "webpack"
name = "my-worker"
account_id = "<account id here>"
route = "staging.example.com/*"
workers_dev = false

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db" }
]

[env.production]
route = "example.com/*"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "07bc1f3d1f2a4fd8a45a7e026e2681c6" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

With the Wrangler file above, you can specify `--env production` when you want to perform a KV action on the KV namespace `MY_KV` under `env.production`.

For example, with the Wrangler file above, you can get a value out of a production KV instance with:

```sh
wrangler kv key get --binding "MY_KV" --env=production "<KEY>"
```

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/reference/faq/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Frequently asked questions regarding Workers KV.

## General

### Can I use Workers KV without using Workers?

Yes, you can use Workers KV outside of Workers by using the [REST API](/api/resources/kv/) or the associated Cloudflare SDKs for the REST API. It is important to note the [limits of the REST API](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/) that apply.

### Why can I not immediately see the updated value of a key-value pair?

Workers KV heavily caches data across the Cloudflare network. Therefore, it is possible that you read a cached value for up to the [cache TTL](/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/#cachettl-parameter) duration.

### Is Workers KV eventually consistent or strongly consistent?

Workers KV is eventually consistent.

Workers KV stores data in central stores and replicates the data to all Cloudflare locations through a hybrid push/pull replication approach. This means that the previous value of the key-value pair may be seen in a location for as long as the [cache TTL](/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/#cachettl-parameter). This means that Workers KV is eventually consistent.

Refer to [How KV works](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/).

## Pricing

### When writing via Workers KV's [REST API](/api/resources/kv/subresources/namespaces/methods/bulk_update/), how are writes charged?

Each key-value pair in the `PUT` request is counted as a single write, identical to how each call to `PUT` in the Workers API counts as a write. Writing 5,000 keys via the REST API incurs the same write costs as making 5,000 `PUT` calls in a Worker.

### Do queries I issue from the dashboard or wrangler (the CLI) count as billable usage?

Yes, any operations via the Cloudflare dashboard or wrangler, including updating (writing) keys, deleting keys, and listing the keys in a namespace count as billable Workers KV usage.

### Does Workers KV charge for data transfer / egress?

No.

---

# Wrangler KV commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/reference/kv-commands/

import {Render} from "~/components"

<Render file="wrangler-commands/kv" product="workers"/>

## Deprecations

Below are deprecations to Wrangler commands for Workers KV.

### `kv:...` syntax deprecation

Since version 3.60.0, Wrangler supports the `kv ...` syntax. If you are using versions below 3.60.0, the command follows the `kv:...` syntax.

The `kv:...` syntax is deprecated in versions 3.60.0 and beyond and will be removed in a future major version.

For example, commands using the `kv ...` syntax look as such:

```sh
wrangler kv namespace list
wrangler kv key get <KEY>
wrangler kv bulk put <FILENAME>
```

The same commands using the `kv:...` syntax look as such:

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace list
wrangler kv:key get <KEY>
wrangler kv:bulk put <FILENAME>
```

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/kv/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with KV.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Additional DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/additional-dns-records/

In addition to load balancing between DNS records used for IP resolution — `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records — Enterprise customers can also load balance between **MX** and **SRV** records.

## MX records

To load balance between multiple mail servers:

1. Make sure you have the [required DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/#send-and-receive-email) for your mail servers.
2. [Create a monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/) with a **Type** of *SMTP*.
3. [Create a pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/) with your mail servers and attach the newly created monitor.
4. [Create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/) that includes your newly created pools. Since it will forward SMTP traffic, the load balancer should be [unproxied (DNS-only)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/#dns-only-load-balancing).

## SRV records

To load balance between different **SRV** records, which contain significantly more information than many other DNS records:

1. [Create your SRV records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records).
2. [Create a monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/) with a **Type** of *UDP-ICMP* or *TCP*.
3. [Create a pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/) with your various SRV records and attach the newly created monitor.
4. [Create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/) that includes your newly created pools. This load balancer should be [unproxied (DNS-only)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/#dns-only-load-balancing).

---

# Cloudflare Tunnel (public hostnames)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/cloudflare-tunnel/

Cloudflare Tunnel (formerly Argo Tunnel) establishes a secure outbound connection which runs in your infrastructure to connect the applications and machines to Cloudflare.

For more details on how to use Load Balancing with Cloudflare Tunnel and public hostnames, refer to [Route tunnel traffic using a load balancer](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/). For using private IPs instead, refer to [Set up private IPs with Tunnel](/load-balancing/private-network/tunnels-setup/).

---

# Additional configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/

Beyond [creating a simple load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/), you may want to further customize how your load balancer routes traffic or integrate your load balancer with other Cloudflare products.

## Customize load balancer behavior

* Route traffic according to characteristics of each request by [creating custom rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/)
* Protect at-risk endpoints from reaching failover by [setting up load shedding](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-shedding/)
* Take endpoints out of rotation for [planned maintenance](/load-balancing/additional-options/planned-maintenance/)

## Integrate with other Cloudflare products

* Bring load balancing to your TCP or UDP applications with [Cloudflare Spectrum](/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum/)
* Further secure endpoint access with [Cloudflare Tunnel](/load-balancing/additional-options/cloudflare-tunnel/)

## Integrate with 3rd parties

* Increase visibility by [sending health monitor notifications to PagerDuty](/load-balancing/additional-options/pagerduty-integration/)

---

# Load Balancing with the China Network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-china/

## Prerequisites

To enable load balancers to be deployed to the [China Network](/china-network/), your zone will need to meet the following two criteria:

1. A valid [ICP license](/china-network/concepts/icp/) for the zone in question.
2. The zone must be provisioned with access to the China Network.

Once these two criteria are met, any newly created load balancer will be automatically deployed to the China Network. When choosing a region for a pool's health checks, `China` is now available to be selected in both the dashboard and API. 

You can also create a load balancer by sending a `POST` request to the following endpoint. To deploy to the China Network with the API, the `networks` array in the API call must contain `jdcloud` as a value in addition to `cloudflare`. Refer to the [Cloudflare API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/) for details on the required fields and their formats.

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/load_balancers
```

## Limitations

Load balancers deployed to the China Network currently have the following limitations: 

1. Only cookie-based session affinity is supported.
2. Private network off-ramps (Tunnel, GRE, IPsec) are not supported.

---

# Override HTTP Host headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/

When your application needs specialized routing (`CNAME` setup or custom hosts like Heroku), you can customize the `Host` header used in health monitors on a per-endpoint or per-monitor level.

:::caution[Important]


If you set a header override on an individual endpoint, it will take precedence over a header override set on a monitor.

Also, if you configure an [Origin Rule](/rules/origin-rules/) that overrides the hostname and set up a header override in your Load Balancer configuration, the Load Balancer configuration will take precedence over the Origin Rule hostname override.


:::

## Per endpoint Host header override

To balance traffic across multiple hosts, add `Host` headers to individual endpoints within the same pool.

For example, you might have a pool with endpoints hosted in multiple AppEngine projects or Amazon S3 buckets. You also might want to set up specific failover endpoints within a pool.

Since these examples require specific hostnames per endpoint, your load balancer will not properly route traffic *without* a `Host` header override.

If you need an endpoint `Host` header override, add it when [creating](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/) or editing a pool. For security reasons, this header must meet one of the following criteria:

* Is a subdomain of a zone associated with this account
* Matches the endpoint address
* Publicly resolves to the endpoint address

## Host header prioritization

If you set a header override on an individual endpoint, it will take precedence over a header override set on a monitor during health monitor requests.

For example, you might have a load balancer for `www.example.com` with the following setup:

* Pools:

  * Pool 1:

    * Endpoint 1 (`Host` header set to `lb-app-a.example.com`)
    * Endpoint 2

  * Pool 2:

    * Endpoint 3
    * Endpoint 4 (`Host` header set to `lb-app-b.example.com`)

* Monitor (`Host` header set to `www.example.com`)

In this scenario, health monitor requests for **Endpoint 1** would use `lb-app-a.example.com`, health monitor requests for **Endpoint 4** would use `lb-app-b.example.com`, and all other health monitor requests would default to `www.example.com`. For more information on updating your custom host configuration to be compatible with Cloudflare, see [Configure Cloudflare and Heroku over HTTPS](/support/third-party-software/others/configure-cloudflare-and-heroku-over-https/).

For a list of endpoints that override a monitor's `Host` header:

1. On a monitor, select **Edit**.
2. Select **Advanced health monitor settings**.
3. If you have endpoint overrides, you will see **Endpoint host header overrides**.

![Example configuration of endpoint host header overrides](~/assets/images/load-balancing/origin-host-header-override.png)

---

# Load shedding

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-shedding/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Use load shedding to prevent an at-risk endpoint from [becoming unhealthy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/) and starting the failover process.

Once you configure load shedding on a pool, that pool will begin diverting traffic to other pools according to your load shedding settings and the load balancer's [steering policy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/).

## Step 1 — Identify at-risk endpoints

Using your internal metrics, identify endpoints at risk of reaching their failure threshold.

* If your endpoint is seeing increased traffic but is not yet at risk of failure, start with [Step 2](#step-2--shed-default-traffic-from-a-pool).
* If your endpoint is about to fail, start with [Step 4](#step-4--shed-additional-traffic-optional).

## Step 2 — Shed default traffic from a pool

Once you have identified an at-risk endpoint, shed a small amount of **Default** traffic from that endpoint's pool. This traffic is not affiliated with existing [Session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) sessions.

Configure load shedding via the [dashboard](#configure-via-dashboard) or the [API](#configure-via-api).

### Configure via dashboard

To enable load shedding for a specific pool via the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. Click **Manage Pools**.
3. On a pool, click **Edit**.
4. Click the **Configure Load Shedding** dropdown.
5. For **Default traffic**, select a **Policy** and a **Shed %**:


<Details header="Policy options">

When shedding **Default traffic**, you have two **Policy** options:

* **Random**: Randomly sheds the percentage of requests specified in the *Shed %*. Distributes traffic more accurately, but may cause requests from the same IP to hit different endpoints.
* **IP hash**: Sheds the percentage of IP address hash space specified in the *Shed %*. Ensures requests from the same IP will hit the same endpoint, but may shed a significantly higher or lower percentage of requests.

For more guidance on choosing a policy, refer to [Shedding policies](#shedding-policies).


</Details>


<Details header="Shed %">

When choosing a **Shed %**, start with a small percentage and increase gradually. Particularly if you choose the [IP hash shedding policy](#shedding-policies), you might shed more traffic than expected.


</Details>

### Configure via API

To enable load shedding for a specific pool via the API, [update the values](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/update/) for the pool's `load_shedding` object.


<Details header="Example request">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/pools/{pool_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary '{
  "load_shedding": {
    "default_percent": 20,
    "default_policy": "random",
    "session_percent": 0,
    "session_policy": "hash"
  }
}'
```


</Details>

For more guidance on choosing a shedding policy, see [Shedding policies](#shedding-policies).

## Step 3 — Monitor traffic

Once you have started shedding default traffic, evaluate the effects by reviewing the [**Overview** metrics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) in Load Balancing analytics. Based on these numbers and your internal metrics, you will know whether you need to divert additional traffic from the pool.

If you see increased traffic to a pool, you may need to shed additional traffic. Pools shed a percentage of total traffic, so any increase in total traffic will also increase the traffic reaching your pool.

## Step 4 — Shed additional traffic (optional)

If you need to shed additional pool traffic:

1. Follow the steps outlined in [Step 2](#step-2--shed-default-traffic-from-a-pool).
   * In the dashboard, increase the **Shed %** for **Default traffic** and/or **Session affinity traffic**.
   * For the API, increase the value for `default_percent` and/or `session_percent`.

Since shedding **Session Affinity traffic** will disrupt [existing sessions](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) and may degrade the customer experience, only enable this option if your pool is in imminent danger of becoming unhealthy or your pool has a high percentage of traffic related to existing sessions. For more guidance, see [Shedding policies](#shedding-policies).

## Step 5 — Disable load shedding

Once an endpoint is no longer at risk, remove load shedding from the pool.

To remove load shedding in the dashboard, perform the same steps as [Configure load shedding via the dashboard](#configure-via-dashboard) but set the **Shed %** to `0` for both **Default traffic** and **Session affinity traffic**.

To remove load shedding via the API, perform the same steps as [Configure load shedding via the API](#configure-via-api) but set the `load_shedding` object to `null`.

## Additional notes

### Shedding policies

For **Default traffic**, you have two choices for shedding policy.

A *Random* policy:

* Randomly sheds the percentage of requests specified in the *Shed %*.
* Distributes traffic more accurately because it sheds at the request level.
* May cause requests from the same IP to hit different endpoints, potentially leading to cache misses, inconsistent latency, or session disruption for [DNS-only load balancers](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/#dns-only-load-balancing).

An *IP hash* policy:

* Sheds the percentage of IP address hash space specified in the *Shed %*.
* Ensures requests from the same IP will hit the same endpoint, which will increase cache hits, provide consistent latency, and preserve sessions.
* Can over- or under-shed requests, since hashing does not guarantee a perfectly even IP distribution and individual IPs may be responsible for different percentages of your requests.

Choose a *Random* policy when you want a more accurate distribution of raw requests and an *IP hash* policy when you want to prevent a single IP from flapping between different endpoints.

For **Session Affinity traffic**, you can only use an *IP hash* policy since these requests relate to existing sessions. Only increase the *Shed %* if you are comfortable disrupting [existing sessions](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/).

### Fallback pools

If all pools within a load balancer have *Load shedding* enabled, some traffic will go to the fallback pool. To prevent any traffic from reaching the fallback pool, ensure at least one pool within the load balancer **does not** have load shedding enabled.

### Pools in multiple load balancers

If you enable load shedding on a pool, it will shed the same percentage of traffic across all your load balancers. If you need an endpoint to shed different percentages of traffic for different load balancers, put that endpoint in multiple pools.

---

# Integrate with PagerDuty

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/pagerduty-integration/

To integrate Cloudflare health monitor notifications with PagerDuty, follow the steps outlined in PagerDuty’s [Email Integration Guide](https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/email-integration-guide/). If you do not have a PagerDuty account, you will first need to set that up.

PagerDuty will generate an email address that will create incidents based on emails sent to that address. For help locating that email address, refer to the [PagerDuty documentation](https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/email-integration-guide/).

When creating the Notifier object, configure the email to go to the PagerDuty integration email. Consequently, whenever a pool or endpoint goes down, an Incident will be created to capture it.

---

# Perform planned maintenance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/planned-maintenance/

When you change application settings or add new assets, you will likely want to make these changes on one endpoint at a time. Going endpoint by endpoint reduces the risk of changes and ensures a more consistent user experience.

To take endpoints out of rotation gradually (important for session-based load balancing), [enable endpoint drain](#gradual-rotation) on your load balancer. This option is only available for [proxied load balancers (orange-clouded)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/).

To direct traffic away from your endpoint immediately, [adjust settings on the pool or monitor](#immediate-rotation).

:::note


If you want to divert traffic from an endpoint to prevent it from becoming unhealthy, use [Load Shedding](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-shedding/) instead.


:::

## Before you begin

Before disabling any endpoint, review the settings for any affected load balancers and pools.

If a pool falls below its **Health Threshold**, it will be considered **Unhealthy** and — depending on the load balancer setup and steering policy — a load balancer may begin routing traffic away from that pool.

## Gradual rotation

:::note


Endpoint drain is only available for [proxied load balancers (orange-clouded)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/).


:::

With [session-based load balancing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/), it is important to direct all requests from a particular end user to a specific endpoint. Otherwise, information about the user session — such as items in their shopping cart — may be lost and lead to negative business outcomes.

To remove an endpoint from rotation while still preserving session continuity, set up **Endpoint drain** on a load balancer:

1. On a new or existing load balancer, go to the **Hostname** step.
2. Make sure you have enabled **Session Affinity**.
3. For **Endpoint drain duration**, enter a time in seconds. If this value is less than the **Session TTL** value, you will affect existing sessions.
   ![Example configuration of session affinity with endpoint drain](~/assets/images/load-balancing/session-affinity-3.png)
4. Save your changes to the load balancer.
5. Click **Manage Pools**.
6. Disable an endpoint. Your load balancer will gradually drain sessions from that endpoint.
7. On your load balancer, expand your pools to find the disabled endpoint. You will see the estimated **Drain Time** counting down.
   ![Example showing load balancer draining in progress](~/assets/images/load-balancing/session-affinity-4.png)
8. When a drain is **Complete**, there are no longer any connections to that endpoint.
   ![Example showing load balancer draining complete](~/assets/images/load-balancing/session-affinity-5.png)
9. Perform your required maintenance or upgrades.
10. To bring your endpoint back online, re-enable the endpoint.

## Immediate rotation

To direct traffic away from an endpoint immediately:

1. Do one of the following actions:
   * On the endpoint's [monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/), update the monitor settings so the endpoint will fail health monitor requests, such as putting an incorrect value for the **Response Body** or **Response Code**.
   * On the pool, disable the endpoint.
   * On the pool, set the [endpoint weight](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights) to `0` (though traffic may still reach the endpoint if it is included in multiple pools).
2. Monitor [Load Balancing Analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) to make sure no requests are reaching the pool.
   * If you are using [DNS-only load balancing (gray-clouded)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/), changes may be delayed due to DNS resolver caching.
3. Perform your required maintenance or upgrades.
4. Undo the changes you made in **Step 1**.

---

# Spectrum

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can configure [Spectrum](/spectrum/) with Load Balancing to bring resiliency to your TCP or UDP based applications.

Leverage health monitors, failover, and traffic steering by selecting a load balancer as **Origin** when creating your Spectrum application.

The exact settings will vary depending on your use case. Refer to the following steps to understand the workflow.

***

## Set up

### 1. Configure your load balancer

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account where the Load Balancing add-on is [enabled](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/).

2. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.

3. Select **Create Load Balancer**.

4. On the **Hostname** page, define the settings presented and select **Next**.
   * Enter a **Hostname**, which is the DNS name at which the load balancer is available. For more details on record priority, refer to [DNS records for load balancing](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/). 
      :::caution

      To prevent issues with DNS resolution, the load balancer hostname should be different from the hostname (or domain) you intend to define for your Spectrum application. 
      :::
   * Keep the orange cloud icon enabled, meaning the load balancer is proxied. This refers to the [proxy mode](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/) and, with Spectrum, traffic is always proxied.
   * Keep **Session Affinity** and **Failover across pools** disabled as these features are not supported with Spectrum.

5. On the **Add a Pool** page, define the settings presented and select **Next**.
   * Select one or more existing pools or [create a new pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool) [^1].
   * If needed, update the [fallback pool](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/#fallback-pools) [^2].

6. On the **Monitors** page, define the settings presented and select **Next**.
   * Review the monitors attached to your pools.
   * If needed, you can attach an existing monitor or [create a new monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/#create-a-monitor).

7. On the **Traffic Steering** page, choose an option for [Traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) and select **Next**.

8. Keep **Custom Rules** page empty as this feature is not supported with Spectrum.

9. On the **Review** page:
   * Review your configuration and make any changes.
     * If you set traffic steering to **Off**, re-order the pools in your load balancer to adjust the fallback order.
     * If you chose to set traffic steering to Random, you can [set weights to your pools](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/standard-options/#random-steering) (via the [API](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/)) to determine the percentage of traffic sent to each pool.
   * Choose whether to **Save as Draft** or **Save and Deploy**.

### 2. Configure your Spectrum application

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***

## Limitations

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[^1]: Within Cloudflare, pools represent your endpoints and how they are organized. As such, a pool can be a group of several endpoints, or you could also have only one endpoint (an origin server, for example) per pool.

[^2]: A fallback pool is the pool of last resort. When all pools are disabled or unhealthy, this is where the load balancer will send traffic.

---

# Enable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Load balancing is an add-on for your account, meaning your account needs a [billing profile](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/).

:::note

Load Balancing is not available with [China Network](/china-network/).
:::

To enable [Load Balancing](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing):

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
3. Select **Enable Load Balancing**.
4. Choose your plan options and confirm payment.

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---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/get-started/

Get started with load balancing in one of two ways:

* [Quickstart](/load-balancing/get-started/quickstart/): Get up and running quickly with Load Balancing.
* [Learning path](/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/): Check an in-depth walkthrough for how to plan and set up a load balancer.

---

# Quickstart

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/get-started/quickstart/

import {
	DirectoryListing,
	GlossaryDefinition,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";

Get up and running quickly with Load Balancing. For more in-depth explanations, refer to the [Learning path](/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/).

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<br />

---

## Before you begin

Make sure you:

- Have access to multiple <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> (origin servers, private or public IP addresses, virtual IP addresses (VIPs), etc), either physical or cloud-based.
- Have access to Load Balancing, available as an [add-on](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/) for any type of account.
- Have test and production hostnames that are covered by [SSL/TLS certificates](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#ssltls-coverage).

## Create a monitor

<GlossaryDefinition term="monitor" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<strong>Set up the monitor</strong>

<Render file="monitor-create" />

<strong>Prepare your servers</strong>

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" /> </TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<strong>Set up the monitor</strong>

<Render file="monitor-create-api" />

<strong>Prepare your servers</strong>

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="monitor-example" />

## Create pools

<GlossaryDefinition term="pool" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="pool-create" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

<Render file="pool-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Confirm pool health

<Render file="confirm-pool-health" />

### Unexpected health status

<Render file="unexpected-health-statuses" />

## Create a load balancer on a test subdomain

<Render file="test-domain-setup" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="load-balancer-create" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="load-balancer-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Optional - Review load balancing analytics

As you send sample requests to your test domain, review the [load balancing analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) page to make sure your load balancer is distributing requests like you were expecting.

## Route production traffic

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## Optional - Next steps

Your load balancer should be receiving production traffic (and you can confirm this by reviewing the [analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/)).

Though your product is officially set up, you may want to consider the following suggestions.

### Usage-based notifications

<Render file="ubb-recommendation" product="fundamentals" />

### Additional configuration options

You may want to further customize how your load balancer routes traffic or integrate your load balancer with other Cloudflare products:

<DirectoryListing folder="load-balancing/additional-options" />

---

# Common configurations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/

Consider the following sections to understand how to achieve some commonly used load balancer configurations.

This page assumes you understand the Cloudflare [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/) and how to create and edit each of them.

## Active - Passive Failover

An **active-passive failover** sends traffic to the endpoints in your active pool until a failure threshold (configurable) is reached. At the point of failure, your load balancer then redirects traffic to the passive pool.

This setup ensures uninterrupted service and helps with planned outages, but it might lead to slower traffic overall.

To set up a load balancer with **active-passive failover**:

1. Create a load balancer with two pools (`primary` and `secondary`).
2. In the list of pools, set the following order:
   1. `primary`
   2. `secondary`
3. For **Traffic Steering**, select [**Off**](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/standard-options/#off---failover).

With this setup, your load balancer will direct all traffic to `primary` until `primary` has fewer available endpoints than specified in its **Health Threshold**. Only then will your load balancer direct traffic to `secondary`.

In the event that all pools are marked down, Cloudflare uses the **fallback pool**, which is the option of last resort for successfully sending traffic to an endpoint. Since the fallback pool is a last resort, its health is not taken into account, and Cloudflare reports its status as **No Health**. You can select the fallback pool via the API or in the Cloudflare dashboard. For more on working with fallback pools, refer to [Pool-level steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/).

## Active - Active Failover

An **active-active failover** distributes traffic to endpoints in the same pool until the pool reaches its failure threshold (configurable). At the point of failure, your load balancer would then re-direct traffic to the **fallback pool**.

This setup speeds up overall requests, but is more vulnerable to planned or unplanned outages.

To set up a load balancer with **active-active failover**, either:

* Create a load balancer with a single pool (`primary`) with multiple endpoints (`endpoint-1` and `endpoint-2`) and set the same [**Weight**](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights) for each endpoint.
* Create a load balancer with two pools (`primary` and `secondary`) and — for [**Traffic Steering**](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) — select any option except for **Off**.

:::note


For more background reading on server failover and common configurations, refer to [our Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-server-failover/).


:::

---

# Manage load balancers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="load-balancer-definition" /> <br />

For more details about load balancers, refer to [Load balancers](/load-balancing/load-balancers/).

## Create a load balancer

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="load-balancer-create" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="load-balancer-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Sharing your load balancer with other sites

You can share your load balancer with other sites in your account by [creating a canonical name (`CNAME`) record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/). This is useful for sharing configurations with multiple other domains so you do not have to create new load balancers for each site.

You can also configure separate load balancers for each domain and reuse monitors and pools. This is especially useful for changing the failover order for different domains, such as when your `example.co.uk` server has a different failover priority from `example.com` or `example.com.au`.

:::note

Sharing load balancers across sites is only supported if the target zone is on a [full DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/). It is not supported if the target zone is on a `CNAME` setup.

:::

---

## Edit a load balancer

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit a load balancer in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. On a specific load balancer, click **Edit**.
3. While going through the [creation workflow](#create-a-load-balancer), update settings as needed.
4. On the **Review** step, click **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

When you edit a load balancer with the API, your request type depends on how much you want to edit.

To update specific settings without having to resubmit the entire configuration, use a [PATCH](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/edit/) request. For broader changes, use a [PUT](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/update/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Delete a load balancer

If you delete or disable a load balancer, your endpoint's response to requests will depend on your [existing DNS records](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#disabling-a-load-balancer).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete a load balancer in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. On a specific load balancer, click **Delete**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a load balancer using the API, send a [DELETE](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/delete/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Set up alerts

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in the health status of your pools or endpoints.

<AvailableNotifications
	product="Load Balancing"
	notificationFilter="Load Balancing Health Alert"
/>

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/

When you [create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/), Cloudflare automatically creates an LB DNS record for the specified **Hostname**. This functionality allows you to use a hostname with or without an existing DNS record.

## Supported records

For customers on non-Enterprise plans, Cloudflare supports load balancing for `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records.

For customers on Enterprise plans, Cloudflare supports load balancing for `A`, `AAAA`, `CNAME`, **MX**, and **SRV** records.

## Priority order

For hostnames with existing DNS records, the LB record takes precedence when it is more or equally specific:

* **Scenario 1**:

  * **A, AAAA, or CNAME**: `x.example.com`
  * **LB record**: `x.example.com`
  * **Outcome**: LB record takes precedence because it is as specific as the DNS record.

* **Scenario 2**:

  * **A, AAAA, or CNAME**: `y.example.com`
  * **LB record**: `*.example.com` (wildcard record)
  * **Outcome**: DNS record takes precedence because it is more specific.

* **Scenario 3**:

  * **A, AAAA, or CNAME**: `*.example.com`
  * **LB record**: `*.example.com`
  * **Outcome**: LB record takes precedence because it is as specific as the DNS record.

:::note


This behavior only applies to [supported records](#supported-records) (determined by your plan type).


:::

## Disabling a load balancer

When you disable a load balancer, requests to a specific hostname depend on your existing DNS records:

* If you have existing DNS records, these records will be served.
* If there are no existing records, requests to the hostname will fail.

In both cases, disabling your load balancer prevents traffic from going to any associated endpoint or fallback pools.

If you already have an existing `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` record, be aware that the change may take some time to propagate due to [Time to Live (TTL)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/ttl/) and any record changes is affected, as your local DNS cache may take longer to update.

## SSL/TLS coverage

Due to internal limitations, on [Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) the Cloudflare [Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) do not cover load balancing hostnames by default. This behavior will be corrected in the future.

As a current workaround for a domain or first-level subdomain (`lb.example.com`), create a [proxied `CNAME`/`A`/`AAAA` record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for that hostname.

For example, if your load balancer hostname was `lb.example.com`, you could create the following record solely for the purpose of SSL/TLS coverage.

| Type | Name | IPv4 address | Proxy status |
| ---- | ---- | ------------ | ------------ |
| A    | `lb` | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      |

Based on the [priority order](#priority-order), it would not receive any traffic because it is as equally specific as the LB hostname.

To get coverage for any deeper subdomain (`lb.dev.example.com`), purchase an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).

---

# Load balancers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/load-balancers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="load-balancer-definition" /> 

:::note

For an overview of how the Cloudflare Load Balancing solution works, refer to [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/). For more background information on what load balancers are, refer to the Cloudflare [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-load-balancing/).

:::

***

## Common configurations

For suggestions, refer to [Common load balancer configurations](/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/).

## Load balancing and existing DNS records

For details about DNS records, refer to [DNS records for load balancing](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/).

## HTTP keep-alive (persistent HTTP connection)

Cloudflare maintains keep-alive connections to improve performance and reduce cost of recurring TCP connects in the request transaction as Cloudflare proxies customer traffic from its edge network to the site's origin.

Ensure HTTP Keep-Alive connections are enabled on your origin. Cloudflare reuses open TCP connections for up to 15 minutes (900 seconds) after the last HTTP request. Origin web servers close TCP connections if too many are open. HTTP Keep-Alive helps avoid premature reset of connections for requests proxied by Cloudflare.

### Session cookies

**When using HTTP cookies to track and bind user sessions to a specific server**, configure [Session Affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) to parse HTTP requests by cookie header. Doing so directs each request to the correct application server even when HTTP requests share the same TCP connection due to keep-alive.

**For example, F5 BIG-IP load balancers set a session cookie at the beginning of a TCP connection** (if none exists) and then ignore all cookies from subsequent HTTP requests on the same TCP connection. This tends to break session affinity because Cloudflare sends multiple HTTP sessions on the same TCP connection. Configuring the load balancer to parse HTTP requests by cookie headers avoids this issue.

***

## Create load balancers

For step-by-step guidance, refer to [Create a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/).

***

## Properties

For an up-to-date list of load balancer properties, refer to [Load balancer properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/get/) in the Cloudflare API documentation.

***

## API commands

The Cloudflare API supports the following commands for load balancers.

| Command                                                                               | Method   | Endpoint                             |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| [Create Load Balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/)           | `POST`   | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers`     |
| [Delete Load Balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/delete/)           | `DELETE` | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers/:id` |
| [List Load Balancers](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/list/)             | `GET`    | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers`     |
| [Load Balancer Details](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/get/)         | `GET`    | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers/:id` |
| [Overwrite specific properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/edit/)   | `PATCH`  | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers/:id` |
| [Overwrite entire Load Balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/update/) | `PUT`    | `/zones/:zone_id/load_balancers/:id` |

---

# Manage monitors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<GlossaryDefinition term="monitor" />

For more details about monitors, refer to [Monitors](/load-balancing/monitors/).

---

## Create a monitor

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Set up the monitor**

<Render file="monitor-create" />

**Prepare your servers**

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" />

**Attach the monitor to a pool**

Once your monitor is created, you need to attach it to a pool:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.

2. Select **Manage Pools**.

3. On a specific pool, select **Edit**.

4. Update the following information:

   - **Monitor**: Select your monitor.
   - **Health Monitor Regions:** Specifies geographic regions from which Cloudflare should send health monitor requests. Because of [how monitors check pool health](/load-balancing/monitors/#health-monitor-regions), selecting multiple regions could increase the load on your servers.
   - **Notification E-mail:** Contains email addresses that receive notifications (individual, mailing list address, PagerDuty address).

5. Select **Save**. The status of your health monitor will be _unknown_ until the results of the first check are available.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

**Set up the monitor**

<Render file="monitor-create-api" />

**Prepare your servers**

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" />

**Attach the monitor to a pool**

Once your monitor is created, save its `id` property. Include this value in the `monitor` parameter when [creating your pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Edit a monitor

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit a monitor in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. Select **Manage Monitors**.
3. On a specific monitor, select **Edit**.
4. Update settings as needed.
5. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

When you edit a monitor with the API, your request type depends on how much you want to edit.

To update specific settings without having to resubmit the entire configuration, use a [PATCH](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/edit/) request. For broader changes, use a [PUT](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/update/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Delete a monitor

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete a monitor in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. Select **Manage Monitors**.
3. On a specific monitor, select **Delete**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a monitor using the API, send a [DELETE](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/delete/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Monitors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/monitors/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="monitor" />

<Render file="health-check-diagram" />

Health monitor requests that result in a status change for an endpoint are recorded as events in the Load Balancing event logs.

:::note


Health monitors associated with load balancers are different from standalone [Health Checks](/health-checks/). For an overview of how the Cloudflare Load Balancing solution works, refer to [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/).


:::

***

## Properties

For an up-to-date list of monitor properties, refer to [Monitor properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/list/) in our API documentation.

***

## Create monitors

For step-by-step guidance, refer to [Create monitors](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/).

***

## Health monitor regions

When you [attach a monitor to a pool](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/#create-a-monitor), you can select multiple regions to increase reporting accuracy.

<Render file="health-check-regions" />

### Configurations

<Render file="monitor-health-check-regions-options" />

***

## Host header prioritization

The host headers used on health monitor requests can be configured either [on the monitor itself](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/) or on the [endpoints within a pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/).

When a host header is specified both on the monitor and on the endpoint, the host header configured on the endpoint takes precedence over the host header configured on the monitor.

When no host header is specified, Cloudflare uses the **Endpoint Address** configured on the endpoints as the host header for the health monitor requests.

For more details, refer to [Override HTTP Host headers](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/).

***

## API commands

The Cloudflare API supports the following commands for monitors. Examples are given for user-level endpoint but apply to the account-level endpoint as well.

| Command                                                                                       | Method   | Endpoint                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Create Monitor](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/create/)               | `POST`   | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors`             |
| [Delete Monitor](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/delete/)               | `DELETE` | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors/:id`         |
| [List Monitors](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/list/)                 | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors`             |
| [Monitor Details](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/get/)             | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors/:id`         |
| [Overwrite specific properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/edit/) | `PATCH`  | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors/:id`         |
| [Overwrite existing monitor](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/update/)   | `PUT`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors/:id`         |
| [Preview Monitor](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/subresources/previews/methods/create/)             | `POST`   | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/monitors/:id/preview` |

## Supported protocols

The following table summarizes the different types of monitors available in Cloudflare Load Balancing, their monitoring types, and how each health check process evaluates the success criteria to determine endpoint health:

| Monitor type | Monitoring type | Description | Health check process | Success criteria |
| ------------ | -------------- | ----------- | -------------------- | -------------- |
| HTTP/HTTPS   | Public and private | Used for HTTP and HTTPS endpoints with specific protocol attributes. | The probe is configured with settings and success criteria such as Method, Simulate Zone, Follow Redirects, Request Headers, and Response Body. The probe then evaluates the configured success criteria using the HTTP protocol. Throughout the configured timeout period, the TCP connection is kept active using [keep-alives](/fundamentals/reference/tcp-connections/#tcp-connections-and-keep-alives), even if no response is received. | Success is based on meeting the configured HTTP success criteria. No response within the configured timeout and retries is considered unhealthy. |  
| TCP | Public and private | Checks TCP connectivity by attempting to open a connection to the endpoint. | The monitor sends a TCP SYN message to the specified port. A successful health check requires receiving a SYN/ACK message to establish the connection. The connection is closed by sending a FIN or RST packet, or by receiving a FIN packet from the endpoint. | Failure to establish a TCP connection within the configured timeout and retries is considered unhealthy. | 
| ICMP Ping | Public | Confirms basic Layer 3 (L3) connectivity to the endpoint using ICMP. The endpoints need to be allowed to reply to ICMP packets and any intervening networking equipment must support ICMP. | The monitor sends an ICMP/ICMPv6 echo request (ping) and expects an ICMP/ICMPv6 echo reply from the endpoint. | The endpoint must reply to the ICMP ping within the configured timeout and retries to be considered healthy. |
| UDP-ICMP | Public | UDP-ICMP monitor works by sending a UDP probe packet after ICMP Ping monitor completes as healthy. | After receiving a successful ICMP reply, the monitor sends a UDP probe packet to the endpoint. If no ICMP Port Unreachable message is received, the endpoint is considered healthy. | If the monitor receives an ICMP Port Unreachable message within the configured timeout and retries, the endpoint is considered unhealthy. | 
| SMTP | Public | Verifies SMTP availability at the application layer. | The monitor establishes a TCP connection and sends an SMTP HELO command. It expects a reply with code 250. The monitor then sends an SMTP QUIT command, expecting a reply with code 221. At the end of each interval, the TCP connection is closed by sending a TCP FIN packet. | The endpoint must respond with correct SMTP codes (250 for HELO, 221 for QUIT) within the configured timeout and retries to be considered healthy. |

---

# Use Pages as an origin for Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/pools/cloudflare-pages-origin/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

This tutorial is intended as an introductory example of how you can leverage Cloudflare's global traffic management.

The following sections will guide you through setting up an [active-passive failover](/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/#active---passive-failover) load balancer with [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) as one of the <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint" link="/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/#endpoints">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, while also going into details about the Load Balancing dashboard workflow, and some important field values and troubleshooting.

## Use cases

This setup can be useful if you are migrating your production website or application to Pages or if you just want to have a backup or a personalized web page for when your primary origin goes down.


## Before you begin


Make sure you:

* Are familiar with the Cloudflare [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/).
* Own a domain and use Cloudflare as a [primary DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).
* Have [deployed a website or application](/pages/get-started/git-integration/) with Cloudflare Pages.
* Have [enabled Load Balancing](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/) in your account.

## Create health monitor



Although you can create all the components in the **Create Load Balancer** workflow, using the **Manage Monitors** and **Manage Pools** sections separately makes it easier to test and troubleshoot the configurations of each of these components before bringing them together in a load balancer.

Monitors define the criteria based on which an endpoint will be considered healthy or not. Start by setting up a monitor as follows.

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and select your domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
3. Select **Manage Monitors** and then **Create**.
4. Give the monitor a descriptive name and confirm the other fields are filled in as the following:



| Field | Value |
| ----- | ----- |
| Type  | HTTP  |
| Path  | /     |
| Port  | 80    |



5. Under **Advanced health check settings**, keep the default values and enable the **Follow Redirects** option.

   When you are using a service like Cloudflare Pages, it is possible that requests from the health monitor - as well as the ones from your visitors - are redirected before reaching their destination. Enabling this option prevents the monitor from reporting an unhealthy endpoint when it actually has only been redirected (with a `301` code, for example).

:::note[Tip]

You can name the monitor after the parameters you have defined. For example: `HTTP - 200 - Follow Redirects`.

This way you can easily remember the criteria a certain monitor is using when you decide to attach it to other endpoints as well. 
:::

6. Select **Save** to confirm.



## Create pools

Pools hold information about where the health monitor requests and your visitors requests will be directed to.

To support the [use cases](#use-cases) mentioned above, and assuming you only have one origin server for your production website and one for the Cloudflare Pages instance, create two pools with one endpoint each:

:::caution[Important]

The endpoint pointing to [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) must have **host header** filled in with the project domain (`<project>.pages.dev`) for it to resolve correctly. You can find a reference table for correct setup in Step 8 below.

Failing to add the host header will result in [response code mismatch error](/load-balancing/troubleshooting/common-error-codes/#response-code-mismatch-error) for the monitor, and [Error 1000: DNS points to prohibited IP](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1000-dns-points-to-prohibited-ip) for visitors (if the load balancer is enabled despite the unhealthy monitor status). 
:::

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.

2. Select **Manage Pools** and then **Create**.

3. For the first pool, start by filling out the fields:

* A name for the pool (must be unique). Suggestion: `primary`
* A description to provide more details on the name. Suggestion: `production website`

4. Leave the choice for [**Endpoint Steering**](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/) as is. Since each pool will only have one endpoint, this steering method will not interfere in this case.

5. Add your origin server as an endpoint with the following information:

* A name for the endpoint (must be unique). Suggestion: `my-website`.
* The endpoint IP address or hostname.

  :::caution

  As exemplified in Step 8 below, when using Cloudflare as an endpoint, **do not** specify one of Cloudflare's anycast IP addresses. Because these IPs can change at any time, you should use a hostname instead. 
  :::
* The endpoint [weight](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights), which can be set to `1`. Since each pool will only have one endpoint, the endpoint weight will not make a difference in this case.
* A [hostname](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/) by selecting **Add host header**.

  :::caution

  If your production website is hosted on a platform like Cloudflare Pages, where you have a default subdomain (`example.pages.dev`) and then configure a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains) (`my-app.com`), you will need to add a host header to avoid failing the health monitor request. 
  :::

6. Finish configuring the first pool with the following information:

* Leave the **Health Threshold** set to `1`. Since each pool will only have one endpoint, this is the only possible value for this field.
* Select the **Monitor** configured in the previous step.
* Select **Health Check Regions** to choose from which [locations](/load-balancing/monitors/#health-monitor-regions) Cloudflare should send monitor requests to periodically test the endpoint health.

7. Select **Save**

8. Repeat the process for the second pool using the following values:



| Field                      | Value                                     |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| Pool name                  | `secondary`                               |
| Description                | `Pages version`                           |
| Endpoint steering          | `<default>`                               |
| Endpoint name              | `my-pages-website`                        |
| Endpoint address           | `<your custom domain or Pages subdomain>` |
| Weight                     | `1`                                       |
| Host (**Add host header**) | `<your custom domain or Pages subdomain>` |
| Health threshold           | `1`                                       |
| Monitor                    | `<monitor defined on previous step>`      |
| Health check regions       | `<select region of your choice>`          |



## Check the endpoints health status



Before setting up the load balancer:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing** > **Manage Pools**.
2. Find the pools you created in the list and check if their status is `Healthy`. You might have to refresh the page.
3. Expand each pool entry to confirm that the health status for endpoints within them is also `Healthy`.

The basic principle is that, if both your production website and your Cloudflare Pages project are live and directly accessible via browser, the monitors should also be able to get a `200` code as HTTP response.

Revise your pools and monitor configurations to confirm they followed the instructions above. If you still find issues, refer to [Troubleshooting](/load-balancing/troubleshooting/common-error-codes/) or [FAQ](/load-balancing/troubleshooting/load-balancing-faq/#why-is-my-endpoint-or-pool-considered-unhealthy).


## Create load balancer


After confirming the endpoints and monitors are set up correctly and return the expected health status, create the load balancer:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing** > **Create Load Balancer**.

2. On the **Hostname** page, configure the following and select **Next**.
   * Enter a **Hostname**, which is the DNS name at which the load balancer is available. Suggestion: for now, you can just add a temporary hostname such as `lb` (so the complete field value would look like `lb.<your_domain>`).
   * Toggle the orange cloud icon to update the [proxy mode](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/), which affects how traffic is routed and which IP addresses are advertised.
   * Select your preferred option for [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) and [adaptive routing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/adaptive-routing/).

3. On the **Add a Pool** page, configure the following and select **Next**.
   * Select the first pool you created previously and select **Add Pool**.
   * Do the same for the second pool and reorder them if needed. For the purposes of this tutorial, your production website pool would be the first (`primary`) and the Cloudflare Pages pool would be the second (`secondary`).
   * If needed, update the [**Fallback Pool**](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/#fallback-pools). For the purposes of this tutorial, you can leave this pointing to your secondary pool.

4. On the **Monitors** page, review the monitors attached to your pools and the expected health status, and select **Next**.

5. On the **Traffic Steering** page, make sure **Off** is selected. This means the load balancer will follow the order established on the **Add a Pool** section (Step 3 above), achieving an [Active - Passive Failover](/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/#active---passive-failover) configuration.

6. For the purposes of this tutorial, leave the [**Custom Rules**](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/) option empty.

7. On the **Review** page, review your configuration and select **Save as Draft**.

A DNS record of the type `LB` will be created under [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records) with the hostname you have defined, and a corresponding load balancer will be added to [**Traffic** > **Load Balancing** > **Manage Load Balancers**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing)

## Optional - Deploy on a test hostname



If you have used a temporary hostname for your load balancer, follow the steps below to deploy and test it.

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. In the **Manage Load Balancers** list, locate the load balancer you created under a test hostname (such as `lb`) and enable it.
3. On your browser, request the temporary hostname (`lb.example.com`). You should see the website or application hosted at your primary origin server.
4. Go back to the **Manage Load Balancers** list, select to expand the test load balancer, and disable the primary pool.
5. On a new incognito window of your browser, request the temporary hostname once again. You should see the website or application hosted at your secondary origin server this time.

   If you find issues, revise your pools, monitor, and load balancer configurations to confirm they followed the instructions above. Also refer to [Troubleshooting](/load-balancing/troubleshooting/common-error-codes/) or [FAQ](/load-balancing/troubleshooting/load-balancing-faq/) if needed.

:::caution[Important]

After you confirm everything is working correctly, make sure you re-enable the pools within the load balancer. 
:::

## Route production traffic to load balancer



Now that you have set up your load balancer and verified everything is working correctly, you can put the load balancer on a live domain or subdomain:

1. Confirm that your production hostname has the correct [priority order](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#priority-order) of DNS records and is covered by an [SSL/TLS certificate](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#ssltls-coverage).

   If you have an Enterprise account, also evaluate your application for any excluded paths. For example, you might not want the load balancer to distribute requests directed at your `/admin` path. For any exceptions, set up an [Origin rule](/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record) or [Page rule](/rules/page-rules/how-to/override-url-or-ip-address/).

2. Configure your load balancer to receive production traffic by editing the **Hostname** of your existing load balancer.

---

# Manage pools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/

import {
	AvailableNotifications,
	GlossaryDefinition,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";

<GlossaryDefinition term="pool" />

For more background information on pools, refer to [Pools](/load-balancing/pools/).

:::caution

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<Render file="endpoints-introduction-callout" />
:::

---

## Create a pool

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="pool-create" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="pool-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Edit a pool

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit a pool in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. Click **Manage Pools**.
3. On a specific pool, click **Edit**.
4. Update settings as needed.
5. Click **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

When you edit a pool with the API, your request type depends on how much you want to edit.

To update specific settings without having to resubmit the entire configuration, use a [PATCH](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/edit/) request. For broader changes, use a [PUT](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/update/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Delete a pool

You cannot delete pools that are in use by load balancers. This includes [geo steering regions](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/#region-steering) pools as well as [fallback pools](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/#fallback-pools).

If you get an error when trying to delete a pool, consider the hostnames listed in the error and [edit the respective load balancers](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/), making sure to remove all references to the pool.

:::note

If the pool is referenced by geo steering, the configuration is **not** automatically removed when you change to a different **Traffic Steering** method. To make sure you remove it, select **Geo Steering**, remove the pool, and then apply and save any other necessary changes.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete a pool in the dashboard:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
2. Click **Manage Pools**.
3. On a specific pool, click **Delete**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a pool using the API, send a [DELETE](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/delete/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Set up alerts

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in the status of your pools.

<AvailableNotifications product="Load Balancing" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Pools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/pools/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="pool" />

For more details about how endpoints and pools become unhealthy, refer to [Endpoint and pool health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/).

:::caution
 <Render file="endpoints-introduction-callout" /> 
:::

***

## Properties

For an up-to-date list of pool properties, refer to [Pool properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/list/) in our API documentation.

***

## Create pools

For step-by-step guidance, refer to [Create pools](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/).

***

## Per-endpoint Host header override

When your application needs specialized routing (`CNAME` setup or custom hosts like Heroku), change the `Host` header used in health monitor requests. For more details, refer to [Override HTTP Host headers](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/).

***

## API commands

The Cloudflare API supports the following commands for pools. Examples are given for user-level endpoint but apply to the account-level endpoint as well.

| Command                                                                                  | Method   | Endpoint                                                   |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Create Pool](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/create/)                   | `POST`   | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools`                |
| [Delete Pool](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/delete/)                   | `DELETE` | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id`            |
| [List Pools](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/list/)                     | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools`                |
| [Pool Details](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/get/)                 | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id`            |
| [Pool Health Details](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/subresources/health/methods/get/)   | `GET`    | `account/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/health`      |
| [Overwrite specific properties](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/edit/)  | `PATCH`  | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id`            |
| [Overwrite existing pool](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/update/)       | `PUT`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id`            |
| [Preview Pool](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/subresources/health/methods/create/)                 | `POST`   | `account/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/preview`     |
| [List Pool References](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/subresources/references/methods/get/) | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_id/load_balancers/pools/:id/references` |

---

# Private Network Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/private-network/

Private Network Load Balancing enables you to load balance traffic between servers within a data center ([endpoint steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/)) and between private applications. This helps you eliminate the need for hardware appliances and facilitates the migration of your infrastructure to the cloud, providing advantages such as elastic scalability and enhanced reliability.

Private Network Load Balancing supports not only public IPs but also virtual IPs and private IPs as endpoint values.

:::note

This page assumes a certain level of familiarity with how the Cloudflare Load Balancing solution works. For an introductory overview refer to [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/).
:::

***

## Off-ramps

Off-ramps create a direct and secure way for Cloudflare to connect into your networks that are not publicly available.

Since traffic steering decisions or failover mechanisms rely on the health information of pools and endpoints, being able to input your virtual or private IPs directly as endpoints within your load balancer means you can better leverage existing health monitoring.

### Tunnel

Currently, to be able to connect to private IP origins, Cloudflare load balancers require a [Cloudflare tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) with an associated [virtual network (VNet)](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/).

Once the endpoint and virtual network (VNet) tunnel association is configured, Cloudflare can determine not only the tunnel health but also the health of the corresponding virtual or private IP targets.

Refer to [Set up private IPs with Cloudflare Tunnel](/load-balancing/private-network/tunnels-setup/) for a detailed guide.

### Magic WAN

Private Network Load Balancing supports off-ramping traffic for Magic WAN tunnels, such as GRE, IPSec or CNI tunnels. For more information refer to the [Set up Private Network Load Balancing with Magic WAN](/load-balancing/private-network/magic-wan/).

***

## On-ramps

Private Network Load Balancing on-ramps, on the other hand, refer to secure paths between the end-user request and the Cloudflare network. Cloudflare Load Balancing supports traffic from [CDN](/cache/), [Spectrum](/spectrum/), [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) and [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) and forward that traffic to a load balancer, and then egress to an endpoint behind any off-ramp (CDN/CNI/IPSec/GRE/Tunnel). Your traffic can ingress and egress by any on-ramp/off-ramp combination.

***

## Use cases

* **Requests originating from the public Internet and directed to a private/internal service**: You can route requests from the Internet to your internal services on internal IPs - such as accounting or production automation systems - using [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).

* **Intelligent traffic routing**: Benefit from failover for your private traffic and have the ability to monitor the health of these IP targets directly, rather than load balancing to a tunnel and only monitoring the health of the tunnel itself.

---

# Set up Private Network Load Balancing with Magic WAN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/private-network/magic-wan/

Consider the following steps to learn how to configure Private Network Load Balancing solution, using [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) as the on-ramp and off-ramp to securely connect to your private or internal services. This is currently an API only feature.

## 1. Configure a virtual network for Magic WAN

1. Create and [configure virtual networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/#create-a-virtual-network) using either the Cloudflare UI or the Cloudflare API.

2. Set your virtual network as the default. Your load balancer will use the `default` virtual network. In the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/virtual_networks/methods/create/), specify the default virtual network by setting `is_default_network = true`.

3. Retrieve the ID of the virtual network you created. To get the VNET ID, send a `GET` request to the following API endpoint:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/teamnet/virtual_networks?is_default=true
```

The VNET ID value will be used to ensure that your load balancer is properly integrated with the specified virtual network.

## 2. Configure an Account Load Balancer

1. Once you have your [VNets configured](/load-balancing/private-network/magic-wan/#1-configure-a-virtual-network-for-magic-wan), you need to make sure that the [pools](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/) you will be using with your load balancer are configured with the default VNet value in the **Virtual Network** field.

2. Next, create an Account Load Balancer by sending a `POST` request to the following API endpoint. The request body should be structured similarly to a Zone Load Balancer. Refer to the [Cloudflare API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/) for details on the required fields and their formats. Make sure that the pools you are using in your load balancer have the default VNET configured (previous step).

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers
```

To retrieve a list of all created Account Load Balancers, send a `GET` request to the same endpoint.

3. The `tunnel_id` parameter of the created Load Balancer is necessary for subsequent requests, so make sure to save the `tunnel_id` when you receive it in the response of the `POST` request. You can also retrieve the `tunnel_id` from the `GET` request if you need it for future operations.

## 3. Deploy route to access LB

To access the new load balancer, you need to create a tunnel route. This will be done automatically for you, but in case you would need to create one yourself or add an additional one, you need to:

1. Use the `tunnel_id` of the Account Load Balancer, retrieved in the previous step. By using the `tunnel_id` of the Account Load Balancer and assigning a private network IP we are making the Load Balancer available at that IP address on the associated virtual network.

2. To create a route for your Load Balancer, send a [`POST`](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/routes/methods/create/) request to following endpoint with this sample body:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/teamnet/routes \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
"comment": "Example comment - account load balancing",
  "network": "<PRIVATE_IP/CIDR_MASK>,
  "tunnel_id": "<TUNNEL_ID>"
}'
```

After completing these steps, the load balancer should be deployed with the selected private IP address and available to traffic on the same virtual network.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

See the following pages for more information about Cloudflare Load Balancing:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Set up private IPs with Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/private-network/tunnels-setup/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Consider the following steps to learn how to configure Private Network Load Balancing solution, using [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) as the off-ramp to securely connect to your private or internal services.

## 1. Configure a Cloudflare tunnel with an assigned virtual network

The specific configuration steps can vary depending on your infrastructure and services you are looking to connect. If you are not familiar with Cloudflare Tunnel, the pages linked on each step provide more guidance.

1. [Create a tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/#1-create-a-tunnel).
2. [Deploy the tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/) to connect to your data center.
3. Create a [virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) and assign it to the tunnel you configured in the previous steps.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a virtual network:

1. Within the [Zero Trust dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client** and find the **Virtual networks** setting.
2. Select **Add new** or **Manage** > **Create virtual network** to create virtual networks.
3. Define your virtual network name and select **Save**.

To assign the virtual network to the tunnel:

1. Go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Select the tunnel you created in the previous steps and select **Configure**.
3. Under **Private Network**, select **Add a private network**.
4. Specify an IP range under **CIDR** and select the virtual network under **Additional settings**.
5. Select **Save private network**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="cli">

To create a virtual network:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel vnet add <VNET_NAME>
```

To assign the virtual network to the tunnel:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel route ip add --vnet <VNET_NAME> <IP_RANGE> <TUNNEL_NAME>
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Configure Cloudflare Load Balancing

Once you have Cloudflare tunnels with associated virtual networks (VNets) configured, the VNets can be specified for each endpoint when you [create or edit a pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool). This will enable Cloudflare load balancers to use the correct tunnel and securely reach the private IP endpoints.

The specific configuration will vary depending on your use case. Refer to the following steps to understand the workflow.

1. [Create the Load Balancing monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/) according to your needs.
2. [Create the pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/) specifying your private IP addresses and corresponding virtual networks.

:::note

- Currently, Cloudflare does not support entering the same endpoint IP addresses more than once, even when using different virtual networks.
- All endpoints with private IPs must have `virtual_network_id` specified.

:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">

<TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="pool-create" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

To get a list of your current virtual networks, use the [List virtual networks](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/virtual_networks/methods/list/) API operation.

Enable virtual/private IP support by adding the `virtual_network_id` field to the origins in you API request. Refer to the [Cloudflare Load Balancer API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/create/) for more information on how to create a pool using the API.

Consider the following example for updating an existing Load Balancer pool with a Virtual IP origin using cURL.

:::caution

All origins with private IPs must have `virtual_network_id` specified.

:::

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/pools/{pool_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
	"origins": [
		{
			"name": "origin-1",
			"address": "10.0.0.1",
			"enabled": true,
			"weight": 1,
			"virtual_network_id": "a5624d4e-044a-4ff0-b3e1-e2465353d4b4"
		}
	]
}'
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

3. [Create the load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/), specifying the pool and monitor you created in the previous steps, as well as the desired [global traffic steering policies](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) and [custom rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/).

:::caution[Spectrum limitations]

If you will use the load balancer with [Spectrum](/spectrum/), consider the applicable [limitations](/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum/#limitations) on load balancing and monitoring options.

:::

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/limitations/

Name | Non-Enterprise | Enterprise |
 --- | --- | --- |
 Load balancers | 20 | custom |
 Monitor intervals | 60s (min), 3600s (max) | 10s (min), 3600s (max) |
 Monitors | 1.5x the number of pools | 1.5x the number of pools |
 Endpoints | 20 | custom |
 Pools | 20 | custom |

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Using load balancing analytics, you can:

* Evaluate traffic flow.
* Assess the health status of endpoints in your pools.
* Review changes in pools and pool health over time.

:::note


Load balancing analytics are only available to customers on paid plans (Pro, Business, and Enterprise).


:::

## Dashboard Analytics

### Overview metrics

To view **Overview** metrics for your load balancer, go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing Analytics**.

These metrics show the number of requests routed to specific pools within a load balancer, helping you:

* Evaluate the effects of adding or removing a pool.
* Decide when to create new pools.
* Plan for peak traffic demands and future infrastructure needs.

Add additional filters for specific pools, times, regions, and endpoints.

:::note


Load balancing <strong>requests</strong> are the number of uncached requests made by your load balancer. By default, Cloudflare caches resolved IP addresses for up to five seconds.


:::

### Latency

**Latency** metrics show an interactive map, helping you identify regions with **Unhealthy** or **Slow** pools.

To view latency information for your load balancer, go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing Analytics** > **Latency**.

### Logs

**Logs** provide a history of all endpoint status changes and how they affect your load balancing pools. Load Balancing only logs events that represent a status change for an endpoint, from healthy to unhealthy or vice versa.

To access logs in the dashboard, go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing Analytics**.

## GraphQL Analytics

For more flexibility, get load balancing metrics directly from the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

Get started with a sample query:


<Details header="Requests per pool">

This query shows the number of requests each pool receives from each location in Cloudflare's global network.

```graphql title="Query"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: "your Zone ID"}) {
         loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups(
            limit: 100,
            filter: {
                datetime_geq: "2021-06-26T00:00:00Z",
                datetime_leq: "2021-06-26T03:00:00Z",
                lbName:"lb.example.com"
            },
            orderBy: [datetimeFifteenMinutes_DESC]
        ) {
          count
          dimensions {
            datetimeFifteenMinutes
            coloCode
            selectedPoolName
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```json title="Response (truncated)"
{
    "data": {
        "viewer": {
            "zones": [
                {
                    "loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups": [
                        {
                            "count": 4,
                            "dimensions": {
                                "coloCode": "IAD",
                                "datetimeFifteenMinutes": "2021-06-26T00:45:00Z",
                                "selectedPoolName": "us-east"
                            }
                        },
                        ...
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Requests per data center">

This query shows the weighted, round-trip time (RTT) measurement (`avgRttMs`) for monitor requests from a specific data center (for example, Singapore or `SIN`) to each pool in a specific load balancer.

:::caution

Note that `avgRttMs` refers to the round-trip time that is measured by the monitors and used in steering decisions. `avgRttMs` is different from the raw RTT for individual requests that reach the Cloudflare network.
:::

```graphql title="Query"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: "your Zone ID"}) {
         loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive(
            limit: 100,
            filter: {
                datetime_geq: "2021-06-26T00:00:00Z",
                datetime_leq: "2021-06-26T03:00:00Z",
                lbName:"lb.example.com",
                coloCode: "SIN"
            },
            orderBy: [datetime_DESC]
        ) {
        selectedPoolName
        pools {
          poolName
          healthy
          healthCheckEnabled
          avgRttMs
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```json title="Response (truncated)"
{
    "data": {
        "viewer": {
            "zones": [
                {
                    "loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive": [
                        {
                            "pools": [
                                {
                                    "avgRttMs": 67,
                                    "healthCheckEnabled": 1,
                                    "healthy": 1,
                                    "poolName": "asia-ne"
                                },
                                {
                                    "avgRttMs": 156,
                                    "healthCheckEnabled": 1,
                                    "healthy": 1,
                                    "poolName": "us-east_and_asia-ne"
                                },
                                {
                                    "avgRttMs": 237,
                                    "healthCheckEnabled": 1,
                                    "healthy": 1,
                                    "poolName": "us-east"
                                },
                            ],
                            "selectedPoolName": "asia-ne"
                        },
                    ...
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
```


</Details>

---

# Regions API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/region-mapping-api/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare’s Load Balancing Regions API has several uses:

* Identify which countries/areas (states/provinces in the case of the U.S. and Canada) are part of a specific Cloudflare Load Balancer region.
* Identify the Cloudflare Load Balancer region for a particular country/area (states/provinces in the case of the U.S. and Canada).

The Region API uses 2-letter [ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 codes](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html) for countries/areas and, in the case of the U.S. and Canada, ISO-3166-2 subdivision codes for states/provinces. Only the U.S. and Canada are provided with these subdivisions.

There are two main optional parameters for the Region API:

* country\_code is a string containing a two-letter alpha-2 country code per ISO 3166-1. For example: /load\_balancers/regions?country\_code=US
* subdivision\_code is a string containing a two-letter subdivision code for the U.S. and Canada per ISO 3166-2. For example: /load\_balancers/regions?subdivision\_code=CA

For additional details and examples on using the Region Mapping API, see [Cloudflare’s API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/regions/methods/list/).

## List of Load Balancer regions

<Render file="region-mapping" />

---

# Common error codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/troubleshooting/common-error-codes/

The Cloudflare Load Balancing API adds global health to each pool and endpoint. It also gives you a view into what our network sees at a wider level. Cloudflare uses a quorum system to determine pool and endpoint health status. The quorum is taken from PoPs responsible for running health monitor requests in a region, and the majority result is used.

When troubleshooting failures, use the Cloudflare API for programmatic access to Cloudflare Load Balancing. The Health Monitor Events and Load Balancer Monitors routes are excellent tools for accessing load balancing event logs and reconfiguring Cloudflare monitors.

You can get a per-data center breakdown of the health of your endpoints from the Cloudflare API from the List Health Monitor Events command:

```txt
GET user/load_balancing_analytics/events
```

If a health monitor request fails, the breakdown will include the reason.

Common troubleshooting causes and solutions are listed below.

***

## TCP connection failed

### Cause

Our health monitor requests failed to establish a TCP connection to your endpoint.

### Solution

This typically occurs when there is a network failure between Cloudflare and your endpoint, and/or a firewall refused to allow our connection. Ensure your network and firewall configurations are not interfering with load balancing traffic.

***

## HTTP timeout occurred

### Cause

The endpoint failed to return an HTTP response within the timeout configured. This happens if you have the timeout set to a low number — 1 or 2 seconds, for instance.

### Solution

We recommend increasing the HTTP response timeout to allow the endpoint to respond.

***

## Response code mismatch error

### Cause

Cloudflare receives an HTTP status code that does not match the values defined in the `expected_codes` property of your Cloudflare monitor configuration.

### Solution

Response codes must match the `expected_codes`. Use the List Monitors API command to confirm the values are correct.

### Alternate cause

You may also see this issue if you have a monitor configured to use HTTP connections and your endpoint is redirecting to HTTPS. In this case, the response code will often be 301, 302, or 303.

### Solution

Either change your Cloudflare monitor configuration to use HTTPS, or set the value of `follow_redirect` to `true` so that we can resolve the correct status code.

***

## Response body mismatch error

### Cause

The response body returns from your endpoint and does not include the (case-insensitive) value of `expected_body` configured in your monitor.

Note that we only read the first 10 KB of the response. If you return a larger response, and the expected\_body is not in the first 10 KB, the health monitor request will fail.

### Solution

Ensure the expected\_body is in the first 10 KB of the response body.

***

## TLS untrusted certificate error

### Cause

The certificate is not trusted by a public Certificate Authority (CA).

### Solution

If you're using a self-signed certificate, we recommend either using a publicly trusted certificate or setting the `allow_insecure` property on your monitor to `true`.

***

## TLS name mismatch error

### Cause

Our health monitor (client) was not able to match a name on the server certificate to the hostname of the request.

### Solution

Use the List Monitors command to confirm that the `header` value set in the Cloudflare monitor is correct and the Update Monitors command to make any necessary changes.

***

## TLS protocol error

### Cause

This error can occur if you’re using an older version of TLS or your endpoint is not configured for HTTPS.

### Solution

Ensure that your endpoint supports TLS 1.0 or greater and is configured for HTTPS.

***

## TLS unrecognized name error

### Cause

The server did not recognize the name provided by the client. When a host header is set, we set this as the ServerName in the initial TLS handshake. If not set, we will not provide a ServerName, which can cause this error.

### Solution

Set the host header in your monitor object.

***

## No route to host error

### Cause

The IP address cannot be reached from our network. Common causes are ISP or hosting provider network issues (e.g. BGP level), or that the IP does not exist.

### Solution

Make sure IP is accurate, and if it is check if there is an ISP or hosting provider network issue.

***

## Exceeded quota error

### Cause

You will receive this error if you attempt to create more objects (monitors, pools, or endpoints) than are included in your plan.

If using the dashboard, you will not be able to create additional objects.

If you're using the **Cloudflare API**, you will receive an error message.

### Solution

* Enterprise customers who need to create more objects (load balancers, pools, endpoints, or monitors) should reach out to their account team to discuss this issue.
* Self-service customers can upgrade their Load Balancing subscription with more endpoints to increase load balancing capacity.

***

## TCP Timeout

### Cause

Data transmission was not acknowledged and retransmit of data did not succeed.

### Solution

Confirm whether the SYN-ACK for the handshake takes place at your endpoint and [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

***

## TLS Handshake Failure

### Cause

Indicates that the browser's connection to the web server is not secure.

### Solution

Change wifi networks, connect to a wired network, or verify the network connection is stable.

***

## Network Unreachable

### Cause

Cloudflare cannot connect to the endpoint due to network unavailability. This is usually caused by a network issue or incorrect IP.

### Solution

Check either the IP entered for the endpoint in Cloudflare's Load Balancer configuration or the IP returned via DNS for the endpoint hostname.

***

## HTTP Invalid Response

### Cause

Usually caused by an HTTP 502 error or bad gateway.

### Solution

Ensure the endpoint responds to requests and that no applications have crashed or are under high load.

***

## DNS Unknown Host

### Cause

The endpoint hostname does not exist.

### Solution

Confirm the endpoint resolves to an IP address.

***

## Connection Reset by Peer

### Cause

A network error occurred while the client received data from the endpoint.

### Solution

Confirm whether the endpoint is experiencing a high amount of traffic or an error.

***

## Monitor Config Error

### Cause

There was a configuration error in the monitor and no checks are run against the pool endpoints.

### Solution

Review your monitor configuration to ensure it matches an expected request to your endpoint.

***

## DNS Internal

### Cause

The endpoint's hostname resolves to an internal or orange-clouded IP address. No checks are run against the pool endpoints.

### Solution

Cloudflare does not allow use of an endpoint hostname that is proxied by Cloudflare.

***

## Load Balancing Not Enabled

### Cause

Load Balancing is not enabled for your account or zone.

### Solution

For Enterprise customers, reach out to your Cloudflare Account Team. Free, Pro, and Business customers should [Enable Load Balancing](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/).

***

## Validation failed error

### Cause

You will receive an error if you try to set the host header value while configuring a load balancer endpoint.

### Solution

Cloudflare now restricts configured [endpoint host headers](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/) to fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) that are immediate subdomains of a zone associated with the account. For example, this host header would be the same zone as the load balancer itself, but pools may be used across multiple Load balancers.

***

## Object referenced by other objects

### Cause

You will receive this error when you attempt to delete a pool that is referenced by a load balancer [geo steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/) region.

### Solution

Remove the pool from the load balancer's geo steering configuration. If your load balancer no longer uses geo steering, you will need to [re-enable geo steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/) and then remove the pool.

***

## Other Failure

### Cause

If the failure cannot be classified as any other type of failure mentioned above.

### Solution

[Contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/troubleshooting/

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For more guidance related to common issues with load balancers, refer to the following resources:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# FAQs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/troubleshooting/load-balancing-faq/

## Overview

For more detailed information about Load Balancing — including how-to guides, tutorials, and other reference information — check out our [product documentation](/load-balancing/).

:::note

Are you trying to turn on Load Balancing? [Enable Load
Balancing](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/traffic/load-balancing). 
:::

***

## Why is my origin receiving so many health monitor requests?

This issue may be caused by a combination of two issues.

### Multiple Health Monitor Regions

When you [attach a monitor to a pool](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/#create-a-monitor), you can specify the **Health Monitor Regions** that Cloudflare uses to monitor your endpoint health.

If you select multiple regions or choose **All Data Centers (Enterprise Only)**, you may [dramatically increase traffic](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/#how-an-endpoint-becomes-unhealthy) to that pool and its associated endpoints. Each region sends individual health monitor requests from 3 data centers. Using **All Data Centers** sends individual health monitor requests from all existing Cloudflare data centers (and that number of data centers is growing all the time).

To reduce traffic, reduce the number of selected regions or choose an option besides **All Data Centers**.

### Low intervals for health monitor requests

If you have a low interval for your health monitor requests, you may increase the traffic sent to your endpoints.

***

## Why is my endpoint or pool considered unhealthy?

To learn more about how endpoints and pools become unhealthy, refer to [Endpoint and pool health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details).

If you know that your endpoint is healthy but load balancing is reporting it as unhealthy, check the following settings on the [monitor](/load-balancing/monitors):

* Perform a `curl` request against the configured endpoint. Make sure the response you are seeing matches your settings for the monitor.
* Ensure your firewall or web server does not block or rate limit [our health monitors](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-site-crawling/#specific-products) and accepts requests from [Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/).
* If you are looking for a specific value in the **Response Body**, make sure that value is relatively static and within the first 10 KB of the HTML page.
* If your endpoint responds with a `301` or `302` status code, make sure **Follow Redirects** is selected.
* Try increasing the **Timeout** value.
* Review the **Host Header** for the health monitor.
* If you are using [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/), [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/), make sure that you entered a zone value for **Simulate Zone**.

***

## Why does my load balancer route traffic to a secondary pool when the primary pool is still healthy?

You occasionally might see traffic routed away from a pool if a health monitor request fails from a specific data center (even if the endpoint is still healthy). That data center may direct a small number of requests to another pool that is considered healthy by that data center.

To learn more about how endpoints and pools become unhealthy, refer to [Endpoint and pool health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details).

***

## What happens when a pool or endpoint becomes unhealthy?

When a pool or endpoint becomes unhealthy, traffic may be rerouted to other healthy pools or endpoints based on your configuration. You might experience this behavior when using:

1 - Pools with **All-Datacenters** monitoring and the monitor fails in a specific data center. In this case, all traffic will be steered away from impacted endpoints in that datacenter until the monitor succeeds again. These instances are reflected in LB request analytics as steering away from an unhealthy endpoint or pool.

2 - Pools with FQDN endpoint addresses and the recursive DNS lookup fails in a specific data center. In this case, only requests for which the DNS request fails will be steered away from impacted endpoints. This could be sporadic, especially if upstream authoritative resolvers occasionally time out or fail, when the local DNS cache TTL expires and a remote lookup is required in the hot path. This also appears in LB request analytics as steering away from an unhealthy endpoint, and the resolved endpoint IP will be missing from the request log.

To avoid these scenarios:

1 - Do not use **All-Datacenters** monitoring.

2 - Use IP addresses for endpoint configurations. If that is not feasible, use domains for which Cloudflare is authoritative (primary or secondary).

To learn more about how endpoints and pools become unhealthy, refer to [Endpoint and pool health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details).

***

## What is the difference between Load Balancing and Health Checks?

[Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) helps monitor endpoints health and — based on that and other information — route incoming requests accordingly. Individual endpoints have monitors attached, which issue monitor requests at regular intervals.

[Cloudflare Health Checks](/health-checks/) are identical to monitors within a load balancer, but only meant for probing server health (and not distributing traffic).

***

## Why do I see different numbers of requests in Load Balancing Analytics?

You may see different numbers of requests when reviewing [Load Balancing Analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/), especially when compared to other Cloudflare dashboards (Caching, etc.).

Load balancing **requests** are the number of uncached requests made by your load balancer. By default, Cloudflare caches resolved IP addresses for up to five seconds. This built-in caching is often the cause of an discrepancies.

***

## I'm seeing a specific error code for my load balancer or monitor.

For a list of specific error codes and next steps, refer to [Load Balancing Troubleshooting](/load-balancing/troubleshooting).

***

## Related resources

* [Endpoint and pool health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details)
* [Monitors](/load-balancing/monitors)
* [Load Balancing Analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/)

---

# Adaptive routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/adaptive-routing/

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Adaptive routing controls features that modify the routing of requests to pools and endpoints in response to dynamic conditions, such as during the interval between active health monitoring requests. <Render file="zero-downtime-failover-retry-on-error" product="fundamentals" />

## Failover across pools

When there are no healthy endpoints in the same pool, failover across pools extend the zero-downtime failover of requests to healthy endpoints in alternate pools according to the failover order defined by traffic and endpoint steering.

### Enable failover across pools

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
3. Navigate to your Load Balancers and select **Edit**.
4. From **Adaptive Routing**, enable **Failover across pools**.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/

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Review the following topics to learn more about the basic concepts and components involved in Cloudflare Load Balancing.

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---

# How endpoints and pools become unhealthy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/

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When we talk about dynamic load balancing, that means your load balancer only directs requests to endpoints that can handle the traffic.

But how does your load balancer *know* which endpoints can handle the traffic? We determine that through a system of monitors, health monitors, and pools.

***

## Dynamic load balancing

Dynamic load balancing happens through a combination of <GlossaryTooltip term="pool" link="/load-balancing/pools/">pools</GlossaryTooltip>, <GlossaryTooltip term="monitor" link="/load-balancing/monitors/">monitors</GlossaryTooltip>, and <GlossaryTooltip term="health check">health checks</GlossaryTooltip>.

<Render file="health-check-diagram" />

***

## How an endpoint becomes unhealthy

<GlossaryDefinition term="health check" prepend="Health checks are " />

<Render file="health-check-regions" />

:::note


If **Health Monitor Regions** for a pool is set to **All Data Centers (Enterprise)**, pool health is determined by a majority of data centers.


:::

Load balancing analytics and logs will only show global health changes.

For greater accuracy and consistency when changing endpoint health status, you can also set the `consecutive_up` and `consecutive_down` parameters via the [Create Monitor API endpoint](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/monitors/methods/create/). To change from healthy to unhealthy, an endpoint will have to be marked healthy a consecutive number of times (specified by `consecutive_down`). The same applies — from unhealthy to healthy — for `consecutive_up`.

***

## How a pool becomes unhealthy

When an [individual endpoint becomes unhealthy](#how-an-endpoint-becomes-unhealthy), that may affect the health status of any associated pools (visible in the dashboard):

* **Healthy**: All endpoints are healthy.
* **Critical**: The pool has fallen below the number of available endpoints specified in its **Health Threshold** and will not receive traffic from your load balancer (unless other pools are also unhealthy and this pool is marked as the [**Fallback Pool**](#fallback-pools)).
* **Health unknown**: There are either no monitors attached to pool endpoints or the monitors have not yet determined endpoint health.
* **No health**: Reserved for your load balancer's [**Fallback Pool**](#fallback-pools).

:::note


1) When no monitor is attached to a pool, the health status is not considered during steering.
2) Origins are considered down when monitoring is enabled, but the health status is still unknown.
3) If there are no monitors, a fallback pool is still required, but it will only be used if all the default pools have origins with FQDN addresses that cannot be resolved.


:::

### Traffic distribution

<Render file="unhealthy-pool-traffic-distribution" />

### Fallback pools

<Render file="fallback-pools" />

***

## How a load balancer becomes unhealthy

When one or more pools become unhealthy, your load balancer might also show a different status in the dashboard:

* **Healthy**: All pools are healthy.
* **Degraded**: At least one pool is unhealthy, but traffic is not yet going to the [Fallback Pool](#fallback-pools).
* **Critical**: All pools are unhealthy and traffic is going to the [Fallback Pool](#fallback-pools).

If a load balancer reaches **Critical** health and the pool serving as your fallback pool is also disabled:

* If Cloudflare proxies your hostname, you will see a 530 HTTP/1016 Origin DNS failure.
* If Cloudflare does not proxy your hostname, you will see the SOA record.

---

# Load Balancing components

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/

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This page provides a simplified overview of the three main components of the Cloudflare Load Balancing solution and how they relate to one another.

## Load balancers

For a hostname (`blog.example.com`) to resolve, the Domain Name System (DNS) must return an IP address, where the website or application is hosted (origin).

When you set up a load balancer, Cloudflare automatically creates an [LB DNS record](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/) for the specified hostname. This means that, according to a [priority order](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#priority-order), instead of simply returning an IP address, the logic you introduced using the Cloudflare Load Balancing solution will be considered.

Note that you can use the root domain as a Load Balancer hostname. When doing so, make sure you enter the hostname without including the auto-generated dot that typically precedes your zone's name. 

<Render file="load-balancing-diagram" />

## Pools

Within Cloudflare, pools represent your endpoints and how they are organized. As such, a pool can be a group of several endpoints, or you could also have only one endpoint per pool — it depends on what best suits your use case.

For example, if you are only using Cloudflare to globally distribute traffic across regions ([global traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/)), each pool could represent one region and, within each region, you could have one endpoint that represents the entry point to your data center.

Cloudflare [Private Network Load Balancing](/load-balancing/private-network/) solution and [endpoint steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/) capabilities enable you to also load balance traffic between your servers within a data center. In this use case, each pool would represent a data center and contain several endpoints that represent your servers.

## Endpoints

<GlossaryDefinition term="endpoint" prepend="Endpoints refer to " />

## Monitors

Finally, monitors are the component you can use to guarantee only [healthy pools](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/) are considered for traffic distribution.

When you configure a monitor and attach it to endpoints, the monitor will issue health monitor requests to your endpoints at regular intervals. This process makes it possible for your load balancer to intelligently handle traffic, considering which endpoints are actually available.

<Render file="health-check-diagram" />

:::note


Health monitors associated with load balancers are different from [**Standalone health checks**](/health-checks/).


:::

---

# Proxy status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/

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You can load balance your traffic at different levels of the networking stack, including:

* [Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS)](#layer-7-load-balancing) (most common)
* [DNS-only](#dns-only-load-balancing)
* [Layer 4 (TCP)](#layer-4-load-balancing)

***

## Layer 7 load balancing

<Render file="layer-7-load-balancing-definition" />

### Benefits

<Render file="layer-7-load-balancing-benefits" />

***

## DNS-only load balancing

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-definition" />

### Benefits

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-benefits" /> <br/>

### Limitations

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-limitations" />

***

## Layer 4 load balancing

<Render file="layer-4-load-balancing-definition" />

---

# Session affinity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/

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<Render file="session-affinity-definition" />

## Types

Session affinity specifies the type of session affinity the load balancer should use unless specified as `"none"` or `""` (default).

### cookie

On the first request to a proxied load balancer, a cookie is generated, encoding information of which endpoint the request will be forwarded to. Subsequent requests, by the same client to the same load balancer, will be sent to the endpoint the cookie encodes for the duration of the cookie and as long as the endpoint remains healthy. If the cookie has expired or the endpoint is unhealthy, a new endpoint is calculated and used.

#### How does it work?

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### ip\_cookie

This behaves similar to `cookie` except the initial endpoint selection is stable and based on the client's IP address.

### header

On the first request to a proxied load balancer, a session key based on the configured HTTP headers is generated. The session key encodes the request headers used for storing which endpoint the request will be forwarded to during the load balancer session state. Subsequent requests to the load balancer with the same headers will be sent to the same endpoint, for the duration of the session and as long as the endpoint remains healthy. If the session has been idle for the duration of session affinity TTL seconds or the endpoint is unhealthy, then a new endpoint is calculated and used.

:::note


[Sticky Zero-Downtime Failover](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/#zero-downtime-failover) is not supported for session affinity by HTTP header.


:::

#### Control how headers are used

By default, at least one of the HTTP headers that you configure for session affinity by HTTP header must be present on requests sent to your load balancer in order for header-based sessions to be created. If a client adds or removes HTTP headers on their requests and they have already established a session, a new session will be created based on the new HTTP headers found in subsequent requests as long as they are specified in your configuration.

If you would like to require all of your configured HTTP headers to be present on requests in order for sessions to be created, then set `session_affinity_attributes.require_all_headers` to `true` via the Cloudflare API or toggle `Require all headers` to `enabled` in the Cloudflare dashboard when editing your load balancer.

***

## Enabling Session Affinity from the Cloudflare dashboard

Enable Session Affinity when you [create or edit a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/), during the **Hostname** step.

If you enable Session Affinity, choose one of the following options:

* **By Cloudflare cookie only**: Sets a `__cflb` cookie to track the associated endpoint.
* **By Cloudflare cookie and Client IP fallback**: Sets a `__cflb` cookie, but also uses the client IP address when no session affinity cookie is provided.
* **By HTTP header**.

:::caution[Important]


Session Affinity by Cloudflare cookie and Client IP fallback is not supported for load balancers in [DNS-only mode (gray cloud)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/).


:::

***

## Enabling Session Affinity via the Cloudflare API

Session affinity is a property of load balancers, which you can set with the following endpoints:

* [Create a load balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/)
* [Edit a load balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/update/)

Customize the behavior of session affinity by using the `session_affinity`, `session_affinity_ttl`, and `session_affinity_attributes` parameters.

To enable session affinity by HTTP header, set the `session_affinity` value to `header` and add your
HTTP header names to `session_affinity_attributes.headers`.

For more details on API commands in context, refer to [Create a load balancer with the API](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/).

***

## Endpoint Drain

Drain or remove all traffic from an endpoint without affecting any active customers using endpoint drain. For more details on endpoint drain, refer to [Performing planned maintenance](/load-balancing/additional-options/planned-maintenance/#gradual-rotation).

:::caution[Important]


Endpoint drain is not supported for load balancers in [DNS-only mode (gray cloud)](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/).


:::

## Zero-Downtime Failover

Zero-Downtime Failover automatically sends traffic to endpoints within a pool during transient network issues. This helps reduce errors shown to your users when issues occur in between active health monitors.

You can enable one of three options:

* **None**: No failover will take place and errors may show to your users.
* **Temporary**: Traffic will be sent to other endpoint(s) until the originally pinned endpoint is available.
* **Sticky**: The session affinity cookie is updated and subsequent requests are sent to the new endpoint moving forward as needed.

:::note


[Sticky Zero-Downtime Failover](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/#zero-downtime-failover) is not supported for session affinity by HTTP header.


:::

---

# Common calculations FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/common-calculations/

[❮ Back to FAQ](/logs/faq/)

## How can I calculate bytes served by the origin from Cloudflare Logs?




The best way to calculate bytes served by the origin is to use the `CacheResponseBytes` field in Cloudflare Logs, and to filter only requests that come from the origin. Make sure to filter out `OriginResponseStatus` values `0` and `304`, which indicate a revalidated response.



## How do I calculate bandwidth usage for my zone?

Bandwidth (or data transfer) can be calculated by adding the `EdgeResponseBytes` field in HTTP request logs. There are some types of requests that are not factored into bandwidth calculations. In order to only include relevant requests in calculations, add the filter `ClientRequestSource = 'eyeball'`.

---

# General FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/general-faq/

[❮ Back to FAQ](/logs/faq/)

## Once a request has passed through the Cloudflare network, how soon are the logs available?

When using **Logpush**, logs are pushed in batches as soon as possible. For example, if you receive a file at 10:10, the file consists of logs that were processed before 10:10.

When using **Logpull**, logs become available in approximately one to five minutes. Cloudflare requires that calls to the **Logpull API** to be for time periods of at least one minute in the past. For example, if it is 9:43 now, you can ask for logs processed between 9:41 and 9:42. The response will include logs for requests that passed through our network between 9:41 and 9:42 and potentially earlier. Usually Cloudflare's processing takes between three and four minutes, so when you ask for that same time period, you may also see logs of requests that passed through our network at 9:39 or earlier.

These timings are only a guideline, not a guarantee, and may depend on network conditions, the request volume for your domain, and other factors. Although we try to get the logs to you as fast as possible, we prioritize not losing log data over speed. On rare occasions, you may experience a longer delay. In this case, you do not need to take any action. The logs will be available as soon as they are processed.

## Are logs available for customers who are not on an Enterprise plan?


Not yet, but we are planning to make them available to other customer plans in the future.


## When pulling or pushing logs, I occasionally come across a time period with no data, even though I am sure my domain received requests at that time. Is this an expected behavior?


Yes. The time period for which you pull or receive logs is based on our processing time, not the time the requests passed through our network. Empty responses do not mean there were no requests during that time period, just that we did not process any logs for your domain during that time.



## Can I receive logs in a format other than JSON?

Not at this time. Talk to your Cloudflare account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) if you are interested in other formats and we will consider them for the future.


## Is it possible to track cache purge requests in the logs?

Only Purge Everything requests are logged in the [Audit Log](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/audit_logs/).



## At which stage are HTTP requests logged?

Requests are logged only after they successfully reach our proxy.
It means that requests failing during the TCP or TLS handshake between the client and the Cloudflare proxy will not be available in the logs.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/

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Below you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding Cloudflare Logs. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, go to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/) and post your question there.



***

## General FAQ

For general questions about Logs.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/faq/general-faq/">General FAQ  ❯</LinkButton>

## Logpush

For questions about Logpush.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/faq/logpush/">Logpush  ❯</LinkButton>

## Instant Logs

For questions about Instant Logs.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/faq/instant-logs/">Instant Logs ❯</LinkButton>

## Logpull API

For questions about the Logpull API.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/faq/logpull-api/">Logpull API ❯</LinkButton>

## Common calculations

For questions about common calculations.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/faq/common-calculations/">Common calculations ❯</LinkButton>

---

# Instant Logs FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/instant-logs/

[❮ Back to FAQ](/logs/faq/)


## I am getting an HTTP 301 when attempting to connect to my WebSocket. What can I do?

Make sure you are using the `wss://` protocol when connecting to your WebSocket.

## I am getting an HTTP 429. What can I do?


Connection requests are rate limited. Try your request again after waiting a few minutes.


## Why am I not receiving data?

First, double-check if you have a filter defined. If you do, it may be too strict (or incorrect) which ends up dropping all your data.

If you are confident in your filter, check the sample rate you used when creating the session. For example, a sample of 100 means you will receive one log for every 100 requests to your zone.

Finally, make sure the destination is proxied through Cloudflare (also known as orange clouded). We cannot log your request if it does not go through Cloudflare's global network.


## I am getting an error fetching my data. How can I solve this?

Make sure you have the correct permissions. To use Instant Logs you need Super Administrator, Administrator, Log Share, or Log Share Reader permissions.

---

# Logpull API FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/logpull-api/

[❮ Back to FAQ](/logs/faq/)


## How long are logs retained?

Cloudflare makes logs available for at least three days and up to seven days. If you need your logs for a longer time period, download and store them locally.


## I am asking for logs for the time window of 16:10-16:13. However, the timestamps in the logs show requests that are before this time period. Why does that happen?


When you make a call for the time period of 16:10-16:13, you are actually asking for the logs that were received and processed by our system during that time (hence the endpoint name, `logs/received`). The received time is the time the logs are written to disk. There is some delay between the time the request hits the Cloudflare edge and the time it is received and processed. The **request time** is what you see in the log itself: **EdgeStartTimestamp** and **EdgeEndTimestamp** tell you when the edge started and stopped processing the request.

The advantage of basing the responses on the **time received** rather than the request or edge time is not needing to worry about late-arriving logs. As long as you are calling our API for continuous time segments, you will always get all of your logs without making duplicate calls. If we based the response on request time, you could never be sure that all the logs for that request time had been processed.

---

# Logpush FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/faq/logpush/

[❮ Back to FAQ](/logs/faq/)

## What happens if my cloud storage destination is temporarily unavailable?

**Logpush** is designed to retry in case of errors. If your destination is temporarily unavailable, Logpush will retry around five times over five minutes. However, note that this number and time are just approximations. If Cloudflare persistently receives errors from your destination, and cannot keep up with incoming batches, Logpush will eventually drop logs. If the errors continue for a prolonged period of time, Logpush will assume that the destination is permanently unavailable and disable your push job. You can always re-enable the job later.


## Can I adjust how often logs are pushed?

No. Cloudflare pushes logs in batches as soon as possible.

## My job was accidentally turned off, and I did not receive my logs for a certain time period. Can they still be pushed to me?


No. **Logpush** only pushes the logs once as they become available and is unable to backfill.


## I have reconfigured the job to a new destination, but why am I still receiving the logs at the old destination?


Although we cannot provide a precise time, we estimate that it will take 10-15 minutes to complete the transition. Refer to the question about [destination temporarily unavailable](/logs/faq/logpush/#what-happens-if-my-cloud-storage-destination-is-temporarily-unavailable), for more details on this topic.


## If I add new fields to an existing Logpush job, how long will it take for the change to become effective?

We cannot provide a precise time, but we estimate that the new fields will show up within 10-15 minutes.

## Why am I receiving a validating destination error while setting up a Splunk job?

You could be seeing this error for multiple reasons:

* The Splunk endpoint URL is not correct. Cloudflare only supports Splunk HEC raw endpoint over HTTPS.
* The Splunk authentication token is not correct. Be sure to URL-encode the token. For example, use `%20` for a space.
* The certificate for Splunk Server is not properly configured. Certificates generated by Splunk/third-party certificates should have the **Common Name** field in the certificate match the Splunk server’s domain name. Otherwise, you may see errors like: `x509: certificate is valid for SplunkServerDefaultCert, not <YOUR_INSTANCE>.splunkcloud.com.`


## What is the insecure-skip-verify parameter in Splunk jobs?

This flag, if set to `true`, makes an insecure connection to Splunk. Setting this value to `true` is equivalent to using the `-k` option with `curl` as shown in Splunk examples and is **not** recommended. Cloudflare highly recommends setting this flag to `false` when using the `insecure-skip-verify` parameter.


## Why do we have the insecure-skip-verify parameter in Splunk jobs, if it is not recommended?

Certificates generated by Splunk/third-party certificates should have the **Common Name** field in the certificate match the Splunk server’s domain name. Otherwise you may see errors like: `x509: certificate is valid for SplunkServerDefaultCert, not <YOUR_INSTANCE>.splunkcloud.com.` This happens especially with the default certificates generated by Splunk on startup. Pushes will never succeed unless the certificates are fixed.

The proper way to resolve the issue is to fix the certificates. This flag is only here for those rare scenarios when it is not possible to have access or permissions to fix the certificates, like with the Splunk cloud instances, which do not allow changing Splunk server configurations.


## How can I verify that my Splunk HEC is working correctly before setting up a job?

Ensure that you can publish events to your Splunk instance through `curl` without the `-k` flag and with the **insecure-skip-verify** parameter set to `false`, as in the following example:

```bash
curl "https://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>" \
--header "Authorization: Splunk <SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>" \
--data '{"BotScore":99,"BotScoreSrc":"Machine Learning","CacheCacheStatus":"miss","CacheResponseBytes":2478}'
```

```json
{"text":"Success","code":0}
```

## Can I use any HEC network port in the Splunk destination conf?


No. Cloudflare expects the HEC network port to be configured to `:443` or `:8088`.


## Does Logpush integrate with the Cloudflare Splunk App?

Yes. Refer to [Cloudflare App for Splunk](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4501/) for more information. As long as you ingest logs using the `cloudflare:json` source type, you can use the Cloudflare Splunk App.

---

# Logpush alerts and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/alerts-and-analytics/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

Logpush jobs may fail for a few reasons, for instance because the destination is unreachable, because of a change in permissions at the customers’ origin, or because a Logpush job did not complete at least one successful push in the last 24 hour.

With analytics and alerting, you can monitor your Logpush job health and find out for yourself when a job fails. You can get alerted and you can also get analytics about your Logpush jobs health via GraphQL.

Alerts are sent via the [Cloudflare Notifications](/notifications/) system. They can be sent via email or webhook. When subscribed to job disablement notification, you will receive at most one alert per job per 24 hours. The notification email contains the job ID and destination configuration.

<AvailableNotifications product="Logpush" />

## Enable alerts

You can add an alert for **Failing Logpush Job Disabled** via the **Notifications** section of the dashboard. Note that alerts can be configured at the account level and apply to all jobs within an account.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Navigate to **Notifications**.
3. Next, select **Add**.
4. Select the alert **Failing Logpush Job Disabled**.
5. Configure the alert: choose a name, add a description (optional), select the notification services, Webhooks and enter the email where you want to be notified.
6. Select **Save**.

When you complete these steps, you will receive an email alert if your Logpush job is disabled.

## Enable Logpush health analytics

Customers can query Logpush job health metrics via the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/). The name of the dataset is `logpushHealthAdaptiveGroups` and the schema can be explored using the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/).

Here is a query to get the count of how many times jobs pushing to S3 failed.

```json
query
{
  viewer
  {
    zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag})
    {
      logpushHealthAdaptiveGroups(filter: {
        datetime_gt:"2022-08-15T00:00:00Z",
        destinationType:"s3",
        status_neq:200
      }, 
      limit:10)
      {
        count,
        dimensions {
          jobId,
          status,
          destinationType
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

---

# API configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/api-configuration/

## Endpoints

The table below summarizes the job operations available for both Logpush and Edge Log Delivery jobs. Make sure that Account-scoped datasets use `/accounts/{account_id}` and Zone-scoped datasets use `/zone/{zone_id}`. For more information, refer to the [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) page.

You can locate `{zone_id}` and `{account_id}` arguments based on the [Find zone and account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) page.
The `{job_id}` argument is numeric, like 123456.
The `{dataset_id}` argument indicates the log category (such as `http_requests` or `audit_logs`).



| Operation | Description                                 | API                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| --------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `POST`    | Create job                                  | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/jobs/methods/create/)                                             |
| `GET`     | Retrieve job details                        | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/datasets/subresources/jobs/methods/get/)                                     |
| `GET`     | Retrieve all jobs for all datasets          | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/jobs/methods/list/)                                                 |
| `GET`     | Retrieve all jobs for a dataset             | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/datasets/subresources/jobs/methods/get/)        |
| `GET`     | Retrieve all available fields for a dataset | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/datasets/subresources/fields/methods/get/) |
| `PUT`     | Update job                                  | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/jobs/methods/update/)                                      |
| `DELETE`  | Delete job                                  | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/jobs/methods/delete/)                           |
| `POST`    | Check whether destination exists            | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/validate/methods/destination/) |
| `POST`    | Get ownership challenge                     | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/ownership/methods/validate/)                                      |
| `POST`    | Validate ownership challenge                | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/ownership/methods/validate/)                      |
| `POST`    | Validate log options                        | [Documentation](/api/resources/logpush/subresources/validate/methods/origin/)                           |


For concrete examples, refer to the tutorials in [Logpush examples](/logs/tutorials/examples/).

## Connecting

The Logpush API requires credentials like any other Cloudflare API.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

## Ownership

Before creating a new job, ownership of the destination must be proven.

To issue an ownership challenge token to your destination:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/ownership \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2"
}'
```

A challenge file will be written to the destination, and the filename will be in the response (the filename may be expressed as a path, if appropriate for your destination):

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "valid": true,
    "message": "",
    "filename": "<PATH_TO_CHALLENGE_FILE>.txt"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

You will need to provide the token contained in the file when creating a job.

:::note[Note]


When using Sumo Logic, you may find it helpful to have [Live Tail](https://help.sumologic.com/05Search/Live-Tail/About-Live-Tail) open to see the challenge file as soon as it is uploaded.


:::

## Destination

You can specify your cloud service provider destination via the required **destination\_conf** parameter.

:::note[Note]

As of May 2022, defining a unique destination for a Logpush job will no longer be required. As this constraint has been removed, you can now have more than one job writing to the same destination.
:::

The `destination_conf` parameter must follow this format:

```
<scheme>://<destination-address>
```

Supported schemes are listed below, each tailored to specific providers such as
R2, S3, etc. Additionally, generic use cases like `https` are also covered:

* `r2`,
* `gs`,
* `s3`,
* `sumo`,
* `https`,
* `azure`,
* `splunk`,
* `datadog`.

The `destination-address` should generally be provided by the destination
provider. However, for certain providers, we require the `destination-address`
to follow a specific format:

* **Cloudflare R2** (scheme `r2`): bucket path + account ID + R2 access key ID + R2 secret access key; for example: `r2://<BUCKET_PATH>?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&access-key-id=<R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>`
* **AWS S3** (scheme `s3`): bucket + optional directory + region + optional encryption parameter (if required by your policy); for example: `s3://bucket/[dir]?region=<REGION>[&sse=AES256]`
* **Datadog** (scheme `datadog`): Datadog endpoint URL + Datadog API key + optional parameters; for example: `datadog://<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>?header_DD-API-KEY=<DATADOG_API_KEY>&ddsource=cloudflare&service=<SERVICE>&host=<HOST>&ddtags=<TAGS>`
* **Google Cloud Storage** (scheme `gs`): bucket + optional directory; for example: `gs://bucket/[dir]`
* **Microsoft Azure** (scheme `azure`): service-level SAS URL with `https` replaced by `azure` + optional directory added before query string; for example: `azure://<BLOB_CONTAINER_PATH>/[dir]?<QUERY_STRING>`
* **New Relic** (use scheme `https`): New Relic endpoint URL which is `https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1` for US or `https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1` for EU + a license key + a format; for example: for US `"https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"` and for EU `"https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"`
* **Splunk** (scheme `splunk`): Splunk endpoint URL + Splunk channel ID + insecure-skip-verify flag + Splunk sourcetype + Splunk authorization token; for example: `splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>`
* **Sumo Logic** (scheme `sumo`): HTTP source address URL with `https` replaced by `sumo`; for example: `sumo://<SUMO_ENDPOINT_URL>/receiver/v1/http/<UNIQUE_HTTP_COLLECTOR_CODE>`

For **R2**, **S3**, **Google Cloud Storage**, and **Azure**, you can organize logs into daily subdirectories by including the special placeholder `{DATE}` in the URL path. This placeholder will automatically be replaced with the date in the `YYYYMMDD` format (for example, `20180523`).

For example:

* `s3://mybucket/logs/{DATE}?region=us-east-1&sse=AES256`
* `azure://myblobcontainer/logs/{DATE}?[QueryString]`

This approach is useful when you want your logs grouped by day.


For more information on the value for your cloud storage provider, consult the following conventions:

* [AWS S3 CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/s3/index.html) (S3Uri path argument type)
* [Google Cloud Storage CLI](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/gsutil) (Syntax for accessing resources)
* [Microsoft Azure Shared Access Signature](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview)
* [Sumo Logic HTTP Source](https://help.sumologic.com/03Send-Data/Sources/02Sources-for-Hosted-Collectors/HTTP-Source)

To check if a destination is already in use:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/validate/destination/exists \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "s3://foo"
}'
```

Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "exists": false
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Name

A human-readable, optional job name that does not need to be unique. We recommend choosing a meaningful name, such as the domain name, to help you easily identify and manage your job. You can update the name later if needed.

## Kind

The kind parameter (optional) is used to differentiate between Logpush and Edge Log Delivery jobs. For Logpush jobs, this parameter can be left empty or omitted. For Edge Log Delivery jobs, set `"kind": "edge"`. Currently, Edge Log Delivery is only supported for the `http_requests` dataset.

:::note[Note]


The kind parameter cannot be used to update existing Logpush jobs. You can only specify the kind parameter when creating a new job.


:::

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequesrHost", "ClientRequestMethod", " ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp","RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "kind": "edge"
}'
```

## Options

Logpull\_options has been replaced with Custom Log Formatting output\_options. Please refer to the [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/) documentation for instructions on configuring these options and updating your existing jobs to use these options.

If you are still using logpull\_options, here are the options that you can customize:

1. **Fields** (optional): Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the currently available fields. The list of fields is also accessible directly from the API: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/datasets/{dataset_id}/fields`. Default fields: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/datasets/{dataset_id}/fields/default`.
2. **Timestamp format** (optional): The format in which timestamp fields will be returned. Value options: `unixnano` (default), `unix`, `rfc3339`.
3. **Redaction for CVE-2021-44228** (optional): This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.  To enable it, set `CVE-2021-44228=true`.

:::note[Note]

The **CVE-2021-44228** parameter can only be set through the API at this time. Updating your Logpush job through the dashboard will set this option to false.
:::

To check if the selected **logpull\_options** are valid:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/validate/origin \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "logpull_options": "fields=RayID,ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp&timestamps=rfc3339&CVE-2021-44228=true",
  "dataset": "http_requests"
}'
```

Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "valid": true,
    "message": ""
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Filter

Use filters to select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. For more information, refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/).

## Sampling rate

Value can range from `0.0` (exclusive) to `1.0` (inclusive). `sample=0.1` means `return 10% (1 in 10) of all records`. The default value is `1`, meaning logs will be unsampled.

## Max Upload Parameters

These parameters can be used to gain control of batch size in the case that a destination has specific requirements. Files will be sent based on whichever parameter is hit first. If these options are not set, the system uses our internal defaults of 30s, 100k records, or the destinations globally defined limits.

1. **max\_upload\_bytes** (optional): The maximum uncompressed file size of a batch of logs. This setting value must be between 5 MB and 1 GB. Note that you cannot set a minimum file size; this means that log files may be much smaller than this batch size.
2. **max\_upload\_records** (optional): The maximum number of log lines per batch. This setting must be between 1,000 and 1,000,000 lines. Note that you cannot specify a minimum number of log lines per batch; this means that log files may contain many fewer lines than this.
3. **max\_upload\_interval\_seconds** (optional): The maximum interval in seconds for log batches. This setting must be between 30 and 300 seconds. Note that you cannot specify a minimum interval for log batches; this means that log files may be sent in shorter intervals than this.

:::note[Note]

Parameters **max\_upload\_bytes** and **max\_upload\_records** are not configurable for Edge Log Delivery.
:::

## Custom fields

You can add custom fields to your HTTP request log entries in the form of HTTP request headers, HTTP response headers, and cookies. Custom fields configuration applies to all the Logpush jobs in a zone that use the HTTP requests dataset. To learn more, refer to [Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/).

## Audit

The following Logpush actions are recorded in **Cloudflare Audit Logs**: create, update, and delete job.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs to storage services, SIEMs, and log management providers via the Cloudflare dashboard or API.

Cloudflare aims to support additional services in the future. Interested in a particular service? Take this [survey](https://goo.gl/forms/0KpMfae63WMPjBmD2).

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/">Enable destinations</LinkButton>

---

# Permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/permissions/

Below is a description of the available permissions for tokens and roles as they relate to Logs. For information about how to create an API token, refer to [Creating API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

## Tokens

- **Logs: Read** - Grants read access to logs using Logpull or Instant Logs.

- **Logs: Write** - Grants read and write access to Logpull and Logpush, and read access to Instant Logs. Note that all Logpush API operations require **Logs: Write** permission because Logpush jobs contain sensitive information.

:::note[Note]

- **Zone-scoped datasets** require a **zone-scoped token**.
- **Account-scoped datasets** require an **account-scoped token**.

Permissions must be explicitly configured at the appropriate level (zone or account) to ensure access to the desired API endpoints.

:::

## Roles

**Super Administrator**, **Administrator** and the **Log Share** roles have full access to Logpull, Logpush and Instant Logs.

Only roles with **Log Share** edit permissions can read and configure Logpush jobs because job configurations may contain sensitive information.

The **Administrator Read only** and **Log Share Reader** roles only have access to Instant Logs and Logpull. This role does not have permissions to view the configuration of Logpush jobs.

### Assign or remove a role

To check the list of members in your account, or to manage roles and permissions:

1. Navigate to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. From your Account Home, go to **Manage Account** > **Members**.
3. Enter a member’s email address to add them to your account, and select **Invite**.
4. Alternatively, scroll down to the **Members** card to find a list of members with their status and role.

For more information, refer to [Managing roles within your Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/).

---

# Additional details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpull/additional-details/

## Estimating daily data volume

To estimate the amount of data for a zone per day (the number of log lines and the amount of bytes they take up), request a 1% or 10% sample of data for a 1-hour period (use 10% if your volume is low). Note that `start=2018-12-15T00:00:00Z` and `end=2018-12-15T01:00:00Z` span a 1-hour period, and `sample=0.1`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received?start=2018-12-15T00:00:00Z&end=2018-12-15T01:00:00Z&sample=0.1" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
> sample.log
```

```bash
wc -l sample.log
```

```bash output
83 sample.log
```

```bash
ls -lh sample.log
```

```bash output
-rw-r--r-- 1 mik mik 25K Dec 17 15:49 sample.log
```

Based on this information, the approximate number of messages/day is 19,920 (83 × 10 × 24), and the byte size is 6MB (25K × 10 × 24). The size estimate is based on the default response field set. Changing the response field set (refer to [Fields](/logs/logpull/requesting-logs/#fields)) will change the response size.

To get a good estimate of daily traffic, it is best to get at least 30 log lines in your hourly sample. If the response size is too small (or too large), adjust the sample value, not the time range.

## Compression

Responses are compressed by default (gzip). `cURL` decompresses responses transparently, unless called with:

`--header "Accept-Encoding: gzip"`

In that case, the output remains gzipped. Compressed data is approximately 5-10% of its uncompressed size. This means that a 1GB uncompressed response gets compressed down to 50-100MB.

## Service expectations

### Successful requests

If the response or timeout limit is exceeded or there is any problem fetching the response, a `200` status will be returned and the response will end with the non-JSON text line “Error streaming data.” Because responses are streamed, there is no way to identify the error ahead of time. A response is successful if it does not end with the “Error streaming data" text line.

Once you receive a successful response for a given zone and time range, the following is true for all subsequent requests:

- The number and content of returned records will be same.
- The order of records returned may (and is likely to) be different.

### Response fields

Regarding the inclusion of the **fields** parameter:

- When fields are explicitly included in the request URL, the fields returned will not change.
- When not specified in the URL, the default fields are returned.
- The default fields may change at any time.

### Limits

The following usage restrictions apply:

- **Rate limits:** Exceeding these limit results in a `429` error response:
  - 15 requests/min per zone.
  - 180 requests/min per user (email address).
- **Time range:** The maximum difference between the **start** and **end** parameters can be 1 hour.
- **Response size:** The maximum response size is 10GiB per request, which is equivalent to about 15M records when about 55 fields are selected (more records can be retrieved when less fields are selected because the per record size will be smaller).
- **Timeout:** The response will fail with a terminated connection after 10 minutes.
- **Stream Timeout:** The request will be terminated with a `408` error response if the connection is idle for 30s. This timeout usually means that the request is probably too exhaustive (frequent timeouts (> 12/hr) will result in subsequent queries to be blocked with status code 429 for 1hr) and so:
  - try requesting records using lesser number of fields.
  - try with smaller **start** and **end** parameters.

---

# Enabling log retention

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpull/enabling-log-retention/

import { Render } from "~/components";

By default, your HTTP request logs are not retained. When using the Logpull API for the first time, you will need to enable retention. You can also turn off retention at any time. Note that after retention is turned off, previously saved logs will be available until the retention period expires (refer to [Data retention period](/logs/logpull/understanding-the-basics/#data-retention-period)).

## Endpoints

There are two endpoints for managing log retention:

- `GET /logs/control/retention/flag` - returns the current status of retention
- `POST /logs/control/retention/flag` - turns retention on or off

:::note[Note]

In the Linux examples below we use the optional [jq](/logs/tutorials/parsing-json-log-data/) tool to help parse the response data.

To make a `POST` call, you must have zone-scoped `edit` permissions, such as Super Administrator, Administrator, or Log Share. Refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/) for more information.

:::

## Example API requests using cURL

### Check log retention status

<Render file="check-log-retention" />

If the zone has log retention [enabled](/logs/logpull/enabling-log-retention/#enabled-response) you get the value `true`, whereas a value of `false` is returned when it is [disabled](/logs/logpull/enabling-log-retention/#disabled-response).

### Turn on log retention

<Render file="enable-log-retention" />

#### Enabled response

```json
{
  "flag": true
}
```

### Turn off log retention

<Render file="disable-log-retention" />

#### Disabled response

```json
{
  "flag": false
}
```

## Audit

Turning log retention on or off is recorded in [Cloudflare Audit Logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/#access-audit-logs).

---

# Logpull

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpull/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpull is a REST API for consuming request logs over HTTP. These logs contain data related to the connecting client, the request path through the Cloudflare network, and the response from the origin web server. This data is useful for enriching existing logs on an origin server. Logpull is available to customers on the Enterprise plan.

:::caution


Logpull is considered a legacy feature and we recommend using [Logpush](/logs/about/) or [Logs Engine](/logs/r2-log-retrieval/) instead for better performance and functionality.


:::

Review the following content to learn more about Logpull.

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="analytics.logpull" />

---

# Requesting logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpull/requesting-logs/

## Endpoints

The three endpoints supported by the Logpull API are:

* `GET /logs/received` - returns HTTP request log data based on the parameters specified
* `GET /logs/received/fields` - returns the list of all available log fields
* `GET /logs/rayids/{ray_id}` - returns HTTP request log data matching `{ray_id}`

## Required authentication headers

The following headers are required for all endpoint calls:

* `X-Auth-Email` - the Cloudflare account email address associated with the domain
* `X-Auth-Key` - the Cloudflare API key

Alternatively, API tokens with Logs Read permissions can also be used for authentication:

* `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>`

## Parameters

The API expects endpoint parameters in the GET request query string. The following are example formats:

`logs/received`

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received?start=<unix|rfc3339>&end=<unix|rfc3339>[&count=<int>][&sample=<float>][&fields=<FIELDS>][&timestamps=<string>][&CVE-2021-44228=<boolean>]
```

`logs/rayids/{ray_id}`

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/rayids/{ray_id}?[&fields=<FIELDS>][&timestamps=<string>]
```

The following table describes the parameters available:



| Parameter      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Applies to                                | Required |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- | -------- |
| start          | <p>- Inclusive</p> <p>- Timestamp formatted as `UNIX` (UTC by definition), `UNIX Nano`, or `rfc3339`. To specify `rfc3339` time zone in URL query parameters, the URL needs to be encoded, like this `start=2024-08-07T07:00:00%2B08:00&end=2024-08-07T07:01:00%2B08:00`. </p> <p>- Must be no more than 7 days earlier than now</p>                                                                                                                                                 | /logs/received                            | Yes      |
| end            | <p>- Exclusive</p> <p>- Same format as <em>start</em></p> <p>- Must be at least 1 minute earlier than now and later than <em>start</em></p>                                                                                                                                                                                          | /logs/received                            | Yes      |
| count          | <p>- Return up to that many records</p> <p>- Do not include if returning all records</p> <p>- Results are not sorted; therefore, different data for repeated requests is likely</p> <p></p> <p>- Applies to number of total records returned, not number of sampled records</p>                                                      | /logs/received                            | No       |
| sample         | <p>- Return only a sample of records</p> <p>- Do not include if returning all records</p> <p>- Value can range from `0.0` (exclusive) to `1.0` (inclusive)</p> <p>- `sample=0.1` means return 10% (1 in 10) of all records</p> <p>- Results are random; therefore, different numbers of results for repeated requests are likely</p> | /logs/received                            | No       |
| fields         | <p>- Comma-separated list of fields to return</p> <p>- If empty, the default list is returned</p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | <p>/logs/received</p> <p>/logs/rayids</p> | No       |
| timestamps     | <p>- Format in which timestamp fields will be returned</p> <p>- Value options are: `unixnano` (default), `unix`, `rfc3339`</p> <p>- Timestamps returned as integers for `unix` and `unixnano` and as strings for `rfc3339`</p>                                                                                                       | <p>/logs/received</p> <p>/logs/rayids</p> | No       |
| CVE-2021-44228 | <p>- Optional redaction for [CVE-2021-44228](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44228). This option will replace every occurrence of the string `${` with `x{`.</p> <p> For example: `CVE-2021-44228=true` </p>                                                                                                               | <p>/logs/received</p>                     | No       |



:::note[Note]


The maximum time range from **start** to **end** cannot exceed 1 hour. Because **start** is inclusive and **end** is exclusive, to get all the data for every minute, starting at 10AM, the proper values are:

`start=2018-05-15T10:00:00Z&end=2018-05-15T10:01:00Z`, then `start=2018-05-15T10:01:00Z&end=2018-05-15T10:02:00Z` and so on.

The overlap will be handled correctly.


:::

## Example API requests using cURL

`logs/received`

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received?start=2017-07-18T22:00:00Z&end=2017-07-18T22:01:00Z&count=1&fields=ClientIP,ClientRequestHost,ClientRequestMethod,ClientRequestURI,EdgeEndTimestamp,EdgeResponseBytes,EdgeResponseStatus,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

`logs/rayids/{ray_id}`

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/rayids/{ray_id}}?timestamps=rfc3339" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

:::note[Note]


The IATA code returned as part of the **RayID** does not need to included in the request. For example, if you have a **RayID** such as `49ddb3e70e665831-DFW`, only include `49ddb3e70e665831` in your request.


:::

## Fields

Unless specified in the **fields** parameter, the API returns a limited set of log fields. This default field set may change at any time. The list of all available fields is at:

`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received/fields`

The order in which fields are specified does not matter, and the order of fields in the response is not specified.

Using bash subshell and `jq`, you can download the logs with all available fields without manually copying and pasting the fields into the request. For example:

```bash
FIELDS=$(curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received/fields \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
| jq '. | to_entries[] | .key' -r | paste -sd "," -)

curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logs/received?start=2017-07-18T22:00:00Z&end=2017-07-18T22:01:00Z&count=1&fields=$FIELDS" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Refer to [Download jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/) for more information on obtaining and installing `jq`.

Refer to [HTTP request fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests) for the currently available fields.

---

# Understanding the basics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/logpull/understanding-the-basics/

## Access pattern

The basic access pattern is *give me all the logs for zone Z for minute M* where the minute *M* refers to the time the log entries were written to disk in Cloudflare's log aggregation system.

To start, try running your query every minute. If responses are too small, go up to 5 minutes as this will be appropriate for most zones. If the responses are too large, try going down to 15 seconds.

If your zone has so many logs that it takes longer than 1 minute to read 1 minute worth of logs, run 2 workers staggered, each requesting 1 minute worth of logs every 2 minutes.

Data returned by the API will not change on repeat calls. The order of messages in the response may be different, but the number and content of the messages will always be the same for a given query as long as the response code is `200` and there is no error reading the response body.

Because our log processing system ingests data in batches, most zones with less than 1 million requests per minute will have "empty" minutes. Queries for such a minute result in responses with status `200` but no data in the body. This does not mean that there were no requests proxied by Cloudflare for that minute. It just means that our system did not process a batch of logs for that zone in that minute.

## Order of the data returned

The `logs/received` API endpoint exposes data by time received, which is the time the event was written to disk in the Cloudflare Logs aggregation system.

Ordering by log aggregation time instead of log generation time results in lower (faster) log pipeline latency and deterministic log pulls. Functionally, it is similar to tailing a log file or reading from *rsyslog* (albeit in chunks).

This means that to obtain logs for a given time range, you can issue one call for each consecutive minute (or other time range). Because log lines are batched by time received and made available, there is no late arriving data. A response for a given minute will never change. You do not have to repeatedly poll a given time range to receive logs as they converge on our aggregation system.

## Format of the data returned

The Logpull API returns data in NDJSON format, whereby each log line is a valid JSON object. Major analysis tools like Google BigQuery and AWS Kinesis require this format.

To turn the resulting log data into a JSON array with one array element per log line, you can use the `jq` tool. Essentially, you pipe the API response into *jq* using the *slurp* (or simply *s*) flag:

`<API request data> | jq -s`

Refer to [Download jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/) for more information on obtaining and installing `jq`.

The following is a sample log with default fields:

```json
{
  "ClientIP": "89.163.242.206",
  "ClientRequestHost": "www.theburritobot.com",
  "ClientRequestMethod": "GET",
  "ClientRequestURI": "/static/img/testimonial-hipster.png",
  "EdgeEndTimestamp": 1506702504461999900,
  "EdgeResponseBytes": 69045,
  "EdgeResponseStatus": 200,
  "EdgeStartTimestamp": 1506702504433000200,
  "RayID": "3a6050bcbe121a87"
}
```

## Data retention period

You can query for logs starting from 1 minute in the past (relative to the actual time that you make the query) and go back at least 3 days and up to 7 days. For longer durations, we recommend using [Logpush](/logs/about/).

---

# ClientRequestSource field

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/clientrequestsource/

The possible values for the `ClientRequestSource` field are the following:



| Value | Request source     | Description                                                                                                                             |
| ----- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `0`   | unknown            | Should never happen.                                                                                                                    |
| `1`   | eyeball            | A request from an end user. If you want to count requests made the Cloudflare Edge, the query should filter on `requestSource=eyeball`. |
| `2`   | purge              | A request made by Cloudflare's purge system.                                                                                            |
| `3`   | alwaysOnline       | A request made by Cloudflare's Always Online crawler.                                                                                   |
| `4`   | healthcheck        | A request made by Cloudflare's Health Check system.                                                                                     |
| `5`   | edgeWorkerFetch    | A fetch request made from an edge Worker.                                                                                               |
| `6`   | edgeWorkerCacheAPI | A cache API call made from an edge Worker.                                                                                              |
| `7`   | edgeWorkerKV       | A KV call made from an edge Worker.                                                                                                     |
| `8`   | imageResizing      | Requests made by Cloudflare's Image Resizing product.                                                                                   |
| `9`   | orangeToOrange     | A request that comes from another orange clouded zone.                                                                                  |
| `10`  | sslDetector        | A request made by Cloudflare's [SSL Detector system](https://blog.cloudflare.com/ssl-tls-recommender/).                                 |
| `11`  | earlyHintsCache    | An [Early Hint request](https://blog.cloudflare.com/early-hints/).                                                                      |
| `12`  | inBrowserChallenge | An end user request caused by a Cloudflare security product (Challenges, JavaScript Detections). These requests never reach the origin. |

---

# Custom fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/custom-fields/

You can configure custom fields — selected from the list of HTTP request headers, HTTP response headers, and cookies — to include in Logpush log entries of a zone. Once configured, these custom fields will be enabled for all the Logpush jobs in the zone that use the HTTP requests dataset and include the request headers, response headers, or cookie fields.

Custom fields can be enabled via API or the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Enable custom rules via API

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a rule that configures custom fields. For more information on concepts like phases, rulesets, and rules, as well as the available API operations, refer to the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/) documentation.

To configure custom fields:

1. Create a rule to configure the list of custom fields.
2. Include the `Cookies`, `RequestHeaders`, and/or `ResponseHeaders` fields in your Logpush job.

### 1. Create a rule to configure the list of custom fields

Create a rule configuring the list of custom fields in the `http_log_custom_fields` phase at the zone level. Set the rule action to `log_custom_field` and the rule expression to `true`.

The `action_parameters` object that you must include in the rule that configures the list of custom fields should have the following structure:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "request_fields": [
    { "name": "<http_request_header_name_1_in_lower_case>" },
    { "name": "<http_request_header_name_2_in_lower_case>" },
    // ...
  ],
  "response_fields": [
    { "name": "<http_response_header_name_1_in_lower_case>" },
    { "name": "<http_response_header_name_2_in_lower_case>" },
    // ...
  ],
  "cookie_fields": [
    { "name": "<cookie_name_1>" },
    { "name": "<cookie_name_2>" },
    // ...
  ]
}
```

Ensure that your rule definition complies with the following:

* You must include at least one of the following arrays in the `action_parameters` object: `request_fields`, `response_fields`, and `cookie_fields`.
* You must enter HTTP request and response header names in lower case.
* Cookie names are case sensitive — you must enter cookie names with the same capitalization they have in the HTTP request.
* You must set the rule expression to `true`.

Perform the following steps to create the rule:

1. Use the [List existing rulesets](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-existing-rulesets) operation to check if there is already a ruleset for the `http_log_custom_fields` phase at the zone level (you can only have one zone ruleset per phase):

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   If there is a ruleset for the `http_log_custom_fields` phase at the zone level, take note of the ruleset ID.

2. (Optional) If the response did not include a ruleset with `"kind": "zone"` and `"phase": "http_log_custom_fields"`, create the phase entry point ruleset using the [Create ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/) operation:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
     "kind": "zone",
     "description": "This ruleset configures custom log fields.",
     "phase": "http_log_custom_fields"
   }'
   ```

   Take note of the ruleset ID included in the response.

3. Use the [Update ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to define the rules of the entry point ruleset you found (or created in the previous step), adding a rule with the custom fields configuration. The rules you include in the request will replace all the rules in the ruleset.

   The following example configures custom fields with the names of the HTTP request headers, HTTP response headers, and cookies you wish to include in Logpush logs:

   ```bash
   curl --request PUT \
   https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}} \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "rules": [
       {
         "action": "log_custom_field",
         "expression": "true",
         "description": "Set Logpush custom fields for HTTP requests",
         "action_parameters": {
           "request_fields": [
             { "name": "content-type" },
             { "name": "x-forwarded-for" },
             { "name": "host" }
           ],
           "response_fields": [
             { "name": "server" },
             { "name": "content-type" },
             { "name": "allow" }
           ],
           "cookie_fields": [
             { "name": "__ga" },
             { "name": "accountNumber" },
             { "name": "__cfruid" }
           ]
         }
       }
     ]
   }'
   ```

   Example response:

   ```json
   {
     "result": {
       "id": "<RULESET_ID>",
       "name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
       "description": "This ruleset configures custom log fields.",
       "kind": "zone",
       "version": "2",
       "rules": [
         {
           "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
           "version": "1",
           "action": "log_custom_field",
           "action_parameters": {
             "request_fields": [
               { "name": "content-type" },
               { "name": "x-forwarded-for" },
               { "name": "host" }
             ],
             "response_fields": [
               { "name": "server" },
               { "name": "content-type" },
               { "name": "allow" }
             ],
             "cookie_fields": [
               { "name": "__ga" },
               { "name": "accountNumber" },
               { "name": "__cfruid" }
             ]
           },
           "expression": "true",
           "description": "Set Logpush custom fields for HTTP requests",
           "last_updated": "2021-11-21T11:02:08.769537Z",
           "ref": "<RULE_REF_1>",
           "enabled": true
         }
       ],
       "last_updated": "2021-11-21T11:02:08.769537Z",
       "phase": "http_log_custom_fields"
     },
     "success": true,
     "errors": [],
     "messages": []
   }
   ```

### 2. Include the custom fields in your Logpush job

Next, include `Cookies`, `RequestHeaders`, and/or `ResponseHeaders`, depending on your custom field configuration, in the list of fields of the `output_options` job parameter when creating or updating a job. The logs will contain the configured custom fields and their values in the request/response.

For example, consider the following request that creates a job that includes custom fields:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["RayID", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "Cookies", "RequestHeaders", "ResponseHeaders"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "ownership_challenge": "<OWNERSHIP_CHALLENGE_TOKEN>"
}'
```

:::note[Note for Cloudflare Access users]


If you are a Cloudflare Access user, as of March 2022 you have to manually add the `cf-access-user` user identity header to your logs by creating a custom fields ruleset or adding the `cf-access-user` HTTP request header to your custom fields configuration. Additionally, make sure that you include the `RequestHeaders` field in your Logpush job.


:::

## Enable custom fields via dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select the domain you want to use.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Logpush**.
3. In the **Custom Fields** section, select **Edit Custom Fields**.
4. Select **Set new Custom Field**.
5. From the **Field Type** dropdown, select *Request Header*, *Response Header* or *Cookies* and type the **Field Name**.
6. When you are done, select **Save**.

## Limitations

* You can configure up to 40 custom fields across all field types (HTTP request headers, HTTP response headers, and cookies) per zone.
* The maximum length of custom field data for HTTP request headers, Cookies, and HTTP response headers combined is 8 KB. Any data over this limit will be truncated.
* For headers which may be included multiple times (for example, the `set-cookie` response header), a custom field will only log the first instance of the header. Subsequent headers of the same type will be ignored.
* Currently, Cloudflare only logs original request/response headers. Headers that were modified earlier in the request lifecycle with [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) will not be logged.
* The request header `Range` is currently not supported by Custom Fields.

---

# Filters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/filters/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The following table represents the comparison operators that are supported and example values. Filters are added as escaped JSON strings formatted as `{"key":"<field>","operator":"<comparison_operator>","value":"<value>"}`.

* Refer to the [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) page for a list of fields related to each dataset.

* Comparison operators define how values must relate to fields in the log line for an expression to return true.

* Values represent the data associated with fields.

| Name                       | Operator Notation | String | Int   | Bool  | Array | Object | Example                                                                 |
|----------------------------|-------------------|--------|-------|-------|-------|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Equal                      | `eq`              | ✅     | ✅    | ✅    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestHost","operator":"eq","value":"example.com"}`                        |
| Not equal                  | `!eq`             | ✅     | ✅    | ✅    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientCountry","operator":"!eq","value":"ca"}`                                    |
| Less than                  | `lt`              | ❌     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"BotScore","operator":"lt","value":"30"}`                                          |
| Less than or equal         | `leq`             | ❌     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"BotScore","operator":"leq","value":"30"}`                                         |
| Greater than               | `gt`              | ❌     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"BotScore","operator":"gt","value":"30"}`                                          |
| Greater than or equal      | `geq`             | ❌     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"BotScore","operator":"geq","value":"30"}`                                         |
| Starts with                | `startsWith`      | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"startsWith","value":"/foo"}`                       |
| Ends with                  | `endsWith`        | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"endsWith","value":"/foo"}`                         |
| Does not start with        | `!startsWith`     | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"!startsWith","value":"/foo"}`                      |
| Does not end with          | `!endsWith`       | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"!endsWith","value":"/foo"}`                        |
| Contains                   | `contains`        | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ✅    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"contains","value":"/static"}`                      |
| Does not contain           | `!contains`       | ✅     | ❌    | ❌    | ✅    | ❌     | `{"key":"ClientRequestPath","operator":"!contains","value":"/static"}`                     |
| Value is in a set of values | `in`              | ✅     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"EdgeResponseStatus","operator":"in","value":[200,201]}`                           |
| Value is not in a set of values | `!in`        | ✅     | ✅    | ❌    | ❌    | ❌     | `{"key":"EdgeResponseStatus","operator":"!in","value":[200,201]}`                          |

The filter field has limits of approximately 30 operators and 1000 bytes. Anything exceeding this value will return an error.

<Render file="filtering-limitations" />

## Logical Operators

* Filters can be connected using `AND`, `OR` logical operators.

* Logical operators can be nested.

Here are some examples of how the logical operators can be implemented. `X`, `Y` and `Z` are used to represent filter criteria:

* X AND Y AND Z - `{"where":{"and":[{X},{Y},{Z}]}}`

* X OR Y OR Z - `{"where":{"or":[{X},{Y},{Z}]}}`

* X AND (Y OR Z) - `{"where":{"and":[{X}, {"or":[{Y},{Z}]}]}}`

* (X AND Y) OR Z - `{"where":{"or":[{"and": [{X},{Y}]},{Z}]}}`

## Set filters via API or dashboard

Filters can be set via API or the Cloudflare dashboard. Note that using a filter is optional, but if used, it must contain the `where` key.

### API

Here is an example request using cURL via API:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "static-assets",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "sample_rate": 0.1,
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    "CVE-2021-44228": "true"
  },
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"ClientRequestPath\",\"operator\":\"contains\",\"value\":\"/static\"},{\"key\":\"ClientRequestHost\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"example.com\"}]}}",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2/"
}'
```

### Dashboard

To set filters through the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select the domain you want to use.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Logs**.
3. Select **Add Logpush job**. A modal window will open.
4. Select the dataset you want to push to a storage service.
5. Below **Select data fields**, in the **Filter** section, you can set up your filters.
6. You need to select  a [Field](/logs/reference/log-fields/), an [Operator](/logs/reference/filters/#logical-operators), and a **Value**.
7. You can connect more filters using `AND` and `OR` logical operators.
8. Select **Next** to continue the setting up of your Logpush job.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

These reference resources are useful for gaining a more in-depth understanding of the terminology and status codes that are part of the Cloudflare Logs data. This information is especially important when integrating your data with third-party tools:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Logs documentation.

<Glossary product="logs" />

---

# Log Output Options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-output-options/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Jobs in Logpush now have a new key, **output\_options**, which replaces **logpull\_options** and allows for more flexible formatting. You can modify **output\_options** via the API.

## Replace logpull\_options

Previously, Logpush jobs could be customized by specifying the list of fields, sampling rate, and timestamp format in **logpull\_options** as [URL-encoded parameters](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#options). For example:

```json
{
  "id": <JOB_ID>,
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": false,
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "logpull_options": "fields=ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID&sample=0.1&timestamps=rfc3339",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2"
}
```

We have replaced this with **output\_options** as it is used for both Logpull and Logpush.

```json
{
  "id": <JOB_ID>,
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": false,
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "sample_rate": 0.1,
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2"
}
```

## Output types

By default Logpush outputs each record as a single line of JSON (also known as `ndjson`).

With **output\_options** you can switch to CSV or single JSON object, further customize prefixes, suffixes, delimiters, or provide your own record template (in a stripped-down version of Go [text/template](https://pkg.go.dev/text/template) syntax).

The **output\_options** object has the following settings:

* **field\_names**: array of strings. For the moment, there is no option to add all fields at once, you need to specify the fields names.
* **output\_type**: string to specify output type, such as `ndjson` or `csv` (default `ndjson`). This sets default values for the rest of the settings depending on the chosen output type. Some formatting rules (like string quoting) are different between output types.
* **batch\_prefix**: string to be prepended before each batch.
* **batch\_suffix**: string to be appended after each batch.
* **record\_prefix**: string to be prepended before each record.
* **record\_suffix**: string to be appended after each record.
* **record\_template**: string to use as template for each record instead of the default comma-separated list. All fields used in the template must be present in **field\_names** as well, otherwise they will end up as `null`. Format as a Go text/template without any standard functions (like conditionals, loops, sub-templates, etc.). The template can only consist of these three types of tokens:
  * Action: this is either a `{{ .Field }}` or a `{{ "constant text" }}`.
  * Text: this is just constant text in-between the `{{ actions }}`.
  * Comment: the `{{/* comments */}}` are silently dropped.
* **record\_delimiter**: string to be inserted in-between the records as separator.
* **field\_delimiter**: string to join fields. Will be ignored when **record\_template** is set.
* **timestamp\_format**: string to specify format for timestamps, such as `unixnano`, `unix`, or `rfc3339`. Default `unixnano`.
* **sample\_rate**: floating number to specify sampling rate (default 1.0: no sampling). Sampling is applied on top of filtering, and regardless of the current sample\_interval of the data.
* **CVE-2021-44228**: bool, default false. If set to true, will cause all occurrences of `${` in the generated files to be replaced with `x{`.

## Examples

Specifying **field\_names** and **output\_type** will result in the remaining options being configured as below for the specified **output\_type**:

### ndjson


<Details header="Default output_options for `ndjson`">

```json
{
  "record_prefix": "{",
  "record_suffix": "}\n",
  "field_delimiter": ","
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "ndjson"
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```json
{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.206","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000200,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a87"}
{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.207","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000300,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a88"}
{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.208","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000400,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a89"}
```


</Details>

* `ndjson` with different field names:


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "ndjson",
  "record_template": "\"client-ip\":{{.ClientIP}},\"timestamp\":{{.EdgeStartTimestamp}},\"ray-id\":{{.RayID}}"
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```json
{"client-ip":"89.163.242.206","timestamp":1506702504433000200,"ray-id":"3a6050bcbe121a87"}
{"client-ip":"89.163.242.207","timestamp":1506702504433000300,"ray-id":"3a6050bcbe121a88"}
{"client-ip":"89.163.242.208","timestamp":1506702504433000400,"ray-id":"3a6050bcbe121a89"}
```

Literal with double curly-braces `({{}})`, that is, `"double{{curly}}braces"`, can be inserted following go text/template convention, that is, `"{{`doublecurlybraces`}}"`.


</Details>

### csv


<Details header="Default output_options for CSV">

```json
{
  "record_suffix": "\n",
  "field_delimiter": ","
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "csv"
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```csv
"89.163.242.206",1506702504433000200,"3a6050bcbe121a87"
"89.163.242.207",1506702504433000300,"3a6050bcbe121a88"
"89.163.242.208",1506702504433000400,"3a6050bcbe121a89"

```


</Details>

### csv/json variants

Based on above, other formats similar to csv or json are also supported:

* csv with header:


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "csv",
  "batch_prefix": "ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID\n"
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```csv
ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID
"89.163.242.206",1506702504433000200,"3a6050bcbe121a87"
"89.163.242.207",1506702504433000300,"3a6050bcbe121a88"
"89.163.242.208",1506702504433000400,"3a6050bcbe121a89"
```


</Details>

* tsv with header:


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "csv",
  "batch_prefix": "ClientIP\tEdgeStartTimestamp\tRayID\n",
  "field_delimiter": "\t"
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```csv
ClientIP EdgeStartTimestamp  RayID
"89.163.242.206"    1506702504433000200 "3a6050bcbe121a87"
"89.163.242.207"    1506702504433000300 "3a6050bcbe121a88"
"89.163.242.208"    1506702504433000400 "3a6050bcbe121a89"
```


</Details>

* json with nested object:


<Details header="Example output_options">

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "output_type": "ndjson",
  "batch_prefix": "{\"events\":[",
  "batch_suffix": "\n]}\n",
  "record_prefix": "\n  {\"info\":{",
  "record_suffix": "}}",
  "record_delimiter": ","
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example output">

```json
{"events":[
  {"info":{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.206","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000200,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a87"}},
  {"info":{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.207","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000300,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a88"}},
  {"info":{"ClientIP":"89.163.242.208","EdgeStartTimestamp":1506702504433000400,"RayID":"3a6050bcbe121a89"}}
]}
```


</Details>

## How to migrate

In order to migrate your jobs from using **logpull\_options** to the new **output\_options**, take these steps:

1. Change the `&fields=ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID` parameter to an array in `output_options.field_names`.
2. Change the `&sample=0.1` parameter to `output_options.sample_rate`.
3. Change the `&timestamps=rfc3339` parameter to `output_options.timestamp_format`.
4. Change the `&CVE-2021-44228=true` parameter to `output_options.CVE-2021-44228`.

For example, if logpull\_options are `fields=ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,RayID&sample=0.1&timestamps=rfc3339&CVE-2021-44228=true`, the output\_options would be:

```json
"output_options": {
  "field_names": ["ClientIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
  "sample_rate": 0.1,
  "timestamp_format": "rfc3339",
  "CVE-2021-44228": true
}
```

---

# Pathing status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/pathing-status/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Understand pathing

Cloudflare issues the following **Edge Pathing Statuses**:

- **EdgePathingSrc** (pathing source): The stage that made the routing decision.
- **EdgePathingOp** (pathing operation): The specific action or operation taken.
- **EdgePathingStatus** (pathing status): Additional information complementing the **EdgePathingOp**.

### EdgePathingSrc

**EdgePathingSrc** refers to the system that last handled the request before an error occurred or the request was passed to the cache server. Typically, this will be the macro/reputation list. Possible pathing sources include:

- `err`
- `sslv` (SSL verification checker)
- `bic` (browser integrity check)
- `hot` (hotlink protection)
- `macro` (the reputation list)
- `skip` (Always Online or cdnjs resources)
- `user` (user firewall rule)

For example:

```bash
jq -r .EdgePathingSrc logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
1 err
5 user
93 macro
```

### EdgePathingOp

**EdgePathingOp** indicates how the request was handled. `wl` is a request that passed all checks and went to your origin server. Other possible values are:

- `errHost` (host header mismatch, DNS errors, etc.)
- `ban` (blocked by IP address, range, etc.)

For example:

```bash
jq -r .EdgePathingOp logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
1 errHost
97 wl
```

### EdgePathingStatus

**EdgePathingStatus** is the value **EdgePathingSrc** returns. With a pathing source of `macro`, `user`, or `err`, the pathing status indicates the list where the IP address was found. `nr` is the most common value and it means that the request was not flagged by a security check. Some values indicate the class of user; for example, `se` means search engine.

For example:

```bash
jq -r .EdgePathingStatus logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
1 dnsErr
5 ip
92 nr
```

## How does pathing map to Threat Analytics?

Certain combinations of pathing have been labeled in the Cloudflare **Threat Analytics** feature (in the **Analytics** app in the Cloudflare dashboard). The mapping is as follows:

| Pathing           | Label                |
| ----------------- | -------------------- |
| `bic.ban.unknown` | Bad browser          |
| `hot.ban.unknown` | Blocked hotlink      |
| `hot.ban.ip`      |                      |
| `macro.ban.ip`    | Bad IP               |
| `user.ban.ctry`   | Country block        |
| `user.ban.ip`     | IP block (user)      |
| `user.ban.ipr16`  | IP range block (/16) |
| `user.ban.ipr24`  | IP range block (/24) |

## Understand response fields

The response status appears in three places in a request:

- **edgeResponse**
- **cacheResponse**
- **originResponse**

In your logs, the edge is what first accepts a visitor's request. The cache then accepts the request and either forwards it to your origin or responds from the cache. It is possible to have a request that has only an **edgeResponse** or a request that has an **edgeResponse** and a **cacheResponse**, but no **originResponse**.

This is how you can see where a request terminates. Requests with only an **edgeResponse** likely hit a security check or processing error. Requests with an **edgeResponse** and a **cacheResponse** either were served from the cache or saw an error contacting your origin server. Requests that have an **originResponse** went all the way to your origin server and errors seen would have been served directly from there.

For example, the following query shows the status code and pathing information for all requests that terminated at the Cloudflare edge:

```bash
jq -r 'select(.OriginResponseStatus == null) | select(.CacheResponseStatus == null) |"\(.EdgeResponseStatus) / \(.EdgePathingSrc) / \(.EdgePathingStatus) / \(.EdgePathingOp)"' logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n
```

```bash output
1 403 / macro / nr / wl
1 409 / err / dnsErr / errHost
```

The information stored is broken down based on the following categories:

## Errors

These occur for requests that did not pass any of the validation performed by the Cloudflare network. Example cases include:

- Whenever Cloudflare is unable to look up a domain or zone.
- An attempt to improperly use the IP for an origin server.
- Domain ownership is unclear (for example, the domain is not in Cloudflare).

| EdgePathingStatus  | Description                                               | EdgePathingOp | Status Code |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ----------- |
| `cyclic`           | Cloudflare loop.                                          | `err_host`    | `403`       |
| `dns_err`          | Unable to resolve.                                        | `err_host`    | `409`       |
| `reserved_ip`      | DNS points to local or disallowed IP.                     | `err_host`    | `403`       |
| `reserved_ip6`     | DNS points to local or disallowed IPv6 address.           | `err_host`    | `403`       |
| `bad_host`         | Bad or no Host header.                                    | `err_host`    | `403`       |
| `no_existing_host` | Ownership lookup failed: host possibly not on Cloudflare. | `err_host`    | `409`       |

## User-based actions

These occur for actions triggered from users based on the configuration for a specific IP (or IP range).

| EdgePathingStatus                                                                                                 | Description                                                              | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc | Status Code |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | -------------- | ----------- |
| `Asnum`<br/> `ip`<br/> `ipr24`<br/> `ipr16`<br/> `ip6`<br/> `ip6r64`<br/> `ip6r48`<br/> `ip6r32`<br/> `ctry`<br/> | The request was blocked.                                                 | `ban`         | `user`         | `403`       |
| `Asnum`<br/> `ip`<br/> `ipr24`<br/> `ipr16`<br/> `ip6`<br/> `ip6r64`<br/> `ip6r48`<br/> `ip6r32`<br/> `ctry`<br/> | <ul><li>The request was allowed.</li><li>WAF will not execute.</li></ul> | `wl`          | `user`         | n/a         |

## Firewall Rules

Cloudflare Firewall Rules (deprecated) triggers actions based on matching customer-defined rules.

| EdgePathingStatus       | Description              | EdgePathingOp |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------- |
| `filter_based_firewall` | The request was blocked. | `ban`         |
| `filter_based_firewall` | The request was allowed. | `wl`          |

## Zone Lockdown

**Zone Lockdown** blocks visitors to particular URIs where the visitor's IP is not allowlisted.

| EdgePathingStatus | Description        | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------- | ------------------ | ------------- | -------------- |
| `zl`              | Lock down applied. | `ban`         | `user`         |

## Firewall User-Agent Block

Challenge (Interactive or Non-Interactive) or block visitors who use a browser for which the User-Agent name matches a specific string.

| EdgePathingStatus | Description         | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------- | ------------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| `ua`              | Blocked User-Agent. | `ban`         | `user`         |

## Browser Integrity Check

Assert whether the source of the request is illegitimate or the request itself is malicious.

| EdgePathingStatus                            | Description      | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| -------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">empty</span> | Blocked request. | `ban`         | `bic`          |

## Hot Linking

Prevent hot linking from other sites.

| EdgePathingStatus                            | Description      | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| -------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">empty</span> | Blocked request. | `ban`         | `hot`          |

## L7-to-L7 DDoS mitigation

Drop DDoS attacks through L7 mitigation.

| EdgePathingStatus                               | Description      | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`l7ddos`</span> | Blocked request. | `ban`         | `protect`      |

## IP Reputation (MACRO)

The macro stage is comprised of many different paths. They are categorized by the reputation of the visitor IP.

| EdgePathingStatus | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  | ------------- | -------------- |
| `nr`              | There is no reputation data for the IP and no action is being taken.                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `wl`              | IP is explicitly allowlisted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `scan`            | IP is explicitly allowlisted and categorized as a security scanner.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `mon`             | IP is explicitly allowlisted and categorized as a Monitoring Service.                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `bak`             | IP is explicitly allowlisted and categorized as a Backup Service.                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `mob`             | IP is explicitly allowlisted and categorized as Mobile Proxy Service.                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `se`              | IP is explicitly allowlisted as it belongs to a search engine crawler and no action is taken.                                                                                                                                                                                | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `grey`            | IP is greylisted (suspected to be bad) but the request was either for a favicon or security is turned off and as such, it is allowlisted.                                                                                                                                    | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `bad_ok`          | The reputation score of the IP is bad but the request was either for a favicon or security is turned off and as such, it is allowlisted. Alternatively, the <GlossaryTooltip term="threat score">threat score</GlossaryTooltip> of the IP is in the accepted security level. | `wl`          | `macro`        |
| `unknown`         | The `pathing_status` is unknown and the request is being processed as normal.                                                                                                                                                                                                | `wl`          | `macro`        |

## Rate Limiting

| EdgePathingStatus | Description                   | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| `rate_limit`      | Dropped request.              | `ban`         | `user`         |
| `rate_limit`      | IP is explicitly allowlisted. | `simulate`    | `user`         |

## Special cases

| EdgePathingStatus | Description                                               | EdgePathingOp | EdgePathingSrc |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| `ao_crawl`        | AO (Always Online) crawler request.                       | `wl`          | `skip`         |
| `cdnjs`           | Request to a cdnjs resource.                              | `wl`          | `skip`         |
|                   | Certain challenge forced by Cloudflare's special headers. |               | `forced`       |

---

# Security fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/security-fields/

The Security fields contain rules to block requests that contain specific types of content.

## SecurityActions



| Value                                  | Action         | Description                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `unknown`                              | Unknown        | Take no other action.                                                                                                                                      |
| `allow`                                | Allow          | Bypass all subsequent rules.                                                                                                                               |
| `block`                                | Drop           | Block with an HTTP 403 response.                                                                                                                           |
| `challenge`                            | Challenge Drop | Issue an interactive challenge.                                                                                                                            |
| `jschallenge`                          | Challenge Drop | Issue a JS challenge.                                                                                                                                      |
| `log`                                  | Log            | Take no action other than logging the event.                                                                                                               |
| `connectionClose`                      | Close          | Close connection.                                                                                                                                          |
| `challengeSolved`                      | Allow          | Allow once interactive challenge solved.                                                                                                                   |
| `challengeBypassed`                    | Allow          | Interactive challenge is not issued again because the visitor had previously passed an interactive challenge and a valid `cf_clearance` cookie is present. |
| `jschallengeSolved`                    | Allow          | Allow once JS challenge solved.                                                                                                                            |
| `jschallengeBypassed`                  | Allow          | JS challenge not issued because the visitor had previously passed a JS or interactive challenge.                                                           |
| `bypass`                               | Allow          | Bypass all subsequent firewall rules.                                                                                                                      |
| `managedChallenge`                     | Challenge Drop | Issue managed challenge.                                                                                                                                   |
| `managedChallengeNonInteractiveSolved` | Allow          | Allow once the managed challenge is solved via non-interactive interstitial page.                                                                          |
| `managedChallengeInteractiveSolved`    | Allow          | Allow once the managed challenged is solved via interactive interstitial page.                                                                             |
| `managedChallengeBypassed`             | Allow          | Challenge was not presented because visitor had clearance from previous challenge.                                                                         |



## SecuritySources



| Value             | Description                                                                                                      |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `unknown`         | Used if an event is received from a new source but the logging system has not been updated.                      |
| `asn`             | Allow or block based on autonomous system number.                                                                |
| `country`         | Allow or block based on country.                                                                                 |
| `ip`              | Allow or block based on IP address.                                                                              |
| `ipRange`         | Allow or block based on range of IP addresses.                                                                   |
| `securityLevel`   | Allow or block based on requester's security level.                                                              |
| `zoneLockdown`    | Restrict all access to a specific zone.                                                                          |
| `waf`             | Allow or block based on the WAF product settings. This is the WAF/managed rules system that is being phased out. |
| `firewallRules`   | Allow or block based on a zone's firewall rules configuration (deprecated).                                      |
| `uaBlock`         | Allow or block based on the Cloudflare User Agent Blocking product settings.                                     |
| `rateLimit`       | Allow or block based on a rate limiting rule, whether set by you or by Cloudflare.                               |
| `bic`             | Allow or block based on the Browser Integrity Check product settings.                                            |
| `hot`             | Allow or block based on the Hotlink Protection product settings.                                                 |
| `l7ddos`          | Allow or block based on the L7 DDoS product settings.                                                            |
| `validation`      | Allow or block based on a request that is invalid (cannot be customized.)                                        |
| `botFight`        | Allow or block based on the Bot Fight Mode (classic) product settings.                                           |
| `botManagement`   | Allow or block based on the Bot Management product settings.                                                     |
| `dlp`             | Allow or block based on the Data Loss Prevention product settings.                                               |
| `firewallManaged` | Allow or block based on WAF Managed Rules' settings.                                                             |
| `firewallCustom`  | Allow or block based on a rule configured in WAF custom rules.                                                   |

---

# WAF fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/waf-fields/

The Web Application Firewall (WAF) contains rules managed by Cloudflare to block requests that contain malicious content.

## WAF Action



| Value                                      | Action          | Description                                  |
| ------------------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`0`</span> | Unknown         | Take no other action.                        |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`1`</span> | Allow           | Bypass all subsequent WAF rules.             |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`2`</span> | Drop            | Block with an HTTP 403 response.             |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`3`</span> | Challenge Allow | Issue a Managed Challenge.                   |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`4`</span> | Challenge Drop  | Unused.                                      |
| <span style="font-weight: 400;">`5`</span> | Log             | Take no action other than logging the event. |



## Deprecated fields for internal Cloudflare use

The values of these fields are subject to change by Cloudflare at any time and are irrelevant for customer data analysis:

* WAFFlags
* WAFMatchedVar

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/tutorials/

Learn to manage and analyze your Cloudflare Logs with the following resources. For information about Cloudflare's analytics integrations, refer to [Analytics Integrations](/analytics/analytics-integrations/).

## Logpull and Logpush

* [Parsing Cloudflare Logs JSON data](/logs/tutorials/parsing-json-log-data/)

## Logpush

* [Examples of how to manage Logpush with cURL and Python](/logs/tutorials/examples/)

---

# Parse Cloudflare Logs JSON data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/tutorials/parsing-json-log-data/

After downloading your Cloudflare Logs data, you can use different tools to parse and analyze your logs.

One of those tools used to parse your JSON log data is `jq`.

Refer to [Download jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/) for more information on obtaining and installing `jq`.

:::note[Note]

`jq` is a powerful command line for parsing JSON data and performing certain types of analysis. To perform more detailed analysis, consider a full-fledged data analysis system, such as _Kibana_.

:::

## Aggregate fields

To aggregate a field appearing in the log, such as by IP address, URI, or referrer, you can use several `jq` commands. This is useful to identify any patterns in traffic; for example, to identify your most popular pages or to block an attack.

The following examples match on a field name and provide a count of each field instance, sorted in ascending order by count.

```bash
jq -r .ClientRequestURI logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
2 /nginx-logo.png
2 /poweredby.png
2 /testagain
3 /favicon.ico
3 /testing
3 /testing123
6 /test
7 /testing1234
10 /cdn-cgi/nexp/dok3v=1613a3a185/cloudflare/rocket.js
54 /
```

```bash
jq -r .ClientRequestUserAgent logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
1 python-requests/2.9.1
2 Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_7_5) AppleWebKit/537.17 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/24.0.1312.56 Safari/537.17
4 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/48.0.2564.116 Safari/537.36
5 curl/7.47.2-DEV
36 Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/44.0
51 curl/7.46.0-DEV
```

```bash
jq -r .ClientRequestReferer logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
2 http://example.com/testagain
3 http://example.com/testing
5 http://example.com/
5 http://example.com/testing123
7 http://example.com/testing1234
77 null
```

## Filter fields

Another common use case involves filtering data for a specific field value and then aggregating after that. This helps answer questions like _Which URLs saw the most 502 errors?_ For example:

```bash
jq 'select(.OriginResponseStatus == 502) | .ClientRequestURI' logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n | tail
```

```bash output
1 "/favicon.ico"
1 "/testing"
3 "/testing123"
6 "/test"
6 "/testing1234"
18 "/"
```

To find out the top IP addresses blocked by the Cloudflare WAF, use the following query:

```bash
jq -r 'select(.SecurityAction == "block") | .ClientIP' logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n
```

```bash output
1 127.0.0.1
```

## Show cached requests

To retrieve your cache ratios, try the following query:

```bash
jq -r '.CacheCacheStatus' logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n
```

```bash output
3 hit
3 null
3 stale
4 expired
6 miss
81 unknown
```

## Show TLS versions

To find out which TLS versions your visitors are using — for example, to decide if you can disable TLS versions that are older than 1.2 — use the following query:

```bash
jq -r '.ClientSSLProtocol' logs.json | sort -n | uniq -c | sort -n
```

```bash output
42 none
58 TLSv1.2
```

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/analytics/

## GraphQL Analytics

Use the GraphQL Analytics API to view data for requests passing through Cloudflare's network. For more information about using the GraphQL Analytics API and getting started, refer to [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-firewall-samples/).

---

# IDS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/ids/

Cloudflare's Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is an Advanced Magic Firewall feature you can use to actively monitor for a wide range of known threat signatures in your traffic. An IDS expands the security coverage of a firewall to analyze traffic against a broader threat database, detecting a variety of sophisticated attacks such as ransomware, data exfiltration, and network scanning based on signatures or “fingerprints” in network traffic.

With Cloudflare’s global anycast network, you get:

* Cloudflare’s entire global network capacity is now the capacity of your IDS.
* Built in redundancy and failover. Every server runs Cloudflare's IDS software, and traffic is automatically attracted to the closest network location to its source.
* Continuous deployment for improvements to Cloudflare’s IDS capabilities.

Refer to [Enable IDS](/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-ids/) for more information on enabling IDS and creating new rulesets. After IDS is enabled, your traffic will be scanned to find malicious traffic. The detections are logged to destinations that can be configured from the dashboard. Refer to [Use Logpush with IDS](/magic-firewall/how-to/use-logpush-with-ids/) for instructions on configuring a destination to receive the detections. Additionally, all traffic that is analyzed can be accessed via [network analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/). Refer to [GraphQL Analytics](/magic-firewall/tutorials/graphql-analytics/) to query the analytics data.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Review the content below to learn more about concepts related to Magic Firewall.

:::caution[Important]


When using Magic Firewall alongside other Cloudflare services that proxy traffic (for example, CDN and Spectrum), be aware of the following:

* Firewall rules that block traffic based on source IP address may not work as intended because rules are evaluated after Cloudflare terminates the incoming TCP connections.
* You must allow [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).
* When using Magic Firewall, fragmented <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> are reassembled into complete packets before they are inspected. As a result, you cannot create firewall rules for fragments.


:::

<DirectoryListing />

---

# List types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/list-types/

## Threat intelligence

Cloudflare handles millions of HTTP requests each second and blocks billions of cyber threats each day. Cloudflare uses that data to detect malicious actors on the Internet and turns that information into a list of known malicious IP addresses. Cloudflare also integrates with a number of third-party vendors to augment the coverage.

The threat intelligence feed categories are described in [Managed IP Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists). All of these lists are compatible with Magic Firewall.

## IP lists

Use [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) to group services in networks, like web servers, or for lists of known bad IP addresses to make managing good network endpoints easier. IP lists are helpful for users with very expansive firewall rules with many IP lists. You can add up to 100,000 IPs per list that can used in rules. Refer to [Use an IP list](/magic-firewall/how-to/add-rules/#use-an-ip-list) to check an example of how to use an IP list.

## Geo-blocking

Geo-blocking enables you to selectively allow or block traffic to any country. Refer to [Block a country](/magic-firewall/how-to/add-rules/#block-a-country) to check an example of how to block a country.

---

# Protocol validation rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/protocol-validation-rules/

Magic Firewall supports [Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2543) to inspect traffic validity and enforce a positive security model.

You can use the `sip` field when creating a rule to determine if packets are valid SIP Layer 7 (L7) protocol. Refer to [Magic Firewall fields](/magic-firewall/reference/magic-firewall-fields/), specifically the `sip` field, for more information on this topic.

Contact your account manager if you need Magic Firewall to support additional protocols.

---

# Ruleset logic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/ruleset-logic/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic Firewall rules are performed after Cloudflare's DDoS mitigations have been applied. The two systems are independent, and therefore, permitting traffic inside Magic Firewall does not allow it within our DDoS mitigations. Traffic can still be blocked by DDoS mitigations that are applied first in the flow through Cloudflare’s systems.

By default, Magic Firewall permits all traffic until explicitly blocked by a rule. If no rules are configured, all traffic is permitted after Cloudflare’s DDoS mitigations have been applied.

## Security policy

You have two options for configuring a security policy:

* Enforce a positive security model and only permit required traffic and block everything else.
* Begin with a minimal ruleset to block specific traffic and, by default, everything else is permitted.

Traffic is matched in order of the configured rules. As soon as traffic is matched by an enabled rule, it is no longer validated against the later rules, and traffic will pass through disabled rules. In the dashboard under **Magic Firewall**, rule order begins from the top and flows down your list of rules.

For example, permitting all TCP traffic in a rule #4 would mean all TCP traffic is permitted. A rule #5 to block traffic for IP address `x.x.x.x` would not be checked.

For best practices when configuring your security policy, refer to [Best practices](/magic-firewall/best-practices/).

## Magic Firewall rules and Magic Transit endpoint health checks

Cloudflare-sourced traffic is also subject to the Magic Firewall rules you configure. If you block all ICMP traffic, you will also block Cloudflare's <GlossaryTooltip term="tunnel health-check" link="/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#endpoint-health-checks">endpoint health checks</GlossaryTooltip>. When blocking ICMP traffic, ensure your rules first allow ICMP sourced from Cloudflare public IPs to your prefix endpoint IPs before applying a block ICMP rule.

For a list of Cloudflare's public IPs, refer to [IP Ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

## Magic Firewall phases

Magic Firewall processes traffic in two phases: in the first phase, Magic Firewall matches packets against rules in the Custom phase. In the second phase, Magic Firewall matches packets against rules in the Managed phase.

### Custom phase ruleset

The Magic Firewall Custom phase is a set of rules defined by the user. The expression, order, and actions of those rules can be customized by the user.

Additionally, users can add a rule in this custom phase to override the behavior of a rule in the Managed phase.

### Managed phase ruleset

Managed phase rulesets are updated and maintained by Cloudflare, and Cloudflare creates these rules based on best practices, known malicious patterns, and other criteria.

Cloudflare maintains the expressions and order of execution for rules in the Managed phase. Rules
can be enabled, disabled, or made to log matching packets.

Refer to [Enable managed rulesets](/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-managed-rulesets/) for more information.

---

# Traffic types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/about/traffic-types/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic Firewall enables you to allow or block traffic on a variety of packet characteristics, such as source and destination IP, source and destination port, protocol, packet length, and <GlossaryTooltip term="bit field matching">bit field match</GlossaryTooltip>.

Magic Firewall supports layers three and four — network and transport — protocols such as TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Any type of layer three or four protocols can go through Magic Firewall and then be matched on those protocols.

To view the list of available fields, refer to [Magic Firewall fields](/magic-firewall/reference/magic-firewall-fields/).

---

# Extended ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/best-practices/extended-ruleset/

If you are unable to export your current perimeter firewall rules, consider identifying categories of systems or user groups that reside on your Magic Transit prefixes. For example:

- [Endpoints (user devices)](#endpoints-user-devices)
- [Internal routers](#internal-routerfirewall-ip-addresses)
- [Web servers](#web-servers)
- [Non-web servers](#non-web-servers)

For each item above, consider the requirements in terms of their permitted Internet access. For example, permit what is required for legitimate traffic and block the rest.

## Create lists for using Magic Firewall rules

For more information on lists, refer to [Use rule lists](/magic-firewall/how-to/use-rules-list/).

You can also create a list from the dashboard from **Configurations** > **Lists** on your **Account Home**.

## Endpoints (User devices)

Endpoint devices do not operate as servers, which means:

- They receive traffic from standard common ports — for example `80` or `443` — towards their ephemeral ports, above `32768` in modern operating systems (above `1025` in older Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP).
- Connections flow outwards, not inwards, and therefore do not receive TCP SYN or ACK packets.
- They typically only need client TCP and UDP, with no requirement for ingress ICMP.

For example, you can create a list for the combination of generic client TCP and client UDP that allows external pings or traceroutes and a catchall rule for all other protocols and traffic.

Create a list named **Endpoints** and specify the list of endpoints or user IP addresses to reference within the rules.

:::note
Rule 10 in the example ruleset below is acting as a catch-all to block all traffic not permitted in rules 1-3 towards your list of Endpoint IP addresses. If you want to permit other traffic to these destination IP addresses, the new rule must be added before rule 10.

:::

### Suggested rules

**Rule ID**: 1
**Description**: Endpoints (clients) will receive traffic destined for ephemeral ports. Blocks inbound SYN-only traffic. (meaning SYN-ACKs are permitted)
**Match**: `ip.proto eq "tcp" and ip.dst in $endpoints and tcp.dstport in {32768..60999} and not (tcp.flags.syn and not tcp.flags.ack)`
**Action**: Allow

**Rule ID**: 2
**Description**: Endpoints (clients) will receive traffic destined for ephemeral ports
**Match**: `ip.proto eq "udp" and ip.dst in $endpoints and udp.dstport in {32768..60999}`
**Action**: Allow

**Rule ID**: 3
**Description**: Permits ICMP traffic to destination IP addresses in `$endpoints` list with ICMP Types:

- Type 0 = Echo Reply
- Type 3 = Destination Unreachable
- Type 11 = Time Exceeded

**Match**: `ip.proto eq "icmp" and ip.dst in $endpoints and (icmp.type eq 0 or icmp.type eq 3 or icmp.type eq 11)`
**Action**: Allow

**Rule ID**: 10
**Description**: Otherwise deny all traffic to IP’s in `$endpoints` list
**Match**: `ip.dst in $endpoints`
**Action**: Block

## Internal router/Firewall IP addresses

Follow the best practices for internal routers or firewall interface IP addresses on your MT prefixes below.

1. Create [an IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists), **Internal routers** for example, with your IP addresses.
2. Block ICMP if it is not needed.
3. Permit GRE/ESP as needed if the devices have GRE/IPsec tunnels via the Internet.

### Suggested rules

**Rule ID**: 1
**Description**: Permit limited ICMP traffic inbound, including:

- Type 0 - Echo Reply
- Type 3 - Destination Unreachable
- Type 8 - Echo
- Type 11 - Time Exceeded

**Match**: `ip.proto eq "icmp" and ip.dst in $internal_routers and ( (icmp.type eq 0 or icmp.type eq 3) or (icmp.type eq 11) or (icmp.type eq 8) )`
**Action**: Allow

**Rule ID**: 2
**Description**: Block all other traffic destined to these IP addresses
**Match**: `ip.dst in $internal_routers`
**Action**: Block

## Web Servers

Web servers require careful consideration of necessary traffic flows. Traffic for the **web server** functionality is required in addition to traffic flows where the web server is acting as a client.

Where possible, permit the required destination IP addresses and ports for web servers and block everything else. Additional services, for example NTP/DNS, may be required along with the ports for the web traffic.

The following is an example of suggested rules, but you should only make changes based on your specific requirements. For example, if you are not proxied by Cloudflare Layer 7 protection and you expect traffic sourced from the web towards your web servers:

1. Create [an IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists), **web servers** for example, to list IP addresses for your web servers.
2. Permit traffic for the web server traffic inbound from the Internet.
3. Permit traffic for the infrastructure or client traffic flows from the Internet, for example DNS and NTP.
4. Block all other traffic destined for the web server IP addresses.

### Suggested rules

**Rule ID**: 1
**Description**: Allows inbound HTTP/S traffic from the Internet with SYN-only or ACK-only flag (not SYN/ACKs)
**Match**: `ip.proto eq "tcp" and tcp.srcport in {32768..60999} and ip.dst in $web_servers and tcp.dstport in {80 443} and not (tcp.flags.syn and tcp.flags.ack)`
**Action**: Allow

**Rule ID**: 2
**Description**: Allows UDP replies for DNS and NTP to web servers
**Match**: `ip.dst in $web_servers and ip.proto eq "udp" and udp.srcport in {53 123} and udp.dstport in {1024..65535}`
**Action**: Allow if necessary but Disable if under attack

**Rule ID**: 3
**Description**: Catch-all to block all other traffic destined for web server IP addresses
**Match**: `ip.dst in $web_servers`
**Action**: Block

Alternatively, if you have Cloudflare Layer 7 protection, the Cloudflare Public IP addresses can be permitted as the source IP addresses to the destination IP addresses for the HTTP/HTTPS inbound traffic. This recommendation effectively replaces Rule 1 in the example above.

For a list of Cloudflare's IP addresses, refer to [Cloudflare's IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

### Suggested rules for Cloudflare proxied traffic

**Description**: Allow inbound HTTP/S traffic from Cloudflare with SYN or ACK
**Match**: `ip.proto eq "tcp" and ip.dst in $web_servers and tcp.dstport in {80 443} and not (tcp.flags.syn and tcp.flags.ack) and ip.src in {173.245.48.0/20 103.21.244.0/22 103.22.200.0/22 103.31.4.0/22 141.101.64.0/18 108.162.192.0/18 190.93.240.0/20 188.114.96.0/20 197.234.240.0/22 198.41.128.0/17 162.158.0.0/15 104.16.0.0/13 104.24.0.0/14 172.64.0.0/13 131.0.72.0/22}`
**Action**: Allow

## Non-web servers

Restrict the source based on whether the server is expecting traffic from the general Internet or from only specific users.

1. Apply rules based on source IP or ports if possible.
2. Restrict permitted destination ports to only those that are required.
3. Block incoming SYN to the closed ports.

### Suggested rules

- `IP Destination Address { non-web server } and TCP dst port in \<valid ports> — Permit`
- `IP Destination Address { non-web server } and UDP dst port in \<valid ports> — Permit`
- `IP Destination Address { web server } — Block`

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/best-practices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

By default, Magic Firewall permits all ingress traffic that has passed through Cloudflare's core DDoS mitigations. To proactively mitigate attacks and minimize your attack surface and leakage of attack traffic into your environment, we recommend implementing your Magic Firewall rules using the following guidelines.

The best approach is to replicate your current ingress perimeter firewall rules in Magic Firewall. If you are unable to export your current perimeter firewall rules, contact your Implementation Manager for help translating the rules into Magic Firewall rules.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Magic Transit egress

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/best-practices/magic-transit-egress/

The suggestions in the [Minimal ruleset](/magic-firewall/best-practices/minimal-ruleset/) and [Extended ruleset](/magic-firewall/best-practices/extended-ruleset/) are recommendations for ingress traffic.

For Magic Transit egress traffic, consider the following information:

* The Magic Firewall rules will apply to both Magic Transit ingress and egress traffic passing via Cloudflare.
* Magic Firewall is not stateful for your Magic Transit egress traffic.
* Magic Firewall is not stateful in both directions after DDoS mitigations.
* If you have a Magic Firewall "default drop" catchall rule for ingress traffic, you will need to add an earlier rule to permit traffic sourced from your Magic Transit prefix with the destination as **any** to allow outbound egress traffic.

---

# Minimal ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/best-practices/minimal-ruleset/

The suggested minimal ruleset blocks some known common vectors for DDoS attacks and permits all other ESP, TCP, UDP, GRE and ICMP traffic.

This is a suggested list and not an exhaustive list. Review your environment and add more rules as necessary.

## Recommended rules

**Rule ID**: 1 <br/>
**Description**: Single rule that blocks all traffic with UDP source ports which are used in attacks or invalid in Magic Transit ingress. <br/>
**Match**: `(udp.srcport in {1900 11211 389 111 19 1194 3702 10001 20800 161 162 137 27005 520 0})` <br/>
**Action**: Block <br/>

**Rule ID**: 2 <br/>
**Description**: Blocks TCP traffic with source port `0` and common ports used in TCP SYN/ACK reflection attacks. <br/>
**Match**: `(tcp.srcport in {21 0 3306})` <br/>
**Action**: Block <br/>

**Rule ID**: 3 <br/>
**Description**: Blocks HOPOPT (protocol 0) or else blocks if protocol not in `{ESP, TCP, UDP, GRE, ICMP}`. Note that this is only an example. Permit the relevant protocols for your environment.<br/>
**Match**: `(ip.proto eq "hopopt") or (not ip.proto in {"esp" "tcp" "udp" "gre" "icmp"})` <br/>
**Action**: Block <br/>

## Traffic and port types

The information below covers traffic type, how the port is used, and reasons for blocking the port.

| Traffic                          | Port use                                                                                                          | Reason to block                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| UDP source port `0`              | Reserved port. Should not be used by applications.                                                                | Invalid as a legitimate traffic source port. Commonly used in DDoS attacks.                                                |
| UDP source port `1900`           | Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP). Allows universal plug and play devices to send and receive information. | [SSDP DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/ssdp-ddos-attack/) exploit Universal Plug and Play protocols. |
| UDP source port `11211`          | Memcached. A database caching system designed to speed up websites and networks.                                  | [Memcached DDoS Attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/memcached-ddos-attack/).                                 |
| UDP source port `389`            | Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP).                                                    | [Used in reflection attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/reflections-on-reflections/).                                     |
| UDP source port `111`            | SunRPC                                                                                                            | Common attack vector. [Used in reflection attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/reflections-on-reflections/).               |
| UDP source port `19`             | CHARGEN                                                                                                           | [Amplification attack vector](https://blog.cloudflare.com/memcrashed-major-amplification-attacks-from-port-11211/).        |
| UDP source port `1194`           | OpenVPN                                                                                                           | Unless this is an authorized VPN in your environment, this common VPN should be blocked.                                   |
| UDP source port `3702`           | Web Services Dynamic Discovery Multicast discovery protocol (WS-Discovery)                                        | Vulnerable to exploiting for DDoS attacks.                                                                                 |
| UDP source port `10001`          | Ubiquiti UniFi discovery protocol                                                                                 | Ubiquiti devices were exploited and used to conduct DDoS attacks on this port.                                             |
| UDP source port `20800`          | Call of Duty                                                                                                      | [Commonly used in attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/reflections-on-reflections/).                                       |
| UDP source ports `161` and `162` | SNMP                                                                                                              | Vulnerable to exploiting for DDoS attacks.                                                                                 |
| UDP source port `137`            | NetBIOS                                                                                                           | NetBIOS allows file sharing over networks. If configured improperly, can expose file systems.                              |
| UDP source port `27005`          | SRCDS                                                                                                             | Used in [amplication attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/reflections-on-reflections/).                                    |
| UDP source port `520`            | Routing Information Protocol (RIP)                                                                                | Internal routing protocol. Not required on Internet WAN access.                                                            |
| TCP source port `0`              | Reserved port. Should not be used by applications.                                                                | Commonly used in DDoS attacks. Invalid as a legitimate traffic source port.                                                |
| TCP source port `0`              | FTP                                                                                                               | Commonly used for attacks.                                                                                                 |
| TCP source port `3306`           | MYSQL open source database                                                                                        | Used as attack vector in DDoS attacks.                                                                                     |

## Other common traffic to consider

The list below is a common list of traffic types you should also consider blocking or restricting inbound.

* SFTP, TFTP
* SSH, Telnet
* RDP
* RCP
* SMCP
* NTP
  * Common vector for reflection attacks. Consider using [Cloudflare Gateway](/web3/), [1.1.1.1's DNS over HTTPS (DoH)](/1.1.1.1/), or an internal DNS service if possible. Consider restricting your firewall rules to only allow the source and destination of DNS traffic.
* MS-SQL
  * Common vector and [increasingly used as vector for DDoS attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-attack-trends-for-2021-q4/). Block if unused or consider restricting only to the required source IP addresses.
* HTTP and HTTPS
  * If you only have servers on your Magic Transit prefixes, consider blocking ingress traffic on TCP source ports 80 and 443 from outside. If you have endpoints on your Magic Transit prefixes, you can allow traffic on the source ports but consider creating a disabled rule you can activate to respond to reflection attacks as needed.

If relevant to your environment, consider blocking based on GeoIP, which blocks traffic based on the country or user when an end user's IP address is registered in the GeoIP database.

If you are interested in participating in the beta for [Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Validation](https://blog.cloudflare.com/programmable-packet-filtering-with-magic-firewall/), contact your Implementation Manager.

---

# Add rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/add-rules/

You can check for an existing root ruleset from the dashboard or via the [Account rulesets API](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/). If you are a new Magic Transit customer, you may not have a root ruleset created for your account. To view examples for root rulesets, review the [Magic Firewall Terraform documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/magic_firewall_ruleset).

By default, you can create a maximum of 200 rules. We recommend you create lists of IP addresses to reference within rules to streamline rule management.

## Add a rule

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic Firewall**.
3. In the **Custom rules** tab, select **Add a Rule**.
4. Fill out the information for your new rule.
5. When you are done, select **Add new rule**.

## Create a disabled rule

When you add a new rule, the rule is **Enabled** by default.

To create a **Disabled** rule, follow the steps in [Add a rule](#add-a-rule) above and toggle **Enabled** to off. When a rule is in the disabled state, the rule will not perform the action until is set to **Enabled**.

To disable an existing rule, from the **Magic Firewall Rules** page, set the **Enabled** toggle to off.

## Update a rule

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic Firewall** > **Custom rules**.
3. Locate the rule you want to edit, and select **Edit**.
4. Update the rule with your changes and select **Edit rule**.

## Delete an existing rule

1. Locate the rule you want to delete in the list.
2. From the end of the row, select **Delete**.
3. Select **Delete** again to confirm the deletion.

## API

Below, you can find examples of how to use the API to perform certain actions.

:::caution[Warning]


The examples on this page all use the `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets` endpoint. This endpoint is intended to create rules from scratch and **might overwrite existing rules**.

If you have a ruleset already deployed, consider using the `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules` endpoint instead.

Refer to [Add rule to ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/) and [Create an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) for more information.


:::

### Skip action

The example below blocks all TCP ports, but allows one port (`8080`) by using the skip action.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Example ruleset",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "magic_transit",
  "description": "Example ruleset description",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "skip",
      "action_parameters": { "ruleset": "current" },
      "expression": "tcp.dstport in { 8080 } ",
      "description": "Allow port 8080"
    },
    {
      "action": "block",
      "expression": "tcp.dstport in { 1..65535 }",
      "description": "Block all TCP ports"
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Block a country

The example below blocks all packets with a source or destination IP address coming from Brazil by using its 2-letter country code in [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) format.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Example ruleset",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "magic_transit",
  "description": "Example ruleset description",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "block",
      "expression": "ip.geoip.country == \"BR\"",
      "description": "Block traffic from Brazil"
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Use an IP list

Magic Firewall supports [using lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/) for the `ip.src` and `ip.dst` fields. The supported lists are:

* `$cf.anonymizer` - Anonymizer proxies
* `$cf.botnetcc` - Botnet command and control channel
* `$cf.malware` - Sources of malware
* `$<IP_LIST_NAME>` - The name of an account-level IP list

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Example ruleset",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "magic_transit",
  "description": "Example ruleset description",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "block",
      "expression": "ip.src in $cf.anonymizer",
      "description": "Block traffic from anonymizer proxies"
    }
  ]
}'
```

## Next steps

Refer to [Form expressions](/magic-firewall/how-to/form-expressions/) for more information on how to write rule expressions.

---

# Enable IDS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-ids/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare's IDS takes advantage of the threat intelligence powered by our global network and extends the capabilities of the Cloudflare Firewall to monitor and protect your network from malicious actors.

You can enable IDS through the dashboard or via the API.

:::note
This feature is available for Advanced Magic Firewall users. For access, contact your account team.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic Firewall** > **IDS**.
3. Enable IDS.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To start using IDS via the API, first create a new ruleset in the `magic-transit-ids-managed` phase with a rule which is enabled.

1. Follow instructions in the [Rulesets Engine Page](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/view-rulesets/) to view all rulesets for your account. You must see a ruleset with phase `magic-transit-ids-managed` and kind `managed`. If not, please contact your account team. The managed ruleset ID will be used in the next step.

2. Create a new root ruleset with a single rule in the `magic_transit_ids_managed` phase by running:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "IDS Execute ruleset",
  "description": "Ruleset to enable IDS",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "magic_transit_ids_managed",
  "rules": [
    {
      "enabled": true,
      "expression": "true",
      "action": "execute",
      "description": "enable ids",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "${managed_ruleset_id}"
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

With this ruleset added, IDS will start inspecting packets and report any anomalous traffic. Next, you can [configure Logpush](/magic-firewall/how-to/use-logpush-with-ids/) to start receiving details about the anomalous traffic.

3. Use the rule created in the previous step to enable or disable IDS. The Rulesets API documentation describes [how to patch a rule](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/). <br/><br/> For example, the following patch request to set the `enabled` field to `false` will disable IDS. The ruleset and rule ID from the ruleset created in the previous step are used below.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{root_ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": false,
  "expression": "true",
  "action": "execute",
  "action_parameters": {
    "id": "${managed_ruleset_id}"
  }
}'
```

Similarly, sending a patch request with the `enabled` field set to `true` will enable IDS.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Next steps

You must configure Logpush to log detected risks. Refer to [Configure a Logpush destination](/magic-firewall/how-to/use-logpush-with-ids/) for more information. Additionally, all traffic that is analyzed can be accessed via [network analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/). Refer to [GraphQL Analytics](/magic-firewall/tutorials/graphql-analytics/) to query the analytics data.

---

# Enable Magic user roles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-magic-roles/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-user-role" product="magic-transit" />

---

# Enable Managed Rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-managed-rulesets/

With [managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/), you can quickly deploy rules maintained by Cloudflare, and you can use Magic Firewall to control which rules are enabled.

:::note[Note:]


Before you can begin using managed rulesets with Magic Firewall, your account must first be entitled to use managed rulesets. Contact your account team for access.


:::

To enable or disable a rule, you can specify which properties should be overridden. The overrides occur in the Managed phase, root kind ruleset. Currently, you can only have one rule in the root ruleset, but a single rule can contain multiple overrides.

You have multiple options for enabling rules:

* Select an individual rule and enable it.
* Enable multiple rules by enabling by category in the `magic-transit-phase`.
* Enable an entire ruleset.

## API

### 1. Create a Managed phase Managed kind ruleset

To create a managed ruleset, you must first build a request with the following:

* `managed_ruleset_id`: The ID of the Managed phase Managed kind ruleset that contains the rule you want to enable.
* `managed_rule_id`: The ID of the rule you want to enable.

Additionally, you need the properties you want to override. The properties you can override include:

* `enabled`: This value can be set to `true` or `false`. When set to `true`, the rule matches packets and applies the rule's default action if the action is not overridden. When set to `false`, the rule is disabled and does not match any packets.
* `action`: The value can be set to `log` so the rule only produces logs instead of applying the rule's default action.

The `enabled` and `action` properties for a rule are set in the Managed phase Managed kind ruleset. All rules in the Managed phase are currently disabled by default.

The example below contains a request for a Managed phase Managed Kind ruleset.

```bash title="Example request - Create a Managed phase Managed Kind ruleset"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "execute ruleset",
  "description": "Ruleset containing execute rules",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "magic_transit_managed",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "true",
      "action": "execute",
      "description": "Enable one rule ",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "version": "latest",
        "overrides": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<MANAGED_RULE_ID>",
              "enabled": true,
              "action": "log"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

### 2. Patch a Managed phase Managed kind ruleset

To ensure a root kind ruleset only contains one rule, patch the rule to enable new managed rules.

Building off the example from the previous step, the example below enables a category to select multiple rules instead of a single rule. The category will be set to `log` mode, which means the rule can produce logs but will not accept or drop packets.

```bash title="Example request - Patch a Managed phase Managed kind ruleset"
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{root_kind_ruleset}/rules/{root_kind_rule} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "expression": "true",
  "action": "execute",
  "action_parameters": {
    "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
    "version": "latest",
    "overrides": {
      "rules": [
        {
          "id": "<MANAGED_RULE_ID>",
          "enabled": true
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "category": "simple",
          "enabled": true,
          "action": "log"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}'
```

### 3. Enable all rules

To enable the complete ruleset or enable all rules, send the request below.

```bash title="Example request to enable all rules"
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}{account_id}/rulesets/{root_kind_ruleset}/rules/{root_kind_rule} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "expression": "true",
  "action": "execute",
  "action_parameters": {
    "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
    "version": "latest",
    "overrides": {
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}'
```

### 4. Delete a ruleset

To delete a ruleset, refer to [Delete a rule in a ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete-rule/).

## Cloudflare dashboard

You can also use the dashboard to enable managed rulesets.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic Firewall** > **Managed rules**.
3. Select **Deploy managed ruleset**.
4. The page will refresh and show you rulesets configured by Cloudflare that are available to your account. Choose the ruleset you want with **Select ruleset**. If you do not see the ruleset you want, contact your account manager to get a list of all Magic Firewall Managed rulesets.
5. Under **Ruleset configuration**, configure the **Ruleset action** from the drop-down menu. Cloudflare recommends you change this setting to **Log** to evaluate how the ruleset impacts your traffic before deciding on an action. For more information, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).
6. Still under **Ruleset configuration**, choose *Enabled* from the dropdown-menu for the **Ruleset status**. This will apply an override to the default status of all the rules in the ruleset.
7. Select **Deploy** to deploy the Magic Firewall Managed ruleset with no rule-level overrides.

### Add rule-level overrides

Applying a rule-level override allows you to customize the behavior of the managed ruleset. If you implemented Cloudflare’s above recommendation for the ruleset configuration, the rules will be set to a **Log** action and an **Enabled** status.

On the other hand, if you did not apply Cloudflare’s recommendation in the previous step, the ruleset is implemented with all its defaults applied.

To add rule-level overrides in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic Firewall** > **Managed rules**.
3. In front of **Magic Firewall Managed ruleset**, select **Manage**.
4. Select **Browse rules**.
5. In the rule you need to change, select an **Action** from the drop-down to change its action, or use the toggle to disable or enable the rule.
6. Select **Next**.
7. Select **Save**.

The Cloudflare dashboard should now show you the rule-level override you have set.

### Delete Magic Firewall managed ruleset.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic Firewall** > **Managed rules**.
3. Select **Manage**.
4. Select **Delete deployment**.

Your Magic Firewall managed ruleset is now deleted.

---

# Filter different views

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/filter-views/

You can utilize different [Log filters](/logs/reference/filters/) to only view specific data from Magic Firewall.

## Filter by enabled or disabled rules

Use the filter examples below to filter your Magic Firewall traffic to display events for enabled or disabled rules.

The example below only displays fields relevant to Magic Firewall, and the filter only displays events for disabled rules.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  ...
  "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ColoName", "Datetime", "Direction", "IPDestinationAddress", "IPDestinationSubnet", "IPProtocol","IPSourceAddress", "IPSourceSubnet", "Outcome", "RuleID", "RulesetID", "SampleInterval", "Verdict"],
  },
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"or\":[{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"MitigationSystem\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"magic-firewall\"},{\"key\":\"RulesetID\",\"operator\":\"!eq\",\"value\":\"\"},{\"key\":\"Outcome\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"pass\"},{\"key\":\"Verdict\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"drop\"}]}]}}"
}'
```

The example below only displays fields relevant to Magic Firewall, and the filter only displays events for enabled rules.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  ...
  "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ColoName", "Datetime", "Direction", "IPDestinationAddress", "IPDestinationSubnet", "IPProtocol","IPSourceAddress", "IPSourceSubnet", "Outcome", "RuleID", "RulesetID", "SampleInterval", "Verdict"],
  },
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"or\":[{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"MitigationSystem\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"magic-firewall\"},{\"key\":\"RulesetID\",\"operator\":\"!eq\",\"value\":\"\"},{\"or\":[{\"key\":\"Outcome\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"drop\"},{\"key\":\"Verdict\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"pass\"}]}]}]}}"
}'
```

## Filter by allowed or blocked traffic

Use the filter examples below to filter your Magic Firewall traffic to display events for allowed or blocked traffic.

The example below only displays fields relevant to Magic Firewall, and the filter only displays events where no explicit action was taken, for example, a packet "fell through" Magic Firewall. This example does not have any rules applied.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  ...
  "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ColoName", "Datetime", "Direction", "IPDestinationAddress", "IPDestinationSubnet", "IPProtocol","IPSourceAddress", "IPSourceSubnet", "Outcome", "RuleID", "RulesetID", "SampleInterval", "Verdict"],
  },
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"MitigationSystem\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"magic-firewall\"},{\"key\":\"RulesetID\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"\"}]}}"
}'
```

The example below only displays fields relevant to Magic Firewall, and the filter only displays events where explicit action was taken. The example includes both enabled and disabled Magic Firewall rules.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  ...
  "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ColoName", "Datetime", "Direction", "IPDestinationAddress", "IPDestinationSubnet", "IPProtocol","IPSourceAddress", "IPSourceSubnet", "Outcome", "RuleID", "RulesetID", "SampleInterval", "Verdict"],
  },
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"and\":[{\"key\":\"MitigationSystem\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"magic-firewall\"},{\"key\":\"RulesetID\",\"operator\":\"!eq\",\"value\":\"\"}]}}"
}'
```

## Filter by relevant fields to Magic Firewall

Use the examples below to filter out fields that are not relevant to traffic flowing through Magic Firewall. The example below only includes Magic Firewall events.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  ...
  "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ColoName", "Datetime", "Direction", "IPDestinationAddress", "IPDestinationSubnet", "IPProtocol","IPSourceAddress", "IPSourceSubnet", "Outcome", "RuleID", "RulesetID", "SampleInterval", "Verdict"],
  },
  "filter": "{\"where\":{\"key\":\"MitigationSystem\",\"operator\":\"eq\",\"value\":\"magic-firewall\"}}"
}'
```

---

# Form expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/form-expressions/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Rules are written as using the Cloudflare Rules language - a domain-specific language (DSL) intended to mimic Wireshark semantics. For more information, refer to the [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/) documentation.

To start with a simple case, review below how you would match a source IP:

```txt
ip.src == 192.0.2.0
```

Expressions can be more complex by joining multiple clauses via a logical operator:

```txt
ip.src == 192.0.2.1 && (tcp.flags.push || tcp.flags.reset)
```

## Capabilities

You can use Magic Firewall to skip or block <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> based on source or destination IP, source or destination port, protocol, packet length, or <GlossaryTooltip term="bit field matching">bit field match</GlossaryTooltip>.

## Restrictions

Wirefilter comparisons support CIDR notation, but only inside sets. For example:

```txt
ip.src == 192.0.2.0/24  # bad
ip.src in { 192.0.2.0/24 }  # good
```

Expressions have a complexity limit that is easily reached when many joined or nested clauses are in the expression. Here's an example:

```txt
(tcp.dstport == 1000 || tcp.dstport == 1001) && (tcp.dstport == 1002 || tcp.dstport == 1003) && (tcp.dstport == 1004 || tcp.dstport == 1005) && (tcp.dstport == 1006 || tcp.dstport == 1007) && (tcp.dstport == 1008 || tcp.dstport == 1009) && (tcp.dstport == 1010 || tcp.dstport == 1011) && (tcp.dstport == 1012 || tcp.dstport == 1013) && (tcp.dstport == 1014 || tcp.dstport == 1015) && (tcp.dstport == 1016 || tcp.dstport == 1017)
```

If the limit is reached, the response will have a `400` status code and an error message of `ruleset exceeds complexity constraints`. Split the expression into multiple rules and try again.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the content below to learn how to complete tasks using Magic Firewall.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Use Logpush with IDS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/use-logpush-with-ids/

You can use Logpush with Magic Firewall IDS to log detected risks:

1. Consult the [Logpush Destination docs](/logs/get-started/api-configuration#destination) to learn about what destinations Logpush supports. The documentation will also instruct you on how to correctly format the destination URL for Logpush.

2. Follow the [Manage Lopush with cURL](/logs/tutorials/examples/example-logpush-curl) tutorial to validate your Logpush destination and define a Logpush job.

## Notes on using Logpush with IDS

* Magic IDS is an account-scoped dataset. This means the string `/zone/<ZONE_ID>` in the Cloudflare API URLs in the tutorial should be replaced with `/account/<ACCOUNT_ID>`.

* Consult the [Magic IDS Detection fields doc](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/magic_ids_detections/) to know what fields you want configured for the job.

* When creating the Logpush job, the dataset field should equal `magic_ids_detections`.

* Timestamps by default are unixnano. Consult the [Logpush Options docs](/logs/get-started/api-configuration#options) to learn what format you can choose that will be compatible with your destination and/or expectations. Note that all options must be added *after* all fields you want from the Logpush job, akin to URL parameters.

---

# Use IP lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/how-to/use-rules-list/

[IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) are a part of Cloudflare's custom lists. Custom lists contain one or more items of the same type — IP addresses, hostnames or ASNs — that you can reference in rule expressions.

IP lists are defined at the account level and can be used to match against `ip.src` and `ip.dst` fields. Currently, Magic Firewall only supports IPv4 addresses in these lists, not IPv6.

To use this feature:

## 1. Create a [new IP list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/create/).

For example:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "iplist",
  "description": "This contains IPs that should be allowed.",
  "kind": "ip"
}'
```

## 2. Add IPs to the list

Next, [create list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/create/). This will add elements to the current list.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {"ip":"10.0.0.1"},
  {"ip":"10.10.0.0/24"}
]'
```

## 3. Use the list in a rule

Finally, add a Magic Firewall rule referencing the list into an existing ruleset:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "ruleset": "current"
  },
  "expression": "ip.src in $iplist",
  "description": "Allowed IPs from iplist",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

## Managed lists

:::note
Available for customers with a Magic Firewall Advanced plan.
:::

You can create rules with managed lists. Managed IP Lists are [lists of IP addresses](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists) maintained by Cloudflare and updated frequently.

You can access these managed lists when you create rules with either _IP destination address_ or _IP source address_ in the **Field** dropdown, and _is in list_ or _is not in list_ in the **Operator** dropdown.

For example:

| Field                    | Operator     | Value         |
| ------------------------ | ------------ | ------------- |
| _IP destination address_ | _is in list_ | _Anonymizers_ |

---

# Collect PCAPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/packet-captures/collect-pcaps/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

After a <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packet</GlossaryTooltip> capture is requested and the capture is collected, the output is contained within one or more files in PCAP file format. Before starting a `full` type packet capture, you must first follow instructions for [configuring a bucket](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/pcaps-bucket-setup/).

:::note

Packet captures are available for Advanced Magic Firewall users. For access, contact your account team.

:::

## Send a packet capture request

Currently, when a packet capture is requested, packets flowing at Cloudflare's global network through the Magic Transit system are captured. The default API field for this is `"system": "magic-transit"`, both for the request and response.

:::note[Note]

For help determining which data center to select for a packet capture, visit [https://cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace](https://cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace) and refer to the `colo` field. Note some data centers can be regional such as `ORD` while other names may be more specific like `ord02`. Either of these names can be used for this same field.

:::

### Packet capture limits

**Sample and full**

- `time_limit`: The minimum value is `1` seconds and maximum value is `300` seconds.
- `packet_limit`: The minimum value is `1` packet and maximum value is `10000` packets.

**Full**

- `byte_limit`: The minimum value is `1` byte and maximum value is `1000000000` bytes.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. In **Captures**, select **Start a capture**.
4. Select the **Captures** tab > **Start a capture**.
5. Choose the type of capture you want to perform, and select **Next**.
6. Fill out the required fields to begin the capture and then select **Start**.

The main **Packet captures** page displays a list of captures.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The PCAPs API needs both `system` and `type` to be specified to start a capture. A PCAP's `system` is the product or logical subsystem where packets are captured, and a PCAP's `type` is how the captured packets are built into a PCAP file.

Currently, you can only send one collect request per minute for sample PCAPs, and you can only have one running or pending full PCAP at a time.

<Details header="Full PCAP">

For full PCAP requests, refer to the required parameters listed at [Create full PCAP requests](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/pcaps/methods/create/). Note that full packet captures require two more parameters than sample packets.

The full PCAP request endpoint also contains optional fields you can use to limit the amount of packets captured. Both full and sample packet requests contain an optional `filter_v1` parameter you can use to filter packets by IPv4 Source address, for example. For a full list of the filter options, refer to the parameter lists above.

Leave `filter_v1` empty to collect all packets without any filtering.

```bash title="Full PCAP example request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "filter_v1": {},
  "time_limit": 300,
  "packet_limit": 10000,
  "byte_limit": 100000000,
  "type": "full",
  "colo": "ORD",
  "system": "magic-transit",
  "destination_conf": "${BUCKET}"
}'
```

While the collection is in progress, the response returns the `status` field as `pending`. You must wait for the PCAP collection to complete before downloading the file. When the PCAP is ready to download, the status changes to `success`.

```json title="Full PCAP example response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "7d7c88382f0b4d5daa9587aa45a1a877",
		"submitted": "2022-06-02T18:38:22.269047Z",
		"filter_v1": {},
		"time_limit": 300,
		"status": "pending",
		"type": "full",
		"system": "magic-transit",
		"packet_limit": 10000,
		"byte_limit": 100000000,
		"colo": "ORD",
		"destination_conf": "gs://test-magic-pcaps"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Sample PCAP">

To create a sample PCAP request, send a JSON body with the required parameter listed at [Create sample PCAP request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/pcaps/methods/create/).

Leave `filter_v1` to collect all packets without any filtering.

```bash title="Sample PCAP example request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "filter_v1": {
    "source_address": "1.2.3.4",
    "source_port": 123,
    "destination_address": "5.6.7.8",
    "destination_port": 80,
    "protocol": 6
  },
  "time_limit": 300,
  "packet_limit": 10000,
  "type": "simple",
  "system": "magic-transit"
}'
```

The response is a JSON body that contains the details of the job running to build the packet capture. The response contains a unique identifier for the packet capture request along with the details sent in the request.

```json title="Sample PCAP example response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "6d1f0aac13cd40e3900d29f5dd0e8a2b",
		"submitted": "2021-12-20T17:29:20.641845Z",
		"filter_v1": {
			"source_address": "1.2.3.4",
			"source_port": 123,
			"destination_address": "5.6.7.8",
			"destination_port": 80,
			"protocol": 6
		},
		"time_limit": 60,
		"status": "pending",
		"packets_remaining": 0,
		"type": "simple",
		"system": "magic-transit"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Check packet capture status

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. In **Packet captures**, select **Start a capture**.
4. Select the **Captures** tab.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To check the status of a running job, send a request to the endpoint and specify the PCAP identifier. The PCAP identifier is received in the response of a collect request as shown in the previous step.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/{pcap_id} \
--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>'
```

The response will be similar to the one received when requesting a PCAP collection.

```json title="Sample PCAP example result"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "6d1f0aac13cd40e3900d29f5dd0e8a2b",
		"submitted": "2021-12-20T17:29:20.641845Z",
		"filter_v1": {
			"source_address": "1.2.3.4",
			"source_port": 123,
			"destination_address": "5.6.7.8",
			"destination_port": 80,
			"protocol": 6
		},
		"time_limit": 120,
		"status": "success",
		"packets_remaining": 0,
		"type": "simple",
		"system": "magic-transit"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The capture status displays one of the following options:

- **Complete:** The capture request is done and ready for download.
- **In progress:** The capture request was captured but still processing.
- **Failure:** The capture failed. If this occurs, verify your ownership information.

## Download packet captures

After your request finishes processing, you can download your packet captures.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. In **Packet captures**, select **Start a capture**.
4. Select the **Captures** tab.
5. Locate your packet capture you want to download, and select **Download**.

Packet captures are available to download when the **Status** displays **Success**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

For more information on how to process multiple saved capture files into a single output file, refer to [Wireshark's mergecap documentation](https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/mergecap.html).

**Full PCAPs**

To obtain full PCAPs, download the files from the bucket specified in `destination_conf` after the PCAP's status is `success`. You may find multiple files named `pcap_<pcap_id>.pcap` per capture as captures can occur across multiple machines.

**Sample PCAPs**

Once the sample PCAP collection is complete, you can download the PCAP by specifying the PCAP identifier used earlier.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/{pcap_id}/download \
--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>' \
--output download.pcap
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## List packet captures

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. In **Packet captures**, select **Start a capture**.
4. Select the **Captures** tab.

The list of packet captures associated with your account displays.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To view a list of sent requests, use the following command:

```bash title="List request example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

The response returns an array that includes up to 50 sent requests, which includes completed and ongoing requests.

```json title="List response example"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "43adab5adeca4dab9c51f4b7f70f2ec3",
			"submitted": "2021-12-15T03:04:09.277394Z",
			"filter_v1": {},
			"time_limit": 120,
			"status": "success",
			"packets_remaining": 0,
			"type": "simple",
			"system": "magic-transit"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Packet captures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/packet-captures/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare supports two types of packet captures: full and sample. Full packet captures is the default behavior.

## Sample packet captures

Sample packet captures collects historical data on network traffic that has already passed through Cloudflare's network. It will not collect any new traffic sent to Cloudflare's network after the packet capture has started. All sample packet captures will complete immediately after they are started because they query historical traffic data.

Sample packet captures can be viewed in the Cloudflare dashboard. They only include the first 160 bytes of data. This is useful for capturing packet headers, but will not provide detailed packet data. The sample data is collected across all Cloudflare's data centers to build a PCAP file. This allows you to get a global picture of traffic across all data centers.

You should use full packet captures if you need to collect data on packets that pass through your network less frequently.

## Full packet captures

Full packet captures will actively monitor Cloudflare's network for packets that match the selected filters, and will capture the matching packet data. The matching packet data is saved to a cloud storage bucket that is owned and configured by you.

Full packet captures will collect new traffic sent to Cloudflare's network after the packet capture has started, and include the full packet data. This type of capture cannot be viewed in the Cloudflare dashboard. You can download them from a cloud storage bucket and analyze them in Wireshark or another packet capture tool.

Refer to the articles in this section to learn how to use packet captures.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# PCAPs bucket setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/packet-captures/pcaps-bucket-setup/

import { GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Before you can begin a full <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packet</GlossaryTooltip> capture, you must first configure a bucket that Cloudflare can use to upload your files. Setting up a bucket is not required for sample packet captures.

You can configure an Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Platform bucket to use as a target. You can also [use R2](#r2) as a target using the API.

## Set up a bucket

Learn how to set up a bucket for use with full packet captures.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. From the **Packet captures** page, select the **Buckets** tab.
4. Select **Add a bucket**.
5. Under **Bucket configuration**, select a bucket service and select **Next**.
6. Enter the information related to your bucket for your service provider.
7. When you are done, select **Next**.

The **Prove ownership** step of the **Bucket configuration** displays.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Before you can begin using a bucket, you must first enable destinations.

Refer to the [Amazon S3](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/aws-s3/#create-and-get-access-to-an-s3-bucket) or [Google Cloud Storage](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/google-cloud-storage/#create-and-get-access-to-a-gcs-bucket) documentation and follow the steps for those specific services.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Next, validate the bucket and confirm ownership.

## Validate a bucket

After the initial bucket set up, you need to confirm you own the bucket via an ownership challenge. After you validate your bucket, you can begin using it to collect full packet captures.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. From the **Prove ownership** step of the **Bucket configuration**, locate the **Ownership token** field.
2. In the **Ownership token** field, enter the ownership token for your service provider.
3. When you are done, select **Create**. The **Packet captures** page displays.

The **Buckets** tab displays a list of the buckets associated with your account. Refer to the **Status** column to see the status of your bucket configuration.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The `bucket` field should be the URI of the bucket. For Amazon S3, the `bucket` field is in the form `s3://<bucket-name>/<directory>?region=<bucket-region>`, and for Google Cloud Storage the form is `gs://<bucket-name>/<directory>`.

```bash title="Ownership challenge request example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/ownership \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "'${bucket}'"
}'
```

The response has a `"filename"` parameter which contains the content of the `ownership-challenge` text. Find the file in your bucket and copy the contents of the file.

```json title="Ownership challenge response example"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "cc20c2d6c62e11ecbe646b173af3b6b9",
		"status": "pending",
		"submitted": "2022-04-22T18:54:13.397413Z",
		"validated": "",
		"destination_conf": "gs://bucket-test",
		"filename": "ownership-challenge-1234.txt"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

Validate the bucket by inserting the copied text in the `ownership_text` below:

```bash title="Bucket validation example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/ownership/validate \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "'${bucket}'",
  "ownership_challenge": "'${ownership_text}'"
}'
```

```json title="Bucket validation response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "cc20c2d6c62e11ecbe646b173af3b6b9",
		"status": "success",
		"submitted": "2022-04-22T18:54:13.397413Z",
		"validated": "2022-04-27T14:54:46.440548Z",
		"destination_conf": "gs://bucket-test",
		"filename": "ownership-challenge-1234.txt"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

If the `status` shows `success`, the bucket is configured and ready to use.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The bucket status displays one of the following options:

- **Success:** The bucket is fully verified and ready to use.
- **Pending:** The challenge response was initiated but is pending verification. Bucket verification can take five to ten minutes to finish processing.
- **Failed:** The bucket could not be validated. If this occurs, verify your ownership information.

## List configured buckets

View a list of all buckets configured on your account.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Transit** or **Magic WAN**.
3. In **Packet captures**, select **Start a capture**.
4. Select the **Buckets** tab.

The list of buckets associated with your account displays.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

```bash title="Bucket list request example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/ownership \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Bucket list response example"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "9a993aa6c58711ec89d3037647342e63",
			"status": "success",
			"submitted": "2022-04-26T16:58:24.550762Z",
			"validated": "2022-04-26T17:01:18.426458Z",
			"destination_conf": "s3://test-bucket?region=us-east-1",
			"filename": "ownership-challenge-1234.txt"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

To learn how to collect packet captures, refer to [Collect packet captures](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/collect-pcaps/).

## R2

To start collecting packet captures with R2, you first need to configure it properly. For all the required details, refer to the [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) documentation.

### Create bucket and API token

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **R2** > **Create bucket**.
3. Give your bucket a name > **Create bucket**.
4. Go to the R2 Overview page, and select **Manage R2 API Tokens**.
5. Select **Create API Token**.
6. In **Permissions**, choose **Object Read & Write**. Make sure you also select **Apply to specific buckets only**, and select the bucket you have created for PCAPs from the drop-down menu.
7. Select **Create API Token**.
8. Make sure you copy the **Secret Access Key** and **Access Key ID** values, as you will need them for the next step.

### Create initial request

Create your initial request to R2:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pcaps/ownership \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "r2://<BUCKET_NAME>?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&access-key-id=<R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>"
}'
```

The [response](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/pcaps/subresources/ownership/methods/create/) has a `"filename"` parameter with the name of a file that Cloudflare wrote to your R2 bucket. You need to download it for the next step. Example:

```json
{
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"destination_conf": "<YOUR_R2_BUCKET>",
		"filename": "ownership-challenge-9883874ecac311ec8475433579a6bf5f.txt",
		"id": "9883874ecac311ec8475433579a6bf5f",
		"status": "success",
		"submitted": "2020-01-01T08:00:00Z",
		"validated": "2020-01-01T08:00:00Z"
	},
	"success": true
}
```

### Validate bucket ownership

Refer to the [Validate a bucket](#validate-a-bucket) API instructions for more details on the entire process to [validate your R2 bucket](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/pcaps/subresources/ownership/methods/validate/). When specifying the R2 destination for this validation, exclude the secret and access keys from the URL.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review the content below for more information about Magic Firewall.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Magic Firewall fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/reference/magic-firewall-fields/

import { Type } from "~/components";

:::note
Some Magic Firewall fields are available only to customers who purchased Magic Firewall's advanced features. Refer to [Magic Firewall plans](/magic-firewall/plans/) for more information.
:::

## `cf.colo.name`

`cf.colo.name` <Type text='String' />

The data center that is handling this traffic.

Example value: `sfo06`

---

## `cf.colo.region`

`cf.colo.region` <Type text='String' />

Region of the data center that is handling this traffic.

Example value: `WNAM`

---

## `icmp`

`icmp` <Type text='String' />

The raw ICMP packet as a list of bytes. It should be used in conjunction with the bit_slice function when other structured fields are lacking.

---

## `icmp.type`

`icmp.type` <Type text='Number' />

The [ICMP type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Protocol#header_type). Only applies to ICMP packets.

Example value: `8`

---

## `icmp.code`

`icmp.code` <Type text='Number' />

The [ICMP code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Protocol#header_code). Only applies to ICMP packets.

Example value: `2`

---

## `ip`

`ip` <Type text='String' />

The raw IP packet as a list of bytes. It should be used in conjunction with the bit_slice function when other structured fields are lacking.

---

## `ip.dst`

`ip.dst` <Type text='IP address' />

The destination address as specified in the IP packet.

Example value: `192.0.2.2`

---

## `ip.dst.country`

`ip.dst.country` <Type text='String' />

Represents the 2-letter country code associated with the server IP address in [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) format.

Example value: `GB`

For more information on the ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 format, refer to [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) on Wikipedia.

---

## `ip.src.country`

`ip.src.country` <Type text='String' />

Represents the 2-letter country code associated with the client IP address in [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) format.

Example value: `GB`

For more information on the ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 format, refer to [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) on Wikipedia.

For Magic Firewall, the `ip.geoip.country` field (which is deprecated) will match on either source or destination address. The `ip.geoip.country` field is still available for new and existing rules, but you should use the `ip.src.country` and/or `ip.dst.country` fields instead.

---

## `ip.hdr_len`

`ip.hdr_len` <Type text='Number' />

The length of the IPv4 header in bytes.

Example value: `5`

---

## `ip.len`

`ip.len` <Type text='Number' />

The length of the packet including the header.

Example value: `60`

---

## `ip.opt.type`

`ip.opt.type` <Type text='Number' />

The first byte of [IP options field](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4#Options), if the options field is set.

Example value: `25`

---

## `ip.proto`

`ip.proto` <Type text='String' />

The transport layer for the packet, if it can be determined.

Example values: `icmp`, `tcp`

---

## `ip.src`

`ip.src` <Type text='IP address' />

The source address of the IP Packet.

---

## `ip.src.country`

`ip.src.country` <Type text='String' />

Represents the 2-letter country code associated with the client IP address in [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) format.

Example value: `GB`

For more information on the ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 format, refer to [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2) on Wikipedia.

---

## `ip.ttl`

`ip.ttl` <Type text='Number' />

The time-to-live of the IP Packet.

Example values: `54`

---

## `sip`

`sip` <Type text='Boolean' />

Determines if packets are valid L7 protocol [SIP](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2543). Requires UDP packets to operate.

Use a guard clause as shown below to ensure the packet is UDP (wirefilter):

`ip.proto == "udp"`

---

## `tcp`

`tcp` <Type text='String' />

The raw TCP packet as a list of bytes. It should be used in conjunction with the bit_slice function when other structured fields are lacking.

---

## `tcp.flags`

`tcp.flags` <Type text='Number' />

The numeric value of the TCP flags byte.

---

## `tcp.flags.ack`

`tcp.flags.ack` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP acknowledgment flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.cwr`

`tcp.flags.cwr` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP congestion window reduced flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.ecn`

`tcp.flags.ecn` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP ECN-Echo flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.fin`

`tcp.flags.fin` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP flag indicating this is the last packet from sender.

---

## `tcp.flags.push`

`tcp.flags.push` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP push flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.reset`

`tcp.flags.reset` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP reset flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.syn`

`tcp.flags.syn` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP synchronize flag.

---

## `tcp.flags.urg`

`tcp.flags.urg` <Type text='Boolean' />

TCP urgent flag.

---

## `tcp.srcport`

`tcp.srcport` <Type text='Number' />

Source port number of the IP packet. Only applies to TCP packets.

---

## `tcp.dstport`

`tcp.dstport` <Type text='Number' />

Destination port number of the IP packet. Only applies to TCP packets.

---

## `udp`

`udp` <Type text='String' />

The raw UDP packet as a list of bytes. It should be used in conjunction with the bit_slice function when other structured fields are lacking.

---

## `udp.dstport`

`udp.dstport` <Type text='Number' />

Destination port number of the IP packet. Only applies to UDP packets.

---

## `udp.srcport`

`udp.srcport` <Type text='Number' />

Source port number of the IP packet. Only applies to UDP packets.

---

_GeoIP is the registered trademark of MaxMind, Inc._

---

# GraphQL Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/tutorials/graphql-analytics/

Use the GraphQL Analytics API to review data for Magic Firewall network traffic related to rules matching your traffic. This contains both rules you configured in the Magic Firewall dashboard, and the rules managed by Cloudflare as a part of [Magic Firewall Managed rules](/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-managed-rulesets/) and [Magic Firewall IDS](/magic-firewall/about/ids/) features.

Before you begin, you must have an [API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/). For additional help getting started with GraphQL Analytics, refer to [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

## Obtain Cloudflare Account ID

To construct a Magic Firewall GraphQL query for an object, you will need a Cloudflare Account ID

### Obtain your Cloudflare Account ID

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. The URL in your browser's address bar should show `https://dash.cloudflare.com/` followed by a hex string. The hex string is your Cloudflare Account ID.

### Obtain the rule ID for a firewall rule

To construct queries to gather analytics for a particular rule, you need the rule ID for each firewall rule.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select you account.
2. Select **Magic Firewall**.
3. Locate the rule you need the rule ID for from the list, and select **Edit**.
4. Locate the **Rule ID**, and select the copy button.
5. Select **Cancel** to return to the **Magic Firewall** page.

## Explore GraphQL schema with Magic Firewall query example

In this section, you will run a test query to retrieve a five minute count of all configured Magic Firewall rules within five minute intervals. You can copy and paste the code below into GraphiQL.

For additional information about the Analytics schema, refer to [Explore the Analytics schema with GraphiQL](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/).

```graphql
query {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"}) {
      magicFirewallSamplesAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {datetime_geq: "2022-01-05T11:00:00Z",
          datetime_leq: "2022-01-05T12:00:00Z"},
        limit: 2,
        orderBy: [datetimeFiveMinute_DESC])
      {
        sum {
          bits
          packets
        }
        dimensions {
          datetimeFiveMinute
          ruleId
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Example queries for Magic Firewall

### Obtain analytics for a specific rule

Use the example below to display the total number of packets and bits for the top ten suspected malicious traffic streams within the last hour. After receiving the results, you can sort by packet rates with a five minute average.

For each stream, display the:

* Source and destination IP addresses
* Ingress Cloudflare data centers that received it
* Total traffic volume in bits and packets received within the hour
* Actions taken by the firewall rule

```graphql
query{
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: {accountTag: "<ACCOUNT_ID>"}) {
        magicFirewallNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
            ruleId: "<RULE_ID>",
            datetime_geq: "2022-01-12T10:00:00Z",
            datetime_leq: "2022-01-12T11:00:00Z"
  }
        limit: 10,
        orderBy: [avg_packetRateFiveMinutes_DESC])
        {
            sum {
              bits
              packets
            }
            dimensions {
              coloCity
              ipDestinationAddress
              ipSourceAddress
              outcome
            }
        }
    }
}
}
```

### Obtain IDS analytics

Use the example below to display the total number of packets and bits for the top 10 traffic streams that Magic Firewall IDS has detected in the last hour.

By setting `verdict` to `drop` and `outcome` as `pass`, we are filtering for traffic that was marked as a detection (i.e. verdict was drop) but was not dropped (for example, outcome was `pass`). This is because currently, Magic Firewall IDS only detects malicious traffic but does not drop the traffic.

For each stream, display the:

* Source and destination IP addresses.
* Ingress Cloudflare data centers that received it.
* Total traffic volume in bits and packets received within the hour.

```graphql
query{
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: {accountTag: "<ACCOUNT_ID>"}) {
        magicIDPSNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
            datetime_geq: "2022-01-12T10:00:00Z",
            datetime_leq: "2022-01-12T11:00:00Z",
            verdict: drop,
            outcome: pass
  }
        limit: 10,
        orderBy: [avg_packetRateFiveMinutes_DESC])
        {
            sum {
              bits
              packets
            }
            dimensions {
              coloCity
              ipDestinationAddress
              ipSourceAddress
            }
        }
    }
}
}
```

Alternatively, to inspect all traffic that was analyzed, but grouped into malicious traffic and other traffic, the example below can be used. The response will contain two entries for each five minute timestamp. `verdict` will be set to `drop` for malicious traffic, and `verdict` will be set to `pass` for traffic that did not match any of the IDS rules.

```graphql
query{
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: {accountTag: "<ACCOUNT_ID>"}) {
        magicIDPSNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
            datetime_geq: "2022-01-12T10:00:00Z",
            datetime_leq: "2022-01-12T11:00:00Z"
  }
        limit: 10,
        orderBy: [avg_packetRateFiveMinutes_DESC])
        {
            sum {
              bits
              packets
            }
            dimensions {
              coloCity
              ipDestinationAddress
              ipSourceAddress
              verdict
            }
        }
    }
}
}
```

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-firewall/tutorials/

import { ListTutorials } from "~/components";

View tutorials to help you get started with Magic Firewall.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Routers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/routers/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Recommended sampling rate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/routers/recommended-sampling-rate/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

<GlossaryTooltip term="NetFlow">NetFlow</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="sFlow">sFlow</GlossaryTooltip> data is created by <GlossaryTooltip term="sampling">sampling</GlossaryTooltip> the traffic that passes through your router. Lower sampling rates increase network flow data accuracy but require more router memory and CPU when the data is generated. Additionally, network flow data accuracy is maintained if customer select a higher sampling rate but also receive a larger amount of traffic.

The table below gives general recommendations for sampling rates depending on your traffic volume. Customers are encouraged to test different sampling rates to find the best option.

| Traffic Volume | Router sampling recommendation              |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Low            | Between 1 in 100 packets - 1 in 500 packets |
| Medium         | Between 1 in 1,000 - 1 in 2,000 packets     |
| High           | Between 1 in 2,000 - 1 in 4,000 packets     |

As a general rule, customers may begin to notice a loss in data accuracy (depending on their network volume) as their network flow sampling rate climbs above 1 in 5,000 packets.

---

# Netflow/IPFIX configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/routers/netflow-ipfix-config/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic Network Monitoring supports the NetFlow v5, NetFlow v9, and IPFIX network <GlossaryTooltip term="flow data">flow data</GlossaryTooltip> formats.

1. Log in to your router's configuration application.

2. Open your router's NetFlow configuration menu.

3. Set up your router's **Flow Exporter** configuration with the following values:

   - **Destination IP address**: `162.159.65.1`
   - **Destination Port**: `2055`
   - **Transport Protocol**: `UDP`

4. Set up your router's **Flow Record** configuration with the following values:

   - `match ipv4 protocol `
   - `match ipv4 source address`
   - `match ipv4 destination address`
   - `match transport source-port`
   - `match transport destination-port`
   - `match interface input`
   - `collect transport tcp flag`
   - `collect counter packets long`
   - `collect counter bytes long`
   - `collect flow sampler`
   - `collect timestamp sys-uptime first`
   - `collect timestamp sys-uptime last`

5. Confirm your router's Netflow template. It should not contain duplicated fields.

---

# sFlow configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/routers/sflow-config/

1. Log in to your router's configuration application.
2. Open your router's sFlow configuration menu.
3. Set up your router's **sFlow Exporter** configuration with the following values:

   - **Destination IP address**: `162.159.65.1`
   - **Destination Port**: `6343`
   - **Transport Protocol**: `UDP`

---

# Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/rules/

Magic Network Monitoring rules will allow you to monitor the traffic volume destined for IP addresses or IP prefixes on your network. You can also receive alerts if the volume of traffic arriving at specific destinations exceeds a defined threshold.

## Create rules

Refer to [Recommended rule configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/rules/recommended-rule-configuration/) for more details on the settings we recommend to create appropriate Magic Network Monitoring rules.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring**.
3. Select **Configure Magic Network Monitoring** > **Add new rule**.
4. Create your rule according to your needs. Refer to [Rule fields](#rule-fields) for more information on what each field does.
5. Select **Create a new rule** when you are finished.

## Edit or delete rules

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring**.
3. Select **Configure Magic Network Monitoring**.
4. Find the rule you want to edit, and select **Edit**. Optionally, you can also select **Delete** to delete a rule.
5. Edit the appropriate fields. Refer to [Rule fields](#rule-fields) for more information on what each field does.
6. Select **Save** when you are finished.

## Rule Auto-Advertisement

If you are an Enterprise customer using [Magic Transit On Demand](/magic-transit/on-demand), enable **Auto-Advertisement** if you want to automatically activate Magic Transit when a certain threshold is exceeded.

Follow the previous steps to [create](#create-rules) or [edit](#edit-or-delete-rules) a rule. Then, make sure you enable **Auto-Advertisement**.

## Rule fields

| Field  									| Description |
| ----------------------- | ----------- |
| **Rule name** 					| Must be unique and cannot contain spaces. Supports characters `A-Z`, `a-z`, `0-9`, underscore (`_`), dash (`-`), period (`.`), and tilde (`~`).  Max 256 characters. |
| **Rule threshold type** | Can be defined in either bits per second or packets per second. |
| **Rule threshold**  		| The number of bits per second or packets per second for the rule alert. When this value is exceeded for the rule duration, an alert notification is sent. Minimum of `1` and no maximum. |
| **Rule duration**  			| The amount of time in minutes the rule threshold must exceed to send an alert notification. Choose from the following values: `1`, `5`, `10`, `15`, `20`, `30`, `45`, or `60` minutes. |
| **Auto-advertisement**  | If you are a [Magic Transit On Demand](/magic-transit/on-demand) customer, you can enable this feature to automatically enable Magic Transit if the rule alert is triggered.|
| **Rule IP prefix** 			| The IP prefix associated with the rule for monitoring traffic volume. Must be a CIDR range such as `160.168.0.1/24`. Max is 5,000 unique CIDR entries.                                   |

## Enable per-prefix thresholds with the API

You can also use the [Magic Network Monitoring API](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/rules/methods/list/) to configure custom thresholds for specific prefixes.

The system uses the concept of rules, and each rule consists of a group of prefixes. All prefixes inside a rule are evaluated as a whole, and you should set up a rule if you want the prefixes' aggregated traffic to trigger an alert or advertisement. For thresholds on singular prefixes or IPs, you can create an individual rule with one prefix and the desired threshold.

### Example

For a rule with two prefix CIDRs and a `packet_threshold` of `10000` as shown below, the rule will be flagged if the joint packet traffic of `192.168.0.0/24` and `172.118.0.0/24` is greater than `10000`. This also means that Cloudflare attempts to auto advertise both CIDRs in case the flag is turned on.

```bash
"rules":[
        "name": "Too many packets",
        "prefixes": ["192.168.0.0/24", "172.118.0.0/24"],
        "packet_threshold": 10000,
        "automatic_advertisement": true,
        "duration": "1m0s",
        ]
```

For more granular thresholds, create a more focused rule as shown below.

```bash
"rules":[
        "name": "Too many packets",
        "prefixes": ["172.118.0.0/24"],
        "packet_threshold": 1000,
        "automatic_advertisement": true,
        "duration": "1m0s",
       ]
```

Refer to the [Magic Network Monitoring API documentation](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/rules/methods/list/) for more information.

## Notifications

Webhook, PagerDuty, and email notifications are sent following an auto-advertisement attempt for all prefixes inside the flagged rule.

You will receive the status of the advertisement for each prefix with the following available statuses:

- **Advertised**: The prefix was successfully advertised.
- **Already Advertised**: The prefix was advertised prior to the auto advertisement attempt.
- **Delayed**: The prefix cannot currently be advertised but will attempt advertisement. After the prefix can be advertised, a new notification is sent with the updated status.
- **Locked**: The prefix is locked and cannot be advertised.
- **Could not Advertise**: Cloudflare was unable to advertise the prefix. This status can occur for multiple reasons, but usually occurs when you are not allowed to advertise a prefix.
- **Error**: A general error occurred during prefix advertisement.

Refer to [Notifications](/magic-network-monitoring/notifications/) to learn how to create one.

---

# Recommended rule configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/rules/recommended-rule-configuration/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You can create [Magic Network Monitoring rules](/magic-network-monitoring/rules/) to monitor the traffic volume of your network, for a set of IP addresses and/or IP <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefixes</GlossaryTooltip>. The traffic volume threshold for these rules is also set by you. If the traffic volume threshold is crossed, Magic Network Monitoring will send an alert via email, webhook, or PagerDuty.

Follow the guidelines outlined in this page to create appropriate Magic Network Monitoring rules and set accurate rule thresholds.

## Rule IP prefixes

Cloudflare recommends that customers start by creating one Magic Network Monitoring rule for each public `/24` IP prefix within their network. It is helpful to include the range of the `/24` IP prefix to make it easier to find and filter for the rule in Magic Network Monitoring analytics.

As you become more familiar with the traffic patterns across each IP prefix, we encourage you to create more complex rules with IP prefixes that are smaller or larger than a `/24` prefix depending on your needs. You can also combine and monitor multiple IP prefixes within the same rule.

## Rule threshold

Follow the steps below to configure appropriate rule thresholds.

### Initial rule configuration

When you initially configure Magic Network Monitoring, you may not know the typical traffic volume patterns across each of your IP prefixes. Cloudflare recommends that you set a high rule threshold of either 10 Gbps (gigabits per second) or 10 Mpps (million packets per second) that is unlikely to be crossed during initial configuration.

This will allow you to collect initial information about the typical traffic volume for a Magic Network Monitoring rule without receiving any alerts. After you have collected and analyzed the historical traffic data for an Magic Network Monitoring rule, the threshold should be adjusted to an appropriate value.

| Threshold type | Recommended rule threshold to collect initial data |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Bits           | 10 Gpbs (10,000,000,000 bits per second)           |
| Packets        | 10 Mpps (10,000,000 packets per second)            |

### Setting the appropriate threshold

After creating the initial set of rules to monitor your network traffic, you should collect 14-30 days of historical traffic volume data for each rule.

Cloudflare recommends that new customers set a rule threshold that is two times larger than the maximum non-attack traffic observed for a one minute time interval within an Magic Network Monitoring rule.

To find the maximum non-attack traffic for a one minute time interval over the past 14-30 days, you can filter for the specific rule you want to analyze. To do that:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Magic Monitoring**.
3. Select **Add filter**.
4. In **New filter**, use the drop-down menus to create the following filter:
   | Field             | Operator | Rule name     |
   | ----------------- | -------- | ------------- |
   | _Monitoring Rule_ | _equals_ | `<RULE_NAME>` |

Once the rule filter is selected in Magic Network Monitoring Analytics, you can check the historical traffic volume data for the rule over the selected time period. We recommend that you check your historical traffic volume data in increments of seven days since that is the largest window that shows one hour time intervals. You can select a custom seven day time range in Magic Network Monitoring Analytics by going to the top right corner of Magic Network Monitoring analytics, opening the time window dropdown, and selecting **Custom range**.

![How to choose a custom time range.](~/assets/images/magic-network-monitoring/custom-time-range.png)

You should review the selected seven day time range and identify the largest traffic volume peak. Then, click and drag on the largest traffic peak to view the traffic volume data for a smaller time window. Continue until you are viewing the traffic volume data in one minute time intervals.

Record the largest traffic volume peak for the rule in a spreadsheet, then repeat this process across 14-30 days of data. The rule threshold should be updated to be two times the largest traffic spike for a one minute time interval across 14-30 days of data. You should go through this process to set the threshold for each Magic Network Monitoring rule.

## Rule duration

Your IP prefixes may experience inconsistent spikes in traffic volume across one minute time intervals. We recommend that you set a rule duration of 120 seconds to reduce false positive alerts on short-term non-malicious traffic spikes. A rule duration of 120 seconds means that the traffic volume must be above the rule threshold for 120 seconds before an alert is fired.

## Adjusting rules over time

After you update your first set of rule thresholds based on historical traffic data, it will be important to monitor for Magic Network Monitoring alerts to check if the rule thresholds are appropriate. Customers are encouraged to adjust the rule thresholds and the duration over time to find the ideal alert sensitivity level for their specific network environment.

---

# Supported routers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/routers/supported-routers/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

The majority of enterprise-grade routers are capable of exporting <GlossaryTooltip term="NetFlow">NetFlow</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="sFlow">sFlow</GlossaryTooltip>, and popular router brands that support either NetFlow or sFlow are listed below.

Relatively few consumer grade routers are capable of exporting NetFlow or sFlow. If you are a network hobbyist, business, or other organization, and your router options are limited, you can view the list of open source and affordable options below.

:::note[Note:]
These lists are not exhaustive, and we encourage you to check your router's specification sheet to confirm your router is capable of exporting NetFlow or sFlow.
:::

## NetFlow routers

### Popular network hobbyist/small business options

<Details header="pfSense">

- [pfsense website](https://www.pfsense.org/)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: [softflowd](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/netflow-with-softflowd.html)

</Details>

<Details header="Ubiquiti">

- [Ubiquiti website](https://www.ui.com/)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: UISP EdgeRouter series

</Details>

### Enterprise NetFlow capable routers

<Details header="Barracuda">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: CloudGen Firewall, NG Firewall

</Details>

<Details header="Cisco">

- [NetFlow/sFlow Support Matrix](https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-knowledge-base/netflow-support-matrix/ta-p/3644638?attachment-id=203270)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: ASR series, Catalyst series, ISR series, Nexus 1000v, Nexus 5000, Nexus 6000, Nexus 7000, Nexus 9000, WLC series, 800 series (not 860)

</Details>

<Details header="Fortinet">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: FortiGate series, FortiSwitch series

</Details>

<Details header="Meraki">

- [NetFlow/sFlow Support Matrix (Meraki on page 2)](https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-knowledge-base/netflow-support-matrix/ta-p/3644638?attachment-id=203270)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: MX series, Z1 series

</Details>

<Details header="Mikrotik">

- [MikroTik website](https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/Traffic_Flow)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: Router OS v2.9, v3, v4, and later

</Details>

<Details header="Nokia">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: 7950 XRS series, 7750 SR series

</Details>

<Details header="Ubiquiti">

- [Ubiquiti website](https://www.ui.com/)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: 7950 XRS series, 7750 SR series

</Details>

### Open source router OS

<Details header="pfSense">

- [pfSense website](https://www.pfsense.org/)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: [softflowd](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/netflow-with-softflowd.html)

</Details>

<Details header="OpenWrt">

- [OpenWrt website](https://openwrt.org/start)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: [Table of supported routers](https://openwrt.org/toh/start)<br/> [OpenWrt NetFlow support](https://openwrt.org/packages/pkgdata/softflowd)

</Details>

## sFlow routers

### Popular sFlow capable routers

<Details header="Arista">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: 710P series, 720X series, 7010 series, 7020R series, 7050X3 series, 7060X series, 7150 series, 7160 series, 7170 series, 7250X series, 7280R series, 7300 series, 7500R series, 7800R3 series

</Details>

<Details header="Aruba">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: 2530 series, 2540 series, 2920 series, 2930F series, 2930M series, 3810 series, 5400R series, 8320 series, 8400 series

</Details>

<Details header="Cisco">

- [NetFlow/sFlow support matrix](https://community.cisco.com/t5/security-knowledge-base/netflow-support-matrix/ta-p/3644638?attachment-id=203270)
- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: 350 series Managed Switches, 350X series Stackable Managed Switches, 550X series Stackable Managed Switches, 8000 series Routers, ASR 9000 series Routers, Catalyst 1000 series, Catalyst 2960-L series, ME 1200 series, NCS 540 series Routers, NCS 5500 series Routers, Nexus 3000 series, Nexus 3100 series, Nexus 3200 series, Nexus 3600 series, Nexus 9200 series, Nexus 9300 series, Nexus 9500 series

</Details>

<Details header="Dell">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: Dell Networking N1100 series, Dell Networking N1500 series, Dell Networking N2000 series, Dell Networking N3000 series, Dell Networking N4000 series, Dell Networking C9000 series, Dell Networking S-series 10GbE switches, Dell Networking S-series 1GbE switches, Dell Networking S-series 25/40/50/100GbE switches, Dell Networking Z-series Core and Aggregation switches

</Details>

<Details header="D-Link">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: DXS-3400 series, DGS-3120 series, DGS-3630 series, DWS-3160-24TC, DWS-3160-24PC, DWS-4026

</Details>

<Details header="Edge-Core Networks">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: AS7700 series, AS5800 series, ECS4660 series, ECS4260 series, ECS4100 series, ECS4200 series, ECS4510 series, ECS3500 series, Open Networking

</Details>

<Details header="Extreme Networks">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: X440-G2 series, X450-G2 series, X460-G2 series, X620 series, X670-G2 series, X690 series, X770 series, X870 series, CER 2000 series, MLX series, SLX 9140, SLX 9240, SLX 9540, SLX 9850 series, VDX 6740, VDX 6940, VDX 8770, ERS 4900 series, ERS 5900 series, VSP 4000 series, VSP 8200 series, VSP 8400 series, 200 series, 8000 series

</Details>

<Details header="Fortinet">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: FortiGate series, FortiSwitch series

</Details>

<Details header="HPE">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: HPE 6600 Switch series, HPE 5900 Switch series, HPE 5700 Switch series, HPE 5500 Switch series, HPE FF 5940 Switch series, HPE FF 5950 Switch series, HPE FF 12900E Switch series

</Details>

<Details header="Hitachi">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: Apresia 3400 series, Apresia 5400 series, Apresia 13000 series, Apresia 15000 series, GR4000, GS4000, GS3000

</Details>

<Details header="Huawei">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: CloudEngine 5800 series, CloudEngine 6800 series, CloudEngine 7800 series, CloudEngine 8800 series, CloudEngine 12800 series, NetEngine 8000 series, S600-E series, S1720 series, S2700 series, S5700 series, S6720 series, S7700 series, S9700 series, S12700 series

</Details>

<Details header="Juniper">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: ACX5000, EX series, MX series, NFX series, OCX1100, PTX1000, PTX10000, QFX series

</Details>

<Details header="NEC">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: IP8800/S2500 series, IP8800/S3640 series, IP8800/S3650 series, IP8800/S3660 series, IP8800/S3830 series, IP8800/S4600 series, IP8800/S6300 series, IP8800/S6600 series, IP8800/S6700 series, IP8800/S8308 series, IP8800/S8600 series, IP8800/R8600 series, PF series (ProgrammableFlow)

</Details>

<Details header="Netgear">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: M4100 series, M4200 series, M4300 series, M5300 series, M6100 series, M7100 series, M7300 series, XSM7224S Switch series

</Details>

<Details header="Nokia">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: Service Router Linux, 7220 Interconnect Router, 7250 Interconnect Router

</Details>

<Details header="Nvidia">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: Cumulus Linux, NVIDIA Linux Switch, NVIDIA Onyx, SN2000 Open Ethernet Switches, SN3000 Open Ethernet Switches, SN4000 Open Ethernet Switches

</Details>

<Details header="Quanta Computer">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: T1000 series, T3000 series, T5000 series, T7000 series

</Details>

<Details header="ZTE">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: ZXR10 2900E series, ZXR10 3900E series, ZXR10 5200 series, ZXR10 5900E series

</Details>

<Details header="ZyXEL">

- **Supported hardware model or plugin**: MGS3520 series, XGS1900 series, XGS2210 series, XGS3700 series, XGS4600 series, XGS4700 series

</Details>

---

# sFlow DDoS alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/rules/sflow-ddos-alerts/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic Network Monitoring customers that send sFlow data to Cloudflare can receive alerts when a specific type of <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack">distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack</GlossaryTooltip> is detected within their network traffic. Cloudflare uses the same DDoS attack detection rules that protect our own global network to generate these alerts for customers.

## Send sFlow data from your network to Cloudflare

Customers can export sFlow data of their network traffic to Cloudflare via Magic Network Monitoring. There are [specific brands and models](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/supported-routers/) of routers that are capable of generating sFlow data. Make sure to check the router specifications to ensure that it is able to export sFlow data. Customers can follow this [sFlow configuration guide](/magic-network-monitoring/routers/sflow-config/) to configure sFlow exports to Magic Network Monitoring.

## Use sFlow DDoS alerts

Customers can configure sFlow DDoS alerts and receive notifications if a DDoS attack is detected within their sFlow traffic. These alerts are not compatible with NetFlow traffic. The sFlow DDoS alerts can be used along with traffic volume threshold alerts to give customers multiple layers of DDoS protection.

## Configure the sFlow DDoS alerts

To configure sFlow DDoS alerts:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications**, and select **Add**.
3. Select **Magic Transit** from the product dropdown menu.
4. Find the **Magic Network Monitoring: DDoS Attack** alert, and select **Select**.
5. Fill in the notification configuration details.
6. Select **Save**.

## Tune the sFlow DDoS alert thresholds

Customers can tune the thresholds of their sFlow DDoS alerts in the dashboard and via the Cloudflare API by following the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/) guide.

---

# DDoS testing guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/ddos-testing-guide/

Customers who want to effectively test Cloudflare's Magic Network Monitoring (MNM) in a repeatable manner can devise a simulated DDoS attack. At a high level, you would need to:

1. Select and install a trusted and open source DDoS simulation tool.
2. Conduct a small DDoS test attack in a safe test environment.

If the property you intend to perform your tests on is hosted in Cloudflare, or if the Internet traffic itself goes through Cloudflare before reaching your property, you will need to contact Cloudflare to obtain permission to conduct a DDoS test. Enterprise customers also need to contact their Cloudflare Account Manager prior to starting their DDoS testing if Magic Network Monitoring is enabled, even if the property is not hosted in Cloudflare. Refer to [Simulating test DDoS attacks](/ddos-protection/reference/simulate-ddos-attack/) for more information.

If you need help conducting a simulated DDoS attack, [fill out this form](https://forms.gle/6tBZNu7shoaCmP9h6).

---

# Encrypt network flow data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/encrypt-network-flow-data/

Customers can encrypt the network flow data sent from their router to Cloudflare by routing their network flow traffic through a device running the WARP client. Then, encrypted network flow traffic can be forwarded from the WARP enabled device to Cloudflare's network flow endpoints.

To learn more about the WARP client, and to install the WARP client on Linux, macOS, or Windows, you can visit the [WARP client documentation](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).

## 1. Configure your WARP devices

Follow the instructions in the [Magic Network Monitoring API](/api/resources/magic_network_monitoring/subresources/configs/methods/edit/) to configure your WARP devices.

The `warp_devices` array at the account level is a list of WARP devices through which you can send encrypted flows. Each WARP device must have:

- The WARP client UUID. You can obtain the UUID in the UI or through the following command:
  ```sh
  warp-cli registration show
  ```
- A name.
- A `router_ip` that belongs to one of your configured router IP addresses.

For example:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/mnm/config" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
	"warp_devices": [
		{
			"id": "5360368d-b351-4791-abe1-93550dabd351",
			"name": "My warp device",
			"router_ip": "203.0.113.1"
		}
	]
}'
```

## 2. Route Magic Network Monitoring traffic through WARP

Depending on where you installed the WARP client, you may need to configure other devices on the subnet to route traffic through WARP. If you have access to your router and it runs a version/OS supported by the WARP client, we recommend using [option one](#option-1-default-gateway) below. The same recommendation applies to users who have a software-based flow exporter, such as `softflowd`, and are not using a physical router to collect and export flows to Cloudflare.

### Option 1: Default gateway

If you installed a WARP client on your router or machine collector (something you can use to collect flow information, such as a computer, virtual machine or server), no additional configuration is necessary. All traffic will use the router as the default gateway. All you need to do is configure your flow export to send flow data to IP address `162.159.65.1` and port `2055` for NetFlow, or `162.159.65.1` and port `6343` for sFlow.

### Option 2: Alternate gateway

If you have access to the router but installed WARP on another machine, you can configure the router to export flow traffic to the machine running WARP. To do this:

1. Set the machine's IP address as the export destination on the router.
2. Configure the export port on the router to match the listening port on the WARP machine.
3. Redirect traffic that arrives at your machine running WARP to the following Cloudflare's destination IPs and ports:
   - **For NetFlow**: IP address `162.59.65.1` and port `2055`.
   - **For sFlow**: IP `162.59.65.1` and port `6343`. <br />
     For example, if WARP is running on a machine in your network with the IP `10.10.10.10`, and you configured it to accept traffic on port `2055` or `6343`, you need to configure your flow export-capable router to send data to `10.10.10.10` and port `2055` or `6343`.

In the machine running WARP, you can redirect this traffic to Cloudflare through the use of a proxy or redirect tool of your choice. Some options below:

- Using `socat`, listen on the desired port for UDP traffic. Then, proxy that traffic to Magic Newtork Monitoring's destination and port.
  - `socat UDP-LISTEN:2055,reuseaddr,fork UDP:162.159.65.1:2055`
  - `socat UDP-LISTEN:6343,reuseaddr,fork UDP:162.159.65.1:6343`
- Using any other proxy or port forwarding tool, such as `netcat`, `uredir` or `iptables`.

## 3. (Optional) Configure split tunnels

If you do not want all the traffic in your device to be WARP-enabled, [configure split tunnels/prox mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) to either only allow MNM traffic towards `162.159.65.1` or exclude everything else.

---

# GraphQL Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/graphql-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Use the GraphQL Analytics API to retrieve Magic Network Monitoring <GlossaryTooltip term="flow data">flow data</GlossaryTooltip>.

Before you begin, you must have an [API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/). For additional help getting started with GraphQL Analytics, refer to [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

### Obtain your Cloudflare Account ID

To construct a Magic Network Monitoring GraphQL query for an object, you will need a Cloudflare Account ID.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. The URL in your browser's address bar should show `https://dash.cloudflare.com/` followed by a hex string. The hex string is your Cloudflare Account ID.

## Explore GraphQL schema with Magic Network Monitoring example

In this section, you will run a test query to retrieve a five minute sum of bits and packets for flows within five minute intervals. You can copy and paste the code below into GraphiQL.

For additional information about the Analytics schema, refer to [Explore the Analytics schema with GraphiQL](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/).

```graphql
  query {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: "ACCOUNT_ID" }) {
          mnmFlowDataAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: {datetime_gt: "2022-12-01T00:00:00Z",
            datetime_leq: "2022-12-02T00:00:00Z"},
          limit: 10
          orderBy: [datetimeFiveMinutes_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            bits
            packets
          }
          dimensions {
            datetimeFiveMinutes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-network-monitoring/tutorials/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Network Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/analytics/network-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

[Network Analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/) gives you real-time visibility into Magic Transit traffic entering and leaving Cloudflare's network through <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel">GRE</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip> tunnels. Start by inspecting information from the source and destination tunnel panels in Network Analytics to learn more about your data.

Source/destination tunnel data in Network Analytics includes:

- A list of your top tunnels by traffic volume.
- Source and destination <GlossaryTooltip term="IP address">IP addresses</GlossaryTooltip>, ports, and protocols of tunnel traffic.
- Samples of all GRE or IPsec tunnel traffic entering or leaving Cloudflare's network.
- Mitigations applied (such as DDoS and Magic Firewall) to traffic entering Cloudflare.

## Access Magic Tunnel analytics

<Render file="analytics/network-analytics" product="magic-wan" />

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/analytics/

Magic Transit customers can follow the troubleshooting steps listed below to gather information at the beginning of a troubleshooting process, then move to more detailed network data collection and analysis to identify the root cause of a problem.

- Analyze network traffic data over time in [Magic Transit Network Analytics](#magic-transit-network-analytics)
- Perform more detailed troubleshooting with:
  - [Traceroutes](#traceroutes)
  - [Packet captures](#packet-captures)

## Magic Transit Network Analytics

Network Analytics provides detailed analytics on Magic Transit traffic over time. Customers can filter data on specific traffic characteristics and view traffic analytics over time.

Refer to [Magic Transit Network Analytics](/magic-transit/analytics/network-analytics/) to learn more.

## Traceroutes

Traceroutes provide a hop by hop breakdown of the Internet path network traffic follows as it traverses from Cloudflare's network to a customer's network.

Refer to [Traceroutes](/magic-transit/analytics/traceroutes/) to learn more.

## Packet captures

Packet captures allow customers to analyze the raw packet data that a customer is sending and receiving from Cloudflare's network.

Refer to [packet captures](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/) to learn more.

## Query Analytics with GraphQL

GraphQL Analytics provides customers with a GraphQL API that they can query to receive raw JSON data of their Magic WAN traffic analytics. This data can be ingested into a SIEM or other tool and analyzed further.

- [Querying Magic Transit tunnel bandwidth analytics with GraphQL](/magic-transit/analytics/query-bandwidth/)
- [Querying Magic Transit tunnel health check results with GraphQL](/magic-transit/analytics/query-tunnel-health/)

---

# Querying Magic Transit tunnel bandwidth analytics with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/analytics/query-bandwidth/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-bandwidth-graphql" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit" }} />

---

# Querying Magic Transit tunnel health check results with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/analytics/query-tunnel-health/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-health-checks" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit" }} />

---

# Traceroutes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/analytics/traceroutes/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="analytics/traceroutes"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{ productName: "Transit" }}
/>

---

# Advertise prefixes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare measures the Magic Transit <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefix</GlossaryTooltip> count based on the number of prefixes a customer announces through Cloudflare. The size of the prefix does not matter; there is no commercial or technical restriction. However, prefixes can only be announced exactly as they were provisioned. For example, a `/20` prefix onboarded to Magic Transit can only be announced as a `/20`. Smaller subnets that constitute the `/20` cannot be announced individually. To announce 16 individual `/24s` subnets within the `/20` subnet mask, for example, requires onboarding all 16 subnets individually. If this disaggregated setup is desired, the total Magic Transit prefix count will increase.

List all prefixes and the [autonomous systems (ASNs)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) where they should originate. When specifying prefixes, observe these guidelines:

- Prefixes must support at least 256 hosts (`/24` in classless inter-domain routing CIDR notation). Refer to [Use a Cloudflare IP](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/) if you do not meet the `/24` prefix length requirement.
- Internet Routing Registry entries and <GlossaryTooltip term="letter of agency">Letters of Agency (LOA)</GlossaryTooltip> must match the prefixes and originating prefixes you submit to Cloudflare.
- When using contiguous prefixes, specify aggregate prefixes where possible.
- When using Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) to sign routes for [resource public key infrastructure (RPKI)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8210), the prefix and originating ASN must match the onboarding submission.
- If you do not own an ASN, you can use the Cloudflare Customer ASN (AS13335).
- Prefixes using BGP-controlled advertisements cannot be used in conjunction with dynamic advertisement (via dashboard/API). Please specify your preferred on-demand advertisement method during the prefix onboarding.

<Details header="Prefix configuration example">

| Prefix            | Originating AS |
| ----------------- | -------------- |
| `103.21.244.0/23` | AS13335       |
| `131.0.72.0/22`   | AS395747       |
| `103.21.245.0/24` | AS395747       |

</Details>

## Cloudflare ASN vs. your own ASN

When customers supply their own ASN, Cloudflare prepends the main Cloudflare ASN (AS13335) to the BGP `AS_PATH`. For example, if the customer ASN is AS64496, anyone directly peering with Cloudflare sees the path as `13335 64496`.

If you do not have an ASN or do not want to bring your ASN to Cloudflare, you can use the Cloudflare Customer ASN (AS13335).

:::note
Current customers who are still using Cloudflare's AS209242 can continue using this same ASN. No further change is required.
:::

## Advertise or withdraw a prefix

:::note
You can only advertise your prefix [after running pre-flight checks](/magic-transit/get-started/#5-run-pre-flight-checks) with Cloudflare. If your prefix status is greyed out and shows an _Withdrawn_ status, your prefix is locked. Contact your account team to close the pre-flight checks phase with you and unlock your prefixes.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic Transit** > **Configuration**.
3. From **IP Prefixes** tab, select the prefix you want to modify > **Edit**.
4. From the dropdown menu **Status**, choose weather the status of your IP is _Advertised_ or _Withdrawn_.
5. _(Optional)_ Edit the description for your prefix.
6. Select **Edit IP Prefix** to save your changes.

## Edit the status of a prefix

1. Go to **Magic Transit** > **Configuration**.
2. From the **IP Prefixes** tab, locate the prefix you want to modify.
3. Select the three dots in front of the IP prefix > **Delete**.
4. Confirm your choice from the modal by selecting **Delete**.

To avoid latency and potentially dropped routes, enable prefix advertisement from Cloudflare before withdrawing the advertisement from your data center.

You should also be aware that announcing or withdrawing a prefix should propagate across Cloudflare's global network almost instantly, with changes typically taking effect within a few minutes at most. However, Cloudflare has no control over how long ISPs take to refresh their routes. Keep this in mind when announcing or withdrawing a prefix from your account, and plan accordingly.

## Delete a prefix

You can only delete a prefix with an **Unapproved** status. To delete prefixes with a different status, contact your administrator or account manager.

1. From the **IP Prefixes** tab, locate the prefix you want to modify and select **Delete**.
2. Confirm your choice from the modal by selecting **Delete**.

## Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) control for advertisements

Use BGP to control the advertisement status of your prefix - advertised or withdrawn - from Cloudflare's global network for on-demand deployment scenarios. BGP Control works by establishing BGP sessions to Cloudflare's globally distributed Route Reflectors, which will initiate propagation of your prefix advertisement across Cloudflare's global network.

Prefixes can be advertised from Cloudflare's network in a supported on-demand method such as BGP Control, or dynamically via the UI, API, or [Magic Network Monitoring](/magic-transit/magic-network-monitoring/). During the onboarding of your on-demand prefixes, please specify whether you want BGP-controlled advertisement or dynamic advertisement (via dashboard/API/Magic Network Monitoring).

![BGP diagram for Magic Transit](~/assets/images/magic-transit/bgp-diagram.png)

To begin using BGP control, contact your account team with the following information:

- BGP endpoint IP addresses
- Prefixes you want to use with BGP control
- Your ASN for the BGP session

After receiving your information, Cloudflare will update firewall filters to establish the BGP session and provide you with the BGP endpoints to control your prefixes.

:::note
When you withdraw a prefix using BGP, you must ensure the prefix is withdrawn across all BGP sessions on all route reflectors. Otherwise, your prefix will not be withdrawn from Cloudflare's global network.
:::

### BGP peering

If you use Direct CNI as a way to on-ramp your network traffic to Magic Transit, refer to [BGP peering](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/) to learn how to configure BGP peering.


### Regional settings

Magic Transit requires static routing to steer traffic from Cloudflare's network over one of your configured tunnel off-ramps (for GRE and IPsec tunnels). For CNI, both static routing and [BGP](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/) options are available. Currently, advertisement of routes for traffic engineering purposes is not supported. As a best practice to reduce last-hop latency, you should consider scoping your routes regionally. The default setting for static route regions is **All Regions**. Refer to [Configure static routes](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/) for more information.

## Example router configurations

Below you can find example peering configurations for [Cisco IOS](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/fundamentals/command/reference/cf_book.html) and [Juniper Junos OS](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli/index.html) for on-demand deployments leveraging BGP Control. The IP addresses used are from Cloudflare's route reflectors and should be left as is.

#### Cisco IOS

```txt
ip route {{ <YOUR-MAGIC-TRANSIT-PREFIX> }} Null0
ip prefix-list magic-transit-prefix seq 5 permit {{ <YOUR-MAGIC-TRANSIT-PREFIX> }}

route-map cloudflare-magic-transit-out permit 1
match ip address prefix-list magic-transit-prefix
!
route-map cloudflare-magic-transit-out deny 99

route-map reject-all deny 99

router bgp {{ <YOUR-ASN> }}
neighbor 141.101.67.22 remote-as 13335
neighbor 141.101.67.22 ebgp-multihop 64
neighbor 141.101.67.22 timers 60 900
neighbor 162.158.160.22 remote-as 13335
neighbor 162.158.160.22 ebgp-multihop 64
neighbor 162.158.160.22 timers 60 900
neighbor 173.245.63.66  remote-as 13335
neighbor 173.245.63.66  ebgp-multihop 64
neighbor 173.245.63.66  timers 60 900
!
address-family ipv4 unicast
redistribute static
neighbor 141.101.67.22 route-map cloudflare-magic-transit-out out
neighbor 141.101.67.22 route-map reject-all in
neighbor 162.158.160.22 route-map cloudflare-magic-transit-out out
neighbor 162.158.160.22 route-map reject-all in
neighbor 173.245.63.66  route-map cloudflare-magic-transit-out out
neighbor 173.245.63.66  route-map reject-all in
exit-address-family
```

#### Juniper MX (Junos OS set commands)

```txt
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS neighbor 162.158.160.22 description "CF RR#1 SIN"
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS neighbor 173.245.63.66 description "CF RR#2 IAD"
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS neighbor 141.101.67.22 description "CF RR#3 CDG"
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS peer-as 13335
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS import REJECT-ALL
set protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS export BGP-CONTROL-OUT

set policy-options policy-statement REJECT-ALL then reject
set policy-options policy-statement BGP-CONTROL-OUT term <TERM-NAME> from route-filter 104.245.62.0/24 exact
set policy-options policy-statement BGP-CONTROL-OUT term <TERM-NAME> from protocol static
set policy-options policy-statement BGP-CONTROL-OUT term <TERM-NAME> from route-type internal
set policy-options policy-statement BGP-CONTROL-OUT term <TERM-NAME> then accept
set policy-options policy-statement BGP-CONTROL-OUT then reject
```

#### Juniper MX (Junos OS XML format)

```txt
@rtr01> show configuration routing-instances STAGE protocols bgp group CF_ROUTE_REFLECTORS
type external;
multihop {
    ttl 64;
}
local-address {{customer router IP}}
import NONE;
export NONE;
peer-as 13335;
local-as {{customer AS}} loops 2;
neighbor 162.158.160.22 {
    description "CF RR#1 SIN";
}
neighbor 173.245.63.66 {
    description "CF RR#2 IAD";
}
neighbor 141.101.67.22 {
    description "CF RR#3 CDG";
}
```

---

# Configure BGP peering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render
	file="bgp-peering"
	product="network-interconnect"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		productPath: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		legacyHCs: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#legacy-bidirectional-health-checks",
		asnProduct: "<br /> Magic Transit customers should also be aware of the following: <br /> <ul><li>The Cloudflare side ASN will never be exposed in <code>AS_PATH</code> of anycast announcements from the Cloudflare edge. In those announcements, Cloudflare will always use the Cloudflare ASN of <code>13335</code> optionally prepended with a bring-your-own ASN as described in [Cloudflare ASN vs. your own ASN](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/#cloudflare-asn-vs-your-own-asn)</li><li>The customer device ASN can be a private ASN or the ASN they are using for Magic Transit anycast announcements at the edge: this has no impact on the ASN for the anycast announced prefix at the edge of the Cloudflare global network.</li></ul>",
		mtLimitations: "<br /> For Magic Transit customers, BGP with the Magic routing table is separated from the announcement of anycast prefixes at the Cloudflare edge. Anycast withdrawal must be controlled with existing methods documented in [Advertise prefixes](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/).",
		productGatewayOrEgress: "Magic Transit with Egress"
	}}
/>

---

# Check tunnel health in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-healthchecks-dash"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		dashInfo:
			"The dashboard shows the global view of tunnel health as measured from all Cloudflare locations.",
		productPath: "**Magic Transit** > **Tunnel health**",
	}}
/>

---

# Configure Magic Tunnel health alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/configure-magic-tunnel-alerts/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/magic-tunnel-health-alerts"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		backgroundInfoPath: "/magic-transit/reference/magic-tunnels/",
	}}
/>

## Set up Magic Tunnel health alerts

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/setup-magic-tunnels-dash"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
	}}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

:::note
Refer to the [documentation for Notifications](/notifications/get-started/) to learn about specific permissions you need to access the service via the API.
:::

Send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/alerting/subresources/policies/methods/create/) to create a Magic Transit tunnel health alert. You can set tunnel health alerts with any SLO value between `0` and `99.99`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/alerting/v3/policies \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "alert_type": "magic_tunnel_health_check_event",
  "description": "<DESCRIBE_POLICY>",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": {
    "slo": [
      "99.9"
    ]
  },
  "mechanisms": {
    "email": [
      {
        "id": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ],
  "name": "<DESCRIBE_ALERT>"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
			"name": "<POLICY_NAME>",
			"description": "<POLICY_DESCRIPTION>",
			"enabled": true,
			"alert_type": "magic_tunnel_health_check_event",
			"mechanisms": {
				"email": [
					{
						"id": "<YOUR_EMAIL>"
					}
				]
			},
			"created": "2024-09-11T14:13:29.585658Z",
			"modified": "2024-09-11T14:13:29.585658Z",
			"conditions": {
				"and": [
					{
						"or": [
							{
								"<=": [
									{
										"var": "slo"
									},
									"99.9"
								]
							}
						]
					}
				]
			},
			"filters": {
				"slo": ["99.9"]
			}
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/recommended-slo"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		backgroundInfoPath: "/magic-transit/reference/magic-tunnels/",
		networkAnalyticsPath: "/magic-transit/analytics/network-analytics/",
		healthChecks: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
	}}
/>

---

# Configure routes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="static-routes/static-routes1" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit", BGPpath: "/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/", anycastURL: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/", trafficSteering: "/magic-transit/reference/traffic-steering/", magicWANecmp: "" }} />

<Render file="static-routes/static-routes2-prefixes-smaller-24" />

<Render file="static-routes/static-routes3" params={{ createPath: "Magic Transit > Configuration", tunnelEndpoints: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/", ipRanges: " " }} />

---

# Configure tunnel endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="tunnel-endpoints/tunnel-endpoints" params={{ ipRange: " " }} />

## Ways to onboard traffic to Cloudflare

### GRE and IPsec tunnels

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/gre-ipsec"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		tunnelsPath: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/",
		ciphersPath:
			"/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters",
	}}
/>

#### Anti-replay protection

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/anti-replay"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		antiReplayPagePath: "/magic-transit/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
	}}
/>

### Network Interconnect (CNI)

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/cni"
	params={{
		magicName: "Magic Transit",
		cniPath: "Network Interconnect and Magic Transit",
		productLink: "/magic-transit/network-interconnect/",
	}}
/>

## Add tunnels

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/add-tunnels"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		productPathDash: "Magic Transit > Configuration",
		healthCheck: "/magic-transit/how-to/tunnel-health-checks/",
		productPathProbe: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		antiReplayPagePath: "/magic-transit/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
		BiVsUniHealthCheck: "unidirectional",
		tunnelHealthDash: "/magic-transit/how-to/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/",
	}}
/>

## Bidirectional vs unidirectional health checks

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/bi-uni-health-checks"
	params={{
		productPathProbe: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
	}}
/>

<Render file="tunnel-endpoints/mt-egress" />

### Legacy bidirectional health checks

<Render file="legacy-hc-system" />

## Next steps

Now that you have set up your tunnel endpoints, you need to configure <GlossaryTooltip term="static route" link="/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/">static routes</GlossaryTooltip> to route your traffic through Cloudflare.

If you are connecting to Cloudflare through a [Direct CNI connection](/network-interconnect/express-cni/), you can [configure BGP routing](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/) instead.

---

# Enable Magic user roles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/enable-magic-roles/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-user-role" />

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Update tunnel health checks frequency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/tunnel-health-checks/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-health/update-tunnel-health-checks-frequency"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit.",
		connectorExtraInfo: "",
		healthChecksUrl: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		addTunnelsPath: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
		connectorNote: "",
		connectorTitle1: "",
		connectorTitle2: "",
		connectorSteps: "",
	}}
/>

---

# Run endpoint health checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/how-to/run-endpoint-health-checks/

Magic Transit uses endpoint health checks to determine the overall health of your [inter-network connections](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/). Probes originate from Cloudflare infrastructure, outside customer network namespaces, and target IP addresses deep within your network, beyond the tunnel-terminating border router. These "long distance" probes are purely diagnostic.

When choosing which endpoint IP addresses to monitor with health checks, use these guidelines:

- Provide one IP address for each of the prefixes Cloudflare will advertise.
- Redundant IPs routed via the same ISP and infrastructure are not necessary but are useful when troubleshooting.

Cloudflare pings health check IPs from within the [published Cloudflare IP range](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), which is also available via the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/ips/methods/list/).

Refer to the table below for an example of an endpoint health check configuration.

| Prefix            | Endpoint IP address |
| ----------------- | ------------------- |
| `103.21.244.0/24` | `103.21.244.100`    |
| `103.21.245.0/24` | `103.21.245.100`    |

Refer to [Tunnel health checks](/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/) for more information on this topic.

---

# Partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/partners/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Kentik

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/partners/kentik/

Kentik is a network observability company that helps detect attacks on your network and triggers Cloudflare's Magic Transit to begin advertisement. Together, Kentik and Magic Transit On Demand work to create a fully SaaS-based, DDoS protection solution to help you mitigate attacks and protect your network automatically.

In this tutorial, the example scenario includes two mitigations, one which pulls the advertisement from the router and a second mitigation that makes an API call to Cloudflare to begin advertising the prefixes from Cloudflare's global network.

## Prerequisites

You will need the email address associated with your Cloudflare account, Cloudflare Account ID, and Cloudflare API token to configure the connection for Magic Transit in Kentik.

## Configure the Kentik portal

1. Log in to your Kentik account.

2. Select **Menu** > **Settings**.

3. From the **Settings** page under **Customizations**, select **Mitigations**.

4. On the **Configure Mitigations** page, locate the **Cloudflare** section.

5. Select **Edit** next to the Cloudflare branded mitigation to edit and review the information.

   In the example below under section two, the Cloudflare email address, Account ID, and API token are used to send the API call to Cloudflare to begin advertising routes and turn on Magic Transit for the customer's network.

   ![Kentik mitigation setup](~/assets/images/magic-transit/kentik-setup.png)

6. After reviewing the information, select **Update Mitigation Platform**.

7. Select **Menu** > **Library**.

8. On the **Library** page, in the search field, enter **Cloudflare**.

9. Under **Uncategorized Views**, select **Cloudflare Saved View**. The data explorer displays.

10. From **Options** > **Time**, you can edit the **Lookback** information to review traffic source information for a specific time period.

For additional information about Kentik and Magic Transit, refer to [Kentik's Magic Transit setup](https://kb.kentik.com/v3/Gc10.htm#Gc10-Cloudflare_MT_Setup).

## Access Cloudflare account

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.
2. Select **IP Addresses** > **IP Prefixes**.
3. Referring to the example scenario, the prefix protected by Cloudflare displays a **Withdrawn** status.

   After a DDoS attacks occurs, the status changes to **Advertised** which indicates the network is protected.

## Analytics

For a detailed view of actions taken and attack types, you can use the **Network Analytics** dashboard. For more information about Network Analytics, refer to [Network Analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/).

From your Cloudflare dashboard, select **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.

---

# Anti-replay protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/anti-replay-protection/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="anti-replay-protection"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		productPath: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
	}}
/>

---

# Bandwidth measurement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/bandwidth-measurement/

Cloudflare measures Magic Transit usage based on the 95th percentile of clean bandwidth for your network. "Clean bandwidth" refers to the egress traffic routed to your network after all DDoS mitigation and firewall functions are applied. The usage measurement explicitly excludes attack traffic blocked at Cloudflare's global network.

To measure 95th percentile bandwidth, Cloudflare records clean bandwidth leaving our global network at five minute intervals, sorts these measurements in descending order, and discards the top 5% of recorded measurements. The highest remaining value constitutes the 95th percentile bandwidth measurement for that time period.

---

# Egress traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/egress/

If you have implemented Magic Transit with egress traffic, below is a list of technical aspects you need to consider to create a successful connection to Cloudflare.

- The source IP for packets you send to Cloudflare in the egress direction must be sourced from your Magic Transit prefix. If you are a customer with Magic Transit [leased IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/) or a customer with [BYOIP](/byoip/) prefixes, you can choose whether to implement a NAT on your edge device, or use the prefix as a routed LAN interface on your side.
- Cloudflare recommends that you create policy-based routing (PBR) rules to ensure that only traffic sourced from your BYOIP prefixes or Magic Transit leased IP addresses is sent via your GRE/IPsec tunnels to Cloudflare for egress to the Internet. Cloudflare will only accept egress traffic sourced from authorized prefixes. As such, your PBR policies need to align with this.
  If implementing PBR is not feasible and you need to implement a default-route via the Magic Transit tunnels, ensure the routes for your tunnel destination anycast IP's are routed via your underlay transit path.
- You need a tunnel failure detection mechanism to re-route your PBR traffic. This is to ensure packets are re-routed if there is a failure in the upstream channel to Cloudflare. For example, you might configure your device to ping the other side of the tunnel or send a probe to an Internet website. When the probe returns with a failure response, you want your device to deprecate the PBR forwarding-path, and switch to a backup tunnel. Refer to your equipment's configuration guide to learn how to implement this.
- You may need to configure multiple GRE/IPsec tunnels as a way to load-share traffic sent to the Internet via Cloudflare. You can achieve this by applying two different PBR. Thus, traffic sourced from one IP/subnet is routed via one tunnel, and traffic from another IP/subnet is sent out via a different tunnel.
- Your Magic Firewall rules will apply in both directions. Ensure that your Magic Firewall rules are set up for your intended traffic flows, both in and out.
- If using Magic Transit egress then we recommend you set your GRE or IPSEC tunnel health check configuration to [bidirectional](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels), so that Cloudflare health checks are in-sync with the [data plane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forwarding_plane) traffic flow.
- Once your traffic is configured to egress through the GRE/IPsec tunnel, it is encapsulated and sent to a Cloudflare anycast endpoint. Your ISP then routes the encapsulated traffic to the nearest available Cloudflare point of presence (PoP), where it exits to the Internet via Cloudflare's connectivity options at that location.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Maximum transmission unit and maximum segment size

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/mtu-mss/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="mtu-mss/mtu-mss" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit" }} />

## MSS with Magic Transit and Direct Server Return

<Render file="mtu-mss/mt-dsr" />

## MSS clamping recommendations

### GRE tunnels as off-ramp

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-gre" />

### IPsec tunnels

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-ipsec" />

---

# Magic Tunnels background information

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/magic-tunnels/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/magic-tunnels-slos" product="magic-wan" params={{ tunnelStatePath: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#tunnel-state-determination"	}} />

---

# Traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/traffic-steering/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="traffic-steering"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		greURL: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/",
		staticRoutesURL: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/",
		ipsecURL: "/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/#ipsec-tunnels",
	}}
/>

---

# Tunnel health checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-health/tunnel-health-checks"
	params={{
		addTunnels: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
		changeHealthCheckRate: "/magic-transit/how-to/tunnel-health-checks/",
		probeHealth: "#health-state-and-prioritization",
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		staticRoutes: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-static-routes/",
		tunnelEndpoints: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/"
	}}
/>

---

# GRE and IPsec tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnels-reference/tunnels-encapsulation-opening"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic Transit",
		mssURL: "/magic-transit/get-started/#set-maximum-segment-size",
		productURL: "/magic-transit/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
		tunnelEndpoints: "/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/",
	}}
/>

<Render file="tunnels-reference/tunnels-encapsulation-mt-network-analytics" />

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/

Magic WAN customers can follow the troubleshooting steps listed below to gather information at the beginning of a troubleshooting process, then move to more detailed network data collection and analysis to identify the root cause of a problem.

- Overview in [Magic WAN Site Analytics](#magic-wan-site-analytics)
- Analyze network traffic data overtime in [Magic WAN Network Analytics](#magic-wan-network-analytics)
- Perform more detailed troubleshooting with:
  - [Traceroutes](#traceroutes)
  - [Packet captures](#packet-captures)

## Magic WAN Site Analytics

Magic WAN Site Analytics provides an overview of the connectivity status and traffic analytics of all Magic WAN sites. This is a great place to start if you receive an alert, need to begin the Magic WAN troubleshooting process, or are performing routine monitoring.

Refer to [Magic WAN Site Analytics](/magic-wan/analytics/site-analytics/) to learn more.

## Magic WAN Network Analytics

Network Analytics provides detailed analytics on Magic WAN traffic over time. Customers can filter data on specific traffic characteristics and view traffic analytics over time.

Refer to [Magic WAN Network Analytics](/magic-wan/analytics/network-analytics/) to learn more.

## Traceroutes

Traceroutes provide a hop by hop breakdown of the Internet path network traffic follows as it traverses from Cloudflare's network to a customer's network.

Refer to [Traceroutes](/magic-wan/analytics/traceroutes/) to learn more.

## Packet captures

Packet captures allow customers to analyze the raw packet data that a customer is sending and receiving from Cloudflare's network.

Refer to [packet captures](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/) to learn more.

## Query Analytics with GraphQL

GraphQL Analytics provides customers with a GraphQL API that they can query to receive raw JSON data of their Magic WAN traffic analytics. This data can be ingested into a SIEM or other tool and analyzed further.

- [Querying Magic WAN tunnel bandwidth analytics with GraphQL](/magic-wan/analytics/query-bandwidth/)
- [Querying Magic WAN tunnel health check results with GraphQL](/magic-wan/analytics/query-tunnel-health/)

---

# Network Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/network-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Magic WAN customers can view their real-time and historical network data in Network Analytics. Customers can see their network data in a time series that shows Magic WAN traffic (in <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> or bytes) over time, and can filter the time series data by different types of packet characteristics.

To start using Network Analytics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.
3. You will have access to an overview of your Magic WAN network traffic data.

Refer to [Network Analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/) to learn more.

## Network traffic data filters

Customers can filter the data in Network Analytics on different packet characteristics including:

- Source and destination <GlossaryTooltip term="IP address">IP address</GlossaryTooltip>
- Source and destination IP <GlossaryTooltip term="prefix">prefix</GlossaryTooltip>
- Source and destination port
- Magic Tunnel (<GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip> or <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel">GRE</GlossaryTooltip>)
- <GlossaryTooltip term="autonomous system numbers (ASNs)">ASN</GlossaryTooltip>
- Protocol
- Cloudflare mitigation system applied
- <GlossaryTooltip term="time-to-live (TTL)">TTL</GlossaryTooltip>
- TCP Flags

## Magic Tunnel traffic analytics

<Render file="analytics/network-analytics" />

---

# Querying Magic WAN tunnel bandwidth analytics with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/query-bandwidth/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-bandwidth-graphql" product="magic-transit" params={{ productName: "Magic WAN" }} />

---

# Querying Magic WAN tunnel health check results with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/query-tunnel-health/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-health-checks" product="magic-transit" params={{ productName: "Magic WAN" }} />

---

# Site Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/site-analytics/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Magic WAN Site Analytics provides an overview of the connectivity status and traffic analytics of all Magic WAN Connector sites. Magic WAN Site Analytics is a great place to start if you receive a Magic WAN alert, need to begin the Magic WAN Connector troubleshooting process, or are performing routine monitoring.

Magic WAN Site Analytics has the following data types available:

<Details header="Geographic map summary">
	- [Aggregate Magic WAN site health](#site-health)
	- [Magic WAN availability status for sites](#no-status-available)
	- [Magic WAN site geographic location](#no-location-available)
</Details>

<Details header="Magic WAN site data table">
	- Site Name
	- Site Health
	- Site Tunnel Names
	- Site Tunnel Statuses
	- Site Traffic Sent
	- Site Traffic Received
</Details>

<Details header="Magic WAN site data">
	- Traffic Sent by Tunnel
	- Traffic Received by Tunnel
</Details>

To start using Magic WAN Site Analytics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Magic WAN** > **Overview**.

You will have access to an overview map with all your active sites, and any alerts for sites that are unhealthy or have no status available to them.

Review the topics below to learn more about the options available to you.

### All sites

This section shows all the sites you configured with Magic WAN. At a glance, you can check:

- How many active sites you have
- Sites that are healthy or unhealthy
- Sites that have no status available
- Sites that have no location set

#### Site health

Sites can be healthy or unhealthy, and Magic WAN uses this information to route traffic. Refer to [Set thresholds for Magic WAN site health](#set-thresholds-for-magic-wan-site-health) to learn more about this topic.

#### No status available

The status of a site refers to its health. If your sites show a **No status available** message, this means you did not configure your [Tunnel health check alerts](/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/configure-magic-tunnel-alerts/).

#### No location available

The dashboard shows you the number of sites with no location set, meaning sites for which you did not set up a geographic location. To add a location to a site, find the site you want to add location to, and select **no location set** to edit its location settings. Refer to [Set geographic coordinates](#set-geographic-coordinates) for more information.


### Traffic overview

Traffic overview aggregates all Magic WAN sites configured in your account. Here, you can check at-a-glance information about each site like:

- Site status
- Traffic sent and received

Select one of your sites to have access to a more detailed view of its traffic, including traffic by tunnel.

---

## Configure Magic WAN Site Analytics

### Set geographic coordinates

When you create a site, you can set geographic coordinates in order for it to show on the Overview map. You can also add this information to sites you have already created. To add a Magic WAN site to the geographic map in the Overview page:

1. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
2. Select a specific site > **Edit**.
3. Scroll to **Site Location**.
4. Set the **latitude** and **longitude** coordinates of the Magic WAN Site.
5. Scroll down and select **Save**.
6. The Magic WAN Site will now appear on the geographic map in the Overview page.

### Set thresholds for Magic WAN site health

You can set Magic Tunnel health alerts to receive alerts when the percentage of successful health checks for a Magic Tunnel drops below the selected service-level objective (SLO). Setting health alerts will also show unhealthy tunnels in the Overview map:

1. Configure [Magic Tunnel health alerts](/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/configure-magic-tunnel-alerts/) across all of the Magic Tunnels associated with each Magic WAN Site.
2. After configuring Magic Tunnel health alerts, any Magic WAN Site with a Magic Tunnel that is outside of its SLO threshold will be labeled unhealthy in the Overview map.

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Traceroutes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/analytics/traceroutes/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="analytics/traceroutes" params={{ productName: "WAN" }} />

---

# Configure cloud on-ramps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/magic-cloud-networking/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="magic-wan-on-ramps"
	product="magic-cloud-networking"
	params={{
		mwanAccount: "Have a Magic Cloud Networking account. Contact your account team to learn more.",
	}}
/>

---

# Legal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/legal/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Bandwidth measurement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/bandwidth-measurement/

Cloudflare measures Magic WAN usage based on the 95th percentile of bandwidth utilized by the customer's configured network.

Configured Magic WAN network's bandwidth refers to the sum of traffic routed in and out of Magic WAN network namespace by measuring and summing each active customer's configured [GRE](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-gre-tunneling/), [IPSEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-ipsec/), [Cloudflare Tunnel](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/) and [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) tunnel's highest P95th percentile (ingress or egress traffic). The usage measurement excludes [WARP](/network-interconnect/) traffic.

To measure 95th percentile bandwidth at each tunnel, Cloudflare records bandwidth incoming and leaving our global network at five minute intervals, sorts these measurements in descending order, and discards the top 5% of recorded measurements. The highest remaining value constitutes the 95th percentile bandwidth measurement for that time period.

---

# Anti-replay protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/anti-replay-protection/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="anti-replay-protection"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		productPath:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
	}}
/>

---

# Device compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/device-compatibility/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic WAN is compatible with any device that supports <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip> with the [supported configuration parameters](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters) or supports <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel">GRE</GlossaryTooltip>.

The matrix below includes example devices and links to the integration guides.

| Appliance | GRE tunnel | IPsec tunnel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Aruba EdgeConnect](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/aruba-edgeconnect/) |✅ | ✅ |
| Cisco ASA | Compatibility on roadmap | Specifications compatible[^1] |
| [Cisco IOS XE](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/cisco-ios-xe/) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cisco Meraki | Compatibility on roadmap | Compatibility on roadmap |
| [Cisco SD-WAN](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/viptela/)  | ✅ | ✅ |
| [Fortinet](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/fortinet/)| Specifications compatible[^1] | ✅ |
| [Furukawa Electric FITELnet](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/fitelnet/) | - | ✅ |
| [Juniper Networks SRX Series Firewalls](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/juniper/) | - | ✅ |
| [Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/palo-alto/) | ✅ | ✅ |
| [pfSense](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/pfsense/)| ✅ | ✅ |
| Prisma SD-WAN (Palo Alto) | Specifications compatible[^1] | Specifications compatible[^1] |
| Riverbed  | Specifications compatible[^1] | Specifications compatible[^1] |
| [SonicWall](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/sonicwall/)| - | ✅ |
| [Sophos Firewall](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/sophos-firewall/) | ✅ | ✅ |
| [strongSwan](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/strongswan/) | - | ✅ |
| Velocloud | Compatibility on roadmap | Compatibility on roadmap |
| Versa  | Specifications compatible[^1] | Compatibility on roadmap |
| [VyOS](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/vyos/)| ✅ | ✅ |

| VPN | GRE tunnel | IPsec tunnel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Alibaba Cloud VPN Gateway](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/alibaba-cloud/) | - | ✅ |
| [Amazon AWS Transit Gateway](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/aws/)          | - | ✅ |
| [Azure VPN Gateway](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/azure/)                 | - | ✅ |
| [GCP Cloud VPN](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/google/)                    | - | ✅ |
| [Oracle Cloud](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/oracle/) 										| - | ✅ |

[^1]: Specifications compatible per vendor documentation

---

# Magic Tunnels background information

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/magic-tunnels/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/magic-tunnels-slos" params={{ tunnelStatePath: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#tunnel-state-determination"	}} />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Maximum transmission unit and maximum segment size

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/mtu-mss/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="mtu-mss/mtu-mss"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{ productName: "Magic WAN" }}
/>

## MSS clamping recommendations

### GRE tunnels as off-ramp

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-gre" />

### IPsec tunnels

<Render file="mtu-mss/mss-clamping-ipsec" />

---

# Traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="traffic-steering"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		greURL: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/",
		staticRoutesURL:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/",
		ipsecURL: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#ipsec-tunnels",
	}}
/>

## Application-aware policies

By default, Cloudflare balances and steers traffic based on network-layer characteristics (IP, port etc). If you are using the Magic WAN Connector, you can also steer traffic based on well-known applications. Application-aware policies provide easier management and more granularity over traffic flows.

For more information, refer to [Applications and app types](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/).

---

# Tunnel health checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-health/tunnel-health-checks"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		addTunnels: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
		changeHealthCheckRate: "/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/tunnel-health-checks/",
		probeHealth: "#health-state-and-prioritization",
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		staticRoutes: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/",
		tunnelEndpoints: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/"
	}}
/>

---

# GRE and IPsec tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnels-reference/tunnels-encapsulation-opening"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		mssURL: "/magic-wan/get-started/#set-maximum-segment-size",
		productURL: "/magic-wan/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
		tunnelEndpoints:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/",
	}}
/>

---

# Cloudflare Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our comprehensive Secure Web Gateway, allows you to set up policies to inspect DNS, network, HTTP, and egress traffic.

You can apply network and HTTP Gateway policies alongside [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) policies (for L3/4 traffic filtering) to Internet-bound traffic or private traffic entering the Cloudflare network via Magic WAN.

## HTTPS filtering

In order to inspect HTTPS traffic, you need to install a Cloudflare root certificate on each client device. You can use the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) to [automatically install a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) on supported devices. If your device or application does not support certificate installation via WARP, you can [manually install a certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/). A certificate is required for Cloudflare to [decrypt TLS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/).

If you cannot or do not want to install the certificate, you can create [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) policies to exempt incompatible Magic WAN traffic from inspection or to disable TLS decryption entirely. Because Gateway cannot discern Magic WAN traffic, you must use [WARP client checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) or the IP addresses associated with Magic WAN to match traffic with Gateway policies. For example, if your organization onboards devices to Magic WAN via WARP, you can exempt devices not running WARP using [OS version checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/):

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                | Logic | Action         |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ----- | -------------- |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | Windows (OS version) | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | macOS (OS version)   | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | Linux (OS version)   | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | iOS (OS version)     | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | Android (OS version) |       | Do Not Inspect |

If your organization onboards users to Magic WAN via an [on-ramp other than WARP](/magic-wan/on-ramps/), you can exempt devices from inspection using the IP addresses for your Magic IPsec tunnels:

| Selector  | Operator | Value            | Action         |
| --------- | -------- | ---------------- | -------------- |
| Source IP | in       | `203.0.113.0/24` | Do Not Inspect |

## Outbound Internet traffic

By default, the following traffic routed through Magic WAN tunnels and destined to public IP addresses is proxied/filtered through Cloudflare Gateway:

- TCP, UDP, and ICMP traffic sourced from [RFC 1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) IPs or WARP devices.
- TCP and UDP traffic sourced from [BYO](/byoip/) or [Leased IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/) and destined to a well-known port (`0`-`1023`).

Traffic destined to public IPs will be routed over the public Internet, unless explicitly specified otherwise. If you want to configure specific public IP ranges to be routed through your Magic WAN tunnels instead of over the public Internet after filtering, contact your account team.

This traffic will egress from Cloudflare according to the [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/) you define in Cloudflare Gateway. By default, it will egress from a shared Cloudflare public IP range.

## Private traffic

By default, TCP, UDP, and ICMP traffic routed through Magic WAN tunnels and destined to routes behind [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) will be proxied/filtered through Cloudflare Gateway.

Contact your account team to enable Gateway filtering for traffic destined to routes behind Magic WAN tunnels. 

If enabled, by default TCP/UDP traffic meeting **all** the following criteria will be proxied/filtered by Cloudflare Gateway: 
- Both source and destination IPs are part of either [RFC1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) space, [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/), [BYO](/byoip/) or [Leased IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/)
- Source port must be a client port strictly higher than `1023`
- Destination port is a well-known port lower than `1024` 

Optionally, more specific matches may be specified to override the default:

- Source IP prefix in a subset of RFC1918 space, or [BYO](/byoip/) or [Leased IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/)
- Destination IP prefix in a subset of RFC1918 space, or [BYO](/byoip/) or [Leased IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/)
- Destination port number anywhere from `0`-`65535`

Source ports are hard-coded to `1024`-`65535` and may not be overridden.

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## Test Gateway integration

To check if Gateway is working properly with your Magic WAN connection, open a browser from a host behind your customer premise equipment, and browse to `https://ifconfig.me`.

If you are still in the process of testing Gateway, and Cloudflare is not your default route, configure a policy-based route on your router to send traffic to Cloudflare Gateway first, before browsing to `https://ifconfig.me`.

Confirm there is an entry for the test in [HTTP Gateway Activity Logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#http-logs). The destination IP address should be the public IP address of `ifconfig.me`, and the source IP address should be the private (WAN) address of the host with the browser. Your outbound connection should be sourced from a Magic WAN IP address, and not any public IP address that Cloudflare might be advertising on your behalf. This is true as well when using [Magic Transit With Egress Option](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/#magic-transit-with-egress-option-enabled).

Additionally, test both `http://ifconfig.me` (non-TLS) and `https://ifconfig.me` (TLS) to ensure that your [TCP maximum segment size (MSS Clamping)](/magic-wan/get-started/#set-maximum-segment-size) has been set properly. If the response to the HTTPS query hangs or fails, but HTTP works, it is possible that the MSS value is too high or not set. Reduce this value on your customer premise equipment to match the overhead introduced by your [IKE](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters) and [ESP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec#Encapsulating_Security_Payload) settings.

---

# Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/

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Magic WAN can be used together with [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) for easy access between your networks and applications.

By default, TCP, UDP, and ICMP traffic routed through Magic WAN tunnels and destined to routes behind Cloudflare Tunnel will be proxied/filtered through [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

Cloudflare does not recommend that you overlap Magic WAN and Cloudflare Tunnel routes. If you must, ensure that every Cloudflare Tunnel route has a prefix length at least as long as that of any Magic WAN route. Failing to meet this condition will likely result in loss of connectivity.

## Test `cloudflared` tunnel integration

To check if a `cloudflared` tunnel is working properly with your Magic WAN connection, open a browser from a host behind your customer premise equipment, and browse to the `cloudflared` tunnel endpoint.

For example, imagine you have a Cloudflare Tunnel set up with a private network CIDR of `10.1.2.3/32`, a static route defined in Magic WAN for `10.1.2./24`, and the device you are trying to connect to is a web server. You can test connectivity to the web server by using a browser to load `https://10.1.2.3`. If the page loads correctly, your Cloudflare Tunnel is working properly. In this scenario, you have overlapping routes defined for Cloudflare Tunnel and Magic WAN.

As mentioned above, if you have overlapping routes in your Magic WAN and Cloudflare Tunnel routing configurations, Cloudflare Tunnel will take precedence. This happens whenever a `cloudflared` tunnel CIDR matches a packet, regardless of prefix length. For example, a `cloudflared` tunnel with prefix `10.1.2.0/24` will take precedence over a static route configured to `10.1.2.4/32`, sending packets over a GRE tunnel.

For more information, refer to [Connect private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/).

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---

# Zero Trust integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/zero-trust/

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Review the tutorials to learn more about how you can use Magic WAN with the following Cloudflare Zero Trust products.

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If you want a deep dive into key architecture and functionalities aspects of Cloudflare One, and learn more about Magic WAN and its structure, refer to [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

---

# WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/zero-trust/warp/

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Use [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) as an <GlossaryTooltip term="on-ramp">on-ramp</GlossaryTooltip> to Magic WAN and route traffic from user devices with WARP installed to any network connected with Cloudflare Tunnel or Magic IP-layer tunnels (<GlossaryTooltip term="anycast">anycast</GlossaryTooltip> <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels">GRE</GlossaryTooltip>, <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip>, or [CNI](/network-interconnect/)). Take advantage of the integration between Magic WAN and [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) and enforce policies at Cloudflare's global network.

## Prerequisites

Before you can begin using WARP as an on-ramp to Magic WAN, you must set up your [Zero Trust account](/cloudflare-one/setup/#create-a-zero-trust-organization).

## IP ranges

When connecting a WARP device to Magic WAN, you will have virtual IP addresses from WARP, in the `100.96.0.0/12` range.

---

## Set up WARP with Magic WAN

### 1. Route packets back to WARP devices

Route packets back to WARP devices from services behind an anycast GRE or other type tunnel. You need to do this before actually installing WARP. Otherwise, your infrastructure will not route packets correctly to Cloudflare global network and connectivity will fail.

Cloudflare will assign IP addresses from the WARP virtual IP (VIP) space to your WARP devices. To view your virtual IP address, open the [Cloudflare Zero Trust dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), and select **My Team** > **Devices**.

All packets with a destination IP in the VIP space need to be routed back through the tunnel. For example, with a single GRE tunnel named `gre1`, in Linux, the following command would add a routing rule that would route such packets:

```sh
ip route add 100.96.0.0/12 dev gre1
```

:::note[Note]

After set up, **HTTP** and **Network logs** in Gateway will show the virtual IP address of your WARP device as the **Source IP**. DNS logs will continue to show the original WARP device IP because DNS traffic is sent over the public Internet to Cloudflare's public-facing resolver.
:::

### 2. Configure Split Tunnels

Configure [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) from your Zero Trust account to only include traffic from the private IP addresses you want to access.

Optionally, you can configure Split Tunnels to include IP ranges or domains you want to use for connecting to public IP addresses.

### 3. Install the WARP client on your device

Refer to [Deploy WARP to your organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) for more information on whether to choose a manual or managed deployment.

You should be able to access Private IP addresses specified in the Split Tunnel configuration.

You must log out and log back in with at least one WARP device to ensure the configuration updates on your device.

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## Double encapsulation

When a WARP user goes to a location (like an office) with a Magic WAN tunnel already set up, WARP traffic is doubly encapsulated - first by WARP and then by Magic WAN. This is unnecessary, since each on-ramp method provides full Zero Trust protection.

Since WARP traffic is already protected on its own, Cloudflare recommends that you set up Magic WAN to exclude WARP traffic, sending it to the Internet through regular connections.

To learn which IP addresses and UDP ports you should exclude to accomplish this, refer to [WARP ingress IP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip).

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## Test WARP integration

Before testing, be sure to [configure domain fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/#add-a-domain) for the server or service in WARP settings. This is needed because by default Cloudflare Zero Trust excludes common top level domains used for local resolution from being sent to Gateway for processing.

If WARP integration has been enabled for the account within the last day, log off and on again in the WARP client before testing.

To check if WARP is working correctly as an on-ramp, you can do a resolution test on a [fully qualified domain name (FQDN)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name) for a server or service in the Magic WAN. Test this from a user with a WARP device.

For example:

```sh
nslookup <SERVER_BEHIND_MAGIC_WAN>
```

This DNS lookup should return a valid IP address associated with the server or service you are testing for.

Next, test with a browser that you can connect to a service on the WAN by opening a webpage that is only accessible on the WAN. The server can be the same server used in the DNS lookup or another server in the WAN. Connecting using an IP address instead of a domain name should work.

---

# BGP peering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/express-cni/bgp-peering/

Magic WAN and Magic Transit customers can use the Cloudflare dashboard to configure and manage BGP peering between their networks and their Magic routing table when using a Direct CNI on-ramp.

Using BGP peering with a CNI allows customers to:
- Automate the process of adding or removing networks and subnets.
- Take advantage of failure detection and session recovery features.

With this functionality, customers can:
- Establish an eBGP session between their devices and the Magic WAN / Magic Transit service when connected via CNI.
- Secure the session by MD5 authentication to prevent misconfigurations.
- Exchange routes dynamically between their devices and their Magic routing table.

Refer to [Magic WAN BGP peering](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/bgp-peering/) or [Magic Transit BGP peering](/magic-transit/how-to/bgp-peering/) to learn more about this feature and how to set it up.

---

# Classic CNI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/

## Types of interconnect

Cloudflare supports two classic CNI connectivity options: direct and partner. The network interconnect is the link between your infrastructure and Cloudflare's network.

The use case for classic CNI is Magic Transit. If your origins are behind Magic Transit over a classic CNI, then all Cloudflare services that work with public origins will run over the CNI (for example Load Balancer, WAF, Cache, etc).

## Classic CNI (Direct)

Direct connections are available at any of our [private peering facilities](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224).

Choose a direct connection if you are co-located with a Cloudflare data center. We also recommend a direct connect if:

- Your link size is 10G or higher
- You want higher throughput than a partner connection
- You want to eliminate as many intermediaries from an interconnect as possible

### Limitations

Classic CNI (Direct) supports 10G or 100G interfaces.

## Classic CNI (Partner)

Cloudflare partners with Equinix, Megaport, Console Connect, PacketFabric, Coresite, Epsilon and Zayo to provide circuits that easily connect you with Cloudflare at any of our interconnection platform locations. For more information about our partner program, see [Network Interconnect Partner Program](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect-partnerships/).

Choose a partner connection  when you are already using our partner providers or when you want a quick and easy way to onboard a secure cloud experience.

### Limitations

Classic CNI (Partner) bandwidth may be limited by the interconnection platform partner.

---

# Create interconnects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/express-cni/create-interconnects/

To create a new interconnect, make sure you are logged in with Admin or higher-level account permissions. This is required for the wizard to successfully request and provision a new Direct CNI connection.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://developers.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.
2. Select **Interconnects** > **Create New**.
3. In **Direct CNI**, select **Create new**.
4. From the list, choose a location that suits you with **Select location**, or search for a location in the search box.
   :::note
   If your location is not listed it means that Direct CNI is not available in your location yet. Refer to [Classic CNI](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/) to learn how you can use the classic version of Cloudflare Network Interconnect to connect your location to Cloudflare.
   :::
5. Your interface is automatically assigned a speed of 10G. Give it a name, and select **Continue**.
   :::note
   Contact your account team if you need 100 Gigabit connections.
   :::
6. Review the options you have chosen, and select **Confirm order**.
7. Download the Letter of Authorization that Cloudflare created with your settings. You will need this document to contact your data center and provide them the IP addresses for the CNI connection.
8. Select **View Interconnects** to review the CNIs you have ordered.

## Review interconnects

The Cloudflare dashboard shows a list of all previously created interconnects, as well as useful information such as IP addresses, speed, type of interconnect, and status.

Direct CNI connections are LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) enabled and use LACP packets to negotiate with other ports. The [Status column](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/interconnects/all) in the dashboard shows three different status:

- **Pending**: Pending shows up in new interconnects that are not yet active. This is expected and can occur for several reasons: the customer has not received a cross-connect, the device is unresponsive, or physical adjustments may be required, such as swapping RX/TX fibers. The `Pending` status will go away after the customer completes the cross-connect.
- **Active**: The interconnect port on the Customer Connectivity Router (CCR) has established a LACP session with the connected port on the customer device.
- **Unhealthy**: The interconnect port on the CCR has lost a previously established LACP session with the connected port on the customer device. You can take general troubleshooting steps to solve the issue (such as checking cables and status lights for connectivity issues). If you are unable to solve the issue in this way, contact your account team.

---

# Direct CNI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/express-cni/

Direct CNI allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare – rather than using the public Internet – for a more reliable and secure experience.

Connecting to Cloudflare directly with a Direct CNI reduces latency, makes your network more stable by bypassing Internet performance potential bottlenecks, and may even reduce your ISP bandwidth bills. Direct CNI also gives you more control over how Cloudflare routes traffic back to your network.

The use case for Direct CNI is Magic Transit or Magic WAN. If you have publicly routable origins that are behind Magic Transit over a Direct CNI, then all Cloudflare services that work with public origins will run over the CNI (for example, Load Balancer, WAF, Cache, etc).

In the Cloudflare dashboard you can find Cloudflare's nearest Cloudflare data center, and order a Direct CNI connection with speeds up to 100 gigabits per second, as well as create a Letter of Authorization (LoA).

---

# Configure PagerDuty

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/get-started/configure-pagerduty/

:::note

This feature is only available if your account has at least one zone on a Business or higher plan. For more information, refer to our [plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/). 
:::

Cloudflare’s Notification service supports routing notifications to PagerDuty. By sending notifications to PagerDuty you can leverage the same service definitions and escalation paths that you would for other third-party services that you connect to PagerDuty.

When a configuration that you have previously set up triggers a notification for PagerDuty, Cloudflare will send the notification to PagerDuty on your behalf. All of the PagerDuty services configured for the notification will receive the notification. PagerDuty will follow the service’s configuration to handle the notification appropriately. Actions like de-duping and rate limiting depend on the notification type.

To use PagerDuty as a connected service, you must [sign up for a PagerDuty account](https://www.pagerduty.com/sign-up/).

:::note

According to PagerDuty, you will need an account with the following permissions to add a connected service: User, Admin, Manager, Global Admin, or Account Owner. 
:::

## Connect PagerDuty to a Cloudflare account

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications** > **Destinations**.
3. In the **Connected notification services** card, select **Connect**.
4. Log in to your [PagerDuty account](https://www.pagerduty.com/) to connect it to your Cloudflare account.
5. Choose the services you want to use and select **Connect**.
6. The browser will navigate back to your Cloudflare dashboard. Select **Continue**.

Your new connected PagerDuty will appear in the **Connected notification services** card.

## Edit a PagerDuty connected service

To edit which PagerDuty services are connected to your Cloudflare account, you must first disconnect PagerDuty from Cloudflare, make any changes you need in PagerDuty, and then reconnect it.

Disconnecting PagerDuty will disable any notifications being sent to PagerDuty where they are currently configured. If PagerDuty was the only configured destination, disconnecting PagerDuty may result in a notification with no destination.

If other delivery destinations were selected, then those notifications will still be routed as configured.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications** > **Destinations**.
3. In the **Connected notification services** card, select **View** on the PagerDuty service you want to disconnect.
4. Select **Disconnect** > **Confirm**.
5. Log in to your [PagerDuty account](https://www.pagerduty.com/) and make the required changes.
6. [Reconnect PagerDuty to Cloudflare](/notifications/get-started/configure-pagerduty/).

---

# Configure webhooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/

:::note

This feature is only available if your account has at least one zone with a pro plan or above. For more information, refer to our [plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/). 
:::

There are a variety of services you can connect to Cloudflare using webhooks to receive notifications from your Cloudflare account. Refer to the table below to learn how to connect your Cloudflare account to [popular webhook services](#popular-webhook-services).

## Configure webhooks

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications** > **Destinations**.
3. In the **Webhooks** card, select **Create**.
4. Give your webhook a name to use for identification later.
5. In the **URL** field, enter the URL of the third-party service that you have previously set up and want to connect to your Cloudflare account.
6. If needed, insert the **Secret**. Secrets are how webhooks are encrypted and vary according to the service you are connecting to Cloudflare.
7. Select **Save and Test** to finish setting up your webhook.

The new webhook will appear in the **Webhooks** card.

## Edit webhooks

You can only edit the name of webhooks and/or delete them.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications** > **Destinations**.
3. In the **Webhooks** card, select **Edit** on the webhook that you want to edit.
4. Update the webhook's name and select **Save**.

You can delete a webhook after selecting **Edit** or by selecting **Delete** in the list of webhooks displayed in the **Destinations** card.

## Generic webhooks

If you use a service that is not covered by Cloudflare's currently available webhooks, you can [configure your own](#configure-webhooks), and enter a valid webhook URL.

It is always recommended to use a secret for generic webhooks. Cloudflare will send your secret in the `cf-webhook-auth` header of every request made. If this header is not present, or is not your specified value, you should reject the webhook.

After selecting **Save and Test**, your webhook should now be configured as a destination that you can use to attach to policies.

When Cloudflare sends you a webhook, it will have the following schema:

```json title="Example schema"
{
    "text": "Hello World! This is a test message sent from https://cloudflare.com. If you can see this, your webhook is configured properly."
}
```

:::note

`"text"` will vary depending on the alert that was fired. 
:::

### Limitations of generic webhooks

Cloudflare generic webhook notifications will only be dispatched to a publicly resolvable IP address on port 80 or 443.

If you want to receive the generic webhook notification on a private IP address or different port, you can either receive and forward the notification using [Workers](/workers/) or set up a [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) to route to your connected application.

### Use generic webhooks with Workers

You can use Cloudflare Workers with a generic webhook to deliver notifications to any service that accepts webhooks.

Cloudflare has an [example tool](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-webhook-relay/) to help you understand how you can use [Workers](/workers/) and generic webhooks. The example provided transforms a generic webhook response in order for it to be delivered to Rocket.Chat. The code provided is heavily commented to guide you in the process of adapting the example to your needs.

## Popular webhook services

### Google Chat

For [Google Chat](https://developers.google.com/chat/how-tos/webhooks):

- **Secret**: The secret is part of the URL. Cloudflare parses this information automatically and there is no input needed from the user.
- **URL**: URL varies depending on the Google Chat channel's address.

### Slack

For [Slack](https://api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks):

- **Secret**: The secret is part of the URL. Cloudflare parses this information automatically and there is no input needed from the user.
- **URL**: URL varies depending on the Slack channel's address.

### DataDog

For [DataDog](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/events/#post-an-event):

- **Secret**: The secret is required and has to be entered by the user. This is what DataDog refers to as [API Key](https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings#api)
- **URL**: `https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events`

### Discord

For [Discord](https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/webhook#execute-webhook):

- **Secret**: The secret is part of the URL. Cloudflare parses this information automatically and there is no input needed from the user.
- **URL**: URL varies depending on the Discord channel's address.

### OpsGenie

For [OpsGenie](https://support.atlassian.com/opsgenie/docs/create-a-default-api-integration):

- **Secret**: The secret is the `API Key` for OpsGenie's REST API.
- **URL**: `https://api.opsgenie.com/v2/alerts`

### Splunk

For [Splunk](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector):

- **Secret**: The secret is required and has to be entered by the user. This is what Splunk refers to as `token`. Refer to [Splunk’s documentation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector#How_the_Splunk_platform_uses_HTTP_Event_Collector_tokens_to_get_data_in) for details.
- **URL**: 
   1. We only support three Splunk endpoints: services/collector, services/collector/raw, and services/collector/event.
   2. If SSL is enabled on the token, the port must be 443. If SSL is not enabled on the token, the port must be 8088.
   3. SSL must be enabled on the server.
   4. **Enable indexer acknowledgement** must be disabled on the Splunk HTTP Event Collector.

### Feishu

For [Feishu](https://open.feishu.cn/document/client-docs/bot-v3/add-custom-bot):

- **Secret**: The secret is part of the URL. Cloudflare parses this information automatically and there is no input needed from the user.
- **URL**: The URL varies depending on the Custom Robot.

### Teams

For [Teams](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/webhooks-and-connectors/how-to/add-incoming-webhook):

- **Secret**: The secret is part of the URL. Cloudflare parses this information automatically and there is no input needed from the user.
- **URL**: URL is provided by Teams when the Incoming Webhook connector is created.

### ServiceNow

For [ServiceNow](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/tokyo-application-development/page/administer/integrationhub-store-spokes/task/govnotify-wbhk.html):

- **Secret**: User decides. Ensure that the secret entered in Cloudflare Notifications matches with ServiceNow. Refer to [ServiceNow's documentation](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-integrate-applications/page/administer/integrationhub/concept/rest-trigger.html) for details.
- **URL**: `https://{servicenow_instance}.com/{base_api_path}`

### Generic webhook

For a Generic webhook:

- **Secret**: User decides.
- **URL**: User decides.


### Configuration of secrets

When creating a Google Chat, Slack, Discord, or Feishu webhook, the secret is part of the URL. You can choose to remove the secret from the URL and explicitly set the value of `secret` rather than letting Cloudflare automatically extract it.

This can be useful when defining your webhook infrastructure as code using Terraform since the URL will not be modified by Cloudflare.

```tf title="Terraform example"
resource "cloudflare_notification_policy_webhooks" "example" {
  account_id = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name       = "Slack Webhook"
  url        = "https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00000000/B00000000"
  secret     = "<secret>"
}
```

---

# Configure Cloudflare Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/get-started/

The list of notifications available depends on the type of account you have. Refer to [Available Notifications](/notifications/notification-available/) to learn more about what each notification does and what do to when receiving one.

You can check the [Notification History](/notifications/notification-history/) using the API to view notifications that have been generated for your account.

## Permissions

To create a notification via the Cloudflare dashboard, you will need to have the Super Administrator or Administrator role.

You can also create a notification if you have an edit role for the feature that you want to create an alert for. For example, if you want to create a Load Balancing Pool Enablement notification, you will need to have the Load Balancer role.

An API token needs to have the [Notifications Read/Write permission](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) to create a notification,

## Configure notifications

This guide will help you create, edit, test, or delete notifications using the Cloudflare dashboard.

### Create a notification

You can create a notification via the Cloudflare dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications**.
3. Select **Add**.
4. On the notification you want to create, choose **Select**.
5. Name the notification.
6. Enter an email address to receive the notifications.

:::note

Professional and Business plans will have access to other options such as configuring PagerDuty or accessing webhooks. 
:::

6. (Optional) Specify any additional options for the notification, if required. For example, some notifications require that you select one or more domains or services.
7. Select **Create**.

The browser will navigate back to the list of notifications, where the new notification will appear as **Enabled**.

### Edit a notification

You can edit existing Notifications via the Cloudflare dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications**.
3. Select **Edit** on the Notification that you want to modify.
4. Make your changes as needed and select **Save**.

The browser will navigate back to the list of notifications.

### Disable or delete a notification

You can delete or disable existing Notifications via the Cloudflare dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Notifications**.
3. On the notification that you want to disable, select the **Enabled** toggle. To delete it, select **Delete**.

### Test a notification

To verify that notifications will be sent to the correct location or to view which details are available, you can test a notification by selecting **Test** on any enabled notification.

This action sends a notification with fake data.

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# Common errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/reference/common-errors/

Refer to the information below for more details on common notification errors and how to troubleshoot them.

## Webhook test failed with status code 400 400 Bad Request

This error can occur when you try to configure a webhook that is not currently supported, such as setting up a PagerDuty webhook.

PagerDuty needs to be configured under [connected notification services](/notifications/get-started/configure-pagerduty/).

## Deleted users are still receiving notifications

When you remove a user from your account via **Manage Account** > **Members** in the Cloudflare dashboard, their email address is not removed from existing notifications.

You need to remove the email address from the configuration of the notifications by [editing the notification recipient](/notifications/get-started/#edit-a-notification).

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# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/reference/

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# HTTP Traffic Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/notifications/reference/traffic-alerts/

## Error Rate

**Origin Error Rate** alerts allow you to monitor your zones at the origin and be alerted when Cloudflare detects elevated levels of 5xx error responses. You can select which zones to be alerted on and the sensitivity of the alerts. Edge status codes of `521`, `522`, and `523` also count as origin errors as they indicate issues reaching your origin.

**Advanced Error Rate** alerts allow you to monitor either your origin or edge status code. You can select which zones and specific status codes to be alerted on and the sensitivity of the alert. Optionally, you can also filter out certain IP addresses and choose whether to group your alerts by status code.

Once you have set up an alert, Cloudflare checks to see which zones should be monitored for the error rate. The [Clickhouse ABR database](https://blog.cloudflare.com/explaining-cloudflares-abr-analytics/) is polled for origin HTTP response codes for those zones. The [service-level objective (SLO)](https://sre.google/workbook/alerting-on-slos/) that is set in the alert is used to determine whether the rate of 5xx response codes to total responses is acceptable.

Instead of using thresholds to calculate error rates, Cloudflare uses burn rates. When you select your SLO, the “error budget” for a set period of time is calculated to determine the burn rate. The burn rate is how quickly the error budget is used for that time period. For example, a burn rate of 1 means that the entirety of the error budget will be used up within the set time period.

For Error Rate alerts, Cloudflare uses the multi-window, multi-burn rate approach. We look at a short time period (five minutes) and a long time period (one hour) and only alert you if the error rate exceeds the burn rate for those time periods. This ensures that you are quickly alerted when an outage is detected within a short window, while simultaneously preventing too many false positives since the long window must also be triggered.

:::note

This approach does not work as well for low traffic zones. If there are not many requests, any single error might cause the burn rate to be exceeded. 
:::

### Service-level objective recommendations

SLOs determine the sensitivity of an alert.  For example, if you want to be alerted on all spikes in 5xx errors, you should select high sensitivity. If you want to be alerted on only large spikes, you should select a lower sensitivity.

Your traffic levels impact the accuracy of high sensitivity alerts. High sensitivity alerts are not recommended for zones with low traffic since the Error Rate alert will likely alert on every 5xx error. However, If you have a zone that has very high traffic (hundreds of millions of requests per day), High Sensitivity SLOs are recommended.

### Alert Grouping recommendations

[Advanced Error Rate Alerts](/notifications/notification-available/#traffic-monitoring) support grouping by status code. When status code grouping is enabled, a notification policy will calculate SLO violations and send alerts for each status code matched by the notification separately.

For example, if an Advanced Error Rate policy is filtered to status codes between `500` and `599`, and your domain received spikes to `503` and `504`, you would receive a separate alert for each status code. To receive a single alert, alert grouping should be disabled.

Since service-level indicators (SLI) are calculated separately for each status code when grouping is enabled, a notification policy with status code grouping may not be in violation, but the same policy without status code grouping is in violation. This can happen if there are spikes in the rates of multiple status codes, but no individual spike is large enough.

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## Traffic Anomalies

Traffic Anomalies alerts must have a z-score of more than 3.5 or less than -3.5, and a total of more than 200 requests. A z-score is the number of standard deviations the current value is to the mean. The mean and standard deviation is calculated by comparing the current five minutes to the past four hours. This is measured every five minutes.

You can filter the alerts by domain, whether or not to include traffic already mitigated by the WAF and DoS, and specific status codes. You can also choose if you want to be alerted on drops and/or spikes in your traffic.

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## Limitations

Notifications are configured per zone. At the moment, it is not possible to configure alerts for a specific path or hostname.

The conditions in which the alerts are triggered cannot be configured. However, it is possible to define a specific threshold of 10,000 requests on HTTP `500` errors or an alert on 10TB of traffic.

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# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/best-practices/

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# Handle a Page Shield alert

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/best-practices/handle-an-alert/

If you receive a Page Shield alert, sometimes you need to perform some manual investigation to confirm the nature of the script. Use the guidance provided in this page as a starting point for your investigation.

## 1. Understand what triggered the alert

Start by identifying the [detection system](/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/) that triggered the alert. A link is provided in the alert that will send you directly to the Page Shield dashboard to the relevant resource that needs reviewing. Alternatively, do the following:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield**.
3. Select **Scripts** or **Connections** and search for the resource mentioned on the alert you received.
4. Select **Details** next to the resource you identified. The example screenshot below shows a malicious script resource.

![Page Shield dialog box showing the details of a script considered malicious.](~/assets/images/page-shield/handle-alert-malicious-script-example.png)

The details page will specify which detection system triggered the alert. Check the values of the following fields:

- **Malicious code**
- **Malicious URL**
- **Malicious domain**

Different detection mechanisms may consider the script malicious at the same time. This increases the likelihood of the detection not being a false positive.

## 2. Find the page where the resource was detected

If you received an alert for a potentially malicious script:

1. Navigate to the page on your website that is loading the script or performing the connection. Open a browser and navigate to one of the URLs in the **Page URLs** field (shown in the script details dialog box).

2. Open the browser's developer tools to confirm that the script is being loaded. You can check this in the developer tools' **Network** tab, searching for the script name, URL, or hostname.

If you received an alert for a potentially malicious connection:

1. Go to the page on your website where the connection that triggered the alert is being made. Open a browser and go to one of the URLs specified in the **Page URLs** field (shown in the connection details dialog box).

2. Open the browser's developer tools to confirm that the connection is being made. You can check this in the developer tools' **Network** tab, searching for the target hostname of the connection.

If you find the script or connection, this means the script is being loaded (or the connection is being established) for all website visitors — proceed to [step 3](#3-check-the-script-reputation).

If you do not find the script being loaded or the connection being made, this could mean one of the following:

- The script is being loaded (or the connection is being made) by visitors' browser extensions.
- Your current state will not load the script or make the connection. Complex applications might load scripts and establish connections based on state.
- You are not in the correct geographic location (or similar condition).
- The attacker is only loading the script or making the connection for a percentage of visitors or visitors with specific browsers/signatures.

In this case, in addition to the steps indicated below, the best approach is:

- From a safe virtual environment, use online search tools and search for the given resource. Review results and resource metadata, for example domain registration details;
- If in doubt, scan the application codebase for the resource and if found, clarify the purpose.

## 3. Check the script reputation

If Page Shield considers the resource’s domain a "malicious domain", it is likely that the domain does not have a good reputation. The domain may be known for hosting malware or for being used for phishing attacks. Usually, reviewing the domain/hostname is sufficient to understand why you received the alert. You can use tools like Cloudflare’s [Security Center Investigate](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/security-center/investigate) platform to help with this validation.

If Cloudflare's internal systems classified the script as containing "malicious code", external tools may not confirm the detection you got from Page Shield, since the machine learning (ML) model being used is Cloudflare-specific technology. However, you can re-run Page Shield’s ML model against the script source code, by using Cloudflare’s [Security Center Analyze](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/security-center/investigate/analyze) tool to confirm the match.

## 4. (Optional) Analyze the script content

You could use a virtual machine to perform some of the following analysis:

1. Open the script URL and get the script source code. If the script is obfuscated or encoded, this could be a sign that the script is malicious.
2. Scan the script source code for any hostnames or IP addresses.
3. For each hostname or IP address you identified, use Cloudflare's Security Center Investigate platform to look up threat information and/or search online for potential Indicators of Compromise.

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## Conclusion

If a resource which triggered a malicious alert from Page Shield:

- Is actively present in your application
- Is being loaded from a malicious host or IP address, or has malicious code
- Has malicious hostnames or IP addresses in its source code, which may be obfuscated/encoded

You should investigate further, since these indicators can be a sign of an ongoing active compromise.

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# Configure Page Shield alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/detection/configure-alerts/

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## Alerts on policies

:::note
Applies to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

If you have configured [allow policies](/page-shield/policies/#policy-actions) in a zone (policies which allow specific scripts and connections and block everything else), you can filter alert notifications according to those policies.

When you set the **Policies of these zones** filter in a Page Shield alert, you will only receive the most relevant notifications based on the values of the allow policies you configured.

For each alert configured with a filter, Page Shield will do the following:

1. Check which allow policies in a zone are enabled.
2. For every enabled policy, compare the URL of the new or changed resource against the allowed sources in the policy.
3. If the resource is allowed by the policy, check if the new or modified resource should trigger the current Page Shield alert.
4. If the alert should trigger, send an alert notification to the configured destinations.

:::note
When you set the **Policies of these zones** filter in an alert you will not receive notifications for resources blocked by an allow policy. These are [policy violations](/page-shield/policies/violations/) that you can review in the dashboard, through GraphQL, or via Logpush.
:::

You will not receive notifications for alerts configured with a **Policies of these zones** filter in the following cases:

- No configured policies in the zone
- Policy configured in log mode
- Policy is not enabled

For alerts without a **Policies of these zones** filter, you will receive alerts for resources detected in all your zones, and you may receive alerts about resources that are blocked by one of your configured allow policies.

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# Detection and alerting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/detection/

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# Monitor resources and cookies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/

Once you [activate Page Shield](/page-shield/get-started/), the **Monitors** dashboard will show which resources (scripts and connections) are running on your domain, as well as the cookies recently detected in HTTP traffic.

If you notice unexpected scripts or connections on the dashboard, check them for signs of malicious activity. Enterprise customers with a paid add-on will have their [connections and scripts classified as potentially malicious](/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/) based on threat feeds. You should also check for any new or unexpected cookies.

:::note

- Users in Free and Pro plans only have access to the script monitor.
- If you recently activated Page Shield, you may see a delay in reporting.

:::

## Use the Monitors dashboard

To review the resources and cookies detected by Page Shield:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield**.

3. Under **Monitors**, review the list of scripts, connections, and cookies for your domain. To apply a filter, select **Add filter** and use one or more of the available options:

   - **Script**: Filter scripts by their URL.
   - **Connection**: Filter connections by their target URL. Depending on your [configuration](/page-shield/reference/settings/#connection-target-details), it may search only by target hostname.
   - **Host**: Look for scripts appearing on specific hostnames, or connections made in a specific hostname.
   - **Page** (requires a Business or Enterprise plan): Look for scripts appearing in a specific page, or for connections made in a specific page. Searches the first page where the script was loaded (or where the connection was made) and the latest occurrences list.
   - **Status**: Filter scripts or connections by [status](/page-shield/reference/script-statuses/).
   - **Type**: Filter cookies according to their type: first-party cookies or unknown.
   - Cookie property: Filter by a cookie property such as **Name**, **Domain**, **Path**, **Same site**, **HTTP only**, and **Secure**.

4. Depending on your plan, you may be able to [view the details of each item](#view-details).

## View all reported scripts or connections

The All Reported Connections and All Reported Scripts dashboards show all the detected resources including infrequent or inactive ones, reported in the last 30 days. After 30 days without any report, Page Shield will delete information about a previously reported resource, and it will no longer appear in any of the dashboards.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Monitors**.
3. Select **Scripts** or **Connections**.
4. Select **View all**.
5. Review the information displayed in the dashboard.

You can filter the data in these dashboards using different criteria, and print a report with the displayed records.

## View details

:::note
Only available to customers on Business and Enterprise plans.
:::

To view the details of an item, select **Details** next to the item.

The details of each connection or script include:

- **Last seen**: How long ago the resource was last detected (in the last 30 days).
- **First seen at**: The date and time when the resource was first detected.
- **Page URLs**: The most recent pages where the resource was detected (up to ten pages).
- **First page URL**: The page where the resource was first detected.
- **Host**: The host where the script is being loaded or the connection is being made.

The details of each cookie include:

- **Type**: A cookie can have the following types:

  - **First-party**: Cookies set by the origin server through a `set-cookie` HTTP response header.
  - **Unknown**: All other detected cookies.

- **Domain**: The value of the `Domain` cookie attribute. When not set or unknown, this value is derived from the host.

- **Path**: The value of the `Path` cookie attribute. When not set or unknown, this value is derived from the most recent page where the cookie was detected.

- **Last seen**: How long ago the resource was last detected (in the last 30 days).

- **First seen at**: The date and time when the cookie was first detected.

- **Seen on host**: The host where the cookie was first detected.

- **Seen on pages**: The most recent pages where the cookie was detected (up to ten pages).

- Additional cookie attributes (only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on):
  - **Max age**: The value of the `Max-Age` cookie attribute.
  - **Expires**: The value of the `Expires` cookie attribute.
  - **Lifetime**: The approximate cookie lifetime, based on the `Max-Age` and `Expires` cookie attributes.
  - **HTTP only**: The value of the `HttpOnly` cookie attribute.
  - **Secure**: The value of the `Secure` cookie attribute.
  - **Same site**: The value of the `SameSite` cookie attribute.

Except for **Domain** and **Path**, [standard cookie attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Cookies) are only available for first-party cookies, where Cloudflare detected the `set-cookie` HTTP response header in HTTP traffic.

## Export data

:::note
Only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

Use this feature to extract data from Page Shield that you can review and annotate. The data in the exported file will honor any filters you configure in the dashboard.

To export script, connection, or cookie information in CSV format:

1. Go to the **Monitors** tab and select **Scripts**, **Connections**, or **Cookies**.
2. (Optional) Apply any filters to the displayed data.
3. Select **Download CSV**.

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# Review resources considered malicious

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/detection/review-malicious-scripts/

:::note

Only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on. 
:::

Page Shield displays scripts and connections considered malicious at the top of the dashboard lists, so that you can quickly identify those resources, review them, and take action.

## Review malicious scripts

To review the scripts considered malicious:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Monitors**.

3. Select **Details** for each script considered malicious. The script details will contain:

   * **Malicious Code**: Whether Cloudflare's internal systems consider the script malicious or not, and what is the score of the current script version (1-99).
   * **Malicious URL**: Whether the script URL is known to be malicious according to threat intelligence feeds.
   * **Malicious domain**: Whether the script's domain is known to be malicious according to threat intelligence feeds.
   * **Malicious category**: The categorization of the script considered malicious according to threat intelligence feeds.

   For more information, refer to [Malicious script and connection detection](/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/).

4. Based on the displayed information, and with the help of the [last seen/first seen fields in the script details](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/#view-details), review and update the pages where the malicious script was detected.

You can configure alerts for detected malicious scripts. Refer to [Page Shield alerts](/page-shield/reference/alerts/) for more information on the available alert types.

## Review malicious connections

To review the connections considered malicious:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Monitors**, and select **Connections**.

3. Select **Details** for each connection considered malicious. The connection details will contain:

   * **URL match**: Whether the connection's target URL is known to be malicious according to threat intelligence feeds. This field requires that you configure Page Shield to analyze the [full URI](/page-shield/reference/settings/#connection-target-details) of outgoing connections.
   * **Domain match**: Whether the connection's target domain is known to be malicious according to threat intelligence feeds.
   * **Category**: The categorization of the connection considered malicious according to threat intelligence feeds.

   For more information, refer to [Malicious script and connection detection](/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/).

4. Based on the displayed information, and with the help of the [last seen/first seen fields in the connection details](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/#view-details), review and update the pages where the malicious connection was detected.

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# Review changed scripts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/detection/review-changed-scripts/

:::note

Available as a paid add-on for customers on an Enterprise plan. 
:::

Page Shield analyzes the JavaScript dependencies in the pages of your domain over time.

You can configure a notification for [code change alerts](/page-shield/reference/alerts/#code-change-alert) to receive a daily notification about changed scripts in your domain.

When you receive such a notification:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Monitors**.
3. Check the details of each changed script and validate if it is an expected change.

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# Malicious script and connection detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/

:::note
This feature is available as a paid add-on for customers on an Enterprise plan.
:::

Page Shield implements different mechanisms to determine if a script, or a connection made by a script, is malicious. These mechanisms are:

- Malicious script detection
- Malicious URL checks
- Malicious domain checks

Any updates to the threat feeds will trigger new checks for previously detected scripts or connections so that the Page Shield dashboards always reflect the latest categorization.

## Malicious script detection

In this type of detection, Page Shield will download the script file and run it through a classifier. The classifier is a machine learning (ML) model that has learned to detect patterns of malicious operations such as [Magecart-type attacks](https://sansec.io/what-is-magecart).

The script classifier will output a probability score for the script (also called the JS integrity score) between 1 and 99, where 1 means definitely malicious and 99 means definitely not malicious. This score, together with a threshold value, will determine if the malicious script detection system will classify the script as malicious or not.

The score threshold for considering a script as malicious is currently set to 10. If the script classification score is below this value, the Page Shield dashboards will display the script as being malicious.

In addition to the integrity score, Page Shield will also provide individual scores for different malicious code detections (scores from 1 to 99):

- **Magecart**
- **Crypto mining**
- **Malware**

You can configure [Malicious Script Alerts](/page-shield/reference/alerts/). You will receive an alert notification as soon as Cloudflare detects JavaScript code classified as malicious in your domain.

## Malicious URL checks

Page Shield will search for the URLs of your JavaScript dependencies in threat intelligence feeds to determine if any of those scripts should be categorized as malicious.

The Page Shield dashboards display the scripts that were considered malicious at the top of the scripts list.

You can [configure Malicious URL Alerts](/page-shield/reference/alerts/) to receive an alert notification as soon as Cloudflare detects a script from a malicious URL in your domain.

Depending on your current configuration, Page Shield can also search for malicious URLs in the URLs of outgoing connections made by scripts in your domain. To enable this check, you must [allow Page Shield to use the full URLs of outgoing connections](/page-shield/reference/settings/#connection-target-details) instead of only the hostname in Page Shield settings.

## Malicious domain checks

Page Shield will search for the domains of your client-side JavaScript dependencies in threat feeds to determine if any of those scripts is being served from a known malicious domain.

A domain previously reported as malicious can later be reported as non-malicious if, after further analysis, the domain is deemed safe.

Page Shield will also check the target domains of connections made by scripts in your domain's pages, following the same approach described for scripts.

You can configure [Malicious Domain Alerts](/page-shield/reference/alerts/) to receive an alert notification as soon as Cloudflare detects a malicious script loaded from a known malicious domain in your domain.

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## Malicious script and connection categories

Scripts and connections considered malicious are categorized based on data from threat intelligence feeds. The current categories are the following:

- Security threats
- Command-and-Control (C2) & Botnet
- Crypto mining
- Spyware
- Phishing
- Malware
- Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) domain
- Typosquatting & Impersonation

Each script or connection considered malicious can belong to several categories.

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# How Page Shield works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/how-it-works/

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Page Shield helps manage resources loaded by your website visitors, including scripts, their connections, and [cookies](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/privacy/what-are-cookies/). It can trigger alert notifications when resources change or are considered malicious.

Enabling Page Shield adds a <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)" link="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> deployed with a [report-only directive](/page-shield/reference/csp-header/) to collect information from the browser. This allows Cloudflare to provide you with a list of all scripts running on your application and the connections they make to third-party endpoints. Page Shield also monitors ingress and egress traffic for cookies, either set by origin servers or by the visitor's browser.

The **Monitors** dashboard shows the list of active scripts, connections, and cookies. The **All Reported Scripts** and **All Reported Connections** dashboards show the full list of detected scripts and connections in your domain, respectively, including infrequent and inactive ones.

Since Page Shield monitoring is based on sampling, there may be a small delay between deploying a script or cookie and having its data displayed in Page Shield's dashboards.

Enterprise customers with a paid add-on have access to additional classification mechanisms based on threat feeds to determine if a script, or a connection made by a script, is malicious. For more information, refer to [Malicious script and connection detection](/page-shield/how-it-works/malicious-script-detection/).

## Positive security model using policies

Enterprise customers with a paid add-on can create [policies](/page-shield/policies/) to define a positive security model (also known as positive blocking) for resources such as scripts.

When you create policies, Page Shield will generate CSP directives from those policies based on their configuration:

- Log policies will create CSP directives for the `Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only` HTTP header.
- Allow policies will create CSP directives for the `Content-Security-Policy` HTTP header.

For more information, refer to [Policies](/page-shield/policies/).

## Learn more

For more background on Page Shield, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/page-shield-generally-available/).

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# Create a policy in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/policies/create-dashboard/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Page Shield** > **Policies**.

3. Select **Create policy**.

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Description**.

5. Under **If incoming requests match**, define the policy scope. You can use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

6. Under **Allow these directives**, select the desired [CSP directives](/page-shield/policies/csp-directives/) for the policy by enabling one or more checkboxes.

   - To manually enter an allowed source, select **Add source**.
   - To refresh the displayed sources based on Page Shield's detected resources, select **Refresh suggestions**.

     :::note

     Page Shield provides suggestions for **Default**, **Scripts**, and **Connections** directives. For the **Default** directive, suggestions are based on monitored scripts and connections resources.
     :::

7. Under **Then take action**, select the desired action:

   - _Allow_: Enforces the CSP directives configured in the policy, blocking any other resources from being loaded on your website, and logging any [policy violations](/page-shield/policies/violations/).
   - _Log_: Logs any policy violations without blocking any resources not covered by the policy.

8. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Supported CSP directives

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/policies/csp-directives/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Page Shield policies support most <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> directives, covering both monitored and unmonitored resources. You can use a policy to control other types of resources besides scripts and their connections, even though Page Shield is not monitoring these resources.

Each CSP directive can contain multiple values, including:

* Schemes
* Hostnames
* URIs
* Special keywords between single quotes (for example, `'none'`)
* Hashes between single quotes (for example, `'sha384-oqVuAfXRKap7fdgcCY5uykM6+R9GqQ8K/uxy9rx7HNQlGYl1kPzQho1wx4JwY8wC'`)

Hostname and URI values support a `*` wildcard for the leftmost subdomain.

The following table lists the supported CSP directives and special values you can use in Page Shield policies:



| Directive                   | Name in the dashboard     | Supported special values                                                       | Monitored                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `script-src`                | Scripts                   | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | [Yes](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/) |
| `connect-src`               | Connections               | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | [Yes](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/) |
| `default-src`               | Default                   | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `img-src`                   | Images                    | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `style-src`                 | Styles                    | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `font-src`                  | Fonts                     | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `object-src`                | Objects                   | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `media-src`                 | Media                     | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `child-src`                 | Child                     | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `form-action`               | Form actions              | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `worker-src`                | Workers                   | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `base-uri`                  | Base URI                  | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `manifest-src`              | Manifests                 | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `frame-src`                 | Frames                    | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`<br/>`'unsafe-inline'`<br/>`'unsafe-eval'`<br/>`'<HASH>'` | No                                                         |
| `frame-ancestors`           | Frame ancestors           | `'none'`<br/>`'self'`                                                          | No                                                         |
| `upgrade-insecure-requests` | Upgrade insecure requests | N/A                                                                            | No                                                         |



## More resources

For more information on CSP directives and their values, refer to the following resources in the MDN documentation:

* [Content-Security-Policy response header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy)
* [CSP source values](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/Sources)

---

# Policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/policies/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

:::note
Only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

Policies define the resources allowed on your applications through <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> directives. Policies can log violations and also enforce an allowlist of resources, effectively blocking resources not included in the policies.

Create [allow policies](#policy-actions) to define a positive security model, also known as positive blocking. According to this model, you define what is allowed and reject everything else. Such an approach helps you reduce the attack surface for unwanted third-party scripts in your application.

A policy can control both resources monitored by Page Shield, such as scripts and their connections, and other types of resources. Refer to [Supported CSP directives](/page-shield/policies/csp-directives/) for details.

## Policy actions

A policy can perform one of the following actions:

- **Log**: Page Shield will log any resources not covered by the policy, without blocking any resources. Use this action to validate a new policy before deploying it. Resources not covered by the policy will be reported as [policy violations](/page-shield/policies/violations/).
- **Allow**: Page Shield will block any resources not explicitly allowed by the policy. Switch to the _Allow_ action after validating a new policy with the _Log_ action, so that your policy does not block essential application resources, which would affect your application's end users. Policies with the _Allow_ action will log [policy violations](/page-shield/policies/violations/) for any blocked resources.

For details on the CSP directives Page Shield creates for each type of policy action, refer to [How Page Shield works](/page-shield/how-it-works/#positive-security-model-using-policies). For more information on the CSP directives supported by Page Shield policies, refer to [Supported CSP directives](/page-shield/policies/csp-directives/).

## Next steps

Refer to the following pages for instructions on creating a policy in Page Shield:

- [Create a policy in the dashboard](/page-shield/policies/create-dashboard/)
- [Page Shield API: Create a policy](/page-shield/reference/page-shield-api/#create-a-policy)

---

# Policy violations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/policies/violations/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

:::note

Only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on. 
:::

Shortly after you configure Page Shield policies, the Cloudflare dashboard will start displaying any violations of those policies. This information will be available for policies with any [action](/page-shield/policies/#policy-actions) (*Allow* and *Log*).

Information about policy violations is also available via [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/) and [Logpush](/logs/about/).

## Review policy violations in the dashboard

The policy violation information is available in **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Policies**. It includes the following:

* A sparkline next to the policy name, showing policy violations in the past seven days.
* For policies with associated violations, an expandable details section for each policy, with the top resources present in policy violation events and a sparkline per top resource.

## Get policy violations via GraphQL API

Use the [Cloudflare GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/) to obtain policy violation information through the following dataset:

* `pageShieldReportsAdaptiveGroups`

You can query the dataset for policy violations occurred in the past 30 days.

Use [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/) to explore the available fields the GraphQL schema. For more information, refer to [Explore the GraphQL schema](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/).

For an introduction to GraphQL querying, refer to [Querying basics](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/).

### Example

```graphql title="Example GraphQL query"
query PageShieldReports($zoneTag: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
      pageShieldReportsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 100,  orderBy: [datetime_ASC], filter: {datetime_geq:$datetimeStart, datetime_leq:$datetimeEnd}) {
        avg {
          sampleInterval
        }
        count
        dimensions {
          policyID
          datetime
          datetimeMinute
          datetimeFiveMinutes
          datetimeFifteenMinutes
          datetimeHalfOfHour
          datetimeHour
          url
          urlHost
          host
          resourceType
          pageURL
          action
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```


<Details header="Example curl request">

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query PageShieldReports($zoneTag: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
    viewer {
      zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
        pageShieldReportsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 100,  orderBy: [datetime_ASC], filter: {datetime_geq:$datetimeStart, datetime_leq:$datetimeEnd}) {
          avg {
            sampleInterval
          }
          count
          dimensions {
            policyID
            datetime
            datetimeMinute
            datetimeFiveMinutes
            datetimeFifteenMinutes
            datetimeHalfOfHour
            datetimeHour
            url
            urlHost
            host
            resourceType
            pageURL
            action
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "zoneTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID>",
    "datetimeStart": "2023-04-17T11:00:00Z",
    "datetimeEnd": "2023-04-24T12:00:00Z"
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```


</Details>

## Get policy violations via Logpush

[Cloudflare Logpush](/logs/about/) supports pushing logs to storage services, <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM systems</GlossaryTooltip>, and log management providers.

Information about Page Shield policy violations is available in the [`page_shield_events` dataset](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/page_shield_events/).

For more information on configuring Logpush jobs, refer to [Logs: Get started](/logs/get-started/).

---

# Page Shield alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components";

You can configure alerts for resources detected in your domain. Refer to [Configure Page Shield alerts](/page-shield/detection/configure-alerts/) for instructions.

## New resource alerts

<AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Resources Alert"
/> <AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Domain Alert"
/> <AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Resource Exceeds Max URL Length Alert"
/>

## Code change alert

<AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Code Change Detection Alert"
/>

## Malicious resource alerts

<AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Malicious Domain Alert"
/> <AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Malicious URL Alert"
/> <AvailableNotifications
	product="Page Shield"
	notificationFilter="Page Shield New Malicious Script Alert"
/>

Malicious resource alerts will only include resources with an _Active_ status. Refer to [Script and connection statuses](/page-shield/reference/script-statuses/) for more information.

---

# CSP HTTP header format

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/csp-header/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The format of the <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> report-only HTTP header added by Page Shield is the following:

```txt
content-security-policy-report-only: script-src 'none'; connect-src 'none'; report-uri https://csp-reporting.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/script_monitor/report?<QUERY_STRING>
```

If you [configured the reporting endpoint](/page-shield/reference/settings/#reporting-endpoint) to use the same hostname, the HTTP header will have the following format:

```txt
content-security-policy-report-only: script-src 'none'; connect-src 'none'; report-uri <YOUR_HOSTNAME>/cdn-cgi/script_monitor/report?<QUERY_STRING>
```

:::note[Notes]

Cloudflare adds the CSP report-only HTTP header used to monitor webpages resources to a sample of sent responses.

Configuring [log policies](/page-shield/policies/) will add other CSP report-only headers to responses. Cloudflare will not perform any sampling for these report-only headers related to customer-defined policies.

:::

## Related resources

- [Mozilla Developer Network's (MDN) documentation on Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only)

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The following pages include additional information about Page Shield:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Page Shield API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/page-shield-api/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

You can enable and disable Page Shield, configure its settings, and fetch information about detected scripts and connections using the [Page Shield API](/api/resources/page_shield/methods/get/).

To authenticate API requests you need an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/). For more information on the required API token permissions, refer to [Roles and permissions](/page-shield/reference/roles-and-permissions/).

:::note
Refer to [API deprecations](/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/) for details on Page Shield API changes.
:::

## Endpoints

You can obtain the complete endpoint by appending the [Page Shield API](/api/resources/page_shield/methods/get/) endpoints to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

The `{zone_id}` argument is the zone ID (a hexadecimal string). You can find this value in the Cloudflare dashboard or using the Cloudflare API's [`/zones` endpoint](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

The `{script_id}` argument is the script ID (a hexadecimal string). This value is included in the response of the [List Page Shield scripts](/api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/list/) operation for every detected script.

The `{connection_id}` argument is the connection ID (a hexadecimal string). This value is included in the response of the List Page Shield connections API operation for every detected connection.

The following table summarizes the available operations:

| Operation                         | Method + URL stub                                             | Notes                                                 |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| [Get Page Shield settings][1]     | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield`                             | Fetch Page Shield settings (including the status).    |
| [Update Page Shield settings][2]  | `PUT zones/{zone_id}/page_shield`                             | Update Page Shield settings.                          |
| [List Page Shield scripts][3]     | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/scripts`                     | Fetch a list of detected scripts.                     |
| [Get a Page Shield script][4]     | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/scripts/{script_id}`         | Fetch the details of a script.                        |
| [List Page Shield connections][5] | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/connections`                 | Fetch a list of detected connections.                 |
| [Get a Page Shield connection][6] | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/connections/{connection_id}` | Fetch the details of a connection.                    |
| [List Page Shield cookies][7]     | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/cookies`                     | Fetch a list of detected cookies.                     |
| [Get a Page Shield cookie][8]     | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/cookies/{cookie_id}`         | Fetch the details of a cookie.                        |
| [List Page Shield policies][9]    | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies`                    | Fetch a list of all configured CSP policies.          |
| [Get a Page Shield policy][10]    | `GET zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies/{policy_id}`        | Fetch the details of a CSP policy.                    |
| [Create a Page Shield policy][11] | `POST zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies`                   | Creates a CSP policy with the provided configuration. |
| [Update a Page Shield policy][12] | `PUT zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies/{policy_id}`        | Updates an existing CSP policy.                       |
| [Delete a Page Shield policy][13] | `DELETE zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies/{policy_id}`     | Deletes an existing CSP policy.                       |

[1]: /api/resources/page_shield/methods/get/
[2]: /api/resources/page_shield/methods/update/
[3]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/list/
[4]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/get/
[5]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/connections/methods/list/
[6]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/connections/methods/get/
[7]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/cookies/methods/list/
[8]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/cookies/methods/get/
[9]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/policies/methods/list/
[10]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/policies/methods/get/
[11]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/policies/methods/create/
[12]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/policies/methods/update/
[13]: /api/resources/page_shield/subresources/policies/methods/delete/

## API notes

The malicious script classification (`Malicious` or `Not malicious`) is not directly available in the API. To determine this classification, compare the script's `js_integrity_score` value with the classification threshold, which is currently set to 10. Scripts with a score value lower than the threshold are considered malicious.

## Common API calls

### Get Page Shield settings

This example obtains the current settings of Page Shield, including the status (enabled/disabled).

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"enabled": true,
		"updated_at": "2023-05-14T11:47:55.677555Z",
		"use_cloudflare_reporting_endpoint": true,
		"use_connection_url_path": false
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Enable Page Shield

This example enables Page Shield in the specified zone.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "enabled": true }'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"enabled": true,
		"updated_at": "2023-05-14T11:50:41.756996Z"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Fetch list of detected scripts

This `GET` request fetches a list of scripts detected by Page Shield on hostname `example.net`, requesting the first page with 15 items per page. The URL query string includes filtering and paging parameters.

By default, the response will only include scripts with `active` status when you do not specify a `status` filter parameter in the URL query string.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/scripts?hosts=example.net&page=1&per_page=15" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "8337233faec2357ff84465a919534e4d",
			"url": "https://malicious.example.com/badscript.js",
			"added_at": "2023-05-18T10:51:10.09615Z",
			"first_seen_at": "2023-05-18T10:51:08Z",
			"last_seen_at": "2023-05-22T09:57:54Z",
			"host": "example.net",
			"domain_reported_malicious": false,
			"url_reported_malicious": true,
			"malicious_url_categories": ["Malware"],
			"first_page_url": "http://malicious.example.com/page_one.html",
			"status": "active",
			"url_contains_cdn_cgi_path": false,
			"hash": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
			"js_integrity_score": 10,
			"obfuscation_score": 10,
			"dataflow_score": 8,
			"malware_score": 8,
			"cryptomining_score": 9,
			"magecart_score": 8,
			"fetched_at": "2023-05-21T16:58:07Z"
		}
		// (...)
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result_info": {
		"page": 1,
		"per_page": 15,
		"count": 15,
		"total_count": 24,
		"total_pages": 2
	}
}
```

Some fields displayed in the example response may not be available, depending on your Cloudflare plan.

For details on the available filtering, paging, and sorting parameters, refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/list/).

### Fetch list of infrequently reported scripts

This `GET` request fetches a list of infrequently reported scripts on hostname `example.net`, requesting the first page with 15 items per page. The URL query string includes filtering and paging parameters.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/scripts?status=infrequent&hosts=example.net&page=1&per_page=15" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "83c8da2267394ce8465b74c299658fea",
			"url": "https://scripts.example.com/anotherbadscript.js",
			"added_at": "2023-05-17T13:16:03.419619Z",
			"first_seen_at": "2023-05-17T13:15:23Z",
			"last_seen_at": "2023-05-18T09:05:20Z",
			"host": "example.net",
			"domain_reported_malicious": false,
			"url_reported_malicious": false,
			"first_page_url": "http://malicious.example.com/page_one.html",
			"status": "infrequent",
			"url_contains_cdn_cgi_path": false,
			"hash": "9245aad577e846dd9b990b1b32425a3fae4aad8b8a28441a8b80084b6bb75a45",
			"js_integrity_score": 48,
			"obfuscation_score": 49,
			"dataflow_score": 45,
			"malware_score": 45,
			"cryptomining_score": 37,
			"magecart_score": 49,
			"fetched_at": "2023-05-18T03:58:07Z"
		}
		// (...)
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result_info": {
		"page": 1,
		"per_page": 15,
		"count": 15,
		"total_count": 17,
		"total_pages": 2
	}
}
```

Some fields displayed in the example response may not be available, depending on your Cloudflare plan.

For details on the available filtering, paging, and sorting parameters, refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/list/).

### Get details of a detected script

This `GET` request obtains the details of a script detected by Page Shield with script ID `8337233faec2357ff84465a919534e4d`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/scripts/8337233faec2357ff84465a919534e4d" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "8337233faec2357ff84465a919534e4d",
		"url": "https://malicious.example.com/badscript.js",
		"added_at": "2023-05-18T10:51:10.09615Z",
		"first_seen_at": "2023-05-18T10:51:08Z",
		"last_seen_at": "2023-05-22T09:57:54Z",
		"host": "example.net",
		"domain_reported_malicious": false,
		"url_reported_malicious": true,
		"malicious_url_categories": ["Malware"],
		"first_page_url": "http://malicious.example.com/page_one.html",
		"status": "active",
		"url_contains_cdn_cgi_path": false,
		"hash": "9245aad577e846dd9b990b1b32425a3fae4aad8b8a28441a8b80084b6bb75a45",
		"js_integrity_score": 48,
		"obfuscation_score": 49,
		"dataflow_score": 45,
		"malware_score": 42,
		"cryptomining_score": 32,
		"magecart_score": 44,
		"fetched_at": "2023-05-21T16:58:07Z",
		"page_urls": [
			"http://malicious.example.com/page_two.html",
			"http://malicious.example.com/page_three.html",
			"http://malicious.example.com/page_four.html"
		],
		"versions": [
			{
				"hash": "9245aad577e846dd9b990b1b32425a3fae4aad8b8a28441a8b80084b6bb75a45",
				"js_integrity_score": 48,
				"obfuscation_score": 49,
				"dataflow_score": 45,
				"malware_score": 42,
				"cryptomining_score": 32,
				"magecart_score": 44,
				"fetched_at": "2023-05-21T16:58:07Z"
			}
		]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

Some fields displayed in the example response may not be available, depending on your Cloudflare plan.

### Fetch list of detected connections

This `GET` request fetches a list of connections detected by Page Shield, requesting the first page with 15 items per page.

By default, the response will only include connections with `active` status when you do not specify a `status` filter parameter in the URL query string.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/connections?page=1&per_page=15" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "0a7bb628776f4e50a50d8594c4a01740",
			"url": "https://malicious.example.com",
			"added_at": "2022-09-18T10:51:10.09615Z",
			"first_seen_at": "2022-09-18T10:51:08Z",
			"last_seen_at": "2022-09-02T09:57:54Z",
			"host": "example.net",
			"domain_reported_malicious": true,
			"malicious_domain_categories": ["Malware", "Spyware"],
			"url_reported_malicious": false,
			"malicious_url_categories": [],
			"first_page_url": "https://example.net/one.html",
			"status": "active",
			"url_contains_cdn_cgi_path": false
		}
		// (...)
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result_info": {
		"page": 1,
		"per_page": 15,
		"count": 15,
		"total_count": 16,
		"total_pages": 2
	}
}
```

For details on the available filtering, paging, and sorting parameters, refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/page_shield/subresources/scripts/methods/list/).

### Get details of a detected connection

This `GET` request obtains the details of a connection detected by Page Shield with connection ID `0a7bb628776f4e50a50d8594c4a01740`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/connections/0a7bb628776f4e50a50d8594c4a01740" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "0a7bb628776f4e50a50d8594c4a01740",
		"url": "https://malicious.example.com",
		"added_at": "2022-09-18T10:51:10.09615Z",
		"first_seen_at": "2022-09-18T10:51:08Z",
		"last_seen_at": "2022-09-02T09:57:54Z",
		"host": "example.net",
		"domain_reported_malicious": true,
		"malicious_domain_categories": ["Malware", "Spyware"],
		"url_reported_malicious": false,
		"malicious_url_categories": [],
		"first_page_url": "https://example.net/one.html",
		"status": "active",
		"url_contains_cdn_cgi_path": false
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Fetch list of detected cookies

This `GET` request fetches a list of cookies detected by Page Shield, requesting the first page with 15 items per page.

By default, the response will only include cookies with `active` status when you do not specify a `status` filter parameter in the URL query string.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/cookies?page=1&per_page=15" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "beee03ada7e047e79f076785d8cd8b8e",
			"type": "first_party",
			"name": "PHPSESSID",
			"host": "example.net",
			"domain_attribute": "example.net",
			"expires_attribute": "2024-10-21T12:28:20Z",
			"http_only_attribute": true,
			"max_age_attribute": null,
			"path_attribute": "/store",
			"same_site_attribute": "strict",
			"secure_attribute": true,
			"first_seen_at": "2024-05-06T10:51:08Z",
			"last_seen_at": "2024-05-07T11:56:01Z",
			"first_page_url": "example.net/store/products",
			"page_urls": ["example.net/store/products/1"]
		}
		// (...)
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result_info": {
		"page": 1,
		"per_page": 15,
		"count": 15,
		"total_count": 16,
		"total_pages": 2
	}
}
```

For details on the available filtering, paging, and sorting parameters, refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/#pagination).

### Get details of a detected cookie

This `GET` request obtains the details of a cookie detected by Page Shield with ID `beee03ada7e047e79f076785d8cd8b8e`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/cookies/beee03ada7e047e79f076785d8cd8b8e" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "beee03ada7e047e79f076785d8cd8b8e",
		"type": "first_party",
		"name": "PHPSESSID",
		"host": "example.net",
		"domain_attribute": "example.net",
		"expires_attribute": "2024-10-21T12:28:20Z",
		"http_only_attribute": true,
		"max_age_attribute": null,
		"path_attribute": "/store",
		"same_site_attribute": "strict",
		"secure_attribute": true,
		"first_seen_at": "2024-05-06T10:51:08Z",
		"last_seen_at": "2024-05-07T11:56:01Z",
		"first_page_url": "example.net/store/products",
		"page_urls": ["example.net/store/products/1"]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Create a policy

This `POST` request creates a Page Shield policy with _Log_ action, defining the following scripts as allowed based on where they are hosted:

- Scripts hosted in `myapp.example.com` (which does not include scripts in `example.com`).
- Scripts hosted in `cdnjs.cloudflare.com`.
- The Google Analytics script using its full URL.
- All scripts in the same origin (same HTTP or HTTPS scheme and hostname).

All other scripts would trigger a policy violation, but those scripts would not be blocked.

For more information on <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> directives and values, refer to the [MDN documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy).

:::note

For a list of CSP directives and keywords supported by Page Shield policies, refer to [CSP directives supported by policies](/page-shield/policies/csp-directives/).
:::

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/page_shield/policies" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My first policy in log mode",
  "action": "log",
  "expression": "http.host eq myapp.example.com",
  "enabled": "true",
  "value": "script-src myapp.example.com cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js '\''self'\''"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"id": "<POLICY_ID>",
		"description": "My first policy in log mode",
		"action": "log",
		"expression": "http.host eq myapp.example.com",
		"enabled": "true",
		"value": "script-src myapp.example.com cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js 'self'"
	}
}
```

To create a policy with an _Allow_ action instead of _Log_, use `"action": "allow"` in the request body. In the case of such policy, all scripts not allowed by the policy would be blocked.

---

# Roles and permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/roles-and-permissions/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare users with the following [roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) have access to Page Shield in the Cloudflare dashboard:

- Administrator
- Super Administrator - All Privileges
- Page Shield
- Page Shield Read _(read-only access)_
- Domain Page Shield
- Domain Page Shield Read _(read-only access)_

## API token permissions

To interact with the [Page Shield API](/page-shield/reference/page-shield-api/) you need an API token with one of the following [permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/):

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

- Page Shield > Edit
- Page Shield > Read _(read-only access)_

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

- Page Shield Write
- Page Shield Read _(read-only access)_

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Page Shield and PCI DSS compliance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/pci-dss/

You can use Page Shield for PCI DSS v4's client-side security requirements (items 6.4.3 and 11.6.1).

Refer to the [PCI DSS v.4.0 Evaluation](https://cfl.re/4dhk8Gx) whitepaper for details on how you can use Cloudflare Page Shield to meet the new v4 requirements.

:::note
To help with PCI DSS requirements, Page Shield requires you to have an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on. Refer to [Availability](/page-shield/#availability) for details on what is included in each plan.
:::

---

# Script and connection statuses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/script-statuses/

Cloudflare classifies scripts and connections (also known as resources) according to the following:

- The number of times a script/connection was reported.
- Whether the script/connection is considered malicious or not.

Use Page Shield's dashboards to review the scripts loaded in your domain and the connections they make. For more information, refer to [Monitor resources and cookies](/page-shield/detection/monitor-connections-scripts/).

## Available statuses

- **Infrequent**: There are less than three reports for the script/connection. If there are no reports for a script/connection with _Infrequent_ status for five days, then Page Shield will delete all the information about the script/connection. Scripts with _Infrequent_ status appear only in the All Reported Scripts dashboard, and connections with _Infrequent_ status appear only in the All Reported Connections dashboard.
- **Active**: There are more than three reports for the script/connection.
- **Inactive**: A previously active script/connection was not reported in the last seven days. If the script/connection is reported again later, its status will change back to _Active_. If the script/connection is not reported for 30 days, Page Shield will delete all the information about it. Scripts with _Inactive_ status appear only in the All Reported Scripts dashboard, and connections with _Inactive_ status appear only in the All Reported Connections dashboard.

:::note

All scripts and connections considered malicious will appear in the Monitors dashboard, regardless of their status.

Malicious script/connection detection is only available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.

:::

---

# Configuration settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/page-shield/reference/settings/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Reporting endpoint

When enabled, Page Shield uses a <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> [report-only HTTP header](/page-shield/reference/csp-header/) to gather information about all the scripts running on your application.

By default, reports are sent to a Cloudflare-owned endpoint:

```txt
https://csp-reporting.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/script_monitor/report?<QUERY_STRING>
```

Enterprise customers with a paid add-on can change the reporting endpoint so that the CSP reports are sent to the same hostname:

```txt
<YOUR-HOSTNAME>/cdn-cgi/script-monitor/report?<QUERY_STRING>
```

### Prerequisites for using the same hostname for CSP reports

Using the same hostname for CSP reporting may interfere with other Cloudflare products. Before selecting this option, ensure that your Cloudflare configuration complies with the following:

- No rate limiting rules match the `cdn-cgi/*` URL path
- No WAF custom rules match the `cdn-cgi/*` URL path

### Configure the reporting endpoint

To configure the CSP reporting endpoint:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Reporting endpoint**, select **Cloudflare-owned endpoint** or **Same hostname**.
4. Select **Apply settings**.

## Connection target details

When connection targets are reported to Cloudflare, their URIs can sometimes include sensitive data such as session ID.

By default, Page Shield will only check the domain against malicious threat intelligence feeds. You can choose to let Page Shield use the full URI when analyzing the connections made from your domain's pages. Any sensitive data present in the URI will be logged in clear text, and any user with access to the connection monitor dashboard will be able to view it.

### Configure the connection target details to use

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Connection target details**, select **Log host only** to analyze only the hostname or **Log full URI** to use the full URI in Page Shield.
4. Select **Apply settings**.

## Turn off Page Shield

When you turn off Page Shield, you lose visibility on the scripts running on your zone, the outbound connections made from pages in your domain, and cookies detected in HTTP traffic.

To turn off Page Shield:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Page Shield** > **Settings**.
3. In **Disable Page Shield**, select **Disable**.

:::note
Turning off Page Shield will not turn off [policies](/page-shield/policies/). To turn off policies, go to **Page Shield** > **Policies**.
:::

---

# Branch deployment controls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When connected to your git repository, Pages allows you to control which environments and branches you would like to automatically deploy to. By default, Pages will trigger a deployment any time you commit to either your production or preview environment. However, with branch deployment controls, you can configure automatic deployments to suit your preference on a per project basis.

## Production branch control

:::caution[Direct Upload]


<Render file="prod-branch-update" />


:::

To configure deployment options, go to your Pages project > **Settings** > **Builds & deployments** > **Configure Production deployments**. Pages will default to setting your production environment to the branch you first push, but you can set your production to another branch if you choose.

You can also enable or disable automatic deployment behavior on the production branch by checking the **Enable automatic production branch deployments** box. You must save your settings in order for the new production branch controls to take effect.

## Preview branch control

When configuring automatic preview deployments, there are three options to choose from.

* **All non-Production branches**: By default, Pages will automatically deploy any and every commit to a preview branch.
* **None**: Turns off automatic builds for all preview branches.
* **Custom branches**: Customize the automatic deployments of certain preview branches.

### Custom preview branch control

By selecting **Custom branches**, you can specify branches you wish to include and exclude from automatic deployments in the provided configuration fields. The configuration fields can be filled in two ways:

* **Static branch names**: Enter the precise name of the branch you are looking to include or exclude (for example, staging or dev).
* **Wildcard syntax**: Use wildcards to match multiple branches. You can specify wildcards at the start or end of your rule. The order of execution for the configuration is (1) Excludes, (2) Includes, (3) Skip. Pages will process the exclude configuration first, then go to the include configuration. If a branch does not match either then it will be skipped.

:::note[Wildcard syntax]


A wildcard (`*`) is a character that is used within rules. It can be placed alone to match anything or placed at the start or end of a rule to allow for better control over branch configuration. A wildcard will match zero or more characters.For example, if you wanted to match all branches that started with `fix/` then you would create the rule `fix/*` to match strings like `fix/1`, `fix/bugs`or `fix/`.


:::

**Example 1:**

If you want to enforce branch prefixes such as `fix/`, `feat/`, or `chore/` with wildcard syntax, you can include and exclude certain branches with the following rules:

* Include Preview branches:
  `fix/*`, `feat/*`, `chore/*`

* Exclude Preview branches:
  \`\`

Here Pages will include any branches with the indicated prefixes and exclude everything else. In this example, the excluding option is left empty.

**Example 2:**

If you wanted to prevent [dependabot](https://github.com/dependabot) from creating a deployment for each PR it creates, you can exclude those branches with the following:

* Include Preview branches:
  `*`

* Exclude Preview branches:
  `dependabot/*`

Here Pages will include all branches except any branch starting with `dependabot`. In this example, the excluding option means any `dependabot/`  branches will not be built.

**Example 3:**

If you only want to deploy release-prefixed branches, then you could use the following rules:

* Include Preview branches:
  `release/*`

* Exclude Preview branches:
  `*`

This will deploy only branches starting with `release/`.

---

# REST API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/api/

The [Pages API](/api/resources/pages/subresources/projects/methods/list/) empowers you to build automations and integrate Pages with your development workflow. At a high level, the API endpoints let you manage deployments and builds and configure projects. Cloudflare supports [Deploy Hooks](/pages/configuration/deploy-hooks/) for headless CMS deployments. Refer to the [API documentation](https://api.cloudflare.com/) for a full breakdown of object types and endpoints.

## How to use the API

### Get an API token

To create an API token:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select the user icon on the top right of your dashboard > **My Profile**.
3. Select [**API Tokens**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) > **Create Token**.
4. You can go to **Edit Cloudflare Workers** template > **Use template** or go to **Create Custom Token** > **Get started**. If you create a custom token, you will need to make sure to add the **Cloudflare Pages** permission with **Edit** access.

### Make requests

After creating your token, you can authenticate and make requests to the API using your API token in the request headers. For example, here is an API request to get all deployments in a project.

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pages/projects/{project_name}/deployments' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'
```

Try it with one of your projects by replacing `{account_id}`, `{project_name}`, and `<API_TOKEN>`. Refer to [Find your account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for more information.

## Examples

The API is even more powerful when combined with Cloudflare Workers: the easiest way to deploy serverless functions on Cloudflare's global network. The following section includes three code examples on how to use the Pages API. To build and deploy these samples, refer to the [Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/).

### Triggering a new build every hour

Suppose we have a CMS that pulls data from live sources to compile a static output. You can keep the static content as recent as possible by triggering new builds periodically using the API.

```js
const endpoint = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pages/projects/{project_name}/deployments";

export default {
  async scheduled(_, env) {
    const init = {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
        // We recommend you store the API token as a secret using the Workers dashboard or using Wrangler as documented here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
      },
    };

    await fetch(endpoint, init);
  }
}
```

After you have deployed the JavaScript Worker, set a cron trigger in your Worker to run this script periodically. Refer to [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) for more details.

### Deleting old deployments after a week

Cloudflare Pages hosts and serves all project deployments on preview links. Suppose you want to keep your project private and prevent access to your old deployments. You can use the API to delete deployments after a month, so that they are no longer public online. The latest deployment for a branch cannot be deleted.

```js
const endpoint = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pages/projects/{project_name}/deployments";
const expirationDays = 7;

export default {
  async scheduled(_, env) {
    const init = {
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
        // We recommend you store the API token as a secret using the Workers dashboard or using Wrangler as documented here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
      },
    };

    const response = await fetch(endpoint, init);
    const deployments = await response.json();

    for (const deployment of deployments.result) {
      // Check if the deployment was created within the last x days (as defined by `expirationDays` above)
      if ((Date.now() - new Date(deployment.created_on)) / 86400000 > expirationDays) {
        // Delete the deployment
        await fetch(`${endpoint}/${deployment.id}`, {
          method: "DELETE",
          headers: {
            "Content-Type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
            "Authorization": `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
          },
        });
      }
    }
  }
}
```

After you have deployed the JavaScript Worker, you can set a cron trigger in your Worker to run this script periodically. Refer to the [Cron Triggers guide](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) for more details.

### Sharing project information

Imagine you are working on a development team using Pages to build your websites. You would want an easy way to share deployment preview links and build status without having to share Cloudflare accounts. Using the API, you can easily share project information, including deployment status and preview links, and serve this content as HTML from a Cloudflare Worker.

```js
const deploymentsEndpoint =
  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pages/projects/{project_name}/deployments";
const projectEndpoint =
  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/pages/projects/{project_name}";

export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const init = {
      headers: {
        "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
        // We recommend you store the API token as a secret using the Workers dashboard or using Wrangler as documented here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret
        "Authorization": `Bearer ${env.API_TOKEN}`,
      },
    };

    const style = `body { padding: 6em; font-family: sans-serif; } h1 { color: #f6821f }`;
    let content = "<h2>Project</h2>";

    let response = await fetch(projectEndpoint, init);
    const projectResponse = await response.json();
    content += `<p>Project Name: ${projectResponse.result.name}</p>`;
    content += `<p>Project ID: ${projectResponse.result.id}</p>`;
    content += `<p>Pages Subdomain: ${projectResponse.result.subdomain}</p>`;
    content += `<p>Domains: ${projectResponse.result.domains}</p>`;
    content += `<a href="${projectResponse.result.canonical_deployment.url}"><p>Latest preview: ${projectResponse.result.canonical_deployment.url}</p></a>`;

    content += `<h2>Deployments</h2>`;
    response = await fetch(deploymentsEndpoint, init);
    const deploymentsResponse = await response.json();

    for (const deployment of deploymentsResponse.result) {
      content += `<a href="${deployment.url}"><p>Deployment: ${deployment.id}</p></a>`;
    }

    let html = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title>Example Pages Project</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <style>${style}</style>
        <div id="container">
          ${content}
        </div>
      </body>`;

    return new Response(html, {
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
      },
    });
  }
}
```

## Related resources

* [Pages API Docs](/api/resources/pages/subresources/projects/methods/list/)
* [Workers Getting Started Guide](/workers/get-started/guide/)
* [Workers Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)

---

# Build caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/build-caching/

Improve Pages build times by caching dependencies and build output between builds with a project-wide shared cache.

The first build to occur after enabling build caching on your Pages project will save to cache. Every subsequent build will restore from cache unless configured otherwise.

## About build cache

When enabled, the build cache will automatically detect and cache data from each build. Refer to [Frameworks](/pages/configuration/build-caching/#frameworks) to review what directories are automatically saved and restored from the build cache.

### Requirements

Build caching requires the [V2 build system](/pages/configuration/build-image/#v2-build-system) or later. To update from V1, refer to the [V2 build system migration instructions](/pages/configuration/build-image/#v1-to-v2-migration).

### Package managers

Pages will cache the global cache directories of the following package managers:

| Package Manager               | Directories cached   |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------- |
| [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) | `.npm`               |
| [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/)  | `.cache/yarn`        |
| [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/)      | `.pnpm-store`        |
| [bun](https://bun.sh/)        | `.bun/install/cache` |

### Frameworks

Some frameworks provide a cache directory that is typically populated by the framework with intermediate build outputs or dependencies during build time. Pages will automatically detect the framework you are using and cache this directory for reuse in subsequent builds.

The following frameworks support build output caching:

| Framework  | Directories cached                            |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Astro      | `node_modules/.astro`                         |
| Docusaurus | `node_modules/.cache`, `.docusaurus`, `build` |
| Eleventy   | `.cache`                                      |
| Gatsby     | `.cache`, `public`                            |
| Next.js    | `.next/cache`                                 |
| Nuxt       | `node_modules/.cache/nuxt`                    |

### Limits

The following limits are imposed for build caching:

- **Retention**: Cache is purged seven days after its last read date. Unread cache artifacts are purged seven days after creation.
- **Storage**: Every project is allocated 10 GB. If the project cache exceeds this limit, the project will automatically start deleting artifacts that were read least recently.

## Enable build cache

To enable build caching :

1. Navigate to [Workers & Pages Overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) on the Dashboard.
2. Find your Pages project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build cache**.
4. Select **Enable** to turn on build caching.

## Clear build cache

The build cache can be cleared for a project if needed, such as when debugging build issues. To clear the build cache:

1. Navigate to [Workers & Pages Overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) on the Dashboard.
2. Find your Pages project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build cache**.
4. Select **Clear Cache** to clear the build cache.

---

# Build configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/build-configuration/

import { Details, PagesBuildPresetsTable } from "~/components";

You may tell Cloudflare Pages how your site needs to be built as well as where its output files will be located.

## Build commands and directories

You should provide a build command to tell Cloudflare Pages how to build your application. For projects not listed here, consider reading the tool's documentation or framework, and submit a pull request to add it here.

Build directories indicates where your project's build command outputs the built version of your Cloudflare Pages site. Often, this defaults to the industry-standard `public`, but you may find that you need to customize it.

<Details header="Understanding your build configuration">

The build command is provided by your framework. For example, the Gatsby framework uses `gatsby build` as its build command. When you are working without a framework, leave the **Build command** field blank. Pages determines whether a build has succeeded or failed by reading the exit code returned from the user supplied build command. Any non-zero return code will cause a build to be marked as failed. An exit code of 0 will cause the Pages build to be marked as successful and assets will be uploaded regardless of if error logs are written to standard error.

The build directory is generated from the build command. Each framework has its own naming convention, for example, the build output directory is named `/public` for many frameworks.

The root directory is where your site’s content lives. If not specified, Cloudflare assumes that your linked git repository is the root directory. The root directory needs to be specified in cases like monorepos, where there may be multiple projects in one repository.

</Details>

## Framework presets

Cloudflare maintains a list of build configurations for popular frameworks and tools. These are accessible during project creation. Below are some standard build commands and directories for popular frameworks and tools.

If you are not using a preset, use `exit 0` as your **Build command**.

<PagesBuildPresetsTable />

## Environment variables

If your project makes use of environment variables to build your site, provide custom environment variables:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
4. Select **Settings** > **Environment variables**.

The following system environment variables are injected by default (but can be overridden):

| Environment Variable  | Injected value                        | Example use-case                                                                        |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CF_PAGES`            | `1`                                   | Changing build behaviour when run on Pages versus locally                               |
| `CF_PAGES_COMMIT_SHA` | `<sha1-hash-of-current-commit>`       | Passing current commit ID to error reporting, for example, Sentry                       |
| `CF_PAGES_BRANCH`     | `<branch-name-of-current-deployment>` | Customizing build based on branch, for example, disabling debug logging on `production` |
| `CF_PAGES_URL`        | `<url-of-current-deployment>`         | Allowing build tools to know the URL the page will be deployed at                       |

---

# Build image

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/build-image/

import {
	PagesBuildEnvironment,
	PagesBuildEnvironmentLanguages,
	PagesBuildEnvironmentTools,
} from "~/components";

Cloudflare Pages' build environment has broad support for a variety of languages, such as Ruby, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Go.

If you need to use a [specific version](/pages/configuration/build-image/#overriding-default-versions) of a language, (for example, Node.js or Ruby) you can specify it by providing an associated environment variable in your build configuration, or setting the relevant file in your source code.

## Supported languages and tools

In the following tables, review the preinstalled versions for languages and tools included in the Cloudflare Pages' build image, and the environment variables and/or files available for [overriding the preinstalled version](/pages/configuration/build-image/#overriding-default-versions):

### Languages and runtime

<PagesBuildEnvironmentLanguages />

:::note[Any version]
Under Supported versions, "Any version" refers to support for all versions of the language or tool including versions newer than the Default version.
:::

### Tools

<PagesBuildEnvironmentTools />

:::note[Any version]
Under Supported versions, "Any version" refers to support for all versions of the language or tool including versions newer than the Default version.
:::

### Frameworks

To use a specific version of a framework, specify it in the project's package manager configuration file.
For example, if you use Gatsby, your `package.json` should include the following:

```
"dependencies": {
	"gatsby": "^5.13.7",
}
```

When your build starts, if not already [cached](/pages/configuration/build-caching/), version 5.13.7 of Gatsby will be installed using `npm install`.

## Overriding default versions

To override default versions of languages and tools in the build system, you can either set the desired version through environment variables or by adding files to your project.

To set the version using environment variables, you can:

1. Find the environment variable name for the language or tool in [this table](/pages/configuration/build-image/#supported-languages-and-tools).
2. Add the environment variable on the dashboard by going to **Settings** > **Environment variables** in your Pages project, or [add the environment variable via Wrangler](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/#add-environment-variables-via-wrangler).

Or, to set the version by adding a file to your project, you can:

1. Find the file name for the language or tool in [this table](/pages/configuration/build-image/#supported-languages-and-tools).
2. Add the specified file name to the root directory of your project, and add the desired version number as the contents of the file.

For example, if you were previously relying on the default version of Node.js in the v1 build system, to migrate to v2, you must specify that you need Node.js `12.18.0` by setting a `NODE_VERSION = 12.18.0` environment variable or by adding a `.node-version` or `.nvmrc` file to your project with `12.18.0` added as the contents to the file.

## V2 build system

The [v2 build system](https://blog.cloudflare.com/moderizing-cloudflare-pages-builds-toolbox/) announced in May 2023 brings several improvements to project builds.

### V1 to V2 Migration

To migrate to this new version, configure your Pages project settings in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** > in **Overview**, select your Pages project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build & deployments** > **Build system version** and select the latest version.

If you were previously relying on the default versions of any languages or tools in the build system, your build may fail when migrating to v2. To fix this, you must specify the version you wish to use by [overriding](/pages/configuration/build-image/#overriding-default-versions) the default versions.

### Limitations

Here are some limitations with the v2 build system:

- Specifying Node.js versions as codenames (for example, `hydrogen` or `lts/hydrogen`).
- Detecting Yarn version from `yarn.lock` file version.
- Detecting pnpm version detection based `pnpm-lock.yaml` file version.
- Detecting Node.js and package managers from `package.json` -> `"engines"`.
- `pipenv` and `Pipfile` support.

## Build environment

Cloudflare Pages builds are run in a [gVisor](https://gvisor.dev/docs/) container.

<PagesBuildEnvironment />

---

# Build watch paths

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/build-watch-paths/

When you connect a git repository to Pages, by default a change to any file in the repository will trigger a Pages build. You can configure Pages to include or exclude specific paths to specify if Pages should skip a build for a given path. This can be especially helpful if you are using a monorepo project structure and want to limit the amount of builds being kicked off.

## Configure paths

To configure which paths are included and excluded:

1. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build watch paths**. Pages will default to setting your project’s includes paths to everything (\[\*]) and excludes paths to nothing (`[]`).

The configuration fields can be filled in two ways:

- **Static filepaths**: Enter the precise name of the file you are looking to include or exclude (for example, `docs/README.md`).
- **Wildcard syntax:** Use wildcards to match multiple path directories. You can specify wildcards at the start or end of your rule.

:::note[Wildcard syntax]

A wildcard (`*`) is a character that is used within rules. It can be placed alone to match anything or placed at the start or end of a rule to allow for better control over branch configuration. A wildcard will match zero or more characters.For example, if you wanted to match all branches that started with `fix/` then you would create the rule `fix/*` to match strings like `fix/1`, `fix/bugs`or `fix/`.

:::

For each path in a push event, build watch paths will be evaluated as follows:

- Paths satisfying excludes conditions are ignored first
- Any remaining paths are checked against includes conditions
- If any matching path is found, a build is triggered. Otherwise the build is skipped

Pages will bypass the path matching for a push event and default to building the project if:

- A push event contains 0 file changes, in case a user pushes a empty push event to trigger a build
- A push event contains 3000+ file changes or 20+ commits

## Examples

### Example 1

If you want to trigger a build from all changes within a set of directories, such as all changes in the folders `project-a/` and `packages/`

- Include paths: `project-a/*, packages/*`
- Exclude paths: \`\`

### Example 2

If you want to trigger a build for any changes, but want to exclude changes to a certain directory, such as all changes in a docs/ directory

- Include paths: `*`
- Exclude paths: `docs/*`

### Example 3

If you want to trigger a build for a specific file or specific filetype, for example all files ending in `.md`.

- Include paths: `*.md`
- Exclude paths: \`\`

---

# Debugging Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/debugging-pages/

When setting up your Pages project, you may encounter various errors that prevent you from successfully deploying your site. This guide gives an overview of some common errors and solutions.

## Check your build log

You can review build errors in your Pages build log. To access your build log:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. In **Account Home**, go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project > **View build**.

![After logging in to the Cloudflare dashboard, access the build log by following the instructions above](~/assets/images/pages/platform/pages-build-log.png)

Possible errors in your build log are included in the following sections.

### Initializing build environment

Possible errors in this step could be caused by improper installation during Git integration.

To fix this in GitHub:

1. Log in to your GitHub account.
2. Go to **Settings** from your user icon > find **Applications** under Integrations.
3. Find **Cloudflare Pages** > **Configure** > scroll down and select **Uninstall**.
4. Re-authorize your GitHub user/organisation on the Cloudflare dashboard.

To fix this in GitLab:

1. Log in to your GitLab account.
2. Go to **Preferences** from your user icon > **Applications**.
3. Find **Cloudflare Pages** > scroll down and select **Revoke**.

Be aware that you need a role of **Maintainer** or above to successfully link your repository, otherwise the build will fail.

### Cloning git repository

Possible errors in this step could be caused by lack of Git Large File Storage (LFS). Check your LFS usage by referring to the [GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-git-large-file-storage/viewing-your-git-large-file-storage-usage) and [GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/lfs/) documentation.

Make sure to also review your submodule configuration by going to the `.gitmodules` file in your root directory. This file needs to contain both a `path` and a `url` property.

Example of a valid configuration:

```js
[submodule "example"]
	path = example/path
	url = git://github.com/example/repo.git
```

Example of an invalid configuration:

```js
[submodule "example"]
	path = example/path
```

or

```js
[submodule "example"]
        url = git://github.com/example/repo.git
```

### Building application

Possible errors in this step could be caused by faulty setup in your Pages project. Review your build command, output folder and environment variables for any incorrect configuration.

:::note


Make sure there are no emojis or special characters as part of your commit message in a Pages project that is integrated with GitHub or GitLab as it can potentially cause issues when building the project.


:::

### Deploying to Cloudflare's global network

Possible errors in this step could be caused by incorrect Pages Functions configuration. Refer to the [Functions](/pages/functions/) documentation for more information on Functions setup.

If you are not using Functions or have reviewed that your Functions configuration does not contain any errors, review the [Cloudflare Status site](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/) for Cloudflare network issues that could be causing the build failure.

## Differences between `pages.dev` and custom domains

If your custom domain is proxied (orange-clouded) through Cloudflare, your zone's settings, like caching, will apply.

If you are experiencing issues with new content not being shown, go to **Rules** > **Page Rules** in the Cloudflare dashboard and check for a Page Rule with **Cache Everything** enabled. If present, remove this rule as Pages handles its own cache.

If you are experiencing errors on your custom domain but not on your `pages.dev` domain, go to **DNS** > **Records** in the Cloudflare dashboard and set the DNS record for your project to be **DNS Only** (grey cloud). If the error persists, review your zone's configuration.

## Domain stuck in verification

If your [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) has not moved from the **Verifying** stage in the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to the following debugging steps.

### Blocked HTTP validation

Pages uses HTTP validation and needs to hit an HTTP endpoint during validation. If another Cloudflare product is in the way (such as [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), [a redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/), [a Worker](/workers/), etc.), validation cannot be completed.

To check this, run a `curl` command against your domain hitting `/.well-known/acme-challenge/randomstring`. For example:

```sh
curl -I https://example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/randomstring
```

```sh output

HTTP/2 302
date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 08:37:39 GMT
location: https://example.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/login/example.com?kid=...&redirect_url=%2F.well-known%2Facme-challenge%2F...
access-control-allow-credentials: true
cache-control: private, max-age=0, no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0
server: cloudflare
cf-ray: 7b1ffdaa8ad60693-MAN
```

In the example above, you are redirecting to Cloudflare Access (as shown by the `Location` header). In this case, you need to disable Access over the domain until the domain is verified. After the domain is verified, Access can be re-enabled.

You will need to do the same kind of thing for Redirect Rules or a Worker example too.

### Missing CAA records

If nothing is blocking the HTTP validation, then you may be missing Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) records. This is likely if you have disabled [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or use an external provider.

To check this, run a `dig` on the custom domain's apex (or zone, if this is a [subdomain zone](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/)). For example:

```sh
dig CAA example.com
```

```sh output

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> CAA example.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59018
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;example.com.		IN	CAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com.	300	IN	CAA	0 issue "amazon.com"

;; Query time: 92 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.2.2#53(127.0.2.2)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 03 10:15:51 BST 2023
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 76
```

In the above example, there is only a single CAA record which is allowing Amazon to issue ceritficates.

To resolve this, you will need to add the following CAA records which allows all of the Certificate Authorities (CAs) Cloudflare uses to issue certificates:

```
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "ssl.com"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "ssl.com"
```

### Zone holds

A [zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/) will prevent Pages from adding a custom domain for a hostname under a zone hold.

To add a custom domain for a hostname with a zone hold, temporarily [release the zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/#release-zone-holds) during the custom domain setup process.

Once the custom domain has been successfully completed, you may [reinstate the zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/#enable-zone-holds).

:::caution[Still having issues]

If you have done the steps above and your domain is still verifying after 15 minutes, join our [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) for support or contact our support team through the [Support Portal](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support).

:::

## Resources

If you need additional guidance on build errors, contact your Cloudflare account team (Enterprise) or refer to the [Support Center](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) for guidance on contacting Cloudflare Support.

You can also ask questions in the Pages section of the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev).

---

# Custom domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/custom-domains/

When deploying your Pages project, you may wish to point custom domains (or subdomains) to your site.

## Add a custom domain

To add a custom domain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account in **Account Home** > **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Custom domains**.
4. Select **Set up a domain**.
5. Provide the domain that you would like to serve your Cloudflare Pages site on and select **Continue**.

![Adding a custom domain for your Pages project through the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/platform/domains.png)

### Add a custom apex domain

If you are deploying to an apex domain (for example, `example.com`), then you will need to add your site as a Cloudflare zone and [configure your nameservers](#configure-nameservers).

#### Configure nameservers

To use a custom apex domain (for example, `example.com`) with your Pages project, [configure your nameservers to point to Cloudflare's nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/). If your nameservers are successfully pointed to Cloudflare, Cloudflare will proceed by creating a CNAME record for you.

### Add a custom subdomain

If you are deploying to a subdomain, it is not necessary for your site to be a Cloudflare zone. You will need to [add a custom CNAME record](#add-a-custom-cname-record) to point the domain to your Cloudflare Pages site. To deploy your Pages project to a custom apex domain, that custom domain must be a zone on the Cloudflare account you have created your Pages project on.

:::note


If the zone is on the Enterprise plan, make sure that you [release the zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/#release-zone-holds) before adding the custom domain. A zone hold would prevent the custom subdomain from activating.


:::

#### Add a custom CNAME record

If you do not want to point your nameservers to Cloudflare, you must create a custom CNAME record to use a subdomain with Cloudflare Pages. After logging in to your DNS provider, add a CNAME record for your desired subdomain, for example, `shop.example.com`. This record should point to your custom Pages subdomain, for example, `<YOUR_SITE>.pages.dev`.

| Type    | Name               | Content                 |
| ------- | ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `CNAME` | `shop.example.com` | `<YOUR_SITE>.pages.dev` |

If your site is already managed as a Cloudflare zone, the CNAME record will be added automatically after you confirm your DNS record.

:::note


To ensure a custom domain is added successfully, you must go through the [Add a custom domain](#add-a-custom-domain) process described above. Manually adding a custom CNAME record pointing to your Cloudflare Pages site - without first associating the domain (or subdomains) in the Cloudflare Pages dashboard - will result in your domain failing to resolve at the CNAME record address, and display a [`522` error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-522-connection-timed-out).


:::

## Delete a custom domain

To detach a custom domain from your Pages project, you must modify your zone's DNS records.

First, log in to the Cloudflare dashboard > select your account in **Account Home** > select your website > **DNS**.

Then, in **DNS** > **Records**:

1. Locate your Pages project's CNAME record.
2. Select **Edit**.
3. Select **Delete**.

Next, in Account Home, go to **Workers & Pages**:

1. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
2. Go to **Custom domains**.
3. Select the **three dot icon** next to your custom domain > **Remove domain**.

After completing these steps, your Pages project will only be accessible through the `*.pages.dev` subdomain you chose when creating your project.

## Disable access to `*.pages.dev` subdomain

To disable access to your project's provided `*.pages.dev` subdomain:

1. Use Cloudflare Access over your previews (`*.{project}.pages.dev`). Refer to [Customize preview deployments access](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/#customize-preview-deployments-access).

2. Redirect the `*.pages.dev` URL associated with your production Pages project to a custom domain. You can use the account-level [Bulk Redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) feature to redirect your `*.pages.dev` URL to a custom domain.

## Caching

For guidelines on caching, refer to [Caching and performance](/pages/configuration/serving-pages/#caching-and-performance).

## Known issues

### CAA records

Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) records allow you to restrict certificate issuance to specific Certificate Authorities (CAs).

This can cause issues when adding a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) to your Pages project if you have CAA records that do not allow Cloudflare to issue a certificate for your custom domain.

To resolve this, add the necessary CAA records to allow Cloudflare to issue a certificate for your custom domain.

```
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issue "ssl.com"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com.            300     IN      CAA     0 issuewild "ssl.com"
```

Refer to the [Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) FAQ](/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/caa-records/) for more information.

### Change DNS entry away from Pages and then back again

Once a custom domain is set up, if you change the DNS entry to point to something else (for example, your origin), the custom domain will become inactive. If you then change that DNS entry to point back at your custom domain, anybody using that DNS entry to visit your website will get errors until it becomes active again. If you want to redirect traffic away from your Pages project temporarily instead of changing the DNS entry, it would be better to use an [Origin rule](/rules/origin-rules/) or a [redirect rule](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/) instead.

## Relevant resources

* [Debugging Pages](/pages/configuration/debugging-pages/) - Review common errors when deploying your Pages project.

---

# Deploy Hooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/deploy-hooks/

With Deploy Hooks, you can trigger deployments using event sources beyond commits in your source repository. Each event source may obtain its own unique URL, which will receive HTTP POST requests in order to initiate new deployments. This feature allows you to integrate Pages with new or existing workflows. For example, you may:

* Automatically deploy new builds whenever content in a Headless CMS changes
* Implement a fully customized CI/CD pipeline, deploying only under desired conditions
* Schedule a CRON trigger to update your website on a fixed timeline

To create a Deploy Hook:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
4. Go to **Settings** > **Builds & deployments** and select **Add deploy hook** to start configuration.

![Add a deploy hook on the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/platform/deploy-hooks-add.png)

## Parameters needed

To configure your Deploy Hook, you must enter two key parameters:

1. **Deploy hook name:** a unique identifier for your Deploy Hook (for example, `contentful-site`)
2. **Branch to build:** the repository branch your Deploy Hook should build

![Choosing Deploy Hook name and branch to build on Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/platform/deploy-hooks-configure.png)

## Using your Deploy Hook

Once your configuration is complete, the Deploy Hook’s unique URL is ready to be used. You will see both the URL as well as the POST request snippet available to copy.

![Reviewing the Deploy Hook's newly generated unique URL](~/assets/images/pages/platform/deploy-hooks-details.png)

Every time a request is sent to your Deploy Hook, a new build will be triggered. Review the **Source** column of your deployment log to see which deployment were triggered by a Deploy Hook.

![Reviewing which deployment was triggered by a Deploy Hook](~/assets/images/pages/platform/deploy-hooks-deployment-logs.png)

## Security Considerations

Deploy Hooks are uniquely linked to your project and do not require additional authentication to be used. While this does allow for complete flexibility, it is important that you protect these URLs in the same way you would safeguard any proprietary information or application secret.

If you suspect unauthorized usage of a Deploy Hook, you should delete the Deploy Hook and generate a new one in its place.

## Integrating Deploy Hooks with common CMS platforms

Every CMS provider is different and will offer different pathways in integrating with Pages' Deploy Hooks. The following section contains step-by-step instructions for a select number of popular CMS platforms.

### Contentful

Contentful supports integration with Cloudflare Pages via its **Webhooks** feature. In your Contentful project settings, go to **Webhooks**, create a new Webhook, and paste in your unique Deploy Hook URL in the **URL** field. Optionally, you can specify events that the Contentful Webhook should forward. By default, Contentful will trigger a Pages deployment on all project activity, which may be a bit too frequent. You can filter for specific events, such as Create, Publish, and many others.

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with Contentful](~/assets/images/pages/platform/contentful.png)

### Ghost

You can configure your Ghost website to trigger Pages deployments by creating a new **Custom Integration**. In your Ghost website’s settings, create a new Custom Integration in the **Integrations** page.

Each custom integration created can have multiple **webhooks** attached to it. Create a new webhook by selecting **Add webhook** and **Site changed (rebuild)** as the **Event**. Then paste your unique Deploy Hook URL as the **Target URL** value. After creating this webhook, your Cloudflare Pages application will redeploy whenever your Ghost site changes.

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with Ghost](~/assets/images/pages/platform/ghost.png)

### Sanity

In your Sanity project's Settings page, find the **Webhooks** section, and add the Deploy Hook URL, as seen below. By default, the Webhook will trigger your Pages Deploy Hook for all datasets inside of your Sanity project. You can filter notifications to individual datasets, such as production, using the **Dataset** field:

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with Sanity](~/assets/images/pages/platform/sanity.png)

### WordPress

You can configure WordPress to trigger a Pages Deploy Hook by installing the free **WP Webhooks** plugin. The plugin includes a number of triggers, such as **Send Data on New Post, Send Data on Post Update** and **Send Data on Post Deletion**, all of which allow you to trigger new Pages deployments as your WordPress data changes. Select a trigger on the sidebar of the plugin settings and then [**Add Webhook URL**](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-webhooks/), pasting in your unique Deploy Hook URL.

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with WordPress](~/assets/images/pages/platform/wordpress.png)

### Strapi

In your Strapi Admin Panel, you can set up and configure webhooks to enhance your experience with Cloudflare Pages. In the Strapi Admin Panel:

1. Navigate to **Settings**.
2. Select **Webhooks**.
3. Select **Add New Webhook**.
4. In the **Name** form field, give your new webhook a unique name.
5. In the **URL** form field, paste your unique Cloudflare Deploy Hook URL.

In the Strapi Admin Panel, you can configure your webhook to be triggered based on events. You can adjust these settings to create a new deployment of your Cloudflare Pages site automatically when a Strapi entry or media asset is created, updated, or deleted.

Be sure to add the webhook configuration to the [production](https://strapi.io/documentation/developer-docs/latest/setup-deployment-guides/installation.html) Strapi application that powers your Cloudflare site.

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with Strapi](~/assets/images/pages/platform/strapi.png)

### Storyblok

You can set up and configure deploy hooks in Storyblok to trigger events. In your Storyblok space, go to **Settings** and scroll down to **Webhooks**. Paste your deploy hook into the **Story published & unpublished** field and select **Save**.

![Configuring Deploy Hooks with Storyblok](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/53130544/161367254-ff475f3b-2821-4ee8-a175-8e96e779aa08.png)

---

# Early Hints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/early-hints/

[Early Hints](/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/) help the browser to load webpages faster. Early Hints is enabled automatically on all `pages.dev` domains and custom domains.

Early Hints automatically caches any [`preload`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Link_types/preload) and [`preconnect`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Link_types/preconnect) type [`Link` headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Link) to send as Early Hints to the browser. The hints are sent to the browser before the full response is prepared, and the browser can figure out how to load the webpage faster for the end user. There are two ways to create these `Link` headers in Pages:

## Configure Early Hints

Early Hints can be created with either of the two methods detailed below.

### 1. Configure your `_headers` file

Create custom headers using the [`_headers` file](/pages/configuration/headers/). If you include a particular stylesheet on your `/blog/` section of your website, you would create the following rule:

```txt
/blog/*
  Link: </styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style
```

Pages will attach this `Link: </styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style` header. Early Hints will then emit this header as an Early Hint once cached.

### 2. Automatic `Link` header generation

In order to make the authoring experience easier, Pages also automatically generates `Link` headers from any `<link>` HTML elements with the following attributes:

* `href`
* `as` (optional)
* `rel` (one of `preconnect`, `preload`, or `modulepreload`)

`<link>` elements which contain any other additional attributes (for example, `fetchpriority`, `crossorigin` or `data-do-not-generate-a-link-header`) will not be used to generate `Link` headers in order to prevent accidentally losing any custom prioritization logic that would otherwise be dropped as an Early Hint.

This allows you to directly create Early Hints as you are writing your document, without needing to alternate between your HTML and `_headers` file.

```html
<html>
  <head>
    <link rel="preload" href="/style.css" as="style" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" />
  </head>
</html>
```

### Disable automatic `Link` header generation Automatic `Link` header

Remove any automatically generated `Link` headers by adding the following to your `_headers` file:

```txt
/*
  ! Link
```

:::caution


Automatic `Link` header generation should not have any negative performance impact on your website. If you need to disable this feature, contact us by letting us know about your circumstance in our [Discord server](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev).


:::

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/headers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Attach a header

To attach headers to Cloudflare Pages responses, create a `_headers` plain text file in the output folder of your project. It is usually the folder that contains the deploy-ready HTML files and assets generated by the build, such as favicons. Changes to headers will be updated to your website at build time. Make sure you commit and push the file to trigger a new build each time you update headers.

:::caution


Custom headers defined in the `_headers` file are not applied to responses from [Functions](/pages/functions/), even if the Function route matches the URL pattern. If your Pages application uses Functions, you must migrate any behaviors from the `_headers` file to the `Response` object in the appropriate `/functions` route. When altering headers for multiple routes, you may be interested in [adding middleware](/pages/functions/middleware/) for shared behavior.


:::

Header rules are defined in multi-line blocks. The first line of a block is the URL or URL pattern where the rule's headers should be applied. On the next line, an indented list of header names and header values must be written:

```txt
[url]
  [name]: [value]
```

Using absolute URLs is supported, though be aware that absolute URLs must begin with `https` and specifying a port is not supported. Cloudflare Pages ignores the incoming request's port and protocol when matching against an incoming request. For example, a rule like `https://example.com/path` would match against requests to `other://example.com:1234/path`.

You can define as many `[name]: [value]` pairs as you require on subsequent lines. For example:

```txt
# This is a comment
/secure/page
  X-Frame-Options: DENY
  X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
  Referrer-Policy: no-referrer

/static/*
  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
  X-Robots-Tag: nosnippet

https://myproject.pages.dev/*
  X-Robots-Tag: noindex
```

An incoming request which matches multiple rules' URL patterns will inherit all rules' headers. Using the previous `_headers` file, the following requests will have the following headers applied:

| Request URL                                     | Headers                                                                                                                               |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `https://custom.domain/secure/page`             | `X-Frame-Options: DENY` <br /> `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff ` <br /> `Referrer-Policy: no-referrer`                               |
| `https://custom.domain/static/image.jpg`        | `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` <br /> `X-Robots-Tag: nosnippet`                                                                     |
| `https://myproject.pages.dev/home`              | `X-Robots-Tag: noindex`                                                                                                               |
| `https://myproject.pages.dev/secure/page`       | `X-Frame-Options: DENY` <br /> `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` <br /> `Referrer-Policy: no-referrer` <br /> `X-Robots-Tag: noindex` |
| `https://myproject.pages.dev/static/styles.css` | `Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *` <br /> `X-Robots-Tag: nosnippet, noindex`                                                            |

A project is limited to 100 header rules. Each line in the `_headers` file has a 2,000 character limit. The entire line, including spacing, header name, and value, counts towards this limit.

If a header is applied twice in the `_headers` file, the values are joined with a comma separator. Headers defined in the `_headers` file override what Cloudflare Pages ordinarily sends, so be aware when setting security headers. Cloudflare reserves the right to attach new headers to Pages projects at any time in order to improve performance or harden the security of your deployments.

### Detach a header

You may wish to remove a header which has been added by a more pervasive rule. This can be done by prepending an exclamation mark `!`.

```txt
/*
  Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self';

/*.jpg
  ! Content-Security-Policy
```

### Match a path

The same URL matching features that [`_redirects`](/pages/configuration/redirects/) offers is also available to the `_headers` file. Note, however, that redirects are applied before headers, when a request matches both a redirect and a header, the redirect takes priority.

#### Splats

When matching, a splat pattern — signified by an asterisk (`*`) — will greedily match all characters. You may only include a single splat in the URL.

The matched value can be referenced within the header value as the `:splat` placeholder.

#### Placeholders

<Render file="headers_redirects_placeholders" params={{ one: "header" }} />

```txt
/movies/:title
  x-movie-name: You are watching ":title"
```

## Examples

### Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

To enable other domains to fetch every asset from your Pages project, the following can be added to the `_headers` file:

```txt
/*
  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
```

This applies the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header to any incoming URL. To be more restrictive, you can define a URL pattern that applies to a `*.pages.dev` subdomain, which then only allows access from its `staging` branch's subdomain:

```txt
https://:project.pages.dev/*
  Access-Control-Allow-Origin: https://staging.:project.pages.dev/
```

### Prevent your pages.dev deployments showing in search results

[Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/robots/robots_meta_tag#directives) and other search engines often support the `X-Robots-Tag` header to instruct its crawlers how your website should be indexed.

For example, to prevent your `*.pages.dev` deployment from being indexed, add the following to your `_headers` file:

```txt
https://:project.pages.dev/*
  X-Robots-Tag: noindex
```

### Harden security for an application

:::note


If you are using Pages Functions and wish to attach security headers in order to control access to or browser behavior of server-side logic, the headers should be sent from in Pages Functions' `Response` instead of the `_headers` file. For example, if you have an API endpoint and want to allow cross-origin requests, you should ensure that your Pages Functions attaches CORS headers to its responses, including to `OPTIONS` requests. This is to ensure that, in the unlikely event of an incident involving serving static assets, your API security headers will continue to be configured.


:::

You can prevent click-jacking by informing browsers not to embed your application inside another (for example, with an `<iframe>`) with a [`X-Frame-Options`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options) header.

[`X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options) prevents browsers from interpreting a response as any other content-type than what is defined with the `Content-Type` header.

[`Referrer-Policy`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy) allows you to customize how much information visitors give about where they are coming from when they navigate away from your page.

Browser features can be disabled to varying degrees with the [`Permissions-Policy`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Feature-Policy) header (recently renamed from `Feature-Policy`).

If you need fine-grained control over your application's content, the [`Content-Security-Policy`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy) header allows you to configure a number of security settings, including similar controls to the `X-Frame-Options` header.

```txt
/app/*
  X-Frame-Options: DENY
  X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
  Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
  Permissions-Policy: document-domain=()
  Content-Security-Policy: script-src 'self'; frame-ancestors 'none';
```

---

# Monorepos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/monorepos/

While some apps are built from a single repository, Pages also supports apps with more complex setups. A monorepo is a repository that has multiple subdirectories each containing its own application.

## Set up

You can create multiple projects using the same repository, [in the same way that you would create any other Pages project](/pages/get-started/git-integration). You have the option to vary the build command and/or root directory of your project to tell Pages where you would like your build command to run. All project names must be unique even if connected to the same repository.

## Builds

When you connect a git repository to Pages, by default a change to any file in the repository will trigger a Pages build.

![Monorepo example diagram](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/pages-path.png)

Take for example `my-monorepo` above with two associated Pages projects (`marketing-app` and `ecommerce-app`) and their listed dependencies. By default, if you change a file in the project directory for `marketing-app`, then a build for the `ecommerce-app` project will also be triggered, even though `ecommerce-app` and its dependencies have not changed. To avoid such duplicate builds, you can include and exclude both [build watch paths](/pages/configuration/build-watch-paths) or [branches](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls) to specify if Pages should skip a build for a given project.

## Git integration

Once you've created a separate Pages project for each of the projects within your Git repository, each Git push will issue a new build and deployment for all connected projects unless specified in your build configuration.

GitHub will display separate comments for each project with the updated project and deployment URL if there is a Pull Request associated with the branch.

### GitHub check runs and GitLab commit statuses

If you have multiple projects associated with your repository, your [GitHub check run](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/collaborating-on-repositories-with-code-quality-features/about-status-checks#checks) or [Gitlab commit status](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/status_checks.html) will appear like the following on your repository:

![GitHub check run](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/ghcheckrun.png)
![GitLab commit status](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/glcommitstatus.png)

If a build skips for any reason (i.e. CI Skip, build watch paths, or branch deployment controls), the check run/commit status will not appear.

## Monorepo management tools:

While Pages does not provide specialized tooling for dependency management in monorepos, you may choose to bring additional tooling to help manage your repository. For simple subpackage management, you can utilize tools like [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/using-npm/workspaces), [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/workspaces), and [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/features/workspaces) workspaces. You can also use more powerful tools such as [Turborepo](https://turbo.build/repo/docs), [NX](https://nx.dev/getting-started/intro), or [Lerna](https://lerna.js.org/docs/getting-started) to additionally manage dependencies and task execution.

## Limitations

- You must be using [Build System V2](/pages/configuration/build-image/#v2-build-system) or later in order for monorepo support to be enabled.
- You can configure a maximum of 5 Pages projects per repository. If you need this limit raised, contact your Cloudflare account team or use the [Limit Increase Request Form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_fwAVOboH9SlutMonzbhCxuuuOmiU1L_I5O2CFbXf_XXMRg/viewform).

---

# Preview deployments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/

Preview deployments allow you to preview new versions of your project without deploying it to production. To view preview deployments:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your project and find the deployment you would like to view.

Every time you open a new pull request on your GitHub repository, Cloudflare Pages will create a unique preview URL, which will stay updated as you continue to push new commits to the branch. This is only true when pull requests originate from the repository itself.

![GitHub Preview URLs](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/ghpreviewurls.png)

For example, if you have a repository called `user-example` connected to Pages, this will give you a `user-example.pages.dev` subdomain. If `main` is your default branch, then any commits to the `main` branch will update your `user-example.pages.dev` content, as well as any [custom domains](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) attached to the project.

![User-example repository's deployment status and preview](~/assets/images/pages/platform/preview-deployment-mergedone.png)

While developing `user-example`, you may push new changes to a `development` branch, for example.

In this example, after you create the new `development` branch, Pages will automatically generate a preview deployment for these changes available at `373f31e2.user-example.pages.dev` - where `373f31e2` is a randomly generated hash.

Each new branch you create will receive a new, randomly-generated hash in front of your `pages.dev` subdomain.

![User-example repository's newly generated preview deployment link and status](~/assets/images/pages/platform/preview-deployment-generated.png)

Any additional changes to the `development` branch will continue to update this `373f31e2.user-example.pages.dev` preview address until the `development` branch is merged with the `main` production branch.

Any custom domains, as well as your `user-example.pages.dev` site, will not be affected by preview deployments.

## Customize preview deployments access

You can use [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to manage access to your deployment previews. By default, these deployment URLs are public. Enabling the access policy will restrict viewing project deployments to your Cloudflare account.

Once enabled, you can [set up a multi-user account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/) to allow other members of your team to view preview deployments.

By default, preview deployments are enabled and available publicly. In your project's settings, you can require visitors to authenticate to view preview deployment. This allows you to lock down access to these preview deployments to your teammates, organization, or anyone else you specify via [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/).

To protect your preview deployments behind Cloudflare Access:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
4. Go to **Settings** > **General** > and select **Enable access policy**.

Note that this will only protect your preview deployments (for example, `373f31e2.user-example.pages.dev` and every other randomly generated preview link) and not your `*.pages.dev` domain or custom domain.

:::note

If you want to enable Access for your `*.pages.dev` domain and your custom domain along with your preview deployments, review [Known issues](/pages/platform/known-issues/#enable-access-on-your-pagesdev-domain) for instructions.

:::

## Preview aliases

When a preview deployment is published, it is given a unique, hash-based address — for example, `<hash>.<project>.pages.dev`. These are atomic and may always be visited in the future. However, Pages also creates an alias for `git` branch's name and updates it so that the alias always maps to the latest commit of that branch.

For example, if you push changes to a `development` branch (which is not associated with your Production environment), then Pages will deploy to `abc123.<project>.pages.dev` and alias `development.<project>.pages.dev` to it. Later, you may push new work to the `development` branch, which creates the `xyz456.<project>.pages.dev` deployment. At this point, the `development.<project>.pages.dev` alias points to the `xyz456` deployment, but `abc123.<project>.pages.dev` remains accessible directly.

Branch name aliases are lowercased and non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with a hyphen — for example, the `fix/api` branch creates the `fix-api.<project>.pages.dev` alias.

To view branch aliases within your Pages project, select **View build** for any preview deployment. **Deployment details** will display all aliases associated with that deployment.

You can attach a Preview alias to a custom domain by [adding a custom domain to a branch](https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/custom-branch-aliases/).

---

# Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/redirects/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To use redirects on Cloudflare Pages, declare your redirects in a plain text file called `_redirects` without a file extension, in the output folder of your project. The [build output folder](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/) is project-specific, so the `_redirects` file should not always be in the root directory of the repository. Changes to redirects will be updated to your website at build time so make sure you commit and push the file to trigger a new build each time you update redirects.

:::caution


Redirects defined in the `_redirects` file are not applied to requests served by [Functions](/pages/functions/), even if the Function route matches the URL pattern. If your Pages application uses Functions, you must migrate any behaviors from the `_redirects` file to the code in the appropriate `/functions` route, or [exclude the route from Functions](/pages/functions/routing/#create-a-_routesjson-file).


:::

## Structure

### Per line

Only one redirect can be defined per line and must follow this format, otherwise it will be ignored.

```txt
[source] [destination] [code?]
```



* `source` required

  * A file path.
  * Can include [wildcards (`*`)](#splats) and [placeholders](#placeholders).
  * Because fragments are evaluated by your browser and not Cloudflare's network, any fragments in the source are not evaluated.
* `destination` required

  * A file path or external link.
  * Can include fragments, query strings, [splats](#splats), and [placeholders](#placeholders).
* `code` default: `302`

  * Optional parameter



Lines starting with a `#` will be treated as comments.

### Per file

A project is limited to 2,000 static redirects and 100 dynamic redirects, for a combined total of 2,100 redirects. Each redirect declaration has a 1,000-character limit.

In your `_redirects` file:

* The order of your redirects matter. If there are multiple redirects for the same `source` path, the topmost redirect is applied.
* Static redirects should appear before dynamic redirects.
* Redirects are always followed, regardless of whether or not an asset matches the incoming request.

A complete example with multiple redirects may look like the following:

```txt
/home301 / 301
/home302 / 302
/querystrings /?query=string 301
/twitch https://twitch.tv
/trailing /trailing/ 301
/notrailing/ /nottrailing 301
/page/ /page2/#fragment 301
/blog/* https://blog.my.domain/:splat
/products/:code/:name /products?code=:code&name=:name
```

:::note


In the case of some frameworks, such as Jekyll, you may need to manually copy and paste your `_redirects` file to the build output directory. To do this:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > your Pages project > **Settings** > **Builds & deployments**.
3. Go to **Build configurations** > **Edit configurations** > change the build command to `jekyll build && cp _redirects _site/_redirects` and select **Save**.


:::

## Advanced redirects

Cloudflare currently offers limited support for advanced redirects. More support will be added in the future.



| Feature                             | Support | Example                                                         | Notes                                   |
| ----------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| Redirects (301, 302, 303, 307, 308) | Yes     | `/home / 301`                                                   | 302 is used as the default status code. |
| Rewrites (other status codes)       | No      | `/blog/* /blog/404.html 404`                                    |                                         |
| Splats                              | Yes     | `/blog/* /posts/:splat`                                         | Refer to [Splats](#splats).             |
| Placeholders                        | Yes     | `/blog/:year/:month/:date/:slug /news/:year/:month/:date/:slug` | Refer to [Placeholders](#placeholders). |
| Query Parameters                    | No      | `/shop id=:id /blog/:id 301`                                    |                                         |
| Proxying                            | Yes     | `/blog/* /news/:splat 200`                                      | Refer to [Proxying](#proxying).         |
| Domain-level redirects              | No      | `workers.example.com/* workers.example.com/blog/:splat 301`     |                                         |
| Redirect by country or language     | No      | `/ /us 302 Country=us`                                          |                                         |
| Redirect by cookie                  | No      | `/\* /preview/:splat 302 Cookie=preview`                        |                                         |



## Redirects and header matching

Redirects execute before headers, so in the case of a request matching rules in both files, the redirect will win out.

### Splats

On matching, a splat (asterisk, `*`) will greedily match all characters. You may only include a single splat in the URL.

The matched value can be used in the redirect location with `:splat`.

### Placeholders

<Render file="headers_redirects_placeholders" params={{ one: "redirect" }} />

```txt
/movies/:title /media/:title
```

### Proxying

Proxying will only support relative URLs on your site. You cannot proxy external domains.

Only the first redirect in your will apply. For example, in the following example, a request to `/a` will render `/b`, and a request to `/b` will render `/c`, but `/a` will not render `/c`.

```
/a /b 200
/b /c 200
```

:::note

Be aware that proxying pages can have an adverse effect on search engine optimization (SEO). Search engines often penalize websites that serve duplicate content. Consider adding a `Link` HTTP header which informs search engines of the canonical source of content.

For example, if you have added `/about/faq/* /about/faqs 200` to your `_redirects` file, you may want to add the following to your `_headers` file:

```txt
/about/faq/*
  Link: </about/faqs>; rel="canonical"
```


:::

## Surpass `_redirects` limits

A [`_redirects`](/pages/platform/limits/#redirects) file has a maximum of 2,000 static redirects and 100 dynamic redirects, for a combined total of 2,100 redirects. Use [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) to handle redirects that surpasses the 2,100 redirect rules limit set by Pages.

:::note


The redirects defined in the `_redirects` file of your build folder can work together with your Bulk Redirects. In case of duplicates, Bulk Redirects will run in front of your Pages project, where your other redirects live.

For example, if you have Bulk Redirects set up to direct `abc.com` to `xyz.com` but also have `_redirects` set up to direct `xyz.com` to `foo.com`, a request for `abc.com` will eventually redirect to `foo.com`.


:::

To use Bulk Redirects, refer to the [Bulk Redirects dashboard documentation](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/) or the [Bulk Redirects API documentation](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-api/).

## Related resources

* [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)

---

# Rollbacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/rollbacks/

Rollbacks allow you to instantly revert your project to a previous production deployment.

Any production deployment that has been successfully built is a valid rollback target. When your project has rolled back to a previous deployment, you may still rollback to deployments that are newer than your current version. Note that preview deployments are not valid rollback targets.

In order to perform a rollback, go to **Deployments** in your Pages project. Browse the **All deployments** list and select the three dotted actions menu for the desired target. Select **Rollback to this deployment** for a confirmation window to appear. When confirmed, your project's production deployment will change instantly.

![Deployments for your Pages project that can be used for rollbacks](~/assets/images/pages/platform/rollbacks.png)

## Related resources

* [Preview Deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/)
* [Branch deployment controls](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/)

---

# Serving Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/serving-pages/

Cloudflare Pages includes a number of defaults for serving your Pages sites. This page details some of those decisions, so you can understand how Pages works, and how you might want to override some of the default behaviors.

## Route matching

If an HTML file is found with a matching path to the current route requested, Pages will serve it. Pages will also redirect HTML pages to their extension-less counterparts: for instance, `/contact.html` will be redirected to `/contact`, and `/about/index.html` will be redirected to `/about/`.

## Not Found behavior

You can define a custom page to be displayed when Pages cannot find a requested file by creating a `404.html` file. Pages will then attempt to find the closest 404 page. If one is not found in the same directory as the route you are currently requesting, it will continue to look up the directory tree for a matching `404.html` file, ending in `/404.html`. This means that you can define custom 404 paths for situations like `/blog/404.html` and `/404.html`, and Pages will automatically render the correct one depending on the situation.

## Single-page application (SPA) rendering

If your project does not include a top-level `404.html` file, Pages assumes that you are deploying a single-page application. This includes frameworks like React, Vue, and Angular. Pages' default single-page application behavior matches all incoming paths to the root (`/`), allowing you to capture URLs like `/about` or `/help` and respond to them from within your SPA.

## Caching and performance

### Recommendations

In most situations, you should avoid setting up any custom caching on your site. Pages comes with built in caching defaults that are optimized for caching as much as possible, while providing the most up to date content. Every time you deploy an asset to Pages, the asset remains cached on the Cloudflare CDN until your next deployment.

Therefore, if you add caching to your [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/), it may lead to stale assets being served after a deployment.

In addition, adding caching to your custom domain may cause issues with [Pages redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/) or [Pages functions](/pages/functions/). These issues can occur because the cached response might get served to your end user before Pages can act on the request.

However, there are some situations where [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) on your custom domain does make sense. For example, you may have easily cacheable locations for immutable assets, such as CSS or JS files with content hashes in their file names. Custom caching can help in this case, speeding up the user experience until the file (and associated filename) changes. Just make sure that your caching does not interfere with any redirects or Functions.

Note that when you use Cloudflare Pages, the static assets that you upload as part of your Pages project are automatically served from [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/). You do not need to separately enable Tiered Cache for the custom domain that your Pages project runs on.

:::note[Purging the cache]


If you notice stale assets being served after a new deployment, go to your zone and then **Caching** > **Configuration** > [**Purge Everything**](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-everything/) to ensure the latest deployment gets served.


:::

### Behavior

For browser caching, Pages always sends `Etag` headers for `200 OK` responses, which the browser then returns in an `If-None-Match` header on subsequent requests for that asset. Pages compares the `If-None-Match` header from the request with the `Etag` it's planning to send, and if they match, Pages instead responds with a `304 Not Modified` that tells the browser it's safe to use what is stored in local cache.

Pages currently returns `200` responses for HTTP range requests; however, the team is working on adding spec-compliant `206` partial responses.

Pages will also serve Gzip and Brotli responses whenever possible.

## Asset retention

We will insert assets into the cache on a per-data center basis. Assets have a time-to-live (TTL) of one week but can also disappear at any time. If you do a new deploy, the assets could exist in that data center up to one week.

## Headers

By default, Pages automatically adds several [HTTP response headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Response_header) when serving assets, including:

```txt title="Headers always added"
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Cf-Ray: $CLOUDFLARE_RAY_ID
Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
Etag: $ETAG
Content-Type: $CONTENT_TYPE
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
Server: cloudflare
```

:::note


The [`Cf-Ray`](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/) header is unique to Cloudflare.


:::

```txt title="Headers sometimes added"
// if the asset has been encoded
Cache-Control: no-transform
Content-Encoding: $CONTENT_ENCODING

// if the asset is cacheable (the request does not have an `Authorization` or `Range` header)
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate

// if requesting the asset over a preview URL
X-Robots-Tag: noindex
```

To modify the headers added by Cloudflare Pages - perhaps to add [Early Hints](/pages/configuration/early-hints/) - update the [\_headers file](/pages/configuration/headers/) in your project.

---

# Blazor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-blazor-site/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Blazor](https://blazor.net) is an SPA framework that can use C# code, rather than JavaScript in the browser. In this guide, you will build a site using Blazor, and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Install .NET

Blazor uses C#. You will need the latest version of the [.NET SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download) to continue creating a Blazor project. If you don't have the SDK installed on your system please download and run the installer.

## Creating a new Blazor WASM project

There are two types of Blazor hosting models: [Blazor Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/hosting-models?view=aspnetcore-8.0#blazor-server) which requires a server to serve the Blazor application to the end user, and [Blazor WebAssembly](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/hosting-models?view=aspnetcore-8.0#blazor-webassembly) which runs in the browser. Blazor Server is incompatible with the Cloudflare edge network model, thus this guide only use Blazor WebAssembly.

Create a new Blazor WebAssembly (WASM) application by running the following command:

```sh
dotnet new blazorwasm -o my-blazor-project
```

## Create the build script

To deploy, Cloudflare Pages will need a way to build the Blazor project. In the project's directory root, create a `build.sh` file. Populate the file with this (updating the `.dotnet-install.sh` line appropriately if you're not using the latest .NET SDK):

```
#!/bin/sh
curl -sSL https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh > dotnet-install.sh
chmod +x dotnet-install.sh
./dotnet-install.sh -c 8.0 -InstallDir ./dotnet
./dotnet/dotnet --version
./dotnet/dotnet publish -c Release -o output
```

Your `build.sh` file needs to be executable for the build command to work. You can make it so by running `chmod +x build.sh`.

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## Create a `.gitignore` file

Creating a `.gitignore` file ensures that only what is needed gets pushed onto your GitHub repository. Create a `.gitignore` file by running the following command:

```sh
dotnet new gitignore
```

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.

Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value            |
| -------------------- | ---------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`           |
| Build command        | `./build.sh`     |
| Build directory      | `output/wwwroot` |

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `dotnet`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Blazor site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Troubleshooting

### A file is over the 25 MiB limit

If you receive the error message `Error: Asset "/opt/buildhome/repo/output/wwwroot/_framework/dotnet.wasm" is over the 25MiB limit`, resolve this by doing one of the following actions:

1. Reduce the size of your assets with the following [guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/performance?view=aspnetcore-6.0#minimize-app-download-size).

Or

2. Remove the `*.wasm` files from the output (`rm output/wwwroot/_framework/*.wasm`) and modify your Blazor application to [load the Brotli compressed files](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/blazor/host-and-deploy/webassembly?view=aspnetcore-6.0#compression) instead.

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---

# Brunch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-brunch-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Brunch](https://brunch.io/) is a fast front-end web application build tool with simple declarative configuration and seamless incremental compilation for rapid development.

## Install Brunch

To begin, install Brunch:

```sh
npm install -g brunch
```

## Create a Brunch project

Brunch maintains a library of community-provided [skeletons](https://brunch.io/skeletons) to offer you a boilerplate for your project. Run Brunch's recommended `es6` skeleton with the `brunch new` command:

```sh
brunch new proj -s es6
```

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Brunch_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information.

<PagesBuildPreset framework="brunch" />

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your Brunch site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests and be able to preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# Docusaurus

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-docusaurus-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io) is a static site generator. It builds a single-page application with fast client-side navigation, leveraging the full power of React to make your site interactive. It provides out-of-the-box documentation features but can be used to create any kind of site such as a personal website, a product site, a blog, or marketing landing pages.

## Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up your project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Docusaurus' official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Docusaurus project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-docusaurus-app --framework=docusaurus"
/>

`create-cloudflare` will install additional dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and any necessary adapters, and ask you setup questions.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Docusaurus_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information.

<PagesBuildPreset framework="docusaurus" />

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your Docusaurus site and push those changes to GitHub, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests and be able to preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

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---

# Gatsby

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-gatsby-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/) is an open-source React framework for creating websites and apps. In this guide, you will create a new Gatsby application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will be using the `gatsby` CLI to create a new Gatsby site.

## Install Gatsby

Install the `gatsby` CLI by running the following command in your terminal:

```sh
npm install -g gatsby-cli
```

## Create a new project

With Gatsby installed, you can create a new project using `gatsby new`. The `new` command accepts a GitHub URL for using an existing template. As an example, use the `gatsby-starter-lumen` template by running the following command in your terminal. You can find more in [Gatsby's Starters section](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/starters/?v=2):

```sh
npx gatsby new my-gatsby-site https://github.com/alxshelepenok/gatsby-starter-lumen
```

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository_no_init" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="gatsby" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `gatsby`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Gatsby site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Dynamic routes

If you are using [dynamic routes](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/reference/functions/routing/#dynamic-routing) in your Gatsby project, set up a [proxy redirect](/pages/configuration/redirects/#proxying) for these routes to take effect.

If you have a dynamic route, such as `/users/[id]`, create your proxy redirect by referring to the following example:

```
/users/* /users/:id 200
```

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---

# Gridsome

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-gridsome-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Gridsome](https://gridsome.org) is a Vue.js powered Jamstack framework for building static generated websites and applications that are fast by default. In this guide, you will create a new Gridsome project and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use the [`@gridsome/cli`](https://github.com/gridsome/gridsome/tree/master/packages/cli), a command line tool for creating new Gridsome projects.

## Install Gridsome

Install the `@gridsome/cli` by running the following command in your terminal:

```sh
npm install --global @gridsome/cli
```

## Set up a new project

With Gridsome installed, set up a new project by running `gridsome create`. The `create` command accepts a name that defines the directory of the project created and an optional starter kit name. You can review more starters in the [Gridsome starters section](https://gridsome.org/docs/starters/).

```sh
npx gridsome create my-gridsome-website
```

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, the following information will be provided:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="gridsome" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `vuepress`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`. Every time you commit new code to your Gridsome project, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.

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---

# Hexo

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hexo-site/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Hexo](https://hexo.io/) is a tool for generating static websites, powered by Node.js. Hexo's benefits include speed, simplicity, and flexibility, allowing it to render Markdown files into static web pages via Node.js.

In this guide, you will create a new Hexo application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use the `hexo` CLI to create a new Hexo site.

## Installing Hexo

First, install the Hexo CLI with `npm` or `yarn` by running either of the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
npm install hexo-cli -g
# or
yarn global add hexo-cli
```

On macOS and Linux, you can install with [brew](https://brew.sh/):

```sh
brew install hexo
```

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## Creating a new project

With Hexo CLI installed, create a new project by running the `hexo init` command in your terminal:

```sh
hexo init my-hexo-site
cd my-hexo-site
```

Hexo sites use themes to customize the appearance of statically built HTML sites. Hexo has a default theme automatically installed, which you can find on [Hexo's Themes page](https://hexo.io/themes/).

## Creating a post

Create a new post to give your Hexo site some initial content. Run the `hexo new` command in your terminal to generate a new post:

```sh
hexo new "hello hexo"
```

Inside of `hello-hexo.md`, use Markdown to write the content of the article. You can customize the tags, categories or other variables in the article. Refer to the [Front Matter section](https://hexo.io/docs/front-matter) of the [Hexo documentation](https://hexo.io/docs/) for more information.

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value           |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`          |
| Build command        | `npm run build` |
| Build directory      | `public`        |

</div>

After completing configuration, click the **Save and Deploy** button. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `hexo` and your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Hexo site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Using a specific Node.js version

Some Hexo themes or plugins have additional requirements for different Node.js versions. To use a specific Node.js version for Hexo:

1. Go to your Pages project.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Environment variables**.
3. Set the environment variable `NODE_VERSION` and a value of your required Node.js version (for example, `14.3`).

![Follow the instructions above to set up an environment variable in the Pages dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/framework-guides/node-version-pages.png)

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---

# Hono

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hono-site/

import {
	ResourcesBySelector,
	ExternalResources,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	PackageManagers,
    Stream,
} from "~/components";

[Hono](https://honojs.dev/) is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework for Cloudflare Pages and Workers, Deno, and Bun. Learn more about the creation of Hono by [watching an interview](#creator-interview) with its creator, [Yusuke Wada](https://yusu.ke/). 

In this guide, you will create a new Hono application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Create a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to create a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Hono's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Hono project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-hono-app --framework=hono"
/>

Open your project and create a `src/server.js` file (or `src/server.ts` if you are using TypeScript). Add the following content to your file:

```javascript
import { Hono } from "hono";
const app = new Hono();

app.get("/", (ctx) => ctx.text("Hello world, this is Hono!!"));

export default app;
```

To serve static files like CSS, image or JavaScript files, add the following to your `src/server.js/ts` file:

```javascript
app.get("/public/*", async (ctx) => {
	return await ctx.env.ASSETS.fetch(ctx.req.raw);
});
```

This will cause all the files in the `public` folder within `dist` to be served in your application.

:::note

The `dist` directory is created and used during the bundling process. You will need to create a `public` directory in the `dist` directory. Having `public` inside `dist` is not generally wanted as `dist` is not a directory to commit to your repository whilst `public` is.

There are different alternatives to fix this issue. For example, you can configure your `.gitignore` file to include the `dist` directory, but ignore all its context except the `public` directory. Alternatively, you can create a `public` directory somewhere else and copy it inside `dist` as part of the bundling process.

:::

Open your `package.json` file and update the `scripts` section:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```json
    "scripts": {
        "dev": "run-p dev:*",
        "dev:wrangler": "wrangler pages dev dist --live-reload",
        "dev:esbuild": "esbuild --bundle src/server.js --format=esm --watch --outfile=dist/_worker.js",
        "build": "esbuild --bundle src/server.js --format=esm --outfile=dist/_worker.js",
        "deploy": "wrangler pages publish dist"
    },
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```json
    "scripts": {
        "dev": "run-p dev:*",
        "dev:wrangler": "wrangler pages dev dist --live-reload",
        "dev:esbuild": "esbuild --bundle src/server.ts --format=esm --watch --outfile=dist/_worker.js",
        "build": "esbuild --bundle src/server.ts --format=esm --outfile=dist/_worker.js",
        "deploy": "wrangler pages publish dist"
    },
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Then, run the following command.

```sh
npm install npm-run-all --save-dev
```

Installing `npm-run-all` enables you to use a single command (`npm run dev`) to run `npm run dev:wrangler` and `npm run dev:esbuild` simultaneously in watch mode.

## Run in local dev

Start your dev workflow by running:

```sh
npm run dev
```

You should be able to review your generated web application at `http://localhost:8788`.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value           |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`          |
| Build command        | `npm run build` |
| Build directory      | `dist`          |

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `my-hono-app`, your project dependencies, and building your site before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Hono site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Related resources

### Tutorials

For more tutorials involving Hono and Cloudflare Pages, refer to the following resources:

<ResourcesBySelector
	tags={["Hono"]}
	types={["tutorial"]}
	products={["Pages"]}
/>

### Demo apps

For demo applications using Hono and Cloudflare Pages, refer to the following resources:

<ExternalResources tags={["Hono"]} type="apps" products={["Pages"]} />

### Creator Interview

<Stream videoId="db240ef1d351915849151242ec0c5f1c" videoTitle="DevTalk Episode 01 Hono" thumbnailTimeOrURL="5s" />

---

# Hugo

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hugo-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

[Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) is a tool for generating static sites, written in Go. It is incredibly fast and has great high-level, flexible primitives for managing your content using different [content formats](https://gohugo.io/content-management/formats/).

In this guide, you will create a new Hugo application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use the `hugo` CLI to create a new Hugo site.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

Go to [Deploy with Cloudflare Pages](#deploy-with-cloudflare-pages) if you already have a Hugo site hosted with your [Git provider](/pages/get-started/git-integration/).

## Install Hugo

Install the Hugo CLI, using the specific instructions for your operating system.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macos">

If you use the package manager [Homebrew](https://brew.sh), run the `brew install` command in your terminal to install Hugo:

```sh
brew install hugo
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="windows">

If you use the package manager [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/), run the `choco install` command in your terminal to install Hugo:

```sh
choco install hugo --confirm
```

If you use the package manager [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/), run the `scoop install` command in your terminal to install Hugo:

```sh
scoop install hugo
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="linux">

The package manager for your Linux distribution may include Hugo. If this is the case, install Hugo directly using the distribution's package manager — for instance, in Ubuntu, run the following command:

```sh
sudo apt-get install hugo
```

If your package manager does not include Hugo or you would like to download a release directly, refer to the [**Manual**](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hugo-site/#manual-installation) section.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Manual installation

The Hugo GitHub repository contains pre-built versions of the Hugo command-line tool for various operating systems, which can be found on [the Releases page](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases).

For more instruction on installing these releases, refer to [Hugo's documentation](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/installing/).

## Create a new project

With Hugo installed, refer to [Hugo's Quick Start](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/) to create your project or create a new project by running the `hugo new` command in your terminal:

```sh
hugo new site my-hugo-site
```

Hugo sites use themes to customize the look and feel of the statically built HTML site. There are a number of themes available at [themes.gohugo.io](https://themes.gohugo.io) — for now, use the [Ananke theme](https://themes.gohugo.io/themes/gohugo-theme-ananke/) by running the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
cd my-hugo-site
git init
git submodule add https://github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke.git themes/ananke
echo "theme = 'ananke'" >> hugo.toml
```

## Create a post

Create a new post to give your Hugo site some initial content. Run the `hugo new` command in your terminal to generate a new post:

```sh
hugo new content posts/hello-world.md
```

Inside of `hello-world.md`, add some initial content to create your post. Remove the `draft` line in your post's frontmatter when you are ready to publish the post. Any posts with `draft: true` set will be skipped by Hugo's build process.

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="hugo" />

:::note[Base URL configuration]

Hugo allows you to configure the `baseURL` of your application. This allows you to utilize the `absURL` helper to construct full canonical URLs. In order to do this with Pages, you must provide the `-b` or `--baseURL` flags with the `CF_PAGES_URL` environment variable to your `hugo` build command.

Your final build command may look like this:

```sh
hugo -b $CF_PAGES_URL
```

:::

After completing deployment configuration, select the **Save and Deploy**. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `hugo` and your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Hugo site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Use a specific or newer Hugo version

To use a [specific or newer version of Hugo](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases), create the `HUGO_VERSION` environment variable in your Pages project > **Settings** > **Environment variables**. Set the value as the Hugo version you want to specify (v0.112.0 or later is recommended for newer versions).

For example, `HUGO_VERSION`: `0.115.4`.

:::note

If you plan to use [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), make sure you also add environment variables to your **Preview** environment.

:::

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---

# Jekyll

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-jekyll-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) is an open-source framework for creating websites, based around Markdown with Liquid templates. In this guide, you will create a new Jekyll application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You use the `jekyll` CLI to create a new Jekyll site.

:::note

If you have an existing Jekyll site on GitHub Pages, refer to [the Jekyll migration guide](/pages/migrations/migrating-jekyll-from-github-pages/).

:::

## Installing Jekyll

Jekyll is written in Ruby, meaning that you will need a functioning Ruby installation, like `rbenv`, to install Jekyll.

To install Ruby on your computer, follow the [`rbenv` installation instructions](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv#installation) and select a recent version of Ruby by running the `rbenv` command in your terminal. The Ruby version you install will also be used to configure the Pages deployment for your application.

```sh
rbenv install <RUBY_VERSION> # For example, 3.1.3
```

With Ruby installed, you can install the `jekyll` Ruby gem:

```sh
gem install jekyll
```

## Creating a new project

With Jekyll installed, you can create a new project running the `jekyll new` in your terminal:

```sh
jekyll new my-jekyll-site
```

Create a base `index.html` in your newly created folder to give your site content:

```html
<!doctype html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8" />
		<title>Hello from Cloudflare Pages</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<h1>Hello from Cloudflare Pages</h1>
	</body>
</html>
```

Optionally, you may use a theme with your new Jekyll site if you would like to start with great styling defaults. For example, the [`minimal-mistakes`](https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes) theme has a ["Starting from `jekyll new`"](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/quick-start-guide/#starting-from-jekyll-new) section to help you add the theme to your new site.

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If you are migrating an existing Jekyll project to Pages, confirm that your `Gemfile` is committed as part of your codebase. Pages will look at your Gemfile and run `bundle install` to install the required dependencies for your project, including the `jekyll` gem.

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="jekyll" />

Add an [environment variable](/pages/configuration/build-image/) that matches the Ruby version that you are using locally. Set this as `RUBY_VERSION` on both your preview and production deployments. Below, `3.1.3` is used as an example:

| Environment variable | Value   |
| -------------------- | ------- |
| `RUBY_VERSION`       | `3.1.3` |

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deployment. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `jekyll`, your project dependencies, and building your site before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to [the Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Jekyll site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# Nuxt

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-nuxt-site/

import {
	PagesBuildPreset,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	ResourcesBySelector,
	ExternalResources,
	PackageManagers,
	Stream,
} from "~/components";

[Nuxt](https://nuxt.com) is a web framework making Vue.js-based development simple and powerful.

In this guide, you will create a new Nuxt application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

### Video Tutorial

<Stream videoId="fd106a56e13af42eb39b35c499432e4b" videoTitle="Deploy a Nuxt Application to Cloudflare" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

## Create a new project using the `create-cloudflare` CLI (C3)

The [`create-cloudflare` CLI (C3)](/pages/get-started/c3/) will configure your Nuxt site for Cloudflare Pages. Run the following command in your terminal to create a new Nuxt site:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-nuxt-app --framework=nuxt"
/>

C3 will ask you a series of setup questions and create a new project with [`nuxi` (the official Nuxt CLI)](https://github.com/nuxt/cli). C3 will also install the necessary adapters along with the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version).

After creating your project, C3 will generate a new `my-nuxt-app` directory using the default Nuxt template, updated to be fully compatible with Cloudflare Pages.

When creating your new project, C3 will give you the option of deploying an initial version of your application via [Direct Upload](/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/). You can redeploy your application at any time by running following command inside your project directory:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

:::note[Git integration]

The initial deployment created via C3 is referred to as a [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/). To set up a deployment via the Pages Git integration, refer to the [Git Integration](#git-integration) section below.

:::

## Configure and deploy a project without C3

To deploy a Nuxt project without C3, follow the [Nuxt Get Started guide](https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/installation). After you have set up your Nuxt project, choose either the [Git integration guide](/pages/get-started/git-integration/) or [Direct Upload guide](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) to deploy your Nuxt project on Cloudflare Pages.

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### Create a GitHub repository

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```sh
# Skip the following three commands if you have built your application
# using C3 or already committed your changes
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/<YOUR_GH_USERNAME>/<REPOSITORY_NAME>
git push -u origin main
```

### Create a Pages project

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git** and create a new Pages project.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="nuxt-js" />

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

4. After completing configuration, select the **Save and Deploy**.

Review your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified. Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying your changes to production.

## Use bindings in your Nuxt application

A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) allows your application to interact with Cloudflare developer products, such as [KV](/kv/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](/d1/).

If you intend to use bindings in your project, you must first set up your bindings for local and remote development.

### Set up bindings for local development

Projects created via C3 come with `nitro-cloudflare-dev`, a `nitro` module that simplifies the process of working with bindings during development:

```typescript
export default defineNuxtConfig({
	modules: ["nitro-cloudflare-dev"],
});
```

This module is powered by the [`getPlatformProxy` helper function](/workers/wrangler/api#getplatformproxy). `getPlatformProxy` will automatically detect any bindings defined in your project's Wrangler file and emulate those bindings in local development. Review [Wrangler configuration information on bindings](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#bindings) for more information on how to configure bindings in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

:::note

`wrangler.toml` is currently **only** used for local development. Bindings specified in it are not available remotely.

:::

### Set up bindings for a deployed application

In order to access bindings in a deployed application, you will need to [configure your bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) in the Cloudflare dashboard.

### Add bindings to TypeScript projects

To get proper type support, you need to create a new `env.d.ts` file in the root of your project and declare a [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/).

The following is an example of adding a `KVNamespace` binding:

```ts null {9}
import {
	CfProperties,
	Request,
	ExecutionContext,
	KVNamespace,
} from "@cloudflare/workers-types";

declare module "h3" {
	interface H3EventContext {
		cf: CfProperties;
		cloudflare: {
			request: Request;
			env: {
				MY_KV: KVNamespace;
			};
			context: ExecutionContext;
		};
	}
}
```

### Access bindings in your Nuxt application

In Nuxt, add server-side code via [Server Routes and Middleware](https://nuxt.com/docs/guide/directory-structure/server#server-directory). The `defineEventHandler()` method is used to define your API endpoints in which you can access Cloudflare's context via the provided `context` field. The `context` field allows you to access any bindings set for your application.

The following code block shows an example of accessing a KV namespace in Nuxt.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```javascript null {2}
export default defineEventHandler(({ context }) => {
	const MY_KV = context.cloudflare.env.MY_KV;

	return {
		// ...
	};
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```typescript null {2}
export default defineEventHandler(({ context }) => {
	const MY_KV = context.cloudflare.env.MY_KV;

	return {
		// ...
	};
});
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

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## Related resources

### Tutorials

For more tutorials involving Nuxt, refer to the following resources:

<ResourcesBySelector tags={["Nuxt"]} types={["tutorial"]} />

### Demo apps

For demo applications using Nuxt, refer to the following resources:

<ExternalResources tags={["Nuxt"]} type="apps" />

---

# Pelican

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-pelican-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Pelican](https://docs.getpelican.com) is a static site generator, written in Python. With Pelican, you can write your content directly with your editor of choice in reStructuredText or Markdown formats.

## Create a Pelican project

To begin, create a Pelican project directory. `cd` into your new directory and run:

```sh
python3 -m pip install pelican
```

Then run:

```sh
pip freeze > requirements.txt
```

Create a directory in your project named `content`:

```sh
mkdir content
```

This is the directory name that you will set in the build command.

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Pelican_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information. The build command `pelican content` refers to the `content` folder you made earlier in this guide.

<PagesBuildPreset framework="pelican" />

4. Select **Environment variables (advanced)** and set the `PYTHON_VERSION` variable with the value of `3.7`.

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your Pelican site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests and be able to preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# Preact

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-preact-site/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Preact](https://preactjs.com) is a popular, open-source framework for building modern web applications. Preact can also be used as a lightweight alternative to React because the two share the same API and component model.

In this guide, you will create a new Preact application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.
You will use [`create-preact`](https://github.com/preactjs/create-preact), a lightweight project scaffolding tool to set up a new Preact app in seconds.

## Setting up a new project

Create a new project by running the [`npm init`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-init) command in your terminal, giving it a title:

```sh
npm init preact
cd your-project-name
```

:::note

During initialization, you can accept the `Prerender app (SSG)?` option to have `create-preact` scaffold your app to produce static HTML pages, along with their assets, for production builds. This option is perfect for Pages.

:::

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<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value           |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`          |
| Build command        | `npm run build` |
| Build directory      | `dist`          |

</div>

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

After completing configuration, select **Save and Deploy**.

You will see your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified.

After you have deployed your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying them to production.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

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---

# Qwik

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-qwik-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Qwik](https://github.com/builderio/qwik) is an open-source, DOM-centric, resumable web application framework designed for best possible time to interactive by focusing on [resumability](https://qwik.builder.io/docs/concepts/resumable/), server-side rendering of HTML and [fine-grained lazy-loading](https://qwik.builder.io/docs/concepts/progressive/#lazy-loading) of code.

In this guide, you will create a new Qwik application implemented via [Qwik City](https://qwik.builder.io/qwikcity/overview/) (Qwik's meta-framework) and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Creating a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to create a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Qwik's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Qwik project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-qwik-app --framework=qwik"
/>

`create-cloudflare` will install additional dependencies, including the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) and any necessary adapters, and ask you setup questions.

As part of the `cloudflare-pages` adapter installation, a `functions/[[path]].ts` file will be created. The `[[path]]` filename indicates that this file will handle requests to all incoming URLs. Refer to [Path segments](/pages/functions/routing/#dynamic-routes) to learn more.

After selecting your server option, change the directory to your project and render your project by running the following command:

```sh
npm start
```

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="qwik" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `npm`, your project dependencies, and building your site before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Qwik site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, to preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Use bindings in your Qwik application

A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) allows your application to interact with Cloudflare developer products, such as [KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [Durable Object](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-d1/).

In QwikCity, add server-side code via [routeLoaders](https://qwik.builder.io/qwikcity/route-loader/) and [actions](https://qwik.builder.io/qwikcity/action/). Then access bindings set for your application via the `platform` object provided by the framework.

The following code block shows an example of accessing a KV namespace in QwikCity.

```typescript null {4,5}
// ...

export const useGetServerTime = routeLoader$(({ platform }) => {
  // the type `KVNamespace` comes from the @cloudflare/workers-types package
  const { MY_KV } = (platform.env as { MY_KV: KVNamespace }));

  return {
    // ....
  }
});
```

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---

# React

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-react-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[React](https://reactjs.org/) is a popular framework for building reactive and powerful front-end applications, built by the open-source team at Facebook.

In this guide, you will create a new React application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Setting up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate React's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new React project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-react-app --framework=react"
/>

`create-cloudflare` will install dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and the Cloudflare Pages adapter, and ask you setup questions.

Go to the application's directory:

```sh
cd my-react-app
```

From here you can run your application with:

```sh
npm start
```

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

<PagesBuildPreset framework="react" />

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `react`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your React application, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

:::note[SPA rendering]

By default, Cloudflare Pages assumes you are developing a single-page application. Refer to [Serving Pages](/pages/configuration/serving-pages/#single-page-application-spa-rendering) for more information.

:::

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---

# Remix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-remix-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

[Remix](https://remix.run/) is a framework that is focused on fully utilizing the power of the web. Like Cloudflare Workers, it uses modern JavaScript APIs, and it places emphasis on web fundamentals such as meaningful HTTP status codes, caching and optimizing for both usability and performance.

In this guide, you will create a new Remix application and deploy to Cloudflare Pages.

## Setting up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Remix's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Remix project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-remix-app --framework=remix"
/>

`create-cloudflare` will install additional dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and any necessary adapters, and ask you setup questions.

:::caution[Before you deploy]

Your Remix project will include a `functions/[[path]].ts` file. The `[[path]]` filename indicates that this file will handle requests to all incoming URLs. Refer to [Path segments](/pages/functions/routing/#dynamic-routes) to learn more.

The `functions/[[path]].ts` will not function as expected if you attempt to deploy your site before running `remix vite:build`.
:::

After setting up your project, change the directory and render your project by running the following command:

```sh
# choose Cloudflare Pages
cd my-remix-app
npm run dev
```

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="remix" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `npm`, your project dependencies, and building your site before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Remix site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

### Deploy via the Wrangler CLI

If you use [`create-cloudflare`(C3)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) to create your new Remix project, C3 will automatically scaffold your project with [`wrangler`](/workers/wrangler/). To deploy your project, run the following command:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

## Create and add a binding to your Remix application

To add a binding to your Remix application, refer to [Bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/).
A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) allows your application to interact with Cloudflare developer products, such as [KV namespaces](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [R2 storage buckets](/r2/), and [D1 databases](/d1/).

### Binding resources in local development

Remix uses Wrangler's [`getPlatformProxy`](/workers/wrangler/api/#getplatformproxy) to simulate the Cloudflare environment locally. You configure `getPlatformProxy` in your project's `vite.config.ts` file via [`cloudflareDevProxyVitePlugin`](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/future/vite#cloudflare-proxy).

To bind resources in local development, you need to configure the bindings in the Wrangler file. Refer to [Bindings](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#bindings) to learn more.

Once you have configured the bindings in the Wrangler file, the proxies are then available within `context.cloudflare` in your `loader` or `action` functions:

```typescript
export const loader = ({ context }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
	const { env, cf, ctx } = context.cloudflare;
	env.MY_BINDING; // Access bound resources here
	// ... more loader code here...
};
```

:::note[Correcting the env type]

You may have noticed that `context.cloudflare.env` is not typed correctly when you add additional bindings in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

To fix this, run `npm run typegen` to generate the missing types. This will update the `Env` interface defined in `worker-configuration.d.ts`.
After running the command, you can access the bindings in your `loader` or `action` using `context.cloudflare.env` as shown above.
:::

### Binding resources in production

To bind resources in production, you need to configure the bindings in the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to the [Bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) documentation to learn more.

Once you have configured the bindings in the Cloudflare dashboard, the proxies are then available within `context.cloudflare.env` in your `loader` or `action` functions as shown [above](#binding-resources-in-local-development).

## Example: Access your D1 database in a Remix application

As an example, you will bind and query a D1 database in a Remix application.

1. Create a D1 database. Refer to the [D1 documentation](/d1/) to learn more.
2. Configure bindings for your D1 database in the Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[ d1_databases ]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>"
database_id = "<YOUR_DATABASE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

3. Run `npm run typegen` to generate TypeScript types for your bindings.

```sh
npm run typegen
```

```sh output
> typegen
> wrangler types

 ⛅️ wrangler 3.48.0
-------------------
interface Env {
	DB: D1Database;
}
```

4. Access the D1 database in your `loader` function:

```typescript
import type { LoaderFunction } from "@remix-run/cloudflare";
import { json } from "@remix-run/cloudflare";
import { useLoaderData } from "@remix-run/react";

export const loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ context, params }) => {
  const { env, cf, ctx } = context.cloudflare;
  let { results } = await env.DB.prepare(
    "SELECT * FROM products where id = ?1"
  ).bind(params.productId).all();
  return json(results);
};

export default function Index() {
  const results = useLoaderData<typeof loader>();
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Welcome to Remix</h1>
      <div>
        A value from D1:
        <pre>{JSON.stringify(results)}</pre>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}
```

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---

# SolidStart

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-solid-start-site/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Solid](https://www.solidjs.com/) is an open-source web application framework focused on generating performant applications with a modern developer experience based on JSX.

In this guide, you will create a new Solid application implemented via [SolidStart](https://start.solidjs.com/getting-started/what-is-solidstart) (Solid's meta-framework) and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Create a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Solid's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Solid project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-solid-app --framework=solid"
/>

You will be prompted to select a starter. Choose any of the available options. You will then be asked if you want to enable Server Side Rendering. Reply `yes`. Finally, you will be asked if you want to use TypeScript, choose either `yes` or `no`.

`create-cloudflare` will then install dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and the SolidStart Cloudflare Pages adapter, and ask you setup questions.

After you have installed your project dependencies, start your application:

```sh
npm run dev
```

## SolidStart Cloudflare configuration

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In order to configure SolidStart so that it can be deployed to Cloudflare pages, update its config file like so:

```diff
import { defineConfig } from "@solidjs/start/config";

export default defineConfig({
+  server: {
+    preset: "cloudflare-pages",

+    rollupConfig: {
+      external: ["node:async_hooks"]
+    }
+  }
});
```

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<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

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### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in **Set up builds and deployments**, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value           |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`          |
| Build command        | `npm run build` |
| Build directory      | `dist`          |

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `npm`, your project dependencies, and building your site before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Solid repository, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, to preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# Sphinx

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-sphinx-site/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Sphinx](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/) is a tool that makes it easy to create documentation and was originally made for the publication of Python documentation. It is well known for its simplicity and ease of use.

In this guide, you will create a new Sphinx project and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Prerequisites

- Python 3 - Sphinx is based on Python, therefore you must have Python installed

- [pip](https://pypi.org/project/pip/) - The PyPA recommended tool for installing Python packages

- [pipenv](https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) - automatically creates and manages a virtualenv for your projects

:::note

If you are already running a version of Python 3.7, ensure that Python version 3.7 is also installed on your computer before you begin this guide. Python 3.7 is the latest version supported by Cloudflare Pages.

:::

The latest version of Python 3.7 is 3.7.11:

[Python 3.7.11](https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3711/)

### Installing Python

Refer to the official Python documentation for installation guidance:

- [Windows](https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/)
- [Linux/UNIX](https://www.python.org/downloads/source/)
- [macOS](https://www.python.org/downloads/macos/)
- [Other](https://www.python.org/download/other/)

### Installing Pipenv

If you already had an earlier version of Python installed before installing version 3.7, other global packages you may have installed could interfere with the following steps to install Pipenv, or your other Python projects which depend on global packages.

[Pipenv](https://pipenv.pypa.io/en/latest/) is a Python-based package manager that makes managing virtual environments simple. This guide will not require you to have prior experience with or knowledge of Pipenv to complete your Sphinx site deployment. Cloudflare Pages natively supports the use of Pipenv and, by default, has the latest version installed.

The quickest way to install Pipenv is by running the command:

```sh
pip install --user pipenv
```

This command will install Pipenv to your user level directory and will make it accessible via your terminal. You can confirm this by running the following command and reviewing the expected output:

```sh
pipenv --version
```

```sh output
pipenv, version 2021.5.29
```

### Creating a Sphinx project directory

From your terminal, run the following commands to create a new directory and navigate to it:

```sh
mkdir my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project
cd my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project
```

### Pipenv with Python 3.7

Pipenv allows you to specify which version of Python to associate with a virtual environment. For the purpose of this guide, the virtual environment for your Sphinx project must use Python 3.7.

Use the following command:

```sh
pipenv --python 3.7
```

You should see the following output:

```bash
Creating a virtualenv for this project...
Pipfile: /home/ubuntu/my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project/Pipfile
Using /usr/bin/python3.7m (3.7.11) to create virtualenv...
⠸ Creating virtual environment...created virtual environment CPython3.7.11.final.0-64 in 1598ms
  creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/ubuntu/.local/share/virtualenvs/my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project-Y2HfWoOr, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/ubuntu/.local/share/virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==21.1.3, setuptools==57.1.0, wheel==0.36.2
  activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator,XonshActivator

✔ Successfully created virtual environment!
Virtualenv location: /home/ubuntu/.local/share/virtualenvs/my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project-Y2HfWoOr
Creating a Pipfile for this project...
```

List the contents of the directory:

```sh
ls
```

```sh output
Pipfile
```

### Installing Sphinx

Before installing Sphinx, create the directory you want your project to live in.

From your terminal, run the following command to install Sphinx:

```sh
pipenv install sphinx
```

You should see output similar to the following:

```bash
Installing sphinx...
Adding sphinx to Pipfile's [packages]...
✔ Installation Succeeded
Pipfile.lock not found, creating...
Locking [dev-packages] dependencies...
Locking [packages] dependencies...
Building requirements...
Resolving dependencies...
✔ Success!
Updated Pipfile.lock (763aa3)!
Installing dependencies from Pipfile.lock (763aa3)...
  🐍   ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉ 0/0 — 00:00:00
To activate this project's virtualenv, run pipenv shell.
Alternatively, run a command inside the virtualenv with pipenv run.
```

This will install Sphinx into a new virtual environment managed by Pipenv. You should see a directory structure like this:

```bash
my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project
|--Pipfile
|--Pipfile.lock
```

## Creating a new project

With Sphinx installed, you can now run the quickstart command to create a template project for you. This command will only work within the Pipenv environment you created in the previous step. To enter that environment, run the following command from your terminal:

```sh
pipenv shell
```

```sh output
Launching subshell in virtual environment...
ubuntu@sphinx-demo:~/my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project$  . /home/ubuntu/.local/share/virtualenvs/my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project-Y2HfWoOr/bin/activate
```

Now run the following command:

```sh
sphinx-quickstart
```

You will be presented with a number of questions, please answer them in the following:

```sh output
Separate source and build directories (y/n) [n]: Y
Project name: <Your project name>
Author name(s): <You Author Name>
Project release []: <You can accept default here or provide a version>
Project language [en]: <You can accept en here or provide a regional language code>
```

This will create four new files in your active directory, `source/conf.py`, `index.rst`, `Makefile` and `make.bat`:

```bash
my-wonderful-new-sphinx-project
|--Pipfile
|--Pipfile.lock
|--source
|----_static
|----_templates
|----conf.py
|----index.rst
|--Makefile
|--make.bat
```

You now have everything you need to start deploying your site to Cloudflare Pages. For learning how to create documentation with Sphinx, refer to the official [Sphinx documentation](https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/quickstart.html).

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## Creating a GitHub repository

In a separate terminal window that is not within the pipenv shell session, verify that SSH key-based authentication is working:

```sh
eval "$(ssh-agent)"
ssh-add -T ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
ssh -T git@github.com
```

```sh output

The authenticity of host 'github.com (140.82.113.4)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:nThbg6kXUpJWGl7E1IGOCspRomTxdCARLviKw6E5SY8.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no/[fingerprint])? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,140.82.113.4' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Hi yourgithubusername! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.
```

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting [repo.new](https://repo.new). After your repository is set up, push your application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
git init
git config user.name "Your Name"
git config user.email "username@domain.com"
git remote add origin git@github.com:yourgithubusername/githubrepo.git
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
```

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value        |
| -------------------- | ------------ |
| Production branch    | `main`       |
| Build command        | `make html`  |
| Build directory      | `build/html` |

</div>

Below the configuration, make sure to set the environment variable for specifying the `PYTHON_VERSION`.

For example:

<div>

| Variable name  | Value |
| -------------- | ----- |
| PYTHON_VERSION | 3.7   |

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `Pipenv`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deployment.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`. Every time you commit new code to your Sphinx site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it.

You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# SvelteKit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-svelte-kit-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Svelte](https://svelte.dev) is an increasingly popular, open-source framework for building user interfaces and web applications. Unlike most frameworks, Svelte is primarily a compiler that converts your component code into efficient JavaScript that surgically updates the DOM when your application state changes.

In this guide, you will create a new Svelte application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.
You will use [`SvelteKit`](https://kit.svelte.dev/), the official Svelte framework for building web applications of all sizes.

## Setting up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Svelte's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Svelte project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-svelte-app --framework=svelte"
/>

SvelteKit will prompt you for customization choices. For the template option, choose one of the application/project options. The remaining answers will not affect the rest of this guide. Choose the options that suit your project.

`create-cloudflare` will then install dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and the `@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare` adapter, and ask you setup questions.

After you have installed your project dependencies, start your application:

```sh
npm run dev
```

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## SvelteKit Cloudflare configuration

To use SvelteKit with Cloudflare Pages, you need to add the [Cloudflare adapter](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-cloudflare) to your application.

<Render file="c3-adapter" />

1. Install the Cloudflare Adapter by running `npm i --save-dev @sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare` in your terminal.
2. Include the adapter in `svelte.config.js`:

```diff
- import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-auto';
+ import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-cloudflare';

/** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Config} */
const config = {
  kit: {
    adapter: adapter(),
    // ... truncated ...
  }
};

export default config;
```

3. (Needed if you are using TypeScript) Include support for environment variables. The `env` object, containing KV namespaces and other storage objects, is passed to SvelteKit via the platform property along with context and caches, meaning you can access it in hooks and endpoints. For example:

```diff
declare namespace App {
    interface Locals {}

+   interface Platform {
+       env: {
+           COUNTER: DurableObjectNamespace;
+       };
+       context: {
+           waitUntil(promise: Promise<any>): void;
+       };
+       caches: CacheStorage & { default: Cache }
+   }

    interface Session {}

    interface Stuff {}
}

```

4. Access the added KV or Durable objects (or generally any [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/)) in your endpoint with `env`:

```js
export async function post(context) {
	const counter = context.platform.env.COUNTER.idFromName("A");
}
```

:::note

In addition to the Cloudflare adapter, review other adapters you can use in your project:

- [`@sveltejs/adapter-auto`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sveltejs/adapter-auto)

  SvelteKit's default adapter automatically chooses the adapter for your current environment. If you use this adapter, [no configuration is needed](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-auto). However, the default adapter introduces a few disadvantages for local development because it has no way of knowing what platform the application is going to be deployed to.

To solve this issue, provide a `CF_PAGES` variable to SvelteKit so that the adapter can detect the Pages platform. For example, when locally building the application: `CF_PAGES=1 vite build`.

- [`@sveltejs/adapter-static`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@sveltejs/adapter-static)
  Only produces client-side static assets (no server-side rendering) and is compatible with Cloudflare Pages.
  Review the [official SvelteKit documentation](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-static) for instructions on how to set up the adapter. Keep in mind that if you decide to use this adapter, the build directory, instead of `.svelte-kit/cloudflare`, becomes `build`. You must also configure your Cloudflare Pages application's build directory accordingly.

:::

:::caution

If you are using any adapter different from the default SvelteKit adapter, remember to commit and push your adapter setting changes to your GitHub repository before attempting the deployment.

:::

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

<Render file="deploy-via-c3" params={{ name: "Svelte" }} />

### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this authorization to deploy your projects from your GitHub account. You may narrow Cloudflare's access to specific repositories. However, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in **Set up builds and deployments**, provide the following information:

<div>

<PagesBuildPreset framework="sveltekit" />

</div>

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

After completing configuration, click the **Save and Deploy** button.

You will see your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified.

Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying them to production.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

## Functions setup

In SvelteKit, functions are written as endpoints. Functions contained in the `/functions` directory at the project's root will not be included in the deployment, which compiles to a single `_worker.js` file.

To have the functionality equivalent to Pages Functions [`onRequests`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#onrequests), you need to write standard request handlers in SvelteKit. For example, the following TypeScript file behaves like an `onRequestGet`:

```ts
import type { RequestHandler } from "./$types";

export const GET = (({ url }) => {
	return new Response(String(Math.random()));
}) satisfies RequestHandler;
```

:::note[SvelteKit API Routes]

For more information about SvelteKit API Routes, refer to the [SvelteKit documentation](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/routing#server).
:::

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---

# Vite 3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-vite3-project/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Vite](https://vitejs.dev) is a next-generation build tool for front-end developers. With [the release of Vite 3](https://vitejs.dev/blog/announcing-vite3.html), developers can make use of new command line (CLI) improvements, starter templates, and [more](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/packages/vite/CHANGELOG.md#300-2022-07-13) to help build their front-end applications.

Cloudflare Pages has native support for Vite 3 projects. Refer to the blog post on [improvements to the Pages build process](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-pages-build-improvements/), including sub-second build initialization, for more information on using Vite 3 and Cloudflare Pages to optimize your application's build tooling.

In this guide, you will learn how to start a new project using Vite 3, and deploy it to Cloudflare Pages.

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="vite@latest" />

```sh output
✔ Project name: … vite-on-pages
✔ Select a framework: › vue
✔ Select a variant: › vue

Scaffolding project in ~/src/vite-on-pages...

Done. Now run:

  cd vite-on-pages
  npm install
  npm run dev
```

You will now create a new GitHub repository, and push your code using [GitHub's `gh` command line (CLI)](https://cli.github.com):

```sh
git init
```

```sh output
Initialized empty Git repository in ~/vite-vue3-on-pages/.git/
```

```sh
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"                                           vite-vue3-on-pages/git/main +
```

```sh output
[main (root-commit) dad4177] Initial commit
 14 files changed, 1452 insertions(+)
```

```sh
gh repo create
```

```sh output
✓ Created repository kristianfreeman/vite-vue3-on-pages on GitHub
✓ Added remote git@github.com:kristianfreeman/vite-vue3-on-pages.git
```

```sh
git push
```

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select your new GitHub repository.
4. In the **Set up builds and deployments**, set `npm run build` as the **Build command**, and `dist` as the **Build output directory**.

After completing configuration, select **Save and Deploy**.

You will see your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified. After you have deployed your project, it will be available at the `<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev` subdomain. Find your project's subdomain in **Workers & Pages** > select your Pages project > **Deployments**.

Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying them to production.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "Vite 3" }} />
```

---

# VitePress

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-vitepress-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

[VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/) is a [static site generator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_site_generator) (SSG) designed for building fast, content-centric websites. VitePress takes your source content written in [Markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown), applies a theme to it, and generates static HTML pages that can be easily deployed anywhere.

In this guide, you will create a new VitePress project and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Set up a new project

VitePress ships with a command line setup wizard that will help you scaffold a basic project.

Run the following command in your terminal to create a new VitePress project:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npx vitepress@latest init
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm dlx vitepress@latest init
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn dlx vitepress@latest init
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="bun">

```sh
bunx vitepress@latest init
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Amongst other questions, the setup wizard will ask you in which directory to save your new project, make sure
to be in the project's directory and then install the `vitepress` dependency with the following command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm add -D vitepress
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm add -D vitepress
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn add -D vitepress
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="bun">

```sh
bun add -D vitepress
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

If you encounter errors, make sure your local machine meets the [Prerequisites for VitePress](https://vitepress.dev/guide/getting-started#prerequisites).

:::

Finally create a `.gitignore` file with the following content:

```
node_modules
.vitepress/cache
.vitepress/dist
```

This step makes sure that unnecessary files are not going to be included in the project's git repository (which we will set up next).

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, the following information will be provided:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="vitepress" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. Cloudflare Pages will install `vitepress`, your project dependencies, and build your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`. Every time you commit and push new code to your VitePress project, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "VitePress" }} />

---

# Zola

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-zola-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Zola](https://www.getzola.org/) is a fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. In this guide, you will create a new Zola application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use the `zola` CLI to create a new Zola site.

## Installing Zola

First, [install](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/installation/) the `zola` CLI, using the specific instructions for your operating system below:

### macOS (Homebrew)

If you use the package manager [Homebrew](https://brew.sh), run the `brew install` command in your terminal to install Zola:

```sh
brew install zola
```

### Windows (Chocolatey)

If you use the package manager [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/), run the `choco install` command in your terminal to install Zola:

```sh
choco install zola
```

### Windows (Scoop)

If you use the package manager [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/), run the `scoop install` command in your terminal to install Zola:

```sh
scoop install zola
```

### Linux (pkg)

Your Linux distro's package manager may include Zola. If this is the case, you can install it directly using your distro's package manager -- for example, using `pkg`, run the following command in your terminal:

```sh
pkg install zola
```

If your package manager does not include Zola or you would like to download a release directly, refer to the [**Manual**](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-zola-site/#manual-installation) section below.

### Manual installation

The Zola GitHub repository contains pre-built versions of the Zola command-line tool for various operating systems, which can be found on [the Releases page](https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases).

For more instruction on installing these releases, refer to [Zola's install guide](https://www.getzola.org/documentation/getting-started/installation/).

## Creating a new project

With Zola installed, create a new project by running the `zola init` command in your terminal using the default template:

```sh
zola init my-zola-project
```

Upon running `zola init`, you will prompted with three questions:

1. What is the URL of your site? ([https://example.com](https://example.com)):
   You can leave this one blank for now.

2. Do you want to enable Sass compilation? \[Y/n]: Y

3. Do you want to enable syntax highlighting? \[y/N]: y

4. Do you want to build a search index of the content? \[y/N]: y

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository_no_init" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="zola" />

Below the configuration, make sure to set the **Environment Variables (advanced)** for specifying the `ZOLA_VERSION`.

For example, `ZOLA_VERSION`: `0.17.2`.

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `zola`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

You can now add that subdomain as the `base_url` in your `config.toml` file.

For example:

```yaml
# The URL the site will be built for
base_url = "https://my-zola-project.pages.dev"
```

Every time you commit new code to your Zola site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "Zola" }} />

---

# Vue

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-vue-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Vue](https://vuejs.org/) is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces. A core principle of Vue is incremental adoption: this makes it easy to build Vue applications that live side-by-side with your existing code.

In this guide, you will create a new Vue application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will use `vue-cli`, a batteries-included tool for generating new Vue applications.

## Setting up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Vue's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Vue project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-vue-app --framework=vue"
/>

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository_no_init" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

<Render file="deploy-via-c3" params={{ name: "Vue" }} />

### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

<PagesBuildPreset framework="vue" />

</div>

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `vue`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Vue application, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "Vue" }} />

---

# Analog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-analog-site/

import {
	PagesBuildPreset,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

[Analog](https://analogjs.org/) is a fullstack meta-framework for Angular, powered by [Vite](https://vitejs.dev/) and [Nitro](https://nitro.unjs.io/).

In this guide, you will create a new Analog application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Create a new project with `create-cloudflare`

The easiest way to create a new Analog project and deploy to Cloudflare Pages is to use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (also known as C3). To get started, open a terminal and run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-analog-app --framework=analog"
/>

C3 will walk you through the setup process and create a new project using `create-analog`, the official Analog creation tool. It will also install the necessary adapters along with the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version).

:::note[Deployment]

The final step of the C3 workflow will offer to deploy your application to Cloudflare. For more information on deployment options, see the [Deployment](#deployment) section below.

:::

## Bindings

A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) allows your application to interact with Cloudflare developer products, such as [KV](/kv/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](/d1/).

If you intend to use bindings in your project, you must first set up your bindings for local and remote development.

In Analog, server-side code can be added via [API Routes](https://analogjs.org/docs/features/api/overview). The `defineEventHandler()` method is used to define your API endpoints in which you can access Cloudflare's context via the provided `context` field. The `context` field allows you to access any bindings set for your application.

The following code block shows an example of accessing a KV namespace in Analog.

```typescript null {2}
export default defineEventHandler(async ({ context }) => {
	const { MY_KV } = context.cloudflare.env;
	const greeting = (await MY_KV.get("greeting")) ?? "hello";

	return {
		greeting,
	};
});
```

### Setup bindings in development

Projects created via C3 come installed with a Nitro module that simplifies the process of working with bindings during development:

```typescript
const devBindingsModule = async (nitro: Nitro) => {
  if (nitro.options.dev) {
    nitro.options.plugins.push('./src/dev-bindings.ts');
  }
};

export default defineConfig({
  ...
  plugins: [analog({
    nitro: {
      preset: "cloudflare-pages",
      modules: [devBindingsModule]
    }
  })],
  ...
});
```

This module in turn loads a plugin which adds bindings to the event context in dev:

```typescript
import { NitroApp } from "nitropack";
import { defineNitroPlugin } from "nitropack/dist/runtime/plugin";

export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp: NitroApp) => {
	nitroApp.hooks.hook("request", async (event) => {
		const _pkg = "wrangler"; // Bypass bundling!
		const { getPlatformProxy } = (await import(
			_pkg
		)) as typeof import("wrangler");
		const platform = await getPlatformProxy();

		event.context.cf = platform["cf"];
		event.context.cloudflare = {
			env: platform["env"] as unknown as Env,
			context: platform["ctx"],
		};
	});
});
```

In the code above, the `getPlatformProxy` helper function will automatically detect any bindings defined in your project's Wrangler file and emulate those bindings in local development. You may wish to refer to [Wrangler configuration information on bindings](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#bindings).

A new type definition for the `Env` type (used by `context.cloudflare.env`) can be generated from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file with the following command:

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

This should be done any time you add new bindings to your Wrangler configuration.

### Setup bindings in deployed applications

In order to access bindings in a deployed application, you will need to [configure your bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) in the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Deployment

When creating your new project, C3 will give you the option of deploying an initial version of your application via [Direct Upload](/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/). You can redeploy your application at any time by running following command inside your project directory:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

<Render file="framework-guides/git-integration" />

### Create a GitHub repository

<Render file="framework-guides/create-gh-repo" />

```sh
# Skip the following three commands if you have built your application
# using C3 or already committed your changes
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/<YOUR_GH_USERNAME>/<REPOSITORY_NAME>
git push -u origin main
```

### Create a Pages project

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git** and create a new Pages project.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="analog" />

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

4. After completing configuration, select the **Save and Deploy**.

Review your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified. Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying your changes to production.

---

# Angular

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-angular-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

[Angular](https://angular.io/) is an incredibly popular framework for building reactive and powerful front-end applications.

In this guide, you will create a new Angular application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Create a new project using the `create-cloudflare` CLI (C3)

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Angular's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Angular project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-angular-app --framework=angular"
/>

`create-cloudflare` will install dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and the Cloudflare Pages adapter, and ask you setup questions.

:::note[Git integration]

The initial deployment created via C3 is referred to as a [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/). To set up a deployment via the Pages Git integration, refer to the [Git Integration](#git-integration) section below.

:::

<Render file="framework-guides/git-integration" />

### Create a GitHub repository

<Render file="framework-guides/create-gh-repo" /> <br />

```sh
# Skip the following three commands if you have built your application
# using C3 or already committed your changes
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/<YOUR_GH_USERNAME>/<REPOSITORY_NAME>
git push -u origin main
```

### Create a Pages project

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git** and create a new Pages project.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="angular" />

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

4. After completing configuration, select the **Save and Deploy**.

Review your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified. Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying your changes to production.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "Angular" }} />

---

# Astro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-astro-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render, PackageManagers, Stream } from "~/components";

[Astro](https://astro.build) is an all-in-one web framework for building fast, content-focused websites. By default, Astro builds websites that have zero JavaScript runtime code.

Refer to the [Astro Docs](https://docs.astro.build/) to learn more about Astro or for assistance with an Astro project.

In this guide, you will create a new Astro application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

### Video Tutorial

<Stream videoId="d308a0e06bfaefd12115b34076ba99a4" videoTitle="Build a Full-Stack Application using Astro and Cloudflare Workers" thumbnailTimeOrURL="3s" />

## Set up a new project

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Astro project, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-astro-app --framework=astro"
/>

Astro will ask:

1. Which project type you would like to set up. Your answers will not affect the rest of this tutorial. Select an answer ideal for your project.

2. If you want to initialize a Git repository. We recommend you to select `No` and follow this guide's [Git instructions](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-astro-site/#create-a-github-repository) below. If you select `Yes`, do not follow the below Git instructions precisely but adjust them to your needs.

`create-cloudflare` will then install dependencies, including the [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#check-your-wrangler-version) CLI and the `@astrojs/cloudflare` adapter, and ask you setup questions.

### Astro configuration

You can deploy an Astro Server-side Rendered (SSR) site to Cloudflare Pages using the [`@astrojs/cloudflare` adapter](https://github.com/withastro/adapters/tree/main/packages/cloudflare#readme). SSR sites render on Pages Functions and allow for dynamic functionality and customizations.

<Render file="c3-adapter" />

Add the [`@astrojs/cloudflare` adapter](https://github.com/withastro/adapters/tree/main/packages/cloudflare#readme) to your project's `package.json` by running:

```sh
npm run astro add cloudflare
```

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

<Render file="framework-guides/create-github-repository" />

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

<Render file="deploy-via-c3" params={{ name: "Astro" }} />

### Deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

<PagesBuildPreset framework="astro" />

</div>

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

After completing configuration, select **Save and Deploy**.

You will see your first deployment in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified.

Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying them to production.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

### Local runtime

Local runtime support is configured via the `platformProxy` option:

```js null {6}
import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
import cloudflare from "@astrojs/cloudflare";

export default defineConfig({
	adapter: cloudflare({
		platformProxy: {
			enabled: true,
		},
	}),
});
```

## Use bindings in your Astro application

A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) allows your application to interact with Cloudflare developer products, such as [KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [Durable Object](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-d1/).

Use bindings in Astro components and API routes by using `context.locals` from [Astro Middleware](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/middleware/) to access the Cloudflare runtime which amongst other fields contains the Cloudflare's environment and consecutively any bindings set for your application.

Refer to the following example of how to access a KV namespace with TypeScript.

First, you need to define Cloudflare runtime and KV type by updating the `env.d.ts`:

```typescript
/// <reference types="astro/client" />

type KVNamespace = import("@cloudflare/workers-types").KVNamespace;
type ENV = {
	// replace `MY_KV` with your KV namespace
	MY_KV: KVNamespace;
};

// use a default runtime configuration (advanced mode).
type Runtime = import("@astrojs/cloudflare").Runtime<ENV>;
declare namespace App {
	interface Locals extends Runtime {}
}
```

You can then access your KV from an API endpoint in the following way:

```typescript null {3,4,5}
import type { APIContext } from "astro";

export async function get({ locals }: APIContext) {
	// the type KVNamespace comes from the @cloudflare/workers-types package
	const { MY_KV } = locals.runtime.env;

	return {
		// ...
	};
}
```

Besides endpoints, you can also use bindings directly from your Astro components:

```typescript null {2,3}
---
const myKV = Astro.locals.runtime.env.MY_KV;
const value = await myKV.get("key");
---
<div>{value}</div>
```

To learn more about the Astro Cloudflare runtime, refer to the [Access to the Cloudflare runtime](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/cloudflare/#access-to-the-cloudflare-runtime) in the Astro documentation.

<Render file="framework-guides/learn-more" params={{ one: "Astro" }} />

---

# Elder.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-elderjs-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Elder.js](https://elderguide.com/tech/elderjs/) is an SEO-focused framework for building static sites with [SvelteKit](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-svelte-kit-site/).

In this guide, you will create a new Elder.js application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

## Setting up a new project

Create a new project using [`npx degit Elderjs/template`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-init), giving it a project name:

```sh
npx degit Elderjs/template elderjs-app
cd elderjs-app
```

The Elder.js template includes a number of pages and examples showing how to build your static site, but by simply generating the project, it is already ready to be deployed to Cloudflare Pages.

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.

You will be asked to authorize access to your GitHub account if you have not already done so. Cloudflare needs this so that it can monitor and deploy your projects from the source. You may narrow access to specific repositories if you prefer; however, you will have to manually update this list [within your GitHub settings](https://github.com/settings/installations) when you want to add more repositories to Cloudflare Pages.

Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="elder-js" />

Optionally, you can customize the **Project name** field. It defaults to the GitHub repository's name, but it does not need to match. The **Project name** value is assigned as your `*.pages.dev` subdomain.

### Finalize Setup

After completing configuration, click the **Save and Deploy** button.

You will see your first deploy pipeline in progress. Pages installs all dependencies and builds the project as specified.

Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it on every new pushed commit.

Additionally, you will have access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/), which repeat the build-and-deploy process for pull requests. With these, you can preview changes to your project with a real URL before deploying them to production.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

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---

# Eleventy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-eleventy-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev/) is a simple static site generator. In this guide, you will create a new Eleventy site and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages. You will be using the `eleventy` CLI to create a new Eleventy site.

## Installing Eleventy

Install the `eleventy` CLI by running the following command in your terminal:

```sh
npm install -g @11ty/eleventy
```

## Creating a new project

There are a lot of [starter projects](https://www.11ty.dev/docs/starter/) available on the Eleventy website. As an example, use the `eleventy-base-blog` project by running the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/11ty/eleventy-base-blog.git my-blog-name
cd my-blog-name
npm install
```

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## Creating a GitHub repository

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting [repo.new](https://repo.new). After creating a new repository, prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following command in your terminal:

```sh
git remote set-url origin https://github.com/yourgithubusername/githubrepo
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
```

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Eleventy_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="eleventy" />

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.
Every time you commit new code to your Eleventy site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

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---

# Ember

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-emberjs-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[Ember.js](https://emberjs.com) is a productive, battle-tested JavaScript framework for building modern web applications. It includes everything you need to build rich UIs that work on any device.

## Install Ember

To begin, install Ember:

```sh
npm install -g ember-cli
```

## Create an Ember project

Use the `ember new` command to create a new application:

```sh
npx ember new ember-quickstart --lang en
```

After the application is generated, change the directory to your project and run your project by running the following commands:

```sh
cd ember-quickstart
npm start
```

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Ember_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="ember-js" />

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your Ember site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests and be able to preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

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---

# MkDocs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-mkdocs-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

[MkDocs](https://www.mkdocs.org/) is a modern documentation platform where teams can document products, internal knowledge bases and APIs.

## Install MkDocs

MkDocs requires a recent version of Python and the Python package manager, pip, to be installed on your system. To install pip, refer to the [MkDocs Installation guide](https://www.mkdocs.org/user-guide/installation/). With pip installed, run:

```sh
pip install mkdocs
```

## Create an MkDocs project

Use the `mkdocs new` command to create a new application:

```sh
mkdocs new <PROJECT_NAME>
```

Then `cd` into your project, take MkDocs and its dependencies and put them into a `requirements.txt` file:

```sh
pip freeze > requirements.txt
```

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You have successfully created a GitHub repository and pushed your MkDocs project to that repository.

## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _MkDocs_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information:

<PagesBuildPreset framework="mkdocs" />

4. Go to **Environment variables (advanced)** > **Add variable** > and add the variable `PYTHON_VERSION` with a value of `3.7`.

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your MkDocs site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests and be able to preview how changes to your site look before deploying them to production.

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

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---

# Static HTML

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/deploy-anything/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare supports deploying any static HTML website to Cloudflare Pages. If you manage your website without using a framework or static site generator, or if your framework is not listed in [Framework guides](/pages/framework-guides/), you can still deploy it using this guide.

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## Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option     | Value              |
| ------------------------ | ------------------ |
| Production branch        | `main`             |
| Build command (optional) | `exit 0`           |
| Build output directory   | `<YOUR_BUILD_DIR>` |

</div>

Unlike many of the framework guides, the build command and build output directory for your site are going to be completely custom. If you are not using a preset and do not need to build your site, use `exit 0` as your **Build command**. Cloudflare recommends using `exit 0` as your **Build command** to access features such as Pages Functions. The **Build output directory** is where your application's content lives.

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. Your custom build command (if provided) will run, and Pages will deploy your static site.

:::note


For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).


:::

After you have deployed your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`. Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.


<Details header="Getting 404 errors on *.pages.dev?">

If you are getting `404` errors when visiting your `*.pages.dev` domain, make sure your website has a top-level file for `index.html`. This `index.html` is what Pages will serve on your apex with no page specified.


</Details>

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---

# Framework guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

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---

# Advanced mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/advanced-mode/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Advanced mode allows you to develop your Pages Functions with a `_worker.js` file rather than the `/functions` directory.

In some cases, Pages Functions' built-in file path based routing and middleware system is not desirable for existing applications. You may have a Worker that is complex and difficult to splice up into Pages' file-based routing system. For these cases, Pages offers the ability to define a `_worker.js` file in the output directory of your Pages project.

When using a `_worker.js` file, the entire `/functions` directory is ignored, including its routing and middleware characteristics. Instead, the `_worker.js` file is deployed and must be written using the [Module Worker syntax](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/). If you have never used Module syntax, refer to the [JavaScript modules blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-javascript-modules/) to learn more. Using Module syntax enables JavaScript frameworks to generate a Worker as part of the Pages output directory contents.

## Set up a Function

In advanced mode, your Function will assume full control of all incoming HTTP requests to your domain. Your Function is required to make or forward requests to your project's static assets. Failure to do so will result in broken or unwanted behavior. Your Function must be written in Module syntax.

After making a `_worker.js` file in your output directory, add the following code snippet:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    if (url.pathname.startsWith('/api/')) {
      // TODO: Add your custom /api/* logic here.
      return new Response('Ok');
    }
    // Otherwise, serve the static assets.
    // Without this, the Worker will error and no assets will be served.
    return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
  },
}
```

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```ts
// Note: You would need to compile your TS into JS and output it as a `_worker.js` file. We do not read `_worker.ts`

interface Env {
  ASSETS: Fetcher;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    if (url.pathname.startsWith('/api/')) {
      // TODO: Add your custom /api/* logic here.
      return new Response('Ok');
    }
    // Otherwise, serve the static assets.
    // Without this, the Worker will error and no assets will be served.
    return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

In the above code, you have configured your Function to return a response under all requests headed for `/api/`. Otherwise, your Function will fallback to returning static assets.

* The `env.ASSETS.fetch()` function will allow you to return assets on a given request.
* `env` is the object that contains your environment variables and bindings.
* `ASSETS` is a default Function binding that allows communication between your Function and Pages' asset serving resource.
* `fetch()` calls to Pages' asset-serving resource and serves the requested asset.

## Migrate from Workers

To migrate an existing Worker to your Pages project, copy your Worker code and paste it into your new `_worker.js` file. Then handle static assets by adding the following code snippet to `_worker.js`:

```ts
return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
```

## Deploy your Function

After you have set up a new Function or migrated your Worker to `_worker.js`, make sure your `_worker.js` file is placed in your Pages' project output directory. Deploy your project through your Git integration for advanced mode to take effect.

---

# API reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/api-reference/

The following methods can be used to configure your Pages Function.

## Methods

### `onRequests`



* <code>onRequest(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all requests no matter the request method.
* <code>onRequestGet(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `GET` requests.
* <code>onRequestPost(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `POST` requests.
* <code>onRequestPatch(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `PATCH` requests.
* <code>onRequestPut(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `PUT` requests.
* <code>onRequestDelete(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `DELETE` requests.
* <code>onRequestHead(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `HEAD` requests.
* <code>onRequestOptions(context[EventContext](#eventcontext))</code> Response | Promise\<Response>
  * This function will be invoked on all `OPTIONS` requests.



### `env.ASSETS.fetch()`

The `env.ASSETS.fetch()` function allows you to fetch a static asset from your Pages project.

You can pass a [Request object](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), URL string, or URL object to `env.ASSETS.fetch()` function. The URL must be to the pretty path, not directly to the asset. For example, if you had the path `/users/index.html`, you will request `/users/` instead of `/users/index.html`. This method call will run the header and redirect rules, modifying the response that is returned.

## Types

### `EventContext`


The following are the properties on the `context` object which are passed through on the `onRequest` methods:

* `request` [Request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/)

  This is the incoming [Request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/).

* `functionPath` string

  This is the path of the request.

* <code>waitUntil(promisePromise\<any>)</code> void

  Refer to [`waitUntil` documentation](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) for more information.

* <code>passThroughOnException()</code> void

  Refer to [`passThroughOnException` documentation](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#passthroughonexception) for more information. Note that this will not work on an [advanced mode project](/pages/functions/advanced-mode/).

* <code>next(input?Request | string, init?RequestInit)</code> Promise\<Response>

  Passes the request through to the next Function or to the asset server if no other Function is available.

* `env` [EnvWithFetch](#envwithfetch)

* `params` Params\<P>

  Holds the values from [dynamic routing](/pages/functions/routing/#dynamic-routes).

  In the following example, you have a dynamic path that is `/users/[user].js`. When you visit the site on `/users/nevi` the `params` object would look like:

  ```js
  {
    user: "nevi"
  }
  ```

  This allows you fetch the dynamic value from the path:

  ```js
  export function onRequest(context) {
    return new Response(`Hello ${context.params.user}`);
  }
  ```

  Which would return `"Hello nevi"`.

* `data` Data



### `EnvWithFetch`

Holds the environment variables, secrets, and bindings for a Function. This also holds the `ASSETS` binding which is how you can fallback to the asset-serving behavior.

---

# Bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/bindings/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) enables your Pages Functions to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform. Use bindings to integrate your Pages Functions with Cloudflare resources like [KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](/d1/). You can set bindings for both production and preview environments.

This guide will instruct you on configuring a binding for your Pages Function. You must already have a Cloudflare Developer Platform resource set up to continue.

:::note

Pages Functions only support a subset of all [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), which are listed on this page.

:::

## KV namespaces

[Workers KV](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) is Cloudflare's key-value storage solution.

To bind your KV namespace to your Pages Function, you can configure a KV namespace binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#kv-namespaces) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a KV namespace binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **KV namespace**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **KV namespace**, select your desired namespace.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use KV in your Function. In the following example, your KV namespace binding is called `TODO_LIST` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

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```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const task = await context.env.TODO_LIST.get("Task:123");
	return new Response(task);
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	TODO_LIST: KVNamespace;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const task = await context.env.TODO_LIST.get("Task:123");
	return new Response(task);
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your KV namespaces locally

You can interact with your KV namespace bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

To interact with your KV namespace binding locally by passing arguments to the Wrangler CLI, add `-k <BINDING_NAME>` or `--kv=<BINDING_NAME>` to the `wrangler pages dev` command. For example, if your KV namespace is bound your Function via the `TODO_LIST` binding, access the KV namespace in local development by running:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --kv=TODO_LIST
```

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## Durable Objects

[Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) (DO) are Cloudflare's strongly consistent data store that power capabilities such as connecting WebSockets and handling state.

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To bind your Durable Object to your Pages Function, you can configure a Durable Object binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#kv-namespaces) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a Durable Object binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Durable Object**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **Durable Object namespace**, select your desired namespace.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use Durable Objects in your Function. In the following example, your DO binding is called `DURABLE_OBJECT` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export async function onRequestGet(context) {
	const id = context.env.DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
	const stub = context.env.DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

	// Pass the request down to the durable object
	return stub.fetch(context.request);
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {
	DURABLE_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace;
}

export const onRequestGet: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const id = context.env.DURABLE_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
	const stub = context.env.DURABLE_OBJECT.get(id);

	// Pass the request down to the durable object
	return stub.fetch(context.request);
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your Durable Object namespaces locally

You can interact with your Durable Object bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

While developing locally, to interact with a Durable Object namespace, run `wrangler dev` in the directory of the Worker exporting the Durable Object. In another terminal, run `wrangler pages dev` in the directory of your Pages project.

To interact with your Durable Object namespace locally via the Wrangler CLI, append `--do <BINDING_NAME>=<CLASS_NAME>@<SCRIPT_NAME>` to `wrangler pages dev`. `CLASS_NAME` indicates the Durable Object class name and `SCRIPT_NAME` the name of your Worker.

For example, if your Worker is called `do-worker` and it declares a Durable Object class called `DurableObjectExample`, access this Durable Object by running `npx wrangler dev` in the `do-worker` directory. At the same time, run `npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --do MY_DO=DurableObjectExample@do-worker` in your Pages' project directory. Interact with the `MY_DO` binding in your Function code by using `context.env` (for example, `context.env.MY_DO`).

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## R2 buckets

[R2](/r2/) is Cloudflare's blob storage solution that allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the egress fees.

To bind your R2 bucket to your Pages Function, you can configure a R2 bucket binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#r2-buckets) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a R2 bucket binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **R2 bucket**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **R2 bucket**, select your desired R2 bucket.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use R2 buckets in your Function. In the following example, your R2 bucket binding is called `BUCKET` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const obj = await context.env.BUCKET.get("some-key");
	if (obj === null) {
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	}
	return new Response(obj.body);
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {
	BUCKET: R2Bucket;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const obj = await context.env.BUCKET.get("some-key");
	if (obj === null) {
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	}
	return new Response(obj.body);
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your R2 buckets locally

You can interact with your R2 bucket bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

:::note

By default, Wrangler automatically persists data to local storage. For more information, refer to [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/).

:::

To interact with an R2 bucket locally via the Wrangler CLI, add `--r2=<BINDING_NAME>` to the `wrangler pages dev` command. If your R2 bucket is bound to your Function with the `BUCKET` binding, access this R2 bucket in local development by running:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --r2=BUCKET
```

Interact with this binding by using `context.env` (for example, `context.env.BUCKET`.)

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## D1 databases

[D1](/d1/) is Cloudflare’s native serverless database.

To bind your D1 database to your Pages Function, you can configure a D1 database binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#d1-databases) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a D1 database binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add**> **D1 database bindings**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **D1 database**, select your desired D1 database.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use D1 in your Function. In the following example, your D1 database binding is `NORTHWIND_DB` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

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```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	// Create a prepared statement with our query
	const ps = context.env.NORTHWIND_DB.prepare("SELECT * from users");
	const data = await ps.first();

	return Response.json(data);
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	NORTHWIND_DB: D1Database;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	// Create a prepared statement with our query
	const ps = context.env.NORTHWIND_DB.prepare("SELECT * from users");
	const data = await ps.first();

	return Response.json(data);
};
```

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### Interact with your D1 databases locally

You can interact with your D1 database bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

To interact with a D1 database via the Wrangler CLI while [developing locally](/d1/best-practices/local-development/#develop-locally-with-pages), add `--d1 <BINDING_NAME>=<DATABASE_ID>` to the `wrangler pages dev` command.

If your D1 database is bound to your Pages Function via the `NORTHWIND_DB` binding and the `database_id` in your Wrangler file is `xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx`, access this database in local development by running:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --d1 NORTHWIND_DB=xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
```

Interact with this binding by using `context.env` (for example, `context.env.NORTHWIND_DB`.)

:::note

By default, Wrangler automatically persists data to local storage. For more information, refer to [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/).

:::

Refer to the [D1 Workers Binding API documentation](/d1/worker-api/) for the API methods available on your D1 binding.

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## Vectorize indexes

[Vectorize](/vectorize/) is Cloudflare’s native vector database.

To bind your Vectorize index to your Pages Function, you can configure a Vectorize index binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#vectorize-indexes) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a Vectorize index binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Choose whether you would like to set up the binding in your **Production** or **Preview** environment.
4. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
5. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Vectorize index**.
6. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
7. Under **Vectorize index**, select your desired Vectorize index.
8. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

### Use Vectorize index bindings

To use Vectorize index in your Pages Function, you can access your Vectorize index binding in your Pages Function code. In the following example, your Vectorize index binding is called `VECTORIZE_INDEX` and you can access the binding in your Pages Function code on `context.env`.

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```js
// Sample vectors: 3 dimensions wide.
//
// Vectors from a machine-learning model are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [15.1, 19.2, 15.8],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [0.16, 1.2, 3.8],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813" },
	},
	{
		id: "4",
		values: [75.1, 67.1, 29.9],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/418313" },
	},
	{
		id: "5",
		values: [58.8, 6.7, 3.4],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/55519183" },
	},
];

export async function onRequest(context) {
	let path = new URL(context.request.url).pathname;
	if (path.startsWith("/favicon")) {
		return new Response("", { status: 404 });
	}

	// You only need to insert vectors into your index once
	if (path.startsWith("/insert")) {
		// Insert some sample vectors into your index
		// In a real application, these vectors would be the output of a machine learning (ML) model,
		// such as Workers AI, OpenAI, or Cohere.
		let inserted = await context.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.insert(sampleVectors);

		// Return the number of IDs we successfully inserted
		return Response.json(inserted);
	}
}
```

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```ts
export interface Env {
	// This makes our vector index methods available on context.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.*
	// For example, context.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.insert() or query()
	VECTORIZE_INDEX: VectorizeIndex;
}

// Sample vectors: 3 dimensions wide.
//
// Vectors from a machine-learning model are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [15.1, 19.2, 15.8],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [0.16, 1.2, 3.8],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813" },
	},
	{
		id: "4",
		values: [75.1, 67.1, 29.9],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/418313" },
	},
	{
		id: "5",
		values: [58.8, 6.7, 3.4],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/55519183" },
	},
];

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	let path = new URL(context.request.url).pathname;
	if (path.startsWith("/favicon")) {
		return new Response("", { status: 404 });
	}

	// You only need to insert vectors into your index once
	if (path.startsWith("/insert")) {
		// Insert some sample vectors into your index
		// In a real application, these vectors would be the output of a machine learning (ML) model,
		// such as Workers AI, OpenAI, or Cohere.
		let inserted = await context.env.VECTORIZE_INDEX.insert(sampleVectors);

		// Return the number of IDs we successfully inserted
		return Response.json(inserted);
	}
};
```

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## Workers AI

[Workers AI](/workers-ai/) allows you to run machine learning models, powered by serverless GPUs, on Cloudflare’s global network.

To bind Workers AI to your Pages Function, you can configure a Workers AI binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#workers-ai) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

When developing locally using Wrangler, you can define an AI binding using the `--ai` flag. Start Wrangler in development mode by running [`wrangler pages dev --ai AI`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to expose the `context.env.AI` binding.

To configure a Workers AI binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Workers AI**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

### Use Workers AI bindings

To use Workers AI in your Pages Function, you can access your Workers AI binding in your Pages Function code. In the following example, your Workers AI binding is called `AI` and you can access the binding in your Pages Function code on `context.env`.

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```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const input = { prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase Hello, World" };

	const answer = await context.env.AI.run(
		"@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
		input,
	);

	return Response.json(answer);
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	AI: Ai;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const input = { prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase Hello, World" };

	const answer = await context.env.AI.run(
		"@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
		input,
	);

	return Response.json(answer);
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your Workers AI binding locally

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You can interact with your Workers AI bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

To interact with a Workers AI binding via the Wrangler CLI while developing locally, run:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev --ai=<BINDING_NAME>
```

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## Service bindings

[Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) enable you to call a Worker from within your Pages Function.

To bind your Pages Function to a Worker, configure a Service binding in your Pages Function using the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#service-bindings) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a Service binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Service binding**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **Service**, select your desired Worker.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use Service bindings in your Function. In the following example, your Service binding is called `SERVICE` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export async function onRequestGet(context) {
	return context.env.SERVICE.fetch(context.request);
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	SERVICE: Fetcher;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	return context.env.SERVICE.fetch(context.request);
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your Service bindings locally

You can interact with your Service bindings locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and run [`npx wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).
- Pass arguments to `wrangler pages dev` directly.

To interact with a [Service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) while developing locally, run the Worker you want to bind to via `wrangler dev` and in parallel, run `wrangler pages dev` with `--service <BINDING_NAME>=<SCRIPT_NAME>` where `SCRIPT_NAME` indicates the name of the Worker. For example, if your Worker is called `my-worker`, connect with this Worker by running it via `npx wrangler dev` (in the Worker's directory) alongside `npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --service MY_SERVICE=my-worker` (in the Pages' directory). Interact with this binding by using `context.env` (for example, `context.env.MY_SERVICE`).

If you set up the Service binding via the Cloudflare dashboard, you will need to append `wrangler pages dev` with `--service <BINDING_NAME>=<SCRIPT_NAME>` where `BINDING_NAME` is the name of the Service binding and `SCRIPT_NAME` is the name of the Worker.

For example, to develop locally, if your Worker is called `my-worker`, run `npx wrangler dev` in the `my-worker` directory. In a different terminal, also run `npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR> --service MY_SERVICE=my-worker` in your Pages project directory. Interact with this Service binding by using `context.env` (for example, `context.env.MY_SERVICE`).

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## Queue Producers

[Queue Producers](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#producer) enable you to send messages into a queue within your Pages Function.

To bind a queue to your Pages Function, configure a queue producer binding in your Pages Function using the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#queues-producers) or the Cloudflare dashboard:

To configure a queue producer binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Functions** > **Add** > **Queue**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **Queue**, select your desired queue.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use a queue producer binding in your Function. In this example, the binding is named `MY_QUEUE` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

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```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	await context.env.MY_QUEUE.send({
		url: request.url,
		method: request.method,
		headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
	});

	return new Response("Sent!");
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	MY_QUEUE: Queue<any>;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	await context.env.MY_QUEUE.send({
		url: request.url,
		method: request.method,
		headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
	});

	return new Response("Sent!");
};
```

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### Interact with your Queue Producer binding locally

If using a queue producer binding with a Pages Function, you will be able to send events to a queue locally. However, it is not possible to consume events from a queue with a Pages Function. You will have to create a [separate consumer Worker](/queues/get-started/#5-create-your-consumer-worker) with a [queue consumer handler](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) to consume events from the queue. Wrangler does not yet support running separate producer Functions and consumer Workers bound to the same queue locally.

## Hyperdrive configs

:::note

PostgreSQL drivers like [`Postgres.js`](https://github.com/porsager/postgres) depend on Node.js APIs. Pages Functions with Hyperdrive bindings must be [deployed with Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]
compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::

[Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) is a service for connecting to your existing databases from Cloudflare Workers and Pages Functions.

To bind your Hyperdrive config to your Pages Function, you can configure a Hyperdrive binding in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#hyperdrive) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure a Hyperdrive binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Hyperdrive**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **Hyperdrive configuration**, select your desired configuration.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use Hyperdrive in your Function. In the following example, your Hyperdrive config is named `HYPERDRIVE` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

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```js
import postgres from "postgres";

export async function onRequest(context) {
	// create connection to postgres database
	const sql = postgres(context.env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString);

	try {
		const result = await sql`SELECT id, name, value FROM records`;

		return Response.json({result: result})
	} catch (e) {
		return Response.json({error: e.message, {status: 500}});
	}
}
```

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```ts
import postgres from "postgres";

interface Env {
	HYPERDRIVE: Hyperdrive;
}

type MyRecord = {
	id: number;
	name: string;
	value: string;
};

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	// create connection to postgres database
	const sql = postgres(context.env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString);

	try {
		const result = await sql<MyRecord[]>`SELECT id, name, value FROM records`;

		return Response.json({result: result})
	} catch (e) {
		return Response.json({error: e.message, {status: 500}});
	}
};
```

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### Interact with your Hyperdrive binding locally

To interact with your Hyperdrive binding locally, you must provide a local connection string to your database that your Pages project will connect to directly. You can set an environment variable `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_<BINDING_NAME>` with the connection string of the database, or use the Wrangler file to configure your Hyperdrive binding with a `localConnectionString` as specified in [Hyperdrive documentation for local development](/hyperdrive/configuration/local-development/). Then, run [`npx wrangler pages dev <OUTPUT_DIR>`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1).

## Analytics Engine

The [Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) binding enables you to write analytics within your Pages Function.

To bind an Analytics Engine dataset to your Pages Function, you must configure an Analytics Engine binding using the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#analytics-engine-datasets) or the Cloudflare dashboard:

To configure an Analytics Engine binding via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Bindings** > **Add** > **Analytics engine**.
5. Give your binding a name under **Variable name**.
6. Under **Dataset**, input your desired dataset.
7. Redeploy your project for the binding to take effect.

Below is an example of how to use an Analytics Engine binding in your Function. In the following example, the binding is called `ANALYTICS_ENGINE` and you can access the binding in your Function code on `context.env`:

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```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const url = new URL(context.request.url);

	context.env.ANALYTICS_ENGINE.writeDataPoint({
		indexes: [],
		blobs: [url.hostname, url.pathname],
		doubles: [],
	});

	return new Response("Logged analytic");
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	ANALYTICS_ENGINE: AnalyticsEngineDataset;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const url = new URL(context.request.url);

	context.env.ANALYTICS_ENGINE.writeDataPoint({
		indexes: [],
		blobs: [url.hostname, url.pathname],
		doubles: [],
	});

	return new Response("Logged analytic");
};
```

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### Interact with your Analytics Engine binding locally

You cannot use an Analytics Engine binding locally.

## Environment variables

An [environment variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) is an injected value that can be accessed by your Functions. Environment variables are a type of binding that allow you to attach text strings or JSON values to your Pages Function. It is stored as plain text. Set your environment variables directly within the Cloudflare dashboard for both your production and preview environments at runtime and build-time.

To add environment variables to your Pages project, you can use the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#environment-variables) or the Cloudflare dashboard.

To configure an environment variable via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Variables and Secrets** > **Add** .
5. After setting a variable name and value, select **Save**.

Below is an example of how to use environment variables in your Function. The environment variable in this example is `ENVIRONMENT` and you can access the environment variable on `context.env`:

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```js
export function onRequest(context) {
	if (context.env.ENVIRONMENT === "development") {
		return new Response("This is a local environment!");
	} else {
		return new Response("This is a live environment");
	}
}
```

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```ts
interface Env {
	ENVIRONMENT: string;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	if (context.env.ENVIRONMENT === "development") {
		return new Response("This is a local environment!");
	} else {
		return new Response("This is a live environment");
	}
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Interact with your environment variables locally

You can interact with your environment variables locally in one of two ways:

- Configure your Pages project's Wrangler file and running `npx wrangler pages dev`.
- Pass arguments to [`wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1) directly.

To interact with your environment variables locally via the Wrangler CLI, add `--binding=<ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME>=<ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_VALUE>` to the `wrangler pages dev` command:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev --binding=<ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_NAME>=<ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_VALUE>
```

## Secrets

Secrets are a type of binding that allow you to attach encrypted text values to your Pages Function. You cannot see secrets after you set them and can only access secrets programmatically on `context.env`. Secrets are used for storing sensitive information like API keys and auth tokens.

To add secrets to your Pages project:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project > select **Settings**.
4. Select your Pages environment > **Variables and Secrets** > **Add**.
5. Set a variable name and value.
6. Select **Encrypt** to create your secret.
7. Select **Save**.

You use secrets the same way as environment variables. When setting secrets with Wrangler or in the Cloudflare dashboard, it needs to be done before a deployment that uses those secrets. For more guidance, refer to [Environment variables](#environment-variables).

### Interact with your secrets locally

When developing locally, add secrets by creating a `.dev.vars` file in the root directory of your Pages project. Then add the following code snippet to `.dev.vars`:

```
SECRET_NAME=<SECRET_VALUE>
```

---

# Debugging and logging

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/

Access your Functions logs by using the Cloudflare dashboard or the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deployment-tail).

Logs are a powerful debugging tool that can help you test and monitor the behavior of your Pages Functions once they have been deployed. Logs are available for every deployment of your Pages project.

Logs provide detailed information about events and can give insight into:

* Successful or failed requests to your Functions.
* Uncaught exceptions thrown by your Functions.
* Custom `console.log`s declared within your Functions.
* Production issues that cannot be easily reproduced.
* Real-time view of incoming requests to your application.

There are two ways to start a logging session:

1. Run `wrangler pages deployment tail` [in your terminal](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/#view-logs-with-wrangler).
2. Use the [Cloudflare dashboard](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/#view-logs-in-the-cloudflare-dashboard).

## Add custom logs

Custom logs are `console.log()` statements that you can add yourself inside your Functions. When streaming logs for deployments that contain these Functions, the statements will appear in both `wrangler pages deployment tail` and dashboard outputs.

Below is an example of a custom `console.log` statement  inside a Pages Function:

```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
  console.log(`[LOGGING FROM /hello]: Request came from ${context.request.url}`);

  return new Response("Hello, world!");
}
```

After you deploy the code above, run `wrangler pages deployment tail` in your terminal. Then access the route at which your Function lives. Your terminal will display:

![Run wrangler pages deployment tail](~/assets/images/pages/platform/functions/wrangler-custom-logs.png)

Your dashboard will display:

![Follow the above steps to access custom logs in the dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/platform/functions/dash-custom-logs.png)

## View logs with Wrangler

`wrangler pages deployment tail` enables developers to livestream logs for a specific project and deployment.

To get started, run `wrangler pages deployment tail` in your Pages project directory. This will log any incoming requests to your application in your local terminal.

The output of each `wrangler pages deployment tail` log is a structured JSON object:

```js
{
  "outcome": "ok",
  "scriptName": null,
  "exceptions": [
    {
      "stack": "    at src/routes/index.tsx17:4\n    at new Promise (<anonymous>)\n",
      "name": "Error",
      "message": "An error has occurred",
      "timestamp": 1668542036110
    }
  ],
  "logs": [],
  "eventTimestamp": 1668542036104,
  "event": {
    "request": {
      "url": "https://pages-fns.pages.dev",
      "method": "GET",
      "headers": {},
      "cf": {}
    },
    "response": {
      "status": 200
    }
  },
  "id": 0
}
```

`wrangler pages deployment tail` allows you to customize a logging session to better suit your needs. Refer to the [`wrangler pages deployment tail` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deployment-tail) for available configuration options.

## View logs in the Cloudflare Dashboard

To view logs for your `production` or `preview` environments associated with any deployment:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project, go to the deployment you want to view logs for and select **View details** > **Functions**.

Logging is available for all customers (Free, Paid, Enterprise).

## Limits

The following limits apply to Functions logs:

* Logs are not stored. You can start and stop the stream at any time to view them, but they do not persist.
* Logs will not display if the Function’s requests per second are over 100 for the last five minutes.
* Logs from any [Durable Objects](/pages/functions/bindings/#durable-objects) your Functions bind to will show up in the Cloudflare dashboard.
* A maximum of 10 clients can view a deployment’s logs at one time. This can be a combination of either dashboard sessions or `wrangler pages deployment tail` calls.

## Sourcemaps

If you're debugging an uncaught exception, you might find that the [stack traces](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/stack) in your logs contain line numbers to generated JavaScript files. Using Pages' support for [source maps](https://web.dev/articles/source-maps) you can get stack traces that match with the line numbers and symbols of your original source code.

:::note


When developing fullstack applications, many build tools (including wrangler for Pages Functions and most fullstack frameworks) will generate source maps for both the client and server, ensure your build step is configured to only emit server sourcemaps or use an additional build step to remove the client source maps. Public source maps might expose the source code of your application to the user.


:::

Refer to [Source maps and stack traces](/pages/functions/source-maps/) for an in-depth explanation.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/get-started/

This guide will instruct you on creating and deploying a Pages Function.

## Prerequisites

You must have a Pages project set up on your local machine or deployed on the Cloudflare dashboard. To create a Pages project, refer to [Get started](/pages/get-started/).

## Create a Function

To get started with generating a Pages Function, create a `/functions` directory. Make sure that the `/functions` directory is at the root of your Pages project (and not in the static root, such as `/dist`).

:::note[Advanced mode]


For existing applications where Pages Functions’ built-in file path based routing and middleware system is not desirable, use [Advanced mode](/pages/functions/advanced-mode/). Advanced mode allows you to develop your Pages Functions with a `_worker.js` file rather than the `/functions` directory.


:::

Writing your Functions files in the `/functions` directory will automatically generate a Worker with custom functionality at predesignated routes.

Copy and paste the following code into a `helloworld.js` file that you create in your `/functions` folder:

```js
export function onRequest(context) {
  return new Response("Hello, world!")
}
```

In the above example code, the `onRequest` handler takes a request [`context`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#eventcontext) object. The handler must return a `Response` or a `Promise` of a `Response`.

This Function will run on the `/helloworld` route and returns `"Hello, world!"`. The reason this Function is available on this route is because the file is named `helloworld.js`. Similarly, if this file was called `howdyworld.js`, this function would run on `/howdyworld`.

Refer to [Routing](/pages/functions/routing/) for more information on route customization.

### Runtime features

[Workers runtime features](/workers/runtime-apis/) are configurable on Pages Functions, including [compatibility with a subset of Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs) and the ability to set a [compatibility date or compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

Set these configurations by passing an argument to your [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1) command or by setting them in the dashboard. To set Pages compatibility flags in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** and select your Pages project.
3. Select **Settings** > **Functions** > **Compatibility Flags**.
4. Configure your Production and Preview compatibility flags as needed.

Additionally, use other Cloudflare products such as [D1](/d1/) (serverless DB) and [R2](/r2/) from within your Pages project by configuring [bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/).

## Deploy your Function

After you have set up your Function, deploy your Pages project. Deploy your project by:

* Connecting your [Git provider](/pages/get-started/git-integration/).
* Using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#pages) from the command line.

:::caution

[Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) from the Cloudflare dashboard is currently not supported with Functions.
:::

## Related resources

* Customize your [Function's routing](/pages/functions/routing/)
* Review the [API reference](/pages/functions/api-reference/)
* Learn how to [debug your Function](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/)

---

# Functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Pages Functions allows you to build full-stack applications by executing code on the Cloudflare network with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). With Functions, you can introduce application aspects such as authenticating, handling form submissions, or working with middleware. [Workers runtime features](/workers/runtime-apis/) are configurable on Pages Functions, including [compatibility with a subset of Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs) and the ability to set a [compatibility date or compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/). Use Functions to deploy server-side code to enable dynamic functionality without running a dedicated server.

To provide feedback or ask questions on Functions, join the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev) and connect with the Cloudflare team in the [#functions channel](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/910978223968518144).

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Local development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/local-development/

Run your Pages application locally with our Wrangler Command Line Interface (CLI).

## Install Wrangler

To get started with Wrangler, refer to the [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

## Run your Pages project locally

The main command for local development on Pages is `wrangler pages dev`. This will let you run your Pages application locally, which includes serving static assets and running your Functions.

With your folder of static assets set up, run the following command to start local development:

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev <DIRECTORY-OF-ASSETS>
```

This will then start serving your Pages project. You can press `b` to open the browser on your local site, (available, by default, on [http://localhost:8788](http://localhost:8788)).

:::note

If you have a [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/) file configured for your Pages project, you can run [`wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1) without specifying a directory.

:::

### HTTPS support

To serve your local development server over HTTPS with a self-signed certificate, you can [set `local_protocol` via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#local-development-settings) or you can pass the `--local-protocol=https` argument to [`wrangler pages dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev-1):

```sh
npx wrangler pages dev --local-protocol=https <DIRECTORY-OF-ASSETS>
```

## Attach bindings to local development

To attach a binding to local development, refer to [Bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) and find the Cloudflare Developer Platform resource you would like to work with.

## Additional Wrangler configuration

If you are using a Wrangler configuration file in your project, you can set up dev server values like: `port`, `local protocol`, `ip`, and `port`. For more information, read about [configuring local development settings](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#local-development-settings).

---

# Metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/metrics/

Functions metrics can help you diagnose issues and understand your workloads by showing performance and usage data for your Functions.

## Functions metrics

Functions metrics aggregate request data for an individual Pages project. To view your Functions metrics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages** > in **Overview**, select your Pages project.
3. In your Pages project, select **Functions Metrics**.

There are three metrics that can help you understand the health of your Function:

1. Requests success.
2. Requests errors.
3. Invocation Statuses.

### Requests

In **Functions metrics**, you can see historical request counts broken down into total requests, successful requests and errored requests. Information on subrequests is available by selecting **Subrequests**.

* **Total**: All incoming requests registered by a Function. Requests blocked by [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](https://www.cloudflare.com/waf/) or other security features will not count.
* **Success**: Requests that returned a `Success` or `Client Disconnected` [invocation status](#invocation-statuses).
* **Errors**: Requests that returned a `Script Threw Exception`, `Exceeded Resources`, or `Internal Error` [invocation status](#invocation-statuses)
* **Subrequests**: Requests triggered by calling `fetch` from within a Function. When your Function fetches a static asset, it will count as a subrequest. A subrequest that throws an uncaught error will not be counted.

Request traffic data may display a drop off near the last few minutes displayed in the graph for time ranges less than six hours. This does not reflect a drop in traffic, but a slight delay in aggregation and metrics delivery.

### Invocation statuses

Function invocation statuses indicate whether a Function executed successfully or failed to generate a response in the Workers runtime. Invocation statuses differ from HTTP status codes. In some cases, a Function invocation succeeds but does not generate a successful HTTP status because of another error encountered outside of the Workers runtime. Some invocation statuses result in a Workers error code being returned to the client.

| Invocation status      | Definition                                            | Workers error code | Graph QL field       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -------------------- |
| Success                | Worker script executed successfully                   |                    | success              |
| Client disconnected    | HTTP client disconnected before the request completed |                    | clientDisconnected   |
| Script threw exception | Worker script threw an unhandled JavaScript exception | 1101               | scriptThrewException |
| Exceeded resources^1   | Worker script exceeded runtime limits                 | 1102, 1027         | exceededResources    |
| Internal error^2       | Workers runtime encountered an error                  |                    | internalError        |

1. The Exceeded Resources status may appear when the Worker exceeds a [runtime limit](/workers/platform/limits/#request-limits). The most common cause is excessive CPU time, but is also caused by a script exceeding startup time or free tier limits.
2. The Internal Error status may appear when the Workers runtime fails to process a request due to an internal failure in our system. These errors are not caused by any issue with the Function code nor any resource limit. While requests with Internal Error status are rare, some may appear during normal operation. These requests are not counted towards usage for billing purposes. If you notice an elevated rate of requests with Internal Error status, review [www.cloudflarestatus.com](http://www.cloudflarestatus.com).

To further investigate exceptions, refer to [Debugging and Logging](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging)

### CPU time per execution

The CPU Time per execution chart shows historical CPU time data broken down into relevant quantiles using [reservoir sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling).  Learn more about [interpreting quantiles](https://www.statisticshowto.com/quantile-definition-find-easy-steps/).

In some cases, higher quantiles may appear to exceed [CPU time limits](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time) without generating invocation errors because of a mechanism in the Workers runtime that allows rollover CPU time for requests below the CPU limit.

### Duration per execution

The **Duration** chart underneath **Median CPU time** in the **Functions metrics** dashboard shows historical [duration](/workers/platform/limits/#duration) per Function execution. The data is broken down into relevant quantiles, similar to the CPU time chart.

Understanding duration on your Function is useful when you are intending to do a significant amount of computation on the Function itself. This is because you may have to use the Standard or Unbound usage model which allows up to 30 seconds of CPU time.

Workers on the [Bundled Usage Model](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) may have high durations, even with a 50 ms CPU time limit, if they are running many network-bound operations like fetch requests and waiting on responses.

### Metrics retention

Functions metrics can be inspected for up to three months in the past in maximum increments of one week. The **Functions metrics** dashboard in your Pages project includes the charts and information described above.

---

# Middleware

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/middleware/

Middleware is reusable logic that can be run before your [`onRequest`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#onrequests) function. Middlewares are typically utility functions. Error handling, user authentication, and logging are typical candidates for middleware within an application.

## Add middleware

Middleware is similar to standard Pages Functions but middleware is always defined in a `_middleware.js` file in your project's `/functions` directory. A `_middleware.js` file exports an [`onRequest`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#onrequests) function. The middleware will run on requests that match any Pages Functions in the same `/functions` directory, including subdirectories. For example, `functions/users/_middleware.js` file will match requests for `/functions/users/nevi`, `/functions/users/nevi/123` and `functions/users`.

If you want to run a middleware on your entire application, including in front of static files, create a `functions/_middleware.js` file.

In `_middleware.js` files, you may export an `onRequest` handler or any of its method-specific variants. The following is an example middleware which handles any errors thrown in your project's Pages Functions. This example uses the `next()` method available in the request handler's context object:

```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
  try {
    return await context.next();
  } catch (err) {
    return new Response(`${err.message}\n${err.stack}`, { status: 500 });
  }
}
```

## Chain middleware

You can export an array of Pages Functions as your middleware handler. This allows you to chain together multiple middlewares that you want to run. In the following example, you can handle any errors generated from your project's Functions, and check if the user is authenticated:

```js
async function errorHandling(context) {
  try {
    return await context.next();
  } catch (err) {
    return new Response(`${err.message}\n${err.stack}`, { status: 500 });
  }
}

function authentication(context) {
  if (context.request.headers.get("x-email") != "admin@example.com") {
    return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 403 });
  }

  return context.next();
}

export const onRequest = [errorHandling, authentication];
```

In the above example, the `errorHandling` function will run first. It will capture any errors in the `authentication` function and any errors in any other subsequent Pages Functions.

---

# Module support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/module-support/

Pages Functions provide support for several module types, much like [Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-javascript-modules/). This means that you can import and use external modules such as WebAssembly (Wasm), `text` and `binary` files inside your Functions code.

This guide will instruct you on how to use these different module types inside your Pages Functions.

## ECMAScript Modules

ECMAScript modules (or in short ES Modules) is the official, [standardized](https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-modules) module system for JavaScript. It is the recommended mechanism for writing modular and reusable JavaScript code.

[ES Modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules) are defined by the use of `import` and `export` statements. Below is an example of a script written in ES Modules format, and a Pages Function that imports that module:

```js
export function greeting(name: string): string {
  return `Hello ${name}!`;
}
```

```js
import { greeting } from "../src/greeting.ts";

export async function onRequest(context) {
    return new Response(`${greeting("Pages Functions")}`);
}
```

## WebAssembly Modules

[WebAssembly](/workers/runtime-apis/webassembly/) (abbreviated Wasm) allows you to compile languages like Rust, Go, or C to a binary format that can run in a wide variety of environments, including web browsers, Cloudflare Workers, Cloudflare Pages Functions, and other WebAssembly runtimes.

The distributable, loadable, and executable unit of code in WebAssembly is called a [module](https://webassembly.github.io/spec/core/syntax/modules.html).

Below is a basic example of how you can import Wasm Modules inside your Pages Functions code:

```js
import addModule from "add.wasm";

export async function onRequest() {
	const addInstance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(addModule);
	return new Response(
		`The meaning of life is ${addInstance.exports.add(20, 1)}`
	);
}
```

## Text Modules

Text Modules are a non-standardized means of importing resources such as HTML files as a `String`.

To import the below HTML file into your Pages Functions code:

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello Pages Functions!</h1>
  </body>
</html>
```

Use the following script:

```js
import html from "../index.html";

export async function onRequest() {
	return new Response(
		html,
    {
      headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html" }
    }
	);
}
```

## Binary Modules

Binary Modules are a non-standardized way of importing binary data such as images as an `ArrayBuffer`.

Below is a basic example of how you can import the data from a binary file inside your Pages Functions code:

```js
import data from "../my-data.bin";

export async function onRequest() {
	return new Response(
		data,
    {
      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream" }
    }
	);
}
```

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/pricing/

Requests to your Functions are billed as Cloudflare Workers requests. Workers plans and pricing can be found [in the Workers documentation](/workers/platform/pricing/).

## Paid Plans

Requests to your Pages functions count towards your quota for Workers Paid plans, including requests from your Function to KV or Durable Object bindings.

Pages supports the [Standard usage model](/workers/platform/pricing/#example-pricing-standard-usage-model).

:::note


Workers Enterprise accounts are billed based on the usage model specified in their contract. To switch to the Standard usage model, reach out to your Customer Success Manager (CSM). Some Workers Enterprise customers maintain the ability to [change usage models](/workers/platform/pricing/#how-to-switch-usage-models).


:::

### Static asset requests

On both free and paid plans, requests to static assets are free and unlimited. A request is considered static when it does not invoke Functions. Refer to [Functions invocation routes](/pages/functions/routing/#functions-invocation-routes) to learn more about when Functions are invoked.

## Free Plan

Requests to your Pages Functions count towards your quota for the Workers Free plan. For example, you could use 50,000 Functions requests and 50,000 Workers requests to use your full 100,000 daily request usage. The free plan daily request limit resets at midnight UTC.

---

# Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/routing/

import { FileTree } from "~/components";

Functions utilize file-based routing. Your `/functions` directory structure determines the designated routes that your Functions will run on. You can create a `/functions` directory with as many levels as needed for your project's use case. Review the following directory:

<FileTree>
- ...
- functions
	- index.js
	- helloworld.js
	- howdyworld.js
	- fruits
		- index.js
		- apple.js
		- banana.js
</FileTree>

The following routes will be generated based on the above file structure. These routes map the URL pattern to the `/functions` file that will be invoked when a visitor goes to the URL:

| File path                   | Route                     |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------- |
| /functions/index.js         | example.com               |
| /functions/helloworld.js    | example.com/helloworld    |
| /functions/howdyworld.js    | example.com/howdyworld    |
| /functions/fruits/index.js  | example.com/fruits        |
| /functions/fruits/apple.js  | example.com/fruits/apple  |
| /functions/fruits/banana.js | example.com/fruits/banana |

:::note[Trailing slash]

Trailing slash is optional. Both `/foo` and `/foo/` will be routed to `/functions/foo.js` or `/functions/foo/index.js`. If your project has both a `/functions/foo.js` and `/functions/foo/index.js` file, `/foo` and `/foo/` would route to `/functions/foo/index.js`.

:::

If no Function is matched, it will fall back to a static asset if there is one. Otherwise, the Function will fall back to the [default routing behavior](/pages/configuration/serving-pages/) for Pages' static assets.

## Dynamic routes

Dynamic routes allow you to match URLs with parameterized segments. This can be useful if you are building dynamic applications. You can accept dynamic values which map to a single path by changing your filename.

### Single path segments

To create a dynamic route, place one set of brackets around your filename – for example, `/users/[user].js`. By doing this, you are creating a placeholder for a single path segment:

| Path               | Matches? |
| ------------------ | -------- |
| /users/nevi        | Yes      |
| /users/daniel      | Yes      |
| /profile/nevi      | No       |
| /users/nevi/foobar | No       |
| /nevi              | No       |

### Multipath segments

By placing two sets of brackets around your filename – for example, `/users/[[user]].js` – you are matching any depth of route after `/users/`:

| Path                  | Matches? |
| --------------------- | -------- |
| /users/nevi           | Yes      |
| /users/daniel         | Yes      |
| /profile/nevi         | No       |
| /users/nevi/foobar    | Yes      |
| /users/daniel/xyz/123 | Yes      |
| /nevi                 | No       |

:::note[Route specificity]

More specific routes (routes with fewer wildcards) take precedence over less specific routes.

:::

#### Dynamic route examples

Review the following `/functions/` directory structure:

<FileTree>
- ...
- functions
	- date.js
	- users
		- special.js
		- [user].js
		- [[catchall]].js
</FileTree>

The following requests will match the following files:

| Request               | File                                              |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| /foo                  | Will route to a static asset if one is available. |
| /date                 | /date.js                                          |
| /users/daniel         | /users/\[user].js                                 |
| /users/nevi           | /users/\[user].js                                 |
| /users/special        | /users/special.js                                 |
| /users/daniel/xyz/123 | /users/\[\[catchall]].js                          |

The URL segment(s) that match the placeholder (`[user]`) will be available in the request [`context`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#eventcontext) object. The [`context.params`](/pages/functions/api-reference/#params) object can be used to find the matched value for a given filename placeholder.

For files which match a single URL segment (use a single set of brackets), the values are returned as a string:

```js
export function onRequest(context) {
  return new Response(context.params.user)
}
```

The above logic will return `daniel` for requests to `/users/daniel`.

For files which match against multiple URL segments (use a double set of brackets), the values are returned as an array:

```js
export function onRequest(context) {
  return new Response(JSON.stringify(context.params.catchall))
}
```

The above logic will return `["daniel", "xyz", "123"]` for requests to `/users/daniel/xyz/123`.

## Functions invocation routes

On a purely static project, Pages offers unlimited free requests. However, once you add Functions on a Pages project, all requests by default will invoke your Function. To continue receiving unlimited free static requests, exclude your project's static routes by creating a `_routes.json` file. This file will be automatically generated if a `functions` directory is detected in your project when you publish your project with Pages CI or Wrangler.

:::note

Some frameworks (such as Remix, SvelteKit) will also automatically generate a `_routes.json` file. However, if your preferred framework does not, create an issue on their framework repository with a link to this page or let us know on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com). Refer to the [Framework guide](/pages/framework-guides/) for more information on full-stack frameworks.

:::

### Create a `_routes.json` file

Create a `_routes.json` file to control when your Function is invoked. It should be placed in the output directory of your project.

This file will include three different properties:

* **version**: Defines the version of the schema. Currently there is only one version of the schema (version 1), however, we may add more in the future and aim to be backwards compatible.
* **include**: Defines routes that will be invoked by Functions. Accepts wildcard behavior.
* **exclude**: Defines routes that will not be invoked by Functions. Accepts wildcard behavior. `exclude` always take priority over `include`.

:::note

Wildcards match any number of path segments (slashes). For example, `/users/*` will match everything after the`/users/` path.

:::

#### Example configuration

Below is an example of a `_routes.json`.

```json
{
   "version": 1,
   "include": ["/*"],
   "exclude": []
}
```

This `_routes.json` will invoke your Functions on all routes.

Below is another example of a `_routes.json` file. Any route inside the `/build` directory will not invoke the Function and will not incur a Functions invocation charge.

```json
{
   "version": 1,
   "include": ["/*"],
   "exclude": ["/build/*"]
}
```

### Limits

Functions invocation routes have the following limits:

* You must have at least one include rule.
* You may have no more than 100 include/exclude rules combined.
* Each rule may have no more than 100 characters.

---

# Smart Placement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/smart-placement/

By default, [Workers](/workers/) and [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) are invoked in a data center closest to where the request was received. If you are running back-end logic in a Pages Function, it may be more performant to run that Pages Function closer to your back-end infrastructure rather than the end user. Smart Placement (beta) automatically places your workloads in an optimal location that minimizes latency and speeds up your applications.

## Background

Smart Placement applies to Pages Functions and middleware. Normally, assets are always served globally and closest to your users.

Smart Placement on Pages currently has some caveats. While assets are always meant to be served from a location closest to the user, there are two exceptions to this behavior:

1. If using middleware for every request (`functions/_middleware.js`) when Smart Placement is enabled, all assets will be served from a location closest to your back-end infrastructure. This may result in an unexpected increase in latency as a result.

2. When using [`env.ASSETS.fetch`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/advanced-mode/), assets served via the `ASSETS` fetcher from your Pages Function are served from the same location as your Function. This could be the location closest to your back-end infrastructure and not the user.

:::note


To understand how Smart Placement works, refer to [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/).


:::

## Enable Smart Placement (beta)

Smart Placement is available on all plans.

### Enable Smart Placement via the dashboard

To enable Smart Placement via the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
4. Select **Settings** > **Functions**.
5. Under **Placement**, choose **Smart**.
6. Send some initial traffic (approximately 20-30 requests) to your Pages Functions. It takes a few minutes after you have sent traffic to your Pages Function for Smart Placement to take effect.
7. View your Pages Function's [request duration metrics](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/) under Functions Metrics.

## Give feedback on Smart Placement

Smart Placement is in beta. To share your thoughts and experience with Smart Placement, join the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Source maps and stack traces

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/source-maps/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="source-maps" product="workers" />

:::caution


Support for uploading source maps for Pages is available now in open beta. Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.60.0.


:::

## Source Maps

To enable source maps, provide the `--upload-source-maps` flag to [`wrangler pages deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1) or add the following to your Pages application's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/) if you are using the Pages build environment:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
upload_source_maps = true
```

</WranglerConfig>

When uploading source maps is enabled, Wrangler will automatically generate and upload source map files when you run [`wrangler pages deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1).

## Stack traces

​​
When your application throws an uncaught exception, we fetch the source map and use it to map the stack trace of the exception back to lines of your application’s original source code.

You can then view the stack trace when streaming [real-time logs](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/).

:::note


The source map is retrieved after your Pages Function invocation completes — it's an asynchronous process that does not impact your applications's CPU utilization or performance. Source maps are not accessible inside the application at runtime, if you `console.log()` the [stack property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/stack), you will not get a deobfuscated stack trace.


:::

## Related resources

* [Real-time logs](/pages/functions/debugging-and-logging/) - Learn how to capture Pages logs in real-time.

---

# TypeScript

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/typescript/

Pages Functions supports TypeScript. Author any files in your `/functions` directory with a `.ts` extension instead of a `.js` extension to start using TypeScript.

To add the runtime types to your project, run:

```sh
npm install --save-dev typescript @cloudflare/workers-types
```

Then configure the runtime types by creating a `functions/tsconfig.json` file:

```json
{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"target": "esnext",
		"module": "esnext",
		"lib": ["esnext"],
		"types": ["@cloudflare/workers-types"]
	}
}
```

If you already have a `tsconfig.json` at the root of your project, you may wish to explicitly exclude the `/functions` directory to avoid conflicts. To exclude the `/functions` directory:

```json
{
	"include": ["src/**/*"],
	"exclude": ["functions/**/*"],
	"compilerOptions": {}
}
```

Pages Functions can be typed using the `PagesFunction` type. This type accepts an `Env` parameter. To use the `env` parameter:

```ts
interface Env {
	KV: KVNamespace;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	const value = await context.env.KV.get("example");
	return new Response(value);
};
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

:::caution

If your project contains an existing Wrangler file that you [previously used for local development](/pages/functions/local-development/), make sure you verify that it matches your project settings in the Cloudflare dashboard before opting-in to deploy your Pages project with the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Instead of writing your Wrangler file by hand, Cloudflare recommends using `npx wrangler pages download config` to download your current project settings into a Wrangler file.

:::

Pages Functions can be configured two ways, either via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) or the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, a file used to customize the development and deployment setup for [Workers](/workers/) and Pages Functions.

This page serves as a reference on how to configure your Pages project via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

If using a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, you must treat your file as the [source of truth](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#source-of-truth) for your Pages project configuration.

:::note[Configuration via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file is in open beta.]

Cloudflare welcomes your feedback. Join the #functions channel in the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev) to report bugs and request features.

:::

Using the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to configure your Pages project allows you to:

- **Store your configuration file in source control:** Keep your configuration in your repository alongside the rest of your code.
- **Edit your configuration via your code editor:** Remove the need to switch back and forth between interfaces.
- **Write configuration that is shared across environments:** Define configuration like [bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) for local development, preview and production in one file.
- **Ensure better access control:** By using a configuration file in your project repository, you can control who has access to make changes without giving access to your Cloudflare dashboard.

## Example Wrangler file

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-app"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "northwind-demo"
database_id = "<DATABASE_ID>"

[vars]
API_KEY = "1234567asdf"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Requirements

### V2 build system

Pages Functions configuration via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file requires the [V2 build system](/pages/configuration/build-image/#v2-build-system) or later. To update from V1, refer to the [V2 build system migration instructions](/pages/configuration/build-image/#v1-to-v2-migration).

### Wrangler

You must have Wrangler version 3.45.0 or higher to use a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for your Pages project's configuration. To check your Wrangler version, update Wrangler or install Wrangler, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

## Migrate from dashboard configuration

The migration instructions for Pages projects that do not have a Wrangler file currently are different than those for Pages projects with an existing Wrangler file. Read the instructions based on your situation carefully to avoid errors in production.

### Projects with existing Wrangler file

Before you could use the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to define your preview and production configuration, it was possible to use the file to define which [bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/) should be available to your Pages project in local development.

If you have been using a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for local development, you may already have a file in your Pages project that looks like this:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

If you would like to use your existing Wrangler file for your Pages project configuration, you must:

1. Add the `pages_build_output_dir` key with the appropriate value of your [build output directory](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#build-commands-and-directories) (for example, `pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"`.)
2. Review your existing Wrangler configuration carefully to make sure it aligns with your desired project configuration before deploying.

If you add the `pages_build_output_dir` key to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and deploy your Pages project, Pages will use whatever configuration was defined for local use, which is very likely to be non-production. Do not deploy until you are confident that your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file is ready for production use.

:::caution[Overwriting configuration]

Running [`wrangler pages download config`](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#projects-without-existing-wranglertoml-file) will overwrite your existing Wrangler file with a generated Wrangler file based on your Cloudflare dashboard configuration. Run this command only if you want to discard your previous Wrangler file that you used for local development and start over with configuration pulled from the Cloudflare dashboard.

:::

You can continue to use your Wrangler file for local development without migrating it for production use by not adding a `pages_build_output_dir` key. If you do not add a `pages_build_output_dir` key and run `wrangler pages deploy`, you will see a warning message telling you that fields are missing and that the file will continue to be used for local development only.

### Projects without existing Wrangler file

If you have an existing Pages project with configuration set up via the Cloudflare dashboard and do not have an existing Wrangler file in your Project, run the `wrangler pages download config` command in your Pages project directory. The `wrangler pages download config` command will download your existing Cloudflare dashboard configuration and generate a valid Wrangler file in your Pages project directory.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npx wrangler pages download config <PROJECT_NAME>
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn wrangler pages download config <PROJECT_NAME>
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm wrangler pages download config <PROJECT_NAME>
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Review your generated Wrangler file. To start using the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for your Pages project's configuration, create a new deployment, via [Git integration](/pages/get-started/git-integration/) or [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/).

### Handling compatibility dates set to "Latest"

In the Cloudflare dashboard, you can set compatibility dates for preview deployments to "Latest". This will ensure your project is always using the latest compatibility date without the need to explicitly set it yourself.

If you download a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file from a project configured with "Latest" using the `wrangler pages download` command, your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file will have the latest compatibility date available at the time you downloaded the configuration file. Wrangler does not support the "Latest" functionality like the dashboard. Compatibility dates must be explicitly set when using a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

Refer to [this guide](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) for more information on what compatibility dates are and how they work.

## Differences using a Wrangler configuration file for Pages Functions and Workers

If you have used [Workers](/workers), you may already be familiar with the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). There are a few key differences to be aware of when using this file with your Pages Functions project:

- The configuration fields **do not match exactly** between Pages Functions Wrangler file and the Workers equivalent. For example, configuration keys like `main`, which are Workers specific, do not apply to a Pages Function's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Some functionality supported by Workers, such as [module aliasing](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#module-aliasing) cannot yet be used by Cloudflare Pages projects.
- The Pages' `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file introduces a new key, `pages_build_output_dir`, which is only used for Pages projects.
- The concept of [environments](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#configure-environments) and configuration inheritance in this file **is not** the same as Workers.
- This file becomes the [source of truth](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/#source-of-truth) when used, meaning that you **can not edit the same fields in the dashboard** once you are using this file.

## Configure environments

With a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, you can quickly set configuration across your local environment, preview deployments, and production.

### Local development

`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file works locally when using `wrangler pages dev`. This means that you can test out configuration changes quickly without a need to login to the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to the following config file for an example:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-app"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"
compatibility_date = "2023-10-12"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

This `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file adds the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag and a KV namespace binding to your Pages project. Running `wrangler pages dev` in a Pages project directory with this `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file will apply the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag locally, and expose the `KV` binding in your Pages Function code at `context.env.KV`.

:::note

For a full list of configuration keys, refer to [inheritable keys](#inheritable-keys) and [non-inheritable keys](#non-inheritable-keys).

:::

### Production and preview deployments

Once you are ready to deploy your project, you can set the configuration for production and preview deployments by creating a new deployment containing a Wrangler file.

:::note

For the following commands, if you are using git it is important to remember the branch that you set as your [production branch](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/#production-branch-control) as well as your [preview branch settings](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/#preview-branch-control).

:::

To use the example above as your configuration for production, make a new production deployment using:

```sh
npx wrangler pages deploy
```

or more specifically:

```sh
npx wrangler pages deploy --branch <PRODUCTION BRANCH>
```

To deploy the configuration for preview deployments, you can run the same command as above while on a branch you have configured to work with [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/#preview-branch-control). This will set the configuration for all preview deployments, not just the deployments from a specific branch. Pages does not currently support branch-based configuration.

:::note

The `--branch` flag is optional with `wrangler pages deploy`. If you use git integration, Wrangler will infer the branch you are on from the repository you are currently in and implicitly add it to the command.

:::

### Environment-specific overrides

There are times that you might want to use different configuration across local, preview deployments, and production. It is possible to override configuration for production and preview deployments by using `[env.production]` or `[env.preview]`.

:::note

Unlike [Workers Environments](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#environments), `production` and `preview` are the only two options available via `[env.<ENVIRONMENT>]`.

:::

Refer to the following `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for an example of how to override preview deployment configuration:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-site"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"

[vars]
API_KEY = "1234567asdf"

[[env.preview.kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<PREVIEW_NAMESPACE_ID>"

[env.preview.vars]
API_KEY = "8901234bfgd"
```

</WranglerConfig>

If you deployed this file via `wrangler pages deploy`, `name`, `pages_build_output_dir`, `kv_namespaces`, and `vars` would apply the configuration to local and production, while `env.preview` would override `kv_namespaces` and `vars` for preview deployments.

If you wanted to have configuration values apply to local and preview, but override production, your file would look like this:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-site"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"

[vars]
API_KEY = "1234567asdf"

[[env.production.kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<PRODUCTION_NAMESPACE_ID>"

[env.production.vars]
API_KEY = "8901234bfgd"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You can always be explicit and override both preview and production:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-site"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"

[vars]
API_KEY = "1234567asdf"

[[env.preview.kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<PREVIEW_NAMESPACE_ID>"

[env.preview.vars]
API_KEY = "8901234bfgd"

[[env.production.kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<PRODUCTION_NAMESPACE_ID>"

[env.production.vars]
API_KEY = "6567875fvgt"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Inheritable keys

Inheritable keys are configurable at the top-level, and can be inherited (or overridden) by environment-specific configuration.

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of your Pages project. Alphanumeric and dashes only.

- `pages_build_output_dir` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The path to your project's build output folder. For example: `./dist`.

- `compatibility_date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - A date in the form `yyyy-mm-dd`, which will be used to determine which version of the Workers runtime is used. Refer to [Compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

- `compatibility_flags` string\[] optional

  - A list of flags that enable features from upcoming features of the Workers runtime, usually used together with `compatibility_date`. Refer to [compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

- `send_metrics` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Whether Wrangler should send usage data to Cloudflare for this project. Defaults to `true`. You can learn more about this in our [data policy](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler/telemetry.md).

- `limits` Limits optional

  - Configures limits to be imposed on execution at runtime. Refer to [Limits](#limits).

- `placement` Placement optional

  - Specify how Pages Functions should be located to minimize round-trip time. Refer to [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/).

- `upload_source_maps` boolean

  - When `upload_source_maps` is set to `true`, Wrangler will upload any server-side source maps part of your Pages project to give corrected stack traces in logs.

## Non-inheritable keys

Non-inheritable keys are configurable at the top-level, but, if any one non-inheritable key is overridden for any environment (for example,`[[env.production.kv_namespaces]]`), all non-inheritable keys must also be specified in the environment configuration and overridden.

For example, this configuration will not work:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pages-site"
pages_build_output_dir = "./dist"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "KV"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID>"

[vars]
API_KEY = "1234567asdf"

[env.production.vars]
API_KEY = "8901234bfgd"
```

</WranglerConfig>

`[[env.production.vars]]` is set to override `[vars]`. Because of this `[[kv_namespaces]]` must also be overridden by defining `[[env.production.kv_namespaces]]`.

This will work for local development, but will fail to validate when you try to deploy.

- `vars` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A map of environment variables to set when deploying your Function. Refer to [Environment variables](/pages/functions/bindings/#environment-variables).

- `d1_databases` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of D1 databases that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [D1 databases](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).

- `durable_objects` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of Durable Objects that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [Durable Objects](/pages/functions/bindings/#durable-objects).

- `hyperdrive` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Specifies Hyperdrive configs that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [Hyperdrive](/pages/functions/bindings/#r2-buckets).

- `kv_namespaces` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of KV namespaces that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [KV namespaces](/pages/functions/bindings/#kv-namespaces).

- `queues.producers` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Specifies Queues Producers that are bound to this Function. Refer to [Queues Producers](/queues/get-started/#4-set-up-your-producer-worker).

- `r2_buckets` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of R2 buckets that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [R2 buckets](/pages/functions/bindings/#r2-buckets).

- `vectorize` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of Vectorize indexes that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [Vectorize indexes](/vectorize/get-started/intro/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-index).

- `services` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of service bindings that your Function should be bound to. Refer to [service bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#service-bindings).

- `analytics_engine_datasets` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Specifies analytics engine datasets that are bound to this Function. Refer to [Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/).

- `ai` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Specifies an AI binding to this Function. Refer to [Workers AI](/pages/functions/bindings/#workers-ai).

## Limits

You can configure limits for your Pages project in the same way you can for Workers. Read [this guide](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#limits) for more details.

## Bindings

A [binding](/pages/functions/bindings/) enables your Pages Functions to interact with resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform. Use bindings to integrate your Pages Functions with Cloudflare resources like [KV](/kv/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [R2](/r2/), and [D1](/d1/). You can set bindings for both production and preview environments.

### D1 databases

[D1](/d1/) is Cloudflare's serverless SQL database. A Function can query a D1 database (or databases) by creating a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to each database for [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production database. Refer to [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

- Configure D1 database bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#d1-databases) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [D1 Database binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#d1-databases).

### Durable Objects

[Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) provide low-latency coordination and consistent storage for the Workers platform.

- Configure Durable Object namespace bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.

:::caution

<Render file="do-note" product="pages" /> Durable Object bindings configured in a Pages project's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file require the `script_name` key. For Workers, the `script_name` key is optional.

:::

- Interact with your [Durable Object namespace binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#durable-objects).

### Environment variables

[Environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) are a type of binding that allow you to attach text strings or JSON values to your Pages Function.

- Configure environment variables via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#environment-variables) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [environment variables](/pages/functions/bindings/#environment-variables).

### Hyperdrive

[Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) bindings allow you to interact with and query any Postgres database from within a Pages Function.

- Configure Hyperdrive bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#hyperdrive) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.

### KV namespaces

[Workers KV](/kv/api/) is a global, low-latency, key-value data store. It stores data in a small number of centralized data centers, then caches that data in Cloudflare’s data centers after access.

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production namespace. Refer to [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

- Configure KV namespace bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#kv-namespaces) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [KV namespace binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#kv-namespaces).

### Queues Producers

[Queues](/queues/) is Cloudflare's global message queueing service, providing [guaranteed delivery](/queues/reference/delivery-guarantees/) and [message batching](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/). [Queue Producers](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#producer) enable you to send messages into a queue within your Pages Function.

:::note

You cannot currently configure a [queues consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) with Pages Functions.

:::

- Configure Queues Producer bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#queues) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [Queues Producer binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#queue-producers).

### R2 buckets

[Cloudflare R2 Storage](/r2) allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production bucket. Refer to [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

- Configure R2 bucket bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#r2-buckets) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [R2 bucket bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#r2-buckets).

### Vectorize indexes

A [Vectorize index](/vectorize/) allows you to insert and query vector embeddings for semantic search, classification and other vector search use-cases.

- Configure Vectorize bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#vectorize-indexes) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.

### Service bindings

A service binding allows you to call a Worker from within your Pages Function. Binding a Pages Function to a Worker allows you to send HTTP requests to the Worker without those requests going over the Internet. The request immediately invokes the downstream Worker, reducing latency as compared to a request to a third-party service. Refer to [About Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).

- Configure service bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#service-bindings) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [service bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#service-bindings).

### Analytics Engine Datasets

[Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) provides analytics, observability and data logging from Pages Functions. Write data points within your Pages Function binding then query the data using the [SQL API](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/).

- Configure Analytics Engine Dataset bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#analytics-engine-datasets) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [Analytics Engine Dataset](/pages/functions/bindings/#analytics-engine).

### Workers AI

[Workers AI](/workers-ai/) allows you to run machine learning models, on the Cloudflare network, from your own code – whether that be from Workers, Pages, or anywhere via REST API.

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

Unlike other bindings, this binding is limited to one AI binding per Pages Function project.

- Configure Workers AI bindings via your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#workers-ai) the same way they are configured with Cloudflare Workers.
- Interact with your [Workers AI binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#workers-ai).

## Local development settings

The local development settings that you can configure are the same for Pages Functions and Cloudflare Workers. Read [this guide](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#local-development-settings) for more details.

## Source of truth

When used in your Pages Functions projects, your Wrangler file is the source of truth. You will be able to see, but not edit, the same fields when you log into the Cloudflare dashboard.

If you decide that you do not want to use a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for configuration, you can safely delete it and create a new deployment. Configuration values from your last deployment will still apply and you will be able to edit them from the dashboard.

---

# CLI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/get-started/c3/

import {
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	Type,
	MetaInfo,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

Cloudflare provides a CLI command for creating new Workers and Pages projects — `npm create cloudflare`, powered by the [`create-cloudflare` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare).

## Create a new application

Open a terminal window and run:

<Render file="c3-run-command-no-directory" product="workers" />

Running this command will prompt you to install the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) package, and then ask you questions about the type of application you wish to create.

## Web frameworks

If you choose the "Framework Starter" option, you will be prompted to choose a framework to use. The following frameworks are currently supported:

- [Analog](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-analog-site/)
- [Angular](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-angular-site/)
- [Astro](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-astro-site/)
- [Docusaurus](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-docusaurus-site/)
- [Gatsby](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-gatsby-site/)
- [Hono](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hono-site/)
- [Next.js](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/)
- [Nuxt](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-nuxt-site/)
- [Qwik](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-qwik-site/)
- [React](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-react-site/)
- [Remix](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-remix-site/)
- [SolidStart](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-solid-start-site/)
- [SvelteKit](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-svelte-kit-site/)
- [Vue](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-vue-site/)

When you use a framework, `npm create cloudflare` directly uses the framework's own command for generating a new projects, which may prompt additional questions. This ensures that the project you create is up-to-date with the latest version of the framework, and you have all the same options when creating you project via `npm create cloudflare` that you would if you created your project using the framework's tooling directly.

## Deploy

Once your project has been configured, you will be asked if you would like to deploy the project to Cloudflare. This is optional.

If you choose to deploy, you will be asked to sign into your Cloudflare account (if you aren't already), and your project will be deployed.

## Creating a new Pages project that is connected to a git repository

To create a new project using `npm create cloudflare`, and then connect it to a Git repository on your Github or Gitlab account, take the following steps:

1. Run `npm create cloudflare@latest`, and choose your desired options
2. Select `no` to the prompt, "Do you want to deploy your application?". This is important — if you select `yes` and deploy your application from your terminal ([Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/)), then it will not be possible to connect this Pages project to a git repository later on. You will have to create a new Cloudflare Pages project.
3. Create a new git repository, using the application that `npm create cloudflare@latest` just created for you.
4. Follow the steps outlined in the [Git integration guide](/pages/get-started/git-integration/)

## CLI Arguments

C3 collects any required input through a series of interactive prompts. You may also specify your choices via command line arguments, which will skip these prompts. To use C3 in a non-interactive context such as CI, you must specify all required arguments via the command line.

This is the full format of a C3 invocation alongside the possible CLI arguments:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest [--] [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS] [-- <NESTED ARGS...>]
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn create cloudflare [--] [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS] [-- <NESTED ARGS...>]
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm create cloudflare@latest [--] [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS] [-- <NESTED ARGS...>]
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="bun">

```sh
bun create cloudflare@latest [--] [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS] [-- <NESTED ARGS...>]
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

- `DIRECTORY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The directory where the application should be created. The name of the application is taken from the directory name.

- `NESTED ARGS..` string\[] optional

  - CLI arguments to pass to eventual third party CLIs C3 might invoke (in the case of full-stack applications).

- `--category` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The kind of templates that should be created.

  - The possible values for this option are:

    - `hello-world`: Hello World example
    - `web-framework`: Framework Starter
    - `demo`: Application Starter
    - `remote-template`: Template from a GitHub repo

- `--type` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The type of application that should be created.

  - The possible values for this option are:

    - `hello-world`: A basic "Hello World" Cloudflare Worker.
    - `hello-world-durable-object`: A [Durable Object](/durable-objects/) and a Worker to communicate with it.
    - `common`: A Cloudflare Worker which implements a common example of routing/proxying functionalities.
    - `scheduled`: A scheduled Cloudflare Worker (triggered via [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)).
    - `queues`: A Cloudflare Worker which is both a consumer and produced of [Queues](/queues/).
    - `openapi`: A Worker implementing an OpenAPI REST endpoint.
    - `pre-existing`: Fetch a Worker initialized from the Cloudflare dashboard.

- `--framework` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The type of framework to use to create a web application (when using this option, `--type` is ignored).

  - The possible values for this option are:

    - `angular`
    - `astro`
    - `docusaurus`
    - `gatsby`
    - `hono`
    - `next`
    - `nuxt`
    - `qwik`
    - `react`
    - `remix`
    - `solid`
    - `svelte`
    - `vue`

- `--template` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Create a new project via an external template hosted in a git repository

  - The value for this option may be specified as any of the following:

    - `user/repo`
    - `git@github.com:user/repo`
    - `https://github.com/user/repo`
    - `user/repo/some-template` (subdirectories)
    - `user/repo#canary` (branches)
    - `user/repo#1234abcd` (commit hash)
    - `bitbucket:user/repo` (BitBucket)
    - `gitlab:user/repo` (GitLab)

    See the `degit` [docs](https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit) for more details.

    At a minimum, templates must contain the following:

    - `package.json`
    - `wrangler.json`
    - `src/` containing a worker script referenced from `wrangler.json`

    See the [templates folder](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare/templates) of this repo for more examples.

- `--deploy` boolean (default: true) optional

  - Deploy your application after it has been created.

- `--lang`string (default: ts) optional

  - The programming language of the template.

  - The possible values for this option are:

    - `ts`
    - `js`
    - `python`

- `--ts`boolean (default: true) optional

  - Use TypeScript in your application. Deprecated. Please use `--lang=ts` instead.

- `--git` boolean (default: true) optional

  - Initialize a local git repository for your application.

- `--open` boolean (default: true) optional

  - Open with your browser the deployed application (this option is ignored if the application is not deployed).

- `--existing-script` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The name of an existing Cloudflare Workers script to clone locally. When using this option, `--type` is coerced to `pre-existing`.

  - When `--existing-script` is specified, `deploy` will be ignored.

- `-y`, `--accept-defaults` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Use all the default C3 options each can also be overridden by specifying it.

- `--auto-update` boolean (default: true) optional

  - Automatically uses the latest version of C3.

- `-v`, `--version` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Show version number.

- `-h`, `--help` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Show a help message.

:::note

All the boolean options above can be specified with or without a value, for example `--open` and `--open true` have the same effect, prefixing `no-` to the option's name negates it, so for example `--no-open` and `--open false` have the same effect.

:::

## Telemetry

Cloudflare collects anonymous usage data to improve `create-cloudflare` over time. Read more about this in our [data policy](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/packages/create-cloudflare/telemetry.md).

You can opt-out if you do not wish to share any information.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="telemetry disable"
/>

Alternatively, you can set an environment variable:

```sh
export CREATE_CLOUDFLARE_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1
```

You can check the status of telemetry collection at any time.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="telemetry status"
/>

You can always re-enable telemetry collection.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="telemetry enable"
/>

---

# Direct Upload

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/get-started/direct-upload/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Direct Upload enables you to upload your prebuilt assets to Pages and deploy them to the Cloudflare global network. You should choose Direct Upload over Git integration if you want to [integrate your own build platform](/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/) or upload from your local computer.

This guide will instruct you how to upload your assets using Wrangler or the drag and drop method.

:::caution[You cannot switch to Git integration later]
If you choose Direct Upload, you cannot switch to [Git integration](/pages/get-started/git-integration/) later. You will have to create a new project with Git integration to use automatic deployments.
:::

## Prerequisites

Before you deploy your project with Direct Upload, run the appropriate [build command](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#framework-presets) to build your project.

## Upload methods

After you have your prebuilt assets ready, there are two ways to begin uploading:

- [Wrangler](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/#wrangler-cli).
- [Drag and drop](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/#drag-and-drop).

:::note

Within a Direct Upload project, you can switch between creating deployments with either Wrangler or drag and drop. For existing Git-integrated projects, you can manually create deployments using [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy). However, you cannot use drag and drop on the dashboard with existing Git-integrated projects.

:::

## Supported file types

Below is the supported file types for each Direct Upload options:

- Wrangler: A single folder of assets. (Zip files are not supported.)
- Drag and drop: A zip file or single folder of assets.

## Wrangler CLI

### Set up Wrangler

To begin, install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started). Then [install Wrangler, the Developer Platform CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

#### Create your project

Log in to Wrangler with the [`wrangler login` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login). Then run the [`pages project create` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#project-create):

```sh
npx wrangler pages project create
```

You will then be prompted to specify the project name. Your project will be served at `<PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev` (or your project name plus a few random characters if your project name is already taken). You will also be prompted to specify your production branch.

Subsequent deployments will reuse both of these values (saved in your `node_modules/.cache/wrangler` folder).

#### Deploy your assets

From here, you have created an empty project and can now deploy your assets for your first deployment and for all subsequent deployments in your production environment. To do this, run the [`wrangler pages deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1) command:

```sh
npx wrangler pages deploy <BUILD_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>
```

Find the appropriate build output directory for your project in [Build directory under Framework presets](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#framework-presets).

Your production deployment will be available at `<PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev`.

:::note

Before using the `wrangler pages deploy` command, you will need to make sure you are inside the project. If not, you can also pass in the project path.

:::

To deploy assets to a preview environment, run:

```sh
npx wrangler pages deploy <OUTPUT_DIRECTORY> --branch=<BRANCH_NAME>
```

For every branch you create, a branch alias will be available to you at `<BRANCH_NAME>.<PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev`.

:::note

If you are in a Git workspace, Wrangler will automatically pull the branch information for you. Otherwise, you will need to specify your branch in this command.

:::

If you would like to streamline the project creation and asset deployment steps, you can also use the deploy command to both create and deploy assets at the same time. If you execute this command first, you will still be prompted to specify your project name and production branch. These values will still be cached for subsequent deployments as stated above. If the cache already exists and you would like to create a new project, you will need to run the [`create` command](#create-your-project).

#### Other useful commands

If you would like to use Wrangler to obtain a list of all available projects for Direct Upload, use [`pages project list`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#project-list):

```sh
npx wrangler pages project list
```

If you would like to use Wrangler to obtain a list of all unique preview URLs for a particular project, use [`pages deployment list`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deployment-list):

```sh
npx wrangler pages deployment list
```

For step-by-step directions on how to use Wrangler and continuous integration tools like GitHub Actions, Circle CI, and Travis CI together for continuous deployment, refer to [Use Direct Upload with continuous integration](/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/).

## Drag and drop

#### Deploy your project with drag and drop

To deploy with drag and drop:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. In **Account Home**, select your account > **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Upload assets**.
4. Enter your project name in the provided field and drag and drop your assets.
5. Select **Deploy**.

Your project will be served from `<PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev`. Next drag and drop your build output directory into the uploading frame. Once your files have been successfully uploaded, select **Save and Deploy** and continue to your newly deployed project.

#### Create a new deployment

After you have your project created, select **Create a new deployment** to begin a new version of your site. Next, choose whether your new deployment will be made to your production or preview environment. If choosing preview, you can create a new deployment branch or enter an existing one.

## Troubleshoot

### Limits

| Upload method | File limit   | File size |
| ------------- | ------------ | --------- |
| Wrangler      | 20,000 files | 25 MiB    |
| Drag and drop | 1,000 files  | 25 MiB    |

If using the drag and drop method, a red warning symbol will appear next to an asset if too large and thus unsuccessfully uploaded. In this case, you may choose to delete that asset but you cannot replace it. In order to do so, you must reupload the entire project.

### Production branch configuration

<Render file="prod-branch-update" />

### Functions

Drag and drop deployments made from the Cloudflare dashboard do not currently support compiling a `functions` folder of [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/). To deploy a `functions` folder, you must use Wrangler. When deploying a project using Wrangler, if a `functions` folder exists where the command is run, that `functions` folder will be uploaded with the project.

However, note that a `_worker.js` file is supported by both Wrangler and drag and drop deployments made from the dashboard.

---

# Git integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/get-started/git-integration/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

In this guide, you will get started with Cloudflare Pages and deploy your first website to the Pages platform through Git integration. The Git integration enables automatic builds and deployments every time you push a change to your connected [GitHub](/pages/configuration/git-integration/github-integration/) or [GitLab](/pages/configuration/git-integration/gitlab-integration/) repository.

:::caution[You cannot switch to Direct Upload later]
If you deploy using the Git integration, you cannot switch to [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) later. However, if you already use a Git-integrated project and do not want to trigger deployments every time you push a commit, you can [disable automatic deployments](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#disable-automatic-deployments) on all branches. Then, you can use Wrangler to deploy directly to your Pages projects and make changes to your Git repository without automatically triggering a build.

:::

## Connect your Git provider to Pages

<Render file="get-started-git-connect-pages" product="pages" />

## Configure your deployment

<Render file="get-started-git-configure-deployment" product="pages" />

## Manage site

<Render file="get-started-git-manage-site" product="pages" />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Choose a setup method for your Pages project:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Add custom HTTP headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/add-custom-http-headers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

:::note

Cloudflare provides HTTP header customization for Pages projects by adding a `_headers` file to your project. Refer to the [documentation](/pages/configuration/headers/) for more information.

:::

More advanced customization of HTTP headers is available through Cloudflare Workers [serverless functions](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/).

If you have not deployed a Worker before, get started with our [tutorial](/workers/get-started/guide/). For the purpose of this tutorial, accomplish steps one (Sign up for a Workers account) through four (Generate a new project) before returning to this page.

Before continuing, ensure that your Cloudflare Pages project is connected to a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain).

## Writing a Workers function

Workers functions are written in [JavaScript](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/serverless-javascript/). When a Worker makes a request to a Cloudflare Pages application, it will receive a response. The response a Worker receives is immutable, meaning it cannot be changed. In order to add, delete, or alter headers, clone the response and modify the headers on a new `Response` instance. Return the new response to the browser with your desired header changes. An example of this is shown below:

```js title="Setting custom headers with a Workers function"
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// This proxies your Pages application under the condition that your Worker script is deployed on the same custom domain as your Pages project
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Clone the response so that it is no longer immutable
		const newResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		// Add a custom header with a value
		newResponse.headers.append(
			"x-workers-hello",
			"Hello from Cloudflare Workers",
		);

		// Delete headers
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header-to-delete");
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header2-to-delete");

		// Adjust the value for an existing header
		newResponse.headers.set("x-header-to-change", "NewValue");

		return newResponse;
	},
};
```

## Deploying a Workers function in the dashboard

The easiest way to start deploying your Workers function is by typing [workers.new](https://workers.new/) in the browser. Log in to your account to be automatically directed to the Workers & Pages dashboard. From the Workers & Pages dashboard, write your function or use one of the [examples from the Workers documentation](/workers/examples/).

Select **Save and Deploy** when your script is ready and set a [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) in your domain's zone settings.

For example, [here is a Workers script](/workers/examples/security-headers/) you can copy and paste into the Workers dashboard that sets common security headers whenever a request hits your Pages URL, such as X-XSS-Protection, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Strict-Transport-Security, Content-Security-Policy (CSP), and more.

## Deploying a Workers function using the CLI

If you would like to skip writing this file yourself, you can use our `custom-headers-example` [template](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/custom-headers-example) to generate a new Workers function with [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the Workers CLI tool.

```sh title="Generating a serverless function with wrangler"
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/custom-headers-example
cd custom-headers-example
npm install
```

To operate your Workers function alongside your Pages application, deploy it to the same custom domain as your Pages application. To do this, update the Wrangler file in your project with your account and zone details:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml null {4,6,7}
name = "custom-headers-example"

account_id = "FILL-IN-YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"
workers_dev = false
route = "FILL-IN-YOUR-WEBSITE.com/*"
zone_id = "FILL-IN-YOUR-ZONE-ID"
```

</WranglerConfig>

If you do not know how to find your Account ID and Zone ID, refer to [our guide](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

Once you have configured your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, run `npx wrangler deploy` in your terminal to deploy your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

After you have deployed your Worker, your desired HTTP header adjustments will take effect. While the Worker is deployed, you should continue to see the content from your Pages application as normal.

---

# Set build commands per branch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/build-commands-branches/

This guide will instruct you how to set build commands on specific branches. You will use the `CF_PAGES_BRANCH` environment variable to run a script on a specified branch as opposed to your Production branch. This guide assumes that you have a Cloudflare account and a Pages project.

## Set up

Create a `.sh` file in your project directory. You can choose your file's name, but we recommend you name the file `build.sh`.

In the following script, you will use the `CF_PAGES_BRANCH` environment variable to check which branch is currently being built. Populate your `.sh` file with the following:

```bash
# !/bin/bash

if [ "$CF_PAGES_BRANCH" == "production" ]; then
  # Run the "production" script in `package.json` on the "production" branch
  # "production" should be replaced with the name of your Production branch

  npm run production

elif [ "$CF_PAGES_BRANCH" == "staging" ]; then
  # Run the "staging" script in `package.json` on the "staging" branch
  # "staging" should be replaced with the name of your specific branch

  npm run staging

else
  # Else run the dev script
  npm run dev
fi
```

## Publish your changes

To put your changes into effect:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > in **Overview**, select your Pages project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build & deployments** > **Build configurations** > **Edit configurations**.
4. Update the **Build command** field value to `bash build.sh` and select **Save**.

To test that your build is successful, deploy your project.

---

# Deploy a static WordPress site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/deploy-a-wordpress-site/

## Overview

In this guide, you will use a WordPress plugin, [Simply Static](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/), to convert your existing WordPress site to a static website deployed with Cloudflare Pages.

## Prerequisites

This guide assumes that you are:

* The Administrator account on your WordPress site.
* Able to install WordPress plugins on the site.

## Setup

To start, install the [Simply Static](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/) plugin to export your WordPress site. In your WordPress dashboard, go to **Plugins** > **Add New**.

Search for `Simply Static` and confirm that the resulting plugin that you will be installing matches the plugin below.

![Simply Static plugin](~/assets/images/pages/how-to/simply-static.png)

Select **Install** on the plugin. After it has finished installing, select **Activate**.

### Export your WordPress site

After you have installed the plugin, go to your WordPress dashboard > **Simply Static** > **GENERATE STATIC FILES**.

In the **Activity Log**, find the **ZIP archive created** message and select **Click here to download** to download your ZIP file.

### Deploy your WordPress site with Pages

With your ZIP file downloaded, deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Upload assets**.
3. Name your project > **Create project**.
4. Drag and drop your ZIP file (or unzipped folder of assets) or select it from your computer.
5. After your files have been uploaded, select **Deploy site**.

Your WordPress site will now be live on Pages.

Every time you make a change to your WordPress site, you will need to download a new ZIP file from the WordPress dashboard and redeploy to Cloudflare Pages. Automatic updates are not available with the free version of Simply Static.

## Limitations

There are some features available in WordPress sites that will not be supported in a static site environment:

* WordPress Forms.
* WordPress Comments.
* Any links to `/wp-admin` or similar internal WordPress routes.

## Conclusion

By following this guide, you have successfully deployed a static version of your WordPress site to Cloudflare Pages.

With a static version of your site being served, you can:

* Move your WordPress site to a custom domain or subdomain. Refer to [Custom domains](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) to learn more.
* Run your WordPress instance locally, or put your WordPress site behind [Cloudflare Access](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/#customize-preview-deployments-access) to only give access to your contributors. This has a significant effect on the number of attack vectors for your WordPress site and its content.
* Downgrade your WordPress hosting plan to a cheaper plan. Because the memory and bandwidth requirements for your WordPress instance are now smaller, you can often host it on a cheaper plan, or moving to shared hosting.

Connect with the [Cloudflare Developer community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to ask questions and discuss the platform with other developers.

---

# Add a custom domain to a branch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/custom-branch-aliases/

In this guide, you will learn how to add a custom domain (`staging.example.com`) that will point to a specific branch (`staging`) on your Pages project.

This will allow you to have a custom domain that will always show the latest build for a specific branch on your Pages project.

:::note


Currently, this setup is only supported when using Cloudflare DNS.

If you attempt to follow this guide using an external DNS provider, your custom alias will be sent to the production branch of your Pages project.


:::

First, make sure that you have a successful deployment on the branch you would like to set up a custom domain for.

Next, add a custom domain under your Pages project for your desired custom domain, for example, `staging.example.com`.

![Follow the instructions below to access the custom domains overview in the Pages dashboard.](~/assets/images/pages/how-to//pages_custom_domain-1.png)

To do this:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. In Account Home, go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Pages project.
4. Select **Custom domains** > **Setup a custom domain**.
5. Input the domain you would like to use, such as `staging.example.com`
6. Select **Continue** > **Activate domain**

![After selecting your custom domain, you will be asked to activate it.](~/assets/images/pages/how-to//pages_custom_domain-2.png)

After activating your custom domain, go to [DNS](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns) for the `example.com` zone and find the `CNAME` record with the name `staging` and change the target to include your branch alias.

In this instance, change `your-project.pages.dev` to `staging.your-project.pages.dev`.

![After activating your custom domain, change the CNAME target to include your branch name.](~/assets/images/pages/how-to//pages_custom_domain-3.png)

Now the `staging` branch of your Pages project will be available on `staging.example.com`.

---

# Enable Zaraz

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/enable-zaraz/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zaraz-definition" product="zaraz" />

## Enable

To enable Zaraz on Cloudflare Pages, you need a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) associated with your project.

After that, [set up Zaraz](/zaraz/get-started/) on the custom domain.

---

# Install private packages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/npm-private-registry/

Cloudflare Pages supports custom package registries, allowing you to include private dependencies in your application. While this walkthrough focuses specifically on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), the Node package manager and registry, the same approach can be applied to other registry tools.

You will be be adjusting the [environment variables](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#environment-variables) in your Pages project's **Settings**. An existing website can be modified at any time, but new projects can be initialized with these settings, too. Either way, altering the project settings will not be reflected until its next deployment.

:::caution

Be sure to trigger a new deployment after changing any settings.

:::

## Registry Access Token

Every package registry should have a means of issuing new access tokens. Ideally, you should create a new token specifically for Pages, as you would with any other CI/CD platform.

With npm, you can [create and view tokens through its website](https://docs.npmjs.com/creating-and-viewing-access-tokens) or you can use the `npm` CLI. If you have the CLI set up locally and are authenticated, run the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
# Verify the current npm user is correct
npm whoami

# Create a readonly token
npm token create --read-only
#-> Enter password, if prompted
#-> Enter 2FA code, if configured
```

This will produce a read-only token that looks like a UUID string. Save this value for a later step.

## Private modules on the npm registry

The following section applies to users with applications that are only using private modules from the npm registry.

In your Pages project's **Settings** > **Environment variables**, add a new [environment variable](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#environment-variables) named `NPM_TOKEN` to the **Production** and **Preview** environments and paste the [read-only token you created](#registry-access-token) as its value.

:::caution

Add the `NPM_TOKEN` variable to both the **Production** and **Preview** environments.

:::

By default, `npm` looks for an environment variable named `NPM_TOKEN` and because you did not define a [custom registry endpoint](#custom-registry-endpoints), the npm registry is assumed. Local development should continue to work as expected, provided that you and your teammates are authenticated with npm accounts (see `npm whoami` and `npm login`) that have been granted access to the private package(s).

## Custom registry endpoints

When multiple registries are in use, a project will need to define its own root-level [`.npmrc`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/npmrc) configuration file. An example `.npmrc` file may look like this:

```ini
@foobar:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${TOKEN_FOR_NPM}
//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${TOKEN_FOR_GITHUB}
```

Here, all packages under the `@foobar` scope are directed towards the GitHub Packages registry. Then the registries are assigned their own access tokens via their respective environment variable names.

:::note

You only need to define an Access Token for the npm registry (refer to `TOKEN_FOR_NPM` in the example) if it is hosting private packages that your application requires.

:::

Your Pages project must then have the matching [environment variables](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#environment-variables) defined for all environments. In our example, that means `TOKEN_FOR_NPM` must contain [the read-only npm token](#registry-access-token) value and `TOKEN_FOR_GITHUB` must contain its own [personal access token](https://docs.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token#creating-a-token).

### Managing multiple environments

In the event that your local development no longer works with your new `.npmrc` file, you will need to add some additional changes:

1. Rename the Pages-compliant `.npmrc` file to `.npmrc.pages`. This should be referencing environment variables.

2. Restore your previous `.npmrc` file – the version that was previously working for you and your teammates.

3. Go to your Pages project > **Settings** > **Environment variables**, add a new [environment variable](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#environment-variables) named [`NPM_CONFIG_USERCONFIG`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/using-npm/config#npmrc-files) and set its value to `/opt/buildhome/repo/.npmrc.pages`. If your `.npmrc.pages` file is not in your project's root directory, adjust this path accordingly.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Preview Local Projects with Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/preview-with-cloudflare-tunnel/

[Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) runs a lightweight daemon (`cloudflared`) in your infrastructure that establishes outbound connections (Tunnels) between your origin web server and the Cloudflare global network. In practical terms, you can use Cloudflare Tunnel to allow remote access to services running on your local machine. It is an alternative to popular tools like [Ngrok](https://ngrok.com), and provides free, long-running tunnels via the [TryCloudflare](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/trycloudflare/) service.

While Cloudflare Pages provides unique [deploy preview URLs](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) for new branches and commits on your projects, Cloudflare Tunnel can be used to provide access to locally running applications and servers during the development process. In this guide, you will install Cloudflare Tunnel, and create a new tunnel to provide access to a locally running application. You will need a Cloudflare account to begin using Cloudflare Tunnel.

## Installing Cloudflare Tunnel

Cloudflare Tunnel can be installed on Windows, Linux, and macOS. To learn about installing Cloudflare Tunnel, refer to the [Install cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) page in the Cloudflare for Teams documentation.

Confirm that `cloudflared` is installed correctly by running `cloudflared --version` in your command line:

```sh
cloudflared --version
```

```sh output
cloudflared version 2021.5.9 (built 2021-05-21-1541 UTC)
```

## Run a local service

The easiest way to get up and running with Cloudflare Tunnel is to have an application running locally, such as a [React](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-react-site/) or [SvelteKit](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-svelte-kit-site/) site. When you are developing an application with these frameworks, they will often make use of a `npm run develop` script, or something similar, which mounts the application and runs it on a `localhost` port. For example, the popular `vite` tool runs your in-development React application on port `5173`, making it accessible at the `http://localhost:5173` address.

## Start a Cloudflare Tunnel

With a local development server running, a new Cloudflare Tunnel can be instantiated by running `cloudflared tunnel` in a new command line window, passing in the `--url` flag with your `localhost` URL and port. `cloudflared` will output logs to your command line, including a banner with a tunnel URL:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:5173
```

```sh output
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Cannot determine default configuration path. No file [config.yml config.yaml] in [~/.cloudflared ~/.cloudflare-warp ~/cloudflare-warp /etc/cloudflared /usr/local/etc/cloudflared]
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Version 2021.5.9
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF GOOS: linux, GOVersion: devel +11087322f8 Fri Nov 13 03:04:52 2020 +0100, GoArch: amd64
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Settings: map[url:http://localhost:5173]
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF cloudflared will not automatically update when run from the shell. To enable auto-updates, run cloudflared as a service: https://developers.cloudflare.com/argo-tunnel/reference/service/
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Initial protocol h2mux
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Starting metrics server on 127.0.0.1:42527/metrics
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z WRN Your version 2021.5.9 is outdated. We recommend upgrading it to 2021.7.0
2021-07-15T20:11:29Z INF Connection established connIndex=0 location=ATL
2021-07-15T20:11:32Z INF Each HA connection's tunnel IDs: map[0:cx0nsiqs81fhrfb82pcq075kgs6cybr86v9vdv8vbcgu91y2nthg]
2021-07-15T20:11:32Z INF +-------------------------------------------------------------+
2021-07-15T20:11:32Z INF |  Your free tunnel has started! Visit it:                    |
2021-07-15T20:11:32Z INF |    https://seasonal-deck-organisms-sf.trycloudflare.com     |
2021-07-15T20:11:32Z INF +-------------------------------------------------------------+
```

In this example, the randomly-generated URL `https://seasonal-deck-organisms-sf.trycloudflare.com` has been created and assigned to your tunnel instance. Visiting this URL in a browser will show the application running, with requests being securely forwarded through Cloudflare's global network, through the tunnel running on your machine, to `localhost:5173`:

![Cloudflare Tunnel example rendering a randomly-generated URL](~/assets/images/pages/how-to/tunnel.png)

## Next Steps

Cloudflare Tunnel can be configured in a variety of ways and can be used beyond providing access to your in-development applications. For example, you can provide `cloudflared` with a [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) to add more complex routing and tunnel setups that go beyond a simple `--url` flag. You can also [attach a Cloudflare DNS record](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) to a domain or subdomain for an easily accessible, long-lived tunnel to your local machine.

Finally, by incorporating Cloudflare Access, you can provide [secure access to your tunnels](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) without exposing your entire server, or compromising on security. Refer to the [Cloudflare for Teams documentation](/cloudflare-one/) to learn more about what you can do with Cloudflare's entire suite of Zero Trust tools.

---

# Redirecting *.pages.dev to a Custom Domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/redirect-to-custom-domain/

import { Example } from "~/components"

Learn how to use [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) to redirect your `*.pages.dev` subdomain to your [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/).

You may want to do this to ensure that your site's content is served only on the custom domain, and not the `*.pages.dev` site automatically generated on your first Pages deployment.

## Setup

To redirect a `*.pages.dev` subdomain to your custom domain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/pages/view/:pages-project/domains), and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** and select your Pages application.
3. Go to **Custom domains** and make sure that your custom domain is listed. If it is not, add it by clicking **Set up a custom domain**.
4. Go **Bulk Redirects**.
5. [Create a bulk redirect list](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/#1-create-a-bulk-redirect-list) modeled after the following (but replacing the values as appropriate):

<Example>

| Source URL    | Target URL            | Status | Parameters                                                                                                               |
| ------------- | --------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `*.pages.dev` | `https://example.com` | `301`  | <ul><li>Preserve query string</li><li>Subpath matching</li><li>Preserve path suffix</li><li>Include subdomains</li></ul> |

</Example>

6. [Create a bulk redirect rule](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/#2-create-a-bulk-redirect-rule) using the list you just created.

To test that your redirect worked, go to your `*.pages.dev` domain. If the URL is now set to your custom domain, then the rule has propagated.

## Related resources

* [Redirect www to domain apex](/pages/how-to/www-redirect/)
* [Handle redirects with Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/)

---

# Refactor a Worker to a Pages Function

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/refactor-a-worker-to-pages-functions/

In this guide, you will learn how to refactor a Worker made to intake form submissions to a Pages Function that can be hosted on your Cloudflare Pages application. [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) is a serverless function that lives within the same project directory as your application and is deployed with Cloudflare Pages. It enables you to run server-side code that adds dynamic functionality without running a dedicated server. You may want to refactor a Worker to a Pages Function for one of these reasons:

1. If you manage a serverless function that your Pages application depends on and wish to ship the logic without managing a Worker as a separate service.
2. If you are migrating your Worker to Pages Functions and want to use the routing and middleware capabilities of Pages Functions.

:::note

You can import your Worker to a Pages project without using Functions by creating a `_worker.js` file in the output directory of your Pages project. This [Advanced mode](/pages/functions/advanced-mode/) requires writing your Worker with [Module syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/).

However, when using the `_worker.js` file in Pages, the entire `/functions` directory is ignored – including its routing and middleware characteristics.

:::

## General refactoring steps

1. Remove the fetch handler and replace it with the appropriate `OnRequest` method. Refer to [Functions](/pages/functions/get-started/) to select the appropriate method for your Function.
2. Pass the `context` object as an argument to your new `OnRequest` method to access the properties of the context parameter: `request`,`env`,`params` and `next`.
3. Use middleware to handle logic that must be executed before or after route handlers. Learn more about [using Middleware](/pages/functions/middleware/) in the Functions documentation.

## Background

To explain the process of refactoring, this guide uses a simple form submission example.

Form submissions can be handled by Workers but can also be a good use case for Pages Functions, since forms are most times specific to a particular application.

Assuming you are already using a Worker to handle your form, you would have deployed this Worker and then added the URL to your form action attribute in your HTML form. This means that when you change how the Worker handles your submissions, you must make changes to the Worker script. If the logic in your Worker is used by more than one application, Pages Functions would not be a good use case.

However, it can be beneficial to use a [Pages Function](/pages/functions/) when you would like to organize your function logic in the same project directory as your application.

Building your application using Pages Functions can help you manage your client and serverless logic from the same place and make it easier to write and debug your code.

## Handle form entries with Airtable and Workers

An [Airtable](https://airtable.com/) is a low-code platform for building collaborative applications. It helps customize your workflow, collaborate, and handle form submissions. For this example, you will utilize Airtable's form submission feature.

[Airtable](https://airtable.com/) can be used to store entries of information in different tables for the same account. When creating a Worker for handling the submission logic, the first step is to use [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) to initialize a new Worker within a specific folder or at the root of your application.

This step creates the boilerplate to write your Airtable submission Worker. After writing your Worker, you can deploy it to Cloudflare's global network after you [configure your project for deployment](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). Refer to the Workers documentation for a full tutorial on how to [handle form submission with Workers](/workers/tutorials/handle-form-submissions-with-airtable/).

The following code block shows an example of a Worker that handles Airtable form submission.

The `submitHandler` async function is called if the pathname of the work is `/submit`. This function checks that the request method is a `POST` request and then proceeds to parse and post the form entries to Airtable using your credentials, which you can store using [Wrangler `secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret).

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		if (url.pathname === "/submit") {
			return submitHandler(request, env);
		}

		return fetch(request.url);
	},
};

async function submitHandler(request, env) {
	if (request.method !== "POST") {
		return new Response("Method not allowed", {
			status: 405,
		});
	}
	const body = await request.formData();

	const { first_name, last_name, email, phone, subject, message } =
		Object.fromEntries(body);

	const reqBody = {
		fields: {
			"First Name": first_name,
			"Last Name": last_name,
			Email: email,
			"Phone number": phone,
			Subject: subject,
			Message: message,
		},
	};

	return HandleAirtableData(reqBody, env);
}

const HandleAirtableData = (body, env) => {
	return fetch(
		`https://api.airtable.com/v0/${env.AIRTABLE_BASE_ID}/${encodeURIComponent(
			env.AIRTABLE_TABLE_NAME,
		)}`,
		{
			method: "POST",
			body: JSON.stringify(body),
			headers: {
				Authorization: `Bearer ${env.AIRTABLE_API_KEY}`,
				"Content-type": `application/json`,
			},
		},
	);
};
```

### Refactor your Worker

To refactor the above Worker, go to your Pages project directory and create a `/functions` folder. In `/functions`, create a `form.js` file. This file will handle form submissions.

Then, in the `form.js` file, export a single `onRequestPost`:

```js
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
	return await submitHandler(context);
}
```

Every Worker has an `addEventListener` to listen for `fetch` events, but you will not need this in a Pages Function. Instead, you will `export` a single `onRequest` function, and depending on the HTTPS request it handles, you will name it accordingly. Refer to [Function documentation](/pages/functions/get-started/) to select the appropriate method for your function.

The above code takes a `request` and `env` as arguments which pass these properties down to the `submitHandler` function, which remains unchanged from the [original Worker](#handle-form-entries-with-airtable-and-workers). However, because Functions allow you to specify the HTTPS request type, you can remove the `request.method` check in your Worker. This is now handled by Pages Functions by naming the `onRequest` handler.

Now, you will introduce the `submitHandler` function and pass the `env` parameter as a property. This will allow you to access `env` in the `HandleAirtableData` function below. This function does a `POST` request to Airtable using your Airtable credentials:

```js null {4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
	return await submitHandler(context);
}

async function submitHandler(context) {
	const body = await context.request.formData();

	const { first_name, last_name, email, phone, subject, message } =
		Object.fromEntries(body);

	const reqBody = {
		fields: {
			"First Name": first_name,
			"Last Name": last_name,
			Email: email,
			"Phone number": phone,
			Subject: subject,
			Message: message,
		},
	};

	return HandleAirtableData({ body: reqBody, env: env });
}
```

Finally, create a `HandleAirtableData` function. This function will send a `fetch` request to Airtable with your Airtable credentials and the body of your request:

```js
// ..
const HandleAirtableData = async function onRequest({ body, env }) {
	return fetch(
		`https://api.airtable.com/v0/${env.AIRTABLE_BASE_ID}/${encodeURIComponent(
			env.AIRTABLE_TABLE_NAME,
		)}`,
		{
			method: "POST",
			body: JSON.stringify(body),
			headers: {
				Authorization: `Bearer ${env.AIRTABLE_API_KEY}`,
				"Content-type": `application/json`,
			},
		},
	);
};
```

You can test your Function [locally using Wrangler](/pages/functions/local-development/). By completing this guide, you have successfully refactored your form submission Worker to a form submission Pages Function.

## Related resources

- [HTML forms](/pages/tutorials/forms/)
- [Plugins documentation](/pages/functions/plugins/)
- [Functions documentation](/pages/functions/)

---

# Use Direct Upload with continuous integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/

Cloudflare Pages supports directly uploading prebuilt assets, allowing you to use custom build steps for your applications and deploy to Pages with [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/). This guide will teach you how to deploy your application to Pages, using continuous integration.

## Deploy with Wrangler

In your project directory, install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) so you can deploy a folder of prebuilt assets by running the following command:

```sh
# Publish created project
$ CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=<ACCOUNT_ID> npx wrangler pages deploy <DIRECTORY> --project-name=<PROJECT_NAME>
```

## Get credentials from Cloudflare

### Generate an API Token

To generate an API token:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens).
2. Select **My Profile** from the dropdown menu of your user icon on the top right of your dashboard.
3. Select **API Tokens** > **Create Token**.
4. Under **Custom Token**, select **Get started**.
5. Name your API Token in the **Token name** field.
6. Under **Permissions**, select *Account*, *Cloudflare Pages* and *Edit*:
7. Select **Continue to summary** > **Create Token**.

![Follow the instructions above to create an API token for Cloudflare Pages](~/assets/images/pages/how-to/select-api-token-for-pages.png)

Now that you have created your API token, you can use it to push your project from continuous integration platforms.

### Get project account ID

To find your account ID, log in to the Cloudflare dashboard > select your zone in **Account Home** > find your account ID in **Overview** under **API** on the right-side menu. If you have not added a zone, add one by selecting **Add site**. You can purchase a domain from [Cloudflare's registrar](/registrar/).

## Use GitHub Actions

[GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions) is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that allows you to automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline when using GitHub. You can create workflows that build and test every pull request to your repository or deploy merged pull requests to production.

After setting up your project, you can set up a GitHub Action to automate your subsequent deployments with Wrangler.

### Add Cloudflare credentials to GitHub secrets

In the GitHub Action you have set up, environment variables are needed to push your project up to Cloudflare Pages. To add the values of these environment variables in your project's GitHub repository:

1. Go to your project's repository in GitHub.
2. Under your repository's name, select **Settings**.
3. Select **Secrets** > **Actions** > **New repository secret**.
4. Create one secret and put **CLOUDFLARE\_ACCOUNT\_ID** as the name with the value being your Cloudflare account ID.
5. Create another secret and put **CLOUDFLARE\_API\_TOKEN** as the name with the value being your Cloudflare API token.

Add the value of your Cloudflare account ID and Cloudflare API token as `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`, respectively. This will ensure that these secrets are secure, and each time your Action runs, it will access these secrets.

### Set up a workflow

Create a `.github/workflows/pages-deployment.yaml` file at the root of your project. The `.github/workflows/pages-deployment.yaml` file will contain the jobs you specify on the request, that is: `on: [push]` in this case. It can also be on a pull request. For a detailed explanation of GitHub Actions syntax, refer to the [official documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions).

In your `pages-deployment.yaml` file, copy the following content:

```yaml
on: [push]
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      deployments: write
    name: Deploy to Cloudflare Pages
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      # Run your project's build step
      # - name: Build
      #   run: npm install && npm run build
      - name: Publish
        uses: cloudflare/pages-action@v1
        with:
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
          projectName: YOUR_PROJECT_NAME # e.g. 'my-project'
          directory: YOUR_DIRECTORY_OF_STATIC_ASSETS # e.g. 'dist'
          gitHubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
```

In the above code block, you have set up an Action that runs when you push code to the repository. Replace `YOUR_PROJECT_NAME` with your Cloudflare Pages project name and `YOUR_DIRECTORY_OF_STATIC_ASSETS` with your project's output directory, respectively.

The `${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}` will be automatically provided by GitHub Actions with the `contents: read` and `deployments: write` permission. This will enable our Cloudflare Pages action to create a Deployment on your behalf.

:::note


This workflow automatically triggers on the current git branch, unless you add a `branch` option to the `with` section.


:::

## Using CircleCI for CI/CD

[CircleCI](https://circleci.com/) is another continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that allows you to automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline. It can be configured to efficiently run complex pipelines with caching, docker layer caching, and resource classes.

Similar to GitHub Actions, CircleCI can use Wrangler to continuously deploy your projects each time to push to your code.

### Add Cloudflare credentials to CircleCI

After you have generated your Cloudflare API token and found your account ID in the dashboard, you will need to add them to your CircleCI dashboard to use your environment variables in your project.

To add environment variables, in the CircleCI web application:

1. Go to your Pages project > **Settings**.
2. Select **Projects** in the side menu.
3. Select the ellipsis (...) button in the project's row. You will see the option to add environment variables.
4. Select **Environment Variables** > **Add Environment Variable**.
5. Enter the name and value of the new environment variable, which is your Cloudflare credentials (`CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`).

![Follow the instructions above to add environment variables to your CircleCI settings](~/assets/images/pages/how-to/project-settings-env-var-v2.png)

### Set up a workflow

Create a `.circleci/config.yml` file at the root of your project. This file contains the jobs that will be executed based on the order of your workflow. In your `config.yml` file, copy the following content:

```yaml
version: 2.1
jobs:
 Publish-to-Pages:
   docker:
     - image: cimg/node:18.7.0

   steps:
     - checkout
     # Run your project's build step
     - run: npm install && npm run build
     # Publish with wrangler
     - run: npx wrangler pages deploy dist --project-name=<PROJECT NAME> # Replace dist with the name of your build folder and input your project name

workflows:
 Publish-to-Pages-workflow:
   jobs:
     - Publish-to-Pages
```

Your continuous integration workflow is broken down into jobs when using CircleCI. From the code block above, you can see that you first define a list of jobs that run on each commit. For example, your repository will run on a prebuilt docker image `cimg/node:18.7.0`. It first checks out the repository with the Node version specified in the image.

:::note[Note]


Wrangler requires a Node version of at least `16.17.0`. You must upgrade your Node.js version if your version is lower than `16.17.0`.


:::

You can modify the Wrangler command with any [`wrangler pages deploy` options](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1).

After all the specified steps, define a `workflow` at the end of your file. You can learn more about creating a custom process with CircleCI from the [official documentation](https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/concepts/).

## Travis CI for CI/CD

Travis CI is an open-source continuous integration tool that handles specific tasks, such as pull requests and code pushes for your project workflow. Travis CI can be integrated into your GitHub projects, databases, and other preinstalled services enabled in your build configuration. To use Travis CI, you should have A GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab or Assembla account.

### Add Cloudflare credentials to TravisCI

In your Travis project, add the Cloudflare credentials you have generated from the Cloudflare dashboard to access them in your `travis.yml` file. Go to your Travis CI dashboard and select your current project > **More options** > **Settings** > **Environment Variables**.

Set the environment variable's name and value and the branch you want it to be attached to. You can also set the privacy of the value.

### Setup

Go to [Travis-ci.com](https://Travis-ci.com) and enable your repository by login in with your preferred provider. This guide uses GitHub. Next, create a `.travis.yml` file and copy the following into the file:

```yaml
language: node_js
node_js:
  - "18.0.0" # You can specify more versions of Node you want your CI process to support
branches:
  only:
    - travis-ci-test # Specify what branch you want your CI process to run on
install:
  - npm install

script:
  - npm run build # Switch this out with your build command or remove it if you don't have a build step
  - npx wrangler pages deploy dist --project-name=<PROJECT NAME>

env:
  - CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID: { $CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }
  - CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN: { $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }
```

In the code block above you have specified the language as `node_js` and listed the value as `18.0.0` because Wrangler v2 depends on this Node version or higher. You have also set branches you want your continuous integration to run on. Finally, input your `PROJECT NAME` in the script section and your CI process should work as expected.

You can also modify the Wrangler command with any [`wrangler pages deploy` options](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1).

---

# Use Pages Functions for A/B testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/use-worker-for-ab-testing-in-pages/

In this guide, you will learn how to use [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) for A/B testing in your Pages projects. A/B testing is a user experience research methodology applied when comparing two or more versions of a web page or application. With A/B testing, you can serve two or more versions of a webpage to users and divide traffic to your site.

## Overview

Configuring different versions of your application for A/B testing will be unique to your specific use case. For all developers, A/B testing setup can be simplified into a few helpful principles.

Depending on the number of application versions you have (this guide uses two), you can assign your users into experimental groups. The experimental groups in this guide are the base route `/` and the test route `/test`.

To ensure that a user remains in the group you have given, you will set and store a cookie in the browser and depending on the cookie value you have set, the corresponding route will be served.

## Set up your Pages Function

In your project, you can handle the logic for A/B testing using [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/). Pages Functions allows you to handle server logic from within your Pages project.

To begin:

1. Go to your Pages project directory on your local machine.
2. Create a `/functions` directory. Your application server logic will live in the `/functions` directory.

## Add middleware logic

Pages Functions have utility functions that can reuse chunks of logic which are executed before and/or after route handlers. These are called [middleware](/pages/functions/middleware/). Following this guide, middleware will allow you to intercept requests to your Pages project before they reach your site.

In your `/functions` directory, create a `_middleware.js` file.

:::note


When you create your `_middleware.js` file at the base of your `/functions` folder, the middleware will run for all routes on your project. Learn more about [middleware routing](/pages/functions/middleware/).


:::

Following the Functions naming convention, the `_middleware.js` file exports a single async `onRequest` function that accepts a `request`, `env` and `next` as an argument.

```js
const abTest = async ({request, next, env}) => {
  /*
  Todo:
  1. Conditional statements to check for the cookie
  2. Assign cookies based on percentage, then serve
  */
}

export const onRequest = [abTest]
```

To set the cookie, create the `cookieName` variable and assign any value. Then create the `newHomepagePathName` variable and assign it `/test`:

```js null {1,2}
const cookieName = "ab-test-cookie"
const newHomepagePathName = "/test"

const abTest = async ({request, next, env}) => {
  /*
  Todo:
  1. Conditional statements to check for the cookie
  2. Assign cookie based on percentage then serve
  */
}

export const onRequest = [abTest]
```

## Set up conditional logic

Based on the URL pathname, check that the cookie value is equal to `new`. If the value is `new`, then `newHomepagePathName` will be served.

```js null {7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19}
const cookieName = "ab-test-cookie"
const newHomepagePathName = "/test"

const abTest = async ({request, next, env}) => {
  /*
  Todo:
  1. Assign cookies based on randomly generated percentage, then serve
  */

  const url = new URL(request.url)
  if (url.pathname === "/") {
    // if cookie ab-test-cookie=new then change the request to go to /test
    // if no cookie set, pass x% of traffic and set a cookie value to "current" or "new"

    let cookie = request.headers.get("cookie")
    // is cookie set?
    if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${cookieName}=new`)) {
      // Change the request to go to /test (as set in the newHomepagePathName variable)
      url.pathname = newHomepagePathName
      return env.ASSETS.fetch(url)
    }
  }
}

export const onRequest = [abTest]
```

If the cookie value is not present, you will have to assign one. Generate a percentage (from 0-99) by using: `Math.floor(Math.random() * 100)`. Your default cookie version is given a value of `current`.

If the percentage of the number generated is lower than `50`, you will assign the cookie version to `new`. Based on the percentage randomly generated, you will set the cookie and serve the assets. After the conditional block, pass the request to `next()`. This will pass the request to Pages. This will result in 50% of users getting the `/test` homepage.

The `env.ASSETS.fetch()` function will allow you to send the user to a modified path which is defined through the `url` parameter. `env` is the object that contains your environment variables and bindings. `ASSETS` is a default Function binding that allows communication between your Function and Pages' asset serving resource. `fetch()` calls to the Pages asset-serving resource and returns the asset (`/test` homepage) to your website's visitor.

:::note[Binding]


A Function is a Worker that executes on your Pages project to add dynamic functionality. A binding is how your Function (Worker) interacts with external resources. A binding is a runtime variable that the Workers runtime provides to your code.


:::

```js null {20-36}
const cookieName = "ab-test-cookie"
const newHomepagePathName = "/test"

const abTest = async (context) => {
  const url = new URL(context.request.url)
  // if homepage
  if (url.pathname === "/") {
    // if cookie ab-test-cookie=new then change the request to go to /test
    // if no cookie set, pass x% of traffic and set a cookie value to "current" or "new"

    let cookie = request.headers.get("cookie")
    // is cookie set?
    if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${cookieName}=new`)) {
      // pass the request to /test
      url.pathname = newHomepagePathName
      return context.env.ASSETS.fetch(url)
    } else {
      const percentage = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100)
      let version = "current" // default version
      // change pathname and version name for 50% of traffic
      if (percentage < 50) {
        url.pathname = newHomepagePathName
        version = "new"
      }
      // get the static file from ASSETS, and attach a cookie
      const asset = await context.env.ASSETS.fetch(url)
      let response = new Response(asset.body, asset)
      response.headers.append("Set-Cookie", `${cookieName}=${version}; path=/`)
      return response
    }
  }
  return context.next()
};

export const onRequest = [abTest];
```

## Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

After you have set up your `functions/_middleware.js` file in your project you are ready to deploy with Pages. Push your project changes to GitHub/GitLab.

After you have deployed your application, review your middleware Function:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project > **Settings** > **Functions** > **Configuration**.

---

# Enable Web Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/web-analytics/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="web-analytics-definition" product="web-analytics" />

## Enable on Pages project

Cloudflare Pages offers a one-click setup for Web Analytics:

<Render file="web-analytics-setup" />

## View metrics

To view the metrics associated with your Pages project:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. From Account Home, select **Analytics & Logs** > **Web Analytics**.
3. Select the analytics associated with your Pages project.

For more details about how to use Web Analytics, refer to the [Web Analytics documentation](/web-analytics/data-metrics/).

## Troubleshooting

<Render file="web-analytics-troubleshooting" product="web-analytics" />

---

# Redirecting www to domain apex

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/how-to/www-redirect/

import { Example } from "~/components";

Learn how to redirect a `www` subdomain to your apex domain (`example.com`).

This setup assumes that you already have a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) attached to your Pages project.

## Setup

To redirect your `www` subdomain to your domain apex:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Bulk Redirects**.
3. [Create a bulk redirect list](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/#1-create-a-bulk-redirect-list) modeled after the following (but replacing the values as appropriate):

<Example>

| Source URL        | Target URL            | Status | Parameters                                                                                                               |
| ----------------- | --------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `www.example.com` | `https://example.com` | `301`  | <ul><li>Preserve query string</li><li>Subpath matching</li><li>Preserve path suffix</li><li>Include subdomains</li></ul> |

</Example>

4. [Create a bulk redirect rule](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/#2-create-a-bulk-redirect-rule) using the list you just created.
5. Go to **DNS**.
6. [Create a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) for the `www` subdomain using the following values:

<Example>

| Type | Name  | IPv4 address | Proxy status |
| ---- | ----- | ------------ | ------------ |
| `A`  | `www` | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      |

</Example>

It may take a moment for this DNS change to propagate, but once complete, you can run the following command in your terminal.

```sh
curl --head -i https://www.example.com/
```

Then, inspect the output to verify that the `location` header and status code are being set as configured.

## Related resources

- [Redirect `*.pages.dev` to a custom domain](/pages/how-to/redirect-to-custom-domain/)
- [Handle redirects with Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/)

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrating from Firebase

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/migrating-from-firebase/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to migrate an existing Firebase application to Cloudflare Pages. You should already have an existing project deployed on Firebase that you would like to host on Cloudflare Pages.

## Finding your build command and build directory

To move your application to Cloudflare Pages, you will need to find your build command and build directory.

You will use these to tell Cloudflare Pages how to deploy your project. If you have been deploying manually from your local machine using the `firebase` command-line tool, the `firebase.json` configuration file should include a `public` key that will be your build directory:

```json title="firebase.json"
{
  "public": "public"
}
```

Firebase Hosting does not ask for your build command, so if you are running a standard JavaScript set up, you will probably be using `npm build` or a command specific to the framework or tool you are using (for example, `ng build`).

After you have found your build directory and build command, you can move your project to Cloudflare Pages.

## Creating a new Pages project

If you have not pushed your static site to GitHub before, you should do so before continuing. This will also give you access to features like automatic deployments, and [deployment previews](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/).

You can create a new repository by visiting [repo.new](https://repo.new) and following the instructions to push your project up to GitHub.

Use the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) to add your project to Cloudflare Pages, using the **build command** and **build directory** that you saved earlier.

## Cleaning up your old application and assigning the domain

Once you have deployed your application, go to the Firebase dashboard and remove your old Firebase project. In your Cloudflare DNS settings for your domain, make sure to update the CNAME record for your domain from Firebase to Cloudflare Pages.

By completing this guide, you have successfully migrated your Firebase project to Cloudflare Pages.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/pages.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Migrating a Jekyll-based site from GitHub Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/migrating-jekyll-from-github-pages/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to migrate an existing [GitHub Pages site using Jekyll](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/about-github-pages-and-jekyll) to Cloudflare Pages. Jekyll is one of the most popular static site generators used with GitHub Pages, and migrating your GitHub Pages site to Cloudflare Pages will take a few short steps.

This tutorial will guide you through:

1. Adding the necessary dependencies used by GitHub Pages to your project configuration.
2. Creating a new Cloudflare Pages site, connected to your existing GitHub repository.
3. Building and deploying your site on Cloudflare Pages.
4. (Optional) Migrating your custom domain.

Including build times, this tutorial should take you less than 15 minutes to complete.

:::note

If you have a Jekyll-based site not deployed on GitHub Pages, refer to [the Jekyll framework guide](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-jekyll-site/).

:::

## Before you begin

This tutorial assumes:

1. You have an existing GitHub Pages site using [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/)
2. You have some familiarity with running Ruby's command-line tools, and have both `gem` and `bundle` installed.
3. You know how to use a few basic Git operations, including `add`, `commit`, `push`, and `pull`.
4. You have read the [Get Started](/pages/get-started/) guide for Cloudflare Pages.

If you do not have Rubygems (`gem`) or Bundler (`bundle`) installed on your machine, refer to the installation guides for [Rubygems](https://rubygems.org/pages/download) and [Bundler](https://bundler.io/).

## Preparing your GitHub Pages repository

:::note

If your GitHub Pages repository already has a `Gemfile` and `Gemfile.lock` present, you can skip this step entirely. The GitHub Pages environment assumes a default set of Jekyll plugins that are not explicitly specified in a `Gemfile`.

:::

Your existing Jekyll-based repository must specify a `Gemfile` (Ruby's dependency configuration file) to allow Cloudflare Pages to fetch and install those dependencies during the [build step](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/).

Specifically, you will need to create a `Gemfile` and install the `github-pages` gem, which includes all of the dependencies that the GitHub Pages environment assumes.

[Version 2 of the Pages build environment](/pages/configuration/build-image/#languages-and-runtime) will use Ruby 3.2.2 for the default Jekyll build.  Please make sure your local development environment is compatible.

```sh title="Set Ruby Version"
brew install ruby@3.2
export PATH="/usr/local/opt/ruby@3.2/bin:$PATH"
```

```sh title="Create a Gemfile"
cd my-github-pages-repo
bundle init
```

Open the `Gemfile` that was created for you, and add the following line to the bottom of the file:

```ruby title="Specifying the github-pages version"
gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
```

Your `Gemfile` should resemble the below:

```ruby
# frozen_string_literal: true

source "https://rubygems.org"

git_source(:github) { |repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }

# gem "rails"
gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
```

Run `bundle update`, which will install the `github-pages` gem for you, and create a `Gemfile.lock` file with the resolved dependency versions.

```sh title="Running bundle update"
bundle update
# Bundler will show a lot of output as it fetches the dependencies
```

This should complete successfully. If not, verify that you have copied the `github-pages` line above exactly, and have not commented it out with a leading `#`.

You will now need to commit these files to your repository so that Cloudflare Pages can reference them in the following steps:

```sh title="Commit Gemfile and Gemfile.lock"
git add Gemfile Gemfile.lock
git commit -m "deps: added Gemfiles"
git push origin main
```

## Configuring your Pages project

With your GitHub Pages project now explicitly specifying its dependencies, you can start configuring Cloudflare Pages. The process is almost identical to [deploying a Jekyll site](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-jekyll-site/).

:::note

If you are configuring your Cloudflare Pages site for the first time, refer to the [Git integration guide](/pages/get-started/git-integration/), which explains how to connect your existing Git repository to Cloudflare Pages.

:::

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value          |
| -------------------- | -------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`         |
| Build command        | `jekyll build` |
| Build directory      | `_site`        |

</div>

After you have configured your site, you can begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `jekyll`, your project dependencies, and building your site, before deploying it.

:::note

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

:::

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`. Every time you commit new code to your Jekyll site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

## Migrating your custom domain

If you are using a [custom domain with GitHub Pages](https://docs.github.com/en/pages/configuring-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site), you must update your DNS record(s) to point at your new Cloudflare Pages deployment. This will require you to update the `CNAME` record at the DNS provider for your domain to point to `<your-pages-site>.pages.dev`, replacing `<your-username>.github.io`.

Note that it may take some time for DNS caches to expire and for this change to be reflected, depending on the DNS TTL (time-to-live) value you set when you originally created the record.

Refer to the [adding a custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain) section of the Get started guide for a list of detailed steps.

## What's next?

- Learn how to [customize HTTP response headers](/pages/how-to/add-custom-http-headers/) for your Pages site using Cloudflare Workers.
- Understand how to [rollback a potentially broken deployment](/pages/configuration/rollbacks/) to a previously working version.
- [Configure redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/) so that visitors are always directed to your 'canonical' custom domain.

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Known issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/platform/known-issues/

Here are some known bugs and issues with Cloudflare Pages:

## Builds and deployment

- GitHub and GitLab are currently the only supported platforms for automatic CI/CD builds. [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) allows you to integrate your own build platform or upload from your local computer.

- Incremental builds are currently not supported in Cloudflare Pages.

- Uploading a `/functions` directory through the dashboard's Direct Upload option does not work (refer to [Using Functions in Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/#functions)).

- Commits/PRs from forked repositories will not create a preview. Support for this will come in the future.

## Git configuration

- If you deploy using the Git integration, you cannot switch to Direct Upload later. However, if you already use a Git-integrated project and do not want to trigger deployments every time you push a commit, you can [disable/pause automatic deployments](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#disable-automatic-deployments). Alternatively, you can delete your Pages project and create a new one pointing at a different repository if you need to update it.

## Build configuration

- `*.pages.dev` subdomains currently cannot be changed. If you need to change your `*.pages.dev` subdomain, delete your project and create a new one.

- Hugo builds automatically run an old version. To run the latest version of Hugo (for example, `0.101.0`), you will need to set an environment variable. Set `HUGO_VERSION` to `0.101.0` or the Hugo version of your choice.

- By default, Cloudflare uses Node `12.18.0` in the Pages build environment. If you need to use a newer Node version, refer to the [Build configuration page](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/) for configuration options.

- For users migrating from Netlify, Cloudflare does not support Netlify's Forms feature. [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) are available as an equivalent to Netlify's Serverless Functions.

## Custom Domains

- It is currently not possible to add a custom domain with

  - a wildcard, for example, `*.domain.com`.
  - a Worker already routed on that domain.

- It is currently not possible to add a custom domain with a Cloudflare Access policy already enabled on that domain.

- Cloudflare's Load Balancer does not work with `*.pages.dev` projects; an `Error 1000: DNS points to prohibited IP` will appear.

- When adding a custom domain, the domain will not verify if Cloudflare cannot validate a request for an SSL certificate on that hostname. In order for the SSL to validate, ensure Cloudflare Access or a Cloudflare Worker is allowing requests to the validation path: `http://{domain_name}/.well-known/acme-challenge/*`.

- [Advanced Certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) cannot be used with Cloudflare Pages due to Cloudflare for SaaS's [certificate prioritization](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/).

## Pages Functions

- [Functions](/pages/functions/) does not currently support adding/removing polyfills, so your bundler (for example, webpack) may not run.

- `passThroughOnException()` is not currently available for Advanced Mode Pages Functions (Pages Functions which use an `_worker.js` file).

- `passThroughOnException()` is not currently as resilient as it is in Workers. We currently wrap Pages Functions code in a `try`/`catch` block and fallback to calling `env.ASSETS.fetch()`. This means that any critical failures (such as exceeding CPU time or exceeding memory) may still throw an error.

## Enable Access on your `*.pages.dev` domain

If you would like to enable [Cloudflare Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-access/)] for your preview deployments and your `*.pages.dev` domain, you must:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. From Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Pages project.
4. Go to **Settings** > **Enable access policy**.
5. Select **Edit** on the Access policy created for your preview deployments.
6. In Edit, go to **Overview**.
7. In the **Subdomain** field, delete the wildcard (`*`) and select **Save application**. You may need to change the **Application name** at this step to avoid an error.

At this step, your `*.pages.dev` domain has been secured behind Access. To resecure your preview deployments:

8. Go back to your Pages project > **Settings** > **General** > and reselect **Enable access policy**.
9. Review that two Access policies, one for your `*.pages.dev` domain and one for your preview deployments (`*.<YOUR_SITE>.pages.dev`), have been created.

If you have a custom domain and protected your `*.pages.dev` domain behind Access, you must:

10. Select **Add an application** > **Self hosted** in [Cloudflare Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
11. Input an **Application name** and select your custom domain from the _Domain_ dropdown menu.
12. Select **Next** and configure your access rules to define who can reach the Access authentication page.
13. Select **Add application**.

:::caution

If you do not configure an Access policy for your custom domain, an Access authentication will render but not work for your custom domain visitors. If your Pages project has a custom domain, make sure to add an Access policy as described above in steps 10 through 13 to avoid any authentication issues.

:::

If you have an issue that you do not see listed, let the team know in the Cloudflare Workers Discord. Get your invite at [discord.cloudflare.com](https://discord.cloudflare.com), and share your bug report in the #pages-general channel.

## Delete a project with a high number of deployments

You may not be able to delete your Pages project if it has a high number (over 100) of deployments. The Cloudflare team is tracking this issue.

As a workaround, review the following steps to delete all deployments in your Pages project. After you delete your deployments, you will be able to delete your Pages project.

1. Download the `delete-all-deployments.zip` file by going to the following link: [https://pub-505c82ba1c844ba788b97b1ed9415e75.r2.dev/delete-all-deployments.zip](https://pub-505c82ba1c844ba788b97b1ed9415e75.r2.dev/delete-all-deployments.zip).
2. Extract the `delete-all-deployments.zip` file.
3. Open your terminal and `cd` into the `delete-all-deployments` directory.
4. In the `delete-all-deployments` directory, run `npm install` to install dependencies.
5. Review the following commands to decide which deletion you would like to proceed with:

- To delete all deployments except for the live production deployment (excluding [aliased deployments](https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/#preview-aliases)):

```sh
CF_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_CF_API_TOKEN> CF_ACCOUNT_ID=<ACCOUNT_ID> CF_PAGES_PROJECT_NAME=<PROJECT_NAME> npm start
```

- To delete all deployments except for the live production deployment (including [aliased deployments](https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/#preview-aliases), for example, `staging.example.pages.dev`):

```sh
CF_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_CF_API_TOKEN> CF_ACCOUNT_ID=<ACCOUNT_ID> CF_PAGES_PROJECT_NAME=<PROJECT_NAME> CF_DELETE_ALIASED_DEPLOYMENTS=true npm start
```

To find your Cloudflare API token, log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), select the user icon on the upper righthand side of your screen > go to **My Profile** > **API Tokens**.

To find your Account ID, refer to [Find your zone and account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

## Use Pages as Origin in Cloudflare Load Balancer

[Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) will not work without the host header set. To use a Pages project as target, make sure to select **Add host header** when [creating a pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool), and set both the host header value and the endpoint address to your `pages.dev` domain.

Refer to [Use Cloudflare Pages as origin](/load-balancing/pools/cloudflare-pages-origin/) for a complete tutorial.

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Below are limits observed by the Cloudflare Free plan. For more details on removing these limits, refer to the [Cloudflare plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans) page.

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

## Builds

Each time you push new code to your Git repository, Pages will build and deploy your site. You can build up to 500 times per month on the Free plan. Refer to the Pro and Business plans in [Pricing](https://pages.cloudflare.com/#pricing) if you need more builds.

Builds will timeout after 20 minutes. Concurrent builds are counted per account.

## Custom domains

Based on your Cloudflare plan type, a Pages project is limited to a specific number of custom domains. This limit is on a per-project basis.

| Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise |
| ---- | --- | -------- | ---------- |
| 100  | 250 | 500      | 500[^1]    |

[^1]: If you need more custom domains, contact your account team.

## Files

Pages uploads each file on your site to Cloudflare's globally distributed network to deliver a low latency experience to every user that visits your site. Cloudflare Pages sites can contain up to 20,000 files.

## File size

The maximum file size for a single Cloudflare Pages site asset is 25 MiB.

:::note[Larger Files]


To serve larger files, consider uploading them to [R2](/r2/) and utilizing the [public bucket](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/) feature. You can also use [custom domains](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#connect-a-bucket-to-a-custom-domain), such as `static.example.com`, for serving these files.


:::

## Headers

A `_headers` file can have a maximum of 100 header rules.

An individual header in a `_headers` file can have a maximum of 2,000 characters. For managing larger headers, it is recommended to implement [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/).

## Preview deployments

You can have an unlimited number of [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) active on your project at a time.

## Redirects

A `_redirects` file can have a maximum of 2,000 static redirects and 100 dynamic redirects, for a combined total of 2,100 redirects. It is recommended to use [Bulk Redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/#surpass-_redirects-limits) when you have a need for more than the `_redirects` file supports.

## Users

Your Pages site can be managed by an unlimited number of users via the Cloudflare dashboard. Note that this does not correlate with your Git project – you can manage both public and private repositories, open issues, and accept pull requests via  without impacting your Pages site.

## Projects

Cloudflare Pages has a soft limit of 100 projects within your account in order to prevent abuse. If you need this limit raised, contact your Cloudflare account team or use the Limit Increase Request Form at the top of this page.

In order to protect against abuse of the service, Cloudflare may temporarily disable your ability to create new Pages projects, if you are deploying a large number of applications in a short amount of time. Contact support if you need this limit increased.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Pages.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Legal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/reference/legal/

Privacy Gateway is a managed gateway service deployed on Cloudflare’s global network that implements the Oblivious HTTP IETF standard to improve client privacy when connecting to an application backend.

OHTTP introduces a trusted third party (Cloudflare in this case), called a relay, between client and server. The relay’s purpose is to forward requests from client to server, and likewise to forward responses from server to client. These messages are encrypted between client and server such that the relay learns nothing of the application data, beyond the server the client is interacting with.

The Privacy Gateway service follows [Cloudflare’s privacy policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

## What Cloudflare sees

While Cloudflare will never see the contents of the encrypted application HTTP request proxied through the Privacy Gateway service – because the client will first connect to the OHTTP relay server operated in Cloudflare’s global network– Cloudflare will see the following information: the connecting device’s IP address, the application service they are using, including its DNS name and IP address, and metadata associated with the request, including the type of browser, device operating system, hardware configuration, and timestamp of the request ("Privacy Gateway Logs").

## What Cloudflare stores

Cloudflare retains the Privacy Gateway Logs information for the most recent quarter plus one month (approximately 124 days).

## What Privacy Gateway customers see

* The application content of requests.
* The IP address and associated metadata of the Cloudflare Privacy Gateway server the request came from.

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/reference/limitations/

End users should be aware that Cloudflare cannot ensure that websites and services will not send identifying user data from requests forwarded through the Privacy Gateway. This includes information such as names, email addresses, and phone numbers.

---

# Privacy Gateway Metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/reference/metrics/

Privacy Gateway now supports enhanced monitoring through our GraphQL API, providing detailed insights into your gateway traffic and performance. To access these metrics, ensure you have:

* A relay gateway proxy implementation where Cloudflare acts as the oblivious relay party.
* An API token with Analytics Read permissions.
  We offer two GraphQL nodes to retrieve metrics: `ohttpMetricsAdaptive` and `ohttpMetricsAdaptiveGroups`. The first node provides comprehensive request data, while the second facilitates grouped analytics.

## ohttpMetricsAdaptive

The `ohttpMetricsAdaptive` node is designed for detailed insights into individual OHTTP requests with adaptive sampling. This node can help in understanding the performance and load on your server and client setup.

### Key Arguments



* `filter` required
  * Apply filters to narrow down your data set. `accountTag` is a required filter.
* `limit`  optional
  * Specify the maximum number of records to return.
* `orderBy` optional
  * Choose how to sort your data, with options for various dimensions and metrics.


### Available Fields



* `bytesToClient` int optional
  * The number of bytes returned to the client.
* `bytesToGateway` int optional
  * Total bytes received from the client.
* `colo` string optional
  * Airport code of the Cloudflare data center that served the request.
* `datetime` Time optional
  * The date and time when the event was recorded.
* `gatewayStatusCode` int optional
  * Status code returned by the gateway.
* `relayStatusCode` int optional
  * Status code returned by the relay.


This node is useful for a granular view of traffic, helping you identify patterns, performance issues, or anomalies in your data flow.

## ohttpMetricsAdaptiveGroups

The `ohttpMetricsAdaptiveGroups` node allows for aggregated analysis of OHTTP request metrics with adaptive sampling. This node is particularly useful for identifying trends and patterns across different dimensions of your traffic and operations.

### Key Arguments



* `filter` required
  * Apply filters to narrow down your data set. `accountTag` is a required filter.
* `limit`  optional
  * Specify the maximum number of records to return.
* `orderBy` optional
  * Choose how to sort your data, with options for various dimensions and metrics.


### Available Fields



* `count` int optional
  * The number of records that meet the criteria.
* `dimensions` optional
  * Specifies the grouping dimensions for your data.
* `sum` optional
  * Aggregated totals for various metrics, per dimension.


**Dimensions**

You can group your metrics by various dimensions to get a more segmented view of your data:


* `colo` string optional
  * The airport code of the Cloudflare data center.
* `date` Date optional
  * The date of OHTTP request metrics.
* `datetimeFifteenMinutes` Time optional
  * Timestamp truncated to fifteen minutes.
* `datetimeFiveMinutes` Time optional
  * Timestamp truncated to five minutes.
* `datetimeHour` Time optional
  * Timestamp truncated to the hour.
* `datetimeMinute` Time optional
  * Timestamp truncated to the minute.
* `endpoint` string optional
  * The appId that generated traffic.
* `gatewayStatusCode` int optional
  * Status code returned by the gateway.
* `relayStatusCode` int optional
  * Status code returned by the relay.


**Sum Fields**

Sum fields offer a cumulative view of various metrics over your selected time period:


* `bytesToClient` int optional
  * Total bytes sent from the gateway to the client.
* `bytesToGateway` int optional
  * Total bytes from the client to the gateway.
* `clientRequestErrors` int optional
  * Total number of client request errors.
* `gatewayResponseErrors` int optional
  * Total number of gateway response errors.


Utilize the ohttpMetricsAdaptiveGroups node to gain comprehensive, aggregated insights into your traffic patterns, helping you optimize performance and user experience.

---

# Product compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/privacy-gateway/reference/product-compatibility/

When [using Privacy Gateway](/privacy-gateway/get-started/), the majority of Cloudflare products will be compatible with your application.

However, the following products are not compatible:

* [API Shield](/api-shield/): [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/) and [API discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/) are not possible since Cloudflare cannot see the request URLs.
* [Cache](/cache/): Caching of application content is no longer possible since each between client and gateway is end-to-end encrypted.
* [WAF](/waf/): Rules implemented based on request content are not supported since Cloudflare cannot see the request or response content.

---

# Connect with JavaScript (Node.js)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/examples/connect-javascript/

Below is an example using [MQTT.js](https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js#mqttclientstreambuilder-options) with the TOKEN authentication mode configured on a broker. The example assumes you have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) v16 or higher installed on your system.

Make sure to set the following environmental variables before running the example:

1. `BROKER_URI` (e.g. `mqtts://YOUR-BROKER.YOUR-NAMESPACE.cloudflarepubsub.com`)
2. `BROKER_TOKEN` with a [valid auth token](/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization/#generate-credentials)
3. `BROKER_TOPIC` to publish to - for example, `hello/world`

Before running the example, make sure to install the MQTT library:

```sh
# Pre-requisite: install MQTT.js
npm install mqtt --save
```

Copy the following example as `example.js` and run it with `node example.js`.

```javascript
const mqtt = require("mqtt");

// Specify MQTT broker URI: mqtts://<broker name>.<namespace>.cloudflarepubsub.com
const uri = check_env(process.env.BROKER_URI);

// Any username and your token from the /brokers/YOUR_BROKER/credentials endpoint
// The token should be the base64-encoded JWT issued by the Pub/Sub API
const username = "anything";
const password = check_env(process.env.BROKER_TOKEN);

// Specify a topic name to subscribe to and publish on
let topic = check_env(process.env.BROKER_TOPIC);

// Configure and create the MQTT client
const client = mqtt.connect(uri, {
	protocolVersion: 5,
	port: 8883,
	clean: true,
	connectTimeout: 2000, // 2 seconds
	clientId: "",
	username,
	password,
});

// Emit errors and exit
client.on("error", function (err) {
	console.log(`⚠️  error: ${err}`);
	client.end();
	process.exit();
});

// Connect to your broker
client.on("connect", function () {
	console.log(`🌎 connected to ${process.env.BROKER_URI}!`);
	// Subscribe to a topic
	client.subscribe(topic, function (err) {
		if (!err) {
			console.log(`✅ subscribed to ${topic}`);
			// Publish a message!
			client.publish(topic, "My first MQTT message");
		}
	});
});

// Start waiting for messages
client.on("message", async function (topic, message) {
	console.log(`received a message: ${message.toString()}`);

	// Goodbye!
	client.end();
	process.exit();
});

// Return variable or throw error
function check_env(env) {
	if (!env) {
		throw "BROKER_URI, BROKER_TOKEN and BROKER_TOPIC must be set.";
	}

	return env;
}
```

---

# Connect with Python

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/examples/connect-python/

Below is an example using the [paho.mqtt.python](https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.python) package with the TOKEN authentication mode configured on a Broker.

The example below creates a simple subscriber, sends a message to the configured topic, and waits until the message is received before exiting.

Make sure to set environmental variables for the following before running the example:

- `BROKER_FQDN` - e.g. `YOUR-BROKER.YOUR-NAMESPACE.cloudflarepubsub.com` without the port or `mqtts://` scheme
- `BROKER_TOKEN` (a valid auth token)
- `BROKER_TOPIC` - e.g. `test/topic` or `hello/world`

The example below uses Python 3.8, but should run on Python 3.6 and above.

```sh
# Ensure you have paho-mqtt installed
pip3 install paho-mqtt
```

Create a file called `pubsub.py` with the following content, and use `python3 pubsub.py` to run the example:

```python
# Install the library via: pip install paho-mqtt

import os
import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import sys


# Making sure all environment variables are set
def check_env(env):
    if env is None:
        sys.exit("BROKER_FQDN, BROKER_TOKEN and BROKER_TOPIC must be set.")
    return env


# The callback for when the client receives a CONNACK response from the server.
def on_connect(ctx, userdata, flags, rc, properties):
    print("connected to {}".format(ctx._host))
    ctx.subscribe(topic)
    client.publish(topic, "Hello from Python and Pub/Sub!")


# The callback for when a PUBLISH message is received from the server.
def on_message(ctx, userdata, msg):
    print("{}: {}".format(msg.topic, msg.payload))
    # Good-Bye
    client.disconnect()


# Specify MQTT broker FQDN: <broker name>.<namespace>.cloudflarepubsub.com
fqdn = check_env(os.environ.get("BROKER_FQDN"))

# Any username and your token from the /brokers/YOUR_BROKER/credentials endpoint
# The token should be the base64-encoded JWT issued by the Pub/Sub API
username = "anything"
password = check_env(os.environ.get("BROKER_TOKEN")).strip("\"")

# Specify a topic name to subscribe to and publish on
topic = check_env(os.environ.get("BROKER_TOPIC"))

# Create the MQTT client
client = mqtt.Client(client_id="", protocol=mqtt.MQTTv5)

# Set username & password
client.username_pw_set(username, password)

# Enable TLS
client.tls_set()

# Connect to your broker and register callback functions
client.connect(fqdn, 8883)
client.on_connect = on_connect
client.on_message = on_message

# Wait until we have received our message
client.loop_forever()
```

---

# Connect with Rust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/examples/connect-rust/

Below is an example using the [paho.mqtt.rust](https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.rust) crate with the TOKEN authentication mode configured on a Broker.

The example below creates a simple subscriber, sends a message to the configured topic, and waits until the message is received before exiting.

Make sure to set the `BROKER_URI` (e.g. `mqtts://YOUR-BROKER.YOUR-NAMESPACE.cloudflarepubsub.com`), `BROKER_TOKEN` (a valid auth token), and `BROKER_TOPIC` environmental variables before running the example program.

```toml
# in your Cargo.toml
paho-mqtt = "0.11.1"
```

Create a file called `example.rs` with the following content, and use `cargo run` to build and run the example:

```rust
use paho_mqtt::*;
use std::thread;

fn main() {
    // Specify MQTT broker hostname: <broker name>.<namespace>.cloudflarepubsub.com
    let uri = std::env::var("BROKER_URI").expect("URI must be set");

    // Your JWT token
    let jwt = std::env::var("BROKER_TOKEN").expect("JWT must be set");

    // Specify a topic name
    let topic = std::env::var("BROKER_TOPIC").expect("Topic must be set");

    // Configure the MQTT client
    let client_opts = CreateOptionsBuilder::new()
        .mqtt_version(MQTT_VERSION_5)
        .server_uri(uri)
        .finalize();

    // Connect options
    let options = ConnectOptionsBuilder::new()
        .ssl_options(SslOptions::default())
        .clean_start(true)
        .password(jwt)
        .finalize();

    // Create the MQTT client
    let cli = Client::new(client_opts).expect("Error creating client");

    // Connect to your broker
    cli.connect(options).expect("Error connecting to broker");

    // Message receiver
    let rx = cli.start_consuming();

    // Subscribe to a topic
    cli.subscribe(&topic, 0)
        .expect("Error subscribing to topic");

    // Start waiting for messages
    let reader = thread::spawn(move || match rx.recv().expect("Error receiving message") {
        Some(message) => {
            println!("{:?}", message);
        }
        None => {}
    });

    // Publish a message!
    cli.publish(Message::new(topic, "My first MQTT message", 0))
        .expect("Error publishing");

    // Wait until we have received our message
    let _ = reader.join();

    // Good-Bye
    cli.disconnect(DisconnectOptions::default())
        .expect("Error disconnecting");
}
```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="pub-sub/examples/" />

---

# Recommended client libraries

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/client-libraries/

MQTT is a popular standard, and you can find open-source libraries for many popular programming languages.

The list of client libraries are not formally supported by Cloudflare but have been vetted by the team.

| Platform/Language                | Source                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| macOS, Windows, Linux            | [https://mqttx.app/](https://mqttx.app/) (GUI tool)                                    |
| JavaScript (Node.js, TypeScript) | [https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js](https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js)                 |
| Go (MQTT v5.0 specific library)  | [https://github.com/eclipse/paho.golang](https://github.com/eclipse/paho.golang)       |
| Python                           | [https://pypi.org/project/paho-mqtt/](https://pypi.org/project/paho-mqtt/)             |
| Rust                             | [https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.rust](https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.rust) |

:::note


Pub/Sub implements version 5 of the MQTT specification ("MQTT v5.0"), which was published in March 2019. Most major client libraries support MQTT v5.0 today, but we recommend double-checking that the client library explicitly advertises MQTT v5.0 support.


:::

---

# Using Wrangler (Command Line Interface)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/command-line-wrangler/

Wrangler is a command-line tool for building and managing Cloudflare's Developer Platform, including [Cloudflare Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/), [R2 Storage](/r2/) and [Cloudflare Pub/Sub](/pub-sub/).

:::note

Pub/Sub support in Wrangler requires wrangler `2.0.16` or above. If you're using an older version of Wrangler, ensure you [update the installed version](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler).

:::

## Authenticating Wrangler

To use Wrangler with Pub/Sub, you'll need an API Token that has permissions to both read and write for Pub/Sub. The `wrangler login` flow does not issue you an API Token with valid Pub/Sub permissions.

:::note

This API token requirement will be lifted prior to Pub/Sub becoming Generally Available.

:::

To create an API Token that Wrangler can use:

1. From the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), click on the profile icon and select **My Profile**.
2. Under **My Profile**, click **API Tokens**.
3. On the [**API Tokens**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) page, click **Create Token**
4. Choose **Get Started** next to **Create Custom Token**
5. Name the token - e.g. "Pub/Sub Write Access"
6. Under the **Permissions** heading, choose **Account**, select **Pub/Sub** from the first drop-down, and **Edit** as the permission.
7. Click **Continue to Summary** at the bottom of the page, where you should see _All accounts - Pub/Sub:Edit_ as the permission
8. Click **Create Token**, and copy the token value.

In your terminal, configure a `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` environmental variable with your Pub/Sub token. When this variable is set, `wrangler` will use it to authenticate against the Cloudflare API.

```sh
export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="pasteyourtokenhere"
```

:::caution[Warning]

This token should be kept secret and not committed to source code or placed in any client-side code.

:::

## Pub/Sub Commands

Wrangler exposes two groups of commands for managing your Pub/Sub configurations:

1. `wrangler pubsub namespace`, which manages the [namespaces](/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works/#brokers-and-namespaces) your brokers are grouped into.
2. `wrangler pubsub broker` for managing your individual brokers, issuing and revoking credentials, and updating your [Worker integrations](/pub-sub/learning/integrate-workers/).

The available `wrangler pubsub namespace` sub-commands include:

```sh
wrangler pubsub namespace --help
```

```sh output

Manage your Pub/Sub Namespaces

Commands:
  wrangler pubsub namespace create <name>    Create a new Pub/Sub Namespace
  wrangler pubsub namespace list             List your existing Pub/Sub Namespaces
  wrangler pubsub namespace delete <name>    Delete a Pub/Sub Namespace
  wrangler pubsub namespace describe <name>  Describe a Pub/Sub Namespace
```

The available `wrangler pubsub broker` sub-commands include:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker --help
```

```sh output

Interact with your Pub/Sub Brokers

Commands:
  wrangler pubsub broker create <name>            Create a new Pub/Sub Broker
  wrangler pubsub broker update <name>            Update an existing Pub/Sub Broker's configuration.
  wrangler pubsub broker list                     List the Pub/Sub Brokers within a Namespace
  wrangler pubsub broker delete <name>            Delete an existing Pub/Sub Broker
  wrangler pubsub broker describe <name>          Describe an existing Pub/Sub Broker.
  wrangler pubsub broker issue <name>             Issue new client credentials for a specific Pub/Sub Broker.
  wrangler pubsub broker revoke <name>            Revoke a set of active client credentials associated with the given Broker
  wrangler pubsub broker unrevoke <name>          Restore access to a set of previously revoked client credentials.
  wrangler pubsub broker show-revocations <name>  Show all previously revoked client credentials.
  wrangler pubsub broker public-keys <name>       Show the public keys used for verifying on-publish hooks and credentials for a Broker.
```

### Create a Namespace

To create a [Namespace](/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works/#brokers-and-namespaces):

```sh
wrangler pubsub namespace create NAMESPACE_NAME
```

### Create a Broker

To create a [Broker](/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works/#brokers-and-namespaces) within a Namespace:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker create BROKER_NAME --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME
```

### Issue an Auth Token

You can issue client credentials for a Pub/Sub Broker directly via Wrangler. Note that:

- Tokens are scoped per Broker
- You can issue multiple tokens at once
- Tokens currently allow a client to publish and/or subscribe to _any_ topic on the Broker.

To issue a single token:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker issue BROKER_NAME --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME
```

You can use `--number=<NUM>` to issue multiple tokens at once, and `--expiration=<DURATION>` to set an expiry (e.g. `4h` or `30d`) on the issued tokens.

### Revoke a Token

To revoke one or more tokens—which will immediately prevent that token from being used to authenticate—use the `revoke` sub-command and pass the unique token ID (or `JTI`):

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker revoke BROKER_NAME --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --jti=JTI_ONE --jti=JTI_TWO
```

## Filing Bugs

If you've found a bug with one of the `wrangler pubsub [...]` commands, please [file a bug on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose), and include the version of `wrangler` you're using with `wrangler --version`.

---

# Delivery guarantees

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/delivery-guarantees/

Delivery guarantees or "delivery modes" define how strongly a messaging system enforces the delivery of messages it processes. Each mode comes with a number of trade-offs. As you make stronger guarantees about message delivery, the system needs to perform more checks and acknowledgments to ensure that messages are delivered, or maintain state to ensure a message is only delivered the specified number of times. This increases the latency of the system and reduces the overall throughput of the system. Each "real" message may require an additional 2-4 messages, and an equivalent number of additional roundtrips, before it can be considered delivered.

Pub/Sub is based on the MQTT protocol, which allows per-message flexibility around delivery guarantees or [Quality of Service](https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html#_Toc3901234) in MQTT terms.

| Level                 | Default | Currently supported | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Best for                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------- | ------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| At most once (QoS 0)  | Yes     | Yes                 | Often called "best-effort", where a message is published without any formal acknowledgement of receipt, and isn't replayed. <br/><br/> Has the least performance overhead as this mode does not generate additional acknowledgement packets for messages sent or delivered. <br/><br/> Depending on the reliability of the network or system (as a whole), some messages can be lost as subscribers are not required to acknowledge receipt. | Telemetry, metrics and event data, where data points are quickly superseded and/or where messages are sent at a high rate and you want to minimize resource utilization on the client. <br/><br/> QoS 0 offers the lowest latency (due to the lack of acknowledgement overhead) and thus highest per-client throughput.                                                                                                                           |
| At least once (QoS 1) | -       | No                  | Typically implemented through a handshake or "acknowledgement" protocol, a message will be re-sent until it is formally acknowledged by a recipient. <br/><br/> A message can, depending on the behavior and configuration of the system, be re-sent and thus delivered more than once. Incurs a small overhead due to additional acknowledgement packets. <br/>                                                                             | Transaction processing, most forms of chat messaging, and remote command processing such as to IoT devices). <br/><br/> Subscribers can often handle duplicates at the persistency layer by ensuring each message carries a unique identifier or "idempotency key." Even if the message is received more than once, the database layer will reject the duplicate key.                                                                             |
| Exactly once (QoS 2   | -       | No                  | The hardest to achieve and incurs significant per-message overhead on both the client, server and network. <br/><br/> It requires not only a way to acknowledge delivery, but additional state on the sender and receiver to ensure that a message is only accepted once, and that duplicates are discarded.                                                                                                                                 | Processing use-cases where subscribers must receive the message only once. Ideal when message rates are fairly low and where latency is not a primary concern. <br/><br/>This is typically very rare, and QoS 2 naturally increases latency and reduces throughput due to the additional acknowledgement packets. You should only use QoS 2 if your publishers, subscribers, or persistency layer cannot be changed to handle idempotent inserts. |

## Determine the right delivery mode

Each mode comes with a number of trade-offs. As you make stronger guarantees about message delivery, the system needs to perform more checks and acknowledgments to ensure that messages are delivered or maintain state to ensure a message is only delivered the specified number of times. This increases the latency of the system and reduces the overall throughput of the system. Each "real" message may require an additional 2-4 messages and an equivalent number of additional roundtrips, before it can be considered delivered.

MQTT specifies delivery guarantees at a per-message (PUBLISH) level, rather than at a per-broker or per-topic level as some other messaging systems do.

* This allows additional flexibility. General metrics and telemetry data that can afford a small percentage of "lost" messages can be sent with QoS level 0 (at most once), which is the default.
  * For example, the loss of 5-10 messages over 1000 sensor readings is unlikely to impact subsequent data analysis, especially if the payload is small and the data superseded quickly by a subsequent reading.
* In other cases, however, such as when delivering a chat message to another user, or publishing transaction data to a central system, the ability to set a higher QoS level — QoS level 1 corresponding to "at least once" and QoS level 2 to "exactly once" — means that only those messages incur the additional overhead.
  For most use cases, QoS level 0 is ideal for high-volume telemetry or sensor data, where concrete acknowledgement of delivery is not required. For other cases, such as publishing transaction data, chat messages or user-facing notifications, QoS level 1 ("at least once") is recommended.

---

# How Pub/Sub works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/how-pubsub-works/

Cloudflare Pub/Sub is a powerful way to send (publish) messages to and from remote clients.

There are four major concepts to understand with Pub/Sub:

1. [Brokers and namespaces](#brokers-and-namespaces)
2. [Authentication](#authentication)
3. [Topics and subscriptions](#topics-and-subscriptions)
4. [Messages](#messages)

## Brokers and namespaces

Brokers and namespaces are fundamentally "containers" for organizing clients, topics, and their associated permissions.

* A **namespace** is a collection of brokers that can be organized by location, end-customer, environment (production vs. staging), or by teams within an organization. When starting out, one namespace is typically all you need. Namespaces are globally unique across all customers.

* A **broker** is a term commonly used in MQTT to refer to the "server," but because an MQTT "server" is effectively a relay or proxy that accepts messages from one set of clients and sends them to the next, the term broker is used to distinguish from a typical client-server architecture. Clients – and their credentials – are scoped to a broker, and a broker itself is an addressable endpoint that accepts MQTT connections from clients on a TCP port.

For example, you could create a namespace called `acme-telemetry` and a broker called `dev-broker`. Together, these define an endpoint of `dev-broker.acme-telemetry.cloudflarepubsub.com` that authenticated clients can connect, send (publish), and receive (subscribe) messages against.

## Authentication

All clients must authenticate – prove they are allowed to connect – to a broker, and credentials are scoped per broker. A client with credentials for `dev-broker.acme-telemetry.cloudflarepubsub.com` would need a separate set of credentials to connect to` prod-broker.acme-telemetry.cloudflarepubsub.com` even if both are in the same account.

* Authentication is based on the MQTT standard, which allows for **username and password** (often called **token auth**) authentication, as well as implementation specific Mutual TLS (often called **TLS Client Credentials**) based authentication.
* With Cloudflare Pub/Sub, the easiest way to get started is to issue per-client tokens. Tokens take the place of the **password** in the authentication flow. These tokens are signed [JSON Web Tokens](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7519), which can only be generated by Cloudflare. Because they are signed, the client ID, permissions, or other claims embedded in the token cannot be changed without invalidating the signature.

For more information about how authentication is handled, refer to [Authentication and authorization](/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization).

## Topics and subscriptions

The **topic** is the core concept of Pub/Sub and MQTT, and all messages are contained within the topic they are published on. In MQTT, topics are strings that are separated by a `/` (forward slash) character to denote different topic levels and define a hierarchy for subscribers. Importantly, and one of the benefits of the underlying MQTT protocol, topics do not have to be defined centrally. Clients can publish to arbitrary topics, provided the broker allows that client to do so, which allows you to flexibly group messages as needed.

A Pub/Sub client can be both a publisher and subscriber at once, and can publish and subscribe to multiple topics at once.

As a set of best practices when constructing and naming your topics:

* **Define topics as a consistent hierarchy such as location/data-type/data-format/**. For example, a client in the EU publishing HTTP metrics data would publish to `eu/metrics/request_count` so that subscribers can more easily identify the data.
* **Ensure that you are consistent with your casing (lower vs. upper case) for topic names**. Topics are case-sensitive in the MQTT protocol and a client subscribed to `eu/metrics/request_count` will never receive a message published to `EU/metrics/request_count` (note the upper-cased "EU").
* **Avoid overly long topic names (the MQTT specification supports up to 65K bytes)**. Long topic names will increase your payload size and the cost of message processing on both publishers and subscribers.
* **Avoid a leading forward slash when naming topics**. `/us/metrics/transactions_processed` is a different topic from `us/metrics/transactions_processed`. The leading slash is unnecessary.

## Messages

The MQTT standard that Cloudflare Pub/Sub is built on defines a message as the **payload** within a [`PUBLISH` packet](https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html#_Toc3901119). Payloads themselves can be UTF-8 strings, which is what most developers are used to dealing with, or a stream of bytes (a "byte array") for more complex use cases or for cases where you are using other serialized data formats, such as Protobuf or MessagePack.

In Pub/Sub, which is based on MQTT v5.0, you can also set additional fields to indicate whether the payload is a string or a stream of bytes. Both the `payloadFormatIndicator` (0 for bytes; 1 for strings) property and the `contentType` property, which accepts a [`MIME` type](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml), can be used by the client to more clearly define the payload format.

As a set of best practices when sending Pub/Sub messages, you should consider:

* **Keep messages reasonably sized**. Buffering data on the client up to 1 KB (or every 2-3 seconds) is a good way to optimize for message size, throughput, and overall system latency.
* **Set the `payloadFormatIndicator` property when publishing a message**. This gives your subscribers or Workers a hint about how to parse the message.
* **Set the `contentType` property to the MIME type of the payload**. For example, `application/json ` or `application/x-msgpack`  as an additional hint, especially if clients are actively publishing messages in different formats.

---

# Learning

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Integrate with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/integrate-workers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Once of the most powerful features of Pub/Sub is the ability to connect [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) — powerful serverless functions that run on the edge — and filter, aggregate and mutate every message published to that broker. Workers can also mirror those messages to other sources, including writing to [Cloudflare R2 storage](/r2/), external databases, or other cloud services beyond Cloudflare, making it easy to persist or analyze incoming message payloads and data at scale.

There are three ways to integrate a Worker with Pub/Sub:

1. **As an “On Publish” hook that receives all messages published to a Broker**. This allows the Worker to modify, copy to other destinations (such as [R2](/r2/) or [KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/)), filter and/or drop messages before they are delivered to subscribers.
2. (Not yet available in beta) **Publishing directly to a Pub/Sub topic from a Worker.** You can publish telemetry and events to Pub/Sub topics from your Worker code.
3. (Not yet available in beta) **Subscribing to a Pub/Sub topic (or topics) from within a Worker**. This allows the Worker to act as any other subscriber and consume messages published either from external clients (over MQTT) or from other Workers.

You can use one, many or all of these integrations as needed.

## On-Publish Hooks

"On-Publish" hooks are a powerful way to filter and modify messages as they are published to your Pub/Sub Broker.

- The Worker runs as a "post-publish" hook where messages are accepted by the broker, passed to the Worker, and messages are only sent to clients who subscribed to the topic after the Worker returns a valid HTTP response.
- If the Worker does not return a response (intentionally or not), or returns an HTTP status code other than HTTP 200, the message is dropped.
- All `PUBLISH` messages (packets) published to your Broker are sent to the Worker. Other MQTT packets, such as CONNECT or AUTH packets, are automatically handled for you by Pub/Sub.

### Connect a Worker to a Broker

:::note

You must validate the signature of every incoming message to ensure it comes from Cloudflare and not an untrusted third-party.

:::

To connect a Worker to a Pub/Sub Broker as an on-publish hook, you'll need to:

1. Create a Cloudflare Worker (or expand an existing Worker) to handle incoming POST requests from the broker. The public URL of your Worker will be the URL you configure your Broker to send messages to.
2. Configure the broker to send messages to the Worker by setting the `on_publish.url` field on your Broker.
3. **Important**: Verify the signature of the payload using the public keys associated with your Broker to confirm the request was from your Pub/Sub Broker, and **not** an untrusted third-party or another broker.
4. Inspect or mutate the message (the HTTP request payload) as you see fit!
5. Return an HTTP 200 OK with a well-formed response, which allows the broker to send the message on to any subscribers.

The following is an end-to-end example showing how to:

- Authenticate incoming requests from Pub/Sub (and reject those not from Pub/Sub)
- Replace the payload of a message on a specific topic
- Return the message to the Broker so that it can forward it to subscribers

:::note

You should be familiar with setting up a [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/) before continuing with this example.

:::

To ensure your Worker can validate incoming requests, you must make the public keys available to your Worker via an [environmental variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/). To do so, we can fetch the public keys from our Broker:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker public-keys YOUR_BROKER --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME
```

You should receive a success response that resembles the example below, with the public key set from your Worker:

```json
"keys": [
  {
    "use": "sig",
    "kty": "OKP",
    "kid": "JDPuYJqHOvqzlakkNFQ9kfN7WsYs5uHndp_ziRdmOCU",
    "crv": "Ed25519",
    "alg": "EdDSA",
    "x": "Phf82R8tG1FdY475-AgtlaWIwH1lLFlfWu5LrsKhyjw"
  },
  {
    "use": "sig",
    "kty": "OKP",
    "kid": "qk7Z4hbN738v-m2CKdVaKTav9pU32MAaQXB2tDaQ-_o",
    "crv": "Ed25519",
    "alg": "EdDSA",
    "x": "Bt4kQWcK_XhZP1ZxEflsoYbqaBm9rEDk_jNWPdhxwTI"
  }
]
```

Copy the array of public keys into your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file as an environmental variable:

:::note

Your public keys will be unique to your own Pub/Sub Broker: you should ensure you're copying the keys associated with your own Broker.

:::

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-pubsub-worker"
type = "javascript"

account_id = "<YOUR ACCOUNT_ID>"
workers_dev = true

# Define top-level environment variables
# under the `[vars]` block using
# the `key = "value"` format
[vars]
# This will be accessible via env.BROKER_PUBLIC_KEYS in our Worker
# Note that we use three single quotes (') around our raw JSON
BROKER_PUBLIC_KEYS = '''{
  "keys": [
    {
      "use": "sig",
      "kty": "OKP",
      "kid": "JDPuYJqHOvqzlakkNFQ9kfN7WsYs5uHndp_ziRdmOCU",
      "crv": "Ed25519",
      "alg": "EdDSA",
      "x": "Phf82R8tG1FdY475-AgtlaWIwH1lLFlfWu5LrsKhyjw"
    },
    {
      "use": "sig",
      "kty": "OKP",
      "kid": "qk7Z4hbN738v-m2CKdVaKTav9pU32MAaQXB2tDaQ-_o",
      "crv": "Ed25519",
      "alg": "EdDSA",
      "x": "Bt4kQWcK_XhZP1ZxEflsoYbqaBm9rEDk_jNWPdhxwTI"
    }
  ]
}'''
```

</WranglerConfig>

With the `BROKER_PUBLIC_KEYS` environmental variable set, we can now access these in our Worker code. The [`@cloudflare/pubsub`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/pubsub) package allows you to authenticate the incoming request against your Broker's
public keys.

To install `@cloudflare/pubsub`, you can use `npm` or `yarn`:

```sh
npm i @cloudflare/pubsub
```

With `@cloudflare/pubsub` installed, we can now import both the `isValidBrokerRequest` function and our `PubSubMessage` types into
our Worker code directly:

```typescript
// An example that shows how to consume and transform Pub/Sub messages from a Cloudflare Worker.

/// <reference types="@cloudflare/workers-types" />

import { isValidBrokerRequest, PubSubMessage } from "@cloudflare/pubsub";

async function pubsub(
	messages: Array<PubSubMessage>,
	env: any,
	ctx: ExecutionContext,
): Promise<Array<PubSubMessage>> {
	// Messages may be batched at higher throughputs, so we should loop over
	// the incoming messages and process them as needed.
	for (let msg of messages) {
		console.log(msg);
		// Replace the message contents in our topic - named "test/topic"
		// as a simple example
		if (msg.topic.startsWith("test/topic")) {
			msg.payload = `replaced text payload at ${Date.now()}`;
		}
	}

	return messages;
}

const worker = {
	async fetch(req, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Retrieve this from your Broker's "publicKey" field.
		//
		// Each Broker has a unique key to distinguish between your Broker vs. others
		// We store these keys in environmental variables (/workers/configuration/environment-variables/)
		// to avoid needing to fetch them on every request.
		let publicKeys = env.BROKER_PUBLIC_KEYS;

		// Critical: you must validate the incoming request is from your Broker.
		//
		// In the future, Workers will be able to do this on your behalf for Workers
		// in the same account as your Pub/Sub Broker.
		if (await isValidBrokerRequest(req, publicKeys)) {
			// Parse the PubSub message
			let incomingMessages: Array<PubSubMessage> = await req.json();

			// Pass the messages to our pubsub handler, and capture the returned
			// message.
			let outgoingMessages = await pubsub(incomingMessages, env, ctx);

			// Re-serialize the messages and return a HTTP 200.
			// The Content-Type is optional, but must either by
			// "application/octet-stream" or left empty.
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(outgoingMessages), { status: 200 });
		}

		return new Response("not a valid Broker request", { status: 403 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;

export default worker;
```

Once you have deployed your Worker using `npx wrangler deploy`, you will need to configure your Broker to invoke the Worker. This is done by setting the `--on-publish-url` value of your Broker to the _publicly accessible_ URL of your Worker:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker update YOUR_BROKER --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --on-publish-url="https://your.worker.workers.dev"
```

```json {11} output
{
	"id": "4c63fa30ee13414ba95be5b56d896fea",
	"name": "example-broker",
	"authType": "TOKEN",
	"created_on": "2022-05-11T23:19:24.356324Z",
	"modified_on": "2022-05-11T23:19:24.356324Z",
	"expiration": null,
	"endpoint": "mqtts://example-broker.namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com:8883",
	"on_publish": {
		"url": "https://your-worker.your-account.workers.dev"
	}
}
```

Once you set this, _all_ MQTT `PUBLISH` messages sent to your Broker from clients will be delivered to your Worker for further processing. You can use our [web-based live demo](https://demo.mqtt.dev) to test that your Worker is correctly validating requests and intercepting messages.

Note that other HTTPS-enabled endpoints are valid destinations to forward messages to, but may incur latency and/or reduce message delivery success rates as messages will necessarily need to traverse the public Internet.

### Message Payload

Below is an example of a PubSub message sent over HTTP to a Worker:

```json
[
	{
		"mid": 0,
		"broker": "my-broker.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com",
		"topic": "us/external/metrics/abc-456-def-123/request_count",
		"clientId": "broker01G24VP1T3B51JJ0WJQJWCSY61",
		"receivedAt": 1651578191,
		"contentType": null,
		"payloadFormatIndicator": 1,
		"payload": "<payload>"
	},
	{
		"mid": 1,
		"broker": "my-broker.my-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com",
		"topic": "ap/external/metrics/abc-456-def-123/transactions_processed",
		"clientId": "broker01G24VS053KYGNBBX8RH3T7CY5",
		"receivedAt": 1651578193,
		"contentType": null,
		"payloadFormatIndicator": 1,
		"payload": "<payload>"
	}
]
```

### Per-Message Metadata and TypeScript Support

Messages delivered to a Worker, or sent from a Worker, are wrapped with additional metadata about the message so that you can more easily inspect the topic, message format, and other properties that can help you to route & filter messages.

This metadata includes:

- the `broker` the message was associated with, so that your code can distinguish between messages from multiple Brokers
- the `topic` the message was published to by the client. **Note that this is readonly: attempting to change the topic in the Worker is invalid and will result in that message being dropped**.
- a `receivedTimestamp`, set when Pub/Sub first parses and deserializes the message
- the `mid` ("message id") of the message. This is a unique ID allowing Pub/Sub to track messages sent to your Worker, including which messages were dropped (if any). The `mid` field is immutable and returning a modified or missing `mid` will likely cause messages to be dropped.

This metadata, including their JavaScript types and whether they are immutable ("`readonly`"), are expressed as the `PubSubMessage` interface in the [@cloudflare/pubsub](https://github.com/cloudflare/pubsub) library.

The `PubSubMessage` type may grow to include additional fields over time, and we recommend importing `@cloudflare/pubsub` (instead of copy+pasting) to ensure your code can benefit from any future changes.

### Batching

Messages sent to your on-publish Worker may be batched: each batch is an array of 1 or more `PubSubMessage`.

- Batching helps to reduce the number of invocations against your Worker, and can allow you to better aggregate messages when writing them to upstream services.
- Pub/Sub’s batching mechanism is designed to batch messages arriving simultaneously from publishers, and not wait several seconds.
- It does **not** measurably increase the latency of message delivery.

### On-Publish Best Practices

- Only inspect the topics you need to reduce the compute your Worker needs to do.
- Use `ctx.waitUntil` if you need to write to storage or communicate with remote services and avoid increasing message delivery latency while waiting on those operations to complete.
- Catch exceptions using [try-catch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/try...catch) - if your on-publish hook is able to “fail open”, you should use the `catch` block to return messages to the Broker in the event of an exception so that messages aren’t dropped.

## Troubleshoot Workers integrations

Some common failure modes can result in messages not being sent to subscribed clients when a Worker is processing messages, including:

- Failing to correctly validate incoming requests. This can happen if you are not using the correct public keys (keys are unique to each of your Brokers), if the keys are malformed, and/or if you have not populated the keys in the Worker via environmental variables.
- Not returning a HTTP 200 response. Any other HTTP status code is interpreted as an error and the message is dropped.
- Not returning a valid Content-Type. The Content-Type in the HTTP response header must be `application/octet-stream`
- Taking too long to return a response (more than 10 seconds). You can use [`ctx.waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) if you need to write messages to other destinations after returning the message to the broker.
- Returning an invalid or unstructured body, a body or payload that exceeds size limits, or returning no body at all.

Because the Worker is acting as the "server" in the HTTP request-response lifecycle, invalid responses from your Worker can fail silently, as the Broker can no longer return an error response.

---

# WebSockets and Browser Clients

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/learning/websockets-browsers/

Pub/Sub allows you to both publish and subscribe from within a web browser or other WebSocket capable client. Every Pub/Sub Broker supports MQTT over WebSockets natively, without further configuration.

With Pub/Sub’s WebSocket support, you can:

* Subscribe to a topic in the browser and push near real-time updates (such as notifications or chat messages) to those clients from your backend services.
* Publish telemetry directly from WebSocket clients and then aggregate those messages in a centralized service or by using [Workers Analytics Engine](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-analytics-engine/) to consume them on your behalf.
* Publish and subscribe directly between a browser client and your MQTT-capable IoT devices in the field.

When clients are connecting from a browser, you should use [`token` authentication](/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization/) and ensure you are issuing clients unique credentials.

## MQTT over WebSockets

WebSocket support in Pub/Sub works by encapsulating MQTT packets (Pub/Sub’s underlying native protocol) within WebSocket [frames](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSockets_API/Writing_WebSocket_servers#exchanging_data_frames).

* In many MQTT libraries, you can replace the `mqtts://` scheme with `wss://`, and your code will use a WebSocket transport instead of the native “raw” TCP transport.
* The WebSocket listener is available on both TCP ports `443` and `8884` versus `8883` for native MQTT.
* WebSocket clients need to speak MQTT over WebSockets. Pub/Sub does not support other message serialization methods over WebSockets at present.
* **Clients should include a `sec-websocket-protocol: mqtt` request header in the initial HTTP GET request** to distinguish an "MQTT over WebSocket" request from future, non-MQTT protocol support over WebSockets.
* Authentication is performed within the WebSocket connection itself. An MQTT `CONNECT` packet inside the WebSocket tunnel includes the required username and password. The WebSocket connection itself does not need to be authenticated at the HTTP level.

We recommend using [MQTT.js](https://github.com/mqttjs/MQTT.js), one of the most popular JavaScript libraries, for client-side JavaScript support. It can be used in both the browser via Webpack or Browserify and in a Node.js environment.

## JavaScript Web Example

In this example, we use MQTT.js’s WebSocket support to subscribe to a topic and publish messages to it.

:::note

You can view a live demo available at [demo.mqtt.dev](http://demo.mqtt.dev) that allows you to use your own Pub/Sub Broker and a valid token to subscribe to a topic and publish messages to it. 
:::

In a real-world deployment, our publisher could be another client, a native MQTT client, or a WebSocket client running on a remote server elsewhere.

```js
// Ensure MQTT.js is installed first
// > npm install mqtt
import * as mqtt from "mqtt"

// Where 'url' is "mqtts://BROKER.NAMESPACE.cloudflarepubsub.com:8884"
function example(url) {
  let client = mqtt.connect(url, {
    protocolVersion: 5,
    reconnectPeriod: 0,
    username: 'anything',
    password: jwt, // pass this from a form field in your app
    clientId: '',
  })
  
  client.on('connect', function () {
    client.subscribe(topic, function (err) {
      if (err) {
        client.end();
      } else {
        console.log(`subscribed to ${topic}`)
      }
  })
  
  client.on('message', function (topic, message) {
    let line = (new Date()).toLocaleString('en-US') + ": " + message.toString() + "\n";
    console.log(line)
  })
}
```

You can use a JavaScript bundler, such as Webpack, to include the library into a script you can include in your web application.

---

# Authentication and authorization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization/

Pub/Sub supports two authentication modes. A broker may allow one or both, but never none as authentication is always required.

| Mode             | Details                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `TOKEN`          | Accepts a Client ID and a password (represented by a signed JSON Web Token) in the CONNECT packet. The MQTT User Name field is optional. If provided, it must match the Client ID. |
| `MTLS`           | **Not yet supported.** Accepts an mTLS keypair (TLS client credentials) scoped to that broker. Keypairs are issued from a Cloudflare root CA unless otherwise configured.          |
| `MTLS_AND_TOKEN` | **Not yet supported.** Allows clients to use both MTLS and/or Token auth for a broker.                                                                                             |

To generate credentials scoped to a specific broker, you have two options:

- Allow Pub/Sub to generate Client IDs for you.
- Supply a list of Client IDs that Pub/Sub will use to generate tokens.

The recommended and simplest approach if you are starting from scratch is to have Pub/Sub generate Client IDs for you, which ensures they are sufficiently random and that there are not conflicting Client IDs. Duplicate Client IDs can cause issues with clients because only one instance of a Client ID is allowed to connect to a broker.

## Generate credentials

:::note

Ensure you do not commit your credentials to source control, such as GitHub. A valid token allows anyone to connect to your broker and publish or subscribe to messages. Treat credentials as secrets.

:::

To generate a single token for a broker named `example-broker` in `your-namespace`, issue a request to the Pub/Sub API.

- By default, the API returns one valid` <Client ID, Token>` pair but can return up to 100 per API call to simplify issuance for larger deployments.
- You must specify a Topic ACL (Access Control List) for the tokens. This defines what topics clients authenticating with these tokens can PUBLISH or SUBSCRIBE to. Currently, the Topic ACL must be `#` all topics — finer-grained ACLs are not yet supported.

For example, to generate five valid tokens with an automatically generated Client ID for each token:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker issue example-broker --number=5 --expiration=48h
```

You should receive a scucess response that resembles the example below, which is a map of Client IDs and their associated tokens.

```json
{
  "01G3A5GBJE5P3GPXJZ72X4X8SA": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IkpEUHVZSnFIT3Zxemxha2tORlE5a2ZON1dzWXM1dUhuZHBfemlSZG1PQ1UifQ.
  not-a-real-token.ZZL7PNittVwJOeMpFMn2CnVTgIz4AcaWXP9NqMQK0D_iavcRv_p2DVshg6FPe5xCdlhIzbatT6gMyjMrOA2wBg",
  "01G3A5GBJECX5DX47P9RV1C5TV": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IkpEUHVZSnFIT3Zxemxha2tORlE5a2ZON1dzWXM1dUhuZHBfemlSZG1PQ1UifQ.also-not-a-real-token.WrhK-VTs_IzOEALB-T958OojHK5AjYBC5ZT9xiI_6ekdQrKz2kSPGnvZdUXUsTVFDf9Kce1Smh-mw1sF2rSQAQ",
}
```

## Configuring Clients

To configure an MQTT client to connect to Pub/Sub, you need:

- Your Broker hostname - e.g. `your-broker.your-namespace.cloudflarepubsub.com` and port (`8883` for MQTT)
- A Client ID - this must be either the Client ID associated with your token, or left empty. Some clients require a Client ID, and others generate a random Client ID. **You will not be able to connect if the Client ID is mismatched**.
- A username - Pub/Sub does not require you to specify a username. You can leave this empty, or for clients that require one to be set, the text `PubSub` is typically sufficient.
- A "password" - this is a valid JSON Web Token (JWT) received from the API, _specific to the Broker you are trying to connect to_.

The most common failure case is supplying a Client ID that does not match your token. Ensure you are setting this correctly in your client, or (recommended) leaving it empty if your client supports auto-assigning the Client ID when it connects to Pub/Sub.

## Token claims and metadata

An JSON Web Token (JWT) issued by Pub/Sub will include the following claims.

| Claims   | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| iat      | A Unix timestamp representing the token's creation time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| exp      | A Unix timestamp representing the token's expiry time. Only included when the JWT has an optional expiry timestamp.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| sub      | The "subject" - the MQTT Client Identifier associated with this token. This is the source of truth for the Client ID. If a Client ID is provided in the CONNECT packet, it must match this ID. Clients that do not specify a Client ID in the CONNECT packet will see this Client ID as the "Assigned Client Identifier" in the CONNACK packet when connecting. |
| jti      | JWT ID. An identifier that uniquely identifies this JWT. Used to distinguish multiple JWTs for the same (broker, clientId) apart, and allows revocation of specific tokens.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| topicAcl | Must be `#` (matches all topics). In the future, ACLs will allow you to express what topics the client can PUBLISH to, SUBSCRIBE to, or both.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

## Revoking Credentials

To revoke a credential, which immediately invalidates it and prevents any clients from connecting with it, you can use `wrangler pubsub broker revoke [...]` or issue a POST request to the `/revocations` endpoint of the Pub/Sub API with the `jti` (unique token identifier).

This will add the token to a revocation list. When using JWTs, you can revoke the JWT based on its unique `jti` claim. To revoke multiple tokens at once, provide a list of token identifiers.

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker revoke example-broker --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --jti=JTI_ONE --jti=JTI_TWO
```

You can also list all currently revoked tokens by using `wrangler pubsub broker show-revocations [...]` or by making a GET request to the `/revocations` endpoint.

You can _unrevoke_ a token by using `wrangler pubsub broker unrevoke [...]` or by issuing a DELETE request to the `/revocations` endpoint with the `jti` as a query parameter.

## Credential Lifetime and Expiration

Credentials can be set to expire at a Broker-level that applies to all credentials, and/or at a per-credential level.

- By default, credentials do not expire, in order to simplify credential management.
- Credentials will inherit the shortest of the expirations set, if both the Broker and the issued credential have an expiration set.

To set an expiry for each set of credentials issued by setting the `expiration` value when requesting credentials: in this case, we specify 1 day (`1d`):

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker issue example-broker --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --expiration=1d
```

This will return a token that expires 1 day (24 hours) from issuance:

```json
{
  "01G3A5GBJE5P3GPXJZ72X4X8SA": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImtpZCI6IkpEUHVZSnFIT3Zxemxha2tORlE5a2ZON1dzWXM1dUhuZHBfemlSZG1PQ1UifQ.
  not-a-real-token.ZZL7PNittVwJOeMpFMn2CnVTgIz4AcaWXP9NqMQK0D_iavcRv_p2DVshg6FPe5xCdlhIzbatT6gMyjMrOA2wBg"
}
```

To set a Broker-level global expiration on an existing Pub/Sub Broker, set the `expiration` field on the Broker to the seconds any credentials issued should inherit:

```sh
wrangler pubsub broker update YOUR_BROKER --namespace=NAMESPACE_NAME --expiration=7d
```

This will cause any token issued by the Broker to have a default expiration of 7 days. You can make this _shorter_ by passing the `--expiration` flag to `wrangler pubsub broker issue [...]`. For example:

- If you set a longer `--expiration` than the Broker itself has, the Broker's expiration will be used instead (shortest wins).
- Using `wrangler pubsub broker issue [...] --expiration -1` will remove the `exp` claim from the token - essentially returning a non-expiring token - even if a Broker-level expiration has been set.

### Best Practices

- We strongly recommend setting a per-broker expiration configuration via the **expiration** (integer seconds) field, which will implicitly set an expiration timestamp for all credentials generated for that broker via the `exp` JWT claim.
- Using short-lived credentials – for example, 7 to 30 days – with an automatic rotation policy can reduce the risk of credential compromise and the need to actively revoke credentials after-the-fact.
- You can use Pub/Sub itself to issue fresh credentials to clients using [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) or a separate HTTP endpoint that clients can use to refresh their local token store.

## Authorization and Access Control

:::note

Pub/Sub currently supports `#` (all topics) as an ACL. Finer-grained ACL support is on the roadmap.

:::

In order to limit what topics a client can PUBLISH or SUBSCRIBE to, you can define an ACL (Access Control List). Topic ACLs are defined in the signed credentials issued to a client and determined when the client connects.

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/platform/limits/

The table lists limits that apply to Pub/Sub brokers and clients during the beta release.

:::note


These limits are subject to change and many will increase over time.


:::

| Item                                             | Limit | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Namespaces per Account                           | 3                      | The maximum number of namespaces allowed on an account.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Brokers per Namespace                            | 3                      | Can eventually be increased.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Subscribers per topic                            | 1000                   | The maximum number of subscribers per MQTT topic.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Connections per Device                           | 1                      | The number of simultaneous connections from a single client ID (or token). **More than one connection from the same client ID will result in existing clients receiving a DISCONNECT** using Reason Code 0x8e (Session Taken Over).     |
| Maximum Packets per Second per Client            | 10                     | The number of MQTT packets per second a client can send to the broker. <br/> Clients that exceed this rate will receive a DISCONNECT with Reason Code 0x96 (Message rate too high).                                                     |
| Maximum Topic Length                             | 65k bytes              | The maximum length of a topic, in bytes, including all slashes, prefixes, or wildcard symbols.                                                                                                                                          |
| Maximum Topic Depth                              | 8                      | The maximum number of forward slashes (`/`) allowed in a topic.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Maximum Message Size                             | 64KB                   | Includes metadata such as client ID, additional metadata fields, and optional MQTT fields.                                                                                                                                              |
| Maximum Client ID Length                         | 23 bytes               | The maximum length of an MQTT Client Identifier in bytes.<br/> Client IDs must also be at least 1 byte long per the MQTT standard. Shorter client IDs are rejected with a CONNACK using Reason Code 0x85 (Client Identifier not valid). |
| Maximum Username Length                          | 32 bytes               | The maximum length of the username in bytes. <br/> Usernames are optional, but if provided, must match the Client ID. <br/> Invalid usernames are rejected with CONNACK using Reason Code 0x86 (Bad Username or Password).              |
| Maximum Password Length                          | 4,096 bytes            | The maximum size of the UTF-8 encoded password, in bytes. <br/> Invalid passwords are rejected with CONNACK using Reason Code 0x86 (Bad Username or Password).                                                                          |
| Connect Interval                                 | 10 seconds             | Maximum interval that a client can wait between establishing TLS connection and send a CONNECT. <br/> Clients that take longer than this will be disconnected.                                                                          |
| Minimum Keep Alive Interval                      | 10 seconds             | Minimum time interval in which a client must send an MQTT control packet or a PINGREQ packet. <br/> Clients that take longer than this will be disconnected.                                                                            |
| Maximum Session Expiry Interval                  | 7 days                 | Maximum time interval to retain a client's session state. Currently includes Subscriptions and Will messages. <br/> Note that 7 days is best effort, and in some cases, the session state may be shorter.                               |
| Maximum Number of Revoked Credentials per Broker | 10,000                 | The maximum number of credentials that can be revoked for a single broker.                                                                                                                                                              |

Storage and network units are in [SI units](https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html).

---

# MQTT compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pub-sub/platform/mqtt-compatibility/

:::note


Pub/Sub will continue to expand support for MQTT protocol features during the beta period. The documentation will be updated to reflect the expanded features, so check these docs periodically.


:::

Pub/Sub supports the core parts of the [MQTT v5.0 specification](https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/mqtt-v5.0.html), and any MQTT v5.0 compatible client should be able to connect to a Pub/Sub Broker.

MQTT is one of the most pervasive “messaging protocols” deployed today. There are tens of millions (at least!) of devices that speak MQTT today, from connected payment terminals through to autonomous vehicles, cell phones, and even video games. Sensor readings, telemetry, financial transactions or mobile notifications and messages are all common use cases for MQTT, and the flexibility of the protocol allows developers to make trade-offs around reliability, topic hierarchy, and persistence specific to their use case.

:::note


In many cases, the MQTT specification mandates that a client is explicitly disconnected when attempting to use features not supported by a broker. Ensure that your client only uses supported features to avoid disconnection loops that prevent a client from sending messages to a broker.


:::

Pub/Sub supports the following MQTT protocol features.

| Protocol feature                      | Supported         | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| User Name & Password Authentication   | Yes               | Pub/Sub uses signed JSON Web Tokens in place of passwords for authenticating clients. <br/> For more information on how authentication works, refer to [Authentication and Authorization](/pub-sub/platform/authentication-authorization). |
| Mutual TLS (TLS Client Credentials)   | Not yet supported | None yet                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Enhanced Authentication               | Not supported     | Commonly used to support Kerberos.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Delivery: At Most Once (QoS 0)        | Yes (default)     | This is the default QoS level in MQTT and relies on the underlying TCP connection and system for basic delivery guarantees and network-level re-transmissions.                                                                             |
| Delivery: At Least Once (QoS 1)       | Not yet supported | The broker will return a DISCONNECT with Reason Code 0x9B (QoS not supported) if a client attempts to send a message with an unsupported Quality of Service mode.                                                                          |
| Delivery: Exactly Once (QoS 2)        | Not yet supported | The broker will return a DISCONNECT with Reason Code 0x9B (QoS not supported) if a client attempts to send a message with an unsupported Quality of Service mode.                                                                          |
| Retain                                | Not yet supported | The Broker will return a DISCONNECT Reason Code of 0x9A (Retain not supported) if a client attempts to send a message with the Retain bit set to any value other than zero (0).                                                            |
| Will Messages                         | Not yet supported | Will messages (sometimes called "Last Will" messages) are not currently supported and will be ignored by a broker.                                                                                                                         |
| Receive Maximum                       | Not yet supported | Only applies to QoS 1 and QoS 2 messages, which are not currently supported.                                                                                                                                                               |
| Single-level Wildcard (`+` character) | Not yet supported | The broker will return a DISCONNECT Reason Code of 0x90 (Topic Name invalid) if a client attempts to subscribe to a Topic with a wildcard (`+` or `#` character).                                                                          |
| Multi-level Wildcard (`#` character)  | Not yet supported | The broker will return a DISCONNECT Reason Code of 0x90 (Topic Name invalid) if a client attempts to subscribe to a topic with a wildcard (`+` or `#` character).                                                                          |
| Shared Subscriptions                  | Not yet supported | Clients that attempt to SUBSCRIBE to a Shared Subscription, which are prefixed with a literal `$share/` string, the server will return a DISCONNECT with Reason Code 0x9E (Shared Subscriptions not supported).                            |
| Subscription Identifiers              | Not yet supported | Clients that send a SUBSCRIBE packet with a Subscription Identifier will receive a DISCONNECT with Reason Code of 0xA1 (Subscription Identifiers not supported).                                                                           |
| User Properties                       | Not yet supported | [User Properties](https://docs.oasis-open.org/mqtt/mqtt/v5.0/os/mqtt-v5.0-os.html#_Toc464547991) included in a PUBLISH packet will not be forwarded to subscribers.                                                                        |

## Permissions and IAM

During the beta period, users need the **Super Administrator** or **Administrator** permission to create, modify, or delete namespaces or brokers associated with an account.

In the future, Pub/Sub will have brokers-specific IAM permissions for:

* **Admin** - Create, edit, and delete namespaces; create, edit, and delete brokers
* **User** - Create, edit, and delete brokers (only); view namespaces but cannot create or delete namespaces
* **Viewer** - View brokers. Can view config but cannot issue new credentials or modify config

Longer term, Pub/Sub will allow users to scope those permissions per namespace to better support isolated environments and distributed teams.

---

# Add a site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/tutorial/add-site/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will follow step-by-step instructions to bring an existing site to Cloudflare using Pulumi infrastructure as code (IaC) to familiarize yourself with the resource management lifecycle. In particular, you will create a Zone and a DNS record to resolve your newly added site. This tutorial adopts the IaC principle to complete the steps listed in the [Add site tutorial](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

:::note
You will provision resources that qualify under free tier offerings for both Pulumi Cloud and Cloudflare.
:::

## Before you begin

Ensure you have:

- A Cloudflare account and API Token with permission to edit the resources in this tutorial. If you need to, sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://www.cloudflare.com/sign-up) before continuing. Your token must have:
  - `Zone-Zone-Edit` permission
  - `Zone-DNS-Edit` permission
  - `include-All zones from an account-<your account>` zone resource
- A Pulumi Cloud account. You can sign up for an [always-free individual tier](https://app.pulumi.com/signup).
- The [Pulumi CLI](/pulumi/installing/) is installed on your machine.
- A [Pulumi-supported programming language](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi?tab=readme-ov-file#languages) is configured. (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, or use YAML)
- A domain name. You may use `example.com` to complete the tutorial.

## 1. Initialize your project

A Pulumi project is a collection of files in a dedicated folder that describes the infrastructure you want to create. The Pulumi project folder is identified by the required `Pulumi.yaml` file. You will use the Pulumi CLI to create and configure a new project.

### a. Create a directory

Use a new and empty directory for this tutorial.

```sh
mkdir addsite-cloudflare
cd addsite-cloudflare
```

### b. Login to Pulumi Cloud

[Pulumi Cloud](https://www.pulumi.com/product/pulumi-cloud/) is a hosted service that provides a secure and scalable platform for managing your infrastructure as code. You will use it to store your Pulumi backend configurations.

At the prompt, press Enter to log into your Pulumi Cloud account via the browser. Alternatively, you may provide a [Pulumi Cloud access token](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/pulumi-cloud/access-management/access-tokens/).

```sh
pulumi login
```

### c. Create a new program

A Pulumi program is code written in a [supported programming language](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi?tab=readme-ov-file#languages) that defines infrastructure resources.

To create a program, select your language of choice and run the `pulumi` command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```sh
pulumi new javascript --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```sh
pulumi new typescript --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```sh
pulumi new python --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

```sh
pulumi new go --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

```sh
pulumi new java --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

```sh
pulumi new csharp --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

```sh
pulumi new yaml --name addsite-cloudflare --yes
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### d. Create a stack

A Pulumi [stack](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/concepts/stack/) is an instance of a Pulumi program. Stacks are independently configurable and may represent different environments (development, staging, production) or feature branches. For this tutorial, you'll use the `dev` stack.

To instantiate your `dev` stack, run:

```sh
pulumi up --yes
# wait a few seconds for the stack to be instantiated.
```

You have not defined any resources at this point, so you'll have an empty stack.

### e. Save your settings

In this step, you will store your settings in a Pulumi [ESC Environment](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/esc/environments/), a YAML file containing configurations and secrets. These can be accessed in several ways, including a Pulumi program. All ESC Environments securely reside in your Pulumi Cloud account and can be fully managed via the Pulumi CLI. For this tutorial, you will store the following values:

- Your Cloudflare [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
- A valid Cloudflare API [token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
- A domain. For instance, `example.com`.

```sh
# Define an ESC Environment name
E=clouflare/my-dev-env

# Create a new Pulumi ESC Environment
pulumi config env init --env $E --yes
```

```sh output
Creating environment clouflare/my-dev-env for stack dev...
```

```sh
# Replace abc123 with your Cloudflare Account ID
pulumi env set $E --plaintext pulumiConfig.accountId abc123

# Replace API_TOKEN with your Cloudflare API Token
pulumi env set $E --secret  pulumiConfig.cloudflare:apiToken API_TOKEN

# Replace example.com with your registered domain, or leave as is
pulumi env set $E --plaintext pulumiConfig.domain example.com
```

### f. Install the Cloudflare package

You need to install the Cloudflare package for your language of choice in order to define Cloudflare resources in your Pulumi program.

Install the Cloudflare package by running the following command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```sh
npm install @pulumi/cloudflare
```

```sh output
added 1 package ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```sh
npm install @pulumi/cloudflare
```

```sh output
added 1 package ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```sh
echo "pulumi_cloudflare>=5.38,<6.0.0" >> requirements.txt
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

```sh output
...Collecting pulumi-cloudflare...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

```sh
go get github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare/sdk/v3/go/cloudflare
```

```sh output
go: downloading github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

Below are Apache Maven instructions. For other Java project managers such as Gradle, see the official [Maven repository](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.pulumi/cloudflare/overview)

1. Open your `pom.xml` file.
2. Add the Pulumi Cloudflare dependency inside the `<dependencies>` section.

```xml
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.pulumi</groupId>
    <artifactId>cloudflare</artifactId>
    <version>5.38.0</version>
</dependency>
```

3. Run:

```sh
mvn clean install
```

```sh output
...[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

```sh
dotnet add package Pulumi.Cloudflare
```

```sh output
...
info : Adding PackageReference for package 'Pulumi.Cloudflare' into project
...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

There are no dependencies to download for YAML. Skip ahead.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Define Cloudflare resources in code

With the Cloudflare package installed, you can now define any [supported Cloudflare resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/) in your Pulumi program. You'll define a Zone, and a DNS Record next.

### a. Add a Zone

A domain, or site, is known as a Zone in Cloudflare. In Pulumi, the [Zone resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zone/) represents a Cloudflare Zone.

Replace the contents of your entrypoint file with the following:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```js
"use strict";
const pulumi = require("@pulumi/pulumi");
const cloudflare = require("@pulumi/cloudflare");

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

// Create a Cloudflare resource (Zone)
const zone = new cloudflare.Zone("my-zone", {
	zone: domain,
	accountId: accountId,
	plan: "free",
	jumpStart: true,
});

exports.zoneId = zone.id;
exports.nameservers = zone.nameServers;
exports.status = zone.status;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as cloudflare from "@pulumi/cloudflare";

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

// Create a Cloudflare resource (Zone)
const zone = new cloudflare.Zone("my-zone", {
	zone: domain,
	accountId: accountId,
	plan: "free",
	jumpStart: true,
});

export const zoneId = zone.id;
export const nameservers = zone.nameServers;
export const status = zone.status;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```py
import pulumi
import pulumi_cloudflare as cloudflare

account_id = pulumi.Config().require("accountId")
domain = pulumi.Config().require("domain")

# Create a Cloudflare resource (Zone)
zone = cloudflare.Zone("my-zone",
    zone=domain,
    account_id=account_id,
    plan="free",
    jump_start=True)

pulumi.export("zoneId", zone.id)
pulumi.export('nameservers', zone.name_servers)
pulumi.export('status', zone.status)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go
package main

import (
    "github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
    cloudflare "github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare/sdk/v3/go/cloudflare"
)

func main() {
    pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
        domain, _ := ctx.GetConfig("domain")

        // Create a Cloudflare resource (Zone)
        zone, err := cloudflare.NewZone(ctx, "my-zone", &cloudflare.ZoneArgs{
            Zone:      pulumi.String(domain),
            Plan:      pulumi.String("free"),
            JumpStart: pulumi.Bool(true),
        })
        if err != nil {
            return err
        }

        ctx.Export("zoneId", zone.ID())
        ctx.Export("nameservers", zone.NameServers)
        ctx.Export("status", zone.Status)
        return nil
    })
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java
package myproject;

import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.Context;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.ZoneArgs;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.Zone;


public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(ctx -> {
            var config = ctx.config();

            String accountId = config.require("accountId");
            String domain = config.require("domain");

            var zone = new Zone("my-zone", ZoneArgs.builder()
                .zone(domain)
                .accountId(accountId)
                .plan("free")
                .jumpStart(true)
                .build());

            ctx.export("zoneId", zone.id());
            ctx.export("nameservers", zone.nameServers());
            ctx.export("status", zone.status());
        });
    }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

```csharp
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Collections.Immutable;
using Pulumi;
using Pulumi.Cloudflare;

class Program
{
    static Task<int> Main() => Deployment.RunAsync<MyStack>();

    class MyStack : Stack
    {
        public MyStack()
        {
            var config = new Pulumi.Config();
            var accountId = config.Require("accountId");
            var domain = config.Require("domain");

            var zone = new Zone("my-zone", new ZoneArgs
            {
                ZoneName = domain,
                AccountId = accountId,
                Plan = "free",
                JumpStart = true
            });

            this.ZoneId = zone.Id;
            this.Nameservers = zone.NameServers;
            this.Status = zone.Status;
        }

        [Output]
        public Output<string> ZoneId { get; set; }
        public Output<ImmutableArray<string>> Nameservers { get; set; }
        public Output<string> Status { get; set; }
    }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

**Filename: `Pulumi.yaml`**

```yaml
name: addsite-cloudflare
runtime: yaml
resources:
  myZone:
    type: cloudflare:Zone
    properties:
      zone: ${domain}
      accountId: ${accountId}
      plan: "free"
      jumpStart: true

outputs:
  zoneId: ${myZone.id}
  nameservers: ${exampleZone.nameServers}
  status: ${exampleZone.status}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Notice that the code also outputs several properties from the Zone resource, such as the `zoneId`, `nameservers`, and `status`, so that they can easily be accessed in subsequent steps.

### b. Add a DNS Record

You will now add a DNS [Record resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/record/) to test previously configured Zone.

Add the following code snippet to your entrypoint file **after** the Zone resource definition:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```js
const record = new cloudflare.Record("my-record", {
	zoneId: zone.id,
	name: domain,
	content: "192.0.2.1",
	type: "A",
	proxied: true,
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
const record = new cloudflare.Record("my-record", {
	zoneId: zone.id,
	name: domain,
	content: "192.0.2.1",
	type: "A",
	proxied: true,
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```py
record = cloudflare.Record("my-record",
    zone_id=zone.id,
    name=domain,
    content="192.0.2.1",
    type="A",
    proxied=True
)

```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go

    _, err = cloudflare.NewRecord(ctx, "my-record", &cloudflare.RecordArgs{
      ZoneId:  zone.ID(),
      Name:    pulumi.String(domain),
      Content:   pulumi.String("192.0.2.1"),
      Type:    pulumi.String("A"),
      Proxied: pulumi.Bool(true),
    })
    if err != nil {
      return err
    }

```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java

// Add imports
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.Record;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.RecordArgs;

// Below the Zone resource, add
new Record("my-record", RecordArgs.builder()
.zoneId(zone.id())
.name(domain)
.content("192.0.2.1")
.type("A")
.proxied(true)
.build());
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

```csharp
new Record("my-record", new RecordArgs
{
    ZoneId = zone.Id,
    Name = domain,
    Content = "192.0.2.1",
    Type = "A",
    Proxied = true
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

**Filename: `Pulumi.yaml`**

```yaml
  myRecord:
    type: cloudflare:Record
    properties:
      zoneId: ${myZone.id}
      name: ${domain}
      content: 192.0.2.1
      type: A
      proxied: true
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Deploy your changes

Now that you have defined your resources, you can deploy the changes using the Pulumi CLI so that they are reflected in your Cloudflare account.

To deploy the changes, run:

```sh
pulumi up --yes
```

```sh output
wait for the dev stack to become ready
```

## 4. Configure your DNS provider

:::note

This process makes Cloudflare your authoritative DNS provider, allowing your DNS queries and web traffic to be served from and protected by the Cloudflare network.

[Learn more about pending domains](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/)
:::

:::note
If your site is `example.com`, skip ahead to [Test your site](#5-test-your-site).
:::

### a. Obtain your nameservers

Once you have added a domain to Cloudflare, that domain will receive two assigned authoritative nameservers.

To retrieve the assigned `nameservers`, run:

```sh
pulumi stack output
```

### b. Update your registrar

Update the nameservers at your registrar to activate Cloudflare services for your domain. The instructions are registrar-specific. You may be able to find guidance under [this consolidated list of common registrars](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#update-your-registrar).

:::caution
Registrars take up to 24 hours to process nameserver changes.
:::

### c. Check your domain status

Once successfully registered, your domain `status` will change to `active`.

```sh
pulumi stack output
```

## 5. Test your site

You will run two `nslookup` commands against the Cloudflare-assigned nameservers.

To test your site, run:

```sh
DOMAIN=$(pulumi config get domain)
NS1=$(pulumi stack output nameservers | jq '.[0]' -r)
NS2=$(pulumi stack output nameservers | jq '.[1]' -r)
nslookup $DOMAIN $NS1
nslookup $DOMAIN $NS2
```

For .NET, use `Nameservers` as the Output.

Confirm your response returns the IP address(es) for your site.

:::note
You will not receive a valid response if you use `example.com` as your site.
:::

## 6. Clean up

In this last step, you will remove the resources and stack used throughout the tutorial.

### a. Delete the resources

```sh
pulumi destroy --yes
```

### b. Remove the stack

```sh
pulumi stack rm dev
```

## Next steps

You have incrementally defined Cloudflare resources needed to add a site to Cloudflare. You declare the resources in your programming language of choice and let Pulumi handle the rest.

To deploy a serverless app with Pulumi, follow the [Deploy a Worker tutorial](/pulumi/tutorial/hello-world/).

---

# Create different resources using Pulumi and Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/tutorial/dynamic-provider-and-wrangler/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This example creates a zone and other resources using two different strategies:

- Use Pulumi for some resources supported by the Cloudflare Pulumi provider.
- Use Wrangler to create other types of resources.

The example code covers the creation of resources such as Workers, Zero Trust Applications, Zero Trust Policies, and D1 databases.

## Wrangler usage

The code in this example shows how you can create Workers by calling Wrangler directly instead of using the resource directly supported by the Cloudflare Pulumi provider. The advantage of using this method is that you can use it for any deployment-related task such as executing D1 migrations. When you run the infrastructure as code (IaC) script, Wrangler creates or updates Workers and D1, which includes performing database migrations.

In the current example, the D1 migrations state in Pulumi only changes when the hash of the `migrations` directory changes, in which case the Pulumi command will be executed.

## Dynamic resource provider for Vectorize

The example also provides an example of a dynamic resource provider for a resource that is not directly supported by the Cloudflare Pulumi provider (in this case, Vectorize).

## Example code

```js
"use strict";

const pulumi = require("@pulumi/pulumi");
const cloudflare = require("@pulumi/cloudflare");
const command = require("@pulumi/command");
const path = require("path");
const axios = require("axios");
const https = require("https");
const crypto = require("crypto");
const fs = require("fs");

// Load configuration
const config = new pulumi.Config();
const domainName = config.require("domainName");
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const apiToken = config.requireSecret("apiToken");

// Function to compute hash of a file
function computeFileHashSync(filePath) {
	const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
	const hash = crypto.createHash("sha256");
	hash.update(fileBuffer);
	return hash.digest("hex");
}

// Function to compute the hash of a directory
async function hashDirectory(dirPath) {
	const files = await fs.promises.readdir(dirPath);
	const fileHashes = [];
	for (const file of files) {
		const filePath = path.join(dirPath, file);
		const fileStat = await fs.promises.stat(filePath);
		if (fileStat.isFile()) {
			const fileData = await fs.promises.readFile(filePath);
			const hash = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(fileData).digest("hex");
			fileHashes.push(hash);
		}
	}
	// Combine all file hashes and hash the result to get a unique hash for the directory
	const combinedHash = crypto
		.createHash("sha256")
		.update(fileHashes.join(""))
		.digest("hex");
	return combinedHash;
}

// Instantiate Cloudflare provider
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const cloudflareProvider = new cloudflare.Provider("cloudflare", {
	apiToken: apiToken,
});

// Create a Cloudflare Zone
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zone/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myZone = new cloudflare.Zone(
	"myZone",
	{
		zone: domainName,
		plan: "enterprise",
		accountId: accountId,
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider },
);

// Create a Cloudflare Queue (used as a binding in Worker)
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/queue/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myqueue = new cloudflare.Queue(
	"myqueue",
	{
		zoneId: myZone.id,
		name: "myqueue",
		description: "Queue for my messages",
		accountId: accountId,
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider },
);

// Create a Cloudflare Queue (used as a binding in Worker)
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/queue/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myqueuedeadletter = new cloudflare.Queue(
	"myqueuedeadletter",
	{
		zoneId: myZone.id,
		name: "myqueuedeadletter",
		description: "Queue for messages that were not processed correctly",
		accountId: accountId,
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider },
);

// Create a D1 Database
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/d1database/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myD1Database = new cloudflare.D1Database(
	"myD1Database",
	{
		accountId: accountId,
		name: "mydb",
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider },
);

// Deploy Changes to D1 Schema
// - Cloudflare Wrangler stores a list of migrations in the D1 database.
// - To check which migrations were run, go to the Cloudflare dashboard
//   and run "SELECT * FROM d1_migrations" on the console of the D1 database.
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const d1Dir = "../../mydb/";
const d1Migration = new command.local.Command(
	"d1Migration",
	{
		dir: d1Dir,
		create: `npx wrangler d1 migrations apply mydb --remote`,
		triggers: [hashDirectory(`${d1Dir}migrations`)],
	},
	{ dependsOn: [myD1Database] },
);

// Run 'wrangler' command
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/command/api-docs/local/command/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const workerDir = "../../worker-test/";
const workerTest = new command.local.Command(
	"worker-test",
	{
		dir: workerDir,
		create: "npx wrangler deploy",
		triggers: [
			// A unique trigger vector to force recreation
			computeFileHashSync(`${workerDir}src/index.js`),
			computeFileHashSync(`${workerDir}wrangler.toml`),
		],
	},
	{ dependsOn: [myZone, myqueue, myqueuedeadletter, myD1Database] },
);

// Create "Add" group Service Auth Token
//    https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zerotrustaccessservicetoken/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myServiceToken = new cloudflare.ZeroTrustAccessServiceToken(
	"myServiceToken",
	{
		zoneId: myZone.id,
		name: "myServiceToken",
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider },
);

// Create an Access "Add" Group
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zerotrustaccessgroup/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myAccessGroup = new cloudflare.ZeroTrustAccessGroup(
	"myAccessGroup",
	{
		accountId: accountId,
		name: "myAccessGroup",
		// Define the group criteria (e.g., email domains, identity providers, etc.)
		// This example adds users from the specified email domain.
		includes: [{ serviceTokens: [myServiceToken.id] }],
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider, dependsOn: [myServiceToken] },
);

// Create an Access App for "Add"
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zerotrustaccessapplication/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myAccessApp = new cloudflare.ZeroTrustAccessApplication(
	"myAccessApp",
	{
		zoneId: myZone.id,
		name: "myApp",
		domain: `myapp.${domainName}`,
		sessionDuration: "24h",
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider, dependsOn: [myAccessGroup, myZone] },
);

// Create an Access App with Allow Policy for Access "Add" Group
// https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/zerotrustaccesspolicy/
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
const myAddAccessPolicy = new cloudflare.ZeroTrustAccessPolicy(
	"myAccessPolicy",
	{
		zoneId: myZone.id,
		applicationId: myAccessApp.id,
		name: "myAccessPolicy",
		decision: "allow",
		precedence: 1,
		includes: [
			{
				groups: [myAccessGroup.id],
			},
		],
	},
	{ provider: cloudflareProvider, dependsOn: [myAccessApp] },
);

// Create a Vectorize Index
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Define a dynamic provider for Vectorize, since the Cloudflare Pulumi provider does not support
// this resource yet
const VectorizeIndexDynamicCloudflareProvider = {
	async create(inputs) {
		// Create an instance of the HTTPS Agent with SSL verification disabled to avoid WARP issues
		const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
			rejectUnauthorized: false,
		});
		const url = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${inputs.accountId}/vectorize/v2/indexes`;
		const data = {
			config: { dimensions: 768, metric: "cosine" },
			description: inputs.description,
			name: inputs.name,
		};
		// Headers
		const options = {
			httpsAgent,
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
				Authorization: `Bearer ${inputs.apiToken}`,
			},
		};
		// Make an API call to create the resource
		const response = await axios.post(url, data, options);
		// For now we use the Vectorize index name as id, because Vectorize does not
		// provide an id for it
		const resourceId = inputs.name;

		// Return the ID and output values
		return {
			id: resourceId,
			outs: {
				name: inputs.name,
				accountId: inputs.accountId,
				apiToken: inputs.apiToken,
			},
		};
	},

	async delete(id, props) {
		// Create an instance of the HTTPS Agent with SSL verification disabled to avoid WARP issues
		const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
			rejectUnauthorized: false,
		});
		const url = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${props.accountId}/vectorize/v2/indexes/${id}`;
		// Headers
		const options = {
			httpsAgent,
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
				Authorization: `Bearer ${props.apiToken}`,
			},
		};
		// Make an API call to delete the resource
		await axios.delete(url, options);
	},

	async update(id, oldInputs, newInputs) {
		// Vectorize once created does not allow updates
	},
};

// Define a dynamic resource
class VectorizeIndex extends pulumi.dynamic.Resource {
	constructor(name, args, opts) {
		super(VectorizeIndexDynamicCloudflareProvider, name, args, opts);
	}
}

// Use the dynamic resource in your Pulumi stack
// - Don't change properties after creation. Currently, Vectorize does not allow changes.
// - To delete this resource, remove or comment this block of code
const my_vectorize_index = new VectorizeIndex("myvectorizeindex", {
	name: "myvectorize_index",
	accountId: accountId,
	namespaceId: myZone.id, // Set appropriate namespace id
	vectorDimensions: 768, // This is an example - adjust dimensions as needed
	apiToken: apiToken,
});

// Export relevant outputs
// Access these outputs after Pulumi has run using:
// $ pulumi stack output
// $ pulumi stack output zoneId
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
exports.zoneId = myZone.id;
exports.myqueueId = myqueue.id;
exports.myqueuedeadletter = myqueuedeadletter.id;
exports.myD1DatabaseId = myD1Database.id;
exports.workerTestId = workerTest.id;
exports.myServiceToken = myServiceToken.id;
exports.myServiceTokenClientId = myAddServiceToken.clientId;
exports.myServiceTokenClientSecret = myAddServiceToken.clientSecret;
```

## Access Pulumi exports

Once you run your Pulumi script with `pulumi up`, your resources will be created or updated.

The example script above also exports outputs that you can access from other tools. This is useful for example when integrating the Pulumi script into a deployment pipeline.

You could use a command similar to the following:

```bash
pulumi stack output myServiceTokenClientSecret --show-secrets
```

---

# Deploy a Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/tutorial/hello-world/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will follow step-by-step instructions to deploy a Hello World application using Cloudflare Workers and Pulumi infrastructure as code (IaC) to familiarize yourself with the resource management lifecycle. In particular, you will create a Worker, a Route, and a DNS Record to access the application before cleaning up all the resources.

:::note
You will provision resources that qualify under free tier offerings for both Pulumi Cloud and Cloudflare.
:::

## Before you begin

Ensure you have:
 
- A Cloudflare account and API Token with permission to edit the resources in this tutorial. If you need to, sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://www.cloudflare.com/sign-up) before continuing. Your token must have the following:
  - `Account-Workers Scripts-Edit` permission
  - `Zone-Workers Route-Edit` permission
  - `Zone-DNS-Edit` permission
- A Pulumi Cloud account. You can sign up for an [always-free individual tier](https://app.pulumi.com/signup).
- The [Pulumi CLI](/pulumi/installing/) is installed on your machine.
- A [Pulumi-supported programming language](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi?tab=readme-ov-file#languages) configured. (TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, or use YAML)
- A Cloudflare-managed domain. Complete the [Add a site tutorial](/pulumi/tutorial/add-site/) to bring your existing domain under Cloudflare.

## 1. Initialize your project

A Pulumi project is a collection of files in a dedicated folder that describes the infrastructure you want to create. The Pulumi project folder is identified by the required `Pulumi.yaml` file. You will use the Pulumi CLI to create and configure a new project.

### a. Create a directory

Use a new and empty directory for this tutorial.

```sh
mkdir serverless-cloudflare
cd serverless-cloudflare
```

### b. Login to Pulumi Cloud

[Pulumi Cloud](https://www.pulumi.com/product/pulumi-cloud/) is a hosted service that provides a secure and scalable platform for managing your infrastructure as code. You will use it to store your Pulumi backend configurations.

At the prompt, press Enter to log into your Pulumi Cloud account via the browser. Alternatively, you may provide a [Pulumi Cloud access token](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/pulumi-cloud/access-management/access-tokens/).

```sh
pulumi login
```

### c. Create a new program

A Pulumi program is code written in a [supported programming language](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi?tab=readme-ov-file#languages) that defines infrastructure resources.

To create a program, select your language of choice and run the `pulumi` command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```sh
pulumi new javascript --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```sh
pulumi new typescript --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```sh
pulumi new python --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

```sh
pulumi new go --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

```sh
pulumi new java --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

```sh
pulumi new csharp --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
# wait a few seconds while the project is initialized
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

```sh
pulumi new yaml --name serverless-cloudflare --yes
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### d. Create a stack

A Pulumi [stack](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/concepts/stack/) is an instance of a Pulumi program. Stacks are independently configurable and may represent different environments (development, staging, production) or feature branches. For this tutorial, you'll use the `dev` stack.

To instantiate your `dev` stack, run:

```sh
pulumi up --yes
# wait a few seconds for the stack to be instantiated.
```

You have not defined any resources at this point, so you'll have an empty stack.

### e. Save your application settings

In this step, you will store your application settings in a Pulumi [ESC Environment](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/esc/environments/), a YAML file containing configurations and secrets. These can be accessed in several ways, including a Pulumi program. All ESC Environments securely reside in your Pulumi Cloud account and can be fully managed via the Pulumi CLI. For this tutorial, you will store the following values:

- Your Cloudflare [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
- A valid Cloudflare API [token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
- A domain. For instance, `example.com`.

```sh
# Give your new ESC Environment a name
E=hello-world/dev-env

# Initialize the new ESC Environment
pulumi config env init --env $E --yes
```

```sh output
Creating environment hello-world/dev-env for stack dev...
```

```sh
# Replace abc123 with your Cloudflare account ID
pulumi env set $E --plaintext pulumiConfig.accountId abc123

# Replace API_TOKEN with your Cloudflare API token
pulumi env set $E --secret pulumiConfig.cloudflare:apiToken API_TOKEN

# Replace example.com with your domain
pulumi env set $E --plaintext pulumiConfig.domain example.com
```

### f. Install the Cloudflare package

You need to install the Cloudflare package for your language of choice in order to define Cloudflare resources in your Pulumi program.

Install the Cloudflare package by running the following command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```sh
npm install @pulumi/cloudflare
```

```sh output
added 1 package ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```sh
npm install @pulumi/cloudflare
```

```sh output
added 1 package ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```sh
echo "pulumi_cloudflare>=5.38,<6.0.0" >> requirements.txt
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

```sh output
...Collecting pulumi-cloudflare...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

```sh
go get github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare/sdk/v3/go/cloudflare
```

```sh output
go: downloading github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare ...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

Below are Apache Maven instructions. For other Java project managers such as Gradle, see the official [Maven repository](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.pulumi/cloudflare/overview)

1. Open your `pom.xml` file.
2. Add the Pulumi Cloudflare dependency inside the `<dependencies>` section.

```xml
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.pulumi</groupId>
    <artifactId>cloudflare</artifactId>
    <version>5.38.0</version>
</dependency>
```

3. Run:

```sh
mvn clean install
```

```sh output
...[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

```sh
dotnet add package Pulumi.Cloudflare
```

```sh output
...
info : Adding PackageReference for package 'Pulumi.Cloudflare' into project
...
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

There are no dependencies to download for YAML. Skip ahead.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Define Cloudflare resources in code

With the Cloudflare package installed, you can now define any [supported Cloudflare resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/) in your Pulumi program. Next, define a Worker, a Route, and a DNS Record.

### a. Add a Workers script

The [Workers Script resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/workersscript/) represents a Cloudflare Worker that can be deployed to the Cloudflare network.

Replace the contents of your entrypoint file with the following:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```javascript
"use strict";
const pulumi = require("@pulumi/pulumi");
const cloudflare = require("@pulumi/cloudflare");

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

const content = `export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};`

const worker = new cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", {
	accountId: accountId,
	name: "hello-world-worker",
	content: content,
  module: true, // ES6 module
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as cloudflare from "@pulumi/cloudflare";

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

const content = `export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};`

const worker = new cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", {
  accountId: accountId,
  name: "hello-world-worker",
  content: content,
  module: true, // ES6 module
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```python
"""Pulumi program """
import pulumi
import pulumi_cloudflare as cloudflare

CONFIG = pulumi.Config()
ACCOUNT_ID = CONFIG.get("accountId")
DOMAIN = CONFIG.require("domain")
CONTENT = """
export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};
"""

worker = cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker",
    account_id=ACCOUNT_ID,
    name="hello-world-worker",
    content=CONTENT,
    module=True  # ES6 module
)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go
package main

import (
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare/sdk/v5/go/cloudflare"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi/config"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		conf := config.New(ctx, "")
		accountID := conf.Get("accountId")
		domain := conf.Get("domain")
		content := `
		export default {
		  async fetch(request) {
		    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
		    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
		  },
		};
		`
		worker, err := cloudflare.NewWorkersScript(ctx, "hello-world-worker", &cloudflare.WorkersScriptArgs{
			AccountId: pulumi.String(accountID),
			Name:      pulumi.String("hello-world-worker"),
			Content:   pulumi.String(content),
			Module:    pulumi.Bool(true), // ES6 module
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		return nil
	})
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java
package myproject;

import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersScript;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersScriptArgs;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(ctx -> {
            var content = """
              export default {
                async fetch(request) {
                  const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
                  return new Response("Hello World!", options);
                },
              };
            """;

            var accountId = ctx.config().require("accountId");
            var domain = ctx.config().require("domain");
            var worker = new WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", WorkersScriptArgs.builder()
                .accountId(accountId)
                .name("hello-world-worker")
                .content(content)
                .module(true)
                .build());

            return;
        });
    }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

```csharp
using Pulumi;
using Cloudflare = Pulumi.Cloudflare;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() =>
{
    var config = new Config();
    var accountId = config.Require("accountId");
    var domain = config.Require("domain");
    var content = @"
            export default {
                async fetch(request) {
                    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
                    return new Response(""Hello World!"", options);
                },
            };
        ";

    var worker = new Cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", new()
    {
        AccountId = accountId,
        Name = "hello-world-worker",
        Content = content,
        Module = true
    });
    return;
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

**Filename: `Pulumi.yaml`**

```yaml
name: serverless-cloudflare
runtime: yaml
resources:
  worker:
    type: cloudflare:WorkersScript
    properties:
      accountId: "${accountId}"
      name: "hello-world-worker"
      content: |
        export default {
            async fetch(request) {
                const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
                return new Response("Hello World!", options);
            },
        };
      module: true
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### b. Add a Route

You will now add a [Workers Route resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/workersroute/) to your Pulumi program so the Workers script can have an endpoint and be active. To properly configure the Route, you will also look up the zone ID for your domain.

Add the following code snippet to your entrypoint file **after** the Worker script resource:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```javascript
const zone = cloudflare.getZone({
  accountId: accountId,
  name: domain
});

const zoneId = zone.then(z => z.zoneId);

const route = new cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", {
  zoneId: zoneId,
  pattern: "hello-world." + domain,
  scriptName: worker.name,
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
const zone = cloudflare.getZone({
  accountId: accountId,
  name: domain
});

const zoneId = zone.then(z => z.zoneId);

const route = new cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", {
  zoneId: zoneId,
  pattern: "hello-world." + domain,
  scriptName: worker.name,
});
```

</TabItem>  <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```python
zone = cloudflare.get_zone(account_id=ACCOUNT_ID, name=DOMAIN)
zone_id = zone.zone_id
route = cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route",
    zone_id=zone_id,
    pattern="hello-world." + DOMAIN,
    script_name=worker.name
)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go
zone, err := cloudflare.LookupZone(ctx, &cloudflare.LookupZoneArgs{
  AccountId: &accountID,
  Name:      &domain,
}, nil)
if err != nil {
  return err
}

route, err := cloudflare.NewWorkersRoute(ctx, "hello-world-route", &cloudflare.WorkersRouteArgs{
  ZoneId:     pulumi.String(zone.Id),
  Pattern:    pulumi.String("hello-world." + domain),
  ScriptName: worker.Name,
})
if err != nil {
  return err
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java
final var zone = CloudflareFunctions.getZone(GetZoneArgs.builder()
  .accountId(accountId)
  .name(domain)
  .build());
var route = new WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", WorkersRouteArgs.builder()
  .zoneId(zone.applyValue(getZoneResult -> getZoneResult.id()))
  .pattern("hello-world." + domain)
  .scriptName(worker.name())
  .build());
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

```csharp
var zone = Output.Create(Cloudflare.GetZone.InvokeAsync(new()
{
    AccountId = accountId,
    Name = domain,
}));
var route = new Cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", new()
{
    ZoneId = zone.Apply(z => z.Id),
    Pattern = "hello-world." + domain,
    ScriptName = worker.Name,
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

**Filename: `Pulumi.yaml`**

Below the `runtime` key, add the following code:

```yaml
# new top-level section
variables:
  zone:
    fn::invoke:
      function: cloudflare:getZone
      arguments:
        accountId: ${accountId}
        name: ${domain}
```

Below the `worker` resource, add the following code:

```yaml
  route:
    type: cloudflare:WorkersRoute
    properties:
      zoneId: ${zone.id}
      pattern: "hello-world.${domain}"
      scriptName: ${worker.name}
```

</TabItem></Tabs>

### c. Add a DNS Record

You will now add a DNS [Record resource](https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/cloudflare/api-docs/record/) to resolve the previously configured Route. In the next step, you'll also output the Route URL so it can be easily accessed.

Add the following code snippet to your entrypoint file **after** the Route resource:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```javascript
const record = new cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", {
  name: route.pattern,
  type: "A",
  content: "192.0.2.1",
  zoneId: zoneId,
  proxied: true
});

exports.url = pulumi.interpolate`https://${record.hostname}`
```

</TabItem>  <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
const record = new cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", {
  name: route.pattern,
  type: "A",
  content: "192.0.2.1",
  zoneId: zoneId,
  proxied: true,
});

export const url = pulumi.interpolate`https://${record.hostname}`;
```

</TabItem>  <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```python
record = cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record",
    name=route.pattern,
    type="A",
    content="192.0.2.1",
    zone_id=zone_id,
    proxied=True
)

url = pulumi.Output.concat("https://", record.hostname)
pulumi.export('url', url)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go
record, err := cloudflare.NewRecord(ctx, "hello-world-record", &cloudflare.RecordArgs{
  Name:    route.Pattern,
  Type:    pulumi.String("A"),
  Content: pulumi.String("192.0.2.1"),
  ZoneId:  pulumi.String(zone.Id),
  Proxied: pulumi.Bool(true),
})
if err != nil {
  return err
}

ctx.Export("url", pulumi.Sprintf("https://%s", record.Hostname))
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java
var record = new Record("hello-world-record", RecordArgs.builder()
    .name(route.pattern())
    .type("A")
    .content("192.0.2.1")
    .zoneId(zone.applyValue(getZoneResult -> getZoneResult.id()))
    .proxied(true)
    .build());

ctx.export("url", Output.format("https://%s", record.hostname()));
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

Notice the updated ' return ' statement because you're now exporting a value. Ensure that you also include `using System.Collections.Generic;` in your imports.

```csharp
var record = new Cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", new()
{
    Name = route.Pattern,
    Type = "A",
    Content = "192.0.2.1",
    ZoneId = zone.Apply(z => z.Id),
    Proxied = true
});

return new Dictionary<string, object?>
{
    ["url"] = Output.Format($"https://{record.Hostname}")
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="YAML">

Notice the new top-level `outputs` section.

```yaml
  record:
    type: cloudflare:Record
    properties:
      name: ${route.pattern}
      type: A
      content: "192.0.2.1"
      zoneId: ${zone.id}
      proxied: true

outputs:
  url: "https://${record.hostname}"
```

</TabItem></Tabs>

:::note

You may need to use `http` instead depending on your domain settings.

:::

### d. (Optional) Verify your code

Confirm all your changes match the full solution below:

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

**Filename: `index.js`**

```javascript
"use strict";
const pulumi = require("@pulumi/pulumi");
const cloudflare = require("@pulumi/cloudflare");

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

const content = `export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};`

const worker = new cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", {
  accountId: accountId,
  name: "hello-world-worker",
  content: content,
  module: true, // ES6 module
});

const zone = cloudflare.getZone({
  accountId: accountId,
  name: domain
});

const zoneId = zone.then(z => z.zoneId);

const route = new cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", {
  zoneId: zoneId,
  pattern: "hello-world." + domain,
  scriptName: worker.name,
});

const record = new cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", {
  name: route.pattern,
  type: "A",
  content: "192.0.2.1",
  zoneId: zoneId,
  proxied: true
});

exports.url = pulumi.interpolate`https://${record.hostname}`

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

**Filename: `index.ts`**

```typescript
import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as cloudflare from "@pulumi/cloudflare";

const config = new pulumi.Config();
const accountId = config.require("accountId");
const domain = config.require("domain");

const content = `export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};`

const worker = new cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", {
  accountId: accountId,
  name: "hello-world-worker",
  content: content,
  module: true, // ES6 module
});

const zone = cloudflare.getZone({
  accountId: accountId,
  name: domain
});

const zoneId = zone.then(z => z.zoneId);

const route = new cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", {
  zoneId: zoneId,
  pattern: "hello-world." + domain,
  scriptName: worker.name,
});

const record = new cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", {
  name: route.pattern,
  type: "A",
  content: "192.0.2.1",
  zoneId: zoneId,
  proxied: true,
});

export const url = pulumi.interpolate`https://${record.hostname}`;

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

**Filename: `__main__.py`**

```python
"""Pulumi program """
import pulumi
import pulumi_cloudflare as cloudflare

CONFIG = pulumi.Config()
ACCOUNT_ID = CONFIG.get("accountId")
DOMAIN = CONFIG.require("domain")
CONTENT = """
export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
  },
};
"""

worker = cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker",
    account_id=ACCOUNT_ID,
    name="hello-world-worker",
    content=CONTENT,
    module=True  # ES6 module
)

zone = cloudflare.get_zone(account_id=ACCOUNT_ID, name=DOMAIN)
zone_id = zone.zone_id
route = cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route",
    zone_id=zone_id,
    pattern="hello-world." + DOMAIN,
    script_name=worker.name
)

record = cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record",
    name=route.pattern,
    type="A",
    content="192.0.2.1",
    zone_id=zone_id,
    proxied=True
)

url = pulumi.Output.concat("https://", record.hostname)
pulumi.export('url', url)

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label="go">

**Filename: `main.go`**

```go
package main

import (
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi-cloudflare/sdk/v5/go/cloudflare"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi"
	"github.com/pulumi/pulumi/sdk/v3/go/pulumi/config"
)

func main() {
	pulumi.Run(func(ctx *pulumi.Context) error {
		conf := config.New(ctx, "")
		accountID := conf.Get("accountId")
		domain := conf.Get("domain")
		content := `
		export default {
		  async fetch(request) {
		    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
		    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
		  },
		};
		`
		worker, err := cloudflare.NewWorkersScript(ctx, "hello-world-worker", &cloudflare.WorkersScriptArgs{
			AccountId: pulumi.String(accountID),
			Name:      pulumi.String("hello-world-worker"),
			Content:   pulumi.String(content),
			Module:    pulumi.Bool(true), // ES6 module
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		zone, err := cloudflare.LookupZone(ctx, &cloudflare.LookupZoneArgs{
			AccountId: &accountID,
			Name:      &domain,
		}, nil)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		route, err := cloudflare.NewWorkersRoute(ctx, "hello-world-route", &cloudflare.WorkersRouteArgs{
			ZoneId:     pulumi.String(zone.Id),
			Pattern:    pulumi.String("hello-world." + domain),
			ScriptName: worker.Name,
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		record, err := cloudflare.NewRecord(ctx, "hello-world-record", &cloudflare.RecordArgs{
			Name:    route.Pattern,
			Type:    pulumi.String("A"),
			Content: pulumi.String("192.0.2.1"),
			ZoneId:  pulumi.String(zone.Id),
			Proxied: pulumi.Bool(true),
		})
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}

		ctx.Export("url", pulumi.Sprintf("https://%s", record.Hostname))

		return nil
	})
}

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label="Java">

**Filename: `src/main/java/myproject/App.java`**

```java
package myproject;

import com.pulumi.Pulumi;
import com.pulumi.core.Output;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersScript;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersScriptArgs;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.CloudflareFunctions;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.inputs.GetZoneArgs;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersRoute;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.WorkersRouteArgs;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.Record;
import com.pulumi.cloudflare.RecordArgs;

public class App {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Pulumi.run(ctx -> {
            var content = """
				export default {
				  async fetch(request) {
				    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
				    return new Response("Hello World!", options);
				  },
				};
			""";

            var accountId = ctx.config().require("accountId");
            var domain = ctx.config().require("domain");

            var worker = new WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", WorkersScriptArgs.builder()
                .accountId(accountId)
                .name("hello-world-worker")
                .content(content)
                .module(true)
                .build());
            final var zone = CloudflareFunctions.getZone(GetZoneArgs.builder()
                .accountId(accountId)
                .name(domain)
                .build());
            var route = new WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", WorkersRouteArgs.builder()
                .zoneId(zone.applyValue(getZoneResult -> getZoneResult.id()))
                .pattern("hello-world." + domain)
                .scriptName(worker.name())
                .build());
            var record = new Record("hello-world-record", RecordArgs.builder()
                .name(route.pattern())
                .type("A")
                .content("192.0.2.1")
                .zoneId(zone.applyValue(getZoneResult -> getZoneResult.id()))
                .proxied(true)
                .build());

            ctx.export("url", Output.format("https://%s", record.hostname()));
            return;
        });
    }
}

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label=".NET">

**Filename: `Program.cs`**

```csharp
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Pulumi;
using Cloudflare = Pulumi.Cloudflare;

return await Deployment.RunAsync(() =>
{
    var config = new Config();
    var accountId = config.Require("accountId");
    var domain = config.Require("domain");
    var content = @"
            export default {
                async fetch(request) {
                    const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
                    return new Response(""Hello World!"", options);
                },
            };
        ";

    var worker = new Cloudflare.WorkersScript("hello-world-worker", new()
    {
        AccountId = accountId,
        Name = "hello-world-worker",
        Content = content,
        Module = true
    });
    var zone = Output.Create(Cloudflare.GetZone.InvokeAsync(new()
    {
        AccountId = accountId,
        Name = domain,
    }));
    var route = new Cloudflare.WorkersRoute("hello-world-route", new()
    {
        ZoneId = zone.Apply(z => z.Id),
        Pattern = "hello-world." + domain,
        ScriptName = worker.Name,
    });

    var record = new Cloudflare.Record("hello-world-record", new()
    {
        Name = route.Pattern,
        Type = "A",
        Content = "192.0.2.1",
        ZoneId = zone.Apply(z => z.Id),
        Proxied = true
    });

    return new Dictionary<string, object?>
    {
        ["url"] = Output.Format($"https://{record.Hostname}")
    };
});

```

</TabItem>
  <TabItem label="YAML">

**Filename: `Pulumi.yaml`**

```yaml
name: serverless-cloudflare
runtime: yaml
variables:
  zone:
    fn::invoke:
      function: cloudflare:getZone
      arguments:
        accountId: ${accountId}
        name: ${domain}

resources:
  worker:
    type: cloudflare:WorkersScript
    properties:
      accountId: "${accountId}"
      name: "hello-world-worker"
      content: |
        export default {
            async fetch(request) {
                const options = { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' } };
                return new Response("Hello World!", options);
            },
        };
      module: true
  route:
    type: cloudflare:WorkersRoute
    properties:
      zoneId: ${zone.id}
      pattern: "hello-world.${domain}"
      scriptName: ${worker.name}
  record:
    type: cloudflare:Record
    properties:
      name: ${route.pattern}
      type: A
      content: "192.0.2.1"
      zoneId: ${zone.id}
      proxied: true

outputs:
  url: "https://${record.hostname}"
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 3. Deploy your application

Now that you have defined all the Cloudflare resources, you can deploy the Hello World application to your Cloudflare account using the Pulumi CLI.

To deploy the changes, run:

```sh
pulumi up --yes
```

```sh output
wait for the dev stack to become ready
```

## 4. Test the Worker

You incrementally added Cloudflare resources to run and access your Hello World application. You can test your application by curling the `url` output from the Pulumi stack.

```sh
curl $(pulumi stack output url)
```

```sh output
Hello, World!
```

## 5. Clean up

In this last step, you will clean up the resources and stack used throughout the tutorial.

### a. Delete the Cloudflare resources

```sh
pulumi destroy
```

### b. Remove the Pulumi stack

```sh
pulumi stack rm dev
```

## Next steps

Visit the [Cloudflare package documentation](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/pkg/cloudflare/) to explore other resources you can define with Pulumi and Cloudflare.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/tutorial/

Before you begin, make sure you [install Pulumi](/pulumi/installing/).

1. [Add a Site](/pulumi/tutorial/add-site/)

   - Bring your existing site under Cloudflare with Pulumi IaC.
   - Introduction of `pulumi new`, `up`, and `destroy`.
   - Cloudflare resources defined: Zone and DNS records.

2. [Manage secrets](/pulumi/tutorial/manage-secrets/)

   - Develop Workers securely with Pulumi ESC and Wrangler.
   - Introduction to the ESC CLI and the Wrangler CLI.
   - Manage Cloudflare credentials, Worker secrets, and `.dev.vars`.

3. [Deploy a Worker](/pulumi/tutorial/hello-world/)

   - Brief introduction to deploying a Cloudflare Workers application with Pulumi.
   - Introduction of `pulumi new`, `up`, and `destroy`.
   - Cloudflare resources defined: Worker script, Worker route, and DNS record.

---

# Manage secrets with Pulumi ESC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pulumi/tutorial/manage-secrets/

In this tutorial, you will receive step-by-step instructions on using Pulumi ESC (Environments, Secrets, and Configuration), which is a secure and robust secrets management solution.

The tutorial will walk you through how to develop with Wrangler while following security best practices.

Specifically, you will learn how to manage your `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` for logging in to your Cloudflare account, pass ESC-stored secrets to Workers, and programmatically load your `.dev.vars` file.

:::note

You will provision resources that qualify under free tier offerings for both Pulumi Cloud and Cloudflare.

:::

## Before you begin

Ensure you have:

- A Cloudflare account. [Sign up for a Cloudflare account](https://www.cloudflare.com/sign-up).
- A Pulumi Cloud account. [Sign up for a Pulumi Cloud](https://app.pulumi.com/signup).
- The [Pulumi ESC CLI](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/install/esc/) installed.
- A Wrangler project. To create one, follow the [Create a New Worker project step](/workers/get-started/guide/#1-create-a-new-worker-project).

## 1. Set up a new Environment

A [Pulumi ESC Environment](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/esc/environments/), or Environment, is a YAML file containing configurations and secrets for your application and infrastructure. These can be accessed in several ways, including shell commands. All ESC Environments reside in your Pulumi Cloud account.

### a. Log in to Pulumi Cloud

Use the Pulumi ESC CLI to log into your Pulumi Cloud account.

```sh
esc login
```

```sh output
Logged in to pulumi.com as  ....
```

### b. Create a new Environment

:::note
Environment names must be unique within a Pulumi organization and may only contain alphanumeric characters, hyphens, underscores, and periods.
:::

```sh
ESC_ENV=wrangler/my-dev-environment
esc env init $ESC_ENV
```

```sh output
Environment created.
```

## 2. Log into Cloudflare

Now that the Pulumi ESC Environment has been created, it can be consumed in various ways. For instance, to log into your Cloudflare account without needing to predefine credentials in your shell.

### a. Add your credentials

By externally and securely storing your `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`, you can control access and rotate the token value. We will run `wrangler` in non-interactive mode, which requires:

- Your Cloudflare [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)
- A valid Cloudflare API [token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/)

Replace the placeholder `123abc` with your corresponding values:

```sh
esc env set $ESC_ENV environmentVariables.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID 123abc
esc env set $ESC_ENV environmentVariables.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN  123abc --secret
```

:::note
The API token is declared as a `secret`. Once the Environment is saved, Pulumi will encrypt its value and replace it with ciphertext.
:::

### b. Log out

Ensure you're not currently logged in to your Cloudflare account.

```sh
npx wrangler logout
```

```sh output
Not logged in, exiting...
```

### c. Log in

Pass ESC-stored Cloudflare credentials to Wrangler.

```sh
esc run ${ESC_ENV} npx wrangler whoami
```

```sh output
Getting User settings...
👋 You are logged in with an API Token.
```

When you use the `esc run` command, it opens the Environment and sets the specified Environment variables into a temporary environment. After that, it uses those variables in the context of the `wrangler` command. This is especially helpful when running `wrangler` commands in a CI/CD environment but wanting to avoid storing credentials directly in your pipeline.

## 3. Add Worker secrets

Pulumi ESC centralizes secrets, and Wrangler can be used to pass them on to Workers and other Cloudflare resources. You will use the `wrangler secret put` command for this purpose.

### a. Add a secret

```sh
esc env set ${ESC_ENV} environementVariables.TOP_SECRET "aliens are real" --secret
```

### b. Pass the secret to your Worker

```sh
esc run -i ${ESC_ENV} -- sh -c 'echo "$TOP_SECRET" | npx wrangler secret put TOP_SECRET'
```

By using an external secrets management solution, commonly used Worker secrets can be stored in a single shared Environment that is accessed by the relevant Workers. You can use shell commands with `esc` to incorporate scripting and integrate them into deployment pipelines or `make` commands. Use `esc [command] --help` for more information about the various commands available in the CLI.

## 4. Load `.dev.vars`

In this step, you will configure an Environment to load your `.dev.vars` file programmatically.

:::note
The `.dev.vars` file is located in the root of your Wrangler project to define secrets used when running `wrangler dev`. For more information, refer to [Local Development with Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/#local-development-with-secrets).
:::

With a dedicated ESC Environment to store all the `.dev.vars` secrets, you can use a `dotenv` export flag.

### a. Create an Environment

```sh
E=wrangler/my-devvars
esc env init $E
```

```sh output
Environment created.
```

### b. Add a secret

```sh
esc env set $E environmentVariables.TOP_SECRET  "the moon is made of cheese" --secret
```

### c. Generate the `.dev.vars` file

```sh
esc env open ${E} --format dotenv > .dev.vars
```

As `.dev.vars` files may often contain secrets, they should not be committed to source control. Keeping these secrets externally ensures you can load them to a new development environment without any loss.

## Next steps

You have configured Pulumi ESC Environments to load secrets for Wrangler commands, enhancing security during development with Wrangler. The externalized secrets are now reusable across Workers. [Learn more about Pulumi ESC features and integrations](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/esc/) or follow the [Deploy a Worker with Pulumi](/pulumi/tutorial/hello-world/) tutorial.

---

# Batching, Retries and Delays

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/batching-retries/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Batching

When configuring a [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works#consumers) for a queue, you can also define how messages are batched as they are delivered.

Batching can:

1. Reduce the total number of times your consumer Worker needs to be invoked (which can reduce costs).
2. Allow you to batch messages when writing to an external API or service (reducing writes).
3. Disperse load over time, especially if your producer Workers are associated with user-facing activity.

There are two ways to configure how messages are batched. You configure batching when connecting your consumer Worker to a queue.

- `max_batch_size` - The maximum size of a batch delivered to a consumer (defaults to 10 messages).
- `max_batch_timeout` - the _maximum_ amount of time the queue will wait before delivering a batch to a consumer (defaults to 5 seconds)

:::note[Batch size configuration]

Both `max_batch_size` and `max_batch_timeout` work together. Whichever limit is reached first will trigger the delivery of a batch.

:::

For example, a `max_batch_size = 30` and a `max_batch_timeout = 10` means that if 30 messages are written to the queue, the consumer will deliver a batch of 30 messages. However, if it takes longer than 10 seconds for those 30 messages to be written to the queue, then the consumer will get a batch of messages that contains however many messages were on the queue at the time (somewhere between 1 and 29, in this case).

:::note[Empty queues]

When a queue is empty, a push-based (Worker) consumer's `queue` handler will not be invoked until there are messages to deliver. A queue does not attempt to push empty batches to a consumer and thus does not invoke unnecessary reads.

[Pull-based consumers](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/) that attempt to pull from a queue, even when empty, will incur a read operation.

:::

When determining what size and timeout settings to configure, you will want to consider latency (how long can you wait to receive messages?), overall batch size (when writing to external systems), and cost (fewer-but-larger batches).

### Batch settings

The following batch-level settings can be configured to adjust how Queues delivers batches to your configured consumer.

<table-wrap>

| Setting                                   | Default     | Minimum   | Maximum      |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | --------- | ------------ |
| Maximum Batch Size `max_batch_size`       | 10 messages | 1 message | 100 messages |
| Maximum Batch Timeout `max_batch_timeout` | 5 seconds   | 0 seconds | 60 seconds   |

</table-wrap>

## Explicit acknowledgement and retries

You can acknowledge individual messages within a batch by explicitly acknowledging each message as it is processed. Messages that are explicitly acknowledged will not be re-delivered, even if your queue consumer fails on a subsequent message and/or fails to return successfully when processing a batch.

- Each message can be acknowledged as you process it within a batch, and avoids the entire batch from being re-delivered if your consumer throws an error during batch processing.
- Acknowledging individual messages is useful when you are calling external APIs, writing messages to a database, or otherwise performing non-idempotent (state changing) actions on individual messages.

To explicitly acknowledge a message as delivered, call the `ack()` method on the message.

```ts title="index.js"
export default {
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		for (const msg of batch.messages) {
			// TODO: do something with the message
			// Explicitly acknowledge the message as delivered
			msg.ack();
		}
	},
};
```

You can also call `retry()` to explicitly force a message to be redelivered in a subsequent batch. This is referred to as "negative acknowledgement". This can be particularly useful when you want to process the rest of the messages in that batch without throwing an error that would force the entire batch to be redelivered.

```ts title="index.ts"
export default {
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		for (const msg of batch.messages) {
			// TODO: do something with the message that fails
			msg.retry();
		}
	},
};
```

You can also acknowledge or negatively acknowledge messages at a batch level with `ackAll()` and `retryAll()`. Calling `ackAll()` on the batch of messages (`MessageBatch`) delivered to your consumer Worker has the same behaviour as a consumer Worker that successfully returns (does not throw an error).

Note that calls to `ack()`, `retry()` and their `ackAll()` / `retryAll()` equivalents follow the below precedence rules:

- If you call `ack()` on a message, subsequent calls to `ack()` or `retry()` are silently ignored.
- If you call `retry()` on a message and then call `ack()`: the `ack()` is ignored. The first method call wins in all cases.
- If you call either `ack()` or `retry()` on a single message, and then either/any of `ackAll()` or `retryAll()` on the batch, the call on the single message takes precedence. That is, the batch-level call does not apply to that message (or messages, if multiple calls were made).

## Delivery failure

When a message is failed to be delivered, the default behaviour is to retry delivery three times before marking the delivery as failed. You can set `max_retries` (defaults to 3) when configuring your consumer, but in most cases we recommend leaving this as the default.

Messages that reach the configured maximum retries will be deleted from the queue, or if a [dead-letter queue](/queues/configuration/dead-letter-queues/) (DLQ) is configured, written to the DLQ instead.

:::note

Each retry counts as an additional read operation per [Queues pricing](/queues/platform/pricing/).

:::

When a single message within a batch fails to be delivered, the entire batch is retried, unless you have [explicitly acknowledged](#explicit-acknowledgement-and-retries) a message (or messages) within that batch. For example, if a batch of 10 messages is delivered, but the 8th message fails to be delivered, all 10 messages will be retried and thus redelivered to your consumer in full.

:::caution[Retried messages and consumer concurrency]

Retrying messages with `retry()` or calling `retryAll()` on a batch will **not** cause the consumer to autoscale down if consumer concurrency is enabled. Refer to [Consumer concurrency](/queues/configuration/consumer-concurrency/) to learn more.

:::

## Delay messages

When publishing messages to a queue, or when [marking a message or batch for retry](#explicit-acknowledgement-and-retries), you can choose to delay messages from being processed for a period of time.

Delaying messages allows you to defer tasks until later, and/or respond to backpressure when consuming from a queue. For example, if an upstream API you are calling to returns a `HTTP 429: Too Many Requests`, you can delay messages to slow down how quickly you are consuming them before they are re-processed.

Messages can be delayed by up to 12 hours.

:::note

Configuring delivery and retry delays via the `wrangler` CLI or when [developing locally](/queues/configuration/local-development/) requires `wrangler` version `3.38.0` or greater. Use `npx wrangler@latest` to always use the latest version of `wrangler`.

:::

### Delay on send

To delay a message or batch of messages when sending to a queue, you can provide a `delaySeconds` parameter when sending a message.

```ts
// Delay a singular message by 600 seconds (10 minutes)
await env.YOUR_QUEUE.send(message, { delaySeconds: 600 });

// Delay a batch of messages by 300 seconds (5 minutes)
await env.YOUR_QUEUE.sendBatch(messages, { delaySeconds: 300 });

// Do not delay this message.
// If there is a global delay configured on the queue, ignore it.
await env.YOUR_QUEUE.sendBatch(messages, { delaySeconds: 0 });
```

You can also configure a default, global delay on a per-queue basis by passing `--delivery-delay-secs` when creating a queue via the `wrangler` CLI:

```sh
# Delay all messages by 5 minutes as a default
npx wrangler queues create $QUEUE-NAME --delivery-delay-secs=300
```

### Delay on retry

When [consuming messages from a queue](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers), you can choose to [explicitly mark messages to be retried](#explicit-acknowledgement-and-retries). Messages can be retried and delayed individually, or as an entire batch.

To delay an individual message within a batch:

```ts title="index.ts"
export default {
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		for (const msg of batch.messages) {
			// Mark for retry and delay a singular message
			// by 3600 seconds (1 hour)
			msg.retry({ delaySeconds: 3600 });
		}
	},
};
```

To delay a batch of messages:

```ts title="index.ts"
export default {
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		// Mark for retry and delay a batch of messages
		// by 600 seconds (10 minutes)
		batch.retryAll({ delaySeconds: 600 });
	},
};
```

You can also choose to set a default retry delay to any messages that are retried due to either implicit failure or when calling `retry()` explicitly. This is set at the consumer level, and is supported in both push-based (Worker) and pull-based (HTTP) consumers.

Delays can be configured via the `wrangler` CLI:

```sh
# Push-based consumers
# Delay any messages that are retried by 60 seconds (1 minute) by default.
npx wrangler@latest queues consumer worker add $QUEUE-NAME $WORKER_SCRIPT_NAME --retry-delay-secs=60

# Pull-based consumers
# Delay any messages that are retried by 60 seconds (1 minute) by default.
npx wrangler@latest queues consumer http add $QUEUE-NAME --retry-delay-secs=60
```

Delays can also be configured in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#queues) with the `delivery_delay` setting for producers (when sending) and/or the `retry_delay` (when retrying) per-consumer:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[queues.producers]]
  binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
  queue = "<QUEUE-NAME>"
  delivery_delay = 60 # delay every message delivery by 1 minute

[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  retry_delay = 300 # delay any retried message by 5 minutes before re-attempting delivery
```

</WranglerConfig>

If you use both the `wrangler` CLI and the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to change the settings associated with a queue or a queue consumer, the most recent configuration change will take effect.

Refer to the [Queues REST API documentation](/api/resources/queues/subresources/consumers/methods/get/) to learn how to configure message delays and retry delays programmatically.

### Message delay precedence

Messages can be delayed by default at the queue level, or per-message (or batch).

- Per-message/batch delay settings take precedence over queue-level settings.
- Setting `delaySeconds: 0` on a message when sending or retrying will ignore any queue-level delays and cause the message to be delivered in the next batch.
- A message sent or retried with `delaySeconds: <any positive integer>` to a queue with a shorter default delay will still respect the message-level setting.

### Apply a backoff algorithm

You can apply a backoff algorithm to increasingly delay messages based on the current number of attempts to deliver the message.

Each message delivered to a consumer includes an `attempts` property that tracks the number of delivery attempts made.

For example, to generate an [exponential backoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential_backoff) for a message, you can create a helper function that calculates this for you:

```ts
const calculateExponentialBackoff = (
	attempts: number,
	baseDelaySeconds: number,
) => {
	return baseDelaySeconds ** attempts;
};
```

In your consumer, you then pass the value of `msg.attempts` and your desired delay factor as the argument to `delaySeconds` when calling `retry()` on an individual message:

```ts title="index.ts"
const BASE_DELAY_SECONDS = 30;

export default {
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
		for (const msg of batch.messages) {
			// Mark for retry and delay a singular message
			// by 3600 seconds (1 hour)
			msg.retry({
				delaySeconds: calculateExponentialBackoff(
					msg.attempts,
					BASE_DELAY_SECONDS,
				),
			});
		}
	},
};
```

## Related

- Review the [JavaScript API](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/) documentation for Queues.
- Learn more about [How Queues Works](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/).
- Understand the [metrics available](/queues/observability/metrics/) for your queues, including backlog and delayed message counts.

---

# Configure Queues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/configure-queues/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Queues can be configured using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the command-line interface for Cloudflare's Developer Platform, which includes [Workers](/workers/), [R2](/r2/), and other developer products.

Each Worker has a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file that specifies environment variables, triggers, and resources, such as a Queue. To enable Worker-to-resource communication, you must set up a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in your Worker project's Wrangler file.

Use the options below to configure your queue.

:::note


Below are options for Queues, refer to the Wrangler documentation for a full reference of the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).


:::

## Producer

A producer is a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) that writes to one or more queues. A producer can accept messages over HTTP, asynchronously write messages when handling requests, and/or write to a queue from within a [Durable Object](/durable-objects/). Any Worker can write to a queue.

To produce to a queue, set up a binding in your Wrangler file. These options should be used when a Worker wants to send messages to a queue.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.producers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  binding = "MY_QUEUE"
```

</WranglerConfig>



* <code>queue</code> string

  * The name of the Queue.

* <code>binding</code> string

  * The name of the binding, which is a JavaScript variable.



## Consumer

## Workers

To consume messages from one or more queues, set up a binding in your Wrangler file. These options should be used when a Worker wants to receive messages from a queue.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  max_batch_size = 10
  max_batch_timeout = 30
  max_retries = 10
  dead_letter_queue = "my-queue-dlq"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Refer to [Limits](/queues/platform/limits) to review the maximum values for each of these options.



* <code>queue</code> string

  * The name of the Queue.

* <code>max\_batch\_size</code> number optional

  * The maximum number of messages allowed in each batch.
  * Defaults to `10` messages.

* <code>max\_batch\_timeout</code> number optional

  * The maximum number of seconds to wait until a batch is full.
  * Defaults to `5` seconds.

* <code>max\_retries</code> number optional

  * The maximum number of retries for a message, if it fails or [`retryAll()`](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#messagebatch) is invoked.
  * Defaults to `3` retries.

* <code>dead\_letter\_queue</code> string optional

  * The name of another Queue to send a message if it fails processing at least `max_retries` times.
  * If a `dead_letter_queue` is not defined, messages that repeatedly fail processing will eventually be discarded.
  * If there is no Queue with the specified name, it will be created automatically.

* <code>max\_concurrency</code> number optional

  * The maximum number of concurrent consumers allowed to run at once. Leaving this unset will mean that the number of invocations will scale to the [currently supported maximum](/queues/platform/limits/).
  * Refer to [Consumer concurrency](/queues/configuration/consumer-concurrency/) for more information on how consumers autoscale, particularly when messages are retried.



## Pull-based

A queue can have a HTTP-based consumer that pulls from the queue. This consumer can be any HTTP-speaking service that can communicate over the Internet. Review [Pull consumers](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/) to learn how to configure a pull-based consumer.

---

# Consumer concurrency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/consumer-concurrency/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Consumer concurrency allows a [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) processing messages from a queue to automatically scale out horizontally to keep up with the rate that messages are being written to a queue.

In many systems, the rate at which you write messages to a queue can easily exceed the rate at which a single consumer can read and process those same messages. This is often because your consumer might be parsing message contents, writing to storage or a database, or making third-party (upstream) API calls.

Note that queue producers are always scalable, up to the [maximum supported messages-per-second](/queues/platform/limits/) (per queue) limit.

## Enable concurrency

By default, all queues have concurrency enabled. Queue consumers will automatically scale up [to the maximum concurrent invocations](/queues/platform/limits/) as needed to manage a queue's backlog and/or error rates.

## How concurrency works

After processing a batch of messages, Queues will check to see if the number of concurrent consumers should be adjusted. The number of concurrent consumers invoked for a queue will autoscale based on several factors, including:

- The number of messages in the queue (backlog) and its rate of growth.
- The ratio of failed (versus successful) invocations. A failed invocation is when your `queue()` handler returns an uncaught exception instead of `void` (nothing).
- The value of `max_concurrency` set for that consumer.

Where possible, Queues will optimize for keeping your backlog from growing exponentially, in order to minimize scenarios where the backlog of messages in a queue grows to the point that they would reach the [message retention limit](/queues/platform/limits/) before being processed.

:::note[Consumer concurrency and retried messages]

[Retrying messages with `retry()`](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/#explicit-acknowledgement-and-retries) or calling `retryAll()` on a batch will **not** count as a failed invocation.

:::

### Example

If you are writing 100 messages/second to a queue with a single concurrent consumer that takes 5 seconds to process a batch of 100 messages, the number of messages in-flight will continue to grow at a rate faster than your consumer can keep up.

In this scenario, Queues will notice the growing backlog and will scale the number of concurrent consumer Workers invocations up to a steady-state of (approximately) five (5) until the rate of incoming messages decreases, the consumer processes messages faster, or the consumer begins to generate errors.

### Why are my consumers not autoscaling?

If your consumers are not autoscaling, there are a few likely causes:

- `max_concurrency` has been set to 1.
- Your consumer Worker is returning errors rather than processing messages. Inspect your consumer to make sure it is healthy.
- A batch of messages is being processed. Queues checks if it should autoscale consumers only after processing an entire batch of messages, so it will not autoscale while a batch is being processed. Consider reducing batch sizes or refactoring your consumer to process messages faster.

## Limit concurrency

:::caution[Recommended concurrency setting]

Cloudflare recommends leaving the maximum concurrency unset, which will allow your queue consumer to scale up as much as possible. Setting a fixed number means that your consumer will only ever scale up to that maximum, even as Queues increases the maximum supported invocations over time.

:::

If you have a workflow that is limited by an upstream API and/or system, you may prefer for your backlog to grow, trading off increased overall latency in order to avoid overwhelming an upstream system.

You can configure the concurrency of your consumer Worker in two ways:

1. Set concurrency settings in the Cloudflare dashboard
2. Set concurrency settings via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

### Set concurrency settings in the Cloudflare dashboard

To configure the concurrency settings for your consumer Worker from the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** > **Queues**.
3. Select your queue > **Settings**.
4. Select **Edit Consumer** under Consumer details.
5. Set **Maximum consumer invocations** to a value between `1` and `250`. This value represents the maximum number of concurrent consumer invocations available to your queue.

To remove a fixed maximum value, select **auto (recommended)**.

Note that if you are writing messages to a queue faster than you can process them, messages may eventually reach the [maximum retention period](/queues/platform/limits/) set for that queue. Individual messages that reach that limit will expire from the queue and be deleted.

### Set concurrency settings in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

:::note

Ensure you are using the latest version of [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/). Support for configuring the maximum concurrency of a queue consumer is only supported in wrangler [`2.13.0`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/releases/tag/wrangler%402.13.0) or greater.

:::

To set a fixed maximum number of concurrent consumer invocations for a given queue, configure a `max_concurrency` in your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  max_concurrency = 1
```

</WranglerConfig>

To remove the limit, remove the `max_concurrency` setting from the `[[queues.consumers]]` configuration for a given queue and call `npx wrangler deploy` to push your configuration update.

    {/* Not yet available but will be very soon

    ### wrangler CLI

    ```sh
    # where `N` is a positive integer between 1 and 250
    wrangler queues consumer update <script-name> --max-concurrency=N
    ```

    To remove the limit and allow Queues to scale your consumer to the maximum number of invocations, call `consumer update` without any flags:

    ```sh
    # Call update without passing a flag to allow concurrency to scale to the maximum
    wrangler queues consumer update <script-name>
    ``` */}

## Billing

When multiple consumer Workers are invoked, each Worker invocation incurs [CPU time costs](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

- If you intend to process all messages written to a queue, _the effective overall cost is the same_, even with concurrency enabled.
- Enabling concurrency simply brings those costs forward, and can help prevent messages from reaching the [message retention limit](/queues/platform/limits/).

Billing for consumers follows the [Workers standard usage model](/workers/platform/pricing/#example-pricing-standard-usage-model) meaning a developer is billed for the request and for CPU time used in the request.

### Example

A consumer Worker that takes 2 seconds to process a batch of messages will incur the same overall costs to process 50 million (50,000,000) messages, whether it does so concurrently (faster) or individually (slower).

---

# Dead Letter Queues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/dead-letter-queues/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) is a common concept in a messaging system, and represents where messages are sent when a delivery failure occurs with a consumer after `max_retries` is reached. A Dead Letter Queue is like any other queue, and can be produced to and consumed from independently.

With Cloudflare Queues, a Dead Letter Queue is defined within your [consumer configuration](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/). Messages are delivered to the DLQ when they reach the configured retry limit for the consumer. Without a DLQ configured, messages that reach the retry limit are deleted permanently.

For example, the following consumer configuration would send messages to our DLQ named `"my-other-queue"` after retrying delivery (by default, 3 times):

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  dead_letter_queue = "my-other-queue"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You can also configure a DLQ when creating a consumer from the command-line using `wrangler`:

```sh
wrangler queues consumer add $QUEUE_NAME $SCRIPT_NAME --dead-letter-queue=$NAME_OF_OTHER_QUEUE
```

To process messages placed on your DLQ, you need to [configure a consumer](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/) for that queue as you would with any other queue.

Messages delivered to a DLQ without an active consumer will persist for four (4) days before being deleted from the queue.

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# JavaScript APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/

import { Type } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Queues is integrated with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers). To send and receive messages, you must use a Worker.

A Worker that can send messages to a Queue is a producer Worker, while a Worker that can receive messages from a Queue is a consumer Worker. It is possible for the same Worker to be a producer and consumer, if desired.

In the future, we expect to support other APIs, such as HTTP endpoints to send or receive messages. To report bugs or request features, go to the [Cloudflare Community Forums](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/workers/40). To give feedback, go to the [`#queues`](https://discord.cloudflare.com) Discord channel.

## Producer

These APIs allow a producer Worker to send messages to a Queue.

An example of writing a single message to a Queue:

```ts
type Environment = {
  readonly MY_QUEUE: Queue;
};

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Environment): Promise<Response> {
    await env.MY_QUEUE.send({
      url: req.url,
      method: req.method,
      headers: Object.fromEntries(req.headers),
    });
    return new Response('Sent!');
  },
};
```

The Queues API also supports writing multiple messages at once:

```ts
const sendResultsToQueue = async (results: Array<any>, env: Environment) => {
  const batch: MessageSendRequest[] = results.map((value) => ({
    body: JSON.stringify(value),
  }));
  await env.queue.sendBatch(batch);
};
```

### `Queue`

A binding that allows a producer to send messages to a Queue.

```ts
interface Queue<Body = unknown> {
  send(body: Body, options?: QueueSendOptions): Promise<void>;
  sendBatch(messages: Iterable<MessageSendRequest<Body>>, options?: QueueSendBatchOptions): Promise<void>;
}
```



* `send(bodyunknown, options?{ contentType?: QueuesContentType })` <Type text="Promise<void>" />

  * Sends a message to the Queue. The body can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types), as long as its size is less than 128 KB.
  * When the promise resolves, the message is confirmed to be written to disk.

* `sendBatch(bodyIterable<MessageSendRequest<unknown>>)` <Type text="Promise<void>" />

  * Sends a batch of messages to the Queue. Each item in the provided [Iterable](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/iterators-and-generators.html) must be supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types). A batch can contain up to 100 messages, though items are limited to 128 KB each, and the total size of the array cannot exceed 256 KB.
  * When the promise resolves, the messages are confirmed to be written to disk.



### `MessageSendRequest`

A wrapper type used for sending message batches.

```ts
type MessageSendRequest<Body = unknown> = {
  body: Body;
  options?: QueueSendOptions;
};
```



* <code>body</code> <Type text="unknown" />

  * The body of the message.
  * The body can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types), as long as its size is less than 128 KB.

* <code>options</code> <Type text="QueueSendOptions" />

  * Options to apply to the current message, including content type and message delay settings.



### `QueueSendOptions`

Optional configuration that applies when sending a message to a queue.

* <code>contentType</code> <Type text="QueuesContentType" />

  * The explicit content type of a message so it can be previewed correctly with the [List messages from the dashboard](/queues/examples/list-messages-from-dash/) feature. Optional argument.
  * As of now, this option is for internal use. In the future, `contentType` will be used by alternative consumer types to explicitly mark messages as serialized so they can be consumed in the desired type.
  * See [QueuesContentType](#queuescontenttype) for possible values.

* <code>delaySeconds</code> <Type text="number" />

  * The number of seconds to [delay a message](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/) for within the queue, before it can be delivered to a consumer.
  * Must be an integer between 0 and 43200 (12 hours). Setting this value to zero will explicitly prevent the message from being delayed, even if there is a global (default) delay at the queue level.

### `QueueSendBatchOptions`

Optional configuration that applies when sending a batch of messages to a queue.

* <code>delaySeconds</code> <Type text="number" />

  * The number of seconds to [delay messages](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/) for within the queue, before it can be delivered to a consumer.
  * Must be a positive integer.

### `QueuesContentType`

A union type containing valid message content types.

```ts
// Default: json
type QueuesContentType = "text" | "bytes" | "json" | "v8";
```

* Use `"json"` to send a JavaScript object that can be JSON-serialized. This content type can be previewed from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com). The `json` content type is the default.
* Use `"text"` to send a `String`. This content type can be previewed with the [List messages from the dashboard](/queues/examples/list-messages-from-dash/) feature.
* Use `"bytes"` to send an `ArrayBuffer`. This content type cannot be previewed from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and will display as Base64-encoded.
* Use `"v8"` to send a JavaScript object that cannot be JSON-serialized but is supported by [structured clone](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types) (for example `Date` and `Map`). This content type cannot be previewed from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and will display as Base64-encoded.

:::note


The default content type for Queues changed to `json` (from `v8`) to improve compatibility with pull-based consumers for any Workers with a [compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#queues-send-messages-in-json-format) after `2024-03-18`.


:::

If you specify an invalid content type, or if your specified content type does not match the message content's type, the send operation will fail with an error.

## Consumer

These APIs allow a consumer Worker to consume messages from a Queue.

To define a consumer Worker, add a `queue()` function to the default export of the Worker. This will allow it to receive messages from the Queue.

By default, all messages in the batch will be acknowledged as soon as all of the following conditions are met:

1. The `queue()` function has returned.
2. If the `queue()` function returned a promise, the promise has resolved.
3. Any promises passed to `waitUntil()` have resolved.

If the `queue()` function throws, or the promise returned by it or any of the promises passed to `waitUntil()` were rejected, then the entire batch will be considered a failure and will be retried according to the consumer's retry settings.

:::note


`waitUntil()` is the only supported method to run tasks (such as logging or metrics calls) that resolve after a queue handler has completed. Promises that have not resolved by the time the queue handler returns may not complete and will not block completion of execution.


:::

```ts
export default {
  async queue(
    batch: MessageBatch,
    env: Environment,
    ctx: ExecutionContext
  ): Promise<void> {
    for (const message of batch.messages) {
      console.log('Received', message);
    }
  },
};
```

The `env` and `ctx` fields are as [documented in the Workers documentation](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/).

Or alternatively, a queue consumer can be written using the (deprecated) service worker syntax:

```js
addEventListener('queue', (event) => {
	event.waitUntil(handleMessages(event));
});
```

In service worker syntax, `event` provides the same fields and methods as `MessageBatch`, as defined below, in addition to [`waitUntil()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ExtendableEvent/waitUntil).

:::note


When performing asynchronous tasks in your queue handler that iterates through messages, use an asynchronous version of iterating through your messages. For example, `for (const m of batch.messages)`or `await Promise.all(batch.messages.map(work))` allow for waiting for the results of asynchronous calls. `batch.messages.forEach()` does not.


:::

### `MessageBatch`

A batch of messages that are sent to a consumer Worker.

```ts
interface MessageBatch<Body = unknown> {
  readonly queue: string;
  readonly messages: Message<Body>[];
  ackAll(): void;
  retryAll(options?: QueueRetryOptions): void;
}
```



* <code>queue</code> <Type text="string" />

  * The name of the Queue that belongs to this batch.

* <code>messages</code> <Type text="Message[]" />

  * An array of messages in the batch. Ordering of messages is best effort -- not guaranteed to be exactly the same as the order in which they were published. If you are interested in guaranteed FIFO ordering, please [email the Queues team](mailto:queues@cloudflare.com).

* <code>ackAll()</code> <Type text="void" />


  * Marks every message as successfully delivered, regardless of whether your `queue()` consumer handler returns successfully or not.

* <code>retryAll(options?: QueueRetryOptions)</code> <Type text="void" />

  * Marks every message to be retried in the next batch.
  * Supports an optional `options` object.



### `Message`

A message that is sent to a consumer Worker.

```ts
interface Message<Body = unknown> {
  readonly id: string;
  readonly timestamp: Date;
  readonly body: Body;
	readonly attempts: number;
  ack(): void;
  retry(options?: QueueRetryOptions): void;
}
```



* <code>id</code> <Type text="string" />

  * A unique, system-generated ID for the message.

* <code>timestamp</code> <Type text="Date" />

  * A timestamp when the message was sent.

* <code>body</code> <Type text="unknown" />

  * The body of the message.
  * The body can be any type supported by the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types), as long as its size is less than 128 KB.

* <code>attempts</code> <Type text="number" />

	* The number of times the consumer has attempted to process this message. Starts at 1.

* <code>ack()</code> <Type text="void" />

  * Marks a message as successfully delivered, regardless of whether your `queue()` consumer handler returns successfully or not.

* <code>retry(options?: QueueRetryOptions)</code> <Type text="void" />

  * Marks a message to be retried in the next batch.
  * Supports an optional `options` object.



### `QueueRetryOptions`

Optional configuration when marking a message or a batch of messages for retry.

```ts
interface QueueRetryOptions {
  delaySeconds?: number;
}
```

* <code>delaySeconds</code> <Type text="number" />

  * The number of seconds to [delay a message](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/) for within the queue, before it can be delivered to a consumer.
  * Must be a positive integer.

---

# Local Development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/local-development/

Queues support local development workflows using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the command-line interface for Workers. Wrangler runs the same version of Queues as Cloudflare runs globally.

## Prerequisites

To develop locally with Queues, you will need:

- [Wrangler v3.1.0](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wrangler3/) or later.

- Node.js version of `18.0.0` or later. Consider using a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node versions.

- If you are new to Queues and/or Cloudflare Workers, refer to the [Queues tutorial](/queues/get-started/) to install `wrangler` and deploy their first Queue.

## Start a local development session

Open your terminal and run the following commands to start a local development session:

```sh
# Confirm we are using wrangler v3.1.0+
wrangler --version
```

```sh output
⛅️ wrangler 3.1.0
```

Start a local dev session

```sh
# Start a local dev session:
npx wrangler dev
```

```sh output
------------------
wrangler dev now uses local mode by default, powered by 🔥 Miniflare and 👷 workerd.
To run an edge preview session for your Worker, use wrangler dev --remote
⎔ Starting local server...
[mf:inf] Ready on http://127.0.0.1:8787/
```

Local development sessions create a standalone, local-only environment that mirrors the production environment Queues runs in so you can test your Workers _before_ you deploy to production.

Refer to the [`wrangler dev` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to learn more about how to configure a local development session.

## Known Issues

Wrangler does not yet support running separate producer and consumer Workers bound to the same Queue locally. To develop locally with Queues, you can temporarily put your consumer's `queue()` handler in the same Worker as your producer, so the same Worker acts as both a producer and consumer.

Wrangler also does not yet support `wrangler dev --remote`.

---

# Pull consumers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A pull-based consumer allows you to pull from a queue over HTTP from any environment and/or programming language outside of Cloudflare Workers. A pull-based consumer can be useful when your message consumption rate is limited by upstream infrastructure or long-running tasks.

## How to choose between push or pull consumer

Deciding whether to configure a push-based consumer or a pull-based consumer will depend on how you are using your queues, as well as the configuration of infrastructure upstream from your queue consumer.

- **Starting with a [push-based consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) is the easiest way to get started and consume from a queue**. A push-based consumer runs on Workers, and by default, will automatically scale up and consume messages as they are written to the queue.
- Use a pull-based consumer if you need to consume messages from existing infrastructure outside of Cloudflare Workers, and/or where you need to carefully control how fast messages are consumed. A pull-based consumer must explicitly make a call to pull (and then acknowledge) messages from the queue, only when it is ready to do so.

You can remove and attach a new consumer on a queue at any time, allowing you to change from a pull-based to a push-based consumer if your requirements change.

:::note[Retrieve an API bearer token]

To configure a pull-based consumer, create [an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with both the `queues#read` and `queues#write` permissions. A consumer must be able to write to a queue to acknowledge messages.

:::

To configure a pull-based consumer and receive messages from a queue, you need to:

1. Enable HTTP pull for the queue.
2. Create a valid authentication token for the HTTP client.
3. Pull message batches from the queue.
4. Acknowledge and/or retry messages within a batch.

## 1. Enable HTTP pull

You can enable HTTP pull or change a queue from push-based to pull-based via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, the `wrangler` CLI, or via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

### Wrangler configuration file

A HTTP consumer can be configured in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file by setting `type = "http_pull"` in the consumer configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
# Required
queue = "QUEUE-NAME"
type = "http_pull"
# Optional
visibility_timeout_ms = 5000
max_retries = 5
dead_letter_queue = "SOME-OTHER-QUEUE"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Omitting the `type` property will default the queue to push-based.

### wrangler CLI

You can enable a pull-based consumer on any existing queue by using the `wrangler queues consumer http` sub-commands and providing a queue name.

```sh
npx wrangler queues consumer http add $QUEUE-NAME
```

If you have an existing push-based consumer, you will need to remove that first. `wrangler` will return an error if you attempt to call `consumer http add` on a queue with an existing consumer configuration:

```sh
wrangler queues consumer worker remove $QUEUE-NAME $SCRIPT_NAME
```

:::note

If you remove the Worker consumer with `wrangler` but do not delete the `[[queues.consumer]]` configuration from `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, subsequent deployments of your Worker will fail when they attempt to add a conflicting consumer configuration.

Ensure you remove the consumer configuration first.

:::

## 2. Consumer authentication

HTTP Pull consumers require an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the `com.cloudflare.api.account.queues_read` and `com.cloudflare.api.account.queues_write` permissions.

Both read _and_ write are required as a pull-based consumer needs to write to the queue state to acknowledge the messages it receives. Consuming messages mutates the queue.

API tokens are presented as Bearer tokens in the `Authorization` header of a HTTP request in the format `Authorization: Bearer $YOUR_TOKEN_HERE`. The following example shows how to pass an API token using the `curl` HTTP client:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/queues/${QUEUE_ID}/messages/pull" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${QUEUES_TOKEN}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "visibility_timeout": 10000, "batch_size": 2 }'
```

You may authenticate and run multiple concurrent pull-based consumers against a single queue, noting that all consumers will share the same [rate limit](/queues/platform/limits/) against the Cloudflare API.

### Create API tokens

To create an API token:

1. Go to the API tokens page of the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens/).
2. Select **Create Token**.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select **Create Custom Token**.
4. Give the token a name. For example, `queue-pull-token`.
5. Under the **Permissions** section, choose **Account** and then **Queues**. Ensure you have selected **Edit** (read+write).
6. (Optional) Select **All accounts** (default) or a specific account to scope the token to.
7. Select **Continue to summary** and then **Create token**.

You will need to note the token down: it will only be displayed once.

## 3. Pull messages

To pull a message, make a HTTP POST request to the [Queues REST API](/api/resources/queues/subresources/messages/methods/pull/) with a JSON-encoded body that optionally specifies a `visibility_timeout` and a `batch_size`, or an empty JSON object (`{}`):

```ts
// POST /accounts/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/queues/${QUEUE_ID}/messages/pull with the timeout & batch size
let resp = await fetch(
	`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/queues/${QUEUE_ID}/messages/pull`,
	{
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			"content-type": "application/json",
			authorization: `Bearer ${QUEUES_API_TOKEN}`,
		},
		// Optional - you can provide an empty object '{}' and the defaults will apply.
		body: JSON.stringify({ visibility_timeout_ms: 6000, batch_size: 50 }),
	},
);
```

This will return an array of messages (up to the specified `batch_size`) in the below format:

```json
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"message_backlog_count": 10,
		"messages": [
			{
				"body": "hello",
				"id": "1ad27d24c83de78953da635dc2ea208f",
				"timestamp_ms": 1689615013586,
				"attempts": 2,
				"metadata":{
					"CF-sourceMessageSource":"dash",
					"CF-Content-Type":"json"
        },
				"lease_id": "eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2Q0JDLUhTNTEyIn0..NXmbr8h6tnKLsxJ_AuexHQ.cDt8oBb_XTSoKUkVKRD_Jshz3PFXGIyu7H1psTO5UwI.smxSvQ8Ue3-ymfkV6cHp5Va7cyUFPIHuxFJA07i17sc"
			},
			{
				"body": "world",
				"id": "95494c37bb89ba8987af80b5966b71a7",
				"timestamp_ms": 1689615013586,
				"attempts": 2,
				"metadata":{
					"CF-sourceMessageSource":"dash",
					"CF-Content-Type":"json"
        },
				"lease_id": "eyJhbGciOiJkaXIiLCJlbmMiOiJBMjU2Q0JDLUhTNTEyIn0..QXPgHfzETsxYQ1Vd-H0hNA.mFALS3lyouNtgJmGSkTzEo_imlur95EkSiH7fIRIn2U.PlwBk14CY_EWtzYB-_5CR1k30bGuPFPUx1Nk5WIipFU"
			}
		]
	}
}
```

Pull consumers follow a "short polling" approach: if there are messages available to be delivered, Queues will return a response immediately with messages up to the configured `batch_size`. If there are no messages to deliver, Queues will return an empty response. Queues does not hold an open connection (often referred to as "long polling") if there are no messages to deliver.

:::note

The [`pull`](/api/resources/queues/subresources/messages/methods/pull/) and [`ack`](/api/resources/queues/subresources/messages/methods/ack/) endpoints use the new `/queues/queue_id/messages/{action}` API format, as defined in the Queues API documentation.

The undocumented `/queues/queue_id/{action}` endpoints are not supported and will be deprecated as of June 30th, 2024.

:::

Each message object has five fields:

1. `body` - this may be base64 encoded based on the [content-type the message was published as](#content-types).
2. `id` - a unique, read-only ephemeral identifier for the message.
3. `timestamp_ms` - when the message was published to the queue in milliseconds since the [Unix epoch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time). This allows you to determine how old a message is by subtracting it from the current timestamp.
4. `attempts` - how many times the message has been attempted to be delivered in full. When this reaches the value of `max_retries`, the message will not be re-delivered and will be deleted from the queue permanently.
5. `lease_id` - the encoded lease ID of the message. The `lease_id` is used to explicitly acknowledge or retry the message.

The `lease_id` allows your pull consumer to explicitly acknowledge some, none or all messages in the batch or mark them for retry. If messages are not acknowledged or marked for retry by the consumer, then they will be marked for re-delivery once the `visibility_timeout` is reached. A `lease_id` is no longer valid once this timeout has been reached.

You can configure both `batch_size` and `visibility_timeout` when pulling from a queue:

- `batch_size` (defaults to 5; max 100) - how many messages are returned to the consumer in each pull.
- `visibility_timeout` (defaults to 30 second; max 12 hours) - defines how long the consumer has to explicitly acknowledge messages delivered in the batch based on their `lease_id`. Once this timeout expires, messages are assumed unacknowledged and queued for re-delivery again.

### Concurrent consumers

You may have multiple HTTP clients pulling from the same queue concurrently: each client will receive a unique batch of messages and retain the "lease" on those messages up until the `visibility_timeout` expires, or until those messages are marked for retry.

Messages marked for retry will be put back into the queue and can be delivered to any consumer. Messages are _not_ tied to a specific consumer, as consumers do not have an identity and to avoid a slow or stuck consumer from holding up processing of messages in a queue.

Multiple consumers can be useful in cases where you have multiple upstream resources (for example, GPU infrastructure), where you want to autoscale based on the [backlog](/queues/observability/metrics/) of a queue, and/or cost.

## 4. Acknowledge messages

Messages pulled by a consumer need to be either acknowledged or marked for retry.

To acknowledge and/or mark messages to be retried, make a HTTP `POST` request to `/ack` endpoint of your queue per the [Queues REST API](/api/resources/queues/subresources/messages/methods/ack/) by providing an array of `lease_id` objects to acknowledge and/or retry:

```ts
// POST /accounts/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/queues/${QUEUE_ID}/messages/ack with the lease_ids
let resp = await fetch(
	`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CF_ACCOUNT_ID}/queues/${QUEUE_ID}/messages/ack`,
	{
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			"content-type": "application/json",
			authorization: `Bearer ${QUEUES_API_TOKEN}`,
		},
		// If you have no messages to retry, you can specify an empty array - retries: []
		body: JSON.stringify({
			acks: [
				{ lease_id: "lease_id1" },
				{ lease_id: "lease_id2" },
				{ lease_id: "etc" },
			],
			retries: [{ lease_id: "lease_id4" }],
		}),
	},
);
```

You may optionally specify the number of seconds to delay a message for when marking it for retry by providing a `{ lease_id: string, delay_seconds: number }` object in the `retries` array:

```json
{
	"acks": [
		{ "lease_id": "lease_id1" },
		{ "lease_id": "lease_id2" },
		{ "lease_id": "lease_id3" }
	],
	"retries": [{ "lease_id": "lease_id4", "delay_seconds": 600 }]
}
```

Additionally:

- You should provide every `lease_id` in the request to the `/ack` endpoint if you are processing those messages in your consumer. If you do not acknowledge a message, it will be marked for re-delivery (put back in the queue).
- You can optionally mark messages to be retried: for example, if there is an error processing the message or you have upstream resource pressure. Explicitly marking a message for retry will place it back into the queue immediately, instead of waiting for a (potentially long) `visibility_timeout` to be reached.
- You can make multiple calls to the `/ack` endpoint as you make progress through a batch of messages, but we recommend grouping acknowledgements to avoid hitting [API rate limits](/queues/platform/limits/).

Queues aims to be permissive when it comes to lease IDs: if a consumer acknowledges a message by its lease ID _after_ the visibility timeout is reached, Queues will still accept that acknowledgment. If the message was delivered to another consumer during the intervening period, it will also be able to acknowledge the message without an error.

    {/* <!--

	## Examples

	### TypeScript (Node.js)

	The following example is a Node.js-based TypeScript application that pulls from a queue on startup, acknowledges messages after writing them to stdout, and polls the queue at a fixed interval.

	In a production application, you could replace writing to stdout with inserting into a database, making HTTP requests to an upstream service, or writing to object storage.

	```ts

	```

	### Go

	The following example is a Go application that pulls from a queue on startup, acknowledges messages after writing them to stdout, and polls the queue at a fixed interval.

	```go


	```

	--> */}

## Content types

:::caution

When attaching a pull-based consumer to a queue, you should ensure that messages are sent with only a `text`, `bytes` or `json` [content type](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#queuescontenttype).

The default content type is `json`.

Pull-based consumers cannot decode the `v8` content type as it is specific to the Workers runtime.

:::

When publishing to a queue that has an external consumer, you should be aware that certain content types may be encoded in a way that allows them to be safely serialized within a JSON object.

For both the `json` and `bytes` content types, this means that they will be base64-encoded ([RFC 4648](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4648)). The `text` type will be sent as a plain UTF-8 encoded string.

Your consumer will need to decode the `json` and `bytes` types before operating on the data.

## Next steps

- Review the [REST API documentation](/api/resources/queues/subresources/consumers/methods/create/) and schema for Queues.
- Learn more about [how to make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/) to the Cloudflare API.
- Understand [what limit apply](/queues/platform/limits/) when consuming and writing to a queue.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="queues/examples/" />

---

# List and acknowledge messages from the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/list-messages-from-dash/

## List messages from the dashboard

Listing messages from the dashboard allows you to debug Queues or queue producers without a consumer Worker. Fetching a batch of messages to preview will not acknowledge or retry the message or affect its position in the queue. The queue can still be consumed normally by a consumer Worker.

To list messages in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** > **Queues**.
3. Select the queue to preview messages from.
4. Select the **Messages** tab.
5. Select **Queued Messages**.
6. Select a maximum batch size of messages to fetch. The size can be a number from 1 to 100. If a consumer Worker is configured, this defaults to your consumer Worker's maximum batch size.

![A form to configure how many messages are listed at a time, with a number input showing '10'](~/assets/images/queues/examples/fetch-message-batch-size.png)

7. Select **List messages**.
8. When the list of messages loads, select the blue arrow to the right of each row to expand the message preview.

![A table showing two previewed messages, one text and one JSON, both with some placeholder text](~/assets/images/queues/examples/fetched-messages.png)

This will preview a batch of messages currently in the Queue.

## Acknowledge messages from the dashboard

Acknowledging messages from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) will permanently remove them from the queue, with equivalent behavior as `ack()` in a Worker.

1. Select the checkbox to the left of each row to select the message for acknowledgement, or select the checkbox in the table header to select all messages.
2. Select **Acknowledge messages**.
3. Confirm you want to acknowledge the messages, and select **Acknowledge messages**.

This will remove the selected messages from the queue and prevent consumers from processing them further.

Refer to the [Get Started guide](/queues/get-started/) to learn how to process and acknowledge messages from a queue in a Worker.

---

# Publish to a Queue via HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/publish-to-a-queue-over-http/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The following example shows you how to publish messages to a queue from any HTTP client, using a shared secret to securely authenticate the client.

This allows you to write to a Queue from any service or programming language that support HTTP, including Go, Rust, Python or even a Bash script.

### Prerequisites

- A [queue created](/queues/get-started/#3-create-a-queue) via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) or the [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
- A [configured **producer** binding](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/#producer) in the Cloudflare dashboard or Wrangler file.

Configure your Wrangler file as follows:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

[[queues.producers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  binding = "YOUR_QUEUE"

```

</WranglerConfig>

### 1. Create a shared secret

Before you deploy the Worker, you need to create a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) that you can use as a shared secret. A shared secret is a secret that both the client uses to authenticate and the server (your Worker) matches against for authentication.

:::caution

Do not commit secrets to source control. You should use [`wrangler secret`](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to store API keys and authentication tokens securely.

:::

To generate a cryptographically secure secret, you can use the `openssl` command-line tool and `wrangler secret` to create a hex-encoded string that can be used as the shared secret:

```sh
openssl rand -hex 32
# This will output a 65 character long hex string
```

Copy this string and paste it into the prompt for `wrangler secret`:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put QUEUE_AUTH_SECRET
```

```sh output
✨ Success! Uploaded secret QUEUE_AUTH_SECRET
```

This secret will also need to be used by the client application writing to the queue: ensure you store it securely.

### 2. Create the Worker

The following Worker script:

1. Authenticates the client using a shared secret.
2. Validates that the payload uses JSON.
3. Publishes the payload to the queue.

```ts
interface Env {
	YOUR_QUEUE: Queue;
	QUEUE_AUTH_SECRET: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req, env): Promise<Response> {
		// Authenticate that the client has the correct auth key
		if (env.QUEUE_AUTH_SECRET == "") {
			return Response.json(
				{ err: "application not configured" },
				{ status: 500 },
			);
		}

		// Return a HTTP 403 (Forbidden) if the auth key is invalid/incorrect/misconfigured
		let authToken = req.headers.get("Authorization") || "";
		let encoder = new TextEncoder();
		// Securely compare our secret with the auth token provided by the client
		try {
			if (
				!crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual(
					encoder.encode(env.QUEUE_AUTH_SECRET),
					encoder.encode(authToken),
				)
			) {
				return Response.json(
					{ err: "invalid auth token provided" },
					{ status: 403 },
				);
			}
		} catch (e) {
			return Response.json(
				{ err: "invalid auth token provided" },
				{ status: 403 },
			);
		}

		// Optional: Validate the payload is JSON
		// In a production application, we may more robustly validate the payload
		// against a schema using a library like 'zod'
		let messages;
		try {
			messages = await req.json();
		} catch (e) {
			// Return a HTTP 400 (Bad Request) if the payload isn't JSON
			return Response.json({ err: "payload not valid JSON" }, { status: 500 });
		}

		// Publish to the Queue
		try {
			await env.YOUR_QUEUE.send(messages);
		} catch (e: any) {
			console.log(`failed to send to the queue: ${e}`);
			// Return a HTTP 500 (Internal Error) if our publish operation fails
			return Response.json({ error: e.message }, { status: 500 });
		}

		// Return a HTTP 200 if the send succeeded!
		return Response.json({ success: true });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

To deploy this Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

### 3. Send a test message

To make sure you successfully authenticate and write a message to your queue, use `curl` on the command line:

```sh
# Make sure to replace the placeholder with your shared secret
curl -H "Authorization: pasteyourkeyhere" "https://YOUR_WORKER.YOUR_ACCOUNT.workers.dev" --data '{"messages": [{"msg":"hello world"}]}'
```

```sh output
{"success":true}
```

This will issue a HTTP POST request, and if successful, return a HTTP 200 with a `success: true` response body.

- If you receive a HTTP 403, this is because the `Authorization` header is invalid, or you did not configure a secret.
- If you receive a HTTP 500, this is either because you did not correctly create a shared secret to your Worker, or you attempted to send an invalid message to your queue.

You can use [`wrangler tail`](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/) to debug the output of `console.log`.

---

# Use Queues to store data in R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/send-errors-to-r2/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The following Worker will catch JavaScript errors and send them to a queue. The same Worker will receive those errors in batches and store them to a log file in an R2 bucket.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

[[queues.producers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  binding = "ERROR_QUEUE"

[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  max_batch_size = 100
  max_batch_timeout = 30

[[r2_buckets]]
  bucket_name = "my-bucket"
  binding = "ERROR_BUCKET"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```ts
type Environment = {
	readonly ERROR_QUEUE: Queue<Error>;
	readonly ERROR_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
};

export default {
  async fetch(req, env): Promise<Response> {
    try {
      return doRequest(req);
    } catch (error) {
      await env.ERROR_QUEUE.send(error);
      return new Response(error.message, { status: 500 });
    }
  },
  async queue(batch, env): Promise<void> {
    let file = '';
    for (const message of batch.messages) {
      const error = message.body;
      file += error.stack || error.message || String(error);
      file += '\r\n';
    }
    await env.ERROR_BUCKET.put(`errors/${Date.now()}.log`, file);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Environment, Error>;

function doRequest(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
  if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
    return new Response('Success!');
  }
  throw new Error('Failed!');
}
```

---

# Send messages from the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/send-messages-from-dash/

Sending messages from the dashboard allows you to debug Queues or queue consumers without a producer Worker.

To send messages from the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** > **Queues**.
3. Select the queue to send a message to.
4. Select the **Messages** tab.
5. Select **Send message**.
6. Enter your message. You can choose your message content type by selecting the **Text** or **JSON** tabs. Alternatively, select the **Upload a file** button or drag a file over the textbox to upload a file as a message.
7. Select **Send message**.

Your message will be sent to the queue.

Refer to the [Get Started guide](/queues/get-started/) to learn how to send messages to a queue from a Worker.

---

# Use Queues from Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/examples/use-queues-with-durable-objects/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The following example shows you how to write a Worker script to publish to [Cloudflare Queues](/queues/) from within a [Durable Object](/durable-objects/).

Prerequisites:

- A [queue created](/queues/get-started/#3-create-a-queue) via the Cloudflare dashboard or the [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
- A [configured **producer** binding](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/#producer) in the Cloudflare dashboard or Wrangler file.
- A [Durable Object namespace binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects).

Configure your Wrangler file as follows:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

[[queues.producers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  binding = "YOUR_QUEUE"

[durable_objects]
bindings = [
  { name = "YOUR_DO_CLASS", class_name = "YourDurableObject" }
]

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_classes = ["YourDurableObject"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

The following Worker script:

1. Creates a Durable Object stub, or retrieves an existing one based on a userId.
2. Passes request data to the Durable Object.
3. Publishes to a queue from within the Durable Object.

The `constructor()` in the Durable Object makes your `Environment` available (in scope) on `this.env` to the [`fetch()` handler](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/) in the Durable Object.

```ts
interface Env {
  YOUR_QUEUE: Queue;
  YOUR_DO_CLASS: DurableObjectNamespace;
}

export default {
  async fetch(req, env): Promise<Response> {
    // Assume each Durable Object is mapped to a userId in a query parameter
    // In a production application, this will be a userId defined by your application
    // that you validate (and/or authenticate) first.
    let url = new URL(req.url)
    let userIdParam = url.searchParams.get("userId")

    if (userIdParam) {
      // Create (or get) a Durable Object based on that userId.
      let durableObjectId = env.YOUR_DO_CLASS.idFromName(userIdParam);
      // Get a "stub" that allows you to call that Durable Object
      let durableObjectStub = env.YOUR_DO_CLASS.get(durableObjectId);

      // Pass the request to that Durable Object and await the response
      // This invokes the constructor once on your Durable Object class (defined further down)
      // on the first initialization, and the fetch method on each request.
      // We pass the original Request to the Durable Object's fetch method
      let response = await durableObjectStub.fetch(req);

      // This would return "wrote to queue", but you could return any response.
      return response;
    }
    return new Response("userId must be provided", { status: 400 });
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

export class YourDurableObject implements DurableObject {
  constructor(private state: DurableObjectState, private env: Env) {}

  async fetch(req: Request): Promise<Response> {
    // Error handling elided for brevity.
    // Publish to your queue
    await this.env.YOUR_QUEUE.send({
      id: this.state.id.toString() // Write the ID of the Durable Object to your queue
      // Write any other properties to your queue
    });

    return new Response("wrote to queue")
  }
```

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/observability/metrics/

You can view the metrics for a Queue on your account via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com). Navigate to **Storage & Databases** > **Queues** > **your Queue** and under the **Metrics** tab you'll be able to view line charts describing the number of messages processed by final outcome, the number of messages in the backlog, and other important indicators.

The metrics displayed in the Cloudflare dashboard charts are all pulled from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API. You can access the metrics programmatically.

The Queues metrics are split across three different nodes under `viewer` > `accounts`. Refer to [Explore the GraphQL schema](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/) to learn how to navigate a GraphQL schema and discover which data are available.

To learn more about the GraphQL Analytics API, refer to [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

## Write GraphQL queries

Examples of how to explore your Queues metrics.

### Get average Queue backlog over time period

```graphql
query QueueBacklog($accountTag: string!, $queueId: string!, $datetimeStart: Time!, $datetimeEnd: Time!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      queueBacklogAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          queueId: $queueId
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
      ) {
        avg {
          messages
          bytes
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Get average consumer concurrency by hour

```graphql
query QueueConcurrencyByHour($accountTag: string!, $queueId: string!, $datetimeStart: Time!, $datetimeEnd: Time!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      queueConsumerMetricsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          queueId: $queueId
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
        orderBy: [datetimeHour_DESC]
      ) {
        avg {
          concurrency
        }
        dimensions {
          datetimeHour
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Get message operations by minute

```graphql
query QueueMessageOperationsByMinute($accountTag: string!, $queueId: string!, $datetimeStart: Date!, $datetimeEnd: Date!) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      queueMessageOperationsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          queueId: $queueId
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }
        orderBy: [datetimeMinute_DESC]
      ) {
        count
        sum {
          bytes
        }
        dimensions {
          datetimeMinute
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Audit Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/platform/audit-logs/

[Audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) provide a comprehensive summary of changes made within your Cloudflare account, including those made to Queues. This functionality is always enabled.

## Viewing audit logs

To view audit logs for your Queue:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=audit-log) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Audit Log**.

For more information on how to access and use audit logs, refer to [Review audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).

## Logged operations

The following configuration actions are logged:

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:220px">
      Operation
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Description
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        CreateQueue
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Creation of a new queue.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        DeleteQueue
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Deletion of an existing queue.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        UpdateQueue
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Updating the configuration of a queue.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        AttachConsumer
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Attaching a consumer, including HTTP pull consumers, to the Queue.
      </td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        RemoveConsumer
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Removing a consumer, including HTTP pull consumers, from the Queue.
      </td>
    </tr>
     <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        UpdateConsumerSettings
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Changing Queues consumer settings.
      </td>
    </tr>

  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/queues.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"


| Feature                                       | Limit                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Queues                                        | 10,000 per account								                            |
| Message size                                  | 128 KB <sup>1</sup>                                           |
| Message retries                               | 100                                                           |
| Maximum consumer batch size                   | 100 messages 								                                  |
| Maximum messages per `sendBatch` call         | 100 (or 256KB in total)                                       |
| Maximum Batch wait time                       | 60 seconds                                                    |
| Per-queue message throughput    							| 5,000 messages per second <sup>2</sup>                        |
| Message retention period <sup>3</sup>         | 4 days (96 hours)                                             |
| Per-queue backlog size <sup>4</sup>           | 25GB                                                          |
| Concurrent consumer invocations               | 250 <sup>push-based only</sup>                                |
| Consumer duration (wall clock time) 					| 15 minutes <sup>5</sup>                                       |
| Consumer CPU time							                | 30 seconds																										|
| `visibilityTimeout` (pull-based queues)       | 12 hours                                                      |
| `delaySeconds` (when sending or retrying)     | 12 hours                                                      |
| Requests to the Queues API (incl. pulls/acks) | [1200 requests / 5 mins](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/) |



<sup>1</sup> 1 KB is measured as 1000 bytes. Messages can include up to \~100 bytes of internal metadata that counts towards total message limits.

<sup>2</sup> Exceeding the maximum message throughput will cause the `send()` and `sendBatch()` methods to throw an exception with a `Too Many Requests` error until your producer falls below the limit.

<sup>3</sup> Messages in a queue that reach the maximum message retention are deleted from the queue. Queues does not delete messages in the same queue that have not reached this limit.

<sup>4</sup> Individual queues that reach this limit will receive a `Storage Limit Exceeded` error when calling `send()` or `sendBatch()` on the queue.

<sup>5</sup> Refer to [Workers limits](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time).

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/platform/pricing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="queues_pricing" product="workers" />

## Examples

If an application writes, reads and deletes (consumes) one million messages a day (in a 30 day month), and each message is less than 64 KB in size, the estimated bill for the month would be:



|                     | Total Usage           | Free Usage | Billed Usage | Price      |
| ------------------- | --------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ---------- |
| Standard operations | 3 \* 30 \* 1,000,000  | 1,000,000  | 89,000,000   | $35.60     |
|                     | (write, read, delete) |            |              |            |
| **TOTAL**           |                       |            |              | **$35.60** |



An application that writes, reads and deletes (consumes) 100 million \~127 KB messages (each message counts as two 64 KB chunks) per month would have an estimated bill resembling the following:



|                     | Total Usage                  | Free Usage | Billed Usage | Price       |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| Standard operations | 2 \* 3 \* 100 \* 1,000,000   | 1,000,000  | 599,000,000  | $239.60     |
|                     | (2x ops for > 64KB messages) |            |              |             |
| **TOTAL**           |                              |            |              | **$239.60** |

---

# Delivery guarantees

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/reference/delivery-guarantees/

Delivery guarantees define how strongly a messaging system enforces the delivery of messages it processes.

As you make stronger guarantees about message delivery, the system needs to perform more checks and acknowledgments to ensure that messages are delivered, or maintain state to ensure a message is only delivered the specified number of times. This increases the latency of the system and reduces the overall throughput of the system. Each message may require an additional internal acknowledgements, and an equivalent number of additional roundtrips, before it can be considered delivered.

* **Queues provides *at least once* delivery by default** in order to optimize for reliability.
* This means that messages are guaranteed to be delivered at least once, and in rare occasions, may be delivered more than once.
* For the majority of applications, this is the right balance between not losing any messages and minimizing end-to-end latency, as exactly once delivery incurs additional overheads in any messaging system.

In cases where processing the same message more than once would introduce unintended behaviour, generating a unique ID when writing the message to the queue and using that as the primary key on database inserts and/or as an idempotency key to de-duplicate the message after processing. For example, using this idempotency key as the ID in an upstream email API or payment API will allow those services to reject the duplicate on your behalf, without you having to carry additional state in your application.

---

# How Queues Works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/reference/how-queues-works/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Queues is a flexible messaging queue that allows you to queue messages for asynchronous processing. Message queues are great at decoupling components of applications, like the checkout and order fulfillment services for an e-commerce site. Decoupled services are easier to reason about, deploy, and implement, allowing you to ship features that delight your customers without worrying about synchronizing complex deployments. Queues also allow you to batch and buffer calls to downstream services and APIs.

There are four major concepts to understand with Queues:

1. [Queues](#what-is-a-queue)
2. [Producers](#producers)
3. [Consumers](#consumers)
4. [Messages](#messages)

## What is a queue

A queue is a buffer or list that automatically scales as messages are written to it, and allows a consumer Worker to pull messages from that same queue.

Queues are designed to be reliable, and messages written to a queue should never be lost once the write succeeds. Similarly, messages are not deleted from a queue until the [consumer](#consumers) has successfully consumed the message.

Queues does not guarantee that messages will be delivered to a consumer in the same order in which they are published.

Developers can create multiple queues. Creating multiple queues can be useful to:

* Separate different use-cases and processing requirements: for example, a logging queue vs. a password reset queue.
* Horizontally scale your overall throughput (messages per second) by using multiple queues to scale out.
* Configure different batching strategies for each consumer connected to a queue.

For most applications, a single producer Worker per queue, with a single consumer Worker consuming messages from that queue allows you to logically separate the processing for each of your queues.

## Producers

A producer is the term for a client that is publishing or producing messages on to a queue. A producer is configured by [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) a queue to a Worker and writing messages to the queue by calling that binding.

For example, if we bound a queue named `my-first-queue` to a binding of `MY_FIRST_QUEUE`, messages can be written to the queue by calling `send()` on the binding:

```ts
type Environment = {
  readonly MY_FIRST_QUEUE: Queue;
};

export default {
  async fetch(req, env, context): Promise<Response> {
    let message = {
      url: req.url,
      method: req.method,
      headers: Object.fromEntries(req.headers),
    };

    await env.MY_FIRST_QUEUE.send(message); // This will throw an exception if the send fails for any reason
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Environment>;
```

:::note


You can also use [`context.waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) to send the message without blocking the response.

Note that because `waitUntil()` is non-blocking, any errors raised from the `send()` or `sendBatch()` methods on a queue will be implicitly ignored.


:::

A queue can have multiple producer Workers. For example, you may have multiple producer Workers writing events or logs to a shared queue based on incoming HTTP requests from users. There is no limit to the total number of producer Workers that can write to a single queue.

Additionally, multiple queues can be bound to a single Worker. That single Worker can decide which queue to write to (or write to multiple) based on any logic you define in your code.

### Content types

Messages published to a queue can be published in different formats, depending on what interoperability is needed with your consumer. The default content type is `json`, which means that any object that can be passed to `JSON.stringify()` will be accepted.

To explicitly set the content type or specify an alternative content type, pass the `contentType` option to the `send()` method of your queue:

```ts
type Environment = {
  readonly MY_FIRST_QUEUE: Queue;
};

export default {
  async fetch(req, env): Promise<Response> {
    let message = {
      url: req.url,
      method: req.method,
      headers: Object.fromEntries(req.headers),
    };
    try {
      await env.MY_FIRST_QUEUE.send(message, { contentType: "json" }); // "json" is the default
    } catch (e) {
      // Catch cases where send fails, including due to a mismatched content type
      console.log(e)
      return Response.json({"msg": e}, { status: 500 })
    }
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Environment>;
```

To only accept simple strings when writing to a queue, set `{ contentType: "text" }` instead:

```ts
    try {
      // This will throw an exception (error) if you write to pass a non-string to the queue, such as a
      // native JavaScript object or ArrayBuffer.
      await env.MY_FIRST_QUEUE.send("hello there", { contentType: "text" }); // explicitly set 'text'
    } catch (e) {
      console.log(e)
      return Response.json({"msg": e}, { status: 500 })
```

The [`QueuesContentType`](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#queuescontenttype) API documentation describes how each format is serialized to a queue.

## Consumers

Queues supports two types of consumer:

1. A [consumer Worker](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/), which is push-based: the Worker is invoked when the queue has messages to deliver.
2. A [HTTP pull consumer](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/), which is pull-based: the consumer calls the queue endpoint over HTTP to receive and then acknowledge messages.

A queue can only have one type of consumer configured.

### Create a consumer Worker

A consumer is the term for a client that is subscribing to or *consuming* messages from a queue. In its most basic form, a consumer is defined by creating a `queue` handler in a Worker:

```ts
export default {
  async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Error>, env: Environment): Promise<void> {
    // Do something with messages in the batch
    // i.e. write to R2 storage, D1 database, or POST to an external API
    // You can also iterate over each message in the batch by looping over batch.messages
  },
};
```

You then connect that consumer to a queue with `wrangler queues consumer <queue-name> <worker-script-name>` or by defining a `[[queues.consumers]]` configuration in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file manually:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "<your-queue-name>"
  max_batch_size = 100 # optional
  max_batch_timeout = 30 # optional
```

</WranglerConfig>

Importantly, each queue can only have one active consumer. This allows Cloudflare Queues to achieve at least once delivery and minimize the risk of duplicate messages beyond that.

:::note[Best practice]


Configure a single consumer per queue. This both logically separates your queues, and ensures that errors (failures) in processing messages from one queue do not impact your other queues.


:::

Notably, you can use the same consumer with multiple queues. The queue handler that defines your consumer Worker will be invoked by the queues it is connected to.

* The `MessageBatch` that is passed to your `queue` handler includes a `queue` property with the name of the queue the batch was read from.
* This can reduce the amount of code you need to write, and allow you to process messages based on the name of your queues.

For example, a consumer configured to consume messages from multiple queues would resemble the following:

```ts
export default {
  async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Error>, env: Environment): Promise<void> {
    // MessageBatch has a `queue` property we can switch on
    switch (batch.queue) {
      case 'log-queue':
        // Write the batch to R2
        break;
      case 'debug-queue':
        // Write the message to the console or to another queue
        break;
      case 'email-reset':
        // Trigger a password reset email via an external API
        break;
      default:
      // Handle messages we haven't mentioned explicitly (write a log, push to a DLQ)
    }
  },
};
```

### Remove a consumer

To remove a queue from your project, run `wrangler queues consumer remove <queue-name> <script-name>` and then remove the desired queue below the `[[queues.consumers]]` in Wrangler file.

### Pull consumers

A queue can have a HTTP-based consumer that pulls from the queue, instead of messages being pushed to a Worker.

This consumer can be any HTTP-speaking service that can communicate over the Internet. Review the [pull consumer guide](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/) to learn how to configure a pull-based consumer for a queue.

## Messages

A message is the object you are producing to and consuming from a queue.

Any JSON serializable object can be published to a queue. For most developers, this means either simple strings or JSON objects. You can explicitly [set the content type](#content-types) when sending a message.

Messages themselves can be [batched when delivered to a consumer](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/). By default, messages within a batch are treated as all or nothing when determining retries. If the last message in a batch fails to be processed, the entire batch will be retried. You can also choose to [explicitly acknowledge](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/) messages as they are successfully processed, and/or mark individual messages to be retried.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/tutorials/

import { ListTutorials } from "~/components"

<ListTutorials />

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Bucket locks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/bucket-locks/

Bucket locks prevent the deletion and overwriting of objects in an R2 bucket for a specified period — or indefinitely. When enabled, bucket locks enforce retention policies on your objects, helping protect them from accidental or premature deletions.

## Get started with bucket locks

### Prerequisites

Before getting started, you will need:

- An existing R2 bucket. If you do not already have an existing R2 bucket, refer to [Create buckets](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).
- An API token with [permissions](/r2/api/s3/tokens/#permissions) to edit R2 bucket configuration.

:::note

Currently, Bucket locks are only configurable via API.
:::

### Enable bucket lock via API

Below is an example of setting a bucket lock configuration (a collection of rules):

```bash
curl -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/r2/buckets/<BUCKET_NAME>/lock" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
        "rules": [
            {
                "id": "lock-logs-7d",
                "enabled": true,
                "prefix": "logs/",
                "condition": {
                    "type": "Age",
                    "maxAgeSeconds": 604800
                }
            },
            {
                "id": "lock-images-indefinite",
                "enabled": true,
                "prefix": "images/",
                "condition": {
                    "type": "Indefinite"
                }
            }
        ]
    }'
```

This request creates two rules:

- `lock-logs-7d`: Objects under the `logs/` prefix are retained for 7 days (604800 seconds).
- `lock-images-indefinite`: Objects under the `images/` prefix are locked indefinitely.

For more information on required parameters and examples of how to enable bucket lock, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/locks/methods/update/). For information about getting started with the Cloudflare API, refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/).

### Get bucket lock rules via API

For more information on required parameters and examples of how to get bucket lock rules, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/locks/methods/get/).

## Bucket lock rules

A bucket lock configuration can include up to 1,000 rules. Each rule specifies which object it covers (via prefix) and how long those objects must remain locked. You can:

- Lock objects for a specific duration. For example, 90 days.
- Retain objects until a certain date. For example, until January 1, 2026.
- Keep objects locked indefinitely.

If multiple rules apply to the same prefix or object key, the strictest (longest) retention requirement takes precedence.

## Notes

- Rules without prefix apply to all objects in the bucket.
- Rules apply to both new and existing objects in the bucket.
- Bucket lock rules take precedence over [lifecycle rules](/r2/buckets/object-lifecycles/). For example, if a lifecycle rule attempts to delete an object at 30 days but a bucket lock rule requires it be retained for 90 days, the object will not be deleted until the 90-day requirement is met.

---

# Configure CORS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/cors/

[Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS) is a standardized method that prevents domain X from accessing the resources of domain Y. It does so by using special headers in HTTP responses from domain Y, that allow your browser to verify that domain Y permits domain X to access these resources.

While CORS can help protect your data from malicious websites, CORS is also used to interact with objects in your bucket and configure policies on your bucket.

CORS is used when you interact with a bucket from a web browser, and you have two options:

**[Set a bucket to public:](#use-cors-with-a-public-bucket)** This option makes your bucket accessible on the Internet as read-only, which means anyone can request and load objects from your bucket in their browser or anywhere else. This option is ideal if your bucket contains images used in a public blog.

**[Presigned URLs:](#use-cors-with-a-presigned-url)** Allows anyone with access to the unique URL to perform specific actions on your bucket.

## Prerequisites

Before you configure CORS, you must have:

- An R2 bucket with at least one object. If you need to create a bucket, refer to [Create a public bucket](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).
- A domain you can use to access the object. This can also be a `localhost`.
- (Optional) Access keys. An access key is only required when creating a presigned URL.

## Use CORS with a public bucket

[To use CORS with a public bucket](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/), ensure your bucket is set to allow public access.

Next, [add a CORS policy](#add-cors-policies-from-the-dashboard) to your bucket to allow the file to be shared.

## Use CORS with a presigned URL

Presigned URLs are an S3 concept that contain a special signature that encodes details of an S3 action, such as `GetObject` or `PutObject`. Presigned URLs are only used for authentication, which means they are generally safe to distribute publicly without revealing any secrets.

### Create a presigned URL

You will need a pair of S3-compatible credentials to use when you generate the presigned URL.

The example below shows how to generate a presigned `PutObject` URL using the [`@aws-sdk/client-s3`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/client-s3) package for JavaScript.

```js
import { PutObjectCommand, S3Client } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
import { getSignedUrl } from "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner";
const S3 = new S3Client({
	endpoint: "https://4893d737c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: "7dc27c125a22ad808cd01df8ec309d41",
		secretAccessKey:
			"1aa5c5b0c43defdb88f567487c071d17e234126133444770a706ae09336c57a4",
	},
	region: "auto",
});
const url = await getSignedUrl(
	S3,
	new PutObjectCommand({
		Bucket: bucket,
		Key: object,
	}),
	{
		expiresIn: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7, // 7d
	},
);
console.log(url);
```

### Test the presigned URL

Test the presigned URL by uploading an object using cURL. The example below would upload the `123` text to R2 with a `Content-Type` of `text/plain`.

```sh
curl --request PUT <URL> --header "Content-Type: text/plain" --data "123"
```

## Add CORS policies from the dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2**.
2. Locate and select your bucket from the list.
3. From your bucket’s page, select **Settings**.
4. Under **CORS Policy**, select **Add CORS policy**.
5. From the **JSON** tab, manually enter or copy and paste your policy into the text box.
6. When you are done, select **Save**.

Your policy displays on the **Settings** page for your bucket.

## Response headers

The following fields in an R2 CORS policy map to HTTP response headers. These response headers are only returned when the incoming HTTP request is a valid CORS request.

| Field Name       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `AllowedOrigins` | Specifies the value for the `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` header R2 sets when requesting objects in a bucket from a browser.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | If a website at `www.test.com` needs to access resources (e.g. fonts, scripts) on a [custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#custom-domains) of `static.example.com`, you would set `https://www.test.com` as an `AllowedOrigin`. |
| `AllowedMethods` | Specifies the value for the `Access-Control-Allow-Methods` header R2 sets when requesting objects in a bucket from a browser.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `AllowedHeaders` | Specifies the value for the `Access-Control-Allow-Headers` header R2 sets when requesting objects in this bucket from a browser.Cross-origin requests that include custom headers (e.g. `x-user-id`) should specify these headers as `AllowedHeaders`.                                                                                                                | `x-requested-by`, `User-Agent`                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `ExposeHeaders`  | Specifies the headers that can be exposed back, and accessed by, the JavaScript making the cross-origin request. If you need to access headers beyond the [safelisted response headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Access-Control-Expose-Headers#examples), such as `Content-Encoding` or `cf-cache-status`, you must specify it here. | `Content-Encoding`, `cf-cache-status`, `Date`                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `MaxAgeSeconds`  | Specifies the amount of time (in seconds) browsers are allowed to cache CORS preflight responses. Browsers may limit this to 2 hours or less, even if the maximum value (86400) is specified.                                                                                                                                                                         | `3600`                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

## Example

This example shows a CORS policy added for a bucket that contains the `Roboto-Light.ttf` object, which is a font file.

The `AllowedOrigins` specify the web server being used, and `localhost:3000` is the hostname where the web server is running. The `AllowedMethods` specify that only `GET` requests are allowed and can read objects in your bucket.

```json
[
	{
		"AllowedOrigins": ["http://localhost:3000"],
		"AllowedMethods": ["GET"]
	}
]
```

In general, a good strategy for making sure you have set the correct CORS rules is to look at the network request that is being blocked by your browser.

- Make sure the rule's `AllowedOrigins` includes the origin where the request is being made from. (like `http://localhost:3000` or `https://yourdomain.com`)
- Make sure the rule's `AllowedMethods` includes the blocked request's method.
- Make sure the rule's `AllowedHeaders` includes the blocked request's headers.

Also note that CORS rule propagation can, in rare cases, take up to 30 seconds.

## Common Issues

- Only a cross-origin request will include CORS response headers.
  - A cross-origin request is identified by the presence of an `Origin` HTTP request header, with the value of the `Origin` representing a valid, allowed origin as defined by the `AllowedOrigins` field of your CORS policy.
  - A request without an `Origin` HTTP request header will _not_ return any CORS response headers. Origin values must match exactly.
- The value(s) for `AllowedOrigins` in your CORS policy must be a valid [HTTP Origin header value](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#origin-header). A valid `Origin` header does _not_ include a path component and must only be comprised of a `scheme://host[:port]` (where port is optional).
  - Valid `AllowedOrigins` value: `https://static.example.com` - includes the scheme and host. A port is optional and implied by the scheme.
  - Invalid `AllowedOrigins` value: `https://static.example.com/` or `https://static.example.com/fonts/Calibri.woff2` - incorrectly includes the path component.
- If you need to access specific header values via JavaScript on the origin page, such as when using a video player, ensure you set `Access-Control-Expose-Headers` correctly and include the headers your JavaScript needs access to, such as `Content-Length`.

---

# Event notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/event-notifications/

Event notifications send messages to your [queue](/queues/) when data in your R2 bucket changes. You can consume these messages with a [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#create-a-consumer-worker) or [pull over HTTP](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/) from outside of Cloudflare Workers.

## Get started with event notifications

### Prerequisites

Before getting started, you will need:

- An existing R2 bucket. If you do not already have an existing R2 bucket, refer to [Create buckets](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).
- An existing queue. If you do not already have a queue, refer to [Create a queue](/queues/get-started/#2-create-a-queue).
- A [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#create-a-consumer-worker) or [HTTP pull](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/) enabled on your Queue.

### Enable event notifications via Dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2** from the sidebar.
2. Select the bucket you'd like to add an event notification rule to.
3. Switch to the **Settings** tab, then scroll down to the **Event notifications** card.
4. Select **Add notification** and choose the queue you'd like to receive notifications and the [type of events](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/#event-types) that will trigger them.
5. Select **Add notification**.

### Enable event notifications via Wrangler

#### Set up Wrangler

To begin, install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started). Then [install Wrangler, the Developer Platform CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

#### Enable event notifications on your R2 bucket

Log in to Wrangler with the [`wrangler login` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login). Then add an [event notification rule](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/#event-notification-rules) to your bucket by running the [`r2 bucket notification create` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-notification-create).

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create <BUCKET_NAME> --event-type <EVENT_TYPE> --queue <QUEUE_NAME>
```

To add filtering based on `prefix` or `suffix` use the `--prefix` or `--suffix` flag, respectively.

```sh
# Filter using prefix
$ npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create <BUCKET_NAME> --event-type <EVENT_TYPE> --queue <QUEUE_NAME> --prefix "<PREFIX_VALUE>"

# Filter using suffix
$ npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create <BUCKET_NAME> --event-type <EVENT_TYPE> --queue <QUEUE_NAME> --suffix "<SUFFIX_VALUE>"

# Filter using prefix and suffix. Both the conditions will be used for filtering
$ npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create <BUCKET_NAME> --event-type <EVENT_TYPE> --queue <QUEUE_NAME> --prefix "<PREFIX_VALUE>" --suffix "<SUFFIX_VALUE>"
```

For a more complete step-by-step example, refer to the [Log and store upload events in R2 with event notifications](/r2/tutorials/upload-logs-event-notifications/) example.

## Event notification rules

Event notification rules determine the [event types](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/#event-types) that trigger notifications and optionally enable filtering based on object `prefix` and `suffix`. You can have up to 100 event notification rules per R2 bucket.

## Event types

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th style="width:25%">Event type</th>
		<th style="width:50%">Description</th>
		<th style="width:25%">Trigger actions</th>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object-create</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				Triggered when new objects are created or existing objects are
				overwritten.
			</td>
			<td>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<code>PutObject</code>
					</li>
					<li>
						<code>CopyObject</code>
					</li>
					<li>
						<code>CompleteMultipartUpload</code>
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object-delete</code>
			</td>
			<td>Triggered when an object is explicitly removed from the bucket.</td>
			<td>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<code>DeleteObject</code>
					</li>
					<li>
						<code>LifecycleDeletion</code>
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Message format

Queue consumers receive notifications as [Messages](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#message). The following is an example of the body of a message that a consumer Worker will receive:

```json
{
	"account": "3f4b7e3dcab231cbfdaa90a6a28bd548",
	"action": "CopyObject",
	"bucket": "my-bucket",
	"object": {
		"key": "my-new-object",
		"size": 65536,
		"eTag": "c846ff7a18f28c2e262116d6e8719ef0"
	},
	"eventTime": "2024-05-24T19:36:44.379Z",
	"copySource": {
		"bucket": "my-bucket",
		"object": "my-original-object"
	}
}
```

### Properties

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th style="width:22%">Property</th>
		<th style="width:18%">Type</th>
		<th style="width:60%">Description</th>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>account</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The Cloudflare account ID that the event is associated with.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>action</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>
				The type of action that triggered the event notification. Example
				actions include: <code>PutObject</code>, <code>CopyObject</code>,{" "}
				<code>CompleteMultipartUpload</code>, <code>DeleteObject</code>.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>bucket</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The name of the bucket where the event occurred.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object</code>
			</td>
			<td>Object</td>
			<td>
				A nested object containing details about the object involved in the
				event.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object.key</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The key (or name) of the object within the bucket.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object.size</code>
			</td>
			<td>Number</td>
			<td>
				The size of the object in bytes. Note: not present for object-delete
				events.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>object.eTag</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>
				The entity tag (eTag) of the object. Note: not present for object-delete
				events.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>eventTime</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The time when the action that triggered the event occurred.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>copySource</code>
			</td>
			<td>Object</td>
			<td>
				A nested object containing details about the source of a copied object.
				Note: only present for events triggered by <code>CopyObject</code>.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>copySource.bucket</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The bucket that contained the source object.</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<code>copySource.object</code>
			</td>
			<td>String</td>
			<td>The name of the source object.</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Notes

- Queues [per-queue message throughput](/queues/platform/limits/) is currently 5,000 messages per second. If your workload produces more than 5,000 notifications per second, we recommend splitting notification rules across multiple queues.
- Rules without prefix/suffix apply to all objects in the bucket.
- Overlapping or conflicting rules that could trigger multiple notifications for the same event are not allowed. For example, if you have an `object-create` (or `PutObject` action) rule without a prefix and suffix, then adding another `object-create` (or `PutObject` action) rule with a prefix like `images/` could trigger more than one notification for a single upload, which is invalid.

---

# Create new buckets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/create-buckets/

You can create a bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard or using Wrangler.

:::note

Wrangler is [a command-line tool](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) for building with Cloudflare's developer products, including R2.

The R2 support in Wrangler allows you to manage buckets and perform basic operations against objects in your buckets. For more advanced use-cases, including bulk uploads or mirroring files from legacy object storage providers, we recommend [rclone](/r2/examples/rclone/) or an [S3-compatible](/r2/api/s3/) tool of your choice.

:::

## Bucket-Level Operations

Create a bucket with the [`r2 bucket create`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-create) command:

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket create your-bucket-name
```

:::note

- Bucket names can only contain lowercase letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-).
- Bucket names cannot begin or end with a hyphen.

The placeholder text is only for the example.

:::

List buckets in the current account with the [`r2 bucket list`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-list) command:

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket list
```

Delete a bucket with the [`r2 bucket delete`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-delete) command. Note that the bucket must be empty and all objects must be deleted.

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket delete BUCKET_TO_DELETE
```

## Notes

- Bucket names and buckets are not public by default. To allow public access to a bucket, [visit the public bucket documentation](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).
- Invalid (unauthorized) access attempts to private buckets do not incur R2 operations charges against that bucket. Refer to the [R2 pricing FAQ](/r2/pricing/#frequently-asked-questions) to understand what operations are billed vs. not billed.
- The TLS (SSL) certificate created for each R2 bucket uses a wildcard certificate of the form `*.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`, which prevents account IDs and names from showing up in Certificate Transparency logs.

---

# Buckets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

With object storage, all of your objects are stored in buckets. Buckets do not contain folders that group the individual files, but instead, buckets have a flat structure which simplifies the way you access and retrieve the objects in your bucket.

Learn more about bucket level operations from the items below.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Object lifecycles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/object-lifecycles/

Object lifecycles determine the retention period of objects uploaded to your bucket and allow you to specify when objects should transition from Standard storage to Infrequent Access storage.

A lifecycle configuration is a collection of lifecycle rules that define actions to apply to objects during their lifetime.

For example, you can create an object lifecycle rule to delete objects after 90 days, or you can set a rule to transition objects to Infrequent Access storage after 30 days.

## Behavior

- Objects will typically be removed from a bucket within 24 hours of the `x-amz-expiration` value.
- When a lifecycle configuration is applied that deletes objects, newly uploaded objects' `x-amz-expiration` value immediately reflects the expiration based on the new rules, but existing objects may experience a delay. Most objects will be transitioned within 24 hours but may take longer depending on the number of objects in the bucket. While objects are being migrated, you may see old applied rules from the previous configuration.
- An object is no longer billable once it has been deleted.
- Buckets have a default lifecycle rule to expire multipart uploads seven days after initiation.
- When an object is transitioned from Standard storage to Infrequent Access storage, a [Class A operation](/r2/pricing/#class-a-operations) is incurred.
- When rules conflict and specify both a storage class transition and expire transition within a 24 hour period, the expire (or delete) lifecycle transition takes precedence over transitioning storage class.

## Configure lifecycle rules for your bucket

When you create an object lifecycle rule, you can specify which prefix you would like it to apply to.

- Note that object lifecycles currently has a 1000 rule maximum.
- Managing object lifecycles is a bucket-level action, and requires an API token with the [`Workers R2 Storage Write`](/r2/api/s3/tokens/#permission-groups) permission group.

### Dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2**.
2. Locate and select your bucket from the list.
3. From the bucket page, select **Settings**.
4. Under **Object lifecycle rules**, select **Add rule**.
5. Fill out the fields for the new rule.
6. When you are done, select **Add rule**.

### Wrangler

1. Install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
2. Install [Wrangler, the Developer Platform CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
3. Log in to Wrangler with the [`wrangler login` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login).
4. Add a lifecycle rule to your bucket by running the [`r2 bucket lifecycle add` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-lifecycle-add).

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket lifecycle add <BUCKET_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

Alternatively you can set the entire lifecycle configuration for a bucket from a JSON file using the [`r2 bucket lifecycle set` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-lifecycle-set).

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket lifecycle set <BUCKET_NAME> --file <FILE_PATH>
```

The JSON file should be in the format of the request body of the [put object lifecycle configuration API](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/lifecycle/methods/update/).

### S3 API

Below is an example of configuring a lifecycle configuration (a collection of lifecycle rules) with different sets of rules for different potential use cases.

```js title="Configure the S3 client to interact with R2"
const client = new S3({
	endpoint: "https://4893d737c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: "7dc27c125a22ad808cd01df8ec309d41",
		secretAccessKey:
			"1aa5c5b0c43defdb88f567487c071d17e234126133444770a706ae09336c57a4",
	},
	region: "auto",
});
```

```javascript title="Set the lifecycle configuration for a bucket"
await client
	.putBucketLifecycleConfiguration({
		Bucket: "testBucket",
		LifecycleConfiguration: {
			Rules: [
				// Example: deleting objects on a specific date
				// Delete 2019 documents in 2024
				{
					ID: "Delete 2019 Documents",
					Status: "Enabled",
					Filter: {
						Prefix: "2019/",
					},
					Expiration: {
						Date: new Date("2024-01-01"),
					},
				},
				// Example: transitioning objects to Infrequent Access storage by age
				// Transition objects older than 30 days to Infrequent Access storage
				{
					ID: "Transition Objects To Infrequent Access",
					Status: "Enabled",
					Transitions: [
						{
							Days: 30,
							StorageClass: "STANDARD_IA",
						},
					],
				},
				// Example: deleting objects by age
				// Delete logs older than 90 days
				{
					ID: "Delete Old Logs",
					Status: "Enabled",
					Filter: {
						Prefix: "logs/",
					},
					Expiration: {
						Days: 90,
					},
				},
				// Example: abort all incomplete multipart uploads after a week
				{
					ID: "Abort Incomplete Multipart Uploads",
					Status: "Enabled",
					AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload: {
						DaysAfterInitiation: 7,
					},
				},
				// Example: abort user multipart uploads after a day
				{
					ID: "Abort User Incomplete Multipart Uploads",
					Status: "Enabled",
					Filter: {
						Prefix: "useruploads/",
					},
					AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload: {
						// For uploads matching the prefix, this rule will take precedence
						// over the one above due to its earlier expiration.
						DaysAfterInitiation: 1,
					},
				},
			],
		},
	})
	.promise();
```

## Get lifecycle rules for your bucket

### Wrangler

To get the list of lifecycle rules associated with your bucket, run the [`r2 bucket lifecycle list` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-lifecycle-list).

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket lifecycle list <BUCKET_NAME>
```

### S3 API

```js
import S3 from "aws-sdk/clients/s3.js";

// Configure the S3 client to talk to R2.
const client = new S3({
	endpoint: "https://4893d737c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: "7dc27c125a22ad808cd01df8ec309d41",
		secretAccessKey:
			"1aa5c5b0c43defdb88f567487c071d17e234126133444770a706ae09336c57a4",
	},
	region: "auto",
});

// Get lifecycle configuration for bucket
console.log(
	await client
		.getBucketLifecycleConfiguration({
			Bucket: "bucketName",
		})
		.promise(),
);
```

## Delete lifecycle rules from your bucket

### Dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2**.
2. Locate and select your bucket from the list.
3. From the bucket page, select **Settings**.
4. Under **Object lifecycle rules**, select the rules you would like to delete.
5. When you are done, select **Delete rule(s)**.

### Wrangler

To remove a specific lifecycle rule from your bucket, run the [`r2 bucket lifecycle remove` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-lifecycle-remove).

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket lifecycle remove <BUCKET_NAME> --id <RULE_ID>
```

### S3 API

```js
import S3 from "aws-sdk/clients/s3.js";

// Configure the S3 client to talk to R2.
const client = new S3({
	endpoint: "https://4893d737c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: "7dc27c125a22ad808cd01df8ec309d41",
		secretAccessKey:
			"1aa5c5b0c43defdb88f567487c071d17e234126133444770a706ae09336c57a4",
	},
	region: "auto",
});

// Delete lifecycle configuration for bucket
await client
	.deleteBucketLifecycle({
		Bucket: "bucketName",
	})
	.promise();
```

---

# Public buckets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/public-buckets/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Public Bucket is a feature that allows users to expose the contents of their R2 buckets directly to the Internet. By default, buckets are never publicly accessible and will always require explicit user permission to enable.

Public buckets can be set up in either one of two ways:

- Expose your bucket as a custom domain under your control.
- Expose your bucket as a Cloudflare-managed subdomain under `https://r2.dev`.

To configure WAF custom rules, caching, access controls, or bot management for your bucket, you must do so through a custom domain.
Using a custom domain does not require enabling `r2.dev`.

:::note

Currently, public buckets do not let you list the bucket contents at the root of your (sub) domain.

:::

## Custom domains

### Caching

Domain access through a custom domain allows you to use [Cloudflare Cache](/cache/) to accelerate access to your R2 bucket.

Configure your cache to use [Smart Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/#smart-tiered-cache) to have a single upper tier data center next to your R2 bucket.

:::note

By default, only certain file types are cached. To cache all files in your bucket, you must set a Cache Everything page rule. For more information on default Cache behavior and how to customize it, refer to [Default Cache Behavior](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions)

:::

### Access control

To restrict access to your custom domain's bucket, use Cloudflare's existing security products.

- [Cloudflare Zero Trust Access](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps): Protects buckets that should only be accessible by your teammates.
- [Cloudflare WAF Token Authentication](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/): Restricts access to documents, files, and media to selected users by providing them with an access token.

:::caution

Disable public access to your [`r2.dev` subdomain](#disable-managed-public-access) when using products like WAF or Cloudflare Access. If you do not disable public access, your bucket will remain publicly available through your `r2.dev` subdomain.

:::

### Minimum TLS Version

To specify the minimum TLS version of a custom hostname of an R2 bucket, you can issue an API call to edit [R2 custom domain settings](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/domains/subresources/custom/methods/update/).

## Connect a bucket to a custom domain

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To view the added DNS record, select **...** next to the connected domain and select **Manage DNS**.

:::note

If the zone is on an Enterprise plan, make sure that you [release the zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/#release-zone-holds) before adding the custom domain. A zone hold would prevent the custom subdomain from activating.

:::

### Restrictions

There is a restriction when using custom domains to access R2 buckets. The domain being used must belong to the same account as the R2 bucket.

## Disable domain access

Disabling a domain will turn off public access to your bucket through that domain. Access through other domains or the managed `r2.dev` subdomain are unaffected.
The specified domain will also remain connected to R2 until you remove it or delete the bucket.

To disable a domain:

1. In **R2**, select the bucket you want to modify.
2. On the bucket page, Select **Settings**.
3. Under **Public access** > **Custom Domains**, select **Connect Domain**.
4. Next to the domain you want to disable, select **...** and **Disable domain**.
5. The badge under **Access to Bucket** will update to **Not allowed**.

## Remove domain

Removing a domain will remove custom domain configuration that you have set up on the dashboard. Your bucket will still be publicly accessible.

To remove a domain:

1. In **R2**, select the bucket you want to modify.
2. On the bucket page, select **Settings**.
3. Under **Public access** > **Custom Domains**, select **Connect Domain**.
4. Next to the domain you want to disable, select **...** and **Remove domain**.
5. Select ‘Remove domain’ in the confirmation window. The CNAME record pointing to the domain will also be removed as part of this step. You can always add the domain again.

The domain is no longer connected to your bucket and will no longer appear in the connected domains list.

## Enable managed public access

When you enable managed public access for your bucket, the content of your bucket is available to the Internet through a Cloudflare-managed `r2.dev` subdomain.

:::note

Public access through `r2.dev` subdomains are rate limited and should only be used for development purposes.

To enable access management, Cache and bot management features, you must set up a custom domain when enabling public access to your bucket.

:::

To enable access through `r2.dev` for your buckets:

1. In **R2**, select the bucket you want to modify.
2. On the bucket page, select **Settings**.
3. In **Settings**, go to **Public Access**.
4. Under **R2.dev subdomain**, select **Allow Access**.
5. In **Allow Public Access?**, confirm your choice by typing ‘allow’ to confirm and select **Allow**.
6. You can now access the bucket and its objects using the Public Bucket URL.

You can review if your bucket is publicly accessible by going to your bucket and checking that **Public URL Access** states **Allowed**.

## Disable managed public access

Your bucket will not be exposed to the Internet as an `r2.dev` subdomain after you disable public access. If you have connected other domains, the bucket will remain accessible on those domains.

To disable public access for your bucket:

1. In **R2**, select the bucket you want to modify.
2. On the bucket page, select **Settings**.
3. Under **Bucket Details** > **R2.dev subdomain**, select **Disallow Access**.
4. In **Disallow Public Access?**, type ‘disallow’ to confirm and select **Disallow**.

Your bucket and its objects can no longer be accessed using the Public Bucket URL.

---

# Storage classes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/storage-classes/

import { Badge } from "~/components"

Storage classes allow you to trade off between the cost of storage and the cost of accessing data. Every object stored in R2 has an associated storage class.

All storage classes share the following characteristics:

* Compatible with Workers API, S3 API, and public buckets.
* 99.999999999% (eleven 9s) of annual durability.
* No minimum object size.

## Available storage classes

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th style="width:25%">
      Storage class
    </th>
    <th style="width:25%">
      Minimum storage duration
    </th>
    <th style="width:25%">
      Data retrieval fees (processing)
    </th>
    <th style="width:25%">
      Egress fees (data transfer to Internet)
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td>
        Standard
      </td>
      <td>
        None
      </td>
      <td>
        None
      </td>
      <td>
        None
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        Infrequent Access <inline-pill style="beta" />
      </td>
      <td>
        30 days
      </td>
      <td>
        Yes
      </td>
      <td>
        None
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

For more information on how storage classes impact pricing, refer to [Pricing](/r2/pricing/).

### Standard storage

Standard storage is designed for data that is accessed frequently. This is the default storage class for new R2 buckets unless otherwise specified.

#### Example use cases

* Website and application data
* Media content (e.g., images, video)
* Storing large datasets for analysis and processing
* AI training data
* Other workloads involving frequently accessed data

### Infrequent Access storage <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

:::note[Open Beta]


This feature is currently in beta. To report bugs or request features, go to the #r2 channel in the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) or fill out the [feedback form](https://forms.gle/5FqffSHcsL8ifEG8A).


:::

Infrequent Access storage is ideal for data that is accessed less frequently. This storage class offers lower storage cost compared to Standard storage, but includes [retrieval fees](/r2/pricing/#data-retrieval) and a 30 day [minimum storage duration](/r2/pricing/#minimum-storage-duration) requirement.

:::note


For objects stored in Infrequent Access storage, you will be charged for the object for the minimum storage duration even if the object was deleted, moved, or replaced before the specified duration.


:::

#### Example use cases

* Long-term data archiving (for example, logs and historical records needed for compliance)
* Data backup and disaster recovery
* Long tail user-generated content

## Set default storage class for buckets

By setting the default storage class for a bucket, all objects uploaded into the bucket will automatically be assigned the selected storage class unless otherwise specified. Default storage class can be changed after bucket creation in the Dashboard.

To learn more about creating R2 buckets, refer to [Create new buckets](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).

## Set storage class for objects

### Specify storage class during object upload

To learn more about how to specify the storage class for new objects, refer to the [Workers API](/r2/api/workers/) and [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/) documentation.

### Use object lifecycle rules to transition objects to Infrequent Access storage

:::note


Once an object is stored in Infrequent Access, it cannot be transitioned to Standard Access using lifecycle policies.


:::

To learn more about how to transition objects from Standard storage to Infrequent Access storage, refer to [Object lifecycles](/r2/buckets/object-lifecycles/).

---

# Data Migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/data-migration/

Quickly and easily migrate data from other cloud providers to R2. Explore each option further by navigating to their respective documentation page.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:160px">
        Name
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Description
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      When to use
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <a href="/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/">Super Slurper</a>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Quickly migrate large amounts of data from other cloud providers to R2.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <ul>
            <li>For one-time, comprehensive transfers.</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <a href="/r2/data-migration/sippy/">Sippy</a>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Incremental data migration, populating your R2 bucket as objects are requested.
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <ul>
            <li>For gradual migration that avoids upfront egress fees.</li>
            <li>To start serving frequently accessed objects from R2 without a full migration.</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Sippy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/data-migration/sippy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Sippy is a data migration service that allows you to copy data from other cloud providers to R2 as the data is requested, without paying unnecessary cloud egress fees typically associated with moving large amounts of data.

Migration-specific egress fees are reduced by leveraging requests within the flow of your application where you would already be paying egress fees to simultaneously copy objects to R2.

## How it works

When enabled for an R2 bucket, Sippy implements the following migration strategy across [Workers](/r2/api/workers/), [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/), and [public buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/):

- When an object is requested, it is served from your R2 bucket if it is found.
- If the object is not found in R2, the object will simultaneously be returned from your source storage bucket and copied to R2.
- All other operations, including put and delete, continue to work as usual.

## When is Sippy useful?

Using Sippy as part of your migration strategy can be a good choice when:

- You want to start migrating your data, but you want to avoid paying upfront egress fees to facilitate the migration of your data all at once.
- You want to experiment by serving frequently accessed objects from R2 to eliminate egress fees, without investing time in data migration.
- You have frequently changing data and are looking to conduct a migration while avoiding downtime. Sippy can be used to serve requests while [Super Slurper](/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/) can be used to migrate your remaining data.

If you are looking to migrate all of your data from an existing cloud provider to R2 at one time, we recommend using [Super Slurper](/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/).

## Get started with Sippy

Before getting started, you will need:

- An existing R2 bucket. If you don't already have one, refer to [Create buckets](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).
- [API credentials](/r2/data-migration/sippy/#create-credentials-for-storage-providers) for your source object storage bucket.
- (Wrangler only) Cloudflare R2 Access Key ID and Secret Access Key with read and write permissions. For more information, refer to [Authentication](/r2/api/s3/tokens/).

### Enable Sippy via the Dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2** from the sidebar.
2. Select the bucket you'd like to migrate objects to.
3. Switch to the **Settings** tab, then scroll down to the **Incremental migration** card.
4. Select **Enable** and enter details for the AWS / GCS bucket you'd like to migrate objects from. The credentials you enter must have permissions to read from this bucket. Cloudflare also recommends scoping your credentials to only allow reads from this bucket.
5. Select **Enable**.

### Enable Sippy via Wrangler

#### Set up Wrangler

To begin, install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started). Then [install Wrangler, the Developer Platform CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

#### Enable Sippy on your R2 bucket

Log in to Wrangler with the [`wrangler login` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login). Then run the [`r2 bucket sippy enable` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-sippy-enable):

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket sippy enable <BUCKET_NAME>
```

This will prompt you to select between supported object storage providers and lead you through setup.

### Enable Sippy via API

For information on required parameters and examples of how to enable Sippy, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/sippy/methods/update/). For information about getting started with the Cloudflare API, refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/).

:::note

If your bucket is setup with [jurisdictional restrictions](/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions), you will need to pass a `cf-r2-jurisdiction` request header with that jurisdiction. For example, `cf-r2-jurisdiction: eu`.

:::

### View migration metrics

When enabled, Sippy exposes metrics that help you understand the progress of your ongoing migrations.

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:220px">
			Metric
		</th>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
			Description
		</th>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Requests served by Sippy
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				The percentage of overall requests served by R2 over a period of time.{" "}
				<br />A higher percentage indicates that fewer requests need to be made
				to the source bucket.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Data migrated by Sippy
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				The amount of data that has been copied from the source bucket to R2
				over a period of time. Reported in bytes.
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

To view current and historical metrics:

2. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
3. Go to the [R2 tab](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/r2) and select your bucket.
4. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Disable Sippy on your R2 bucket

### Dashboard

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2** from the sidebar.
2. Select the bucket you'd like to disable Sippy for.
3. Switch to the **Settings** tab and scroll down to the **Incremental migration** card.
4. Press **Disable**.

### Wrangler

To disable Sippy, run the [`r2 bucket sippy disable` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-sippy-disable):

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket sippy disable <BUCKET_NAME>
```

### API

For more information on required parameters and examples of how to disable Sippy, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/subresources/sippy/methods/delete/).

## Supported cloud storage providers

Cloudflare currently supports copying data from the following cloud object storage providers to R2:

- Amazon S3
- Google Cloud Storage (GCS)

## R2 API interactions

When Sippy is enabled, it changes the behavior of certain actions on your R2 bucket across [Workers](/r2/api/workers/), [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/), and [public buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).

<table>
	<tbody>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:220px">
			Action
		</th>
		<th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
			New behavior
		</th>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				GetObject
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Calls to GetObject will first attempt to retrieve the object from your
				R2 bucket. If the object is not present, the object will be served from
				the source storage bucket and simultaneously uploaded to the requested
				R2 bucket.
				<br />
				<br />
				Additional considerations:
				<ul>
					<li>
						Modifications to objects in the source bucket will not be reflected
						in R2 after the initial copy. Once an object is stored in R2, it
						will not be re-retrieved and updated.
					</li>
					<li>
						Only user-defined metadata that is prefixed by{" "}
						<code>x-amz-meta-</code> in the HTTP response will be migrated.
						Remaining metadata will be omitted.
					</li>
					<li>
						For larger objects, multiple GET requests may be required to fully
						copy the object to R2.
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				HeadObject
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				Behaves similarly to GetObject, but only retrieves object metadata. Will
				not copy objects to the requested R2 bucket.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				PutObject
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				No change to behavior. Calls to PutObject will add objects to the
				requested R2 bucket.
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				DeleteObject
			</td>
			<td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
				No change to behavior. Calls to DeleteObject will delete objects in the
				requested R2 bucket.
				<br />
				<br />
				Additional considerations:
				<ul>
					<li>
						If deletes to objects in R2 are not also made in the source storage
						bucket, subsequent GetObject requests will result in objects being
						retrieved from the source bucket and copied to R2.
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Actions not listed above have no change in behavior. For more information, refer to [Workers API reference](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/) or [S3 API compatibility](/r2/api/s3/api/).

## Create credentials for storage providers

### Amazon S3

To copy objects from Amazon S3, Sippy requires access permissions to your bucket. While you can use any AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user credentials with the correct permissions, Cloudflare recommends you create a user with a narrow set of permissions.

To create credentials with the correct permissions:

1. Log in to your AWS IAM account.
2. Create a policy with the following format and replace `<BUCKET_NAME>` with the bucket you want to grant access to:

```json
{
	"Version": "2012-10-17",
	"Statement": [
		{
			"Effect": "Allow",
			"Action": ["s3:GetObject"],
			"Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::<BucketName>/*"]
		}
	]
}
```

3. Create a new user and attach the created policy to that user.

You can now use both the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key when enabling Sippy.

### Google Cloud Storage

To copy objects from Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Sippy requires access permissions to your bucket. Cloudflare recommends using the Google Cloud predefined `Storage Object Viewer` role.

To create credentials with the correct permissions:

1. Log in to your Google Cloud console.
2. Go to **IAM & Admin** > **Service Accounts**.
3. Create a service account with the predefined `Storage Object Viewer` role.
4. Go to the **Keys** tab of the service account you created.
5. Select **Add Key** > **Create a new key** and download the JSON key file.

You can now use this JSON key file when enabling Sippy via Wrangler or API.

## Caveats

### ETags

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---

# Super Slurper

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/

import { InlineBadge, Render } from "~/components"

Super Slurper allows you to quickly and easily copy objects from other cloud providers to an R2 bucket of your choice.

Migration jobs:

* Preserve custom object metadata from source bucket by copying them on the migrated objects on R2.
* Do not delete any objects from source bucket.
* Use TLS encryption over HTTPS connections for safe and private object transfers.

## When to use Super Slurper

Using Super Slurper as part of your strategy can be a good choice if the cloud storage bucket you are migrating consists primarily of objects less than 1 TB. Objects greater than 1 TB will be skipped and need to be copied separately.

For migration use cases that do not meet the above criteria, we recommend using tools such as [rclone](/r2/examples/rclone/).

## Use Super Slurper to migrate data to R2

1. From the Cloudflare dashboard, select **R2** > **Data Migration**.
2. Select **Migrate files**.
3. Select the source cloud storage provider that you will be migrating data from.
4. Enter your source bucket name and associated credentials and select **Next**.
5. Enter your R2 bucket name and associated credentials and select **Next**.
6. After you finish reviewing the details of your migration, select **Migrate files**.

You can view the status of your migration job at any time by selecting your migration from **Data Migration** page.

### Source bucket options

#### Bucket sub path (optional)

This setting specifies the prefix within the source bucket where objects will be copied from.

### Destination R2 bucket options

#### Overwrite files?

This setting determines what happens when an object being copied from the source storage bucket matches the path of an existing object in the destination R2 bucket. There are two options: overwrite (default) and skip.

## Supported cloud storage providers

Cloudflare currently supports copying data from the following cloud object storage providers to R2:

* Amazon S3
* Cloudflare R2
* Google Cloud Storage (GCS)

## Create credentials for storage providers

### Amazon S3

To copy objects from Amazon S3, Super Slurper requires access permissions to your S3 bucket. While you can use any AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user credentials with the correct permissions, Cloudflare recommends you create a user with a narrow set of permissions.

To create credentials with the correct permissions:

1. Log in to your AWS IAM account.
2. Create a policy with the following format and replace `<BUCKET_NAME>` with the bucket you want to grant access to:

```json
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:Get*",
                "s3:List*"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET_NAME>",
                "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET_NAME>/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
```

3. Create a new user and attach the created policy to that user.

You can now use both the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key when defining your source bucket.

### Google Cloud Storage

To copy objects from Google Cloud Storage (GCS), Super Slurper requires access permissions to your GCS bucket. You can use the Google Cloud predefined `Storage Admin` role, but Cloudflare recommends creating a custom role with a narrower set of permissions.

To create a custom role with the necessary permissions:

1. Log in to your Google Cloud console.
2. Go to **IAM & Admin** > **Roles**.
3. Find the `Storage Object Viewer` role and select **Create role from this role**.
4. Give your new role a name.
5. Select **Add permissions** and add the `storage.buckets.get` permission.
6. Select **Create**.

To create credentials with your custom role:

1. Log in to your Google Cloud console.
2. Go to **IAM & Admin** > **Service Accounts**.
3. Create a service account with the your custom role.
4. Go to the **Keys** tab of the service account you created.
5. Select **Add Key** > **Create a new key** and download the JSON key file.

You can now use this JSON key file when enabling Super Slurper.

## Caveats

### ETags

<Render file="migrator-etag-caveat" params={{ one: "Super Slurper" }} />

### Archive storage classes

Objects stored using AWS S3 [archival storage classes](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/#Archive) will be skipped and need to be copied separately. Specifically:

* Files stored using S3 Glacier tiers (not including Glacier Instant Retrieval) will be skipped and logged in the migration log.
* Files stored using S3 Intelligent Tiering and placed in Deep Archive tier will be skipped and logged in the migration log.

---

# Use the Cache API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/cache-api/

Use the [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/) to store R2 objects in Cloudflare's cache.

:::note


You will need to [connect a custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) or [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) to your Worker in order to use the Cache API. Cache API operations in the Cloudflare Workers dashboard editor, Playground previews, and any `*.workers.dev` deployments will have no impact.


:::

```js

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, context) {
    try {
      const url = new URL(request.url);

      // Construct the cache key from the cache URL
      const cacheKey = new Request(url.toString(), request);
      const cache = caches.default;

      // Check whether the value is already available in the cache
      // if not, you will need to fetch it from R2, and store it in the cache
      // for future access
      let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);

      if (response) {
        console.log(`Cache hit for: ${request.url}.`);
        return response;
      }

      console.log(
        `Response for request url: ${request.url} not present in cache. Fetching and caching request.`
      );

      // If not in cache, get it from R2
      const objectKey = url.pathname.slice(1);
      const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(objectKey);
      if (object === null) {
        return new Response('Object Not Found', { status: 404 });
      }

      // Set the appropriate object headers
      const headers = new Headers();
      object.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
      headers.set('etag', object.httpEtag);

      // Cache API respects Cache-Control headers. Setting s-max-age to 10
      // will limit the response to be in cache for 10 seconds max
      // Any changes made to the response here will be reflected in the cached value
      headers.append('Cache-Control', 's-maxage=10');

      response = new Response(object.body, {
        headers,
      });

      // Store the fetched response as cacheKey
      // Use waitUntil so you can return the response without blocking on
      // writing to cache
      context.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));

      return response;
    } catch (e) {
      return new Response('Error thrown ' + e.message);
    }
  },
};
```

---

# Authenticate against R2 API using auth tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/authenticate-r2-auth-tokens/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from '~/components';

The following example shows how to authenticate against R2 using the S3 API and an API token. 

:::note
For providing secure access to bucket objects for anonymous users, we recommend using [pre-signed URLs](/r2/api/s3/presigned-urls/) instead.

Pre-signed URLs do not require users to be a member of your organization and enable programmatic application directly.
:::

Ensure you have set the following environmental variables prior to running either example:

```sh
export R2_ACCOUNT_ID=your_account_id
export R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key_id
export R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_access_key
export R2_BUCKET_NAME=your_bucket_name
```

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
    Install the `aws-sdk` package for the S3 API:

    ```sh
    npm install aws-sdk
    ```

    ```javascript
    const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
    const crypto = require('crypto');

    const ACCOUNT_ID = process.env.R2_ACCOUNT_ID;
    const ACCESS_KEY_ID = process.env.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID;
    const SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = process.env.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY;
    const BUCKET_NAME = process.env.R2_BUCKET_NAME;

    // Hash the secret access key
    const hashedSecretKey = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(SECRET_ACCESS_KEY).digest('hex');

    // Configure the S3 client for Cloudflare R2
    const s3Client = new AWS.S3({
        endpoint: `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`,
        accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
        secretAccessKey: hashedSecretKey,
        signatureVersion: 'v4',
        region: 'auto' // Cloudflare R2 doesn't use regions, but this is required by the SDK
    });

    // Specify the object key
    const objectKey = '2024/08/02/ingested_0001.parquet';

    // Function to fetch the object
    async function fetchObject() {
        try {
            const params = {
                Bucket: BUCKET_NAME,
                Key: objectKey
            };

            const data = await s3Client.getObject(params).promise();
            console.log('Successfully fetched the object');

            // Process the data as needed
            // For example, to get the content as a Buffer:
            // const content = data.Body;

            // Or to save the file (requires 'fs' module):
            // const fs = require('fs').promises;
            // await fs.writeFile('ingested_0001.parquet', data.Body);

        } catch (error) {
            console.error('Failed to fetch the object:', error);
        }
    }

    fetchObject();
    ```
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

    Install the `boto3` S3 API client:

    ```sh
    pip install boto3
    ```

    Run the following Python script with `python3 get_r2_object.py`. Ensure you change `object_key` to point to an existing file in your R2 bucket.

    ```python title="get_r2_object.py"
    import os
    import hashlib
    import boto3
    from botocore.client import Config

    ACCOUNT_ID = os.environ.get('R2_ACCOUNT_ID')
    ACCESS_KEY_ID = os.environ.get('R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID')
    SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = os.environ.get('R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY')
    BUCKET_NAME = os.environ.get('R2_BUCKET_NAME')

    # Hash the secret access key using SHA-256
    hashed_secret_key = hashlib.sha256(SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.encode()).hexdigest()

    # Configure the S3 client for Cloudflare R2
    s3_client = boto3.client('s3',
        endpoint_url=f'https://{ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com',
        aws_access_key_id=ACCESS_KEY_ID,
        aws_secret_access_key=hashed_secret_key,
        config=Config(signature_version='s3v4')
    )

    # Specify the object key
    object_key = '2024/08/02/ingested_0001.parquet'

    try:
        # Fetch the object
        response = s3_client.get_object(Bucket=BUCKET_NAME, Key=object_key)

        print('Successfully fetched the object')

        # Process the response content as needed
        # For example, to read the content:
        # object_content = response['Body'].read()

        # Or to save the file:
        # with open('ingested_0001.parquet', 'wb') as f:
        #     f.write(response['Body'].read())

    except Exception as e:
        print(f'Failed to fetch the object. Error: {str(e)}')
    ```
    </TabItem>
    <TabItem label="Go" icon="seti:go">

    Use `go get` to add the `aws-sdk-go-v2` packages to your Go project:

    ```sh
    go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
    go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
    go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials
    go get github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3
    ```

    Run the following Go application as a script with `go run main.go`. Ensure you change `objectKey` to point to an existing file in your R2 bucket.

    ```go
    package main

    import (
        "context"
        "crypto/sha256"
        "encoding/hex"
        "fmt"
        "io"
        "log"
        "os"

        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
        "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
    )

    func main() {
        // Load environment variables
        accountID := os.Getenv("R2_ACCOUNT_ID")
        accessKeyID := os.Getenv("R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
        secretAccessKey := os.Getenv("R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
        bucketName := os.Getenv("R2_BUCKET_NAME")

        // Hash the secret access key
        hasher := sha256.New()
        hasher.Write([]byte(secretAccessKey))
        hashedSecretKey := hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil))

        // Configure the S3 client for Cloudflare R2
        r2Resolver := aws.EndpointResolverWithOptionsFunc(func(service, region string, options ...interface{}) (aws.Endpoint, error) {
            return aws.Endpoint{
                URL: fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.r2.cloudflarestorage.com", accountID),
            }, nil
        })

        cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
            config.WithEndpointResolverWithOptions(r2Resolver),
            config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider(accessKeyID, hashedSecretKey, "")),
            config.WithRegion("auto"), // Cloudflare R2 doesn't use regions, but this is required by the SDK
        )
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatalf("Unable to load SDK config, %v", err)
        }

        // Create an S3 client
        client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg)

        // Specify the object key
        objectKey := "2024/08/02/ingested_0001.parquet"

        // Fetch the object
        output, err := client.GetObject(context.TODO(), &s3.GetObjectInput{
            Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
            Key:    aws.String(objectKey),
        })
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatalf("Unable to fetch object, %v", err)
        }
        defer output.Body.Close()

        fmt.Println("Successfully fetched the object")

        // Process the object content as needed
        // For example, to save the file:
        // file, err := os.Create("ingested_0001.parquet")
        // if err != nil {
        // 	log.Fatalf("Unable to create file, %v", err)
        // }
        // defer file.Close()
        // _, err = io.Copy(file, output.Body)
        // if err != nil {
        // 	log.Fatalf("Unable to write file, %v", err)
        // }

        // Or to read the content:
        content, err := io.ReadAll(output.Body)
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatalf("Unable to read object content, %v", err)
        }
        fmt.Printf("Object content length: %d bytes\n", len(content))
    }
    ```
    </TabItem>
  </Tabs>

---

# Expose an R2 bucket to the Internet via a Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/demo-worker/

Below is an example Worker that exposes an R2 bucket to the Internet and demonstrates its functionality for storing and retrieving objects.

For a simpler guide level explanation of how to use R2 in a worker, refer to [use R2 in a Worker](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/).

```ts
interface Env {
  MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket
}

function objectNotFound(objectName: string): Response {
  return new Response(`<html><body>R2 object "<b>${objectName}</b>" not found</body></html>`, {
    status: 404,
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
    }
  })
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(request.url)
    const objectName = url.pathname.slice(1)

    console.log(`${request.method} object ${objectName}: ${request.url}`)

    if (request.method === 'GET' || request.method === 'HEAD') {
      if (objectName === '') {
        if (request.method == 'HEAD') {
          return new Response(undefined, { status: 400 })
        }

        const options: R2ListOptions = {
          prefix: url.searchParams.get('prefix') ?? undefined,
          delimiter: url.searchParams.get('delimiter') ?? undefined,
          cursor: url.searchParams.get('cursor') ?? undefined,
          include: ['customMetadata', 'httpMetadata'],
        }
        console.log(JSON.stringify(options))

        const listing = await env.MY_BUCKET.list(options)
        return new Response(JSON.stringify(listing), {headers: {
          'content-type': 'application/json; charset=UTF-8',
        }})
      }

      if (request.method === 'GET') {
        const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(objectName, {
          range: request.headers,
          onlyIf: request.headers,
        })

        if (object === null) {
          return objectNotFound(objectName)
        }

        const headers = new Headers()
        object.writeHttpMetadata(headers)
        headers.set('etag', object.httpEtag)
        if (object.range) {
          headers.set("content-range", `bytes ${object.range.offset}-${object.range.end ?? object.size - 1}/${object.size}`)
        }
        const status = object.body ? (request.headers.get("range") !== null ? 206 : 200) : 304
        return new Response(object.body, {
          headers,
          status
        })
      }

      const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.head(objectName)

      if (object === null) {
        return objectNotFound(objectName)
      }

      const headers = new Headers()
      object.writeHttpMetadata(headers)
      headers.set('etag', object.httpEtag)
      return new Response(null, {
        headers,
      })
    }
    if (request.method === 'PUT' || request.method == 'POST') {
      const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.put(objectName, request.body, {
        httpMetadata: request.headers,
      })
      return new Response(null, {
        headers: {
          'etag': object.httpEtag,
        }
      })
    }
    if (request.method === 'DELETE') {
      await env.MY_BUCKET.delete(url.pathname.slice(1))
      return new Response()
    }

    return new Response(`Unsupported method`, {
      status: 400
    })
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> of how to use SDKs and other tools with R2.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# rclone

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/rclone/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

With [`rclone`](https://rclone.org/install/) installed, you may run [`rclone config`](https://rclone.org/s3/) to configure a new S3 storage provider. You will be prompted with a series of questions for the new provider details.

:::note[Recommendation]

It is recommended that you choose a unique provider name and then rely on all default answers to the prompts.

This will create a `rclone` configuration file, which you can then modify with the preset configuration given below.
:::

:::note

Ensure you are running `rclone` v1.59 or greater ([rclone downloads](https://beta.rclone.org/)). Versions prior to v1.59 may return `HTTP 401: Unauthorized` errors, as earlier versions of `rclone` do not strictly align to the S3 specification in all cases.
:::

If you have already configured `rclone` in the past, you may run `rclone config file` to print the location of your `rclone` configuration file:

```sh
rclone config file
# Configuration file is stored at:
# ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
```

Then use an editor (`nano` or `vim`, for example) to add or edit the new provider. This example assumes you are adding a new `r2demo` provider:

```toml
[r2demo]
type = s3
provider = Cloudflare
access_key_id = abc123
secret_access_key = xyz456
endpoint = https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
acl = private
```

:::note

If you are using a token with [Object-level permissions](/r2/api/s3/tokens/#permissions), you will need to add `no_check_bucket = true` to the configuration to avoid errors.
:::

You may then use the new `rclone` provider for any of your normal workflows.

## List buckets & objects

The [rclone tree](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_tree/) command can be used to list the contents of the remote, in this case Cloudflare R2.

```sh
rclone tree r2demo:
# /
# ├── user-uploads
# │   └── foobar.png
# └── my-bucket-name
#     ├── cat.png
#     └── todos.txt

rclone tree r2demo:my-bucket-name
# /
# ├── cat.png
# └── todos.txt
```

## Upload and retrieve objects

The [rclone copy](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_copy/) command can be used to upload objects to an R2 bucket and vice versa - this allows you to upload files up to the 5 TB maximum object size that R2 supports.

```sh
# Upload dog.txt to the user-uploads bucket
rclone copy dog.txt r2demo:user-uploads/
rclone tree r2demo:user-uploads
# /
# ├── foobar.png
# └── dog.txt

# Download dog.txt from the user-uploads bucket
rclone copy r2demo:user-uploads/dog.txt .
```

### A note about multipart upload part sizes

For multipart uploads, part sizes can significantly affect the number of Class A operations that are used, which can alter how much you end up being charged.
Every part upload counts as a separate operation, so larger part sizes will use fewer operations, but might be costly to retry if the upload fails. Also consider that a multipart upload is always going to consume at least 3 times as many operations as a single `PutObject`, because it will include at least one `CreateMultipartUpload`, `UploadPart` & `CompleteMultipartUpload` operations.

Balancing part size depends heavily on your use-case, but these factors can help you minimize your bill, so they are worth thinking about.

You can configure rclone's multipart upload part size using the `--s3-chunk-size` CLI argument. Note that you might also have to adjust the `--s3-upload-cutoff` argument to ensure that rclone is using multipart uploads. Both of these can be set in your configuration file as well. Generally, `--s3-upload-cutoff` will be no less than `--s3-chunk-size`.

```sh
rclone copy long-video.mp4 r2demo:user-uploads/ --s3-upload-cutoff=100M --s3-chunk-size=100M
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links which allow you to share public access to a file temporarily using the [rclone link](https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_link/) command.

```sh
# You can pass the --expire flag to determine how long the presigned link is valid. The --unlink flag isn't supported by R2.
rclone link r2demo:my-bucket-name/cat.png --expire 3600
# https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/my-bucket-name/cat.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>
```

---

# Use SSE-C

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/ssec/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

The following tutorial shows some snippets for how to use Server-Side Encryption with Customer-Provided Keys (SSE-C) on R2.

## Before you begin

- When using SSE-C, make sure you store your encryption key(s) in a safe place. In the event you misplace them, Cloudflare will be unable to recover the body of any objects encrypted using those keys.
- While SSE-C does provide MD5 hashes, this hash can be used for identification of keys only. The MD5 hash is not used in the encryption process itself.

## Workers

<Tabs>
	<TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">
		```typescript
		interface Environment {
			R2: R2Bucket
			/**
			 * In this example, your SSE-C is stored as a hexadecimal string (preferably a secret).
			 * The R2 API also supports providing an ArrayBuffer directly, if you want to generate/
			 * store your keys dynamically.
			*/
			SSEC_KEY: string
		}
		export default {
			async fetch(req: Request, env: Env) {
				const { SSEC_KEY, R2 } = env;
				const { pathname: filename } = new URL(req.url);
				switch(req.method) {
					case "GET": {
						const maybeObj = await env.BUCKET.get(filename, {
							onlyIf: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						if(!maybeObj) {
							return new Response("Not Found", {
								status: 404
							});
						}
						const headers = new Headers();
						maybeObj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(body, {
							headers
						});
					}
					case 'POST': {
						const multipartUpload = await env.BUCKET.createMultipartUpload(filename, {
							httpMetadata: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						/**
						 * This example only provides a single-part "multipart" upload.
						 * For multiple parts, the process is the same(the key must be provided)
						 * for every part.
						*/
						const partOne = await multipartUpload.uploadPart(1, req.body, ssecKey);
						const obj = await multipartUpload.complete([partOne]);
						const headers = new Headers();
						obj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(null, {
							headers,
							status: 201
						});
					}
					case 'PUT': {
						const obj = await env.BUCKET.put(filename, req.body, {
							httpMetadata: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						const headers = new Headers();
						maybeObj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(null, {
							headers,
							status: 201
						});
					}
					default: {
						return new Response("Method not allowed", {
							status: 405
						});
					}
				}
			}
		}
		```
	</TabItem>
	<TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
		```javascript
		/**
			 * In this example, your SSE-C is stored as a hexadecimal string(preferably a secret).
			 * The R2 API also supports providing an ArrayBuffer directly, if you want to generate/
			 * store your keys dynamically.
		*/
		export default {
			async fetch(req, env) {
				const { SSEC_KEY, R2 } = env;
				const { pathname: filename } = new URL(req.url);
				switch(req.method) {
					case "GET": {
						const maybeObj = await env.BUCKET.get(filename, {
							onlyIf: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						if(!maybeObj) {
							return new Response("Not Found", {
								status: 404
							});
						}
						const headers = new Headers();
						maybeObj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(body, {
							headers
						});
					}
					case 'POST': {
						const multipartUpload = await env.BUCKET.createMultipartUpload(filename, {
							httpMetadata: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						/**
						 * This example only provides a single-part "multipart" upload.
						 * For multiple parts, the process is the same(the key must be provided)
						 * for every part.
						*/
						const partOne = await multipartUpload.uploadPart(1, req.body, ssecKey);
						const obj = await multipartUpload.complete([partOne]);
						const headers = new Headers();
						obj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(null, {
							headers,
							status: 201
						});
					}
					case 'PUT': {
						const obj = await env.BUCKET.put(filename, req.body, {
							httpMetadata: req.headers,
							ssecKey: SSEC_KEY,
						});
						const headers = new Headers();
						maybeObj.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
						return new Response(null, {
							headers,
							status: 201
						});
					}
					default: {
						return new Response("Method not allowed", {
							status: 405
						});
					}
				}
			}
		}
		```
	</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## S3-API

<Tabs>
	<TabItem label="@aws-sdk/client-s3" icon="seti:typescript">
		```typescript
		import {
			UploadPartCommand,
			PutObjectCommand, S3Client,
			CompleteMultipartUploadCommand,
			CreateMultipartUploadCommand,
			type UploadPartCommandOutput
		} from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

    	const s3 = new S3Client({
    		endpoint: process.env.R2_ENDPOINT,
    		credentials: {
    			accessKeyId: process.env.R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID,
    			secretAccessKey: process.env.R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
    		},
    	});

    	const SSECustomerAlgorithm = "AES256";
    	const SSECustomerKey = process.env.R2_SSEC_KEY;
    	const SSECustomerKeyMD5 = process.env.R2_SSEC_KEY_MD5;

    	await s3.send(
    		new PutObjectCommand({
    			Bucket: "your-bucket",
    			Key: "single-part",
    			Body: "BeepBoop",
    			SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    			SSECustomerKey,
    			SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    		}),
    	);

    	const multi = await s3.send(
    		new CreateMultipartUploadCommand({
    			Bucket: "your-bucket",
    			Key: "multi-part",
    			SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    			SSECustomerKey,
    			SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    		}),
    	);
    	const UploadId = multi.UploadId;

    	const parts: UploadPartCommandOutput[] = [];

    	parts.push(
    		await s3.send(
    			new UploadPartCommand({
    				Bucket: "your-bucket",
    				Key: "multi-part",
    				UploadId,
    				// 	filledBuf()` generates some random data.
    				// Replace with a function/body of your choice.
    				Body: filledBuf(),
    				PartNumber: 1,
    				SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    				SSECustomerKey,
    				SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    			}),
    		),
    	);
    	parts.push(
    		await s3.send(
    			new UploadPartCommand({
    				Bucket: "your-bucket",
    				Key: "multi-part",
    				UploadId,
    				// 	filledBuf()` generates some random data.
    				// Replace with a function/body of your choice.
    				Body: filledBuf(),
    				PartNumber: 2,
    				SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    				SSECustomerKey,
    				SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    			}),
    		),
    	);
    	await s3.send(
    		new CompleteMultipartUploadCommand({
    			Bucket: "your-bucket",
    			Key: "multi-part",
    			UploadId,
    			MultipartUpload: {
    				Parts: parts.map(({ ETag }, PartNumber) => ({
    					ETag,
    					PartNumber: PartNumber + 1,
    				})),
    			},
    			SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    			SSECustomerKey,
    			SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    		}),
    	);

    	const HeadObjectOutput = await s3.send(
    		new HeadObjectCommand({
    			Bucket: "your-bucket",
    			Key: "multi-part",
    			SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    			SSECustomerKey,
    			SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    		}),
    	);

    	const GetObjectOutput = await s3.send(
    		new GetObjectCommand({
    			Bucket: "your-bucket",
    			Key: "single-part",
    			SSECustomerAlgorithm,
    			SSECustomerKey,
    			SSECustomerKeyMD5,
    		}),
    	);
    ```

  </TabItem>

</Tabs>

---

# Terraform (AWS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/terraform-aws/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keys" /><br/>

This example shows how to configure R2 with Terraform using the [AWS provider](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws).

:::note[Note for using AWS provider]


For using only the Cloudflare provider, see [Terraform](/r2/examples/terraform/).


:::

With [`terraform`](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads) installed:

1. Create `main.tf` file, or edit your existing Terraform configuration
2. Populate the endpoint URL at `endpoints.s3` with your [Cloudflare account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)
3. Populate `access_key` and `secret_key` with the corresponding [R2 API credentials](/r2/api/s3/tokens/).
4. Ensure that `skip_region_validation = true`, `skip_requesting_account_id = true`, and `skip_credentials_validation = true` are set in the provider configuration.

```hcl
terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 5"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = "us-east-1"

  access_key = <R2 Access Key>
  secret_key = <R2 Secret Key>

	# Required for R2.
	# These options disable S3-specific validation on the client (Terraform) side.
  skip_credentials_validation = true
  skip_region_validation      = true
  skip_requesting_account_id  = true

  endpoints {
    s3 = "https://<account id>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com"
  }
}

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "default" {
  bucket = "<org>-test"
}

resource "aws_s3_bucket_cors_configuration" "default" {
  bucket   = aws_s3_bucket.default.id

  cors_rule {
    allowed_methods = ["GET"]
    allowed_origins = ["*"]
  }
}

resource "aws_s3_bucket_lifecycle_configuration" "default" {
  bucket = aws_s3_bucket.default.id

  rule {
    id     = "expire-bucket"
    status = "Enabled"
    expiration {
      days = 1
    }
  }

  rule {
    id     = "abort-multipart-upload"
    status = "Enabled"
    abort_incomplete_multipart_upload {
      days_after_initiation = 1
    }
  }
}
```

You can then use `terraform plan` to view the changes and `terraform apply` to apply changes.

---

# Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keys" /><br/>

This example shows how to configure R2 with Terraform using the [Cloudflare provider](https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare).

:::note[Note for using AWS provider]


When using the Cloudflare Terraform provider, you can only manage buckets. To configure items such as CORS and object lifecycles, you will need to use the [AWS Provider](/r2/examples/terraform-aws/).


:::

With [`terraform`](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads) installed, create `main.tf` and copy the content below replacing with your API Token.

```hcl
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudflare = {
      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
      version = "~> 4"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudflare" {
  api_token = "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
}

resource "cloudflare_r2_bucket" "cloudflare-bucket" {
  account_id = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name       = "my-tf-test-bucket"
  location   = "WEUR"
}
```

You can then use `terraform plan` to view the changes and `terraform apply` to apply changes.

---

# Delete objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/objects/delete-objects/

You can delete objects from your bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard or using the Wrangler.

## Delete objects via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select **R2**.
2. From the **R2** page in the dashboard, locate and select your bucket.
3. From your bucket's page, locate the object you want to delete. You can select multiple objects to delete at one time.
4. Select your objects and select **Delete**.
5. Confirm your choice by selecting **Delete**.

## Delete objects via Wrangler

:::caution

Deleting objects from a bucket is irreversible.

:::

You can delete an object directly by calling `delete` against a `{bucket}/{path/to/object}`.

For example, to delete the object `foo.png` from bucket `test-bucket`:

```sh
wrangler r2 object delete test-bucket/foo.png
```

```sh output

Deleting object "foo.png" from bucket "test-bucket".
Delete complete.
```

---

# Download objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/objects/download-objects/

You can download objects from your bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard or using the Wrangler.

## Download objects via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select **R2**.
2. From the **R2** page in the dashboard, locate and select your bucket.
3. From your bucket's page, locate the object you want to download.
4. At the end of the object's row, select the menu button and click **Download**.

## Download objects via Wrangler

You can download objects from a bucket, including private buckets in your account, directly.

For example, to download `file.bin` from `test-bucket`:

```sh
wrangler r2 object get test-bucket/file.bin
```

```sh output
Downloading "file.bin" from "test-bucket".
Download complete.
```

The file will be downloaded into the current working directory. You can also use the `--file` flag to set a new name for the object as it is downloaded, and the `--pipe` flag to pipe the download to standard output (stdout).

---

# Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/objects/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Objects are individual files or data that you store in an R2 bucket.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Multipart upload

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/objects/multipart-objects/

R2 supports [S3 API's Multipart Upload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/mpuoverview.html) with some limitations.

## Limitations

Object part sizes must be at least 5MiB but no larger than 5GiB.  All parts except the last one must be the same size.  The last part has no minimum size, but must be the same or smaller than the other parts.

The maximum number of parts is 10,000.

Most S3 clients conform to these expectations.

## Lifecycles

The default object lifecycle policy for multipart uploads is that incompleted uploads will be automatically aborted 7 days.  This can be changed by [configuring a custom lifecycle policy](/r2/buckets/object-lifecycles/).

## ETags

The ETags for objects uploaded via multipart are different than those uploaded with PutObject.

For uploads created after June 21, 2023, R2's multipart ETags now mimic the behavior of S3.  The ETag of each individual part is the MD5 hash of the contents of the part.  The ETag of the completed multipart object is the hash of the MD5 sums of each of the constituent parts concatenated together followed by a hyphen and the number of parts uploaded.

For example, consider a multipart upload with two parts.  If they have the ETags `bce6bf66aeb76c7040fdd5f4eccb78e6` and `8165449fc15bbf43d3b674595cbcc406` respectively, the ETag of the completed multipart upload will be `f77dc0eecdebcd774a2a22cb393ad2ff-2`.

Note that the binary MD5 sums themselves are concatenated and then summed, not the hexadecimal representation. For example, in order to validate the above example on the command line, you would need do the following:

```
echo -n $(echo -n bce6bf66aeb76c7040fdd5f4eccb78e6 | xxd -r -p -)\
$(echo -n 8165449fc15bbf43d3b674595cbcc406 | xxd -r -p -) | md5sum
```

---

# Upload objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/objects/upload-objects/

You can upload objects to your bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard or using the Wrangler.

## Upload objects via the Cloudflare dashboard

To upload objects to your bucket from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select **R2**.
2. From the **R2** page in the dashboard, locate and select your bucket.
3. Select **Upload**.
4. Choose to either drag and drop your file into the upload area or **select from computer**.

You will receive a confirmation message after a successful upload.

## Upload objects via Wrangler

:::note

Wrangler only supports uploading files up to 315MB in size. To upload large files, we recommend [rclone](/r2/examples/rclone/) or an [S3-compatible](/r2/api/s3/) tool of your choice.

:::

To upload a file to R2, call `put` and provide a name (key) for the object, as well as the path to the file via `--file`:

```sh
wrangler r2 object put test-bucket/dataset.csv --file=dataset.csv
```

```sh output
Creating object "dataset.csv" in bucket "test-bucket".
Upload complete.
```

You can set the `Content-Type` (MIME type), `Content-Disposition`, `Cache-Control` and other HTTP header metadata through optional flags.

---

# Audit Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/platform/audit-logs/

[Audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) provide a comprehensive summary of changes made within your Cloudflare account, including those made to R2 buckets. This functionality is available on all plan types, free of charge, and is always enabled.

## Viewing audit logs

To view audit logs for your R2 buckets:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=audit-log) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Audit Log**.

For more information on how to access and use audit logs, refer to [Review audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).

## Logged operations

The following configuration actions are logged:

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1" style="width:220px">
      Operation
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Description
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        CreateBucket
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Creation of a new bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        DeleteBucket
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Deletion of an existing bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        AddCustomDomain
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Addition of a custom domain to a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        RemoveCustomDomain
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Removal of a custom domain from a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        ChangeBucketVisibility
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Change to the managed public access (<code>r2.dev</code>) settings of a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        PutBucketStorageClass
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Change to the default storage class of a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Change to the object lifecycle configuration of a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        DeleteBucketLifecycleConfiguration
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Deletion of the object lifecycle configuration for a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        PutBucketCors
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Change to the CORS configuration for a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        DeleteBucketCors
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Deletion of the CORS configuration for a bucket.
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

:::note


Logs for data access operations, such as `GetObject` and `PutObject`, are not included in audit logs. To log HTTP requests made to public R2 buckets, use the [HTTP requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) Logpush dataset.


:::

## Example log entry

Below is an example of an audit log entry showing the creation of a new bucket:

```json
{
  "action": { "info": "CreateBucket", "result": true, "type": "create" },
  "actor": {
    "email": "<ACTOR_EMAIL>",
    "id": "3f7b730e625b975bc1231234cfbec091",
    "ip": "fe32:43ed:12b5:526::1d2:13",
    "type": "user"
  },
  "id": "5eaeb6be-1234-406a-87ab-1971adc1234c",
  "interface": "API",
  "metadata": { "zone_name": "r2.cloudflarestorage.com" },
  "newValue": "",
  "newValueJson": {},
  "oldValue": "",
  "oldValueJson": {},
  "owner": { "id": "1234d848c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a" },
  "resource": { "id": "my-bucket", "type": "r2.bucket" },
  "when": "2024-07-15T16:32:52.412Z"
}

```

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/r2.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components";

| Feature                                                             | Limit                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| Data storage per bucket                                             | Unlimited                    |
| Maximum number of buckets per account                               | 1,000,000                    |
| Maximum rate of bucket management operations per bucket<sup>1</sup> | 50 per second                |
| Number of custom domains per bucket                                 | 50                           |
| Object key length                                                   | 1,024 bytes                  |
| Object metadata size                                                | 8,192 bytes                  |
| Object size                                                         | 5 TiB per object<sup>2</sup> |
| Maximum upload size<sup>4</sup>                                     | 5 GiB<sup>3</sup>            |
| Maximum upload parts                                                | 10,000                       |

<sup>1</sup> Bucket management operations include creating, deleting, listing,
and configuring buckets. This limit does _not_ apply to reading or writing objects to a bucket.
<br /> <sup>2</sup> The object size limit is 5 GiB less than 5 TiB, so 4.995
TiB.
<br /> <sup>3</sup> The max upload size is 5 MiB less than 5 GiB, so 4.995 GiB.
<br /> <sup>4</sup> Max upload size applies to uploading a file via one request,
uploading a part of a multipart upload, or copying into a part of a multipart
upload. If you have a Worker, its inbound request size is constrained by
[Workers request limits](/workers/platform/limits#request-limits). The max
upload size limit does not apply to subrequests.
<br />

Limits specified in MiB (mebibyte), GiB (gibibyte), or TiB (tebibyte) are storage units of measurement based on base-2. 1 GiB (gibibyte) is equivalent to 2<sup>30</sup> bytes (or 1024<sup>3</sup> bytes). This is distinct from 1 GB (gigabyte), which is 10<sup>9</sup> bytes (or 1000<sup>3</sup> bytes).

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

## Rate limiting on managed public buckets through `r2.dev`

Managed public bucket access through an `r2.dev` subdomain is not intended for production usage and has a variable rate limit applied to it. The `r2.dev` endpoint for your bucket is designed to enable testing.

* If you exceed the rate limit (hundreds of requests/second), requests to your `r2.dev` endpoint will be temporarily throttled and you will receive a `429 Too Many Requests` response.
* Bandwidth (throughput) may also be throttled when using the `r2.dev` endpoint.

For production use cases, connect a [custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#custom-domains) to your bucket. Custom domains allow you to serve content from a domain you control (for example, `assets.example.com`), configure fine-grained caching, set up redirect and rewrite rules, mutate content via [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), and get detailed URL-level analytics for content served from your R2 bucket.

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/platform/metrics-analytics/

R2 exposes analytics that allow you to inspect the requests and storage of the buckets in your account.

The metrics displayed for a bucket in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) are queried from Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically](#query-via-the-graphql-api) via GraphQL or HTTP client.

## Metrics

R2 currently has two datasets:

| <div style="width:100px">Dataset  </div> | <div style="width:235px">GraphQL Dataset Name </div> | Description                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Operations                               | `r2OperationsAdaptiveGroups`                         | This dataset consists of the operations taken buckets of an account. |
| Storage                                  | `r2StorageAdaptiveGroups`                            | This dataset consists of the storage of buckets an account.          |

### Operations Dataset

| <div style="width:175px"> Field  </div> | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| actionType                              | The name of the operation performed.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| actionStatus                            | The status of the operation. Can be `success`, `userError`, or `internalError`.                                                                                                                                            |
| bucketName                              | The bucket this operation was performed on if applicable. For buckets with a jurisdiction specified, you must include the jurisdiction followed by an underscore before the bucket name. For example: eu\_your-bucket-name |
| objectName                              | The object this operation was performed on if applicable.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| responseStatusCode                      | The http status code returned by this operation.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| datetime                                | The time of the request.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

### Storage Dataset

| <div style="width:175px"> Field </div> | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| bucketName                             | The bucket this storage value is for. For buckets with a jurisdiction specified, you must include the [jurisdiction](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions) followed by an underscore before the bucket name. For example: `eu_your-bucket-name` |
| payloadSize                            | The size of the objects in the bucket.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| metadataSize                           | The size of the metadata of the objects in the bucket.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| objectCount                            | The number of objects in the bucket.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| uploadCount                            | The number of pending multipart uploads in the bucket.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| datetime                               | The time that this storage value represents.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

Metrics can be queried (and are retained) for the past 31 days. These datasets require an `accountTag` filter with your Cloudflare account ID.

## View via the dashboard

Per-bucket analytics for R2 are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a bucket:

2. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
3. Go to the [R2 tab](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/r2) and select your bucket.
4. Select the **Metrics** tab.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

You can programmatically query analytics for your R2 buckets via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This API queries the same dataset as the Cloudflare dashboard, and supports GraphQL [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/).

## Examples

### Operations

To query the volume of each operation type on a bucket for a given time period you can run a query as such

```graphql
query {
	viewer {
		accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountId }) {
			r2OperationsAdaptiveGroups(
				limit: 10000
				filter: {
					datetime_geq: $startDate
					datetime_leq: $endDate
					bucketName: $bucketName
				}
			) {
				sum {
					requests
				}
				dimensions {
					actionType
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
```

The `bucketName` field can be removed to get an account level overview of operations. The volume of operations can be broken down even further by adding more dimensions to the query.

### Storage

To query the storage of a bucket over a given time period you can run a query as such.

```graphql
query {
	viewer {
		accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountId }) {
			r2StorageAdaptiveGroups(
				limit: 10000
				filter: {
					datetime_geq: $startDate
					datetime_leq: $endDate
					bucketName: $bucketName
				}
				orderBy: [datetime_DESC]
			) {
				max {
					objectCount,
					uploadCount,
					payloadSize,
					metadataSize
				}
				dimensions {
					datetime
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
```

---

# Data location

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/data-location/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Learn how the location of data stored in R2 is determined and about the different available inputs that control the physical location where objects in your buckets are stored.

## Automatic (recommended)

When you create a new bucket, the data location is set to Automatic by default. Currently, this option chooses a bucket location in the closest available region to the create bucket request based on the location of the caller.

## Location Hints

Location Hints are optional parameters you can provide during bucket creation to indicate the primary geographical location you expect data will be accessed from.

Using Location Hints can be a good choice when you expect the majority of access to data in a bucket to come from a different location than where the create bucket request originates. Keep in mind Location Hints are a best effort and not a guarantee, and they should only be used as a way to optimize performance by placing regularly updated content closer to users.

### Set hints via the Cloudflare dashboard

You can choose to automatically create your bucket in the closest available region based on your location or choose a specific location from the list.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select **R2**.
2. Select **Create bucket**.
3. Enter a name for the bucket.
4. Under **Location**, leave _None_ selected for automatic selection or choose a region from the list.
5. Select **Create bucket** to complete the bucket creation process.

### Set hints via the S3 API

You can set the Location Hint via the `LocationConstraint` parameter using the S3 API:

```js
await S3.send(
	new CreateBucketCommand({
		Bucket: "YOUR_BUCKET_NAME",
		CreateBucketConfiguration: {
			LocationConstraint: "WNAM",
		},
	}),
);
```

Refer to [Examples](/r2/examples/) for additional examples from other S3 SDKs.

### Available hints

The following hint locations are supported:

| Hint | Hint description      |
| ---- | --------------------- |
| wnam | Western North America |
| enam | Eastern North America |
| weur | Western Europe        |
| eeur | Eastern Europe        |
| apac | Asia-Pacific          |
| oc   | Oceania               |

### Additional considerations

Location Hints are only honored the first time a bucket with a given name is created. If you delete and recreate a bucket with the same name, the original bucket’s location will be used.

## Jurisdictional Restrictions

Jurisdictional Restrictions guarantee objects in a bucket are stored within a specific jurisdiction.

Use Jurisdictional Restrictions when you need to ensure data is stored and processed within a jurisdiction to meet data residency requirements, including local regulations such as the [GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/) or [FedRAMP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-achieves-fedramp-authorization/).

### Set jurisdiction via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select R2.
2. Select **Create bucket**.
3. Enter a name for the bucket.
4. Under **Location**, select **Specify jurisdiction** and choose a jurisdiction from the list.
5. Select **Create bucket** to complete the bucket creation process.

### Using jurisdictions from Workers

To access R2 buckets that belong to a jurisdiction from [Workers](/workers/), you will need to specify the jurisdiction as well as the bucket name as part of your [bindings](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/#3-bind-your-bucket-to-a-worker) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
bindings = [
  { binding = "MY_BUCKET", bucket_name = "<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>", jurisdiction = "<JURISDICTION>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

For more information on getting started, refer to [Use R2 from Workers](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/).

### Using jurisdictions with the S3 API

When interacting with R2 resources that belong to a defined jurisdiction with the S3 API or existing S3-compatible SDKs, you must specify the [jurisdiction](#available-jurisdictions) in your S3 endpoint:

`https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.<JURISDICTION>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`

You can use your jurisdiction-specific endpoint for any [supported S3 API operations](/r2/api/s3/api/). When using a jurisdiction endpoint, you will not be able to access R2 resources outside of that jurisdiction.

The example below shows how to create an R2 bucket in the `eu` jurisdiction using the [`@aws-sdk/client-s3`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/client-s3) package for JavaScript.

```js
import { S3Client, CreateBucketCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
const S3 = new S3Client({
	endpoint:
		"https://4893d737c0b9e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a.eu.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: "7dc27c125a22ad808cd01df8ec309d41",
		secretAccessKey:
			"1aa5c5b0c43defdb88f567487c071d17e234126133444770a706ae09336c57a4",
	},
	region: "auto",
});
await S3.send(
	new CreateBucketCommand({
		Bucket: "YOUR_BUCKET_NAME",
	}),
);
```

Refer to [Examples](/r2/examples/) for additional examples from other S3 SDKs.

### Available jurisdictions

The following jurisdictions are supported:

| Jurisdiction | Jurisdiction description |
| ------------ | ------------------------ |
| eu           | European Union           |
| fedramp      | FedRAMP                  |

:::note

Cloudflare Enterprise customers may contact their account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to get access to the FedRAMP jurisdiction.
:::

### Limitations

The following services do not interact with R2 resources with assigned jurisdictions:

- [Super Slurper](/r2/data-migration/) (_coming soon_)
- [Logpush](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/r2/). As a workaround to this limitation, you can set up a [Logpush job using an S3-compatible endpoint](/data-localization/how-to/r2/#send-logs-to-r2-via-s3-compatible-endpoint) to store logs in an R2 bucket in the jurisdiction of your choice.

### Additional considerations

Once an R2 bucket is created, the jurisdiction cannot be changed.

---

# Consistency model

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/consistency/

This page details R2's consistency model, including where R2 is strongly, globally consistent and which operations this applies to.

R2 can be described as "strongly consistent", especially in comparison to other distributed object storage systems. This strong consistency ensures that operations against R2 see the latest (accurate) state: clients should be able to observe the effects of any write, update and/or delete operation immediately, globally.

## Terminology

In the context of R2, *strong* consistency and *eventual* consistency have the following meanings:

* **Strongly consistent** - The effect of an operation will be observed globally, immediately, by all clients. Clients will not observe 'stale' (inconsistent) state.
* **Eventually consistent** - Clients may not see the effect of an operation immediately. The state may take a some time (typically seconds to a minute) to propagate globally.

## Operations and Consistency

Operations against R2 buckets and objects adhere to the following consistency guarantees:

<table-wrap>

| Action                                                   | Consistency                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Read-after-write: Write (upload) an object, then read it | Strongly consistent: readers will immediately see the latest object globally                                                                                  |
| Metadata: Update an object's metadata                    | Strongly consistent: readers will immediately see the updated metadata globally                                                                               |
| Deletion: Delete an object                               | Strongly consistent: reads to that object will immediately return a "does not exist" error                                                                    |
| Object listing: List the objects in a bucket             | Strongly consistent: the list operation will list all objects at that point in time                                                                           |
| IAM: Adding/removing R2 Storage permissions              | Eventually consistent: A [new or updated API key](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) may take up to a minute to have permissions reflected globally |

</table-wrap>

Additional notes:

* In the event two clients are writing (`PUT` or `DELETE`) to the same key, the last writer to complete "wins".
* When performing a multipart upload, read-after-write consistency continues to apply once all parts have been successfully uploaded. In the case the same part is uploaded (in error) from multiple writers, the last write will win.
* Copying an object within the same bucket also follows the same read-after-write consistency that writing a new object would. The "copied" object is immediately readable by all clients once the copy operation completes.

## Caching

:::note


By default, Cloudflare's cache will cache common, cacheable status codes automatically [per our cache documentation](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/#edge-ttl).


:::

When connecting a [custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#custom-domains) to an R2 bucket and enabling caching for objects served from that bucket, the consistency model is necessarily relaxed when accessing content via a domain with caching enabled.

Specifically, you should expect:

* An object you delete from R2, but that is still cached, will still be available. You should [purge the cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) after deleting objects if you need that delete to be reflected.
* By default, Cloudflare’s cache will [cache HTTP 404 (Not Found) responses](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/#edge-ttl) automatically. If you upload an object to that same path, the cache may continue to return HTTP 404s until the cache TTL (Time to Live) expires and the new object is fetched from R2 or the [cache is purged](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/).
* An object for a given key is overwritten with a new object: the old (previous) object will continue to be served to clients until the cache TTL expires (or the object is evicted) or the cache is purged.

The cache does not affect access via [Worker API bindings](/r2/api/workers/) or the [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/), as these operations are made directly against the bucket and do not transit through the cache.

---

# Data security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/data-security/

This page details the data security properties of R2, including encryption-at-rest (EAR), encryption-in-transit (EIT), and Cloudflare's compliance certifications.

## Encryption at Rest

All objects stored in R2, including their metadata, are encrypted at rest. Encryption and decryption are automatic, do not require user configuration to enable, and do not impact the effective performance of R2.

Encryption keys are managed by Cloudflare and securely stored in the same key management systems we use for managing encrypted data across Cloudflare internally.

Objects are encrypted using [AES-256](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-encryption/), a widely tested, highly performant and industry-standard encryption algorithm. R2 uses GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) as its preferred mode.

## Encryption in Transit

Data transfer between a client and R2 is secured using the same [Transport Layer Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) (TLS/SSL) supported on all Cloudflare domains.

Access over plaintext HTTP (without TLS/SSL) can be disabled by connecting a [custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#custom-domains) to your R2 bucket and enabling [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/).

:::note


R2 custom domains use Cloudflare for SaaS certificates and cannot be customized. Even if you have [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), the advanced certificate will not be used due to [certificate prioritization](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/).


:::

## Compliance

To learn more about Cloudflare's adherence to industry-standard security compliance certifications, visit the Cloudflare [Trust Hub](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/).

---

# Durability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/durability/

R2 was designed for data durability and resilience and provides 99.999999999% (eleven 9s) of annual durability, which describes the likelihood of data loss.

For example, if you store 1,000,000 objects on R2, you can expect to lose an object once every 100,000 years, which is the same level of durability as other major providers.

:::caution


Keep in mind that if you accidentally delete an object, you are responsible for implementing your own solution for backups.


:::

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Unicode interoperability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/unicode-interoperability/

R2 is built on top of Workers and supports Unicode natively. One nuance of Unicode that is often overlooked is the issue of [filename interoperability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Encoding_indication_interoperability) due to [Unicode equivalence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence).

Based on feedback from our users, we have chosen to NFC-normalize key names before storing by default. This means that `Héllo` and `Héllo`, for example, are the same object in R2 but different objects in other storage providers. Although `Héllo` and `Héllo` may be different character byte sequences, they are rendered the same.

R2 preserves the encoding for display though. When you list the objects, you will get back the last encoding you uploaded with.

There are still some platform-specific differences to consider:

* Windows and macOS filenames are case-insensitive while R2 and Linux are not.
* Windows console support for Unicode can be error-prone. Make sure to run `chcp 65001` before using command-line tools or use Cygwin if your object names appear to be incorrect.
* Linux allows distinct files that are unicode-equivalent because filenames are byte streams. Unicode-equivalent filenames on Linux will point to the same R2 object.

If it is important for you to be able to bypass the unicode equivalence and use byte-oriented key names, contact your Cloudflare account team.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with R2.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Protect an R2 Bucket with Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/cloudflare-access/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can secure access to R2 buckets using [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/).

Access allows you to only allow specific users, groups or applications within your organization to access objects within a bucket, or specific sub-paths, based on policies you define.

:::note


For providing secure access to bucket objects for anonymous users, we recommend using [pre-signed URLs](/r2/api/s3/presigned-urls/) instead.

Pre-signed URLs do not require users to be a member of your organization and enable programmatic application directly.


:::

## 1. Create a bucket

*If you have an existing R2 bucket, you can skip this step.*

You will need to create an R2 bucket. Follow the [R2 get started guide](/r2/get-started/) to create a bucket before returning to this guide.

## 2. Create an Access application

Within the **Zero Trust** section of the Cloudflare Dashboard, you will need to create an Access application and a policy to restrict access to your R2 bucket.

If you have not configured Cloudflare Access before, we recommend:

* Configuring an [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/) first to enable Access to use your organization's single-sign on (SSO) provider as an authentication method.

To create an Access application for your R2 bucket:

1. Go to [**Access**](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/access/apps) and select **Add an application**
2. Select **Self-hosted**.
3. Enter an **Application name**.
4. Select **Add a public hostname** and enter the application domain. The **Domain** must be a domain hosted on Cloudflare, and the **Subdomain** part of the custom domain you will connect to your R2 bucket. For example, if you want to serve files from `behind-access.example.com` and `example.com` is a domain within your Cloudflare account, then enter `behind-access` in the subdomain field and select `example.com` from the **Domain** list.
5. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can connect to your application. This should be an **Allow** policy so that users can access objects within the bucket behind this Access application.

	:::note
	Ensure that your policies only allow the users within your organization that need access to this R2 bucket.
	:::

6. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

## 3. Connect a custom domain

:::caution


You should create an Access application before connecting a custom domain to your bucket, as connecting a custom domain will otherwise make your bucket public by default.


:::

You will need to [connect a custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#connect-a-bucket-to-a-custom-domain) to your bucket in order to configure it as an Access application. Make sure the custom domain **is the same domain** you entered when configuring your Access policy.

<Render file="custom-domain-steps" />

## 4. Test your Access policy

Visit the custom domain you connected to your R2 bucket, which should present a Cloudflare Access authentication page with your selected identity provider(s) and/or authentication methods.

For example, if you connected Google and/or GitHub identity providers, you can log in with those providers. If the login is successful and you pass the Access policies configured in this guide, you will be able to access (read/download) objects within the R2 bucket.

If you cannot authenticate or receive a block page after authenticating, check that you have an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/#2-add-an-access-policy) configured within your Access application that explicitly allows the group your user account is associated with.

## Next steps

* Learn more about [Access applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/) and how to configure them.
* Understand how to use [pre-signed URLs](/r2/api/s3/presigned-urls/) to issue time-limited and prefix-restricted access to objects for users not within your organization.
* Review the [documentation on using API tokens to authenticate](/r2/api/s3/tokens/) against R2 buckets.

---

# Mastodon

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/mastodon/

[Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) is a popular [fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse) software. This guide will explain how to configure R2 to be the object storage for a self hosted Mastodon instance, for either [a new instance](#set-up-a-new-instance) or [an existing instance](#migrate-to-r2).

## Set up a new instance

You can set up a self hosted Mastodon instance in multiple ways. Refer to the [official documentation](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/) for more details. When you reach the [Configuring your environment](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#files) step in the Mastodon documentation after installation, refer to the procedures below for the next steps.

### 1. Determine the hostname to access files

Different from the default hostname of your Mastodon instance, object storage for files requires a unique hostname. As an example, if you set up your Mastodon's hostname to be `mastodon.example.com`, you can use `mastodon-files.example.com` or `files.example.com` for accessing files. This means that when visiting your instance on `mastodon.example.com`, whenever there are media attached to a post such as an image or a video, the file will be served under the hostname determined at this step, such as `mastodon-files.example.com`.

:::note


If you move from R2 to another S3 compatible service later on, you can continue using the same hostname determined in this step. We do not recommend changing the hostname after the instance has been running to avoid breaking historical file references. In such a scenario, [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) can be used to instruct requests reaching the previous hostname to refer to the new hostname.


:::

### 2. Create and set up an R2 bucket

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=r2).
2. From **Account Home**, select **R2**.
3. From **R2**, select **Create bucket**.
4. Enter your bucket name and then select **Create bucket**. This name is internal when setting up your Mastodon instance and is not publicly accessible.
5. Once the bucket is created, navigate to the **Settings** tab of this bucket and copy the value of **S3 API**.
6. From the **Settings** tab, select **Connect Domain** and enter the hostname from step 1.
7. Navigate back to the R2's overview page and select **Manage R2 API Tokens**.
8. Select **Create API token**.
9. Name your token `Mastodon` by selecting the pencil icon next to the API name and grant it the **Edit** permission. Select **Create API Token** to finalize token creation.
10. Copy the values of **Access Key ID** and **Secret Access Key**.

### 3. Configure R2 for Mastodon

While configuring your Mastodon instance based on the official [configuration file](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/.env.production.sample), replace the **File storage** section with the following details.

```
S3_ENABLED=true
S3_ALIAS_HOST={{mastodon-files.example.com}}                  # Change to the hostname determined in step 1
S3_BUCKET={{your-bucket-name}}                                # Change to the bucket name set in step 2
S3_ENDPOINT=https://{{unique-id}}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/   # Change the {{unique-id}} to the part of S3 API retrieved in step 2
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={{your-access-key-id}}                      # Change to the Access Key ID retrieved in step 2
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={{your-secret-access-key}}              # Change to the Secret Access Key retrieved in step 2
S3_PROTOCOL=https
S3_PERMISSION=private
```

After configuration, you can run your instance. After the instance is running, upload a media attachment and verify the attachment is retrieved from the hostname set above. When navigating back to the bucket's page in R2, you should see the following structure.

![Mastodon bucket structure after instance is set up and running](~/assets/images/r2/mastodon-r2-bucket-structure.png)

## Migrate to R2

If you already have an instance running, you can migrate the media files to R2 and benefit from [no egress cost](/r2/pricing/).

### 1. Set up an R2 bucket and start file migration

1. (Optional) To minimize the number of migrated files, you can use the [Mastodon admin CLI](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/tootctl/#media) to clean up unused files.
2. Set up an R2 bucket ready for file migration by following steps 1 and 2 from [Setting up a new instance](#set-up-a-new-instance) section above.
3. Migrate all the media files to R2. Refer to the [examples](/r2/examples/) provided to connect various providers together. If you currently host these media files locally, you can use [`rclone`](/r2/examples/rclone/) to upload these local files to R2.

### 2. (Optional) Set up file path redirects

While the file migration is in progress, which may take a while, you can prepare file path redirect settings.

If you had the media files hosted locally, you will likely need to set up redirects. By default, media files hosted locally would have a path similar to `https://mastodon.example.com/cache/...`, which needs to be redirected to a path similar to `https://mastodon-files.example.com/cache/...` after the R2 bucket is up and running alongside your Mastodon instance. If you already use another S3 compatible object storage service and would like to keep the same hostname, you do not need to set up redirects.

[Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) are available for all plans. Refer to [Create Bulk Redirects in the dashboard](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/) for more information.

![List of Source URLs and their new Target URLs as part of Bulk Redirects](~/assets/images/r2/mastodon-r2-bulk-redirects.png)

### 3. Verify bucket and redirects

Depending on your migration plan, you can verify if the bucket is accessible publicly and the redirects work correctly. To verify, open an existing uploaded media file with a path like `https://mastodon.example.com/cache/...` and replace the hostname from `mastodon.example.com` to `mastocon-files.example.com` and visit the new path. If the file opened correctly, proceed to the final step.

### 4. Finalize migration

Your instance may be still running during migration, and during migration, you likely have new media files created either through direct uploads or fetched from other federated instances. To upload only the newly created files, you can use a program like [`rclone`](/r2/examples/rclone/). Note that when re-running the sync program, all existing files will be checked using at least [Class B operations](/r2/pricing/#class-b-operations).

Once all the files are synced, you can restart your Mastodon instance with the new object storage configuration as mentioned in [step 3](#3-configure-r2-for-mastodon) of Set up a new instance.

---

# Postman

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/postman/

Postman is an API platform that makes interacting with APIs easier. This guide will explain how to use Postman to make authenticated R2 requests to create a bucket, upload a new object, and then retrieve the object. The R2 [Postman collection](https://www.postman.com/cloudflare-r2/workspace/cloudflare-r2/collection/20913290-14ddd8d8-3212-490d-8647-88c9dc557659?action=share\&creator=20913290) includes a complete list of operations supported by the platform.

## 1. Purchase R2

This guide assumes that you have made a Cloudflare account and purchased R2.

## 2. Explore R2 in Postman

Explore R2's publicly available [Postman collection](https://www.postman.com/cloudflare-r2/workspace/cloudflare-r2/collection/20913290-14ddd8d8-3212-490d-8647-88c9dc557659?action=share\&creator=20913290). The collection is organized into a `Buckets` folder for bucket-level operations and an `Objects` folder for object-level operations. Operations in the `Objects > Upload` folder allow for adding new objects to R2.

## 3. Configure your R2 credentials

In the [Postman dashboard](https://www.postman.com/cloudflare-r2/workspace/cloudflare-r2/collection/20913290-14ddd8d8-3212-490d-8647-88c9dc557659?action=share\&creator=20913290\&ctx=documentation), select the **Cloudflare R2** collection and navigate to the **Variables** tab. In **Variables**, you can set variables within the R2 collection. They will be used to authenticate and interact with the R2 platform. Remember to always select **Save** after updating a variable.

To execute basic operations, you must set the `account-id`, `r2-access-key-id`, and `r2-secret-access-key` variables in the Postman dashboard > **Variables**.

To do this:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=r2).
2. In **Account Home**, select **R2**.
3. In **R2**, under **Manage R2 API Tokens** on the right side of the dashboard, copy your Cloudflare account ID.
4. Go back to the [Postman dashboard](https://www.postman.com/cloudflare-r2/workspace/cloudflare-r2/collection/20913290-14ddd8d8-3212-490d-8647-88c9dc557659?action=share\&creator=20913290\&ctx=documentation).
5. Set the **CURRENT VALUE** of `account-id` to your Cloudflare account ID and select **Save**.

Next, generate an R2 API token:

1. Go to the Cloudflare dashboard > **R2**.
2. On the right hand sidebar, select **Manage R2 API Tokens**.
3. Select **Create API token**.
4. Name your token **Postman** by selecting the pencil icon next to the API name and grant it the **Edit** permission.

Guard this token and the **Access Key ID** and **Secret Access Key** closely. You will not be able to review these values again after finishing this step. Anyone with this information can fully interact with all of your buckets.

After you have created your API token in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Go to the [Postman dashboard](https://www.postman.com/cloudflare-r2/workspace/cloudflare-r2/collection/20913290-14ddd8d8-3212-490d-8647-88c9dc557659?action=share\&creator=20913290\&ctx=documentation) > **Variables**.
2. Copy `Access Key ID` value from the Cloudflare dashboard and paste it into Postman’s `r2-access-key-id` variable value and select **Save**.
3. Copy the `Secret Access Key` value from the Cloudflare dashboard and paste it into Postman’s `r2-secret-access-key` variable value and select **Save**.

By now, you should have `account-id`, `r2-secret-access-key`, and `r2-access-key-id` set in Postman.

To verify the token:

1. In the Postman dashboard, select the **Cloudflare R2** folder dropdown arrow > **Buckets** folder dropdown arrow > **`GET`ListBuckets**.
2. Select **Send**.

The Postman collection uses AWS SigV4 authentication to complete the handshake.

You should see a `200 OK` response with a list of existing buckets. If you receive an error, ensure your R2 subscription is active and Postman variables are saved correctly.

## 4. Create a bucket

In the Postman dashboard:

1. Go to **Variables**.
2. Set the `r2-bucket` variable value as the name of your R2 bucket and select **Save**.
3. Select the **Cloudflare R2** folder dropdown arrow > **Buckets** folder dropdown arrow > **`PUT`CreateBucket** and select **Send**.

You should see a `200 OK` response. If you run the `ListBuckets` request again, your bucket will appear in the list of results.

## 5. Add an object

You will now add an object to your bucket:

1. Go to **Variables** in the Postman dashboard.
2. Set `r2-object` to `cat-pic.jpg` and select **Save**.
3. Select **Cloudflare R2** folder dropdown arrow > **Objects** folder dropdown arrow > **Multipart** folder dropdown arrow > **`PUT`PutObject** and select **Send**.
4. Go to **Body** and choose **binary** before attaching your cat picture.
5. Select **Send** to add the cat picture to your R2 bucket.

After a few seconds, you should receive a `200 OK` response.

## 6. Get an object

It only takes a few more more clicks to download our cat friend using the `GetObject` request.

1. Select the **Cloudflare R2** folder dropdown arrow > **Objects** folder dropdown arrow > **`GET`GetObject**.
2. Select **Send**.

The R2 team will keep this collection up to date as we expand R2 features set. You can explore the rest of the R2 Postman collection by experimenting with other operations.

---

# Use event notification to summarize PDF files on upload

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/summarize-pdf/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Details, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use [event notifications](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/) to process a PDF file when it is uploaded to an R2 bucket. You will use [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) to summarize the PDF and store the summary as a text file in the same bucket.

## Prerequisites

To continue, you will need:

- A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) with access to R2.
- Have an existing R2 bucket. Refer to [Get started tutorial for R2](/r2/get-started/#2-create-a-bucket).
- Install [`Node.js`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm).

<Details header="Node.js version manager">
	Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or
	[nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change
	Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), discussed
	later in this guide, requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.
</Details>

## 1. Create a new project

You will create a new Worker project that will use [Static Assets](/workers/static-assets/) to serve the front-end of your application. A user can upload a PDF file using this front-end, which will then be processed by your Worker.

Create a new Worker project by running the following commands:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"pdf-summarizer"}
/>

    <Render
    	file="c3-post-run-steps"
    	product="workers"
    	params={{
    	category: "hello-world",
    	type: "Hello World Worker",
    	lang: "TypeScript",
    	}}
    />

Navigate to the `pdf-summarizer` directory:

```sh frame="none"
cd pdf-summarizer
```

## 2. Create the front-end

Using Static Assets, you can serve the front-end of your application from your Worker. To use Static Assets, you need to add the required bindings to your Wrangler file.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[assets]
directory = "public"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Next, create a `public` directory and add an `index.html` file. The `index.html` file should contain the following HTML code:

<details>
<summary>
Select to view the HTML code
</summary>

```html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8" />
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
		<title>PDF Summarizer</title>
		<style>
			body {
				font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
				display: flex;
				flex-direction: column;
				min-height: 100vh;
				margin: 0;
				background-color: #fefefe;
			}
			.content {
				flex: 1;
				display: flex;
				justify-content: center;
				align-items: center;
			}
			.upload-container {
				background-color: #f0f0f0;
				padding: 20px;
				border-radius: 8px;
				box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
			}
			.upload-button {
				background-color: #4caf50;
				color: white;
				padding: 10px 15px;
				border: none;
				border-radius: 4px;
				cursor: pointer;
				font-size: 16px;
			}
			.upload-button:hover {
				background-color: #45a049;
			}
			footer {
				background-color: #f0f0f0;
				color: white;
				text-align: center;
				padding: 10px;
				width: 100%;
			}
			footer a {
				color: #333;
				text-decoration: none;
				margin: 0 10px;
			}
			footer a:hover {
				text-decoration: underline;
			}
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div class="content">
			<div class="upload-container">
				<h2>Upload PDF File</h2>
				<form id="uploadForm" onsubmit="return handleSubmit(event)">
					<input
						type="file"
						id="pdfFile"
						name="pdfFile"
						accept=".pdf"
						required
					/>
					<button type="submit" id="uploadButton" class="upload-button">
						Upload
					</button>
				</form>
			</div>
		</div>

		<footer>
			<a
				href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/event-notifications/"
				target="_blank"
				>R2 Event Notification</a
			>
			<a
				href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/get-started/#3-create-a-queue"
				target="_blank"
				>Cloudflare Queues</a
			>
			<a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/" target="_blank"
				>Workers AI</a
			>
			<a
				href="https://github.com/harshil1712/pdf-summarizer-r2-event-notification"
				target="_blank"
				>GitHub Repo</a
			>
		</footer>

		<script>
			handleSubmit = async (event) => {
				event.preventDefault();

				// Disable the upload button and show a loading message
				const uploadButton = document.getElementById("uploadButton");
				uploadButton.disabled = true;
				uploadButton.textContent = "Uploading...";

				// get form data
				const formData = new FormData(event.target);
				const file = formData.get("pdfFile");

				if (file) {
					// call /api/upload endpoint and send the file
					await fetch("/api/upload", {
						method: "POST",
						body: formData,
					});

					event.target.reset();
				} else {
					console.log("No file selected");
				}
				uploadButton.disabled = false;
				uploadButton.textContent = "Upload";
			};
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
```

</details>

To view the front-end of your application, run the following command and navigate to the URL displayed in the terminal:

```sh
npm run dev
```

```txt output
 ⛅️ wrangler 3.80.2
-------------------

⎔ Starting local server...
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
╭───────────────────────────╮
│  [b] open a browser       │
│  [d] open devtools        │
│  [l] turn off local mode  │
│  [c] clear console        │
│  [x] to exit              │
╰───────────────────────────╯
```

When you open the URL in your browser, you will see that there is a file upload form. If you try uploading a file, you will notice that the file is not uploaded to the server. This is because the front-end is not connected to the back-end. In the next step, you will update your Worker that will handle the file upload.

## 3. Handle file upload

To handle the file upload, you will first need to add the R2 binding. In the Wrangler file, add the following code:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "MY_BUCKET"
bucket_name = "<R2_BUCKET_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Replace `<R2_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name of your R2 bucket.

Next, update the `src/index.ts` file. The `src/index.ts` file should contain the following code:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Get the pathname from the request
		const pathname = new URL(request.url).pathname;

		if (pathname === "/api/upload" && request.method === "POST") {
			// Get the file from the request
			const formData = await request.formData();
			const file = formData.get("pdfFile") as File;

			// Upload the file to Cloudflare R2
			const upload = await env.MY_BUCKET.put(file.name, file);
			return new Response("File uploaded successfully", { status: 200 });
		}

		return new Response("incorrect route", { status: 404 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The above code does the following:

- Check if the request is a POST request to the `/api/upload` endpoint. If it is, it gets the file from the request and uploads it to Cloudflare R2 using the [Workers API](/r2/api/workers/).
- If the request is not a POST request to the `/api/upload` endpoint, it returns a 404 response.

Since the Worker code is written in TypeScript, you should run the following command to add the necessary type definitions. While this is not required, it will help you avoid errors.

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

You can restart the developer server to test the changes:

```sh
npm run dev
```

## 4. Create a queue

:::note

You will need a [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/) to create and use [Queues](/queues/) and Cloudflare Workers to consume event notifications.

:::

Event notifications capture changes to data in your R2 bucket. You will need to create a new queue `pdf-summarize` to receive notifications:

```sh
npx wrangler queues create pdf-summarizer
```

Add the binding to the Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "pdf-summarizer"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 5. Handle event notifications

Now that you have a queue to receive event notifications, you need to update the Worker to handle the event notifications. You will need to add a Queue handler that will extract the textual content from the PDF, use Workers AI to summarize the content, and then save it in the R2 bucket.

Update the `src/index.ts` file to add the Queue handler:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// No changes in the fetch handler
	},
	async queue(batch, env) {
		for (let message of batch.messages) {
			console.log(`Processing the file: ${message.body.object.key}`);
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The above code does the following:

- The `queue` handler is called when a new message is added to the queue. It loops through the messages in the batch and logs the name of the file.

For now the `queue` handler is not doing anything. In the next steps, you will update the `queue` handler to extract the textual content from the PDF, use Workers AI to summarize the content, and then add it to the bucket.

## 6. Extract the textual content from the PDF

To extract the textual content from the PDF, the Worker will use the [unpdf](https://github.com/unjs/unpdf) library. The `unpdf` library provides utilities to work with PDF files.

Install the `unpdf` library by running the following command:

```sh
npm install unpdf
```

Update the `src/index.ts` file to import the required modules from the `unpdf` library:

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={1}
import { extractText, getDocumentProxy } from "unpdf";
```

Next, update the `queue` handler to extract the textual content from the PDF:

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={4-15}
async queue(batch, env) {
  for(let message of batch.messages) {
    console.log(`Processing file: ${message.body.object.key}`);
    // Get the file from the R2 bucket
    const file = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(message.body.object.key);
    if (!file) {
				console.error(`File not found: ${message.body.object.key}`);
				continue;
			}
    // Extract the textual content from the PDF
    const buffer = await file.arrayBuffer();
    const document = await getDocumentProxy(new Uint8Array(buffer));

    const {text} = await extractText(document, {mergePages: true});
    console.log(`Extracted text: ${text.substring(0, 100)}...`);
    }
}
```

The above code does the following:

- The `queue` handler gets the file from the R2 bucket.
- The `queue` handler extracts the textual content from the PDF using the `unpdf` library.
- The `queue` handler logs the textual content.

## 7. Use Workers AI to summarize the content

To use Workers AI, you will need to add the Workers AI binding to the Wrangler file. The Wrangler file should contain the following code:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Execute the following command to add the AI type definition:

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

Update the `src/index.ts` file to use Workers AI to summarize the content:

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={7-15}
async queue(batch, env) {
  for(let message of batch.messages) {
    // Extract the textual content from the PDF
    const {text} = await extractText(document, {mergePages: true});
    console.log(`Extracted text: ${text.substring(0, 100)}...`);

    // Use Workers AI to summarize the content
    const result: AiSummarizationOutput = await env.AI.run(
    "@cf/facebook/bart-large-cnn",
      {
        input_text: text,
      }
    );
    const summary = result.summary;
    console.log(`Summary: ${summary.substring(0, 100)}...`);
  }
}
```

The `queue` handler now uses Workers AI to summarize the content.

## 8. Add the summary to the R2 bucket

Now that you have the summary, you need to add it to the R2 bucket. Update the `src/index.ts` file to add the summary to the R2 bucket:

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={8-14}
async queue(batch, env) {
  for(let message of batch.messages) {
    // Extract the textual content from the PDF
    // ...
    // Use Workers AI to summarize the content
    // ...

    // Add the summary to the R2 bucket
    const upload = await env.MY_BUCKET.put(`${message.body.object.key}-summary.txt`, summary, {
					httpMetadata: {
						contentType: 'text/plain',
					},
		});
		console.log(`Summary added to the R2 bucket: ${upload.key}`);
  }
}
```

The queue handler now adds the summary to the R2 bucket as a text file.

## 9. Enable event notifications

Your `queue` handler is ready to handle incoming event notification messages. You need to enable event notifications with the [`wrangler r2 bucket notification create` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-notification-create) for your bucket. The following command creates an event notification for the `object-create` event type for the `pdf` suffix:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create <R2_BUCKET_NAME> --event-type object-create --queue pdf-summarizer --suffix "pdf"
```

Replace `<R2_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name of your R2 bucket.

An event notification is created for the `pdf` suffix. When a new file with the `pdf` suffix is uploaded to the R2 bucket, the `pdf-summarizer` queue is triggered.

## 10. Deploy your Worker

To deploy your Worker, run the [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

In the output of the `wrangler deploy` command, copy the URL. This is the URL of your deployed application.

## 11. Test

To test the application, navigate to the URL of your deployed application and upload a PDF file. Alternatively, you can use the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) to upload a PDF file.

To view the logs, you can use the [`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail) command.

```sh
npx wrangler tail
```

You will see the logs in your terminal. You can also navigate to the Cloudflare dashboard and view the logs in the Workers Logs section.

If you check your R2 bucket, you will see the summary file.

## Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to use R2 event notifications to process an object on upload. You created an application to upload a PDF file, and created a consumer Worker that creates a summary of the PDF file. You also learned how to use Workers AI to summarize the content of the PDF file, and upload the summary to the R2 bucket.

You can use the same approach to process other types of files, such as images, videos, and audio files. You can also use the same approach to process other types of events, such as object deletion, and object update.

If you want to view the code for this tutorial, you can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/harshil1712/pdf-summarizer-r2-event-notification).

---

# Log and store upload events in R2 with event notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/tutorials/upload-logs-event-notifications/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This example provides a step-by-step guide on using [event notifications](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/) to capture and store R2 upload logs in a separate bucket.

![Push-Based R2 Event Notifications](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/event-notifications-for-storage/pushed-based-event-notification.svg)

## Prerequisites

To continue, you will need:

- A subscription to [Workers Paid](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers), required for using queues.

## 1. Install Wrangler

To begin, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#install-wrangler) to install Wrangler, the Cloudflare Developer Platform CLI.

## 2. Create R2 buckets

You will need to create two R2 buckets:

- `example-upload-bucket`: When new objects are uploaded to this bucket, your [consumer Worker](/queues/get-started/#4-create-your-consumer-worker) will write logs.
- `example-log-sink-bucket`: Upload logs from `example-upload-bucket` will be written to this bucket.

To create the buckets, run the following Wrangler commands:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create example-upload-bucket
npx wrangler r2 bucket create example-log-sink-bucket
```

## 3. Create a queue

:::note

You will need a [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/) to create and use [Queues](/queues/) and Cloudflare Workers to consume event notifications.

:::

Event notifications capture changes to data in `example-upload-bucket`. You will need to create a new queue to receive notifications:

```sh
npx wrangler queues create example-event-notification-queue
```

## 4. Create a Worker

Before you enable event notifications for `example-upload-bucket`, you need to create a [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#create-a-consumer-worker) to receive the notifications.

Create a new Worker with C3 (`create-cloudflare` CLI). [C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications, including Workers, to Cloudflare.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"consumer-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd consumer-worker
```

## 5. Configure your Worker

In your Worker project's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/), add a [queue consumer](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#queues) and [R2 bucket binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#r2-buckets). The queues consumer bindings will register your Worker as a consumer of your future event notifications and the R2 bucket bindings will allow your Worker to access your R2 bucket.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "event-notification-writer"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-03-29"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "example-event-notification-queue"
max_batch_size = 100
max_batch_timeout = 5

[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "LOG_SINK"
bucket_name = "example-log-sink-bucket"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 6. Write event notification messages to R2

Add a [`queue` handler](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) to `src/index.ts` to handle writing batches of notifications to our log sink bucket (you do not need a [fetch handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)):

```ts
export interface Env {
	LOG_SINK: R2Bucket;
}

export default {
	async queue(batch, env): Promise<void> {
		const batchId = new Date().toISOString().replace(/[:.]/g, "-");
		const fileName = `upload-logs-${batchId}.json`;

		// Serialize the entire batch of messages to JSON
		const fileContent = new TextEncoder().encode(
			JSON.stringify(batch.messages),
		);

		// Write the batch of messages to R2
		await env.LOG_SINK.put(fileName, fileContent, {
			httpMetadata: {
				contentType: "application/json",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## 7. Deploy your Worker

To deploy your consumer Worker, run the [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

## 8. Enable event notifications

Now that you have your consumer Worker ready to handle incoming event notification messages, you need to enable event notifications with the [`wrangler r2 bucket notification create` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-notification-create) for `example-upload-bucket`:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket notification create example-upload-bucket --event-type object-create --queue example-event-notification-queue
```

## 9. Test

Now you can test the full end-to-end flow by uploading an object to `example-upload-bucket` in the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have uploaded an object, logs will appear in `example-log-sink-bucket` in a few seconds.

---

# Aggregation intervals

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/concepts/aggregation-intervals/

Aggregation intervals allow you to return data in a specified interval (or frequency). If no interval is defined, data will be returned in the default aggregation interval (or frequency). As a general principle, the longer the date range, the bigger the aggregation interval.

For example, when requesting one day of data, the default aggregation interval is 15 minutes. When requesting more than one month of data, the default is one day.

## Method

| Aggregation Interval | Description           |
| -------------------- | --------------------- |
| `15m`                | 15 minutes frequency. |
| `1h`                 | One hour frequency.   |
| `1d`                 | One day frequency.    |
| `1w`                 | One week frequency.   |

---

# Bot classes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/concepts/bot-classes/

A bot class in Radar is a grouping of [bot scores](/bots/concepts/bot-score).

Scores between 1 and 29 are classified as bot traffic. Scores equal or above 30 are classified as non-bot/human traffic.

| Class                | Description                  |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Likely automated** | Bot scores of 1 through 29.  |
| **Likely human**     | Bot scores of 30 through 99. |

---

# Confidence levels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/concepts/confidence-levels/

The `result.meta.confidenceInfo.level` in the response provides an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data. Confidence levels can be affected either by internal issues affecting data quality or by not having a lot of data for a given location (like Antarctica) or Autonomous System (AS).

| Level | Description                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **1** | There is not enough data in this time range and/or for this location or Autonomous System. Data also exhibits an erratic pattern, possibly due to the reasons previously mentioned. |
| **2** | There is not enough data in this timerange and/or in this location or Autonomous System.                                                                                            |
| **3** | Data exhibits an erratic pattern but is not affected by known data issues (like pipeline issues).                                                                                   |
| **4** | Unassigned.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **5** | No known data quality issues.                                                                                                                                                       |

---

# Normalization methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/concepts/normalization/

Cloudflare Radar does not normally return raw values. Instead, values are returned as percentages or normalized using min-max.

Refer to the `result.meta.normalization` property in the response to check which post-processing method was applied to the raw values, if any.

## Method

| Method                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `PERCENTAGE`            | Values represent percentages.                                                                                                                                                    |
| `PERCENTAGE_CHANGE`     | Values represent a [percentage change](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_change_and_difference#Percentage_change) from a baseline period.                                   |
| `OVERLAPPED_PERCENTAGE` | Values represent percentages that exceed 100% due to overlap.                                                                                                                    |
| `MIN_MAX`               | Values have been normalized using [min-max](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feature_scaling#Rescaling_\(min-max_normalization\)).                                                  |
| `MIN0_MAX`              | Values have been normalized using min-max, but setting the minimum value to `0`. Equivalent to a proportion of the maximum value in the entire response, scaled between 0 and 1. |
| `RAW_VALUES`            | Values are raw and have not been changed.                                                                                                                                        |

If you want to compare values across locations/time ranges/etc., in endpoints that normalize values using min-max, you must do so in the same request. This is done by asking for multiple series. All values will then be normalized using the same minimum and maximum value and can safely be compared against each other. Refer to [Make comparisons](/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/) for more information.

---

# Configure alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/configure-alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

You can configure alerts to receive notifications when Radar detects changes impacting countries, regions, or autonomous systems.

<AvailableNotifications product="Radar" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Share a Radar chart

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/embed/

Radar allows you to download an image of a chart, as well as embed interactive cards of most charts into your own web pages.

Charts supporting this feature will have a share icon next to its description.

## Download a chart in PNG format

1. Select the Share icon next to the description of the chart you wish to share.
2. Select `Download Image.`
3. A .png file containing the requested chart will be downloaded.

## Embed an interactive chart in your website

1. Select the Share icon next to the description of the chart you wish to share.
2. Select between Fixed Time and Real Time.
   * Real Time uses a “sliding window” based on the selected date range, and will display data points looking back over that duration from the current date/time.
   * Fixed Time will always display a chart with only the currently visible data points.
3. Select Copy Code and paste the code into your web page.

**Note**: Your current selections, such as date range, location, autonomous system (ASN), and visible series, will be reflected in the shared chart.

---

# Radar API error codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/error-codes/

| Error Code | HTTP Status Code | Description             |
| ---------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- |
| `2000`     | 500              | Internal Error          |
| `2001`     | 400              | Input Validation Error  |
| `2002`     | 422              | Query is above max cost |
| `1015`     | 429              | Too many requests       |
| `7003`     | 404              | Not found               |

---

# Make your first API request

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/first-request/

To make your first request to Cloudflare's Radar API, you must obtain your [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) first. Create a Custom Token, with *Account* > *Radar* in the **Permissions** group, and select *Read* as the access level.

Once you have the token, you are ready to make your first request to Radar's API at `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/`.

## Example using cURL

In the following example, we will access the global percentage distribution of device types (like mobile and desktop traffic) for the last seven days. For more information, refer to [Get device types summary](/api/resources/radar/subresources/http/subresources/summary/methods/device_type/) endpoint:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/summary/device_type?dateRange=7d&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

A successful response will look similar to the following:

```json
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"result": {
		"summary_0": {
			"desktop": "58.223483",
			"mobile": "41.725833",
			"other": "0.050684"
		},
		"meta": {
			"dateRange": {
				"startTime": "2022-10-26T14:00:00Z",
				"endTime": "2022-11-02T14:00:00Z"
			},
			"normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
			...
		}
	}
}
```

This response means that 41% of the requests are classified as coming from mobile devices, while 58% are desktop traffic.

:::note
Cloudflare Radar attempts to provide trends and insights into general Internet usage, using the traffic that goes through Cloudflare infrastructure. As such, Cloudflare Radar only provides data on traffic coming from end-users, unless otherwise specified (for example, origin fetches are excluded).
:::

The previous example returns all traffic from bots and humans. However, you can access just the traffic classified as coming from humans (the default in [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com)) by adding `botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN`. You can also access traffic coming only from bots with `botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED` (refer to [bot classes](/radar/concepts/bot-classes) for more information). For example:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/summary/device_type?dateRange=7d&botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Running the above, can you find any differences between both in the distribution of mobile versus desktop traffic?

:::note[The <code>result.meta</code> property]

The `result.meta` property in the response includes metadata about the current request. In the example above, `meta.dateRange` returns the date range specified in the query, while `meta.normalization` returns the type of normalization applied to the data (refer to [Normalization methods](/radar/concepts/normalization) for more information).

When querying for time series, `result.meta` will also include the returned [aggregation interval](/radar/concepts/aggregation-intervals) in `meta.aggInterval`.

When present, `meta.confidenceInfo.level` will also provide an indication of how much confidence Cloudflare has in the data. Confidence levels are affected either by internal issues affecting data quality or by Cloudflare not having sufficient data for a given location or Autonomous System (AS). In these cases, confidence level will be below `5` (refer to [Confidence levels](/radar/concepts/confidence-levels) for more information).
:::

## Use Python

[Python](https://www.python.org/) has become one of the standard languages in data analysis. Here is a quick example on how to chart the same data using [Requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/) and [Pandas](https://pandas.pydata.org/) libraries. Here, we are using `format=csv` in the parameters to make it easier for Pandas to import.

```python
import io
import requests
import pandas as pd

cf_api_url = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4"
params = "dateRange=7d&format=csv"
my_token = "xxx" # TODO replace
r = requests.get(f"{cf_api_url}/radar/http/summary/device_type?{params}",
                 headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {my_token}"})
df = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(r.text))
df.plot(kind="bar", stacked=True)
```

### Notebooks

A [notebook](https://jupyter.org/) is a web-based interactive computing application, where text, code, and code outputs, like charts, can be combined into a single document. Refer to Radar's companion [colaboratory notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/cloudflare/radar-notebooks/blob/main/notebooks/example.ipynb) for more examples on how the API can be used in your own projects.

## Next steps

Refer to [Make comparisons](/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/) to learn how to compare data.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Make comparisons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/

When comparing time series, across locations/time ranges/etc., in endpoints that normalize values using [min-max](/radar/concepts/normalization), you must do so in the same request. This is done by asking for multiple series. All values will then be normalized using the same minimum and maximum value and can safely be compared against each other.

[NetFlows](/radar/investigate/netflows) values are normalized using [min0-max](/radar/concepts/normalization), so we will use it as an example. Refer to [Get NetFlow time series](/api/resources/radar/subresources/netflows/methods/timeseries/) for more information.

## Compare locations

In the following example, we will compare the traffic change across two different locations — United States and Portugal. The example will use [alpha-2 codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_assigned_code_elements) for the last seven days:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=us_data&dateRange=7d&location=US&name=pt_data&dateRange=7d&location=PT&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

In the example above we are asking for two timeseries. The first series has the following parameters:

`name=us_data&dateRange=7d&location=US`

The second series has the following parameters:

`name=pt_data&dateRange=7d&location=PT`

All of these parameters are arrays, and it is the position in the array that defines the series the filter belongs to. Refer to [NetFlow's endpoint](/api/resources/radar/subresources/netflows/methods/timeseries/) for more information on the available parameters.

The response (shortened below for brevity) uses the provided `name` property to wrap the timestamps and corresponding values. If we chart this data, it becomes obvious that Cloudflare received much less traffic from Portugal than from the United States.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "us_data": {
      "timestamps": [ "2022-10-26T17:00:00Z", "2022-11-02T15:00:00Z" ],
      "values": [ "0.871752", "1" ]
    },
    "pt_data": {
      "timestamps": [ "2022-10-26T17:00:00Z", "2022-11-02T15:00:00Z" ],
      "values": [ "0.020457", "0.012313" ]
    },
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-10-26T17:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-02T17:00:00Z"
      },
      "aggInterval": "ONE_HOUR",
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

Comparisons can be made in most endpoints, not just endpoints that use `min-max`.

## Compare date ranges

In the next example, we will compare the United States across different date ranges using the shortcuts `7d` and `7dControl`. These mean the last seven days and the last seven days before those, respectively — or, in other words, this week versus the previous week.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=this_week&dateRange=7d&location=US&name=previous_week&dateRange=7dControl&location=US&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The first series has these parameters:

`name=this_week&dateRange=7d&location=US`

The second series has the following parameters:

`name=previous_week&dateRange=7dControl&location=US`

Now, in the `result` property, you should get something like this:

```json
{
  "this_week": {
    "timestamps": [ "2022-10-27T13:00:00Z", "2022-10-27T14:00:00Z", "...", "2022-11-03T12:00:00Z" ],
    "values": [ "0.794321", "1", "...", "0.718433"]
  },
  "previous_week": {
    "timestamps": [ "2022-10-20T13:00:00Z", "2022-10-20T14:00:00Z", "...", "2022-10-27T12:00:00Z" ],
    "values": [ "0.774392", "0.835071", "...", "0.720181"]
  }
}
```

Examining this information, we can conclude that the maximum value was reached at `2022-10-27T14:00:00Z` (all Radar timestamps are in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)). We can also check what the date range shortcuts `7d` and `7dControl` were resolved to at the time this was run.

### Use specific timestamps

You can also request for specific timestamps. In the following example, we will ask for data relative to [Tonga](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tonga-internet-outage/) in October versus January 2022, when there was an outage.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=tonga&dateStart=2022-10-15T02%3A00%3A00Z&dateEnd=2022-10-15T05%3A00%3A00Z&location=TO&name=tonga_outage&dateStart=2022-01-15T02%3A00%3A00Z&dateEnd=2022-01-15T05%3A00%3A00Z&location=TO&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The first series has these parameters (URL encoded):

`name=tonga&dateStart=2022-10-15T02%3A00%3A00Z&dateEnd=2022-10-15T05%3A00%3A00Z%&location=TO`

The second series has these parameters:

`name=tonga_outage&dateStart=2022-01-15T02%3A00%3A00Z&&dateEnd=2022-01-15T05%3A00%3A00Z&location=TO`

In the above example, we requested for an [aggregation interval](/radar/concepts/aggregation-intervals) of one hour (`aggInterval=1h`), so that the results could be shown in this page. `format` and `aggInterval` are not arrays, as specified in the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/netflows/methods/timeseries/), and apply globally to all series in the request.

The `result` property should return a response like this:

```json
{
	"tonga": {
		"timestamps": ["2022-10-15T02:00:00Z", "2022-10-15T03:00:00Z", "2022-10-15T04:00:00Z", "2022-10-15T05:00:00Z"],
		"values": ["1.0", "0.832473", "0.820083", "0.79408"]
	},
	"tonga_outage": {
		"timestamps": ["2022-01-15T02:00:00Z", "2022-01-15T03:00:00Z", "2022-01-15T04:00:00Z", "2022-01-15T05:00:00Z"],
		"values": ["0.354105", "0.357287", "0.181811", "0.044198"]
	}
}
```

This shows how traffic dropped to almost zero during the outage. If we chart it and set the end date to January 18 to make it clearer, we get the following:

![Tonga October vs January 2022](~/assets/images/radar/tonga_outage.png)

## Next steps

Refer to the Investigate section to drill down on the data Radar returns, such as [NetFlows](/radar/investigate/netflows).

---

# Application layer attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/application-layer-attacks/

While in [HTTP requests](/radar/investigate/http-requests) you can examine all kinds of web requests, in application layer attacks you have access only to mitigated HTTP requests. These requests can be mitigated by one of several Cloudflare products, like [WAF](/waf/), [Cloudflare DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/), [Cloudflare bot solutions](/bots/) and others.

:::note[Mitigated traffic]

Mitigated traffic is any HTTP request from an end-user that has a terminating action applied by the Cloudflare platform. These include actions like `BLOCK` or [challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/).
:::

Since we are examining attacks, we can inspect both sides of an attack — both the source location and the target location of the attack. For the source of the attack Cloudflare uses the location the attack is coming from associated with the IP (note that the human orchestrator of the attack may be in a different location than the computer the attack is originating from). For the target location of the attacks, Cloudflare uses the billing location associated with the zone under attack.

This ability to filter by both sides of the attack is only available in the `top locations` endpoints. Unless otherwise specified, other endpoints are filtered by source location, like the origin location of the attack.

The magnitude of the attack is defined by the total number of mitigated requests, unless otherwise specified.

Like in [HTTP requests](/radar/investigate/http-requests), these endpoints can be split into the ability to fetch a timeseries, a single value summarizing the entire date range, and a list of top locations.

## List of endpoints

### Timeseries

#### Example: Hourly mitigation requests by product

Let us examine the global distribution of mitigated requests by product.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer7/timeseries_groups/mitigation_product?aggInterval=1h&dateRange=1d&name=attacks&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

From the abbreviated response below, we can conclude that distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks make up the majority of the requests — which makes sense since DDoS attacks, by their very nature, will perform more requests. This is followed by WAF and then I reputation requests.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "attacks": {
      "timestamps": ["2022-11-05T11:00:00Z", ".."],
      "ddos": ["53.824302", "54.305823",  ".."],
      "waf": ["39.760956", "39.31228",  ".."],
      "ip_reputation": ["5.623487", "5.485468",  ".."],
      "access_rules": ["0.648368", "0.676456",  ".."],
      "bot_management": ["0.139733", "0.217155",  ".."],
      "api_shield": ["0.003154", "0.002819",  ".."],
      "data_loss_prevention": ["0.0", "0.0",  ".."]
    },
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-11-05T11:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-06T11:00:00Z"
      },
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

For more information refer to [Get layer 7 attacks by mitigation technique, over time](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer7/subresources/timeseries_groups/).

### Summary

#### Example: Mitigation requests by product

We can also filter by source location and examine attacks coming from a specific place - in the following example, we examine attacks coming from Great Britain:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer7/summary?location=GB&name=attacks_gb&aggInterval=1h&dateRange=1d&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"attacks_gb": {
			"waf": "75.012138",
			"ddos": "18.539149",
			"ip_reputation": "5.721021",
			"access_rules": "0.592515",
			"bot_management": "0.131998",
			"api_shield": "0.003178",
			"data_loss_prevention": "0.0"
  	},
		"meta": {
			// ...
    }
	}
}
```

This response means that 75% of all mitigated requests coming from Great Britain were mitigated by the [WAF](/waf/) product.

For more information refer to [Get layer 7 attacks summary](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer7/subresources/summary/methods/get/).

### Top

#### Example: Top target locations

In the following example, we will examine the top locations being targeted in application layer attacks, in the last 24 hours:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer7/top/locations/target?name=attacks_target&limit=5&dateRange=1d&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "attacks_target": [
			{
				"targetCountryName": "Belgium",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "BE",
				"value": "18.536740",
				"rank": 1
			},
			{
				"targetCountryName": "United States",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "US",
				"value": "16.116210",
				"rank": 2
			},
			{
				"targetCountryName": "China",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "CN",
				"value": "13.864696",
				"rank": 3
			},
			{
				"targetCountryName": "India",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "IN",
				"value": "4.344139",
				"rank": 4
			},
			{
				"targetCountryName": "Germany",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "DE",
				"value": "4.182777",
				"rank": 5
			}
		],
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-11-05T12:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-06T12:00:00Z"
      },
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

During the specified date range, mitigation requests to zones with a billing address located in Belgium represent 18%.

For more information refer to [Get layer 7 top target locations](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer7/subresources/top/subresources/locations/methods/target/).

#### Example: Top attacks

Which source-target location pairs constitute the biggest attacks in the last 24 hours?

How big an attack is, or the attack magnitude, can be defined by the number of mitigated requests (the default) or by the number of total zones under attack.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer7/top/attacks?limit=5&dateRange=1d&magnitude=MITIGATED_REQUESTS&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

A typical response will be similar to the following:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"top_0": [
			{
				"originCountryName": "United States",
				"originCountryAlpha2": "US",
				"targetCountryName": "United States",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "US",
				"value": "3.790724",
				"rank": 1
			},
			{
				"originCountryName": "United States",
				"originCountryAlpha2": "US",
				"targetCountryName": "Belgium",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "BE",
				"value": "3.602177",
				"rank": 2
			},
			{
				"originCountryName": "China",
				"originCountryAlpha2": "CN",
				"targetCountryName": "Netherlands",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "NL",
				"value": "3.017341",
				"rank": 3
			},
			{
				"originCountryName": "China",
				"originCountryAlpha2": "CN",
				"targetCountryName": "China",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "CN",
				"value": "2.472068",
				"rank": 4
			},
			{
				"originCountryName": "Indonesia",
				"originCountryAlpha2": "ID",
				"targetCountryName": "China",
				"targetCountryAlpha2": "CN",
				"value": "2.056729",
				"rank": 5
			}
		],
    "meta": {
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

This means that 3.79% of all mitigated requests are from and to the US, 3.6% of all mitigated requests are from the US to Belgium, etc..

This response came from a query that is using attack `magnitude` as the sum of mitigated requests. To use the number of unique zones attacked as the metric, for example, use `attack_magnitude=AFFECTED_ZONES`.

For more information refer to [Get layer 7 top attack pairs](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer7/subresources/top/methods/attacks/).

## Next steps

Refer to [Network layer attacks](/radar/investigate/network-layer-attacks/) for more information on data on layer 3 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model.

---

# BGP anomalies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/bgp-anomalies/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

To access Cloudflare Radar BGP Anomaly Detection results, you will first need to create an API token that includes a `Account:Radar` permission. All the following examples should work with a free-tier Cloudflare account.

## Search BGP hijack events

In the following example, we will query the [BGP hijack events API][hijack-api-doc] for the most recent BGP origin hijacks originated by or affecting `AS64512` (example ASN).

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/bgp/hijacks/events?invlovedAsn=64512&format=json&per_page=10" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The result shows the most recent 10 BGP hijack events that affects `AS64512`.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "asn_info": [
      {
        "asn": 64512,
        "org_name": "XXXXX",
        "country_code": "XX"
      },
      ...
    ],
    "events": [
      {
        "duration": 0,
        "event_type": 0,
        "hijack_msgs_count": 1,
        "hijacker_asn": 64512,
        "id": 1234,
        "is_stale": false,
        "max_hijack_ts": "2023-04-27T14:01:55.952",
        "max_msg_ts": "2023-04-27T14:01:55.952",
        "min_hijack_ts": "2023-04-27T14:01:55.952",
        "on_going_count": 1,
        "peer_asns": [
          8455
        ],
        "peer_ip_count": 1,
        "prefixes": [
          "192.0.2.0/24"
        ],
        "tags": [
          {
            "name": "irr_new_origin_invalid",
            "score": 4
          },
          {
            "name": "irr_old_origin_valid",
            "score": 0
          },
          ...
        ],
        "victim_asns": [
          64513
        ],
        "confidence_score": 4
      },
    ],
    "total_monitors": 163
  },
  ...
}
```

In the response we can learn about the following information about each event:

- `hijack_msg_count`: the number of potential BGP hijack messages observed from all peers.
- `peer_asns`: the AS numbers of the route collector peers who observed the hijack messages.
- `prefixes`: the affected prefixes.
- `hijacker_asn` and `victim_asns`: the potential hijacker ASN and victim ASNs.
- `confidence_score`: a quantitative score describing how confident the system is for this event being a hijack:
  - 1-3: low confidence.
  - 4-7: medium confidence.
  - 8-above: high confidence.
- `tags`: the evidence collected for the events. Each `tag` is also associated with a score that affects the overall confidence score:
  - a positive score indicates that the event is _more likely_ to be a hijack.
  - a negative score indicates that the event is _less likely_ to be a hijack.

Users can further filter out low-confidence events by attaching a `minConfidence=8` parameter, which will return only events with a `confidence_score` of `8` or higher.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/bgp/hijacks/events?invlovedAsn=64512&format=json&per_page=10&minConfidence=8" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

## Search BGP route leak events

BGP route leak is another type of BGP anomalies that Cloudflare Radar detects. Currently, we focus on detecting specifically
the `provider-customer-provider` type of route leak. You can learn more about our design and methodology in [our blog post][route-leak-blog-post].

[route-leak-blog-post]: https://blog.cloudflare.com/route-leak-detection-with-cloudflare-radar/

In the following example, we will query the [BGP route leak events API][route-leak-api-doc] for the most recent BGP route leak events affecting `AS64512`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/bgp/leaks/events?invlovedAsn=64512&format=json&per_page=10" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The result shows the most recent 10 BGP route leak events that affects `AS64512`.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "asn_info": [
      {
        "asn": 64512,
        "org_name": "XXXXXXX",
        "country_code": "XX"
      },
      ...
    ],
    "events": [
      {
        "detected_ts": "2023-04-21T23:10:06",
        "finished": false,
        "id": 1234,
        "leak_asn": 64512,
        "leak_count": 14,
        "leak_seg": [
          64514,
          64512,
          64513
        ],
        "leak_type": 1,
        "max_ts": "2023-04-21T23:10:56",
        "min_ts": "2023-04-21T23:09:46",
        "origin_count": 1,
        "peer_count": 13,
        "prefix_count": 1
      },
      ...
    ]
  },
  ...
}
```

In the response we can learn about the following information about each event:

- `leak_asn`: the AS who potentially caused the leak.
- `leak_seg`: the AS path segment observed and believed to be a leak.
- `min_ts` and `max_ts`: the earliest and latest timestamps of the leak announcements.
- `leak_count`: the total number of BGP route leak announcements observed.
- `peer_count`: the number of route collector peers observed the leak.
- `prefix_count` and `origin_count`: the number of prefixes and origin ASes affected by the leak.

## Send alerts for BGP hijacks

In this example, we will show you how you can build a Cloudflare Workers app that sends out alerts for BGP hijacks relevant to a given ASN using webhooks (works for Google Hangouts, Discord, Telegram, etc) or email.

We will use Cloudflare Workers as the platform and use its Cron Triggers to periodically check for new alerts.

For the app, we would like it to do the following things:

- Fetch from Cloudflare API with a given API token.
- Check against Cloudflare KV to know what events are new.
- Construct messages for new hijacks and send out alerts via webhook triggers.

### Worker app setup

We will start with setting up a Cloudflare Worker app.

First, create a new Workers app in a local directory:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"hijack-alerts"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

To start developing your Worker, `cd` into your new project directory:

```sh
cd hijack-alerts
```

In your Wrangler file, change the default checking frequency (once per hour) to what you like. Here is an example
of configuring the workers to run the script five minutes.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "hijack-alerts"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2023-04-27"

[triggers]
crons = [ "*/5 * * * *" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

In this example, we will also need to use Cloudflare KV to save the latest checked event IDs which allows us to know what events are new. Once you have created a KV, you can head back to the `wranglers.toml` file and add the following sections:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "HIJACKS_KV"
id = "KV_ID_FOR_PRODUCTION"
preview_id = "TEMPORARY_KV_FOR_DEV_ENVIRONMENT"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Fetch for newly detected BGP hijacks

Start with the API fetching function.

The following `apiFetch(env, paramsStr)` handles taking in a request parameters string, construct proper headers and
fetch from the Cloudflare API BGP hijacks endpoint.

```javascript
async function apiFetch(env, paramsStr) {
	const config = {
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${env.CF_API_TOKEN}`,
		},
	};
	const res = await fetch(
		`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/bgp/hijacks/events?${paramsStr}`,
		config,
	);

	if (!res.ok) {
		console.log(JSON.stringify(res));
		return null;
	}
	return await res.json();
}
```

The `env` parameter is passed in from the caller, and we do not need to worry about construct it. The `paramsStr` is a
string variable that holds the query parameters in a query URL.

Now in our main cron trigger function, we will need to construct the query parameters and call the API fetch function.
The default cron trigger worker script is defined as the follows:

```javascript

export default {
    async scheduled(controller, env, ctx) {
    ...
    }
}
```

In our example, we use the `env` variables to get the runtime variables like the TOKEN and ASN of interest, and Cloudflare
KV bindings. We do not use the `controller` and `ctx` variables in this example.

First, we will need to learn about what are the new events. We define new events as the events the app has not yet processed.
We use the Cloudflare KV bucket previously created and defined (`HIJACKS_KV`) to save and retrieve the most recent
processed event ID.

```javascript
let kv_latest_id = parseInt(await env.HIJACKS_KV.get("latest_id"));
const first_batch = isNaN(kv_latest_id);
```

The main loop that checks for the most recent events looks like this (some of the validation code is skipped):

```javascript
let new_events = [];
let page = 1;
while (true) {
	// query for events
	const query_params = `per_page=10&page=${page}&involvedAsn=${env.TARGET_ASN}&sortBy=ID&sortOrder=DESC`;
	const data = await apiFetch(env, query_params);

	// first batch, save KV value only
	if (first_batch) {
		await env.HIJACKS_KV.put("latest_id", events[0].id.toString());
		return;
	}

	// some validation skipped
	// ...

	let reached_last = false;
	for (const event of data.result.events) {
		if (event.id <= kv_latest_id) {
			// reached the latest events
			reached_last = true;
			break;
		}
		new_events.push(event);
	}
	if (reached_last) {
		break;
	}
	page += 1;
}
```

Now that we have all the newly detected events saved in `new_events` variable, we can then send out alerts:

```javascript
// sort events by increasing ID order
new_events.sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id);
const kv_latest_id = new_events[new_events.length - 1].id;
// push new events
for (const event of new_events) {
	await send_alert(env, event);
}
// update latest_id KV value
await env.HIJACKS_KV.put("latest_id", kv_latest_id.toString());
```

### Send alerts using webhook

The function `send_alert` handles constructing alert message and sending out alerts using webhook. Here we demonstrate
an example plain-text message template using Google Hangouts webhook. Users can customize the message and the use of webhook based on their
platform of choice and needs.

```javascript
async function send_hangout_alert(env, event) {
	const webhook_url = `${env.WEBHOOK_URL}&threadKey=bgp-hijacks-event-${event.id}`;

	const data = JSON.stringify({
		text: `Detected BGP hijack event (${event.id}):
Detected time: *${event.min_hijack_ts} UTC*
Detected ASN: *${event.hijacker_asn}*
Expected ASN(s): *${event.victim_asns.join(" ")}*
Prefixes: *${event.prefixes.join(" ")}*
Tags: *${event.tags.map((tag) => tag.name).join(" ")}*
Peer Count: *${event.peer_ip_count}*
`,
	});
	await fetch(webhook_url, {
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			"Content-Type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8",
		},
		body: data,
	});
}
```

Note that the webhook is considered secret and should be set to the environment via `wrangler secret put WEBHOOK_URL` command.

The last step is to deploy the application with command `npx wrangler deploy` and the app should be up and running on your Cloudflare account, and will be triggered to execute every five minutes.

### Send email alerts from Workers

If you have [Email Routing][email-routing] enabled for your domain, you can also send email alerts directly from Workers. Refer to [Send emails from Workers][email-workers-tutorial] to learn more.

For this alert to work, you will need to configure the proper email bindings in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file][wrangler-send-email].



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
send_email = [
    {type = "send_email", name = "SEND_EMAIL_BINDING", destination_address = "<YOUR_EMAIL>@example.com"},
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Then, you can create an email-sending function to send alert emails to your configured destination address:

```javascript
async function send_email_alert(hijacker, prefixes, victims) {
	const msg = createMimeMessage();
	msg.setSender({
		name: "BGP Hijack Alerter",
		addr: "<YOUR_APP>@<YOUR_APP_DOMAIN>",
	});
	msg.setRecipient("<YOUR_EMAIL>@example.com");
	msg.setSubject("BGP hijack alert");
	msg.addMessage({
		contentType: "text/plain",
		data: `BGP hijack detected:
    Detected origin: ${hijacker}
    Expected origins: ${victims.join(" ")}
    Prefixes: ${prefixes.join(" ")}
    `,
	});

	var message = new EmailMessage(
		"<YOUR_APP>@<YOUR_APP_DOMAIN>",
		"<YOUR_EMAIL>@example.com",
		msg.asRaw(),
	);
	try {
		await env.SEND_EMAIL_BINDING.send(message);
	} catch (e) {
		return new Response(e.message);
	}
}
```

[email-routing]: /email-routing/
[email-workers-tutorial]: /email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/
[wrangler-send-email]: /workers/wrangler/configuration/#email-bindings

## Next steps

Refer to our API documentation for [BGP route leaks][route-leak-api-doc] and [BGP hijacks][hijack-api-doc] for more information on these topics.

[route-leak-api-doc]: /api/resources/radar/subresources/bgp/subresources/leaks/subresources/events/methods/list/
[hijack-api-doc]: /api/resources/radar/subresources/bgp/subresources/hijacks/subresources/events/methods/list/

---

# DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/dns/

Access aggregated and anonymized DNS queries to Cloudflare's [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/) public resolver service.

## List of endpoints

### Top locations

#### Example: Geographical distribution of `google.com` versus `yandex.ru`

In the next example, we will request the top originating locations for `google.com` DNS queries:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/dns/top/locations?domain=google.com&dateRange=1d&format=json&limit=2" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The response shows that most queries come from the United States and Brazil:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"top_0": [
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "US",
				"clientCountryName": "United States",
				"value": "43.474518"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "BR",
				"clientCountryName": "Brazil",
				"value": "10.772799"
			}
		],
		"meta": {
      // ...
    }
  }
}
```

Making the same search request for `yandex.ru`, a Russian search engine:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/dns/top/locations?domain=yandex.ru&dateRange=1d&format=json&limit=2" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Returns the following response:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"top_0": [
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "RU",
				"clientCountryName": "Russian Federation",
				"value": "73.710495"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "DE",
				"clientCountryName": "Germany",
				"value": "5.518052"
			}
		],
		"meta": {
      // ...
    }
  }
}
```

As expected, most queries come from Russia.

:::note

Note that these examples return the total number of DNS queries from a location to a hostname, *out* of the total DNS queries to a given hostname. In this sense, it is expected that locations with higher population numbers — like the United States — frequently appear in the top spots, even if the actual percentage is low.
:::

You can also provide multiple hostnames. Refer to [Get DNS top locations](/api/resources/radar/subresources/dns/subresources/top/methods/locations/) for more information. This is useful when the application you want to explore uses several hostnames to serve its content (like a hostname for the main website, another hostname dedicated to its API, etc.).

## Next steps

Refer to [Domain ranking](/radar/investigate/domain-ranking-datasets/) for more information on rankings generated by Cloudflare based on DNS queries to [1.1.1.1 public resolver](/1.1.1.1/).

---

# Domains ranking

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/domain-ranking-datasets/

Cloudflare regularly generates a domain ranking based on DNS queries to [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/),  Cloudflare's public DNS resolver.  Refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-domain-rankings/) for a deep dive. In short, Cloudflare generates two types of listings:

* An ordered list of the top 100 most popular domains globally and per country. This includes the last 24 hours and is updated daily.
* An unordered global most popular domains dataset, divided into buckets of the following number of domains: 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 200,000, 500,000, 1,000,000. It includes the last seven days and is updated weekly.

## List of endpoints

### Top

#### Example: Get the current ordered top domains in the Cloudflare ranking

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/ranking/top?name=top&limit=5" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "top_0": [
			{
				"rank": 1,
				"domain": "google.com"
			},
			{
				"rank": 2,
				"domain": "googleapis.com"
			},
			{
				"rank": 3,
				"domain": "facebook.com"
			},
			{
				"rank": 4,
				"domain": "gstatic.com"
			},
			{
				"rank": 5,
				"domain": "apple.com"
			}
    ]
  },
	"meta": {
		// ...
	}
}
```

For more information refer to [Get top domains](/api/resources/radar/subresources/ranking/methods/top/).

#### Example: Download top `x` ranking bucket file

As mentioned in the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-domain-rankings/), Cloudflare provides an ordered rank
for the top 100 domains, but for the remainder it only provides ranking buckets — like top 200 thousand, top one million,
etc.. These are available through Cloudflare's [datasets endpoints](/api/resources/radar/subresources/datasets/methods/list/).

In the following example we will request the last available domain ranking buckets:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/datasets?limit=10&datasetType=RANKING_BUCKET" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"datasets": [
			{
				"id": 213,
				"title": "Top 1000000 ranking domains",
				"description": "Unordered top 1000000 from 2023-01-02 to 2023-01-09",
				"type": "RANKING_BUCKET",
				"tags": [
					"GLOBAL",
					"top_1000000"
				],
				"meta": {
					"top": 1000000
				},
				"alias": "ranking_top_1000000"
			},
			// ...
		]
	}
}
```

If you are interested in a specific top (like the top one million), go through the `meta.top` property. After finding the top you are looking for, get its `id` to fetch the dataset using the [`GET dataset download url`](/api/resources/radar/subresources/datasets/methods/download/) endpoint.

Then you can request a download url:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/datasets/download" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "datasetId": 213
}'
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"dataset": {
			"url": "https://example.com/download"
		}
	}
}
```

#### Example: Get the last top `x` ranking bucket

This endpoint allows you to directly request the latest top x bucket available (optionally at a given date)
[Get dataset stream](/api/resources/radar/subresources/datasets/methods/get/) endpoint.

The dataset alias can be retrieved from the [Get datasets](/api/resources/radar/subresources/datasets/methods/list/) endpoint
as the example above.

This stream endpoint is only available for datasets generated after 2023-01-08.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/datasets/ranking_top_1000" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```csv
domain
1rx.io
2mdn.net
360yield.com
3lift.com
a-msedge.net
a2z.com
...
```

## Next steps

Refer to [Investigate outages](/radar/investigate/outages/) to get data from outages occurring around the world.

---

# HTTP requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/http-requests/

While in [NetFlows](/radar/investigate/netflows/) we can inspect bytes and packets reaching Cloudflare's edge routers, in HTTP requests we are a layer above in the [OSI model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model). HTTP requests examines complete HTTP requests from end users that reach websites served by Cloudflare's [CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/).

:::note

HTTP traffic includes both HTTP and HTTPS traffic coming from end users.
:::

Most of the charts in the [Adoption and Usage](https://radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and-usage) section on Radar come from this data source.

These endpoints can be broadly split into:

* `timeseries`: A time series of a group of metrics. For example, when looking at IP version, displays an IPv4 time series and an IPv6 time series.
* `summary`: Displays a summary of a group of metrics over the specified time range. For example, IPv4 traffic percentage out of the total HTTP traffic during that time period.
* `top`: A list of the top locations or [Autonomous Systems](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) (ASes) ranked by adoption of a specific metric. For example, top locations by mobile device traffic (like which locations have a higher percentage of mobile traffic out of the total traffic for that location).

## List of endpoints

### Timeseries

#### Example: hourly breakdown by device type

In this example, we will request traffic by device type globally, with and without [bot traffic](/radar/concepts/bot-classes/). Parameters for the `human` series are `name=human&botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN&dateRange=1d`. For the `bot` series, the parameters are `name=bot&botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED&dateRange=1d`:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/timeseries/device_type?name=human&botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN&dateRange=1d&name=bot&botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED&dateRange=1d&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Here is the abbreviated response:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "human": {
      "timestamps": ["2022-11-03T13:00:00Z", "2022-11-03T14:00:00Z", ".."],
      "mobile": ["52.5532", "52.146628", ".."],
      "desktop": ["47.394791", "47.800731", ".."],
      "other": ["0.052009", "0.052642", ".."]
    },
    "bot": {
      "timestamps": ["2022-11-03T13:00:00Z", "2022-11-03T14:00:00Z", ".."],
      "desktop": ["83.833892", "84.017711", ".."],
      "mobile": ["16.156748", "15.969936", ".."],
      "other": ["0.00936", "0.012353", ".."]
    },
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-11-03T13:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-04T13:00:00Z"
      },
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE"
    }
  }
}
```

Mobile devices tend to be considerably more present when examining human generated traffic versus bot generated traffic.

:::note

Note that device classification comes from the [User-agent](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent) header. Ultimately, this classification depends on the user agent(s) that bots use.
:::

For more information refer to [Get device types time series](/api/resources/radar/subresources/http/subresources/timeseries_groups/methods/device_type/).

### Summary

#### Example: overall breakdown by device type and human/bot traffic

We can also look at the same information asking for a summary of the device type breakdown over the entire period, instead of a per hour breakdown like in the example before.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/summary/device_type?name=human&botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN&dateRange=1d&name=bot&botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED&dateRange=1d&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Here is the abbreviated response:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"human": {
			"mobile": "54.967243",
			"desktop": "44.974006",
			"other": "0.058751"
		},
		"bot": {
			"desktop": "83.275452",
			"mobile": "16.707455",
			"other": "0.017093"
		}
  }
}
```

For more information refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/http/subresources/summary/methods/device_type/) for this endpoint.

#### Example: breakdown by IP version and human/bot traffic

In the following example, we will examine global breakdown of traffic by IP version, with and without bots:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/summary/ip_version?name=human&botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN&dateRange=1d&name=bot&botClass=LIKELY_AUTOMATED&dateRange=1d&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

This returns the following:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"human": {
			"IPv4": "76.213647",
			"IPv6": "23.786353"
		},
		"bot": {
			"IPv4": "91.492032",
			"IPv6": "8.507968"
		}
  }
}
```

Bots tend to use more IPv4 addresses.

It is also interesting to know how your ISP fares in IPv6 adoption. If you know your ISP’s autonomous system number (ASN), you can use the `asn` parameter to query for this information. Refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/http/subresources/summary/methods/ip_version/) for other parameters.

If you do not know your ISP’s ASN, you can use [Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/ip) to find what it is.

### Top

#### Example: top locations by IPv6 traffic

In the following example, we will find which locations had a higher adoption of [IPv6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6) in the last 28 days.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/http/top/locations/ip_version/IPv6?name=ipv6&botClass=LIKELY_HUMAN&dateRange=28d&format=json&limit=5" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"ipv6": [
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "IN",
				"clientCountryName": "India",
				"value": "50.612747"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "MY",
				"clientCountryName": "Malaysia",
				"value": "46.233654"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "UY",
				"clientCountryName": "Uruguay",
				"value": "39.796762"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "LK",
				"clientCountryName": "Sri Lanka",
				"value": "39.709355"
			},
			{
				"clientCountryAlpha2": "VN",
				"clientCountryName": "Vietnam",
				"value": "39.1514"
			}
		]
  }
}
```

According to the returned data, India is leading in IPv6 adoption.

For more information refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/http/subresources/locations/subresources/ip_version/methods/get/) for this endpoint.

## Next steps

Refer to [Application layer attacks](/radar/investigate/application-layer-attacks/) to learn more about mitigfated HTTP requests.

---

# Investigate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Explore the different types of data available in Cloudflare Radar, from NetFlows (what feeds the [Internet Traffic Change](https://radar.cloudflare.com/) chart in Radar) to HTTP requests and DNS queries.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# NetFlows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/netflows/

[NetFlows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetFlow) shows network traffic data from end users collected from Cloudflare's edge routers. NetFlows' data also feeds the [Internet traffic change](https://radar.cloudflare.com/) chart.

NetFlows includes all types of traffic from Cloudflare's routers, not just traffic to websites served by Cloudflare's [CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/).

## List of endpoints

### Timeseries

#### Example: filtering by product

Besides comparing time series across locations or date ranges (discussed in [Make comparisons](/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/)), we can also examine `ALL` traffic versus only `HTTP` traffic using the `product` filter. For more information, refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/netflows/methods/timeseries/) for this endpoint.

:::note[NetFlow products]

`HTTP` traffic only includes web traffic to Cloudflare's zones, while `ALL` also includes traffic to all other services, like [Spectrum](/spectrum/), [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/), and others.
:::

In the following example, we will examine both `ALL` and `HTTP` traffic in two [autonomous systems](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/). First, we will examine [AS3243](https://radar.cloudflare.com/as3243), a Portuguese local Internet Service Provider (ISP). The parameters for all traffic are `name=AS3243_all&product=ALL&dateRange=1d&asn=3243`, and for just the HTTP traffic are `name=AS3243_http&product=HTTP&dateRange=1d&asn=3243`):

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=meo_all&product=ALL&dateRange=1d&asn=3243&name=meo_http&product=HTTP&dateRange=1d&asn=3243&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

This is the abbreviated response:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"AS3243_all": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.565885", "0.586434", "..."]
		},
		"AS3243_http": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.548564", "0.568329", "..."]
		}
	}
}
```

`HTTP` traffic values are similar to `ALL` traffic values. This means that most traffic Cloudflare receives from this AS is traffic to websites served by Cloudflare's [CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/) product.

In this other example, we will examine [AS174](https://radar.cloudflare.com/as174), another autonomous system that is not an ISP:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=AS174_all&product=ALL&dateRange=1d&asn=174&name=AS174_http&product=HTTP&dateRange=1d&asn=174&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The abbreviated response is:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"AS174_all": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.917348", "1.0", "..."]
		},
		"AS174_http": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.381777", "0.408091", "..."]
		}
	}
}
```

Here, there is less `HTTP` traffic compared to other types of traffic — which makes sense, since this is not an ISP serving end-users.

Note that here we made two separate requests since we are only interested in whether `HTTP` comprises the majority of the traffic in each AS or not. If we wanted to actually [compare](/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/) the traffic values between them to, for example, examine who has more traffic, we would have to make a single request including all series. Here is how we could do that:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/netflows/timeseries?name=AS174_all&product=ALL&dateRange=1d&asn=174&name=AS174_http&product=HTTP&dateRange=1d&asn=174&name=AS3243_all&product=ALL&dateRange=1d&asn=3243&name=AS3243_http&product=HTTP&dateRange=1d&asn=3243&format=json&aggInterval=1h" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

which would lead to a response like this:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
		"AS174_all": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.917348", "1.0", "..."]
		},
		"AS174_http": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.381777", "0.408091", "..."]
		},
		"AS3243_all": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.317136", "0.328652", "..."]
		},
		"AS3243_http": {
			"timestamps": ["2022-11-08T14:00:00Z", "2022-11-08T15:00:00Z", "..."],
			"values": ["0.307429", "0.318505", "..."]
		}
	}
}
```

This response shows how Cloudflare receives more traffic from AS174 than from AS3243.

## Next steps

Refer to [HTTP requests](/radar/investigate/http-requests/) for more information about requests from end users.

---

# Network layer attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/network-layer-attacks/

Network layer attacks show [DDoS](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/layer-3-ddos-attacks/) attack trends at the network layer. These attacks can be split by the network protocol they use: [ICMP](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/glossary/internet-control-message-protocol-icmp/), [TCP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/tcp-ip/), [UDP](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/glossary/user-datagram-protocol-udp/) and others.

:::note

Unlike what happens in [Application Layer Attacks](/radar/investigate/application-layer-attacks/), in network layer attacks location attribution does not use the location associated with the client's IP address. Instead, it uses the location of the data center itself. This is due to [IP spoofing](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/glossary/ip-spoofing/).
:::

When filtering by location or autonomous system (AS), we are filtering by the source location/AS of the attack
— which can be very different to the location of the human orchestrator of the attack. Refer to [botnets](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-botnet/) for more information.

## List of endpoints

### Timeseries

#### Example: hourly percentage breakdown by attack method

In the following example, we will examine the worldwide versus Singapore distribution of mitigated attacks by network protocol:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer3/timeseries_groups?name=global&dateRange=1d&location=&name=singapore&location=SG&dateRange=1d&aggInterval=1h&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

If we inspect the abbreviated response below, we can conclude that globally, at those timestamps, `UDP` and `TCP` attacks were mostly evenly split.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "global": {
      "timestamps": ["2022-11-06T13:00:00Z", "2022-11-06T14:00:00Z", "..."],
      "udp": ["50.784034", "51.055221", "..."],
      "tcp": ["49.213944", "48.943769", "..."],
      "icmp": ["0.002023", "0.001009", "..."],
      "gre": ["0.0", "0.0", "0.0", "..."]
    },
    "singapore": {
      "timestamps": ["2022-11-06T13:00:00Z", "2022-11-06T14:00:00Z", "..."],
      "tcp": ["79.605287", "83.943885", "..."],
      "udp": ["20.394594", "16.056115", "..."],
      "icmp": ["0.000119", "0.0", "..."],
      "gre": ["0.0", "0.0", "..."]
    },
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-11-06T13:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-07T13:00:00Z"
      },
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

We can also conclude that the distribution of network layer attacks coming from Singapore  — or, more accurately, reaching Cloudflare's data center located in Singapore — differs quite a bit from the worldwide distribution. At those times, the distribution of network layer attacks clearly favors [TCP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/tcp-ip/).

For more information refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer3/methods/timeseries/) for this endpoint.

### Summary

#### Example: Russia - overall percentage breakdown by network protocol

We can also filter by source location and examine attacks coming from Russia:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/attacks/layer3/summary?location=RU&name=attacks_ru&dateRange=1d&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "result": {
    "attacks_ru": {
      "udp": "86.682356",
      "tcp": "11.928664",
      "gre": "1.381015",
      "icmp": "0.007965"
    },
    "meta": {
      "dateRange": {
        "startTime": "2022-11-06T15:00:00Z",
        "endTime": "2022-11-07T15:00:00Z"
      },
      "normalization": "PERCENTAGE",
			// ...
    }
  }
}
```

The response shows that the attacks coming from Russia to other locations tended to use the [UDP](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/ddos/glossary/user-datagram-protocol-udp/) network protocol at those timestamps.

For more information refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/attacks/subresources/layer3/methods/timeseries/) for this endpoint.

## Next steps

Refer to [DNS](/radar/investigate/dns/) to learn more about the aggregated and anonymized DNS queries to Cloudflare's [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/) public resolver service.

---

# Outages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/outages/

[Cloudflare Radar Outage Center (CROC)](https://radar.cloudflare.com/outage-center) provides data on outages occurring around the world.

Refer the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-cloudflare-radar-outage-center/) for more information but, in short, Radar provides the following information:

* **Location**: Where was the outage?
* **ASN**: What autonomous system experienced a disruption in connectivity?
* **Type**: How broad was the outage? Did connectivity fail nationwide, or at a sub-national level? Did just a single network provider have an outage?
* **Scope**: If it was a sub-national/regional outage, what state or city was impacted? If it was a network-level outage, which one was it?
* **Cause**: Insight into the likely cause of the outage, based on publicly available information. Historically, some outages have been government directed shutdowns, while others are caused by severe weather or natural disasters, or by infrastructure issues such as cable cuts, power outages, or filtering/blocking.
* **Start time**: When did the outage start?
* **End time**: When did the outage end?

## List of endpoints

### Outages

#### Example: Get outages in the last 7 days

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/radar/annotations/outages?limit=5&offset=0&dateRange=7d&format=json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"result": {
		"annotations": [
			{
				"dataSource": "ALL",
				"description": null,
				"scope": "Multiple regions/cities",
				"startDate": "2022-10-25T00:00:00Z",
				"endDate": null,
				"locations": ["UA"],
				"asns": [],
				"eventType": "OUTAGE",
				"linkedUrl": "https://www.npr.org/2022/10/22/1130742768/ukraine-power-grid-outages-record-damage",
				"outage": {
					"outageCause": "POWER_OUTAGE",
					"outageType": "REGIONAL"
				}
			},
			{
				"dataSource": "ALL",
				"description": null,
				"scope": "Multiple cities in Florida",
				"startDate": "2022-09-28T19:00:00Z",
				"endDate": "2022-11-02T00:00:00Z",
				"locations": ["US"],
				"asns": [],
				"eventType": "OUTAGE",
				"linkedUrl": "https://x.com/CloudflareRadar/status/1575229448353349632",
				"outage": {
					"outageCause": "WEATHER",
					"outageType": "REGIONAL"
				}
			}
		]
	}
}
```

Refer to the [API reference](/api/resources/radar/subresources/annotations/subresources/outages/methods/get/) for more information regarding this endpoint.

Having data on a given outage allows you to examine its impact through both [NetFlows](/radar/investigate/netflows/) (like in the [Tonga outage](/radar/get-started/making-comparisons/#use-specific-timestamps) and [others](https://blog.cloudflare.com/q3-2022-internet-disruption-summary/)) and [HTTP](/radar/investigate/http-requests/) data (for example, did the outage affect more mobile than desktop traffic?).

---

# URL Scanner

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/investigate/url-scanner/

To better understand Internet usage around the world, use Cloudflare's URL Scanner. With Cloudflare's URL Scanner, you have the ability to investigate the details of a domain, IP, URL, or ASN. Cloudflare's URL Scanner is available in the Security Center of the Cloudflare dashboard, [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan) and the Cloudflare [API](/api/resources/url_scanner/subresources/scans/).

## Use the API

To make your first URL scan using the API, you must obtain a URL Scanner specific [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/). Create a Custom Token with *Account* > *URL Scanner* in the **Permissions** group, and select *Edit* as the access level.

Once you have the token, and you know your `account_id`, you are ready to make your first request to the API at `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/urlscanner/`.

### Submit URL to scan

To submit a URL to scan, the only required information is the URL to be scanned in the `POST` request body:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/urlscanner/v2/scan" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "url": "https://www.example.com"
}'
```

By default, the report will have a `Public` visibility level, which means it will appear in the [recent scans](https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan#recent-scans) list and in search results. It will also include a single screenshot with desktop resolution.

A successful response will have a status code of `200` and be similar to the following:

```json
{
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
  "api": "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<accountId>/urlscanner/v2/result/095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
  "visibility": "public",
  "url": "https://www.example.com",
  "message": "Submission successful"
}
```

The `uuid` property in the response above identifies the scan and will be required when fetching the scan report.

#### Submit a custom URL Scan

Here's an example request body with some custom configuration options:

```json
{
	"url": "https://example.com",
	"screenshotsResolutions": [
		"desktop", "mobile", "tablet"
	],
  "customagent": "XXX-my-user-agent",
  "referer": "example",
	"customHeaders": {
		"Authorization": "xxx-token"
	},
	"visibility": "Unlisted"
}
```

Above, the visibility level is set as `Unlisted`, which means that the scan report won't be included in the [recent scans](https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan#recent-scans) list nor in search results. In  effect, only users with knowledge of the scan ID will be able to access it.

There will also be three screenshots taken of the webpage, one per target device type. The [`User-Agent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent) will be set as "XXX-my-user-agent". Note that you can set any custom HTTP header, including [Authorization](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Authorization).

### Get scan report

Once the URL Scan submission is made, the current progress can be checked by calling `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/urlscanner/v2/result/{scan_id}`. The `scan_id` will be the `uuid` value returned in the previous response.

While the scan is in progress, the HTTP status code will be `404`; once it is finished, it will be `200`. Cloudflare recommends that you poll every 10-30 seconds.

The response will include, among others, the following top properties:

* `task` - Information on the scan submission.
* `page` - Information pertaining to the primary response, for example IP address, ASN, server, and page redirect history.
* `data.requests` - Request chains involved in the page load.
* `data.cookies` - Cookies set by the page.
* `data.globals` - Non-standard JavaScript global variables.
* `data.console` - Console logs.
* `data.performance` - Timings as given by the [`PerformanceNavigationTiming`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PerformanceNavigationTiming) interface.
* `meta` - Meta processors output including detected technologies, domain and URL categories, rank, geolocation information, and others.
* `lists.ips` - IPs contacted.
* `lists.asns` - AS Numbers contacted.
* `lists.domains` - Hostnames contacted, including `dns` record information.
* `lists.hashes` - Hashes of response bodies, of the main page HTML structure, screenshots, and favicons.
* `lists.certificates` - TLS certificates of HTTP responses.
* `verdicts` - Verdicts on malicious content.

Some examples of more specific properties include:

* `task.uuid` - ID of the scan.
* `task.url` - Submitted URL of the scan. May differ from final URL (`page.url`) if there are HTTP redirects.
* `task.success` - Whether scan was successful or not. Scans can fail for various reasons, including DNS errors.
* `task.status` - Current scan status, for example, `Queued`, `InProgress`, or `Finished`.
* `meta.processors.domainCategories` - Cloudflare categories of the main hostname contacted.
* `meta.processors.phishing` - What kind of phishing, if any, was detected.
* `meta.processors.radarRank` - [Cloudflare Radar Rank](http://blog.cloudflare.com/radar-domain-rankings/) of the main hostname contacted.
* `meta.processors.wappa` - The kind of technologies detected as being in use by the website, with the help of [Wappalyzer](https://github.com/Lissy93/wapalyzer).
* `page.url` - URL of the primary request, after all HTTP redirects.
* `page.country` - GeoIP country name of the main IP address contacted.
* `page.history` - Main page history, including any HTTP redirects.
* `page.screenshot` - Various hashes of the main screenshot. Can be used to search for sites with similar screenshots.
* `page.domStructHash` - HTML structure hash. Use it to search for sites with similar structure.
* `page.favicon.hash` - MD5 hash of the favicon.
* `verdicts.overall.malicious` - Whether the website was considered malicious *at the time of the scan*. Please check the remaining properties for each subsystem(s) for specific threats detected.

The [Get URL Scan](/api/resources/url_scanner/subresources/scans/methods/get/) API endpoint documentation contains the full response schema.

To fetch the scan's [screenshots](/api/resources/url_scanner/subresources/scans/methods/screenshot/) or full [network log](/api/resources/url_scanner/subresources/scans/methods/har/) refer to the corresponding endpoints' documentation.

### Search scans

Use a subset of ElasticSearch Query syntax to filter scans.  Search results will include `Public` scans and your own `Unlisted` scans.

To search for scans to the hostname `google.com`, use the query parameter `q=page.domain:"google.com"`:

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/urlscanner/v2/search?q=page.domain:google.com' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```


If, instead, you wanted to search for scans that made at least one request to the hostname `cdnjs.cloudflare.com`, for example sites that use a JavaScript library hosted at `cdnjs.cloudflare.com`, use the query parameter `hostname=cdnjs.cloudflare.com`:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/urlscanner/v2/search?q=domain:cdnjs.cloudflare.com" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Some other example queries:

- `task.url:"https://google.com" OR task.url:"https://www.google.com"`: Search for scans whose submitted URL was either `google.com` or `www.google.com`. URLs must be enclosed in quotes.
- `page.url:"https://google.com" AND NOT task.url:"https://google.com"`: Search for scans to `google.com` whose submitted URL was not `google.com` (that is, sites that redirected to google.com).
- `page.domain:microsoft AND verdicts.malicious:true AND NOT page.domain:microsoft.com`: Malicious scans whose hostname starts with `microsoft`. Would match domains like `microsoft.phish.com`.
- `apikey:me AND date:[2024-01 TO 2024-10]`: Your scans from January 2024 to October 2024.
- `page.domain:(blogspot OR www.blogspot)`: Searches for scans whose main domain starts with `blogspot` or with `www.blogspot`.
- `date:>now-7d AND path:okta-sign-in.min.js`: Scans from the last seven days with any request path that ends with `okta-sign-in.min.js`.
- `page.asn:AS24940 AND hash:-557369673`: Websites hosted in AS24940 where a resource with the given hash was retrieved.
- `hash:8f662c2ce9472ba8d03bfeb8cdae112dbc0426f99da01c5d70c7eb4afd5893ca`: Using the hash at `page.domStructHash` search for other scans with the same HTML structure hash.

Go to [Search URL scans](/api/resources/url_scanner/subresources/scans/methods/list/) in the API documentation for the full list of available options.


### Security Center

Alternatively, you can search in the Security Center:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Investigate**.
3. Enter your query and select **Search**.

In the Security Center, you can retrieve information already pre-filtered by:

- Similar screenshot
- Identical favicon
- Similar favicon
- Similar HTML structure
- Identical ASN
- Identical IP
- Identical domain
- Identical final URL (after all redirections)

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review reference information related to Cloudflare Radar:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Quarterly DDoS threat reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/radar/reference/quarterly-ddos-reports/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Quarterly DDoS threat reports provide a comprehensive overview of <GlossaryTooltip term="distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack">DDoS attack</GlossaryTooltip> insights and trends over a three-month period.

Thanks to our vast network, Cloudflare provides insights on the evolving threat landscape, including variations in attack sizes, techniques, top source countries, top targeted countries and targeted industries. Each report presents a global outlook, dives into significant attacks and campaigns, and explores shifts in DDoS tactics, offering a blend of data analysis and insights to better understand the cyber threat environment.

Find the latest quarterly DDoS threat reports in the [**Reports**](https://radar.cloudflare.com/reports) section of Cloudflare Radar.

***

## Methodologies

### How we calculate ransom DDoS attack insights

Cloudflare’s systems constantly analyze traffic and automatically apply mitigation when DDoS attacks are detected. Each attacked customer is prompted with an automated survey to help Cloudflare better understand the nature of the attack and the success of the mitigation. For over two years, Cloudflare has been surveying attacked customers. One of the questions in the survey asks the respondents if they received a threat or a ransom note. Over the past two years, on average, Cloudflare collected 164 responses per quarter. The responses of this survey are used to calculate the percentage of ransom DDoS attacks.

### How we calculate geographical and industry insights

#### Source country

At the application layer, Cloudflare uses the attacking IP addresses to understand the origin country of the attacks. That is because at that layer, IP addresses cannot be spoofed [^1] (or modified). However, at the network layer, source IP addresses can be spoofed. So, instead of relying on IP addresses to understand the source, Cloudflare uses the location of our data centers where the attack packets were ingested. It is possible to obtain geographical accuracy due to Cloudflare's large global coverage in over 300 locations around the world.

[^1]: IP spoofing is the creation of Internet Protocol (IP) packets which have a modified source address to hide the identity of the sender, impersonate another computer system, or both.

#### Target country

For both application-layer and network-layer DDoS attacks, attacks and traffic are grouped by customers’ billing country. This allows Cloudflare to understand which countries are subject to more attacks.

#### Target industry

For both application-layer and network-layer DDoS attacks, attacks and traffic are grouped by customers’ industry according to the internal customer relations management system. This allows Cloudflare to understand which industries are subject to more attacks.

#### Total volume versus percentage

For both source and target insights, Cloudflare looks at the total volume of attack traffic compared to all traffic as one data point. Additionally, Cloudflare also takes into account the percentage of attack traffic towards or from a specific country, to a specific country or to a specific industry. This gives us an "attack activity rate" for a given country/industry which is normalized by their total traffic levels. This helps us remove biases of a country or industry that normally receives a lot of traffic and therefore, a lot of attack traffic as well.

#### Ranking

For source, target, and industry insights, Cloudflare may calculate a "Rank" for each dimension. The calculation takes into consideration HTTP DDoS attacks, network-layer DDoS attacks, and the total volume and the percentage of DDoS attack traffic out of the total traffic for each attack type. The Ranking system lets Cloudflare provide a simple single score that means how much a certain industry is being attacked, for example. In the graphs, the Rank values are displayed in an inverted way (a longer bar in the chart means a higher rank and more attacks).

### How we calculate attack characteristics

To calculate the attack size, duration, attack vectors, and emerging threats, Cloudflare buckets attacks and then provides the share of each bucket out of the total amount for each dimension.

However, in the **Network layer attack distribution** graph of the [**Security & Attacks**](https://radar.cloudflare.com/security-and-attacks) Radar page these trends are calculated by number of bytes instead. Since attacks may vary greatly in number of bytes from one another, this could lead to trends differing between the quarterly reports and the graph displayed in Cloudflare Radar.

***

## Final remarks

### Countries as source or target of attacks

When Cloudflare describes "top countries" as the source or target of attacks, it does not necessarily mean that a certain country was attacked as a country, but rather that organizations that use that country as their billing country were targeted by attacks.

Similarly, "attacks originating from a country" does not mean that a given country launched the attacks, but rather that the attack was launched from IP addresses mapped to that country. Threat actors operate global botnets with nodes all over the world, and often also use <GlossaryTooltip term="Virtual Private Network (VPN)">VPNs (virtual private networks)</GlossaryTooltip> and proxies to obfuscate their true location. This means that the source country could indicate the presence of exit nodes or botnet nodes within that country.

### Excluded items due to insufficient data

The insights and trends presented in quarterly reports exclude certain countries and industries when there is not enough data to provide statistically meaningful insights.

### Map chart coloring

In the map charts, the countries and regions are colored using a diverging scale, ranging from white (minimum value) to red (maximum value). These vary according to the selected world continent group.

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# Background

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/background/

Over the years, a generation of public randomness (often referred to as *common coins*) has attracted interest from the cryptography research community. Many distributed systems, including various consensus mechanisms, anonymity networks such as Tor, or blockchain systems, assume access to such public randomness. However, it remained a major unsolved issue to generate public randomness in a distributed, scalable, and robust way. Currently, there is no service deployed to produce this type of randomness. The only choice is a centralized, prototype-only randomness beacon run by [NIST](https://www.nist.gov/).

Realizing this, [Ewa Syta](http://ewa.syta.us/) started a project on [Scalable Bias-Resistant Distributed Randomness](https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1067) during her PhD studies under the supervision of [Michael J. Fischer](http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/fischer/) and [Bryan Ford](https://bford.info/) at Yale University. After Bryan moved to EPFL in 2015, the new members of the DEDIS team at EPFL ([Nicolas Gailly](https://github.com/nikkolasg/), [Linus Gasser](https://people.epfl.ch/linus.gasser), [Philipp Jovanovic](https://jovanovic.io/), [Ismail Khoffi](https://ismailkhoffi.com/), [Eleftherios Kokoris Kogias](https://lefteriskk.github.io/)) joined the project and together published a research paper at the [2017 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7958592).

The paper explored the use of key pairings instead of classical elliptic curve cryptography to generate public randomness as a way to simplify the proposed protocol designs and improve performance in terms of randomness generation and verification.

In early 2017, the [DEDIS](https://dedis.epfl.ch/) team at [EPFL](https://www.epfl.ch/en/) started collaborating with [DFINITY](https://dfinity.org/) on various research topics, including public randomness. The DFINITY architecture is built around a pairing-based randomness beacon sharing similarities to the constructs described in the DEDIS paper. Additionally, DFINITY has already implemented an optimized pairing library in C++. After integrating this implementation into the DEDIS’ crypto library [Kyber](https://github.com/dedis/kyber), all major cryptographic components were ready to implement an efficient, distributed randomness generation protocol using pairings.

In September 2017, Nicolas, a PhD student at DEDIS, started coding drand with the help of Philipp to deploy, for the first time, a distributed service providing public randomness in an application-agnostic, secure, and efficient way. A short time later, Cloudflare released an optimized Golang implementation of the BN256 pairing curve, which is now integrated in both Kyber and drand to simplify development and deployment.

As drand gained maturity, an increasing number of organizations (including NIST, Cloudflare, Kudelski Security, the University of Chile, and Protocol Labs) started taking interest, and decided to collectively work on setting up a [drand](https://github.com/dedis/drand) network spanning these organizations. To support the use of public randomness in web applications, [Mathilde Raynal](https://people.epfl.ch/mathilde.raynal?lang=en), a master student at DEDIS, started developing a JavaScript proof-of-concept frontend, called [drandjs](https://github.com/PizzaWhisperer/drandjs), to interact with drand servers.

In spring 2020, a team at Protocol Labs led efforts to take drand from an experimental to production-ready network. These efforts included significant protocol upgrades, establishment of a governance model for the distributed network, and increased operational security of node operators. Check out the [drand blog](https://drand.love/blog/2020/08/10/drand-launches-v1-0/) for more details.

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# Future of drand

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/future/

As of spring 2020, the drand network is production-ready and can now be considered foundational Internet infrastructure, much like DNS or BGP.

While the project has reached a mature state, we believe there are several ways for drand to continue to evolve.

* We would like to continue to see reliable partners join the network; the more participants in the network, the stronger the guarantees.

* We would like to investigate how to generate public randomness in a post-quantum secure way (like, through isogeny, lattice, and so on).

* We would like to consider standardization of the core drand protocol.

We are proud to be a part of these efforts and hope to see even more adoption of drand in third-party applications and systems.

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# About drand

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/

The drand project aims to address the current lack of services providing distributed public randomness. Distributed to increase the resilience and trustworthiness, drand provides a standalone randomness-as-a-service network that is application agnostic. This is similar to how NTP networks serve timing information across the globe.

drand follows the [KISS principle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle). It relies on well-researched cryptographic building blocks and open-source software design principles and libraries, such as protobuf and gRPC, to ensure high performance and interoperability. drand also attempts to use sane security defaults, such as having TLS enabled by default.

Beyond that, drand adds new features important for its practical deployment, such as being able to securely add and remove members of the network through [resharing](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1183515) while keeping the same shared public key necessary for randomness verification.

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# Cryptographic Background

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/

drand is an efficient randomness beacon daemon that utilizes pairing-based cryptography, `𝑡-of-𝑛` distributed key generation, and threshold BLS signatures to generate publicly-verifiable, unbiasable, unpredictable, distributed randomness.

This is an overview of the cryptographic building blocks drand uses to generate publicly-verifiable, unbiasable, and unpredictable randomness in a distributed manner.

The drand beacon has two phases: a setup phase and a beacon phase. Generally, we assume that there are *n* participants, out of which at most *f\<n* are malicious. drand relies heavily on threshold cryptography primitives, where (at minimum) a threshold of *t-f+1* nodes work together to successfully execute cryptographic operations.

Threshold cryptography has many applications as it avoids single points of failure. One application is cryptocurrency multi-sig wallets, where *t-of-n* participants are required to sign a transaction using a threshold signature scheme.

:::note[Note]

This document is intended for a general audience. No cryptographic background knowledge is required to understand these concepts. 
:::

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# Randomness Generation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/randomness-generation/

In this section, we describe how to use this collective key pair to generate publicly-verifiable, unbiasable, and unpredictable randomness in a distributed manner.

First, we explain pairing-based cryptography (PBC), which has become quite popular, and is used in many modern consensus protocols or zero-knowledge proofs, such as zk-SNARKs. We will then show how drand uses PBC for the randomness beacon generation phase for threshold Boneh-Lynn-Shacham (BLS) signatures. Finally, we will discuss how drand links the generated threshold BLS signatures into a randomness chain.

## Pairing-based Cryptography

Pairing-based cryptography is based on bilinear groups `(𝔾1,𝔾2,𝔾𝑡)`, where `𝔾1`, `𝔾2`, and `𝔾𝑡` are cyclic groups of prime order `𝑝` with generators `𝑔1`, `𝑔2`, and `𝑔𝑡`, respectively, and a pairing operation `𝑒:𝔾1×𝔾2→𝔾𝑡` with these properties:

* **Bilinearity:** `∀𝑎,𝑏∈ℤ∗𝑝,∀𝑃∈𝔾1,∀𝑄∈𝔾2,` we have `𝑒(𝑎𝑃,𝑏𝑄)=𝑒(𝑃,𝑄)𝑎𝑏`

* **Non-degeneracy:** `𝑒≠1`

* **Computability:** There exists an efficient algorithm to compute `𝑒`.
  drand currently uses the Barreto-Lynn-Scott curve BLS12-381.

## BLS Signatures

To generate publicly-verifiable, unbiasable, distributed randomness, drand utilizes threshold Boneh-Lynn-Shacham (BLS) signatures. First we will describe regular BLS signatures and then the threshold variant.

BLS signatures are short signatures that rely on bilinear pairings and consist only of a single element in `𝔾1`. They are deterministic in the sense they depend only on the message and the signer’s key, unlike other signature schemes, such as ECDSA, that require a fresh random value for each signed message to be secure. Put differently, any two BLS signatures on a given message produced with the same key are identical. In drand, we utilize this property to achieve unbiasability for randomness generation.

The BLS signature scheme consists of the these sub-procedures.

### Key Generation

To generate a key pair, a signer first chooses a private key, `𝑥∈ℤ∗𝑝`, at random, and then computes the corresponding public key as `𝑋=𝑔𝑥2∈𝔾2`.

### Signature Generation

Let `𝐻:{0,1}∗→𝔾1` denote a cryptographic hash function that maps arbitrary bit strings to elements of `𝔾1`. To compute a BLS signature `𝜎` on a message `𝑚`, the signer computes `𝜎=𝑥𝐻(𝑚)∈𝔾1`.

### Signature Verification

To verify that a BLS signature `𝜎` on a message `𝑚` is valid, the verifier checks if `𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑋)=𝑒(𝜎,𝑔2)` holds using the signer’s public key `𝑋`.

Note that this equation holds for valid signatures since `𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑋)=𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑔𝑥2)=𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑔2)𝑥=𝑒(𝑥𝐻(𝑚),𝑔2)=𝑒(𝜎,𝑔2)`.

## Threshold BLS Signature

The goal of a threshold signature scheme is to collectively compute a signature by combining individual partial signatures independently generated by the participants. A threshold BLS signature scheme has the following sub-procedures.

### Key Generation

The `𝑛` participants run a `𝑡-of-𝑛` DKG to setup a collective public key, `𝑆∈𝔾2`, and private key shares `𝑠𝑖∈ℤ∗𝑝` of the unknown collective private key, `𝑠`, as described above.

### Partial Signature Generation

To sign a message, `𝑚`, each `𝑖` uses their private key share, `𝑠𝑖`, to create a partial BLS signature, `𝜎𝑖=𝑠𝑖𝐻(𝑚)`.

### Partial Signature Verification

To verify the correctness of a partial signature, `𝜎𝑖`, on `𝑚`, a verifier uses the public key share, `𝑆𝑖`, generated during the DKG, and verifies that `𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑆𝑖)=𝑒(𝜎𝑖,𝑔2)` holds.

### Signature Reconstruction

To reconstruct the collective BLS signature, `𝜎` on `𝑚`, a verifier first gathers `𝑡` different and valid partial BLS signatures, `𝜎𝑖`, on `𝑚` followed by a Lagrange interpolation.

### Signature Verification

To verify a collective BLS signature, `𝜎`, a verifier checks that `𝑒(𝐻(𝑚),𝑆)=𝑒(𝜎,𝑔2)` holds, where `𝑆` is the collective public key.

Thanks to the properties of Lagrange interpolation, the value of `𝜎` is independent of the subset of `𝑡` valid partial signatures, `𝜎𝑖`, chosen during signature reconstruction. Additionally, Lagrange interpolation also guarantees that no set of less than `𝑡` signers can predict or bias `𝜎`.

In summary, a threshold BLS signature, `𝜎`, exhibits all properties required for publicly-verifiable, unbiasable, unpredictable, and distributed randomness.

### `𝔾1/𝔾2` swap

In the above, `𝔾1` and `𝔾2` could be swapped. The implication is on the relative size of public key and signatures. The first drand chains are constructed as described above, with signatures on `𝔾2` and public keys on `𝔾1`. Signature size is 96 bytes, and public key size is 48 bytes.

Certain applications prefer smaller signatures at the cost of a larger public key. This is why certain drand beacons have signatures on `𝔾1` and public key on `𝔾2`. Such a change is referred to as `𝔾1/𝔾2 swap`.

## Chained Randomness

The drand randomness beacon operates in discrete rounds, `𝑟`. In every round, drand beacons configured to use chained randomness produce a new random value using threshold BLS signatures linked together into a chain of randomness. To extend this chain of randomness, each drand participant, `𝑖`, creates in round `𝑟` the partial BLS signature, `𝜎𝑟𝑖` on the message `𝑚=𝐻(𝑟∥𝜎𝑟−1)` where, `𝜎𝑟−1` denotes the (full) BLS threshold signature from round `𝑟−1` and `𝐻`, a cryptographic hash function.

Once at least `𝑡` participants have broadcasted their partial signatures, `𝜎𝑟𝑖`, on `𝑚`, anyone can recover the full BLS threshold signature, `𝜎𝑟` that corresponds to the random value of round `𝑟`. After this, drand nodes move to round `𝑟+1` and reiterate the process.

For round `𝑟=0`, drand participants sign a seed fixed during drand setup. This process ensures that every new random value depends on all previously generated signatures. Since the signature is deterministic, there is also no possibility for an adversary forking the chain and presenting two distinct signatures `𝜎𝑟` and `𝜎′𝑟` in a given round `𝑟` to generate inconsistencies in the systems relying on public randomness.

## Unchained Randomness

drand beacons can also be configured to use unchained randomness. To extend this chain of randomness, each drand participant, `𝑖`, creates in round `𝑟` the partial BLS signature, `𝜎𝑟𝑖` on the message `𝑚=𝐻(𝑟)` where `𝐻` a cryptographic hash function.

This process allows for a direct precomputation of message `𝑚` for round `𝑟=i`.

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# Setup Phase

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/setup-phase/

In the drand setup phase, you create a collective private and public key pair shared among *𝑛* participants. This is done through a `𝑡-of-𝑛` Distributed Key Generation (DKG) process and results in each participant receiving a copy of the collective public key plus a private key share of the collective private key — no individual node knows the collective **private** key. Each private key share can then be used to perform cryptographic threshold computations, such as generating threshold signatures, where at least `𝑡` contributions produced using the individual private key shares are required to successfully finish the collective operation.

A DKG is performed in a fully distributed manner, avoiding any single points of failure. This is an overview of the different sub-components of the drand DKG implementation.

## Secret Sharing

Secret sharing is an important technique many advanced threshold cryptography mechanisms rely on.

Secret sharing allows you to split a secret value `𝑠` into `𝑛` shares `𝑠1,…,𝑠𝑛` so that `𝑠` can only be reconstructed if a threshold of `𝑡` shares is available.

## Shamir’s Secret Sharing (SSS)

The SSS scheme is one of the most well-known and widely used secret sharing approaches, and a core component of drand. SSS works over an arbitrary finite field, but a simplistic approach uses the integers modulo `𝑝`, denoted by `ℤ𝑝`. Let `𝑠∈ℤ𝑝` denote the secret to share.

### Share Distribution

To share `𝑠`, a dealer first creates a polynomial, `𝑞(𝑥)=𝑎0+𝑎1𝑥+⋯+𝑎𝑡−1𝑥𝑡−1` with `𝑎0=𝑠` and (random) `𝑎𝑖∈ℤ𝑝` for `𝑖=1,…,𝑡−1` and then creates one share 𝑠𝑖 for each participant 𝑖 by evaluating 𝑞(𝑥) at the integer 𝑖 and setting 𝑠𝑖=(𝑖,𝑞(𝑖)).

### Secret Reconstruction

To recover the secret `𝑠`, collect at least `𝑡` shares, then uniquely reconstruct `𝑞(𝑥)` using Lagrange interpolation and obtain `𝑠` as `𝑠=𝑎0=𝑞(0)`.

Note that you can use any subset of `𝑡-of-𝑛` shares to perform Lagrange interpolation and uniquely determine `𝑠`; however, having a subset of less than `𝑡` shares does not allow to learn anything about `𝑠`.

## Verifiable Secret Sharing

SSS scheme assumes that the dealer is honest, but this may not always hold in practice. A Verifiable Secret Sharing (VSS) scheme protects against malicious dealers by enabling participants to verify that their shares are consistent with those dealt to other nodes, ensuring that the shared secret can be correctly reconstructed later.

drand uses Feldman’s VSS scheme, an extension of SSS. Let `𝔾` denote a cyclic group of prime order `𝑝` in which computing discrete logarithms is intractable. A *cyclic group* means there exists a generator, `𝑔`, so that any element `𝑥∈𝔾` can be written as `𝑥=𝑔𝑎` for some `𝑎∈{0,…,𝑝−1}`.

### Share Distribution

In addition to distributing shares of the secret to participants, the dealer also broadcasts commitments to the coefficients of the polynomial `𝑞(𝑥)` of the form `(𝐴0,𝐴1,…,𝐴𝑡−1)=(𝑔𝑠,𝑔𝑎1,…,𝑔𝑎𝑡−1)`. These commitments enable individual participants, `𝑖`, to verify that their share `𝑠𝑖=(𝑖,𝑞(𝑖))` is consistent with respect to the polynomial `𝑞(𝑥)` by checking that `𝑔𝑞(𝑖)=∏𝑡−1𝑗=0(𝐴𝑗)𝑖𝑗` holds.

### Secret Reconstruction

The recovery of secret `𝑠` works the same as regular SSS, except that verified to be valid shares are used.

## Distributed Key Generation (DKG)

Although VSS schemes protect against a malicious dealer, the dealer still knows the secret. To create a collectively shared secret `𝑠` so no individual node gets any information about it, participants can use a DKG protocol. drand uses Pedersen’s DKG scheme, which runs `𝑛` instances of Feldman’s VSS in parallel and on top of additional verification steps.

### Share Distribution

Individual participants, `𝑖`, create a (random) secret, `𝑠𝑖∈ℤ𝑝`, and share it all participants using VSS, sending a share, `𝑠𝑖,𝑗` to each `𝑗` and broadcasts the list of commitments `(𝐴𝑖,0,𝐴𝑖,1,…,𝐴𝑖,𝑡−1)` to everyone.

### Share Verification

`𝑗` verifies the shares received as prescribed by Feldman’s VSS scheme. If `𝑗` receives an invalid share, `𝑠𝑖,𝑗`, from `𝑖`, then `𝑗` broadcasts a complaint. `𝑖` must reveal the correct share `𝑠𝑖,𝑗` or they are considered an invalid dealer.

### Share Finalization

At the end of the protocol, the final share of `𝑖` is `𝑠𝑖=∑𝑗𝑠𝑗,𝑖` for all valid participants `𝑗` , that is, for all `𝑗`s not excluded during the verification phase.

The collective public key associated with the valid shares can be computed as `𝑆=∑𝑗𝐴𝑗,0` for all valid `𝑗`s.

**Note:** Even though the secret created using Pedersen’s DKG can be biased, it is safe to use for threshold signing as shown by Rabin et al.

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# Operator Guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/operator-guide/

For the most up-to-date operator documentation, please visit [drand.love/operator](https://drand.love/operator/).

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# User Guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/user-guide/

For the most up-to-date user documentation, please visit [drand.love/developer](https://drand.love/developer/).

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# Content Delivery Network (CDN) Reference Architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn/

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## Introduction

Every day, users of the Internet enjoy the benefits of performance and reliability provided by [content delivery networks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/) (CDNs). CDNs have become a must-have to combat latency and a requirement for any major company delivering content to users on the Internet. While providing performance and reliability for customers, CDNs also enable companies to further secure their applications and cut costs. This document discusses the traditional challenges customers face with web applications, how the Cloudflare CDN resolves these challenges, and CDN architecture and design.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or network professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization's existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies and concepts important to content delivery, including caching, DNS and firewalls.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

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- What is a CDN? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/) (5 minute read)
- Analyst Report: [Cloudflare named Leader in 2024 GigaOm Radar for Content Delivery Networks](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/gigaom-radar-cdn/) (20 minute read)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare CDN can significantly improve the delivery of content to your customers
- How anycast IP routing is important in ensuring reliable CDN performance
- The range of tiered caching options and how to choose the one for your needs

## Traditional challenges deploying web applications

Over the last several years, especially with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the focus on remote work, there has been a significant growth in Internet traffic, further growing the need to efficiently manage network traffic, cut latency, and increase performance.

Companies running their applications in the cloud or on-premise are faced with the challenges of:

1. Implementing solutions to increase performance
2. As demand grows, scaling out their architecture to meet availability and redundancy concerns
3. Securing their environments and applications from growing Internet threats
4. Reining in growing costs related to doing all of the above

With companies serving customers across the globe, the above challenges require a significant undertaking. Traditionally, a website/application is deployed centrally and replicated to another region for availability, or the website/application is deployed across a handful of servers, sometimes across multiple data centers for resiliency.

The servers hosting the websites are called origin servers. When clients access a website, they make a request for resources from the server. Navigating to one website can generate hundreds of requests from the browser for HTML, CSS, images, videos, etc. With versions of HTTP prior to HTTP/2, each of these HTTP requests would also require a new TCP connection.

Enhancements in HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 allow for multiplexing multiple requests to the same server over a single TCP connection, thus saving server resources. However, compute and network resources are still consumed as servers respond to these requests. As more clients access the website, the following can result:

- The origin server starts to become overloaded with requests, impacting availability; companies start looking at scaling out to handle the additional load
- As each request has to make its way to the origin server, performance and user experience is impacted due to latency
- The latency for end users becomes proportional to the distance between the client and origin server, thus resulting in varying experiences based on client location. This is especially true for specific countries that may experience latency due to traffic from or to that country, like China.
- As origin servers respond to the increasing requests, bandwidth, egress, and compute costs increase drastically
- Even as customers scale out to handle the increased demand in traffic, they are left exposed to both infrastructure-level and application-level distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

In Figure 1 below, there is no CDN present and there is an origin server sitting in the US. As clients access the website, the first step is DNS resolution, typically done by the user’s ISP. The next step is the HTTP request sent directly to the origin server. The user experience will vary depending on their location. For example, you can see the latency is much lower for users in the US, where the origin server is located. For users outside the US, the latency increases, thus resulting in a higher round-trip time (RTT).

As more clients make requests to the origin server, the load on the network and server increases, resulting in higher latency and higher costs for resource and bandwidth use.

From a security perspective, the origin server is also vulnerable to DDoS attacks at both the infrastructure and application layer. A DDoS attack could be initiated from a botnet sending millions of requests to the origin server, consuming resources and preventing it from serving legitimate clients.

Further, in terms of resiliency, if the origin server temporarily goes offline, all content is inaccessible to users.

![Figure 1: Diagram of HTTP web requests between DNS and origin server without a CDN.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure1.svg "Figure 1: HTTP Request with no CDN")

## How a CDN tackles web application challenges

A CDN helps address the challenges customers face around latency, performance, availability, redundancy, security, and costs. A CDN's core goal is to decrease latency and increase performance for websites and applications by caching content as close as possible to end users or those accessing the content.

CDNs decrease latency and increase performance by having many data center locations across the globe that cache the content from the origin. The goal is to have content cached as close as possible to users, so content is cached at the edge of the CDN provider's network.

### Impacts

- **Improved website load time**: Instead of every client making a request to the origin server, which could be located a considerable distance away, the request is routed to a local server that responds with cached content, thus decreasing latency and increasing overall performance. Regardless of where the origin server and clients are located, performance will be more consistent for all users, as the CDN will serve locally cached content when possible.

- **Increased content availability and redundancy:** Because every client request no longer needs to be sent to the origin server, CDNs provide not only performance benefits, but also availability and redundancy. Requests are load balanced over local servers with cached content; these servers respond to local requests, significantly decreasing overall load on the origin server. The origin server only is contacted when needed (when content is not cached or for dynamic non-cacheable content).

- **Improved website security:** A CDN acts as a reverse proxy and sits in front of origin servers. Thus it can provide enhanced security such as DDoS mitigation, improvements to security certificates, and other optimizations.

- **Reduced bandwidth costs:** Because CDNs use cached content to respond to requests, the number of requests sent to the origin server is reduced, thus also reducing associated bandwidth costs.

### Routing requests to CDN nodes

An important difference in some CDN implementations is how they route traffic to the respective local CDN nodes. Routing requests to CDN nodes can be done via two different methods:

**DNS unicast routing**

In this method, recursive DNS queries redirect requests to CDN nodes; the client’s DNS resolver forwards requests to the CDN’s authoritative nameserver. CDNs based on DNS unicast routing are not ideal in that clients may be geographically dispersed from the DNS resolver. Decisions on closest-proximity CDN nodes are based on the client's DNS server instead of client’s IP address. Also, if any changes are needed for the DNS response, there is a dependency on DNS time to live (TTL) expiration.

Further, since DNS routing uses unicast addresses, traffic is routed directly to a specific node, creating possible concerns when there are traffic spikes, as in a DDoS attack.

Another challenge with DNS-based CDNs is that DNS is not very graceful upon failover. Typically a new session or application must be started for the DNS resolver with a different IP address to take over.

**Anycast routing**

The Cloudflare CDN, which is discussed in more detail in the next section, uses anycast routing. Anycast allows for nodes on a network to have the same IP address. The same IP address is announced from multiple nodes in different locations, and client redirection is handled via the Internet’s routing protocol, BGP.

Using an anycast-based CDN has several advantages:

- Incoming traffic is routed to the nearest data center with the capacity to process the requests efficiently.
- Availability and redundancy is inherently provided. Since multiple nodes have the same IP address, if one node were to fail, requests are simply routed to another node in close proximity.
- Because anycast distributes traffic across multiple data centers, it increases the overall surface area, thus preventing any one location from becoming overwhelmed with requests. For this reason, anycast networks are very resilient to DDoS attacks.

## Introducing the Cloudflare CDN

Cloudflare provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) model for CDN. With Cloudflare’s SaaS model, customers benefit from the Cloudflare CDN without having to manage or maintain any infrastructure or software.

The benefits of the Cloudflare CDN can be attributed to the below two points, discussed in more detail in this section.

1. CDNs inherently increase performance by caching content on servers close to the user
2. The unique Cloudflare architecture and integrated ecosystem

Figure 2 shows a simplified view of the Cloudflare CDN. Clients are receiving their response back from a server on Cloudflare’s global anycast network closest to where the clients are located, thus drastically reducing the latency and RTT. The diagram depicts a consistent end-user experience regardless of the physical location of the clients and origin.

![Figure 2 is a diagram representing the traffic between a client and a server on Cloudflare's global anycast network at different client locations.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure2.svg "Figure 2: HTTP request to Cloudflare CDN with anycast")

## Cloudflare CDN architecture and design

Figure 3 is a view of the Cloudflare CDN on the global anycast network. In addition to using anycast for network performance and resiliency, the Cloudflare CDN leverages Tiered Cache to deliver optimized results while saving costs for customers. Customers can also enable Argo Smart Routing to find the fastest network path to route requests to the origin server. These capabilities are discussed in detail in the remainder of this document.

![Figure 3: Diagram representing requests coming from an end user, protected by Cloudflare products including WAF and DDoS protection, and traveling through the anycast Network to reach the origin server using Smart Tiered Cache.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure3.svg "Figure 3: Cloudflare CDN with Tiered Cache on global anycast network")

In the above diagram, there are a few important key points to understand about the Cloudflare CDN and the global anycast network it resides on:

- An important differentiator is that Cloudflare utilizes one global network and runs every service on every server in every Cloudflare data center, thus providing end users the closest proximity to Cloudflare’s services, with the highest scale, resiliency, and performance.
- Cloudflare is a reverse proxy, meaning it receives requests from clients and proxies the requests back to the customer’s origin servers. Thus, every request traverses through Cloudflare’s network before reaching the customer’s network. Since Cloudflare has hardened and protected its infrastructure at the edge (ingress), all customers are consequently also protected from infrastructure-level and volumetric DDoS attacks. Requests and traffic must go through the protected Cloudflare network before reaching the customer’s origin server.
- The Cloudflare CDN leverages the Cloudflare global anycast network. Thus the incoming request is routed to and answered by the node closest to the user.
- The inherent benefits of anycast are decreased latency, network resiliency, higher availability, and increased security due to larger surface area for absorbing both legitimate traffic loads and DDoS attacks. Cloudflare’s global anycast network spans [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), reaching 95% of the world’s Internet-connected population within 50 milliseconds while providing over 280 Tbps of network capacity and DDoS protection capability.
- Edge nodes within the Cloudflare network cache content from the origin server and are able to respond to requests via a cached copy. Cloudflare also provides [DNS](/dns/), [DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/), [WAF](/waf/), and other performance, reliability, and security services using the same edge architecture.
- [Argo](/argo-smart-routing/) uses optimized routing and caching technology across the Cloudflare network to deliver responses to users more quickly, reliably, and securely. Argo includes Smart Routing and [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/). Cloudflare leverages Argo to provide an enhanced CDN solution.

### Tiered Cache

Once a site is onboarded, standard caching is configured by default. With standard caching, each data center acts as a direct reverse proxy for the origin servers. A cache miss in any data center results in a request being sent to the origin server from the ingress data center.

Although standard caching works, it is not the most optimal design — cached content closer to the client may already exist in other Cloudflare data centers, and origin servers are sometimes unnecessarily overloaded as a result. Thus, it is best to enable Tiered Cache, which is included with every Cloudflare plan. With Tiered Cache, certain data centers are reverse proxies to the origin for other data centers, resulting in more cache hits and faster response times.

Tiered Cache leverages the scale of Cloudflare’s network to minimize requests to customer origins. When a request comes into a Cloudflare data center, if the requested content is not locally cached, other Cloudflare data centers are checked for the cached content.

Cloudflare data centers have shorter distances and faster paths between them than the connections between data centers and customer origin servers, optimizing the response to the client with a significant improvement in cache hit ratio. The Cloudflare CDN leverages Argo Smart Routing data to determine the best upper tier data centers to use for Tiered Cache. Argo Smart Routing can also be enabled as an add-on to provide the fastest paths between data centers and origin servers for cache misses and other types of dynamic traffic.

The Cloudflare CDN allows customers to configure tiered caching. Note that depending on the Cloudflare plan, different topologies are available for Tiered Cache. By default, tiered caching is disabled and can be enabled under the caching tab of the main menu. ​​

#### Tiered Cache topologies

The different cache topologies allow customers to control how Cloudflare interacts with origin servers to help ensure higher cache hit ratios, fewer origin connections, and reduced latency.

| **Smart Tiered Cache Topology (all plans)**                                                                                                                           | **Generic Global Tiered Topology (Enterprise only)**                                                                                              | **Custom Tiered Cache Topology (Enterprise only)**                                                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recommended for most deployments. It is the default configuration once Tiered Cache is enabled.                                                                       | Recommended for those who have high traffic that is spread across the globe and desire the highest cache usage and best performance possible.     | Recommended for customers who have additional data on their user base and have specific geographic regions they would like to focus on.                                    |
| Ideal for customers who want to leverage CDN for performance but minimize requests to origin servers and bandwidth utilization between Cloudflare and origin servers. | Generic Global Tiered Topology balances between cache efficiency and latency. Instructs Cloudflare to use all Tier 1 data centers as upper tiers. | Custom Tiered Cache Topology allows customers to set a custom topology that fits specific needs (ex: upper tiers in specific geographic locations serving more customers). |
| Cloudflare will dynamically find the single best upper tier for an origin using Argo performance and routing data.                                                    |                                                                                                                                                   | Engage with a Customer Success Manager (CSM) to build a custom topology.                                                                                                   |

### Traffic flow: Tiered Cache, Smart Tiered Cache topology

In Figure 4, Tiered Caching is enabled with Smart Tiered Cache Topology. The diagram depicts two separate traffic flows, summarized below. The first traffic flow (Client 1) is a request from a client that comes into Data Center 1. The second traffic flow (Client 2) is a subsequent request for the same resource into a different data center, Data Center 2.

![Figure 4: The same diagram as Figure 3 demonstrating requests between end users and origin server over the anycast Network, with bidirectional arrows indicating traffic flow enabled by Smart Tiered Cache.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure4.svg "Figure 4: HTTP requests and traffic flow through Cloudflare CDN")

| Request 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Request 2                                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| First request received in Data Center 1 results in cache miss, as request had not been made previously by any client.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Second request by a different client received in Data Center 3 results in cache miss, as request had not been made previously by any client served by Data Center 3. |
| No cached content found, so Data Center 1 checks with its upper tier data center to request a copy of the content.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | No cached content found, so Data Center 3 checks with the upper tier data center to request a copy of the content.                                                   |
| Upper tier data center also does not have content cached locally, so it makes a request to the origin server for content. Upon receiving the content, the upper tier data center caches it locally and relays the content to the requesting lower tier data center. The lower tier data center caches the content and responds to the client. | Cached content found at the upper tier data center. Data Center 3 retrieves and caches this content locally and responds to the client.                              |

In Figure 4, the top end user traffic flow displays the traffic flow when a client request is received by a data center closest to the client, Data Center 1. Since there is nothing locally cached on the ingress data center and tiered caching is enabled, a request is sent to the upper tier data center to request a copy of the content to cache. Because the upper tier data center also does not have the content cached, it sends the request to the origin server, caches the received content upon response, and responds to the lower tier data center with the cached content. The lower tier data center caches the content and responds to the client.

Notice that when a new request for the same content is made to another data center (bottom end user traffic flow), Data Center 3, the content is not locally cached; however, the content is retrieved from the upper tier data center, where it was cached from the first request for the same content.

With the upper tier data center returning the cached content for the second request, the trip to the origin server is prevented, resulting in higher cache hit ratios, faster response times, saved bandwidth cost between the Cloudflare network and the origin server, and reduced load on the origin server responding to requests.

### Regional Tiered Cache

The main difference between Smart Tiered Cache and Global tiered cache is the number of upper tiers that can talk to the origin servers. With Smart Tiered Cache the closest upper tier to the origin is selected using Argo performance and routing data. This means that all requests that experience a cache `MISS` at a lower tier will funnel through this single upper tier and have a higher percentage chance of a cache `HIT` to avoid sending traffic to an origin server. However, the downside to this architecture is that the lower tier could be located across the globe from the upper tier. Even if the upper tier can fulfill the request from its cache, the distance between the upper tier and lower tier could still add latency to the response depending on the distance traveled. To summarize, Smart Tiered Cache ensures that all requests for cache flow through a single upper tier cache location which increases cache `HIT` percentages, and reduces requests to the origin server, however it can result in higher latencies fulfilling those requests since the upper tier could be located far away from the lower tier that originated the request.

With Generic Global Tiered Cache, Cloudflare uses its largest data centers around the globe as upper tier cache which means, in general, that the upper tier cache is much closer to the lower tier cache. This can greatly reduce latency when lower tiers need to pass requests to upper tiers. However, this ultimately will increase the amount of requests serviced by the origin as each upper tier cache will need to populate from the origin. To summarize, Generic Global Tiered cache can improve response times when cache is populated, but will also increase load on the origin servers.

Regional Tiered Cache combines the best of both of these strategies together by adding an additional layer of cache to the architecture. Using the Regional Tiered Cache option with Smart Tiered Caching means that while a single upper tier cache location exists closest to the origin, a Regional Tier layer has been added between the upper and lower tier that is geographically closer to the lower tier. Now, requests from lower tiers will now check a Regional Tier for cache before being sent to an upper tier. A single Regional Tier can accept requests from several lower tier caches and because of that, can greatly improve performance and latency for globally available applications.

Regional Tiered Caching is recommended for use with Smart Tiered Caching and Custom Tiered Caching. However, Regional Tiered Cache is not beneficial for customers with many upper tiers in many regions like Generic Global Tiered Cache.

#### Traffic flow: Tiered Cache, Smart Tiered Cache with Regional Tiered Cache

In Figure 5, Tiered Caching is enabled with Smart Tiered Cache Topology. The diagram depicts the topology of Smart Tiered Cache with Regional Tiered Cache enabled. Lower tier caches, when they experience a cache `MISS` will first send those requests to a more local, regional hub data center to see if the cache can handle the request. If not, the request will continue on to the upper tier and then origin server, if necessary.

![Figure 5: Diagram illustrating requests between an end user and origin server with lower, regional and upper tiered caching enabled.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure5.svg "Figure 5: Cloudflare CDN with Tiered Cache and Regional Tiered Cache")

### Argo Smart Routing

Argo Smart Routing is a service that finds optimized routes across the Cloudflare network to deliver responses to users more quickly. As discussed earlier, Cloudflare CDN leverages Argo Smart Routing to determine the best upper tier data centers for Tiered Cache.

In addition, Argo Smart Routing can be enabled to ensure the fastest paths over the Cloudflare network are taken between upper tier data centers and origin servers at all times. Without Argo Smart Routing, communication between upper tier data centers to origin servers are still intelligently routed around problems on the Internet to ensure origin reachability.

Argo Smart Routing accelerates traffic by taking into account real-time data and network intelligence from routing nearly 50 million HTTP requests per second; it ensures the fastest and most reliable network paths are traversed over the Cloudflare network to the origin server. On average, Argo Smart Routing accounts for 30% faster performance on web assets.

#### Traffic Flow: Tiered Cache, Smart Tiered Cache Topology with Argo Smart Routing

Figure 6 details the traffic flow when Tiered Cache and Argo Smart Routing are not enabled. The request comes into the closest data center, and, because content is not locally cached and Tiered Cache is not enabled, the request is sent directly to the origin server for the content. Also, since Argo Smart Routing is not enabled, a reliable, but perhaps not the fastest, path is taken when communicating with the origin server.

![Figure 6: Diagram with bidirectional arrows indicating a request between an end user and origin server without Argo Smart Routing enabled.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure6.svg "Figure 6: Cloudflare CDN without Tiered Cache or Argo Smart Routing")

Figure 7 articulates the traffic flow with both Tiered Cache and Argo Smart Routing enabled. When a request is received by Data Center 1 and there is a cache miss, the cache of the upper tier data center, Data Center 4, is checked. If the cached content is not found at the upper tier data center, with Argo Smart Routing enabled, the request is sent on the fastest path from the upper tier data center to the origin.

The fastest path is determined by the Argo network intelligence capabilities, which take into account real-time network data such as congestion, latency, and RTT.

**With the Cloudflare CDN, Argo Smart Routing is used when:**

1. There is a cache miss and the request needs to be sent to the origin server to retrieve the content.
2. There is a request for non-cacheable content, such as dynamic content (ex: APIs), and the request must go to the origin server.

![Figure 7: Diagram with bidirectional arrows indicating a request between an end user and origin server, with Argo Smart Routing enabled to improve speed.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure7.svg "Figure 7: Cloudflare CDN with Tiered Cache and Argo Smart Routing")

### Cache Reserve

Expanding on the idea of Tiered Cache, Cache Reserve further utilizes the scale and speed of the Cloudflare network while additionally leveraging R2, Cloudflare’s persistent object storage, to cache content even longer. Cache Reserve helps customers reduce bills by eliminating egress fees from origins while also providing multiple layers of resiliency and protection to make sure that content is reliably available which improves website performance by having content load faster. Basically, Cache Reserve is an additional higher tier of cache with longer retention duration.

While Cache Reserve can function without Tiered Cache enabled, it is recommended that Tiered Cache be enabled with Cache Reserve. Tiered Cache will funnel, and potentially eliminate, requests to Cache Reserve which eliminates redundant read operations and redundant storage of cached content reducing egress and storage fees. Enabling Cache Reserve via the Cloudflare dashboard will check and provide a warning if you try to use Cache Reserve without Tiered Cache enabled.

Cache Reserve has a retention period of 30 days which means it will hold cached content for 30 days regardless of cached headers or TTL policy. The TTL policy still affects the content’s freshness which means when content cache TTL expires inside of Cache Reserve, the content will need to be revalidated by checking the origin for any updates. The TTL policy can be set by any number of methods, such as Cache-Control, CDN-Cache-Control response headers, Edge Cache TTL, cache TTL by status code, or Cache Rules. Every time cache is read from Cache Reserve, the retention timer is reset to 30 days. After 30 days, if the cached content has not been read from Cache Reserve, the cache will be deleted.

There are three main criteria to match for content to be considered cacheable via Cache Reserve:

1. The content must be cacheable. See the [Cache documentation](/cache/) for more details on cacheable content.
2. TTL is set to at least 10 hours. This can be set by any method from the previous paragraph.
3. The Content-Length header must be used in the response header. Please note, this means that the \[Transfer-Method “chunked” will prevent Cache Reserve from being populated.

When combined with Tiered Caching and Argo Smart Routing, Cache Reserve can be a powerful tool for increasing cache hits and in turn reducing load on origin servers while also improving performance by bringing the content closer to the end user.

:::note

Using [Image Resizing](/images/transform-images/) with Cache Reserve will not result in resized images being stored in Cache Reserve since Image Resizing takes place after reading from Cache Reserve. Resized images will be cached in other available tiers when they are served after resizing.

:::

### Traffic flow: Cache Reserve topology

Figure 8 illustrates how Cache Reserve can help reduce load on an origin server while also helping repopulate cache stores in both upper and lower tier data centers.

![Figure 8: Traffic between end users and an origin server showing Cache Reserve as the final step in the architecture of the Cloudflare CDN solution.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cdn-reference-architecture-images/ref-arch-cdn-figure8.svg "Figure 8: Cloudflare CDN with Tiered Cache and Cache Reserve")

### China Network & China Express for clients in China

Latency is not only proportional to the physical distance between the client and the origin or cache, but it may also increase significantly when traffic comes from or goes to certain countries, such as China. To mitigate the latency, Cloudflare offers two solutions:

1. [China Network](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/china-network/) provides in-China caching for end users located in China, regardless of the origin location. This solution is provided by collaborating with JD Cloud and uses their data centers to ensure the fastest and most reliable cache performance for Chinese users compared to data centers outside of China.
2. [China Express](https://blog.cloudflare.com/improving-customer-experience-in-china-using-china-express) offers reliable and secure connectivity to streamline content from origins to JD Cloud data centers in China. This is particularly beneficial for dynamic content like web applications and API calls.

## Summary

To summarize, the Cloudflare CDN is SaaS that helps address the challenges customers face around latency, performance, availability, redundancy, security, and costs. The Cloudflare CDN leverages Cloudflare’s global anycast network and Tiered Cache to deliver optimized results while saving costs for customers. Customers can also enable Argo Smart Routing to ensure the fastest network path is used to route requests to the origin server and also choose to enable Cache Reserve to increase cache hits to further save costs and increase performance of their website or application.

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# Reference Architecture using Cloudflare SASE with Microsoft

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/

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## Introduction

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, organizations are increasingly embracing cloud migration to modernize their environments and enhance productivity. Microsoft has emerged as a leading provider of cloud applications and services, offering a comprehensive suite of solutions to support hybrid work. However, this shift to the cloud also presents new challenges and risks that must be addressed to ensure the security and integrity of an organization's resources.

As organizations migrate to hybrid and multi-cloud environments, they often face the complexity of managing a combination of Software as a Service (SaaS), self-hosted, and non-web applications. This heterogeneous ecosystem can complicate the process of securing and controlling access to these resources. Additionally relying on legacy, often on-premises, Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions to securely connect users to applications can introduce security gaps and hinder employee productivity.
To overcome these challenges and achieve greater security outcomes, organizations can benefit from partnering with Cloudflare, a leading provider of cloud security and performance solutions. Cloudflare offers seamless integration with Microsoft's cloud ecosystem, enabling customers to eliminate security gaps, enhance performance, and ensure reliability across their hybrid work environments.

In this reference architecture diagram, we will explore how the combination of Cloudflare's Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform and Microsoft's cloud applications and services can help you attain a Zero Trust security posture and accelerate cloud modernization and productivity while providing comprehensive security for hybrid work. By leveraging Cloudflare's secure network access, risky user isolation, and application and data visibility, organizations can consolidate management through a unified interface and enable secure access to any resource, regardless of location.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization's Microsoft deployments. It is designed to help you understand the different ways in which Microsoft and Cloudflare can be integrated together in terms of your Zero Trust and SASE programs.

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- Solution Brief: [Cloudflare One](https://cfl.re/SASE-SSE-platform-brief) (3 minute read)
- Whitepaper: [Reference Architecture for Internet-Native Transformation](https://cfl.re/internet-native-transformation-wp) (10 minute read)
- Blog: [Zero Trust, SASE, and SSE: foundational concepts for your next-generation network](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-trust-sase-and-sse-foundational-concepts-for-your-next-generation-network/) (14 minute read)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare and Microsoft can be integrated together to protect users, devices, applications and networks from a Zero Trust perspective

This document is also accompanied by a reference architecture with a more indepth look at [Cloudflare and SASE](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

While this document examines Cloudflare at a technical level, it does not offer fine detail about every product in the platform. Visit the [developer documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/) for further information specific to a product area or use case.

## Integration of Cloudflare with Microsoft

Cloudflare's [Zero Trust Network Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/access/) (ZTNA) provides a faster and safer alternative to traditional VPNs. It replaces on-premises VPN infrastructure and protects any application, regardless of whether it is hosted in an on-premises network, public cloud, or as Software as a Service (SaaS). By integrating with Microsoft Intune and Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory), Cloudflare's ZTNA service enables organizations to enforce default-deny, Zero Trust rules and provide conditional access to internal resources based on user identity and device posture.

Microsoft and Cloudflare can be integrated in the following ways.

- Using Microsoft [Entra ID](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/fundamentals/whatis) for authentication to all Cloudflare protected resources
- Leveraging Microsoft [InTune](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/fundamentals/what-is-intune) device posture in Cloudflare policies to ensure only managed, trusted devices have access to protected resources
- Using Cloudflare [CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/) to inspect your [Microsoft 365](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/what-is-microsoft-365) tenants and alert on security findings for incorrectly configured accounts and shared files containing sensitive data
- Using Cloudflare's [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) to control access to Microsoft SaaS applications such as Outlook, OneDrive and Teams
- Using Cloudflare's [Email Security](/email-security/) service to increase protection of email from phishing attacks and business email compromise.

### Microsoft Entra ID with Cloudflare

Cloudflare's integration with Entra ID allows you to leverage your identities in Entra for authentication to any Cloudflare protected application. Groups can also be imported via SCIM to be used in access policies, simplifying management and abstracting access control by managing group membership in Entra ID.

- Entra ID enables administrators to create and enforce policies on both applications and users using Conditional Access policies.
- It offers a wide range of parameters to control user access to applications, such as user risk level, sign-in risk level, device platform, location, client apps, and more.
- Security teams can define their security controls in Entra ID and enforce them at the network layer, for every request, with Cloudflare's ZTNA service.

![Figure 1: Microsoft Entra ID integrates with Cloudflare for ZTNA access to SaaS and self hosted applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft-fig1.svg "Figure 1: Microsoft Entra ID integrates with Cloudflare for ZTNA access to SaaS and self hosted applications.")

### Microsoft InTune with Cloudflare

Cloudflare is able to enforce access policies that include information about device posture. InTune can be integrated into Cloudflare so that information about InTune managed and protected devices can be used to enforce access control to Cloudflare protected resources.

- With a device connected using our [agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/), Cloudflare's ZTNA service can leverage the enhanced telemetry and context provided by Intune regarding a user's device posture and compliance state.
- Intune provides detailed information about the security status and configuration of user devices, enabling more informed access control decisions.
- This integration allows administrators to ensure that only compliant and secure devices are granted access to critical networks and applications.

![Figure 2: Figure 2: Using Intune and Cloudflare device posture data for secure application access.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft-fig2.svg "Figure 2: Using Intune and Cloudflare device posture data for secure application access.")

### Cloudflare CASB for Microsoft 365

As companies adopt numerous SaaS applications, maintaining consistent security, visibility, and performance becomes increasingly difficult. With each application having unique configurations and security requirements, IT teams face challenges in staying compliant and protecting sensitive data across the diverse landscape.

Cloudflare CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) addresses these challenges by providing extensive visibility across Microsoft 365 and other popular SaaS applications. This visibility enables organizations to quickly identify misconfigurations, exposed files, user access, and third-party access, ensuring a secure and compliant SaaS environment.

Learn more about how our CASB solution can [protect data at rest here](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/).

### Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway for improved security to Microsoft SaaS applications

Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway (SWG) can help organizations achieve safe and secure access to Microsoft 365 in the following ways:

1. Traffic inspection and filtering: Cloudflare's SWG inspects all user and device traffic destined for the Internet, including traffic to Microsoft 365. This allows organizations to apply security policies, content filtering, and threat prevention measures to ensure that only legitimate and authorized traffic reaches Microsoft 365 services.
   As seen above, policies can be designed so that only managed, secure devices can access any part of the Microsoft 365 and Azure platform.
2. Data protection with DLP profiles: Traffic is not only inspected based on device posture and identity information, but our DLP engine can also examine the content of the request and allow/block downloads/uploads of confidential information to and from Microsoft 365 and Azure.
3. Enforce Cloudflare gateway: Microsoft 365 can be configured to accept user traffic only from a specific range of IP addresses. Cloudflare makes it possible to define and associate IP addresses attached to all traffic leaving the SWG. This means that organizations can configure Microsoft 365 to only accept traffic coming from the IP address range designated by Cloudflare SWG, ensuring that all traffic has been inspected and approved by Cloudflare's security policies before reaching Microsoft 365.

By leveraging Cloudflare SWG as a secure gateway for Microsoft 365 access, organizations can benefit from advanced threat protection, granular access controls, traffic inspection, and centralized visibility, ensuring a safe and secure experience for their users while mitigating risks and maintaining compliance.

### Cloudflare's Email Security for improved email protection

Phishing is the root cause of upwards of 90% of breaches that lead to financial loss and brand damage. Cloudflare's email security solution sits in front of all email going to your Microsoft 365 tenant, filtering out spam, bulk, malicious and spoof content. The solution can leverage Microsoft [rules for quarantine actions](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/four-user-quarantine-admin-quarantine/), allowing you to fine tune how different email detections are handled.

![Figure 3: Cloud email security protects all Microsoft 365 inboxes.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft-fig3.svg "Figure 3: Cloud email security protects all Microsoft 365 inboxes.")

It is also possible to configure cloud email security to scan [Microsoft 365 inboxes via API](/email-security/deployment/api/), avoiding the need to make changes to existing DNS records.

## Summary

By leveraging Cloudflare and its integrations with Microsoft, organizations can establish a Zero Trust security posture that goes beyond the limitations of traditional network security models. With Cloudflare's Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), organizations can replace self hosted VPNs and enforce conditional access based on user identity and device posture. The integration with Microsoft Entra ID allows for authentication and access control, while Microsoft InTune provides device posture information. Additionally, Cloudflare's CASB offers visibility into the security of Microsoft 365 configuration, the Secure Web Gateway inspects and filters traffic to Microsoft 365, and Email Security protects against phishing attacks, ensuring a secure and compliant environment. This approach enables faster and more secure access to applications, while providing granular control over user access based on identity and device posture.

![Figure 4: A summary of Cloudflare SASE and Microsoft integrations.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft-fig4.svg "Figure 4: A summary of Cloudflare SASE and Microsoft integrations")

## Related resources

- [Overview of Microsoft and Cloudflare partnership](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/microsoft/)
- [Set up Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) as an identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider)

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# Reference Architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/

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Diagrams, design patterns and detailed best practices to help you generate solutions with Cloudflare products.

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# Load Balancing Reference Architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/

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## Introduction

Cloudflare Load Balancing is a SaaS offering that allows organizations to host applications for a global user base while vastly reducing concerns of maintenance, failover, resiliency, and scalability. Using Cloudflare Load Balancing allows organizations to address the following challenges:

- Efficiently handling large volumes of incoming traffic, especially during unexpected surges or spikes.
- Ensuring applications and services remain accessible to users.
- Maintaining quick response times and optimal performance for all users, especially during high traffic periods.
- Adapting to changing traffic demands and ensuring the infrastructure can accommodate growth.
- Helping applications and services resist Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

Cloudflare Load Balancing is built on Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud, ​​a unified, intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services that enable secure any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications, and users. It is one of the largest global networks, with data centers spanning more than 310 cities in over 120 countries and interconnection with over 13,000 other networks. It also has a greater presence in core Internet exchanges than many other large technology companies.

As a result, Cloudflare operates within \~50 ms of \~95% of the world’s Internet-connected population. And since all Cloudflare services are designed to run across every network location, all requests are routed, inspected, and filtered close to their source, resulting in strong performance and consistent user experiences.

This document describes a reference architecture for organizations looking to deploy both global and local traffic management load balancing solutions.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT, web hosting, and network professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization's existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with networking concepts such as routing, DNS, and IP addressing, as well as basic understanding of load balancer functionality.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare and its load balancing solution, we recommend the following resources:

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- Solution Brief: [Cloudflare Private Network Load Balancing](https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/4mn2dtdw7TvSwCUJw8mMf5/f1fa6269f4468c432560b2c9f5ebd38a/Cloudflare_Local_Traffic_Manager_Solution_Brief.pdf) (5 minute read)
- Solution Brief: [Cloudflare GTM Load Balancing](https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/5OWUduF4YBKYADj3zREAX6/5241a81a3fc4ff1db7c9bade14991b23/Cloudflare_Global_Traffic_Manager__GTM__Solution_Brief.pdf) (5 minute read)
- Blog: [Elevate load balancing with Private IPs and Cloudflare Tunnels: a secure path to efficient traffic distribution](https://blog.cloudflare.com/elevate-load-balancing-with-private-ips-and-cloudflare-tunnels-a-secure-path-to-efficient-traffic-distribution/) (13 minutes)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare Load Balancing can address both Private Network Load Balancing and global traffic management use cases.
- How Cloudflare’s global network enhances the functionality of Cloudflare Load Balancing.
- The capabilities of Cloudflare Load Balancers, and how they apply to various use cases.
- The structure of Cloudflare Load Balancers and their various configurations.

## Handling dynamic workloads in modern applications

### Concepts and terminology

#### Endpoint

In this document, the term “endpoint” is any service or hardware that intercepts and processes incoming public or private traffic. Since load balancing can be used for more than just web servers, the term endpoint has been chosen to represent all possible types of origins, hostnames, private or public IP addresses, virtual IP addresses (VIPs), servers, and other dedicated hardware boxes. It could be on-premises or hosted in a public or private cloud — and could even be a third-party load balancer.

#### Steering

Steering is a load balancer’s main function — the process of handling, sending, and forwarding requests based on a set of policies. These policies generally take many factors into account, including request URL, URL path, HTTP headers, configured weights, priority, and endpoint latency, responsiveness, capacity, and load.

#### Layer 7

[Layer 7](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-layer-7/) of the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/), also known as the application layer, is where protocols such as SSH, FTP, NTP, SMTP, and HTTP(S) reside. When this document refers to layer 7 or layer 7 load balancers, it means HTTP(S)-based services. The Cloudflare layer 7 stack allows Cloudflare to apply services like DDoS protection, Bot Management. WAF, CDN, Load Balancing and more to a customer's website to improve performance, availability, and security.

#### Layer 4

Layer 4 of the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/) — also called the transport layer — is responsible for end-to-end communication between two devices. Network services that operate at layer 4 can support a much broader set of services and protocols. Cloudflare’s public layer 4 load balancers are enabled by a product called Spectrum, which works as a layer 4 reverse proxy. In addition to offering load balancing, Spectrum provides protection from [DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/) and can conceal the endpoint IP addresses.

#### SSL/TLS Offloading

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and its successor TLS (Transport Layer Security) are cryptographic protocols used to secure connections over the Internet. SSL and TLS offloading, also known as SSL/TLS termination or SSL/TLS acceleration, is a technique used in load balancers and web servers to handle the SSL/TLS encryption and decryption process without affecting an endpoint’s performance. SSL/TLS offloading improves server performance, simplifies certificate management, and enhances scalability by offloading the resource-intensive encryption and decryption tasks to dedicated devices, helping endpoints remain dedicated to serving content and application logic.

### Challenges addressed by load balancers

Modern websites, or any applications for that matter, face three main challenges:

1. **Performance:** Ensuring that the application responds to users requests and input in a timely manner
2. **Availability:** Maintaining the uptime for the application, so it is always able to respond to user requests
3. **Scalability:** Growing, shrinking, or relocating application resources based on user behavior or demand.

#### Performance

Application performance can be affected by several factors, but the most common cause of performance issues is the amount of usage or load placed on an endpoint. An endpoint generally has a finite amount of compute resources it can provide. If too many requests arrive at once, or if the type of requests cause increased CPU/memory usage, the endpoint will respond slower or fail to respond at all.

To address these challenges, endpoints can be upgraded with more compute resources. But during idle or low-usage times, the organization ends up paying for underutilized resources. Organizations may also deploy multiple endpoints — but to seamlessly steer traffic between them, a load balancing solution is needed to make this process seamless to the end user.

Figure 1 shows how load might be distributed without a load balancer:

![Endpoint load is not distributed evenly without a load balancer](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-1.svg "Figure 1: Endpoint performance can suffer without a load balancer")

Load balancers allow organizations to host several endpoints and portion out traffic between them, ensuring no single endpoint gets overwhelmed. The load balancer handles all incoming requests and forwards them to the appropriate endpoint. The client doesn’t need any knowledge of endpoint availability or load — it just needs to send the request to the load balancer and the load balancer handles the rest. Figure 2 shows how a load balancer can evenly distribute traffic from users across a set of endpoints.

![A load balancer helps evenly distribute requests across multiple endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-2.svg "Figure 2: Load balancers help distribute load across endpoints")

Another performance-related issue has to do with the distance between a client and an endpoint. Whether due to the mere fact of traveling farther, or having to make more network hops, a request that travels a longer distance generally has a higher round-trip time (RTT).

RTT becomes important at scale. For example, if a client and endpoint are both located in the United States, it would be reasonable to expect a RTT of 25ms. If the client has 20 requests it needs responses to, the total time required to handle them sequentially (not including compute time) would be 500ms (20 x 25ms). And if the same client connected from the APAC region the RTT might be upwards of 150ms, resulting in an undesirable total loading time of 3000ms (20 x 150ms). (Certainly, request streaming enhancements in HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 might change this math — but in websites with dynamic or interactive content, where a response’s information is used to generate additional requests, the example still holds in general.) Figure 3 illustrates how this happens.

![Latency compounds based on the number of requests](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-3.svg "Figure 3: How latency can compound and affect the total time it takes to load a resource")

In the same way a load balancer can pass traffic to a less-busy endpoint, it can also pass traffic to a geographically closer endpoint, resulting in a more responsive experience for the client. Specifically, the load balancer performs a lookup of the IP address that sent the request, determines its location, and selects the closest or most region-appropriate endpoint to send it to. (This is similar to functionality provided by DNS solutions like GeoDNS.

#### Availability

Service availability encompasses both unintentional and intentional downtime of endpoints behind a load balancer. Several factors can contribute to unintentional downtime, including hardware failure, software bugs, network issues, and ISP or other vendor issues. Even for the most advanced organizations, these issues are inevitable.

Load balancers solve these issues by always monitoring the health of endpoints. If an endpoint is slow to respond to a health check, or fails to respond entirely,the endpoint is marked as unhealthy. Several methods exist for doing so, including basic health tests like ICMP (ping) and TCP connection tests. More advanced health tests can be used like issuing an HTTP GET request and ensuring a specific response code and response body are returned from the endpoint. Once an endpoint is in a degraded state, the load balancer will send fewer or no requests its way in favor of healthier endpoints. As the endpoint becomes operational again and the load balancer is able to receive responses to its health checks, the endpoint is marked as operational and has traffic steered towards it once more.

Intentional downtime comes in a few different forms, including capacity changes, hardware or infrastructure upgrades, and software updates. Load balancers gracefully remove traffic from one or more endpoints to allow for such maintenance..

#### Scale

Effective application scaling helps organizations meet customer or user demand and avoid unnecessary billing or charges. During traffic increases, organizations may need to temporarily deploy more endpoints to ensure the service stays performant and available. However, constantly having enough endpoints online to meet your maximum possible traffic could be costly regardless whether the endpoint is located on-premises or via a cloud provider like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Load balancers allow for dynamic increases or decreases in capacity by monitoring requests, connections, and latency to the endpoints.

Another type of scale to consider is geographic scale. As services grow in popularity, endpoint location becomes more important. Users in a different geographic region than an endpoint may have slower response times and receive a lower quality of service than users in the same region. As organizations deploy new endpoints in different regions, they have to decide how they want to distribute their traffic. This challenge has been met by different layers of load balancing called global traffic management (GTM) and Private Network Load Balancing. This document describes both of these in detail in the following section — but in summary, the GTM load balancer handles the initial request (typically via DNS) and then selects and steers traffic to the Private Network Load Balancer that is deployed close to endpoints in the appropriate geographic region.

### Types of traffic management

As mentioned, load balancing for global applications and services comes in two layers. The first layer is called Global Traffic Management or Manager (GTM), which may also be called Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB). The second layer is called Private Network Load Balancing, which may also be referred to as Server Load Balancing (SLB). This section will define the purpose of these different types of load balancing and how they work together.

#### Global traffic manager / global traffic management (GTM)

A Global Traffic Manager is responsible for routing requests, generally from the Internet, to the proper region or data center. Many GTM load balancers operate at the DNS layer, allowing them to:

- Resolve a DNS request to an IP address based on geographic region or physical location.
- Provide the IP of the endpoint or service closest to the client, so it can connect.

Figure 4 shows how a GTM load balancer is used to select a data center based on the client location or region.

![Global traffic management steers traffic to the proper region or data center](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-4.svg "Figure 4: Global traffic management load balancer overview")

Global Traffic Managers can also proxy traffic and perform a variety of inspections, including reading/changing/deleting headers in HTTP requests and modifying URLs based on region or geographic location. GTM functionality is best implemented by cloud-based load balancers (like Cloudflare) since the goal is to steer traffic from anywhere in the world. Hardware load balancers exist in a single physical location, which means the further traffic originates from the load balancer, the slower the end-user experience. A cloud-based load balancer can run in many different geographic locations, helping it provide a performant solution for DNS-only, layer 4, and layer 7 contexts.

#### Private Network Load Balancing

Private Network Load Balancing steers traffic within a data center or geographic location. A Private Network Load Balancer can be responsible for load balancing, SSL/TLS offloading, content switching, and other application delivery functions. Private Network Load Balancing ensures efficient distribution of client requests across multiple endpoints to improve performance and ensure high availability. Private Network Load Balancers are usually placed inside private networks and are used to load balance publicly or privately accessible resources. In Figure 5 below, the GTM load balancer has selected the Europe data center to direct a request to the Europe data center’s Private Network Load Balancer which will then steer it to the appropriate endpoint.

![Private Network Load Balancing is responsible for steering to the final endpoint or destination](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-5.svg "Figure 5: Private Network Load Balancer overview")

Private Network Load Balancer and their endpoints usually sit behind firewalls. But while endpoints may be protected on private networks, accessibility to the Private Network Load Balancer can be either public or private depending on deployment requirements. A Private Network Load Balancer will monitor total requests, connections, and endpoint health to ensure requests are steered towards endpoints capable of responding in a timely manner.

#### On-premises vs cloud-based load balancers

There are two main load balancer architectures:

- On-premises load balancers
  - Typically hardware-based, but also can be virtualized or software-based
  - Focused on maximum performance
- Cloud-based load balancers
  - Software deployed public cloud infrastructure
  - Handle requests closer to the originator of the request

Each approach has advantages and disadvantages. On-premises load balancers usually exist inside of private networks completely controlled by the organization. These load balancers are collocated with the endpoints they are load balancing, so latency and RTT time should be minimal. The disadvantage of these on-premises load balancers is that they are restricted to a single physical location. Which means traffic from other regions can have long RTT and high latency in responses. Also, adding another data center requires purchasing and deploying all new equipment. On-premises load balancers also typically require cloud-based load balancers for geographic traffic steering to get requests routed by a geographically local or region-appropriate data center. The advantages of cloud-based load balancers is that they can operate in almost any geographic region without concern for rack space, power, cooling, or maintenance and can scale without concern for new chassis, modules, or larger network connections. Cloud-based load balancers do however increase latency and RTT between the load balancer and the endpoints as they are not typically colocated with the endpoints they are steering traffic toward.

## Cloudflare Load Balancing architecture and design

Cloudflare has offered cloud-based GTM since 2016 and started adding Private Network Load Balancing capabilities in 2023. This section will review the entire Cloudflare Load Balancing architecture and dive deep into the different configurations and options available. First, however, it's important to understand the benefits that Cloudflare Load Balancers have simply by running on Cloudflare’s global network.

### Inherent advantages in the Cloudflare architecture

Cloudflare Load Balancing is built on Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud, ​​a unified, intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services that enable any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications, and users. It is one of the largest global networks, with data centers spanning more than 310 cities in over 120 countries and interconnection with over 13,000 other networks. It also has a greater presence in core Internet exchanges than many other large technology companies.

As a result, Cloudflare operates within \~50 ms of \~95% of the world’s Internet-connected population. And since all Cloudflare services are designed to run across every network location, all traffic is connected, inspected, and filtered close to the source for the best performance and consistent user experience.

Cloudflare’s load balancing solution benefits from our use of anycast technology. Anycast allows Cloudflare to announce the IP addresses of our services from every data center worldwide, so traffic is always routed to the Cloudflare data center closest to the source. This means traffic inspection, authentication, and policy enforcement take place close to the end user, leading to consistently high-quality experiences.

Using anycast ensures the Cloudflare network is well balanced. If there is a sudden increase in traffic on the network, the load can be distributed across multiple data centers – which in turn, helps maintain consistent and reliable connectivity for users. Further, Cloudflare’s large network capacity and AI/ML-optimized smart routing also help ensure that performance is constantly optimized.

By contrast, many other SaaS-based load balancing providers use Unicast routing in which a single IP address is associated with a single endpoint and/or data center. In many such architectures, a single IP address is then associated with a specific application, which means requests to access that application may have very different network routing experiences depending on how far that traffic needs to travel. For example, performance may be excellent for employees working in the office next to the application’s endpoints, but poor for remote employees or those working overseas. Unicast also complicates scaling traffic loads — that single service location must ramp up resources when load increases, whereas anycast networks can share traffic across many data centers and geographies.

Figure 6 shows how using the Cloudflare network allows geographically disparate users to connect to their resources as fast as possible.

![Cloudflare’s global anycast network ensures that the closest data center is always selected](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-6.svg "Figure 6: Load balancers hosted on Cloudflare’s global anycast network")

Figure 6, above, shows other Cloudflare services are also running in each of these data centers since Cloudflare runs every service in every data center so users have a consistent experience everywhere. For example, Cloudflare’s layer 7 load balancer will also be able to take advantage of other services such as DDoS protection, CDN/Cache, Bot Management, or WAF. All of these additional services can help protect your service from unnecessary traffic whether it be malicious requests (blocked by DDoS Protection, Bot Management, or WAF) or requests that can be served via cache rather than a request to endpoint. All of these services can be combined as needed to make a service or offering as protected, resilient, and performant as possible.

![Cloudflare Layer 7 features can be used together to further secure a service](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-7.svg "Figure 7: Some of the processes a HTTP request passes through in the Cloudflare layer 7 stack")

Cloudflare also has a [network optimization service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/orpheus-saves-internet-requests-while-maintaining-speed/) that is constantly running at all data centers to ensure that Cloudflare provides the best path between Cloudflare data centers and also track all the available paths to endpoints. This allows Cloudflare to ensure that endpoints can always be reached and reroute traffic to alternate Cloudflare data centers, if necessary, to reach an endpoint. After the load balancer has made a decision on which endpoint to steer the traffic, the traffic is then forwarded to Cloudflare’s network optimization service to determine the best path to reach the destination. The path can be affected by a feature called Argo Smart Routing which, when enabled, uses timed TCP connections to find the Cloudflare data center with the fastest RTT to the endpoint. Figure 8 shows how Argo Smart Routing can help improve connection time to endpoints.

![Argo Smart Routing finds the fastest path between requester and endpoint](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-8.svg "Figure 8: Argo Smart Routing reduces latency to endpoints")

Another way traffic flow can be affected is by the use of Cloudflare Tunnels. This document covers Cloudflare Tunnels in depth in the following section. Because Cloudflare Tunnels connect endpoints to specific Cloudflare data centers, traffic destined for those endpoints must traverse those data centers to reach the endpoint. Figure 9 shows how connections to private endpoints connected via Cloudflare Tunnel must pass through the data center where the tunnel terminates.

![Requests take different paths depending on whether the endpoint is public or connected over Cloudflare Tunnel](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-9.svg "Figure 9: Paths to endpoints differ when connecting endpoints via Cloudflare Tunnel")

Usually, GTM and Private Network Load Balancers are either separate hardware or separate SaaS (GTM) and hardware Private Network Load Balancing components. Cloudflare’s GTM and Private Network Load Balancing capabilities are combined into a single SaaS offering which greatly simplifies configuration and management. There is no need to create a GTM load balancer and steer traffic to more local Private Network Load Balancers. All endpoints can be directly connected to Cloudflare and traffic is steered to the correct region, data center, and endpoint all from a single load balancer configuration. While the concepts of GTM and Private Network Load Balancing features will persist, their implementation in Cloudflare will be done in a way that keeps load balancer configurations as simple and straightforward as possible. Figure 10 illustrates how global traffic can be steered from any geographic region to a specific endpoint as needed.

![Combining GTM and Private Network Load Balancing functions into a single load balancer configuration](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-10.svg "Figure 10: Cloudflare combines the function of GTM and Private Network Load Balancing")

### The structure of a Cloudflare Load Balancer

A Cloudflare Load Balancer, often referred to as a Virtual IP (VIP), is configured with an entrypoint . Typically, this entrypoint is a DNS record. The load balancer first applies a defined traffic steering algorithm to select an endpoint pool, which is a group of endpoints selected based on function, geographic area, or region. A load balancer configuration can have one or multiple endpoint pools, and each endpoint pool can have one or many endpoints. After selecting an endpoint pool, the load balancer applies an endpoint steering algorithm to the list of endpoints and selects an endpoint to steer the traffic towards. Figure 11 shows the basic steps from client request to endpoint within a Cloudflare Load Balancer.

![The steps within a Cloudflare Load Balancer](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-11.svg "Figure 11: The basic process flow through a Cloudflare Load Balancer")

The definition of a Cloudflare Load Balancer is divided into three main components:

1. Health monitors: these components are responsible for observing the health of endpoints and categorizing them as healthy or critical (unhealthy).
2. Endpoint pools: this is where endpoints are defined and where health monitors and endpoint steering are applied.
3. Load balancers: in this component, lists of endpoint pools and traffic steering policies are applied.

The following sections detail the options available and considerations for configuring a Cloudflare Load Balancer, starting with steering, which is utilized in both endpoint pool and load balancer configurations.

### Steering types and methods

Steering is the core function of a load balancer and steering methods ultimately determine which endpoint is going to be selected when a load balancer is engaged. From the load balancer’s perspective, steering can be applied in two key areas.

The first is called ‘traffic steering’, and it is responsible for determining which endpoint pool will handle incoming requests, typically based on proximity or geographic region of the requester. The concept of traffic steering closely aligns with the idea of global traffic management.

The second area where steering is applied is after a region, data center, or endpoint pool has been selected. At this point, the load balancer needs to select the single endpoint responsible for handling the request or connection, referred to as ‘endpoint steering’. Steering at both of these levels is done by applying steering methods tailored to the specific needs of the customer deploying the load balancer. There are several different algorithms to choose from, but not all algorithms are applicable to both steering types.

Below is an in-depth review of all the steering methods Cloudflare offers. At the end of this section, there is a quick reference table which can be helpful in understanding which algorithms are applicable to which use cases.

#### Traffic steering

Traffic steering selects the group of endpoints, also called an endpoint pool. The most common use of traffic steering is to select the endpoint pool based on the least latent response times, geographic region, or physical location. Traffic steering is closely aligned to global traffic management and serves as the initial step in directing traffic to an endpoint.

#### Endpoint steering

Endpoint steering is responsible for selecting which endpoint will receive the request or connection. Endpoint steering can randomly select an endpoint, a previously selected endpoint (if session affinity is enabled), or it can be used to select the least utilized, fastest responding, endpoint for a request or connection. Endpoint steering is closely related to Private Network Load Balancing, as it is responsible for selecting the final destination of a request or connection.

#### Weighted steering

Weighted steering takes into account the differences in endpoint pools and endpoints that will be responsible for handling requests from a load balancer. Endpoint weight, which is a required field for every endpoint, is only used when specific steering methods are chosen. Similarly, endpoint pool weight is only needed when specific steering methods are selected. Please see the [steering options overview](#steering-options-overview) section for a quick reference for when weights are applied.

Weight influences the randomness of endpoint pool or endpoint selection for a single request or connection within a load balancer. Weight does not consider historical data or current connection information, which means that weight may have variations in distribution over shorter timeframes. However, over longer periods of time and with significant traffic, the distribution will more closely resemble the desired weights applied in configuration. It’s important to note that session affinity will also override weight settings after the initial connection, as session affinity is intended to direct subsequent requests to the same endpoint pool or endpoint. Figure 12 shows a weight example for two endpoint pools with equal capacity and probability of being selected.

![A pair of endpoint pools with equal probability of being selected](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-12.svg "Figure 12: A pair of endpoint pools with equal capacity")

Specific algorithms, such as Least Outstanding Request Steering, take into account the number of open requests and connections. Weight is used to determine which endpoints or endpoint pools can handle a greater number of open requests or connections. Essentially, weight defines the capacity of endpoints or endpoint pools, regardless of the selected steering method.

Weight is defined as any number between 0.00 and 1.00. It’s important to note that the total weight of the endpoint pools or the endpoints within an endpoint pool do not need to equal 1. Instead, the weights will be added together, and then an individual weight value is divided by that sum to get the probability of that endpoint being selected.

Weight to percentage equation: (endpoint weight) ÷ (sum of all weights in the pool) = (% of traffic to endpoint)

Below are some examples with diagrams to help in understanding how weight is used for distributing traffic. In these examples, it is assumed that the goal is to evenly distribute traffic across all endpoints with the same capacity or compute resources. [Random](#random-steering) traffic steering will be used to demonstrate traffic distribution across three endpoint pools.

Example 1:

- There are three endpoint pools defined, all with a weight of 1
- Each endpoint pool has a 33% probability of being selected

Example math for weight of 1: (1) ÷ (1 + 1 + 1) = (.3333) (or 33.33%)

![A set of three endpoint pools all with equal probability](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-13.svg "Figure 13: Three endpoint pools with equal weight")

In this example, it was simple to apply 1 to all the weight values for each of the endpoint pools. However, it should be noted that any number between 0.01 and 1.00 could have been used as long as the same number was used across all three endpoint pools. For instance, setting all three pools to .1 or even .7 would have resulted in an equal probability that each pool would be selected to receive traffic.

Since the sum of the weights is used to calculate the probability, organizations can use any number of values to make these inputs easier to understand. In the following examples, since each endpoint has the same capacity, a value of .1 weight is assigned to each endpoint, and the sum of these values is used as the weight for the endpoint pool.

Example 2

- There are three endpoint pools defined
- Each endpoint pool has a different number of endpoints, but all endpoints have equal capacity
- To evenly distribute load across endpoints, each endpoint pool needs a different probability

![Three endpoint pools with different numbers of endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-14.svg "Figure 14: Illustrates how to use weight to balance load across endpoint pools with different capacity")

Example math for weight of .4 : (.4) ÷ (.4 + .5 + .6) = (.2667) (or 26.67%)

Example math for weight of .5 : (.5) ÷ (.4 + .5 + .6) = (.3333) (or 33.33%)

Example math for weight of .6 : (.6) ÷ (.4 + .5 + .6) = (.4000) (or 40.00%)

It is possible that endpoints do not all have the same capacity. In the following example, one of the endpoint pool’s endpoints has twice the capacity of the endpoints in the other two endpoint pools.

Example 3

- There are three endpoint pools defined
- Endpoint pool 1 has endpoints that have double the capacity compared to those in endpoint pool 2 and endpoint pool 3
- The goal is to place double the amount of traffic to endpoint pool 1 per endpoint
- Endpoint pool 1 has 4 endpoints but with double capacity, the weight of each endpoint will be valued at .2 for a total of .8 for the endpoint pool

![Three endpoint pools with different numbers of endpoints and endpoints of different capacity](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-15.svg "Figure 15: Using weight to balance load across endpoint pools with different capacities and endpoints")

Example math for weight of .8 : (.4) ÷ (.8 + .5 + .6) = (.4211) (or 42.11%)

Example math for weight of .5 : (.5) ÷ (.8 + .5 + .6) = (.2632) (or 26.32%)

Example math for weight of .6 : (.6) ÷ (.8 + .5 + .6) = (.3157) (or 31.57%)

In this final example, since the four endpoints in endpoint pool 1 are double the capacity of other endpoints, the calculation treats endpoint pool 1 as if it essentially has 8 endpoints instead of 4. Therefore, the weight value of .8 instead of .4 as shown in example 2.

These are just three simple examples illustrating how weight can be used to distribute load across endpoint pools or endpoints. The same calculations are used for weights applied to endpoints within an endpoint pool as well. However, the impact of using weights within different steering methods is similar, although with slightly modified calculations, as covered in the sections below.

Weights are most useful when one endpoint pool might have more resources than another endpoint pool or when endpoints within an endpoint pool do not have equal capacity. Weight helps to ensure that all resources are used equally given their capabilities.

#### Steering methods

##### Off - failover

Off - failover is the most basic of traffic steering policies. It uses the order of the endpoint pools as a priority list for selecting which pool to direct traffic towards. If the first pool in the list is healthy and able to receive traffic, that is the pool that will be selected. Since off - failover isn’t available for endpoint steering, another steering method will be used to select an endpoint. Off - failover is commonly used in active/passive failover scenarios where a primary data center or group of endpoints is used to handle traffic, and only under failure conditions, is traffic steered towards a backup endpoint pool.

##### Random steering

Random steering is available for both traffic steering and endpoint steering. Random spreads traffic across resources based on the weight defined at both the load balancer configuration and within the endpoint pool. The weight values set at the load balancer for each endpoint pool can differ from the weight value set per endpoint within that endpoint pool. For example, within a load balancer configuration, 70% of traffic can be sent to one of two endpoint pools, then within that endpoint pool, the traffic can be evenly distributed across four endpoints. The previous section, [weighted steering](#weighted-steering), provides a detailed explanation of how weight is used and the calculations that determine the selection of an endpoint pool or endpoint.

##### Hash steering

Hash steering is an endpoint steering algorithm that uses endpoint weight and the request’s source IP address to select an endpoint. The result is that every request from the same IP address will always steer to the same endpoint. It’s important to note that altering the order of endpoints or adding or removing endpoints from the endpoint pool could result in different outcomes when using the hash algorithm.

##### Geo steering

Geo steering is a traffic steering algorithm available to enterprise plan customers that is used to tie endpoint pools to specific countries or geographic regions. This option can be useful for improving performance by steering traffic to endpoints closer to users. It also aids in complying with laws and regulations by steering requests from users in specific regions to resources within the same region or to resources designed to meet specific regulatory requirements.

##### Dynamic steering

Dynamic steering is a traffic steering algorithm available to enterprise plan customers that creates round trip time (RTT) profiles. RTT values are collected each time a health probe request is made and based on the response from the endpoint to the monitor request. When a request is made, Cloudflare inspects the RTT data and sorts pools by their RTT values. If there is no existing RTT data for your pool in a region or colocation center, Cloudflare directs traffic to the pools in failover order. When enabling dynamic steering the first time for an endpoint pool, allow 10 minutes for the change to take effect as Cloudflare builds an RTT profile for that pool. Dynamic steering doesn’t use geographic boundaries in its decision making process and solely focuses on selecting the lowest RTT endpoint pool.

##### Proximity steering

Proximity steering is a traffic steering algorithm available to enterprise plan customers that steers traffic to the closest physical data center based on where the request endpointated.

Cloudflare determines the requester’s physical location using the following methods, in this order:

1. [EDNS Client Subnet](https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/ecs) information, if provided in the DNS request
2. GeoIP information of the resolver used to reach Cloudflare
3. GPS location of the Cloudflare data center handling the request

Proximity steering requires providing GPS coordinates for all endpoint pools, allowing Cloudflare to calculate the closest endpoint pool based on the requesting IP, DNS resolver, or Cloudflare data center.

##### Least outstanding requests steering (LORS)

Least outstanding request steering (LORS) is available to enterprise plan customers and can be used for both traffic and endpoint steering.

LORS uses the number of unanswered HTTP requests to influence steering and is only functional when used with Cloudflare Layer 7 proxied Cloudflare Load Balancers. If LORS is assigned to any other type of load balancer, its behavior will be equivalent to random steering. LORS uses the counts of open requests, along with weight, to create a new transformed weight that is used for the steering decision.

Equation for LORS transformed weight:

- weight / (count + 1) = transformedWeight

Reminder for random weight calculation:

- weight / (total weight) = probability of being selected

Here’s an example of LORS:

- Pool A has a weight of 0.4
- Pool B has a weight of 0.6
- Pool A has 3 open requests
- Pool B has 0 open requests
- Relevant equation
  - weight / (count + 1) = transformedWeight
- Pool A's transformed weight: 0.4 / (3 + 1) = 0.1
- Pool B's transformed weight: 0.6 / (0 + 1) = 0.6
- Relevant equation
  - weight / (total weight) = probability of being selected
- Pool A’s probability of being steered toward: 0.1 / (0.1+0.6) = .1429 (14.29%)
- Pool B’s probability of being steered toward: 0.6 / (0.1+0.6) = .8571 (85.71%)

In this example, the next connection has a 14.29% probability of being steered to Pool A and a 85.71% probability of being steered to Pool B. While it’s likely that traffic will be steered towards Pool B, it is still possible for it to be steered to Pool A. In situations with lighter load conditions, there will be more variation in the steering results, which may not precisely match the configured weights. However, as the load increases, the actual steering results will closely match the configured weights.

When non-L7 proxied load balancers are used with LORS, the open request count information is not available. As a result, the denominator will always be 1. Since dividing any number by 1 doesn’t change the numerator, and in this case, the numerator is the weight, steering decisions will be made solely on weight. This results in the random method described above.

LORS is best used if endpoint pools or endpoints are easily overwhelmed by spikes in concurrent requests. It is well-suited for applications that value endpoint health over factors like latency, geographic alignment, or other metrics. This is especially useful when some or all requests put a heavy load on an endpoint and take a significant amount of time to generate a response.

#### Steering options overview

| Steering Method            | Traffic Steering | Endpoint Steering | Weight-based | Enterprise-only |
| -------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------ | --------------- |
| Off - Failover             | X                |                   |              |                 |
| Random                     | X                | X                 | X            |                 |
| Hash                       |                  | X                 | X            | X               |
| Geo                        | X                |                   |              | X               |
| Dynamic                    | X                |                   |              | X               |
| Proximity                  | X                |                   |              | X               |
| Least Outstanding Requests | X                | X                 | X            | X               |

All traffic steering methods marked above as Enterprise-only can also be obtained as a self-service add-on as well. All endpoint steering methods marked as Enterprise-Only require an enterprise plan with Cloudflare.

### Health monitors

A health monitor determines the health of endpoints once they are configured inside an endpoint pool. Health monitors generate probes, which are connection attempts to endpoints. Health monitors use the responses to the probes to record endpoint health. Health monitors serve as templates that include service type, path, and port, and advanced features such as interval, timeout, and protocol specific settings for evaluating endpoint health The health monitor template is then applied to the endpoint pool, which contains endpoints hosting similar services. Once a health monitor is attached to the endpoint pool, the endpoint address is used as the destination for the health monitor probe. A single health monitor can be used across many endpoint pools, and health monitors are account-level objects, allowing them to be leveraged by multiple zones within the same Cloudflare account.

By default, health monitors probes are sent directly to the endpoint address, bypassing the entire layer 7 stack. This means that actual traffic to the endpoint through the load balancer will receive different treatment than the health monitor probe. Depending on the configuration, this could result in a health monitor reporting an endpoint as healthy, even if actual connections or requests are failing.

The Simulate Zone feature ensures that health monitor probes follow the same path as actual requests, passing through the entire layer 7 stack. This makes health monitors take the exact same path through the network and through other layer 7 process to reach the endpoint. This is required for health monitors when certain features are enabled, such as [Authenticated Origin Pulls (AOP)](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/), where probes would fail if they weren’t being provided with the proper mTLS certificate for authentication on the origin. Simulate Zone also ensures health monitor probes use the same path provided by [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/) and the same dedicated egress IPs when organizations leverage [Aegis](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-aegis/) to restrict the edge IP addresses that Cloudflare uses to reach their endpoints.

![HTTPS health monitor to monitor the status of an endpoint](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-16.png "Figure 16: HTTPS health monitor configuration")

Health monitor Probes can be configured as the following types:

- HTTP
- HTTPS
- TCP
- UDP ICMP
- ICMP Ping
- SMTP
- LDAP

Once a health monitor is defined, it can be assigned to an endpoint and the probes will be sent to the endpoint at the interval defined. There are two additional settings to note in regards to the health monitor configuration within the endpoint pool. The first is the Health Threshold, which is used to determine how many endpoints within the pool need to be healthy in order to consider the endpoint pool to be healthy or degraded.

- Endpoint pool in healthy state
  - Contains only healthy endpoints
- Endpoint pool in degraded state
  - Contains at least one critical endpoint but remains at or above the health threshold setting
- Endpoint pool in critical state
  - Contains healthy endpoints below the health threshold
  - Not capable of handling traffic; removed from all steering decisions.

![Comparison of three endpoint pools with different numbers of healthy endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-17.svg "Figure 17: When endpoints pool are considered healthy, degraded, or critical")

The second setting after defining the health monitor in the endpoint pool is to define which regions the health monitor probes should source from inside the Cloudflare global network. The available selections are listed below:

- All Regions (Default)
- All Data Centers (Enterprise Only)
- Western North America
- Eastern North America
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Northern South America
- Southern South America
- Oceania
- Middle East
- Northern Africa
- Southern Africa
- Southern Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Northeast Asia

![Endpoint pool settings to further customize the health monitors](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-18.png "Figure 18: Health Threshold and region selection for an endpoint pool configuration")

With the exception of “All Regions” and “All Data Centers”, health monitor probes will only endpointate from data centers in the selected region or regions. For locally relevant services, it may not matter whether or not a data center on the other side of the world can reach the endpoints. Therefore, limiting checks to a specific region or a set of regions may make sense. The selection of “All Regions” or “All Data Centers” is intended to be used for globally available services where reaching a set of endpoints could be crucial to the function of the application.

### Endpoints and endpoint pools

Endpoints are the actual servers that handle connections and requests after a load balancer has applied all its policies. Endpoints can be physical servers, virtual machines, or serverless applications. As long as they can handle a request or connection from a user or client, they can be considered an endpoint. There are several different methods of defining and connecting endpoints to Cloudflare and the next section details those methods.

#### Connecting endpoints to Cloudflare

Cloudflare endpoints can be defined in two ways, by IP address or by hostname. IP addresses are the most straightforward and basic of connection methods, hostnames offer a few options to consider. A hostname can be defined in Cloudflare DNS and it can be proxied or DNS-only (unproxied). Another option, of course, is that the hostname is not in a domain which Cloudflare is an authoritative DNS server for which means Cloudflare will rely on outside DNS servers to resolve that hostname to an IP address. Cloudflare Tunnel can also be used and offers two different options as well. These methods are discussed below in this section.

##### Cloudflare proxied, DNS, IP, and non-Cloudflare endpoints

As mentioned in the “HTTP(S) Load Balancing” section above, load balancing is the very last process run before a request is sent to an endpoint. In the case of however, even if an endpoint is proxied via Cloudflare’s edge, after the load balancer, the request is forwarded directly to the endpoint without passing through the layer 7 stack again. This doesn’t mean the endpoint is unprotected or uncached, however. As long as the load balancer itself is proxied then all those protections are provided to the load balancer rather than the endpoints. Any direct communication with the endpoint can still be proxied and treated with Cloudflare’s layer 7 stack, but communication with an endpoint places all the processing in front of the load balancer, not the endpoint. Figure 19 illustrates the difference of where the Cloudflare layer 7 stack is placed in relation to the endpoint(s).

![Load balancing is the last process before dispatching to the endpoint](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-19.svg "Figure 19: Differences in the Layer 7 paths between load balancer and endpoint")

There are very few differences from a load balancer perspective when it comes to what type of endpoint is defined as part of an endpoint pool. Once the traffic and endpoint steering policies and the load balancer rules are applied, the Cloudflare Load Balancing service instructs the L7 stack where to forward the incoming request or connection . This request is sent directly to the endpoint. Depending on the type of connection to the endpoint, there may be a different path. Features like Argo Smart Routing or tunnel-connected endpoints that are terminated at different Cloudflare data centers will route traffic differently rather than sending the request out of the Cloudflare edge, over the internet, directly to the endpoint. Regardless of the path, however, load balancing is the last process in the stack and this means that traffic doesn’t receive any additional treatment. So while the connection to endpoint can change the path from Cloudflare to the endpoint, the treatment or processing doesn’t change once an endpoint is selected.

##### Cloudflare Tunnel

Cloudflare Tunnel is an outbound connection that enables organizations to simplify their firewall configurations, reduce complexity, enhance security, and more easily join their assets to the Cloudflare network. The executable that creates these tunnels is called cloudflared and may be referenced in this document and diagrams that follow.

Cloudflare Tunnel (cloudflared) can be installed directly on the endpoint or any server with IP connectivity to the endpoint. And because the connection to Cloudflare is initiated from where Cloudflare Tunnel was installed to Cloudflare, the only access needed is outbound access to Cloudflare. A single Cloudflare Tunnel can transport traffic to one or many different endpoints in one of two different ways, one which results in the endpoint being publicly accessible and one which keeps the endpoint completely only accessible privately.

Cloudflare Tunnel can be installed on the endpoint itself or on any server with layer 3 (IP) connectivity to the endpoint or endpoints that need to be connected to Cloudflare. The decision to separate cloudflared could be made for many different reasons including but not limited to isolating the endpoint(s) and ensuring their performance, having separate teams that manage network level connectivity and endpoints, or separation for architectural simplicity where servers have segregated roles or responsibilities.

![A single cloudflared instance tunnels traffic for multiple endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-20.svg "Figure 20: A shared cloudflared deployed on a separate server tunnels traffic for multiple endpoints")

A single cloudflared instance will create 4 different tunnels, two tunnels in two different Cloudflare data centers. This model ensures high availability and mitigates the risk of individual connection failures. This means in event a single connection, server, or data center goes offline, the endpoints will remain available. Cloudflare Tunnel also allows organizations to deploy additional instances of cloudflared, for availability and failover scenarios. These unique instances are called replicas. Each replica establishes four new connections which serve as additional points of ingress to the endpoint(s). Each of the replicas will point to the same tunnel. This ensures that your network remains up in the event a single host running cloudflared goes down. By design, replicas do not offer any level of traffic steering (random, hash, or round-robin).

###### Public hostname

The public endpoint method allows organizations to define a tunnel that points to a specific service or port running on an endpoint. The tunnel can terminate on the endpoint or on any server with IP connectivity to the endpoint. Using this public hostname method requires that each service that will be accessed over the tunnel is defined in the tunnel configuration. When configured, a unique tunnel ID, such as d74b3a46-f3a3-4596-9049-da7e72c876f5, will be created for the IP and port or service for which the tunnel is connecting traffic. This tunnel ID is then created into a unique public hostname in the Cloudflare-owned domain of cfargotunnel.com which results in a DNS A record being created that points directly to that service, I.E. d74b3a46-f3a3-4596-9049-da7e72c876f5.cfargotunnel.com. While this hostname is public it can only be accessed or utilized by traffic that is sent through the account that owns the Cloudflare Tunnel configuration. No other accounts would be able to access or send traffic directly to this DNS address. A DNS CNAME record created outside of the account that owns the cfargotunnel.com hostname will not be able to send traffic through that specificCloudflare Tunnel.

When configured via the Dashboard, Cloudflare automatically creates a CNAME record in the DNS zone that refers to the cfargotunnel.com hostname. For example, a CNAME record of myTunnelService.example.com could be created to point the A record of d74b3a46-f3a3-4596-9049-da7e72c876f5.cfargotunnel.com. The main benefit being the ease of use and administration as the CNAME record is much more suggestive about its purpose and belongs to the customer DNS zone.

Another option is to create these tunnels and services on the host running cloudflared. This is called a [locally-managed tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/). When working with locally-managed tunnels, the CNAME entry is not created automatically however, so the organization would have to configure this manually, after the tunnel and service is defined.

From a load balancer perspective, it's very important to understand how these tunnels can be used as an endpoint. An endpoint can only be defined by using the cfargotunnel.com hostname. Using a public CNAME record that points to the cfargotunnel.com address will not work properly and is not supported. This is especially important for endpoint services that don’t operate on ports 80 or 443. Cloudflare Load Balancers default to these two ports to access the services running on the endpoints. If an organization has services running on other ports, they will need to configure a Cloudflare Tunnel with a [catch-all rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#how-traffic-is-matched) to reach that port. This configuration allows a Cloudflare Load Balancer to reach the service via port 443 while having Cloudflare tunnel proxy the connection to the desired port on the endpoint.

###### Private IP

The second method is for private subnets. This method allows organizations to define private IP addresses and a subnet mask which will be used to create a private virtual network within the Cloudflare global network. The private subnet method does not allow the definition of a port and as such, once a subnet and mask are defined, the entire subnet can be reached over that tunnel but only to users within the organization that are allowed access via defined Zero Trust policies.

This subnet then gets added to the virtual network inside of Cloudflare where the customer can control how users can access it and which users can access it. This subnet can be defined for any desired subnetting or routing, including using a 32-bit mask (single IP address, IE. 10.0.0.1/32). The allowed subnet does not need to exist on the host that is running the cloudflared process either. All that is required is layer 3 or IP connectivity between the host running cloudflared and the subnet that is going to be reachable over Cloudflare Tunnel.

#### Endpoint pool details

Within the endpoint pool, there are several configuration options. This section details what these configuration options are and how they alter the behavior of a Cloudflare Load Balancer.

##### Endpoint steering

The first configuration, besides defining a name and description of the endpoint pool, is to determine the endpoint steering method. Endpoint steering is responsible for ultimately selecting the endpoint or endpoint that will receive the request or connection attempt. (Please refer to the [Steering methods](#steering-methods) section for a detailed description of each method.)

##### Endpoints

Individual endpoints are defined within endpoint pools, and the endpoint pool allows for one or more endpoints to be defined per pool.

- The _endpoint name_ is primarily used for reference, reporting, and analytics; it does not affect the function of the load balancer or endpoint pool.
- The _endpoint address_, however, defines a resource that the load balancer can use to handle a request or connection.
  - Endpoints within an endpoint pool must be accessible over port 80 or 443. If the endpoint is not listening on port 80 or 443, then either a proxy service or network port forwarding device needs to be placed in front of the endpoint to map port 80 or 443 to the port that the service is actually listening on.
  - Another method for mapping ports of endpoints to 80 or 443 is to connect to the endpoint service using [Cloudflare Tunnel](#cloudflare-tunnel), and then use the hostname created through that process as the endpoint address. This will automatically map the intended endpoint port to port 443.

_Endpoint address_ can be defined in one of the following ways:

- Publicly routable IP address
- Cloudflare-proxied publicly reachable hostname
- Publicly reachable non-Cloudflare hostname
- Private, non-publicly routable IP address with the selection of a virtual network

##### Virtual networks

Using public IPs and hostnames of any type require no additional configuration. In those scenarios, the virtual network should be set to the default value of “_none_”. The “_none_” setting signals that these resources will be accessible on the public Internet, routed via Cloudflare’s global edge network.

The use of the _virtual network_ option is reserved for private IP resources. This setting maps to IP subnets that are hosted behind [Cloudflare Tunnel configurations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/). A virtual network should be selected that has a route to the IP address of the endpoint. To navigate to this setting in the Cloudflare Dashboard, select _Networks - Routes_ from the Zero Trust page.

##### Endpoint weight

_Endpoint weight_ is only used for the random, hash, and least outstanding request steering methods; it must always be defined as part of the endpoint definition. (Please refer to the [Weighted Steering](#weighted-steering) section for more information on how weights are used for endpoint selection.)

##### Host header modification

Endpoint pools allow for the host header to be modified before dispatching a request to an endpoint. This configuration only applies to the HTTP(S) layer 7 load balancer. (It will be ignored when used with layer 4 load balancers, including private IP and Spectrum.)

Within a layer 7 load balancer where requests are HTTP(S)-based, the Host header tells the endpoint which website is being requested, as a single endpoint may host several different web domains. When an endpoint is specifically configured to host a web domain, it may either not respond or send a failure response to a request for a resource, if it does not believe it is hosting the resource requested in the Host header (i.e., if there are mismatched Host headers).

For example:

- Say a user tries to reach `www.example.com`. The load balancer will be configured with the hostname of `www.example.com `to receive all the requests.
- Since the endpoints can’t have the same public hostname in DNS, its hostname is `endpoint1.example.com`.
- When the user makes a request to `www.example.com,` the Host header will be set to` www.example.com,` as well. The endpoint will need to be configured to respond to Host headers of `www.example.com`.
- In some cases (such as with certain cloud or SaaS applications), however, endpoints aren’t configurable in that manner, so the endpoint may receive a request with an unknown Host header and fail to respond appropriately.
- In this example, in the endpoint configuration, setting the Host header for the endpoint to the endpoint address of `endpoint1.example.com` will replace the Host header of `www.example.com` with `endpoint1.example.com`, and will allow the endpoint to properly respond to this request.

Figure 21 highlights the potential problem of mismatched Host headers:

![Mismatched Host headers may result in the endpoint rejecting the request](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-21.svg "Figure 21: How the load balancer can rewrite the Host header to match the endpoint")

Also, at the endpoint pool, GPS coordinates for the pool (which are used with proximity traffic steering) can be defined. If proximity steering is not being used, then these coordinates are not required. (Please refer to the [Proximity Steering](#proximity-steering)

##### Load shedding

[Load shedding ](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-shedding/)— a real-time response available to administrators to protect against endpoints in a pool that are [becoming unhealthy ](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/)— is also configured on the endpoint pool.

The load shedding setting is not intended to be enabled unless an administrator is trying to actively protect an endpoint pool from becoming unhealthy. It is activated, for example, when an endpoint that is still responding to requests is experiencing increased CPU or memory usage, increased response times, or occasionally failing to respond at all.

When an endpoint pool’s health begins to degrade, load shedding can help direct some of the existing loads from one endpoint pool to another.

Depending on the health of the endpoint pool, it may be enough to simply shed or redirect new requests and connections away from the endpoint pool. This policy applies to traffic, which is not subject to any session affinity rules since these are new connections that haven’t had an endpoint pool or endpoint selected yet (and, therefore, will not potentially affect the end user experience).

Should an endpoint pool approach critical failure due to load, the next option is to shed additional session affinity traffic. This will start to redirect requests and connections that are bound to endpoint pools through session affinity as well. However, please note that because this process can ultimately change the user’s endpoint, it could impact the end user’s experience. Ultimately, the impact is determined by the application that is being load balanced, and how much connection context is shared between endpoints.

##### Health monitors

Health monitors are attached to endpoints at the endpoint pool as well as health threshold and the health check region selection. Details of these options can be found in the [health monitor](#health-monitors) section.

### Load balancers

Load balancing within Cloudflare combines both GTM and Private Network Load Balancing into a single load balancer configuration. While certain features or terms may align more with GTM or Private Network Load Balancing, for Cloudflare customers, both are combined into a single, easy-to-manage instance.

Depending on their specific use case, organizations can leverage different types of Cloudflare Load Balancers. The following section highlights the main differences between the deployment models, and articulates when each type of load balancer should be implemented.

Figure 22 highlights all the possible combinations of load balancers and endpoints supported by Cloudflare:

![All the possible combinations of load balancer and endpoint types](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-22-ALT.svg "Figure 22: The combinations of public and private load balancers and endpoints and how they connect")

#### Deployment models

Cloudflare offers three load balancing deployment models, each of which support different use cases, functionality, and privacy requirements.

- [Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancing](#layer-7-https-load-balancing)
- [DNS-only load balancing](#dns-only-load-balancing)
- [Spectrum load balancing](#spectrum-load-balancing)

Except for the DNS-only load balancing option described in more detail below, all of the deployment models anchor traffic through the load balancer. This means the user or client creating the request or connection is never aware of the endpoints that are being used to service the request or connection. Endpoint information can certainly be exposed — if desired — through the use of headers, but this is not default behavior for any of these anchored deployment models.

The following explores the four main deployment models (and their differences) in more detail.

##### Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancing

First, the most common model is the **HTTP(S)-based layer 7 proxied load balancer**. These load balancers exist on Cloudflare’s edge and are publicly reachable. Amongst other features, this model supports [WebSockets](/network/websockets/), which are open connections between the client and endpoint allowing for data to be passed back and forth between the two.

Because this same layer 7 security stack also provides WAF, DDoS protection, Bot Management, Zero Trust, and other services, accessing these public load balancers can be restricted to authenticated and authorized users as needed. (Please refer to [Securing Load Balancers](#protecting-and-securing-load-balancers) for more information.)

In this layer 7 stack, load balancing can further improve the performance, reliability, and reachability of an organization’s public-facing web assets. The endpoints for these load balancers may be deployed in public cloud, private cloud, on-premises, or any combination thereof within the same load balancer. (Please refer to [Connecting endpoints to Cloudflare](#connecting-endpoints-to-cloudflare) for more details about how to connect endpoints to Cloudflare’s edge network).

![Layer 7 load balancing request flow to two different types of endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-23-ALT.svg "Figure 23: How Cloudflare’s Layer 7 load balancers can steer traffic to both public and private endpoints")

As illustrated in Figure 23 above, the load balancing component of the layer 7 stack is the last process run on a request as it moves towards the endpoint. This can have a large positive impact on increasing performance and reducing load on endpoints.

For example, caching can prevent requests from ever reaching the endpoint and can be responded to without ever having to engage the load balancers. Also, WAF, DDoS protection, and Bot Management can eliminate attack traffic altogether — leaving more capacity for legitimate traffic.

Once a request reaches the load balancer process, the request is always sent directly to the endpoint that was selected. This means that even if the endpoint is proxied through Cloudflare, the request will be sent directly to the endpoint and receives no further processing.

For customized treatment after the load balancer selects an endpoint, the load balancer’s Custom Rules are applied. (This is covered in detail in the [Load balancers](#load-balancers) section below).

**Important notes about Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers:**

- Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers support both public and private endpoints
- Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers will only support HTTP(S) and WebSocket traffic
- Zero trust policies can be applied to Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers

##### DNS-only load balancing

Cloudflare’s DNS-only load balancer is an unproxied load balancer. This means that only the initial DNS request for the resource — not the actual traffic — passes through the Cloudflare edge. Therefore, instead of a DNS request resolving to a Cloudflare IP and then moving through the layer 7 stack as seen earlier in Figure 7, Cloudflare receives a DNS request for a DNS-only load balancer, applies all the appropriate load balancing policies, then returns an IP address to the requesting client to reach out directly.

Because all the traffic between the client and the endpoint will travel directly between the two and not through Cloudflare’s layer 7 stack, any type of IP traffic can be supported by a DNS-only load balancer.

![The orange cloud icon represents a proxied Layer 7 Cloudflare Load Balancer](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-24.png "Figure 24: A proxied load balancer configuration")

![The gray cloud icon represents an unproxied (DNS-only) load balancer](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-25.png "Figure 25: An unproxied (DNS-only) load balancer configuration")

Even though Cloudflare does not proxy these types of load balancer connections, the health monitor service is still monitoring the health on all the endpoints in the pool. Based on the health or availability of an endpoint, a Cloudflare DNS-only load balancer will either add or remove an applicable endpoint to a DNS response to ensure that traffic is being steered to healthy endpoints.

![DNS-only load balancers only use Cloudflare to respond to a DNS request](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-26.svg "Figure 26: How Cloudflare’s DNS-only load balancer functions")

After a DNS-only load balancer has selected an endpoint pool via traffic steering, one or many IP addresses may be returned in the DNS response.

The decision to send one or many IP addresses within the DNS response is based on the weight assigned to the endpoints within the selected endpoint pool:

- If all the weights are equal across all endpoints, all IP addresses of all the endpoints will be returned in DNS response.
- If at least one endpoint is specified with a unique weight within the endpoint pool, then only a single IP address will be returned in the DNS response — regardless of the endpoint steering method selected on the endpoint pool.

This gives organizations the flexibility to allow applications to be aware of all the endpoints and perform local failover, or to allow Cloudflare to provide a single IP for an application to utilize.

Figure 27 shows how the defined weight within an endpoint pool can affect how a DNS-only load balancer responds.

![DNS-only load balancers can respond to DNS requests with one or many IP addresses](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-27.svg "Figure 27: How weight affects the DNS response from a DNS-only load balancer")

Please note that DNS-only load balancers have a few limitations compared to proxied load balancers:

- The load balancer no longer hides the endpoint’s IP address from the client as it is sent back to the client directly.
- They do not have the built-in layer 7 stack services mentioned in the previous model; i.e., DNS-only load balancers do not include caching, WAF, DDoS protection, or Zero Trust support.
- Session affinity is limited to `ip_cookie`, which will select an endpoint deterministically and then map that endpoint to the client IP address for all subsequent requests.
- Finally, because connections are not proxied through the load balancer for DNS only, certain steering methods will not work either. For example, [LORS](#least-outstanding-requests-steering-lors) will not work since Cloudflare will not be aware of the connections to the endpoints. These steering methods will revert to random weighted steering.

For more information on additional steering methods, please refer to the [Steering](#steering) section.

There are also client and resolver DNS cache considerations when using DNS-only load balancers. The cache life is determined by the DNS server answering the request. The [Time-to-Live (TTL)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/time-to-live-ttl/) value tells a DNS requester how long the response is valid before the client should send a new DNS request to see if the destination has changed. The TTL is calculated in seconds, so — for example — a TTL value of 3600 equates to a TTL of one hour. However, standard DNS TTL values are usually either 12 or 24 hours or 43200 and 86400 respectively.

The TTL of a DNS-only load balancer is set to 30 (seconds). This ensures that as endpoint health changes or endpoints are added or deleted, the DNS-only load balancer is queried more often to provide the most accurate list of available endpoints possible.

**Important notes about DNS-only load balancers:**

- DNS-only load balancers support only public endpoints
- DNS-only load balancers do not proxy traffic — and — as such, are not involved in the connections to endpoint
- DNS-only load balancers only respond to a DNS request with an IP address or set of IP addresses

##### Spectrum load balancing

Cloudflare also offers another ingress method via the [Spectrum](/spectrum/) product.

Where the layer 7 stack only supported HTTP(S) and WebSockets, Spectrum offers support for any TCP- or UDP-based protocol. A Cloudflare Load Balancer using Spectrum as an ingress for traffic operates at layer 4, where both TCP and UDP protocols exist. Any service that utilizes TCP or UDP for transport can leverage Spectrum with a Cloudflare Load Balancer including SSH, FTP, NTP, SMTP, and more.

Given the breadth of services and protocols this represents, the treatment provided is more generalized than what is offered with the layer 7 HTTP(S) stack. For example, Cloudflare Spectrum supports features such as TLS/SSL offloading, DDoS protection, IP Access lists, Argo Smart Routing, and session persistence with our layer 4 load balancers.

![Spectrum-based load balancing supports public endpoints](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-28-ALT.svg "Figure 28: Spectrum Layer 4 load balancers support both TCP and UDP protocols")

Cloudflare layer 4 Spectrum load balancers are publicly accessible. Access to these load balancing resources can be managed using a Spectrum configuration called _IP Access Rules,_ which can be defined as part of a WAF configuration, but are limited to rules created with the “allow” or “block” action for specific IP addresses, subnets, countries, or [Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs).

In addition to being public, Spectrum load balancers are always proxied. The proxy setting shown earlier (Figures 24 and 25) will be ignored when Spectrum is configured as the ingress path for the load balancer. All traffic destined for Spectrum-based load balancers will always pass through the Cloudflare edge.

**Important notes about Spectrum load balancers:**

- Spectrum load balancers support both public and private endpoints
- Spectrum load balancers are initially created as Layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers. A Spectrum application is then created with a Load Balancer endpoint type, and the load balancer that has already been created is selected.
- Spectrum load balancers are always proxied, regardless of the proxy setting on the load balancer configuration
- There is no ability to change the ingress port from the Internet via Spectrum to the endpoint; i.e., if the traffic comes in on port 22 to Spectrum, it will be steered to port 22 on the endpoint
- Spectrum load balancers only support session affinity using the hash endpoint steering method
- Spectrum load balancers do not support Custom Rules

##### Deployment models at-a-glance

| Load Balancer Model | Public | Proxied | OSI Layer | Traffic Type |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------- | --------- | ------------ |
| Layer 7 HTTP(S)     | X      | X       | 7         | HTTP(S)      |
| DNS-Only            | X      |         | 7 (DNS)   | IP-Based     |
| Spectrum            | X      | X       | 4         | TCP/UDP      |

#### Load balancer details

##### Hostname

The hostname setting is the publicly-reachable hostname for the load balancer. The hostname must be created within the zone for which the load balancer is being created.

##### Proxy status

The proxy setting determines whether Cloudflare will proxy traffic for the load balancer or simply provide a DNS reply with the endpoints for the client to directly connect. This is covered in detail in the [Deployment models](#deployment-models) section.

##### Session affinity

Session affinity, also known as session persistence or sticky sessions, keeps a client connected to the same endpoint for all subsequent requests after the first request or connection. This can be an important feature for applications that don’t share session data — the context of a user’s interaction with a web application — between endpoints. For example, if a new endpoint were selected in the middle of a client session and information about the session (e.g. the contents of a user’s shopping cart) were lost, the user experience for that application would be poor.

Cloudflare offers three methods for enabling session affinity:

1. **By Cloudflare cookie only (cookie):** On the first request to a proxied load balancer, a cookie is generated, encoding information of which endpoint the request will be forwarded to. Subsequent requests (by the same client to the same load balancer) will be sent to the endpoint that the cookie encodes for a) the duration of the cookie and b) as long as the endpoint remains healthy. If the cookie has expired or the endpoint is unhealthy, a new endpoint will be calculated and used.
2. **By Cloudflare cookie and Client IP fallback (ip_cookie):** This behaves similar to the cookie method above, except that the cookie is generated based on the client IP address. In this case, requests from the same IP address always get steered towards the same endpoint for a) the duration of the cookie and b) as long as the endpoint remains healthy. If the cookie has expired or the endpoint is unhealthy, a new endpoint will be calculated and used.
3. **By HTTP header (header):** On the first request to a proxied load balancer, a session key is generated based on the configured HTTP headers. Subsequent requests to the load balancer with the same headers will be sent to the same endpoint, for a) the duration of the session or b) as long as the endpoint remains healthy. If the session has been idle for the duration of session affinity time-to-live (TTL) seconds or the endpoint is unhealthy, then a new endpoint will be calculated and used.

These three session affinity options only apply to layer 7 HTTP(S) load balancers. Session affinity requires a TTL, which determines how long the load balancer will route subsequent requests to a specific endpoint. The default TTL is 82,800 seconds (23 hours), but it can be set for anywhere from 1,800 seconds (30 minutes) to 604,800 seconds (seven days).

For cookie-based session affinity, the expiration timer is never reset, meaning that the timer is counting down from the start of the session — regardless of the session being idle or active. HTTP header-based session affinity will reset the expiration timer every time there is activity in the session.

##### Endpoint draining

Endpoint draining is a subfeature of session affinity. It allows for sessions to gracefully expire from an endpoint while not allowing new sessions to be created on that same endpoint. Endpoint draining is useful for maintenance, as it does not require administrators to arbitrarily or abruptly cut off user sessions in order to remove all active sessions from an endpoint.

The endpoint drain TTL is the amount of time that endpoints will be allowed to maintain active sessions before being forcefully terminated. Once the endpoint drain TTL is set, endpoint draining is started by disabling an endpoint (or multiple endpoints) within an endpoint pool. As seen in the below image, administrators can monitor the time remaining on an endpoint drawing operation from the load balancer UI.

![Endpoint draining in process from web user interface](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/load-balancing-reference-architecture-images/lb-ref-arch-30.png "Figure 30: Endpoint draining occurring within a Cloudflare Load Balancer")

Endpoint draining is only applicable for session affinity because without session affinity, subsequent requests or connections are not guaranteed to be steered to the same endpoint. Thus, disabling an endpoint does not have an impact on user experience.

##### Zero-downtime failover

Zero-downtime failover automatically sends traffic to endpoints within an endpoint pool during transient network issues. <Render file="zero-downtime-failover-retry-on-error" product="fundamentals" /> These response codes are not returned from the endpoint, but from requests made by upstream Cloudflare services to an organization's endpoints.

Zero-downtime failover has three modes of operation:

1. **None (Off):** No failover will take place and users may receive error messages or a poor user experience.
2. **Temporary:** Traffic will be sent to other endpoint(s) until the endpointal endpoint is available again
3. **Sticky:** The session affinity cookie is updated and subsequent requests are sent to the new endpoint moving forward as needed. This is not supported when session affinity is using HTTP header mode.

##### Adaptive routing - failover across pools

_Adaptive routing - failover across pools_ extends the functionality of zero-downtime failover by allowing failover to extend to endpoints in another endpoint pool, rather than only failing over to an endpoint in the _same_ pool.

##### Endpoint pools

Endpoint pools are configured in a priority order and can be rearranged as needed. This priority order is only considered when using _Off - Failover traffic steering;_ otherwise, endpoint pools will be selected based on the criteria outlined in the [Steering methods](#steering-methods) section.

The endpoint pools assigned to a load balancer represent the entire collection of endpoints that could possibly handle requests or connections through the load balancer. An endpoint pool typically contains endpoints that all have the same capabilities and are in the data center or geographic region. All endpoints in a pool should be capable of handling any request directed to an endpoint pool. For more information about endpoint pools, please refer to the [Endpoint pools](#endpoint-pools) section.

##### Fallback pools

A fallback pool is the pool of last resort. When all endpoint pools are unavailable or unhealthy, the fallback pool will be used for all requests and connections. While health monitor data is always considered when steering traffic within a load balancer, a fallback pool does not rely on this data and is not subject to it.

##### Health monitors

Health monitors are usually configured as part of the endpoint pool. Health monitors can be added, changed, or deleted as part of the load balancer configuration. Please see the [Health monitors](#health-monitors) section for more information.

##### Traffic steering

Traffic steering is the method of steering between endpoint pools. For help understanding which traffic steering method to select, please see the [Steering types and methods](#steering-types-and-methods) section.

##### Custom rules

[Custom rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/) allow users to perform actions on requests or connections before the load balancer finishes its decision process. Custom rules are configured with expressions that match certain [fields](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/) in requests or connections. Once the expression is created to match traffic, an [action](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/actions/) is assigned for when a request or connection matches the expression.

Custom rules are a powerful tool for customizing the steering and output from a load balancer before the request or connection is sent to the endpoint. For example, the HTTP method (e.g. GET, PUT, POST) could be matched to ensure that POST messages are sent to a specific endpoint pool dedicated to handling receiving information from clients.

Alternatively, that session affinity TTL could be reset based on a request going to a specific URL path to ensure that the client has enough time to complete the transaction.

It is not possible to document all of the potential combinations of fields that can be matched and actions that can be taken. However, the following resources describe all of the fields and actions that are currently available:

- [Supported fields and operators](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/)
- [Load Balancing actions](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/actions/)

If the default behavior of a load balancer is not covered in the documents listed above, it is likely that a custom rule can help meet unique use case requirements.

### Protecting and securing load balancers

#### Inherent security

All Cloudflare Load Balancer deployment models come with inherent protections. The following section briefly highlights the default security Cloudflare provides, as well as optional protections that can be added in front of Cloudflare Load Balancers:

- Proxied HTTP layer 7 load balancer (Public)
  - [DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/) to protect against attacks
  - WAF with [Cloudflare managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) and [OWASP ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/) to block known vulnerabilities and exploits
- DNS-only load balancer (Public)
  - [DNS DDoS protection](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) to ensure a DNS-only load balancer is always available
- Spectrum layer 4 load balancer (Public)
  - [DDoS Protection](/spectrum/about/ddos-for-spectrum/) to protect against layer 4 attacks

#### Additional options

Cloudflare offers additional security layers that can be used in conjunction with load balancing to protect any services — including websites, APIs, HTTP(S)-based services, and more:

- Proxied HTTP layer 7 load balancer (Public)
  - [Bot management](/bots/) to control which bots can access resources
  - [WAF](/waf/) for creating custom rules for web applications
  - [Page Shield](/page-shield/) for monitoring script usage on web applications
  - [API Shield](/api-shield/) for protecting APIs
- DNS-only load balancer (Public)
  - [DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) to ensure authenticity of DNS records
- Spectrum layer 4 load balancer (Public)
  - [IP Access Rules](/spectrum/reference/configuration-options/#ip-access-rules) for controlling access to public layer 4 load balancers

## Summary

The Cloudflare global anycast network is a powerful platform for load balancing. A load balancing configuration in Cloudflare is accessible in over 310 cities across the world and has virtually unlimited capacity and bandwidth.

These load balancers operate within approximately 50ms of about 95% of the Internet-connected population, including endpoints that allow Cloudflare Load Balancers to perform both GTM and Private Network Load Balancing. Cloudflare now combines these two distinct load balancing concepts into a single load balancer. This helps enable organizations to steer traffic to geographically-relevant data centers, then select the proper endpoint to handle the request.

With Cloudflare Tunnel, endpoints can be located within private networks and still be utilized by Cloudflare Load Balancers. Cloudflare offers public layer 7 load balancers — that supports both HTTP(S) and WebSockets, as well as public layer 4 load balancers that can steer any TCP or UDP traffic. This means that Cloudflare can offer load balancing services to all organizations and users, no matter their location, use cases, or existing configurations.

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# Magic Transit Reference Architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/

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## Introduction

The purpose of this document is to describe the key architecture, functionalities, and network deployment options of [Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) — a BGP-based DDoS protection and traffic acceleration service for Internet-facing network infrastructure.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or network professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization's existing network infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies and concepts important to content delivery, including routers, DNS and firewalls.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

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- Blog: [Magic Transit makes your network smarter, better, stronger, and cheaper to operate](https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-transit) (14 minute read)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare Magic Transit protects your network infrastructure from denial of service attacks (DDoS)
- How to architecture Magic Transit into your existing network infrastructure

## What Is Magic Transit?

Protecting network infrastructure from DDoS attacks demands a unique combination of strength and speed. Volumetric attacks can easily overwhelm hardware boxes and their bandwidth-constrained Internet links. And most cloud-based solutions redirect traffic to centralized scrubbing centers, which impacts network performance significantly.

Cloudflare Magic Transit provides DDoS protection and traffic acceleration for on-premise, cloud, and hybrid networks. With data centers spanning [hundreds of cities](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) and offering hundreds of Tbps in mitigation capacity, Magic Transit can detect and mitigate attacks close to their source of origin in under three seconds globally on average — all while routing traffic faster than the public Internet.

![Figure 1: Magic transit overview](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-1.png "Figure 1: Magic transit overview")

At a high level, Magic Transit works as follows:

- **Connect:** Using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route announcements to the Internet, and the Cloudflare anycast network, customer traffic is ingested at a Cloudflare data center closest to the source.

- **Protect and Process:** All customer traffic is inspected for attacks. Advanced and automated mitigation techniques are applied immediately upon detecting an attack. Additional functions such as load balancing, next-generation firewall, content caching, and serverless compute are also available as a service.

- **Accelerate:** Clean traffic is routed over Cloudflare’s low-latency network links for optimal throughput and handed off over IP tunnels (either GRE or IPsec) or private network interconnects (PNI) to the origin network. Magic Transit uses anycast IP addresses for Cloudflare’s tunnel endpoints, meaning that any server in any data center is capable of encapsulating and decapsulating packets for the same tunnel. For more details specifically on tunnels and encapsulation, refer to [GRE and IPsec tunnels](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/).

### Baking resilience into our network using anycast

Magic Transit uses anycast IP addresses for its end of the network tunnel endpoints — so a single tunnel configured from a customer’s network to Cloudflare connects to all Cloudflare global data centers (excluding the [China Network](/china-network/)). This does not add strain on the router; from the router’s perspective, it is a single tunnel to a single IP endpoint.

This works because while the tunnel endpoint is technically bound to an IP address, it need not be bound to a specific device. Any device that can strip off the outer headers and then route the inner packet can handle any packet sent over the tunnel.

In the event of a network outage or other issues, tunnels fail over automatically — with no impact to a customer’s network performance.

## Deployment Architectures for Magic Transit

### Default Configuration (Ingress Only, Direct Server Return)

By default, Magic Transit processes traffic in the ingress direction only (from the Internet to the customer network). The server return traffic back to the clients is routed by the customer's DC edge router via its uplinks to the Internet/ISP based on the edge router’s default routing table. This server return traffic will not transit through Cloudflare via tunnels. This is referred to as Direct Server Return (DSR).

The network diagram in Figure 2 illustrates such a Magic Transit setup, and the end-to-end packet flow of Magic Transit-protected traffic. The tunnel in this setup uses GRE for encapsulation.

![Figure 2: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit anycast Tunnel (GRE) With Default DSR Option](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-2.png "Figure 2: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit anycast Tunnel (GRE) With Default DSR Option")

- Cloudflare provides the customer with a pair of anycast IP addresses for the Cloudflare end of the tunnel endpoints. These are publicly routable IP addresses from Cloudflare-owned address space. The pair of anycast IP addresses can be used to configure two tunnels for network redundancy, although only one is required for a basic configuration. The above configuration shows a single tunnel, with the Cloudflare end of the tunnel endpoint address being 192.0.2.1.

- The customer end of the anycast GRE tunnel needs to be a publicly routable address. It is typically the IP address of the WAN interface on the customer edge router. In this example it is 192.0.2.153.

- The IP addresses of the tunnel interfaces are RFC 1918 private addresses. These addresses are only "locally significant" within the particular Magic Transit service instance that they are part of. Therefore, the customer can select any RFC 1918 addresses they desire, as long as they do not overlap with those of other tunnels configured within the same Magic Transit service instance.

- As best practice, given the tunnels are point-to-point connections, a /31 subnet is sufficient for allocating the 2 IP addresses required for a given tunnel. In the above example, the 10.10.10.0/31 subnet is chosen, with the Cloudflare end of the tunnel interface being 10.10.10.0/31 and the customer's DC edge router side being 10.10.10.1/31.

- Once the tunnel is configured, a route is configured in the Magic Transit service instance to forward traffic destined to a given customer prefix onto the correct tunnel.

- Traffic destined to customer prefix 203.0.113.0/24 is routed onto the tunnel whose remote end (i.e. the customer’s end, from the Cloudflare network's perspective) of the tunnel interface is 10.10.10.1.

- Given this is a Direct Server Return (DSR) setup, the server return traffic follows the default route (ip route 0/0) configured on the customer edge router and is sent to its uplink peer (i.e. customer’s ISP's router), en route back to the clients over the Internet. This return traffic does not traverse Cloudflare network.

**Note:** The smallest IP prefix size (i.e. with the longest IP subnet mask) that most ISPs accept in each other's BGP advertisements is /24; e.g. x.x.x.0/24 or y.y.y.0/23 are okay, but z.z.z.0/25 is not. Therefore, the smallest IP prefix size Cloudflare Magic Transit can advertise on behalf of the customers is /24.

### Magic Transit With Egress Option Enabled

When Magic Transit is deployed with the Egress option enabled, egress traffic from the customer's network flows over the Cloudflare network as well. This deployment option provides symmetry to the traffic flow, where both client-to-server and server-return traffic flow through the Cloudflare network. This implementation provides added security and reliability to the server-return traffic, as afforded by the Cloudflare network.

The following network diagram illustrates the end-to-end packet flow between the end client and customer network when the Magic Transit Egress option is enabled.

![Figure 3: Magic Transit With Egress Option Enabled](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-3.png "Figure 3: Magic Transit With Egress Option Enabled")

- The ingress traffic flow is the same as in the Default Configuration use case above.

- For egress traffic to be received and processed by Magic Transit, the source IP addresses of the traffic need to be in the range of the Magic Transit-protected IP prefixes, and the destination IP addresses need to be public Internet routable, i.e. non-RFC 1918 addresses.

It is worth noting that for customers who bring their own public IP addresses ([BYOIP](/byoip/)) for cloud-hosted services, the Magic Transit Egress option can provide additional value by eliminating the need for them to purchase and implement BYOIP services with their cloud providers, reducing their cloud bill and lowering operational costs.

To accomplish this, the IP tunnels that on-ramps to Magic Transit are configured between the cloud providers' VPCs and the Cloudflare network. With the Magic Transit Egress option, both directions of client-server traffic would flow through these tunnels. The BYOIP addresses in the tunneled packets are hidden behind the outer tunnel endpoint IP addresses and the tunnel header, making them "invisible" to the underlying cloud provider network elements between the VPCs and the Cloudflare network.

### Magic Transit Over Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)

[Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](/network-interconnect/) allows customers to connect their network infrastructure directly to Cloudflare – bypassing the public Internet – for a more reliable, performant, and secure experience.

- CNI is provisioned by the cross-connect providers as a set of layer 2 connections, and Cloudflare allocates a pair of IP addresses from Cloudflare’s own Internet-routable IP address block for each connection.

- Cloudflare coordinates with the customer to configure these links and to establish a BGP peering session over the links during CNI onboarding.

- Once the BGP session is up between the Cloudflare network and the customer edge router that are connected via CNI, Cloudflare-owned prefixes will be advertised over this CNI link to the customer edge router.

Figure 4 illustrates a reference configuration for Magic Transit over CNI, and its associated packet flow.

**Note:** The example demonstrated here is for the default Magic Transit service without the Egress option enabled. As described in earlier sections, in Magic Transit Direct Server Return mode (i.e. Ingress only), the server return traffic will be routed by the customer edge router to the clients via their ISP through the public Internet.

![Figure 4: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit Over CNI (Default DSR Option)](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-4.png "Figure 4: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit Over CNI (Default DSR Option)")

When the Magic Transit Egress option is enabled and utilized, the server return traffic can be sent back to the clients through the Cloudflare network, via the IP tunnels that are configured over the CNI connections. Figure 5 illustrates one such example.

![Figure 5: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit Over CNI with Egress Option Enabled](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-5.png "Figure 5: Reference Configuration of Magic Transit Over CNI with Egress Option Enabled")

### Magic Transit Protecting Public Cloud-Hosted Services

Magic Transit protects services hosted on-premise and in the cloud. This use case illustrates the configuration for a cloud-hosted deployment.

![Figure 6: Protect Multi-Cloud-Based Services With Magic Transit (Egress Option Enabled)](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-6.png "Figure 6: Protect Multi-Cloud-Based Services With Magic Transit (Egress Option Enabled)")

- In this example, a given customer has two cloud VPC deployments spread across two different cloud providers, and in two different geographical regions.

- In this example, the customer’s /24 or larger prefix is split into multiple smaller (i.e. longer subnet mask length) prefixes (e.g. /26) and assigned to the various VPCs in different locations. Upon establishing the tunnels from the Cloudflare network to each of the VPCs, the customer can configure routes centrally in the Magic Transit configuration to route traffic to the respective VPCs. Such configuration can be made via API or UI dashboard.

Note that with the Magic Transit Egress option, the customer can bypass each cloud provider's BYOIP services, its associated fees, and the configuration and operations complexity, by sending egress traffic (i.e. server return or server-to-Internet traffic from the protected prefix) through the Cloudflare global network via the Magic Transit tunnels.

### Magic Transit and Magic WAN

In addition to protecting and routing traffic for external-facing services of an enterprise (i.e. north-south Internet-routable traffic) with the Cloudflare Magic Transit service, customers can protect east-west "intra-enterprise" internal traffic (e.g. RFC 1918 private addresses), interconnecting all the sites of an enterprise, using [Cloudflare Magic WAN](/magic-wan/).

Magic WAN replaces legacy WAN architectures with the Cloudflare network, providing global connectivity, cloud-based security, performance, and control through one simple user interface.

The Cloudflare Magic Transit and Magic WAN services combined provide a holistic, secure, reliable, and performant global network-as-a-service solution for an entire enterprise, protecting and accelerating north-south as well as east-west traffic.

Both services can either be deployed in the same service instance, or, for customers who prefer to keep the administration and traffic flow of external, Internet-facing networks and internal corporate networks completely separate, different service instances can be deployed for Magic Transit and Magic WAN.

Figure 7 illustrates an example of deploying Magic Transit and Magic WAN services in separate service instances.

![Figure 7: Magic Transit + Magic WAN Provide Network-as-a-Service for the Entire Enterprise](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-7.png "Figure 7: Magic Transit + Magic WAN Provide Network-as-a-Service for the Entire Enterprise")

- In the example, GRE tunnels are used to connect the customer's various sites over the Cloudflare global anycast network. The Cloudflare anycast IP address for the Magic Transit service instance is 192.0.2.1, while the one for the Magic WAN service instance is 192.0.2.2. The Magic Transit service is enabled with the Egress option.

- The Magic Transit service protects and routes external-facing front-end client-server traffic. The Magic WAN service protects and routes enterprise internal traffic such as that of internal applications, back-end database sync, and branch-to-DC and branch-to-branch traffic.

### Magic Firewall: Control and Filter Unwanted Traffic Before It Reaches the Enterprise Network

While Magic Transit protects customers’ services from DDoS attacks, many network administrators want to be able to control and block other unwanted or potentially malicious traffic. [Cloudflare Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) enforces consistent network security policies across the entire customer WAN, including headquarters, branch offices, and virtual private clouds, and allows customers to deploy fine-grained filtering rules globally in seconds — all from a common dashboard.

Magic Firewall is deployed and configured as part of Magic Transit. All ingress traffic flowing through Cloudflare edge data centers, whose destination prefixes are protected by Magic Transit, can be filtered by Magic Firewall.

![Figure 8: Magic Firewall Blocks Unwanted and Malicious Traffic at the Internet Edge](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-transit-ref-arch-diagrams/magic-transit-ref-arch-8.png "Figure 8: Magic Firewall Blocks Unwanted and Malicious Traffic at the Internet Edge")

In Magic Firewall rules, administrators can match and filter network traffic not only based on the typical 5-tuple (source/destination IP, source/destination port, protocol) information carried in the IP packet header but also other packet information such as IP packet length, IP header length, TTL, etc. In addition, geographical information such as the name of the Cloudflare data center/colo, the region, and the country the data centers are located in can also be used in configuring Magic Firewall rules (geo-blocking).

For further details on Magic Firewall and its configuration, please refer to this [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-magic-firewall/) and our [developer docs](/magic-firewall/).

## A Note on Always-On and On-Demand Deployments

A cloud DDoS mitigation service provider can monitor traffic for threats at all times (the always-on deployment model) or reroute traffic only when an attack is detected (on-demand). This decision affects response time and time-to-mitigation. In some cases, it also has repercussions for latency.

In an on-demand deployment model, inbound traffic is monitored and measured at the network edge to detect volumetric attacks. During normal operations, or "peacetime," all traffic directly reaches applications and infrastructure without any delay or redirection. Traffic is diverted to the cloud scrubbing provider only in the case of an active DDoS attack. In many cases, a customer is required to call the service provider to redirect traffic, thereby increasing the response time.

The always-on mode is a hands-off approach to DDoS mitigation that does not require the customer to do anything in the event of an attack. The organization’s traffic is always routed through the cloud provider’s data centers for threat inspection, even during peacetime. This minimizes the time from detection to mitigation, and there is no service interruption.

Of all approaches and deployment options, the always-on method provides the most comprehensive protection.

However, depending on the provider, diverting all traffic through the DDoS mitigation provider’s cloud might add latency that is suboptimal for business-critical applications. Cloudflare is architected so that customers do not incur a latency penalty as a result of attacks — even for always-on deployments. Analyzing traffic at the edge is the only way to mitigate at scale without impacting performance.

This is because ingesting traffic via anycast ensures that traffic travels only to the nearest Cloudflare data center for inspection. With data centers in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), it is likely to be a short distance. This eliminates the trombone effect.

In many cases, [traffic is faster when routed over Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/static/360e550c8890054d5e5835efb9fb8dd1/Magic_Transit_protects_networks_while_also_improving_performance__1_.pdf) than over the public Internet. We believe customers should not have to sacrifice performance to achieve comprehensive security.

## Summary

Cloudflare offers comprehensive network services to connect and protect on-premise, cloud-hosted, and hybrid enterprise networks. Cloudflare provides various connectivity and deployment options to suit customers' unique architectures.

- Cloudflare Magic Transit is a cloud-native network security solution that uses the power of the Cloudflare global network to protect organizations against DDoS attacks.

- Magic Transit comes with a built-in network firewall that helps customers phase out on-premise firewalls and deploy network security as-a-service that scales.

- In addition to protecting and routing traffic for external-facing services of an enterprise (i.e. north-south Internet-routable traffic), customers can connect and protect east-west “intra-enterprise” internal traffic using Cloudflare Magic WAN.

If you would like to learn more about Magic Transit, Magic WAN, or Magic Firewall, please [reach out](https://www.cloudflare.com/magic-transit/) to us for a demo.

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# Multi-vendor Application Security and Performance Reference Architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/multi-vendor/

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## Introduction

Over time and with the rapidly evolving application security and performance industries, companies have come to deploy multiple vendors to provide services. Sometimes customers opt for using multiple vendors for reasons of regulatory/company compliance, resiliency, performance, or cost.

Although some customers look to implement multi-vendor solutions for various reasons discussed in this document, multi-vendor deployments can introduce additional complexity, higher operational costs due to multiple dashboards and configurations, and a steeper learning curve. Additionally, while trying to establish a baseline of supported features across multiple vendors, customers can end up having a minimum common denominator setup, not taking advantage of the latest capabilities/innovations from a vendor. Customers should carefully consider the goals and requirements, and weigh pros and cons with all stakeholders, before proceeding with a multi-vendor deployment.

This document examines why some customers deploy a multiple or dual vendor approach and how Cloudflare can be incorporated into such a solution. Specifically, this document describes how a multi-vendor approach for application security and performance can be accomplished. This document is targeted for architects and those interested in using multi-vendor cloud-based solutions for security and performance.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT, security or network professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization’s existing network infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies and concepts important to application security and performance, including proxies, DNS and firewalls.

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Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare application security and performance capabilities can work alongside existing technology vendors
- Understanding the decisions to be made when using many vendors

## Cloud based security and performance providers

Before discussing multi-vendor security and performance solutions, it’s important to note how cloud-based solutions providing these services work in general and how traffic is routed through them.

Cloud-based security and performance providers like Cloudflare work as a reverse proxy. A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of web servers and forwards client requests to those web servers. Reverse proxies are typically implemented to help increase security, performance, and reliability.

![Figure 1: Client request to origin server](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_1.png "Figure 1")

Normal traffic flow without a reverse proxy would involve a client sending a DNS lookup request, receiving the origin IP address, and communicating directly to the origin server(s). This is visualized in Figure 1.

When a reverse proxy is introduced, the client still sends a DNS lookup request to its resolver, which is the first stop in the DNS lookup. In this case, the DNS resolver returns a vendor’s reverse proxy IP address to the client and the client then makes a request to the vendor’s reverse proxy. The cloud-based proxy solution can now provide additional security, performance, and reliability services like [CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn/), [WAF](https://www.cloudflare.com/waf/), [DDoS](https://www.cloudflare.com/ddos/), [API Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/api-gateway/), [Bot Management](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/bot-management/) capabilities, etc, before deciding, based on security policy, whether to route the client request to the respective origin server(s). This is visualized in Figure 2.

![Figure 2: Client request routed through reverse proxy for additional security and performance services](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_2.png "Figure 2")

In some cases, the vendor providing the reverse proxy also provides DNS services; this is visualized in Figure 3 below. This can be beneficial for managing all services from a single dashboard and for operational simplicity.

![Figure 3: Same vendor providing DNS and security/performance services via proxy](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_3.png "Figure 3")

## Cloudflare’s reverse proxy architecture and solution

Cloudflare provides a reverse proxy architecture using its global [anycast network](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) for the respective security, performance, and reliability services it provides. Anycast is a network addressing and routing method in which incoming requests can be routed to a variety of different locations or ‘nodes’ advertising the same IP address space. Cloudflare is extremely performant and reliable thanks to anycast, as well as its global presence in [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/). Cloudflare is also directly connected to 12,000 networks, including every major ISP, cloud provider, and enterprise, and within \~50 ms from 95% of the world’s Internet-connected population.

Cloudflare has one global network with every service running on every server in every Cloudflare data center. Since Cloudflare’s network uses anycast, the closest data center to the client will respond to the client request. This decreases latency while improving network resiliency, availability, and security due to the increased overall distribution of traffic across Cloudflare's network.

[Cloudflare’s global anycast network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) provides the following advantages:

- Incoming traffic is routed to the nearest data center with the capacity to process the requests efficiently.
- Availability and redundancy is inherently provided. Since multiple nodes advertise the same IP address, if one node were to fail, requests are simply routed to another node in close proximity.
- Because anycast distributes traffic across multiple data centers, it increases overall distribution of traffic across Cloudflare’s network, preventing any one location from becoming overwhelmed with requests. For this reason, anycast networks are very resilient to DDoS attacks.

![Figure 4: Cloudflare providing DNS and security/performance services via global anycast network](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_4.png "Figure 4")

## Cloudflare onboarding options

This section provides a brief overview of the Cloudflare onboarding options which are useful to understand prior to looking into the details around a multi-vendor solution. The method of onboarding allows for variance in how the multi-vendor solution is deployed/configured. If you’re already familiar with the Cloudflare onboarding options, you can jump to the next section discussing multi-vendor solutions.

Cloudflare provides multiple options to easily onboard and consume security, performance, and reliability services. One of the advantages of cloud solutions offered via proxy setup is the ease of onboarding and getting started because it primarily involves DNS configuration to route client requests through the proxy. However, even within the onboarding with DNS configuration, Cloudflare offers multiple options and flexibility.

The core requirement is, traffic must be proxied through Cloudflare; this is also referred to as ‘orange-clouded,’ because the traffic to the site is being proxied through Cloudflare. Within the dashboard, you will see the status for a specific DNS entry as ‘Proxied’ and the orange cloud icon as shown in Figure 5 below.

![Figure 5: Cloudflare configured to proxy traffic for site https://api2.cf-tme.com](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_5.png "Figure 5")

There are several methods to proxy traffic through Cloudflare and the method used will depend on customer requirements.

**1. Full DNS setup - Cloudflare as primary DNS provider**

Cloudflare is configured as the primary DNS provider and A records are configured to proxy traffic through Cloudflare. When the proxy is enabled on a DNS record, the response will be Cloudflare anycast IP addresses allowing for Cloudflare to be the proxy.

**2. Secondary DNS setup with Secondary DNS override**

Cloudflare is configured as a secondary provider and all DNS records are transferred from the primary provider. Cloudflare provides a feature called [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) that allows customers to override the response served from Cloudflare secondary nameservers. This allows for customers to take advantage of leveraging zone transfers to automatically sync between DNS providers. It also provides the flexibility to update select records in Cloudflare DNS to redirect certain traffic to another service provider like Cloudflare. In this case, the response will be Cloudflare anycast IP addresses allowing for Cloudflare to be the proxy.

**3. Partial / CNAME setup**

In this setup, Cloudflare is not the authoritative DNS provider and the customer manages DNS records externally.

Converting to CNAME setup ensures the hostname eventually resolves to Cloudflare IPs. This is useful when customers don’t want to change their current DNS setup but still want to use other Cloudflare services.

If a customer's current DNS provider doesn’t support CNAME on the zone apex (sometimes called the "root domain" or "naked domain") like Cloudflare does with [CNAME Flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/), you must purchase Static IPs from Cloudflare and create an A record to those Static IPs in the provider DNS. In Cloudflare, you can then create an A record to point the zone apex to the origin.

Many customers using Cloudflare services take advantage of the cross-product integration and innovations along with simplicity of a single UI for management and operational simplicity and use multiple Cloudflare services together like CDN and WAF. Although not recommended, it’s also possible to use security services like WAF with other CDN providers by setting up DNS to forward traffic through Cloudflare via CNAME and disabling Cloudflare caching via Cache Rules.

## Why multi-vendor?

Typically customers opt for a multi-vendor approach for reasons of regulatory/company compliance, resiliency, performance, and cost.

### Regulatory/company compliance

Some customers may have to comply with regulatory/company policy of not being dependent on a single vendor for all security, performance, and reliability services. This could be done for reasons of a company’s policy of mitigating risk for specific vendor outages/issues and/or for leverage to mitigate against increased vendor pricing/costs. For compliance with these policies, a multi-vendor strategy is required.

### Resiliency

When a single vendor is used for all security and performance services, this may be perceived as a single point of failure. This can be driven by regulatory pressure to improve reliability in all critical systems, outages experienced with an incumbent vendor, or uncertainty with the long term reliability of a single vendor.

### Performance

In many cases a single vendor may be very well connected and provide the expected level of performance within a certain region, but less so in other regions; this could be due to a number of reasons including investment, limited resources, geopolitical reasons, etc. Many customers desire to fully optimize speed in performance critical applications and media by implementing a multi-vendor approach that is often coupled with real time performance monitoring to steer traffic to the most optimal vendor based on that data.

### Cost

Just like the performance of a particular vendor can vary based on content, time of day, and location, so can the cost, and sending particular traffic through a particular vendor can help optimize the overall cost of the delivery. Typically these benefits are seen driving a multi-vendor strategy in very specific use cases, such as for high volume media traffic, as the cost of onboarding and managing multiple vendors typically increases monetary and resource costs outside of specific niche use cases. Additionally, adopting a multi-vendor approach helps avoid vendor lock-in with any single provider, offering greater flexibility and negotiating power across vendors.

## Multi-vendor solution considerations

Any multi-vendor architecture will contain several components an organization must decide on prior to implementing, both on the business and technical side. Additionally, there are several things to keep in mind to help optimize your setup to align with Cloudflare’s strengths and unique differentiators.

Optimize for feature set and delivery methodology. Cloudflare is able to offer feature parity with most major vendors, with custom features easily delivered through our serverless compute service. For delivery methodology, Cloudflare’s anycast architecture is unique in that every server can deliver every service that Cloudflare offers, making it an optimal candidate for an active/active approach.

Leverage Cloudflare’s API and rapid deployment capabilities wherever possible. Since Cloudflare offers every feature API first, and config changes typically are visible in a few seconds, this makes it easy for teams to test and deploy changes in a programmatic fashion without having to wait for long deployment times.

Avoid a “stacked” approach. This means avoid having Cloudflare placed in the request flow behind another vendor. We often hear companies consider stacking vendors with the hope of providing defense in depth by running the same traffic through each layer in a linear fashion. In theory this would allow for both vendors' policies to be run, and any bad traffic not caught by one vendor is hopefully caught by the next. What we see in practice when this setup is used is very different. The main disadvantage is the loss of full traffic visibility when sitting behind another vendor, which hinders many of Cloudflare’s threat intelligence powered services such as Bot Management, Rate Limiting, DDoS mitigation, & IP reputation database. This is also highly suboptimal from the performance side since the traffic must pass through two networks each with their own processing and connection overhead before going back to origin. Also, it creates unnecessary complexity in operations, management, and support.

One note on a stacked approach is that in certain cases for particular point solutions, it can make sense to place one vendor solution in front of the other, such as particular bot management solutions and API gateways, especially when migrating towards a new vendor/provider. In these scenarios it’s important to understand where each solution falls in the request flow to optimize effectiveness.

While Cloudflare and many providers maintain a high degree of availability and a robust fault tolerant architecture, some customers have a further desire to reduce dependency and respectively single vendor point of failures. It’s important to plan for a worst case scenario where some or all of a vendor's services are down and how to work around that in a short timeframe. Customers must consider how to have redundancy across DNS providers, networks, and origin connectivity to eliminate the risk of a single vendor/component failure cascading into a widespread outage.

While the specifics may vary widely depending on the vendor and business case, the technical considerations for a multi-vendor deployment can be bucketed into three areas: routing logic, configuration management and origin connectivity.

### Routing

The first and likely most important decision that must be made when looking at a multi-vendor strategy is how to route traffic to each provider. This depends on both the business logic driving the multi-vendor strategy and the technical capabilities of each vendor in question. Traffic to each provider will be routed using DNS and shift depending on the current conditions and needs of the business. Cloudflare can support configurations as an authoritative DNS provider, secondary DNS provider, or non-Cloudflare DNS (CNAME) setups for a zone.

![Figure 6: Client request being routed to origin server(s) in a multi-vendor setup](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_6.png "Figure 6")

DNS based load balancing and health checks can be leveraged here so that client requests to the domain/site are distributed across healthy origin server(s). The DNS provider monitors the health of the servers and DNS responds to the client request using a round-robin approach with the respective IPs.

If a multi-vendor DNS approach is also desired for DNS-level resiliency, a variety of configurations are possible here with multiple authoritative nameservers from different vendors. See the ‘Multi-vendor DNS setup options’ section in this document for additional details. The key here is ensuring consistent configurations across multiple providers. Depending on the DNS setup/configuration, this consistency can be resolved using different approaches such as zone transfers, automation via tools such as Terraform or OctoDNS, monitoring/automation via scripting, or even manual configuration.

### Configuration

While many vendors can deliver a similar end user experience, configuration and management can differ greatly between providers, which drives up the cost of a successful implementation. Ultimately that means the business must become familiar with each vendor's configuration logic and develop a system to map between them. Wherever possible, seek out vendors that optimize for management simplicity, automation support, and rapid deployment to help minimize the cost and management overhead.

API support for all vendor’s product functionality becomes critical here. Maintaining consistent configuration is important not only in the routing in certain multi-vendor DNS setups but also for maintaining consistency between all of the respective services such as WAF, API security, etc. as traffic can be routed to either provider. Automation tools such as Terraform or custom scripted automation tools will leverage the APIs to maintain this consistency between vendors.

### Connectivity

Another important decision that must be made is how each provider will connect back into your organization. This will largely depend on the vendor's capabilities plus the technical and security requirements of your organization.

Clients will make requests over the Internet and the requests will be routed to the respective vendor’s proxy service on the vendor’s cloud. In the most basic scenario, the proxy will simply route the traffic over the Internet to the origin; this is the default setup.

If the customer wants more security or additional performance benefits, they may decide to also leverage vendor offered connectivity options such as encrypted tunnels to origin or direct connect options from customer data centers directly to Cloudflare data centers via cross connect from a customer’s equipment to Cloudflare. Vendors may also offer accelerated routing capabilities where they actively monitor the fastest paths over the Internet to ensure the most optimal routes to the origin are used.

Cloudflare offers all of these connectivity options along with Smart Routing to ensure the fastest paths to origin are used. These connectivity options are discussed in more detail in the ‘Cloudflare connectivity options’ section of this document.

**Operations and Troubleshooting**

Some important considerations when designing a multi-vendor solution are operations and troubleshooting. Having a multi-vendor solution can raise operational costs and also impact troubleshooting as you now have two different environments to manage and troubleshoot.

A primary focus for Cloudflare has always been operational simplicity and providing visibility. Cloudflare provides a single unified dashboard where all security, performance, and reliability services can be accessed from a consistent operationally simple UI.

Additionally, Cloudflare offers logging, analytics and security analytics dashboards. Logs with additional details are also accessible from the UI. Customers have granular data that can be used for analysis and troubleshooting.

Figure 7 below shows a view of Cloudflare Security Analytics which brings together all of Cloudflare’s detection capabilities in one place. This provides security engineers and admins with a quick view of current traffic and security insights in regards to their site.

![Figure 7: Cloudflare Security Analytics](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_7.png "Figure 7")

In addition to analytics for each product and security analytics shown above, you can also view logs within the UI and export logs to Cloudflare or third party clouds or products for additional analysis.

In Figure 8 below a Logpush is being configured to automatically export logs to an external destination.

![Figure 8: Cloudflare Logpush for exporting logs to external destinations](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_8.png "Figure 8")

When selecting the vendors for a multi-vendor solution you should ensure you select vendors where the below criteria is met:

- The vendor provides for operational simplicity with a single consistent UI for all operations where users can easily manage and get things done in one place.
- The vendor has useful security analytics to give an understanding of a sites’ traffic, security insights, and useful data for troubleshooting.
- The vendor has the ability to export logs/request data to third party clouds/applications.
- The vendor has an API first approach and provides APIs for all operations so tasks can be easily automated.
- The vendor is reputable and can provide effective support and help when needed.
- Employees are trained and have expertise or are comfortable using the vendor’s products.

## Common deployments

### Multi-vendor active-active security and different provider for DNS

The below diagram describes a typical multi-vendor setup in which both vendors are ‘active’ meaning they are both serving traffic for the same resource (`www.example.com`) and traffic is split between the two.

On the routing front, this example shows the authoritative DNS living outside of the two providers and load balancing between them. This DNS provider could be self hosted or live on another third party provider. Traffic is directed to each provider by responding to queries for `www.example.com` with a provider specific CNAME record or static IP for apex domain traffic. To achieve this traffic split, the third party DNS provider does need to have some ability to load balance the traffic. Most major DNS providers will have some mechanism to perform DNS based load balancing with varying degrees of complexity and configurability. This could mean round robining between records in the simplest case, or varying the response based on client location, health check data and more.

![Figure 9: Multi-vendor setup with Cloudflare and another vendor and different provider for DNS](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_9.png "Figure 9")

Depending on the authoritative DNS provider, traffic can be evenly split between the two or adjusted dynamically. Oftentimes customers will choose to inform the DNS routing with performance/availability data sourced from a third party monitoring service such as Thousandeyes or Catchpoint and adjust DNS responses based on that data. Third party monitoring services are often used to capture full HTTP request/response metrics to route based on real-time performance. Traffic can easily be shifted away from a provider by updating the authoritative DNS and waiting for the record TTL to expire.

It’s important to note here that the third party services are looking at end-to-end application performance metrics, not just DNS response time or limited data used by DNS resolvers. The DNS records will be updated based on the performance data to reflect the correct security vendor’s proxy to point to.

Both providers’ configurations are kept in sync by the administrators, pushing out changes via Terraform which makes calls to each provider's API. Keep in mind that while Cloudflare does have full API support for every feature, this may not be the case for every provider.

If only one external DNS provider is used, it does create a single point of failure if that DNS provider has an outage. A way to mitigate this risk is to implement a multi-vendor DNS solution; this is discussed in more detail in the [Multi-vendor DNS options](#multi-vendor-dns-setup-options) section in this document.

Another challenge of a parallel approach is keeping configurations in sync across providers to deliver a consistent end user experience. This means the administrators need to be familiar with the configuration management of both vendors and understand how feature parity can be achieved.

Once traffic is routed to the security and performance service provider via DNS, all security and performance services and respective policies are applied, and the traffic is then routed over the Internet back to the origin where the customer’s firewall is allowing IPs specified by each provider.

### Multi-vendor active-active security with multi-vendor DNS from same providers

The below example describes a setup where the DNS providers are also the security proxy vendors, and DNS records are kept in sync via zone transfers. A multi-vendor DNS solution is recommended as the preferred and most resilient solution.

here are different setups possible between the different DNS vendors and these are discussed in more detail in the ‘Multi-vendor DNS setup’ section of this document with advantages/disadvantages of each.

In this example, there are multiple authoritative DNS providers used where one is primary and the other is secondary. Per the use of secondary DNS and respective standard, zone transfers easily allow DNS configurations between different providers to remain synced.

In order to point requests to both providers (for the same hosts) in this model, the vendor set up as secondary must be able to overwrite records intended to go through a proxy. Without the ability to overwrite records as a secondary, the destination for all primary records would remain static and reduce the flexibility and resilience of the overall setup; Cloudflare provides this capability with [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/). For example, if the provider such as Cloudflare is set up as a secondary, Cloudflare will have DNS automatically synced to them from the primary via zone transfer, and can use Secondary DNS override to update the A record to point to its own proxy/services.

While DNS based load balancing isn’t required here, it’s helpful to have at each provider so requests can be predictably split across multiple vendors, otherwise the traffic split is largely dictated by the client resolver nameserver selection.

![Figure 10: Multi-vendor setup with Cloudflare and another vendor with multi-vendor DNS from same providers.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_10.png "Figure 10")

At the authoritative DNS provider, each vendor has their NS records listed and the client will select a nameserver based on their resolver. The resolver will receive the full set of authoritative nameservers upon request. The logic used by most resolvers typically takes into account resolution time as well as availability. In this scenario, the resolvers are used to make the decision on which name server to use based on performance/availability data they already have.

It’s important to note here that typically the DNS resolvers have already seen queries and responses associated with the nameservers used. For example, the nameserver the vendor assigns to the customer may already be used by other sites for their authoritative DNS and the resolvers already have a strong historical baseline of performance data to start leveraging immediately.

In this example, we are also seeing records being kept in sync via periodic zone transfers. Cloudflare is able to support both outgoing and incoming zone transfers. Traffic is directed to each proxy by either a provider specific CNAME record or static IP.

The configuration on the DNS side can vary; the different options are discussed in more detail in the next section. DNS can be set up with one provider acting as primary and the other acting as secondary. The DNS provider acting as primary is where all the DNS configuration is done and the secondary DNS receives the configuration copy via zone transfer.

Some DNS providers like [Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) offer the capability where secondary DNS can overwrite the A and AAAA records. This allows the provider to rewrite the A/AAAA record to proxy traffic through a different vendor as desired. In this case the secondary DNS provider will provide a different response than the primary for the same hostname. This means that depending on what nameserver a client resolver queries, the request will be routed to the vendor’s respective network. This allows for flexibility and reduced complexity by relying on the client resolver for traffic steering and failover if the nameservers are slow or unreachable. This comes at the cost of direct control and predictability over what provider a client selects.

Another variation is to have specific applications/hostnames hosted through specific providers. That could mean, in the above example, both the primary and secondary DNS servers have `www.example.com` mapped to a Cloudflare address, regardless of which provider resolves the initial DNS query.

## Multi-vendor DNS setup options

The important routing decision is dictated by DNS. As discussed, there are multiple configurations possible for a multi-DNS setup. The below assumes you are using two DNS providers which are also the providers for the security solution.

**1. Two authoritative - one primary and one secondary**

This setup involves setting one provider as a primary and the second provider as a secondary. The purpose of secondary DNS is to support multi-DNS solutions where synchronization between the configurations of primary and secondary is automated.

In this setup both DNS providers are authoritative but only one is primary and the source of truth and where DNS configuration changes/updates are made. The configuration changes/updates on primary are synced to the secondary DNS provider via zone transfers managed by the provider. DNS of both providers answer DNS queries.

The advantage and main use case with this deployment model is that it uses a standard for syncing DNS across multiple providers and was created for just this reason, and the DNS provider is responsible for the zone transfers. This option provides simplicity in maintaining DNS synchronization between providers.

Sometimes customers may decide to use another option due to the following:

- The requirement of updating DNS records when the record management and zone transfer pipeline is down.
- Not wanting to rely on a third party/vendor for the DNS synchronization and desiring more control.
- Having specific restrictions/regulations excluding this option.

This setup is recommended for customers who desire simplicity offered by a secondary DNS and provider for maintaining synchronization.

Pros:

- Uses standard (AXFR, IXFR) to keep DNS synced and done automatically via Zone Transfers.
- Simplicity as the DNS provider is responsible for DNS synchronization.

Cons:

- If the record management and zone transfer pipeline is down, DNS records cannot be updated.
- Some customers do not want to rely on a vendor/3rd party for DNS sync and desire more control and flexibility.

**2. Two authoritative - both primary**

Some customers may also want to have the added assurance of being able to update DNS records when the record management and zone transfer pipeline is down. They also may not want to rely on a third party/vendor for DNS synchronization and desire more control. In this case, both DNS providers can be used as primary.

In this setup each DNS provider is authoritative and primary. There is no secondary DNS and changes/updates to DNS can be made at either provider; also, both DNS providers answer DNS queries.

Synchronization of the DNS configuration between providers is critical, and in this setup it now becomes the customer’s responsibility to keep DNS in sync at both providers. Customers typically do this synchronization with automation tools like OctoDNS, Terraform, or via custom automation leveraging the vendors’ APIs.

This setup is recommended for customers who desire the most flexible and resilient option that supports updating DNS records even when the record management and zone transfer pipeline is down and/or customers who want more control over DNS synchronization.

Pros:

- If control plane is down on one provider, DNS records can still be updated at the other.
- More control and no reliance on DNS provider for DNS synchronization.

Cons:

- More complexity in keeping DNS between providers synced.
- Customer is responsible for DNS synchronization which can be done via automation tools, automated via vendor APIs, or manually.

**3. One or more authoritative - hidden primary and multiple secondary**

In a hidden primary setup, users establish an unlisted primary server to store all zone files and changes, then enable one or more secondary servers to receive and resolve queries. Although most of the time the primary is authoritative, it doesn’t have to be. In this option, the primary is not listed with the registrar. The primary does not respond to queries and its main purpose is being the single source of truth.

Although the secondary servers essentially fulfill the function of a primary server, the hidden setup allows users to hide their origin IP and shield it from attacks. Additionally, the primary can be taken offline for maintenance without causing DNS service to be disrupted.

This setup is recommended for customers who desire simplicity offered by a secondary DNS and provider for maintaining synchronization. This solution also provides for flexibility in taking the primary offline as needed with less impact.

Pros:

- Allows customers to maintain DNS record management on their infrastructure and use standard to keep DNS synced automatically via Zone Transfers.
- Primary is used only for source of truth and maintaining DNS records and can be taken offline for maintenance /administration.

Cons:

- If the record management and zone transfer pipeline is down, DNS records cannot be updated.
- Some customers do not want to rely on a vendor/3rd party for DNS sync and desire more control.

## Configuration and management best practices

![Figure 11: Configuration via Terraform for multi-vendor setup with Cloudflare and other vendor](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_11.png "Figure 11")

Figure 11 depicts a typical pattern seen when managing configurations across both Cloudflare and other providers in parallel. In this example, we are assuming that the same workloads are being split through both providers and the admin team is updating both configurations via API through Terraform. This can also be tied into an internal CI/CD pipeline to match your typical developer workflow. All Cloudflare functions can be configured via API and are delivered first via API. This diagram also depicts logs being sent to a common SIEM and native alerting functions that can be delivered via e-mail, webhook, or PagerDuty for alerts based on performance, security or administrative criteria.

With the wide variety of customization options Cloudflare provides (Ruleset Engine, native features, Worker customizations), Cloudflare can likely meet feature parity with most other major vendors out in the market, however it's not guaranteed that these features will be configurable in the same manner. This is where working closely with your Cloudflare account team becomes critical in understanding the key differences in operation and best practices to align your workflow with Cloudflare.

## Connectivity options

For a multi-vendor offering it's important to consider the methods that each provider offers for connectivity to the origin(s) and the trade offs in security, performance, and resiliency. Cloudflare offers several options that fit most use cases and can be deployed in parallel with per application (hostname/DNS record) granularity to fit a hybrid customer environment.

### Internet (default)

In the most basic scenario, the proxy will simply route the traffic over the Internet to the origin; this is the default setup for all vendors. In this setup the client and origin are both endpoints directly connected to the Internet via their respective ISPs. The request is routed over the Internet from the client to the vendor proxy (via DNS configuration) before the proxy routes the request over the Internet to the customer's origin.

The below diagram describes the default connectivity to origins as requests flow through the Cloudflare network. When a request hits a proxied DNS record and needs to reach the origin, Cloudflare will send traffic from the network over the Internet from a set of Cloudflare owned addresses.

![Figure 12: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Internet](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_12.png "Figure 12")

Optionally, customers can also choose to leverage [Cloudflare Aegis](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-aegis/), which allocates customer-specific IPs that Cloudflare will use to connect back to your origins. We recommend allowlisting traffic from only these networks to avoid direct access. In addition to IP blocking at the origin side firewall, we also strongly recommend additional verification of traffic via either the "Full (Strict)" SSL setting or mTLS auth to ensure all traffic is sourced from requests passing through the customer configured zones.

Cloudflare also supports [Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)](/byoip/). When BYOIP is configured, the Cloudflare global network will announce a customer’s own IP prefixes and the prefixes can be used with the respective Cloudflare Layer 7 services.

### Private connection - tunnel or VPN

Another option is to have a private tunnel/connection over the Internet for additional security. Some vendors offer private connectivity via tunnels or VPNs which can be encrypted or unencrypted; these vary in complexity/management and require additional security/firewall updates to allow for connectivity. A traditional VPN setup is also limited via a centralized vendor location back to the origin.

Cloudflare offers [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) which is tunneling software that provides an encrypted tunnel between your origin(s) and Cloudflare’s network. Also, since Cloudflare leverages anycast on its global network, the origin(s) will, like clients, connect to the closest Cloudflare data center(s).

When you run a tunnel, a lightweight daemon in your infrastructure, cloudflared, establishes four outbound-only connections between the origin server and the Cloudflare network. These four connections are made to four different servers spread across at least two distinct data centers providing robust resiliency. It is possible to install many cloudflared instances to increase resilience between your origin servers and the Cloudflare network.

Cloudflared creates an encrypted tunnel between your origin web server(s) and Cloudflare’s nearest data center(s), all without opening any public inbound ports. This provides for simplicity and speed of implementation as there are no security changes needed on the firewall. This solution also lowers the risk of firewall misconfigurations which could leave your company vulnerable to attacks.

The firewall and security posture is hardened by locking down all origin server ports and protocols via your firewall. Once Cloudflare Tunnel is in place and respective security applied, all requests on HTTP/S ports are dropped, including volumetric DDoS attacks. Data breach attempts, such as snooping of data in transit or brute force login attacks, are blocked entirely.

![Figure 13: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Cloudflare Tunnel](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_13.png "Figure 13")

The above diagram describes the connectivity model through Cloudflare Tunnel. Note, this option provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address. Cloudflare Tunnel can connect HTTP web servers, SSH servers, remote desktops, and other protocols safely to Cloudflare.

### Direct connection

Most vendors also provide an option of directly connecting to their network. Direct connections provide security, reliability, and performance benefits over using the public Internet. These direct connections are done at peering facilities, Internet Exchanges (IXs) where Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet networks can interconnect with each other, or through vendor partners.

![Figure 14: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_14.png "Figure 14")

The above diagram describes origin connectivity through [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-network-interconnect/) which allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare and communicate only over those direct links. CNI allows customers to interconnect branch and headquarter locations directly with Cloudflare. Customers can interconnect with Cloudflare in one of three ways: over a private network interconnect (PNI) available at [Cloudflare peering facilities](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224), via an IX at any of the [many global exchanges Cloudflare participates in](https://bgp.he.net/AS13335#_ix), or through one of our [interconnection platform partners](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-network-interconnect-partner-program).

Cloudflare’s global network allows for ease of connecting to the network regardless of where your infrastructure and employees are.

## Additional routing and security options

Most vendors also provide additional capabilities for enhanced/optimized routing and additional security capabilities when communicating with the origin. You should check with respective vendor documentation to confirm support if parity is expected in terms of performance and security capabilities.

Cloudflare offers [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/) for finding and using optimized routes across the Cloudflare network to deliver responses to users more quickly and Authenticated Origin Pulls (mTLS) to ensure requests to your origin server come from the Cloudflare network

### Argo Smart Routing

Argo Smart Routing is a service that finds optimized routes across the Cloudflare network to deliver responses to users more quickly.

Argo Smart Routing accelerates traffic by taking into account real-time data and network intelligence from routing over 28 million HTTP requests per second; it ensures the fastest and most reliable network paths are traversed over the Cloudflare network to the origin server. On average, Argo Smart Routing accounts for 30% faster performance on web assets.

In addition, Cloudflare CDN leverages Argo Smart Routing to determine the best upper tier data centers for Argo Tiered Cache. Argo Smart Routing can be enabled to ensure the fastest paths over the Cloudflare network are taken between upper tier data centers and origin servers at all times. Without Argo Smart Routing, communication between upper tier data centers to origin servers are still intelligently routed around problems on the Internet to ensure origin reachability. For more information on Argo Smart Routing as it relates to CDN, see the [Cloudflare CDN Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn/).

### Authenticated Origin Pulls (mTLS)

Authenticated Origin Pulls helps ensure requests to your origin server come from the Cloudflare network, which provides an additional layer of security on top of [Full](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [Full (strict)](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) SSL/TLS encryption modes Cloudflare offers.

This authentication becomes particularly important with the [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/). Together with the WAF, you can make sure that all traffic is evaluated before receiving a response from your origin server.

If you want your domain to be [FIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards) compliant, you must upload your own certificate. This option is available for both [zone-level](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/) and [per-hostname](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/) authenticated origin pulls.

## Summary

To summarize, a successful multi-vendor strategy for application security and performance requires careful consideration of your business objectives, infrastructure requirements, and vendor capabilities. There are several options to choose from when deploying a multi-vendor strategy with various advantages and limitations to each. Cloudflare can support these configurations by delivering services through the Cloudflare Global Network that are highly resilient, performant, and cost effective to fit your organizations multi-vendor strategy.

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# Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare

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## Introduction

Cloudflare One is a secure access service edge (SASE) platform that protects enterprise applications, users, devices, and networks. By progressively adopting Cloudflare One, organizations can move away from their patchwork of hardware appliances and other point solutions and instead consolidate security and networking capabilities on one unified control plane. Such network and security transformation helps address key challenges modern businesses face, including:

- Securing access for any user to any resource with Zero Trust practices
- Defending against cyber threats, including multi-channel phishing and ransomware attacks
- Protecting data in order to comply with regulations and prevent leaks
- Simplifying connectivity across offices, data centers, and cloud environments

Cloudflare One is built on Cloudflare's [connectivity cloud](https://www.cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud/), ​​a unified, intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services that enable any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications, and users. It is one of the [largest global networks](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), with data centers spanning [hundreds of cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) and interconnection with over 12,500 other networks. It also has a greater presence in [core Internet exchanges](https://bgp.he.net/report/exchanges#_participants) than many other large technology companies.

As a result, Cloudflare operates within \~50 ms of \~95% of the world's Internet-connected population. And since all Cloudflare services are designed to run across every network location, all traffic is connected, inspected, and filtered close to the source for the best performance and consistent user experience.

This document describes a reference architecture for organizations working towards a SASE architecture, and shows how Cloudflare One enables such security and networking transformation.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization's existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies important to securing hybrid work, including identity providers (IdPs), user directories, single sign on (SSO), endpoint security or management (EPP, XDR, UEM, MDM), firewalls, routers, and point solutions like packet or content inspection hardware, threat prevention, and data loss prevention technologies.

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- Solution Brief: [Cloudflare One](https://cfl.re/SASE-SSE-platform-brief) (3 minute read)
- Whitepaper: [Overview of Internet-Native SASE Architecture](https://cfl.re/internet-native-sase-architecture-whitepaper) (10 minute read)
- Blog: [Zero Trust, SASE, and SSE: foundational concepts for your next-generation network](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-trust-sase-and-sse-foundational-concepts-for-your-next-generation-network/) (14 minute read)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare One protects an organization's employees, devices, applications, data, and networks
- How Cloudflare One fits into your existing infrastructure, and how to approach migration to a SASE architecture
- How to plan for deploying Cloudflare One

While this document examines Cloudflare One at a technical level, it does not offer fine detail about every product in the platform. Instead, it looks at how all the services in Cloudflare One enable networking and network security to be consolidated on one architecture. Visit the [developer documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/) for further information specific to a product area or use case.

## Disintegration of the traditional network perimeter

Traditionally, most employees worked in an office and connected locally to the company network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Most business systems (e.g. file servers, printers, applications) were located on and accessible only from this internal network. Once connected, users would typically have broad access to local resources. A security perimeter was created around the network to protect against outsider threats, most of which came from the public Internet. The majority of business workloads were hosted on-premises and only accessible inside the network, with very little or no company data or applications existing on the Internet.

However, three important trends created problems for this "castle and moat" approach to IT security:

1. **Employees became more mobile**. Organizations increasingly embrace remote / hybrid work and support the use of personal (i.e. not company-owned) devices.
2. **Cloud migration accelerated**. Organizations are moving applications, data, and infrastructure from expensive on-premises data centers to public or private cloud environments in order to improve flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
3. **Cyber threats evolved**. The above trends expand an organization's attack surface. For example, attack campaigns have become more sophisticated and persistent in exploiting multiple channels to infiltrate organizations, and cybercriminals face lower barriers to entry with the popularity of the "cybercrime-as-a-service" black market.

Traditional perimeter-based security has struggled to adapt to these changes. In particular, extending the "moat" outwards has introduced operational complexity for administrators, poor experiences for users, and inconsistency in how security controls are applied across users and applications.

![With many different methods to connect networks and filter/block traffic, managing access to company applications is costly and time consuming.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-1.svg)

The diagram above shows an example of this adapted perimeter-based approach, in which a mix of firewalls, WAN routers, and VPN concentrators are connected with dedicated WAN on-ramps consisting of MPLS circuits and/or leased lines. The diagram also demonstrates common problem areas. In an effort to centralize policy, organizations sometimes force all employee Internet traffic through their VPN infrastructure, which results in slow browsing and user complaints. Employees then seek workarounds — such as using non-approved devices — which increases their exposure to Internet-borne attacks when they work from home or on public Wi-Fi. In addition, IT teams are unable to respond quickly to changing business needs due to the complexity of their network infrastructure.

Such challenges are driving many organizations to prioritize goals like:

- Accelerating business agility by supporting remote / hybrid work with secure any-to-any access
- Improving productivity by simplifying policy management and by streamlining user experiences
- Reducing cyber risk by protecting users and data from phishing, ransomware, and other threats across all channels
- Consolidating visibility and controls across networking and security
- Reducing costs by replacing expensive appliances and infrastructure (e.g. VPNs, hardware firewalls, and MPLS connections)

## Understanding a SASE architecture

In recent years, [secure access service edge](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/security-service-edge-sse/), or SASE, has emerged as an aspirational architecture to help achieve these goals. In a SASE architecture, network connectivity and security are unified on a single cloud platform and control plane for consistent visibility, control, and experiences from any user to any application.

SASE platforms consist of networking and security services, all underpinned by supporting operational services and a policy engine:

- Network services forward traffic from a variety of networks into a single global corporate network. These services provide capabilities like firewalling, routing, and load balancing.
- Security services apply to traffic flowing over the network, allowing for filtering of certain types of traffic and control over who can access what.
- Operational services provide platform-wide capabilities like logging, API access, and comprehensive Infrastructure-as-Code support through providers like Terraform.
- A policy engine integrates across all services, allowing admins to define policies which are then applied across all the connected services.

![Cloudflare's SASE cloud platform offers network, security, and operational services, as well as policy engine features, to provide zero trust connectivity between a variety of user identities, devices and access locations to customer applications, infrastructure and networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-2.svg)

## Cloudflare One: single-vendor, single-network SASE

Most organizations move towards a SASE architecture progressively rather than all at once, prioritizing key security and connectivity use cases and adopting services like [Zero Trust Network Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) (ZTNA) or [Secure Web Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-secure-web-gateway/) (SWG). Some organizations choose to use SASE services from multiple vendors. For most organizations, however, the aspiration is to consolidate security with a single vendor, in order to achieve simplified management, comprehensive visibility, and consistent experiences.

[Cloudflare One](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/) is a single-vendor SASE platform where all services are designed to run across all locations. All traffic is inspected closest to its source, which delivers consistent speed and scale everywhere. And thanks to composable and flexible on-ramps, traffic can be routed from any source to reach any destination.

Cloudflare's connectivity cloud also offers many other services that improve application performance and security, such as [API Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/api/what-is-an-api-gateway/), [Web Application Firewall](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/web-application-firewall-waf/), [Content Delivery](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/), or [DDoS mitigation](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/ddos-mitigation/), all of which can complement an organization's SASE architecture. For example, our Content Delivery Network (CDN) features can be used to improve the performance of a self hosted company intranet. Cloudflare's full range of services are illustrated below.

![Cloudflare's anycast network allows provides services on all connected servers to enable secure connections on public and home networks and at corporate offices.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-4.svg)

### Cloudflare's anycast network

Cloudflare's SASE platform benefits from our use of [anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) technology. Anycast allows Cloudflare to announce the IP addresses of our services from every data center worldwide, so traffic is always routed to the Cloudflare data center closest to the source. This means traffic inspection, authentication, and policy enforcement take place close to the end user, leading to consistently high-quality experiences.

Using anycast ensures the Cloudflare network is well balanced. If there is a sudden increase in traffic on the network, the load can be distributed across multiple data centers – which in turn, helps maintain consistent and reliable connectivity for users. Further, Cloudflare's large [network capacity](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) and [AI/ML-optimized smart routing](https://blog.cloudflare.com/meet-traffic-manager/) also help ensure that performance is constantly optimized.

By contrast, many other SASE providers use Unicast routing in which a single IP address is associated with a single server and/or data center. In many such architectures, a single IP address is then associated with a specific application, which means requests to access that application may have very different network routing experiences depending on how far that traffic needs to travel. For example, performance may be excellent for employees working in the office next to the application's servers, but poor for remote employees or those working overseas. Unicast also complicates scaling traffic loads — that single service location must ramp up resources when load increases, whereas anycast networks can share traffic across many data centers and geographies.

![Cloudflare's anycast network ensures fast and reliable connectivity, whereas Unicast routing often sends all traffic to a single IP address, resulting in slower and failure prone connections.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-5.svg)

## Deploying a SASE architecture with Cloudflare

To understand how SASE fits into an organization's IT infrastructure, see the diagram below, which maps out all the common components of said infrastructure. Subsequent sections of this guide will add to the diagram, showing where each part of Cloudflare's SASE platform fits in.

![Typical enterprise IT infrastructure may consist of different physical locations, devices and data centers that require connectivity to multiple cloud and on-premises applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-6.svg)

In the diagram's top half there are a variety of Internet resources (e.g. Facebook), SaaS applications (e.g. ServiceNow), and applications running in an [infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cloud/what-is-iaas/) platform (e.g. AWS). This example organization has already deployed cloud based [identity providers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-an-identity-provider/) (IdP), [unified endpoint management](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-endpoint/) (UEM) and endpoint protection platforms (EPP) as part of a Zero Trust initiative.

In the bottom half are a variety of users, devices, networks, and locations. Users work from a variety of locations: homes, headquarters and branch offices, airports, and others. The devices they use might be managed by the organization or may be personal devices. In addition to the cloud, applications run in a data center in the organization's headquarters and in a data center operators' colo facility ([Equinix](https://www.equinix.com/), in this example).

A SASE architecture will define, secure, and streamline how each user and device will connect to the various resources in the diagram. Over the following sections, this guide will show ways to integrate Cloudflare One into the above infrastructure:

- **Applications and services**: Placing access to private applications and services behind Cloudflare
- **Networks**: Connecting entire networks to Cloudflare
- **Forwarding device traffic**: Facilitating access to Cloudflare-protected resources from any device
- **Verifying users and devices**: Identifying which users access requests come from, and which devices those users have

### Connecting applications

This journey to a SASE architecture starts with an organization needing to provide remote access to non-Internet facing, internal-only web applications and services (e.g. SSH or RDP). Organizations typically deploy VPN appliances to connect users to the company network where the applications are hosted. However, many applications now live in cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service platforms, where traditional VPN solutions are hard to configure. This often results in poor application and connectivity performance for users.

#### Tunnels to self-hosted applications

[Zero Trust Network Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) (ZTNA) is a SASE service that secures access to self-hosted applications and services. ZTNA functionality can be divided broadly into two categories: 1) establishing connectivity between Cloudflare's network and the environments where the applications are running, and 2) setting policies to define how users are able to access these applications. In this section, we first examine the former — how to connect apps to Cloudflare.

Connectivity to self-hosted applications is facilitated through tunnels that are created and maintained by a software connector,
[`cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/). `cloudflared` is a lightweight daemon installed in an organizations' infrastructure that creates a tunnel via an outbound connection to Cloudflare's global network. The connector can be installed in a variety of ways:

- In the OS installed on the bare metal server
- In the OS that is running in a virtualized environment
- In a [container](https://hub.docker.com/r/cloudflare/cloudflared) running in a Docker or Kubernetes environment

`cloudflared` runs on Windows, Linux, or macOS operating systems and creates an encrypted tunnel using QUIC, a modern protocol that uses UDP (instead of TCP) for fast tunnel performance and modern encryption standards. Generally speaking, there are two approaches for how users can deploy `cloudflared` in their environment:

1. **On the same server and operating system where the application or service is running**. This is typically in high-risk or compliance deployments where organizations require independent tunnels per application. `cloudflared` consumes a small amount of CPU and RAM, so impact to server performance is marginal.
2. **On a dedicated server(s) in the same network where the applications run**. This often takes the form of multiple containers in a Docker or Kubernetes environment.

`cloudflared` manages multiple outbound connections back to Cloudflare and usually requires no changes to network firewalls. Those connections are spread across servers in more than one Cloudflare data center for reliability and failover. Traffic destined for a tunnel is forwarded to the connection that is geographically closest to the request, and if a `cloudflared` connection isn't responding, the tunnel will automatically failover to the next available.

For more control over the traffic routed through each tunnel connection, users can integrate with the Cloudflare [load balancing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) service. To ensure reliable local connectivity, organizations should deploy more than one instance of `cloudflared` across their application infrastructure. For example, with ten front-end web servers running in a Kubernetes cluster, you might deploy three kubernetes services [running `cloudflared` replicas](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/many-cfd-one-tunnel/).

![Using cloudflared, multiple outbound connections are created back to Cloudflare across multiple data centers to improve overall performance and reliability.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-7.svg)

Once tunnels have been established, there are two methods for how user traffic is forwarded to your application or service. Each method below is protected by policies managed by the ZTNA service that enforces authentication and access (which will be explored in further depth [later in this document](#secure-access-to-self-hosted-apps-and-services)).

##### Public hostname

Each public hostname is specific to an address, protocol, and port associated with a private application, allowing for narrow access to a specific service when there might be multiple applications running on the same host.

For example, organizations can define a public hostname (`mywebapp.domain.com`) to provide access to a web server running on `https://localhost:8080`, while ensuring no access to local Kubernetes services.

Key capabilities:

- A hostname is created in a public DNS zone and all requests to that hostname are first routed to the Cloudflare network, inspected against configured security and access policies, before being routed through the tunnel to the secured private resource
- Multiple hostnames can be defined per tunnel, with each hostname mapping to a single application (service address and port)
- Support for HTTP/HTTPS protocols
- Access to resources only requires a browser
- When Cloudflare's device client is deployed on an user device, policies can leverage additional contextual signals (e.g. determining whether the device is managed or running the latest OS) in policy enforcement
- For access to SSH/VNC services, Cloudflare renders an SSH/VNC terminal using webassembly in the browser

Applications exposed this way receive all of the benefits of Cloudflare's leading DNS, CDN, and DDoS services as well as our web application firewall (WAF), API, and bot services, all without exposing application servers directly to the Internet.

##### Private network

In some cases, users may want to leverage ZTNA policies to provide access to many applications on an entire private network. This allows for greater flexibility over the ways clients connect and how services are exposed. It also enables communication to resources over protocols other than HTTP. In this scenario, users specify the subnet for the private network they wish to be accessible via Cloudflare.

Key capabilities:

- `cloudflared`, combined with Cloudflare device agent, provides access to private networks, allowing for any arbitrary L4 TCP, UDP or ICMP connections
- One or many networks can be configured using CIDR notation (e.g. 172.21.0.16/28)
- Access to resources on the private network requires the Cloudflare device agent to be installed on clients, and at least one Cloudflare Tunnel server on the connecting network

For both methods, it is important to note that `cloudflared` only proxies inbound traffic to a private application or network. It does not become a gateway or "on-ramp" back to Cloudflare for the network that it proxies inbound connections to. This means that if the web server starts its own connection to another Internet-based API, that connection will not be routed via Cloudflare Tunnel and will instead be routed via the host server's default route and gateway.

This is the desirable outcome in most network topologies, but there are some instances in which network services need to communicate directly with a remotely-connected user, or with services on other segmented networks.

If users require connections that originate from the server or network to be routed through Cloudflare, there are multiple on-ramps through which to achieve this, which will be explained further in the "Connecting Networks" section.

#### SaaS applications

SaaS applications are inherently always connected to and accessed via the public Internet. As a result, the aforementioned tunnel-and-app-connector approach does not apply. Instead, organizations with a SASE architecture inspect and enforce policies on Internet-bound SaaS traffic via a [secure web gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-secure-web-gateway/) (SWG), which serves as a cloud-native forward proxy.

The SWG includes policies that examine outbound traffic requests and inbound content responses to determine if the user, device, or network location has access to resources on the Internet. Organizations can use these policies to control access to approved SaaS applications, as well as detect and block the use of unapproved applications (also known as [shadow IT](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/)).

Some SaaS applications allow organizations to configure an IP address allowlist, which limits access to the application based on the source IP address of the request. With Cloudflare, organizations can obtain dedicated [egress IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) addresses, which can be used as the source address for all traffic leaving their network. When combined with an allowlist in a SaaS application, organizations can ensure that users are only able to access applications if they are first connected to Cloudflare. (More detail on this approach is outlined in a later section about connecting user devices.)

Another method to secure access to SaaS applications is to configure single sign-on (SSO) so that Cloudflare becomes an identity proxy — acting as the identity provider (IDP) — as part of the authentication and authorization process.

Key capabilities:

- Apply consistent access policies across both self-hosted and SaaS applications
- Layer device security posture into the authentication process (e.g. users can ensure that only managed devices, running the latest operating system and passing all endpoint security checks, are able to access SaaS applications)
- Ensure that certain network routes are used for access (e.g. users can require that devices are connected to Cloudflare using the device agent, which allows them to filter traffic to the SaaS application and prevent downloads of protected data)
- Centralize SSO applications to Cloudflare and create one SSO integration from Cloudflare to their IdP — making both infrastructure and access policies SSO-agnostic (e.g. users can allow access to critical applications only when MFA is used, no matter which IdP is used to authenticate)

When Cloudflare acts as the SSO service to an application, user authentication is still handled by an organization's existing identity provider, but is proxied via Cloudflare, where additional access restrictions can be applied. The diagram below is a high-level example of a typical request flow:

![The flow of SSO requests is proxied through Cloudflare, where the IdP is still used to authenticate, but Cloudflare provides additional access controls.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-8.svg)

The last method of connecting SaaS applications to Cloudflare's SASE architecture is with an API-based [cloud access security broker](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-casb/) (CASB). The Cloudflare CASB integrates via API to [popular SaaS suites](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/) — including Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and more — and continuously scans these applications for misconfigurations, unauthorized user activity, and other security risks.

Native integration with the Cloudflare [data loss prevention](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dlp/) (DLP) service enables CASB to scan for sensitive or regulated data that may be stored in files with incorrect permissions — further risking leaks or unauthorized access. CASB reports findings that alert IT teams to items such as:

- Administrative accounts without adequate MFA
- Company-sensitive data in files stored with public access permissions
- Missing application configurations (e.g. domains missing SPF/DMARC records)

#### Checkpoint: Connecting applications to Cloudflare

Now, this is what the architecture of a typical organization might look like once they have integrated with Cloudflare services. It is important to note that Cloudflare is designed to secure organizations' existing applications and services in the following ways:

- All self-hosted applications and services are only accessible through Cloudflare and controlled by policies defined by the Cloudflare ZTNA
- SaaS application traffic is filtered and secured via the Cloudflare SWG
- SaaS services are scanned via the Cloudflare CASB to check for configuration and permissions of data at rest

![Access to all applications is now only available via Cloudflare.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-9.svg)

### Connecting networks

Once an organization's applications and services have been integrated, it is time to connect Cloudflare to their existing networks. Regional offices, corporate headquarters, retail locations, data centers, and cloud-hosted infrastructure all need to forward traffic to the new corporate SASE network.

When all traffic flows through Cloudflare, SASE services perform the following actions:

- Granting application access
- Filtering general Internet-bound traffic (e.g. blocking access to sites that host malware)
- Isolating web sites to protect users from day-zero or unknown harmful Internet content
- Filtering traffic to identify data defined by DLP policies — then blocking the download/upload of that data to insecure devices or applications
- Providing visibility into the use of non-approved applications and allowing admins to either block or apply policies around their use

There are several approaches for connecting networks to Cloudflare, which can provide further flexibility in how an organization provides access to SASE-protected resources:

1. **Use software agents to create tunnels from host machines back to Cloudflare**. This is typically the method favored by users who own their own servers and applications.
2. **Set up IPsec or GRE tunnels from network routers and firewalls to connect them to the Cloudflare WAN service**. This is the approach that network administrators use when they want to forward traffic to and from entire networks.
3. **Connect a network directly to Cloudflare**. This method works best when an organization's network resides in a supported data center, usually one that is colocated with a Cloudflare data center.

These methods will be explained further in the next sections.

#### Using software agents

There are two software-based methods of connecting networks to Cloudflare, depending on the type of applications that currently exist on the network.

##### Client-to-server connectivity

As described in the previous section, [`cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) proxies requests to applications and services on private networks. It installs on servers in the private network and creates secure tunnels to Cloudflare over the Internet. These connections are balanced across multiple Cloudflare data centers for reliability and can be made via multiple connectors, which helps increase the capacity of the tunnels.

Using `cloudflared`, Cloudflare Tunnel supports client to server connections over the Tunnel. Any service or application running behind the Tunnel will use the default routing table when initiating outbound connectivity.

This model is appropriate for a majority of scenarios, in which external users need to access resources within a private network that does not require bidirectionally-initiated communication.

![Requests initiated from a client are securely tunneled to Cloudflare via a device agent, while requests from inside the private network follow the default route.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-10.svg)

For bidirectional, or meshed connectivity, organizations should use the WARP Connector.

##### Mesh connectivity

The [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/) is a lightweight solution for site-to-site, bidirectional, and mesh networking connectivity that does not require changes to underlying network routing infrastructure. WARP Connector software is installed on a Linux server within an organization's network, which then becomes a gateway for other local networks that need to on-ramp traffic to Cloudflare.

This provides a lightweight solution to support services such as Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Active Directory server updates, VOIP and SIP traffic, and developer workflows with complex CI/CD pipeline interaction. It can either be run supplementally to `cloudflared` and Magic WAN, or can be a standalone remote access and site-to-site connector to the Cloudflare network.

The WARP Connector can proxy both user-to-network and network-to-network connectivity, or can be used to establish an overlay network of Carrier Grade NAT ([CGNAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-grade_NAT)) addressed endpoints to provide secure, direct connectivity to established resources using CGNAT IP ranges. This helps address overlapping network IP range challenges, point-solution access problems, or the process of shifting network design without impacting a greater underlying system.

![In an example scenario, a developer might push code to a git repository, which ends up in a Kubernetes cluster in a staging network. From staging, it is accessed by a QA tester. All of this traffic is routed and protected via WARP Connector.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-11.svg)

Cloudflare Tunnel via `cloudflared` is the primary method for connecting users to applications and services on private networks because it is a simpler, more granular and agile solution for many application owners (vs. IP tunnel based connectivity technology, like [IPsec](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-ipsec/) and [GRE](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-gre-tunneling/)). Cloudflare Tunnel via WARP Connector is the preferred method for mesh or other software-defined networking — most of which require bidirectional connectivity — when organizations do not want to make changes to the underlying network routing or edge infrastructure.

#### Using network equipment

Where it is not optimal or possible to install software agents, networks can also be connected to Cloudflare using existing network equipment, such as routers and network firewalls. To do this, organizations create IPsec or GRE tunnels that connect to Cloudflare's cloud-native [Magic WAN](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/magic-wan/) service. With Magic WAN, existing network hardware can connect and route traffic from their respective network locations to Cloudflare through a) secure, IPsec-based tunnels over the Internet or, b) across [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/network-interconnect/) (CNI) — private, direct connections that link existing network locations to the nearest Cloudflare data center.

Cloudflare's WAN service uses a "light-branch, heavy-cloud" architecture that represents the evolution of software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) connectivity. With Magic WAN, as depicted in the network architecture diagram below, the Cloudflare global network functions as a centrally-managed connectivity hub that securely and efficiently routes traffic between all existing network locations:

![Cloudflare's Connectivity Cloud securely links a variety of network locations to the Internet through products such as Firewall, ZTNA, CASB and Load Balancer.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-12.svg)

As previously described, Cloudflare uses a routing technique called [anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) to globally advertise all of the services and endpoints on the Cloudflare network, including the endpoints for WAN IP tunnels.

With [anycast IPsec](https://blog.cloudflare.com/anycast-ipsec/) or anycast GRE tunnels, each tunnel configured from an organization's network device (e.g. edge router, firewall appliance, etc.) connects to hundreds of global Cloudflare data centers. Traffic sourced from an organization's network location is sent directly over these tunnels and always routes to the closest active Cloudflare data center. If the closest Cloudflare data center is unavailable, the traffic is automatically rerouted to the next-closest data center.

![In an example scenario, IPsec traffic from an office network's router would be sent to the closest Cloudflare data center.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-13.svg)

To further network resiliency, Magic WAN also supports Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) routing between the Cloudflare network and an organization's network location(s). With ECMP, traffic can be load-balanced across multiple anycast IP tunnels, which helps increase throughput and maximize network reliability. In the event of network path failure of one or more tunnels, traffic can be automatically failed over to the remaining healthy tunnels.

The simplest and easiest way to on-ramp existing network locations to the Magic WAN service is to deploy Cloudflare [Magic WAN Connector](https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-wan-connector/): a plug-and-play, fully cloud-managed network device that can be deployed in any physical or cloud network. When the WAN Connector is installed into a network, it will automatically establish communication with the Cloudflare network, download and provision relevant configurations, establish resilient IPsec tunnels, and route connected site network traffic to Cloudflare.

The WAN Connector can be deployed as either a hardware or virtual appliance, making it versatile for a variety of user network environments — on-premises, virtual, or public cloud. Management, configuration, observability, and software updates for WAN Connectors is centrally managed from Cloudflare via either the dashboard or the Cloudflare API. As of 2023, the WAN Connector is currently best-suited for connecting small and medium-sized networks to Cloudflare (e.g. small offices and retail stores).

In situations where deploying the WAN Connector is not feasible or desirable, organizations can securely connect their site networks to Cloudflare by configuring IPsec tunnels from their existing IPsec-capable network devices, including WAN or SD-WAN routers, firewalls, and cloud VPN gateways. Please refer to the Cloudflare [documentation](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/) for up-to-date examples of validated IPsec devices.

There may also be situations where network-layer encryption is not necessary — for example, when a site's WAN-bound traffic is already encrypted at the application layer (via TLS), or when an IPsec network device offers very limited throughput performance as it encrypts and decrypts IPsec traffic. Under these circumstances, organizations can connect to the Cloudflare network using [GRE tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/).

Organizations may also connect their network locations directly to the Cloudflare network via [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/network-interconnect/) (CNI). Cloudflare [supports a variety of options](/network-interconnect/about) to connect your network to Cloudflare:

- Direct CNI for Magic WAN and Magic Transit
- Classic CNI for Magic Transit
- Cloud CNI for Magic WAN and Magic Transit
- Peering via either an internet exchange, or a private network interconnect (PNI).

The following table summarizes the different methods of connecting networks to Cloudflare:

| **Use case**                                                                                                                                           | **Recommended**                             | **Alternative solution**                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Remote users connecting to applications on private networks in a Zero Trust model (e.g. most VPN replacement scenarios)                                | **Cloudflare Tunnel (with `cloudflared`)**  | **Magic WAN** Alternative option if `cloudflared` not suitable for environment                                |
| Site-to-site connectivity between branches, headquarters, and data centers                                                                             | **Magic WAN**                               | **Cloudflare Tunnel (with WARP Connector)** Alternative option if routing changes cannot be made at perimeter |
| Egress traffic from physical sites or cloud environments to cloud security inspection (e.g. most common SWG and branch firewall replacement scenarios) | **Magic WAN**                               | **N/A**                                                                                                       |
| Service-initiated communication with remote users (e.g. AD or SCCM updates, DevOps workflows, VOIP)                                                    | **Cloudflare Tunnel (with WARP Connector)** | **Magic WAN** Alternative option if inbound source IP fidelity not required                                   |
| Mesh networking and peer-to-peer connectivity                                                                                                          | **Cloudflare Tunnel (with WARP Connector)** | **N/A**                                                                                                       |

Each of these methods of connecting and routing traffic can be deployed concurrently from any location. The following diagram highlights how different connectivity methods can be used in a single architecture.

Note the following traffic flows:

- All traffic connected via a WARP Connector or device agent can communicate with each other over the mesh network
  - Developers working from home can communicate with the production and staging servers in the cloud
  - The employee in the retail location, as well as the developer at home, can receive VOIP calls on their laptop
- A HPC Cluster in AWS represents a proprietary solution in which no third-party software agents can be installed; as a result, it uses an IPsec connection to Magic WAN
- In the retail location, the Magic WAN Connector routes all traffic to Cloudflare via an IPsec tunnel
  - An employee's laptop running the device agent creates its own secure connection to Cloudflare that is routed over the IPsec tunnel
- The application owner of the reporting system maintains a connection to Cloudflare using `cloudflared` and doesn't require any networking help to expose their application to employees

![Connecting and routing traffic can be created using various methods such as Cloudflare Network Interconnect, IPSEC tunnels, WARP Connector and cloudflared.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-14.svg)

<sub>
	*Note: All of the endpoints connected via the WARP Connector or device agent
	are automatically assigned IP addresses from the 100.96.0.0/12 address range,
	while endpoints connected to Magic WAN retain their assigned RFC1918 private
	IP addresses. `cloudflared` can be deployed in any of the locations by an
	application owner to provide hostname-based connectivity to the application.*
</sub>

Once the networks, applications, and user devices are connected to Cloudflare — regardless of the connection methods and devices used — all traffic can be inspected, authenticated, and filtered by the Cloudflare SASE services, then securely routed to their intended destinations. Additionally, consistent policies can be applied across all traffic, no matter how it arrives at Cloudflare.

#### Checkpoint: Connecting networks to Cloudflare

Now this is what a SASE architecture looks like where corporate network traffic from everywhere is forwarded to and processed by Cloudflare. In this architecture, it is possible to make a network connection from any remote location, office location or data center and connect to applications and services living in SaaS infrastructure, cloud-hosted infrastructure or an organization's own on-premise data centers.

![Traffic from all networks, North and South, as well as East and West, is now flowing through and secured by Cloudflare.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-15.svg)

### Forwarding device traffic

The previous sections explain using ZTNA to secure access to self-hosted applications and using an SWG to inspect and filter traffic destined for the Internet. When a user is working on a device in any of the company networks that is connected to Cloudflare's connectivity cloud, all that traffic is inspected and policies applied without disrupting the user's workflow. Yet, users are not always (or ever) in the office; they work from home, on the road, or from other public networks. How do you ensure they have reliable access to your internal applications? How do you ensure their Internet browsing is secure no matter their work location?

There are several approaches to ensure that traffic from a user device which isn't connected to an existing Cloudflare protected network, are also forwarding traffic through Cloudflare and be protected.

- [Install an agent on the device](#connecting-with-a-device-agent)
- [Modify browser proxy configuration](#browser-proxy-configuration)
- [Direct the user to a remote browser instance](#using-remote-browser-instances)
- [Modify DNS configuration](#agentless-dns-filtering)

#### Connecting with a device agent

The preferred method of ensuring device traffic is forwarded to Cloudflare is to install the device agent (also referred to as [Cloudflare WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp)). The agent runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android/ChromeOS, and creates a secure connection to Cloudflare where all non-local traffic is sent. Because of Cloudflare's use of anycast networking, the device agent always connects to the nearest Cloudflare server to ensure the best performance for the user. The device agent also collects local machine and network information, which is sent in the request to enrich the policy in Cloudflare.

To allow for flexibility in how different devices and users connect, there are multiple [deployment modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/):

- A full L4 traffic proxy
- L7 DNS proxy
- L7 HTTP proxy
- The ability to just collect device posture information

For example, organizations might have an office that continues to use an existing [DNS filtering](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dns-filtering/) service, so they can configure the agent to just proxy network and HTTP traffic.

The agent can also be configured with flexible routing controls that allow for scenarios in which traffic destined for office printers is not sent to the Cloudflare network but, instead, routed to the local network. These [split tunnel configurations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) can be made specific to groups of users, types of device operating system, or networks and by default, traffic destined to all private [IPv4 and IPv6 ranges](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) is sent to the device's default gateway. If the application the user is attempting to reach is not in public DNS, you can configure the hostname and domain to be resolved with [local DNS services](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/private-dns/), so that the device agent does not attempt to resolve these using Cloudflare DNS.

![Using the device agent allows Internet and company application bound traffic to be secured by Cloudflare's SWG and ZTNA services.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-16.svg)

The agent is more than just a network proxy; it is able to examine the device's security posture, such as if the operating system is fully up-to-date or if the hard disk is encrypted. Cloudflare's integrations with [CrowdStrike](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/crowdstrike/endpoint-partners/), [SentinelOne](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/sentinelone/), and other third-party services also provide additional data about the security posture of the device. All of this information is associated with each request and, therefore, available for use in company policies — as explained in the "Unified Management" section.

The agent can be [deployed](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to a device either manually or using existing endpoint management (UEM) technologies. Using the agent, users register and authenticate their device to Cloudflare with the integrated identity providers. Identity information — combined with information about the local device — is then used in your SWG and ZTNA policies (including inline CASB capabilities shared across these Cloudflare services).

#### Browser proxy configuration

When it is not possible to install software on the device, there are agentless approaches.

One option is to configure the browser to forward HTTP requests to Cloudflare by configuring proxy server details in the browser or OS. Although this can be done manually, it is more common for organizations to automate the configuration of browser proxy settings using Internet-hosted [Proxy Auto-Configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) (PAC) files. The browser identifies the PAC file location in several ways:

- MDM software configuring the setting in the browser
- In Windows domains, Group Policy Objects (GPO) can configure the browser's PAC file
- Browsers can use [Web Proxy Auto-Discovery](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-wrec-wpad-01) (WPAD)

From there, configure a proxy endpoint where the browser will send all HTTP requests to. If using this method, please note that:

- Filtering HTTPS traffic will also require [installing and trusting Cloudflare root certificates](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on the devices.
- A proxy endpoint will only proxy traffic sourced from a set of known IP addresses, such as the pool of public IP addresses used by a site's NAT gateway, that the administrator must specify.

#### Using remote browser instances

Another option to ensure device traffic is sent to Cloudflare is to use [remote browser isolation](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-browser-isolation/) (RBI). When a remote user attempts to visit a website, the corresponding requests and responses are handled by a headless remote browser running in the Cloudflare network that functions as a "clone" of the user device's local browser. This shields the user's device from potential harmful content and code execution that may be downloaded from the website it visits.

RBI renders the received content in an isolated and secure cloud environment. Instead of executing the web content locally, the user device receives commands for how to "draw" the final rendered web page over a highly optimized protocol supported by all HTML5-compliant browsers on all operating systems. Because the remote browser runs on Cloudflare's servers, SWG policies are automatically applied to all browser requests.

Ensuring access to sites is protected with RBI does not require any local software installation or reconfiguring the user's browser. Below are [several ways](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/) to accomplish this:

- Typically, a remote browser session is started as the result of an SWG policy — the user just requests websites without being notified that the content is loading in a remote browser.
- Organizations can also provide users with a link that automatically ensures RBI always processes each request.
- Organizations can also opt to use the ZTNA service to redirect all traffic from self-hosted applications via RBI instances.

All requests via a remote browser pass through the Cloudflare SWG; therefore, policies can enforce certain website access limitations. For instance, browser isolation policies can be established to:

- Disable copy/paste between a remote web page and the user's local machine; this can prevent the employee from pasting proprietary code into third-party chatbots.
- Disable printing of remote web content to prevent contractors from printing confidential information
- Disable file uploads/downloads to ensure sensitive company data is not sent to — or downloaded from — certain websites.
- Disable keyboard input (in combination with other policies) to limit data being exposed, such as someone typing in passwords to a phishing site.

Isolating web applications and applying policies to risky websites helps organizations limit data loss from cyber threats or user error. And, like many Cloudflare One capabilities, RBI can be leveraged across other areas of the SASE architecture. Cloudflare's [email security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/what-is-email-security/) service, for example, can automatically rewrite and isolate suspicious links in emails. This "email link isolation" capability helps protect the user from potential malicious activity such as credential harvesting phishing.

#### Agentless DNS Filtering

Another option for securing traffic via the Cloudflare network is to configure the device to forward DNS traffic to Cloudflare to be inspected and filtered. First [DNS locations](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/#connect-dns-locations) are created which allow policies to be applied based on different network locations. They can be determined either by the source IP address for the request or you can use "[DNS over TLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/)" or "[DNS over HTTPS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/)".

When using source IP addresses, either the device will need to be told which DNS servers to use, or the local DNS server on the network the device is connected to needs to forward all DNS queries to Cloudflare. For DNS over TLS or HTTPS support, the devices need to be configured and support varies. Our recommendation is to use DNS over HTTPS which has wider operating system support.

All of the above methods result in only the DNS requests — not all traffic — being sent to Cloudflare. SWG DNS policies are then implemented at this level to manage access to corporate network resources.

#### Summary of SWG capabilities for each traffic forwarding method

The following table summarizes SWG capabilities for the various methods of forwarding traffic to Cloudflare (as of Oct 2023):

|                                | IP tunnel or Interconnect (Magic WAN) | Device Agent (WARP)<sup>\*1</sup> | Remote Browser | Browser proxy | DNS proxy        |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| Types of traffic forwarded     | TCP/UDP                               | TPC/UDP                           | HTTP           | HTTP          | DNS              |
| **Policy types**               |                                       |                                   |                |               |                  |
| DNS                            | Yes                                   | Yes                               | Yes            | Yes           | Yes              |
| HTTP/S<sup>\*2</sup>           | Yes                                   | Yes                               | Yes            | Yes           | N/A              |
| Network (L3/L4 parameter)      | Yes                                   | Yes                               | Yes            | Yes           | No               |
| **Data available in policies** |                                       |                                   |                |               |                  |
| Identity information           | No                                    | Yes                               | Yes            | No            | No<sup>\*3</sup> |
| Device posture                 | No                                    | Yes                               | No             | No            | No               |
| **Capabilities**               |                                       |                                   |                |               |                  |
| Remote browser isolation       | Yes                                   | Yes                               | Yes            | Yes           | N/A              |
| Enforce egress IP              | Yes                                   | Yes                               | Yes            | Yes           | N/A              |

Notes:

1. Running the device agent in DNS over HTTP mode provides user identity information, in addition to the same capabilities as connecting via DNS.
2. To filter HTTPS traffic, the Cloudflare [certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) needs to be installed on each device. This can be automated when using the device agent.
3. If configuring DNS over HTTPS, it is possible to inject a [service token](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/#filter-doh-requests-by-user) into the request, which associates the query with an authenticated user.

#### Checkpoint: Forwarding device traffic to Cloudflare

By connecting entire networks or individual devices, organizations can now route user traffic to Cloudflare for secure access to privately-hosted applications and secure public Internet access.

Once traffic from all user devices is forwarded to the Cloudflare network, it is time for organizations to revisit their high-level SASE architecture:

![With all devices and networks connected, any traffic destined for company applications and services all flows through Cloudflare, where policies are applied to determine access.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-17.svg)

### Verifying users and devices

At this point in implementing SASE architecture, organizations have the ability to route and secure traffic beginning from the point a request is made from a browser on a user's device, all the way through Cloudflare's network to either a company-hosted private application/service or to the public Internet.

But, before organizations define policies to manage that access, they need to know who is making the request and determine the security posture of the device.

#### Integrating identity providers

The first step in any access decision is to determine who is making the request – i.e., to authenticate the user.

Cloudflare integrates with identity providers that manage secure access to resources for organizations' employees, contractors, partners, and other users. This includes support for integrations with any [SAML](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/) - or OpenID Connect ([OIDC](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/)) - compliant service; Cloudflare One also includes pre-built integrations with [Okta](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/), [Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/), [Google Workspace](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/gsuite/), as well as consumer IdPs such as [Facebook](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/facebook-login/), [GitHub](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/github/) and [LinkedIn](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/linkedin/).

Multiple IdPs can be integrated, allowing organizations to apply policies to a wide range of both internal and external users. When a user attempts to access a Cloudflare secured application or service, they are redirected to authenticate via one of the integrated IdPs. When using the device agent, users must also authenticate to one of their organization's configured IdPs.

![Users are presented with a list of integrated identity providers before accessing protected applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-18.svg)

Once a user is authenticated, Cloudflare receives that user's information, such as username, group membership, authentication method (password, whether MFA was involved and what type), and other associated attributes (i.e., the user's role, department, or office location). This information from the IdP is then made available to the policy engine.

In addition to user identities, most corporate directories also contain groups to which those identities are members. Cloudflare supports the importing of group information, which is then used as part of the policy. Group membership is a critical part of aggregating single identities so that policies can be less complex. It is far easier — for example — to set a policy allowing all employees in the sales department to access Salesforce, than to identify each user in the sales organization.

Cloudflare also supports authentication of devices that are not typically associated with a human user – such as an IoT device monitoring weather conditions at a factory. For those secure connections, organizations can generate [service tokens](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) or create [Mutual TLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) (mTLS) certificates that can be deployed to such devices or machine applications.

#### Trusting devices

Not only does the user identity need to be verified, but the security posture of the user's device needs to be assessed. The device agent is able to provide a range of device information, which Cloudflare uses to build comprehensive security policies.

The following built-in posture checks are available:

- [Application check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/): Checks that a specific application process is running
- [File check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/file-check/): Checks for the presence of a file
- [Firewall](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/firewall/): Checks if a firewall is running
- [Disk encryption](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/disk-encryption/): Checks if/how many disks are encrypted
- [Domain joined](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/domain-joined/): Checks if the device is joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain
- [OS version](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/): Checks what version of the OS is running
- [Unique Client ID](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid/): When using an MDM too, organizations can assign a verifiable UUID to a mobile, desktop, or laptop device
- [Device serial number](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/corp-device/): Checks to see if the device serial matches a list of company desktop/laptop computers

Cloudflare One can also integrate with any deployed endpoint security solution, such as [Microsoft Endpoint Manager](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/microsoft/), [Tanium](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/tanium/), [Carbon Black](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/carbon-black/), [CrowdStrike](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/crowdstrike/), [SentinelOne](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/sentinel-one/), and more. Any data from those products can be passed to Cloudflare for use in access decisions.

All of the above device information, combined with data on the user identity and also the network the device is on, is available in Cloudflare to be used as part of the company policy. For example, organizations could choose to only allow administrators to SSH into servers when all of the following conditions are met: their device is free from threats, running the latest operating system, and joined to the company domain.

Because this information is available for every network request, any time a device posture changes, its ability to connect to an organization's resources is immediately impacted.

#### Integrating email services

Email — the #1 communication tool for many organizations and the most common channel by which phishing attacks occur — is another important corporate resource that should be secured via a SASE architecture. Phishing is the root cause of upwards of 90% of breaches that lead to financial loss and brand damage.

Cloudflare's email security service scans for signs of malicious content or attachments before they can reach the inbox, and also proactively scans the Internet for attacker infrastructure and attack delivery mechanisms, looking for programmatically-created domains that are used to host content as part of a planned attack. Our service uses all this data to also protect against business and vendor email compromises ([BEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/) / [VEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/what-is-vendor-email-compromise/)), which are notoriously hard to detect due to their lack of payloads and ability to look like legitimate email traffic.

Instead of deploying tunnels to manage and control traffic to email servers, Cloudflare provides two methods of email security [setup](/email-security/deployment/):

- [Inline](/email-security/deployment/inline/): Redirect all inbound email traffic through Cloudflare before they reach a user's inbox by modifying MX records
- [API](/email-security/deployment/api/): Integrate Cloudflare directly with an email provider such as Microsoft 365 or Gmail

Modifying MX records (inline deployment) forces all inbound email traffic through our cloud email security service where it is scanned, and — if found to be malicious — blocked from reaching a user's inbox. Because the service works at the MX record level, it is possible to use the email security service with any [SMTP-compliant](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/what-is-smtp/) email service.

![Protecting email with Cloudflare using MX records ensures all emails are scanned and categorized.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-19.svg)

Organizations can also opt to integrate email security directly with their email service via APIs. Note that this approach has two drawbacks: there are fewer integrations Cloudflare supports and there is always a small delay between the email being delivered to the service and Cloudflare detecting it via the API.

![Protecting email with Cloudflare using APIs avoids the need to change DNS policy, but introduces delays into email detection and limits the types of email services that can be protected.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-20.svg)

#### Checkpoint: A complete SASE architecture with Cloudflare

The steps above provide a complete view of evolving to SASE architecture using Cloudflare One. As the diagram below shows, secure access to all private applications, services, and networks — as well as ensuring the security of users' general Internet access — is now applied to all users in the organization, internal or external.

![A fully deployed SASE solution with Cloudflare protects every aspect of your business. Ensuring all access to applications is secured and all threats from the Internet mitigated.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-21.svg)

For ease of use, the entire Cloudflare One platform can be configured via [API](/api/); and with Cloudflare's [Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs), organizations can manage the Cloudflare global network using the same tools they use to automate the rest of their infrastructure. This allows IT teams to fully manage their Cloudflare One infrastructure, including all the policies detailed in the next section, using code. There are also (as of Oct 2023) more than 500 [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare) repositories, many of which allow IT teams to use and build tools to manage their Cloudflare deployment.

## Unified management

Now that all users, devices, applications, networks, and other components are seamlessly integrated within a SASE architecture, Cloudflare One provides a centralized platform for comprehensive management. Because of the visibility Cloudflare has across the entire IT infrastructure, Cloudflare can aggregate signals from various sources, including devices, users, and networks. These signals can inform the creation of policies that govern access to organization resources.

Before we go into the details of how policies can be written to manage access to applications, services, and networks connected to Cloudflare, it's worth taking a look at the two main enforcement points in Cloudflare's SASE platform that control access: SWG and the ZTNA services. These services are configured through a single administrative dashboard, simplifying policy management across the entire SASE deployment.

The following diagram illustrates the flow of a request through these services, including the application of policies and the source of data for these policies. In the diagram below, the user request can either enter through the SWG or ZTNA depending on the type of service requested. It's also possible to combine both services, such as implementing a SWG HTTP policy that uses DLP service to inspect traffic related to a privately hosted application behind a ZTNA Cloudflare Tunnel. This configuration enables organizations to block downloads of sensitive data from internal applications that organizations have authorized for external access.

![User requests to the Internet or self hosted applications go through our SWG and/or ZTNA service. Administrators have a single dashboard to manage policies across both.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-23.svg)

In the following sections, we introduce examples of how different policies can be configured to satisfy specific use cases. While these examples are not exhaustive, the goal is to demonstrate common ways Cloudflare One can be configured to address the challenges organizations encounter in its transition to a SASE architecture.

Connecting an IdP to Cloudflare provides the ability to make access decisions based on factors such as group membership, authentication method, or specific user attributes. Cloudflare's device agent also supplies additional signals for policy considerations, such as assessing the operating system or verifying the device's serial number against company-managed devices. However, there are features that allow users to incorporate additional data into deployment for building powerful policies.

### Lists

Cloudflare's vast intelligent network continually monitors billions of web assets and [categorizes them](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/) based on our threat intelligence and general knowledge of Internet content. You can use our free [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/) service to examine what categories might be applied to any specific domain. Policies can then include these categories to block known and potential security risks on the public Internet, as well as specific categories of content.

Additionally, Cloudflare's SWG offers the flexibility to create and maintain customized [lists of data](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/). These lists can be uploaded via CSV files, manually maintained, or integrated with other processes and applications using the Cloudflare API. A list can contain the following data:

- URLs
- Hostnames
- Serial numbers (macOS, Windows, Linux)
- Emails
- IP addresses
- Device IDs (iOS, Android)

For example, organizations can maintain a list of IP addresses of all remote office locations, of short term contractors' email addresses, or trusted company domains. These lists can be used in a policy to allow contractors access to a specific application if their traffic is coming from a known office IP address.

### DLP profiles and datasets

Cloudflare looks at various aspects of a request, including the source IP, the requested domain, and the identity of the authenticated user initiating the request. Cloudflare also offers a DLP service which has the ability to detect and block requests based on the presence of sensitive content. The service has built in DLP profiles for common data types such as financial information, personally identifiable information (PII), and API keys.

There is even a profile for source code, so users can detect and block the transfer of C++ or Python files. Organizations can create customized DLP profiles and use regular expressions to define the patterns of data they are looking for. For data that is hard to define a pattern for, datasets can be used which match exact data values. These datasets allow for the bulk upload of any data to be matched, such as lists of customer account IDs or sensitive project names. These profiles and data sets can be incorporated into policies to prevent users from downloading large files containing confidential customer data.

To reduce the risk of false positives, internal users have the option to establish a match count on the profile. This means that a specific number of matches within the data are required before profile triggers. This approach prevents scenarios where a random string resembling PII or a credit card number would trigger the profile unnecessarily. By implementing a match count, the policy demands that multiple data elements align with the profile, significantly increasing its accuracy.

Organizations can further increase the accuracy of the DLP profile by enabling context analysis. This feature requires certain proximity keywords to exist within approximately 1000 characters of a match. For example, the string "123-45-6789" will only count as a detection if it is in proximity to keywords such as "ssn". This contextual requirement bolsters the accuracy of the detection process.

The DLP service seamlessly integrates with both Cloudflare's SWG and API-driven CASB services. In the case of the API CASB, DLP profiles are selected for scanning each integration with each SaaS application. This customization allows tailored detection criteria based on the type of data you wish to secure within each application.

For the SWG service, DLP profiles can be included into any policy to detect the existence of sensitive data in any request passing through the gateway. The most common action associated with this detection is to block the request, providing a robust layer of security.

### Access Groups

Access Groups are a powerful tool in the ZTNA service for aggregating users or devices into a unified entity that can be referenced within a policy. Within Cloudflare, multiple pieces of information can be combined into a single Access Group, efficiently reusing data across multiple policies while maintaining it in one centralized location.

Consider an Access Group designed to manage access to critical server infrastructure. The same Access Group can be used in a device agent policy that prevents administrators from disabling their connection to Cloudflare. This approach streamlines policy management and ensures consistency across various policy implementations.

Below is a diagram featuring an Access Group named "Secure Administrators," which uses a range of attributes to define the characteristics of secure administrators. The diagram shows the addition of two other Access Groups within "Secure Administrators". The groups include devices running on either the latest Windows or macOS, along with the requirement that the device must have either File Vault or Bitlocker enabled.

![An example of using Access Groups can be for grouping up many device, network or user attributes into a single policy that can be reused across applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-24.svg)

Consistent with Cloudflare's overarching flexibility, Access Groups can be created, updated, and applied to policies through Cloudflare API or using Terraform. This allows a seamless integration with existing IT systems and processes, ensuring a cohesive approach to access management.

Now that we have a solid understanding of all the components available, let's zoom in and take a look at some common use cases and how they are configured. Keep in mind that Cloudflare's policy engines are incredibly powerful and flexible, so these examples are just a glimpse into the capabilities of Cloudflare's SASE platform.

### Example use cases

#### Secure access to self hosted apps and services

One common driver for moving to a SASE architecture is replacing existing VPN connectivity with a more flexible and secure solution. Cloudflare One SASE architecture enables high performance and secure access to self hosted applications from anywhere in the world. However, the next step entails defining the policies that control access to resources.

In this example, consider two services: a database administration application ([pgadmin](https://www.pgadmin.org/) for example) and an SSH daemon running on the database server. The diagram below illustrates the flow of traffic and highlights the ZTNA service. It's important to note that all other services still retain the ability to inspect the request. For instance, the contractor using their personal cell phone in Germany should only have access to the db admin tool, while the employee on a managed device can access both the db admin tool and SSH into the database server.

![An employee working on a managed device at home can access both the db admin tool as well as the SSH service. However a contractor in Germany only has access to the db admin tool.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-25.svg)

The policies that enable access rely on two Access Groups.

- Contractors
  - Users who authenticate through Okta and are part of the Okta group labeled "Contractors"
  - Authentication requires the use of a hardware token
- Database and IT administrators
  - Users who authenticate through Okta and are in the Okta groups "IT administrators" or "Database administrators"
  - Authentication requires the use of a hardware token
  - Users should be on a device with a serial number in the "Managed Devices" list

Both of these groups are then used in two different access policies.

- Database administration tool access
  - Database and IT admins are allowed access
  - Members of the "Contractor" access group are allowed access, but each authenticated session requires the user to complete a justification request
  - The admin tool is rendered in an isolated browser on Cloudflare's Edge network and file downloads are disabled
- Database server SSH access
  - "Database and IT administrators" group is allowed access
  - Their device must pass a Crowdstrike risk score of at least 80
  - Access must come from a device that is running our device agent and is connected to Cloudflare

These policies show that contractors are only allowed access to the database administration tool and do not have SSH access to the server. IT and database administrators can access the SSH service only when their devices are securely connected to Cloudflare via the device agent. Every element of the access groups and policies is evaluated for every login, so an IT administrator using a compromised laptop or a contractor unable to authenticate with a hardware token will be denied access.

Both user groups will connect to Cloudflare through the closest and fastest access point of Cloudflare's globally distributed network, resulting in a high quality experience for all users no matter where they are.

#### Threat defense for distributed offices and remote workers

Another reason for using a SASE solution is to apply company security policies consistently across all users (whether they are employees or contractors) in the organization, regardless of where they work. The Cloudflare One SASE architecture shows that all user traffic, whether routed directly on the device or through the connected network, will go through Cloudflare. Cloudflare's SWG then handles inspection of this traffic. Depending on the connection method, policies can be applied either to the HTTP or DNS request. For example:

![Blocking high risk websites can be done by selecting a few options in the SWG policy](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-26.svg)

This can then be applied to secure and protect all users in one policy. Cloudflare can write another policy allowing access to social media websites while isolating all sessions in a remote browser hosted on Cloudflare's network.

![Isolating all social media websites can be done by identifying the application or website name and selecting what actions the user can take, such as stopping them from copy and pasting or printing.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-27.svg)

With this setup, every request to a social media website ensures the following security measures:

- Any content on the social media website that contains harmful code is prevented from executing on the local device
- External users are restricted from downloading content from the site that could potentially be infected with malware or spyware

#### Data protection for regulatory compliance

Because Cloudflare One has visibility over every network request, Cloudflare can create policies that apply to the data in the request. This means that the DLP services can be used to detect the download of content from an application and block it for specific user demographics. Let's look at the following policy.

![Our DLP policies allow for the inspection of content in a request and blocking it.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-28.svg)

This policy would prevent contractors from downloading a file containing customer accounts information. Furthermore, Cloudflare can configure an additional policy to block the same download if the user's device does not meet specific security posture requirements. This ensures the consistent enforcement of a common rule: no sensitive customer data can be downloaded onto a device that does not meet the required security standards.

DLP policies can also be applied in the other direction, ensuring that company sensitive documents are not uploaded to non approved cloud storage or social media.

![A DLP policy can also examine if a HTTP PUT, i.e. a file upload, is taking place to a non approved application where the request contains sensitive data.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-29.svg)

### Visibility across the deployment

At this point in the SASE journey, users have re-architectured the IT network and security infrastructure to fully leverage all the capabilities of the Cloudflare One SASE platform. A critical element in long term deployment involves establishing complete visibility into the organization and the ability to diagnose and quickly resolve issues.

For quick analysis, Cloudflare provides built-in dashboards and analytics that offers a daily overview of the deployment's operational status. As traffic flows through Cloudflare, the dashboard will alert internal users to the most frequently used SaaS applications, enabling quick actions if any unauthorized applications are accessed by external users. Moreover, all logging information from all Cloudflare One services is accessible and searchable from the administrator's dashboard. This makes it efficient to filter for specific blocked requests, with each log containing useful information such as the user's identity, device information, and the specific rule that triggered the block. This can be very handy in the early stages of deployment where rules can often need tweaking.

However, many organizations rely on existing dedicated tools to manage long term visibility over the performance of their infrastructure. To support this, Cloudflare allows the export of all logging information into such tools. Every aspect of Cloudflare One is logged and can be exported. Cloudflare offers built in integrations for continuous transmission of small data batches to a variety of platforms, including AWS, Google Cloud Storage, SumoLogic, Azure, Splunk, Datadog, and any S3 compatible service. This flexibility allows organizations to selectively choose which fields to control the type and volume of data to incorporate into existing tools.

On top of logs which are related to traffic and policies, Cloudflare also audits management activity. All administrative actions and changes to Cloudflare Tunnels are logged. This allows for change management auditing and, like all other logs, can be exported into other tools as part of a wider change management monitoring solution.

#### Digital Experience Monitoring

Cloudflare has [deep insight](https://radar.cloudflare.com/) into the performance of the Internet and connected networks and devices. This knowledge empowers IT administrators with visibility into minute-by-minute experiences of their end-users, enabling swift resolution of issues that impact productivity.

The Digital Experience Monitoring (DEM) service enables IT to run constant tests against user devices to determine the quality of the connection to company resources. The results of these tests are available on the Cloudflare One dashboard, enabling IT administrators to review and identify root causes when a specific user encounters difficulties accessing an application. These issues could stem from the user's local ISP or a specific underperforming SaaS service provider. This data is invaluable in helping administrators in diagnosing and addressing poor user experiences, leading to faster issue resolution.

The dashboard shows a comprehensive summary of the entire device fleet, displaying real-time and historical connectivity metrics for all organization devices. IT admins can then drill down into specific devices for further analysis.

## Summary

Having acquired a comprehensive understanding of Cloudflare's SASE platform, you are now well-equipped to integrate it with existing infrastructure. This system efficiently secures access to applications for both employees and external users, starting from the initial request on the device and extending across every network to the application, regardless of its location. This powerful new model for securing networks, applications, devices, and users is built on the massive Cloudflare network and managed through an intuitive management interface.

It's worth noting that many of the capabilities described in this document can be used for free, without any time constraints, for up to 50 users. [Sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) for an account and head to the [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) section. While this document has provided an overview of the platform as a whole, for those interested in delving deeper into specific areas, we recommend exploring the following resources.

| Topic                     | Content                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Cloudflare Tunnels        | [Understanding Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) - [Open source repository for `cloudflared`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared) |
| WAN as a Service          | [Cloudflare Magic WAN documentation](/magic-wan/)                                                                                                                        |
| Secure Web Gateway        | [How to build Gateway policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/)                                                                                                       |
| Zero Trust Network Access | [How to build Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/)                                                                                                         |
| Remote Browser Isolation  | [Understanding browser isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/)                                                                                           |
| API-Driven CASB           | [Scanning SaaS applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/)                                                                                                         |
| Email Security            | [Understanding Cloudflare Email Security](/email-security/)                                                                                                              |
| Replacing your VPN        | [Using Cloudflare to replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/)                                                                                                     |

If you would like to discuss your SASE requirements in greater detail and connect with one of our architects, please visit [https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/) and request a consultation.

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# Cloudflare Security Architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/architectures/security/

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## Introduction

Today, everything and everyone needs to be connected to everything everywhere, all the time, and everything must be secure. However, many businesses are not built on infrastructure that supports this reality. Historically, employees worked in an office where most business systems (file servers, printers, applications) were located on and accessible only from the private office network. A security perimeter was created around the network to protect against outsider threats, most of which came from the public Internet.

However, as Internet bandwidth increased and more people needed to do work outside of the office, VPNs allowed employees access to internal systems from anywhere they could get an Internet connection. Applications then started to move beyond the office network, living in the cloud either as SaaS applications or hosted in IaaS platforms. Companies rushed to expand access to their networks and invest in new, dynamic methods to detect, protect, and manage the constantly evolving security landscape. But this has left many businesses with complex policies and fragile networks with many point solutions trying to protect different points of access.

Since 2010, Cloudflare has been building a unique, large-scale network on which we run a set of security services that allow organizations to build improved connectivity and better protect their public and private networks, applications, users, and data. This document provides insight into how this network and platform are architected from a security perspective, how they are operated, and what services are available for businesses to address their own security challenges. The document comprises two main sections:

- How Cloudflare builds and operates its secure global network.
- How to protect your business infrastructure and assets using Cloudflare services built on the network.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This document is designed for IT and security professionals who are looking at using Cloudflare to secure aspects of their businesses. It is aimed primarily at Chief Information Security Officers (CSO/CISO) and their direct teams who are responsible for the overall security program at their organizations. Because the document covers the security of the entire Cloudflare platform it does not go into deep details about any particular service. Instead, please visit our [Architecture Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/architecture/) to find specific information for a service or product.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

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- [How Cloudflare strengthens security everywhere you do business](https://cf-assets.www.cloudflare.com/slt3lc6tev37/is7XGR7xZ8CqW0l9EyHZR/1b4311823f602f72036385a66fb96e8c/Everywhere_Security-Cloudflare-strengthens-security-everywhere-you_do-business.pdf) (10 minutes)

## Secure global network

Any cloud security solution needs to be fast and always available. Our network protects over 20% of Internet web properties, operates in over 320 cities, and is 50 ms away from 95% of the Internet-connected population. Each server in each data center runs every service, so that traffic is inspected in one pass and acted upon close to the end user. These servers are connected together by over 13,000 network peering relationships with a total network capacity of 280 Tbps. Cloudflare’s network is also connected to [every Internet exchange](https://bgp.he.net/report/exchanges#_participants) (more than Microsoft, AWS, and Google) to ensure that we are able to peer traffic from any part of the Internet.

With millions of customers using Cloudflare, the network serves over [57 million HTTP requests](https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic) per second on average, with more than 77 million HTTP requests per second at peak. As we analyze all this traffic, we detect and block an average of [209 billion cyber threats each day](https://radar.cloudflare.com/security-and-attacks). This network runs at this massive scale to ensure that customers using our security products experience low latency, access to high bandwidth, and a level of reliability that ensures the ongoing security of their business. (Note metrics are correct as of June 2024.)

### Architecture

#### Network

The Cloudflare network is not like a traditional enterprise network. It has been designed from the ground up using a service isolation, least privilege, and zero trust architecture. Public-facing edge servers, and the data centers they reside in, can be seen as islands in a vast lake of connectivity — where nothing trusts anything without strong credentials and tight access policies.

![The Cloudflare network has data centers in over 320 major cities.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-1.svg)

A unique aspect of the network's security architecture is how we use anycast networking. In every data center we broadcast the entire Cloudflare network range (IPv6 and IPv4) for both UDP and TCP. [Border Gateway Protocol](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) (BGP) ensures routers all around the Internet provide the shortest possible path for any user to the nearest Cloudflare server where traffic is inspected. From a security perspective, this is very important. During distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to customers behind our network, a combination of high bandwidth capacity and distribution of requests across thousands of local servers helps ensure our network stays performant and available, even during some of the largest attacks in [Internet history](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-mitigates-record-breaking-71-million-request-per-second-ddos-attack).

Server updates, such as access policies, rate limiting, and firewall rules, are performed by our [Quicksilver service](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-quicksilver-configuration-distribution-at-internet-scale). Customer changes are reflected across the entire network in seconds, allowing customers to respond to changing business requirements and ensuring policies are quickly implemented globally.

Every level of the network conforms to strict hardened security controls. Processes running on the edge are designed with a need-to-know basis and run with least privilege. We have our own key management system to ensure keys are secured at rest and in transit and that the right access to keys is given at the right time. To ensure tight control over and detailed visibility of changes to the network, all infrastructure is managed via code ([IaC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_as_code)).

#### Servers

Cloudflare designs and owns all the servers in our network. There are two main types.

- **Private core servers**: The control plane where all customer configuration, logging, and other data lives.
- **Public edge servers**: Where Internet and privately tunneled traffic terminates to the Cloudflare network, to be inspected and then routed to its destination.

Server hardware is designed by Cloudflare and built by industry-respected manufacturers that complete a comprehensive supply chain and security review. Every server runs an identical software stack, allowing for consistent hardware design. The operating system on edge servers is also a single design and built from a highly modified Linux distribution, tailored for the scale and speed of our platform. Cloudflare is a significant contributor to the Linux kernel, and we regularly share information on how we secure our [servers and services](https://blog.cloudflare.com/the-linux-kernel-key-retention-service-and-why-you-should-use-it-in-your-next-application), helping the Linux community and the rest of the Internet benefit from our [engineering](https://blog.cloudflare.com/linux-kernel-hardening).

#### Services

Every server runs all Cloudflare products and services that customers use to secure their networks and applications. Later in this document we provide an overview of these services, but for the moment it's important to provide insight into the development of the software. From the initial design of every product, the engineering team works hand in hand with security, compliance, and risk teams to review all aspects of the service. These teams can be viewed as part of the engineering and product teams, not an external group. They are essential to the development of everything we do at Cloudflare and we have some of the most respected professionals in the industry. Code is reviewed by security teams at every stage of development, and we implement many automated systems to analyze software looking for vulnerabilities. Threat modeling and penetration testing frameworks such as [OWASP](https://owasp.org/www-project-web-security-testing-guide/latest/3-The_OWASP_Testing_Framework/), [STRIDE](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STRIDE_(security)>), and [DREAD](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAD_(risk_assessment_model)>) are used during design, development, and the release process.

Many of our products run on our [serverless runtime](/workers/) environment, which leverages the very latest techniques in service isolation. We anticipated this secure runtime environment could be very valuable to our customers, so we productized it, allowing them to [build](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) and [run](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloud-computing-without-containers) their own applications on our network. More about that at the very end of this document.

#### Innovation

To ensure we are delivering the most secure network and platform possible, we are always innovating. New technologies need to be created to solve the ever-increasing range of security threats and challenges. Cloudflare leads many initiatives, such as further securing BGP using [RPKI](https://isbgpsafeyet.com/), and we regularly contribute to working IETF groups on many common Internet security protocols. We strive to help increase and monitor [IPv6 adoption](https://radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and-usage), which inherently creates a more secure Internet, and we stay ahead of future challenges by deploying technologies such as [post-quantum cryptography](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-for-all) before any increase in computing power from quantum computers threatens existing cryptographic techniques.

### Operational security

Not only must the design of the network be secure, but so should how we run and maintain it. We operate at a massive scale, and the common design of our servers helps optimize software deployments and monitoring. Defining who has access to maintain the network is fully automated, following infrastructure-as-code practices with role-based access controls (RBAC) and least privilege controls used everywhere.

Customers send sensitive information to our products and services. The mission for the Cloudflare compliance team is to ensure the underlying infrastructure that supports these services meets [industry compliance standards](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/compliance-resources/) such as FedRAMP, SOC II, ISO, PCI certifications, C5, privacy, and regulatory frameworks. The compliance team works with all engineering organizations to help integrate these requirements as part of the way we work. From a compliance perspective, our areas of focus include:

- Privacy and security of customer data
- Maintaining compliance validations
- Helping customers with their own compliance
- Monitoring the changes to the regulatory landscape
- Providing feedback to regulatory bodies on upcoming changes

We also run a [bug bounty program](https://hackerone.com/cloudflare), giving incentives for the community to find and report vulnerabilities to us for financial reward.

In summary, Cloudflare not only has built the right technology to secure our network, but also has well-staffed and mature teams ensuring that the right processes are created, followed, and monitored. As Cloudflare has grown over the past decade, we've accrued some of the best security knowledge in the industry, which in turn has attracted top talent to come work with us. This effect compounds each year, bringing our security skills and knowledge to greater heights. We are also very transparent about how Cloudflare runs and secures its network, and we [often blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-by-design-principles) about our processes and evolving approach to security.

## Using Cloudflare to protect your business

The reason the Cloudflare network exists is to provide services to customers to protect their own assets, such as users, applications, and data. The following section details what these services are, their basic architecture, and how they are used by customers. Note that this section does not go into extensive detail on each service. Instead, please refer to our [Architecture Center](https://cloudflare.com/architecture) or [product documentation](/products/) to understand more about a specific product, service, or solution. The goal in this document is to provide information about the overall set of security services available and the general use cases they are designed for. As such, we provide a table of contents so you can jump to a section of interest.

1. [Securing public and private resources](#securing-public-and-private-resources)
2. [Protecting public resources](#protecting-public-resources)
   1. [Common attacks and protection](#common-attacks-and-protection)
      1. [DDoS attacks](#ddos-attacks)
      2. [Zero-day attacks](#zero-day-attacks)
      3. [Unauthorized access](#unauthorized-access)
      4. [Client-side attacks](#client-side-attacks)
      5. [Data exfiltration](#data-exfiltration)
      6. [Credential stuffing](#credential-stuffing)
      7. [Brute force attacks](#brute-force-attacks)
      8. [Credit card skimming](#credit-card-skimming)
      9. [Inventory hoarding](#inventory-hoarding)
      10. [Fuzzing (vulnerability scanning)](#fuzzing-vulnerability-scanning)
      11. [Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks](#cross-site-scripting-xss-attacks)
      12. [Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks](#remote-code-execution-rce-attacks)
      13. [SQL injection (SQLi) attacks](#sql-injection-sqli-attacks)
      14. [Malware](#malware)
   2. [Cloudflare application security products](#cloudflare-application-security-products)
      1. [Security Analytics](#security-analytics)
      2. [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](#web-application-firewall-waf)
      3. [Rate limiting](#rate-limiting)
      4. [L7 DDoS](#l7-ddos)
      5. [API Gateway](#api-gateway)
      6. [Bot Management](#bot-management)
      7. [Page Shield](#page-shield)
      8. [SSL/TLS](#ssltls)
      9. [Security Center](#security-center)
      10. [Cloudflare for SaaS](#cloudflare-for-saas)
   3. [Cloudflare network security products](#cloudflare-network-security-products)
      1. [Magic Transit](#magic-transit)
      2. [Magic WAN](#magic-wan)
      3. [Magic Firewall](#magic-firewall)
      4. [Magic Network Monitoring](#magic-network-monitoring)
      5. [Spectrum](#spectrum)
3. [Protecting private resources](#protecting-private-resources)
   1. [Securing connectivity to private resources](#securing-connectivity-to-private-resources)
   2. [User connectivity](#user-connectivity)
   3. [Integrating identity systems](#integrating-identity-systems)
   4. [Access control](#access-control)
   5. [Protecting data](#protecting-data)
   6. [Securing Internet access](#securing-internet-access)
4. [Observability](#observability)
5. [Developer platform](#developer-platform)

In general, what customers need to effectively combat and protect against the growing breadth and complexity of threats is a unified security solution that provides visibility, analytics, detection, and mitigation in an operationally consistent and efficient manner. Cloudflare addresses these needs in several ways:

- Operational consistency: Cloudflare has a single dashboard/UI for all administrative tasks.
- Operational simplicity: Cloudflare is well-known for minimizing operational complexity with well-designed user interfaces that minimize manual configurations and UI workflows. Additionally, cross-product integrations allow for automating configurations and policies.
- Continuous innovation: Cloudflare continues to innovate across its broad security portfolio with unique differentiating capabilities such as its CAPTCHA replacement product, Turnstile, and the industry-first API Sequence Mitigation capability.
- Workload location agnostic: Cloudflare was built first and foremost around performance and security services. As such, it was built from the ground up to be workload location agnostic with multi-cloud inherently being a top use case. Customers can deploy workloads in multiple clouds and/or on-prem and get the same operational consistency.
- Performance and scale: All Cloudflare services run on every server in every data center on the same global cloud, allowing for maximum performance in terms of global reachability and latency and ability to scale out, leveraging the full capacity of Cloudflare’s global infrastructure.
- API first: Cloudflare is API first. All configurations and capabilities available from the UI/dashboard are also available from the API. Cloudflare can easily be configured with Terraform to support automation for customer workflows/processes.

Cloudflare’s security services that protect networks, applications, devices, users, and data can be grouped into the following categories.

![Cloudflare has a wide range of security services across SASE/SSE, application and network security.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-2.svg)

Note this list is focused on security and doesn't include products such as our content delivery network (CDN), load balancing, and domain name services (DNS).

### Securing public and private resources

There are two main types of resources our customers are trying to secure:

- **Public resources** are defined as any content, asset, or infrastructure that has an interface available and accessible to the general Internet, such as brand websites, ecommerce sites, and APIs. They can also be defined by the fact they are accessible by anonymous users or people who register themselves to gain access, such as social media websites, video streaming services, and banking services.
- **Private resources** are defined as content, assets, or infrastructure with the intended set of users constrained to a single company, organization, or set of customers. These services typically require accounts and credentials to gain access. Examples of such resources are the company HR system, source code repositories, and a point of sale (POS) system residing on a retail branch network. These resources are typically accessible only by employees, partners, and other trusted, known identities.

Public and private resources can also include both infrastructure-level components like servers and consumed resources like websites and API endpoints. Communication over networks and the Internet happens in different stages and levels as shown in the open systems interconnection (OSI) model diagram below.

![The network OSI model describes network communication from the physical through to the application layer.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-3.svg)

Cloudflare can protect at multiple layers of the OSI model, and in this document we are primarily concerned with protecting resources at layers 3, 4, and 7.

- Layer 3, referred to as the “network layer,” is responsible for facilitating data transfer between two different networks. The network layer breaks up segments from the transport layer into smaller units, called packets, on the sender’s device and reassembles these packets on the receiving device. The network layer is where routing takes place — finding the best physical path for the data to reach its destination.
- Layer 4, referred to as the “transport layer,” is responsible for end-to-end communication between the two devices. This includes taking data from the session layer and breaking it up into chunks called “segments” before sending it to layer 3.

Cloudflare security products that can be used for L3 and L4 security include Cloudflare’s network services offerings, including [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/), [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/), [Magic Network Monitoring](/magic-network-monitoring/), and [Spectrum](/spectrum/).

- Layer 7, referred to as the “application layer,” is the top layer of the data processing that occurs just below the surface or behind the scenes of the software applications that users interact with. HTTP and API requests/responses are layer 7 events.

Cloudflare has a suite of application security products that includes [Web Application Firewall](/waf/) (WAF), [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), [L7 DDoS](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/), [API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/), [Bot Management](/bots/), and [Page Shield](/page-shield/).

Note that SaaS applications could be considered both public and private. For example, Salesforce has direct Internet-facing access but contains very private information and is usually only accessible by employee accounts that are provisioned by IT. For the purpose of this document, we will consider SaaS applications as private resources.

These are general guidelines because with Cloudflare it's possible to have very sensitive internal applications be protected by publicly accessible remote access services. We will explain more as we continue through this document.

### Protecting public resources

Businesses rely on public websites and API endpoints for daily ecommerce transactions and brand awareness, and often the entire business is an online service. High availability, performance, and security are top concerns, and customers use Cloudflare to ensure their businesses stay up and running. Cloudflare security services help prevent fraud, data exfiltration, and attacks that can create liability, cause losses and brand damage, and slow down or halt business.

Public assets need to be protected on multiple fronts and from various attacks; therefore, multiple different security capabilities need to be implemented. Additionally, customers must tackle the operational efficiency of solutions they implement. Managing multiple point products for mitigating different attacks or having multiple vendors to meet company security objectives and requirements creates many operational inefficiencies and issues, such as multiple UIs/dashboards, training, lack of cross-product integrations, etc.

The diagram below shows a typical request for a public asset going through the Cloudflare network. Our security services are part of many capabilities, and Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy where requests are routed to the closest data center and performance and security services are applied prior to that request being routed onto the destination. These services can easily be consolidated and used together regardless of where workloads are deployed; the operations and implementation remain consistent. Note: the diagram doesn't detail all of Cloudflare's services.

![Every request through Cloudflare passes once for inspection across all security products.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-4.svg)

The diagram highlights the following:

- The [world's fastest DNS service](https://www.dnsperf.com/) provides fast resolution of public hostnames
- Ensure data compliance by [choosing geographic locations](https://www.cloudflare.com/data-localization/) for the inspection and storage of data
- Spectrum extends Cloudflare security capabilities to all UDP/TCP applications
- Security services inspect a request in one pass
- Application performance services also act on the request in the same pass
- [Smart routing](/argo-smart-routing/) finds the lowest latency path between Cloudflare and the public destination

#### Common attacks and protection

Cloudflare's broad product portfolio protects against a wide variety of attacks. Several common attacks are described in more detail below and include a reference to the Cloudflare products that are used to mitigate the specific attack.

##### DDoS attacks

A [distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/) is a malicious attempt to disrupt the availability of a targeted server, service, or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of traffic. The goal is to slow down or crash a program, service, computer, or network, or to fill up capacity so that no one else can use or receive the service. DDoS attacks can occur at L3, L4, or L7, and Cloudflare provides protections at all these different layers.

![DDoS attacks are prevented at layers 3, 4 and 7.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-5.svg)

Cloudflare’s L7 DDoS Protection prevents denial of service at layer 7; Spectrum protects at layer 4; and Magic Transit protects at layer 3. In addition to the core DDoS-specific security products, Cloudflare provides advanced rate limiting capabilities to allow for throttling traffic based on very granular request data, including headers information and API tokens. Cloudflare’s Bot Management capabilities can also limit denial-of-service attacks by effectively mitigating bot traffic.

Products: [L7 DDoS](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/), [Spectrum](/spectrum/), [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)

##### Zero-day attacks

A zero-day exploit (also called a zero-day threat) is an attack that takes advantage of a security vulnerability that does not have a fix in place. It is referred to as a "zero-day" threat because once the flaw is discovered, the developer or organization has "zero days" to then come up with a solution.

Web Application Firewall (WAF) [Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) allow you to deploy pre-configured managed rulesets that provide immediate protection against the following:

- Zero-day vulnerabilities
- Top 10 attack techniques
- Use of stolen/exposed credentials
- Extraction of sensitive data

WAF checks incoming web requests and filters undesired traffic based on sets of rules (rulesets) deployed at the edge. These managed rulesets are maintained and regularly updated by Cloudflare. From the extensive threat intelligence obtained from across our global network, Cloudflare is able to quickly detect and classify threats. As new attacks/threats are identified, Cloudflare will automatically push WAF rules to customers to ensure they are protected against the latest zero-day attacks.

Additionally, Cloudflare provides for [WAF Attack Score](/waf/detections/attack-score/), which complements Cloudflare managed rules by detecting attack variations. These variations are typically achieved by malicious actors via fuzzing techniques that are trying to identify ways to bypass existing security policies. WAF classifies each request using a machine learning algorithm, assigning an attack score from 1 to 99 based on the likelihood that the request is malicious. Rules can then be written which use these scores to determine what traffic is permitted to the application.

![Machine learning maintains lists of managed rules to determine if the request should be let through the WAF or not.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-6.svg)

Products: [WAF - Cloudflare Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)

##### Unauthorized access

Unauthorized access can result from broken authentication or broken access control due to vulnerabilities in authentication, weak passwords, or easily bypassed authorization. Cloudflare mTLS (mutual TLS) and JWT (JSON Web Tokens) validation can be used to bolster authentication. Clients or API requests that don’t have a valid certificate or JWT can be denied access via security policy. Customers can create and manage mTLS certificates from the Cloudflare dashboard or an API. Cloudflare’s WAF and [Exposed Credentials Check](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/) managed ruleset can be used to detect compromised credentials being used in authentication requests. WAF policies can also be used to restrict access to applications/paths based on different request criteria.

Products: [SSL/TLS - mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/), [API Gateway (JWT Validation)](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/), [WAF](/waf/)

##### Client-side attacks

Client-side attacks like [Magecart](https://blog.cloudflare.com/detecting-magecart-style-attacks-for-pageshield) involve compromising third-party libraries, compromising a website, or exploiting vulnerabilities in order to exfiltrate sensitive user data to an attacker-controlled domain. Page Shield leverages Cloudflare’s position in the network as a reverse proxy to receive information directly from the browser about:

1. What JavaScript files/modules are being loaded
2. Outbound connections made
3. Inventory of cookies used by the application (planned to be available late 2024)

Page Shield uses threat-feed detections of malicious JavaScript domains and URLs. In addition, it can download JavaScript source files and run them through a machine learning classifier to identify malicious behavior and activity; the result is a JS Integrity Score designating if the JavaScript file is malicious. Page Shield can also detect changes to JavaScript files. Alerts using emails, webhooks, and PagerDuty can be set based on different criteria such as new resources identified, code changes, and malicious code/domains/URLs.

Page Shield [Content Security policies](/page-shield/policies/) can be created and applied to add an additional level of security that helps detect and mitigate certain types of attacks, including:

- Content/code injection
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Embedding malicious resources
- Malicious iframes (clickjacking)

Products: [Page Shield](/page-shield/)

##### Data exfiltration

Data exfiltration is the process of acquiring sensitive data through malicious tactics or through misconfigured services. Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection addresses common data loss threats. Within the WAF, these rules monitor the download of specific sensitive data — for example, financial and personally identifiable information. Specific patterns of sensitive data are matched upon and logged. Sensitive data detection is also integrated with API Gateway so customers are alerted on any API responses returning sensitive data matches.

Products: [WAF - Sensitive Data Detection](/waf/managed-rules/)

##### Credential stuffing

Credential stuffing is a cyberattack in which credentials obtained from a data breach on one service are used to attempt to log in to another unrelated service. Usually, automation tools or scripting are used to loop through a vast number of stolen credentials, sometimes augmented with additional data in the hopes of achieving account takeover.

Cloudflare Bot Management can be used to detect potentially malicious bots. Cloudflare challenges can also be used to challenge suspect requests and stop automated attempts to gain access. WAF policies can be used with specific request criteria to prevent attacks. Additionally, Cloudflare’s WAF and Exposed Credentials Check managed ruleset can be used to detect compromised credentials being used in auth requests. Rate limiting can also throttle requests and effectiveness of malicious credential stuffing techniques.

Products: [Bot Management](/bots/), [WAF](/waf/), [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)

##### Brute force attacks

Brute force attacks attempt to guess passwords or clues, using random characters sometimes combined with common password suggestions. Usually, automation tools or scripting are used to loop through a vast number of possibilities in a short amount of time.

Cloudflare Bot Management can be used to detect potentially malicious bots. Cloudflare challenges can also be used to challenge suspect requests and stop automated brute force attacks. WAF and rate limiting policies can be used with specific request criteria to apply granular policies on application login pages to block or throttle traffic.

Products: [Bot Management](/bots/), [WAF](/waf/), [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)

##### Credit card skimming

Credit card skimming is a fraudulent method to skim payment information from websites. Page Shield can be used to detect clients using malicious JavaScript libraries or making connections to known malicious domains or URLs. Page Shield will also detect changes to files/code being used on a site and give a JS Integrity Score to JavaScript files assessing whether the code is malicious. Content Security Policies (CSPs) can be deployed to enforce a positive security model. These capabilities can prevent compromised code from performing malicious behavior such as credit card skimming.

Products: [Page Shield](/page-shield/)

##### Inventory hoarding

Inventory hoarding is when malicious bots are used to buy large quantities of products online, preventing legitimate consumers from purchasing them. This can cause many issues for businesses, including creating artificial scarcity, causing inflated prices, and disrupting access for legitimate customers. Cloudflare Bot Management can be used to detect potentially malicious bots. Cloudflare challenges can also be used to challenge suspect requests and stop automated processes. WAF policies can be used with specific request criteria to prevent attacks.

Products: [Bot management](/bots/), [WAF](/waf/)

##### Fuzzing (vulnerability scanning)

[Fuzzing](https://owasp.org/www-community/Fuzzing) is an automated testing method used by malicious actors that uses various combinations of data and patterns to inject invalid, malformed, or unexpected inputs into a system. The malicious user hopes to find defects and vulnerabilities that can then be exploited. Cloudflare WAF leverages machine learning to detect fuzzing based attempts to bypass security policies. The WAF attack score complements managed rules and highlights the likeliness of an attack.

Bot Management can detect potentially malicious bots by automating vulnerability scanning. With API Gateway, customers can employ schema validation and sequence mitigation to prevent the automated scanning and fuzzing techniques with APIs.

Products: [WAF](/waf/), [Bot Management](/bots/), [API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/)

##### Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are a type of injection attack in which malicious scripts are injected into websites and then used by the end user’s browser to access sensitive user information such as session tokens, cookies, and other information.

Cloudflare WAF leverages machine learning to detect attempts to bypass security policies and provides a specific WAF Attack Score for the likeliness the request is an XSS attack.

Products: [WAF](/waf/)

##### Remote Code Execution (RCE) attacks

In a remote code execution (RCE) attack, an attacker runs malicious code on an organization’s computers or network. The ability to execute attacker-controlled code can be used for various purposes, including deploying additional malware or stealing sensitive data.

Cloudflare WAF leverages machine learning to detect attempts to bypass security policies and provides a specific WAF Attack Score for the likeliness the request is an RCE attack.

Products: [WAF](/waf/)

##### SQL injection (SQLi) attacks

Structured Query Language Injection (SQLi) is a code injection technique used to modify or retrieve data from SQL databases. By inserting specialized SQL statements into an entry field, an attacker is able to execute commands that allow for the retrieval of data from the database, the destruction of sensitive data, or other manipulative behaviors.

Cloudflare WAF leverages machine learning to detect attempts to bypass security policies and provides a specific WAF Attack Score for the likeliness the request is an SQLi attack.

Products: [WAF](/waf/)

##### Malware

Malware can refer to viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware, spyware, adware, and other types of harmful software. A key distinction of malware is that it needs to be intentionally malicious; any software that unintentionally causes harm is not considered to be malware.

When Uploaded Content Scanning is enabled, content scanning attempts to detect items such as uploaded files, and scans them for malicious signatures like malware. The scan results, along with additional metadata, are exposed as fields available in WAF custom rules, allowing customers to implement fine-grained mitigation rules.

Products: [WAF - Uploaded Content Scanning](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/)

#### Cloudflare application security products

This document has covered some common attacks and Cloudflare products used to detect and mitigate respective threats. Below we highlight and provide some additional details on each product across Cloudflare’s application and network security portfolio.

##### Security Analytics

Security Analytics brings together all of Cloudflare’s security detection capabilities within one dashboard. Customers can get a quick view and insight on mitigated and unmitigated traffic, attack traffic, bot traffic, malicious content upload attempts, and details around rate limiting analysis and account takeover analysis. Right from the dashboard displaying detected threats, with the click of a button customers can take action to put in place policies to mitigate.

![All security detection can be seen from a single dashboard.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-7.svg)

##### Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Using Cloudflare [WAF](/waf/), customers can deploy custom rules based on very granular request criteria to mitigate specific threats or to block requests with certain HTTP anomalies. In addition, customers can deploy Cloudflare managed rules to mitigate zero-day attacks, common OWASP Top 10 attacks, requests using known leaked credentials, and requests extracting sensitive data.

[WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) allow customers to deploy pre-configured managed rulesets that provide immediate protection against:

- Zero-day vulnerabilities
- Top 10 attack techniques
- Use of stolen/exposed credentials
- Extraction of sensitive data

##### Rate limiting

[Rate limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) can be used to mitigate various attacks, including volumetric attacks, credential stuffing, web scraping, and DoS attacks. Cloudflare rate limiting allows customers to define rate limits for requests matching an expression, and the action to perform when those rate limits are reached. Rate limiting can be granular based on specific request or header criteria and can also be based on sessions or API tokens. Customers can configure actions including logging, blocking, and challenges for when the specified rate is exceeded.

Customers can also configure which request criteria is used as a counter for determining when to throttle or block after a limit is exceeded. Customers can implement two different behaviors for rate limiting:

1. **Block for the selected duration**. Once the rate is exceeded, the WAF will block all requests during the selected duration before the counter is reset.

![All actions are blocked once the rate limit is reached.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-8.svg)

2. **Throttle requests over the maximum configured rate**. The WAF will block any requests exceeding the configured rate, and the remaining requests will be allowed. The analogy for this behavior is a sliding window effect.

![All security detection can be seen from a single dashboard.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-9.svg)

##### L7 DDoS

The Cloudflare [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/) managed ruleset is a set of pre-configured rules used to match known DDoS attack vectors at layer 7 (application layer) on the Cloudflare global network. The rules match known attack patterns and tools, suspicious patterns, protocol violations, requests causing large amounts of origin errors, excessive traffic hitting the origin/cache, and additional attack vectors at the application layer. Cloudflare updates the list of rules in the managed ruleset on a regular basis.

##### API Gateway

[API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/) is Cloudflare’s API management and security product. API Gateway delivers visibility via API discovery and analytics, provides endpoint management, implements a positive security model, and prevents API abuse.

![All security detection can be seen from a single dashboard.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-10.svg)

API Gateway’s API Discovery is used to learn all API endpoints in a customer’s environment using machine learning. After this step, customers can save endpoints to Endpoint Management so additional API performance and error information can be collected and security policies can be applied.

Customers can enable a positive security model using mTLS, JWT validation, and schema validation and protect against additional API abuse with rate limiting and volumetric abuse protection as well as sequence mitigation and GraphQL protections.

![The API gateway has many stages, discovery, review, using a positive security model, abuse protection, data protection and endpoint management/monitoring.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-11.svg "Common user workflow for API Gateway")

##### Bot Management

[Bot Management](/bots/) is used to mitigate various malicious activities, including web scraping, price scraping, inventory hoarding, and credential stuffing. Cloudflare has multi-layered bot mitigation capabilities that include heuristics, machine learning, anomaly detection, and JS fingerprinting. Bot management also assigns a bot score to every request. WAF rules can be created around bot scores to create very granular security policies.

![Bot management can filter good and bad bots.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-12.svg)

Additionally, Cloudflare can take the action of challenging clients if it suspects undesired bot activity. Cloudflare offers its [Managed Challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) platform where the appropriate type of challenge is dynamically chosen based on the characteristics of a request. This helps avoid CAPTCHAs, which result in a poor customer experience.

Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will choose an appropriate type of challenge, which may include but is not limited to:

- A non-interactive challenge page (similar to the current JS Challenge).
- A custom interactive challenge (such as clicking a button).
- Private Access Tokens (using recent Apple operating systems).

With [Turnstile](/turnstile/), Cloudflare has completely moved away from CAPTCHA. Turnstile is Cloudflare’s smart CAPTCHA alternative. It can be embedded into any website without sending traffic through Cloudflare and works without showing visitors a CAPTCHA. Turnstile allows you to run challenges anywhere on your site in a less intrusive way and uses APIs to communicate with Cloudflare’s Managed Challenge platform.

![Turnstile can be deployed to totally avoid presenting users with a CAPTCHA.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-13.svg)

##### Page Shield

[Page Shield](/page-shield/) ensures the safety of website visitors’ browser environment and protects against client-side attacks like Magecart. By using a Content Security Policy (CSP) deployed with a report-only directive to collect information from the browser, Page Shield tracks loaded resources like scripts and detects new resources or connections being made by the browser. Additionally, Page Shield alerts customers if it detects scripts from malicious domains or URLs — or connections being made from the browser to malicious domains or URLs.

Page Shield can download JavaScript source files and run them through a machine learning classifier to identify malicious behavior and activity; the result is a JS Integrity Score designating if the JavaScript file is malicious.

##### SSL/TLS

Cloudflare’s [SSL/TLS](/ssl/) provides a number of features to meet customer encryption requirements and certificate management needs. An SSL/TLS certificate is what enables websites and applications to establish secure connections. With SSL/TLS, a client — such as a browser — can verify the authenticity and integrity of the server it is connecting with, and use encryption to exchange information.

Cloudflare’s global network is at the core of several products and services that Cloudflare offers. In terms of SSL/TLS, this means instead of only one certificate, there can actually be two certificates involved in a single request: an edge certificate and an origin certificate.

![SSL/TLS can be used for both Cloudflare to user, and origin server to Cloudflare security.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-14.svg)

Edge certificates are presented to clients visiting the customer’s website or application. Origin certificates guarantee the security and authentication on the other side of the network, between Cloudflare and the origin server of the customer's website or application. [SSL/TLS encryption modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) control whether and how Cloudflare will use both these certificates, and you can choose between different modes.

Customers can also enable [mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS)](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) for hostnames and API endpoints to bolster security for authentication, enforcing that only devices with valid certificates can gain access. Additional security features like [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/) can be configured to help ensure requests to the origin server come from the Cloudflare network. [Keyless SSL](/ssl/keyless-ssl/) allows security-conscious clients to upload their own custom certificates and benefit from Cloudflare, but without exposing their TLS private keys. With [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/), customers can also issue and validate certificates for their own customers.

##### Security Center

[Cloudflare Security Center](/security-center/) offers attack surface management (ASM) that inventories IT assets, enumerates potential security issues, controls phishing and spoofing risks, and enables security teams to investigate and mitigate threats in a few clicks. The Security Center is a great starting point for security analysts to get a global view of all potential issues across all applications/domains.

Key capabilities offered:

- Inventory and review IT infrastructure assets like domains, ASNs, and IPs.
- Manage an always up-to-date list of misconfigurations and risks in Cloudflare IT assets.
- Query threat data gathered from the Cloudflare network to investigate and respond to security risks.
- Gain full control over who sends email on your organization's behalf with DMARC Management.

##### Cloudflare for SaaS

If you build and host your own SaaS product offering, then [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/) might be of interest. It allows customers to extend the security and performance benefits of Cloudflare’s network to their customers via their own custom or vanity domains. Cloudflare for SaaS offers multiple configuration options. In the below diagram, custom hostnames are routed to a default origin server called “fallback origin”.

![Bring Cloudflare security to customer domains using your SaaS application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-15.svg)

#### Cloudflare network security products

##### Magic Transit

[Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) protects entire IP subnets from DDoS attacks, providing for sub-second threat detection while also accelerating network traffic. It uses Cloudflare’s global network to mitigate attacks, employing standards-based networking protocols like BGP, GRE, and IPsec for routing and encapsulation.

All network assets, whether on-premises or in private or public-hosted cloud environments, can easily be protected by sitting behind and being advertised from the Cloudflare network providing for over 280 Tbps of network capacity.

![Magic Transit can secure your private network links.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-16.svg)

##### Magic WAN

With [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/), customers can securely connect any traffic source — data centers, offices, devices, cloud properties — to Cloudflare’s network and configure routing policies to get the bits where they need to go. Magic WAN supports a variety of on-ramps, including anycast GRE and IPsec tunnels, Cloudflare Network Interconnect, Cloudflare Tunnel, WARP, and a variety of network on-ramp partners. Magic WAN can help end reliance on traditional SD-WAN appliances and securely connect users, offices, data centers, and hybrid cloud over the Cloudflare global network without relying on vendor-specific hardware or software.

##### Magic Firewall

[Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) is Cloudflare’s firewall-as-a-service solution delivered from Cloudflare’s global network and is integrated with Magic Transit and Magic WAN. It allows for enforcing consistent network security policies across customers’ entire WAN, including headquarters, branch offices, and virtual private clouds. Customers can deploy granular rules that globally filter on protocol, port, IP addresses, packet length, and bit field match.

##### Magic Network Monitoring

[Magic Network Monitoring](/magic-network-monitoring/) is a cloud network flow monitoring solution that gives customers end-to-end network traffic visibility, DDoS attack type identification, and volumetric traffic alerts. When a DDoS attack is detected, an alert can be received via email, webhook, or PagerDuty.

##### Spectrum

[Spectrum](/spectrum/) is a reverse proxy product that extends the benefits of Cloudflare to all TCP/UDP applications providing L4 DDoS protection. Spectrum also provides an IP firewall allowing customers to deny IPs or IP ranges to granularly control traffic to application servers. Customers can also configure rules to block visitors from a specified country or even an Autonomous System Number (ASN).

### Protecting private resources

Private resources typically contain highly sensitive, company confidential information and either by way of laws and regulations, or by the nature of the confidentiality of the data, access to them is much more restricted. Traditionally, private applications were only accessible on private networks in company buildings that users had to have physical access to. But as we all know today, access to private resources needs to take place from a wide range of locations, and paradoxically, private applications can live in very public locations. Most SaaS applications are exposed to the public Internet.

The following are typical attributes of private resources:

- Users have been pre-authorized and provisioned. They can't just sign up. They need to be given specific access to the resource either directly or via access control mechanisms such as certificates, group membership, or role assignment.
- Network access to a self-hosted resource is typically over-managed, private network routes and not accessible via the general Internet.
- Private resources that live in data centers (physical or virtual) and are connected to networks that are hosted and managed by the business, which are either on-premises or virtual private networks running in public cloud infrastructure.

As mentioned, traditional access to private resources required physical access to the network by being in the office connected via Ethernet. As remote access needs increased, companies installed on-premises VPN servers that allowed users and devices to "dial in" to these private networks. Many applications have left these private networks and instead migrated to SaaS applications or are hosted in public cloud infrastructure. This traditional approach has become unmanageable and costly, with a variety of technologies providing network connectivity and access control.

Another important thing to note is that many of the services used for securing and providing connectivity for public resources can also be used for private resources. The most obvious here is Magic WAN and Magic Firewall. Customers also use our WAF in front of privately hosted applications that are only accessible through private networks. The idea is that even if access to an application is only from trusted private connections, it is still possible for an attacker to compromise what seems to be a trusted device; therefore, application injection attacks and other vulnerabilities can be exploited by devices with existing trusted network access. This is exactly in line with the idea of a Zero Trust security program. Read more about the approaches to Zero Trust using a SASE platform in our [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

As we describe the following Cloudflare services, you will learn how the Cloudflare network and our methods of connecting it to your own private networks provides greater security, flexibility, and a more centralized control plane for access to private resources. The following diagram illustrates the sort of environment that represents a typical customer's private infrastructure.

![Cloudflare's SASE platform can protect users and devices no matter where in your enterprise network, or not, they reside.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-18.svg)

Protecting internal resources can be broken down into the following areas.

- Securing connectivity between the user and the application/network.
- Identity systems providing authentication and maintaining user identities and group membership.
- Policies controlling user access to applications/data.
- Data protection controls to identify and protect sensitive and confidential data.
- Protecting users and devices from attacks (malware, phishing, etc.) that originate from access to the Internet.
- Operational visibility to IT and security teams.

#### Securing connectivity to private resources

Many privately hosted applications and networks do not have direct connectivity to the Internet. As mentioned previously, access traditionally has been enabled by one of two methods. One is when users connect physically to the same networks the private resources reside on, i.e. walking into the office and connecting to the office WiFi. The other is creating a virtual private network (VPN) connection over the Internet and "dialing in" to the private company network.

However, the need today is still the same. You have private networks with private applications — and remote users need access. You should regard Cloudflare as your new enterprise network, where all authorized users (employees, contractors, partners) can connect to any private application from anywhere. This means your network topology will feature Cloudflare in the middle, providing connectivity from all networks to each other.

![Cloudflare's SASE platform can also connect a wide variety of networks together into one larger, new corporate network.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-19.svg)

In the above diagram you can see a variety of private networks and end user devices connected to Cloudflare, which then facilitates the routing and access controls between those networks, and therefore the applications and other resources. This is often regarded as East to West traffic. Because traffic originates from, and is destined for, a privately managed network.

Because all network traffic routes through Cloudflare, security controls are defined and apply to all traffic as it flows between networks. As long as a network, device, or user is connected to Cloudflare, you can identify it and apply policy. It also means things like data protection can be simplified — one single rule can be implemented to detect the transfer of and access to sensitive data and can be applied across the entire network with ease.

Existing private infrastructure can be complex. Cloudflare provides a variety of methods by which businesses can connect their networks and user devices into this new enterprise network. We often call these methods "on-ramps," which describes how traffic for a specific network or device is routed into Cloudflare. The following table outlines these different methods.

| Method                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                  | Common Use                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)                                                                                      | IPsec or GRE tunnel from networking devices to Cloudflare, routing entire network traffic.                                                                   | Connecting existing network routers to Cloudflare. Allowing all traffic into and out of the network to go through Cloudflare.                                               |
| [Magic WAN Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/)                                                    | Appliance-based IPsec or GRE tunnel from networking devices to Cloudflare, routing entire network traffic.                                                   | Uses the same technology as Magic WAN; however, instead of using existing networking devices, a dedicated appliance or virtual machine is used — the Magic WAN Connector.   |
| [cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/)                                                  | Software agent deployed on servers or alongside services like Kubernetes for creating a tunnel for incoming connections to private applications or networks. | IT admins or application owners can easily install this tunnel software to expose their application to the Cloudflare network.                                              |
| [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/)                    | Software agent deployed on servers for creating a tunnel for incoming and outgoing connections to private applications or networks.                          | Similar to cloudflared, but supports East to West traffic and is often used in place of Magic WAN when there is no ability to create an IPsec tunnel from existing devices. |
| [WARP Desktop Agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/)                                       | Software agent deployed on user devices, creating a tunnel for traffic to and from private applications and networks.                                        | Connecting end user devices like phones and laptops to be part of the Cloudflare network.                                                                                   |
| [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/network-interconnect/) | Direct connection between your physical networks and Cloudflare.                                                                                             | When your applications live in the same data centers we operate in, we can connect those networks directly to Cloudflare.                                                   |

For more details on how these methods work, please refer to our [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

#### User connectivity

All the above methods are for connecting networks and applications to Cloudflare, and some users will be on devices connected directly to those networks. They might be in the corporate headquarters or working from a branch or retail location. However, many users are working from home, sitting in a coffee shop, or working on a plane. Cloudflare provides the following methods for connecting users to Cloudflare. This is the same concept of installing a VPN client on a user device, with the difference that the connection is made to our global network and not to your own VPN applicances.

##### Device agent

For the best user experience and the greatest degree of access control, we recommend deploying our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) to devices. Supported on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, the agent performs two main roles. First, it routes all traffic from the device to Cloudflare, allowing for access to all your existing connected private networks and applications. Second, the agent provides device posture information such as operating system version, encrypted storage status, and other details. This information is then associated with the authenticated user and can be used as part of access control policy. The agent can be installed manually, but most enterprises deploy it using their device management (MDM) software.

##### Browser proxy

There may be instances where you cannot install software on end user devices. In those instances, Cloudflare provides a proxy endpoint where browsers can be configured to on-ramp their traffic to Cloudflare. This is either done manually by the end user, or by using [automated browser configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files) files.

##### Isolated browser

In some situations, you have no ability to modify the end device in any way. In those instances we provide the ability for a user to access a browser that runs directly on our edge network. This [browser isolation service](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) requires users to point their browser at a Cloudflare URL, which in turn runs a headless, secure browser on one of our edge servers. Secure vectors are then used over HTTPS and WebRTC connections. For more information, refer to [this architecture](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/).

#### Integrating identity systems

Users cannot just sign up and access your private resources; their identity and associated credentials are typically created and managed in an enterprise identity provider (IdP). Cloudflare integrates with both [enterprise and consumer-based identity services](/cloudflare-one/identity/), as well as providing a simple one-time password (OTP) via email service for when you have a need to authenticate a user with only an email address.

Cloudflare supports integrations with multiple identity providers, including of the same type. So if you manage an Okta instance for your employees, but may have acquired another company with its own Okta instance, both can be integrated with Cloudflare. Cloudflare then acts as a proxy for the SSO process. Applications are configured using SAML and OIDC to use Cloudflare for authentication and then Cloudflare in turn redirects users through the authentication flow of an integrated IdP. Group information can also be synchronized via SCIM into Cloudflare to be used in access control policies.

![Many different IdP's can be integrated, from Google, Microsoft and Github as well as any SAML or OAuth system.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-20.svg)

This centralization of identity into a common access control layer allows you to build clearly defined and easily managed policies that can be applied across the entire network. If you then decide to migrate from one IdP to another vendor, you only need to change one identity integration with Cloudflare, and all your downstream applications and existing policies will continue to work.

#### Access control

The focus on this document is about security, and now that applications, devices, identities, and networks are all connected, every request to and from any resource on the network, and also to the Internet, is now subject to Cloudflare's access control and firewall services. There are two services that apply policy-based controls to traffic.

- **Zero Trust Network Access**: Our [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) product manages access to specific networks or applications that are deemed private. It enforces authentication either for users via an existing identity provider, or for other applications via service tokens or mTLS.
- **Secure Web Gateway**: Our [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) product is used to analyze traffic and apply policies, no matter the destination. It is most commonly used to allow, block, or isolate traffic that is destined for the Internet. This can be used to apply access controls to SaaS applications, but any traffic flowing through Cloudflare can be inspected and acted upon by Gateway. Therefore it can also be used to add additional access controls to non-Internet, private tunneled applications.

![Cloudflare's ZTNA and SWG services can be combined to secure both private and Internet access.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-21.svg)

Both of these technologies can be combined to ensure appropriate access to private applications. For users with our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) installed, the policies can also include device-level requirements. When combined with identity data, policies such as the following can be written to control access to, for example, an internal database administration tool.

- User must have authenticated via the company IdP, and used MFA as part of the authentication
- User must be in the "Database Administrators" group in the IdP
- User device must have a Crowdstrike risk score above 70
- User device must be on the very latest release of the operating system

It is possible to define access groups of users that can be applied across multiple policies. This allows IT and security administrators to create a single definition of what a secure administrator looks like, which is then reusable across many policies.

![Policies can easily be written which define tight access groups to private resources.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-22.svg)

#### Protecting data

All traffic is flowing through Cloudflare, so therefore all data is flowing through Cloudflare. This allows you to apply data controls on that traffic. Typically, employees are allowed access to sensitive applications and data only on managed devices where the device agent installs Cloudflare certificates that allow Cloudflare to terminate SSL connections on our network. This in turn allows for inspection of the contents of HTTPS web traffic and policy can be written to manage and secure that data.

Cloudflare has a [data loss prevention](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) (DLP) service that defines profiles that can be used to identify sensitive data. These profiles are then used in Gateway policies to match specific traffic and either allow, block, or isolate it.

The same DLP profiles can also be used in our Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) service, where Cloudflare is integrated via APIs to SaaS applications. We then scan the storage and configuration of those applications looking for misconfiguration or sensitive data that's publicly exposed.

#### Securing Internet access

A lot of this section has focused on protecting access to private networks and applications, but a business must also protect their employees and their devices. Our [secure web gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) (SWG) service sits between users connected to Cloudflare and any resource they are attempting to access, both public and private. Policies can be written to prevent employees from accessing high-risk websites or known sites that distribute malware. Policies can also be written to mitigate phishing attacks by blocking access to domains and websites known to be part of phishing campaigns. Protecting users and their devices from Internet threats also reduces associated risks of those same users and devices accessing private resources.

Another critical private resource to secure is email. This is often one of the most private of all resources, as it contains confidential communications across your entire organization. It's also a common attack surface, mostly by way of phishing attacks. [Email Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/email-security/) (CES) examines all emails in your employee's inboxes and detects spoofed, malicious, or suspicious emails and can be configured to act accordingly. CES can be integrated by changing your domain MX records and redirecting all email via Cloudflare. Another option, for Microsoft and Google, is to integrate via API and inspect email already in a user’s inbox. For suspicious emails, links in the email are rewritten to leverage Cloudflare's [browser isolation service](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) so that when a user heads to that website, their local machine is protected against any malicious code that might be running in the browser.

![Cloud email security filters unwanted email traffic from your users inboxes.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-23.svg)

### Observability

No matter if your resources are private or public, visibility into what's going on is critical. The Cloudflare administrative dashboard has a wide range of built-in dashboards and reports to get a quick overview. Notifications can also be configured to inform admins, either via email or services such as PagerDuty, of important events.

All Cloudflare services provide detailed logs into activity. These logs can also be exported into other security monitoring or SIEM tools via our log shipping integrations. There are built-in integrations for common services such as AWS, Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, and Sumo Logic. But we also support generic distribution of logs into Azure and Google storage as well as Amazon S3 and S3-compatible services.

In summary, the following diagram details how Cloudflare's SASE services can connect and secure access to your private resources. For a more in-depth review, please read our [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

![Cloud email security filters unwanted email traffic from your users inboxes.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/security/security-ref-arch-24.svg)

## Developer platform

Many of Cloudflare's security services are built on a highly optimized serverless compute platform based on [V8 Isolates](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloud-computing-without-containers) which powers our developer platform. Like all our services, serverless compute workloads run on all servers in our global network. While our security services offer a wide range of features, customers always want the ultimate flexibility of writing their own custom solution. Customers therefore can use Cloudflare Workers and its accompanying services (R2, D1, KV, Queues) to interact with network traffic as it flows to and from their resources, as well as implementing complex security logic.

The following use cases show how our customers’ security teams have used our [developer platform](https://workers.cloudflare.com/):

- In our ZTNA service, Cloudflare Access, when a request is made to access a private resource, that request can include a call to a Cloudflare Worker, passing in everything known about the user. Custom business logic can then be implemented to determine access. For example:
  - Only allow access during employee working hours. Check via API calls to employee systems.
  - Allow access only if an incident has been declared in PagerDuty.
- Implement honeypots for bots: Because Workers can be attached to routes of any Cloudflare-protected resource, you can examine the bot score of a request and then redirect or modify the request if you suspect it's not legitimate traffic. For example, execute the request but modify the response to redact information or change values to protect data.
- Write complex web application firewall (WAF) type rules: As described above, our WAF is very powerful for protecting your public-facing applications. But with Workers, you can write incredibly complex rules based on information provided in the [IncomingRequestCfProperties](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties), which expose metadata for every request. These properties contain extensive information and can be expressed as code for effective rule implementation.
- Enhance traffic with extra security information: Your downstream application may have other security products in front of it, or maybe provides other security if certain HTTP headers exist. Using Workers, you can enhance any requests to the application and add in headers to help the downstream application implement greater security controls.
- Write your own authentication service: Some customers have extreme requirements, and the power of Workers allows you, as we have with our own product suite, to write entire authentication stacks. One such customer [did just this](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/epam/). While this isn't common, it's an example of the flexibility of using Cloudflare. You can mix complex code that you write with our own products to fine-tune exactly the right security outcome.

Using Workers for implementing some of your security controls has the following advantages:

- **Advanced logic and testability**: Enables the implementation of highly sophisticated logic that's easily testable through unit tests.
- **Accessibility to developers**: Security features are accessible to a broader audience due to native support in languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, and Python, catering to developers' familiarity.
- **Granularity and flexibility**: Offers unparalleled granularity, with support for regex, JSON parsing, and easy access to request/response headers and bodies enriched by Cloudflare. Policies can be designed based on any feature of the request/response.
- **Response modification**: While traditional security stacks often focus solely on requests, Workers empowers effortless modification of responses. For instance, verbose error messages can be obscured to enhance security.
- **Implement DevSecOps lifecycles**: Workers makes it very easy to adhere to DevSecOps best practices like version control, code audits, automated tests, gradual roll-outs, and rollback capabilities.

However, you should also consider the following:

- **Cost**: By adding Workers into the request process, you will incur extra costs. However, this might be acceptable for the scenarios where the significant security outcome is highly beneficial.
- **Latency**: While minimal, there will always be some impact on traffic latency because you are running your own logic on every request.
- **Requires developer skill set**: This is a bit obvious, but worth mentioning. Using Workers requires a development team to create, test, and maintain whatever code is implemented.

You can review some examples of how our Workers platform can be used for [security](/workers/examples/?tags=Security) or [authentication](/workers/examples/?tags=Authentication) use cases.

## Summary

You should now have a good understanding of the massive scale of the Cloudflare network, how it's secured and operated, and the broad range of services available to you for protecting your business assets. We have built the future of networking and security, and we invite you to consider using our services to better secure your business.

In summary, the benefits of using Cloudflare for your business’s security are:

- Protect all your business assets, public or private.
- Leverage a comprehensive range of security services on a single platform.
- Rely on a massively scaled network with high performance and reliability.
- Implement security controls once, in a single dashboard, and impact traffic from anywhere.
- Empower DevSecOps teams with full API and Terraform support.

We have a very simple [self-service signup](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up), where many of our services can be evaluated for free. If you wish to work with our expert team to evaluate Cloudflare, please [reach out](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/).

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# Designing ZTNA access policies for Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/designing-ztna-access-policies/

## Introduction

Organizations today are increasingly adopting a [Zero Trust security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-zero-trust/) posture to safeguard company assets and infrastructure in a constantly evolving threat landscape. The traditional security associated with legacy network design assumes trust within the corporate network perimeter. In contrast, Zero Trust operates on the principle of "Never trust, always verify" and implements continuous [authentication and strict access controls](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-access-control/) for all users, devices, and applications, regardless of their location or network.

Typically two technologies play a role in a Zero Trust architecture. First, a [Secure Web Gateway (SWG)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-secure-web-gateway/) filters outbound traffic destined for the Internet and blocks users from accessing high risk websites such as those involved in phishing campaigns. Then, to enable remote access for users to SaaS apps, internally-hosted applications and networks, Zero Trust Network Access ([ZTNA](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/)) services are used to create secure tunnels and provide access for remote users into private applications.

This guide is for customers looking to deploy Cloudflare's ZTNA service ([Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/)) and provides best practices and guidelines for how to effectively build the right policies. If you have not already done so, we recommend also reading Cloudflare's [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/), which goes into detail on all aspects of how to use Cloudflare as part of your Zero Trust initiatives.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This document is aimed at administrators who are evaluating or have adopted Cloudflare to replace existing VPN services or provide new remote access to internal resources. This serves as a starting point for designing your first ZTNA policies and as an ongoing reference. This guide covers three main sections:

- **Technical prerequisites**: What needs to be in place before you can secure access to your first application and define access policies.
- **Building policies**: The main components of an access policy and how they are combined.
- **Use cases**: Common use cases and policies that can serve as blueprints for your own policy designs.

This design guide assumes you have a basic understanding of Cloudflare's ZTNA solution, [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). Therefore, this guide focuses on designing effective access policies and assumes you have already configured [DNS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/), [identity](/cloudflare-one/identity/) and [device posture providers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/) as well as [created connectivity](/cloudflare-one/connections/) to self-hosted applications and related networks.

By the end of this guide, you will be equipped to implement granular access policies that enforce Zero Trust principles across various common enterprise scenarios.

## Prerequisites

This section covers the essential architectural components and concepts to understand before you can design granular access policies.

:::note[Note]
We recommend reading the [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) to get a deeper understanding of connecting applications, identity providers, and device posture providers.
:::

Cloudflare allows organizations to facilitate application access using our [connectivity cloud](https://www.cloudflare.com/connectivity-cloud/), which securely connects users, applications and data regardless of their location. Core to the platform is Cloudflare's [extensive global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) which delivers low-latency connectivity for users worldwide. By running every service in every data center, Cloudflare applies networking, performance and security functions in a single pass, eliminating the need to route traffic through multiple, specialized security servers, and therefore reduces latency and avoids performance bottlenecks.

![Figure 1 shows the basic components involved in remote access with Cloudflare's ZTNA service.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure1.svg "Figure 1 shows the basic components involved in remote access with Cloudflare's ZTNA service.")

There are two main ways to provide access to private applications and networks: by public hostname, where requests are proxied to the application, or by private IP, where the user is on a device or network that is connecting them to their private corporate network via Cloudflare.

### Active domain in Cloudflare

To use public hostnames, you need to have an [active domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) in Cloudflare. Most customers use Cloudflare as their primary DNS service, but it is possible to configure domains for use with Access and maintain [DNS records elsewhere](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

### Network route to applications

For Cloudflare to control access, it needs to be in front of the application and have a secure and reliable network route for successfully authenticated users. Requests for application access come to Cloudflare first, where policy is applied, and then if successful, user requests are routed to the application.

Cloudflare supports access to the following types of applications:

- SaaS applications on the Internet
- Self-hosted applications accessed via public hostname
- Self-hosted applications accessed via private IP

For SaaS and other Internet-facing applications, access from Cloudflare is simple — it is already on the Internet. But for self-hosted applications, you create a tunnel from Cloudflare to the private network where the application is running. There are two methods for doing this:

- Our recommended approach is to use [software agents](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) such as [cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/) or [WARP connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/). (Note, only cloudflared currently supports proxying of public hostnames to private applications.)
- For network-based connectivity, [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) uses IPsec or GRE tunnels connecting Cloudflare to existing network appliances that are connected to the private networks, and [Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) creates direct connectivity if your applications run on servers in a data center Cloudflare operates in. (For migrating from existing legacy VPN solutions to network-based tunnels, you may find [this guide](/reference-architecture/design-guides/network-vpn-migration/) useful.)

Once we have established connectivity to your applications, it is time to facilitate user access. Depending on your policy requirements (more on this later) users can access the application directly over an Internet connection to a public hostname, or — for greater security — we recommend using our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/), Cloudflare WARP, which creates a tunnel directly to Cloudflare and also provides information about their device for use in access policies.

### Identity

A critical part of application access is authenticating a user. Cloudflare has a [built-in authentication](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) method based on email. But we highly recommend configuring a third-party identity provider. We support both consumer and enterprise [identity providers](/cloudflare-one/identity/), and any SAML or OpenID compliant service can be used. Group membership is one of the most common attributes of defining application access and can be defined manually or imported using the System for Cross-Domain Identity Management ([SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/)).

### Device posture

The final prerequisite for building really effective access policies is to configure [device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/). When using the [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/), Cloudflare has access to a [variety of information](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) about the device which can then be used in an access policy. When using an [agentless method](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/) to access applications, only the user identity information is available. We also support using device posture information from [other vendors](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/), such as Microsoft, Crowdstrike and Sentinel One.

![Figure 2 - two employees with different devices trying to access the same corporate application. Only the user with the device agent can access the SSH service.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure2.svg "Figure 2 - two employees with different devices trying to access the same corporate application. Only the user with the device agent can access the SSH service.")

## Building policies

To quickly summarize the architecture described so far, Cloudflare is:

- In front of network access to the application.
- Integrated with your identity providers.
- Aware of device posture details for your users using our device agent or a third party vendor.

When a user makes a request to access an application, they must first authenticate, then, before access is granted, policies in the application are evaluated based on the data associated with the requesting user. Policies and other application specific settings are defined in an Access application.

### Access application types

Cloudflare Access supports four main types of applications:

- **Self-hosted** refers to applications that your organization hosts and manages, either on premises or in the cloud. Cloudflare creates a public hostname which it uses to proxy traffic through a secure tunnel to the application. While access via public hostnames is supported if your server is just publicly facing on the Internet, we recommend you use `cloudflared` to create a secure, outbound-only connection from your application to Cloudflare's edge. Once that occurs, Cloudflare will then reverse proxy the target application/content to your users.
- **Private IP** applications are similarly privately hosted, but lack fully-qualified public hostnames. Access can be facilitated via `cloudflared`, WARP Connector, Cloudflare Magic WAN, or Cloudflare Network Interconnect. Remote users not connected to a network already connected to Cloudflare will need to use the device client to get access to the application via private IP and to avoid using IP addresses with users, use [internal DNS services](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/#use-cases) to resolve private hostnames to private IP addresses. But it is possible to provide access without any software deployed to the client by using our agentless [browser isolation service](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/).
- **SaaS** applications are accessed over the public Internet, and therefore do not require any tunnel connectivity to Cloudflare. Instead, Access acts as an identity proxy between users and the SaaS application. When a user attempts to access the SaaS app, they are first authenticated by Cloudflare, which redirects to your main identity service. SaaS applications are then configured via SAML or OAuth to trust Cloudflare. This allows organizations to implement additional security layers (like device posture checks) and centralize access control for their SaaS applications, even if the SaaS or identity provider does not natively support these features.
- **Infrastructure** applications enable users to control access to individual servers, clusters or databases in a private network. Infrastructure apps work by defining a 'target' proxied over `cloudflared`, but allows users to group multiple machines under the same target - essentially, allowing users to define common access policies across potentially disparate infrastructure resources. Built-in access and command logging capabilities means organizations can maintain detailed audit trails for compliance and security investigation purposes.

:::note[]
It is possible to configure SaaS applications to accept traffic only coming from Cloudflare. This forces all SaaS application traffic to be proxied and routed via Cloudflare Gateway which, in turn, allows for the use of security controls to inspect and filter traffic such as downloads of sensitive company data from SaaS applications. The second use case below will describe how to achieve this.
:::

Access applications typically map directly to a single application. However, it is possible to have an Access application, and its associated policies sit in front of more than one application endpoint. This might be a range of IPs related to multiple Windows RDP servers where you wish to implement a common access policy. The same idea can also be applied to public hostnames, where you might have more than one hostname that refers to several applications you wish to have the same policies. For instance, you might have wiki.domain.com and wiki.domain.co.uk — different application instances, but with common access policy requirements.

Next, we examine the main elements of a ZTNA-protected application that need to be understood to create effective access policies, then later in the document we will examine some use cases that apply those specific elements.

### Authentication

Authenticating a user's identity is a key component of any Zero Trust policy. When attempting to log into an application, a user will be redirected to a configured identity provider. If a user fails to authenticate with the identity provider, Cloudflare will not accept their request for the application.

As mentioned above, Cloudflare can be integrated with all your identity providers (IdPs), both enterprise and consumer. Then at the application and policy level, you choose which IdPs you want to allow for authentication. For example, you may have an application that only a limited number of employees can access. Therefore, you would only enable your corporate IdP. For another application, you may wish to allow access to a wider group of non-employee users, such as contractors or third-party partners. Some of those users you might authenticate via their GitHub or LinkedIn credentials.

When a user attempts to access an application they will be presented with a sign-in page where they choose which IdP to authenticate with. For applications with only a single IdP, you can automatically redirect the user to that IdP. It is also possible to configure the application to display every possible IdP that has been configured, allowing you to add new providers in the future without the need to update the policy.

![Figure 3 - How employees from different parts of the organization authenticate to the same application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure3.svg "Figure 3 - How employees from different parts of the organization authenticate to the same application.")

After authentication, the IdP is going to send information about the identity back to Cloudflare. Depending on the IdP, this information may include [Authentication Method Reference](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8176) (amr) values, IdP groups, SAML attributes or OIDC claims which can then be used in policies.

When using our device agent, users must also authenticate and can be presented a custom list of IdPs. Once the agent is authenticated, they are able to connect to Cloudflare and it is possible to configure applications to skip authentication, instead trusting the existing authentication session associated with the device agent.

### Policies

Now we arrive at the main focus of this guide: the policies which define access to applications. This is where the real work is done to define who has access, and how. Before looking at example use cases, here is a breakdown of how policies work.

![Figure 4 - Our ZNTA service Access can use a wide variety of attributes in an access policy.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure4.svg "Figure 4 - Our ZNTA service Access can use a wide variety of attributes in an access policy.")

Each application can contain multiple policies, and are evaluated in order. Because multiple policies — each with multiple sets of rules — can get quite complex, there is a policy tester where you provide a username and see how the user is evaluated against all the policies and rules. Policies consist of the following elements:

#### Name

While it seems obvious what this is for, we highly recommend having a strategy for naming your policies. This is because you will likely create similar policies across multiple applications, such as "Allow all full-time employees" or "Block high-risk users". Using the same naming scheme across all applications will vastly streamline your ability to review application access and to understand the full list of policies in the future.

#### Action

The Action field in a policy determines what happens when a user or service matches the policy's criteria. There are four main types of actions:

- **Allow** grants access to the application. A login page will be presented to a user on initial access request.
- **Block** denies access to the application. This is generally not required because Access is denied by default. The only reason users should implement a block policy is for testing a specific policy condition or short-circuiting policy evaluation. If a block policy has higher precedent than an Allow, and a user matches the block policy, all other policy evaluation ceases.
- **Bypass** allows users or services to disable any enforcement for traffic before accessing the application. For example, a specific endpoint in an application may need to be broadly accessible over the Internet.
- **Service Auth** allows you to authenticate requests from other services or applications using [mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) or [service tokens](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/). No login page will be presented to the user or service if they meet this policy criteria. This is designed so that non-user requests, such as those from other applications, can access secured resources.

:::note[]
Cloudflare Access is a deny by default service, which means if a request does not match any policy action, the default action is "Block."
:::

#### Session duration

Session duration refers to the length of time a user's authentication remains valid after they have successfully logged in to an application. Typically, the session duration is set for 24 hours, but you can also set durations for sensitive applications to expire immediately. This approach aligns with the core Zero Trust principle of "never trust, always verify." Even if a user initially presents the appropriate device posture and identity context, continuous verification ensures that access rights are reassessed with each new request. This method significantly reduces the risk window, as it removes the assumption that the initial authentication and authorization state remains valid over an extended period.

#### Rules

These are the main focus of a policy. Rules define all the attributes that dictate if the policy allows or denies access, or renders the application in an isolated browser. They are composed of a selector and value, which is essentially the attribute you wish to evaluate and the data you are evaluating.

Each rule is a filter to determine which users this policy is going to affect. There are several categories of rules:

- **Include** rules define who or what is eligible for access. When a user matches an "Include" rule, they become a candidate for access, subject to other rules types in the policy. These rules use OR logic — satisfying any one is sufficient. For example, you may make an application available to a specific group, but need to add in contractors for an email list, and as long as the user matches one of these (group membership, or a valid email) they are included in the rule. Every policy must have at least one Include clause.

- **Require** rules set mandatory conditions that must be met for access to be granted. Unlike Include rules, "Require" rules use AND logic — every rule must be met. This is typically used to layer security on top of the basic access criteria defined by Include rules. For example, administrators can require that anyone trying to access an application use specific MFA methods.

- **Exclude** rules define exceptions to access, overriding other rule types. If a user matches an "Exclude" rule, they're denied access regardless of other policy conditions. For example, a user may meet a requirement to use a MFA method during login, but if their specific [multifactor authentication (MFA) method](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/mfa-requirements/) is defined in an Exclude rule, they will be blocked by the policy. Alternatively, if a user is associated with a 'high risk' IdP group, they can be excluded on that basis even if they meet all the other posture requirements.

A useful way to imagine how these different types of rules are applied, is to imagine a funnel. Include selectors define what attributes of the user, traffic or device are included in the policy that will be Allowed, Blocked and so on. Require then further filters from that list what attributes must be associated with the user with the Exclude type filtering out users who have matched both the Include and Require.

![Figure 5 - Policies and rules are evaluated in a funnel. With Include rules aggregating all users, Require rules mandating specific requirements and Exclude rules removing user identities from the policy evaluation.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure5.svg "Figure 5 - Policies and rules are evaluated in a funnel. With Include rules aggregating all users, Require rules mandating specific requirements and Exclude rules removing user identities from the policy evaluation.")

The above diagram visualises an example for the policy "All employees and contractors on secure devices using strong MFA". Anyone in the group "All Employees" or contractors who have authenticated with a username in their company domain will match this policy. They are required to be using a device that has the latest OS and is using encrypted storage. They must have authenticated with an MFA factor, but not SMS. Also, they must be accessing the application via Cloudflare's secure web gateway.

There are many different [types of selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors). While every possible selector is not listed here, the following lists specific outcomes that organizations using Cloudflare Access typically desire when building policies. This will help you understand how to achieve a specific outcome.

- **Is user traffic coming over Cloudflare Gateway?**
  Guaranteeing that a user only accesses an application over our SWG, Cloudflare Gateway, is a great way to prevent unauthorized access due to phishing or credential theft. Additionally, you can ensure all traffic bound to the application is logged and filtered by Cloudflare Gateway.

  You can configure this control by enabling the "gateway" device posture check and then requiring "gateway" in your application policies. Requiring "gateway" is more flexible than relying solely on the device agent because users can also on-ramp from Browser Isolation or a Magic WAN-connected site, both of which provide traffic logging and filtering. Additionally, when using the device agent, this allows you to guarantee that a user is coming from a compliant device that has passed a set of device posture checks.

  Requiring the gateway is enforced continuously for [self-hosted applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/). For SaaS apps, it is only enforced at the time of login. However, a dedicated egress IP can be leveraged in tandem to enforce that traffic always goes via Cloudflare Gateway.

- **Does the user belong to an existing group, or have specific identity attributes?**
  If your IdP supports SCIM, group membership information can be imported into Cloudflare, where it can be used in policies. Group information can also come from the SAML or OAuth data sent as part of authentication. In fact, when OIDC or SAML is used and claims are sent, they can be used in a policy. So if your users authenticate to your IDP using SAML, and the resulting token contains their "role," you can query that value in the rule.

- **Which identity service was used for authentication ?**
  Similar to IdP groups and attributes, this "Login methods" selector asks which identity service was used, and, like IdP groups, this is better suited to an access group rather than a specific line item on an access policy. Login methods allow you to apply different policies to specific users who authenticated with certain identity providers. For example, you might only allow users who have authenticated with a consumer identity such as GitHub or LinkedIn to gain access if their authentication method included a hard token-based MFA.

  This is an atypical scenario, but if you do need to enable multiple IdPs for authentication, then you can use this selector to make sure users are authenticating with a specific service. The value of this requirement becomes clearer when dealing with multiple layered security policies, and need to define different levels of access based on the login.

- **Individual or organizational emails**
  All identity services provide an email address, which in many cases matches the individual's username. Using an email in a policy can be useful when wanting to allow access to an entire domain of users, but they might authenticate via a consumer IdP that allows for any email. For example, you might only allow access for users who have authenticated via GitHub using their @company.com email address.

  Another good use of this selector is if you are managing a [list of emails](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) of users that might be high risk or have been blocked from a specific application. You can use an Exclude rule, with your list to ensure a subset of users cannot access an application.

- **How did the user authenticate?**
  When an identity provider authenticates a user and then redirects them back to Cloudflare, it includes information about what authentication method was used. This is typically sent as [Authentication Method Reference](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8176) data. Using this you can check if MFA was used and what type.

  This can be useful to define different levels of credential requirements for different applications. For example, a general company application might just require that MFA was used and not care how. But a really sensitive administration tool might require a FIDO2 hardware-based security key,and therefore explicitly deny access if only an OTP via SMS is used as part of the authentication process.

- **What country is the request coming from?**
  You can set rules based on the geographic lookup of the incoming request. This could be useful for restricting access to certain countries where you do business.

- **What IP range is the request coming from?**
  You can set rules based on the IP range of the incoming request. This could be allowing access only from your corporate network IP ranges.

- **Is it possible to verify device or user information from a list?**
  Sometimes, you might want to grant or restrict access based on specific device or user characteristics that do not fit neatly into other categories. This is where [lists](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) come in handy: you can define or import a list of contractor emails, or a list of approved device serial numbers and use those as criteria within an Access policy. These lists can be updated manually or via our [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/create/), allowing for integration with other device or user management systems.

- **Is the device's security posture adequate?**
  This is where the device client provides telemetry on the native device making the access request. It accomplishes this by performing device-level scans. Is the device's hard drive encrypted? The agent can check if technologies like BitLocker or FileVault are active, in addition to checking for specific volume names. If you are protecting a sensitive application, or something that holds critical information, this is an effective requirement to enforce.

- **Is the request being made by another process or application?**
  It is not always a real human on a device attempting to access an application. This makes it useful to leverage Cloudflare Access to manage communication to APIs by other software. The request may contain service tokens, mutual TLS certificates, and SSH certificates, which enables logins for automated processes and machine-to-machine communication. Using service auth options within Cloudflare also centralizes the storage and lifecycle management of these tokens and certificates.

- **What does your third-party tool say about your device?**
  Many organizations use other specialized tools for endpoint security, such as Crowdstrike, SentinelOne, or Microsoft Intune, to provide telemetry regarding the security posture of the device making the application request. Rather than require the user to navigate multiple UIs, you can integrate these tools into Cloudflare One via their API, and apply their insights into device posture attributes that can be enforced during an application login.

:::note[]
Some third-party device posture integrations can be used even when the user device does not have our agent installed. Instead, the third party integration matches the user based on email and provides information directly to Cloudflare.
:::

#### Additional settings

Below are a few additional application settings to consider that help improve security.

##### Isolate application

Sometimes you want to manage access to a self-hosted application for less trusted, third-party users such as contractors or partners. You might want to allow them to read content in an application, but limit their ability to download files, copy and paste data, and print the page. Cloudflare Access allows you to render the application in a remote [browser](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/) (using [remote browser isolation, or RBI](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/)) so that the application is rendered using a headless browser on our network versus sending all the content down to the user's browser. This allows Cloudflare to then enforce a range of controls over how the user can interact with the content.

The setting is at the policy level, so one policy can allow trusted users (such as employees) to access applications normally, while another policy with browser isolation enabled can apply the RBI service for contractors.

This setting forces traffic to an isolated browser before being delivered to the end user, which means all traffic is then inspected and managed by Cloudflare Gateway. To limit what the user can do, you need to create an accompanying policy in the gateway, which also identifies the same users and then enforces the [controls](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings) you wish to limit access. Note that it is important to write the Gateway policy such that it only enforces RBI for the same group of users accessing the application that the Cloudflare Access policy applies to. Otherwise, the policy will default to enforce browser isolation for all users.

It is possible to actually enforce RBI for the same set of users if they attempt to access the application using a non-secured device. In this case, you would continue to define a policy for employees in Cloudflare Access. But then, also create a policy in Cloudflare Gateway to isolate the application if users going to the same application URL have failed a device posture check that deems the device is not managed or secure. This could be if the device does not have the company endpoint security client (Crowdstrike or SentinelOne for example) installed, or has failed a security check. We will demonstrate this in the use cases below.

Inversely, isolating the browser also protects the local device from anyone attempting to exploit vulnerabilities or execute malicious code against the application.

##### Justification

You may wish to audit an application's every authentication event and capture justification details. This setting creates a more well-defined audit trail of user access, and allows administrators to review and analyze access patterns and justifications. When enabled, users will be prompted to provide a brief explanation before gaining access. This can be particularly useful for sensitive applications or during specific time periods, such as outside normal business hours.

##### Temporary authentication

Add an additional layer of access control by requiring users to obtain "temporary authentication" approval from designated authorizers before accessing the application. When enabled, users requesting access will trigger a notification to authorized approvers.

### Access Groups

One of the most important parts of defining ZTNA policies is to leverage reusable elements called [Access Groups](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/). Each access group uses the same rules we've just described to define users, traffic or devices. These groups can then be used across many policies to allow, deny, bypass, or isolate access to an application.

For example, you can define "Employees" once as an Access Group, and then use that in every application policy where you want to refer to employees. Updates to this Access Group would then be reflected in every policy. This is also a good way to include nested logic (for example, users with a Linux device and has antivirus software enabled)

Below is a diagram featuring an Access Group named "Secure Administrators," which uses a range of attributes to define the characteristics of secure administrators. The diagram shows the addition of two other Access Groups within "Secure Administrators". The groups include devices running on either the latest Windows or macOS, along with the requirement that the device must have either File

![Figure 6 - An access group that matches to IT administrators on secure systems.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/designing-ztna-access-policies-for-cloudflare-access/figure6.svg "Figure 6 - An access group that matches to IT administrators on secure systems.")

## Use cases

Now that the basic infrastructure to secure access to an application and the policy systems have been covered, let's dive into some common use cases.

### Only allow company wiki access to users on trusted devices

Many companies host some sort of internal content system where confidential company information resides. Wiki's are a common type of application that allows employees to collaborate easily with anyone. But because this information is confidential, it is important to both validate the user authentication with strong credentials, and also ensure that their access is via a secure device, via a secure connection.

However, sometimes company users use non-company devices and need to access the wiki. You may wish to set up a policy that allows this, but limits the user's actions. For instance, prevent them from editing the data, or from copying and pasting it to their unmanaged device. This use case explains how to set up a Cloudflare Access application to define secure access for employees, giving them fully functional access when they are on a secured device over a secured connection, but still allow them some limited access from a non secure device.

First, create an Access application with the following parameters:

| Name            | Company Wiki                                                   |
| :-------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Type            | Self-hosted                                                    |
| Public Hostname | wiki.mycustomerexample.com                                     |
| Authentication  | Company Microsoft Entra IdP                                    |
| Policies        | Employees on trusted devices Employees using untrusted devices |

Before we examine how the two policies are defined, observe an example where an Access Group was created to identify an employee and approved devices were running the latest operating system version.

#### Access Group: Secure employees

This access group is going to be used in both policies, and its sole goal is to identify what a "Secure Employee" is.

| Name            | Secure Employees                                                                          |
| :-------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Include**     |                                                                                           |
| Azure AD Groups | "Full-Time Employees"                                                                     |
| **Require**     |                                                                                           |
| Azure AD Groups | "Completed security training"                                                             |
| OS Version      | "Latest version of macOS", "Latest version of Windows", "Latest Kernel version for Linux" |

This is a very simple Access Group, with just two group selectors. Note that because we are checking membership based on groups from a specific directory, it also implies that the user must have authenticated to that directory. It means in the future, if you move to another identity provider or change the group membership requirements for what defines a Full-Time Employee, you change just this Access Group once.

As you can see, it defines that "all employees" are those in the Azure AD group "Full Time Employees", who are also in the group "Completed security training." The first selector defines the initial scope of the Access Group, and the second selector requires that they must also be in that specific group.

This Access Group requires that three [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) have been created for the [OS version](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/). For example, the posture check "Latest version of macOS" is defined as "macOS version is greater than or equal to 15.1" and reflects the latest version the company considers stable and secure (vs. the very latest OS version). Once included in the Access policy, this will enforce the logic we’ve established here - if any user wants to sign in as a 'Secure Employee', they'll need to meet these requirements.

#### Employees on trusted devices

Now we define the first policy in the application. First, select the Access Group that has already been defined. Then, define the following rules to determine how users authenticate and how they connect to the application.

| Policy name             | Employees on trusted devices          |
| :---------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                  | Allow                                 |
| Access groups           | Include \- Secure employees           |
| **Rules**               |                                       |
| Require                 |                                       |
| Authentication Method   | MFA \- Multiple Factor Authentication |
| Gateway                 | On                                    |
| **Additional settings** |                                       |
| Isolate Application     | No                                    |

This policy ensures that users can gain full access to your company wiki only if they have passed the following requirements:

- They are full-time employees on devices with the latest operating system.
- Users have authenticated using MFA.
- Users are accessing the application via a device that has the Cloudflare device agent running.

#### Employees using untrusted devices

The second policy should handle users who are not on secure devices. Note that this policy is second in the list of policies in the application and therefore will be evaluated when users do not meet the requirements of the first policy.

| Policy name             | Employees using untrusted devices     |
| :---------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                  | Allow                                 |
| Access groups           | Include \- All Employees              |
| **Rules**               |                                       |
| Require                 |                                       |
| Authentication Method   | MFA \- Multiple Factor Authentication |
| **Additional settings** |                                       |
| Isolate Application     | Yes                                   |

Although this policy is very similar to the first, it removes the requirement to have a device on the latest operating system and also using our device agent. The user is still required to be a full-time employee authenticated with strong, MFA-backed credentials.

But notice we now enable "Isolate Application." What does this mean? This forces all requests to the application to now be rendered on our RBI technology. RBI will prevent the wiki UX from loading directly in the end user's browser, and instead renders the content in a headless browser running on a server in Cloudflare's global cloud network. Then, the results of that render are securely and efficiently communicated down to the end user's browser. Because of this, the request is also sent via our SWG service, which enables you to write a policy that controls how users can interact with the wiki.

**Gateway HTTP Policy**

| Isolate company applications for users on insecure devices |                            |
| :--------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------- |
| Action                                                     | Isolate                    |
| **Traffic**                                                |                            |
| Domain in                                                  | wiki.mycustomerexample.com |
| **Device Posture**                                         |                            |
| Passed device posture not in                               | Warp Check                 |
| **Settings**                                               |                            |
| Disable copy / paste                                       | Yes                        |
| Disable file downloads                                     | Yes                        |
| Disable file uploads                                       | Yes                        |
| Disable keyboard                                           | Yes                        |
| Disable printing                                           | Yes                        |

In the example above, the SWG policy is matching any traffic heading to your company wiki, then enforcing RBI (to match the ZTNA application policy) and then disabling all interaction with the wiki.

It also adds the device posture check "WARP Check (Mac OS)" to scan the user's device for the presence of our device agent. If the user's device does not have the agent installed and enabled, then the device posture check cannot occur and they will automatically fail to meet the policy requirements. If the user does have the device agent enabled, then they will pass the posture check and be granted full wiki access. Note that WARP is the name used for our device agent.

Essentially, the employee on an insecure device is permitted to view the wiki in a "read-only" mode, but is restricted from further interactions like uploading/downloading or copying/pasting confidential information.

This policy approach accomplishes several objectives:

1. It enforces the use of trusted devices for full access to the wiki, aligning with your Zero Trust security goals.
2. It provides a fallback option for employees using personal devices, allowing them to access the wiki in a limited, secure manner through browser isolation.
3. It incentivizes employees to use their company devices and/or keep WARP enabled, which is a net positive for an organization's security posture.
4. It demonstrates the power and flexibility of more granular security controls achieved by combining Cloudflare Access policies with Cloudflare Gateway HTTP policies.

This approach both secures your wiki and establishes a model for protecting other applications — allowing your organization to maintain strong cyber hygiene while adapting to the realities of hybrid work scenarios.

### Secure access to Salesforce

The second use case implements a secure access strategy that also requires the use of the device client. However, the implementation is slightly more involved than the previous wiki example.

Before addressing the specifics, you will learn about the benefits of securing access to SaaS apps through Cloudflare. After all, Salesforce and other major SaaS providers already offer robust security features, including their own access controls, MFA, and audit logs. So why do some organizations still choose to route their SaaS traffic through Cloudflare?

The key benefit here is centralizing security policy enforcement across your entire IT ecosystem. By routing Salesforce access through Cloudflare, you are not just securing Salesforce – you are integrating it into a broader Zero Trust strategy that includes a single point of visibility for all user activity, and reduces the complexity of managing multiple security systems. It also allows you to implement the enforcement of many different IdPs for access to a single SaaS application.

In the context of this use case, it is important to protect Salesforce — which contains sensitive customer data — against misuse, and to secure access only to authorized users. We are going to design a secure access policy that can cover both of these objectives.

The first step is to configure an [egress IP policy under Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/). This allows you to purchase and assign specific IPs to your users that have their traffic filtered via Gateway. Then in Salesforce, you can enforce that access is only permitted for traffic with a source IP that matches the one in your egress policy. This combination ensures that the only way to get access to Salesforce is via Cloudflare.

| Egress Policy                       |                  |
| :---------------------------------- | :--------------- |
| **Identity**                        |                  |
| User Group Names                    | All Employees    |
| **Select Egress IP**                |                  |
| Use dedicated Cloudflare Egress IPs | \[203.0.113.88\] |

This is important not only for securing access to Salesforce, but also for adequately protecting its contents while in use. The next step is to examine the access policy which is similar to the one we just created for the wiki. However, this policy is limiting access to members of the Sales or Executives groups. We are also using our Crowdstrike integration to ensure that users are on company managed devices.

| Policy name                    | Account executives on trusted devices |
| :----------------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                         | Allow                                 |
| **Include**                    |                                       |
| Member of group                | Sales, Executives                     |
| **Require**                    |                                       |
| Authentication method          | MFA \- multi-factor authentication    |
| Gateway                        | On                                    |
| Crowdstrike Service to Service | Overall Score above 80                |

The second policy now applies to all employees but we are going to apply a few more steps before access is granted.

| Policy name                    | Employees on trusted devices       |
| :----------------------------- | :--------------------------------- |
| Action                         | Allow                              |
| **Include**                    |                                    |
| Member of group                | All Employees                      |
| **Require**                    |                                    |
| Authentication method          | MFA \- multi-factor authentication |
| Gateway                        | On                                 |
| Crowdstrike Service to Service | Overall Score above 80             |
| **Additional Settings**        |                                    |
| Purpose justification          | On                                 |
| Temporary authentication       | On                                 |
| Email addresses of approvers   | salesforce-admin@company.com       |

We are going to add in temporary authentication to this second policy. That means if Cloudflare determines that the incoming request is from someone outside of the Sales or Executives department, an administrator will need to explicitly grant them temporary access. In context, this policy could be used to secure access to Salesforce for employees outside the Sales department, as the customer information could be sensitive and confidential.

This approach is important for several reasons:

- It allows for human oversight on potentially risky access attempts, reducing the chance of unauthorized access through compromised or insecure devices.
- It provides flexibility for legitimate users to access the application even when their device fails to meet the highest security standards. This encourages users to maintain good security practices on their devices.
- In addition, since all user traffic is routed through Cloudflare, we can enforce additional security measures (such as preventing the download of sensitive data) via web traffic policies.

### Only allow secure admins access to database tools

This scenario covers protecting a PostgreSQL database administration tool. This represents a privately-hosted, high-value target due to its access to sensitive data. It also requires taking extra care in designing secure access for it. Given the nature of database tools, access policies will not be layered for this use case.

| Policy name                          | Only IT admin access                  |
| :----------------------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                               | Allow                                 |
| **Include**                          |                                       |
| Assign a group                       | IT Admins                             |
| **Require**                          |                                       |
| Authentication method                | MFA \- multi-factor authentication    |
| Gateway                              | On                                    |
| Device Posture \- Serial Number List | Company Managed Device Serial Numbers |
| OS Version                           | Latest version of Windows             |
| Domain Joined                        | Joined to corporate AD domain         |
| **Exclude**                          |                                       |
| Authentication method                | SMS                                   |
| **Additional Settings**              |                                       |
| Purpose justification                | On                                    |

Here, we are introducing a high number of security posture checks, starting with MFA. We have two expressions regarding MFA: the first one requires that users authenticate with a MFA method. The second 'excludes' expression pointing out that SMS is not considered a valid authentication method. We do this because SMS is one of the easier methods for attackers to exploit and subvert, and therefore [considered less secure](https://sec.okta.com/articles/2020/05/sms-two-factor-authentication-worse-just-good-password) than other MFA methods. As a result, we are only allowing access when the user provides stronger credentials such as a hard key or an OTP from an authenticator app. Enforcing these stricter MFA requirements reduces the risk of credential-based attacks, and makes it much more challenging for potential attackers to gain unauthorized access to this critical database—even if they have obtained the user's password.

Other posture elements here include:

- Requiring the latest OS.
- The user's device is joined to a Microsoft Active Directory domain.
- The user's device is explicitly a company-managed device (shown by referencing a list of managed device serial numbers).

These combined posture checks ensure that only up-to-date, company-controlled devices within your managed environment can access the database, further reducing the attack surface and the risk of access from potentially compromised or uncontrolled endpoints.

Under additional settings, we are also requiring that users enter a purpose justification for accessing the database. This allows your security teams to analyze access patterns and identify potentially suspicious behavior. This set of security controls also ensures that access to your critical database is tightly regulated, logged, and justified — significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access or misuse.

This level of protection and visibility would be significantly more complex and resource-intensive to achieve with disparate, standalone security solutions. Centralizing security policy enforcement via Cloudflare allows you to simplify how you implement fine-grained access to critical internal resources.

### Secure RDP access

This final use case centers on securing remote access to devices via RDP in two ways — self-hosted or private IP. Both options offer unique benefits, but ultimately it comes down to your priorities: is it more important to simplify access, or to tightly monitor activity?

We will start with the self-hosted option — proxying port 3389 over a tunnel, mapping it to a hostname.

| Application Configuration |                                     |
| :------------------------ | :---------------------------------- |
| Application Name          | RDP service on database server      |
| Hostname                  | rdp.databaseserver.company.internal |

Define the policy:

| Policy name                          | Admin Access                          |
| :----------------------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                               | Allow                                 |
| **Include**                          |                                       |
| Member of Group                      | IT Admins                             |
| **Require**                          |                                       |
| Authentication method                | MFA \- multi-factor authentication    |
| Gateway                              | On                                    |
| WARP                                 | On                                    |
| Device Posture \- Serial Number List | Company Managed Device Serial Numbers |
| External Evaluation                  | \[Time Evaluator URL\]                |

Inside the policy, we have made this application available to our new access group for IT Admins. Under "Require," we are enforcing the use of Cloudflare WARP specifically (as opposed to only Cloudflare Gateway). The user must be on a company-managed device, with an active device client that is authenticated to the company's instance of Cloudflare, MFA must be used during login, and there is an additional option below for external evaluation.

[External evaluation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/) means we have an API endpoint containing some sort of [access logic](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-access-external-auth-example) — in this case, time of day access. We are making an API call to this endpoint, and defining the key that Cloudflare is using to verify that the response came from the API. This is useful for several reasons:

External evaluation allows users to create bespoke security posture checks based on criteria that may not be covered by the default set of posture checks. For this example, we will be using a service built on [Cloudflare Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/).

- Restricting access to the terminal outside of business hours implements a form of time-based access control. This adds an extra layer of security by limiting the window of opportunity for potential attackers.

Now, you will learn how to secure RDP access as a private IP application:

| Application Configuration |                 |
| :------------------------ | :-------------- |
| Application Name          | RDP             |
| Destination IP            | 169.254.255.254 |

As mentioned before, private IP applications work because Cloudflare proxies the IP range across its network. The nature of this application necessitates the use of the device client, as unless the user is connected to Cloudflare (and more specifically, unless they can take advantage of the WARP-to-Tunnel connectivity), they will not be able to reach non-local RFC 1918 addresses.

| Traffic                                  |                                                                 |
| :--------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Destination IP                           | 169.254.255.254                                                 |
| Destination Port                         | 3389                                                            |
| **Identity**                             |                                                                 |
| User Group Names                         | Server Admins                                                   |
| **Device Posture**                       |                                                                 |
| Passed Device Posture Checks             | WARP Check (Mac OS) (File) Latest Version of macOS (OS version) |
| **Action**                               | Allow                                                           |
| **Enforce WARP client session duration** | 60m0s                                                           |

Defining the application here is simple, as Cloudflare automatically fills in the IP range, and you need to limit the detected protocol to RDP. However, the rules for private IP applications are slightly different. You will notice they appear as network policies under the Cloudflare Gateway menu, despite managing them in Access. Certain options, such as checking for MFA and external evaluation, do not appear here. However, these attributes can be verified when the user activates their device client and authenticates to their organization.

One option available here is enforcing the device agent client session duration. This means that after a certain amount of time, the user will be forced to reauthenticate. This feature allows you to take a Zero Trust approach to protecting private IP applications as well. It ensures that even if a user's credentials are compromised or their device is left unattended, the potential window for unauthorized access is limited. By regularly requiring reauthentication, we are continuously verifying the user's identity and authorization status, aligning with the core Zero Trust principle of "never trust, always verify."

By combining granular access controls with detailed activity logging, Cloudflare provides a comprehensive security solution for protecting and monitoring access to critical resources in a Zero Trust methodology.

## Summary

Successful ZTNA implementation is about more than just technical configuration — it requires careful consideration of your organization's specific needs, user workflows, and security requirements. Cloudflare's flexibility allows you to start with basic secure access policies, then evolve them as your organization's needs change and security requirements mature. By following the principles and practices outlined in this guide, you can create a robust security posture that protects you as precisely and transparently as possible.

If you are interested in learning more about ZTNA, SASE, or other aspects of the Cloudflare One platform, please visit our [reference architecture library](/reference-architecture/) or our [developer docs](/) to get started.

Related resources

- [Cloudflare SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Using Cloudflare SASE with Microsoft](/reference-architecture/architectures/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/)
- [How to deploy Cloudflare ZTNA](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/)

---

# Extend Cloudflare's benefits to SaaS providers' end-customers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/

## Introduction

A key aspect of developing a Software-as-a-service (SaaS) application is ensuring its security against the wide array of potential attacks it faces on the Internet. Cloudflare's network and security services can be used to protect your customers using your SaaS application, off-loading the risk to a vendor with experience in [protecting applications](https://radar.cloudflare.com/reports/ddos).

This design guide illustrates how providers, building and hosting their own product/application offering, can leverage Cloudflare to extend the security, performance, and compliance benefits of Cloudflare's network to their end-customers.

The following diagrams visualize the use of the following services:

- Data Localization Suite (specifically, [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/))
- [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/)
- [Cloudflare Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) to securely expose web applications (with [public hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) and [private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/))
- Load Balancers to manage traffic and ensure reliability and performance, implementing Global Traffic Management (GTM) and [Private Network Load Balancing](/load-balancing/private-network/).

This setup is ideal for SaaS providers who need to ensure minimal downtime, auto-renewal of SSL/TLS certificates, efficiently distribute traffic to healthy endpoints, and regional traffic management for compliance and performance optimization.

This document assumes that the provider's application DNS is registered and managed through Cloudflare as the primary and authoritative DNS provider. You can find details on how to set this up in the [Cloudflare DNS Zone Setup Guide](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).

This solution supports subdomains under your own zone while also allowing your customers to use their own domain names (vanity or custom domains) with your services. For example, for each customer you may create the custom hostname `mycustomer.myappexample.com` but also want to allow them to use their own domain, `app.mycustomerexample.com` to point to their tenant on your service. Each subdomain (`mycustomer.myappexample.com`) can be created on the main domain (`myappexample.com`) through the [Cloudflare API](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records), allowing you to easily automate the creation of DNS records when your customers create an account on your service.

## Benefits

Before looking at how Cloudflare can be configured to protect your SaaS application through your custom hostnames, it's worth reviewing the benefits of taking this approach.

| Benefit                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Minimized Downtime       | Ensure [minimal downtime](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/#minimize-downtime) not only during custom hostname migrations to Cloudflare for SaaS but also throughout the entire lifecycle of the application.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Security and Performance | Extends Cloudflare's [security](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/) and [performance](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/) benefits to end-customers through their custom domains.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Auto-Renewal             | Automates the [renewal](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/renew-certificates/) and management process for custom hostname certificates.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Apex Proxying            | Supports end-customers using [domain apex](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/realtime-validation/#apex-proxying) (otherwise known as root domain) as custom hostnames. Used where your DNS service doesn't allow [CNAMEs for root domains](/dns/cname-flattening/), instead a [static IP](/byoip/address-maps/#static-ips-or-byoip) is used to allow an A record to be used.                                                                                                                                   |
| Smart Load Balancing     | Use the load balancer as [custom origins](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/) to steer traffic with [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/). In the context of Cloudflare for SaaS, a custom origin lets you send traffic from one or more custom hostnames to somewhere besides your default proxy fallback origin.                                                                                                                                                        |
| Orange-to-Orange (O2O)   | For end-customers who already proxy traffic through Cloudflare, [Orange-to-Orange (O2O)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/) may be required. Generally, it's recommended for those end-customers to [not proxy](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records) the hostnames used by the SaaS provider. If the Orange-to-Orange functionality is required, please review the [product compatibility](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/product-compatibility/). |
| Regional Services        | Allows [regional traffic management](/data-localization/regional-services/) to comply with data localization requirements.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

## Products included in this guide

The following products are used to deliver this solution.

| Product                                                                                          | Function                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/)                            | Extends the security and performance benefits of Cloudflare’s network to your customers through their own custom or vanity domains. This includes [Certificate Management](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/), [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/), [Early Hints for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/early-hints-for-saas/) and [Cache for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/cache-for-saas/). |
| [DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/)                                                             | Volumetric attack protection is automatically enabled for [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) hostnames.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/) (part of the Data Localization Suite) | Restrict inspection of data (processing) to only those data centers within jurisdictional boundaries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Load Balancer](/load-balancing/)                                                                | Distributes traffic across your endpoints, which reduces endpoint strain and latency and improves the experience for end users.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/)                               | Secure method to connect to customers' networks and servers without creating holes in [firewalls](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/). cloudflared is the daemon (software) installed on origin servers to create a secure tunnel from applications back to Cloudflare.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

## Cloudflare for SaaS examples

The primary objective of using Cloudflare is to ensure that all requests to your application's custom hostname are routed through Cloudflare's security and performance services first to apply security controls and routing or load balancing of traffic. Since the origin server often needs to be publicly accessible, securing the connection between Cloudflare and the origin server is crucial. For comprehensive guidance on securing origin servers, please refer to Cloudflare's documentation: [Protect your origin server](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/).

The diagrams below begin by illustrating the simplest approach to achieving this goal, followed by more complex configurations.

### Standard fallback origin setup

This standard Cloudflare for SaaS setup is the most commonly used and easiest to implement for most providers. Typically, these providers are SaaS companies, which develop and deliver software as a service solutions. This setup requires only a single DNS record to direct requests to Cloudflare, which then proxies the traffic to your application using an A record.

![Figure 1: Standard fallback origin setup.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/standard-fallback-origin-setup.svg "Figure 1: Standard fallback origin setup.")

1. The custom hostname (`custom.example.com`) is configured as a CNAME record pointing to the fallback origin of the provider. The fallback origin is the server or servers that Cloudflare will route traffic to by default when a request is made to the custom hostname. This DNS record does not need to be managed within Cloudflare; it just needs to point to the Cloudflare-hosted record from the provider (`fallback.myappexample.com`).
2. The Fallback Origin is set up as an A record that points to the public IP address of the origin server. Cloudflare will route traffic sent to the custom hostnames to this origin server by default.

The origin server receives the details of the custom domain through either the [host header or SNI](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/connection-details/). This enables the origin server to determine which application to direct the request to. This method is applicable for both custom hostnames (for example, `app.mycustomerexample.com`) and vanity domains (for example, `customer1.myappexample.com`). Since all requests for your application are now routed through the Cloudflare network, you can leverage a range of security and performance services for every request, including:

- [Web Application Firewall](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/)
- [Access control policies](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/secure-with-access/)
- [Caching of application content](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/cache-for-saas/)
- [Support browser early hints](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/early-hints-for-saas/)
- [Image Transformations](/images/)
- [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/)
- [Workers for Platform](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/)

For implementation details to get started, review the [developer documentation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/).

### Standard fallback origin setup with regional services

This approach introduces using Cloudflare's [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/) solution to regionalize TLS termination and HTTP processing to confirm with any compliance regulations that dictate your service process data in specific geographic locations. This ensures that traffic destined for the origin server is handled exclusively within the chosen region.

![Figure 2: Standard fallback origin setup with regional services.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/standard-fallback-origin-setup-regional-services.svg "Figure 2: Standard fallback origin setup with regional services.")

1. The custom hostname (`custom.example.com`) is configured as a CNAME record that points to a regionalized SaaS hostname (`eu-customers.myappexample.com`). This configuration ensures that all processing, including TLS termination, occurs exclusively within the specified geographic region.
2. The regionalized SaaS hostname is set up as a CNAME record that directs traffic to the standard [Fallback Origin](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#1-create-fallback-origin) of the SaaS provider (`fallback.myappexample.com`).
3. The fallback origin is set up as an A record that points to the public IP address of the origin server. Cloudflare will route traffic sent to the custom hostnames to this origin server by default.

### Cloudflare Tunnel as fallback origin setup with regional services

For enhanced security, rather than exposing your application servers directly to the Internet via public IPs, SaaS providers can use [Cloudflare Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/). These tunnels connect your network to Cloudflare's nearest data centers, allowing SaaS applications to be accessed through [public hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/). As a result, Cloudflare becomes the sole entry point for end-customers from the public Internet into your application network.

![Figure 3: Cloudflare Tunnel as Fallback Origin Setup with Regional Services.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/cloudflare-tunnel-fallback-origin-setup-regional-services.svg "Figure 3: Cloudflare Tunnel as Fallback Origin Setup with Regional Services.")

1. The custom hostname (`custom.example.com`) is configured as a CNAME record that points to a regionalized SaaS hostname (`eu-customers.myappexample.com`). This configuration ensures that all processing, including TLS termination, occurs exclusively within the specified geographic region.
2. The regionalized SaaS hostname is set up as a CNAME record that directs traffic to the standard [Fallback Origin](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#1-create-fallback-origin) of the SaaS provider (`fallback.myappexample.com`).
3. The fallback origin is a CNAME DNS record that points to a [public hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) exposed by Cloudflare Tunnel. This public hostname should be configured to route traffic to your application, for example, `localhost:8080`.

This setup is ideal for SaaS providers that do not need granular load balancing, such as [geo-based traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/), across multiple origin servers. It's also well-suited for simple testing and development environments, where [protecting your origin server](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/) by only allowing requests through the Cloudflare Tunnel is sufficient. However, for distributed applications requiring load balancing at both global and local levels, we recommend using [Cloudflare's Load Balancer](/load-balancing/) with global and private network load balancing capabilities.

### Global Traffic Management (GTM) & Private Network Load Balancing as custom origin setup

Cloudflare offers a powerful set of load balancing capabilities. These allow you to reliably steer traffic to different origin servers where your SaaS applications are hosted, whether through public hostnames (as described above) or private IP addresses. This setup helps prevent origin overload by distributing traffic across multiple servers and enhances security by only permitting requests through the Cloudflare Tunnel.

![Figure 4: Global Traffic Management (GTM) & Private Network Load Balancing as custom origin setup.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/extending-cloudflares-benefits-to-saas-providers-end-customers/gtm-ltm-custom-origin-setup.svg "Figure 4: Global Traffic Management (GTM) & Private Network Load Balancing as custom origin setup.")

1. The custom hostname (`custom.example.com`) is configured as a CNAME record pointing to a Cloudflare [regionalized Load Balancer](/data-localization/how-to/load-balancing/) (`eu-lb.myappexample.com`). This ensures that all processing, including TLS termination, takes place within a specified geographic region. Additionally, the SaaS provider needs to set up the load balancer as the [custom origin](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/) for the custom hostname.
2. The regional load balancer is set up with [origin pools](/load-balancing/pools/) to distribute requests across multiple downstream servers. Each pool can be configured to use either [public hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) with Global Traffic Management (GTM) or [private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) addresses with Private Network Load Balancing. In the diagram above, we utilize both options:
   - Origin pool 1 uses the [Cloudflare Tunnel hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) (`<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`) as the endpoint or origin server for handling those requests.
     When using a public hostname, it is necessary to set the [HTTP host header value](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/) to match the public hostname configured and exposed by the [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/). This ensures that the origin server can correctly route the incoming requests.
   - Origin pool 2 uses the private IP address or private network (that is, `10.0.0.5`) within the SaaS provider's internal network, where the SaaS application resides. This pool must be configured to operate within the specified [virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) to ensure proper routing of requests.
3. Cloudflare Tunnel exposes both [public hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) with GTM and [private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) (private IPs) with Private Network Load Balancing.

For enhanced granularity in application serving and scalability, it is generally recommended to use private networks rather than public hostnames. Private networks enable Cloudflare to preserve and accurately pass the host header to the origin server. In contrast, when using public hostnames, providers must configure the [header value](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/) on the load balancer, which is restricted to one public hostname per load balancer endpoint, potentially limiting flexibility.

Be aware of the Zero Trust [Tunnel limitations](/cloudflare-one/account-limits/#cloudflare-tunnel), Cloudflare for SaaS [connection request details](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/connection-details/), and the Custom Origin [SNI specification](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/#sni-rewrites). For further information about the Cloudflare Load Balancer, review its [reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/).

## Automation

As a SaaS provider, it is advisable to automate most, if not all, of these processes using [APIs](/fundamentals/api/), [SDKs](/fundamentals/api/reference/sdks/), scripts, [Terraform](/terraform/), or other automation tools.

An example of a high-level migration plan can be [downloaded here](/reference-architecture/static/example-cloudflare-saas-migration-plan.pdf).

It is highly recommended to migrate to Cloudflare for SaaS in phases and address any issues as they arise, particularly with [Domain Control Validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/). Be sure to review the [validation status](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/validation-status/) and relevant [documentation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/) during the process.

## Summary

By leveraging Cloudflare's infrastructure, SaaS providers can deliver secure, reliable, and performance services to their end-customers. This ensures a seamless and secure user experience while meeting compliance requirements, such as regionalization.

Several Cloudflare customers are currently using the Cloudflare for SaaS solution (formerly known as SSL for SaaS). Notable public use cases include:

- [Shopify](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/shopify/)
- [Porsche Informatik](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/porsche-informatik/)
- [Divio](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/divio/)
- [mogenius](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/mogenius/)
- [Quickbutik](https://www.cloudflare.com/case-studies/quickbutik/)

Additionally, when migrating to Cloudflare for SaaS, it is crucial to have a runbook and clear public documentation to communicate relevant details to your end-customers. Excellent public examples of this are the [Salesforce CDN](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.community_builder_cdn.htm&type=5) and [Shopify](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/domains/add-a-domain/connecting-domains) documentation.

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# Design Guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/

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Diagrams, design patterns and detailed best practices to help you generate solutions with Cloudflare products.

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# Leveraging Cloudflare for your SaaS applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/

## Introduction

When building a SaaS application, it is common to create unique hostnames for each customer account (or tenant), for example `app.customer.com`. It is important to ensure that all communication to this application hostname is done using SSL/TLS and therefore a certificate must be created for your customer's hostname on your application. Certificate management is hard, and often application architects and developers would use a [multi-domain certificate](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/types-of-ssl-certificates/) (MDC), so they can buy and add just one certificate that has hundreds of domains listed. However, this does not scale well when your application reaches thousands and millions of customers.

Also, a customer of your application might wish to have their main website domain hosted directly on your application. So that, for example, `www.customer.com` is actually delivering content directly from your SaaS application.

Many SaaS applications have caching and security solutions, such as Cloudflare, in front of their applications and as such need to onboard these hostnames. This is often done using a "Zone" model, where inside Cloudflare, or another vendor such as AWS Cloudfront, a "Zone" is created for `app.customer.com`. This means that, as each new customer is onboarded, a new "Zone" must be created - this might be manageable in the tens and hundreds of customers but, when you get to thousands and millions, management of all these zones and their configurations is hard.

Cloudflare for Platforms extends far beyond this traditional model of most edge providers, by managing traffic across many hostnames and domains in one "Zone". You can now manage `www.customer1.com` and `www.customer2.net`, and millions more hostnames, through the same configuration while also customizing features as needed. 

This document provides a reference and guidance for using Cloudflare for Platforms. The document is split into three main sections.

- Overview of the SaaS model and the common challenges Cloudflare for Platforms solves
- SSL certificate issuance in a SaaS model
- Customizing the experience for each of your clients

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for SaaS application owners, engineers, or architects who want to learn how to make their application more scalable and secure through Cloudflare.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

- What is Cloudflare? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/what-is-cloudflare/) (5 minute read) or [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvmX3FhTwU) (2 minutes)
- [Cloudflare Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/) - We will discuss integrations with the ruleset engine. Familiarity with that feature will be helpful.
- [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) \- We will also discuss integrations with Cloudflare Workers, our serverless application platform. A basic familiarity with this platform will be helpful.

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

- How Cloudflare's unique offering can solve key challenges for SaaS applications
- How to customize the Cloudflare experience for each of your end customers
- Tools to integrate serverless applications, for each of your clients, through Workers for Platforms

## Why Cloudflare for Platforms?

### The SaaS model

Software as a Service (SaaS) has been a key innovation of the cloud computing era. On premises managed legacy enterprise software - such as accounting, HR, and CRMs - required dedicated attention from IT personnel to establish a platform (whether dedicated hardware, VMs, or cloud instances) for each application in the enterprise. The SaaS model allows providers, like Shopify and Salesforce, to extend their own platform to their customers instead. Now, the customer does not have to provision hardware or consider any other infrastructure concerns; instead, they subscribe to access to the SaaS platform which is always up to date, secure and available.

### Third party hostname challenges

For many SaaS applications, it is important to provide a service under the client's own domain. Their domain is important for branding, security, and organization; and many clients have heavily invested in the right `.com` to represent their business. Many clients with domains linked to their brand will push back against deploying their applications on the provider's domain.

This is especially true for customer-facing applications like an e-commerce solution. You would want to expose this as `shop.example.com`, not `example.shop.com`. To secure traffic to the SaaS application, the provider ("shop") needs a certificate for their customer, `example.com`.

![Figure 1: eCommerce flow through a SaaS platform.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure1.svg "Figure 1: eCommerce flow through a SaaS platform.")

This is a challenge for SaaS solutions, as certificate issuance is tightly controlled through the [DCV Validation process](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/). The owner of a domain needs to authorize any certificates, and traditional methods of validation are driven by the domain owner and deliver the certificate only to them.

![Figure 2: Certificates cannot be automatically renewed on legacy platforms. They will expire and break traffic without manual action.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure2.svg "Figure 2: Certificates cannot be automatically renewed on legacy platforms. They will expire and break traffic without manual action.")

This poses a dilemma: the SaaS model offers clear advantages but introduces a new challenge of its own. A novel solution would let providers and end customers both get the most out of the SaaS model.

## Issuing SSL certificates through Cloudflare for Platforms

### Manage certificates for any hostname on the Internet

Cloudflare for SaaS provides a unique solution to these common challenges for SaaS providers. By leveraging Cloudflare's position as a low-latency, global network, we can transparently manage certificate issuance for end clients while also providing several other benefits to a SaaS platform.

### Secure and powerful validation modes

Cloudflare has a unique ability to manage the Domain Control Validation (DCV) process in a SaaS scenario. In a traditional model, certificate issuers ask domain owners to place a [particular token](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/#dcv-tokens) (either a DNS TXT record or a small text file) at their origin in order to validate that they are authorized for that domain. This has to be done repeatedly at certificate renewal, which has become more common with recent security improvements.

![Figure 3: The DCV process.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure3.svg "Figure 3: The DCV process.")

Since Cloudflare's network can easily sit in between the client and the SaaS provider, we can automatically respond with the correct DCV token on behalf of any domain that points traffic to the SaaS provider on Cloudflare.

![Figure 4: Certificates automatically renew on Cloudflare-enabled platforms.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure4.svg "Figure 4: Certificates automatically renew on Cloudflare-enabled platforms.")

Instead of repeatedly performing a complex process at every certificate renewal, the client performs a much simpler process only once.

# Customize your customers Cloudflare experience

## Managed features in Cloudflare for platforms

Cloudflare for Platforms gives you much more than just SSL certificate management. We give you built-in features to control security and performance capabilities, at scale, for each of your clients. Cloudflare's security features, such as [DDoS](/ddos-protection/), [WAF](/waf/), [Bot Management](/bots/), and [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) are seamlessly extended to clients on your platform. Security posture can be customized within [Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) for individual customers, to exempt good traffic or tighten security. On the [performance](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/) side, [Cache](/cache/), [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/), and HTTP/2 features like [Early Hints](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/early-hints-for-saas/) provide scalable and customizable behavior for all of your customers. Customizable cache rules lets you drive high hit rates across all of your customers.

If you need even more flexibility than our rules provide, to give individual behavior to thousands or millions of customers, [Custom Metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/) allows complete per-client flexibility. By setting tags like `WAF: On` or `Performance: Premium` for each customer, you can customize their security and performance feature set. We have built features like [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/) which interface with this metadata directly; as well as an API within our Workers serverless environment to use them within custom code.

## Scalable serverless applications with Workers for Platforms

If you need more customization than even metadata can provide, or are running a service where your customers write or generate their own application code, [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/) lets you deploy a complete serverless application for each of your customers.

We provide several key features such as the [Dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/dynamic-dispatch/), which gives you infinite flexibility in deciding which customer application to route to. For example, you can run security checks, then decode an HTTP header telling you the user's ID, and then load the appropriate serverless application for this user's request. [Outbound Workers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/) give you additional visibility and control into what Internet resources your customer's applications can access, providing a familiar security model in a distributed deployment.

We also provide features for [observability](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/observability/), [configuration](/terraform/), and many other tools needed for a production-grade platform deployment. These are detailed in other [reference architectures](/reference-architecture/) and function the same way for platform cases as for the more standard models described in those guides.

## Use cases

Let's review three common use cases where Cloudflare for Platforms can enable providers to seamlessly extend SSL, performance, and security to their end customers.

### SSL issuance at scale for your platform

In this common design, Cloudflare enables your platform to issue SSL certificates and provide performance and security features. We will not customize the features for each of your clients, but will provide common capabilities for everyone who uses the platform.

1. Cloudflare secures traffic from your clients to your platform, at global scale, by validating and distributing SSL certificates.
2. In this design, you will use the same L7 configuration \- that is, all of the features that act on your traffic, and run after SSL, for each of your clients.
3. Just set up a [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) zone and [order a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/) for each client hostname. The system will take you through an easy flow to point each client's traffic to your platform, and order their certificate.
   1. You can almost always use our default settings through this process, but bespoke SSL customization is also possible.
   2. Origin traffic routing is also handled through the SSL for SaaS process. Our default configuration is secure for most needs.
      - For highly secure use cases, you can use [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/), [dedicated egress IPs via Aegis](/aegis/), or an advanced design with [Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).

![Figure 5](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure5.svg)

### Feature Customization for your Platform customers

Here, we are not just provisioning a certificate for each client \- we are giving each of them a custom configuration. For example, your Basic tier only gets essential WAF, Advanced tier gets Bot management. You can also run common features across all customers.

1. In addition to securing SSL traffic, use an additional field provided when you add each customer ([Custom Metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/)) to tag the correct feature set.
2. Cloudflare features read the Metadata to customize for each client. [WAF features are the key security customization](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/). Provide different levels of security, or even customized WAF rulesets.
3. [On the performance side,](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/) you can also add Argo Smart Routing, Cache, and Early Hints to level up the performance for chosen customers.

![Figure 6](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure6.svg)

### Serverless application platform for your customers

In the most advanced design, we are customizing a full serverless application in our Workers runtime for each of your customers. Simple Workers perform similar tasks to feature customization. Advanced Workers can run your entire platform on the Cloudflare network.

1. Instead of deploying customized Cloudflare capabilities, each customer has their own "User Worker" JavaScript serverless application containing custom code.
2. You retain control through Dispatch Workers, which determine which code to run, and Outbound Workers, which restrict the access of customer code.
3. Use advanced Developer Platform capabilities like D1, Workers KV, and Queues to build your entire business on Cloudflare.

![Figure 7](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/leveraging-cloudflare-for-your-saas-applications/figure7.svg)

## Summary

With Cloudflare for SaaS, you will be able to easily solve the common challenges that come with a growing platform business. From SSL certificate issuance, through Security, and on to custom serverless applications, Cloudflare for SaaS lets you scale our entire platform to your customers \- at the scale of millions.

You can find further details on all of the features we have discussed here in the following links:

- [Cloudflare for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/)
- [Custom metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/)
- [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/)

---

# Network-focused migration from VPN concentrators to Zero Trust Network Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/network-vpn-migration/

## Introduction

Over the past few years, the traditional approach of installing and maintaining hardware for remote access to private company networks is no longer secure or cost effective. Due to an increase in [vulnerabilities](https://www.networkworld.com/article/2114694/new-vpn-risk-report-finds-nearly-half-of-enterprises-attacked-via-vpn-vulnerabilities.html) found in on-premises VPN products, security and IT teams are looking for solutions that don't require teams to monitor for and respond to [CVE alerts](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=vpn). These same systems also limit the user's bandwidth because they route all user Internet traffic through a single infrastructure which results in a poor user experience. IT teams are recognizing the cost and effort to install and maintain their own hardware can be offset with more modern, and more secure cloud hosted services. User expectations for application performance are exposing limitations in bandwidth constrained, self hosted VPN solutions. In summary, running your own VPN is expensive, high risk and doesn't deliver a great user experience.

![Diagram showing suboptimal traffic paths for traffic to Internet resources.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/traditional-vpn.svg "Figure 1: A traditional VPN deployment, where all user traffic destined for the Internet must route through the company hosted and managed VPN service.")

As such, many organizations are looking to move to a [zero trust](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-zero-trust/) security posture using [Zero Trust Network Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) (ZTNA) services as part of a [Secure Access Service Edge](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-sase/) (SASE) architecture to provide remote access to private resources. With all the critical software running as a cloud service, organizations are relieved of the duty of keeping servers and software up to date. Cloud platforms are also architected for massive scale which significantly increases available bandwidth for end users, therefore improving their experience.

![Diagram showing traffic paths directly flowing to Internet resources.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/sase-remote-access.svg "Figure 2: SASE platforms do not degrade user Internet access experience, and provide fast, secure global access to self hosted hosted resources.")

In the old model, the VPN hardware had direct access to the networks the applications resided on and typically users had access to the entire network. New SASE methods of remote access create connectivity from the cloud platform to the networks where applications live, but expose access only to a specific application or network address. Cloudflare's recommended approach is to install software agents, similar to those on end user devices, that create secure tunnels from the cloud to private networks. However, this isn't always an easy path to take. For network administrators trying to quickly replace legacy remote access hardware, having to deploy new servers or go through lengthy change control to deploy software to existing application servers, may not be possible in acceptable time frames. Instead network administrators might be more familiar, and have more control over, creating secure tunnels from cloud SASE platforms to existing network hardware using familiar protocols such as GRE or IPsec. This might even mean using the same hardware appliances that were being used for VPN access, but simply dumbing them down to secure tunnel connectors, and switching off (or removing licenses for) any expensive and vulnerable remote access capabilities.

This design guide is for organizations in that situation, where they need a fast way to quickly replace or mitigate their use of self hosted remote access hardware and then gradually move to the recommended software agent approach where appropriate.

:::note[Audience for this guide]
This guide is specifically aimed at network architects or IT admins who want to use familiar protocols and leverage existing network hardware, potentially the same equipment used for current VPN services, but wish to use those devices as tunnel termination devices and move the VPN and access controls into the cloud as part of a longer term migration away from managing their own hardware.
:::

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This guide is written for network and security experts considering a replacement of their current VPN vendor, while preparing their organization for a zero trust or SASE architecture. It assumes familiarity with networking concepts such as IPsec tunnels, routing tables and split tunneling.

What you will learn:

- How Cloudflare can replace a traditional VPN-like implementation
- How to get visibility into VPN network traffic
- What you need to consider to implement a Cloudflare solution at scale
- Steps to take to move to a recommended Zero Trust Network Access implementation

The solution this guide describes requires you have a contract with Cloudflare that includes:

- Cloudflare One licenses for the amount of users you are looking to onboard
- Cloudflare Magic WAN

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

1. What is Cloudflare? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/what-is-cloudflare/) (five-minute read) or [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvmX3FhTwU) (two minutes)
2. Blog: [What is SASE? | Secure access service edge | Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-sase/) (14-minute read)
3. Reference architecture: [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) (three-hour read)

## Benefits of a SASE platform

Traditional VPN approaches typically provide the following types of access.

- Allowing remote users access to self hosted private applications running on a corporate network
- Routing all user Internet traffic through a single, concentrated VPN access point where security policies are applied

A SASE platform replaces traditional VPN hardware by offering two key services. First, it maps user access directly to internal applications hosted on corporate networks or in the cloud, unlike hosting your own VPN service which typically provides broad access to the entire corporate network. Second, it enables filtering of Internet traffic close to the user, allowing users to securely access the Internet without routing all traffic through the corporate network, thereby improving efficiency and maintaining security.

### Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)

Remote users authenticate and connect to a cloud hosted Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service, which in turn has connectivity into the networks where the private applications reside. Cloudflare's [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) describes three methods for connecting Cloudflare to your existing applications and networks:

1. Software connectors ([`cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) or [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/))
2. IPsec or GRE tunnels using [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)
3. Direct network connections using [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/)

All three methods have their specific advantages, however, software connectors are usually preferred when considering a modern Zero Trust implementation for three reasons.

1. They deliver a network connectivity model that is flexible and easy to replicate across environments. You can move the applications and servers with little to no changes in configuration.
2. Software daemon architecture simplifies scaling to increased traffic demands, just install more agents on more servers.
3. Because daemons run close to your applications (as opposed to at your network edge), you can build isolated network or application segments in which to enforce policy, preventing lateral movement and getting the full benefits of the zero trust model.

:::note
This guide will initially describe the use of Magic WAN to create IPsec tunnels from Cloudflare to existing network hardware, and then recommend a migration path to move to a software agent based approach.
:::

### Secure Web Gateway (SWG)

Traffic destined for the general Internet is routed via a cloud Secure Web Gateway (SWG). Policies are written that filter requests to malicious websites and allow access to SaaS applications based on user identity and device security posture.

Cloudflare's [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) describes different methods for connecting user devices to Cloudflare, some require the installation of device agents, others require the user simply point their web browser at a URL. In this document, because most traditional VPNs require some client software on the device, we will describe a solution using the Cloudflare [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).

### Why a phased approach?

In situations where existing remote access hardware is vulnerable and there is an urgent need to replace, speed is key. Also, the team tasked with moving away from existing VPN hardware might be more familiar with networks than installing software on servers. Trying to implement a full project to replace existing hardware with a radically different model, that is, deploying software agents, may take weeks rather than days. This guide walks through quickly removing or mitigating existing VPN solutions and then proposes later steps to take full advantage of using all aspects of a SASE platform.

This approach allows network and security teams to get up-and-running quickly, while gaining experience in modern zero trust deployments to allow for remote access to internal applications. The added visibility into network traffic will also enable teams to gain insight into application usage, and plan for a successful and secure zero trust migration.

This guide will describe the following phases at a high level, if you need help with specific details related to your environment please [contact Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/plans/enterprise/).

- Phase 1: Quickly replace existing traditional/vulnerable VPN hardware with cloud-based remote access while gaining insight into application traffic.
- Phase 2: Scaling up and offloading traditional IPsec tunnels.
- Phase 3: Improving security posture by segmenting application access and enabling clientless access.

## Phase 1: Connectivity and network-based policies

Consider an organization with global IT infrastructure. Specifically, three data centers deployed in Europe, USA and Asia with each their own VPN service. To get the best performance, this VPN implementation requires employees to make a conscious decision to connect to one of the VPN clusters depending on their location. In this example all user Internet traffic is routed through the VPN service, where firewalls apply a level of security protecting users from the dangers of the general Internet.

![A traditional VPN deployment using VPN concentrators spread across three DCs.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/vpn-concentrators.svg "Figure 3: A traditional VPN deployment using VPN concentrators spread across three DCs.")

During this first phase, network connectivity will be created between user devices and the private networks they currently access via existing network infrastructure. This is achieved in two ways.

- On employee devices install the Cloudflare [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/). This replaces the use of existing VPN client software.
- Using existing network hardware in the data center, create IPsec tunnels to Cloudflare which are managed using Cloudflare Magic WAN service.

Both employee devices and data center networks will connect to their closest Cloudflare server. This is thanks to [Cloudflare's anycast architecture](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/), and ensures the most optimal path for user traffic without any effort by employees or IT support staff. Users no longer need to make a choice to which VPN service region to connect to, as Cloudflare will always ensure they connect to the closest and most responsive service for the best access performance to their private applications.

### Connecting networks to Cloudflare

Figure 4 shows traffic from end user devices to Cloudflare and tunnels routing traffic to private data centers. When user traffic reaches the closest Cloudflare access point, Cloudflare will route traffic destined for private applications directly to the data centers, while processing Internet-bound traffic through Cloudflare's [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) (SWG). It is possible to leverage existing DNS services to resolve requests to private addresses using Cloudflare [Gateway DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/). [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/on-ramps/) is used to create IPsec tunnels between Cloudflare and data centers and is configured with static routes that determine how traffic reaches each existing network and applications.

![A high level design of Cloudflare traffic routing for phase 1 of the migration.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/phase-1.svg "Figure 4: A high level design of Cloudflare traffic routing for phase 1 of the migration.")

By using existing network or security appliances to terminate IPsec tunnels, secure off-ramps can be created with limited impact on the current infrastructure. These IPsec tunnels also allow for outbound server-initiated traffic to continue flowing. However, depending on the scale of the deployment, the existing appliances might run into bandwidth limitations. It is best to consider this first phase a 'pilot' or low-scale deployment to get up and running quickly and validate user-application connectivity. The next phase will improve on the design using the insights gathered during this phase.

With such a design in place, Cloudflare will be able to filter traffic based on the identity of the requesting user. For example, users authenticated to the corporate identity provider and are members of the "Engineering" group will only be allowed access to the internally hosted source code repository. Furthermore, the user device may need to pass [certain posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) before connecting. There are [example network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/common-policies/#restrict-access-to-private-networks) in the zero trust documentation you can use as a reference. In essence, this will enable you to define network access policies using user identities instead of their associated IP address ranges. Getting rid of traditional 5-tuple ACLs will be a first step towards a zero trust model.

### Device agent deployment

Now that we've connected your networks to Cloudflare, we need to get traffic from employee devices to the Cloudflare network which requires the [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/). When the agent is initially installed, users are prompted to authenticate via an identity provider (IdP) configured with Cloudflare. The IdP will ensure users authenticate using an existing identity and can also import group membership information used in access policies. [Device enrollment policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) are used to ensure only the right users, authenticated with the right methods and using secure devices can connect new devices to your organization’s Cloudflare Zero Trust instance before they even get access to any applications.

Use [device profiles](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) to apply different device agent configurations to different users – or the same users in different locations using [Managed networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/managed-networks/). For companies which don't route Internet traffic via their VPN server, device profiles allow you to [configure the device agent to exclude Internet traffic](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) from the Cloudflare tunnel and connect directly to the Internet. Note that this guide does heavily recommend sending Internet bound traffic via Cloudflare where you have greater control over the security of that traffic. But you can selectively bypass Cloudflare for bandwidth heavy traffic such as video conference calls.

Traffic from employees using the device agent destined for internal resources will have a source IP in the 100.96.0.0/12 IP range. This is a range from the [RFC 6598 Carrier-grade NAT space](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6598) which should be added as a route in the data center regions to allow for traffic to flow back to these users. See for more information the [Magic WAN with WARP integration](/magic-wan/zero-trust/warp/) documentation.

### Deploying software connectors for DNS

Although this phase focuses on using the Magic WAN service and IPsec tunnels for the bulk of the employee traffic, the Cloudflare software connectors play a key role in DNS resolution of internal hostnames. Getting experience with using these software connectors will also help in the next phase, so efforts to define the processes to deploy and manage them should start in this first phase.

Cloudflare offers two types of software connectors:

- [`cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/)
- [WARP connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/)

As discussed in the introduction, `cloudflared` is the preferred method for Zero Trust Network Access, but only supports inbound connectivity to your networks and application servers, any server initiated connection will not go via the tunnel and instead follow the server's default network path. WARP connector is designed to create tunnels that facilitate both inbound and outbound connectivity, but it doesn't currently have the same level of failover support and ease of configuration. For this guide, we will be discussing using `cloudflared` as it supports the internal DNS use case described.

For large remote access use cases, Cloudflare recommends deploying connectors to dedicated hosts. See the [System Requirements documentation](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/system-requirements/) for more deployment recommendations and server sizing. Where to deploy these servers depends on the access they need and the internal firewall rules and segmentation of the network. Some customers start with their first deployment in their DMZ, while others install it deeper in their network and evolve from there.

Installing `cloudflared` is best done in an automated manner, so we recommend deploying using a virtualization technology such as Docker or deploying as VMware guests and configuring via Ansible. Preferably, as traffic using `cloudflared` tunnels increases, such systems can scale the deployment automatically based on real-time metrics collected from the hosts. `cloudflared` instances can be monitored using the [Prometheus metrics endpoint](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/). Prometheus is an HTTP-based monitoring and alerting system similar in functionality to SNMP, exposing metrics that can be polled from the resource to be monitored. Most monitoring systems on the market today support Prometheus as a format to collect the metrics needed for alerting and automatically scaling the deployment.

For more information about deploying `cloudflared` connectors at scale:

- [Various guides to deploy and update](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/) connectors in environments such as Ansible, Terraform and Kubernetes
- High availability using [replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/#cloudflared-replicas)
- [Monitor tunnels with Grafana](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/grafana/)

### DNS resolution with Resolver Policies

As you can see in Figure 4, both DNS and general network traffic will flow from the employee device to Cloudflare. By default, the device agent forwards all DNS queries to Cloudflare for inspection and filtering based on [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/). This is great, because it will allow administrators to configure [DNS policies to block potential security threats](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/common-policies/#block-security-threats) and immediately start to protect employees as they go online. This also applies to situations where Internet traffic is from the tunnel to Cloudflare, but the client still resolves hostname requests via Cloudflare DNS services.

For internal domains, however, Cloudflare will need to know how to resolve them. This is where [resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) come into play. After the DNS policies are applied to incoming DNS requests, customers can choose to forward requests for internal DNS hostnames to their internal DNS servers. For example, the domain `example.local` might be hosted on a DNS server running at 10.10.10.123. A resolver policy will make sure requests for hostnames part of that domain will be sent to that IP.

A tunnel exposing a route to the internal DNS server is needed. `cloudflared` should be deployed on a host that can route DNS traffic to the 10.10.10.123 IP address. Requests for internal domains via the DNS gateway will then be redirected to this DNS server, via the tunnel.

### Analytics and logging

As steps are taken in this first phase and the first users will start accessing applications, the need for proper monitoring and logging will become apparent. Having visibility into the traffic flowing through Cloudflare will help with:

- Operational activities such as troubleshooting by your support staff.
- Monitoring for potential threats by a SOC, possibly using a security information and event management ([SIEM](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-siem/)) service.
- Visibility into application traffic to see where potential security and performance improvements can be made (see also phase 2).

Cloudflare provides visibility at different levels, available through the dashboard or exported using [Logpush](/logs/get-started/). For traffic flowing over Magic WAN IPsec tunnels, [Network Analytics](/analytics/network-analytics/) can be found in the dashboard and through the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This will show sampled statistics of the traffic and can be used for trend and traffic flow analysis.

Next are more detailed [network session logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/zero_trust_network_sessions/) that collect information on all network connections/sessions going through Cloudflare's secure web gateway, including unsuccessful requests. These are followed by [Gateway activity logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/), which contain information about triggered policies as traffic gets inspected by the gateway engine. A combination of these logs will enable full visibility into all network flows, including users' identities. Using this information, network and security teams can run their analysis on what type of traffic flows where, and use that to plan for the next steps.

Finally, for real-time alerting, [Cloudflare Notifications](/notifications/get-started/) can be configured for events such as IPsec and `cloudflared` tunnel health, as well as Cloudflare infrastructure status in general.

## Phase 2: Scaling up and offloading IPsec

In most environments the IPsec termination points are limited in their throughput and sooner or later this could pose a problem when scaling up to the traffic across the entire business. The final step of phase 1 will provide you with insight into application traffic flow. Although you might not have been able to completely map your application landscape, you probably will have found some applications that cause significant load on the current IPsec tunnels.

Fortunately, most of these applications can be migrated one-by-one to the more scalable software connector based tunnels. Any application which doesn't rely on server-initiated traffic is eligible for this type of migration. With the experience gained during the initial deployment of `cloudflared` in phase 1:

1. Deploy two or more `cloudflared` instances in the relevant environment, the USA datacenter in the example below.
2. Add [Private Networks to the tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) to define routing and access that is scoped more specifically to the network and applications it handles traffic for. For example, expose the 10.20.56.0/24 subnet via the software connector tunnel, instead of the larger 10.20.0.0/16 exposed by the Magic WAN managed IPsec tunnel.
3. Traffic from employees will now be routed via the software connector tunnel for the /24 subnet instead of the /16 route going over the IPsec tunnel, thereby offloading the reliance on the IPsec termination device.

![An evolved architecture diagram showing software connector based tunnels offloading (or replacing) the IPsec tunnels.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/phase-2.svg "Figure 5: An evolved phase 2 architecture diagram showing software connector based tunnels offloading (or replacing) the IPsec tunnels.")

In some cases (such as the Asia datacenter above) this might mean that the IPsec tunnels are not needed anymore and software connectors are the sole connection into the infrastructure. In that case, the whole 10.30.0.0/16 subnet can be managed by `cloudflared` and the IPsec tunnel (and its related hardware) decommissioned. It is likely that this phase will be an ongoing effort: as more applications are mapped and traffic flows deemed eligible for software connector based tunnels, they will be migrated as needed.

## Phase 3: Application-based policies

The first two phases of this guide have resulted in a design very similar to traditional VPNs leveraging VPN concentrators, where policy enforcement happens at the perimeter. Although we've done so for reasons laid out in the introduction, the promise of a zero trust architecture is to improve security posture by defining smaller application/network segments for which security policies are applied as close to the resource as possible.

This phase is about making the resources exposed behind the tunnels smaller and more isolated to prevent lateral movement within internal networks. You will be able to use the visibility gained in the previous phases to select an application (or set of applications), associated IP addresses and deploy a dedicated software connector instance. See [the documentation on how to deploy connectors and expose private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/) and in step 3 configure the IP addresses of the application.

![Example architecture of tunnels deployed per application to improve security posture by reducing lateral movement within data centers.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/phase-3.svg "Figure 6: Example phase 3 architecture of tunnels deployed per application to improve security posture by reducing lateral movement within data centers.")

Because each software connector instance will be dedicated to the application, it can be configured as the sole entry point. Traffic to and from the network segment where the application resides can be fully blocked off, preventing any internal lateral movement. All that is required is a valid outbound route to the Internet for the software connector to create the tunnel, and for the network/application to be able to reach the server the software connector is deployed on. The access controls doesn't just manage IP routing, but also at the protocol level. So with this approach you can define access only to HTTPS on that server, which may also be running SSH and other services. But you only want to define access specifically to that application port.

In the example above, subnets X and Y are completely segmented from the rest of the data center. Traffic to the applications running in those subnets (10.10.45.1 and 10.20.56.1, respectively) can only flow through Cloudflare with the associated authentication and authorization policies applied. One to one deployment of software connectors is not always the right approach. You might have several applications running on a private network, and deploy multiple servers running `cloudflared` to handle traffic for the applications.

### Clientless access

In addition to routing traffic for private IP addresses, `cloudflared` can expose internal applications via publicly resolvable hostnames. This makes it possible to connect to such applications without using any software on the device. This can be very useful for use cases where you are unable to install software on the device, such as giving application access to contractors or partners.

In the example below, `erp.example.com` is added as [Public Hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) to the tunnel, routing traffic to port 80 and/or 443 to a specific IP address on the internal subnet Y. Access to this resource from the Internet is then protected using [Cloudflare Access security policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) which also rely on the IdP connection you've set up for onboarding your employees.

![Adding a public hostname to a tunnel for clientless access to internal applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/design-guide-network-vpn-migr/clientless-access.svg "Figure 7: Adding a public hostname to a tunnel for clientless access to internal applications.")

Not all applications will be suitable for this type of access. Only HTTP(S) applications or [applications that can be rendered in the browser](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/) such as SSH and VNC are supported. To learn more about such a deployment and additional advanced options such cookie settings, browser isolation and using the Access token in your application for authentication, see the [self-hosted application documentation](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/).

## Summary

This design guide started out with a fairly traditional VPN environment with its common features, limitations and risks. By using a combination of Cloudflare on user devices and Magic WAN towards the datacenter networks, phase one and two described a low-risk design to migrate using existing technology and knowledge. This already brought about benefits in terms of decommissioning of VPN concentrators, improved network visibility and improving performance for users to access internal resources.

Phase three improved on the design by introducing identity-based network policies and smaller network segments with software connectors. This has further opened up the opportunity to offer other zero trust access models such as clientless access for web applications and browser-rendered VNC or SSH sessions.

The flexibility of the Cloudflare connectivity cloud to connect any device, application and network enables this zero trust migration to be taken step by step. Thereby reducing risk and allowing network and security teams to adapt their knowledge and architectures in the pace required by their organizations.

### Further reading

- Magic WAN integration: [WARP on-ramp to Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/warp/)
- Policy configuration: [Gateway Network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/)

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# Securely deliver applications with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/secure-application-delivery/

## Overview and the Cloudflare advantage

Cloudflare provides a complete suite of services around application performance, security, reliability, development, and zero trust. Cloudflare’s global network is approximately 50 ms away from about 95% of the Internet-connected population and consists of services that run on every server in every data center. The global scale of Cloudflare also allows for a robust threat intelligence source which is constantly fed back into Cloudflare security products to enhance the machine learning models and services even further.

![Cloudflare provides application performance and security services that run on every server in every data center, ensuring the highest level of performance regardless of user location.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-1.png "Figure 1: Cloudflare services run on every server in every data center")

Other differentiators include the fact that Cloudflare is not a point product unlike some vendors who only offer API security or zero trust services or specific performance/security services. Customers have started moving away from the point-product approach due to operational and management complexities, inefficiencies related to not being able to leverage cross-product innovation/integrations, and not being able to leverage scale of the network/resources across all services.

![Cloudflare’s global platform integrates zero trust, network and application services through several product suites including Cloudflare One, Cloudflare’s Developer Platform and our compliance and privacy features.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-2.png "Figure 2: Cloudflare Global Cloud Platform.")

Additionally, customers do not want to be locked in to a specific cloud provider, but many performance and security vendors lock customers into their platform by focusing on and optimizing services to their own cloud and making it operationally difficult to adopt a multi-cloud strategy.

Cloudflare is agnostic to where the workloads run or what cloud provider is being used. Customers get the same consistent unified dashboard and operational simplicity whether workloads run in a specific cloud or on-premise. Unlike many vendors, taking advantage of cross-product innovations and integration does not depend on customers using a specific cloud for workloads.

This document demonstrates how easy it is to use Cloudflare’s collective services regardless of where workloads run. For the example in this document, an application workload will use Cloudflare DNS, CDN, WAF, and Access while also using Cloudflare Tunnel to connect securely to the Cloudflare network. It’s rare for a vendor to provide this comprehensive level of security capability in an operationally simple and consistent fashion.

For additional details and reference architectures on specific services, see our [reference architecture documents](/reference-architecture/).

## Onboarding and protecting the application with Cloudflare

Cloud-based security and performance providers like Cloudflare work as a reverse proxy. A reverse proxy is a server that sits in front of web servers and forwards client requests to those web servers. Reverse proxies are typically implemented to help increase security, performance, and reliability.

Normal traffic flow without a reverse proxy would involve a client sending a DNS lookup request, receiving the origin IP address, and communicating directly to the [origin server(s)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/).

When a reverse proxy is introduced, the client still sends a DNS lookup request to its resolver, which is the first stop in the DNS lookup. In some cases, the vendor providing the reverse proxy also provides DNS services; this is visualized in Figure 3 below. However, the client now communicates to the reverse proxy and the reverse proxy communicates to the origin server(s). This traffic flow, where all traffic passes through the reverse proxy, allows for additional application security, performance, and reliability services to be implemented easily for applications.

![Cloudflare provides reverse proxy functionality between clients and origin servers, enabling greater user and application security.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/multi-vendor-architecture-images/Figure_3.png "Figure 3: Same vendor providing DNS and security/performance services via proxy.")

In this example, we have a website running on one of the major cloud providers and we want to use Cloudflare DNS, CDN, WAF, and Access. We want to start with these services for demonstration purposes; customers can expand these to include other Cloudflare services as desired. Cloudflare provides the benefit of decoupling all services from the cloud provider and if we want to change cloud providers later or protect other applications running in other clouds, the dashboard and operations all stay consistent.

Customers can easily and securely connect their web application to the Cloudflare network and leverage application performance and security services. There are several connectivity options that fit different use cases.

### Connectivity options

#### Public connection over the Internet

In the most basic scenario, the Cloudflare proxy will route the request traffic over the Internet to the origin. In this setup the client and origin are both endpoints directly connected to the Internet via their respective ISPs. The request is routed over the Internet from the client to Cloudflare proxy (via DNS configuration) before the proxy routes the request over the Internet to the customer's origin.

The below diagram describes the default connectivity to origins as requests flow through the Cloudflare network. When a request for the origin resolves to an IP hosted by Cloudflare, that request is then handled by the Cloudflare network and forwarded onto the origin server over the public Internet.

![Cloudflare provides application performance and security services over Internet connectivity.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-4.png "Figure 4: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Internet")

The origin is connected directly to the Internet and traffic is routed to the origin based on the IP address resolved by Cloudflare DNS. The DNS A record associates the domain name with the IP address of the origin server(s) or typically a load balancer the origin(s) are sitting behind.

In this model, when Cloudflare DNS receives a query for the A record, a Cloudflare anycast IP address is returned, so all traffic is routed through Cloudflare. However, unless additional precautions are taken, it’s possible for the origin to be reached directly bypassing Cloudflare if someone knows the IP address of the origin(s).

Additionally, in this model, the customer has to open firewall rules for the origin(s) or web server(s) so they can be accessible on the respective http/https ports. However, customers can choose to leverage [Cloudflare Aegis](/aegis/), which allocates customer-specific IPs that Cloudflare will use to connect back to your origins. We recommend allowlisting traffic from only these networks to avoid direct access.

In addition to IP blocking at the origin-side firewall, we also strongly recommend additional verification of traffic via either the ["Full (Strict)" SSL setting](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) or [mTLS auth](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/) to ensure all traffic is sourced from requests passing through the customer configured zones.

Cloudflare also supports [Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)](/byoip/). When BYOIP is configured, the Cloudflare global network will announce a customer’s own IP prefixes and the prefixes can be used with the respective Cloudflare Layer 7 services. This allows customers to proxy traffic through Cloudflare and still have the customer IP address returned in the DNS resolution. This can be [beneficial](https://blog.cloudflare.com/bringing-your-own-ips-to-cloudflare-byoip/) for cases where the customer IP prefixes are already allow-listed and updating firewall rules is not desirable or present an administrative hurdle.

#### Private connection over the Internet - Tunnel

The recommended option when connecting origin(s) over the Internet is to have a private tunnel/connection over the Internet for additional security.

A traditional VPN setup is not optimal due to backhauling traffic to a centralized VPN gateway location which then connects back to the origin; this negatively impacts end-to-end throughput and latency. Cloudflare offers [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) software that provides an encrypted tunnel between your origin(s) and Cloudflare’s network. Also, since Cloudflare leverages anycast on its global network, the origin(s) will, like clients, connect to the closest Cloudflare data center(s) and therefore optimize the end-to-end latency and throughput.

When you run a tunnel, a lightweight daemon in your infrastructure, cloudflared, establishes four outbound-only connections between the origin server and the Cloudflare network. These four connections are made to four different servers spread across at least two distinct data centers providing robust resiliency. It is possible to install many cloudflared instances to increase resilience between your origin servers and the Cloudflare network.

Cloudflared creates an encrypted tunnel between your origin web server(s) and Cloudflare’s nearest data center(s), without the need for opening any public inbound ports. This provides for simplicity and speed of implementation as there are no security changes needed on the firewall. This solution also lowers the risk of firewall misconfigurations which could leave your company vulnerable to attacks.

The firewall and security posture is hardened by locking down all origin server ports and protocols via your firewall. Once Cloudflare Tunnel is in place and respective security applied, all requests on HTTP/S ports are dropped, including volumetric DDoS attacks. Data breach attempts, such as snooping of data in transit or brute force login attacks, are blocked entirely.

![aCloudflare provides application performance and security services securely with Cloudflare Tunnel over the Internet.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-5.png "Figure 5: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Cloudflare Tunnel")

The above diagram describes the connectivity model through Cloudflare Tunnel. This option provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address. Cloudflare Tunnel can connect HTTP web servers, SSH servers, remote desktops, and other protocols safely to Cloudflare.

#### Direct connection - Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)

Most vendors also provide an option of directly connecting to their network. Direct connections provide security, reliability, and performance benefits over using the public Internet. These direct connections are done at peering facilities, Internet exchanges (IXs) where Internet service providers (ISPs) and Internet networks can interconnect with each other, or through vendor partners.

![Cloudflare provides application performance and security services over a direct connection, Cloudflare Network Interconnect.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-6.png "Figure 6: Connectivity from Cloudflare to origin server(s) via Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)")

The above diagram describes origin connectivity through [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-network-interconnect/) which allows you to connect your network infrastructure directly with Cloudflare and communicate only over those direct links. CNI allows customers to interconnect branch and headquarter locations directly with Cloudflare. Customers can interconnect with Cloudflare in one of three ways: over a private network interconnect (PNI) available at [Cloudflare peering facilities](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224), via an IX at any of the [many global exchanges Cloudflare participates in](https://bgp.he.net/AS13335#_ix), or through one of Cloudflare’s [interconnection platform partners](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-network-interconnect-partner-program).

Cloudflare’s global network allows for ease of connecting to the network regardless of where your infrastructure and employees are.

## Routing to the origin

Regardless of which connectivity model is used, DNS resolution is done first and provides Cloudflare the information of where to route to. Cloudflare can support configurations as an authoritative DNS provider, secondary DNS provider, or non-Cloudflare DNS (CNAME) setups for a zone. For Cloudflare performance and security services to be applied, the traffic must be routed to the Cloudflare network.

### Example: Securing your application with Cloudflare Tunnel and Access

#### Securing connectivity with Cloudflare Tunnel

Although there are multiple ways to onboard an application to use Cloudflare services, a common approach is to use Cloudflare DNS as the primary authoritative DNS. The additional benefit for customers here is that Cloudflare is consistently ranked the [fastest available authoritative DNS provider globally](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-providers).

In this example, we’ll connect our origin server to Cloudflare securely with Cloudflare Tunnel. You can configure DNS in the dashboard and enter the site you want to onboard. You’ll receive a pair of Cloudflare nameservers to configure at your domain registrar’s site. Once that’s completed, Cloudflare becomes the primary authoritative DNS provider.

If Cloudflare is configured for just routing over the Internet, the DNS configuration would look something like below, where the A record points to the IP address of the origin server or respective load balancer. As Cloudflare is acting as a reverse proxy, the status shows as Proxied." As is, Cloudflare is still acting as a reverse proxy so all the Cloudflare services such as CDN, WAF, and Access can be used.

![Typical configuration for directing traffic through Cloudflare network.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-7.png "Figure 7: DNS configuration for 'cftestsite3.com' - pointing to IP address of origin or load balancer.")

We can also use Cloudflare Tunnel over the Internet to provide for more security and to prevent the need for opening any inbound firewall rules to the origin(s). In this way, instead of an A record in the DNS configuration, we will have a CNAME record pointing to the tunnel we deploy. Here we deploy a tunnel from the origin to the Cloudflare network, and the DNS will automatically be configured. A CNAME record that points to the tunnel will be created; this enforces all traffic going to the origin(s) be routed over the Cloudflare Tunnel.

To create and manage tunnels, you need to install and authenticate cloudflared on your origin server. cloudflared is what connects your server to Cloudflare’s global network.

There are two options for creating a tunnel - [via the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/) or [via the command line](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/). It’s recommended getting started with the dashboard, since it will allow you to manage the tunnel from any machine.

A remotely-managed tunnel only requires the tunnel token to run. Anyone with access to the token will be able to run the tunnel. You can get a tunnel’s token from the dashboard or via the API as shown below. The command provided in the dashboard will install and configure cloudflared to run as a service using an auth token.

In the Cloudflare dashboard, navigate to Zero Trust > Access > Tunnels. Select the "Create a tunnel" button, name the tunnel, and save.

![Cloudflare allows for easily creating and naming a tunnel.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-8.png "Figure 8: Cloudflare Tunnel Creation.")

Next, you’ll be presented with a screen where you select the operating system (OS) of your origin server. You will then be provided a CLI command that you can run on your origin that will automatically download and install the Cloudflare Tunnel software.

![Cloudflare supports tunnel deployment/configuration for all popular operating systems.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-9.png "Figure 9: Instructions to install and run a connector.")

Below, the CLI command has been run to download and install the Cloudflare Tunnel software.

![Cloudflare supports easy deployment/configuration of Cloudflare Tunnel via CLI.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-10.png "Figure 10: Downloading and installing Cloudflare Tunnel")

The connector will now automatically be displayed as connected.

![On successful configuration, Cloudflare displays the Connectors and status of connection to Cloudflare network.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-11.png "Figure 11: Cloudflare Tunnel Connectors showing in dashboard.")

In the dashboard, you can now continue with the next step which is to create the tunnel and map it to a service on the origin as shown below. In this case, all HTTPS traffic will be sent over the tunnel to the origin server.

![Cloudflare Tunnel configuration allows for routing traffic to specific services running on the origin.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-12.png "Figure 12: Cloudflare Tunnel Configuration.")

You can now see in the dashboard that the tunnel has been created and is healthy.

![Cloudflare provides health status of deployed tunnels.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-13.png "Figure 13: Cloudflare Tunnel is created and healthy.")

Further, if we look at the DNS configuration, we can see a DNS record was automatically created pointing to the tunnel ID. When you create a tunnel, Cloudflare generates a subdomain of `cfargotunnel.com` with the UUID of the created tunnel. Unlike publicly routable IP addresses, the subdomain will only proxy traffic for a DNS record in the same Cloudflare account. It’s not possible for another user to create a DNS record in another account or system to proxy traffic over this tunnel.

![Cloudflare Tunnel automatically creates a CNAME DNS entry directing traffic to the deployed tunnel](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-14.png "Figure 14: Cloudflare DNS CNAME record automatically created")

We now have secure application access. Users can only access the application through the tunnel connected to the Cloudflare network. Further, since Tunnel uses outbound connections to Cloudflare and any return traffic from an outbound connection will be allowed, no inbound firewall rule is required creating less overhead and more operational simplicity.

If you were to deploy the tunnel via CLI, after the tunnel install, you would also need to authenticate [cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/glossary/?term=cloudflared) on the origin server. cloudflared is what connects the server to Cloudflare’s global network. This authentication can be done with the `cloudflared tunnel login` command as shown below.

![Cloudflare provides for easily authenticating Cloudflare Tunnel with a Cloudflare account.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-15.png "Figure 15: Authenticating cloudflared on the origin server.")

You’ll be asked to select the zone you want to add the tunnel to as shown below.

![Cloudflare can enforce tunnel-only connections to a specific zone.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-16.png "Figure 16: Adding Cloudflare Tunnel to a selected zone.")

Next, you’ll authorize the tunnel for the zone.

![Users must authorize the zone a tunnel connects to.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-17.png "Figure 17: Authorizing the tunnel for a zone.")

Finally, you should receive confirmation that a certificate has been installed allowing your origin to create a tunnel on the respective zone.

![Cloudflare provides a confirmation on successfully installing a certificate to origin, allowing it to connect via Tunnel to the Cloudflare network.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-18.png "Figure 18: Confirmation that certificate has been successfully installed.")

#### Securing the application with Cloudflare Access

The current setup as described prior in this document is shown below, where the origin server(s) are connected to the Cloudflare network via Tunnel. Now, we can start to consume Cloudflare services.

![Cloudflare behaves as a proxy where traffic is directed and performance and security services applied.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-19.png "Figure 19: Web app securely connected to Cloudflare network for performance and security services.")

Currently the origin is only accessible via Cloudflare Tunnel. Because a public hostname is used, access to the origin is public. The application is secured behind Cloudflare and protected from DDoS and other types of attacks. For additional security, Cloudflare Access can be used to place a layer of authentication and access controls in front of the tunneled application. Access enforces an authentication step before requests to the origin can be served. Many other identity, device and network attributes can be used in the policy, allowing customers to define access beyond just authentication. For example, customers can define the network the request originates from, as well as ensuring the user device is running the latest operating system.

Below, you can see an application has been created for cftestsite3.com.

![Cloudflare Access allows for creating application policies to secure application access.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-20.png "Figure 20: Cloudflare Access Policy Configuration.")

Looking at policy configuration below you can see it requires users to be part of the "Secure Employees" Access group.

![Cloudflare allows assigning multiple Access groups to an application to enforce a set of predefined policies.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-21.png "Figure 21 : Access group assigned to the application.")

If we take a deeper look at the "Secure Employees" Access group, it can be seen below that members are from the company’s Okta identity provider (IdP) group called "Employees." Further, the Access group is enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA).

![Cloudflare Access groups allow for simplicity in defining criteria for certain groups/individuals to access the application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-22.png "Figure 22 : Access group configuration with defined group criteria.")

Looking at the "Image and Video Gallery" application, under "Authentication," customers can also manually select identity providers users can use to connect to this application.

![Cloudflare Access supports all major Identity Providers (IdPs) and users can manually select which IdPs can be used.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-23.png "Figure 23 : Manually selecting identity providers users can use.")

We now have secure application access to the origin(s) via Tunnel and also authentication and access policies to the application via Access. When users try to access the site, they are greeted with a Cloudflare Access page asking users to authenticate with the configured IdP; the page can be customized to customer’s liking as shown below.

![Using Cloudflare Access configured with a company’s IdP, users are forced to authenticate to access the application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-24.png "Figure 24 : Sign-in via IdP configured in Access.")

### Using other Cloudflare services (CDN, WAF, Security Analytics, etc.)

In the current setup, the origin server(s) are securely connected to the Cloudflare network via Cloudflare Tunnel and Cloudflare Access via policies enforcing authentication and other security requirements.

Since Cloudflare is already set up and acting as a reverse proxy for the site, traffic is being directed through Cloudflare, so all Cloudflare services can easily be leveraged including CDN, Security Analytics, WAF, API Gateway, Bot Management, Page Shield for client-side security, etc.

When a DNS lookup request is made by a client for the respective website, in this case "cftestsite3.com," Cloudflare returns an anycast IP address, so all traffic is directed to the closest data center where all services will be applied before the request is forwarded over Cloudflare Tunnel to the origin server(s).

Cloudflare CDN leverages Cloudflare’s global anycast edge network. In addition to using anycast for network performance and resiliency, the Cloudflare CDN leverages [Argo Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) to deliver optimized results while saving costs for customers. Customers can also enable [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/) to find the fastest network path to route requests to the origin server. As shown below, the Cloudflare CDN is now caching content globally and granular CDN policies to affect default behavior can be applied.

![Cloudflare provides analytics for visibility into caching data and performance.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-25.png "Figure 25 : Cloudflare Caching Analytics.")

There are [different caching topologies and configurations available](/reference-architecture/architectures/cdn/). Below, you can see a Cache Rule has been configured to cache requests to the domain and override the origin TTL.

![Cloudflare Cache Rules allow for granular control of caching.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-26.png "Figure 26 : Cloudflare rule configuration.")

[Cloudflare Cache Reserve](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/) has also been enabled by clicking the "Enable storage sync" button under "Caching > Cache Reserve" in the dashboard. Cache Reserve leverages Cloudflare’s persistent object storage, R2, to eliminate egress costs from other public cloud providers. It improves cache hit ratios by enabling customers to persistently cache data with the push of a single button.

![Cloudflare provides one-click enablement of Cache Reserve which provides persistent object storage for CDN to cut down on egress fees charged by many cloud providers.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-27.png "Figure 27 : Cloudflare Cache Reserve.")

Additionally, as shown below, Cloudflare Security Analytics brings together all of Cloudflare’s detection capabilities and provides a global view and important insights for all traffic going to the respective site. As traffic is being routed through the Cloudflare network, Cloudflare has visibility into threats and insights which are exposed to customers in the dashboard, logs, and reporting.

![Cloudflare Security Analytics brings together all of Cloudflare’s detection capabilities in one place.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-28.png "Figure 28 : Cloudflare Security Analytics.")

Cloudflare WAF rules can be applied to enforce policies on traffic inline. Below a firewall policy is in place to log all traffic with a bot score of < 30 and WAF attack score < 50. A bot score of < 30 signifies all traffic that’s classified as either automated or likely automated and a WAF attack score < 50 signifies all traffic that’s classified as either malicious or likely malicious.

![Cloudflare WAF allows for easy configuration of rules with visibility into how often the rule is hit.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-29.png "Figure 29 : Cloudflare WAF.")

Cloudflare WAF allows for granular policies that can leverage many different request criteria including header information. Customers can take a [variety of actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) including logging, blocking, and challenge.

![Cloudflare allows for matching on a combination of request attributes and Cloudflare data/fields to determine if specific actions should be taken.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-30.png "Figure 30 : Cloudflare WAF Rule Configuration.")

Customers can use WAF to implement and use custom rules, rate limiting rules, and managed rules. A brief description of each is provided below.

- WAF Custom Rules: provides ability to create custom rules based on different request attributes and header information to block any threat
- WAF Rate Limiting Rules: prevents abuse, DDoS, brute force attempts, and provides for API-centric controls.
- WAF Managed Rules
  - Cloudflare Managed Ruleset: provides advanced zero-day vulnerability protection
  - Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset: block common web application vulnerabilities, some of which are in OWASP top 10
  - Cloudflare Leaked Credential Check: checks exposed credential database for popular content management system (CMS) applications

The same methodology applies for all other Cloudflare Application Performance and Security products (API Gateway, Bot Management, etc.): once configured to route traffic through the Cloudflare network, customers can start leveraging the Cloudflare services. Figure 31 displays Cloudflare’s Bot Analytics which categorizes the traffic based on bot score, shows the bot score distribution, and other bot analytics. All of the request data is captured inline and all enforcement based on defined policies is also done inline.

![Cloudflare provides analytics and insights into bot traffic including bot score distribution.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-application-delivery-design-guide/secure-app-dg-fig-31.png "Figure 31 : Cloudflare Bot Management - Bot Analytics.")

## Summary

Cloudflare offers comprehensive application performance and security services. Customers can easily onboard and start using all performance and security services by routing traffic to their origin server(s) through Clooudflare’s network. Additionally, Cloudflare offers multiple connectivity options including Cloudflare Tunnel for securely connecting origin server(s) to Cloudflare’s network.

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# Securing guest wireless networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/securing-guest-wireless-networks/

## Introduction

Many organizations and businesses offer free wireless Internet access to their customers, clients, patients, students, and visitors. In industries like hospitality, providing guest Wi-Fi is often essential. For colleges and universities, having a reliable and secure Wi-Fi service can be a significant factor in attracting potential students and visitors.

Offering free wireless Internet access brings several benefits. Businesses use guest Wi-Fi to enhance customer engagement by directing users to landing pages for marketing campaigns or offering coupons. Additionally, many guest Wi-Fi systems collect valuable user analytics, such as email addresses, browsing behavior, and even dwell time in specific locations. This data can help influence decisions like product placement in stores or drive follow-up email marketing campaigns.

However, providing guest Wi-Fi also introduces risks. Malicious users could exploit your network for illegal activities, such as accessing prohibited content, purchasing contraband, or engaging in cybercrime. In some cases, businesses like hotels, cafes, and libraries have faced lawsuits for allegedly enabling illegal downloads through their guest Wi-Fi. These lawsuits, often filed by copyright holders, claim that businesses facilitated piracy by failing to monitor or control the content accessed or downloaded by their guests.

![Figure 1: Guest networks are often directly connected to the Internet with little security.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-guest-wireless-networks/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Guest networks are often directly connected to the Internet with little security.")

While it may be unlikely that your organization could face criminal charges, your organization could become part of lengthy investigations, potentially resulting in legal expenses and reputation damage. In this guide, you will learn how Cloudflare can help minimize risk, provide visibility into guest Internet activity and better secure your guest wireless network.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals who are looking at Cloudflare to help secure their guest wireless networks. To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

- What is Cloudflare? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/what-is-cloudflare/) (5 minute read) or [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvmX3FhTwU) (2 minutes)
- Cloudflare Zero Trust | [https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/)
- SASE Architecture with Cloudflare | [/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)

This reference architecture guide will help readers understand:

1. **Cloudflare Gateway DNS**: Learn how to integrate Cloudflare Gateway DNS policies into common guest wireless deployment scenarios.
2. **Best practices for DNS policies**: Discover effective methods for building guest wireless DNS policies to enforce your acceptable use policy and prevent malicious activities.
3. **Enhanced visibility and security**:

- Use the Cloudflare Zero Trust dashboard to access detailed logs and analytics, offering insights into DNS queries, traffic patterns, and potential security threats.
- Enable **Logpush** to export logs to external storage solutions for long-term analysis or compliance purposes.
- Integrate with your SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform to correlate Cloudflare logs with other security data, streamlining incident detection and response.

### Gateway DNS

Cloudflare offers an enhanced, protected DNS resolver service for Zero Trust customers. This service utilizes Anycast, a routing technology that enables multiple servers or data centers to share the same IP address. When a request is sent to an Anycast IP address, routers use the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to direct the request to the nearest server. As a result, DNS queries are always routed to the closest Cloudflare data center based on your location. With data centers in over [320 cities worldwide](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/), Cloudflare operates one of the largest global networks. This service can also strengthen your organization's security by enabling the creation of policies to filter DNS resolutions for potentially malicious, questionable, or inappropriate destinations. This guide explains how to enable this service and configure your environment to secure guest wireless networks, reducing risks to your organization.

### DNS locations

Cloudflare [DNS locations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) are a collection of DNS endpoints which can be mapped to physical entities such as offices, homes or data centers. [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) identifies locations differently depending on the DNS query protocol. IPv4 traffic is identified from the source IP address from which a DNS query originated. IPv6 traffic can be identified by the unique IPv6 resolver address created in the Cloudflare dashboard. The following sections describe how to ensure DNS queries are appropriately mapped to your physical locations depending on the network environment and protocols being used. Later in this document you will learn how to use the location's IP address as an attribute which you can apply to Gateway DNS policies.

The goal is to have DNS requests from your Wi-Fi networks be sent via Cloudflare's secure DNS and secure web gateway service, where your DNS policies can filter requests and block those you deem risky. This guide walks through the different possible network architectures you might have for guest networks and gives guidance on how to implement Cloudflare to protect devices on those guest Wi-Fi networks.

## Securing guest traffic sourced from a basic wireless router

### Using business Internet and a static IPv4 address

A common method for providing guest wireless access is to set up a completely separate network from the corporate or production network. For example, a branch office or retail store might use a single wireless router to achieve this. The router would broadcast a guest wireless Service Set IDentifier (SSID), assign IP addresses to connected devices, and provide Internet connectivity. The public static IPv4 address assigned to the router can then serve as a DNS location attribute in the Cloudflare Zero Trust dashboard. If the router's IP address is dynamically assigned by your ISP refer to the section "Dedicated DNS resolver IPv4 and IPv6 addresses".

To route all DNS queries through Cloudflare, update your router's DNS settings in the WAN interface to use Cloudflare's resolver IP addresses. The specific resolver IPs for Zero Trust can be found in the DNS location settings in the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to your router's manufacturer documentation for detailed configuration steps to update the WAN interface. Typically, devices connected via Wi-Fi will use the router's IP address as their DNS server. The router forwards the DNS queries to Cloudflare on their behalf. As a result, DNS queries from the wireless devices will be sent Cloudflare and originate from the static IP address assigned to the router.

For enhanced security, prevent wireless guests from accessing other DNS services by creating a firewall rule on the router (if supported). This rule should allow access only to Cloudflare's DNS servers and block all other DNS destinations on UDP/TCP port 53\. Additionally, some advanced wireless routers support content filtering. If available, enable options to block DNS over TLS (DoT) or DNS over HTTPS (DoH) to ensure endpoints cannot bypass your configured DNS security settings in Cloudflare.

![Figure 2: When DNS queries are forwarded to Cloudflare, policies can be implemented to prevent access to malicious and high risk destinations. `Guest-Security-Block` and `Guest-Content-Block` refer to the specific DNS policies applied to the wireless guest devices.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-guest-wireless-networks/figure2.svg "Figure 2: When DNS queries are forwarded to Cloudflare, policies can be implemented to prevent access to malicious and high risk destinations.  `Guest-Security-Block` and `Guest-Content-Block` refer to the specific DNS policies applied to the wireless guest devices.")

## Secure guest traffic sourced from an enterprise network

Some companies go beyond using consumer or semi professional grade, all in one wireless routers and deploy guest Wi-Fi access on top of an existing enterprise networking solution. For example, the same Wi-Fi access point hardware might be broadcasting both the enterprise internal network as well as the guest network.

### Segment internal and guest networks

A common approach to separating internal and guest networks involves the use of distinct SSIDs. The internal corporate SSID and the guest wireless SSID can be linked to separate VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) or [Dot1q tags](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q), providing virtual segmentation between the networks.

In this configuration:

1. A subnet is assigned to the guest wireless VLAN.
2. The default gateway for that subnet is configured on an interface (or virtual interface) of an upstream network device such as a firewall or router.
3. The device segments guest network traffic from internal network traffic while also acting as a secure gateway to the public Internet.

### Configure DNS for the guest network

Similar to simpler setups, DNS queries from guest wireless devices should be forwarded to Cloudflare's resolver IPs. You can achieve this by:

- Assigning Cloudflare DNS servers in the DHCP scope for guest devices.
- Configuring the upstream network device to proxy DNS queries to Cloudflare.

Note, you might also be providing guest devices access to some internal resources, and as such you might configure clients to use an internal DNS service. You can also set up this service to forward Internet bound DNS requests to Cloudflare.

To enhance security, configure outbound Internet firewall rules to allow DNS queries only to Cloudflare's enterprise resolver IPs on TCP/UDP port 53\.

### Assign a unique Public IPv4 address for guest traffic

To ensure guest traffic is sourced from a unique public IPv4 address:

1. Create a Port Address Translation (PAT) policy on your firewall or edge device specifically for guest traffic.
   - PAT (or NAT overload) allows multiple devices on the local network to access the Internet using a single public IP address.
2. Define the source address range as the guest subnet in the firewall settings.
3. Specify the translated source address—a public IPv4 address—to be used for all Internet-bound traffic originating from the guest network.

Refer to your firewall manufacturer's documentation for detailed instructions on setting up a PAT or NAT overload rule.

### Map guest traffic in Cloudflare

Once guest network traffic is assigned a unique public IPv4 address, this address can be used as an attribute in the Cloudflare dashboard to map your DNS location effectively.

![Figure 3: This diagram shows how guest Wi-Fi traffic has different DNS filtering policies versus your use of our Gateway DNS service to secure corporate network traffic.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-guest-wireless-networks/figure3.svg "Figure 3: This diagram shows how guest Wi-Fi traffic has different DNS filtering policies versus your use of our Gateway DNS service to secure corporate network traffic.")

## Secure guest wireless at locations with a dynamically assigned public IPv4 or IPv6 address

### Dedicated DNS resolver IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

If you are unable to use a static public IP address on your edge device, Cloudflare offers dedicated IPv4 and IPv6 resolver endpoint addresses that can be assigned specifically to your organization. In this scenario, the destination address to which DNS queries are sent can serve as a method to map your physical location to a Cloudflare DNS endpoint.

Cloudflare provides unique IPv6 resolver endpoint addresses at no cost through the Zero Trust dashboard. However, due to the limited availability of IPv4 addresses, dedicated IPv4 DNS endpoints are only available with Cloudflare Enterprise plans.

For example, if your guest wireless router is dynamically assigned an IPv6 address and an IPv6 DNS server by your ISP, you can modify the IPv6 DNS address to match the IPv6 DNS endpoint address configured in your Cloudflare DNS Location settings.

### Add DNS locations

Now that we have covered various options for sending DNS queries to Cloudflare's DNS resolvers and identifying your organization's guest wireless network—either by its source IP address or a dedicated resolver address—you're ready to create new locations in Zero Trust.

To get started, navigate to **DNS Locations** in the Zero Trust dashboard. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, refer to the [**DNS Locations**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) guide. When using IPv4 or IPv6 endpoint filtering and location matching, you can define a network and subnet mask in CIDR notation to represent your location's source IP addresses. For example:

- If all your wireless networks share a public IP address within the same subnet, you can apply a policy to all locations at once using a single DNS location object.
- To assign unique policies to specific locations, use a host address ending in /32 to represent each location individually.

### Creating DNS policies

To get started, navigate to firewall policies and select DNS in the Zero Trust dashboard. For detailed, step-by-step instructions, refer to the [DNS Policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) guide.

To keep your policies organized, we recommend using meaningful names that clearly indicate their purpose. For instance, a policy named **Guest-Security-Block** conveys:

- **Guests**: Who the policy applies to.
- **Security**: The type of content being evaluated.
- **Block**: The action being taken.

Cloudflare provides a range of managed categories which you can use to filter a wide range of different types of threats. For example, adding into the DNS policy the [security category](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories) Malware will prevent a connected device from making a DNS request to any site that Cloudflare has tagged as being known as part of a malware campaign or might be hosting malware. As well as security categories, we also have [content categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#content-categories) which identify sites such as Cryptocurrency, P2P sharing sites or adult themed sites. Cloudflare also manages a list of [applications](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/), so you can filter access to public cloud storage or file sharing sites.

Cloudflare also allows [custom feeds](/security-center/indicator-feeds/#publicly-available-feeds) where you can either subscribe to another vendor to provide a list of sites to filter, or you can use some of the built in government based threat feeds. This allows you to be very selective about what sites you wish to filter.

For devices making requests from known DNS locations, it's also possible to add these to the policy. So you can create different policies for different guest Wi-Fi locations. This can help with situations where local laws require you to prevent access to a specific type of Internet site.

Policies can be made up of multiple rules, so a single policy can prevent access to high risk websites as well as inappropriate content.

### Customizing Block Pages

Inform your guests why their access was blocked by configuring [custom block messages](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/). Each policy can have a unique message. For example: _"For your protection and the security of Acme Corporation, this website has been blocked."_

### Recommended policies

Cloudflare has several additional recommended DNS policies that can be found in the [Secure your Internet traffic implementation guide](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/recommended-dns-policies/). These policies are designed to enhance your organization's overall security and should also be factored in when setting up policies for your internal production web traffic.

### Visibility into Guest DNS Internet Activity

With DNS traffic now routed through Cloudflare and your wireless networks secured, you can gain detailed visibility into your guests' Internet activity using logs and advanced logging tools. Every DNS request is [logged](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/) in Cloudflare and our dashboard provides a simple search interface. These logs help you understand how your policies are applied and detect trends or patterns in guest Internet usage, providing actionable insights to fine-tune your security configurations.

For advanced telemetry and seamless data management, consider enabling **Logpush** in your Cloudflare dashboard. Sending these logs to an external source, most commonly a SIEM platform, brings the following benefits:

- **Centralized Analysis**: Consolidate logs from multiple Cloudflare services with other organizational data in your SIEM for comprehensive visibility.
- **Enhanced Threat Detection**: Correlate DNS activity with other security events to detect patterns of malicious behavior more effectively.
- **Compliance and Audit Readiness**: Store DNS logs for long-term retention to meet regulatory compliance requirements or support incident audits.
- **Real-Time Alerts**: Leverage SIEM integration to trigger automated alerts and responses based on suspicious DNS activity.
- **Operational Insights**: Gain a deeper understanding of guest browsing behavior to identify performance bottlenecks or optimize content filtering policies.

By leveraging logs, Logpush, and SIEM integrations, you not only enhance visibility into guest Internet activity but also strengthen your organization's overall security posture.

## Going beyond DNS filtering

Up to this point all methods mentioned have revolved around DNS, mainly due to the fact most traffic over guest Wi-Fi networks will utilize DNS and these configurations do not require any agents or certificates installed on devices, for this reason DNS centric protections are always the recommended starting point when it comes to securing guest Wi-Fi networks. Unfortunately there are ways to bypass DNS based security enforcement like:

- Changing your dns resolver manually
- Using IP address to reach sites (potentially saving IP to fully qualified domain name mappings via host file)
- Using non sanctioned VPN clients

For these reasons you should also consider applying security in layers and add network centric enforcement to compliment the protections provided via DNS.

![Figure 4: This diagram shows how to connect guest networks to Cloudflare and the high level traffic flow to reach Internet resources.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-guest-wireless-networks/figure4.svg "Figure 4: This diagram shows how to connect guest networks to Cloudflare and the high level traffic flow to reach Internet resources.")

To provide network level filtering, Cloudflare must be in the traffic path for more than just the DNS request. This is achieved by routing Internet-bound traffic over an [IPsec](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-ipsec/) tunnel to Cloudflare. Cloudflare's [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) service allows  third-party devices to establish IPsec or GRE tunnels to the Cloudflare network. It is also possible to just deploy our [Magic WAN Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/), a pre-configured lightweight network appliance that automatically creates the tunnel back to Cloudflare and can be managed remotely. Once traffic reaches Cloudflare multiple security controls can be overlaid such as:

- Cloud based network firewall ([Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/))
- Secure web gateway ([Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/))

Below is the high level traffic flow that correlates to the above diagram:

1. Internet destined traffic will be routed to cloudflare from connected guest networks, this can be easily done with a policy based route. In most guest Wi-Fi setups devices will only be expected to generate internet bound traffic so in most cases a Policy based route referencing ANY as the destination will be sufficient. Ex Source 192.168.53.0/24 to Destination ANY next hop Cloudflare IPsec tunnel.
2. Once traffic reaches the cloudflare edge it will first be inspected by magic firewall. Magic Firewall can be used to create network and transport layer blocks which would allow admins to restrict access to certain destination IP's or ports, a common policy could be blocking all DNS traffic not directed towards cloudflare DNS resolvers. Custom lists can be used to import existing lists customers may already have. [IDS](/magic-firewall/about/ids/) can be enabled to monitor if any guest users are attempting to launch known exploits from your Guest network. Managed threat [lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists) allow you to use cloudflare's auto updated threat intel to block known threats like known malware repositories or botnets.
3. Traffic is then forwarded to Cloudflare gateway. At gateway network based policies can be created using the same Content categories and Security risks mentioned earlier within DNS based policies, the benefit is when these filters are applied at the network level, even if a user bypasses DNS these policies can still be applied providing multi tiered enforcement. It would be recommended to mirror DNS based rules in accordance with your organization's acceptable use policy. Cloudflare Gateway also acts as a secure outbound proxy and as such can SNAT private address to Internet routable public addresses, by default rfc 1918 addresses will automatically be SNAT to Shared Cloudflare egress ip's. This removes the need for managing PAT directly from your edge device and also provides a layer of privacy as traffic will source from Cloudflare owned ip's when browsing Internet sites. Dedicated Egress ip's unique to your account can also be provided and egress ip selection controlled via policy.
4. Traffic is now routed to the final Internet destination, return traffic will be routed back through Cloudflare edge and returned to the corresponding IPsec tunnel.

## Summary

By following these strategies and leveraging Cloudflare Zero Trust, organizations can offer a secure, reliable, and policy-compliant wireless experience for their guests. These measures not only safeguard networks but also enhance visibility and enable proactive threat mitigation.

If you are interested in learning more about Gateway, or other aspects of the Cloudflare SASE platform, refer to our [Reference Architecture library](/reference-architecture/) or our [Developer docs](/) to get started.

## Related Resources

- [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Magic WAN Connector deployment options · Cloudflare Reference Architecture docs](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/magic-wan-connector-deployment/)
- [DNS policies \- Cloudflare Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/)

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# Streamlined WAF deployment across zones and applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/streamlined-waf-deployment-across-zones-and-applications/

## Introduction

Security perimeters have become less defined compared to the traditional "Castle and Moat" deployments that were popular in the past. Within a fixed perimeter, it was relatively easier to secure multiple applications using a single Web Application Firewall (WAF) deployment inside a datacenter. Today this approach does not provide enough flexibility as applications and services expand beyond the traditional datacenter. There are several good reasons to configure networks and services in a hybrid approach and to adopt SaaS platforms, so it is valuable to update the WAF approach to cover this scenario.

Cloud-based WAF solutions can control the perimeter sprawl with a flexible deployment model that covers applications and services deployed on-premises, on cloud-based IaaS and PaaS environments, and in hybrid environments. 

At the same time, an incorrect implementation of a cloud-based WAF can lead to security policy fragmentation and duplication, causing increased overheads both in maintenance and in monitoring. Aside from the clear economic impact that such inefficiencies bring, the lower efficiency can also degrade the security posture itself. This ultimately can lead to security incidents of varying degrees of severity depending on the scenario.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This Design Guide is written for security and network administrators / architects that are looking to implement a flexible, cloud-based WAF security configuration. This configuration can span across multiple applications, domains, and services - all deployed in a hybrid environment.

Cloudflare offers comprehensive Application Security & Performance solutions, which include a highly-configurable, cloud-based Web Application Firewall (WAF).

In this guide, you will learn:

* How to implement the Cloudflare WAF and factor common rules. 
* How to easily implement common configurations across multiple applications.
* How to deploy exceptions and specific configurations when needed.
* What are the best practices to follow when deploying the Cloudflare WAF.

## Example Scenario

Most Cloudflare customers onboard multiple Cloudflare Zones within a single Account (or Enterprise Organization). Each Cloudflare Zone is usually mapped to a second-level domain (such as `example.com`), and all its subdomains are then handled within that Cloudflare Zone (`web1.example.com`, `web2.example.com` etc.).

In this setup, Cloudflare is a DNS-based reverse proxy. Each Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is configured in its Cloudflare zone, and it points to a customer origin server. In this respect, Cloudflare does not make particular distinctions on what/where that origin server is located. It could be deployed on-premises, it could be a virtual machine running in the Cloud, or it could be a SaaS service provided by a third-party.

Frequently, multiple FQDNs are pointing to the same, shared web infrastructure. This is reached using an IP address or another FQDN, for example. It is also possible that some FQDNs are pointed at dedicated origin infrastructure or to an external SaaS endpoint.

In many cases, Cloudflare customers end up managing many Cloudflare Zones (such as `example.com`,`example.org`, `myappexample.com` and so on) within a single Cloudflare Account, and many FQDNs within each zone. Frequently, many FQDNs across multiple zones are pointing at a shared web infrastructure behind the scenes.

For example, you could be in the following (or similar) scenario:
* The majority of your web applications run on a newly deployed in-house Content Management System (CMS)
* You also have some legacy web applications that are running on their custom stacks.
* Finally, you may have dedicated infrastructure (managed by a partner) for a few applications.

 The example scenario is visualized in the below diagram:
 ![Diagram showing the example scenario with multiple domains, subdomains and web applications](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/streamlined-waf-deployment-across-zones-apps/diagram-1.svg "Figure 1: An example scenario with multiple domains, subdomains and web applications.")

### WAF Requirements

From a WAF setup perspective, this scenario raises interesting requirements:
* To create an easily deployable configuration that implements standard WAF rules configuration in front of most applications.
* To have the ability to fine tune and tweak which rules are deployed in front of the legacy applications, which may be more prone to false positives than the others.
* To include a "catch-all" configuration, ensuring that a Cloudflare default WAF setup is always applied to all web traffic that does not fall in the above scenarios.
* To minimize set up time and ongoing maintenance efforts, as applications are added and removed over time.

In this Design Guide we will review how the Cloudflare WAF operates and what tools are provided to achieve all the above architectural requirements.

## Cloudflare Web Application Firewall

The Cloudflare WAF operates at both the zone and the account level. There are different [WAF phases](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) (`http_request_firewall_custom`, `http_ratelimit` and `http_request_firewall_managed`) that map to Custom Rules, Rate Limiting Rules, and Managed Rules. These phases exist both at the account and the zone level. For more information, please [refer to the following documentation](/waf/reference/phases/). It is important to note that the Account rulesets are evaluated before the zone rulesets.

## Example Use Case - Implementing the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset

For the purposes of this guide, we will build on the example scenario and WAF Requirements provided above. You have a single Cloudflare Account (or Enterprise Organization) and two 2nd level domains onboarded on it.

Let's imagine that there are six applications behind six FQDNs across two domains. For these applications, you want to apply a baseline WAF security posture. However, of these six applications, two will require a more special treatment:

* One is implemented on a legacy application server, prone to false positives.
* Another is implemented by a third party on their own infrastructure.

Let's visualize the scenario below:

![Diagram showing how the example scenario can be modelled in a Cloudflare Account with multiple zones](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/streamlined-waf-deployment-across-zones-apps/diagram-2.svg "Figure 2: The example scenario now included in a Cloudflare Account with multiple zones.")

### Using Account Level WAF to minimize configuration overheads

We will use the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) as an example, keeping in mind that the approach can also be used for other Cloudflare Managed Rules, Rate Limiting Rules, and Custom Rules.

* For `web1.example.com`, `web2.example.com`, `web3.example.com` and `web5.example.org`: you want to apply the default WAF Managed Ruleset, already tuned by Cloudflare.
* For `special4.example.com`: you want to apply a different subset of the default Managed Ruleset, as you already identified a couple of rules that are causing false positives on the legacy application.
* For `special6.example.org`: you want to apply the Managed Ruleset in logging mode, as this is a newly introduced application from a third party and you need to start evaluating how to protect it.

Then, you can adopt the following approach:

* Deploy one instance of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset at the Account Level. This implements the common subset of rules for the four FQDNS requiring it. This is easier to set up and maintain than replicating the same configuration four times at the Zone level.
* For `special4.example.com` and `special6.example.org`, you will deploy two additional instances of the Managed Ruleset, with the specific tweaks required by the applications behind these particular FQDNs.

In practice, using the [Account Level WAF's Managed rulesets](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/), you can deploy the three instances of our Managed Ruleset. Each instance will have its own [Custom Filter Expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/), which will check that the HTTPS requests's hostname belongs to one of the FQDNs in a list:

* For the first list (`web1.example.com`, `web2.example.com`, `web3.example.com` and `web5.example.org`), you will apply the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset in its `Default` configuration.
* For `special4.example.com`, the same ruleset will be deployed in `Default` mode, but taking care of disabling the specific rules that cause false positives. This can be achieved with the [Rule Overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/), using the Dashboard or the APIs. [Real examples are available here](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/).
* For `special6.example.org`, you repeat the setup done for the first list, this time modifying the Managed Ruleset instance to operate in `Log` mode instead of `Default`.

Let's visualize the complete configuration in the below diagram:

![Diagram depicting the implemented WAF configuration at the account level](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/streamlined-waf-deployment-across-zones-apps/diagram-3.svg "Figure 3: The Account WAF implementation to protect multiple applications across different hostnames with repeatable configurations.")

This setup will provide three instances of the Managed Ruleset, calibrated for each application group. 

If you have additional applications to be protected in the future, it is sufficient to include the new application FQDN to the filter expression. Generally, most will be added to the standard ruleset instance that is using the recommended Cloudflare configuration. Another common strategy is to add new applications to the `Log` mode instance, so that it can be monitored and eventually transitioned to the `Default` mode ruleset or to a more specific variation if required.

## Additional Considerations

### False Positives Tuning

The rulesets (and in particular the Managed Ruleset) are already finely tuned by Cloudflare to avoid false positives. They  can be deployed for most applications with little to no tweaking required. This means that customers work directly with the default rulesets configurations in most cases, with the possibility to customize only when needed.

If this is your scenario, you can simplify the above setup in the following way by using [Exceptions](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/):

* First, you can identify which applications (FQDNs) require a special treatment by deploying the ruleset in `Log` mode. For example, following testing you find that `special1.example.com` requires disabling a small set of Managed Rules, and `special2.example.org` disabling a similar, but different set of rules.
* Deploy two managed Exceptions, with a filter matching on the each FQDN, and then skipping thoserules from the Managed Ruleset.
* Finally, deploy a Default version of the Managed Ruleset, which will match on everything else, and run the Cloudflare recommended settings of the Managed Ruleset.

This approach can be simpler when there are few exceptions to the norm, and when the initial calibration confirms that the fine tuning already done by Cloudflare to minimize false positives is appropriate in your situation.

### Using Lists
Cloudflare provides the ability to create [lists of hostnames](/waf/tools/lists/create-dashboard/). In this case, the Filter expression can be changed to reference such list variables. 

You can then update the lists directly and re-use them across multiple rulesets. For example, use the same list for the Cloudflare Managed Rules and also for the OWASP Ruleset and Rate Limiting. Your filters [will reference the lists directly](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/), meaning a cleaner and maintainable configuration.

When using lists, it is also much easier to adopt a "catch all rule" that runs last in the evaluation order. This could implement, for example, the `Default` Cloudflare Managed Ruleset when the host in the HTTPS request is not included in any of your lists. This ensures that a default WAF Managed Rules configuration is always applied, in case some of your applications are not added by mistake to the lists.

### Using automations

The WAF configuration can be managed [via API calls](/api/) and [Terraform](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs). This is particularly useful when you want to scale the approach to many more zones and FQDNs, and to avoid repetitive and manual tasks in the Dashboard.

For example, a default Terraform configuration file could be created to define Rulesets and Lists and then maintained and applied as needed without needing to make changes in the Cloudflare Dashboard.

### Avoid mixing setup at Account and Zone level

When possible, Cloudflare recommends maintaining the configuration at the Account level, in particular when a Cloudflare Zone will contain multiple DNS records, each requiring custom configuration.

At the Zone level WAF, you can deploy only one instance of each ruleset (Managed Rules, OWASP Rules, etc.), and therefore handling special scenarios can be more complex or not possible at this level.

### Custom Rules and Rate Limiting Rules

The approach described above for Managed Rules can be applied also to [Custom Rulesets](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/) and [Rate Limiting](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/), extending the flexibility to all the WAF security tools at your disposal.

Unless your configuration is specific to a single zone, Cloudflare recommends implementing it at the Account level.

For more information, please refer to the following resources:
* [Create a Rate Limiting Rule at the Account level](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/create-dashboard/)
* [Create Custom Rulesets at the Account level](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/)

## Summary

In conclusion, this design guide illustrates how you can implement flexible WAF configurations to cover multiple applications and domains. The described approach reduces the effort required to deploy, maintain, and update your WAF security configuration.

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# Using a zero trust framework to secure SaaS applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-saas/

## Introduction

SaaS applications have become crucial in today's business landscape, particularly with the rise of hybrid workforces. As organizations adopt flexible working models, the ability of SaaS apps to provide seamless, global access is essential for maintaining productivity and fostering collaboration across distributed teams.

SaaS applications significantly reduce the burden on IT teams by eliminating the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. By entrusting these responsibilities to the SaaS provider, organizations no longer need to worry about hardware and software lifecycle management or scalability challenges. Furthermore, the subscription-based model of SaaS applications lowers adoption barriers by minimizing upfront costs and ultimately offer a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to legacy applications.

Along with these advantages, SaaS applications introduce new challenges and security risks. Their Internet accessibility requires greater focus on the security of users and devices to prevent unauthorized access and data leaks. User provisioning (onboarding/offboarding), appropriate access controls and control/visibility into device security is essential to ensure only authorized users on trusted devices access company applications. Moreover, IT teams must monitor SaaS applications for misconfiguration and gain visibility into risky user activity. Employees might publicly share files that contain sensitive information or integrate managed SaaS applications with unauthorized third-party apps, all without the IT team's knowledge.

The ease with which users can sign up for new SaaS services, particularly free and popular ones, often leaves IT teams unaware of all the applications employees use -- a trend known as [shadow IT](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/). These unmanaged SaaS applications can be misused by employees, either intentionally or accidentally, potentially leading to data leaks due to the upload of sensitive data into applications that are not under the control of the IT team.

Trying to use a [traditional castle-and-moat security model](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/castle-and-moat-network-security/) is unsuitable for SaaS applications, as the services and their data are no longer confined to on-premises data centers within an enterprise network. This outdated approach forces a trade-off between security and performance:

- One strategy organizations adopt to enhance security involves shielding SaaS applications from the broader Internet by implementing IP allow lists and routing traffic through the organization's data center where traffic can be inspected and filtered according to security policy. However, this method negatively impacts the user experience, leading to increased latency and reduced bandwidth when routing all traffic through a single data center.
- Conversely, if user traffic is sent directly to the Internet, bypassing a local VPN client by using split tunneling, security and visibility are compromised as enterprise network controls are bypassed (and IP allow lists are no longer feasible).

![Figure 1: Two different routes to a SaaS application, one secure but low performance, the second fast but less security.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-01.svg "Figure 1: Two different routes to a SaaS application, one secure but low performance, the second fast but less security.")

This is where a [SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) architecture implementing a Zero Trust framework](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) becomes essential. By centralizing security in a global cloud network, the trade-off between security and performance is eliminated. User traffic no longer needs to be routed through a single remote data center for security. With Cloudflare user traffic is routed into our services at the nearest data center – out of hundreds – where it will undergo the necessary security controls. These security controls are implemented in a single-pass architecture to avoid adding unnecessary latency and are applied consistently across the entire Cloudflare network.

![Figure 2: SASE solutions ensure user traffic is secured and filtered close to the user.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-02.svg "Figure 2: SASE solutions ensure user traffic is secured and filtered close to the user.")

This design guide will focus on how Cloudflare's SASE architecture can more effectively and efficiently secure user access to, and the data within SaaS applications. For a broader understanding of how Cloudflare can be used for an organization's zero trust initiatives, please read our [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/).

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This guide is designed for IT and security professionals seeking to safely adopt and deploy SaaS applications within their organization while maintaining a positive user experience. It assumes familiarity with concepts such as identity providers (IdPs), user directories, single sign-on (SSO), and data loss prevention (DLP) technologies.

What you will learn:

- How to secure access to managed SaaS applications and protect their data
- Key considerations when using cloud email solutions
- How to get visibility of and regain control over unmanaged SaaS applications

This guide assumes you have an Enterprise contract with Cloudflare that includes:

- Cloudflare Zero Trust licenses for the number of users you plan to onboard
- Cloudflare Cloud Email Security licenses for the number of users whose cloud inbox emails will be filtered

:::note[Free and PayGo capabilities]
A lot of the capabilities described in this document [are also available in our free and Pay-as-you-go plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/plans/zero-trust-services/).
:::

Recommended resources for a stronger understanding of Cloudflare:

- What is Cloudflare? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/what-is-cloudflare/) (five-minute read) or [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvmX3FhTwU) (two minutes)
- Blog: [Zero Trust, SASE, and SSE: Foundational Concepts for Your Next-Generation Network](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-trust-sase-and-sse-foundational-concepts-for-your-next-generation-network/) (14-minute read)
- Reference Architecture: [Evolving to a SASE Architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) (three-hour read)

## Securing managed SaaS applications

Managed SaaS applications are those procured and approved by IT, forming part of the official suite of tools employees use to perform their tasks. IT typically manages these applications and are responsible for:

1. **Securing access:** Ensuring only authorized users and devices can access SaaS applications. This includes managing the onboarding and offboarding of users. For instance, if an employee leaves the organization, their access is automatically revoked. Typically this involves integrating the SaaS application with the company identity management solution.
2. **Data protection:** Preventing data leaks from within the SaaS application and proactively mitigating risky behaviors by users that may result in data breaches.
3. **Monitor configuration:** Identifying and promptly correcting misconfigurations within the SaaS application to ensure they operate securely and efficiently.
4. **Cloud email security:** IT teams should take special care when dealing with cloud email SaaS solutions. Since email is a primary target for attacks, a specialized approach is required to protect users from phishing and other email-based threats.

Note a section later in this document will cover how to gain visibility into, and control over, unmanaged applications. For example where your marketing department decides to sign up and start using a new CRM system without engaging IT or security departments.

### Securing access

#### Using SaaS IP allow lists

One simple method for securing access to SaaS applications, is to only allow access from a specific set of IP addresses. This forces users to have to connect to, and have their traffic exit from a specific network and therefore ensure whatever access controls are in place on that network are applied to that traffic.

Organizations that already use IP allow lists to secure access to SaaS applications can easily migrate to Cloudflare using [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/). User traffic egresses from Cloudflare to the Internet and onto the SaaS application, sourced from a set of IP addresses unique to the organization. This approach supports various ways in which users access Cloudflare before gaining access to the SaaS application:

- **Hybrid employees:** Connecting to Cloudflare using our Zero Trust client, [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).
- **Office-based users:** Connecting to a local network which routes Internet bound traffic to Cloudflare through GRE or IPsec [Magic WAN tunnels](/magic-wan/).
- **Contractors and external users:** Accessing SaaS applications through a [remote browser](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/alternative-onramps/clientless-rbi/) hosted in a Cloudflare data center.

Organizations add the new dedicated egress IPs to the existing SaaS IP allow lists for the Cloudflare sourced traffic to be allowed into the SaaS application. This way, organizations can maintain legacy connectivity methods in parallel with Cloudflare and migrate users gradually. Once all users are migrated to access with Cloudflare, the SaaS IP allow lists can be updated by removing the IPs corresponding to legacy infrastructure.

There are several advantages to using Cloudflare's dedicated egress IPs when compared with using IPs from on-prem infrastructure:

- [Dedicated egress IPs can be geolocated](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/#ip-geolocation) to one or more Cloudflare data centers in a geography of your choosing, instead of being restricted to the geographic locations of your existing Internet breakout data centers.
- Users will always connect to Cloudflare [through the closest Cloudflare Data Center and Cloudflare will optimize the path towards the SaaS application](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/#egress-location).
- Dedicated egress IPs are assigned to user traffic using policies that follow zero trust principles. [Egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/) can be defined that will only assign a dedicated egress IP to a user if they belong to the correct IdP group and/or pass [device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) checks. Otherwise, traffic will be sourced from Cloudflare's public IP range, which may not be part of the SaaS IP allowlist, preventing access to the SaaS application while still allowing Internet usage.
- Dedicated egress IPs imply that traffic needs to flow through Cloudflare before reaching the SaaS application. This makes it easy to add secure web gateway policies to protect data in the SaaS applications once users have authenticated.

![Figure 3: Enforce only traffic that has been secured by Cloudflare is accepted by the SaaS application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-03.svg "Figure 3: Enforce only traffic that has been secured by Cloudflare is accepted by the SaaS application.")

#### Using Cloudflare as an identity proxy

With Cloudflare, [Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) can be applied to managed SaaS applications. In this scenario, Cloudflare acts as the [Single Sign-On (SSO)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-sso/) service for an application, proxying user authentication requests to the organization's existing identity providers (IdPs). This allows for additional restrictions to be layered on before granting access, such as requiring [multi-factor authentication](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-multi-factor-authentication/), implementing [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/), or [evaluating the country](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) the request is coming from.

![Figure 4: Cloudflare can act as an identity proxy, providing a consistent authentication experience for all SaaS applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-04.svg "Figure 4: Cloudflare can act as an identity proxy, providing a consistent authentication experience for all SaaS applications.")

Most organizations initially use Cloudflare's [ZTNA service](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for self-hosted applications. Extending it to SaaS applications simplifies IT management in several ways, as both self-hosted and SaaS apps will:

- Use the same access policies
- Leverage the same IdP and device posture integrations
- Consistently audit access requests

IT teams will also benefit from a consistent and automated process for onboarding and offboarding users from applications. Since all access policies leverage authentication from existing IdPs, changes in a user's status will automatically affect the outcome of access requests for both self hosted applications as well as SaaS.

Consider a scenario where a user moves to a different group or team within an organization. As soon as the user group information is updated on the IdP, Cloudflare's ZTNA policies will dynamically enforce these changes, ensuring that the user's access to the SaaS applications is immediately adjusted based on their new role. This also helps in SaaS applications' license optimization. For example, if an employee is transferred from the sales team, which uses Salesforce, to a team that does not require access to Salesforce, the ZTNA policies will revoke their access to the application. This automated process helps in reclaiming the license that was previously assigned to the user, ensuring that only those who actually need the application have access to it.

Finally, SaaS applications are accessible over the Internet, allowing any device to access them if a user authenticates successfully. However, with Cloudflare's ZTNA service, IT teams can ensure that only managed devices access a SaaS application by enforcing device posture checks, in addition to identity checks. A common use case is [verifying the presence of an IT-deployed device certificate](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/client-certificate/#client-certificate) before granting application access.

#### Deployment guidelines

For SaaS applications that do not support SSO or organizations that are already implementing IP allow lists to secure access to SaaS applications, implementing dedicated egress IPs is the most straightforward approach to enhance access security to SaaS applications, without impacting the user experience.

Organizations that would like to simplify their onboarding/offboarding of users to applications and standardize ZTNA policies should consider implementing Cloudflare's ZTNA solution for both self-hosted and SaaS applications. In such scenarios, it might still be relevant to consider dedicated egress IPs for a subset of critical SaaS applications. As egress policies operate at the network and transport layers, their enforcement is almost real-time. [For example](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/m365-dedicated-egress-ips/#protect-access-to-microsoft-365-with-dedicated-egress-ips), consider an egress policy for a specific SaaS application that accounts for posture status from an external endpoint management solution. If a device becomes compromised and its posture status becomes non-compliant, the egress policy will no longer match. This results in the user of that device losing access to the SaaS application, as traffic will no longer be sourced from the dedicated egress IP.

Finally, organizations that have already integrated all their SaaS applications with an IdP for SSO can still consider adding IP allow lists with dedicated egress IPs for a subset of applications for the same reason as detailed before.

### Data protection for managed SaaS applications

While extending ZTNA principles to managed SaaS applications ensures that only the right users and devices can access these applications, it is crucial to address the risk of authorized users leaking data once they have access.

![Figure 5: Cloudflare can also protect data that's downloaded or uploaded to managed SaaS applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-05.svg "Figure 5: Cloudflare can also protect data that's downloaded or uploaded to managed SaaS applications.")

To mitigate these risks, controls should be implemented for both data in transit and data at rest.

#### Data in transit

As mentioned before, all traffic can be forced through Cloudflare using the device agent, Magic WAN (MWAN) tunnels, or the remote browser. This allows [secure web gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) policies to manage and protect data as it is uploaded or downloaded from SaaS applications. Common use cases include:

- Restricting the ability to download [all](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/common-policies/#block-google-drive-downloads) or a [subset of files](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/common-policies/#block-file-types) from managed SaaS applications to specific groups of users within the organization.
- Using [Data Loss Prevention (DLP)](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/#data-loss-prevention) profiles to limit the download of data containing sensitive information from managed SaaS applications.

For more information about securing data in transit, refer to our [reference architecture center](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/).

#### Data at rest

Cloudflare's [Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/) integrates with [popular SaaS applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/) through APIs. Once integrated, Cloudflare continuously scans these applications for security risks. This enables IT teams to detect incidents of authorized users oversharing data, such as sharing a file publicly on the Internet. For Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Box, and Dropbox, the API CASB can also utilize DLP profiles to detect the sharing of sensitive data. For more information about securing data at rest, refer to our [reference architecture center](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/).

In addition to the previous measures, IT teams should also consider introducing [User Entity and Behavior Analytics (UEBA)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/security/what-is-ueba/) controls. Cloudflare can assign a [risk score](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/) to users when detecting activities and behaviors that could introduce risks to the organization. These risk behaviors include scenarios where users trigger an unusually high number of DLP policy matches. By implementing these measures, organizations can significantly reduce the risk of data leaks from managed SaaS applications, even by authorized users.

![Figure 6: Cloudflare can secure data traveling over its network, as well as using SaaS application APIs to examine data stored at rest.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-06.svg "Figure 6: Cloudflare can secure data traveling over its network, as well as using SaaS application APIs to examine data stored at rest.")

### Monitor configuration

While this design guide has primarily focused on SaaS application users so far, it is important to note that a significant number of SaaS data leaks today are not caused by user behavior but rather by misconfigurations made by IT teams. When these misconfigurations go unchecked, they expose both the SaaS application and the organization to serious security risks.

You can mitigate these risks using Cloudflare's CASB. The API CASB continuously scans for and identifies misconfigurations, enabling swift remediation. It can detect issues such as exposed credentials, keys that need rotation, users with disabled two-factor authentication (2FA), unauthorized third-party apps with access to the SaaS application, among others.

### Cloud email security

Phishing attacks and campaigns to spread malware to take over devices and access company data usually focus on email as the channel for attack. The vast majority of companies today have migrated their email from on-premises servers to cloud hosted services. While the built-in security of solutions such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace are good, they are unable to keep up with the constant evolution of attack methods. Many organizations therefore deploy advanced email security solutions integrated with existing email platforms.

#### Securing access

As described already, implementing ZTNA to secure your email platform offers numerous benefits. One key advantage is ensuring that email access is restricted to trusted, managed devices, even when using a cloud-based email service. This typically involves using Cloudflare to verify the presence of a [client certificate](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/client-certificate/) and confirm that there are no risks detected by an external endpoint management solution, such as [Crowdstrike](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/crowdstrike/) or [SentinelOne](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/sentinelone/).

#### Tenant control

Organizations with stringent requirements about email communications for compliance or regulatory reasons, operational control or accountability, or to reduce the potential for data leaks can block access to email tenants other than the organization's own. This can be achieved by using [Cloudflare Gateway SaaS tenant controls](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tenant-control/). Cloudflare injects custom HTTP headers into the traffic flow, informing Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace of the specific tenant users are allowed to authenticate into and blocking any access attempts to any other tenant.

![Figure 7: Cloudflare can enforce access to only specific cloud email tenants.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-07.svg "Figure 7: Cloudflare can enforce access to only specific cloud email tenants.")

#### Filtering inbound emails

While SaaS email solutions offer native security capabilities, their popularity makes them high-value targets for attackers who seek to exploit vulnerabilities and limitations in their inbound filtering capabilities. To mitigate this risk, IT teams should consider supplementing the native capabilities of cloud email solutions with specialized solutions for inbound email filtering.

[Cloudflare's Email Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/zero-trust/products/email-security/) scans for malicious content or attachments in emails and proactively monitors the Internet for attacker infrastructure and attack delivery mechanisms. It identifies programmatically-created and impersonation domains used to host malicious content as part of planned attacks. This data also helps protect against business and vendor email compromises ([BEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/)/[VEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/what-is-vendor-email-compromise/)), which are notoriously difficult to detect due to their lack of payloads and resemblance to legitimate email traffic and a gap for legacy email security platforms.

Integrating Cloudflare into the existing email infrastructure is both flexible and straightforward, with deployment options available in [inline](/email-security/deployment/inline/) and [API](/email-security/deployment/api/) modes.

In an inline deployment, Cloudflare's Email Security will evaluate email messages before they reach a user's inboxes (by pointing the email domain MX record to Cloudflare). This allows Cloudflare to [quarantine messages](/email-security/email-configuration/admin-quarantine/) so they never reach the user's inbox or [tag messages with email headers](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#header-structure) to inform the email provider how emails should be handled (for example, [by redirecting bulk emails directly to the spam folder](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/one-junk-admin-quarantine/)). Cloudflare can also [modify the subject and body of email messages](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/text-addons/) to inform a user to be more cautious about a suspicious email and [rewrite links within emails and even isolate those links behind a remote browser](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/).

In an API deployment, Cloudflare's Email Security will see the email messages only after they have reached the users' inboxes by setting up Journaling/BCC rules in the email provider or through API scan. Then, through integrations with the email provider, Cloudflare can [retract phishing emails](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/) from users' inboxes. Unlike the inline mode, this deployment method does not support quarantining emails or modifying the email messages. However, it is an easy way to add protection in complex email infrastructures with no changes to the existing mail flow operations.

These modes can be used concurrently to enhance email security. The inline mode ensures that Cloudflare's Email Security scans and filters emails before they reach users' inboxes. For emails that initially pass through without being flagged as threats, Cloudflare [periodically re-evaluates them](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/office365-retraction/#post-delivery-retractions-for-new-threats). If these emails are later identified as part of a phishing campaign, they are automatically retracted with the API. This proactive approach protects organizations against deferred phishing attacks, where attackers send emails with seemingly benign links that are weaponized after delivery to bypass initial detection.

![Figure 8: Cloudflare can protect email services either inline or by API.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-08.svg "Figure 8: Cloudflare can protect email services either inline or by API.")

#### Ensuring availability

Cloudflare also helps ensure the availability of cloud email services. It auto-scales TCP connections and SMTP traffic to handle message spikes, protecting the organization from email DoS attacks. The service automatically pools and queues messages for extended periods and throttles delivery post-spike according to the downstream email service's capacity. This pooling and queuing capability is beneficial during cloud email service outages.

#### Filtering outbound emails with outbound data loss prevention

Organizations using Microsoft 365 can enhance protection against sensitive information leaks through email by integrating a Cloudflare add-in into their environment. This integration enables IT administrators to establish [outbound Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies](/cloudflare-one/email-security/outbound-dlp/) that leverage the same DLP profiles used with the Secure Web Gateway (SWG) and API Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB).

Moreover, organizations that utilize [Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/integration-profiles/) for classifying and safeguarding sensitive documents can incorporate these labels into Cloudflare's DLP profiles. This capability allows the creation of targeted policies, such as blocking emails containing Microsoft Office documents marked as 'Highly Confidential' in Microsoft Outlook from being sent to external recipients. These DLP profiles can also be applied across SWG and API CASB.

## Regain control over unmanaged SaaS applications

Unmanaged SaaS applications are those used by employees without IT's approval or knowledge, commonly referred to as [shadow IT](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/). This growing challenge is driven by the proliferation of free or low-cost SaaS applications. While these apps can boost employee satisfaction and productivity, they also pose significant risks, such as:

- **Data breaches:** Employees can upload sensitive data to these applications without any security controls. And without Single Sign-On (SSO) or strong password protocols, the risk of data loss or theft is significantly higher.
- **Compliance violations:** In regulated industries, the use of unauthorized SaaS tools can lead to non-compliance with legal and industry standards, potentially resulting in fines, legal action, and reputational damage.
- **Increased costs:** IT typically can often secure favorable pricing by managing SaaS subscription across the business. However, when employees independently purchase subscriptions with personal credit cards, it can lead to unchecked shadow IT spending and higher overall costs for the organization.

To mitigate these risks, the first step is to discover which SaaS applications employees are using. When all traffic from employee devices is routed through Cloudflare, [reports are generated](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/) showing the usage of common SaaS applications.

![Figure 9: When all user traffic bound for the Internet goes through Cloudflare, it allows IT to monitor for unapproved SaaS applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-09.svg "Figure 9: When all user traffic bound for the Internet goes via Cloudflare, it allows IT to monitor for unapproved SaaS applications.")

With this information, IT teams can analyze and decide how to handle each unmanaged SaaS application:

- **Allow the application:** If the application presents no risk to the organization, it is deemed acceptable for employee use, and no further action is required.
- **Allow the application with data protection controls:** If the application is acceptable but poses a data leak risk, appropriate data protection measures should be implemented.
- **Adopt the application as a managed SaaS application:** If the application is beneficial for the organization, it should be brought under IT management.
- **Block the application:** If the application is deemed unacceptable, it should be blocked using Cloudflare Gateway DNS and/or HTTP policies.

### Data protection for unmanaged SaaS applications

Data protection for unmanaged SaaS applications is similar to that for managed SaaS applications, but the focus shifts from mitigating the downloading of data to preventing the uploading of sensitive information. Policies can be configured using Cloudflare Gateway to address these risks. Common use cases include:

- Restricting the ability to [upload certain file types](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/common-policies/#block-file-types) to SaaS applications, limiting this capability to specific groups of users within the organization.
- Using Data Loss Prevention (DLP) profiles to block the upload of data containing sensitive information.

In addition to these measures, [remote browser isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/#browser-isolation) can be considered for unmanaged SaaS applications. This approach allows users to access certain unmanaged SaaS applications while [restricting their actions within those applications](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings) to prevent misuse.

![Figure 10: DLP policies can be combined with browser isolation, to protect company data.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-10.svg "Figure 10: DLP policies can be combined with browser isolation, to protect company data.")

### Adopting a new SaaS application

Many SaaS applications offer a free version as part of their business model to encourage users to integrate them into their work. This helps demonstrate the application's usefulness and facilitates its adoption at the corporate level ([Cloudflare follows this model as well](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/plans/zero-trust-services/)). When a previously unmanaged SaaS application is officially adopted by the organization, IT teams take over its management to ensure proper support and adherence to best practices. This involves aligning the new SaaS application with all the aspects discussed in the Securing Managed SaaS Applications section.

After fully adopting the new SaaS application, access to the consumer version may be restricted. If the corporate SaaS version has a unique domain, access to other tenant domains or the consumer domain can be blocked using Cloudflare DNS and/or HTTP policies. Some SaaS solutions offer [native tenant control](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tenant-control/) through HTTP headers, which can be enforced by injecting these headers for data in transit using Cloudflare Gateway HTTP policies.

## Summary

This design guide described how organizations can enhance their SaaS application security by implementing a Zero Trust framework within a SASE architecture. With Cloudflare, organizations gain access to a comprehensive solution that addresses the challenges posed by both managed and unmanaged SaaS applications. By using techniques like ZTNA, dedicated egress IPs, CASB, and robust email security measures, organizations can ensure secure access, protect sensitive data, and gain control over shadow IT, all while maintaining a positive user experience. These techniques and when to apply them are summarized in the diagram below:

![Figure 11: Techniques for enforcing a zero trust approach in SaaS applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-for-saas/zero-trust-saas-image-11.svg "Figure 11: Techniques for enforcing a zero trust approach in SaaS applications.")

## Related resources

- [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Using Cloudflare SASE with Microsoft](/reference-architecture/architectures/cloudflare-sase-with-microsoft/)

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# Building zero trust architecture into your startup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-startups/

## Introduction

Most of Cloudflare's documentation (and, generally, documentation by most vendors in the space) is written with the assumption that adopting Zero Trust products will require shifting away from something. In scenarios in which nothing is built, or there is no tool that fulfills the goals which your team is trying to accomplish, this can sometimes be confusing and alienating. New startups are especially underserved; as you focus all your energy on getting your business off the ground, it can be time consuming or confusing to read documentation that is angled towards enterprises undergoing network transformation.

This guide explains how to use Cloudflare to establish the foundation for a Zero Trust architecture early in the establishment of your security, networking, and development operations practices — with the goal of creating a sustainable, scalable business built on Zero Trust security principles.

The common principles for building a 'business' have fundamentally changed. Twenty years ago, this may have looked like getting office space (or a garage), buying some hardware infrastructure, servers, and user machines on which to begin building. As building continues, you add hardware-stacked firewalls and security appliances to create a corporate perimeter and protect the things that primarily exist in one place. There's lots of good written content on the evolution of networking and security practices so we won't belabor the point here; the important detail is to recognize how the 'new' model matters for your startup as you build.

Chances are good that today most of your infrastructure will exist in a public cloud provider. Most of your code will be pushed and reviewed via common repository management tools, most of your developers will write code on MacOS or Linux machines, and will probably rely heavily on a form of containerization for local development. Within this model, Zero Trust security principles are just as relevant — albeit much easier to achieve — when your business grows into multiple complex functions, departments, and an expanding set of assets and data.

Using Cloudflare Zero Trust is a simple, (sometimes free!) way for startups to develop a comprehensive Zero Trust strategy that will grow organically with your business.

## Who is this document for and what will you learn?

Cloudflare has lots of existing content related to migration and implementation of our Zero Trust product set. This document speaks directly to technical founders and founding engineers of young startup organizations who are looking to develop the framework for a modern corporate network, with modern security controls, from their first line of code.

In this document we'll explore:

- Getting started with practical Zero Trust remote access (ZTNA) capabilities
- Establishing sources of truth for identity, device posture, and learning how to use them
- Network building, both traditional and mesh
- Building Zero Trust into internal tooling
- Reviewing threats on the Internet
- TLS decryption and its relevance for your goals
- Exploring Zero Trust for your SaaS tools
- Navigating contractor and customer access
- Building with Infrastructure as Code

A few things explicitly not covered in this document:

- Introduction to basic Zero Trust terminology and concepts
- Recommendations for or against specific third-party vendor usage (while other vendors are mentioned in this document, it's purely illustrative and should not be taken as a formal recommendation from Cloudflare)
- Details on why you should explore adopting a Zero Trust security methodology (we have lots of good resources detailing that in the links below)
- Microsegmentation and autonomous Zero Trust concepts (these may be covered in future updates)
- Passwordless authentication (this is a cool and emerging space, and we'll provide some recommendations here in the future)

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

- What is Cloudflare? | [Website](https://www.cloudflare.com/what-is-cloudflare/) (five-minute read) or [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHvmX3FhTwU) (two minutes)
- Blog: [Zero Trust, SASE, and SSE: foundational concepts for your next-generation network](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-trust-sase-and-sse-foundational-concepts-for-your-next-generation-network/) (14-minute read)
- Reference architecture: [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) (three-hour read)

## Getting started — Foundational decisions

### Asset inventory

Before thinking about your remote access or security goals, it's important to take stock of your current assets. Think about the answers to the following questions:

- What already exists and is in need of a sustainable model for security?
- If you have begun building infrastructure in a public cloud provider, how many distinct virtual private clouds (VPCs) have you already established, and how do they communicate with each other? More importantly, how and why do your users access those environments?
- Is it all through the console and browser-based management or terminal tools?
- Have you set up public IP access for some services over HTTPS or SSH?
- Are there resources that may allow access from the Internet that are intended to be entirely private?
- Have you established a traditional VPN to allow remote access to the environment, and how is it gated?

Next, build a map of your physical and virtual private infrastructure (essentially, anything that contains company data). For many startups, this may just be implemented via a single cloud provider. Note all the resources in that environment that are accessed, either by human users, other infrastructure, or public or private APIs — then document the purpose of each service that sees regular traffic. As you do so, try to answer the following questions:

- Is this an internal web-based tool built to monitor your build pipeline?
- Is it a self-hosted analytics tool like Grafana, or a supporting metrics server like Prometheus?
- How are users reaching that service — via a public IP, a private IP, or a local path?
- Are users able to reach the service from other cloud environments or VPCs? If so, how are they connected?

Once you've developed a comprehensive list of your existing resources, this will serve as an asset inventory for your development of a Zero Trust architecture. If you don't know what you need to protect, it'll be difficult to protect it, no matter how many security tools you have.

![A snapshot of the foundational decisions to make when establishing a zero trust architecture](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-getting-started-foundational-decisions.svg)

A valuable third step may be to begin stack-ranking these services by risk level in the event of a breach, to later determine the specificity of your security policy. For example, your internal tool to alert on build status may be a level 3, but your production database for customer information would be a level 1. A level 3 application may be able to be accessed by a user on their own device, assuming they can meet your identity control requirements, but a level 1 application may require access from a corporate device and the use of a specific kind of multi-factor authentication (MFA).

:::note

If you've already grown to the point that documenting your asset inventory is very difficult or time-consuming for your business, you can use tools like our [Private Network Discovery](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/#private-network-origins) capability to build a sense of what your users access in your network space.

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### Common goals and outcomes

Many startups that use Cloudflare are encouraged to adopt a Zero Trust security posture by external sources: investors, partners, vendors, risk analysts, or compliance officers. Even if this is a project or evaluation that is driven by outside parties, you can still establish common goals to ensure it drives a measurable, desirable impact.

Some common goals we hear from customers:

- Make internal tooling easy for our users to access securely
- Build security into the development pipeline
- Adopt increased security without sacrificing user and work experience
- Define and execute a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy
- Simplify management of networks and application access
- Protect data in SaaS applications and on the corporate network
- Ensure auditability (“a quick view of what's happening, who's doing it, and if it's okay”)
- Demonstrate security best practices to our customers and end-users

It's also possible that your goals may be simpler or more tactical than this; for instance, adopt a modern remote access tool, securely connect my internal networks, or only allow corporate devices to connect to my Gitlab Enterprise tenant. Whatever your goal, the most important element in goal-setting will be to establish what you need now and balance it against what you may need or expect to need in the near or mid-term future. If you intend to grow significantly, expect to sign customers with demanding security reviews, or be prepared to apply for a new compliance certification, such as SOC II or PCI. In order to accomplish this, it is crucial to start with a Zero Trust vendor, which can help layer on additional security tooling and capabilities without exponentially increasing complexity or cost.

Goal-setting is also an important exercise for prioritization. If you know that your primary goal is to _identify and put identity-aware security in front of all our internal services_, but that in the next six months you intend to _restrict BYOD usage to level 3 applications_, your first goal will need to strategically support the execution of the second. Understanding the stack-rank of priorities over the next few months (knowing things change quickly in your startup!) can save you the time spent in re-architecture discussions, or unraveling technical or commercial decisions with vendors that fit your needs in the short term, but not the mid-term.

### Identity

Identity is at the core of every Zero Trust strategy. Ultimately, most customer goals revolve around using a central source of identity to authenticate, validate, and log all actions taken by a user, spanning both 'owned' (hosted, private network) applications and SaaS applications. Identity (through an SSO provider, for example) can then be used to layer additional security controls like multi-factor authentication, or phishing-resistant authentication.

One of the most important things you can do early is to coach users to become accustomed to using multi-factor authentication. Phishing-resistant MFA options like physical keys, local authenticators, and biometric authentication have been credited by Cloudflare as a major factor in [stopping the attempted breach](https://blog.cloudflare.com/2022-07-sms-phishing-attacks) that affected Twilio and other SaaS companies in 2022.

In the context of getting started with Zero Trust, the type of identity provider that you decide to use (Google Workspace and Microsoft Entra Identity being the most common) is less important than your implementation strategy. As long as you have a directory that is secure, allows for phishing-resistant authentication methods, and is designated as your source of truth, you have the necessary components to integrate with a Zero Trust vendor like Cloudflare and deliver continuous interrogation of that identity-as-security posture for all of your corporate tools.

#### SSO integration

Many directory services also provide single sign-on (SSO) solutions for integrating directly with SaaS applications. While this is a simple and logical choice, many enterprise applications make SSO integration a challenge, and onboarding a critical mass of SaaS applications to any one directory service can drive vendor lock-in. As your organization continues to grow, your identity strategy will inevitably change and mature, and it's important to maintain flexibility to address unexpected challenges, like some of the vendor breaches that we saw in 2023.

Along with the challenges related to flexibility, many SSO providers have yet to fully integrate device posture concepts into their 'source of truth' model. Some vendors like Okta offer machine certification as part of an authentication event, but it's limited to Okta's FastPass product and doesn't include signals from other sources or vendors to better determine what constitutes a corporate device.

#### Third-party access

Finally, you will not always own the identities that are used to access your systems. You may hire external auditors who need to use their own company identities to authenticate. You may decide to allow contractors to use their existing GitHub identities to access private GitHub repositories. There may be times where you simply need to provide access to someone with just an email address to access a low risk resource, such as showing customers a preview of a new product interface. So your Zero Trust solution needs to allow identities beyond your central directory to also gain access.

#### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

Later in this document, we'll describe using Cloudflare Zero Trust to protect your internal applications, and how to use Cloudflare as your SSO in front of your SaaS applications to deliver a simple, unified security posture everywhere.

Cloudflare _matters_ in this case because once you've determined a source of truth for your identity provider, you need tooling to perform continuous authentication against your user population. This tooling is difficult to build and maintain, as evidenced by a number of well-known technology companies who retired their internally-built Zero Trust proxy and switched to Cloudflare in 2023, citing management complexity and an inability to add new security functionality.

Cloudflare can simplify your architecture by becoming the singular enforcement point for your identity against your private applications, your networks, your developer services, and your SaaS applications. Cloudflare is one of the only vendors to be able to provide Zero Trust authentication concepts as a web proxy (layer 7 services), as a VPN replacement (layer 3/4 services), and as a secure web gateway.

![The various ways employees, contractors, vendors, or customers may verify their identity to access your company's resources](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-getting-started-foundational-decisions-identity.svg)

### Device posture

As your business grows and you begin to operationalize the distribution of endpoints to your user population, device posture is a key component of a strong Zero Trust strategy. Once you've validated your users' identity posture, there are other actions you can take to further reduce the risk of a data breach. Consider this: even if your user is valid and has an active identity session, their device could theoretically be infected, and attackers could benefit from (or _hijack_) their valid identity session.

Companies use device posture to prove that a connection is coming from a trusted device. Let's look at the theory behind device posture before listing some common strategies and approaches to getting started. In this example, you have sensitive data located somewhere in AWS. This data is critical to the operation of your business. It is (rightly) protected behind identity-aware authentication, so you feel confident that it can only be accessed by users with the proper identity posture. Your users are all remote, and connect to AWS from Macbooks that are pre-configured with your endpoint detection and response (EDR) software of choice. Users on their Macbooks, configured with enterprise EDR software, have a lower risk of potential breaches than when they use their personal laptops to access company data. But how do you prove that your users with valid identity posture _only_ access your sensitive data from the devices that contain a lower risk of breach?

As your security organization grows and you begin to implement data loss prevention (DLP) strategies and tools, this becomes doubly important. If your users can theoretically access sensitive data without applying a burden of proof to the device used for access, users may be able to (intentionally or inadvertently) circumvent your security tooling and create the risk of exfiltration, or at a minimum, blind spots for your visibility and auditability.

Common device posture strategies usually rely on a combination of an endpoint management tool (like JAMF, InTune, etc.), a corporate certificate, and security tooling like EDR software that might sit on the device. Some of this tooling can fingerprint your devices in a way that can be externally validated where supported. In order to achieve Zero Trust access controls with device posture validation, an endpoint agent from the Zero Trust vendor typically needs to be deployed on the devices. Then, it is used to 'independently' verify a claim from a third party vendor before applying that device state to be used in a policy. When evaluating vendors, it is important to evaluate their ability to poll for state relatively frequently, so that they are adhering to the Zero Trust policy philosophy for “continuous evaluation” of state.

#### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

As you begin to use third-party vendors for Zero Trust security outcomes, those vendors need to ingest first-party signals to help you make the best security decisions. In this case, Cloudflare becomes your point of policy enforcement for device posture — in addition to identity posture. The Cloudflare device agent will evaluate your device ownership or health metrics, and use them in conjunction with policies about user identity to ensure access to sensitive resources both has proper identity verification and is coming from a compliant device with the acceptable level of security control.

![Cloudflare's device posture enforcement in action](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-getting-started-foundational-decisions-device-posture.svg)

## Traditional and mesh network building

In the 'old world' model (also known as a castle and moat security architecture), your infrastructure would probably be homogeneous and protected by a firewall. To access network resources, users not in the office (or other third parties, vendors, etc.) would need to connect to the network via a VPN and firewall, or use another available network route via a public IP address. Because most infrastructure now lives in the cloud, and most startups begin remote-first, almost none of the traditional networking concepts will be explicitly relevant as you design the initial phases of your 'corporate network'.

In this more traditional networking model, your infrastructure will probably be structured in several of the following ways:

- It will exist in one or multiple VPCs (which may or not be connected by cloud provider transit gateways)
- The addressing of your services will probably be managed by your cloud provider
- You will use internal DNS from a cloud provider like AWS' Route53 DNS (most businesses still rely on internal DNS to some extent, no matter how cloud-native they may be)
- There may always be a reason to maintain some concept of a privately networked space, as long as you maintain your own infrastructure
- It's possible that all users won't have a need to understand or navigate using your internal DNS infrastructure (but technical users and services likely will)

_As you begin establishing patterns in the infrastructure that you build, it's likely that you'll collate around a single, primary cloud provider. The main concepts relevant for this document will focus on users connecting to your network to access internal resources and services, and the way that your internal services communicate with the Internet broadly. Management of cloud infrastructure permissions and policies, as well as recognition of the ways in which your internal services can communicate with one another is equally relevant to a comprehensive Zero Trust strategy, but will be discussed in depth in future updates to this document._

### Connecting users to networks

This will probably be one of the most common Zero Trust use cases for a majority of startups. You may be asking yourself, How can I get my user access to my internal network or application without managing VPN hardware or exposing my business to risk? As you navigate the best way to connect your users to your private networks and services — while still adhering to Zero Trust principles — there are two important things to consider:

1. **Limiting exposure** — A Zero Trust philosophy encourages organizations to limit the amount of ways in which networks or services can be accessed. Having public IP addresses or ingress paths into your network can introduce unwanted risk. This is typically accomplished by using outbound-only proxies that connect to Zero Trust vendors to only proxy authenticated traffic into your network, and do not require any public IP access of any kind.
2. **Limiting lateral movement** — One of the best ways to reduce the radius of a potential data breach is to practice least-privilege access for all resources. Least-privilege access is a core tenet of a Zero Trust architecture, in which users only receive the level of access they need for their role, rather than getting carte blanche access to the entire corporate network. The most analogous concept as it relates to Zero Trust frameworks is that of 'microtunnels' — a recommended approach in which each application or service that needs to be accessed receives its own distinct 'route'. Similar to microtunnels, least-privilege access enables you to build a practice in which only explicit services and users have access to specific resources, helping position future security organizations very favorably.

Defining a clear strategy for infrastructure creation and management — along with a predictable internal IP and DNS record structure — will be invaluable for accessing and protecting your assets as your organization continues to grow. A little later in the document, we'll expand on the ways you can use automated workflows to create infrastructure that can instantly integrates with your chosen Zero Trust security provider. It will be significantly easier to layer security policies over your access control models if you have a continued, clear sense of what infrastructure exists and how it is currently addressed.

#### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

Cloudflare Zero Trust can make private networking concepts extensible to your end users with a combination of endpoint software and cloud networking connectors. In this case, you can use Cloudflare as an 'overlay' network to extend secure access to your internal network for end users without exposing public IPs, allowing ingress from your cloud environments, or introducing any sort of additional risk that usually comes with remote access.

With this 'overlay' network, a small piece of software sits in your network and provides both 'network' tunnels (to give users administrative access to services on your internal network, replacing traditional exposed-bastion concepts) and 'application' tunnels (micro-tunnels that will only allow an authenticated user to explicitly reach the singular service defined in the tunnel).

![Cloudflare providing network and application tunnels to access both company and Internet resources](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-traditional-and-mesh-network-building-connecting-users-to-networks.svg)

This makes it significantly easier to manage user access to multiple, distinct private networking environments without forcing the user to change their profile, switch settings, or constantly disconnect or reconnect from one or multiple clients. It also gives you the capability to easily expose a single private application or service to specific audiences while adhering to Zero Trust principles.

## Connecting networks to networks

For most startups, networking is not at the top of their list of things to change. Typically, businesses follow the path of least resistance, which typically involves managing connected VPCs in AWS or GCP, and maybe setting up a few external connections to physical locations. Most businesses, however, find that their growth results in an increasingly complex network topology — a process that tends to happen very quickly.

When simplifying the corporate network, some common extensions may include customer networks, partners, multi-cloud, acquisitions, disaster-recovery planning, and more. As your security organization matures, there will be more and more reasons to spread infrastructure across multiple VPCs (even within the same cloud environment). And, as security groups for those VPCs become increasingly complex, you will find that you are managing multiple internal networks with distinct policies and sometimes distinct operations.

As these network extensions become more relevant for your business, it's worthwhile to review which connectivity options make the most sense, and explore strategies to build a functionally complex, fundamentally secure network.

### Traditional connectivity

The traditional methods of network connectivity still have significant value both in physical and in cloud environments, but using them efficiently while maintaining an effective security perimeter can be a challenge. When businesses only had physical connectivity requirements, like branch offices or supplemental data centers, the framework was much more simple. You'd use either edge devices like routers or firewalls to terminate physical connectivity, or a dedicated head-end device to build VPN (“virtual”) network connectivity between the sites. Essentially, you would be connecting two 'networks' together by providing a new route to a new network or subnet for all the machines on your initial site.

In addition to creating WAN connectivity, the end goal of bridging multiple sites is management simplicity. Having a unified network means that it is easier to support network functions like edge routing, gateways, and addressing via DHCP. However, this can also result in overly-broad policy management, and it can be difficult to manage the security implications of increasingly growing networks with increasingly complex edge cases and unique scenarios.

For modern startups, the problems may not be the exact ones described above, but you will likely still have to solve for growing network complexity. The best way to navigate this is to _plan effectively_. If you begin building your corporate network with security and scalability in mind, you will be able to easily solve increasing complexity as your security and IT organizations grow.

### Mesh connectivity

While traditional networking concepts primarily focus on connecting networks to one another, mesh or peer-to-peer networking concepts connect networks to assets or independent endpoints (e.g. end-user devices, like laptops and cell phones, or IoT devices, like smart lights and security cameras).

In a traditional network, you may have a VPN tunnel that creates a site-to-site connection between the IP spaces of 10.0.0.0/8 and 192.168.0.0/24, giving all devices within either network a gateway to communicate locally with devices on either network. Conversely, in a mesh networking model, you may only want certain IP spaces to communicate with each other — for instance, enabling 10.2.3.4 to communicate with the device that has the IP address 192.168.0.50.

If you only operate with 'micro-tunnels' (e.g. discrete X can only reach discrete Y), you massively reduce your opportunities for lateral movement. For example, using a mesh networking model means that IP address 10.2.3.4 would not be able to reach sensitive data on a different 192.168.0.0/24 address (although it might be able to within a traditional network model). However, this increased security posture also results in increased complexity. Not only do you (usually) need to manage agents on each relevant endpoint in a mesh network, but you then need to be prepared to build and manage discrete policies for each asset and connectivity path.

:::note[Editor's note]

In some analyst circles, the mesh connectivity space is beginning to be referred to as 'Secure Networking', and while we appreciate the opportunity for differentiation, Cloudflare believes that there are methods for making both traditional and mesh networking effectively secure.

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### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

If both operating models sound complicated and imperfect, it's because they are. Because of this, Cloudflare believes that a blend of the two is typically the right approach for businesses of all sizes.

If your organization is experimenting with mesh connectivity, Cloudflare can help support discrete connectivity models while layering in unique identity concepts and supporting your security and scalability needs as you construct a networking framework to support your future growth.

The Cloudflare products that are typically most relevant for startups are a combination of our WARP client (via `cloudflared`) and Cloudflare Tunnel (via WARP Connector). This allows you to manage remote access, mesh connectivity, and traditional networking connectivity from a single dashboard. On a more granular level, this means you can configure device posture information, identity information, client certificates, and common L4 indicators (like port, IP, and source/destination protocols) from a single point of policy enforcement — enabling you to build robust security policies for both human and autonomous network interaction.

![Cloudflare connecting multiple cloud providers, public, and private networks](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-traditional-and-mesh-network-building-connecting-networks-to-networks.svg)

This blend of networking models is designed to support a wide range of use cases, whether you are trying to provide remote access to your corporate network, extend your corporate network to encompass cloud environments on on-premises equipment, or continue building out a model for mesh connectivity between critical infrastructure without introducing additional risk or overhead.

## Building Zero Trust into internal tooling

Among almost all the startups (and mature companies) that Cloudflare has worked with, security for internal tooling continues to be a ubiquitous challenge. You may build tools that you need to accomplish tasks specific to your business, or you may choose to self-host or use open source software — which can also be consumed as popular SaaS applications for services, monitoring, or other functions.

The principles outlined in previous sections address methods of managing remote access to these resources and deal primarily with authentication. In summary, achieving a Zero Trust model in practice requires you to ensure that access to each internal service is controlled by a continuous identity authentication proxy, ideally one that is physically separated from your network perimeter, has clear auditability, and offers the capability to quickly revoke user access as needed.

However, one of the biggest challenges businesses face as they begin to implement a Zero Trust model is not authentication, but authorization. Getting the user to the front door of your application in a Zero Trust model is (relatively) easy, but managing their credentials for both authentication and authorization, ensuring that the two match, and simultaneously maintaining a positive, non-invasive user experience can be very difficult.

In an ideal world, we believe that authentication and authorization should be handled by the same service. This would mean that while deliberating how to secure your internal applications — whether to build OAUTH capabilities into them directly or to integrate directly with the primary SSO that you use for your SaaS applications — you would also consider how your authentication methods may conflict or become duplicative with your identity validation methods. There are two primary ways to use these concepts to set yourself up for scalable success with authentication and authorization.

### Consuming Zero Trust vendor tokens

'Vendor tokens' is a concept that does not exist for every Zero Trust or SSE vendor. This is due to Cloudflare's relatively unique approach; because we're the world's largest provider of authoritative DNS, we provide DNS for the 'external' path to your internal applications, then create tokens for user access.

These tokens are based on the information Cloudflare receives from your identity provider after a successful authentication event, which matches against custom policies for that application. Each token contains all of the content that would be signed in a user's authentication event with their IdP: their name, username, email, group membership, and whatever other values are present. It also gets a unique tag to indicate its relevance to a specific application.

Once the _Cloudflare_ token has been created, it is passed to your internal applications to validate their requests and authorize access to your internal tooling. This takes minimal additional work per-application, and can be built into application creation workflows where you would otherwise need a complete OAUTH integration or SSO integration.

By using Cloudflare tokens, your users will have a seamless experience both _authenticating_ through your established Zero Trust proxy and getting _authorized_ directly into your application with the same information.

![How Cloudflare consumes tokens to validate requests and authorize access to internal tools](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-building-zero-trust-into-internal-tooling-consuming-tokens.svg)

### Your Zero Trust vendor as an SSO

Some Zero Trust vendors provide the capability to operate as an SSO provider, integrating directly with your applications (like open-source or self-hosted solutions) which come with a pre-built SSO connector. In this flow, your SSO controls your authorization to the application, and your Zero Trust vendor calls out to your identity provider to make authentication decisions, without needing to manage multiple primary directories.

For Cloudflare users, this offers a number of advantages: it helps streamline authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ), reduces your reliance on a specific SSO vendor, and allows you to use multiple simultaneous authentication providers. Most importantly, it enables you to easily adopt or switch to a new identity provider.Businesses may not use the same identity provider at 25-50 users that they use at 300-500+, and there is always significant friction in the hard cutover required to move from one SSO integration to another. This transition can be especially difficult considering the time and frustration present in some applications' SSO integrations. Using Cloudflare as an SSO provider can help alleviate that friction by aggregating all of your identity, device posture, and risk integrations within a single policy enforcement point — thereby helping you streamline your AuthZ/AuthN and put additional security controls in front of your self-hosted applications.

### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

We recommend using our Cloudflare Access product for remote access to your internal services (by way of our Cloudflare Tunnel software in your network). With Cloudflare Access, you can [consume the JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) created by Cloudflare Access or use [Access for SaaS](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/) to act as a SAML or OAUTH proxy for your private, self-hosted applications (which have SSO integrations pre-built into them).

In a lot of cases, you may even use both products for application access. For example, if you're self-hosting [Sentry](https://sentry.io/) — which is not currently available on the public Internet — follow these steps:

1. Set up a public hostname with Cloudflare Access (which your users would navigate to Sentry on).
2. Install a Cloudflare Tunnel with an associated Public Hostname route to point to your local Sentry service.
3. Integrate Sentry with Access for SaaS as the SSO provider.

Now, users reaching the application from outside your network will already carry the Cloudflare JWT, and will be seamlessly authenticated into your application.

![Building zero trust into internal tooling and SSO](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-building-zero-trust-into-internal-tooling-sso.svg)

## Remote access for contractors, vendors, and customers

Established and accepted patterns for corporate user remote access don't always extend to heterogeneous sets of users, which usually include contractors, third-party vendors, and even customers. All these user groups can have valid reasons for engaging with your private resources. It's possible you may hire development or maintenance contractors that need access to some parts of your network or applications, but providing them complete network access would introduce unnecessary risk.

It's also possible that you may provide hosted or managed services to your customers that they would then deploy within their own networks. In that case, you may need to connect with those services to appropriately manage them. Or, subsequently, you may host private resources for customers within your own environment and need to give them secure access to only access their relevant tenant.

### Establishing scope

Whenever you determine a need for third-party user access to your environment, you should first determine three attributes:

- What they need to access
- What level of authentication is required for that access
- How long this access will be relevant

### Web access for third parties

After determining the scope, you should determine the least-privilege access model appropriate for the user group. This may mean integrating with a secondary identity provider (maybe the customer or vendor's IdP) to use in authentication events, or using a temporary authentication method like a one-time PIN to authenticate against their email address only.

Some businesses also add vendor and contractor users to _their_ identity provider to streamline authentication and to control methods (like the use of MFA and other authentication factors). At a minimum, we recommend working with a Zero Trust security provider who supports multiple, simultaneous methods for authentication, and can apply them via specific policies or applications.

This allows you to keep all of your existing methods of secure remote access consistent. Your external user cohort will use the same paths into your network and will be subject to all of your security controls. Meanwhile, you will receive detailed logging and audit trails to dictate exactly what users had access to, how frequently they accessed them, and what kind of actions they took within your network. Assigning least-privilege controls can also easily establish an access model while ensuring that users aren't able to perform any lateral actions or access resources within your network unnecessarily.

### Administrative or network third-party access

If this access can't be established over a web browser and needs network-level controls, your external users may need to deploy the endpoint agent used for your Zero Trust deployment. For example, contractor groups often have multiple endpoint agents connected to a single user machine, which can introduce network routing complexity — or even conflicts, if some of these private networks overlap across different businesses.

To ensure a simple, manageable process for ensuring third-party access, consider the following:

1. **Can your Zero Trust vendor support multiple profiles for endpoint agent deployment?** Contractor users should have tightly-scoped routing controls to ensure limited access to your network and limited risks of conflict with other agents on the device.
2. **Is third-party access materially different from corporate user access?** If not, you can streamline your administrative management activities by building functional identities and integrations for third parties. New policies may not necessarily need to be created, as long as everything can be audited and differentiated.

### Access to customer environments (and vice versa)

In some cases, corporate users need secure (persistent or temporary) access to customer environments, or customers may need similar secure access to unique, hosted environments within your network. This process may include hosting software tenants for customers, running maintenance on customer-hosted software, or providing connectors for product functionality that ties into customers' internal networks.

For these use cases, the traditional recommended model has been a networking configuration like site-to-site VPNs and similar options. These can be scoped appropriately, but often result in overly broad connectivity between your corporate network and your customer network, and can introduce risk or overly-broad access capability.

In a Zero Trust security framework, this kind of access should be explicitly scoped in a least-privilege model. This can be accomplished by setting up identity-aware or service-aware site-to-site connectivity, or by using unidirectional connector models to provide secure access in either direction, which can be scoped to specific actions.

### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

Cloudflare can help provide scoped secure access for both web and network connectivity to your third-party users in a Zero Trust framework.

- **Cloudflare Access can integrate and use [multiple identity providers simultaneously](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/).** This can be scoped to a single application and a singular policy, and can have granular capabilities to 'force' some user access to authenticate in specific ways. There are also many third-party specific workflows — like [purpose justification](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/require-purpose-justification/) — that can ensure that user access is both easy for third parties, and documented and controllable for administrators.
- **Cloudflare Zero Trust can be deployed with flexible endpoint agent parameters and [logical groupings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) for contractor and third-party users.** If you have external users with internal access needs, they can be both tightly-scoped and limit potential conflict with other external systems.
- **[Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) can act as a unidirectional access model to provide corporate users access to scoped customer resources.** It is lightweight, easy to deploy, and can even be built into your deployment packages and deployed alongside the services you manage in customer environments.
- **Cloudflare WARP Connector can help you build secure, extensible networks relevant for each of your client controls.** This is particularly helpful when bidirectional (site-to-site) traffic flows are a necessity for the way that you engage with your customers, interact with their applications, or address other management concerns. WARP Connector has all of the same inline security policy application and auditability controls as the rest of your deployment, so you can maintain a Zero Trust security posture while achieving customer connectivity.

![How Cloudflare provides remote access for contractors, vendors, and customers](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-remote-access-for-contractors-vendors-and-customers.svg)

## Protecting against Internet threats (or, _is secure web gateway a part of Zero Trust?_)

Traditionally, the concept of Zero Trust access has been explicitly relegated to user or machine access to internal or privileged resources. On a functional level, this requires replacing network extension, reducing over-permissioning, and minimizing lateral movement and threat vectors typically delivered from VPN remote access connectivity. But for many businesses, their VPN didn't only proxy their private network traffic. It also managed their Internet traffic and allowed them to maintain a unified view of threats — typically, either through a module to send DNS queries to a cloud provider, or by simply backhauling all user traffic to the corporate network to be sent through the corporate firewalls.

The security and complexity challenges introduced by this castle-and-moat model has forced many vendors to address the two primary functions a VPN serves. Now, it is common to hear secure web gateways (SWG) and Zero Trust access (ZTNA) discussed in the same sentence or as part of the same product.

Although this shift was driven by vendors and analysts, rather than security researchers, it has seemed to improve security manageability for customers while simplifying the buying and deployment process for startups. Namely, deploying a single agent to handle both your corporate and Internet traffic is a significant improvement over using multiple device agents to handle all sorts of security tooling.

### Long Live The New Perimeter

In the old world, your perimeter was denoted by your public egress IP address, and indicated that you were subject to a series of security controls before your traffic went out to the Internet. Maybe it was a firewall, IPS, IDS, or something else. For that reason, businesses began requiring a specific source IP for traffic before it could be 'trusted'; this was used with vendors, third parties, and SaaS applications. Traffic originating from the corporate network (with your corporate source IPs) was one of the biggest indicators of 'trust'. It's no longer that simple.

Today, it's likely that your business has no central 'perimeter' at all. It likely started in the cloud, ships out user endpoints either raw or with some pre-configured security control, and runs everything remotely and asynchronously. This model is highly impactful for your productivity and ability to scale. However, as your security organization grows and matures, there will be an inherent benefit to setting a baseline security 'posture' that will denote the new perimeter.

#### A perimeter-less model

In a world in which your Zero Trust provider and your SSO should be able to protect most of your private applications, networks, services, and SaaS applications, users should be more empowered than ever to work from anywhere — and your asynchronous, highly-effective style of work shouldn't need to be interrupted if you follow best practices. In other words, **your definition of a 'secure' endpoint becomes your new corporate perimeter.**

A defined secure endpoint, with clear measurability is significantly better for security posture because, unlike a source IP address, it's both highly targeted and continually validated. In the old world, this would mean egressing through a firewall and being subject to security controls. In the new world, this typically means verifying encryption, interrogating posture on the device, and determining whether or not the traffic coming from the machine was inspected by a secure web gateway. It could even still include source IP address as a method of validation, but never as the primary control.

As you think about how you want to manage the usage of BYOD (and how you want to ensure your corporate data is being accessed securely), you just have to make a determination about what constitutes your secure endpoint strategy. Then, consider how you should interrogate requests to sensitive resources to ensure that they are compliant with this strategy. For instance, think about the steps users will need to take in order to access Workday (or another PII-heavy system). Before granting access, you may want to send their traffic through your secure web gateway and apply data loss prevention policies. Now ask yourself, what other steps do you need to take in order to enforce these requirements?

Within this discussion, we are thinking about Internet security (e.g. secure web gateways, DNS filtering, traffic proxying, and so on) as a set of advanced security signals from which you can apply more accurate, granular Zero Trust policies for your sensitive resources. It's also a good practice to get started withDNS filtering as soon as possible, since deploying software and proxying traffic from your endpoints will only become a more complex process as your business and security needs grow. As you start to think about other advanced security controls, like HTTP filtering and data loss prevention, we recommend reading [Getting Started with TLS Decryption](https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/tls-inspection/) to get a sense of the decisions to be made before decrypting traffic.

### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

In addition to providing Zero Trust security capabilities for internal applications, network remote access, and SaaS applications, Cloudflare also provides the following functionality:

- DNS filtering
- An L4 firewall
- A secure web gateway (SWG) — complete with application-awareness, TLS decryption, data loss prevention, CASB functionality, browser isolation, and the ability to adopt a dedicated egress IP structure directly from the Cloudflare network

All of our SWG functionality is controlled via policy that factors in user identity, device posture, and user risk, and is delivered from the same endpoint agent as your Zero Trust controls — using the same policy engines and policy enforcement opportunities.

Cloudflare allows you to functionally build a new perimeter by identifying, applying policies to, and securing the outbound traffic on your managed endpoint devices. You can achieve the same unified security control as the old castle-and-moat perimeter, while applying independent, granular security evaluation (but without backhauling any user traffic). Then, you can use that security evaluation to apply even stronger controls from your Zero Trust-protected applications, helping you distinguish between low, medium, and high risk users, make determinations about how to handle BYOD traffic, and more.

![How Cloudflare protects against Internet threats](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zt-for-startups/zero-trust-design-guide-protecting-against-internet-threats.svg)

## Adopting and securing SaaS applications

The concept of SaaS security means a lot of things to a lot of people. For that reason, it's a somewhat controversial topic, especially as it relates to Zero Trust. SaaS services saw huge user population booms during the first wave of COVID, due in large part to a significant increase in remote work. Almost overnight, it was easier and more practical for users to connect to services that existed outside of corporate infrastructure than it was to connect to internal services.

Some make the argument that SaaS applications are either 1) inherently secure when you've integrated SSO, or 2) are the functional responsibility of the SaaS provider to secure. While these arguments address the way in which your SaaS investment is accessed and secured, they do not contextualize why companies use SaaS — which is typically for storing corporate information. The proliferation of 'places your sensitive data may live' will be an increasingly important factor in your SaaS security decisions.

The above statements all imply that you know what SaaS tooling your users engage with, but often that is not the case. First, we'll address 'sanctioned' SaaS adoption, and then we will discuss concepts related to 'unsanctioned' SaaS (also known as shadow IT).

### Sanctioned SaaS applications

Determining your required security posture is an important first step for your end users before you build any sort of security policy. So, if you have applications which contain significant amounts of corporate data or other data subject to compliance laws or other regulations, it may make sense to restrict those exclusively to devices that fit your aforementioned 'perimeter'.

The best way to accomplish this is to find an aggregator of your signal (like Cloudflare's Access for SaaS) that can ensure all of the individual pieces of your security policy are continuously being applied for user access. Can you accomplish all of this with a traditional SSO vendor? Maybe. Okta's FastPass, for example, makes a determination of machine identity by validating a certificate that is installed on local devices, then determining the source IP address of the request. In most cases, however, FastPass would not be able to tell you more about the security inspection events present in that user's traffic, or anything else about the health of the end-user device. To this point, it is worth noting that your SSO provider is only as useful as the amount of data it can consume to make a policy decision.

If you decide that only machine certificates or only another measure of signal is appropriate for denoting a corporate device, this is totally appropriate at any stage of a business's security maturity — in fact, many businesses have yet to adopt device posture of any kind.

Another way to manage your sanctioned SaaS applications is to integrate with your Zero Trust vendor via API. Then, you can scan them for misconfiguration or the presence of unexpected sensitive data. This process is independent of traditional Zero Trust access controls, but is offered by most Zero Trust vendors and can surface ongoing necessary configuration changes for all of your SaaS tools in a single view.

By evaluating the presence of sensitive data in SaaS applications that you manage, you can start to develop a sense of policy priority. Put another way, it may change the way that you think about what should be able to be accessed via BYOD vs. what should require authorized access from a managed endpoint. Or, conversely, how can you quantify the risk for BYOD access such that your users can be effectively conditioned?

### Unsanctioned SaaS applications (Shadow IT)

The security model significantly changes when you move from SaaS applications you do control (i.e. can integrate with SSO and other third-party tools) to applications you don't control. SaaS apps that fall into this category are often classified as 'unsanctioned' applications — sometimes, because they are managed by a secondary vendor that doesn't support SSO, or because they are services which haven't been explicitly approved by your IT organization for use. These unsanctioned apps are called shadow IT.

How do these apps proliferate within your environment? The logic is simple, especially with a startup. Users like to move quickly and may gravitate toward the most convenient method of getting their work across the finish line. Sometimes that can mean using tools that haven't been vetted or approved for use (or for potentially storing sensitive data).

Shadow IT is typically addressed as part of a general Internet security program, which sometimes falls within the same consideration set (or the same vendors) as a Zero Trust deployment. De-risking unsanctioned SaaS applications is almost always centered around visibility. The most important thing you can do — without having things like SSO or your CASB tool integrated with an application — is understand the breadth of shadow IT usage.

Documenting unsanctioned applications usually requires using a forward-proxy tool like a DNS filter, secure web gateway, or some email-specific tooling. These tools can provide insights into which users have engaged with unsanctioned SaaS apps, and potentially even how they engaged with them (did they upload/download files, how much bandwidth have they transferred, etc.).

By implementing policies and strategies to document SaaS usage, you can start to form a better understanding of how your sensitive data is stored, moved, or manipulated within SaaS tools. Some businesses limit the use of SaaS to explicitly-approved corporate tools, while others are more lenient. There's no wrong approach, but building an early framework for how to capture usage information can help you work backwards in the event that it becomes a pressing matter for your organization.

This framework can also give your IT organization direction on which tools to consider procurement cycles for. For example, if a critical mass of users already engages with a tool, it can sometimes make sense to get Enterprise capabilities for that tool to reduce the risk of shadow IT or allow your team to implement increased security features, sometimes without dramatically changing cost.

### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

Cloudflare can help set a foundation for visibility and management of your [shadow IT](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/) environment and subsequent discoveries. User traffic to the Internet can be audited and organized from the WARP client and our [Secure Web Gateway (SWG)](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), and can you understand where your sensitive data moves outside of your corporate-accepted SaaS tenants.

This can then be an opportunity to further expand your Zero Trust strategy by ensuring those newly-discovered tools are either explicitly blocked or explicitly allowed, setting specific data security controls on them, or integrating them with your Zero Trust vendor (using something like [Access for SaaS](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/aws-sso-saas/) to apply security policies).

## Long-term management with APIs and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Many startups we speak to are ultimately concerned with the headcount and expertise required to manage security tooling that appears complex or overprovisioned for their use cases. Much of what they already do for development is managed through orchestration tools, Infrastructure as Code, and directly via API — but they often want to achieve a state of DevSecOps, where all Zero Trust (and other security tooling) projects can be built, managed, and maintained as code.

While this is somewhat of an emerging concept for traditional security tooling, it should still be a critical consideration as you evaluate potential vendors. Keep in mind that although concepts like Terraform are supported by a number of Zero Trust vendors, these vendors may not support (or publish) provider or API endpoints for every concept in the product, which can lead to duplication or division in management efforts.

If your goal as an organization is to manage your networking and security stacks as code, it is important to start that framework early in your Zero Trust journey. While there may be challenges to navigate, getting a head start on network development will pay dividends as your business and security needs become inevitably more complex and difficult to manage.

As you continue to evaluate vendor partners for Zero Trust or general security initiatives, we recommend that you ensure that they have well-documented and complete API endpoints for their entire product portfolio and management controls — as well as documentation for orchestration and Infrastructure as Code tools (like Terraform).

### Where does Cloudflare fit in?

Cloudflare is very passionate about Zero Trust security in the context of DevSecOps. We build API-first as a primary ethos for all our products, and make all relevant API endpoints available to customers on the first day of feature availability, along with our extensive [documentation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/).

Separately, many of our customers manage their Cloudflare Zero Trust deployment without ever touching our dashboard; instead, they use Terraform or similar tools for their entire management plane. If this is the case for you, we have a comprehensive and complete [Terraform](/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-with-terraform/) provider to enable you to accomplish Zero Trust as Code.

## Summary

In conclusion, making a few deliberate choices today about how your company approaches the basics of security and authentication will benefit your startup for years to come. The decisions you make now lay the foundation for a modern security infrastructure that will scale smoothly as your business grows. However you move forward, a few well-informed moves will ensure that your startup is built on sustainable, scalable Zero Trust security principles.

If you would like to discuss your Zero Trust requirements in greater detail and connect with one of our architects, visit [https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/) and request a consultation.

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# Reference Architecture Diagrams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/

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Diagrams, design patterns, and detailed best practices to help you generate solutions with Cloudflare products.

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# Implementation Guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/

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Implementation guides provide [step-by-step instructions](/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/) and practical guidance for how to effectively deploy and configure specific solutions or services. Implementation guides are focused on a specific implementation goal.

## Zero Trust

- [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/)
- [Replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/)
- [Deploy Zero Trust Web Access](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/)
- [Secure Microsoft 365 email with Email Security](/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/)

## Application Security

- [Use mTLS with Cloudflare protected resources](/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/)

---

# Registrant contact updates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/domain-contact-updates/

It is important that you keep your contact details accurate and up-to-date. [ICANN rules state](https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registrant-contact-information-wdrp-2017-08-31-en) that if you do not have updated contact information, your domain name registration may be suspended or even cancelled.

To update your registrant contacts:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage domains**.
3. Find **Default contact** and select **Edit**.
4. Update the relevant information, and select **Save**.
5. Find the domain where you want to update your contact information, and select **Manage**.
6. Select the **Contacts** tab, and edit the contact information.

If you change any of the following fields, Cloudflare Registrar will require a Change of Registrant approval before the changes are finalized:

* First name
* Last name
* Organization
* Email address

If you update any of the fields mentioned above, Cloudflare Registrar will send an approval email to the current registrant's email address. The approval email contains a link to a web page where the requested change may be viewed and approved or rejected. If the pending change is not approved or rejected within seven days, the request will automatically be canceled.

If you do not update these fields, your contact information is updated immediately and no further action is required.

:::caution[Important]


After selecting the link in the approval email Cloudflare sends you, you have the option to accept or reject the contact changes. If you select the **Accept** button, your domain will be transfer-locked for 60 days.

If you do not want your domain to be locked, be sure to select the **Do not apply 60 day transfer lock** checkbox *before* selecting the **Accept** button. This applies to all supported TLDs, including `.uk`.


:::

## Changing email contact

If the registrant contact update also includes a change to the email address, Cloudflare sends a second approval email to the new (requested) email address. Both the old (original) email address and the new one have to approve the change for the change to be successfully completed.

Only the current registrant may opt out of the transfer lock, however. The approval page for the new registrant will not include the option to opt out.

## 60-day transfer lock

After the changes for the registrant contact are approved, the domain will be placed on a transfer lock for 60 days. This happens when you approve changes to the registrant contacts without checking the box to prevent the transfer lock.

This transfer lock prevents the transfer of the domain to another registrar, and the transfer to another Cloudflare account. It does not prevent additional updates to the domain name.

If the registrant contact is updated again while the domain is in the 60-day lock period, the lock expiration will be further extended to 60 days from the most recent update.

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# Domain management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/domain-management/

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## Domain status

When your domain is registered with Cloudflare, you can review your domain status in **Overview**.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. From **Overview**, scroll down to **Domain Registration** to review the current expiration date. Select **Manage domain** to review the Auto-Renew status for your domain.

## Billing information

Domain registrations will not appear in the **Active Subscriptions** section of the dashboard, as Registrar is not subscription based. To check information related to your domain billing:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to check and select **Manage**.
4. Refer to **Registration** for information regarding your domain fees. From here, you can also opt to [renew or extend](/registrar/account-options/renew-domains/) your domain registration.

## Edit WHOIS records

Cloudflare redacts WHOIS information from your domain by default. However, we do store the authentic WHOIS record for your domain. You may edit the WHOIS contact data for any domain. To do that:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to edit and select **Manage** > **Contacts**.
4. Select **Edit** in any of the contacts you previously set up. This allows you to update the contact information for the selected domain only. It will not update the contact information for other domains within the account.

Refer to [Registrant contact updates](/registrar/account-options/domain-contact-updates/) for more information.

## Edit Default Contact information

The first time you transfer or register a new domain, a Cloudflare Registrar creates a Default Contact with information that can be used for future transfers and registrations. The contact data may be updated at any time in the dashboard. Updating the Default Contact data will not update the contact information for any domains already in the account. This Default Contact data is only used to prepopulate contact information for new registrations and transfers.

It is important that you keep this information accurate and up-to-date. Refer to [Registrant contact updates](/registrar/account-options/domain-contact-updates/) for important information about this topic, and to learn how to update this information.

## Delete a domain registration

Domains using Cloudflare Registrar will be deleted automatically after expiration if they have not been renewed. The exact timing varies, refer to [What happens when a domain expires?](/registrar/faq/#what-happens-when-a-domain-expires) for more details.

:::caution[Deletion is irreversible]

Deleting a domain registration from Cloudflare Registrar starts an irreversible process. At the end of that process, the domain will be available for anyone to purchase at any domain registrar. This means you should only delete your registration if you are comfortable losing it. If you intend to keep the domain but use another registrar, refer to [Transfer domain from Cloudflare to another registrar](/registrar/account-options/transfer-out-from-cloudflare/). 
:::

There may be instances where users may wish to delete a domain prior to expiration. In most cases a domain may be deleted prior to expiration by following these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. From **Overview**, scroll down to **Domain Registration** and click **Manage domain**. <LinkButton variant="primary" href="https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/domains">Go to <strong>Manage domain</strong></LinkButton>
3. Under the **configuration** tab on the Manage page you will find a **Delete** button
4. If the domain is deletable the button will be active.  The button will be disabled if your domain cannot be deleted and you should refer to the Registrar [FAQ](/registrar/faq/#why-am-i-unable-to-delete-my-registrar-domain).
5. Once you click the Delete button, you will be presented with a confirmation window. If you proceed, an email will be sent to all users with the Super Admin role in the account. The email contains a deletion authorization token that must be entered into the window which appears to confirm and complete the deletion.

Once all steps are completed, the domain will then be scheduled for deletion. To understand more about the timelines and potential reasons why a domain cannot be deleted, refer to the Registrar [FAQ](/registrar/faq/#domain-deletions).

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# iCloud Custom Email Domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/icloud-domains/

With [iCloud Custom Email Domain](https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212514), you can now purchase a custom domain right from iCloud Settings through Cloudflare and have it automatically set up with your iCloud Mail account. It’s great if you want to create a custom email domain for you or your family, such as @examplefamily.com.

You will need an active iCloud+ subscription to add a custom email domain.

## Purchase custom email domain

If you want to buy a custom email domain, go to your [iCloud](https://www.icloud.com/settings/) settings and scroll down to **Custom Email Domain**.

***

## Log in to Cloudflare

Once you have bought a custom email domain, you can manage your domain and other options through the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).

### Signing in with Apple

If you had signed up with Apple, signing into Cloudflare is as easy as clicking the “Sign in with Apple” button.

### Signing in with Cloudflare

If you had signed up with Cloudflare, signing into Cloudflare can be done with your email and password.

***

## Billing information

### Supported payment methods

For domain registration, Cloudflare supports the following payment methods:

* Credit Card
* PayPal
* Apple Pay (available if you have a wallet with a valid payment method and are using an iOS device or Safari on macOS)

For domain renewals, Apple Pay does not currently support recurring payments. You can either add another payment method (Credit Card or PayPal) for automatic renewals or log into [your account](#log-in-to-cloudflare) near the renewal date and use Apple Pay.

### Local currency price estimates

Users may see a price estimate in both U.S. Dollars and a local currency. This is only an estimate based on the current exchange rate.

The final payment will be charged in US dollars.

***

## Email issues

### Email issues

If you are not receiving emails intended for your new email address, review your DNS records in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](#log-in-to-cloudflare).
2. Go to **DNS**.
3. Your domain should have records similar to the following:

![Your iCloud custom email domain should have a specific set of records created by default.](~/assets/images/support/icloud-custom-domain-dns-example.png)

If your domain has records similar to those listed above and you are still experiencing problems with your new email address, contact [Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/).

***

## Domain website

If you try to visit your new domain, your browser will show an error or empty page.

That’s because there’s more to setting up a website than purchasing a domain name (which you just did) and setting up email records (which we just did for you). 

If you want your domain to be a fully functioning website, you will need to:

1. **Build your website**: Either using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/), a website builder, or files hosted on a server.
2. **Update your Cloudflare DNS**: To direct visitors looking for your domain name to the actual content on your website ([detailed guide](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/)).

***

## Landing Page

After you buy a domain through iCloud, Cloudflare Registrar automatically enables a landing page for it. This temporary page informs your visitors that you still do not have a website. This feature is only available to new domain registrations, when you buy a domain through an Apple device.

### Disable Landing Page

If you do not want to have Landing Page enabled:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Registrar** > **Manage domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to disable Landing Page for, and select **Manage** > **Configuration**.
4. Scroll to Landing Page and select **Disable**.

You now have Landing Page disabled. The page can also be re-enabled through the same process.

:::note


Customers must disable the landing page before they can add DNS records
to point to a new website.


:::

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# Account options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/

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# Move a Cloudflare Registrar domain registration between accounts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/inter-account-transfer/

Cloudflare supports the move (transfer) of domain registrations between Cloudflare accounts when the source and target account both confirm the move. The move will result in the loss of all configurations and settings for the domain in the source account.

:::caution[Important]

This process only applies to domains which are registered with Cloudflare Registrar. For domains with other registrars, refer to [Move a domain between Cloudflare accounts](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/).
:::

Before proceeding, please be aware of the following:

* WHOIS contact information will be moved as is.
* No other configuration will be moved.
* After successful move, the registration will be transfer-locked for 30 days.
* The target account will become responsible for domain renewals going forward.

## 1. Prepare for the move

Before you request the move, you will need to do the following:

* Obtain the [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids) of the new account.
* Add the domain as a website to the new account and select a plan.
* [Disable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/#disable-dnssec) for the domain and ensure it is set up and ready in the new dashboard account you intend to move it to.

The following pre-conditions must be met before the domain can be moved:

* The domain must be added to the new account as a website and a plan must be selected.
* The domain must not be administratively locked, such as being locked due to a dispute or court order.
* The domain must not have any of the following registry statuses: `pendingDelete`, `redemptionPeriod`, or `pendingTransfer`.
* The registrant email address must be verified.
* A pending Change of Registrant request cannot be present. If there is a pending request, it should be completed before initiating the move request.
* DNSSEC must be turned off. It can be re-enabled on the new zone once the move completes.
* If the current zone is locked, the lock must be released.

## 2. Submit the move request

You can now submit the move request under the **Configuration** tab of the **Manage Domain** page. Begin the submission process by selecting the **Start** button and follow the instructions.

**Important**: Review the pre-conditions described above. If those conditions have not been met, the domain move will not be completed.

Once the move request has been submitted, the gaining account will receive an email notifying them of the request and will provide instructions for how to approve the request.

The gaining account must log into their account and go to **Manage Domains** (under Domain Registration). A message will appear at the top of the page stating that there are domains requiring action to be taken.

Select **View Actions** to display the domains with a pending move along and choose to accept or reject the request. Action must be taken within five days of the request.

If no action is taken within the five days, the request will be automatically canceled.

---

# Renew domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/renew-domains/

## Automatic renewal of domain

Cloudflare Registrar enrolls your domain to auto-renew by default. Unlike other registrars, your domain will only renew at the list price set by the registry. When a domain has the auto-renew setting turned on, Cloudflare will attempt to automatically renew the domain prior to expiration.

There is no guarantee that the renewal will succeed. Renewals may fail for various reasons, including billing failures and registry downtime. While Cloudflare will make several attempts to renew, it is strongly recommended you frequently review your account to ensure your domains have been renewed.

If you decide you no longer need the domain, [disable auto-renew for your domain](#set-up-automatic-renewals). Once disabled, your domain will not renew upon expiration.

:::note[Note]


The first auto-renew attempt will occur approximately 30 days prior to expiration. If you wish to disable auto-renew, do so at least 30 days prior to the expiration date.


:::

You can continue to keep your domain registered with Cloudflare for the time remaining until the expiration date. If you decide you want to keep the domain, enable auto-renew at any time prior to expiration.

## Set up automatic renewals

If you want your domains to renew automatically, keep the default settings for your domain (**Auto Renew** should be set to **On**). To find this setting:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to automatically renew, and make sure the **Auto-renew** toggle is enabled.

Cloudflare attempts to renew these domains automatically 30 days before their expiration date. Several more attempts are made if the first attempt fails. The last attempt to renew is made on the day before expiration. You can also [manually renew](#renew-a-domain-manually) a domain at any time.

If multiple domains are auto-renewed on the same date, only one charge will be made to the primary payment method.

If the renewal fails, you will receive an email notification and Cloudflare will try to renew the domain three additional times. If these attempts fail, you must manually renew your domain.

:::note


If you want to delete your domain from Cloudflare, **disable** Auto-Renew first.


:::

## Renew a domain manually

You can renew a domain at any time. To renew a domain registered with Cloudflare:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to renew and select **Manage**.
4. In **Registration** select **Renew/Extend Domain**.
5. In the **Renew for** drop-down menu, choose a number of years to renew your domain (up to 10 years).
6. Select **Renew** and then **Purchase**.

Once Cloudflare validates your payment, the status of your domain changes to **Renewal Pending**. After the renewal is finished, the status changes back to **Active**.

## Renewal notifications

Once a domain is registered, Registrar sends the following expiration notices to the Super Admin of the domain:

* A monthly email listing all domains set to renew automatically within the next 45 days.
* A monthly email listing all domains expiring in the next 60-90 days.

In addition to the Super Admin, the following expiration notices are sent to the WHOIS Registrant contact associated with the domain:

* A weekly email listing all domains expiring within the next month.
* A daily email listing all domains expiring in seven days.
* An email one day after a domain expires.
* An email 20 days after the expiration date.

:::note


If you do not renew your domain before the expiration date, your domain will enter a Redemption Grace Period (RGP) for 30 days. These domains are not deleted and you can restore them to your account, but restoration may require an additional fee. You cannot transfer domains during the RGP.

All renewals are final and Cloudflare will not issue refunds.

When renewing a domain, additional years are always added to the current expiration date regardless of when the renewal takes place.


:::

---

# Transfer domain out from Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/transfer-out-from-cloudflare/

Cloudflare Registrar makes it easy to transfer your domain to another registrar. Be aware that ICANN rules prohibit a domain from being transferred if:

* The domain has been transferred within the last 60 days;
* The domain was registered within the last 60 days;
* If the WHOIS registrant information has been modified in the last 60 days (even if redacted).

Follow the instructions below to transfer your domain out from Cloudflare.

:::caution[Warning]

Anyone with super-admin and admin permissions for a zone can also manage your domains. This means these users can also unlock domains or obtain authorization codes to transfer domains to other registrars. Be careful who you give these account roles to. 
:::

## 1. Unlock your domain at Cloudflare

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to transfer, and select **Manage**.
4. Select **Configuration** > **Unlock**.
5. Select **Confirm and Unlock** to confirm that you want to unlock your domain.
6. Copy the auth code (also referred to as authentication code and authorization code) generated by Cloudflare, and use at your new registrar.

If you lose your authentication code, you can get a new one by:

* Selecting the **Regenerate** button;
* Locking the domain and repeating steps 1-6.

## 2. Transfer to a new registrar

1. Go to your new registrar.
2. You will be asked for the authorization code from Cloudflare (it might be called EPP in some systems). Input the code created for you from the Cloudflare dashboard.
3. Your new registrar will send the transfer request to the registry for your domain. The registry will then send it to Cloudflare. After Cloudflare receives the message, you can manually approve the transfer to initiate it immediately.
4. You will need to confirm the approval. You can also reject it at this stage. If you reject it, Cloudflare will reapply the registrar lock.
5. If you do not manually approve the transfer, the transfer will auto-approve on the fifth day after receiving the request. In either case, when your transfer out completes Cloudflare will remove the domain from your account and you will not be charged for future renewals.

---

# WHOIS redaction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/account-options/whois-redaction/

Cloudflare Registrar provides personal data redaction on WHOIS information, if permitted by the registry.

WHOIS is a standard for publishing the contact and nameserver information for all registered domains. Each registrar maintains their own WHOIS service. Anyone can query the registrar’s WHOIS service to reveal the data behind a given domain.

However, broadcasting the registrant contact information via the WHOIS service can cause spam mail to be delivered to your personal addresses. Cloudflare Registrar offers personal data redaction on WHOIS for free, that meets current ICANN guidelines.

Cloudflare’s WHOIS service can be found at [https://rdap.cloudflare.com/](https://rdap.cloudflare.com/). Select **WHOIS** as the search type.

## What is WHOIS redaction?

WHOIS redaction removes most contact information categorized as personal data (such as registrant name, email address, postal address) from the published WHOIS record for a domain. These fields will read `Data Redacted`. The nameserver, domain lock information, and date records for a domain are still available publicly. The following fields will continue to show in WHOIS, due to ICANN policy:

* Registrant state/province
* Registrant country

Cloudflare still maintains the authoritative, unredacted, record of your WHOIS data. You can modify this information at any time. Refer to [Registrant contact updates](/registrar/account-options/domain-contact-updates) for more information.

## What is RDAP?

RDAP (Registration Data Access Protocol) is a new standard for querying domain contact and nameserver information for all registered domains. This new protocol offers some advantages over WHOIS, including standardized data access, support for internationalization, and secure access controls. RDAP is intended to eventually replace WHOIS. However, Cloudflare currently provides both WHOIS and RDAP search capability.

Cloudflare’s RDAP service can be found at [https://rdap.cloudflare.com/](https://rdap.cloudflare.com/). Select **RDAP** as the search type.

## How can third parties reach registrants?

As part of the ICANN guidelines, registrars must have a method for third parties to reach the registrant without revealing their identity. Cloudflare has a form available where third parties can [submit a message for a given domain on Cloudflare Registrar](https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form). Cloudflare will forward the message to the registrant email on file for that domain.

---

# Enable DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/enable-dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The domain name system (DNS) translates domain names into numeric Internet addresses. However, DNS is a fundamentally insecure protocol. It does not guarantee where DNS records come from and accepts any requests given to it.

[DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) creates a secure layer to the domain name system by adding cryptographic signatures to DNS records. By doing so, your request can check the signature to verify that the record you need comes from the authoritative nameserver and was not altered along the way.

## Enable or disable DNSSEC

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:::note


If your domain is not on Cloudflare Registrar, you can enable DNSSEC in [**DNS**](/dns/dnssec/) on the Cloudflare dashboard.


:::

## Confirming DNSSEC

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---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Register a new domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/register-domain/

## Prerequisites and restrictions

* Cloudflare Registrar is only available for customers that use Cloudflare as their authoritative DNS provider (also known as a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/)).
* Cloudflare Registrar does not currently support internationalized domain names (IDNs), also known as Unicode.
* You must have a [verified account email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/), to transfer or register domains.

***

## How to register a new domain

:::note
If you are registering a `.us` domain, refer to the [Additional requirements for .US domains](/registrar/top-level-domains/us-domains/) before proceeding.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.

2. Go to **Domain Registration** > **Register Domains**.

3. In the search box, enter the domain name you wish to register, and select **Search**. You may also enter one or more keywords. The search results will contain a list of suggested domains. If the domain you entered does not appear in the list, this means it is not available for registration.

:::caution[Important]


Cloudflare Registrar currently does not support internationalized domain names (IDNs), also known as unicode. For that reason, you cannot search for words with special characters, such as `à`, `ü`, `ç`, among others.


:::

4. Select **Purchase** on the domain you wish to register. In rare instances, a domain that is not available for registration may appear in the search results. After selecting **Purchase**, a definitive availability check will be performed to confirm that the domain is actually available for registration.

5. Select the term (number of years) you wish to register the domain from the **Payment option** drop-down menu. Most top-level domains (TLDs) can be registered for a maximum of ten years. Some TLDs may have different term limits and these will be reflected in the drop-down options.

   The expiration date and price will update automatically based on the term selected. The **Renew On** date is the date that the system will attempt to auto-renew the domain. All registrations have Auto-renew turned on by default. However, you may [disable this option](/registrar/account-options/renew-domains/) at any time.

6. Enter the contact details for the domain. These details will be used to create all of the required contacts (Registrant, Admin, Technical, and Billing), and may be updated after registration is completed. Refer to [Contact requirements](#contact-requirements) to learn the specific requirements for each contact field.

:::note


If you have previously registered or transferred a domain name, the form will be filled in advance with the information from your default contact. If not, you will need to fill out the form.

It is important that you provide complete and accurate contact information. If you do not follow this recommendation, the domain registration may be suspended and/or canceled.


:::

7. In **Payment**, select which type of payment you want to use. If you already have a billing profile, Cloudflare uses this information to automatically fill the form. If there is no billing profile, you need to enter your payment information.

8. Review the terms and conditions, including the Domain Registration Agreement, Self-serve Subscription Agreement, and the Privacy Policy.

9. Select **Complete purchase** to continue. By selecting **Complete purchase**, you acknowledge that you are accepting the terms of the agreements.

The registration process may take up to 30 seconds to complete. Once the registration is complete, the browser will navigate to the domain management page where you may update the contacts, change the auto-renew settings, and add additional years to the term. You will also receive a confirmation email regarding your new domain registration.

## Contact requirements

At this time, you can only use ASCII characters for contact data. If the default contact has non-ASCII characters, you will need to update the domain contact details before proceeding. Cloudflare recommends that you update your default contact information to include ASCII characters only.



| Field        | Required? | Restrictions                                                                                                                   |
| ------------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| First Name   | Yes       | Minimum of two letters.                                                                                                        |
| Last Name    | Yes       | Minimum of two letters.                                                                                                        |
| Email        | Yes       | Must be a properly formatted email address.                                                                                    |
| Organization | No        | Optional for most TLDs. In some cases, the Organization field may be populated by default with data from First and Last names. |
| Phone number | Yes       | Must select a valid country code from the drop-down options. Only numbers will be accepted in the phone number field.          |
| Ext          | No        | Only numbers may be entered.                                                                                                   |
| Address 1    | Yes       | May not be all numeric.                                                                                                        |
| Address 2    | No        | -                                                                                                                              |
| City         | Yes       | -                                                                                                                              |
| State        | Yes       | -                                                                                                                              |
| Country      | Yes       | You must select one from the drop-down options.                                                                                |
| Postal Code  | Yes       | Must be a properly formatted postal code.                                                                                      |



When you register a domain with Cloudflare, your personal information is redacted when permitted by the registry. Refer to [WHOIS redaction](/registrar/account-options/whois-redaction/) for more information.

## Next steps

To improve the security of your domain, enable [Domain Name System Security Extensions](/registrar/get-started/enable-dnssec/) to create a secure layer with a cryptographic signature.

---

# Transfer your domain to Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Transferring your domain to Cloudflare tells your registry that a different registrar can now set those authoritative records for you. The relationship is based on trust. Registries only trust one registrar at any given time to make changes on your behalf.

Transferring a domain to a new registrar informs the registry that they should instead trust that new registrar to modify information. The process requires some action steps at your new and previous registrar. Each registrar handles transfers a bit differently, but in general, they follow a pattern based on rules set by ICANN, the organization responsible for regulating domain registration.

This section contains generic instructions on how to transfer your domain to Cloudflare from most registrars.

***

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***

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***

## Set up a domain transfer

To begin, complete the following steps in your current registrar to transfer your domain to Cloudflare. Below, you will find links for detailed transfer instructions from some of the most popular registrars:

* [Enom](https://support.enom.com/support/solutions/articles/201000065324-preparing-your-domain-for-transfer)
* [GoDaddy](https://www.godaddy.com/help/transfer-my-domain-away-from-godaddy-3560)
* [Ionos by 1&1](https://www.ionos.com/help/domains/domain-transfers/#acc4514)
* [Namecheap](https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx/258/84/what-should-i-do-to-transfer-a-domain-from-namecheap/)
* [Network Solutions](https://customerservice.networksolutions.com/prweb/PRAuth/webkm/help/article/KC-474/networksolutions)
* [Squarespace](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/205812338-Transferring-a-domain-away-from-Squarespace)

### 1. Log in to your registrar account

Log in to the registrar account where the domain is currently registered.

### 2. Unlock the domain

Registrars include a lightweight safeguard to prevent unauthorized users from starting domain transfers. This is known as registrar lock, but you might also see it referred to as domain lock. In WHOIS, it may appear as `clientTransferProhibited`. When enabled, the lock prevents any other registrar from attempting to initiate a transfer.

Only the registrant can enable or disable this lock, typically through the administration interface of the registrar. To proceed with a transfer, remove this lock if it is enabled.

### 3. Remove WHOIS privacy

In most cases, domains may be transferred even if WHOIS privacy services have been enabled. However, some registrars may prohibit the transfer if the WHOIS privacy service has been enabled.

### 4. Request an authorization code

Your new registrar needs to confirm with your old registrar that the transfer flow is authorized. To do that, your old registrar will provide an authorization code to you.

:::note


This code is often referred to as an authorization code, auth code, authinfo code, or transfer code. You will need to input that code to complete your transfer to Cloudflare. Cloudflare will use it to confirm the transfer is authentic.


:::

### 5. Initiate your transfer to Cloudflare

From your Cloudflare Account Home, go to [**Transfer Domains**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/domains/transfer). Cloudflare Registrar will display the zones available for transfer.

You will be presented with the price for each transfer. When you transfer a domain, you are required by ICANN to pay to extend its registration by one year from the expiration date. You can remove domains from your transfer by selecting **x**.

If you do not have a payment method on file, add one at this step before proceeding.

You will not be billed at this step. Cloudflare will only bill your card when you input the auth code and confirm the contact information at the conclusion of your transfer request.

:::note


Sites can be unavailable for a few reasons, including:

* You did not [add your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to your Cloudflare.
* The site was registered in the last 60 days.
* Cloudflare does not yet support the TLD.
* The domain has a status that does not allow for a transfer.
* You failed to follow the steps highlighted above in [creating an account with your domain](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) and [changing your DNS nameservers to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).


:::

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### 6. Input your authorization code

In the next page, input the authorization code for each domain you are transferring. You also need to unlock each domain so that Cloudflare can process your request. For more information, refer to the instructions provided by your [current registrar on how to transfer your domain](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/#set-up-a-domain-transfer).

### 7. Confirm or input your contact information

In the final stage of the transfer process, input the contact information for your registration. Cloudflare Registrar redacts this information by default but is required to collect the authentic contact information for this registration. It is important that you provide accurate WHOIS contact information. You may be required to verify the contact information. Failure to provide accurate information and/or failure to verify the information may result in suspension or deletion of your domain.

You can always [modify the contact information](/registrar/account-options/domain-contact-updates/) later, if needed.

After entering the contact information, agree to the domain registration terms of service by selecting **Confirm transfer**.

### 8. Approve the transfer

Once you have requested your transfer, Cloudflare will begin processing it, and send a Form of Authorization (FOA) email to the registrant, if the information is available in the public WHOIS database. The FOA is what authorizes the domain transfer.

After this step, your previous registrar will also email you to confirm your request to transfer. Most registrars will include a link to confirm the transfer request. If you select that link, you can accelerate the transfer operation. If you do not act on the email, the registrar can wait up to five days to process the transfer to Cloudflare. You may also be able to approve the transfer from within your current registrar dashboard.

:::note


Registrants transferring a `.us` domain will always receive a FOA email.


:::

## Bulk domain transfers

The process for transferring domains in bulk to Cloudflare is the same process as transferring a single domain. Even if you transfer multiple domains in bulk, you will be charged for each domain as bulk billing is not yet available.

## Transfer statuses

You can check the status of your transfer in **Account Home** > **Overview** > **Domain Registration** for your domain. Below, you can find a list of the possible transfer statuses.

* **Transfer in progress**: Your request has been submitted by Cloudflare to your previous registrar. Cloudflare is now waiting on them to confirm they have received the request. If this status persists for more than a day (24 hours), ensure that the domain has been unlocked at your current registrar and any WHOIS privacy services have been removed.

* **Pending approval**: Your current registrar has received the transfer request. They can now wait up to five days to release the domain. If you want to move faster, you can manually approve the transfer for immediate release in the dashboard of most registrars.

* **Transfer rejected**: your transfer has been rejected. This can occur if you canceled the request at your current registrar instead of approving it. If you still wish to transfer, you can select **Retry** and initiate a new transfer request.

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---

# Top Level Domains supported

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/top-level-domains/

Cloudflare supports over 200 [top-level domains (TLDs)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/top-level-domain/) and is always evaluating adding new TLDs. We have no specific timeframes for TLDs not yet listed. You can find the full list of supported and coming soon TLDs on the [TLD policies page](https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/).

:::note

If you want to register a `.us` domain refer to  [Additional requirements for .US domains](/registrar/top-level-domains/us-domains/).
:::

## Domain availability

During your [TLD registration process](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/#how-to-register-a-new-domain), Cloudflare Registrar will inform you if the TLD you are looking for is available to register. If it does not appear in your search list, this means that TLD is not available for registration.

Possible causes for the domain not being available include:

* Someone else owns that domain.
* It is an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) which Cloudflare Registrar does not support. These domains include international characters (such as `á`, `ü`, among others).

## Transfer a domain

When transferring a domain to Cloudflare Registrar, refer to [Restrictions](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/#restrictions) for a full list of aspects to consider before starting the transfer.

---

# .UK domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/top-level-domains/uk-domains/

## How to transfer a .UK domain to Cloudflare

Cloudflare currently supports the transfer of `.uk`, `co.uk`, `org.uk`, and `me.uk` domains. To transfer a `.uk` domain to Cloudflare from another registrar follow these steps:

1. Log in go the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Domain Registration** > **Transfer Domains**. Cloudflare will show you a list of domains that are eligible for transfer (see below for restrictions). If you do not see your domain, [add the domain you want to transfer](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to your Cloudflare account before you try to transfer your `.uk` domain.
3. Select the domains you wish to transfer.
4. Proceed to checkout. Note that there is no fee to transfer a `.uk` domain and an additional year is NOT added during the transfer process.
5. After checkout, request your current registrar to update the [IPS tag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Provider_Security) to `CLOUDFLARE`. If the transfer is not completed within 24 hours, ask your registrar again to update the IPS tag. The transfer will be automatically canceled if not completed within 30 days.
6. Cloudflare will receive a notice once your registrar updates the IPS tag. After that, we will finish transferring your domain.

:::caution[Warning]


If you request your current registrar to update the IPS tag before completing the checkout process, the transfer request will be automatically rejected. You must complete the checkout process before requesting the IPS tag update.

For security reasons, domains transferred to Cloudflare Registrar are locked for 60 days before they can be transferred out to another Registrar.


:::

## Transfer a .UK domain to another registrar

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Domain Registration** > **Manage Domains**.
3. Find the domain you want to transfer, and select **Manage**.
4. Select **Configuration** > **Unlock**.
5. Enter the IPS tag of the registrar you wish to transfer to.

Your new registrar is responsible for accepting the transfer. Cloudflare has no visibility into why a transfer might not be accepted by the new registrar.

:::note


If you do not know the IPS tag, contact your new registrar for instructions. Your new registrar may require you to follow some additional steps before starting the transfer process.


:::

---

# .US domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/registrar/top-level-domains/us-domains/

import { Details } from "~/components"

## Registration requirements for .US domains

If you want to register a `.us` domain, you must have a genuine connection to the United States as described in the [usTLD Nexus Policy](https://www.about.us/policies). When registering a domain name, registrants must identify the category under which they qualify for the usTLD Nexus Requirement:


<Details header="Nexus Category 1">

**C11**: A natural person who is a United States Citizen; or

**C12**: A natural person who is a permanent resident of the United States of America, or any of its possessions or territories.


</Details>


<Details header="Nexus Category 2">

**C21**: A U.S.-based organization or company formed within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states, the District of Columbia, or any of the United States possessions or territories, or organized or otherwise constituted under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or any of its possessions or territories or a U.S. federal, state, or local government entity or a political subdivision thereof.


</Details>


<Details header="Nexus Category 3">

**C31**: A foreign entity or organization that has a bona fide presence in the United States of America or any of its possessions or territories who regularly engages in lawful activities, sales of goods or services or other business, commercial or non-commercial, including not-for-profit relations in the United States; or

**C32**: A foreign entity that has an office or other facility in the United States.


</Details>

The nexus category information will be supplied to the .US registry. Failure to provide accurate information and/or to respond to requests for information may result in the suspension or cancellation of the domain registration.

### Application purpose

In addition to nexus information, registrants must also identify their intended use of the domain name. The possible options are:

* Personal use
* For-profit business
* Non-profit business or organization
* Government
* Education

### .US WHOIS requirements

The .US registry requires that domain contact data is displayed in the public WHOIS database. Redaction and/or use of WHOIS privacy services is prohibited. This is a registry policy that all registrars must comply with.

### .US domain transfers

Transferring a `.us` domain works in a similar way to other domains, but always requires approval via the Form of Authorization (FOA) email. You must select the approve link within five days for the transfer to proceed. If you do not respond, the transfer request will be cancelled.

Refer to [Transfer your domain to Cloudflare](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/) for more information.

---

# Configure via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/create-api/

You can configure Cloud Connector rules using the [Cloudflare API](/fundamentals/api/).

## Required permissions

The [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) used in API requests to manage Cloud Connector rules must have at least the following permission:

- _Zone_ > _Cloud Connector_ > _Write_

:::note
A token with this permission is only valid for the Cloud Connector endpoints described in this page. You cannot use it to interact with the `http_cloud_connector` phase via [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/).
:::

## Endpoints

To obtain the complete endpoint, append the Cloud Connector endpoints listed below to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

The `{zone_id}` argument is the [zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) (a hexadecimal string). You can find this value in the Cloudflare dashboard.

The following table summarizes the available operations.

| Operation                                  | Verb + Endpoint                              |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| List Cloud Connector rules                 | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules` |
| Create/update/delete Cloud Connector rules | `PUT /zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules` |

## Example API calls

### List of Cloud Connector rules

The following example returns a list of existing Cloud Connector rules:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<RULE_1_ID>",
			"provider": "aws_s3",
			"expression": "http.request.uri.path wildcard \"/images/*\"",
			"description": "Connect to S3 bucket containing images",
			"enabled": true,
			"parameters": {
				"host": "examplebucketwithimages.s3.north-eu.amazonaws.com"
			}
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Create/update/delete Cloud Connector rules

:::caution
To create a new rule and keep all existing rules, you must include them all in your request body. Omitting an existing rule in the request body will delete the corresponding Cloud Connector rule.
:::

The following example request will replace all existing Cloud Connector rules with a single rule:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cloud_connector/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "expression": "http.request.uri.path wildcard \"/images/*\"",
    "provider": "cloudflare_r2",
    "description": "Connect to R2 bucket containing images",
    "parameters": {
      "host": "mybucketcustomdomain.example.com"
    }
  }
]'
```

The required body parameters for each rule are: `expression`, `provider`, and `parameters.host`.

The `provider` value must be one of the following: `cloudflare_r2`, `aws_s3`, `azure_storage`, and `gcp_storage`.

---

# Configure in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/create-dashboard/

To configure a Cloud Connector rule in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Cloud Connector**.

3. Select your [cloud provider](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/) (Cloudflare R2 or an external provider).

4. If you selected Cloudflare R2 in the previous step, select your bucket and your custom domain, and select **Next**.<br/>
   If you selected a different storage provider, enter the bucket URL and select **Next**.

   :::caution
   The bucket URL must follow a [specific format](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/) according to your provider.
   :::

5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Cloud Connector name**.

6. Under **If**, select **Custom filter expression** and [enter an expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/) to define the traffic that will be redirected to the bucket. For example:

   - To route all requests matching `http*://example.com/images/*` (HTTPS and HTTP requests) you could enter the following expression:<br/>
     `http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://example.com/images/*"`
   - To route all requests matching `http*://images.example.com/*` (HTTPS and HTTP requests) you could enter the following expression:<br/>
     `http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://images.example.com/*"`

   Alternatively, select **All incoming requests** to redirect all incoming traffic for your zone to the storage bucket you selected.

To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy the rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Cloud Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Cloud Connector (beta) allows you to route matching incoming traffic from your website to a public cloud provider that you define: [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) object storage or an external provider such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. With Cloud Connector you can make Cloudflare the control center for your web traffic, including traffic served from public cloud providers, without having to configure additional rules.

<Render
	file="rules-requirements"
	params={{ one: "Cloud Connector requires" }}
/>

## How it works

First, you configure a Cloud Connector rule that specifies:

- The cloud provider and a supported cloud service that will accept traffic.
- The traffic that will be routed to that cloud service.

Then, Cloudflare will create the [necessary configurations](#applied-configurations) so that the content is accessible for requests matching your Cloud Connector rule. Your object storage bucket should be public for Cloud Connector to work.

Cloud Connector rules are evaluated last in the request evaluation workflow. When there is a rule match and you have other rules changing the same settings, the Cloud Connector rule will win over other rules.

## Applied configurations

Cloud Connector will perform the following configurations automatically, depending on the cloud provider:

- Modify the `Host` header.
- Adjust SSL/TLS for bucket-related traffic ([AWS S3 website endpoints](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/#ssl-connections-to-aws-s3-endpoints) only).

## Availability

Cloud Connector is available in beta to all customers. The maximum number of rules depends on your Cloudflare plan:

<FeatureTable id="rules.cloud_connector" />

---

# Configure Cloud Connector using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/create-terraform/

You can create Cloud Connector rules using the [Terraform Cloudflare provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest).

To get started with Terraform for Cloudflare configuration, refer to [Terraform: Get started](/terraform/installing/).

## Required permissions

The [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) used by Terraform must have at least the following permission:

- _Zone_ > _Cloud Connector_ > _Write_

## Example configuration

The following example Terraform configuration creates Cloud Connector rules for various [supported providers](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/) to route traffic between them based on URI paths:

```tf
resource "cloudflare_cloud_connector_rules" "cloud_connector_rules" {
  zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"

  rules {
    description = "Route /data to GCP bucket"
    enabled     = true
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path wildcard \"*/data/*\")"
    provider    = "gcp_storage"
    parameters {
      host = "mystorage.storage.googleapis.com"
    }
  }

  rules {
    description = "Route /resources to AWS bucket"
    enabled     = true
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path wildcard \"*/resources/*\")"
    provider    = "aws_s3"
    parameters {
      host = "mystorage.s3.ams.amazonaws.com"
    }
  }

  rules {
    description = "Route /files to Azure bucket"
    enabled     = true
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path wildcard \"*/files/*\")"
    provider    = "azure_storage"
    parameters {
      host = "mystorage.blob.core.windows.net"
    }
  }

  rules {
    description = "Route /images to R2 bucket"
    enabled     = true
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path wildcard \"*/images/*\")"
    provider    = "cloudflare_r2"
    parameters {
      host = "mybucketcustomdomain.example.com"
    }
  }
}
```

## More resources

Refer to the [Terraform Cloudflare provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) for more information on the `cloudflare_cloud_connector_rules` resource.

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/create-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a compression rule via API.

## Basic rule settings

When creating a compression rule via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `compress_response`.
- Define the parameters in the `action_parameters` field according to the [settings](/rules/compression-rules/settings/#api-configuration-settings) you wish to override for matching requests.
- Deploy the rule to the `http_response_compression` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

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	file="rules-creation-workflow"
	params={{ one: "a compression rule", two: "http_response_compression" }}
/>

## Examples

For example API requests, refer to the [Examples gallery](/rules/compression-rules/examples/).

---

# Supported cloud providers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/providers/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloud Connector currently supports the following cloud providers and services:

- Cloudflare R2
- Amazon Web Services - S3
- Google Cloud Platform - Cloud Storage
- Microsoft Azure - Blob Storage

## Cloudflare R2

The Cloudflare R2 bucket must be public and [exposed using a custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/). Buckets exposed using an `r2.dev` subdomain are not supported.

Additionally, the custom domain must be defined in the same zone where you are configuring the Cloud Connector rule.

## Amazon Web Services - S3

The hostname of your S3 bucket URL must have one of the following formats (where `*` is a wildcard character):

- `*s3.amazonaws.com`
- `*s3.<REGION>.amazonaws.com`
- `*s3-website.<REGION>.amazonaws.com`
- `*s3-website-<REGION>.amazonaws.com`

Cloud Connector supports both subdomain and URI path-style URLs:

- **Subdomain-style URLs**: Set the hostname to `<BUCKET_NAME>.s3.amazonaws.com`. In this case, your files are accessible directly under the root of the bucket. For example, `https://example.com/index.html` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html`.
- **URI path-style URLs**: Set the hostname to `s3.amazonaws.com`. Here, your bucket name must be part of the URI path in your requests. For example, if your bucket name is `<BUCKET_NAME>`, files will be available on paths like `https://example.com/<BUCKET_NAME>/index.html`, and your Cloud Connector rule should filter traffic based on the URI path starting with `/<BUCKET_NAME>`.

### SSL connections to AWS S3 endpoints

The SSL setting applied to requests between Cloud Connector and AWS S3 depends on the type of S3 endpoint you use:

- **HTTPS-supported endpoints**: For hostnames like `*s3.<REGION>.amazonaws.com` and `*s3.amazonaws.com`, Cloudflare will connect to AWS S3 over HTTPS if you set your zone's SSL/TLS mode to **Full** or **Full (Strict)**.
- **Non-HTTPS endpoints**: For website-style hostnames such as `*s3-website.<REGION>.amazonaws.com` or `*s3-website-<REGION>.amazonaws.com`, which do not support HTTPS, Cloudflare will default to **Flexible SSL**.

### Get the bucket URL

1. Go to the [Amazon S3 console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/) and select **Buckets** in the navigation pane.
2. Select the bucket name.
3. Go to the **Properties** tab.
4. Select the **Static Website Hosting** card. The **Endpoint** field shows your bucket URL.

For more information, refer to the [Amazon S3 documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/EnableWebsiteHosting.html).

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## Google Cloud Platform - Cloud Storage

The hostname of your Cloud Storage bucket URL must be the following (where `*` is a wildcard character):

- `*storage.googleapis.com`
- `*storage.cloud.google.com`

Cloud Connector supports both subdomain and URI path-style URLs:

- **Subdomain-style URLs**: Set the hostname to `<BUCKET_NAME>.storage.googleapis.com`. In this case, your files are accessible directly under the root of the bucket. For example, `https://example.com/index.html` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.storage.googleapis.com/index.html`.
- **URI path-style URLs**: Set the hostname to `storage.googleapis.com`. Here, your bucket name must be part of the URI path in your requests. For example, if your bucket name is `<BUCKET_NAME>`, files will be available on paths like `https://example.com/<BUCKET_NAME>/index.html`, and your Cloud Connector rule should filter traffic based on the URI path starting with `/<BUCKET_NAME>`.

### Get the bucket URL

1. Go to the [Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser) and select **Buckets**.
2. Select the bucket name.
3. For one of the files already in the bucket, select the link icon in the **Public** column to copy the file's public URL to the clipboard. The file URL will have the following format:

   `https://storage.googleapis.com/<BUCKET_NAME>/<OBJECT_NAME>`

   To obtain the subdomain bucket URL, refactor the file URL to `<BUCKET_NAME>.storage.googleapis.com` format.<br/>
   To obtain the URI path bucket URL, remove `https://` and `/<BUCKET_NAME>/<OBJECT_NAME>` from the file URL.

If the files in your bucket are not publicly accessible, you must change the bucket permissions. For details, refer to the [Google Cloud Storage documentation](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/making-data-public#buckets).

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## Microsoft Azure - Blob Storage

The hostname of your Blob Storage bucket URL must have one of the following formats:

- `<BUCKET_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net`
- `<BUCKET_NAME>.web.core.windows.net`

For Azure Blog Storage, Cloud Connector supports only subdomain URLs like `<BUCKET_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net`. This means that your files will be accessible directly under the root of the bucket. For example, `https://example.com/index.html` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net/index.html`.

### Get the bucket URL

1. Go to the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and select your storage account.
2. In the menu pane, under **Settings**, select **Endpoints**.
3. Get your bucket URL from the **Blob service** endpoint or the **Static website** endpoint.

If the blob container is not configured for public access, you must change the container settings. For details, refer to the [Azure Storage documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/anonymous-read-access-configure?tabs=portal).

<Render file="cloud-connector-limit-bucket-to-cloudflare-ips" />

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/create-dashboard/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **Compression Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6. Under **When incoming requests match**, select if you wish to apply the rule to [default content types](/speed/optimization/content/compression/#compression-between-cloudflare-and-website-visitors) (content types that Cloudflare compresses by default), or to requests that match a custom filter expression.
7. (Optional) To define a custom expression, use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit rule expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).
8. Under **Compression options**, set the [compression options](/rules/compression-rules/settings/#dashboard-configuration-settings).
9. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Compression Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Use Compression Rules to customize the compression applied to responses from Cloudflare's global network to your website visitors, based on the file extension and content type. Compression Rules are powered by the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/).

Cloudflare [compresses some responses by default](/speed/optimization/content/compression/), based on the content type. With Compression Rules, you can customize the default behavior, which includes defining preferred compression algorithms for particular file types.

When there is a match for a compression rule configured with several compression algorithms, the selected algorithm is the first one supported by the website visitor, according to the received `accept-encoding` HTTP header. If multiple compression rules match, the last rule wins.

<Render
	file="rules-requirements"
	params={{ one: "Compression Rules require" }}
/>

## Get started

<Render file="rules-templates" />

Alternatively, follow the instructions in the following pages to get started:

- [Create a compression rule in the dashboard](/rules/compression-rules/create-dashboard/)
- [Create a compression rule via Cloudflare API](/rules/compression-rules/create-api/)

---

## Availability

Compression Rules are available in all Cloudflare plans. Users in the Free plan will gradually get access throughout 2024.

<FeatureTable id="rules.compression_rules" />

## Relevant fields

The following fields are commonly used in expressions of compression rules:

| Field in [Expression Builder](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder) | Field name                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| _Media Type_                                                                                                   | [`http.response.content_type.media_type`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.response.content_type.media_type/) |
| _File extension_                                                                                               | [`http.request.uri.path.extension`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.path.extension/)             |
| N/A                                                                                                            | [`raw.http.request.uri.path.extension`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/raw.http.request.uri.path.extension/)     |

## Important remarks

- If there is a match for a compression rule but the client does not support any of the compression algorithms configured in the rule (according to the provided `accept-encoding` request header), the response sent to the client will not be compressed.

- If there is a match for a compression rule but the response sent from the origin server contains a `cache-control: no-transform` HTTP header, the compression rule will not perform any changes to the response.

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "compression rules" }}
/>

---

# Available settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/settings/

import { Details, Badge } from "~/components";

Compression Rules support the configuration settings covered in the following sections.

## Dashboard configuration settings

### Enable Zstandard (Zstd) compression <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

Sets Zstandard as the preferred compression algorithm. If it is not supported, will automatically fall back to Brotli, Gzip, or uncompressed data.

### Enable Brotli and Gzip compression

Enables Cloudflare's default compression setting. Brotli is the preferred compression algorithm. It will automatically fall back to Gzip or to uncompressed data.

### Disable compression

Disables compression for matching requests. Also disables Cloudflare's [default compression behavior](/speed/optimization/content/compression/).

### Custom

Defines a custom order for compression algorithms.

Allowed values are the following:

- **Gzip**: Use the Gzip compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- **Brotli**: Use the Brotli compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- **Zstandard**: Use the Zstandard (Zstd) compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- **Auto**: Compress the response according to the algorithms supported by the website visitor (if any). Cloudflare will define the order of preference for the compression algorithms, which may change in the future. Has the same behavior of the **Enable compression** option.
- **Default**: Use Cloudflare's [default compression behavior](/speed/optimization/content/compression/), which depends on the response content type.

If you specify only _Gzip_, _Brotli_, or _Zstandard_ and no algorithm matches, the response will have no compression. To configure a fallback compression mechanism, add _Auto_ to the list.

:::note
The compression applied by the _Default_ option takes into account any configured compression rules that match incoming requests.
:::

---

## API configuration settings

The configuration object supported by the `compress_response` action has the following format:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "algorithms": [
    { "name": "<VALUE1>" },
    { "name": "<VALUE2>" },
    // ...
  ]
}
```

The `algorithms` list must contain at least one item.

The supported algorithm values are:

- `gzip`: Use the Gzip compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- `brotli`: Use the Brotli compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- `zstd`: Use the Zstandard compression algorithm, if supported by the website visitor.
- `none`: Do not use any compression algorithm.
- `auto`: Compress the response according to the algorithms supported by the website visitor (if any). Cloudflare will define the order of preference for the compression algorithms, which may change in the future.
- `default`: Use Cloudflare's [default compression behavior](/speed/optimization/content/compression/#compression-between-cloudflare-and-website-visitors), which depends on the response content type.

If you include `none`, `default`, or `auto` in the list, it must be the last value in the list.

When you specify only the `gzip`, `brotli`, or `zstd` algorithms, if no algorithm matches then the response will have no compression. To configure a fallback compression mechanism, add `auto` to the list.

For API examples, refer to the [Examples gallery](/rules/compression-rules/examples/).

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create configuration rules via API.

## Basic rule settings

When creating a configuration rule via API, make sure you:

* Set the rule action to `set_config`.
* Define the parameters in the `action_parameters` field according to the [settings](/rules/configuration-rules/settings/) you wish to override for matching requests.
* Deploy the rule to the `http_config_settings` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

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Make sure your API token has the [required permissions](#required-api-token-permissions) to perform the API operations.

## Example requests


<Details header="Example: Add a rule that enables Email Obfuscation and Browser Integrity Check">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single configuration rule — enabling Email Obfuscation and Browser Integrity Check for the contacts page — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/contact-us/\")",
      "description": "Obfuscates email addresses and enables BIC in contacts page",
      "action": "set_config",
      "action_parameters": {
        "email_obfuscation": true,
        "bic": true
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example: Add a rule that turns on I'm Under Attack mode for the admin area">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single configuration rule — turning on I'm Under Attack mode for the administration area — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.host eq \"admin.example.com\"",
      "description": "Turn on I'\''m Under Attack mode for admin area",
      "action": "set_config",
      "action_parameters": {
        "security_level": "under_attack"
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>

***

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage configuration rules must have at least the following permission:

* *Zone* > *Config Rules* > *Edit*

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **Configuration Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6. Under **When incoming requests match**, select if you wish to apply the rule to all incoming requests or only to requests that match a custom filter expression.
7. (Optional) To define a custom expression, use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).
8. Under **Then the settings are**, add the [configuration settings](/rules/configuration-rules/settings/) you wish to change for requests matching the rule expression.
9. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Configuration Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Configuration Rules allow you to customize certain Cloudflare [configuration settings](/rules/configuration-rules/settings/) for matching incoming requests.

The configuration rule expression will determine to which requests the rule settings will apply. For more information on expressions, refer to [Expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) and [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

<Render
	file="rules-requirements"
	params={{ one: "Configuration Rules require" }}
/>

---

## Rules templates

<Render file="rules-templates" />

## Availability

The number of available configuration rules varies according to your Cloudflare plan:

<FeatureTable id="rules.config_rules" />

## Execution order

<Render file="product-execution-order" />

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "configuration rules" }}
/>

---

# Available settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/settings/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

You can change the configuration settings described below in a configuration rule.

## Automatic HTTPS Rewrites

[Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/) prevents end users from seeing `Mixed content` errors by rewriting URLs from `http` to `https` for resources or links on your website that can be served with HTTPS.

Use this setting to turn on or off Automatic HTTPS Rewrites for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"automatic_https_rewrites"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "automatic_https_rewrites": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Browser Integrity Check

[Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/) blocks access to pages based on specific HTTP headers commonly abused by spammers.

Use this setting to turn on or off Browser Integrity Check for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"bic"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "bic": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Disable Apps

[Cloudflare Apps](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/), now deprecated, is a platform for sharing high-quality apps that anyone with a website can use.

Use this setting to turn off all active Cloudflare Apps for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"disable_apps"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "disable_apps": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Disable Real User Monitoring (RUM)

[Cloudflare Web Analytics](/web-analytics/), also known as Real User Monitoring (RUM), is Cloudflare's free, privacy-first analytics for your website.

Use this setting to turn off Web Analytics for matching requests.

<Render file="configuration-rule-wins-over-rum-rule" params={{ one: "Configuration rules", two: "Web Analytics rules" }} />


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"disable_rum"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "disable_rum": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Disable Zaraz

[Cloudflare Zaraz](/zaraz/) gives you complete control over third-party tools and services for your website, and allows you to offload them to the Cloudflare global network.

Use this setting to turn off Zaraz for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"disable_zaraz"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "disable_zaraz": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Hotlink Protection

[Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/) prevents your images from being used by other sites, potentially reducing the bandwidth consumed by your origin server.

Use this setting to turn on or off Hotlink Protection for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"hotlink_protection"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
    "hotlink_protection": false
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Email Obfuscation

[Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/) helps in spam prevention by hiding email addresses appearing in your pages from email harvesters and other bots, while remaining visible to your site visitors.

Use this setting to turn on or off Email Obfuscation for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"email_obfuscation"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "email_obfuscation": false
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Fonts

[Cloudflare Fonts](/speed/optimization/content/fonts/) rewrites Google Fonts to be delivered from a website's own origin, eliminating the need to rely on third-party font providers.

Use this setting to turn on or off Cloudflare Fonts for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"fonts"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "fonts": false
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Mirage

[Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/) accelerates image delivery for your visitors based on their device.

Use this setting to turn on or off Mirage for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"mirage"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "mirage": false
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Opportunistic Encryption

[Opportunistic Encryption](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/opportunistic-encryption/) allows browsers to access HTTP URIs over an encrypted TLS channel.

Use this setting to turn on or off Opportunistic Encryption for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"opportunistic_encryption"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "opportunistic_encryption": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Polish

[Cloudflare Polish](/images/polish/) is a one-click image optimization product that automatically optimizes images in your site.

Use this setting to configure Polish for matching requests:

* Off
* Lossless
* Lossy

Refer to [Compression options](/images/polish/compression/#compression-options) for more information on these values.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"polish"` (string).

API values: `"off"`, `"lossless"`, `"lossy"`.

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "polish": "lossless"
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Rocket Loader

[Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/) prioritizes your website's content (such as text, images, and fonts) by deferring the loading of all your JavaScript code until after rendering.

Use this setting to turn on or off Rocket Loader for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"rocket_loader"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "rocket_loader": true
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## Security Level

[Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/) controls Managed Challenges for requests from low reputation IP addresses.

Use this setting to select the security level for matching requests:

* Off
* Essentially Off
* Low
* Medium
* High
* I'm Under Attack

Refer to [Security levels](/waf/tools/security-level/#security-levels) for more information on these values.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"security_level"` (string).

API values: `"off"`, `"essentially_off"`, `"low"`, `"medium"`, `"high"`, `"under_attack"`.

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "security_level": "low"
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## SSL

[SSL/TLS encryption modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) control the scheme (`http://` or `https://`) that Cloudflare uses to connect to your origin web server and how SSL certificates presented by your origin will be validated.

Use this setting to configure the SSL/TLS encryption mode for matching requests:

* Off
* Flexible
* Full
* Strict
* Origin Pull

Refer to [Available encryption modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/#available-encryption-modes) for more information on these values.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"ssl"` (string).

API values: `"off"`, `"flexible"`, `"full"`, `"strict"`, `"origin_pull"`.

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "ssl": "flexible"
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

## SXG

[Signed Exchanges (SXG)](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/) is an open standard that makes it possible to cryptographically authenticate the origin of a resource independently of how it is delivered.

Use this setting to turn on or off signed exchanges for matching requests.


<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"sxg"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "sxg": false
}
```

<Render file="configuration-rule-link-to-examples" />


</Details>

---

# Create via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/custom-error-responses/create-api/

Configure Custom Error Responses as [rules](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/) belonging to the `http_custom_errors` phase. Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create Custom Error Responses via API.

## Basic rule settings

When creating a custom error response via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `serve_error`.
- Define the [parameters](/rules/custom-error-responses/parameters/) in the `action_parameters` field according to response type.
- Deploy the custom error response rule to the `http_custom_errors` phase at the zone level.

The first rule in the `http_custom_errors` phase ruleset that matches will be applied. No other rules in the ruleset will be matched or applied.

## Procedure

Follow this workflow to create a custom error response rule for a given zone via API:

1. Use the [List zone rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation to check if there is already a ruleset for the `http_custom_errors` phase at the zone level.
2. If the phase ruleset does not exist, create it using the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation, which allows you to create a ruleset if it does not exist and update all the rules in the ruleset. Create the ruleset in the `http_custom_errors` phase.

   If the phase ruleset already exists, use the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation to replace all the rules in the ruleset, or the [Add rule to ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/) operation to add a rule to the existing rules in the ruleset.

## Example API calls

The examples in this section use the following fields in their rule expressions:

- [`http.response.code`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.response.code/): Represents the HTTP status code returned to the client, either set by a Cloudflare product or returned by the origin server. Use this field to customize the error response for error codes returned by the origin server or by a Cloudflare product such as a Worker.

- [`cf.response.1xxx_code`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.response.1xxx_code/): Contains the specific error code for Cloudflare-generated errors. This field will only work for Cloudflare-generated errors such as [52x](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/) and [1xxx](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/).

### Custom JSON response for all 5xx errors

This example configures a custom JSON error response for all 5xx errors (`500`-`599`) in the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The HTTP status code of the custom error response will be set to `530`.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_custom_errors/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "serve_error",
      "action_parameters": {
        "content": "{\"message\": \"A server error occurred.\"}",
        "content_type": "application/json",
        "status_code": 530
      },
      "expression": "http.response.code ge 500 and http.response.code lt 600",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}'
```

This `PUT` request, corresponding to the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation, replaces any existing rules in the `http_custom_errors` phase entry point ruleset.

### Custom HTML response with updated status code

This example configures a custom HTML error response for responses with a `500` HTTP status code, and redefines the response status code to `503`.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_custom_errors/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "serve_error",
      "action_parameters": {
        "content": "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Application unavailable</title></head><body><h1>Application temporarily unavailable</h1><p>Please try again later.</p></body></html>",
        "content_type": "text/html",
        "status_code": 503
      },
      "expression": "http.response.code eq 500",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}'
```

This `PUT` request, corresponding to the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation, replaces any existing rules in the `http_custom_errors` phase entry point ruleset.

### Custom HTML response for Cloudflare 1020 errors

This example configures a custom HTML error response for [Cloudflare error 1020](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1020-access-denied) (Access Denied).

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_custom_errors/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "serve_error",
      "action_parameters": {
        "content": "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Access denied</title></head><body><h1>You do not have access to this page</h1><p>Contact us if you think this is an error.</p></body></html>",
        "content_type": "text/html"
      },
      "expression": "cf.response.1xxx_code eq 1020",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}'
```

This `PUT` request, corresponding to the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation, replaces any existing rules in the `http_custom_errors` phase entry point ruleset.

---

## ​​Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage Custom Error Responses must have at least the following permission:

- _Custom Error Rules_ > _Edit_

---

# Error tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/custom-error-responses/error-tokens/

A custom response may include the following error tokens, which will be replaced with their real values before sending the response to the visitor:



| Token           | Description                                                              |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `::CLIENT_IP::` | The visitor's IP address.                                                |
| `::RAY_ID::`    | A unique identifier given to every request that goes through Cloudflare. |
| `::GEO::`       | The country or region associated with the visitor's IP address.          |

---

# Custom Error Responses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/custom-error-responses/

Custom Error Responses (beta), powered by the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/), allow you to define custom responses for errors returned by an origin server or by a Cloudflare product (including Workers). Custom Error Responses will apply to responses whose HTTP status code is greater than or equal to 400 that match the expression of the custom error response rule.

To configure a custom error response, create a custom error response rule at the zone level. Custom error response rules will override [Custom Pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/) at the zone or account level.

Custom Error Responses require that you [proxy the DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your domain (or subdomain) through Cloudflare.

:::note[Notes about the beta]

During the beta, you can define Custom Error Responses using inline templates and specify the response's content type and HTTP status code.

Additionally, at this stage you can only create custom error response rules [using the API](/rules/custom-error-responses/create-api/).

:::

## How it works

When a custom error response is triggered, Cloudflare will replace the body and (optionally) the HTTP status code of the response sent to the visitor. Cloudflare will keep any existing HTTP response headers except for `Content-Type` and `Content-Length`.

Additionally, you can configure [HTTP response header modification rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) for error responses to add, change, or remove HTTP headers from the error response.

## Availability

Custom Error Responses are available in beta to all paid plans. The exact features depend on your Cloudflare plan:

|                                       | Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise |
| ------------------------------------- | :--: | :-: | :------: | :--------: |
| Custom Error Responses                |  No  | Yes |   Yes    |    Yes     |
| Number of custom error response rules |  —   |  5  |    20    |     50     |

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/custom-error-responses/parameters/

Custom Error Responses have the following parameters:

- **`content`** String Required

  - The response body to return. It can include [error tokens](/rules/custom-error-responses/error-tokens/) that will be replaced with real values before sending the error response to the visitor.
  - The maximum content size is 10 KB.

- **`content_type`** String Required

  - The content type of the returned response. Must be one of the following:

    - `text/html`
    - `text/plain`
    - `application/json`
    - `text/xml`

- **`status_code`** Integer Optional
  - The HTTP status code of the response. If provided, this value will override the current response status code.
  - The status code must be between `400` and `999`.

:::caution

If you create an HTML error response, make sure the `referrer` meta tag is not present in the HTML code since it will disrupt [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/):

```html
<meta name="referrer" (...) />
```

:::

---

# URL normalization examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/examples/

The following table shows how different [URL normalization settings](/rules/normalization/settings/) affect request URLs before they pass to other Cloudflare features and to the origin server:

| Incoming URL                 | Normalization type | Normalize incoming URLs | Normalize URLs to origin | URL at Cloudflare's network    | URL passed to origin server    |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | _Off_                   | _Off_                    | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | _On_                    | _Off_                    | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `www.example.com/hello`      | (any)              | _On_                    | _On_                     | `www.example.com/hello`        | `www.example.com/hello`        |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | _Off_                   | _Off_                    | `example.com/%68ello`          | `example.com/%68ello`          |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | _On_                    | _Off_                    | `example.com/hello`            | `example.com/%68ello`          |
| `example.com/%68ello`        | (any)              | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/hello`            | `example.com/hello`            |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _RFC-3986_         | _Off_                   | _Off_                    | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _RFC-3986_         | _On_                    | _Off_                    | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _RFC-3986_         | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   | `example.com/hello//pa%5Cth`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _Cloudflare_       | _Off_                   | _Off_                    | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _Cloudflare_       | _On_                    | _Off_                    | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      | `example.com/%68ello//pa\th`   |
| `example.com/%68ello//pa\th` | _Cloudflare_       | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      | `example.com/hello/pa/th`      |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | _RFC-3986_         | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/hello/path`       | `example.com/hello/path`       |
| `example.com/hello//../path` | _Cloudflare_       | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/path`             | `example.com/path`             |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | _RFC-3986_         | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` | `example.com/hello/%5C../path` |
| `example.com/hello/\../path` | _Cloudflare_       | _On_                    | _On_                     | `example.com/path`             | `example.com/path`             |

---

# How URL normalization works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/how-it-works/

URL normalization modifies separators, encoded elements, and literal bytes in incoming URLs so that they conform to a consistent formatting standard.

For example, consider a WAF custom rule that blocks requests whose URLs match `www.example.com/hello`. The rule would not block a request containing an encoded element — `www.example.com/%68ello`. Normalizing incoming URLs on the Cloudflare global network helps simplify rules expressions containing URLs.

The two available types of URL normalization are:

- [RFC 3986 normalization](#rfc-3986-normalization)
- [Cloudflare normalization](#cloudflare-normalization)

The location where URL normalization will occur depends on the [configured settings](/rules/normalization/settings/).

For examples of the different settings and their impact on request URLs, refer to the [URL normalization examples](/rules/normalization/examples/).

## RFC 3986 normalization

The URL normalization performed according to [RFC 3986](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt) is as follows:

- The following unreserved characters are [percent decoded](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-2.1):
  - Alphabetical characters: `a`-`z`, `A`-`Z` (decoded from `%41`-`%5A` and `%61`-`%7A`)
  - Digit characters: `0`-`9` (decoded from `%30`-`%39`)
  - hyphen `-` (`%2D`), period `.` (`%2E`), underscore `_` (`%5F`), and tilde `~` (`%7E`)
- These reserved characters are not encoded or decoded: `: / ? # [ ] @ ! $ & ' ( ) * + , ; =`
- Other characters, for example literal byte values, are percent encoded.
- Percent encoded representations are converted to upper case.
- URL paths are normalized according to the [Remove Dot Segments](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#section-5.2.4) protocol.

## Cloudflare normalization

When using the Cloudflare URL normalization, some extra normalization techniques will be applied to URLs of incoming requests, in the following order:

1. Normalize back slashes (`\`) into forward slashes (`/`).
2. Merge successive forward slashes (for example, `//` will be normalized to `/`).
3. Perform [RFC 3986 normalization](#rfc-3986-normalization) of the resulting URL.

---

# URL normalization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare provides a URL normalization feature to modify the URLs of incoming requests so that they conform to a consistent formatting standard.

When you enable URL normalization, all incoming URLs are normalized before they pass to subsequent global network features that accept a URL input, such as WAF custom rules, Workers, and Access. Rule expressions that filter traffic based on URLs will therefore trigger correctly, regardless of the format of the incoming URL. When URL normalization is disabled, Cloudflare forwards the URL to origin in its original form.

:::caution

When traffic is proxied via Cloudflare, essential request URL normalization is always applied regardless whether URL normalization is enabled for a specific zone. For example, you cannot disable the conversion of two or more adjacent slashes into a single slash in a request URL by turning off URL normalization.
:::

URL normalization does not perform any <GlossaryTooltip term="redirect">redirects</GlossaryTooltip>, and therefore it will not change the address displayed in the visitor's browser. The normalization operation, when enabled, occurs on the global network and affects Cloudflare features executed later and (optionally) the URL received at the origin server.

<Render
	file="rules-requirements"
	params={{ one: "URL normalization requires" }}
/>

---

## Availability

URL normalization is available in all Cloudflare plans.

## Get started

Learn more about [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/how-it-works/) and how to [configure URL normalization](/rules/normalization/manage/) in the Cloudflare dashboard.

---

# Configure URL normalization in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/manage/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview** > **URL Normalization**.

3. Configure the [available URL normalization settings](/rules/normalization/settings/).

   ![Available URL normalization settings in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/rules/normalization/url-normalization-settings.png)

---

# URL normalization settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/normalization/settings/

The Cloudflare dashboard provides the following settings to manage URL normalization:

- **Normalization type** (default: _RFC-3986_)

  - Selects the type of normalization to perform:

    - _RFC-3986_ – Applies URL normalization strictly according to [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986).

    - _Cloudflare_ – In addition to what is defined in RFC 3986, applies [extra URL normalization techniques](/rules/normalization/how-it-works/#cloudflare-normalization).

- **Normalize incoming URLs** (default: _On_)

  - Configures the URLs of all incoming traffic to Cloudflare:

    - When enabled, all incoming URLs are normalized before they pass to subsequent Cloudflare features that can receive a URL as input, such as Page Rules, WAF custom rules, Workers, and Access.
    - When disabled, incoming URLs are not normalized before passing to subsequent Cloudflare features.

- **Normalize URLs to origin** (default: _Off_)

  - Configures URLs sent to the origin:

    - When enabled, requests sent to the origin are normalized.
    - When disabled, requests sent to the origin are not modified.

  - You can only view and enable this option when **Normalize incoming URLs** is enabled.

For examples of how these settings affect URL normalization, refer to the [URL normalization examples](/rules/normalization/examples/).

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create origin rules via API.

## Basic rule settings

When creating an origin rule via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `route`.
- Define the [parameters](/rules/origin-rules/parameters/) in the `action_parameters` field according to the type of origin override.
- Deploy the rule to the `http_request_origin` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

<Render
	file="rules-creation-workflow"
	params={{ one: "an origin rule", two: "http_request_origin" }}
/>

Make sure your API token has the [required permissions](#required-api-token-permissions) to perform the API operations.

## Example requests

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that overrides the HTTP `Host` header">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single origin rule — overriding the HTTP `Host` header — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.query contains \"/eu/\"",
      "description": "My first origin rule",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "host_header": "eu_server.example.net"
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Origin Rules ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute origin rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "route",
				"action_parameters": {
					"host_header": "eu_server.example.net"
				},
				"expression": "http.request.uri.query contains \"/eu/\"",
				"description": "My first origin rule",
				"last_updated": "2022-06-02T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-06-02T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_origin"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that overrides the SNI value of incoming requests">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single origin rule — overriding the SNI value of incoming requests addressed at `admin.example.com` — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.host eq \"admin.example.com\"",
      "description": "SNI Override for the admin area",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "sni": {
          "value": "sni.example.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that overrides the resolved DNS record and the `Host` header of incoming requests">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single origin rule — overriding the resolved DNS record and the `Host` header of incoming requests — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/hr-app/\")",
      "description": "Origin rule for the company HR application",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "host_header": "hr-server.example.com",
        "origin": {
          "host": "hr-server.example.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Origin Rules ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute origin rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "route",
				"action_parameters": {
					"host_header": "hr-server.example.com",
					"origin": {
						"host": "hr-server.example.com"
					}
				},
				"expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/hr-app/\")",
				"description": "Origin rule for the company HR application",
				"last_updated": "2022-06-03T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-06-03T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_origin"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that overrides the port of incoming requests">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single origin rule — overriding the port of incoming requests — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/team/calendar/\")",
      "description": "Origin rule for the team calendar application",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "origin": {
          "port": 9000
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Origin Rules ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute origin rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "route",
				"action_parameters": {
					"origin": {
						"port": 9000
					}
				},
				"expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/team/calendar/\")",
				"description": "Origin rule for the team calendar application",
				"last_updated": "2022-06-03T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-06-03T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_origin"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage origin rules must have at least the following permission:

- _Zone_ > _Origin Rules_ > _Edit_

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/create-dashboard/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **Origin Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6. Under **When incoming requests match**, define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).
7. Under **Set origin parameters**, define the [origin rule settings](/rules/origin-rules/features/) you wish to change for requests matching the rule expression.
8. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/faq/

import { Details, Example } from "~/components"

Below you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding Origin Rules.

## What happens if I use both an origin rule and a page rule to perform a Host header/DNS record override?

In this situation the origin rule parameters will override the [page rule](/rules/page-rules/) parameters.

Consider the following example scenarios:

* A page rule defines a Host header override, but not a resolve override (or DNS record override). An origin rule defines a DNS record override, but not a Host header override. The resulting request will have the `Host` header defined by the page rule and the origin hostname defined by the origin rule.
* A page rule defines a Host header override, and an origin rule also defines a Host header override. The resulting request will have the `Host` header defined by the origin rule.

## ​​Will Cloudflare automatically migrate my Page Rules with Host header and DNS record overrides to origin rules?


Yes. Refer to the [Page Rules migration guide](/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/) for any updates on the migration process.


## ​​What happens if more than one origin rule matches the current request?


If two or more origin rules match a request, the configuration of those rules is merged. While merging two configurations, the settings of later rules will override the settings defined in previous rules, updating or adding configuration properties. The final configuration applied by Cloudflare will be this merged version.

For example, if you configure the following two [origin rules](/rules/origin-rules/) and both rules match, Cloudflare will use the destination port set by the first rule, and the DNS hostname override and `Host` header value set by the second rule.

<Example>

**Origin rule #1**

| Parameter            | Value         |
| -------------------- | ------------- |
| Set `Host` header    | `example.com` |
| Set destination port | `8081`        |

</Example>

<Example>

**Origin rule #2**

| Parameter         | Value         |
| ----------------- | ------------- |
| Set `Host` header | `example.net` |
| Set DNS hostname  | `example.net` |

</Example>


<Details header="JSON example for API users">

When [using the API](/rules/origin-rules/create-api/), you configure origin rule parameters in an `action_parameters` object.

```json
{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.query contains \"/eu/\"",
      "description": "Origin rule #1",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "host_header": "example.com",
        "origin": {
          "port": 8081
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.query contains \"/eu/\"",
      "description": "Origin rule #2",
      "action": "route",
      "action_parameters": {
        "host_header": "example.net",
        "origin": {
          "host": "example.net",
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
```


</Details>

The merged configuration to apply would be the following:

| Parameter            | Value         |
| -------------------- | ------------- |
| Set `Host` header    | `example.net` |
| Set destination port | `8081`        |
| Set DNS hostname     | `example.net` |

If you also configured a destination port in rule #2, that value would override the `8081` destination port defined in rule #1.

---

# Available settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/features/

import { Example } from "~/components"

The following sections describe the available settings in Origin Rules.

## Host header

Allows you to rewrite the HTTP `Host` header of incoming requests.

A common use case for this functionality is when your content is hosted on a third-party server that only accepts `Host` headers with their own server names. In this situation, you must update the `Host` HTTP header in incoming requests from `Host: example.com` to `Host: thirdpartyserver.example.net`.

:::note[Notes]


* An origin rule performing a Host header override will also update the Server Name Indication (SNI) value of the original request to the same value. To set an SNI value different from the Host header value, add an [SNI override](#server-name-indication-sni) in the same origin rule or create a separate origin rule for this purpose.

* If you have configured load balancing through Cloudflare and you wish to override the HTTP `Host` header per origin or for a given monitor, refer to [Override HTTP Host headers](/load-balancing/additional-options/override-http-host-headers/) in the Load Balancing documentation for more information.


:::

## Server Name Indication (SNI)

Allows you to override the Server Name Indication (SNI) [^1] value of a request. For more information, refer to [What is SNI (Server Name Indication)?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/) in the Learning Center.

The new SNI value must be a valid hostname on the same Cloudflare account (possibly on a different zone).

:::note[Notes]


* Currently, you can only use a static value when overriding SNI.
* An SNI override will take precedence over [SNI rewrites of custom origins](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/#sni-rewrites) when using Cloudflare for SaaS. 
  :::

[^1]: SNI allows a server to host multiple TLS Certificates for multiple websites using a single IP address. SNI adds the website hostname in the TLS handshake to inform the server which website to present when using shared IPs.

## DNS record

Allows you to override the resolved hostname of incoming requests. This functionality is also known as resolve override.

A common use case is when you are serving an application from the URI (for example, `mydomain.com/app`). In this case, the `app` may be hosted on a different server or by a third party. A DNS record override allows you to redirect requests to this endpoint to the server for that third-party application.

You must specify a valid hostname in a DNS record override that is a hostname on the same Cloudflare account (possibly on a different zone).

You can [configure a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records#create-dns-records) (a `CNAME`, `A`, or `AAAA` record) with a hostname pointing to a third-party hostname/IP address, either proxied by Cloudflare or not.

The following example DNS records configure a `resolve.example.com` hostname pointing to an external hostname and IP address using a `CNAME` record and an `A` record, respectively:

<Example>

**Example `CNAME` record**

* **Type:** *CNAME*
* **Name:** `resolve.example.com`
* **Target:** `domain.s3.amazonaws.com`
* **TTL:** `Auto`
* **Proxy status:** *Proxied* (orange cloud icon)

</Example>

<Example>

**Example `A` record**

* **Type:** *A*
* **Name:** `resolve.example.com`
* **IPv4 address:** `203.0.113.1`
* **TTL:** `Auto`
* **Proxy status:** *Proxied* (orange cloud icon)

</Example>

## Destination port

Allows you to override the destination port of a request.

When you configure a destination port override, you can redirect incoming requests to a different port. For example, you could override the destination port for requests received for `mydomain.com` so that they are served by the application running on port 9000 (`mydomain.com:9000`).

The destination port must be between 1 and 65,535.

---

# Origin Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Origin Rules allow you to customize where the incoming traffic will go and with which parameters. Currently you can perform the following overrides:

- [Host header](/rules/origin-rules/features/#host-header): Overrides the `Host` header of incoming requests.
- [Server Name Indication (SNI)](/rules/origin-rules/features/#server-name-indication-sni): Overrides the Server Name Indication (SNI) value of incoming requests.
- [DNS record](/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record): Overrides the resolved hostname of incoming requests.
- [Destination port](/rules/origin-rules/features/#destination-port): Overrides the resolved destination port of incoming requests.

The origin rule expression will determine when these overrides will be applied.

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "and customized modifications" }}
/>
<br />

<Render file="rules-requirements" params={{ one: "Origin Rules require" }} />

## Rules templates

<Render file="rules-templates" />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="rules.origin_rules" />

## Execution order

<Render file="product-execution-order" />

## Important remarks

If you override the hostname with an origin rule (via `Host` header override or DNS record override) and add a header override to your load balancer configuration, the origin rule will take precedence over the load balancer configuration.

Like [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/), an origin rule performing a `Host` header override will update the SNI value of the original request to the same value of the `Host` header. To set an SNI value different from the `Host` header override, add an SNI override in the same origin rule or create a separate origin rule for this purpose.

<Render file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace" params={{ one: "origin rules" }} />

---

# API parameter reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/parameters/

Create [different overrides](/rules/origin-rules/features/) by including different action parameters in the `action_parameters` field:

| Override type                                   | What to include                                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Host header override                            | [`host_header` parameter](#host-header-override-parameters)                      |
| SNI override                                    | [`sni` object](#sni-override-parameters)                                         |
| DNS record override / Destination port override | [`origin` object](#dns-record-override-and-destination-port-override-parameters) |

:::note

The same origin rule can have different types of overrides. Refer to [Configuring several overrides in the same rule](#configuring-several-overrides-in-the-same-rule) for a syntax example. 
:::

## Host header override parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field for overriding the HTTP `Host` header is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "host_header": "<HOST_HEADER_VALUE>"
}
```

## SNI override parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field for overriding the SNI value of incoming requests is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "sni": {
    "value": "<SNI_VALUE>"
  }
}
```

## DNS record override and destination port override parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field for overriding both the hostname and the destination port of incoming requests is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "origin": {
    "host": "<HOSTNAME>",
    "port": <PORT>
  }
}
```

If you are only overriding the hostname or the port, omit the `port` or `host` parameter, respectively.

## Configuring several overrides in the same rule

The same origin rule can have different types of overrides. For example, a single origin rule can perform an HTTP `Host` header override and a destination port override. The syntax of such a rule would be the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "host_header": "<HOST_HEADER_VALUE>",
  "origin": {
    "port": <PORT>
  }
}
```

---

# Page Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components";

Page Rules trigger one or more actions whenever a certain URL pattern is matched. Page Rules are available in **Rules** > **Page Rules**.

## Availability

The default number of allowed page rules depends on the domain plan as shown below.

<FeatureTable id="rules.page_rules" />

---

## Before getting started

It is important to understand a few Page Rules behaviors.

### Page Rules require proxied DNS records

Page Rules require a [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) DNS record for your page rule to work. Page Rules will not apply to hostnames that do not exist in DNS or are not being directed to Cloudflare.

Depending on the record type, you can use different values for the target as a placeholder. Either one of these achieves the same outcome and you only need to create one:

```
www.example.com  A      192.0.2.1
www.example.com  AAAA   2001:DB8::1
www.example.com  CNAME  domain.example
```

Cloudflare recommends only using reserved IP addresses or domain names to avoid sending traffic to foreign infrastructure.

For more information on reserved IP addresses or top level domains, please refer to these RFCs:

- [RFC 5737](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5737)
- [RFC 3849](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3849)
- [RFC 2606](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2606)

### Priority order matters

Only the highest priority matching page rule takes effect on a request.

Page Rules are prioritized in descending order in the Cloudflare dashboard, with the highest priority rule at the top. For this reason, Cloudflare recommends ordering your rules from most specific to least specific.

A page rule matches a URL pattern based on the following format (comprised of five segments):

```txt
<SCHEME>://<HOSTNAME>:<PORT>/<PATH>?<QUERY_STRING>
```

An example URL with all the segments looks like the following:

```txt
https://www.example.com:443/image.png?parameter1=value1
```

The `<SCHEME>` and `<PORT>` segments are optional. If omitted, `<SCHEME>` matches both `http://` and `https://` protocols. If no `<PORT>` is specified, the rule will match all ports.

### Disabled page rules

When a page rule is disabled, actions will not trigger, but the rule will:

- Still appear in the Cloudflare dashboard.
- Be editable.
- Count against the number of rules allowed for your domain.

---

# Manage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/manage/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

You can manage Page Rules in the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

## Create a page rule

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a page rule in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Page Rules**.
3. Select **Create Page Rule**.
4. For **URL**, enter the URL or URL pattern that should match the rule ([more details about wildcard matching](/rules/page-rules/reference/wildcard-matching/)).
5. For **Pick a Setting**, select a [Cloudflare setting](/rules/page-rules/reference/settings/) to adjust. If desired, select **Add a Setting** to adjust multiple Cloudflare settings with the same rule.
6. In the **Order** dropdown, specify the desired order: *First, Last* or *Custom*.
7. To save, select one of the following options:

   - **Save as Draft** to save the rule and leave it disabled.
   - **Save and Deploy Page Rule** to save the rule and enable it immediately.

For ideas about what rules you can create, refer to [recommended rules](/rules/page-rules/reference/recommended-rules/).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a page rule using the API, send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/page_rules/methods/create/).

You may also want to review the documentation on [wildcard matching](/rules/page-rules/reference/wildcard-matching/), [available settings](/rules/page-rules/reference/settings/), and [recommended rules](/rules/page-rules/reference/recommended-rules/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note[Notes]

- Page Rules require a [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records) to work. Page Rules will not apply to subdomains that do not exist in DNS or are not being directed to Cloudflare.

- Cloudflare does not support non-ASCII characters — such as punycode/unicode domain — in Page Rules. Instead, you could URL-encode the string using [Punycode converter](https://www.punycoder.com/).
  :::

## Edit a page rule

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit a page rule in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Page Rules**.
3. For a specific rule:

   - To enable or disable the rule, select the on/off toggle.
   - To modify the URL pattern, settings, and order, select **Edit** (wrench icon). Then, enter the information you want to change.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To update one or more fields using the API, send a [`PATCH` request](/api/resources/page_rules/methods/edit/).

To entirely replace the configuration of a page rule, send a [`PUT` request](/api/resources/page_rules/methods/update/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Delete a page rule

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete a page rule in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Page Rules**.
3. For a specific rule, select **X**. Then, select **Delete**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a page rule using the API, send a [`DELETE` request](/api/resources/page_rules/methods/delete/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Refer to the following pages for more information about Rules:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Edge Side Code deprecation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/reference/esc-deprecation/

Edge Side Code (ESC) is a customization option used by several Enterprise customers that allows for more configurability of Cloudflare's global network features. This code can alter the behavior of Cloudflare's CDN, enabling logic for specific customer use cases. Currently, a few customers have ESC in place to perform special operations such as advanced header manipulation, host header switching.

**Edge Side Code is now deprecated.** All configurations currently done via ESC will be removed on 2025-01-01. If you are using ESC, you will need to configure other Cloudflare products to replace your current ESC configuration before this date.

## Will this deprecation affect my account?

If your account is currently using ESC, your account team will contact you so that you can discuss the migration from ESC to other existing Cloudflare products.

## Which Cloudflare products should I use instead?

The following table contains recommendations for different use cases of ESC:



| Use case                        | Description                                                                                                                                                   | Alternative                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Redirect to URL                 | Navigate visitors to a different URL without sending the request to the origin server.                                                                        | Use [Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) or [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/).                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Rewrite SNI                     | Override the hostname used for TLS SNI when connecting to the origin server.                                                                                  | Use [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/features/#server-name-indication-sni) to override the Server Name Indication (SNI) value of a request.<br/>Cloudflare for SaaS customers can perform SNI rewrites via [custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/#sni-rewrites). |
| Resolve override                | Override the resolved hostname used to reach the origin server.                                                                                               | Use [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record) to override the resolved hostname of incoming requests.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Rewrite URI                     | Request a different URL from the origin server while displaying the original request URL in the visitor's browser.                                            | Use [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) to rewrite URLs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Set/clear request headers       | Set (or clear) HTTP headers sent to the origin server.                                                                                                        | Use [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/) to modify request headers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Feature exceptions              | Exclude specific requests from one or more Cloudflare security products.                                                                                      | Use [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/settings/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Send custom error response      | Abort the current request, returning a specific response body and/or HTTP status code to the client.                                                          | Use [Custom Error Responses](/rules/custom-error-responses/) to define custom responses for errors returned by an origin server or by a Cloudflare product (including Workers).                                                                                                                                                     |
| Set/add/remove response headers | Update, add, or remove headers from the response returned by the origin server.                                                                               | Use [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) to modify response headers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Status redirect                 | After receiving a response from the origin, conditionally send a redirect back to the client if the origin response code matches a key in the supplied table. | Use [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). Refer to the [Modify response](/workers/examples/modify-response/) example for a similar use case.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Add cookies to response         | Set cookies in the response sent to the client.                                                                                                               | Use [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) to modify response headers (which includes setting cookies).                                                                                                                                                                                                  |



For more complex use cases, consider using [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

## Can I disable ESC right now to understand the deprecation impact?

Yes, you can [disable ESC via API](#disabling-esc-via-api). The API allows you to:

* Understand the impact of disabling ESC on your account or zone.
* Test your alternative configuration with other Cloudflare products (and with ESC disabled) before the sunset date.

## What kind of tests can I run?

The [available API operations](#api-operations) allow you to do the following:

* **Disable ESC for individual requests:** Any test requests containing a cookie with a specific secret will be processed with ESC disabled.
* **Disable/enable ESC for a specific zone:** After disabling ESC for a zone, all incoming requests for the zone will have all ESC configurations disabled.
* **Disable/enable ESC for an entire account**: After disabling ESC for an account, all incoming requests for any zone in the account will have all ESC configurations disabled.

## What is the recommended testing strategy?

Cloudflare recommends that you start doing tests using individual HTTP requests, to make sure the triggered rules and the response you get match your expectations.

Start by [configuring a secret](#create-esc-secret-for-a-zone) and including it in a request cookie to disable ESC for specific requests.

If these tests are successful, [disable ESC for the entire zone](#disable-esc-for-a-zone). Perform some additional tests to make sure that your configuration with ESC disabled performs as intended. If you detect any issues, [re-enable ESC for the zone](#re-enable-esc-for-a-zone).

If you wish, you can also [disable ESC for an entire account](#disable-esc-for-an-account). This will affect all incoming requests for all zones in your account.

***

## Disabling ESC via API

The available API operations allow you to disable ESC for an account/zone and re-enable ESC in a few seconds and in self-service mode.

You can also configure a secret to perform per-request tests without changing the ESC status (disabled or enabled) for account or zone. Use this feature to check if the appropriate rules are being triggered and if the request/response matches your expectations.

To disable/enable ESC for individual requests, do the following:

1. Create a secret (up to 100 characters) using the [Create ESC secret for a zone](#create-esc-secret-for-a-zone) or [Create ESC secret for an account](#create-esc-secret-for-an-account) operation.

2. Include the secret in your test requests using a cookie named `disable_esc`. This will only disable ESC for these test requests addressed at your zone or account, according to the endpoint scope you used in the previous step (zone or account). The following example HTTP request header defines a cookie for disabling ESC for the current request:

   `Cookie: disable_esc=<SECRET>`

To change the ESC status for a zone, use the following operations:

* [Disable ESC for a zone](#disable-esc-for-a-zone)
* [Re-enable ESC for a zone](#re-enable-esc-for-a-zone)

To change the ESC status for an account, use the following operations:

* [Disable ESC for an account](#disable-esc-for-an-account)
* [Re-enable ESC for an account](#re-enable-esc-for-an-account)

### API operations



| Name                                    | HTTP verb | Endpoint                             |
| --------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Get ESC secret or status for a zone     | GET       | `/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc`       |
| Create ESC secret for a zone            | POST      | `/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc`       |
| Disable ESC for a zone                  | POST      | `/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc`       |
| Re-enable ESC for a zone                | DELETE    | `/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc`       |
| Get ESC secret or status for an account | GET       | `/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc` |
| Create ESC secret for an account        | POST      | `/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc` |
| Disable ESC for an account              | POST      | `/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc` |
| Re-enable ESC for an account            | DELETE    | `/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc` |



To invoke an API operation, append the operation endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

### API examples

#### Get ESC status for a zone

This example obtains the current status of the **Disable ESC** setting for the specified zone. The same endpoint will return the currently configured ESC secret for the zone, if configured.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>"
```

The following example response states that ESC is disabled for the entire `{zone_id}` zone:

```json
{"always": true}
```

The following example response includes the previously configured secret for the zone using the [Create ESC secret for a zone](#create-esc-secret-for-a-zone) operation:

```json
{"with_secret": "<SECRET>"}
```

#### Create ESC secret for a zone

This `POST` request example configures an ESC secret for disabling ESC in specific requests for the `{zone_id}` zone, setting the secret to `MySecretString321#`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "with_secret": "MySecretString321#" }'
```

The maximum secret length is 100 characters.

To use the secret, include a cookie named `disable_esc` with the secret value in any requests for which you want to have ESC disabled:

```bash
curl "https://example.com/company_app" \
--header "Cookie: disable_esc=MySecretString321#"
```

This will only disable ESC for the request that includes the cookie.

#### Disable ESC for a zone

This `POST` request example disables ESC for all incoming requests of `{zone_id}` zone.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "always": true }'
```

#### Re-enable ESC for a zone

This example re-enables ESC for the `{zone_id}` zone.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>"
```

#### Get ESC status for an account

This example obtains the current status of **Disable ESC** setting for the specified account. The same endpoint will return the currently configured ESC secret for the account, if configured.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>"
```

The following example response states that ESC is disabled for the entire `{account_id}` account:

```json
{ "always": true }
```

The following example response includes the previously configured secret for the account using the [Create ESC secret for an account](#create-esc-secret-for-an-account) operation:

```json
{ "with_secret": "<SECRET>" }
```

#### Create ESC secret for an account

This example configures an ESC secret for disabling ESC in specific requests for the `{account_id}` account, setting the secret to `MySecretString321#`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "with_secret": "MySecretString321#" }'
```

The maximum secret length is 100 characters.

To use the secret, include a cookie named `disable_esc` with the secret value in any requests for which you want to have ESC disabled:

```bash
curl "https://example.com/company_app" \
--header "Cookie: disable_esc=MySecretString321#"
```

This will only disable ESC for the request that includes the cookie.

#### Disable ESC for an account

This `POST` request example disables ESC for all incoming requests of `{account_id}` account.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "always": true }'
```

#### Re-enable ESC for an account

This example re-enables ESC for the `{account_id}` account.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/disable_esc" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>"
```

***

## Final remarks

Some configurations currently done using ESC will not be directly available in any other Cloudflare product. In this rare situation, Cloudflare will discontinue the custom behavior currently obtained through ESC and work with you to help you understand alternative solutions for your use cases.

---

# Page Rules migration guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, Example } from "~/components";

Cloudflare is continuously improving its platform to deliver more powerful and scalable tools for managing your configurations. To help you take full advantage of these improvements, we recommend using [modern Rules features](/rules/) for new implementations. These products address the limitations of Page Rules while providing greater flexibility, scalability, and ease of use.

For a quick start, explore the one-click templates available in the Cloudflare dashboard in **Rules** > **Templates**. These templates simplify common configurations like redirects, rewrites and header modifications, making setup faster and easier.

## Page Rules migration

To make the transition seamless, Cloudflare will handle the migration of your existing Page Rules automatically. This process is planned for late 2025 or beyond, with no action required on your part. You will receive advance notification before any changes are made.

If you wish to explore the benefits of modern Rules features sooner, you can begin adopting them today. Doing so allows you to:

- Take advantage of modern features and capabilities sooner.
- Customize and refine your rules to match your evolving needs.

To assist with this process, we provide you with a comprehensive mapping between Page Rules settings and modern Rules products in this guide.

## Why transition?

Cloudflare Page Rules has several fundamental limitations, such as triggering solely based on URL patterns and being limited to 125 rules per zone for performance reasons. These rules are also complex to debug when multiple page rules apply to the same incoming request.

In 2022, we announced in our blog post [The future of Page Rules](https://blog.cloudflare.com/future-of-page-rules) that Page Rules would be replaced with a suite of dedicated products, each built to be best-of-breed and put more power into the hands of our users. The new Rules products — [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/), [Compression Rules](/rules/compression-rules/), [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/), [Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/), and [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) — are now generally available (GA) and have already been adopted by tens of thousands of Cloudflare customers.

Improvements in modern Rules features include:

- **New engine**: New Rules features are powered by the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/), which offers versatile configuration with a robust language that supports many HTTP request and response fields.
- **Improved scalability**: Thanks to the improved scalability, Cloudflare plans now have increased quotas.
- **Easier troubleshooting**: Rule execution is more predictable, since each rule operates independently, simplifying troubleshooting. Additionally, [Cloudflare Trace](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/) helps understand rule interactions.
- **Improved consistency**: New Rules features also ensure consistency, with common fields and capabilities shared across products, offering a seamless experience and predictable Terraform configurations.

## Key differences

The evaluation and execution order of Rules features is different from Page Rules:

- **Rule matching logic**: Page Rules apply the first matching rule (first match wins). In contrast, modern Rules are stackable, meaning multiple matching rules can combine and apply to the same request (last match wins). For example, if multiple cache rules match the same URL, the features in those rules will all apply in order.
- **Action separation**: A Page Rule may include multiple actions for different products that are applied in a sequence selected by the customer within the Page Rule itself. Modern Rules features are evaluated [in a fixed sequence](/rules/origin-rules/#execution-order), with customers defining the rule order within a product [phase](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/).
- **Precedence**: Modern Rules features take precedence over Page Rules. For instance, if both define caching settings for the same path, Cache Rules will override Page Rules.
- **Caching behavior**: In Cache Rules, selecting **Eligible for cache** automatically enables **Cache Everything** by default. To maintain the exact behavior of Page Rules, you may need to [adjust your configuration](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/page-rules-migration/).
- **Interactions with Workers**: Requests handled by Workers will suppress Page Rules actions, but they will not suppress actions from modern Rules features.

## Convert Page Rules URLs to filter expressions

Modern Rules use filter expressions instead of URL patterns. These expressions, built with the Rules language, allow greater precision by leveraging [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/), [functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/), and [operators](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/).

The following example demonstrates the use of the [`http.request.full_uri`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.full_uri/) field and the `wildcard` operator for [wildcard matching](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching):

<Example>
A **Page Rules URL** like:

`example.com/*/downloads/*.txt`

becomes a **filter expression** such as:

`http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://example.com/*/downloads/*.txt*"`

</Example>

[Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/) and [Rewrite URL](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/) rules also offer a simplified view called **Wildcard pattern**, allowing you to specify URL patterns (`http*://example.com/*/downloads/*.txt*`) without specifying the full filter expression (`http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://example.com/*/downloads/*.txt*"`).

### Important considerations

- **Protocol scheme**: Page Rules URL matching does not include the URI scheme (for example, `http://` or `https://`) unless explicitly included in the rule. Filter expressions using `http.request.full_uri` field, however, require matching the full URI, including the protocol scheme. To make your filter expression scheme-agnostic, use `http*://` as a wildcard for both `http://` and `https://`.
- **Query strings**: Page Rules ignore query strings unless they are part of the rule URL. Filter expressions include the query string automatically, as part of the `http.request.full_uri` field. To ensure query strings do not affect your matching, append a `*` wildcard at the end of your filter expression, such as `.txt*`.

## Feature correspondence table

To help you map existing Page Rules to modern Rules products, this table outlines how Page Rules settings translate to modern Rules and provides examples for common configurations.

Also, to streamline common configurations, the Cloudflare dashboard now includes dozens of one-click templates, available in **Rules** > **Templates**. These templates enable you to deploy commonly used features — such as redirects, rewrites, and header modifications — instantly, with pre-filled filter expressions and actions. Explore these templates in the dashboard for a faster setup.

| Page Rules setting          | New implementation uses...           | Migration/Replacement instructions                                          |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Always Use HTTPS            | Redirect Rules (Single Redirects)    | [Migrate Always Use HTTPS](#migrate-always-use-https)                       |
| Browser Cache TTL           | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Browser Cache TTL](#migrate-browser-cache-ttl)                     |
| Browser Integrity Check     | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Browser Integrity Check](#migrate-browser-integrity-check)         |
| Bypass Cache on Cookie      | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Bypass Cache on Cookie](#migrate-bypass-cache-on-cookie)           |
| Cache By Device Type        | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Cache By Device Type](#migrate-cache-by-device-type)               |
| Cache Deception Armor       | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Cache Deception Armor](#migrate-cache-deception-armor)             |
| Cache Level                 | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Cache Level](#migrate-cache-level-cache-everything)                |
| Cache on Cookie             | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Cache on Cookie](#migrate-cache-on-cookie)                         |
| Cache TTL by status code    | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Cache TTL by status code](#migrate-cache-ttl-by-status-code)       |
| Custom Cache Key            | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Custom Cache Key](#migrate-custom-cache-key)                       |
| Disable Apps                | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Disable Apps](#migrate-disable-apps)                               |
| Disable Performance         | N/A (deprecated)                     | [Replace Disable Performance](#replace-disable-performance)                 |
| Disable Railgun             | N/A (deprecated)                     | N/A                                                                         |
| Disable Security            | N/A (deprecated)                     | [Replace Disable Security](#replace-disable-security)                       |
| Disable Zaraz               | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Disable Zaraz](#migrate-disable-zaraz)                             |
| Edge Cache TTL              | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Edge Cache TTL](#migrate-edge-cache-ttl)                           |
| Email Obfuscation           | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Email Obfuscation](#migrate-email-obfuscation)                     |
| Forwarding URL              | Redirect Rules (Single Redirects)    | [Migrate Forwarding URL](#migrate-forwarding-url)                           |
| Host Header Override        | Origin Rules                         | [Migrate Host Header Override](#migrate-host-header-override)               |
| IP Geolocation Header       | Transform Rules (Managed Transforms) | [Migrate IP Geolocation Header](#migrate-ip-geolocation-header)             |
| Mirage                      | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Mirage](#migrate-mirage)                                           |
| Opportunistic Encryption    | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Opportunistic Encryption](#migrate-opportunistic-encryption)       |
| Origin Cache Control        | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Origin Cache Control](#migrate-origin-cache-control)               |
| Origin Error Page Pass-thru | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Origin Error Page Pass-thru](#migrate-origin-error-page-pass-thru) |
| Polish                      | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Polish](#migrate-polish)                                           |
| Query String Sort           | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Query String Sort](#migrate-query-string-sort)                     |
| Resolve Override            | Origin Rules                         | [Migrate Resolve Override](#migrate-resolve-override)                       |
| Respect Strong ETags        | Cache Rules                          | [Migrate Respect Strong ETags](#migrate-respect-strong-etags)               |
| Response Buffering          | N/A (deprecated)                     | N/A                                                                         |
| Rocket Loader               | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Rocket Loader](#migrate-rocket-loader)                             |
| Security Level              | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate Security Level](#migrate-security-level)                           |
| True Client IP Header       | Transform Rules (Managed Transforms) | [Migrate True Client IP Header](#migrate-true-client-ip-header)             |
| SSL                         | Configuration Rules                  | [Migrate SSL](#migrate-ssl)                                                 |
| Web Application Firewall    | N/A (deprecated)                     | N/A                                                                         |

### Migrate Always Use HTTPS

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule to perform an automatic redirect from HTTP to HTTPS for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL** `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Always Use HTTPS_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a single redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/) to always redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. You can select the **Redirect from HTTP to HTTPS** rule template or enter the following rule configuration:

   <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **If incoming requests match**: Wildcard pattern

     - **Request URL**: `http://*`

   - **Then**:

     - **Target URL**: `https://${1}`
     - **Status code**: _301_
     - **Preserve query string**: Enabled

   </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the redirect you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                           | Migrate to a single redirect                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Always Use HTTPS' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-always-use-https.png) | ![Single redirect matching the 'Always Use HTTPS' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-always-use-https-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Automatic HTTPS Rewrites

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Automatic HTTPS Rewrites for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Automatic HTTPS Rewrites_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to always rewrite HTTP links to HTTPS for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Automatic HTTPS Rewrites
     - **Value**: On

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                           | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Automatic HTTPS Rewrites' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-automatic-https-rewrites.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Automatic HTTPS Rewrites' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-automatic-https-rewrites-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Browser Cache TTL

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule adjusting browser cache TTL to one day for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Browser Cache TTL_
- **Enter Browser Cache TTL**: _a day_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust browser cache TTL for caching resources in the browser to one day for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Browser TTL**: Override origin and use this TTL
     - **Input time-to-live (TTL)**: _1 day_

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                             | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Browser Cache TTL' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-browser-cache-ttl.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Browser Cache TTL' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-browser-cache-ttl-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Browser Integrity Check

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Browser Integrity Check for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Browser Integrity Check_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn on Browser Integrity Check for protecting against bots and threats for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Browser Integrity Check
     - **Value**: On

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                         | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Browser Integrity Check' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-browser-integrity-check.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Browser Integrity Check' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-browser-integrity-check-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Bypass Cache on Cookie

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Bypass Cache on Cookie for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Bypass Cache on Cookie_
- **Enter value**: `test_cookie`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to bypass cache for requests containing cookie `test_cookie` for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com" AND Cookie contains "test-cookie"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com" and http.cookie contains "test-cookie")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Bypass cache

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                       | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Bypass Cache on Cookie' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-bypass-cache-on-cookie.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Bypass Cache on Cookie' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-bypass-cache-on-cookie-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Cache By Device Type

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Cache By Device Type for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Cache By Device Type_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to cache content based on user agent or device type for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Cache key
       - **Cache by device type**: On

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                   | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Cache By Device Type' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-by-device-type.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Cache By Device Type' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-by-device-type-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Cache Deception Armor

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Cache Deception Armor for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: Cache Deception Armor

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to protect against cache deception attacks for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Cache key
       - **Cache deception armor**: On

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                     | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                    |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Cache Deception Armor' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-deception-armor.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Cache Deception Armor' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-deception-armor-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Cache Level (Cache Everything)

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on caching of all assets for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Cache Level_
- **Select Cache Level**: _Cache Everything_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust cache level for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                              | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                             |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Cache Level' set to 'Cache Everything'](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-level-everything.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Cache Level: Cache Everything' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-level-everything-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Cache on Cookie

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on caching for responses that contained cookie `test-cookie` for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Cache on Cookie_
- **Enter value**: `test-cookie`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to cache responses containing cookie `test_cookie` for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com" AND Cookie contains "test-cookie"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com" and http.cookie contains "test-cookie")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                         | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Cache on Cookie' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-on-cookie.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Cache on Cookie' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-on-cookie-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Cache TTL by status code

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on caching of every response with status code between `200` and `599` for one day, for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Cache TTL by status code_
- **Status code or enter range**: `200-599`
- **Select option**: _a day_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to cache responses with status code between `200` and `599` for one day for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Edge TTL
       - Use cache-control header if present, use default Cloudflare caching behavior if not
       - **Status code TTL**:
         - **Scope**: _Range_
         - **From**: _200_
         - **To**: _599_
         - **Duration**: _1 day_

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                               | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with the 'Cache TTL by status code' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-ttl-by-status-code.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Cache TTL by status code' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-cache-ttl-by-status-code-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Custom Cache Key

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule setting a custom cache key for all query string parameters, for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Custom Cache Key_
  - **Query String**: All query string parameters

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to set a custom cache key for all query string parameters, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Cache key
       - **Query string**: All query string parameters

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                               | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with the 'Custom Cache Key' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-custom-cache-key.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Custom Cache Key' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-custom-cache-key-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Disable Apps

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**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off Cloudflare Apps (deprecated) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Disable Apps_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to disable Cloudflare Apps (deprecated) for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Disable Apps

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                   | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                  |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Disable Apps' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-apps.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Disable Apps' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-apps-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Replace Disable Performance

:::caution
The **Disable Performance** setting is deprecated. Any Page Rules with this setting will not be migrated.
:::

This Page Rules setting turned off Mirage, Polish, and Rocket Loader. You can still turn on or off relevant Cloudflare features one by one using Configuration Rules.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule with **Disable Performance** (deprecated) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Disable Performance_

**How to replace**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to disable Mirage, Polish, and Rocket Loader for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Mirage**: Off
     - **Polish**: _Off_
     - **Rocket Loader**: Off

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                 | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Disable Performance' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-performance.png) | ![Configuration rule partially matching the 'Disable Performance' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-performance-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Replace Disable Security

:::caution
The **Disable Security** setting is deprecated. Any Page Rules with this setting will not be migrated.
:::

This Page Rules setting turns off Email Obfuscation, Rate Limiting (previous version), Scrape Shield, URL (Zone) Lockdown, and WAF managed rules (previous version). You can still turn on or off relevant Cloudflare features one by one using Configuration Rules and WAF custom rules.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule with **Disable Security** (deprecated) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Disable Security_

This setting turned off a subset of Cloudflare security features: Email Obfuscation, Rate Limiting (previous version), Scrape Shield, URL (Zone) Lockdown, and WAF managed rules (previous version).

**How to replace**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off one or more security features:

   - Email Obfuscation (part of [Cloudflare Scrape Shield](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/))
   - Hotlink Protection (part of Cloudflare Scrape Shield)

2. If required, [create a WAF exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-dashboard/) to skip one or more rules of WAF managed rulesets for requests coming from IP addresses in an allowlist.

3. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the rules you created.

4. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

:::caution
If you are still using WAF managed rules (previous version) or Rate Limiting (previous version), consider migrating to the new versions of these products. It is not possible to turn off these older products using modern Rules features. Refer to the [WAF's migration guides](/waf/reference/migration-guides/) for more information.
:::

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Disable Zaraz

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off [Zaraz](/zaraz/) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Disable Zaraz_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Zaraz for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Disable Zaraz

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                     | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Disable Zaraz' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-zaraz.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Disable Zaraz' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-disable-zaraz-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Edge Cache TTL

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule adjusting Edge Cache TTL for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Edge Cache TTL_
- **Enter Edge Cache TTL**: _a day_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust edge cache TTL for caching resources on Cloudflare edge to one day, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Edge TTL
       - Ignore cache-control header and use this TTL
       - **Input time-to-live (TTL)**: _1 day_

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                           | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with the 'Edge Cache TTL' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-edge-cache-ttl.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Edge Cache TTL' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-edge-cache-ttl-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Email Obfuscation

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Email Obfuscation_
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Email Obfuscation for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Email Obfuscation
       - **Value**: Off

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                             | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Email Obfuscation' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-email-obfuscation.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Email Obfuscation > Off' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-email-obfuscation-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Forwarding URL

**Example #1: Redirect `www` to root domain**

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule permanently redirecting `www.example.com` to `example.com` on all URI paths:

- **URL**: `www.example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Forwarding URL_
- **Select Status code**: _301 - Permanent Redirect_
- **Destination URL**: `https://example.com/$1`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a single redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/) to permanently redirect requests from `https://www.example.com` to `https://example.com`. You can select the **Redirect from WWW to Root** rule template or enter the following rule configuration:

   <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **If incoming requests match**: Wildcard pattern

     - **Request URL**: `https://www.example.com/*`

   - **Then**:

     - **Target URL**: `https://example.com/${1}`
     - **Status code**: _301_
     - **Preserve query string**: Enabled

   </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the redirect you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

<Render
	file="page-rules-migration-wildcard-notice"
	params={{
		requestUrl: "http*://www.example.com/*",
		targetUrl: "https://example.com/${2}",
	}}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                          | Migrate to a single redirect                                                                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule #1 with 'Forwarding URL' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-forwarding-url.png) | ![Single redirect matching the 'Forwarding URL' setting of the example Page Rule #1](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-forwarding-url-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

**Example #2: Redirect all pages under old path to new path**

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule permanently redirecting `example.com/old-path` to `example.com/new-path`:

- **URL**: `example.com/old-path/*`
- **Setting**: _Forwarding URL_
- **Select Status code**: _301 - Permanent Redirect_
- **Destination URL**: `https://example.com/new-path/$1`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a single redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/) to permanently redirect requests for `example.com/old-path` to `example.com/new-path`:

   <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **If incoming requests match**: Wildcard pattern

     - **Request URL**: `https://example.com/old-path/*`

   - **Then**:

     - **Target URL**: `https://example.com/new-path/${1}`
     - **Status code**: _301_
     - **Preserve query string**: Enabled

   </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the redirect you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

<Render
	file="page-rules-migration-wildcard-notice"
	params={{
		requestUrl: "http*://example.com/old-path/*",
		targetUrl: "https://example.com/new-path/${2}",
	}}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                            | Migrate to a single redirect                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule #2 with 'Forwarding URL' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-forwarding-url-2.png) | ![Single redirect matching the 'Forwarding URL' setting of the example Page Rule #2](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-forwarding-url-2-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Host Header Override

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule changing the `Host` HTTP header to `example.saas-provider.com`, for all requests addressed at any subdomain of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Host Header Override_
- **Enter value**: `example.saas-provider.com`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create an origin rule](/rules/origin-rules/create-dashboard/) changing the `Host` header to `example.saas-provider.com` for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Set origin parameters**:
       - **Host Header** > **Rewrite to**: `example.saas-provider.com`

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the origin rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                   | Migrate to an origin rule                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Host Header Override' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-host-header-override.png) | ![Origin rule matching the 'Host Header Override' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-host-header-override-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate IP Geolocation Header

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule adding a `CF-IPCountry` HTTP header, for all requests addressed at any subdomain of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _IP Geolocation Header_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Turn on the **Add visitor location headers** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/) — a Transform Rules feature — to add the `CF-IPCountry` and other location headers to all requests.
2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the Managed Transform.
3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                     | Migrate to a Managed Transform                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'IP Geolocation Header' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-ip-geolocation-header.png) | ![The 'Add visitor location headers' Managed Transform matching the 'IP Geolocation Header' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-ip-geolocation-header-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Mirage

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off Mirage for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Mirage_
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Mirage for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Mirage
       - **Value**: Off

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                       | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Mirage' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-mirage.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Mirage > Off' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-mirage-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Opportunistic Encryption

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off Opportunistic Encryption for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Opportunistic Encryption_
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Opportunistic Encryption for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Opportunistic Encryption
       - **Value**: Off

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                           | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Opportunistic Encryption' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-opportunistic-encryption.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Opportunistic Encryption > Off' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-opportunistic-encryption-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Origin Cache Control

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off Origin Cache Control for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: Origin Cache Control
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to determine edge cache behavior for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Origin Cache Control
       - **Enable Origin Cache Control**: Off

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                   | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Origin Cache Control' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-origin-cache-control.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Origin Cache Control' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-origin-cache-control-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Origin Error Page Pass-thru

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Origin Error Page Pass-thru for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Origin Error Page Pass-thru_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to determine edge cache behavior for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Origin error page pass-thru
       - **Use Origin error page pass-thru**: On

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                                 | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                                     |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Origin Error Page Pass-thru' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-origin-error-page-pass-thru.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Origin Error Page Pass-thru > On' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-origin-error-page-pass-thru-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Polish

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off [Polish](/images/polish/) for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: Polish
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Polish for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Polish
       - **Select value**: _Off_

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                       | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Polish' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-polish.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Polish > Off' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-polish-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Query String Sort

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on Query String Sort for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Query String Sort_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to sort query string parameters for caching purposes, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Cache key
       - **Sort query string**: On

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                             | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Query String Sort' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-query-string-sort.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Query String Sort > On' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-query-string-sort-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Resolve Override

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule changing the origin to `example.saas-provider.com`, for all requests addressed at any subdomain of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Resolve Override_
- **Enter value**: `example.saas-provider.com`

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create an origin rule](/rules/origin-rules/create-dashboard/) overriding the origin to `example.saas-provider.com` for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **DNS Record** > **Override to**: `example.saas-provider.com`

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the origin rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                           | Migrate to an origin rule                                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Resolve Override' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-resolve-override.png) | ![Origin rule matching the 'Resolve Override' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-resolve-override-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Respect Strong ETags

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning on byte-for-byte equivalency checks for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Respect Strong ETags_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to respect strong ETags for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then**:
     - **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
     - **Setting**: Respect strong ETags
       - **Use strong ETag headers**: On

    </div>

   <Render file="page-rules-cache-rules-difference" />

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the cache rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                   | Migrate to a cache rule                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Respect Strong ETags' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-respect-strong-etags.png) | ![Cache rule matching the 'Respect Strong ETags > On' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-respect-strong-etags-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Rocket Loader

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule turning off Rocket Loader for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Rocket Loader_
- **Value**: Off

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to turn off Rocket Loader for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Rocket Loader
       - **Value**: Off

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                     | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Rocket Loader' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-rocket-loader.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the 'Rocket Loader > Off' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-rocket-loader-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate Security Level

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule setting Security Level to _I'm Under Attack_ for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _Security Level_
- **Select Security Level**: _I'm Under Attack_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to set Security Level to _I'm Under Attack_, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: Security Level
       - **Select Security Level**: _I'm Under Attack_

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                       | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'Security Level' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-security-level.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the "Security Level > I'm Under Attack" setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-security-level-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate True Client IP Header

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule adding a `True-Client-IP` HTTP header for all requests addressed at any subdomain of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _True Client IP Header_
- **Value**: On

**How to migrate**:

1. [Turn on the **Add "True-Client-IP" header** Managed Transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/) — a Transform Rules feature — to add the `True-Client-IP` header to all requests.
2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the Managed Transform.
3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                                                     | Migrate to a Managed Transform                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'True Client IP Header' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-true-client-ip-header.png) | ![The 'Add "True-Client-IP" header' Managed Transform matching the 'True Client IP Header' setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-true-client-ip-header-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Migrate SSL

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

**Context:**

You configured a Page Rule setting SSL to _Strict_ for all subdomains of `example.com` and the `example.com` domain itself:

- **URL**: `*example.com/*`
- **Setting**: _SSL_
- **Select SSL/TLS encryption mode**: _Strict_

**How to migrate**:

1. [Create a configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/) to set SSL to _Strict_, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

    <div class="DocsMarkdown--example">

   - **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression

     - Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
       `Hostname contains "example.com"`
     - Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
       `(http.host contains "example.com")`

   - **Then the settings are**:
     - **Setting**: SSL
       - **Select SSL/TLS encryption mode**: _Strict_

    </div>

2. Turn off your existing Page Rule and validate the behavior of the configuration rule you created.

3. If your tests succeed, delete the existing Page Rule.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Visual guide">

| Page Rules configuration                                                                                 | Migrate to a configuration rule                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ![Example Page Rule with 'SSL' setting](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-ssl.png) | ![Configuration rule matching the "SSL" setting of the example Page Rule](~/assets/images/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/pr-ssl-new.png) |

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Settings that will not be migrated

The following Page Rules settings will not be migrated to other types of rules:

- **Disable Performance** (this setting is deprecated)
- **Disable Railgun** (this setting is deprecated, since Railgun is no longer available)
- **Disable Security** (this setting is deprecated)
- **Response Buffering** (this setting is deprecated)
- **Web Application Firewall** (this setting is deprecated, since the previous version of WAF managed rules is deprecated)

All other Page Rules settings will be migrated during 2025.

## More resources

If you have feedback to share, refer to our [Community thread](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/important-page-rules-deprecation/656021).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/reference/troubleshooting/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components";

## Interaction between Cloudflare challenges and Rules features

If you are issuing a [challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) for a given URI path that has one or more Rules features enabled, you should exclude URI paths starting with `/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/` in your rule expressions to avoid challenge loops.

For example, define a compound expression for your rule using the `and` operator and the [`starts_with()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#starts_with) function:

```txt
<OTHER_RULE_CONDITIONS> and not starts_with(http.request.uri, "/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/")
```

## HTTP DCV and redirects

<Render file="dcv-definition" product="ssl" />

If you are using [HTTP DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/http/) and also have [Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) set up in your zone, consider excluding the `/.well-known/*` path from your rule to avoid DCV issues. For details and other resources refer to the [SSL/TLS documentation](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).

## Content-Length header removed from response

Cloudflare may remove the `Content-Length` header from responses delivered to website visitors. If the visitor must receive the `Content-Length` header, configure the origin server to include a `cache-control: no-transform` HTTP header in the response.

## URL rewrites affect other Rules features executed later

If you rewrite a URI path using a [URL rewrite](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/), this may affect other Rules features executed later — such as [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/) — if they include the URI path in their filter expression.

Consider the following origin rule configuration:

<Example>

- Rule expression: `http.host == "example.com" and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/downloads/")`
- **Host header** > **Rewrite to**: `assets.example.com`

</Example>

If you configure a new URL rewrite with the following configuration:

<Example>

- Rule expression: `http.host == "example.com" and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/downloads/")`
- **Path** > **Rewrite to** > **Dynamic**: `regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/downloads/", "/")`

</Example>

The origin rule will no longer match `/downloads/*` paths, since URL rewrites run before Origin Rules and the URI path will be rewritten from `"/downloads/"` to `"/"`.

### Solution

To prevent this situation, use raw fields in your rule expression. Raw fields are immutable during the entire request evaluation workflow, and they are not affected by the actions of previously matched rules.

In the current example, you could use the `raw.http.request.uri.path` field in both rules:

**URL rewrite**

<Example>

- Rule expression: `http.host == "example.com" and starts_with(raw.http.request.uri.path, "/downloads/")`
- **Path** > **Rewrite to** > **Dynamic**: `regex_replace(raw.http.request.uri.path, "^/downloads/", "/")`

</Example>

**Origin rule**

<Example>

- Rule expression: `http.host == "example.com" and starts_with(raw.http.request.uri.path, "/downloads/")`
- **Host header** > **Rewrite to**: `assets.example.com`

</Example>

This way, the two rules will work as intended. Additionally, this allows you to use the same expression in the two rules, even when the first rule is updating the URI path value.

For a list of raw fields, refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).

---

# Configure Snippets via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/create-api/

You can create Snippets using the [Cloudflare API](/fundamentals/api/).

## Required permissions

The [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) used in API requests to manage Snippets must have at least the following permission:

- _Zone_ > _Snippets_ > _Edit_

:::note
A token with this permission is only valid for the Snippets endpoints described in this page. You cannot use it to interact with the `http_request_snippets` phase via [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/).
:::

## Endpoints

To obtain the complete endpoint, append the Snippets endpoints listed below to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

The `{zone_id}` argument is the [zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) (a hexadecimal string). You can find this value in the Cloudflare dashboard.

The following table summarizes the available operations.

| Operation                          | Verb + Endpoint                                        |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| List all code snippets             | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/snippets`                        |
| Create/update code snippet         | `PUT /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name}`         |
| Get code snippet details           | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name}`         |
| Get code snippet content           | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name}/content` |
| Delete code snippet                | `DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name}`      |
| List snippet rules                 | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/snippet_rules`          |
| Create/update/delete snippet rules | `PUT /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/snippet_rules`          |
| Delete all snippet rules           | `DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/snippets/snippet_rules`       |

## Example API calls

### Create/update code snippet

To create or update a Snippet, use the following `PUT` request. The snippet is named `{snippet_name}` and the body contains the JavaScript code.

```bash
curl --request PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/snippets/{snippet_name} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
--form files=@example.js \
--form metadata='{"main_module":"example.js"}'
```

The name of a snippet can only contain the characters `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` (underscore). The name must be unique in the context of the zone. You cannot change the snippet name after creating the snippet.

The required body parameters are:

- `files`: The file with your JavaScript code.
- `metadata`: Object containing `main_module`, which must match the filename of the uploaded file.

To make this example work, save your JavaScript code in a file named `example.js`, and then execute `curl` command with a `PUT` request from the folder where `example.js` is located.

```json title="Example response"
{
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"success": true,
	"result": {
		"created_on": "2023-07-24-00:00:00",
		"modified_on": "2023-07-24-00:00:00",
		"snippet_name": "snippet_name_01"
	}
}
```

To deploy a new snippet you must [create a snippet rule](#createupdatedelete-snippet-rules). The expression of the snippet rule defines when the snippet code will run.

### Create/update/delete snippet rules

:::caution
When using this endpoint to create a new rule and keep existing rules, you must include all rules in the request body. Omitting an existing rule will delete the corresponding rule.
:::

Once you have created a code snippet, you can link it to rules. This is done via the following `PUT` request to the `snippet_rules` endpoint.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/snippets/snippet_rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "Trigger snippet on specific cookie",
      "enabled": true,
      "expression": "http.cookie eq \"a=b\"",
      "snippet_name": "snippet_name_01"
    }
  ]
}'
```

---

# Create a snippet in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/create-dashboard/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Snippets**, and select **Create a Snippet**.

3. In **Snippet name**, enter a descriptive name for the snippet. You cannot change the name after creating the snippet.

4. Enter the snippet's JavaScript code in the code editor. You can test how your snippet will handle incoming requests using the **HTTP** and **Preview** tabs.

5. Select **Snippet rule** to configure when the snippet will run.

6. Under **Run this Snippet if incoming requests match**, select if you wish to run the snippet only for requests that match a custom filter expression or for all incoming requests.

7. (Optional) To define a custom expression, use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

8. Select **Done**.

9. To deploy your snippet, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your snippet, open the dropdown next to **Deploy** and select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Configure Snippets using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/create-terraform/

You can create Snippets using the [Terraform Cloudflare provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest).

To get started with Terraform for Cloudflare configuration, refer to [Terraform: Get started](/terraform/installing/).

## Example configuration

The following example Terraform configuration creates a snippet and an associated snippet rule that defines when the snippet code will run. The snippet code is loaded from the `file1.js` file in your machine.

```tf
resource "cloudflare_snippet" "my_snippet" {
	zone_id  = "<ZONE_ID>"
	name = "my_test_snippet_1"
	main_module = "file1.js"
	files {
		name = "file1.js"
		content = file("file1.js")
	}
}

resource "cloudflare_snippet_rules" "cookie_snippet_rule" {
	zone_id  = "<ZONE_ID>"
	rules {
		enabled = true
		expression = "http.cookie eq \"a=b\""
		description = "Trigger snippet on specific cookie"
		snippet_name = "my_test_snippet_1"
	}
	depends_on = [cloudflare_snippet.my_snippet]
}
```

The name of a snippet can only contain the characters `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` (underscore). The name must be unique in the context of the zone. You cannot change the snippet name after creating the snippet.

All `snippet_name` values in the `cloudflare_snippet_rules` resource must match the names of existing snippets.

## More resources

Refer to the [Terraform Cloudflare provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) for more information on the `cloudflare_snippet` and `cloudflare_snippet_rules` resources.

---

# Common errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/errors/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Snippets may encounter specific errors during execution. Here are the common errors:

## Error 1201: Snippet tried to continue to origin multiple times

This error occurs when a Snippet attempts to call `fetch(request)` more than once.

### Resolution

Ensure that your Snippet code only calls `fetch(request)` once. This method is used to send the modified request to the origin server, and it should be called only once per Snippet to avoid conflicts.

## Error 1202: Snippets exceeded subrequests limit

This error occurs when the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Snippets subrequest" prepend="A subrequest is ">subrequests</GlossaryTooltip> exceeds [the limit](/rules/snippets/#availability) for your Cloudflare plan.

### Resolution

Review your Snippet to ensure your code is within the <GlossaryTooltip term="Snippets subrequest" prepend="A subrequest is ">subrequest</GlossaryTooltip> [limits](/rules/snippets/#availability) for your plan. Each subrequest counts against your limit, including any redirects within a subrequest chain.

---

# How it works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/how-it-works/

Cloudflare Snippets are executed based on rules defined within your zone. Here is how the process works:

## Request evaluation

For each incoming request, Cloudflare evaluates the expression of every Snippet Rule defined in the zone. The evaluation checks for a match based on various request properties (such as bot score, country of origin, cookies).

## Snippet execution

If a Snippet Rule's expression evaluates to true, the corresponding Snippet's code is scheduled for execution.
Multiple Snippets may run on the same request if their respective expressions match. In such cases, each Snippet receives the modified request from the previous Snippet and applies further modifications.

## Execution order

After evaluating all Snippet Rules, Cloudflare executes the code of all scheduled Snippets in the order their rules matched.

For more information, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-snippets-alpha).

---

# Snippets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Snippets (beta) provide a powerful and flexible way to customize the behavior of your website or application using short pieces of JavaScript code. With Snippets, you can modify HTTP response headers, implement <GlossaryTooltip term="JSON web token (JWT)" prepend="JSON web token (JWT) is ">JWT</GlossaryTooltip> validation, perform complex <GlossaryTooltip term="redirect">redirects</GlossaryTooltip>, and much more.

For code samples addressing common use cases, please refer to the [Examples](/rules/snippets/examples/) section.

<Render file="rules-requirements" params={{ one: "Snippets require" }} />

## Snippets elements

To create and deploy a Snippet, you need to define the following elements:

- **Code snippet**: JavaScript code to be executed during the request-handling process.
- **Snippet rule**: A [filter expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) that determines which requests the Snippet will be applied to. Each Snippet can only be associated with one Snippet Rule.

For more information, refer to the [How it works](/rules/snippets/how-it-works/) and [Create a snippet in the dashboard](/rules/snippets/create-dashboard/) sections.

## Templates

<Render file="rules-templates" />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="rules.snippets" />

:::caution[Redirects will count as subrequests]
Each <GlossaryTooltip term="Snippets subrequest" prepend="A subrequest is ">subrequest</GlossaryTooltip> in a redirect chain counts against the subrequest limit. This means that if a subrequest was redirected it would count as two subrequests. To avoid issues, ensure that you make a subrequest to the end location of the redirect chain.
:::

## Limits

Cloudflare Snippets are lightweight compared to [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). The following limits apply:

| Description                | All plans |
| -------------------------- | --------- |
| Maximum execution time     | 5 ms      |
| Maximum memory             | 2 MB      |
| Maximum total package size | 32 KB     |

## Execution order

<Render file="product-execution-order" />

---

# Transform Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Transform Rules allow you to adjust the URI path, query string, and HTTP headers of requests and responses on the Cloudflare global network.

There are several types of Transform Rules:

- [**Rewrite URL rules**](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/): Rewrite the URL path and query string of an HTTP request.
- [**HTTP request header modification rules**](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/): Set the value of an HTTP request header or remove a request header.
- [**HTTP response header modification rules**](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/): Set the value of an HTTP response header or remove a response header.
- [**Managed Transforms**](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/): Perform common adjustments to HTTP request and response headers with the click of a button.

To configure Transform Rules in the dashboard, go to the **Transform Rules** page in Rules.

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "header modifications and rewrite logic" }}
/>
<br />

<Render file="rules-requirements" params={{ one: "Transform Rules require" }} />

## Get started

<Render file="rules-templates" />

Alternatively, create a transform rule from scratch in the dashboard or via Cloudflare API. Refer to the following sections for detailed instructions:

- [Rewrite URL rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/)
- [HTTP request header modification rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/)
- [HTTP response header modification rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-dashboard/)
- [Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/)

For Terraform examples, refer to [Transform Rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/transform-rules/).

Refer to [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/) for more information on building expressions for Transform Rules.

## Availability

Cloudflare Transform Rules are available to all customers. Support for regular expressions depends on your Cloudflare plan.

This table outlines the Transform Rules features available with each customer plan:

<FeatureTable id="rules.transform_rules" />

A Cloudflare user must have the [Firewall role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) or one of the Administrator roles to access Transform Rules.

## Transform Rules evaluation

Managed Transforms run before other types of Transform Rules that modify HTTP headers:

- Managed Transforms that adjust HTTP request headers run before HTTP request header modification rules.
- Managed Transforms that adjust HTTP response headers run before HTTP response header modification rules.

Transform Rules run in order. Rules that appear later in the list of Transform Rules can overwrite changes done by previous rules. You can define the rule order in the dashboard or via API.

Request and response fields are immutable within each [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) while evaluating Transform Rules for a request/response. For more information, refer to [Field values during rule evaluation](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/#field-values-during-rule-evaluation).

<Render
	file="challenge-issues"
	params={{ one: "Rules features such as Transform Rules" }}
/>

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "Transform Rules" }}
/>

---

# Work with Transform Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/manage/

You can perform the following operations in the **Rules** > **Overview** page:

- Create new rewrite URL rules, HTTP request header modification rules, and HTTP response header modification rules.
- View a list of existing rules (both active and paused).
- Activate or pause rules (turn on or off).
- Edit rules.
- Delete rules.
- Reorder rules.

## Create rules

In **Rules** > **Overview** you can create the following rules, among others:

- [Rewrite URL rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/)
- [HTTP request header modification rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-dashboard/)
- [HTTP response header modification rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-dashboard/)

Refer to each linked section for details on creating each rule type.

## Turn on or off a rule

Select the three dots next to the rule, and then select **Enable** or **Disable** to turn the rule on or off.

## Edit a rule

To edit a rule, select the rule name. Alternatively, select the three dots menu > **Edit**.

## Delete a rule

To delete a rule, select the three dots menu > **Delete** next to the rule you want to remove. In the confirmation dialog that appears, select **Delete** to confirm and complete the operation.

## Order rules

Cloudflare evaluates each type of Transform Rules in list order, where rules are evaluated in the order they appear in the rules list. You can drag and drop rules into position to reorder them using the handle next to each rule.

To specify an exact rule position, select the three dots menu > **Move to** and enter the new rule position.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/troubleshooting/

When troubleshooting a rule configuration, review the [Transform Rules evaluation](/rules/transform/#transform-rules-evaluation) section to understand how and when your Transform Rule is evaluated for each request.

For more information on runtime errors related to Transform Rules configuration, refer to [Troubleshooting Cloudflare 1XXX errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/).

## Why do I not see my request header modifications?

Transform Rules performing request header modifications affect the HTTP headers sent by Cloudflare's network to your origin server. You will not find these headers in your browser request or response data, which can make it difficult to tell if the rule is working as intended.

To check if a request header modification is taking effect, you can check the logs on your origin server or use [Cloudflare Trace](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/) to check that the rule is matching traffic correctly. Since [Cloudflare Logpush](/logs/about/) only logs original request/response headers, Logpush logs will not include any header transformations done via Transform Rules.

To add HTTP headers that website visitors will receive in their browsers, you must [modify the response headers](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) instead.

---

# Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

URL forwarding, also known as URL redirection, navigates the user from a source URL to a target URL with a specific HTTP status code.

Use the following Cloudflare products to perform URL redirects, according to your use case:

- [**Single Redirects**](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/): Allow you to create static or dynamic redirects at the zone level. A simple interface with [wildcard support](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) lets you easily define source and target URL patterns without needing complex functions or regular expressions, efficiently covering thousands of URLs with a single rule.

- [**Bulk Redirects**](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/): Allow you to define a large number of redirects at the account level. These URL redirects are essentially static — they do not support string replacement operations or regular expressions. However, you can configure parameters that affect the redirects' URL matching behavior and their runtime behavior.

- [**Snippets**](/rules/snippets/): Use short pieces of JavaScript code for a more flexible way to define complex redirect functionality. Consider a few [examples](/rules/snippets/examples/?operation=Redirect) to get started.

<Render
	file="rules-requirements"
	params={{ one: "Single Redirects and Bulk Redirects require" }}
/>

## Redirect Rules templates

<Render file="rules-templates" />

## Availability

Single Redirects and Bulk Redirects are available on all Cloudflare plans. The exact quotas and features depend on your plan.

### Bulk redirects

<FeatureTable id="rules.bulk_redirects" />

For _URL redirects across lists_, this table provides the default quota for the Enterprise plan. Bulk Redirects supports several million URL redirects — to get more redirects, contact your account team.

Bulk Redirects features and quotas are per account and they depend on the highest Cloudflare plan on your account.

### Single Redirects

<FeatureTable id="rules.single_redirects" />

Single Redirects features and quotas are per zone and depend on the zone plan.

## Execution order

<Render file="product-execution-order" />

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "URL redirects" }}
/>

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/about/

The Cloudflare Ruleset Engine allows you to create and deploy rules and rulesets. The engine syntax, inspired by the Wireshark Display Filter language, is defined by the [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/). Cloudflare uses the Ruleset Engine in different products, allowing you to configure several products using the same basic syntax.

There are several elements involved in the configuration and use of the Ruleset Engine. These elements are:

* [**Phase**](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/): Defines a stage in the life of a request where you can execute rulesets.
* [**Ruleset**](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/): Defines a versioned set of rules. You deploy rulesets to a phase, where they execute.
* [**Rule**](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/): Defines a filter and an action to perform on incoming requests that match the filter expression. A rule with an `execute` action executes a ruleset.

***

## Get started

To view existing rulesets and their properties, refer to [View rulesets](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/view-rulesets/).

For more information on deploying managed rulesets and defining overrides, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/).

For more information on creating and deploying custom rulesets, refer to [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/).

---

# Phases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/about/phases/

A phase defines a stage in the life of a request where you can execute rulesets. Phases are defined by Cloudflare and cannot be modified.

Phases exist at two levels: at the **account** level and at the **zone** level. For the same phase, rules defined at the account level are evaluated **before** the rules defined at the zone level.

Each phase has at most one [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) at the account and zone level.

:::note


Currently, phases at the account level are only available in Enterprise plans.


:::

The following diagram outlines the request handling process where requests go through the available phases:

![Diagram showing the request handling process. The user request goes through several request phases until it eventually reaches the origin server (the request can also be blocked). The origin returns a response, which goes through several response phases until it reaches the user.](~/assets/images/ruleset-engine/rulesets-phases.png)

Cloudflare products are specific to one or more phases, and they add support for different features. Check the documentation for each Cloudflare product for details on the applicable phases.

Refer to [Phases list](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/) for a list of phases and their corresponding Cloudflare products.

---

# Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/about/rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

A **rule** defines a filter and an action to perform on the incoming requests that match the filter. The rule filter **expression** defines the scope of the rule and the rule **action** defines what happens when there is a match for the expression. Rule filter expressions are defined using the [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/).

For example, consider the following ruleset with four rules (R1, R2, R3, and R4). For a given incoming request, the expression of the first two rules matches the request properties. Therefore, the action for these rules runs (*Execute* and *Log*, respectively). The action of the first rule executes a managed ruleset, which means that every rule in the managed ruleset is evaluated. The action of the second rule logs an event associated with the current phase. There is no match for the expressions of rules 3 and 4, so their actions do not run. Since no rule blocks the request, it proceeds to the next phase.

![Example of a rule execution scenario. Defines a ruleset with four rules, where the first rule executes a managed ruleset.](~/assets/images/ruleset-engine/rulesets-rules-example.png)

Rules can have additional features through specific Cloudflare products. You may have more fields available for rule expressions, perform different actions, or configure additional behavior in a given phase.

## Rule evaluation

When evaluating a rule, Cloudflare compares the values of request/response properties or derived values (obtained through [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/)) to those defined in the rule's filter expression.

If the entire expression evaluates to `true`, there is a rule match and Cloudflare triggers the [action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) configured in the rule. If the expression evaluates to `false`, the rule does not match and its configured action is not applied.

<Render file="rule-terminating-actions" />

When you use `true` as the rule filter expression, this means "apply the rule to every incoming request" at the current [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) level, which can be zone or account.

:::note[Notes]


* A rule filter expression must evaluate to a boolean value (either `true` or `false`).
* Rules of specific Cloudflare products, such as [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/), may include other expressions used to specify dynamic values. These expressions do not have to evaluate to a boolean value.
  :::

### Field values during rule evaluation

While evaluating rules for a given request/response, the values of all request and response [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) are immutable within each phase. However, field values may change between phases.

For example:

* If a [rewrite URL rule](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) #1 updates the URI path or the query string of a request, rewrite URL rule #2 will not take these earlier changes into consideration.
* If an [HTTP request header modification rule](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/) #1 sets the value of a request header, HTTP request header modification rule #2 will not be able to read or evaluate this new value.
* If a rewrite URL rule updates the URI path or query string of a request, the `http.request.uri`, `http.request.uri.*`, and `http.request.full_uri` fields will have a different value in phases after the `http_request_transform` phase (where rewrite URL rules are executed).

:::note

If you want to use the original field values in rules evaluated later, you can use raw fields (for example, `raw.http.request.uri.path`) in their expressions. These special fields are immutable during the entire request evaluation workflow. For a list of raw fields, refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).
:::

---

# Rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/

A ruleset is an ordered set of [rules](/ruleset-engine/about/rules/) that you can apply to traffic on the Cloudflare global network. Rulesets belong to a phase and can only execute in the same phase. To deploy a ruleset to a phase, add a rule that executes the ruleset to the [phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset).

Rulesets are versioned. Each ruleset modification creates a new version of the ruleset. You can have several versions of a ruleset in use at the same time. When you deploy a ruleset — that is, when you create a rule that executes the ruleset — the most recent version of the ruleset is selected by default.

There are several types of rulesets:

- Phases have their entry point rulesets.
- Cloudflare provides managed rulesets you can deploy.
- You can create and manage your own custom rulesets.

Specific Cloudflare products may provide other types of rulesets.

## Entry point ruleset

An entry point ruleset contains a list of ordered rules that run in a [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) at the account or zone level. This ruleset is an entry point for all rules executed in a phase. Some of these rules may run other rulesets.

Each phase has at most one entry point ruleset at the account level and at the zone level.

:::note

The `kind` field of a phase entry point ruleset has one of the following values:

- `root` for a phase entry point ruleset at the account level
- `zone` for a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level

:::

## Managed rulesets

Managed rulesets are preconfigured rulesets provided by Cloudflare that you can deploy to a phase. Only Cloudflare can modify these rulesets.

The rules in a managed ruleset have a default action and status. However, you can define **overrides** that change these defaults.

There are several Cloudflare products that provide you with managed rulesets. Check each product’s documentation for details on the available managed rulesets.

For more information on deploying managed rulesets and defining overrides, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/).

## Custom rulesets

:::note
Currently, custom rulesets are only supported by the Cloudflare WAF.
:::

Use custom rulesets to define your own sets of rules. After creating a custom ruleset, deploy it to a phase by creating a rule that executes the ruleset.

For more information on creating and deploying custom rulesets, refer to [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/).

---

# Add rules to phase entry point rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/add-rule-phase-rulesets/

import { Details } from "~/components";

A [phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) contains an ordered list of rules that run in that phase. A rule in an entry point ruleset can execute a different ruleset. You can have entry point rulesets for each phase at the account level and at the zone level.

To add one or more rules to a phase entry point ruleset, use one of the [ruleset update operations](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) of the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/). When you add a rule to an entry point ruleset, the entry point ruleset is created automatically if it does not exist. This API method requires that you include in the request all rules you want to keep in the ruleset, or else they will be removed.

If you are adding a **single** rule to a ruleset, consider using one of the [rule creation operations](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/) instead. In this case, the request will only include the definition of the new rule.

:::note[Creating an entry point ruleset]
Instead of relying on the automatic creation of an entry point ruleset, you can also create this ruleset explicitly using one of the [ruleset creation operations](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/).
:::

<Details header="Example: Set the rules of a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level">

The following example sets the rules of a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase using the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID_1>"
      },
      "expression": "true"
    },
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID_2>"
      },
      "expression": "true"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Default",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID_1>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-06-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			},
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID_2>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-06-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-06-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a single rule to a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level">

The following example adds a single rule to a phase entry point ruleset (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) at the zone level using the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zone/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "execute",
  "action_parameters": {
    "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
  },
  "expression": "true"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point ruleset",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<EXISTING_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<ANOTHER_MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			},
			{
				"id": "<NEW_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-06-30T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-06-30T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

# Deploy rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to deploy a ruleset. To deploy a ruleset, add a rule with `"action": "execute"` to a phase entry point ruleset, specifying the ruleset ID to execute as an action parameter. Use a separate rule for each ruleset you want to deploy.

A rule that executes a ruleset consists of:

- The **ID of the ruleset** you want to execute.
- An **expression**.
- An **action**, set to `execute`.

The rules in the ruleset execute when a request satisfies the expression.

:::note
To apply a rule to every request in a phase at the **zone** level, set the rule expression to `true`.
:::

## Example

The following example deploys a managed ruleset to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase of a given zone (`{zone_id}`) by adding a rule that executes the managed ruleset.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<CLOUDFLARE_MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
      },
      "expression": "true",
      "description": "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone ruleset"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<ZONE_PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Ruleset 1",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "latest",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<CLOUDFLARE_MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
					"version": "3"
				},
				"expression": "true",
				"description": "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone ruleset",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Related resources

Refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/) and [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/) for more information.

For more information on the available API endpoints for editing and deploying rulesets, refer to [Update and deploy rulesets](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/).

For examples of deploying rulesets, refer to [Managed ruleset override examples](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/).

---

# View rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/view-rulesets/

import { Details } from "~/components";

## View available rulesets

You can list the available rulesets for a zone, account, or phase.

<Details header="Example: View available rulesets at the zone level">

The response to the `GET` request will include the following rulesets:

- Managed rulesets you can deploy, indicated by `"kind": "managed"`.
- Zone-level phase entry points, if configured, indicated by `"kind": "zone"`.
- Custom rulesets, if configured, indicated by `"kind": "custom"`.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<ZONE_PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Zone-level Ruleset 1",
			"description": "Ruleset for http_request_firewall_managed phase at the zone level",
			"kind": "zone",
			"version": "2",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-12T14:11:59.754817Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		},
		{
			"id": "<CLOUDFLARE_MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset",
			"description": "Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset is designed to provide fast and effective protection for all your applications. It is frequently updated to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives",
			"kind": "managed",
			"version": "2",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:40.972022Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		},
		{
			"id": "<CLOUDFLARE_OWASP_CORE_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset",
			"description": "Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ModSecurity Core Rule Set. We routinely monitor for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository",
			"kind": "managed",
			"version": "3",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:42.993211Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: View available rulesets at the account level">

The response will include the following rulesets:

- Managed rulesets you can deploy, indicated by `"kind": "managed"`.
- Account-level phase entry points, if configured, indicated by `"kind": "root"`.
- Custom rulesets, if configured, indicated by `"kind": "custom"`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
			"description": "My custom ruleset",
			"kind": "custom",
			"version": "10",
			"last_updated": "2020-11-23T11:36:24.192361Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
		},
		{
			"id": "<ACCOUNT_PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Account-level ruleset for http_request_firewall_managed phase",
			"description": "Account-level ruleset for executing one or more Managed Rulesets",
			"kind": "root",
			"version": "2",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-12T14:06:41.323932Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		},
		{
			"id": "<CLOUDFLARE_MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset",
			"description": "Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset is designed to provide fast and effective protection for all your applications. It is frequently updated to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives",
			"kind": "managed",
			"version": "5",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:40.972022Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		},
		{
			"id": "<CLOUDFLARE_OWASP_CORE_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset",
			"description": "Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ModSecurity Core Rule Set. We routinely monitor for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository",
			"kind": "managed",
			"version": "3",
			"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:42.993211Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

## View the rules included in a ruleset

You can view all versions of phase entry points (at the account and zone levels) and custom rulesets, but you can only view the most recent version of managed rulesets.

<Details header="Example: View rules in a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level">

The following example lists the rules in version `2` of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase entry point ruleset at the zone level.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint/versions/2 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point ruleset",
		"description": "This ruleset executes a managed ruleset.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: View rules in a managed ruleset">

The following example lists the rules in version `2` of a managed ruleset (the most recent version of that ruleset).

Each rule in a managed ruleset can have associated tags or categories, listed in the `categories` field.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{managed_ruleset_id}/versions/2 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset",
		"description": "Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset is designed to provide fast and effective protection for all your applications. It is frequently updated to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives",
		"kind": "managed",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_1_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "log",
				"categories": [
					"cve-2014-5265",
					"cve-2014-5266",
					"cve-2014-5267",
					"dos",
					"drupal",
					"wordpress"
				],
				"description": "Drupal, Wordpress - DoS - XMLRPC - CVE:CVE-2014-5265, CVE:CVE-2014-5266, CVE:CVE-2014-5267",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:40.972022Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_1_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<RULE_2_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "block",
				"categories": ["broken-access-control", "cve-2018-12895", "wordpress"],
				"description": "Wordpress - Broken Access Control - CVE:CVE-2018-12895",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:40.972022Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_2_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
			// (...)
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-18T14:42:40.972022Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

## Related resources

For more information on the available API methods for viewing rulesets, refer to [List and view rulesets](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/).

---

# Basic API operations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Add rules to a custom ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/add-rules-ruleset/

To add rules to an existing custom ruleset, use the [Update an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation and pass the rules in an array. Each rule has an expression and an action.

:::note[Choosing the appropriate API method]

When you add rules to a custom ruleset using the [Update an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation, you replace all the rules in the ruleset with the rules in the request. Use this API method when adding or updating several rules at once. This method will update the ruleset version number only once.

You can use other API operations depending on the type of operation:

- Add a single rule to an existing custom ruleset: Use the [Create an account ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation.
- Update a single rule in a custom ruleset: Use the [Update an account ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/edit/) operation.

:::

## Add rules

The following request adds two rules to a custom ruleset. These will be the only two rules in the ruleset.

The response will include the rule ID of the new rules in the `id` field.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{custom_ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
      "action": "challenge",
      "description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation"
    },
    {
      "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
      "action": "challenge",
      "description": "challenge not /api"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "challenge",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score \u003e 0",
				"description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:25:08.122758Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "challenge",
				"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
				"description": "challenge not /api",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:25:08.122758Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_REF_2>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:25:08.122758Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Update rules

To update one or more rules in a custom ruleset, use the [Update an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. Include the ID of the rules you want to modify in the rules array and add the fields you wish to update. The request replaces the entire ruleset with a new version. Therefore, you must include the ID of all the rules you wish to keep.

The following request edits one rule in a custom ruleset and updates the execution order of the rules.

The response will include the modified custom ruleset. Note that the updated rule and ruleset version number increment.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_2>",
      "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
      "action": "js_challenge",
      "description": "js_challenge when not /api"
    },
    {
      "id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_1>"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "3",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "2",
				"action": "js_challenge",
				"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
				"description": "js_challenge when not /api",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:30:08.122758Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_2>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "challenge",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score \u003e 0",
				"description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:25:08.122758Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID_1>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:30:08.122758Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

:::caution
The request above completely replaces the list of rules in the ruleset. If you omit an existing rule from the `rules` array, it will not appear in the new version of the ruleset.
:::

---

# Create a custom ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/create-custom-ruleset/

Use the [Create an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation to create a custom ruleset, making sure that you:

- Set the `kind` field to `custom`.
- Specify the name of the phase where you want to create the custom ruleset in the `phase` field.

## Example

The following request creates a new custom ruleset. The response will include the ID of the new custom ruleset in the `id` field.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
  "description": "My First Custom Ruleset",
  "kind": "custom",
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "f82ccda3d21f4a02825d3fe45b5e1c10",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
		"description": "My First Custom Ruleset",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "1",
		"last_updated": "2021-03-09T10:27:30.636197Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

You can include a list of rules in the custom ruleset creation request. If you have not added any rules, refer to [Add rules to a custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/add-rules-ruleset/) for more information.

---

# Deploy a custom ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/deploy-custom-ruleset/

Before you begin:

1. Obtain the name of the phase where you want to deploy the custom ruleset.
2. [Create a custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/create-custom-ruleset/) and keep the ID of the new custom ruleset.
3. [Fetch the rules already present in the phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/view-rulesets/#view-the-rules-included-in-a-ruleset). You must include in the `PUT` request all existing rules you want to keep.

To deploy a custom ruleset, add a rule that executes the custom ruleset. Define the rule scope in the rule expression.

:::caution
Regarding the expression of the rule deploying the ruleset, you must use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions and end your expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` or else the API operation will fail.
:::

## Example

The following `PUT` request adds a rule that executes a custom ruleset when the zone name matches `example.com`. The response will include all the rules in the phase entry point ruleset.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_custom/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "description": "Execute custom ruleset",
      "expression": "(cf.zone.name == \"example.com\") and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_ID_1>"
    },
    {
      "id": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_ID_2>"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<ACCOUNT_PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "http_request_firewall_custom phase entry point ruleset for my account",
		"description": "Execute several rulesets",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "3",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<PHASE_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"description": "Execute custom ruleset",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
					"version": "latest"
				},
				"expression": "(cf.zone.name == \"example.com\") and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:35:14.135697Z",
				"ref": "<PHASE_RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<EXECUTED_RULESET_ID_1>",
					"version": "latest"
				},
				"expression": "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\") and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-16T15:51:49.180378Z",
				"ref": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<EXECUTED_RULESET_ID_2>",
					"version": "latest"
				},
				"expression": "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\") and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-16T15:50:29.861157Z",
				"ref": "<EXISTING_PHASE_RULE_REF_2>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-18T18:35:14.135697Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Work with custom rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/

Use the following workflow to deploy a custom ruleset at the account level:

1. [Create a custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/create-custom-ruleset/).
2. [Add rules to your custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/add-rules-ruleset/).
3. [Add a rule to an account-level phase entry point ruleset that executes the custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/deploy-custom-ruleset/).

You must create a rule with `execute` action in an entry point ruleset to execute the custom ruleset (step 3 in the previous procedure). If you skip this step, the rules of the custom ruleset will not run.

Currently, custom rulesets are only supported by the [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/).

:::caution
You cannot execute a custom ruleset from another custom ruleset, only from an entry point ruleset.
:::

## Change the behavior of a custom ruleset

To modify custom ruleset behavior, Cloudflare recommends [creating a new custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/create-custom-ruleset/) or [editing the custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/add-rules-ruleset/) instead of using overrides.

---

# Create an exception

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/

Use exceptions to skip the execution of a managed ruleset of some of its rules. Exceptions are also known as skip rules, since the rule action is `skip`.

The exception configuration includes an [expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) that defines the skip conditions, and the rules or managed rulesets to skip under those conditions.

:::note
Currently, only the [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) supports managed rules exceptions.
:::

## Types of exceptions

An exception can have one of the following behaviors (from highest to lowest priority):

- [Skip all remaining rules in the entry point ruleset](#skip-all-remaining-rules)
- [Skip one or more managed rulesets](#skip-one-or-more-managed-rulesets)
- [Skip one or more rules of managed rulesets](#skip-one-or-more-rules-of-managed-rulesets)

You define exceptions in a given context — zone level or account level — and they apply only to that context. For example, if you define an exception that skips all remaining rules at the account level, the rules defined in the entry point ruleset at the zone level will still be evaluated.

If there is a match for the expressions of several exceptions, Cloudflare will consider the exception with the highest priority.

Exceptions only apply to rules executing a managed ruleset listed after them. If you add an exception at the end of the list of rules of an entry point ruleset, nothing will be skipped.

:::caution[Additional requirement for account-level exceptions]
Rules in entry point rulesets at the account level only apply to Enterprise zones. This also includes exceptions (or skip rules). When adding an exception at the account level, you must use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions in the rule expression and end the expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"`, or else the API operation will fail.
:::

### Skip all remaining rules

To skip all the remaining rules in the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset), create a rule with `skip` action and include `"ruleset": "current"` in the `action_parameters` object.

Example of rule definition:

```json
{
	"expression": "<RULE_EXPRESSION>",
	"action": "skip",
	"action_parameters": {
		"ruleset": "current"
	}
}
```

Skipping all remaining rules only affects the rules in the current context (account or zone). For example, adding a rule with `skip` action to the account-level phase entry point ruleset has no impact on the rules defined in the zone-level phase entry point ruleset — these zone-level rules will still be evaluated.

For a full example, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/#skip-all-remaining-rules).

### Skip one or more managed rulesets

To skip one or more managed rulesets, create a rule with `skip` action containing a `rulesets` field in the `action_parameters` object. The `rulesets` field must contain a list of managed ruleset IDs you want to skip.

Example of rule definition:

```json
{
	"expression": "<RULE_EXPRESSION>",
	"action": "skip",
	"action_parameters": {
		"rulesets": ["<MANAGED_RULESET_1_ID>", "<MANAGED_RULESET_2_ID>"]
	}
}
```

For a full example, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/#skip-the-cloudflare-managed-ruleset).

### Skip one or more rules of managed rulesets

To skip one or more rules of managed rulesets, create a rule with `skip` action containing a `rules` object in the `action_parameters` object. The `rules` object must contain one or more managed ruleset IDs as keys, and a list of rules to skip in those managed rulesets as the value of each key.

Example of a rule definition that skips rules `A` and `B` of managed ruleset `1`, and rule `X` of managed ruleset `2`:

```json
{
	"expression": "<RULE_EXPRESSION>",
	"action": "skip",
	"action_parameters": {
		"rules": {
			"<MANAGED_RULESET_1_ID>": ["<RULE_A_ID>", "<RULE_B_ID>"],
			"<MANAGED_RULESET_2_ID>": ["<RULE_X_ID>"]
		}
	}
}
```

The rules in the `rules` object must belong to the specified managed rulesets, otherwise you will get an error.

For a full example, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/#skip-one-or-more-rules-of-waf-managed-rulesets).

---

## Additional notes

Exceptions have priority over [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

If you define an exception that skips all remaining rules, the expressions of those rules are not evaluated.

If you define an exception that skips a rule of a managed ruleset, the expression of the rule that executes the managed ruleset is evaluated and the managed ruleset rules are executed except for that specific rule, which is bypassed.

---

# Deploy a managed ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/

import { RuleID, Render } from "~/components";

You can deploy a managed ruleset at the zone level or at the account level.

To deploy a managed ruleset to a phase, use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/).

## Deploy a managed ruleset to a phase at the zone level

Use the following workflow to deploy a managed ruleset to a phase at the zone level.

1. Get your [zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
2. Invoke the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation to obtain the available managed rulesets. Managed rulesets exist at the account level, but you can deploy them to a zone. Find the ruleset ID of the managed ruleset you want to deploy.
3. Identify the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where you want to deploy the managed ruleset. Ensure that the managed ruleset belongs to the same phase where you want to deploy it. To learn more about the available phases supported by each Cloudflare product, refer to the specific documentation for that product, or the [Phases list](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/).
4. Add a rule to the zone-level phase [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) that executes the managed ruleset. Refer to the following example for details on this step.

### Example

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-zone-example" product="waf" />

In this example, the managed ruleset executes the behavior configured by Cloudflare. To customize the behavior of managed rulesets, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

## Deploy a managed ruleset to a phase at the account level

Use the following workflow to deploy a managed ruleset to a phase at the account level.

1. Get your [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
2. Invoke the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation to obtain the available managed rulesets. Find the ruleset ID of the managed ruleset you want to deploy.
3. Identify the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where you want to deploy the managed ruleset. Ensure that the managed ruleset belongs to the same phase where you want to deploy it. To learn more about the available phases supported by each Cloudflare product, refer to the specific documentation for that product, or the [Phases list](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/).
4. Add a rule to the account-level phase [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) that executes the managed ruleset. Use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions in the rule expression and end your expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` so that it only applies to zones on an Enterprise plan. Refer to the following example for details on this step.

### Example

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-account-example" product="waf" />

In this example, the managed ruleset executes the behavior configured by Cloudflare. To customize the behavior of managed rulesets, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

---

# Work with managed rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/

Managed rulesets are preconfigured rulesets provided by Cloudflare that you can deploy. Only Cloudflare can modify these rulesets.

The rules in a managed ruleset have a default configuration. However, you can define [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that change this default configuration.

Several Cloudflare products include managed rulesets:

* [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/managed-rules/)
* [DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/)
* [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-managed-rulesets/)

Check each product's documentation for details on the available managed rulesets.

## Get started

To view available managed rulesets, refer to [View rulesets](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/view-rulesets/).

To deploy a managed ruleset to a phase, refer to [Deploy a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/).

To adjust the behavior of a managed ruleset, do one of the following:

* Customize the behavior of one or more rules by using [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).
* Skip one or more managed rules by adding [exceptions](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/).

Exceptions (only supported by the WAF) have priority over overrides.

---

# Override a managed ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/

import { Render, Details } from "~/components";

To customize the behavior of a managed ruleset, override the ruleset at deployment. When you override a ruleset you specify changes to be executed on top of the default configuration. These changes take precedence over the ruleset's default behavior.

For example, to test a managed ruleset before enforcing it, consider executing the ruleset with all rules set to `log` instead of their default actions. To do this, override the configured behavior of the managed ruleset at the ruleset level, so that each rule uses the `log` action.

To define overrides in the Cloudflare dashboard, edit the configuration of the managed ruleset you previously deployed to a zone or to an account.

## Working with overrides

You can override a ruleset at three levels:

- **Ruleset overrides** apply to all rules in the executed ruleset.
- **Tag overrides** apply to all rules with a specific tag. For example, use a tag override to customize the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset so all rules with the `wordpress` tag are set to _Block_. If multiple tags have overrides and if a given rule has more than one of these tags, the tag overrides order determines the behavior. For rules tagged with multiple overridden tags, the last tag's overrides apply.
- **Rule overrides** apply to specific rules in a managed ruleset, referenced by their Rule ID.

Specific overrides take precedence over more general ones, and rule overrides take precedence over tag overrides, which take precedence over ruleset overrides.

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To apply an override for a managed ruleset:

- Call the [Update ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation on your account-level phase entry point.
- Specify the `overrides` in the `action_parameters` of the rule that executes your managed ruleset.

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "id": "<RULESET_ID>",
  "overrides": {
    // ruleset overrides
    "property-to-modify": "value",
    "property-to-modify": "value",
    // tag overrides
    "categories": [
      {
        "category": "<TAG_NAME>",
        "property-to-modify": "value",
        "property-to-modify": "value"
      }
    ],
    // rule overrides
    "rules": [
      {
        "id": "<RULE_ID>",
        "property-to-modify": "value",
        "property-to-modify": "value"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

You can override the following rule properties:

- `"action"`
- `"enabled"`

Some managed rulesets may have additional override requirements, or they may allow you to override other rule properties. Check each Cloudflare product’s documentation for details.

:::caution[Important]
It is **not recommended** that you enable all the rules in a managed ruleset at the account level using an override, since this change could affect all the zones in your account. Some rules are disabled by default, since they could eventually affect legitimate traffic, and should not be enabled across zones without previous consideration.
:::

## Examples

### Rule override example

The following `PUT` request adds a rule that executes a managed ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase at the zone level, and defines a rule override to enable rule `<RULE_ID>` and set its action to `log`.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Deploy managed ruleset, enabling a specific rule with log action",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID>",
              "enabled": true,
              "action": "log"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Ruleset override example

The following `PUT` request adds a rule that executes a managed ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase at the account level, and defines a ruleset override that sets the action to `log` for all (enabled) rules.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Deploy managed ruleset for example.com, overriding the rules action to log",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\") and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "action": "log"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

For additional examples of configuring overrides, refer to [Managed ruleset override examples](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/).

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The following pages include additional information about the Ruleset Engine:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Phases list

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following tables list the [phases](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) of Cloudflare products powered by the Ruleset Engine, in the order those phases are executed. Some products such as the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall have more than one associated phase.

## Network layer

[Network-layer](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/) phases apply to packets received on the Cloudflare global network.

| Phase name       | Used in product/feature                                                                          |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `ddos_l4`        | [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/) |
| `magic_transit`  | [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/how-to/add-rules/)                                              |
| `mt_managed`     | [Magic Firewall managed rulesets](/magic-firewall/how-to/enable-managed-rulesets/)               |
| `mt_ids_managed` | [Magic Firewall Intrusion Detection System (IDS)](/magic-firewall/about/ids/)                    |

## Application layer

[Application-layer](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-layer-7/) phases apply to requests received on the Cloudflare global network.

### Request phases

The phases execute in the order they appear in the table.

| Phase name                      | Used in product/feature                                                                 |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `http_request_sanitize`         | [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/)                                              |
| `http_request_dynamic_redirect` | [Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/)                             |
| `http_request_transform`        | [Rewrite URL Rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/)                                      |
| _N/A_ (internal phase)          | [Waiting Room Rules](/waiting-room/additional-options/waiting-room-rules/)              |
| `http_config_settings`          | [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/)                                      |
| `http_request_origin`           | [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/)                                                    |
| `ddos_l7`\*                     | [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/)                  |
| `http_request_api_gateway`      | [API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/)                                                 |
| `http_request_firewall_custom`  | [Custom rules (Web Application Firewall)](/waf/custom-rules/)                           |
| `http_ratelimit`                | [Rate limiting rules (WAF)](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)                                  |
| _N/A_ (internal phase)          | [API Shield](/api-shield/)                                                              |
| `http_request_firewall_managed` | [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)                                                |
| `http_request_sbfm`             | [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/)                                          |
| _N/A_ (internal phase)          | [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/)                                   |
| `http_request_redirect`         | [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/)                                 |
| _N/A_ (internal phase)          | [Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/)                              |
| `http_request_late_transform`   | [HTTP Request Header Modification Rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/) |
| `http_request_cache_settings`   | [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/)                                               |
| `http_request_snippets`         | [Snippets](/rules/snippets/)                                                            |
| `http_request_cloud_connector`  | [Cloud Connector](/rules/cloud-connector/)                                              |

\* _This phase is for configuration purposes only — the corresponding rules will not be executed at this stage in the request handling process._

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### Response phases

The phases execute in the order they appear in the table.

| Phase name                        | Used in product/feature                                                                   |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `http_custom_errors`              | [Custom Error Responses](/rules/custom-error-responses/)                                  |
| _N/A_ (internal phase)            | [Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/)                                |
| `http_response_headers_transform` | [HTTP Response Header Modification Rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) |
| `http_ratelimit`                  | [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) (when they use response information)     |
| `http_response_compression`       | [Compression Rules](/rules/compression-rules/)                                            |
| `http_response_firewall_managed`  | [Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection](/waf/managed-rules/) (Data Loss Prevention)         |
| `http_log_custom_fields`          | [Logpush custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/)                                   |

---

# Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/

The action of a rule tells Cloudflare how to handle matches for the rule [expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/).

## Supported actions

The table below lists the actions available in the Rules language.

Some actions like *Block*, called terminating actions, will stop the evaluation of the remaining rules. The *Skip* action will skip the evaluation of *some* rules when there is a match, but the exact behavior will depend on the rule configuration.

The available actions depend on the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where you are configuring the rule. Refer to each product’s documentation for details on the phase(s) supported by that product.



<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Action</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Terminating action?</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Interactive Challenge</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Useful for ensuring that the visitor accessing the site is human, not automated.</p>
        <p>The client that made the request must pass an interactive challenge.</p>
        <p>If successful, Cloudflare accepts the matched request; otherwise, it is blocked.</p>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>JS Challenge</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>js_challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Useful for ensuring that bots and spam cannot access the requested resource; browsers,
          however, are free to satisfy the challenge automatically.
        </p>
        <p>
          The client that made the request must pass a Cloudflare JavaScript Challenge before
          proceeding.
        </p>
        <p>If successful, Cloudflare accepts the matched request; otherwise, it is blocked.</p>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Managed Challenge (Recommended)</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>managed_challenge</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Helps reduce the lifetimes of human time spent solving CAPTCHAs across the Internet.</p>
        <p>
          Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will dynamically choose the appropriate type of challenge from the following actions based on specific criteria:
        </p>
        <ul>
          <li>Show a non-interactive challenge page (similar to the current JS Challenge).</li>
          <li>Show a custom interactive challenge (such as click a button).</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Block</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>block</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Matching requests are denied access to the site.</p>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Skip</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>skip</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Allows user to dynamically skip one or more security features or products for a request.
        </p>
        <p>
          Depending on the rule configuration, matching requests will skip the evaluation of one or
          more security features or products:
        </p>
        <p>
          <ul>
            <li>Skip all remaining rules in the current ruleset</li>
            <li>Skip rulesets</li>
            <li>Skip rules of a ruleset</li>
            <li>Skip phases</li>
            <li>Skip specific security products that are not based on the Ruleset Engine</li>
          </ul>
        </p>
        <p>
          The available skip options depend on the phase where you configure the rule. Refer to each
          product’s documentation for details.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>
        No
        <br />
        (but some rules may be skipped)
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Log</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>log</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Records matching requests in the Cloudflare Logs.</p>
        <p>Only available on Enterprise plans.</p>
        <p>Recommended for validating rules before committing to a more severe action.</p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Execute</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>execute</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Executes the rules in the ruleset specified in the rule configuration. You can specify a
          managed ruleset or a custom ruleset to execute.
        </p>
        <p>In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns.</p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Rewrite</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>rewrite</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Rewrites the request (or response) by adjusting the URI path, query string, and/or HTTP request/response headers, according to the rule configuration.
        </p>
        <p>Only available in:</p>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="/rules/transform/">Transform Rules</a>, in phases <code>http_request_transform</code>, <code>http_request_late_transform</code>, and <code>http_response_headers_transform</code>. In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, create a Transform Rule.</li>
          <li>WAF custom rules checking for <a href="/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/">exposed credentials</a>, in the <code>http_request_firewall_custom</code> phase at the account level. In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is called <em>Exposed-Credential-Check Header</em>.</li>
        </ul>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Redirect</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>redirect</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Navigates the user from a source URL to a target URL, according to the rule configuration, by replying with an HTTP redirect.
        </p>
        <p>
          Only available for <a href="/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/">Single Redirects</a> and <a href="/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/">Bulk Redirects</a>.
        </p>
        <p>
          In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, create a redirect rule or a bulk redirect rule.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Route</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>route</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Adjusts the <code>Host</code> header, Server Name Indication (SNI), resolved hostname, and/or resolved destination port of incoming requests.
        </p>
        <p>
          Only available for <a href="/rules/origin-rules/">Origin Rules</a>, in the <code>http_request_origin</code> phase.
        </p>
        <p>
          In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, create an origin rule.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Set Configuration</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>set_config</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Changes the configuration settings of one or more Cloudflare products.
        </p>
        <p>
          Only available for <a href="/rules/configuration-rules/">Configuration Rules</a>, in the <code>http_config_settings</code> phase.
        </p>
        <p>
          In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, <a href="/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/">create a Configuration Rule</a>.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Compress Response</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>compress_response</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Defines compression settings for delivering responses to website visitors.
        </p>
        <p>
          Only available for <a href="/rules/compression-rules/">Compression Rules</a>, in the <code>http_response_compression</code> phase.
        </p>
        <p>
          In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, <a href="/rules/compression-rules/create-dashboard/">create a compression rule</a>.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
      <td>
        <strong>Set Cache Settings</strong><br />
        <br />
        API value:<br />
        <code>set_cache_settings</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Cache Rules allows you to customize cache settings on Cloudflare.
        </p>
        <p>
          Only available for <a href="/rules/compression-rules/">Cache Rules</a>, in the <code>http_request_cache_settings</code> phase.
        </p>
        <p>
          In the Cloudflare dashboard, this action is not listed in action selection dropdowns. To use this action, <a href="/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/">create a cache rule</a>.
        </p>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>



:::note

Cloudflare Firewall Rules, now deprecated, supports a different set of actions, including the *Allow* and *Bypass* actions. Refer to [Firewall rules actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) for more information. 
:::

---

# Functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/

import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Rules language provides functions for manipulating and validating values in an expression:

- [Transformation functions](#transformation-functions) manipulate values extracted from an HTTP request.
- The [HMAC validation function](#hmac-validation) tests the validity of an HMAC token. Use it to write expressions that target requests based on the presence of a valid HMAC token.

## Transformation functions

The Rules language supports several functions that transform values extracted from HTTP requests. A common use case for transformation functions is the conversion of a string of characters to uppercase or lowercase, since by default, string evaluation is case-sensitive.

For example, the `lower()` function converts all uppercase characters in a string to lowercase.

In the expression below, the `lower()` function transforms `http.host` values to lowercase so that they match the target value `"www.cloudflare.com"`:

```sql
lower(http.host) == "www.cloudflare.com"
```

Transformation functions that do not take arrays as an argument type require the `[*]` index notation. Refer to [Arrays](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#arrays) for more information.

The Rules language supports these transformation functions:

### `any`

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<code>any(<Type text="Array<Boolean>" />)</code>: <Type text="Boolean" />

Returns `true` when the comparison operator in the argument returns `true` for _any_ of the values in the argument array. Returns `false` otherwise.

Example:

```txt
any(url_decode(http.request.body.form.values[*])[*] contains "an xss attack")
```

### `all`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>all(<Type text="Array<Boolean>" />)</code>: <Type text="Boolean" />

Returns `true` when the comparison operator in the argument returns `true` for _all_ values in the argument array. Returns `false` otherwise.

Example:

```
all(http.request.headers["content-type"][*] == "application/json")
```

### `cidr`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>cidr(address <Type text="IP address" />, ipv4_network_bits <Type text="Integer" />, ipv6_network_bits <Type text="Integer" />)</code>: <Type text="IP address" />

Returns the network address corresponding to an IP address (IPv4 or IPv6), given the provided IPv4 and IPv6 network bits (which determine the corresponding netmasks).

The `address` parameter must be a field, that is, it cannot be a literal String.

The `ipv4_network_bits` value must be between 1 and 32, and the `ipv6_network_bits` value must be between 1 and 128.

Examples:

- If `ip.src` is `113.10.0.2`, `cidr(ip.src, 24, 24)` will return `113.10.0.0`.
- If `ip.src` is `2001:0000:130F:0000:0000:09C0:876A:130B`, `cidr(ip.src, 24, 24)` will return `2001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000`.

:::caution
You can only use the `cidr()` function in [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).
:::

### `cidr6`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>cidr6(address <Type text="IP address" />, ipv6_network_bits <Type text='Integer' />)</code>: <Type text="IP address" />

Returns the IPv6 network address corresponding to an IPv6 address, given the provided network bits (which determine the netmask). If you provide an IPv4 address in the first parameter, it will be returned unchanged.

The `address` parameter must be a field, that is, it cannot be a literal String.

The `ipv6_network_bits` value must be between 1 and 128.

This function is equivalent to: `cidr(<address>, 32, <ipv6_network_bits>)`.

Examples:

- If `ip.src` is `2001:0000:130F:0000:0000:09C0:876A:130B`, `cidr6(ip.src, 24)` will return `2001:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000`.
- If `ip.src` is `113.10.0.2`, `cidr6(ip.src, 24)` will return `113.10.0.2` (unchanged).

:::caution
You can only use the `cidr6()` function in [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).
:::

### `concat`

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<code>concat(<Type text="String | Integer | Bytes | Array elements" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Takes a comma-separated list of values. Concatenates the argument values into a single String.

For example, `concat("String1", " ", "String", 2)` will return `"String1 String2"`.

### `decode_base64`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>decode_base64(source <Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Decodes a Base64-encoded String specified in `source`.

`source` must be a field, that is, it cannot be a literal String.

For example, with the following HTTP request header: `client_id: MTIzYWJj`, `(any(decode_base64(http.request.headers["client_id"][*])[*] eq "123abc"))` would return `true`.

:::caution
You can only use the `decode_base64()` function in [header modification rules](/rules/transform/), [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).
:::

### `ends_with`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>ends_with(source <Type text="String" />, substring <Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="Boolean" />

Returns `true` when the source ends with a given substring. Returns `false` otherwise. The source cannot be a literal value (like `"foo"`).

For example, if `http.request.uri.path` is `"/welcome.html"`, then `ends_with(http.request.uri.path, ".html")` will return `true`.

### `len`

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<code>len(<Type text="String | Bytes | Array" />)</code>: <Type text="Integer" />

Returns the byte length of a String or Bytes value, or the number of elements in an array.

For example, if the value of `http.host` is `"example.com"`, then `len(http.host)` will return `11`.

### `lookup_json_integer`

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<code>lookup_json_integer(field <Type text="String" />, key <Type text="String | Integer" />, key <Type text="String | Integer" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />, ...)</code>: <Type text="Integer" />

Returns the integer value associated with the supplied `key` in `field`.

The `field` must be a string representation of a valid JSON document.

The `key` can be an attribute name, a zero-based position number in a JSON array, or a combination of these two options (as extra function parameters), while following the hierarchy of the JSON document to obtain a specific integer value.<br/>

Note: This function only works for plain integers. For example, it will not work for floating numbers with a zero decimal part such as `42.0`.

Examples:

- Given the following JSON object contained in the `http.request.body.raw` field:<br/>
  `{ "record_id": "aed53a", "version": 2 }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, "version")` will return `2`.

- Given the following nested object:<br/>
  `{ "product": { "id": 356 } }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, "product", "id")` will return `356`.

- Given the following JSON array at the root level:<br/>
  `["first_item", -234]`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, 1)` will return `-234`.

- Given the following array in a JSON object attribute:<br/>
  `{ "network_ids": [123, 456] }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, "network_ids", 0)` will return `123`.

- Given the following root-level array of JSON objects:<br/>
  `[{ "product_id": 123 }, { "product_id": 456 }]`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, 1, "product_id")` will return `456`.

### `lookup_json_string`

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<code>lookup_json_string(field <Type text="String" />, key <Type text="String | Integer" />, key <Type text="String | Integer" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />, ...)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Returns the string value associated with the supplied `key` in `field`.

The `field` must be a string representation of a valid JSON document.

The `key` can be an attribute name, a zero-based position number in a JSON array, or a combination of these two options (as extra function parameters), while following the hierarchy of the JSON document to obtain a specific value.

Examples:

- Given the following JSON object contained in the `http.request.body.raw` field:<br/>
  `{ "company": "cloudflare", "product": "rulesets" }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "company") == "cloudflare"` will return `true`.

- Given the following nested object:<br/>
  `{ "network": { "name": "cloudflare" } }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "network", "name") == "cloudflare"` will return `true`.

- Given the following JSON array at the root level:<br/>
  `["other_company", "cloudflare"]`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, 1) == "cloudflare"` will return `true`.

- Given the following array in a JSON object attribute:<br/>
  `{ "networks": ["other_company", "cloudflare"] }`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "networks", 1) == "cloudflare"` will return `true`.

- Given the following root-level array of JSON objects:<br/>
  `[{ "network": "other_company" }, { "network": "cloudflare" }]`<br/>
  Then `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, 1, "network") == "cloudflare"` will return `true`.

### `lower`

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<code>lower(<Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Converts a string field to lowercase. Only uppercase ASCII bytes are converted. All other bytes are unaffected.

For example, if `http.host` is `"WWW.cloudflare.com"`, then `lower(http.host) == "www.cloudflare.com"` will return `true`.

### `regex_replace`

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<code>regex_replace(source <Type text="String" />, regular_expression <Type text="String" />, replacement <Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Replaces a part of a source string matched by a regular expression with a replacement string, returning the result. The replacement string can contain references to regular expression capture groups (for example, `${1}` and `${2}`), up to eight replacement references.

Examples:

- Literal match replace:<br/>
  `regex_replace("/foo/bar", "/bar$", "/baz") == "/foo/baz"`

- If there is no match, the input string does not change:<br/>
  `regex_replace("/x", "^/y$", "/mumble") == "/x"`

- Match is case-sensitive by default:<br/>
  `regex_replace("/foo", "^/FOO$", "/x") == "/foo"`

- When there are multiple matches, only one replacement occurs (the first one):<br/>
  `regex_replace("/a/a", "/a", "/b") == "/b/a"`

- Escape a `$` in the replacement string by prefixing it with another `$`:<br/>
  `regex_replace("/b", "^/b$", "/b$$") == "/b$"`

- Replace with capture groups:<br/>
  `regex_replace("/foo/a/path", "^/foo/([^/]*)/(.*)$", "/bar/${2}/${1}") == "/bar/path/a/"`

Create capture groups by putting part of the regular expression in parentheses. Then, reference a capture group using `${<NUMBER>}` in the replacement string, where `<NUMBER>` is the number of the capture group.

:::caution
You can only use the `regex_replace()` function in rewrite expressions of [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) and target URL expressions of [dynamic URL redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/).
:::

### `remove_bytes`

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<code>remove_bytes(<Type text="Bytes" />)</code>: <Type text="Bytes" />

Returns a new byte array with all the occurrences of the given bytes removed.

For example, if `http.host` is `"www.cloudflare.com"`, then `remove_bytes(http.host, "\x2e\x77")` will return `"cloudflarecom"`.

### `starts_with`

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<code>starts_with(source <Type text="String" />, substring <Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="Boolean" />

Returns `true` when the source starts with a given substring. Returns `false` otherwise. The source cannot be a literal value (like `"foo"`).

For example, if `http.request.uri.path` is `"/blog/first-post"`, then `starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/blog")` will return `true`.

### `substring`

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<code>substring(field <Type text="String | Bytes" />, start <Type text="Integer" />, end <Type text="Integer" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Returns part of the `field` value (the value of a String or Bytes [field](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/)) from the `start` byte index up to (but excluding) the `end` byte index. The first byte in `field` has index `0`. If you do not provide the optional `end` index, the function returns the part of the string from `start` index to the end of the string.

The `start` and `end` indexes can be negative integer values, which allows you to access characters from the end of the string instead of the beginning.

Examples:

```txt
// If http.request.body.raw is "asdfghjk":

substring(http.request.body.raw, 2, 5)   will return "dfg"
substring(http.request.body.raw, 2)      will return "dfghjk"
substring(http.request.body.raw, -2)     will return "jk"
substring(http.request.body.raw, 0, -2)  will return "asdfgh"
```

### `to_string`

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<code>to_string(<Type text="Integer | Boolean | IP address" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Returns the string representation of an Integer, Boolean, or IP address value.

Examples:

```txt
// If cf.bot_management.score is 5:
to_string(cf.bot_management.score)   will return "5"

// If ssl is true:
to_string(ssl)                       will return "true"
```

:::caution
You can only use the `to_string()` function in rewrite expressions of [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) and target URL expressions of [dynamic URL redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/).
:::

### `upper`

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<code>upper(<Type text="String" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Converts a string field to uppercase. Only lowercase ASCII bytes are converted. All other bytes are unaffected.

For example, if `http.host` is`"www.cloudflare.com"`, then `upper(http.host)` will return `"WWW.CLOUDFLARE.COM"`.

### `url_decode`

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<code>url_decode(source <Type text="String" />, options <Type text="String" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Decodes a URL-formatted string defined in `source`, as in the following:

- `%20` and `+` decode to a space character (` `).

- `%E4%BD` decodes to `ä½`.

The `source` must be a field, that is, it cannot be a literal string.

The `options` parameter is optional. You must provide any options as a single string wrapped in quotes, such as `"r"` or `"ur"`. The available options are the following:

- `r`: Applies recursive decoding. For example, `%2520` will be decoded twice (recursively) to a space character (` `).
- `u`: Enables Unicode percent decoding. The result will be encoded in UTF-8. For example, `"%u2601"` would be decoded to a cloud emoji (`☁️`) encoded in UTF-8 (`"\xe2\x98\x81"`, with a size of 3 bytes).

Examples:

```txt
url_decode("John%20Doe")   will return "John Doe"
url_decode("John+Doe")     will return "John Doe"
url_decode("%2520")        will return "%20"
url_decode("%2520", "r")   will return " "

// Using url_decode() with the any() function:
any(url_decode(http.request.body.form.values[*])[*] contains "an xss attack")

// Using the u option to match a specific alphabet
url_decode(http.request.uri.path) matches "(?u)\p{Hangul}+"
```

### `uuidv4`

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<code>uuidv4(source <Type text="Bytes" />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Generates a random UUIDv4 (Universally Unique Identifier, version 4) based on the given argument (a source of randomness). To obtain an array of random bytes, use the [`cf.random_seed`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.random_seed/) field.

For example, `uuidv4(cf.random_seed)` will return a UUIDv4 similar to `49887398-6bcf-485f-8899-f15dbef4d1d5`.

:::caution
You can only use the `uuidv4()` function in [rewrite expressions of Transform Rules](/rules/transform/).
:::

### `wildcard_replace`

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<code>wildcard_replace(source <Type text="Bytes" />, wildcard_pattern <Type text="Bytes" />, replacement <Type text="Bytes" />, flags <Type text="Bytes" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />)</code>: <Type text="String" />

Replaces a `source` string, matched by a literal with zero or more `*` wildcard metacharacters, with a replacement string, returning the result. The replacement string can contain references to wildcard capture groups (for example, `${1}` and `${2}`), up to eight replacement references.

If there is no match, the function will return `source` unchanged.

The `source` parameter must be a field (it cannot be a literal string). Additionally, the entire `source` value must match the `wildcard_pattern` parameter (it cannot match only part of the field value).

To enter a literal `*` character in the `wildcard_pattern` parameter, you must escape it using `\*`. Additionally, you must also escape `\` using `\\`. Two unescaped `*` characters in a row (`**`) in this parameter are considered invalid and cannot be used. If you need to perform character escaping, it is recommended that you use the [raw string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#raw-string-syntax) for the `wildcard_pattern` parameter.

To enter a literal `$` character in the `replacement` parameter, you must escape it using `$$`.

To perform case-sensitive wildcard matching, set the `flags` parameter to `"s"`.

This function uses lazy matching, that is, it tries to match each `*` metacharacter with the shortest possible string.

Examples:

- If the full URI is `https://apps.example.com/calendar/admin?expand=true`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.full_uri, "https://*.example.com/*/*", "https://example.com/${1}/${2}/${3}")` will return `https://example.com/apps/calendar/admin?expand=true`

- If the full URI is `https://example.com/applications/app1`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.full_uri, "/applications/*", "/apps/${1}")` will return `https://example.com/applications/app1` (unchanged value, since there is no match for the full URI value; you should use the `http.request.uri.path` field for URI path matching).

- If the URI path is `/calendar`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/*", "/apps/${1}")` will return `/apps/calendar`.

- If the URI path is `/Apps/calendar`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/apps/*", "/${1}")` will return `/calendar` (case-insensitive match by default).

- If the URI path is `/Apps/calendar`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/apps/*", "/${1}", "s")` will return `/Apps/calendar` (unchanged value) because there is no case-sensitive match.

- If the URI path is `/apps/calendar/login`,<br/>
  `wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/apps/*/login", "/${1}/login")` will return `/calendar/login`.

For more examples of wildcard matching, refer to [Wildcard matching](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching).

:::caution
Currently, you can only use the `wildcard_replace()` function in rewrite expressions of [URL rewrites](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) and target URL expressions of [dynamic URL redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/).
:::

## Magic Firewall Functions

### `bit_slice`

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<code>bit_slice(protocol <Type text="String" />, offset_start <Type text="Number" />, offset_end <Type text="Number" />)</code>: <Type text="Number" />

This function looks for matches on a given slice of bits.

The offset starts on the given protocol header. For example, to match on the first bit of payload for a UDP packet, you must set `offset_start` to `64`.

This is primarily intended for use with `ip`, `udp`, and `tcp`.

The slice (`offset_end` – `offset_start`) cannot be longer than 32 bits, but multiple calls can be joined together by using logical expressions.

The `bit_slice` offset cannot exceed 2,040 bits.

## HMAC validation

:::note
Access to the HMAC validation function requires a Cloudflare Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan.
:::

### Overview

You can validate hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) tokens in a rule expression by using the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function, which has this signature:

```java
is_timed_hmac_valid_v0(
  <String literal as Key>,
  <String field as MessageMAC>,
  <Integer literal as ttl>,
  <Integer as currentTimeStamp>,
  <Optional Integer literal as lengthOfSeparator, default: 0>,
  <Optional String literal as flags>
) -> <Bool as result>
```

The `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function has these parameter definitions:

- `Key` <Type text="String literal" />

  - Specifies the secret cryptographic key for validating the HMAC.

- `MessageMAC` <Type text="String" />

  - Contains a concatenation of these HMAC elements: `message`, `separator`, `timestamp`, `mac`. For a definition and an example, refer to [MessageMAC](#messagemac).

- `ttl` <Type text="Integer literal" />

  - Defines the time-to-live for the HMAC token, expressed in seconds. Determines how long the token is valid, relative to the time it was issued.

- `currentTimeStamp` <Type text="Integer" />

  - Represents the UNIX timestamp when Cloudflare received the request, expressed in seconds. Pass the `http.request.timestamp.sec` field as an approximate value to this argument.

- `lengthOfSeparator` <Type text="Integer literal" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />

  - Specifies the length of the `separator` between the `timestamp` and the `message` in the `MessageMAC`. Expressed in bytes, with a default value of `0`.

- `flags` <Type text="String literal" /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />

  - When you set this optional argument to `'s'`, the function expects the value of the Base64-encoded `mac` in the `MessageMAC` argument to use the URL-safe character set with no padding.

  - When you do **not** set the value of `flags` to `'s'`, you must URL encode the Base64 value for `mac` in the `MessageMAC` argument.

### Usage

The `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function uses the supplied _Key_ to generate a message authentication code (MAC) from the `message` and the `timestamp` regions of the MessageMAC. When the generated MAC matches the `mac` region of the MessageMAC and the token has not expired, the HMAC is valid and the function returns `true`.

For example, the following expression matches requests to `downloads.example.com` that do not include valid HMAC tokens:

```java
http.host == "downloads.example.com"
and not is_timed_hmac_valid_v0("mysecretkey", http.request.uri, 100000, http.request.timestamp.sec, 8)
```

For examples of rules that use HMAC validation, refer to [Configure token authentication](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/) in the WAF documentation.

### MessageMAC

A valid MessageMAC satisfies the following regular expression:

```txt
(.+)(.*)(\d{10})-(.{43,})
```

and is composed of these parentheses-delimited expressions:

| Expression | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Example                                            |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `(.+)`     | The `message` to validate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | `/download/cat.jpg`                                |
| `(.*)`     | The `separator` between message and timestamp, commonly a parameter name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | `&verify=`                                         |
| `(\d{10})` | The 10-digit UNIX `timestamp` when the MAC was issued, expressed in seconds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | `1484063137`                                       |
| `(.{43,})` | A Base64-encoded version of the `mac`. When you do not set the value of the `urlSafe` argument in the HMAC validation function to `'s'`, you must URL-encode the Base64 value for `mac`. When the Base64 MAC encoding is URL-safe, the `mac` value contains 43 bytes. Otherwise, the value will be 44 bytes or more, because of URL encoding. | `IaLGSmELTvlhfd0ItdN6PhhHTFhzx73EX8uy%2FcSDiIU%3D` |

For details on generating a MessageMAC, refer to [HMAC token generation](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/#hmac-token-generation).

## HMAC validation examples

:::caution[Important]

When you do not use the optional `flags` argument for `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()`, you must URL-encode the Base64 value for `mac` in the `MessageMAC` argument.

For more information, refer to [HMAC Validation: Overview](#overview).

:::

### MessageMAC in a single field

Consider the case where the MessageMAC is contained entirely within a single field, as in this example URI path:

```txt
/download/cat.jpg?verify=1484063787-IaLGSmELTvlhfd0ItdN6PhhHTFhzx73EX8uy%2FcSDiIU%3D
```

Note how the URI maps to the elements of the MessageMAC:

| Element     | Value                                              |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `message`   | `/download/cat.jpg`                                |
| `separator` | `?verify=` (with length `8`)                       |
| `timestamp` | `1484063787`                                       |
| `mac`       | `IaLGSmELTvlhfd0ItdN6PhhHTFhzx73EX8uy%2FcSDiIU%3D` |

When the MessageMAC is contained entirely within a single field such as `http.request.uri`, pass the field name to the `MessageMAC` argument of the HMAC validation function:

```java
is_timed_hmac_valid_v0(
  "mysecretkey",
  http.request.uri,
  100000,
  http.request.timestamp.sec,
  8
)
```

### Concatenated MessageMAC argument

To compose a MessageMAC from more than one field, use the [`concat()`](#concat) function.

This example constructs the value of the `MessageMAC` argument by concatenating the request URI and two header fields:

```java
is_timed_hmac_valid_v0(
  "mysecretkey",
  concat(
    http.request.uri,
    http.request.headers["timestamp"][0],
    "-",
    http.request.headers["mac"][0]),
  100000,
  http.request.timestamp.sec,
  0
)
```

---

# Rules language

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Rules language is a flexible and intuitive specification for building rule expressions. Based on the widely known [Wireshark display filters](https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChWorkBuildDisplayFilterSection.html), the Rules language allows you to precisely target HTTP requests with a syntax and semantics familiar to security engineers.

Refer to the following pages for more information about the available language elements:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Operators and grouping symbols

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/

import { Details } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Rules language supports comparison and logical operators:

- [Comparison operators](#comparison-operators) specify how values defined in an expression must relate to the actual HTTP request value for the expression to return `true`.
- [Logical operators](#logical-operators) combine two expressions to form a compound expression and use order of precedence to determine how an expression is evaluated.

[Grouping symbols](#grouping-symbols) allow you to organize expressions, enforce precedence, and nest expressions.

## Comparison operators

Comparison operators return `true` when a value from an HTTP request matches a value defined in an expression.

This is the general pattern for using comparison operators:

```txt
<field> <comparison_operator> <value>
```

The Rules language supports these comparison operators:

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<div style="width: 100%; overflow-x: auto;">
  <table style="width:100%">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th colSpan="2" style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>Operator Notation</th>
        <th colSpan="3" style={{ textAlign: 'center' }}>Supported Data Types</th>
        <th></th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td></td>
        <th>English</th>
        <th>C-like</th>
        <th>String</th>
        <th>IP</th>
        <th>Number</th>
        <th>Example (operator in bold)</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>Equal</td>
        <td><code>eq</code></td>
        <td><code>==</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>http.request.uri.path <strong>eq</strong> "/articles/2008/"</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Not equal</td>
        <td><code>ne</code></td>
        <td><code>!=</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>ip.src <strong>ne</strong> 203.0.113.0</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Less than</td>
        <td><code>lt</code></td>
        <td><code>&lt;</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>cf.threat_score <strong>lt</strong> 10</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Less than<br />or equal</td>
        <td><code>le</code></td>
        <td><code>&lt;=</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>cf.threat_score <strong>le</strong> 20</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Greater than</td>
        <td><code>gt</code></td>
        <td><code>&gt;</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>cf.threat_score <strong>gt</strong> 25</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Greater than<br />or equal</td>
        <td><code>ge</code></td>
        <td><code>&gt;=</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>cf.threat_score <strong>ge</strong> 60</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Contains</td>
        <td><code>contains</code></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>
          <code>http.request.uri.path <strong>contains</strong> "/articles/"</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Wildcard<sup>1</sup><br/>(case-insensitive)</td>
        <td><code>wildcard</code></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>
          <code>http.request.uri.path <strong>wildcard</strong> "/articles/*"</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Strict wildcard<sup>1</sup><br/>(case-sensitive)</td>
        <td><code>strict wildcard</code></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>
          <code>http.request.uri.path <strong>strict wildcard</strong> "/AdminTeam/*"</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Matches<br />regex<sup>2</sup></td>
        <td><code>matches</code></td>
        <td><code>~</code></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>❌</td>
        <td>
          <code>http.request.uri.path <strong>matches</strong> "^/articles/200[7-8]/$"</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Is in set of values / list<sup>3</sup></td>
        <td><code>in</code></td>
        <td></td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>✅</td>
        <td>
          <code>ip.src <strong>in</strong> {"{ 203.0.113.0 203.0.113.1 }"}</code><br/>
					<code>ip.src.asnum <strong>in</strong> $&lt;LIST&gt;</code>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<sup>1</sup> For more information, refer to [Wildcard matching](#wildcard-matching).<br/>
<sup>2</sup> Access to the `matches` operator requires a Cloudflare Business or Enterprise plan. For more information, refer to [Regular expression matching](#regular-expression-matching).<br/>
<sup>3</sup> Currently, not all Cloudflare products support lists in their expressions. For more information on lists, refer to [Inline lists](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#inline-lists) and [Lists](/waf/tools/lists/).

:::caution
Comparison operators entered using English notation (such as `eq`, `lt`, and `gt`) must be written in lowercase.
:::

### Additional operators in the Cloudflare dashboard

The Cloudflare dashboard may show the following additional operators, depending on the exact field and the type of rule:

- _starts with_ (corresponding to the [`starts_with()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#starts_with) function): Returns `true` when a string starts with a given substring, and `false` otherwise.

- _ends with_ (corresponding to the [`ends_with()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#ends_with) function): Returns `true` when a string ends with a given substring, and `false` otherwise.

- _is in list_ (corresponding to `<FIELD> in $<LIST_NAME>`): Returns `true` when the field value is present in the specified [list](/waf/tools/lists/), and `false` otherwise. For more information, refer to [Use lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/).

- _is not in list_ (corresponding to `not <FIELD> in $<LIST_NAME>`): Returns `true` when the field value is not present in the specified [list](/waf/tools/lists/), and `false` otherwise. For more information, refer to [Use lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/).

:::note

When writing your own custom expressions, you must use the `starts_with()` and `ends_with()` functions in function calls, not as operators. For example:

```txt
# Valid function call
ends_with(http.request.uri.path, ".html")

# Invalid use of ends_with function
http.request.uri.path ends_with ".html"
```

:::

### Comparing string values

String comparison in rule expressions is case-sensitive. To account for possible variations of string capitalization in an expression, you can use the [`lower()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lower) function and compare the result with a lowercased string, like in the following example:

```txt
lower(http.request.uri.path) contains "/wp-login.php"
```

Wildcard matching is only supported with the `wildcard` and `strict wildcard` operators, and regular expression matching is only supported with the `matches` operator.

### Wildcard matching

The `wildcard` operator performs a case-insensitive match between a field value and a literal string containing zero or more `*` metacharacters. Each `*` metacharacter represents zero or more characters. The `strict wildcard` operator performs a similar match, but is case-sensitive.

When using the `wildcard`/`strict wildcard` operator, the entire field value must match the literal string with wildcards (the literal after the operator).

```txt title="Example A"
# The following expression:
http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://example.com/a/*"

# Would match the following URIs:
# - https://example.com/a/           (the '*' matches zero characters)
# - http://example.com/a/
# - https://example.com/a/page.html
# - https://example.com/a/sub/folder/?name=value

# Would NOT match the following URIs:
# - https://example.com/ab/
# - https://example.com/b/page.html
# - https://sub.example.com/a/
```

<Details header="Example B">

```txt
# The following expression:
http.request.full_uri wildcard "*.example.com/*/page.html"

# Would match the following URIs:
# - http://sub.example.com/folder/page.html
# - https://admin.example.com/team/page.html
# - https://admin.example.com/team/subteam/page.html

# Would NOT match the following URIs:
# - https://example.com/ab/page.html                   ('*.example.com' matches only subdomains)
# - https://sub.example.com/folder2/page.html?s=value  (http.request.full_uri includes the query string and its full value does not match)
# - https://sub.example.com/a/                         ('page.html' is missing)
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example C">

```txt
# The following expression:
http.request.full_uri wildcard "*.example.com/*" or http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://example.com/*"

# Would match the following URIs:
# - https://example.com/folder/list.htm
# - https://admin.example.com/folder/team/app1/
# - https://admin.example.com/folder/team/app1/?s=foobar
```

</Details>

The matching algorithm used by the `wildcard` operator is case-insensitive. To perform case-sensitive wildcard matching, use the `strict wildcard` operator.

To enter a literal `*` character in a literal string with wildcards you must escape it using `\*`. Additionally, you must also escape `\` using `\\`. Two unescaped `*` characters in a row (`**`) in a wildcard literal string are considered invalid and cannot be used. If you need to perform character escaping, it is recommended that you use the [raw string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#raw-string-syntax) to specify a literal string with wildcards.

:::note[Wildcard matching versus regex matching]
The `wildcard`/`strict wildcard` operators always consider the entire field value (left-side operand) when determining if there is a match. The `matches` operator can match a partial value.
:::

### Regular expression matching

Customers on Business and Enterprise plans have access to the `matches` operator. Regular expression matching is performed using the Rust regular expression engine.

If you are using a regular expression, you can test it using a tool like [Regular Expressions 101](https://regex101.com/?flavor=rust&regex=) or [Rustexp](https://rustexp.lpil.uk/).

For more information on regular expressions, refer to [String values and regular expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#string-values-and-regular-expressions).

## Logical operators

Logical operators combine two or more expressions into a single compound expression. A compound expression has this general syntax:

```txt
<expression> <logical_operator> <expression>
```

### Supported logical operators

Each logical operator has an [order of precedence](#order-of-precedence). The order of precedence (along with [grouping symbols](#grouping-symbols)) determines the order in which Cloudflare evaluates logical operators in an expression. The `not` operator ranks first in order of precedence.

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<div style={{ width: "100%" }}>
  <table style={{ width: "100%" }}>
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>English<br />Notation</th>
        <th>C-like<br />Notation</th>
        <th>Example</th>
        <th>Order of Precedence</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>Logical NOT</td>
        <td><code>not</code></td>
        <td><code>!</code></td>
        <td>
          <code><strong>not</strong> ( http.host eq "www<span>&#8203;</span>.cloudflare<span>&#8203;</span>.com" and ip.src in {"{203.0.113.0/24}"} )</code>
        </td>
        <td>1</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Logical AND</td>
        <td><code>and</code></td>
        <td><code>&amp;&amp;</code></td>
        <td>
          <code>http.host eq "www<span>&#8203;</span>.cloudflare<span>&#8203;</span>.com" <strong>and</strong> ip.src in {"{203.0.113.0/24}"}</code>
        </td>
        <td>2</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Logical XOR<br />(exclusive OR)</td>
        <td><code>xor</code></td>
        <td><code>^^</code></td>
        <td>
          <code>http.host eq "www<span>&#8203;</span>.cloudflare<span>&#8203;</span>.com" <strong>xor</strong> ip.src in {"{203.0.113.0/24}"}</code>
        </td>
        <td>3</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Logical OR</td>
        <td><code>or</code></td>
        <td><code>||</code></td>
        <td>
          <code>http.host eq "www<span>&#8203;</span>.cloudflare<span>&#8203;</span>.com" <strong>or</strong> ip.src in 203.0.113.0/24</code>
        </td>
        <td>4</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
</div>

:::caution
Logical operators entered using English notation (such as `not`, `and`, and `or`) must be written in lowercase.
:::

### Order of precedence

When writing compound expressions, it is important to be aware of the precedence of logical operators so that your expression is evaluated the way you expect.

For example, consider the following generic expression, which uses `and` and `or` operators:

```java
Expression1 and Expression2 or Expression3
```

If these operators had no order of precedence, it would not be clear which of two interpretations is correct:

1. Match when Expression 1 and Expression 2 are both true **or** when Expression 3 is true.
2. Match when Expression 1 is true **and** either Expression 2 or Expression 3 is true.

Since the logical `and` operator has precedence over logical `or`, the `and` operator must be evaluated first. Interpretation 1 is correct.

To avoid ambiguity when working with logical operators, use grouping symbols so that the order of evaluation is explicit.

## Grouping symbols

The Rules language supports parentheses (`(`,`)`) as grouping symbols. Grouping symbols allow you to organize expressions, enforce precedence, and nest expressions.

Only the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor) and the [Cloudflare API](/api/) support grouping symbols. The [Expression Builder](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder) does not.

### Group expressions

Use parentheses to explicitly group expressions that should be evaluated together. In this example, the parentheses do not alter the evaluation of the expression, but they unambiguously call out which logical operators to evaluate first.

```java
(Expression1 and Expression2) or Expression3
```

Because grouping symbols are so explicit, you are less likely to make errors when you use them to write compound expressions.

### Enforce precedence

Grouping symbols are a powerful tool to enforce precedence for grouped elements of a compound expression. In this example, parentheses force the logical `or` operator to be evaluated before the logical `and`:

```java
Expression1 and (Expression2 or Expression3)
```

Without parentheses, the logical `and` operator would take precedence.

### Nest expressions

You can nest expressions grouped by parentheses inside other groups to create very precise, sophisticated expressions, such as this example for a rule designed to block access to a domain:

```sql
(
 (http.host eq "api.example.com" and http.request.uri.path eq "/api/v2/auth") or
 (http.host matches "^(www|store|blog)\.example\.com" and http.request.uri.path contains "wp-login.php") or
 ip.src.country in {"CN" "TH" "US" "ID" "KR" "MY" "IT" "SG" "GB"} or ip.src.asnum in {12345 54321 11111}
) and not ip.src in {11.22.33.0/24}
```

Note that when evaluating the precedence of logical operators, parentheses inside strings delimited by quotes are ignored, such as those in the following regular expression, drawn from the example above:

```sql
"^(www|store|blog)\.example\.com"
```

---

# Values

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/

import { Render } from "~/components";

When an HTTP request reaches the Cloudflare global network, Cloudflare creates a table of field–value pairs against which to match expressions. This table exists for as long as the current request is being processed.

The values that populate the lookup tables of the Rules language are drawn from a variety of sources:

- **Primitive properties** are obtained directly from the request (`http.request.uri.path`, for example).
- **Derived values** are the product of a transformation, composition, or basic operation. For example, the transformation `lower(http.request.uri.path)` converts the value of `http.request.uri.path` to lowercase.
- **Computed values** are the product of a lookup, computation, or other intelligence. For example, Cloudflare uses a machine learning process to dynamically calculate threat scores, represented by the `cf.threat_score` field.

Besides these values, expressions may also contain literal values. These are static, known values that you incorporate into expressions to compare them with values from request/response fields with or without any transformations.

When working with values in rule expressions, keep in mind the information in the following sections.

## String values and regular expressions

Strings are sequences of bytes enclosed by specific delimiters.

Cloudflare rules support two formats for specifying literal strings: [quoted literal strings](#quoted-string-syntax) and [raw strings](#raw-string-syntax). These formats have different delimiters and escaping mechanisms.

While you can use either of the two string formats to specify regular expressions in an expression, Cloudflare recommends that you use the [raw string syntax](#raw-string-syntax), since the quoted string syntax has complex escaping rules and can lead to unexpected behaviors if not thoroughly tested.

Regular expression matching is performed using the Rust regular expression engine.

### Quoted string syntax

When using the quoted string syntax, a string literal is delimited by `"` (double quote) characters. This format requires that you escape special characters `"` and `\` using `\"` and `\\`, respectively.

The quoted string syntax has the following additional escaping requirements:

- When used to specify a regular expression on the right-hand side of the [regex operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) (`matches` or `~`), the string is parsed using regex escaping rules.
- When used on the right hand-side of expressions with other operators, or in [function parameters](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/), the string is parsed using basic escaping rules.

```txt title="Examples"
# Test if URI path contains 'a"b'
http.request.uri.path matches "a\"b"

# Test if URI path contains 'a"#b'
http.request.uri.path matches "a\"#b"

# Replace 'a' with '\' (backslash)
regex_replace(http.host, "a", "\\")
```

:::caution

In some situations you will need to double-escape a string — for example, when using the [`regex_replace()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#regex_replace) function with a regular expression matching a backslash (`\`).

In this case, you must do the basic escaping required by strings as function parameters (using `\\` for each `\` character) and also the regex escaping (using `\\` for each `\` character), since the backslash has a special meaning in regular expressions.

Therefore, to replace a backslash (`\`) with the `a` character using `regex_replace()` you would use the following expression:

```txt
regex_replace(http.host, "\\\\", "a")
```

To avoid this situation, Cloudflare recommends that you use the [raw string syntax](#raw-string-syntax) for specifying regular expressions.

:::

### Raw string syntax

To specify a string (or regular expression) using the raw string syntax you use special delimiters:

- The initial delimiter is composed of an `r` character, optionally followed by one or more `#` characters (up to 255), followed by a `"` (double quote) character.
- The ending delimiter is a `"` (double quote) character followed by the same number of `#` characters as in the initial delimiter (from 0 to 255).

In a raw string there are no special characters, so all characters up to the ending delimiter are interpreted as is (there are no escape sequences).

Unlike the quoted string syntax, the raw string syntax is always the same, regardless of the context where it is being used (for example, as a regular expression with a [regex operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) or as a parameter of a [function call](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/)).

```txt title="Examples"
# Test if URI path contains 'a"b'
http.request.uri.path matches r#"a"b"#

# Test if URI path contains 'a"#b'
http.request.uri.path matches r##"a"#b"##

# Replace '\' (backslash) with 'a'
# You must still escape the '\' character in the following raw string because it has a special meaning in regular expressions
regex_replace(http.host, r"\\", "a")

# Test if URI path ends with '/api/login.aspx'
# You must still escape the '.' character in the following raw string because it has a special meaning in regular expressions ("any character")
http.request.uri.path matches r"/api/login\.aspx$"
```

### Case sensitivity and regular expressions in values

Since the evaluation of string literal values in expressions is case-sensitive, consider writing more than one simple expression to capture variants.

Cloudflare Business and Enterprise customer plans have access to the `matches` [comparison operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) which supports regular expressions, so that you can capture multiple variants of a value with a single expression.

## Boolean values

Simple expressions using boolean fields do not require operator notations or values. You only need to insert the field on its own, as shown in the `ssl` example below.

```sql
ssl
```

This simple expression matches requests where the value of the `ssl` field is `true`.

To match requests where `ssl` is `false`, use the boolean `not` operator :

```sql
not ssl
```

## Arrays

The Cloudflare Rules language includes [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) of `Array` type and [functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/) with `Array` arguments and return values.

You can access individual array elements using an index (a non-negative value) between square brackets (`[]`). Array indexes start at `0` (zero).

Use the special notation `[*]` when specifying an expression that will be evaluated for each array element (like the [`map` high-order function](<https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_(higher-order_function)>)). This special index notation will unpack the array, call the enclosing function for all its elements individually, and return a new array containing all the individual return values.

### Examples

Consider the `http.request.headers.names` field with type `Array<String>` in the following examples:

- Obtain the first element in the array:<br/>
  `http.request.headers.names[0]`

- Check if the first array element is equal to `Content-Type` (case sensitive):<br/>
  `http.request.headers.names[0] == "Content-Type"`

- Check if any array element is equal to `Content-Type` (case sensitive):<br/>
  `any(http.request.headers.names[*] == "Content-Type")`

- Check if any array element is equal to `Content-Type`, ignoring the case:<br/>
  `any(lower(http.request.headers.names[*])[*] == "content-type")`

In the last example, the `lower()` function includes the `[*]` notation so that the function is evaluated for each array element. This function, used along `[*]`, returns a new array where each element of the input array is converted to lowercase. Then, the string comparison uses `[*]` to transform the array resulting from applying `lower()` to each header name into an array of boolean values. Finally, `any()` evaluates to true if at least one of these array elements is true.

### Notes

It is not possible to define your own arrays. You can only use arrays returned by fields, either directly or modified by functions.

<Render
	file="rules-language-missing-value-behavior"
	params={{ one: "an out-of-bounds array index" }}
/>

You can only use `[*]` multiple times in the same expression if applied to the same array. Also, you can only use `[*]` in the first argument of a function call.

The Rules language [operators](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/) do not directly support arrays or the `[*]` operator — however, they support indexed array elements like `array_value[0]`. For example, you cannot use `[*]` with the `==` operator outside the context of an enclosing function call:

- `http.request.headers.names[*] == "Content-Type"` — **Invalid** expression
- `any(http.request.headers.names[*] == "Content-Type")` — **Valid** expression

## Maps

A map, also called associative array, is a data structure that stores a collection of key-value pairs, where the key must be a `String` and the value can be of any type (for example, a `String` or an array of values). All values in a map must have the same type.

The Cloudflare Rules language includes several [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) of `Map` data type. The type notation for map fields, for example `Map<Array<String>>`, indicates the data type of the values associated with keys (an `Array` of `String` elements). This means that when you access the value of key `"foo"` you will get either an array of `String` elements or a [missing value](#notes-1).

To access a value in a map, enter the key between square brackets (`[]`):

```txt
<MAP_FIELD>[<KEY>]
```

For maps where the values have an `Array` type, you cannot directly use [operators](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/) with the obtained (array) value, since these operators do not support arrays directly. To use an operator on an item of the array, use the special notation `[*]` when specifying an expression. This special index notation will unpack the array, call the enclosing function for all its elements individually, and return a new array containing all the individual return values.

### Examples

The following example is based on the [`http.request.headers`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.headers/) field with a data type of `Map<Array<String>>`, where array elements are of `String` data type.

If an incoming HTTP request included a single `Accept: application/json` HTTP header, the following expressions would evaluate to the indicated values:

```txt
http.request.headers["accept"]     # ==> ["application/json"]
http.request.headers["accept"][0]  # ==> "application/json"

any(http.request.headers["accept"][*] == "application/json") # ==> true
any(http.request.headers["accept"][*] == "text/plain")       # ==> false
```

The following example is based on the [`http.request.uri.args`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.args/) field with a data type of `Map<Array<String>>`, where array elements are of `String` data type.

If an HTTP request included three `filter` URI arguments `waf`, `botm`, and `cdn`, the following expressions would evaluate to the indicated values:

```txt
# Example request URL:
# https://example.com/?filter=waf&filter=botm&filter=cdn

http.request.uri.args["filter"]          # ==> ["waf", "botm", "cdn"]

len(http.request.uri.args["filter"][1])  # ==> 4

# Check if the length of all 'filter' values is always 3 or 4
all(len(http.request.uri.args["filter"][*])[*] in {3 4})      # ==> true

# Check if the length of 'filter' values (if any) is never 3 or 4
all(not len(http.request.uri.args["filter"][*])[*] in {3 4})  # ==> false

# Check if the http.request.uri.args map contains a "filter" key
len(http.request.uri.args["filter"]) >= 0     # ==> true

# Check if the http.request.uri.args map does not contain an "order" key
not len(http.request.uri.args["order"]) >= 0  # ==> true
```

For more information on `any()`, `all()`, `len()`, and other available functions, refer to [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/).

### Notes

It is not possible to define your own maps. You can only use maps returned by fields.

<Render
	file="rules-language-missing-value-behavior"
	params={{ one: "a non-existing key in a map" }}
/>

## Lists

Lists allow you to create a group of items and refer to them collectively, by name, in your expressions. Each list type supports items of a specific data type. All items in a list must have the same data type. For details on the available list types, refer to [Lists](/waf/tools/lists/#supported-lists).

To refer to a list in a rule expression, use `$<list_name>` and specify the `in` [operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/). Only one value in the list has to match the left-hand side of the expression (before the `in` operator) for the simple expression to evaluate to `true`. If there is no match, the expression will evaluate to `false`.

The following example expression filters requests from IP addresses that are in an [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) named `office_network`:

```sql
(ip.src in $office_network)
```

List names can only include lowercase letters, numbers, and the underscore (`_`) character. For guidance on creating and managing lists, refer to [Lists](/waf/tools/lists/).

### Inline lists

Inline lists allow you to directly include a list of values in a simple expression that uses the `in` operator.

Elements in an inline list can be strings, integers, or IP addresses/ranges. All elements of an inline list must have the same data type and they must be literal values. To specify inline list elements, enter them individually, separating elements with a space. Inline lists can contain duplicate values.

Additionally, for some data types you can use ranges as elements:

- For integer values, enter ranges in the form `<start_value>..<end_value>`. An inline list can contain both integer ranges and integer values.
- For IP addresses, you can enter:

  - Explicit IP ranges in the form `<start_address>..<end_address>` (for example, `198.51.100.3..198.51.100.7`).
  - CIDR ranges (for example, `192.0.2.0/24` or `2001:0db8::/32`).

  An inline list can contain explicit IP ranges, CIDR ranges, and individual IP addresses.

```sql title="Examples"
http.host in {"example.com" "example.net"}

ip.src in {198.51.100.1 198.51.100.3..198.51.100.7 192.0.2.0/24 2001:0db8::/32}

tcp.dstport in {8000..8009 8080..8089}
```

---

# Add rule to ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Adds a single rule to an existing ruleset. Use this endpoint to add a rule without having to include all the existing ruleset rules in the request.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                    | Method + Endpoint                                         |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Create an account ruleset rule][ar-account] | `POST /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules` |
| [Create a zone ruleset rule][ar-zone]        | `POST /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules`       |

[ar-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/
[ar-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/

Include the rule definition in the request body.

By default, the rule will be added to the end of the existing list of rules in the ruleset. To define a specific position for the rule, include a `position` object in the request body according to the guidelines in [Change the order of a rule in a ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/#change-the-order-of-a-rule-in-a-ruleset).

Invoking this method creates a new version of the ruleset.

## Example

The following example adds a rule to ruleset `{ruleset_id}` of zone `{zone_id}`. The ruleset ID was previously obtained using the [List zone rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation, and corresponds to the entry point ruleset for the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase.

The response will include the complete ruleset after adding the rule.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "js_challenge",
  "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
  "description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone Ruleset 1",
		"description": "My phase entry point ruleset at the zone level",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "11",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "challenge",
				"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
				"last_updated": "2020-11-23T11:36:24.192361Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<NEW_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "js_challenge",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
				"description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
				"last_updated": "2021-06-22T12:35:58.144683Z",
				"ref": "<NEW_RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-06-22T12:35:58.144683Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Define the rule position in the ruleset

To define the position of the new rule in the ruleset, include a `position` object in the request, containing one of the following:

<Render file="rule-position-values" />

For examples of using a `position` object, refer to [Update a rule in a ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/#examples).

---

# Create ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/

import { Description, Type, Render } from "~/components";

Creates a ruleset of a given kind in the specified phase. Allows you to create phase entry point rulesets.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                               | Method + Endpoint                      |
| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| [Create an account ruleset][cr-account] | `POST /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets` |
| [Create a zone ruleset][cr-zone]        | `POST /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets`       |

[cr-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/
[cr-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/

The following parameters are required:

- `name` <Type text="String" />
  - A human-readable name for the ruleset.
  - The name is immutable. You cannot change it over the lifetime of the ruleset.
- `description` <Type text="String" />
  - Optional description for the ruleset.
  - You can change the description over the lifetime of the ruleset.
- `kind` <Type text="String" />
  - The kind of ruleset the JSON object represents.
  - Allowed values:
    - `custom`: Creates a custom ruleset
    - `root`: Creates a phase entry point ruleset at the account level
    - `zone`: Creates a phase entry point ruleset at the zone level
- `phase` <Type text="String" />
  - The name of the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where the ruleset will be created.
  - Check the specific Cloudflare product documentation for more information on the phases where you can create rulesets for that product.

Use the `rules` parameter to supply a list of rules for the ruleset. For an object definition, refer to [Rulesets API: JSON Object](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/json-object/).

## Example - Create a custom ruleset

The following `POST` request creates a custom ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase containing a single rule.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Example custom ruleset",
  "kind": "custom",
  "description": "Example ruleset description",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "log",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\""
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Example custom ruleset",
		"description": "Example ruleset description",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "log",
				"expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\"",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Example custom ruleset",
		"description": "Example ruleset description",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "log",
				"expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\"",
				"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Example - Create a zone-level phase entry point ruleset

The following `POST` request creates a zone-level phase entry point ruleset at the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase with a single rule that executes a managed ruleset.

:::note

You do not have to use this method to create a phase entry point ruleset — Cloudflare automatically creates the entry point ruleset when you add a rule to it, if it does not exist. Refer to [Add rules to phase entry point rulesets](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/add-rule-phase-rulesets/) for more information.

:::

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
  "kind": "zone",
  "description": "This ruleset executes a managed ruleset.",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
		"description": "This ruleset executes a managed ruleset.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Example - Create an account-level phase entry point ruleset

The following `POST` request creates an account-level phase entry point ruleset for the `http_ratelimit` phase with a single rule that executes a rate limiting ruleset for all Enterprise zones in the account.

:::note
You do not have to use this method to create a phase entry point ruleset — Cloudflare automatically creates the entry point ruleset when you add a rule to it, if it does not exist. Refer to [Add rules to phase entry point rulesets](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/add-rule-phase-rulesets/) for more information.
:::

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Account-level phase entry point",
  "kind": "root",
  "description": "This ruleset executes a rate limiting ruleset.",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<RATE_LIMITING_RULESET_ID>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_ratelimit"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Account-level phase entry point",
		"description": "This ruleset executes a rate limiting ruleset.",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<RATE_LIMITING_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2024-09-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2024-09-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_ratelimit"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

<Render file="account-enterprise-zones-only-api" product="waf" />

---

# Delete a rule in a ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete-rule/

Deletes a single rule in a ruleset at the account or zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                    | Method + Endpoint                                                     |
| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Delete an account ruleset rule][dr-account] | `DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}` |
| [Delete a zone ruleset rule][dr-zone]        | `DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}`       |

[dr-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/delete/
[dr-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/delete/

If the delete operation succeeds, the API method call returns a `200 OK` HTTP status code with the complete ruleset in the response body.

## Example

The following example deletes rule `{rule_id_1}` belonging to ruleset `{ruleset_id}`.

The response will include the complete ruleset after deleting the rule.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_1} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
		"description": "My first custom ruleset",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "12",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "2",
				"action": "js_challenge",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
				"description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
				"last_updated": "2021-07-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_2>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-07-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Delete rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete/

You can use the API to delete all the versions of a ruleset or delete a specific version of a ruleset.

- [Delete ruleset (all versions)](#delete-ruleset)
- [Delete ruleset version](#delete-ruleset-version)

## Delete ruleset

Deletes all the versions of an existing ruleset at the account or zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                               | Method + Endpoint                                     |
| --------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| [Delete an account ruleset][dr-account] | `DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}` |
| [Delete a zone ruleset][dr-zone]        | `DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}`       |

[dr-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/delete/
[dr-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/delete/

If the delete operation succeeds, the API method call returns a `204 No Content` HTTP status code.

:::note

You cannot delete a ruleset that is still referenced in other rules. For example, you cannot delete a custom ruleset that is being deployed in a rule with `execute` action.

To delete the ruleset, update or delete any rules that reference the ruleset and try again.

:::

### Example

The following example request deletes an existing ruleset.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

## Delete ruleset version

Deletes a specific version of a ruleset.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                        | Method + Endpoint                                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Delete an account ruleset version][drv-account] | `DELETE /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}` |
| [Delete a zone ruleset version][drv-zone]        | `DELETE /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}`       |

[drv-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/delete/
[drv-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/delete/

If the delete operation succeeds, the method call returns a `204 No Content` HTTP status code.

Later updates to the ruleset will not reuse the version number of a deleted ruleset version.

:::note

You cannot delete a ruleset version if it is the latest ruleset version and there is a rule with `execute` action deploying that ruleset.

To delete the ruleset version, update or delete any rules that reference the ruleset and try again.

:::

### Example

The following example request deletes a version of an existing ruleset.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

---

# Endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/endpoints/

For some operations, you can use specific endpoints provided by the Rulesets API for managing phase entry point rulesets. These endpoints include the phase name in the endpoint instead of the ruleset ID.

For example, instead of using the following endpoint:

```txt
PUT /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}
```

You can use the following endpoint:

```txt
PUT /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint
```

To invoke a Rulesets API operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

For authentication instructions, refer to [Getting Started: Requests](/fundamentals/api/) in the Cloudflare API documentation.

For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to [Getting Started: Endpoints](/fundamentals/api/).

:::note


The Rulesets API endpoints require a value for `{account_id}` or `{zone_id}`.

To retrieve a list of accounts you have access to, use the [List Accounts](/api/resources/accounts/methods/list/) operation. Note the IDs of the accounts you want to manage.

To retrieve a list of zones you have access to, use the [List Zones](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/) operation. Note the IDs of the zones you want to manage.


:::

The Cloudflare Rulesets API supports the operations outlined below. Visit the associated links for API endpoints and examples.

## List and view rulesets

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Operation</th>
      <th>Method</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody style="vertical-align:top">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-existing-rulesets">List existing rulesets</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>GET</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Returns the list of existing rulesets at the account level or at the zone level.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#view-a-specific-ruleset">View a specific ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>GET</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Returns the properties of the most recent version of a specific ruleset.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-all-versions-of-a-ruleset">
          List all versions of a ruleset
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>GET</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Returns a list of all the versions of a ruleset.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#view-a-specific-version-of-a-ruleset">
          View a specific version of a ruleset
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>GET</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Returns the configuration of a specific version of a ruleset, including its rules.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-rules-in-a-managed-ruleset-with-a-specific-tag">
          List rules in a managed ruleset with a specific tag
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>GET</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Returns a list of all the rules in a managed ruleset with a specific tag.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Create rulesets

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Operation</th>
      <th>Verb</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody style="vertical-align:top">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/">Create ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>POST</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Creates a new ruleset or a new phase entry point.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Update and deploy rulesets

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Operation</th>
      <th>Verb</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody style="vertical-align:top">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/">Update or deploy a ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>PUT</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Updates the basic properties of a ruleset and the list of rules in the ruleset.
          <br />
          Allows you to configure the execution of managed rulesets.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/">Add rule to ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>POST</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Adds a single rule to an existing ruleset.
          <br />
          Allows you to add a single rule without having to include all the existing ruleset rules
          in the request.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/">Update a rule in a ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>PATCH</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>
          Updates the definition of a single rule within a ruleset.
          <br />
          Allows you to change the order of a rule in a ruleset.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete-rule/">Delete a rule in a ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>DELETE</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Deletes a single rule in a ruleset.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Delete rulesets

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Operation</th>
      <th>Verb</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody style="vertical-align:top">
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete/#delete-ruleset">Delete ruleset</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>DELETE</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Deletes all the versions of a ruleset.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete/#delete-ruleset-version">Delete ruleset version</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>DELETE</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Deletes a specific version of a ruleset.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Rulesets API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/

The Rulesets API provides an interface for managing and configuring the execution of rulesets.

## Get started

To get started, review the Rulesets [JSON object](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/json-object/) and the available [Endpoints](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/endpoints/).

***

## Limits

You should avoid making concurrent updates to the same ruleset. There are rate limits in place to prevent the same ruleset from being concurrently updated too many times. The exact limits depend on the size of the ruleset and volume of requests, and can be different for each ruleset.

The rate limits are most frequently hit when concurrently modifying several rules in the same ruleset. To avoid this, you should [update the entire ruleset in a single operation](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) instead.

---

# JSON object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/json-object/

import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

## Ruleset object

A fully populated ruleset object has the following JSON structure.

```json
{
	"id": "6a359df138c442b385d20140d4d96919",
	"name": "Example Ruleset",
	"description": "Description of Example Ruleset",
	"kind": "custom",
	"version": "2",
	"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom",
	"rules": [
		{
			"id": "fdb0dd271f3f40b19679cc5d91396024",
			"version": "2",
			"action": "block",
			"expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" ",
			"last_updated": "2022-07-20T10:44:29.124515Z"
		}
	],
	"last_updated": "2022-07-20T10:44:29.124515Z"
}
```

### Properties

The ruleset object has the following properties:

- `id` <Type text="String" />

  - A 32-character UUIDv4 string that represents the unique Cloudflare-generated identifier for a given version of a ruleset.
  - Unique, read-only.

- `name` <Type text="String" />

  - A human-readable name for the ruleset.
  - The name is immutable. You cannot change the name over the lifetime of the ruleset.

- `description` <Type text="String" />

  - Optional description for the ruleset.
  - You can change the description over the lifetime of the ruleset.

- `kind` <Type text="String" />

  - The kind of ruleset the JSON object represents.
  - One of `root`, `zone`, `managed`, `custom`.
  - `kind` is immutable.

- `version` <Type text="Integer" />

  - The version of the ruleset.
  - Read-only value starting at `1` and incremented by `1` each time the ruleset is modified.

- `rules` <Type text="Array<Rule>" />

  - A list of rules to include in the ruleset. Refer to [Rule object structure and properties](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/json-object/#rule-object-structure-and-properties) for details.

- `last_updated` <Type text="Timestamp" />
  - The time (UTC) when the ruleset was last updated in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.TZD`.
  - Read-only.

## Rule object structure and properties

A fully populated rule JSON object has the following structure:

```json
{
	"id": "fdb0dd271f3f40b19679cc5d91396024",
	"version": "2",
	"action": "block",
	"categories": ["wordpress"],
	"expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\"",
	"last_updated": "2022-07-20T10:44:29.124515Z",
	"enabled": true
}
```

The JSON object properties for a rule are defined as follows:

- `id` <Type text="String" />

  - A 32-character UUIDv4 string that represents the unique Cloudflare-generated identifier for a given version of a rule.
  - Unique, read-only.

- `version` <Type text="Integer" />

  - The version of the rule.
  - Read-only value starting at `1` and incremented by `1` each time the rule is modified.
  - Changing the order of a rule in a ruleset does not change its version.

- `action` <Type text="String" />

  - Defines what happens when there is a match for the rule expression.
  - The available actions depend on the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where the rule's ruleset is executed.

- `categories` <Type text="Array<String>" />

  - Tags associated with the current rule. You can define overrides that affect rules with a given tag.
  - Read-only. Only available in [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) and [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/).

- `expression` <Type text="String" />

  - Criteria defining when there is a match for the current rule.
  - The fields and functions you can use in a rule expression depend on the phase where the rule's ruleset is executed.

- `last_updated` <Type text="Timestamp" />

  - The time (UTC) when the rule was last updated in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.TZD`.
  - Read-only.

- `enabled` <Type text="Boolean" />
  - When set to `true`, the current rule is enabled.

---

# Update a rule in a ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Applies one or more changes to an existing rule in a ruleset at the account or zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                    | Method + Endpoint                                                    |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Update an account ruleset rule][ur-account] | `PATCH /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}` |
| [Update a zone ruleset rule][ur-zone]        | `PATCH /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}`       |

[ur-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/edit/
[ur-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/

You can update the definition of the rule, changing its fields, or change the order of the rule in the ruleset. Invoking this method creates a new version of the ruleset.

## Update the definition of a rule

To update the definition of a rule, include the new rule definition in the request body. You must include all the rule fields that you want to be part of the new rule definition, even if you are not changing their values.

The response will include the complete ruleset after updating the rule.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_1} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "js_challenge",
  "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
  "description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset 1",
		"description": "My first custom ruleset",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "11",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "2",
				"action": "js_challenge",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") or cf.threat_score > 0",
				"description": "challenge GB and FR or based on IP Reputation",
				"last_updated": "2023-03-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "challenge",
				"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
				"last_updated": "2022-11-23T11:36:24.192361Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_2>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-22T12:54:58.144683Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Change the order of a rule in a ruleset

To reorder a rule in a list of ruleset rules, include a `position` object in the request, containing one of the following:

<Render file="rule-position-values" />

Reorder a rule without changing its definition by including only the `position` object in the `PATCH` request body. You can also update a rule definition and reorder it in the same `PATCH` request by including both the `rule` object and the `position` object.

### Examples

The following examples build upon the following (abbreviated) ruleset:

```json
{
	"rules": [
		{ "id": "<RULE_ID_1>" },
		{ "id": "<RULE_ID_2>" },
		{ "id": "<RULE_ID_3>" },
		{ "id": "<RULE_ID_4>" }
	]
}
```

#### Example 1

The following request with the `position` object places rule `<RULE_ID_2>` as the first rule:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_2} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "position": {
    "before": ""
  }
}
```

In this case, the new rule order would be:

`<RULE_ID_2>`, `<RULE_ID_1>`, `<RULE_ID_3>`, `<RULE_ID_4>`

#### Example 2

The following request with the `position` object places rule `<RULE_ID_2>` after rule 3:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_2} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "position": {
    "after": "<RULE_ID_3>"
  }
}
```

In this case, the new rule order would be:

`<RULE_ID_1>`, `<RULE_ID_3>`, `<RULE_ID_2>`, `<RULE_ID_4>`

#### Example 3

The following request with the `position` object places rule `<RULE_ID_1>` in position 3, becoming the third rule in the ruleset:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id_1} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "position": {
    "index": 3
  }
}'
```

In this case, the new rule order would be:

`<RULE_ID_2>`, `<RULE_ID_3>`, `<RULE_ID_1>`, `<RULE_ID_4>`

---

# Update and deploy rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/

You can use the API to update **basic properties** of a ruleset (currently only the description) and the **list of rules** in the ruleset.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                            | Method + Endpoint                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Update an account ruleset][ur-account]              | `PUT /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}`                   |
| [Update a zone ruleset][ur-zone]                     | `PUT /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}`                         |
| [Update an account entry point ruleset][uep-account] | `PUT /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint` |
| [Update a zone entry point ruleset][uep-zone]        | `PUT /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint`       |

[ur-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/
[ur-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/
[uep-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/
[uep-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/

:::note
You cannot update the name of the ruleset or its type. Do not include these fields in the `data` field of your `PUT` request.
:::

## Example - Set the rules of a ruleset

Use this API method to set the rules of a ruleset. You must include all the rules you want to associate with the ruleset in every request.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
      },
      "expression": "true"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
		"description": "This ruleset executes a managed ruleset.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "4",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "2",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Example - Deploy a ruleset

To deploy a ruleset, create a rule with `"action": "execute"` that executes the ruleset, and add the ruleset ID to the `action_parameters` field in the `id` parameter.

The following example deploys a managed ruleset to the zone-level `http_request_firewall_managed` phase of a zone (`{zone_id}`).

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
      },
      "expression": "true",
      "description": "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my phase entry point"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<ZONE_PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "4",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
					"version": "latest"
				},
				"expression": "true",
				"description": "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my phase entry point",
				"last_updated": "2023-03-21T11:02:08.769537Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-21T11:02:08.769537Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

For more information on deploying rulesets, refer to [Deploy rulesets](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/).

## Example - Update ruleset description

You can use this API method to update the description of an existing ruleset or phase entry point.

The response will include the complete ruleset definition, including all the rules.

:::note
You cannot update the description or the rules in a managed ruleset. You can only [define overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) to customize the ruleset behavior.
:::

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My updated phase entry point"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone entry point",
		"description": "My updated phase entry point",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "4",
		"rules": [
			// (...)
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-30T10:49:11.006109Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# List and view rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/

- [List existing rulesets](#list-existing-rulesets)
- [View a specific ruleset](#view-a-specific-ruleset)
- [List all versions of a ruleset](#list-all-versions-of-a-ruleset)
- [View a specific version of a ruleset](#view-a-specific-version-of-a-ruleset)
- [List rules in a managed ruleset with a specific tag](#list-rules-in-a-managed-ruleset-with-a-specific-tag)

## List existing rulesets

Returns the list of existing rulesets at the account level or at the zone level.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                           | Method + Endpoint                     |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| [List account rulesets][lr-account] | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets` |
| [List zone rulesets][lr-zone]       | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets`       |

[lr-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/
[lr-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/

The result includes rulesets across all phases at a given level (account or zone). The `phase` field in each result element indicates the [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where that ruleset is defined.

Also, the list of rulesets at the zone level includes the account-level rulesets you may want to deploy to the specified zone.

:::note
Not all zone-level phases support all types of rulesets, even if they are presented in the list returned by this API method. Check the documentation for each Cloudflare product for more information on which ruleset types are allowed in that product's supported phases.
:::

The result does not include the list of rules in the ruleset. Refer to [View a specific version of a ruleset](#view-a-specific-version-of-a-ruleset) to learn how to obtain the list of rules.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<PHASE_RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
			"description": "",
			"kind": "zone",
			"version": "5",
			"last_updated": "2023-03-18T18:30:08.122758Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## View a specific ruleset

Returns the properties of the most recent version of the ruleset with the specified ruleset ID.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                         | Method + Endpoint                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Get an account ruleset][gr-account]              | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}`                   |
| [Get a zone ruleset][gr-zone]                     | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}`                         |
| [Get an account entry point ruleset][gep-account] | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint` |
| [Get a zone entry point ruleset][gep-zone]        | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint`       |

[gr-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/
[gr-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/
[gep-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/
[gep-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/

:::note
You can only use the _Get a zone ruleset_ operation for zone-level phase entry points (entry points where `kind` is set to `zone`).
:::

The API returns a `404 Not Found` HTTP status code under these conditions:

- When a ruleset cannot be found.
- When the specified ruleset is not a managed ruleset the calling account is entitled to execute.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
		"description": "Executes a managed ruleset.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "3",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## List all versions of a ruleset

Returns a list of all the versions of a ruleset.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                                | Method + Endpoint                                                             |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [List account ruleset versions][lv-account]              | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions`                   |
| [List zone ruleset versions][lv-zone]                    | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions`                         |
| [List account entry point ruleset versions][lev-account] | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint/versions` |
| [List zone entry point ruleset versions][lev-zone]       | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint/versions`       |

[lv-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/list/
[lv-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/list/
[lev-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/subresources/versions/methods/list/
[lev-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/subresources/versions/methods/list/

The result contains the ruleset properties of each version, but it does not include the list of rules. Refer to [View a specific version of a ruleset](#view-a-specific-version-of-a-ruleset) for instructions on obtaining this information.

When the specified phase entry point ruleset does not exist, this API method returns an empty array in the `result` field.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Zone Ruleset 1",
			"description": "",
			"kind": "zone",
			"version": "1",
			"last_updated": "2023-02-17T11:15:13.128705Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		},
		{
			"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
			"name": "Zone Ruleset 1",
			"description": "",
			"kind": "zone",
			"version": "2",
			"last_updated": "2023-02-17T11:24:06.869326Z",
			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## View a specific version of a ruleset

Returns the configuration of a specific version of a ruleset, including its rules.

Use one of the following API endpoints:

| Operation                                                  | Method + Endpoint                                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Get an account ruleset version][grv-account]              | `GET /account/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}`                    |
| [Get a zone ruleset version][grv-zone]                     | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}`                         |
| [Get an account entry point ruleset version][gerv-account] | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint/versions/{version_number}` |
| [Get a zone entry point ruleset version][gerv-zone]        | `GET /zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/{phase_name}/entrypoint/versions/{version_number}`       |

[grv-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/get/
[grv-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/versions/methods/get/
[gerv-account]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/subresources/versions/methods/get/
[gerv-zone]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/subresources/versions/methods/get/

When the specified phase entry point ruleset does not exist, this API method returns a `404 Not Found` HTTP status code.

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
		"description": "Executes a managed ruleset.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "3",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"expression": "true",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"
				},
				"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-17T15:42:37.917815Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

:::note
When you view a specific version of a managed ruleset, each rule listed in the result can have one or more associated categories/tags, and it will not contain an expression.
:::

## List rules in a managed ruleset with a specific tag

Returns a list of all the rules in a managed ruleset with a specific tag.

| Operation                                    | Method + Endpoint                                                                                      |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| List rules in account ruleset version by tag | `GET /accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{managed_ruleset_id}/versions/{version_number}/by_tag/{tag_name}` |

### Example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/versions/2/by_tag/wordpress \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset",
		"description": "Managed ruleset created by Cloudflare",
		"kind": "managed",
		"version": "4",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
				"version": "3",
				"action": "log",
				"categories": [
					"cve-2014-5265",
					"cve-2014-5266",
					"cve-2014-5267",
					"dos",
					"drupal",
					"wordpress"
				],
				"description": "Drupal, WordPress - DoS - XMLRPC - CVE:CVE-2014-5265, CVE:CVE-2014-5266, CVE:CVE-2014-5267",
				"last_updated": "2023-03-19T16:54:32.942986Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_1>",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
				"version": "3",
				"action": "block",
				"categories": ["broken-access-control", "cve-2018-12895", "wordpress"],
				"description": "WordPress - Broken Access Control - CVE:CVE-2018-12895",
				"last_updated": "2023-03-19T16:54:32.942986Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF_2>",
				"enabled": true
			}
			// (...)
		],
		"last_updated": "2023-03-19T16:54:32.942986Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Cloudforce One

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/cloudforce-one/

:::note
You must have a Cloudforce One subscription to access Cloudforce One on the dashboard.
:::

Cloudforce One is a threat intelligence solution that offers threat research reports, brand protection, Request for Information (RFIs), and more.

## Cloudforce One Requests

Cloudforce One allows you to review and manage Request for Information (RFIs) from the dashboard.

To review and manage Request for Information:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Cloudforce One Requests**, then populate the required fields.

### Submit RFIs

To submit RFIs (Request for Information):
 
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Cloudforce One Requests** > Select **New Request**.
3. Fill in the required fields, then select **Save**.

Once you select **Save**, the dashboard will display an overview of the shared information consisting of:

- **Status**: When you submit the RFI, the status is `Open`. Once the team accepts the RFI, the status changes to `Accept`. When the team commits to answer your RFI, the status changes to `Complete`.
- **Priority**: Priority of request.
- **Request type**: Choose among a selection of request types, such as DDos Attack, Passive DNS Resolution, and more.
- **Request content**: The content of the request.

The **Responses** section allows you to add clarifying questions and comments.

To view your RFI, select **Cloudforce One Requests** on the sidebar, locate your RFI, then select **View**. From here, you can also choose to edit your existing RFI by selecting **Edit**.

### Upload and download attachment

You can also choose to upload and download an attachment. 

Under **Attachments**, select the file you want to upload, then select **Save**. 

To download an attachment, select **Download** on the attachment.

---

# Infrastructure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/infrastructure/

:::note[User permission]
Only Super Admin users with edit permissions can start scans, turn scans off, or manage issues.
:::

After [enabling Security Insights](/security-center/get-started/) and letting the first scan run, the **Infrastructure** tab displays an overview of the infrastructure associated with your Cloudflare account.

To open the **Infrastructure** tab, go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Infrastructure**.

You can perform the following actions:

* Filter the displayed information
* Print or download a PDF report
* Manage your security.txt file

---

# Set up your security.txt file

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/infrastructure/security-file/

To manage your [security.txt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security.txt) file via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings** > **Enable Security.txt**.

From here, you can create and manage your `security.txt` file to provide the security research team with a standardized way to report vulnerabilities.

Fill in the following information:

- **(Required) Contact**: You can enter one of the following to contact you about security issues:
  - An email address: The email address must start with `mailto:` (for example, `mailto:help@example.com`).
  - A phone number: The phone number must start with `tel:` (for example, `tel:+1 1234567890`).
  - A URL link: The URL link must start with `https://` (for example, `https://example.com`).

  Select **Add more** to add multiple contacts.
- **(Required) Expires at**: Enter the expiration date and time of the `security.txt` file.
- **Encryption**: A link to a key which security researchers can use to communicate with you.
- **Acknowledgements**: A link to your acknowledgements page.
- **Canonical**: Links to your `security.txt` file.
- **Hiring**: A link to your security-related job openings.
- **Policy**: A link to a policy describing what security researchers should do when searching for or reporting security issues.
- **Preferred languages**: A list of language codes that your security team speaks.

Once you have entered the necessary information, select **Save**.

To edit your security.txt file, select **Security** > **Settings** > **Edit Security.txt**.

To download your security.txt file, select **Security** > **Settings** > **Download Security.txt**.

To delete your security.txt file, select **Security** > **Settings** > **Delete Security.txt**.

---

# Threat Intelligence APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/intel-apis/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Cloudflare provides a series of endpoints covering various areas of internet security and insights. Based on your Cloudflare plan type, the [limit](/security-center/intel-apis/limits/) of API calls will vary per month.

| Intelligence Endpoint                                                                                 | Definition                                                                                                                                                       |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [ASN Intelligence](/api/resources/intel/subresources/asn/methods/get/)                                 | Provides an overview of the Autonomous System Number (ASN) and a list of subnets for it.                                                                         |
| [Custom Indicator Feed Download](/api/resources/intel/subresources/indicator_feeds/subresources/downloads/methods/get/) | Provides the ability to download any custom indicator feeds that users create.                                                                                   |
| [Domain Intelligence](/api/resources/intel/subresources/domains/methods/get/)                         | Provides security details and statistics about a domain.                                                                                                         |
| [Domain History](/api/resources/intel/subresources/domain_history/methods/get/)                                   | Provides historical security threat and content categories that are currently and previously assigned to a domain.                                               |
| [IP Intelligence](/api/resources/intel/subresources/ips/methods/get/)                                    | Provides the geolocation, ASN, infrastructure type of the ASN, and any security threat categories of an IP address.                                              |
| [Passive DNS by IP](/api/resources/intel/subresources/dns/methods/list/)                          | Provides a list of all the domains, including first seen and last seen dates, that have resolved to a specific IP address.                                       |
| [Phishing Intelligence](/api/resources/brand_protection/methods/url_info/)          | Provides phishing details about a URL.                                                                                                                           |
| [Miscategorization Intelligence](/api/resources/intel/subresources/miscategorizations/methods/create/)          | Enables users to submit requests for modifying a domain's category, subsequently undergoing review by the Cloudflare Intelligence team.                          |
| [Priority Intelligence Requirements](/api/resources/cloudforce_one/subresources/requests/subresources/priority/methods/create/)                     | Provides a structured approach to identifying intelligence gaps, formulating precise requirements, and organizing them into categories.                          |
| [Request for Information](/api/resources/cloudforce_one/subresources/requests/methods/create/)                                 | Creates a targeted inquiry for specific intelligence insights to help organizations understand and respond to imminent security threats and vulnerabilities.     |
| [WHOIS](/api/resources/intel/subresources/whois/methods/get/)                                                | Provides the WHOIS registration information for a specific domain.                                                                                               |
| [DDoS Botnet Threat Feed](/ddos-protection/botnet-threat-feed/)<br/>(early access)                    | Provides information to service providers about their own IP addresses that have participated in HTTP DDoS attacks as observed from Cloudflare's global network. |

## API Examples

Below you can find examples of Threat Intelligence API calls. Make sure you are using an [API Token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the appropriate edit permissions. For comprehensive details, navigate to the respective API documentation using the links above.

### ASN Intelligence

<Details header="Get ASN Overview" open>

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/asn/13335" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": {
        "asn": 13335,
        "description": "CLOUDFLARENET",
        "country": "US",
        "type": "isp"
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### Custom Indicator Feed Download

<Details header="Download Custom Indicator Feed" open>

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/10d79d097895ae7ed7942a2b3832186c/intel/indicator-feeds/31/download" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": [
        {
            "type": "bundle",
            "id": "bundle--f4a735b7-b330-465d-8e6e-87b3c6a01287",
            "objects":
                [
                    {
                        "type": "indicator",
                        "spec_version": "2.1",
                        "id": "indicator--3d0ad6e0-3d49-4575-a0cb-d0e5c8b81f08",
                        "created": "2024-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                        "modified": "2024-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                        "name": "Malicious domain ahilesopolker.com",
                        "description": "This domain is associated with malicious activity.",
                        "pattern": "[domain-name:value = 'ahilesopolker.com']",
                        "pattern_type": "stix",
                        "valid_from": "2024-07-18T00:00:00Z"
                    },
                    {
                        "type": "domain-name",
                        "spec_version": "2.1",
                        "id": "domain-name--b252f8d7-5b63-4b59-9d58-8f313db76c35",
                        "value": "ahilesopolker.com",
                        "object_marking_refs": [ "marking-definition--34098fce-860f-48ae-8e50-ebd3cc5e41da" ],
                        "created": "2024-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                        "modified": "2024-07-18T00:00:00Z"
                        }
],
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### Domain Intelligence

<Details header="Get Domain Details">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/domain?domain=cloudflare.com" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": {
        "domain": "cloudflare.com",
        "resolves_to_refs": [
            {
                "id": "ipv4-addr--71f6bb54-e0c5-5e7d-b939-5698fc15a102",
                "value": "104.16.133.229"
            },
            {
                "id": "ipv4-addr--015b0df4-7fcd-5409-9b56-cfd300c662f6",
                "value": "104.16.132.229"
            },
            {
                "id": "ipv6-addr--4a7455cd-e8d0-5bfb-8bdb-f6ebb1759508",
                "value": "2606:4700::6810:85e5"
            },
            {
                "id": "ipv6-addr--68f89579-7204-5ebd-a851-e91b3a86fc6d",
                "value": "2606:4700::6810:84e5"
            }
        ],
        "application": {},
        "content_categories": [
            {
                "id": 155,
                "super_category_id": 26,
                "name": "Technology"
            },
            {
                "id": 26,
                "name": "Technology"
            }
        ],
        "additional_information": {},
        "type": "Apex domain",
        "notes": "Apex domain given."
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### Domain History

<Details header="Get Domain History">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/domain-history?domain=cloudflare.com" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

{
    "result": [
        {
            "domain": "cloudflare.com",
            "categorizations": [
                {
                    "categories": [
                        {
                            "id": 155,
                            "name": "Technology"
                        }
                    ],
                    "start": "2020-12-16T19:49:30.533482Z",
                    "end": "2023-05-31T08:12:53.547029Z"
                },
                {
                    "categories": [
                        {
                            "id": 115,
                            "name": "Login Screens"
                        },
                        {
                            "id": 155,
                            "name": "Technology"
                        }
                    ],
                    "start": "2023-05-31T08:12:53.547029Z"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### IP Intelligence

<Details header="Get IP Overview">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/ip?ipv4=1.1.1.1" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": [
        {
            "ip": "1.1.1.1",
            "belongs_to_ref": {
                "id": "autonomous-system--2fa28d71-3549-5a38-af05-770b79ad6ea8",
                "value": 13335,
                "type": "isp",
                "country": "US",
                "description": "CLOUDFLARENET"
            },
            "ip_lists": null,
            "ptr_lookup": {
                "ptr_domains": [
                    "one.one.one.one."
                ],
                "ptr_lookup_errors": ""
            },
            "iana_reservations": []
        }
    ],
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### Passive DNS by IP

<Details header="Get Passive DNS by IP">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/dns?ipv4=1.1.1.1&start=2023-07-15&end=2023-07-18&per_page=5" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": {
        "reverse_records": [
            {
                "first_seen": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z",
                "last_seen": "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                "hostname": "internet-ping.svc.starlink.com"
            },
            {
                "first_seen": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z",
                "last_seen": "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                "hostname": "one.one.one.one"
            },
            {
                "first_seen": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z",
                "last_seen": "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                "hostname": "ping.ui.com"
            },
            {
                "first_seen": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z",
                "last_seen": "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                "hostname": "ping.ubnt.com"
            },
            {
                "first_seen": "2023-07-15T00:00:00Z",
                "last_seen": "2023-07-18T00:00:00Z",
                "hostname": "bflow.tiki.video"
            }
        ],
        "count": 778,
        "page": 1,
        "per_page": 5
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}

```

</Details>

### Phishing Intelligence

<Details header="Get results for a URL scan">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/brand-protection/url-info?url=http://worcester-realistic-ellen-portland.trycloudflare.com/login.html" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "errors": [],
    "messages": [],
    "result": [
        {
            "categorizations": [],
            "model_results": [
                {
                    "model_name": "MACHINE_LEARNING_v2",
                    "model_score": 0.999
                }
            ],
            "rule_matches": [
                {
                    "description": "Match frequently used phishing kit (Discord, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)",
                    "name": "phishkit.social"
                }
            ],
            "scan_status": {
                "last_processed": "Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:15:28 GMT",
                "scan_complete": true,
                "status_code": 200,
                "submission_id": 23098147
            },
            "url": "http://worcester-realistic-ellen-portland.trycloudflare.com/login.html"
        }
    ],
    "success": true
}
```

</Details>

### Miscategorization Intelligence

<Details header="Create Miscategorization">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/miscategorization" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "content_adds": [
        82
    ],
    "content_removes": [
        82
    ],
    "indicator_type": "url",
    "ip": null,
    "security_adds": [
        117,
        131
    ],
    "security_removes": [
        117
    ],
    "url": "https://wrong-category.example.com"
}'

# Example response:
{
    "result": "",
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### WHOIS

<Details header="Get WHOIS Record">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/whois?domain=cloudflare.com" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq .

# Example response:
{
    "result": {
        "domain": "cloudflare.com",
        "created_date": "2009-02-17",
        "updated_date": "2017-05-24",
        "registrant": "DATA REDACTED",
        "registrant_org": "DATA REDACTED",
        "registrant_country": "United States",
        "registrant_email": "https://domaincontact.cloudflareregistrar.com/cloudflare.com",
        "registrar": "CloudFlare, Inc.",
        "nameservers": [
            "ns3.cloudflare.com",
            "ns4.cloudflare.com",
            "ns5.cloudflare.com",
            "ns6.cloudflare.com",
            "ns7.cloudflare.com"
        ]
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/intel-apis/limits/

## API request limits

All API calls made to Threat Intelligence endpoints will contribute to the monthly quota. Additionally, utilizing features within the Security Center such as Investigate and Brand Protection, or other products, such as Page Shield, which also leverage the Security Intelligence APIs, will also contribute to the consumption of the quota.

These request limits currently do not apply to the DDoS Botnet Threat Feed API.



| Cloudflare Plan        | Calls per month |
| ---------------------- | --------------- |
| Free                   | 100             |
| Pro                    | 100             |
| Business               | 100             |
| Enterprise             | 2,500           |
| Cloudforce One Core    | 10,000          |
| Cloudforce One Premier | 50,000          |

---

# Manage miscategorization reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/intel-apis/manage-miscategorization-reports/

This guide will show you how to manage miscategorization of reports. To complete this guide, you will need to generate an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

1. Create an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) if you do not have one already.
2. Choose **Custom Token**.
3. Name the token, and grant permissions.
4. Send a `POST` request to the miscategorization [API endpoint](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/intel/subresources/miscategorizations/methods/create/). You can find an example below:

```json title="Example of a POST request to miscategorization API"

export URL="https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/intel/miscategorization"
curl -X POST "$URL" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
     -H "Content-Type:application/json" \
--data '{
  "content_adds": [
  ],
  "content_removes": [
  ],
  "indicator_type": "domain",
  "ip": null,
  "security_adds": [
    115
  ],
  "security_removes": [
  ],
  "url": "cloudflare.com"
}'
```

You should receive a response with the value `"success": true`:

```json
{
  "result": "",
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Once you send the request, the Cloudflare Support team will receive it and will be able to take action.

---

# Change categorization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/investigate/change-categorization/

Cloudflare sorts domains into categories based on their content and security type. You can request categorization changes via the [dashboard](#via-the-cloudflare-dashboard), [Cloudflare Radar](#via-cloudflare-radar), or the [API](#via-the-api).

For a detailed list of categories, refer to [Domain categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/).

## Via the Cloudflare dashboard

To request a categorization change via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to **Security Center** > **Investigate**.

3. Search for the domain you want to change.

4. In **Domain overview**, select **Request to change categorization**.

5. Choose whether to change a [security category](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories) or a [content category](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#content-categories).

6. Choose which categories you want to add or remove from the domain.

   :::note[Content category limit]

   A domain cannot have more than two associated content categories. To propose changes to categories of a domain with more than two existing categories, remove one or more of the existing categories. 
   :::

7. Select **Submit** to submit your request for review.

Requesting a security category change will trigger a deeper investigation by Cloudflare to confirm that the submission is valid. Requesting a content category change also requires Cloudflare validation, but the turnaround time for these submissions is usually shorter as it requires less investigation.

Your category change requests will be revised by the Cloudflare team depending on the type of change. If your requests have been reviewed and applied by the Cloudflare team, the new categories will be visible in the Cloudflare dashboard in **Security Center** > **Investigate**, as well as in [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/).

:::caution

Cloudflare does not guarantee the category change will be approved. 
:::

## Via Cloudflare Radar

To request recategorization via Cloudflare Radar, submit feedback in [Radar Domain Categorization](https://radar.cloudflare.com/domains/feedback).

## Via the API

To request a categorization change via the API:

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with permission to edit your Intel account.

   | **Permissions** |       |      |
   | --------------- | ----- | ---- |
   | Account         | Intel | Edit |

   | **Account Resources** |              |
   | --------------------- | ------------ |
   | Include               | All accounts |

2. Make a call to the [miscategorization endpoint](/api/resources/intel/subresources/miscategorizations/methods/create/) including the domain name and any categories you would like to add or remove. For example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/intel/miscategorization \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "content_adds": [
       82
     ],
     "content_removes": [
       155
     ],
     "indicator_type": "domain",
     "ip": null,
     "security_adds": [
       117,
       131
     ],
     "security_removes": [
       83
     ],
     "url": "example.com"
   }'
   ```

---

# Investigate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/investigate/

:::note[User permission]
All users can access Investigate. This includes accessing URL scanning, and filter passive DNS range.
:::

Investigate allows you to view a domain’s category, the IP it belongs to, and whether the category has changed before. You can also see which records it points to, including the country of origin and passive DNS records. After searching with Investigate, you will get an API curl to retrieve the same search results.

You can learn more about the IP addresses in your logs by searching via the IP address to view its category and threat data. Enter any IP address, domain name, and hostname to see how it has been categorized from a threat perspective.

Investigate also shows [Web Application Firewall](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/) analytics for your websites behind Cloudflare to help you discover what your vulnerabilities are, where attacks come from, and what to do about it.

---

# Investigate threats

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Users can investigate the details of an IP address, domain name, URL, or Autonomous System Number (ASN). You can find the Investigate feature in your Cloudflare account's Security Center and in [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan).

You can search with Investigate by [IP address](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/#ip-address), [domain](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/#domain), [URL](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/#url) and [AS number](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/#as-number).

:::note

Search methods are also available through the [API](/security-center/intel-apis/).

:::

## IP Address

An [IP address](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-my-ip-address/) is a unique address that identifies a server. It stands for [Internet Protocol](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/internet-protocol/), which is the set of rules that allows servers to communicate with each other.

IP address search allows you to search both [IPv4 and IPv6](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-my-ip-address/) addresses and retrieve relevant information such as their pointer records, AS numbers and passive DNS records.

## Domain

A [domain name](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name/) is a string of text that maps to an IP address. Domain names are used to help people remember where websites are hosted. Domain names are purchased through [registrars](/registrar/) and can be acquired easily by anyone.

When you search for a domain name, Cloudflare will provide an overview of the domain's [category](#domain-categories) and IP addresses it currently resolves to.

### Domain categories

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For a detailed list of categories, refer to [Domain categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/).

A domain can have multiple categories. Cloudflare displays both the parent category and the detailed child category. You can [request category changes](/security-center/investigate/change-categorization/) for a domain. Miscategorized domains can also request to have a category added. This request goes through an approval process with the Cloudflare team.

As part of the domain search results, Cloudflare show the WHOIS details and a history of its category changes over time.

## AS Number

An [AS number](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) is a group of IP addresses belonging to and controlled by a single organization. The entire group of networks have a single unified routing policy. The [Internet Assigned Numbers Authority](https://www.iana.org/) (IANA) is the organization responsible for managing the assignment and distribution of AS numbers. The AS number's routing policies are used by [BGP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/) which is how Cloudflare's [anycast network](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) works.

When you search for an AS number, Cloudflare will return registration data such as its country, description and type. It will also display data such as domain count, top 10 domains and subnets.

With sufficient data, AS number search results will also return the geographical distribution of traffic in its network, application level attacks and network level attacks, each broken down by Cloudflare mitigation techniques and network protocols, respectively.

## Hash

When you search for a hash, the Cloudflare dashboard will provide a URL report for that specific hash.

To search using a hash:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Investigate**. Enter the hash, then select **Search**.
3. Select **View report** to view the report for your URL.

## URL

When you search for a URL, Cloudflare will provide a list of recent scan reports for that specific URL, limited to the past 30 days. You can view previously generated reports or scan again to generate a new report.

Different Cloudflare plans will have different [scan limitations](/security-center/investigate/scan-limits/).

If you want to scan a URL:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security Center** > **Investigate**. Enter the URL, then select **Search**.

Alternatively, to scan a URL, go to [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/) > **URL scanner**. Enter the URL, then select **Publish**.

:::note
You can use [Cloudflare Radar API](/radar/investigate/url-scanner/#use-the-api) to investigate threats.
:::

### Visibility

When generating a new scan report, the default visibility is set to `Unlisted`, but you have the option to set it to `Public`. By choosing `Public`, the generated scan will be available to all Cloudflare dashboard and Cloudflare Radar users alike, which will increase awareness of potentially malicious websites for others.

We recommend choosing `Unlisted` if you are scanning infrastructure that is not intended to be shared with the wider Cloudflare community.

### Filters

While viewing the most recent scans, you can use the filtering options. Selecting `All account scans` will display both `Unlisted` or `Public` scans initiated from your Cloudflare account. However, by selecting `All global scans`, only `Public` scans are displayed.

### Downloads

You can download a report of your scan in HAR or JSON format.

To download a report:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Investigate** > Enter your domain > Select **Search**.
3. Once the report has been generated, select **Download** > Choose between **Download HAR** or **Download JSON**.

---

# Scan limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/investigate/scan-limits/

URL scans are limited by search history, Public and Unlisted visibility, and requests per second across different Cloudflare plans.



| Cloudflare Plan    | Search history | Public scans (per month) | Unlisted scans (per month) | Rate limit       |
| ------------------ | -------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------- | ---------------- |
| **Free / Radar**   | last 50 scans  | 5,000                    | none                       | 1 per 10 seconds |
| **Self serve**     | 30 days        | 5,000                    | 500                        | 1 per 10 seconds |
| **Enterprise**     | 12 months      | 10,000                   | 5,000                      | 12 per second    |
| **Cloudforce One** | Unlimited      | 75,000                   | 20,000                     | 12 per second    |

---

# How it works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/security-insights/how-it-works/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Once you [enable Security Insights](/security-center/get-started/), Cloudflare runs regular security scans on the infrastructure associated with your Cloudflare account. These scans perform a series of checks on your Cloudflare account settings and on the configurations of different Cloudflare products for the domains in your Cloudflare account.

The performed checks take into account a set of ideal product configurations and states that indicate a good security posture. If your current configuration does not meet this ideal configuration for one or more checks, the Security Center will report these situations as **Security Insights**.

The list of insights may include potential security threats, vulnerabilities, compliance risks, insecure configurations, or any other identified risks.

:::note
Security Insights will check non-proxied hostnames.
:::

## Scan properties

Each insight will have the following properties assigned to them:

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## Scan frequency

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---

# Security Insights

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/security-insights/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note[User permission]
Only Super Admin users with edit permissions can start scans, turn scans off, or manage issues.
:::

<Render file="security-insights-definition" />

Listed below are the specific insights currently available:

| Insight Name                                                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [CASB integration status](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/troubleshooting/)                                                       | We detect unhealthy CASB integrations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Dangling `A` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa)                                              | A record is pointing to an IPv4 address that you might no longer control. You are at risk of a subdomain takeover.                                                                                                                                     |
| [Dangling `AAAA` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa)                                           | A record is pointing to an IPv6 address that you might no longer control. You are at risk of a subdomain takeover.                                                                                                                                     |
| [Dangling `CNAME` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa)                                          | A record is pointing to a resource that cannot be found. You are at risk of a subdomain takeover.                                                                                                                                                      |
| [DMARC Record Errors](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#dmarc)                                                    | We detect an incorrect or missing `DMARC` record.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Domains missing TLS Encryption](/ssl/get-started/)                                                                                 | We detect that there is no TLS encryption for this domain.                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| [Domains supporting older TLS version](/ssl/reference/protocols/)                                                                   | This domain supports older versions of the TLS protocol.                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Domains without 'Always Use HTTPS'](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)                                   | HTTP requests to this domain may not redirect to its HTTPS equivalent.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Domains without HSTS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/)                                   | HTTP Strict Transport Security (`HSTS`), is a header which allows a website to specify and enforce security policy in client web browsers. This policy enforcement protects secure websites from downgrade attacks SSL stripping and cookie hijacking. |
| [Exposed RDP Servers](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/)                                                  | We detect an RDP server that is exposed to the public Internet.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Get notified of malicious client-side scripts](/page-shield/detection/configure-alerts/)                                           | We detect that Page Shield alerts are not configured. You will not receive notifications when we detect potential malicious scripts executing in your client-side environment.                                                                         |
| [Managed Rules not deployed](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/)                                              | No managed rules deployed on a WAF protected domain.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Migrate to new Managed Rules](/waf/reference/migration-guides/waf-managed-rules-migration/)                                        | Migration to new Managed Rules system required for optimal protection.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Mixed-authentication API endpoints detected](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/#managed-labels)                | Not all of the successful requests against API endpoints carried session identifiers.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [New API endpoints detected](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/)                                                                   | API Discovery detects new API endpoints in your zone's traffic.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [New CASB integrations found](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/)                                                 | New CASB integrations have been found.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Overprovisioned Access Policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/)                                                                 | We detect an Access policy to allow everyone access to your application.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Page Shield not enabled](/page-shield/get-started/)                                                                                | Page Shield helps meet PCI DSS v4.0 compliance regarding requirement 6.4.3.                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [SPF Record Errors](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#spf)                                                        | We detect an incorrect or missing `SPF` record.                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Sensitive data in API response](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#sensitive-data-detection)                                   | Sensitive data in API responses detected.                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| [Turn on JavaScript Detection](/bots/reference/javascript-detections/)                                                              | One or more of your Bot Management enabled zones does not have JavaScript Detection enabled, which is a critical part of our bot detection suite.                                                                                                      |
| [Unassigned Access seats](/cloudflare-one/)                                                                                         | We detect a Zero Trust subscription that is not configured yet.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Unauthenticated API endpoints detected](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/endpoint-labels/#managed-labels)                     | None of the successful requests against API endpoints carried session identifiers.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Unprotected Cloudflare Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/#4-connect-your-origin-to-cloudflare) | We detect an application that is served by a Cloudflare Tunnel but not protected by a corresponding Access policy.                                                                                                                                     |
| [Unproxied `A` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa)                                             | This DNS record is not proxied by Cloudflare. Cloudflare can not protect this origin because it is exposed to the public Internet.                                                                                                                     |
| [Unproxied `AAAA` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa)                                          | This DNS record is not proxied by Cloudflare. Cloudflare can not protect this origin because it is exposed to the public Internet.                                                                                                                     |
| [Unproxied `CNAME` Records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records)                                | This DNS record is not proxied by Cloudflare. Cloudflare can not protect this origin because it is exposed to the public Internet.                                                                                                                     |
| [Users without MFA](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/)                                                              | We detect that a Cloudflare administrative user has not enabled multifactor authentication.                                                                                                                                                            |
| [Zones without WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)                                                                              | We detect that this domain does not have the WAF's Managed Rules enabled. You are at risk from zero-day and other common vulnerabilities.
| [No Turnstile enabled](/turnstile/)                                                                                        | We detect that there is no Turnstile widget configured on the account.


For more information on available operations for Security Insights, refer to [Review Security Insights](/security-center/security-insights/review-insights/).

---

# Review Security Insights

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/security-insights/review-insights/

After [enabling Security Insights](/security-center/get-started/) and letting the first scan run, check the **Security Insights** tab for a list of detected insights that you should address.

For each detected insight, you can resolve it or archive it, after understanding its risks.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Security Insights**.
3. Next to the insight you wish to address, select **Resolve**.

## Resolve an insight

In the insight details page, if you choose to update a configuration based on the recommendation actions, follow the instructions on the insight details page.

The following insights follow a different yet straightforward workflow to be resolved:

- **Minimum Version of TLS 1.2 not enforced**: To resolve this insight:
  - Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
  - Select **TLS 1.2**.
- **Domains without "Always use HTTPS"**: To resolve this insight:
  - Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
  - Select **Always Use HTTPS**.
- **Turn on JavaScript Detections**: To resolve this insight:
  - Go to **Security** > **Bots** > Select **Configure Bot Management**.
  - Select **JavaScript Detections**.

## Export insights

You can export security insights to a CSV format directly from the dashboard.

To export security insights:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Security Insights** > **Export insights**.

Exporting security insights allow you to perform a deeper analysis of your insights. 

The exported CSV file includes information such as the severity of your data, insight type scan date, issue class and additional optional fields, such as insight details, risk assessment, detection method, and recommended actions.

## Archive insights

You can archive one or more insights from the dashboard.

To archive insights:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Security Insights**.
3. Select the insight(s) you want to archive, then select **Archive selected**.

Alternatively, to archive an insight:

1. Select the insight you want to archive. The dashboard will open a page where you will be able to review [insight properties](/security-center/security-insights/how-it-works/#scan-properties).
2. Select **Archive insight**.

## Enable alerts

You can enable alerts for critical insights.

To enable alerts:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **Security Center** > **Security Insights**.
3. Select the security insight(s) you want to create an alert for, then select **Create alert for selected classes**.
4. Enter the notification name, and choose one or more insights classes to filter a notification.
5. Select **Save**.

---

# BYOIP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/byoip/

When creating a Spectrum application, Cloudflare normally assigns an arbitrary IP from Cloudflare’s IP pool to your application. If you want to be explicit in your network setup or use your own IP addresses, BYOIP with Spectrum allows you to do just that.

BYOIP stands for [Bring Your Own IP](/byoip/). If you own an IP prefix you can migrate it to Cloudflare. After migration, Cloudflare broadcasts your IP prefix and traffic is routed to the global Cloudflare network. However, without configuration, Cloudflare will not know how to handle this traffic. The last step is to add Spectrum applications for all applications that you wish to protect with the IP addresses you want associated with them.

:::caution


When switching from non-BYOIP to BYOIP, if you are already using a Spectrum application, you need to delete your configurations and recreate new ones.


:::

The smallest prefixes that Cloudflare currently supports is /24 for IPv4 and /48 for IPv6.

BYOIP does not come standard with Spectrum. To enable it, contact your account team.

## Assign an IP address

To use an IP, it must be assigned to a Spectrum app to create the appropriate A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6) records. This is done by specifying one or more IP addresses when creating an application through the API. Any change to the application's properties also needs to be done via API. In addition, you must update the DNS `"type"` field to `"ADDRESS"` to create a Spectrum app using BYOIP.

```json
{
  "id": "4590376cf2994d72cee36828ec4eff19",
  "protocol": "tcp/22",
  "dns": {
    "type": "ADDRESS",
    "name": "ssh.example.com"
  },
  "origin_direct": ["tcp://192.0.2.1:22"],
  "ip_firewall": true,
  "proxy_protocol": false,
  "spp": false,
  "tls": "off",
  "traffic_type": "direct",
  "edge_ips": {
    "type": "static",
    "ips": ["198.51.100.10", "2001:DB8::1"]
  }
}
```

## Example

In the example below, the application routes traffic through Cloudflare’s HTTP pipeline, including WAF, Workers and CDN functionality.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/apps" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "protocol": "tcp/80",
  "dns": {
    "type": "ADDRESS",
    "name": "www.example.com"
  },
  "origin_direct": [
    "tcp://192.0.2.1:80"
  ],
  "tls": "off",
  "traffic_type": "http",
  "edge_ips": {
    "type": "static",
    "ips": [
      "198.51.100.10",
      "2001:DB8::1"
    ]
  }
}'
```

Replace `{zone_id}`, `<EMAIL>`, and `<API_TOKEN>` with your actual values. Your API token needs to have `IP Prefixes: Write` permissions.

---

# FTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/ftp/

Enabling Spectrum for FTP is not straightforward due to the implementation of the protocol. This guide gives an overview of the intricacies of FTP and under which circumstances you can enable Spectrum for your FTP service.

:::note


This feature requires an Enterprise plan. If you would like to upgrade, contact your account team.


:::

## How FTP Operates

FTP leverages two different sockets, one for issuing commands and the other for actual data transfer. The control socket takes care of users logging in and sending commands, and the data socket is where directory listings and files actually get transferred.

There are two ways in which client and server can establish a data socket: active and passive. In active mode, the server connects *back* to the client on a port that they have specified, which can create issues where clients are behind an NAT. The alternative is passive mode, where the server opens an extra port that the client then connects to. For an overview of active versus passive FTP, refer to [Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation](http://slacksite.com/other/ftp.html).

In passive mode, the FTP server communicates a port that the client should connect to, which is done on the control socket via a PASV command. By default, the FTP server responds with the IP address that it is listening on. This scenario is fine for servers running directly on a public-facing IP but creates issues when a server is behind an NAT, firewall, or Cloudflare Spectrum.

Alternatively, more modern FTP server software supports [FTP extensions](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2428), which introduces the EPSV command that omits the IP address that the client should connect on. Instead, the client connects to the same IP that it connected to for the control pane.

## What Does and Does Not Work

Spectrum is able to protect servers serving FTP traffic in *passive mode only*. Active mode is not supported due to the fact that the origin server sees the Spectrum IP as being the client instead of the actual client IP. When the client issues a PORT command with their own IP, the FTP server rejects because the two addresses do not match.

Passive mode in combination with EPSV works out of the box with no origin-side configuration required. Note that the client must also support EPSV for this to work. Traditional passive mode with PASV is possible with minimal origin-side configuration (see below, Protecting an FTP server with Spectrum)

## Protect an FTP Server with Spectrum

Configuring Spectrum to protect your FTP server requires creating a set of Spectrum applications that point to your origin and some configuration on the FTP server.

### Protect the Control Port

The control plane runs on port 21 by default, and there is nothing special that needs to be to protect this part of the FTP server. In the example below, replace 198.51.100.1 with the IP of the origin server.

![Add an application dialog with IP address and port set to 21](~/assets/images/spectrum/ftp-control-plane-app.png)

This configuration proxies incoming connections to the origin. However, if clients issue a PASV command, they will still receive the IP of the actual origin for the data connection. This is not preferred, as this exposes the origin's IP to the client instead of being masked behind Spectrum. Steps to prevent this are documented in sections below.

### Protect Data Ports

Most FTP servers allow configuration of the port range that the server will use to open data connections. It is recommended to specify a port range to prevent accidentally exposing other ports on the server. For each port in the range, create a corresponding Spectrum application that maps to that port.

Additionally, the FTP server needs to be configured to expose the correct IP when the client issues a PASV command. This IP should match the IP of the Spectrum app.

Some FTP servers also allow dynamic resolving of hostnames. In this case, it is recommended to use the Spectrum app URL instead of the IP.

Example configuration for [vsftpd](https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html):

> ```bash
> pasv_min_port=20000
> pasv_max_port=20020
>
> pasv_enable=YES
> pasv_address=ftp.example.com
> pasv_addr_resolve=YES
> pasv_promiscuous=YES
> ```

### Spectrum FTPS (ProFTPD) instructions

To use Spectrum TCP to proxy and protect FTPS, specifically ProFTPD, the following example configuration is recommended:

* **Control Port**: Port 21
* **Data Ports**: Port ranges 50000-50500

On the ProFTPD server side use the following example configuration:

* `MasqueradeAddress`: `www.example.com`
* `AllowForeignAddress`: You can use the option `on` to allow all IPs, but it is recommended to only allow [Cloudflare IP](https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/allow-cloudflare-ips/).
* `PassivePorts`: `50000-50500`

For more details, refer to the [ProFTPD documentation](http://www.proftpd.org/docs/modules/mod_core.html).

## SFTP

Unlike FTP or FTPS, enabling Spectrum for SFTP does not require extra configuration. When setting up a Spectrum application for SSH, select port 22 and TCP.

## Microsoft Windows IIS FTP

Refer to the [Microsoft Windows IIS documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/publish/using-the-ftp-service/configuring-ftp-firewall-settings-in-iis-7#step-1-configure-the-passive-port-range-for-the-ftp-service) to configure a static data port range and external IP matching your Spectrum application.

Additionally, IIS requires that the source IP for both, FTP control and data connections are the same. However, when using Spectrum, this requirement may not be met, as both connections often terminate on different servers with their own unique egress IPs. To ensure proper functionality, also set `dataChannelSecurity/matchClientAddressForPasv = false`. Refer to [Microsoft Windows IIS FTP Official Guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.applicationhost/sites/site/ftpserver/security/datachannelsecurity) for further details.

---

# DDoS Protection for Spectrum

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/ddos-for-spectrum/

Spectrum provides DDoS Protection at layers 3-4 of the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/), that is against TCP and UDP based DDoS attacks.

Spectrum works as a layer 4 reverse proxy, therefore a proper TCP connection must be first established before traffic is proxied to the origin. This moves any impact of SYN or SYN-ACK reflection attacks to the Cloudflare global network. Additionally, by using Spectrum in front of your application, your origin IP is concealed — preventing attackers from targeting your origin server directly. It is also recommended that you replace your origin IP address after moving to Cloudflare, and lock it down to only accept traffic from [Cloudflare’s IP address range](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

Random or out-of-state TCP packets should not be passed to the origin if a legitimate TCP connection has not yet been established between the client and Cloudflare. Spectrum also [leverages SYN cookie challenges as part of the Linux networking stack](https://blog.cloudflare.com/syn-packet-handling-in-the-wild/) to defend against floods.

Furthermore, if a flood of packets of an unspecified protocol target your application (for example, your Spectrum application is for TCP traffic, and a UDP flood targets your Spectrum application), the packets will be dropped. Similarly, if packets target a port or port range that you did not specify, they will also be dropped.

L3/4 DDoS attacks should be detected and mitigated by the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/) that is enabled by default. This ruleset detects and mitigates DDoS attacks by dynamically fingerprinting attacks based on packet header fields.

For protecting HTTP/S applications against L7 DDoS attacks and to benefit from caching and additional features, onboard your application to Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall/Content Delivery Network service, which works in tandem with Cloudflare Spectrum.

Refer to [Cloudflare DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/) to learn more.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For more information about concepts related to Spectrum, refer to the sections below.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Load Balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/load-balancer/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

You can configure Spectrum with Cloudflare [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) to provide TCP healthchecks, failover, and traffic steering, bringing resiliency to your Spectrum applications.

For an overview of how Cloudflare Load Balancing works refer to [Load Balancing components](/load-balancing/understand-basics/load-balancing-components/). For setup guidance refer to [Add load balancing to Spectrum applications](/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum/).

## TCP health checks

You can configure a Cloudflare load balancer to probe any TCP port for an accepted connection, which is in addition to HTTP and HTTPS probing capabilities.

Health checks are optional within a load balancer. However, without a health check, the load balancer will distribute traffic to all endpoints in the first pool. With the health checks enabled, hosts that have gone into an error state will not receive traffic, maintaining uptime. This allows you to enable intelligent failover within a pool of hosts or amongst multiple pools.

The example below shows a TCP health check configuration for an application running on port 2408 with a refresh rate every 30 seconds. You can configure TCP health checks through the dashboard or through Cloudflare's API.


<Details header="TCP health check - Dashboard example">

| Field | Value |
| ----- | ----- |
| Type  | TCP   |
| Port  | 2408  |

Under **Advanced health check settings**:

| Field    | Value     |
| -------- | --------- |
| Interval | 30        |
| Timeout  | 5 seconds |
| Retries  | 2         |


</Details>


<Details header="TCP health check - API example">

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/organizations/{organization_id}/load_balancers/monitors'  \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"description":"Spectrum Health Check","type":"tcp","port":2048,"interval":30,"retries":2,"timeout":5,"method":"connection_established"}'
```

```json
{
  "description": "Spectrum Health Check",
  "type": "tcp",
  "port": 2048,
  "interval": 30,
  "retries": 2,
  "timeout": 5,
  "method": "connection_established"
}
```


</Details>

## Traffic steering

All traffic steering policies are available for transport load balancing through Spectrum. Refer to the Load Balancing documentation to learn more about the available [global traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) and [endpoint steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/) options.

## Weights

[Endpoint weights](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights) allow you to have endpoints with different capacity or to split traffic amongst hosts for any other reason.

Weight configured within a load balancer pool will be honored with load balancing through Spectrum.

## Requirements and limitations

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* This feature requires an Enterprise plan. If you would like to upgrade, contact your account team.

---

# Static IP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/about/static-ip/

When you create a Spectrum application, you are assigned an IP. These IPs are normally dynamic, meaning that they will change over time. But, for instance, if you want to set up WAF custom rules for specific IPs, you may want to use static IPs. A static IP, like a physical street address can tell other computers or servers on the Internet where a specific computer is located or connected. This makes the device easier to find on the network, since the IP will not change.

With static IPs, Cloudflare commits to never changing the IP address of a client's domain resolved at the Cloudflare global network. For example, `www.example.com` will always resolve and accept traffic sent to `198.51.100.10`. No other customer will be hosted on that IP.

## Use static IPs with Spectrum

Static IPs are an Enterprise feature that does not come standard with Spectrum. If you would like to start using static IPs, contact your account team.

Once you get your static IP from Cloudflare, you can use it via API, just like [BYOIP](/byoip/). For the moment, there is still no UI available for this feature.

When creating a Spectrum application through the API, specify the static IPs that you have been provided. See, for instance, the API example below that creates an application routing traffic through Cloudflare’s HTTP pipeline.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/apps" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "protocol": "tcp/80",
  "dns": {
    "type": "ADDRESS",
    "name": "www.example.com"
  },
  "origin_direct": [
    "tcp://192.0.2.1:80"
  ],
  "tls": "off",
  "traffic_type": "http",
  "edge_ips": {
    "type": "static",
    "ips": [
      "198.51.100.10",
      "2001:DB8::1"
    ]
  }
}'
```

---

# Enable Proxy protocol

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/how-to/enable-proxy-protocol/

Because Cloudflare intercepts packets before forwarding them to your server, if you were to look up the client IP, you would see Cloudflare's IP rather than the true client IP.

Some services you run may require knowledge of the true client IP. In those cases, you can use a proxy protocol for Cloudflare to pass on the client IP to your service. Sending proxy information along is dependent on whether TCP or UDP is used. For TCP, Spectrum supports adding [Proxy Protocol v1](https://www.haproxy.org/download/1.8/doc/proxy-protocol.txt), which is the human readable version supported by Amazon ELB and [NGINX](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/load-balancer/using-proxy-protocol/). For UDP applications, Cloudflare has developed a custom proxy protocol called Simple Proxy Protocol.

:::note


This feature requires an Enterprise plan. If you would like to upgrade, contact your account team.


:::

## Enable Proxy Protocol v1 for TCP

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select **Spectrum**.
3. Locate the application that will use the PROXY protocol and select **Configure**.
4. From the dropdown, select **PROXY Protocol v1**.

When TCP applications are configured to use **PROXY Protocol v1**, Cloudflare will prepend each inbound TCP connection with the PROXY Protocol plain-text header.

### The Proxy Protocol v1 Header

PROXY Protocol prepends every connection with a header reporting the client IP address and port. A PROXY Protocol plain-text header has the format:

```
PROXY_STRING + single space + INET_PROTOCOL + single space + CLIENT_IP + single space + PROXY_IP + single space + CLIENT_PORT + single space + PROXY_PORT + "\r\n"
```

An example PROXY Protocol line for an IPv4 address would look like:

```
PROXY TCP4 192.0.2.0 192.0.2.255 42300 443\r\n
```

An example PROXY Protocol line for an IPv6 address would look like:

```
PROXY TCP6 2001:db8:: 2001:db8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff 42300 443\r\n
```

## Enable Proxy Protocol v2 for TCP/UDP

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select **Spectrum**.
3. Locate the application that will use the PROXY protocol and select **Configure**.
4. From the dropdown, select **PROXY Protocol v2**.

When TCP applications are configured to use **PROXY Protocol v2**, Cloudflare will prepend each inbound TCP connection with the PROXY Protocol binary header.

When UDP applications are configured to use **PROXY Protocol v2**, Cloudflare will prepend the first UDP datagram on a stream with a PROXY Protocol binary header.

### The Proxy Protocol v2 Header

PROXY Protocol prepends every connection with a header reporting the client IP address and port.

A PROXY Protocol binary header for a IPv4 incoming address has the format:

```txt
 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                  Proxy Protocol v2 Signature                  |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Version|Command|   AF  | Proto.|         Address Length        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                      IPv4 Source Address                      |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                    IPv4 Destination Address                   |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|          Source Port          |        Destination Port       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
```

A PROXY Protocol binary header for a IPv6 incoming address has the format:

```txt
 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                  Proxy Protocol v2 Signature                  |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Version|Command|   AF  | Proto.|         Address Length        |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+                      IPv6 Source Address                      +
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+                    IPv6 Destination Address                   +
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|          Source Port          |        Destination Port       |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
```

## Enable Simple Proxy Protocol for UDP

When using Spectrum for UDP, the client source IP and port information can be obtained by using Simple Proxy Protocol, a lightweight protocol developed specifically for UDP.

To enable it, select **Configure** on a Spectrum application and toggle the setting for Simple Proxy Protocol to **On**.

Simple Proxy Protocol dictates that your origin must also prepend packets meant for the client with the same header, including original client source information. This is done to validate that packets coming in are in fact intended for the client.

For more information about Simple Proxy Protocol headers, refer to [Simple Proxy Protocol headers](/spectrum/reference/simple-proxy-protocol-header/).

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/analytics/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare measures the following metrics for every connection.



| Metric         | Name                                | Example | Unit                 |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| count          | Count of total events               | `1000`  | Count                |
| bytesIngress   | Sum of ingress bytes                | `1000`  | Sum                  |
| bytesEgress    | Sum of egress bytes                 | `1000`  | Sum                  |
| durationAvg    | Average connection duration         | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| durationMedian | Median connection duration          | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| duration90th   | 90th percentile connection duration | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |
| duration99th   | 99th percentile connection duration | `1.0`   | Time in milliseconds |



## Additional dimensions

You can divide your analytics further by the following dimensions.



| Dimension | Name                          | Example                                                              |
| --------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| event     | Connection Event              | `connect`, `progress`, `disconnect`, `originError`, `clientFiltered` |
| appID     | Application ID                | `40d67c87c6cd4b889a4fd57805225e85`                                   |
| coloName  | Colo Name                     | `SFO`                                                                |
| ipVersion | IP version used by the client | `4`, `6`                                                             |



## Operators for filtering

Use the operators below to filter data.



| Operator | Name                     | URL Encoded |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ----------- |
| `==`     | Equals                   | `%3D%3D`    |
| `!=`     | Does not equal           | `!%3D`      |
| `>`      | Greater Than             | `%3E`       |
| `<`      | Less Than                | `%3C`       |
| `>=`     | Greater than or equal to | `%3E%3D`    |
| `<=`     | Less than or equal to    | `%3C%3D`    |



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## Analytics request structure

```txt
/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/analytics/events/summary?metrics=METRICS&dimensions=DIMENSIONS&filters=FILTERS&since=FROM_TS&sort=SORT&until=TO_TS&limit=LIMIT
/api/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/analytics/events/bytime?metrics=METRICS&dimensions=DIMENSIONS&filters=FILTERS&since=FROM_TS&sort=SORT&until=TO_TS&limit=LIMIT
```

* METRICS is one or more metrics (such as count) to compute
* DIMENSIONS can be used to break down the data by given attributes
* FILTERS used to filter rows by one or more dimensions (see Filters section below)
* SORT is the sort order for the result set; sort fields must be included in METRICS or DIMENSIONS
* TO\_TS is that end of time interval to query, defaults to current time
* FROM\_TS is that start of time interval to query, defaults to TO\_TS - 6 hours
* STEP is used to select time series resolution when using endpoint:
* auto or omitted - selects time step most appropriate to time interval
  * year
  * quarter
  * month
  * week
  * day
  * hour

## Analytics query example

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/spectrum/analytics/events/summary?metrics=count&dimensions=event,appID&since=2018-01-01T16:57:00Z" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Refer to the [Spectrum API documentation](/api/resources/spectrum/subresources/analytics/subresources/aggregates/subresources/currents/methods/get/) for more examples of API requests.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For more information on completing Spectrum related tasks, refer to the sections below.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Configuration options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/configuration-options/

Spectrum is a global TCP and UDP proxy running on Cloudflare's edge nodes. It does not terminate the connection. Instead it passes through the packets to the backend server.

:::note


Some of these features require an Enterprise plan. If you would like to upgrade, contact your account team.


:::

## Application type

The application type determines the protocol by which data travels from the edge to your origin. Select *TCP/UDP* if you want to proxy directly to the origin. If you want to set up products like CDN, Workers, or Bot management, you need to select *HTTP/HTTPS*. In this case, traffic is routed through Cloudflare's pipeline instead of connecting directly to your origin.

## IP addresses

When a Spectrum application is created, it is assigned a unique IPv4 and IPv6 address, or you can provision the application to be IPv6 only. The addresses are not static, and they may change over time. The best way to look up the current addresses is by using DNS. The DNS name of the Spectrum application will always return the IPs currently dedicated to the application.

The addresses are anycasted from all Cloudflare data centers, with the exception of data centers in China. Spectrum is not available in China, but users have the option to use Cloudflare's partner JD Cloud's solution [Starshield](https://www.jdcloud.com/cn/products/starshield).

## SMTP

Spectrum can act as a TCP load balancer in front of an SMTP server but will not act as an intermediary mail server. Instead, Spectrum passes data through to your origin. The client IP shown on mail will be the Cloudflare edge IP. If the mail server requires knowing the true client IP, it should use Proxy Protocol to get the source IP from Cloudflare. Cloudflare recommends enabling Proxy Protocol on applications configured to proxy SMTP.

SMTP servers may perform a series of checks on servers attempting to send messages through it. These checks are intended to filter requests from illegitimate servers.

Messages may be rejected if:

* A reverse DNS lookup on the IP address of the connecting server returns a negative response.
* The reverse DNS lookup produces a different hostname than what was sent in the SMTP `HELO`/`EHLO` message.
* The reverse DNS lookup produces a different hostname than what is advertised in your SMTP server's banner.
* The result of a reverse DNS lookup does not match a corresponding forward DNS lookup.

Spectrum applications do not have reverse DNS entries.

Additionally, SMTP servers may perform a DNS lookup to find the MX records for a domain. Messages from your server may be rejected if an MX record for your domain is associated with a Spectrum application, as the IP address of server will not match the Spectrum IP address.

## Ports

Cloudflare supports all TCP ports.

## Port ranges

Spectrum applications can be configured to proxy traffic on ranges of ports.

For direct origins:

```json
{
  "protocol": "tcp/1000-2000",
  "dns": {
    "type": "CNAME",
    "name": "range.example.com"
  },
  "origin_direct": ["tcp://192.0.2.1:3000-4000"]
}
```

For DNS origins:

```json
{
  "protocol": "tcp/1000-2000",
  "dns": {
    "type": "CNAME",
    "name": "range.example.com"
  },
  "origin_dns": {
    "name": "origin.example.com",
    "ttl": 1200
  },
  "origin_port": "3000-4000"
}
```

The number of ports in an origin port range must match the number of ports specified in the `protocol` field.
Connections to a port within a port range at the edge will be proxied to the equivalent port offset in the origin range.
For example, in the configurations above, a connection to `range.example.com:1005` would be proxied to port 3005 on the origin.

## IP Access rules

If IP Access rules are enabled for a Spectrum application, Cloudflare will respect the IP Access rules created under **Security** > **WAF** > **Tools** for that domain. Cloudflare only respects rules created for specific IP addresses, IP blocks, countries, or ASNs for Spectrum applications. Spectrum will also only respect rules created with the actions `allow` or `block`.

## Argo Smart Routing

Once Argo Smart Routing is enabled for your application, traffic will automatically be routed through the fastest and most reliable network path available. Argo Smart Routing is available for TCP and UDP (beta) applications.

## Edge TLS Termination

If you enable **Edge TLS Termination** for a Spectrum application, Cloudflare will encrypt traffic for the application at the Edge. The Edge TLS Termination toggle applies only to TCP applications.

Spectrum offers three modes of TLS termination: 'Flexible', 'Full', and 'Full (Strict)'.

'Flexible' enables termination of the client connection at the edge, but does not enable TLS from Cloudflare to your origin. Traffic will be sent over an encrypted connection from the client to Cloudflare, but not from Cloudflare to the origin.

'Full' specifies that traffic from Cloudflare to the origin will also be encrypted but without certificate validation. When set to 'Full (Strict)', traffic from Cloudflare to the origin will also be encrypted with strict validation of the origin certificate.

TLS versions supported by Spectrum include TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, and TLS 1.3.

You can manage this through the Spectrum app at the Cloudflare dashboard, or using the [Spectrum API endpoint](/api/resources/spectrum/subresources/apps/methods/update/).

:::note[Note]

If you have the TLS termination setting configured to **off**, this means that Spectrum will then proxy connections to the origin without decrypting. The certificate that is presented in this case will be the certificate installed at your origin server, instead of the Edge Certificate from Cloudflare.

:::

:::caution

If you need to control TLS settings, like the minimum TLS version or cipher suites, you need to use an HTTPS application.
For TCP applications, default settings will apply. The minimum TLS version will be 1.1 and the cipher suites are:

| OpenSSL Name                      |
| --------------------------------- |
|AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256|
|AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256|
|AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384|
|ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305|
|ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305|
|ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|
|ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256|
|ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384|
|ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384|
|ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256|
|ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA|
|CDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256|
|ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA|
|ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA|
|ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA|
|AES128-GCM-SHA256|
|AES256-GCM-SHA384|
|AES128-SHA256|
|AES128-SHA|
|AES256-SHA|
|ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA|
|DES-CBC3-SHA|

:::


## Origin TLS Termination

Below are the cipher suites Cloudflare presents to origins during an SSL/TLS handshake. For cipher suites supported at our edge or presented to browsers and other user agents, refer to [Cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/).

The cipher suites below are ordered based on how they appear in the ClientHello, communicating our preference to the origin. Customers do not have the ability to modify the ciphers used by Spectrum.

## Supported cipher suites by protocol

| OpenSSL Name                      | TLS 1.1 | TLS 1.2 | TLS 1.3 |
| --------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256[^1]        | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384[^1]        | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256[^1] | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256     | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA              | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES128-GCM-SHA256                 | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES128-SHA                        | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES256-SHA                        | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |

[^1]: Although TLS 1.3 uses the same cipher suite space as previous versions of TLS, TLS 1.3 cipher suites are defined differently, only specifying the symmetric ciphers, and cannot be used for TLS 1.2. Similarly, TLS 1.2 and lower cipher suites cannot be used with TLS 1.3 ([RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html)). BoringSSL also hard-codes cipher preferences in this order for TLS 1.3. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/#tls-13-cipher-suites) for details.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For more information related to Spectrum, refer to the sections below.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Why Spectrum-enabled hostnames might appear in Layer 7 Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/layer-7-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Even when you have Spectrum enabled to handle Layer 4 traffic (for example, TCP/UDP connections), you may still notice traffic in your Layer 7 (L7) analytics dashboard. This is due to the way Cloudflare's Layer 7 <GlossaryTooltip term="content delivery network (CDN)">CDN</GlossaryTooltip>
 and Spectrum handle customer identity differently.

## How Spectrum identifies a user (Layer 4)

In Spectrum, the identity of the customer hostname is based on the Cloudflare IP address that the client uses to connect to the edge. Here is the typical process:

1. Spectrum sets up a DNS hostname in the customer's zone that points to its Spectrum edge IP, and links this edge IP and port to the customer's configuration.
2. The client performs a DNS lookup on the Spectrum hostname, retrieves the Spectrum edge IP, and connects to that IP and port.
3. Spectrum uses this edge IP and port to match the connection to the customer's configuration, identifying the customer.

This process focuses on Layer 4 associating a hostname and customer configuration around IP addresses and ports.

## How the CDN identifies a user (Layer 7)

1. The customer sets up a DNS hostname in their zone that directs traffic to their origin server.
2. The client performs a DNS lookup on the CDN hostname, and the DNS server responds with a CDN edge IP. In contrast to Spectrum, the CDN edge IP is primarily used for traffic management rather than customer identity, as multiple customers can share the same CDN edge IP.

For the CDN, identifying the customer relies heavily on resolving hostnames during the TLS handshake (SNI) and the HTTP request (`Host` header). Notably, the CDN is designed to accept any hostname that matches the customer's zone (for example, `*.example.com`), even if there is no specific Layer 7 DNS match. This means that even Spectrum or Load Balancer hostnames will be accepted as valid under `*.example.com`.

## The overlap: Layer 7 traffic being proxied through Spectrum

Because the CDN is designed to accept any hostname under your zone (for example, `spectrum.example.com`), HTTP traffic that should first be proxied by Spectrum, or even HTTP traffic meant for a Layer-4-only Spectrum app, may sometimes be processed directly by the Layer 7 CDN system. The process is the following:

1. The client connects to a Layer 7 CDN edge IP while using the hostname of a Spectrum application (for example, `spectrum.example.com`) during both the TLS handshake and the HTTP request. Essentially, this means the client is attempting to access `spectrum.example.com` on an incorrect IP.
2. The CDN accepts this hostname as part of the customer zone during both the TLS and HTTP phases because it is designed to recognize any hostname under `*.example.com`. As a result, the request passes through the CDN under the zone's identity.
3. However, when the CDN attempts to connect to the origin server, it performs an internal DNS lookup of the HTTP hostname, which resolves to the Spectrum IP (from `spectrum.example.com` to the Spectrum edge IP). Consequently, the CDN establishes an origin connection to Spectrum, loading its configuration and forwarding the request to the Spectrum origin.

This means traffic for this hostname undergoes the standard Layer 7 CDN products, including Analytics and logs.

## Blocking unwanted L7 traffic

If you want to prevent traffic for Layer-4-only Spectrum hostnames from being proxied through Layer 7 to your origin (including unwanted scans or requests), we recommend implementing a Layer 7 WAF (Web Application Firewall) rule. This rule can block traffic directed at specific hostnames or ports, ensuring that only legitimate traffic reaches your Spectrum service.

For example, you can create a WAF rule to block requests to `spectrum.example.com` unless they originate from a Spectrum IP or a customer's Spectrum BYOIP. The traffic will still be logged in Layer 7 Analytics, including WAF Security Events, but this prevents it from arriving at the wrong address and looping through the CDN a second time.

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/limitations/

The following limitations apply to different protocols supported by Spectrum.

## HTTPS

At the moment, HTTPS applications do not support HTTP/3.

## UDP

At the moment, Cloudflare does not support packet fragmentation for UDP packets. If packets are fragmented, they will be dropped at Cloudflare’s edge.

## Minecraft

Minecraft Java Edition is supported but Minecraft Bedrock Edition is not supported.

## Universal SSL

[Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) is not compatible with Cloudflare Spectrum. Use either an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or a [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) instead.

## Listen on ports configuration

By default, Spectrum is configured to listen on all ports, which can raise concerns for security auditors. However, it is important to note that Spectrum will only proxy connections from edge ports that are specifically configured within Cloudflare.

When a TCP handshake is initiated to any port for a Spectrum IP, the handshake will always be completed. If there is a Spectrum application configured for the port, the connection will be proxied to origin. If no application is configured, the connection is immediately terminated and no origin connection will be opened.

Spectrum will only ever proxy traffic to an origin if there is a Spectrum application configured for that port.

---

# Event logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/logs/

Spectrum logs the entire lifecycle of every client that connects through it. These event logs are available through Logpush as a separate category (dataset type `spectrum_events`); they are not part of HTTP log events.

For each connection, Spectrum logs a connect event and either a disconnect or error event. Details on status codes can be found below.

## Configure Logpush

Spectrum [log events](/logs/reference/log-fields/) can be configured through the dashboard or API, depending on your preferred [destination](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/).

## Status Codes



| Code | Description                                                                                        |
| ---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 0    | Connection was opened successfully.                                                                |
| 200  | Normal connection closure.                                                                         |
| 400  | The TLS client hello sent during the client/edge TLS handshake contained an invalid SNI.           |
| 403  | Connection closed because the client IP matched a firewall rule with deny action.                  |
| 443  | The client TLS handshake failed.                                                                   |
| 444  | The origin closed the connection by sending a reset (RST) packet. Not all data may have been sent. |
| 445  | A timeout event (ETIMEDOUT) occurred on an established connection to origin.                       |
| 446  | Origin keepalive expired (EHOSTUNREACH).                                                           |
| 447  | Error while reading from or writing to an established origin connection (ECONNREFUSED).            |
| 448  | Origin connection closed due to a broken pipe (EPIPE).                                             |
| 490  | Client TLS error on established connection.                                                        |
| 495  | Client connection received an error (ECONNREFUSED).                                                |
| 496  | Client host is unreachable (EHOSTUNREACH).                                                         |
| 497  | A timeout event (ETIMEDOUT) occurred on an established connection to client.                       |
| 498  | Established client connection closed due to broken pipe (EPIPE).                                   |
| 499  | The client closed the connection by sending a reset (RST) packet. Not all data may have been sent. |
| 500  | Internal Cloudflare error.                                                                         |
| 503  | Error related to performing the TLS handshake with keyless SSL.                                    |
| 520  | Unknown origin connection error.                                                                   |
| 521  | Origin refused to open the connection (ECONNREFUSED).                                              |
| 522  | Opening a connection to origin failed: ETIMEDOUT                                                   |
| 523  | Opening a connection to origin failed: ENETUNREACH                                                 |
| 524  | Opening a connection to origin failed due to an internal system error.                             |
| 530  | Internal error while resolving origin to an IP.                                                    |
| 531  | Could not resolve origin to an IP.                                                                 |
| 532  | The origin connection was not opened because the origin IP is blocked.                             |
| 533  | Internal error while resolving origin to an IP.                                                    |
| 540  | The client/edge TLS handshake failed due to an invalid configuration.                              |
| 999  | Unknown connection error.                                                                          |

---

# Settings by plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/settings-by-plan/

Certain fields in Spectrum request and response bodies require an Enterprise plan. To upgrade your plan, contact your account team.

Spectrum properties requiring an Enterprise plan:





| Name                 | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Example                                                    |
| -------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `origin_dns`         | object  | Method and parameters used to discover the origin server address via DNS. Valid record types are `A`, `AAAA`, `SRV` and empty (both `A` and `AAA`).<br />A request must contain either an `origin_dns` parameter or an `origin_direct` parameter. When both are specified the service returns an `HTTP 400 Bad Request`. | `origin_dns: {type: A, name: mqtt.example.com, ttl: 1200}` |
| `origin_port`        | integer | The destination port at the origin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | `22`                                                       |
| `proxy_protocol`     | string  | Enables Proxy Protocol to the origin. Spectrum supports `v1`, `v2`, and `simple` proxy protocols. Refer to [Proxy Protocol](/spectrum/how-to/enable-proxy-protocol/) for more details.                                                                                                                                   | `off`                                                      |
| `ip_firewall`        | boolean | Enables IP Access rules for this application.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | `true`                                                     |
| `tls`                | string  | Type of TLS termination for the application. Options are `off` (default, also known as Passthrough), `flexible`, `full`, and `strict`. Refer to [Configuration Options](/spectrum/reference/configuration-options/) for descriptions of each.                                                                            | `full`                                                     |
| `argo_smart_routing` | boolean | Enables Argo Smart Routing for the application. Note that it is only available for TCP applications with traffic\_type set to `direct`.                                                                                                                                                                                  | `true`                                                     |





Review the [Spectrum API documentation](/api/resources/spectrum/subresources/apps/methods/list/) for example API requests.

---

# Simple Proxy Protocol Header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/spectrum/reference/simple-proxy-protocol-header/

The client source IP and port is encoded in a fixed-length, 38-octet long header and prepended to the payload of each proxied UDP datagram in the format described below.

```txt
 0                   1                   2                   3
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|          Magic Number         |                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+                         Client Address                        +
|                                                               |
+                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                               |                               |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
|                                                               |
+                                                               +
|                                                               |
+                         Proxy Address                         +
|                                                               |
+                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|                               |         Client Port           |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|           Proxy Port          |          Payload...           |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
```

The contents of the header are below.

## Magic Number

16-bit fixed value set to 0x56EC for SPP. This field should be used to identify the SPP protocol and its SPP 38-byte header.

## Client Address

128-bit address of the originator of the proxied UDP datagram, that is, the client. An IPv6 address if the client used IPv6 addressing, or an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (refer to [RFC 4291](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4291)) in case of an IPv4 client.

## Proxy address

128-bit address of the recipient of the proxied UDP datagram, that is the proxy. Contents should be interpreted in the same way as the Client Address.

## Client port

16-bit source port number of the proxied UDP datagram. In other words, the UDP port number from which the client sent the datagram.

## Proxy port

16-bit destination port number of the proxied UDP datagram. In other words, the UDP port number on which the proxy received the datagram.

## Payload

Data following the header carried by the datagram.
Magic number, addresses, and port numbers are encoded in network byte order.

A corresponding C structure describing the header is:

```c
struct {
    uint16_t magic;
    uint8_t  client_addr[16];
    uint8_t  proxy_addr[16];
    uint16_t client_port;
    uint16_t proxy_port;
};
```

---

# Optimization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The Optimization section will show you a list of Cloudflare products that are recommended for enhancing your website's performance.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Measurement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/measurement/

Enable measurement to track your traffic in a privacy-first manner, optimizing your site's speed tools. To access this feature, you need to enable [Web Analytics](/web-analytics/) on your website. This analytics tool leverages [Real User Measurement](/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/#enable-real-user-monitoring-rum) (RUM) data, providing insights based on actual user interactions to enhance site performance effectively.

---

# Recommendations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/recommendations/

In the **Recommendations** tab, with one click you can enable all the recommended settings available for your plan. You can enable all the recommended settings at once or you can also just enable the ones you want.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/speed-test/faq/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Below you will find answers to our most commonly asked questions. If you cannot find the answer you are looking for, refer to the [community page](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/website-application-performance/88) to explore more resources.

## How long does it take for a test to load?

It can vary from about 25 seconds to over a minute. If you leave your speed tab open, your test is still going to run. You can leave and return and still see your test results.



## Are query parameters or anchors supported in tested URLs?


No. At the moment, any query parameter or anchor appended to the tested URL are dropped.

For example, using the `https://example.com/blog/?utm_medium=social#title` URL, the Observatory will discard the `?utm_medium=social` query parameter as well as the `#title` anchor. The tested URL will actually be `https://example.com/blog/`.

## I get a `403` response when rerunning the website analysis?


Check your WAF custom rules to make sure that you are not blocking traffic from Observatory to request your site.

<Render file="user-agents" />


## Why might users not see any Real User Monitoring (RUM) data on the map in Observatory?

There are several reasons why users might not see any Real User Monitoring (RUM) data on the map in Observatory:

* Limited Traffic to Specific URL Paths: When users see the map in Observatory, they are filtering data by a specific URL path. If there is no traffic to that particular path, there will be no corresponding RUM data available to display on the map.

* Time Required for RUM Data Population: Populating the RUM database takes some time. It means that newly enabled RUM might not have immediate data available, and users may need to wait for some time before RUM data starts appearing on the map.

* Progressive Sampling: RUM data is progressively sampled, which means that not all requests are captured. Some requests may pass through the sampling period, resulting in incomplete or missing data points on the map.

* Adblockers Impact on RUM Data: RUM data collection relies on third-party JavaScript executing on the real-user browser. However, adblockers or similar browser extensions can block this script, preventing the collection of RUM data, and thereby affecting the completeness of the analytics presented on the map.


## What are the potential reasons for discrepancies between RUM analytics and traffic analytics in Observatory?

Differences between Real User Monitoring (RUM) analytics and traffic analytics in Observatory can occur due to the following reasons:

* Adblockers Impact on RUM Data: Similar to the previous point, RUM data collection can be thwarted by adblockers, leading to missed data. Since traffic analytics typically rely on server-side data collection, they may not be as affected by adblockers as RUM.

* Progressive Sampling in RUM: RUM data is collected through progressive sampling, which means that not all user requests are captured. This sampling method could result in slight variations in analytics when compared to traditional traffic analytics that record every server request.


## How do I disable Real User Monitoring (RUM) if it has been enabled from the Observatory test result page?

Enabling RUM creates a Web Analytics configuration entry for the hostname at the account level, under **Analytics & Logs > Web Analytics**.

If you wish to disable RUM, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs > Web Analytics**.
3. Select **Manage Site** for the hostname for which you wish to disable RUM.
4. Select **Delete**.

---

# Observatory (beta)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/speed-test/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

Observatory uses synthetic tests and real user data from browsers to assess the performance of your website. These data sources produce metrics that provide different types of insights into your website’s performance. Cloudflare then uses the analysis run by Observatory to recommend optimizations with the tools that best suit your performance issues.

## Synthetic tests

As its name suggests, synthetic testing uses servers to simulate the conditions that a user might encounter when accessing your website. This has the advantage of being consistent, as the conditions are easily replicated each time the test is run. It also allows you to have an analysis of how a code change might affect the overall performance of your website, as well as test any URL you want. However, due to its synthetic nature, it cannot replicate the breadth and diversity of different conditions that real users will experience.

## Real user monitoring (RUM)

Real user monitoring (also known as RUM), on the other hand, captures real metrics from real users accessing a website. This provides information that synthetic tests cannot capture, as users might access your website from different parts of the world, with different network conditions, ISPs, browsers and computer hardware. However, RUM data is only applied to your own website. Real user data also includes two user interaction metrics that synthetic tests do not offer - [First Input Delay (FID)](https://web.dev/fid/) and [Interaction to Next Paint (INP)](https://web.dev/inp/).

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/">Run test</LinkButton>

---

# Run test

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Run Synthetic test

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Speed** > **Observatory**.

3. Enter the URL you want to test. The URL must belong to the zone you are testing from.

4. Select the **Region** the automated browser will use.

5. Then, you can select, depending on your plan, **Run test once**, **Run daily test** or **Run weekly test**. Refer to the [Quotas](/speed/speed-test/run-speed-test/#quotas) section for information on the test frequency available for your plan.

6. After the test finishes running, you will get a Lighthouse score and you will have access to the list of the tests run. The test result page will give you details regarding the performance of your website, both for the desktop and mobile versions. Refer to [Understand test results](/speed/speed-test/test-results/) for more information.

<Render file="user-agents" />

### Recommendations

Observatory shows you a **Recommendations** tab, depending on the results from testing your website. The **Recommendations** section shows you the opportunities to improve your website that were identified based on the Lighthouse audits and recommends Cloudflare features or products that will help you improve those metrics. We also show you the potential savings you will get by enabling the recommended features or products.

### Trend and History report

In the Tested URLs table, in the last column, you can select the three dots > **View history report**, and you will have access to the **Trend** table that will show your website’s performance metrics over time and a **History report** of all the tests you run on your website.

## Enable real user monitoring (RUM)

Once a test has been run, you can enable RUM data in the test results page:

1. In **Real user measurements**, select **Enable Rum for free**. You can always manage your website preferences in the **Web Analytics** section in the dashboard which also uses RUM data.

2. Once RUM data is running on your site, you can access **Real user measurements** on your test results page. Usually it takes less than five minutes to see the data coming in, but it will depend on traffic.

Refer to [Understand test results](/speed/speed-test/test-results/) for more information about the results provided by real user data.

### Information collected

RUM uses a lightweight JavaScript beacon to collect the information Observatory uses. It does not use any client-side state, such as cookies or `localStorage`, to collect usage metrics.

## Quotas

Quota limits for the number of tests you can run per month are currently the following:





<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Plan</th>
    <th>Number of one-off tests</th>
    <th>Number of recurring tests</th>
    <th>Frequency of recurring tests</th>
    <th>Regions</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Free</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>1</td>
    <td>Weekly</td>
    <td>Iowa, USA</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Pro</td>
    <td>10</td>
    <td>5</td>
    <td>Daily</td>
    <td rowspan="3">Everything in Free and <br/> - South Carolina, USA <br/> - North Virginia, USA <br/> - Dallas, USA <br/> - Oregon, USA <br/> - Hamina, Finland <br/> - Madrid, Spain <br/> - St. Ghislain, Belgium <br/> - Eemshaven, Netherlands <br/> - Milan, Italy <br/> - Paris, France <br/> - Changhua County, Taiwan <br/> - Tokyo, Japan <br/> - Osaka, Japan <br/> - Tel Aviv, Israel <br/> - London, England <br/> - Jurong West, Singapore <br/> - Sydney, Australia <br/> - Frankfurt, Germany <br/> - Mumbai, India <br/> - São Paulo, Brazil</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Business</td>
    <td>20</td>
    <td>10</td>
    <td>Daily</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Enterprise</td>
    <td>50</td>
    <td>15</td>
    <td>Daily</td>
  </tr>
</table>

---

# Understand test results

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/speed-test/test-results/

The test result page shows you how your website performed regarding several key industry metrics. Some of these metrics are presented for synthetic tests and the real user monitoring, and others only apply to synthetic tests or only to real user monitoring.

## Synthetic tests and real user monitoring metrics

These metrics are presented for the synthetic tests and they are also collected as part of the real user data.

| Metric                                                                  | Definition                                                                                                                            |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Time to First Byte ([TTFB](https://web.dev/ttfb/))                      | Measures the time between the request for a resource and when the first byte of a response begins to arrive.                          |
| First Contentful Paint ([FCP](https://web.dev/first-contentful-paint/)) | Measures the time from when the page starts loading to when any part of the page's content is rendered on the screen.                 |
| Largest Contentful Paint ([LCP](https://web.dev/lcp/))                  | CP reports the render time of the largest image or text block visible within the viewport.                                            |
| Cumulative Layout Shift ([CLS](https://web.dev/cls/))                   | Measures the largest burst of layout shift scores for every unexpected layout shift that occurs during the entire lifespan of a page. |

## Synthetic tests metrics

These metrics result from the synthetic tests.

| Metric                                            | Definition                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Time to Interactive ([TTI](https://web.dev/tti/)) | Measures the time from when the page starts loading to when its main sub-resources have loaded and it is capable of reliably responding to user input quickly.                          |
| Total Blocking Time ([TBT](https://web.dev/tbt/)) | Measures the total amount of time between First Contentful Paint (FCP) and Time to Interactive (TTI) where the main thread was blocked for long enough to prevent input responsiveness. |
| [Speed index](https://web.dev/speed-index/)       | Measures how quickly content is visually displayed during page load.                                                                                                                    |

## Real user monitoring metrics

These metrics are collected as part of the real user data, as they require real user interaction with a page.

| Metric                                                  | Definition                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Interaction to Next Paint ([INP](https://web.dev/inp/)) | Aims to represent a page's overall responsiveness by measuring all click, tap, and keyboard interactions made with a page.                                                       |
| First input delay ([FID](https://web.dev/fid/))         | Measures the time from when a user first interacts with a page to the time when the browser is actually able to begin processing event handlers in response to that interaction. |

---

# Bring your own CA for mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This page explains how you can manage mTLS using client certificates that have not been issued by Cloudflare CA.

This is especially useful if you already have mTLS implemented and client certificates are already installed on devices.

## Availability

* Currently, you can only manage your uploaded CA via API, and the hostname associations are **not** reflected on the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/client-certificates/).
* This process is only available on Enterprise accounts.
* Each Enterprise account can upload up to five CAs. This quota does not apply to CAs uploaded through [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/).

## CA certificate requirements

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## Set up mTLS with your CA

1. Use the [Upload mTLS certificate endpoint](/api/resources/mtls_certificates/methods/create/) to upload the CA root certificate.



* `ca` boolean required

  * Set to `true` to indicate that the certificate is a CA certificate.

* `certificates` string required

  * Insert content from the `.pem` file associated with the CA certificate, formatted as a single string with `\n` replacing the line breaks.

* `name` string optional
  * Indicate a unique name for your CA certificate.



2. Take note of the certificate ID (`id`) that is returned in the API response.
3. Use the [Replace Hostname Associations endpoint](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/update/) to enable mTLS in each hostname that should use the CA for mTLS validation. Use the following parameters:



* `hostnames` array required

  * List the hostnames that will be using the CA for client certificate validation.

    :::caution

    Submitting an empty array will remove all hostnames associations.
    :::

* `mtls_certificate_id` string required

  * Indicate the certificate ID obtained from the previous step.

    :::caution

    If no `mtls_certificate_id` is provided, the action will be performed against a Cloudflare Managed CA.
    :::

4. (Optional) Since this process is API-only, and hostnames that use your uploaded CA certificate **are not** listed on the dashboard, you can make a [GET request](#list-ca-hostname-associations) to confirm the CA hostname associations.

5. Create a custom rule to enforce client certificate validation.
   You can do this [via the dashboard](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/) or [via API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/).

```txt
  "expression": "(http.host in {\"<HOSTNAME_1>\" \"<HOSTNAME_2>\"} and not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified)",
  "action": "block"
```

## Delete an uploaded CA

If you want to remove a CA that you have previously uploaded, you must first remove any hostname associations that it has.

1. Make a request to the [Replace Hostname Associations endpoint](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/update/), with an empty array for `hostnames` and specifying your CA certificate ID in `mtls_certificate_id`:

```txt
  "hostnames": [],
  "mtls_certificate_id": "<CERTIFICATE_ID>"
```

2. Use the [Delete mTLS certificate endpoint](/api/resources/mtls_certificates/methods/delete/) to delete the certificate.

## List CA hostname associations

You can also use the [API](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/get/) to list the hostname associations. Make sure you include the query parameter `mtls_certificate_id`, where `mtls_certificate_id` is the certificate ID of the uploaded CA (step 2 above).

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/zone_id/certificate_authorities/hostname_associations?mtls_certificate_id={id_from_step_2}"  \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

---

# Configure your mobile app or IoT device

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/configure-your-mobile-app-or-iot-device/

This tutorial demonstrates how to configure your Internet-of-things (IoT) device and mobile application to use client certificates with [API Shield](/api-shield/).

## Scenario details

This walkthrough uses the example of a device that captures temperature readings and transmits them by sending a POST request to a Cloudflare-protected API. A mobile application built in Swift for iOS retrieves those readings and displays them.

To keep this example simple, the API is implemented as a Cloudflare Worker (borrowing code from the [To-Do List tutorial on building a jamstack app](/workers/tutorials/build-a-jamstack-app/)).

Temperatures are stored in [Workers KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/) using the source IP address as a key, but you can easily use a [value from the client certificate](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/), such as the fingerprint.

The example API code below saves a temperature and timestamp into KV when a POST is made and returns the most recent five temperatures when a GET request is made.

```js
const defaultData = { temperatures: [] };

const getCache = (key) => TEMPERATURES.get(key);
const setCache = (key, data) => TEMPERATURES.put(key, data);

async function addTemperature(request) {
	// Pull previously recorded temperatures for this client.
	const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
	const cacheKey = `data-${ip}`;
	let data;
	const cache = await getCache(cacheKey);
	if (!cache) {
		await setCache(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(defaultData));
		data = defaultData;
	} else {
		data = JSON.parse(cache);
	}

	// Append the recorded temperatures with the submitted reading (assuming it has both temperature and a timestamp).
	try {
		const body = await request.text();
		const val = JSON.parse(body);

		if (val.temperature && val.time) {
			data.temperatures.push(val);
			await setCache(cacheKey, JSON.stringify(data));
			return new Response("", { status: 201 });
		} else {
			return new Response(
				"Unable to parse temperature and/or timestamp from JSON POST body",
				{ status: 400 },
			);
		}
	} catch (err) {
		return new Response(err, { status: 500 });
	}
}

function compareTimestamps(a, b) {
	return -1 * (Date.parse(a.time) - Date.parse(b.time));
}

// Return the 5 most recent temperature measurements.
async function getTemperatures(request) {
	const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
	const cacheKey = `data-${ip}`;

	const cache = await getCache(cacheKey);
	if (!cache) {
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(defaultData), {
			status: 200,
			headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
		});
	} else {
		data = JSON.parse(cache);
		const retval = JSON.stringify(
			data.temperatures.sort(compareTimestamps).splice(0, 5),
		);
		return new Response(retval, {
			status: 200,
			headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
		});
	}
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return request.method === "POST"
			? addTemperature(request)
			: getTemperatures(request);
	},
};
```

---

## 1. Validate API

### POST sample data to API

To validate the API before adding mTLS authentication, POST a random temperature reading:

```sh
$ TEMPERATURE=$(echo $((361 + RANDOM %11)) | awk '{printf("%.2f",$1/10.0)}')
$ TIMESTAMP=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")

$ echo -e "$TEMPERATURE\n$TIMESTAMP"
36.70
2020-09-28T02:54:56Z

$ curl --verbose --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"temperature":'''$TEMPERATURE''', "time": "'''$TIMESTAMP'''"}' https://shield.upinatoms.com/temps 2>&1 | grep "< HTTP/2"
< HTTP/2 201

```

### GET sample data from API

A GET request to the `temps` endpoint returns the most recent readings, including the one submitted in the example above:

```sh
$ curl --silent https://shield.upinatoms.com/temps | jq .
[
  {
    "temperature": 36.3,
    "time": "2020-09-28T02:57:49Z"
  },
  {
    "temperature": 36.7,
    "time": "2020-09-28T02:54:56Z"
  },
  {
    "temperature": 36.2,
    "time": "2020-09-28T02:33:08Z"
  }
]
```

---

## 2. Create Cloudflare-issued certificates

Before you can use API Shield to protect your API or web application, create Cloudflare-issued client certificates.

You can [create a client certificate in the Cloudflare dashboard](/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/).

However, since most developers working at scale generate their own private keys and certificate signing requests via API, this example uses the Cloudflare API to create client certificates.

To create a bootstrap certificate for the iOS application and the IoT device, this example uses [Cloudflare’s public key infrastructure toolkit, CFSSL](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl):

```bash
# Generate a private key and CSR for the iOS device.

$ cat <<'EOF' | tee -a csr.json
{
    "hosts": [
        "ios-bootstrap.devices.upinatoms.com"
    ],
    "CN": "ios-bootstrap.devices.upinatoms.com",
    "key": {
        "algo": "rsa",
        "size": 2048
    },
    "names": [{
        "C": "US",
        "L": "Austin",
        "O": "Temperature Testers, Inc.",
        "OU": "Tech Operations",
        "ST": "Texas"
    }]
}
EOF

$ cfssl genkey csr.json | cfssljson -bare certificate

2020/09/27 21:28:46 [INFO] generate received request
2020/09/27 21:28:46 [INFO] received CSR
2020/09/27 21:28:46 [INFO] generating key: rsa-2048
2020/09/27 21:28:47 [INFO] encoded CSR

$ mv certificate-key.pem ios-key.pem
$ mv certificate.csr ios.csr

# Do the same for the IoT sensor.

$ sed -i.bak 's/ios-bootstrap/sensor-001/g' csr.json
$ cfssl genkey csr.json | cfssljson -bare certificate
...
$ mv certificate-key.pem sensor-key.pem
$ mv certificate.csr sensor.csr

# now ask that these CSRs be signed by the private CA issued for your zone
# we need to replace actual newlines in the CSR with ‘\n’ before POST’ing
$ CSR=$(cat ios.csr | perl -pe 's/\n/\\n/g')
$ request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "validity_days": 3650,
  "csr":"$CSR"
}
EOF
))

# save the response so we can view it and then extra the certificate
$ curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/client_certificates \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$request_body" > response.json

$ cat response.json | jq .

{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": "7bf7f70c-7600-42e1-81c4-e4c0da9aa515",
    "certificate_authority": {
      "id": "8f5606d9-5133-4e53-b062-a2e5da51be5e",
      "name": "Cloudflare Managed CA for account 11cbe197c050c9e422aaa103cfe30ed8"
    },
    "certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIEkzCCA...\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n",
    "csr": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\nMIIDITCCA...\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n",
    "ski": "eb2a48a19802a705c0e8a39489a71bd586638fdf",
    "serial_number": "133270673305904147240315902291726509220894288063",
    "signature": "SHA256WithRSA",
    "common_name": "ios-bootstrap.devices.upinatoms.com",
    "organization": "Temperature Testers, Inc.",
    "organizational_unit": "Tech Operations",
    "country": "US",
    "state": "Texas",
    "location": "Austin",
    "expires_on": "2030-09-26T02:41:00Z",
    "issued_on": "2020-09-28T02:41:00Z",
    "fingerprint_sha256": "84b045d498f53a59bef53358441a3957de81261211fc9b6d46b0bf5880bdaf25",
    "validity_days": 3650
  }
}

$ cat response.json | jq .result.certificate | perl -npe 's/\\n/\n/g; s/"//g' > ios.pem

# Now ask that the second client certificate signing request be signed.

$ CSR=$(cat sensor.csr | perl -pe 's/\n/\\n/g')
$ request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "validity_days": 3650,
  "csr":"$CSR"
}
EOF
))

$ curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/client_certificates \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$request_body" | perl -npe 's/\\n/\n/g; s/"//g' > sensor.pem
```

---

## 3. Embed the client certificate in your mobile app

To configure the mobile app to securely request temperature data submitted by the IoT device, embed the client certificate in the mobile app.

For simplicity, this example embeds a “bootstrap” certificate and key in the application bundle as a PKCS#12-formatted file:

```sh
$ openssl pkcs12 -export -out bootstrap-cert.pfx -inkey ios-key.pem -in ios.pem
Enter Export Password:
Verifying - Enter Export Password:
```

In a real-world deployment, a bootstrap certificate should only be used in conjunction with users' credentials to authenticate with an API endpoint that can return a unique user certificate. Corporate users will want to use mobile device management (MDM) to distribute certificates.

### Embed the client certificate in an Android app

The following is an example of how you may use a client certificate in an Android app to make HTTP calls. You need to add the following permission in `AndroidManifest.xml` to allow an Internet connection.

```xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
```

For demonstration purposes, the certificate in this example is stored in `app/src/main/res/raw/cert.pem` and the private key is stored in `app/src/main/res/raw/key.pem`. You may also store these files in other secure manners.

The following example uses an `OkHttpClient`, but you may also use other clients such as `HttpURLConnection` in similar ways. The key is to use the `SSLSocketFactory`.

```java
private OkHttpClient setUpClient() {
    try {
        final String SECRET = "secret"; // You may also store this String somewhere more secure.
        CertificateFactory certificateFactory = CertificateFactory.getInstance("X.509");

        // Get private key
        InputStream privateKeyInputStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.key);
        byte[] privateKeyByteArray = new byte[privateKeyInputStream.available()];
        privateKeyInputStream.read(privateKeyByteArray);

        String privateKeyContent = new String(privateKeyByteArray, Charset.defaultCharset())
                .replace("-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----", "")
                .replaceAll(System.lineSeparator(), "")
                .replace("-----END PRIVATE KEY-----", "");

        byte[] rawPrivateKeyByteArray = Base64.getDecoder().decode(privateKeyContent);
        KeyFactory keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA");
        PKCS8EncodedKeySpec keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(rawPrivateKeyByteArray);

        // Get certificate
        InputStream certificateInputStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.cert);
        Certificate certificate = certificateFactory.generateCertificate(certificateInputStream);

        // Set up KeyStore
        KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
        keyStore.load(null, SECRET.toCharArray());
        keyStore.setKeyEntry("client", keyFactory.generatePrivate(keySpec), SECRET.toCharArray(), new Certificate[]{certificate});
        certificateInputStream.close();

        // Set up Trust Managers
        TrustManagerFactory trustManagerFactory = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance(TrustManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
        trustManagerFactory.init((KeyStore) null);
        TrustManager[] trustManagers = trustManagerFactory.getTrustManagers();

        // Set up Key Managers
        KeyManagerFactory keyManagerFactory = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());
        keyManagerFactory.init(keyStore, SECRET.toCharArray());
        KeyManager[] keyManagers = keyManagerFactory.getKeyManagers();

        // Obtain SSL Socket Factory
        SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        sslContext.init(keyManagers, trustManagers, new SecureRandom());
        SSLSocketFactory sslSocketFactory = sslContext.getSocketFactory();

        // Finally, return the client, which will then be used to make HTTP calls.
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .sslSocketFactory(sslSocketFactory, (X509TrustManager) trustManagers[0])
                .build();

        return client;

    } catch (CertificateException | IOException | NoSuchAlgorithmException | KeyStoreException | UnrecoverableKeyException | KeyManagementException | InvalidKeySpecException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
}
```

The above function returns an `OkHttpClient` embedded with the client certificate. You can now use this client to make HTTP requests to your API endpoint protected with mTLS.

---

## 4. Embed the client certificate on your IoT device

To prepare the IoT device for secure communication with the API endpoint, embed the certificate on the device and configure the device to use the certificate when making POST requests.

This example assumes the certificate and the private key are securely copied to `/etc/ssl/private/sensor-key.pem` and `/etc/ssl/certs/sensor.pem`.

The sample script is modified to point to these files:

```python
import requests
import json
from datetime import datetime

def readSensor():

    # Takes a reading from a temperature sensor and store it to temp_measurement

    dateTimeObj = datetime.now()
    timestampStr = dateTimeObj.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')

    measurement = {'temperature':str(temp_measurement),'time':timestampStr}
    return measurement

def main():

    print("Cloudflare API Shield [IoT device demonstration]")

    temperature = readSensor()
    payload = json.dumps(temperature)

    url = 'https://shield.upinatoms.com/temps'
    json_headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
    cert_file = ('/etc/ssl/certs/sensor.pem', '/etc/ssl/private/sensor-key.pem')

    r = requests.post(url, headers = json_headers, data = payload, cert = cert_file)

    print("Request body: ", r.request.body)
    print("Response status code: %d" % r.status_code)
```

When the script attempts to connect to `https://shield.upinatoms.com/temps`, Cloudflare requests that a client certificate is sent and the script sends the contents of `/etc/ssl/certs/sensor.pem`. Then, as required to complete the SSL/TLS handshake, the script demonstrates it has possession of `/etc/ssl/private/sensor-key.pem`.

Without the client certificate, the Cloudflare rejects the request:

```txt
Cloudflare API Shield [IoT device demonstration]
Request body:  {"temperature": "36.5", "time": "2020-09-28T15:52:19Z"}
Response status code: 403
```

When the IoT device presents a valid client certificate, the POST request succeeds and the temperature reading is recorded:

```txt
Cloudflare API Shield [IoT device demonstration]
Request body:  {"temperature": "36.5", "time": "2020-09-28T15:56:45Z"}
Response status code: 201
```

---

## 5. Enable mTLS

After creating Cloudflare-issued certificates, the next step is to [enable mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) for the hosts you want to protect with API Shield.

---

## 6. Configure API Shield to require client certificates

To configure API Shield to require client certificates, [create a mTLS rule](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/#create-an-mtls-rule/).

---

# Create a client certificate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/

To create a client certificate in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL** > **Client Certificates**.
3. Select **Create Certificate**.

    :::caution

    By default, client certificates are issued by a Cloudflare Managed CA. Cloudflare generates a unique CA for each account.

    If you need to use certificates issued by another CA, use the API to [bring your own CA for mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/). 
    :::

4. For **Private key type**, select a value.

5. For **Certificate Validity**, select a value. The default value is 10 years.

6. Select **Create**.

7. To copy the certificate or private key to your clipboard, use the **click to copy** link.

8. To close the dialog, select **OK**.

## Next steps

You can now use the client certificate for multiple things, including:

* Adding an mTLS certificate binding to your [Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/).
* Embedding a certificate in your [mobile app or IoT device](/ssl/client-certificates/configure-your-mobile-app-or-iot-device/).

---

# Enable mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can enable mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) for any hostname.

## Enable mTLS

To enable mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) for a host from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL** > **Client Certificates**.
3. To enable mTLS for a host, select **Edit** in the **Hosts** section of the **Client Certificates** card.
4. Enter the name of a host in your current application and press `Enter`.
5. Select **Save**.

After enabling mTLS for your host, you can enforce mTLS with [API Shield](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/). While API Shield is **not required** to use mTLS, many teams may use mTLS to protect their APIs.

<Render file="cloudflare-managed-client-cert" />

<Render file="forward-client-certificate" />

---

# Client certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Use Cloudflare public key infrastructure (PKI) to create client certificates. Use these certificates with Cloudflare [API Shield](/api-shield/) or [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/) to enforce mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) encryption.

<Render file="client-cert-shared" />

## API Shield

To use API Shield to protect your API or web application, you must do the following:

1. Use Cloudflare’s fully hosted public key infrastructure (PKI) to [create a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/).

2. [Configure your mobile app or IoT device](/ssl/client-certificates/configure-your-mobile-app-or-iot-device/) to use your Cloudflare-issued client certificate.

3. [Enable mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) for the hosts you wish to protect with API Shield.

4. Create WAF custom rules that [require API requests to present a valid client certificate](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/).

<Render file="cloudflare-managed-client-cert" />

## Workers

To authenticate Workers requests using mTLS:

1. Use Cloudflare’s fully hosted public key infrastructure (PKI) to [create a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/).
2. Create and use an [mTLS binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/) to authenticate Workers connections.

---

# Label client certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/label-client-certificate/

After [creating client certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/) at Cloudflare, it may be hard to differentiate the generated certificates.

## Root Cause

The option to generate private key and CSR with Cloudflare is meant for simpler cases and the certificates will be generated with just "CN=Cloudflare, C=US".

## Solution

If you need to differentiate client certificates for your clients on a per-organization basis, you can generate your own private key and CSR. When you generate the private key and CSR, you can then enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request.

For example, if you run the following command (with OpenSSL installed):

```sh
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout client1.key -out client1.csr
```

You can then specify:

```
Country Name (2 letter code) []:
State or Province Name (full name) []:
Locality Name (eg, city) []:
Organization Name (eg, company) []:
Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:
Common Name (eg, fully qualified host name) []:
Email Address []:
```

Usually, adding `Country Name` and `Organization Name` is enough, but you can provide as much information as you need or want.

The additional information will be included in the **Certificate Subject**, allowing you to easily identify which certificate belongs to which client. This can also make it easier to revoke a specific certificate when needed.

The following image displays an example of how a certificate with with `Country Name`, `Organization Name`, and `Organizational Unit Name` will look like on the Cloudflare dashboard:

![](~/assets/images/support/chrome_mQRJVOpkTQ.png)

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/troubleshooting/

If your query returns an error even after configuring and embedding a client SSL certificate, check the following settings.

---

## Check SSL/TLS handshake

On your terminal, use the following command to check whether an SSL/TLS connection can be established successfully between the client and the API endpoint.

```sh
curl --verbose --cert /path/to/certificate.pem --key /path/to/key.pem  https://your-api-endpoint.com
```

If the SSL/TLS handshake cannot be completed, check whether the certificate and the private key are correct.

---

## Check mTLS hosts

Check whether [mTLS has been enabled](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) for the correct host. The host should match the API endpoint that you want to protect.

---

## Review mTLS rules

To review mTLS rules:

1. Select **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.

2. On a specific rule, select **Edit**.

3. On that rule, check whether:

   - The Expression Preview is correct.
   - The hostname, if defined, matches your API endpoint. For example, for the API endpoint `api.trackers.ninja/time`, the rule should look like:

     ```txt
     (http.host in {"api.trackers.ninja"} and not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified)
     ```

4. To edit the rule, either use the user interface or select **Edit expression**.

---

# Revoke a client certificate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/client-certificates/revoke-client-certificate/

You can revoke a client certificate you previously generated with the default [Cloudflare Managed CA](/ssl/client-certificates/).

It is not possible to permanently delete client certificates generated with the default Cloudflare Managed CA. Once revoked, these client certificates will still be listed in **SSL/TLS > Client Certificates**, and can be restored at any time.

## Steps

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL** > **Client Certificates**.
3. Select the certificate you want to revoke.
4. Select **Revoke** and confirm the operation.

:::caution[Important]


After revoking a certificate, you must update any mTLS rules that check for the presence of a client certificate so that they block all requests that include a revoked certificate.

For more information, refer to [Check for revoked certificates](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/#check-for-revoked-certificates).


:::

---

# Backup certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

If Cloudflare is providing [authoritative DNS](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) for your domain, Cloudflare will issue a backup [Universal SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) for every standard Universal certificate issued.

Backup certificates are wrapped with a different private key and issued from a different Certificate Authority — either Google Trust Services, Let's Encrypt, Sectigo, or SSL.com — than your domain's primary Universal SSL certificate.

These backup certificates are not normally deployed, but they will be deployed automatically by Cloudflare in the event of a certificate revocation or key compromise.

For additional details, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-backup-certificates/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.backup_certificates" />

---

# Add CAA records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="caa-records-definition" /> <br />

For additional security, set up [Certificate Transparency Monitoring](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-transparency-monitoring/) as well.

:::note[Note]

For more technical details about CAA records, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/caa-of-the-wild/).

:::

## Who should create CAA records?

You should [create CAA records](#create-caa-records) in Cloudflare if each of the following is true:

- You uploaded your own custom origin server certificate (not provisioned by Cloudflare).
- That certificate was issued by a CA (not self-signed).
- Your domain is on a full setup (not a [CNAME setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup)).
- When adding new [Custom Hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) and your customer has existing CAA records. In this case, ask your customer to remove the existing CAA records or add the missing CAA record.

## CAA records added by Cloudflare

<Render file="caa-records-added-by-cf" />

## Create CAA records

Create a CAA record for each Certificate Authority (CA) that you plan to use for your domain.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To add a CAA record in the dashboard,

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. Select **Add record**.
4. For **Type**, select **CAA**.
5. For **Name**, type your domain.
6. Choose a **Tag**, which specifies the behavior associated with the record.
7. For **CA domain name**, enter the CA name.
8. Select **Save**.
9. Repeat for each CA associated with your domain.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a CAA record via the API, use this [POST endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Once you have finished creating all the records, you can review them in the list of records appearing under the DNS Records panel.

---

# ECH Protocol

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/ech/

ECH stands for [Encrypted Client Hello](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-tls-esni/16/). It is a protocol extension in the context of Transport Layer Security (TLS). ECH encrypts part of the handshake and masks the Server Name Indication (SNI) that is used to negotiate a TLS session. This means that whenever a user visits a website on Cloudflare that has ECH enabled, intermediaries will be able to see that you are visiting a website on Cloudflare, but they will not be able to determine which one.

## What ECH does

ECH limits access to information that a particular user is visiting your website, ensuring that it is not unnecessarily shared with intermediaries, like Internet Service Provides (ISP). With ECH, specific details regarding their visit no longer leak to network intermediaries when the user accesses your website.

## How ECH works

In a typical [TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/), the client sends a ClientHello message to the server to initiate the TLS session. This message contains important information, including the list of supported cryptographic algorithms, TLS version, and the requested server name (the domain name of the website the client wants to connect to). The server name is indicated through Server Name Indication (SNI).

With ECH, the ClientHello message part is split into two separate messages: an inner part and an outer part. The outer part contains the non-sensitive information such as which ciphers to use and the TLS version and an "outer ClientHello". The inner part is encrypted and contains an "inner ClientHello".

The outer ClientHello contains a common name (SNI) that represents that a user is trying to visit an encrypted website on Cloudflare. We chose `cloudflare-ech.com` as the SNI that all websites will share on Cloudflare. Because Cloudflare controls that domain, we have the appropriate certificates to be able to negotiate a TLS handshake for that server name.

The inner ClientHello contains the actual server name that the user is trying to visit. This is encrypted using a public key and can only be read by Cloudflare. Once the handshake completes, the web page is loaded as normal, just like any other website loaded over TLS.

In practice, this means that any intermediary that is looking at your traffic will simply see normal TLS handshakes with one caveat: any traffic to an ECH-enabled server name on Cloudflare will look the same. Every TLS handshake will appear identical in that it looks like it is trying to load a website for `cloudflare-ech.com`, as opposed to the actual website.

In the example below, a user is visiting `example.com`. Without ECH, any intermediate networks will be able to detect the website being accessed by the user. With ECH, the visible information will be limited to `cloudflare-ech.com` instead.

<br/>

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: What intermediaries see with and without ECH
accDescr: This diagram describes what intermediaries see with and without ECH.
A(User visits <code>example.com</code>)
    A -- With ECH --> C(intermediaries see <code>cloudflare-ech.com</code>)-->B(Cloudflare)
    A -- Without ECH  --> D(intermediaries see <code>example.com</code>)-->B(Cloudflare)
```

<br/>

For more details about ECH protocol technology, refer to our [introductory blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/encrypted-client-hello/).

## Enable ECH

ECH is enabled by default on Free zones. Other plans can turn it on or off following the steps below.

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **SSL** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Encrypted ClientHello (ECH)**, change the setting to **Enabled**.

## Enterprise network applicability

Some enterprise or regional networks may need to audit or apply filtering policies to traffic that traverses their network. These policies are expressed in terms of domain names, not IP addresses. Consequently, they are best applied at the local DNS resolver in response to the `A` and `AAAA` queries for the individual domain names.

However, for settings wherein DNS-based filtering is not applicable, there are two ways in which networks can disable ECH to allow existing filtering mechanisms to continue working as expected.

The most reliable way is via the local or recursive DNS resolver itself, by dropping ECH configurations from HTTPS resource records returned to clients, or, preferably, by returning a “no error no answer” or NXDOMAIN response to HTTPS queries. This prevents clients from obtaining the necessary information to use ECH. Note that modifying HTTPS resource records may cause failures for clients that perform DNSSEC validation, so dropping HTTPS responses may be the preferred approach. This will prevent browsers, such as Chrome from using ECH.

The second way to disable ECH is via a network canary domain. In particular, your network’s DNS resolver can return a “no error no answer” or an NXDOMAIN response to queries made to the `use-application-dns.net` [canary domain](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/canary-domain-use-application-dnsnet). This will prevent browsers, such as Firefox from using ECH. For more information, see Firefox's [frequently asked questions page](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/faq-encrypted-client-hello#w_how-will-ech-interact-with-dohs-opt-outs) for Encrypted Client Hello.

---

# Enforce HTTPS connections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/encrypt-visitor-traffic/

Even with an active SSL/TLS certificate, visitors can still access resources over unsecured HTTP connections.

It is best to redirect this traffic over HTTPS, as well as ensure other resources (such as images) are also loaded over HTTPS.

## Prerequisites

Before trying to enforce HTTPS connections, make sure that your application has an active [edge certificate](/ssl/get-started/#choose-an-edge-certificate). Otherwise, visitors will not be able to access your application at all.

Also, make sure that your [SSL encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) is not set to **Off**. Otherwise, Cloudflare will redirect all visitor connections automatically to HTTP.

## 1. Evaluate existing redirects

To make sure that your visitors do not get stuck in a [redirect loop](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/), evaluate existing redirects at your origin server and within the Cloudflare dashboard.

You should generally avoid redirects at your origin server. Not only are you likely to forget about them, but they also reduce application performance. It is much faster for Cloudflare to redirect requests before they ever reach your origin.

Make sure that your redirects within Cloudflare are not forwarding traffic to URLs starting with `http`.

## 2. Rewrite HTTP URLs

If your application contains links or references to HTTP URLs, your visitors might see [mixed content errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/) when accessing an HTTPS page.

To avoid these issues, enable [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/) and pay attention to which HTTP requests are still reaching your origin server.

## 3. Redirect traffic to HTTPS

If your entire application can support HTTPS traffic, enable [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/#encrypt-all-visitor-traffic).

If only some parts of your application can support HTTPS traffic, do not enable **Always Use HTTPS** and use a [single redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) to selectively perform the redirect to HTTPS. Refer to [Redirect admin area requests to HTTPS](/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-admin-https/) for an example.

---

# Edge certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Consider the information below for guidance on how to choose different edge certificates for common use cases, or refer to the other pages in this section for more options.

If you are not familiar with what SSL/TLS certificates are, refer to [Concepts](/ssl/concepts/).

## Use cases

### Simplify issuance and renewal

Issuing and renewing certificates can take up a lot of time from your technical teams. Leverage Cloudflare [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) to simplify this process.

Advanced certificates offer more customization than Universal SSL.

With [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/), you have full control in terms of certificate authority (CA) or certificate <GlossaryTooltip term="validation level" link="/ssl/concepts/#validation-level">validation level</GlossaryTooltip>, but you need to handle issuance and renewal on your own.

### Meet cipher suites requirements

The different algorithms used in SSL/TLS encryption can vary in terms of how secure they are.

Through [cipher suites customization](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) you can control which ciphers are used for your domain and/or specific hostnames, making it possible to achieve balance between highly available marketing websites (`www.example.com`) that even legacy devices can access and highly secure services or applications (`shop.example.com`) that require [standards compliance](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/).

Cipher suites customization applies to any edge certificate used in connections to a given hostname. However, to enable [custom cipher suites and other features](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/#advanced-certificate-manager), you must [purchase the Advanced Certificate Manager add-on](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/acm/).

If you already have Advanced Certificate Manager, use the API to set up custom cipher suites. Refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) for more guidance.

### Automate domain control validation (DCV)

If you want to use Cloudflare but manage DNS externally ([partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)), you may need to perform [domain control validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) to prove that you have control over your domain before your SSL/TLS certificate can be issued.

To make this process easier and automate DCV at certificate renewal, use [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) and set up [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/).

---

# Staging environment (Beta)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/staging-environment/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Use your certificate staging environment to test new custom (modern) certificates before pushing them to your production environment. This process helps you solve potential certificate problems **before** there's an incident, such as when:

* You make a mistake when uploading a new custom certificate.
* You misunderstand the order of your certificates.
* Clients have previously pinned your custom certificate, causing a TLS termination error.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.staging_environment" />

***

## Use your staging environment

### 1. Upload certificate

To upload custom (modern) certificates to your staging environment:

1. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Staging Certificates**.
2. Select **Upload Custom Staging Certificate**.
3. Upload your custom (modern) certificate ([detailed instructions](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/)).
4. Your certificate will appear in the dashboard with a status of **Staging Deployment**. If you refresh the page, its status should go to **Staging Active**.

### 2. Test certificate

Test your custom (modern) certificate by sending `curl` requests to the IP addresses listed in the dashboard card at **SSL/TLS** > **Staging Certificates**:

```txt
curl --resolve <HOSTNAME>:<PORT>:<STAGING_IP> https://<HOSTNAME> -iv
```

You should confirm whether:

* TLS termination is successful.
* The right certificate is being served at the edge.
* Any clients are pinning the old certificate.

### 3. Push certificate to production

Assuming there are no issues, push your custom (modern) certificate to your production environment:

1. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Staging Certificates**.
2. Select a custom certificate.
3. Select **Push to Production**.

If there were issues with your certificate, you can keep it in your staging environment or select **Deactivate** on the certificate itself.

### 4. (Optional) Push certificate back to staging

If you roll out a custom (modern) certificate to production and encounter issues, you can deactivate that certificate to delete the certificate from the edge and then push the certificate back to your staging environment for additional testing:

1. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
2. Select a custom certificate.
3. Select **Deactivate**.
4. Select **Push to Staging**.

***

## Limitations

### Access

Currently, staging environments are only available to Enterprise customers participating in an open beta. To get access to the beta, contact your Account team.

### Functionality

At the moment, staging environments have limited functionality:

* Only custom (modern) certificates
* Only accessed via the dashboard

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/troubleshooting/

## Check the logs

To check logs, use a command similar to the following.

- systemd: `sudo journalctl -f -u gokeyless`
- upstart/sysvinit: `sudo tail -f /var/log/gokeyless.log`

## Enable debug logging

To enable debug logging, use a command similar to the following.

```sh
cd /etc/keyless
sudo -u keyless gokeyless --loglevel 0
```

## Browsers are seeing a TLS connection failure after trying to connect

1. Make sure your key server is accessible from outside your network (tcp/2407).
2. Provide a packet capture:
   `sudo tcpdump -nni <interface> -s 0 -w keyless-$(date +%s).pcap port 2407`

## Clients are connecting, but immediately aborting

If you run `gokeyless` with debug logging enabled, and you see logs like this:

```txt
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37490: reading half closed by client
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37490: server closing connection
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37490 removed
[DEBUG] spawning new connection: 162.158.57.220:37862
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37862: reading half closed by client
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37862: server closing connection
[DEBUG] connection 162.158.57.220:37862 removed
```

These logs likely indicate that the key server is not using an appropriate server or .`PEM` file and the client is aborting the connection after the certificate exchange. The certificate must be signed by the keyless CA and the SANs must include the hostname of the keyless server. Here is a valid example for a keyless server located at `11aa40b4a5db06d4889e48e2f.example.com` (note the Subject Alternative Name and Authority Key Identifier):

```bash
openssl x509 -in server.pem -noout -text -certopt no_subject,no_header,no_version,no_serial,no_signame,no_validity,no_subject,no_issuer,no_pubkey,no_sigdump,no_aux | sed -e 's/^        //'
```

```bash output
X509v3 extensions:
    X509v3 Key Usage: critical
        Digital Signature, Key Encipherment
    X509v3 Extended Key Usage:
        TLS Web Server Authentication
    X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
        CA:FALSE
    X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
        DD:24:97:F1:A9:F1:4C:73:D9:1B:44:EC:A1:C3:10:E9:F0:41:98:BB
    X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
        keyid:29:CE:8F:F1:9D:4C:BA:DE:55:78:D7:A6:29:E9:C5:FD:1D:9D:21:48

    X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
        DNS:11aa40b4a5db06d4889e48e2f.example.com
    X509v3 CRL Distribution Points:

        Full Name:
          URI:http://ca.cfdata.org/api/v1/crl/key_server
```

## The gokeyless binary cannot load the CA file

Ensure permissions are correct on all keys and certificates installed on the server.

## Keyless is affecting to unanticipated hosts

You will need to either provide a certificate for only those hosts or change the priority of the certificate in the **SSL/TLS** app of your Cloudflare dashboard.

## Key servers on Windows

Cloudflare currently only provide packages for the supported GNU/Linux distributions as per the [Cloudflare package repository](https://pkg.cloudflare.com/).

However, the key server is open source so you may attempt to build and deploy a binary, but running on Windows is not a supported configuration so you may experience problems that Cloudflare will not be able to help with.

## Key server multi-domain support

You can use the same key server for multiple domains.

However, if you do, you will need to add the hostname and the Zone ID of the new domain to the `gokeyless.yaml` file.

## Additional questions

Contact your account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# Keyless SSL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keyless-ssl-definition" /> <br/>

Before configuring Keyless SSL, you should read our [technical background](https://blog.cloudflare.com/keyless-ssl-the-nitty-gritty-technical-details/) on how the technology works and where your infrastructure sits within the scope of the TLS handshake.

The source code for our key server (what you will run) and keyless client (what our servers will contact your key server with) can be [found on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/gokeyless).

***

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.keyless_ssl" />

Keyless SSL is only available to Enterprise customers that maintain their own SSL certificate purchased from a valid Certificate Authority. Cloudflare does not supply any certificates for use with Keyless SSL.

***

## Limitations

TLS 1.3 is not supported for Keyless SSL.

---

# Upgrade your key server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/upgrading-your-key-server/

Periodically, you may need to update your key server when using Cloudflare's Keyless SSL.

To upgrade your key server:

1. Back up the contents of `/etc/keyless`.
2. Update your OS’ package listings, for example, `apt-get update` or `yum update`.
3. Upgrade the gokeyless server:
4. Debian/Ubuntu: `apt-get upgrade gokeyless`
5. RHEL/CentOS: `yum install gokeyless`
6. Restart the keyless instance:
7. systemd: `service gokeyless restart`
8. upstart/sysvinit: `/etc/init.d/gokeyless restart`
9. Confirm that HTTPS connections are working as expected.

:::caution


If you are running a [high availability configuration](/ssl/keyless-ssl/reference/high-availability/), upgrade one server at a time as new TLS connections will fail to terminate at Cloudflare's global network without a functioning key server.


:::

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/glossary/

## Cloudflare Keyless SSL key server (“key server”)

The key server is a daemon that you run on your own infrastructure. The key server receives inbound requests from Cloudflare's keyless client on TCP port `2407` (by default) so you must make sure that your firewall and other access control lists permit these requests from [Cloudflare's IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

Your key servers are contacted by Cloudflare during the TLS handshake process and must be online to terminate new TLS connections. Existing sessions can be resumed using unexpired TLS session tickets without needing to contact the key server.

## Cloudflare Keyless SSL client (“keyless client”)

The keyless client is a process that runs on Cloudflare's infrastructure. The keyless client makes outbound requests to your key server on TCP port `2407` for assistance in establishing new TLS sessions.

---

# Custom Origin Trust Store

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/custom-origin-trust-store/

import { Render } from "~/components"

By default, Cloudflare's global network maintains a list of publicly trusted certificate authorities. This means that when using [Full (strict) encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/), Cloudflare will only trust origin server certificates issued by a CA in this trust store.

<Render file="custom-origin-trust-store-definition" /> <br />

When a CA has been uploaded to Custom Origin Server Trust Store, Cloudflare will ignore all default publicly trusted CAs and exclusively use the CA or CAs that have been uploaded to authenticate the origin server.

## Availability

To get access to Custom Origin Trust Store, you need to have [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) enabled on your zone.

## How to

To manage origin trust stores in the dashboard, go to **SSL/TLS** > **Origin Server** and use the **Custom Origin Trust Store** card.

To manage origin trust stores using the API, refer to the [API commands](#api-commands).

## Limitations

With [Full (strict) encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) enabled, if your uploaded CA expires and no alternative CAs are valid within the trust store, Cloudflare will not be able to properly authenticate connections to the origin server.

## API commands

| Command                          | Method   | Endpoint                                       |
| -------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Create custom origin trust store | `POST`   | `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/acm/custom_trust_store`      |
| List custom origin trust stores  | `GET`    | `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/acm/custom_trust_store`      |
| Get custom origin trust store    | `GET`    | `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/acm/custom_trust_store/<ID>` |
| Delete custom origin trust store | `DELETE` | `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/acm/custom_trust_store/<ID>` |

---

# Cipher suites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/

Refer to the following list to know what cipher suites Cloudflare presents to origin servers during an SSL/TLS handshake.

:::note

Refer to [cipher suites supported at Cloudflare's global network](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/) to know what cipher suites Cloudflare presents to browsers and other user agents.
:::

The list order is based on how the cipher suites appear in the [ClientHello](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/#:~:text=client%20hello), communicating Cloudflare's preference.

## Supported cipher suites by protocol

| Cipher name                        | TLS 1.0 | TLS 1.1 | TLS 1.2 | TLS 1.3 |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
| AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 [^1]        | ❌       | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 [^1]        | ❌       | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 [^1] | ❌       | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256      | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256        | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA               | ✅       | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES128-GCM-SHA256                  | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES128-SHA                         | ✅       | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384      | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384        | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384            | ❌       | ❌       | ✅       | ❌       |
| AES256-SHA                         | ✅       | ✅       | ✅       | ❌       |
| DES-CBC3-SHA                       | ✅       | ❌       | ❌       | ❌       |

### TLS 1.3 cipher suites

Although TLS 1.3 uses the same cipher suite space as previous versions of TLS, TLS 1.3 cipher suites are defined differently, only specifying the symmetric ciphers, and cannot be used for TLS 1.2 ([RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html)).

Similarly, TLS 1.2 and lower cipher suites cannot be used with TLS 1.3. BoringSSL also hard-codes cipher preferences in the order above for TLS 1.3.

Based on BoringSSL, Cloudflare system will return the names listed above. However, the corresponding names defined in [RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html) are the following:

- `TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256`
- `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`
- `TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256`

## Match on origin

Cloudflare will present the cipher suites to your origin and your server will select whichever cipher suite it prefers.

However, if you want to ensure that your origin server supports the same cipher suites that Cloudflare supports at our global network and you use [NGINX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx) for TLS termination on your origin, you can apply the following configuration:

```txt
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
ssl_ecdh_curve X25519:P-256:P-384;
ssl_ciphers ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE+AES128:RSA+AES128:ECDHE+AES256:RSA+AES256:ECDHE+3DES:RSA+3DES;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
```

[^1]: Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](#tls-13-cipher-suites) for details.

---

# Origin server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn more about SSL/TLS protection options for your origin servers:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# SSL/TLS Recommender

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-tls-recommender/

import { FeatureTable, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The SSL/TLS Recommender helps you choose which [Encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) is best for your application.

:::caution

Cloudflare is deprecating our SSL/TLS Recommender in favor of [Automatic SSL/TLS](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/#automatic-ssltls-default).

:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.ssl_tls_recommender" />

## Common tasks

### Enable SSL/TLS recommendations

<Render file="ssl-recommender-prereqs" />

Then, you can enable the SSL/TLS recommender.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable SSL/TLS recommendations in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS**.
3. For **SSL/TLS Recommender**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To adjust your SSL/TLS Recommender enrollment with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/recommendations/methods/get/) request with the `enabled` parameter set to your desired setting (`true` or `false`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Manually trigger a new scan

Once you enable it, the recommender runs future scans periodically — typically every two days — and sends notifications if new recommendations become available.

To manually re-trigger a new scan, disable and then [re-enable SSL/TLS recommendations](#enable-ssltls-recommendations).

## How it works

<Render file="ssl-recommender-post-setup" />

---

# Post-quantum cryptography (PQC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/

Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) refers to cryptographic algorithms that have been designed to resist attacks from [quantum computers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/quantum/what-is-quantum-computing/). Cloudflare has been researching and [writing about post-quantum](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/post-quantum/) since 2017.

To protect you against the risk of [harvest now, decrypt later](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_now,_decrypt_later), and considering all the [connections](#three-connections-in-the-life-of-a-request) that take place when your website or application is on Cloudflare, we have deployed and are actively expanding the use of [post-quantum hybrid key agreement](#hybrid-key-agreement).

Refer to [Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and-usage#post-quantum-encryption-adoption) for current statistics on the adoption of PQ encryption in requests to Cloudflare, and visit [pq.cloudflareresearch.com](https://pq.cloudflareresearch.com) to check if your connection is secured using PQ key agreement.

:::caution[TLS 1.3]
Cloudflare post-quantum key agreements are only supported in protocols based on TLS 1.3 (including HTTP/3) and are disabled for websites in [FIPS mode](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#fips-compliance).
:::

## Three building blocks of TLS

Before TLS can protect your communications, three cryptographic algorithms have to be agreed on during the [TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/):

- **Symmetric ciphers:** Algorithms used to encrypt and decrypt data, ensuring confidentiality and integrity (such as `CHACHA20-POLY1305`).
- **Key agreement:** A cryptographic protocol that allows client and server to safely agree on a shared key (such as `ECDH`).
- **Signature algorithms:** Cryptographic algorithms used to generate the digital signatures in TLS certificates (such as `RSA` and `ECDSA`).

As explained in our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/pq-2024/#two-migrations), symmetric ciphers are already post-quantum secure, which means there are two migrations left to occur.

### Hybrid key agreement

With TLS 1.3, [X25519](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve25519) - an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) protocol - is the most commonly used algorithm in key agreement. However, its security can be easily broken by quantum computers using [Shor's algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor%27s_algorithm).

It is urgent to migrate key agreement to post-quantum algorithms as soon as possible. The objective is to protect against an adversary capable of harvesting today's encrypted communications and storing it until some time in the future when they can gain access to a sufficiently powerful quantum computer to decrypt it.

In response to this, Cloudflare is an early adopter of ML-KEM, the post-quantum key agreement selected by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For a detailed timeline and more background information refer to [The state of the post-quantum Internet](https://blog.cloudflare.com/pq-2024/).

Cloudflare has deployed the following hybrid key agreements:

- [X25519MLKEM768](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-kwiatkowski-tls-ecdhe-mlkem/) (Recommended)
    - TLS identifier: `0x11ec`
- [X25519Kyber768Draft00](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-tls-westerbaan-xyber768d00/) (Obsolete)
    - TLS identifier: `0x6399`

A hybrid key agreement lays the groundwork as more and more [clients](#1-visitor-to-cloudflare) adopt post-quantum cryptography, while also maintaining the current security provided by X25519. It is a safer path in case of an unexpected breakthrough that renders all variants of ML-KEM insecure.

### Post-quantum signatures

The migration to post-quantum signatures is less urgent and more involved. Cloudflare is closely following the developments of new standards, testing their performance, and working together with browsers to understand user impact.

For details refer to [A look at the latest post-quantum signature standardization candidates](https://blog.cloudflare.com/another-look-at-pq-signatures/).

## Three connections in the life of a request

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Three connections - from visitor to Cloudflare to origin server
        accDescr: Diagram showing connections for an uncached request.
        A[Visitor]
        subgraph Cloudflare
        X[(Cloudflare <br />service A)]
				B[(Cloudflare <br />service B)]
        end
        C[(Origin server)]

        A --1--> X
				X --2--> B
        B --3--> C
```

### 1. Visitor to Cloudflare

As of [October 2022](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-for-all/), all websites and APIs served through Cloudflare over TLS 1.3 support post-quantum hybrid key agreement. However, the connection is only post-quantum secured if the client also supports PQC.

Refer to [Post-quantum cryptography support](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/pqc-support/) for a list of browsers and other clients that are compatible with hybrid key agreements.

### 2. Internal connections

As announced in [September 2023](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-cryptography-ga/), most internal connections for Cloudflare's products and systems have been upgraded to use PQC.

### 3. Cloudflare to your origin

Finally, Cloudflare also supports [hybrid key agreements](#hybrid-key-agreement) when connecting to origins. In this case, post-quantum secured connections will depend on the origin servers also supporting PQC.

Refer to [Post-quantum cryptography between Cloudflare and origin servers](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/pqc-to-origin/) for details.

---

# PQC support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/pqc-support/

Cloudflare's deployment of post-quantum [hybrid key agreements](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/#hybrid-key-agreement) is supported by different software as listed below. [Contributions](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/CONTRIBUTING.md) to keep the listing up-to-date are welcome!

:::caution
The list below is for reference only. Responsibility for third-party software lies with their respective maintainers. Use them at your own discretion.
:::

## X25519MLKEM768
- Default for [Firefox 132+](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/channel/desktop/) (Beta)
- Default for [Chrome 131+](https://www.google.com/chrome/beta/) (Beta)
- Cloudflare's [fork of Go](https://github.com/cloudflare/go)
- [BoringSSL](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/)
- [rustls-post-quantum 0.2.0+](https://crates.io/crates/rustls-post-quantum) ([blog](https://www.memorysafety.org/blog/pq-key-exchange/))
- Default for [rpxy 0.9.4+](https://github.com/junkurihara/rust-rpxy)

## X25519Kyber768Draft00

- Default for [Chrome 124-130](https://www.google.com/chrome/) on Desktop
    - For older Chrome or on mobile, toggle _TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support_ (`enable-tls13-kyber`) in `chrome://flags`.
- Default for [Edge 124+](https://microsoft.com/edge/)
- Default for recent [Opera](https://opera.com) and [Brave](https://brave.com)
- [Firefox 124+](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox) if you turn on `security.tls.enable_kyber` in `about:config`
    - For QUIC/HTTP3, use Firefox 128+ with `network.http.http3.enable_kyber`.
- Cloudflare's [fork of Go](https://github.com/cloudflare/go)
- Default for [Go 1.23](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/67061)
- [BoringSSL](https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/)
- Cloudflare's [fork of QUIC-go](https://github.com/cloudflare/qtls-pq)
- Goutam Tamvada's [fork of Firefox](https://github.com/xvzcf/firefox-pq-demos)
- [Open Quantum Safe](https://openquantumsafe.org/) C library
- [Zig 0.11.0+](https://ziglang.org/)
- [nginx](https://www.nginx.org/) when [compiled with BoringSSL](https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2023-August/NOISOYU3QTB2DGIYUBGF7CAMQHDI2QLT.html) ([guide](https://blog.centminmod.com/2023/10/03/2860/how-to-enable-cloudflare-post-quantum-x25519kyber768-key-exchange-support-in-centmin-mod-nginx/))
- [Caddy HTTP server](https://caddyserver.com/) nightly [compiled with Go 1.23+](https://gist.github.com/bwesterb/2f7bfa7ae689de0d242b56ea3ecac424)
- [Botan C++ library 3.2.0+](https://botan.randombit.net/) ([instructions](https://github.com/randombit/botan/discussions/3747))

---

# Post-quantum between Cloudflare and origin servers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/pqc-to-origin/

import { Example } from "~/components";

As explained in [About PQC](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/), Cloudflare has deployed support for hybrid key agreements, which includes both the most common key agreement for TLS 1.3, X25519, and the post-quantum secure ML-KEM.

With X25519, the [ClientHello](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/) almost always fits within one network packet. However, with the addition of ML-KEM, the ClientHello is typically split across two packets.

This poses a question of how the origin servers - as well as other middleboxes (routers, load balancers, etc) - will handle this change in behavior. Although allowed by the TLS 1.3 standard ([RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html)), a split ClientHello risks not being handled well due to [protocol ossification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_ossification) and implementation bugs. Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-to-origins/) for details.

## ClientHello from Cloudflare

To reduce the risk of any issues when connecting to servers that are not ready for hybrid key agreements, Cloudflare leverages HelloRetryRequest. This means that, instead of sending [X25519MLKEM768](/ssl/post-quantum-cryptography/#hybrid-key-agreement) immediately as a keyshare [^1], Cloudflare will by default only advertise support for it.

If the origin supports post-quantum hybrid key agreement, it can use HelloRetryRequest to request it from Cloudflare.

## Set up

### Cloudflare zone settings

The method described above is the one Cloudflare uses to support post-quantum to all outbound connections. However, if your origin server supports PQC and prefers it, you can use the [API](/api/resources/origin_post_quantum_encryption/methods/update/) to adjust your Cloudflare zone settings and avoid the extra round trip.

It is also possible to opt out of PQC using the same API endpoint.

:::note
This setting affects all outbound connections from the zone you specify in the API call, including `fetch()` requests made by [Workers](/workers/) on your zone.
:::

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/cache/origin_post_quantum_encryption" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "value": "<YOUR_CHOSEN_SETTING>"
}'
```

The possible values are:
- `supported` (most compatible): Advertise support for post-quantum key agreement, but send a classical keyshare in the first ClientHello.
- `preferred` (most performant): Send a post-quantum keyshare in the first ClientHello. Cloudflare continues to advertise support for classical keyshares as well.
- `off`: Do not send nor advertise support for post-quantum key agreement to the origin.

### Origin server

To make sure that your origin server prefers the post-quantum key agreement, use the `bssl` tool of [BoringSSL](https://github.com/google/boringssl):

<Example>
```bash
$ bssl client -connect (your server):443 -curves X25519MLKEM768
```

Verify that the `ECDHE curve` in the handshake output indicates `X25519MLKEM768`.

</Example>

[^1]: When, to remove a round trip, a client makes a guess of what the server supports.

---

# Browser compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/

Cloudflare attempts to provide compatibility for as wide a range of user agents (browsers, API clients, etc.) as possible. However, the specific set of supported clients can vary depending on the different SSL/TLS certificate types, your visitor's [browser version](#non-sni-support), and the [certificate authority (CA)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) that issues the certificate.

## Universal SSL

Cloudflare Universal SSL only supports browsers and API clients that use the [Server Name Indication (SNI)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/) extension to the TLS protocol.

Also, for zones on Free plan, Universal SSL is only compatible with browsers that support Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA).

Paid plans have additional compatibility, also supporting RSA algorithm.

## Other certificate types

Refer to [Certificate authorities](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) for a detailed list of Cloudflare SSL/TLS offerings, the different algorithms available, and browser compatibility for each CA.

## Non-SNI support

Although [SNI extensions](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/) to the TLS protocol were standardized in 2003, some browsers and operating systems only implemented this extension when TLS 1.1 was released in 2006 (or 2011 for mobile browsers). If your visitors use devices that have not been updated since 2011, they may not have SNI support.

To support non-SNI requests, you can:

* [Upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) and specify a value of `Legacy` for its client support.

  Note that `Legacy` custom certificates are not compatible with [BYOIP](/byoip/) and that, unlike [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), Cloudflare does not manage issuance and renewal for [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/).

* (BYOIP customers only) Enterprise customers can choose to bring their own IP prefix to the Cloudflare network and [specify the default SNI used for any non-SNI handshake in the address map](/byoip/address-maps/setup/#non-sni-support).

* (Paid plans only) [Contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) and request a set of non-SNI IPs for your zone.

## HTTPS records

[HTTPS Service (HTTPS) records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#svcb-and-https) allow you to provide a client with information about how it should connect to a server upfront, without the need of an initial plaintext HTTP connection.

If your domain has [HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 enabled](/speed/optimization/protocol/) and [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), Cloudflare automatically generates HTTPS records on the fly, to advertise to clients how they should connect to your server.

:::caution
Both HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 configurations also require that you have an SSL/TLS certificate served by Cloudflare. This means that disabling Universal SSL, for example, could impact this behavior.
:::

---

# Features and plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/all-features/

import { ProductFeatures } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides the following features for different [plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/).

## Features

<ProductFeatures id="ssl" />

---

# Certificate and hostname priority

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/

When a new certificate is created, Cloudflare first deploys the certificate and then serves it.

***

## Certificate deployment

For any given hostname, Cloudflare uses the following order to determine which certificate (and associated TLS settings) to apply to that hostname:

1. **Hostname specificity**: A specific subdomain certificate (`www.example.com`) would take precedence over a wildcard certificate (`*.example.com`) for requests to `www.example.com`.

2. **Zone specificity**: A specific subdomain certificate (`www.example.com`) would take precedence over a custom hostname certificate if the domain is active as a zone on Cloudflare.

3. **Certificate priority**: If the hostname is the same, certain types of certificates take precedence over others.

   | Priority | Certificate Type                                                                        |
   | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | 1        | [Keyless SSL](/ssl/keyless-ssl/)                                                        |
   | 2        | [Custom Legacy](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/)                            |
   | 3        | [Custom Modern](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/)                            |
   | 4        | [Custom Hostname (Cloudflare for SaaS)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) |
   | 5        | [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/)                        |
   | 6        | [Advanced - Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/)            |
   | 7        | [Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/)                                      |

4. **Certificate expiration**: If the hostname and certificate type are the same, Cloudflare deploys the certificate with the latest expiration date.

:::note
In this case, when the certificate with the closest expiration date is renewed, it will then become the one with the latest expiration date and get presented.
:::

***

## Certificate presentation

Cloudflare uses the following order to determine the certificate and settings used during a TLS handshake:

1. **SNI match**: Certificates and settings that match the SNI hostname *exactly* take precedence.
2. **SNI wildcard match**: If there is not an exact match between the hostname and SNI hostname, Cloudflare uses certificates and settings that match an SNI wildcard.
3. **IP address**: If no SNI is presented, Cloudflare uses certificate based on the IP address (the hostname can support TLS handshakes made without SNI).

***

## Hostname priority

When multiple proxied DNS records exist for a hostname, in multiple zones — usually due to Cloudflare for SaaS — only one record will control the zone settings and associated origin server.

Cloudflare determines this priority in the following order, assuming each record exists and is proxied (orange-clouded):

1. **Exact hostname match**:

   1. [New custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) (belonging to a SaaS provider)
   2. [Legacy custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/versioning/) (belonging to a SaaS provider)
   3. [DNS](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) (belonging to the logical DNS zone)

2. **Wildcard hostname match**:

   1. DNS (belonging to the logical DNS zone)
   2. New custom hostname (belonging to a SaaS provider)

If a hostname resource record is not proxied (gray-clouded) for a zone on Cloudflare, that zone's settings are not applied and any settings configured at the associated origin are applied instead. This origin could be another zone on Cloudflare or any other server.

### Example scenarios

#### Scenario 1

Customer1 uses Cloudflare as authoritative DNS for the zone `shop.example.com`. Customer2 is a SaaS provider that creates and successfully [verifies the new custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/) `shop.example.com`. Afterward, traffic starts routing over Customer2's zone:

* If Customer1 wants to regain control of their zone, Customer1 contacts Customer2 and requests them to delete the custom hostname record. Another possibility is to stop proxying (gray-cloud) the record.
* If Customer1 is already proxying a new custom hostname for `www.example.com`, Customer2 creates and verifies `www.example.com` so traffic starts routing over Customer2's zone. Since this new custom hostname is the last one validated, the new custom hostname on Customer1's zone enters a *moved* status.
* If Customer1 is already proxying a legacy custom hostname for `www.example.com` and Customer2 creates and verifies a new wildcard custom hostname for `*.example.com`, traffic is routed to Customer1's zone while the `www.example.com` CNAME points to Customer1.

#### Scenario 2

A customer has a [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) DNS record for their domain. The customer's zone on Cloudflare is using a Free plan.

This customer is also using a SaaS provider that uses Cloudflare for SaaS. The SaaS provider is using a Cloudflare Enterprise plan.

If the provider is using a wildcard custom hostname, then the original customer's plan limits will take precedence over the provider's plan limits (Cloudflare will treat the zone as a Free zone). To apply the Enterprise limits through Cloudflare for SaaS, the original customer's zone would need to either use a [DNS-only](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) record or the SaaS provider would need to use an exact hostname match.

---

# Certificate authorities

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/

import { Render } from "~/components"

For publicly trusted certificates, Cloudflare partners with different certificate authorities (CAs). Refer to this page to check what CAs are used for each Cloudflare offering and for more details about the CAs [features, limitations, and browser compatibility](#features-limitations-and-browser-compatibility).

## Availability per certificate type and encryption algorithm

| Certificate         | Algorithm | [Let's Encrypt](#lets-encrypt) | [Google Trust Services](#google-trust-services) | [SSL.com](#sslcom) | [Sectigo](#sectigo) |
|---------------------|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| [Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/)| ECDSA<br /><br /><br />RSA<br /><sub>(Paid plans only)</sub> | ✅<br /><br /><br />✅| ✅<br /><br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br /><br />✅ | N/A<br /><br /><br />N/A |
| [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) | ECDSA<br /><br /><br />RSA | ✅<br /><br /><br />✅| ✅<br /><br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br /> <br /> ✅<br /><br /> | N/A<br /><br /><br />N/A |
| [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) | ECDSA<br /><br /><br />RSA | ✅<br /><br /><br />✅| ✅<br /><br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br /> <br /> ✅<br /><br /> | N/A<br /><br /><br />N/A |
| [SSL for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/) | ECDSA<br /><br /><br />RSA |✅<br /><br /><br />✅| ✅<br /><br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br /> <br /> ✅<br /><br /> | N/A<br /><br /><br />N/A |
| [Backup](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/) | ECDSA<br /><br />RSA | ✅<br /><br />✅| ✅<br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br />✅ | ✅<br /><br />✅ |

## Features, limitations, and browser compatibility

:::caution[Universal SSL]
For Universal certificates, Cloudflare controls the validity periods and certificate authorities (CAs), making sure that renewal always occur. For details, refer to [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/).
:::

***

### Let's Encrypt

* Supports [validity periods](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/) of 90 days.
* [DCV tokens](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) are valid for 7 days.

#### Limitations

* Hostname on certificate can contain up to 10 levels of subdomains.
* Duplicate certificate limit of [5 certificates](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/rate-limits/) per week.

#### Browser compatibility

:::caution[Warning]


This section summarizes commonly requested client support information. For the complete and most up-to-date certificate compatibility, refer to [Let's Encrypt documentation](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificate-compatibility/).


:::

The main determining factor for whether a platform can validate Let's Encrypt certificates is whether that platform trusts the self-signed ISRG Root X1 certificate. As Let's Encrypt announced a [change in its chain of trust in 2024](https://blog.cloudflare.com/shortening-lets-encrypt-change-of-trust-no-impact-to-cloudflare-customers/), older devices (for example Android 7.0 and earlier) that only trust the cross-signed version of the ISRG Root X1 are no longer compatible.

You can find the full list of supported clients in the [Let's Encrypt documentation](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/certificate-compatibility/). Older versions of Android and Java clients might not be compatible with Let's Encrypt certificates.

#### Other resources

[Let's Encrypt Root CAs](https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/): For checking compatibility between chain and client. As explained in [Certificate pinning](/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/), you should **not** use this list for pinning against.

***

### Google Trust Services

* Supports [validity periods](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/) of 14, 30, and 90 days.
* [DCV tokens](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) are valid for 14 days.

#### Limitations

* Punycode domains are not yet supported.

#### Browser compatibility (most compatible)

:::caution[Warning]


This section summarizes commonly requested client support information. For the complete and most up-to-date certificate compatibility, refer to [Google Trust Services documentation](https://pki.goog/faq/).


:::

By cross-signing with a [GlobalSign root CA](https://valid.r1.roots.globalsign.com/) that has been installed in client devices for more than 20 years, Google Trust Services can ensure optimal support across a wide range of devices.

Currently trusted by Microsoft, Mozilla, Safari, Cisco, Oracle Java, and Qihoo’s 360 browser, all browsers or operating systems that depend on these root programs are covered.

You can use the [root CAs list](https://pki.goog/faq/#faq-27) for checking compatibility between chain and client but, as explained in [Certificate pinning](/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/), you should **not** use this list for pinning against.

***

### SSL.com

* Supports [validity periods](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/) of 14, 30, and 90 days. Enterprise customers using [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) can also choose a validity period of one year.
* [DCV tokens](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) are valid for 14 days.

#### Limitations

SSL.com DCV tokens are specific for RSA certificates and ECDSA certificates. This means that, for cases where you have to [manually perform DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/#partial-dns-setup---action-sometimes-required), you will have to place two validation tokens per certificate order. To avoid management overhead, consider using a [full setup](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/#full-dns-setup---no-action-required), or setting up [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/).

#### Browser compatibility

:::caution[Warning]

This section summarizes commonly requested client support information. For the complete and most up-to-date certificate compatibility, refer to [SSL.com documentation](https://www.ssl.com/browser_compatibility/).

:::

SSL.com is highly compatible, being accepted by over 99.9% of browsers, tablets, and mobile devices.

SSL.com certificates are [cross-signed with Certum](https://www.ssl.com/repository/) and the [CA that cross-signs intermediates](https://crt.sh/?caid=840) is from 2004.

#### Other resources

[Acceptable top level domains (TLDs) and current restrictions](https://www.ssl.com/acceptable-top-level-domains-tlds-for-ssl-certificates/)

***

### Sectigo

* Only used for [Backup certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/).
* Backup certificates are valid for 90 days.

#### Browser compatibility

Refer to [Sectigo documentation](https://www.sectigo.com/knowledge-base/detail/SSL-Browser-Compatibility-1527076085062/kA01N000000zFJt).

***

## CAA records

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If you are using Cloudflare as your DNS provider, then the CAA records will be added on your behalf. If you need to add CAA records, refer to [Add CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/).

The following table lists the CAA record content for each CA:


| Certificate authority | CAA record content                       |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
| Let's Encrypt         | `letsencrypt.org`                        |
| Google Trust Services | `pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes`     |
| SSL.com               | `ssl.com`                                |
| Sectigo               | `sectigo.com`                            |

---

# Certificate pinning

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/

Cloudflare does not support HTTP public key pinning (HPKP)[^1] for Universal, Advanced, or Custom Hostname certificates.

This is because Cloudflare regularly changes the edge certificates provisioned for your domain and - if you had HPKP enabled - your domain would go offline. Additionally, [industry experts](https://scotthelme.co.uk/im-giving-up-on-hpkp/) discourage using HPKP.

For a better solution to the problem that HPKP is trying to solve - preventing certificate misissuance - use [Certificate Transparency Monitoring](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-transparency-monitoring/).

To avoid downtime when pinning your certificates, use [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) and select [**user-defined** bundle method](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/#user-defined). This way you can control which CA, intermediate, and certificate will be used after renewal.

[^1]: Key pinning allows a host to instruct a browser to only accept certain public keys when communicating with it for a given period of time.

---

# Certificate statuses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/

Certificates statuses show which stage of the issuance process each certificate is in.

## New certificates

When you order a new certificate, either an [edge certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/) or a certificate used for a [custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/), its status will move through various stages as it progresses to Cloudflare’s global network:

1. Initializing
2. Pending Validation
3. Pending Issuance
4. Pending Deployment
5. Active

Once you issue a certificate, it should be in **Pending Validation**, but change to **Active** after the validation is completed. If you see any errors, you or your customer may need to take additional actions to validate the certificate.

If you deactivate a certificate, it will become a **Deactivating** and then an **Inactive** status.

## Custom certificates

If you are using a [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) and your [zone status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) is **Pending** or **Moved**, your certificate may have a status of **Holding Deployment**.

When your zone becomes active, your custom certificate will deploy automatically (also moving to an **Active** status).

If your zone is already active when you upload a custom certificate, you will not see this status.

## Staging certificates

When you create certificates in your [staging environment](/ssl/edge-certificates/staging-environment/), those staging certificates have their own set of statuses:

- **Staging deployment**: Similar to **Pending Deployment**, but for staging certificates.
- **Staging active**: Similar to **Active**, but for staging certificates.
- **Deactivating**: Your staging certificate is in the process of becoming **Inactive**.
- **Inactive**: Your staging certificate is not at the edge, but you can deploy it if needed.

## Client certificates

When you use [client certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/), those client certificates have their own set of statuses:

- **Active**: The client certificate is active.
- **Revoked**: The client certificate is revoked.
- **Pending Reactivation**: The client certificate was revoked, but it is being restored.
- **Pending Revocation**: The client certificate was active, but it is being revoked.

---

## Monitor certificate statuses

### SSL/TLS

Monitor a certificate's status in the dashboard at **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates** or by using the [Get Certificate Pack endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/get/).

For more details on certificate validation, refer to [Domain Control Validation](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).

### SSL for SaaS

Monitor a certificate's status in the dashboard at **SSL/TLS** > **Custom Hostnames** or by using the [Custom Hostname Details endpoint](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/get/).

For more details on certificate validation, refer to [Issue and validate certificates](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/).

### Via the command line

To view certificates, use `openssl` or your browser. The command below can be used in advance of your customer pointing the `app.example.com` hostname to the edge ([provided validation was completed](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/)).

```sh
openssl s_client -servername app.example.com -connect $CNAME_TARGET:443 </dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -text | grep app.example.com
```

---

# Validity periods and renewal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/

import { Render } from "~/components"

For certificates managed by Cloudflare, attempts to renew start at the auto renewal period and continue up until 24 hours before expiration. The auto renewal period varies according to the certificate validity period, as explained in the sections below.

If a certificate fails to renew and another valid certificate exists for the hostname, Cloudflare will deploy the valid certificate within the last 24 hours before expiration.

:::note
For information regarding custom certificates (managed by you), consider this other page on [renewal and expiration](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/).
:::

## Universal SSL

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## Advanced certificates

When you order an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/), you can select different certificate validity periods. Each certificate validity period has a corresponding auto renewal period, when [attempts to renew](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/) will start.

| Certificate validity period | Auto renewal period | Notes                                                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1 year                      | 30 days             | Limited to Enterprise customers using [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) with [SSL.com](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#sslcom)              |
| 3 months                    | 30 days             |                                                                                        |
| 1 month                     | 7 days              | Not supported by [Let's Encrypt](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#lets-encrypt) |
| 2 weeks                     | 3 days              | Not supported by [Let's Encrypt](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#lets-encrypt) |

:::note


For more details on the `validity_days` parameter used in API calls, refer to [Order Advanced Certificate Pack](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/create/).


:::

## Benefits of shorter validity periods

Cloudflare only issues certificates with validity periods of three months or less for two reasons.

First, shorter-lived certificates limit the damage from key compromise and mistaken issuance. Any compromised key material will be valid for a shorter period of time.

Second, shorter certificates encourage automation. The more frequently you have to do a task, the more likely you will want to automate it. Automation also means that you are less likely to let a certificate expire in production or give a person access to key material.

For more details on the benefits of shorter validity periods, refer to our [blog post introducing Advanced Certificate Manager](https://blog.cloudflare.com/advanced-certificate-manager/).

---

# Cloudflare and CVE-2019-1559

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/cloudflare-and-cve-2019-1559/

The [GOLDENDOODLE and Zombie POODLE attacks](https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vulnerability-management/zombie-poodle-goldendoodle/) affect applications that use certain cipher suites associated with TLS 1.2.

Any application on Cloudflare, however, is not vulnerable to these attacks because Cloudflare does not use the affected version of openssl at its edge.

Cloudflare could not remove these cipher suites from our edge by default because we did not want to break customer applications using legacy cipher suites.

## Remove warnings from external security scanners

Even though your application is not vulnerable to CVE-2019-1559, some security scanners may flag your application erroneously.

To remove these warnings, refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) and exclude the following ciphers:

* `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`
* `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`
* `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`

---

# PCI compliance and vulnerabilities mitigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/compliance-and-vulnerabilities/

Both [TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1](/ssl/reference/protocols/) are insufficient for protecting information due to known vulnerabilities. Specifically for Cloudflare customers, the primary impact of PCI is that TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are insufficient to secure payment card related traffic.

PCI standards recommend using TLS 1.2 or higher. Refer to [Compliance standards](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/) for a list of recommended cipher suites.

Cloudflare also [implements mitigations against known vulnerabilities](#known-vulnerabilities-mitigations) for TLS 1.0 and 1.1.

## Set Minimum TLS Version to 1.2

To configure your Cloudflare domain to only allow connections using TLS 1.2 or newer protocols:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.

2. Select your Cloudflare account and website or application.

3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.

4. For **Minimum TLS Version**, select **TLS 1.2** or higher.

Refer to [Minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) for more information about this setting and other setup options.

## Known vulnerabilities mitigations

There are several mitigations Cloudflare performs against known vulnerabilities for TLS versions prior to 1.2. For example, Cloudflare does not support:

* Header compression in TLS
* Header compression in SPDY 3.1
* RC4
* SSL 3.0
* Renegotiation with clients
* DHE ciphersuites
* Export-grade ciphers

Cloudflare mitigations protect against several attacks:

* CRIME
* BREACH
* POODLE
* RC4 Cryptographic Weaknesses
* SSL Renegotiation Attack
* Protocol Downgrade Attacks
* FREAK
* LogJam
* 3DES is disabled entirely for TLS 1.1 and 1.2 and Cloudflare implements mitigations for TLS 1.0

Cloudflare provides additional mitigations for:

* Heartbleed
* Lucky Thirteen
* CCS injection vulnerability

Cloudflare has patched all servers against these vulnerabilities. Also, the [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall](/waf/) has managed rules that mitigate several of these vulnerabilities including Heartbleed and ShellShock.

### Return of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat (ROBOT)

Security scans that note the presence of ROBOT while on Cloudflare are a false positive. Cloudflare checks padding in real time and swaps to a random session key if the padding is incorrect.

### Sweet32 (CVE-2016-2183)

A vulnerability in the use of the Triple DES (3DES) encryption algorithm in the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. Sweet32 is currently a proof of concept attack, there are no known examples of this in the wild. Cloudflare has manually mitigated the vulnerability for TLS 1.0 in the following manner:

* The attacker must collect 32GB of data from a single TLS session.
* Cloudflare forces new TLS 1.0 session keys on the affected 3DES cipher well before 32GB of data is collected.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For more on Cloudflare SSL/TLS, refer to these articles:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# TLS protocols

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/protocols/

Cloudflare supports the following TLS protocols:

* TLS 1.0
* TLS 1.1
* TLS 1.2
* TLS 1.3

TLS 1.0 is the [version that Cloudflare sets by default](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) for all customers using certificate-based encryption.

For information about which cipher suites are supported between clients and the Cloudflare network, refer to [Cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/).

## Understand TLS versions

A higher TLS version implies a stronger cryptographic standard. TLS 1.2 includes fixes for known vulnerabilities found in previous versions.

As of June 2018, TLS 1.2 is the version required by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council. Cloudflare recommends migrating to TLS 1.2 to comply with the PCI requirement.

[TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/), which offers additional security and performance improvements, was approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in May 2018.

## Decide which version to use

TLS 1.3 has become widely adopted. As a general rule, Cloudflare recommends setting TLS to 1.3, as it will provide the best security.

However, not all browser versions support TLS 1.2 and above. Depending on your particular business situation, this may present some limitations in using stronger encryption standards:

* Consider using TLS 1.0 or 1.1 for sites with a broad user base, particularly non-transactional sites. In this way, you minimize the possibility that some clients cannot connect to your site securely.

* For a narrow user base and sites that run internal applications or business and productivity applications, Cloudflare recommends TLS 1.2. These sites might already have more stringent security requirements or might be subject to [PCI compliance](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/). You also need to ensure that your users upgrade to a TLS 1.2 compliant browser.

## Related resources

* [PCI compliance and vulnerabilities mitigation](/ssl/reference/compliance-and-vulnerabilities/)
* [Transport Layer Security](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/)
* [PCI Security Standards Council](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/)

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

The following provide answers to the most common questions associated with Cloudflare SSL/TLS certificates and settings.

## If I have multiple Cloudflare certificates, which one is used?

Cloudflare certificates are prioritized by a combination of hostname specificity, zone specificity, and certificate type.

For more details, refer to [Certificate and hostname priority](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/).

:::caution


Occasionally, the Cloudflare dashboard displays a wildcard certificate with only the apex hostname listed (and does not include the wildcard symbol `*`).

This behavior occurs when all of the following conditions are true:

* The zone is on a [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/).
* The certificate has a subject or SAN that is a wildcard for the zone's parent domain.


:::

***

## Will having Cloudflare's SSL help with SEO?

Yes, Google announced that they use [HTTPS as a ranking signal for SEO](https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal_6.html).

For further SEO tweaks, refer to our article on [improving SEO Rankings with Cloudflare](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/improve-seo/).

***

## How long does it take for Cloudflare's SSL to activate?

If Cloudflare is your [authoritative DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup), Universal SSL certificates typically issue within 15 minutes of domain activation at Cloudflare and do not require further customer action after domain activation.

Alternatively, if you use [Cloudflare services via `CNAME` records](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup) set at your authoritative DNS provider, provisioning your Universal SSL certificate requires manual addition of [DNS verification records](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#partial-dns-setup) at your authoritative DNS provider. [Advanced SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) also typically issue within 15 minutes.

If the Certificate Authority requires a manual review of brand, phishing, or TLD requirements, a Universal SSL certificate can take longer than 24 hours to issue.

***

## What does SSL invalid brand check mean?

Some domains are not eligible for the Universal SSL if they contain words that conflict with trademarked domains.

To resolve this issue, you can:

* Purchase an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).
* Upload your own [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/).

***

## Does Cloudflare SSL support Internationalized Domain Names (IDN)?

The double byte / IDN / punycode domains support for Cloudflare edge certificates depends on the [certificate authority (CA)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities).
Google Trust Services does not support punycode domains as mentioned in the [certificate authorities limitations](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#limitations-1).

***

## How do I redirect all visitors to HTTPS/SSL?

Refer to [Encrypt all visitor traffic](/ssl/edge-certificates/encrypt-visitor-traffic/).

***

## Does SSL work for hosting partners?

A free Universal SSL certificate is available for all new Cloudflare domains added via a hosting partner using both [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and <GlossaryTooltip term="partial setup" link="/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/">partial setups</GlossaryTooltip>.

For more details, refer to [Enable Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/).

:::note


For domains added to Cloudflare prior to December 9, 2016, the hosting
partner must delete and re-add the domain to Cloudflare to provision the
SSL certificate.


:::

***

## Are Cloudflare SSL certificates shared?

No. Cloudflare SSL/TLS certificates are not shared across domains nor across customers.

***

## Why do I see a Cloudflare certificate when an SSL certificate is installed at my website?

Cloudflare must decrypt traffic in order to cache and filter malicious traffic. Cloudflare either re-encrypts traffic or sends plain text traffic to the origin web server depending on your domain's [encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/).

***

## I want Cloudflare to use an SSL certificate that I purchased elsewhere.

Domains on Business and Enterprise plans can upload a [Custom SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates).

***

## Does enabling Cloudflare affect PayPal's TLS 1.2 requirement?

No. Since Cloudflare does not proxy connections made directly to `paypal.com`, enabling Cloudflare for your domain does not affect how TLS connections are made.

However, note that PayPal IPN (Instant Payment Notification) might not support [TLS version 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/) if you have it enabled on your zone.
If you are encountering issues with PayPal IPN when the traffic is proxied by Cloudflare, try setting the [Minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) to `1.2`.

***

## Does Cloudflare support TLS client authentication?

Yes. For more details, refer to our documentation on [Mutual TLS authentication](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/).

***

## How do I obtain an SSL certificate for customers on partial (CNAME) setup?

A [partial DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) requires additional steps to provision and validate an SSL certificate.

For more details, refer to [Enable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl#partial-dns-setup).

***

## Can I use Certificate Pinning?

No. Multiple industry leaders — including [Digicert](https://www.digicert.com/blog/certificate-pinning-what-is-certificate-pinning) and [Mozilla](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Public_Key_Pinning) — have discouraged certificate pinning because of security concerns.

For a safer alternative, use [Certificate Transparency Monitoring](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-transparency-monitoring/).

Refer to [Certificate pinning](/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/) for more details.

***

## Where can I learn more about SSL?

To learn more about SSL, go to the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-ssl/).

***

## Redsys is not working with my Let's Encrypt Certificate.

The Let's Encrypt Certificate Authority and SNI are not currently supported by Redsys.

We recommend one of the following options:

* Change the Universal Certificate Certificate Authority to a different CA.
* Add an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) using a different CA.

---

# General SSL errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/general-ssl-errors/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Let's Encrypt chain update

### Symptom

Starting September 9, 2024, visitors that try to connect to your website using older devices - for example, Android 7.0 and earlier - have access problems or reach security warnings.

### Resolution

The fastest way to resolve this issue is to change your certificate to use [Google Trust Services](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#google-trust-services) as the certificate authority.

## Outdated browsers

### Symptom

Until Cloudflare provides an SSL certificate for your domain, the following errors may appear in various browsers for HTTPS traffic:

- **Firefox**: `_ssl_error_bad_cert_domain` / `This connection is untrusted`
- **Chrome**: `Your connection is not private`
- **Safari**: `Safari can't verify the identity of the website`
- **Edge / Internet Explorer**: `There is a problem with this website's security certificate`

### Resolution

Even with a Cloudflare SSL certificate provisioned for your domain, older browsers display errors about untrusted SSL certificates because they do not [support the Server Name Indication (SNI) protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication#Support) used by Cloudflare Universal SSL certificates.

To solve, [determine if the browser supports SNI](https://caniuse.com/#feat=sni). If not, upgrade your browser.

:::note

It is possible for [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to enable non-SNI support for paid plans using any certificate.

:::

---

## Only some of your subdomains return SSL errors

### Symptom

[Cloudflare Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl) only cover the apex domain (`example.com`) and one level of subdomains (`blog.example.com`). If visitors to your domain observe errors accessing a second level of subdomains in their browser (such as `dev.www.example.com`) but not the first level of subdomains, resolve the issue using one of the following methods below.

### Resolution

- Purchase an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager) that covers `dev.www.example.com`.
- Upload a [Custom SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates) that covers `dev.www.example.com`.
- Enable [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls).
- If you have a valid certificate for the second level subdomains at your origin web server, change the DNS record for `dev.www` to [DNS Only (grey cloud)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

---

## Your Cloudflare Universal SSL certificate is not active

### Symptom

All active Cloudflare domains are provided a [Universal SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl). If you observe SSL errors and do not have a certificate of **Type** *Universal* within the **Edge Certificates** tab of the Cloudflare **SSL/TLS** app for your domain, the Universal SSL certificate has not yet provisioned.

Our SSL vendors verify each SSL certificate request before Cloudflare can issue a certificate for a domain name. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours. Our SSL certificate vendors sometimes flag a domain name for additional review.

### Resolution

#### No Universal certificate

If your Cloudflare SSL certificate is not issued within 24 hours of Cloudflare domain activation:

- If your origin web server has a valid SSL certificate, [temporarily pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/), and
- [Contact Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) and provide a screenshot of the errors.

Temporarily pausing Cloudflare will allow the HTTPS traffic to be served properly from your origin web server while the support team investigates the issue.

#### Full DNS setup

If your domain is on a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), review your DNS records.

Cloudflare SSL/TLS certificates only apply for traffic [proxied through Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). If SSL errors only occur for hostnames not proxied to Cloudflare, proxy those hostnames through Cloudflare.

#### Partial DNS setup

If your domain is on a <GlossaryTooltip term="partial setup" link="/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/">partial setup</GlossaryTooltip>, confirm whether you have CAA DNS records enabled at your current hosting provider. If so, ensure you [specify the Certificate Authorities that Cloudflare uses](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/) to provision certificates for your domain.

---

## OCSP response error

### Symptom

Visitors to your site observe an OCSP response error.

### Resolution

This error is either caused by the browser version or an issue requiring attention by one of Cloudflare’s SSL vendors. In order to properly diagnose, [contact Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the following information provided by the visitor that observes the browser error:

1. The output from [https://aboutmybrowser.com/](https://aboutmybrowser.com/)  .
2. The output of `https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/cdn-cgi/trace` from the visitor’s browser.

---

## Incorrect HSTS headers

### Symptom

The HSTS headers (`Strict-Transport-Security` and `X-Content-Type-Options`) in the response do not match the configuration settings defined in your [HSTS settings](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/).

### Resolution

You may have configured [HTTP Response Header Modification Rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification) that are overriding the HSTS header values defined in the **SSL/TLS** app.

1. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
2. Next to **Response Header Transform Rules**, select **Manage Response Header Transform Rules**.
3. Check the existing rules for a rule that is setting the value of one of the HSTS headers (`Strict-Transport-Security` or `X-Content-Type-Options`).
4. Delete (or edit) the rule so that the HSTS configuration settings defined in the **SSL/TLS** app are applied.
5. Repeat this procedure for the other HSTS header.

---

## Other errors

### Symptom

You are getting the error `NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID` in your browser.

### Resolution

- Make sure that you are using a browser that supports [SNI (Server Name Indication)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/). Refer to [Browser compatibility](/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/) for more details.
- Ensure that the hostname you are accessing is set to [proxied (orange cloud)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) in the DNS tab of your Cloudflare Dashboard.
- If the hostname you are accessing is a second level subdomain (such as `dev.www.example.com`), you'll need to either:
  - Purchase an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager) that covers `dev.www.example.com`.
  - Upload a [Custom SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates) that covers `dev.www.example.com`.
  - Enable [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls)

:::note

The following [`openssl`](https://www.openssl.org/) command might help troubleshooting TLS handshake between the client and the Cloudflare network edge:

```sh

openssl s_client -connect example.com:443 -servername example.com version

```

:::

---

## Kaspersky Antivirus

To avoid SSL errors with the Cloudflare dashboard when using Kaspersky
Antivirus, allow `dash.cloudflare.com` in Kaspersky.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/

import { TroubleshootingList } from "~/components"

For FAQs and other troubleshooting information, refer to the following resources:

<TroubleshootingList />

---

# Mixed content errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/

Domains added to Cloudflare receive SSL certificates and can serve traffic over HTTPS. However, after starting to use Cloudflare, some customers notice missing content or page rendering issues when they first serve HTTPS traffic.

Typically, the problem is due to a request for HTTP resources from a web page served over HTTPS. For example, you type `https://example.com` in a browser and the page contains an image reference via HTTP in the HTML to `<img src="http://example.com/resource.jpg">`.

Normally, if your website loads all resources securely over HTTPS, visitors observe a lock icon in the address bar of their browser.

This indicates your site has a working SSL certificate and all resources loaded by the site are loaded over HTTPS. The green lock assures visitors that their connection is safe. One of the [symptoms of mixed content](#symptoms-of-mixed-content-occurrence) is that different icons appear instead of the green lock icon.

***

## Symptoms of mixed content occurrence

Most modern browsers block HTTP requests on secure HTTPS pages. Blocked content can include images, JavaScript, CSS, or other content that affects how the page looks or behaves.

### Browser indications

Each web browser uses different methods to warn visitors about mixed content on a website, potentially including:

* A yellow triangle or information symbol beside the URL bar
* Messages mentioning "secure content"

### **Console logs**

For mixed content warnings, the web browser loads the resources but users do not see the lock icon in the URL. Warning messages appear within the browser’s debug tools:

![Screenshot of mixed content warnings displayed in a browser console.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-mixed_content_warning.png)

For mixed content errors, the browser refuses to load the resources over an insecure connection:

![Screenshot of mixed content errors displayed in a browser console.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-mixed_content_error.png)

Information on using the browser’s debug tools to locate these issues are found in the documentation for [Chrome](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/prevent-mixed-content/fixing-mixed-content) and [Firefox](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Mixed_content). Alternatively, you can view your page source and find specific references of *http\://* for paths to other resources.

***

## Resolution

### General advice

There are two methods to resolve mixed content errors.

1. Load all resources via your HTML source without specifying the HTTP or HTTPS protocols.
   For example, using `/domain.com/path/to.file` instead of `http://domain.com/path/to.file`.
2. Depending on your Content Management System, check for plugins that automatically rewrite HTTP resources to HTTPS. Cloudflare provides such a service via [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites).

### WordPress users

Cloudflare recommends WordPress users to install the [Cloudflare WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/) and enable the *Automatic HTTPS rewrites* option within the plugin. Alternatively, Cloudflare recommends the [SSL insecure content fixer](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/) or [Really Simple SSL](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/) plugin to automatically replace the HTTP with HTTPS.

***

## Related resources

* [Debugging mixed content in Chrome](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/prevent-mixed-content/fixing-mixed-content)
* [Debugging mixed content in Firefox](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Mixed_content)
* [Community Tip - Fixing mixed content errors](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-mixed-content-errors/42476)

---

# ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/

After you [add a new domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare, your visitors' browsers might display `ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS` or `The page isn’t redirecting properly` errors.

This error occurs when visitors get stuck in a redirect loop.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration
A[Request for <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[Redirect to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>]
B --> C[Redirect to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
C --> B
subgraph Redirect Loop
B
C
end
```

<br />

This error is commonly caused by:

- A misconfiguration of your [SSL/TLS Encryption mode](#encryption-mode-misconfigurations).
- Various settings in [**SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**](#edge-certificate-settings).
- A misconfigured [redirect rule](#redirect-rules).

:::note

For assistance determining if your origin web server is responding with redirects, contact your hosting provider or site administrator.

:::

---

## Encryption mode misconfigurations

Your domain's [SSL/TLS Encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) controls how Cloudflare connects to your origin server and how SSL certificates presented by your origin will be validated.

This setting can cause redirect loops when the value you set in Cloudflare conflicts with the settings at your origin web server.

### Flexible encryption mode

If your domain's encryption mode is set to [**Flexible**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/flexible/), Cloudflare sends unencrypted requests to your origin server over HTTP.

Redirect loops will occur if your origin server automatically redirects all HTTP requests to HTTPS.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration for Flexible mode
A[Request for <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[Encryption mode redirects to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
B --> C[Origin server redirects to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>]
C --> B
subgraph Cloudflare
B
end
subgraph Origin server
C
end
```

<br />

To solve this issue, either remove HTTPS redirects from your origin server or update your SSL/TLS Encryption Mode to be [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or higher (requires an SSL certificate configured at your origin server).

### Full or Full (strict) encryption mode

If your domain's encryption mode is set to [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/), Cloudflare sends encrypted requests to your origin server over HTTPS.

Redirect loops will occur if your origin server automatically redirects all HTTPS requests to HTTP.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration for Full or Full (strict) mode
A[Request for <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[Encryption mode redirects to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>]
B --> C[Origin server redirects to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
C --> B
subgraph Cloudflare
B
end
subgraph Origin server
C
end
```

<br />

To solve this issue, remove HTTP redirects from your origin server.

---

## Edge certificate settings

### Always use HTTPS

If you have [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) enabled for your domain, Cloudflare redirects all `http` requests to `https` for all subdomains and hosts in your application.

Redirect loops will occur if your origin server automatically redirects all HTTPS requests to HTTP.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration for Always Use HTTPS
A[Request for <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[Always Use HTTPS redirects to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>]
B --> C[Origin server redirects to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
C --> B
subgraph Cloudflare
B
end
subgraph Origin server
C
end
```

<br />

To solve this issue, remove HTTPS redirects from your origin server or [disable **Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/).

### HSTS

If you have [**HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/) enabled for your domain, Cloudflare directs compliant web browsers to transform `http` links to `https` links.

Redirect loops will occur if your origin server automatically redirects all HTTPS requests to HTTP or if you have your domain's encryption mode set to [**Off**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/off/).

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration for HTTP Strict Transport Security
A[Request for <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[Encryption mode redirects to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
B --> C[HSTS redirects to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>]
C --> B
C --> D[Origin server redirects to <code>http://</code><code>example.com</code>]
D --> C
subgraph Cloudflare
B
C
end
subgraph Origin server
D
end
```

<br />

To solve this issue, remove HTTPS redirects from your origin server and make sure your domain's encryption mode is [**Flexible**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/flexible/) or higher.

Alternatively, [disable **HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/).

---

## Redirect rules

Redirect loops can also occur if you have conflicting URL redirects.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Redirect loops illustration for redirect rules
A[Request for <code>https://</code><code>a.example.com</code>] --> B[Redirect to <code>http://</code><code>b.example.com</code>]
B --> C[Redirect to <code>https://</code><code>a.example.com</code>]
C --> B
subgraph Cloudflare
B
C
end
```

<br />

To solve this issue, review your various [redirect rules](/rules/url-forwarding/) and [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/) to make sure no rules are not in conflict with each other.

:::note

To reduce the potential for redirect loops and [mixed content errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/), Cloudflare recommends WordPress users to install the [Cloudflare WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/) at their origin web server and enable the _Automatic HTTPS rewrites_ option within the plugin. Alternatively, Cloudflare recommends the [SSL insecure content fixer](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/) or [Really Simple SSL plugin](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/).

:::

---

# ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/troubleshooting/version-cipher-mismatch/

import { Render } from "~/components"

After you [add a new domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare, your visitors' browsers might display one of the following errors:

* `ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH` (Chrome)
* `Unsupported protocol The client and server don’t support a common SSL protocol version or cipher suite` (Chrome)
* `SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP` (Firefox)

This error occurs when your domain or subdomain is not covered by an SSL/TLS certificate, which is usually caused by:

* A [delay in certificate activation](#certificate-activation).
* An [unproxied domain or subdomain DNS record](#proxied-dns-records).
* An [expired Custom certificate](#certificate-expiration).
* A [multi-level subdomain](#multi-level-subdomains) (`test.dev.example.com`).

## Decision tree

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Troubleshooting ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH decision tree
A>Is your certificate active?] -- Yes --> B>Is the DNS record proxied?]
A -- No --> C[Wait for certificate to activate or pause Cloudflare]
B -- No --> D[Proxy the DNS record]
B -- Yes --> E>Are you using a custom certificate?]
E -- Yes --> F[Custom certificate may be expired]
E -- No --> G>Are you accessing a multi-level subdomain?]
G -- Yes --> H[Get an advanced or custom certificate]
```

***

## Certificate activation

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### Potential issues

If your visitors experience `ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH` (Chrome) or `SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP` (Firefox), check the status of your Universal certificate:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Choose your account and domain.
3. Go to **SSL** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. Find the certificate with the **Type** of **Universal**.
5. Make sure the **Status** is **Active**.

If the **Status** is anything other than **Active**, you can either wait a bit longer for certificate activation or take immediate action.

### Solutions

If you need to immediately resolve this error, [temporarily pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/).

Since Universal certificates can take up to 24 hours to be issued, wait and [monitor the certificate's status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/#ssltls). Once your certificate becomes **Active**, unpause Cloudflare using whichever method you used previously.

If your certificate is still not **Active** after 24 hours, try the various troubleshooting steps used to [resolve timeout issues](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/troubleshooting/#resolve-a-timed-out-state). If these methods are successful (and your certificate becomes **Active**), unpause Cloudflare using whichever method you used previously.

***

## Proxied DNS records

Cloudflare Universal and Advanced certificates only cover the domains and subdomains you have [proxied through Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

If the **Proxy status** of `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records for a hostname are **DNS-only**, you will need to change it to **Proxied**.

![Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats traffic intended for specific DNS records](~/assets/images/dns/proxy-status-screenshot.png)

***

## Certificate expiration

If you have a [Custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) and visitors experience `ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH` (Chrome) or `SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP` (Firefox), [check its status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/#ssltls) to make sure it is not expired.

If it is expired, [upload a replacement certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/).

***

## Multi-level subdomains

<Render file="ussl-limitations-table" />

This means that you might experience `ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH` (Chrome) or `SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP` (Firefox) on multi-level subdomains.

<Render file="ussl-limitations-solutions" />

---

# Add additional audio tracks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-additional-audio-tracks/

A video must be uploaded before additional audio tracks can be attached to it. In the following example URLs, the video’s UID is referenced as `VIDEO_UID`.

To add an audio track to a video a [Cloudflare API Token](https://www.cloudflare.com/a/account/my-account) is required.

The API will make a best effort to handle any mismatch between the duration of the uploaded audio file and the video duration, though we recommend uploading audio files that match the duration of the video. If the duration of the audio file is longer than the video, the additional audio track will be truncated to match the video duration. If the duration of the audio file is shorter than the video, silence will be appended at the end of the audio track to match the video duration.

## Upload via a link

If you have audio files stored in a cloud storage bucket, you can simply pass a HTTP link for the file. Stream will fetch the file and make it available for streaming.

`label` is required and must uniquely identify the track amongst other audio track labels for the specified video.

```bash
curl -X POST \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 -d '{"url": "https://www.examplestorage.com/audio_file.mp3", "label": "Example Audio Label"}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/audio/copy
```

```json title="Example response to add additional audio tracks"
{
 "result": {
   "uid": "<AUDIO_UID>",
   "label": "Example Audio Label",
   "default": false
   "status": "queued"
 },
 "success": true,
 "errors": [],
 "messages": []
}
```

The `uid` uniquely identifies the audio track and can be used for editing or deleting the audio track. Please see instructions below on how to perform these operations.

The `default` field denotes whether the audio track will be played by default in a player. Additional audio tracks have a `false` default status, but can be edited following instructions below.

The `status` field will change to `ready` after the audio track is successfully uploaded and encoded. Should an error occur during this process, the status will denote `error`.

## Upload via HTTP

Make an HTTP request and include the audio file as an input with the name set to `file`.

Audio file uploads cannot exceed 200 MB in size. If your audio file is larger, compress the file prior to upload.

The form input `label` is required and must uniquely identify the track amongst other audio track labels for the specified video.

Note that cURL `-F` flag automatically configures the content-type header and maps `audio_file.mp3` to a form input called `file`.

```bash
curl -X POST \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 -F file=@/Desktop/audio_file.mp3 \
 -F label='Example Audio Label' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/audio
```

```json title="Example response to add Additional audio tracks"
{
 "result": {
   "uid": "<AUDIO_UID>",
   "label": "Example Audio Label",
   "default": false
   "status": "queued"
 },
 "success": true,
 "errors": [],
 "messages": []
}
```

## List the additional audio tracks on a video

To view additional audio tracks added to a video:

```bash
curl \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/audio
```

```json title="Example response to get the audio tracks associated with a video"
{
  "result": {
    "audio": [
      {
        "uid": "<AUDIO_UID>",
        "label": "Example Audio Label",
        "default": false,
        "status": "ready"
      },
      {
        "uid": "<AUDIO_UID>",
        "label": "Another Audio Label",
        "default": false,
        "status": "ready"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Note this API will not return information for audio attached to the video upload.

## Edit an additional audio track

To edit the `default` status or `label` of an additional audio track:

```bash
curl -X PATCH \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 -d '{"label": "Edited Audio Label", "default": true}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/audio/<AUDIO_UID>
```

Editing the `default` status of an audio track to `true` will mark all other audio tracks on the video `default` status to `false`.

```json title="Example response to edit the audio tracks associated with a video"
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "<AUDIO_UID>",
    "label": "Edited Audio Label",
    "default": true
    "status": "ready"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Delete an additional audio track

To remove an additional audio track associated with your video:

```bash
curl -X DELETE \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/audio/<AUDIO_UID>
```

Deleting a `default` audio track is not allowed.  You must assign another audio track as `default` prior to deletion.

If there is an entry in `errors` response field, the audio track has not been
deleted.

```json title="Example response to delete an audio track"
{
  "result": "ok",
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Add captions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/

Adding captions and subtitles to your video library.

## Add or modify a caption

There are two ways to add captions to a video: generating via AI or uploading a
caption file.

To create or modify a caption on a video a [Cloudflare API Token](https://www.cloudflare.com/a/account/my-account) is required.

The `<LANGUAGE_TAG>` must adhere to the [BCP 47 format](http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#Unicode_Language_and_Locale_Identifiers). For convenience, many common
language codes are provided [at the bottom of this document](#most-common-language-codes).
If the language you are adding isn't included in the table, you can find the value
through the [The IANA registry](https://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry/language-subtag-registry), which maintains a list of language codes. To find the
value to send, search for the language. Below is an example value from IANA when
we look for the value to send for a Turkish subtitle:

```bash
%%
Type: language
Subtag: tr
Description: Turkish
Added: 2005-10-16
Suppress-Script: Latn
%%
```

The `Subtag` code indicates a value of `tr`. This is the value you should send
as the `language` at the end of the HTTP request.

A label is generated from the provided language. The label will be visible for
user selection in the player. For example, if sent `tr`, the label `Türkçe` will
be created; if sent `de`, the label `Deutsch` will be created.

### Generate a caption

Generated captions use artificial intelligence based speech-to-text technology
to generate closed captions for your videos.

A video must be uploaded and in a ready state before captions can be generated.
In the following example URLs, the video's UID is referenced as `<VIDEO_UID>`.
To receive webhooks when a video transitions to ready after upload, follow the
instructions provided [here](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/).

Captions can be generated for the following languages:

- `cs` - Czech
- `nl` - Dutch
- `en` - English
- `fr` - French
- `de` - German
- `it` - Italian
- `ja` - Japanese
- `ko` - Korean
- `pl` - Polish
- `pt` - Portuguese
- `ru` - Russian
- `es` - Spanish

When generating captions, generate them for the spoken language in the audio.

Videos may include captions for several languages, but each language must be unique.
For example, a video may have English, French, and German captions associated
with it, but it cannot have two English captions. If you have already uploaded
an English language caption for a video, you must first delete it in order to
create an English generated caption. Instructions on how to delete a caption can be found below.

The `<LANGUAGE_TAG>` must adhere to the BCP 47 format. The tag for English is `en`.
You may specify a region in the tag, such as `en-GB`, which will render a label
that shows `British English` for the caption.

```bash
curl -X POST \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/captions/<LANGUAGE_TAG>/generate
```

Example response:

```json
{
  "result": {
    "language": "en",
    "label": "English (auto-generated)",
    "generated": true,
    "status": "inprogress"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

The result will provide a `status` denoting the progress of the caption generation.\
There are three statuses: inprogress, ready, and error. Note that
(auto-generated) is applied to the label.

Once the generated caption is ready, it will automatically appear in the video
player and video manifest.

If the caption enters an error state, you may attempt to re-generate it by
first deleting it and then using the endpoint listed above.
Instructions on deletion are provided below.

### Upload a file

Note two changes if you edit a generated caption: the generated field will
change to `false` and the (auto-generated) portion of the label will be removed.

To create or replace a caption file:

```bash
curl -X PUT \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 -F file=@/Users/mickie/Desktop/example_caption.vtt \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/captions/<LANGUAGE_TAG>
```

### Example Response to Add or Modify a Caption

```json
{
  "result": {
    "language": "en",
    "label": "English",
    "generated": false,
    "status": "ready"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## List the captions associated with a video

To view captions associated with a video.
Note this results list will also include generated captions that are `inprogress`
and `error` status:

```bash
curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/captions
```

### Example response to get the captions associated with a video

```json
{
  "result": [
    {
      "language": "en",
      "label": "English (auto-generated)",
      "generated": true,
      "status": "inprogress"
    },
    {
      "language": "de",
      "label": "Deutsch",
      "generated": false,
      "status": "ready"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Fetch a caption file

To view the WebVTT caption file, you may make a GET request:

```bash
curl \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/captions/<LANGUAGE_TAG>/vtt
```

### Example response to get the caption file for a video

``` text
WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.560
This is an example of

2
00:00:01.560 --> 00:00:03.880
a WebVTT caption response.
```

## Delete the captions

To remove a caption associated with your video:

```bash
curl -X DELETE \
 -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/captions/<LANGUAGE_TAG>
```

If there is an entry in `errors` response field, the caption has not been
deleted.

### Example response to delete the caption

```json
{
  "result": "",
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Limitations

* A video must be uploaded before a caption can be attached to it. In the following
  example URLs, the video's ID is referenced as `media_id`.
* Stream only supports [WebVTT](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVTT_API)
  formatted caption files. If you have a differently formatted caption file,
  use [a tool to convert your file to WebVTT](https://subtitletools.com/convert-to-vtt-online)
  prior to uploading it.
* Videos may include several language captions, but each language must be unique.
  For example, a video may have English, French, and German captions associated
  with it, but it cannot have two French captions.
* Each caption file is limited to 10 MB in size. [Contact support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)
  if you need to upload a larger file.

## Most common language codes

| Language Code | Language         |
| ------------- | ---------------- |
| zh            | Mandarin Chinese |
| hi            | Hindi            |
| es            | Spanish          |
| en            | English          |
| ar            | Arabic           |
| pt            | Portuguese       |
| bn            | Bengali          |
| ru            | Russian          |
| ja            | Japanese         |
| de            | German           |
| pa            | Panjabi          |
| jv            | Javanese         |
| ko            | Korean           |
| vi            | Vietnamese       |
| fr            | French           |
| ur            | Urdu             |
| it            | Italian          |
| tr            | Turkish          |
| fa            | Persian          |
| pl            | Polish           |
| uk            | Ukrainian        |
| my            | Burmese          |
| th            | Thai             |

---

# Edit videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Apply watermarks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/applying-watermarks/

You can add watermarks to videos uploaded using the Stream API.

To add watermarks to your videos, first create a watermark profile. A watermark profile describes the image you would like to be used as a watermark and the position of that image. Once you have a watermark profile, you can use it as an option when uploading videos.

## Quick start

Watermark profile has many customizable options. However, the default parameters generally work for most cases. Please see "Profiles" below for more details.

### Step 1: Create a profile

```bash
curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
-F file=@/Users/rchen/cloudflare.png \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks
```

### Step 2: Specify the profile UID at upload

```bash
tus-upload --chunk-size 5242880 \
--header Authentication 'Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
--metadata watermark <WATERMARK_UID> \
/Users/rchen/cat.mp4 https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream
```

### Step 3: Done

![Screenshot of a video with Cloudflare watermark at top right](~/assets/images/stream/cat.png)

## Profiles

To create, list, delete, or get information about the profile, you will need your
[Cloudflare API token](https://www.cloudflare.com/a/account/my-account).

### Optional parameters



* `name` string default: *empty string*

  * A short description for the profile. For example, "marketing videos."

* `opacity` float default: 1.0

  * Translucency of the watermark. 0.0 means completely transparent, and 1.0 means completely opaque. Note that if the watermark is already semi-transparent, setting this to 1.0 will not make it completely opaque.

* `padding` float default: 0.05

  * Blank space between the adjacent edges (determined by position) of the video and the watermark. 0.0 means no padding, and 1.0 means padded full video width or length.

  * Stream will make sure that the watermark will be at about the same position across videos with different dimensions.

* `scale` float default: 0.15 

  * The size of the watermark relative to the overall size of the video. This parameter will adapt to horizontal and vertical videos automatically. 0.0 means no scaling (use the size of the watermark as-is), and 1.0 fills the entire video.

  * The algorithm will make sure that the watermark will look about the same size across videos with different dimensions.

* `position` string (enum) default: "upperRight"

  * Location of the watermark. Valid positions are: `upperRight`, `upperLeft`, `lowerLeft`, `lowerRight`, and `center`.

    :::note

    Note that `center` will ignore the `padding` parameter. 
    :::



## Creating a Watermark profile

### Use Case 1: Upload a local image file directly

To upload the image directly, please send a POST request using `multipart/form-data` as the content-type and specify the file under the `file` key. All other fields are optional.

```bash
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-F file=@{path-to-image-locally} \
-F name='marketing videos' \
-F opacity=1.0 \
-F padding=0.05 \
-F scale=0.15 \
-F position=upperRight \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks
```

### Use Case 2: Pass a URL to an image

To specify a URL for upload, please send a POST request using `application/json` as the content-type and specify the file location using the `url` key. All other fields are optional.

```bash
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "url": "{url-to-image}",
  "name": "marketing videos",
  "opacity": 1.0,
  "padding": 0.05,
  "scale": 0.15,
  "position": "upperRight"
}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks
```

#### Example response to creating a watermark profile

```json
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "d6373709b7681caa6c48ef2d8c73690d",
    "size": 11248,
    "height": 240,
    "width": 720,
    "created": "2020-07-29T00:16:55.719265Z",
    "downloadedFrom": null,
    "name": "marketing videos",
    "opacity": 1.0,
    "padding": 0.05,
    "scale": 0.15,
    "position": "upperRight"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

`downloadedFrom` will be populated if the profile was created via downloading from URL.

## Using a watermark profile on a video

Once you created a watermark profile, you can now use the profile at upload time for watermarking videos.

### Basic uploads

Unfortunately, Stream does not currently support specifying watermark profile at upload time for Basic Uploads.

### Upload video with a link

```bash
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "url": "{url-to-video}",
  "watermark": {
    "uid": "<WATERMARK_UID>"
  }
}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/copy
```

#### Example response to upload video with a link

```json null {10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "8d3a5b80e7437047a0fb2761e0f7a645",
    "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",

    "playback": {
      "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
      "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
    },
    "watermark": {
      "uid": "d6373709b7681caa6c48ef2d8c73690d",
      "size": 11248,
      "height": 240,
      "width": 720,
      "created": "2020-07-29T00:16:55.719265Z",
      "downloadedFrom": null,
      "name": "marketing videos",
      "opacity": 1.0,
      "padding": 0.05,
      "scale": 0.15,
      "position": "upperRight"
    }

}
```

### Upload video with tus

```bash
tus-upload --chunk-size 5242880 \
--header Authentication 'Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
--metadata watermark <WATERMARK_UID> \
<PATH_TO_VIDEO> https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream
```

### Direct creator uploads

The video uploaded with the generated unique one-time URL will be watermarked with the profile specified.

```bash
curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "maxDurationSeconds": 3600,
  "watermark": {
    "uid": "<WATERMARK_UID>"
  }
}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/direct_upload
```

#### Example response to direct user uploads

{/* <!-- videodelivery.net is correct domain. See STREAM-4364 --> */}

```json
{
  "result": {
    "uploadURL": "https://upload.videodelivery.net/c32d98dd671e4046a33183cd5b93682b",
    "uid": "c32d98dd671e4046a33183cd5b93682b",
    "watermark": {
      "uid": "d6373709b7681caa6c48ef2d8c73690d",
      "size": 11248,
      "height": 240,
      "width": 720,
      "created": "2020-07-29T00:16:55.719265Z",
      "downloadedFrom": null,
      "name": "marketing videos",
      "opacity": 1.0,
      "padding": 0.05,
      "scale": 0.15,
      "position": "upperRight"
    }
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

`watermark` will be `null` if no watermark was specified.

## Get a watermark profile

To view a watermark profile that you created:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks/<WATERMARK_UID>
```

### Example response to get a watermark profile

```json
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "d6373709b7681caa6c48ef2d8c73690d",
    "size": 11248,
    "height": 240,
    "width": 720,
    "created": "2020-07-29T00:16:55.719265Z",
    "downloadedFrom": null,
    "name": "marketing videos",
    "opacity": 1.0,
    "padding": 0.05,
    "scale": 0.15,
    "position": "center"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## List watermark profiles

To list watermark profiles that you created:

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks/
```

### Example response to list watermark profiles

```json
{
  "result": [
    {
      "uid": "9de16afa676d64faaa7c6c4d5047e637",
      "size": 207710,
      "height": 626,
      "width": 1108,
      "created": "2020-07-29T00:23:35.918472Z",
      "downloadedFrom": null,
      "name": "marketing videos",
      "opacity": 1.0,
      "padding": 0.05,
      "scale": 0.15,
      "position": "upperLeft"
    },
    {
      "uid": "9c50cff5ab16c4aec0bcb03c44e28119",
      "size": 207710,
      "height": 626,
      "width": 1108,
      "created": "2020-07-29T00:16:46.735377Z",
      "downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
      "name": "internal training videos",
      "opacity": 1.0,
      "padding": 0.05,
      "scale": 0.15,
      "position": "center"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Delete a  watermark profile

To delete a watermark profile that you created:

```bash
curl -X DELETE -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/watermarks/<WATERMARK_UID>
```

If the operation was successful, it will return a success response:

```json
{
  "result": "",
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Limitations

* Once the watermark profile is created, you cannot change its parameters. If you need to edit your watermark profile, please delete it and create a new one.
* Once the watermark is applied to a video, you cannot change the watermark without re-uploading the video to apply a different profile.
* Once the watermark is applied to a video, deleting the watermark profile will not also remove the watermark from the video.
* The maximum file size is 2MiB (2097152 bytes), and only PNG files are supported.

---

# Add player enhancements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/player-enhancements/

With player enhancements, you can modify your video player to incorporate elements of your branding such as your logo, and customize additional options to present to your viewers.

The player enhancements are automatically applied to videos using the Stream Player, but you will need to add the details via the `publicDetails` property when using your own player.

## Properties

* `title`: The title that appears when viewers hover over the video. The title may differ from the file name of the video.
* `share_link`: Provides the user with a click-to-copy option to easily share the video URL. This is commonly set to the URL of the page that the video is embedded on.
* `channel_link`: The URL users will be directed to when selecting the logo from the video player.
* `logo`: A valid HTTPS URL for the image of your logo.

## Customize your own player

The example below includes every property you can set via `publicDetails`.

```bash
curl --location --request POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<$ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<$VIDEO_UID>" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <$SECRET>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "publicDetails": {
        "title": "Optional video title",
        "share_link": "https://my-cool-share-link.cloudflare.com",
        "channel_link": "https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/",
        "logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cloudflare_Logo.png/480px-Cloudflare_Logo.png"
    }
}' | jq ".result.publicDetails"
```

Because the `publicDetails` properties are optional, you can choose which properties to include. In the example below, only the `logo` is added to the video.

```bash
curl --location --request POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<$ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<$VIDEO_UID>" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <$SECRET>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "publicDetails": {
        "logo": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Cloudflare_Logo.png/480px-Cloudflare_Logo.png"
    }
}'
```

You can also pull the JSON by using the endpoint below.

`https://customer-<ID>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_ID>/metadata/playerEnhancementInfo.json`

## Update player properties via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Stream** > **Videos**.
3. Select a video from the list to edit it.
4. Select the **Public Details** tab.
5. From **Public Details**, enter information in the text fields for the properties you want to set.
6. When you are done, select **Save**.

---

# Clip videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/edit-videos/video-clipping/

With video clipping, also referred to as "trimming" or changing the length of the video, you can change the start and end points of a video so viewers only see a specific "clip" of the video. For example, if you have a 20 minute video but only want to share a five minute clip from the middle of the video, you can clip the video to remove the content before and after the five minute clip.

Refer to the [Video clipping API documentation](/api/resources/stream/subresources/clip/methods/create/) for more information.

:::note[Note:]


Clipping works differently for live streams and recordings. For more information, refer to [Live instant clipping](/stream/stream-live/live-instant-clipping/).


:::

## Prerequisites

Before you can clip a video, you will need an API token. For more information on creating an API token, refer to [Creating API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

## Required parameters

To clip your video, determine the start and end times you want to use from the existing video to create the new video. Use the `videoUID` and the start end times to make your request.

:::note


Clipped videos will not inherit the `scheduledDeletion` date. To set the deletion date, you must clip the video first and then set the deletion date.


:::

```json title="Required parameters"
{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 20,
    "endTimeSeconds": 40
}
```

* **`clippedFromVideoUID`**: The unique identifier for the video used to create the new, clipped video.
* **`startTimeSeconds`**: The timestamp from the existing video that indicates when the new video begins.
* **`endTimeSeconds`**: The timestamp from the existing video that indicates when the new video ends. <br/><br/>

```bash title="Example: Clip a video" {5,6,7}
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<YOUR_ACCOUND_ID_HERE>/stream/clip' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 10,
    "endTimeSeconds": 15
    }'
```

You can check whether your video is ready to play after selecting your account from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream). While the clipped video processes, the video status response displays **Queued**. When the clipping process is complete, the video status changes to **Ready** and displays the new name of the clipped video and the new duration.

To receive a notification when your video is done processing and ready to play, you can [subscribe to webhook notifications](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/).

## Set video name

When you clip a video, you can also specify a new name for the clipped video. In the example below, the `name` field indicates the new name to use for the clipped video.

```json title="Example: Specify a custom name" {6}
{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 10,
    "endTimeSeconds": 15,
    "meta": {
      "name": "overriding-filename-clip.mp4"
    }
}
```

When the video has been clipped and processed, your newly named video displays in your Cloudflare dashboard in the list videos.

## Add a watermark

You can also add a custom watermark to your video. For more information on watermarks and uploading a watermark profile, refer to [Apply watermarks](/stream/edit-videos/applying-watermarks).

```json title="Example: Clip a video, set a new video name, and apply a watermark" {5,6,9}
{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 10,
    "endTimeSeconds": 15,
    "watermark": {
        "uid": "4babd675387c3d927f58c41c761978fe"
    },
    "meta": {
      "name": "overriding-filename-clip.mp4"
    }
}
```

## Require signed URLs

When clipping a video, you can make a video private and accessible only to certain users by [requiring a signed URL](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/).

```json title="Example: Clip a video and require signed URLs" {5}
{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 10,
    "endTimeSeconds": 15,
    "requireSignedURLs": true,
    "meta": {
      "name": "signed-urls-demo.mp4"
    }
}
```

After the video clipping is complete, you can open the Cloudflare dashboard and video list to locate your video. When you select the video, the **Settings** tab displays a checkmark next to **Require Signed URLs**.

## Specify a thumbnail image

You can also specify a thumbnail image for your video using a percentage value. To convert the thumbnail's timestamp from seconds to a percentage, divide the timestamp you want to use by the total duration of the video. For more information about thumbnails, refer to [Display thumbnails](/stream/viewing-videos/displaying-thumbnails).

```json title="Example: Clip a video with a thumbnail generated at the 50% mark" {5}
{
    "clippedFromVideoUID": "0ea62994907491cf9ebefb0a34c1e2c6",
    "startTimeSeconds": 10,
    "endTimeSeconds": 15,
    "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.5,
    "meta": {
      "name": "thumbnail_percentage.mp4"
    }
}
```

---

# Android (ExoPlayer)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/android/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="prereqs" />

<Render file="android_playback_code_snippet" />

### Download and run an example app

1. Download [this example app](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/exoplayer-intro.git) from the official Android developer docs, following [this guide](https://developer.android.com/codelabs/exoplayer-intro#4).
2. Open and run the [exoplayer-codelab-04 example app](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/exoplayer-intro/tree/main/exoplayer-codelab-04) using [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio).
3. Replace the `media_url_dash` URL on [this line](https://github.com/googlecodelabs/exoplayer-intro/blob/main/exoplayer-codelab-04/src/main/res/values/strings.xml#L21) with the DASH manifest URL for your video.

For more, see [read the docs](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/).

---

# dash.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/dash-js/

```html
<html>
	<head>
		<script src="https://cdn.dashjs.org/latest/dash.all.min.js"></script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div>
			<div class="code">
				<video
					data-dashjs-player=""
					autoplay=""
					src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
					controls="true"
				></video>
			</div>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>
```

Refer to the [dash.js documentation](https://github.com/Dash-Industry-Forum/dash.js/) for more information.

---

# hls.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/hls-js/

```html
<html>
	<head>
		<script src="//cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hls.js@latest"></script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<video id="video"></video>
		<script>
			if (Hls.isSupported()) {
				const video = document.getElementById('video');
				const hls = new Hls();
				hls.attachMedia(video);
				hls.on(Hls.Events.MEDIA_ATTACHED, () => {
					hls.loadSource(
						'https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8'
					);
				});
			}

			video.play();
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
```

Refer to the [hls.js documentation](https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js/blob/master/docs/API.md) for more information.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="stream/examples/" />

---

# iOS (AVPlayer)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/ios/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="prereqs" />

<Render file="ios_playback_code_snippet" />

### Download and run an example app

1. Download [this example app](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/offline_playback_and_storage/using_avfoundation_to_play_and_persist_http_live_streams) from Apple's developer docs
2. Open and run the app using [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/).
3. Search in Xcode for `m3u8`, and open the `Streams` file
4. Replace the value of `playlist_url` with the HLS manifest URL for your video.

![Screenshot of a video with Cloudflare watermark at top right](~/assets/images/stream/ios-example-screenshot-edit-hls-url.png)

5. Click the Play button in Xcode to run the app, and play your video.

For more, see [read the docs](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/).

---

# RTMPS playback

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/rtmps_playback/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="prereqs_first_start_live_streaming" />

Copy the RTMPS _playback_ key for your live input from the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs) or the [Stream API](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/#use-the-api), and paste it into the URL below, replacing `<RTMPS_PLAYBACK_KEY>`:

```sh title="RTMPS playback with ffplay"
ffplay -analyzeduration 1 -fflags -nobuffer -sync ext 'rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/<RTMPS_PLAYBACK_KEY>'
```

For more, refer to [Play live video in native apps with less than one second latency](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/#play-live-video-in-native-apps-with-less-than-1-second-latency).

---

# Shaka Player

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/shaka-player/

First, create a video element, using the poster attribute to set a preview thumbnail image. Refer to [Display thumbnails](/stream/viewing-videos/displaying-thumbnails/) for instructions on how to generate a thumbnail image using Cloudflare Stream.

```html
<video
	id="video"
	width="640"
	poster="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg"
	controls
	autoplay
></video>
```

Then listen for `DOMContentLoaded` event, create a new instance of Shaka Player, and load the manifest URI.

```javascript
// Replace the manifest URI with an HLS or DASH manifest from Cloudflare Stream
const manifestUri =
	'https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd';

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
	const video = document.getElementById('video');
  const player = new shaka.Player(video);
	await player.load(manifestUri);
});
```

Refer to the [Shaka Player documentation](https://github.com/shaka-project/shaka-player) for more information.

---

# Stream Player

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/stream-player/

```html
<html>
	<head> </head>
	<body>
		<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%;">
		<iframe
			src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/iframe?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com%2F6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D%26height%3D600"
			style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;"
			allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
			allowfullscreen="true"
		></iframe>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>
```

Refer to the [Using the Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/) for more information.

---

# SRT playback

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/srt_playback/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="prereqs_first_start_live_streaming" />

Copy the **SRT Playback URL** for your live input from the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs) or the [Stream API](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/#use-the-api), and paste it into the URL below, replacing `<SRT_PLAYBACK_URL>`:

```sh title="SRT playback with ffplay"
ffplay -analyzeduration 1 -fflags -nobuffer -probesize 32 -sync ext '<SRT_PLAYBACK_URL>'
```

For more, refer to [Play live video in native apps with less than one second latency](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/#play-live-video-in-native-apps-with-less-than-1-second-latency).

---

# Video.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/video-js/

```html
<html>
	<head>
		<link
			href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/video.js/7.10.2/video-js.min.css"
			rel="stylesheet"
		/>
		<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/video.js/7.10.2/video.min.js"></script>
	</head>
	<body>
		<video-js id="vid1" controls preload="auto">
			<source
				src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8"
				type="application/x-mpegURL"
			/>
		</video-js>

		<script>
			const vid = document.getElementById('vid1');
			const player = videojs(vid);
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
```

Refer to the [Video.js documentation](https://docs.videojs.com/) for more information.

---

# Vidstack

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/vidstack/

## Installation

There's a few options to choose from when getting started with Vidstack, follow any of the links
below to get setup. You can replace the player `src` with `https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8` to test Cloudflare Stream.

* [Angular](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/angular?provider=video)
* [React](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/react?provider=video)
* [Svelte](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/svelte?provider=video)
* [Vue](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/vue?provider=video)
* [Solid](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/solid?provider=video)
* [Web Components](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/web-components?provider=video)
* [CDN](https://www.vidstack.io/docs/player/getting-started/installation/cdn?provider=video)

## Examples

Feel free to check out [Vidstack Examples](https://github.com/vidstack/examples) for
building with various JS frameworks and styling options (e.g., CSS or Tailwind CSS).

---

# Stream WordPress plugin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/wordpress/

Before you begin, ensure Cloudflare Stream is enabled on your account and that you have a [Cloudflare API key](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/).

## Configure the Cloudflare Stream WordPress plugin

1. Log in to your WordPress account.
2. Download the **Cloudflare Stream plugin**.
3. Expand the **Settings** menu from the navigation menu and select **Cloudflare Stream**.
4. On the **Cloudflare Stream settings** page, enter your email, account ID, and API key.

## Upload video with Cloudflare Stream WordPress plugin

After configuring the Stream Plugin in WordPress, you can upload videos directly to Stream from WordPress.

To upload a video using the Stream plugin:

1. Navigate to the **Add New Post** page in WordPress.
2. Select the **Add Block** icon.
3. Enter **Stream** in the search bar to search for the Cloudflare Stream Video plugin.
4. Select **Cloudflare Stream Video** to add the **Stream** block to your post.
5. Select **Upload** button to choose the video to upload.

---

# GraphQL Analytics API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics/

Stream provides analytics about both live video and video uploaded to Stream, via the GraphQL API described below, as well as in the [Stream dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/analytics).

The Stream Analytics API uses the Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API, which can be used across many Cloudflare products. For more about GraphQL, rate limits, filters, and sorting, refer to the [Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API docs](/analytics/graphql-api).

## Getting started

1. [Generate a Cloudflare API token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) with the **Account Analytics** permission.
2. Use a GraphQL client of your choice to make your first query. [Postman](https://www.postman.com/) has a built-in GraphQL client which can help you run your first query and introspect the GraphQL schema to understand what is possible.

Refer to the sections below for available metrics, dimensions, fields, and example queries.

## Server side analytics

Stream collects data about the number of minutes of video delivered to viewers for all live and on-demand videos played via HLS or DASH, regardless of whether or not you use the [Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/).

### Filters and Dimensions

| Field               | Description                                                                                              |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `date`              | Date                                                                                                     |
| `datetime`          | DateTime                                                                                                 |
| `uid`               | UID of the video                                                                                         |
| `clientCountryName` | ISO 3166 alpha2 country code from the client who viewed the video                                        |
| `creator`           | The [Creator ID](/stream/manage-video-library/creator-id/) associated with individual videos, if present |

Some filters, like `date`, can be used with operators, such as `gt` (greater than) and `lt` (less than), as shown in the example query below. For more advanced filtering options, refer to [filtering](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/).

### Metrics

| Node                                | Field           | Description                |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------- | -------------------------- |
| `streamMinutesViewedAdaptiveGroups` | `minutesViewed` | Minutes of video delivered |

### Example

#### Get minutes viewed by country

```graphql title="GraphQL request"
query {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter:{
      accountTag:"<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    }) {
      streamMinutesViewedAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          date_geq: "2022-02-01"
          date_lt: "2022-03-01"
        }
        orderBy:[sum_minutesViewed_DESC]
        limit: 100
      ) {
        sum {
          minutesViewed
        }
        dimensions{
          uid
          clientCountryName
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```json title="GraphQL response"
{
    "data": {
        "viewer": {
            "accounts": [
                {
                    "streamMinutesViewedAdaptiveGroups": [
                        {
                            "dimensions": {
                                "clientCountryName": "US",
                                "uid": "73c514082b154945a753d0011e9d7525"
                            },
                            "sum": {
                                "minutesViewed": 2234
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "dimensions": {
                                "clientCountryName": "CN",
                                "uid": "73c514082b154945a753d0011e9d7525"
                            },
                            "sum": {
                                "minutesViewed": 700
                            }
                        },
                        {
                            "dimensions": {
                                "clientCountryName": "IN",
                                "uid": "73c514082b154945a753d0011e9d7525"
                            },
                            "sum": {
                                "minutesViewed": 553
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "errors": null
}
```

## Pagination

GraphQL API supports seek pagination: using filters, you can specify the last video UID so the response only includes data for videos after the last video UID.

The query below will return data for 2 videos that follow video UID `5646153f8dea17f44d542a42e76cfd`:

```graphql title="GraphQL query"
query {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter:{
      accountTag:"6c04ee5623f70a112c8f488e4c7a2409"

    }) {
      videoPlaybackEventsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          date_geq: "2020-09-01"
          date_lt: "2020-09-25"
          uid_gt:"5646153f8dea17f44d542a42e76cfd"
        }
        orderBy:[uid_ASC]
        limit: 2
      ) {
        count
        sum {
          timeViewedMinutes
        }
        dimensions{
          uid
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Here are the steps to implementing pagination:

1. Call the first query without uid\_gt filter to get the first set of videos
2. Grab the last video UID from the response from the first query
3. Call next query by specifying uid\_gt property and set it to the last video UID. This will return the next set of videos

For more on pagination, refer to the [Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API docs](/analytics/graphql-api/features/pagination/).

## Limitations

* The maximum query interval in a single query is 31 days
* The maximum data retention period is 90 days

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/

Stream provides server-side analytics that can be used to:

* Identify most viewed video content in your app or platform.
* Identify where content is viewed from and when it is viewed.
* Understand which creators on your platform are publishing the most viewed content, and analyze trends.

You can access data via the [Stream dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/analytics) or via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics).

Users will need the **Analytics** permission to access analytics via Dash or GraphQL.

---

# Get live viewer counts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/getting-analytics/live-viewer-count/

The Stream player has full support for live viewer counts by default. To get the viewer count for live videos for use with third party players, make a `GET` request to the `/views` endpoint.

```bash
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<INPUT_ID>/views
```

Below is a response for a live video with several active viewers:

```json
{ "liveViewers": 113 }
```

---

# Manage creators

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/creator-id/

You can set the creator field with an internal user ID at the time a tokenized upload URL is requested. When the video is uploaded, the creator property is automatically set to the internal user ID which can be used for analytics data or when searching for videos by a specific creator.

For basic uploads, you will need to add the Creator ID after you upload the video.

## Upload from URL

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/copy" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"url":"https://example.com/myvideo.mp4","creator": "<CREATOR_ID>","thumbnailTimestampPct":0.529241,"allowedOrigins":["example.com"],"requireSignedURLs":true,"watermark":{"uid":"ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a"}}'
```

**Response**

```json null {35}
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"allowedOrigins": ["example.com"],
		"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
		"duration": 300,
		"input": {
			"height": 1080,
			"width": 1920
		},
		"maxDurationSeconds": 300,
		"meta": {},
		"modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
		"uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
		"playback": {
			"hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
			"dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
		},
		"preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
		"readyToStream": true,
		"requireSignedURLs": true,
		"size": 4190963,
		"status": {
			"state": "ready",
			"pctComplete": "100.000000",
			"errorReasonCode": "",
			"errorReasonText": ""
		},
		"thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
		"thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241,
		"creator": "<CREATOR_ID>",
		"uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
		"liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014",
		"uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
		"watermark": {
			"uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
			"size": 29472,
			"height": 600,
			"width": 400,
			"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
			"name": "Marketing Videos",
			"opacity": 0.75,
			"padding": 0.1,
			"scale": 0.1,
			"position": "center"
		}
	}
}
```

## Set default creators for videos

You can associate videos with a single creator by setting a default creator ID value, which you can later use for searching for videos by creator ID or for analytics data.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"DefaultCreator":"1234"}'
```

If you have multiple creators who start live streams, [create a live input](/stream/get-started/#step-1-create-a-live-input) for each creator who will live stream and then set a `DefaultCreator` value per input. Setting the default creator ID for each input ensures that any recorded videos streamed from the creator's input will inherit the `DefaultCreator` value.

At this time, you can only manage the default creator ID values via the API.

## Update creator in existing videos

To update the creator property in existing videos, make a `POST` request to the video object endpoint with a JSON payload specifying the creator property as show in the example below.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/<VIDEO_UID>" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <AUTH_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"creator":"test123"}'
```

## Direct creator upload

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/direct_upload" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <AUTH_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"maxDurationSeconds":300,"expiry":"2021-01-02T02:20:00Z","creator": "<CREATOR_ID>", "thumbnailTimestampPct":0.529241,"allowedOrigins":["example.com"],"requireSignedURLs":true,"watermark":{"uid":"ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a"}}'
```

**Response**

```json null {8}
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"uploadURL": "www.example.com/samplepath",
		"uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
		"creator": "<CREATOR_ID>",
		"watermark": {
			"uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
			"size": 29472,
			"height": 600,
			"width": 400,
			"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
			"name": "Marketing Videos",
			"opacity": 0.75,
			"padding": 0.1,
			"scale": 0.1,
			"position": "center"
		}
	}
}
```

## Get videos by Creator ID

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream?after=2014-01-02T02:20:00Z&before=2014-01-02T02:20:00Z&include_counts=false&creator=<CREATOR_ID>&limit=undefined&asc=false&status=downloading,queued,inprogress,ready,error" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

**Response**

```json null {36}
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": [
		{
			"allowedOrigins": ["example.com"],
			"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"duration": 300,
			"input": {
				"height": 1080,
				"width": 1920
			},
			"maxDurationSeconds": 300,
			"meta": {},
			"modified": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"uploadExpiry": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"playback": {
				"hls": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.m3u8",
				"dash": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/manifest/video.mpd"
			},
			"preview": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/watch",
			"readyToStream": true,
			"requireSignedURLs": true,
			"size": 4190963,
			"status": {
				"state": "ready",
				"pctComplete": "100.000000",
				"errorReasonCode": "",
				"errorReasonText": ""
			},
			"thumbnail": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
			"thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.529241,
			"creator": "some-creator-id",
			"uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
			"liveInput": "fc0a8dc887b16759bfd9ad922230a014",
			"uploaded": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
			"watermark": {
				"uid": "ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
				"size": 29472,
				"height": 600,
				"width": 400,
				"created": "2014-01-02T02:20:00Z",
				"downloadedFrom": "https://company.com/logo.png",
				"name": "Marketing Videos",
				"opacity": 0.75,
				"padding": 0.1,
				"scale": 0.1,
				"position": "center"
			}
		}
	],
	"total": "35586",
	"range": "1000"
}
```

## tus

Add the Creator ID via the `Upload-Creator` header. For more information, refer to [Resumable and large files (tus)](/stream/uploading-videos/resumable-uploads/#set-creator-property).

## Query by Creator ID with GraphQL

After you set the creator property, you can use the [GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/) to filter by a specific creator. Refer to [Fetching bulk analytics](/stream/getting-analytics/fetching-bulk-analytics) for more information about available metrics and filters.

---

# Search for videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/searching/

You can search for videos by name through the Stream API by adding a `search` query parameter to the [list media files](/api/resources/stream/methods/list/) endpoint.

## What you will need

To make API requests you will need a [Cloudflare API token](https://www.cloudflare.com/a/account/my-account) and your Cloudflare [account ID](https://www.cloudflare.com/a/overview/).

## cURL example

This example lists media where the name matches `puppy.mp4`.

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream?search=puppy" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json"
```

---

# Use webhooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Webhooks notify your service when videos successfully finish processing and are ready to stream or if your video enters an error state.

## Subscribe to webhook notifications

To subscribe to receive webhook notifications on your service or modify an existing subscription, you will need a [Cloudflare API token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens).

The webhook notification URL must include the protocol. Only `http://` or `https://` is supported.

```bash
curl -X PUT --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/webhook \
--data '{"notificationUrl":"<WEBHOOK_NOTIFICATION_URL>"}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "notificationUrl": "http://www.your-service-webhook-handler.com",
    "modified": "2019-01-01T01:02:21.076571Z"
    "secret": "85011ed3a913c6ad5f9cf6c5573cc0a7"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Notifications

When a video on your account finishes processing, you will receive a `POST` request notification with information about the video.

Note the `status` field indicates whether the video processing finished successfully.

```javascript title="Example POST request body sent in response to successful encoding"
{
    "uid": "dd5d531a12de0c724bd1275a3b2bc9c6",
    "readyToStream": true,
    "status": {
      "state": "ready"
    },
    "meta": {},
    "created": "2019-01-01T01:00:00.474936Z",
    "modified": "2019-01-01T01:02:21.076571Z",
    // ...
  }
```

When a video is done processing and all quality levels are encoded, the `state` field returns a `ready` state. The `ready` state can be useful if picture quality is important to you, and you only want to enable video playback when the highest quality levels are available.

If higher quality renditions are still processing, videos may sometimes return the `state` field as `ready` and an additional `pctComplete` state that is not `100`. When `pctComplete` reaches `100`, all quality resolutions are available for the video.

When at least one quality level is encoded and ready to be streamed, the `readyToStream` value returns `true`.

## Error codes

If a video could not process successfully, the `state` field returns `error`, and the `errReasonCode` returns one of the values listed below.

* `ERR_NON_VIDEO` – The upload is not a video.
* `ERR_DURATION_EXCEED_CONSTRAINT` – The video duration exceeds the constraints defined in the direct creator upload.
* `ERR_FETCH_ORIGIN_ERROR` – The video failed to download from the URL.
* `ERR_MALFORMED_VIDEO` – The video is a valid file but contains corrupt data that cannot be recovered.
* `ERR_DURATION_TOO_SHORT` – The video's duration is shorter than 0.1 seconds.
* `ERR_UNKNOWN` – If Stream cannot automatically determine why the video returned an error, the `ERR_UNKNOWN` code will be used.

In addition to the `state` field, a video's `readyToStream` field must also be `true` for a video to play.

```bash title="Example error response" {2,4,7}
{
  "readyToStream": true,
  "status": {
    "state": "error",
    "step": "encoding",
    "pctComplete": "39",
    "errReasonCode": "ERR_MALFORMED_VIDEO",
    "errReasonText": "The video was deemed to be corrupted or malformed.",
  }
}
```


<Details header="Example: POST body for successful video encoding">

```json
{
 "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
 "creator": null,
 "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
 "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0,
 "readyToStream": true,
 "status": {
   "state": "ready",
   "pctComplete": "39.000000",
   "errorReasonCode": "",
   "errorReasonText": ""
 },
 "meta": {
   "filename": "small.mp4",
   "filetype": "video/mp4",
   "name": "small.mp4",
   "relativePath": "null",
   "type": "video/mp4"
 },
 "created": "2022-06-30T17:53:12.512033Z",
 "modified": "2022-06-30T17:53:21.774299Z",
 "size": 383631,
 "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
 "allowedOrigins": [],
 "requireSignedURLs": false,
 "uploaded": "2022-06-30T17:53:12.511981Z",
 "uploadExpiry": "2022-07-01T17:53:12.511973Z",
 "maxSizeBytes": null,
 "maxDurationSeconds": null,
 "duration": 5.5,
 "input": {
   "width": 560,
   "height": 320
 },
 "playback": {
   "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
   "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
 },
 "watermark": null
}
```


</Details>

## Verify webhook authenticity

Cloudflare Stream will sign the webhook requests sent to your notification URLs and include the signature of each request in the `Webhook-Signature` HTTP header. This allows your application to verify the webhook requests are sent by Stream.

To verify a signature, you need to retrieve your webhook signing secret. This value is returned in the API response when you create or retrieve the webhook.

To verify the signature, get the value of the `Webhook-Signature` header, which will look similar to the example below.

`Webhook-Signature: time=1230811200,sig1=60493ec9388b44585a29543bcf0de62e377d4da393246a8b1c901d0e3e672404`

### 1. Parse the signature

Retrieve the `Webhook-Signature` header from the webhook request and split the string using the `,` character.

Split each value again using the `=` character.

The value for `time` is the current [UNIX time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) when the server sent the request. `sig1` is the signature of the request body.

At this point, you should discard requests with timestamps that are too old for your application.

### 2. Create the signature source string

Prepare the signature source string and concatenate the following strings:

* Value of the `time` field e.g. `1230811200`
* Character `.`
* Webhook request body (complete with newline characters, if applicable)

Every byte in the request body must remain unaltered for successful signature verification.

### 3. Create the expected signature

Compute an HMAC with the SHA256 function (HMAC-SHA256) using your webhook secret and the source string from step 2.
This step depends on the programming language used by your application.

Cloudflare's signature will be encoded to hex.

### 4. Compare expected and actual signatures

Compare the signature in the request header to the expected signature. Preferably, use a constant-time comparison function to compare the signatures.

If the signatures match, you can trust that Cloudflare sent the webhook.

## Limitations

* Webhooks will only be sent after video processing is complete, and the body will indicate whether the video processing succeeded or failed.
* Only one webhook subscription is allowed per-account.

## Examples

**Golang**

Using [crypto/hmac](https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/hmac/#pkg-overview):

```go
package main

import (
 "crypto/hmac"
 "crypto/sha256"
 "encoding/hex"
 "log"
)

func main() {
 secret := []byte("secret from the Cloudflare API")
 message := []byte("string from step 2")

 hash := hmac.New(sha256.New, secret)
 hash.Write(message)

 hashToCheck := hex.EncodeToString(hash.Sum(nil))

 log.Println(hashToCheck)
}

```

**Node.js**

```js

    var crypto = require('crypto');

    var key = 'secret from the Cloudflare API';
    var message = 'string from step 2';

    var hash = crypto.createHmac('sha256', key).update(message);

    hash.digest('hex');
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
    require 'openssl'

    key = 'secret from the Cloudflare API'
    message = 'string from step 2'

    OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('sha256', key, message)
```

**In JavaScript (for example, to use in Cloudflare Workers)**

```javascript
    const key = 'secret from the Cloudflare API';
    const message = 'string from step 2';

    const getUtf8Bytes = str =>
      new Uint8Array(
        [...unescape(encodeURIComponent(str))].map(c => c.charCodeAt(0))
      );

    const keyBytes = getUtf8Bytes(key);
    const messageBytes = getUtf8Bytes(message);

    const cryptoKey = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
      'raw', keyBytes, { name: 'HMAC', hash: 'SHA-256' },
      true, ['sign']
    );
    const sig = await crypto.subtle.sign('HMAC', cryptoKey, messageBytes);

    [...new Uint8Array(sig)].map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');
```

---

# Add custom ingest domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/custom-domains/

With custom ingest domains, you can configure your RTMPS feeds to use an ingest URL that you specify instead of using `live.cloudflare.com.`

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Click **Stream** > **Live Inputs**.
3. Click the **Settings** button above the list. The **Custom Input Domains** page displays.
4. Under **Domain**, add your domain and click **Add domain**.
5. At your DNS provider, add a CNAME record that points to `live.cloudflare.com`. If your DNS provider is Cloudflare, this step is done automatically.

If you are using Cloudflare for DNS, ensure the [**Proxy status**](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your ingest domain is **DNS only** (grey-clouded).

## Delete a custom domain

1. From the **Custom Input Domains** page under **Hostnames**, locate the domain.
2. Click the menu icon under **Action**. Click **Delete**.

---

# Download live stream videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/download-stream-live-videos/

You can enable downloads for live stream videos from the Cloudflare dashboard. Videos are available for download after they enter the **Ready** state.

:::note


Downloadable MP4s are only available for live recordings under four hours. Live recordings exceeding four hours can be played at a later time but cannot be downloaded as an MP4.


:::

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Click **Stream** > **Live Inputs**.
3. Click a live input from the list to select it.
4. Under **Videos created by live input**, locate your video and click to select it.
5. Under **Settings**, select **Enable MP4 Downloads**.
6. Click **Save**. You will see a progress bar as the video generates a download link.
7. When the download link is ready, under **Download URL**, copy the URL and enter it in a browser to download the video.

---

# Stream live video

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/

Cloudflare Stream lets you or your users [stream live video](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/video/what-is-live-streaming/), and play live video in your website or app, without managing and configuring any of your own infrastructure.

## How Stream works

Stream handles video streaming end-to-end, from ingestion through delivery.

1. For each live stream, you create a unique live input, either using the Stream Dashboard or API.
2. Each live input has a unique Stream Key, that you provide to the creator who is streaming live video.
3. Creators use this Stream Key to broadcast live video to Cloudflare Stream, over either RTMPS or SRT.
4. Cloudflare Stream encodes this live video at multiple resolutions and delivers it to viewers, using Cloudflare's Global Network. You can play video on your website using the [Stream Player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/) or using [any video player that supports HLS or DASH](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/).

![Diagram the explains the live stream workflow](~/assets/images/stream/live-stream-workflow.png)

## RTMP reconnections

As long as your streaming software reconnects, Stream Live will continue to ingest and stream your live video. Make sure the streaming software you use to push RTMP feeds automatically reconnects if the connection breaks. Some apps like OBS reconnect automatically while other apps like FFmpeg require custom configuration.

## Bitrate estimates at each quality level (bitrate ladder)

Cloudflare Stream transcodes and makes live streams available to viewers at multiple quality levels. This is commonly referred to as [Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/video/what-is-adaptive-bitrate-streaming).

With ABR, client video players need to be provided with estimates of how much bandwidth will be needed to play each quality level (ex: 1080p). Stream creates and updates these estimates dynamically by analyzing the bitrate of your users' live streams. This ensures that live video plays at the highest quality a viewer has adequate bandwidth to play, even in cases where the broadcaster's software or hardware provides incomplete or inaccurate information about the bitrate of their live content.

### How it works

If a live stream contains content with low visual complexity, like a slideshow presentation, the bandwidth estimates provided in the HLS and DASH manifests will be lower —  a stream like this has a low bitrate and requires relatively little bandwidth, even at high resolution.  This ensures that as many viewers as possible view the highest quality level.

Conversely, if a live stream contains content with high visual complexity, like live sports with motion and camera panning, the bandwidth estimates provided in the manifest will be higher — a stream like this has a high bitrate and requires more bandwidth. This ensures that viewers with inadequate bandwidth switch down to a lower quality level, and their playback does not buffer.

### How you benefit

If you're building a creator platform or any application where your end users create their own live streams, your end users likely use streaming software or hardware that you cannot control. In practice, these live streaming setups often send inaccurate or incomplete information about the bitrate of a given live stream, or are misconfigured by end users.

Stream adapts based on the live video that we actually receive, rather than blindly trusting the advertised bitrate. This means that even in cases where your end users' settings are less than ideal, client video players will still receive the most accurate bitrate estimates possible, ensuring the highest quality video playback for your viewers, while avoiding pushing configuration complexity back onto your users.

## Transition from live playback to a recording

Recordings are available for live streams within 60 seconds after a live stream ends.

You can check a video's status to determine if it's ready to view by making a [`GET` request to the `stream` endpoint](/stream/stream-live/watch-live-stream/#use-the-api) and viewing the `state` or by [using the Cloudflare dashboard](/stream/stream-live/watch-live-stream/#use-the-dashboard).

After the live stream ends, you can [replay live stream recordings](/stream/stream-live/replay-recordings/) in the `ready` state by using one of the playback URLs.

## Billing

Stream Live is billed identically to the rest of Cloudflare Stream.

* You pay $5 per 1000 minutes of recorded video.
* You pay $1 per 1000 minutes of delivered video.

All Stream Live videos are automatically recorded. There is no additional cost for encoding and packaging live videos.

---

# Live Instant Clipping

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/live-instant-clipping/

Stream supports generating clips of live streams and recordings so creators and viewers alike can highlight short, engaging pieces of a longer broadcast or recording. Live instant clips can be created by end users and do not result in additional storage fees or new entries in the video library.

:::note[Note:]


Clipping works differently for uploaded / on-demand videos. For more information, refer to [Clip videos](/stream/edit-videos/video-clipping/).


:::

## Prerequisites

When configuring a [Live input](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/), ensure "Live Playback and Recording" (`mode`) is enabled.

API keys are not needed to generate a preview or clip, but are needed to create Live Inputs.

Live instant clips are generated dynamically from the recording of a live stream. When generating clips manifests or MP4s, always reference the Video ID, not the Live Input ID. If the recording is deleted, the instant clip will no longer be available.

## Preview manifest

To help users replay and seek recent content, request a preview manifest by adding a `duration` parameter to the HLS manifest URL:

```txt title="Preview Manifest"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_ID||INPUT_ID>/manifest/video.m3u8?duration=5m
```



* `duration` string duration of the preview, up to 5 minutes as either a number of seconds ("30s") or minutes ("3m")


When the preview manifest is delivered, inspect the headers for two properties:



* `preview-start-seconds` float seconds into the start of the live stream or recording that the preview manifest starts. Useful in applications that allow a user to select a range from the preview because the clip will need to reference its offset from the *broadcast* start time, not the *preview* start time.
* `stream-media-id` string the video ID of the live stream or recording. Useful in applications that render the player using an *input* ID because the clip URL should reference the *video* ID.


This manifest can be played and seeked using any HLS-compatible player.

### Reading headers

Reading headers when loading a manifest requires adjusting how players handle
the response. For example, if using [HLS.js](https://github.com/video-dev/hls.js)
and the default loader, override the `pLoader` (playlist loader) class:

```js
let currentPreviewStart;
let currentPreviewVideoID;

// Override the pLoader (playlist loader) to read the manifest headers:
class pLoader extends Hls.DefaultConfig.loader {
  constructor(config) {
    super(config);
    var load = this.load.bind(this);
    this.load = function (context, config, callbacks) {
      if (context.type == 'manifest') {
        var onSuccess = callbacks.onSuccess;
        // copy the existing onSuccess handler to fire it later.

        callbacks.onSuccess = function (response, stats, context, networkDetails) {
          // The fourth argument here is undocumented in HLS.js but contains
          // the response object for the manifest fetch, which gives us headers:

          currentPreviewStart =
            parseFloat(networkDetails.getResponseHeader('preview-start-seconds'));
          // Save the start time of the preview manifest

          currentPreviewVideoID =
            networkDetails.getResponseHeader('stream-media-id');
          // Save the video ID in case the preview was loaded with an input ID

          onSuccess(response, stats, context);
          // And fire the exisint success handler.
        };
      }
      load(context, config, callbacks);
    };
  }
}

// Specify the new loader class when setting up HLS
const hls = new Hls({
  pLoader: pLoader,
});
```

## Clip manifest

To play a clip of a live stream or recording, request a clip manifest with a duration and a start time, relative to the start of the live stream.

```txt title="Clip Manifest"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_ID>/manifest/clip.m3u8?time=600s&duration=30s
```



* `time` string start time of the clip in seconds, from the start of the live stream or recording
* `duration` string duration of the clip in seconds, up to 60 seconds max


This manifest can be played and seeked using any HLS-compatible player.

## Clip MP4 download

An MP4 of the clip can also be generated dynamically to be saved and shared on other platforms.

```txt title="Clip MP4 Download"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_ID>/clip.mp4?time=600s&duration=30s&filename=clip.mp4
```



* `time` string start time of the clip in seconds, from the start of the live stream or recording (example: "500s")
* `duration` string duration of the clip in seconds, up to 60 seconds max (example: "60s")
* `filename` string *(optional)* a filename for the clip

---

# Record and replay live streams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/replay-recordings/

Live streams are automatically recorded, and available instantly once a live stream ends. To get a list of recordings for a given input ID, make a [`GET` request to `/live_inputs/<UID>/videos`](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/methods/get/) and filter for videos where `state` is set to `ready`:

```bash title="Request"
curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://dash.cloudflare.com/api/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/live_inputs/<LIVE_INPUT_UID>/videos
```

```json title="Response" {10}
{
  "result": [
...
    {
      "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
      "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
      "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0,
      "readyToStream": true,
      "status": {
        "state": "ready",
        "pctComplete": "100.000000",
        "errorReasonCode": "",
        "errorReasonText": ""
      },
      "meta": {
        "name": "Stream Live Test 22 Sep 21 22:12 UTC"
      },
      "created": "2021-09-22T22:12:53.587306Z",
      "modified": "2021-09-23T00:14:05.591333Z",
      "size": 0,
      "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
      "allowedOrigins": [],
      "requireSignedURLs": false,
      "uploaded": "2021-09-22T22:12:53.587288Z",
      "uploadExpiry": null,
      "maxSizeBytes": null,
      "maxDurationSeconds": null,
      "duration": 7272,
      "input": {
        "width": 640,
        "height": 360
      },
      "playback": {
        "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
        "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
      },
      "watermark": null,
      "liveInput": "34036a0695ab5237ce757ac53fd158a2"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Simulcast (restream) videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/simulcasting/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Simulcasting lets you forward your live stream to third-party platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and more. You can simulcast to up to 50 concurrent destinations from each live input. To begin simulcasting, select an input and add one or more Outputs.

<Render file="chromecast_limitations" />

## Add an Output using the API

Add an Output to start retransmitting live video. You can add or remove Outputs at any time during a broadcast to start and stop retransmitting.

```bash title="Request"
curl -X POST \
--data '{"url": "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2","streamKey": "<redacted>"}' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/live_inputs/<INPUT_UID>/outputs
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "6f8339ed45fe87daa8e7f0fe4e4ef776",
    "url": "rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2",
    "streamKey": "<redacted>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Control when you start and stop simulcasting

You can enable and disable individual live outputs via the [API](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/subresources/outputs/methods/update/) or [Stream dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs), allowing you to:

* Start a live stream, but wait to start simulcasting to YouTube and Twitch until right before the content begins.
* Stop simulcasting before the live stream ends, to encourage viewers to transition from a third-party service like YouTube or Twitch to a direct live stream.
* Give your own users manual control over when they go live to specific simulcasting destinations.

When a live output is disabled, video is not simulcast to the live output, even when actively streaming to the corresponding live input.

By default, all live outputs are enabled.

### Enable outputs from the dashboard:

1. From Live Inputs in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs), select an input from the list.
2. Under **Outputs** > **Enabled**, set the toggle to enabled or disabled.

## Manage outputs

| Command                                                                  | Method   | Endpoint                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [List outputs](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/methods/list/)      | `GET`    | `accounts/:account_identifier/stream/live_inputs`                        |
| [Delete outputs](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/methods/delete/) | `DELETE` | `accounts/:account_identifier/stream/live_inputs/:live_input_identifier` |

If the associated live input is already retransmitting to this output when you make the `DELETE` request, that output will be disconnected within 30 seconds.

---

# Start a live stream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/

import { InlineBadge, Render, Badge } from "~/components";

After you subscribe to Stream, you can create Live Inputs in Dash or via the API. Broadcast to your new Live Input using RTMPS or SRT. SRT supports newer video codecs and makes using accessibility features, such as captions and multiple audio tracks, easier.

<Render file="srt-supported-modes" />

**First time live streaming?** You will need software to send your video to Cloudflare. [Learn how to go live on Stream using OBS Studio](/stream/examples/obs-from-scratch/).

## Use the dashboard

**Step 1:** [Create a live input via the Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream/inputs/create).

![Create live input field from dashboard](~/assets/images/stream/create-live-input-from-stream-dashboard.png)

**Step 2:** Copy the RTMPS URL and key, and use them with your live streaming application. We recommend using [Open Broadcaster Software (OBS)](https://obsproject.com/) to get started.

![Example of RTMPS URL field](~/assets/images/stream/copy-rtmps-url-from-stream-dashboard.png)

**Step 3:** Go live and preview your live stream in the Stream Dashboard

In the Stream Dashboard, within seconds of going live, you will see a preview of what your viewers will see. To add live video playback to your website or app, refer to [Play videos](/stream/viewing-videos).

## Use the API

To start a live stream programmatically, make a `POST` request to the `/live_inputs` endpoint:

```bash title="Request"
curl -X POST \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{"meta": {"name":"test stream"},"recording": { "mode": "automatic" }}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"uid": "f256e6ea9341d51eea64c9454659e576",
	"rtmps": {
		"url": "rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/",
		"streamKey": "MTQ0MTcjM3MjI1NDE3ODIyNTI1MjYyMjE4NTI2ODI1NDcxMzUyMzcf256e6ea9351d51eea64c9454659e576"
	},
	"created": "2021-09-23T05:05:53.451415Z",
	"modified": "2021-09-23T05:05:53.451415Z",
	"meta": {
		"name": "test stream"
	},
	"status": null,
	"recording": {
		"mode": "automatic",
		"requireSignedURLs": false,
		"allowedOrigins": null,
		"hideLiveViewerCount": false
	},
	"deleteRecordingAfterDays": null,
	"preferLowLatency": false
}
```

#### Optional API parameters

[API Reference Docs for `/live_inputs`](/api/resources/stream/subresources/live_inputs/methods/create/)

- `preferLowLatency` boolean default: `false` <InlineBadge preset="beta" />

  - When set to true, this live input will be enabled for the beta Low-Latency HLS pipeline. The Stream built-in player will automatically use LL-HLS when possible. (Recording `mode` property must also be set to `automatic`.)

- `deleteRecordingAfterDays` integer default: `null` (any)

  - Specifies a date and time when the recording, not the input, will be deleted. This property applies from the time the recording is made available and ready to stream. After the recording is deleted, it is no longer viewable and no longer counts towards storage for billing. Minimum value is `30`, maximum value is `1096`.

    When the stream ends, a `scheduledDeletion` timestamp is calculated using the `deleteRecordingAfterDays` value if present.

    Note that if the value is added to a live input while a stream is live, the property will only apply to future streams.

- `timeoutSeconds` integer default: `0`

  - The `timeoutSeconds` property specifies how long a live feed can be disconnected before it results in a new video being created.

The following four properties are nested under the `recording` object.

- `mode` string default: `off`

  - When the mode property is set to `automatic`, the live stream will be automatically available for viewing using HLS/DASH. In addition, the live stream will be automatically recorded for later replays. By default, recording mode is set to `off`, and the input will not be recorded or available for playback.

- `requireSignedURLs` boolean default: `false`

  - The `requireSignedURLs` property indicates if signed URLs are required to view the video. This setting is applied by default to all videos recorded from the input. In addition, if viewing a video via the live input ID, this field takes effect over any video-level settings.

- `allowedOrigins` integer default: `null` (any)

  - The `allowedOrigins` property can optionally be invoked to provide a list of allowed origins. This setting is applied by default to all videos recorded from the input. In addition, if viewing a video via the live input ID, this field takes effect over any video-level settings.

- `hideLiveViewerCount` boolean default: `false`

  - Restrict access to the live viewer count and remove the value from the player.

## Manage live inputs

You can update live inputs by making a `PUT` request:

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs/{input_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{"meta": {"name":"test stream 1"},"recording": { "mode": "automatic", "timeoutSeconds": 10 }}'
```

Delete a live input by making a `DELETE` request:

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/live_inputs/{input_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

## Recommendations, requirements and limitations

### Recommendations

- Your creators should use an appropriate bitrate for their live streams, typically well under 12Mbps (12000Kbps). High motion, high frame rate content typically should use a higher bitrate, while low motion content like slide presentations should use a lower bitrate.
- Your creators should use a [GOP duration](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_pictures) (keyframe interval) of between 2 to 8 seconds. The default in most encoding software and hardware, including Open Broadcaster Software (OBS), is within this range. Setting a lower GOP duration will reduce latency for viewers, while also reducing encoding efficiency. Setting a higher GOP duration will improve encoding efficiency, while increasing latency for viewers. This is a tradeoff inherent to video encoding, and not a limitation of Cloudflare Stream.
- When possible, select CBR (constant bitrate) instead of VBR (variable bitrate) as CBR helps to ensure a stable streaming experience while preventing buffering and interruptions.

#### Low-Latency HLS broadcast recommendations <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

- For lowest latency, use a GOP size (keyframe interval) of 1 or 2 seconds.
- Broadcast to the RTMP endpoint if possible.
- If using OBS, select the "ultra low" latency profile.

### Requirements

- Closed GOPs are required. This means that if there are any B frames in the video, they should always refer to frames within the same GOP. This setting is the default in most encoding software and hardware, including [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/).
- Stream Live only supports H.264 video and AAC audio codecs as inputs. This requirement does not apply to inputs that are relayed to Stream Connect outputs. Stream Live supports ADTS but does not presently support LATM.
- Clients must be configured to reconnect when a disconnection occurs. Stream Live is designed to handle reconnection gracefully by continuing the live stream.

### Limitations

- Watermarks cannot yet be used with live videos.
- If a live video exceeds seven days in length, the recording will be truncated to seven days. Only the first seven days of live video content will be recorded.

---

# Watch a live stream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/watch-live-stream/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When an input begins receiving the live stream, a new video with HLS and DASH URLs is automatically created as long as the mode property for the input is set to `automatic`.

<Render file="chromecast_limitations" />

## Use the API

A live input can have multiple video UIDs associated with it. To get the video UID representing the current live stream for a given input, make a `GET` request to the `/stream` endpoint.

To play the video in your browser, use the URL from the `preview` field. To use your own player, use the `hls` or `dash` URLs.

```bash title="Request"
curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/live_inputs/<LIVE_INPUT_UID>/videos
```

The response contains the HLS/DASH URL that can be used to play the current live video as well as any previously recorded live videos. In the example below, the state of the live video is `live-inprogress` and the state for previously recorded video is `ready`.

```json title="Response" {4,7,21,28,32,46}
{
  "result": [
    {
      "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
      "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",

      "status": {
        "state": "live-inprogress",
        "errorReasonCode": "",
        "errorReasonText": ""
      },
      "meta": {
        "name": "Stream Live Test 23 Sep 21 05:44 UTC"
      },
      "created": "2021-09-23T05:44:30.453838Z",
      "modified": "2021-09-23T05:44:30.453838Z",
      "size": 0,
      "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
      ...

      "playback": {
        "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
        "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
      },
      ...
    },
    {
      "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
      "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
      "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0,
      "readyToStream": true,
      "status": {
        "state": "ready",
        "pctComplete": "100.000000",
        "errorReasonCode": "",
        "errorReasonText": ""
      },
      "meta": {
        "name": "CFTV Staging 22 Sep 21 22:12 UTC"
      },
      "created": "2021-09-22T22:12:53.587306Z",
      "modified": "2021-09-23T00:14:05.591333Z",
      "size": 0,
      "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
      ...
      "playback": {
        "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
        "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
      },
    }
  ],
}
```

## Use the dashboard

To get the embed code or HLS Manifest URL for your video:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Click **Stream** > **Live Inputs**.
3. Click a live input from the list to select it. The page for your live input displays.
4. Locate the **Embed** and **HLS Manifest URL** beneath the video.
5. Determine which option to use and then click **Click to copy** beneath your choice.

## View by live input ID

You can use one of the options below to view a live video by input ID:

* Replace the video ID with the input ID.
* Use the Embed code.
* Use the Manifest URL.

## Live input ID status

You can check whether a live input ID is currently streaming a video or not by making a request to the `lifecycle` endpoint. The Stream player supports using input IDs to check a live stream status, but third party players may require additional support.

```bash
curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/lifecycle
```

In the example below, the response indicates the `ID` is for an input with an active `videoUID`. The `live` status value indicates the input is actively streaming.

```json
{
    "isInput": true,
    "videoUID": "55b9b5ce48c3968c6b514c458959d6a",
    "live": true
}
```

```json
{
    "isInput": true,
    "videoUID": null,
    "live": false
}
```

When viewing a live stream via the live input ID, the `requireSignedURLs` and `allowedOrigins` options in the live input recording settings are used. These settings are independent of the video-level settings.

## Live stream recording playback

After a live stream ends, a recording is automatically generated and available within 60 seconds. To ensure successful video viewing and playback, keep the following in mind:

* If a live stream ends while a viewer is watching, viewers using the Stream player should wait 60 seconds and then reload the player to view the recording of the live stream.
* After a live stream ends, you can check the status of the recording via the API. When the video state is `ready`, you can use one of the manifest URLs to stream the recording.

While the recording of the live stream is generating, the video may report as `not-found` or `not-started`.

If you are not using the Stream player for live stream recordings, refer to [Record and replay live streams](/stream/stream-live/replay-recordings/) for more information on how to replay a live stream recording.

---

# Upload videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/

Before you upload your video, review the options for uploading a video, supported formats, and recommendations.

## Upload options

| Upload method	| When to use |
|---------------|-------------|
|[Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream)| Upload videos from the Stream Dashboard without writing any code.
|[Upload with a link](/stream/uploading-videos/upload-via-link/)| Upload videos using a link, such as an S3 bucket or content management system.
|[Upload video file](/stream/uploading-videos/upload-video-file/)| Upload videos stored on a computer.
|[Direct creator uploads](/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/)| Allows end users of your website or app to upload videos directly to Cloudflare Stream.


## Supported video formats


:::note
Files must be less than 30 GB, and content should be encoded and uploaded in the same frame rate it was recorded.
:::

- MP4
- MKV
- MOV
- AVI
- FLV
- MPEG-2 TS
- MPEG-2 PS
- MXF
- LXF
- GXF
- 3GP
- WebM
- MPG
- Quicktime

## Recommendations for on-demand videos

- Optional but ideal settings:
  - MP4 containers
  - AAC audio codec
  - H264 video codec
  - 60 or fewer frames per second
- Closed GOP (_Only required for live streaming._)
- Mono or Stereo audio. Stream will mix audio tracks with more than two channels down to stereo.

---

# Receive Live Webhooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/webhooks/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

Stream Live offers webhooks to notify your service when an Input connects, disconnects, or encounters an error with Stream Live.

<AvailableNotifications product="Stream" />

## Subscribe to Stream Live Webhooks

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and click **Notifications**.
2. From the **Notifications** page, click the **Destinations** tab.
3. On the **Destinations** page under **Webhooks**, click **Create**.
4. Enter the information for your webhook and click **Save and Test**.
5. To create the notification, from the **Notifications** page, click the **All Notifications** tab.
6. Next to **Notifications**, click **Add**.
7. Under the list of products, locate **Stream** and click **Select**.
8. Enter a name and optional description.
9. Under **Webhooks**, click **Add webhook** and click your newly created webhook.
10. Click **Next**.
11. By default, you will receive webhook notifications for all Live Inputs. If you only wish to receive webhooks for certain inputs, enter a comma-delimited list of Input IDs in the text field.
12. When you are done, click **Create**.<br/><br/>

```json title="Example webhook payload"
{
  "name": "Live Webhook Test",
  "text": "Notification type: Stream Live Input\nInput ID: eb222fcca08eeb1ae84c981ebe8aeeb6\nEvent type: live_input.disconnected\nUpdated at: 2022-01-13T11:43:41.855717910Z",
  "data": {
    "notification_name": "Stream Live Input",
    "input_id": "eb222fcca08eeb1ae84c981ebe8aeeb6",
    "event_type": "live_input.disconnected",
    "updated_at": "2022-01-13T11:43:41.855717910Z"
  },
  "ts": 1642074233
}
```

The `event_type` property of the data object will either be `live_input.connected`, `live_input.disconnected`, or `live_input.errored`.

If there are issues detected with the input, the `event_type` will be `live_input.errored`. Additional data will be under the `live_input_errored` json key and will include a `code` with one of the values listed below.

## Error codes

* `ERR_STORAGE_QUOTA_EXHAUSTED` – The account storage quota has been exceeded.
* `ERR_GOP_OUT_OF_RANGE` – The input GOP size or keyframe interval is out of range.
* `ERR_UNSUPPORTED_VIDEO_CODEC` – The input video codec is unsupported for the protocol used.
* `ERR_UNSUPPORTED_AUDIO_CODEC` – The input audio codec is unsupported for the protocol used.

```json title="Example live_input.errored webhook payload"
{
  "name": "Live Webhook Test",
  "text": "Notification type: Stream Live Input\nInput ID: 2c28dd2cc444cb77578c4840b51e43a8\nEvent type: live_input.errored\nUpdated at: 2024-07-09T18:07:51.077371662Z\nError Code: ERR_GOP_OUT_OF_RANGE\nError Message: Input GOP size or keyframe interval is out of range.\nVideo Codec: \nAudio Codec: ",
  "data": {
    "notification_name": "Stream Live Input",
    "input_id": "eb222fcca08eeb1ae84c981ebe8aeeb6",
    "event_type": "live_input.errored",
    "updated_at": "2024-07-09T18:07:51.077371662Z",
    "live_input_errored": {
      "error": {
        "code": "ERR_GOP_OUT_OF_RANGE",
        "message": "Input GOP size or keyframe interval is out of range."
      },
      "video_codec": "",
      "audio_codec": ""
    }
  },
  "ts": 1720548474,
}
```

---

# Direct creator uploads

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/

Direct creator uploads let your end users upload videos directly to Cloudflare Stream without exposing your API token to clients.

- If your video is a [basic upload](/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/#basic-uploads) under 200 MB and users do not need resumable uploads, generate a URL that accepts an HTTP post request.

- If your video is over 200 MB or if you need to allow users to [resume interrupted uploads](/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/#resumable-uploads), generate a URL using the tus protocol.

In either case, you must specify a maximum duration to reserve for the user's upload to ensure it can be accommodated within your available storage.

## Basic uploads

Use this option if your users upload videos under 200 MB, and you do not need to allow resumable uploads.

1. Generate a unique, one-time upload URL using the [Direct upload API](/api/resources/stream/subresources/direct_upload/methods/create/).

```sh title="Generate upload"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/direct_upload \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 --data '{
    "maxDurationSeconds": 3600
 }'
```

{/* <!-- videodelivery.net is correct domain. See STREAM-4364 --> */}

```json output {3}
{
	"result": {
		"uploadURL": "https://upload.videodelivery.net/f65014bc6ff5419ea86e7972a047ba22",
		"uid": "f65014bc6ff5419ea86e7972a047ba22"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

2. With the `uploadURL` from the previous step, users can upload video files that are limited to 200 MB in size. Refer to the example request below.

{/* <!-- videodelivery.net is correct domain. See STREAM-4364 --> */}

```bash {3} title="Upload a video to the unique one-time upload URL"
curl --request POST \
  --form file=@/Users/mickie/Downloads/example_video.mp4 \
  https://upload.videodelivery.net/f65014bc6ff5419ea86e7972a047ba22
```

A successful upload will receive a `200` HTTP status code response. If the upload does not meet
the upload constraints defined at time of creation or is larger than 200 MB in size, you will receive a `4xx` HTTP status code response.

## Resumable uploads

1. Create your own API endpoint that returns an upload URL.

The example below shows how to build a Worker to get a URL you can use to upload your video. The one-time upload URL is returned in the `Location` header of the response, not in the response body.

```javascript {23} title="Example API endpoint"
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const { request, env } = context;
	const { CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID, CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN } = env;
	const endpoint = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}/stream?direct_user=true`;

	const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `bearer ${CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN}`,
			"Tus-Resumable": "1.0.0",
			"Upload-Length": request.headers.get("Upload-Length"),
			"Upload-Metadata": request.headers.get("Upload-Metadata"),
		},
	});

	const destination = response.headers.get("Location");

	return new Response(null, {
		headers: {
			"Access-Control-Expose-Headers": "Location",
			"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "*",
			"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
			Location: destination,
		},
	});
}
```

2. Use this API endpoint **directly** in your tus client. A common mistake is to extract the upload URL from your new API endpoint, and use this directly. See below for a complete example of how to use the API from Step 1 with the uppy tus client.

```html {35} title="Upload a video using the uppy tus client"
<html>
	<head>
		<link
			href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.0.1/uppy.min.css"
			rel="stylesheet"
		/>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div id="drag-drop-area" style="height: 300px"></div>
		<div class="for-ProgressBar"></div>
		<button class="upload-button" style="font-size: 30px; margin: 20px">
			Upload
		</button>
		<div class="uploaded-files" style="margin-top: 50px">
			<ol></ol>
		</div>
		<script type="module">
			import {
				Uppy,
				Tus,
				DragDrop,
				ProgressBar,
			} from "https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v3.0.1/uppy.min.mjs";

			const uppy = new Uppy({ debug: true, autoProceed: true });

			const onUploadSuccess = (el) => (file, response) => {
				const li = document.createElement("li");
				const a = document.createElement("a");
				a.href = response.uploadURL;
				a.target = "_blank";
				a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(file.name));
				li.appendChild(a);

				document.querySelector(el).appendChild(li);
			};

			uppy
				.use(DragDrop, { target: "#drag-drop-area" })
				.use(Tus, {
					endpoint: "/api/get-upload-url",
					chunkSize: 150 * 1024 * 1024,
				})
				.use(ProgressBar, {
					target: ".for-ProgressBar",
					hideAfterFinish: false,
				})
				.on("upload-success", onUploadSuccess(".uploaded-files ol"));

			const uploadBtn = document.querySelector("button.upload-button");
			uploadBtn.addEventListener("click", () => uppy.upload());
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
```

For more details on using tus and example client code, refer to [Resumable and large files (tus)](/stream/uploading-videos/resumable-uploads/).

## Upload-Metadata header syntax

You can apply the [same constraints](/api/resources/stream/subresources/direct_upload/methods/create/) as Direct Creator Upload via basic upload when using tus. To do so, you must pass the `expiry` and `maxDurationSeconds` as part of the `Upload-Metadata` request header as part of the first request (made by the Worker in the example above.) The `Upload-Metadata` values are ignored from subsequent requests that do the actual file upload.

The `Upload-Metadata` header should contain key-value pairs. The keys are text and the values should be encoded in base64. Separate the key and values by a space, _not_ an equal sign. To join multiple key-value pairs, include a comma with no additional spaces.

In the example below, the `Upload-Metadata` header is instructing Stream to only accept uploads with max video duration of 10 minutes, uploaded prior to the expiry timestamp, and to make this video private:

`'Upload-Metadata: maxDurationSeconds NjAw,requiresignedurls,expiry MjAyNC0wMi0yN1QwNzoyMDo1MFo='`

`NjAw` is the base64 encoded value for "600" (or 10 minutes).
`MjAyNC0wMi0yN1QwNzoyMDo1MFo=` is the base64 encoded value for "2024-02-27T07:20:50Z" (an RFC3339 format timestamp)

## Track upload progress

After the creation of a unique one-time upload URL, you may wish to retain the unique identifier (`uid`) returned in the response to track the progress of a user's upload.

You can do that two ways:

- [Search for a video](/stream/manage-video-library/searching/) with the UID to check the status.

- [Create a webhook subscription](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/) to receive notifications about the video status. These notifications include the video's UID.

## Billing considerations

Direct Creator Upload links count towards your storage limit even if your users have not yet uploaded video to this URL. If the link expires before it is used or the upload cannot be processed, the storage reservation will be released. Otherwise, once the upload is encoded, its true duration will be counted toward storage and the reservation will be released.

For a detailed breakdown of pricing and example scenarios, refer to [Pricing](/stream/pricing/).

---

# Player API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/player-api/

Attributes are added in the `<stream>` tag without quotes, as you can see below:

```
<stream attribute-added-here src="5d5bc37ffcf54c9b82e996823bffbb81"></stream>
```

Multiple attributes can be used together, added one after each other like this:

```
<stream attribute-1 attribute-2 attribute-3 src="5d5bc37ffcf54c9b82e996823bffbb81"></stream>
```

## Supported attributes

* `autoplay` boolean

  * Tells the browser to immediately start downloading the video and play it as soon as it can. Note that mobile browsers generally do not support this attribute, the user must tap the screen to begin video playback. Please consider mobile users or users with Internet usage limits as some users don't have unlimited Internet access before using this attribute.

  :::note
  To disable video autoplay, the `autoplay` attribute needs to be removed altogether as this attribute. Setting `autoplay="false"` will not work; the video will autoplay if the attribute is there in the `<stream>` tag.

  In addition, some browsers now prevent videos with audio from playing automatically. You may add the `mute` attribute to allow your videos to autoplay. For more information, go [here](https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/). 
  :::

* `controls` boolean

  * Shows the default video controls such as buttons for play/pause, volume controls. You may choose to build buttons and controls that work with the player. [See an example.](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/)

* `height` integer

  * The height of the video's display area, in CSS pixels.

* `loop` boolean

  * A Boolean attribute; if included in the HTML tag, player will, automatically seek back to the start upon reaching the end of the video.

* `muted` boolean

  * A Boolean attribute which indicates the default setting of the audio contained in the video. If set, the audio will be initially silenced.

* `preload` string | null

  * This enumerated attribute is intended to provide a hint to the browser about what the author thinks will lead to the best user experience. You may choose to include this attribute as a boolean attribute without a value, or you may specify the value `preload="auto"` to preload the beginning of the video. Not including the attribute or using `preload="metadata"` will just load the metadata needed to start video playback when requested.

  :::note
  The `<video>` element does not force the browser to follow the value of this attribute; it is a mere hint. Even though the `preload="none"` option is a valid HTML5 attribute, Stream player will always load some metadata to initialize the player. The amount of data loaded in this case is negligible. 
  :::

* `poster` string

  * A URL for an image to be shown before the video is started or while the video is downloading. If this attribute isn't specified, a thumbnail image of the video is shown.

* `src` string

  * The video id from the video you've uploaded to Cloudflare Stream should be included here.

* `width` integer

  * The width of the video's display area, in CSS pixels.

## Methods

* `play()` Promise

  * Start video playback.

* `pause()` null

  * Pause video playback.

## Properties

* `autoplay`

  * Sets or returns whether the autoplay attribute was set, allowing video playback to start upon load.

* `controls`

  * Sets or returns whether the video should display controls (like play/pause etc.)

* `currentTime`

  * Returns the current playback time in seconds. Setting this value seeks the video to a new time.

* `duration` readonly

  * Returns the duration of the video in seconds.

* `ended` readonly

  * Returns whether the video has ended.

* `loop`

  * Sets or returns whether the video should start over when it reaches the end

* `muted`

  * Sets or returns whether the audio should be played with the video

* `paused` readonly

  * Returns whether the video is paused

* `preload`

  * Sets or returns whether the video should be preloaded upon element load.

* `volume`

  * Sets or returns volume from 0.0 (silent) to 1.0 (maximum value)

## Events

### Standard video element events

Stream supports most of the [standardized media element events](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Events/Media_events).

* `abort`

  * Sent when playback is aborted; for example, if the media is playing and is restarted from the beginning, this event is sent.

* `canplay`

  * Sent when enough data is available that the media can be played, at least for a couple of frames.

* `canplaythrough`

  * Sent when the entire media can be played without interruption, assuming the download rate remains at least at the current level. It will also be fired when playback is toggled between paused and playing. Note: Manually setting the currentTime will eventually fire a canplaythrough event in firefox. Other browsers might not fire this event.

* `durationchange`

  * The metadata has loaded or changed, indicating a change in duration of the media. This is sent, for example, when the media has loaded enough that the duration is known.

* `ended`

  * Sent when playback completes.

* `error`

  * Sent when an error occurs. (e.g. the video has not finished encoding yet, or the video fails to load due to an incorrect signed URL)

* `loadeddata`

  * The first frame of the media has finished loading.

* `loadedmetadata`

  * The media's metadata has finished loading; all attributes now contain as much useful information as they're going to.

* `loadstart`

  * Sent when loading of the media begins.

* `pause`

  * Sent when the playback state is changed to paused (paused property is true).

* `play`

  * Sent when the playback state is no longer paused, as a result of the play method, or the autoplay attribute.

* `playing`

  * Sent when the media has enough data to start playing, after the play event, but also when recovering from being stalled, when looping media restarts, and after seeked, if it was playing before seeking.

* `progress`

  * Sent periodically to inform interested parties of progress downloading the media. Information about the current amount of the media that has been downloaded is available in the media element's buffered attribute.

* `ratechange`

  * Sent when the playback speed changes.

* `seeked`

  * Sent when a seek operation completes.

* `seeking`

  * Sent when a seek operation begins.

* `stalled`

  * Sent when the user agent is trying to fetch media data, but data is unexpectedly not forthcoming.

* `suspend`

  * Sent when loading of the media is suspended; this may happen either because the download has completed or because it has been paused for any other reason.

* `timeupdate`

  * The time indicated by the element's currentTime attribute has changed.

* `volumechange`

  * Sent when the audio volume changes (both when the volume is set and when the muted attribute is changed).

* `waiting`

  * Sent when the requested operation (such as playback) is delayed pending the completion of another operation (such as a seek).

### Non-standard events

Non-standard events are prefixed with `stream-` to distinguish them from standard events.

* `stream-adstart`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad begins playback

* `stream-adend`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad finishes playback

* `stream-adtimeout`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad took too long to load.

---

# Resumable and large files (tus)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/resumable-uploads/

If you have a video over 200 MB, we recommend using the [tus protocol](https://tus.io/) for resumable file uploads. A resumable upload ensures that the upload can be interrupted and resumed without uploading the previous data again.

## Requirements

- Resumable uploads require a minimum chunk size of 5,242,880 bytes unless the entire file is less than this amount. For better performance when the client connection is expected to be reliable, increase the chunk size to 52,428,800 bytes.
- Maximum chunk size is 209,715,200 bytes.
- Chunk size must be divisible by 256 KiB (256x1024 bytes). Round your chunk size to the nearest multiple of 256 KiB. Note that the final chunk of an upload that fits within a single chunk is exempt from this requirement.


## Prerequisites

Before you can upload a video using tus, you will need to download a tus client. 

For more information, refer to the [tus Python client](https://github.com/tus/tus-py-client) which is available through pip, Python's package manager. 

```python title="Install Python client"
pip install -U tus.py
```

## Upload a video using tus

```sh title="Upload using tus"
tus-upload --chunk-size 52428800 --header \
Authorization "Bearer <API_TOKEN>" 
<PATH_TO_VIDEO> https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream
```

```sh title="tus response"
INFO Creating file endpoint
INFO Created: https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/d467d4f0fcbcd9791b613bc3a9599cdc/stream/dd5d531a12de0c724bd1275a3b2bc9c6
...
```

### Golang example

Before you begin, import a tus client such as [go-tus](https://github.com/eventials/go-tus) to upload from your Go applications.

The `go-tus` library does not return the response headers to the calling function, which makes it difficult to read the video ID from the `stream-media-id` header. As a workaround, create a [Direct Creator Upload](/stream/uploading-videos/direct-creator-uploads/) link. That API response will include the TUS endpoint as well as the video ID. Setting a Creator ID is not required.

```go title="Upload with Golang"
package main

import (
	"net/http"
	"os"

	tus "github.com/eventials/go-tus"
)

func main() {
	accountID := "<ACCOUNT_ID>"

	f, err := os.Open("videofile.mp4")

	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	defer f.Close()

	headers := make(http.Header)
	headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <API_TOKEN>")

	config := &tus.Config{
		ChunkSize:           50 * 1024 * 1024, // Required a minimum chunk size of 5 MB, here we use 50 MB.
		Resume:              false,
		OverridePatchMethod: false,
		Store:               nil,
		Header:              headers,
		HttpClient:          nil,
	}

	client, _ := tus.NewClient("https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/"+ accountID +"/stream", config)

	upload, _ := tus.NewUploadFromFile(f)

	uploader, _ := client.CreateUpload(upload)

	uploader.Upload()
}
```

You can also get the progress of the upload if you are running the upload in a goroutine.

```go title="Get progress of upload"
// returns the progress percentage.
upload.Progress()

// returns whether or not the upload is complete.
upload.Finished()
```

Refer to [go-tus](https://github.com/eventials/go-tus) for functionality such as resuming uploads.

### Node.js example

Before you begin, install the tus-js-client.

```sh title="Install tus-js-client"
npm install tus-js-client
```

Create an `index.js` file and configure:

- The API endpoint with your Cloudflare Account ID.
- The request headers to include an API token.

```js title="Configure index.js"
var fs = require("fs");
var tus = require("tus-js-client");

// Specify location of file you would like to upload below
var path = __dirname + "/test.mp4";
var file = fs.createReadStream(path);
var size = fs.statSync(path).size;
var mediaId = "";

var options = {
	endpoint: "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream",
	headers: {
		Authorization: "Bearer <API_TOKEN>",
	},
	chunkSize: 50 * 1024 * 1024, // Required a minimum chunk size of 5 MB. Here we use 50 MB.
	retryDelays: [0, 3000, 5000, 10000, 20000], // Indicates to tus-js-client the delays after which it will retry if the upload fails.
	metadata: {
		name: "test.mp4",
		filetype: "video/mp4",
		// Optional if you want to include a watermark
		// watermark: '<WATERMARK_UID>',
	},
	uploadSize: size,
	onError: function (error) {
		throw error;
	},
	onProgress: function (bytesUploaded, bytesTotal) {
		var percentage = ((bytesUploaded / bytesTotal) * 100).toFixed(2);
		console.log(bytesUploaded, bytesTotal, percentage + "%");
	},
	onSuccess: function () {
		console.log("Upload finished");
	},
	onAfterResponse: function (req, res) {
		return new Promise((resolve) => {
			var mediaIdHeader = res.getHeader("stream-media-id");
			if (mediaIdHeader) {
				mediaId = mediaIdHeader;
			}
			resolve();
		});
	},
};

var upload = new tus.Upload(file, options);
upload.start();
```

## Specify upload options

The tus protocol allows you to add optional parameters in the [`Upload-Metadata` header](https://tus.io/protocols/resumable-upload.html#upload-metadata).

### Supported options in `Upload-Metadata`

Setting arbitrary metadata values in the `Upload-Metadata` header sets values in the [meta key in Stream API](/api/resources/stream/methods/list/).

- `name`

  - Setting this key will set `meta.name` in the API and display the value as the name of the video in the dashboard.

- `requiresignedurls`

  - If this key is present, the video playback for this video will be required to use signed URLs after upload.

- `scheduleddeletion`

  - Specifies a date and time when a video will be deleted. After a video is deleted, it is no longer viewable and no longer counts towards storage for billing. The specified date and time cannot be earlier than 30 days or later than 1,096 days from the video's created timestamp.

- `allowedorigins`

  - An array of strings listing origins allowed to display the video. This will set the [allowed origins setting](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/#security-considerations) for the video.

- `thumbnailtimestamppct`

  - Specify the default thumbnail [timestamp percentage](/stream/viewing-videos/displaying-thumbnails/). Note that percentage is a floating point value between 0.0 and 1.0.

- `watermark`

  - The watermark profile UID.

## Set creator property

Setting a creator value in the `Upload-Creator` header can be used to identify the creator of the video content, linking the way you identify your users or creators to videos in your Stream account.

For examples of how to set and modify the creator ID, refer to [Associate videos with creators](/stream/manage-video-library/creator-id/).

## Get the video ID when using tus

When an initial tus request is made, Stream responds with a URL in the `Location` header. While this URL may contain the video ID, it is not recommend to parse this URL to get the ID.

Instead, you should use the `stream-media-id` HTTP header in the response to retrieve the video ID.

For example, a request made to `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream` with the tus protocol will contain a HTTP header like the following:

```
stream-media-id: cab807e0c477d01baq20f66c3d1dfc26cf
```

---

# Upload with a link

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/upload-via-link/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

If you have videos stored in a cloud storage bucket, you can pass a HTTP link for the file, and Stream will fetch the file on your behalf.

## Make an HTTP request

Make a `POST` request to the Stream API using the link to your video.

```bash
curl \
--data '{"url":"https://storage.googleapis.com/zaid-test/Watermarks%20Demo/cf-ad-original.mp4","meta":{"name":"My First Stream Video"}}' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/copy
```

## Check video status

Stream must download and encode the video, which can take a few seconds to a few minutes depending on the length of your video.

When the `readyToStream` value returns `true`, your video is ready for streaming.

You can optionally use [webhooks](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/) which will notify you when the video is ready to stream or if an error occurs.

```json {3,6}
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957",
    "thumbnail": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg",
    "thumbnailTimestampPct": 0,
    "readyToStream": false,
    "status": {
      "state": "downloading"
    },
    "meta": {
      "downloaded-from": "https://storage.googleapis.com/zaid-test/Watermarks%20Demo/cf-ad-original.mp4",
      "name": "My First Stream Video"
    },
    "created": "2020-10-16T20:20:17.872170843Z",
    "modified": "2020-10-16T20:20:17.872170843Z",
    "size": 9032701,
    "preview": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/watch",
    "allowedOrigins": [],
    "requireSignedURLs": false,
    "uploaded": "2020-10-16T20:20:17.872170843Z",
    "uploadExpiry": null,
    "maxSizeBytes": 0,
    "maxDurationSeconds": 0,
    "duration": -1,
    "input": {
      "width": -1,
      "height": -1
    },
    "playback": {
      "hls": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8",
      "dash": "https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.mpd"
    },
    "watermark": null
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

After the video is uploaded, you can use the video `uid` shown in the example response above to play the video using the [Stream video player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/). 

If you are using your own player or rendering the video in a mobile app, refer to [using your own player](/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/using-the-player-api/).

---

# Basic video uploads

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/uploading-videos/upload-video-file/

## Basic Uploads

For files smaller than 200 MB, you can use simple form-based uploads.

## Upload through the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. From the navigation menu, select **Stream**.
3. On the **Overview** page, drag and drop your video into the **Quick upload** area. You can also click to browse for the file on your machine.

After the video finishes uploading, the video appears in the list.

## Upload with the Stream API

Make a `POST` request with the `content-type` header set to `multipart/form-data` and include the media as an input with the name set to `file`.

```bash title="Upload video POST request"
curl --request POST \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form file=@/Users/user_name/Desktop/my-video.mp4 \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream
```

:::note
Note that cURL's `--form` flag automatically configures the `content-type` header and maps `my-video.mp4` to a form input called `file`.
:::

---

# Display thumbnails

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/displaying-thumbnails/

:::note


Stream thumbnails are not supported for videos with non-square pixels.


:::

## Use Case 1: Generating a thumbnail on-the-fly

A thumbnail from your video can be generated using a special link where you specify the time from the video you'd like to get the thumbnail from.

`https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg?time=1s&height=270`

<img src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg?time=1s&height=270" alt="Example of thumbnail image generated from example video" />

Using the `poster` query parameter in the embed URL, you can set a thumbnail to any time in your video. If [signed URLs](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/) are required, you must use a signed URL instead of video UIDs.

```html
<iframe
  src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/iframe?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com%2F6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D%26height%3D600"
  style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;"
  allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
  allowfullscreen="true"
></iframe>
```

Supported URL attributes are:

* **`time`** (default `0s`, configurable) time from the video e.g. `8m`, `5m2s`
* **`height`** (default `640`)
* **`width`** (default `640`)
* **`fit`** (default `crop`) to clarify what to do when requested height and width doesn't match the original upload, which should be one of:
  * **`crop`** cut parts of the video that doesn't fit in the given size
  * **`clip`** preserve the entire frame and decrease the size of the image within given size
  * **`scale`** distort the image to fit the given size
  * **`fill`** preserve the entire frame and fill the rest of the requested size with black background

## Use Case 2: Set the default thumbnail timestamp using the API

By default, the Stream Player sets the thumbnail to the first frame of the video. You can change this on a per-video basis by setting the "thumbnailTimestampPct" value using the API:

```bash
curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
-d '{"thumbnailTimestampPct": 0.5}' \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>
```

`thumbnailTimestampPct` is a value between 0.0 (the first frame of the video) and 1.0 (the last frame of the video). For example, you wanted the thumbnail to be the frame at the half way point of your videos, you can set the `thumbnailTimestampPct` value to 0.5. Using relative values in this way allows you to set the default thumbnail even if you or your users' videos vary in duration.

## Use Case 3: Generating animated thumbnails

Stream supports animated GIFs as thumbnails. Viewing animated thumbnails does not count toward billed minutes delivered or minutes viewed in [Stream Analytics](/stream/getting-analytics/).

### Animated GIF thumbnails

` https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.gif?time=1s&height=200&duration=4s`

<img src="https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.gif?time=1s&height=200&duration=4s" alt="Animated gif example, generated on-demand from Cloudflare Stream" />

Supported URL attributes for animated thumbnails are:

* **`time`** (default `0s`) time from the video e.g. `8m`, `5m2s`
* **`height`** (default `640`)
* **`width`** (default `640`)
* **`fit`** (default `crop`) to clarify what to do when requested height and width doesn't match the original upload, which should be one of:
  * **`crop`** cut parts of the video that doesn't fit in the given size
  * **`clip`** preserve the entire frame and decrease the size of the image within given size
  * **`scale`** distort the image to fit the given size
  * **`fill`** preserve the entire frame and fill the rest of the requested size with black background
* **`duration`** (default `5s`)
* **`fps`** (default `8`)

---

# Download videos

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/download-videos/

When you upload a video to Stream, it can be streamed using HLS/DASH. However, for certain use-cases (such as offline viewing), you may want to download the MP4. You can enable MP4 support on a per video basis by following the steps below:

1. Enable MP4 support by making a POST request to the `/downloads` endpoint (example below)
2. Save the MP4 URL provided by the response to the `/downloads` endpoint. This MP4 URL will become functional when the MP4 is ready in the next step.
3. Poll the `/downloads `endpoint until the `status` field is set to `ready` to inform you when the MP4 is available. You can now use the MP4 URL from step 2.

## Generate downloadable files

You can enable downloads for an uploaded video once it is ready to view by making an HTTP request to the `/downloads` endpoint.

To get notified when a video is ready to view, refer to [Using webhooks](/stream/manage-video-library/using-webhooks/#notifications).

The downloads API response will include all available download types for the video, the download URL for each type, and the processing status of the download file.

```bash title="Request"
curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"default": {
			"status": "inprogress",
			"url": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads/default.mp4",
			"percentComplete": 75.0
		}
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Get download links

You can view all available downloads for a video by making a `GET` HTTP request to the downloads API. The response for creating and fetching downloads are the same.

```bash title="Request"
curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/stream/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"default": {
			"status": "ready",
			"url": "https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads/default.mp4",
			"percentComplete": 100.0
		}
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Customize download file name

You can customize the name of downloadable files by adding the `filename` query string parameter at the end of the URL.

In the example below, adding `?filename=MY_VIDEO.mp4` to the URL will change the file name to `MY_VIDEO.mp4`.

`https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads/default.mp4?filename=MY_VIDEO.mp4`

The `filename` can be a maximum of 120 characters long and composed of `abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_` characters. The extension (.mp4) is appended automatically.

## Retrieve downloads

The generated MP4 download files can be retrieved via the link in the download API response.

```sh
curl -L https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/downloads/default.mp4 > download.mp4
```

## Secure video downloads

If your video is public, the MP4 will also be publicly accessible. If your video is private and requires a signed URL for viewing, the MP4 will not be publicly accessible. To access the MP4 for a private video, you can generate a signed URL just as you would for regular viewing with an additional flag called `downloadable` set to `true`.

Download links will not work for videos which already require signed URLs if the `downloadable` flag is not present in the token.

For more details about using signed URLs with videos, refer to [Securing your Stream](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/).

**Example token payload**

```json null {6}
{
    "sub": <VIDEO_UID>,
    "kid": <KEY_ID>,
    "exp": 1537460365,
    "nbf": 1537453165,
    "downloadable": true,
    "accessRules": [
      {
        "type": "ip.geoip.country",
        "action": "allow",
        "country": [
          "GB"
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "any",
        "action": "block"
      }
    ]
  }
```

## Billing for MP4 downloads

MP4 downloads are billed in the same way as streaming of the video. You will be billed for the duration of the video each time the MP4 for the video is downloaded. For example, if you have a 10 minute video that is downloaded 100 times during the month, the downloads will count as 1000 minutes of minutes served.

You will not incur any additional cost for storage when you enable MP4s.

---

# Play video

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Secure your Stream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/

## Signed URLs / Tokens

By default, videos on Stream can be viewed by anyone with just a video id. If you want to make your video private by default and only give access to certain users, you can use the signed URL feature. When you mark a video to require signed URL, it can no longer be accessed publicly with only the video id. Instead, the user will need a signed url token to watch or download the video.

Here are some common use cases for using signed URLs:

- Restricting access so only logged in members can watch a particular video
- Let users watch your video for a limited time period (ie. 24 hours)
- Restricting access based on geolocation

### Making a video require signed URLs

Since video ids are effectively public within signed URLs, you will need to turn on `requireSignedURLs` on for your videos. This option will prevent any public links, such as `watch.cloudflarestream.com/{video_uid}`, from working.

Restricting viewing can be done by updating the video's metadata.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{video_uid}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
--data "{\"uid\": \"<VIDEO_UID>\", \"requireSignedURLs\": true }"
```

Response:

```json null {5}
{
  "result": {
    "uid": "<VIDEO_UID>",
    ...
    "requireSignedURLs": true
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Two Ways to Generate Signed Tokens

You can program your app to generate token in two ways:

- **Using the /token endpoint to generate signed tokens:** The simplest way to create a signed url token is by calling the /token endpoint. This is recommended for testing purposes or if you are generating less than 10,000 tokens per day.

- **Using an open-source library:** If you have tens of thousands of daily users and need to generate a high-volume of tokens without calling the /token endpoint _each time_, you can create tokens yourself. This way, you do not need to call a Stream endpoint each time you need to generate a token.

## Option 1: Using the /token endpoint

You can call the `/token` endpoint for any video that is marked private to get a signed URL token which expires in one hour:

```bash
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{video_uid}/token \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

You will see a response similar to this if the request succeeds:

```json
{
	"result": {
		"token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImNkYzkzNTk4MmY4MDc1ZjJlZjk2MTA2ZDg1ZmNkODM4In0.eyJraWQiOiJjZGM5MzU5ODJmODA3NWYyZWY5NjEwNmQ4NWZjZDgzOCIsImV4cCI6IjE2MjE4ODk2NTciLCJuYmYiOiIxNjIxODgyNDU3In0.iHGMvwOh2-SuqUG7kp2GeLXyKvMavP-I2rYCni9odNwms7imW429bM2tKs3G9INms8gSc7fzm8hNEYWOhGHWRBaaCs3U9H4DRWaFOvn0sJWLBitGuF_YaZM5O6fqJPTAwhgFKdikyk9zVzHrIJ0PfBL0NsTgwDxLkJjEAEULQJpiQU1DNm0w5ctasdbw77YtDwdZ01g924Dm6jIsWolW0Ic0AevCLyVdg501Ki9hSF7kYST0egcll47jmoMMni7ujQCJI1XEAOas32DdjnMvU8vXrYbaHk1m1oXlm319rDYghOHed9kr293KM7ivtZNlhYceSzOpyAmqNFS7mearyQ"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

To render the video, insert the `token` value in place of the `video id`:

```html
<iframe
	src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImNkYzkzNTk4MmY4MDc1ZjJlZjk2MTA2ZDg1ZmNkODM4In0.eyJraWQiOiJjZGM5MzU5ODJmODA3NWYyZWY5NjEwNmQ4NWZjZDgzOCIsImV4cCI6IjE2MjE4ODk2NTciLCJuYmYiOiIxNjIxODgyNDU3In0.iHGMvwOh2-SuqUG7kp2GeLXyKvMavP-I2rYCni9odNwms7imW429bM2tKs3G9INms8gSc7fzm8hNEYWOhGHWRBaaCs3U9H4DRWaFOvn0sJWLBitGuF_YaZM5O6fqJPTAwhgFKdikyk9zVzHrIJ0PfBL0NsTgwDxLkJjEAEULQJpiQU1DNm0w5ctasdbw77YtDwdZ01g924Dm6jIsWolW0Ic0AevCLyVdg501Ki9hSF7kYST0egcll47jmoMMni7ujQCJI1XEAOas32DdjnMvU8vXrYbaHk1m1oXlm319rDYghOHed9kr293KM7ivtZNlhYceSzOpyAmqNFS7mearyQ/iframe"
	style="border: none;"
	height="720"
	width="1280"
	allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
	allowfullscreen="true"
></iframe>
```

If you are using your own player, replace the video id in the manifest URL with the `token` value:

`https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImNkYzkzNTk4MmY4MDc1ZjJlZjk2MTA2ZDg1ZmNkODM4In0.eyJraWQiOiJjZGM5MzU5ODJmODA3NWYyZWY5NjEwNmQ4NWZjZDgzOCIsImV4cCI6IjE2MjE4ODk2NTciLCJuYmYiOiIxNjIxODgyNDU3In0.iHGMvwOh2-SuqUG7kp2GeLXyKvMavP-I2rYCni9odNwms7imW429bM2tKs3G9INms8gSc7fzm8hNEYWOhGHWRBaaCs3U9H4DRWaFOvn0sJWLBitGuF_YaZM5O6fqJPTAwhgFKdikyk9zVzHrIJ0PfBL0NsTgwDxLkJjEAEULQJpiQU1DNm0w5ctasdbw77YtDwdZ01g924Dm6jIsWolW0Ic0AevCLyVdg501Ki9hSF7kYST0egcll47jmoMMni7ujQCJI1XEAOas32DdjnMvU8vXrYbaHk1m1oXlm319rDYghOHed9kr293KM7ivtZNlhYceSzOpyAmqNFS7mearyQ/manifest/video.m3u8`

### Customizing default restrictions

If you call the `/token` endpoint without any body, it will return a token that expires in one hour. Let's say you want to let a user watch a particular video for the next 12 hours. Here's how you'd do it with a Cloudflare Worker:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const signed_url_restrictions = {
			//limit viewing for the next 12 hours
			exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 12 * 60 * 60,
		};

		const init = {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				Authorization: "Bearer <API_TOKEN>",
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
			body: JSON.stringify(signed_url_restrictions),
		};

		const signedurl_service_response = await fetch(
			"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{video_uid}/token",
			init,
		);

		return new Response(
			JSON.stringify(await signedurl_service_response.json()),
			{ status: 200 },
		);
	},
};
```

The returned token will expire after 12 hours.

Let's take this a step further and add 2 additional restrictions:

- Allow the signed URL token to be used for MP4 downloads (assuming the video has downloads enabled)
- Block users from US and Mexico from viewing or downloading the video

To achieve this, we can specify additional restrictions in the `signed_url_restrictions` object in our sample code:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const signed_url_restrictions = {
			//limit viewing for the next 2 hours
			exp: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 12 * 60 * 60,
			downloadable: true,
			accessRules: [
				{ type: "ip.geoip.country", country: ["US", "MX"], action: "block" },
			],
		};

		const init = {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				Authorization: "Bearer <API_TOKEN>",
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
			body: JSON.stringify(signed_url_restrictions),
		};

		const signedurl_service_response = await fetch(
			"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{video_uid}/token",
			init,
		);

		return new Response(
			JSON.stringify(await signedurl_service_response.json()),
			{ status: 200 },
		);
	},
};
```

## Option 2: Generating signed tokens without calling the `/token` endpoint

If you are generating a high-volume of tokens, it is best to generate new tokens without needing to call the Stream API each time.

### Step 1: Call the `/stream/key` endpoint _once_ to obtain a key

```bash
curl --request POST \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/keys" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The response will return `pem` and `jwk` values.

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "8f926b2b01f383510025a78a4dcbf6a",
		"pem": "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",
		"jwk": "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",
		"created": "2021-06-15T21:06:54.763937286Z"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

Save these values as they won't be shown again. You will use these values later to generate the tokens. The pem and jwk fields are base64-encoded, you must decode them before using them (an example of this is shown in step 2).

### Step 2: Generate tokens using the key

Once you generate the key in step 1, you can use the `pem` or `jwk` values to generate self-signing URLs on your own. Using this method, you do not need to call the Stream API each time you are creating a new token.

Here's an example Cloudflare Worker script which generates tokens that expire in 60 minutes and only work for users accessing the video from UK. In lines 2 and 3, you will configure the `id` and `jwk` values from step 1:

```javascript
// Global variables
const jwkKey = "{PRIVATE-KEY-IN-JWK-FORMAT}";
const keyID = "<KEY_ID>";
const videoUID = "<VIDEO_UID>";
// expiresTimeInS is the expired time in second of the video
const expiresTimeInS = 3600;

// Main function
async function streamSignedUrl() {
	const encoder = new TextEncoder();
	const expiresIn = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + expiresTimeInS;
	const headers = {
		alg: "RS256",
		kid: keyID,
	};
	const data = {
		sub: videoUID,
		kid: keyID,
		exp: expiresIn,
		accessRules: [
			{
				type: "ip.geoip.country",
				action: "allow",
				country: ["GB"],
			},
			{
				type: "any",
				action: "block",
			},
		],
	};

	const token = `${objectToBase64url(headers)}.${objectToBase64url(data)}`;

	const jwk = JSON.parse(atob(jwkKey));

	const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
		"jwk",
		jwk,
		{
			name: "RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5",
			hash: "SHA-256",
		},
		false,
		["sign"],
	);

	const signature = await crypto.subtle.sign(
		{ name: "RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5" },
		key,
		encoder.encode(token),
	);

	const signedToken = `${token}.${arrayBufferToBase64Url(signature)}`;

	return signedToken;
}

// Utilities functions
function arrayBufferToBase64Url(buffer) {
	return btoa(String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(buffer)))
		.replace(/=/g, "")
		.replace(/\+/g, "-")
		.replace(/\//g, "_");
}

function objectToBase64url(payload) {
	return arrayBufferToBase64Url(
		new TextEncoder().encode(JSON.stringify(payload)),
	);
}
```

### Step 3: Rendering the video

If you are using the Stream Player, insert the token returned by the Worker in Step 2 in place of the video id:

```html
<iframe
	src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImNkYzkzNTk4MmY4MDc1ZjJlZjk2MTA2ZDg1ZmNkODM4In0.eyJraWQiOiJjZGM5MzU5ODJmODA3NWYyZWY5NjEwNmQ4NWZjZDgzOCIsImV4cCI6IjE2MjE4ODk2NTciLCJuYmYiOiIxNjIxODgyNDU3In0.iHGMvwOh2-SuqUG7kp2GeLXyKvMavP-I2rYCni9odNwms7imW429bM2tKs3G9INms8gSc7fzm8hNEYWOhGHWRBaaCs3U9H4DRWaFOvn0sJWLBitGuF_YaZM5O6fqJPTAwhgFKdikyk9zVzHrIJ0PfBL0NsTgwDxLkJjEAEULQJpiQU1DNm0w5ctasdbw77YtDwdZ01g924Dm6jIsWolW0Ic0AevCLyVdg501Ki9hSF7kYST0egcll47jmoMMni7ujQCJI1XEAOas32DdjnMvU8vXrYbaHk1m1oXlm319rDYghOHed9kr293KM7ivtZNlhYceSzOpyAmqNFS7mearyQ/iframe"
	style="border: none;"
	height="720"
	width="1280"
	allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
	allowfullscreen="true"
></iframe>
```

If you are using your own player, replace the video id in the manifest url with the `token` value:

`https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImNkYzkzNTk4MmY4MDc1ZjJlZjk2MTA2ZDg1ZmNkODM4In0.eyJraWQiOiJjZGM5MzU5ODJmODA3NWYyZWY5NjEwNmQ4NWZjZDgzOCIsImV4cCI6IjE2MjE4ODk2NTciLCJuYmYiOiIxNjIxODgyNDU3In0.iHGMvwOh2-SuqUG7kp2GeLXyKvMavP-I2rYCni9odNwms7imW429bM2tKs3G9INms8gSc7fzm8hNEYWOhGHWRBaaCs3U9H4DRWaFOvn0sJWLBitGuF_YaZM5O6fqJPTAwhgFKdikyk9zVzHrIJ0PfBL0NsTgwDxLkJjEAEULQJpiQU1DNm0w5ctasdbw77YtDwdZ01g924Dm6jIsWolW0Ic0AevCLyVdg501Ki9hSF7kYST0egcll47jmoMMni7ujQCJI1XEAOas32DdjnMvU8vXrYbaHk1m1oXlm319rDYghOHed9kr293KM7ivtZNlhYceSzOpyAmqNFS7mearyQ/manifest/video.m3u8`

### Revoking keys

You can create up to 1,000 keys and rotate them at your convenience.
Once revoked all tokens created with that key will be invalidated.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/keys/{key_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"

# Response:
{
  "result": "Revoked",
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Supported Restrictions

| Property Name | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |     |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| exp           | Expiration. A unix epoch timestamp after which the token will stop working. Cannot be greater than 24 hours in the future from when the token is signed                                                                                                    |     |
| nbf           | _Not Before_ value. A unix epoch timestamp before which the token will not work                                                                                                                                                                            |     |
| downloadable  | if true, the token can be used to download the mp4 (assuming the video has downloads enabled)                                                                                                                                                              |     |
| accessRules   | An array that specifies one or more ip and geo restrictions. accessRules are evaluated first-to-last. If a Rule matches, the associated action is applied and no further rules are evaluated. A token may have at most 5 members in the accessRules array. |     |

### accessRules Schema

Each accessRule must include 2 required properties:

- `type`: supported values are `any`, `ip.src` and `ip.geoip.country`
- `action`: support values are `allow` and `block`

Depending on the rule type, accessRules support 2 additional properties:

- `country`: an array of 2-letter country codes in [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search) format.
- `ip`: an array of ip ranges. It is recommended to include both IPv4 and IPv6 variants in a rule if possible. Having only a single variant in a rule means that rule will ignore the other variant. For example, an IPv4-based rule will never be applicable to a viewer connecting from an IPv6 address. CIDRs should be preferred over specific IP addresses. Some devices, such as mobile, may change their IP over the course of a view. Video Access Control are evaluated continuously while a video is being viewed. As a result, overly strict IP rules may disrupt playback.

**_Example 1: Block views from a specific country_**

```txt
...
"accessRules": [
	{
		"type": "ip.geoip.country",
		"action": "block",
		"country": ["US", "DE", "MX"],
	},
]
```

The first rule matches on country, US, DE, and MX here. When that rule matches, the block action will have the token considered invalid. If the first rule doesn't match, there are no further rules to evaluate. The behavior in this situation is to consider the token valid.

**_Example 2: Allow only views from specific country or IPs_**

```txt
...
"accessRules": [
	{
		"type": "ip.geoip.country",
		"country": ["US", "MX"],
		"action": "allow",
	},
	{
		"type": "ip.src",
		"ip": ["93.184.216.0/24", "2400:cb00::/32"],
		"action": "allow",
	},
	{
		"type": "any",
		"action": "block",
	},
]
```

The first rule matches on country, US and MX here. When that rule matches, the allow action will have the token considered valid. If it doesn't match we continue evaluating rules

The second rule is an IP rule matching on CIDRs, 93.184.216.0/24 and 2400:cb00::/32. When that rule matches, the allow action will consider the rule valid.

If the first two rules don't match, the final rule of any will match all remaining requests and block those views.

## Security considerations

### Hotlinking Protection

By default, Stream embed codes can be used on any domain. If needed, you can limit the domains a video can be embedded on from the Stream dashboard.

In the dashboard, you will see a text box by each video labeled `Enter allowed origin domains separated by commas`. If you click on it, you can list the domains that the Stream embed code should be able to be used on.
`

- `*.badtortilla.com` covers `a.badtortilla.com`, `a.b.badtortilla.com` and does not cover `badtortilla.com`
- `example.com` does not cover [www.example.com](http://www.example.com) or any subdomain of example.com
- `localhost` requires a port if it is not being served over HTTP on port 80 or over HTTPS on port 443
- There is no path support - `example.com` covers `example.com/\*`

You can also control embed limitation programmatically using the Stream API. `uid` in the example below refers to the video id.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{video_uid} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data "{\"uid\": \"<VIDEO_UID>\", \"allowedOrigins\": [\"example.com\"]}"
```

### Allowed Origins

The Allowed Origins feature lets you specify which origins are allowed for playback. This feature works even if you are using your own video player. When using your own video player, Allowed Origins restricts which domain the HLS/DASH manifests and the video segments can be requested from.

### Signed URLs

Combining signed URLs with embedding restrictions allows you to strongly control how your videos are viewed. This lets you serve only trusted users while preventing the signed URL from being hosted on an unknown site.

---

# Guidelines for cURL commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/guidelines-for-curl-commands/

Use long parameter names for clarity:

* `--header` (instead of `-H`)
* `--request` (when needed, instead of `-X`)
* `--data` (instead of `-d`)

You do not need to use the `--url` parameter since it is the main cURL parameter. Also, the URL does not need to be enclosed in double quotes (`""`), except if it contains a `?` character (that is, when it includes a query string).

## Indentation

Use two spaces to indent request or response bodies (the additional data included in the request/response).

For requests with body content, start indenting when you get to the body part (the line after `--data` in the examples in this page). This means that the URL, any headers, and the line containing the `--data` parameter should not be indented.

Requests without a body should not be indented also, to make them consistent with requests containing a body.

## Do not use jq as part of cURL examples

[jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/) is a separate tool that not everyone will have installed. cURL examples should not include response formatting through jq as part of the example.

If you must suggest the use of this tool, you can add a link to the [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/) page in Fundamentals, which mentions this tool. Do not repeat the existing content about jq near the cURL example.

## Request guidelines

### Preliminary notes

* Make sure not to use typographical or smart quotes in a cURL command, or the command will fail.
* Placeholders in the URL should follow the same format as in the API documentation: `$ZONE_ID`
* Placeholders in the request body (that is, the data included in a `POST`/`PUT`/`PATCH` request) should use this format: `<RULE_ID>`

The same placeholder name should correspond to the same value – use different placeholder names for different ID values. You can use the same request placeholders in the response, if they should match the values in the request.

### Authentication HTTP headers

If using Email + API Key authentication, include the following arguments in the cURL command to add the two required HTTP headers to the request:

```txt
--header "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
```

:::note

Ending slashes included to facilitate copy and paste. Do not include the last slash if this is the last line of the cURL command.
:::

If using API Token (the preferred authentication method), include the following arguments in the cURL command to add the required HTTP header to the request:

```txt
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
```

### Request without body content (`GET`, `DELETE`)

For `GET` requests, do not include the `--request GET` command-line argument, since it is the default where the request does not include a body and it is not recommended for `GET`/`POST` requests:

#### `GET` request template

```txt
curl {full_url_with_placeholders} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

```bash title="Example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/firewall/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

#### `DELETE` request template

```txt
curl --request DELETE \
{full_url_with_placeholders} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

Requests without a body do not need syntax highlight, but we use `bash` syntax highlighting to highlight the several delimited strings.

### Request with JSON body content (`POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`)

Make sure to include a `Content-Type` header if the request includes a body. For requests with JSON content, the header should be `Content-Type: application/json`.

This header should appear after the authentication headers.

For `POST` requests with a body, do not include the `--request POST` command-line argument, since it is the default when the request includes a body.

#### `POST` request template

```txt
curl {full_url_with_placeholders} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '({|[)
  (...JSON content, pretty printed, using 2-space indents...)
(}|])'
```

```bash title="Example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/firewall/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>"
    },
    "action": "allow",
    "description": "Do not challenge login from office"
  }
]'
```

#### `PUT`/`PATCH` request template

```txt
curl --request (PUT/PATCH) \
{full_url_with_placeholders} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '({|[)
  (...JSON content, pretty printed, using 2-space indents...)
(}|])'
```

Enclose the JSON payload ( the `--data` command-line argument) in single quotes (`'`) instead of double quotes because it requires less escaping (strings in JSON must be delimited using double quotes).

#### Escaping a single quote in the body

The recommended way of escaping a single quote inside the body is the following (assuming the user will run the command in a bash-like terminal):

* Replace the single quote `'` with `'\''`

Which means "close string, add escaped single quote, begin string again".

```bash title="Example"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/page_shield/policies \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "value": "script-src myapp.example.com cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js '\''self'\''"
}'
```

#### `POST` requests without a body

If you have a `POST` request without a body, you must add the `--request POST` argument explicitly to the cURL command.

```txt
curl --request POST \
{full_url_with_placeholders} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

### Additional information

Code blocks with example requests that include a JSON body should use `bash` syntax, similarly to example requests without a body.

### Full request example

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/page_shield/policies \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My first policy in log mode",
  "action": "log",
  "expression": "http.host eq myapp.example.com",
  "enabled": "true",
  "value": "script-src myapp.example.com cdnjs.cloudflare.com https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js '\''self'\''"
}'
```

## Response guidelines

Include the complete response (including any empty error and message arrays, if present) using `json` syntax highlighting.

A response starts either with an object (`{ ... }`) or a list (`[ ... ]`). The initial character should appear on its own line, as well as the last character.

```txt
({|[)
  (...JSON content, pretty printed, using 2-space indents...)
(}|])
```

* If there are IDs that were obtained using a previous command, or if their exact value is not relevant in the current context, use a placeholder (for example, `<RULE_ID>`) instead of the ID. The same placeholder name should correspond to the same value. Use different placeholder names for different ID values.
* Response excerpts or snippets containing the most relevant parts of the response body should mention that they do not correspond to the entire response.

### Full response example

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<RULE_ID>",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "do not challenge login from office",
    "action": "allow",
    "priority": null,
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
      "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login from office"
    }
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Method types & common verbs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/method-types-and-command-verbs/

The verb examples are a small handful of commonly used verbs associated with a method, but you should not feel limited and only use the verbs in the examples.

When writing the endpoint title, use the root form of the verb. For example, “Create a namespace.”

For the endpoint description, use the present tense of the verb. For example, “Creates a namespace under the given title.”

Additionally, using the method type as the verb in the title and description is okay. For example, using the method GET and including it in the description as “Gets embed code” is acceptable.

| Method   | Purpose                                 | Verb examples                   |
| -------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `GET`    | Retrieves a resource                    | Gets, Lists, Returns, Downloads |
| `POST`   | Creates a resource                      | Creates, Watches, Inserts, Adds |
| `PUT`    | Updates or creates an existing resource | Updates, Modifies, Adds         |
| `PATCH`  | Partially modifies an existing resource | Updates, Edits, Changes         |
| `DELETE` | Removes the resource                    | Deletes, Removes, Cancels       |

---

# API content strategy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The API content strategy aims to:

* Reduce internal and external user frustration
* Align with industry standards in terms of naming conventions and descriptions
* Create world-class content that is just as good, or better, than very popular API documentation

By ensuring Cloudflare's API content is straightforward, easy to navigate, and consistent, we can create world-class API content that eliminates user frustration and serves as an example of good API documentation.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Anchor heading

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/anchor-heading/

The `AnchorHeading` component defines headings. Specifically, `AnchorHeading` performs the following:

1. Generates URL fragments corresponding to headings.
2. Formats URL fragments into compatible syntax. For example, a `&` is replaced with a `-`.
3. Creates a button to copy the URL at each fragment.
4. Allows heading fragments to be defined separately from the text of the heading itself.

```mdx live
import { AnchorHeading } from "~/components";

<AnchorHeading title="How to use AnchorHeading" slug="use-anchorheading" depth={2} />
```

Markdown files (including partials) have this behavior by default, applied via rehype plugins. Therefore, the `AnchorHeading` component is usually only required when writing headings yourself inside components, or when working on non-markdown files.

To override the ID given to a heading within Markdown, add an MDX comment at the end of the line:

```mdx live
## foo {/*bar*/}
{/* HTML: <h2 id="bar">foo</h2> */}
```

:::note

The `AnchorHeading` component emulates the behavior of the [`rehype-slug`](https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype-slug) and the [`rehype-autolink-headings`](https://github.com/rehypejs/rehype-autolink-headings). It adds an `id` based on the output of [`github-slugger`](https://github.com/Flet/github-slugger/) to the heading, as well as adding a button to copy a link to that particular heading.

:::

---

# Asides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/asides/

Asides are a built-in component provided by [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build/guides/components/#asides). Although there are more options, use only the ones below.

## Note

```mdx
:::note[Header]
Hello, world!
:::
```

:::note[Header]
Hello, world!
:::

The default header text is `Note`.

## Caution

```mdx
:::caution[Header]
Hello, world!
:::
```

:::caution[Header]
Hello, world!
:::

The default header text is `Warning`.

---

# Available notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/available-notifications/

## Components

```mdx live
import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components";

<AvailableNotifications product="Traffic Monitoring" />
<AvailableNotifications
    product="dns"
    notificationFilter="Secondary DNS all Primaries Failing"
/>
```

## Notifications

import { Code } from "~/components"
import glossary from "~/content/notifications/index.yaml?raw"

<Code title="/src/content/notifications/index.yaml" code={glossary} lang="yaml" wrap={true} />

---

# Badges

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/badges/

import { Badge } from "~/components";

Badges are a built-in component provided by [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build/guides/components/#bades). Use them to indicate a product is in beta, for example.

## Component

To adopt this styling in a React component, apply the `sl-badge` class to a `span` element.

```mdx live
import { Badge } from "~/components";

<Badge text="Note" variant="note" />
<Badge text="Success" variant="success" />
<Badge text="Tip" variant="tip" />
<Badge text="Caution" variant="caution" />
<Badge text="Danger" variant="danger" />
<Badge text="Default" />
```

## Sidebar

Badges can be added to the sidebar via page frontmatter.

```mdx
---
title: Hello World
sidebar:
  badge:
    variant: tip
    text: New
---
```

If you want to add the Beta badge to a product, omit the `variant:` entry:

```mdx
---
title: Hello World
sidebar:
  badge:
    text: Beta
---
```

---

# Buttons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/buttons/

```mdx live
import { LinkButton } from "~/components";

<LinkButton href="/style-guide/components/buttons/">Get started</LinkButton>
<LinkButton
	href="/style-guide/components/buttons/"
	variant="secondary"
	icon="external"
>
	More information
</LinkButton>
<LinkButton href="/style-guide/components/buttons/" variant="minimal">
	Other stuff
</LinkButton>
```

---

# Cards

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/cards/

Cards are a built-in component provided by [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build/guides/components/#cards).

## Cards

```mdx live
import { Card } from '~/components';

<Card title="Check this out" icon="puzzle">
  Interesting content you want to highlight.
</Card>
```

## List cards

```mdx live
import { ListCard } from "~/components";

<ListCard title="Links" icon="puzzle">
  - foo
  - bar
  - baz
</ListCard>
```

## Link title cards

```mdx live
import { LinkTitleCard } from '~/components';

<LinkTitleCard
  title="Check this out"
  icon="puzzle"
  href="/style-guide/components/cards/"
>
  Interesting content you want to highlight.
</LinkTitleCard>
```

---

# Code blocks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/code/

Code blocks are powered by [Expressive Code](https://expressive-code.com/), a project by Astro.
This is just a small showcase of functionality, it has a lot of options!

````mdx live
```powershell title="PowerShell"
Write-Output "This one has a title!"
```

```js collapse={3-5}
// Collapsing
const foo = {
  1: 1,
  2: 2,
  3: 3,
};
```

```js wrap
// Example with wrap
function getLongString() {
	return "This is a very long string that will most probably not fit into the available space unless the container is extremely wide";
}
```

```js "return true;" ins="inserted" del="deleted"
function demo() {
	console.log("These are inserted and deleted marker types");
	// The return statement uses the default marker type
	return true;
}
```

```diff lang="js"
  function thisIsJavaScript() {
    // This entire block gets highlighted as JavaScript,
    // and we can still add diff markers to it!
-   console.log('Old code to be removed')
+   console.log('New and shiny code!')
  }
```
````

:::caution
Do not use the `$` sign in your code blocks before the command.
:::

## Output

If you would like to include the output of your code block, create a second code block below and add the `output` property to the opening code fence.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create tutorial-index --dimensions=3 --metric=cosine
```

```sh output
✅ Successfully created index 'tutorial-index'

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE_INDEX" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE_INDEX
index_name = "tutorial-index"
```

````mdx
```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create tutorial-index --dimensions=3 --metric=cosine
```

```sh output
✅ Successfully created index 'tutorial-index'

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE_INDEX" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE_INDEX
index_name = "tutorial-index"
```
````

## Playground

If you add the `playground` option to the opening code fence for a Worker example, it will
add a "Run Worker in Playground" link that will take the user to the [Worker's playground](/workers/playground/)

```js playground
export default {
	fetch() {
		return new Response("Test!");
	},
};
```

````mdx
```js playground
export default {
	fetch() {
		return new Response("Test!");
	},
};
```
````

## TypeScript examples

The `TypeScriptExample` component uses [`ts-blank-space`](https://github.com/bloomberg/ts-blank-space) to remove TypeScript-specific syntax from your example and provide a JavaScript tab. This reduces maintenance burden by only having a single example to maintain.

:::note
Some TypeScript syntax influences runtime behaviour, and cannot be stripped.

Please refer to the [Unsupported Syntax](https://github.com/bloomberg/ts-blank-space?tab=readme-ov-file#unsupported-syntax) section of the project's README.
:::

### Input

* `filename` `string | { js: string, ts: string }` (optional)
  * If a single TypeScript filename is passed, this will be used for JavaScript but with a `.js` file extension.
    * `<TypeScriptExample filename="example.ts">`
  * To specify different filenames for the two languages, pass an object with a `js` and `ts` filename including extensions.
    * `<TypeScriptExample filename={{ js: "foo.js", ts: "bar.ts" }}>`
* `tabsWrapper` `boolean` (optional)
  * When set to `false`, this component will not render `<Tabs>` components.
    * This allows you to include the JS/TS tabs in your own `<Tabs>` and add `<TabItem>`s before/after, i.e for Python examples.
* `playground` `boolean` (optional)
  * When set to `true`, a "Open Worker in Playground" link will render on the JavaScript codeblock.

````mdx live
import { TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
interface Environment {
  KV: KVNamespace;
}

export default {
  async fetch(req, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    if (req !== "POST") {
        return new Response("Method Not Allowed", {
            status: 405,
            headers: {
                "Allow": "POST"
            }
        });
    }

    await env.KV.put("foo", "bar");

    return new Response();
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Environment>
```
</TypeScriptExample>
````

---

# Compatibility flag

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/compatibility-flag/

This component will create an aside with the `enable_date` (if present) and the `enable_flag` of a given flag.

The flag must match the name of a file in the [`compatibility-flags` collection](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/tree/production/src/content/compatibility-flags), without the file extension.

## Component

```mdx live
import { CompatibilityFlag } from "~/components";

<CompatibilityFlag flag="global-navigator" />

<CompatibilityFlag flag="nodejs-compat" />
```

---

# Descriptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/description/

```mdx live
import { Description } from "~/components"

<Description>
    Hello, world!
</Description>
```

---

# Details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/details/

When you want to provide additional information in context, but you do not want it to clutter up the more important content, use `<Details>` to add a collapsible container.

```mdx live
import { Details } from "~/components"

<Details header="Open me!">
    Hello, world!
</Details>
```

You can specify the default configuration of each instance of the `<Details>` component (that is, whether it is open or closed by default).

```mdx live
import { Details } from "~/components"

<Details header="Close me!" open = {true}>
    Long piece of code example.
</Details>
```

---

# Directory listing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/directory-listing/

Use `<DirectoryListing />` to display the directory of a specific folder, which appears as a list of links.

We also have an optional `descriptions` parameter which - if present - adds in the text from the [front matter `description`](/style-guide/frontmatter/) field.

```mdx live
import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing folder="workers/wrangler" descriptions />
```

---

# Example

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/example/

Use the `<Example>` component to add a box around some content. This can be useful when you want to demonstrate or showcase something without it being confused by the surrounding text.

```mdx live
import { Example } from "~/components"

<Example>
    Hello, world!
</Example>

{/*
    `title` is an optional string which customizes the title of your example card
*/}

<Example title="Hello world">
    Hello, world!
</Example>
```

---

# External resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/external-resources/

The `ExternalResources` component pulls from a central list of [apps](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/src/content/apps/index.yaml) and [videos](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/src/content/videos/index.yaml).

## Import

```mdx
import { ExternalResources } from "~/components";
```

## Preview

```mdx live
import { ExternalResources } from "~/components";

## Demo apps
<ExternalResources type="apps" tags={["AI"]} products={["Pages"]} />

## Videos
<ExternalResources type="videos" tags={["AI"]} />
```

## Props

### `type`

**required**

**type:** `"apps" | "videos"`

The type of resources to show, apps or videos.

### `tags`

**type:** `string[]`

Filter resources down to those where the `tags` property contains any of these strings.

### `products`

**type:** `string[]`

Filter resources down to those where the `products` property contains any of these strings.

### `cloudflareOnly`

**type:** `boolean`

**default:** `true`

Filter resources down to those with `cloudflare: true`.

---

# Feature table

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature-table/

Use when you need all the available information about a specific feature. For the id property, use dot notation to access the specific feature you want to share the information about. This will always be one below the grouped product, so `<PRODUCT>.<FEATURE>`

If the feature information includes an `Availability` row and you would like to skip it, add `skipAvailability="true"` (the default is false, which means "show the availability row"). The availability row, if it exists, will still be displayed in the global Plans page.

This component pulls information from the `index.json` file in `src/content/plans/`.

```mdx live
import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

<FeatureTable id="analytics.logpush" />
```

---

# Feature

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/feature/

The `<Feature>` component lists features available in the product and provides a link button to use the feature.

The header parameter supplies the feature name and the href parameter supplies the link to the feature. Text wrapped in the component supplies the description.

```mdx
import { Feature } from "~/components"

<Feature header="Astro" href="/style-guide/components/feature/">
   Hello, world!
</Feature>
```

import { Feature } from "~/components"

<Feature header="Astro" href="/style-guide/components/feature/">
   Hello, world!
</Feature>

---

# File tree

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/file-tree/

File tree is a built-in component provided by [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build/guides/components/#file-tree).

```mdx live
import { FileTree } from "~/components"

<FileTree>
- src
  - docs
    - style-guide
      - components
        - **file-tree.mdx**
</FileTree>
```

---

# Flex container

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/flex/

The `<Flex>` component is intended for showing multiple images in a responsive layout.

A row layout is used on medium-large viewports (i.e laptops or desktops), and a column on small viewports (i.e mobile devices).

## Import

```mdx
import { Flex } from "~/components";
```

## Example

```mdx live
import { Flex } from "~/components";

{/* Make sure there is a newline between images, or Markdown groups them inside one <p> element. */}

<Flex>
![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)

![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)
</Flex>

<br />

<Flex>
![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)

![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)

![Turnstile Overview](~/assets/images/turnstile/turnstile-overview.png)
</Flex>
```

---

# Footnotes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/footnotes/

To create footnotes, use the following syntax:

```mdx live
You can use GitHub Flavoured Markdown footnotes![^1]

[^1]: Powered by [tippy.js](https://atomiks.github.io/tippyjs/)
```

Refer to [Footnotes](/style-guide/formatting/footnotes/) to learn when to use them.

---

# GitHubCode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/github-code/

The `GitHubCode` component allows you to include files from Cloudflare repositories.

The remote content can be filtered by lines or a region enclosed in tags.

## Import

```mdx
import { GitHubCode } from "~/components";
```

## Usage

```mdx live
import { GitHubCode } from "~/components";

<GitHubCode
    repo="cloudflare/workflows-starter"
    file="src/index.ts"
    commit="a844e629ec80968118d4b116d4b26f5dcb107137"
    lang="ts"
/>
```

### Filtering by lines

```mdx
import { GitHubCode } from "~/components";

{/*
import { foo } from "bar";

const baz = foo();

console.log(baz);
*/}
<GitHubCode
    repo="..."
    file="..."
    commit="..."
    lang="..."
    lines="1-3"
/>
{/*
import { foo } from "bar";

const baz = foo();
*/}
```

### Filtering by tag

```mdx
import { GitHubCode } from "~/components";

{/*
<docs-tag name="no-logging">
import { foo } from "bar";

const baz = foo();
</docs-tag name="no-logging">

console.log(baz);
*/}
<GitHubCode
    repo="..."
    file="..."
    commit="..."
    lang="..."
    tag="no-logging"
/>
{/*
import { foo } from "bar";

const baz = foo();
*/}
```

## `<GitHubCode>` Props

### `repo`

**required**
**type:** `string`

The owner and repository to pull from, for example `cloudflare/workers-rs`.

### `file`

**required**
**type:** `string`

The file path to pull from, for example `templates/hello-world/src/lib.rs`.

### `commit`

**required**
**type:** `string`

The long (40-characters) Git commit hash to pull from, for example `ab3951b5c95329a600a7baa9f9bb1a7a95f1aeaa`.

### `lang`

**required**
**type:** `string`

The language to use for the code block, for example `rs`.

### `lines`

**type:** `string`

A range of lines to filter the content using, for example `1-3`.

### `tag`

**type:** `string`

A region to filter the content with, for example `no-logging`.

This should be represented as starting `<docs-tag name="no-logging">` and closing `</docs-tag name="no-logging">` comments in the source file.

---

# Glossary definition

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-definition/

Use the this component to add extra information to an existing glossary entry. `term` defines which glossary entry you want to prepend information to, while `prepend=` adds the extra info.

## Component

```mdx live
import { GlossaryDefinition } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="example" prepend="The definition for example is: " />
```

## Glossary

import { Code } from "~/components"
import glossary from "~/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml?raw"

<Code title="/src/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml" code={glossary} lang="yaml" />

---

# Glossary tooltip

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary-tooltip/

Use this component to add tooltips to words in your markdown files. The info for the tooltips is pulled in from the glossary yaml file.

`term` specifies which glossary entry you want to pull information from.
The text between the opening and closing components is the word or words that you want to define with the glossary entry.

## Component

```mdx live
import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

<GlossaryTooltip term="example">Hover over me!</GlossaryTooltip>
```

## Glossary

import { Code } from "~/components"
import glossary from "~/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml?raw"

<Code title="/src/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml" code={glossary} lang="yaml" />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/glossary/

Use the glossary definition shortcode to render the defined glossary definition. Additionally, you can include a [prepend value](/style-guide/components/glossary-definition/) to add words to the start of the definition.

Create the glossary entries in a file dedicated to your product. These YAML files live in `/src/content/glossary/<YOUR-PRODUCT>.yaml`

## Component

```mdx live
import { Glossary } from "~/components"

<Glossary />
```

## Glossary

import { Code } from "~/components"
import glossary from "~/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml?raw"

<Code title="/src/content/glossary/style-guide.yaml" code={glossary} lang="yaml" />

---

# Icons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/icons/

There are two icon components which pull from two different icon sets.

## astro-icon

The [`astro-icon`](https://www.astroicon.dev/) package is available to use as a standalone component.

Primarily, this is used for Cloudflare product icons which are stored in `/src/icons/*.svg`.

```mdx live
import { AstroIcon } from "~/components";

<AstroIcon name="workers" class="text-orange-400 text-5xl" />
```

## Starlight

The Starlight icon set is available to use in `Tab`, `Card` and other Starlight components.

```mdx live
import { StarlightIcon } from "~/components";

<StarlightIcon name="seti:shell" color="var(--sl-color-text-accent)" size="3rem" />
```

---

# Components

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/

All of the components available to contributors writing content on Cloudflare's developer documentation
are documented in this section.

## What is a component?

[Astro components](https://docs.astro.build/en/basics/astro-components/) are re-usable HTML templates which
we use to reduce maintenance burden & duplicated code by returning frequently used layouts or snippets into
a component that can be imported and used across various pages.

## Using components

Content is authored in [MDX](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/markdown-content/), which allows JavaScript
expressions and components to be used. They are like HTML elements, which can be self-closing.

```mdx live
import { Details, RuleID } from "~/components"

{/* Self-closing component */}
<RuleID id="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" />

<br/> {/* Line break to separate rendered components */}

{/* Component with inside content */}
<Details header="Open me!">
    Hello, world!
</Details>
```

### Importing

Components need to be imported to be made available inside a MDX file. All of our components are exported from
`"~/components"`, so they would be imported like this:

```mdx
import { Card, Render } from "~/components"
```

---

# Inline badge

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/inline-badge/

:::caution[Recommendation: Avoid inline badges]

Our current recommendation is to avoid inline badges, since they may hurt readability.

Guidelines:
- Mention beta/alpha/early access in the feature's main documentation page (use the [`<Badge>`](/style-guide/components/badges/) component for this purpose).
- If an additional reference is needed in the middle of the text, use "(beta)", with no special formatting, after the feature name.
- For instructions related to the feature (such as instructions on turning the feature on or off), you may mention again it's in beta, and also include "(beta)" in the side nav.
:::

## Component

To adopt this styling in a React component, apply the `sl-badge` class to a `span` element.

```mdx live
import { InlineBadge } from '~/components';

### Alpha <InlineBadge preset="alpha" />

### Beta <InlineBadge preset="beta" />

### Deprecated <InlineBadge preset="deprecated" />

### Early Access <InlineBadge preset="early-access" />

### Legacy <InlineBadge preset="legacy" />

### Default <InlineBadge text="Default" />
```

## Inputs

Either `preset` or `text` and `variant` must be specified.

### Presets

- `alpha`
    - **Text**: `Alpha`
    - **Variant** `success`

- `beta`
    - **Text**: `Beta`
    - **Variant** `caution`

- `deprecated`
    - **Text**: `Deprecated`
    - **Variant** `danger`

- `early-access`
    - **Text**: `Early Access`
    - **Variant** `note`

- `legacy`
    - **Text**: `Legacy`
    - **Variant** `danger`

### Text

Any string.

### Variant

- `note`
    - **Color**: Blue

- `tip`
    - **Color**: Purple

- `danger`
    - **Color**: Red

- `caution`
    - **Color**: Orange

- `success`
    - **Color**: Green

---

# Last reviewed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/last-reviewed/

## Component

:::caution
This component is automatically included on pages that have a `updated` frontmatter entry, under the page title.
:::

```mdx live
import { LastReviewed } from "~/components"

<LastReviewed
    date="2024-07-01"
/>
```

## Frontmatter

```mdx
---
title: My Tutorial
updated: 2024-07-01
---
```

---

# Link cards

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/link-cards/

```mdx live wrap
import { CardGrid, LinkCard } from "~/components"

<LinkCard
    title="foo"
    description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam bibendum nulla et accumsan sodales."
    href="/style-guide/components/link-cards/"
/>

<CardGrid>
{[...Array(4).keys()].map(() => (
    <LinkCard
        title="foo"
        description="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam bibendum nulla et accumsan sodales."
        href="/style-guide/components/link-cards/"
    />
))}
</CardGrid>
```

---

# List examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/list-examples/

```mdx live
import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/snippets/examples" />
```

There are also two optional, additional properties:

- `filters` `string[]`: A list of filters to render that helps someone filter the examples based on values in the frontmatter.
- `additionalProducts` `string[]`: A list of additional product examples to look across our docs for. Looks for anything matching the `products` frontmatter in examples across other areas of the docs.

---

# Markdown

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/markdown/

This component uses `marked` to turn the `text` prop into HTML. This is useful with, for example partial files that have variables you need to format.

```mdx live
import { Markdown } from "~/components";

<Markdown text="**foo** <br/> [bar](/style-guide/components/markdown/)" />
```

## Example for variables in partials

If you have a variable that needs to be formatted in any special way (for example, it needs to be a URL, an unordered list, or something else), you can wrap the variable with the markdown component in your partial file. For example:

```mdx
<Markdown text={props.foo} />
```

Note that you need to wrap your variable in curly braces, as well as use `text=` or this will not work.

---

# List tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/list-tutorials/

```mdx live
import { ListTutorials } from "~/components";

<ListTutorials />
```

---

# Mermaid

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/mermaid/

Mermaid diagrams are added with [`remark-mermaid`](https://github.com/remcohaszing/rehype-mermaid/) and [`mermaid`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mermaid).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Tunnels diagram
accDescr: The example in this diagram has three tunnel routes. Tunnels 1 and 2 have top priority and Tunnel 3 is secondary.

subgraph Cloudflare
direction LR
B[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
C[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
D[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
end

A((User)) --> Cloudflare --- E[Anycast IP]
E[Anycast IP] --> F[/Tunnel 1 / <br/> priority 1/] --> I{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 1}}
E[Anycast IP] --> G[/Tunnel 2 / <br/> priority 1/] --> J{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 2}}
E[Anycast IP] --> H[/Tunnel 3 / <br/> priority 2/] --> K{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 3}}
```

````
```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Tunnels diagram
accDescr: The example in this diagram has three tunnel routes. Tunnels 1 and 2 have top priority and Tunnel 3 is secondary.

subgraph Cloudflare
direction LR
B[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
C[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
D[Cloudflare <br/> data center]
end

A((User)) --> Cloudflare --- E[Anycast IP]
E[Anycast IP] --> F[/Tunnel 1 / <br/> priority 1/] --> I{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 1}}
E[Anycast IP] --> G[/Tunnel 2 / <br/> priority 1/] --> J{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 2}}
E[Anycast IP] --> H[/Tunnel 3 / <br/> priority 2/] --> K{{Customer <br/> data center/ <br/> network 3}}
```
````

---

# Package Managers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/package-managers/

This component is provided by the [`starlight-package-managers` package.](https://github.com/HiDeoo/starlight-package-managers)

```mdx live
import { PackageManagers } from "~/components"

<PackageManagers pkg="wrangler" />
```

---

# Pages build environment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/pages-build-environment/

## Languages

```mdx live
import { PagesBuildEnvironmentLanguages } from "~/components";

<PagesBuildEnvironmentLanguages />
```

## Tools

```mdx live
import { PagesBuildEnvironmentTools } from "~/components";

<PagesBuildEnvironmentTools />
```

## Build environment

```mdx live
import { PagesBuildEnvironment } from "~/components";

<PagesBuildEnvironment />
```

---

# Pages build presets table

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/pages-build-presets-table/

```mdx live
import { PagesBuildPresetsTable } from "~/components"

<PagesBuildPresetsTable />
```

---

# Pages build preset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/pages-build-preset/

```mdx live
import { PagesBuildPreset } from "~/components"

<PagesBuildPreset framework="gatsby" />
<PagesBuildPreset framework="next-js" />
```

---

# Plan info

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/plan-info/

Use when you need a single piece of information from the `index.json` file in `src/content/plans/`. For the id property, use dot notation to access the property you want to share.

```mdx live
import { PlanInfo } from "~/components"

<PlanInfo id="web3.ethereum.properties.availability.summary" />
```

---

# Plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/plan/

The plan component lets you define what type of plan your product needs. There are two ways to use it: in the main [Overview page](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/) of your product, or in a page where you need to talk about a specific feature with additional requirements.

In the Overview page, use `<Plan type="<PLAN_TYPE>" />`
To specify a special feature use `<Plan id="<FIRST_PRODUCT>.<SECOND-PRODUCT>.properties.availability.summary" />`. This component pulls information from the `index.json` file in `src/content/plans/`.

Refer to the examples below for more information.


```mdx live
import { Plan } from "~/components"

<Plan type="all" />
<Plan type="paid" />
<Plan type="pro" />
<Plan type="business" />
<Plan type="add-on" />
<Plan type="ent-add-on" />
<Plan type="workers-all" />
<Plan type="workers-paid" />
<Plan id="web3.ethereum.properties.availability.summary" />
```

---

# Product features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/product-features/

Use when you need to list all available features within a product grouping inside of the `index.json` file in `src/content/plans/`. For the id property, specify the product object you want to use.

```mdx live
import { ProductFeatures } from "~/components"

<ProductFeatures id="dns" />

---

# Products by tag

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/products-by-tag/

```mdx live
import { ProductsByTag } from "~/components";

<ProductsByTag 
    tags={["AI"]}
/>
```

---

# Public stats

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/public-stats/

The `PublicStats` component allows you to reference specific values about Cloudflare's network without maintaining those values in multiple files.

Refer to the examples below for more information.

```mdx live
import { PublicStats } from "~/components";

Cloudflare has data centers in <PublicStats id="data_center_cities" />.

Our network has <PublicStats id="total_bandwidth" />.

Cloudflare also has <PublicStats id="network_peers" />.
```

:::note

If you need more stats or to update these stats, submit a pull request to update [PublicStats.astro](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/src/components/PublicStats.astro)

:::

---

# Related product

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/related-product/

The `<RelatedProduct>` component lists products related or connected to the current product.

The header parameter is the name of the product and the href parameter links to the product. The product parameter defines the product icon to use based on the slugified name.

Use in Overview pages.

```mdx live
import { RelatedProduct } from "~/components";

<RelatedProduct header="R2" href="/r2/" product="r2">
    Store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Images" href="/images/" product="images">
    A suite of products tailored to your image-processing needs.
</RelatedProduct>
```

---

# Render

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/render/

import { Steps } from "~/components";

The `Render` component allows us to include a "partial", a reusable Markdown snippet, onto a page.

It also accepts parameters that can be used as variables within the partial, so that even content
which needs slight differences between usages can be turned into a partial.

## Component

```mdx live
import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="hello" params={{
    name: "world",
    link: "/style-guide/components/render/"
}} />
{/*
Hello, {props.name}!

Hello `{props.name}`

Hello <code>{props.name}</code>

[link]({props.link})

<a href={props.link}>link</a>
*/}
```

### Inputs

**file** `string`: This should be the name of the partial, without the containing directory or file extension.
For example, `/partials/style-guide/hello.mdx` would be `file="hello"`.

**product** `string` (optional): By default, it will look for partials in the same product folder as the current page.
You can use this to specify a different product.

**params** `object` (optional): If you wish to substitute values inside your partial, you can use pass params which can be
referenced in your partial. Refer to [params](#params).

## Partials

Partials only have one optional frontmatter property, which is `params`. This takes an array of strings,
which should be the expected parameters. When this is defined, but those parameters are not passed, an error
will be thrown.

```mdx title="/src/content/partials/style-guide/hello.mdx"
---
params:
  - name
  - foo
  - bar
---

Hello, {props.name}!

Hello, {props.foo}!

Hello, {props.bar}!
```

### Params

In the above example, you will notice there is:

<Steps>

1. A `params` input on the `Render` component.
2. A `params` property in the frontmatter. 
3. A reference to `props.name`.

</Steps>

#### Input

When using the `params` input on the `Render` component, you can write a [JavaScript object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Working_with_objects)
which is later available inside the partial.

#### Frontmatter

The `params` frontmatter property on a partial expects an array of strings, containing the "expected parameters". This is so that if
your partial requires parameters to be passed, and none are passed, we can warn the user.

#### Props

The way that you can access these parameters is with the `props` object, surrounded in curly braces `{}`.
This is a [JavaScript expression within MDX](https://mdxjs.com/docs/using-mdx/#props).

---

# Resources by selector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/resources-by-selector/

```mdx live
import { ResourcesBySelector } from "~/components";

<ResourcesBySelector
    types={["example"]}
    tags={["Authentication Method"]}
    products={["Cloudflare One"]}
/>
```

---

# Rule ID

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/rule-id/

```mdx live
import { RuleID } from "~/components"

<RuleID id="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" />
```

---

# Spotlight author details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/spotlight-author-details/

## Component

:::caution
This component is automatically included on pages that have a `spotlight` frontmatter entry.

Please do not use this component manually, this is just for demonstration.
:::

```mdx live
import { SpotlightAuthorDetails } from "~/components"

<SpotlightAuthorDetails
    author="Cloudflare"
    link="https://github.com/cloudflare"
    platform="GitHub"
/>
```

## Frontmatter

```mdx
---
title: My Tutorial
spotlight:
    author: Cloudflare
    author_bio_link: https://github.com/cloudflare
    author_bio_source: GitHub
---
```

---

# Steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/steps/

```mdx live
import { Steps } from "~/components"

<Steps>
1. Import the `Steps` components
2. Wrap your numbered list in the `Steps` components
3. Done!
</Steps>
```

---

# Stream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/stream/

```mdx
import { Stream } from "~/components"

<Stream
    videoId="3c46281a9b2b84ee6776a53f87580c45"
    videoTitle="Explore Workers AI Models Using a Jupyter Notebook"
		thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>
```

---

import { Stream } from "~/components"

<Stream
    videoId="3c46281a9b2b84ee6776a53f87580c45"
    videoTitle="Explore Workers AI Models Using a Jupyter Notebook"
		thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

---

# Tabs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/tabs/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from '~/components';

This component can help you create a tabbed interface to show related information more efficiently. Use it when there are different ways of getting the same thing done:

- Dashboard / API / Terraform
- Different code syntax styles
- Account-level vs zone-level navigation
- GRE / IPsec tunnels


```mdx live
import { Tabs, TabItem } from '~/components';

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="Stars" icon="star">
    Sirius, Vega, Betelgeuse
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem label="Moons" icon="moon">
    Io, Europa, Ganymede
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>
```

## Synchronize Tabs

If you have tabs that follow a particular pattern (Dashboard / API / Terraform), add a `syncKey` parameter that includes a `string` value.

We use the following `syncKey` values in our docs:

- `dashPlusAPI`: Dashboard / API / Terraform
- `workersExamples`: For different code language tabs in the Workers docs (JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust)

### Example

```mdx live
import { Tabs, TabItem } from '~/components';

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

Dash instructions

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

API instructions

</TabItem> </Tabs>

```

Will synchronize with:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

Dash instructions

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

API instructions

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Type highlighting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/type-highlighting/

## Type

```mdx live
import { Type } from "~/components";

<Type text="Promise<T | string | ArrayBuffer>" />
```

## MetaInfo

```mdx live
import { MetaInfo } from "~/components";

<MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
```

## Combined example

```mdx live
import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

- `name` <Type text="string" />
  - The name of your service.
- `local` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: true) optional" />
  - If the service should run locally or not.
```

---

# Worker Starter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/worker-starter/

```mdx
import { WorkerStarter } from "~/components"

<WorkerStarter
    title="Router"
    repo="cloudflare/workers-sdk/templates/worker-router"
    description="Run different logic based on the URL and request method. Use this starter to Build REST APIs or applications that require routing logic."
/>
```

___

import { WorkerStarter } from "~/components"

<WorkerStarter
    title="Router"
    repo="cloudflare/workers-sdk/templates/worker-router"
    description="Run different logic based on the URL and request method. Use this starter to Build REST APIs or applications that require routing logic."
/>

---

# YouTube

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/components/youtube/

import { YouTube } from "~/components"

<YouTube id="XHvmX3FhTwU" />

```mdx
import { YouTube } from "~/components"

<YouTube id="XHvmX3FhTwU" />
```

---

# File conventions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/file-conventions/

Our docs have a few conventions around files.

## Naming

When creating new files, follow specific conventions for your naming.

Filenames should:

- Semantically communicate the purpose of the file
- Be lowercased
- Use dashes between words

```txt title="Acceptable file names"
/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/what-is-cloudflare.mdx
/src/assets/images/api-shield/api-shield-call-sequence.png
```

```txt title="Unacceptable file names"
/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/What is Cloudflare.mdx
/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/What-is-Cloudflare.mdx
/src/assets/images/api-shield/API_Image_1.png
```

These conventions are important for user readability, SEO conventions, and making sure our GitHub actions do not break.

## Folders

Each folder should have a file named `index.mdx`.

```txt
/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/index.mdx
```

The content at `/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/index.mdx` will be rendered at `https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/concepts/`.

## Content files

Add regular content files to the `/src/content/docs/{product_folder}/` directory.

```txt
/src/content/docs/fundamentals/concepts/what-is-cloudflare.mdx
```

## Image files

Add image files to the `/src/assets/images/{product_folder}/` directory.

```txt
/src/assets/images/api-shield/api-shield-call-sequence.png
```

---

# Developer documentation content strategy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The purpose of Cloudflare's developer documentation content strategy is to:

* Create and document standard templates to streamline content creation
* Document specific content types to help identify customers' specific needs
* Enable life cycle management to maintain and optimize a smaller set of pages
* Suggest easier navigation paths

Strategically speaking, the mission and guiding principles translate into the following initiatives:

* Improve the entire ecosystem of customer-facing product content, placing major emphasis on consistency, quality, accuracy, and timeliness
* Create a cohesive and compelling story around our products and their functionality
* Develop content that increases product adoption, deflects support, and makes customers successful
* Partner with various internal departments and stakeholders in creating and sustaining a rich, consistent content experience across all Cloudflare products
* Devise new and better ways to give users the information they need, when and where they need it

Adoption of this content strategy will be impacted by product releases, resourcing, and company goals.

## Purpose statements

For each purpose statement, the documentation team will define the approach to solve the content problem for a product.

This approach includes:

### Information architecture

* Where content should live on the site
* Linking strategy

### Content

* What content is included and what is optional
* How the content is written

## Content requirements

Content requirements help the contributor ensure they have answered the user question and have not lost the purpose of the content after moving into execution.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Information architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/information-architecture/

The information architecture (IA) of the Cloudflare developer documentation follows a consistent pattern. Product documentation always includes an [Overview](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/) and [Get started](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/) page. Including other content types depends on the product, how it is used, and what content users need to be successful.

## Developer Platform information architecture

At launch, Cloudflare Developer Platform products are recommended to include the following high-level sections. The following is a recommended guideline based on standard user journey flow (Learn, Get started, Configure, Test, Deploy, Asses, Maintain, etc.) and is intended to serve as a helpful reference to the documentation writer and collaborators. Depending on the product and as products mature, the IA may grow out of this structure or differ from this structure based on what you can do with the product. For an example of a more mature product that differs from this IA, refer to the [Cloudflare Stream documentation](/stream/).

* [Overview](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/)
* [Get started](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/)
* [Configuration](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/) - Steps that come after getting started, including features (like Cron Triggers and Smart Placement for Workers) or the delta between getting started and your desired state. As a product matures, content in **Configuration** might expand into its own top-level sections.
* Observability - Information about testing, metrics, analytics, local development, etc. Alternative title: **Testing & Observability**.
* [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/)
* [Concepts](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/)
* Platform - Section unique to Developer Platform products that includes Pricing, Limits, Storage options, Changelog, Betas, and Known issues pages.

---

# URLs and domain names

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/urls-and-domain-names/

When referring to a URL in text, do not use `http://` or `www` with a Cloudflare web address. Use `www` only when referring to URLs outside of Cloudflare. For example, use `cloudflare.com` when referring to [cloudflare.com](https://www.cloudflare.com/) and `www.example.com` when referring to [www.example.com](https://www.example.com/).

---

# Code conventions and format

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-conventions-and-format/

Use the conventions described below throughout Cloudflare product content.

## Angle brackets ( `<` and `>` )

Use angle brackets as a placeholder for variables you want the user to enter (except in URLs, where you should use curly braces for placeholders).

Example:

Type your user-specified domain in this format: `https://<user-specified domain>.cloudflare.com`

```
{
  "description": "<RULE_DESCRIPTION>"
}
```

Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range of values associated with a bit or single name - for example, AO `<0...3>`.

## Square brackets ( `[` and `]` )

Square brackets enclose optional items.

Example:

Specify a subsearch that starts with this search command: `tag=dns query [search tag=malware].`

## Curly braces ( `{` and `}` )

Use curly braces in the following situations, such as:

When they are part of a code sample or other string literal, such as in placeholders inside a URL.

Example:

`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/organizations/{organization_identifier}/invites`

## >

The > symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action. The sequence **Options > Settings > General** directs you to pull down the **Options** menu, select the **Settings** item, and select **General** from the last dialog box. Do not use bold formatting for the > symbol.

## Tip icon

This icon denotes a tip, which alerts you to advisory information.

## Note icon

This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

## Info icon

This icon denotes info, which alerts you to important information.

## Notice icon

This icon denotes a notice, which alerts you to take precautions to avoid data loss, loss of signal integrity, or degradation of performance.

## Caution icon

This icon denotes a caution, which advises you to take precautions to avoid injury.

## Blue text

Text in this color indicates a link.

## **Bold**

Use **bold** when referring to a clickable action or to highlight a title or name in the UI. Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software, identifiers in the UI, or parameter names.

Do not use bold for programs.

In nested menus, use bold for the word not the symbol.

Example: **Dashboard** > **This** > **That**

## *Italics*

Use *italics* when referring to an option that customers can select from, like in dropdown menus.

Do not use italics when referring to the state of a toggle - for example, enabled/disabled should not be italicized.

## `Monospace`

`` `text in between backticks` ``

Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. This font is also used for the proper names of drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, devices, functions, operations, variables, files, API commands, and extensions.

### Examples of elements we monospace

| Element                                                    | Example                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| IP addresses and ranges                                    | Change your system + DNS servers to use `127.0.1.1`.                                                       |
| Port numbers                                               | Requests are redirected through the HTTP service (port `80`).                                              |
| API commands                                               | The endpoint supports `GET` for JSON format.                                                               |
| Terminal commands                                          | Run the command `wrangler login`.                                                                          |
| Attribute names and values                                 | `type`, `name`                                                                                             |
| Class names                                                | `button-primary`                                                                                           |
| Command-line utility names                                 | `wrangler`, `npm`, `node`, `cloudflared`                                                                   |
| Data types                                                 | (`string`, `number`, `int64`)                                                                              |
| Defined (constant) values for an element or attribute      | `<A_BINDING_NAME>`                                                                                         |
| DNS record types                                           | The bot will default to looking for `AAAA` records. <br/>However, you may use regular formatting (for example, AAAA) if there are multiple inline occurrences or if the text is a hyperlink.  |
| Enum (enumerator) names (depending on language)            | `type ContentTypeMapElem`                                                                                  |
| Environment variable names                                 | `<A_BINDING_NAME>`                                                                                         |
| Element names, including angle brackets (XML and HTML).    | `<div>`, `<form>`, `<input>`, `<code>`                                                                     |
| Filenames, filename extensions (if used), and paths        | `wrangler.toml`, `wrangler.json`                                                                           |
| Folders and directories                                    | `~/Downloads/Cloudflare_CA.crt`                                                                            |
| HTTP verbs                                                 | `POST`, `GET`, `HEAD`, `PUT`,`DELETE`                                                                      |
| HTTP status codes                                          | `400`, `200`, `500`<br/>However, error ranges using `x` placeholders should not be monospaced: 5xx, 1xxxx. |
| HTTP content-type values                                   | `text/html`, `application/javascript; charset=utf-8`                                                       |
| HTTP header names                                          | `Content-Length`                                                                                           |
| URLs that are used as input or output in commands and code | `VERSION-dot-SERVICE-dot-PROJECT_ID.REGION_ID.r.appspot.com`                                               |
| IAM role names                                             | `roles/storage.admin`                                                                                      |
| Language keywords                                          | `in`, `await`                                                                                              |
| Method and function names                                  | `handleRequest`                                                                                            |
| Namespace aliases                                          | `numpy`                                                                                                    |
| Placeholder variables                                      | `<YOUR_BUILD_DIR>`                                                                                         |
| Query parameter names and values                           | `/api/v4/{account_id}`                                                                                     |
| Text input                                                 | `"Hello Worker"`                                                                                           |

---

# Code block guidelines

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/code-block-guidelines/

You can create code blocks by:

- Using triple-acute characters as a "fence" around the code block. (Recommended)
- Indenting lines by four spaces or one tab.

To define the syntax highlighting language used for the code block, enter a language name after the first fence. Refer to the [List of languages used in Cloudflare developer documentation](#list-of-languages-used-in-cloudflare-developer-documentation) for a list of supported languages.

Use the `txt` language when there is no appropriate syntax highlighting (for example, a fragment of an Apache configuration file).

## JSON example

````
```json
{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}
```
````

The rendered output looks like this:

```json
{
	"firstName": "John",
	"lastName": "Smith",
	"age": 25
}
```

## Displaying terminal commands

- Use the `sh` language for **one-line commands** executed in the Linux/macOS terminal (each command must be in a single line).

  :::note
  &#x20;The **Copy to clipboard** button (top-right corner of the code block) will copy the entire content, not just what the reader can select.
  :::

- Use the `bash` language for other **Linux/macOS/generic commands**. For example:

  - Commands that span multiple lines (usually each line ends with a `\`) and may include one or more lines of JSON content.
  - Commands for specific shells (for example, a command specifically for the zsh shell, where the prompt is usually `%`).

- Use the `powershell` language for Windows PowerShell commands.

- Use the `txt` language for Windows console commands.

## Terminal prompts

### For "sh" blocks

Use "**`$`** "(dollar sign, space) or "**FOLDER_NAME $** " (folder name, space, dollar sign, space).

Examples:

- **`$`** command-to-run
- **\~/my-folder `$`** command-to-run (where `~` means the home folder of the current user).

### For "bash" blocks

Blocks containing **Linux/macOS/generic** commands:

- If a code block contains only one (multi-line) command, do not include a `$` prefix so that the user can run the command immediately after copying and pasting without having to remove the prefix.
- If a code block includes several commands or it includes output, consider including a prefix before each command to help differentiate between commands and their output. Use the same prefixes as described for `sh` blocks.
- For zsh-specific instructions you can use a `%` command prefix instead of `$`.

### For "powershell" blocks

By default, do not use any prompt prefixes for PowerShell commands. If you need to establish context (for example, you must be in a specific folder before running a command), using the following prompt:

- "**PS FOLDER_NAME>** " (the `>` is part of the prompt, and there is a space after it).

Examples:

- **PS C:\\>** command-to-run.exe
- **PS C:\Users\JohnDoe>** command-to-run.exe

### For Windows console ("txt") blocks

Use "**FOLDER_NAME>**" (folder name, bigger than symbol, no space after).

Alternatively, do not include any prompt and start the line with the command the user must enter (knowing that it will be harder to understand what must be entered and what is example output).

Examples:

- <b>C:\\></b>command-to-run.exe
- <b>C:\Program Files></b>command-to-run.exe
- <b>C:\Users\JohnDoe></b>command-to-run.exe

---

## For JSON code blocks

Use the `json` language for **JSON code blocks** or **JSON fragments.**

Multi-line curl commands with a JSON body should use `bash` syntax highlighting, as stated in [Displaying terminal commands](#displaying-terminal-commands).

:::note
JSON fragments may appear with a red background in GitHub because they are not valid JSON. Make it clear in the documentation that it is a fragment and not an entire piece of valid JSON content.
:::

## List of languages used in Cloudflare developer documentation

- `bash` (alias: `curl`)
- `c`
- `diff`
- `go`
- `graphql`
- `hcl` (alias: `tf`)
- `html`
- `ini`
- `java`
- `js` (alias: `javascript`)
- `json`
- `kotlin`
- `php`
- `powershell`
- `python` (alias: `py`)
- `ruby` (alias: `rb`)
- `rust` (alias: `rs`)
- `sh` (alias: `shell`)
- `sql`
- `swift`
- `toml`
- `ts` (alias: `typescript`)
- `txt` (aliases: `text`, `plaintext`)
- `xml`
- `yaml` (alias: `yml`)

Different capitalizations of these languages are also supported (but not recommended). For example, `JavaScript` will use the `javascript` language, and `HTML` will use the `html` language.

---

# Dates and times

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/dates-and-times/

## Product content

To account for internationalization and inclusivity of all locales, use the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) standard when writing dates and times as much as possible.

## Blogs

Since our readership is international, keep date formats international.

When mentioning dates in text, spell them out:

* On Tuesday, May 19, attackers targeted the company's servers.
* On February 11th, 2010, the company went public.

For graphs, charts, and other visual assets use the ISO-8601 (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) standard.

---

# Example values

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/example-values/

## DNS Domains

As described in [RFC 2606](https://www.iana.org/go/rfc2606) and [RFC 6761](https://www.iana.org/go/rfc6761), a number of domains such as example.com and example.org are maintained for documentation purposes. Sometimes you also need to differentiate between a customer domain and your own application domain, so Cloudflare has also registered some domains for you to use.

Examples:

* `example.com`
* `example.org`
* `myappexample.com`
* `mycustomerexample.com`

IANA also maintains more example domains [documented here](https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved).

## IPv4 ranges

According to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), there are specific [IPv4 ranges used for documentation](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc5737/):

Examples:

* `192.0.2.0/24`.
* `198.51.100.0/24`.
* `203.0.113.0/24`.

These IP addresses are reserved and will not take anyone to live origins.

---

# External references

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/external-references/

When referencing external resources, ensure that you are linking to a trustworthy source that is recognized as an authority.

For general websites, consider the following recommendations about the link text:

* Use the website name if you are linking to the home page.
* Use the page name if you are linking to a specific page.
* Authoritative sources for documents such as RFCs can have their own specific format for references, such as the RFC number.

:::note
When linking to a Cloudflare blog post, sometimes we use only "blog post" for the link text.
:::

## Referencing RFCs

A Request for Comments (RFC) document is a formal document produced by different entities such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), covering many aspects of computer networking. RFCs describe the Internet's technical foundations, such as addressing, routing, and transport technologies.

Use the following formatting when referencing an RFC:

`RFC <number>`

(RFC, space, number up to four digits)

Example: CAA is a new DNS resource record type defined in RFC 6844.

## Links

When linking to an RFC (or RFC section), consider using a link to the following website, which is the authoritative source according to IETF:

[https://www.rfc-editor.org](https://www.rfc-editor.org)

To get the link:

1. Go to [RFC Editor](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc-index.html) and search for the RFC number.
2. Select **HTML** to open the HTML version. If available, do **not** use **HTML with inline errata** as this version should not be used as reference.
3. (Optional) Go to a specific section, if necessary.
4. Use the current URL as the link target in Developer Documentation.

URL example:

[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6844.html](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6844.html)

---

# File types and extensions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/file-types-and-extensions/

You can refer both to file types and file extensions in documentation:

* File types: Accepted file formats are JSON and YAML.
* File extensions: Upload the `.txt` file to the dashboard.

When referring to a specific file type, always use regular text formatting, write the file type in uppercase, and avoid the initial dot (you are referring to the file type, not the file extension).

When referring to a specific extension, always monospace the file, include a dot, write the extension in lowercase, and always specify a noun after mentioning a file extension (for example: "file" or "file extension"). Do not leave the extension hanging.

Additional examples:

* The accepted file formats are YAML (files with a `.yml` or `.yaml` file extension) and JSON (files with a `.json` file extension).
* Additionally, this plist can be wrapped in a `.mobileconfig` file.
* If you would like to test how this feature works, here is a sample `.csv` file.
* Concatenate the string to a text-based `.pem` file.

---

# Footnotes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/footnotes/

Footnotes are useful when you want to provide additional context about an item but that context would greatly distract from the flow of reading through the document (legal disclaimers, pricing, etc.).

To implement footnotes, use standard [markdown footnote formatting](https://github.blog/changelog/2021-09-30-footnotes-now-supported-in-markdown-fields/). You can also see an example in the [Load Balancing documentation](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/src/content/docs/load-balancing/additional-options/spectrum.mdx?plain=1#L42).

---

# Formatting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Keyboard keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/keyboard-keys/

## Wording

- Use **select** instead of **click** when directing users to choose or select objects, commands, or options.
- Use **press** only when referring to pressing keys on a keyboard.

## Formatting keyboard shortcuts

When telling readers what keyboard shortcuts to use to achieve a result:
- Place the keyboard shortcut in between backticks (monospace formatting)
- Use uppercase letters with the abbreviated version of the key (`CTRL` instead of `CONTROL`, `CMD` instead of `COMMAND`for example)
- Wrap the complete keyboard shortcut in between backticks, including the plus sign:
	- **Do**:
	```mdx
	`CTRL + C`
	```

	- **Don't**:
	```mdx
	`CTRL` + `C`
	```
- Do not use the old `<kbd></kbd>` component

---

# Notes and other notation types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/notes-and-other-notation-types/

Use a **warning** to alert a reader to behavior that could impact the security of a users network or break functionality. You can call out product requirements, limitations, and specifications so that users see them loud and clearly.

Use a **note** to alert a reader to additional useful information that you cannot integrate into the text. You can provide context for a topic that would be a digression if added directly to the discussion at hand.

Refer to [notes/tips/warnings](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/) for details on the Markdown syntax.

---

# Numbers and units of measurement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/numbers-and-units-of-measurement/

**Be consistent in your use of numbers.** Use numerals for numbers. When you write about numbers used in examples or UI, duplicate them exactly as they appear in the UI. In all other content, follow the guidelines below.

In body text, spell out whole numbers from zero through nine.

* Example: We have added three more servers.

For numbers greater than or equal to 10, use digits.

* Example: The message is 32 bytes long, \[...]

For analytics, display metrics with numerals.
Use commas for numbers with more than 3 digits (no spaces). Note the differences in numerical punctuation for translation.

* 300
* 1,000
* 7,465

## Using k to indicate thousands

Do not put a space between the number and k.

Add a noun to indicate what the number measures, and to make clear that you are not using k as an abbreviation for *kilobytes*.

* Example: On this plan, you are limited to 55k download operations and 20k upload operations per day.

## Units of measurement

Units of measurement can occur in two different contexts.

### As nouns

The storage provider landscape has become highly competitive with many providers capable of providing **petabyte** (and **exabyte**) scale content storage at extremely low cost-per-**gigabyte**.

### As modifiers of numbers

Many CPU architectures either do not allow execution of the machine code, which is unaligned in memory (**4 KB** for x86 systems)

In general, only abbreviate units of measurements when they modify specific quantities/numbers. When you need to abbreviate them:

| ✅     | ❌      | Rationale                                              |
| ----- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| 10 m  | 10m    | Always include a space between the number and the unit |
| 10 cm | 10 cms | Unit symbols should unaltered in the plural.           |

**Always include a space between a numerical value and the corresponding unit of measurement.** Although both formats are widely used, the metric system standardized the use of a space before a unit of measurement and should be used as a guideline to keep content consistent and clear.

| ✅                                                | ❌                                           | Rationale                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 128 GB                                           | 128 gb, 128gb, 128GB                        | Units of measurement should always be capitalized and spaced out from their corresponding numerical values. |
| This network has a capacity of over **30 Tbps.** | This network has a capacity of over 30Tbps. | Adding a space between ‘30’ and ‘Tbps’ makes this sentence easier to read.                                  |

## Physical distance

| Measurement  | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| inches       | Although Harvey's category was quickly downgraded, the storm lingered around for days, bringing 50 **inches** of rain to the greater Houston area.                                                                                                                         |
| feet, meters | At 2625 **meters** (8612 **feet**) above sea level, Bogotá (Colombia) is one of the four highest capital cities in the world. Now, it is also home to Cloudflare's 149th data center.                                                                                      |
| miles        | Despite having a unique place on the map of the United States, and its significant distance from other cities (900 **miles** to Dallas; 1,000 **miles** to Chicago, 1,000 **miles** to Los Angeles), Denver has not always been a major point of regional interconnection. |

## Digital storage

| Measurement    | Example                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bit (b)        | Typical RSA key sizes are 1,024 or 2,048 or 4,096 **bits**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Byte (B)       | Here is a small program that creates a lot of garbage. Once a second it asks for a byte array of between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 **bytes**.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Kilobyte (KB)  | Internally, ACME never stores objects that are larger than a configured size (32 **kilobytes**, by default). Many CPU architectures either do not allow execution of the machine code, which is unaligned in memory (4 **KB** for x86 systems).                                                    |
| Megabyte (MB)  | To do that, we extracted one batch of records from ACME and ran some benchmarks on it. All batches are around 1 **MB** uncompressed, 600 records in each on average. Additionally, we had a two **megabyte** maximum size for values. We have increased the limit for values to ten **megabytes**. |
| Gigabyte (GB)  | Pro plans will be able to use up to 5 **gigabytes** for free each month. Biz plans can go up to 10 **GB** for free.                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Terabyte (TB)  | Fortunately, I came across Cloudflare. In the month of October alone, CloudFlare has saved us about 1.54 **TB**. That is 500 **terabytes**, 500 million **megabytes**, or approximately the equivalent data contained in 1 billion books.                                                          |
| Petabyte (PB)  | PB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Exabyte (EB)   | EB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Zettabyte (ZB) | ZB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Yottabyte (YB) | YB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

---

# Product name and pluralization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/product-name-and-pluralization/

Product names should follow a noun-verb agreement such that the verb is singular.

Examples:

* Cloudflare Pages enables/allows.
* Cloudflare Workers executes/propagates.

---

# UI elements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/ui-elements/

UI elements are the interactive parts of a product. They are used to build the software's interface. When describing UI elements in writing, we focus on what users need to do without focusing on the UI.

To clarify instructions for complex interfaces, you may need to identify elements by name.

| UI element                                                | Usage                                                                                | Example                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Button                                                    | Select **Add a Site**.                                                               | ![Blue button to add a site.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/button.png)                        |
| Checkboxes and radio buttons                              | Turn **Set as Default DNS Location** on.                                             | ![Two checkboxes for setting DNS options.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/checkbox.png)         |
| Commands                                                  | Go to **File**, then select **Delete**.                                              | ![Command options to edit or delete.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/command.png)               |
| Error message                                             | If you receive the error message `Invalid IP`, start the process from the beginning. | ![Invalid IP address input.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/error-message.png)                  |
| Menu                                                      | In the menu, go to your account > **Websites**.                                      | ![List of website options.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/menu.png)                            |
| Tab                                                       | Go to **Action**.                                                                    | ![Tabs with security event categories.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/tab.png)                 |
| Toggle                                                    | Turn **AV inspection** on.                                                           | ![Toggle to turn anti-virus inspection on.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/toggle.png)          |
| Containers (windows, screens, pages, sections, and cards) | Refer to your site's traffic statistics for more information.                        | ![Information container with website statistics.](~/assets/images/style-guide/ui-elements/container.png) |

## Interactions

When describing navigation elements, such as menus, use `go to` instead of `navigate`. When describing elements you can activate, such as checkboxes and toggles, use `turn on`/`turn off` instead of `enable`/`disable`.

For information on physical inputs, such as mouse buttons, refer to [Keyboard keys](/style-guide/formatting/keyboard-keys/).

## Symbols in UI element names

### Icons or non-alphabetic characters

The names or labels on buttons and other UI elements may include icons or symbols. For example, a button named **+ Add element** includes a plus sign. When writing these names or labels in procedures, do not include symbols. They are usually redundant and can be removed safely.

If an element has no text other than the symbol (for example, just `+`), you can keep the symbol in the instructions. This especially applies to instructions in interfaces for third-party products.

### Ellipses

An ellipsis is a set of three dots (`...`) that might be used as a variable or wildcard. For example, a **Save As...** menu item might display a dialog box where you can save a file in different places. If you refer to a menu item or button that has an ellipsis, do not include the ellipsis. In text, ellipses can be distracting.

---

# Banner

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/banner/

import { Steps, FileTree } from "~/components";

One of the fields you can add to the [Frontmatter](/style-guide/frontmatter/) is `banner`. It displays a prominent section at the top of the page and supports the use of HTML for links and formatting.

Only use it to alert about disruptive situations and take note to remove it when applicable.

## Example

```mdx wrap
---
title: Banner
description: How to display a banner at the top of the page and when to use it.
banner:
  content: Do <strong>not</strong> use banners in the <a href="/style-guide/frontmatter/">Frontmatter</a> unless a change will cause customer application to break.
---
```

---

# Frontmatter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/

Frontmatter contains the metadata for a page, such as the `title`. It is written as YAML, between `---`, at the top of the page.

For example, this is the frontmatter for the page you're on now!

```mdx wrap
---
title: Frontmatter
description: |
    You can customize individual Markdown and MDX pages in Starlight by setting values in their frontmatter.
    For example, a regular page might set title and description fields.
sidebar:
    order: 3
---
```

For more information on the available fields, please refer to [Starlight's documentation](https://starlight.astro.build/reference/frontmatter/).

---

# Sidebar

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/frontmatter/sidebar/

import { Steps, FileTree } from "~/components";

## Labels

Labels are controlled by frontmatter properties on a given page, which vary depending on if you are configuring a group or a link.

### Links

In order of precedence:

<Steps>

1. `sidebar.label`
2. `title`

</Steps>

#### On an index page

Index page labels default to `Overview` if `sidebar.label` is not defined.

`title` is not taken into consideration due to `title` being used in group labelling.

### Groups

In order of precedence:

<Steps>

1. `sidebar.group.label`
2. `title`

</Steps>

### Example

For example, given the following pages:

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/foo/bar/index.mdx"
---
title: Bar
sidebar:
  label: IndexTitle
  group:
    label: GroupTitle
---
```

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/foo/bar/baz.mdx"
---
title: Baz
sidebar:
  label: PageTitle
---
```

The sidebar structure will look like:

<FileTree>

- GroupTitle
  - IndexTitle
  - PageTitle

</FileTree>

If we remove the `sidebar` property from both, it will now look like this:

<FileTree>

- Bar
  - Overview
  - Baz

</FileTree>

## Ordering

Both links and groups use the `sidebar.order` frontmatter property to configure their ordering, where groups are ordered based on the index page's order.

If `sidebar.order` is not specified, it will fallback to alphabetical ordering.

For example, given the following pages:

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/foo/alpha/index.mdx"
---
title: Alpha
sidebar:
  order: 3
---
```

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/foo/beta/index.mdx"
---
title: Beta
sidebar:
  order: 2
---
```

The sidebar structure will look like:

<FileTree>

- Beta
  - ...
- Alpha
  - ...

</FileTree>

If we remove the `sidebar` property from both, it will now look like this:

<FileTree>

- Alpha
  - ...
- Beta
  - ...

</FileTree>

## Hiding pages

There are three properties that can be used for hiding pages from the sidebar.

### Hiding individual pages

#### `hidden`

This property should only be used when the page is **not** an index page for a group.

```mdx
---
title: Placeholder
sidebar:
  hidden: true
---
```

#### `group.hideIndex`

Since index pages are relied on to configure the label and sort order of groups, we have a special property that still makes the page available to our sidebar component and allows us to remove it after labelling and ordering groups.

```mdx
---
title: Placeholder
sidebar:
  group:
    hideIndex: true
---

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />
```

:::note

Since these pages are still accessible via other links and directly navigating to the URL, always include a `DirectoryListing` component within the page content.

:::

### Hiding child pages of a group

To make a group render as if it was a single page, which links to the index page, use the top-level `hideChildren` property.

## Badges

### Links

To specify a badge next to the link, use the `sidebar.badge` property.

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/examples/example.mdx"
---
title: Example
sidebar:
  badge: New!
---
```

<FileTree>

- Examples
  - Example [New!]

</FileTree>

### Groups

To specify a badge next to the group label, use the `sidebar.group.badge` inside the group's `index.mdx` frontmatter.

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/examples/index.mdx"
---
title: Examples
sidebar:
  group:
    badge: New!
---
```

<FileTree>

- Examples [New!]
  - Example

</FileTree>

---

# Grammar

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# About Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/about-cloudflare/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Support About Cloudflare focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Understanding Billing for Add-on Services

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/billing-add-on-service/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

## Overview

For some Cloudflare subscriptions and services, you will be charged based on how much a feature was used during your previous billing period. This differs from other services, which are a prepaid flat fee for the upcoming month (e.g. plans, page rules, etc.).

For example, if your billing date is March 15 and you enabled Cloudflare Workers in the dashboard on March 1, your March 15 invoice will include the Workers charges from March 1-15. The next invoice on April 15 will include charges for Workers usage between March 16 and April 15.

:::note

The pricing structure varies based on the service being used. 
:::

***

## Usage-Based billing notifications

To monitor the usage of Cloudflare add-ons, you can enable email notifications. When enabled, you will receive a notification to the billing email address on file when the traffic, queries, requests, or minutes watched exceed your desired threshold.

:::note

The email notifications are for informational purposes only. Actual usage and billing may vary. Your monthly invoice is the most reliable source for billing information. 
:::

<AvailableNotifications product="Billing" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

***

## Billing for Cloudflare Apps

Many apps within Cloudflare Apps are free and you will not be billed for them.

All paid apps within Cloudflare Apps are billed monthly. You are charged monthly for each domain for which you have purchased and installed an app.

When you remove an app you are not refunded for the remainder of the final month, but can reinstall the app at any time during that period to resume using it.

---

# Video

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/video/

import { Flex } from "~/components";

This document serves as a guide for producing Developer Documentation videos that uphold our standards for quality, consistency, and alignment with Cloudflare's brand identity and communication style.

Intended audiences include, but are not limited to:
- Cloudflare video teams to ensure high quality and consistency with each production.
- External production crews to streamline alignment on camera settings and exporting formats.

## Production

This section covers requirements, formatting, and settings for video, audio, color grading, and screen recording.

### Video Quality

#### Resolution

Videos should be recorded at 4K UHD. If 4K UHD is unavailable, Full HD footage may be accepted on a case-by-case basis. Footage below Full HD will not be used. Final video exports must be at least Full HD.

##### Acceptable Resolutions

- **4K Ultra HD:** 2160p (3840x2160)  
- **2K Quad HD:** 1440p (2560x1440)  
- **Full HD:** 1080p (1920x1080) 

##### Unacceptable Resolutions

- **HD:** 720p (1280x720)  
- **SD:** 480p (720x480)  

#### Frame Rate

25 frames per second (FPS)

#### Bitrate

Footage should be recorded in the highest possible bitrate available. This allows for better color, detail, and video quality in the final export. You should be able to adjust bitrate in your camera settings.

#### Picture Profiles

Cloudflare prefers S-Cinetone because it represents a cinematic style with natural tones, soft highlights, and balanced contrast and is designed to deliver film-like visuals straight out of the camera. If the camera doesn't have S-Cinetone, then avoid flat color profiles, like S-Log.

### Audio Quality

#### Microphone Placement

- **Shotgun microphones**: Place the microphone over your head, just outside of the frame.
- **Lavalier microphones**: Hide cords and cables, but the microphone can be visible.

#### Tips for avoiding common audio problems

##### Background Noise

Avoid locations with background noise (for example, fan, air-conditioning, chatters) and echo to the best of your ability.

##### Echo

Echo is extremely difficult to remove in post-production. Best practice is to avoid empty rooms, but if you must, soundproof your recording area by introducing sound-absorbing materials such as carpets, curtains, blankets, or foam panels. Test for echoes by clapping and listening for a "dampened" sound.

### Aspect Ratios

Aspect ratio is important for the viewing experience. The more a video fills the screen, the more immersive an experience it provides.

#### Desktop Aspect Ratio

The most common screens and online platforms, such as YouTube and Vimeo, use a 16:9 ratio, so the majority of videos should be produced in a 16:9 ratio.

#### Mobile Aspect Ratio

Social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook are typically accessed on mobile devices and usually require a 9x16 aspect ratio. Efficiency calls for a 1:1 aspect ratio, which works on all, but not as great.

### Color Grading

Final videos should be graded to natural colors. They shouldn't be over or under saturated or too heavily influenced in one color direction. Different skin tones, lighting situations, and preferences for the "vibe" will influence the settings.

#### **Examples of Poor Color Grading**

<Flex> 

![Too dark](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/too_dark.png)

![Too cool](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/too_warm_cool_1.png)

</Flex>

<Flex>

![Too dark](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/too_warm_cool_2.png)

![Too dark](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/too_warm_cool_3.png)

</Flex>

#### **Examples of Good Color Grading**

<Flex> 

![Warm tone](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/warm_tone.png) 

![White Balanced](~/assets/images/style-guide/video/white_balanced.png)

</Flex>

#### Screen Recording Resolution

Screen recordings should be done on the largest monitor possible, with the highest resolution available to the recording software (minimum 1920x1080). Ensure that any text visible on your screen is large enough that it can be easily read in the final video.

:::note
You may need to modify the zoom of the window you are recording or your monitor's resolution to make sure the visual displayed is visible and legible.
:::

### Presenter

#### Frame

When setting up the presenter frame, the presenter should position themselves in the center of the shot with some distance from the wall behind them to create depth. They should ensure their eyeline is directly towards the lens, engaging with the audience, and avoid any reflections on their glasses that could distract from the presentation. This will help maintain a clear and professional look throughout the video.

#### Dress Code

To create the most professional and consistent appearance, please follow these dress code guidelines:

- Wear smart casual tops, like a Cloudflare T-shirt, polo, casual shirt, or sweater.
Stick to solid, black and white, and jewel tones (for example, dark orange, emerald green, navy, burgundy).
- Avoid distracting patterns, accessories, or flashy jewelry.
- Do not wear non-affiliated branded clothing, especially from non-open-source companies.

### Room Atmosphere

For the best video quality, consider the following options for setting up your space:

- **Option A**: Choose a location with natural light and minimal (echo)[/style-guide/video/#echo]. Add extra lighting if needed.
- **Option B**: Set up a green screen. Ensure proper lighting to minimize shadows for the cleanest background.

## Post-Production

This section explores how Cloudflare branding is applied to video components.

### Video Components

#### Cloudflare Logo Usage, Fonts, and Color Palette

Brand guidelines are well documented and publicly available [here](https://www.figma.com/proto/FYnURhxtrmhMG2z60kLeoh/Brand-Design-Guidelines-%2723?page-id=1013%3A1410&type=design&node-id=1140-1812&t=n6tugqnuuZqU3IFl-0&scaling=scale-down&starting-point-node-id=1140%3A1812&hide-ui=1).

Developer Documentation videos adhere to all brand guidelines.

#### Intro and Outro

Intros and outros are essential for structuring a video and guiding the audience through its content. 

#### Transitions, Effects and Chapter Separators

Other components, such as transitions, effects, and chapter separators, should be used sparingly to maintain a professional and cohesive video presentation. When included, they must be subtle and have a clear purpose, enhancing the content rather than distracting from it. It is important to ensure that these elements align with the video's overall style and tone, preserving its intended look and feel without overwhelming or altering the core visual identity.

Chapter separators should be used thoughtfully to indicate key sections, such as steps in tutorials, different concepts being explained, or distinct functions being demonstrated. To maintain a smooth flow, limit these transitions to no more than one every 3+ minutes. This ensures the video remains engaging and avoids overwhelming the viewer with excessive interruptions while effectively segmenting the content for clarity.

#### On-Screen Audiovisual Content

When using on-screen audiovisual content, such as overlays, stock footage, audio tracks, graphics, or other video assets, it is essential to ensure that all necessary permissions have been obtained and documented. Always verify that the assets are licensed for use in your project and adhere to any restrictions specified by the license agreement. Avoid assets that require visual attribution.

#### Subtitles

In general, we rely on platform automatic subtitle generation (for example, YouTube, Cloudflare Stream). For high-quality productions, subtitles are reviewed manually to ensure accuracy and clarity.

##### Subtitle Specifications

- Subtitles are always published in English in **SubRip format (.srt)**.  
- Guidelines for subtitles:  
  - Maximum **45 characters per line**.  
  - Split over **2 lines** when necessary.  
  - Displayed for no longer than **10 seconds** per subtitle.

#### Lower Thirds

Contact the Cloudflare Video team for the most up-to-date lower thirds and chapter files.

### Video Tone

#### Thumbnail Picture

Thumbnails should be clear still images of the presenter. Avoid motion blur or exaggerated facial expressions. Ensure the title text is readable.

##### Music

To maintain a balanced audio mix, follow these guidelines for background music:

- Music should be about 20dB lower than speaking volume.
- Background music must be instrumental, ensuring it doesn't overpower the speaker.

---

# Cannot locate dashboard account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/cannot-locate-dashboard-account/

We are making some improvements to our support experience. This could be causing a temporary issue linking your [dashboard account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and your Cloudflare [Help Center My Activities sign-on information](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/requests).

## Accounts with paid services

If you have an account with paid services:

1. Open a case with us through our [support portal](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support).
2. Choose **Account** > **Support Platform** > **Other**.
3. For **Is your issue domain related?**, select "No".
4. For **Summary**, enter "Can't access Cloudflare Help Center My Activities."
5. Select **Add more details** or **Open a Case**.
6. For **Description**, enter a brief description of the issue using at least 20 words.
7. Select **Submit Case**.

This process will allow us to link your account inside our new support system.

## Free accounts

If you are a free account customer, you do not have access to this feature, but you can get assistance in many other ways:

* By joining the conversation in our [Community forums](https://community.cloudflare.com/).
* By joining our [Discord server](https://discord.cloudflare.com/).
* By checking out our [Documentation](/).
* By visiting the [Cloudflare Help Center](https://support.cloudflare.com/). There you will find our most frequently asked questions, steps to issue resolution, and more.

---

# Account Management & Billing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Account Management & Billing support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# More Dashboard Apps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for More Dashboard Apps support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Reduce data transfer (egress costs) between Azure and Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/partners/reduce-data-transfer-egress-costs-between-azure-and-cloudflare/

## Overview

Cloudflare launched Bandwidth Alliance in 2018 – a group of forward-looking cloud and storage providers who have agreed to waive or steeply discount egress costs for mutual customers. 

Cloudflare customers using Azure can lower their egress bills between Cloudflare and Azure via [Microsoft Routing Preference](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/routing-preference-overview).

***

## How to

To lower your data transfer costs from Azure and Cloudflare: 

1. In the Azure portal, go to your storage account. 
2. Navigate to **Network Routing > Firewalls and virtual networks**.
3. For **Routing preference**, choose **Internet routing**.
4. Publish route-specific endpoint to **Internet routing**.
5. Navigate to **Properties**.
6. Locate the endpoint values for **Internet Routing**.
7. Enter these endpoint values in your Cloudflare Dashboard.

![Example of where to enter endpoint URLs from Microsoft Azure into your Cloudflare dashboard.](~/assets/images/support/bandwidth-alliance.png)

For additional details, refer to [Configure network routing preference for Azure Storage](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/configure-network-routing-preference?tabs=azure-portal) and [Microsoft Routing Preference](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/network-routing-preference).

***

## Related resources

* [Microsoft Azure data transfer announcement](https://blog.cloudflare.com/discounted-egress-for-cloudflare-customers-from-microsoft-azure-is-now-available/) (blog)
* [Bandwidth Alliance](https://www.cloudflare.com/bandwidth-alliance/)

---

# Partners Support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/partners/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Partners support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Third-Party Software

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Third-Party Software support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Troubleshooting support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Get tenant details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/get-tenant-details/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="tenant-details-preamble" />

<Render file="tenant-details" />

---

# Get account details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/get-account-details/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="account-details-preamble" />

<Render file="account-details" />

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage accounts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/manage-accounts/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="account-preamble" />

## Create account

<Render file="account-preamble" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="create-account-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="create-account-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## View accounts

When you create an account with the Tenant API, your Cloudflare user owns that account from creation, ongoing management, and finally deletion.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To view any accounts owned by your tenant using the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Go to **Tenants** > **Managed Accounts**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To fetch any accounts owned by your tenant using the API, send a [`GET`](/api/resources/accounts/methods/list/) request to the `/accounts` endpoint.

You will get back a list of all the accounts you have created plus any accounts your user already had access to.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "a34bd6cc645a31486aa2ef71f1b9afb6",
			"name": "My Personal Account",
			"settings": {
				"enforce_twofactor": false
			}
		},
		{
			"id": "1b16db169c9cb7853009857198fae1b9",
			"name": "Created Account",
			"settings": {
				"enforce_twofactor": false
			}
		}
	],
	"result_info": {
		"page": 1,
		"per_page": 20,
		"total_pages": 1,
		"count": 2,
		"total_count": 2
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Update account

To update an account, send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/accounts/methods/update/) request to the `/accounts/{account_id}` endpoint.

## Delete account

To delete an account you have created, send a `DELETE` request to the `/accounts/{account_id}` endpoint.

Account deletion is permanent and will delete any zones or other resources under the account.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

A successful request will return the id to confirm the operation:

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "1b16db169c9cb7853009857198fae1b9"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Manage subscriptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/manage-subscriptions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Once your customer has a zone provisioned, you can add zone and account-level subscriptions.

## Zone subscriptions

### Create zone subscription

<Render file="create-zone-subscription" />

### Get zone subscription details

To get the details of a zone subscription, send a [`GET`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/subscriptions/methods/get/) request to the `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/subscription` endpoint.

### Update zone subscription

To update a subscription on a zone, typically used to update an existing subscription's 'component\_values' or to downgrade a zone's subscription, send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/subscriptions/methods/update/) request to the `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/subscription` endpoint.

***

## Account subscriptions

Depending on your agreement, you may be allowed to resell other add-on services. These are provisioned as account-level subscriptions.

### Create account subscription

<Render file="create-account-subscription" />

### Get account subscription details

To get all subscriptions for an account, send a [`GET`](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/subscriptions/methods/get/) request to the `/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/subscriptions` endpoint.

### Update account subscription

To update a subscription on an account, send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/subscriptions/methods/update/) request to the `/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>` endpoint.

### Delete account subscription

To delete a subscription on an account, send a [`DELETE`](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/subscriptions/methods/delete/) request to the `/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/subscriptions/<SUBSCRIPTION_ID>` endpoint.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Available subscriptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/reference/subscriptions/

When [provisioning services for an account](/tenant/how-to/manage-subscriptions/), you need to include certain values with each API call to specify a particular service.

The subscriptions available to you will vary depending on your current partner program ([Self-Service Partner Program](https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-partners-self-serve-program-closed-beta/) or [Enterprise Resellers and MSP Program](https://portal.cloudflarepartners.com)).

The following values are samples and not exhaustive. For the complete list of subscription values available to you, make an API call to the [zone subscriptions](/api/resources/zones/subresources/rate_plans/methods/get/) or [account subscriptions](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/subscriptions/methods/get/) endpoints.

## Zone plans

When creating or updating a [zone plan](/api/resources/zones/subresources/subscriptions/methods/get/), Partners can use one of the following values for the `id` of the `rate_plan` field (which controls the zone-level plan subscription).

| Partner program                     | Available subscriptions                                         |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Enterprise and self-serve resellers | `PARTNERS_FREE`, `PARTNERS_PRO`, `PARTNERS_BIZ`, `PARTNERS_ENT` |
| PAYGO partners                      | `CF_FREE`, `CF_PRO_20_20`, `CF_BIZ`                             |
| MSP partners                        | `msp_biz`                                                       |

## Other subscriptions

When you [create an account subscription](/tenant/how-to/manage-subscriptions/#account-subscriptions), it provisions an add-on service for that account.

### Zero Trust subscriptions

The following table lists sample values for various Zero Trust subscriptions.

| Feature                                   | Subscription IDs                                                                                              |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Access](/cloudflare-one/identity/)       | `PARTNERS_ACCESS_BASIC`, `PARTNERS_ACCESS_ENT`, `PARTNERS_ACCESS_PREMIUM`, `TEAMS_ACCESS_ENT`, `TEAMS_ACCESS` |
| [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/connections/)   | `TEAMS_GATEWAY_ENT`, `TEAMS_GATEWAY`                                                                          |
| [Cloudflare Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) | `TEAMS_ENT`, `TEAMS_FREE`, `TEAMS_STANDARD`                                                                   |

### Developer subscriptions

The following table lists sample values for various Developer platform subscriptions.

| Feature                                            | Subscription IDs                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Images](/images/)                                 | `IMAGES_ENT`,`IMAGES_BASIC`                                                             |
| [Image transformations](/images/transform-images/) | `IMAGE_RESIZING_ENT`, `IMAGE_RESIZING_BASIC`                                            |
| [Stream](/stream/)                                 | `PARTNERS_STREAM_ENT`, `PARTNERS_STREAM_BASIC`, `STREAM_BASIC`                          |
| [Workers](/workers)                                | `PARTNERS_WORKERS_ENT`, `WORKERS_PAID`, `PARTNERS_WORKERS_SS`, `PARTNERS_WORKERS_BASIC` |

### Application performance and security

The following table lists sample values for various application performance and security subscriptions.

| Feature                                                                              | Subscription IDs                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [API Shield](/api-shield/)                                                           | `API_SHIELD_ZONE`                                                                     |
| [Advanced certificate manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) | `ADVANCED_CERT_MANAGER_FREE`, `ADVANCED_CERT_MANAGER`                                 |
| [Argo smart routing](/argo-smart-routing/)                                           | `PARTNERS_ZONE_ARGO`, `ARGO_ZONE_BASIC`                                               |
| [Ethereum gateway](/web3/ethereum-gateway/)                                          | `WEB3_ETHEREUM_ENT`, `WEB3_ETHEREUM_ENT_CONTRACT`, `WEB3_ETHEREUM_ENT_PAYGO`          |
| [IPFS gateway](/web3/ipfs-gateway/)                                                  | `WEB3_IPFS_ENT`, `WEB3_IPFS_ENT_CONTRACT`, `WEB3_IPFS_ENT_PAYGO`                      |
| [Load balancing](/load-balancing/)                                                   | `PARTNERS_LOAD_BALANCING`, `PARTNERS_LOAD_BALANCING_ENT`, `LOAD_BALANCING_BASIC_PLUS` |
| [Rate limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)                                           | `PARTNERS_RATE_LIMITING`                                                              |
| [Spectrum](/spectrum/)                                                               | `PARTNERS_SPECTRUM`                                                                   |
| [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/)                                                       | `WAITING_ROOMS_BASIC`, `WAITING_ROOMS_ADV`                                            |

### Network services

The following table lists sample values for various network services subscriptions.

| Feature                            | Subscription IDs                                  |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) | `MAGIC_FIREWALL_BASIC`, `MAGIC_FIREWALL_ADVANCED` |
| [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)           | `MAGIC_WAN`                                       |

## Getting new subscriptions

If your reseller plan does not have access to a specific subscription, you will receive the following error when making an API call:

```json
"errors": [
        {
            "code": 1225,
            "message": "Your account does not have access to this product. Contact billing@cloudflare.com for assistance."
        }
]
```

To change your program or - in some cases - get a specific subscription added to your reseller plan, contact `partners@cloudflare.com`.

---

# DDoS managed rulesets configuration using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/ddos-managed-rulesets/

import { Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

This page provides examples of configuring [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/) in your zone or account using Terraform. It covers the following configurations:

- [Example: Configure HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](#example-configure-http-ddos-attack-protection)
- [Example: Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](#example-configure-network-layer-ddos-attack-protection)
- [Use case: Mitigate large HTTP DDoS attacks and monitor flagged traffic](#use-case-mitigate-large-http-ddos-attacks-and-monitor-flagged-traffic)

DDoS managed rulesets are always enabled. Depending on your Cloudflare services, you may be able to adjust their behavior.

For more information on deploying and configuring rulesets using the Rulesets API, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

## Before you start

### Obtain the necessary account, zone, and managed ruleset IDs

<Render file="find-ids-managed-rulesets" />

### (Optional) Delete existing rulesets to start from scratch

<Render file="import-delete-existing-rulesets" />

---

## Example: Configure HTTP DDoS Attack Protection

This example configures the [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/) managed ruleset for a zone using Terraform, changing the sensitivity level of rule with ID <RuleID id="fdfdac75430c4c47a959592f0aa5e68a" /> to `low`.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_level_http_ddos_config" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "HTTP DDoS Attack Protection entry point ruleset"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "ddos_l7"

  rules {
    ref         = "override_l7_ddos_ruleset_all"
    description = "Override the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      # Cloudflare L7 DDoS Attack Protection Ruleset
      id = "4d21379b4f9f4bb088e0729962c8b3cf"
      overrides {
        rules {
          # Rule: HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #11).
          id                = "fdfdac75430c4c47a959592f0aa5e68a"
          sensitivity_level = "low"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

For more information about HTTP DDoS Attack Protection, refer to [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/).

## Example: Configure Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection

This example configures the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/) managed ruleset for an account using Terraform, changing the sensitivity level of rule with ID <RuleID id="599dab0942ff4898ac1b7797e954e98b" /> to `low` using an override.

:::caution[Important]

- Only Magic Transit and Spectrum customers on an Enterprise plan can configure this managed ruleset using overrides.
- This managed ruleset only supports overrides at the account level.

:::

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_level_network_ddos_config" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection entry point ruleset"
  description = ""
  kind        = "root"
  phase       = "ddos_l4"

  rules {
    ref         = "override_l7_ddos_ruleset_dst_ip"
    description = "Override the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset"
    expression  = "ip.dst in { 192.0.2.0/24 }"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      # Cloudflare L3/4 DDoS Attack Protection Ruleset
      id = "3b64149bfa6e4220bbbc2bd6db589552"
      overrides {
        rules {
          # Rule: Generic high-volume UDP traffic flows.
          id                = "599dab0942ff4898ac1b7797e954e98b"
          sensitivity_level = "low"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

For more information about Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection, refer to [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).

---

## Use case: Mitigate large HTTP DDoS attacks and monitor flagged traffic

In the following example, a customer is concerned about false positives, but wants to get protection against large HTTP DDoS attacks. The two rules, containing two overrides each, in their [HTTP DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/) configuration will have the following behavior:

1. Mitigate any large HTTP DDoS attacks by configuring a rule with a _Low_ [sensitivity level](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/#sensitivity-level) and a _Block_ action.
2. Monitor traffic being flagged by the DDoS protection system by configuring a rule with the default sensitivity level (_High_) and a _Log_ action.

The order of the rules is important: the rule with the highest sensitivity level must come after the rule with the lowest sensitivity level, otherwise it will never be evaluated.

:::caution[Important considerations]

- When a DDoS attack mitigation is ongoing, Cloudflare will check the rules order and apply the first one that matches both the expression and the sensitivity level.
- Since rules are evaluated in order and the first one to match the conditions of both the expression and the sensitivity level will get applied, take care when editing and reordering existing rules. Changing a rule from Block to Log may allow attack traffic to reach your web property.
- Overrides will not affect read-only rules in the managed ruleset.

:::

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
variable "zone_id" {
  default = "<ZONE_ID>"
}

resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_level_http_ddos_config" {
  zone_id     = var.zone_id
  name        = "HTTP DDoS - Terraform managed"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "ddos_l7"

  # The resource configuration contains two rules:
  #  1. The first rule has the lowest sensitivity level (highest threshold)
  #     and it will block attacks.
  #  2. The second rule has a higher sensitivity level (lower threshold) and
  #     will only apply a Log action.
  #
  # In practice, evaluation stops whenever a rule matches both the expression
  # and the threshold, so the rule order is important:
  #   - When the traffic rate is below the (low) threshold of the default
  #     sensitivity level ('High'), no rules match (no action is applied).
  #   - When the traffic rate is between the thresholds of the 'Low' and
  #     default ('High') sensitivity levels, the first rule does not match,
  #     but the second rule does (traffic gets logged).
  #   - When the traffic rate goes above the (high) threshold of the 'Low'
  #     sensitivity level, the first rule matches (traffic gets blocked).
  #
  # The DDoS protection systems will still apply mitigation actions to incoming
  # traffic when rates exceed the threshold of the _Essentially Off_ sensitivity
  # level.

  rules {
    ref         = "l7_ddos_block_traffic_low_threshold"
    description = "At the low sensitivity threshold, block the traffic"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      # Cloudflare L7 DDoS Attack Protection Ruleset
      id = "4d21379b4f9f4bb088e0729962c8b3cf"
      overrides {
        rules {
          # Rule: HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #4).
          id                = "29d170ba2f004cc787b1ac272c9e04e7"
          sensitivity_level = "low"
          action            = "block"
        }
        rules {
          # Rule: HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).
          id                = "60a48054bbcf4014ac63c44f1712a123"
          sensitivity_level = "low"
          action            = "block"
        }
      }
    }
  }

  rules {
    ref         = "l7_ddos_log_default_threshold"
    description = "At the default sensitivity threshold, log to see if any legitimate traffic gets caught"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      # Cloudflare L7 DDoS Attack Protection Ruleset
      id = "4d21379b4f9f4bb088e0729962c8b3cf"
      overrides {
        rules {
          # Rule: HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #4).
          id                = "29d170ba2f004cc787b1ac272c9e04e7"
          sensitivity_level = "default"
          action            = "log"
        }
        rules {
          # Rule: HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).
          id                = "60a48054bbcf4014ac63c44f1712a123"
          sensitivity_level = "default"
          action            = "log"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Additional configurations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Transform Rules configuration using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/transform-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This page provides examples of creating [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) in a zone using Terraform. The examples cover the following scenarios:

- [Create a Rewrite URL Rule](#create-a-rewrite-url-rule)
- [Create an HTTP Request Header Modification Rule](#create-an-http-request-header-modification-rule)
- [Create an HTTP Response Header Modification Rule](#create-an-http-response-header-modification-rule)

## Before you start

### Obtain the necessary account or zone IDs

<Render file="find-ids" />

### Import or delete existing rulesets

<Render file="import-delete-existing-rulesets" />

---

## Create a Rewrite URL Rule

The following example creates a Rewrite URL Rule that rewrites requests for `example.com/old-folder` to `example.com/new-folder`:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "transform_url_rewrite" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Transform Rule performing a static URL rewrite"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_transform"

  rules {
    ref         = "url_rewrite_old_folder"
    description = "Example Rewrite URL Rule"
    expression  = "(http.host eq \"example.com\" and http.request.uri.path eq \"/old-folder\")"
    action      = "rewrite"
    action_parameters {
      uri {
        path {
          value = "/new-folder"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "Rewrite URL Rule" }} /> <br />

For more information on rewriting URLs, refer to [Rewrite URL Rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/).

## Create an HTTP Request Header Modification Rule

The following configuration example performs the following adjustments to HTTP request headers:

- Adds a `my-header-1` header to the request with a static value.
- Adds a `my-header-2` header to the request with a dynamic value defined by an expression.
- Deletes the `existing-header` header from the request, if it exists.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "transform_modify_request_headers" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Transform Rule performing HTTP request header modifications"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_late_transform"

  rules {
    ref         = "modify_request_headers"
    description = "Example HTTP Request Header Modification Rule"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "rewrite"
    action_parameters {
      headers {
        name      = "my-header-1"
        operation = "set"
        value     = "Fixed value"
      }
      headers {
        name       = "my-header-2"
        operation  = "set"
        expression = "cf.zone.name"
      }
      headers {
        name      = "existing-header"
        operation = "remove"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

<Render
	file="add-new-rule"
	params={{ one: "Request Header Modification Rule" }}
/> <br />

For more information on modifying request headers, refer to [HTTP Request Header Modification Rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/).

## Create an HTTP Response Header Modification Rule

The following configuration example performs the following adjustments to HTTP response headers:

- Adds a `my-header-1` header to the response with a static value.
- Adds a `my-header-2` header to the response with a dynamic value defined by an expression.
- Deletes the `existing-header` header from the response, if it exists.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "transform_modify_response_headers" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Transform Rule performing HTTP response header modifications"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_response_headers_transform"

  rules {
    ref         = "modify_response_headers"
    description = "Example HTTP Response Header Modification Rule"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "rewrite"
    action_parameters {
      headers {
        name      = "my-header-1"
        operation = "set"
        value     = "Fixed value"
      }
      headers {
        name       = "my-header-2"
        operation  = "set"
        expression = "cf.zone.name"
      }
      headers {
        name      = "existing-header"
        operation = "remove"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

<Render
	file="add-new-rule"
	params={{ one: "Response Header Modification Rule" }}
/> <br />

For more information on modifying response headers, refer to [HTTP Response Header Modification Rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/).

---

# Rate limiting rules configuration using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/rate-limiting-rules/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

This page provides examples of creating [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) in a zone or account using Terraform.

:::note

For more information on configuring the previous version of rate limiting rules in Terraform, refer to the [`cloudflare_rate_limit` resource](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/rate_limit) in the Terraform documentation.
:::

## Before you start

### Obtain the necessary account or zone IDs

<Render file="find-ids" />

### Import or delete existing rulesets

<Render file="import-delete-existing-rulesets" />

---

## Create a rate limiting rule at the zone level

This example creates a rate limiting rule in zone with ID `<ZONE_ID>` blocking traffic that exceeds the configured rate:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_rl" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Rate limiting for my zone"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_ratelimit"

  rules {
    ref         = "rate_limit_api_requests_ip"
    description = "Rate limit API requests by IP"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")"
    action      = "block"
    ratelimit {
      characteristics = ["cf.colo.id", "ip.src"]
      period = 60
      requests_per_period = 100
      mitigation_timeout = 600
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "rate limiting rule" }} /> <br />

## Create a rate limiting rule at the account level

:::note[Notes]

- [Account-level rate limiting configuration](/waf/account/) requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.

- Custom rulesets deployed at the account level will only apply to incoming traffic of zones on an Enterprise plan. The expression of your `execute` rule must end with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"`.

:::

This example defines a [custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/) with a single rate limiting rule in account with ID `<ACCOUNT_ID>` that blocks traffic for the `/api/` path exceeding the configured rate. The second `cloudflare_ruleset` resource defines an `execute` rule that deploys the custom ruleset for traffic addressed at `example.com`.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_rl" {
  account_id  = <ACCOUNT_ID>
  name        = "Rate limiting rules for APIs"
  description = ""
  kind        = "custom"
  phase       = "http_ratelimit"

  rules {
    ref         = "rate_limit_api_ip"
    description = "Rate limit API requests by IP"
    expression  = "http.request.uri.path contains \"/api/\""
    action      = "block"
    ratelimit {
      characteristics     = ["cf.colo.id", "ip.src"]
      period              = 60
      requests_per_period = 100
      mitigation_timeout  = 600
    }
  }
}

# Account-level entry point ruleset for the 'http_ratelimit' phase
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_rl_entrypoint" {
  account_id  = <ACCOUNT_ID>
  name        = "Account-level rate limiting"
  description = ""
  kind        = "root"
  phase       = "http_ratelimit"

  depends_on = [cloudflare_ruleset.account_rl]

  rules {
    # Deploy the previously defined custom ruleset containing a rate limiting rule
    ref         = "deploy_rate_limit_example_com"
    description = "Deploy custom ruleset with RL rule"
    expression  = "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\""
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = cloudflare_ruleset.account_rl.id
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "rate limiting rule" }} /> <br />

## Create an advanced rate limiting rule

This example creates a rate limiting rule in zone with ID `<ZONE_ID>` with:

- A custom counting expression that includes a response field (`http.response.code`).
- A custom JSON response for rate limited requests.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_rl_custom_response" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Advanced rate limiting rule for my zone"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_ratelimit"

  rules {
    ref         = "rate_limit_example_com_status_404"
    description = "Rate limit requests to www.example.com when exceeding the threshold of 404 responses on /status/"
    expression  = "http.host eq \"www.example.com\" and (http.request.uri.path matches \"^/status/\")"
    action      = "block"
    action_parameters {
      response {
        status_code  = 429
        content      = "{\"response\": \"block\"}"
        content_type = "application/json"
      }
    }
    ratelimit {
      characteristics     = ["ip.src", "cf.colo.id"]
      period              = 10
      requests_per_period = 5
      mitigation_timeout  = 30
      counting_expression = "(http.host eq \"www.example.com\") and (http.request.uri.path matches \"^/status/\") and (http.response.code eq 404)"
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "rate limiting rule" }} /> <br />

---

# WAF custom rules configuration using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

This page provides examples of creating [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) in a zone or account using Terraform. The examples cover the following scenarios:

- Zone-level configurations:
  - [Add a custom rule to a zone](#add-a-custom-rule-to-a-zone)
  - [Add a custom rule challenging requests with leaked credentials](#add-a-custom-rule-challenging-requests-with-leaked-credentials)
  - [Add a custom rule blocking malicious uploads](#add-a-custom-rule-blocking-malicious-uploads)
- Account-level configurations:
  - [Create and deploy a custom ruleset](#create-and-deploy-a-custom-ruleset)
  - [Add a custom rule checking for exposed credentials](#add-a-custom-rule-checking-for-exposed-credentials)

## Before you start

### Obtain the necessary account or zone IDs

<Render file="find-ids" />

### Import or delete existing rulesets

<Render file="import-delete-existing-rulesets" />

---

## Zone-level configurations

### Add a custom rule to a zone

The following example configures a custom rule in the zone entry point ruleset for the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase for zone with ID `<ZONE_ID>`. The rule will block all traffic on non-standard HTTP(S) ports:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_custom_firewall" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Phase entry point ruleset for custom rules in my zone"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  rules {
    ref         = "block_non_default_ports"
    description = "Block ports other than 80 and 443"
    expression  = "(not cf.edge.server_port in {80 443})"
    action      = "block"
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "custom rule" }} /> <br />

### Add a custom rule challenging requests with leaked credentials

:::note
For more information on enabling leaked credentials detection using Terraform, refer to the [leaked credentials detection](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/get-started/#1-turn-on-the-detection) documentation.
:::

This example adds a custom rule that challenges requests with leaked credentials by using one of the [leaked credentials fields](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/#leaked-credentials-fields) in the rule expression.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_custom_firewall_leaked_creds" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Phase entry point ruleset for custom rules in my zone"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  rules {
    ref         = "challenge_leaked_username_password"
    description = "Challenge requests with a leaked username and password"
    expression  = "(cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked)"
    action      = "managed_challenge"
  }
}
```

For more information on configuring custom detection locations, refer to the [Terraform example](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/get-started/#4-optional-configure-a-custom-detection-location) in the WAF documentation.

### Add a custom rule blocking malicious uploads

:::note
For more information on enabling malicious uploads detection using Terraform, refer to the [malicious uploads detection](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/get-started/#1-turn-on-the-detection) documentation.
:::

This example adds a custom rule that blocks requests with one or more <GlossaryTooltip term="content object">content objects</GlossaryTooltip> considered malicious by using one of the [content scanning fields](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/#content-scanning-fields) in the rule expression.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_custom_firewall_malicious_uploads" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Phase entry point ruleset for custom rules in my zone"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  rules {
    ref         = "block_malicious_uploads"
    description = "Block requests uploading malicious content objects"
    expression  = "(cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj and http.request.uri.path eq \"/upload.php\")"
    action      = "block"
  }
}
```

For more information on configuring custom scan expressions, refer to the [Terraform example](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/get-started/#4-optional-configure-a-custom-scan-expression) in the WAF documentation.

## Account-level configurations

### Create and deploy a custom ruleset

The following example creates a [custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/) in the account with ID `<ACCOUNT_ID>` containing a single custom rule. This custom ruleset is then deployed using a separate `cloudflare_ruleset` Terraform resource. If you do not deploy a custom ruleset, it will not execute.

:::caution
You can only create and deploy custom rulesets at the account level.
:::

The following configuration creates the custom ruleset with a single rule:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_firewall_custom_ruleset" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Custom ruleset blocking traffic in non-standard HTTP(S) ports"
  description = ""
  kind        = "custom"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  rules {
    ref         = "block_non_default_ports"
    description = "Block ports other than 80 and 443"
    expression  = "(not cf.edge.server_port in {80 443})"
    action      = "block"
  }
}
```

<Render
	file="add-new-rule"
	params={{ one: "custom rule in the custom ruleset" }}
/> <br />

The following configuration deploys the custom ruleset at the account level. It defines a dependency on the `account_firewall_custom_ruleset` resource and uses the ID of the created custom ruleset in `action_parameters`:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_firewall_custom_entrypoint" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Account-level entry point ruleset for the http_request_firewall_custom phase deploying a custom ruleset"
  description = ""
  kind        = "root"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  depends_on = [cloudflare_ruleset.account_firewall_custom_ruleset]

  rules {
    ref         = "deploy_custom_ruleset_example_com"
    description = "Deploy custom ruleset for example.com"
    expression  = "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\")"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = cloudflare_ruleset.account_firewall_custom_ruleset.id
    }
  }
}
```

For more information on configuring and deploying custom rulesets, refer to [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

### Add a custom rule checking for exposed credentials

<Render file="leaked-credentials-recommend-detection" product="waf" />

The following configuration creates a custom ruleset with a single rule that [checks for exposed credentials](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/configure-api/#create-a-custom-rule-checking-for-exposed-credentials).

You can only add exposed credential checks to rules in a custom ruleset (that is, a ruleset with `kind = "custom"`).

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_firewall_custom_ruleset_exposed_creds" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Custom ruleset checking for exposed credentials"
  description = ""
  kind        = "custom"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  rules {
    ref         = "check_for_exposed_creds_add_header"
    description = "Add header when there is a rule match and exposed credentials are detected"
    expression  = "http.request.method == \"POST\" && http.request.uri == \"/login.php\""
    action      = "rewrite"
    action_parameters {
      headers {
        name      = "Exposed-Credential-Check"
        operation = "set"
        value     = "1"
      }
    }
    exposed_credential_check {
      username_expression = "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"username\"][0])"
      password_expression = "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"password\"][0])"
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="add-new-rule" params={{ one: "rule" }} /> <br />

The following configuration deploys the custom ruleset. It defines a dependency on the `account_firewall_custom_ruleset_exposed_creds` resource and obtains the ID of the created custom ruleset:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_firewall_custom_entrypoint" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Account-level entry point ruleset for the http_request_firewall_custom phase deploying a custom ruleset checking for exposed credentials"
  description = ""
  kind        = "root"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_custom"

  depends_on = [cloudflare_ruleset.account_firewall_custom_ruleset_exposed_creds]

  rules {
    ref         = "deploy_custom_ruleset_example_com"
    description = "Deploy custom ruleset for example.com"
    expression  = "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\")"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = cloudflare_ruleset.account_firewall_custom_ruleset_exposed_creds.id
    }
  }
}
```

---

# WAF Managed Rules configuration using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-managed-rulesets/

import { Details, Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

This page provides examples of deploying and configuring [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) in your zone or account using Terraform. It covers the following configurations:

- [Deploy managed rulesets at the zone level](#deploy-managed-rulesets-at-the-zone-level)
- [Deploy managed rulesets at the account level](#deploy-managed-rulesets-at-the-account-level)
- [Configure skip rules](#configure-skip-rules)
- [Configure payload logging](#configure-payload-logging)
- [Configure overrides](#configure-overrides)
- [Configure the OWASP paranoia level, score threshold, and action](#configure-the-owasp-paranoia-level-score-threshold-and-action)

For more information on deploying and configuring rulesets using the Rulesets API, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

## Before you start

### Obtain the necessary account, zone, and managed ruleset IDs

<Render file="find-ids-managed-rulesets" />

The IDs of WAF managed rulesets are also available in the [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) page.

### Import or delete existing rulesets

<Render file="import-delete-existing-rulesets" />

---

## Deploy managed rulesets at the zone level

The following example deploys two managed rulesets to the zone with ID `<ZONE_ID>` using Terraform, using a `cloudflare_ruleset` resource with two rules that execute the managed rulesets.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
# Configure a ruleset at the zone level for the "http_request_firewall_managed" phase
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_level_managed_waf" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Managed WAF entry point ruleset"
  description = "Zone-level WAF Managed Rules config"
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_managed"

  # Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_managed_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
    }
  }

  # Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_owasp_core_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset on my zone-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f"
    }
  }
}
```

## Deploy managed rulesets at the account level

:::note[Notes]

- [Account-level WAF configuration](/waf/account/) requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.

- Managed rulesets deployed at the account level will only apply to incoming traffic of zones on an Enterprise plan. The expression of your `execute` rule must end with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"`.

:::

The following example deploys two managed rulesets to the account with ID `<ACCOUNT_ID>` using Terraform, using a `cloudflare_ruleset` resource with two rules that execute the managed rulesets for two hostnames belonging to Enterprise zones.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "account_level_managed_waf" {
  account_id  = "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
  name        = "Managed WAF entry point ruleset"
  description = "Account-level WAF Managed Rules config"
  kind        = "root"
  phase       = "http_request_firewall_managed"

  # Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_managed_ruleset_api_store"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my account-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "http.host in {\"api.example.com\" \"store.example.com\"} and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\""
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
    }
  }

  # Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_owasp_core_ruleset_api_store"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset on my account-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "http.host in {\"api.example.com\" \"store.example.com\"} and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\""
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f"
    }
  }
}
```

## Configure skip rules

The following example adds two [skip rules](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) (or exceptions) for the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset:

- The first rule will skip the execution of the entire Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (with ID <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" />) for specific URLs, according to the rule expression.
- The second rule will skip the execution of two rules belonging to the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for specific URLs, according to the rule expression.

Add the two skip rules to the `cloudflare_ruleset` resource before the rule that deploys the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf null {4-13,15-27}
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "zone_level_managed_waf" {
  # (...)

  # Skip execution of the entire Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for specific URLs
  rules {
    ref         = "skip_cloudflare_managed_ruleset_example_com"
    description = "Skip Cloudflare Managed Ruleset"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path eq \"/status\" and http.request.uri.query contains \"skip=rulesets\")"
    action      = "skip"
    action_parameters {
      rulesets = ["efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"]
    }
  }

  # Skip execution of two rules in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for specific URLs
  rules {
    ref         = "skip_wordpress_sqli_rules_example_com"
    description = "Skip WordPress and SQLi rules"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path eq \"/status\" and http.request.uri.query contains \"skip=rules\")"
    action      = "skip"
    action_parameters {
      rules = {
        # Format: "<RULESET_ID>" = "<RULE_ID_1>,<RULE_ID_2>,..."
        "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" = "5de7edfa648c4d6891dc3e7f84534ffa,e3a567afc347477d9702d9047e97d760"
      }
    }
  }

  # Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_managed_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
    }
  }

  # (...)
}
```

:::caution[Important]

Ensure that you place the skip rules **before** the rule that executes the managed ruleset (or some of its rules) that you wish to skip, as in the previous example.
:::

## Configure overrides

The following example adds three [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) for the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset:

- A rule override for rule with ID `5de7edfa648c4d6891dc3e7f84534ffa` setting the action to `log`.
- A rule override for rule with ID `75a0060762034a6cb663fd51a02344cb` disabling the rule.
- A tag override for the `wordpress` tag, setting the action of all the rules with this tag to `js_challenge`.

<Render file="managed-ruleset-override-warning" product="waf" />

The following configuration includes the three overrides in the rule that executes the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf null {11-26}
  # (...)

  # Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_managed_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
      overrides {
        rules {
          id      = "5de7edfa648c4d6891dc3e7f84534ffa"
          action  = "log"
          enabled = true
        }
        rules {
          id      = "75a0060762034a6cb663fd51a02344cb"
          enabled = false
        }
        categories {
          category = "wordpress"
          action   = "js_challenge"
          enabled  = true
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # (...)
```

## Configure payload logging

This example enables [payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/) for matched rules of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, setting the public key used to encrypt the logged payload.

Building upon the rule that deploys the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, the following rule configuration adds the `matched_data` object with the public key used to encrypt the payload:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf null {11-13}
  # (...)

  # Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_cloudflare_managed_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare Managed Ruleset on my zone-level phase entry point ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
      matched_data {
         public_key = "Ycig/Zr/pZmklmFUN99nr+taURlYItL91g+NcHGYpB8="
      }
    }
  }

  # (...)
```

## Configure the OWASP paranoia level, score threshold, and action

The OWASP managed ruleset supports the following configurations:

- Enable all the rules up to a specific paranoia level by creating tag overrides that disable all the rules associated with higher paranoia levels.

- Set the action to perform when the calculated threat score is greater than the score threshold by creating a rule override for the last rule in the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset (rule with ID <RuleID id="6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c" />), and including the `action` property.

- Set the score threshold by creating a rule override for the last rule in the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset (rule with ID <RuleID id="6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c" />), and including the `score_threshold` property.

For more information on the available configuration values, refer to the [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/) page in the WAF documentation.

The following example rule of a `cloudflare_ruleset` Terraform resource performs the following configuration:

- Deploys the OWASP managed ruleset.
- Sets the OWASP paranoia level to _PL2_.
- Sets the score threshold to `60` (_Low_).
- Sets the ruleset action to `log`.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf null {11-28}
  # (...)

  # Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset
  rules {
    ref         = "execute_owasp_core_ruleset"
    description = "Execute Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset"
    expression  = "true"
    action      = "execute"
    action_parameters {
      id = "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f"
      overrides {
        # By default, all PL1 to PL4 rules are enabled.
        # Set the paranoia level to PL2 by disabling rules with
        # tags "paranoia-level-3" and "paranoia-level-4".
        categories {
          category = "paranoia-level-3"
          enabled  = false
        }
        categories {
          category = "paranoia-level-4"
          enabled  = false
        }
        rules {
          id              = "6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c"
          action          = "log"
          score_threshold = 60
        }
      }
    }
  }

  # (...)
```

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/advanced-topics/best-practices/

Though all Terraform deployments are unique, follow these best practices to set yourself up for success.

## Manage Terraform resources in Terraform

Terraform works best when it manages all changes to and the lifecycle of a resource.

After any operation on the configuration, Terraform attempts to reconcile the differences by syncing the remote into the local state. If there are differences in the local and remote - caused by managing resources outside of Terraform - you may need to delete and recreate the resource in the state file (usually via importing) as not all resources support in-place updates.

## Directory structure

Cloudflare recommends using a directory structure that relies on a combination of accounts, zones, and products for isolating changes. This setup lets you have fine-grained owners and scoped Terraform operations to a specific product in a zone. It also more closely aligns owners with Cloudflare's [default roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/), as well as additional tools like AWS or GCP storage by permissioning separate state files.

For products that encompass many responsibilities such as Rulesets, you can extend this even further by partitioning at the phase level (WAF, redirects, origin rules).

```txt
example-tf/
├── demo_account_a                  # per account segregation of resources
│   ├── users                       # top level directory for account members as they are "zoneless"
│   │   ├── provider.tf             # `provider.tf` is for configuring the providers
│   │   ├── users.tf                # `<subject>.tf` (users.tf) is for managing the individual resources
│   │   └── vars.tf                 # manage all variables for this component
│   ├── zone_a                      # group all zone based features together
│   │   ├── dns                     # individual (or grouped, your choice) of products or features to manage together
│   │   │   ├── dns.tf              # `<subject>.tf` (dns.tf) is for managing the individual resources
│   │   │   ├── provider.tf         # `provider.tf` is for configuring the providers
│   │   │   └── vars.tf             # manage all variables for this component
│   │   └── page_rules              # ... same as above but for Page Rules
│   │       ├── page_rules.tf
│   │       ├── provider.tf
│   │       └── vars.tf
│   ├── zone_b
│   │   ├── dns
│   │   │   ├── dns.tf
│   │   │   ├── provider.tf
│   │   │   └── vars.tf
│   │   └── page_rules
│   │       ├── page_rules.tf
│   │       ├── provider.tf
│   │       └── vars.tf
│   └── zone_c
│       ├── dns
│       │   ├── dns.tf
│       │   ├── provider.tf
│       │   └── vars.tf
│       └── page_rules
│           ├── page_rules.tf
│           ├── provider.tf
│           └── vars.tf
└── demo_account_b
    ├── users
    │   ├── provider.tf
    │   ├── users.tf
    │   └── vars.tf
    ├── zone_a
    │   ├── dns
    │   │   ├── dns.tf
    │   │   ├── provider.tf
    │   │   └── vars.tf
    │   └── page_rules
    │       ├── page_rules.tf
    │       ├── provider.tf
    │       └── vars.tf
    ├── zone_b
    │   ├── dns
    │   │   ├── dns.tf
    │   │   ├── provider.tf
    │   │   └── vars.tf
    │   └── page_rules
    │       ├── page_rules.tf
    │       ├── provider.tf
    │       └── vars.tf
    └── zone_c
        ├── dns
        │   ├── dns.tf
        │   ├── provider.tf
        │   └── vars.tf
        └── page_rules
            ├── page_rules.tf
            ├── provider.tf
            └── vars.tf
```

## Avoid modules (or use them sparingly)

Terraform modules are ways of encapsulating multiple resources with logic in an abstracted interface. Consider the example where a module sets up default load balancer with a pool, some DNS entries, and perhaps a page rule. The end user may use it like this:

```hcl
module "example" "an_example_site" {
  domain = "example.com"
  origin_ip = "192.168.0.1"
}
```

In terms of Terraform resources, however, the above example would be translated to:

```hcl
resource "cloudflare_record" "example_1" {
  zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
  name    = "terraform"
  value   = "198.51.100.11"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = 3600
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "example_2" {
  zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
  name    = "terraform"
  value   = "198.51.100.12"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = 3600
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "example_3" {
  zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
  name    = "terraform"
  value   = "198.51.100.13"
  type    = "A"
  ttl     = 3600
}

resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "bar" {
  zone_id          = var.cloudflare_zone_id
  name             = "example-load-balancer.example.com"
  fallback_pool_id = cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.foo.id
  default_pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.foo.id]
  description      = "example load balancer using geo-balancing"
  proxied          = true
  steering_policy  = "geo"

  pop_pools {
    pop      = "LAX"
    pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.foo.id]
  }

  country_pools {
    country  = "US"
    pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.foo.id]
  }

  region_pools {
    region   = "WNAM"
    pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.foo.id]
  }

  rules {
    name      = "example rule"
    condition = "http.request.uri.path contains \"testing\""
    fixed_response {
      message_body = "hello"
      status_code  = 200
      content_type = "html"
      location     = "www.example.com"
    }
  }
}

resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_pool" "example_lb_pool" {
  name = "example-lb-pool"
  origins {
    name    = "example-1"
    address = "198.51.100.1"
    enabled = true
  }
}

resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "example_page_rule" {
  zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
  target = "sub.${var.cloudflare_zone}/page"
  priority = 1

  actions {
    ssl = "flexible"
    email_obfuscation = "on"
  }
}
```

While convenient, this setup can cause unanticipated issues. If this module is shared and then changes internally, the module may have resources out of sync or recreated.

Using modules also increases the difficulty of debugging or reproducing issues as you must then factor in potential logic bugs outside of Terraform core and the Cloudflare provider.

:::caution


This advice also applies to [Terraform dynamic blocks](https://www.terraform.io/language/expressions/dynamic-blocks) that allow you to do logic in your HCL. Since these dynamic blocks are always evaluated, you can get yourself into situations where you have logic bugs in your configuration (and making the end result unreproducible).


:::

## Migrate resources into Terraform

Cloudflare recommends using [`cf-terraforming`](/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/) to migrate existing resources into Cloudflare.

## Manage some resources outside of Terraform

It is perfectly fine to manage some resources inside Terraform and others using a different tool, but make sure you are not [doing both for the same resource](#manage-terraform-resources-in-terraform).

## Use separate environments

To safely manage separate environments (staging, QA, UAT, production), use separate Cloudflare accounts with separate domains (such as `example.com` and `example-staging.com`).

This is because some products defined at the account level are shared (such as Load Balancer monitors and pools) and you cannot make an isolated change to them if they are in the same account. Using separate accounts is also beneficial if you intend to test things like DNSSEC, which may affect your entire domain if configured incorrectly.

To minimize drift, use Terraform and a CI/CD pipeline that runs across both domains to keep them in sync as needed.

## Store credentials safely

We do not recommend storing Cloudflare credentials as plaintext.

Locally, you can use a third-party tool like [cf-vault](https://github.com/jacobbednarz/cf-vault/) to store your Cloudflare credentials.

For CI pipelines, use an internal or secret storage tool (such as [Vault](https://www.hashicorp.com/products/vault/secrets-management)).

---

# Import Cloudflare resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/

import { Render } from "~/components";

An important point to understand about Terraform is that it can only manage configuration it created or was explicitly told about after the fact. The reason for this limitation is that Terraform expects to be authoritative for the resources it manages. It relies on two types of files to understand what resources it controls and what state they are in. Terraform determines when and how to make changes from the following:

- A [configuration file](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language) (ending in `.tf`) that defines the configuration of resources for Terraform to manage. This is what you worked with in the tutorial steps.
- A local [state file](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/state) that maps the resource names defined in your configuration file — for example, `cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb` — to the resources that exist in Cloudflare.

When Terraform makes calls to Cloudflare's API to create new resources as explained in the [tutorial](/terraform/tutorial/), it persists those IDs to a state file. By default, Terraform uses the `terraform.tfstate` file in your directory, but this can also be a [remote location](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/state/remote). These IDs are later looked up and refreshed when you call `terraform plan` and `terraform apply`.

If you configured Cloudflare through other means, for example, by logging in to the Cloudflare dashboard or making `curl` calls to `api.cloudflare.com`, Terraform does not yet have these resource IDs in the state file. To manage this preexisting configuration, you will need to first reproduce the configuration in your config file and then import resources individually by providing their IDs and resource names.

## `cf-terraforming`

[`cf-terraforming`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming) helps existing Cloudflare customers get started with Terraform. Currently, `cf-terraforming` helps to generate the Terraform config state by fetching all the resources of a specified type from the account and/or zone of your choosing.

### Installation

Before you start, you must install `cf-terraforming`.

If you use Homebrew on macOS, open a terminal and run the following commands:

```sh
brew tap cloudflare/cloudflare
brew install cloudflare/cloudflare/cf-terraforming
```

If you are using a different OS, [download the latest release](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming/releases) from the `cf-terraforming` GitHub repository.

To view the help file, run `cf-terraforming` or `cf-terraforming -h`.

### Basic usage

To use `cf-terraforming`, specify the items below:

1. The command to execute (for example, `generate` or `import`).
2. Your Cloudflare user email - `--email` or `-e`.
3. Your Cloudflare API token - `--token` or `-t`.
4. The account and/or zone to pull resources from - `--account`/`--zone` or `-a`/`-z`.
5. The Cloudflare resources to generate config.

The list of supported resources is available in the [Terraform README](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming#supported-resources).

## Import existing Cloudflare resources

To start managing existing Cloudflare resources in Terraform, for example, DNS records, you need:

- The Terraform configuration of that resource (defined in a `.tf` file)
- An accompanying Terraform state file of that resources state (defined in a `.tfstate` file)

### Generate Terraform configuration with `cf-terraforming`

If you do not have a Terraform configuration file defined, you need the `provider` block defined as follows:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```hcl
provider 'cloudflare' {
 # Cloudflare email saved in $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL
 # Cloudflare API token saved in $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
}
```

Remember to keep your credentials saved in environment variables or terraform autovars that are not checked into your source files.

Start by making a call to `cf-terraforming generate` to generate the Terraform configuration for the DNS records in the zone you want to manage with Terraform.

```sh
cf-terraforming generate --email $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL --token $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN -z 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b --resource-type cloudflare_record > importing-example.tf
```

If you had not redirected the output to the `importing-example.tf` file, the result displayed in the standard output (your terminal window) would look like the following:

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31" {
    name    = "@"
    type    = "A"
    ttl     = 1
    proxied = true
    value   = "192.0.2.1"
    zone_id = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354" {
    name    = "www"
    type    = "CNAME"
    ttl     = 1
    proxied = true
    value   = "mitigateddos.net"
    zone_id = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248" {
    name    = "a123"
    type    = "NS"
    ttl     = 300
    proxied = false
    value   = "rafe.ns.cloudflare.com"
    zone_id = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2" {
    name    = "a123"
    type    = "NS"
    ttl     = 300
    proxied = false
    value   = "terin.ns.cloudflare.com"
    zone_id = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
}
```

Calling `terraform plan` at this point will try to create these resources as if they did not exist, since they are not present in the local state file:

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31 will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31" {
      + id          = (known after apply)>
      + created_on  = (known after apply)
      + domain      = "mitigateddos.net"
      + hostname    = (known after apply)
      + metadata    = (known after apply)
      + modified_on = (known after apply)
      + name        = "mitigateddos.net"
      + proxiable   = (known after apply)
      + proxied     = true
      + ttl         = 1
      + type        = "A"
      + value       = "192.0.2.1"
      + zone_id     = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
    }

  # cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354 will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354" {
      + id          = (known after apply)
      + created_on  = (known after apply)
      + domain      = "mitigateddos.net"
      + hostname    = (known after apply)
      + metadata    = (known after apply)
      + modified_on = (known after apply)
      + name        = "www.mitigateddos.net"
      + proxiable   = (known after apply)
      + proxied     = true
      + ttl         = 1
      + type        = "CNAME"
      + value       = "mitigateddos.net"
      + zone_id     = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
    }

  # cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248 will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248" {
      + id          = (known after apply)
      + created_on  = (known after apply)
      + domain      = "mitigateddos.net"
      + hostname    = (known after apply)
      + metadata    = (known after apply)
      + modified_on = (known after apply)
      + name        = "a123.mitigateddos.net"
      + proxiable   = (known after apply)
      + proxied     = false
      + ttl         = 300
      + type        = "NS"
      + value       = "rafe.ns.cloudflare.com"
      + zone_id     = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
    }

  # cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2 will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2" {
      + id          = (known after apply)
      + created_on  = (known after apply)
      + domain      = "mitigateddos.net"
      + hostname    = (known after apply)
      + metadata    = (known after apply)
      + modified_on = (known after apply)
      + name        = "a123.mitigateddos.net"
      + proxiable   = (known after apply)
      + proxied     = false
      + ttl         = 300
      + type        = "NS"
      + value       = "terin.ns.cloudflare.com"
      + zone_id     = "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b"
    }

Plan: 4 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

To fix this, you must import the real state of those resources from Cloudflare into the Terraform state file (`.tfstate`).

### Import resources into Terraform state

`cf-terraforming` allows you to import local state (`.tfstate` file) for the same resources you imported during configuration.

When you run `cf-terraforming import ...`, you will obtain a list of `terraform import ...` commands that you must run manually afterward to import those resources into Terraform state. This is currently a manual process, but it may be automated in the future.

1. Run the following command:

   ```sh
   cf-terraforming import --resource-type "cloudflare_record" --email $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL --key $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY --zone $CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID
   ```

2. Copy each `terraform import ...` command included in the output and run it. Terraform will import each resource individually into Terraform state.

For example, if the output of the first command (`cf-terraforming import ...`) contained the following `terraform` commands:

```txt
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/d09d916d059aa9fc8cb54bdd49deea5f
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/8d6ec0d02c5b22212ff673782c816ef8
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3766b952a2dda4c47e71952aeef33c77
```

You would run each command individually in the terminal:

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Importing from ID "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31"...
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Import complete!
  Imported cloudflare_record [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]

Import successful!

The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/d09d916d059aa9fc8cb54bdd49deea5f
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354: Importing from ID "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/d09d916d059aa9fc8cb54bdd49deea5f"...
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354: Import complete!
  Imported cloudflare_record [id=d09d916d059aa9fc8cb54bdd49deea5f]
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5e10399a590a45279f09aa8fb1163354: Refreshing state... [id=d09d916d059aa9fc8cb54bdd49deea5f]

Import successful!

The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/8d6ec0d02c5b22212ff673782c816ef8
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248: Importing from ID "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/8d6ec0d02c5b22212ff673782c816ef8"...
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248: Import complete!
  Imported cloudflare_record [id=8d6ec0d02c5b22212ff673782c816ef8]
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_de1cb74bae184b569bb7f83fefe72248: Refreshing state... [id=8d6ec0d02c5b22212ff673782c816ef8]

Import successful!

The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2 1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3766b952a2dda4c47e71952aeef33c77
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2: Importing from ID "1109d899a5ff5fd74bc01e581693685b/3766b952a2dda4c47e71952aeef33c77"...
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2: Import complete!
  Imported cloudflare_record [id=3766b952a2dda4c47e71952aeef33c77]
cloudflare_record.terraform_managed_resource_5799bb01054843eea726758f935d2aa2: Refreshing state... [id=3766b952a2dda4c47e71952aeef33c77]

Import successful!

The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

If you now run `terraform plan`, you will notice that Terraform will no longer try to re-create the `cloudflare_record` resources:

```sh
terraform plan | grep changes
```

```sh output
No changes. Infrastructure is up-to-date.
```

---

# Advanced topics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/advanced-topics/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Provider customization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/advanced-topics/provider-customization/

Terraform communicates with cloud and global network provider APIs such as Cloudflare through modules known as providers. These providers are [installed automatically](/terraform/tutorial/initialize-terraform/#2-initialize-terraform-and-the-cloudflare-provider) when you run `terraform init` in a directory that has a `.tf` file containing a provider.

Typically, the only required parameters to the provider are those required to authenticate. However, you may want to customize the provider to your needs. The following section covers some [optional settings](https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/cloudflare/#argument-reference) that you can pass to the Cloudflare Terraform provider.

## Adjust the default Cloudflare provider settings

:::note

The examples below build on the [Cloudflare Terraform tutorial](/terraform/tutorial/).
:::

You can customize the Cloudflare Terraform provider using configuration parameters, specified either in your `.tf` configuration files or via environment variables, such as `$CLOUDFLARE_RPS`. Using environment variables may make sense when running Terraform from a CI/CD system or when the change is temporary and does not need to be persisted in your configuration history.

### Increase the frequency of API requests

The `api.cloudflare.com` endpoint has a default rate limit of 1,200 calls per five minute period, or four requests per second (refer to [API Rate Limits](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/)). Terraform will need to stay below the defined threshold or the Cloudflare API will respond with `HTTP 429 - Too Many Requests` responses. When this happens, the Cloudflare Terraform provider will back off before retrying.

Enterprise customers may request a limit increase by contacting their account team. You can then configure the Cloudflare Terraform provider to make API calls at a faster rate. For example, you can increase the API request frequency by setting environment variables:

```sh
# Remove requests-per-second (RPS) limit for API calls performed by Terraform (default: 4).
export CLOUDFLARE_RPS=
# Print logs from the API client using the default log library logger (default: false).
export CLOUDFLARE_API_CLIENT_LOGGING=true
# Maximum backoff period in seconds after failed API calls (default: 30).
export CLOUDFLARE_MAX_BACKOFF=20
```

---

# Remote R2 backend

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/advanced-topics/remote-backend/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Cloudflare R2](/r2/) and [Terraform remote backends](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/settings/backends/remote) can interact with each other to provide a seamless experience for Terraform state management. 

Cloudflare R2 is an object storage service that provides a highly available, scalable, and secure way to store and serve static assets, such as images, videos, and static websites. R2 has [S3 API compatibility](/r2/api/s3/api/) making it easy to integrate with existing cloud infrastructure and applications.

## Prerequisites

### Create R2 bucket

Using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), [API](/api/resources/r2/subresources/buckets/methods/create/), or [Account View Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/r2/new) create an [R2 Bucket](/r2/buckets/create-buckets/).

<Render file="create-r2-buckets" />

:::note
Bucket names can only contain lowercase letters (`a-z`), numbers (`0-9`), and hyphens (`-`). 
:::

### Create scoped bucket API keys

Next you will need to create a [bucket scoped R2 API token](/r2/api/s3/tokens/) with `Object Read & Write` permissions. To create an API token, do the following:

1. In **Account Home**, select **R2**.
2. Under **Account details**, select **Manage R2 API tokens**.
3. Select [**Create API token**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/r2/api-tokens).
4. Select the **R2 Token** text to edit your API token name.
5. Under **Permissions**, select the **Object Read and Write** permissions, then scope your token to your `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` bucket.
6. Select **Create API Token**.

After your token has been successfully created, review your **Secret Access Key** and **Access Key ID** values.

## Define R2 backend

Update your [`cloudflare.tf`](/terraform/tutorial/initialize-terraform/) file to include a [backend](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/settings/backends/configuration) for the `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` bucket you created above.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

```tf
terraform {
  backend "s3" {
    bucket = "<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>"
    key    = "/some/key/terraform.tfstate"
    region                      = "auto"
    skip_credentials_validation = true
    skip_metadata_api_check     = true
    skip_region_validation      = true
    skip_requesting_account_id  = true
    skip_s3_checksum            = true
    use_path_style              = true
    access_key = "<YOUR_R2_ACCESS_KEY>"
    secret_key = "<YOUR_R2_ACCESS_SECRET>"
    endpoints = { s3 = "https://<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com" }
  }
  required_providers {
    cloudflare = {
      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
      version = "~> 4"
    }
  }
}
provider "cloudflare" {
  # token pulled from $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
}
variable "account_id" { default = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>" }
```

## Migrate state file to R2 backend

After updating your `cloudflare.tf` file you can issue the `terraform init -reconfigure` command to migrate from a local state to [remote state](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/state/remote).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The following pages are useful for troubleshooting Terraform issues.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rule IDs change when I modify a ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/troubleshooting/rule-id-changes/

For [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) resources, the Cloudflare provider may delete a rule and create a new one when you modify a ruleset in your Terraform configuration. This happens because the API cannot match rules in your new Terraform configuration with existing rules in your Cloudflare configuration. Modifying a ruleset in your Terraform configuration and applying the changes will create new rules with different rule IDs in your Cloudflare account or zone.

This behavior may have an impact on any automation or monitoring systems you may have configured that rely on having immutable rule IDs between rule modifications.

## How to keep the same rule ID between modifications

To keep existing rule IDs when making changes to a ruleset through Terraform, add a `ref` field to each rule.

The `ref` field is a user-defined external identifier that must be unique for each rule in a ruleset. When you provide a `ref` value, the provider will match the rule in your updated Terraform configuration with the existing rule with the same `ref` external identifier, and the rule ID will be preserved.

`ref` values have a string data type with a minimum length of one character. For example, `my_ref`.

Once you set the `ref` field of a rule, changing the `ref` field value will make Terraform create a new rule.

## `cf-terraforming` support for `ref` field values

By default, when you create a rule, its `ref` value will be equal to the rule ID. You can set `ref` values via Cloudflare API.

When you [import your existing Cloudflare configuration to Terraform](/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/) using [`cf-terraforming`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming), the generated Terraform configuration will have `ref` values for each rule, with the same value as the rule ID.

If you manually created your Terraform configuration and your rules' configuration does not have a `ref` field, add a `ref` field to each rule so that each ruleset modification does not generate new rule IDs.

---

# 5 – Add exceptions with Page Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/add-page-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

In the [Configure HTTPS settings](/terraform/tutorial/configure-https-settings/) tutorial, you configured zone settings that apply to all incoming requests for `example.com`. In this tutorial, you will add an exception to these settings using [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/).

Specifically, you will increase the security level for a URL known to be expensive to render and cannot be cached: `https://www.example.com/expensive-db-call`. Additionally, you will add a redirect from the previous URL used to host this page.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

## 1. Create a new branch and append the page rule

Create a new branch and append the configuration.

```bash
git checkout -b step5-pagerule
```

```bash output
Switched to a new branch 'step5-pagerule'
```

```sh

cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'
resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "increase-security-on-expensive-page" {
  zone_id  = var.zone_id
  target   = "www.${var.domain}/expensive-db-call"
  priority = 1

  actions {
    security_level = "under_attack"
  }
}

resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "redirect-to-new-db-page" {
  zone_id  = var.zone_id
  target   = "www.${var.domain}/old-location.php"
  priority = 2

  actions {
    forwarding_url {
      url = "https://www.${var.domain}/expensive-db-call"
      status_code = 301
    }
  }
}
EOF
```

## 2. Preview and merge the changes

Preview the changes Terraform will make and then merge them into the `master` branch.

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]
cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Refreshing state... [id=4238142473fcd48e89ef1964be72e3e0]
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Refreshing state... [id=906d2a7521634783f4a96c062eeecc6d]
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Refreshing state... [id=cb94f53f150e5c1a65a07e43c5d4cac4]

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "increase-security-on-expensive-page" {
      + id       = (known after apply)
      + priority = 1
      + status   = "active"
      + target   = "www.example.com/expensive-db-call"
      + zone_id  = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + actions {
          + always_use_https    = false
          + disable_apps        = false
          + disable_performance = false
          + disable_security    = false
          + disable_zaraz       = false
          + security_level      = "under_attack"
        }
    }

  # cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "redirect-to-new-db-page" {
      + id       = (known after apply)
      + priority = 2
      + status   = "active"
      + target   = "www.example.com/old-location.php"
      + zone_id  = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + actions {
          + always_use_https    = false
          + disable_apps        = false
          + disable_performance = false
          + disable_security    = false
          + disable_zaraz       = false

          + forwarding_url {
              + status_code = 301
              + url         = "https://www.example.com/expensive-db-call"
            }
        }
    }

Plan: 2 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

```sh

git add cloudflare.tf
git commit -m "Step 5 - Add two Page Rules."
```

```sh output
[step5-pagerule d4fec16] Step 5 - Add two Page Rules.
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
```

```sh
git checkout master
```

```sh output
Switched to branch 'master'
```

```sh
git merge step5-pagerule
```

```sh output
Updating 7a2ac34..d4fec16
Fast-forward
 cloudflare.tf | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
```

## 3. Apply and verify the changes

First, test request the (now missing) old location of the expensive-to-render page.

```sh
curl -vso /dev/null https://www.example.com/old-location.php 2>&1 | grep "< HTTP\|Location"
```

```sh output
< HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
```

As expected, the location cannot be found. Apply the Page Rules, including the redirect that should fix this error.

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]
cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Refreshing state... [id=4238142473fcd48e89ef1964be72e3e0]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Refreshing state... [id=906d2a7521634783f4a96c062eeecc6d]
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Refreshing state... [id=cb94f53f150e5c1a65a07e43c5d4cac4]

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "increase-security-on-expensive-page" {
      + id       = (known after apply)
      + priority = 1
      + status   = "active"
      + target   = "www.example.com/expensive-db-call"
      + zone_id  = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + actions {
          + always_use_https    = false
          + disable_apps        = false
          + disable_performance = false
          + disable_security    = false
          + disable_zaraz       = false
          + security_level      = "under_attack"
        }
    }

  # cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "redirect-to-new-db-page" {
      + id       = (known after apply)
      + priority = 2
      + status   = "active"
      + target   = "www.example.com/old-location.php"
      + zone_id  = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + actions {
          + always_use_https    = false
          + disable_apps        = false
          + disable_performance = false
          + disable_security    = false
          + disable_zaraz       = false

          + forwarding_url {
              + status_code = 301
              + url         = "https://www.example.com/expensive-db-call"
            }
        }
    }

cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Creating...
cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Creating...
cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Creation complete after 3s [id=c5c40ff2dc12416b5fe4d0541980c591]
cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Creation complete after 6s [id=1c13fdb84710c4cc8b11daf7ffcca449]

Apply complete! Resources: 2 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

With the Page Rules in place, try that call again, along with a test for the I'm Under Attack mode:

```sh
curl -vso /dev/null https://www.example.com/old-location.php 2>&1 | grep "< HTTP\|Location"
```

```sh output
< HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
< Location: https://www.example.com/expensive-db-call
```

```sh
curl -vso /dev/null https://www.example.com/expensive-db-call 2>&1 | grep "< HTTP"
```

```sh output
< HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable
```

The call works as expected. In the first case, the Cloudflare global network responds with a `301` redirecting the browser to the new location. In the second case, the Cloudflare global network initially responds with a `503`, which is consistent with the I'm Under Attack mode.

---

# 3 – Configure HTTPS settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/configure-https-settings/

import { Render } from "~/components";

After proxying a basic website through Cloudflare, you can use Terraform to adjust zone settings. In this tutorial, you will configure some optional HTTPS settings and then push the updated configuration to GitHub for posterity.

You will use a new Git branch for the changes and then merge it into the `master` branch before applying. On a team, you might consider using this step as an opportunity for others to review your change before merging and deploying it. You can also integrate Terraform into your CI/CD system to perform tests automatically using another Cloudflare domain.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

## 1. Create a new branch and append the new zone settings

In this step, modify the Terraform configuration to enable the following settings:

- [TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/)
- [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/)
- [Strict SSL mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/)

Strict mode requires a valid SSL certificate on your origin — use the [Cloudflare Origin CA](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/) to generate one.

```bash
git checkout -b step3-https
```

```sh output
Switched to a new branch 'step3-https'
```

```sh
cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'

resource "cloudflare_zone_settings_override" "example-com-settings" {
  zone_id = var.zone_id

  settings {
    tls_1_3                  = "on"
    automatic_https_rewrites = "on"
    ssl                      = "strict"
  }
}
EOF
```

## 2. Preview and merge the changes

Review what Terraform is proposing before applying changes. The example output below is being filtered to ignore computed values — in this case, settings that will keep their default values.

```sh
terraform plan | grep -v "(known after apply)"
```

```sh output
Refreshing Terraform state in-memory prior to plan...
The refreshed state will be used to calculate this plan, but will not be
persisted to local or remote state storage.

cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8668]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_zone_settings_override" "example-com-settings" {
      + zone_id                  = "<ZONE_ID>"

      + settings {
        + automatic_https_rewrites    = "on"
        + ssl                         = "strict"
        + tls_1_3                     = "on"

        # (...)
      }
  }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

The proposed changes look good, so you can merge them into the `master` branch and then apply them with `terraform apply`. When working on a team, you may want to require pull requests and use this opportunity to peer review any proposed configuration changes.

```sh
git add cloudflare.tf
git commit -m "Step 3 - Enable TLS 1.3, Always Use HTTPS, and SSL Strict mode."
```

```sh output
[step3-https d540600] Step 3 - Enable TLS 1.3, Always Use HTTPS, and SSL Strict mode.
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
```

```sh
git checkout master
```

```sh output
Switched to branch 'master'
```

```sh
git merge step3-https
```

```sh output
Updating d26f40b..d540600
Fast-forward
 cloudflare.tf | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
```

```sh
git push
```

```sh output
Counting objects: 3, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 501 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), completed with 1 local object.
To git@github.com:$GITHUB_USER/cf-config.git
   d26f40b..d540600  master -> master
```

## 3. Apply and verify the changes

Before applying the changes, try to connect with TLS 1.3. Technically, you should not be able to with default settings. To follow along with this test, you will need to [compile `curl` against BoringSSL](https://everything.curl.dev/source/build/tls/boringssl#build-boringssl).

```sh
curl -v --tlsv1.3 https://www.example.com 2>&1 | grep "SSL connection\|error"
```

```sh output
* error:1000042e:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION
curl: (35) error:1000042e:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION
```

As shown above, you should receive an error because TLS 1.3 is not yet enabled on your zone. Enable it by running `terraform apply` and try again.

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_zone_settings_override" "example-com-settings" {
      + id                       = (known after apply)
      + initial_settings         = (known after apply)
      + initial_settings_read_at = (known after apply)
      + readonly_settings        = (known after apply)
      + zone_id                  = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
      + zone_status              = (known after apply)
      + zone_type                = (known after apply)

      + settings {
          + always_online               = (known after apply)
          + always_use_https            = (known after apply)
          + automatic_https_rewrites    = "on"
          + binary_ast                  = (known after apply)
          + brotli                      = (known after apply)
          + browser_cache_ttl           = (known after apply)
          + browser_check               = (known after apply)
          + cache_level                 = (known after apply)
          + challenge_ttl               = (known after apply)
          + ciphers                     = (known after apply)
          + cname_flattening            = (known after apply)
          + development_mode            = (known after apply)
          + early_hints                 = (known after apply)
          + email_obfuscation           = (known after apply)
          + filter_logs_to_cloudflare   = (known after apply)
          + h2_prioritization           = (known after apply)
          + hotlink_protection          = (known after apply)
          + http2                       = (known after apply)
          + http3                       = (known after apply)
          + image_resizing              = (known after apply)
          + ip_geolocation              = (known after apply)
          + ipv6                        = (known after apply)
          + log_to_cloudflare           = (known after apply)
          + max_upload                  = (known after apply)
          + min_tls_version             = (known after apply)
          + mirage                      = (known after apply)
          + opportunistic_encryption    = (known after apply)
          + opportunistic_onion         = (known after apply)
          + orange_to_orange            = (known after apply)
          + origin_error_page_pass_thru = (known after apply)
          + origin_max_http_version     = (known after apply)
          + polish                      = (known after apply)
          + prefetch_preload            = (known after apply)
          + privacy_pass                = (known after apply)
          + proxy_read_timeout          = (known after apply)
          + pseudo_ipv4                 = (known after apply)
          + response_buffering          = (known after apply)
          + rocket_loader               = (known after apply)
          + security_level              = (known after apply)
          + server_side_exclude         = (known after apply)
          + sort_query_string_for_cache = (known after apply)
          + ssl                         = "strict"
          + tls_1_2_only                = (known after apply)
          + tls_1_3                     = "on"
          + tls_client_auth             = (known after apply)
          + true_client_ip_header       = (known after apply)
          + universal_ssl               = (known after apply)
          + visitor_ip                  = (known after apply)
          + waf                         = (known after apply)
          + webp                        = (known after apply)
          + websockets                  = (known after apply)
          + zero_rtt                    = (known after apply)

          + mobile_redirect {
              + mobile_subdomain = (known after apply)
              + status           = (known after apply)
              + strip_uri        = (known after apply)
            }

          + security_header {
              + enabled            = (known after apply)
              + include_subdomains = (known after apply)
              + max_age            = (known after apply)
              + nosniff            = (known after apply)
              + preload            = (known after apply)
            }
        }
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Creating...
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Creation complete after 14s [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

Try the same command as before. The command will now succeed.

```sh
curl -v --tlsv1.3 https://www.example.com 2>&1 | grep "SSL connection\|error"
```

```sh output
* SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256
```

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/

Before you begin, make sure you [install Terraform](/terraform/installing/). Each tutorial builds on the previous, so you should complete the tutorials in the order shown below.

## [1 – Initialize Terraform](/terraform/tutorial/initialize-terraform/)

* Brief introduction.
* Introduction of `terraform init`, `plan`, `apply`, and `show`.
* Resource covered: [`cloudflare_record`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/record) (DNS record).

## [2 – Track your history](/terraform/tutorial/track-history/)

* Store Cloudflare configuration in source control.

## [3 – Configure HTTPS settings](/terraform/tutorial/configure-https-settings/)

* Modify zone settings.
* Resource covered: [`cloudflare_zone_settings_override`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/zone_settings_override).

## [4 – Improve performance and reliability](/terraform/tutorial/use-load-balancing/)

* Add load balancing rules.
* Resources covered:
  * [`cloudflare_load_balancer`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/load_balancer)
  * [`cloudflare_load_balancer_pool`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/load_balancer_pool)
  * [`cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/load_balancer_monitor)

## [5 – Add exceptions with page rules](/terraform/tutorial/add-page-rules/)

* Add page rule.
* Resource covered: [`cloudflare_page_rule`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/page_rule).
* Increase security level for a specific URL: `/expensive-db-call`.
* Add a redirect (URL forward) with a `301` status code from `/old-location.php` to `/expensive-db-call`.

## [6 – Revert configuration](/terraform/tutorial/revert-configuration/)

* Review change history.
* Roll back changes.

---

# 1 –  Initialize Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/initialize-terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This tutorial shows you how to get started with Terraform. The tutorial uses an example scenario where you have a web server for your domain, accessible on `203.0.113.10`, and you just signed up your domain (`example.com`) on Cloudflare to manage everything in Terraform.

Before you begin, ensure you have [installed Terraform](/terraform/installing/). You will also need to [create an API Token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with permissions to edit resources for this tutorial.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

## 1. Define your first Terraform config file

Create an initial Terraform config file, filling in your own values for the [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/), [zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/), [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/), and [domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

Terraform will process any files with a `.tf` extension. As the configuration becomes more complex, you will want to split the config into separate files and modules. For now, proceed with a single file.

:::caution

To prevent accidentally exposing your Cloudflare credentials, do not save this file in your version control system. The [next tutorial](/terraform/tutorial/track-history/) will cover best practices for passing in your API token.
:::

```bash
cat > cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudflare = {
      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
      version = "~> 4"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudflare" {
  api_token = "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
}

variable "zone_id" {
  default = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>"
}

variable "account_id" {
  default = "<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>"
}

variable "domain" {
  default = "<YOUR_DOMAIN>"
}

resource "cloudflare_record" "www" {
  zone_id = var.zone_id
  name    = "www"
  value   = "203.0.113.10"
  type    = "A"
  proxied = true
}
EOF
```

## 2. Initialize Terraform and the Cloudflare provider

After creating your basic configuration in HCL, initialize Terraform and ask it to apply the configuration to Cloudflare.

```sh
terraform init
```

```sh output

Initializing provider plugins...
- Checking for available provider plugins on https://releases.hashicorp.com...
- Downloading plugin for provider "cloudflare" (1.0.0)...

The following providers do not have any version constraints in configuration,
so the latest version was installed.

To prevent automatic upgrades to new major versions that may contain breaking
changes, it is recommended to add version = "..." constraints to the
corresponding provider blocks in configuration, with the constraint strings
suggested below.

* provider.cloudflare: version = "~> 1.0"

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see
any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands
should now work.

If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform,
rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other
commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
```

When you run `terraform init`, any plugins required, such as the Cloudflare Terraform provider, are automatically downloaded and saved locally to a `.terraform` directory.

```sh
find .terraform/
```

```sh output
.terraform/
.terraform/plugins
.terraform/plugins/darwin_amd64
.terraform/plugins/darwin_amd64/lock.json
.terraform/plugins/darwin_amd64/terraform-provider-cloudflare_v1.0.0_x4
```

## 3. Review the execution plan

After installing the Cloudflare provider, review the proposed changes to your Cloudflare account so they match the configuration you previously defined.

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_record.www will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "www" {
      + allow_overwrite = false
      + created_on      = (known after apply)
      + hostname        = (known after apply)
      + id              = (known after apply)
      + metadata        = (known after apply)
      + modified_on     = (known after apply)
      + name            = "www"
      + proxiable       = (known after apply)
      + proxied         = true
      + ttl             = (known after apply)
      + type            = "A"
      + value           = "203.0.113.10"
      + zone_id         = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

As displayed in the execution plan, Terraform will create a new DNS record. The output shows the values that you explicitly specified, such as the value of the `A` record (`203.0.113.10`). Values shown as `(known after apply)` are derived based on other API calls (for example, looking up the `metadata`), or the values are returned after the object is created.

## 4. Apply your changes

The `plan` command is important because it allows you to preview the changes for accuracy before actually making them. After you review the execution plan, apply your changes.

You can use `--auto-approve` on the command line for a briefer output. Without this flag, Terraform will display the output of the Terraform plan and then ask for confirmation before applying it.

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_record.www will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "www" {
      + allow_overwrite = false
      + created_on      = (known after apply)
      + hostname        = (known after apply)
      + id              = (known after apply)
      + metadata        = (known after apply)
      + modified_on     = (known after apply)
      + name            = "www"
      + proxiable       = (known after apply)
      + proxied         = true
      + ttl             = (known after apply)
      + type            = "A"
      + value           = "203.0.113.10"
      + zone_id         = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
cloudflare_record.www: Creation complete after 1s [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8668]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

## 5. Verify the results

Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to **DNS** > **Records**. The record created by Terraform appears in the records list.

To see the full results returned from the API call, including the default values that you did not specify but let Terraform compute, run `terraform show`.

```sh
terraform show
```

```sh output
# cloudflare_record.www:
resource "cloudflare_record" "www" {
    id          = "c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8668"
    created_on  = "2023-04-08T00:37:33.76321Z"
    data        = []
    domain      = "example.com"
    hostname    = "www.example.com"
    metadata    = [
        {
            auto_added      = false
            managed_by_apps = false
        }
    ]
    modified_on = "2023-04-08T00:37:33.76321Z"
    name        = "www"
    priority    = 0
    proxiable   = true
    proxied     = true
    ttl         = 1
    type        = "A"
    value       = "203.0.113.10"
    zone_id     = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
}
```

```sh
curl https://www.example.com
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!
```

---

# 6 – Revert configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/revert-configuration/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Sometimes, you may have to roll back configuration changes. For example, you might want to run performance tests on a new configuration or maybe you mistyped an IP address and brought your entire site down.

To revert your configuration, check out the desired branch and ask Terraform to move your Cloudflare settings back in time. If you accidentally brought your site down, consider establishing a good strategy for peer reviewing pull requests rather than merging directly to `master` as done in the tutorials for brevity.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

## 1. Review your configuration history

Before determining how far back to revert, review the versioned history:

```sh
git log
```

```sh output
commit d4fec164581bec44684a4d59bb80aec1f1da5a6e
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 18 22:04:52 2018 -0700

    Step 5 - Add two Page Rules.

commit bc9aa9a465a4c8d6deeaa0491814c9f364e9aa8a
Author: Me
Date:   Sun Apr 15 23:58:35 2018 -0700

    Step 4 - Create load balancer (LB) monitor, LB pool, and LB.

commit 6761a4f754e77322629ba4e90a90a3defa1fd4b6
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 11 11:20:25 2018 -0700

    Step 4 - Add additional 'www' DNS record for Asia data center.

commit d540600b942cbd89d03db52211698d331f7bd6d7
Author: Me
Date:   Sun Apr 8 22:21:27 2018 -0700

    Step 3 - Enable TLS 1.3, Always Use HTTPS, and SSL Strict mode.

commit 494c6d61b918fce337ca4c0725c9bbc01e00f0b7
Author: Me
Date:   Sun Apr 8 19:58:56 2018 -0700

    Step 2 - Ignore terraform plugin directory and state file.

commit 5acea176050463418f6ac1029674c152e3056bc6
Author: Me
Date:   Sun Apr 8 19:52:13 2018 -0700

    Step 1 - Initial commit with webserver definition.
```

Another benefit of storing your Cloudflare configuration in Git is that you can see who made the change. You can also see who reviewed and approved the change if you peer-review pull requests.

## 2. Examining specific historical changes

Check when the last change was made:

```sh
git show
```

```sh output
commit d4fec164581bec44684a4d59bb80aec1f1da5a6e
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 18 22:04:52 2018 -0700

    Step 5 - Add two Page Rules.

diff --git a/cloudflare.tf b/cloudflare.tf
index 0b39450..ef11d8a 100644
--- a/cloudflare.tf
+++ b/cloudflare.tf
@@ -94,3 +94,26 @@ resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "www-lb" {
   description = "example load balancer"
   proxied = true
 }
+
+resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "increase-security-on-expensive-page" {
+  zone_id = var.zone_id
+  target = "www.${var.domain}/expensive-db-call"
+  priority = 1
+
+  actions {
+    security_level = "under_attack",
+  }
+}
+
+resource "cloudflare_page_rule" "redirect-to-new-db-page" {
+  zone_id = var.zone_id
+  target = "www.${var.domain}/old-location.php"
+  priority = 2
+
+  actions {
+    forwarding_url {
+      url = "https://${var.domain}/expensive-db-call"
+      status_code = 301
+    }
+  }
+}
```

Review the past few changes:

```sh
git log -p -3
```

```sh output
...
// page rule config from above
...

commit bc9aa9a465a4c8d6deeaa0491814c9f364e9aa8a
Author: Me
Date:   Sun Apr 15 23:58:35 2018 -0700

    Step 4 - Create load balancer (LB) monitor, LB pool, and LB.

diff --git a/cloudflare.tf b/cloudflare.tf
index b92cb6f..195b646 100644
--- a/cloudflare.tf
+++ b/cloudflare.tf
@@ -59,3 +59,38 @@ resource "cloudflare_record" "www-asia" {
   type    = "A"
   proxied = true
 }
+
+resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor" "get-root-https" {
+  account_id     = var.account_id
+  expected_body  = "alive"
+  expected_codes = "200"
+  method         = "GET"
+  timeout        = 5
+  path           = "/"
+  interval       = 60
+  retries        = 2
+  description    = "GET / over HTTPS - expect 200"
+}
+
+resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_pool" "www-servers" {
+  account_id = var.account_id
+  name       = "www-servers"
+  monitor    = cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https.id
+  origins {
+    name    = "www-us"
+    address = "203.0.113.10"
+  }
+  origins {
+    name    = "www-asia"
+    address = "198.51.100.15"
+  }
+  description        = "www origins"
+  enabled            = true
+  minimum_origins    = 1
+  notification_email = "you@example.com"
+  check_regions      = ["WNAM", "ENAM", "WEU", "EEU", "SEAS", "NEAS"]
+}
+resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "www-lb" {
+  zone_id = var.zone_id
+  name = "www-lb"
+  default_pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers.id]
+  fallback_pool_id = cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers.id
+  description = "example load balancer"
+  proxied = true
+}

commit 6761a4f754e77322629ba4e90a90a3defa1fd4b6
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 11 11:20:25 2018 -0700

    Step 4 - Add additional 'www' DNS record for Asia data center.

diff --git a/cloudflare.tf b/cloudflare.tf
index 9f25a0c..b92cb6f 100644
--- a/cloudflare.tf
+++ b/cloudflare.tf
@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ resource "cloudflare_zone_settings_override" "example-com-settings" {
     ssl                      = "strict"
   }
 }
+
+resource "cloudflare_record" "www-asia" {
+  zone_id = var.zone_id
+  name    = "www"
+  value   = "198.51.100.15"
+  type    = "A"
+  proxied = true
+}
```

## 3. Redeploy the previous configuration

Assume that shortly after you deployed the Page Rules when following the [Add exceptions with Page Rules](/terraform/tutorial/add-page-rules/) tutorial, you are told the URL is no longer needed, and the security setting and redirect should be dropped.

While you can always edit the config file directly and delete those entries, you can use Git to do that for you.

### i. Revert the branch to the previous commit

Run the following Git command to revert the last commit without rewriting history:

```sh
git revert HEAD~1..HEAD
```

```sh output
[master f9a6f7d] Revert "Step 6 - Bug fix."
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
```

```sh
git log -2
```

```sh output
commit f9a6f7db72ea1437e146050a5e7556052ecc9a1a
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 18 23:28:09 2018 -0700

    Revert "Step 5 - Add two Page Rules."

    This reverts commit d4fec164581bec44684a4d59bb80aec1f1da5a6e.

commit d4fec164581bec44684a4d59bb80aec1f1da5a6e
Author: Me
Date:   Wed Apr 18 22:04:52 2018 -0700

    Step 5 - Add two Page Rules.
```

### ii. Preview the changes

Run `terraform plan` and check the execution plan:

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
Refreshing Terraform state in-memory prior to plan...
The refreshed state will be used to calculate this plan, but will not be
persisted to local or remote state storage.

cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Refreshing state... [id=1c13fdb84710c4cc8b11daf7ffcca449]
cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Refreshing state... [id=c5c40ff2dc12416b5fe4d0541980c591]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Refreshing state... [id=4238142473fcd48e89ef1964be72e3e0]
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Refreshing state... [id=906d2a7521634783f4a96c062eeecc6d]
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Refreshing state... [id=cb94f53f150e5c1a65a07e43c5d4cac4]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  - destroy

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  - cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page

  - cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page


Plan: 0 to add, 0 to change, 2 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't specify an "-out" parameter to save this plan, so Terraform
can't guarantee that exactly these actions will be performed if
"terraform apply" is subsequently run.
```

As expected, Terraform is indicating it will remove the two Page Rules created in the previous step.

### iii. Apply the changes

The changes look good. Terraform reverts the Cloudflare configuration when you apply the changes:

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output
cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Refreshing state... [id=c5c40ff2dc12416b5fe4d0541980c591]
cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Refreshing state... [id=1c13fdb84710c4cc8b11daf7ffcca449]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]
cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Refreshing state... [id=4238142473fcd48e89ef1964be72e3e0]
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Refreshing state... [id=906d2a7521634783f4a96c062eeecc6d]
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Refreshing state... [id=cb94f53f150e5c1a65a07e43c5d4cac4]
cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Destroying... [id=c5c40ff2dc12416b5fe4d0541980c591]
cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Destroying... [id=1c13fdb84710c4cc8b11daf7ffcca449]
cloudflare_page_rule.increase-security-on-expensive-page: Destruction complete after 0s
cloudflare_page_rule.redirect-to-new-db-page: Destruction complete after 1s

Apply complete! Resources: 0 added, 0 changed, 2 destroyed.
```

Two resources were destroyed, as expected, and you have rolled back to the previous version.

---

# 2 – Track your history

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/track-history/

import { Render } from "~/components";

In the [Initialize Terraform](/terraform/tutorial/initialize-terraform/) tutorial, you created and applied some basic Cloudflare configuration. Terraform applied this configuration to your zone because you provided your API token at the top of the `cloudflare.tf` file that has access to this zone.

```sh
head -n13 cloudflare.tf | tail -n3
provider "cloudflare" {
  api_token = "your-api-token"
}
```

In this tutorial, you will store your configuration in GitHub where it can be tracked, peer-reviewed, and rolled back to as needed. First, you will remove your credentials from the Terraform config file to prevent committing them to a repository.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />:

## 1. Use environment variables for authentication

As a good security practice, remove your Cloudflare credentials from anything that will be committed to a repository. The Cloudflare Terraform provider supports reading the credentials (and other configuration) [from environment variables](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs#schema), as in the following example:

```bash
sed -ie 's/^.*api_token =.*$/  # token pulled from $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN/' cloudflare.tf

head -n13 cloudflare.tf | tail -n3
provider "cloudflare" {
  # token pulled from $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
}

export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=your-api-token
```

You must still include the empty provider definition in the file, so that Terraform knows to install the Cloudflare plugin. For more information about advanced options you can use to customize the Cloudflare provider, refer to [Provider customization](/terraform/advanced-topics/provider-customization/).

After running the commands above, ensure that you can still authenticate to Cloudflare by running `terraform plan`. Terraform will pull the current state which requires a valid email and API token.

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3102767284e7ca14d5dad3ab8b69]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

No changes. Infrastructure is up-to-date.

This means that Terraform did not detect any differences between your
configuration and real physical resources that exist. As a result, no
actions need to be performed.
```

## 2. Store configuration in GitHub

After removing the credentials, initialize a Git repository with your Cloudflare configuration and then push it to GitHub.

First, create the GitHub repository to store the configuration. You can do this via the GitHub user interface or with an API call.

```sh
export GITHUB_USER=your-github-user
export GITHUB_TOKEN=your-github-token

export GITHUB_URL=$(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" -d '{"name": "cf-config", "private": true}' "https://api.github.com/user/repos" 2> /dev/null | jq -r .ssh_url)

echo $GITHUB_URL

git@github.com:$GITHUB_USER/cf-config.git
```

Next, initialize a Git repository and make the first commit.

:::note[Note]

You might need to [add your SSH key to your GitHub account](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account).

:::

```sh
git init
```

```sh output
Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/username/cf-config/.git/
```

```sh
git remote add origin $GITHUB_URL
git add cloudflare.tf

git commit -m "Step 2 - Initial commit with webserver definition."
```

```sh output
[master (root-commit) 5acea17] Step 2 - Initial commit with webserver definition.
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 cloudflare.tf
```

Notice that the `.terraform` directory and `terraform.tfstate` file were not committed. The `.terraform` directory was not committed because the repository may be used on a different architecture, and the plugins contained in the directory are built for the system on which `terraform init` was run. The `terraform.tfstate` file was not committed because it may eventually contain sensitive strings, and it is not a good way to keep state in sync, as explained in HashiCorp's documentation on [Remote State](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/state/remote).

To prevent Git from notifying you about the two files, add them to a new `.gitignore` file, commit it, and push everything to GitHub.

```bash
cat > .gitignore <<'EOF'
.terraform/
terraform.tfstate*
EOF

git add .gitignore

git commit -m "Step 2 - Ignore terraform plugin directory and state file."
```

```sh output
[master 494c6d6] Step 2 - Ignore terraform plugin directory and state file.
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
```

```sh
git push
```

```sh output
Counting objects: 6, done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
Writing objects: 100% (6/6), 762 bytes | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 6 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git@github.com:$GITHUB_USER/cf-config.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
```

---

# 4 – Improve performance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/terraform/tutorial/use-load-balancing/

import { Render } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will add a second origin for some basic round robining, and then use the [Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) product to fail traffic over as needed. You will also enhance your load balancing configuration through the use of "geo steering" to serve results from an origin server that is geographically closest to your end users.

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" />

## 1. Add another DNS record for `www`

To get started, add a DNS record for a second web server, located in Asia. The IP address for this server is `198.51.100.15`.

```bash
git checkout -b step4-loadbalance
```

```bash output
Switched to a new branch 'step4-loadbalance'
```

```bash
cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'
resource "cloudflare_record" "www-asia" {
  zone_id = var.zone_id
  name    = "www"
  value   = "198.51.100.15"
  type    = "A"
  proxied = true
}
EOF
```

Note that while the name of the `resource` is different because Terraform resources of the same type must be uniquely named, the DNS name, or what your customers will type in their browser, is the same: `www`.

## 2. Preview and merge the changes

Check the `terraform plan` and then merge and apply the changes.

```sh
terraform plan | grep -v "(known after apply)"
```

```sh output
Refreshing Terraform state in-memory prior to plan...
The refreshed state will be used to calculate this plan, but will not be
persisted to local or remote state storage.

cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

An execution plan has been generated and is shown below.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_record.www-asia will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "www-asia" {
      + allow_overwrite = false
      + name            = "www"
      + proxied         = true
      + type            = "A"
      + value           = "198.51.100.15"
      + zone_id         = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

```sh
git add cloudflare.tf
git commit -m "Step 4 - Add additional 'www' DNS record for Asia data center."
```

```sh output
[step4-loadbalance 6761a4f] Step 4 - Add additional 'www' DNS record for Asia data center.
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
```

```sh output
git checkout master
```

```sh output
Switched to branch 'master'
```

```sh
git merge step4-loadbalance
```

```sh output
Updating e1c38cf..6761a4f
Fast-forward
 cloudflare.tf | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
```

## 3. Apply and verify the changes

Add the second DNS record for [www.example.com](http://www.example.com).

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8668]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_record.www-asia will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_record" "www-asia" {
      + allow_overwrite = false
      + created_on      = (known after apply)
      + hostname        = (known after apply)
      + id              = (known after apply)
      + metadata        = (known after apply)
      + modified_on     = (known after apply)
      + name            = "www"
      + proxiable       = (known after apply)
      + proxied         = true
      + ttl             = (known after apply)
      + type            = "A"
      + value           = "198.51.100.15"
      + zone_id         = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Creating...
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Creation complete after 1s [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

With the second DNS record in place, make some requests to see where the traffic is served from.

```sh
curl https://www.example.com
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!
```

```sh
curl https://www.example.com
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!
```

```sh
curl https://www.example.com
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 198.51.100.15!
```

```sh
curl https://www.example.com
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!
```

As noted above, there is no discernible pattern for which origin receives the request. When Cloudflare connects to an origin with multiple DNS records, one of the IP addresses is selected at random. If both IPs are in the same data center and sessions can be shared (that is, it does not matter if the same user hops between origin servers), this may work fine. However, for anything more complicated, such as origins in different geographies or active health checks, you will want to use Cloudflare's Load Balancing product.

## 4. Switch to using Cloudflare's Load Balancing product

:::note

Before proceeding, ensure [Load Balancing is enabled for your account](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/).
:::

As described in the [Load Balancing tutorial](/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/), you will need to complete three tasks:

1. Create a monitor to run health checks against your origin servers.
2. Create a pool of one or more origin servers that will receive load balanced traffic.
3. Create a load balancer with an external hostname — for example, `www.example.com` — and one or more pools.

### i. Define and create the health check ("monitor")

To monitor the origins, create a basic health check that makes a `GET` request to each origin on the URL `https://www.example.com`. If the origin returns the `200` status code (`OK`) within five seconds, it is considered healthy. If it fails to do so three times in a row, it is considered unhealthy. This health check will be run once per minute from several regions and send an email notification to your email address (configured as `<YOUR_EMAIL>`) if any failures are detected.

```bash
git checkout step4-loadbalance
```

```bash output
Switched to branch 'step4-loadbalance'
```

```bash
cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'

resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor" "get-root-https" {
  account_id     = var.account_id
  expected_body  = "alive"
  expected_codes = "200"
  method         = "GET"
  timeout        = 5
  path           = "/"
  interval       = 60
  retries        = 2
  description    = "GET / over HTTPS - expect 200"
}
EOF
```

### ii. Define and create the pool of origins

In this example, the pool will be called `www-servers` with two origins added to it:

- `www-us` (`203.0.113.10`)
- `www-asia` (`198.51.100.15`)

For now, skip any sort of [geo routing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/).

Note the reference to the monitor that you added in the last step. When applying this configuration, Terraform will determine that it first needs to create the monitor before looking up the ID and providing it to the pool you wish to create.

```bash
cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'

resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_pool" "www-servers" {
  account_id = var.account_id
  name       = "www-servers"
  monitor    = cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https.id
  origins {
    name    = "www-us"
    address = "203.0.113.10"
  }
  origins {
    name    = "www-asia"
    address = "198.51.100.15"
  }
  description        = "www origins"
  enabled            = true
  minimum_origins    = 1
  notification_email = "<YOUR_EMAIL>"
  check_regions      = ["WNAM", "ENAM", "WEU", "EEU", "SEAS", "NEAS"]
}
EOF
```

### iii. Define and create the load balancer

When you create a load balancer (LB), it will [replace any existing DNS records with the same name](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/). For example, if you create the `www.example.com` load balancer below, it will supersede the two `www` DNS records that you previously defined. One benefit of leaving the DNS records in place is that if you temporarily disable load balancing, connections to this hostname are still possible as shown in [step 2](#2-preview-and-merge-the-changes) above.

```bash
cat >> cloudflare.tf <<'EOF'

resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "www-lb" {
  zone_id          = var.zone_id
  name             = "www-lb"
  default_pool_ids = [cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers.id]
  fallback_pool_id = cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers.id
  description      = "example load balancer"
  proxied          = true
}
EOF
```

### iv. Preview and merge the changes

As usual, review the proposed plan before applying any changes.

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "www-lb" {
      + created_on       = (known after apply)
      + default_pool_ids = (known after apply)
      + description      = "example load balancer"
      + enabled          = true
      + fallback_pool_id = (known after apply)
      + id               = (known after apply)
      + modified_on      = (known after apply)
      + name             = "www-lb"
      + proxied          = true
      + session_affinity = "none"
      + steering_policy  = (known after apply)
      + ttl              = (known after apply)
      + zone_id          = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + country_pools {
          + country  = (known after apply)
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
        }

      + pop_pools {
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
          + pop      = (known after apply)
        }

      + region_pools {
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
          + region   = (known after apply)
        }
    }

  # cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor" "get-root-https" {
      + account_id     = "8baedd8d98bf4b0c9bc650acc307b441"
      + created_on     = (known after apply)
      + description    = "GET / over HTTPS - expect 200"
      + expected_body  = "alive"
      + expected_codes = "200"
      + id             = (known after apply)
      + interval       = 60
      + method         = "GET"
      + modified_on    = (known after apply)
      + path           = "/"
      + retries        = 2
      + timeout        = 5
      + type           = "http"
    }

  # cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_pool" "www-servers" {
      + account_id    = "8baedd8d98bf4b0c9bc650acc307b441"
      + check_regions = [
          + "EEU",
          + "ENAM",
          + "NEAS",
          + "SEAS",
          + "WEU",
          + "WNAM",
        ]
      + created_on         = (known after apply)
      + description        = "www origins"
      + enabled            = true
      + id                 = (known after apply)
      + minimum_origins    = 1
      + modified_on        = (known after apply)
      + monitor            = (known after apply)
      + name               = "www-servers"
      + notification_email = "<YOUR_EMAIL>"

      + origins {
          + address = "198.51.100.15"
          + enabled = true
          + name    = "www-asia"
          + weight  = 1
        }
      + origins {
          + address = "203.0.113.10"
          + enabled = true
          + name    = "www-us"
          + weight  = 1
        }
    }

Plan: 3 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't
guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

The plan looks good. Merge the plan and apply it.

```sh
git add cloudflare.tf
git commit -m "Step 4 - Create load balancer (LB) monitor, LB pool, and LB."
```

```sh output
[step4-loadbalance bc9aa9a] Step 4 - Create load balancer (LB) monitor, LB pool, and LB.
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
```

```sh
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output
cloudflare_zone_settings_override.example-com-settings: Refreshing state... [id=e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126]
cloudflare_record.www: Refreshing state... [id=c38d3103767284e7cd14d5dad3ab8669]
cloudflare_record.www-asia: Refreshing state... [id=fda39d8c9bf909132e82a36bab992864]

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan.
Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
  + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

  # cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer" "www-lb" {
      + created_on       = (known after apply)
      + default_pool_ids = (known after apply)
      + description      = "example load balancer"
      + enabled          = true
      + fallback_pool_id = (known after apply)
      + id               = (known after apply)
      + modified_on      = (known after apply)
      + name             = "www-lb"
      + proxied          = true
      + session_affinity = "none"
      + steering_policy  = (known after apply)
      + ttl              = (known after apply)
      + zone_id          = "e2e6491340be87a3726f91fc4148b126"

      + country_pools {
          + country  = (known after apply)
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
        }

      + pop_pools {
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
          + pop      = (known after apply)
        }

      + region_pools {
          + pool_ids = (known after apply)
          + region   = (known after apply)
        }
    }

  # cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor" "get-root-https" {
      + account_id     = "8baedd8d98bf4b0c9bc650acc307b441"
      + created_on     = (known after apply)
      + description    = "GET / over HTTPS - expect 200"
      + expected_body  = "alive"
      + expected_codes = "200"
      + id             = (known after apply)
      + interval       = 60
      + method         = "GET"
      + modified_on    = (known after apply)
      + path           = "/"
      + retries        = 2
      + timeout        = 5
      + type           = "http"
    }

  # cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers will be created
  + resource "cloudflare_load_balancer_pool" "www-servers" {
      + account_id      = "8baedd8d98bf4b0c9bc650acc307b441"
      + check_regions   = [
          + "EEU",
          + "ENAM",
          + "NEAS",
          + "SEAS",
          + "WEU",
          + "WNAM",
        ]
      + created_on         = (known after apply)
      + description        = "www origins"
      + enabled            = true
      + id                 = (known after apply)
      + minimum_origins    = 1
      + modified_on        = (known after apply)
      + monitor            = (known after apply)
      + name               = "www-servers"
      + notification_email = "<YOUR_EMAIL>"

      + origins {
          + address = "198.51.100.15"
          + enabled = true
          + name    = "www-asia"
          + weight  = 1
        }
      + origins {
          + address = "203.0.113.10"
          + enabled = true
          + name    = "www-us"
          + weight  = 1
        }
    }

cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Creating...
cloudflare_load_balancer_monitor.get-root-https: Creation complete after 1s [id=4238142473fcd48e89ef1964be72e3e0]
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Creating...
cloudflare_load_balancer_pool.www-servers: Creation complete after 0s [id=906d2a7521634783f4a96c062eeecc6d]
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Creating...
cloudflare_load_balancer.www-lb: Creation complete after 1s [id=cb94f53f150e5c1a65a07e43c5d4cac4]

Apply complete! Resources: 3 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.
```

### v. Test the changes

With load balancing in place, run four `curl` requests again to see where the traffic is served from.

```sh
for i in {1..4}; do curl https://www.example.com && sleep 5; done
```

```sh output
Hello, this is 198.51.100.15!

Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!

Hello, this is 198.51.100.15!

Hello, this is 203.0.113.10!
```

You should now see each request load balanced evenly across the two origins you defined.

---

# Network Time Protocol

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/ntp/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="ntp-definition" />

## Background

NTP works by having a client send a query packet out to an NTP server that then responds with its clock time. The client then computes an estimate of the difference between its clock and the remote clock and attempts to compensate for any network delay. The NTP client then queries multiple servers and implements algorithms to select the best estimate.

Cloudflare does not implement leap smearing: NTP includes a Leap Indicator field [spec](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5905#section-7.3) and the kernel will apply the leap second correction at the appropriate time. This is the behavior servers in `pool.ntp.org` share. Using servers that smear time along with servers that do not may lead to unpredictable and anomalous results.

## Next steps

For more background information about NTP, refer to the [introductory blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-time/).

To enable NTP on your device, refer to our [Usage guide](/time-services/ntp/usage/).

---

# Server Deprecation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/roughtime/deprecation/

Once their deprecation date has passed, both the port and public key associated to a server will become unavailable.

| Server                          | Public Key                                     | Deprecation date |
| :------------------------------ | :--------------------------------------------- | :--------------- |
| `roughtime.cloudflare.com:2002` | `gD63hSj3ScS+wuOeGrubXlq35N1c5Lby/S+T7MNTjxo=` | 2024-06-30       |

Available servers are [listed in our tutorial](/time-services/roughtime/usage/), and you can follow it on how to configure your Roughtime server.

---

# User Guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/ntp/usage/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="ntp-definition" />

To use our NTP server, change the time configuration in your device to point to `time.cloudflare.com`.

## MacOs

To have your Mac to synchronize time from `time.cloudflare.com`:

1. Go to **System Preferences**.
2. Go to **Date & Time**.
3. Click the lock icon on the bottom left to make changes.
4. Enter your password.
5. Next to **Set date and time automatically**, enter `time.cloudflare.com`.

![Screenshot of updating the Date & Time settings on machine running macOS](~/assets/images/time-services/mactime.png)

## Windows

To have your Windows machine synchronize time from `time.cloudflare.com`:

1. Go to **Control Panel**.
2. Go to **Clock and Region**.
3. Click **Date and Time**.
4. Go to the **Internet Time** tab.
5. Click **Change settings..**
6. For **Server:**, type `time.cloudflare.com` and click **Update now**.
7. Click **OK**.

![Screenshot of updating the Date and Time settings on machine running Windows](~/assets/images/time-services/window.png)

## Linux

Cloudflare's time servers are included in [pool.ntp.org](https://www.ntppool.org/en/) which is the default time service for many Linux distributions and network appliances. If your NTP client is synchronizing from one of the below servers, you are already using Cloudflare's time services.

* [162.159.200.1](https://www.ntppool.org/scores/162.159.200.1)
* [162.159.200.123](https://www.ntppool.org/scores/162.159.200.123)
* [2606:4700:f1::1](https://www.ntppool.org/scores/2606:4700:f1::1)
* [2606:4700:f1::123](https://www.ntppool.org/scores/2606:4700:f1::123)

To manually configure your NTP client to use our time service, please first refer to the documentation for your Linux distribution to determine which NTP client you are using and where the configuration files are stored.

For example:

* [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/about-time-synchronisation)
* [Debian](https://wiki.debian.org/NTP)
* [RHEL](https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/system_administrators_guide/ch-configuring_ntp_using_the_chrony_suite)

Exact configuration will vary by Linux distribution, but below are some example configurations for popular clients:

### [chrony](https://chrony-project.org)

1. Add `time.cloudflare.com` as a server in the configuration file on your system (e.g., `/etc/chrony/chrony.conf`)

   ```
   server time.cloudflare.com iburst
   ```

2. Restart the chronyd service.

   ```
   systemctl restart chronyd
   ```

### [systemd-timesyncd](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/timesyncd.conf.5.html)

1. Add `time.cloudflare.com` to the `[Time]` section of the configuration file on your system (e.g., `/etc/systemd/timesyncd.conf`)

   ```
   [Time]
   NTP=time.cloudflare.com
   ```

2. Restart the systemd-timesyncd service.

   ```
   systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd
   ```

### [ntpd](https://linux.die.net/man/5/ntp.conf)

1. Add `time.cloudflare.com` as a server in the configuration file on your system (e.g., `/etc/ntp.conf`)

   ```
   server time.cloudflare.com iburst
   ```

2. Restart the ntpd service.

   ```
   systemctl restart ntpd
   ```

---

# Roughtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/roughtime/

[Roughtime](https://roughtime.googlesource.com/roughtime) is a simple, flexible, and secure authenticated time protocol developed by Google.

## Background

Endpoints on the Internet often synchronize their clocks using the [Network Time Protocol (NTP)](/time-services/ntp/). NTP provides precise synchronization, but is frequently deployed without a means of authentication. This is due to a [combination of issues](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions/presentation/dowling).

As a result, a man-in-the-middle attacker can easily influence a victim’s clock. By moving them back in time, the attacker can, for example, force a victim to accept an expired (and possibly compromised) TLS certificate or session ticket.

For many applications, *precise* network time is not essential. It is sufficient to have *accurate* time to mitigate these kinds of attacks, such as within 10 seconds of real time. This observation is the primary motivation behind Roughtime.

## Next steps

For more technical details on Roughtime, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/roughtime/).

To get started, refer to [Get the Roughtime](/time-services/roughtime/usage/). For more practical guidance on using the Roughtime, refer to our [how-to guide](/time-services/roughtime/recipes/).

---

# Use Roughtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/roughtime/recipes/

There are various ways you can use Roughtime to keep your clock in sync. These recipes use [Cloudflare's Go package](https://github.com/cloudflare/roughtime), which is based on Google's [Go
client](https://roughtime.googlesource.com/roughtime/+/master/go/client/).

The protocol is also implemented in [C++](https://roughtime.googlesource.com/roughtime/+/master), [Rust](https://github.com/int08h/roughenough), and
[Java](https://github.com/int08h/nearenough).

## Client configuration

The client configuration consists of a list of named Roughtime servers
formatted as a JSON object. For example:

```json
{
  "servers": [
    {
      "name": "Cloudflare-Roughtime-2",
      "publicKeyType": "ed25519",
      "publicKey": "0GD7c3yP8xEc4Zl2zeuN2SlLvDVVocjsPSL8/Rl/7zg=",
      "addresses": [
        {
          "protocol": "udp",
          "address": "roughtime.cloudflare.com:2003"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

It includes each server's *root public key*. When the server starts, it
generates an *online* public/secret key pair. The root secret key is used to create a *delegation* for the online public key and the online secret key is used to sign the response.

The delegation serves the same function as a traditional [X.509 certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509) on the web. The client first uses the root public key to verify the delegation, then uses the online public key to verify the response.

Because the response is *auditable*, the protocol makes each client accountable to provide accurate time.

The configuration also encodes the type of signature algorithm used by the
server (currently only [Ed25519](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdDSA) is supported). Lastly, the configuration contains a list of addresses where the service can be reached and which transport protocol to use to reach them (currently only UDP is supported).

## TLS

A good starting example would be to sync a TLS client or server using a single Roughtime server. That would involve computing the time difference between our clock and the Roughtime sever's.

The first step is to load the configuration file (be sure to
import `github.com/cloudflare/roughtime`):

```go
servers, skipped, err := roughtime.LoadConfig("roughtime.config")
```

In this example, the variable `servers` is the list of valid server configurations parsed from the input file. The variable `skipped` indicates the number of servers that were skipped, for example, if the signature algorithm or transport protocol was not supported.

Next, we would get the system time and query the first server in the list:

```go
t0 := time.Now()
rt, err := roughtime.Get(&servers[0], attempts, timeout, nil)
```

This sends a request to the server and verifies the response. The variable `rt` is of type `*roughtime.Roughtime` and represents the result of the query. The inputs are:

1. The server's configuration.
2. The number of attempts to dial the server.
3. The time to wait for each dial attempt.
4. An optional `*roughtime.Roughtime`, the result of a prior query.

If the last parameter is provided, then it's used generate the nonce for the
request (more on this later).

The `crypto/tls` package allows the user to
[specify a callback](https://golang.org/pkg/crypto/tls/#Config) for the current time to use when validating certificates, session tickets, etc. You can compute this callback as follows:

```go
t1, radius := rt.Now()
delta := t1.Sub(t0.Now())
now := func() time.Time {
  return time.Now().Add(delta)
}
```

The variable `t1` is the time reported by the server and `radius` is the server's uncertainty radius.

For a full working example, check out our
[GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/roughtime/blob/master/recipes/tls.go).

## Desktop alerts

A more general way to use Roughtime is to create desktop alerts that warn you when your clock is skewed.

On Ubuntu GNU/Linux, you can do something like this:

```go
skew := time.Duration(math.Abs(float64(delta)))
if skew > 10*time.Second {
  summary := "Check your clock!"
  body := fmt.Sprintf("%s says it's off by %v.", servers[0].Name, skew)
  cmd := exec.Command("notify-send", "-i", "clock", summary, body)
  if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
    // error handling ...
  }
}
```

For a full working example, check out our [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/roughtime/tree/master/recipes/alerter.go) (tested on Ubuntu 18.04). You would run this program as a cron job to periodically check that your clock is in sync.

## Using multiple sources

Using multiple sources for Roughtime is easy (and highly recommended):

```go
t0 := time.Now()
res := roughtime.Do(servers, attempts, timeout, nil)
```

The first parameter is a sequence of servers and the remaining parameters are the same as in `roughtime.Get()`. This queries each server in the sequence `servers` in order. The output `res` is a slice the same length as `servers`.

Each element represents the result of the query to the server. If the query was successful, then the result contains the server's time. If unsuccessful, then the result contains the error that occurred. To compute the median difference between your clock and the valid responses:

```go
thresh := 10 * time.Second
delta, err := roughtime.MedianDeltaWithRadiusThresh(res, t0, thresh)
```

This rejects responses whose uncertainty radii exceed 10 seconds. An error will be returned if there were no valid responses.

### Auditing Your Sources

Function `roughtime.Do()` chains together valid responses, generating each nonce using the server's response in the last successful query. As we discuss in more detail in the [blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/roughtime/), linking queries together in this manner results in cryptographic proof that the queries were made in order. To verify that the results have this property, you can do the following:

```go
chain := roughtime.NewChain(results)
ok, err := chain.Verify(nil)
if err != nil || !ok {
  // error handling ...
}
```

The variable `chain` is a structure that contains the first successful query in `results`. It has a field, `chain.Next`, that points to the next successful query. The input parameter to `Verify()` allows you to use a previous result as a starting point for verifying the chain. For example, if `chain.Verify(nil)` is valid, then `chain.Next.Verify(chain.Roughtime)` will be valid, too.

### Being Verbose

It is possible to have `roughtime.Do()` output useful information as it executes its queries. To do so, invoke `roughtime.SetLogger()` to set a logger. For example:

```go
roughtime.SetLogger(log.New(os.Stdout, "", 0))
```

---

# Get the Roughtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/time-services/roughtime/usage/

The "Hello, world!" of Roughtime is very simple: the client sends a request over UDP to the server and the server responds with a signed timestamp.

You just need the server's address and public key to run the protocol:

- **Server address**: `roughtime.cloudflare.com:2003` (resolves to an IP address in our [anycast IP range](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/)). You can use either IPv4 or IPv6.
- **Public key**: `0GD7c3yP8xEc4Zl2zeuN2SlLvDVVocjsPSL8/Rl/7zg=`

To get started, download and run Cloudflare's [Go client](https://github.com/cloudflare/roughtime):

```go
go install github.com/cloudflare/roughtime/cmd/getroughtime@latest
getroughtime -ping roughtime.cloudflare.com:2003 -pubkey 0GD7c3yP8xEc4Zl2zeuN2SlLvDVVocjsPSL8/Rl/7zg=
```

## Beta notice

Cloudflare Roughtime is currently in beta. As such, our root public key may
change in the future. We will keep this page up-to-date with the most current public key.

You can also obtain it programmatically using DNS. For example:

```sh
dig TXT roughtime.cloudflare.com | grep -oP 'TXT\s"\K.*?(?=")'
```

## Next steps

Beyond just getting the Roughtime from Cloudflare, you may want to use it to [keep your clock in sync](/time-services/roughtime/recipes/).

---

# Ephemeral IDs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/concepts/ephemeral-id/

Ephemeral IDs generate a unique short-lived ID that can link behavior to a specific client instead of an IP address without relying on setting any cookies or using similar client-side storage.

When the same visitor interacts with Turnstile widgets from different Cloudflare customers, they receive different Ephemeral IDs for each contact. In attacks where fraudsters attempt to disguise themselves using different IP addresses, Ephemeral IDs detect abuse patterns more accurately than determining whether the visitor is a human or a bot. 

Ephemeral IDs are not unique and have a lifespan of up to a few days. They can be useful for identifying a bad actor in acute attacks such as sudden spikes in fake account creations or credential stuffing.

Refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ephemeral-ids-for-fraud-detection/) for more information.

## Availability

Ephemeral IDs are available to Enterprise Bot Management customers with the Enterprise Turnstile add-on or standalone Enterprise Turnstile customers. Contact your account team for access to Ephemeral IDs.

## Enablement

After your account team enables the Ephemeral ID entitlement, you must turn it on for the widget that you want the Ephemeral ID on via the [API call](/api/resources/turnstile/subresources/widgets/methods/update/).

---

# Hostname management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/concepts/hostname-management/

You can associate hostnames with your widget to control where it can be used using Hostname Management. Managing your hostnames ensures that Turnstile works seamlessly with your setup, whether you add standalone hostnames or leverage zones registered to your Cloudflare account.

## Hostname limits

By default, all widgets can have up to 10 hostnames associated with a widget. A widget requires at least one hostname to be entered.

Only Enterprise Bot Management and Enterprise Turnstile customers can have this limit increased. Contact your account team to increase your hostname limit.

## Add a custom hostname

You can add a hostname to your Turnstile widget even if it is not on the Cloudflare network or registered as a zone. There are no prerequisites for using Turnstile. 

To add a custom hostname:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile**.
3. On an existing widget, select **Settings**. 
4. Select **Add Hostnames** under Hostname Management.
5. Add a custom hostname or choose from an existing hostname.
6. Select **Add**.

## Add hostnames with a registered zone

If you already have a zone registered with Cloudflare, you can add hostnames during the Turnstile widget setup. You will see all zones registered to your account, where you can select the relevant hostname from the list, and it will be added to your Turnstile widget seamlessly.

## Hostname requirements

When associating hostnames with a widget, follow these requirements:

- Hostnames must be fully qualified domain names (FQDNs), such as `example.com` or `subdomain.example.com`.
- Wildcards are not supported. Specify each hostname you want Turnstile to work on.
- The hostname should not include:
  - A scheme (for example, `http://` or `https://`)
  - A port (for example, `443`)
  - A path (for example, `/path`)

### Subdomain specification 

Specifying a subdomain is optional, but it can be used to further restrict the widget. For example, adding `www.example.com` as a hostname will allow widgets to work on:

- `www.example.com`
- `abc.www.example.com:8080`

However, it will not work on the following hostnames:

- `example.com`
- `dash.example.com`
- `cloudflare.com`

:::note
If the widget is embedded on a hostname not listed, it will display an error message.
:::

## Optional hostname validation (Enterprise only)

Customers with Enterprise Bot Management or Enterprise Turnstile can have the optional `any hostname` validation entitlement.

By default, a widget requires at least one hostname to be entered. With this entitlement, you can create and use a widget without entering any hostnames for the widget. Contact your account team to enable this entitlement.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about Turnstile concepts:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Pre-clearance support

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/

Pre-clearance in Turnstile allows websites to streamline user experiences by using clearance cookies. These cookies enable visitors to bypass WAF challenges downstream, based on the security clearance level set by the customer. This can be particularly useful for trusted visitors, enhancing usability while maintaining security. 

You can integrate Cloudflare challenges by allowing Turnstile to issue a pre-clearance cookie. The pre-clearance level is set upon widget creation or widget modification using the Turnstile API's `clearance_level`. Possible values for the configuration are:

- `no_clearance`
- `jschallenge`
- `managed`
- `interactive` 

All widgets are set to `no_clearance` by default.

For Enterprise customers eligible to toggle off domain checks, Cloudflare recommends issuing pre-clearance cookies on widgets where at least one domain is specified.

:::note

Clearance cookies only support zones that are orange-clouded. 
:::

Refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/integrating-turnstile-with-the-cloudflare-waf-to-challenge-fetch-requests) for more details on how pre-clearance works with WAF.

## Pre-clearance level options

- **Interactive (High)**: Allows a user with a clearance cookie to not be challenged by Interactive, Managed Challenge, or JavaScript Challenge Firewall Rules
- **Managed (Medium)**: Allows a user with a clearance cookie to not be challenged by Managed Challenge or JavaScript Challenge Firewall Rules
- **Non-interactive (Low)**: Allows a user with a clearance cookie to not be challenged by JavaScript Challenge Firewall Rules

## Clearance cookie duration

Clearance cookies generated by the Turnstile widget will be valid for the time specified by the zone-level Challenge Passage value. To configure the Challenge Passage setting, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/).

## Setup

To set up pre-clearance cookies, refer to [Enable pre-clearance cookies](/turnstile/get-started/pre-clearance/).

---

# Widget

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/concepts/widget/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Every instance of Turnstile belongs to a Turnstile widget. It is configured on a per-widget level. Every widget has a mode, a label, a <GlossaryTooltip term="sitekey">sitekey</GlossaryTooltip>, and a <GlossaryTooltip term="secret key">secret key</GlossaryTooltip>.

The 3 modes for Turnstile are **Managed**, **Non-Interactive**, and **Invisible**.

Refer to [appearance modes](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#appearance-modes) to configure whether to have the widget be always visible or visible only when interaction is required. 

Widgets can be implemented in normal, flexible, or compact sizes. 

<Render file="widget-size" />

Refer to [widget sizes](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#widget-size) for an example on how to configure flexible or compact mode.

:::note[Offlabel]
Customers with Enterprise Bot Management and Enterprise Turnstile have the ability to remove the Cloudflare branding and customize the Turnstile widget.
:::

## Availability 

Free users are limited to 10 widgets per account. 

Customers with Enterprise Bot Management and Enterprise Turnstile can have this limit increased. Contact your account team to increase your widget limit.

## Widget types

### Managed (recommended)

This mode is fully managed by Cloudflare. It automatically chooses the appropriate action based on various signals and risk levels. Cloudflare will use the information from the visitor to decide if an interactive challenge should be used. Turnstile will only require interaction if a further check is necessary to verify that the visitor is human. When an interaction is required, the user will be prompted to check a box (no images or text to decipher). This managed mode is ideal for users who want a simple configuration without needing to fine-tune the behavior.

#### Light mode

![Managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-regular.png)
![Verifying the challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-verifying.png)
![Successful managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-success.png)

#### Dark mode

![Managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-regular.png)
![Verifying the challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-verifying.png)
![Successful managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-success.png)

### Compact mode

You can configure the Turnstile widget in compact mode, which functions in the same way as a Managed widget. 

#### Light mode

![Compact managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-compact.png)

#### Dark mode

![Compact managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-compact.png)

### Non-Interactive

Visitors will see a widget with a loading bar while the browser challenges run. Unlike managed mode, visitors will never be required or prompted to interact with the widget. This mode is ideal for users who want to prioritize visitor experience and do not want to add any friction with a Turnstile interaction.

#### Light mode

![Verifying the challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-verifying.png)
![Successful managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/light-success.png)

#### Dark mode

![Verifying the challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-verifying.png)
![Successful managed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/dark-success.png)

### Invisible

This mode is similar to non-interactive mode where visitors will never interact with the Turnstile widget. Visitors will not see a widget or any indication that an invisible browser challenge is in progress. Invisible challenges should take a few seconds to complete.

## Error states

### Unknown error state

![Unknown error state](~/assets/images/turnstile/unknown-error-state.png)

When an unknown error occurs during the challenge, visitors will encounter this widget state. Visitors can refresh and retry the challenge. If the error persists, they can submit a feedback form by selecting **Send feedback** on the widget. 

Refer to [Feedback reports](/turnstile/troubleshooting/feedback-reports) for more information.

### Interaction timed out state

![Interaction timed out](~/assets/images/turnstile/interaction-timed-out.png)

When the challenge is not solved for an extended period of time, it must be issued again by reloading the page or the widget. 

### Challenge timed out state

![Challenge timed out](~/assets/images/turnstile/challenge-timed-out.png)

The widget expires when a token was issued but the user did not solve the challenge after an extended period of time. The page or widget must be reloaded.

### Outdated or unsupported browser

![Unsupported browser](~/assets/images/turnstile/unsupported-browser.png)

Visitors with outdated browsers or unsupported browsers will encounter this widget state. Refer to [Supported browsers](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#browser-support) for more information regarding supported browsers.

---

# Extensions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/extensions/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about Turnstile extensions:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Implement Turnstile with Google Firebase

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/extensions/google-firebase/

Turnstile is [available as an extension](https://extensions.dev/extensions/cloudflare/cloudflare-turnstile-app-check-provider) with [Google's Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/) platform as an [App Check](https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-check) provider. You can leverage Cloudflare Turnstile's bot detection and challenge capabilities to ensure that requests to your Firebase backend services are verified and only authentic human visitors can interact with your application.

Google Firebase is a comprehensive app development platform that provides a variety of tools and services to help developers build, improve, and grow their mobile and web applications.

Firebase App Check helps protect Firebase resources like Cloud Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Storage, and Functions from abuse, such as automated fraud attacks and denial of service (DoS) attacks, by ensuring that incoming requests are from legitimate visitors and trusted sources. 

## Set up a Google Firebase project

1. Create a Firebase project by going to the [Firebase Console](https://console.firebase.google.com/).
2. Select **Add Project** and follow the prompts to create a new project.
3. Add an app to your project by selecting your project.
4. In the project overview, select **Add App** and choose the platform: **Web**.
5. [Register your app](https://firebase.google.com/docs/web/setup?hl=en&authuser=0#register-app) and follow the guide to get your Firebase configuration. 

:::note

It is important to register your web app first to connect it with Turnstile later.
:::

## Set up Cloudflare Turnstile

1. Create a Cloudflare Turnstile site by going to the [Cloudflare Turnstile dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile). 
2. Create a new widget and get the [sitekey and secret key](/turnstile/get-started/#get-a-sitekey-and-secret-key).
   - The domain you configure with the Turnstile widget should be the domain of your web app.
   - The [widget mode](/turnstile/concepts/widget/) must be **Invisible**.

## Integrate Firebase App Check with Turnstile

### Enable App Check in Firebase

1. Go to [Cloudflare Turnstile in the Firebase Extensions hub](https://extensions.dev/extensions/cloudflare/cloudflare-turnstile-app-check-provider).
2. Install the Cloudflare Turnstile extension to your Firebase project.
3. Enable [Cloud Functions](https://cloud.google.com/functions?hl=en), [Artifact Registry](https://cloud.google.com/artifact-registry), and [Secret Manager](https://cloud.google.com/security/products/secret-manager?hl=en).
4. Enter the secret key from Cloudflare Turnstile and your Firebase App ID.
5. Select **Install extension**.

### Grant access to the Cloudflare extension 

1. Grant access to the Cloudflare extension under the IAM section of your project by selecting **Grant Access** under **View by Principals**.
2. Select `ext-cloudflare-turnstile` from the dropdown menu.
3. When filtering the token, select **Service Account Token Creator**.

### Configure Firebase in your app with Turnstile

1. Create an `index.ts` file.
2. Add your Firebase configuration.

```js
import { initializeApp } from "firebase/app";
import { getAppCheck, initializeAppCheck } from "firebase/app-check";
import {
    CloudflareProviderOptions,
} from '@cloudflare/turnstile-firebase-app-check';

const firebaseConfig = {
apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY",
authDomain: "YOUR_PROJECT_ID.firebaseapp.com",
projectId: "YOUR_PROJECT_ID",
storageBucket: "YOUR_PROJECT_ID.appspot.com",
messagingSenderId: "YOUR_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID",
appId: "YOUR_APP_ID",
};

const app = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);

// Initialize App Check
const siteKey = 'YOUR-SITEKEY';
const HTTP_ENDPOINT = '${function:ext-cloudflare-turnstile-app-check-provider-tokenExchange.url}';

const cpo = new CloudflareProviderOptions(HTTP_ENDPOINT, siteKey);
const provider = new CustomProvider(cpo);

initializeAppCheck(app, { provider });

// retrieve App Check token from Cloudflare Turnstile
cpo.getToken().then(({ token }) => {
    document.getElementById('app-check-token').innerHTML = token;
});

```

### Verify the App Check token in your web application 

To verify the App Check token in your web application, refer to Firebase's [Token Verification guide](https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-check/custom-resource-backend?hl=en#verification). 

```js
import express from "express";
import { initializeApp } from "firebase-admin/app";
import { getAppCheck } from "firebase-admin/app-check";

const expressApp = express();
const firebaseApp = initializeApp();

const appCheckVerification = async (req, res, next) => {
    const appCheckToken = req.header("X-Firebase-AppCheck");

    if (!appCheckToken) {
        res.status(401);
        return next("Unauthorized");
    }

    try {
        const appCheckClaims = await getAppCheck().verifyToken(appCheckToken);

        // If verifyToken() succeeds, continue with the next middleware function in the stack.
        return next();
    } catch (err) {
        res.status(401);
        return next("Unauthorized");
    }
}

expressApp.get("/yourApiEndpoint", [appCheckVerification], (req, res) => {
    // Handle request.
});
```

---

# Client-side rendering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can initialize and customize the Turnstile widget on your web page via implicit or explicit rendering.

:::caution

`api.js` must be fetched from the exact URL stated below. Proxying or caching this file will result in Turnstile failing when future updates are released.
:::

## Implicitly render the Turnstile widget

:::note

Refer to the [demo](https://demo.turnstile.workers.dev/) and its [source code](https://github.com/cloudflare/turnstile-demo-workers/blob/main/src/implicit.html).
:::

The HTML is scanned for elements that have a `cf-turnstile` class name:

<div>

```html
<div
	class="cf-turnstile"
	data-sitekey="yourSitekey"
	data-callback="javascriptCallback"
></div>
```

</div>

Once a challenge has been solved, a token is passed to the success callback. This token must be validated against our siteverify endpoint. A token can only be validated once and cannot be consumed twice.

<Render file="siteverify-warning" />

:::note

Once a token has been issued, it can be validated within the next 300 seconds. After 300 seconds, the token is no longer valid and another challenge needs to be solved.
:::

To configure the challenge, refer to [Configurations](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#configurations) containing data attributes and render parameters.

### Protect forms

Turnstile is often used to protect forms on websites such as login forms, contact forms, and more. After inserting the JavaScript script tag, you can embed `<div class="cf-turnstile"></div>` into your site to protect your forms.

<div>

```html title="Example" {4}
<form action="/login" method="POST">
	<input type="text" placeholder="username" />
	<input type="password" placeholder="password" />
	<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="<YOUR_SITE_KEY>"></div>
	<button type="submit" value="Submit">Log in</button>
</form>
```

</div>

An invisible input with the name `cf-turnstile-response` is added and will be sent to the server with the other fields.

:::note

A form is not protected by having a widget rendered. The corresponding token that is a result of a widget being rendered also needs to be verified using the siteverify API.
:::

### Disable implicit rendering

You can disable implicit rendering by replacing the script from:

```txt
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js
```

To:

```txt
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?render=explicit
```

When using `render=explicit`, HTML elements with the `cf-turnstile` class will not show a challenge. The `turnstile.render` function must be invoked using the following steps. To combine both options, pass a query string of `?render=explicit&onload=onloadTurnstileCallback`:

```txt
https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?render=explicit&onload=onloadTurnstileCallback
```

## Explicitly render the Turnstile widget

:::note

Refer to the [demo](https://demo.turnstile.workers.dev/explicit) and its [source code](https://github.com/cloudflare/turnstile-demo-workers/blob/main/src/explicit.html).
:::

1. Insert the JavaScript tag and the related code below. Ensure that you have renamed the class name of `.cf-turnstile` to `#example-container` (if you do not set the `render=explicit` query string option as shown above, it will still render otherwise). Once the script is embedded, you will have access to a global function with multiple callback options you can customize. For the following function to work properly, the page must contain an HTML element with ID `example-container`.

<div>

```html title="JavaScript tag"
<script
	src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback"
	defer
></script>
```

</div>

<div>

```javascript title="Related code"
window.onloadTurnstileCallback = function () {
	turnstile.render("#example-container", {
		sitekey: "<YOUR_SITE_KEY>",
		callback: function (token) {
			console.log(`Challenge Success ${token}`);
		},
	});
};
```

</div>

Or:

<div>

```html title="JavaScript tag"
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?render=explicit"></script>
```

</div>

<div>

```javascript title="Related code"
// if using synchronous loading, will be called once the DOM is ready
turnstile.ready(function () {
	turnstile.render("#example-container", {
		sitekey: "<YOUR_SITE_KEY>",
		callback: function (token) {
			console.log(`Challenge Success ${token}`);
		},
	});
});
```

</div>

Turnstile can be programmatically loaded by invoking the `turnstile.render()` function in the global `window` object.

The `turnstile.render: function (container: string | HTMLElement, params: RenderParameters)` render takes an argument to a HTML widget.

If the invocation is successful, the function returns a `widgetId (string)`. If the invocation is unsuccessful, the function returns `undefined`.

## Access a widget's state

In addition to the `render()` function, Turnstile supports obtaining the widget's response from a `widgetId` via the `turnstile.getResponse(widgetId: string)` function. If you omit the `widgetId`, `turnstile.getResponse()` returns the response from the last created widget.

After some time, a widget may become expired and needs to be refreshed (by calling `turnstile.reset(widgetId: string)`). If a widget has expired, `turnstile.getResponse()` will still return the last response, but the response will no longer be valid because it has expired.

You can check if a widget has expired by either subscribing to the `expired-callback` or using the `turnstile.isExpired(widgetId: string)` function, which returns `true` if the widget is expired. If you omit `widgetId`, `turnstile.isExpired()` returns whether the last created widget is expired or not.

## Reset a widget

If a given widget has timed out, expired or needs to be reloaded, you can use the `turnstile.reset(widgetId: string)` function to reset the widget.

## Remove a widget

Once a widget is no longer needed, it can be removed from the page using `turnstile.remove(widgetId: string)`. This will not call any callback and will remove all related DOM elements.

To unmount Turnstile, `turnstile.render()` will return an ID which you can pass to `turnstile.remove()`.

## Refresh an expired token

A few seconds before a token expires, the `expired-callback` is invoked.

The `refresh-expired` or `data-refresh-expired` parameter defines the behavior when the token of a Turnstile widget has expired.

By default, the parameter is set to `auto`, which will automatically instruct Turnstile to obtain a new token by rerunning the challenge. After the challenge is solved again, the `callback`, if specified, is invoked with the new token.

The visitor can also be instructed to manually obtain a new token by setting the `refresh-expired` parameter to `manual`.

Additionally, specifying `never` will not result in a regeneration of a token, and the application using Turnstile will be responsible for obtaining a novel Turnstile token.

## Refresh a timed-out widget

When managed mode is chosen, Turnstile may present the visitor with an interactive challenge at times. If this interactive challenge is presented but was not solved within a given time period, it will time out and Turnstile's challenge process will need to be restarted.

The `refresh-timeout` or `data-refresh-timeout` parameter defines the behavior when the interactive challenge encounters a timeout. By default, the widget automatically refreshes (`auto`). However, the widget can also be configured such that the visitor needs to manually refresh a timed-out widget (`manual`), or the widget can only refreshed externally (`refresh-timeout="never"`) by the application (e.g. by calling Turnstile's `reset()` function).

When a widget is encountering the interactivity timeout the `timeout-callback` is invoked.

## Execution modes

By default, Turnstile tokens are obtained for a visitor upon the rendering of a widget (even in invisible mode). However, in some scenarios, an application may want to embed Turnstile, but defer running the challenge until a certain point in time. This is where execution mode can be used to control when a challenge runs and a token is being generated.

There are two options:

- The challenge runs automatically after calling the `render()` function.
- The challenge runs after the `render()` function has been called, by invoking the `turnstile.execute(container: string | HTMLElement, jsParams?: RenderParameters)` function separately.

  This detaches the appearance and rendering of a widget from its execution.

## Appearance modes

If a widget is visible, its appearance can be controlled via the `appearance` parameter.

By default, `appearance` is set to `always` for visible widget types. However, if `appearance` is set to `execute`, the widget will only become visible after the challenge begins. This is helpful in situations where `execute()` is called after `render()`. If `appearance` is set to `interaction-only`, the widget will become only visible in cases where an interaction is required.

Refer to [Widget types](/turnstile/concepts/widget/) to see widgets by type and state.

## Widget size

The Turnstile widget can have two different fixed sizes or a flexible width size when using the Managed or Non-interactive modes:

<Render file="widget-size" />

```html title="Flexible width example"
<div style="display: block; flex-flow: row;">
	<div
		class="cf-turnstile"
		data-sitekey="1x00000000000000000000AA"
		data-size="flexible"
	></div>
</div>
```

```html title="Compact mode example"
<div style="display: block; flex-flow: row;">
	<div
		class="cf-turnstile"
		data-sitekey="1x00000000000000000000AA"
		data-size="compact"
	></div>
</div>
```

## Configurations

| JavaScript Render Parameters  | Data Attribute                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `sitekey`                     | `data-sitekey`                     | Every widget has a sitekey. This sitekey is associated with the corresponding widget configuration and is created upon the widget creation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `action`                      | `data-action`                      | A customer value that can be used to differentiate widgets under the same sitekey in analytics and which is returned upon validation. This can only contain up to 32 alphanumeric characters including `_` and `-`.                                                                                                                                            |
| `cData`                       | `data-cdata`                       | A customer payload that can be used to attach customer data to the challenge throughout its issuance and which is returned upon validation. This can only contain up to 255 alphanumeric characters including `_` and `-`.                                                                                                                                     |
| `callback`                    | `data-callback`                    | A JavaScript callback invoked upon success of the challenge. The callback is passed a token that can be validated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `error-callback`              | `data-error-callback`              | A JavaScript callback invoked when there is an error (e.g. network error or the challenge failed). Refer to [Client-side errors](/turnstile/troubleshooting/client-side-errors/).                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `execution`                   | `data-execution`                   | Execution controls when to obtain the token of the widget and can be on `render` (default) or on `execute`. Refer to [Execution Modes](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#execution-modes) for more information.                                                                                                                                    |
| `expired-callback`            | `data-expired-callback`            | A JavaScript callback invoked when the token expires and does not reset the widget.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `before-interactive-callback` | `data-before-interactive-callback` | A JavaScript callback invoked before the challenge enters interactive mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `after-interactive-callback`  | `data-after-interactive-callback`  | A JavaScript callback invoked when challenge has left interactive mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `unsupported-callback`        | `data-unsupported-callback`        | A JavaScript callback invoked when a given client/browser is not supported by Turnstile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `theme`                       | `data-theme`                       | The widget theme. Can take the following values: `light`, `dark`, `auto`. <br/><br/>The default is `auto`, which respects the user preference. This can be forced to light or dark by setting the theme accordingly.                                                                                                                                           |
| `language`                    | `data-language`                    | Language to display, must be either: `auto` (default) to use the language that the visitor has chosen, or an ISO 639-1 two-letter language code (e.g. `en`) or language and country code (e.g. `en-US`). Refer to the [list of supported languages](/turnstile/reference/supported-languages/) for more information.                                           |
| `tabindex`                    | `data-tabindex`                    | The tabindex of Turnstile's iframe for accessibility purposes. The default value is `0`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `timeout-callback`            | `data-timeout-callback`            | A JavaScript callback invoked when the challenge presents an interactive challenge but was not solved within a given time. A callback will reset the widget to allow a visitor to solve the challenge again.                                                                                                                                                   |
| `response-field`              | `data-response-field`              | A boolean that controls if an input element with the response token is created, defaults to `true`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `response-field-name`         | `data-response-field-name`         | Name of the input element, defaults to `cf-turnstile-response`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `size`                        | `data-size`                        | The widget size. Can take the following values: `normal`, `flexible`, `compact`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `retry`                       |  `data-retry`                      | Controls whether the widget should automatically retry to obtain a token if it did not succeed. The default is `auto`, which will retry automatically. This can be set to `never` to disable retry on failure.                                                                                                                                                 |
| `retry-interval`              |  `data-retry-interval`             | When `retry` is set to `auto`, `retry-interval` controls the time between retry attempts in milliseconds. Value must be a positive integer less than `900000`, defaults to `8000`.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `refresh-expired`             |  `data-refresh-expired`            | Automatically refreshes the token when it expires. Can take `auto`, `manual`, or `never`, defaults to `auto`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `refresh-timeout`             | `data-refresh-timeout`             | Controls whether the widget should automatically refresh upon entering an interactive challenge and observing a timeout. Can take `auto` (automatically refreshes upon encountering an interactive timeout), `manual` (prompts the visitor to manually refresh) or `never` (will show a timeout), defaults to `auto`. Only applies to widgets of mode managed. |
| `appearance`                  | `data-appearance`                  | Appearance controls when the widget is visible. It can be `always` (default), `execute`, or `interaction-only`. Refer to [Appearance modes](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#appearance-modes) for more information.                                                                                                                              |
| `feedback-enabled`            | `data-feedback-enabled`            | Allows Cloudflare to gather visitor feedback upon widget failure. It can be `true` (default) or `false`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

---

# Get started with Turnstile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

This guide will get you started on setting up the Turnstile widget.

If you are currently using a <GlossaryTooltip term="CAPTCHA">CAPTCHA</GlossaryTooltip> service, you can copy and paste our script wherever you have deployed the existing script today.

## Get a sitekey and secret key

To start using the Turnstile widget, you will need to obtain a <GlossaryTooltip term="sitekey">sitekey</GlossaryTooltip> and a <GlossaryTooltip term="secret key">secret key</GlossaryTooltip>. The sitekey and secret key are always associated with one widget and cannot be reused for other widgets.

The sitekey is public and used to invoke the Turnstile widget on your site.

The sitekey and secret key are generated upon the creation of a widget, allowing communication between your site and Cloudflare to verify responses for a solved challenge from Turnstile. Make sure you keep the secret key safe for security reasons.

:::note

You can find special sitekeys to be used for testing in the [testing](/turnstile/troubleshooting/testing/) section. 
:::

### New sites

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile**.
3. Select **Add widget** and fill out the site name and [your website's hostname or select from your existing websites](/turnstile/concepts/hostname-management/) on Cloudflare.
4. Select the widget mode.
5. (Optional) Opt in for [pre-clearance support](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/).
6. Copy your sitekey and secret key.

### Existing sites

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile**.
3. In the widget overview, select **Settings**.
4. Confirm the [hostnames](/turnstile/concepts/hostname-management/) configured. 
5. (Optional) Opt in for [pre-clearance support](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/).
6. Copy your sitekey and secret key.

## Add the Turnstile widget to your site

To add the Turnstile widget:

1. Insert the Turnstile script snippet in your HTML's `<head>` element:

<div>

```html
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
```

</div>

2. [Render the client-side integration](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/)

   - [Explicit rendering](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#explicitly-render-the-turnstile-widget)
   - [Implicit rendering](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#implicitly-render-the-turnstile-widget)

## Validate the server-side response

<Render file="siteverify-warning" />

After you have installed the Turnstile widget on your site, you must configure your server to validate the Turnstile response.
Refer to [Server-side validation](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/).

:::note

Rendering the client-side integration & validating the server-side response are both necessary to allow Turnstile to function properly. 
:::

---

# Mobile implementation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/mobile-implementation/

Turnstile is designed to run in a standard browser environment, which includes mobile devices. On native mobile applications, Turnstile can be used with WebViews. This applies to native web applications for iOS and Android. When implementing Turnstile for mobile, ensure you address the common issues below to avoid integration problems.

Any modifications to the environment, such as the User Agent, [Content Security Policy settings](/turnstile/reference/content-security-policy/), or domain allowlisting, can disrupt the successful completion of Turnstile challenges. To ensure compatibility, it is recommended to start with a default, unmodified environment and gradually introduce changes, validating Turnstile’s functionality after each adjustment.


## WebView configurations

Turnstile requires specific WebView settings to function properly. For Android implementations, refer to [`setJavaScriptEnabled`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings#setJavaScriptEnabled(boolean)) to tell the WebView to enable JavaScript execution and [`setDomStorageEnabled`](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/webkit/WebSettings#setDomStorageEnabled(boolean)) to enable the DOM storage API. 

These settings ensure that the mobile WebView can properly load and execute the Turnstile challenge. If these configurations are missing, Turnstile may malfunction.

## Update allowed origins

In addition to ensuring proper WebView settings, if you have allowed origins configured, it is essential to update the list to include: 

```txt

challenges.cloudflare.com, about:blank, about:srcdoc

```

:::note

Only [React Native](https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/blob/master/docs/Reference.md#originwhitelist) contains the allowed origins above by default.
:::

Without this, Turnstile challenges might fail to load. WebView should also be configured to allow insecure connections (`http` and `https`). 

## Maintain a consistent user agent

When implementing Turnstile with WebViews, the user agent must stay consistent as changing the user agent will cause the challenges to fail. 

## Use clearance cookies

When using [clearance cookies](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/) with Turnstile, make sure that it is executed in the same environment where the challenges will occur, including the same browser and device configuration. The `cf_clearance` cookie will be only accepted in the same configured domain for Turnstile widget with the corresponding zone. Domains configured with the Turnstile widget must match the Cloudflare zone that issues challenges via the [WAF](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/).

If pre-clearance is done in a different environment, the clearance cookie may become invalid and lead to more issued challenges.

## Use Flutter with Turnstile

For developers using [Flutter](https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_inappwebview), Turnstile is compatible and tested with Flutter’s WebView implementation. Refer to the official Flutter WebView package for more details and usage.

---

# Enable pre-clearance cookies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/pre-clearance/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Prerequisites

To enable pre-clearance, you must ensure that the hostname of the Turnstile widget matches the zone with the WAF rules. During the Turnstile configuration setup in the Cloudflare dashboard, you can see the registered zones. Select the appropriate hostname from this list.

The prerequisite is crucial for pre-clearance to function properly. If set up correctly, visitors who successfully solve Turnstile will receive a cookie with the security clearance level set by the customer. When encountering a WAF challenge on the same zone, they will bypass additional challenges for the configured clearance level and below. 

For more details on managing hostnames, refer to the [Hostname Management documentation](/turnstile/concepts/hostname-management/).

<Render file="cf-clearance-cookie" product="bots" />

## Enable pre-clearance on a new site

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile** > **Add widget**.
3. Under **Would you like to opt for pre-clearance for this site?** select **Yes**.
4. Choose the pre-clearance level from the select box.
5. Select **Create**.

## Enable pre-clearance on an existing site

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile**.
3. Go to the existing widget or site and select **Settings**.
4. Under **Would you like to opt for pre-clearance for this site?** select **Yes**.
5. Choose the pre-clearance level from the select box.
6. Select **Update**.

---

# Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/terraform/

:::note[Requirements]

This guide assumes that you have the [Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli) command installed on your machine.
:::

[Terraform](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli) is a tool for building, changing, and versioning infrastructure, and provides components and documentation for building [Cloudflare resources](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs). Listed below are examples to help you get started with Turnstile using Terraform. For a more generalized guide on configuring Cloudflare and Terraform, visit our [Getting Started with Terraform and Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/getting-started-with-terraform-and-cloudflare-part-1/) blog post.

## Create a Turnstile widget with Terraform

### Create an API token

Create an [API Token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the **Account > Turnstile > Edit** permission. Next, you need to export this secret in our environment variables:

```sh title="Export your token"
export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=<API_TOKEN>
```

### Create a Turnstile widget

See the example configuration below when creating a Turnstile widget.

```tf title="cloudflare.tf" {15-32}
terraform {
    required_providers {
        cloudflare = {
            source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
            version = "~> 4"
        }
    }
}

variable "account_id" {
    description = "Your Cloudflare Account ID."
    # eg: 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0
}

resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "example" {
    account_id   = var.account_id
    name         = "My Terraform-managed widget"
    domains      = ["example.com"]
    mode         = "managed"
}

output "turnstile_example_sitekey" {
    description = "Sitekey"
    value       = cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example.id
    # Note: the `id` is your sitekey.
}

output "turnstile_example_secretkey" {
    description = "Secret key"
    value       = cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example.secret
    sensitive   = true
}

```

:::note

The `id` field in the `cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example` resource is your Turnstile widget's sitekey.
:::

### Initialize Terraform and the Cloudflare provider

Run the command `terraform init` to set up your Terraform working directory, enabling it to interact with Cloudflare services. This process involves downloading the required provider plugins, establishing backend storage for your state files, and creating a local `.terraform` directory to store configuration data.

```sh title="Initialize command"
terraform init
```

```sh output
Initializing the backend...

Initializing provider plugins...
- Reusing previous version of cloudflare/cloudflare from the dependency lock file
- Installing cloudflare/cloudflare v4.5.0...
- Installed cloudflare/cloudflare v4.5.0 (self-signed, key ID C76001609EE3B136)

Partner and community providers are signed by their developers.
If you'd like to know more about provider signing, you can read about it here:
https://www.terraform.io/docs/cli/plugins/signing.html

Terraform has been successfully initialized!

You may now begin working with Terraform. Try running "terraform plan" to see
any changes that are required for your infrastructure. All Terraform commands
should now work.

If you ever set or change modules or backend configuration for Terraform,
rerun this command to reinitialize your working directory. If you forget, other
commands will detect it and remind you to do so if necessary.
```

### Review the Terraform plan

You can run `terraform plan`, which will output any proposed changes. This will prompt you for your Cloudflare Account ID. Make sure to review the plan carefully.

```sh title="Review command"
terraform plan
```

```sh output

var.account_id
    Your Cloudflare Account ID.

    Enter a value: 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
    + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

    # cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example will be created
    + resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "example" {
        + account_id = "6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0"
        + domains    = [
            + "example.com",
        ]
        + id         = (known after apply)
        + mode       = "managed"
        + name       = "My Terraform-managed widget"
        + secret     = (sensitive value)
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Changes to Outputs:
    + turnstile_example_secretkey = (sensitive value)
    + turnstile_example_sitekey   = (known after apply)

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Note: You didn't use the -out option to save this plan, so Terraform can't guarantee to take exactly these actions if you run "terraform apply" now.
```

### Apply the Terraform changes

Once the changes look accurate and you are comfortable moving forward, apply them using the `terraform apply` command.

```sh title="Apply command"
terraform apply --auto-approve
```

```sh output

var.account_id
    Your Cloudflare Account ID.

    Enter a value: 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0

Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols:
    + create

Terraform will perform the following actions:

    # cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example will be created
    + resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "example" {
        + account_id     = "6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0"
        + domains        = [
            + "example.com",
        ]
        + id             = (known after apply)
        + mode           = "managed"
        + name           = "My Terraform-managed widget"
        + secret         = (sensitive value)
    }

Plan: 1 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy.

Changes to Outputs:
    + turnstile_example_secretkey = (sensitive value)
    + turnstile_example_sitekey   = (known after apply)
cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example: Creating...
cloudflare_turnstile_widget.example: Creation complete after 1s [id=0x4AAAAAAAEe4wQdBshJxBeK]

Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed.

Outputs:

turnstile_example_secretkey = <sensitive>
turnstile_example_sitekey = "0x4AAAAAAAEe4wQdBshJxBeK"
```

You have successfully created a Turnstile widget. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile) to view its configuration and analytics in a user-friendly interface.

### Retrieve the secret key

Use `terraform output` to get your secret key.

```sh title="Secret key"
terraform output turnstile_example_secretkey
```

```sh output
"0x4AAAAAAAEe4xWueFq9yX8ypjlimbk1Db4"
```

:::note

For advanced usage, refer to our [Terraform resource documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/turnstile_widget).
:::

## Import a Turnstile widget

### Prerequisites

Before you can import the Turnstile widget in Terraform, you must:

- [Install the `cf-terraforming` tool](/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/#cf-terraforming).
- [Create a Cloudflare API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
- [Initialize Terraform and the Cloudflare provider](#initialize-terraform-and-the-cloudflare-provider).

### Import Turnstile widgets in Terraform

Run the `cf-terraforming generate` command and add the output below to your `.tf` file.

```sh title="Generate command"
cf-terraforming generate --resource-type cloudflare_turnstile_widget --account 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0
```

```sh output
resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAEk5sP3rwf91fe8" {
  account_id = "6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0"
  domains    = ["example.net"]
  mode       = "managed"
  name       = "test site"
  region     = "world"
}

resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAE0wwg0H1StXlOx" {
  account_id = "6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0"
  domains    = ["example.com"]
  mode       = "managed"
  name       = "My Terraform-managed widget"
}

resource "cloudflare_turnstile_widget" "terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAF1z4LbxEka5UBh" {
  account_id = "6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0"
  domains    = ["example.org"]
  mode       = "managed"
  name       = "My website"
}
```

Run the `cf-terraforming import` command and the resulting commands below.

```sh title="Import command"
cf-terraforming import --resource-type cloudflare_turnstile_widget --account 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0
```

```sh output
terraform import cloudflare_turnstile_widget.terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAEg5sP3rwf91fe8 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0/0x4AAAAAAAEk5sP3rwf91fe8
terraform import cloudflare_turnstile_widget.terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAE0gwg0H1StXlOx 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0/0x4AAAAAAAE0wwg0H1StXlOx
terraform import cloudflare_turnstile_widget.terraform_managed_resource_0x4AAAAAAAE2z4LbxEka5UBh 6be2041a37d48aaaa9c686434f1709f0/0x4AAAAAAAF1z4LbxEka5UBh
```

---

# Server-side validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="siteverify-warning" />

Turnstile needs to be verified using siteverify because it is a front-end widget that creates a token which is cryptographically secured. To ensure that a token is not forged by an attacker or has not been consumed yet, it is necessary to check the validity of a token using Cloudflare's siteverify API.

You must call the siteverify endpoint to validate the Turnstile widget response from your website’s backend. The widget response must only be considered valid once it has been verified by the siteverify endpoint. The presence of a response alone is not enough to verify it as it does not protect from replay or forgery attacks. In some cases, Turnstile may purposely create invalid responses that are rejected by the siteverify API.

Tokens issued to Turnstile using the success callbacks, via explicit or implicit rendering, must be validated using the siteverify endpoint. The siteverify API will only validate a token once. If a token has already been checked, the siteverify API will yield an error on subsequent verification attempts indicating that a token has already been consumed.

:::note

A Turnstile token can have up to 2048 characters.

It is also valid for 300 seconds before it is rejected by siteverify.
:::

The siteverify endpoint needs to be passed a <GlossaryTooltip term="secret key">secret key</GlossaryTooltip> that is associated with the <GlossaryTooltip term="sitekey">sitekey</GlossaryTooltip>. The secret key will be provisioned alongside the sitekey when you create a widget. Furthermore, the response needs to be passed to the siteverify endpoint.

A response may only be validated once. If the same response is presented twice, the second and each subsequent request will generate an error stating that the response has already been consumed. If an application requires to retry failed requests, it must utilize the idempotency functionality. You can do so by providing a UUID as the `idempotency_key` parameter of your `POST` request when initially validating the response and the same UUID with any subsequent request for that response.

:::note

Refer to the [full demo on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/turnstile-demo-workers/blob/main/src/index.mjs).
:::

<div>

```sh title="Example using cURL"
curl 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify' --data 'secret=verysecret&response=<RESPONSE>'
```

```sh output
{
  "success": true,
  "error-codes": [],
  "challenge_ts": "2022-10-06T00:07:23.274Z",
  "hostname": "example.com"
}
```

</div>

<Tabs> <TabItem label="url encoded">

```js title="Example using fetch from Cloudflare Workers"
// This is the demo secret key. In production, we recommend
// you store your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = "1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA";

async function handlePost(request) {
	const body = await request.formData();
	// Turnstile injects a token in "cf-turnstile-response".
	const token = body.get("cf-turnstile-response");
	const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");

	// Validate the token by calling the
	// "/siteverify" API endpoint.
	let formData = new FormData();
	formData.append("secret", SECRET_KEY);
	formData.append("response", token);
	formData.append("remoteip", ip);

	const url = "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify";
	const result = await fetch(url, {
		body: formData,
		method: "POST",
	});

	const outcome = await result.json();
	if (outcome.success) {
		// ...
	}
}
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="JSON">

```js title="Example using fetch from Cloudflare Workers"
// This is the demo secret key. In production, we recommend
// you store your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = '1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA';
​
async function handlePost(request) {
	const body = await request.formData();
	// Turnstile injects a token in "cf-turnstile-response".
	const token = body.get('cf-turnstile-response');
	const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');
​
	// Validate the token by calling the
	// "/siteverify" API endpoint.
	const url = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify';
	const result = await fetch(url, {
		body: JSON.stringify({
			secret: SECRET_KEY,
			response: token,
			remoteip: ip
		}),
		method: 'POST',
		headers: {
			'Content-Type': 'application/json'
		}
	});
​
	const outcome = await result.json();
	if (outcome.success) {
		// ...
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Tabs> <TabItem label="url encoded">

```js title="Example using idempotency functionality"
// This is the demo secret key. In production, we recommend
// you store your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = "1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA";

async function handlePost(request) {
	const body = await request.formData();
	// Turnstile injects a token in "cf-turnstile-response".
	const token = body.get("cf-turnstile-response");
	const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");

	// Validate the token by calling the
	// "/siteverify" API endpoint.
	let formData = new FormData();
	formData.append("secret", SECRET_KEY);
	formData.append("response", token);
	formData.append("remoteip", ip);
	const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
	formData.append("idempotency_key", idempotencyKey);

	const url = "https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify";
	const firstResult = await fetch(url, {
		body: formData,
		method: "POST",
	});
	const firstOutcome = await firstResult.json();
	if (firstOutcome.success) {
		// ...
	}

	// A subsequent validation request to the "/siteverify"
	// API endpoint for the same token as before, providing
	// the associated idempotency key as well.
	const subsequentResult = await fetch(url, {
		body: formData,
		method: "POST",
	});

	const subsequentOutcome = await subsequentResult.json();
	if (subsequentOutcome.success) {
		// ...
	}
}
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="JSON">

```js title="Example using idempotency functionality"
// This is the demo secret key. In production, we recommend
// you store your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = '1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA';
​
async function handlePost(request) {
	const body = await request.formData();
	// Turnstile injects a token in "cf-turnstile-response".
	const token = body.get('cf-turnstile-response');
	const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');
​
	// Validate the token by calling the
	// "/siteverify" API endpoint.
	const idempotencyKey = crypto.randomUUID();
	const url = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify';
	const firstResult = await fetch(url, {
		body: JSON.stringify({
			secret: SECRET_KEY,
			response: token,
			remoteip: ip,
			idempotency_key: idempotencyKey
		}),
		method: 'POST',
		headers: {
			'Content-Type': 'application/json'
		}
	});
​
	const firstOutcome = await firstResult.json();
	if (firstOutcome.success) {
		// ...
	}
​
	// A subsequent validation request to the "/siteverify"
	// API endpoint for the same token as before, providing
	// the associated idempotency key as well.
	const subsequentResult = await fetch(url, {
		body: JSON.stringify({
			secret: SECRET_KEY,
			response: token,
			remoteip: ip,
			idempotency_key: idempotencyKey
		}),
		method: 'POST',
		headers: {
			'Content-Type': 'application/json'
		}
	});
​
	const subsequentOutcome = await subsequentResult.json();
	if (subsequentOutcome.success) {
		// ...
	}
​
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Accepted parameters

| POST Parameter    | Required/Optional | Description                                                                                                             |
| ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `secret`          | Required          | The widget's secret key. The secret key can be found under widget settings in the Cloudflare dashboard under Turnstile. |
| `response`        | Required          | The response provided by the Turnstile client-side render on your site.                                                 |
| `remoteip`        | Optional          | The visitor's IP address.                                                                                               |
| `idempotency_key` | Optional          | The UUID to be associated with the response.                                                                            |

:::note

The `remoteip` parameter helps to prevent abuse by ensuring the current visitor is the one who received the token. This is currently not strictly validated.
:::

The siteverify endpoint behaves similar to reCAPTCHA’s or hCaptcha's siteverify endpoint.
The API accepts `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` and `application/json` requests, but the response type will always be `application/json`.

It always contains a `success` property, either true or false, indicating whether the operation was successful or not.

<div>

```json title="Successful validation response" {2}
{
	"success": true,
	"challenge_ts": "2022-02-28T15:14:30.096Z",
	"hostname": "example.com",
	"error-codes": [],
	"action": "login",
	"cdata": "sessionid-123456789",
	"metadata":{
		"ephemeral_id": "x:9f78e0ed210960d7693b167e"
	}
}
```

</div>

- `challenge_ts` is the ISO timestamp for the time the challenge was solved.
- `hostname` is the hostname for which the challenge was served.
- `action` is the customer widget identifier passed to the widget on the client side. This is used to differentiate widgets using the same sitekey in analytics. Its integrity is protected by modifications from an attacker. It is recommended to validate that the action matches an expected value.
- `cdata` is the customer data passed to the widget on the client side. This can be used by the customer to convey state. It is integrity protected by modifications from an attacker.
- `error-codes` is a list of errors that occurred.
- (Enterprise only) `ephemeral_id` returns the [Ephemeral ID](/turnstile/concepts/ephemeral-id/) in siteverify.

In case of a validation failure, the response should be similar to the following:

<div>

```json title="Failed validation response" {2}
{
	"success": false,
	"error-codes": ["invalid-input-response"]
}
```

</div>

A validation error is indicated by having the `success` property set to `false`. A list of error codes is provided to indicate why a response has failed to verify. The response may also contain additional fields based on whether Turnstile siteverify was able to parse the response successfully or unsuccessfully.

## Error codes

| <div style="width:200px">Error code</div> | Description                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `missing-input-secret`                    | The secret parameter was not passed.                                                                                                                                        |
| `invalid-input-secret`                    | The secret parameter was invalid, did not exist, or is a [testing secret key](/turnstile/troubleshooting/testing) with a non-testing response.                              |
| `missing-input-response`                  | The response parameter (token) was not passed.                                                                                                                              |
| `invalid-input-response`                  | The response parameter (token) is invalid or has expired. Most of the time, this means a fake token has been used. If the error persists, contact customer support.         |
| `bad-request`                             | The request was rejected because it was malformed.                                                                                                                          |
| `timeout-or-duplicate`                    | The response parameter (token) has already been validated before. This means that the token was issued five minutes ago and is no longer valid, or it was already redeemed. |
| `internal-error`                          | An internal error happened while validating the response. The request can be retried.                                                                                       |

---

# Migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/migration/

If you are using alternative CAPTCHA services, you can switch to Cloudflare Turnstile using the guides below to assist with the upgrade process.

[Get started with Turnstile](/turnstile/get-started/) if there is no guide available yet.

## Guides

- [reCAPTCHA](/turnstile/migration/recaptcha/)
- [hCAPTCHA](/turnstile/migration/hcaptcha/)

---

# Migrate from hCaptcha

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/migration/hcaptcha/

If you are using hCaptcha today, you can switch seamlessly to Cloudflare Turnstile by following the step-by-step guide below to assist with the upgrade process.

To complete the migration, you must obtain the [sitekey and secret key](/turnstile/get-started/#get-a-sitekey-and-secret-key).

## Client-side integration

1. Update the client-side integration by inserting the Turnstile script snippet in your HTML's `<head>` element:

<div>

```html title="Turnstile script snippet"
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
```

</div>

2. Locate the `hcaptcha.render()` calls and replace the sitekey with your Turnstile sitekey and the API.

<div>

```js title="Render"
// before
hcaptcha.render(element, {
    sitekey: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
})
// after
turnstile.render(element, {
    sitekey: "1x00000000000000000000AA"
})
```

</div>

:::note

Turnstile supports:

- the `render()` call
- hCaptcha invisible mode with the `execute()` call 
:::

## Server-side integration

1. Update the server-side integration by replacing the siteverify URL. Replace: `https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify` with `https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify`.
2. Replace the `h-captcha-response` input name with `cf-turnstile-response`.

---

# Migrate from reCAPTCHA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/migration/recaptcha/

If you are using reCAPTCHA today, you can switch seamlessly to Cloudflare Turnstile by following the step-by-step guide below to assist with the upgrade process.

To complete the migration, you must obtain the [sitekey and secret key](/turnstile/get-started/#get-a-sitekey-and-secret-key).

:::note

Turnstile migration is currently compatible up to reCAPTCHA v2. 
:::

## Client-side integration

1. Update the client-side integration by inserting the Turnstile script snippet in your HTML's `<head>` element

<div>

```html title="Turnstile script snippet"
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?compat=recaptcha" async defer></script>
```

:::note

Adding `?compat=recaptcha` runs Turnstile in compatibility mode, which
enables the following features:

- implicit rendering for reCAPTCHA
- `g-recaptcha-response` input name for forms
- register the Turnstile API as `grecaptcha` 
:::

</div>

2. Locate the `grecaptcha.render()` calls and replace the sitekey with your Turnstile sitekey.

:::note

Turnstile supports:

- the `render()` call
- reCAPTCHA v2 invisible mode with the `execute()` call 
:::

## Server-side integration

Update the server-side integration by replacing the siteverify URL. Replace `https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify` with `https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify`

:::caution[Differences to reCAPTCHA's siteverify]

reCAPTCHA supports `GET` requests using query parameters, i.e: `GET /siteverify?response=<response>&secret=<secret>`.

Turnstile's siteverify endpoint does _not_ support this and only accepts `POST` requests with a FormData or JSON body.

Refer to [server-side validation](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/) for more information. 
:::

---

# Content Security Policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/reference/content-security-policy/

The HTTP Content-Security-Policy response header allows website administrators to control resources the user agent is allowed to load for a given page.

We recommend using the nonce-based approach documented with [CSP3](https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-csp/#framework-directive-source-list). Make sure to include your nonce in the `api.js` script tag and we will handle the rest. Cloudflare Turnstile works with **strict-dynamic**.

Alternatively, add the following values to your CSP header:

- **script-src**: `https://challenges.cloudflare.com`
- **frame-src**: `https://challenges.cloudflare.com`

We recommend validating your CSP with [Google's CSP Evaluator](https://csp-evaluator.withgoogle.com/).

:::note

You cannot set your own CSP and/or Referer-Policy via meta tags or [Transform rules](/rules/transform/) in challenge pages. 
:::

## Pre-clearance support

If you are using [Turnstile in pre-clearance mode](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/), Turnstile sets the `cf_clearance` cookie by doing a fetch request to a special endpoint in [`/cdn-cgi/`](/fundamentals/reference/cdn-cgi-endpoint/) of your domain.

For this request to succeed, your `connect-src` directive must include `'self'`.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about Turnstile:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Supported languages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/reference/supported-languages/

Turnstile supports `auto` (default), which uses the visitor's browser language if it is supported. You can also explicitly set the widget's language using the [client-side configuration attribute](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#configurations) to one listed on the table below:

:::note

To request Turnstile support for a language not listed below or submit feedback on a translation error, you can fill out [this form](https://forms.gle/Cdz4YTRoagGpVwd7A). 
:::

| Language                         | Language code<br/>(4 letters) | Language code<br/>(2 letters) |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Arabic (Egypt)                   | `ar-eg`                       | `ar`                          |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria)             | `bg-bg`                       | `bg`                          |
| Chinese (Simplified, China)      | `zh-cn`                       | `zh`                          |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)    | `zh-tw`                       | --                            |
| Croatian (Croatia)               | `hr-hr`                       | `hr`                          |
| Czech (Czech Republic)           | `cs-cz`                       | `cs`                          |
| Danish (Denmark)                 | `da-dk`                       | `da`                          |
| Dutch (Netherlands)              | `nl-nl`                       | `nl`                          |
| English (United States)          | `en-us`                       | `en`                          |
| Farsi (Iran)                     | `fa-ir`                       | `fa`                          |
| Finnish (Finland)                | `fi-fi`                       | `fi`                          |
| French (France)                  | `fr-fr`                       | `fr`                          |
| German (Germany)                 | `de-de`                       | `de`                          |
| Greek (Greece)                   | `el-gr`                       | `el`                          |
| Hebrew (Israel)                  | `he-il`                       | `he`                          |
| Hindi (India)                    | `hi-in`                       | `hi`                          |
| Hungarian (Hungary)              | `hu-hu`                       | `hu`                          |
| Indonesian (Indonesia)           | `id-id`                       | `id`                          |
| Italian (Italy)                  | `it-it`                       | `it`                          |
| Japanese (Japan)                 | `ja-jp`                       | `ja`                          |
| Klingon (Qo'noS)                 | `tlh`                         | --                            |
| Korean (Korea)                   | `ko-kr`                       | `ko`                          |
| Lithuanian (Lithuania)           | `lt-lt`                       | `lt`                          |
| Malay (Malaysia)                 | `ms-my`                       | `ms`                          |
| Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)        | `nb-no`                       | `nb`                          |
| Polish (Poland)                  | `pl-pl`                       | `pl`                          |
| Portuguese (Brazil)              | `pt-br`                       | `pt`                          |
| Romanian (Romania)               | `ro-ro`                       | `ro`                          |
| Russian (Russia)                 | `ru-ru`                       | `ru`                          |
| Serbian (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | `sr-ba`                       | `sr`                          |
| Slovak (Slovakia)                | `sk-sk`                       | `sk`                          |
| Slovenian (Slovenia)             | `sl-si`                       | `sl`                          |
| Spanish (Spain)                  | `es-es`                       | `es`                          |
| Swedish (Sweden)                 | `sv-se`                       | `sv`                          |
| Tagalog (Philippines)            | `tl-ph`                       | `tl`                          |
| Thai (Thailand)                  | `th-th`                       | `th`                          |
| Turkish (Turkey)                 | `tr-tr`                       | `tr`                          |
| Ukrainian (Ukraine)              | `uk-ua`                       | `uk`                          |
| Vietnamese (Vietnam)             | `vi-vn`                       | `vi`                          |

---

# Challenge solve issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/challenge-solve-issues/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Challenge loops

You may encounter a challenge loop where the challenge keeps reappearing without being solved. This is in very specific cases where we detect strong bot signals. If you are a legitimate human, you can follow the troubleshooting guide below to resolve the issue or submit a feedback report. Challenge loops can happen for several reasons:

- **Network issues**: Poor or unstable network connections can prevent the challenge from being completed.
- **Browser configuration**: Some browser settings or extensions may block the scripts needed to execute the challenge.
- **Unsupported browsers**: Using a browser that is not supported by Turnstile.
- **JavaScript disabled**: Turnstile relies on JavaScript to function properly.
- **Detection errors**: If Turnstile suspects bot-like behavior, you may encounter repeated challenges for verification.

Most challenges are quick and should take only a few seconds to complete. If it takes longer, ensure your network is stable and follow the [troubleshooting steps](#troubleshooting).

:::note
If the issue persists, try switching to a different network or device to rule out any issues with your browser environment.

Make sure that your browser is updated to the latest version.
:::

## Troubleshooting

Follow the steps below to ensure that your environment is properly configured.

<Render file="troubleshooting-steps" />

If none of the above resolves your issue, contact the website administrator with the [error code](/turnstile/troubleshooting/client-side-errors/error-codes/) and Ray ID or submit a [feedback report](/turnstile/troubleshooting/feedback-reports/) through the Turnstile widget by selecting **Submit Feedback**.

---

# Feedback reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/feedback-reports/

When Cloudflare detects that a challenge has failed or the user cannot be verified on a page with Turnstile, the user will encounter an [error](/turnstile/concepts/widget/#error-states) on the widget and may be asked to send feedback on the issue that they have encountered by choosing one of the options listed.

:::note

Currently, feedback submitted via the feedback form is sent directly to Cloudflare and used for improvements on the Turnstile user experience.
:::

Available options include:

- The widget always fails
- The widget sometimes fails
- The widget is too slow
- The widget keeps looping
- Other

Users can provide additional data in the text field and then select **Submit**.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about troubleshooting Turnstile:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rotate secret key

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/rotate-secret-key/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You can rotate the <GlossaryTooltip term="secret key">secret key</GlossaryTooltip> using the following steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/turnstile) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile**.
3. In the widget overview, select **Settings** > **Rotate Secret Key**.
4. Configure your website to use the new secret key.

The rotation occurs over the course of two hours. During this time, both the old secret key and the new secret key are valid. This allows you to swap the secret key while avoiding any issues with your website.

---

# Testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/testing/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## Dummy sitekeys and secret keys

The following <GlossaryTooltip term="sitekey">sitekeys</GlossaryTooltip> and <GlossaryTooltip term="secret key">secret keys</GlossaryTooltip> are available for testing. It is recommended that you use these keys in your development environment to ensure the challenges running in Turnstile do not conflict with your developer tools.

To test locally with real keys, you need to add your testing hostnames (like `localhost`) to your [domain allowlist](/turnstile/concepts/hostname-management/).

Dummy sitekeys can be used from any domain, including on `localhost`.

Cloudflare recommends that sitekeys used in production do not allow local domains (`localhost`, `127.0.0.1`), but users can choose to add local domains to the list of allowed domains.

| Sitekey                    | Description                     | Visibility |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------- |
| `1x00000000000000000000AA` | Always passes                   | visible    |
| `2x00000000000000000000AB` | Always blocks                   | visible    |
| `1x00000000000000000000BB` | Always passes                   | invisible  |
| `2x00000000000000000000BB` | Always blocks                   | invisible  |
| `3x00000000000000000000FF` | Forces an interactive challenge | visible    |

These dummy sitekeys will produce the `XXXX.DUMMY.TOKEN.XXXX` dummy response token.

Production secret keys will reject this token. You must also use a dummy secret key for testing purposes.

| Secret key                            | Description                          |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA` | Always passes                        |
| `2x0000000000000000000000000000000AA` | Always fails                         |
| `3x0000000000000000000000000000000AA` | Yields a "token already spent" error |

Dummy secret keys will only accept the `XXXX.DUMMY.TOKEN.XXXX` dummy response token.

If you pass a real response, it will fail to prevent common misconfigurations.

---

# Troubleshooting FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-faqs/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## What happens if the user takes longer than five minutes?

The Turnstile widget needs to be refreshed to generate a new token. This can be done using the `turnstile.reset` function.

## Can the front end use siteverify?

The siteverify API must not be called by the front end as this may reveal the secret key used to authenticate. An attacker may simply modify the front end to not perform the siteverify check at all, rendering Turnstile ineffective.


## What is challenges.cloudflare.com, and why does my application connect to this origin?

Turnstile is hosted under `challenges.cloudflare.com`.

## I am seeing a 401 error in your console during a Turnstile security check, is this a problem?

You can safely ignore the error. It is requesting a [Private Access Token (PAT)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-and-macs-using-new-standard/) that your device or browser does not support yet.


## How can I obtain the Ray ID or QR code for troubleshooting?

You will need to provide a [Ray ID](/fundamentals/reference/cloudflare-ray-id/) or QR code when debugging issues. The Ray ID is found at the end of the challenge page. You can obtain the QR code by clicking the success/failure/spinner logo on the widget four times.


## Can I use Turnstile on URI schemes such as `file://`?

No, Turnstile only works on `http://` and `https://` URI schemes. Other protocols such as `file://` are not supported.


## Why do I see a challenge on my proxied hostnames?

<Render file="proxied-hostnames" /> <Render file="challenge-behavior" />

---

# Exclude Turnstile from E2E tests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/excluding-turnstile-from-e2e-tests/

This tutorial explains how to handle Turnstile in your end-to-end (E2E) tests by using Turnstile's dedicated testing keys.

## Overview

When running E2E tests, you often want to bypass or simplify the Turnstile verification process. Cloudflare provides official test credentials that always pass verification, making them perfect for testing environments:

- Test sitekey: `1x00000000000000000000AA`
- Test secret key: `1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA`

For more details, refer to the [testing documentation](/turnstile/troubleshooting/testing/).

:::caution

Never use test credentials in production. Always ensure:
- Test credentials are only used in test environments.
- Production credentials are properly protected.
- Your deployment process prevents test credentials from reaching production.
:::

## Implementation

The key to implementing test-environment detection is identifying test requests server-side. Here is a simple approach:

```typescript
// Detect test environments using IP addresses or headers
function isTestEnvironment(request) {
  const testIPs = ['127.0.0.1', '::1'];
  const isTestIP = testIPs.includes(request.ip);
  const hasTestHeader = request.headers['x-test-environment'] === 'secret-token';
  
  return isTestIP || hasTestHeader;
}

// Use the appropriate credentials based on the environment
function getTurnstileCredentials(request) {
  if (isTestEnvironment(request)) {
    return {
      sitekey: '1x00000000000000000000AA',
      secretKey: '1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA'
    };
  }
  
  return {
    sitekey: process.env.TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY,
    secretKey: process.env.TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY
  };
}
```

## Server-side integration

When rendering your page, inject the appropriate sitekey based on the environment:

```typescript
app.get('/your-form', (req, res) => {
  const { sitekey } = getTurnstileCredentials(req);
  res.render('form', { sitekey });
});
```

## Client-side integration

Your template can then use the injected sitekey:

```html
<div class="turnstile" data-sitekey="<%= sitekey %>"></div>
```

## Best practices

1. **Environment detection**
   - Use multiple factors to identify test environments (IP, headers, etc.).
   - Keep your test environment identifiers secure if you need to test from the public web.

2. **Credential management**
   - Store production credentials securely (for example, in environment variables).
   - Never commit credentials to version control.
   - Use different credentials for each environment.

3. **Deployment safety**
   - Add checks to prevent test credentials in production.
   - Include credential validation in your CI/CD pipeline.
   - Monitor for accidental test credential usage.

## Testing considerations

- Test credentials will always pass verification.
- They are perfect for automated testing environments.
- They help avoid rate limiting during testing.
- They make tests more predictable and faster.

## Example test setup

For Cypress or similar E2E testing frameworks:

```typescript
// Set test header for all test requests
beforeEach(() => {
  cy.intercept('*', (req) => {
    req.headers['x-test-environment'] = 'secret-token';
  });
});

// Your test can now interact with the form normally
it('submits form successfully', () => {
  cy.visit('/your-form');
  cy.get('form').submit();
  // Turnstile will automatically pass verification
});
```

## Conclusion

By using Turnstile's test credentials and proper environment detection, you can create reliable E2E tests while maintaining security in production. Remember to always keep test credentials separate from production and implement proper safeguards in your deployment process.

---

# Implement Turnstile using implicit and explicit rendering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/implicit-vs-explicit-rendering/

This tutorial will explore the two primary methods of implementing Turnstile to your website via **implicit or explicit rendering** using a detailed explanation, a step by step implementation guide, and examples on how to help you protect your web application security while maintaining a good user experience.

## Before you begin

- You must have a Cloudflare account.
- You must have a sitekey and secret key. You can obtain the sitekey and secret key from the Cloudflare dashboard after adding your zone to Turnstile.
- You must have basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript. Familiarity with web development will help you follow along the tutorial.

## Implicit rendering

Implicit rendering automatically displays the Turnstile widget on your webpage without additional JavaScript code. This set up is ideal for static pages where you want the widget to load immediately when the page loads.

To set up implicit rendering:

1. **Include the Turnstile Script**: Add the Turnstile JavaScript API to your HTML file within the `<head>` section or just before the closing `</body>` tag.

```html
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
```

2. **Add the Turnstile widget to your HTML**: Insert a `div` element where you want the widget to appear.

```html
<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="yourSitekey" data-callback="javascriptCallback"></div>
```
Once a challenge has been solved, a token is passed to the success callback. This token must be validated against our [siteverify endpoint](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/).

3. **Create Your Form**: Turnstile is often used to protect forms on websites such as login forms or contact forms. You can embed the widget within your `<form>` tag.

```html {7}
	<form action="/submit" method="POST">
    <label for="name">Name:</label><br>
    <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required><br>
    <label for="email">Email:</label><br>
    <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required><br>
    <!-- Turnstile Widget -->
    <div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="your-site-key"></div>
    <br>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
```

An invisible input with the name `cf-turnstile-response` is added and will be sent to the server with the other fields.

```html title="Complete HTML example"
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Implicit Rendering with Cloudflare Turnstile</title>
  <script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Contact Us</h1>
  <form action="/submit" method="POST">
    <label for="name">Name:</label><br>
    <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required><br>
    <label for="email">Email:</label><br>
    <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required><br>
    <!-- Turnstile Widget -->
    <div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="your-site-key"></div>
    <br>
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
  </form>
</body>
</html>
```

## Explicit rendering

Explicit rendering helps you manually control when and where the Turnstile widget appears using JavaScript. This method is suitable for dynamic content, single-page applications(SPAs), or conditional rendering based on user interactions.

To set up explicit rendering:

1. **Include the Turnstile Script with `onload` callback**: From the previous example, modify the script tag to include an `onload` parameter.

```html
<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback" defer></script>
```

2. **Create a container element**: Add a `<div>` with an ID or class where you want the widget to appear.

```html
<div id="my-turnstile"></div>
```

3. **Define the callback function**: In your code, define the `onloadTurnstileCallback` function.

```html
function onloadTurnstileCallback() {
    turnstile.render('#my-turnstile', {
        sitekey: '<YOUR_SITE_KEY>',
        callback: function(token) {
            console.log(`Challenge Success ${token}`);
        },
    });
}
```

```html title="Complete HTML and JavaScript example"
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Explicit Rendering with Cloudflare Turnstile</title>
  <script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback" defer></script>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Register Account</h1>
  <form action="/register" method="POST" id="registration-form">
    <label for="username">Username:</label><br>
    <input type="text" id="username" name="username" required><br>
    <!-- Other form fields -->
    <!-- Turnstile Container -->
    <div id="my-turnstile"></div>
    <br>
    <button type="submit">Register</button>
  </form>

  <script>
    function onloadTurnstileCallback() {
    turnstile.render('#my-turnstile', {
        sitekey: '<YOUR_SITE_KEY>',
        callback: function(token) {
            console.log(`Challenge Success ${token}`);
        },
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>
```

In the code above, The Turnstile script loads and calls `onTurnstileLoad` upon completion. `turnstile.render()` is used to manually render the widget in the specified container. The callback function handles the response token, which you can use for server-side verification.

If the invocation is successful, the function returns a `widgetId` (string). If the invocation is unsuccessful, the function returns undefined.

After rendering the Turnstile widget explicitly, you may need to interact with it based on your application's requirements. Refer to the sections below to manage the widget's state.

### Reset a widget

To reset the widget if the given widget timed out or expired, you can use the function:

```js
turnstile.reset(widgetId);
```

### Get the response token

Retrieve the current response token at any time:

```js
const responseToken = turnstile.getResponse(widgetId);
```

### Remove a widget

When a widget is no longer needed, it can be removed from the page using:

```js
turnstile.remove(widgetId)
```

This will not call any callback and will remove all related DOM elements.

## Server-side validation

Regardless of the rendering method, Turnstile tokens need to be verified using `siteverify` because the front-end widget creates a cryptographically secured token. To ensure that a token is not forged by an attacker or has not been consumed yet, it is necessary to check the validity of the token using Cloudflare's siteverify API.

The `siteverify` API will only validate a token once. If a token has already been checked, the siteverify API will yield an error on subsequent verification attempts indicating that a token has already been consumed.

```js
// This is the demo secret key. In prod, we recommend you store
// your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = '1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA';

async function handlePost(request) {
    const body = await request.formData();
    // Turnstile injects a token in "cf-turnstile-response".
    const token = body.get('cf-turnstile-response');
    const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');

    // Validate the token by calling the "/siteverify" API.
    let formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('secret', SECRET_KEY);
    formData.append('response', token);
    formData.append('remoteip', ip);

    const result = await fetch('https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify', {
        body: formData,
        method: 'POST',
    });

    const outcome = await result.json();
    if (!outcome.success) {
        return new Response('The provided Turnstile token was not valid! \n' + JSON.stringify(outcome));
    }
    // The Turnstile token was successfuly validated. Proceed with your application logic.
    // Validate login, redirect user, etc.
    // For this demo, we just echo the "/siteverify" response:
    return new Response('Turnstile token successfuly validated. \n' + JSON.stringify(outcome));
}

export default {
    async fetch(request) {
        if (request.method === 'POST') {
            return await handlePost(request);
        }

        const url = new URL(request.url);
        let body = implicitRenderHtml;
        if (url.pathname === '/explicit') {
            body = explicitRenderHtml;
        }

        return new Response(body, {
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'text/html',
            },
        });
    },
};
```

## Choose between implicit and explicit rendering

Choosing the appropriate rendering method for Turnstile is important and effectively helps you to add it to your website while ensuring optimal performance and user experience. Both implicit and explicit rendering have their own advantages and are suited to different types of web applications. Refer to the table below that highlights the ideal use case for each of these rendering methods:


| **Feature**             | **Implicit rendering**               | **Explicit rendering**                   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| **Ease of setup**       | Simple, minimal code                 | Requires additional JavaScript           |
| **Control over timing** | Renders automatically on page load   | Full control over rendering timing       |
| **Use cases**           | Static content                       | Dynamic or interactive content           |
| **Customization**       | Limited to HTML attributes           | Extensive via JavaScript API             |

## Best practices

1. Always verify the Turnstile response token on your server.
2. Ensure your implementation is accessible to all users.
3. Test your integration across different browsers and devices.
4. Load the Turnstile API script asynchronously to prevent blocking.

Implementing Turnstile into your website helps improve the security of your website without compromising user experience. By understanding and implementing implicit or explicit rendering, you can choose the method that best fits your website's architecture and user interaction patterns.

- Implicit rendering is ideal for static pages with minimal JavaScript.
- Explicit rendering offers greater control for dynamic and interactive applications.

Remember to perform server-side validation of the response token to complete the authentication process securely.

## Additional resources

- [Server-side validation](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/): A guide on how to implement server-side validation to ensure that only valid, human-generated responses are accepted by your application.
- [Turnstile Analytics](/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/): A guide on how to access and interpret Turnstile analytics data, allowing you to monitor key metrics, access the number of challenges issued, and evaluate the challenge solve rate (CSR).
- [Turnstile API Reference](/api/resources/turnstile/subresources/widgets/methods/list/): Comprehensive documentation for the Turnstile API, providing detailed information on API operations for managing Turnstile widgets, including how to list, create, and update widgets via API calls.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Turnstile.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Integrate Turnstile, WAF, & Bot Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/integrating-turnstile-waf-and-bot-management/

This tutorial will guide you on how to integrate Cloudflare Turnstile, [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/), and [Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) into an existing authentication system. This combination creates a robust defense against various threats, including automated attacks and malicious login attempts.

## Overview

To use WAF and Bot Management, your site must have its DNS pointing through Cloudflare. However, Turnstile can be used independently on any site including those not on Cloudflare's network. This tutorial will cover how to implement all three products, but you can focus on Turnstile if your site is not on Cloudflare's network.

WAF, Bot Management, and Turnstile work well together by operating on different layers of the application:

- WAF filters malicious traffic based on network signals.
- Bot Management analyzes requests to identify and mitigate automated threats.
- Turnstile examines client-side and browser signals to distinguish between human users and bots.

By combining server-side (WAF and Bot Management) and client-side (Turnstile) security measures, you can combine multiple layers of defense to create a protection system that is difficult for attackers to circumvent.

## Before you begin

- You must have a Cloudflare account with access to WAF and Bot Management (if using).
- An existing JavaScript/TypeScript-based route handling authentication.

This tutorial uses a simple login form written in plain HTML to demonstrate how to integrate Turnstile into your application. In the backend, a stubbed out authentication route, written in TypeScript, will handle the login request. You may replace this with the language of your choice. As long as your language or framework is able to make an external HTTP request to [Turnstile's API](/api/resources/turnstile/subresources/widgets/methods/create/), you can integrate Turnstile into your application.

## Configure WAF and Bot Management

If your site is on Cloudflare's network and subscribed to an Enterprise plan, you must configure WAF and Bot Management.

### Issue challenges for potential bot traffic

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF**.
3. Create a new custom WAF rule by selecting "Edit expression":
   - Field: "Bot Score"
	 - Operator: "less than or equal to"
	 - Value: "30"
   - Action: "Managed Challenge"


This configuration challenges requests with a low bot score, leveraging network signals to identify potential threats before they reach your application. You may customize the score threshold based on your specific use case.

## Set up Cloudflare Turnstile

Turnstile can be used on any site, regardless of whether it is on Cloudflare's network:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Security** > **Turnstile**.
3. Select **Add widget** and fill out the necessary information.
4. Add your domain to the Turnstile configuration.
5. Select **Create**.

Turnstile adds an extra layer of security by analyzing browser and client-side signals, complementing the server-side checks performed by WAF and Bot Management.


### Enable the option to use the existing clearance cookie

If your site is on Cloudflare, you can enable the option to use the existing [clearance cookie](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/) in Turnstile's settings. This integration allows Turnstile to use the clearance cookie as part of its determination of whether a user should receive a challenge. This integration is optional, but recommended if you already are using WAF and Bot Management.

## Integrate Turnstile into your application

There are two components to implementing Turnstile into your application: the Turnstile widget and the server-side validation logic.

### Add the Turnstile widget to your login form

Add the Turnstile widget to your existing login form:

```html
<form id="login-form">
  <input type="text" id="username" placeholder="Username" required>
  <input type="password" id="password" placeholder="Password" required>
  <div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="YOUR_SITE_KEY"></div>
  <button type="submit">Log in</button>
</form>

<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
```

Replace `YOUR_SITE_KEY` with your actual Turnstile site key.


## Handle the login request

In your existing authentication route, add Turnstile validation:

```typescript
async function validateTurnstileToken(ip: string, token: string, secret: string): Promise<boolean> {
  const response = await fetch('https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
    body: JSON.stringify({ ip, secret, response: token })
  });

  const outcome = await response.json();
  return outcome.success;
}

// Assume that this is a TypeScript route handler.
// You may replace this with a different implementation,
// based on your language or framework
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
  const { request, env } = context;
  const { username, password, token } = await request.json();

  // Validate Turnstile token
  const secretKey = env.TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY;
  const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');
  const turnstileValid = await validateTurnstileToken(ip, token, secretKey);
  if (!turnstileValid) {
    // Return back to the login page with an error message
    return Response.redirect('/login', 302, {
      headers: {
        'Location': '/login?error=invalid-turnstile-token'
      }
    });
  }

  // Perform your existing authentication logic here
  const isValidLogin = await checkCredentials(username, password);

  if (isValidLogin) {
    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ message: 'Login successful' }), {
      status: 200,
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
    });
  } else {
    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: 'Invalid credentials' }), {
      status: 401,
      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
    });
  }
}

async function checkCredentials(username: string, password: string): Promise<boolean> {
  // Your existing credential checking logic
}
```

This setup ensures that the Turnstile token is validated on the server-side before proceeding with the login process, adding an extra layer of security based on client-side signals.

## Testing

After deployment, you will want to test your integration. Because your bot score will be low, you will probably not receive a challenge. However, you can add additional rules as needed to force a redirect to the challenge page. Some options to do this are:

1) Add a WAF rule that always forwards your IP address to the challenge page.
2) Add a WAF rule that checks for the presence of a query parameter, such as `?challenge=true`.

## Best practices

1. Always validate the Turnstile token on the server-side before checking credentials.
2. Use environment variables to store sensitive information like your Turnstile secret key.
3. Implement proper error handling and logging to monitor for potential security issues.

By combining Turnstile with WAF and Bot Management, you can create a system that secures your application at the network layer, while also providing an extra layer of protection using client-side signals. This approach makes it significantly more difficult for malicious actors to automate attacks against your login system.

## Resources

If you are interested in customizing Turnstile, refer to the resources below for more information:

- [Client-side rendering](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/). Learn how to customize how and when Turnstile renders in your user interface, to better fit your application's needs and user experience.
- [Server-side validation](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/). Learn how Turnstile's API works, including request parameters, as well as how to handle different types of responses, including error codes.
- [Turnstile Analytics](/turnstile/turnstile-analytics/). Learn how to view Turnstile's analytics in the Cloudflare dashboard. This includes metrics on the number of challenges issued, as well as the CSR (Challenge Solve Rate).

---

# Protect your login pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/login-pages/

This tutorial will guide you through integrating Cloudflare Turnstile to protect your login page. Learn how to implement the Turnstile widget on the client side and verify the Turnstile token via the siteverify API on the server side.

## Before you begin

- You must have a Cloudflare account.
- You must have a web application with a login or signup page.
- You must have basic knowledge of HTML and your server-side language of choice, such as Node.js or Python.

## Get Your Turnstile sitekey and secret key

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile** and [create a new Turnstile widget](/turnstile/get-started/).
3. Copy the sitekey and the secret key to use in the next step.

## Add the Turnstile widget to your HTML form

1. Add the Turnstile widget to your login form.
2. Replace `YOUR-SITE-KEY` with the sitekey from Cloudflare.

```html title="Example" {13-14}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Login Page</title>
    <script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="login-form" action="/login" method="POST">
        <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username" required>
        <input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password" required>

        <!-- Turnstile widget -->
        <div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="YOUR-SITE-KEY"></div>

        <button type="submit">Log in</button>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
```

## Verify the Turnstile token on the server side

You will need to verify the Turnstile token sent from the client side. Below is an example in Node.js.

```js title="Node.js example"
const express = require('express');
const axios = require('axios');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const app = express();

app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));

app.post('/login', async (req, res) => {
    const turnstileToken = req.body['cf-turnstile-response'];
    const secretKey = 'your-secret-key';

    try {
        const response = await axios.post('https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify', null, {
            params: {
                secret: secretKey,
                response: turnstileToken
            }
        });

        if (response.data.success) {
            // Token is valid, proceed with login
            const username = req.body.username;
            const password = req.body.password;
            // Your login logic here
            res.send('Login successful');
        } else {
            res.status(400).send('Turnstile verification failed');
        }
    } catch (error) {
        res.status(500).send('Error verifying Turnstile token');
    }
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('Server is running on port 3000');
});
```

## Important considerations

It is crucial to handle the verification of the Turnstile token correctly. This section covers some key points to keep in mind.

### Verify the token after credentials input

- Ensure that you verify the Turnstile token after the user has put in their credentials and selected **log in** to your website or application.
- If you verify the token before the user inputs their credentials, a malicious visitor could bypass the protection by reentering the login credentials.

### Proper flow implementation

- When the user submits the login form, send both the login credentials and the Turnstile token to your server.
- On the server side, verify the Turnstile token first.
- Based on the verification response, decide whether to proceed with checking the login credentials.

---

# Protect payment forms from malicious bots using Turnstile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/tutorials/protecting-your-payment-form-from-attackers-bots-using-turnstile/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

This tutorial shows how you can build a more secure payment form using Turnstile. You can learn how to block bot access on the checkout page and trigger additional authentication flows by integrating Turnstile with Stripe.

## Before you begin

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />
3. Sign up for a [Stripe](https://stripe.com) account.

## 1. Get Your Turnstile sitekey and secret key

First, you will need to prepare a Cloudflare Turnstile widget to use for this application.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Turnstile** and [create a new Turnstile widget](/turnstile/get-started/).
3. Copy the sitekey and the secret key to use in the next step.

## 2. Create a new Worker project

Now that your Turnstile widget it ready to use, you can create your Worker application.

<Render file="c3-definition" product="workers" />

To efficiently create and manage multiple APIs, let's use [`Hono`](https://hono.dev). It is lightweight and allows for the creation of multiple API paths, as well as efficient request and response handling.

Open your command line interface (CLI) and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"secure-payment-form --framework=hono"}
/>

If this is your first time running the `C3` command, you will be asked whether you want to install it. Confirm that the package name for installation is `create-cloudflare` and answer `y`.

```sh
Need to install the following packages:
create-cloudflare@latest
Ok to proceed? (y)
```

Additionally, you need to install the `create-hono` package.

```sh
Need to install the following packages:
create-hono@0.14.2
Ok to proceed? (y) y
```

During the setup, you will be asked if you want to manage your project source code with `Git`. It is recommended to answer `Yes` as it helps in recording your work and rolling back changes. You can also choose `No`, which will not affect the tutorial progress.

```sh
╰ Do you want to use git for version control?
  Yes / No
```

Finally, you will be asked if you want to deploy the application to your Cloudflare account. For now, select `No` and start development locally.

```sh
╭ Deploy with Cloudflare Step 3 of 3
│
╰ Do you want to deploy your application?
  Yes / No
```

If you see a message like the one below, the project setup is complete. You can open the `secure-payment-form` directory in your preferred IDE to start development.

```sh

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
🎉  SUCCESS  Application created successfully!

💻 Continue Developing
Change directories: cd secure-payment-form
Start dev server: npm run dev
Deploy: npm run deploy

📖 Explore Documentation
https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers

🐛 Report an Issue
https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose

💬 Join our Community
https://discord.cloudflare.com
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
```

Cloudflare Workers applications can be developed and tested in a local environment. On your CLI, change directory into your newly created Workers and run `npx wrangler dev` to start the application. Using `Wrangler`, the application will start, and you'll see a URL beginning with `localhost`.

```sh
 ⛅️ wrangler 3.84.1
-------------------

⎔ Starting local server...
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
╭───────────────────────────╮
│  [b] open a browser       │
│  [d] open devtools        │
│  [l] turn off local mode  │
│  [c] clear console        │
│  [x] to exit              │
╰───────────────────────────╯

```

You can send a request to the API using the `curl` command. If you see the text `Hello Hono!`, the API is running correctly.

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787
```

```sh output
Hello Hono!
```

So far, we've covered how to create a Worker project using `C3` and introduced the open source `Hono` framework that streamlines web-application development with Workers.

At the next step, we need to update the Hono project for supporting to web application.

## 3. Change index script file extension to .JSX

Since we will use JSX to dynamically create HTML, you will need to change `src/index.ts` to `src/index.tsx`.

```
mv src/index.ts src/index.tsx
```

At the same time, change the filename specified in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

```diff
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "secure-payment-form"
-main = "src/index.ts"
+main = "src/index.tsx"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"
```

## 4. Add the Stripe API key and Turnstile key as environment variables

To connect your web application to both Stripe and Turnstile, you must register the necessary API keys for Stripe and Turnstile as environment variables within your application.

You can obtain test site keys and secret keys for Turnstile from the [Turnstile documentation](/turnstile/get-started/#get-a-sitekey-and-secret-key).

Get the publishable key and secret key for Stripe from the [Stripe dashboard](https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/apikeys).

Then, place each key into the `.dev.vars` file like the following:

```
TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = '1x00000000000000000000AA'
TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY = '1x0000000000000000000000000000000AA'
STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY='Publishable key starting with pk_test_'
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY='Secret key starting with sk_test_'
```

After that, you can generate TypeScript type definition by running the `npm run cf-typegen` command.

```sh
$ npm run cf-typegen

Generating project types...

interface CloudflareBindings {
        TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY: string;
        TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY: string;
        STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY: string;
        STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: string;
}
```

In local development using Hono and Wrangler, you can retrieve values set in `.dev.vars` like this:

```ts
app.get("/hello", async (c) => {
	console.log(c.env.TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY);
	return c.json({ message: "test" });
});
```

Now we are ready for application development. In the next steps, we will develop a payment form using Turnstile and Stripe.

## 5. Implement Bot Detection with Turnstile

Start by creating a form that uses Turnstile to detect bot access. Add the following code to `src/index.tsx` to create a simple form:

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono<{
  Bindings: CloudflareBindings;
}>();

app.get("/", async (c) => {
  return c.html(
    <main>
      <form id="payment-form">
        <div id="payment-element"></div>
        <div id="result"></div>
        <button type="submit">Order</button>
      </form>
    </main>,
  );
});

export default app;

```

Add JavaScript code to our application to implement bot detection using Turnstile.
By adding this implementation, the order form submission process will be disabled until the Turnstile bot detection process is completed and it is confirmed that the access request is not from a bot.

```diff lang="ts"
import { Hono } from "hono";
+import { env } from "hono/adapter";
+import { html } from "hono/html";

const app = new Hono<{
  Bindings: CloudflareBindings;
}>();

app.get("/", async (c) => {
  const { TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY } = env(c);
  return c.html(
    <main>
      <form id="payment-form">
        <div id="payment-element"></div>
        <div id="result"></div>
+        <div class="cf-turnstile"></div>
+        <button type="submit" disabled>Order</button>
-        <button type="submit">Order</button>
      </form>
+      {html`
+        <script
+          src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=_turnstileCb"
+          defer
+        ></script>
+        <script>
+          let turnstileToken = "";
+          const submitButon = document.querySelector("button[type='submit']");
+          function _turnstileCb() {
+            turnstile.render(".cf-turnstile", {
+              sitekey: "${TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY}",
+              callback: function (token) {
+                turnstileToken = token;
+                submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
+              },
+            });
+          }
+        </script>
+      `}
    </main>,
  );
});

export default app;

```

This will load the Turnstile script file with a `script` tag. The `_turnstileCB` function is executed when the script file loading is complete, triggered by the `onload=_turnstileCB` in the query string.

In the `_turnstileCB` function, `turnstile.render()` is executed. The `callback` set here removes the `disabled` attribute from the submit `button` of the `form`.

This implementation blocks order operations for any requests that Cloudflare identifies as being made by a bots.

## 6. Integrate Turnstile with a Stripe payment form

To integrate Turnstile with a Stripe payment form, first you will need to install the Stripe SDK:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm install stripe
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn add stripe
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm add stripe
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Next, implement the code to create a payment form in `src/index.tsx`. The following code creates a [Payment Intent](https://docs.stripe.com/api/payment_intents) on the server side:

```diff lang="ts"
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { env } from "hono/adapter";
import { html } from "hono/html";
+import Stripe from "stripe";

const app = new Hono<{
  Bindings: CloudflareBindings;
}>();

app.get("/", async (c) => {
-  const { TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY } = env(c);
+  const { TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY, STRIPE_SECRET_KEY, STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY } =
    env(c);
+  const stripe = new Stripe(STRIPE_SECRET_KEY, {
+    apiVersion: "2024-10-28.acacia",
+    appInfo: {
+      name: "example/cloudflare-turnstile",
+    },
+  });
+  const paymentIntent = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
+    amount: 100,
+    currency: "usd",
+  });
  return c.html(

```

Then, add the following code to display the payment form. Edit `src/index.tsx`:

```diff lang="ts"
      {html`
+        <script src="https://js.stripe.com/v3/"></script>
        <script
          src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=_turnstileCb"
          defer
        ></script>
        <script>
          let turnstileToken = "";
          const submitButon = document.querySelector("button[type='submit']");
          function _turnstileCb() {
            turnstile.render(".cf-turnstile", {
              sitekey: "${TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY}",
              callback: function (token) {
                turnstileToken = token;
                submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
              },
            });
          }
+          const stripe = Stripe("${STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY}");
+          const elementsAppearance = {
+            theme: "stripe",
+          };
+          const elements = stripe.elements({
+            appearance: elementsAppearance,
+            clientSecret: "${paymentIntent.client_secret}",
+          });
+          const resultElement = document.getElementById("result");
+          const paymentElement = elements.create("payment");
+          paymentElement.mount("#payment-element");
+          const paymentForm = document.getElementById("payment-form");
+          paymentForm.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            if (!turnstileToken) {
+              return;
+            }
+            if (submitButon) {
+              submitButon.setAttribute("disabled", true);
+            }
+            resultElement.innerHTML = "";
+            const { error: submitError } = await elements.submit();
+            if (submitError) {
+              console.log(submitError);
+              submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
+              return;
+            }
+            const { error: confirmationError } = await stripe.confirmPayment({
+              elements,
+              confirmParams: {
+                return_url: "http://localhost:8787",
+              },
+            });
+            submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
+            console.log(confirmationError);
+            resultElement.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(
+              confirmationError,
+              null,
+              2,
+            );
+          });
        </script>
      `}
```

The payment form is now ready. To experience how it behaves when a bot is detected, change `.dev.vars` as follows:

```diff
-TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = '1x00000000000000000000AA'
+TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = '2x00000000000000000000AB'
```

If you restart the application now, you will notice that you cannot submit the payment form.

![Failed challenge](~/assets/images/turnstile/payment-form.png)

This way, you can block requests that use bots to try and manipulate the payment form, such as card testing attacks.
By verifying whether the `turnstileToken` is set by the `callback` of `turnstile.render()`, you can use Turnstile's result when processing the `form`'s `submit` event.

:::note
After completing the tests, make sure to revert the Turnstile `SITE_KEY` back to its original value.

```diff
+TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = '1x00000000000000000000AA'
-TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY = '2x00000000000000000000AB'
```

:::

## 7. Add Server-Side Validation

Next, add a step to verify that the token generated by the Turnstile widget is valid and not forged.
In this case, we'll add an API that performs additional validation and server-side processing based on the result of `turnstile.render`.

For easier testing, remove the `disabled` attribute from the `button` tag:

```diff
-        <button type="submit" disabled>Order</button>
+        <button type="submit" >Order</button>
```

Next, add an API for server-side verification. Please add the following code to `src/index.tsx`.
This API validates the Turnstile token generated by the client application and incorporates the result into Stripe's Payment Intent.

```ts
import { HTTPException } from "hono/http-exception";

type TurnstileResult = {
	success: boolean;
	challenge_ts: string;
	hostname: string;
	"error-codes": Array<string>;
	action: string;
	cdata: string;
};

app.post("/pre-confirm", async (c) => {
	const { TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY, STRIPE_SECRET_KEY } = env(c);
	const stripe = new Stripe(STRIPE_SECRET_KEY, {
		apiVersion: "2024-10-28.acacia",
		appInfo: {
			name: "example/cloudflare-turnstile",
		},
	});

	const body = await c.req.json();
	const ip = c.req.header("CF-Connecting-IP");
	const paymentIntentId = body.payment_intent_id;

	const formData = new FormData();
	formData.append("secret", TURNSTILE_SECRET_KEY);
	formData.append("response", body.turnstile_token);
	formData.append("remoteip", ip || "");
	const turnstileResult = await fetch(
		"https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify",
		{
			body: formData,
			method: "POST",
		},
	);
	const outcome = await turnstileResult.json<TurnstileResult>();

	await stripe.paymentIntents.update(paymentIntentId, {
		metadata: {
			turnstile_result: outcome.success ? "success" : "failed",
			turnstile_challenge_ts: outcome.challenge_ts,
		},
	});

	if (!outcome.success) {
		throw new HTTPException(401, {
			res: new Response(
				JSON.stringify({
					success: outcome.success,
					message: "Unauthorized",
					error_codes: outcome["error-codes"],
				}),
			),
		});
	}
	return c.json({
		success: outcome.success,
	});
});
```

Then, add the process to call the created API.

By executing this before calling Stripe's JavaScript SDK in the form's submit event, we can decide whether to proceed with the payment based on the server-side validation result:

```diff lang="ts"
paymentForm.addEventListener("submit", async (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  if (!turnstileToken) {
    return;
  }
  if (submitButon) {
    submitButon.setAttribute("disabled", true);
  }
  resultElement.innerHTML = "";

+  const preConfirmationResponse = await fetch("/pre-confirm", {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: {
+      "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      turnstile_token: turnstileToken,
+      payment_intent_id: "${paymentIntent.id}",
+    }),
+  });
+  const preConfirmationResult = await preConfirmationResponse.json();
+  if (!preConfirmationResult.success) {
+    submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
+    resultElement.innerHTML = JSON.stringify(
+      preConfirmationResult,
+      null,
+      2,
+    );
+    return;
+  }

  const { error: submitError } = await elements.submit();
  if (submitError) {
    console.log(submitError);
    submitButon.removeAttribute("disabled");
    return;
  }
  const { error: confirmationError } = await stripe.confirmPayment({
    elements,
    confirmParams: {
      return_url: "http://localhost:8787",
    },
  });
```

By adding this step, we now perform a two-stage check using Turnstile before the payment process.

Since we're saving the Turnstile authentication result in the Stripe data, it is also easier to investigate if a user reports a payment failure.

If you want more strict control, you could add a process to invalidate the Stripe Payment Intent if authentication fails in the `POST /pre-confirm` API.

## Conclusion

In online payments, it is necessary to protect applications from bot attacks such as card testing and DDoS attacks.

While payment services like Stripe are increasingly implementing bot prevention measures, adding Turnstile can provide an extra layer of security for your payment forms.

---

# Create indexes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/best-practices/create-indexes/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Indexes are the "atom" of Vectorize. Vectors are inserted into an index and enable you to query the index for similar vectors for a given input vector.

Creating an index requires three inputs:

- A name, for example `prod-search-index` or `recommendations-idx-dev`.
- The (fixed) [dimension size](#dimensions) of each vector, for example 384 or 1536.
- The (fixed) [distance metric](#distance-metrics) to use for calculating vector similarity.

An index cannot be created using the same name as an index that is currently active on your account. However, an index can be created with a name that belonged to an index that has been deleted.

The configuration of an index cannot be changed after creation.

## Create an index

### wrangler CLI

<Render file="vectorize-wrangler-version" />

<Render file="vectorize-legacy" />

To create an index with `wrangler`:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create your-index-name --dimensions=NUM_DIMENSIONS --metric=SELECTED_METRIC
```

To create an index that can accept vector embeddings from Worker's AI's [`@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5`](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) embedding model, which outputs vectors with 768 dimensions, use the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create your-index-name --dimensions=768 --metric=cosine
```

### HTTP API

Vectorize also supports creating indexes via [REST API](/api/resources/vectorize/subresources/indexes/methods/create/).

For example, to create an index directly from a Python script:

```py
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{}/vectorize/v2/indexes".format("your-account-id")

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <your-api-token>"
}

body = {
	"name": "demo-index"
	"description": "some index description",
  "config": {
    "dimensions": 1024,
    "metric": "euclidean"
  },
}

resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=body)

print('Status Code:', resp.status_code)
print('Response JSON:', resp.json())
```

This script should print the response with a status code `201`, along with a JSON response body indicating the creation of an index with the provided configuration.

## Dimensions

Dimensions are determined from the output size of the machine learning (ML) model used to generate them, and are a function of how the model encodes and describes features into a vector embedding.

The number of output dimensions can determine vector search accuracy, search performance (latency), and the overall size of the index. Smaller output dimensions can be faster to search across, which can be useful for user-facing applications. Larger output dimensions can provide more accurate search, especially over larger datasets and/or datasets with substantially similar inputs.

The number of dimensions an index is created for cannot change. Indexes expect to receive dense vectors with the same number of dimensions.

The following table highlights some example embeddings models and their output dimensions:

| Model / Embeddings API                   | Output dimensions | Use-case                   |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------- |
| Workers AI - `@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5` | 768               | Text                       |
| OpenAI - `ada-002`                       | 1536              | Text                       |
| Cohere - `embed-multilingual-v2.0`       | 768               | Text                       |
| Google Cloud - `multimodalembedding`     | 1408              | Multi-modal (text, images) |

:::note[Learn more about Workers AI]

Refer to the [Workers AI documentation](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) to learn about its built-in embedding models.
:::

## Distance metrics

Distance metrics are functions that determine how close vectors are from each other. Vectorize indexes support the following distance metrics:

| Metric        | Details                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `cosine`      | Distance is measured between `-1` (most dissimilar) to `1` (identical). `0` denotes an orthogonal vector.                                                                                          |
| `euclidean`   | Euclidean (L2) distance. `0` denotes identical vectors. The larger the positive number, the further the vectors are apart.                                                                         |
| `dot-product` | Negative dot product. Larger negative values _or_ smaller positive values denote more similar vectors. A score of `-1000` is more similar than `-500`, and a score of `15` more similar than `50`. |

Determining the similarity between vectors can be subjective based on how the machine-learning model that represents features in the resulting vector embeddings. For example, a score of `0.8511` when using a `cosine` metric means that two vectors are close in distance, but whether data they represent is _similar_ is a function of how well the model is able to represent the original content.

When querying vectors, you can specify Vectorize to use either:

- High-precision scoring, which increases the precision of the query matches scores as well as the accuracy of the query results.
- Approximate scoring for faster response times. Using approximate scoring, returned scores will be an approximation of the real distance/similarity between your query and the returned vectors. Refer to [Control over scoring precision and query accuracy](/vectorize/best-practices/query-vectors/#control-over-scoring-precision-and-query-accuracy).

Distance metrics cannot be changed after index creation, and that each metric has a different scoring function.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/best-practices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Query vectors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/best-practices/query-vectors/

Querying an index, or vector search, enables you to search an index by providing an input vector and returning the nearest vectors based on the [configured distance metric](/vectorize/best-practices/create-indexes/#distance-metrics).

Optionally, you can apply [metadata filters](/vectorize/reference/metadata-filtering/) or a [namespace](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/#namespaces) to narrow the vector search space.

## Example query

To pass a vector as a query to an index, use the `query()` method on the index itself.

A query vector is either an array of JavaScript numbers, 32-bit floating point or 64-bit floating point numbers: `number[]`, `Float32Array`, or `Float64Array`. Unlike when [inserting vectors](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/), a query vector does not need an ID or metadata.

```ts
// query vector dimensions must match the Vectorize index dimension being queried
let queryVector = [54.8, 5.5, 3.1, ...];
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector);
```

This would return a set of matches resembling the following, based on the distance metric configured for the Vectorize index. Example response with `cosine` distance metric:

```json
{
	"count": 5,
	"matches": [
		{ "score": 0.999909486, "id": "5" },
		{ "score": 0.789848214, "id": "4" },
		{ "score": 0.720476967, "id": "4444" },
		{ "score": 0.463884663, "id": "6" },
		{ "score": 0.378282232, "id": "1" }
	]
}
```

You can optionally change the number of results returned and/or whether results should include metadata and values:

```ts
// query vector dimensions must match the Vectorize index dimension being queried
let queryVector = [54.8, 5.5, 3.1, ...];
// topK defaults to 5; returnValues defaults to false; returnMetadata defaults to "none"
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector, {
	topK: 1,
	returnValues: true,
	returnMetadata: "all",
});
```

This would return a set of matches resembling the following, based on the distance metric configured for the Vectorize index. Example response with `cosine` distance metric:

```json
{
	"count": 1,
	"matches": [
		{
			"score": 0.999909486,
			"id": "5",
			"values": [58.79999923706055, 6.699999809265137, 3.4000000953674316, ...],
			"metadata": { "url": "/products/sku/55519183" }
		}
	]
}
```

Refer to [Vectorize API](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) for additional examples.

## Query by vector identifier

Vectorize now offers the ability to search for vectors similar to a vector that is already present in the index using the `queryById()` operation. This can be considered as a single operation that combines the `getById()` and the `query()` operation.

```ts
// the query operation would yield results if a vector with id `some-vector-id` is already present in the index.
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.queryById("some-vector-id");
```

## Control over scoring precision and query accuracy

When querying vectors, you can specify to either use high-precision scoring, thereby increasing the precision of the query matches scores as well as the accuracy of the query results, or use approximate scoring for faster response times.
Using approximate scoring, returned scores will be an approximation of the real distance/similarity between your query and the returned vectors; this is the query's default as it's a nice trade-off between accuracy and latency.

High-precision scoring is enabled by setting `returnValues: true` on your query. This setting tells Vectorize to use the original vector values for your matches, allowing the computation of exact match scores and increasing the accuracy of the results. Because it processes more data, though, high-precision scoring will increase the latency of queries.

## Workers AI

If you are generating embeddings from a [Workers AI](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) text embedding model, the response type from `env.AI.run()` is an object that includes both the `shape` of the response vector - e.g. `[1,768]` - and the vector `data` as an array of vectors:

```ts
interface EmbeddingResponse {
	shape: number[];
	data: number[][];
}

let userQuery = "a query from a user or service";
const queryVector: EmbeddingResponse = await env.AI.run(
	"@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5",
	{
		text: [userQuery],
	},
);
```

When passing the vector to the `query()` method of a Vectorize index, pass only the vector embedding itself on the `.data` sub-object, and not the top-level response.

For example:

```ts
let matches = await env.TEXT_EMBEDDINGS.query(queryVector.data[0], { topK: 1 });
```

Passing `queryVector` or `queryVector.data` will cause `query()` to return an error.

## OpenAI

When using OpenAI's [JavaScript client API](https://github.com/openai/openai-node) and [Embeddings API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings/what-are-embeddings), the response type from `embeddings.create` is an object that includes the model, usage information and the requested vector embedding.

```ts
const openai = new OpenAI({ apiKey: env.YOUR_OPENAPI_KEY });

let userQuery = "a query from a user or service";

let embeddingResponse = await openai.embeddings.create({
	input: userQuery,
	model: "text-embedding-ada-002",
});
```

Similar to Workers AI, you will need to provide the vector embedding itself (`.embedding[0]`) and not the `EmbeddingResponse` wrapper when querying a Vectorize index:

```ts
let matches = await env.TEXT_EMBEDDINGS.query(embeddingResponse.embedding[0], {
	topK: 1,
});
```

---

# Insert vectors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Vectorize indexes allow you to insert vectors at any point: Vectorize will optimize the index behind the scenes to ensure that vector search remains efficient, even as new vectors are added or existing vectors updated.

:::note[Insert vs Upsert]

If the same vector id is _inserted_ twice in a Vectorize index, the index would reflect the vector that was added first.

If the same vector id is _upserted_ twice in a Vectorize index, the index would reflect the vector that was added last.

Use the upsert operation if you want to overwrite the vector value for a vector id that already exists in an index.

:::

## Supported vector formats

Vectorize supports vectors in three formats:

- An array of floating point numbers (converted into a JavaScript `number[]` array).
- A [Float32Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Float32Array)
- A [Float64Array](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Float64Array)

In most cases, a `number[]` array is the easiest when dealing with other APIs, and is the return type of most machine-learning APIs.

## Metadata

Metadata is an optional set of key-value pairs that can be attached to a vector on insert or upsert, and allows you to embed or co-locate data about the vector itself.

Metadata keys cannot be empty, contain the dot character (`.`), contain the double-quote character (`"`), or start with the dollar character (`$`).

Metadata can be used to:

- Include the object storage key, database UUID or other identifier to look up the content the vector embedding represents.
- Store JSON data (up to the [metadata limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/)), which can allow you to skip additional lookups for smaller content.
- Keep track of dates, timestamps, or other metadata that describes when the vector embedding was generated or how it was generated.

For example, a vector embedding representing an image could include the path to the [R2 object](/r2/) it was generated from, the format, and a category lookup:

```ts
{ id: '1', values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2, ...], metadata: { path: 'r2://bucket-name/path/to/image.png', format: 'png', category: 'profile_image' } }
```

## Namespaces

Namespaces provide a way to segment the vectors within your index. For example, by customer, merchant or store ID.

To associate vectors with a namespace, you can optionally provide a `namespace: string` value when performing an insert or upsert operation. When querying, you can pass the namespace to search within as an optional parameter to your query.

A namespace can be up to 64 characters (bytes) in length and you can have up to 1,000 namespaces per index. Refer to the [Limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/) documentation for more details.

When a namespace is specified in a query operation, only vectors within that namespace are used for the search. Namespace filtering is applied before vector search, increasing the precision of the matched results.

To insert vectors with a namespace:

```ts
// Mock vectors
// Vectors from a machine-learning model are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2, ...],
		namespace: "text",
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [15.1, 19.2, 15.8, ...],
		namespace: "images",
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [0.16, 1.2, 3.8, ...],
		namespace: "pdfs",
	},
];

// Insert your vectors, returning a count of the vectors inserted and their vector IDs.
let inserted = await env.TUTORIAL_INDEX.insert(sampleVectors);
```

To query vectors within a namespace:

```ts
// Your queryVector will be searched against vectors within the namespace (only)
let matches = await env.TUTORIAL_INDEX.query(queryVector, {
	namespace: "images",
});
```

## Examples

### Workers API

Use the `insert()` and `upsert()` methods available on an index from within a Cloudflare Worker to insert vectors into the current index.

```ts
// Mock vectors
// Vectors from a machine-learning model are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [15.1, 19.2, 15.8, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [0.16, 1.2, 3.8, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813" },
	},
];

// Insert your vectors, returning a count of the vectors inserted and their vector IDs.
let inserted = await env.TUTORIAL_INDEX.insert(sampleVectors);
```

Refer to [Vectorize API](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) for additional examples.

### wrangler CLI

:::note[Cloudflare API rate limit]

Please use a maximum of 5000 vectors per embeddings.ndjson file to prevent the global [rate limit](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/) for the Cloudflare API.

:::

You can bulk upload vector embeddings directly:

- The file must be in newline-delimited JSON (NDJSON format): each complete vector must be newline separated, and not within an array or object.
- Vectors must be complete and include a unique string `id` per vector.

An example NDJSON formatted file:

```json
{ "id": "4444", "values": [175.1, 167.1, 129.9], "metadata": {"url": "/products/sku/918318313"}}
{ "id": "5555", "values": [158.8, 116.7, 311.4], "metadata": {"url": "/products/sku/183183183"}}
{ "id": "6666", "values": [113.2, 67.5, 11.2], "metadata": {"url": "/products/sku/717313811"}}
```

<Render file="vectorize-wrangler-version" />

```sh
wrangler vectorize insert <your-index-name> --file=embeddings.ndjson
```

### HTTP API

Vectorize also supports inserting vectors via the [REST API](/api/resources/vectorize/subresources/indexes/methods/insert/), which allows you to operate on a Vectorize index from existing machine-learning tooling and languages (including Python).

For example, to insert embeddings in [NDJSON format](#workers-api) directly from a Python script:

```py
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{}/vectorize/v2/indexes/{}/insert".format("your-account-id", "index-name")

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <your-api-token>"
}

with open('embeddings.ndjson', 'rb') as embeddings:
    resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=dict(vectors=embeddings))
    print(resp)
```

This code would insert the vectors defined in `embeddings.ndjson` into the provided index. Python libraries, including Pandas, also support the NDJSON format via the built-in `read_json` method:

```py
import pandas as pd
data = pd.read_json('embeddings.ndjson', lines=True)
```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Vectorize.

<DirectoryListing directory="vectorize/examples/" />

---

# Vectorize and Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="vectorize-ga" />

Vectorize allows you to generate [vector embeddings](/vectorize/reference/what-is-a-vector-database/) using a machine-learning model, including the models available in [Workers AI](/workers-ai/).

:::note[New to Vectorize?]

If this is your first time using Vectorize or a vector database, start with the [Vectorize Get started guide](/vectorize/get-started/intro/).

:::

This guide will instruct you through:

- Creating a Vectorize index.
- Connecting a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) to your index.
- Using [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) to generate vector embeddings.
- Using Vectorize to query those vector embeddings.

## Prerequisites

To continue:

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.
2. Install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
3. Install [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/). Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.

## 1. Create a Worker

You will create a new project that will contain a Worker script, which will act as the client application for your Vectorize index.

Open your terminal and create a new project named `embeddings-tutorial` by running the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"embeddings-tutorial"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new `embeddings-tutorial` directory. Your new `embeddings-tutorial` directory will include:

- A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) at `src/index.ts`.
- A [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file. `wrangler.json` is how your `embeddings-tutorial` Worker will access your index.

:::note

If you are familiar with Cloudflare Workers, or initializing projects in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment, initialize a new project non-interactively by setting `CI=true` as an environmental variable when running `create cloudflare@latest`.

For example: `CI=true npm create cloudflare@latest embeddings-tutorial --type=simple --git --ts --deploy=false` will create a basic "Hello World" project ready to build on.

:::

## 2. Create an index

A vector database is distinct from a traditional SQL or NoSQL database. A vector database is designed to store vector embeddings, which are representations of data, but not the original data itself.

To create your first Vectorize index, change into the directory you just created for your Workers project:

```sh
cd embeddings-tutorial
```

<Render file="vectorize-legacy" />

To create an index, use the `wrangler vectorize create` command and provide a name for the index. A good index name is:

- A combination of lowercase and/or numeric ASCII characters, shorter than 32 characters, starts with a letter, and uses dashes (-) instead of spaces.
- Descriptive of the use-case and environment. For example, "production-doc-search" or "dev-recommendation-engine".
- Only used for describing the index, and is not directly referenced in code.

In addition, define both the `dimensions` of the vectors you will store in the index, as well as the distance `metric` used to determine similar vectors when creating the index. **This configuration cannot be changed later**, as a vector database is configured for a fixed vector configuration.

<Render file="vectorize-wrangler-version" />

Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command, ensuring that the `dimensions` are set to `768`: this is important, as the Workers AI model used in this tutorial outputs vectors with 768 dimensions.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create embeddings-index --dimensions=768 --metric=cosine
```

```sh output
✅ Successfully created index 'embeddings-index'

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE
index_name = "embeddings-index"
```

This will create a new vector database, and output the [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) configuration needed in the next step.

## 3. Bind your Worker to your index

You must create a binding for your Worker to connect to your Vectorize index. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to access resources, like Vectorize or R2, from Cloudflare Workers. You create bindings by updating your Wrangler file.

To bind your index to your Worker, add the following to the end of your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE
index_name = "embeddings-index"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Specifically:

- The value (string) you set for `<BINDING_NAME>` will be used to reference this database in your Worker. In this tutorial, name your binding `VECTORIZE`.
- The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_INDEX"` or `binding = "PROD_SEARCH_INDEX"` would both be valid names for the binding.
- Your binding is available in your Worker at `env.<BINDING_NAME>` and the Vectorize [client API](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) is exposed on this binding for use within your Workers application.

## 4. Set up Workers AI

Before you deploy your embedding example, ensure your Worker uses your model catalog, including the [text embedding model](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) built-in.

From within the `embeddings-tutorial` directory, open your Wrangler file in your editor and add the new `[[ai]]` binding to make Workers AI's models available in your Worker:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE
index_name = "embeddings-index"

[ai]
binding = "AI" # available in your Worker on env.AI
```

</WranglerConfig>

With Workers AI ready, you can write code in your Worker.

## 5. Write code in your Worker

To write code in your Worker, go to your `embeddings-tutorial` Worker and open the `src/index.ts` file. The `index.ts` file is where you configure your Worker's interactions with your Vectorize index.

Clear the content of `index.ts`. Paste the following code snippet into your `index.ts` file. On the `env` parameter, replace `<BINDING_NAME>` with `VECTORIZE`:

```typescript
export interface Env {
	VECTORIZE: Vectorize;
	AI: Ai;
}
interface EmbeddingResponse {
	shape: number[];
	data: number[][];
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		let path = new URL(request.url).pathname;
		if (path.startsWith("/favicon")) {
			return new Response("", { status: 404 });
		}

		// You only need to generate vector embeddings once (or as
		// data changes), not on every request
		if (path === "/insert") {
			// In a real-world application, you could read content from R2 or
			// a SQL database (like D1) and pass it to Workers AI
			const stories = [
				"This is a story about an orange cloud",
				"This is a story about a llama",
				"This is a story about a hugging emoji",
			];
			const modelResp: EmbeddingResponse = await env.AI.run(
				"@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5",
				{
					text: stories,
				},
			);

			// Convert the vector embeddings into a format Vectorize can accept.
			// Each vector needs an ID, a value (the vector) and optional metadata.
			// In a real application, your ID would be bound to the ID of the source
			// document.
			let vectors: VectorizeVector[] = [];
			let id = 1;
			modelResp.data.forEach((vector) => {
				vectors.push({ id: `${id}`, values: vector });
				id++;
			});

			let inserted = await env.VECTORIZE.upsert(vectors);
			return Response.json(inserted);
		}

		// Your query: expect this to match vector ID. 1 in this example
		let userQuery = "orange cloud";
		const queryVector: EmbeddingResponse = await env.AI.run(
			"@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5",
			{
				text: [userQuery],
			},
		);

		let matches = await env.VECTORIZE.query(queryVector.data[0], {
			topK: 1,
		});
		return Response.json({
			// Expect a vector ID. 1 to be your top match with a score of
			// ~0.89693683
			// This tutorial uses a cosine distance metric, where the closer to one,
			// the more similar.
			matches: matches,
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## 6. Deploy your Worker

Before deploying your Worker globally, log in with your Cloudflare account by running:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

You will be directed to a web page asking you to log in to the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have logged in, you will be asked if Wrangler can make changes to your Cloudflare account. Scroll down and select **Allow** to continue.

From here, deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. To deploy your Worker, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Preview your Worker at `https://embeddings-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

## 7. Query your index

You can now visit the URL for your newly created project to insert vectors and then query them.

With the URL for your deployed Worker (for example,`https://embeddings-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/`), open your browser and:

1. Insert your vectors first by visiting `/insert`.
2. Query your index by visiting the index route - `/`.

This should return the following JSON:

```json
{
	"matches": {
		"count": 1,
		"matches": [
			{
				"id": "1",
				"score": 0.89693683
			}
		]
	}
}
```

Extend this example by:

- Adding more inputs and generating a larger set of vectors.
- Accepting a custom query parameter passed in the URL, for example via `URL.searchParams`.
- Creating a new index with a different [distance metric](/vectorize/best-practices/create-indexes/#distance-metrics) and observing how your scores change in response to your inputs.

By finishing this tutorial, you have successfully created a Vectorize index, used Workers AI to generate vector embeddings, and deployed your project globally.

## Next steps

- Build a [generative AI chatbot](/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/) using Workers AI and Vectorize.
- Learn more about [how vector databases work](/vectorize/reference/what-is-a-vector-database/).
- Read [examples](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) on how to use the Vectorize API from Cloudflare Workers.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Introduction to Vectorize

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/get-started/intro/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="vectorize-ga" />

Vectorize is Cloudflare's vector database. Vector databases allow you to use machine learning (ML) models to perform semantic search, recommendation, classification and anomaly detection tasks, as well as provide context to LLMs (Large Language Models).

This guide will instruct you through:

- Creating your first Vectorize index.
- Connecting a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) to your index.
- Inserting and performing a similarity search by querying your index.

## Prerequisites

:::note[Workers Free or Paid plans required]

Vectorize is available to all users on the [Workers Free or Paid plans](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

:::

To continue, you will need:

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.
2. Install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
3. Install [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/). Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.

## 1. Create a Worker

:::note[New to Workers?]

Refer to [How Workers works](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) to learn about the Workers serverless execution model works. Go to the [Workers Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/) to set up your first Worker.

:::

You will create a new project that will contain a Worker, which will act as the client application for your Vectorize index.

Create a new project named `vectorize-tutorial` by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"vectorize-tutorial"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new `vectorize-tutorial` directory. Your new `vectorize-tutorial` directory will include:

- A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) at `src/index.ts`.
- A [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file. `wrangler.json` is how your `vectorize-tutorial` Worker will access your index.

:::note

If you are familiar with Cloudflare Workers, or initializing projects in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment, initialize a new project non-interactively by setting `CI=true` as an environmental variable when running `create cloudflare@latest`.

For example: `CI=true npm create cloudflare@latest vectorize-tutorial --type=simple --git --ts --deploy=false` will create a basic "Hello World" project ready to build on.

:::

## 2. Create an index

A vector database is distinct from a traditional SQL or NoSQL database. A vector database is designed to store vector embeddings, which are representations of data, but not the original data itself.

To create your first Vectorize index, change into the directory you just created for your Workers project:

```sh
cd vectorize-tutorial
```

<Render file="vectorize-legacy" />

To create an index, you will need to use the `wrangler vectorize create` command and provide a name for the index. A good index name is:

- A combination of lowercase and/or numeric ASCII characters, shorter than 32 characters, starts with a letter, and uses dashes (-) instead of spaces.
- Descriptive of the use-case and environment. For example, "production-doc-search" or "dev-recommendation-engine".
- Only used for describing the index, and is not directly referenced in code.

In addition, you will need to define both the `dimensions` of the vectors you will store in the index, as well as the distance `metric` used to determine similar vectors when creating the index. A `metric` can be euclidean, cosine, or dot product. **This configuration cannot be changed later**, as a vector database is configured for a fixed vector configuration.

<Render file="vectorize-wrangler-version" />

Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create tutorial-index --dimensions=32 --metric=euclidean
```

```sh output
🚧 Creating index: 'tutorial-index'
✅ Successfully created a new Vectorize index: 'tutorial-index'
📋 To start querying from a Worker, add the following binding configuration into 'wrangler.toml':

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE
index_name = "tutorial-index"
```

The command above will create a new vector database, and output the [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) configuration needed in the next step.

## 3. Bind your Worker to your index

You must create a binding for your Worker to connect to your Vectorize index. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to access resources, like Vectorize or R2, from Cloudflare Workers. You create bindings by updating the worker's Wrangler file.

To bind your index to your Worker, add the following to the end of your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTORIZE" # available in your Worker on env.VECTORIZE
index_name = "tutorial-index"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Specifically:

- The value (string) you set for `<BINDING_NAME>` will be used to reference this database in your Worker. In this tutorial, name your binding `VECTORIZE`.
- The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_INDEX"` or `binding = "PROD_SEARCH_INDEX"` would both be valid names for the binding.
- Your binding is available in your Worker at `env.<BINDING_NAME>` and the Vectorize [client API](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) is exposed on this binding for use within your Workers application.

## 4. [Optional] Create metadata indexes

Vectorize allows you to add up to 10KiB of metadata per vector into your index, and also provides the ability to filter on that metadata while querying vectors. To do so you would need to specify a metadata field as a "metadata index" for your Vectorize index.

:::note[When to create metadata indexes?]

As of today, the metadata fields on which vectors can be filtered need to be specified before the vectors are inserted, and it is recommended that these metadata fields are specified right after the creation of a Vectorize index.

:::

To enable vector filtering on a metadata field during a query, use a command like:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create-metadata-index tutorial-index --property-name=url --type=string
```

```sh output
📋 Creating metadata index...
✅ Successfully enqueued metadata index creation request. Mutation changeset identifier: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.
```

Here `url` is the metadata field on which filtering would be enabled. The `--type` parameter defines the data type for the metadata field; `string`, `number` and `boolean` types are supported.

It typically takes a few seconds for the metadata index to be created. You can check the list of metadata indexes for your Vectorize index by running:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize list-metadata-index tutorial-index
```

```sh output
📋 Fetching metadata indexes...
┌──────────────┬────────┐
│ propertyName │ type   │
├──────────────┼────────┤
│ url          │ String │
└──────────────┴────────┘
```

You can create up to 10 metadata indexes per Vectorize index.

For metadata indexes of type `number`, the indexed number precision is that of float64.

For metadata indexes of type `string`, each vector indexes the first 64B of the string data truncated on UTF-8 character boundaries to the longest well-formed UTF-8 substring within that limit, so vectors are filterable on the first 64B of their value for each indexed property.

See [Vectorize Limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/) for a complete list of limits.

## 5. Insert vectors

Before you can query a vector database, you need to insert vectors for it to query against. These vectors would be generated from data (such as text or images) you pass to a machine learning model. However, this tutorial will define static vectors to illustrate how vector search works on its own.

First, go to your `vectorize-tutorial` Worker and open the `src/index.ts` file. The `index.ts` file is where you configure your Worker's interactions with your Vectorize index.

Clear the content of `index.ts`, and paste the following code snippet into your `index.ts` file. On the `env` parameter, replace `<BINDING_NAME>` with `VECTORIZE`:

```typescript
export interface Env {
	// This makes your vector index methods available on env.VECTORIZE.*
	// For example, env.VECTORIZE.insert() or query()
	VECTORIZE: Vectorize;
}

// Sample vectors: 32 dimensions wide.
//
// Vectors from popular machine-learning models are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [
			0.12, 0.45, 0.67, 0.89, 0.23, 0.56, 0.34, 0.78, 0.12, 0.9, 0.24, 0.67,
			0.89, 0.35, 0.48, 0.7, 0.22, 0.58, 0.74, 0.33, 0.88, 0.66, 0.45, 0.27,
			0.81, 0.54, 0.39, 0.76, 0.41, 0.29, 0.83, 0.55,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [
			0.14, 0.23, 0.36, 0.51, 0.62, 0.47, 0.59, 0.74, 0.33, 0.89, 0.41, 0.53,
			0.68, 0.29, 0.77, 0.45, 0.24, 0.66, 0.71, 0.34, 0.86, 0.57, 0.62, 0.48,
			0.78, 0.52, 0.37, 0.61, 0.69, 0.28, 0.8, 0.53,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [
			0.21, 0.33, 0.55, 0.67, 0.8, 0.22, 0.47, 0.63, 0.31, 0.74, 0.35, 0.53,
			0.68, 0.45, 0.55, 0.7, 0.28, 0.64, 0.71, 0.3, 0.77, 0.6, 0.43, 0.39, 0.85,
			0.55, 0.31, 0.69, 0.52, 0.29, 0.72, 0.48,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813" },
	},
	{
		id: "4",
		values: [
			0.17, 0.29, 0.42, 0.57, 0.64, 0.38, 0.51, 0.72, 0.22, 0.85, 0.39, 0.66,
			0.74, 0.32, 0.53, 0.48, 0.21, 0.69, 0.77, 0.34, 0.8, 0.55, 0.41, 0.29,
			0.7, 0.62, 0.35, 0.68, 0.53, 0.3, 0.79, 0.49,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/418313" },
	},
	{
		id: "5",
		values: [
			0.11, 0.46, 0.68, 0.82, 0.27, 0.57, 0.39, 0.75, 0.16, 0.92, 0.28, 0.61,
			0.85, 0.4, 0.49, 0.67, 0.19, 0.58, 0.76, 0.37, 0.83, 0.64, 0.53, 0.3,
			0.77, 0.54, 0.43, 0.71, 0.36, 0.26, 0.8, 0.53,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/55519183" },
	},
];

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		let path = new URL(request.url).pathname;
		if (path.startsWith("/favicon")) {
			return new Response("", { status: 404 });
		}

		// You only need to insert vectors into your index once
		if (path.startsWith("/insert")) {
			// Insert some sample vectors into your index
			// In a real application, these vectors would be the output of a machine learning (ML) model,
			// such as Workers AI, OpenAI, or Cohere.
			const inserted = await env.VECTORIZE.insert(sampleVectors);

			// Return the mutation identifier for this insert operation
			return Response.json(inserted);
		}

		return Response.json({ text: "nothing to do... yet" }, { status: 404 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

In the code above, you:

1. Define a binding to your Vectorize index from your Workers code. This binding matches the `binding` value you set in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file under `[[vectorize]]`.
2. Specify a set of example vectors that you will query against in the next step.
3. Insert those vectors into the index and confirm it was successful.

In the next step, you will expand the Worker to query the index and the vectors you insert.

## 6. Query vectors

In this step, you will take a vector representing an incoming query and use it to search your index.

First, go to your `vectorize-tutorial` Worker and open the `src/index.ts` file. The `index.ts` file is where you configure your Worker's interactions with your Vectorize index.

Clear the content of `index.ts`. Paste the following code snippet into your `index.ts` file. On the `env` parameter, replace `<BINDING_NAME>` with `VECTORIZE`:

```typescript
export interface Env {
	// This makes your vector index methods available on env.VECTORIZE.*
	// For example, env.VECTORIZE.insert() or query()
	VECTORIZE: Vectorize;
}

// Sample vectors: 32 dimensions wide.
//
// Vectors from popular machine-learning models are typically ~100 to 1536 dimensions
// wide (or wider still).
const sampleVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [
			0.12, 0.45, 0.67, 0.89, 0.23, 0.56, 0.34, 0.78, 0.12, 0.9, 0.24, 0.67,
			0.89, 0.35, 0.48, 0.7, 0.22, 0.58, 0.74, 0.33, 0.88, 0.66, 0.45, 0.27,
			0.81, 0.54, 0.39, 0.76, 0.41, 0.29, 0.83, 0.55,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [
			0.14, 0.23, 0.36, 0.51, 0.62, 0.47, 0.59, 0.74, 0.33, 0.89, 0.41, 0.53,
			0.68, 0.29, 0.77, 0.45, 0.24, 0.66, 0.71, 0.34, 0.86, 0.57, 0.62, 0.48,
			0.78, 0.52, 0.37, 0.61, 0.69, 0.28, 0.8, 0.53,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [
			0.21, 0.33, 0.55, 0.67, 0.8, 0.22, 0.47, 0.63, 0.31, 0.74, 0.35, 0.53,
			0.68, 0.45, 0.55, 0.7, 0.28, 0.64, 0.71, 0.3, 0.77, 0.6, 0.43, 0.39, 0.85,
			0.55, 0.31, 0.69, 0.52, 0.29, 0.72, 0.48,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813" },
	},
	{
		id: "4",
		values: [
			0.17, 0.29, 0.42, 0.57, 0.64, 0.38, 0.51, 0.72, 0.22, 0.85, 0.39, 0.66,
			0.74, 0.32, 0.53, 0.48, 0.21, 0.69, 0.77, 0.34, 0.8, 0.55, 0.41, 0.29,
			0.7, 0.62, 0.35, 0.68, 0.53, 0.3, 0.79, 0.49,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/418313" },
	},
	{
		id: "5",
		values: [
			0.11, 0.46, 0.68, 0.82, 0.27, 0.57, 0.39, 0.75, 0.16, 0.92, 0.28, 0.61,
			0.85, 0.4, 0.49, 0.67, 0.19, 0.58, 0.76, 0.37, 0.83, 0.64, 0.53, 0.3,
			0.77, 0.54, 0.43, 0.71, 0.36, 0.26, 0.8, 0.53,
		],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/55519183" },
	},
];

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		let path = new URL(request.url).pathname;
		if (path.startsWith("/favicon")) {
			return new Response("", { status: 404 });
		}

		// You only need to insert vectors into your index once
		if (path.startsWith("/insert")) {
			// Insert some sample vectors into your index
			// In a real application, these vectors would be the output of a machine learning (ML) model,
			// such as Workers AI, OpenAI, or Cohere.
			let inserted = await env.VECTORIZE.insert(sampleVectors);

			// Return the mutation identifier for this insert operation
			return Response.json(inserted);
		}

		// return Response.json({text: "nothing to do... yet"}, { status: 404 })

		// In a real application, you would take a user query. For example, "what is a
		// vector database" - and transform it into a vector embedding first.
		//
		// In this example, you will construct a vector that should
		// match vector id #4
		const queryVector: Array<number> = [
			0.13, 0.25, 0.44, 0.53, 0.62, 0.41, 0.59, 0.68, 0.29, 0.82, 0.37, 0.5,
			0.74, 0.46, 0.57, 0.64, 0.28, 0.61, 0.73, 0.35, 0.78, 0.58, 0.42, 0.32,
			0.77, 0.65, 0.49, 0.54, 0.31, 0.29, 0.71, 0.57,
		]; // vector of dimensions 32

		// Query your index and return the three (topK = 3) most similar vector
		// IDs with their similarity score.
		//
		// By default, vector values are not returned, as in many cases the
		// vector id and scores are sufficient to map the vector back to the
		// original content it represents.
		const matches = await env.VECTORIZE.query(queryVector, {
			topK: 3,
			returnValues: true,
			returnMetadata: "all",
		});

		return Response.json({
			// This will return the closest vectors: the vectors are arranged according
			// to their scores. Vectors that are more similar would show up near the top.
			// In this example, Vector id #4 would turn out to be the most similar to the queried vector.
			// You return the full set of matches so you can check the possible scores.
			matches: matches,
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

You can also use the Vectorize `queryById()` operation to search for vectors similar to a vector that is already present in the index.

## 7. Deploy your Worker

Before deploying your Worker globally, log in with your Cloudflare account by running:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

You will be directed to a web page asking you to log in to the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have logged in, you will be asked if Wrangler can make changes to your Cloudflare account. Scroll down and select **Allow** to continue.

From here, you can deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. To deploy your Worker, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Once deployed, preview your Worker at `https://vectorize-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

## 8. Query your index

To insert vectors and then query them, use the URL for your deployed Worker, such as `https://vectorize-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/`. Open your browser and:

1. Insert your vectors first by visiting `/insert`. This should return the below JSON:

```json
// https://vectorize-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/insert
{
	"mutationId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
```

The mutationId here refers to a unique identifier that corresponds to this asynchronous insert operation. Typically it takes a few seconds for inserted vectors to be available for querying.

You can use the index info operation to check the last processed mutation:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize info tutorial-index
```

```sh output
📋 Fetching index info...
┌────────────┬─────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐
│ dimensions │ vectorCount │ processedUpToMutation                │ processedUpToDatetime    │
├────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│ 32         │ 5           │ xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx │ YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.SSSZ │
└────────────┴─────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘
```

Subsequent inserts using the same vector ids will return a mutation id, but it would not change the index vector count since the same vector ids cannot be inserted twice. You will need to use an `upsert` operation instead to update the vector values for an id that already exists in an index.

2. Query your index - expect your query vector of `[0.13, 0.25, 0.44, ...]` to be closest to vector ID `4` by visiting the root path of `/` . This query will return the three (`topK: 3`) closest matches, as well as their vector values and metadata.

You will notice that `id: 4` has a `score` of `0.46348256`. Because you are using `euclidean` as our distance metric, the closer the score to `0.0`, the closer your vectors are.

```json
// https://vectorize-tutorial.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/
{
	"matches": {
		"count": 3,
		"matches": [
			{
				"id": "4",
				"score": 0.46348256,
				"values": [
					0.17, 0.29, 0.42, 0.57, 0.64, 0.38, 0.51, 0.72, 0.22, 0.85, 0.39,
					0.66, 0.74, 0.32, 0.53, 0.48, 0.21, 0.69, 0.77, 0.34, 0.8, 0.55, 0.41,
					0.29, 0.7, 0.62, 0.35, 0.68, 0.53, 0.3, 0.79, 0.49
				],
				"metadata": {
					"url": "/products/sku/418313"
				}
			},
			{
				"id": "3",
				"score": 0.52920616,
				"values": [
					0.21, 0.33, 0.55, 0.67, 0.8, 0.22, 0.47, 0.63, 0.31, 0.74, 0.35, 0.53,
					0.68, 0.45, 0.55, 0.7, 0.28, 0.64, 0.71, 0.3, 0.77, 0.6, 0.43, 0.39,
					0.85, 0.55, 0.31, 0.69, 0.52, 0.29, 0.72, 0.48
				],
				"metadata": {
					"url": "/products/sku/97913813"
				}
			},
			{
				"id": "2",
				"score": 0.6337869,
				"values": [
					0.14, 0.23, 0.36, 0.51, 0.62, 0.47, 0.59, 0.74, 0.33, 0.89, 0.41,
					0.53, 0.68, 0.29, 0.77, 0.45, 0.24, 0.66, 0.71, 0.34, 0.86, 0.57,
					0.62, 0.48, 0.78, 0.52, 0.37, 0.61, 0.69, 0.28, 0.8, 0.53
				],
				"metadata": {
					"url": "/products/sku/10148191"
				}
			}
		]
	}
}
```

From here, experiment by passing a different `queryVector` and observe the results: the matches and the `score` should change based on the change in distance between the query vector and the vectors in our index.

In a real-world application, the `queryVector` would be the vector embedding representation of a query from a user or system, and our `sampleVectors` would be generated from real content. To build on this example, read the [vector search tutorial](/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/) that combines Workers AI and Vectorize to build an end-to-end application with Workers.

By finishing this tutorial, you have successfully created and queried your first Vectorize index, a Worker to access that index, and deployed your project globally.

## Related resources

- [Build an end-to-end vector search application](/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/) using Workers AI and Vectorize.
- Learn more about [how vector databases work](/vectorize/reference/what-is-a-vector-database/).
- Read [examples](/vectorize/reference/client-api/) on how to use the Vectorize API from Cloudflare Workers.
- [Euclidean Distance vs Cosine Similarity](https://www.baeldung.com/cs/euclidean-distance-vs-cosine-similarity).
- [Dot product](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_product).

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/platform/changelog/

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---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/platform/

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---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/platform/limits/

The following limits apply to accounts, indexes and vectors (as specified):

| Feature                                                       | Current Limit                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Indexes per account                                           | 50,000 (Workers Paid) / 100 (Free)  |
| Maximum dimensions per vector                                 | 1536 dimensions                     |
| Maximum vector ID length                                      | 64 bytes                            |
| Metadata per vector                                           | 10KiB                               |
| Maximum returned results (`topK`) with values or metadata     | 20                                  |
| Maximum returned results (`topK`) without values and metadata | 100                                 |
| Maximum upsert batch size (per batch)                         | 1000 (Workers) / 5000 (HTTP API)    |
| Maximum index name length                                     | 64 bytes                            |
| Maximum vectors per index                                     | 5,000,000                           |
| Maximum namespaces per index                                  | 50,000 (Workers Paid) / 1000 (Free) |
| Maximum namespace name length                                 | 64 bytes                            |
| Maximum vectors upload size                                   | 100 MB                              |
| Maximum metadata indexes per Vectorize index                  | 10                                  |
| Maximum indexed data per metadata index per vector            | 64 bytes                            |

## Limits V1 (deprecated)

The following limits apply to accounts, indexes and vectors (as specified):

| Feature                               | Current Limit                    |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Indexes per account                   | 100 indexes                      |
| Maximum dimensions per vector         | 1536 dimensions                  |
| Maximum vector ID length              | 64 bytes                         |
| Metadata per vector                   | 10KiB                            |
| Maximum returned results (`topK`)     | 20                               |
| Maximum upsert batch size (per batch) | 1000 (Workers) / 5000 (HTTP API) |
| Maximum index name length             | 63 bytes                         |
| Maximum vectors per index             | 200,000                          |
| Maximum namespaces per index          | 1000 namespaces                  |
| Maximum namespace name length         | 63 bytes                         |

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/platform/pricing/

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Vectorize bills are based on:

- **Queried Vector Dimensions**: The total number of vector dimensions queried. If you have 10,000 vectors with 384-dimensions in an index, and make 100 queries against that index, your total queried vector dimensions would sum to 3.878 million (`(10000 + 100) * 384`).
- **Stored Vector Dimensions**: The total number of vector dimensions stored. If you have 1,000 vectors with 1536-dimensions in an index, your stored vector dimensions would sum to 1.536 million (`1000 * 1536`).

You are not billed for CPU, memory, "active index hours", or the number of indexes you create. If you are not issuing queries against your indexes, you are not billed for queried vector dimensions.

## Billing metrics

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### Usage examples

The following table defines a number of example use-cases and the estimated monthly cost for querying a Vectorize index. These estimates do not include the Vectorize usage that is part of the Workers Free and Paid plans.

| Workload   | Dimensions per vector | Stored dimensions | Queries per month | Calculation                                                               | Estimated total                |
| ---------- | --------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Experiment | 384                   | 5,000 vectors     | 10,000            | `((10000+5000)*384*(0.01/1000000))      + (5000*384*(0.05/100000000))`    | $0.06 / mo <sup>included</sup> |
| Scaling    | 768                   | 25,000 vectors    | 50,000            | `((50000+25000)*768*(0.01/1000000))     + (25000*768*(0.05/100000000))`   | $0.59 / mo <sup>most</sup>     |
| Production | 768                   | 50,000 vectors    | 200,000           | `((200000+50000)*768*(0.01/1000000))    + (50000*768*(0.05/100000000))`   | $1.94 / mo                     |
| Large      | 768                   | 250,000 vectors   | 500,000           | `((500000+250000)*768*(0.01/1000000))   + (250000*768*(0.05/100000000))`  | $5.86 / mo                     |
| XL         | 1536                  | 500,000 vectors   | 1,000,000         | `((1000000+500000)*1536*(0.01/1000000)) + (500000*1536*(0.05/100000000))` | $23.42 / mo                    |

<sup>included</sup> All of this usage would fall into the Vectorize usage
included in the Workers Free or Paid plan.

<sup>most</sup> Most of this usage would fall into the Vectorize usage included
within the Workers Paid plan.

## Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions related to Vectorize pricing:

- Will Vectorize always have a free tier?

Yes, the [Workers free tier](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) will always include the ability to prototype and experiment with Vectorize for free.

- What happens if I exceed the monthly included reads, writes and/or storage on the paid tier?

You will be billed for the additional reads, writes and storage according to [Vectorize's pricing](#billing-metrics).

- Does Vectorize charge for data transfer / egress?

No.

- Do queries I issue from the HTTP API or the Wrangler command-line count as billable usage?

Yes: any queries you issue against your index, including from the Workers API, HTTP API and CLI all count as usage.

- Does an empty index, with no vectors, contribute to storage?

No. Empty indexes do not count as stored vector dimensions.

---

# Vectorize API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/reference/client-api/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This page covers the Vectorize API available within [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), including usage examples.

## Operations

### Insert vectors

```ts
let vectorsToInsert = [
	{ id: "123", values: [32.4, 6.5, 11.2, 10.3, 87.9] },
	{ id: "456", values: [2.5, 7.8, 9.1, 76.9, 8.5] },
];
let inserted = await env.YOUR_INDEX.insert(vectorsToInsert);
```

Inserts vectors into the index. Vectorize inserts are asynchronous and the insert operation returns a mutation identifier unique for that operation. It typically takes a few seconds for inserted vectors to be available for querying in a Vectorize index.

If vectors with the same vector ID already exist in the index, only the vectors with new IDs will be inserted.

If you need to update existing vectors, use the [upsert](#upsert-vectors) operation.

### Upsert vectors

```ts
let vectorsToUpsert = [
	{ id: "123", values: [32.4, 6.5, 11.2, 10.3, 87.9] },
	{ id: "456", values: [2.5, 7.8, 9.1, 76.9, 8.5] },
	{ id: "768", values: [29.1, 5.7, 12.9, 15.4, 1.1] },
];
let upserted = await env.YOUR_INDEX.upsert(vectorsToUpsert);
```

Upserts vectors into an index. Vectorize upserts are asynchronous and the upsert operation returns a mutation identifier unique for that operation. It typically takes a few seconds for upserted vectors to be available for querying in a Vectorize index.

An upsert operation will insert vectors into the index if vectors with the same ID do not exist, and overwrite vectors with the same ID.

Upserting does not merge or combine the values or metadata of an existing vector with the upserted vector: the upserted vector replaces the existing vector in full.

### Query vectors

```ts
let queryVector = [32.4, 6.55, 11.2, 10.3, 87.9];
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector);
```

Query an index with the provided vector, returning the score(s) of the closest vectors based on the configured distance metric.

- Configure the number of returned matches by setting `topK` (default: 5)
- Return vector values by setting `returnValues: true` (default: false)
- Return vector metadata by setting `returnMetadata: 'indexed'` or `returnMetadata: 'all'` (default: 'none')

```ts
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector, {
	topK: 5,
	returnValues: true,
	returnMetadata: "all",
});
```

#### topK

The `topK` can be configured to specify the number of matches returned by the query operation. Vectorize now supports an upper limit of `100` for the `topK` value. However, for a query operation with `returnValues` set to `true` or `returnMetadata` set to `all`, `topK` would be limited to a maximum value of `20`.

#### returnMetadata

The `returnMetadata` field provides three ways to fetch vector metadata while querying:

1. `none`: Do not fetch metadata.
2. `indexed`: Fetched metadata only for the indexed metadata fields. There is no latency overhead with this option, but long text fields may be truncated.
3. `all`: Fetch all metadata associated with a vector. Queries may run slower with this option, and `topK` would be limited to 20.

:::note[`topK` and `returnMetadata` for legacy Vectorize indexes]

For legacy Vectorize (V1) indexes, `topK` is limited to 20, and the `returnMetadata` is a boolean field.

:::

### Query vectors by ID

```ts
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.queryById("some-vector-id");
```

Query an index using a vector that is already present in the index.

Query options remain the same as the query operation described above.

```ts
let matches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.queryById("some-vector-id", {
	topK: 5,
	returnValues: true,
	returnMetadata: "all",
});
```

### Get vectors by ID

```ts
let ids = ["11", "22", "33", "44"];
const vectors = await env.YOUR_INDEX.getByIds(ids);
```

Retrieves the specified vectors by their ID, including values and metadata.

### Delete vectors by ID

```ts
let idsToDelete = ["11", "22", "33", "44"];
const deleted = await env.YOUR_INDEX.deleteByIds(idsToDelete);
```

Deletes the vector IDs provided from the current index. Vectorize deletes are asynchronous and the delete operation returns a mutation identifier unique for that operation. It typically takes a few seconds for vectors to be removed from the Vectorize index.

### Retrieve index details

```ts
const details = await env.YOUR_INDEX.describe();
```

Retrieves the configuration of a given index directly, including its configured `dimensions` and distance `metric`.

### Create Metadata Index

Enable metadata filtering on the specified property. Limited to 10 properties.

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Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command:

```sh
wrangler vectorize create-metadata-index <index-name> --property-name='some-prop' --type='string'
```

### Delete Metadata Index

Allow Vectorize to delete the specified metadata index.

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Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command:

```sh
wrangler vectorize delete-metadata-index <index-name> --property-name='some-prop'
```

### List Metadata Indexes

List metadata properties on which metadata filtering is enabled.

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Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command:

```sh
wrangler vectorize list-metadata-index <index-name>
```

### Get Index Info

Get additional details about the index.

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Run the following `wrangler vectorize` command:

```sh
wrangler vectorize info <name>
```

## Vectors

A vector represents the vector embedding output from a machine learning model.

- `id` - a unique `string` identifying the vector in the index. This should map back to the ID of the document, object or database identifier that the vector values were generated from.
- `namespace` - an optional partition key within a index. Operations are performed per-namespace, so this can be used to create isolated segments within a larger index.
- `values` - an array of `number`, `Float32Array`, or `Float64Array` as the vector embedding itself. This must be a dense array, and the length of this array must match the `dimensions` configured on the index.
- `metadata` - an optional set of key-value pairs that can be used to store additional metadata alongside a vector.

```ts
let vectorExample = {
	id: "12345",
	values: [32.4, 6.55, 11.2, 10.3, 87.9],
	metadata: {
		key: "value",
		hello: "world",
		url: "r2://bucket/some/object.json",
	},
};
```

## Binding to a Worker

[Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow you to attach resources, including Vectorize indexes or R2 buckets, to your Worker.

Bindings are defined in either the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) associated with your Workers project, or via the Cloudflare dashboard for your project.

Vectorize indexes are bound by name. A binding for an index named `production-doc-search` would resemble the below:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[vectorize]]
binding = "PROD_SEARCH" # the index will be available as env.PROD_SEARCH in your Worker
index_name = "production-doc-search"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Refer to the [bindings documentation](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#vectorize-indexes) for more details.

## TypeScript Types

New Workers projects created via `npm create cloudflare@latest` automatically include the relevant TypeScript types for Vectorize.

Older projects, or non-Workers projects looking to use Vectorize's [REST API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/vectorize/subresources/indexes/methods/list/) in a TypeScript project, should ensure `@cloudflare/workers-types` version `4.20230922.0` or later is installed.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/reference/

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---

# Metadata filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/reference/metadata-filtering/

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In addition to providing an input vector to your query, you can also filter by [vector metadata](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/#metadata) associated with every vector. Query results will only include vectors that match the `filter` criteria, meaning that `filter` is applied first, and the `topK` results are taken from the filtered set.

By using metadata filtering to limit the scope of a query, you can filter by specific customer IDs, tenant, product category or any other metadata you associate with your vectors.

## Metadata indexes

Vectorize supports [namespace](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/#namespaces) filtering by default, but to filter on another metadata property of your vectors, you'll need to create a metadata index. You can create up to 10 metadata indexes per Vectorize index.

Metadata indexes for properties of type `string`, `number` and `boolean` are supported. Please refer to [Create metadata indexes](/vectorize/get-started/intro/#4-optional-create-metadata-indexes) for details.

You can store up to 10KiB of metadata per vector. See [Vectorize Limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/) for a complete list of limits.

For metadata indexes of type `number`, the indexed number precision is that of float64.

For metadata indexes of type `string`, each vector indexes the first 64B of the string data truncated on UTF-8 character boundaries to the longest well-formed UTF-8 substring within that limit, so vectors are filterable on the first 64B of their value for each indexed property.

:::note[Enable metadata filtering]

Vectors upserted before a metadata index was created won't have their metadata contained in that index. Upserting/re-upserting vectors after it was created will have them indexed as expected. Please refer to [Create metadata indexes](/vectorize/get-started/intro/#4-optional-create-metadata-indexes) for details.

:::

## Supported operations

An optional `filter` property on `query()` method specifies metadata filters:

| Operator | Description              |
| -------- | ------------------------ |
| `$eq`    | Equals                   |
| `$ne`    | Not equals               |
| `$in`    | In                       |
| `$nin`   | Not in                   |
| `$lt`    | Less than                |
| `$lte`   | Less than or equal to    |
| `$gt`    | Greater than             |
| `$gte`   | Greater than or equal to |

- `filter` must be non-empty object whose compact JSON representation must be less than 2048 bytes.
- `filter` object keys cannot be empty, contain `" | .` (dot is reserved for nesting), start with `$`, or be longer than 512 characters.
- For `$eq` and `$ne`, `filter` object non-nested values can be `string`, `number`, `boolean`, or `null` values.
- For `$in` and `$nin`, `filter` object values can be arrays of `string`, `number`, `boolean`, or `null` values.
- Upper-bound range queries (i.e. `$lt` and `$lte`) can be combined with lower-bound range queries (i.e. `$gt` and `$gte`) within the same filter. Other combinations are not allowed.
- For range queries (i.e. `$lt`, `$lte`, `$gt`, `$gte`), `filter` object non-nested values can be `string` or `number` values. Strings are ordered lexicographically. 
- Range queries involving a large number of vectors (~10M and above) may experience reduced accuracy. 

### Namespace versus metadata filtering

Both [namespaces](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/#namespaces) and metadata filtering narrow the vector search space for a query. Consider the following when evaluating both filter types:

- A namespace filter is applied before metadata filter(s).
- A vector can only be part of a single namespace with the documented [limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/). Vector metadata can contain multiple key-value pairs up to [metadata per vector limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/). Metadata values support different types (`string`, `boolean`, and others), therefore offering more flexibility.

### Valid `filter` examples

#### Implicit `$eq` operator

```json
{ "streaming_platform": "netflix" }
```

#### Explicit operator

```json
{ "someKey": { "$ne": "hbo" } }
```

#### `$in` operator

```json
{ "someKey": { "$in": ["hbo", "netflix"] } }
```

#### `$nin` operator

```json
{ "someKey": { "$nin": ["hbo", "netflix"] } }
```

#### Range query involving numbers

```json
{ "timestamp": { "$gte": 1734242400, "$lt": 1734328800 } }
```

#### Range query involving strings
Range queries can be used to implement prefix searching on string metadata fields.
For example, the following filter matches all values starting with "net":

```json
{ "someKey": { "$gte": "net", "$lt": "neu" } }
```

#### Implicit logical `AND` with multiple keys

```json
{ "pandas.nice": 42, "someKey": { "$ne": "someValue" } }
```

#### Keys define nesting with `.` (dot)

```json
{ "pandas.nice": 42 }


// looks for { "pandas": { "nice": 42 } }
```

## Examples

### Add metadata

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With the following index definition:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create tutorial-index --dimensions=32 --metric=cosine
```

Create metadata indexes:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create-metadata-index tutorial-index --property-name=url --type=string
```

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create-metadata-index tutorial-index --property-name=streaming_platform --type=string
```

Metadata can be added when [inserting or upserting vectors](/vectorize/best-practices/insert-vectors/#examples).

```ts
const newMetadataVectors: Array<VectorizeVector> = [
	{
		id: "1",
		values: [32.4, 74.1, 3.2, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/13913913", streaming_platform: "netflix" },
	},
	{
		id: "2",
		values: [15.1, 19.2, 15.8, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/10148191", streaming_platform: "hbo" },
	},
	{
		id: "3",
		values: [0.16, 1.2, 3.8, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/97913813", streaming_platform: "amazon" },
	},
	{
		id: "4",
		values: [75.1, 67.1, 29.9, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/418313", streaming_platform: "netflix" },
	},
	{
		id: "5",
		values: [58.8, 6.7, 3.4, ...],
		metadata: { url: "/products/sku/55519183", streaming_platform: "hbo" },
	},
];

// Upsert vectors with added metadata, returning a count of the vectors upserted and their vector IDs
let upserted = await env.YOUR_INDEX.upsert(newMetadataVectors);
```

### Query examples

Use the `query()` method:

```ts
let queryVector: Array<number> = [54.8, 5.5, 3.1, ...];
let originalMatches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector, {
	topK: 3,
	returnValues: true,
	returnMetadata: 'all',
});
```

Results without metadata filtering:

```json
{
	"count": 3,
	"matches": [
		{
			"id": "5",
			"score": 0.999909486,
			"values": [58.79999923706055, 6.699999809265137, 3.4000000953674316],
			"metadata": {
				"url": "/products/sku/55519183",
				"streaming_platform": "hbo"
			}
		},
		{
			"id": "4",
			"score": 0.789848214,
			"values": [75.0999984741211, 67.0999984741211, 29.899999618530273],
			"metadata": {
				"url": "/products/sku/418313",
				"streaming_platform": "netflix"
			}
		},
		{
			"id": "2",
			"score": 0.611976262,
			"values": [15.100000381469727, 19.200000762939453, 15.800000190734863],
			"metadata": {
				"url": "/products/sku/10148191",
				"streaming_platform": "hbo"
			}
		}
	]
}
```

The same `query()` method with a `filter` property supports metadata filtering.

```ts
let queryVector: Array<number> = [54.8, 5.5, 3.1, ...];
let metadataMatches = await env.YOUR_INDEX.query(queryVector, {
	topK: 3,
	filter: { streaming_platform: "netflix" },
	returnValues: true,
	returnMetadata: 'all',
});
```

Results with metadata filtering:

```json
{
	"count": 2,
	"matches": [
		{
			"id": "4",
			"score": 0.789848214,
			"values": [75.0999984741211, 67.0999984741211, 29.899999618530273],
			"metadata": {
				"url": "/products/sku/418313",
				"streaming_platform": "netflix"
			}
		},
		{
			"id": "1",
			"score": 0.491185264,
			"values": [32.400001525878906, 74.0999984741211, 3.200000047683716],
			"metadata": {
				"url": "/products/sku/13913913",
				"streaming_platform": "netflix"
			}
		}
	]
}
```

## Limitations

- As of now, metadata indexes need to be created for Vectorize indexes _before_ vectors can be inserted to support metadata filtering.
- Only indexes created on or after 2023-12-06 support metadata filtering. Previously created indexes cannot be migrated to support metadata filtering.

---

# Vector databases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/reference/what-is-a-vector-database/

Vector databases are a key part of building scalable AI-powered applications. Vector databases provide long term memory, on top of an existing machine learning model.

Without a vector database, you would need to train your model (or models) or re-run your dataset through a model before making a query, which would be slow and expensive.

## Why is a vector database useful?

A vector database determines what other data (represented as vectors) is near your input query. This allows you to build different use-cases on top of a vector database, including:

* Semantic search, used to return results similar to the input of the query.
* Classification, used to return the grouping (or groupings) closest to the input query.
* Recommendation engines, used to return content similar to the input based on different criteria (for example previous product sales, or user history).
* Anomaly detection, used to identify whether specific data points are similar to existing data, or different.

Vector databases can also power [Retrieval Augmented Generation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11401) (RAG) tasks, which allow you to bring additional context to LLMs (Large Language Models) by using the context from a vector search to augment the user prompt.

### Vector search

In a traditional vector search use-case, queries are made against a vector database by passing it a query vector, and having the vector database return a configurable list of vectors with the shortest distance ("most similar") to the query vector.

The step-by-step workflow resembles the below:

1. A developer converts their existing dataset (documentation, images, logs stored in R2) into a set of vector embeddings (a one-way representation) by passing them through a machine learning model that is trained for that data type.
2. The output embeddings are inserted into a Vectorize database index.
3. A search query, classification request or anomaly detection query is also passed through the same ML model, returning a vector embedding representation of the query.
4. Vectorize is queried with this embedding, and returns a set of the most similar vector embeddings to the provided query.
5. The returned embeddings are used to retrieve the original source objects from dedicated storage (for example, R2, KV, and D1) and returned back to the user.

In a workflow without a vector database, you would need to pass your entire dataset alongside your query each time, which is neither practical (models have limits on input size) and would consume significant resources and time.

### Retrieval Augmented Generation

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is an approach used to improve the context provided to an LLM (Large Language Model) in generative AI use-cases, including chatbot and general question-answer applications. The vector database is used to enhance the prompt passed to the LLM by adding additional context alongside the query.

Instead of passing the prompt directly to the LLM, in the RAG approach you:

1. Generate vector embeddings from an existing dataset or corpus (for example, the dataset you want to use to add additional context to the LLMs response). An existing dataset or corpus could be a product documentation, research data, technical specifications, or your product catalog and descriptions.
2. Store the output embeddings in a Vectorize database index.

When a user initiates a prompt, instead of passing it (without additional context) to the LLM, you *augment* it with additional context:

1. The user prompt is passed into the same ML model used for your dataset, returning a vector embedding representation of the query.
2. This embedding is used as the query (semantic search) against the vector database, which returns similar vectors.
3. These vectors are used to look up the content they relate to (if not embedded directly alongside the vectors as metadata).
4. This content is provided as context alongside the original user prompt, providing additional context to the LLM and allowing it to return an answer that is likely to be far more contextual than the standalone prompt.

Refer to the [RAG using Workers AI tutorial](/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/) to learn how to combine Workers AI and Vectorize for generative AI use-cases.

<sup>1</sup> You can learn more about the theory behind RAG by reading the [RAG paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11401).

## Terminology

### Databases and indexes

In Vectorize, a database and an index are the same concept. Each index you create is separate from other indexes you create. Vectorize automatically manages optimizing and re-generating the index for you when you insert new data.

### Vector Embeddings

Vector embeddings represent the features of a machine learning model as a numerical vector (array of numbers). They are a one-way representation that encodes how a machine learning model understands the input(s) provided to it, based on how the model was originally trained and its' internal structure.

For example, a [text embedding model](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) available in Workers AI is able to take text input and represent it as a 768-dimension vector. The text `This is a story about an orange cloud`, when represented as a vector embedding, resembles the following:

```json
[-0.019273685291409492,-0.01913292706012726,<764 dimensions here>,0.0007094172760844231,0.043409910053014755]
```

When a model considers the features of an input as "similar" (based on its understanding), the distance between the vector embeddings for those two inputs will be short.

### Dimensions

Vector dimensions describe the width of a vector embedding. The width of a vector embedding is the number of floating point elements that comprise a given vector.

The number of dimensions are defined by the machine learning model used to generate the vector embeddings, and how it represents input features based on its internal model and complexity. More dimensions ("wider" vectors) may provide more accuracy at the cost of compute and memory resources, as well as latency (speed) of vector search.

Refer to the [dimensions](/vectorize/best-practices/create-indexes/#dimensions) documentation to learn how to configure the accepted vector dimension size when creating a Vectorize index.

### Distance metrics

The distance metric is an index used for vector search. It defines how it determines how close your query vector is to other vectors within the index.

* Distance metrics determine how the vector search engine assesses similarity between vectors.
* Cosine, Euclidean (L2), and Dot Product are the most commonly used distance metrics in vector search.
* The machine learning model and type of embedding you use will determine which distance metric is best suited for your use-case.
* Different metrics determine different scoring characteristics. For example, the `cosine` distance metric is well suited to text, sentence similarity and/or document search use-cases. `euclidean` can be better suited for image or speech recognition use-cases.

Refer to the [distance metrics](/vectorize/best-practices/create-indexes/#distance-metrics) documentation to learn how to configure a distance metric when creating a Vectorize index.

---

# Transition legacy Vectorize indexes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy/

Legacy Vectorize (V1) indexes are on a deprecation path as of Aug 15, 2024. Your Vectorize index may be a legacy index if it fulfills any of the follwing crieria:

1. Was created with a Wrangler version lower than `v3.71.0`.
2. Was created using the "--deprecated-v1" flag enabled.
3. Was created using the legacy REST API.

This document provides details around any transition steps that may be needed to move away from legacy Vectorize indexes.

## Why should I transition?

Legacy Vectorize (V1) indexes are on a deprecation path. Support for these indexes would be limited and their usage is not recommended for any production workloads.

Furthermore, you will no longer be able to create legacy Vectorize indexes by December 2024. Other operations will be unaffected and will remain functional.

Additionally, the new Vectorize (V2) indexes can operate at a significantly larger scale (with a capacity for multi-million vectors), and provide faster performance. Please review the [Limits](/vectorize/platform/limits/) page to understand the latest capabilities supported by Vectorize.

## Notable changes

In addition to supporting significantly larger indexes with multi-million vectors, and faster performance, these are some of the changes that need to be considered when transitioning away from legacy Vectorize indexes:

1. The new Vectorize (V2) indexes now support asynchronous mutations. Any vector inserts or deletes, and metadata index creation or deletes may take a few seconds to be reflected.

2. Vectorize (V2) support metadata and namespace filtering for much larger indexes with significantly lower latencies. However, the fields on which metadata filtering can be applied need to be specified before vectors are inserted. Refer to the [metadata index creation](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#create-metadata-index) page for more details.

3. Vectorize (V2) [query operation](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#query-vectors) now supports the ability to search for and return up to 100 most similar vectors.

4. Vectorize (V2) query operations provide a more granular control for querying metadata along with vectors. Refer to the [query operation](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#query-vectors) page for more details.

5. Vectorize (V2) expands the Vectorize capabilities that are available via Wrangler (with Wrangler version > `v3.71.0`).

## Transition

:::note[Automated Migration]

Watch this space for the upcoming capability to migrate legacy (V1) indexes to the new Vectorize (V2) indexes automatically.

:::

1. Wrangler now supports operations on the new version of Vectorize (V2) indexes by default. To use Wrangler commands for legacy (V1) indexes, the `--deprecated-v1` flag must be enabled. Please note that this flag is only supported to create, get, list and delete indexes and to insert vectors.

2. Refer to the [REST API](/api/resources/vectorize/subresources/indexes/methods/create/) page for details on the routes and payload types for the new Vectorize (V2) indexes.

3. To use the new version of Vectorize indexes in Workers, the environment binding must be defined as a `Vectorize` interface.

   ```typescript
   export interface Env {
   	// This makes your vector index methods available on env.VECTORIZE.*
   	// For example, env.VECTORIZE.insert() or query()
   	VECTORIZE: Vectorize;
   }
   ```

   The `Vectorize` interface includes the type changes and the capabilities supported by new Vectorize (V2) indexes.

   For legacy Vectorize (V1) indexes, use the `VectorizeIndex` interface.

   ```typescript
   export interface Env {
   	// This makes your vector index methods available on env.VECTORIZE.*
   	// For example, env.VECTORIZE.insert() or query()
   	VECTORIZE: VectorizeIndex;
   }
   ```

4. With the new Vectorize (V2) version, the `returnMetadata` option for the [query operation](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#query-vectors) now expects either `all`, `indexed` or `none` string values. For legacy Vectorize (V1), the `returnMetadata` option was a boolean field.

5. With the new Vectorize (V2) indexes, all index and vector mutations are asynchronous and return a `mutationId` in the response as a unique identifier for that mutation operation.

   These mutation operations are: [Vector Inserts](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#insert-vectors), [Vector Upserts](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#upsert-vectors), [Vector Deletes](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#delete-vectors-by-id), [Metadata Index Creation](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#create-metadata-index), [Metadata Index Deletion](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#delete-metadata-index).

   To check the identifier and the timestamp of the last mutation processed, use the Vectorize [Info command](/vectorize/reference/client-api/#get-index-info).

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/vectorize/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components"

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Vectorize.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Compare versions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/how-to/compare-versions/

Quickly view differences between versions to make sure your configurations are correct before [promoting a version](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version) to a new environment.

A common use case would be to compare the versions in staging and production to verify the changes before promoting the staging version to production.

To compare versions:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management** > **Comparisons**.
4. Select two different versions.
5. Select **Compare**.

After a few seconds, the page will update automatically with a comparison on a per-product basis. The lower numbered version will always be presented on the left and the top will show you which environments the versions are assigned to so that you can ensure you are comparing the right versions.

![View changes side-by-side between versions](~/assets/images/version-management/compare-versions.png)

Changes will be highlighted for new additions and removals for that service. Based on the comparison, you can then decide if more changes are necessary or if that new version is ready to be rolled out.

---

# Enable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/how-to/enable/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="enable-versioning" />

<Render file="enable-default-creation" />

## Disable Version Management

:::caution


When you disable Zone Versioning, all your zone configurations will revert to those in your **Version Zero**.

When deleting the production environment, all traffic will default to Version 0. The action of deleting an environment does not impact any versions configuration.

:::

To disable Zone Versioning:

1. Confirm that **Version Zero** has the correct configurations for your zone:

   1. Use the [comparison feature](/version-management/how-to/compare-versions/) to view the differences between your current **Production** version and **Version Zero**.

   2. If there are differences, make changes to **Version Zero** so it matches your current **Production** version.

   3. [Promote](/version-management/how-to/environments/#promote-a-version) **Version Zero** to your **Production** environment.

   4. Confirm that your new **Production** environment functions as expected.

2. Send a `GET` request to the `/zones/{zone_id}/environments` endpoint.

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/environments" \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   In the response, save the following values:

   * The environment `ref` of every rule

3. Using the `ref` of those environments, send a `DELETE` request to the `/zones/{zone_id}/environments/{ref}` endpoint for each environment.

   ```bash
   curl --request DELETE \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/environments/{ref}" \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

4. Then, send a `GET` request to find all HTTP applications (or versions of your zone).

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/http_applications" \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   Save the `id` of each HTTP application.

5. Using the `id` of those HTTP applications, send `DELETE` requests for every application.

   ```bash
   curl --request DELETE \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/http_applications/{http_application_id}" \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

Once all these steps are completed, Zone Versioning will go back to its original landing page.

---

# Manage environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/how-to/environments/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="environment-definition" />

***

## Create environment

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<Render file="create-environment-situation" /> <br/>

To create a new environment:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management**.
4. Go to **Environments**.
5. Select **Create Environment**.
6. Provide the following information:

* **Environment Name**: A unique, descriptive name for the environment.
* [**Traffic filter**](/version-management/reference/traffic-filters/): Limits which requests are sent to this environment.
* **Initial position**: Controls where this environment should be in your testing process.

7. Select **Create**.

:::note


You can only adjust the [**Read-only Environment**](/version-management/reference/read-only-environments/) configuration after an environment has been created.


:::

***

## Edit environment

To edit an environment:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management**.
4. Select **Environments**.
5. On a specific environment, select **Edit**.
6. Make any required changes.
7. Select **Save**.

***

## Change environment version

To prevent accidental changes, you can only update an environment's version through the process of **Promotion** or **Roll back**.

For more details on the flow of versions and environments, refer to [How it works](/version-management/about/).

### Promote a version

Promotion moves a version from a lower-ranked environment to the next highest one.

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### Roll back a version

When you roll back a version, you revert the environment to the previous version assigned to it.

To roll back a version:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management**.
4. Select **Environments**.
5. On a specific environment, select **Roll back**.

***

## Delete environment

To delete an environment:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management**.
4. Select **Environments**.
5. On a specific environment, select **Edit**.
6. Select **Delete Environment**.

:::note


You cannot delete your **Production** environment.


:::

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage versions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/how-to/versions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="version-definition" />

***

## Create version

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If you need to test out different implementations of configurations at the same time or multiple types of changes, create a new version of your zone.

To create a new version:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Version Management**.
4. On an existing version, select **Clone**. This will copy over all configurations from that version.
5. If needed, you can also **Edit Description** to provide more detail about the purpose of this version.

***

## Change configurations in a version

Your zone configurations are split up into two areas: **Global Configuration** and different versions.

* Global Configuration controls the configurations of a zone that is not available for versioning and, when changed, automatically apply to all versions of your zone.
* Version configurations update configurations of a zone that is available for versioning and are:
  * Editable when not applied to a [read-only environment](/version-management/reference/read-only-environments/).
  * Applied when [associated with an environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version).

:::note


To use the API for a different version, you will need to use a different zone ID.


:::

### Editable versions

<Render file="edit-version" />

:::note


To change the version associated with an environment, you need to update configurations on the [Environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version) itself.


:::

### Read-only versions

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In order to change configurations in a version associated with a [read-only environment](/version-management/reference/read-only-environments/), either:

* [Change the environment version](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version) to another version and then make changes to your version.
* [Edit](/version-management/how-to/environments/#edit-environment) the environment's configurations to remove the **Read-only environment** configuration. Then, promote a new version to this environment.

***

## View metrics

Once you begin [sending traffic](/version-management/reference/traffic-filters/) to an environment with a version applied, you can also view metrics about what happens to that traffic.

To view metrics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Version Management**.
3. On an existing version, select **View Metrics**.

:::note

You will only see metrics for the specific version that is active in the Cloudflare dashboard during the time frame that you select. 
:::

---

# Available configurations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/reference/available-configurations/

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When you use Version Management, you can edit various configurations, such as [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [Cache](/cache/).

Generally, you are allowed to edit all zone-level configurations except for the following:

* [DNS](/dns/)
* [Spectrum](/spectrum/)
* Traffic ([Load Balancing](/load-balancing/), [Waiting Rooms](/waiting-room/), Health Checks, and more)
* [Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) and Access policies
* [SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/) (though you can test these with a separate [staging certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/staging-environment/) feature)

:::note


For the most up-to-date list of these configurations, start [editing configurations within a version](/version-management/how-to/versions/#change-configurations-in-a-version) in the Cloudflare dashboard.


:::

## Limitations

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---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Read-only environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/reference/read-only-environments/

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When an environment is read-only, versions deployed to this environment will permanently become read-only. This configuration protects sensitive environments from accidental changes.

**Version Zero** is an exception to this rule and is always editable.

<Render file="production-read-only-default" /> <br/>

For similar reasons, some organizations may make **Staging** a read-only environment. Otherwise, another member of your account could make changes to a version in **Staging** *after* your organization has performed the validation tests prior to promoting to **Production**. Without having a read-only **Staging** environment, this change could be released into **Production** without testing and might cause an issue with live traffic.

To change the read-only status of an environment, [edit the environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#edit-environment).

---

# Account-level WAF configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

The account-level Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration allows you to define a configuration once and apply it to multiple Enterprise zones in your account.

Configure and deploy custom rulesets, rate limiting rulesets, and managed rulesets to multiple Enterprise zones, affecting all incoming traffic or only a subset (for example, all traffic to `/admin/*` URI paths in both `example.com` and `example.net`).

At the account level, WAF rules are grouped into rulesets. You can perform the following operations:

- Create and deploy [custom rulesets](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/)
- Create and deploy [rate limiting rulesets](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/)
- Deploy [managed rulesets](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/)

---

# Traffic filters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/version-management/reference/traffic-filters/

When you [create an environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#create-environment), you specify a traffic filter for that environment. This filter ensures that all traffic reaching the environment and, by extension, the configuration changes associated with the environment's version is intentional.

To send traffic to a specific environment, send requests to your zone that match the pattern specified in your filter. These could be characteristics such as **Edge Server IP**, **Cookie**, **Hostname**, or **User Agent**.

To make sure requests are reaching an environment, review the [Metrics](/version-management/how-to/versions/#view-metrics) associated with your environment. These metrics will also help you evaluate whether your configuration changes are affecting traffic in the way you expect.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Refer to the following pages for more information on the available analytics dashboards for Cloudflare security products:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 2025-01-06

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/2025-01-06/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Previous Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
			<th>Comments</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3a321b10270b42549ac201009da08beb" />
			</td>
			<td>100678</td>
			<td>Pandora FMS - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-11320</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="1fe510368b4a47dda90363c2ecdf3d02" />
			</td>
			<td>100679</td>
			<td>Palo Alto Networks - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-0012, CVE:CVE-2024-9474</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="b7ba636927b44ee288b9a697a40f2a35" />
			</td>
			<td>100680</td>
			<td>Ivanti - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2024-37397</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="6bd9b07c8acc4beeb17c8bee58ae3c89" />
			</td>
			<td>100681</td>
			<td>Really Simple Security - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-10924</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c86e79e15a4a4307870f6f77e37f2da6" />
			</td>
			<td>100682</td>
			<td>Magento - XXE - CVE:CVE-2024-34102</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="945f41b48be9485f953116015054c752" />
			</td>
			<td>100683</td>
			<td>CyberPanel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-51567</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="aec9a2e554a34a8fa547d069dfe93d7b" />
			</td>
			<td>100684</td>
			<td>Microsoft SharePoint - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-38094, CVE:CVE-2024-38024, CVE:CVE-2024-38023</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e614dd46c1ce404da1909e841454c856" />
			</td>
			<td>100685</td>
			<td>CyberPanel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-51568</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="685a4edf68f740b4a2c80d45e92362e5" />
			</td>
			<td>100686</td>
			<td>Seeyon - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="204f9d948a124829acb86555b9f1c9f8" />
			</td>
			<td>100687</td>
			<td>WordPress - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-10781, CVE:CVE-2024-10542</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="19587024724e49329d5b482d0d7ca374" />
			</td>
			<td>100688</td>
			<td>ProjectSend - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-11680</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="fa49213e55484f6c824e0682a5260b70" />
			</td>
			<td>100689</td>
			<td>Palo Alto GlobalProtect - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-5921</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="11b5fc23e85b41ca90316bddd007118b" />
			</td>
			<td>100690</td>
			<td>Ivanti - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-37404</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="aaeada52bcc840598515de6cc3e49f64" />
			</td>
			<td>100691</td>
			<td>Array Networks - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-28461</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e2c7ce1ecd6847219f8d9aedfcc6f5bb" />
			</td>
			<td>100692</td>
			<td>CyberPanel - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-51378</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="84d481b1f49c4735afa2fb2bb615335e" />
			</td>
			<td>100693</td>
			<td>Symfony Profiler - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-50340</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="9f258f463f9f4b26ad07e3c209d08c8a" />
			</td>
			<td>100694</td>
			<td>Citrix Virtual Apps - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-8069</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="b490d6edcfec4028aef45cf08aafb2f5" />
			</td>
			<td>100695</td>
			<td>MSMQ Service - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-21554</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c8f65bc9eeef4665820ecfe411b7a8c7" />
			</td>
			<td>100696</td>
			<td>Nginxui - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-49368</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d5f2e133e34640198d06d7b345954c7e" />
			</td>
			<td>100697</td>
			<td>Apache ShardingSphere - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-22733</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c34432e257074cffa9fa15f3f5311209" />
			</td>
			<td>100698</td>
			<td>Mitel MiCollab - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-41713</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3bda15acd73a4b55a5f60cd2b3e5e46e" />
			</td>
			<td>100699</td>
			<td>Apache Solr - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-45216</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Security Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-analytics/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Badge } from "~/components";

Security Analytics displays information about all incoming HTTP requests for your domain, including requests not handled by Cloudflare security products.

Use the Security Analytics dashboard to:

- View the traffic distribution for your domain.
- Understand which traffic is being mitigated by Cloudflare security products, and where non-mitigated traffic is being served from (Cloudflare global network or [origin server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/)).
- Analyze suspicious traffic and create tailored WAF custom rules based on applied filters.
- Learn more about Cloudflare's security scores (<GlossaryTooltip term="attack score" link="/waf/detections/attack-score/">attack score</GlossaryTooltip>, [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/), [malicious uploads](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/), and [leaked credentials](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/) results) with real data.
- [Find an appropriate rate limit](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/find-rate-limit/) for incoming traffic.

If you need to modify existing security-related rules you already configured, consider also using the [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) dashboard. This dashboard displays information about requests affected by Cloudflare security products.

## Availability

Zone/domain-level analytics are included with all plans, though the retention period, query window, displayed statistics, and filter options vary by plan. Account-level analytics are only available to customers on Business and Enterprise domain plans.

<FeatureTable id="security.security_analytics" />

## Access

To use Security Analytics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to the account or zone/domain dashboard:

   - For the zone/domain dashboard, select your domain and go to **Security** > **Analytics**.
   - For the account dashboard, go to **Security Center** > **Security Analytics**.

## Adjusting displayed data

### Apply filters

Adjust the scope of analytics by manually entering filter conditions. You can also select **Filter** or **Exclude** to filter by a field value. These buttons appear when you hover the analytics data legend.

:::note
Alternatively, apply several filters at once from the [**Insights** section](#insights), which shows statistics for commonly used filters when doing security analyses.
:::

To manually add a filter:

1. Select **Add filter**.
2. Select a field, an operator, and a value. For example, to filter events by source IP address, select the _Source IP_ field, select the _equals_ operator, and enter the IP address.
3. Select **Apply**.

Take the following into account when entering filter values:

- Do not add quotes around values.
- Do not enter the `AS` prefix when entering ASN numbers. For example, enter `1423` instead of `AS1423`.
- Wildcards are not supported.

### Select time frame

Select the time frame you wish to analyze from the _Previous 24 hours_ drop-down list.

## Create custom rule from current filters

To create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) with an expression based on the filters you applied in Security Analytics, select **Create custom rule** above the main chart.

---

## Main dashboard areas

### Top statistics

This section presents top statistics about incoming requests highlighting relevant properties commonly used when performing a security analysis.

You can filter or exclude some of the top values by selecting **Filter** or **Exclude** next to each value.

To display additional top statistics, select **More top statistics**.

:::note
Cloudflare calculates the top statistics from a sample of requests in the selected time frame. To know the applied sampling rate, hover the icon next to the name of a top statistic.
:::

### Insights

The provided insights show statistics for commonly used filters when doing security analyses, without immediately applying these filters to the displayed data.

If you find a high value in one or more insights, this can mean that there is a set of suspicious requests that you should investigate. Additionally, these insights are a good starting point for applying a first set of filters to the dashboard.

To apply the filters for an insight to the data displayed in the Security Analytics dashboard, select **Filter** next to the insight.

### Score-based analyses

The **Attack likelihood**, **Bot likelihood**, **Malicious uploads**, and **Account abuse likelihood** sections display statistics related to WAF attack scores, bot scores, WAF content scanning scores, and leaked credentials scanning of incoming requests for the selected time frame. All plans include access to the **Leaked Credentials Check** under **Account Abuse Likelihood**. This feature detects login attempts using credentials that have been exposed online. For more information on what to do if you have credentials that have been leaked, refer to the [mitigation examples page](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/examples/).

You can examine different traffic segments according to the current metric (attack score, bot score, or content scanning). To apply score filters for different segments, select the buttons below the traffic chart. For example, select **Likely attack** under **Attack likelihood** to filter requests that are likely an attack (requests with WAF attack score values between 21 and 50).

Additionally, you can use the slider tool below the chart to filter incoming requests according to the current metric. This allows you to filter traffic groups outside the predefined segments.

### Main chart

The main chart displays the following data for the selected time frame, according to the selected tab:

- **Traffic analysis**: Traffic mitigated by the Cloudflare security platform, served by Cloudflare, and served by the origin server, according to the following classification:

  - **Mitigated by WAF**: Requests blocked or challenged by Cloudflare's application security products such as the WAF and HTTP DDoS protection. It does not include requests that had the following actions applied: _Log_, _Skip_, and _Allow_.
  - **Served by Cloudflare**: Requests served by the Cloudflare global network such as cached content and redirects.
  - **Served by origin**: Requests served by your origin server.

- **Attack likelihood**: [WAF attack score](/waf/detections/attack-score/) analysis of incoming requests, classifying them as _Clean_, _Likely clean_, _Likely attack_, or _Attack_.

- **Bot likelihood**: [Bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) analysis of incoming requests, classifying them as _Automated_, _Likely automated_, or _Likely human_.

- **Rate limit analysis**: Displays data on the request rate for traffic matching the selected filters and time period. Use this tab to [find an appropriate rate limit](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/find-rate-limit/) for incoming traffic matching the applied filters.

- **AI Assistant** (beta): Get insights about your application security by using plain language to interrogate your data. For more information, refer to [our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/security-analytics-ai-assistant).

### Logs

Security Analytics shows request logs for the selected time frame and applied filters, along with detailed information and security analyses of those requests.

By default, Security Analytics uses sampled logs for the logs table. If you are subscribed to [Log Explorer](/logs/log-explorer/), you may also have access to [raw logs](#raw-logs).

#### Sampled logs

This section contains detailed log information for individual ([sampled](#sampling)) requests in the selected time frame.

![The Sampled logs section of Security Analytics showing an expanded log entry with additional details.](~/assets/images/waf/security-analytics/security-analytics-sampled-logs.png)

The displayed information includes:

- Mitigation action applied to the request
- Cache status
- Status code returned by the origin server to Cloudflare (in case of a cache miss)
- Status code returned by Cloudflare to the client
- Security scores for the request (attack, bot, uploaded content scanning)
- Request properties

#### Raw logs <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

:::note
This feature is currently in its early access phase. Contact your account team to request access.
:::

When performing a forensic analysis, you sometimes select a very short time frame and apply several filters to identify a specific set of requests. In this situation, to get a better understanding of the incoming requests at a given point in time, you would require the full list of requests and not just a sample.

By default, Security Analytics shows sampled logs based on the filters you apply. Under certain conditions, you can switch to **Raw logs**. This view shows all the request logs for the selected time frame and filters instead of sampled logs. At this time, this view is only available when the number of sampled logs shown in the Security Analytics page is lower than 100.

##### View raw logs

To switch from sampled logs to raw logs, select **Switch to raw logs** under **Sampled logs**. This option is only available when the number of (sampled) logs for the selected time frame is lower than 100.

To switch from raw logs back to sampled logs, select **Switch back to sampled logs**.

##### Query raw logs using Log Explorer

You can switch to [Log Explorer](/logs/log-explorer/) to dive deeper on your analysis while applying the same filters you used in Security Analytics. Raw logs in Security Analytics are based on the same data source used in Log Explorer.

:::note[Note]
Currently, changing the time frame or the applied filters while showing raw logs may cause the Cloudflare dashboard to switch automatically to sampled logs. This happens if the total number of request logs for the selected time frame is high.
:::

## Sampling

The Security Analytics dashboard uses [sampled data](/analytics/graphql-api/sampling/), except when showing raw logs. Most information in the dashboard is obtained from `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` and `httpRequestsAdaptive` GraphQL nodes. For more information on working directly with GraphQL datasets, refer to [Datasets (tables)](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/).

---

# 2025-01-13

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/2025-01-13/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Previous Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
			<th>Comments</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="6e0bfbe4b9c6454c8bd7bd24f49e5840" />
			</td>
			<td>100704</td>
			<td>Cleo Harmony - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-55956, CVE:CVE-2024-55953</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c993997b7d904a9e89448fe6a6d43bc2" />
			</td>
			<td>100705</td>
			<td>Sentry - SSRF</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f40ce742be534ba19d610961ce6311bb" />
			</td>
			<td>100706</td>
			<td>Apache Struts - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-53677</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="67ac639a845c482d948b465b2233da1f" />
			</td>
			<td>100707</td>
			<td>FortiWLM - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-48782, CVE:CVE-2023-34993, CVE:CVE-2023-34990</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="870cca2b874d41738019d4c3e31d972a" />
			</td>
			<td>100007C_BETA</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Common Attack Commands</td>
			<td></td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# 2025-01-21

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/2025-01-21/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Previous Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
			<th>Comments</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f4a310393c564d50bd585601b090ba9a" />
			</td>
			<td>100303</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Nslookup</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>This was released as <RuleID id="aad6f9f85e034022b6a8dee4b8d152f4" /></td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Managed Rulesets</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="fd5d5678ce594ea898aa9bf149e6b538" />
			</td>
			<td>100534</td>
			<td>Web Shell Activity</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>This was released as <RuleID id="39c8f6066c19466ea084e51e82fe4e7f" /></td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# General updates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/general-updates/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/waf-general.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Historical (2018)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2018/

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100016_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved sensitive directories access</td>
			<td>2018-12-11</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035U_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved Baidu bot detection</td>
			<td>2018-12-06</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100026_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved PHP injection detection</td>
			<td>2018-12-06</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100118</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-11-19</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100116</td>
			<td>
				For
				<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9206">
					CVE-2018-9206
				</a>
				, vulnerable jQuery File Uploader
			</td>
			<td>2018-11-19</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100117</td>
			<td>
				For
				<a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9206">
					CVE-2018-9206
				</a>
				, vulnerable jQuery File Uploader
			</td>
			<td>2018-11-19</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-11-12</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100114</td>
			<td>XSS probing detection</td>
			<td>2018-11-12</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100097</td>
			<td>libinjection based SQLi detection rule</td>
			<td>2018-10-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100097F</td>
			<td>libinjection based SQLi detection rule</td>
			<td>2018-10-29</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100070</td>
			<td>Block requests with invalid x-forwarded-for headers</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100107</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Probing detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100111</td>
			<td>Detect large numbers of GET parameters in requests</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100109</td>
			<td>Detect large numbers of GET parameters in requests</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100109B</td>
			<td>Detect large numbers of GET parameters in requests</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100110</td>
			<td>Detect large numbers of GET parameters in requests</td>
			<td>2018-10-22</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100112</td>
			<td>Block requests with duplicated headers</td>
			<td>2018-10-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0020</td>
			<td>WP allowlist</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0004</td>
			<td>WP allowlist</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100088B_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved XXE detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Probing detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Challenge</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021B</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Probing detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Probing detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-08</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008CW_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi sleep probing</td>
			<td>2018-10-01</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100106</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-01</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009J_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-10-01</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009CB</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100102</td>
			<td>
				Rules to stop file read and deletion vulnerabilities in Ghostscript
			</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100103</td>
			<td>
				Rules to stop file read and deletion vulnerabilities in Ghostscript
			</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>950907</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>950008</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>950010</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>950011</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>960008</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>960015</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>960009</td>
			<td>Additional OWASP rules can be disabled in UI</td>
			<td>2018-09-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009C_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-09-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Deleted</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100101</td>
			<td>Vulnerability in Ghostscript</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-09-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CE</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-09-10</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100088B</td>
			<td>Improved XXE Detection</td>
			<td>2018-09-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100091B</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-09-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100038</td>
			<td>
				Blocks requests to
				<code>/server_status</code>, which gives away information on how a
				server works.
			</td>
			<td>2018-09-06</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Plone</td>
			<td>PLONE0002</td>
			<td>Update rule regex</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CE_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030SVG_BETA</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100090</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100091</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100092</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100093</td>
			<td>Improved XSS Detection</td>
			<td>2018-08-28</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100063</td>
			<td>Reduction in false positives</td>
			<td>2018-08-13</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035C</td>
			<td>Improved detection of fake google bots</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100095</td>
			<td>Rules to block cache poisoning attacks</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100095B</td>
			<td>Rules to block cache poisoning attacks</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0003</td>
			<td>Disable login</td>
			<td>2018-08-13</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
			<td>Allow</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0025B</td>
			<td>
				Reduce the false positives WP0025B caused in the Gutenberg WordPress
				editor.
			</td>
			<td>2018-08-08</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0025D</td>
			<td>
				Reduce the false positives WP0025B caused in the Gutenberg WordPress
				editor.
			</td>
			<td>2018-08-08</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0006</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0007</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0008</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0009</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0010</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0011</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0012</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0013</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0014</td>
			<td>Attempt to address SA-CORE-2018-005 by matching certain headers.</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2018-08-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100089</td>
			<td>Improved SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2018-07-30</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2019)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2019/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Ruleset</th>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Change Date</th>
      <th>Old Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100242</td>
      <td>
        Block Citrix Netscaler ADC -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19781">
          CVE-2019-19781
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-12-16</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009CB</td>
      <td>
        Improvement in Equation-like SQLi. Merge 100009CB_BETA into 100009CB.
      </td>
      <td>2019-12-16</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100191</td>
      <td>
        Improvement CVE-2019-11043 detection. Merge 100191_BETA into 100191.
      </td>
      <td>2019-12-16</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9802140</td>
      <td>Minor change to reduce Gutenberg false positives</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-25</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9802140_JSON</td>
      <td>Minor change to reduce Gutenberg false positives</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-25</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9802141</td>
      <td>Minor change to reduce Gutenberg false positives</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-25</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9802141_JSON</td>
      <td>Minor change to reduce Gutenberg false positives</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-25</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>960034</td>
      <td>Reduce false positives for requests made with HTTP 2 and 3</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-25</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100148</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-12</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035C</td>
      <td>Update valid Googlebot IP ranges</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035D</td>
      <td>Update valid Googlebot IP ranges</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-11-07</td>
      <td>Disabled</td>
      <td>Disabled</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100139A_BETA into 100139A.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100139B_BETA into 100139B.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100139C_BETA into 100139C.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139D</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100173</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030SVG</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021C</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CE</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CB</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021D</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100107</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030ARGS_STRICT</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021B</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021E</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100090</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100091</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100091B</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100092</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100170</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100170_BETA into 100170.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021H</td>
      <td>Disable outdated XSS rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100044</td>
      <td>Disabled obsolete rule by default. Merge 100044_BETA into 100044.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100174</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Reduced false positive rate. Merge 100135B_BETA into 100135B.</td>
      <td>2019-11-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100191</td>
      <td>Block CVE-2019-11043</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-27</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035C</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Google Bot detection. Merge 100035C_BETA into 100035C.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-23</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009CB</td>
      <td>
        Improve Comparison-like SQL Injection detection. Merge 100009CB_BETA
        into 100009CB.
      </td>
      <td>2019-10-21</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100026</td>
      <td>Improve PHP Code Injection and File Upload detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-21</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100186</td>
      <td>Block vBulletin vulnerability CVE-2019-17132</td>
      <td>2019-10-21</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100187</td>
      <td>Block vBulletin vulnerability CVE-2019-17132</td>
      <td>2019-10-21</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035D</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Google Bot detection. Merge 100035D_BETA into 100035D.
        Change originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Google Bot detection. Merge 100035_BETA into 100035. Change
        originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035C</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Google Bot detection. Merge 100035C_BETA into 100035C.
        Change originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035B</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Bing Bot detection. Merge 100035B_BETA into 100035B. Change
        originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035Y</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Yandex Bot detection. Merge 100035Y_BETA into 100035Y.
        Change originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035U</td>
      <td>
        Improve Fake Baidu Bot detection. Merge 100035U_BETA into 100035U.
        Change originally scheduled for 2019-10-21.
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-10-17</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100135A_UBETA into 100135A.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100135B_UBETA into 100135B.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100135C_UBETA into 100135C.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100136A_UBETA into 100136A.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100136B_UBETA into 100136B.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100136C_UBETA into 100136C.</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100167</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100168</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100169</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100170</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100171</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100172</td>
      <td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
      <td>2019-10-14</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0015</td>
      <td>
        Disables outdated WordPress rule by default. If this rule's action is
        set to anything other than the default, this change will have no effect.
      </td>
      <td>2019-10-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008E</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi protection</td>
      <td>2019-09-30</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008E</td>
      <td>SQLi improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-30</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100166</td>
      <td>
        Block vBulletin
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16759">
          CVE-2019-16759
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-09-26</td>
      <td>None</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140</td>
      <td>OWASP WordPress improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-23</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140_JSON</td>
      <td>OWASP WordPress improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-23</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141</td>
      <td>OWASP WordPress improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-23</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141_JSON</td>
      <td>OWASP WordPress improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-23</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100162</td>
      <td>
        SQLi improvement on
        <code>SELECT FROM TABLE</code>
        statements
      </td>
      <td>2019-09-23</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100160</td>
      <td>JBoss protection improvement</td>
      <td>2019-09-16</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140</td>
      <td>Small improvement to Gutenberg exception rules</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140_JSON</td>
      <td>Small improvement to Gutenberg exception rules</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141</td>
      <td>Small improvement to Gutenberg exception rules</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141_JSON</td>
      <td>Small improvement to Gutenberg exception rules</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100158</td>
      <td>
        SQL Injection - Obfuscated
        <code>SELECT</code>
        expressions
      </td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>URI-973326</td>
      <td>Small improvement in OWASP rule</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>973326</td>
      <td>Small improvement in OWASP rule</td>
      <td>2019-09-09</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>URI-950901</td>
      <td>Remove OWASP rule</td>
      <td>2019-09-02</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>959151</td>
      <td>Small improvement in OWASP rule</td>
      <td>2019-09-02</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>950901</td>
      <td>Remove OWASP rule</td>
      <td>2019-09-02</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0003B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005A</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100007N</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009DBETA</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009I</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009L</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100010B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CD</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030_BETA</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030ARGS_LOOSE</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035B2</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100035D</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100042</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100056_BETA</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100057</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100059</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100061</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100062</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100062_BETA</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100064</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100066</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100067</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100068</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100075</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100077</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100078B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100083</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100084</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100085</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100086</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100088C</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100093</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096BEVIL</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096BHTML</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096EVIL</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096HTML</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100098</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100105</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100106B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100107ARGS</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100108</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100108ARGS</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100109</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100109B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100111</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100115</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100119</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100123B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100126</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100131</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100133</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100137</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139A</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100140</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100146</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100146B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100149</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100158</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
      <td>CFMISC0004</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
      <td>CFMISC0004B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
      <td>CFMISC0016B</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0005</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0016</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100008</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100009</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100010</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100011ARGS</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100011COOKIE</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0012</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0025C</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0028</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0030</td>
      <td>Disable rule by default</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS JavaScript URI detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS JavaScript URI detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS JavaScript URI detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>
        Improve XSS JavaScript Events detection and reduce false positives
      </td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>
        Improve XSS JavaScript Events detection and reduce false positives
      </td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135C</td>
      <td>
        Improve XSS JavaScript Events detection and reduce false positives
      </td>
      <td>2019-07-29</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140</td>
      <td>Reduce WAF false positives for the Gutenberg WordPress editor</td>
      <td>2019-07-24</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140_JSON</td>
      <td>Reduce WAF false positives for the Gutenberg WordPress editor</td>
      <td>2019-07-24</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141</td>
      <td>Reduce WAF false positives for the Gutenberg WordPress editor</td>
      <td>2019-07-24</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002141_JSON</td>
      <td>Reduce WAF false positives for the Gutenberg WordPress editor</td>
      <td>2019-07-24</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030</td>
      <td>Improve XSS HTML Script Tag detection</td>
      <td>2019-07-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100153</td>
      <td>
        Block Oracle WebLogic - Command Injection -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2729">
          CVE-2019-2729
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-06-27</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140A</td>
      <td>Improve 9002140A</td>
      <td>2019-06-19</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140B</td>
      <td>Improve 9002140B</td>
      <td>2019-06-19</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140A</td>
      <td>Improve 9002140A</td>
      <td>2019-06-17</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140A</td>
      <td>Improve 9002140B</td>
      <td>2019-06-17</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0033</td>
      <td>Easy WP SMTP - Deserialization</td>
      <td>2019-06-17</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100156</td>
      <td>XSS, HTML Injection - Malicious HTML Encoding</td>
      <td>2019-06-17</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140B_BETA</td>
      <td>Improve 9002140B</td>
      <td>2019-06-10</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005</td>
      <td>Improved shell variable normalization</td>
      <td>2019-06-10</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100007NS</td>
      <td>Improved shell variable normalization</td>
      <td>2019-06-10</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100155</td>
      <td>
        PHPCMS - Dangerous File Upload -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14399">
          CVE-2018-14399
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-06-10</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096BHTML</td>
      <td>XSS, HTML Injection - Body</td>
      <td>2019-06-03</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100096BEVIL</td>
      <td>XSS, HTML Injection - Body</td>
      <td>2019-06-03</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140A</td>
      <td>
        New OWASP rules to allow requests from the WordPress's Gutenberg editor
      </td>
      <td>2019-06-03</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140B</td>
      <td>
        New OWASP rules to allow requests from the WordPress's Gutenberg editor
      </td>
      <td>2019-06-03</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Scoring based</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>All</td>
      <td>All</td>
      <td>Improve Rule Descriptions</td>
      <td>2019-05-28</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100157</td>
      <td>
        Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0604">
          CVE-2019-0604
        </a>
        (Strict)
      </td>
      <td>2019-05-28</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100053</td>
      <td>Potential FI or Alias/Rewrite Bypass - Double Slash in URL</td>
      <td>2019-05-20</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122ARGS</td>
      <td>Dangerous stream wrappers</td>
      <td>2019-05-20</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Deprecated</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122ARGS_GET</td>
      <td>Dangerous stream wrappers</td>
      <td>2019-05-20</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Deprecated</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122</td>
      <td>Dangerous stream wrappers</td>
      <td>2019-05-20</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100157</td>
      <td>
        Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0604">
          CVE-2019-0604
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-05-13</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100154</td>
      <td>
        WordPress Social Warfare RCE/XSS (
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9978">
          CVE-2019-9978
        </a>
        )
      </td>
      <td>2019-05-13</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
      <td>9002140</td>
      <td>Reduce OWASP false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-13</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Allow</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi detection</td>
      <td>2019-05-13</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection and reduce false positives</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100153</td>
      <td>
        Block Oracle WebLogic
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2725">
          CVE-2019-2725
        </a>
        ,
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10271">
          CVE-2017-10271
        </a>
        ,
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3506">
          CVE-2017-3506
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100148</td>
      <td>Improve inline XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100105HEADERS</td>
      <td>PHP serialization in headers, excluding Cookies</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100146C</td>
      <td>Potential SSRF attack</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100106</td>
      <td>PostgreSQL COPY Injection</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139A</td>
      <td>HTML Injection, XSS or Code Injection via data URI</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139B</td>
      <td>HTML Injection, XSS or Code Injection via data URI</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100139C</td>
      <td>HTML Injection, XSS or Code Injection via data URI</td>
      <td>2019-05-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100105REFERER</td>
      <td>PHP serialization in Referer header</td>
      <td>2019-04-29</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100152</td>
      <td>
        Joomla
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10945">
          CVE-2019-10945
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-04-29</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100144</td>
      <td>NoSQL Injection attack (Expression vector)</td>
      <td>2019-04-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100143</td>
      <td>NoSQL Injection attack (comparison vector)</td>
      <td>2019-04-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100148</td>
      <td>Improve XSS inline detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-29</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100097G</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi blocking</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0034</td>
      <td>WordPress zero day XSS</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100010A</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100013</td>
      <td>Blocks PHP CGI attack by default</td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100150</td>
      <td>
        Block
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10842">
          CVE-2019-10842
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-04-22</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100142</td>
      <td>NoSQL Injection attack (array vector)</td>
      <td>2019-04-15</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030SVG</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CE</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CB</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CD</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CD2</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CD3</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0020BETA</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0017</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0017</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0018</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0019</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0021</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100127</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100128</td>
      <td>Improve blocking of SA-CORE-2019-003</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript URI</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript URI</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100135C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript URI</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100123A</td>
      <td>Improve invalid UTF-8 detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100123B</td>
      <td>Improve invalid UTF-8 detection</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100130</td>
      <td>Executable file upload attempt</td>
      <td>2019-04-08</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript events</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136B</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript events</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100136C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection using JavaScript events</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100120BETA2</td>
      <td>Reduce 100120's false positives</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0032BETA</td>
      <td>Reduce false positives for WP0032</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122ARGS</td>
      <td>Block use of stream wrappers in all arguments</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100132</td>
      <td>
        Protection for Apache Tika Command Injection
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1335">
          CVE-2018-1335
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100006</td>
      <td>Improve PHP webshell attempt detection.</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005</td>
      <td>
        Merge LFI 100005_BETA into 100005. Mitigates
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9126">
          CVE-2018-9126
        </a>
        ,
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1892">
          CVE-2011-1892
        </a>
        .
      </td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005U</td>
      <td>Superseded by 100005</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005UR</td>
      <td>Superseded by 100005</td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100134</td>
      <td>
        Ruby on Rails File Disclosure
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5418">
          CVE-2019-5418
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-04-01</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100120BETA</td>
      <td>Improve 100120's coverage of SQLi</td>
      <td>2019-03-25</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100130B</td>
      <td>Executable file with fake extension upload attempt</td>
      <td>2019-03-25</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CB</td>
      <td>
        Improves XSS event detection using alternate syntax \`, brackets, and
        parentheses.
      </td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021A</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection in Referer Header</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100030SVG</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CE</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CB</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100122ARGS_GET</td>
      <td>Block use of stream wrappers in GET arguments (RFI/RCE)</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100125</td>
      <td>Block AngularJS Sandbox attacks</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021D</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-18</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
      <td>WP0031</td>
      <td>
        WordPress RCE -
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8942">
          CVE-2019-8942
        </a>
        ,
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8943">
          CVE-2019-8943
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-03-11</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CB</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-11</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021C</td>
      <td>Improve XSS event detection</td>
      <td>2019-03-11</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008E</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi probing</td>
      <td>2019-03-04</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100123</td>
      <td>UTF-8 Invalid Characters detection (URL)</td>
      <td>2019-03-04</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008E</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi probe detection</td>
      <td>2019-02-18</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100063_BETA</td>
      <td>Reduce false positives for 100063</td>
      <td>2019-02-18</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021H</td>
      <td>Improve XSS</td>
      <td>2019-02-18</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021G</td>
      <td>Delete XSS rule</td>
      <td>2019-02-18</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Deleted</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100124A</td>
      <td>UTF-8 Invalid Characters detection</td>
      <td>2019-02-11</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100124B</td>
      <td>UTF-8 Invalid Characters detection</td>
      <td>2019-02-11</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100008</td>
      <td>Moved rule out of BETA</td>
      <td>2019-02-08</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100011</td>
      <td>Block requests with null bytes</td>
      <td>2019-02-04</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100020</td>
      <td>Blocked SQLi with mysql comments</td>
      <td>2019-02-04</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100120B</td>
      <td>Blocked SQLi with mysql comments</td>
      <td>2019-02-04</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100120C</td>
      <td>Blocked SQLi with mysql comments</td>
      <td>2019-02-04</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100054</td>
      <td>
        Block
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5638">
          CVE-2017-5638
        </a>
        RCE attempts
      </td>
      <td>2019-02-04</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009C</td>
      <td>Reduce 100009C false positives</td>
      <td>2019-01-28</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100007</td>
      <td>Improved RCE detection</td>
      <td>2019-01-28</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100012</td>
      <td>
        Detect
        <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9841">
          CVE-2017-9841
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>2019-01-28</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100112B</td>
      <td>Block requests with duplicated User-Agent headers</td>
      <td>2019-01-21</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100009J</td>
      <td>Reduce 100009J false positives</td>
      <td>2019-01-21</td>
      <td>Block</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100114</td>
      <td>Improved XSS probing detection</td>
      <td>2019-01-21</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100005</td>
      <td>Improved LFI detection</td>
      <td>2019-01-21</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0015</td>
      <td>Drupal SA-CORE-2019-002 vulnerability</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-01-17</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
      <td>D0016</td>
      <td>Drupal SA-CORE-2019-002 vulnerability</td>
      <td>Emergency, 2019-01-17</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Log</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
      <td>PHP100011</td>
      <td>Improved PHP code injection detection in URI and headers</td>
      <td>2019-01-14</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100121ARGS_GET</td>
      <td>Use of multiple percent-encoding level in URI arguments</td>
      <td>2019-01-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100121URI</td>
      <td>Use of multiple percent-encoding level in URI</td>
      <td>2019-01-07</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021CD3</td>
      <td>XSS reflection with JavaScript events</td>
      <td>2019-01-02</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Disable</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100068B</td>
      <td>Improve SQLi detection</td>
      <td>2019-01-02</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Block</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
      <td>100021_BETA</td>
      <td>Improve XSS detection</td>
      <td>2019-01-02</td>
      <td>Log</td>
      <td>Challenge</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2020)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2020/

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0025</td>
			<td>CVE:CVE-2020-13671</td>
			<td>2020-12-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100048</td>
			<td>Improve body anomaly detection</td>
			<td>2020-12-02</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100502</td>
			<td>CVE:CVE-2020-13443</td>
			<td>2020-11-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0017</td>
			<td>WordPress - SQLi - CVE:CVE-2015-2213 fix</td>
			<td>2020-11-16</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100501</td>
			<td>
				Oracle WebLogic - Deserialization - CVE:CVE-2020-14882,
				CVE:CVE-2020-14883, CVE:CVE-2020-14750
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2020-11-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100164</td>
			<td>SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2020-11-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100164_JSON</td>
			<td>SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2020-11-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100164_YAML</td>
			<td>SaltStack - Command Injection - CVE-2020-16846</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2020-11-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100124</td>
			<td>Improve Command Injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-10-19</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100175</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:X-Up-Devcap-Post-Charset - Evasion</td>
			<td>2020-10-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100500</td>
			<td>October CMS - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2020-10-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100600</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-10-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100016</td>
			<td>Improve Information Disclosure detection</td>
			<td>2020-09-28</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>100189</td>
			<td>WordPress - Command Injection</td>
			<td>2020-09-21</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100131</td>
			<td>Improve JSFuck XSS detection. Merges 100131_BETA into 100131.</td>
			<td>2020-09-21</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100131_BETA</td>
			<td>XSS - JSFuck</td>
			<td>2020-09-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100173</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-09-07</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100304</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-09-07</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100455</td>
			<td>XSS - Catch Injection</td>
			<td>2020-09-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100065</td>
			<td>Anomaly:URL:Query String - Relative Paths</td>
			<td>2020-09-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100166</td>
			<td>vBulletin - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2019-16759</td>
			<td>2020-08-24</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0025B</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-08-03</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100045</td>
			<td>Anomaly:URL - Multiple Slashes, Relative Paths, CR, LF or NULL</td>
			<td>2020-08-03</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100315</td>
			<td>
				RCE in BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface - CVE:CVE-2020-5902
			</td>
			<td>2020-08-03</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>100317</td>
			<td>vBulletin - SQLi - CVE:CVE-2020-12720</td>
			<td>2020-07-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100139D</td>
			<td>XSS</td>
			<td>2020-07-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100318</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Method - Unknown HTTP Method</td>
			<td>2020-07-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100319</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Method - Unusual HTTP Method</td>
			<td>2020-07-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100031</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-07-13</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100071</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-07-13</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100315</td>
			<td>
				RCE in BIG-IP Traffic Management User Interface - CVE:CVE-2020-5902
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2020-07-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100310</td>
			<td>Improve Apache Struts code injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-22</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135C</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136C</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100045</td>
			<td>Improve URL anomaly detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-15</td>
			<td>Challenge</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Misc</td>
			<td>100075</td>
			<td>Block HULK DoS</td>
			<td>2020-06-08</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100307</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection</td>
			<td>2020-06-08</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100174</td>
			<td>XSS - JS Context Escape</td>
			<td>2020-05-25</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008C</td>
			<td>Sleep Function</td>
			<td>2020-05-11</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100307</td>
			<td>jQuery URI XSS</td>
			<td>2020-05-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100303</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Nslookup</td>
			<td>2020-05-11</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100124</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Nslookup</td>
			<td>2020-05-11</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100303</td>
			<td>Nslookup</td>
			<td>2020-05-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100304</td>
			<td>Server-Side Includes</td>
			<td>2020-05-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100124</td>
			<td>Sleep</td>
			<td>2020-05-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008E</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008CW</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100008D</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100158</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100106</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100106B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100140</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100089</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100162</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100026</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100018</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100018B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100232</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135C</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136C</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection, false positive rate and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100167</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100168</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100169</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100170</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100171</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100172</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100173</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100174</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100221</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100222</td>
			<td>Improve HTML Injection detection and performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100156</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100139A</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100139B</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100139C</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100139D</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Magento</td>
			<td>MG0003B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0013</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0014</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0001</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100004</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100008</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100009</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100010</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0001</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0002</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0003</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0010</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0011</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WHMCS</td>
			<td>WHMCS0001</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WHMCS</td>
			<td>WHMCS0002</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WHMCS</td>
			<td>WHMCS0003</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900044</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900122</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900123</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900124</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900125</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900126</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>900127</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>999003</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>100000</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0001</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0005</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0006</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0007</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0015</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare WordPress</td>
			<td>WP0018</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100002</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100002A</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100005A</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100105HEADERS</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100105</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100116</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100109B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100006</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100007B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009EP</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009EP</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009EF</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100009L</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100010C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100014B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100017</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100020</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100032</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100039B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100046</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100052B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100056</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100057</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100058</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100060</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100064</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100066</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100067</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100068</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100068B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100074</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100076</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100077B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100078</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100078B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100082</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100086</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100086B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100088</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100088C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100095</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100097</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100099</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100100</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100104</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100108ARGS</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100109</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100310</td>
			<td>Apache Struts code injection</td>
			<td>2020-04-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100305</td>
			<td>ASP.NET - Deserialization - CVE:CVE-2019-18935</td>
			<td>2020-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100306</td>
			<td>Improve SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2020-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100011ARGS</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100011COOKIE</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100135A_BETA into 100135A.</td>
			<td>2020-04-06</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136A</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100136A_BETA into 100136A.</td>
			<td>2020-04-06</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100301</td>
			<td>
				SQLi detection improvement on <code>TRUNCATE</code>-like statements
			</td>
			<td>2020-03-30</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100300</td>
			<td>Improve SQL Operators support to prevent SQL Injection</td>
			<td>2020-03-23</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100302</td>
			<td>
				SQLi detection improvement on for <code>UNION</code>-like statements
			</td>
			<td>2020-03-23</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100135B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100135B_BETA into 100135B.</td>
			<td>2020-03-23</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100136B</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100136B_BETA into 100136B.</td>
			<td>2020-03-23</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				Logging for rules in the OWASP rule group has been improved by removing
				duplicate and empty log events.
			</td>
			<td>2020-03-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100162</td>
			<td>
				SQLi improvement on <code>SELECT FROM TABLE</code> statements
			</td>
			<td>2020-03-09</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100201</td>
			<td>Improve Fake Google Bot detection</td>
			<td>Emergency release, 2020-03-02</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>Improve File Inclusion detection</td>
			<td>Emergency release, 2020-03-02</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100007NS</td>
			<td>Improve Command Injection detection</td>
			<td>Emergency release, 2020-03-02</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100049A</td>
			<td>
				Improve GraphicsMagick, ImageMagick attack detection. Merge 100049A_BETA
				into 100049A.
			</td>
			<td>2020-02-17</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100220</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100220_BETA into 100220.</td>
			<td>2020-02-10</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100221</td>
			<td>Improve XSS detection. Merge 100221_BETA into 100221.</td>
			<td>2020-02-10</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100024</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-02-10</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100042</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-02-10</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100112B</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-02-10</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100029</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100043</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100047WP</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100012</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100013</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220, 100221</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100050</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100051</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100034</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100028</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100014</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100186</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100026</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100038</td>
			<td>Reduce false positive rate. Merge 100038_BETA into 100038.</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100043A</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100043A_BETA into 100043A.</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100043B</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100043B_BETA into 100043B.</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100243</td>
			<td>Improve Joomla SQLi detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100244</td>
			<td>Improve Adobe Flash attack detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100245</td>
			<td>Improve WordPress Broken Access Control Update Script detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100246</td>
			<td>
				Improve WordPress EWWW Image Optimizer Command Injection detection
			</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100247</td>
			<td>Improve WordPress API validation</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Flash</td>
			<td>F0001</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100244</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Challenge</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Flash</td>
			<td>F0002</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100244</td>
			<td>2020-01-27</td>
			<td>Challenge</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100201</td>
			<td>Block fake Google bots</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100202</td>
			<td>Block fake Bing and MSN bots</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100203</td>
			<td>Block fake Yandex bots</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100204</td>
			<td>Block fake Baidu bots</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035D</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100201</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100201</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035C</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100201</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100202</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035Y</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100203</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100035U</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100204</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100037</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100204</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100112</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>WP0029</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge WP0029_BETA into WP0029.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>WP0011</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Superseded by 100233.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100233</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100220</td>
			<td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100221</td>
			<td>Improve XSS and HTML Injection detection in request bodies</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096BASE</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096HTML</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096EVIL</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096BBASE</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096BHTML</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100096BEVIL</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100220</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100016</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100016_BETA into 100016.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100018</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100018_BETA into 100018.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100018B</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100018B_BETA into 100018B.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100025</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100089</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100089_BETA into 100089.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100112</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100115</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100117</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100026</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100120C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100121ARGS_GET</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100121URI</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100122</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100232</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100122ARGS</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100232</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100122ARGS_GET</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100232</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100132</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100132_BETA into 100132</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100155</td>
			<td>Improve performance. Merge 100155_BETA into 100155.</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100230</td>
			<td>Improve Drupal Command Injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100198</td>
			<td>Improve Apache Struts Code Injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100199</td>
			<td>Improve Drupal Command Injection detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100231</td>
			<td>Improve PHP Deserialization detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100232</td>
			<td>
				Improve Code Injection, Deserialization with Stream Wrapper detection
			</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100234</td>
			<td>Improve WordPress Broken Access Control detection</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100084</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100170</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030SVG</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021C</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CE</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CB</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CD</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CD2</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021CD3</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100135A, 100135B, 100135C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021D</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100136A, 100136B, 100136C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100107</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100136A, 100136B, 100136C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100107ARGS</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100136A, 100136B, 100136C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100148</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100149</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100136A, 100136B, 100136C</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030ARGS_STRICT</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100030ARGS_LOOSE</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021E</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100139D</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021E</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100139D</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100090</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100091</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100091B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100092</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100093</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100133</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100173</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100137</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100174</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100021H</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100113</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100120C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100120C</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>100112</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare PHP</td>
			<td>PHP100002</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100232</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0004</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100198</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0005</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0011</td>
			<td>Improve performance</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0014</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0014B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0015</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0016</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0016B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Miscellaneous</td>
			<td>CFMISC0017</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100199</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0016</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100232</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0004</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100230</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0004B</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100230</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0004C</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100230</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Drupal</td>
			<td>D0020</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100231</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Magento</td>
			<td>MG0003A</td>
			<td>Superseded by 100231</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP</td>
			<td>960034</td>
			<td>Deprecated</td>
			<td>2020-01-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2021)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2021/

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...fe5abb10</td>
			<td>100515</td>
			<td>Log4j RCE Body - CVE-2021-44228</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-12-16</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...60ba67d7</td>
			<td>100517</td>
			<td>Log4j RCE Advanced URI, Headers - CVE-2021-44228</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-12-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...74430f12</td>
			<td>100514</td>
			<td>Log4j RCE Headers - CVE-2021-44228</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-12-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...fe5abb10</td>
			<td>100515</td>
			<td>Log4j RCE Body - CVE-2021-44228</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-12-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...d5e015dd</td>
			<td>100516</td>
			<td>Log4j RCE URI - CVE-2021-44228</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-12-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...1c8e7f7f</td>
			<td>100009B3</td>
			<td>SQLi - ORDER/GROUP BY</td>
			<td>2021-11-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100201_2</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Google Bot</td>
			<td>2021-11-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100202_2</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Bing or MSN Bot</td>
			<td>2021-11-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100203_2</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Yandex Bot</td>
			<td>2021-11-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100204_2</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Baidu Bot</td>
			<td>2021-11-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...88d80772</td>
			<td>100008E2</td>
			<td>SQLi - AND/OR Digit Operator Digit</td>
			<td>2021-10-25</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...a72a6b3a</td>
			<td>100009CB2</td>
			<td>SQLi - Equation</td>
			<td>2021-10-25</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...2ebc44ad</td>
			<td>100008D</td>
			<td>SQLi - Benchmark Function</td>
			<td>2021-10-25</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...521e1eff</td>
			<td>WP0036</td>
			<td>WordPress - Broken Access Control</td>
			<td>2021-10-19</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...cfd0fac1</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events - Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-10-04</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...95afef63</td>
			<td>100135B</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events - Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-10-04</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...b3de2e0a</td>
			<td>100410</td>
			<td>SQLi - Tautology - URI</td>
			<td>2021-10-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...cfd0fac1</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events - Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-09-06</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...de5e2367</td>
			<td>100135C</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events - Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-09-06</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...901dddd0</td>
			<td>100139D</td>
			<td>XSS, HTML Injection - Data URI - Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-09-06</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...69e0b97a</td>
			<td>100400</td>
			<td>Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2021-26084</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-09-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...6aa0bef8</td>
			<td>100201</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Google Bot</td>
			<td>2021-08-31</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...c12cf9c8</td>
			<td>100202</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Bing or MSN Bot</td>
			<td>2021-08-31</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...f6cbb163</td>
			<td>100203</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Yandex Bot</td>
			<td>2021-08-31</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...047f06b4</td>
			<td>100204</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Baidu Bot</td>
			<td>2021-08-31</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...090d53ee</td>
			<td>100045</td>
			<td>
				Anomaly:URL:Path - Multiple Slashes, Relative Paths, CR, LF or NULL
			</td>
			<td>2021-08-23</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...603649a2</td>
			<td>100210</td>
			<td>Laravel - Code Injection - CVE-2021-3129</td>
			<td>2021-08-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...fe8ceb2f</td>
			<td>100045A</td>
			<td>
				Anomaly:URL:Query String - Multiple Slashes, Relative Paths, CR, LF or
				NULL
			</td>
			<td>2021-08-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS (URI)</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>uri-973345</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-26</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>973345</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-26</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100009</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-26</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...54622f7d</td>
			<td>100200</td>
			<td>Anomaly Header: Content-Type - Missing</td>
			<td>2021-07-26</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS (URI)</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>uri-973346</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-19</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS (URI)</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>uri-973322</td>
			<td>Improve Rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-19</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>973346</td>
			<td>Improve Rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-19</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP XSS</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>973322</td>
			<td>Improve Rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-07-19</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
			<td>Scoring Based</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100197</td>
			<td>Block ReGeorg webshell</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-07-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100197B</td>
			<td>Block ReGeorg webshell</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-07-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100196</td>
			<td>CVE-2021-21985 VSphere Virtual SAN Health Check</td>
			<td>2021-06-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100136A</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-06-21</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100139A</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-06-14</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100139B</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-06-14</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100139C</td>
			<td>Improve rule performance</td>
			<td>2021-06-14</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100195</td>
			<td>
				Microsoft HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
				CVE-2021-31166
			</td>
			<td>2021-06-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>WordPress</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>WP0025D</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Performance</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>WordPress</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>WP0026</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>WordPress</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>WP0023</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Performance - Supersedes 100245</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100245</td>
			<td>
				Remove 100245 (WordPress - Broken Access Control - Update Script) -
				Superseded by WP0023
			</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Drupal</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>D0000</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>PHP</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>PHP100012</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100222</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-06-01</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100188A</td>
			<td>CVE-2021-22893 Pulse Secure Vendor Workaround</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-04-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100038</td>
			<td>Improve Information Disclosure Coverage</td>
			<td>2021-04-19</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100185A</td>
			<td>
				Deprecated Short PHP Open Tag (<code>&lt;?</code>) Mitigation
			</td>
			<td>2021-03-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100179</td>
			<td>Improve Rule Performance</td>
			<td>2021-03-08</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100181</td>
			<td>
				Microsoft Exchange - Code Injection - CVE-2021-26858 - CVE-2021-27065
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-03-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100179</td>
			<td>Microsoft Exchange - SSRF - CVE-2021-26855</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2021-03-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>Improve LFI Log Injection/Disclosure coverage</td>
			<td>2021-03-01</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2022)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2022/

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...2aede3db</td>
			<td>100554</td>
			<td>Openam - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2021-35464</td>
			<td>2022-12-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...2ab75038</td>
			<td>100556</td>
			<td>Apache JXPath Library - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-41852</td>
			<td>2022-12-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b8ef67d7</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Equation</td>
			<td>2022-11-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...128f1556</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Generic</td>
			<td>2022-11-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b9cfd82d</td>
			<td>100552</td>
			<td>JXPath RCE - CVE:CVE-2022-41852</td>
			<td>2022-10-31</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...66edb651</td>
			<td>100555</td>
			<td>Apache Commons Text - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-42889</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-10-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1bc977d1</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892,
					CVE:CVE-2022-31474
				</p>
				This detection was announced as ...845e3ec7 on new WAF.
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...eebf3863</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>California Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...5b82d61c</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>Florida Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...d47285a0</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>Illinois Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...9f7200b4</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>New York Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...440ec8b9</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>UK Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...c78cf1e1</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>UK National Insurance Number</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...0f8f2657</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>UK Passport</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...5fe4101e</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>US Passport</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>...0a290153</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				<p>Wisconsin Driver's License</p>
				This detection is part of Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD).
			</td>
			<td>2022-10-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e0de97a2</td>
			<td>100553</td>
			<td>FortiOS - Authentication Bypass - CVE:CVE-2022-40684</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-10-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ee9bb2f5</td>
			<td>100549</td>
			<td>Atlassian Bitbucket - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-36804</td>
			<td>2022-10-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1d870399</td>
			<td>100546</td>
			<td>XSS - HTML Encoding</td>
			<td>2022-10-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e09c1a1e</td>
			<td>100551</td>
			<td>
				Microsoft Exchange SSRF and RCE vulnerability - CVE:CVE-2022-41040,
				CVE:CVE-2022-41082
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-10-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ee9bb2f5</td>
			<td>100549</td>
			<td>Atlassian Bitbucket - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-36804</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-09-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...cfd0fac1</td>
			<td>100135A</td>
			<td>
				<p>XSS - JavaScript Events</p>
				This detection was announced in BETA with ID ...92c2ad9f on new WAF and
				ID 100135A_BETA on legacy WAF.
			</td>
			<td>2022-09-12</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e09c1a1e</td>
			<td>100542</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					Broken Authentication - VMware - CVE:CVE-2022-31656,
					CVE:CVE-2022-22972
				</p>
				This detection was announced in BETA with ID ...df7d4d7b on new WAF and
				ID 100542_BETA on legacy WAF.
			</td>
			<td>2022-09-12</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...36fe4cbb</td>
			<td>100547</td>
			<td>Sophos Firewall Auth Bypass Vulnerability - CVE:CVE-2022-1040</td>
			<td>2022-09-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...4529da66</td>
			<td>100504</td>
			<td>Atlassian - CVE:CVE-2021-26086</td>
			<td>2022-09-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b090ba9a</td>
			<td>100303</td>
			<td>
				<p>Command Injection - Nslookup</p>
				This detection was announced in BETA with ID ...d5488862 on new WAF and
				ID 100303_BETA on legacy WAF.
			</td>
			<td>2022-09-05</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3a9dc737</td>
			<td>100532B</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity 2</td>
			<td>2022-08-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...9b16ea5e</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>CVE-2020-13443</td>
			<td>2022-08-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...fd9eb416</td>
			<td>100541</td>
			<td>Code Injection - WordPress Weblizar Backdoor - CVE:CVE-2022-1609</td>
			<td>2022-08-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e09c1a1e</td>
			<td>100542</td>
			<td>Broken Authentication - VMware - CVE:CVE-2022-31656</td>
			<td>2022-08-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...9ff2129f</td>
			<td>100544</td>
			<td>
				Zimbra - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-27925, CVE:CVE-2022-30333
			</td>
			<td>2022-08-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...94700cae</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				Drupal, Magento, PHP - Deserialization - CVE:CVE-2019-6340,
				CVE:CVE-2016-4010 - 2
			</td>
			<td>2022-08-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1bc977d1</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>
				DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892
			</td>
			<td>2022-08-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8e2e15a5</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Strict</td>
			<td>2022-08-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...25ba9d7c</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SSRF - Cloud</td>
			<td>2022-08-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8242627b</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SSRF - Local</td>
			<td>2022-08-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...74a51804</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SSRF - Host</td>
			<td>2022-08-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d77be6e7</td>
			<td>100540</td>
			<td>XSS, Code Injection - Elementor - CVE:CVE-2022-29455</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b21a6d17</td>
			<td>100539</td>
			<td>Alibaba Fastjson Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-25845</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...49e6b538</td>
			<td>100534</td>
			<td>Webshell Activity</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8d667511</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL, MongoDB - SQLi - Comparison</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...6418cd0a</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL, MongoDB - SQLi - Expression</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0d64e8c3</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>PostgreSQL - SQLi - COPY</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...fe93af88</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - AND/OR Digit Operator Digit</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...5dfbd021</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - AND/OR Digit Operator Digit - 2</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...95cb1c78</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - AND/OR MAKE_SET/ELT</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...33a94329</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Benchmark Function</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...a0ac8609</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Equation</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e3f62041</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - ORD and ASCII</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...5dcf99b7</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				SQLi -<code>SELECT</code>
				Expression
			</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...2514d20d</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Sleep Function</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...cf1914a0</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - String Concatenation</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...484037ce</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - String Function</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...42123a6c</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Sub Query</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d7aa0008</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				SQLi -<code>UNION</code>
				in MSSQL
			</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3306fcc2</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - WaitFor Function</td>
			<td>2022-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1651d0c8</td>
			<td>100536</td>
			<td>GraphQL Injection</td>
			<td>2022-07-25</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...6a648210</td>
			<td>100537</td>
			<td>Oracle ADF Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-21445</td>
			<td>2022-07-25</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...2753531e</td>
			<td>100533</td>
			<td>NoSQL - Injection</td>
			<td>2022-07-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...49e6b538</td>
			<td>100534</td>
			<td>Web Shell Activity</td>
			<td>2022-07-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...851d2f71</td>
			<td>100007C</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Common Attack Commands</td>
			<td>2022-07-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...aa290ad9</td>
			<td>100135D</td>
			<td>XSS - JS On Events</td>
			<td>2022-07-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100045B</td>
			<td>
				Anomaly:Header, Directory Traversal - Multiple Slashes, Relative Paths,
				CR, LF or NULL
			</td>
			<td>2022-07-06</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...34780914</td>
			<td>100532</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity</td>
			<td>2022-07-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d503ded0</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>XSS, HTML Injection</td>
			<td>2022-06-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...fd09a0e6</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events</td>
			<td>2022-06-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...f4b0220e</td>
			<td>100703</td>
			<td>Validate Headers</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...408cff2b</td>
			<td>100531</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-26134 (rule
				improvement)
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0c99546a</td>
			<td>100702</td>
			<td>Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-24108</td>
			<td>2022-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e184d050</td>
			<td>100701</td>
			<td>Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-30525</td>
			<td>2022-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...56c390a1</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892 2
			</td>
			<td>2022-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3456f611</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>XXE - System Function</td>
			<td>2022-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ae5baf61</td>
			<td>100005</td>
			<td>
				DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892
			</td>
			<td>2022-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...bb44c04a</td>
			<td>100531B</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - Extended - CVE:CVE-2022-26134
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...408cff2b</td>
			<td>100531</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-26134 (rule
				improvement)
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...408cff2b</td>
			<td>100531</td>
			<td>Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-26134</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...408cff2b</td>
			<td>100531</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-26134 (rule
				improvement)
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...408cff2b</td>
			<td>100531</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-26134 (rule
				improvement)
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-06-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0d20ddd9</td>
			<td>100054</td>
			<td>
				Improve Apache Struts detection. Merge 100054_BETA into 100054 and
				...f0c856b4 into ...0d20ddd9. Apache Struts - Command Injection -
				CVE:CVE-2017-5638.
			</td>
			<td>2022-05-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e1787c92</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Microsoft Exchange - Code Injection</td>
			<td>2022-05-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...d6e3073f</td>
			<td>100530</td>
			<td>Command Injection - RCE in BIG-IP - CVE:CVE-2022-1388</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-05-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...02a9ee96</td>
			<td>100528</td>
			<td>Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-29078</td>
			<td>2022-05-09</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...422313d0</td>
			<td>100529</td>
			<td>VMware vCenter - CVE:CVE-2021-22054</td>
			<td>2022-05-09</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...370dc796</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>PostgreSQL - SQLi, Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2019-9193</td>
			<td>2022-05-09</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...61337861</td>
			<td>100056_BETA</td>
			<td>Apache Struts - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2017-9791 - Beta</td>
			<td>2022-04-25</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...bb70a463</td>
			<td>100527</td>
			<td>Apache Struts - CVE:CVE-2021-31805</td>
			<td>2022-04-25</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...a24f08b7</td>
			<td>100526</td>
			<td>VMware vCenter - CVE:CVE-2022-22954</td>
			<td>2022-04-25</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...4343ef6b</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:X-Forwarded-Host</td>
			<td>2022-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ad8ba4bc</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:Content-Length - Missing in POST</td>
			<td>2022-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...cc74ff69</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:Accept - Missing or Empty</td>
			<td>2022-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...041699fb</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Practico CMS - SQLi</td>
			<td>2022-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...4751ef80</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Joomla - Anomaly:Header:User-Agent</td>
			<td>2022-04-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...f2cc4e84</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Spring - Code Injection</td>
			<td>2022-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...4e742bb6</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Drupal - Header Injection - CVE:CVE-2018-14774</td>
			<td>2022-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e46c6d76</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Drupal - XSS - CVE:CVE-2018-9861</td>
			<td>2022-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...f2cc4e84</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Spring - Code Injection</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-04-04</td>
			<td>Simulate</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...fbe6c869</td>
			<td>100522</td>
			<td>Spring - CVE:CVE-2022-22947</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-04-04</td>
			<td>Simulate</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...f2cc4e84</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Spring - Code Injection</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-03-31</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Simulate</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Specials</td>
			<td>...fbe6c869</td>
			<td>100522</td>
			<td>Spring - CVE:CVE-2022-22947</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2022-03-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Simulate</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...e7c9a2c4</td>
			<td>100519B</td>
			<td>Magento - CVE:CVE-2022-24086</td>
			<td>2022-03-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...a37c3733</td>
			<td>100520</td>
			<td>Apache - CVE:CVE-2022-24112</td>
			<td>2022-03-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...664ed6fe</td>
			<td>100015</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Port - Non Standard Port (not 80 or 443)</td>
			<td>2022-03-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...5723bcc9</td>
			<td>100022</td>
			<td>
				Anomaly:Method - Not
				<code>GET</code>
				or
				<code>POST</code>
			</td>
			<td>2022-03-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disable</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3fccf643</td>
			<td>100519</td>
			<td>Magento - CVE:CVE-2022-24086</td>
			<td>2022-03-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...5ea3d579</td>
			<td>100518</td>
			<td>SAP - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-22532</td>
			<td>2022-02-28</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...69e0b97a</td>
			<td>100400</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2021-26084 - Improve
				Rule Coverage
			</td>
			<td>2022-02-21</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>PHP100001</td>
			<td>
				PHP - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2012-2336, CVE:CVE-2012-2311,
				CVE:CVE-2012-1823
			</td>
			<td>2022-02-14</td>
			<td>Challenge</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...dc29b753</td>
			<td>100515B</td>
			<td>Log4j Body Obfuscation</td>
			<td>2022-02-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...69fe1e0d</td>
			<td>100700</td>
			<td>Apache SSRF vulnerability CVE-2021-40438</td>
			<td>2022-01-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2023)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2023/

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1bc977d1</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				DotNetNuke - File Inclusion - CVE:CVE-2018-9126, CVE:CVE-2011-1892,
				CVE:CVE-2022-31474
			</td>
			<td>2023-12-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...bb6d4e13</td>
			<td>100615</td>
			<td>Apache Struts - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-50164</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-12-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8ed2b1d9</td>
			<td>100611</td>
			<td>
				WordPress:Plugin:WooCommerce - Unauthorized Administrator Access -
				CVE:CVE-2023-28121
			</td>
			<td>2023-11-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...c3b6a372</td>
			<td>100593</td>
			<td>
				Adobe ColdFusion - Auth Bypass, Remote Code Execution -
				CVE:CVE-2023-29298, CVE:CVE-2023-38203, CVE:CVE-2023-26360
			</td>
			<td>2023-11-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...c54e7046</td>
			<td>100614</td>
			<td>Atlassian Confluence - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-22518</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-11-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d59a59db</td>
			<td>100609</td>
			<td>Keycloak - SSRF - CVE:CVE-2020-10770</td>
			<td>2023-10-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3e3f706d</td>
			<td>100606</td>
			<td>
				JetBrains TeamCity - Auth Bypass, Remote Code Execution -
				CVE:CVE-2023-42793
			</td>
			<td>2023-10-23</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...469c4a38</td>
			<td>100607</td>
			<td>Progress WS_FTP - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2023-40044</td>
			<td>2023-10-23</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...7ccccdce</td>
			<td>100608</td>
			<td>Progress WS_FTP - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-40044</td>
			<td>2023-10-23</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ec9f34e1</td>
			<td>100604</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Privilege Escalation - CVE:CVE-2023-22515.
				<br />
				Also released for Cloudflare Free customers, with rule ID ...91935fcb
				(updated detection logic).
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-10-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ec9f34e1</td>
			<td>100604,100605</td>
			<td>
				Atlassian Confluence - Privilege Escalation - CVE:CVE-2023-22515.
				<br />
				Also released for Cloudflare Free customers, with rule ID ...91935fcb.
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-10-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...34780914</td>
			<td>100532</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity</td>
			<td>2023-10-02</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...066c0c9a</td>
			<td>100602</td>
			<td>Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-36845</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-09-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0746d000</td>
			<td>100603</td>
			<td>Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2023-28432</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-09-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...25ba9d7c</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SSRF Cloud</td>
			<td>2023-09-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...c5f041ac</td>
			<td>100597</td>
			<td>Information Disclosure - Path Normalization</td>
			<td>2023-09-04</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...50cec478</td>
			<td>100598</td>
			<td>Remote Code Execution - Common Bash Bypass</td>
			<td>2023-09-04</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ec5b0d04</td>
			<td>100599</td>
			<td>Ivanti - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2023-38035</td>
			<td>2023-09-04</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...6912c055</td>
			<td>100601</td>
			<td>Malware - Polymorphic Encoder</td>
			<td>2023-09-04</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8242627b</td>
			<td>100146B</td>
			<td>SSRF Local BETA</td>
			<td>2023-09-04</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...84dadf5a</td>
			<td>100595</td>
			<td>MobileIron - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2023-35082</td>
			<td>2023-08-21</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...48a60154</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>SQLi - Keyword + SubExpress + Comment + BETA</td>
			<td>2023-08-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...cac42ce2</td>
			<td>100596</td>
			<td>
				Citrix Content Collaboration ShareFile - Remote Code Execution -
				CVE:CVE-2023-24489
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-08-17</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...c3b6a372</td>
			<td>100593</td>
			<td>
				Adobe ColdFusion - Auth Bypass, Remote Code Execution -
				CVE:CVE-2023-29298, CVE:CVE-2023-38203, CVE:CVE-2023-26360
			</td>
			<td>2023-08-07</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...63d65c25</td>
			<td>100594</td>
			<td>Citrix Netscaler ADC - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-3519</td>
			<td>2023-08-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...63d65c25</td>
			<td>100594</td>
			<td>Citrix Netscaler ADC - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-3519</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-08-01</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...777f5c34</td>
			<td>100590</td>
			<td>Fortigate VPN - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-27997</td>
			<td>2023-07-31</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0bd669ca</td>
			<td>100592</td>
			<td>Code Injection - Generic</td>
			<td>2023-07-31</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP Rules</td>
			<td>...af347fde</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>944100: Remote Command Execution: Suspicious Java class detected</td>
			<td>2023-07-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP Rules</td>
			<td>...9fae472b</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				944110: Remote Command Execution: Java process spawn (CVE-2017-9805)
			</td>
			<td>2023-07-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP Rules</td>
			<td>...5ab75703</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				944120: Remote Command Execution: Java serialization (CVE-2015-4852)
			</td>
			<td>2023-07-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP Rules</td>
			<td>...73cd4e53</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				944210: Magic bytes Detected Base64 Encoded, probable Java serialization
				in use
			</td>
			<td>2023-07-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>OWASP Rules</td>
			<td>...e068f5d3</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>944300: Base64 encoded string matched suspicious keyword</td>
			<td>2023-07-10</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...6f9bfc13</td>
			<td>100590</td>
			<td>VMware - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-20887</td>
			<td>2023-07-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...fb982fd6</td>
			<td>100008G</td>
			<td>SQLi - Libinject with Body Inspection</td>
			<td>2023-07-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...7bc0259f</td>
			<td>100008NS</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Netcat - Body</td>
			<td>2023-07-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8559ddfa</td>
			<td>100589</td>
			<td>File Inclusion - WEB-INF</td>
			<td>2023-06-19</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...269024be</td>
			<td>100587</td>
			<td>Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2019-18889</td>
			<td>2023-06-19</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...6f9bfc13</td>
			<td>100590</td>
			<td>VMware - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-20887</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-06-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...269024be</td>
			<td>100587</td>
			<td>Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2022-23529</td>
			<td>2023-06-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...3ff033f6</td>
			<td>100588</td>
			<td>MoveIT - SSRF</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2023-06-09</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...dae05f0a</td>
			<td>100583</td>
			<td>Sophos - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-1671</td>
			<td>2023-05-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...dd1b7502</td>
			<td>100584</td>
			<td>Oracle Opera - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-21932</td>
			<td>2023-05-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...18585d20</td>
			<td>100582</td>
			<td>vBulletin - Code Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-25135</td>
			<td>2023-05-02</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...49e6b538</td>
			<td>100534</td>
			<td>Webshell Activity</td>
			<td>2023-05-02</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8b036974</td>
			<td>100558</td>
			<td>Malware, Web Shell</td>
			<td>2023-05-02</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...dfc9b843</td>
			<td>100580</td>
			<td>XSS - Error handling</td>
			<td>2023-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...2f26b3a7</td>
			<td>100581</td>
			<td>Joomla - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2023-23752</td>
			<td>2023-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...602dabe0</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events</td>
			<td>2023-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100546</td>
			<td>XSS - HTML Encoding</td>
			<td>2023-04-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...a47c4be6</td>
			<td>100577</td>
			<td>Apache Spark - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-33891</td>
			<td>2023-03-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...54d00d2f</td>
			<td>100578</td>
			<td>GLPI - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-35914</td>
			<td>2023-03-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...fb4c6991</td>
			<td>100579</td>
			<td>GitLab - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2021-22205</td>
			<td>2023-03-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...ad679b95</td>
			<td>100575</td>
			<td>ZK Framework - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2022-36537</td>
			<td>2023-03-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...f2cc4e84</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Java - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2023-03-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...30d612c4</td>
			<td>100572</td>
			<td>Java - Remote Code Execution - URL</td>
			<td>2023-03-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...9497744a</td>
			<td>100570</td>
			<td>FortiNAC - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-39952</td>
			<td>2023-03-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...5d38ed42</td>
			<td>100564</td>
			<td>
				Oracle E-Business Suite - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-21587
			</td>
			<td>2023-02-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d7e78753</td>
			<td>100566</td>
			<td>Ruby on Rails - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2023-02-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...72612a5b</td>
			<td>100568</td>
			<td>Cacti - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2022-46169</td>
			<td>2023-02-27</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...a6fda143</td>
			<td>100563</td>
			<td>Template Injection</td>
			<td>2023-02-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b090ba9a</td>
			<td>100303</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Nslookup</td>
			<td>2023-02-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...0550c529</td>
			<td>100016</td>
			<td>Version Control - Information Disclosure</td>
			<td>2023-02-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...d3cdd6ac</td>
			<td>100561</td>
			<td>Remote Code Execution - Double Extension</td>
			<td>2023-02-13</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...f2cc4e84</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Java - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2023-02-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...1b4e622e</td>
			<td>100560</td>
			<td>Microsoft Exchange - Broken Authentication - CVE:CVE-2021-33766</td>
			<td>2023-02-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...de5e2367</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events</td>
			<td>2023-01-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...4c2e80c3</td>
			<td>100557</td>
			<td>Code Injection - JavaScript</td>
			<td>2023-01-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...65414846</td>
			<td>100559</td>
			<td>Prototype pollution Attack, Headers</td>
			<td>2023-01-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>...fc25d2f1f</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Rollback Cloudflare OWASP to version 3.3.3 from 3.3.4</td>
			<td>2023-01-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...8b036974</td>
			<td>100558</td>
			<td>Malware, Web Shell</td>
			<td>2023-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Log</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>100135C</td>
			<td>XSS - JavaScript Events</td>
			<td>2023-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare OWASP</td>
			<td>...fc25d2f1f</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Upgrading Cloudflare OWASP to version 3.3.4</td>
			<td>2023-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>...b604fb62</td>
			<td>100551B</td>
			<td>
				Microsoft Exchange SSRF and RCE vulnerability 2 - CVE:CVE-2022-41040,
				CVE:CVE-2022-41082
			</td>
			<td>2023-01-09</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Historical (2024)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/historical-2024/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Ruleset</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Change Date</th>
			<th>Old Action</th>
			<th>New Action</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="fc7338307e484b9f8d460aca6bc398e9" />
			</td>
			<td>100675</td>
			<td>Adobe ColdFusion - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2023-38205</td>
			<td>2024-10-21</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="9226fa56d43b4d9a81e36575710cc526" />
			</td>
			<td>100676</td>
			<td>Palo Alto Networks - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-5910</td>
			<td>2024-10-21</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="97e5190080874e828986516604f7d36a" />
			</td>
			<td>100677</td>
			<td>SolarWinds - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-28987</td>
			<td>2024-10-21</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="90658d0d48b34882830d8da32e49c1d8" />
			</td>
			<td>100673</td>
			<td>GoAnywhere - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-0669</td>
			<td>2024-10-14</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="81b9bdf1270c4643a7b0e051168ef44c" />
			</td>
			<td>100669</td>
			<td>
				Apache HugeGraph-Server - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-27348
			</td>
			<td>2024-10-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="919ecfe1bf1a41fabe47050191e9ba51" />
			</td>
			<td>100672</td>
			<td>Ivanti Virtual Traffic Manager - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-7593</td>
			<td>2024-10-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="bf8594562fc745578488e74aeb60e909" />
			</td>
			<td>100670</td>
			<td>Junos - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-36844</td>
			<td>2024-10-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="a14873b9a10143c5a61369dc84938aa0" />
			</td>
			<td>100671</td>
			<td>Microsoft SQL Server - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2020-0618</td>
			<td>2024-10-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="6da28a8f5a734bb7a89f55572f26b3a7" />
			</td>
			<td>100581</td>
			<td>Joomla - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2023-23752</td>
			<td>2024-10-07</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="05688219275547a9bc6e9d9d11020996" />
			</td>
			<td>100668</td>
			<td>
				Progress Software WhatsUp Gold - Information Disclosure -
				CVE:CVE-2024-6670
			</td>
			<td>2024-10-01</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="7b822fd1f5814e17888ded658480ea8f" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Body - Large 2</td>
			<td>2024-09-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="bbf685d70ddc467e8efb0ed0a24f08b7" />
			</td>
			<td>100526</td>
			<td>VMware vCenter - CVE:CVE-2022-22954, CVE:CVE-2022-22948</td>
			<td>2024-09-03</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="86b480c7ed6b466e90921b631a48569a" />
			</td>
			<td>100667</td>
			<td>Authentik - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-42490</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-08-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="7ff77f19b2ec4f1dab9f031ef3f42616" />
			</td>
			<td>100666</td>
			<td>Apache OFBiz - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-32113</td>
			<td>2024-08-19</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e960ac54d6e841cebcfe89d571eefd6f" />
			</td>
			<td>100665</td>
			<td>Zoho ManageEngine - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-29084</td>
			<td>2024-08-19</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="03046805349b4af5a438b74f89011f18" />
			</td>
			<td>100664</td>
			<td>Automation Anywhere - SSRF - CVE:CVE-2024-6922</td>
			<td>2024-08-05</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3cdb08eb76554208a729e1ae740bce9a" />
			</td>
			<td>100663</td>
			<td>WSO2 - Dangerous File Upload - CVE:CVE-2022-29464</td>
			<td>2024-08-05</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="feebbbae63ee419097548c8f77c07fce" />
			</td>
			<td>100662</td>
			<td>
				ServiceNow - Input Validation - CVE:CVE-2024-4879, CVE:CVE-2024-5178,
				CVE:CVE-2024-5217
			</td>
			<td>2024-08-05</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="887843ffbe90436dadd1543adaa4b037" />
			</td>
			<td>100659</td>
			<td>Common Payloads for Server-side Template Injection - Base64</td>
			<td>2024-07-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="af748489e1c2411d80d855954816b26f" />
			</td>
			<td>100559A</td>
			<td>Prototype Pollution - Common Payloads - Base64</td>
			<td>2024-07-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="94aaff1d9f0f49cc85a289fb818d6040" />
			</td>
			<td>100660</td>
			<td>Server-side Includes - Common Payloads - Base64</td>
			<td>2024-07-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="8575e29f7fce4a35b3b89c3e3defc179" />
			</td>
			<td>100661</td>
			<td>SQLi - Common Payloads - Base64</td>
			<td>2024-07-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d58ebf5351d843d3a39a4480f2cc4e84" />
			</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Java - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2024-07-29</td>
			<td>Block</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d58ebf5351d843d3a39a4480f2cc4e84" />
			</td>
			<td>100524</td>
			<td>Java - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="21c7a963e1b749e7b1753238a28a42c4" />
			</td>
			<td>100659</td>
			<td>Common Payloads for Server-side Template Injection</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="54b441b1bf18416e9a6dd5b7fa595c5b" />
			</td>
			<td>100533A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads NoSQL Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="8a14cb0f282b481bb20eaa63f8c3c472" />
			</td>
			<td>100533A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads NoSQL Injection</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5a157dc113d14765b68fd1531b5ca35e" />
			</td>
			<td>100644</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads XSS Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="bdd057f07ba44533a9c5bf308d4b794c" />
			</td>
			<td>100644</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads XSS</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="44d7bf9bf0fa4898b8579573e0713e9f" />
			</td>
			<td>100642</td>
			<td>LDAP Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3565b80fc5b541b4832c0fc848f6a9cf" />
			</td>
			<td>100642</td>
			<td>LDAP Injection</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="1c241ed5f5bd44b19e17476b433e5b3d" />
			</td>
			<td>100559A</td>
			<td>Prototype Pollution - Common Payloads</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c11d57f6f6204c338b0cab291a3e21e4" />
			</td>
			<td>100645</td>
			<td>Remote Code Execution - Generic Payloads</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5875b1d97beb4e1faf0ac5a5ea67490b" />
			</td>
			<td>100660</td>
			<td>Server-Side Includes - Common Payloads</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="89d5233d5fcc410f9edd3b1d1e676265" />
			</td>
			<td>100661</td>
			<td>SQLi - Common Payloads</td>
			<td>2024-07-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="2a18d91ebaa24edebfe7235e6fa67018" />
			</td>
			<td>100658</td>
			<td>Apache OFBiz - SSRF - CVE:CVE-2023-50968</td>
			<td>2024-07-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="53d9ed7f7a194596aa252cd7f2f0224b" />
			</td>
			<td>100657</td>
			<td>JEECG - Deserialization - CVE:CVE-2023-49442</td>
			<td>2024-07-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="0242110ae62e44028a13bf4834780914" />
			</td>
			<td>100532</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity</td>
			<td>2024-07-17</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="94fa8d506d99460f94c4b520a0c03e6f" />
			</td>
			<td>100654</td>
			<td>
				Telerik Report Server - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-4358,
				CVE:CVE-2024-1800
			</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f6301bb866914521b4dd3c98ff9f8ca6" />
			</td>
			<td>100655</td>
			<td>
				Rejetto HTTP File Server - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-23692
			</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="8395a6bedf454601b0928d6885c293eb" />
			</td>
			<td>100647</td>
			<td>pgAdmin - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-3116</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="269248d7a2ed42ffae9d581fb57f700d" />
			</td>
			<td>100656</td>
			<td>MoveIT - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-5806</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="6ebf227e51954025919cdf17afae3d67" />
			</td>
			<td>100079A</td>
			<td>Java - Deserialization - 2</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="530a0370d373425e829a3d4498760cfd" />
			</td>
			<td>100648</td>
			<td>Groovy - Remote Code Execution</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="2ce80fe815254f25b3c8f47569fe1e0d" />
			</td>
			<td>100700</td>
			<td>Apache SSRF vulnerability CVE-2021-40438</td>
			<td>2024-07-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="ff7a9621e3d64d478aa057051a9fccda" />
			</td>
			<td>100652</td>
			<td>PHP CGI - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2024-4577</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-06-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="4dc6cbd7ae784694b62697182b931b04" />
			</td>
			<td>100653</td>
			<td>
				Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager - Information Disclosure -
				CVE:CVE-2024-29849
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-06-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="facce5f6d06b4106a3abba7100a71dce" />
			</td>
			<td>100651</td>
			<td>Atlassian Confluence - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-21683</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-06-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c15c5a490f004b7fa7c79c73b1df0e15" />
			</td>
			<td>100650</td>
			<td>
				Check Point Security - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2024-24919
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-05-30</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="a0f7333617084cfe8786c1bf92b2cc05" />
			</td>
			<td>100649</td>
			<td>
				FortiSIEM - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-23108,
				CVE:CVE-2023-34992
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-05-29</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="bf2a3843b11c4cb6b43e02d596ca9284" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads XSS Base64 2 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-05-21</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="54b441b1bf18416e9a6dd5b7fa595c5b" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads NoSQL Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-05-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="44d7bf9bf0fa4898b8579573e0713e9f" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>LDAP Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-05-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="9932cc2aded64affb875c1eacad90fb3" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL - Injection Base64 2 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-05-14</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5a157dc113d14765b68fd1531b5ca35e" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads XSS Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-05-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="0242110ae62e44028a13bf4834780914" />
			</td>
			<td>100532</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity</td>
			<td>2024-05-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="920e3b10aa934194928a598a2753531e" />
			</td>
			<td>100533</td>
			<td>NoSQL - Injection</td>
			<td>2024-05-06</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="4da4bff90eb744b6a6588b8417bd5326" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Malaysian Phone Number</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Sensitive Data Disclosure (SDD)</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e54555dfff5340de8cc9c33d3172838f" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td> Malaysia Identification Card Number</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d257a3dae94243a6b2d7534327e67a11" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity 3 Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d9dd297ec46e4c0ba45f370e9cb76af3" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Default Windows User - Directory Traversal Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="54b441b1bf18416e9a6dd5b7fa595c5b" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads NoSQL Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="9932cc2aded64affb875c1eacad90fb3" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL - Injection Base64 2 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="44d7bf9bf0fa4898b8579573e0713e9f" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>LDAP Injection Base64 Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-24</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c11d57f6f6204c338b0cab291a3e21e4" />
			</td>
			<td>100645</td>
			<td>Remote Code Execution - Generic Payloads</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="8a14cb0f282b481bb20eaa63f8c3c472" />
			</td>
			<td>100533A</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads NoSQL Injection</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="bdd057f07ba44533a9c5bf308d4b794c" />
			</td>
			<td>100644</td>
			<td>Generic Payloads XSS</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="870cca2b874d41738019d4c3e31d972a" />
			</td>
			<td>100007C_BETA</td>
			<td>
				<p>Command Injection - Common Attack Commands Beta</p>
				Updated detection logic.
			</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="b7654ec170f04eea81e60a1a7f3009d1" />
			</td>
			<td>100643</td>
			<td>
				<p>Default Windows User - Directory Traversal</p>
				Updated detection logic.
			</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3565b80fc5b541b4832c0fc848f6a9cf" />
			</td>
			<td>100642</td>
			<td>
				<p>LDAP Injection</p>
				Updated detection logic.
			</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="7a3338a563a04109807e6326dd908124" />
			</td>
			<td>100532C</td>
			<td>
				<p>Vulnerability scanner activity 3</p>
				Updated detection logic.
			</td>
			<td>2024-04-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="64fa151963064ea09fc8a7df851d2f71" />
			</td>
			<td>100007C</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Common Attack Commands</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-04-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="570eeb22e5c34253b0a61aabbe099a1f" />
			</td>
			<td>100045C</td>
			<td>
				Anomaly:URL:Path - Multiple Slashes, Relative Paths, CR, LF or NULL 2
			</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="870cca2b874d41738019d4c3e31d972a" />
			</td>
			<td>100007C_BETA</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Common Attack Commands Beta</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="b7654ec170f04eea81e60a1a7f3009d1" />
			</td>
			<td>100643</td>
			<td>Default Windows User - Directory Traversal</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="586a86d3ba5e41f78701c806cf419cda" />
			</td>
			<td>100088E</td>
			<td>Generic XXE Attack</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="eb076534b3d3401686fcaedf56c53382" />
			</td>
			<td>100088D</td>
			<td>Generic XXE Attack 2</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="7b70da1bb8d243bd80cd7a73af00f61d" />
			</td>
			<td>100536A</td>
			<td>GraphQL Introspection</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="58c4853c250946359472b7eaa41e5b67" />
			</td>
			<td>100536B</td>
			<td>GraphQL SSRF</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3565b80fc5b541b4832c0fc848f6a9cf" />
			</td>
			<td>100642</td>
			<td>LDAP Injection</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="7a3338a563a04109807e6326dd908124" />
			</td>
			<td>100532C</td>
			<td>Vulnerability scanner activity 3</td>
			<td>2024-04-15</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="9740feb77b654928afae3f6349621813" />
			</td>
			<td>100632</td>
			<td>Nginx - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3cc50f55b19b47b4abcd0a997dc64fb6" />
			</td>
			<td>100633</td>
			<td>PHP - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="092a024ff2f34cc9b03e6ea67eac8439" />
			</td>
			<td>100634</td>
			<td>Generic Database - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="c0a226fee6ea4296a9e77868a0ccf665" />
			</td>
			<td>100635</td>
			<td>Generic Log - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="d7540a17462b4a398795f837e485e537" />
			</td>
			<td>100636</td>
			<td>Generic Webservers - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f5caa30a5f4b4838b8d2049c1813c52d" />
			</td>
			<td>100637</td>
			<td>Generic Home Directory - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="29f7c4f14eb6447a97469d4d241fb0cb" />
			</td>
			<td>100638</td>
			<td>Generic System Process - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="fa066fe4a09741e18508a3a8d03cd48f" />
			</td>
			<td>100639</td>
			<td>Command Injection</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="a96930c6d1734dfbaac1be25e367ad17" />
			</td>
			<td>100640</td>
			<td>Generic System - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="02c41d88fa21451a92bccdcda8f03d2d" />
			</td>
			<td>100641</td>
			<td>Apache - File Inclusion</td>
			<td>2024-04-08</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="1197b7ed9c7645acadc44e342bed8cdd" />
			</td>
			<td>100629</td>
			<td>
				JetBrains TeamCity - Auth Bypass, Remote Code Execution -
				CVE:CVE-2024-27198, CVE:CVE-2024-27199
			</td>
			<td>2024-03-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="44cf05954947472c822ad0091ef425a5" />
			</td>
			<td>100630</td>
			<td>
				Apache OFBiz - Auth Bypass, Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-49070,
				CVE:CVE-2023-51467
			</td>
			<td>2024-03-18</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="0b4ff6c18f8049ac8a5fb51fdc6877e2" />
			</td>
			<td>100627</td>
			<td>
				Wordpress:Plugin:Bricks Builder Theme - Command Injection -
				CVE:CVE-2024-25600
			</td>
			<td>2024-03-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="60d000f68bcd4f699e3e4e8cae685218" />
			</td>
			<td>100628</td>
			<td>ConnectWise - Auth Bypass</td>
			<td>2024-03-11</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="a3bac0f1289243e9a4c00c50aa290ad9" />
			</td>
			<td>100135D</td>
			<td>XSS - JS On Events</td>
			<td>2024-03-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="4c3415859ead4436976240d11d870399" />
			</td>
			<td>100546</td>
			<td>XSS - HTML Encoding</td>
			<td>2024-02-26</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="533fbad558ce4c5ebcf013f09a5581d0" />
			</td>
			<td>100622B, 100622C</td>
			<td>
				Ivanti - Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-46805, CVE:CVE-2024-21887,
				CVE:CVE-2024-22024
			</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="1d1871762d8449efb6ecafdcd0b325aa" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Microsoft ASP.NET - Code Injection - Function response.write</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f3a89a84e3744021a2f8e9291b138b3e" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL, MongoDB - SQLi - Comparison</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e30d73fd247b4a0eb41b1a968f66903c" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>NoSQL, MongoDB - SQLi - Expression</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="ed1e2fad498d4e53bb0670e32d2e031c" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>PHP - Code Injection</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="0f2da91cec674eb58006929e824b817c" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>
				PHP, vBulletin, jQuery File Upload - Code Injection, Dangerous File
				Upload - CVE:CVE-2018-9206, CVE:CVE-2019-17132
			</td>
			<td>2024-02-20</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f3c07b95144e40169abed3ee901523c0" />
			</td>
			<td>100625</td>
			<td>Jenkins - Information Disclosure - CVE:CVE-2024-23897</td>
			<td>2024-02-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5f6744fa026a4638bda5b3d7d5e015dd" />
			</td>
			<td>100514</td>
			<td>Log4j Headers</td>
			<td>2024-02-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="3536f964ccc345308b6445e8dc29b753" />
			</td>
			<td>100515B</td>
			<td>Log4j Body Obfuscation</td>
			<td>2024-02-12</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5fca26a83ed84ab9addb34dd52d6027b" />
			</td>
			<td>100624</td>
			<td>GoAnywhere - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2024-0204</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="4d825bf2e3ae49baa2061bc7f89ab164" />
			</td>
			<td>100626,100626A</td>
			<td>Anomaly:Header:Content-Type - Multiple</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="07e32601bfb9468abbae99ab7736c63c" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>AngularJS - XSS</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="75a0060762034a6cb663fd51a02344cb" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Apache HTTP Server - Server-Side Includes</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="935a66f12be347dfa41f5d37af52d528" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2014-6271</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="f4a310393c564d50bd585601b090ba9a" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Command Injection - Nslookup</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="2fe273498e964f0bb20ac022d5a14a5e" />
			</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Microsoft ASP.NET - Code Injection</td>
			<td>2024-02-05</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="6020327a3d424d33b9c33bbeda07a922" />
			</td>
			<td>100623</td>
			<td>Atlassian Confluence - Template Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-22527</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-01-22</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="1ec47d7bbc9740f88e10292034ab53c5" />
			</td>
			<td>100622</td>
			<td>
				Ivanti - Auth Bypass, Command Injection - CVE:CVE-2023-46805,
				CVE:CVE-2024-21887
			</td>
			<td>Emergency, 2024-01-17</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="da8ff3429aff44149bd4b42438906cff" />
			</td>
			<td>100620</td>
			<td>Microsoft ASP.NET - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-35813</td>
			<td>2024-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="b453b52f2b3b4aefb5f4819384f664a9" />
			</td>
			<td>100619</td>
			<td>Liferay - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2020-7961</td>
			<td>2024-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="12651504a40a4ee48a8409fd7d29ec39" />
			</td>
			<td>100618</td>
			<td>pfSense - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2023-42326</td>
			<td>2024-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="00057a7c6ac247be8b12e5d09016ef33" />
			</td>
			<td>100621</td>
			<td>Clerk - Auth Bypass</td>
			<td>2024-01-16</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Disabled</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Cloudflare Specials</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="e6e20a02339c42d9a3c3d7a853c7ccde" />
			</td>
			<td>100612</td>
			<td>SnakeYAML - CVE:CVE-2022-1471</td>
			<td>2024-01-04</td>
			<td>N/A</td>
			<td>Block</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components";

The WAF changelog provides information about changes to managed rulesets and general updates to WAF protection.

## Changelog for managed rulesets

Cloudflare has a regular cadence of releasing updates and new rules to WAF managed rulesets. The updates either improve a rule's accuracy, lower false positives rates, or increase the protection due to a change in the threat landscape.

The release cycle for new rules happens on a 7-day cycle, typically every Monday or Tuesday depending on public holidays. For existing rule updates, Cloudflare will initially deploy the updated rule as a BETA rule (denoted in rule description) and with a `BETA` tag, before updating the original rule on the next release cycle. Cloudflare will deploy the updated or new rules into logging only mode (_Log_ action), with `BETA` and `New` tags. Essentially, any newly created rules will carry both the `BETA` and `New` tags. Logging only mode allows you to identify any increases in security event volumes which look like potential false positives. On the following Monday (or Tuesday) the rules will change from logging only mode to the intended default action (**New Action** column in the changelog table), with the `BETA` and `New` tags removed.

Cloudflare is very proactive in responding to new vulnerabilities, which may need to be released outside of the 7-day cycle, defined as an Emergency Release.

:::caution
[Ruleset overrides and tag overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) apply to existing and **future** rules in the managed ruleset, which includes changes in regular and emergency releases.
:::

If you do notice a new or updated rule generating an increased volume of security events, you can disable or change the rule from its _Default_ action. Once you change a rule to use an action other than the default one, Cloudflare will not be able to override the rule action.

<LinkButton type="primary" href="/waf/change-log/scheduled-changes/">
	View scheduled changes
</LinkButton>

---

# Changelog for managed rulesets only

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/managed-rulesets/

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/waf.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

---

# Scheduled changes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/change-log/scheduled-changes/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Announcement Date</th>
			<th>Release Date</th>
			<th>Release Behavior</th>
			<th>Legacy Rule ID</th>
			<th>Rule ID</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Comments</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100708</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="742306889c2e4f6087de6646483b4c26" />
			</td>
			<td>Aviatrix Network - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-50603</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100709</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="042228dffe0a4f1587da0e737e924ca3" />
			</td>
			<td>Next.js - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-46982</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100710</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="2a12278325464d6682afb53483a7d8ff" />
			</td>
			<td>Progress Software WhatsUp Gold - Directory Traversal - CVE:CVE-2024-12105</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100711</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="82ce3424fbe84e9e99d77332baa8eb34" />
			</td>
<td>WordPress - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-56064</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100712</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="5afacd39dcfd42f89a6c43f787f5d34e" />
			</td>
<td>WordPress - Remote Code Execution - CVE:CVE-2024-9047</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>2025-02-03</td>
			<td>2025-02-10</td>
			<td>Log</td>
			<td>100713</td>
			<td>
				<RuleID id="05842b06f0a4415880b58f7fbf72cf8a" />
			</td>
			<td>FortiOS - Auth Bypass - CVE:CVE-2022-40684</td>
			<td>This is a New Detection</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

# Custom rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="custom-rules-intro" product="waf" />

Custom rules are evaluated in order, and some actions like _Block_ will stop the evaluation of other rules. For more details on actions and their behavior, refer to the [actions reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/).

:::note[Did you migrate from Cloudflare Firewall Rules?]

Refer to the [migration guide](/waf/reference/migration-guides/firewall-rules-to-custom-rules/#main-differences) to learn more about the differences between firewall rules and custom rules.
:::

To define sets of custom rules that apply to more than one zone, use [custom rulesets](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/), which require an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.

---

## Next steps

To create custom rules using the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to [Create custom rules in the dashboard](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/).

You can also create custom rules using the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/). Refer to [Create custom rules via API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/) for more information.

For Terraform examples, refer to [WAF custom rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/).

---

# Create a custom rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/create-api/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a custom rule via API.

You must deploy custom rules to the `http_request_firewall_custom` [phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset).

## Create a custom rule

<Render
	file="api-generic-create-rule-procedure"
	params={{
		ruleType: "custom rule",
		extraObject: "",
		phaseName: "http_request_firewall_custom",
	}}
/>

### Example A

This example request adds a rule to the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

The new rule, which will be the last rule in the ruleset, will challenge requests from the United Kingdom or France with a <GlossaryTooltip term="threat score">threat score</GlossaryTooltip> greater than `10`:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My custom rule",
  "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and cf.threat_score > 10",
  "action": "challenge"
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

### Example B

This example request adds a rule to the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

The new rule, which will be the last rule in the ruleset, includes the definition of a [custom response](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for blocked requests:

```bash null {9-13}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My custom rule with plain text response",
  "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and cf.threat_score > 50",
  "action": "block",
  "action_parameters": {
    "response": {
      "status_code": 403,
      "content": "Your request was blocked.",
      "content_type": "text/plain"
    }
  }
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

---

## Next steps

Use the different operations in the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to work with the rule you just created. The following table has a list of common tasks:

<Render
	file="rules-next-steps-table"
	params={{
		rulesType: "custom rules",
		phaseName: "http_request_firewall_custom",
	}}
/>

---

# Create a custom rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.

3. To create a new empty rule, select **Create rule**. To duplicate an existing rule, select the three dots next to it > **Duplicate**.

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

   ![Custom rule creation page in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/firewall-custom-rule-create.png)

5. Under **If incoming requests match**, use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**.

6. Under **Then take action**, select the rule action in the **Choose action** dropdown. For example, selecting _Block_ tells Cloudflare to refuse requests that match the conditions you specified.

7. (Optional) If you selected the _Block_ action, you can [configure a custom response](#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests).

8. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

## Configure a custom response for blocked requests

<Render
	file="custom-response-blocked-requests"
	params={{ one: "WAF block", two: "403", three: "2 KB" }}
/>

---

# WAF attack score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/attack-score/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The attack score [traffic detection](/waf/concepts/#detection-versus-mitigation) helps identify variations of known attacks and their malicious payloads. This detection complements [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/).

WAF's managed rulesets contain rules that are continuously updated to better detect malicious payloads. They target specific patterns of established attack vectors and have a very low rate of false positives. However, managed rulesets are not optimized for attacks based on variations of the original signature introduced, for example, by fuzzing techniques.

Attack score allows you to identify these attack variations and their malicious payloads. It classifies each request using a machine learning algorithm, assigning an attack score from 1 to 99 based on the likelihood that the request is malicious. Just like [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/), you can use this score to identify potentially malicious traffic that is not an exact match to any of the rules in WAF Managed Rules.

To maximize protection, Cloudflare recommends that you use both Managed Rules and attack score.

:::note
This feature is available to Enterprise customers. Business plans have access to a single field (WAF Attack Score Class).
:::

## Available scores

The Cloudflare WAF provides the following attack score fields:

| Score                  | Data type | Minimum plan required | Attack vector                    | Field                                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | --------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| WAF Attack Score       | Number    | Enterprise            | N/A (global score)               | [`cf.waf.score`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.score/)             |
| WAF SQLi Attack Score  | Number    | Enterprise            | [SQL injection][1] (SQLi)        | [`cf.waf.score.sqli`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.score.sqli/)   |
| WAF XSS Attack Score   | Number    | Enterprise            | [Cross-site scripting][2] (XSS)  | [`cf.waf.score.xss`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.score.xss/)     |
| WAF RCE Attack Score   | Number    | Enterprise            | [Remote code execution][3] (RCE) | [`cf.waf.score.rce`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.score.rce/)     |
| WAF Attack Score Class | String    | Business              | N/A (global classification)      | [`cf.waf.score.class`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.score.class/) |

[1]: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/sql-injection/
[2]: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/cross-site-scripting/
[3]: https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-remote-code-execution/

You can use these fields in expressions of [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/). Attack score fields of data type `Number` vary between `1` and `99` with the following meaning:

- A score of `1` indicates that the request is almost certainly malicious.
- A score of `99` indicates that the request is likely clean.

The special score `100` indicates that the Cloudflare WAF did not score the request.

The global WAF Attack Score is mathematically derived from individual attack scores (for example, from SQLi Attack Score and XSS Attack Score), reflecting their interdependence. However, the global score is not a sum of individual scores. A low global score usually indicates medium to low individual scores, while a high global score suggests higher individual scores.

The WAF Attack Score Class field can have one of the following values, depending on the calculated request attack score:

| Dashboard label | Field value     | Description                         |
| --------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| _Attack_        | `attack`        | Attack score between `1` and `20`.  |
| _Likely attack_ | `likely_attack` | Attack score between `21` and `50`. |
| _Likely clean_  | `likely_clean`  | Attack score between `51` and `80`. |
| _Clean_         | `clean`         | Attack score between `81` and `99`. |

Requests with the special attack score `100` will show a WAF Attack Score Class of _Unscored_ in the Cloudflare dashboard, but you cannot use this class value in rule expressions.

Attack score automatically detects and decodes Base64, JavaScript (Unicode escape sequences), and URL encoded content anywhere in the request: URL, headers, and body.

## Rule recommendations

Cloudflare does not recommend that you block traffic solely based on the WAF Attack Score for all values below `50`, since the _Likely attack_ range (scores between `21` and `50`) tends to have false positives. If you want to block traffic based on this score, do one of the following:

- Use a more strict WAF Attack Score value in your expression. For example, block traffic with a WAF attack score below `20` or below `15` (you may need to adjust the exact threshold).

- Combine a higher WAF Attack Score threshold with additional filters when blocking incoming traffic. For example, include a check for a specific URI path in your expression or use bot score as part of your criteria.

---

## Start using WAF attack score

### 1. Create a custom rule

If you are an Enterprise customer, create a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) that blocks requests with a **WAF Attack Score** less than or equal to 20 (recommended initial threshold). For example:

| Field            | Operator              | Value |
| ---------------- | --------------------- | ----- |
| WAF Attack Score | less than or equal to | `20`  |

- Equivalent rule expression: `cf.waf.score le 20`
- Action: _Block_

Business customers must create a custom rule with the **WAF Attack Score Class** field instead. For example, use this field to block incoming requests with a score class of _Attack_:

| Field                  | Operator | Value    |
| ---------------------- | -------- | -------- |
| WAF Attack Score Class | equals   | `Attack` |

- Equivalent rule expression: `cf.waf.score.class eq "attack"`
- Action: _Block_

### 2. Monitor domain traffic

Monitor the rule you created, especially in the first few days, to make sure you entered an appropriate threshold (or class) for your traffic. Update the rule if required.

### 3. Update the rule action

If you are an Enterprise customer and you created a rule with _Log_ action, change the rule action to a more severe one, like _Managed Challenge_ or _Block_.

---

## Additional remarks

The WAF Attack Score is different from <GlossaryTooltip term="threat score">Threat Score</GlossaryTooltip> and Bot Score. WAF Attack Score identifies variation of attacks that WAF Managed Rules do not catch. Bot Score identifies bots, while Threat Score measures IP reputation across Cloudflare services.

---

# Traffic detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable } from "~/components";

WAF traffic detections check incoming requests for malicious or potentially malicious activity. Each enabled detection provides one or more scores — available in the [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) dashboard — that you can use in WAF rule expressions.

The WAF currently provides the following detections for finding security threats in incoming requests:

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="security.waf_b_detections" />

For more information on bot score, refer to the [Bots documentation](/bots/concepts/bot-score/).

## Turn on a detection

To turn on a traffic detection:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Incoming traffic detections**, turn on the desired detections.

Enabled detections will run for all incoming traffic.

:::note
Currently, you cannot manage the [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) and [attack score](/waf/detections/attack-score/) detections from the **Security** > **Settings** page. Refer to the documentation of each feature for availability details.
:::

## More resources

For more information on detection versus mitigation, refer to [Concepts](/waf/concepts/#detection-versus-mitigation).

---

# Deploy a WAF managed ruleset via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/deploy-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to deploy a managed ruleset at the account level or at the zone level.

Deploy WAF managed rulesets to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase. Other managed rulesets, like DDoS Attack Protection managed rulesets, must be deployed to a different phase. Refer to the specific managed ruleset documentation for details.

The [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) page includes the IDs of the different WAF managed rulesets. You will need this information when deploying the rulesets via API.

## Example

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## Next steps

To customize the behavior of the rules included in a managed ruleset, [create an override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

To skip the execution of WAF managed rulesets or some of their rules, [create an exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/) (also called a skip rule).

Exceptions have priority over overrides.

## More resources

For more information on working with managed rulesets via API, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Deploy a WAF managed ruleset in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can deploy and configure managed rulesets for a zone in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.

To deploy a managed ruleset for several Enterprise domains in your account, refer to [Deploy a managed ruleset in the dashboard for an account](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/).

![Example WAF Managed Rules configuration in the Managed rules tab under Security > WAF. There are two managed rulesets already deployed, and one managed ruleset available for deployment.](~/assets/images/waf/waf-managed-rules-tab.png)

## Deploy a managed ruleset

To deploy a managed ruleset with the default configuration:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.

3. Under **Managed Rulesets**, select **Deploy** next to a managed ruleset.

This operation will deploy the managed ruleset for the current zone, creating a new rule with the _Execute_ action.

## Turn on or off a managed ruleset

Select the **Enabled** toggle next to a managed ruleset to turn it on or off.

## Configure a managed ruleset

Configure a managed ruleset to:

- Specify a custom filter expression to apply the rules in the ruleset to a subset of incoming requests.
- Define specific field values for one or more rules (for example, configure a rule with an action different from the action configured by Cloudflare), or turn off those rules.

To skip one or more rules — or even entire WAF managed rulesets — for specific incoming requests, [add an exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/).

:::note

Some managed rulesets may not allow custom configuration, depending on your Cloudflare plan.
:::

### Configure field values for all the rules

To configure rule field values for all the rules in a managed ruleset:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.

3. Next to the _Execute_ rule deploying the managed ruleset you want to configure, select the managed ruleset name.<br/> If you have not deployed the managed ruleset yet, select the managed ruleset name under **Managed Rulesets**.

4. (Optional) To execute the managed ruleset for a subset of incoming requests, select **Edit scope** and [configure the expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/) that will determine the scope of the current rule deploying the managed ruleset.

5. In the ruleset configuration section, define settings for all the rules in the ruleset by setting one or more fields using the drop-down lists.

   For example, select the action to perform for all the rules in the ruleset from the **Ruleset action** drop-down list.

   ![The Configure Managed Ruleset page displaying the available options to override all the rules in the ruleset. In the displayed managed ruleset you can override the ruleset action.](~/assets/images/waf/waf-configure-ruleset.png)

6. If you are editing a deployed managed ruleset, select **Save**. If you have not deployed the managed ruleset yet, select **Deploy** to deploy the ruleset immediately, or **Save as Draft** to save your deployment settings for later.

### Configure rules in bulk in a managed ruleset

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<Render file="managed-ruleset-configure-rules-in-bulk" />

### Configure a single rule in a managed ruleset

<Render file="managed-rules-browse-zone" />

<Render file="managed-ruleset-configure-single-rule" />

### Browse the rules of a managed ruleset

You can browse the available rules in a managed ruleset and search for individual rules or tags.

<Render file="managed-rules-browse-zone" />

### Delete a managed ruleset deployment rule or an exception

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.
3. Next to the rule or exception (skip rule) you want to delete, select the three dots > **Delete** and confirm the operation.

---

# Handle false positives

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/handle-false-positives/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

If you encounter a false positive caused by a managed rule, do one of the following:

- **Add an exception**: [Exceptions](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) allow you to skip the execution of WAF managed rulesets or some of their rules for certain requests.

- **Adjust the OWASP managed ruleset**: A request blocked by the rule with ID <RuleID id="6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c" /> and description `949110: Inbound Anomaly Score Exceeded` refers to the [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/). To resolve the issue, [configure the OWASP managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/configure-dashboard/).

- **Disable the corresponding managed rule(s)**: Create an override to disable specific rules. This may avoid false positives, but you will also reduce the overall site security. Refer to the [dashboard instructions](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset) on configuring a managed ruleset, or to the [API instructions](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) on creating an override.

:::note

If you contact Cloudflare Support to verify whether a WAF managed rule triggers as expected, [provide a HAR file](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#generate-a-har-file) captured while sending the specific request of concern.
:::

## Additional recommendations

- If one specific rule causes false positives, disable that specific rule and not the entire ruleset.

- For false positives with the administrator area of your website, add an [exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) disabling a managed rule for the admin section of your site resources. You can use an expression similar to the following:

  `http.host eq "example.com" and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/admin")`

---

# WAF Managed Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/

import { FeatureTable, Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

<Render file="waf-managed-rules-intro" product="waf" />

## Managed rulesets

Cloudflare provides the following managed rulesets in the WAF:

- [**Cloudflare Managed Ruleset**](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/): Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset provides fast and effective protection for all of your applications. The ruleset is updated frequently to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives.<br/>Ruleset ID: <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" />

- [**Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset**](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/): Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project, or OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set. Cloudflare routinely monitors for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository.<br/>Ruleset ID: <RuleID id="4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f" />

- [**Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check**](/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/): Deploy an automated credentials check on your end-user authentication endpoints. For any credential pair, the Cloudflare WAF performs a lookup against a public database of stolen credentials.<br/>Ruleset ID: <RuleID id="c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605" />

- **Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset**: Available on all Cloudflare plans. Designed to provide mitigation against high and wide impacting vulnerabilities. The rules are safe to deploy on most applications. If you deployed the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for your site, you do not need to deploy this managed ruleset.<br/>Ruleset ID: <RuleID id="77454fe2d30c4220b5701f6fdfb893ba" />

The following managed rulesets run in a response phase:

- [**Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection**](/waf/managed-rules/reference/sensitive-data-detection/): Created by Cloudflare to address common data loss threats. These rules monitor the download of specific sensitive data — for example, financial and personally identifiable information. Available in **Security** > **Sensitive Data**.<br/>Ruleset ID: <RuleID id="e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e" />

## Availability

The managed rulesets you can deploy depend on your Cloudflare plan.

<FeatureTable id="security.waf_a_managed_rules" />

<Render
	file="managed-ruleset-config-options"
	params={{
		overridesUrl:
			"/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset",
	}}
/>

## Zone-level deployment

At the zone level, you can only deploy each WAF managed ruleset once. At the [account level](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/) you can deploy each managed ruleset multiple times.

## Important remarks

Cloudflare analyzes the body of incoming requests up to a certain maximum size that varies according to your Cloudflare plan. For Enterprise customers, the maximum body size is 128 KB, while for other plans the limit is lower. This means that the behavior of specific managed rules that analyze request bodies can vary according to your current Cloudflare plan.

If included in your plan, you can use [request body fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) such as `http.request.body.truncated` or `http.request.headers.truncated` in [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) that apply appropriate actions to requests that have not been fully analyzed by Cloudflare due to the maximum body size.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/best-practices/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following sections cover typical rate limiting configurations for common use cases. You can combine the provided example rules and adjust them to your own scenario.

The main use cases for rate limiting are the following:

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## Enforcing granular access control

### Limit by user agent

A common use case is to limit the rate of requests performed by individual user agents. The following example rule allows a mobile app to perform a maximum of 100 requests in 10 minutes. You could also create a separate rule limiting the rate for desktop browsers.

| Setting                  | Value                            |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | User Agent equals `MobileApp`    |
| Expression               | `http.user_agent eq "MobileApp"` |
| Counting characteristics | IP                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 100 requests / 10 minutes        |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                |

### Allow specific IP addresses or ASNs

Another use case when controlling access to resources is to exclude or include IP addresses or Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) from a rate limiting rule.

The following example rule allows up to 10 requests per minute from the same IP address doing a `GET` request for `/status`, as long as the visitor's IP address is not included in the `partner_ips` [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists).

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/status` and Request Method equals `GET` and IP Source Address is not in list `partner_ips` |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/status" and http.request.method eq "GET" and not ip.src in $partner_ips`         |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                                           |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 1 minute                                                                                       |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                                            |

### Limit by referrer

Some applications receive requests originated by other sources (for example, used by advertisements linking to third-party pages). You may wish to limit the number of requests generated by individual referrer pages to manage quotas or avoid indirect DDoS attacks.

| Setting                  | Value                                                                 |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/status` and Request Method equals `GET`             |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/status" and http.request.method eq "GET"` |
| Counting characteristics | Header (`Referer`) [^1]                                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 100 requests / 10 minutes                                             |
| Action                   | Block                                                                 |

[^1]: The HTTP header name uses a misspelling of "referrer".

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting._

### Limit by destination host

SaaS applications or customers using [Cloudflare SSL for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) might have thousands of hosts under the same zone, which makes creating individual rules per host impractical. To overcome this, you can create a rate limiting rule that uses the host as a counting characteristic.

The following example rule will track the rate of requests to the `/login` endpoint for each host:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/login` and Request Method equals `GET`             |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "GET"` |
| Counting characteristics | IP and Host                                                          |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 10 minutes                                             |
| Action                   | Block                                                                |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting._

## Protecting against credential stuffing

A typical use case of rate limiting is to protect a login endpoint against attacks such as [credential stuffing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-credential-stuffing/). The following example contains three different rate limiting rules with increasing penalties to manage clients making too many requests.

**Rule #1**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Hostname equals `example.com` and URI Path equals `/login` and Request Method equals `POST`               |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "example.com" and http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "POST"`      |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                                        |
| Counting criteria        | URI Path equals `/login` and Method equals `POST` and Response code is in (401, 403)                      |
| Counting expression      | `http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "POST" and http.response.code in {401 403}` |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 4 requests / 1 minute                                                                                     |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                                         |

**Rule #2**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Hostname equals `example.com` and URI Path equals `/login` and Request Method equals `POST`               |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "example.com" and http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "POST"`      |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                                        |
| Counting criteria        | URI Path equals `/login` and Request Method equals `POST` and Response Status Code is in (401, 403)       |
| Counting expression      | `http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "POST" and http.response.code in {401 403}` |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 10 minutes                                                                                  |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                                         |

**Rule #3**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Host equals `example.com`                                                                                 |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "example.com"`                                                                              |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                                        |
| Counting criteria        | URI Path equals `/login` and Request Method equals `POST` and Response Status Code is in (401, 403)       |
| Counting expression      | `http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and http.request.method eq "POST" and http.response.code in {401 403}` |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 20 requests / 1 hour                                                                                      |
| Action                   | Block for 1 day                                                                                           |

Rule #1 allows up to four requests per minute, after which a Managed Challenge is triggered. This configuration allows legitimate customers a few attempts to remember their password. If an automated actor makes several requests, that client will likely be blocked by an unsolved Managed Challenge. On the other hand, if a human gets and passes the challenge when reaching rule #1's rate limit, rule #2 will provide the next level of protection, allowing for up to 10 requests over the next 10 minutes. For clients exceeding this second threshold, rule #3 (the most severe) will apply, blocking the client for one day.

These three rules have a counting expression separate from the rule expression (also known as mitigation expression). When you configure a separate counting expression, the matching criteria will only be used when an action is triggered. In the counting expression you can include conditions based on the HTTP response status code and HTTP response headers, therefore integrating rate limiting with your backend logic.

You can also decide to have two different expressions — a counting expression and a rule/mitigation expression — to define:

1. The requests used to compute the rate.
2. The requests actually acted upon.

For example, rule #3 computes the rate considering `POST` requests to `/login` that returned a `401` or `403` HTTP status code. However, when the rate limit is exceeded, Cloudflare blocks every request to the `example.com` host generated by the same IP. For more information on counting expressions, refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/#example-b).

:::note[Configuring additional protection]

Login endpoints are also commonly protected against the [use of exposed credentials](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/) and [bot abuse](/bots/).
:::

## Limiting the number of operations

You can use rate limiting to limit the number of operations performed by a client. The exact rule providing this protection will depend on your application. The following examples address [content scraping](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-content-scraping/) via query string parameters or JSON body.

### Prevent content scraping (via query string)

In this example, clients perform operations (such as looking up prices and adding to basket) on an ecommerce website using different query string parameters. For example, a typical request sent by a client could be similar to the following:

```txt
GET https://store.com/merchant?action=lookup_price&product_id=215
Cookie: session_id=12345
```

Your security team might want to consider setting up a limit on the number of times a client can lookup prices to prevent bots — which may have eluded Cloudflare Bot Management — from scraping the store's entire catalog.

**Rule #1**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant` and URI Query String contains `action=lookup_price`                  |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant" and http.request.uri.query contains "action=lookup_price"` |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 2 minutes                                                                          |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                                |

**Rule #2**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant` and URI Query String contains `action=lookup_price`                  |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant" and http.request.uri.query contains "action=lookup_price"` |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                                                                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 20 requests / 5 minute                                                                           |
| Action                   | Block                                                                                            |

These two rate limiting rules match requests performing a selected action (look up price, in this example) and use `IP` as the counting characteristic. Similarly to the [previous `/login` example](#protecting-against-credential-stuffing), the two rules will help reduce false positives in case of persistent (but legitimate) visitors.

To limit the lookup of a specific `product_id` via query string parameter, you could add that specific query parameter as a counting characteristic, so that the rate is calculated based on all the requests, regardless of the client. The following example rule limits the number of lookups for each `product_id` to 50 requests in 10 seconds.

| Setting                  | Value                                  |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant`            |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant"` |
| Counting characteristics | Query (`product_id`)                   |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 50 requests / 10 seconds               |
| Action                   | Block                                  |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting._

You could follow the same pattern of rate limiting rules to protect applications handling reservations and bookings.

### Prevent content scraping (via body)

Consider an application that handles the operation and its parameters through the request body in JSON format. For example, the `lookup_price` operation could look like the following:

```txt
POST https://api.store.com/merchant
Cookie: session_id=12345

Body:
{
  "action": "lookup_price",
  "product_id": 215
}
```

In this scenario, you could write a rule to limit the number of actions from individual sessions:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant` and JSON String `action` equals `lookup_price`                                       |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant" and lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "action") eq "lookup_price"` |
| Counting characteristics | Cookie (`session_id`)                                                                                            |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 2 minutes                                                                                          |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                                                |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting and payload inspection._

You could also limit the number of lookups of each `product_id` regardless of the client making the requests by deploying a rule like the following:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant` and JSON field `action` equals `lookup_price`                                        |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant" and lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "action") eq "lookup_price"` |
| Counting characteristics | JSON field (`product_id`)                                                                                        |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 50 requests / 10 seconds                                                                                         |
| Action                   | Block                                                                                                            |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting and payload inspection._

:::note

If the request body is not JSON, you can use the [`http.request.body.raw`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.raw/) field and regular expressions (along with the [`matches` operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators)) to achieve the same goal.
:::

### Limit requests from bots

A general approach to identify traffic from bots is to rate limit requests that trigger a large volume of `403` or `404` response status codes from the origin server. This usually indicates automated activity from scraping applications.

In this situation, you could configure a rule similar to the following:

| Setting                  | Value                                 |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Hostname equals `example.com`         |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "example.com"`          |
| Counting characteristics | IP                                    |
| Increment counter when   | Response Status Code is in (401, 403) |
| Counting expression      | `http.response.code in {401 403}`     |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 5 requests / 3 minutes                |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                     |

To control the rate of actions performed by automated sources, consider use rate limiting rules together with [Cloudflare Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/). With Bot Management, you can use the [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) as part of the matching criteria to apply the rule only to automated or likely automated traffic. For example, you can use a maximum score (or threshold) of `30` for likely automated traffic and `10` for automated traffic.

If your application tracks sessions using a cookie, you can use the cookie to set the rate limiting context (that is, use it as a counting characteristic). By setting the rate limiting characteristic to Cookie, the rule will group together requests from different IP addresses but belonging to the same session, which is a common scenario when dealing with a bot network performing a distributed attack.

**Rule #1**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                               |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Bot Score less than 30 and URI Query String contains `action=delete`                |
| Expression               | `cf.bot_management.score lt 30 and http.request.uri.query contains "action=delete"` |
| Counting characteristics | Cookie (`session_id`)                                                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 1 minute                                                              |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                                   |

**Rule #2**

| Setting                  | Value                                                                               |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Bot Score less than 10 and URI Query String contains `action=delete`                |
| Expression               | `cf.bot_management.score lt 10 and http.request.uri.query contains "action=delete"` |
| Counting characteristics | Cookie (`session_id`)                                                               |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 20 requests / 5 minute                                                              |
| Action                   | Block                                                                               |

_These example rules require Advanced Rate Limiting and Bot Management._

If the application does not use a session cookie, you can use [JA3 fingerprints](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/) to identify individual clients. A JA3 fingerprint is a unique identifier, available to customers with [Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/), that allows Cloudflare to identify requests coming from the same client. All clients have an associated fingerprint, whether they are automated or not.

| Setting                  | Value                                                                    |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/merchant` and Bot Score less than 10                   |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/merchant" and cf.bot_management.score lt 10` |
| Counting characteristics | JA3 Fingerprint                                                          |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 10 requests / 1 minute                                                   |
| Action                   | Managed Challenge                                                        |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting and Bot Management._

## Protecting REST APIs

APIs can put significant strain on the application backend because API requests can be expensive to compute or serve. These requests may also require complex operations (such as data processing and large data lookups) that, if abused, can eventually bring down an origin server.

### Prevent volumetric attacks

Advanced Rate Limiting can mitigate many types of volumetric attacks, like DDoS attacks, mass assignment, and data exfiltration.

A common concern is to limit `POST` actions. For authenticated traffic, you can use [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/) to identify a suitable rate of request per endpoint, and then create a rate limiting rule like the following:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                     |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/endpoint1` and Request Method equals `POST`             |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/endpoint1" and http.request.method eq "POST"` |
| Counting characteristics | Header (`x-api-key`)                                                      |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | As suggested by API Discovery or assessed by analyzing past traffic.      |
| Action                   | Block                                                                     |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting. API Discovery requires an additional license._

The counting characteristic can be any header, key, token, cookie, query parameter, or even JSON body field, since some APIs include a session ID or user ID as part of the JSON body. Refer to the following sections for additional information:

- If your unique identifier is in the URI path, refer to [Protect resources](#protect-resources).
- If your unique identifier is in the JSON body, refer to [Prevent content scraping (via body)](#prevent-content-scraping-via-body).

### Protect resources

`GET` requests can also create excessive strain on an application or have an impact on costly resources, such as bandwidth. For example, consider an application with a large amount of stored files (such as images) where clients can download a file by accessing their specific URL:

```txt
GET https://api.store.com/files/<FILE_ID>
Header: x-api-key=9375
```

You probably wish to limit the number of downloads to avoid abuse, but you do not want to write individual rules for each file, given the size of the data storage. In this case, you could write a rule such as the following:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Hostname equals `api.example.com` and Request Method equals `GET`    |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "api.example.com" and http.request.method eq "GET"`    |
| Counting characteristics | Path                                                                 |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | As suggested by API Discovery or assessed by analyzing past traffic. |
| Action                   | Block                                                                |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting._

The rule defines a limit of 10 downloads in 10 minutes for every file under `https://api.store.com/files/*`. By using Path as the rule characteristic, you avoid having to write a new rule every time there is a new uploaded file with a different `<FILE_ID>`. With this rule, the rate is computed on every request, regardless of their source IP or session identifier.

You could also combine Path with the `x-api-key` header (or IP, if you do not have a key or token) to set the maximum number of downloads that a specific client, as identified by `x-api-key`, can make of a given file:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | Hostname equals `api.store.com` and Request Method equals `GET`      |
| Expression               | `http.host eq "api.example.com" and http.request.method eq "GET"`    |
| Counting characteristics | Path and Header (`x-api-key`)                                        |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | As suggested by API Discovery or assessed by analyzing past traffic. |
| Action                   | Block                                                                |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting._

## Protecting GraphQL APIs

One of the biggest challenges posed by applications built on GraphQL is that a single path manages all queries to the server, and every request is usually a `POST` operation.

The purpose of the request is usually embedded in the body, which has information on what data the client wants to fetch or mutate (according to [GraphQL's terminology](https://graphql.org/learn/queries/) for server-side data modification), along with any additional data required to carry out the action.

The following examples are based on an application that accepts reviews for movies. A GraphQL request could look like the following:

```txt
POST https://moviereviews.example.com/graphql
Cookie: session_id=12345

Body:
{
  "data": {
    "createReview": {
      "stars": 5,
      "commentary": "This is a great movie!"
    }
  }
}
```

### Limit the number of operations

To limit the rate of actions, you could use the following rule:

| Setting                  | Value                                                                                   |
| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria        | URI Path equals `/graphql` and Body contains `createReview`                             |
| Expression               | `http.request.uri.path eq "/graphql" and http.request.body.raw contains "createReview"` |
| Counting characteristics | Cookie (`session_id`)                                                                   |
| Rate (Requests / Period) | 5 requests / 1 hour                                                                     |
| Action                   | Block                                                                                   |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting and payload inspection._

### Prevent server overload

The complexity necessary to handle a GraphQL request can vary significantly. Since the API uses a single endpoint, it is difficult to figure out the complexity of each request before it has been served.

To protect the origin server from resource exhaustion, rather than limiting the number of requests you need to limit the amount of complexity necessary to handle a single client over a period of time. Cloudflare Rate Limiting allows you to create rules that [track complexity over time](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/#complexity-based-rate-limiting) and block subsequent requests after reaching a complexity budget or limit.

This type of rate limiting requires that the server scores every served request according to the request's complexity. Additionally, the server must add this score to the response as an HTTP header. Then, the rate limiting mechanism will use this information to update the budget for that specific client.

For example, the following rule defines a total complexity budget of 1,000 per hour:

| Setting                     | Value                                 |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Matching criteria           | URI Path contains `/graphql`          |
| Expression                  | `http.request.uri.path eq "/graphql"` |
| Counting characteristics    | Cookie (`session_id`)                 |
| Score rate (score / period) | 1,000 / 1 hour                        |
| Score location              | Response header (`score`)             |
| Action                      | Block                                 |

_This example rule requires Advanced Rate Limiting and payload inspection._

:::note

Currently, you can only create complexity-based (or score-based) rules such as the one above [via API](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/#example-d---complexity-based-rate-limiting-rule).

:::

When the origin server processes a request, it adds a `score` HTTP header to the response with a value representing how much work the origin has performed to handle it — for example, `400`. In the next hour, the same client can perform requests up to an additional budget of `600`. As soon as this budget is exceeded, later requests will be blocked until the timeout expires.

---

# Create a rate limiting rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-zone-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and zone.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**.

3. To create a new empty rule, select **Create rule**. To duplicate an existing rule, select the three dots next to it > **Duplicate**.

   ![The Create rate limiting rule page in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/rate-limiting-create.png)

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

5. Under **If incoming requests match**, use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**.

6. (Optional) Under **Cache status**, disable **Also apply rate limiting to cached assets** to consider only the requests that reach the origin when determining the rate.

7. Under **With the same characteristics**, add one or more characteristics that will define the request counters for rate limiting purposes. Each value combination will have its own counter to determine the rate. Refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/) for more information.

8. (Optional) To define an expression that specifies the conditions for incrementing the rate counter, enable **Use custom counting expression** and set the expression. By default, the counting expression is the same as the rule expression. The counting expression can include [response fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).

9. Under **When rate exceeds**, define the maximum number of requests and the time period to consider when determining the rate.

10. Under **Then take action**, select the rule action from the **Choose action** drop-down list. For example, selecting _Block_ tells Cloudflare to refuse requests in the conditions you specified when the request limit is reached.

11. (Optional) If you selected the _Block_ action, you can [configure a custom response](#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for requests exceeding the configured rate limit.

12. Select the mitigation timeout in the **Duration** dropdown. This is the time period during which Cloudflare applies the select action once the rate is reached.

    Enterprise customers with a paid add-on can [throttle requests](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#with-the-following-behavior) instead of applying the configured action for a selected duration. To throttle requests, under **With the following behavior** select _Throttle requests over the maximum configured rate_.

13. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

## Configure a custom response for blocked requests

<Render
	file="custom-response-blocked-requests"
	params={{ one: "rate limiting", two: "429", three: "30 KB" }}
/>

---

# Create a rate limiting rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a rate limiting rule via API.

A rate limiting rule is similar to a regular rule handled by the Ruleset Engine, but contains an additional `ratelimit` object with the rate limiting configuration. Refer to [Rate limiting parameters](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/) for more information on this field and its parameters.

You must deploy rate limiting rules to the `http_ratelimit` [phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset).

Rate limiting rules must appear at the end of the rules list.

## Create a rate limiting rule

<Render
	file="api-generic-create-rule-procedure"
	params={{
		ruleType: "rate limiting rule",
		extraObject: "with a `ratelimit` object",
		phaseName: "http_ratelimit",
	}}
/>

### Example A - Rate limiting based on request properties

This example adds a rate limiting rule to the `http_ratelimit` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The phase entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My rate limiting rule",
  "expression": "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")",
  "action": "block",
  "ratelimit": {
    "characteristics": [
      "cf.colo.id",
      "ip.src",
      "http.request.headers[\"x-api-key\"]"
    ],
    "period": 60,
    "requests_per_period": 100,
    "mitigation_timeout": 600
  }
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

### Example B - Rate limiting with a custom response

This example adds a rate limiting rule to the `http_ratelimit` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The phase entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

The new rule defines a [custom response](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for requests blocked due to rate limiting.

```bash null {9-13}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My rate limiting rule",
  "expression": "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")",
  "action": "block",
  "action_parameters": {
    "response": {
      "status_code": 403,
      "content": "You have been rate limited.",
      "content_type": "text/plain"
    }
  },
  "ratelimit": {
    "characteristics": [
      "cf.colo.id",
      "ip.src",
      "http.request.headers[\"x-api-key\"]"
    ],
    "period": 60,
    "requests_per_period": 100,
    "mitigation_timeout": 600
  }
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

### Example C - Rate limiting ignoring cached assets

This example adds a rate limiting rule to the `http_ratelimit` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The phase entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

The new rule does not consider requests for cached assets when calculating the rate.

```bash null {17}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My rate limiting rule",
  "expression": "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")",
  "action": "block",
  "ratelimit": {
    "characteristics": [
      "cf.colo.id",
      "ip.src",
      "http.request.headers[\"x-api-key\"]"
    ],
    "period": 60,
    "requests_per_period": 100,
    "mitigation_timeout": 600,
    "requests_to_origin": true
  }
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

### Example D - Complexity-based rate limiting rule

:::note

[Complexity-based rate limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/#complexity-based-rate-limiting) is available in beta and can only be configured via API.
:::

This example adds a rate limiting rule to the `http_ratelimit` phase entry point ruleset for the zone with ID `{zone_id}`. The phase entry point ruleset already exists, with ID `{ruleset_id}`.

The new rule is a complexity-based rate limiting rule that takes the `my-score` HTTP response header into account to calculate a total complexity score for the client. The counter with the total score is updated when there is a match for the rate limiting rule's counting expression (in this case, the same as the rule expression). When this total score becomes larger than `400` during a 60-second period, any later client requests will be blocked for a period of 600 seconds (10 minutes).

```bash null {14-15}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "My complexity-based rate limiting rule",
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/graphql/\"",
  "action": "block",
  "ratelimit": {
    "characteristics": [
      "cf.colo.id",
      "http.request.headers[\"x-api-key\"]"
    ],
    "period": 60,
    "score_per_period": 400,
    "score_response_header_name": "my-score",
    "mitigation_timeout": 600,
    "counting_expression": ""
  }
}'
```

<Render file="api-create-ruleset-with-rule" />

---

## Next steps

Use the different operations in the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to work with the rule you just created. The following table has a list of common tasks for working with rate limiting rules at the zone level:

<Render
	file="rules-next-steps-table"
	params={{ rulesType: "rate limiting rules", phaseName: "http_ratelimit" }}
/>

---

# Find appropriate rate limit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/find-rate-limit/

The **Rate limit analysis** tab in [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) displays data on the request rate for traffic matching the selected filters and time period. Use this tab to determine the most appropriate rate limit for incoming traffic matching the applied filters.

:::note

The **Rate limit analysis** tab is only available to Enterprise customers. 
:::

## User interface overview

The **Rate limit analysis** tab is available at the zone level in **Security** > **Analytics**.

![Screenshot of the Rate limit analysis tab in Security Analytics](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limit-analytics.png)

The main chart displays the distribution of request rates for the top 50 unique clients observed during the selected time interval (for example, `1 minute`) in descending order. You can group the request rates by the following unique request properties:

* **IP address**
* [**JA3 fingerprint**](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/) (only available to customers with Bot Management)
* **IP address and JA3 fingerprint** (only available to customers with Bot Management)

:::note

For more information on how Cloudflare calculates the request rate of incoming traffic, refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/). 
:::

***

## Determine an appropriate rate limit

### 1. Define the scope

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and zone.

2. Go to **Security** > **Analytics**.

3. In the **Traffic analysis** tab, select a specific time period:

   * To look at the regular rate distribution, specify a period with non-peak traffic.
   * To analyze the rate of offending visitors/bots, select a period corresponding to an attack.

4. Apply filters to analyze a particular situation in your application where you want to apply rate limiting (for example, filter by `/login` URL path).

5. (Optional) To focus on non-automated/human traffic, use the bot score quick filter in the sidebar.

### 2. Find the rate

1. Choose the request properties (JA3, IP, or both) and the duration (1 min, 5 mins, or 1 hour) for your rate limit rule. The request properties you select will be used as [rate limiting rule characteristics](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#with-the-same-characteristics).

2. Use the slider in the chart to move the horizontal line defining the rate limit. While you move the slider up and down, check the impact of defining a rate limiting rule with the selected limit on the displayed traffic.

   ![User adjusting the rate limit in the Rate limit analysis chart to check the impact on recent traffic](/images/waf/rate-limit-adjust.gif)

:::note

Answering the following questions during your adjustments can help you with your analysis:

* "How many clients would have been caught by the rule and rate limited?"
* "Can I visually identify abusers with above-average rate vs. the long tail of average users?" 
  :::

### 3. Validate your rate

1. Repeat the rate selection process described in the previous section, but selecting a portion of traffic where you know there was an attack or traffic peak. The rate you have chosen should block the outlier traffic during the attack and allow traffic during regular periods.

2. (Optional) Check the [sampled logs](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/#sampled-logs) to verify the fingerprints and filters you selected.

### 4. Create a rate limiting rule

1. Select **Create rate limit rule** to go to the [rate limiting creation page](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-zone-dashboard/) with your filters, characteristics, and selected rate limit pre-populated.

2. Select the rule action. Depending on your needs, you can set the rule to log, challenge, or block requests exceeding the selected threshold.

   It is recommended that you first deploy the rule with the *Log* action to validate the threshold, and change the action later to block or challenge incoming requests when you are confident about the rule behavior.

3. To save and deploy your rate limiting rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Rate limiting rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Rate limiting rules allow you to define rate limits for requests matching an expression, and the action to perform when those rate limits are reached.

## Rule parameters

Like other rules evaluated by Cloudflare's [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/), rate limiting rules have the following basic parameters:

<Render file="rate-limiting-rule-parameters" />

Refer to [Rate limiting parameters](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/) for more information on mandatory and optional parameters.

Refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/) to learn how Cloudflare uses the parameters above when determining the rate of incoming requests.

## Important remarks

- Rate limiting rules are evaluated in order, and some actions like _Block_ will stop the evaluation of other rules. For more details on actions and their behavior, refer to the [actions reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/).

- Rate limiting rules are not designed to allow a precise number of requests to reach the origin server. In some situations, there may be a delay (up to a few seconds) between detecting a request and updating internal counters. Due to this delay, excess requests could still reach the origin server before Cloudflare enforces a mitigation action (such as blocking or challenging) in our global network.

- Applying rate limiting rules to verified bots might affect Search Engine Optimization (SEO). For more information, refer to [Improve SEO](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/improve-seo/).

---

## Availability

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## Next steps

Refer to the following resources:

- [Create a rate limiting rule in the dashboard for a zone](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-zone-dashboard/)
- [Create a rate limiting rule via API for a zone](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/)

For Terraform examples, refer to [Rate limiting rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/rate-limiting-rules/).

---

## Related resources

- [Rate limiting rulesets](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/): Some Enterprise customers can create rate limiting rulesets at the account level that they can deploy to multiple Enterprise zones.

- [Cloudflare Rate Limiting (previous version, now deprecated)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/): Documentation for the previous version of rate limiting rules (billed based on usage).

- [Learning Center: What is rate limiting?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-rate-limiting/)

---

# Rate limiting parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/

import { Type } from "~/components";

The available rate limiting rule parameters are described in the following sections.

## Parameter reference

### If incoming requests match

- Data type: <Type text="String" />
- Field name in the API: `expression` (rule field)

Defines the criteria for the rate limiting rule to match a request.

### Also apply rate limiting to cached assets

- Data type: <Type text="Boolean" />
- Field name in the API: `requests_to_origin` (optional, with the opposite meaning of the Cloudflare dashboard option)

If this parameter is disabled (or when the `requests_to_origin` API field is set to `true`), only the requests going to the origin (that is, requests that are not cached) will be considered when determining the request rate.

In some cases, you cannot disable the **Also apply rate limiting to cached assets** parameter due to configuration restrictions. Refer to [Configuration restrictions](#configuration-restrictions) for details.

### With the same characteristics

- Data type: <Type text="Array<String>" />
- Field name in the API: `characteristics`

Set of parameters defining how Cloudflare tracks the request rate for the rule.

Use one or more of the following characteristics:

| Dashboard value                                             | API value                                                                                                                 | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| N/A(implicitly included)                                    | `cf.colo.id`(mandatory)                                                                                                   | [Do not use in expressions](#do-not-use-cfcoloid-as-a-field-in-expressions)                                                                                                                                                                              |
| IP                                                          | `ip.src`                                                                                                                  | [Incompatible with **IP with NAT support**](#incompatible-characteristics)                                                                                                                                                                               |
| IP with NAT support                                         | `cf.unique_visitor_id`                                                                                                    | [Incompatible with **IP**](#incompatible-characteristics)                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Header value of** (enter header name)                     | `http.request.headers["<header_name>"]`                                                                                   | [Use lowercased header name in API](#use-a-lowercased-header-name-for-api-users) and [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value)                                                                                               |
| **Cookie value of** (enter cookie name)                     | `http.request.cookies["<cookie_name>"]`                                                                                   | [Recommended configurations](#recommended-configurations-when-using-cookie-value-of) and [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value)                                                                                           |
| **Query value of** (enter parameter name)                   | `http.request.uri.args["<query_param_name>"]`                                                                             | [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Host**                                                    | `http.host`                                                                                                               |
| **Path**                                                    | `http.request.uri.path`                                                                                                   |
| **AS Num**                                                  | `ip.src.asnum`                                                                                                            |
| **Country**                                                 | `ip.src.country`                                                                                                          |
| **JA3 Fingerprint**                                         | `cf.bot_management.ja3_hash`                                                                                              |
| **JA4**                                                     | `cf.bot_management.ja4`                                                                                                   |
| **JSON string value of** (enter key)                        | `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "<key>")`                                                                      | [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value) and [`lookup_json_string()` function reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string)                                                                      |
| **JSON integer value of** (enter key)                       | `lookup_json_integer(http.request.body.raw, "<key>")`                                                                     | [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value) and [`lookup_json_integer()` function reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_integer)                                                                    |
| **Form input value of** (enter field name)                  | `http.request.body.form["<input_field_name>"]`                                                                            | [Missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value)                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **JWT claim of** (enter token configuration ID, claim name) | `lookup_json_string( http.request.jwt.claims["<token_configuration_id>"][0], "<claim_name>")`                              | [Requirements for claims in JWT](#requirements-for-using-claims-inside-a-json-web-token-jwt), [missing field versus empty value](#missing-field-versus-empty-value) and [JWT Validation reference](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/transform-rules/) |
| **Body**                                                    | `http.request.body.raw`                                                                                                   |
| **Body size** (select operator, enter size)                 | `http.request.body.size`                                                                                                  |
| **Custom** (enter expression)                               | Enter a custom expression. You can use a function such as `substring()` or `lower()`, or enter a more complex expression. | [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/)                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

The available characteristics depend on your Cloudflare plan. Refer to [Availability](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability) for more information.

:::caution
For important details about these characteristics, refer to [Notes about rate limiting characteristics](#notes-about-rate-limiting-characteristics).
:::

### Increment counter when

- Data type: <Type text="String" />
- Field name in the API: `counting_expression` (optional)

Only available in the Cloudflare dashboard when you enable **Use custom counting expression**.

Defines the criteria used for determining the request rate. By default, the counting expression is the same as the rule matching expression (defined in **If incoming requests match**). This default is also applied when you set this field to an empty string (`""`).

The counting expression can include [HTTP response fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/). When there are response fields in the counting expression, the counting will happen after the response is sent.

In some cases, you cannot include HTTP response fields in the counting expression due to configuration restrictions. Refer to [Configuration restrictions](#configuration-restrictions) for details.

:::note[The counting expression does not extend the rule expression]

If you set a custom counting expression, it will not automatically extend the rule matching expression. Therefore, you may wish to include the matching expression in the counting expression.

For example, you might want to perform rate limiting for clients sending more than five requests to `/api/` resulting in a `403` HTTP status code from the origin server. In this case, the matching expression would be `starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/api/")` and the counting expression would be `http.response.code eq 403 and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/api/")`. If the counting expression did not include the matching expression (that is, if you had set the counting expression to `http.response.code eq 403`), any response with a `403` status code on any URL would increase the counter.
:::

### When rate exceeds > Requests

- Data type: <Type text="Integer" />
- Field name in the API: `requests_per_period`

The number of requests over the period of time that will trigger the rule.

### When rate exceeds > Period

- Data type: <Type text="Integer" />
- Field name in the API: `period`

The period of time to consider (in seconds) when evaluating the request rate. The available values [vary according to your Cloudflare plan](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability).

The available API values are: `10`, `60` (one minute), `120` (two minutes), `300` (five minutes), `600` (10 minutes), or `3600` (one hour).

### Then take action

- Data type: <Type text="String" />
- Field name in the API: `action` (rule field)

Action to perform when the rate specified in the rule is reached.

Use one of the following values in the API: `block`, `challenge`, `js_challenge`, `managed_challenge`, or `log`.

If you select the _Block_ action, you can define a custom response using the following parameters:

- [**With response type**](#with-response-type-for-block-action)
- [**With response code**](#with-response-code-for-block-action)
- [**Response body**](#response-body-for-block-action)

#### With response type (for _Block_ action)

- Data type: <Type text="String" />
- Field name in the API: `response` > `content_type` (optional)

Defines the content type of a custom response when blocking a request due to rate limiting. Only available when you set the [rule action](#then-take-action) to _Block_.

Available API values: `application/json`, `text/html`, `text/xml`, or `text/plain`.

#### With response code (for _Block_ action)

- Data type: <Type text="Integer" />
- Field name in the API: `response` > `status_code` (optional)

Defines the HTTP status code returned to the visitor when blocking the request due to rate limiting. Only available when you set the [rule action](#then-take-action) to _Block_.

You must enter a value between `400` and `499`. The default value is `429` (`Too many requests`).

#### Response body (for _Block_ action)

- Data type: <Type text="String" />
- Field name in the API: `response` > `content` (optional)

Defines the body of the returned HTTP response when the request is blocked due to rate limiting. Only available when you set the [rule action](#then-take-action) to _Block_.

The maximum field size is 30 KB.

### For duration

- Data type: <Type text="Integer" />
- Field name in the API: `mitigation_timeout`

Once the rate is reached, the rate limiting rule applies the rule action to further requests for the period of time defined in this field (in seconds).

In the dashboard, select one of the available values, which [vary according to your Cloudflare plan](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability). The available API values are: `0`, `10`, `60` (one minute), `120` (two minutes), `300` (five minutes), `600` (10 minutes), `3600` (one hour), or `86400` (one day).

Customers on Free, Pro, and Business plans cannot select a duration when using a [challenge action](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#available-challenges) — their rate limiting rule will always perform request throttling for these actions. With request throttling, you do not define a duration. When visitors pass a challenge, their corresponding [request counter](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/) is set to zero. When visitors with the same values for the rule characteristics make enough requests to trigger the rate limiting rule again, they will receive a new challenge.

Enterprise customers can always configure a duration (or mitigation timeout), even when using one of the challenge actions.

:::note[Notes for API users]

- If you are on a Free, Pro, or Business plan and are using the API, you must enable request throttling by setting the `mitigation_timeout` value to `0` (zero) when using the actions `managed_challenge`, `js_challenge`, or `challenge`.
- Enterprise customers can use a `mitigation_timeout` value greater than or equal to `0` (zero), regardless of the rate limiting action they select.
  :::

### With the following behavior

- Data type: <Type text="Integer" />
- Field name in the API: `mitigation_timeout`

Defines the exact behavior of the selected action.

:::note

Only Enterprise customers can throttle requests using the _Block_ action.

Other users can throttle requests using a challenge action, or perform the action during a period of time. Refer to [For duration](#for-duration) for details.

:::

The action behavior can be one of the following:

- **Perform action during the selected duration**: Applies the configured action to all requests received during the selected duration. To configure this behavior via API, set `mitigation_timeout` to a value greater than zero. Refer to [For duration](#for-duration) for more information.

  ![Chart displaying the action of a rate limiting rule configured to apply its action during the entire mitigation period](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limiting-rules/behavior-apply-action-for-duration.png)

- **Throttle requests over the maximum configured rate**: Applies the selected action to incoming requests over the configured limit, allowing other requests. To configure this behavior via API, set `mitigation_timeout` to `0` (zero).

  ![Chart displaying the behavior of a rate limiting configured to throttle requests above the configured limit](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limiting-rules/behavior-throttle.png)

## Notes about rate limiting characteristics

### Use cases of IP with NAT support

Use **IP with NAT support** to handle situations such as requests under NAT sharing the same IP address. Cloudflare uses a variety of privacy-preserving techniques to identify unique visitors, which may include use of session cookies. Refer to [Cloudflare Cookies](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/) for details.

### Incompatible characteristics

You cannot use both **IP with NAT support** and **IP** as characteristics of the same rate limiting rule.

### Do not use `cf.colo.id` as a field in expressions

You should not use the `cf.colo.id` characteristic (data center ID) as a field in rule expressions. Additionally, `cf.colo.id` values may change without warning. For more information about this rate limiting characteristic, refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/).

### Use a lowercased header name (for API users)

If you use the **Header value of** characteristic in an API request (with `http.request.headers["<header_name>"]`), you must enter the header name in lower case, since Cloudflare normalizes header names on the Cloudflare global network.

### Missing field versus empty value

If you use the **Header value of**, **Cookie value of**, **Query value of**, **JSON string value of**, `lookup_json_integer(...)`, or **Form input value of** characteristic and the specific header/cookie/parameter/JSON key/form field name is not present in the request, the rate limiting rule may still apply to the request, depending on your counting expression.

If you do not filter out such requests, there will be a specific [request counter](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/) for requests where the field is not present, which will be different from the request counter where the field is present with an empty value.

For example, to consider only requests where a specific HTTP header is present in the context of a specific rate limiting rule, adjust the rule counting expression so it contains something similar to the following:

`and len(http.request.headers["<header_name>"]) > 0`

Where `<header_name>` is the same header name used as a rate limiting characteristic.

### Recommended configurations when using Cookie value of

If you use **Cookie value of** as a rate limiting rule characteristic, follow these recommendations:

- Create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that blocks requests with more than one value for the cookie.
- Validate the cookie value at the origin before performing any demanding server operations.

### Requirements for using claims inside a JSON Web Token (JWT)

To use claims inside a JSON Web Token (JWT), you must first set up a [token validation configuration](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/) in API Shield.

## Configuration restrictions

- If the rule expression [includes IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/), you must enable the **Also apply rate limiting to cached assets** parameter.

- The rule counting expression, defined in the **Increment counter when** parameter, cannot include both [HTTP response fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) and [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists). If you use IP lists, you must enable the **Also apply rate limiting to cached assets** parameter.

---

# Request rate calculation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/

import { Example } from "~/components";

Cloudflare keeps separate rate counters for rate limiting rules for each value combination of the rule characteristics.

Consider a rule configured with the following characteristics:

- IP address
- HTTP header `x-api-key`

In this case, two incoming requests with the **same** value for the HTTP header `X-API-Key` with **different** IP addresses are counted separately, since the value combination is different. Additionally, counters are not shared across data centers.

The counting model of this rate limiting rule is based on the number of incoming requests. Enterprise customers with Advanced Rate Limiting can also configure rules whose counting model is based on the complexity of serving incoming requests. Refer to [Complexity-based rate limiting](#complexity-based-rate-limiting) for more information.

:::caution[Important notes]

- Cloudflare currently does not support global rate limiting counters across the entire network — counters are not shared across data centers. This fact is especially relevant for customers that do not add the IP address as one of the rate limiting characteristics. The only exception is when Cloudflare has multiple data centers associated with a given geographical location. In this case, the rate limiting counters are shared between those specific data centers.

- The Cloudflare data center ID (`cf.colo.id`) is a mandatory characteristic of every rate limiting rule to ensure that counters are not shared across data centers. This characteristic does not appear in the rule configuration in the dashboard, but you must include it when [creating rate limiting rules via API](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/).

- The available characteristics depend on your Cloudflare plan. Refer to [Availability](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability) for more information.

:::

## Example A

Consider the following configuration for a rate limiting rule:

<Example>

**_Rate limiting rule #1_**

**If incoming requests match**:<br/>
`http.request.uri.path eq "/form" and any(http.request.headers["content-type"][*] eq "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")`

**Choose action**: _Block_

**Duration** (mitigation timeout): _10 minutes_

**Requests**: `1`

**Period**: _10 seconds_

**With the same value of** (characteristics):

- _Data center ID_ (included by default when creating the rule in the dashboard)
- _IP_
- _Headers_ > `x-api-key`

</Example>

The following diagram shows how Cloudflare handles four incoming requests in the context of the above rate limiting rule.

![Rate limiting example with four requests where one of the requests is being rate limited. For details, keep reading.](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/rate-limiting-example.png)

Since request 1 matches the rule expression, the rate limiting rule is evaluated. Cloudflare defines a request counter for the values of the characteristics in the context of the rate limiting rule and sets the counter to `1`. Since the counter value is within the established limits in **Requests**, the request is allowed.

Request 2 matches the rule expression and therefore Cloudflare evaluates the rate limiting rule. The values of the characteristics do not match any existing counter (the value of the `X-API-Key` header is different). Therefore, Cloudflare defines a separate counter in the context of this rule and sets it to `1`. The counter value is within the request limit established in **Requests**, and so this request is allowed.

Request 3 matches the rule expression and has the same values for rule characteristics as request 1. Therefore, Cloudflare increases the value of the existing counter, setting it to `2`. The counter value is now above the limit defined in **Requests**, and so request 3 gets blocked.

Request 4 does not match the rule expression, since the value for the `Content-Type` header does not match the value in the expression. Therefore, Cloudflare does not create a new rule counter for this request. Request 4 is not evaluated in the context of this rate limiting rule and is passed on to subsequent rules in the request evaluation workflow.

## Example B

Consider the following configuration for a rate limiting rule. The rule counting expression defines that the counter will increase by one when the response HTTP status code is `400`:

<Example>

**_Rate limiting rule #2_**

**If incoming requests match**:<br/>
`http.request.uri.path eq "/form"`

**Choose action**: _Block_

**Duration** (mitigation timeout): _10 minutes_

**Requests**: `1`

**Period**: _10 seconds_

**With the same value of** (characteristics):

- _Data center ID_ (included by default when creating the rule in the dashboard)
- _IP_
- _Headers_ > `x-api-key`

**Increment counter when**:
`http.request.uri.path eq "/form" and http.response.code eq 400`

</Example>

The following diagram shows how Cloudflare handles these four incoming requests received during a 10-second period in the context of the above rate limiting rule.

![Rate limiting example with four requests where the rate limiting rule uses a response field (the HTTP response code) in the counting expression. For details, keep reading.](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/rate-limiting-example-response-field.png)

Since request 1 matches the rule expression, the rate limiting rule is evaluated. The request is sent to the origin, skipping any cached content, because the rate limiting rule includes a response field (`http.response.code`) in the counting expression. The origin responds with a `400` status code. Since there is a match for the counting expression, Cloudflare creates a request counter for the values of the characteristics in the context of the rate limiting rule, and sets this counter to `1`.

Request 2 matches the rule expression and therefore Cloudflare evaluates the rate limiting rule. The request counter for the characteristics values is still within the maximum number of requests defined in **Requests**. The origin responds with a `200` status code. Since the response does not match the counting expression, the counter is not incremented, keeping its value (`1`).

Request 3 matches the rule expression and therefore Cloudflare evaluates the rate limiting rule. The request is still within the maximum number of requests defined in **Requests**. The origin responds with a `400` status code. There is a match for the counting expression, which sets the counter to `2`.

Request 4 matches the rule expression and therefore Cloudflare evaluates the rate limiting rule. The request is no longer within the maximum number of requests defined in **Requests** (the counter has the value `2` and the maximum number of requests is `1`). Cloudflare applies the action defined in the rate limiting rule configuration, blocking request 4 and any later requests that match the rate limiting rule for ten minutes.

## Complexity-based rate limiting

:::note
Complexity-based rate limiting is available in beta to Enterprise customers with Advanced Rate Limiting, and can only be configured via API.
:::

A complexity-based rate limiting rule performs rate limiting based on the complexity or cost of handling requests during a given period, instead of the number of requests in the same period.

A common use case is to score each request with an estimate of the cost (or complexity) required to serve that request. The rate limiting rule can then enforce a maximum limit on the total complexity that each client can put on the application over a given period, regardless of the total number of requests sent by that client.

When you configure a complexity-based rate limiting rule, the origin server must include an HTTP header in the response with its complexity score.

Complexity-based rate limiting rules must contain the following properties:

- **Score** (API field: `score_per_period`): Maximum score per period. When this value is exceeded, the rule action will execute.
- **Score response header name** (API field: `score_response_header_name`): Name of HTTP header in the response, set by the origin server, with the score for the current request. The score corresponds to the complexity (or cost) of serving the current request. The score value must be between 1 and 1,000,000.

Cloudflare keeps counters with the total score of all requests with the same values for the rule characteristics that match the rule expression. The score increases by the value provided by the origin in the response when there is a match for the counting expression (by default, it is the same as the rule expression). When the total score is larger than the configured maximum score per period, the rule action is applied.

If the origin server does not provide the HTTP response header with a score value or if the score value is outside of the allowed range, the corresponding rate limiting counter will not be updated.

For an example of a complexity-based rate limiting rule, refer to [Create rate limiting rules via API](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/#example-d---complexity-based-rate-limiting-rule).

---

# Rule examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/rate-limiting-rules/use-cases/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The examples below include sample rate limiting rule configurations.

## Example 1

The following rule performs rate limiting on incoming requests from the US addressed at the login page, except for one allowed IP address.

<Example>

Expression:<br />
`(http.request.uri.path eq "/login" and ip.src.country eq "US" and ip.src ne 192.0.0.1)`

Rule characteristics:

- _Data center ID_ (included by default when creating the rule in the dashboard)
- _IP Address_

</Example>

## Example 2

The following rule performs rate limiting on incoming requests with a given base URI path, incrementing on the IP address and the provided API key.

<Example>

Expression:<br />
`(http.request.uri.path contains "/product" and http.request.method eq "POST")`

Rule characteristics:

- _Data center ID_ (included by default when creating the rule in the dashboard)
- _IP Address_
- _HTTP Header_ > `x-api-key`

</Example>

## Example 3

The following rule performs rate limiting on requests targeting multiple URI paths in two hosts, excluding known bots. The request rate is based on IP address and `User-Agent` values.

<Example>

Expression:<br />
`(http.request.uri.path eq "/store" or http.request.uri.path eq "/prices") and (http.host eq "mystore1.com" or http.host eq "mystore2.com") and not cf.client.bot`

Rule characteristics:

- _Data center ID_ (included by default when creating the rule in the dashboard)
- _IP Address_
- _HTTP Header_ > `user-agent`

</Example>

---

# Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

The WAF provides two types of alerts that inform you of any spikes in security events:

* **Security Events Alert**: Alerts about spikes across all services that generate log entries in Security Events.
* **Advanced Security Events Alert**: Similar to Security Events Alert with support for additional filtering options.

For details on alert types and their availability, refer to [Alert types](#alert-types).

To receive WAF alerts, you must configure a [notification](/notifications/). Notifications help you stay up to date with your Cloudflare account through email, PagerDuty, or webhooks, depending on your Cloudflare plan.

## Set up a notification for WAF alerts

For instructions on how to set up a notification for a WAF alert, refer to [Create a Notification](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification).

***

## Alert logic

WAF alerts use a static threshold together with a [z-score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score) calculation over the last six hours and five-minute buckets of events. An alert is triggered whenever the z-score value is above 3.5 and the spike crosses a threshold of 200 security events. You will not receive duplicate alerts within the same two-hour time frame.

## Alert types

<AvailableNotifications product="Web Application Firewall (WAF)" />

---

# Challenges

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/

import { Render } from "~/components";

When a website is protected by Cloudflare, there are several occasions when it will challenge visitor traffic:

- The visitor's IP address has shown suspicious behavior online (as tracked by [Project Honeypot](http://www.projecthoneypot.org/search_ip.php)).
- The website owner has blocked the country associated with the visitor's IP address.
- The visitor's actions have activated a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) enabled by the website owner.

If the visitor passes the challenge, their request is allowed. If they fail, the request will be blocked.

---

## Available challenges

### Managed challenge (recommended)

Managed challenges are where Cloudflare dynamically chooses the appropriate type of challenge based on the characteristics of a request. This helps avoid [CAPTCHAs](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/how-captchas-work/), which also reduces the lifetimes of human time spent solving CAPTCHAs across the Internet.

Unless there are specific compatibility issues or other reasons to use other types of challenges, you should use managed challenges for your various custom rules.

Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will choose an appropriate type of challenge, which may include but is not limited to:

- A non-interactive challenge page (similar to the current [JS Challenge](#js-challenge)).
- A custom interactive challenge (such as click a button).
- [Private Access Tokens](#private-access-tokens) (using recent Apple operating systems).

<Render
	file="challenge-issues"
	product="rules"
	params={{ one: "Rules features" }}
/>

#### Available products

Currently, **Managed Challenge** actions are available in the following security products:

- [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
- [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
- [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)
- [Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/free/): You may also see Security Events with an **Action taken** of **Managed Challenge** due to [Cloudflare bot products](/bots/troubleshooting/#why-am-i-seeing-a-managed-challenge-action-for-waf-rules).
- [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/)
- [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
- [User Agent Blocking](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/)
- [Firewall rules](/firewall/) (deprecated)
- [Rate Limiting (previous version, deprecated)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/)
- [Turnstile](/turnstile/concepts/widget/#managed-recommended)

### JS challenge

With a JS challenge, Cloudflare presents challenge page that requires no interaction from a visitor, but rather JavaScript processing by their browser.

The visitor will have to wait until their browser finishes processing the JavaScript, which should be less than five seconds.

### Interactive Challenge

Interactive challenges require a visitor to interact with the challenge page, presenting the visitor with an interactive challenge to solve. Cloudflare does not recommend using Interactive Challenges.

For more on why Cloudflare does not recommend using Interactive Challenge, in favor of Managed Challenge, refer to our [blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/end-cloudflare-captcha/).

---

## Browser support

When your application sends a challenge, your visitors either receive a non-interactive or an interactive challenge page.

### Supported browsers

If your visitors are using an up-to-date version of a major browser — such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge, Chrome and Safari on mobile — they will receive the challenge correctly.

Challenges are not supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer.

If your visitors encounter issues using a major browser besides Internet Explorer, they should upgrade their browser.

### Browser extensions

If you have browser extensions, they might lead to unpassable challenge loops. To fix, disable your extensions and reload the page.

### Mobile device emulation

Challenges are not supported when device emulation is enabled on a browser, for example, using the browser's developer tools.

---

## Resolve a challenge

If a visitor encounters a challenge, Cloudflare employees cannot remove that challenge. Only the website owner can configure their Cloudflare settings to stop the challenge being presented.

When observing a Cloudflare Challenge page, a visitor could:

- Successfully pass the challenge to visit the website.
- Request the website owner to allow their IP address.
- Scan their computer for malicious programs (it may be infected).
- Check their antivirus or firewall service to make sure it is not blocking access to the challenge resources (for example, images).

:::note
Visitors must enable JavaScript and cookies on their browser to be able to pass any type of challenge.
:::

---

## Detecting a challenge page response

When a request encounters a Cloudflare challenge page instead of the originally anticipated response, the challenge page response (regardless of the challenge page type) will have the `cf-mitigated` header present and set to `challenge`. This header can be leveraged to detect if a response was challenged when making fetch/XHR requests. This header provides a reliable way to identify whether a response is a challenge or not, enabling a web application to take appropriate action based on the result. For example, a front-end application encountering a response from the backend may check the presence of this header value to handle cases where challenge pages encountered unexpectedly.

:::note
Regardless of the requested resource-type, the content-type of a challenge will be `text/html`.
:::

For the `cf-mitigated` header, `challenge` is the only valid value. The header is set for all challenge page types.

To illustrate, here is a JavaScript code snippet that demonstrates how to use the `cf-mitigated` header to detect whether a response was challenged:

```js
fetch("/my-api-endpoint").then((response) => {
	if (response.headers.get("cf-mitigated") === "challenge") {
		// Handle challenged response
	} else {
		// Process response as usual
	}
});
```

For additional help, refer to [our FAQ for Challenges](/waf/troubleshooting/faq/#challenges).

---

## Private Access Tokens

When a user is presented with a challenge page, Cloudflare decides what challenges need to be solved to prove they are human. While some challenges are computationally complex or require interactivity, most of the challenges served are invisible to the user.

Cloudflare uses results from the Private Access Token (PAT) to decide what challenges users will see next. If a user presents a token, they will have an easier time solving the challenge.

The challenge page is an interstitial page and users will see it regardless of having a valid PAT or not. A PAT does not automatically solve a challenge. It prevents certain challenges from being issued.

---

## Proxied hostnames

<Render file="proxied-hostnames" product="turnstile" /> <Render
	file="challenge-behavior"
	product="turnstile"
/>

---

## Multi-language support

Cloudflare Challenge Platform can detect multiple languages and display the localized challenge experience, which is determined by `navigator.language` value. The [Navigator.language read-only property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/language) returns a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser user interface. The supported languages are currently English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.

---

## Favicon customization

Cloudflare challenges take the favicon of your website using `GET /favicon.ico` and displays it on the challenge page.

You can customize your favicon by using the HTML snippet below.

```html title="HTML element"
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<FAVICON_LINK>" />
```

---

## Custom Content Security Policy not supported

You cannot set your own Content Security Policy (CSP) and/or Referer-Policy via meta tags or [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) in challenge pages.

If you are setting a CSP using Transform Rules for your entire website, you should [exclude URI paths starting with `/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/`](/rules/reference/troubleshooting/#interaction-between-cloudflare-challenges-and-rules-features) in the rule expression to avoid issues with challenges.

---

## Common issues

### Deprecated browser support

Challenges are not supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer. If you are currently using Internet Explorer, try using another modern web browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox). If you are already using a modern web browser, make sure it is using the latest version.

### Referer header

When a request is sent with a referer header, the user will receive a challenge page as a response. Upon solving the challenge page, the request with the referer is sent to the origin, and the response to the request is served to the user. The JavaScript on the response page may read the value of `document.referer`, but it will be inaccurate. This affects tools such as Google Analytics, which reads the referer from JavaScript.

You can add tracking scripts to challenge pages to capture the correct referer header on the initial request.

### Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) preflight requests

Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) preflight requests, or `OPTIONS`, exclude user credentials that include cookies. As a result, the `cf_clearance` cookie will not be sent with the request, causing it to fail to bypass a challenge page (non-interactive, managed, or interactive challenge).

---

## Limitations

Cloudflare challenges cannot support the following:

- [Browser extensions](#browser-extensions) that modify the browser's `User-Agent` value or Web APIs such as `Canvas` and `WebGL`.
- Implementations where a domain serves a challenge page originally requested for another domain.
- Challenge pages cannot be embedded in cross-origin iframes.
- Client software where the solve request of a Managed Challenge comes from a different IP than the original IP a challenge request was issued to. For example, if you receive the challenge from one IP and solve it using another IP, the solve is not valid and you may encounter a challenge loop.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Phases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/phases/

The Web Application Firewall provides the following [phases](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) where you can create rulesets and rules:

- `http_request_firewall_custom`
- `http_ratelimit`
- `http_request_firewall_managed`

These phases exist both at the account level and at the zone level. Considering the available phases and the two different levels, rules will be evaluated in the following order:

| WAF feature                                                    | Scope   | Phase                           | Ruleset kind                          | Location in the dashboard                                    |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Custom rulesets](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/)<br/>          | Account | `http_request_firewall_custom`  | `custom` (create)<br/>`root` (deploy) | Account Home > **WAF** > **Custom rulesets**                 |
| [Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)                             | Zone    | `http_request_firewall_custom`  | `zone`                                | Your zone > **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**        |
| [Rate limiting rulesets](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/) | Account | `http_ratelimit`                | `root`                                | Account Home > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rulesets**          |
| [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)               | Zone    | `http_ratelimit`                | `zone`                                | Your zone > **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules** |
| [WAF managed rulesets](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/)         | Account | `http_request_firewall_managed` | `root`                                | Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**                |
| [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)                       | Zone    | `http_request_firewall_managed` | `zone`                                | Your zone > **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**       |

To learn more about phases, refer to [Phases](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Browser Integrity Check

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bic-description" product="waf" />

## Disable Browser Integrity Check

**BIC** is enabled by default.

### Disable globally

To disable **BIC** globally for your zone:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
4. For **Browser Integrity Check**, switch the toggle to **Off**.

### Disable selectively

To disable **BIC** selectively, you can set up a [firewall skip rule](/waf/custom-rules/skip/).

Also, use a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to selectively enable or disable this feature for certain sections of your website using a filter expression (such as a matching hostname or request URL path).

---

# Challenge Passage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/challenge-passage/

When a visitor solves a [Cloudflare challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) - as part of a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) or [IP Access rule](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) - you can set the **Challenge Passage** to prevent them from having to solve future challenges for a specified period of time.

## How it works

When a visitor successfully solves a challenge, Cloudflare sets a [`cf_clearance` cookie](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/#additional-cookies-used-by-the-challenge-platform) in their browser. This cookie specifies the duration your website is accessible to that visitor.

When that visitor tries to access other parts of your website, Cloudflare evaluates the cookie before presenting another challenge. If the cookie is still valid, no challenges will be shown.

When Cloudflare evaluates a `cf_clearance` cookie, a few extra minutes are included to account for clock skew. For XmlHTTP requests, an extra hour is added to the validation time to prevent breaking XmlHTTP requests for pages that set short lifetimes.

## Customize the Challenge Passage

By default, the `cf_clearance` cookie has a lifetime of 30 minutes. Cloudflare recommends a setting between 15 and 45 minutes.

To update the Challenge Passage (and the value of the `cf_clearance` cookie):

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and domain.
3. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
4. For **Challenge Passage**, select a duration.

## Limitations

The Challenge Passage does not apply to challenges issued by WAF managed rules. Also, Challenge Passage does not apply to rate limiting rules unless the rate limit is configured to issue a challenge.

---

# Additional tools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare WAF offers the following additional tools:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Replace insecure JS libraries

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/replace-insecure-js-libraries/

import { GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This feature, when turned on, automatically rewrites URLs to external JavaScript libraries to point to Cloudflare-hosted libraries instead. This change improves security and performance, and reduces the risk of malicious code being injected.

This rewrite operation currently supports the `polyfill` JavaScript library hosted in `polyfill.io`.

:::caution

You may need to update your <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> when turning on **Replace insecure JavaScript libraries**. The feature, when enabled, will not perform any URL rewrites if a CSP is present with a `script-src` or `default-src` directive. Cloudflare will not check `report-only` directives and it will not modify CSP headers.

Additionally, if you are defining a CSP via HTML `meta` tag, you must either turn off this feature or switch to a CSP defined in an HTTP header.

:::

## How it works

When turned on, Cloudflare will check HTTP(S) proxied traffic for `script` tags with an `src` attribute pointing to a potentially insecure service and replace the `src` value with the equivalent link hosted under [cdnjs](https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/).

The rewritten URL will keep the original URL scheme (`http://` or `https://`).

For `polyfill.io` URL rewrites, all `3.*` versions of the `polyfill` library are supported under the `/v3` path. Additionally, the `/v2` path is also supported. If an unknown version is requested under the `/v3` path, Cloudflare will rewrite the URL to use the latest `3.*` version of the library (currently `3.111.0`).

## Availability

The feature is available in all Cloudflare plans, and is turned on by default on Free plans.

---

## Configure

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
3. For **Replace insecure JavaScript libraries**, switch the toggle to **On** or **Off**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Issue a `PATCH` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/replace_insecure_js" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "value": "on" }'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Final remarks

Since [`pages.dev` zones](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) are on a Free plan, the **Replace insecure JavaScript libraries** feature is turned on by default on these zones and it is not possible to turn it off.

---

# Privacy Pass

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/privacy-pass/

[Privacy Pass](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/privacypass/about/) specifies an extensible protocol for creating and redeeming anonymous and transferable tokens. Its specification is maintained by the IETF.
Cloudflare provides "Silk - Privacy Pass Client". This is a Chrome and Firefox browser extension used for research, which provides a better visitor experience for Cloudflare-protected websites. Privacy Pass is especially helpful for visitors from shared networks, VPNs, and Tor that tend to have poorer IP reputations.

For instance, a visitor IP address with poor reputation may receive a Cloudflare challenge page before gaining access to a Cloudflare-protected website. Privacy Pass allows the visitor to solve a challenge with or without interaction, depending on the device. Solving this challenge is coordinated with a third party attester in such a way that Cloudflare does not see the attestation method or the interaction, preserving visitors' privacy while maintaining a high level of security.

***

## Set up Privacy Pass

### For your end users

Your end users should download the Privacy Pass extension for either Google Chrome or Firefox:

* [Chrome extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-pass/ajhmfdgkijocedmfjonnpjfojldioehi)
* [Firefox extension](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-pass/)

The Privacy Pass code is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/pp-browser-extension). You can report any issues in this repository.

***

## Support for Privacy Pass v1 (legacy)

In 2017 Cloudflare [announced support](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-supports-privacy-pass/) for Privacy Pass, a recent protocol to let users prove their identity across multiple sites anonymously without enabling tracking. The initial use case was to provide untraceable tokens to sites to vouch for users who might otherwise have been presented with a CAPTCHA challenge. In the time since this release, Privacy Pass has evolved both at the [IETF](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/privacypass/documents/) and within Cloudflare. The version announced in 2017 is now considered legacy, and these legacy Privacy Pass tokens are no longer supported as an alternative to Cloudflare challenges. As has been discussed on our blog [The end road for CAPTCHA](https://blog.cloudflare.com/end-cloudflare-captcha/), Cloudflare uses a variety of signals to infer if incoming traffic is likely automated. The (legacy) Privacy Pass zone setting is no longer meaningful to Cloudflare customers as Cloudflare now operates [CAPTCHA free](https://blog.cloudflare.com/turnstile-ga/), and supports the latest [Privacy Pass draft](https://blog.cloudflare.com/eliminating-captchas-on-iphones-and-macs-using-new-standard/).

In September 2023, Cloudflare removed support for Privacy Pass v1 (legacy) tokens as an alternative to Cloudflare managed challenges, and by the end of March 2024 the current public-facing API will be removed as well.

The full deprecation notice for the first version of Privacy Pass is available on the [API deprecations](/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/#privacy-pass-api-removal) page.

---

# Security Level

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/security-level/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="security-level-description" product="waf" />

---

<Render file="threat-score-definition" product="waf" />

<Render file="security-level-scores" product="waf" />

---

## Customize security level

The default security level is _Medium_.

### Update globally

To update the security level for your entire zone:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
3. For **Security Level**, select an option.

### Update selectively

To set the security level more selectively, do one of the following:

- Configure it via a [configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/).
- Use the **Threat Score** as a **Field** criteria within [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). If you are using the Expression Editor, use the `cf.threat_score` field.

---

## Recommendations

To prevent bot IPs from attacking a website:

- A new website owner might set a _Medium_ or _High_ **Security Level** and lower [**Challenge Passage**](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/) to a value below **30 minutes** to ensure that Cloudflare is constantly protecting the site.
- An experienced website administrator confident in their security settings might set **Security Level** to _Essentially Off_ or _Low_ while setting a higher [**Challenge Passage**](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/) for a week, month, or even year to provide a less obtrusive visitor experience.

---

# User Agent Blocking

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

User Agent Blocking rules block specific browser or web application [`User-Agent` request headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent). These rules apply to the entire domain instead of individual subdomains.

User Agent Blocking rules are applied after [Zone Lockdown rules](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/). If you allow an IP address via Zone Lockdown, it will skip any User Agent Blocking rules.

:::caution

Cloudflare recommends that you create [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) instead of User Agent Blocking rules to block specific user agents.

For example, a custom rule equivalent to the User Agent Blocking [example rule](#create-a-user-agent-blocking-rule) provided in this page could have the following configuration:

- **Expression**: `http.user_agent eq "BadBot/1.0.2 (+http://bad.bot)"`
- **Action**: (a block or challenge action)

:::

## Availability

Cloudflare User Agent Blocking is available on all plans. The number of available User Agent Blocking rules depends on your Cloudflare plan.

<FeatureTable id="security.x_user_agent_rules" />

## Create a User Agent Blocking rule

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF**, and select the **Tools** tab.

3. Under **User Agent Blocking**, select **Create blocking rule**.

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Name/Description**.

5. In **Action**, select the action to perform: _Managed Challenge_, _Block_, _JS Challenge_, or _Interactive Challenge_.

6. Enter a user agent value in **User Agent** (wildcards such as `*` are not supported). For example, to block the Bad Bot web spider, enter `BadBot/1.0.2 (+http://bad.bot)`.

7. Select **Save and Deploy blocking rule**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Issue a `POST` request for the [Create a User Agent Blocking rule](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/ua_rules/methods/create/) operation.

For example:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/ua_rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Block Bad Bot web spider",
  "mode": "block",
  "configuration": {
    "target": "ua",
    "value": "BadBot/1.0.2 (+http://bad.bot)"
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Related resources

- [Secure your application](/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/)
- [Cloudflare Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/)

---

# Bing's Site Scan blocked by a managed rule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/blocked-bing-site-scans/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

Microsoft [Bing Webmaster Tools](https://www.bing.com/webmaster/tools) provides a Site Scan feature that crawls your website searching for possible SEO improvements.

Site Scan does not use the same IP address range as Bingbot (Bing's website crawler). Additionally, the [Verify Bingbot](https://www.bing.com/toolbox/verify-bingbot) tool does not recognize Site Scan's IP addresses as Bingbot. Due to this reason, the WAF managed rule that blocks fake Bingbot requests may trigger for Site Scan requests. This is a known issue of Bing Webmaster Tools.

To allow Site Scan to run on your website, Cloudflare recommends that you temporarily skip the triggered WAF managed rule by creating an [exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/). After the scan finishes successfully, delete the exception to start blocking fake Bingbot requests again.

The rule you should temporarily skip is the following:

|                     | Name                                             | ID                                               |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| **Managed Ruleset** | Cloudflare Managed Ruleset                       | <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" /> |
| **Rule**            | Anomaly:Header:User-Agent - Fake Bing or MSN Bot | <RuleID id="ae20608d93b94e97988db1bbc12cf9c8" /> |

The exception, shown as a rule with a **Skip** action, must appear in the rules list before the rule executing the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, or else nothing will be skipped.

To check the rule order, use one of the following methods:

- When using the Cloudflare dashboard, the rules listed in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules** run in order.
- When using the Cloudflare API, the rules in the `rules` object obtained using the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation (for your zone and for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase) run in order.

For more information on creating exceptions, refer to [Create exceptions](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/).

---

# Zone Lockdown

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Zone Lockdown specifies a list of one or more IP addresses, CIDR ranges, or networks that are the only IPs allowed to access a domain, subdomain, or URL. You can configure multiple destinations, including IPv4/IPv6 addresses, in a single Zone Lockdown rule.

All IP addresses not specified in the Zone Lockdown rule will not have access to the specified resources. Requests from those IP addresses will receive an `Access Denied` response.

:::caution

Cloudflare recommends that you create [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) instead of Zone Lockdown rules to block requests from IP addresses not present in an allowlist of IPs and CIDR ranges.

For example, a custom rule equivalent to the Zone Lockdown [example rule](#example-rule) provided in this page could have the following configuration:

- **Description**: `Block all traffic to staging and wiki unless it comes from HQ or branch offices`
- **Expression**: `((http.host eq "staging.example.com") or (http.host eq "example.com" and starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/wiki/")) and not ip.src in {192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::/64 203.0.133.1}`
- **Action**: _Block_

:::

## Availability

Cloudflare Zone Lockdown is available on paid plans. The number of available Zone Lockdown rules depends on your Cloudflare plan.

<FeatureTable id="security.x_zone_lockdown_rules" />

## Create a Zone Lockdown rule

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF**, and select the **Tools** tab.

3. Under **Zone Lockdown**, select **Create lockdown rule**.

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Name**.

5. For **URLs**, enter the domains, subdomains, or URLs you wish to protect from unauthorized IPs. You can use wildcards such as `*`. Enter one item per line.

6. For **IP Range**, enter one or more allowed IPv4/IPv6 addresses or CIDR ranges, one per line. Only these IP addresses and ranges will be able to access the resources you entered in **URLs**.

7. (Optional) If you are creating a Zone Lockdown rule that overlaps with an existing rule, expand **Advanced Options** and enter a priority for the rule in **Priority**. The lower the number, the higher the priority. Higher priority rules take precedence.

8. Select **Save and Deploy lockdown rule**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Issue a `POST` request for the [Create a Zone Lockdown rule](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/lockdowns/methods/create/) operation.

For example:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/lockdowns" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Block all traffic to staging and wiki unless it comes from HQ or branch offices",
  "urls": [
    "staging.example.com/*",
    "example.com/wiki/*"
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "target": "ip_range",
      "value": "192.0.2.0/24"
    },
    {
      "target": "ip_range",
      "value": "2001:DB8::/64"
    },
    {
      "target": "ip",
      "value": "203.0.133.1"
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Example rule

The following example rule will only allow visitors connecting from a company’s headquarters or branch offices to access the staging environment and the wiki:

- Name:

  ```txt
  Block all traffic to staging and wiki unless it comes from HQ or branch offices
  ```

- URLs:

  ```txt
  staging.example.com/*
  example.com/wiki/*
  ```

- IP Range:

  ```txt
  192.0.2.0/24
  2001:DB8::/64
  203.0.133.1
  ```

This example would not protect an internal wiki located on a different directory path such as `example.com/internal/wiki`.

## Access denied example

A visitor from an unauthorized IP will get the following error when there is a match for a Zone Lockdown rule:

![Example of Error 1106 (access denied) received by a user accessing the zone from an unauthorized IP address](~/assets/images/waf/tools/zone-lockdown-rule-error-1106-access-denied.png)

---

## Related resources

- [Secure your application](/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/)
- [User Agent Blocking](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/)
- [Allow Health Checks to bypass Zone Lockdown](/health-checks/how-to/zone-lockdown/)

---

# Issues sharing to Facebook

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/facebook-sharing/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare does not block or challenge requests from Facebook by default. However, a post of a website to Facebook returns an *Attention Required* error in the following situations:

* You have globally set the [security level](/waf/tools/security-level/) to *I'm Under Attack*.
* There is a [configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) or [page rule](/rules/page-rules/) setting the security level to *I'm Under Attack*.
* There is a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) with a challenge or block action that includes a Facebook IP address.

A country challenge can block a Facebook IP address. Facebook is known to crawl from both the US and Ireland.

## Resolution

To resolve issues sharing to Facebook, do one of the following:

* Remove the corresponding IP, ASN, or country custom rule that challenges or blocks Facebook IPs.
* Create a [skip rule](/waf/custom-rules/skip/) for <GlossaryTooltip term="autonomous system numbers (ASNs)">ASNs</GlossaryTooltip> `AS32934` and `AS63293` (use the *Skip* action and configure the rule to skip **Security Level**).
* Review existing configuration rules and Page Rules and make sure they are not affecting requests from Facebook IPs.

If you experience issues with Facebook sharing, you can re-scrape pages via the **Fetch New Scrape Information** option on Facebook's Object Debugger. Facebook [provides an API](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/opengraph/using-objects) to help update a large number of resources.

If you continue to have issues, you can [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the URLs of your website that cannot share to Facebook, and confirming that you have re-scraped the URLs.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/faq/

## General questions

### Why does a security event display a Cloudflare IP address even though other fields match the client details?

This happens when a request goes through a Cloudflare Worker.

In this case, Cloudflare considers the client details, including its IP address, for triggering security settings. However, the IP displayed in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/) will be a Cloudflare IP address.

### Do I need to escape certain characters in expressions?

Yes, you may have to escape certain characters in expressions. The exact escaping will depend on the string syntax you use:

- If you use the raw string syntax (for example, `r#"this is a string"#`), you will only need to escape characters that have a special meaning in regular expressions.
- If you use the quoted string syntax (for example, `"this is a string"`), you need to perform additional escaping, such as escaping special characters `"` and `\` using `\"` and `\\`, both in literal strings and in regular expressions.

For more information on string syntaxes and escaping, refer to [String values and regular expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#string-values-and-regular-expressions).

### Why is my regular expression pattern not working?

If you are using a regular expression, it is recommended that you test it with a tool such as [Regular Expressions 101](https://regex101.com/?flavor=rust&regex=) or [Rustexp](https://rustexp.lpil.uk).

### Why are some rules bypassed when I did not create an exception?

If you have [SSL/TLS certificates](/ssl/) managed by Cloudflare, every time a certificate is issued or renewed, a [domain control validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/) must happen. When a certificate is in `pending_validation` state and there are valid DCV tokens in place, some Cloudflare security features such as [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) and [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) will be automatically disabled on specific DCV paths (for example, `/.well-known/pki-validation/` and `/.well-known/acme-challenge/`).

### Why is Cloudflare blocking a specific IP address?

Cloudflare may block an IP address due to various reasons:

- **Web Application Firewall (WAF) mitigation actions**: The Cloudflare WAF protects websites from various online threats, including malicious traffic, DDoS attacks, and common vulnerabilities. If your IP address is associated with suspicious or malicious activity, it might trigger the WAF and block requests.

- **High security settings**: The website owner might have set their Cloudflare security settings to a high level, making the filtering of incoming traffic stricter. In this situation, even legitimate users may get blocked or have to solve challenges.

- **Excessive requests**: Cloudflare may block an IP address if it detects an unusually high number of requests in a short period, in which case it will rate limiting subsequent requests. This is a protective measure against potential abuse or attacks.

- **Traffic from malicious bots**: Cloudflare employs bot detection mechanisms to distinguish between legitimate users and automated bots. If traffic from your IP address behaves like traffic from a malicious bot, it could get blocked.

- **Blocklisted IPs**: Cloudflare might block IP addresses listed on public blocklists due to their association with known malicious activities.

If your IP address is blocked, try the following:

- **Check Cloudflare Security Events**: Use the [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/) log to check for specific reasons your IP might be getting blocked. Look for details on the type of threat or activity that triggered the block.

- **Contact the website owner**: If you are a legitimate user and your IP is wrongly blocked, contact the website owner or administrator. They may be able to allowlist your IP or investigate the issue further.

- **Verify your own website traffic**: Check for abnormal activity. If you manage a website behind Cloudflare, ensure that your site's traffic is legitimate and not triggering security measures inadvertently.

- **Check your IP reputation**: Verify whether your IP address is listed on public blocklists, such as [Project Honey Pot](https://projecthoneypot.org/). If so, take steps to address any issues that may have led to the listing.

- **Adjust your security settings**: If you are a website owner using Cloudflare, consider adjusting security settings to find the right balance between protection and accessibility.

## Bots

### How does the WAF handle traffic from known bots?

#### Caution about potentially blocking bots

When you create a WAF custom rule with a _Block_, _Interactive Challenge_, _JS Challenge_, or _Managed Challenge (Recommended)_ action, you might unintentionally block traffic from known bots. Specifically, this might affect search engine optimization (SEO) and website monitoring when trying to enforce a mitigation action based on URI, path, host, ASN, or country.

Refer to [How do I exclude certain requests from being blocked or challenged?](#how-do-i-exclude-certain-requests-from-being-blocked-or-challenged).

#### Bots currently detected

[Cloudflare Radar](https://radar.cloudflare.com/verified-bots) lists a **sample** of known bots that the WAF currently detects. When traffic comes from these bots and others not listed, the `cf.client.bot` field is set to `true`.

To submit a friendly bot to be verified, go to the [**Verified bots**](https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/verified-bots) page in Cloudflare Radar and select **Add a bot**.

For more information on verified bots, refer to [Bots](/bots/concepts/bot/).

:::note

There is no functional difference between known and verified bots. However, the known bots field (`cf.client.bot`) is available for all customers, while the verified bots field (`cf.bot_management.verified_bot`) is available for Enterprise customers.
:::

## Challenges

### Why am I being challenged on a Cloudflare-protected site?

Cloudflare issues challenges to website visitors to protect against malicious activity such as bot attacks and DDoS attacks. Key reasons include:

- **High Threat Score**: IP addresses with a high-risk score trigger challenges.
- **IP reputation**: If your IP has a history of suspicious activity, it may be flagged.
- **Bot detection**: Automated traffic resembling bots is filtered by Cloudflare.
- **Web Application Firewall (WAF) custom rules**: Site owners may set rules targeting specific regions or user agents.
- **Browser Integrity Check**: Cloudflare verifies that browsers meet certain standards.
- **Challenge Passage**: Technologies like Privacy Pass reduce the frequency of repeated challenges.

To avoid repeated challenges, ensure your browser is up to date, disable any privacy tools that might block standard browser headers, or use a different network connection if your current one has a poor IP reputation.

### How do I exclude certain requests from being blocked or challenged?

In certain situations you want to enforce a blocking or challenging action but make an exception for specific types of requests.

Cloudflare supports two methods of allowing requests using WAF custom rules:

- Exclude a type of request from being blocked or challenged in a custom rule by updating the rule expression, for example adding an exclusion based on IP address, ASN, or country.
- Create a separate custom rule with a [_Skip_ action](/waf/custom-rules/skip/). This skip rule must appear before the rule with the block/challenge action in the rules list.

The examples below illustrate a few possible approaches.

**Example 1**

Exclude multiple IP addresses from a blocking/challenging rule that assesses Threat Score.

- Basic rule, no exclusion:

  - **Expression**: `(http.host eq "example.com" and cf.threat_score > 5)`
  - **Action**: Block (or a challenge action)

- Rule that excludes IP addresses from being blocked/challenged:

  - **Expression**: `(http.host eq "example.com" and cf.threat_score > 5) and not (ip.src in {192.0.2.1 198.51.100.42 203.0.113.0/24})`
  - **Action**: Block (or a challenge action)

- Two rules to skip remaining custom rules for specific IPs and block the rest.

  1. Rule 1:

     - Expression: `ip.src in {192.0.2.1 198.51.100.42 203.0.113.0/24}`
     - Action: Skip > All remaining custom rules

  2. Rule 2:

     - Expression: `(http.host eq "example.com" and cf.threat_score > 5)`
     - Action: Block (or a challenge action)

**Example 2**

Block Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) because of large volumes of undesired traffic, but allow Googlebot and other known bots that Cloudflare validates.

- Basic rule, no exclusion:

  - **Expression**: `(ip.src.asnum in {16509 15169} and not cf.client.bot)`
  - **Action**: Block (or a challenge action)

- Rule that excludes IP addresses from being blocked/challenged:

  - **Expression**: `(ip.src.asnum in {16509 15169} and not cf.client.bot) and not (ip.src in {192.0.2.1 198.51.100.42 203.0.113.0/24})`
  - **Action**: Block (or a challenge action)

- Two rules to skip remaining custom rules for specific IPs and block the rest.

  1. Rule 1:

     - Expression: `ip.src in {192.0.2.1 198.51.100.42 203.0.113.0/24}`
     - Action: Skip > All remaining custom rules

  2. Rule 2:

     - Expression: `(ip.src.asnum in {16509 15169} and not cf.client.bot)`
     - Action: Block (or a challenge action)

### Do the Challenge actions support content types other than HTML (for example, AJAX or XHR requests)?

Previously, unless you customize your front-end application, any AJAX request that is challenged will fail because AJAX calls are not rendered in the DOM.

Now, you can [opt-in to Turnstile’s Pre-Clearance cookies](/turnstile/concepts/pre-clearance-support/). This allows you to issue a challenge early in your web application flow and pre-clear users to interact with sensitive APIs. Clearance cookies issued by a Turnstile widget are automatically applied to the Cloudflare zone that the Turnstile widget is embedded on, with no configuration necessary. The duration of the clearance cookie’s validity is controlled by the zone-specific configurable [Challenge Passage](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/) security setting.

### Why would I not find any failed challenges?

Users do not complete all challenges. Cloudflare issues challenges that are never answered — only 2-3% of all served challenges are usually answered.

There are multiple reasons for this:

- Users give up on a challenge.
- Users try to solve a challenge but cannot provide an answer.
- Users keep refreshing the challenge, but never submit an answer.
- Cloudflare receives a malformed challenge answer.

You can calculated the number of failed challenges as follows: `number of challenges issued - number of challenges solved`.

### Why do I have matches for a firewall rule that was not supposed to match the request?

Make sure you are looking at the correct request.

Only requests that triggered a challenge will match the request parameters of the rule. Subsequent requests with a `[js]challengeSolved` action may not match the parameters of the rule — for example, the bot score may have changed because the user solved a challenge.

The "solved" action is an informative action about a previous request that matched a rule. This action states that "previously a rule had matched a request with the action set to _Interactive Challenge_ or _JS Challenge_ and now that challenge was answered."

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Create scheduled events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/create-events/

When you want to customize the behavior of a waiting room for a specific period of time — such as changing the queueing method or increasing the total active users — set up a **scheduled event**. You can do this from the dashboard or via the API.

Any properties set on the event will override the default property on the waiting room for the duration of the event.

:::note
Only some customers can support scheduled events with their waiting rooms. For more details, refer to our [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/) page.
:::

## Create an event from the dashboard

1. Within your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.

2. Expand a waiting room  and select **Schedule event**.

3. Customize the details for your event: name the event, add a description (optional), and select a Start Date Time and an End Date Time.

4. You can also enable the pre-queueing — in this case you need to define a pre-queueing time. And you can also select **Shuffle at event start** and all users in the pre-queue will be randomly admitted at event start.

   :::note
   Enabling pre-queuing will send all new users to your pre-queue during the pre-queueing time period. If you would like to also pre-queue users already active, make the pre-queueing time period longer than the session duration and disable session renewal in the **Settings** section. Once active users sessions expire, they will be placed into the pre-queue before your event starts.
   :::

5. Select **Next**.

6. In the **Settings** section, you can define new values for your Total active users, New users per minute, Session duration, Session Renewal, and Queueing Method. For each of these settings you also have the option to always inherit the values defined in your waiting room. With this option, if you change the settings of your base waiting room, the corresponding Event setting will update as well.

   :::note
   If you choose to override the values of Total active users, you must also override the number of New users per minute, and vice versa.
   :::

7. Select **Next**.

8. In the customization section, you can select Always inherit your waiting room’s template (default) or you can override it with a Custom Event Template. In this case, you need to import your own template. Make sure to preview the result before continuing.

9. Select **Next** and review your Event details and settings.

10. Select **Save**.

:::note
The waiting room must be set to enabled for the event to activate. If your event is set to enabled but your waiting room is not, the event will not activate.
:::

In your waiting room page, in the **Next Event** column you can visualize the date of the next event scheduled. This columns will read `N/A` in case there is no event scheduled for that waiting room. You can always suspend, edit or delete your event.

:::note
You have a limit of five events per waiting room. To create a new event after you have reached this limit, you can delete a previous event.
:::

## Create an event via API

To create an event, make a [POST request](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/create/) including [required and optional parameters](#parameters). Any properties set on the event will override the default property on the waiting room for the duration of the event.

If you are using a [custom template](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/#custom-waiting-room), you may want to add [relevant variables](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/update/) to your template (listed under the `json_response_enabled` parameter).

:::note


If you need to create overlapping events, use different waiting rooms.


:::

### Parameters

Though most parameters are identical to those in a regular waiting room, there are a few unique to creating an event. For a complete list of event settings, please refer to [Create an Event](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/create/).

* `name` (required): Unique name with alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores.
* `event_start_time` (required): ISO 8601 timestamp that marks the start of the event. At this time, queued users will be processed with the event's configuration. Must occur at least 1 minute before `event_end_time`.
* `event_end_time` (required): ISO 8601 timestamp that marks the end of the event.
* `shuffle_at_event_start`: If **true** and `prequeue_start_time` is not null, users in the prequeue will be shuffled randomly at the `event_start_time`. Commonly used to ensure fairness if your event is using a [**FIFO** queueing method](#set-up-a-lottery).
* `prequeue_start_time`: ISO 8601 timestamp that marks when to begin queueing all users before the event starts. Must occur at least **5 minutes before** `event_start_time`.
* `description`: A text description providing more detail about the event.
* `suspended`: If **true**, the event is ignored and traffic is handled based on the waiting room's typical configuration.

### Queueing methods

When setting up events, you may want to also adjust the default queueing methods for your waiting room.

Set the waiting room's queueing method to [**Passthrough**](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#passthrough) when you want to allow traffic normally, but then restrict traffic during a scheduled event.

Set the waiting room's queueing method to [**Reject**](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#reject) when you want to block all traffic normally, but then allow traffic during special events like signups or ticket sales.

## Set up a "lottery"

Set up a "lottery" system to reward all users who enter into the queue prior to your event start time.

Users who reach your application **during the prequeue period** are [randomly assigned](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#random) a place in line when the event starts. If the event uses [FIFO ordering](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#first-in-first-out-fifo), users who reach your application **after the prequeue period** are assigned places after users from the prequeue.

To set up a "lottery", include the [following parameters](#parameters) in your API request:

* `prequeue_start_time`
* `shuffle_at_event_start`

## Preview an event configuration

Since some properties set on an event will override the default property of a waiting room for the duration of an event, you should use the API to [preview an event configuration](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/subresources/details/methods/get/) before it begins.

This command shows you the event's configuration as if it were active, meaning that inherited fields from the waiting room will display their current values.

## Edit an event

To edit an event, use a [PATCH request](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/edit/).

## Disable events

You can disable an event by setting its `suspended` parameter to `true`.

Additionally, events will not become active if a waiting room itself is **Disabled**.

## Schedule a maintenance page

Follow these steps if you would like to deploy a scheduled maintenance page, with no queueing before or after the maintenance window.

1. [Create a waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/) with [Passthrough](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#passthrough) queueing method enabled.
2. Create a waiting room event for this room with [Reject](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/#reject) queueing method enabled.

After the scheduled event has ended, users will have access to your site.  You can end the maintenance window before the scheduled event is over by setting the event to disabled.

## Other API commands

| Function                                                          | Command  |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| [Get event details](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/get/)   | `GET`    |
| [List scheduled events](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/list/) | `GET`    |
| [Delete event](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/events/methods/delete/)         | `DELETE` |

---

# Embed in an iFrame

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/embed-waiting-room-in-iframe/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Because of how a waiting room [tracks visitor progress](#background), you need to [specify certain cookie attributes](#allow-cookies-to-pass-through-iframes) to properly embed a waiting room in an iFrame.

## Background

The [`SameSite` attribute of a cookie](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie/SameSite) specifies whether that cookie can be shared with other domains that load on the same page (ad banners, iFrames). By default, browsers do not send cookies on cross-site subrequests to prevent attackers from stealing or manipulating information present in your cookies.

However, this behavior can prevent a waiting room from queueing a user properly if that waiting room is embedded in an iFrame. The waiting room depends on the [`__cfwaitingroom` cookie](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/) to track a user in the queue. But, since the browser blocks the cookie from reaching the waiting room by default, an active and queueing waiting room cannot queue the user and will never let them access the application.

## Available options

To customize how your waiting room responds to cookies, include the `cookie_attributes` object when you [create a waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/) (only available via the API).

Available options include:

* `samesite`: Configures the `SameSite` attribute on the waiting room cookie:

  * **auto** (default): Meant to be as flexible as possible, defaulting to **lax** but becoming **none** if you have enabled [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/).
  * **lax**: Cookies are not sent on typical cross-site subrequests (for example to load images or frames into a third party site), but are sent when a user is navigating to the origin site
  * **strict**: Cookies will only be sent in a first-party context.
  * **none**: Cookies will always be sent.

* `secure`: Configures the `Secure` attribute on the waiting room cookie, which requires the request to be made over `https`:

  * **auto** (default): Meant to be as flexible as possible, defaulting to **never** but becoming **always** if you have enabled [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/).
  * **always**: Cookies can only be sent using `https` requests.
  * **never**: Cookies can be sent using `http` or `https` requests.

## Allow cookies to pass through iFrames

If you are embedding a waiting room in an iFrame, specify the following values on `cookie_attributes` object when [creating a waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/) (only available via the API):

* `samesite`: `none`
* `secure`: If you have [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) enabled, set to `auto`. If you have it disabled, set to `always`.

### Example


<Details header="Request">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "shop_waiting_room",
  "description": "Waiting room for webshop",
  "host": "shop.example.com",
  "path": "/shop",
  "queue_all": true,
  "new_users_per_minute": 200,
  "total_active_users": 300,
  "session_duration": 1,
  "disable_session_renewal": false,
  "json_response_enabled": false,
  "queueing_method": "FIFO",
  "cookie_attributes": {
    "samesite": "none",
    "secure": "auto"
  }
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "1111111111111111111111",
      "created_on": "2021-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
      "modified_on": "2021-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
      "name": "shop_waiting_room",
      "description": "Waiting room for webshop",
      "host": "shop.example.com",
      "path": "/shop",
      "queue_all": true,
      "new_users_per_minute": 200,
      "total_active_users": 300,
      "session_duration": 1,
      "disable_session_renewal": false,
      "json_response_enabled": false,
      "queueing_method": "FIFO",
      "cookie_attributes": {
        "samesite": "none",
        "secure": "auto"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```


</Details>

## Limitations

Major web browsers have introduced restrictions on third-party cookies, which happen to be the same type of cookies used by waiting rooms within iframes. Waiting Room uses [Cookies Having Independent Partitioned State (CHIPS)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/Privacy_sandbox/Partitioned_cookies) to work around these restrictions, but there are some drawbacks:

* A user viewing the waiting room both within an iframe and outside the iframe will be treated as two separate users, with each instance potentially exiting the queue at different times and counting separately in analytics.
* For a waiting room to be embedded in an iframe, both the embedded page and the embedding page must be accessed over HTTPS.
* CHIPS is not supported on Safari or Safari-derived browsers, like Orion and most iOS browsers, unless they have third-party cookie blocking disabled in their settings. These users will be stuck at the end of the queue, unable to progress until the queue is empty, and may count multiple times in analytics.

In general, if there is an issue setting and retrieving the waiting room cookie, you should expect users to be stuck at the end of the queue, and counting as multiple users in analytics.

These limitations may not apply if the embedded page and embedding page share a common domain name. For example, a page at `example.com` embedding a waiting room at `shop.example.com` may be considered first party by browsers, and not subject to third-party cookie restrictions.

---

# SameSite cookie interaction with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/troubleshooting/samesite-cookie-interaction/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

[Google Chrome enforces SameSite cookie behavior](https://www.chromium.org/updates/same-site) to protect against marketing cookies that track users and Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) that allows attackers to steal or manipulate your cookies.  

The `SameSite` cookie attribute has three different modes:

* **Strict**: Cookies are created by the first party (the visited domain). For example, a first-party cookie is set by Cloudflare when visiting `cloudflare.com`.
* **Lax**: Cookies are only sent to the <GlossaryTooltip term="apex domain">apex</GlossaryTooltip> domain (such as `example.com`). For example, if someone (`blog.example.net`) hotlinked an image (`img.example.com/bar.png`), the client does not send a cookie to `img.example.com` since it is neither the first-party nor apex context.
* **None**: Cookies are sent with all requests.

`SameSite` settings for [Cloudflare cookies](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/) include:

| Cloudflare cookie | SameSite setting        | HTTPS Only |
| ----------------- | ----------------------- | ---------- |
| `__cf_bm`         | `SameSite=None; Secure` | Yes        |
| `cf_clearance`    | `SameSite=None; Secure` | Yes        |
| `__cflb`          | `SameSite=Lax`          | No         |

## SameSite attribute in session affinity cookies

Currently, to configure the `SameSite` attribute on [session affinity cookies](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) you must use the Cloudflare API (for example, the [Create Load Balancer](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/) operation).

To configure the value of the `SameSite` cookie attribute, include the `samesite` and `secure` JSON attributes in your HTTP request, inside the `session_affinity_attributes` object.

The available values for these two attributes are the following:

**`samesite` attribute:**

* Valid values: `Auto` (default), `Lax`, `None`, `Strict`.

**`secure` attribute:**

* Valid values: `Auto` (default), `Always`, `Never`.

The `Auto` value for the `samesite` attribute will have the following behavior:

* If [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) is enabled, session affinity cookies will use the `Lax` SameSite mode.
* If **Always Use HTTPS** is disabled, session affinity cookies will use the `None` SameSite mode.

The `Auto` value for the `secure` attribute will have the following behavior:

* If **Always Use HTTPS** is enabled, session affinity cookies will include `Secure` in the SameSite attribute.
* If **Always Use HTTPS** is disabled, session affinity cookies will not include `Secure` in the SameSite attribute.

If you set `samesite` to `None` in your API request, you cannot set `secure` to `Never`.

If you require a specific `SameSite` configuration in your session affinity cookies, Cloudflare recommends that you provide values for `samesite` and `secure` different from `Auto`, instead of relying on the default behavior. This way, the value of the `SameSite` cookie attribute will not change due to configuration changes (namely [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)).

***

## Known issues with SameSite and `cf_clearance` cookies

When a visitor solves a [challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/) presented due to a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) or an [IP Access rule](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/), a `cf_clearance` cookie is set in the visitor's browser. The `cf_clearance` cookie has a default lifetime of 30 minutes, which you can configure via [Challenge Passage](/waf/tools/challenge-passage/).

Cloudflare uses `SameSite=None` in the `cf_clearance` cookie so that visitor requests from different hostnames are not met with later challenges or errors. When `SameSite=None` is used, it must be set in conjunction with the `Secure` flag.

Using the `Secure` flag requires sending the cookie via an HTTPS connection. If you use HTTP on any part of your website, the `cf_clearance` cookie defaults to `SameSite=Lax`, which may cause your website not to function properly.

To resolve the issue, move your website traffic to HTTPS. Cloudflare offers two features for this purpose: 

* [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/)
* [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)

***

## Related resources

* [SameSite cookies explained](https://web.dev/samesite-cookies-explained/) 
* [Cloudflare Cookies](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/)
* [Cloudflare SSL FAQ](/ssl/troubleshooting/faq/)
* [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/)
* [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)

---

# Additional options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Beyond [creating a waiting room](/waiting-room/get-started/), you may want to further customize how your waiting room functions.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Combine with Cloudflare for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/ssl-for-saas/

If your application is using a custom hostname — meaning your SaaS provider is using [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/) — your application can support a waiting room.

## Applications on Cloudflare

If your application is already using Cloudflare, create a waiting room using the [typical process](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/).

## Applications not on Cloudflare

If your application is not using Cloudflare, you need to ask your SaaS provider to configure a waiting room on [your Cloudflare for SaaS zone](/waiting-room/how-to/place-waiting-room/#custom-hostnames).

---

# Test a waiting room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/test-waiting-room/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Follow this tutorial to test your waiting room behavior in response to load. To accurately simulate traffic through your waiting room with a load test, run your test script or planner for a period of time longer than a minute, ideally more than 2-3 minutes. You can run a load test using a variety of tools including [loader.io](http://loader.io), [jmeter](http://jmeter.apache.org), and [postman.com](http://postman.com). You can also write a plain shell script to simulate user requests (each representing a distinct user).

:::caution[Warning]

This tutorial uses an open-sourced load testing tool that is not created or supported by Cloudflare. 
:::

***

## Before you begin

Before you start this tutorial, ensure you have:

* All the [prerequisites](/waiting-room/about/#prerequisites) completed.
* For this tutorial, we will use an open source tool from Apache, [JMeter](https://jmeter.apache.org/). You can download the binary from [JMeter's website](https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi).

***

## 1. Download sample script

First, download the [sample](https://github.com/yj7o5/cf-waiting-room-testing/blob/main/plan.jmx) JMeter plan (configuration file) from GitHub.

This sample plan simulates 200 active users visiting the site, slowly ramping up traffic within the first minute and then maintaining 200 active users for the next three minutes. The test plan for this tutorial follows the setup outlined in the next steps.

## 2. Edit and run the sample plan

Before running the sample plan, edit the waiting room in the test plan to point to your own waiting room.

1. Select **Waiting Room Simulation** to expand the test plan and then select **Request origin with waiting room** to update the test configuration.

![Select Request origin with waiting room in the Waiting Room Simulation panel](~/assets/images/waiting-room/simulation-panel.png)

2. In the **HTTP Request** section update the **Protocol**, **Server Name or IP**, and **Path** fields to point to your test URL with waiting room enabled. For example, if your full URL looks like `https://www.example.com/deals/summer`, then the fields should match as the following:

| Field             | Value                                       |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Protocol          | https                                       |
| Server Name or IP | [www.example.com](http://www.example.com)   |
| Path              | deals/summer                                |

![Update the HTTP Request section](~/assets/images/waiting-room/http-request-section.png)

Then, select the **play** button to get the test started. This should take roughly around 3-4 minutes.

![Select the play button](~/assets/images/waiting-room/navigation.png)

* Each simulated user has the following attributes:

  * Contains a Cookie jar for cookies persistence.
  * Repeats for 20 times.

    * Makes a request to the origin site with waiting room enabled.
    * Logs request details.
    * Pauses for 10 seconds before refreshing the page to make another request to the origin site.

![User attributes](~/assets/images/waiting-room/user-attributes.png)

Per the plan above, each [Thread Group](https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/test_plan.html#thread_group) performs the above action once. The user traffic ramps up within the first minute and keeps a sustained traffic for the next three minutes before users leave the site. You can send more or less traffic than what is being sent in this example by updating these properties.

![Visualizing number of threads](~/assets/images/waiting-room/threads.png)

## 3. Analyze results

To analyze the results of your test, you can query Waiting Room Analytics (Beta) via Cloudflare’s GraphQL API to check Total Active Users and Queued Users for each minute of your load test.


<Details header="Example Curl Statement">

```bash
echo '{
  "operationName": "UsersQueuedOverTimeQuery",
  "variables": {
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2022-10-17T15:34:00Z",
      "datetime_leq": "2022-10-17T15:40:00Z",
      "waitingRoomId": "<YOUR_WAITING_ROOM_ID>"
    },
    "zoneId": "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>"
  },
  "query": "query UsersQueuedOverTimeQuery($zoneId: string, $filter: ZoneWaitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroupsFilter_InputObject) {\n  viewer {\n    zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneId}) {\n      timeseries: waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 5000, filter: $filter, orderBy: [datetimeMinute_ASC]) {\n        avg {\n          totalActiveUsers\n          totalActiveUsersConfig\n          totalQueuedUsers\n          __typename\n        }\n        max {\n          totalQueuedUsers\n          totalActiveUsers\n          totalActiveUsersConfig\n          __typename\n        }\n        min {\n          totalActiveUsersConfig\n          __typename\n        }\n        dimensions {\n          ts: datetimeMinute\n          __typename\n        }\n        __typename\n      }\n      total: waitingRoomAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 1, filter: $filter) {\n        max {\n          totalQueuedUsers\n          totalActiveUsers\n          __typename\n        }\n        __typename\n      }\n      __typename\n    }\n    __typename\n  }\n}\n"
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl \
  -X POST
```


</Details>

From our test, we got the following results (these are extracted from results of the query for readability):

* 15:35:00 UTC
  * `"totalActiveUsers": 137,`
  * `"totalActiveUsersConfig": 300,`
  * `"totalQueuedUsers": 0`

* 15:36:00 UTC
  * `"totalActiveUsers": 200,`
  * `"totalActiveUsersConfig": 300,`
  * `"totalQueuedUsers": 0`

* 15:37:00 UTC
  * `"totalActiveUsers": 200,`
  * `"totalActiveUsersConfig": 300,`
  * `"totalQueuedUsers": 0`

* 15:38:00 UTC
  * `"totalActiveUsers": 200,`
  * `"totalActiveUsersConfig": 300,`
  * `"totalQueuedUsers": 0`

The first minute mark, 15:35:00 UTC, shows 137 active users past the waiting room. This is because our traffic was set to gradually ramp up within the first minute and the test did not start exactly at the minute mark. When data was aggregated for the following minute, 15:36:00 UTC, the waiting room reported the total 200 users active we expected on the site as each “user” made subrequests. The active user count remained stable at 200 as long as it received subrequests from the traffic sent by the load test.

:::note[Note]


Obtain your API token from the dashboard. Make sure your API token grants access to the **Analytics** resource. For more information on how to get the API token, follow the [Configure Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) guide. 
:::

---

# Control user session settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/control-user-session/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Adjust these settings to control how long a user can hold their place on your site after leaving the waiting room.

## Session duration

Once on your site, a user is considered active as long as they make an HTTP request to any URL covered by your waiting room once every **session duration** minutes.  Each new request restarts a user’s time to stay active equal to **session duration**. 

## Disable session renewal to limit browsing time

You can limit each user’s time on your site to only one session duration by checking the box next to Disable Session Renewal from the dashboard. Once a user has been active on your site for **session duration** minutes, if there is active queueing, that user will be sent to the back of the queue. If there is not an active queue when **session duration** minutes is over, this user will be given a new waiting room cookie and counted as a new user again.

## Revoke a user’s session using origin commands

To terminate a user's session when they perform a specific action, you can send a command to the waiting room using an HTTP header on the response from your origin. This command tells the waiting room to revoke the session of the user associated with the current response. This allows spots to open up more dynamically and may increase throughput from your queue.

To enable this feature in the Cloudflare Dashboard, check the box next to Allow session termination via origin commands from the dashboard. 
To enable this feature through the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/update/), update the `enabled_origin_commands` property to include the value `”revoke”` in the list of enabled origin commands.
 
Then, to return a revocation origin command and revoke the user's session associated with the current request, add the `Cf-Waiting-Room-Command: revoke` HTTP header to the response from your origin.

To get the number of sessions revoked, you can query `sessionsRevoked` metrics from your [Waiting Room analytics](/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/#graphql-analytics) data via GraphQL API.

---

# Control waiting room traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/control-waiting-room/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To change whether and how traffic reaches a waiting room, update the values for **Enabled**, **Queue All**, and **Queueing Method** on your waiting room.

## Enable a waiting room

To enable a waiting room:

1. Go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
2. On a waiting room, set **Enabled** to **On**.

## Queue options

By default, an active waiting room puts visitors in a queue when traffic approaches the target thresholds defined in **Total active users** and **New users per minute**. Refer to [Queueing activation](/waiting-room/how-to/monitor-waiting-room/#queueing-activation) for more information.

However, if you want all visitors to be queued for a predefined amount of time — in preparation for a product release or other time-based event — use the [Create scheduled events](/waiting-room/additional-options/create-events/) option.

You may also use the **Queue-all** option on a waiting room as an emergency stop to all traffic during unexpected or temporary downtime. As long as the waiting room is active and **Queue-all** is enabled, no traffic will reach your application.

### Queue visitors when necessary

<Render file="queue-some" />

### Queue all visitors

<Render file="queue-all" />

## Queueing method

For more details about queueing method, refer to [Queueing methods](/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/).

---

# Create a waiting room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

You can create a waiting room from the dashboard or via API.

:::note
For additional context on creating a waiting room, refer to [Get started](/waiting-room/get-started/).
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Within your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
2. Select **Create**.
3. Customize the [settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/) for your waiting room. For additional guidance refer to [Best practices](/waiting-room/reference/best-practices/).
4. Select **Next**.
5. In this section, you can choose whether to enable [Turnstile](/turnstile/) for your waiting room. If you select **Yes**, you will need to choose your [Widget mode](/turnstile/concepts/widget/) and define the action to take if a turnstile challenge fails. The available Widget modes and actions depend on your plan type. Refer to the [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/) for more details.
6. If you wish to [customize your waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/), update the HTML and CSS as needed. If you are using this waiting room to manage traffic for your mobile app or API, enable the JSON response toggle. Make sure that you have set up a [JSON friendly response](/waiting-room/how-to/json-response/) for your client (mobile or web app).
7. Select the **Queuing status code** to determine the HTTP status code that is returned when a user is in the waiting room.
8. Select **Next**.
9. Review your settings before saving. If you customized your waiting room, make sure to [preview the result](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/#preview-waiting-room).
10. Select **Save**. Your new waiting room will be enabled by default.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a Waiting Room using the API, send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/) to the `/zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms` endpoint:

- For parameter references, refer to [Configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/)
- For authentication instructions, refer to [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
- For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/).

```json title="Request"
curl -X POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms" \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer REDACTED' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "name": "shop_waiting_room",
  "description": "Waiting room for webshop",
  "host": "shop.example.com",
  "path": "/shop",
  "queue_all": true,
  "new_users_per_minute": 200,
  "total_active_users": 300,
  "session_duration": 1,
  "disable_session_renewal": false,
  "json_response_enabled": false,
  "queueing_method": "fifo",
  "queueing_status_code": 202,
  "cookie_attributes": {
    "samesite": "auto",
    "secure": "auto"
  }
}'
```

The response contains the complete definition of the newly created Waiting Room.

```json title="Response"
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "1111111111111111111111",
			"created_on": "2023-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
			"modified_on": "2023-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
			"name": "shop_waiting_room",
			"description": "Waiting room for webshop",
			"host": "shop.example.com",
			"path": "/shop",
			"queue_all": true,
			"new_users_per_minute": 200,
			"total_active_users": 300,
			"session_duration": 1,
			"disable_session_renewal": false,
			"json_response_enabled": false,
			"queueing_method": "fifo",
			"queueing_status_code": 202,
			"cookie_attributes": {
				"samesite": "auto",
				"secure": "auto"
			}
		}
	]
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Customize a waiting room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/

You can customize your waiting room from the dashboard or via API.

## Customize a waiting room from the dashboard

To design and preview the appearance of a waiting room, select the **Customization** tab in the **Create waiting room** page.

Cloudflare offers options to customize the appearance of your waiting room:

* [Default waiting room](#default-waiting-room): An unbranded waiting room that displays an estimated waiting time to visitors.
  * Select a language for your default waiting room page. You can choose from the following languages: English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Turkish and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional).
* [Custom waiting room](#custom-waiting-room): Edit template text or create your own HTML code:
  * Customize both HTML or CSS content, including fonts, colors, static images, additional languages and more.
  * Edit content directly in the dashboard or import relevant files.
* [Return a JSON-friendly waiting room response](/waiting-room/how-to/json-response/): Toggle to also enable a JSON response with a user's status in the waiting room.

### Default waiting room

To choose the default, unbranded waiting room:

1. Select a waiting room.
2. Go to the **Customization** step.
3. Select **Default waiting room**.
4. Select the language for your waiting room default page.

### Custom waiting room

:::note
Only certain customers can customize their waiting rooms. For more details, refer to our [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/) page.
:::

To customize a waiting room:

1. Select a waiting room.
2. Go to the **Customization** step.
3. Select **Custom waiting room**.

You can edit the HTML code directly in the text box:

* Select **Download default template** to download a HTML file containing the default template content to your computer.
* Select **Download** to download a HTML file containing the text box content to your computer.
* Select **Copy** to copy the text from the text box to your clipboard, then paste it into an editor of your choice.

The template text contains [code to display the wait time](#display-wait-time). If you want to display the estimated wait time to visitors, do not delete this content.

#### Upload an HTML file

1. Select **Import** to upload a HTML file from your computer.
2. Select the file in the dialog and select **Open**. The HTML file size limit is 1,048,576 bytes (1 MB).

Make further edits in the text box. Include the [code to display the wait time](#display-wait-time) to display the estimated queue time on the waiting room page or create your own custom page using [available variables](#available-variables).

#### Display wait time

The following content in the `<main>` section of the template HTML code displays the wait time:

```html
<h2 id="time-remaining">
  <noscript>
    {{#waitTimeKnown}}Your estimated wait time is {{waitTimeFormatted}}...{{/waitTimeKnown}}
    {{^waitTimeKnown}}{{#queueIsFull}}The estimated wait time is greater than a day. You will
    automatically be placed in the queue once space is available.{{/queueIsFull}}
    {{^queueIsFull}}Your estimated wait time is unavailable.{{/queueIsFull}}{{/waitTimeKnown}}
  </noscript>
</h2>
```

The following script within the `<body>` section after `<main>` fetches the wait time:

```html
<script type="text/javascript">
  var remainingEl = document.getElementById('time-remaining');
  var waitTime = {{waitTime}};
  var waitTimeKnown = {{waitTimeKnown}};

  var remainingString = 'Your estimated wait time is ';

  if (!waitTimeKnown) {
    remainingString += 'unavailable.'
  } else {
    if (waitTime === 1) {
      remainingString += waitTime + ' minute...';
    } else {
      remainingString += waitTime + ' minutes...';
    }
  }

  remainingEl.innerText = remainingString;
</script>
```

#### Available variables

When you create a waiting room with custom HTML, you can have access to several variables to customize your response. For a full list of variables, refer to the `json_response_enabled` parameter in the [Cloudflare API docs](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/).

#### Multiple-language support

Customizable waiting rooms can display text in any language supported by the UTF-8 character set. To display estimated wait time, you can use numeric variables like `waitTime` and `waitTimeHours` within your waiting room template, regardless of user language. However, at the time, the following variables are only available in English: `waitTimeFormatted`, `timeUntilEventStartFormatted`, and `timeUntilEventEndFormatted`.

If you would like to display different languages within your custom waiting room depending on path or subdomain, you can add JavaScript code to your custom HTML to do so. Below you can find a couple of starter templates that you can use as an example to start from:

* To display a different language based on path, download this [template](/waiting-room/static/index.path.html.txt). The template displays the content in English if the path contains `en` or as a default, Japanese if the path contains `jp`, French if the path contains `fr`, and Spanish if the path contains `es`.

* To display a different language based on subdomain, download this [template](/waiting-room/static/index.subdomain.html.txt). The template displays the content in English as a default or if the subdomain contains `en`, Japanese if the subdomain contains `jp`, French if the subdomain contains `fr`, and Spanish if the subdomain contains `es`.

Download either of these templates and customize them however you would like. Update the path or subdomain to reflect your site’s language selection structure. You may edit these templates to include other languages by adding translations to the `translations` object for each of the locales.

#### Resource hosting

If you are using images or other resources for your customized waiting room, **do not** host those assets on the hostname covered by your waiting room. Otherwise, any requests for these assets will not be able to pass through the waiting room.

### Preview waiting room

To preview the appearance of a waiting room:

1. In your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
2. Either [create a waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/) or [edit an existing one](/waiting-room/how-to/edit-delete-waiting-room/).
3. Go to the **Review** step.
4. Select **Preview waiting room**:

* Choose **Queueing** to display the waiting room appearance when it is enabled on the dashboard and **Queue-all** is not enabled.
* Choose **Queue-All** to display the waiting room appearance when it is enabled on the dashboard and **Queue-all** is enabled. When **Queue-all** is enabled for a waiting room, the estimated wait time is not displayed.

### Troubleshooting

If you notice something unexpected when previewing your waiting room, review your custom code for proper syntax. Often, you might forget to close each tag with its appropriate closing tag (the tag name with a `/`).

## Customize a waiting room via API

You can use the Waiting Room API to customize the web page served to visitors when they are placed in a virtual waiting room.

In the following `PATCH` request, the `custom_page_html` field contains the HTML code for the [customized waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/):

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/{waiting_room_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"custom_page_html": "<p>Include custom HTML here</p>"}'
```

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "1111111111111111111111",
      "name": "webshop-waiting-room",
      "description": "Waiting room for webshop",
      "host": "example.com",
      "path": "/shop",
      "suspended": false,
      "queue_all": false,
      "new_users_per_minute": 200,
      "total_active_users": 300,
      "session_duration": 1,
      "disable_session_renewal": false,
      "json_response_enabled": false,
      "queueing_method": "FIFO",
      "cookie_attributes": {
        "samesite": "auto",
        "secure": "auto"
      },
      "custom_page_html": "<p>Include custom HTML here</p>",
      "created_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
      "modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Preview the HTML code for a customized waiting room

Before making an API request to configure a waiting room web page with customized HTML, you can preview your custom HTML by uploading it to a preview endpoint:

```txt
POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/preview
```

In the request body, include the customized HTML content in the `custom_html` field:

```json
{
  "custom_html": "<p>Include custom HTML here</p>"
}
```

Note that you pass HTML content to the preview endpoint in the `custom_html` field, but when you are using the API to configure a waiting room, you pass the HTML content in the `custom_page_html` field.

Example request:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/preview" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"custom_html": "<p>Include custom HTML here</p>"}'
```

The preview endpoint returns a temporary URL in the response body where you can preview your custom page:

```json
{
  "result": {
    "preview_url": "https://waitingrooms.dev/preview/111111111111"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

You do not have to have a Cloudflare account to access the preview link, so you can validate the waiting room webpage on multiple devices.

### Preview the default or current waiting room web page

After [generating a preview URL](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/page/methods/preview/), use the following endpoint to generate a link to preview the currently configured web page for a waiting room, or the default page if no custom page is configured.

```txt
GET https://waitingrooms.dev/preview/{preview_id}
```

The link in the response displays the content of the `custom_page_html` field, rendered with [mustache](https://mustache.github.io).

Use the optional `force_queue` query parameter to preview the waiting room web page when all traffic is force-queued.

---

# Edit and delete waiting rooms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/edit-delete-waiting-room/

You can manage your waiting rooms using the [Waiting Room dashboard](/waiting-room/how-to/waiting-room-dashboard/) or the [API](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-api/).

:::note
For details about updating an active waiting room, refer to [Best practices](/waiting-room/reference/best-practices/).
:::

## Use the dashboard

### Edit a waiting room

1. In your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
2. On a record, select **Edit**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Edit the settings. For a description of settings, refer to [Configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/).
5. Select **Next**. If you have access to [customized templates](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/), you could also adjust the template.
6. Once you get to **Review**, select **Save**.

### Delete a waiting room

1. In your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
2. On a record, select **Delete**.
3. Select **Delete** again.

## Use the API

### Edit a waiting room

[Replace](https://api.cloudflare.com#waiting-room-update-waiting-room) a configured waiting room by appending the following endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL.

```bash
PUT zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{identifier}
```

[Update](https://api.cloudflare.com#waiting-room-patch-waiting-room) a configured waiting room by appending the following endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL.

```bash
PATCH zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{identifier}
```

You only need to include the parameters that you want to update in the `data` field of the PATCH request.

### Delete a waiting room

Delete a waiting room by appending the following endpoint in the [Waiting Room API](https://api.cloudflare.com#waiting-room-delete-waiting-room) to the Cloudflare API base URL.

```bash
DELETE zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{identifier}
```

---

# Get JSON response for mobile and other non-browser traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/json-response/

If you need to manage traffic in a non-browser environment such as a mobile app or web app, Cloudflare provides a JSON-friendly waiting room that can be consumed via your API endpoints:

1. When a user is queued, we return our own JSON response.
2. When a user leaves the waiting room, we forward the request to your origin server and return the response from your origin server (be it JSON, XML, an HTML page, etc.).

In order to consume the waiting room response in the JSON format, the following steps must be taken:

## Step 1 – Enable JSON response

To receive a JSON response, you first need to enable that option in your waiting room.

- **Via the dashboard**: When [customizing a waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/), enable **JSON Response**.
- **Via the API**: When [creating a waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/), set `json_response_enabled` to true.

## Step 2 – Get JSON data

Make a request to your waiting room endpoint with the header `Accept: application/json`. Note that the header has to match exactly `Accept: application/json`. If it is anything else or has any additional content such as `Accept: application/json, text/html` the response will not return in the JSON format. You must retry the request every `refreshIntervalSeconds` in order for users to advance in the queue.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://example.com/waitingroom" \
--header "Accept: application/json"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"cfWaitingRoom": {
		"inWaitingRoom": true,
		"waitTime": 5,
		"waitTimeKnown": true,
		"waitTimeFormatted": "5 minutes",
		"queueIsFull": false,
		"queueAll": false,
		"lastUpdated": "2021-08-03T23:46:00.000Z",
		"refreshIntervalSeconds": 20
	}
}
```

## Cookies in the request header

Waiting Room is driven by a waiting room cookie that determines the position of the user in the queue. Because of this, the cookie is updated in the response headers for each request. For each request to an endpoint protected by Waiting Room, the application must include the up-to-date cookie retrieved during the previous request. This is mandatory regardless of a user having been queued or not. If a request does not include a cookie, the waiting room will assume this is a new user and will return a new cookie in the response header. Consequently, this will place the user at the end of the queue. Thus, when consuming the waiting room in a non-browser environment it is important to include the waiting room cookie in the request header and keep it updated after each request.

Refer to the [Waiting Room cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/), for more information.

## Advancing in the queue

In a browser environment, the page automatically refreshes every `refreshIntervalSeconds` to ensure that the user advances in the queue. In a non-browser environment, where the Waiting Room JSON-friendly API is being consumed, it is expected that your backend service (or API) also refreshes/makes a request to the Waiting Room configured endpoint every `refreshIntervalSeconds` to ensure the advancing of the user in the queue.

These are some of the places where the JSON-friendly response can be consumed (this list is not exhaustive):

1. In a mobile app traffic

   - **Integrate Waiting Room variables** – Create a new template in your mobile app to receive the JSON response. For a full list of these variables, refer to the `json_response_enabled` parameter in the [Cloudflare API docs](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/).
   - **Allow cookies** – As mentioned above, a waiting room [requires cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/), and your mobile app will need to support cookies. For ease of use, consider using a cookie manager like [CookieJar](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#CookieJar).
   - **Consume JSON data** - Make a request to the Waiting Room endpoint with the `Accept: application/json` header.

2. Inside Cloudflare Workers (or in your own backend service)

   - **Integrate Waiting Room variables** – Expect a JSON response in your backend API. For a full list of these variables, refer to the `json_response_enabled` parameter in the [Cloudflare API docs](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/).
   - **Include cookies in the request header** – As mentioned above, a waiting room [requires cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/), and your backend API will need to support cookies. For ease of use, consider using a cookie manager like [CookieJar](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#CookieJar).
   - **Enable JSON response** - Via the dashboard or via the API.
   - **Consume JSON data** - Make a request to the Waiting Room endpoint with the `Accept: application/json` header.

     Here is an example, demonstrating the usage of the waiting room endpoint inside a Worker. The request headers include the necessary `accept` and `cookie` header values that are required by the Waiting Room API. The accept header ensures that a JSON-friendly response is returned, if a user is queued. Otherwise, if the request is sent to the origin, then whatever the response origin returns gets returned back. In this example, a hardcoded `__cfwaitingroom` value is embedded in the cookie field. In a real-life application, however, we expect that a cookie returned by the Waiting Room API is used in each of the subsequent requests to ensure that the user is placed accordingly in the queue and let through to the origin when it is the users turn.

```javascript
const waitingroomSite = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/waiting-room";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const init = {
			headers: {
				accept: "application/json",
				cookie: "__cfwaitingroom=F)J@NcRfUjXnZr4u7x!A%D*G-KaPdSgV",
			},
		};

		return fetch(waitingroomSite, init)
			.then((response) => response.json())
			.then((response) => {
				if (response.cfWaitingRoom.inWaitingRoom) {
					return Response("in waiting room", { "content-type": "text/html" });
				}
				return new Response(response);
			});
	},
};
```

:::note

Only Advanced Waiting Room customers can support JSON-friendly format with their waiting rooms. For more details, refer to our [Plans page](/waiting-room/plans/).

:::

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

When working with Cloudflare Waiting Room, you will commonly perform the following tasks:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Monitor waiting room status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/monitor-waiting-room/

You can monitor the status of your waiting rooms using the [dashboard](#status-in-the-dashboard) or the [API](#status-in-the-api).

Note that the **Total active users** and **Queued users** shown in the dashboard, as well as through API endpoints are estimates. That data corresponding to each of these metrics is cached for around 30 seconds after the time it takes to be synced from all data centers globally. Therefore, the status will range between 20-50 seconds in the past, depending on the exact moment the data was queried, aggregated, as well as the age of the cache.

Refer to [Waiting Room Analytics](/waiting-room/waiting-room-analytics/) for more details about the traffic going through your waiting room.

## Status in the dashboard

Open the **Waiting Room** dashboard to view the list of your waiting rooms.

The **Status** column displays the current state of the waiting room:

* **Not queueing**:
  * Waiting room enabled, but has not reached traffic threshold to send visitors to waiting room.
  * Shows estimated number of users in the application.
* **Queueing**:
  * Waiting room enabled and sending visitors to waiting room.
  * Shows estimated number of users in the queue.
  * On hover, shows maximum wait time expected for users.
* **Disabled**: The waiting room is suspended.
* **Queue-all**:
  * Forces all traffic to queue in the waiting room.
  * On hover, shows estimated number of users in the queue.

## Status in the API

[Check whether traffic is queueing in a configured waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/statuses/methods/get/) by appending the following endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```bash
GET zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{identifier}/status
```

The response is:

* `queueing` if visitors are currently queueing in the waiting room.
* `not_queueing` if the room is empty or if the waiting room is suspended.

To check whether a configured waiting room is suspended or whether the traffic is force-queued to the waiting room, append the following endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL.

```bash
GET zones/{zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{identifier}
```

The endpoint above [fetches all settings](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/get/) for a configured waiting room:

```bash
      "success": true,
      "errors": [],
      "messages": [],
      "result": {
        "id": "REDACTED",
        "created_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
        "modified_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
        "name": "shop_waiting_room",
        "description": "Waiting room for webshop",
        "suspended": false,
        "host": "shop.example.com",
        "path": "/shop",
        "queue_all": true,
        "new_users_per_minute": 200,
        "total_active_users": 300,
        "session_duration": 1,
        "disable_session_renewal": false,
        "json_response_enabled": false,
        "queueing_method": "random",
        "cookie_attributes": {
          "samesite": "auto",
          "secure": "auto"
        },
        "custom_page_html": "{{#waitTimeKnown}} {{waitTime}} mins {{/waitTimeKnown}} {{^waitTimeKnown}} Queue all enabled {{/waitTimeKnown}}"
      }
```

The value of `suspended` indicates whether a waiting room is activated or suspended:

* `false`: The waiting room is activated.
* `true`: The waiting room is suspended.

The value of `queue_all` indicates whether all traffic is forced to queue in the waiting room:

* `false`: Visitors are diverted to the waiting room only if traffic exceeds the configured threshold.
* `true`: All traffic is forced to queue in the waiting room, and no traffic passes from the waiting room to the origin.

## Queueing activation

Waiting Room queues traffic at the data-center level to increase scalability, letting each data center make decisions independently.

Because of this design, the configured traffic limits of a waiting room are target values which your waiting room will work to keep your traffic volumes near. A waiting room might queue traffic from a specific data center before the waiting room reaches its limit of `new_users_per_minute` or `total_active_users`.

Waiting Room also continuously monitors the rate of users entering throughout each minute, and not just at the end of the minute. Therefore, if at the beginning of your minute, a large fraction of your set `new_users_per_minute` value already joined, we may start queueing users, even if the overall `new_users_per_minute` value that is reached for that minute is not hit.

To help prevent a waiting room from active queueing, increase the values for `new_users_per_minute` and/or `total_active_users`. For more information about how Waiting Room makes queueing decisions, review our [blogpost](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-waiting-room-queues).

:::note

Note that Waiting Room is designed to handle legitimate traffic. If you notice frequent or abnormal queueing behavior, ensure that you are properly handling malicious and automated traffic using Cloudflare security products. 
:::

---

# Place a waiting room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/place-waiting-room/

When [configuring a waiting room](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/), you need to indicate which pages the waiting room will cover.

Your waiting room requires at least one hostname and path in its configuration settings. There is an implied wildcard after the path, meaning the waiting room will also apply to any subpaths. When there is an active queue, all new users will enter the queue at any URLs covered by this hostname and path combination. If you have multiple waiting rooms, the waiting room with the most specific subpath takes precedence.

## Apply to multiple hostnames and paths

Advanced Waiting Room customers can apply a single waiting room to multiple hostnames and paths. To do so via the UI, after adding the first hostname and path, select **Add Hostname and Path** and then input the next hostname and path combination you would like the waiting room to cover. If adding more than one hostname and path for a single waiting room, you must also create a unique waiting room cookie by filling out the Custom cookie field. To add multiple hostnames and paths via the API, utilize the `additional_routes` field and customize the cookie suffix with the `cookie_suffix` field.

You cannot add any hostname and path combinations already configured for another waiting room. Hostnames must belong to the zone that the waiting room is configured on.

A single waiting room can be applied to multiple custom hostnames as long as the following is true:

* The apex domain is the same between the custom hostnames
* Each custom hostname is [configured explicitly](#custom-hostnames) in SSL for SaaS setup.

## Custom hostnames

To deploy a waiting room to a custom hostname, the non-wildcard custom hostname must be [configured and active in SSL for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/). Then, [create](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/) a Waiting Room and optionally apply it to [multiple hostnames](#apply-to-multiple-hostnames-and-paths) with the same apex domain.

This means that – if you want a waiting room for `hello.example.com` – `hello.example.com` must be an active custom hostname. You will not be able to create a waiting room at `hello.example.com` based on only `example.com` being set up as a custom hostname, even if you have enabled wildcards for this custom hostname in SSL for SaaS setup.

## Create exceptions to waiting room coverage

If there are subpaths or query strings of the path you have configured for your waiting room that you would not like the waiting room to apply to, you can create a [Waiting Room bypass rule](/waiting-room/additional-options/waiting-room-rules/bypass-rules/#common-use-cases) to ensure that traffic is not queued at these parts of your site.

---

# Access Waiting Room

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/how-to/waiting-room-dashboard/

Use Cloudflare Waiting Room to create a holding area where users can queue to access a high-traffic area of your enterprise website. For an introduction, refer to the [Overview](/waiting-room/) page.

To access Waiting Room on the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your application.
2. Select **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.

Use the dashboard to [create, edit, update, and delete](/waiting-room/how-to/) waiting rooms.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/best-practices/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Follow these best practices to avoid potential issues and improve the visitor experience.

## Total active users

When specifying the **Total active users** in your [configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/), set the value to `75%` of your origin's traffic capacity.

## Page path

When setting the waiting room **Path** in your [configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/), pay attention to potential subpaths. Waiting rooms are enabled on all subpaths, meaning you might be sending more traffic to your waiting room than anticipated.

Additionally, if you have multiple waiting rooms, the waiting room with the most specific subpath takes precedence.

## Update during active queueing

### Waiting room template

If you want to provide your users with updated information or expectations when they are queueing, Cloudflare recommends that you update your [waiting room template](/waiting-room/how-to/customize-waiting-room/). All changes will be visible to your users in close to real time.

### Configuration settings

When users are actively queueing, only make changes to your [configuration settings](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/) when necessary. These changes may impact the estimated wait time shown to end users, which might lead to user confusion.

### Queueing method

<Render file="change-queueing-method" />

## Waiting Room and SEO

SEO crawlers may end up in a queue during active queueing. When this happens, your sites search results and SEO may be impacted. To avoid this, you can enable SEO Crawler Bypassing from the Waiting Room dashboard or via API. SEO Crawler Bypassing ensures that trusted SEO Crawlers, verified by Bot Management, are never placed in your waiting rooms. By not being queued, SEO crawlers are always able to crawl your site, which helps maintain your SEO and search results in major search engines.

By enabling this service, you understand that these verified crawlers are completely bypassing your waiting rooms. No waiting room settings or features will apply to this traffic.

---

# Configuration settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/

import { Description, LinkButton } from "~/components"

You can customize a variety of options for your waiting rooms.

 <LinkButton variant="primary" href="#dashboard-settings">Dashboard settings</LinkButton> <LinkButton variant="secondary" href="#additional-details">Additional details</LinkButton>


## Dashboard settings

<table style="width:100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2" style="width:30%">
        <strong>Settings</strong>
      </td>
      <td colspan="2" style="width:70%">
        <strong>Notes</strong>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td style="width:15%">
        <strong>Dashboard Setting</strong>
      </td>
      <td style="width:15%">
        <strong>API parameter</strong>
      </td>
      <td style="width:15%">
        <strong>Required?</strong>
      </td>
      <td style="width:30%">
        <strong>Description</strong>
      </td>
      <td style="width:25%">
        <strong>Best practices</strong>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Name</td>
      <td>
        <code>name</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Unique waiting room name.</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Hostname</td>
      <td>
        <code>host</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>Hostname for which the waiting room will be applied (no wildcards).</td>
      <td>
        Do not include <code>http://</code> or <code>https://</code>.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Path</td>
      <td>
        <code>path</code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>
        Case-sensitive path of the waiting room. The waiting room will be enabled for all subpaths.
        Wildcards and query parameters are not supported.
      </td>
      <td>
        If your server does not allow letter casing, use numbers in your <code>path</code>.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Additional Hostnames and Paths</td>
      <td>
        <code>additional_routes</code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>
        Add additional hostnames and/or paths to your waiting room coverage.
      </td>
      <td>
        Additional hostnames must be within the same zone. Hostname and path combinations must be unique per waiting room.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
        <tr>
      <td>Custom Cookie Suffix</td>
      <td>
        <code>cookie_suffix</code>
      </td>
      <td>Required when using <code>additional_routes</code>.</td>
      <td>
        Customize the suffix of your waiting room cookie. Suffix will be added to <code>_cfwaitingroom</code>.
      </td>
      <td>
       Ensure your cookie name is compliant. Do not change this often.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Total active users</td>
      <td>
        <code>total_active_users</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>
        The maximum number of active sessions allowed in <code>host/path</code> at a given time
        (must be greater than 200).
      </td>
      <td>
        Set to 75% of origin traffic capacity and adjust as needed. Adjustments may affect estimated
        wait time shown to end users.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>New users per minute</td>
      <td>
        <code>new_users_per_minute</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes</td>
      <td>
        A <a href="#new-users-per-minute">threshold</a> of users per minute that can be allowed into <code>host/path</code>, greater than 200 and less than or equal to <strong>total active users</strong>.
      </td>
      <td>Set to 100% of peak traffic to ensure users are only queued when necessary</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Session duration</td>
      <td>
        <code>session_duration</code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>
        The amount of time in minutes (between 1 and 30) that a user who left <code>host/path</code> can come <a href="#session-duration">directly back</a> without having to go into the waiting room. Defaults to 5 minutes.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Session Revocation</td>
      <td>
        <code></code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>
        Revoke a user's session when they perform a specific action by sending a command to the waiting room using an HTTP header on the response from your origin. 
      </td>
      <td>Enable this setting in the dashboard and add the `Cf-Waiting-Room-Command: revoke` HTTP header to the response from your origin.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Description</td>
      <td>
        <code>description</code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>Description of the waiting room.</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Disable session renewal</td>
      <td>
        <code>disable_session_renewal</code>
      </td>
      <td>No</td>
      <td>
        Only available to Enterprise customers with purchase. If true, users only have <code>session duration</code> minutes to browse your site. If false, a user's session cookie is renewed on every request.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>JSON response</td>
      <td>
        <code>json_response_enabled</code>
      </td>
      <td>No, defaults to false.</td>
      <td>
        Send JSON body when receiving an <code>Accept: application/json</code> header, commonly used with native mobile applications.
      </td>
      <td>
        Set to <code>true</code> when using a waiting room for non-browser traffic. Follow <a href="/waiting-room/how-to/json-response/">this documentation</a> for additional steps.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Queueing status code</td>
      <td>
        <code>queueing_status_code</code>
      </td>
      <td>No, defaults <code>200</code> (OK).</td>
      <td>
        HTTP status code to be returned while a user is queuing.
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Turnstile Widget Mode</td>
      <td>
        <code>turnstile_mode</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes, defaults <code>invisible</code>.</td>
      <td>
        The type of Turnstile widget to use - refer to the [Turnstile documentation](/turnstile/concepts/widget/#widget-types) for details. Valid values are <code>off</code>, <code>invisible</code>, <code>visible_non_interactive</code>, and <code>visible_managed</code>. Setting this to <code>off</code> will completely disable the Turnstile integration.
      </td>
      <td>
        Setting this to <code>invisible</code> makes sense for most rooms, unless you would like end users to be aware the challenge is running.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Turnstile Fail Action</td>
      <td>
        <code>turnstile_action</code>
      </td>
      <td>Yes, defaults to <code>log</code>.</td>
      <td>
        The action to take when an end user fails a Turnstile challenge. Valid values are <code>log</code> and <code>infinite_queue</code>.
      </td>
      <td>
        Setting this to <code>log</code> makes sense for most rooms, unless you wish to aggressively block bots using an infinite queue.
      </td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Additional details

### New users per minute

When you configure `new users per minute`, this value **is not** the number of users added per minute.

Instead, it is the threshold of users allowed per minute (less than or equal to the number of `total active users`). You should set this value at 100% of your expected peak traffic to ensure users are only queued when necessary.

### Session duration

Session duration improves user experience in two ways.

First, it prevents visitors from having to pass through a waiting room twice for the same transaction. For example, a visitor might want to make a purchase at `example.com`. There's a lot of traffic at `example.com`, so they queue in the waiting room before entering the online store. After a period of time, they leave the waiting room and enter the online store. They make a purchase and leave the online store.

However, they forgot to add a note to the order or request a receipt. As long as their [session cookie](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/) is still valid (for the length of time specified by the `session duration`), they can re-enter your application without having to re-queue in the waiting room.

Second, session duration lets your waiting room create a dynamic outflow from your application (in addition to dynamic inflow). A user's session cookie expires after a period of inactivity, meaning that new spots can open up as soon as space becomes available and estimated wait times are lower and more accurate.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Use the following reference information when setting up and deploying your waiting rooms:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Queueing method

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/queueing-methods/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The **queueing method** determines the order that visitors exit an active waiting room and reach your application.

Only certain customers can use queue methods besides First In First Out (FIFO). For more details, refer to [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/) page.

:::note[Note:]


Regardless of the queueing method, if `queueAll` is enabled or an event is prequeueing, users in the waiting room will not be accepted to the origin. These users will always get a waiting room page that refreshes automatically.


:::

## First In First Out (FIFO)

Your waiting room orders visitors according to when they entered the waiting room.

![First In First Out flow showing visitors entering the origin by order of arrival to the waiting room](~/assets/images/waiting-room/fifo-queueing-method.png)

Technically, each user receives a [cookie](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/) that contains a timestamp of when their request first hit an actively queueing waiting room. Cloudflare uses that timestamp to order visitors and provide the estimated wait time.

Use this method when you want to reward visitors who get in the queue first and wait longer.

## Random

When your application has open spots, your waiting room chooses visitors at random to exit the waiting room and enter your application.

![Random queueing flow showing visitors randomly exiting the waiting room and entering an origin](~/assets/images/waiting-room/random-queueing-method.png)

Use this method when you want to distribute products or services more equitably. Earlier users have a better chance of exiting the waiting room before the estimated wait time because they have more chances to be selected.

## Passthrough

Allow all traffic to pass immediately through your waiting room and into your application by setting its `queueing_method` to **passthrough**.

Use this setup when you only want to use your waiting room for events — where you can update the queueing method — and otherwise avoid queueing during low-traffic hours.

## Reject

Prevent any traffic from reaching your application by setting its `queueing_method` to **reject**. Users will get a static page.

Use this setup for event-only endpoints or to perform application maintenance.

## Change queueing methods

<Render file="change-queueing-method" />

---

# API commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-api/

Cloudflare Waiting Room redirect visitors to virtual waiting rooms when they are trying to access web pages that have high volumes of traffic.

The [Cloudflare Waiting Room API](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/list/) provides an interface for programmatically managing waiting rooms.

## Request URL format

To invoke a [Cloudflare Waiting Room API](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/list/) operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```shell
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

For authentication instructions, refer to [Getting Started: Requests](/fundamentals/api/) in the Cloudflare API documentation.

For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to [Getting Started: Endpoints](/fundamentals/api/).

## Manage your waiting room

| Operation                                                                 | Method + URL stub                                             | Notes                              |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| [List waiting rooms](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/list/)     | `GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms`                  | List all waiting rooms for a zone. |
| [Create waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/create/)   | `POST zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms`                 | Create a waiting room.             |
| [Waiting room details](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/get/) | `GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}`    | Fetch a waiting room.              |
| [Update waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/update/)   | `PUT zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}`    | Update a waiting room.             |
| [Delete waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/delete/)   | `DELETE zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}` | Delete a waiting room.             |
| [Patch waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/methods/edit/)     | `PATCH zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}`  | Patch a configured waiting room.   |

## Fetch the current status of a waiting room

| Operation                                                                                        | Method + URL stub                                                 | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Get the current status of a waiting room](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/statuses/methods/get/) | `GET zones/{:zone_identifier}/waiting_rooms/{:identifier}/status` | <ul><li>Returns <code>queueing</code> if the queue is activated (clients are put in the waiting room).</li><li>Returns <code>not\_queueing</code> if the queue is not activated or if the waiting room is suspended.</li></ul> |

---

# Cookies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/

A waiting room only uses the `__cfwaitingroom` cookie when a visitor requests access to a host and path combination with an enabled and associated waiting room. When the waiting room is suspended, traffic goes to the origin and the `__cfwaitingroom` cookie is not created. The `__cfwaitingroom` cookie is encrypted to prevent modification by users. You may append a [custom suffix](#customize-cookie-name) to your waiting room cookie to customize the name of your waiting room cookie.

:::caution[Important:]


Cloudflare Waiting Room requires the `__cfwaitingroom` cookie. When a waiting room is actively queueing, users cannot visit that host and path combination without enabling cookies.


:::

## Cookie function

The `__cfwaitingroom` cookie is used to:

* Track a user's position in the waiting room queue and serve them in the correct order.
* Monitor each visitor's duration in the application to provide an [accurate entry time](#estimated-wait-time-fifo-queueing-method) to visitors queueing in the waiting room.
* To allow re-entry for a period of time (specified by [session\_duration](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration)) without going back in the waiting room.

## Cookie expiration time

* While a visitor stays in a waiting room, `__cfwaitingroom` cookie expiration is always set to five minutes, but renews every 20 seconds automatically as long as the visitor does not close the tab or leaves your application.
* When the visitor accesses the application, the `__cfwaitingroom` cookie expires after an interval (specified by [session\_duration](/waiting-room/reference/configuration-settings/#session-duration)).

## Customize cookie name

You can customize the name of your waiting room cookie by adding a custom suffix to the end of `__cfwaitingroom`.

To do this via the UI, complete the Custom cookie field in the [Create](/waiting-room/how-to/create-waiting-room/) or [Edit](/waiting-room/how-to/edit-delete-waiting-room/) workflow. To do this via the API, enter a value for `cookie_suffix` when creating or editing a waiting room. The cookie suffix is a required field when [using additional hostnames](/waiting-room/how-to/place-waiting-room/) and paths for a single waiting room. Ensure your cookie is compliant with any applicable policies.

## Estimated wait time (FIFO queueing method)

When a visitor first enters the host and path combination for your waiting room, they receive the `__cfwaitingroom` cookie. That cookie contains a unique group ID, which corresponds to the minute your visitor entered the waiting room. Using this value, we can tell how many visitors are in front of a specific group.

Each cookie also contains a value for `acceptedAt`, which corresponds to the minute your visitor entered your application. This value lets us know how many visitors per minute are leaving the waiting room to enter your application.

```txt
visitorsAhead ÷ activeUsersToWebApplication = estimatedWaitTime
```

We combine these pieces of information to calculate estimated wait time for each group of visitors.

For more details about the technical implementation of Cloudflare Waiting Room, refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-waiting-room-on-workers-and-durable-objects/).

---

# Android

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/android/

By default, 1.1.1.1:Faster Internet is configured to WARP mode. You can also configure it to only encrypt your DNS queries and leave the remaining traffic unencrypted.

## Set up 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet

1. Download [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet from Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone) for free.
2. Launch 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet and accept the Terms of Service.
3. Toggle the **WARP** button to **Connected**.
4. Install the VPN profile that allows your phone to connect securely to 1.1.1.1.

Your connection to the Internet and your DNS queries are now protected.

## Encrypt only DNS queries

After installing 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet, you may want to only encrypt your DNS queries and leave the remaining traffic unencrypted. If this is the case:

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Toggle the WARP button and choose **Switch to DNS only mode**.
3. If the WARP toggle is disconnected, tap the **menu** button.
4. You will see two options: 1.1.1.1 and WARP. Select **1.1.1.1**.

You are now using encryption only for your DNS queries.

## Enable 1.1.1.1 for Families

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Tap the **menu button**.
3. Select **Advanced** > **Connection options**.
4. In **DNS settings** > **1.1.1.1 for Families**, select the option you want to use.

## How to remove the application

1. Find the application on the home screen.
2. Touch and hold on the application tile.
3. Select **Remove App**.
4. Select **Delete App**.

---

# iOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/ios/

By default, 1.1.1.1:Faster Internet is configured to WARP mode. You can also configure it to only encrypt your DNS queries and leave the remaining traffic unencrypted.

## Set up 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet

1. Download [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet from the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1-1-1-1-faster-internet/id1423538627) for free.
2. Launch 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet and accept the Terms of Service.
3. Install the VPN profile that allows your phone to connect securely to 1.1.1.1.
4. Toggle the **WARP** button to **Connected**.

Your connection to the Internet and your DNS queries are now protected.

## Encrypt only DNS queries

After installing 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet, you may want to only encrypt your DNS queries and leave the remaining traffic unencrypted. If this is the case:

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Toggle the WARP button and choose **Switch to DNS only mode**.
3. If the WARP toggle is disconnected, tap the **menu** button.
4. You will see two options: 1.1.1.1 and WARP. Select **1.1.1.1** > **Done**.

You are now using encryption only for your DNS queries.

## Enable 1.1.1.1 for Families

1. Open 1.1.1.1: Faster Internet.
2. Tap the **menu button**.
3. Select **Advanced** > **Connection options**.
4. In **DNS settings** > **1.1.1.1 for Families**, select the option you want to use.

## How to remove the application

1. Find the application on the home screen.
2. Touch and hold on the application tile.
3. Select **Remove App**.
4. Select **Delete App**.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Before installing and setting up the WARP Client, ensure that your device meets the following system requirements:

## Android

|                |      |
| -------------- | ---- |
| **OS version** | 5.0+ |

[Download for Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone)

## iOS

|                |         |
| -------------- | ------- |
| **OS version** | iOS 11+ |

[Download for iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1423538627)

## Linux

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/linux" product="cloudflare-one" />

[Download for Linux](https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/)

## macOS

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[Download for macOS](https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/macos/ga)

## Windows

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[Download for Windows](https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/windows/ga)

---

# macOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/macos/

import { Render } from "~/components";

1. [Download](https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/macos/ga) Cloudflare WARP for macOS.
2. Go to your predefined download folder and open the `.pkg` file.
3. Follow the instructions to complete installation. Cloudflare WARP will automatically launch and appear in your menu bar with the Cloudflare logo.
4. Select **Next** and **Accept** Cloudflare's privacy policy.
5. Turn on the toggle to enable WARP.

WARP is now running and protecting your Internet connection.

<Render file="modes-options" />

## What Cloudflare places on your device

### Cloudflare WARP.app

This is the main GUI application that you interact with. You can find it in`/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app`.

### Cloudflare WARP Daemon

This is the daemon service responsible for establishing the wireguard tunnel and all interaction between our service endpoint and the Cloudflare WARP application. Here is where you can find:

- **Service**: `/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Resources/CloudflareWARP`
- **Definition**: `/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.1dot1dot1dot1.macos.warp.daemon.plist`

### Log files

The macOS application places log files in two locations based on what part of the app is logging information. These logs are included with a feedback submission, when you select the checkbox in **Feedback** > **Share debug information**.

- **Daemon and install logs**: `/Library/Application Support/Cloudflare`.
- **Application GUI logs**: `/Users/<your local username>/Library/Logs/Cloudflare`.

## How to remove the application

We include an uninstall script as part of the macOS package you install. Type the following in a terminal window to uninstall WARP:

```sh
cd /Applications/Cloudflare\ WARP.app/Contents/Resources
./uninstall.sh
```

:::note[Note]

You may be prompted to provide your credentials while removing the application.

:::

---

# Windows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/windows/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. [Download](https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/windows/ga) Cloudflare WARP for Windows.
2. Go to your predefined download folder and open the executable file to install WARP.
3. Follow the instructions to complete installation. Cloudflare WARP will automatically launch and appear in your menu bar with the Cloudflare logo.
4. Select **Next** and **Accept** Cloudflare's privacy policy.
5. Turn on the toggle to enable WARP.

WARP is now running and protecting your Internet connection.

<Render file="modes-options" />

## What Cloudflare places on your device

### Cloudflare WARP GUI

This is the main GUI application that you interact with. You can find it in:

* The **Start** menu > **Cloudflare**.
* On your disk, in `C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\Cloudflare WARP.exe`.

### Cloudflare WARP service

This is the Windows service that is responsible for establishing the wireguard tunnel and all interaction between Cloudflare's service endpoint and the client application. You can find it in `C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\warp-svc.exe`.

### Log files

The Windows application places log files in two locations based on what part of the application is logging information. These logs are included during feedback submission when you check **Feedback** > **Share debug information**. You can find the logs for:

* **WARP Service**: `C:\ProgramData\Cloudflare`.
* **Application GUI Logs**: `C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Local\Cloudflare`.

## How to remove the application

1. Select the **Start** menu and search for **Settings**. You can also press `⊞ Win + I`.
2. Select **Apps** > **App & Features**.
3. Scroll down to Cloudflare WARP and select **Uninstall**.

---

# Linux

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/get-started/linux/

You have two ways of installing WARP on Linux, depending on the distro you are using:

- Find the latest WARP client in the [package repository](https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/).
- Install the `cloudflare-warp` package that suits your distro:
  - **apt-based OS** (like Ubuntu): `sudo apt install cloudflare-warp`.
  - **yum-based OS** (like CentOS or RHEL): `sudo yum install cloudflare-warp`.

:::note

If you get an error message when trying to install via the terminal, download the package that suits your distro from the [package repository](https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/).

:::

## Using WARP

The command line interface is the primary way to use WARP.

### Initial Connection

To connect for the very first time:

1. Register the client `warp-cli registration new`.
2. Connect `warp-cli connect`.
3. Run `curl https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace/` and verify that `warp=on`.

### Switching modes

You can use `warp-cli mode --help` to get a list of the modes to switch between. For example:

- **DNS only mode via DoH:** `warp-cli mode doh`.
- **WARP with DoH:** `warp-cli mode warp+doh`.

### Using 1.1.1.1 for Families

The Linux client supports all 1.1.1.1 for Families modes, in either WARP on DNS-only mode:

- **Families mode off:** `warp-cli dns families off`
- **Malware protection:** `warp-cli dns families malware`
- **Malware and adult content:** `warp-cli dns families full`

### Additional commands

A complete list of all supported commands can be found by running:

```sh
warp-cli --help
```

## Feedback

You can find logs required to debug WARP issues by running `sudo warp-diag`. This will place a `warp-debugging-info.zip` file in the path from which you ran the command.

To report bugs or provide feedback to the team use the command `sudo warp-diag feedback`. This will submit a support ticket.

---

# Legal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/legal/

* [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/application/privacypolicy/)
* [Application Terms of Service](https://www.cloudflare.com/application/terms/)
* [Third party licenses](/warp-client/legal/3rdparty/)

---

# Filters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/configuration-options/filters/

To filter the data shown on Web Analytics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Select the website you want to check.
4. Select **Add filter**.
5. In the **New filter** box, choose your criteria from the dropdown. Refer to the [Dimensions](/web-analytics/data-metrics/dimensions/) page for a list of available filters and their descriptions.
6. Select **Apply**.

### Additional tips

- By default, Web Analytics shows data for the previous 24 hours. Adjust the time range using the dropdown menu above the graph.
- Select and drag the cursor on the graph to choose a custom time period.
- Scroll below the graph to view detailed breakdowns, for instance of top visits by country or by device type.

---

# Configuration options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/configuration-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Customize your Web Analytics views by using filters and rules.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/configuration-options/rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Use **Rules** to configure whether to track Web Analytics for specific websites or paths. By default, Web Analytics automatically creates a single rule for the zone that injects the JavaScript (JS) snippet for all pages.

Rules are only available for sites proxied through Cloudflare. For more information, refer to [Limits](/web-analytics/limits/).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Find the site you want to configure and select **Manage site**.
4. Select **Advanced options** > **Add rule**.
5. Select the **Action** and fill in the hostname and path(s) you want to add a rule for.
6. If you want to add additional rules, select **Add rule**. Otherwise select **Update** to save the rule.

<Render file="configuration-rule-wins-over-rum-rule" product="rules" params={{ one: "Configuration rules", two: "Web Analytics rules" }} />

---

# Core Web Vitals

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/core-web-vitals/

[Core Web Vitals](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-are-core-web-vitals/) are high-level metrics designed by Google to capture the user experience. Three core Web Vitals metrics are measured: Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay, and Cumulative Layout Shift. Each of these metrics is automatically assigned a rating of Good, Needs Improvement, or Poor based on the industry standard methodology and testing designed by Google. Page load time statistics are supplemented by First Paint and First Contentful Paint.

:::note


Core Web Vitals is currently only supported in Chromium browsers, with Safari and Firefox coming soon.


:::

## Access Core Web Vitals

Core Web Vitals enables you to easily pinpoint which elements in a web page are affecting the user's experience while browsing your website, in a visual form.
To access Core Web Vitals:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Select your website and select **Core Web Vitals**.

###  Core Web Vitals metrics

Core Web Vitals is divided into three main sections, each one with information about a specific feature that affects user experience:

- [Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)](https://web.dev/optimize-lcp/): Measures perceived load speed by the user. It returns how long the main content of the page takes to be loaded.
- [Interaction to Next Paint (INP)](https://web.dev/inp/): Measures user interface responsiveness – how quickly a website responds to user interactions like clicks or key presses.
- [First Input Delay (FID)](https://web.dev/optimize-fid/): Measures how fast a website is to respond to the first user input.
- [Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)](https://web.dev/optimize-cls/): Measures visual stability, that is, if there are shifts in the page layout as the various elements are being loaded into view.

Each of these metrics represents an impact to the user experience, which is quantified and graded by Web Analytics.

Cloudflare Web Analytics offers interactive exploration in Core Web Vitals by allowing you to filter data by URL, Browser, Operating System, Country, and Element.

### Debug view

Below each graph, the Debug View section has the top five elements with a negative impact on each metric. Selecting the elements shown in the data table gives you more details about them.

Each table — LCP, FID, and CLS — also shows you the performance of these elements in the 75th percentile (P75) at a glance. Selecting in each row of the table lets you expand the element and have access to more information, including P50, P90 and P99 metrics.

These numbers refer to how an element performs relatively to others in your page. For example, if an element takes 3,900 ms to load and is in the 75 percentile, this means that it is slower to load than 75% of the elements in your page.

![Debug View page](~/assets/images/web-analytics/core-web-vitals-debug-view.png)

## Information collected

Web Analytics uses its lightweight JavaScript beacon to collect the information Vitals Explorer uses. It does not use any client-side state, such as cookies or `localStorage`, to collect usage metrics. Vitals Explorer also does not fingerprint individuals via their IP address, User Agent string, or any other data.

### Common data collected for all Core Web Vitals metrics

#### Element

A CSS selector representing the DOM node. With this string, you can use `document.querySelector(<element_name>)` in the dev console of your browser to find out which DOM node has a negative impact on your scores/values.

#### Path

The URL path at the time the Core Web Vitals are captured.

#### Value

[The metric value](https://web.dev/cls/#layout-shift-score) for each Core Web Vitals. This value is in milliseconds for LCP or FID and a score for CLS.

### Additional data collected for Largest Contentful Paint

#### URL

The source URL (such as image, text, web fonts).

#### Size

The source object's size in bytes.

### Additional data collected for First Input Delay

#### Name

The type of event captured (such as `mousedown`, `keydown`, `pointerdown`).

### Additional data collected for Cumulative Layout Shift

Layout information is a JSON value that includes width, height, x axis position, y axis position, left, right, top, and bottom. These values represent the layout shifts that happen on the page.

#### CurrentRect

Captures the layout information of the DOM element with the largest area, after the shift in the page has occurred. This JSON value is shown as **Current** in the **Debug View** section. To access it, scroll to the **Cumulative Layout Shifts (CLS)** graphic > **Debug View**. Select any element from that table to access the **Layout Shifts** section, where **Current** is presented.

#### PreviousRect

Captures the layout information of the DOM element with the largest area, before the shift in the page has occurred. This JSON value is shown as **Previous** in the **Debug View** section. To access it, scroll to the **Cumulative Layout Shifts (CLS)** graphic > **Debug View**. Select any element from that table to access the **Layout Shifts** section, where **Previous** is presented.

---

# Data origin and collection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/data-origin-and-collection/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Web Analytics relies on the `performance.getEntriesByType('navigation')` object to collect metrics about page load performance. If Navigation Timing Level 2 is not supported, then [`performance.timing` (Level 1)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance/timing) is used.

Refer to the [W3C Processing Model](https://www.w3.org/TR/navigation-timing-2/#processing-model) for a visual depiction of the sequence of timing events for web page loads.

## Data collection and reporting

Web Analytics collects the minimum amount of information - timing metrics - to show customers how their websites perform. Cloudflare does not track individual end users across our customers’ Internet properties.

The Web Analytics performance beacon loads from `https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js`. You may need to update your <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)" link="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> settings to load this script.

Beacon data is sent to `https://<yourdomainname>/cdn-cgi/rum` for sites proxied through Cloudflare or `https://cloudflareinsights.com/cdn-cgi/rum` for sites not proxied through Cloudflare. Core Web Vital metrics are reported when the `visibilityState` is hidden for the first time after the page load event is triggered.

---

# Dimensions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/dimensions/

Dimensions are the labels used to describe different types of metrics or data. For example, **Referer** is the data collected from external links referring visits to a page, while **Browser** shows which browsers accessed your website.

Below you can find a list of the different dimensions you can use to filter Web Analytics:

- **Country**: The visitor's country.
- **Host**: The domain of the site's URL.
- **Path**: The links within your site referring visits to a page.
- **Referer**: The external links referring visits to a page. You can access `referer host` data on the dashboard. Additionally, you can access data for the `referer path` from the GraphQL API.
- **Device type**: The device visitors use to access a page (for example, desktop, mobile, or tablet).
- **Browser**: The web browser (for example, Chrome, Safari) visitors use to access your website.
- **Operating system**: The operating system visitors use to access a page.
- **Site**: The website's domain name. Used for high-level segmentation of data. For example, you can use it for a particular zone or gray-clouded website.
- **Exclude Bots**: Exclude bot traffic from the dataset. With this dimension set to `Yes`, the resulting dataset will be a closer representation of real user traffic.

![Web Analytics dimensions page](~/assets/images/web-analytics/dash-web_analytics-dimensions.png)

---

# High-level metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/high-level-metrics/

Understanding the key metrics in web analytics is essential for optimizing your website’s performance and user experience. Here are the high-level metrics tracked by Cloudflare Web Analytics:

* **Visits** - A page view that originated from a different website or direct link. Cloudflare checks where the HTTP referer does not match the hostname. One visit can consist of multiple page views.
* **Page views** - A successful HTTP response with a content-type of HTML.
* **Page load time** - The total amount of time required to load the page.
* **[Core Web Vitals](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-are-core-web-vitals/)** - Higher-level metrics designed by Google to capture the user experience more completely.

![Web Analytics overview page](~/assets/images/web-analytics/dash-web_analytics-overview.png)

---

# Data and metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

In this section, you can find information about the data and metrics available in Web Analytics.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Page load time

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/data-metrics/page-load-time-summary/

Page load time summary gives you an overview of how long your web page takes to load, broken down by area. To access Page load time:

1. Go to [Web Analytics](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/web-analytics) from your account home page, and choose a website.
2. Select **Page load time**.

## Components

Below is a list of all the components you can inspect:

### Page load

The total amount of time required to load the page. Note that page load time does not correspond to the sum of the other timings available in Web Analytics. This happens because the page load time also includes timings that are not displayed, such as pre-DNS lookup timings and unattributed gaps between timing metrics.

### DNS (`domainLookupEnd` - `domainLookupStart`)

How long a DNS query takes. This could appear as zero for reused connections or content stored in the local cache (memory or disk).

### TCP (`connectEnd` - `connectStart`)

How long it takes to establish a TCP connection with the server. If using HTTPS, this process includes TLS negotiation time.

### Request (`responseStart` - `requestStart`)

The time elapsed between making an HTTP request and receiving the first byte of the response.

### Response (`responseEnd` - `responseStart`)

The time elapsed between the first byte and the last byte of the received response. Think of this as a resource download time.

### Processing (`domComplete` - `domInteractive`)

How long it took to render the page. This includes loading any resources that block page rendering, including images, scripts, and style sheets. If this number is big, optimize your document architecture, resource size, or configure settings in the Cloudflare Speed app. This document process can be drilled down more with `domInteractive`, `domContentLoadedEventStart`, `domContentLoadedEventEnd`, and `domComplete`.

### Load Event (`loadEventEnd` - `loadEventStart`)

An event triggered by the browser when a document and its resources finish loading. The Load Event duration may be a useful metric if you have additional functions or any logic for the load event.

![Web Analytics load time summary page](~/assets/images/web-analytics/dash-web_analytics-page_load_time.png)

## Data collected for Paint Timings

To make Web Analytics work, Cloudflare collects several types of data points. These are the additional data points collected for Paint Timings:

### First Paint

The time between navigation and when the browser renders the first pixels to the screen.

### First Contentful Paint

Time when the browser renders the first bit of content from the DOM.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Sites not proxied through Cloudflare

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Select **Add a site**.
4. In **Set up hostname**, write your website's hostname.
5. Select the message box that appears to choose the hostname you have input and select **Done**.
6. Copy the JS snippet from **Manage site**. This is also where you can later edit the hostname you have just added.
7. (Optional) Select **View Analytics sites** to go back on the Web Analytics interface. If you prefer to continue setting up Web Analytics website, continue reading.
8. Add the JS snippet to any of your website’s HTML pages before the ending body tag.

Web analytics is now set up on your website, but it may take a few minutes for Web Analytics data to appear.

Repeat steps 3-7 for all the websites you want to track with Web Analytics by selecting **Add a site** from Web Analytics. In **Web Analytics Sites**, select **Manage site** inside each website's card to adjust Web Analytics for your site at any time.

For more information on how many sites you can track, refer to [Limits](/web-analytics/limits/).

***

## Sites proxied through Cloudflare

<Render file="web-analytics-proxied-setup" />

Your website is now using Web Analytics through the automatic setup, which is enabled by default.

To set up Web Analytics manually:

1. After step 4 (above), expand **Advanced options**.
2. Select **Disable automatic setup**.
3. Copy the JS snippet.
4. Add the JS snippet to any of your website’s HTML pages before the ending body tag.

Repeat these steps for all of the websites you want to track with Web Analytics. Web Analytics is enabled by default for sites proxied through Cloudflare that previously used Browser Insights. Adjust Web Analytics for your site at any time by selecting **Manage site** from Web Analytics.

For more information on how many sites you can track, refer to [Limits](/web-analytics/limits/).

For more information on how to configure which sites or pages you track with Web Analytics, refer to [Rules](/web-analytics/configuration-options/rules/).

:::caution[Important]


If you have a `Cache-Control` header set to `public, no-transform`, Cloudflare proxy will not be able to modify the original payload of the website. Therefore, the Beacon script will not be automatically injected to your site, and Web Analytics will not work. Refer to [Origin cache control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) for more information.


:::

***

## Pages projects

Cloudflare Pages offers a one-click setup for Web Analytics:

<Render file="web-analytics-setup" product="pages" />

---

# Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/get-started/notifications/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="web-analytics-notifications" /> <br/> <Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

<AvailableNotifications product="Web Analytics" />

---

# Ethereum Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway gives you read and write access to the [Ethereum network](/web3/ethereum-gateway/concepts/ethereum/) without installing any software on your computer.

In particular, users can read all information that has been agreed upon by the consensus of existing nodes in the network. In addition, they can write their own transactions and smart contracts to be stored by these nodes in a distributed manner. Anyone else on the network will be able to view these transactions, and even run your smart contracts using their own supply of the Ethereum currency.

These interactions take place through the official [Ethereum JSON-RPC API](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis) and use [Cloudflare-supported API methods](/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-api-methods/).

## Availability

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<Render file="pricing-page-reference" />

---

# Web Analytics for SPAs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web-analytics/get-started/web-analytics-spa/

Cloudflare Web Analytics can automatically track user interactions on Single Page Applications (SPAs) by overriding the History API's `pushState` function and listening to the `onpopstate` event. Note that hash-based routers are not supported.

## Disable SPA measurement

If you want to disable the automatic tracking for SPAs, you can do so by adding the `spa` option with a value of `false` in the data attribute of the script tag, as shown below:

```html
<script
  defer
  src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js"
  data-cf-beacon=' {"token": "42e216b9090ru59384ygu891dce9eecde", "spa": false} '
></script>
```

### Google Tag Manager (GTM)

If you are using Google Tag Manager (GTM), you can disable SPA tracking by passing the spa option via the query string in the script URL:

```html
<script
  defer
  src="https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js?token=42e216b9090ru59384ygu891dce9eecde&spa=false"
></script>
```

---

# Customize Cloudflare settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/customize-cloudflare-settings/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="cloudflare-settings" />

---

# Subscribe to gateways

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/enable-gateways/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Before you can [create a new gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway), you need to subscribe to one or more gateways.

## Create new subscription

To subscribe to a Web3 gateway (if you have not already subscribed):

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Web3**.
4. Click **Subscribe to Web3 Gateways**.
5. Choose which gateways you want to subscribe to.
6. Click **Proceed to Payment Details**.
7. Enter your payment information (if not already attached to your account) and complete your purchase.

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## Manage existing subscription

To update an existing subscription or subscribe to an additional gateway:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Web3**.
4. Click **Manage Subscriptions**.
5. To update existing gateway subscriptions, click **Change**. To purchase access to a new gateway, click **Subscribe**.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage gateways

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

A Cloudflare Web3 gateway provides HTTP-accessible interfaces to various Web3 networks. You can interact with a gateway in several ways.

## Create a gateway

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="create-gateway-dashboard" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="create-gateway-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="post-creation-steps" />

---

## Edit a gateway

Once you have [created a gateway](#create-a-gateway), you can only edit the **Gateway Description** and — if it is an **IPFS** gateway — also edit the value for the [DNSLink](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/) field.

If you need to edit other fields, [delete the gateway](#delete-a-gateway) and create a new one.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit a gateway using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Web3**.
4. On a specific gateway, click **Edit**.
5. Update the **Gateway Description** and — if editing an **IPFS** gateway — the value for the [DNSLink](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/).
6. Click **Reapply**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To edit specific settings for a gateway, use a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/web3/subresources/hostnames/methods/edit/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Refresh a gateway

When your gateway is stuck in an **Error** [status](/web3/reference/gateway-status/), you should try refreshing the gateway, which attempts to re-create the associated DNS records for the hostname.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To refresh a gateway using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Web3**.
4. On a gateway, click the dropdown then **Refresh**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To refresh a gateway using the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/web3/subresources/hostnames/methods/edit/) request with an empty request body.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Update blocklist

When you set up a [IPFS Universal Path gateway](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/universal-gateway/), you may want to add items to the gateway blocklist, which allows you to block access to specific content.

You have the ability to block access to one or more:

- CIDs (`QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB`)
- IPFS content paths (`/ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG/readme`)
- IPNS content paths (`/ipns/example.com`)

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To add an item to the blocklist using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. Select your account and website.

3. Go to **Web3**.

4. On a specific gateway, click the dropdown then **Blocklist**.

5. Click **Add entry**.

6. Enter the following information:

   - **Blocklist entry type**: Choose **CID** or **Content path**.
   - **Blocklist entry content**: Add a CID or content path to block, meaning either a valid CIDv0 or CIDv1 string (CID) or the entry should start with `/ipfs/` or `/ipns/` (content path).
   - **Blocklist entry description**: Add a description to help you identify the blocklist entry.

7. Click **Add**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To add a blocklist item using the API, send a [`POST`](/api/resources/web3/subresources/hostnames/subresources/ipfs_universal_paths/subresources/content_lists/subresources/entries/methods/create/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Delete a gateway

When you delete a gateway, Cloudflare will automatically remove all associated hostname DNS records. This action will impact your traffic and cannot be undone.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete a gateway using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Web3**.
4. On a specific gateway, click the dropdown then **Remove**.
5. Click **Delete hostname**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a gateway using the API, send a [`DELETE`](/api/resources/web3/subresources/hostnames/methods/delete/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Restrict gateway access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/restrict-gateway-access/

If you are using a [Web3 gateway](/web3/about/) for internal application calls, you may want to restrict gateway access to specific backend services.

You can achieve this goal by [creating general Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to block normal traffic and then [creating service tokens](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) to allow access by your backend service.

---

# Use Ethereum gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway/

Once you have an Ethereum gateway — meaning that you [create a new gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway) with a `target` of **Ethereum** — you can interact with [different Ethereum networks](/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-networks/) by specifying the correct JSON blob for your query.

## Read from the network

The Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway allows HTTP requests where the body of the request is set to be the JSON body of the request you would like to make. For example, if you would like to read the block that is at number `0x2244`, then your JSON blob takes the form:

```json
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
	"params": ["0x2244", true],
	"id": 1
}
```

Each blob use a valid [`method` parameter](/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-api-methods/). The `params` array here contains the block number that we would like to locate and a boolean expressing whether each individual transaction in the block should be shown in their entirety (`true`) or as stubs (`false`).

To send this query to your [custom Ethereum Gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/), you could use a cURL command:

```sh
curl https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/mainnet -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["0x2244", true],"id":1}'
```

You can also write the same query using the JS Fetch API:

```js
await fetch(
	new Request("https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/mainnet", {
		method: "POST",
		body: JSON.stringify({
			jsonrpc: "2.0",
			method: "eth_getBlockByNumber",
			params: ["0x2244", true],
			id: 1,
		}),
		headers: {
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		},
	}),
).then((resp) => {
	return resp.json();
});
```

The response in both cases will be a JSON blob of the form:

```json
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"id": 1,
	"result": {
		"difficulty": "0x746ef15b66",
		"extraData": "0x476574682f76312e302e302f6c696e75782f676f312e342e32",
		"gasLimit": "0x1388",
		"gasUsed": "0x0",
		"hash": "0xd6bb42034740c5d728e774e43a01f26222e0fcc279c504ca5963dc34fe70f392",
		"logsBloom": "0x00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
		"miner": "0xf927a40c8b7f6e07c5af7fa2155b4864a4112b13",
		"mixHash": "0x975da446e302e6da6cedb3fbaa763c3c203ae88d6fab4924e2a3d34a568c4361",
		"nonce": "0x88a7f12f49151c83",
		"number": "0x2244",
		"parentHash": "0x067fd84ecdbc7491bf5ec7d5d4ead361b1f590eec74797a7f90b4a7d7004a48d",
		"receiptsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
		"sha3Uncles": "0x1dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347",
		"size": "0x21b",
		"stateRoot": "0x828dade2067283e370993ec6a1bda0e65c1310e404a6d5bbb030b596eb80017c",
		"timestamp": "0x55bb040f",
		"totalDifficulty": "0x5c328da43525d",
		"transactions": [],
		"transactionsRoot": "0x56e81f171bcc55a6ff8345e692c0f86e5b48e01b996cadc001622fb5e363b421",
		"uncles": []
	}
}
```

## Write to the network

Currently, the Ethereum Gateway allows you to write to the network using the `eth_sendRawTransaction` RPC method. This creates a new message call transaction or a contract creation for signed transactions. The transactions are signed using a secret key corresponding to your own [Ethereum wallet](https://www.ethereum.org/use/#_3-what-is-a-wallet-and-which-one-should-i-use).

Once you have a wallet set up and a method of signing your own transactions, you can write that transaction to the Ethereum network via the [Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway](/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-api-methods/). Signed transactions use hexadecimal strings of the form:

```json
"0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"
```

Then you can use your [custom Gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/) to send the transaction to the network with a cURL command:

```sh
curl https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/mainnet -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_sendRawTransaction","params":["0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675"],"id":1}'
```

You could also use a JS Fetch API request:

```js
await fetch(
	new Request("https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/mainnet", {
		method: "POST",
		body: JSON.stringify({
			jsonrpc: "2.0",
			method: "eth_sendRawTransaction",
			params: [
				"0xd46e8dd67c5d32be8d46e8dd67c5d32be8058bb8eb970870f072445675058bb8eb970870f072445675",
			],
			id: 1,
		}),
		headers: {
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		},
	}),
).then((resp) => {
	return resp.json();
});
```

_(The actual command above will not work — you need to provide your own signed transaction.)_

---

# Use IPFS gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/how-to/use-ipfs-gateway/

Once you have an IPFS gateway — meaning that you [create a new gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway) with a `target` of **IPFS** — you can get data from the IPFS network by using a URL.

## Read from the network

Every time you access a piece of content through Cloudflare's IPFS Gateway, you need a URL with two parts: the gateway hostname and the request path.

### Gateway hostname

Your gateway hostname will be the **Hostname** value you supplied when you [created the gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway).

### Request path

The request path will vary based on the type of content you are serving.

If a request path is `/ipfs/<CID_HASH>`, that tells the gateway that you want the content with the Content Identifier (CID) that immediately follows. Because the content is addressed by CID, the gateway's response is immutable and will never change. An example would be `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/`, which is a mirror of Wikipedia and an immutable `/ipfs/` link.

If a request path is `/ipns/<DOMAIN>`, that tells the gateway that you want it to lookup the CID associated with a given domain in DNS and then serve whatever content corresponds to the CID it happens to find. Because DNS can change over time, so will the gateway's response. An example would be `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/ipfs.tech/`, which is IPFS's marketing site and can be changed at any time by modifying the [DNSLink record](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/) associated with the `ipfs.tech` domain.

## Write to the network

Cloudflare's IPFS Gateway is currently limited to read-only access.

---

# IPFS Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's IPFS gateway provides a read-only, HTTP-accessible interface to the [Interplanetary File System (IPFS)](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/ipfs/). This gateway does not require you to download any special software or give up any storage space on your computer.

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="web3.ipfs" />

<Render file="pricing-page-reference" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/troubleshooting/

## Cloudflare-specific

### No link named "ipfs"

If you get a `no link named "ipfs" under <<CID>>` error message when trying to access content through Cloudflare's IPFS gateway, that means you have created a gateway without a value for the [DNSLink](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink).

Since Cloudflare currently only supports restricted gateways - and not [universal gateways](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/universal-gateway/) - these requests will continue to fail until you specify a DNSLink value.

### Check Cloudflare's status

It is worth checking for recent incidents on Cloudflare's [status
dashboard](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/) that may have affected our
gateway, but the best place to get up-to-date information about issues facing
IPFS is the [IPFS Discussion Forum](https://discuss.ipfs.io/).

## Generic IPFS

IPFS is still a developing protocol and content is often unavailable or slow to
load for reasons outside of Cloudflare's control. Usually, this happens for one
of the following reasons.

### The content was uploaded to a free/anonymous pinning service.

Free and anonymous pinning services can often be used to get content on IPFS in
a pinch, but they'll often stop pinning content soon after it's uploaded.
Running your own server or using a pinning service are the recommended
alternatives, and will keep your content online more reliably.

### No node with the requested content is online.

Content will only stay on the IPFS network as long as there's at least one node
that's serving it. If all of the nodes that were serving a given piece of
content go offline, the content will be inaccessible until one of them comes
back online.

### The nodes with the requested content are not publicly addressable.

It's common for people who run an IPFS node on their home Wi-Fi to have very long
wait times or a high rate of request failure. This is because the rest of the
nodes in the IPFS network have difficulty connecting to them through their NAT
(Internet router). This can be solved by setting up Port Forwarding on the
router, to direct external connections to port 4001 to the host with the IPFS
node, or by moving the node to a hosted server/VM.

### The nodes with the requested content are not pinning it.

If several minutes have passed since files were uploaded to an IPFS node and
they're still not discoverable by other gateways, it's possible the node is
having trouble announcing the files to the rest of the network. You can make
sure the node with the content has pinned it by running:

```txt
ipfs pin -r <content id>
```

And you can force the actual announcement by running:

```txt
ipfs dht provide -rv <content id>
```

The second command will run indefinitely and has quite complicated output, so
you may want to run it in the background and omit the `-v` flag.

### The nodes with the requested content are too old.

IPFS issues mandatory updates from time to time that introduce breaking protocol
changes. Cloudflare tries to say ahead of these updates and may, as a result,
lose connectivity with older nodes.

---

# Gateway DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/reference/gateway-dns-records/

Once you [create a gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway), Cloudflare automatically creates and adds records to your Cloudflare DNS so your gateway can receive and route traffic appropriately:

* **Ethereum gateways**: Creates a [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) `CNAME` record pointing your hostname to `ethereum.cloudflare.com`.
* **IPFS gateways**: Creates a [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) `CNAME` record pointing your hostname to `ipfs.cloudflare.com` and a `TXT` record with the value specified for its [DNSLink](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/#how-is-it-used-with-cloudflare).

These records cannot be edited within Cloudflare DNS. To make edits, you will have to [edit the gateway configuration](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#edit-a-gateway) itself.

## Existing DNS records

When you [create a gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway) using a hostname with pre-existing DNS records, Cloudflare automatically overwrites your existing records to make them apply to your Web3 gateway.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Gateway status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/reference/gateway-status/

Once you [create a gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway), it can have one of several statuses.

| Status       | Definition                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Active**   | The DNS records for your gateway have been created and are functioning correctly.                                                                          |
| **Pending**  | Your Web3 gateway is in the process of becoming **Active**.                                                                                                |
| **Deleting** | Your Web3 gateway is being deleted.                                                                                                                        |
| **Error**    | The DNS records for your gateway are misconfigured or do not exist. To fix, try [refreshing the gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#refresh-a-gateway). |

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/reference/limits/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

The following limits apply to users of the Cloudflare Web3 Gateways.

<Render file="pricing-page-reference" />

## IPFS Gateway

The following limits apply to Cloudflare's [IPFS Gateway](/web3/ipfs-gateway/).

<FeatureTable id="web3.ipfs" />

## Ethereum Gateway

The following limits apply to Cloudflare's [Ethereum Gateway](/web3/ethereum-gateway/).

<FeatureTable id="web3.ethereum" />

---

# Legacy gateway migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/reference/migration-guide/

As announced in [our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/ea-web3-gateways/), Cloudflare is deprecating legacy hostnames that point to our public gateway endpoints at `cloudflare-eth.com` and `cloudflare-ipfs.com`.

If you created a hostname pointing to these gateways during the [private beta](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-web3-gateways/), you should migrate to use our new Web3 gateways to avoid a disruption in service.

***

## Migration guide

The migration is a simple process.

First, create a [Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/).

Then create a new [Web3 custom gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway) with your existing hostname.

Alternatively, you could also create a [Web3 custom gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway) for a new hostname and then modify your application to use your newly created hostname ([IPFS](/web3/how-to/use-ipfs-gateway/) or [Ethereum](/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway/)).

---

# CI/CD

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/

You can set up continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) for your Workers by using either the integrated build system, [Workers Builds](#workers-builds), or using [external providers](#external-cicd) to optimize your development workflow.

## Why use CI/CD?

Using a CI/CD pipeline to deploy your Workers is a best practice because it:

- Automates the build and deployment process, removing the need for manual `wrangler deploy` commands.
- Ensures consistent builds and deployments across your team by using the same source control management (SCM) system.
- Reduces variability and errors by deploying in a uniform environment.
- Simplifies managing access to production credentials.

## Which CI/CD should I use?

Choose [Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds) if you want a fully integrated solution within Cloudflare's ecosystem that requires minimal setup and configuration for GitHub or GitLab users.

We recommend using [external CI/CD providers](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd) if:

- You have a self-hosted instance of GitHub or GitLabs, which is currently not supported in Workers Builds' [Git integration](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/)
- You are using a Git provider that is not GitHub or GitLab

## Workers Builds

[Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds) is Cloudflare's native CI/CD system that allows you to integrate with GitHub or GitLab to automatically deploy changes with each new push to a selected branch (e.g. `main`).

![Workers Builds Workflow Diagram](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/workers-builds-workflow.png)

Ready to streamline your Workers deployments? Get started with [Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#get-started).

## External CI/CD

You can also choose to set up your CI/CD pipeline with an external provider.

- [GitHub Actions](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/github-actions/)
- [GitLab CI/CD](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/gitlab-cicd/)

---

# Compatibility dates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare regularly updates the Workers runtime. These updates apply to all Workers globally and should never cause a Worker that is already deployed to stop functioning. Sometimes, though, some changes may be backwards-incompatible. In particular, there might be bugs in the runtime API that existing Workers may inadvertently depend upon. Cloudflare implements bug fixes that new Workers can opt into while existing Workers will continue to see the buggy behavior to prevent breaking deployed Workers.

The compatibility date and flags are how you, as a developer, opt into these runtime changes. [Compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags) will often have a date in which they are enabled by default, and so, by specifying a `compatibility_date` for your Worker, you can quickly enable all of these various compatibility flags up to, and including, that date.

## Setting compatibility date

When you start your project, you should always set `compatibility_date` to the current date. You should occasionally update the `compatibility_date` field. When updating, you should refer to the [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags) page to find out what has changed, and you should be careful to test your Worker to see if the changes affect you, updating your code as necessary. The new compatibility date takes effect when you next run the [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command.

There is no need to update your `compatibility_date` if you do not want to. The Workers runtime will support old compatibility dates forever. If, for some reason, Cloudflare finds it is necessary to make a change that will break live Workers, Cloudflare will actively contact affected developers. That said, Cloudflare aims to avoid this if at all possible.

However, even though you do not need to update the `compatibility_date` field, it is a good practice to do so for two reasons:

1. Sometimes, new features can only be made available to Workers that have a current `compatibility_date`. To access the latest features, you need to stay up-to-date.
2. Generally, other than the [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags) page, the Workers documentation may only describe the current `compatibility_date`, omitting information about historical behavior. If your Worker uses an old `compatibility_date`, you will need to continuously refer to the compatibility flags page in order to check if any of the APIs you are using have changed.

#### Via Wrangler

The compatibility date can be set in a Worker's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Opt into backwards-incompatible changes through April 5, 2022.
compatibility_date = "2022-04-05"
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Via the Cloudflare Dashboard

When a Worker is created through the Cloudflare Dashboard, the compatibility date is automatically set to the current date.

The compatibility date can be updated in the Workers settings on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

#### Via the Cloudflare API

The compatibility date can be set when uploading a Worker using the [Workers Script API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/) or [Workers Versions API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/) in the request body's `metadata` field.

If a compatibility date is not specified on upload via the API, it defaults to the oldest compatibility date, before any flags took effect (2021-11-02). When creating new Workers, it is highly recommended to set the compatibility date to the current date when uploading via the API.

---

# Compatibility flags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/

import { CompatibilityFlags, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Compatibility flags enable specific features. They can be useful if you want to help the Workers team test upcoming changes that are not yet enabled by default, or if you need to hold back a change that your code depends on but still want to apply other compatibility changes.

Compatibility flags will often have a date in which they are enabled by default, and so, by specifying a [`compatibility_date`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates) for your Worker, you can quickly enable all of these various compatibility flags up to, and including, that date.

## Setting compatibility flags

You may provide a list of `compatibility_flags`, which enable or disable specific changes.

#### Via Wrangler

Compatibility flags can be set in a Worker's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

This example enables the specific flag `formdata_parser_supports_files`, which is described [below](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#formdata-parsing-supports-file). As of the specified date, `2021-09-14`, this particular flag was not yet enabled by default, but, by specifying it in `compatibility_flags`, we can enable it anyway. `compatibility_flags` can also be used to disable changes that became the default in the past.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Opt into backwards-incompatible changes through September 14, 2021.
compatibility_date = "2021-09-14"
# Also opt into an upcoming fix to the FormData API.
compatibility_flags = [ "formdata_parser_supports_files" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Via the Cloudflare Dashboard

Compatibility flags can be updated in the Workers settings on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

#### Via the Cloudflare API

Compatibility flags can be set when uploading a Worker using the [Workers Script API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/) or [Workers Versions API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/) in the request body's `metadata` field.

## Node.js compatibility flag

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs_compat" product="workers" />

A [growing subset](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) of Node.js APIs are available directly as [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs), with no need to add polyfills to your own code. To enable these APIs in your Worker, only the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag is required:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

As additional Node.js APIs are added, they will be made available under the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag. Unlike most other compatibility flags, we do not expect the `nodejs_compat` to become active by default at a future date.

The Node.js `AsyncLocalStorage` API is a particularly useful feature for Workers. To enable only the `AsyncLocalStorage` API, use the `nodejs_als` compatibility flag.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_als" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Flags history

Newest flags are listed first.

<CompatibilityFlags />

## Experimental flags

These flags can be enabled via `compatibility_flags`, but are not yet scheduled to become default on any particular date.

<CompatibilityFlags experimental />

---

# Cron Triggers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Background

Cron Triggers allow users to map a cron expression to a Worker using a [`scheduled()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/) that enables Workers to be executed on a schedule.

Cron Triggers are ideal for running periodic jobs, such as for maintenance or calling third-party APIs to collect up-to-date data. Workers scheduled by Cron Triggers will run on underutilized machines to make the best use of Cloudflare's capacity and route traffic efficiently.

:::note

Cron Triggers can also be combined with [Workflows](/workflows/) to trigger multi-step, long-running tasks. You can [bind to a Workflow](/workflows/build/workers-api/) from directly from your Cron Trigger to execute a Workflow on a schedule.

:::

Cron Triggers execute on UTC time.

## Add a Cron Trigger

### 1. Define a scheduled event listener

To respond to a Cron Trigger, you must add a [`"scheduled"` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/) to your Worker.

Refer to the following examples to write your code:

- [Setting Cron Triggers](/workers/examples/cron-trigger/)
- [Multiple Cron Triggers](/workers/examples/multiple-cron-triggers/)

### 2. Update configuration

After you have updated your Worker code to include a `"scheduled"` event, you must update your Worker project configuration.

#### Via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

If a Worker is managed with Wrangler, Cron Triggers should be exclusively managed through the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

Refer to the example below for a Cron Triggers configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[triggers]
# Schedule cron triggers:
# - At every 3rd minute
# - At 3PM on first day of the month
# - At 11:59PM on the last weekday of the month
crons = [ "*/3 * * * *", "0 15 1 * *", "59 23 LW * *" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

You also can set a different Cron Trigger for each [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. You need to put the `[triggers]` table under your chosen environment. For example:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.dev.triggers]
crons = ["0 * * * *"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Via the dashboard

To add Cron Triggers in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker > **Settings** > **Triggers** > **Cron Triggers**.

## Supported cron expressions

Cloudflare supports cron expressions with five fields, along with most [Quartz scheduler](http://www.quartz-scheduler.org/documentation/quartz-2.3.0/tutorials/crontrigger.html#introduction)-like cron syntax extensions:

| Field         | Values                                                             | Characters   |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ |
| Minute        | 0-59                                                               | \* , - /     |
| Hours         | 0-23                                                               | \* , - /     |
| Days of Month | 1-31                                                               | \* , - / L W |
| Months        | 1-12, case-insensitive 3-letter abbreviations ("JAN", "aug", etc.) | \* , - /     |
| Weekdays      | 1-7, case-insensitive 3-letter abbreviations ("MON", "fri", etc.)  | \* , - / L # |

### Examples

Some common time intervals that may be useful for setting up your Cron Trigger:

- `* * * * *`

  - At every minute

- `*/30 * * * *`

  - At every 30th minute

- `45 * * * *`

  - On the 45th minute of every hour

- `0 17 * * sun` or `0 17 * * 1`

  - 5PM on Sunday

- `10 7 * * mon-fri` or `10 7 * * 2-6`

  - 7:10AM on weekdays

- `0 15 1 * *`

  - 3PM on first day of the month

- `0 18 * * 6L` or `0 18 * * friL`

  - 6PM on the last Friday of the month

- `59 23 LW * *`
  - 11:59PM on the last weekday of the month

## Test Cron Triggers

The recommended way of testing Cron Triggers is using Wrangler.

:::note[Cron Trigger changes take time to propagate.]

Changes such as adding a new Cron Trigger, updating an old Cron Trigger, or deleting a Cron Trigger may take several minutes (up to 15 minutes) to propagate to the Cloudflare global network.

:::

Test Cron Triggers using `Wrangler` by passing in the `--test-scheduled` flag to [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev). This will expose a `/__scheduled` route which can be used to test using a HTTP request. To simulate different cron patterns, a `cron` query parameter can be passed in.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --test-scheduled

curl "http://localhost:8787/__scheduled?cron=*+*+*+*+*"
```

## View past events

To view the execution history of Cron Triggers, view **Cron Events**:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your **Worker**.
4. Select **Settings**.
5. Under **Trigger Events**, select **View events**.

Cron Events stores the 100 most recent invocations of the Cron scheduled event. [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs) also records invocation logs for the Cron Trigger with a longer retention period and a filter & query interface. If you are interested in an API to access Cron Events, use Cloudflare's [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api).

:::note

It can take up to 30 minutes before events are displayed in **Past Cron Events** when creating a new Worker or changing a Worker's name.

:::

Refer to [Metrics and Analytics](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/) for more information.

## Remove a Cron Trigger

### Via the dashboard

To delete a Cron Trigger on a deployed Worker via the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**, and select your Worker.
3. Go to **Triggers** > select the three dot icon next to the Cron Trigger you want to remove > **Delete**.

:::note

You can only delete Cron Triggers using the Cloudflare dashboard (and not through your Wrangler file).

:::

## Limits

Refer to [Limits](/workers/platform/limits/) to track the maximum number of Cron Triggers per Worker.

## Green Compute

With Green Compute enabled, your Cron Triggers will only run on Cloudflare points of presence that are located in data centers that are powered purely by renewable energy. Organizations may claim that they are powered by 100 percent renewable energy if they have procured sufficient renewable energy to account for their overall energy use.

Renewable energy can be purchased in a number of ways, including through on-site generation (wind turbines, solar panels), directly from renewable energy producers through contractual agreements called Power Purchase Agreements (PPA), or in the form of Renewable Energy Credits (REC, IRECs, GoOs) from an energy credit market.

Green Compute can be configured at the account level:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In the **Account details** section, find **Compute Setting**.
4. Select **Change**.
5. Select **Green Compute**.
6. Select **Confirm**.

## Related resources

- [Triggers](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#triggers) - Review `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file syntax for Cron Triggers.
- Learn how to access Cron Triggers in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# Environment variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/environment-variables/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

## Background

Environment variables are a type of binding that allow you to attach text strings or JSON values to your Worker. Environment variables are available on the [`env` parameter](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters) passed to your Worker's [`fetch` event handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

Text strings and JSON values are not encrypted and are useful for storing application configuration.

## Add environment variables via Wrangler

Text and JSON values are defined via the `[vars]` configuration in your Wrangler file. In the following example, `API_HOST` and `API_ACCOUNT_ID` are text values and `SERVICE_X_DATA` is a JSON value.

<Render file="envvar-example" />

Refer to the following example on how to access the `API_HOST` environment variable in your Worker code:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    return new Response(`API host: ${env.API_HOST}`);
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export interface Env {
  API_HOST: string;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    return new Response(`API host: ${env.API_HOST}`);
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

`vars` is a non-inheritable key. [Non-inheritable keys](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) are configurable at the top-level, but cannot be inherited by environments and must be specified for each environment.

To define environment variables for different environments, refer to the example below:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker-dev"

[env.staging.vars]
API_HOST = "staging.example.com"
API_ACCOUNT_ID = "staging_example_user"
SERVICE_X_DATA = { URL = "service-x-api.dev.example", MY_ID = 123 }

[env.production.vars]
API_HOST = "production.example.com"
API_ACCOUNT_ID = "production_example_user"
SERVICE_X_DATA = { URL = "service-x-api.prod.example", MY_ID = 456 }
```

</WranglerConfig>

For local development with `wrangler dev`, variables in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file are automatically overridden by any values defined in a `.dev.vars` file located in the root directory of your worker. This is useful for providing values you do not want to check in to source control.

```shell
API_HOST = "localhost:4000"
API_ACCOUNT_ID = "local_example_user"
```

Alternatively, you can specify per-environment values in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and provide an `environment` value via the `env` flag when developing locally like so `wrangler dev --env=local`.

## Add environment variables via the dashboard

To add environment variables via the dashboard:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
4. Select **Settings**.
5. Under **Variables and Secrets**, select **Add**.
6. Select a **Type**, input a **Variable name**, and input its **Value**. This variable will be made available to your Worker.
7. (Optional) To add multiple environment variables, select **Add variable**.
8. Select **Deploy** to implement your changes.

:::caution[Plaintext strings and secrets]


Select the **Secret** type if your environment variable is a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/).


:::

<Render file="env_and_secrets" />

## Related resources

* Learn how to access environment variables in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Configure your Worker project with various features and customizations.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Multipart upload metadata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/multipart-upload-metadata/

import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

If you're using the [Workers Script Upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/) or [Version Upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/) directly, `multipart/form-data` uploads require you to specify a `metadata` part. This metadata defines the Worker's configuration in JSON format, analogue to the [wrangler.toml file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

## Sample `metadata`

```json
{
  "main_module": "main.js",
  "bindings": [
    {
      "type": "plain_text",
      "name": "MESSAGE",
      "text": "Hello, world!"
    }
  ],
  "compatibility_date": "2021-09-14"
}
```

## Attributes

The following attributes are configurable at the top-level.

:::note

At a minimum, the `main_module` key is required to upload a Worker.
:::



* `main_module` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  * The part name that contains the module entry point of the Worker that will be executed. For example, `main.js`.

* `assets` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * [Asset](/workers/static-assets/) configuration for a Worker.
  * `config` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
    * [html_handling](/workers/static-assets/routing/#1-html_handling) determines the redirects and rewrites of requests for HTML content.
    * [not_found_handling](/workers/static-assets/routing/#2-not_found_handling) determines the response when a request does not match a static asset, and there is no Worker script.
  * `jwt` field provides a token authorizing assets to be attached to a Worker.

* `keep_assets` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Specifies whether assets should be retained from a previously uploaded Worker version; used in lieu of providing a completion token.

* `bindings` array\[object] optional

  * [Bindings](#bindings) to expose in the Worker.

* `placement` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * [Smart placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/) object for the Worker.
  * `mode` field only supports `smart` for automatic placement.

* `compatibility_date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * [Compatibility Date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/#setting-compatibility-date) indicating targeted support in the Workers runtime. Backwards incompatible fixes to the runtime following this date will not affect this Worker. Highly recommended to set a `compatibility_date`, otherwise if on upload via the API, it defaults to the oldest compatibility date before any flags took effect (2021-11-02).

* `compatibility_flags` array\[string] optional

  * [Compatibility Flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#setting-compatibility-flags) that enable or disable certain features in the Workers runtime. Used to enable upcoming features or opt in or out of specific changes not included in a `compatibility_date`.

* `usage_model` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Usage model to apply to invocations, only allowed value is `standard`.



## Additional attributes: [Workers Script Upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/)

For [immediately deployed uploads](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#upload-a-new-version-and-deploy-it-immediately), the following **additional** attributes are configurable at the top-level.

:::note

These attributes are **not available** for version uploads.
:::



* `migrations` array\[object] optional

  * [Durable Objects migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) to apply.

* `logpush` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Whether [Logpush](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/hostname-analytics/#logpush) is turned on for the Worker.

* `tail_consumers` array\[object] optional

  * [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) that will consume logs from the attached Worker.

* `tags` array\[string] optional

  * List of strings to use as tags for this Worker.



## Additional attributes: [Version Upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/)

For [version uploads](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#upload-a-new-version-to-be-gradually-deployed-or-deployed-at-a-later-time), the following **additional** attributes are configurable at the top-level.

:::note

These attributes are **not available** for immediately deployed uploads.
:::



* `annotations` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Annotations object specific to the Worker version.
  * `workers/message` specifies a custom message for the version.
  * `workers/tag` specifies a custom identifier for the version.



## Bindings

Workers can interact with resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform using [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). Refer to the JSON example below that shows how to add bindings in the `metadata` part.

```json
{
  "bindings": [
    {
      "type": "ai",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "analytics_engine",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "dataset": "<DATASET>"
    },
    {
      "type": "assets",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "browser_rendering",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "d1",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "id": "<D1_ID>"
    },
    {
      "type": "durable_object_namespace",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "class_name": "<DO_CLASS_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "hyperdrive",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "id": "<HYPERDRIVE_ID>"
    },
    {
      "type": "kv_namespace",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "namespace_id": "<KV_ID>"
    },
    {
      "type": "mtls_certificate",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "certificate_id": "<MTLS_CERTIFICATE_ID>"
    },
    {
      "type": "plain_text",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "text": "<VARIABLE_VALUE>"
    },
    {
      "type": "queue",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "queue_name": "<QUEUE_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "r2_bucket",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "bucket_name": "<R2_BUCKET_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "secret_text",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "text": "<SECRET_VALUE>"
    },
    {
      "type": "service",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "service": "<SERVICE_NAME>",
      "environment": "production"
    },
    {
      "type": "tail_consumer",
      "service": "<WORKER_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "vectorize",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>",
      "index_name": "<INDEX_NAME>"
    },
    {
      "type": "version_metadata",
      "name": "<VARIABLE_NAME>"
    }
  ]
}
```

---

# Preview URLs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/previews/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Preview URLs allow you to preview new versions of your Worker without deploying it to production.

Every time you create a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of your Worker a unique preview URL is generated. Preview URLs take the format: `<VERSION_PREFIX>-<WORKER_NAME>.<SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. New [versions](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of a Worker are created on [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy), [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload) or when you make edits on the Cloudflare dashboard. By default, preview URLs are enabled and available publicly.

Preview URLs can be:

- Integrated into CI/CD pipelines, allowing automatic generation of preview environments for every pull request.
- Used for collaboration between teams to test code changes in a live environment and verify updates.
- Used to test new API endpoints, validate data formats, and ensure backward compatibility with existing services.

When testing zone level performance or security featues for a version, we recommended using [version overrides](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#version-overrides) so that your zone's performance and security settings apply.

:::note
Preview URLs are only available for Worker versions uploaded after 2024-09-25.

Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.74.0. Check your version by running `wrangler --version`. To update Wrangler, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
:::

## View preview URLs using wrangler

The [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload) command uploads a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of your Worker and returns a preview URL for each version uploaded.

## View preview URLs on the Workers dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers) and select your project.
2. Head to the "Deployments" tab find the version you would like to view.

## Manage access to Preview URLs

By default, preview URLs are enabled and available publicly. You can use [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to require visitors to authenticate before accessing preview URLs. You can limit access to yourself, your teammates, your organization, or anyone else you specify in your [access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access).

To limit your preview URLs to authorized emails only:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare Access dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/access/apps).
2. Select your account.
3. Add an application.
4. Select **Self Hosted**.
5. Name your application (for example, "my-worker") and add your `workers.dev` subdomain as the **Application domain**.

For example, if you want to secure preview URLs for a Worker running on `my-worker.my-subdomain.workers.dev`.

- Subdomain: `*-my-worker`
- Domain: `my-subdomain.workers.dev`

:::note
You must press enter after you input your Application domain for it to save. You will see a "Zone is not associated with the current account" warning that you may ignore.
:::

6. Go to the next page.
7. Add a name for your access policy (for example, "Allow employees access to preview URLs for my-worker").
8. In the **Configure rules** section create a new rule with the **Emails** selector, or any other attributes which you wish to gate access to previews with.
9. Enter the emails you want to authorize. View [access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) to learn about configuring alternate rules.
10. Go to the next page.
11. Add application.

## Disabling Preview URLs

### Disabling Preview URLs in the dashboard

To disable Preview URLs for a Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select your Worker.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.
4. On "Preview URLs" click "Disable".
5. Confirm you want to disable.

### Disabling Preview URLs in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

:::note
Wrangler 3.91.0 or higher is required to use this feature.
:::

To disable Preview URLs for a Worker, include the following in your Worker's Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
preview_urls = false
```

</WranglerConfig>

When you redeploy your Worker with this change, Preview URLs will be disabled.

:::caution

If you disable Preview URLs in the Cloudflare dashboard but do not update your Worker's Wrangler file with `preview_urls = false`, then Preview URLs will be re-enabled the next time you deploy your Worker with Wrangler.
:::

## Limitations

- Preview URLs are not generated for Workers that implement a [Durable Object](/durable-objects/).
- Preview URLs are not currently generated for [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/) [user Workers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers). This is a temporary limitation, we are working to remove it.
- You cannot currently configure Preview URLs to run on a subdomain other than [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/).

---

# Secrets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Background

Secrets are a type of binding that allow you to attach encrypted text values to your Worker. You cannot see secrets after you set them and can only access secrets via [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) or programmatically via the [`env` parameter](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters). Secrets are used for storing sensitive information like API keys and auth tokens. Secrets are available on the [`env` parameter](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters) passed to your Worker's [`fetch` event handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

## Local Development with Secrets

<Render file="secrets-in-dev" />

## Secrets on deployed Workers

### Adding secrets to your project

#### Via Wrangler

Secrets can be added through [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) or [`wrangler versions secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret-put) commands.

`wrangler secret put` creates a new version of the Worker and deploys it immediately.

```sh
npx wrangler secret put <KEY>
```

If using [gradual deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/), instead use the `wrangler versions secret put` command. This will only create a new version of the Worker, that can then be deploying using [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2).

:::note
Wrangler versions before 3.73.0 require you to specify a `--x-versions` flag.
:::

```sh
npx wrangler versions secret put <KEY>
```

#### Via the dashboard

To add a secret via the dashboard:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker > **Settings**.
4. Under **Variables and Secrets**, select **Add**.
5. Select the type **Secret**, input a **Variable name**, and input its **Value**. This secret will be made available to your Worker but the value will be hidden in Wrangler and the dashboard.
6. (Optional) To add more secrets, select **Add variable**.
7. Select **Deploy** to implement your changes.

### Delete secrets from your project

#### Via Wrangler

Secrets can be deleted through [`wrangler secret delete`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#delete-2) or [`wrangler versions secret delete`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret-delete) commands.

`wrangler secret delete` creates a new version of the Worker and deploys it immediately.

```sh
npx wrangler secret delete <KEY>
```

If using [gradual deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/), instead use the `wrangler versions secret delete` command. This will only create a new version of the Worker, that can then be deploying using [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2).

```sh
npx wrangler versions secret delete <KEY>
```

#### Via the dashboard

To delete a secret from your Worker project via the dashboard:

1. Log in to [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker > **Settings**.
4. Under **Variables and Secrets**, select **Edit**.
5. In the **Edit** drawer, select **X** next to the secret you want to delete.
6. Select **Deploy** to implement your changes.
7. (Optional) Instead of using the edit drawer, you can click the delete icon next to the secret.

<Render file="env_and_secrets" />

## Related resources

- [Wrangler secret commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) - Review the Wrangler commands to create, delete and list secrets.

---

# Smart Placement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/smart-placement/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

By default, [Workers](/workers/) and [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) are invoked in a data center closest to where the request was received. If you are running back-end logic in a Worker, it may be more performant to run that Worker closer to your back-end infrastructure rather than the end user. Smart Placement automatically places your workloads in an optimal location that minimizes latency and speeds up your applications.

## Background

The following example demonstrates how moving your Worker close to your back-end services could decrease application latency:

You have a user in Sydney, Australia who is accessing an application running on Workers. This application makes multiple round trips to a database located in Frankfurt, Germany in order to serve the user’s request.

![A user located in Sydney, AU connecting to a Worker in the same region which then makes multiple round trips to a database located in Frankfurt, DE. ](~/assets/images/workers/platform/workers-smart-placement-disabled.png)

The issue is the time that it takes the Worker to perform multiple round trips to the database. Instead of the request being processed close to the user, the Cloudflare network, with Smart Placement enabled, would process the request in a data center closest to the database.

![A user located in Sydney, AU connecting to a Worker in Frankfurt, DE which then makes multiple round trips to a database also located in Frankfurt, DE. ](~/assets/images/workers/platform/workers-smart-placement-enabled.png)

## Understand how Smart Placement works

Smart Placement is enabled on a per-Worker basis. Once enabled, Smart Placement analyzes the [request duration](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/#request-duration) of the Worker in different Cloudflare locations around the world on a regular basis. Smart Placement decides where to run the Worker by comparing the estimated request duration in the location closest to where the request was received (the default location where the Worker would run) to a set of candidate locations around the world. For each candidate location, Smart Placement considers the performance of the Worker in that location as well as the network latency added by forwarding the request to that location. If the estimated request duration in the best candidate location is significantly faster than the location where the request was received, the request will be forwarded to that candidate location. Otherwise, the Worker will run in the default location closest to where the request was received.

Smart Placement only considers candidate locations where the Worker has previously run, since the estimated request duration in each candidate location is based on historical data from the Worker running in that location. This means that Smart Placement cannot run the Worker in a location that it does not normally receive traffic from.

Smart Placement only affects the execution of [fetch event handlers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/). Smart Placement does not affect the execution of [RPC methods](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) or [named entrypoints](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/#named-entrypoints). Workers without a fetch event handler will be ignored by Smart Placement. For Workers with both fetch and non-fetch event handlers, Smart Placement will only affect the execution of the fetch event handler.

Similarly, Smart Placement will not affect where [static assets](/workers/static-assets/) are served from. Static assets will continue to be served from the location nearest to the incoming request. If a Worker is invoked and your code retrieves assets via the [static assets binding](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/binding/), then assets will be served from the location that your Worker runs in.

## Enable Smart Placement

Smart Placement is available to users on all Workers plans.

### Enable Smart Placement via Wrangler

To enable Smart Placement via Wrangler:

1. Make sure that you have `wrangler@2.20.0` or later [installed](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

2. Add the following to your Worker project's Wrangler file:

   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   [placement]
   mode = "smart"
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

3. Wait for Smart Placement to analyze your Worker. This process may take up to 15 minutes.

4. View your Worker's [request duration analytics](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/#request-duration).

### Enable Smart Placement via the dashboard

To enable Smart Placement via the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**,select your Worker.
4. Select **Settings** > **General**.
5. Under **Placement**, choose **Smart**.
6. Wait for Smart Placement to analyze your Worker. Smart Placement requires consistent traffic to the Worker from multiple locations around the world to make a placement decision. The analysis process may take up to 15 minutes.
7. View your Worker's [request duration analytics](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/#request-duration)

## Observability

### Placement Status

A Worker's metadata contains details about a Worker's placement status. Query your Worker's placement status through the following Workers API endpoint:

```bash
curl -X GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/workers/services/{WORKER_NAME} \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq .
```

Possible placement states include:

- _(not present)_: The Worker has not been analyzed for Smart Placement yet. The Worker will always run in the default Cloudflare location closest to where the request was received.
- `SUCCESS`: The Worker was successfully analyzed and will be optimized by Smart Placement. The Worker will run in the Cloudflare location that minimizes expected request duration, which may be the default location closest to where the request was received or may be a faster location elsewhere in the world.
- `INSUFFICIENT_INVOCATIONS`: The Worker has not received enough requests to make a placement decision. Smart Placement requires consistent traffic to the Worker from multiple locations around the world. The Worker will always run in the default Cloudflare location closest to where the request was received.
- `UNSUPPORTED_APPLICATION`: Smart Placement began optimizing the Worker and measured the results, which showed that Smart Placement made the Worker slower. In response, Smart Placement reverted the placement decision. The Worker will always run in the default Cloudflare location closest to where the request was received, and Smart Placement will not analyze the Worker again until it's redeployed. This state is rare and accounts for less that 1% of Workers with Smart Placement enabled.

### Request Duration Analytics

Once Smart Placement is enabled, data about request duration gets collected. Request duration is measured at the data center closest to the end user.

By default, one percent (1%) of requests are not routed with Smart Placement. These requests serve as a baseline to compare to.

### `cf-placement` header

Once Smart Placement is enabled, Cloudflare adds a `cf-placement` header to all requests. This can be used to check whether a request has been routed with Smart Placement and where the Worker is processing the request (which is shown as the nearest airport code to the data center).

For example, the `cf-placement: remote-LHR` header's `remote` value indicates that the request was routed using Smart Placement to a Cloudflare data center near London. The `cf-placement: local-EWR` header's `local` value indicates that the request was not routed using Smart Placement and the Worker was invoked in a data center closest to where the request was received, close to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).

:::caution[Beta use only]

We may remove the `cf-placement` header before Smart Placement enters general availability.

:::

## Best practices

If you are building full-stack applications on Workers, we recommend splitting up the front-end and back-end logic into different Workers and using [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to connect your front-end logic and back-end logic Workers.

![Smart Placement and Service Bindings](~/assets/images/workers/platform/smart-placement-service-bindings.png)

Enabling Smart Placement on your back-end Worker will invoke it close to your back-end service, while the front-end Worker serves requests close to the user. This architecture maintains fast, reactive front-ends while also improving latency when the back-end Worker is called.

## Give feedback on Smart Placement

Smart Placement is in beta. To share your thoughts and experience with Smart Placement, join the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Page Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/

Page Rules trigger certain actions whenever a request matches one of the URL patterns you define. You can define a page rule to trigger one or more actions whenever a certain URL pattern is matched. Refer to [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/) to learn more about configuring Page Rules.

## Page Rules with Workers

Cloudflare acts as a [reverse proxy](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/what-is-cloudflare/) to provide services, like Page Rules, to Internet properties. Your application's traffic will pass through a Cloudflare data center that is closest to the visitor. There are hundreds of these around the world, each of which are capable of running services like Workers and Page Rules. If your application is built on Workers and/or Pages, the [Cloudflare global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/glossary/what-is-edge-computing/) acts as your origin server and responds to requests directly from the Cloudflare global network.

When using Page Rules with Workers, the following workflow is applied.

1. Request arrives at Cloudflare data center.
2. Cloudflare decides if this request is a Worker route. Because this is a Worker route, Cloudflare evaluates and disabled a number of features, including some that would be set by Page Rules.
3. Page Rules run as part of normal request processing with some features now disabled.
4. Worker executes.
5. Worker makes a same-zone or other-zone subrequest. Because this is a Worker route, Cloudflare disables a number of features, including some that would be set by Page Rules.

Page Rules are evaluated both at the client-to-Worker request stage (step 2) and the Worker subrequest stage (step 5).

If you are experiencing Page Rule errors when running Workers, contact your Cloudflare account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

## Affected Page Rules

The following Page Rules may not work as expected when an incoming request is matched to a Worker route:

* Always Online
* [Always Use HTTPS](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#always-use-https)
* [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#automatic-https-rewrites)
* [Browser Cache TTL](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#browser-cache-ttl)
* [Browser Integrity Check](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#browser-integrity-check)
* [Cache Deception Armor](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#cache-deception-armor)
* [Cache Level](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#cache-level)
* Disable Apps
* [Disable Zaraz](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#disable-zaraz)
* [Edge Cache TTL](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#edge-cache-ttl)
* [Email Obfuscation](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#email-obfuscation)
* [Forwarding URL](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#forwarding-url)
* Host Header Override
* [IP Geolocation Header](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#ip-geolocation-header)
* Mirage
* [Origin Cache Control](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#origin-cache-control)
* [Rocket Loader](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#rocket-loader)
* [Security Level](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#security-level)
* [SSL](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/#ssl)

This is because the default setting of these Page Rules will be disabled when Cloudflare recognizes that the request is headed to a Worker.

:::caution[Testing]


Due to ongoing changes to the Workers runtime, detailed documentation on how these rules will be affected are updated following testing.


:::

To learn what these Page Rules do, refer to [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/).

:::note[Same zone versus other zone]


A same zone subrequest is a request the Worker makes to an orange-clouded hostname in the same zone the Worker runs on. Depending on your DNS configuration, any request that falls outside that definition may be considered an other zone request by the Cloudflare network.


:::

### Always Use HTTPS

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Automatic HTTPS Rewrites

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Browser Cache TTL

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Browser Integrity Check

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Cache Deception Armor

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Cache Level

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Disable Zaraz

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Edge Cache TTL

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Email Obfuscation

| Source     | Target     | Behavior       |
| -------------------------|------------|------------|
| Client     | Worker     | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker     | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker     | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Forwarding URL

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### IP Geolocation Header

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Origin Cache Control

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### Rocket Loader

| Source | Target     | Behavior     |
| ------ | ---------- | ------------ |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Ignored |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Ignored |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored |

### Security Level

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Ignored   |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

### SSL

| Source | Target     | Behavior       |
| ------ | ---------- | -------------- |
| Client | Worker     | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Same Zone  | Rule Respected |
| Worker | Other Zone | Rule Ignored   |

---

# Connect to databases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/connecting-to-databases/

Cloudflare Workers can connect to and query your data in both SQL and NoSQL databases, including:

- Traditional hosted relational databases, including Postgres and MySQL.
- Serverless databases: Supabase, MongoDB Atlas, PlanetScale, FaunaDB, and Prisma.
- Cloudflare's own [D1](/d1/), a serverless SQL-based database.

| Database                                                                                                  | Integration                                                | Library or Driver                                                                  | Connection Method                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Postgres](/workers/tutorials/postgres/)                                                                  | -                                                          | [Postgres.js](https://github.com/porsager/postgres),[node-postgres](https://node-postgres.com/)                                        | [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/)                                         |
| [Postgres](/workers/tutorials/postgres/)                                                                  | -                                                          | [deno-postgres](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template-postgres)            | [TCP Socket](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) via database driver |
| [MySQL](/workers/tutorials/postgres/)                                                                     | -                                                          | [deno-mysql](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template-mysql)                  | [TCP Socket](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) via database driver |
| [Fauna](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/build/integration/cloudflare/)                               | [Yes](/workers/databases/native-integrations/fauna/)       | [fauna](https://github.com/fauna/fauna-js)                                         | API through client library                                         |
| [PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-the-planetscale-serverless-driver-for-javascript)  | [Yes](/workers/databases/native-integrations/planetscale/) | [@planetscale/database](https://github.com/planetscale/database-js)                | API via client library                                             |
| [Supabase](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/tree/master/examples/with-cloudflare-workers)             | [Yes](/workers/databases/native-integrations/supabase/)    | [@supabase/supabase-js](https://github.com/supabase/supabase-js)                   | API via client library                                             |
| [Prisma](https://www.prisma.io/docs/guides/deployment/deployment-guides/deploying-to-cloudflare-workers)  | No                                                         | [prisma](https://github.com/prisma/prisma)                                         | API via client library                                             |
| [Neon](https://blog.cloudflare.com/neon-postgres-database-from-workers/)                                  | [Yes](/workers/databases/native-integrations/neon/)        | [@neondatabase/serverless](https://neon.tech/blog/serverless-driver-for-postgres/) | API via client library                                             |
| [Hasura](https://hasura.io/blog/building-applications-with-cloudflare-workers-and-hasura-graphql-engine/) | No                                                         | API                                                                                | GraphQL API via fetch()                                            |
| [Upstash Redis](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-workers-database-integration-with-upstash/)        | [Yes](/workers/databases/native-integrations/upstash/)     | [@upstash/redis](https://github.com/upstash/upstash-redis)                         | API via client library                                             |
| [TiDB Cloud](https://docs.pingcap.com/tidbcloud/integrate-tidbcloud-with-cloudflare)                      | No                                                         | [@tidbcloud/serverless](https://github.com/tidbcloud/serverless-js)                | API via client library                                             |

:::note

If you do not see an integration listed or have an integration to add, complete and submit the [Cloudflare Developer Platform Integration form](https://forms.gle/iaUqLWE8aezSEhgd6).
:::

Once you have installed the necessary packages, use the APIs provided by these packages to connect to your database and perform operations on it. Refer to detailed links for service-specific instructions.

## Connect to a database from a Worker

There are four ways to connect to a database from a Worker:

1. With [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) (recommended), which dramatically speeds up accessing traditional databases. Hyperdrive currently supports PostgreSQL and PostgreSQL-compatible database providers.
2. [Database Integrations](/workers/databases/native-integrations/): Simplifies authentication by managing credentials on your behalf and includes support for PlanetScale, Neon and Supabase.
3. [TCP Socket API](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets): A direct TCP connection to a database. TCP is the de-facto standard protocol that many databases, such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, use for client connectivity.
4. HTTP- or WebSocket-based serverless drivers: Many hosted databases support a HTTP or WebSocket API to enable either clients to connect from environments that do not support TCP, or as their preferred connection protocol.

## Authentication

If your database requires authentication, use Wrangler secrets to securely store your credentials. To do this, create a secret in your Cloudflare Workers project using the following [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command:

```sh
wrangler secret put <SECRET_NAME>
```

Then, retrieve the secret value in your code using the following code snippet:

```js
const secretValue = env.<SECRET_NAME>;
```

Use the secret value to authenticate with the external service. For example, if the external service requires an API key or database username and password for authentication, include these in using the relevant service's library or API.

For services that require mTLS authentication, use [mTLS certificates](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls) to present a client certificate.

## Next steps

- Learn how to connect to [an existing PostgreSQL database](/hyperdrive/) with Hyperdrive.
- Discover [other storage options available](/workers/platform/storage-options/) for use with Workers.
- [Create your first database](/d1/get-started/) with Cloudflare D1.

---

# Databases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Explore database integrations for your Worker projects.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 103 Early Hints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/103-early-hints/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

`103` Early Hints is an HTTP status code designed to speed up content delivery. When enabled, Cloudflare can cache the `Link` headers marked with preload and/or preconnect from HTML pages and serve them in a `103` Early Hints response before reaching the origin server. Browsers can use these hints to fetch linked assets while waiting for the origin’s final response, dramatically improving page load speeds.

To ensure Early Hints are enabled on your zone:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and website.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
3. Enable the **Early Hints** toggle to on.

You can return `Link` headers from a Worker running on your zone to speed up your page load times.

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
const CSS = "body { color: red; }";
const HTML = `
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Early Hints test</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/test.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Early Hints test page</h1>
</body>
</html>
`;

export default {
	async fetch(req) {
		// If request is for test.css, serve the raw CSS
		if (/test\.css$/.test(req.url)) {
			return new Response(CSS, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/css",
				},
			});
		} else {
			// Serve raw HTML using Early Hints for the CSS file
			return new Response(HTML, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/html",
					link: "</test.css>; rel=preload; as=style",
				},
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```js
const CSS = "body { color: red; }";
const HTML = `
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Early Hints test</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/test.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Early Hints test page</h1>
</body>
</html>
`;

export default {
  async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
    // If request is for test.css, serve the raw CSS
    if (/test\.css$/.test(req.url)) {
      return new Response(CSS, {
        headers: {
          "content-type": "text/css",
        },
      });
    } else {
      // Serve raw HTML using Early Hints for the CSS file
      return new Response(HTML, {
        headers: {
          "content-type": "text/html",
          link: "</test.css>; rel=preload; as=style",
        },
      });
    }
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import re
from js import Response, Headers

CSS = "body { color: red; }"
HTML = """
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Early Hints test</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/test.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Early Hints test page</h1>
</body>
</html>
"""
def on_fetch(request):
    if re.search("test.css", request.url):
        headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/css"}.items())
        return Response.new(CSS, headers=headers)
    else:
        headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/html","link": "</test.css>; rel=preload; as=style"}.items())
        return Response.new(HTML, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# A/B testing with same-URL direct access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/ab-testing/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
const NAME = "myExampleWorkersABTest";

export default {
	async fetch(req) {
		const url = new URL(req.url);

		// Enable Passthrough to allow direct access to control and test routes.
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/control") || url.pathname.startsWith("/test"))
			return fetch(req);

		// Determine which group this requester is in.
		const cookie = req.headers.get("cookie");

		if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=control`)) {
			url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
		} else if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=test`)) {
			url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
		} else {
			// If there is no cookie, this is a new client. Choose a group and set the cookie.
			const group = Math.random() < 0.5 ? "test" : "control"; // 50/50 split
			if (group === "control") {
				url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
			} else {
				url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
			}
			// Reconstruct response to avoid immutability
			let res = await fetch(url);
			res = new Response(res.body, res);
			// Set cookie to enable persistent A/B sessions.
			res.headers.append("Set-Cookie", `${NAME}=${group}; path=/`);
			return res;
		}
		return fetch(url);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
const NAME = "myExampleWorkersABTest";

export default {
	async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(req.url);
		// Enable Passthrough to allow direct access to control and test routes.
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/control") || url.pathname.startsWith("/test"))
			return fetch(req);
		// Determine which group this requester is in.
		const cookie = req.headers.get("cookie");
		if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=control`)) {
			url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
		} else if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=test`)) {
			url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
		} else {
			// If there is no cookie, this is a new client. Choose a group and set the cookie.
			const group = Math.random() < 0.5 ? "test" : "control"; // 50/50 split
			if (group === "control") {
				url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
			} else {
				url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
			}
			// Reconstruct response to avoid immutability
			let res = await fetch(url);
			res = new Response(res.body, res);
			// Set cookie to enable persistent A/B sessions.
			res.headers.append("Set-Cookie", `${NAME}=${group}; path=/`);
			return res;
		}
		return fetch(url);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import random
from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
from js import Response, Headers, fetch

NAME = "myExampleWorkersABTest"

async def on_fetch(request):
    url = urlparse(request.url)
    # Uncomment below when testing locally
    # url = url._replace(netloc="example.com") if "localhost" in url.netloc else url

    # Enable Passthrough to allow direct access to control and test routes.
    if url.path.startswith("/control") or url.path.startswith("/test"):
        return fetch(urlunparse(url))

    # Determine which group this requester is in.
    cookie = request.headers.get("cookie")

    if cookie and f'{NAME}=control' in cookie:
        url = url._replace(path="/control" + url.path)
    elif cookie and f'{NAME}=test' in cookie:
        url = url._replace(path="/test" + url.path)
    else:
        # If there is no cookie, this is a new client. Choose a group and set the cookie.
        group = "test" if random.random() < 0.5 else "control"
        if group == "control":
            url = url._replace(path="/control" + url.path)
        else:
            url = url._replace(path="/test" + url.path)

        # Reconstruct response to avoid immutability
        res = await fetch(urlunparse(url))
        headers = dict(res.headers)
        headers["Set-Cookie"] = f'{NAME}={group}; path=/'
        headers  = Headers.new(headers.items())
        return Response.new(res.body, headers=headers)

    return fetch(urlunparse(url))
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Accessing the Cloudflare Object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/accessing-the-cloudflare-object/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(req) {
		const data =
			req.cf !== undefined
				? req.cf
				: { error: "The `cf` object is not available inside the preview." };

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2), {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
		const data =
			req.cf !== undefined
				? req.cf
				: { error: "The `cf` object is not available inside the preview." };

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2), {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import json
from js import Response, Headers, JSON

def on_fetch(request):
    error = json.dumps({ "error": "The `cf` object is not available inside the preview." })
    data = request.cf if request.cf is not None else error
    headers = Headers.new({"content-type":"application/json"}.items())
    return Response.new(JSON.stringify(data, None, 2), headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Aggregate requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/aggregate-requests/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// someHost is set up to return JSON responses
		const someHost = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com";
		const url1 = someHost + "/todos/1";
		const url2 = someHost + "/todos/2";

		const responses = await Promise.all([fetch(url1), fetch(url2)]);
		const results = await Promise.all(responses.map((r) => r.json()));

		const options = {
			headers: { "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8" },
		};
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(results), options);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// someHost is set up to return JSON responses
		const someHost = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com";
		const url1 = someHost + "/todos/1";
		const url2 = someHost + "/todos/2";

		const responses = await Promise.all([fetch(url1), fetch(url2)]);
		const results = await Promise.all(responses.map((r) => r.json()));

		const options = {
			headers: { "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8" },
		};
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(results), options);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, Headers, JSON, Promise

async def on_fetch(request):
    # some_host is set up to return JSON responses
    some_host = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com"
    url1 = some_host + "/todos/1"
    url2 = some_host + "/todos/2"

    responses = await Promise.all([fetch(url1), fetch(url2)])
    results = await Promise.all(map(lambda r: r.json(), responses))

    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"}.items())
    return Response.new(JSON.stringify(results), headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Alter headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/alter-headers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const response = await fetch("https://example.com");

		// Clone the response so that it's no longer immutable
		const newResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		// Add a custom header with a value
		newResponse.headers.append(
			"x-workers-hello",
			"Hello from Cloudflare Workers",
		);

		// Delete headers
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header-to-delete");
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header2-to-delete");

		// Adjust the value for an existing header
		newResponse.headers.set("x-header-to-change", "NewValue");

		return newResponse;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Clone the response so that it's no longer immutable
		const newResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		// Add a custom header with a value
		newResponse.headers.append(
			"x-workers-hello",
			"Hello from Cloudflare Workers",
		);

		// Delete headers
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header-to-delete");
		newResponse.headers.delete("x-header2-to-delete");

		// Adjust the value for an existing header
		newResponse.headers.set("x-header-to-change", "NewValue");

		return newResponse;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    response = await fetch("https://example.com")

    # Clone the response so that it's no longer immutable
    new_response = Response.new(response.body, response)

    # Add a custom header with a value
    new_response.headers.append(
      "x-workers-hello",
      "Hello from Cloudflare Workers"
    )

    # Delete headers
    new_response.headers.delete("x-header-to-delete")
    new_response.headers.delete("x-header2-to-delete")

    # Adjust the value for an existing header
    new_response.headers.set("x-header-to-change", "NewValue")

    return new_response
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

You can also use the [`custom-headers-example` template](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/custom-headers-example) to deploy this code to your custom domain.

---

# Auth with headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/auth-with-headers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::caution[Caution when using in production]

The example code contains a generic header key and value of `X-Custom-PSK` and `mypresharedkey`. To best protect your resources, change the header key and value in the Workers editor before saving your code.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY Custom header to check for key
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE Hard coded key value
		 */
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY = "X-Custom-PSK";
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE = "mypresharedkey";
		const psk = request.headers.get(PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY);

		if (psk === PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE) {
			// Correct preshared header key supplied. Fetch request from origin.
			return fetch(request);
		}

		// Incorrect key supplied. Reject the request.
		return new Response("Sorry, you have supplied an invalid key.", {
			status: 403,
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY Custom header to check for key
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE Hard coded key value
		 */
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY = "X-Custom-PSK";
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE = "mypresharedkey";
		const psk = request.headers.get(PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY);

		if (psk === PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE) {
			// Correct preshared header key supplied. Fetch request from origin.
			return fetch(request);
		}

		// Incorrect key supplied. Reject the request.
		return new Response("Sorry, you have supplied an invalid key.", {
			status: 403,
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY = "X-Custom-PSK"
    PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE = "mypresharedkey"

    psk = request.headers.get(PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY)

    if psk == PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE:
      # Correct preshared header key supplied. Fetch request from origin.
      return fetch(request)

    # Incorrect key supplied. Reject the request.
    return Response.new("Sorry, you have supplied an invalid key.", status=403);
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# HTTP Basic Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/basic-auth/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note

This example Worker makes use of the [Node.js Buffer API](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/buffer/), which is available as part of the Worker's runtime [Node.js compatibility mode](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/). To run this Worker, you will need to [enable the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/#enable-nodejs-with-workers).
:::

:::caution[Caution when using in production]

This code is provided as a sample, and is not suitable for production use. Basic Authentication sends credentials unencrypted, and must be used with an HTTPS connection to be considered secure. For a production-ready authentication system, consider using [Cloudflare Access](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/).

:::

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
/**
 * Shows how to restrict access using the HTTP Basic schema.
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication
 * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617
 *
 */

import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";

const encoder = new TextEncoder();

/**
 * Protect against timing attacks by safely comparing values using `timingSafeEqual`.
 * Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto/#timingsafeequal for more details
 * @param {string} a
 * @param {string} b
 * @returns {boolean}
 */
function timingSafeEqual(a, b) {
	const aBytes = encoder.encode(a);
	const bBytes = encoder.encode(b);

	if (aBytes.byteLength !== bBytes.byteLength) {
		// Strings must be the same length in order to compare
		// with crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual
		return false;
	}

	return crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual(aBytes, bBytes);
}

export default {
	/**
	 *
	 * @param {Request} request
	 * @param {{PASSWORD: string}} env
	 * @returns
	 */
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const BASIC_USER = "admin";

		// You will need an admin password. This should be
		// attached to your Worker as an encrypted secret.
		// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/
		const BASIC_PASS = env.PASSWORD ?? "password";

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		switch (url.pathname) {
			case "/":
				return new Response("Anyone can access the homepage.");

			case "/logout":
				// Invalidate the "Authorization" header by returning a HTTP 401.
				// We do not send a "WWW-Authenticate" header, as this would trigger
				// a popup in the browser, immediately asking for credentials again.
				return new Response("Logged out.", { status: 401 });

			case "/admin": {
				// The "Authorization" header is sent when authenticated.
				const authorization = request.headers.get("Authorization");
				if (!authorization) {
					return new Response("You need to login.", {
						status: 401,
						headers: {
							// Prompts the user for credentials.
							"WWW-Authenticate": 'Basic realm="my scope", charset="UTF-8"',
						},
					});
				}
				const [scheme, encoded] = authorization.split(" ");

				// The Authorization header must start with Basic, followed by a space.
				if (!encoded || scheme !== "Basic") {
					return new Response("Malformed authorization header.", {
						status: 400,
					});
				}

				const credentials = Buffer.from(encoded, "base64").toString();

				// The username & password are split by the first colon.
				//=> example: "username:password"
				const index = credentials.indexOf(":");
				const user = credentials.substring(0, index);
				const pass = credentials.substring(index + 1);

				if (
					!timingSafeEqual(BASIC_USER, user) ||
					!timingSafeEqual(BASIC_PASS, pass)
				) {
					return new Response("You need to login.", {
						status: 401,
						headers: {
							// Prompts the user for credentials.
							"WWW-Authenticate": 'Basic realm="my scope", charset="UTF-8"',
						},
					});
				}

				return new Response("🎉 You have private access!", {
					status: 200,
					headers: {
						"Cache-Control": "no-store",
					},
				});
			}
		}

		return new Response("Not Found.", { status: 404 });
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
/**
 * Shows how to restrict access using the HTTP Basic schema.
 * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication
 * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617
 *
 */

import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";

const encoder = new TextEncoder();

/**
 * Protect against timing attacks by safely comparing values using `timingSafeEqual`.
 * Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto/#timingsafeequal for more details
 */
function timingSafeEqual(a: string, b: string) {
	const aBytes = encoder.encode(a);
	const bBytes = encoder.encode(b);

	if (aBytes.byteLength !== bBytes.byteLength) {
		// Strings must be the same length in order to compare
		// with crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual
		return false;
	}

	return crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual(aBytes, bBytes);
}

interface Env {
	PASSWORD: string;
}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const BASIC_USER = "admin";

		// You will need an admin password. This should be
		// attached to your Worker as an encrypted secret.
		// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/
		const BASIC_PASS = env.PASSWORD ?? "password";

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		switch (url.pathname) {
			case "/":
				return new Response("Anyone can access the homepage.");

			case "/logout":
				// Invalidate the "Authorization" header by returning a HTTP 401.
				// We do not send a "WWW-Authenticate" header, as this would trigger
				// a popup in the browser, immediately asking for credentials again.
				return new Response("Logged out.", { status: 401 });

			case "/admin": {
				// The "Authorization" header is sent when authenticated.
				const authorization = request.headers.get("Authorization");
				if (!authorization) {
					return new Response("You need to login.", {
						status: 401,
						headers: {
							// Prompts the user for credentials.
							"WWW-Authenticate": 'Basic realm="my scope", charset="UTF-8"',
						},
					});
				}
				const [scheme, encoded] = authorization.split(" ");

				// The Authorization header must start with Basic, followed by a space.
				if (!encoded || scheme !== "Basic") {
					return new Response("Malformed authorization header.", {
						status: 400,
					});
				}

				const credentials = Buffer.from(encoded, "base64").toString();

				// The username and password are split by the first colon.
				//=> example: "username:password"
				const index = credentials.indexOf(":");
				const user = credentials.substring(0, index);
				const pass = credentials.substring(index + 1);

				if (
					!timingSafeEqual(BASIC_USER, user) ||
					!timingSafeEqual(BASIC_PASS, pass)
				) {
					return new Response("You need to login.", {
						status: 401,
						headers: {
							// Prompts the user for credentials.
							"WWW-Authenticate": 'Basic realm="my scope", charset="UTF-8"',
						},
					});
				}

				return new Response("🎉 You have private access!", {
					status: 200,
					headers: {
						"Cache-Control": "no-store",
					},
				});
			}
		}

		return new Response("Not Found.", { status: 404 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use base64::prelude::*;
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let basic_user = "admin";
    // You will need an admin password. This should be
    // attached to your Worker as an encrypted secret.
    // Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/
    let basic_pass = match env.secret("PASSWORD") {
        Ok(s) => s.to_string(),
        Err(_) => "password".to_string(),
    };
    let url = req.url()?;

    match url.path() {
        "/" => Response::ok("Anyone can access the homepage."),
        // Invalidate the "Authorization" header by returning a HTTP 401.
        // We do not send a "WWW-Authenticate" header, as this would trigger
        // a popup in the browser, immediately asking for credentials again.
        "/logout" => Response::error("Logged out.", 401),
        "/admin" => {
            // The "Authorization" header is sent when authenticated.
            let authorization = req.headers().get("Authorization")?;
            if authorization == None {
                let mut headers = Headers::new();
                // Prompts the user for credentials.
                headers.set(
                    "WWW-Authenticate",
                    "Basic realm='my scope', charset='UTF-8'",
                )?;
                return Ok(Response::error("You need to login.", 401)?.with_headers(headers));
            }
            let authorization = authorization.unwrap();
            let auth: Vec<&str> = authorization.split(" ").collect();
            let scheme = auth[0];
            let encoded = auth[1];

            // The Authorization header must start with Basic, followed by a space.
            if encoded == "" || scheme != "Basic" {
                return Response::error("Malformed authorization header.", 400);
            }

            let buff = BASE64_STANDARD.decode(encoded).unwrap();
            let credentials = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buff);
            // The username & password are split by the first colon.
            //=> example: "username:password"
            let credentials: Vec<&str> = credentials.split(':').collect();
            let user = credentials[0];
            let pass = credentials[1];

            if user != basic_user || pass != basic_pass {
                let mut headers = Headers::new();
                // Prompts the user for credentials.
                headers.set(
                    "WWW-Authenticate",
                    "Basic realm='my scope', charset='UTF-8'",
                )?;
                return Ok(Response::error("You need to login.", 401)?.with_headers(headers));
            }

            let mut headers = Headers::new();
            headers.set("Cache-Control", "no-store")?;
            Ok(Response::ok("🎉 You have private access!")?.with_headers(headers))
        }
        _ => Response::error("Not Found.", 404),
    }
}
```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Block on TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/block-on-tls/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		try {
			const tlsVersion = request.cf.tlsVersion;
			// Allow only TLS versions 1.2 and 1.3
			if (tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.2" && tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.3") {
				return new Response("Please use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", {
					status: 403,
				});
			}
			return fetch(request);
		} catch (err) {
			console.error(
				"request.cf does not exist in the previewer, only in production",
			);
			return new Response(`Error in workers script ${err.message}`, {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			const tlsVersion = request.cf.tlsVersion;
			// Allow only TLS versions 1.2 and 1.3
			if (tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.2" && tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.3") {
				return new Response("Please use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", {
					status: 403,
				});
			}
			return fetch(request);
		} catch (err) {
			console.error(
				"request.cf does not exist in the previewer, only in production",
			);
			return new Response(`Error in workers script ${err.message}`, {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    tls_version = request.cf.tlsVersion
    if tls_version not in ("TLSv1.2", "TLSv1.3"):
        return Response.new("Please use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", status=403)
    return fetch(request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Bulk origin override

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/bulk-origin-proxy/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * An object with different URLs to fetch
		 * @param {Object} ORIGINS
		 */
		const ORIGINS = {
			"starwarsapi.yourdomain.com": "swapi.dev",
			"google.yourdomain.com": "www.google.com",
		};

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Check if incoming hostname is a key in the ORIGINS object
		if (url.hostname in ORIGINS) {
			const target = ORIGINS[url.hostname];
			url.hostname = target;
			// If it is, proxy request to that third party origin
			return fetch(url.toString(), request);
		}
		// Otherwise, process request as normal
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * An object with different URLs to fetch
		 * @param {Object} ORIGINS
		 */
		const ORIGINS = {
			"starwarsapi.yourdomain.com": "swapi.dev",
			"google.yourdomain.com": "www.google.com",
		};

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Check if incoming hostname is a key in the ORIGINS object
		if (url.hostname in ORIGINS) {
			const target = ORIGINS[url.hostname];
			url.hostname = target;
			// If it is, proxy request to that third party origin
			return fetch(url.toString(), request);
		}
		// Otherwise, process request as normal
		return fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import fetch, URL

async def on_fetch(request):
    # A dict with different URLs to fetch
    ORIGINS = {
      "starwarsapi.yourdomain.com": "swapi.dev",
      "google.yourdomain.com": "www.google.com",
    }

    url = URL.new(request.url)

    # Check if incoming hostname is a key in the ORIGINS object
    if url.hostname in ORIGINS:
        url.hostname = ORIGINS[url.hostname]
        # If it is, proxy request to that third party origin
        return fetch(url.toString(), request)

    # Otherwise, process request as normal
    return fetch(request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Bulk redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/bulk-redirects/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const externalHostname = "examples.cloudflareworkers.com";

		const redirectMap = new Map([
			["/bulk1", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect2"],
			["/bulk2", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect3"],
			["/bulk3", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect4"],
			["/bulk4", "https://google.com"],
		]);

		const requestURL = new URL(request.url);
		const path = requestURL.pathname;
		const location = redirectMap.get(path);

		if (location) {
			return Response.redirect(location, 301);
		}
		// If request not in map, return the original request
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const externalHostname = "examples.cloudflareworkers.com";

		const redirectMap = new Map([
			["/bulk1", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect2"],
			["/bulk2", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect3"],
			["/bulk3", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect4"],
			["/bulk4", "https://google.com"],
		]);

		const requestURL = new URL(request.url);
		const path = requestURL.pathname;
		const location = redirectMap.get(path);

		if (location) {
			return Response.redirect(location, 301);
		}
		// If request not in map, return the original request
		return fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, URL

async def on_fetch(request):
    external_hostname = "examples.cloudflareworkers.com"

    redirect_map = {
      "/bulk1": "https://" + external_hostname + "/redirect2",
      "/bulk2": "https://" + external_hostname + "/redirect3",
      "/bulk3": "https://" + external_hostname + "/redirect4",
      "/bulk4": "https://google.com",
      }

    url = URL.new(request.url)
    location = redirect_map.get(url.pathname, None)

    if location:
        return Response.redirect(location, 301)

    # If request not in map, return the original request
    return fetch(request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Using the Cache API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cache-api/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const cacheUrl = new URL(request.url);

		// Construct the cache key from the cache URL
		const cacheKey = new Request(cacheUrl.toString(), request);
		const cache = caches.default;

		// Check whether the value is already available in the cache
		// if not, you will need to fetch it from origin, and store it in the cache
		let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);

		if (!response) {
			console.log(
				`Response for request url: ${request.url} not present in cache. Fetching and caching request.`,
			);
			// If not in cache, get it from origin
			response = await fetch(request);

			// Must use Response constructor to inherit all of response's fields
			response = new Response(response.body, response);

			// Cache API respects Cache-Control headers. Setting s-max-age to 10
			// will limit the response to be in cache for 10 seconds max

			// Any changes made to the response here will be reflected in the cached value
			response.headers.append("Cache-Control", "s-maxage=10");

			ctx.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));
		} else {
			console.log(`Cache hit for: ${request.url}.`);
		}
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const cacheUrl = new URL(request.url);

		// Construct the cache key from the cache URL
		const cacheKey = new Request(cacheUrl.toString(), request);
		const cache = caches.default;

		// Check whether the value is already available in the cache
		// if not, you will need to fetch it from origin, and store it in the cache
		let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);

		if (!response) {
			console.log(
				`Response for request url: ${request.url} not present in cache. Fetching and caching request.`,
			);
			// If not in cache, get it from origin
			response = await fetch(request);

			// Must use Response constructor to inherit all of response's fields
			response = new Response(response.body, response);

			// Cache API respects Cache-Control headers. Setting s-max-age to 10
			// will limit the response to be in cache for 10 seconds max

			// Any changes made to the response here will be reflected in the cached value
			response.headers.append("Cache-Control", "s-maxage=10");

			ctx.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));
		} else {
			console.log(`Cache hit for: ${request.url}.`);
		}
		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy
from js import Response, Request, URL, caches, fetch

async def on_fetch(request, _env, ctx):
    cache_url = request.url

    # Construct the cache key from the cache URL
    cache_key = Request.new(cache_url, request)
    cache = caches.default

    # Check whether the value is already available in the cache
    # if not, you will need to fetch it from origin, and store it in the cache
    response = await cache.match(cache_key)

    if response is None:
        print(f"Response for request url: {request.url} not present in cache. Fetching and caching request.")
        # If not in cache, get it from origin
        response = await fetch(request)
        # Must use Response constructor to inherit all of response's fields
        response = Response.new(response.body, response)

        # Cache API respects Cache-Control headers. Setting s-max-age to 10
        # will limit the response to be in cache for 10 seconds s-maxage
        # Any changes made to the response here will be reflected in the cached value
        response.headers.append("Cache-Control", "s-maxage=10")
        ctx.waitUntil(create_proxy(cache.put(cache_key, response.clone())))
    else:
        print(f"Cache hit for: {request.url}.")
    return response
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Cache POST requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cache-post-request/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		async function sha256(message) {
			// encode as UTF-8
			const msgBuffer = await new TextEncoder().encode(message);
			// hash the message
			const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", msgBuffer);
			// convert bytes to hex string
			return [...new Uint8Array(hashBuffer)]
				.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
				.join("");
		}
		try {
			if (request.method.toUpperCase() === "POST") {
				const body = await request.clone().text();
				// Hash the request body to use it as a part of the cache key
				const hash = await sha256(body);
				const cacheUrl = new URL(request.url);
				// Store the URL in cache by prepending the body's hash
				cacheUrl.pathname = "/posts" + cacheUrl.pathname + hash;
				// Convert to a GET to be able to cache
				const cacheKey = new Request(cacheUrl.toString(), {
					headers: request.headers,
					method: "GET",
				});

				const cache = caches.default;
				// Find the cache key in the cache
				let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);
				// Otherwise, fetch response to POST request from origin
				if (!response) {
					response = await fetch(request);
					ctx.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));
				}
				return response;
			}
			return fetch(request);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error thrown " + e.message);
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		async function sha256(message) {
			// encode as UTF-8
			const msgBuffer = await new TextEncoder().encode(message);
			// hash the message
			const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", msgBuffer);
			// convert bytes to hex string
			return [...new Uint8Array(hashBuffer)]
				.map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
				.join("");
		}
		try {
			if (request.method.toUpperCase() === "POST") {
				const body = await request.clone().text();
				// Hash the request body to use it as a part of the cache key
				const hash = await sha256(body);
				const cacheUrl = new URL(request.url);
				// Store the URL in cache by prepending the body's hash
				cacheUrl.pathname = "/posts" + cacheUrl.pathname + hash;
				// Convert to a GET to be able to cache
				const cacheKey = new Request(cacheUrl.toString(), {
					headers: request.headers,
					method: "GET",
				});

				const cache = caches.default;
				// Find the cache key in the cache
				let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);
				// Otherwise, fetch response to POST request from origin
				if (!response) {
					response = await fetch(request);
					ctx.waitUntil(cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone()));
				}
				return response;
			}
			return fetch(request);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error thrown " + e.message);
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import hashlib
from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy
from js import fetch, URL, Headers, Request, caches

async def on_fetch(request, _, ctx):
    if 'POST' in request.method:
        # Hash the request body to use it as a part of the cache key
        body = await request.clone().text()
        body_hash = hashlib.sha256(body.encode('UTF-8')).hexdigest()

        # Store the URL in cache by prepending the body's hash
        cache_url = URL.new(request.url)
        cache_url.pathname = "/posts" + cache_url.pathname + body_hash

        # Convert to a GET to be able to cache
        headers = Headers.new(dict(request.headers).items())
        cache_key = Request.new(cache_url.toString(), method='GET', headers=headers)

        # Find the cache key in the cache
        cache = caches.default
        response = await cache.match(cache_key)

        # Otherwise, fetch response to POST request from origin
        if response is None:
            response = await fetch(request)
            ctx.waitUntil(create_proxy(cache.put(cache_key, response.clone())))

        return response

    return fetch(request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Cache Tags using Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cache-tags/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const requestUrl = new URL(request.url);
		const params = requestUrl.searchParams;
		const tags =
			params && params.has("tags") ? params.get("tags").split(",") : [];
		const url =
			params && params.has("uri") ? JSON.parse(params.get("uri")) : "";
		if (!url) {
			const errorObject = {
				error: "URL cannot be empty",
			};
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(errorObject), { status: 400 });
		}
		const init = {
			cf: {
				cacheTags: tags,
			},
		};
		return fetch(url, init)
			.then((result) => {
				const cacheStatus = result.headers.get("cf-cache-status");
				const lastModified = result.headers.get("last-modified");
				const response = {
					cache: cacheStatus,
					lastModified: lastModified,
				};
				return new Response(JSON.stringify(response), {
					status: result.status,
				});
			})
			.catch((err) => {
				const errorObject = {
					error: err.message,
				};
				return new Response(JSON.stringify(errorObject), { status: 500 });
			});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const requestUrl = new URL(request.url);
		const params = requestUrl.searchParams;
		const tags =
			params && params.has("tags") ? params.get("tags").split(",") : [];
		const url =
			params && params.has("uri") ? JSON.parse(params.get("uri")) : "";
		if (!url) {
			const errorObject = {
				error: "URL cannot be empty",
			};
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(errorObject), { status: 400 });
		}
		const init = {
			cf: {
				cacheTags: tags,
			},
		};
		return fetch(url, init)
			.then((result) => {
				const cacheStatus = result.headers.get("cf-cache-status");
				const lastModified = result.headers.get("last-modified");
				const response = {
					cache: cacheStatus,
					lastModified: lastModified,
				};
				return new Response(JSON.stringify(response), {
					status: result.status,
				});
			})
			.catch((err) => {
				const errorObject = {
					error: err.message,
				};
				return new Response(JSON.stringify(errorObject), { status: 500 });
			});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js
from js import Response, URL, Object, fetch

def to_js(x):
    return _to_js(x, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

async def on_fetch(request):
    request_url = URL.new(request.url)
    params = request_url.searchParams
    tags = params["tags"].split(",") if "tags" in params else []
    url = params["uri"] or None

    if url is None:
        error = {"error": "URL cannot be empty"}
        return Response.json(to_js(error), status=400)

    options = {"cf": {"cacheTags": tags}}
    result = await fetch(url, to_js(options))

    cache_status = result.headers["cf-cache-status"]
    last_modified = result.headers["last-modified"]
    response = {"cache": cache_status, "lastModified": last_modified}

    return Response.json(to_js(response), status=result.status)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Cache using fetch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cache-using-fetch/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		// Only use the path for the cache key, removing query strings
		// and always store using HTTPS, for example, https://www.example.com/file-uri-here
		const someCustomKey = `https://${url.hostname}${url.pathname}`;
		let response = await fetch(request, {
			cf: {
				// Always cache this fetch regardless of content type
				// for a max of 5 seconds before revalidating the resource
				cacheTtl: 5,
				cacheEverything: true,
				//Enterprise only feature, see Cache API for other plans
				cacheKey: someCustomKey,
			},
		});
		// Reconstruct the Response object to make its headers mutable.
		response = new Response(response.body, response);
		// Set cache control headers to cache on browser for 25 minutes
		response.headers.set("Cache-Control", "max-age=1500");
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		// Only use the path for the cache key, removing query strings
		// and always store using HTTPS, for example, https://www.example.com/file-uri-here
		const someCustomKey = `https://${url.hostname}${url.pathname}`;
		let response = await fetch(request, {
			cf: {
				// Always cache this fetch regardless of content type
				// for a max of 5 seconds before revalidating the resource
				cacheTtl: 5,
				cacheEverything: true,
				//Enterprise only feature, see Cache API for other plans
				cacheKey: someCustomKey,
			},
		});
		// Reconstruct the Response object to make its headers mutable.
		response = new Response(response.body, response);
		// Set cache control headers to cache on browser for 25 minutes
		response.headers.set("Cache-Control", "max-age=1500");
		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js
from js import Response, URL, Object, fetch

def to_js(x):
    return _to_js(x, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

async def on_fetch(request):
    url = URL.new(request.url)

    # Only use the path for the cache key, removing query strings
    # and always store using HTTPS, for example, https://www.example.com/file-uri-here
    some_custom_key = f"https://{url.hostname}{url.pathname}"

    response = await fetch(
        request,
        cf=to_js({
            # Always cache this fetch regardless of content type
            # for a max of 5 seconds before revalidating the resource
            "cacheTtl": 5,
            "cacheEverything": True,
            # Enterprise only feature, see Cache API for other plans
            "cacheKey": some_custom_key,
        }),
    )

    # Reconstruct the Response object to make its headers mutable
    response = Response.new(response.body, response)

    # Set cache control headers to cache on browser for 25 minutes
    response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "max-age=1500"

    return response
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let url = req.url()?;

    // Only use the path for the cache key, removing query strings
    // and always store using HTTPS, for example, https://www.example.com/file-uri-here
    let custom_key = format!(
        "https://{host}{path}",
        host = url.host_str().unwrap(),
        path = url.path()
    );

    let request = Request::new_with_init(
        url.as_str(),
        &RequestInit {
            headers: req.headers().clone(),
            method: req.method(),
            cf: CfProperties {
                // Always cache this fetch regardless of content type
                // for a max of 5 seconds before revalidating the resource
                cache_ttl: Some(5),
                cache_everything: Some(true),
                // Enterprise only feature, see Cache API for other plans
                cache_key: Some(custom_key),
                ..CfProperties::default()
            },
            ..RequestInit::default()
        },
    )?;

    let mut response = Fetch::Request(request).send().await?;

    // Set cache control headers to cache on browser for 25 minutes
    let _ = response.headers_mut().set("Cache-Control", "max-age=1500");
    Ok(response)
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Caching HTML resources

```js
// Force Cloudflare to cache an asset
fetch(event.request, { cf: { cacheEverything: true } });
```

Setting the cache level to **Cache Everything** will override the default cacheability of the asset. For time-to-live (TTL), Cloudflare will still rely on headers set by the origin.

## Custom cache keys

:::note

This feature is available only to Enterprise customers.

:::

A request's cache key is what determines if two requests are the same for caching purposes. If a request has the same cache key as some previous request, then Cloudflare can serve the same cached response for both. For more about cache keys, refer to the [Create custom cache keys](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/#create-custom-cache-keys) documentation.

```js
// Set cache key for this request to "some-string".
fetch(event.request, { cf: { cacheKey: "some-string" } });
```

Normally, Cloudflare computes the cache key for a request based on the request's URL. Sometimes, though, you may like different URLs to be treated as if they were the same for caching purposes. For example, if your website content is hosted from both Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage - you have the same content in both places, and you can use a Worker to randomly balance between the two. However, you do not want to end up caching two copies of your content. You could utilize custom cache keys to cache based on the original request URL rather than the subrequest URL:

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		let url = new URL(request.url);

		if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
			url.hostname = "example.s3.amazonaws.com";
		} else {
			url.hostname = "example.storage.googleapis.com";
		}

		let newRequest = new Request(url, request);
		return fetch(newRequest, {
			cf: { cacheKey: request.url },
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		let url = new URL(request.url);

		if (Math.random() < 0.5) {
			url.hostname = "example.s3.amazonaws.com";
		} else {
			url.hostname = "example.storage.googleapis.com";
		}

		let newRequest = new Request(url, request);
		return fetch(newRequest, {
			cf: { cacheKey: request.url },
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Workers operating on behalf of different zones cannot affect each other's cache. You can only override cache keys when making requests within your own zone (in the above example `event.request.url` was the key stored), or requests to hosts that are not on Cloudflare. When making a request to another Cloudflare zone (for example, belonging to a different Cloudflare customer), that zone fully controls how its own content is cached within Cloudflare; you cannot override it.

## Override based on origin response code

```js
// Force response to be cached for 86400 seconds for 200 status
// codes, 1 second for 404, and do not cache 500 errors.
fetch(request, {
	cf: { cacheTtlByStatus: { "200-299": 86400, 404: 1, "500-599": 0 } },
});
```

This option is a version of the `cacheTtl` feature which chooses a TTL based on the response's status code and does not automatically set `cacheEverything: true`. If the response to this request has a status code that matches, Cloudflare will cache for the instructed time, and override cache directives sent by the origin. You can review [details on the `cacheTtl` feature on the Request page](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties).

## Customize cache behavior based on request file type

Using custom cache keys and overrides based on response code, you can write a Worker that sets the TTL based on the response status code from origin, and request file type.

The following example demonstrates how you might use this to cache requests for streaming media assets:

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js title="index.js"
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Instantiate new URL to make it mutable
		const newRequest = new URL(request.url);

		const customCacheKey = `${newRequest.hostname}${newRequest.pathname}`;
		const queryCacheKey = `${newRequest.hostname}${newRequest.pathname}${newRequest.search}`;

		// Different asset types usually have different caching strategies. Most of the time media content such as audio, videos and images that are not user-generated content would not need to be updated often so a long TTL would be best. However, with HLS streaming, manifest files usually are set with short TTLs so that playback will not be affected, as this files contain the data that the player would need. By setting each caching strategy for categories of asset types in an object within an array, you can solve complex needs when it comes to media content for your application

		const cacheAssets = [
			{
				asset: "video",
				key: customCacheKey,
				regex:
					/(.*\/Video)|(.*\.(m4s|mp4|ts|avi|mpeg|mpg|mkv|bin|webm|vob|flv|m2ts|mts|3gp|m4v|wmv|qt))/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 31556952,
				redirects: 30,
				clientError: 10,
				serverError: 0,
			},
			{
				asset: "image",
				key: queryCacheKey,
				regex:
					/(.*\/Images)|(.*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|bmp|pict|tif|tiff|webp|gif|heif|exif|bat|bpg|ppm|pgn|pbm|pnm))/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 3600,
				redirects: 30,
				clientError: 10,
				serverError: 0,
			},
			{
				asset: "frontEnd",
				key: queryCacheKey,
				regex: /^.*\.(css|js)/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 3600,
				redirects: 30,
				clientError: 10,
				serverError: 0,
			},
			{
				asset: "audio",
				key: customCacheKey,
				regex:
					/(.*\/Audio)|(.*\.(flac|aac|mp3|alac|aiff|wav|ogg|aiff|opus|ape|wma|3gp))/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 31556952,
				redirects: 30,
				clientError: 10,
				serverError: 0,
			},
			{
				asset: "directPlay",
				key: customCacheKey,
				regex: /.*(\/Download)/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 31556952,
				redirects: 30,
				clientError: 10,
				serverError: 0,
			},
			{
				asset: "manifest",
				key: customCacheKey,
				regex: /^.*\.(m3u8|mpd)/,
				info: 0,
				ok: 3,
				redirects: 2,
				clientError: 1,
				serverError: 0,
			},
		];

		const { asset, regex, ...cache } =
			cacheAssets.find(({ regex }) => newRequest.pathname.match(regex)) ?? {};

		const newResponse = await fetch(request, {
			cf: {
				cacheKey: cache.key,
				polish: false,
				cacheEverything: true,
				cacheTtlByStatus: {
					"100-199": cache.info,
					"200-299": cache.ok,
					"300-399": cache.redirects,
					"400-499": cache.clientError,
					"500-599": cache.serverError,
				},
				cacheTags: ["static"],
			},
		});

		const response = new Response(newResponse.body, newResponse);

		// For debugging purposes
		response.headers.set("debug", JSON.stringify(cache));
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js title="index.js"
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	return event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request));
});

async function handleRequest(request) {
	// Instantiate new URL to make it mutable
	const newRequest = new URL(request.url);

	// Set `const` to be used in the array later on
	const customCacheKey = `${newRequest.hostname}${newRequest.pathname}`;
	const queryCacheKey = `${newRequest.hostname}${newRequest.pathname}${newRequest.search}`;

	// Set all variables needed to manipulate Cloudflare's cache using the fetch API in the `cf` object. You will be passing these variables in the objects down below.
	const cacheAssets = [
		{
			asset: "video",
			key: customCacheKey,
			regex:
				/(.*\/Video)|(.*\.(m4s|mp4|ts|avi|mpeg|mpg|mkv|bin|webm|vob|flv|m2ts|mts|3gp|m4v|wmv|qt))/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 31556952,
			redirects: 30,
			clientError: 10,
			serverError: 0,
		},
		{
			asset: "image",
			key: queryCacheKey,
			regex:
				/(.*\/Images)|(.*\.(jpg|jpeg|png|bmp|pict|tif|tiff|webp|gif|heif|exif|bat|bpg|ppm|pgn|pbm|pnm))/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 3600,
			redirects: 30,
			clientError: 10,
			serverError: 0,
		},
		{
			asset: "frontEnd",
			key: queryCacheKey,
			regex: /^.*\.(css|js)/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 3600,
			redirects: 30,
			clientError: 10,
			serverError: 0,
		},
		{
			asset: "audio",
			key: customCacheKey,
			regex:
				/(.*\/Audio)|(.*\.(flac|aac|mp3|alac|aiff|wav|ogg|aiff|opus|ape|wma|3gp))/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 31556952,
			redirects: 30,
			clientError: 10,
			serverError: 0,
		},
		{
			asset: "directPlay",
			key: customCacheKey,
			regex: /.*(\/Download)/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 31556952,
			redirects: 30,
			clientError: 10,
			serverError: 0,
		},
		{
			asset: "manifest",
			key: customCacheKey,
			regex: /^.*\.(m3u8|mpd)/,
			info: 0,
			ok: 3,
			redirects: 2,
			clientError: 1,
			serverError: 0,
		},
	];

	// the `.find` method is used to find elements in an array (`cacheAssets`), in this case, `regex`, which can passed to the .`match` method to match on file extensions to cache, since they are many media types in the array. If you want to add more types, update the array. Refer to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/find for more information.
	const { asset, regex, ...cache } =
		cacheAssets.find(({ regex }) => newRequest.pathname.match(regex)) ?? {};

	const newResponse = await fetch(request, {
		cf: {
			cacheKey: cache.key,
			polish: false,
			cacheEverything: true,
			cacheTtlByStatus: {
				"100-199": cache.info,
				"200-299": cache.ok,
				"300-399": cache.redirects,
				"400-499": cache.clientError,
				"500-599": cache.serverError,
			},
			cacheTags: ["static"],
		},
	});

	const response = new Response(newResponse.body, newResponse);

	// For debugging purposes
	response.headers.set("debug", JSON.stringify(cache));
	return response;
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Using the HTTP Cache API

The `cache` mode can be set in `fetch` options.
Currently Workers only support the `no-store` mode for controlling the cache.
When `no-store` is supplied the cache is bypassed on the way to the origin and the request is not cacheable.

```js
fetch(request, { cache: 'no-store'});
```

---

# Conditional response

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/conditional-response/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES = ["nope.mywebsite.com", "bye.website.com"];
		// Return a new Response based on a URL's hostname
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES.includes(url.hostname)) {
			return new Response("Blocked Host", { status: 403 });
		}
		// Block paths ending in .doc or .xml based on the URL's file extension
		const forbiddenExtRegExp = new RegExp(/\.(doc|xml)$/);
		if (forbiddenExtRegExp.test(url.pathname)) {
			return new Response("Blocked Extension", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On HTTP method
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return new Response("Response for POST");
		}
		// On User Agent
		const userAgent = request.headers.get("User-Agent") || "";
		if (userAgent.includes("bot")) {
			return new Response("Block User Agent containing bot", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On Client's IP address
		const clientIP = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
		if (clientIP === "1.2.3.4") {
			return new Response("Block the IP 1.2.3.4", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On ASN
		if (request.cf && request.cf.asn == 64512) {
			return new Response("Block the ASN 64512 response");
		}
		// On Device Type
		// Requires Enterprise "CF-Device-Type Header" zone setting or
		// Page Rule with "Cache By Device Type" setting applied.
		const device = request.headers.get("CF-Device-Type");
		if (device === "mobile") {
			return Response.redirect("https://mobile.example.com");
		}
		console.error(
			"Getting Client's IP address, device type, and ASN are not supported in playground. Must test on a live worker",
		);
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES = ["nope.mywebsite.com", "bye.website.com"];
		// Return a new Response based on a URL's hostname
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (BLOCKED_HOSTNAMES.includes(url.hostname)) {
			return new Response("Blocked Host", { status: 403 });
		}
		// Block paths ending in .doc or .xml based on the URL's file extension
		const forbiddenExtRegExp = new RegExp(/\.(doc|xml)$/);
		if (forbiddenExtRegExp.test(url.pathname)) {
			return new Response("Blocked Extension", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On HTTP method
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return new Response("Response for POST");
		}
		// On User Agent
		const userAgent = request.headers.get("User-Agent") || "";
		if (userAgent.includes("bot")) {
			return new Response("Block User Agent containing bot", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On Client's IP address
		const clientIP = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
		if (clientIP === "1.2.3.4") {
			return new Response("Block the IP 1.2.3.4", { status: 403 });
		}
		// On ASN
		if (request.cf && request.cf.asn == 64512) {
			return new Response("Block the ASN 64512 response");
		}
		// On Device Type
		// Requires Enterprise "CF-Device-Type Header" zone setting or
		// Page Rule with "Cache By Device Type" setting applied.
		const device = request.headers.get("CF-Device-Type");
		if (device === "mobile") {
			return Response.redirect("https://mobile.example.com");
		}
		console.error(
			"Getting Client's IP address, device type, and ASN are not supported in playground. Must test on a live worker",
		);
		return fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import re
from js import Response, URL, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    blocked_hostnames = ["nope.mywebsite.com", "bye.website.com"]
    url = URL.new(request.url)

    # Block on hostname
    if url.hostname in blocked_hostnames:
        return Response.new("Blocked Host", status=403)

    # On paths ending in .doc or .xml
    if re.search(r'\.(doc|xml)$', url.pathname):
        return Response.new("Blocked Extension", status=403)

    # On HTTP method
    if "POST" in request.method:
        return Response.new("Response for POST")

    # On User Agent
    user_agent = request.headers["User-Agent"] or ""
    if "bot" in user_agent:
        return Response.new("Block User Agent containing bot", status=403)

    # On Client's IP address
    client_ip = request.headers["CF-Connecting-IP"]
    if client_ip == "1.2.3.4":
        return Response.new("Block the IP 1.2.3.4", status=403)

    # On ASN
    if request.cf and request.cf.asn == 64512:
        return Response.new("Block the ASN 64512 response")

    # On Device Type
    # Requires Enterprise "CF-Device-Type Header" zone setting or
    # Page Rule with "Cache By Device Type" setting applied.
    device = request.headers["CF-Device-Type"]
    if device == "mobile":
        return Response.redirect("https://mobile.example.com")

    return fetch(request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# CORS header proxy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cors-header-proxy/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const corsHeaders = {
			"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
			"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET,HEAD,POST,OPTIONS",
			"Access-Control-Max-Age": "86400",
		};

		// The URL for the remote third party API you want to fetch from
		// but does not implement CORS
		const API_URL = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos/demoapi";

		// The endpoint you want the CORS reverse proxy to be on
		const PROXY_ENDPOINT = "/corsproxy/";

		// The rest of this snippet for the demo page
		function rawHtmlResponse(html) {
			return new Response(html, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
				},
			});
		}

		const DEMO_PAGE = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
      <body>
        <h1>API GET without CORS Proxy</h1>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#Checking_that_the_fetch_was_successful">Shows TypeError: Failed to fetch since CORS is misconfigured</a>
        <p id="noproxy-status"/>
        <code id="noproxy">Waiting</code>
        <h1>API GET with CORS Proxy</h1>
        <p id="proxy-status"/>
        <code id="proxy">Waiting</code>
        <h1>API POST with CORS Proxy + Preflight</h1>
        <p id="proxypreflight-status"/>
        <code id="proxypreflight">Waiting</code>
        <script>
        let reqs = {};
        reqs.noproxy = () => {
          return fetch("${API_URL}").then(r => r.json())
        }
        reqs.proxy = async () => {
          let href = "${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}"
          return fetch(window.location.origin + href).then(r => r.json())
        }
        reqs.proxypreflight = async () => {
          let href = "${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}"
          let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + href, {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
              "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify({
              msg: "Hello world!"
            })
          })
          return response.json()
        }
        (async () => {
        for (const [reqName, req] of Object.entries(reqs)) {
          try {
            let data = await req()
            document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = JSON.stringify(data)
          } catch (e) {
            document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = e
          }
        }
      })()
        </script>
      </body>
      </html>
    `;

		async function handleRequest(request) {
			const url = new URL(request.url);
			let apiUrl = url.searchParams.get("apiurl");

			if (apiUrl == null) {
				apiUrl = API_URL;
			}

			// Rewrite request to point to API URL. This also makes the request mutable
			// so you can add the correct Origin header to make the API server think
			// that this request is not cross-site.
			request = new Request(apiUrl, request);
			request.headers.set("Origin", new URL(apiUrl).origin);
			let response = await fetch(request);
			// Recreate the response so you can modify the headers

			response = new Response(response.body, response);
			// Set CORS headers

			response.headers.set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", url.origin);

			// Append to/Add Vary header so browser will cache response correctly
			response.headers.append("Vary", "Origin");

			return response;
		}

		async function handleOptions(request) {
			if (
				request.headers.get("Origin") !== null &&
				request.headers.get("Access-Control-Request-Method") !== null &&
				request.headers.get("Access-Control-Request-Headers") !== null
			) {
				// Handle CORS preflight requests.
				return new Response(null, {
					headers: {
						...corsHeaders,
						"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": request.headers.get(
							"Access-Control-Request-Headers",
						),
					},
				});
			} else {
				// Handle standard OPTIONS request.
				return new Response(null, {
					headers: {
						Allow: "GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS",
					},
				});
			}
		}

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname.startsWith(PROXY_ENDPOINT)) {
			if (request.method === "OPTIONS") {
				// Handle CORS preflight requests
				return handleOptions(request);
			} else if (
				request.method === "GET" ||
				request.method === "HEAD" ||
				request.method === "POST"
			) {
				// Handle requests to the API server
				return handleRequest(request);
			} else {
				return new Response(null, {
					status: 405,
					statusText: "Method Not Allowed",
				});
			}
		} else {
			return rawHtmlResponse(DEMO_PAGE);
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const corsHeaders = {
			"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
			"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET,HEAD,POST,OPTIONS",
			"Access-Control-Max-Age": "86400",
		};

		// The URL for the remote third party API you want to fetch from
		// but does not implement CORS
		const API_URL = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos/demoapi";

		// The endpoint you want the CORS reverse proxy to be on
		const PROXY_ENDPOINT = "/corsproxy/";

		// The rest of this snippet for the demo page
		function rawHtmlResponse(html) {
			return new Response(html, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
				},
			});
		}

		const DEMO_PAGE = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
      <body>
        <h1>API GET without CORS Proxy</h1>
        <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#Checking_that_the_fetch_was_successful">Shows TypeError: Failed to fetch since CORS is misconfigured</a>
        <p id="noproxy-status"/>
        <code id="noproxy">Waiting</code>
        <h1>API GET with CORS Proxy</h1>
        <p id="proxy-status"/>
        <code id="proxy">Waiting</code>
        <h1>API POST with CORS Proxy + Preflight</h1>
        <p id="proxypreflight-status"/>
        <code id="proxypreflight">Waiting</code>
        <script>
        let reqs = {};
        reqs.noproxy = () => {
          return fetch("${API_URL}").then(r => r.json())
        }
        reqs.proxy = async () => {
          let href = "${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}"
          return fetch(window.location.origin + href).then(r => r.json())
        }
        reqs.proxypreflight = async () => {
          let href = "${PROXY_ENDPOINT}?apiurl=${API_URL}"
          let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + href, {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
              "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify({
              msg: "Hello world!"
            })
          })
          return response.json()
        }
        (async () => {
        for (const [reqName, req] of Object.entries(reqs)) {
          try {
            let data = await req()
            document.getElementById(reqName).textContent = JSON.stringify(data)
          } catch (e) {
            document.getElementById(reqName).textContent = e
          }
        }
      })()
        </script>
      </body>
      </html>
    `;

		async function handleRequest(request) {
			const url = new URL(request.url);
			let apiUrl = url.searchParams.get("apiurl");

			if (apiUrl == null) {
				apiUrl = API_URL;
			}

			// Rewrite request to point to API URL. This also makes the request mutable
			// so you can add the correct Origin header to make the API server think
			// that this request is not cross-site.
			request = new Request(apiUrl, request);
			request.headers.set("Origin", new URL(apiUrl).origin);
			let response = await fetch(request);
			// Recreate the response so you can modify the headers

			response = new Response(response.body, response);
			// Set CORS headers

			response.headers.set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", url.origin);

			// Append to/Add Vary header so browser will cache response correctly
			response.headers.append("Vary", "Origin");

			return response;
		}

		async function handleOptions(request) {
			if (
				request.headers.get("Origin") !== null &&
				request.headers.get("Access-Control-Request-Method") !== null &&
				request.headers.get("Access-Control-Request-Headers") !== null
			) {
				// Handle CORS preflight requests.
				return new Response(null, {
					headers: {
						...corsHeaders,
						"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": request.headers.get(
							"Access-Control-Request-Headers",
						),
					},
				});
			} else {
				// Handle standard OPTIONS request.
				return new Response(null, {
					headers: {
						Allow: "GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS",
					},
				});
			}
		}

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname.startsWith(PROXY_ENDPOINT)) {
			if (request.method === "OPTIONS") {
				// Handle CORS preflight requests
				return handleOptions(request);
			} else if (
				request.method === "GET" ||
				request.method === "HEAD" ||
				request.method === "POST"
			) {
				// Handle requests to the API server
				return handleRequest(request);
			} else {
				return new Response(null, {
					status: 405,
					statusText: "Method Not Allowed",
				});
			}
		} else {
			return rawHtmlResponse(DEMO_PAGE);
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js
from js import Response, URL, fetch, Object, Request

def to_js(x):
    return _to_js(x, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

async def on_fetch(request):
    cors_headers = {
      "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
      "Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET,HEAD,POST,OPTIONS",
      "Access-Control-Max-Age": "86400",
    }

    api_url = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos/demoapi"

    proxy_endpoint = "/corsproxy/"

    def raw_html_response(html):
        return Response.new(html, headers=to_js({"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"}))

    demo_page = f'''
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    <h1>API GET without CORS Proxy</h1>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#Checking_that_the_fetch_was_successful">Shows TypeError: Failed to fetch since CORS is misconfigured</a>
    <p id="noproxy-status"/>
    <code id="noproxy">Waiting</code>
    <h1>API GET with CORS Proxy</h1>
    <p id="proxy-status"/>
    <code id="proxy">Waiting</code>
    <h1>API POST with CORS Proxy + Preflight</h1>
    <p id="proxypreflight-status"/>
    <code id="proxypreflight">Waiting</code>
    <script>
    let reqs = {{}};
    reqs.noproxy = () => {{
        return fetch("{api_url}").then(r => r.json())
    }}
    reqs.proxy = async () => {{
        let href = "{proxy_endpoint}?apiurl={api_url}"
        return fetch(window.location.origin + href).then(r => r.json())
    }}
    reqs.proxypreflight = async () => {{
        let href = "{proxy_endpoint}?apiurl={api_url}"
        let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + href, {{
        method: "POST",
        headers: {{
            "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }},
        body: JSON.stringify({{
            msg: "Hello world!"
        }})
        }})
        return response.json()
    }}
    (async () => {{
    for (const [reqName, req] of Object.entries(reqs)) {{
        try {{
        let data = await req()
        document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = JSON.stringify(data)
        }} catch (e) {{
        document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = e
        }}
    }}
    }})()
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>
    '''

    async def handle_request(request):
        url = URL.new(request.url)
        api_url2 = url.searchParams["apiurl"]

        if not api_url2:
            api_url2 = api_url

        request = Request.new(api_url2, request)
        request.headers["Origin"] = (URL.new(api_url2)).origin
        print(request.headers)
        response = await fetch(request)
        response = Response.new(response.body, response)
        response.headers["Access-Control-Allow-Origin"] = url.origin
        response.headers["Vary"] = "Origin"
        return response

    async def handle_options(request):
        if "Origin" in request.headers and "Access-Control-Request-Method" in request.headers and "Access-Control-Request-Headers" in request.headers:
            return Response.new(None, headers=to_js({
            **cors_headers,
            "Access-Control-Allow-Headers": request.headers["Access-Control-Request-Headers"]
          }))
        return Response.new(None, headers=to_js({"Allow": "GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS"}))

    url = URL.new(request.url)

    if url.pathname.startswith(proxy_endpoint):
        if request.method == "OPTIONS":
            return handle_options(request)
        if request.method in ("GET", "HEAD", "POST"):
            return handle_request(request)
        return Response.new(None, status=405, statusText="Method Not Allowed")
    return raw_html_response(demo_page)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use std::{borrow::Cow, collections::HashMap};
use worker::*;

fn raw_html_response(html: &str) -> Result<Response> {
    Response::from_html(html)
}
async fn handle_request(req: Request, api_url: &str) -> Result<Response> {
    let url = req.url().unwrap();
    let mut api_url2 = url
        .query_pairs()
        .find(|x| x.0 == Cow::Borrowed("apiurl"))
        .unwrap()
        .1
        .to_string();
    if api_url2 == String::from("") {
        api_url2 = api_url.to_string();
    }
    let mut request = req.clone_mut()?;
    *request.path_mut()? = api_url2.clone();
    if let url::Origin::Tuple(origin, _, _) = Url::parse(&api_url2)?.origin() {
        (*request.headers_mut()?).set("Origin", &origin)?;
    }
    let mut response = Fetch::Request(request).send().await?.cloned()?;
    let headers = response.headers_mut();
    if let url::Origin::Tuple(origin, _, _) = url.origin() {
        headers.set("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", &origin)?;
        headers.set("Vary", "Origin")?;
    }

    Ok(response)
}

fn handle_options(req: Request, cors_headers: &HashMap<&str, &str>) -> Result<Response> {
    let headers: Vec<_> = req.headers().keys().collect();
    if [
        "access-control-request-method",
        "access-control-request-headers",
        "origin",
    ]
    .iter()
    .all(|i| headers.contains(&i.to_string()))
    {
        let mut headers = Headers::new();
        for (k, v) in cors_headers.iter() {
            headers.set(k, v)?;
        }
        return Ok(Response::empty()?.with_headers(headers));
    }
    Response::empty()
}
#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let cors_headers = HashMap::from([
        ("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*"),
        ("Access-Control-Allow-Methods", "GET,HEAD,POST,OPTIONS"),
        ("Access-Control-Max-Age", "86400"),
    ]);
    let api_url = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos/demoapi";
    let proxy_endpoint = "/corsproxy/";
    let demo_page = format!(
        r#"
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    <h1>API GET without CORS Proxy</h1>
    <a target="_blank" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#Checking_that_the_fetch_was_successful">Shows TypeError: Failed to fetch since CORS is misconfigured</a>
    <p id="noproxy-status"/>
    <code id="noproxy">Waiting</code>
    <h1>API GET with CORS Proxy</h1>
    <p id="proxy-status"/>
    <code id="proxy">Waiting</code>
    <h1>API POST with CORS Proxy + Preflight</h1>
    <p id="proxypreflight-status"/>
    <code id="proxypreflight">Waiting</code>
    <script>
    let reqs = {{}};
    reqs.noproxy = () => {{
        return fetch("{api_url}").then(r => r.json())
    }}
    reqs.proxy = async () => {{
        let href = "{proxy_endpoint}?apiurl={api_url}"
        return fetch(window.location.origin + href).then(r => r.json())
    }}
    reqs.proxypreflight = async () => {{
        let href = "{proxy_endpoint}?apiurl={api_url}"
        let response = await fetch(window.location.origin + href, {{
        method: "POST",
        headers: {{
            "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }},
        body: JSON.stringify({{
            msg: "Hello world!"
        }})
        }})
        return response.json()
    }}
    (async () => {{
    for (const [reqName, req] of Object.entries(reqs)) {{
        try {{
        let data = await req()
        document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = JSON.stringify(data)
        }} catch (e) {{
        document.getElementById(reqName).innerHTML = e
        }}
    }}
    }})()
    </script>
    </body>
    </html>
    "#
    );

    if req.url()?.path().starts_with(proxy_endpoint) {
        match req.method() {
            Method::Options => return handle_options(req, &cors_headers),
            Method::Get | Method::Head | Method::Post => return handle_request(req, api_url).await,
            _ => return Response::error("Method Not Allowed", 405),
        }
    }
    raw_html_response(&demo_page)
}
```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Country code redirect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/country-code-redirect/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * A map of the URLs to redirect to
		 * @param {Object} countryMap
		 */
		const countryMap = {
			US: "https://example.com/us",
			EU: "https://example.com/eu",
		};

		// Use the cf object to obtain the country of the request
		// more on the cf object: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties
		const country = request.cf.country;

		if (country != null && country in countryMap) {
			const url = countryMap[country];
			// Remove this logging statement from your final output.
			console.log(
				`Based on ${country}-based request, your user would go to ${url}.`,
			);
			return Response.redirect(url);
		} else {
			return fetch("https://example.com", request);
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * A map of the URLs to redirect to
		 * @param {Object} countryMap
		 */
		const countryMap = {
			US: "https://example.com/us",
			EU: "https://example.com/eu",
		};

		// Use the cf object to obtain the country of the request
		// more on the cf object: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties
		const country = request.cf.country;

		if (country != null && country in countryMap) {
			const url = countryMap[country];
			return Response.redirect(url);
		} else {
			return fetch(request);
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    countries = {
        "US": "https://example.com/us",
        "EU": "https://example.com/eu",
    }

    # Use the cf object to obtain the country of the request
    # more on the cf object: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties
    country = request.cf.country

    if country and country in countries:
        url = countries[country]
        return Response.redirect(url)

    return fetch("https://example.com", request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Debugging logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/debugging-logs/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Service configured to receive logs
		const LOG_URL = "https://log-service.example.com/";

		async function postLog(data) {
			return await fetch(LOG_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				body: data,
			});
		}

		let response;

		try {
			response = await fetch(request);
			if (!response.ok && !response.redirected) {
				const body = await response.text();
				throw new Error(
					"Bad response at origin. Status: " +
						response.status +
						" Body: " +
						// Ensure the string is small enough to be a header
						body.trim().substring(0, 10),
				);
			}
		} catch (err) {
			// Without ctx.waitUntil(), your fetch() to Cloudflare's
			// logging service may or may not complete
			ctx.waitUntil(postLog(err.toString()));
			const stack = JSON.stringify(err.stack) || err;
			// Copy the response and initialize body to the stack trace
			response = new Response(stack, response);
			// Add the error stack into a header to find out what happened
			response.headers.set("X-Debug-stack", stack);
			response.headers.set("X-Debug-err", err);
		}
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Service configured to receive logs
		const LOG_URL = "https://log-service.example.com/";

		async function postLog(data) {
			return await fetch(LOG_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				body: data,
			});
		}

		let response;

		try {
			response = await fetch(request);
			if (!response.ok && !response.redirected) {
				const body = await response.text();
				throw new Error(
					"Bad response at origin. Status: " +
						response.status +
						" Body: " +
						// Ensure the string is small enough to be a header
						body.trim().substring(0, 10),
				);
			}
		} catch (err) {
			// Without ctx.waitUntil(), your fetch() to Cloudflare's
			// logging service may or may not complete
			ctx.waitUntil(postLog(err.toString()));
			const stack = JSON.stringify(err.stack) || err;
			// Copy the response and initialize body to the stack trace
			response = new Response(stack, response);
			// Add the error stack into a header to find out what happened
			response.headers.set("X-Debug-stack", stack);
			response.headers.set("X-Debug-err", err);
		}
		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import json
import traceback
from pyodide.ffi import create_once_callable
from js import Response, fetch, Headers

async def on_fetch(request, _env, ctx):
    # Service configured to receive logs
    log_url = "https://log-service.example.com/"

    async def post_log(data):
        return await fetch(log_url, method="POST", body=data)

    response = await fetch(request)

    try:
        if not response.ok and not response.redirected:
            body = await response.text()
        # Simulating an error. Ensure the string is small enough to be a header
        raise Exception(f'Bad response at origin. Status:{response.status} Body:{body.strip()[:10]}')
    except Exception as e:
        # Without ctx.waitUntil(), your fetch() to Cloudflare's
        # logging service may or may not complete
        ctx.waitUntil(create_once_callable(post_log(e)))
        stack = json.dumps(traceback.format_exc()) or e
        # Copy the response and add to header
        response = Response.new(stack, response)
        response.headers["X-Debug-stack"] = stack
        response.headers["X-Debug-err"] = e

    return response
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Setting Cron Triggers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/cron-trigger/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
		console.log("cron processed");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async scheduled(
		controller: ScheduledController,
		env: Env,
		ctx: ExecutionContext,
	) {
		console.log("cron processed");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Set Cron Triggers in Wrangler

Refer to [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) for more information on how to add a Cron Trigger.

If you are deploying with Wrangler, set the cron syntax (once per hour as shown below) by adding this to your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker"

# ...

[triggers]
crons = ["0 * * * *"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

You also can set a different Cron Trigger for each [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. You need to put the `[triggers]` table under your chosen environment. For example:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.dev.triggers]
crons = ["0 * * * *"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Test Cron Triggers using Wrangler

The recommended way of testing Cron Triggers is using Wrangler.

Cron Triggers can be tested using Wrangler by passing in the `--test-scheduled` flag to [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev). This will expose a `/__scheduled` route which can be used to test using a HTTP request. To simulate different cron patterns, a `cron` query parameter can be passed in.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --test-scheduled

curl "http://localhost:8787/__scheduled?cron=0+*+*+*+*"
```

---

# Data loss prevention

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/data-loss-prevention/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const DEBUG = true;
		const SOME_HOOK_SERVER = "https://webhook.flow-wolf.io/hook";

		/**
		 * Alert a data breach by posting to a webhook server
		 */
		async function postDataBreach(request) {
			return await fetch(SOME_HOOK_SERVER, {
				method: "POST",
				headers: {
					"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
				},
				body: JSON.stringify({
					ip: request.headers.get("cf-connecting-ip"),
					time: Date.now(),
					request: request,
				}),
			});
		}

		/**
		 * Define personal data with regular expressions.
		 * Respond with block if credit card data, and strip
		 * emails and phone numbers from the response.
		 * Execution will be limited to MIME type "text/*".
		 */
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Return origin response, if response wasn’t text
		const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type") || "";
		if (!contentType.toLowerCase().includes("text/")) {
			return response;
		}

		let text = await response.text();

		// When debugging replace the response
		// from the origin with an email
		text = DEBUG
			? text.replace("You may use this", "me@example.com may use this")
			: text;
		const sensitiveRegexsMap = {
			creditCard: String.raw`\b(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|(?:5[1-5][0-9]{2}|222[1-9]|22[3-9][0-9]|2[3-6][0-9]{2}|27[01][0-9]|2720)[0-9]{12}|3[47][0-9]{13}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|6(?:011|5[0-9]{2})[0-9]{12}|(?:2131|1800|35\d{3})\d{11})\b`,
			email: String.raw`\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,}\b`,
			phone: String.raw`\b07\d{9}\b`,
		};

		for (const kind in sensitiveRegexsMap) {
			const sensitiveRegex = new RegExp(sensitiveRegexsMap[kind], "ig");
			const match = await sensitiveRegex.test(text);
			if (match) {
				// Alert a data breach
				await postDataBreach(request);
				// Respond with a block if credit card,
				// otherwise replace sensitive text with `*`s
				return kind === "creditCard"
					? new Response(kind + " found\nForbidden\n", {
							status: 403,
							statusText: "Forbidden",
						})
					: new Response(text.replace(sensitiveRegex, "**********"), response);
			}
		}
		return new Response(text, response);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const DEBUG = true;
		const SOME_HOOK_SERVER = "https://webhook.flow-wolf.io/hook";

		/**
		 * Alert a data breach by posting to a webhook server
		 */
		async function postDataBreach(request) {
			return await fetch(SOME_HOOK_SERVER, {
				method: "POST",
				headers: {
					"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
				},
				body: JSON.stringify({
					ip: request.headers.get("cf-connecting-ip"),
					time: Date.now(),
					request: request,
				}),
			});
		}

		/**
		 * Define personal data with regular expressions.
		 * Respond with block if credit card data, and strip
		 * emails and phone numbers from the response.
		 * Execution will be limited to MIME type "text/*".
		 */
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Return origin response, if response wasn’t text
		const contentType = response.headers.get("content-type") || "";
		if (!contentType.toLowerCase().includes("text/")) {
			return response;
		}

		let text = await response.text();

		// When debugging replace the response
		// from the origin with an email
		text = DEBUG
			? text.replace("You may use this", "me@example.com may use this")
			: text;
		const sensitiveRegexsMap = {
			creditCard: String.raw`\b(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|(?:5[1-5][0-9]{2}|222[1-9]|22[3-9][0-9]|2[3-6][0-9]{2}|27[01][0-9]|2720)[0-9]{12}|3[47][0-9]{13}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|6(?:011|5[0-9]{2})[0-9]{12}|(?:2131|1800|35\d{3})\d{11})\b`,
			email: String.raw`\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,}\b`,
			phone: String.raw`\b07\d{9}\b`,
		};

		for (const kind in sensitiveRegexsMap) {
			const sensitiveRegex = new RegExp(sensitiveRegexsMap[kind], "ig");
			const match = await sensitiveRegex.test(text);
			if (match) {
				// Alert a data breach
				await postDataBreach(request);
				// Respond with a block if credit card,
				// otherwise replace sensitive text with `*`s
				return kind === "creditCard"
					? new Response(kind + " found\nForbidden\n", {
							status: 403,
							statusText: "Forbidden",
						})
					: new Response(text.replace(sensitiveRegex, "**********"), response);
			}
		}
		return new Response(text, response);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import re
from datetime import datetime
from js import Response, fetch, JSON, Headers

# Alert a data breach by posting to a webhook server
async def post_data_breach(request):
    some_hook_server = "https://webhook.flow-wolf.io/hook"
    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "application/json"}.items())
    body = JSON.stringify({
      "ip": request.headers["cf-connecting-ip"],
      "time": datetime.now(),
      "request": request,
    })
    return await fetch(some_hook_server, method="POST", headers=headers, body=body)

async def on_fetch(request):
    debug = True

    # Define personal data with regular expressions.
    # Respond with block if credit card data, and strip
    # emails and phone numbers from the response.
    # Execution will be limited to MIME type "text/*".
    response = await fetch(request)

    # Return origin response, if response wasn’t text
    content_type = response.headers["content-type"] or ""
    if "text" not in content_type:
        return response

    text = await response.text()
    # When debugging replace the response from the origin with an email
    text = text.replace("You may use this", "me@example.com may use this") if debug else text

    sensitive_regex = [
      ("credit_card",
      r'\b(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|(?:5[1-5][0-9]{2}|222[1-9]|22[3-9][0-9]|2[3-6][0-9]{2}|27[01][0-9]|2720)[0-9]{12}|3[47][0-9]{13}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|6(?:011|5[0-9]{2})[0-9]{12}|(?:2131|1800|35\d{3})\d{11})\b'),
      ("email", r'\b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,}\b'),
      ("phone", r'\b07\d{9}\b'),
    ]
    for (kind, regex) in sensitive_regex:
        match = re.search(regex, text, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
        if match:
            # Alert a data breach
            await post_data_breach(request)
            # Respond with a block if credit card, otherwise replace sensitive text with `*`s
            card_resp = Response.new(kind + " found\nForbidden\n", status=403,statusText="Forbidden")
            sensitive_resp = Response.new(re.sub(regex, "*"*10, text, flags=re.IGNORECASE), response)
            return card_resp if kind == "credit_card" else  sensitive_resp

    return Response.new(text, response)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Cookie parsing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/extract-cookie-value/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { parse } from "cookie";
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// The name of the cookie
		const COOKIE_NAME = "__uid";
		const cookie = parse(request.headers.get("Cookie") || "");
		if (cookie[COOKIE_NAME] != null) {
			// Respond with the cookie value
			return new Response(cookie[COOKIE_NAME]);
		}
		return new Response("No cookie with name: " + COOKIE_NAME);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { parse } from "cookie";
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		// The name of the cookie
		const COOKIE_NAME = "__uid";
		const cookie = parse(request.headers.get("Cookie") || "");
		if (cookie[COOKIE_NAME] != null) {
			// Respond with the cookie value
			return new Response(cookie[COOKIE_NAME]);
		}
		return new Response("No cookie with name: " + COOKIE_NAME);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from http.cookies import SimpleCookie
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request):
    # Name of the cookie
    cookie_name = "__uid"

    cookies = SimpleCookie(request.headers["Cookie"] or "")

    if cookie_name in cookies:
        # Respond with cookie value
        return Response.new(cookies[cookie_name].value)

    return Response.new("No cookie with name: " + cookie_name)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note[External dependencies]

This example requires the npm package [`cookie`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/cookie) to be installed in your JavaScript project.

:::

---

# Fetch JSON

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/fetch-json/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1";

		// gatherResponse returns both content-type & response body as a string
		async function gatherResponse(response) {
			const { headers } = response;
			const contentType = headers.get("content-type") || "";
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return { contentType, result: JSON.stringify(await response.json()) };
			}
			return { contentType, result: response.text() };
		}

		const response = await fetch(url);
		const { contentType, result } = await gatherResponse(response);

		const options = { headers: { "content-type": contentType } };
		return new Response(result, options);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1";

		// gatherResponse returns both content-type & response body as a string
		async function gatherResponse(response) {
			const { headers } = response;
			const contentType = headers.get("content-type") || "";
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return { contentType, result: JSON.stringify(await response.json()) };
			}
			return { contentType, result: response.text() };
		}

		const response = await fetch(url);
		const { contentType, result } = await gatherResponse(response);

		const options = { headers: { "content-type": contentType } };
		return new Response(result, options);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, Headers, JSON

async def on_fetch(request):
    url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1"

    # gather_response returns both content-type & response body as a string
    async def gather_response(response):
        headers = response.headers
        content_type = headers["content-type"] or ""

        if "application/json" in content_type:
            return (content_type, JSON.stringify(await response.json()))
        return (content_type, await response.text())

    response = await fetch(url)
    content_type, result = await gather_response(response)


    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": content_type}.items())
    return Response.new(result, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Fetch HTML

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/fetch-html/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

<Render file="fetch-html-example-js" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * Replace `remote` with the host you wish to send requests to
		 */
		const remote = "https://example.com";

		return await fetch(remote, request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    # Replace `remote` with the host you wish to send requests to
    remote = "https://example.com"
    return await fetch(remote, request)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Geolocation: Weather application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/geolocation-app-weather/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		let endpoint = "https://api.waqi.info/feed/geo:";
		const token = ""; //Use a token from https://aqicn.org/api/
		let html_style = `body{padding:6em; font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f}`;

		let html_content = "<h1>Weather 🌦</h1>";

		const latitude = request.cf.latitude;
		const longitude = request.cf.longitude;
		endpoint += `${latitude};${longitude}/?token=${token}`;
		const init = {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		};

		const response = await fetch(endpoint, init);
		const content = await response.json();

		html_content += `<p>This is a demo using Workers geolocation data. </p>`;
		html_content += `You are located at: ${latitude},${longitude}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>Based off sensor data from <a href="${content.data.city.url}">${content.data.city.name}</a>:</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The AQI level is: ${content.data.aqi}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The N02 level is: ${content.data.iaqi.no2?.v}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The O3 level is: ${content.data.iaqi.o3?.v}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The temperature is: ${content.data.iaqi.t?.v}°C.</p>`;

		let html = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title>Geolocation: Weather</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <style>${html_style}</style>
        <div id="container">
        ${html_content}
        </div>
      </body>`;

		return new Response(html, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		let endpoint = "https://api.waqi.info/feed/geo:";
		const token = ""; //Use a token from https://aqicn.org/api/
		let html_style = `body{padding:6em; font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f}`;

		let html_content = "<h1>Weather 🌦</h1>";

		const latitude = request.cf.latitude;
		const longitude = request.cf.longitude;
		endpoint += `${latitude};${longitude}/?token=${token}`;
		const init = {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		};

		const response = await fetch(endpoint, init);
		const content = await response.json();

		html_content += `<p>This is a demo using Workers geolocation data. </p>`;
		html_content += `You are located at: ${latitude},${longitude}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>Based off sensor data from <a href="${content.data.city.url}">${content.data.city.name}</a>:</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The AQI level is: ${content.data.aqi}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The N02 level is: ${content.data.iaqi.no2?.v}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The O3 level is: ${content.data.iaqi.o3?.v}.</p>`;
		html_content += `<p>The temperature is: ${content.data.iaqi.t?.v}°C.</p>`;

		let html = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title>Geolocation: Weather</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <style>${html_style}</style>
        <div id="container">
        ${html_content}
        </div>
      </body>`;

		return new Response(html, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, Headers, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    endpoint = "https://api.waqi.info/feed/geo:"
    token = "" # Use a token from https://aqicn.org/api/
    html_style = "body{padding:6em; font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f}"
    html_content = "<h1>Weather 🌦</h1>"

    latitude = request.cf.latitude
    longitude = request.cf.longitude

    endpoint += f"{latitude};{longitude}/?token={token}"
    response = await fetch(endpoint)
    content = await response.json()

    html_content += "<p>This is a demo using Workers geolocation data. </p>"
    html_content += f"You are located at: {latitude},{longitude}.</p>"
    html_content += f"<p>Based off sensor data from <a href='{content.data.city.url}'>{content.data.city.name}</a>:</p>"
    html_content += f"<p>The AQI level is: {content.data.aqi}.</p>"
    html_content += f"<p>The N02 level is: {content.data.iaqi.no2.v}.</p>"
    html_content += f"<p>The O3 level is: {content.data.iaqi.o3.v}.</p>"
    html_content += f"<p>The temperature is: {content.data.iaqi.t.v}°C.</p>"

    html = f"""
    <!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title>Geolocation: Weather</title>
      </head>
      <body>
        <style>{html_style}</style>
        <div id="container">
        {html_content}
        </div>
      </body>
    """

    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"}.items())
    return Response.new(html, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Geolocation: Custom Styling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/geolocation-custom-styling/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		let grads = [
			[
				{ color: "00000c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "00000c", position: 0 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 85 },
				{ color: "191621", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 60 },
				{ color: "20202c", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 10 },
				{ color: "3a3a52", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "20202c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "515175", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "40405c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "6f71aa", position: 80 },
				{ color: "8a76ab", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "4a4969", position: 0 },
				{ color: "7072ab", position: 50 },
				{ color: "cd82a0", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "757abf", position: 0 },
				{ color: "8583be", position: 60 },
				{ color: "eab0d1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "82addb", position: 0 },
				{ color: "ebb2b1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "94c5f8", position: 1 },
				{ color: "a6e6ff", position: 70 },
				{ color: "b1b5ea", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "b7eaff", position: 0 },
				{ color: "94dfff", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "9be2fe", position: 0 },
				{ color: "67d1fb", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "90dffe", position: 0 },
				{ color: "38a3d1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "57c1eb", position: 0 },
				{ color: "246fa8", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "2d91c2", position: 0 },
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "2473ab", position: 0 },
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 70 },
				{ color: "5b7983", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 0 },
				{ color: "265889", position: 50 },
				{ color: "9da671", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 0 },
				{ color: "728a7c", position: 50 },
				{ color: "e9ce5d", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "154277", position: 0 },
				{ color: "576e71", position: 30 },
				{ color: "e1c45e", position: 70 },
				{ color: "b26339", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "163C52", position: 0 },
				{ color: "4F4F47", position: 30 },
				{ color: "C5752D", position: 60 },
				{ color: "B7490F", position: 80 },
				{ color: "2F1107", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "071B26", position: 0 },
				{ color: "071B26", position: 30 },
				{ color: "8A3B12", position: 80 },
				{ color: "240E03", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "010A10", position: 30 },
				{ color: "59230B", position: 80 },
				{ color: "2F1107", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "090401", position: 50 },
				{ color: "4B1D06", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "00000c", position: 80 },
				{ color: "150800", position: 100 },
			],
		];
		async function toCSSGradient(hour) {
			let css = "linear-gradient(to bottom,";
			const data = grads[hour];
			const len = data.length;
			for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
				const item = data[i];
				css += ` #${item.color} ${item.position}%`;
				if (i < len - 1) css += ",";
			}
			return css + ")";
		}
		let html_content = "";
		let html_style = `
			html{width:100vw; height:100vh;}
			body{padding:0; margin:0 !important;height:100%;}
			#container {
				display: flex;
				flex-direction:column;
				align-items: center;
				justify-content: center;
				height: 100%;
				color:white;
				font-family:sans-serif;
			}`;
		const timezone = request.cf.timezone;
		console.log(timezone);
		let localized_date = new Date(
			new Date().toLocaleString("en-US", { timeZone: timezone }),
		);
		let hour = localized_date.getHours();
		let minutes = localized_date.getMinutes();
		html_content += "<h1>" + hour + ":" + minutes + "</h1>";
		html_content += "<p>" + timezone + "<br/></p>";
		html_style += "body{background:" + (await toCSSGradient(hour)) + ";}";
		let html = `
			<!DOCTYPE html>
			<head>
				<title>Geolocation: Customized Design</title>
			</head>
			<body>
				<style> ${html_style}</style>
				<div id="container">
					${html_content}
				</div>
			</body>`;
		return new Response(html, {
			headers: { "content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8" },
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		let grads = [
			[
				{ color: "00000c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "00000c", position: 0 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 85 },
				{ color: "191621", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 60 },
				{ color: "20202c", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "020111", position: 10 },
				{ color: "3a3a52", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "20202c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "515175", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "40405c", position: 0 },
				{ color: "6f71aa", position: 80 },
				{ color: "8a76ab", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "4a4969", position: 0 },
				{ color: "7072ab", position: 50 },
				{ color: "cd82a0", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "757abf", position: 0 },
				{ color: "8583be", position: 60 },
				{ color: "eab0d1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "82addb", position: 0 },
				{ color: "ebb2b1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "94c5f8", position: 1 },
				{ color: "a6e6ff", position: 70 },
				{ color: "b1b5ea", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "b7eaff", position: 0 },
				{ color: "94dfff", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "9be2fe", position: 0 },
				{ color: "67d1fb", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "90dffe", position: 0 },
				{ color: "38a3d1", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "57c1eb", position: 0 },
				{ color: "246fa8", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "2d91c2", position: 0 },
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "2473ab", position: 0 },
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 70 },
				{ color: "5b7983", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 0 },
				{ color: "265889", position: 50 },
				{ color: "9da671", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "1e528e", position: 0 },
				{ color: "728a7c", position: 50 },
				{ color: "e9ce5d", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "154277", position: 0 },
				{ color: "576e71", position: 30 },
				{ color: "e1c45e", position: 70 },
				{ color: "b26339", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "163C52", position: 0 },
				{ color: "4F4F47", position: 30 },
				{ color: "C5752D", position: 60 },
				{ color: "B7490F", position: 80 },
				{ color: "2F1107", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "071B26", position: 0 },
				{ color: "071B26", position: 30 },
				{ color: "8A3B12", position: 80 },
				{ color: "240E03", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "010A10", position: 30 },
				{ color: "59230B", position: 80 },
				{ color: "2F1107", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "090401", position: 50 },
				{ color: "4B1D06", position: 100 },
			],
			[
				{ color: "00000c", position: 80 },
				{ color: "150800", position: 100 },
			],
		];
		async function toCSSGradient(hour) {
			let css = "linear-gradient(to bottom,";
			const data = grads[hour];
			const len = data.length;
			for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
				const item = data[i];
				css += ` #${item.color} ${item.position}%`;
				if (i < len - 1) css += ",";
			}
			return css + ")";
		}
		let html_content = "";
		let html_style = `
			html{width:100vw; height:100vh;}
			body{padding:0; margin:0 !important;height:100%;}
			#container {
				display: flex;
				flex-direction:column;
				align-items: center;
				justify-content: center;
				height: 100%;
				color:white;
				font-family:sans-serif;
			}`;
		const timezone = request.cf.timezone;
		console.log(timezone);
		let localized_date = new Date(
			new Date().toLocaleString("en-US", { timeZone: timezone }),
		);
		let hour = localized_date.getHours();
		let minutes = localized_date.getMinutes();
		html_content += "<h1>" + hour + ":" + minutes + "</h1>";
		html_content += "<p>" + timezone + "<br/></p>";
		html_style += "body{background:" + (await toCSSGradient(hour)) + ";}";
		let html = `
			<!DOCTYPE html>
			<head>
				<title>Geolocation: Customized Design</title>
			</head>
			<body>
				<style> ${html_style}</style>
				<div id="container">
					${html_content}
				</div>
			</body>`;
		return new Response(html, {
			headers: { "content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8" },
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Geolocation: Hello World

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/geolocation-hello-world/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		let html_content = "";
		let html_style =
			"body{padding:6em; font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f;}";

		html_content += "<p> Colo: " + request.cf.colo + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Country: " + request.cf.country + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> City: " + request.cf.city + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Continent: " + request.cf.continent + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Latitude: " + request.cf.latitude + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Longitude: " + request.cf.longitude + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> PostalCode: " + request.cf.postalCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> MetroCode: " + request.cf.metroCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Region: " + request.cf.region + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> RegionCode: " + request.cf.regionCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Timezone: " + request.cf.timezone + "</p>";

		let html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title> Geolocation: Hello World </title>
        <style> ${html_style} </style>
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Geolocation: Hello World!</h1>
        <p>You now have access to geolocation data about where your user is visiting from.</p>
        ${html_content}
      </body>`;

		return new Response(html, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		let html_content = "";
		let html_style =
			"body{padding:6em; font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f;}";

		html_content += "<p> Colo: " + request.cf.colo + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Country: " + request.cf.country + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> City: " + request.cf.city + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Continent: " + request.cf.continent + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Latitude: " + request.cf.latitude + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Longitude: " + request.cf.longitude + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> PostalCode: " + request.cf.postalCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> MetroCode: " + request.cf.metroCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Region: " + request.cf.region + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> RegionCode: " + request.cf.regionCode + "</p>";
		html_content += "<p> Timezone: " + request.cf.timezone + "</p>";

		let html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title> Geolocation: Hello World </title>
        <style> ${html_style} </style>
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Geolocation: Hello World!</h1>
        <p>You now have access to geolocation data about where your user is visiting from.</p>
        ${html_content}
      </body>`;

		return new Response(html, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, Headers

async def on_fetch(request):
    html_content = ""
    html_style = "body{padding:6em font-family: sans-serif;} h1{color:#f6821f;}"

    html_content += "<p> Colo: " + request.cf.colo + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Country: " + request.cf.country + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> City: " + request.cf.city + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Continent: " + request.cf.continent + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Latitude: " + request.cf.latitude + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Longitude: " + request.cf.longitude + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> PostalCode: " + request.cf.postalCode + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Region: " + request.cf.region + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> RegionCode: " + request.cf.regionCode + "</p>"
    html_content += "<p> Timezone: " + request.cf.timezone + "</p>"

    html = f"""
    <!DOCTYPE html>
      <head>
        <title> Geolocation: Hello World </title>
        <style> {html_style} </style>
      </head>
      <body>
        <h1>Geolocation: Hello World!</h1>
        <p>You now have access to geolocation data about where your user is visiting from.</p>
        {html_content}
      </body>
    """

    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/htmlcharset=UTF-8"}.items())
    return Response.new(html, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Hot-link protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/hot-link-protection/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const HOMEPAGE_URL = "https://tutorial.cloudflareworkers.com/";
		const PROTECTED_TYPE = "image/";

		// Fetch the original request
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// If it's an image, engage hotlink protection based on the
		// Referer header.
		const referer = request.headers.get("Referer");
		const contentType = response.headers.get("Content-Type") || "";

		if (referer && contentType.startsWith(PROTECTED_TYPE)) {
			// If the hostnames don't match, it's a hotlink
			if (new URL(referer).hostname !== new URL(request.url).hostname) {
				// Redirect the user to your website
				return Response.redirect(HOMEPAGE_URL, 302);
			}
		}

		// Everything is fine, return the response normally.
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const HOMEPAGE_URL = "https://tutorial.cloudflareworkers.com/";
		const PROTECTED_TYPE = "image/";

		// Fetch the original request
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// If it's an image, engage hotlink protection based on the
		// Referer header.
		const referer = request.headers.get("Referer");
		const contentType = response.headers.get("Content-Type") || "";

		if (referer && contentType.startsWith(PROTECTED_TYPE)) {
			// If the hostnames don't match, it's a hotlink
			if (new URL(referer).hostname !== new URL(request.url).hostname) {
				// Redirect the user to your website
				return Response.redirect(HOMEPAGE_URL, 302);
			}
		}

		// Everything is fine, return the response normally.
		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, URL, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    homepage_url = "https://tutorial.cloudflareworkers.com/"
    protected_type = "image/"

    # Fetch the original request
    response = await fetch(request)

    # If it's an image, engage hotlink protection based on the referer header
    referer = request.headers["Referer"]
    content_type = response.headers["Content-Type"] or ""

    if referer and content_type.startswith(protected_type):
        # If the hostnames don't match, it's a hotlink
        if URL.new(referer).hostname != URL.new(request.url).hostname:
            # Redirect the user to your website
            return Response.redirect(homepage_url, 302)

    # Everything is fine, return the response normally
    return response
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Custom Domain with Images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/images-workers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

To serve images from a custom domain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account > select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create application** > **Workers** > **Create Worker** and create your Worker.
4. In your Worker, select **Quick edit** and paste the following code.

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// You can find this in the dashboard, it should look something like this: ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA
		const accountHash = "";

		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

		// A request to something like cdn.example.com/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public
		// will fetch "https://imagedelivery.net/<accountHash>/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public"

		return fetch(`https://imagedelivery.net/${accountHash}${pathname}`);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		// You can find this in the dashboard, it should look something like this: ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA
		const accountHash = "";

		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

		// A request to something like cdn.example.com/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public
		// will fetch "https://imagedelivery.net/<accountHash>/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public"

		return fetch(`https://imagedelivery.net/${accountHash}${pathname}`);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import URL, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    # You can find this in the dashboard, it should look something like this: ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA
    account_hash = ""
    url = URL.new(request.url)

    # A request to something like cdn.example.com/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public
    # will fetch "https://imagedelivery.net/<accountHash>/83eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public"
    return fetch(f'https://imagedelivery.net/{account_hash}{url.pathname}')
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Another way you can serve images from a custom domain is by using the `cdn-cgi/imagedelivery` prefix path which is used as path to trigger `cdn-cgi` image proxy.

Below is an example showing the hostname as a Cloudflare proxied domain under the same account as the Image, followed with the prefix path and the image `<ACCOUNT_HASH>`, `<IMAGE_ID>` and `<VARIANT_NAME>` which can be found in the **Images** on the Cloudflare dashboard.

```js
https://example.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/<IMAGE_ID>/<VARIANT_NAME>
```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListExamples } from "~/components";

:::note
[Explore our community-written tutorials contributed through the Developer Spotlight program.](/developer-spotlight/)
:::

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Workers.

<ListExamples directory="workers/examples/" filters={["languages", "tags"]} />

---

# Logging headers to console

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/logging-headers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		console.log(new Map(request.headers));
		return new Response("Hello world");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		console.log(new Map(request.headers));
		return new Response("Hello world");
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request):
    print(dict(request.headers))
    return Response.new('Hello world')
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: HttpRequest, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    console_log!("{:?}", req.headers());
    Response::ok("hello world")
}
```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Console-logging headers

Use a `Map` if you need to log a `Headers` object to the console:

```js
console.log(new Map(request.headers));
```

Use the `spread` operator if you need to quickly stringify a `Headers` object:

```js
let requestHeaders = JSON.stringify([...request.headers]);
```

Use `Object.fromEntries` to convert the headers to an object:

```js
let requestHeaders = Object.fromEntries(request.headers);
```

### The problem

When debugging Workers, examine the headers on a request or response. A common mistake is to try to log headers to the developer console via code like this:

```js
console.log(request.headers);
```

Or this:

```js
console.log(`Request headers: ${JSON.stringify(request.headers)}`);
```

Both attempts result in what appears to be an empty object — the string `"{}"` — even though calling `request.headers.has("Your-Header-Name")` might return true. This is the same behavior that browsers implement.

The reason this happens is because [Headers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers) objects do not store headers in enumerable JavaScript properties, so the developer console and JSON stringifier do not know how to read the names and values of the headers. It is not actually an empty object, but rather an opaque object.

`Headers` objects are iterable, which you can take advantage of to develop a couple of quick one-liners for debug-printing headers.

### Pass headers through a Map

The first common idiom for making Headers `console.log()`-friendly is to construct a `Map` object from the `Headers` object and log the `Map` object.

```js
console.log(new Map(request.headers));
```

This works because:

- `Map` objects can be constructed from iterables, like `Headers`.

- The `Map` object does store its entries in enumerable JavaScript properties, so the developer console can see into it.

### Spread headers into an array

The `Map` approach works for calls to `console.log()`. If you need to stringify your headers, you will discover that stringifying a `Map` yields nothing more than `[object Map]`.

Even though a `Map` stores its data in enumerable properties, those properties are [Symbol](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol)-keyed. Because of this, `JSON.stringify()` will [ignore Symbol-keyed properties](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Symbol#symbols_and_json.stringify) and you will receive an empty `{}`.

Instead, you can take advantage of the iterability of the `Headers` object in a new way by applying the [spread operator](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Spread_syntax) (`...`) to it.

```js
let requestHeaders = JSON.stringify([...request.headers], null, 2);
console.log(`Request headers: ${requestHeaders}`);
```

### Convert headers into an object with Object.fromEntries (ES2019)

ES2019 provides [`Object.fromEntries`](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-object-from-entries) which is a call to convert the headers into an object:

```js
let headersObject = Object.fromEntries(request.headers);
let requestHeaders = JSON.stringify(headersObject, null, 2);
console.log(`Request headers: ${requestHeaders}`);
```

This results in something like:

```js
Request headers: {
  "accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8",
  "accept-encoding": "gzip",
  "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
  "cf-ipcountry": "US",
  // ...
}"
```

---

# Modify request property

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/modify-request-property/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * Example someHost is set up to return raw JSON
		 * @param {string} someUrl the URL to send the request to, since we are setting hostname too only path is applied
		 * @param {string} someHost the host the request will resolve too
		 */
		const someHost = "example.com";
		const someUrl = "https://foo.example.com/api.js";

		/**
		 * The best practice is to only assign new RequestInit properties
		 * on the request object using either a method or the constructor
		 */
		const newRequestInit = {
			// Change method
			method: "POST",
			// Change body
			body: JSON.stringify({ bar: "foo" }),
			// Change the redirect mode.
			redirect: "follow",
			// Change headers, note this method will erase existing headers
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
			},
			// Change a Cloudflare feature on the outbound response
			cf: { apps: false },
		};

		// Change just the host
		const url = new URL(someUrl);

		url.hostname = someHost;

		// Best practice is to always use the original request to construct the new request
		// to clone all the attributes. Applying the URL also requires a constructor
		// since once a Request has been constructed, its URL is immutable.
		const newRequest = new Request(
			url.toString(),
			new Request(request, newRequestInit),
		);

		// Set headers using method
		newRequest.headers.set("X-Example", "bar");
		newRequest.headers.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
		try {
			return await fetch(newRequest);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: e.message }), {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * Example someHost is set up to return raw JSON
		 * @param {string} someUrl the URL to send the request to, since we are setting hostname too only path is applied
		 * @param {string} someHost the host the request will resolve too
		 */
		const someHost = "example.com";
		const someUrl = "https://foo.example.com/api.js";

		/**
		 * The best practice is to only assign new RequestInit properties
		 * on the request object using either a method or the constructor
		 */
		const newRequestInit = {
			// Change method
			method: "POST",
			// Change body
			body: JSON.stringify({ bar: "foo" }),
			// Change the redirect mode.
			redirect: "follow",
			// Change headers, note this method will erase existing headers
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
			},
			// Change a Cloudflare feature on the outbound response
			cf: { apps: false },
		};

		// Change just the host
		const url = new URL(someUrl);

		url.hostname = someHost;

		// Best practice is to always use the original request to construct the new request
		// to clone all the attributes. Applying the URL also requires a constructor
		// since once a Request has been constructed, its URL is immutable.
		const newRequest = new Request(
			url.toString(),
			new Request(request, newRequestInit),
		);

		// Set headers using method
		newRequest.headers.set("X-Example", "bar");
		newRequest.headers.set("Content-Type", "application/json");
		try {
			return await fetch(newRequest);
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: e.message }), {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import json
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js
from js import Object, URL, Request, fetch, Response

def to_js(obj):
    return _to_js(obj, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

async def on_fetch(request):
    some_host = "example.com"
    some_url = "https://foo.example.com/api.js"

    # The best practice is to only assign new_request_init properties
    # on the request object using either a method or the constructor
    new_request_init = {
      "method": "POST", # Change method
      "body": json.dumps({ "bar": "foo" }), # Change body
      "redirect": "follow", # Change the redirect mode
      # Change headers, note this method will erase existing headers
      "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      #  Change a Cloudflare feature on the outbound response
      "cf": { "apps": False },
    }

    # Change just the host
    url = URL.new(some_url)
    url.hostname = some_host

    # Best practice is to always use the original request to construct the new request
    # to clone all the attributes. Applying the URL also requires a constructor
    # since once a Request has been constructed, its URL is immutable.
    org_request = Request.new(request, new_request_init)
    new_request = Request.new(url.toString(),org_request)

    new_request.headers["X-Example"] =  "bar"
    new_request.headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

    try:
        return await fetch(new_request)
    except Exception as e:
        return Response.new({"error": str(e)}, status=500)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Modify response

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/modify-response/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * @param {string} headerNameSrc Header to get the new value from
		 * @param {string} headerNameDst Header to set based off of value in src
		 */
		const headerNameSrc = "foo"; //"Orig-Header"
		const headerNameDst = "Last-Modified";

		/**
		 * Response properties are immutable. To change them, construct a new
		 * Response and pass modified status or statusText in the ResponseInit
		 * object. Response headers can be modified through the headers `set` method.
		 */
		const originalResponse = await fetch(request);

		// Change status and statusText, but preserve body and headers
		let response = new Response(originalResponse.body, {
			status: 500,
			statusText: "some message",
			headers: originalResponse.headers,
		});

		// Change response body by adding the foo prop
		const originalBody = await originalResponse.json();
		const body = JSON.stringify({ foo: "bar", ...originalBody });
		response = new Response(body, response);

		// Add a header using set method
		response.headers.set("foo", "bar");

		// Set destination header to the value of the source header
		const src = response.headers.get(headerNameSrc);

		if (src != null) {
			response.headers.set(headerNameDst, src);
			console.log(
				`Response header "${headerNameDst}" was set to "${response.headers.get(
					headerNameDst,
				)}"`,
			);
		}
		return response;
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * @param {string} headerNameSrc Header to get the new value from
		 * @param {string} headerNameDst Header to set based off of value in src
		 */
		const headerNameSrc = "foo"; //"Orig-Header"
		const headerNameDst = "Last-Modified";

		/**
		 * Response properties are immutable. To change them, construct a new
		 * Response and pass modified status or statusText in the ResponseInit
		 * object. Response headers can be modified through the headers `set` method.
		 */
		const originalResponse = await fetch(request);

		// Change status and statusText, but preserve body and headers
		let response = new Response(originalResponse.body, {
			status: 500,
			statusText: "some message",
			headers: originalResponse.headers,
		});

		// Change response body by adding the foo prop
		const originalBody = await originalResponse.json();
		const body = JSON.stringify({ foo: "bar", ...originalBody });
		response = new Response(body, response);

		// Add a header using set method
		response.headers.set("foo", "bar");

		// Set destination header to the value of the source header
		const src = response.headers.get(headerNameSrc);

		if (src != null) {
			response.headers.set(headerNameDst, src);
			console.log(
				`Response header "${headerNameDst}" was set to "${response.headers.get(
					headerNameDst,
				)}"`,
			);
		}
		return response;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, JSON

async def on_fetch(request):
    header_name_src = "foo" # Header to get the new value from
    header_name_dst = "Last-Modified" # Header to set based off of value in src

    # Response properties are immutable. To change them, construct a new response
    original_response = await fetch(request)

    # Change status and statusText, but preserve body and headers
    response = Response.new(original_response.body, status=500, statusText="some message", headers=original_response.headers)

    # Change response body by adding the foo prop
    original_body = await original_response.json()
    original_body.foo = "bar"
    response = Response.new(JSON.stringify(original_body), response)

    # Add a new header
    response.headers["foo"] = "bar"

    # Set destination header to the value of the source header
    src = response.headers[header_name_src]

    if src is not None:
        response.headers[header_name_dst] = src
        print(f'Response header {header_name_dst} was set to {response.headers[header_name_dst]}')

    return response
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Multiple Cron Triggers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/multiple-cron-triggers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
		// Write code for updating your API
		switch (event.cron) {
			case "*/3 * * * *":
				// Every three minutes
				await updateAPI();
				break;
			case "*/10 * * * *":
				// Every ten minutes
				await updateAPI2();
				break;
			case "*/45 * * * *":
				// Every forty-five minutes
				await updateAPI3();
				break;
		}
		console.log("cron processed");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {}
export default {
	async scheduled(
		controller: ScheduledController,
		env: Env,
		ctx: ExecutionContext,
	) {
		// Write code for updating your API
		switch (controller.cron) {
			case "*/3 * * * *":
				// Every three minutes
				await updateAPI();
				break;
			case "*/10 * * * *":
				// Every ten minutes
				await updateAPI2();
				break;
			case "*/45 * * * *":
				// Every forty-five minutes
				await updateAPI3();
				break;
		}
		console.log("cron processed");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Test Cron Triggers using Wrangler

The recommended way of testing Cron Triggers is using Wrangler.

Cron Triggers can be tested using Wrangler by passing in the `--test-scheduled` flag to [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev). This will expose a `/__scheduled` route which can be used to test using a HTTP request. To simulate different cron patterns, a `cron` query parameter can be passed in.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --test-scheduled

curl "http://localhost:8787/__scheduled?cron=*%2F3+*+*+*+*"
```

---

# Stream OpenAI API Responses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/openai-sdk-streaming/

In order to run this code, you must install the OpenAI SDK by running `npm i openai`.

:::note

For analytics, caching, rate limiting, and more, you can also send requests like this through Cloudflare's [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/providers/openai/).

:::

```ts
import OpenAI from "openai";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const openai = new OpenAI({
			apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
		});

		// Create a TransformStream to handle streaming data
		let { readable, writable } = new TransformStream();
		let writer = writable.getWriter();
		const textEncoder = new TextEncoder();

		ctx.waitUntil(
			(async () => {
				const stream = await openai.chat.completions.create({
					model: "gpt-4o-mini",
					messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Tell me a story" }],
					stream: true,
				});

				// loop over the data as it is streamed and write to the writeable
				for await (const part of stream) {
					writer.write(
						textEncoder.encode(part.choices[0]?.delta?.content || ""),
					);
				}
				writer.close();
			})(),
		);

		// Send the readable back to the browser
		return new Response(readable);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

---

# Post JSON

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/post-json/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * Example someHost is set up to take in a JSON request
		 * Replace url with the host you wish to send requests to
		 * @param {string} url the URL to send the request to
		 * @param {BodyInit} body the JSON data to send in the request
		 */
		const someHost = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos";
		const url = someHost + "/requests/json";
		const body = {
			results: ["default data to send"],
			errors: null,
			msg: "I sent this to the fetch",
		};

		/**
		 * gatherResponse awaits and returns a response body as a string.
		 * Use await gatherResponse(..) in an async function to get the response body
		 * @param {Response} response
		 */
		async function gatherResponse(response) {
			const { headers } = response;
			const contentType = headers.get("content-type") || "";
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return JSON.stringify(await response.json());
			} else if (contentType.includes("application/text")) {
				return response.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("text/html")) {
				return response.text();
			} else {
				return response.text();
			}
		}

		const init = {
			body: JSON.stringify(body),
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		};
		const response = await fetch(url, init);
		const results = await gatherResponse(response);
		return new Response(results, init);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * Example someHost is set up to take in a JSON request
		 * Replace url with the host you wish to send requests to
		 * @param {string} url the URL to send the request to
		 * @param {BodyInit} body the JSON data to send in the request
		 */
		const someHost = "https://examples.cloudflareworkers.com/demos";
		const url = someHost + "/requests/json";
		const body = {
			results: ["default data to send"],
			errors: null,
			msg: "I sent this to the fetch",
		};

		/**
		 * gatherResponse awaits and returns a response body as a string.
		 * Use await gatherResponse(..) in an async function to get the response body
		 * @param {Response} response
		 */
		async function gatherResponse(response) {
			const { headers } = response;
			const contentType = headers.get("content-type") || "";
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return JSON.stringify(await response.json());
			} else if (contentType.includes("application/text")) {
				return response.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("text/html")) {
				return response.text();
			} else {
				return response.text();
			}
		}

		const init = {
			body: JSON.stringify(body),
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		};
		const response = await fetch(url, init);
		const results = await gatherResponse(response);
		return new Response(results, init);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
import json
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js
from js import Object, fetch, Response, Headers

def to_js(obj):
    return _to_js(obj, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

# gather_response returns both content-type & response body as a string
async def gather_response(response):
    headers = response.headers
    content_type = headers["content-type"] or ""

    if "application/json" in content_type:
        return (content_type, json.dumps(dict(await response.json())))
    return (content_type, await response.text())

async def on_fetch(_request):
    url = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/todos/1"

    body = {
      "results": ["default data to send"],
      "errors": None,
      "msg": "I sent this to the fetch",
    }

    options = {
      "body": json.dumps(body),
      "method": "POST",
      "headers": {
        "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
      },
    }

    response = await fetch(url, to_js(options))
    content_type, result = await gather_response(response)

    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": content_type}.items())
    return Response.new(result, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Using timingSafeEqual

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/protect-against-timing-attacks/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The [`crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual`](/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto/#timingsafeequal) function compares two values using a constant-time algorithm. The time taken is independent of the contents of the values.

When strings are compared using the equality operator (`==` or `===`), the comparison will end at the first mismatched character. By using `timingSafeEqual`, an attacker would not be able to use timing to find where at which point in the two strings there is a difference.

The `timingSafeEqual` function takes two `ArrayBuffer` or `TypedArray` values to compare. These buffers must be of equal length, otherwise an exception is thrown.
Note that this function is not constant time with respect to the length of the parameters and also does not guarantee constant time for the surrounding code.
Handling of secrets should be taken with care to not introduce timing side channels.

In order to compare two strings, you must use the [`TextEncoder`](/workers/runtime-apis/encoding/#textencoder) API.

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Environment {
	MY_SECRET_VALUE?: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Environment) {
		if (!env.MY_SECRET_VALUE) {
			return new Response("Missing secret binding", { status: 500 });
		}

		const authToken = req.headers.get("Authorization") || "";

		if (authToken.length !== env.MY_SECRET_VALUE.length) {
			return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 401 });
		}

		const encoder = new TextEncoder();

		const a = encoder.encode(authToken);
		const b = encoder.encode(env.MY_SECRET_VALUE);

		if (a.byteLength !== b.byteLength) {
			return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 401 });
		}

		if (!crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual(a, b)) {
			return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 401 });
		}

		return new Response("Welcome!");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, TextEncoder, crypto

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    auth_token = request.headers["Authorization"] or ""
    secret = env.MY_SECRET_VALUE

    if secret is None:
        return Response.new("Missing secret binding", status=500)

    if len(auth_token) != len(secret):
        return Response.new("Unauthorized", status=401)

    if a.byteLength != b.byteLength:
        return Response.new("Unauthorized", status=401)

    encoder = TextEncoder.new()
    a = encoder.encode(auth_token)
    b = encoder.encode(secret)

    if not crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual(a, b):
        return Response.new("Unauthorized", status=401)

    return Response.new("Welcome!")
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Read POST

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/read-post/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * rawHtmlResponse returns HTML inputted directly
		 * into the worker script
		 * @param {string} html
		 */
		function rawHtmlResponse(html) {
			return new Response(html, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
				},
			});
		}

		/**
		 * readRequestBody reads in the incoming request body
		 * Use await readRequestBody(..) in an async function to get the string
		 * @param {Request} request the incoming request to read from
		 */
		async function readRequestBody(request) {
			const contentType = request.headers.get("content-type");
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return JSON.stringify(await request.json());
			} else if (contentType.includes("application/text")) {
				return request.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("text/html")) {
				return request.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("form")) {
				const formData = await request.formData();
				const body = {};
				for (const entry of formData.entries()) {
					body[entry[0]] = entry[1];
				}
				return JSON.stringify(body);
			} else {
				// Perhaps some other type of data was submitted in the form
				// like an image, or some other binary data.
				return "a file";
			}
		}

		const { url } = request;
		if (url.includes("form")) {
			return rawHtmlResponse(someForm);
		}
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			const reqBody = await readRequestBody(request);
			const retBody = `The request body sent in was ${reqBody}`;
			return new Response(retBody);
		} else if (request.method === "GET") {
			return new Response("The request was a GET");
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		/**
		 * rawHtmlResponse returns HTML inputted directly
		 * into the worker script
		 * @param {string} html
		 */
		function rawHtmlResponse(html) {
			return new Response(html, {
				headers: {
					"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
				},
			});
		}

		/**
		 * readRequestBody reads in the incoming request body
		 * Use await readRequestBody(..) in an async function to get the string
		 * @param {Request} request the incoming request to read from
		 */
		async function readRequestBody(request: Request) {
			const contentType = request.headers.get("content-type");
			if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
				return JSON.stringify(await request.json());
			} else if (contentType.includes("application/text")) {
				return request.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("text/html")) {
				return request.text();
			} else if (contentType.includes("form")) {
				const formData = await request.formData();
				const body = {};
				for (const entry of formData.entries()) {
					body[entry[0]] = entry[1];
				}
				return JSON.stringify(body);
			} else {
				// Perhaps some other type of data was submitted in the form
				// like an image, or some other binary data.
				return "a file";
			}
		}

		const { url } = request;
		if (url.includes("form")) {
			return rawHtmlResponse(someForm);
		}
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			const reqBody = await readRequestBody(request);
			const retBody = `The request body sent in was ${reqBody}`;
			return new Response(retBody);
		} else if (request.method === "GET") {
			return new Response("The request was a GET");
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py

from js import Object, Response, Headers, JSON

async def read_request_body(request):
    headers = request.headers
    content_type = headers["content-type"] or ""

    if "application/json" in content_type:
        return JSON.stringify(await request.json())
    if "form" in content_type:
        form = await request.formData()
        data = Object.fromEntries(form.entries())
        return JSON.stringify(data)
    return await request.text()

async def on_fetch(request):
    def raw_html_response(html):
        headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"}.items())
        return Response.new(html, headers=headers)

    if "form" in request.url:
        return raw_html_response("")

    if "POST" in request.method:
        req_body = await read_request_body(request)
        ret_body = f"The request body sent in was {req_body}"
        return Response.new(ret_body)

    return Response.new("The request was not POST")
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use worker::*;

fn raw_html_response(html: &str) -> Result<Response> {
    Response::from_html(html)
}

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
struct Payload {
    msg: String,
}

async fn read_request_body(mut req: Request) -> String {
    let ctype = req.headers().get("content-type").unwrap().unwrap();
    match ctype.as_str() {
        "application/json" => format!("{:?}", req.json::<Payload>().await.unwrap()),
        "text/html" => req.text().await.unwrap(),
        "multipart/form-data" => format!("{:?}", req.form_data().await.unwrap()),
        _ => String::from("a file"),
    }
}

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    if String::from(req.url()?).contains("form") {
        return raw_html_response("some html form");
    }

    match req.method() {
        Method::Post => {
            let req_body = read_request_body(req).await;
            Response::ok(format!("The request body sent in was {}", req_body))
        }
        _ => Response::ok(format!("The result was a {:?}", req.method())),
    }
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Redirect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/redirect/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

## Redirect all requests to one URL

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

<Render file="redirect-example-js" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const destinationURL = "https://example.com";
		const statusCode = 301;
		return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response

def on_fetch(request):
    destinationURL = "https://example.com"
    statusCode = 301
    return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(_req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let destination_url = Url::parse("https://example.com")?;
    let status_code = 301;
    Response::redirect_with_status(destination_url, status_code)
}

```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Redirect requests from one domain to another

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const base = "https://example.com";
		const statusCode = 301;

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const { pathname, search } = url;

		const destinationURL = `${base}${pathname}${search}`;
		console.log(destinationURL);

		return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const base = "https://example.com";
		const statusCode = 301;

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const { pathname, search } = url;

		const destinationURL = `${base}${pathname}${search}`;
		console.log(destinationURL);

		return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, URL

async def on_fetch(request):
    base = "https://example.com"
    statusCode = 301

    url = URL.new(request.url)

    destinationURL = f'{base}{url.pathname}{url.search}'
    print(destinationURL)

    return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let mut base = Url::parse("https://example.com")?;
    let status_code = 301;

    let url = req.url()?;

    base.set_path(url.path());
    base.set_query(url.query());

    console_log!("{:?}", base.to_string());

    Response::redirect_with_status(base, status_code)
}

```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Respond with another site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/respond-with-another-site/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

<Render file="respond-another-site-example-js" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		async function MethodNotAllowed(request) {
			return new Response(`Method ${request.method} not allowed.`, {
				status: 405,
				headers: {
					Allow: "GET",
				},
			});
		}
		// Only GET requests work with this proxy.
		if (request.method !== "GET") return MethodNotAllowed(request);
		return fetch(`https://example.com`);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, Headers

def on_fetch(request):
    def method_not_allowed(request):
        msg = f'Method {request.method} not allowed.'
        headers = Headers.new({"Allow": "GET"}.items)
        return Response.new(msg, headers=headers, status=405)

    # Only GET requests work with this proxy.
    if request.method != "GET":
        return method_not_allowed(request)

    return fetch("https://example.com")
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Return small HTML page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/return-html/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

<Render file="return-html-example-js" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
		<body>
		  <h1>Hello World</h1>
		  <p>This markup was generated by a Cloudflare Worker.</p>
		</body>`;

		return new Response(html, {
			headers: {
				"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
			},
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, Headers

def on_fetch(request):
    html = """<!DOCTYPE html>
    <body>
      <h1>Hello World</h1>
      <p>This markup was generated by a Cloudflare Worker.</p>
    </body>"""

    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8"}.items())
    return Response.new(html, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(_req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let html = r#"<!DOCTYPE html>
		<body>
		  <h1>Hello World</h1>
		  <p>This markup was generated by a Cloudflare Worker.</p>
		</body>
    "#;
    Response::from_html(html)
}
```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

---

# Return JSON

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/return-json/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

<Render file="return-json-example-js" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const data = {
			hello: "world",
		};

		return Response.json(data);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, Headers
import json

def on_fetch(request):
    data = json.dumps({"hello": "world"})
    headers = Headers.new({"content-type": "application/json"}.items())
    return Response.new(data, headers=headers)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">

```rs
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use worker::*;

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug)]
struct Json {
    hello: String,
}

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(_req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let data = Json {
        hello: String::from("world"),
    };
    Response::from_json(&data)
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Rewrite links

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/rewrite-links/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const OLD_URL = "developer.mozilla.org";
		const NEW_URL = "mynewdomain.com";

		class AttributeRewriter {
			constructor(attributeName) {
				this.attributeName = attributeName;
			}
			element(element) {
				const attribute = element.getAttribute(this.attributeName);
				if (attribute) {
					element.setAttribute(
						this.attributeName,
						attribute.replace(OLD_URL, NEW_URL),
					);
				}
			}
		}

		const rewriter = new HTMLRewriter()
			.on("a", new AttributeRewriter("href"))
			.on("img", new AttributeRewriter("src"));

		const res = await fetch(request);
		const contentType = res.headers.get("Content-Type");

		// If the response is HTML, it can be transformed with
		// HTMLRewriter -- otherwise, it should pass through
		if (contentType.startsWith("text/html")) {
			return rewriter.transform(res);
		} else {
			return res;
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const OLD_URL = "developer.mozilla.org";
		const NEW_URL = "mynewdomain.com";

		class AttributeRewriter {
			constructor(attributeName) {
				this.attributeName = attributeName;
			}
			element(element) {
				const attribute = element.getAttribute(this.attributeName);
				if (attribute) {
					element.setAttribute(
						this.attributeName,
						attribute.replace(OLD_URL, NEW_URL),
					);
				}
			}
		}

		const rewriter = new HTMLRewriter()
			.on("a", new AttributeRewriter("href"))
			.on("img", new AttributeRewriter("src"));

		const res = await fetch(request);
		const contentType = res.headers.get("Content-Type");

		// If the response is HTML, it can be transformed with
		// HTMLRewriter -- otherwise, it should pass through
		if (contentType.startsWith("text/html")) {
			return rewriter.transform(res);
		} else {
			return res;
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy
from js import HTMLRewriter, fetch

async def on_fetch(request):
    old_url = "developer.mozilla.org"
    new_url = "mynewdomain.com"

    class AttributeRewriter:
        def __init__(self, attr_name):
            self.attr_name = attr_name
        def element(self, element):
            attr = element.getAttribute(self.attr_name)
            if attr:
                element.setAttribute(self.attr_name, attr.replace(old_url, new_url))

    href = create_proxy(AttributeRewriter("href"))
    src = create_proxy(AttributeRewriter("src"))
    rewriter = HTMLRewriter.new().on("a", href).on("img", src)
    res = await fetch(request)
    content_type = res.headers["Content-Type"]

    # If the response is HTML, it can be transformed with
    # HTMLRewriter -- otherwise, it should pass through
    if content_type.startswith("text/html"):
        return rewriter.transform(res)
    return res
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Set security headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/security-headers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS = {
			/*
    Secure your application with Content-Security-Policy headers.
    Enabling these headers will permit content from a trusted domain and all its subdomains.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy
    "Content-Security-Policy": "default-src 'self' example.com *.example.com",
    */
			/*
    You can also set Strict-Transport-Security headers.
    These are not automatically set because your website might get added to Chrome's HSTS preload list.
    Here's the code if you want to apply it:
    "Strict-Transport-Security" : "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
    */
			/*
    Permissions-Policy header provides the ability to allow or deny the use of browser features, such as opting out of FLoC - which you can use below:
    "Permissions-Policy": "interest-cohort=()",
    */
			/*
    X-XSS-Protection header prevents a page from loading if an XSS attack is detected.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection
    */
			"X-XSS-Protection": "0",
			/*
    X-Frame-Options header prevents click-jacking attacks.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
    */
			"X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
			/*
    X-Content-Type-Options header prevents MIME-sniffing.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
    */
			"X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
			"Referrer-Policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
			"Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy": 'require-corp; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy": 'same-site; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy": "same-site",
		};
		const BLOCKED_HEADERS = [
			"Public-Key-Pins",
			"X-Powered-By",
			"X-AspNet-Version",
		];

		let response = await fetch(request);
		let newHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);

		const tlsVersion = request.cf.tlsVersion;
		console.log(tlsVersion);
		// This sets the headers for HTML responses:
		if (
			newHeaders.has("Content-Type") &&
			!newHeaders.get("Content-Type").includes("text/html")
		) {
			return new Response(response.body, {
				status: response.status,
				statusText: response.statusText,
				headers: newHeaders,
			});
		}

		Object.keys(DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS).map((name) => {
			newHeaders.set(name, DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS[name]);
		});

		BLOCKED_HEADERS.forEach((name) => {
			newHeaders.delete(name);
		});

		if (tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.2" && tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.3") {
			return new Response("You need to use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", {
				status: 400,
			});
		} else {
			return new Response(response.body, {
				status: response.status,
				statusText: response.statusText,
				headers: newHeaders,
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request): Promise<Response> {
		const DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS = {
			/*
    Secure your application with Content-Security-Policy headers.
    Enabling these headers will permit content from a trusted domain and all its subdomains.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy
    "Content-Security-Policy": "default-src 'self' example.com *.example.com",
    */
			/*
    You can also set Strict-Transport-Security headers.
    These are not automatically set because your website might get added to Chrome's HSTS preload list.
    Here's the code if you want to apply it:
    "Strict-Transport-Security" : "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
    */
			/*
    Permissions-Policy header provides the ability to allow or deny the use of browser features, such as opting out of FLoC - which you can use below:
    "Permissions-Policy": "interest-cohort=()",
    */
			/*
    X-XSS-Protection header prevents a page from loading if an XSS attack is detected.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection
    */
			"X-XSS-Protection": "0",
			/*
    X-Frame-Options header prevents click-jacking attacks.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
    */
			"X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
			/*
    X-Content-Type-Options header prevents MIME-sniffing.
    @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
    */
			"X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
			"Referrer-Policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
			"Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy": 'require-corp; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy": 'same-site; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy": "same-site",
		};
		const BLOCKED_HEADERS = [
			"Public-Key-Pins",
			"X-Powered-By",
			"X-AspNet-Version",
		];

		let response = await fetch(request);
		let newHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);

		const tlsVersion = request.cf.tlsVersion;
		console.log(tlsVersion);
		// This sets the headers for HTML responses:
		if (
			newHeaders.has("Content-Type") &&
			!newHeaders.get("Content-Type").includes("text/html")
		) {
			return new Response(response.body, {
				status: response.status,
				statusText: response.statusText,
				headers: newHeaders,
			});
		}

		Object.keys(DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS).map((name) => {
			newHeaders.set(name, DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS[name]);
		});

		BLOCKED_HEADERS.forEach((name) => {
			newHeaders.delete(name);
		});

		if (tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.2" && tlsVersion !== "TLSv1.3") {
			return new Response("You need to use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", {
				status: 400,
			});
		} else {
			return new Response(response.body, {
				status: response.status,
				statusText: response.statusText,
				headers: newHeaders,
			});
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from js import Response, fetch, Headers

async def on_fetch(request):
    default_security_headers = {
        # Secure your application with Content-Security-Policy headers.
        #Enabling these headers will permit content from a trusted domain and all its subdomains.
        #@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy
        "Content-Security-Policy": "default-src 'self' example.com *.example.com",
        #You can also set Strict-Transport-Security headers.
        #These are not automatically set because your website might get added to Chrome's HSTS preload list.
        #Here's the code if you want to apply it:
        "Strict-Transport-Security" : "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
        #Permissions-Policy header provides the ability to allow or deny the use of browser features, such as opting out of FLoC - which you can use below:
        "Permissions-Policy": "interest-cohort=()",
        #X-XSS-Protection header prevents a page from loading if an XSS attack is detected.
        #@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection
        "X-XSS-Protection": "0",
        #X-Frame-Options header prevents click-jacking attacks.
        #@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
        "X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
        #X-Content-Type-Options header prevents MIME-sniffing.
        #@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
        "X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
        "Referrer-Policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
        "Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy": 'require-corp; report-to="default";',
        "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy": 'same-site; report-to="default";',
        "Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy": "same-site",
    }
    blocked_headers = ["Public-Key-Pins", "X-Powered-By" ,"X-AspNet-Version"]

    res = await fetch(request)
    new_headers = Headers.new(res.headers)

    # This sets the headers for HTML responses
    if "text/html" in new_headers["Content-Type"]:
        return Response.new(res.body, status=res.status, statusText=res.statusText, headers=new_headers)

    for name in default_security_headers:
        new_headers.set(name, default_security_headers[name])

    for name in blocked_headers:
        new_headers.delete(name)

    tls = request.cf.tlsVersion

    if not tls in ("TLSv1.2", "TLSv1.3"):
        return Response.new("You need to use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", status=400)
    return Response.new(res.body, status=res.status, statusText=res.statusText, headers=new_headers)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use std::collections::HashMap;
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let default_security_headers = HashMap::from([
        //Secure your application with Content-Security-Policy headers.
        //Enabling these headers will permit content from a trusted domain and all its subdomains.
        //@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy
        (
            "Content-Security-Policy",
            "default-src 'self' example.com *.example.com",
        ),
        //You can also set Strict-Transport-Security headers.
        //These are not automatically set because your website might get added to Chrome's HSTS preload list.
        //Here's the code if you want to apply it:
        (
            "Strict-Transport-Security",
            "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
        ),
        //Permissions-Policy header provides the ability to allow or deny the use of browser features, such as opting out of FLoC - which you can use below:
        ("Permissions-Policy", "interest-cohort=()"),
        //X-XSS-Protection header prevents a page from loading if an XSS attack is detected.
        //@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection
        ("X-XSS-Protection", "0"),
        //X-Frame-Options header prevents click-jacking attacks.
        //@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options
        ("X-Frame-Options", "DENY"),
        //X-Content-Type-Options header prevents MIME-sniffing.
        //@see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Content-Type-Options
        ("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff"),
        ("Referrer-Policy", "strict-origin-when-cross-origin"),
        (
            "Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy",
            "require-corp; report-to='default';",
        ),
        (
            "Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy",
            "same-site; report-to='default';",
        ),
        ("Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy", "same-site"),
    ]);
    let blocked_headers = ["Public-Key-Pins", "X-Powered-By", "X-AspNet-Version"];
    let tls = req.cf().unwrap().tls_version();
    let res = Fetch::Request(req).send().await?;
    let mut new_headers = res.headers().clone();

    // This sets the headers for HTML responses
    if Some(String::from("text/html")) == new_headers.get("Content-Type")? {
        return Ok(Response::from_body(res.body().clone())?
            .with_headers(new_headers)
            .with_status(res.status_code()));
    }
    for (k, v) in default_security_headers {
        new_headers.set(k, v)?;
    }

    for k in blocked_headers {
        new_headers.delete(k)?;
    }

    if !vec!["TLSv1.2", "TLSv1.3"].contains(&tls.as_str()) {
        return Response::error("You need to use TLS version 1.2 or higher.", 400);
    }
    Ok(Response::from_body(res.body().clone())?
        .with_headers(new_headers)
        .with_status(res.status_code()))
}
```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Sign requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/signing-requests/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note

This example Worker makes use of the [Node.js Buffer API](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/buffer/), which is available as part of the Worker's runtime [Node.js compatibility mode](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/). To run this Worker, you will need to [enable the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/#enable-nodejs-with-workers).
:::

You can both verify and generate signed requests from within a Worker using the [Web Crypto APIs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Crypto/subtle).

The following Worker will:

- For request URLs beginning with `/generate/`, replace `/generate/` with `/`, sign the resulting path with its timestamp, and return the full, signed URL in the response body.

- For all other request URLs, verify the signed URL and allow the request through.

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";

const encoder = new TextEncoder();

// How long an HMAC token should be valid for, in seconds
const EXPIRY = 60;

export default {
	/**
	 *
	 * @param {Request} request
	 * @param {{SECRET_DATA: string}} env
	 * @returns
	 */
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// You will need some secret data to use as a symmetric key. This should be
		// attached to your Worker as an encrypted secret.
		// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/
		const secretKeyData = encoder.encode(
			env.SECRET_DATA ?? "my secret symmetric key",
		);

		// Import your secret as a CryptoKey for both 'sign' and 'verify' operations
		const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
			"raw",
			secretKeyData,
			{ name: "HMAC", hash: "SHA-256" },
			false,
			["sign", "verify"],
		);

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// This is a demonstration Worker that allows unauthenticated access to /generate
		// In a real application you would want to make sure that
		// users could only generate signed URLs when authenticated
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/generate/")) {
			url.pathname = url.pathname.replace("/generate/", "/");

			const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);

			// This contains all the data about the request that you want to be able to verify
			// Here we only sign the timestamp and the pathname, but often you will want to
			// include more data (for instance, the URL hostname or query parameters)
			const dataToAuthenticate = `${url.pathname}${timestamp}`;

			const mac = await crypto.subtle.sign(
				"HMAC",
				key,
				encoder.encode(dataToAuthenticate),
			);

			// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/
			// for more details on using Node.js APIs in Workers
			const base64Mac = Buffer.from(mac).toString("base64");

			url.searchParams.set("verify", `${timestamp}-${base64Mac}`);

			return new Response(`${url.pathname}${url.search}`);
			// Verify all non /generate requests
		} else {
			// Make sure you have the minimum necessary query parameters.
			if (!url.searchParams.has("verify")) {
				return new Response("Missing query parameter", { status: 403 });
			}

			const [timestamp, hmac] = url.searchParams.get("verify").split("-");

			const assertedTimestamp = Number(timestamp);

			const dataToAuthenticate = `${url.pathname}${assertedTimestamp}`;

			const receivedMac = Buffer.from(hmac, "base64");

			// Use crypto.subtle.verify() to guard against timing attacks. Since HMACs use
			// symmetric keys, you could implement this by calling crypto.subtle.sign() and
			// then doing a string comparison -- this is insecure, as string comparisons
			// bail out on the first mismatch, which leaks information to potential
			// attackers.
			const verified = await crypto.subtle.verify(
				"HMAC",
				key,
				receivedMac,
				encoder.encode(dataToAuthenticate),
			);

			if (!verified) {
				return new Response("Invalid MAC", { status: 403 });
			}

			// Signed requests expire after one minute. Note that this value should depend on your specific use case
			if (Date.now() / 1000 > assertedTimestamp + EXPIRY) {
				return new Response(
					`URL expired at ${new Date((assertedTimestamp + EXPIRY) * 1000)}`,
					{ status: 403 },
				);
			}
		}

		return fetch(new URL(url.pathname, "https://example.com"), request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";

const encoder = new TextEncoder();

// How long an HMAC token should be valid for, in seconds
const EXPIRY = 60;

interface Env {
	SECRET_DATA: string;
}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		// You will need some secret data to use as a symmetric key. This should be
		// attached to your Worker as an encrypted secret.
		// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/
		const secretKeyData = encoder.encode(
			env.SECRET_DATA ?? "my secret symmetric key",
		);

		// Import your secret as a CryptoKey for both 'sign' and 'verify' operations
		const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
			"raw",
			secretKeyData,
			{ name: "HMAC", hash: "SHA-256" },
			false,
			["sign", "verify"],
		);

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// This is a demonstration Worker that allows unauthenticated access to /generate
		// In a real application you would want to make sure that
		// users could only generate signed URLs when authenticated
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/generate/")) {
			url.pathname = url.pathname.replace("/generate/", "/");

			const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);

			// This contains all the data about the request that you want to be able to verify
			// Here we only sign the timestamp and the pathname, but often you will want to
			// include more data (for instance, the URL hostname or query parameters)
			const dataToAuthenticate = `${url.pathname}${timestamp}`;

			const mac = await crypto.subtle.sign(
				"HMAC",
				key,
				encoder.encode(dataToAuthenticate),
			);

			// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/
			// for more details on using NodeJS APIs in Workers
			const base64Mac = Buffer.from(mac).toString("base64");

			url.searchParams.set("verify", `${timestamp}-${base64Mac}`);

			return new Response(`${url.pathname}${url.search}`);
			// Verify all non /generate requests
		} else {
			// Make sure you have the minimum necessary query parameters.
			if (!url.searchParams.has("verify")) {
				return new Response("Missing query parameter", { status: 403 });
			}

			const [timestamp, hmac] = url.searchParams.get("verify").split("-");

			const assertedTimestamp = Number(timestamp);

			const dataToAuthenticate = `${url.pathname}${assertedTimestamp}`;

			const receivedMac = Buffer.from(hmac, "base64");

			// Use crypto.subtle.verify() to guard against timing attacks. Since HMACs use
			// symmetric keys, you could implement this by calling crypto.subtle.sign() and
			// then doing a string comparison -- this is insecure, as string comparisons
			// bail out on the first mismatch, which leaks information to potential
			// attackers.
			const verified = await crypto.subtle.verify(
				"HMAC",
				key,
				receivedMac,
				encoder.encode(dataToAuthenticate),
			);

			if (!verified) {
				return new Response("Invalid MAC", { status: 403 });
			}

			// Signed requests expire after one minute. Note that this value should depend on your specific use case
			if (Date.now() / 1000 > assertedTimestamp + EXPIRY) {
				return new Response(
					`URL expired at ${new Date((assertedTimestamp + EXPIRY) * 1000)}`,
					{ status: 403 },
				);
			}
		}

		return fetch(new URL(url.pathname, "https://example.com"), request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Validate signed requests using the WAF

The provided example code for signing requests is compatible with the [`is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation) Rules language function. This means that you can verify requests signed by the Worker script using a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/#option-2-configure-using-waf-custom-rules).

---

# Turnstile with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/turnstile-html-rewriter/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const SITE_KEY = env.SITE_KEY; // The Turnstile Sitekey of your widget (pass as env or secret)
		const TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME = 'your_id_to_replace'; // The id of the element to put a Turnstile widget in
		let res = await fetch(request)

		// Instantiate the API to run on specific elements, for example, `head`, `div`
		let newRes = new HTMLRewriter()

			// `.on` attaches the element handler and this allows you to match on element/attributes or to use the specific methods per the API
			.on('head', {
				element(element) {
					// In this case, you are using `append` to add a new script to the `head` element
					element.append(`<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>`, { html: true });
				},
			})
			.on('div', {
				element(element) {
					// Add a turnstile widget element into if an element with the id of TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME is found
					if (element.getAttribute('id') === TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME) {
						element.append(`<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="${SITE_KEY}"></div>`, { html: true });
					}
				},
			})
			.transform(res);
		return newRes
	}
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const SITE_KEY = env.SITE_KEY; // The Turnstile Sitekey of your widget (pass as env or secret)
		const TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME = 'your_id_to_replace'; // The id of the element to put a Turnstile widget in

		let res = await fetch(request)

		// Instantiate the API to run on specific elements, for example, `head`, `div`
		let newRes = new HTMLRewriter()

			// `.on` attaches the element handler and this allows you to match on element/attributes or to use the specific methods per the API
			.on('head', {
				element(element) {

					// In this case, you are using `append` to add a new script to the `head` element
					element.append(`<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>`, { html: true });
				},
			})
			.on('div', {
				element(element) {
					// Add a turnstile widget element into if an element with the id of TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME is found
					if (element.getAttribute('id') === TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME) {
						element.append(`<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="${SITE_KEY}" data-theme="light"></div>`, { html: true });
					}
				},
			})
			.transform(res);
		return newRes
	}
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Python" icon="seti:python">

```py
from pyodide.ffi import create_proxy
from js import HTMLRewriter, fetch

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    site_key = env.SITE_KEY
	attr_name = env.TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME
    res = await fetch(request)

    class Append:
        def element(self, element):
            s = '<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>'
            element.append(s, {"html": True})

    class AppendOnID:
        def __init__(self, name):
            self.name = name
        def element(self, element):
            # You are using the `getAttribute` method here to retrieve the `id` or `class` of an element
            if element.getAttribute("id") == self.name:
                div = f'<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="{site_key}" data-theme="light"></div>'
                element.append(div, { "html": True })

    # Instantiate the API to run on specific elements, for example, `head`, `div`
    head = create_proxy(Append())
    div = create_proxy(AppendOnID(attr_name))
    new_res = HTMLRewriter.new().on("head", head).on("div", div).transform(res)

    return new_res
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

This is only half the implementation for Turnstile. The corresponding token that is a result of a widget being rendered also needs to be verified using the [siteverify API](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/). Refer to the example below for one such implementation.
:::

<TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
async function handlePost(request, env) {
    const body = await request.formData();
    // Turnstile injects a token in `cf-turnstile-response`.
    const token = body.get('cf-turnstile-response');
    const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');

    // Validate the token by calling the `/siteverify` API.
    let formData = new FormData();

    // `secret_key` here is the Turnstile Secret key, which should be set using Wrangler secrets
    formData.append('secret', env.SECRET_KEY);
    formData.append('response', token);
    formData.append('remoteip', ip); //This is optional.

    const url = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify';
    const result = await fetch(url, {
        body: formData,
        method: 'POST',
    });

    const outcome = await result.json();

    if (!outcome.success) {
        return new Response('The provided Turnstile token was not valid!', { status: 401 });
    }
    // The Turnstile token was successfully validated. Proceed with your application logic.
    // Validate login, redirect user, etc.

	// Clone the original request with a new body
    const newRequest = new Request(request, {
        body: request.body, // Reuse the body
        method: request.method,
        headers: request.headers
    });

    return await fetch(newRequest);
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const SITE_KEY = env.SITE_KEY; // The Turnstile Sitekey of your widget (pass as env or secret)
		const TURNSTILE_ATTR_NAME = 'your_id_to_replace'; // The id of the element to put a Turnstile widget in

		let res = await fetch(request)

		if (request.method === 'POST') {
			return handlePost(request, env)
		}

		// Instantiate the API to run on specific elements, for example, `head`, `div`
		let newRes = new HTMLRewriter()
			// `.on` attaches the element handler and this allows you to match on element/attributes or to use the specific methods per the API
			.on('head', {
				element(element) {

					// In this case, you are using `append` to add a new script to the `head` element
					element.append(`<script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js" async defer></script>`, { html: true });
				},
			})
			.on('div', {
				element(element) {
					// You are using the `getAttribute` method here to retrieve the `id` or `class` of an element
					if (element.getAttribute('id') === <NAME_OF_ATTRIBUTE>) {
						element.append(`<div class="cf-turnstile" data-sitekey="${SITE_KEY}" data-theme="light"></div>`, { html: true });
					}
				},
			})
			.transform(res);
		return newRes
	}
}
```

</TabItem>

---

# Using the WebSockets API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/examples/websockets/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

WebSockets allow you to communicate in real time with your Cloudflare Workers serverless functions. In this guide, you will learn the basics of WebSockets on Cloudflare Workers, both from the perspective of writing WebSocket servers in your Workers functions, as well as connecting to and working with those WebSocket servers as a client.

WebSockets are open connections sustained between the client and the origin server. Inside a WebSocket connection, the client and the origin can pass data back and forth without having to reestablish sessions. This makes exchanging data within a WebSocket connection fast. WebSockets are often used for real-time applications such as live chat and gaming.

:::note


WebSockets utilize an event-based system for receiving and sending messages, much like the Workers runtime model of responding to events.


:::

:::note


If your application needs to coordinate among multiple WebSocket connections, such as a chat room or game match, you will need clients to send messages to a single-point-of-coordination. Durable Objects provide a single-point-of-coordination for Cloudflare Workers, and are often used in parallel with WebSockets to persist state over multiple clients and connections. In this case, refer to [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) to get started, and prefer using the Durable Objects' extended [WebSockets API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/).


:::

## Write a WebSocket Server

WebSocket servers in Cloudflare Workers allow you to receive messages from a client in real time. This guide will show you how to set up a WebSocket server in Workers.

A client can make a WebSocket request in the browser by instantiating a new instance of `WebSocket`, passing in the URL for your Workers function:

```js
// In client-side JavaScript, connect to your Workers function using WebSockets:
const websocket = new WebSocket('wss://example-websocket.signalnerve.workers.dev');
```

:::note


For more details about creating and working with WebSockets in the client, refer to [Writing a WebSocket client](#write-a-websocket-client).


:::

When an incoming WebSocket request reaches the Workers function, it will contain an `Upgrade` header, set to the string value `websocket`. Check for this header before continuing to instantiate a WebSocket:

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
```js
async function handleRequest(request) {
  const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
  if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
    return new Response('Expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
  }
}
```
</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs

use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: HttpRequest, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<worker::Response> {
    let upgrade_header = match req.headers().get("Upgrade") {
        Some(h) => h.to_str().unwrap(),
        None => "",
    };
    if upgrade_header != "websocket" {
        return worker::Response::error("Expected Upgrade: websocket", 426);
    }
}
```
</TabItem> </Tabs>
After you have appropriately checked for the `Upgrade` header, you can create a new instance of `WebSocketPair`, which contains server and client WebSockets. One of these WebSockets should be handled by the Workers function and the other should be returned as part of a `Response` with the [`101` status code](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/101), indicating the request is switching protocols:


<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
```js
async function handleRequest(request) {
  const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
  if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
    return new Response('Expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
  }

  const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
  const client = webSocketPair[0],
    server = webSocketPair[1];

  return new Response(null, {
    status: 101,
    webSocket: client,
  });
}
```
</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: HttpRequest, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<worker::Response> {
    let upgrade_header = match req.headers().get("Upgrade") {
        Some(h) => h.to_str().unwrap(),
        None => "",
    };
    if upgrade_header != "websocket" {
        return worker::Response::error("Expected Upgrade: websocket", 426);
    }

    let ws = WebSocketPair::new()?;
    let client = ws.client;
    let server = ws.server;
    server.accept()?;

    worker::Response::from_websocket(client)
}

```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

The `WebSocketPair` constructor returns an Object, with the `0` and `1` keys each holding a `WebSocket` instance as its value. It is common to grab the two WebSockets from this pair using [`Object.values`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_objects/Object/values) and [ES6 destructuring](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment), as seen in the below example.

In order to begin communicating with the `client` WebSocket in your Worker, call `accept` on the `server` WebSocket. This will tell the Workers runtime that it should listen for WebSocket data and keep the connection open with your `client` WebSocket:


<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
```js
async function handleRequest(request) {
  const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
  if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
    return new Response('Expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
  }

  const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
  const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

  server.accept();

  return new Response(null, {
    status: 101,
    webSocket: client,
  });
}
```
</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: HttpRequest, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<worker::Response> {
    let upgrade_header = match req.headers().get("Upgrade") {
        Some(h) => h.to_str().unwrap(),
        None => "",
    };
    if upgrade_header != "websocket" {
        return worker::Response::error("Expected Upgrade: websocket", 426);
    }

    let ws = WebSocketPair::new()?;
    let client = ws.client;
    let server = ws.server;
    server.accept()?;

    worker::Response::from_websocket(client)
}

```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

WebSockets emit a number of [Events](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/#events) that can be connected to using `addEventListener`. The below example hooks into the `message` event and emits a `console.log` with the data from it:

<Tabs syncKey="workersExamples"> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
```js
async function handleRequest(request) {
  const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get('Upgrade');
  if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== 'websocket') {
    return new Response('Expected Upgrade: websocket', { status: 426 });
  }

  const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
  const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);

  server.accept();
  server.addEventListener('message', event => {
    console.log(event.data);
  });

  return new Response(null, {
    status: 101,
    webSocket: client,
  });
}
```
</TabItem> <TabItem label="Rust" icon="seti:rust">
```rs
use futures::StreamExt;
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: HttpRequest, _env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<worker::Response> {
    let upgrade_header = match req.headers().get("Upgrade") {
        Some(h) => h.to_str().unwrap(),
        None => "",
    };
    if upgrade_header != "websocket" {
        return worker::Response::error("Expected Upgrade: websocket", 426);
    }

    let ws = WebSocketPair::new()?;
    let client = ws.client;
    let server = ws.server;
    server.accept()?;

    wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(async move {
        let mut event_stream = server.events().expect("could not open stream");
        while let Some(event) = event_stream.next().await {
            match event.expect("received error in websocket") {
                WebsocketEvent::Message(msg) => server.send(&msg.text()).unwrap(),
                WebsocketEvent::Close(event) => console_log!("{:?}", event),
            }
        }
    });
    worker::Response::from_websocket(client)
}

```
</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Connect to the WebSocket server from a client

Writing WebSocket clients that communicate with your Workers function is a two-step process: first, create the WebSocket instance, and then attach event listeners to it:

```js
const websocket = new WebSocket('wss://websocket-example.signalnerve.workers.dev');
websocket.addEventListener('message', event => {
  console.log('Message received from server');
  console.log(event.data);
});
```

WebSocket clients can send messages back to the server using the [`send`](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/#send) function:

```js
websocket.send('MESSAGE');
```

When the WebSocket interaction is complete, the client can close the connection using [`close`](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/#close):

```js
websocket.close();
```

For an example of this in practice, refer to the [`websocket-template`](https://github.com/cloudflare/websocket-template) to get started with WebSockets.

## Write a WebSocket client

Cloudflare Workers supports the `new WebSocket(url)` constructor. A Worker can establish a WebSocket connection to a remote server in the same manner as the client implementation described above.

Additionally, Cloudflare supports establishing WebSocket connections by making a fetch request to a URL with the `Upgrade` header set.

```js
async function websocket(url) {
  // Make a fetch request including `Upgrade: websocket` header.
  // The Workers Runtime will automatically handle other requirements
  // of the WebSocket protocol, like the Sec-WebSocket-Key header.
  let resp = await fetch(url, {
    headers: {
      Upgrade: 'websocket',
    },
  });

  // If the WebSocket handshake completed successfully, then the
  // response has a `webSocket` property.
  let ws = resp.webSocket;
  if (!ws) {
    throw new Error("server didn't accept WebSocket");
  }

  // Call accept() to indicate that you'll be handling the socket here
  // in JavaScript, as opposed to returning it on to a client.
  ws.accept();

  // Now you can send and receive messages like before.
  ws.send('hello');
  ws.addEventListener('message', msg => {
    console.log(msg.data);
  });
}
```

## WebSocket compression

Cloudflare Workers supports WebSocket compression. Refer to [WebSocket Compression](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#websocket-compression) for more information.

---

# Frameworks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	DirectoryListing,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	PackageManagers,
	Feature,
} from "~/components";

<Description>
	Run front-end websites — static or dynamic — directly on Cloudflare's global
	network.
</Description>

The following frameworks have experimental support for Cloudflare Workers and the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/). They can be initialized with the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](/workers/get-started/guide/) using the `--experimental` flag.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-framework-app"
	args={"--type=web-framework --experimental"}
/>

<DirectoryListing folder="workers/frameworks/framework-guides" />

:::note

Static Assets for Workers is currently in open beta. If you're looking for a framework not on this list, it may be supported in [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/). Visit [Pages Frameworks guides](/pages/framework-guides/) for a full list.

:::

---

# Dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Follow this guide to create a Workers application using [the Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

<Render file="playground-callout" />

## Prerequisites

[Create a Cloudflare account](/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/create-account/), if you have not already.

## Setup

To create a Workers application:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create**.
4. Select a template or **Create Worker**.
5. Review the provided code and select **Deploy**.
6. Preview your Worker at its provided [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) subdomain.

## Development

<Render file="dash-creation-next-steps" />

## Next steps

To do more:

- Push your project to a GitHub or GitLab respoitory then [connect to builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#get-started) to enable automatic builds and deployments.
- Review our [Examples](/workers/examples/) and [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/) for inspiration.
- Set up [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to allow your Worker to interact with other resources and unlock new functionality.
- Learn how to [test and debug](/workers/testing/) your Workers.
- Read about [Workers limits and pricing](/workers/platform/).

---

# CLI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/guide/

import { Details, Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

Set up and deploy your first Worker with Wrangler, the Cloudflare Developer Platform CLI.

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying your first Worker.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker project

Open a terminal window and run C3 to create your Worker project. [C3 (`create-cloudflare-cli`)](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"my-first-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Now, you have a new project set up. Move into that project folder.

```sh
cd my-first-worker
```

<Details header="What files did C3 create?">

In your project directory, C3 will have generated the following:

* `wrangler.json`: Your [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#sample-wrangler-configuration) configuration file.
* `index.js` (in `/src`): A minimal `'Hello World!'` Worker written in [ES module](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) syntax.
* `package.json`: A minimal Node dependencies configuration file.
* `package-lock.json`: Refer to [`npm` documentation on `package-lock.json`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-lock-json).
* `node_modules`: Refer to [`npm` documentation `node_modules`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/folders#node-modules).

</Details>

<Details header="What if I already have a project in a git repository?">

In addition to creating new projects from C3 templates, C3 also supports creating new projects from existing Git repositories. To create a new project from an existing Git repository, open your terminal and run:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest -- --template <SOURCE>
```

`<SOURCE>` may be any of the following:

- `user/repo` (GitHub)
- `git@github.com:user/repo`
- `https://github.com/user/repo`
- `user/repo/some-template` (subdirectories)
- `user/repo#canary` (branches)
- `user/repo#1234abcd` (commit hash)
- `bitbucket:user/repo` (Bitbucket)
- `gitlab:user/repo` (GitLab)

Your existing template folder must contain the following files, at a minimum, to meet the requirements for Cloudflare Workers:

- `package.json`
- `wrangler.json` [See sample Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#sample-wrangler-configuration)
- `src/` containing a worker script referenced from `wrangler.json`

</Details>

## 2. Develop with Wrangler CLI

C3 installs [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the Workers command-line interface, in Workers projects by default. Wrangler lets you to [create](/workers/wrangler/commands/#init), [test](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), and [deploy](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) your Workers projects.

After you have created your first Worker, run the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command in the project directory to start a local server for developing your Worker. This will allow you to preview your Worker locally during development.

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

If you have never used Wrangler before, it will open your web browser so you can login to your Cloudflare account.

Go to [http://localhost:8787](http://localhost:8787) to view your Worker.

<Details header="Browser issues?">

If you have issues with this step or you do not have access to a browser interface, refer to the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) documentation.

</Details>

## 3. Write code

With your new project generated and running, you can begin to write and edit your code.

Find the `src/index.js` file. `index.js` will be populated with the code below:

```js title="Original index.js"
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

<Details header="Code explanation">

This code block consists of a few different parts.

```js title="Updated index.js" {1}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

`export default` is JavaScript syntax required for defining [JavaScript modules](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Modules#default_exports_versus_named_exports). Your Worker has to have a default export of an object, with properties corresponding to the events your Worker should handle.

```js title="index.js" {2}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

This [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) will be called when your Worker receives an HTTP request. You can define additional event handlers in the exported object to respond to different types of events. For example, add a [`scheduled()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/) to respond to Worker invocations via a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/).

Additionally, the `fetch` handler will always be passed three parameters: [`request`, `env` and `context`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

```js title="index.js" {3}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

The Workers runtime expects `fetch` handlers to return a `Response` object or a Promise which resolves with a `Response` object. In this example, you will return a new `Response` with the string `"Hello World!"`.

</Details>

Replace the content in your current `index.js` file with the content below, which changes the text output.

```js title="index.js" {3}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello Worker!");
	},
};
```

Then, save the file and reload the page. Your Worker's output will have changed to the new text.

<Details header="No visible changes?">

If the output for your Worker does not change, make sure that:

1. You saved the changes to `index.js`.
2. You have `wrangler dev` running.
3. You reloaded your browser.

</Details>

## 4. Deploy your project

Deploy your Worker via Wrangler to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/).

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

If you have not configured any subdomain or domain, Wrangler will prompt you during the publish process to set one up.

Preview your Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

<Details header="Seeing 523 errors?">

If you see [`523` errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-523-origin-is-unreachable) when pushing your `*.workers.dev` subdomain for the first time, wait a minute or so and the errors will resolve themselves.

</Details>

## Next steps

To do more:

- Push your project to a GitHub or GitLab respoitory then [connect to builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#get-started) to enable automatic builds and deployments.
- Visit the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) for simpler editing.
- Review our [Examples](/workers/examples/) and [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/) for inspiration.
- Set up [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to allow your Worker to interact with other resources and unlock new functionality.
- Learn how to [test and debug](/workers/testing/) your Workers.
- Read about [Workers limits and pricing](/workers/platform/).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

Build your first Worker.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Quickstarts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/get-started/quickstarts/

import { LinkButton, WorkerStarter } from "~/components";

Quickstarts are GitHub repositories that are designed to be a starting point for building a new Cloudflare Workers project. To start any of the projects below, run:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest <NEW_PROJECT_NAME> -- --template <GITHUB_REPO_URL>
```

- `new-project-name`

  - A folder with this name will be created with your new project inside, pre-configured to [your Workers account](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

- `template`
  - This is the URL of the GitHub repo starter, as below. Refer to the [create-cloudflare documentation](/pages/get-started/c3/) for a full list of possible values.

## Example Projects

<WorkerStarter
	title="Sentry"
	repo="mhart/cf-sentry"
	description="Log exceptions and errors in your Workers application to Sentry.io - an error tracking tool."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="Image Color"
	repo="xtuc/img-color-worker"
	description="Retrieve the dominant color of a PNG or JPEG image."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="Cloud Storage"
	repo="conzorkingkong/cloud-storage"
	description="Serve private Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket files from a Worker script."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="BinAST"
	repo="xtuc/binast-cf-worker-template"
	description="Serve a JavaScript Binary AST via a Cloudflare Worker."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="Edge-Side Rendering"
	repo="frandiox/vitessedge-template"
	description="Use Vite to render pages on Cloudflare's global network with great DX. Includes i18n, markdown support and more."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="REST API with Fauna"
	repo="fauna-labs/fauna-workers"
	description="Build a fast, globally distributed REST API using Cloudflare Workers and Fauna, the data API for modern applications."
/>

---

## Frameworks

<WorkerStarter
	title="Apollo GraphQL Server"
	repo="cloudflare/workers-graphql-server"
	description="Lightning-fast, globally distributed Apollo GraphQL server, deployed on the Cloudflare global network using Cloudflare Workers."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="GraphQL Yoga"
	repo="the-guild-org/yoga-cloudflare-workers-template"
	description="The most flexible, fastest, and lightest GraphQL server for all environments, Cloudflare Workers included."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="Flareact"
	repo="flareact/flareact"
	description="Flareact is an edge-rendered React framework built for Cloudflare Workers. It features file-based page routing with dynamic page paths and edge-side data fetching APIs."
/>

<WorkerStarter
	title="Sunder"
	repo="sunderjs/sunder-worker-template"
	description="Sunder is a minimal and unopinionated framework for Service Workers. This template uses Sunder, TypeScript, Miniflare, esbuild, Jest, and Sass, as well as Workers Sites for static assets."
/>

---

## Built with Workers

Get inspiration from other sites and projects out there that were built with Cloudflare Workers.

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="https://workers.cloudflare.com/built-with">
	Built with Workers
</LinkButton>

---

# Languages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Workers is a polyglot platform, and provides first-class support for the following programming languages:

<DirectoryListing />

Workers also supports [WebAssembly](/workers/runtime-apis/webassembly/) (abbreviated as "Wasm") — a binary format that many languages can be compiled to. This allows you to write Workers using programming language beyond the languages listed above, including C, C++, Kotlin, Go and more.

---

# Errors and exceptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/errors/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Review Workers errors and exceptions.

## Error pages generated by Workers

When a Worker running in production has an error that prevents it from returning a response, the client will receive an error page with an error code, defined as follows:

| Error code | Meaning                                                                                                           |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `1101`     | Worker threw a JavaScript exception.                                                                              |
| `1102`     | Worker exceeded [CPU time limit](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time).                                             |
| `1103`     | The owner of this worker needs to contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)           |
| `1015`     | Worker hit the [burst rate limit](/workers/platform/limits/#burst-rate).                                          |
| `1019`     | Worker hit [loop limit](#loop-limit).                                                                             |
| `1021`     | Worker has requested a host it cannot access.                                                                     |
| `1022`     | Cloudflare has failed to route the request to the Worker.                                                         |
| `1024`     | Worker cannot make a subrequest to a Cloudflare-owned IP address.                                                 |
| `1027`     | Worker exceeded free tier [daily request limit](/workers/platform/limits/#daily-request).                         |
| `1042`     | Worker tried to fetch from another Worker on the same zone, which is [unsupported](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/). |

Other `11xx` errors generally indicate a problem with the Workers runtime itself. Refer to the [status page](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com) if you are experiencing an error.

### Loop limit

A Worker cannot call itself or another Worker more than 16 times. In order to prevent infinite loops between Workers, the [`CF-EW-Via`](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ew-via) header's value is an integer that indicates how many invocations are left. Every time a Worker is invoked, the integer will decrement by 1. If the count reaches zero, a [`1019`](#error-pages-generated-by-workers) error is returned.

### "The script will never generate a response" errors

Some requests may return a 1101 error with `The script will never generate a response` in the error message. This occurs when the Workers runtime detects that all the code associated with the request has executed and no events are left in the event loop, but a Response has not been returned.

#### Cause 1: Unresolved Promises

This is most commonly caused by relying on a Promise that is never resolved or rejected, which is required to return a Response. To debug, look for Promises within your code or dependencies' code that block a Response, and ensure they are resolved or rejected.

In browsers and other JavaScript runtimes, equivalent code will hang indefinitely, leading to both bugs and memory leaks. The Workers runtime throws an explicit error to help you debug.

In the example below, the Response relies on a Promise resolution that never happens. Uncommenting the `resolve` callback solves the issue.

```js null {9}
export default {
	fetch(req) {
		let response = new Response("Example response");
		let { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers();

		// If the promise is not resolved, the Workers runtime will
		// recognize this and throw an error.

		// setTimeout(resolve, 0)

		return promise.then(() => response);
	},
};
```

You can prevent this by enforcing the [`no-floating-promises` eslint rule](https://typescript-eslint.io/rules/no-floating-promises/), which reports when a Promise is created and not properly handled.

#### Cause 2: WebSocket connections that are never closed

If a WebSocket is missing the proper code to close its server-side connection, the Workers runtime will throw a `script will never generate a response` error. In the example below, the `'close'` event from the client is not properly handled by calling `server.close()`, and the error is thrown. In order to avoid this, ensure that the WebSocket's server-side connection is properly closed via an event listener or other server-side logic.

```js null {10}
async function handleRequest(request) {
	let webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
	let [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);
	server.accept();

	server.addEventListener("close", () => {
		// This missing line would keep a WebSocket connection open indefinitely
		// and results in "The script will never generate a response" errors
		// server.close();
	});

	return new Response(null, {
		status: 101,
		webSocket: client,
	});
}
```

### "Illegal invocation" errors

The error message `TypeError: Illegal invocation: function called with incorrect this reference` can be a source of confusion.

This is typically caused by calling a function that calls `this`, but the value of `this` has been lost.

For example, given an `obj` object with the `obj.foo()` method which logic relies on `this`, executing the method via `obj.foo();` will make sure that `this` properly references the `obj` object. However, assigning the method to a variable, e.g.`const func = obj.foo;` and calling such variable, e.g. `func();` would result in `this` being `undefined`. This is because `this` is lost when the method is called as a standalone function. This is standard behavior in JavaScript.

In practice, this is often seen when destructuring runtime provided Javascript objects that have functions that rely on the presence of `this`, such as `ctx`.

The following code will error:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// destructuring ctx makes waitUntil lose its 'this' reference
		const { waitUntil } = ctx;
		// waitUntil errors, as it has no 'this'
		waitUntil(somePromise);

		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

Avoid destructuring or re-bind the function to the original context to avoid the error.

The following code will run properly:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// directly calling the method on ctx avoids the error
		ctx.waitUntil(somePromise);

		// alternatively re-binding to ctx via apply, call, or bind avoids the error
		const { waitUntil } = ctx;
		waitUntil.apply(ctx, [somePromise]);
		waitUntil.call(ctx, somePromise);
		const reboundWaitUntil = waitUntil.bind(ctx);
		reboundWaitUntil(somePromise);

		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

### Cannot perform I/O on behalf of a different request

```
Uncaught (in promise) Error: Cannot perform I/O on behalf of a different request. I/O objects (such as streams, request/response bodies, and others) created in the context of one request handler cannot be accessed from a different request's handler.
```

This error occurs when you attempt to share input/output (I/O) objects (such as streams, requests, or responses) created by one invocation of your Worker in the context of a different invocation.

In Cloudflare Workers, each invocation is handled independently and has its own execution context. This design ensures optimal performance and security by isolating requests from one another. When you try to share I/O objects between different invocations, you break this isolation. Since these objects are tied to the specific request they were created in, accessing them from another request's handler is not allowed and leads to the error.

This error is most commonly caused by attempting to cache an I/O object, like a [Request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) in global scope, and then access it in a subsequent request. For example, if you create a Worker and run the following code in local development, and make two requests to your Worker in quick succession, you can reproduce this error:

```js
let cachedResponse = null;

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (cachedResponse) {
			return cachedResponse;
		}
		cachedResponse = new Response("Hello, world!");
		await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000)); // Sleep for 5s to demonstrate this particular error case
		return cachedResponse;
	},
};
```

You can fix this by instead storing only the data in global scope, rather than the I/O object itself:

```js
let cachedData = null;

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (cachedData) {
			return new Response(cachedData);
		}
		const response = new Response("Hello, world!");
		cachedData = await response.text();
		return new Response(cachedData, response);
	},
};
```

If you need to share state across requests, consider using [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/). If you need to cache data across requests, consider using [Workers KV](/kv/).

## Errors on Worker upload

These errors occur when a Worker is uploaded or modified.

| Error code | Meaning                                                                                                                         |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `10006`    | Could not parse your Worker's code.                                                                                             |
| `10007`    | Worker or [workers.dev subdomain](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) not found.                                       |
| `10015`    | Account is not entitled to use Workers.                                                                                         |
| `10016`    | Invalid Worker name.                                                                                                            |
| `10021`    | Validation Error. Refer to [Validation Errors](/workers/observability/errors/#validation-errors-10021) for details.             |
| `10026`    | Could not parse request body.                                                                                                   |
| `10027`    | Your Worker exceeded the size limit of XX MB (for more details see [Worker size limits](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-size)) |
| `10035`    | Multiple attempts to modify a resource at the same time                                                                         |
| `10037`    | An account has exceeded the number of [Workers allowed](/workers/platform/limits/#number-of-workers).                           |
| `10052`    | A [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) is uploaded without a name.                                                        |
| `10054`    | A environment variable or secret exceeds the [size limit](/workers/platform/limits/#environment-variables).                     |
| `10055`    | The number of environment variables or secrets exceeds the [limit/Worker](/workers/platform/limits/#environment-variables).     |
| `10056`    | [Binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) not found.                                                                           |
| `10068`    | The uploaded Worker has no registered [event handlers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/).                                        |
| `10069`    | The uploaded Worker contains [event handlers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/) unsupported by the Workers runtime.              |

### Validation Errors (10021)

The 10021 error code includes all errors that occur when you attempt to deploy a Worker, and Cloudflare then attempts to load and run the top-level scope (everything that happens before your Worker's [handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/) is invoked). For example, if you attempt to deploy a broken Worker with invalid JavaScript that would throw a `SyntaxError` — Cloudflare will not deploy your Worker.

Specific error cases include but are not limited to:

#### Worker exceeded the upload size limit

A Worker can be up to 10 MB in size after compression on the Workers Paid plan, and up to 3 MB on the Workers Free plan.

To reduce the upload size of a Worker, you should consider removing unnecessary dependencies and/or using Workers KV, a D1 database or R2 to store configuration files, static assets and binary data instead of attempting to bundle them within your Worker code.

Another method to reduce a Worker's file size is to split its functionality across multiple Workers and connect them using [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).

#### Script startup exceeded CPU time limit

This means that you are doing work in the top-level scope of your Worker that takes [more than the startup time limit (400ms)](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-startup-time) of CPU time.

This is usually a sign of a bug and/or large performance problem with your code or a dependency you rely on. It's not typical to use more than 400ms of CPU time when your app starts. The more time your Worker's code spends parsing and executing top-level scope, the slower your Worker will be when you deploy a code change or a new [isolate](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) is created.

This error is most commonly caused by attempting to perform expernsive initialization work directly in top level (global) scope, rather than either at build time or when your Worker's handler is invoked. For example, attempting to initialize an app by generating or consuming a large schema.

To analyze what is consuming so much CPU time, you should open Chrome DevTools for your Worker and look at the Profiling and/or Performance panels to understand where time is being spent. Is there something glaring that consumes tons of CPU time, especially the first time you make a request to your Worker?

## Runtime errors

Runtime errors will occur within the runtime, do not throw up an error page, and are not visible to the end user. Runtime errors are detected by the user with logs.

| Error message                                            | Meaning                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Network connection lost`                                | Connection failure. Catch a `fetch` or binding invocation and retry it.                                          |
| `Memory limit`<br/>`would be exceeded`<br/> `before EOF` | Trying to read a stream or buffer that would take you over the [memory limit](/workers/platform/limits/#memory). |
| `daemonDown`                                             | A temporary problem invoking the Worker.                                                                         |

## Identify errors: Workers Metrics

To review whether your application is experiencing any downtime or returning any errors:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker and review your Worker's metrics.

## Debug exceptions

After you have identified your Workers application is returning exceptions, use `wrangler tail` to inspect and fix the exceptions.

{/* <!-- TODO: include example --> */}

Exceptions will show up under the `exceptions` field in the JSON returned by `wrangler tail`. After you have identified the exception that is causing errors, redeploy your code with a fix, and continue tailing the logs to confirm that it is fixed.

## Set up a logging service

A Worker can make HTTP requests to any HTTP service on the public Internet. You can use a service like [Sentry](https://sentry.io) to collect error logs from your Worker, by making an HTTP request to the service to report the error. Refer to your service’s API documentation for details on what kind of request to make.

When using an external logging strategy, remember that outstanding asynchronous tasks are canceled as soon as a Worker finishes sending its main response body to the client. To ensure that a logging subrequest completes, pass the request promise to [`event.waitUntil()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ExtendableEvent/waitUntil). For example:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		function postLog(data) {
			return fetch("https://log-service.example.com/", {
				method: "POST",
				body: data,
			});
		}

		// Without ctx.waitUntil(), the `postLog` function may or may not complete.
		ctx.waitUntil(postLog(stack));
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.respondWith(handleEvent(event));
});

async function handleEvent(event) {
	// ...

	// Without event.waitUntil(), the `postLog` function may or may not complete.
	event.waitUntil(postLog(stack));
	return fetch(event.request);
}

function postLog(data) {
	return fetch("https://log-service.example.com/", {
		method: "POST",
		body: data,
	});
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Go to origin on error

By using [`event.passThroughOnException`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#passthroughonexception), a Workers application will forward requests to your origin if an exception is thrown during the Worker's execution. This allows you to add logging, tracking, or other features with Workers, without degrading your application's functionality.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		ctx.passThroughOnException();
		// an error here will return the origin response, as if the Worker wasn't present
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.passThroughOnException();
	event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request));
});

async function handleRequest(request) {
	// An error here will return the origin response, as if the Worker wasn’t present.
	// ...
	return fetch(request);
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Related resources

- [Log from Workers](/workers/observability/logs/) - Learn how to log your Workers.
- [Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) - Learn how to push Workers Trace Event Logs to supported destinations.
- [RPC error handling](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/error-handling/) - Learn how to handle errors from remote-procedure calls.

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Understand how your Worker projects are performing via logs, traces, and other data sources.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

There are two graphical sources of information about your Workers traffic at a given time: Workers metrics and zone-based Workers analytics.

Workers metrics can help you diagnose issues and understand your Workers' workloads by showing performance and usage of your Workers. If your Worker runs on a route on a zone, or on a few zones, Workers metrics will show how much traffic your Worker is handling on a per-zone basis, and how many requests your site is getting.

Zone analytics show how much traffic all Workers assigned to a zone are handling.

## Workers metrics

Workers metrics aggregate request data for an individual Worker (if your Worker is running across multiple domains, and on `*.workers.dev`, metrics will aggregate requests across them). To view your Worker's metrics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker to view its metrics.

There are two metrics that can help you understand the health of your Worker in a given moment: requests success and error metrics, and invocation statuses.

### Requests

The first graph shows historical request counts from the Workers runtime broken down into successful requests, errored requests, and subrequests.

* **Total**: All incoming requests registered by a Worker. Requests blocked by [WAF](https://www.cloudflare.com/waf/) or other security features will not count.
* **Success**: Requests that returned a Success or Client Disconnected invocation status.
* **Errors**: Requests that returned a Script Threw Exception, Exceeded Resources, or Internal Error invocation status — refer to [Invocation Statuses](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/#invocation-statuses) for a breakdown of where your errors are coming from.

Request traffic data may display a drop off near the last few minutes displayed in the graph for time ranges less than six hours. This does not reflect a drop in traffic, but a slight delay in aggregation and metrics delivery.

### Subrequests

Subrequests are requests triggered by calling `fetch` from within a Worker. A subrequest that throws an uncaught error will not be counted.

* **Total**: All subrequests triggered by calling `fetch` from within a Worker.
* **Cached**: The number of cached responses returned.
* **Uncached**: The number of uncached responses returned.

### Wall time per execution

<GlossaryTooltip term="wall-clock time">Wall time</GlossaryTooltip> represents the elapsed time in milliseconds between the start of a Worker invocation, and when the Workers runtime determines that no more JavaScript needs to run. Specifically, wall time per execution chart measures the wall time that the JavaScript context remained open — including time spent waiting on I/O, and time spent executing in your Worker's [`waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) handler. Wall time is not the same as the time it takes your Worker to send the final byte of a response back to the client - wall time can be higher, if tasks within `waitUntil()` are still running after the response has been sent, or it can be lower. For example, when returning a response with a large body, the Workers runtime can, in some cases, determine that no more JavaScript needs to run, and closes the JavaScript context before all the bytes have passed through and been sent.

The Wall Time per execution chart shows historical wall time data broken down into relevant quantiles using [reservoir sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling). Learn more about [interpreting quantiles](https://www.statisticshowto.com/quantile-definition-find-easy-steps/).

### CPU Time per execution

The CPU Time per execution chart shows historical CPU time data broken down into relevant quantiles using [reservoir sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservoir_sampling). Learn more about [interpreting quantiles](https://www.statisticshowto.com/quantile-definition-find-easy-steps/). In some cases, higher quantiles may appear to exceed [CPU time limits](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time) without generating invocation errors because of a mechanism in the Workers runtime that allows rollover CPU time for requests below the CPU limit.

### Execution duration (GB-seconds)

The Duration per request chart shows historical [duration](/workers/platform/limits/#duration) per Worker invocation. The data is broken down into relevant quantiles, similar to the CPU time chart. Learn more about [interpreting quantiles](https://www.statisticshowto.com/quantile-definition-find-easy-steps/). Understanding duration on your Worker is especially useful when you are intending to do a significant amount of computation on the Worker itself.

### Invocation statuses

To review invocation statuses:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Worker.
4. Find the **Summary** graph in **Metrics**.
5. Select **Errors**.

Worker invocation statuses indicate whether a Worker executed successfully or failed to generate a response in the Workers runtime. Invocation statuses differ from HTTP status codes. In some cases, a Worker invocation succeeds but does not generate a successful HTTP status because of another error encountered outside of the Workers runtime. Some invocation statuses result in a [Workers error code](/workers/observability/errors/#error-pages-generated-by-workers) being returned to the client.



| Invocation status      | Definition                                                                   | Workers error code | GraphQL field          |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------- |
| Success                | Worker executed successfully                                                 |                    | `success`              |
| Client disconnected    | HTTP client (that is, the browser) disconnected before the request completed |                    | `clientDisconnected`   |
| Worker threw exception | Worker threw an unhandled JavaScript exception                               | 1101               | `scriptThrewException` |
| Exceeded resources¹    | Worker exceeded runtime limits                                               | 1102, 1027         | `exceededResources`    |
| Internal error²        | Workers runtime encountered an error                                         |                    | `internalError`        |



¹ The Exceeded Resources status may appear when the Worker exceeds a [runtime limit](/workers/platform/limits/#request-limits). The most common cause is excessive CPU time, but is also caused by a Worker exceeding startup time or free tier limits.

² The Internal Error status may appear when the Workers runtime fails to process a request due to an internal failure in our system. These errors are not caused by any issue with the Worker code nor any resource limit. While requests with Internal Error status are rare, some may appear during normal operation. These requests are not counted towards usage for billing purposes. If you notice an elevated rate of requests with Internal Error status, review [www.cloudflarestatus.com](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/).

To further investigate exceptions, use [`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail).

### Request duration

The request duration chart shows how long it took your Worker to respond to requests, including code execution and time spent waiting on I/O. The request duration chart is currently only available when your Worker has [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement) enabled.

In contrast to [execution duration](/workers/observability/metrics-and-analytics/#execution-duration-gb-seconds), which measures only the time a Worker is active, request duration measures from the time a request comes into a data center until a response is delivered.

The data shows the duration for requests with Smart Placement enabled compared to those with Smart Placement disabled (by default, 1% of requests are routed with Smart Placement disabled). The chart shows a histogram with duration across the x-axis and the percentage of requests that fall into the corresponding duration on the y-axis.

### Metrics retention

Worker metrics can be inspected for up to three months in the past in maximum increments of one week.

## Zone analytics

Zone analytics aggregate request data for all Workers assigned to any [routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) defined for a zone.

To review zone metrics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select your site.
3. In **Analytics & Logs**, select **Workers**.

Zone data can be scoped by time range within the last 30 days. The dashboard includes charts and information described below.

### Subrequests

This chart shows subrequests — requests triggered by calling `fetch` from within a Worker — broken down by cache status.

* **Uncached**: Requests answered directly by your origin server or other servers responding to subrequests.
* **Cached**: Requests answered by Cloudflare’s [cache](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/). As Cloudflare caches more of your content, it accelerates content delivery and reduces load on your origin.

### Bandwidth

This chart shows historical bandwidth usage for all Workers on a zone broken down by cache status.

### Status codes

This chart shows historical requests for all Workers on a zone broken down by HTTP status code.

### Total requests

This chart shows historical data for all Workers on a zone broken down by successful requests, failed requests, and subrequests. These request types are categorized by HTTP status code where `200`-level requests are successful and `400` to `500`-level requests are failed.

## GraphQL

Worker metrics are powered by GraphQL. Learn more about querying our data sets in the [Querying Workers Metrics with GraphQL tutorial](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-workers-metrics/).

---

# Source maps and stack traces

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/source-maps/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="source-maps" product="workers" />

:::caution


Support for uploading source maps is available now in open beta. Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.46.0.


:::

## Source Maps

To enable source maps, add the following to your Worker's [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
upload_source_maps = true
```

</WranglerConfig>

When `upload_source_maps` is set to `true`, Wrangler will automatically generate and upload source map files when you run [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) or [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2).
​​

:::note


Miniflare can also [output source maps](https://miniflare.dev/developing/source-maps) for use in local development or [testing](/workers/testing/integration-testing/#miniflares-api).


:::

## Stack traces

​​
When your Worker throws an uncaught exception, we fetch the source map and use it to map the stack trace of the exception back to lines of your Worker’s original source code.

You can then view the stack trace when streaming [real-time logs](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/) or in [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

:::note


The source map is retrieved after your Worker invocation completes — it's an asynchronous process that does not impact your Worker's CPU utilization or performance. Source maps are not accessible inside the Worker at runtime, if you `console.log()` the [stack property](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/stack) within a Worker, you will not get a deobfuscated stack trace.


:::

When Cloudflare attempts to remap a stack trace to the Worker's source map, it does so line-by-line, remapping as much as possible. If a line of the stack trace cannot be remapped for any reason, Cloudflare will leave that line of the stack trace unchanged, and continue to the next line of the stack trace.

## Related resources

* [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) - Learn how to attach Tail Workers to transform your logs and send them to HTTP endpoints.
* [Real-time logs](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/) - Learn how to capture Workers logs in real-time.

---

# Betas

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/betas/

These are the current alphas and betas relevant to the Cloudflare Workers platform.

* **Public alphas and betas are openly available**, but may have limitations and caveats due to their early stage of development.
* Private alphas and betas require explicit access to be granted. Refer to the documentation to join the relevant product waitlist.

| Product                                           | Private Beta | Public Beta | More Info                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Email Workers                                     |              | ✅           | [Docs](/email-routing/email-workers/)                                       |
| Green Compute                                     |              | ✅           | [Blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/earth-day-2022-green-compute-open-beta/) |
| Pub/Sub                                           | ✅            |             | [Docs](/pub-sub)                                                            |
| [TCP Sockets](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) |              | ✅           | [Docs](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets)                                   |

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/

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Pricing, limits and other information about the Workers platform.

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---

# Known issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/known-issues/

Below are some known bugs and issues to be aware of when using Cloudflare Workers.

## Route specificity

* When defining route specificity, a trailing `/*` in your pattern may not act as expected.

Consider two different Workers, each deployed to the same zone. Worker A is assigned the `example.com/images/*` route and Worker B is given the `example.com/images*` route pattern. With these in place, here are how the following URLs will be resolved:

```
// (A) example.com/images/*
// (B) example.com/images*

"example.com/images"
// -> B
"example.com/images123"
// -> B
"example.com/images/hello"
// -> B
```

You will notice that all examples trigger Worker B. This includes the final example, which exemplifies the unexpected behavior.

When adding a wildcard on a subdomain, here are how the following URLs will be resolved:

```
// (A) *.example.com/a 
// (B) a.example.com/* 

"a.example.com/a"
// -> B
```

## wrangler dev

* When running `wrangler dev --remote`, all outgoing requests are given the `cf-workers-preview-token` header, which Cloudflare recognizes as a preview request. This applies to the entire Cloudflare network, so making HTTP requests to other Cloudflare zones is currently discarded for security reasons. To enable a workaround, insert the following code into your Worker script:

```js
const request = new Request(url, incomingRequest);
request.headers.delete('cf-workers-preview-token');
return await fetch(request);
```

## Fetch API in CNAME setup

When you make a subrequest using [`fetch()`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) from a Worker, the Cloudflare DNS resolver is used. When a zone has a [Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), all hostnames that the Worker needs to be able to resolve require a dedicated DNS entry in Cloudflare's DNS setup. Otherwise the Fetch API call will fail with status code [530 (1016)](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors#error-1016-origin-dns-error).

Setup with missing DNS records in Cloudflare DNS

```
// Zone in partial setup: example.com
// DNS records at Authoritative DNS: sub1.example.com, sub2.example.com, ...
// DNS records at Cloudflare DNS: sub1.example.com

"sub1.example.com/"
// -> Can be resolved by Fetch API
"sub2.example.com/"
// -> Cannot be resolved by Fetch API, will lead to 530 status code

```

After adding `sub2.example.com` to Cloudflare DNS

```
// Zone in partial setup: example.com
// DNS records at Authoritative DNS: sub1.example.com, sub2.example.com, ...
// DNS records at Cloudflare DNS: sub1.example.com, sub2.example.com

"sub1.example.com/"
// -> Can be resolved by Fetch API
"sub2.example.com/"
// -> Can be resolved by Fetch API
```

## Fetch to IP addresses

For Workers subrequests, requests can only be made to URLs, not to IP addresses directly. To overcome this limitation [add a A or AAAA name record to your zone](https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) and then fetch that resource.

For example, in the zone `example.com` create a record of type `A` with the name `server` and value `192.0.2.1`, and then use:

```js
await fetch('http://server.example.com')
```

Do not use:

```js
await fetch('http://192.0.2.1')
```

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/limits/

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## Account plan limits

| Feature                                                                          | Workers Free | Workers Paid              |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Subrequests](#subrequests)                                                      | 50/request   | 1000/request |
| [Simultaneous outgoing<br/>connections/request](#simultaneous-open-connections)  | 6            | 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Environment variables](#environment-variables)                                  | 64/Worker    | 128/Worker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| [Environment variable<br/>size](#environment-variables)                          | 5 KB         | 5 KB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Worker size](#worker-size)                                                      | 3 MB         | 10 MB                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| [Worker startup time](#worker-startup-time)                                      | 400 ms       | 400 ms                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| [Number of Workers](#number-of-workers)<sup>1</sup>                              | 100          | 500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Number of [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)<br/>per account | 5            | 250                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

<sup>1</sup> If you are running into limits, your project may be a good fit for
[Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/).

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---

## Request limits

URLs have a limit of 16 KB.

Request headers observe a total limit of 32 KB, but each header is limited to 16 KB.

Cloudflare has network-wide limits on the request body size. This limit is tied to your Cloudflare account's plan, which is separate from your Workers plan. When the request body size of your `POST`/`PUT`/`PATCH` requests exceed your plan's limit, the request is rejected with a `(413) Request entity too large` error.

Cloudflare Enterprise customers may contact their account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to have a request body limit beyond 500 MB.

| Cloudflare Plan | Maximum body size   |
| --------------- | ------------------- |
| Free            | 100 MB              |
| Pro             | 100 MB              |
| Business        | 200 MB              |
| Enterprise      | 500 MB (by default) |

---

## Response limits

Cloudflare does not enforce response limits, but cache limits for [Cloudflare's CDN are observed](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/). Maximum file size is 512 MB for Free, Pro, and Business customers and 5 GB for Enterprise customers.

---

## Worker limits

| Feature                  | Workers Free                               | Workers Paid     |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| [Request](#request)      | 100,000 requests/day<br/>1000 requests/min | No limit         |
| [Worker memory](#memory) | 128 MB                                     | 128 MB           |
| [CPU time](#cpu-time)    | 10 ms                                      | 30 s HTTP request <br/> 15 min [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)    	|
| [Duration](#duration)    | No limit                                   | No limit for Workers. <br/>15 min duration limit for [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/), [Durable Object Alarms](/durable-objects/api/alarms/) and [Queue Consumers](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) |

### Duration

Duration is a measurement of wall-clock time — the total amount of time from the start to end of an invocation of a Worker. There is no hard limit on the duration of a Worker. As long as the client that sent the request remains connected, the Worker can continue processing, making subrequests, and setting timeouts on behalf of that request. When the client disconnects, all tasks associated with that client request are canceled. Use [`event.waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) to delay cancellation for another 30 seconds or until the promise passed to `waitUntil()` completes.

:::note

Cloudflare updates the Workers runtime a few times per week. When this happens, any in-flight requests are given a grace period of 30 seconds to finish. If a request does not finish within this time, it is terminated. While your application should follow the best practice of handling disconnects by retrying requests, this scenario is extremely improbable. To encounter it, you would need to have a request that takes longer than 30 seconds that also happens to intersect with the exact time an update to the runtime is happening.
:::

### CPU time

CPU time is the amount of time the CPU actually spends doing work, during a given request. Most Workers requests consume less than a millisecond of CPU time. It is rare to find normally operating Workers that exceed the CPU time limit.

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Using DevTools locally can help identify CPU intensive portions of your code. See the [CPU profiling with DevTools documentation](/workers/observability/dev-tools/cpu-usage/) to learn more.

You can also set a custom limit on the amount of CPU time that can be used during each invocation of your Worker. To do so, navigate to the Workers section in the Cloudflare dashboard. Select the specific Worker you wish to modify, then click on the "Settings" tab where you can adjust the CPU time limit.

:::note

Scheduled Workers ([Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)) have different limits on CPU time based on the schedule interval. When the schedule interval is less than 1 hour, a Scheduled Worker may run for up to 30 seconds. When the schedule interval is more than 1 hour, a scheduled Worker may run for up to 15 minutes.
:::

---

## Cache API limits

| Feature                                  | Workers Free | Workers Paid
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| [Maximum object size](#cache-api-limits) | 512 MB       | 512 MB       |
| [Calls/request](#cache-api-limits)       | 50           | 1,000        |

Calls/request means the number of calls to `put()`, `match()`, or `delete()` Cache API method per-request, using the same quota as subrequests (`fetch()`).

:::note

The size of chunked response bodies (`Transfer-Encoding: chunked`) is not known in advance. Then, `.put()`ing such responses will block subsequent `.put()`s from starting until the current `.put()` completes.

:::

---

## Request

Workers automatically scale onto thousands of Cloudflare global network servers around the world. There is no general limit to the number of requests per second Workers can handle.

Cloudflare’s abuse protection methods do not affect well-intentioned traffic. However, if you send many thousands of requests per second from a small number of client IP addresses, you can inadvertently trigger Cloudflare’s abuse protection. If you expect to receive `1015` errors in response to traffic or expect your application to incur these errors, [contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to increase your limit. Cloudflare's anti-abuse Workers Rate Limiting does not apply to Enterprise customers.

You can also confirm if you have been rate limited by anti-abuse Worker Rate Limiting by logging into the Cloudflare dashboard, selecting your account and zone, and going to **Security** > **Events**. Find the event and expand it. If the **Rule ID** is `worker`, this confirms that it is the anti-abuse Worker Rate Limiting.

The burst rate and daily request limits apply at the account level, meaning that requests on your `*.workers.dev` subdomain count toward the same limit as your zones. Upgrade to a [Workers Paid plan](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=workers/plans) to automatically lift these limits.

:::caution

If you are currently being rate limited, upgrade to a [Workers Paid plan](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=workers/plans) to lift burst rate and daily request limits.

:::

### Burst rate

Accounts using the Workers Free plan are subject to a burst rate limit of 1,000 requests per minute. Users visiting a rate limited site will receive a Cloudflare `1015` error page. However if you are calling your Worker programmatically, you can detect the rate limit page and handle it yourself by looking for HTTP status code `429`.

Workers being rate-limited by Anti-Abuse Protection are also visible from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and your website.
2. Select **Security** > **Events** > scroll to **Activity log**.
3. Review the log for a Web Application Firewall block event with a `ruleID` of `worker`.

### Daily request

Accounts using the Workers Free plan are subject to a daily request limit of 100,000 requests. Free plan daily requests counts reset at midnight UTC. A Worker that fails as a result of daily request limit errors can be configured by toggling its corresponding [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) in two modes: 1) Fail open and 2) Fail closed.

#### Fail open

Routes in fail open mode will bypass the failing Worker and prevent it from operating on incoming traffic. Incoming requests will behave as if there was no Worker.

#### Fail closed

Routes in fail closed mode will display a Cloudflare `1027` error page to visitors, signifying the Worker has been temporarily disabled. Cloudflare recommends this option if your Worker is performing security related tasks.

---

## Memory

Only one Workers instance runs on each of the many global Cloudflare global network servers. Each Workers instance can consume up to 128 MB of memory. Use [global variables](/workers/runtime-apis/web-standards/) to persist data between requests on individual nodes. Note however, that nodes are occasionally evicted from memory.

If a Worker processes a request that pushes the Worker over the 128 MB limit, the Cloudflare Workers runtime may cancel one or more requests. To view these errors, as well as CPU limit overages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select the Worker you would like to investigate.
3. Under **Metrics**, select **Errors** > **Invocation Statuses** and examine **Exceeded Memory**.

Use the [TransformStream API](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/) to stream responses if you are concerned about memory usage. This avoids loading an entire response into memory.

Using DevTools locally can help identify memory leaks in your code. See the [memory profiling with DevTools documentation](/workers/observability/dev-tools/memory-usage/) to learn more.

---

## Subrequests

A subrequest is any request that a Worker makes to either Internet resources using the [Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) or requests to other Cloudflare services like [R2](/r2/), [KV](/kv/), or [D1](/d1/).

### Worker-to-Worker subrequests

To make subrequests from your Worker to another Worker on your account, use [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/). Service bindings allow you to send HTTP requests to another Worker without those requests going over the Internet.

If you attempt to use global [`fetch()`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) to make a subrequest to another Worker on your account that runs on the same [zone](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones), without service bindings, the request will fail.

If you make a subrequest from your Worker to a target Worker that runs on a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/#worker-to-worker-communication) rather than a route, the request will be allowed.

### How many subrequests can I make?

You can make 50 subrequests per request on Workers Free, and 1,000 subrequests per request on Workers Paid. Each subrequest in a redirect chain counts against this limit. This means that the number of subrequests a Worker makes could be greater than the number of `fetch(request)` calls in the Worker.

For subrequests to internal services like Workers KV and Durable Objects, the subrequest limit is 1,000 per request, regardless of the [usage model](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) configured for the Worker.

### How long can a subrequest take?

There is no set limit on the amount of real time a Worker may use. As long as the client which sent a request remains connected, the Worker may continue processing, making subrequests, and setting timeouts on behalf of that request.

When the client disconnects, all tasks associated with that client’s request are proactively canceled. If the Worker passed a promise to [`event.waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/), cancellation will be delayed until the promise has completed or until an additional 30 seconds have elapsed, whichever happens first.

---

## Simultaneous open connections

You can open up to six connections simultaneously, for each invocation of your Worker. The connections opened by the following API calls all count toward this limit:

- the `fetch()` method of the [Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).
- `get()`, `put()`, `list()`, and `delete()` methods of [Workers KV namespace objects](/kv/api/).
- `put()`, `match()`, and `delete()` methods of [Cache objects](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/).
- `list()`, `get()`, `put()`, `delete()`, and `head()` methods of [R2](/r2/).
- `send()` and `sendBatch()`, methods of [Queues](/queues/).
- Opening a TCP socket using the [`connect()`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) API.

Once an invocation has six connections open, it can still attempt to open additional connections.

- These attempts are put in a pending queue — the connections will not be initiated until one of the currently open connections has closed.
- Earlier connections can delay later ones, if a Worker tries to make many simultaneous subrequests, its later subrequests may appear to take longer to start.

If you have cases in your application that use `fetch()` but that do not require consuming the response body, you can avoid the unread response body from consuming a concurrent connection by using `response.body.cancel()`.

For example, if you want to check whether the HTTP response code is successful (2xx) before consuming the body, you should explicitly cancel the pending response body:

```ts
let resp = await fetch(url);

// Only read the response body for successful responses
if (resp.statusCode <= 299) {
	// Call resp.json(), resp.text() or otherwise process the body
} else {
	// Explicitly cancel it
	resp.body.cancel();
}
```

This will free up an open connection.

If the system detects that a Worker is deadlocked on open connections — for example, if the Worker has pending connection attempts but has no in-progress reads or writes on the connections that it already has open — then the least-recently-used open connection will be canceled to unblock the Worker.

If the Worker later attempts to use a canceled connection, an exception will be thrown. These exceptions should rarely occur in practice, though, since it is uncommon for a Worker to open a connection that it does not have an immediate use for.

:::note

Simultaneous Open Connections are measured from the top-level request, meaning any connections open from Workers sharing resources (for example, Workers triggered via [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/)) will share the simultaneous open connection limit.

:::

---

## Environment variables

The maximum number of environment variables (secret and text combined) for a Worker is 128 variables on the Workers Paid plan, and 64 variables on the Workers Free plan.
There is no limit to the number of environment variables per account.

Each environment variable has a size limitation of 5 KB.

---

## Worker size

A Worker can be up to 10 MB in size _after compression_ on the Workers Paid plan, and up to 3 MB on the Workers Free plan.

You can assess the size of your Worker bundle after compression by performing a dry-run with `wrangler` and reviewing the final compressed (`gzip`) size output by `wrangler`:

```sh
wrangler deploy --outdir bundled/ --dry-run
```

```sh output
# Output will resemble the below:
Total Upload: 259.61 KiB / gzip: 47.23 KiB
```

Note that larger Worker bundles can impact the start-up time of the Worker, as the Worker needs to be loaded into memory. You should consider removing unnecessary dependencies and/or using [Workers KV](/kv/), a [D1 database](/d1/) or [R2](/r2/) to store configuration files, static assets and binary data instead of attempting to bundle them within your Worker code.

---

## Worker startup time

A Worker must be able to be parsed and execute its global scope (top-level code outside of any handlers) within 400 ms. Worker size can impact startup because there is more code to parse and evaluate. Avoiding expensive code in the global scope can keep startup efficient as well.

You can measure your Worker's startup time by deploying it to Cloudflare using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/). When you run `npx wrangler@latest deploy` or `npx wrangler@latest versions upload`, Wrangler will output the startup time of your Worker in the command-line output, using the `startup_time_ms` field in the [Workers Script API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/) or [Workers Versions API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/).

If you are having trouble staying under this limit, consider [profiling using DevTools](/workers/observability/dev-tools/) locally to learn how to optimize your code.

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---

## Number of Workers

You can have up to 500 Workers on your account on the Workers Paid plan, and up to 100 Workers on the Workers Free plan.

If you need more than 500 Workers, consider using [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/).

---

## Routes and domains

### Number of routes per zone

Each zone has a limit of 1,000 [routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/). If you require more than 1,000 routes on your zone, consider using [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/) or request an increase to this limit.

### Number of custom domains per zone

Each zone has a limit of 100 [custom domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/). If you require more than 100 custom domains on your zone, consider using a wildcard [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) or request an increase to this limit.

### Number of routed zones per Worker

When configuring [routing](/workers/configuration/routing/), the maximum number of zones that can be referenced by a Worker is 1,000. If you require more than 1,000 zones on your Worker, consider using [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/) or request an increase to this limit.

---

## Image Resizing with Workers

When using Image Resizing with Workers, refer to [Image Resizing documentation](/images/transform-images/) for more information on the applied limits.

---

## Log size

You can emit a maximum of 128 KB of data (across `console.log()` statements, exceptions, request metadata and headers) to the console for a single request. After you exceed this limit, further context associated with the request will not be recorded in logs, appear when tailing logs of your Worker, or within a [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

Refer to the [Workers Trace Event Logpush documentation](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/#limits) for information on the maximum size of fields sent to logpush destinations.

---

## Unbound and Bundled plan limits

:::note
Unbound and Bundled plans have been deprecated and are no longer available for new accounts.
:::

If your Worker is on an Unbound plan, your limits are exactly the same as the Workers Paid plan.

If your Worker is on a Bundled plan, your limits are the same as the Workers Paid plan except for the following differences:
* Your limit for [subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests) is 50/request
* Your limit for [CPU time](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time) is 50ms for HTTP requests and 50ms for [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)
* You have no [Duration](/workers/platform/limits/#duration) limits for [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/), [Durable Object alarms](/durable-objects/api/alarms/), or [Queue consumers](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer)
* Your Cache API limits for calls/requests is 50

---

## Related resources

Review other developer platform resource limits.

- [KV limits](/kv/platform/limits/)
- [Durable Object limits](/durable-objects/platform/limits/)
- [Queues limits](/queues/platform/limits/)

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/pricing/

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By default, users have access to the Workers Free plan. The Workers Free plan includes limited usage of Workers, Pages Functions and Workers KV. Read more about the [Free plan limits](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-limits).

The Workers Paid plan includes Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV, and Durable Objects usage for a minimum charge of $5 USD per month for an account. The plan includes increased initial usage allotments, with clear charges for usage that exceeds the base plan.

All included usage is on a monthly basis.

:::note[Pages Functions billing]

All [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) are billed as Workers. All pricing and inclusions in this document apply to Pages Functions. Refer to [Functions Pricing](/pages/functions/pricing/) for more information on Pages Functions pricing.

:::

## Workers

Users on the Workers Paid plan have access to the Standard usage model. Workers Enterprise accounts are billed based on the usage model specified in their contract. To switch to the Standard usage model, reach out to your CSM.

|              | Requests<sup>1, 2</sup>                                            | Duration                        | CPU time                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Free**     | 100,000 per day                                                    | No charge for duration          | 10 milliseconds of CPU time per invocation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Standard** | 10 million included per month <br /> +$0.30 per additional million | No charge or limit for duration | 30 million CPU milliseconds included per month<br /> +$0.02 per additional million CPU milliseconds<br /><br/> Max of 30 seconds of CPU time per invocation <br /> Max of 15 minutes of CPU time per [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) or [Queue Consumer](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) invocation |

<sup>1</sup> Inbound requests to your Worker. Cloudflare does not bill for
[subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests) you make from your Worker.

<sup>2</sup> Requests to static assets are free and unlimited.

### Example pricing

#### Example 1

A Worker that serves 15 million requests per month, and uses an average of 7 milliseconds (ms) of CPU time per request, would have the following estimated costs:

|                  | Monthly Costs | Formula                                                                                                   |
| ---------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Subscription** | $5.00         |                                                                                                           |
| **Requests**     | $1.50         | (15,000,000 requests - 10,000,000 included requests) / 1,000,000 \* $0.30                                 |
| **CPU time**     | $1.50         | ((7 ms of CPU time per request \* 15,000,000 requests) - 30,000,000 included CPU ms) / 1,000,000 \* $0.02 |
| **Total**        | $8.00         |                                                                                                           |

#### Example 2

A project that serves 15 million requests per month, with 80% (12 million) requests serving [static assets](/workers/static-assets/) and the remaining invoking dynamic Worker code. The Worker uses an average of 7 milliseconds (ms) of CPU time per request.

Requests to static assets are free and unlimited. This project would have the following estimated costs:

|                               | Monthly Costs | Formula |
| ----------------------------- | ------------- | ------- |
| **Subscription**              | $5.00         |         |
| **Requests to static assets** | $0            | -       |
| **Requests to Worker**        | $0            | -       |
| **CPU time**                  | $0            | -       |
| **Total**                     | $5.00         |
|                               |

#### Example 3

A Worker that runs on a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) once an hour to collect data from multiple APIs, process the data and create a report.

- 720 requests/month
- 3 minutes (180,000ms) of CPU time per request

In this scenario, the estimated monthly cost would be calculated as:

|                  | Monthly Costs | Formula                                                                                                  |
| ---------------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Subscription** | $5.00         |                                                                                                          |
| **Requests**     | $0.00         | -                                                                                                        |
| **CPU time**     | $1.99         | ((180,000 ms of CPU time per request \* 720 requests) - 30,000,000 included CPU ms) / 1,000,000 \* $0.02 |
| **Total**        | $6.99         |                                                                                                          |
|                  |               |                                                                                                          |

#### Example 4

A high traffic Worker that serves 100 million requests per month, and uses an average of 7 milliseconds (ms) of CPU time per request, would have the following estimated costs:

|                  | Monthly Costs | Formula                                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Subscription** | $5.00         |                                                                                                            |
| **Requests**     | $27.00        | (100,000,000 requests - 10,000,000 included requests) / 1,000,000 \* $0.30                                 |
| **CPU time**     | $13.40        | ((7 ms of CPU time per request \* 100,000,000 requests) - 30,000,000 included CPU ms) / 1,000,000 \* $0.02 |
| **Total**        | $45.40        |                                                                                                            |

:::note[Custom limits]

To prevent accidental runaway bills or denial-of-wallet attacks, configure the maximum amount of CPU time that can be used per invocation by [defining limits in your Worker's Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#limits), or via the Cloudflare dashboard (**Workers & Pages** > Select your Worker > **Settings** > **CPU Limits**).

If you had a Worker on the Bundled usage model prior to the migration to Standard pricing on March 1, 2024, Cloudflare has automatically added a 50 ms CPU limit on your Worker.

:::

:::note

Some Workers Enterprise customers maintain the ability to change usage models.

Usage models may be changed at the individual Worker level:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker > **Settings** > **Usage Model**.

To change your default account-wide usage model:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Find **Usage Model** on the right-side menu > **Change**.

Existing Workers will not be impacted when changing the default usage model. You may change the usage model for individual Workers without affecting your account-wide default usage model.

:::

## Workers Logs

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:::note[Workers Logs documentation]

For more information and [examples of Workers Logs billing](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#example-pricing), refer to the [Workers Logs documentation](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs).

:::

## Workers Trace Events Logpush

Workers Logpush is only available on the Workers Paid plan.

|                       | Paid plan                          |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Requests <sup>1</sup> | 10 million / month, +$0.05/million |

<sup>1</sup> Workers Logpush charges for request logs that reach your end
destination after applying filtering or sampling.

## Workers KV

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:::note[KV documentation]

To learn more about KV, refer to the [KV documentation](/kv/).

:::

## Queues

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:::note[Queues billing examples]

To learn more about Queues pricing and review billing examples, refer to [Queues Pricing](/queues/platform/pricing/).

:::

## D1

D1 is available on both the [Workers Free](#workers) and [Workers Paid](#workers) plans.

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:::note[D1 billing]

Refer to [D1 Pricing](/d1/platform/pricing/) to learn more about how D1 is billed.

:::

## Durable Objects

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:::note[Durable Objects billing examples]

For more information and [examples of Durable Objects billing](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/#durable-objects-billing-examples), refer to [Durable Objects Pricing](/durable-objects/platform/pricing/).

:::

## Durable Objects Storage API

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## Vectorize

Vectorize is currently only available on the Workers paid plan.

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## Service bindings

Requests made from your Worker to another worker via a [Service Binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) do not incur additional request fees. This allows you to split apart functionality into multiple Workers, without incurring additional costs.

For example, if Worker A makes a subrequest to Worker B via a Service Binding, or calls an RPC method provided by Worker B via a Service Binding, this is billed as:

- One request (for the initial invocation of Worker A)
- The total amount of CPU time used across both Worker A and Worker B

:::note[Only available on Workers Standard pricing]
If your Worker is on the deprecated Bundled or Unbound pricing plans, incoming requests from Service Bindings are charged the same as requests from the Internet. In the example above, you would be charged for two requests, one to Worker A, and one to Worker B.
:::

## Fine Print

Workers Paid plan is separate from any other Cloudflare plan (Free, Professional, Business) you may have. If you are an Enterprise customer, reach out to your account team to confirm pricing details.

Only requests that hit a Worker will count against your limits and your bill. Since Cloudflare Workers runs before the Cloudflare cache, the caching of a request still incurs costs. Refer to [Limits](/workers/platform/limits/) to review definitions and behavior after a limit is hit.

---

# Choose a data or storage product

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/storage-options/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Workers support a range of storage and database options for persisting different types of data across different use-cases, from key-value stores (like [Workers KV](/kv/)) through to SQL databases (such as [D1](/d1/)). This guide describes the use-cases suited to each storage option, as well as their performance and consistency properties.

:::note[Pages Functions]

Storage options can also be used by your front-end application built with Cloudflare Pages. For more information on available storage options for Pages applications, refer to the [Pages Functions bindings documentation](/pages/functions/bindings/).

:::

Available storage and persistency products include:

- [Workers KV](#workers-kv) for key-value storage.
- [R2](#r2) for object storage, including use-cases where S3 compatible storage is required.
- [Durable Objects](#durable-objects) for transactional, globally coordinated storage.
- [D1](#d1) as a relational, SQL-based database.
- [Queues](#queues) for job queueing, batching and inter-Service (Worker to Worker) communication.
- [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) for connecting to and speeding up access to existing hosted and on-premises databases.
- [Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) for storing and querying (using SQL) time-series data and product metrics at scale.
- [Vectorize](/vectorize/) for vector search and storing embeddings from [Workers AI](/workers-ai/).

Applications built on the Workers platform may combine one or more storage components as they grow, scale or as requirements demand.

## Choose a storage product

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## Performance and consistency

The following table highlights the performance and consistency characteristics of the primary storage offerings available to Cloudflare Workers:

<table-wrap>

| Feature                     | Workers KV                                       | R2                                    | Durable Objects                  | D1                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Maximum storage per account | Unlimited<sup>1</sup>                            | Unlimited<sup>2</sup>                 | 50 GiB                           | 250GiB <sup>3</sup>                                 |
| Storage grouping name       | Namespace                                        | Bucket                                | Durable Object                   | Database                                            |
| Maximum size per value      | 25 MiB                                           | 5 TiB per object                      | 128 KiB per value                | 10 GiB per database <sup>4</sup>                    |
| Consistency model           | Eventual: updates take up to 60s to be reflected | Strong (read-after-write)<sup>5</sup> | Serializable (with transactions) | Serializable (no replicas) / Causal (with replicas) |
| Supported APIs              | Workers, HTTP/REST API                           | Workers, S3 compatible                | Workers                          | Workers, HTTP/REST API                              |

</table-wrap>

<sup>1</sup> Free accounts are limited to 1 GiB of KV storage.

<sup>2</sup> Free accounts are limited to 10 GB of R2 storage.

<sup>3</sup> Free accounts are limited to 5 GiB of database storage.

<sup>4</sup> Free accounts are limited to 500 MiB per database.

<sup>5</sup> Refer to the [R2 documentation](/r2/reference/consistency/) for
more details on R2's consistency model.

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## Workers KV

Workers KV is an eventually consistent key-value data store that caches on the Cloudflare global network.

It is ideal for projects that require:

- High volumes of reads and/or repeated reads to the same keys.
- Per-object time-to-live (TTL).
- Distributed configuration.

To get started with KV:

- Read how [KV works](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/).
- Create a [KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/).
- Review the [KV Runtime API](/kv/api/).
- Learn about KV [Limits](/kv/platform/limits/).

## R2

R2 is S3-compatible blob storage that allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without egress fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

It is ideal for projects that require:

- Storage for files which are infrequently accessed.
- Large object storage (for example, gigabytes or more per object).
- Strong consistency per object.
- Asset storage for websites (refer to [caching guide](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#caching))

To get started with R2:

- Read the [Get started guide](/r2/get-started/).
- Learn about R2 [Limits](/r2/platform/limits/).
- Review the [R2 Workers API](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/).

## Durable Objects

Durable Objects provide low-latency coordination and consistent storage for the Workers platform through global uniqueness and a transactional storage API.

- Global Uniqueness guarantees that there will be a single instance of a Durable Object class with a given ID running at once, across the world. Requests for a Durable Object ID are routed by the Workers runtime to the Cloudflare data center that owns the Durable Object.

- The transactional storage API provides strongly consistent key-value storage to the Durable Object. Each Object can only read and modify keys associated with that Object. Execution of a Durable Object is single-threaded, but multiple request events may still be processed out-of-order from how they arrived at the Object.

It is ideal for projects that require:

- Real-time collaboration (such as a chat application or a game server).
- Consistent storage.
- Data locality.

To get started with Durable Objects:

- Read the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-workers-durable-objects/).
- Review the [Durable Objects documentation](/durable-objects/).
- Get started with [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/get-started/).
- Learn about Durable Objects [Limits](/durable-objects/platform/limits/).

## D1

[D1](/d1/) is Cloudflare’s native serverless database. With D1, you can create a database by importing data or defining your tables and writing your queries within a Worker or through the API.

D1 is ideal for:

- Persistent, relational storage for user data, account data, and other structured datasets.
- Use-cases that require querying across your data ad-hoc (using SQL).
- Workloads with a high ratio of reads to writes (most web applications).

To get started with D1:

- Read [the documentation](/d1)
- Follow the [Get started guide](/d1/get-started/) to provision your first D1 database.
- Review the [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).

:::note
If your working data size exceeds 10 GB (the maximum size for a D1 database), consider splitting the database into multiple, smaller D1 databases.
:::

## Queues

Cloudflare Queues allows developers to send and receive messages with guaranteed delivery. It integrates with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers) and offers at-least once delivery, message batching, and does not charge for egress bandwidth.

Queues is ideal for:

- Offloading work from a request to schedule later.
- Send data from Worker to Worker (inter-Service communication).
- Buffering or batching data before writing to upstream systems, including third-party APIs or [Cloudflare R2](/queues/examples/send-errors-to-r2/).

To get started with Queues:

- [Set up your first queue](/queues/get-started/).
- Learn more [about how Queues works](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/).

## Hyperdrive

Hyperdrive is a service that accelerates queries you make to existing databases, making it faster to access your data from across the globe, irrespective of your users’ location.

Hyperdrive allows you to:

- Connect to an existing database from Workers without connection overhead.
- Cache frequent queries across Cloudflare's global network to reduce response times on highly trafficked content.
- Reduce load on your origin database with connection pooling.

To get started with Hyperdrive:

- [Connect Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/get-started/) to your existing database.
- Learn more [about how Hyperdrive speeds up your database queries](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/).

## Analytics Engine

Analytics Engine is Cloudflare's time-series and metrics database that allows you to write unlimited-cardinality analytics at scale using a built-in API to write data points from Workers and query that data using SQL directly.

Analytics Engine allows you to:

- Expose custom analytics to your own customers
- Build usage-based billing systems
- Understand the health of your service on a per-customer or per-user basis
- Add instrumentation to frequently called code paths, without impacting performance or overwhelming external analytics systems with events

Cloudflare uses Analytics Engine internally to store and product per-product metrics for products like D1 and R2 at scale.

To get started with Analytics Engine:

- Learn how to [get started with Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/get-started/)
- See [an example of writing time-series data to Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/recipes/usage-based-billing-for-your-saas-product/)
- Understand the [SQL API](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/) for reading data from your Analytics Engine datasets

## Vectorize

Vectorize is a globally distributed vector database that enables you to build full-stack, AI-powered applications with Cloudflare Workers and [Workers AI](/workers-ai/).

Vectorize allows you to:

- Store embeddings from any vector embeddings model (Bring Your Own embeddings) for semantic search and classification tasks.
- Add context to Large Language Model (LLM) queries by using vector search as part of a [Retrieval Augmented Generation](/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/) (RAG) workflow.
- [Filter on vector metadata](/vectorize/reference/metadata-filtering/) to reduce the search space and return more relevant results.

To get started with Vectorize:

- [Create your first vector database](/vectorize/get-started/intro/).
- Combine [Workers AI and Vectorize](/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/) to generate, store and query text embeddings.
- Learn more about [how vector databases work](/vectorize/reference/what-is-a-vector-database/).

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:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects Beta]

The new beta version of Durable Objects is available where each Durable Object has a private, embedded SQLite database. When deploying a new Durable Object class, users can opt-in to using SQL storage in order to access [Storage SQL API methods](/durable-objects/api/sql-storage/#exec). Otherwise, a Durable Object class has the standard, private key-value storage.

:::

<Render file="kv-vs-d1" product="kv" />

## D1 vs Hyperdrive

D1 is a standalone, serverless database that provides a SQL API, using SQLite's SQL semantics, to store and access your relational data.

Hyperdrive is a service that lets you connect to your existing, regional PostgreSQL databases and improves database performance by optimizing them for global, scalable data access from Workers.

- If you are building a new project on Workers or are considering migrating your data, use D1.
- If you are building a Workers project with an existing PostgreSQL database, use Hyperdrive.

:::note

You cannot use D1 with Hyperdrive.

However, D1 does not need to be used with Hyperdrive because it does not have slow connection setups which would benefit from Hyperdrive's connection pooling. D1 data can also be cached within Workers using the [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/).

:::

---

# Workers for Platforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/workers-for-platforms/

Deploy custom code on behalf of your users or let your users directly deploy their own code to your platform, managing infrastructure.

---

# How the Cache works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/

Workers was designed and built on top of Cloudflare's global network to allow developers to interact directly with the Cloudflare cache. The cache can provide ephemeral, data center-local storage, as a convenient way to frequently access static or dynamic content.

By allowing developers to write to the cache, Workers provide a way to customize cache behavior on Cloudflare’s CDN. To learn about the benefits of caching, refer to the Learning Center’s article on [What is Caching?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/).

Cloudflare Workers run before the cache but can also be utilized to modify assets once they are returned from the cache. Modifying assets returned from cache allows for the ability to sign or personalize responses while also reducing load on an origin and reducing latency to the end user by serving assets from a nearby location.

## Interact with the Cloudflare Cache

Conceptually, there are two ways to interact with Cloudflare’s Cache using a Worker:

- Call to [`fetch()`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) in a Workers script. Requests proxied through Cloudflare are cached even without Workers according to a zone’s default or configured behavior (for example, static assets like files ending in `.jpg` are cached by default). Workers can further customize this behavior by:

  - Setting Cloudflare cache rules (that is, operating on the `cf` object of a [request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/)).

- Store responses using the [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/) from a Workers script. This allows caching responses that did not come from an origin and also provides finer control by:

  - Customizing cache behavior of any asset by setting headers such as `Cache-Control` on the response passed to `cache.put()`.

  - Caching responses generated by the Worker itself through `cache.put()`.

:::caution[Tiered caching]

The Cache API is not compatible with tiered caching. To take advantage of tiered caching, use the [fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

:::

### Single file purge assets cached by a worker

When using single-file purge to purge assets cached by a Worker, make sure not to purge the end user URL. Instead, purge the URL that is in the `fetch` request. For example, you have a Worker that runs on `https://example.com/hello` and this Worker makes a `fetch` request to `https://notexample.com/hello`.

As far as cache is concerned, the asset in the `fetch` request (`https://notexample.com/hello`) is the asset that is cached. To purge it, you need to purge `https://notexample.com/hello`.

Purging the end user URL, `https://example.com/hello`, will not work because that is not the URL that cache sees. You need to confirm in your Worker which URL you are actually fetching, so you can purge the correct asset.

In the previous example, `https://notexample.com/hello` is not proxied through Cloudflare. If `https://notexample.com/hello` was proxied ([orange-clouded](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records)) through Cloudflare, then you must own `notexample.com` and purge `https://notexample.com/hello` from the `notexample.com` zone.

To better understand the example, review the following diagram:

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Single file purge  assets cached by a worker
accDescr: This diagram is meant to help choose how to purge a file.
A("You have a Worker script that runs on <code>https://</code><code>example.com/hello</code> <br> and this Worker makes a <code>fetch</code> request to <code>https://</code><code>notexample.com/hello</code>.") --> B(Is <code>notexample.com</code> <br> an active zone on Cloudflare?)
    B -- Yes --> C(Is <code>https://</code><code>notexample.com/</code> <br> proxied through Cloudflare?)
    B -- No  --> D(Purge <code>https://</code><code>notexample.com/hello</code> <br> from the original <code>example.com</code> zone.)
    C -- Yes --> E(Do you own <br> <code>notexample.com</code>?)
    C -- No --> F(Purge <code>https://</code><code>notexample.com/hello</code> <br> from the original <code>example.com</code> zone.)
    E -- Yes --> G(Purge <code>https://</code><code>notexample.com/hello</code> <br> from the <code>notexample.com</code> zone.)
    E -- No --> H(Sorry, you can not purge the asset. <br> Only the owner of <code>notexample.com</code> can purge it.)
```

### Purge assets stored with the Cache API

Assets stored in the cache through [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/) operations can be purged in a couple of ways:

- Call `cache.delete` within a Worker to invalidate the cache for the asset with a matching request variable.

  - Assets purged in this way are only purged locally to the data center the Worker runtime was executed.

- To purge an asset globally, you must use the standard cache purge options. Based on cache API implementation, not all cache purge endpoints function for purging assets stored by the Cache API.

  - All assets on a zone can be purged by using the [Purge Everything](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-everything/) cache operation. This purge will remove all assets associated with a Cloudflare zone from cache in all data centers regardless of the method set.

  - Available to Enterprise Customers, [Cache Tags](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-tags/#add-cache-tag-http-response-headers) can be added to requests dynamically in a Worker by calling `response.headers.append()` and appending `Cache-Tag` values dynamically to that request. Once set, those tags can be used to selectively purge assets from cache without invalidating all cached assets on a zone.

- Currently, it is not possible to purge a URL stored through Cache API that uses a custom cache key set by a Worker. Instead, use a [custom key created via Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#cache-key). Alternatively, purge your assets using purge everything, purge by tag, purge by host or purge by prefix.

## Edge versus browser caching

The browser cache is controlled through the `Cache-Control` header sent in the response to the client (the `Response` instance return from the handler). Workers can customize browser cache behavior by setting this header on the response.

Other means to control Cloudflare’s cache that are not mentioned in this documentation include: Page Rules and Cloudflare cache settings. Refer to the [How to customize Cloudflare’s cache](/cache/concepts/customize-cache/) if you wish to avoid writing JavaScript with still some granularity of control.

:::note[What should I use: the Cache API or fetch for caching objects on Cloudflare?]

For requests where Workers are behaving as middleware (that is, Workers are sending a subrequest via `fetch`) it is recommended to use `fetch`. This is because preexisting settings are in place that optimize caching while preventing unintended dynamic caching. For projects where there is no backend (that is, the entire project is on Workers as in [Workers Sites](/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch)) the Cache API is the only option to customize caching.

The asset will be cached under the hostname specified within the Worker's subrequest — not the Worker's own hostname. Therefore, in order to purge the cached asset, the purge will have to be performed for the hostname included in the Worker subrequest.

:::

### `fetch`

In the context of Workers, a [`fetch`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) provided by the runtime communicates with the Cloudflare cache. First, `fetch` checks to see if the URL matches a different zone. If it does, it reads through that zone’s cache (or Worker). Otherwise, it reads through its own zone’s cache, even if the URL is for a non-Cloudflare site. Cache settings on `fetch` automatically apply caching rules based on your Cloudflare settings. `fetch` does not allow you to modify or inspect objects before they reach the cache, but does allow you to modify how it will cache.

When a response fills the cache, the response header contains `CF-Cache-Status: HIT`. You can tell an object is attempting to cache if one sees the `CF-Cache-Status` at all.

This [template](/workers/examples/cache-using-fetch/) shows ways to customize Cloudflare cache behavior on a given request using fetch.

### Cache API

The [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/) can be thought of as an ephemeral key-value store, whereby the `Request` object (or more specifically, the request URL) is the key, and the `Response` is the value.

There are two types of cache namespaces available to the Cloudflare Cache:

- **`caches.default`** – You can access the default cache (the same cache shared with `fetch` requests) by accessing `caches.default`. This is useful when needing to override content that is already cached, after receiving the response.
- **`caches.open()`** – You can access a namespaced cache (separate from the cache shared with `fetch` requests) using `let cache = await caches.open(CACHE_NAME)`. Note that [`caches.open`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CacheStorage/open) is an async function, unlike `caches.default`.

When to use the Cache API:

- When you want to programmatically save and/or delete responses from a cache. For example, say an origin is responding with a `Cache-Control: max-age:0` header and cannot be changed. Instead, you can clone the `Response`, adjust the header to the `max-age=3600` value, and then use the Cache API to save the modified `Response` for an hour.

- When you want to programmatically access a Response from a cache without relying on a `fetch` request. For example, you can check to see if you have already cached a `Response` for the `https://example.com/slow-response` endpoint. If so, you can avoid the slow request.

This [template](/workers/examples/cache-api/) shows ways to use the cache API. For limits of the cache API, refer to [Limits](/workers/platform/limits/#cache-api-limits).

:::caution[Tiered caching and the Cache API]

Cache API within Workers does not support tiered caching. Tiered Cache concentrates connections to origin servers so they come from a small number of data centers rather than the full set of network locations. Cache API is local to a data center, this means that `cache.match` does a lookup, `cache.put` stores a response, and `cache.delete` removes a stored response only in the cache of the data center that the Worker handling the request is in. Because these methods apply only to local cache, they will not work with tiered cache.
:::

## Related resources

- [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/)

---

# How Workers works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/how-workers-works/

import { Render, NetworkMap, WorkersIsolateDiagram } from "~/components"

Though Cloudflare Workers behave similarly to [JavaScript](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/serverless-javascript/) in the browser or in Node.js, there are a few differences in how you have to think about your code. Under the hood, the Workers runtime uses the [V8 engine](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/glossary/what-is-chrome-v8/) — the same engine used by Chromium and Node.js. The Workers runtime also implements many of the standard [APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/) available in most modern browsers.

The differences between JavaScript written for the browser or Node.js happen at runtime. Rather than running on an individual's machine (for example, [a browser application or on a centralized server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/glossary/client-side-vs-server-side/)), Workers functions run on [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network) - a growing global network of thousands of machines distributed across hundreds of locations.

<NetworkMap/>

Each of these machines hosts an instance of the Workers runtime, and each of those runtimes is capable of running thousands of user-defined applications. This guide will review some of those differences.

For more information, refer to the [Cloud Computing without Containers blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloud-computing-without-containers).

The three largest differences are: Isolates, Compute per Request, and Distributed Execution.

## Isolates

[V8](https://v8.dev) orchestrates isolates: lightweight contexts that provide your code with variables it can access and a safe environment to be executed within. You could even consider an isolate a sandbox for your function to run in.

<Render file="isolate-description" />

<WorkersIsolateDiagram/>

A given isolate has its own scope, but isolates are not necessarily long-lived. An isolate may be spun down and evicted for a number of reasons:

* Resource limitations on the machine.
* A suspicious script - anything seen as trying to break out of the isolate sandbox.
* Individual [resource limits](/workers/platform/limits/).

Because of this, it is generally advised that you not store mutable state in your global scope unless you have accounted for this contingency.

If you are interested in how Cloudflare handles security with the Workers runtime, you can [read more about how Isolates relate to Security and Spectre Threat Mitigation](/workers/reference/security-model/).

## Compute per request

<Render file="compute-per-request" />

## Distributed execution

Isolates are resilient and continuously available for the duration of a request, but in rare instances isolates may be evicted. When a Worker hits official [limits](/workers/platform/limits/) or when resources are exceptionally tight on the machine the request is running on, the runtime will selectively evict isolates after their events are properly resolved.

Like all other JavaScript platforms, a single Workers instance may handle multiple requests including concurrent requests in a single-threaded event loop. That means that other requests may (or may not) be processed during awaiting any `async` tasks (such as `fetch`) if other requests come in while processing a request.
Because there is no guarantee that any two user requests will be routed to the same or a different instance of your Worker, Cloudflare recommends you do not use or mutate global state.

## Related resources

* [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) - Review how incoming HTTP requests to a Worker are passed to the `fetch()` handler.
* [Request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) - Learn how incoming HTTP requests are passed to the `fetch()` handler.
* [Workers limits](/workers/platform/limits/) - Learn about Workers limits including Worker size, startup time, and more.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Conceptual knowledge about how Workers works.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Protocols

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/protocols/

Cloudflare Workers support the following protocols and interfaces:

| Protocol               | Inbound                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Outbound                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **HTTP / HTTPS**       | Handle incoming HTTP requests using the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Make HTTP subrequests using the [`fetch()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/)                                |
| **Direct TCP sockets** | Support for handling inbound TCP connections is [coming soon](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-tcp-socket-api-connect-databases/)                                                                                                                                                                             | Create outbound TCP connections using the [`connect()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/)              |
| **WebSockets**         | Accept incoming WebSocket connections using the [`WebSocket` API](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/), or with [MQTT over WebSockets (Pub/Sub)](/pub-sub/learning/websockets-browsers/)                                                                                                                           | [MQTT over WebSockets (Pub/Sub)](/pub-sub/learning/websockets-browsers/)                                     |
| **MQTT**               | Handle incoming messages to an MQTT broker with [Pub Sub](/pub-sub/learning/integrate-workers/)                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Support for publishing MQTT messages to an MQTT topic is [coming soon](/pub-sub/learning/integrate-workers/) |
| **HTTP/3 (QUIC)**      | Accept inbound requests over [HTTP/3](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-http3/) by enabling it on your [zone](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones) in **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Protocol Optimization** area of the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/). |                                                                                                              |
| **SMTP**               | Use [Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/) to process and forward email, without having to manage TCP connections to SMTP email servers                                                                                                                                                                  | [Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/)                                                               |

---

# Migrate from Service Workers to ES Modules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will show you how to migrate your Workers from the [Service Worker](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API) format to the [ES modules](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-javascript-modules/) format.

## Advantages of migrating

There are several reasons to migrate your Workers to the ES modules format:

1. [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [D1](/d1/), [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), [Vectorize](/vectorize/) and other bindings can only be used from Workers that use ES modules.
2. Your Worker will run faster. With service workers, bindings are exposed as globals. This means that for every request, the Workers runtime must create a new JavaScript execution context, which adds overhead and time. Workers written using ES modules can reuse the same execution context across multiple requests.
3. You can [gradually deploy changes to your Worker](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/) when you use the ES modules format.
4. You can easily publish Workers using ES modules to `npm`, allowing you to import and reuse Workers within your codebase.

## Migrate a Worker

The following example demonstrates a Worker that redirects all incoming requests to a URL with a `301` status code.

With the Service Worker syntax, the example Worker looks like:

```js
async function handler(request) {
  const base = 'https://example.com';
  const statusCode = 301;

  const destination = new URL(request.url, base);
  return Response.redirect(destination.toString(), statusCode);
}

// Initialize Worker
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(handler(event.request));
});
```

Workers using ES modules format replace the `addEventListener` syntax with an object definition, which must be the file's default export (via `export default`). The previous example code becomes:

```js
export default {
  fetch(request) {
    const base = "https://example.com";
    const statusCode = 301;

    const source = new URL(request.url);
    const destination = new URL(source.pathname, base);
    return Response.redirect(destination.toString(), statusCode);
  },
};
```

## Bindings

[Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to interact with resources on the Cloudflare developer platform.

Workers using ES modules format do not rely on any global bindings. However, Service Worker syntax accesses bindings on the global scope.

To understand bindings, refer the following `TODO` KV namespace binding example. To create a `TODO` KV namespace binding, you will:

1. Create a KV namespace named `My Tasks` and receive an ID that you will use in your binding.
2. Create a Worker.
3. Find your Worker's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and add a KV namespace binding:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "TODO", id = "<ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

In the following sections, you will use your binding in Service Worker and ES modules format.

:::note[Reference KV from Durable Objects and Workers]


To learn more about how to reference KV from Workers, refer to the [KV bindings documentation](/kv/concepts/kv-bindings/).


:::

### Bindings in Service Worker format

In Service Worker syntax, your `TODO` KV namespace binding is defined in the global scope of your Worker. Your `TODO` KV namespace binding is available to use anywhere in your Worker application's code.

```js
addEventListener("fetch", async (event) => {
  return await getTodos()
});

async function getTodos() {
  // Get the value for the "to-do:123" key
  // NOTE: Relies on the TODO KV binding that maps to the "My Tasks" namespace.
  let value = await TODO.get("to-do:123");

  // Return the value, as is, for the Response
  event.respondWith(new Response(value));
}
```

### Bindings in ES modules format

In ES modules format, bindings are only available inside the `env` parameter that is provided at the entry point to your Worker.

To access the `TODO` KV namespace binding in your Worker code, the `env` parameter must be passed from the `fetch` handler in your Worker to the `getTodos` function.

```js
import { getTodos } from './todos'

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    // Passing the env parameter so other functions
    // can reference the bindings available in the Workers application
    return await getTodos(env)
  },
};
```

The following code represents a `getTodos` function that calls the `get` function on the `TODO` KV binding.

```js
async function getTodos(env) {
  // NOTE: Relies on the TODO KV binding which has been provided inside of
  // the env parameter of the `getTodos` function
  let value = await env.TODO.get("to-do:123");
  return new Response(value);
}

export { getTodos }
```

## Environment variables

[Environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) are accessed differently in code written in ES modules format versus Service Worker format.

Review the following example environment variable configuration in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker-dev"

# Define top-level environment variables
# under the `[vars]` block using
# the `key = "value"` format
[vars]
API_ACCOUNT_ID = "<EXAMPLE-ACCOUNT-ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Environment variables in Service Worker format

In Service Worker format, the `API_ACCOUNT_ID` is defined in the global scope of your Worker application. Your `API_ACCOUNT_ID` environment variable is available to use anywhere in your Worker application's code.

```js
addEventListener("fetch", async (event) => {
  console.log(API_ACCOUNT_ID) // Logs "<EXAMPLE-ACCOUNT-ID>"
  return new Response("Hello, world!")
})
```

### Environment variables in ES modules format

In ES modules format, environment variables are only available inside the `env` parameter that is provided at the entrypoint to your Worker application.

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    console.log(env.API_ACCOUNT_ID) // Logs "<EXAMPLE-ACCOUNT-ID>"
    return new Response("Hello, world!")
  },
};
```

## Cron Triggers

To handle a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) event in a Worker written with ES modules syntax, implement a [`scheduled()` event handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/#syntax), which is the equivalent of listening for a `scheduled` event in Service Worker syntax.

This example code:

```js
addEventListener("scheduled", (event) => {
  // ...
});
```

Then becomes:

```js
export default {
  async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
    // ...
  },
};
```

## Access `event` or `context` data

Workers often need access to data not in the `request` object. For example, sometimes Workers use [`waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) to delay execution. Workers using ES modules format can access `waitUntil` via the `context` parameter. Refer to [ES modules parameters](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters) for  more information.

This example code:

```js
async function triggerEvent(event) {
  // Fetch some data
  console.log('cron processed', event.scheduledTime);
}

// Initialize Worker
addEventListener('scheduled', event => {
  event.waitUntil(triggerEvent(event));
});
```

Then becomes:

```js
async function triggerEvent(event) {
  // Fetch some data
  console.log('cron processed', event.scheduledTime);
}

export default {
  async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
    ctx.waitUntil(triggerEvent(event));
  },
};
```

## Service Worker syntax

A Worker written in Service Worker syntax consists of two parts:

1. An event listener that listens for `FetchEvents`.
2. An event handler that returns a [Response](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) object which is passed to the event’s `.respondWith()` method.

When a request is received on one of Cloudflare’s global network servers for a URL matching a Worker, Cloudflare's server passes the request to the Workers runtime. This dispatches a `FetchEvent` in the [isolate](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/#isolates) where the Worker is running.

```js
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request));
});

async function handleRequest(request) {
  return new Response('Hello worker!', {
    headers: { 'content-type': 'text/plain' },
  });
}
```

Below is an example of the request response workflow:

1. An event listener for the `FetchEvent` tells the script to listen for any request coming to your Worker. The event handler is passed the `event` object, which includes `event.request`, a [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object which is a representation of the HTTP request that triggered the `FetchEvent`.

2. The call to `.respondWith()` lets the Workers runtime intercept the request in order to send back a custom response (in this example, the plain text `'Hello worker!'`).

   * The `FetchEvent` handler typically culminates in a call to the method `.respondWith()` with either a [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) or `Promise<Response>` that determines the response.

   * The `FetchEvent` object also provides [two other methods](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) to handle unexpected exceptions and operations that may complete after a response is returned.

Learn more about [the lifecycle methods of the `fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle/).

### Supported `FetchEvent` properties



* `event.type` string

  * The type of event. This will always return `"fetch"`.

* `event.request` Request

  * The incoming HTTP request.

* <code>event.respondWith(responseResponse|<span style="margin-left:-6px">Promise</span>)</code> : void

  * Refer to [`respondWith`](#respondwith).

* <code>event.waitUntil(promisePromise)</code> : void

  * Refer to [`waitUntil`](#waituntil).

* <code>event.passThroughOnException()</code> : void

  * Refer to [`passThroughOnException`](#passthroughonexception).



### `respondWith`

Intercepts the request and allows the Worker to send a custom response.

If a `fetch` event handler does not call `respondWith`, the runtime delivers the event to the next registered `fetch` event handler. In other words, while not recommended, this means it is possible to add multiple `fetch` event handlers within a Worker.

If no `fetch` event handler calls `respondWith`, then the runtime forwards the request to the origin as if the Worker did not. However, if there is no origin – or the Worker itself is your origin server, which is always true for `*.workers.dev` domains – then you must call `respondWith` for a valid response.

```js
// Format: Service Worker
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  let { pathname } = new URL(event.request.url);

  // Allow "/ignore/*" URLs to hit origin
  if (pathname.startsWith('/ignore/')) return;

  // Otherwise, respond with something
  event.respondWith(handler(event));
});
```

### `waitUntil`

The `waitUntil` command extends the lifetime of the `"fetch"` event. It accepts a `Promise`-based task which the Workers runtime will execute before the handler terminates but without blocking the response. For example, this is ideal for [caching responses](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/#put) or handling logging.

With the Service Worker format, `waitUntil` is available within the `event` because it is a native `FetchEvent` property.

With the ES modules format, `waitUntil` is moved and available on the `context` parameter object.

```js
// Format: Service Worker
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(handler(event));
});

async function handler(event) {
  // Forward / Proxy original request
  let res = await fetch(event.request);

  // Add custom header(s)
  res = new Response(res.body, res);
  res.headers.set('x-foo', 'bar');

  // Cache the response
  // NOTE: Does NOT block / wait
  event.waitUntil(caches.default.put(event.request, res.clone()));

  // Done
  return res;
}
```

### `passThroughOnException`

The `passThroughOnException` method prevents a runtime error response when the Worker throws an unhandled exception. Instead, the script will [fail open](https://community.microfocus.com/cyberres/b/sws-22/posts/security-fundamentals-part-1-fail-open-vs-fail-closed), which will proxy the request to the origin server as though the Worker was never invoked.

To prevent JavaScript errors from causing entire requests to fail on uncaught exceptions, `passThroughOnException()` causes the Workers runtime to yield control to the origin server.

With the Service Worker format, `passThroughOnException` is added to the `FetchEvent` interface, making it available within the `event`.

With the ES modules format, `passThroughOnException` is available on the `context` parameter object.

```js
// Format: Service Worker
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  // Proxy to origin on unhandled/uncaught exceptions
  event.passThroughOnException();
  throw new Error('Oops');
});
```

---

# Security model

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/security-model/

import { WorkersArchitectureDiagram } from "~/components"

This article includes an overview of Cloudflare security architecture, and then addresses two frequently asked about issues: V8 bugs and Spectre.

Since the very start of the Workers project, security has been a high priority — there was a concern early on that when hosting a large number of tenants on shared infrastructure, side channels of various kinds would pose a threat. The Cloudflare Workers runtime is carefully designed to defend against side channel attacks.

To this end, Workers is designed to make it impossible for code to measure its own execution time locally. For example, the value returned by `Date.now()` is locked in place while code is executing. No other timers are provided. Moreover, Cloudflare provides no access to concurrency (for example, multi-threading), as it could allow attackers to construct ad hoc timers. These design choices cannot be introduced retroactively into other platforms — such as web browsers — because they remove APIs that existing applications depend on. They were possible in Workers only because of runtime design choices from the start.

While these early design decisions have proven effective, Cloudflare is continuing to add defense-in-depth, including techniques to disrupt attacks by rescheduling Workers to create additional layers of isolation between suspicious Workers and high-value Workers.

The Workers approach is very different from the approach taken by most of the industry. It is resistant to the entire range of [Spectre-style attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/meltdown-spectre/), without requiring special attention paid to each one and without needing to block speculation in general. However, because the Workers approach is different, it requires careful study. Cloudflare is currently working with researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) to study what has been done. These researchers include some of the people who originally discovered Spectre. Cloudflare will publish the results of this research as they becomes available.

For more details, refer to [this talk](https://www.infoq.com/presentations/cloudflare-v8/) by Kenton Varda, architect of Cloudflare Workers. Spectre is covered near the end.

## Architectural overview

Beginning with a quick overview of the Workers runtime architecture:

<WorkersArchitectureDiagram/>

There are two fundamental parts of designing a code sandbox: secure isolation and API design.

### Isolation

First, a secure execution environment needed to be created wherein code cannot access anything it is not supposed to.

For this, the primary tool is V8, the JavaScript engine developed by Google for use in Chrome. V8 executes code inside isolates, which prevent that code from accessing memory outside the isolate — even within the same process. Importantly, this means Cloudflare can run many isolates within a single process. This is essential for an edge compute platform like Workers where Cloudflare must host many thousands of guest applications on every machine and rapidly switch between these guests thousands of times per second with minimal overhead. If Cloudflare had to run a separate process for every guest, the number of tenants Cloudflare could support would be drastically reduced, and Cloudflare would have to limit edge compute to a small number of big Enterprise customers. With isolate technology, Cloudflare can make edge compute available to everyone.

Sometimes, though, Cloudflare does decide to schedule a Worker in its own private process. Cloudflare does this if the Worker uses certain features that needs an extra layer of isolation. For example, when a developer uses the devtools debugger to inspect their Worker, Cloudflare runs that Worker in a separate process. This is because historically, in the browser, the inspector protocol has only been usable by the browser’s trusted operator, and therefore has not received as much security scrutiny as the rest of V8. In order to hedge against the increased risk of bugs in the inspector protocol, Cloudflare moves inspected Workers into a separate process with a process-level sandbox. Cloudflare also uses process isolation as an extra defense against Spectre.

Additionally, even for isolates that run in a shared process with other isolates, Cloudflare runs multiple instances of the whole runtime on each machine, which is called cordons. Workers are distributed among cordons by assigning each Worker a level of trust and separating low-trusted Workers from those trusted more highly. As one example of this in operation: a customer who signs up for the Free plan will not be scheduled in the same process as an Enterprise customer. This provides some defense-in-depth in the case a zero-day security vulnerability is found in V8.

At the whole-process level, Cloudflare applies another layer of sandboxing for defense in depth. The layer 2 sandbox uses Linux namespaces and `seccomp` to prohibit all access to the filesystem and network. Namespaces and `seccomp` are commonly used to implement containers. However, Cloudflare's use of these technologies is much stricter than what is usually possible in container engines, because Cloudflare configures namespaces and `seccomp` after the process has started but before any isolates have been loaded. This means, for example, Cloudflare can (and does) use a totally empty filesystem (mount namespace) and uses `seccomp` to block absolutely all filesystem-related system calls. Container engines cannot normally prohibit all filesystem access because doing so would make it impossible to use `exec()` to start the guest program from disk. In the Workers case, Cloudflare's guest programs are not native binaries and the Workers runtime itself has already finished loading before Cloudflare blocks filesystem access.

The layer 2 sandbox also totally prohibits network access. Instead, the process is limited to communicating only over local UNIX domain sockets to talk to other processes on the same system. Any communication to the outside world must be mediated by some other local process outside the sandbox.

One such process in particular, which is called the supervisor, is responsible for fetching Worker code and configuration from disk or from other internal services. The supervisor ensures that the sandbox process cannot read any configuration except that which is relevant to the Workers that it should be running.

For example, when the sandbox process receives a request for a Worker it has not seen before, that request includes the encryption key for that Worker’s code, including attached secrets. The sandbox can then pass that key to the supervisor in order to request the code. The sandbox cannot request any Worker for which it has not received the appropriate key. It cannot enumerate known Workers. It also cannot request configuration it does not need; for example, it cannot request the TLS key used for HTTPS traffic to the Worker.

Aside from reading configuration, the other reason for the sandbox to talk to other processes on the system is to implement APIs exposed to Workers.

### API design

There is a saying: If a tree falls in the forest, but no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? A Cloudflare saying: If a Worker executes in a fully-isolated environment in which it is totally prevented from communicating with the outside world, does it actually run?

Complete code isolation is, in fact, useless. In order for Workers to do anything useful, they have to be allowed to communicate with users. At the very least, a Worker needs to be able to receive requests and respond to them. For Workers to send requests to the world safely, APIs are needed.

In the context of sandboxing, API design takes on a new level of responsibility. Cloudflare APIs define exactly what a Worker can and cannot do. Cloudflare must be very careful to design each API so that it can only express allowed operations and no more. For example, Cloudflare wants to allow Workers to make and receive HTTP requests, while not allowing them to be able to access the local filesystem or internal network services.

Currently, Workers does not allow any access to the local filesystem. Therefore, Cloudflare does not expose a filesystem API at all. No API means no access.

But, imagine if Workers did want to support local filesystem access in the future. How can that be done? Workers should not see the whole filesystem. Imagine, though, if each Worker had its own private directory on the filesystem where it can store whatever it wants.

To do this, Workers would use a design based on [capability-based security](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability-based_security). Capabilities are a big topic, but in this case, what it would mean is that Cloudflare would give the Worker an object of type `Directory`, representing a directory on the filesystem. This object would have an API that allows creating and opening files and subdirectories, but does not permit traversing up the parent directory. Effectively, each Worker would see its private `Directory` as if it were the root of their own filesystem.

How would such an API be implemented? As described above, the sandbox process cannot access the real filesystem. Instead, file access would be mediated by the supervisor process. The sandbox talks to the supervisor using [Cap’n Proto RPC](https://capnproto.org/rpc.html), a capability-based RPC protocol. (Cap’n Proto is an open source project currently maintained by the Cloudflare Workers team.) This protocol makes it very easy to implement capability-based APIs, so that Cloudflare can strictly limit the sandbox to accessing only the files that belong to the Workers it is running.

Now what about network access? Today, Workers are allowed to talk to the rest of the world only via HTTP — both incoming and outgoing. There is no API for other forms of network access, therefore it is prohibited; although, Cloudflare plans to support other protocols in the future.

As mentioned before, the sandbox process cannot connect directly to the network. Instead, all outbound HTTP requests are sent over a UNIX domain socket to a local proxy service. That service implements restrictions on the request. For example, it verifies that the request is either addressed to a public Internet service or to the Worker’s zone’s own origin server, not to internal services that might be visible on the local machine or network. It also adds a header to every request identifying the Worker from which it originates, so that abusive requests can be traced and blocked. Once everything is in order, the request is sent on to the Cloudflare network's HTTP caching layer and then out to the Internet.

Similarly, inbound HTTP requests do not go directly to the Workers runtime. They are first received by an inbound proxy service. That service is responsible for TLS termination (the Workers runtime never sees TLS keys), as well as identifying the correct Worker script to run for a particular request URL. Once everything is in order, the request is passed over a UNIX domain socket to the sandbox process.

## V8 bugs and the patch gap

Every non-trivial piece of software has bugs and sandboxing technologies are no exception. Virtual machines, containers, and isolates — which Workers use — also have bugs.

Workers rely heavily on isolation provided by V8, the JavaScript engine built by Google for use in Chrome. This has pros and cons. On one hand, V8 is an extraordinarily complicated piece of technology, creating a wider attack surface than virtual machines. More complexity means more opportunities for something to go wrong. However, an extraordinary amount of effort goes into finding and fixing V8 bugs, owing to its position as arguably the most popular sandboxing technology in the world. Google regularly pays out 5-figure bounties to anyone finding a V8 sandbox escape. Google also operates fuzzing infrastructure that automatically finds bugs faster than most humans can. Google’s investment does a lot to minimize the danger of V8 zero-days — bugs that are found by malicious actors and not known to Google.

But, what happens after a bug is found and reported? V8 is open source, so fixes for security bugs are developed in the open and released to everyone at the same time. It is important that any patch be rolled out to production as fast as possible, before malicious actors can develop an exploit.

The time between publishing the fix and deploying it is known as the patch gap. Google previously [announced that Chrome’s patch gap had been reduced from 33 days to 15 days](https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-cuts-chrome-patch-gap-in-half-from-33-to-15-days/).

Fortunately, Cloudflare directly controls the machines on which the Workers runtime operates. Nearly the entire build and release process has been automated, so the moment a V8 patch is published, Cloudflare systems automatically build a new release of the Workers runtime and, after one-click sign-off from the necessary (human) reviewers, automatically push that release out to production.

As a result, the Workers patch gap is now under 24 hours. A patch published by V8’s team in Munich during their work day will usually be in production before the end of the US work day.

## Spectre: Introduction

The V8 team at Google has stated that [V8 itself cannot defend against Spectre](https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.05178). Workers does not need to depend on V8 for this. The Workers environment presents many alternative approaches to mitigating Spectre.

### What is it?

Spectre is a class of attacks in which a malicious program can trick the CPU into speculatively performing computation using data that the program is not supposed to have access to. The CPU eventually realizes the problem and does not allow the program to see the results of the speculative computation. However, the program may be able to derive bits of the secret data by looking at subtle side effects of the computation, such as the effects on the cache.

For more information about Spectre, refer to the [Learning Center page on the topic](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/meltdown-spectre/).

### Why does it matter for Workers?

Spectre encompasses a wide variety of vulnerabilities present in modern CPUs. The specific vulnerabilities vary by architecture and model and it is likely that many vulnerabilities exist which have not yet been discovered.

These vulnerabilities are a problem for every cloud compute platform. Any time you have more than one tenant running code on the same machine, Spectre attacks are possible. However, the closer together the tenants are, the more difficult it can be to mitigate specific vulnerabilities. Many of the known issues can be mitigated at the kernel level (protecting processes from each other) or at the hypervisor level (protecting VMs), often with the help of CPU microcode updates and various defenses (many of which can come with serious performance impact).

In Cloudflare Workers, tenants are isolated from each other using V8 isolates — not processes nor VMs. This means that Workers cannot necessarily rely on OS or hypervisor patches to prevent Spectre. Workers need its own strategy.

### Why not use process isolation?

Cloudflare Workers is designed to run your code in every single Cloudflare location.

Workers is designed to be a platform accessible to everyone. It needs to handle a huge number of tenants, where many tenants get very little traffic.

Combine these two points and planning becomes difficult.

A typical, non-edge serverless provider could handle a low-traffic tenant by sending all of that tenant’s traffic to a single machine, so that only one copy of the application needs to be loaded. If the machine can handle, say, a dozen tenants, that is plenty. That machine can be hosted in a massive data center with millions of machines, achieving economies of scale. However, this centralization incurs latency and worldwide bandwidth costs when the users are not nearby.

With Workers, on the other hand, every tenant, regardless of traffic level, currently runs in every Cloudflare location. And in the quest to get as close to the end user as possible, Cloudflare sometimes chooses locations that only have space for a limited number of machines. The net result is that Cloudflare needs to be able to host thousands of active tenants per machine, with the ability to rapidly spin up inactive ones on-demand. That means that each guest cannot take more than a couple megabytes of memory — hardly enough space for a call stack, much less everything else that a process needs.

Moreover, Cloudflare need context switching to be computationally efficient. Many Workers resident in memory will only handle an event every now and then, and many Workers spend less than a fraction of a millisecond on any particular event. In this environment, a single core can easily find itself switching between thousands of different tenants every second. To handle one event, a significant amount of communication needs to happen between the guest application and its host, meaning still more switching and communications overhead. If each tenant lives in its own process, all this overhead is orders of magnitude larger than if many tenants live in a single process. When using strict process isolation in Workers, the CPU cost can easily be 10x what it is with a shared process.

In order to keep Workers inexpensive, fast, and accessible to everyone, Cloudflare needed to find a way to host multiple tenants in a single process.

### There is no fix for Spectre

Spectre does not have an official solution. Not even when using heavyweight virtual machines. Everyone is still vulnerable.

The industry encounters new Spectre attacks. Every couple months, researchers uncover a new Spectre vulnerability, CPU vendors release new microcode, and OS vendors release kernel patches. Everyone must continue updating.

But is it enough to merely deploy the latest patches?

More vulnerabilities exist but have not yet been publicized. To defend against Spectre, Cloudflare needed to take a different approach. It is not enough to block individual known vulnerabilities. Instead, entire classes of vulnerabilities must be addressed at once.

### Building a defense

It is unlikely that any all-encompassing fix for Spectre will be found. However, the following thought experiment raises points to consider:

Fundamentally, all Spectre vulnerabilities use side channels to detect hidden processor state. Side channels, by definition, involve observing some non-deterministic behavior of a system. Conveniently, most software execution environments try hard to eliminate non-determinism, because non-deterministic execution makes applications unreliable.

However, there are a few sorts of non-determinism that are still common. The most obvious among these is timing. The industry long ago gave up on the idea that a program should take the same amount of time every time it runs, because deterministic timing is fundamentally at odds with heuristic performance optimization. Most Spectre attacks focus on timing as a way to detect the hidden microarchitectural state of the CPU.

Some have proposed that this can be solved by making timers inaccurate or adding random noise. However, it turns out that this does not stop attacks; it only makes them slower. If the timer tracks real time at all, then anything you can do to make it inaccurate can be overcome by running an attack multiple times and using statistics to filter out inconsistencies.

Many security researchers see this as the end of the story. What good is slowing down an attack if the attack is still possible?

### Cascading slow-downs

However, measures that slow down an attack can be powerful.

The key insight is this: as an attack becomes slower, new techniques become practical to make it even slower still. The goal, then, is to chain together enough techniques that an attack becomes so slow as to be uninteresting.

Much of cryptography, after all, is technically vulnerable to brute force attacks — technically, with enough time, you can break it. But when the time required is thousands (or even billions) of years, this is a sufficient defense.

What can be done to slow down Spectre attacks to the point of meaninglessness?

## Freezing a Spectre attack

### Step 0: Do not allow native code

Workers does not allow our customers to upload native-code binaries to run on the Cloudflare network — only JavaScript and WebAssembly. Many other languages, like Python, Rust, or even Cobol, can be compiled or transpiled to one of these two formats. Both are passed through V8 to convert these formats into true native code.

This, in itself, does not necessarily make Spectre attacks harder. However, this is presented as step 0 because it is fundamental to enabling the following steps.

Accepting native code programs implies being beholden to an existing CPU architecture (typically, x86). In order to execute code with reasonable performance, it is usually necessary to run the code directly on real hardware, severely limiting the host’s control over how that execution plays out. For example, a kernel or hypervisor has no ability to prohibit applications from invoking the `CLFLUSH` instruction, an instruction [which is useful in side channel attacks](https://gruss.cc/files/flushflush.pdf) and almost nothing else.

Moreover, supporting native code typically implies supporting whole existing operating systems and software stacks, which bring with them decades of expectations about how the architecture works under them. For example, x86 CPUs allow a kernel or hypervisor to disable the RDTSC instruction, which reads a high-precision timer. Realistically, though, disabling it will break many programs because they are implemented to use RDTSC any time they want to know the current time.

Supporting native code would limit choice in future mitigation techniques. There is greater freedom in using an abstract intermediate format.

### Step 1: Disallow timers and multi-threading

In Workers, you can get the current time using the JavaScript Date API by calling `Date.now()`. However, the time value returned is not the current time. `Date.now()` returns the time of the last I/O. It does not advance during code execution. For example, if an attacker writes:

```js
let start = Date.now();
for (let i = 0; i < 1e6; i++) {
  doSpectreAttack();
}
let end = Date.now();
```

The values of `start` and `end` will always be exactly the same. The attacker cannot use `Date` to measure the execution time of their code, which they would need to do to carry out an attack.

:::note

This measure was implemented in mid-2017, before Spectre was announced. This measure was implemented because Cloudflare was already concerned about side channel timing attacks. The Workers team has designed the system with side channels in mind. 
:::

Similarly, multi-threading and shared memory are not permitted in Workers. Everything related to the processing of one event happens on the same thread. Otherwise, one would be able to race threads in order to guess and check the underlying timer. Multiple Workers are not allowed to operate on the same request concurrently. For example, if you have installed a Cloudflare App on your zone which is implemented using Workers, and your zone itself also uses Workers, then a request to your zone may actually be processed by two Workers in sequence. These run in the same thread.

At this point, measuring code execution time locally is prevented. However, it can still be measured remotely. For example, the HTTP client that is sending a request to trigger the execution of the Worker can measure how long it takes for the Worker to respond. Such a measurement is likely to be very noisy, as it would have to traverse the Internet and incur general networking costs. Such noise can be overcome, in theory, by executing the attack many times and taking an average.

:::note

It has been suggested that if Workers reset its execution environment on every request, that Workers would be in a much safer position against timing attacks. Unfortunately, it is not so simple. The execution state could be stored in a client — not the Worker itself — allowing a Worker to resume its previous state on every new request. 
:::

In adversarial testing and with help from leading Spectre experts, Cloudflare has not been able to develop a remote timing attack that works in production. However, the lack of a working attack does not mean that Workers should stop building defenses. Instead, the Workers team is currently testing some more advanced measures.

### Step 2: Dynamic process isolation

If an attack is possible at all, it would take a long time to run — hours at the very least, maybe as long as weeks. But once an attack has been running even for a second, there is a large amount of new data that can be used to trigger further measures.

Spectre attacks exhibit abnormal behavior that would not usually be seen in a normal program. These attacks intentionally try to create pathological performance scenarios in order to amplify microarchitectural effects. This is especially true when the attack has already been forced to run billions of times in a loop in order to overcome other mitigations, like those discussed above. This tends to show up in metrics like CPU performance counters.

Now, the usual problem with using performance metrics to detect Spectre attacks is that there are sometimes false positives. Sometimes, a legitimate program behaves poorly. The runtime cannot shut down every application that has poor performance.

Instead, the runtime chooses to reschedule any Worker with suspicious performance metrics into its own process. As described above, the runtime cannot do this with every Worker because the overhead would be too high. However, it is acceptable to isolate a few Worker processes as a defense mechanism. If the Worker is legitimate, it will keep operating, with a little more overhead. Fortunately, Cloudflare can relocate a Worker into its own process at basically any time.

In fact, elaborate performance-counter based triggering may not even be necessary here. If a Worker uses a large amount of CPU time per event, then the overhead of isolating it in its own process is relatively less because it switches context less often. So, the runtime might as well use process isolation for any Worker that is CPU-hungry.

Once a Worker is isolated, Cloudflare can rely on the operating system’s Spectre defenses, as most desktop web browsers do.

Cloudflare has been working with the experts at Graz Technical University to develop this approach. TU Graz’s team co-discovered Spectre itself and has been responsible for a huge number of the follow-on discoveries since then. Cloudflare has developed the ability to dynamically isolate Workers and has identified metrics which reliably detect attacks.

As mentioned previously, process isolation is not a complete defense. Over time, Spectre attacks tend to be slower to carry out which means Cloudflare has the ability to reasonably guess and identify malicious actors. Isolating the process further slows down the potential attack.

### Step 3: Periodic whole-memory shuffling

At this point, all known attacks have been prevented. This leaves Workers susceptible to unknown attacks in the future, as with all other CPU-based systems. However, all new attacks will generally be very slow, taking days or longer, leaving Cloudflare with time to prepare a defense.

For example, it is within reason to restart the entire Workers runtime on a daily basis. This will reset the locations of everything in memory, forcing attacks to restart the process of discovering the locations of secrets. Cloudflare can also reschedule Workers across physical machines or cordons, so that the window to attack any particular neighbor is limited.

In general, because Workers are fundamentally preemptible (unlike containers or VMs), Cloudflare has a lot of freedom to frustrate attacks.

Cloudflare sees this as an ongoing investment — not something that will ever be done.

---

# Cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/cache/

## Background

The [Cache API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Cache) allows fine grained control of reading and writing from the [Cloudflare global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) cache.

The Cache API is available globally but the contents of the cache do not replicate outside of the originating data center. A `GET /users` response can be cached in the originating data center, but will not exist in another data center unless it has been explicitly created.

:::caution[Tiered caching]


The `cache.put` method is not compatible with tiered caching. Refer to [Cache API](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/#cache-api) for more information. To perform tiered caching, use the [fetch API](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/#interact-with-the-cloudflare-cache).


:::

Workers deployed to custom domains have access to functional `cache` operations. So do [Pages functions](/pages/functions/), whether attached to custom domains or `*.pages.dev` domains.

However, any Cache API operations in the Cloudflare Workers dashboard editor, [Playground](/workers/playground/) previews, and any `*.workers.dev` deployments will have no impact. For Workers fronted by [Cloudflare Access](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams/access/), the Cache API is not currently available.

:::note


This individualized zone cache object differs from Cloudflare’s Global CDN. For details, refer to [How the cache works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/).


:::

***

## Accessing Cache

The `caches.default` API is strongly influenced by the web browsers’ Cache API, but there are some important differences. For instance, Cloudflare Workers runtime exposes a single global cache object.

```js
let cache = caches.default;
await cache.match(request);
```

You may create and manage additional Cache instances via the [`caches.open`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CacheStorage/open) method.

```js
let myCache = await caches.open('custom:cache');
await myCache.match(request);
```

***

## Headers

Our implementation of the Cache API respects the following HTTP headers on the response passed to `put()`:



* `Cache-Control`
  * Controls caching directives. This is consistent with [Cloudflare Cache-Control Directives](/cache/concepts/cache-control#cache-control-directives). Refer to [Edge TTL](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code#edge-ttl) for a list of HTTP response codes and their TTL when `Cache-Control` directives are not present.
* `Cache-Tag`
  * Allows resource purging by tag(s) later (Enterprise only).
* `ETag`
  * Allows `cache.match()` to evaluate conditional requests with `If-None-Match`.
* `Expires` string
  * A string that specifies when the resource becomes invalid.
* `Last-Modified`
  * Allows `cache.match()` to evaluate conditional requests with `If-Modified-Since`.



This differs from the web browser Cache API as they do not honor any headers on the request or response.

:::note


Responses with `Set-Cookie` headers are never cached, because this sometimes indicates that the response contains unique data. To store a response with a `Set-Cookie` header, either delete that header or set `Cache-Control: private=Set-Cookie` on the response before calling `cache.put()`.

Use the `Cache-Control` method to store the response without the `Set-Cookie` header.


:::

***

## Methods

### Put

```js
cache.put(request, response);
```



* <code>put(request, response)</code> : Promise

  * Attempts to add a response to the cache, using the given request as the key. Returns a promise that resolves to `undefined` regardless of whether the cache successfully stored the response.



:::note


The `stale-while-revalidate` and `stale-if-error` directives are not supported when using the `cache.put` or `cache.match` methods.


:::

#### Parameters



* `request` string | Request

  * Either a string or a [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object to serve as the key. If a string is passed, it is interpreted as the URL for a new Request object.

* `response` Response
  * A [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) object to store under the given key.



#### Invalid parameters

`cache.put` will throw an error if:

* The `request` passed is a method other than `GET`.
* The `response` passed has a `status` of [`206 Partial Content`](https://www.webfx.com/web-development/glossary/http-status-codes/what-is-a-206-status-code/).
* The `response` passed contains the header `Vary: *`. The value of the `Vary` header is an asterisk (`*`). Refer to the [Cache API specification](https://w3c.github.io/ServiceWorker/#cache-put) for more information.

#### Errors

`cache.put` returns a `413` error if `Cache-Control` instructs not to cache or if the response is too large.

### `Match`

```js
cache.match(request, options);
```



* <code>match(request, options)</code> : Promise`<Response | undefined>`

  * Returns a promise wrapping the response object keyed to that request.



:::note


The `stale-while-revalidate` and `stale-if-error` directives are not supported when using the `cache.put` or `cache.match` methods.


:::

#### Parameters



* `request` string | Request

  * The string or [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object used as the lookup key. Strings are interpreted as the URL for a new `Request` object.

* `options`
  * Can contain one possible property: `ignoreMethod` (Boolean). When `true`, the request is considered to be a `GET` request regardless of its actual value.



Unlike the browser Cache API, Cloudflare Workers do not support the `ignoreSearch` or `ignoreVary` options on `match()`. You can accomplish this behavior by removing query strings or HTTP headers at `put()` time.

Our implementation of the Cache API respects the following HTTP headers on the request passed to `match()`:



* `Range`

  * Results in a `206` response if a matching response with a Content-Length header is found. Your Cloudflare cache always respects range requests, even if an `Accept-Ranges` header is on the response.

* `If-Modified-Since`

  * Results in a `304` response if a matching response is found with a `Last-Modified` header with a value after the time specified in `If-Modified-Since`.

* `If-None-Match`

  * Results in a `304` response if a matching response is found with an `ETag` header with a value that matches a value in `If-None-Match`.

* `cache.match()`
  * Never sends a subrequest to the origin. If no matching response is found in cache, the promise that `cache.match()` returns is fulfilled with `undefined`.



#### Errors

`cache.match` generates a `504` error response when the requested content is missing or expired. The Cache API does not expose this `504` directly to the Worker script, instead returning `undefined`. Nevertheless, the underlying `504` is still visible in Cloudflare Logs.

If you use Cloudflare Logs, you may see these `504` responses with the `RequestSource` of `edgeWorkerCacheAPI`. Again, these are expected if the cached asset was missing or expired. Note that `edgeWorkerCacheAPI` requests are already filtered out in other views, such as Cache Analytics. To filter out these requests or to filter requests by end users of your website only, refer to [Filter end users](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/#filter-end-users).

### `Delete`

```js
cache.delete(request, options);
```



* <code>delete(request, options)</code> : Promise`<boolean>`



Deletes the `Response` object from the cache and returns a `Promise` for a Boolean response:

* `true`: The response was cached but is now deleted
* `false`: The response was not in the cache at the time of deletion.

:::caution[Global purges]


The `cache.delete` method only purges content of the cache in the data center that the Worker was invoked. For global purges, refer to [Purging assets stored with the Cache API](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/#purge-assets-stored-with-the-cache-api).


:::

#### Parameters



* `request` string | Request

  * The string or [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object used as the lookup key. Strings are interpreted as the URL for a new `Request` object.

* `options` object
  * Can contain one possible property: `ignoreMethod` (Boolean). Consider the request method a GET regardless of its actual value.



***

## Related resources

* [How the cache works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/)
* [Example: Cache using `fetch()`](/workers/examples/cache-using-fetch/)
* [Example: using the Cache API](/workers/examples/cache-api/)
* [Example: caching POST requests](/workers/examples/cache-post-request/)

---

# Console

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/console/

The `console` object provides a set of methods to help you emit logs, warnings, and debug code.

All standard [methods of the `console` API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console) are present on the `console` object in Workers.

However, some methods are no ops — they can be called, and do not emit an error, but do not do anything. This ensures compatibility with libraries which may use these APIs.

The table below enumerates each method, and the extent to which it is supported in Workers.

All methods noted as "✅ supported" have the following behavior:

* They will be written to the console in local dev (`npx wrangler@latest dev`)
* They will appear in live logs, when tailing logs in the dashboard or running [`wrangler tail`](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/log-from-workers/#use-wrangler-tail)
* They will create entries in the `logs` field of [Tail Worker](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/tail-workers/) events and [Workers Trace Events](https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/workers_trace_events/), which can be pushed to a destination of your choice via [Logpush](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logpush/).

All methods noted as "🟡 partial support" have the following behavior:

* In both production and local development the method can be safely called, but will do nothing (no op)
* In the [Workers Playground](https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground), Quick Editor in the Workers dashboard, and remote preview mode (`wrangler dev --remote`) calling the method will behave as expected, print to the console, etc.

Refer to [Log from Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/log-from-workers/) for more on debugging and adding logs to Workers.

| Method                                                                                                         | Behavior                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`console.debug()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/debug_static)                     | ✅ supported                                                                                        |
| [`console.error()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/error_static)                     | ✅ supported                                                                                        |
| [`console.info()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/info_static)                       | ✅ supported                                                                                        |
| [`console.log()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/log_static)                         | ✅ supported                                                                                        |
| [`console.warn()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/warn_static)                       | ✅ supported                                                                                        |
| [`console.clear()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/clear_static)                     | 🟡 partial support                                                                                 |
| [`console.count()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/count_static)                     | 🟡 partial support                                                                                 |
| [`console.group()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/group_static)                     | 🟡 partial support                                                                                 |
| [`console.table()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/table_static)                     | 🟡 partial support                                                                                 |
| [`console.trace()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/trace_static)                     | 🟡 partial support                                                                                 |
| [`console.assert()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/assert_static)                   | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.countReset()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/countreset_static)           | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.dir()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/dir_static)                         | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.dirxml()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/dirxml_static)                   | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.groupCollapsed()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/groupcollapsed_static)   | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.groupEnd`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/groupend_static)                 | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.profile()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/profile_static)                 | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.profileEnd()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/profileend_static)           | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.time()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/time_static)                       | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.timeEnd()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timeend_static)                 | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.timeLog()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timelog_static)                 | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.timeStamp()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/timestamp_static)             | ⚪ no op                                                                                            |
| [`console.createTask()`](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/devtools-modern-web-debugging/#linked-stack-traces) | 🔴 Will throw an exception in production, but works in local dev, Quick Editor, and remote preview |

---

# Context (ctx)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/context/

The Context API provides methods to manage the lifecycle of your Worker or Durable Object.

Context is exposed via the following places:

* As the third parameter in all [handlers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/), including the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/). (`fetch(request, env, ctx)`)
* As a class property of the [`WorkerEntrypoint` class](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc)

## `waitUntil`

`ctx.waitUntil()` extends the lifetime of your Worker, allowing you to perform work without blocking returning a response, and that may continue after a response is returned. It accepts a `Promise`, which the Workers runtime will continue executing, even after a response has been returned by the Worker's [handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/).

`waitUntil` is commonly used to:

* Fire off events to external analytics providers. (note that when you use [Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/), you do not need to use `waitUntil`)
* Put items into cache using the [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/)

:::note[Alternatives to waitUntil]

If you are using `waitUntil()` to emit logs or exceptions, we recommend using [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) instead. Even if your Worker throws an uncaught exception, the Tail Worker will execute, ensuring that you can emit logs or exceptions regardless of the Worker's invocation status.

[Cloudflare Queues](/queues/) is purpose-built for performing work out-of-band, without blocking returning a response back to the client Worker. 
:::

You can call `waitUntil()` multiple times. Similar to `Promise.allSettled`, even if a promise passed to one `waitUntil` call is rejected, promises passed to other `waitUntil()` calls will still continue to execute.

For example:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    // Forward / proxy original request
    let res = await fetch(request);

    // Add custom header(s)
    res = new Response(res.body, res);
    res.headers.set('x-foo', 'bar');

    // Cache the response
    // NOTE: Does NOT block / wait
    ctx.waitUntil(caches.default.put(request, res.clone()));

    // Done
    return res;
  },
};
```

## `passThroughOnException`

:::caution[Reuse of body]

The Workers Runtime uses streaming for request and response bodies. It does not buffer the body. Hence, if an exception occurs after the body has been consumed, `passThroughOnException()` cannot send the body again.

If this causes issues, we recommend cloning the request body and handling exceptions in code. This will protect against uncaught code exceptions. However some exception times such as exceed CPU or memory limits will not be mitigated. 
:::

The `passThroughOnException` method allows a Worker to [fail open](https://community.microfocus.com/cyberres/b/sws-22/posts/security-fundamentals-part-1-fail-open-vs-fail-closed), and pass a request through to an origin server when a Worker throws an unhandled exception. This can be useful when using Workers as a layer in front of an existing service, allowing the service behind the Worker to handle any unexpected error cases that arise in your Worker.

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    // Proxy to origin on unhandled/uncaught exceptions
    ctx.passThroughOnException();
    throw new Error('Oops');
  },
};
```

---

# Encoding

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/encoding/

## TextEncoder

### Background

The `TextEncoder` takes a stream of code points as input and emits a stream of bytes. Encoding types passed to the constructor are ignored and a UTF-8 `TextEncoder` is created.

[`TextEncoder()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextEncoder/TextEncoder) returns a newly constructed `TextEncoder` that generates a byte stream with UTF-8 encoding. `TextEncoder` takes no parameters and throws no exceptions.

### Constructor

```js
let encoder = new TextEncoder();
```

### Properties



* `encoder.encoding` DOMString read-only
  * The name of the encoder as a string describing the method the `TextEncoder` uses (always `utf-8`).



### Methods



* <code>encode(inputUSVString)</code> : Uint8Array

  * Encodes a string input.



***

## TextDecoder

### Background

The `TextDecoder` interface represents a UTF-8 decoder. Decoders take a stream of bytes as input and emit a stream of code points.

[`TextDecoder()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextDecoder/TextDecoder) returns a newly constructed `TextDecoder` that generates a code-point stream.

### Constructor

```js
let decoder = new TextDecoder();
```

### Properties



* `decoder.encoding` DOMString read-only

  * The name of the decoder that describes the method the `TextDecoder` uses.

* `decoder.fatal` boolean read-only

  * Indicates if the error mode is fatal.

* `decoder.ignoreBOM` boolean read-only
  * Indicates if the byte-order marker is ignored.



### Methods



* `decode()` : DOMString
  * Decodes using the method specified in the `TextDecoder` object. Learn more at [MDN’s `TextDecoder` documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextDecoder/decode).

---

# EventSource

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/eventsource/

## Background

The [`EventSource`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventSource) interface is a server-sent event API that allows a server to push events to a client. The `EventSource` object is used to receive server-sent events. It connects to a server over HTTP and receives events in a text-based format.

### Constructor

```js
let eventSource = new EventSource(url, options);
```



* `url` USVString - The URL to which to connect.
* `options` EventSourceInit - An optional dictionary containing any optional settings.



By default, the `EventSource` will use the global `fetch()` function under the
covers to make requests. If you need to use a different fetch implementation as
provided by a Cloudflare Workers binding, you can pass the `fetcher` option:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(req, env) {
    let eventSource = new EventSource(url, { fetcher: env.MYFETCHER });
    // ...
  }
};
```

Note that the `fetcher` option is a Cloudflare Workers specific extension.

### Properties



* `eventSource.url` USVString read-only
  * The URL of the event source.
* `eventSource.readyState` USVString read-only
  * The state of the connection.
* `eventSource.withCredentials` Boolean read-only
  * A Boolean indicating whether the `EventSource` object was instantiated with cross-origin (CORS) credentials set (`true`), or not (`false`).



### Methods



* `eventSource.close()`
  * Closes the connection.
* `eventSource.onopen`
  * An event handler called when a connection is opened.
* `eventSource.onmessage`
  * An event handler called when a message is received.
* `eventSource.onerror`
  * An event handler called when an error occurs.



### Events



* `message`
  * Fired when a message is received.
* `open`
  * Fired when the connection is opened.
* `error`
  * Fired when an error occurs.



### Class Methods



* <code>EventSource.from(readableStreamReadableStream) : EventSource</code>
  * This is a Cloudflare Workers specific extension that creates a new `EventSource` object from an existing `ReadableStream`. Such an instance does not initiate a new connection but instead attaches to the provided stream.

---

# Fetch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

The [Fetch API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) provides an interface for asynchronously fetching resources via HTTP requests inside of a Worker.

:::note


Asynchronous tasks such as `fetch` must be executed within a [handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/). If you try to call `fetch()` within [global scope](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Global_scope), your Worker will throw an error. Learn more about [the Request context](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-request-context).


:::

:::caution[Worker to Worker]


Worker-to-Worker `fetch` requests are possible with [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).


:::

## Syntax

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js null {3-7}
export default {
  async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
    return await fetch("https://example.com", {
      headers: {
        "X-Source": "Cloudflare-Workers",
      },
    });
  },
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js null {8}
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  // NOTE: can’t use fetch here, as we’re not in an async scope yet
  event.respondWith(eventHandler(event));
});

async function eventHandler(event) {
  // fetch can be awaited here since `event.respondWith()` waits for the Promise it receives to settle
  const resp = await fetch(event.request);
  return resp;
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>



* <code>fetch(resource, options optional)</code> : Promise`<Response>`

  * Fetch returns a promise to a Response.



### Parameters



* [`resource`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/fetch#resource) Request | string | URL

* `options` options
	* `cache` `undefined | 'no-store'` optional
		* Standard HTTP `cache` header. Only `cache: 'no-store'` is supported.
		Any other `cache` header will result in a `TypeError` with the message `Unsupported cache mode: <attempted-cache-mode>`.
			* For all requests this forwards the `Pragma: no-cache` and `Cache-Control: no-cache` headers to the origin.
			* For requests to origins not hosted by Cloudflare, `no-store` bypasses the use of Cloudflare's caches.
  * An object that defines the content and behavior of the request.

***

## How the `Accept-Encoding` header is handled

When making a subrequest with the `fetch()` API, you can specify which forms of compression to prefer that the server will respond with (if the server supports it) by including the [`Accept-Encoding`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Encoding) header.

Workers supports both the gzip and brotli compression algorithms. Usually it is not necessary to specify `Accept-Encoding` or `Content-Encoding` headers in the Workers Runtime production environment – brotli or gzip compression is automatically requested when fetching from an origin and applied to the response when returning data to the client, depending on the capabilities of the client and origin server.

To support requesting brotli from the origin, you must enable the [`brotli_content_encoding`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#brotli-content-encoding-support) compatibility flag in your Worker. Soon, this compatibility flag will be enabled by default for all Workers past an upcoming compatibility date.

### Passthrough behavior

One scenario where the Accept-Encoding header is useful is for passing through compressed data from a server to the client, where the Accept-Encoding allows the worker to directly receive the compressed data stream from the server without it being decompressed beforehand. As long as you do not read the body of the compressed response prior to returning it to the client and keep the `Content-Encoding` header intact, it will "pass through" without being decompressed and then recompressed again. This can be helpful when using Workers in front of origin servers or when fetching compressed media assets, to ensure that the same compression used by the origin server is used in the response that your Worker returns.

In addition to a change in the content encoding, recompression is also needed when a response uses an encoding not supported by the client. As an example, when a Worker requests either brotli or gzip as the encoding but the client only supports gzip, recompression will still be needed if the server returns brotli-encoded data to the server (and will be applied automatically). Note that this behavior may also vary based on the [compression rules](/rules/compression-rules/), which can be used to configure what compression should be applied for different types of data on the server side.

```typescript
export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    // Accept brotli or gzip compression
    const headers = new Headers({
      'Accept-Encoding': "br, gzip"
    });
    let response = await fetch("https://developers.cloudflare.com", {method: "GET", headers});

    // As long as the original response body is returned and the Content-Encoding header is
    // preserved, the same encoded data will be returned without needing to be compressed again.
    return new Response(response.body, {
      status: response.status,
      statusText: response.statusText,
      headers: response.headers,
    });
  }
}
```

## Related resources

* [Example: use `fetch` to respond with another site](/workers/examples/respond-with-another-site/)
* [Example: Fetch HTML](/workers/examples/fetch-html/)
* [Example: Fetch JSON](/workers/examples/fetch-json/)
* [Example: cache using Fetch](/workers/examples/cache-using-fetch/)
* Write your Worker code in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# Headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/headers/

## Background

All HTTP request and response headers are available through the [Headers API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers).

When a header name possesses multiple values, those values will be concatenated as a single, comma-delimited string value. This means that `Headers.get` will always return a string or a `null` value. This applies to all header names except for `Set-Cookie`, which requires `Headers.getAll`. This is documented below in [Differences](#differences).

```js
let headers = new Headers();

headers.get('x-foo'); //=> null

headers.set('x-foo', '123');
headers.get('x-foo'); //=> "123"

headers.set('x-foo', 'hello');
headers.get('x-foo'); //=> "hello"

headers.append('x-foo', 'world');
headers.get('x-foo'); //=> "hello, world"
```

## Differences

* Despite the fact that the `Headers.getAll` method has been made obsolete, Cloudflare still offers this method but only for use with the `Set-Cookie` header. This is because cookies will often contain date strings, which include commas. This can make parsing multiple values in a `Set-Cookie` header more difficult. Any attempts to use `Headers.getAll` with other header names will throw an error. A brief history `Headers.getAll` is available in this [GitHub issue](https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/973).

* Due to [RFC 6265](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6265) prohibiting folding multiple `Set-Cookie` headers into a single header, the `Headers.append` method will allow you to set multiple `Set-Cookie` response headers instead of appending the value onto the existing header.

```js
const headers = new Headers();

headers.append("Set-Cookie", "cookie1=value_for_cookie_1; Path=/; HttpOnly;");
headers.append("Set-Cookie", "cookie2=value_for_cookie_2; Path=/; HttpOnly;");

console.log(headers.getAll("Set-Cookie"));
// Array(2) [ cookie1=value_for_cookie_1; Path=/; HttpOnly;, cookie2=value_for_cookie_2; Path=/; HttpOnly; ]
```

* In Cloudflare Workers, the `Headers.get` method returns a [`USVString`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String) instead of a [`ByteString`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String), which is specified by the spec. For most scenarios, this should have no noticeable effect. To compare the differences between these two string classes, refer to this [Playground example](https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground#LYVwNgLglgDghgJwgegGYHsHALQBM4RwDcABAEbogB2+CAngLzbMutvvsCMALAJx-cAzAHZeANkG8AHAAZOU7t2EBWAEy9eqsXNWdOALg5HjbHv34jxk2fMUr1m7Z12cAsACgAwuioQApr7YACJQAM4w6KFQ0D76JBhYeATEJFRwwH4MAERQNH4AHgB0AFahWaSoUGAB6Zk5eUWlWR7evgEQ2AAqdDB+cXAwMGBQAMYEUD7IxXAAbnChIwiwEADUwOi44H4eHgURSCS4fqhw4BAkAN7uAJDzdFQj8X4QIwAWABQIfgCOIH6hEAAlJcbtdqucxucGCQsoBeDcAXHtZUHgkggCCoKSeAgkaFUPwAdxInQKEAAog8Nn4EO9AYUAiNKe9IYDkc8SPTKbgsVCSABlCBLKgAc0KqAQ6GAnleiG8R3ehQVaIx3JZoIZVFC6GqhTA6CF7yynVeYRIJrgJAAqryAGr8wVCkj46KvEjmyH6LIAGhIzLVPk12t1+sNxtCprD5oAQnR-Hbcg6nRAXW7sT5LZ0AGLYKQe70co5cgiq67XZDIEgACT8cCOCAjXxIoRAg0iflwJAg6EdmAA1iQfGA6I7nSRo7GBfHQt6yGj+yAEKCy6bgEM-BlfOM0yBQv9LTa48LQoUiaHUiSSMM8cOwGASDBBec4Ivy-jEFR466KLOk2FCqzzq81a1mGuIEpWQFUqE7wXDC+ZttgkJZHEcGFucAC+xbXF8EDzlQZ6EgASv8EQan4BpSn4Ix9pQ5xJn4JAAAatAGfgMa6NAdoBJBEeE-r0YBNaQR2XY7vRdFzhAMCzgyK6IGE-qFF6lwkAJwEkBhNxoe4aEeCYelGGYAiWBI0hyAoShqBoWg6HoLQ+P4gQhLxUQxFQcQJDg+CEKQaQZNkGSEF5cDlPEVQ1H5WRkLqZDNF49ntF0PR9K6gzDJCExUFMmpUDs7gXFkwBwLkAD66ybNUSH1EcjRlDp7j6Q1rCGRYogmTY5n2FZTguMwHhAA).

## Cloudflare headers

Cloudflare sets a number of its own custom headers on incoming requests and outgoing responses. While some may be used for its own tracking and bookkeeping, many of these can be useful to your own applications – or Workers – too.

For a list of documented Cloudflare request headers, refer to [Cloudflare HTTP headers](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/).

## Related resources

* [Logging headers to console](/workers/examples/logging-headers/) - Review how to log headers in the console.
* [Cloudflare HTTP headers](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/) - Contains a list of specific headers that Cloudflare adds.

---

# HTMLRewriter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/html-rewriter/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Background

The `HTMLRewriter` class allows developers to build comprehensive and expressive HTML parsers inside of a Cloudflare Workers application. It can be thought of as a jQuery-like experience directly inside of your Workers application. Leaning on a powerful JavaScript API to parse and transform HTML, `HTMLRewriter` allows developers to build deeply functional applications.

The `HTMLRewriter` class should be instantiated once in your Workers script, with a number of handlers attached using the `on` and `onDocument` functions.

***

## Constructor

```js
new HTMLRewriter().on('*', new ElementHandler()).onDocument(new DocumentHandler());
```

***

## Global types

Throughout the `HTMLRewriter` API, there are a few consistent types that many properties and methods use:



* `Content` string | Response | ReadableStream

  * Content inserted in the output stream should be a string, [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/), or [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/).

* `ContentOptions` Object

  * `{ html: Boolean }` Controls the way the HTMLRewriter treats inserted content. If the `html` boolean is set to true, content is treated as raw HTML. If the `html` boolean is set to false or not provided, content will be treated as text and proper HTML escaping will be applied to it.



***

## Handlers

There are two handler types that can be used with `HTMLRewriter`: element handlers and document handlers.

### Element Handlers

An element handler responds to any incoming element, when attached using the `.on` function of an `HTMLRewriter` instance. The element handler should respond to `element`, `comments`, and `text`. The example processes `div` elements with an `ElementHandler` class.

```js
class ElementHandler {
  element(element) {
    // An incoming element, such as `div`
    console.log(`Incoming element: ${element.tagName}`);
  }

  comments(comment) {
    // An incoming comment
  }

  text(text) {
    // An incoming piece of text
  }
}

async function handleRequest(req) {
  const res = await fetch(req);

  return new HTMLRewriter().on('div', new ElementHandler()).transform(res);
}
```

### Document Handlers

A document handler represents the incoming HTML document. A number of functions can be defined on a document handler to query and manipulate a document’s `doctype`, `comments`, `text`, and `end`. Unlike an element handler, a document handler’s `doctype`, `comments`, `text`, and `end` functions are not scoped by a particular selector. A document handler's functions are called for all the content on the page including the content outside of the top-level HTML tag:

```js
class DocumentHandler {
  doctype(doctype) {
    // An incoming doctype, such as <!DOCTYPE html>
  }

  comments(comment) {
    // An incoming comment
  }

  text(text) {
    // An incoming piece of text
  }

  end(end) {
    // The end of the document
  }
}
```

#### Async Handlers

All functions defined on both element and document handlers can return either `void` or a `Promise<void>`. Making your handler function `async` allows you to access external resources such as an API via fetch, Workers KV, Durable Objects, or the cache.

```js
class UserElementHandler {
  async element(element) {
    let response = await fetch(new Request('/user'));

    // fill in user info using response
  }
}

async function handleRequest(req) {
  const res = await fetch(req);

  // run the user element handler via HTMLRewriter on a div with ID `user_info`
  return new HTMLRewriter().on('div#user_info', new UserElementHandler()).transform(res);
}
```

### Element

The `element` argument, used only in element handlers, is a representation of a DOM element. A number of methods exist on an element to query and manipulate it:

#### Properties



* `tagName` string

  * The name of the tag, such as `"h1"` or `"div"`. This property can be assigned different values, to modify an element’s tag.

* `attributes` Iterator read-only

  * A `[name, value]` pair of the tag’s attributes.

* `removed` boolean

  * Indicates whether the element has been removed or replaced by one of the previous handlers.

* `namespaceURI` String
  * Represents the [namespace URI](https://infra.spec.whatwg.org/#namespaces) of an element.



#### Methods



* <code>getAttribute(namestring)</code> : string | null

  * Returns the value for a given attribute name on the element, or `null` if it is not found.

* <code>hasAttribute(namestring)</code> : boolean

  * Returns a boolean indicating whether an attribute exists on the element.

* <code>setAttribute(namestring, valuestring)</code> : Element

  * Sets an attribute to a provided value, creating the attribute if it does not exist.

* <code>removeAttribute(namestring)</code> : Element

  * Removes the attribute.

* <code>before(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content before the element.

  <Render file="content_and_contentoptions" />

* <code>after(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content right after the element.

* <code>prepend(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content right after the start tag of the element.

* <code>append(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content right before the end tag of the element.

* <code>replace(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Removes the element and inserts content in place of it.

* <code>setInnerContent(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Replaces content of the element.

* <code>remove()</code> : Element

  * Removes the element with all its content.

* <code>removeAndKeepContent()</code> : Element

  * Removes the start tag and end tag of the element but keeps its inner content intact.

* `onEndTag(handlerFunction<void>)` : void

  * Registers a handler that is invoked when the end tag of the element is reached.



### EndTag

The `endTag` argument, used only in handlers registered with `element.onEndTag`, is a limited representation of a DOM element.

#### Properties



* `name` string

  * The name of the tag, such as `"h1"` or `"div"`. This property can be assigned different values, to modify an element’s tag.



#### Methods



* <code>before(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : EndTag

  * Inserts content right before the end tag.

* <code>after(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : EndTag

  * Inserts content right after the end tag.

  <Render file="content_and_contentoptions" />

* <code>remove()</code> : EndTag

  * Removes the element with all its content.



### Text chunks

Since Cloudflare performs zero-copy streaming parsing, text chunks are not the same thing as text nodes in the lexical tree. A lexical tree text node can be represented by multiple chunks, as they arrive over the wire from the origin.

Consider the following markup: `<div>Hey. How are you?</div>`. It is possible that the Workers script will not receive the entire text node from the origin at once; instead, the `text` element handler will be invoked for each received part of the text node. For example, the handler might be invoked with `“Hey. How ”,` then `“are you?”`. When the last chunk arrives, the text’s `lastInTextNode` property will be set to `true`. Developers should make sure to concatenate these chunks together.

#### Properties



* `removed` boolean

  * Indicates whether the element has been removed or replaced by one of the previous handlers.

* `text` string read-only

  * The text content of the chunk. Could be empty if the chunk is the last chunk of the text node.

* `lastInTextNode` boolean read-only
  * Specifies whether the chunk is the last chunk of the text node.



#### Methods



* <code>before(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content before the element.

  <Render file="content_and_contentoptions" />

* <code>after(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content right after the element.

* <code>replace(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Removes the element and inserts content in place of it.

* <code>remove()</code> : Element

  * Removes the element with all its content.



### Comments

The `comments` function on an element handler allows developers to query and manipulate HTML comment tags.

```js
class ElementHandler {
  comments(comment) {
    // An incoming comment element, such as <!-- My comment -->
  }
}
```

#### Properties



* `comment.removed` boolean

  * Indicates whether the element has been removed or replaced by one of the previous handlers.

* `comment.text` string
  * The text of the comment. This property can be assigned different values, to modify comment’s text.



#### Methods



* <code>before(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content before the element.

  <Render file="content_and_contentoptions" />

* <code>after(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Inserts content right after the element.

* <code>replace(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : Element

  * Removes the element and inserts content in place of it.

* <code>remove()</code> : Element

  * Removes the element with all its content.



### Doctype

The `doctype` function on a document handler allows developers to query a document’s [doctype](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Doctype).

```js
class DocumentHandler {
  doctype(doctype) {
    // An incoming doctype element, such as
    // <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
  }
}
```

#### Properties



* `doctype.name` string | null read-only

  * The doctype name.

* `doctype.publicId` string | null read-only

  * The quoted string in the doctype after the PUBLIC atom.

* `doctype.systemId` string | null read-only
  * The quoted string in the doctype after the SYSTEM atom or immediately after the `publicId`.



### End

The `end` function on a document handler allows developers to append content to the end of a document.

```js
class DocumentHandler {
  end(end) {
    // The end of the document
  }
}
```

#### Methods



* <code>append(contentContent, contentOptionsContentOptionsoptional)</code> : DocumentEnd

  * Inserts content after the end of the document.

  <Render file="content_and_contentoptions" />



***

## Selectors

This is what selectors are and what they are used for.



* `*`

  * Any element.

* `E`

  * Any element of type E.

* `E:nth-child(n)`

  * An E element, the n-th child of its parent.

* `E:first-child`

  * An E element, first child of its parent.

* `E:nth-of-type(n)`

  * An E element, the n-th sibling of its type.

* `E:first-of-type`

  * An E element, first sibling of its type.

* `E:not(s)`

  * An E element that does not match either compound selectors.

* `E.warning`

  * An E element belonging to the class warning.

* `E#myid`

  * An E element with ID equal to myid.

* `E[foo]`

  * An E element with a foo attribute.

* `E[foo="bar"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value is exactly equal to bar.

* `E[foo="bar" i]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value is exactly equal to any (ASCII-range) case-permutation of bar.

* `E[foo="bar" s]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value is exactly and case-sensitively equal to bar.

* `E[foo~="bar"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value is a list of whitespace-separated values, one of which is exactly equal to bar.

* `E[foo^="bar"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value begins exactly with the string bar.

* `E[foo$="bar"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value ends exactly with the string bar.

* `E[foo*="bar"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value contains the substring bar.

* `E[foo|="en"]`

  * An E element whose foo attribute value is a hyphen-separated list of values beginning with en.

* `E F`

  * An F element descendant of an E element.

* `E > F`
  * An F element child of an E element.



***

## Errors

If a handler throws an exception, parsing is immediately halted, the transformed response body is errored with the thrown exception, and the untransformed response body is canceled (closed). If the transformed response body was already partially streamed back to the client, the client will see a truncated response.

```js
async function handle(request) {
  let oldResponse = await fetch(request);
  let newResponse = new HTMLRewriter()
    .on('*', {
      element(element) {
        throw new Error('A really bad error.');
      },
    })
    .transform(oldResponse);

  // At this point, an expression like `await newResponse.text()`
  // will throw `new Error("A really bad error.")`.
  // Thereafter, any use of `newResponse.body` will throw the same error,
  // and `oldResponse.body` will be closed.

  // Alternatively, this will produce a truncated response to the client:
  return newResponse;
}
```

***

## Related resources

* [Introducing `HTMLRewriter`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-htmlrewriter/)
* [Tutorial: Localize a Website](/pages/tutorials/localize-a-website/)
* [Example: rewrite links](/workers/examples/rewrite-links/)

---

# Runtime APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Workers runtime is designed to be [JavaScript standards compliant](https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-262/) and web-interoperable. Wherever possible, it uses web platform APIs, so that code can be reused across client and server, as well as across [WinterCG](https://wintercg.org/) JavaScript runtimes.

[Workers runtime features](/workers/runtime-apis/) are [compatible with a subset of Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs) and the ability to set a [compatibility date or compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Performance and timers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/performance/

## Background

The Workers runtime supports a subset of the [`Performance` API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance), used to measure timing and performance, as well as timing of subrequests and other operations.

### `performance.now()`

The [`performance.now()` method](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance/now) returns timestamp in milliseconds, representing the time elapsed since `performance.timeOrigin`.

When Workers are deployed to Cloudflare, as a security measure to [mitigate against Spectre attacks](/workers/reference/security-model/#step-1-disallow-timers-and-multi-threading), APIs that return timers, including [`performance.now()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance/now) and [`Date.now()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/now), only advance or increment after I/O occurs. Consider the following examples:

```typescript title="Time is frozen — start will have the exact same value as end."
const start = performance.now();
for (let i = 0; i < 1e6; i++) {
  // do expensive work
}
const end = performance.now();
const timing = end - start; // 0
```

```typescript title="Time advances, because a subrequest has occurred between start and end."
const start = performance.now();
const response = await fetch("https://developers.cloudflare.com/");
const end = performance.now();
const timing = end - start; // duration of the subrequest to developers.cloudflare.com
```

By wrapping a subrequest in calls to `performance.now()` or `Date.now()` APIs, you can measure the timing of a subrequest, fetching a key from KV, an object from R2, or any other form of I/O in your Worker.

In local development, however, timers will increment regardless of whether I/O happens or not. This means that if you need to measure timing of a piece of code that is CPU intensive, that does not involve I/O, you can run your Worker locally, via [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), which uses the open-source Workers runtime, [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) — the same runtime that your Worker runs in when deployed to Cloudflare.

### `performance.timeOrigin`

The [`performance.timeOrigin`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance/timeOrigin) API is a read-only property that returns a baseline timestamp to base other measurements off of.

In the Workers runtime, the `timeOrigin` property returns 0.

---

# Request

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request/

import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

The [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request/Request) interface represents an HTTP request and is part of the [Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

## Background

The most common way you will encounter a `Request` object is as a property of an incoming request:

```js null {2}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response('Hello World!');
	},
};
```

You may also want to construct a `Request` yourself when you need to modify a request object, because the incoming `request` parameter that you receive from the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) is immutable.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
        const url = "https://example.com";
        const modifiedRequest = new Request(url, request);
		// ...
	},
};
```

The [`fetch() handler`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) invokes the `Request` constructor. The [`RequestInit`](#options) and [`RequestInitCfProperties`](#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties) types defined below also describe the valid parameters that can be passed to the [`fetch() handler`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

***

## Constructor

```js
let request = new Request(input, options)
```

### Parameters



* `input` string | Request

  * Either a string that contains a URL, or an existing `Request` object.

* `options` options optional

  * Optional options object that contains settings to apply to the `Request`.



#### `options`

An object containing properties that you want to apply to the request.

* `cache` `undefined | 'no-store'` optional

	* Standard HTTP `cache` header. Only `cache: 'no-store'` is supported.
	Any other cache header will result in a `TypeError` with the message `Unsupported cache mode: <attempted-cache-mode>`.

* `cf` RequestInitCfProperties optional

  * Cloudflare-specific properties that can be set on the `Request` that control how Cloudflare’s global network handles the request.

* `method` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The HTTP request method. The default is `GET`. In Workers, all [HTTP request methods](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods) are supported, except for [`CONNECT`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/CONNECT).

* `headers` Headers optional

  * A [`Headers` object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers).

* `body` string | ReadableStream | FormData | URLSearchParams optional

  * The request body, if any.
  * Note that a request using the GET or HEAD method cannot have a body.

* `redirect` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The redirect mode to use: `follow`, `error`, or `manual`. The default  for a new `Request` object is `follow`. Note, however, that the incoming `Request` property of a `FetchEvent` will have redirect mode `manual`.



#### The `cf` property (`RequestInitCfProperties`)

An object containing Cloudflare-specific properties that can be set on the `Request` object. For example:

```js
// Disable ScrapeShield for this request.
fetch(event.request, { cf: { scrapeShield: false } })
```

Invalid or incorrectly-named keys in the `cf` object will be silently ignored. Consider using TypeScript and [`@cloudflare/workers-types`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types) to ensure proper use of the `cf` object.



* `apps` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Whether [Cloudflare Apps](https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/) should be enabled for this request. Defaults to `true`.

* `cacheEverything` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Treats all content as static and caches all [file types](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior#default-cached-file-extensions) beyond the Cloudflare default cached content. Respects cache headers from the origin web server. This is equivalent to setting the Page Rule [**Cache Level** (to **Cache Everything**)](/rules/page-rules/reference/settings/). Defaults to `false`.
    This option applies to `GET` and `HEAD` request methods only.

* `cacheKey` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * A request’s cache key is what determines if two requests are the same for caching purposes. If a request has the same cache key as some previous request, then Cloudflare can serve the same cached response for both.

* `cacheTags` Array\<string> optional

  * This option appends additional [**Cache-Tag**](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-tags/) headers to the response from the origin server. This allows for purges of cached content based on tags provided by the Worker, without modifications to the origin server. This is performed using the [**Purge by Tag**](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-tags/#purge-using-cache-tags) feature, which is currently only available to Enterprise zones. If this option is used in a non-Enterprise zone, the additional headers will not be appended.

* `cacheTtl` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * This option forces Cloudflare to cache the response for this request, regardless of what headers are seen on the response. This is equivalent to setting two Page Rules: [**Edge Cache TTL**](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/) and [**Cache Level** (to **Cache Everything**)](/rules/page-rules/reference/settings/). The value must be zero or a positive number. A value of `0` indicates that the cache asset expires immediately. This option applies to `GET` and `HEAD` request methods only.

* `cacheTtlByStatus` `{ [key: string]: number }` optional

  * This option is a version of the `cacheTtl` feature which chooses a TTL based on the response’s status code. If the response to this request has a status code that matches, Cloudflare will cache for the instructed time and override cache instructives sent by the origin. For example: `{ "200-299": 86400, "404": 1, "500-599": 0 }`. The value can be any integer, including zero and negative integers. A value of `0` indicates that the cache asset expires immediately. Any negative value instructs Cloudflare not to cache at all. This option applies to `GET` and `HEAD` request methods only.

* `image` Object | null optional

  * Enables [Image Resizing](/images/transform-images/) for this request. The possible values are described in [Transform images via Workers](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/) documentation.

* `mirage` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Whether [Mirage](https://www.cloudflare.com/website-optimization/mirage/) should be enabled for this request, if otherwise configured for this zone. Defaults to `true`.

* `polish` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Sets [Polish](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-polish-automatic-image-optimizati/) mode. The possible values are `lossy`, `lossless` or `off`.

* `resolveOverride` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Directs the request to an alternate origin server by overriding the DNS lookup. The value of `resolveOverride` specifies an alternate hostname which will be used when determining the origin IP address, instead of using the hostname specified in the URL. The `Host` header of the request will still match what is in the URL. Thus, `resolveOverride` allows a request to be sent to a different server than the URL / `Host` header specifies. However, `resolveOverride` will only take effect if both the URL host and the host specified by `resolveOverride` are within your zone. If either specifies a host from a different zone / domain, then the option will be ignored for security reasons. If you need to direct a request to a host outside your zone (while keeping the `Host` header pointing within your zone), first create a CNAME record within your zone pointing to the outside host, and then set `resolveOverride` to point at the CNAME record. Note that, for security reasons, it is not possible to set the `Host` header to specify a host outside of your zone unless the request is actually being sent to that host.

* `scrapeShield` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Whether [ScrapeShield](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-scrapeshield-discover-defend-dete/) should be enabled for this request, if otherwise configured for this zone. Defaults to `true`.

* `webp` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Enables or disables [WebP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-very-webp-new-year-from-cloudflare/) image format in [Polish](/images/polish/).



***

## Properties

All properties of an incoming `Request` object (the request you receive from the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)) are read-only. To modify the properties of an incoming request, create a new `Request` object and pass the options to modify to its [constructor](#constructor).



* `body` ReadableStream read-only

  * Stream of the body contents.

* `bodyUsed` Boolean read-only

  * Declares whether the body has been used in a response yet.

* `cf` IncomingRequestCfProperties read-only

  * An object containing properties about the incoming request provided by Cloudflare’s global network.
  * This property is read-only (unless created from an existing `Request`). To modify its values, pass in the new values on the [`cf` key of the `init` options argument](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties) when creating a new `Request` object.

* `headers` Headers read-only

  * A [`Headers` object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers).

  * Compared to browsers, Cloudflare Workers imposes very few restrictions on what headers you are allowed to send. For example, a browser will not allow you to set the `Cookie` header, since the browser is responsible for handling cookies itself. Workers, however, has no special understanding of cookies, and treats the `Cookie` header like any other header.

  :::caution

  If the response is a redirect and the redirect mode is set to `follow` (see below), then all headers will be forwarded to the redirect destination, even if the destination is a different hostname or domain. This includes sensitive headers like `Cookie`, `Authorization`, or any application-specific headers. If this is not the behavior you want, you should set redirect mode to `manual` and implement your own redirect policy. Note that redirect mode defaults to `manual` for requests that originated from the Worker's client, so this warning only applies to `fetch()`es made by a Worker that are not proxying the original request.
  :::

* `method` string read-only

  * Contains the request’s method, for example, `GET`, `POST`, etc.

* `redirect` string read-only

  * The redirect mode to use: `follow`, `error`, or `manual`. The `fetch` method will automatically follow redirects if the redirect mode is set to `follow`. If set to `manual`, the `3xx` redirect response will be returned to the caller as-is. The default for a new `Request` object is `follow`. Note, however, that the incoming `Request` property of a `FetchEvent` will have redirect mode `manual`.

* `url` string read-only

  * Contains the URL of the request.



### `IncomingRequestCfProperties`

In addition to the properties on the standard [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) object, the `request.cf` object on an inbound `Request` contains information about the request provided by Cloudflare’s global network.

All plans have access to:



* `asn` Number

  * ASN of the incoming request, for example, `395747`.

* `asOrganization` string

  * The organization which owns the ASN of the incoming request, for example, `Google Cloud`.

* `botManagement` Object | null

  * Only set when using Cloudflare Bot Management. Object with the following properties: `score`, `verifiedBot`, `staticResource`, `ja3Hash`, `ja4`, and `detectionIds`. Refer to [Bot Management Variables](/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/) for more details.

* `clientAcceptEncoding` string | null

  * If Cloudflare replaces the value of the `Accept-Encoding` header, the original value is stored in the `clientAcceptEncoding` property, for example, `"gzip, deflate, br"`.

* `colo` string

  * The three-letter [`IATA`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code) airport code of the data center that the request hit, for example, `"DFW"`.

* `country` string | null

  * Country of the incoming request. The two-letter country code in the request. This is the same value as that provided in the `CF-IPCountry` header, for example, `"US"`.

* `isEUCountry` string | null

  * If the country of the incoming request is in the EU, this will return `"1"`. Otherwise, this property will be omitted.

* `httpProtocol` string

  * HTTP Protocol, for example, `"HTTP/2"`.

* `requestPriority` string | null

  * The browser-requested prioritization information in the request object, for example, `"weight=192;exclusive=0;group=3;group-weight=127"`.

* `tlsCipher` string

  * The cipher for the connection to Cloudflare, for example, `"AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256"`.

* `tlsClientAuth` Object | null

  * Only set when using Cloudflare Access or API Shield (mTLS). Object with the following properties: `certFingerprintSHA1`, `certFingerprintSHA256`, `certIssuerDN`, `certIssuerDNLegacy`, `certIssuerDNRFC2253`, `certIssuerSKI`, `certIssuerSerial`, `certNotAfter`, `certNotBefore`, `certPresented`, `certRevoked`, `certSKI`, `certSerial`, `certSubjectDN`, `certSubjectDNLegacy`, `certSubjectDNRFC2253`, `certVerified`.

* `tlsClientHelloLength` string

  * The length of the client hello message sent in a [TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/). For example, `"508"`. Specifically, the length of the bytestring of the client hello.

* `tlsClientRandom` string

  * The value of the 32-byte random value provided by the client in a [TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/). Refer to [RFC 8446](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8446#section-4.1.2) for more details.

* `tlsVersion` string

  * The TLS version of the connection to Cloudflare, for example, `TLSv1.3`.

* `city` string | null

  * City of the incoming request, for example, `"Austin"`.

* `continent` string | null

  * Continent of the incoming request, for example, `"NA"`.

* `latitude` string | null

  * Latitude of the incoming request, for example, `"30.27130"`.

* `longitude` string | null

  * Longitude of the incoming request, for example, `"-97.74260"`.

* `postalCode` string | null

  * Postal code of the incoming request, for example, `"78701"`.

* `metroCode` string | null

  * Metro code (DMA) of the incoming request, for example, `"635"`.

* `region` string | null

  * If known, the [ISO 3166-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2) name for the first level region associated with the IP address of the incoming request, for example, `"Texas"`.

* `regionCode` string | null

  * If known, the [ISO 3166-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2) code for the first-level region associated with the IP address of the incoming request, for example, `"TX"`.

* `timezone` string

  * Timezone of the incoming request, for example, `"America/Chicago"`.



:::caution


The `request.cf` object is not available in the Cloudflare Workers dashboard or Playground preview editor.


:::

***

## Methods

### Instance methods

These methods are only available on an instance of a `Request` object or through its prototype.



* `clone()` : Promise\<Request>

  * Creates a copy of the `Request` object.

* `arrayBuffer()` : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a promise that resolves with an [`ArrayBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer) representation of the request body.

* `formData()` : Promise\<FormData>

  * Returns a promise that resolves with a [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData) representation of the request body.

* `json()` : Promise\<Object>

  * Returns a promise that resolves with a JSON representation of the request body.

* `text()` : Promise\<string>

  * Returns a promise that resolves with a string (text) representation of the request body.



***

## The `Request` context

Each time a Worker is invoked by an incoming HTTP request, the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch) is called on your Worker. The `Request` context starts when the `fetch()` handler is called, and asynchronous tasks (such as making a subrequest using the [`fetch() API`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/)) can only be run inside the `Request` context:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
        // Request context starts here
		return new Response('Hello World!');
	},
};
```

### When passing a promise to fetch event `.respondWith()`

If you pass a Response promise to the fetch event `.respondWith()` method, the request context is active during any asynchronous tasks which run before the Response promise has settled. You can pass the event to an async handler, for example:

```js
addEventListener("fetch", event => {
  event.respondWith(eventHandler(event))
})

// No request context available here

async function eventHandler(event){
  // Request context available here
  return new Response("Hello, Workers!")
}
```

### Errors when attempting to access an inactive `Request` context

Any attempt to use APIs such as `fetch()` or access the `Request` context during script startup will throw an exception:

```js
const promise = fetch("https://example.com/") // Error
async function eventHandler(event){..}
```

This code snippet will throw during script startup, and the `"fetch"` event listener will never be registered.

***

### Set the `Content-Length` header

The `Content-Length` header will be automatically set by the runtime based on whatever the data source for the `Request` is. Any value manually set by user code in the `Headers` will be ignored. To have a `Content-Length` header with a specific value specified, the `body` of the `Request` must be either a `FixedLengthStream` or a fixed-length value just as a string or `TypedArray`.

A `FixedLengthStream` is an identity `TransformStream` that permits only a fixed number of bytes to be written to it.

```js
  const { writable, readable } = new FixedLengthStream(11);

  const enc = new TextEncoder();
  const writer = writable.getWriter();
  writer.write(enc.encode("hello world"));
  writer.end();

  const req = new Request('https://example.org', { method: 'POST', body: readable });
```

Using any other type of `ReadableStream` as the body of a request will result in Chunked-Encoding being used.

***

## Related resources

* [Examples: Modify request property](/workers/examples/modify-request-property/)
* [Examples: Accessing the `cf` object](/workers/examples/accessing-the-cloudflare-object/)
* [Reference: `Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/)
* Write your Worker code in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# Response

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/response/

The `Response` interface represents an HTTP response and is part of the Fetch API.

***

## Constructor

```js
let response = new Response(body, init);
```

### Parameters



* `body` optional

  * An object that defines the body text for the response. Can be `null` or any one of the following types:

    * BufferSource
    * FormData
    * ReadableStream
    * URLSearchParams
    * USVString

* `init` optional

  * An `options` object that contains custom settings to apply to the response.



Valid options for the `options` object include: 

* `cf` any | null
  * An object that contains Cloudflare-specific information. This object is not part of the Fetch API standard and is only available in Cloudflare Workers. This field is only used by consumers of the Response for informational purposes and does not have any impact on Workers behavior.
* `encodeBody` string
  * Workers have to compress data according to the `content-encoding` header when transmitting, to serve data that is already compressed, this property has to be set to `"manual"`, otherwise the default is `"automatic"`.
* `headers` Headers | ByteString
  * Any headers to add to your response that are contained within a [`Headers`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#parameters) object or object literal of [`ByteString`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String) key-value pairs.
* `status` int
  * The status code for the response, such as `200`.
* `statusText` string
  * The status message associated with the status code, such as, `OK`.
* `webSocket` WebSocket | null
  * This is present in successful WebSocket handshake responses. For example, if a client sends a WebSocket upgrade request to an origin and a Worker intercepts the request and then forwards it to the origin and the origin replies with a successful WebSocket upgrade response, the Worker sees `response.webSocket`. This establishes a WebSocket connection proxied through a Worker. Note that you cannot intercept data flowing over a WebSocket connection.



## Properties



* `response.body` Readable Stream
  * A getter to get the body contents.
* `response.bodyUsed` boolean
  * A boolean indicating if the body was used in the response.
* `response.headers` Headers
  * The headers for the response.
* `response.ok` boolean
  * A boolean indicating if the response was successful (status in the range `200`-`299`).
* `response.redirected` boolean
  * A boolean indicating if the response is the result of a redirect. If so, its URL list has more than one entry.
* `response.status` int
  * The status code of the response (for example, `200` to indicate success).
* `response.statusText` string
  * The status message corresponding to the status code (for example, `OK` for `200`).
* `response.url` string
  * The URL of the response. The value is the final URL obtained after any redirects.
* `response.webSocket` WebSocket?
  * This is present in successful WebSocket handshake responses. For example, if a client sends a WebSocket upgrade request to an origin and a Worker intercepts the request and then forwards it to the origin and the origin replies with a successful WebSocket upgrade response, the Worker sees `response.webSocket`. This establishes a WebSocket connection proxied through a Worker. Note that you cannot intercept data flowing over a WebSocket connection.



## Methods

### Instance methods



* `clone()` : Response

  * Creates a clone of a [`Response`](#response) object.

* `json()` : Response

  * Creates a new response with a JSON-serialized payload.

* `redirect()` : Response

  * Creates a new response with a different URL.



### Additional instance methods

`Response` implements the [`Body`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch#body) mixin of the [Fetch API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API), and therefore `Response` instances additionally have the following methods available:



* <code>arrayBuffer()</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Takes a [`Response`](#response) stream, reads it to completion, and returns a promise that resolves with an [`ArrayBuffer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/ArrayBuffer).

* <code>formData()</code> : Promise\<FormData>

  * Takes a [`Response`](#response) stream, reads it to completion, and returns a promise that resolves with a [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData) object.

* <code>json()</code> : Promise\<JSON>

  * Takes a [`Response`](#response) stream, reads it to completion, and returns a promise that resolves with the result of parsing the body text as [`JSON`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/).

* <code>text()</code> : Promise\<USVString>

  * Takes a [`Response`](#response) stream, reads it to completion, and returns a promise that resolves with a [`USVString`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String) (text).



### Set the `Content-Length` header

The `Content-Length` header will be automatically set by the runtime based on whatever the data source for the `Response` is. Any value manually set by user code in the `Headers` will be ignored. To have a `Content-Length` header with a specific value specified, the `body` of the `Response` must be either a `FixedLengthStream` or a fixed-length value just as a string or `TypedArray`.

A `FixedLengthStream` is an identity `TransformStream` that permits only a fixed number of bytes to be written to it.

```js
  const { writable, readable } = new FixedLengthStream(11);

  const enc = new TextEncoder();
  const writer = writable.getWriter();
  writer.write(enc.encode("hello world"));
  writer.end();

  return new Response(readable);
```

Using any other type of `ReadableStream` as the body of a response will result in chunked encoding being used.

***

## Related resources

* [Examples: Modify response](/workers/examples/modify-response/)
* [Examples: Conditional response](/workers/examples/conditional-response/)
* [Reference: `Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/)
* Write your Worker code in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# TCP sockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/

The Workers runtime provides the `connect()` API for creating outbound [TCP connections](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/tcp-ip/) from Workers.

Many application-layer protocols are built on top of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). These application-layer protocols, including SSH, MQTT, SMTP, FTP, IRC, and most database wire protocols including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, require an underlying TCP socket API in order to work.

:::note

Connecting to a PostgreSQL database? You should use [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/), which provides the `connect()` API with built-in connection pooling and query caching. 
:::

:::note

TCP Workers outbound connections are sourced from a prefix that is not part of [list of IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).
:::

## `connect()`

The `connect()` function returns a TCP socket, with both a [readable](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/) and [writable](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/) stream of data. This allows you to read and write data on an ongoing basis, as long as the connection remains open.

`connect()` is provided as a [Runtime API](/workers/runtime-apis/), and is accessed by importing the `connect` function from `cloudflare:sockets`. This process is similar to how one imports built-in modules in Node.js. Refer to the following codeblock for an example of creating a TCP socket, writing to it, and returning the readable side of the socket as a response:

```typescript
import { connect } from 'cloudflare:sockets';

export default {
  async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
    const gopherAddr = { hostname: "gopher.floodgap.com", port: 70 };
    const url = new URL(req.url);

    try {
      const socket = connect(gopherAddr);

      const writer = socket.writable.getWriter()
      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
      const encoded = encoder.encode(url.pathname + "\r\n");
      await writer.write(encoded);
      await writer.close();

      return new Response(socket.readable, { headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain" } });
    } catch (error) {
      return new Response("Socket connection failed: " + error, { status: 500 });
    }
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```



* <code>connect(address: SocketAddress | string, options?: optional SocketOptions)</code> : `Socket`
  * `connect()` accepts either a URL string or [`SocketAddress`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#socketaddress) to define the hostname and port number to connect to, and an optional configuration object, [`SocketOptions`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#socketoptions). It returns an instance of a [`Socket`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#socket).


### `SocketAddress`



* `hostname` string
  * The hostname to connect to. Example: `cloudflare.com`.

* `port` number
  * The port number to connect to. Example: `5432`.



### `SocketOptions`



* `secureTransport` "off" | "on" | "starttls" — Defaults to `off`
  * Specifies whether or not to use [TLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) when creating the TCP socket.
  * `off` — Do not use TLS.
  * `on` — Use TLS.
  * `starttls` — Do not use TLS initially, but allow the socket to be upgraded to use TLS by calling [`startTls()`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#opportunistic-tls-starttls).

* `allowHalfOpen` boolean — Defaults to `false`
  * Defines whether the writable side of the TCP socket will automatically close on end-of-file (EOF). When set to `false`, the writable side of the TCP socket will automatically close on EOF. When set to `true`, the writable side of the TCP socket will remain open on EOF.
  * This option is similar to that offered by the Node.js [`net` module](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html) and allows interoperability with code which utilizes it.



### `SocketInfo`



* `remoteAddress` string | null
  * The address of the remote peer the socket is connected to. May not always be set.

* `localAddress` string | null
  * The address of the local network endpoint for this socket. May not always be set.



### `Socket`



* <code>readable</code> : ReadableStream
  * Returns the readable side of the TCP socket.

* <code>writable</code> : WritableStream
  * Returns the writable side of the TCP socket.
  * The `WritableStream` returned only accepts chunks of `Uint8Array` or its views.

* `opened` `Promise<SocketInfo>`
  * This promise is resolved when the socket connection is established and is rejected if the socket encounters an error.

* `closed` `Promise<void>`
  * This promise is resolved when the socket is closed and is rejected if the socket encounters an error.

* `close()` `Promise<void>`
  * Closes the TCP socket. Both the readable and writable streams are forcibly closed.

* <code>startTls()</code> : Socket
  * Upgrades an insecure socket to a secure one that uses TLS, returning a new [Socket](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets#socket). Note that in order to call `startTls()`, you must set [`secureTransport`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#socketoptions) to `starttls` when initially calling `connect()` to create the socket.



## Opportunistic TLS (StartTLS)

Many TCP-based systems, including databases and email servers, require that clients use opportunistic TLS (otherwise known as [StartTLS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunistic_TLS)) when connecting. In this pattern, the client first creates an insecure TCP socket, without TLS, and then upgrades it to a secure TCP socket, that uses TLS. The `connect()` API simplifies this by providing a method, `startTls()`, which returns a new `Socket` instance that uses TLS:

```typescript
import { connect } from "cloudflare:sockets"

const address = {
  hostname: "example-postgres-db.com",
  port: 5432
};
const socket = connect(address, { secureTransport: "starttls" });
const secureSocket = socket.startTls();
```

* `startTls()` can only be called if `secureTransport` is set to `starttls` when creating the initial TCP socket.
* Once `startTls()` is called, the initial socket is closed and can no longer be read from or written to. In the example above, anytime after `startTls()` is called, you would use the newly created `secureSocket`. Any existing readers and writers based off the original socket will no longer work. You must create new readers and writers from the newly created `secureSocket`.
* `startTls()` should only be called once on an existing socket.

## Handle errors

To handle errors when creating a new TCP socket, reading from a socket, or writing to a socket, wrap these calls inside `try..catch` blocks. The following example opens a connection to Google.com, initiates a HTTP request, and returns the response. If any of this fails and throws an exception, it returns a `500` response:

```typescript
import { connect } from 'cloudflare:sockets';
const connectionUrl = { hostname: "google.com", port: 80 };
export interface Env { }
export default {
  async fetch(req, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    try {
      const socket = connect(connectionUrl);
      const writer = socket.writable.getWriter();
      const encoder = new TextEncoder();
      const encoded = encoder.encode("GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n");
      await writer.write(encoded);
      await writer.close();

      return new Response(socket.readable, { headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain" } });
    } catch (error) {
      return new Response(`Socket connection failed: ${error}`, { status: 500 });
    }
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## Close TCP connections

You can close a TCP connection by calling `close()` on the socket. This will close both the readable and writable sides of the socket.

```typescript
import { connect } from "cloudflare:sockets"

const socket = connect({ hostname: "my-url.com", port: 70 });
const reader = socket.readable.getReader();
socket.close();

// After close() is called, you can no longer read from the readable side of the socket
const reader = socket.readable.getReader(); // This fails
```

## Considerations

* Outbound TCP sockets to [Cloudflare IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) are temporarily blocked, but will be re-enabled shortly.
* TCP sockets cannot be created in global scope and shared across requests. You should always create TCP sockets within a handler (ex: [`fetch()`](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code), [`scheduled()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/), [`queue()`](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer)) or [`alarm()`](/durable-objects/api/alarms/).
* Each open TCP socket counts towards the maximum number of [open connections](/workers/platform/limits/#simultaneous-open-connections) that can be simultaneously open.
* By default, Workers cannot create outbound TCP connections on port `25` to send email to SMTP mail servers. [Cloudflare Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/) provides APIs to process and forward email.
* Support for handling inbound TCP connections is [coming soon](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workers-tcp-socket-api-connect-databases/). Currently, it is not possible to make an inbound TCP connection to your Worker, for example, by using the `CONNECT` HTTP method.

## Troubleshooting

Review descriptions of common error messages you may see when working with TCP Sockets, what the error messages mean, and how to solve them.

### `proxy request failed, cannot connect to the specified address`

Your socket is connecting to an address that was disallowed. Examples of a disallowed address include Cloudflare IPs, `localhost`, and private network IPs.

If you need to connect to addresses on port `80` or `443` to make HTTP requests, use [`fetch`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

### `TCP Loop detected`

Your socket is connecting back to the Worker that initiated the outbound connection. In other words, the Worker is connecting back to itself. This is currently not supported.

### `Connections to port 25 are prohibited`

Your socket is connecting to an address on port `25`. This is usually the port used for SMTP mail servers. Workers cannot create outbound connections on port `25`. Consider using [Cloudflare Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/) instead.

---

# Web Crypto

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

## Background

The Web Crypto API provides a set of low-level functions for common cryptographic tasks. The Workers runtime implements the full surface of this API, but with some differences in the [supported algorithms](#supported-algorithms) compared to those implemented in most browsers.

Performing cryptographic operations using the Web Crypto API is significantly faster than performing them purely in JavaScript. If you want to perform CPU-intensive cryptographic operations, you should consider using the Web Crypto API.

The Web Crypto API is implemented through the `SubtleCrypto` interface, accessible via the global `crypto.subtle` binding. A simple example of calculating a digest (also known as a hash) is:

```js
const myText = new TextEncoder().encode('Hello world!');

const myDigest = await crypto.subtle.digest(
  {
    name: 'SHA-256',
  },
  myText // The data you want to hash as an ArrayBuffer
);

console.log(new Uint8Array(myDigest));
```

Some common uses include [signing requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/).

:::caution

The Web Crypto API differs significantly from the [Node.js Crypto API](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/crypto/). If you are working with code that relies on the Node.js Crypto API, you can use it by enabling the [`nodejs_compat` compatibility flag](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/). 
:::

***

## Constructors



* <code>crypto.DigestStream(algorithm)</code> DigestStream

  * A non-standard extension to the `crypto` API that supports generating a hash digest from streaming data. The `DigestStream` itself is a [`WritableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/) that does not retain the data written into it. Instead, it generates a hash digest automatically when the flow of data has ended.



### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>string | object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/digest#Syntax).



### Usage

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
  async fetch(req) {
    // Fetch from origin
    const res = await fetch(req);

    // We need to read the body twice so we `tee` it (get two instances)
    const [bodyOne, bodyTwo] = res.body.tee();
    // Make a new response so we can set the headers (responses from `fetch` are immutable)
    const newRes = new Response(bodyOne, res);
    // Create a SHA-256 digest stream and pipe the body into it
    const digestStream = new crypto.DigestStream("SHA-256");
    bodyTwo.pipeTo(digestStream);
    // Get the final result
    const digest = await digestStream.digest;
    // Turn it into a hex string
    const hexString = [...new Uint8Array(digest)]
      .map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'))
      .join('')
    // Set a header with the SHA-256 hash and return the response
    newRes.headers.set("x-content-digest", `SHA-256=${hexString}`);
    return newRes;
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
  async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
    // Fetch from origin
    const res = await fetch(req);

    // We need to read the body twice so we `tee` it (get two instances)
    const [bodyOne, bodyTwo] = res.body.tee();
    // Make a new response so we can set the headers (responses from `fetch` are immutable)
    const newRes = new Response(bodyOne, res);
    // Create a SHA-256 digest stream and pipe the body into it
    const digestStream = new crypto.DigestStream("SHA-256");
    bodyTwo.pipeTo(digestStream);
    // Get the final result
    const digest = await digestStream.digest;
    // Turn it into a hex string
    const hexString = [...new Uint8Array(digest)]
      .map(b => b.toString(16).padStart(2, '0'))
      .join('')
    // Set a header with the SHA-256 hash and return the response
    newRes.headers.set("x-content-digest", `SHA-256=${hexString}`);
    return newRes;
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Methods



* <code>crypto.randomUUID()</code> : string

  * Generates a new random (version 4) UUID as defined in [RFC 4122](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt).

* <code>crypto.getRandomValues(bufferArrayBufferView)</code> : ArrayBufferView

  * Fills the passed <code>ArrayBufferView</code> with cryptographically sound random values and returns the <code>buffer</code>.



### Parameters



* <code>buffer</code>ArrayBufferView

  * Must be an Int8Array | Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray | Int16Array | Uint16Array | Int32Array | Uint32Array | BigInt64Array | BigUint64Array.



## SubtleCrypto Methods

These methods are all accessed via [`crypto.subtle`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto#Methods), which is also documented in detail on MDN.

### encrypt



* <code>encrypt(algorithm, key, data)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with the encrypted data corresponding to the clear text, algorithm, and key given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/encrypt#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>data</code>BufferSource



### decrypt



* <code>decrypt(algorithm, key, data)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with the clear data corresponding to the ciphertext, algorithm, and key given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/decrypt#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>data</code>BufferSource



### sign



* <code>sign(algorithm, key, data)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with the signature corresponding to the text, algorithm, and key given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>string | object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/sign#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>data</code>ArrayBuffer



### verify



* <code>verify(algorithm, key, signature, data)</code> : Promise\<boolean>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with a Boolean value indicating if the signature given as a parameter matches the text, algorithm, and key that are also given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>string | object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/verify#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>signature</code>ArrayBuffer

* <code>data</code>ArrayBuffer



### digest



* <code>digest(algorithm, data)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with a digest generated from the algorithm and text given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>string | object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/digest#Syntax).

* <code>data</code>ArrayBuffer



### generateKey



* <code>generateKey(algorithm, extractable, keyUsages)</code> : Promise\<CryptoKey> | Promise\<CryptoKeyPair>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with a newly-generated `CryptoKey`, for symmetrical algorithms, or a `CryptoKeyPair`, containing two newly generated keys, for asymmetrical algorithms. For example, to generate a new AES-GCM key:

  ```js
  let keyPair = await crypto.subtle.generateKey(
    {
      name: 'AES-GCM',
      length: 256,
    },
    true,
    ['encrypt', 'decrypt']
  );
  ```



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/generateKey#Syntax).

* <code>extractable</code>bool

* <code>keyUsages</code>Array

  * An Array of strings indicating the [possible usages of the new key](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/generateKey#Syntax).



### deriveKey



* <code>deriveKey(algorithm, baseKey, derivedKeyAlgorithm, extractable, keyUsages)</code> : Promise\<CryptoKey>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with a newly generated `CryptoKey` derived from the base key and specific algorithm given as parameters.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/deriveKey#Syntax).

* <code>baseKeyCryptoKey</code>

* <code>derivedKeyAlgorithmobject</code>

  * Defines the algorithm the derived key will be used for in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/deriveKey#Syntax).

* <code>extractablebool</code>

* <code>keyUsagesArray</code>

  * An Array of strings indicating the [possible usages of the new key](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/deriveKey#Syntax)



### deriveBits



* <code>deriveBits(algorithm, baseKey, length)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Returns a Promise that fulfills with a newly generated buffer of pseudo-random bits derived from the base key and specific algorithm given as parameters. It returns a Promise which will be fulfilled with an `ArrayBuffer` containing the derived bits. This method is very similar to `deriveKey()`, except that `deriveKey()` returns a `CryptoKey` object rather than an `ArrayBuffer`. Essentially, `deriveKey()` is composed of `deriveBits()` followed by `importKey()`.



#### Parameters



* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/deriveBits#Syntax).

* <code>baseKey</code>CryptoKey

* <code>length</code>int

  * Length of the bit string to derive.



### importKey



* <code>importKey(format, keyData, algorithm, extractable, keyUsages)</code> : Promise\<CryptoKey>

  * Transform a key from some external, portable format into a `CryptoKey` for use with the Web Crypto API.



#### Parameters



* <code>format</code>string

  * Describes [the format of the key to be imported](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/importKey#Syntax).

* <code>keyData</code>ArrayBuffer

* <code>algorithm</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/importKey#Syntax).

* <code>extractable</code>bool

* <code>keyUsages</code>Array

  * An Array of strings indicating the [possible usages of the new key](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/importKey#Syntax)



### exportKey



* <code>exportKey(formatstring, keyCryptoKey)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Transform a `CryptoKey` into a portable format, if the `CryptoKey` is `extractable`.



#### Parameters



* <code>format</code>string

  * Describes the [format in which the key will be exported](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/exportKey#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey



### wrapKey



* <code>wrapKey(format, key, wrappingKey, wrapAlgo)</code> : Promise\<ArrayBuffer>

  * Transform a `CryptoKey` into a portable format, and then encrypt it with another key. This renders the `CryptoKey` suitable for storage or transmission in untrusted environments.



#### Parameters



* <code>format</code>string

  * Describes the [format in which the key will be exported](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/wrapKey#Syntax) before being encrypted.

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>wrappingKey</code>CryptoKey

* <code>wrapAlgo</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm to be used to encrypt the exported key, including any required parameters, in [an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/wrapKey#Syntax).



### unwrapKey



* <code>unwrapKey(format, key, unwrappingKey, unwrapAlgo, <br/> unwrappedKeyAlgo, extractable, keyUsages)</code> : Promise\<CryptoKey>

  * Transform a key that was wrapped by `wrapKey()` back into a `CryptoKey`.



#### Parameters



* <code>format</code>string

  * Described the [data format of the key to be unwrapped](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/unwrapKey#Syntax).

* <code>key</code>CryptoKey

* <code>unwrappingKey</code>CryptoKey

* <code>unwrapAlgo</code>object

  * Describes the algorithm that was used to encrypt the wrapped key, [in an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/unwrapKey#Syntax).

* <code>unwrappedKeyAlgo</code>object

  * Describes the key to be unwrapped, [in an algorithm-specific format](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/unwrapKey#Syntax).

* <code>extractable</code>bool

* <code>keyUsages</code>Array

  * An Array of strings indicating the [possible usages of the new key](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto/unwrapKey#Syntax)



### timingSafeEqual



* <code>timingSafeEqual(a, b)</code> : bool

  * Compare two buffers in a way that is resistant to timing attacks. This is a non-standard extension to the Web Crypto API.



#### Parameters



* <code>a</code>ArrayBuffer | TypedArray

* <code>b</code>ArrayBuffer | TypedArray



### Supported algorithms

Workers implements all operations of the [WebCrypto standard](https://www.w3.org/TR/WebCryptoAPI/), as shown in the following table.

A checkmark (✓) indicates that this feature is believed to be fully supported according to the spec.<br/>
An x (✘) indicates that this feature is part of the specification but not implemented.<br/>
If a feature only implements the operation partially, details are listed.



| Algorithm                                          | sign()<br/>verify() | encrypt()<br/>decrypt() | digest() | deriveBits()<br/>deriveKey() | generateKey() | wrapKey()<br/>unwrapKey() | exportKey() | importKey() |
| :------------------------------------------------- | :------------------ | :---------------------- | :------- | :--------------------------- | :------------ | :------------------------ | :---------- | :---------- |
| RSASSA PKCS1 v1.5                                  | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| RSA PSS                                            | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| RSA OAEP                                           |                     | ✓                       |          |                              | ✓             | ✓                         | ✓           | ✓           |
| ECDSA                                              | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| ECDH                                               |                     |                         |          | ✓                            | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| Ed25519<sup><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup>      | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| X25519<sup><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup>       |                     |                         |          | ✓                            | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| NODE ED25519<sup><a href="#footnote-2">2</a></sup> | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| AES CTR                                            |                     | ✓                       |          |                              | ✓             | ✓                         | ✓           | ✓           |
| AES CBC                                            |                     | ✓                       |          |                              | ✓             | ✓                         | ✓           | ✓           |
| AES GCM                                            |                     | ✓                       |          |                              | ✓             | ✓                         | ✓           | ✓           |
| AES KW                                             |                     |                         |          |                              | ✓             | ✓                         | ✓           | ✓           |
| HMAC                                               | ✓                   |                         |          |                              | ✓             |                           | ✓           | ✓           |
| SHA 1                                              |                     |                         | ✓        |                              |               |                           |             |             |
| SHA 256                                            |                     |                         | ✓        |                              |               |                           |             |             |
| SHA 384                                            |                     |                         | ✓        |                              |               |                           |             |             |
| SHA 512                                            |                     |                         | ✓        |                              |               |                           |             |             |
| MD5<sup><a href="#footnote-3">3</a></sup>          |                     |                         | ✓        |                              |               |                           |             |             |
| HKDF                                               |                     |                         |          | ✓                            |               |                           |             | ✓           |
| PBKDF2                                             |                     |                         |          | ✓                            |               |                           |             | ✓           |



**Footnotes:**

1. <a name="footnote-1"></a> Algorithms as specified in the [Secure Curves API](https://wicg.github.io/webcrypto-secure-curves).

2. <a name="footnote-2"></a> Legacy non-standard EdDSA is supported for the Ed25519 curve in addition to the Secure Curves version. Since this algorithm is non-standard, note the following while using it:

   * Use <code>NODE-ED25519</code> as the algorithm and `namedCurve` parameters.
   * Unlike NodeJS, Cloudflare will not support raw import of private keys.
   * The algorithm implementation may change over time. While Cloudflare cannot guarantee it at this time, Cloudflare will strive to maintain backward compatibility and compatibility with NodeJS's behavior. Any notable compatibility notes will be communicated in release notes and via this developer documentation.

3. <a name="footnote-3"></a> MD5 is not part of the WebCrypto standard but is supported in Cloudflare Workers for interacting with legacy systems that require MD5. MD5 is considered a weak algorithm. Do not rely upon MD5 for security.

***

## Related resources

* [SubtleCrypto documentation on MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SubtleCrypto)
* [SubtleCrypto documentation as part of the W3C Web Crypto API specification](https://www.w3.org/TR/WebCryptoAPI//#subtlecrypto-interface)
* [Example: signing requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/)

---

# Web standards

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/web-standards/

***

## JavaScript standards

The Cloudflare Workers runtime is [built on top of the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/). The Workers runtime is updated at least once a week, to at least the version of V8 that is currently used by Google Chrome's stable release. This means you can safely use the latest JavaScript features, with no need for transpilers.

All of the [standard built-in objects](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference) supported by the current Google Chrome stable release are supported, with a few notable exceptions:

* For security reasons, the following are not allowed:
  * `eval()`
  * `new Function`
  * [`WebAssembly.compile`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/compile_static)
  * [`WebAssembly.compileStreaming`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/compileStreaming_static)
  * `WebAssembly.instantiate` with a [buffer parameter](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/instantiate_static#primary_overload_%E2%80%94_taking_wasm_binary_code)
  * [`WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/instantiateStreaming_static)
* `Date.now()` returns the time of the last I/O; it does not advance during code execution.

***

## Web standards and global APIs

The following methods are available per the [Worker Global Scope](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerGlobalScope):

### Base64 utility methods



* atob()

  * Decodes a string of data which has been encoded using base-64 encoding.

* btoa()

  * Creates a base-64 encoded ASCII string from a string of binary data.



### Timers



* setInterval()

  * Schedules a function to execute every time a given number of milliseconds elapses.

* clearInterval()

  * Cancels the repeated execution set using [`setInterval()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/setInterval).

* setTimeout()

  * Schedules a function to execute in a given amount of time.

* clearTimeout()

  * Cancels the delayed execution set using [`setTimeout()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/setTimeout).



:::note


Timers are only available inside of [the Request Context](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-request-context).


:::

### `performance.timeOrigin` and `performance.now()`

* performance.timeOrigin

  * Returns the high resolution time origin. Workers uses the UNIX epoch as the time origin, meaning that `performance.timeOrigin` will always return `0`.

* performance.now()

  * Returns a `DOMHighResTimeStamp` representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since `performance.timeOrigin`. Note that Workers intentionally reduces the precision of `performance.now()` such that it returns the time of the last I/O and does not advance during code execution. Effectively, because of this, and because `performance.timeOrigin` is always, `0`, `performance.now()` will always equal `Date.now()`, yielding a consistent view of the passage of time within a Worker.

### `EventTarget` and `Event`

The [`EventTarget`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget) and [`Event`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event) API allow objects to publish and subscribe to events.

### `AbortController` and `AbortSignal`

The [`AbortController`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortController) and [`AbortSignal`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AbortSignal) APIs provide a common model for canceling asynchronous operations.

### Fetch global



* fetch()

  * Starts the process of fetching a resource from the network. Refer to [Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).



:::note


The Fetch API is only available inside of [the Request Context](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-request-context).


:::

***

## Encoding API

Both `TextEncoder` and `TextDecoder` support UTF-8 encoding/decoding.

[Refer to the MDN documentation for more information](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Encoding_API).

The [`TextEncoderStream`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextEncoderStream) and [`TextDecoderStream`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextDecoderStream) classes are also available.

***

## URL API

The URL API supports URLs conforming to HTTP and HTTPS schemes.

[Refer to the MDN documentation for more information](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL)

:::note


The default URL class behavior differs from the URL Spec documented above.

A new spec-compliant implementation of the URL class can be enabled using the `url_standard` [compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/).


:::

***

## Compression Streams

The `CompressionStream` and `DecompressionStream` classes support the deflate, deflate-raw and gzip compression methods.

[Refer to the MDN documentation for more information](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Compression_Streams_API)

***

## URLPattern API

The `URLPattern` API provides a mechanism for matching URLs based on a convenient pattern syntax.

[Refer to the MDN documentation for more information](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URLPattern).

***

## `Intl`

The `Intl` API allows you to format dates, times, numbers, and more to the format that is used by a provided locale (language and region).

[Refer to the MDN documentation for more information](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl).

***

## `navigator.userAgent`

When the [`global_navigator`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#global-navigator) compatibility flag is set, the [`navigator.userAgent`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/userAgent) property is available with the value `'Cloudflare-Workers'`. This can be used, for example, to reliably determine that code is running within the Workers environment.

## Unhandled promise rejections

The [`unhandledrejection`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/unhandledrejection_event) event is emitted by the global scope when a JavaScript promise is rejected without a rejection handler attached.

The [`rejectionhandled`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/rejectionhandled_event) event is emitted by the global scope when a JavaScript promise rejection is handled late (after a rejection handler is attached to the promise after an `unhandledrejection` event has already been emitted).

```js title="worker.js"
addEventListener('unhandledrejection', (event) => {
  console.log(event.promise);  // The promise that was rejected.
  console.log(event.reason);  // The value or Error with which the promise was rejected.
});

addEventListener('rejectionhandled', (event) => {
  console.log(event.promise);  // The promise that was rejected.
  console.log(event.reason);  // The value or Error with which the promise was rejected.
});
```

***

## `navigator.sendBeacon(url[, data])`

When the [`global_navigator`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#global-navigator) compatibility flag is set, the [`navigator.sendBeacon(...)`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon) API is available to send an HTTP `POST` request containing a small amount of data to a web server. This API is intended as a means of transmitting analytics or diagnostics information asynchronously on a best-effort basis.

For example, you can replace:

```js
const promise = fetch('https://example.com', { method: 'POST', body: 'hello world' });
ctx.waitUntil(promise);
```

with `navigator.sendBeacon(...)`:

```js
navigator.sendBeacon('https://example.com', 'hello world');
```

---

# WebSockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/

## Background

WebSockets allow you to communicate in real time with your Cloudflare Workers serverless functions. For a complete example, refer to [Using the WebSockets API](/workers/examples/websockets/).

:::note


If your application needs to coordinate among multiple WebSocket connections, such as a chat room or game match, you will need clients to send messages to a single-point-of-coordination. Durable Objects provide a single-point-of-coordination for Cloudflare Workers, and are often used in parallel with WebSockets to persist state over multiple clients and connections. In this case, refer to [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) to get started, and prefer using the Durable Objects' extended [WebSockets API](/durable-objects/best-practices/websockets/).


:::

## Constructor

```js
// { 0: <WebSocket>, 1: <WebSocket> }
let websocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
```

The WebSocketPair returned from this constructor is an Object, with two WebSockets at keys `0` and `1`.

These WebSockets are commonly referred to as `client` and `server`. The below example combines `Object.values` and ES6 destructuring to retrieve the WebSockets as `client` and `server`:

```js
let [client, server] = Object.values(new WebSocketPair());
```

## Methods

### accept



* <code>accept()</code>

  * Accepts the WebSocket connection and begins terminating requests for the WebSocket on Cloudflare's global network. This effectively enables the Workers runtime to begin responding to and handling WebSocket requests.



### addEventListener



* <code>addEventListener(eventWebSocketEvent, callbackFunctionFunction)</code>

  * Add callback functions to be executed when an event has occurred on the WebSocket.



#### Parameters



* `event` WebSocketEvent

  * The WebSocket event (refer to [Events](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets/#events)) to listen to.

* <code>callbackFunction(messageMessage)</code> Function

  * A function to be called when the WebSocket responds to a specific event.



### close



* <code>close(codenumber, reasonstring)</code>

  * Close the WebSocket connection.



#### Parameters



* <code>codeinteger</code> optional

  * An integer indicating the close code sent by the server. This should match an option from the [list of status codes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CloseEvent#status_codes) provided by the WebSocket spec.

* <code>reasonstring</code> optional

  * A human-readable string indicating why the WebSocket connection was closed.



### send



* <code>send(messagestring | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView)</code>

  * Send a message to the other WebSocket in this WebSocket pair.



#### Parameters



* <code>messagestring</code>

  * The message to send down the WebSocket connection to the corresponding client. This should be a string or something coercible into a string; for example, strings and numbers will be simply cast into strings, but objects and arrays should be cast to JSON strings using <code>JSON.stringify</code>, and parsed in the client.



***

## Events



* <code>close</code>
  * An event indicating the WebSocket has closed.

* <code>error</code>
  * An event indicating there was an error with the WebSocket.

* <code>message</code>
  * An event indicating a new message received from the client, including the data passed by the client.



:::note


WebSocket messages received by a Worker have a size limit of 1 MiB (1048576).  If a larger message is sent, the WebSocket will be automatically closed with a `1009` "Message is too large" response.


:::

## Types

### Message



* `data` any - The data passed back from the other WebSocket in your pair.
* `type` string - Defaults to `message`.



***

## Related resources

* [Mozilla Developer Network's (MDN) documentation on the WebSocket class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebSocket)
* [Our WebSocket template for building applications on Workers using WebSockets](https://github.com/cloudflare/websocket-template)

---

# Configuration and Bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/binding/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	FileTree,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	WranglerConfig
} from "~/components";

Configuring a Worker with assets requires specifying a [directory](/workers/static-assets/binding/#directory) and, optionally, an [assets binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/), in your Worker's Wrangler file. The [assets binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/) allows you to dynamically fetch assets from within your Worker script (e.g. `env.ASSETS.fetch()`), similarly to how you might with a make a `fetch()` call with a [Service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/http/).

Only one collection of static assets can be configured in each Worker.

## `directory`

The folder of static assets to be served. For many frameworks, this is the `./public/`, `./dist/`, or `./build/` folder.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-worker"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-19"
assets = { directory = "./public/" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Ignoring assets

Sometime there are files in the asset directory that should not be uploaded.

In this case, create a `.assetsignore` file in the root of the assets directory.
This file takes the same format as `.gitignore`.

Wrangler will not upload asset files that match lines in this file.

**Example**

You are migrating from a Pages project where the assets directory is `dist`.
You do not want to upload the server-side Worker code nor Pages configuration files as public client-side assets.
Add the following `.assetsignore` file:

```txt
_worker.js
_redirects
_headers
```

Now Wrangler will not upload these files as client-side assets when deploying the Worker.

## `run_worker_first`

Controls whether to invoke the Worker script regardless of a request which would have otherwise matched an asset. `run_worker_first = false` ([default](/workers/static-assets/routing/#default-behavior)) will serve any static asset matching a request, while `run_worker_first = true` will unconditionally [invoke your Worker script](/workers/static-assets/routing/#invoking-worker-script-ahead-of-assets).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-worker"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-19"
main = "src/index.ts"
 # The following configuration unconditionally invokes the Worker script at
 # `src/index.ts`, which can programatically fetch assets via the ASSETS binding
[assets]
directory = "./public/"
binding = "ASSETS"
run_worker_first = true
```

</WranglerConfig>

## `binding`

Configuring the optional [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) gives you access to the collection of assets from within your Worker script.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-worker"
main = "./src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-19"

[assets]
directory = "./public/"
binding = "ASSETS"
```

</WranglerConfig>

In the example above, assets would be available through `env.ASSETS`.

### Runtime API Reference

#### `fetch()`

**Parameters**

- `request: Request` Pass a [Request object](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), URL string, or URL object. Requests made through this method have `html_handling` and `not_found_handling` configuration applied to them.

**Response**

- `Promise<Response>` Returns a static asset response for the given request.

**Example**

Your dynamic code can make new, or forward incoming, requests to your project's static assets using the assets binding.

Take the following example that configures a Worker script to return a response under all requests headed for `/api/`. Otherwise, the Worker script will pass the incoming request through to the asset binding. In this case, because a Worker script is only invoked when the requested route has not matched any static assets, this will always evaluate [`not_found_handling`](/workers/static-assets/routing/#routing-configuration) behavior.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">
```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
			// TODO: Add your custom /api/* logic here.
			return new Response("Ok");
		}
		// Passes the incoming request through to the assets binding.
		// No asset matched this request, so this will evaluate `not_found_handling` behavior.
		return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
	},
};
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">
```ts
interface Env {
	ASSETS: Fetcher;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
			// TODO: Add your custom /api/* logic here.
			return new Response("Ok");
		}
		// Passes the incoming request through to the assets binding.
		// No asset matched this request, so this will evaluate `not_found_handling` behavior.
		return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Routing configuration

For the various static asset routing configuration options, refer to [Routing](/workers/static-assets/routing/).

## Smart Placement

[Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/) can be used to place a Worker's code close to your back-end infrastructure. Smart Placement will only have an effect if you specified a `main`, pointing to your Worker code.

### Smart Placement with Worker Code First

If you desire to run your [Worker code ahead of assets](/workers/static-assets/routing/#invoking-worker-script-ahead-of-assets) by setting `run_worker_first=true`, all requests must first travel to your Smart-Placed Worker. As a result, you may experience increased latency for asset requests.

Use Smart Placement with `run_worker_first=true` when you need to integrate with other backend services, authenticate requests before serving any assets, or if your want to make modifications to your assets before serving them.

If you want some assets served as quickly as possible to the user, but others to be served behind a smart-placed Worker, considering splitting your app into multiple Workers and [using service bindings to connect them](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/#best-practices).

### Smart Placement with Assets First

Enabling Smart Placement with `run_worker_first=false` (or not specifying it) lets you serve assets from as close as possible to your users, but moves your Worker logic to run most efficiently (such as near a database).

Use Smart Placement with `run_worker_first=false` (or not specifying it) when prioritizing fast asset delivery.

This will not impact the [default routing behavior](/workers/static-assets/routing/#default-behavior).

---

# Workers vs. Pages (compatibility matrix)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/compatibility-matrix/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	FileTree,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";

You can deploy full-stack applications, including front-end static assets and back-end APIs, as well as server-side rendered pages (SSR), to both Cloudflare [Workers](/workers/static-assets/) and [Pages](/pages/). The compatibility matrix below shows which features are available for each, to help you choose whether to build with Workers or Pages. Unless otherwise stated below, what works in Pages works in Workers, and what works in Workers works in Pages. Think something is missing from this list? [Open a pull request](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/edit/production/src/content/docs/workers/static-assets/compatibility-matrix.mdx) or [create a GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/issues/new).

We plan to bridge the gaps between Workers and Pages and provide ways to migrate your Pages projects to Workers.

**Legend** <br />
✅: Supported <br />
⏳: Coming soon <br />
🟡: Unsupported, workaround available <br />
❌: Unsupported

|                                                                                     | Workers | Pages   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- |
| **Writing, Testing, and Deploying Code**                                            |         |         |
| [Rollbacks](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/rollbacks/)             | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Gradual Deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/)             | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Preview URLs](/workers/configuration/previews)                                     | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Testing tools](/workers/testing)                                                   | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Local Development](/workers/testing/local-development/)                            | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Remote Development (`--remote`)](/workers/wrangler/commands/)                      | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Quick Editor in Dashboard](https://blog.cloudflare.com/improved-quick-edit)        | ✅      | ❌      |
| **Static Assets**                                                                   |         |         |
| [Early Hints](/pages/configuration/early-hints/)                                    | ❌      | ✅      |
| [Custom HTTP headers for static assets](/pages/configuration/headers/)              | 🟡 [^1] | ✅      |
| [Middleware](/workers/static-assets/binding/#run_worker_first)                      | ✅ [^2] | ✅      |
| [Redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/)                                        | 🟡 [^3] | ✅      |
| [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/)                          | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Serve assets on a path](/workers/static-assets/routing/)                           | ✅      | ❌      |
| **Observability**                                                                   |         |         |
| [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/)                                             | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/)                                     | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/)                           | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Real-time logs](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/)                       | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Source Maps](/workers/observability/source-maps/)                                  | ✅      | ❌      |
| **Runtime APIs & Compute Models**                                                   |         |         |
| [Node.js Compatibility Mode](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/)                         | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/api/)                                            | ✅      | 🟡 [^4] |
| [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)                              | ✅      | ❌      |
| **Bindings**                                                                        |         |         |
| [AI](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/#2-connect-your-worker-to-workers-ai) | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine)                                     | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Assets](/workers/static-assets/binding/)                                           | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Browser Rendering](/browser-rendering)                                             | ✅      | ✅      |
| [D1](/d1/worker-api/)                                                               | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/)                   | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Environment Variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/)              | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/)                                                          | ✅      | ✅      |
| [KV](/kv/)                                                                          | ✅      | ✅      |
| [mTLS](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/)                                        | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Queue Producers](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/#producer)                 | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Queue Consumers](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/#consumer)                 | ✅      | ❌      |
| [R2](/r2/)                                                                          | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Rate Limiting](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/rate-limit/)                         | ✅      | ❌      |
| [Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/)                                          | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/)                | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Vectorize](/vectorize/get-started/intro/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-index)         | ✅      | ✅      |
| **Builds (CI/CD)**                                                                  |         |         |
| [Monorepos](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/)                                 | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Build Watch Paths](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/)                       | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Build Caching](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-caching/)                               | ✅      | ✅      |
| [Deploy Hooks](/pages/configuration/deploy-hooks/)                                  | ❌      | ✅      |
| [Branch Deploy Controls](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/)               | ❌      | ✅      |
| [Custom Branch Aliases](/pages/how-to/custom-branch-aliases/)                       | ❌      | ✅      |
| **Pages Functions**                                                                 |         |         |
| [File-based Routing](/pages/functions/routing/)                                     | ❌ [^5] | ✅      |
| [Pages Plugins](/pages/functions/plugins/)                                          | ❌ [^6] | ✅      |
| **Domain Configuration**																														|					|					|
| [Custom domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain)| ✅      | ✅      |
| [Custom subdomains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/#set-up-a-custom-domain-in-the-dashboard)|✅|✅|
| [Custom domains outside Cloudflare zones](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-cname-record)|❌|✅|
| [Non-root routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) | ✅ | ❌ |

[^1]: Similar to <sup>3</sup>, to customize the HTTP headers that are returned by static assets, you can use [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to connect a Worker in front of the Worker with assets.

[^2]: Middleware can be configured via the [`run_worker_first`](/workers/static-assets/binding/#run_worker_first) option, but is charged as a normal Worker invocation. We plan to explore additional related options in the future.

[^3]: You can handle redirects by adding code to your Worker (a [community package](https://npmjs.com/package/redirects-in-workers) is available for `_redirects` support), or you can use [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/).

[^4]: To [use Durable Objects with your Cloudflare Pages project](/pages/functions/bindings/#durable-objects), you must create a separate Worker with a Durable Object and then declare a binding to it in both your Production and Preview environments. Using Durable Objects with Workers is simpler and recommended.

[^5]: Workers [supports popular frameworks](/workers/frameworks/), many of which implement file-based routing.

[^6]: Everything that is possible with Pages Functions can also be achieved by adding code to your Worker or by using framework-specific plugins for relevant third party tools.

---

# Direct Uploads

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/direct-upload/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	FileTree,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";
import { Icon } from "astro-icon/components";

:::note

Directly uploading assets via APIs is an advanced approach which, unless you are building a programatic integration, most users will not need. Instead, we encourage users to deploy your Worker with [Wrangler](/workers/static-assets/get-started/#1-create-a-new-worker-project-using-the-cli).

:::

Our API empowers users to upload and include static assets as part of a Worker. These static assets can be served for free, and additionally, users can also fetch assets through an optional [assets binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/) to power more advanced applications. This guide will describe the process for attaching assets to your Worker directly with the API.

<Tabs syncKey="workers-vs-platforms" IconComponent={Icon}>
<TabItem icon="workers" label="Workers">
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant Workers API
    User<<->>Workers API: Submit manifest<br/>POST /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/scripts/:scriptName/assets-upload-session
    User<<->>Workers API: Upload files<br/>POST /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/assets/upload?base64=true
    User<<->>Workers API: Upload script version<br/>PUT /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/scripts/:scriptName
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem icon="cloudflare-for-platforms" label="Workers for Platforms" IconComponent={Icon}>
```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant User
    participant Workers API
    User<<->>Workers API: Submit manifest<br/>POST /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/dispatch/namespaces/:dispatchNamespace/scripts/:scriptName/assets-upload-session
    User<<->>Workers API: Upload files<br/>POST /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/assets/upload?base64=true
    User<<->>Workers API: Upload script version<br/>PUT /client/v4/accounts/:accountId/workers/dispatch/namespaces/:dispatchNamespace/scripts/:scriptName
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

The asset upload flow can be distilled into three distinct phases:

1. Registration of a manifest
2. Upload of the assets
3. Deployment of the Worker

## Upload manifest

The asset manifest is a ledger which keeps track of files we want to use in our Worker. This manifest is used to track assets associated with each Worker version, and eliminate the need to upload unchanged files prior to a new upload.

The [manifest upload request](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/assets/subresources/upload/methods/create/) describes each file which we intend to upload. Each file is its own key representing the file path and name, and is an object which contains metadata about the file.

`hash` represents a 32 hexadecimal character hash of the file, while `size` is the size (in bytes) of the file.

<Tabs syncKey="workers-vs-platforms" IconComponent={Icon}>
<TabItem icon="workers" label="Workers">
```bash
curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/scripts/{script_name}/assets-upload-session \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
--data '{
  "manifest": {
		"/filea.html": {
			"hash": "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1",
			"size": 12
		},
		"/fileb.html": {
			"hash": "4f1c1af44620d531446ceef93f",
			"size": 23
		},
		"/filec.html": {
			"hash": "54995e302614e0523757a04ec1",
			"size": 23
		}
	}
}'
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem icon="cloudflare-for-platforms" label="Workers for Platforms">
```bash
curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{dispatch_namespace}/scripts/{script_name}/assets-upload-session \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
--data '{
  "manifest": {
		"/filea.html": {
			"hash": "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1",
			"size": 12
		},
		"/fileb.html": {
			"hash": "4f1c1af44620d531446ceef93f",
			"size": 23
		},
		"/filec.html": {
			"hash": "54995e302614e0523757a04ec1",
			"size": 23
		}
	}
}'
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

The resulting response will contain a JWT, which provides authentication during file upload. The JWT is valid for one hour.

In addition to the JWT, the response instructs users how to optimally batch upload their files. These instructions are encoded in the `buckets` field. Each array in `buckets` contains a list of file hashes which should be uploaded together. Hashes of files that have been recently uploaded may not be returned in the API response; they do not need to be re-uploaded.

```json
{
	"result": {
		"jwt": "<UPLOAD_TOKEN>",
		"buckets": [
			["08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1", "4f1c1af44620d531446ceef93f"],
			["54995e302614e0523757a04ec1"]
		]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": null,
	"messages": null
}
```

:::note

If all assets have been previously uploaded, `buckets` will be empty, and `jwt` will contain a completion token. Uploading files is not necessary, and you can skip directly to [uploading a new script or version](/workers/static-assets/direct-upload/#createdeploy-new-version).

:::

### Limitations

- Each file must be under 25 MiB
- The overall manifest must not contain more than 20,000 file entries

## Upload Static Assets

The [file upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/assets/subresources/upload/methods/create/) requires files be uploaded using `multipart/form-data`. The contents of each file must be base64 encoded, and the `base64` query parameter in the URL must be set to `true`.

The `Authorization` header must be provided as a bearer token, using the JWT (upload token) from the aforementioned manifest upload call.

Once every file in the manifest has been uploaded, a status code of 201 will be returned, with the `jwt` field present. This JWT is a final "completion" token which can be used to create a deployment of a Worker with this set of assets. This completion token is valid for 1 hour.

## Create/Deploy New Version

[Script](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/), [Version](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/subresources/versions/methods/create/), and [Workers for Platform script](/api/resources/workers_for_platforms/subresources/dispatch/subresources/namespaces/subresources/scripts/methods/update/) upload endpoints require specifying a metadata part in the form data. Here, we can provide the completion token from the previous (upload assets) step.

```bash title="Example Worker Metadata Specifying Completion Token"
{
  "main_module": "main.js",
  "assets": {
    "jwt": "<completion_token>"
  },
  "compatibility_date": "2021-09-14"
}
```

If this is a Worker which already has assets, and you wish to just re-use the existing set of assets, we do not have to specify the completion token again. Instead, we can pass the boolean `keep_assets` option.

```bash title="Example Worker Metadata Specifying keep_assets"
{
  "main_module": "main.js",
  "keep_assets": true,
  "compatibility_date": "2021-09-14"
}
```

Asset [routing configuration](/workers/static-assets/routing/#routing-configuration) can be provided in the `assets` object, such as `html_handling` and `not_found_handling`.

```bash title="Example Worker Metadata Specifying Asset Configuration"
{
  "main_module": "main.js",
  "assets": {
    "jwt": "<completion_token>",
    "config" {
      "html_handling": "auto-trailing-slash"
    }
  },
  "compatibility_date": "2021-09-14"
}
```

Optionally, an assets binding can be provided if you wish to fetch and serve assets from within your Worker code.

```bash title="Example Worker Metadata Specifying Asset Binding"
{
  "main_module": "main.js",
  "assets": {
    ...
  },
  "bindings": [
    ...
    {
      "name": "ASSETS",
      "type": "assets"
    }
    ...
  ]
  "compatibility_date": "2021-09-14"
}
```

## Programmatic Example

<Tabs> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import * as fs from "fs";
import * as path from "path";
import * as crypto from "crypto";
import { FormData, fetch } from "undici";
import "node:process";

const accountId: string = ""; // Replace with your actual account ID
const filesDirectory: string = "assets"; // Adjust to your assets directory
const scriptName: string = "my-new-script"; // Replace with desired script name
const dispatchNamespace: string = ""; // Replace with a dispatch namespace if using Workers for Platforms

interface FileMetadata {
	hash: string;
	size: number;
}

interface UploadSessionData {
	uploadToken: string;
	buckets: string[][];
	fileMetadata: Record<string, FileMetadata>;
}

interface UploadResponse {
	result: {
		jwt: string;
		buckets: string[][];
	};
	success: boolean;
	errors: any;
	messages: any;
}

// Function to calculate the SHA-256 hash of a file and truncate to 32 characters
function calculateFileHash(filePath: string): {
	fileHash: string;
	fileSize: number;
} {
	const hash = crypto.createHash("sha256");
	const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
	hash.update(fileBuffer);
	const fileHash = hash.digest("hex").slice(0, 32); // Grab the first 32 characters
	const fileSize = fileBuffer.length;
	return { fileHash, fileSize };
}

// Function to gather file metadata for all files in the directory
function gatherFileMetadata(directory: string): Record<string, FileMetadata> {
	const files = fs.readdirSync(directory);
	const fileMetadata: Record<string, FileMetadata> = {};

	files.forEach((file) => {
		const filePath = path.join(directory, file);
		const { fileHash, fileSize } = calculateFileHash(filePath);
		fileMetadata["/" + file] = {
			hash: fileHash,
			size: fileSize,
		};
	});

	return fileMetadata;
}

function findMatch(
	fileHash: string,
	fileMetadata: Record<string, FileMetadata>,
): string {
	for (let prop in fileMetadata) {
		const file = fileMetadata[prop] as FileMetadata;
		if (file.hash === fileHash) {
			return prop;
		}
	}
	throw new Error("unknown fileHash");
}

// Function to upload a batch of files using the JWT from the first response
async function uploadFilesBatch(
	jwt: string,
	fileHashes: string[][],
	fileMetadata: Record<string, FileMetadata>,
): Promise<string> {
	const form = new FormData();

	for (const bucket of fileHashes) {
		bucket.forEach((fileHash) => {
			const fullPath = findMatch(fileHash, fileMetadata);
			const relPath = filesDirectory + "/" + path.basename(fullPath);
			const fileBuffer = fs.readFileSync(relPath);
			const base64Data = fileBuffer.toString("base64"); // Convert file to Base64

			form.append(
				fileHash,
				new File([base64Data], fileHash, {
					type: "text/html", // Modify Content-Type header based on type of file
				}),
				fileHash,
			);
		});

		const response = await fetch(
			`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/workers/assets/upload?base64=true`,
			{
				method: "POST",
				headers: {
					Authorization: `Bearer ${jwt}`,
				},
				body: form,
			},
		);

		const data = (await response.json()) as UploadResponse;
		if (data && data.result.jwt) {
			return data.result.jwt;
		}
	}

	throw new Error("Should have received completion token");
}

async function scriptUpload(completionToken: string): Promise<void> {
	const form = new FormData();

	// Configure metadata
	form.append(
		"metadata",
		JSON.stringify({
			main_module: "index.mjs",
			compatibility_date: "2022-03-11",
			assets: {
				jwt: completionToken, // Provide the completion token from file uploads
			},
			bindings: [{ name: "ASSETS", type: "assets" }], // Optional assets binding to fetch from user worker
		}),
	);

	// Configure (optional) user worker
	form.append(
		"index.js",
		new File(
			[
				"export default {async fetch(request, env) { return new Response('Hello world from user worker!'); }}",
			],
			"index.mjs",
			{
				type: "application/javascript+module",
			},
		),
	);

	const url = dispatchNamespace
		? `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/${dispatchNamespace}/scripts/${scriptName}`
		: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/workers/scripts/${scriptName}`;

	const response = await fetch(url, {
		method: "PUT",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN}`,
		},
		body: form,
	});

	if (response.status != 200) {
		throw new Error("unexpected status code");
	}
}

// Function to make the POST request to start the assets upload session
async function startUploadSession(): Promise<UploadSessionData> {
	const fileMetadata = gatherFileMetadata(filesDirectory);

	const requestBody = JSON.stringify({
		manifest: fileMetadata,
	});

	const url = dispatchNamespace
		? `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/${dispatchNamespace}/scripts/${scriptName}/assets-upload-session`
		: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/workers/scripts/${scriptName}/assets-upload-session`;

	const response = await fetch(url, {
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN}`,
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		},
		body: requestBody,
	});

	const data = (await response.json()) as UploadResponse;
	const jwt = data.result.jwt;

	return {
		uploadToken: jwt,
		buckets: data.result.buckets,
		fileMetadata,
	};
}

// Begin the upload session by uploading a new manifest
const { uploadToken, buckets, fileMetadata } = await startUploadSession();

// If all files are already uploaded, a completion token will be immediately returned. Otherwise,
// we should upload the missing files
let completionToken = uploadToken;
if (buckets.length > 0) {
	completionToken = await uploadFilesBatch(uploadToken, buckets, fileMetadata);
}

// Once we have uploaded all of our files, we can upload a new script, and assets, with completion token
await scriptUpload(completionToken);
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Get Started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/get-started/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

For most front-end applications, you'll want to use a framework. Workers supports number of popular [frameworks](/workers/frameworks/) that come with ready-to-use components, a pre-defined and structured architecture, and community support. View [framework specific guides](/workers/frameworks/) to get started using a framework.

Alternatively, you may prefer to build your website from scratch if:

- You're interested in learning by implementing core functionalities on your own.
- You're working on a simple project where you might not need a framework.
- You want to optimize for performance by minimizing external dependencies.
- You require complete control over every aspect of the application.
- You want to build your own framework.

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying a static site or a full-stack application without a framework on Workers.

## Deploy a static site

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying a static site on Workers.

### 1. Create a new Worker project using the CLI

[C3 (`create-cloudflare-cli`)](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare. Open a terminal window and run C3 to create your Worker project:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"my-static-site --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World - Assets-only",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-static-site
```

### 2. Develop locally

After you have created your Worker, run the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

### 3. Deploy your project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

:::note

Learn about how assets are configured and how routing works from [Routing configuration](/workers/static-assets/routing/).

:::

## Deploy a full-stack application

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying dynamic and interactive server-side rendered (SSR) applications on Cloudflare Workers.

When building a full-stack application, you can use any [Workers bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), [including assets' own](/workers/static-assets/binding/), to interact with resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform.

### 1. Create a new Worker project

[C3 (`create-cloudflare-cli`)](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare.

Open a terminal window and run C3 to create your Worker project:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"my-dynamic-site --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World - Worker with Assets",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-dynamic-site
```

### 2. Develop locally

After you have created your Worker, run the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

### 3. Modify your Project

With your new project generated and running, you can begin to write and edit your project:

- The `src/index.ts` file is populated with sample code. Modify its content to change the server-side behavior of your Worker.
- The `public/index.html` file is populated with sample code. Modify its content, or anything else in `public/`, to change the static assets of your Worker.

Then, save the files and reload the page. Your project's output will have changed based on your modifications.

### 4. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

:::note

Learn about how assets are configured and how routing works from [Routing configuration](/workers/static-assets/routing/).

:::

---

# Static Assets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	DirectoryListing,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	Feature,
	LinkButton,
	Stream,
	Flex,
} from "~/components";

<Description>
	Create fast, scalable front-end applications deployed to Cloudflare Workers.
</Description>

---

## What you can build

### Static Websites

Deploy static sites like blogs, portfolios, or documentation pages. Serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files directly from Cloudflare's network for low-latency access worldwide.

<LinkButton href="/workers/static-assets/get-started/#deploy-a-static-site">
	Deploy a static site
</LinkButton>

### Full-stack Applications

Build dynamic and interactive server-side rendered (SSR) applications on Cloudflare Workers.

You can combine asset hosting with Cloudflare's data and storage products such as [Workers KV](/kv/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), and [R2 Storage](/r2/) to build full-stack applications that serve both front-end and back-end logic in a single Worker.

<LinkButton href="/workers/static-assets/get-started/#deploy-a-full-stack-application">
	Deploy a full-stack application
</LinkButton>

### Supported frameworks

The following Frameworks are currently supported on Cloudflare Workers:

<DirectoryListing folder="workers/frameworks/framework-guides" />

:::note

Static Assets for Workers is currently in open beta. If you're looking for a framework not on this list, it may be supported in [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/). Visit [Pages Frameworks guides](/pages/framework-guides/) for a full list.

:::

### Pricing

Requests to a project with static assets can either return static assets or invoke the Worker script, depending on if the request [matches a static asset or not](/workers/static-assets/routing/).

**Requests to static assets are free and unlimited**. Requests to the Worker script (e.g. in the case of SSR content) are billed according to Workers pricing. Refer to [pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/#example-2) for an example.

There is no additional cost for storing Assets.

### Troubleshooting

- `assets.bucket is a required field` — if you see this error, you need to update Wrangler to at least `3.78.10` or later. `bucket` is not a required field.

### Limitations

The following limitations apply for Workers with static assets:

- There is a 20,000 file count limit per [Worker version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/), and a 25 MiB individual file size limit. This matches the [limits in Cloudflare Pages](/pages/platform/limits/) today.
- In local development, you cannot make [Service Binding RPC calls](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/) to a Worker with static assets. This is a temporary limitation, we are working to remove it.
- Workers with assets cannot run on a [route or domain](/workers/configuration/routing/) with a path component. For example, `example.com/*` is an acceptable route, but `example.com/foo/*` is not. Wrangler and the Cloudflare dashboard will throw an error when you try and add a route with a path component.

:::note

Have a framework you would like to see supported on Workers or a feature request? Tell us about it on [Cloudflare's Developer Discord](https://discord.gg/dqgZUwcD)!

:::

---

# Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/static-assets/routing/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	FileTree,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
	WranglerConfig,
} from "~/components";

## Default behavior

By default, assets are served by attempting to match up the incoming request's pathname to a static asset. The structure and organization of files in your static asset directory, along with any routing configuration, determine the routing paths for your application. When a request invokes a Worker with assets:

1. If a request is found with a matching path to the current route requested then that asset will always be served.

In this example, request to `example.com/blog` serves the `blog.html` file.

![A request to `example.com/blog` serves the `/blog.html` file. ](~/assets/images/workers/platform/assets/workers-assets-serve-asset.png)

2. If there is no Worker script, [`not_found_handling`](/workers/static-assets/routing/#2-not_found_handling) will be evaluated. By default, a null-body 404-status response will be served.

If a Worker is configured, and there are no assets that match the current route requested, the Worker will be invoked. The Worker can then "fall back" to `not_found_handling` asset behavior, by passing the incoming request through to the [asset binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/#runtime-api-reference).

In this example, a request to `example.com/api` doesn't match a static asset so the Worker is invoked.

![A request to `example.com/blog` runs the Worker.](~/assets/images/workers/platform/assets/workers-assets-invoke-worker.png)

## Invoking Worker Script Ahead of Assets

You may wish to run code before assets are served. This is often the case when implementing authentication, logging, personalization, internationalization, or other similar functions. [`run_worker_first`](/workers/static-assets/binding/#run_worker_first) is a configuration option available in `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` which controls this behavior. When enabled, `run_worker_first = true` will invoke your Worker's code, regardless of any assets that would have otherwise matched.

Take the following directory structure, `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, and user Worker code:

<FileTree>

- wrangler.json
- package.json
- public
  - supersecret.txt
- src
  - index.ts

</FileTree>

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "my-worker"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-19"
main = "src/index.ts"
assets = { directory = "./public/", binding = "ASSETS", run_worker_first = true }
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(
    request: Request,
    env: Env,
    ctx: ExecutionContext
  ): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    if (url.pathname === "/supersecret.txt") {
      const auth = request.headers.get("Authorization");
      if (!auth) {
        return new Response("Forbidden", {
          status: 403,
          statusText: "Forbidden",
          headers: {
            "Content-Type": "text/plain",
          },
        });
      }
    }

    return await env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
  },
};
```

In this example, any request will be routed to our user Worker, due to `run_worker_first` being enabled. As a result, any request being made `/supersecret.txt` without an `Authorization` header will result in a 403.

## Routing configuration

There are two options for asset serving that can be [configured in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#assets):

#### 1. `html_handling`

Forcing or dropping trailing slashes on request paths (for example, `example.com/page/` vs. `example.com/page`) is often something that developers wish to control for cosmetic reasons. Additionally, it can impact SEO because search engines often treat URLs with and without trailing slashes as different, separate pages. This distinction can lead to duplicate content issues, indexing problems, and overall confusion about the correct canonical version of a page.

`html_handling` configuration determines the redirects and rewrites of requests for HTML content. It is used to specify the pattern for canonical URLs, thus where Cloudflare serves HTML content from, and additionally, where Cloudflare redirects non-canonical URLs to.

#### 2. `not_found_handling`

In the event a request does not match a static asset, and there is no Worker script (or that Worker script calls `fetch()` on [the assets binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/)), `not_found_handling` determines how Cloudflare will construct a response.

It can be used to serve single-page applications (SPAs), or to serve custom 404 HTML pages.

If creating a SPA, place an `/index.html` in your asset directory. When `not_found_handling` is configured to `"single-page-application"`, this page will be served with a 200 response.

If you have custom 404 HTML pages, and configure `not_found_handling` to `"404-page"`, Cloudflare will recursively navigate up by pathname segment to serve the nearest `404.html` file. For example, you can have a `/404.html` and `/blog/404.html` file, and Cloudflare will serve the `/blog/404.html` file for requests to `/blog/not-found` and the `/404.html` file for requests to `/foo/bar`.

### Default configuration

#### 1. `html_handling`

`"auto-trailing-slash"` is the default mode if `html_handling` is not explicitly specified.

Take the following directory structure:

<FileTree>

- file.html
- folder
  - index.html

</FileTree>

Based on the incoming requests, the following assets would be served:

| Incoming Request   | Response        | Asset Served       |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ------------------ |
| /file              | 200             | /file.html served  |
| /file.html         | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/             | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/index        | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/index.html   | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /folder            | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder.html       | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder/           | 200             | /folder/index.html |
| /folder/index      | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder/index.html | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |

#### 2. `not_found_handling`

`"none"` is the default mode if `not_found_handling` is not explicitly specified.

For all non-matching requests, Cloudflare will return a null-body 404-status response.

```
/not-found -> 404
/foo/path/doesnt/exist -> 404
```

### Alternate configuration options

Alternate configuration options are outlined on this page and can be specified in your project's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#assets). If you're deploying using a [framework](/workers/frameworks/), these options will be defined by the framework provider.

Example `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
assets = { directory = "./public", binding = "ASSETS", html_handling = "force-trailing-slash", not_found_handling = "404-page" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### `html_handling = "auto-trailing-slash" | "force-trailing-slash" | "drop-trailing-slash" | "none"`

Take the following directory structure:

<FileTree>

- file.html
- folder
  - index.html

</FileTree>

**`html_handling: "auto-trailing-slash"`**

Based on the incoming requests, the following assets would be served:

| Incoming Request   | Response        | Asset Served       |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ------------------ |
| /file              | 200             | /file.html         |
| /file.html         | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/             | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/index        | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /file/index.html   | 307 to /file    | -                  |
| /folder            | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder.html       | 307 to /folder  | -                  |
| /folder/           | 200             | /folder/index.html |
| /folder/index      | 307 to /folder  | -                  |
| /folder/index.html | 307 to /folder  | -                  |

**`html_handling: "force-trailing-slash"`**

Based on the incoming requests, the following assets would be served:

| Incoming Request   | Response        | Asset Served       |
| ------------------ | --------------- | ------------------ |
| /file              | 307 to /file/   | -                  |
| /file.html         | 307 to /file/   | -                  |
| /file/             | 200             | /file.html         |
| /file/index        | 307 to /file/   | -                  |
| /file/index.html   | 307 to /file/   | -                  |
| /folder            | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder.html       | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder/           | 200             | /folder/index.html |
| /folder/index      | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |
| /folder/index.html | 307 to /folder/ | -                  |

**`html_handling: "drop-trailing-slash"`**

Based on the incoming requests, the following assets would be served:

| Incoming Request   | Response       | Asset Served       |
| ------------------ | -------------- | ------------------ |
| /file              | 200            | /file.html         |
| /file.html         | 307 to /file   | -                  |
| /file/             | 307 to /file   | -                  |
| /file/index        | 307 to /file   | -                  |
| /file/index.html   | 307 to /file   | -                  |
| /folder            | 200            | /folder/index.html |
| /folder.html       | 307 to /folder | -                  |
| /folder/           | 307 to /folder | -                  |
| /folder/index      | 307 to /folder | -                  |
| /folder/index.html | 307 to /folder | -                  |

**`html_handling: "none"`**

Based on the incoming requests, the following assets would be served:

| Incoming Request   | Response                        | Asset Served                    |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| /file              | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /file.html         | 200                             | /file.html                      |
| /file/             | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /file/index        | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /file/index.html   | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /folder            | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /folder.html       | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /folder/           | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /folder/index      | Depends on `not_found_handling` | Depends on `not_found_handling` |
| /folder/index.html | 200                             | /folder/index.html              |

#### `not_found_handling = "404-page" | "single-page-application" | "none"`

Take the following directory structure:

<FileTree>

- 404.html
- index.html
- folder
  - 404.html

</FileTree>

**`not_found_handling: "none"`**

```
/not-found -> 404
/folder/doesnt/exist -> 404
```

**`not_found_handling: "404-page"`**

```
/not-found -> 404 /404.html
/folder/doesnt/exist -> 404 /folder/404.html
```

**`not_found_handling: "single-page-application"`**

```
/not-found -> 200 /index.html
/folder/doesnt/exist -> 200 /index.html
```

## Serving assets from a custom path

:::note
This feature requires Wrangler v3.98.0 or later.
:::

Like with any other Worker, [you can configure a Worker with assets to run on a path of your domain](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/).
Assets defined for a Worker must be nested in a directory structure that mirrors the desired path.

For example, to serve assets from `example.com/blog/*`, create a `blog` directory in your asset directory.

{/* prettier-ignore */}
<FileTree>
- dist
	- blog
		- index.html
		- posts
			- post1.html
			- post2.html
</FileTree>

With a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file like so:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
name = "assets-on-a-path-example"
main = "src/index.js"
route = "example.com/blog/*"

[assets]
directory = "dist"

```
</WranglerConfig>

In this example, requests to `example.com/blog/` will serve the `index.html` file, and requests to `example.com/blog/posts/post1` will serve the `post1.html` file.

If you have a file outside the configured path, it will not be served. For example, if you have a `home.html` file in the root of your asset directory, it will not be served when requesting `example.com/blog/home`.
However, if needed, these files can still be manually fetched over [the binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/#binding).
```

---

# Testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

Review the tools available for testing and debugging Workers.

<DirectoryListing />

## Testing comparison matrix

| Feature                                         | Vitest Pool | `unstable_dev()` | Miniflare's API |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------- | --------------- |
| Unit testing                                    | ✅          | ❌                | ❌              |
| Integration testing                             | ✅          | ✅                | ✅              |
| Loading `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` files   | ✅          | ✅                | ❌              |
| Bindings directly in tests                      | ✅          | ❌                | ✅              |
| Isolated per-test storage                       | ✅          | ❌                | ❌              |
| Outbound request mocking                        | ✅          | ❌                | ✅              |
| Multiple Worker support                         | ✅          | 🚧[^1]            | ✅              |
| Direct access to Durable Objects                | ✅          | ❌                | ❌              |
| Run Durable Object alarms immediately           | ✅          | ❌                | ❌              |
| List Durable Objects                            | ✅          | ❌                | ❌              |
| Testing service Workers                         | ❌          | ✅                | ✅              |

[^1]: Support for multiple Workers in [`unstable_dev()`](/workers/wrangler/api/#unstable_dev) relies on `wrangler dev`'s service registry which can be unreliable when running multiple tests in parallel.

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---

# Integration testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/integration-testing/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Integration tests test multiple units of your Worker together by sending HTTP requests to your Worker and asserting on the HTTP responses. As an example, consider the following Worker:

```js
export function add(a, b) {
	return a + b;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const a = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("a"));
		const b = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("b"));
		return new Response(add(a, b));
	},
};
```

An integration test for this Worker might look like the following example:

```js
// Start Worker HTTP server on port 8787 running `index.mjs` then...
const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8787/?a=1&b=2");

assert((await response.text()) === "3");
```

In the above example, instead of importing the `add` function as a [unit test](/workers/testing/unit-testing/) would do, you make a direct call to the endpoint, testing that the Worker responds at the endpoint with the appropriate response.

## Vitest integration

The recommended way to write integration tests for your Workers is by using [the Workers Vitest integration](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/). Vitest can be configured to run integrations against a single Worker or multiple Workers.

### Testing via `SELF`

If testing a single Worker, you can use the `SELF` fetcher provided by the [`cloudflare:test` API](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/).

```js
import { SELF } from "cloudflare:test";

it("dispatches fetch event", async () => {
  const response = await SELF.fetch("https://example.com");
  expect(await response.text()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(...);
});
```

When using `SELF` for integration tests, your Worker code runs in the same context as the test runner. This means you can use global mocks to control your Worker, but also means your Worker uses the same subtly different module resolution behavior provided by Vite.

Usually this is not a problem, but if you would like to run your Worker in a fresh environment that is as close to production as possible, using an auxiliary Worker may be a good idea. Auxiliary Workers have some developer experience (DX) limitations.

### Testing via auxiliary Workers

It is also possible to configure Workers for integration testing via `vitest.config.ts`. An [example `vitest.config.ts` configuration file](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/basics-integration-auxiliary/vitest.config.ts) on GitHub.

The Worker can then be referenced like the following example:

```js
import { env } from "cloudflare:test";
import { expect, it } from "vitest";

it("dispatches fetch event", async () => {
	const response = await env.WORKER.fetch("http://example.com");
	expect(await response.text()).toBe("👋");
});
```

Instead of running the Worker-under-test in the same Worker as the test runner like `SELF`, this example defines the Worker-under-test as an _auxiliary_ Worker. This means the Worker runs in a separate isolate to the test runner, with a different global scope. The Worker-under-test runs in an environment closer to production, but Vite transformations and hot-module-reloading aren't applied to the Worker—you must compile your TypeScript to JavaScript beforehand.

Auxiliary Workers cannot be configured from Wrangler files. You must use Miniflare [`WorkerOptions`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare#interface-workeroptions) in `vitest.config.ts`.

:::note

This method is less recommended than `SELF` for integration tests because of its developer experience. However, it can be useful when you are testing multiple Workers. You can define multiple Workers by different names in `vitest.config.ts` and reference them via `env`.

:::

## Wrangler's `unstable_dev()` API

If you do not want to use Vitest and would like to write integration tests for a single Worker, consider using [Wrangler's `unstable_dev()` API](/workers/wrangler/api/#unstable_dev). `unstable_dev()` allows you to start an HTTP server similar to [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) that you can send HTTP requests to. `unstable_dev()` will automatically load options from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Note that `unstable_dev()` is an experimental API subject to breaking changes.

```js
import assert from "node:assert";
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";

const worker = await unstable_dev("./index.mjs");
try {
	const response = await worker.fetch("/?a=1&b=2");
	assert.strictEqual(await response.text(), "3");
} finally {
	await worker.stop();
}
```

:::note

If you have been using `unstable_dev()` for integration testing and want to migrate to Cloudflare's Vitest integration, refer to the [Migrate from `unstable_dev` migration guide](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/migrate-from-unstable-dev/) for more information.

:::

## Miniflare's API

If you would like to write integration tests for multiple Workers, need direct access to [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) outside your Worker in tests, or have another advanced use case, consider using [Miniflare's API](/workers/testing/miniflare) directly. Miniflare is the foundation for the other testing tools on this page, exposing a JavaScript API for the [`workerd` runtime](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) and local simulators for the other Developer Platform products. Unlike `unstable_dev()`, Miniflare does not automatically load options from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

```js
import assert from "node:assert";
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	scriptPath: "./index.mjs",
});
try {
	const response = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://example.com/?a=1&b=2");
	assert.strictEqual(await response.text(), "3");
} finally {
	await mf.dispose();
}
```

:::note

If you have been using the test environments from Miniflare 2 for integration testing and want to migrate to Cloudflare's Vitest integration, refer to the [Migrate from Miniflare 2 migration guide](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/migrate-from-miniflare-2/) for more information.

:::

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## Related Resources

- [Recipes](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/recipes/) - Example integration tests for Workers using the Workers Vitest integration.

---

# Local development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/local-development/

Cloudflare Workers and most connected resources can be fully developed and tested locally - providing confidence that the applications you build locally will work the same way in production. This allows you to be more efficient and effective by providing a faster feedback loop and removing the need to test against remote resources. Local development runs against the same production runtime used by Cloudflare Workers, [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd).

In addition to testing Workers locally with [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), the use of Miniflare allows you to test other Developer Platform products locally, such as [R2](/r2/), [KV](/kv/), [D1](/d1/), and [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/).

## Start a local development server

:::note

This guide assumes you are using [Wrangler v3.0](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wrangler3/) or later.

Users new to Wrangler CLI and Cloudflare Workers should visit the [Wrangler Install/Update guide](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update) to install `wrangler`.

:::

Wrangler provides a [`dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command that starts a local server for developing your Worker. Make sure you have `npm` installed and run the following in the folder containing your Worker application:

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

`wrangler dev` will run the Worker directly on your local machine. `wrangler dev` uses a combination of `workerd` and [Miniflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare), a simulator that allows you to test your Worker against additional resources like KV, Durable Objects, WebSockets, and more.

### Supported resource bindings in different environments

| Product                             | Local Dev Supported | Remote Dev Supported |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| AI                                  | ✅[^1]              | ✅                   |
| Assets                              | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Analytics Engine                    | ❌                  | ✅                   |
| Browser Rendering                   | ❌                  | ✅                   |
| D1                                  | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Durable Objects                     | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Email Bindings                      | ❌                  | ✅                   |
| Hyperdrive                          | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| KV                                  | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| mTLS                                | ❌                  | ✅                   |
| Queues                              | ✅                  | ❌                   |
| R2                                  | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Rate Limiting                       | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Service Bindings (multiple workers) | ✅                  | ✅                   |
| Vectorize                           | ✅[^2]              | ✅                   |
| Workflows                           | ✅                  | ❌                   |

With any bindings that are not supported locally, you will need to use the `--remote` command in wrangler, such as `wrangler dev --remote`.

[^1]: Using Workers AI always accesses your Cloudflare account in order to run AI models and will incur usage charges even in local development.

[^2]: Using Vectorize always accesses your Cloudflare account to run queries, and will incur usage charges even in local development.

## Work with local data

When running `wrangler dev`, resources such as KV, Durable Objects, D1, and R2 will be stored and persisted locally and not affect the production resources.

### Use bindings in Wrangler configuration files

[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) will automatically create local versions of bindings found in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). These local resources will not have data in them initially, so you will need to add data manually via Wrangler commands and the [`--local` flag](/workers/testing/local-development/#use---local-flag).

When you run `wrangler dev` Wrangler stores local resources in a `.wrangler/state` folder, which is automatically created.

If you prefer to specify a directory, you can use the [`--persist-to`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) flag with `wrangler dev` like this:

```sh
npx wrangler dev --persist-to <DIRECTORY>
```

Using this will write all local storage and cache to the specified directory instead of `.wrangler`.

:::note

This local persistence folder should be added to your `.gitignore` file.

:::

### Use `--local` flag

The following [Wrangler commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/) have a `--local` flag which allows you to create, update, and delete local data during development:

| Command                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------- |
| [`d1 execute`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#execute)  |
| [`kv:key`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#kv-key)       |
| [`kv:bulk`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#kv-bulk)     |
| [`r2 object`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-object) |

If using `--persist-to` to specify a custom folder with `wrangler dev` you should also add `--persist-to` with the same directory name along with the `--local` flag when running the commands above. For example, to put a custom KV key into a local namespace via the CLI you would run:

```sh
npx wrangler kv:key put test 12345 --binding MY_KV_NAMESPACE --local --persist-to worker-local
```

Running `wrangler kv:key put` will create a new key `test` with a value of `12345` on the local namespace specified via the binding `MY_KV_NAMESPACE` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. This example command sets the local persistence directory to `worker-local` using `--persist-to`, to ensure that the data is created in the correct location. If `--persist-to` was not set, it would create the data in the `.wrangler` folder.

### Clear Wrangler's local storage

If you need to clear local storage entirely, delete the `.wrangler/state` folder. You can also be more fine-grained and delete specific resource folders within `.wrangler/state`.

Any deleted folders will be created automatically the next time you run `wrangler dev`.

## Local-only environment variables

When running `wrangler dev`, variables in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file are automatically overridden by values defined in a `.dev.vars` file located in the root directory of your worker. This is useful for providing values you do not want to check in to source control.

```shell
API_HOST = "localhost:4000"
API_ACCOUNT_ID = "local_example_user"
```

## Develop using remote resources and bindings

There may be times you want to develop against remote resources and bindings. To run `wrangler dev` in remote mode, add the `--remote` flag, which will run both your code and resources remotely:

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

For some products like KV and R2, remote resources used for `wrangler dev --remote` must be specified with preview ID/names in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file such as `preview_id` for KV or `preview_bucket name` for R2. Resources used for remote mode (preview) can be different from resources used for production to prevent changing production data during development. To use production data in `wrangler dev --remote`, set the preview ID/name of the resource to the ID/name of your production resource.

## Customize `wrangler dev`

You can customize how `wrangler dev` works to fit your needs. Refer to [the `wrangler dev` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) for available configuration options.

:::caution

There is a bug associated with how outgoing requests are handled when using `wrangler dev --remote`. For more information, read the [Known issues section](/workers/platform/known-issues/#wrangler-dev).

:::

## Related resources

- [D1 local development](/d1/best-practices/local-development/) - The official D1 guide to local development and testing.
- [DevTools](/workers/observability/dev-tools) - Guides to using DevTools to debug your Worker locally.

---

# Unit testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/unit-testing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In a Workers context, a unit test imports and directly calls functions from your Worker. After calling the functions, the unit test then asserts on the functions' return values. For example, consider you have the following Worker:

```js
export function add(a, b) {
  return a + b;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request) {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    const a = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("a"));
    const b = parseInt(url.searchParams.get("b"));
    return new Response(add(a, b));
  }
}
```

An example unit test for the above Worker may look like the following:

```js
import { add } from "./index.mjs";

assert(add(1, 2) === 3);
```

This test only verifies that the `add` function is returning the correct value, but does not test the Worker itself like an [integration test](/workers/testing/integration-testing) would.

## Vitest integration

The recommended way to unit test your Workers is by using the Workers Vitest integration. For more information on features, as well as installation and setup instructions, refer to the [Vitest integration Get Started guide](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/).

<Render file="testing-pages-functions" product="workers" />

## Related Resources

* [Recipes](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/recipes/) - Examples of unit tests using the Workers Vitest integration.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components";

:::note
[Explore our community-written tutorials contributed through the Developer Spotlight program.](/developer-spotlight/)
:::

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Workers.

<ListTutorials />

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/api/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Wrangler offers APIs to programmatically interact with your Cloudflare Workers.

- [`unstable_dev`](#unstable_dev) - Start a server for running either end-to-end (e2e) or integration tests against your Worker.
- [`getPlatformProxy`](#getplatformproxy) - Get proxies and values for emulating the Cloudflare Workers platform in a Node.js process.

## `unstable_dev`

Start an HTTP server for testing your Worker.

Once called, `unstable_dev` will return a `fetch()` function for invoking your Worker without needing to know the address or port, as well as a `stop()` function to shut down the HTTP server.

By default, `unstable_dev` will perform integration tests against a local server. If you wish to perform an e2e test against a preview Worker, pass `local: false` in the `options` object when calling the `unstable_dev()` function. Note that e2e tests can be significantly slower than integration tests.

:::note

The `unstable_dev()` function has an `unstable_` prefix because the API is experimental and may change in the future.

`unstable_dev()` has no known bugs and is safe to use. If you discover any bugs, open a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose).

:::

### Constructor

```js
const worker = await unstable_dev(script, options);
```

### Parameters

- `script` <Type text="string" />

  - A string containing a path to your Worker script, relative to your Worker project's root directory.

- `options` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Optional options object containing `wrangler dev` configuration settings.
  - Include an `experimental` object inside `options` to access experimental features such as `disableExperimentalWarning`.
    - Set `disableExperimentalWarning` to `true` to disable Wrangler's warning about using `unstable_` prefixed APIs.

### Return Type

`unstable_dev()` returns an object containing the following methods:

- `fetch()` `Promise<Response>`

  - Send a request to your Worker. Returns a Promise that resolves with a [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response) object.
  - Refer to [`Fetch`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

- `stop()` `Promise<void>`

  - Shuts down the dev server.

### Usage

When initiating each test suite, use a `beforeAll()` function to start `unstable_dev()`. The `beforeAll()` function is used to minimize overhead: starting the dev server takes a few hundred milliseconds, starting and stopping for each individual test adds up quickly, slowing your tests down.

In each test case, call `await worker.fetch()`, and check that the response is what you expect.

To wrap up a test suite, call `await worker.stop()` in an `afterAll` function.

#### Single Worker example

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
const { unstable_dev } = require("wrangler");

describe("Worker", () => {
	let worker;

	beforeAll(async () => {
		worker = await unstable_dev("src/index.js", {
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
	});

	afterAll(async () => {
		await worker.stop();
	});

	it("should return Hello World", async () => {
		const resp = await worker.fetch();
		const text = await resp.text();
		expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Hello World!"`);
	});
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";
import type { UnstableDevWorker } from "wrangler";

describe("Worker", () => {
	let worker: UnstableDevWorker;

	beforeAll(async () => {
		worker = await unstable_dev("src/index.ts", {
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
	});

	afterAll(async () => {
		await worker.stop();
	});

	it("should return Hello World", async () => {
		const resp = await worker.fetch();
		const text = await resp.text();
		expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Hello World!"`);
	});
});
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

#### Multi-Worker example

You can test Workers that call other Workers. In the below example, we refer to the Worker that calls other Workers as the parent Worker, and the Worker being called as a child Worker.

If you shut down the child Worker prematurely, the parent Worker will not know the child Worker exists and your tests will fail.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";

describe("multi-worker testing", () => {
	let childWorker;
	let parentWorker;

	beforeAll(async () => {
		childWorker = await unstable_dev("src/child-worker.js", {
			config: "src/child-wrangler.toml",
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
		parentWorker = await unstable_dev("src/parent-worker.js", {
			config: "src/parent-wrangler.toml",
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
	});

	afterAll(async () => {
		await childWorker.stop();
		await parentWorker.stop();
	});

	it("childWorker should return Hello World itself", async () => {
		const resp = await childWorker.fetch();
		const text = await resp.text();
		expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Hello World!"`);
	});

	it("parentWorker should return Hello World by invoking the child worker", async () => {
		const resp = await parentWorker.fetch();
		const parsedResp = await resp.text();
		expect(parsedResp).toEqual("Parent worker sees: Hello World!");
	});
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";
import type { UnstableDevWorker } from "wrangler";

describe("multi-worker testing", () => {
	let childWorker: UnstableDevWorker;
	let parentWorker: UnstableDevWorker;

	beforeAll(async () => {
		childWorker = await unstable_dev("src/child-worker.js", {
			config: "src/child-wrangler.toml",
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
		parentWorker = await unstable_dev("src/parent-worker.js", {
			config: "src/parent-wrangler.toml",
			experimental: { disableExperimentalWarning: true },
		});
	});

	afterAll(async () => {
		await childWorker.stop();
		await parentWorker.stop();
	});

	it("childWorker should return Hello World itself", async () => {
		const resp = await childWorker.fetch();
		const text = await resp.text();
		expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"Hello World!"`);
	});

	it("parentWorker should return Hello World by invoking the child worker", async () => {
		const resp = await parentWorker.fetch();
		const parsedResp = await resp.text();
		expect(parsedResp).toEqual("Parent worker sees: Hello World!");
	});
});
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## `getPlatformProxy`

The `getPlatformProxy` function provides a way to obtain an object containing proxies (to **local** `workerd` bindings) and emulations of Cloudflare Workers specific values, allowing the emulation of such in a Node.js process.

:::caution

`getPlatformProxy` is, by design, to be used exclusively in Node.js applications. `getPlatformProxy` cannot be run inside the Workers runtime.

:::

One general use case for getting a platform proxy is for emulating bindings in applications targeting Workers, but running outside the Workers runtime (for example, framework local development servers running in Node.js), or for testing purposes (for example, ensuring code properly interacts with a type of binding).

:::note

Binding proxies provided by this function are a best effort emulation of the real production bindings. Although they are designed to be as close as possible to the real thing, there might be slight differences and inconsistencies between the two.

:::

### Syntax

```js
const platform = await getPlatformProxy(options);
```

### Parameters

- `options` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Optional options object containing preferences for the bindings:

    - `environment` string

      The environment to use.

    - `configPath` string

      The path to the config file to use.

      If no path is specified, the default behavior is to search from the current directory up the filesystem for a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to use.

      **Note:** this field is optional but if a path is specified it must point to a valid file on the filesystem.

    - `experimentalJsonConfig` boolean

      If `true`, allows the utility to read a JSON config file (for example, `wrangler.json` or `wrangler.jsonc`).

    - `persist` boolean | `{ path: string }`

      Indicates if and where to persist the bindings data. If `true` or `undefined`, defaults to the same location used by Wrangler, so data can be shared between it and the caller. If `false`, no data is persisted to or read from the filesystem.

      **Note:** If you use `wrangler`'s `--persist-to` option, note that this option adds a sub directory called `v3` under the hood while `getPlatformProxy`'s `persist` does not. For example, if you run `wrangler dev --persist-to ./my-directory`, to reuse the same location using `getPlatformProxy`, you will have to specify: `persist: "./my-directory/v3"`.

### Return Type

`getPlatformProxy()` returns a `Promise` resolving to an object containing the following fields.

- `env` `Record<string, unknown>`

  - Object containing proxies to bindings that can be used in the same way as production bindings. This matches the shape of the `env` object passed as the second argument to modules-format workers. These proxy to binding implementations run inside `workerd`.
  - TypeScript Tip: `getPlatformProxy<Env>()` is a generic function. You can pass the shape of the bindings record as a type argument to get proper types without `unknown` values.

- `cf` IncomingRequestCfProperties read-only

  - Mock of the `Request`'s `cf` property, containing data similar to what you would see in production.

- `ctx` object

  - Mock object containing implementations of the [`waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) and [`passThroughOnException`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#passthroughonexception) functions that do nothing.

- `caches` object

  - Emulation of the [Workers `caches` runtime API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/).
  - For the time being, all cache operations do nothing. A more accurate emulation will be made available soon.

- `dispose()` () => `Promise<void>`

  - Terminates the underlying `workerd` process.
  - Call this after the platform proxy is no longer required by the program. If you are running a long running process (such as a dev server) that can indefinitely make use of the proxy, you do not need to call this function.

### Usage

The `getPlatformProxy` function uses bindings found in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. For example, if you have an [environment variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/#add-environment-variables-via-wrangler) configuration set up in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[vars]
MY_VARIABLE = "test"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You can access the bindings by importing `getPlatformProxy` like this:

```js
import { getPlatformProxy } from "wrangler";

const { env } = await getPlatformProxy();
```

To access the value of the `MY_VARIABLE` binding add the following to your code:

```js
console.log(`MY_VARIABLE = ${env.MY_VARIABLE}`);
```

This will print the following output: `MY_VARIABLE = test`.

### Supported bindings

All supported bindings found in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file are available to you via `env`.

The bindings supported by `getPlatformProxy` are:

- [Environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/)

- [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/)

- [KV namespace bindings](/kv/api/)

- [Durable Object bindings](/durable-objects/api/)

  - To use a Durable Object binding with `getPlatformProxy`, always [specify a `script_name`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#durable-objects) and have the target Worker run in a separate terminal via [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev).

    For example, you might have the following file read by `getPlatformProxy`.



    <WranglerConfig>

    ```toml
    [[durable_objects.bindings]]
    name = "MyDurableObject"
    class_name = "MyDurableObject"
    script_name = "my-worker"
    ```

    </WranglerConfig>

    In order for this binding to be successfully proxied by `getPlatformProxy`, a worker named `my-worker`
    with a Durable Object declaration using the same `class_name` of `"MyDurableObject"` must be run
    separately via `wrangler dev`.

- [R2 bucket bindings](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/)

- [Queue bindings](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/)

- [D1 database bindings](/d1/worker-api/)

- [Hyperdrive bindings](/hyperdrive)

  :::note[Hyperdrive values are simple passthrough ones]

  Values provided by hyperdrive bindings such as `connectionString` and `host` do not have a valid meaning outside of a `workerd` process.
  This means that Hyperdrive proxies return passthrough values, which are values corresponding to the database connection provided by the user. Otherwise, it would return values which would be unusable from within node.js.

  :::

- [Workers AI bindings](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/#2-connect-your-worker-to-workers-ai)

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---

# Bundling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/bundling/

By default, Wrangler bundles your Worker code using [`esbuild`](https://esbuild.github.io/). This means that Wrangler has built-in support for importing modules from [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) defined in your `package.json`. To review the exact code that Wrangler will upload to Cloudflare, run `npx wrangler deploy --dry-run --outdir dist`, which will show your Worker code after Wrangler's bundling.

:::note

Wrangler's inbuilt bundling usually provides the best experience, but we understand there are cases where you will need more flexibility.
You can provide `rules` and set `find_additional_modules` in your configuration to control which files are included in the deployed Worker but not bundled into the entry-point file.
Furthermore, we have an escape hatch in the form of [Custom Builds](/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/), which lets you run your own build before Wrangler's built-in one.
:::

## Including non-JavaScript modules

Bundling your Worker code takes multiple modules and bundles them into one file.
Sometimes, you might have modules that cannot be inlined directly into the bundle.
For example, instead of bundling a Wasm file into your JavaScript Worker, you would want to upload the Wasm file as a separate module that can be imported at runtime.
Wrangler supports this for the following file types:

- `.txt`
- `.html`
- `.bin`
- `.wasm` and `.wasm?module`

Refer to [Bundling configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#bundling) to customize these file types.

For example, with the following import, the variable `data` will be a string containing the contents of `example.html`:

```js
import data from "./example.html"; // Where `example.html` is a file in your local directory
```

This is also the basis of Wasm support with Wrangler. To use a Wasm module in a Worker developed with Wrangler, add the following to your Worker:

```js
import wasm from "./example.wasm"; // Where `example.wasm` is a file in your local directory
const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(wasm); // Instantiate Wasm modules in global scope, not within the fetch() handler

export default {
	fetch(request) {
		const result = instance.exports.exported_func();
	},
};
```

:::caution

Cloudflare Workers does not support `WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming()`.
:::

## Find additional modules

By setting `find_additional_modules` to `true` in your configuration file, Wrangler will traverse the file tree below `base_dir`.
Any files that match the `rules` you define will also be included as unbundled, external modules in the deployed Worker.

This approach is useful for supporting lazy loading of large or dynamically imported JavaScript files:

- Normally, a large lazy-imported file (for example, `await import("./large-dep.mjs")`) would be bundled directly into your entrypoint, reducing the effectiveness of the lazy loading.
  If matching rule is added to `rules`, then this file would only be loaded and executed at runtime when it is actually imported.
- Previously, variable based dynamic imports (for example, ``await import(`./lang/${language}.mjs`)``) would always fail at runtime because Wrangler had no way of knowing which modules to include in the upload.
  Providing a rule that matches all these files, such as `{ type = "EsModule", globs = ["./land/**/*.mjs"], fallthrough = true }`, will ensure this module is available at runtime.
- "Partial bundling" is supported when `find_additional_modules` is `true`, and a source file matches one of the configured `rules`, since Wrangler will then treat it as "external" and not try to bundle it into the entry-point file.

## Conditional exports

Wrangler respects the [conditional `exports` field](https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#conditional-exports) in `package.json`. This allows developers to implement isomorphic libraries that have different implementations depending on the JavaScript runtime they are running in. When bundling, Wrangler will try to load the [`workerd` key](https://runtime-keys.proposal.wintercg.org/#workerd). Refer to the Wrangler repository for [an example isomorphic package](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/isomorphic-random-example).

## Disable bundling

:::caution

Disabling bundling is not recommended in most scenarios. Use this option only when deploying code pre-processed by other tooling.
:::

If your build tooling already produces build artifacts suitable for direct deployment to Cloudflare, you can opt out of bundling by using the `--no-bundle` command line flag: `npx wrangler deploy --no-bundle`. If you opt out of bundling, Wrangler will not process your code and some features introduced by Wrangler bundling (for example minification, and polyfills injection) will not be available.

Use [Custom Builds](/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/) to customize what Wrangler will bundle and upload to the Cloudflare global network when you use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) and [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy).

## Generated Wrangler configuration

Some framework tools, or custom pre-build processes, generate a modified Wrangler configuration to be used to deploy the Worker code.
It is possible for Wrangler to automatically use this generated configuration rather than the original, user's configuration.

See [Generated Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#generated-wrangler-configuration) for more information.

---

# Commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/commands/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Render, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Wrangler offers a number of commands to manage your Cloudflare Workers.

- [`docs`](#docs) - Open this page in your default browser.
- [`init`](#init) - Create a new project from a variety of web frameworks and templates.
- [`generate`](#generate) - Create a Wrangler project using an existing [Workers template](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template).
- [`d1`](#d1) - Interact with D1.
- [`vectorize`](#vectorize) - Interact with Vectorize indexes.
- [`hyperdrive`](#hyperdrive) - Manage your Hyperdrives.
- [`deploy`](#deploy) - Deploy your Worker to Cloudflare.
- [`dev`](#dev) - Start a local server for developing your Worker.
- [`publish`](#publish) - Publish your Worker to Cloudflare.
- [`delete`](#delete-2) - Delete your Worker from Cloudflare.
- [`kv namespace`](#kv-namespace) - Manage Workers KV namespaces.
- [`kv key`](#kv-key) - Manage key-value pairs within a Workers KV namespace.
- [`kv bulk`](#kv-bulk) - Manage multiple key-value pairs within a Workers KV namespace in batches.
- [`r2 bucket`](#r2-bucket) - Manage Workers R2 buckets.
- [`r2 object`](#r2-object) - Manage Workers R2 objects.
- [`secret`](#secret) - Manage the secret variables for a Worker.
- [`secret bulk`](#secretbulk) - Manage multiple secret variables for a Worker.
- [`workflows`](#workflows) - Manage and configure Workflows.
- [`tail`](#tail) - Start a session to livestream logs from a deployed Worker.
- [`pages`](#pages) - Configure Cloudflare Pages.
- [`queues`](#queues) - Configure Workers Queues.
- [`login`](#login) - Authorize Wrangler with your Cloudflare account using OAuth.
- [`logout`](#logout) - Remove Wrangler’s authorization for accessing your account.
- [`whoami`](#whoami) - Retrieve your user information and test your authentication configuration.
- [`versions`](#versions) - Retrieve details for recent versions.
- [`deployments`](#deployments) - Retrieve details for recent deployments.
- [`rollback`](#rollback) - Rollback to a recent deployment.
- [`dispatch-namespace`](#dispatch-namespace) - Interact with a [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace).
- [`mtls-certificate`](#mtls-certificate) - Manage certificates used for mTLS connections.
- [`cert`](#cert) - Manage certificates used for mTLS and Certificate Authority (CA) chain connections.
- [`types`](#types) - Generate types from bindings and module rules in configuration.
- [`telemetry`](#telemetry) - Configure whether Wrangler can collect anonymous usage data.

:::note

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:::

---

## How to run Wrangler commands

This page provides a reference for Wrangler commands.

```txt
wrangler <COMMAND> <SUBCOMMAND> [PARAMETERS] [OPTIONS]
```

Since Cloudflare recommends [installing Wrangler locally](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) in your project(rather than globally), the way to run Wrangler will depend on your specific setup and package manager.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npx wrangler <COMMAND> <SUBCOMMAND> [PARAMETERS] [OPTIONS]
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn wrangler <COMMAND> <SUBCOMMAND> [PARAMETERS] [OPTIONS]
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm wrangler <COMMAND> <SUBCOMMAND> [PARAMETERS] [OPTIONS]
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

You can add Wrangler commands that you use often as scripts in your project's `package.json` file:

```json
{
  ...
  "scripts": {
    "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
    "dev": "wrangler dev"
  }
  ...
}
```

You can then run them using your package manager of choice:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm run deploy
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn run deploy
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm run deploy
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## `docs`

Open the Cloudflare developer documentation in your default browser.

```txt
wrangler docs [<COMMAND>]
```

- `COMMAND` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The Wrangler command you want to learn more about. This opens your default browser to the section of the documentation that describes the command.

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## `init`

:::note

The `init` command will be removed in a future version. Please use `npm create cloudflare@latest` instead.

:::

Create a new project via the [create-cloudflare-cli (C3) tool](/workers/get-started/guide/#1-create-a-new-worker-project). A variety of web frameworks are available to choose from as well as templates. Dependencies are installed by default, with the option to deploy your project immediately.

```txt
wrangler init [<NAME>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: name of working directory)" />
  - The name of the Workers project. This is both the directory name and `name` property in the generated [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) file.
- `--yes` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Answer yes to any prompts for new projects.
- `--from-dash` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Fetch a Worker initialized from the dashboard. This is done by passing the flag and the Worker name. `wrangler init --from-dash <WORKER_NAME>`.
  - The `--from-dash` command will not automatically sync changes made to the dashboard after the command is used. Therefore, it is recommended that you continue using the CLI.

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---

## `generate`

:::note

This command has been deprecated as of [Wrangler v3](/workers/wrangler/migration/update-v2-to-v3/) and will be removed in a future version.

:::

Create a new project using an existing [Workers template](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker).

```txt
wrangler generate [<NAME>] [TEMPLATE]
```

- `NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: name of working directory)" />
  - The name of the Workers project. This is both the directory name and `name` property in the generated [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) file.
- `TEMPLATE` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The URL of a GitHub template, with a default [worker-template](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template). Browse a list of available templates on the [cloudflare/workers-sdk](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates#usage) repository.

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---

## `d1`

Interact with Cloudflare's D1 service.

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---

## `hyperdrive`

Manage [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) database configurations.

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---

## `vectorize`

Interact with a [Vectorize](/vectorize/) vector database.

### `create`

Creates a new vector index, and provides the binding and name that you will put in your Wrangler file.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create <INDEX_NAME> [--dimensions=<NUM_DIMENSIONS>] [--metric=<DISTANCE_METRIC>] [--description=<DESCRIPTION>]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the new index to create. Must be unique for an account and cannot be changed after creation.
- `--dimensions` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The vector dimension width to configure the index for. Cannot be changed after creation.
- `--metric` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The distance metric to use for calculating vector distance. Must be one of `cosine`, `euclidean`, or `dot-product`.
- `--description` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A description for your index.
- `--deprecated-v1` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Create a legacy Vectorize index. Please note that legacy Vectorize indexes are on a [deprecation path](/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy).

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### `list`

List all Vectorize indexes in your account, including the configured dimensions and distance metric.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize list
```

- `--deprecated-v1` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - List legacy Vectorize indexes. Please note that legacy Vectorize indexes are on a [deprecation path](/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy).

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### `get`

Get details about an individual index, including its configuration.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize get <INDEX_NAME>
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the index to fetch details for.
- `--deprecated-v1` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Get a legacy Vectorize index. Please note that legacy Vectorize indexes are on a [deprecation path](/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy).

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### `info`

Get some additional information about an individual index, including the vector count and details about the last processed mutation.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize info <INDEX_NAME>
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the index to fetch details for.

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### `delete`

Delete a Vectorize index.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize delete <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index to delete.
- `--force` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Skip confirmation when deleting the index (Note: This is not a recoverable operation).
- `--deprecated-v1` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Delete a legacy Vectorize index. Please note that legacy Vectorize indexes are on a [deprecation path](/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy).

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### `insert`

Insert vectors into an index.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize insert <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index to upsert vectors in.
- `--file` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A file containing the vectors to insert in newline-delimited JSON (JSON) format.
- `--batch-size` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The number of vectors to insert at a time (default: `1000`).
- `--deprecated-v1` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Insert into a legacy Vectorize index. Please note that legacy Vectorize indexes are on a [deprecation path](/vectorize/reference/transition-vectorize-legacy).

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### `upsert`

Upsert vectors into an index. Existing vectors in the index would be overwritten.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize upsert <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index to upsert vectors in.
- `--file` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A file containing the vectors to insert in newline-delimited JSON (JSON) format.
- `--batch-size` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The number of vectors to insert at a time (default: `5000`).

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### `query`

Query a Vectorize index for similar vectors.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize query <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index to query.
- `--vector` <Type text="array" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Vector against which the Vectorize index is queried. Either this or the `vector-id` param must be provided.
- `--vector-id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Identifier for a vector that is already present in the index against which the index is queried. Either this or the `vector` param must be provided.
- `--top-k` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The number of vectors to query (default: `5`).
- `--return-values` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Enable to return vector values in the response (default: `false`).
- `--return-metadata` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Enable to return vector metadata in the response. Must be one of `none`, `indexed`, or `all` (default: `none`).
- `--namespace` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Query response to only include vectors from this namespace.
- `--filter` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter vectors based on this metadata filter. Example: `'{ 'p1': 'abc', 'p2': { '$ne': true }, 'p3': 10, 'p4': false, 'nested.p5': 'abcd' }'`

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### `get-vectors`

Fetch vectors from a Vectorize index using the provided ids.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize get-vectors <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index from which vectors need to be fetched.
- `--ids` <Type text="array" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - List of ids for which vectors must be fetched.

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### `delete-vectors`

Delete vectors in a Vectorize index using the provided ids.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize delete-vectors <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index from which vectors need to be deleted.
- `--ids` <Type text="array" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - List of ids corresponding to the vectors that must be deleted.

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### `create-metadata-index`

Enable metadata filtering on the specified property.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create-metadata-index <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index for which metadata index needs to be created.
- `--property-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - Metadata property for which metadata filtering should be enabled.
- `--type` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - Data type of the property. Must be one of `string`, `number`, or `boolean`.

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### `list-metadata-index`

List metadata properties on which metadata filtering is enabled.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize list-metadata-index <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index for which metadata indexes needs to be fetched.

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### `delete-metadata-index`

Disable metadata filtering on the specified property.

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize delete-metadata-index <INDEX_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `INDEX_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Vectorize index for which metadata index needs to be disabled.
- `--property-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - Metadata property for which metadata filtering should be disabled.

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---

## `dev`

Start a local server for developing your Worker.

```txt
wrangler dev [<SCRIPT>] [OPTIONS]
```

:::note

None of the options for this command are required. Many of these options can be set in your Wrangler file. Refer to the [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration) documentation for more information.

:::

:::caution

As of Wrangler v3.2.0, `wrangler dev` is supported by any Linux distributions providing `glibc 2.31` or higher (e.g. Ubuntu 20.04/22.04, Debian 11/12, Fedora 37/38/39), macOS version 11 or higher, and Windows (x86-64 architecture).

:::

- `SCRIPT` <Type text="string" />
  - The path to an entry point for your Worker. Only required if your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file does not include a `main` key (for example, `main = "index.js"`).
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Name of the Worker.
- `--no-bundle` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Skip Wrangler's build steps. Particularly useful when using custom builds. Refer to [Bundling](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/bundling/) for more information.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.
- `--compatibility-date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A date in the form yyyy-mm-dd, which will be used to determine which version of the Workers runtime is used.
- `--compatibility-flags`, `--compatibility-flag` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Flags to use for compatibility checks.
- `--latest` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: true) optional" />
  - Use the latest version of the Workers runtime.
- `--ip` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - IP address to listen on, defaults to `localhost`.
- `--port` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Port to listen on.
- `--inspector-port` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Port for devtools to connect to.
- `--routes`, `--route` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Routes to upload.
  - For example: `--route example.com/*`.
- `--host` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Host to forward requests to, defaults to the zone of project.
- `--local-protocol` <Type text="'http'|'https'" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: http) optional" />
  - Protocol to listen to requests on.
- `--https-key-path` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom certificate key.
- `--https-cert-path` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom certificate.
- `--local-upstream` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Host to act as origin in local mode, defaults to `dev.host` or route.
- `--assets` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional beta" />
  - Folder of static assets to be served. Replaces [Workers Sites](/workers/configuration/sites/). Visit [assets](/workers/static-assets/) for more information.
- `--legacy-assets` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated, use `--assets`" />
  - Folder of static assets to be served.
- `--site` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated, use `--assets`" />
  - Folder of static assets for Workers Sites.
    :::caution
    Workers Sites is deprecated. Please use [Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/) or [Pages](/pages/).
    :::
- `--site-include` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated" />
  - Array of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from the sites directory. Only matched items will be uploaded.
- `--site-exclude` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated" />
  - Array of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from the sites directory. Matched items will not be uploaded.
- `--upstream-protocol` <Type text="'http'|'https'" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: https) optional" />
  - Protocol to forward requests to host on.
- `--var` <Type text="key:value\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Array of `key:value` pairs to inject as variables into your code. The value will always be passed as a string to your Worker.
  - For example, `--var git_hash:$(git rev-parse HEAD) test:123` makes the `git_hash` and `test` variables available in your Worker's `env`.
  - This flag is an alternative to defining [`vars`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. If defined in both places, this flag's values will be used.
- `--define` <Type text="key:value\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Array of `key:value` pairs to replace global identifiers in your code.
  - For example, `--define GIT_HASH:$(git rev-parse HEAD)` will replace all uses of `GIT_HASH` with the actual value at build time.
  - This flag is an alternative to defining [`define`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. If defined in both places, this flag's values will be used.
- `--tsconfig` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom `tsconfig.json` file.
- `--minify` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Minify the Worker.
- `--node-compat` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Enable Node.js compatibility.
- `--persist-to` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Specify directory to use for local persistence.
- `--remote` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Develop against remote resources and data stored on Cloudflare's network.
- `--test-scheduled` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Exposes a `/__scheduled` fetch route which will trigger a scheduled event (Cron Trigger) for testing during development. To simulate different cron patterns, a `cron` query parameter can be passed in: `/__scheduled?cron=*+*+*+*+*`.
- `--log-level` <Type text="'debug'|'info'|'log'|'warn'|'error|'none'" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: log) optional" />
  - Specify Wrangler's logging level.
- `--show-interactive-dev-session` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: true if the terminal supports interactivity) optional" />
  - Show the interactive dev session.
- `--alias` `Array<string>`
  - Specify modules to alias using [module aliasing](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#module-aliasing).

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`wrangler dev` is a way to [locally test](/workers/testing/local-development/) your Worker while developing. With `wrangler dev` running, send HTTP requests to `localhost:8787` and your Worker should execute as expected. You will also see `console.log` messages and exceptions appearing in your terminal.

---

## `deploy`

Deploy your Worker to Cloudflare.

```txt
wrangler deploy [<SCRIPT>] [OPTIONS]
```

:::note

None of the options for this command are required. Also, many can be set in your Wrangler file. Refer to the [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) documentation for more information.

:::

- `SCRIPT` <Type text="string" />
  - The path to an entry point for your Worker. Only required if your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file does not include a `main` key (for example, `main = "index.js"`).
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Name of the Worker.
- `--no-bundle` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Skip Wrangler's build steps. Particularly useful when using custom builds. Refer to [Bundling](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/bundling/) for more information.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.
- `--outdir` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to directory where Wrangler will write the bundled Worker files.
- `--compatibility-date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A date in the form yyyy-mm-dd, which will be used to determine which version of the Workers runtime is used.
- `--compatibility-flags`, `--compatibility-flag` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Flags to use for compatibility checks.
- `--latest` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: true) optional" />
  - Use the latest version of the Workers runtime.
- `--assets` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional beta" />
  - Folder of static assets to be served. Replaces [Workers Sites](/workers/configuration/sites/). Visit [assets](/workers/static-assets/) for more information.
- `--legacy-assets` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated, use `--assets`" />
  - Folder of static assets to be served.
- `--site` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated, use `--assets`" />
  - Folder of static assets for Workers Sites.
    :::caution
    Workers Sites is deprecated. Please use [Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/) or [Pages](/pages/).
    :::
- `--site-include` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated" />
  - Array of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from the sites directory. Only matched items will be uploaded.
- `--site-exclude` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated" />
  - Array of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from the sites directory. Matched items will not be uploaded.
- `--var` <Type text="key:value\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Array of `key:value` pairs to inject as variables into your code. The value will always be passed as a string to your Worker.
  - For example, `--var git_hash:$(git rev-parse HEAD) test:123` makes the `git_hash` and `test` variables available in your Worker's `env`.
  - This flag is an alternative to defining [`vars`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. If defined in both places, this flag's values will be used.
- `--define` <Type text="key:value\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Array of `key:value` pairs to replace global identifiers in your code.
  - For example, `--define GIT_HASH:$(git rev-parse HEAD)` will replace all uses of `GIT_HASH` with the actual value at build time.
  - This flag is an alternative to defining [`define`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. If defined in both places, this flag's values will be used.
- `--triggers`, `--schedule`, `--schedules` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Cron schedules to attach to the deployed Worker. Refer to [Cron Trigger Examples](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/#examples).
- `--routes`, `--route` string\[] optional
  - Routes where this Worker will be deployed.
  - For example: `--route example.com/*`.
- `--tsconfig` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom `tsconfig.json` file.
- `--minify` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Minify the bundled Worker before deploying.
- `--node-compat` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Enable node.js compatibility.
- `--dry-run` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Compile a project without actually deploying to live servers. Combined with `--outdir`, this is also useful for testing the output of `npx wrangler deploy`. It also gives developers a chance to upload our generated sourcemap to a service like Sentry, so that errors from the Worker can be mapped against source code, but before the service goes live.
- `--keep-vars` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - It is recommended best practice to treat your Wrangler developer environment as a source of truth for your Worker configuration, and avoid making changes via the Cloudflare dashboard.
  - If you change your environment variables or bindings in the Cloudflare dashboard, Wrangler will override them the next time you deploy. If you want to disable this behaviour set `keep-vars` to `true`.
- `--dispatch-namespace` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Specify the [Workers for Platforms dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/#2-create-a-dispatch-namespace) to upload this Worker to.

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---

## `publish`

Publish your Worker to Cloudflare.

```txt
wrangler publish [OPTIONS]
```

:::note

This command has been deprecated as of v3 in favor of [`wrangler deploy`](#deploy). It will be removed in v4.

:::

---

## `delete`

Delete your Worker and all associated Cloudflare developer platform resources.

```txt
wrangler delete [<SCRIPT>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `SCRIPT` <Type text="string" />
  - The path to an entry point for your Worker. Only required if your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file does not include a `main` key (for example, `main = "index.js"`).
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Name of the Worker.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.
- `--dry-run` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: false) optional" />
  - Do not actually delete the Worker. This is useful for testing the output of `wrangler delete`.

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---

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---

## `secret`

Manage the secret variables for a Worker.

This action creates a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of the Worker and [deploys](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) it immediately. To only create a new version of the Worker, use the [`wrangler versions secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret-put) commands.

### `put`

Create or replace a secret for a Worker.

```txt
wrangler secret put <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Worker.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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When running this command, you will be prompted to input the secret's value:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put FOO
```

```sh output
? Enter a secret value: › ***
🌀 Creating the secret for script worker-app
✨ Success! Uploaded secret FOO
```

The `put` command can also receive piped input. For example:

```sh
echo "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nM...==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n" | wrangler secret put PRIVATE_KEY
```

### `delete`

Delete a secret for a Worker.

```txt
wrangler secret delete <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Worker.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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### `list`

List the names of all the secrets for a Worker.

```txt
wrangler secret list [OPTIONS]
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment

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The following is an example of listing the secrets for the current Worker.

```sh
npx wrangler secret list
```

```sh output
[
  {
    "name": "FOO",
    "type": "secret_text"
  }
]
```

---

## `secret bulk`

Upload multiple secrets for a Worker at once.

```txt
wrangler secret bulk [<FILENAME>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `FILENAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A file containing either [JSON](https://www.json.org/json-en.html) or the [.env](https://www.dotenv.org/docs/security/env) format
  - The JSON file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `{"SECRET_NAME": "secret value", ...}`.
  - The `.env` file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `SECRET_NAME=secret value`.
  - If omitted, Wrangler expects to receive input from `stdin` rather than a file.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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The following is an example of uploading secrets from a JSON file redirected to `stdin`. When complete, the output summary will show the number of secrets uploaded and the number of secrets that failed to upload.

```json
{
	"secret-name-1": "secret-value-1",
	"secret-name-2": "secret-value-2"
}
```

```sh
npx wrangler secret bulk < secrets.json
```

```sh output
🌀 Creating the secrets for the Worker "script-name"
✨ Successfully created secret for key: secret-name-1
...
🚨 Error uploading secret for key: secret-name-1
✨ Successfully created secret for key: secret-name-2

Finished processing secrets JSON file:
✨ 1 secrets successfully uploaded
🚨 1 secrets failed to upload
```

## `workflows`

:::note

The `wrangler workflows` command requires Wrangler version `3.83.0` or greater. Use `npx wrangler@latest` to always use the latest Wrangler version when invoking commands.

:::

Manage and configure [Workflows](/workflows/).

### `list`

Lists the registered Workflows for this account.

```sh
wrangler workflows list
```

- `--page` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Show a specific page from the listing. You can configure page size using "per-page".
- `--per-page` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Configure the maximum number of Workflows to show per page.

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### `instances`

Manage and interact with specific instances of a Workflow.

### `instances list`

List Workflow instances.

```sh
wrangler workflows instances list <WORKFLOW_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.

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### `instances describe`

Describe a specific instance of a Workflow, including its current status, any persisted state, and per-step outputs.

```sh
wrangler workflows instances describe <WORKFLOW_NAME> <ID> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.
- `ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The ID of a Workflow instance. You can optionally provide `latest` to refer to the most recently created instance of a Workflow.

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```sh
# Passing `latest` instead of an explicit ID will describe the most recently queued instance
wrangler workflows instances describe my-workflow latest
```

```sh output
Workflow Name:         my-workflow
Instance Id:           51c73fc8-7fd5-47d9-bd82-9e301506ee72
Version Id:            cedc33a0-11fa-4c26-8a8e-7d28d381a291
Status:                ✅ Completed
Trigger:               🌎 API
Queued:                10/16/2024, 2:00:39 PM
Success:               ✅ Yes
Start:                 10/16/2024, 2:00:39 PM
End:                   10/16/2024, 2:01:40 PM
Duration:              1 minute
# Remaining output truncated
```

### `instances terminate`

Terminate (permanently stop) a Workflow instance.

```sh
wrangler workflows instances terminate <WORKFLOW_NAME> <ID> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.
- `ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The ID of a Workflow instance.

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### `instances pause`

Pause (until resumed) a Workflow instance.

```sh
wrangler workflows instances pause <WORKFLOW_NAME> <ID> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.
- `ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The ID of a Workflow instance.

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### `instances resume`

Resume a paused Workflow instance.

```sh
wrangler workflows instances resume <WORKFLOW_NAME> <ID> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.
- `ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The ID of a Workflow instance.

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### `describe`

```sh
wrangler workflows describe <WORKFLOW_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.

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### `trigger`

Trigger (create) a Workflow instance.

```sh
wrangler workflows trigger <WORKFLOW_NAME> <PARAMS> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.
- `PARAMS` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The parameters to pass to the Workflow as an event. Must be a JSON-encoded string.

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```sh
# Pass optional params to the Workflow.
wrangler workflows trigger my-workflow '{"hello":"world"}'
```

### `delete`

Delete (unregister) a Workflow.

```sh
wrangler workflows delete <WORKFLOW_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKFLOW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of a registered Workflow.

\*/}

## `tail`

Start a session to livestream logs from a deployed Worker.

```txt
wrangler tail <WORKER> [OPTIONS]
```

- `WORKER` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of your Worker or the route the Worker is running on.
- `--format` <Type text="'json'|'pretty'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The format of the log entries.
- `--status` <Type text="'ok'|'error'|'canceled'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by invocation status.
- `--header` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by HTTP header.
- `--method` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by HTTP method.
- `--sampling-rate` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Add a fraction of requests to log sampling rate (between `0` and `1`).
- `--search` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by a text match in `console.log` messages.
- `--ip` <Type text="(string|'self')\[]" />" <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by the IP address the request originates from. Use `"self"` to show only messages from your own IP.
- `--version-id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by Worker version.

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After starting `wrangler tail`, you will receive a live feed of console and exception logs for each request your Worker receives.

If your Worker has a high volume of traffic, the tail might enter sampling mode. This will cause some of your messages to be dropped and a warning to appear in your tail logs. To prevent messages from being dropped, add the options listed above to filter the volume of tail messages.

:::note

It may take up to 1 minute (60 seconds) for a tail to exit sampling mode after adding an option to filter tail messages.
:::

If sampling persists after using options to filter messages, consider using [instant logs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/instant-logs/).

---

## `pages`

Configure Cloudflare Pages.

### `dev`

Develop your full-stack Pages application locally.

```txt
wrangler pages dev [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `DIRECTORY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The directory of static assets to serve.
- `--local` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: true)" />
  - Run on your local machine.
- `--ip` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - IP address to listen on, defaults to `localhost`.
- `--port` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: 8788)" />
  - The port to listen on (serve from).
- `--binding` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Bind an environment variable or secret (for example, `--binding <VARIABLE_NAME>=<VALUE>`).
- `--kv` <Type text="string[]" /> optional
  - Binding name of [KV namespace](/kv/) to bind (for example, `--kv <BINDING_NAME>`).
- `--r2` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Binding name of [R2 bucket](/pages/functions/bindings/#interact-with-your-r2-buckets-locally) to bind (for example, `--r2 <BINDING_NAME>`).
- `--d1` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Binding name of [D1 database](/pages/functions/bindings/#interact-with-your-d1-databases-locally) to bind (for example, `--d1 <BINDING_NAME>`).
- `--do` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Binding name of Durable Object to bind (for example, `--do <BINDING_NAME>=<CLASS>`).
- `--live-reload` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: false)" />
  - Auto reload HTML pages when change is detected.
- `--compatibility-flag` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Runtime compatibility flags to apply.
- `--compatibility-date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Runtime compatibility date to apply.
- `--show-interactive-dev-session` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: true if the terminal supports interactivity)" />
  - Show the interactive dev session.
- `--https-key-path` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom certificate key.
- `--https-cert-path` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Path to a custom certificate.

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### `download config`

Download your Pages project config as a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

```txt
wrangler pages download config <PROJECT_NAME>
```

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### `project list`

List your Pages projects.

```txt
wrangler pages project list
```

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### `project create`

Create a new Cloudflare Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages project create <PROJECT_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `PROJECT_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of your Pages project.
- `--production-branch` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of the production branch of your project.

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### `project delete`

Delete a Cloudflare Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages project delete <PROJECT_NAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `PROJECT_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Pages project to delete.
- `--yes` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Answer `"yes"` to confirmation prompt.

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### `deployment list`

List deployments in your Cloudflare Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages deployment list [--project-name <PROJECT_NAME>]
```

- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of the project you would like to list deployments for.
- `--environment` <Type text="'production'|'preview'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Environment type to list deployments for.

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### `deployment tail`

Start a session to livestream logs from your deployed Pages Functions.

```txt
wrangler pages deployment tail [<DEPLOYMENT>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `DEPLOYMENT` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - ID or URL of the deployment to tail. Specify by environment if deployment ID is unknown.
- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of the project you would like to tail.
- `--environment` <Type text="'production'|'preview'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - When not providing a specific deployment ID, specifying environment will grab the latest production or preview deployment.
- `--format` <Type text="'json'|'pretty'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The format of the log entries.
- `--status` <Type text="'ok'|'error'|'canceled'" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by invocation status.
- `--header` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by HTTP header.
- `--method` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by HTTP method.
- `--sampling-rate` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Add a percentage of requests to log sampling rate.
- `--search` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by a text match in `console.log` messages.
- `--ip` <Type text="(string|'self')\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Filter by the IP address the request originates from. Use `"self"` to show only messages from your own IP.

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:::note

Filtering with `--ip self` will allow tailing your deployed Functions beyond the normal request per second limits.
:::

After starting `wrangler pages deployment tail`, you will receive a live stream of console and exception logs for each request your Functions receive.

### `deploy`

Deploy a directory of static assets as a Pages deployment.

```txt
wrangler pages deploy <BUILD_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `BUILD_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The [directory](/pages/configuration/build-configuration/#framework-presets) of static files to upload. As of Wrangler 3.45.0, this is only required when your Pages project does not have a Wrangler file. Refer to the [Pages Functions configuration guide](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/) for more information.
- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of the project you want to deploy to.
- `--branch` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of the branch you want to deploy to.
- `--commit-hash` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The SHA to attach to this deployment.
- `--commit-message` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The commit message to attach to this deployment.
- `--commit-dirty` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Whether or not the workspace should be considered dirty for this deployment.

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:::note

Your site is deployed to `<PROJECT_NAME>.pages.dev`. If you do not provide the `--project-name` argument, you will be prompted to enter a project name in your terminal after you run the command.

:::

### `publish`

Publish a directory of static assets as a Pages deployment.

```txt
wrangler pages publish [<DIRECTORY>] [OPTIONS]
```

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:::note

This command has been deprecated as of v3 in favor of [`wrangler pages deploy`](#deploy-1). It will be removed in v4.

:::

### `secret put`

Create or update a secret for a Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages secret put <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Pages project.
- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of your Pages project.

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### `secret delete`

Delete a secret from a Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages secret delete <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Pages project.
- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of your Pages project.

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### `secret list`

List the names of all the secrets for a Pages project.

```txt
wrangler pages secret list [OPTIONS]
```

- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of your Pages project.

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### `secret bulk`

Upload multiple secrets for a Pages project at once.

```txt
wrangler pages secret bulk [<FILENAME>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `FILENAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A file containing either [JSON](https://www.json.org/json-en.html) or the [.env](https://www.dotenv.org/docs/security/env) format
  - The JSON file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `{"SECRET_NAME": "secret value", ...}`.
  - The `.env` file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `SECRET_NAME=secret value`.
  - If omitted, Wrangler expects to receive input from `stdin` rather than a file.
- `--project-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name of your Pages project.

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---

## `queues`

Manage your Workers [Queues](/queues/) configurations.

### `create`

Create a new Queue.

```txt
wrangler queues create <name> [OPTIONS]
```

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the queue to create.
- `--delivery-delay-secs` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - How long a published message should be delayed for, in seconds. Must be a positive integer.

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### `delete`

Delete an existing queue.

```txt
wrangler queues delete <name> [OPTIONS]
```

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the queue to delete.

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### `list`

List all queues in the current account.

```txt
wrangler queues list [OPTIONS]
```

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### `info`

Get information on individual queues.

```txt
wrangler queues info <name>
```

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the queue to inspect.

### `consumer`

Manage queue consumer configurations.

### `consumer add <script-name>`

Add a Worker script as a [queue consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers).

```txt
wrangler queues consumer add <queue-name> <script-name> [OPTIONS]
```

- `queue-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the queue to add the consumer to.
- `script-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Workers script to add as a consumer of the named queue.
- `--batch-size` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Maximum number of messages per batch. Must be a positive integer.
- `--batch-timeout` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Maximum number of seconds to wait to fill a batch with messages. Must be a positive integer.
- `--message-retries` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Maximum number of retries for each message. Must be a positive integer.
- `--max-concurrency` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The maximum number of concurrent consumer invocations that will be scaled up to handle incoming message volume. Must be a positive integer.
- `--retry-delay-secs` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - How long a retried message should be delayed for, in seconds. Must be a positive integer.

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### `consumer remove`

Remove a consumer from a queue.

```txt
wrangler queues consumer remove <queue-name> <script-name>
```

- `queue-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the queue to remove the consumer from.
- `script-name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the Workers script to remove as the consumer.

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---

## `login`

Authorize Wrangler with your Cloudflare account using OAuth. Wrangler will attempt to automatically open your web browser to login with your Cloudflare account.

If you prefer to use API tokens for authentication, such as in headless or continuous integration environments, refer to [Running Wrangler in CI/CD](/workers/ci-cd/).

```txt
wrangler login [OPTIONS]
```

- `--scopes-list` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - List all the available OAuth scopes with descriptions.
- `--scopes $SCOPES` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Allows to choose your set of OAuth scopes. The set of scopes must be entered in a whitespace-separated list,
    for example, `npx wrangler login --scopes account:read user:read`.

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:::note

`wrangler login` uses all the available scopes by default if no flags are provided.
:::

If Wrangler fails to open a browser, you can copy and paste the URL generated by `wrangler login` in your terminal into a browser and log in.

### Use `wrangler login` on a remote machine

If you are using Wrangler from a remote machine, but run the login flow from your local browser, you will receive the following error message after logging in:`This site can't be reached`.

To finish the login flow, run `wrangler login` and go through the login flow in the browser:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

```sh output
 ⛅️ wrangler 2.1.6
-------------------
Attempting to login via OAuth...
Opening a link in your default browser: https://dash.cloudflare.com/oauth2/auth?xyz...
```

The browser login flow will redirect you to a `localhost` URL on your machine.

Leave the login flow active. Open a second terminal session. In that second terminal session, use `curl` or an equivalent request library on the remote machine to fetch this `localhost` URL. Copy and paste the `localhost` URL that was generated during the `wrangler login` flow and run:

```sh
curl <LOCALHOST_URL>
```

---

## `logout`

Remove Wrangler's authorization for accessing your account. This command will invalidate your current OAuth token.

```txt
wrangler logout
```

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If you are using `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` instead of OAuth, and you can logout by deleting your API token in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Go to **My Profile** > **API Tokens**.
3. Select the three-dot menu on your Wrangler token.
4. Select **Delete**.

---

## `whoami`

Retrieve your user information and test your authentication configuration.

```txt
wrangler whoami
```

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---

## `versions`

:::note
The minimum required wrangler version to use these commands is 3.40.0. For versions before 3.73.0, you will need to add the `--x-versions` flag.
:::

### `upload`

Upload a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of your Worker that is not deployed immediately.

```txt
wrangler versions upload [OPTIONS]
```

- `--tag` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Add a version tag. Accepts empty string.
- `--message` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Add a version message. Accepts empty string.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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### `deploy`

Deploy a previously created [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of your Worker all at once or create a [gradual deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/) to incrementally shift traffic to a new version by following an interactive prompt.

```txt
wrangler versions deploy [OPTIONS]
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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:::note

The non-interactive version of this prompt is: `wrangler versions deploy version-id-1@percentage-1% version-id-2@percentage-2 -y`

For example:
`wrangler versions deploy 095f00a7-23a7-43b7-a227-e4c97cab5f22@10%   1a88955c-2fbd-4a72-9d9b-3ba1e59842f2@90% -y`

:::

### `list`

Retrieve details for the 10 most recent versions. Details include `Version ID`, `Created on`, `Author`, `Source`, and optionally, `Tag` or `Message`.

```txt
wrangler versions list [OPTIONS]
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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### `secret put`

Create or replace a secret for a Worker. Creates a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) with modified secrets without [deploying](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) the Worker.

```txt
wrangler versions secret put <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Worker.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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### `secret delete`

Delete a secret for a Worker. Creates a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) with modified secrets without [deploying](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) the Worker.

```txt
wrangler versions delete <KEY> [OPTIONS]
```

- `KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The variable name for this secret to be accessed in the Worker.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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### `secret bulk`

Upload multiple secrets for a Worker at once. Creates a new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) with modified secrets without [deploying](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) the Worker.

```txt
wrangler versions secret bulk <FILENAME> [OPTIONS]
```

- `FILENAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A file containing either [JSON](https://www.json.org/json-en.html) or the [.env](https://www.dotenv.org/docs/security/env) format
  - The JSON file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `{"SECRET_NAME": "secret value", ...}`.
  - The `.env` file containing key-value pairs to upload as secrets, in the form `SECRET_NAME=secret value`.
  - If omitted, Wrangler expects to receive input from `stdin` rather than a file.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--env` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific environment.

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---

## `triggers`

:::note
The minimum required wrangler version to use these commands is 3.40.0. For versions before 3.73.0, you will need to add the `--x-versions` flag.
:::

### `deploy`

Apply changes to triggers ([Routes or domains](/workers/configuration/routing/) and [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)) when using [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload).

```txt
wrangler triggers deploy [OPTIONS]
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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---

## `deployments`

[Deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) track the version(s) of your Worker that are actively serving traffic.

### `list`

:::note
The minimum required wrangler version to use these commands is 3.40.0. For versions before 3.73.0, you will need to add the `--x-versions` flag.
:::

Retrieve details for the 10 most recent [deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments). Details include `Created on`, `Author`, `Source`, an optional `Message`, and metadata about the `Version(s)` in the deployment.

```txt
wrangler deployments list [OPTIONS]
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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### `status`

Retrieve details for the most recent deployment. Details include `Created on`, `Author`, `Source`, an optional `Message`, and metadata about the `Version(s)` in the deployment.

```txt
wrangler deployments status
```

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

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## `rollback`

:::caution
A rollback will immediately create a new deployment with the specified version of your Worker and become the active deployment across all your deployed routes and domains. This change will not affect work in your local development environment.
:::

```txt
wrangler rollback [<VERSION_ID>] [OPTIONS]
```

- `VERSION_ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The ID of the version you wish to roll back to. If not supplied, the `rollback` command defaults to the version uploaded before the latest version.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Perform on a specific Worker rather than inheriting from the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `--message` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Add message for rollback. Accepts empty string. When specified, interactive prompts for rollback confirmation and message are skipped.

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---

## dispatch namespace

### `list`

List all dispatch namespaces.

```txt
wrangler dispatch-namespace list
```

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### `get`

Get information about a dispatch namespace.

```txt
wrangler dispatch-namespace get <NAME>
```

- `NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the dispatch namespace to get details about.

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### `create`

Create a dispatch namespace.

```txt
wrangler dispatch-namespace create <NAME>
```

- `NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the dispatch namespace to create.

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### `delete`

Delete a dispatch namespace.

```txt
wrangler dispatch-namespace get <NAME>
```

:::note

You must delete all user Workers in the dispatch namespace before it can be deleted.
:::

- `NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The name of the dispatch namespace to delete.

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### `rename`

Rename a dispatch namespace.

```txt
wrangler dispatch-namespace get <OLD_NAME> <NEW_NAME>
```

- `OLD_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The previous name of the dispatch namespace.
- `NEW_NAME` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - The new name of the dispatch namespace.

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---

## `mtls-certificate`

Manage client certificates used for mTLS connections in subrequests.

These certificates can be used in [`mtls_certificate` bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls), which allow a Worker to present the certificate when establishing a connection with an origin that requires client authentication (mTLS).

### `upload`

Upload a client certificate.

```txt
wrangler mtls-certificate upload --cert <PATH> --key <PATH> [OPTIONS]
```

- `--cert` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A path to the TLS certificate to upload. Certificate chains are supported.
- `--key` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A path to the private key to upload.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name assigned to the mTLS certificate at upload.

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The following is an example of using the `upload` command to upload an mTLS certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler mtls-certificate upload --cert cert.pem --key key.pem --name my-origin-cert
```

```sh output
Uploading mTLS Certificate my-origin-cert...
Success! Uploaded mTLS Certificate my-origin-cert
ID: 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
Issuer: CN=my-secured-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Expires: 1/01/2025
```

You can then add this certificate as a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
mtls_certificates = [
  { binding = "MY_CERT", certificate_id = "99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Note that the certificate and private keys must be in separate (typically `.pem`) files when uploading.

### `list`

List mTLS certificates associated with the current account ID.

```txt
wrangler mtls-certificate list
```

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The following is an example of using the `list` command to upload an mTLS certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler mtls-certificate list
```

```sh output
ID: 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
Name: my-origin-cert
Issuer: CN=my-secured-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Created on: 1/01/2023
Expires: 1/01/2025

ID: c5d004d1-8312-402c-b8ed-6194328d5cbe
Issuer: CN=another-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Created on: 1/01/2023
Expires: 1/01/2025
```

### `delete`

Delete a client certificate.

```txt
wrangler mtls-certificate delete {--id <ID|--name <NAME>}
```

- `--id` <Type text="string" />
  - The ID of the mTLS certificate.
- `--name` <Type text="string" />
  - The name assigned to the mTLS certificate at upload.

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The following is an example of using the `delete` command to delete an mTLS certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler mtls-certificate delete --id 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
```

```sh output
Are you sure you want to delete certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d (my-origin-cert)? [y/n]
yes
Deleting certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d...
Deleted certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d successfully
```

---

## `cert`

Manage mTLS client certificates and Certificate Authority (CA) chain certificates used for secured connections.

These certificates can be used in Hyperdrive configurations, enabling them to present the certificate when connecting to an origin database that requires client authentication (mTLS) or a custom Certificate Authority (CA).

### `upload mtls-certificate`

Upload a client certificate.

```txt
wrangler cert upload mtls-certificate --cert <PATH> --key <PATH> [OPTIONS]
```

- `--cert` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A path to the TLS certificate to upload. Certificate chains are supported.
- `--key` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A path to the private key to upload.
- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name assigned to the mTLS certificate at upload.

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The following is an example of using the `upload` command to upload an mTLS certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler cert upload --cert cert.pem --key key.pem --name my-origin-cert
```

```sh output
Uploading mTLS Certificate my-origin-cert...
Success! Uploaded mTLS Certificate my-origin-cert
ID: 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
Issuer: CN=my-secured-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Expires: 1/01/2025
```

Note that the certificate and private keys must be in separate (typically `.pem`) files when uploading.

### `upload certificate-authority`

Upload a client certificate.

```txt
wrangler cert upload certificate-authority --ca-cert <PATH> [OPTIONS]
```

- `--ca-cert` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />
  - A path to the Certificate Authority (CA) chain certificate to upload.

- `--name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - The name assigned to the mTLS certificate at upload.

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The following is an example of using the `upload` command to upload an CA certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler cert upload certificate-authority --ca-cert server-ca-chain.pem --name SERVER_CA_CHAIN

```

```sh output
Uploading CA Certificate SERVER_CA_CHAIN...
Success! Uploaded CA Certificate SERVER_CA_CHAIN
ID: 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
Issuer: CN=my-secured-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Expires: 1/01/2025
```

### `list`

List mTLS certificates associated with the current account ID. This will display both mTLS certificates and CA certificates.

```txt
wrangler cert list
```

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The following is an example of using the `list` command to upload an mTLS or CA certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler cert list
```

```sh output
ID: 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
Name: my-origin-cert
Issuer: CN=my-secured-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Created on: 1/01/2023
Expires: 1/01/2025

ID: c5d004d1-8312-402c-b8ed-6194328d5cbe
Issuer: CN=another-origin.com,OU=my-team,O=my-org,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US
Created on: 1/01/2023
Expires: 1/01/2025
```

### `delete`

Delete a client certificate.

```txt
wrangler cert delete {--id <ID|--name <NAME>}
```

- `--id` <Type text="string" />
  - The ID of the mTLS or CA certificate.
- `--name` <Type text="string" />
  - The name assigned to the mTLS or CA certificate at upload.

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The following is an example of using the `delete` command to delete an mTLS or CA certificate.

```sh
npx wrangler cert delete --id 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d
```

```sh output
Are you sure you want to delete certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d (my-origin-cert)? [y/n]
yes
Deleting certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d...
Deleted certificate 99f5fef1-6cc1-46b8-bd79-44a0d5082b8d successfully
```

---

## `types`

Generate types from bindings and module rules in configuration.

```txt
wrangler types [<PATH>] [OPTIONS]
```

:::note

The `--experimental-include-runtime` flag dynamically generates runtime types according to the `compatibility_date` and `compatibility_flags` defined in your [config file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

It is a replacement for the [`@cloudflare/workers-types` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types), so that package, if installed, should be uninstalled to avoid any potential conflict.

After running the command, you must add the path of the generated runtime types file to the [`compilerOptions.types` field](https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#types) in your project's [tsconfig.json](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.html) file.

You may use the shorthand `--x-include-runtime` flag in place of `--experimental-include-runtime` anywhere it is mentioned.

The minimum required Wrangler version to use this command is 3.66.0.

:::

- `PATH` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: `./worker-configuration.d.ts`)" />
  - The path to where **the `Env` types** for your Worker will be written.
  - The path must have a `d.ts` extension.
- `--env-interface` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="(default: `Env`)" />
  - The name of the interface to generate for the environment object.
  - Not valid if the Worker uses the Service Worker syntax.
- `--experimental-include-runtime` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: `./.wrangler/types/runtime.d.ts`)" />
  - The path to where the **runtime types** file will be written.
  - Leave the path blank to use the default option, e.g. `npx wrangler types --x-include-runtime`
  - A custom path must be relative to the project root, e.g. `./my-runtime-types.d.ts`
  - A custom path must have a `d.ts` extension.
- `--strict-vars` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional (default: true)" />
  - Control the types that Wrangler generates for `vars` bindings.
  - If `true`, (the default) Wrangler generates literal and union types for bindings (e.g. `myEnv: 'my dev variable' | 'my prod variable'`).
  - If `false`, Wrangler generates generic types (e.g. `myEnv: string`). This is useful when variables change frequently, especially when working across multiple environments.

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---

## `telemetry`

Cloudflare collects anonymous usage data to improve Wrangler. You can learn more about this in our [data policy](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler/telemetry.md).

You can manage sharing of usage data at any time using these commands.

### `disable`

Disable telemetry collection for Wrangler.

```txt
wrangler telemetry disable
```

### `enable`

Enable telemetry collection for Wrangler.

```txt
wrangler telemetry enable
```

### `status`

Check whether telemetry collection is currently enabled. The return result is specific to the directory where you have run the command.

This will resolve the global status set by `wrangler telemetry disable / enable`, the environment variable [`WRANGLER_SEND_METRICS`](/workers/wrangler/system-environment-variables/#supported-environment-variables), and the [`send_metrics`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#top-level-only-keys) key in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

```txt
wrangler telemetry status
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/configuration/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";
import { FileTree } from "@astrojs/starlight/components";

Wrangler optionally uses a `wrangler.json`/`wrangler.jsonc`/Wrangler file to customize the development and deployment setup for a Worker.

:::note

As of Wrangler v3.91.0 Wrangler supports both JSON (`wrangler.json` or `wrangler.jsonc`) and TOML (`wrangler.toml`) for its configuration file. Prior to that version, only `wrangler.toml` was supported. The format of Wrangler's configuration file is exactly the same across both languages, except that the syntax is `JSON` rather than `TOML`. Throughout this page and the rest of Cloudflare's documentation config snippets are provided as both JSON and TOML.

:::

It is best practice to treat Wrangler's configuration file as the [source of truth](#source-of-truth) for configuring a Worker.

## Sample Wrangler configuration

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Top-level configuration
name = "my-worker"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2022-07-12"

workers_dev = false
route = { pattern = "example.org/*", zone_name = "example.org" }

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "<MY_NAMESPACE>", id = "<KV_ID>" }
]

[env.staging]
name = "my-worker-staging"
route = { pattern = "staging.example.org/*", zone_name = "example.org" }

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "<MY_NAMESPACE>", id = "<STAGING_KV_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Environments

The configuration for a Worker can become complex when you define different [environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/), and each environment has its own configuration.
There is a default (top-level) environment and named environments that provide environment-specific configuration.

These are defined under `[env.name]` keys, such as `[env.staging]` which you can then preview or deploy with the `-e` / `--env` flag in the `wrangler` commands like `npx wrangler deploy --env staging`.

The majority of keys are inheritable, meaning that top-level configuration can be used in environments. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), such as `vars` or `kv_namespaces`, are not inheritable and need to be defined explicitly.

Further, there are a few keys that can _only_ appear at the top-level.

## Top-level only keys

Top-level keys apply to the Worker as a whole (and therefore all environments). They cannot be defined within named environments.

- `keep_vars` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Whether Wrangler should keep variables configured in the dashboard on deploy. Refer to [source of truth](#source-of-truth).

- `migrations` <Type text="object[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - When making changes to your Durable Object classes, you must perform a migration. Refer to [Durable Object migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/).

- `send_metrics` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Whether Wrangler should send usage data to Cloudflare for this project. Defaults to `true`. You can learn more about this in our [data policy](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler/telemetry.md).

- `site` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional deprecated" />

  - See the [Workers Sites](#workers-sites) section below for more information. Cloudflare Pages and Workers Assets is preferred over this approach.

## Inheritable keys

Inheritable keys are configurable at the top-level, and can be inherited (or overridden) by environment-specific configuration.

:::note

At a minimum, the `name`, `main` and `compatibility_date` keys are required to deploy a Worker.
:::

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of your Worker. Alphanumeric characters (`a`,`b`,`c`, etc.) and dashes (`-`) only. Do not use underscores (`_`).

- `main` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The path to the entrypoint of your Worker that will be executed. For example: `./src/index.ts`.

- `compatibility_date` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - A date in the form `yyyy-mm-dd`, which will be used to determine which version of the Workers runtime is used. Refer to [Compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

- `account_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - This is the ID of the account associated with your zone. You might have more than one account, so make sure to use the ID of the account associated with the zone/route you provide, if you provide one. It can also be specified through the `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` environment variable.

- `compatibility_flags` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of flags that enable features from upcoming features of the Workers runtime, usually used together with `compatibility_date`. Refer to [compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).

- `workers_dev` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Enables use of `*.workers.dev` subdomain to deploy your Worker. If you have a Worker that is only for `scheduled` events, you can set this to `false`. Defaults to `true`. Refer to [types of routes](#types-of-routes).

- `preview_urls` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Enables use of Preview URLs to test your Worker. Defaults to `true`. Refer to [Preview URLs](/workers/configuration/previews).

- `route` <Type text="Route" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A route that your Worker should be deployed to. Only one of `routes` or `route` is required. Refer to [types of routes](#types-of-routes).

- `routes` <Type text="Route[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - An array of routes that your Worker should be deployed to. Only one of `routes` or `route` is required. Refer to [types of routes](#types-of-routes).

- `tsconfig` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Path to a custom `tsconfig`.

- `triggers` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Cron definitions to trigger a Worker's `scheduled` function. Refer to [triggers](#triggers).

- `rules` <Type text="Rule" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - An ordered list of rules that define which modules to import, and what type to import them as. You will need to specify rules to use `Text`, `Data` and `CompiledWasm` modules, or when you wish to have a `.js` file be treated as an `ESModule` instead of `CommonJS`.

- `build` <Type text="Build" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Configures a custom build step to be run by Wrangler when building your Worker. Refer to [Custom builds](#custom-builds).

- `no_bundle` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Skip internal build steps and directly deploy your Worker script. You must have a plain JavaScript Worker with no dependencies.

- `find_additional_modules` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - If true then Wrangler will traverse the file tree below `base_dir`.
    Any files that match `rules` will be included in the deployed Worker.
    Defaults to true if `no_bundle` is true, otherwise false.
    Can only be used with Module format Workers (not Service Worker format).

- `base_dir` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The directory in which module "rules" should be evaluated when including additional files (via `find_additional_modules`) into a Worker deployment. Defaults to the directory containing the `main` entry point of the Worker if not specified.

- `preserve_file_names` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Determines whether Wrangler will preserve the file names of additional modules bundled with the Worker.
    The default is to prepend filenames with a content hash.
    For example, `34de60b44167af5c5a709e62a4e20c4f18c9e3b6-favicon.ico`.

- `minify` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Minify the Worker script before uploading.

- `node_compat` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Deprecated — Instead, [enable the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag), which enables both built-in Node.js APIs, and adds polyfills as necessary.
    Setting `node_compat = true` will add polyfills for Node.js built-in modules and globals to your Worker's code, when bundled with Wrangler.
    This is powered by `@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill` which in itself is powered by [rollup-plugin-node-polyfills](https://github.com/ionic-team/rollup-plugin-node-polyfills/).

- `logpush` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Enables Workers Trace Events Logpush for a Worker. Any scripts with this property will automatically get picked up by the Workers Logpush job configured for your account. Defaults to `false`. Refer to [Workers Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/).

- `limits` <Type text="Limits" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Configures limits to be imposed on execution at runtime. Refer to [Limits](#limits).

* `observability` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Configures automatic observability settings for telemetry data emitted from your Worker. Refer to [Observability](#observability).

* `assets` <Type text="Assets" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - Configures static assets that will be served. Refer to [Assets](/workers/static-assets/binding/) for more details.

### Usage model

As of March 1, 2024 the [usage model](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) configured in your Worker's configuration file will be ignored. The [Standard](/workers/platform/pricing/#example-pricing-standard-usage-model) usage model applies.

Some Workers Enterprise customers maintain the ability to change usage models. Your usage model must be configured through the Cloudflare dashboard by going to **Workers & Pages** > select your Worker > **Settings** > **Usage Model**.

## Non-inheritable keys

Non-inheritable keys are configurable at the top-level, but cannot be inherited by environments and must be specified for each environment.

- `define` <Type text="Record<string, string>" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A map of values to substitute when deploying your Worker.

- `vars` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A map of environment variables to set when deploying your Worker. Refer to [Environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/).

- `durable_objects` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of Durable Objects that your Worker should be bound to. Refer to [Durable Objects](#durable-objects).

- `kv_namespaces` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of KV namespaces that your Worker should be bound to. Refer to [KV namespaces](#kv-namespaces).

- `r2_buckets` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of R2 buckets that your Worker should be bound to. Refer to [R2 buckets](#r2-buckets).

- `vectorize` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of Vectorize indexes that your Worker should be bound to. Refer to [Vectorize indexes](#vectorize-indexes).

- `services` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of service bindings that your Worker should be bound to. Refer to [service bindings](#service-bindings).

- `tail_consumers` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of the Tail Workers your Worker sends data to. Refer to [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

## Types of routes

There are three types of [routes](/workers/configuration/routing/): [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), [routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/), and [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/).

### Custom Domains

[Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) allow you to connect your Worker to a domain or subdomain, without having to make changes to your DNS settings or perform any certificate management.

- `pattern` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The pattern that your Worker should be run on, for example, `"example.com"`.

- `custom_domain` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Whether the Worker should be on a Custom Domain as opposed to a route. Defaults to `false`.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
routes = [
	{ pattern = "shop.example.com", custom_domain = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Routes

[Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) allow users to map a URL pattern to a Worker. A route can be configured as a zone ID route, a zone name route, or a simple route.

#### Zone ID route

- `pattern` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The pattern that your Worker can be run on, for example,`"example.com/*"`.

- `zone_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The ID of the zone that your `pattern` is associated with. Refer to [Find zone and account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
routes = [
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com/*", zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Zone name route

- `pattern` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The pattern that your Worker should be run on, for example, `"example.com/*"`.

- `zone_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the zone that your `pattern` is associated with. If you are using API tokens, this will require the `Account` scope.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
routes = [
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com/*", zone_name = "example.com" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Simple route

This is a simple route that only requires a pattern.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
route = "example.com/*"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### `workers.dev`

Cloudflare Workers accounts come with a `workers.dev` subdomain that is configurable in the Cloudflare dashboard.

- `workers_dev` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Whether the Worker runs on a custom `workers.dev` account subdomain. Defaults to `true`.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
workers_dev = false
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Triggers

Triggers allow you to define the `cron` expression to invoke your Worker's `scheduled` function. Refer to [Supported cron expressions](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/#supported-cron-expressions).

- `crons` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - An array of `cron` expressions.
  - To disable a Cron Trigger, set `crons = []`. Commenting out the `crons` key will not disable a Cron Trigger.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[triggers]
crons = ["* * * * *"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Observability

The [Observability](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs) setting allows you to automatically ingest, store, filter, and analyze logging data emitted from Cloudflare Workers directly from your Cloudflare Worker's dashboard.

- `enabled` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - When set to `true` on a Worker, logs for the Worker are persisted. Defaults to `true` for all new Workers.

- `head_sampling_rate` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
  - A number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates zero out of one hundred requests are logged, and 1 indicates every request is logged. If `head_sampling_rate` is unspecified, it is configured to a default value of 1 (100%). Read more about [head-based sampling](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#head-based-sampling).

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[observability]
enabled = true
head_sampling_rate = 0.1 # 10% of requests are logged
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Custom builds

You can configure a custom build step that will be run before your Worker is deployed. Refer to [Custom builds](/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/).

- `command` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The command used to build your Worker. On Linux and macOS, the command is executed in the `sh` shell and the `cmd` shell for Windows. The `&&` and `||` shell operators may be used.

- `cwd` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The directory in which the command is executed.

- `watch_dir` <Type text="string | string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The directory to watch for changes while using `wrangler dev`. Defaults to the current working directory.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[build]
command = "npm run build"
cwd = "build_cwd"
watch_dir = "build_watch_dir"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Limits

You can impose limits on your Worker's behavior at runtime. Limits are only supported for the [Standard Usage Model](/workers/platform/pricing/#example-pricing-standard-usage-model). Limits are only enforced when deployed to Cloudflare's network, not in local development. The CPU limit can be set to a maximum of 30,000 milliseconds (30 seconds).

<Render file="isolate-cpu-flexibility" /> <br />

- `cpu_ms` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The maximum CPU time allowed per invocation, in milliseconds.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[limits]
cpu_ms = 100
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Bindings

### Browser Rendering

The [Workers Browser Rendering API](/browser-rendering/) allows developers to programmatically control and interact with a headless browser instance and create automation flows for their applications and products.

A [browser binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) will provide your Worker with an authenticated endpoint to interact with a dedicated Chromium browser instance.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the D1 database. The value (string) you set will be used to reference this database in your Worker. The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_DB"` or `binding = "productionDB"` would both be valid names for the binding.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[browser]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### D1 databases

[D1](/d1/) is Cloudflare's serverless SQL database. A Worker can query a D1 database (or databases) by creating a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to each database for [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/).

To bind D1 databases to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `[[d1_databases]]` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the D1 database. The value (string) you set will be used to reference this database in your Worker. The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_DB"` or `binding = "productionDB"` would both be valid names for the binding.

- `database_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the database. This is a human-readable name that allows you to distinguish between different databases, and is set when you first create the database.

- `database_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The ID of the database. The database ID is available when you first use `wrangler d1 create` or when you call `wrangler d1 list`, and uniquely identifies your database.

- `preview_database_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The preview ID of this D1 database. If provided, `wrangler dev` will use this ID. Otherwise, it will use `database_id`. This option is required when using `wrangler dev --remote`.

  - The ID of the database. The database ID is available when you first use `wrangler d1 create` or when you call `wrangler d1 list`, and uniquely identifies your database.

- `migrations_dir` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The migration directory containing the migration files. By default, `wrangler d1 migrations create` creates a folder named `migrations`. You can use `migrations_dir` to specify a different folder containing the migration files (for example, if you have a mono-repo setup, and want to use a single D1 instance across your apps/packages).
  - For more information, refer to [D1 Wrangler `migrations` commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/#migrations-create) and [D1 migrations](/d1/reference/migrations/).

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production database. Refer to [Local development and testing](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
database_name = "<DATABASE_NAME>"
database_id = "<DATABASE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Dispatch namespace bindings (Workers for Platforms)

Dispatch namespace bindings allow for communication between a [dynamic dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker) and a [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace). Dispatch namespace bindings are used in [Workers for Platforms](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/). Workers for Platforms helps you deploy serverless functions programmatically on behalf of your customers.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name. The value (string) you set will be used to reference this database in your Worker. The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_NAMESPACE"` or `binding = "productionNamespace"` would both be valid names for the binding.

- `namespace` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace).

- `outbound` <Type text="object" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - `service` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" /> The name of the [outbound Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/) to bind to.
  - `parameters` array optional A list of parameters to pass data from your [dynamic dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker) to the [outbound Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[dispatch_namespaces]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
namespace = "<NAMESPACE_NAME>"
outbound = {service = "<WORKER_NAME>", parameters = ["params_object"]}

```

</WranglerConfig>

### Durable Objects

[Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) provide low-latency coordination and consistent storage for the Workers platform.

To bind Durable Objects to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `durable_objects.bindings` key.

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the binding used to refer to the Durable Object.

- `class_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The exported class name of the Durable Object.

- `script_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The name of the Worker where the Durable Object is defined, if it is external to this Worker. This option can be used both in local and remote development. In local development, you must run the external Worker in a separate process (via `wrangler dev`). In remote development, the appropriate remote binding must be used.

- `environment` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The environment of the `script_name` to bind to.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "<BINDING_NAME>"
class_name = "<CLASS_NAME>"

```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Migrations

When making changes to your Durable Object classes, you must perform a migration. Refer to [Durable Object migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/).

- `tag` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - A unique identifier for this migration.

- `new_classes` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The new Durable Objects being defined.

- `renamed_classes` <Type text="{from: string, to: string}[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The Durable Objects being renamed.

- `deleted_classes` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The Durable Objects being removed.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["DurableObjectExample"] # Array of new classes

[[migrations]]
tag = "v2"
renamed_classes = [{from = "DurableObjectExample", to = "UpdatedName" }] # Array of rename directives
deleted_classes = ["DeprecatedClass"] # Array of deleted class names
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Email bindings

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/>

- `name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name.

- `destination_address` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The [chosen email address](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/#types-of-bindings) you send emails to.

- `allowed_destination_addresses` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The [allowlist of email addresses](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/#types-of-bindings) you send emails to.

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### Environment variables

[Environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) are a type of binding that allow you to attach text strings or JSON values to your Worker.

Example:

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### Hyperdrive

[Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) bindings allow you to interact with and query any Postgres database from within a Worker.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name.

- `id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The ID of the Hyperdrive configuration.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
# required for database drivers to function
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat_v2"]

[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
id = "<ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### KV namespaces

[Workers KV](/kv/api/) is a global, low-latency, key-value data store. It stores data in a small number of centralized data centers, then caches that data in Cloudflare’s data centers after access.

To bind KV namespaces to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `kv_namespaces` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the KV namespace.

- `id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The ID of the KV namespace.

- `preview_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The preview ID of this KV namespace. This option is **required** when using `wrangler dev --remote` to develop against remote resources. If developing locally (without `--remote`), this is an optional field. `wrangler dev` will use this ID for the KV namespace. Otherwise, `wrangler dev` will use `id`.

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production namespace. Refer to [Local development and testing](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME1>"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID1>"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME2>"
id = "<NAMESPACE_ID2>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Queues

[Queues](/queues/) is Cloudflare's global message queueing service, providing [guaranteed delivery](/queues/reference/delivery-guarantees/) and [message batching](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/). To interact with a queue with Workers, you need a producer Worker to send messages to the queue and a consumer Worker to pull batches of messages out of the Queue. A single Worker can produce to and consume from multiple Queues.

To bind Queues to your producer Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `[[queues.producers]]` key.

- `queue` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the queue, used on the Cloudflare dashboard.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the queue in your Worker. The binding must be [a valid JavaScript variable name](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Grammar_and_types#variables). For example, `binding = "MY_QUEUE"` or `binding = "productionQueue"` would both be valid names for the binding.

- `delivery_delay` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The number of seconds to [delay messages sent to a queue](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/#delay-messages) for by default. This can be overridden on a per-message or per-batch basis.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[queues.producers]]
  binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
  queue = "<QUEUE_NAME>"
  delivery_delay = 60 # Delay messages by 60 seconds before they are delivered to a consumer
```

</WranglerConfig>

To bind Queues to your consumer Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `[[queues.consumers]]` key.

- `queue` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the queue, used on the Cloudflare dashboard.

- `max_batch_size` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The maximum number of messages allowed in each batch.

- `max_batch_timeout` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The maximum number of seconds to wait for messages to fill a batch before the batch is sent to the consumer Worker.

- `max_retries` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The maximum number of retries for a message, if it fails or [`retryAll()`](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#messagebatch) is invoked.

- `dead_letter_queue` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The name of another queue to send a message if it fails processing at least `max_retries` times.
  - If a `dead_letter_queue` is not defined, messages that repeatedly fail processing will be discarded.
  - If there is no queue with the specified name, it will be created automatically.

- `max_concurrency` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The maximum number of concurrent consumers allowed to run at once. Leaving this unset will mean that the number of invocations will scale to the [currently supported maximum](/queues/platform/limits/).
  - Refer to [Consumer concurrency](/queues/configuration/consumer-concurrency/) for more information on how consumers autoscale, particularly when messages are retried.

- `retry_delay` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The number of seconds to [delay retried messages](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/#delay-messages) for by default, before they are re-delivered to the consumer. This can be overridden on a per-message or per-batch basis [when retrying messages](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/#explicit-acknowledgement-and-retries).

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[queues.consumers]]
  queue = "my-queue"
  max_batch_size = 10
  max_batch_timeout = 30
  max_retries = 10
  dead_letter_queue = "my-queue-dlq"
  max_concurrency = 5
  retry_delay = 120 # Delay retried messages by 2 minutes before re-attempting delivery
```

</WranglerConfig>

### R2 buckets

[Cloudflare R2 Storage](/r2) allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

To bind R2 buckets to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `r2_buckets` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the R2 bucket.

- `bucket_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of this R2 bucket.

- `jurisdiction` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The jurisdiction where this R2 bucket is located, if a jurisdiction has been specified. Refer to [Jurisdictional Restrictions](/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions).

- `preview_bucket_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The preview name of this R2 bucket. If provided, `wrangler dev` will use this name for the R2 bucket. Otherwise, it will use `bucket_name`. This option is required when using `wrangler dev --remote`.

:::note

When using Wrangler in the default local development mode, files will be written to local storage instead of the preview or production bucket. Refer to [Local development and testing](/workers/testing/local-development/) for more details.

:::

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME1>"
bucket_name = "<BUCKET_NAME1>"

[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME2>"
bucket_name = "<BUCKET_NAME2>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Vectorize indexes

A [Vectorize index](/vectorize/) allows you to insert and query vector embeddings for semantic search, classification and other vector search use-cases.

To bind Vectorize indexes to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `vectorize` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the bound index from your Worker code.

- `index_name` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the index to bind.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[vectorize]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
index_name = "<INDEX_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Service bindings

A service binding allows you to send HTTP requests to another Worker without those requests going over the Internet. The request immediately invokes the downstream Worker, reducing latency as compared to a request to a third-party service. Refer to [About Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).

To bind other Workers to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `services` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the bound Worker.

- `service` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The name of the Worker.

- `entrypoint` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The name of the [entrypoint](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/#named-entrypoints) to bind to. If you do not specify an entrypoint, the default export of the Worker will be used.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[services]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
service = "<WORKER_NAME>"
entrypoint = "<ENTRYPOINT_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Static assets

Refer to [Assets](#assets).

### Analytics Engine Datasets

[Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) provides analytics, observability and data logging from Workers. Write data points to your Worker binding then query the data using the [SQL API](/analytics/analytics-engine/sql-api/).

To bind Analytics Engine datasets to your Worker, assign an array of the below object to the `analytics_engine_datasets` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the dataset.

- `dataset` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The dataset name to write to. This will default to the same name as the binding if it is not supplied.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[analytics_engine_datasets]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME>"
dataset = "<DATASET_NAME>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### mTLS Certificates

To communicate with origins that require client authentication, a Worker can present a certificate for mTLS in subrequests. Wrangler provides the `mtls-certificate` [command](/workers/wrangler/commands#mtls-certificate) to upload and manage these certificates.

To create a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to an mTLS certificate for your Worker, assign an array of objects with the following shape to the `mtls_certificates` key.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the certificate.

- `certificate_id` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The ID of the certificate. Wrangler displays this via the `mtls-certificate upload` and `mtls-certificate list` commands.

Example of a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file that includes an mTLS certificate binding:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[mtls_certificates]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME1>"
certificate_id = "<CERTIFICATE_ID1>"

[[mtls_certificates]]
binding = "<BINDING_NAME2>"
certificate_id = "<CERTIFICATE_ID2>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

mTLS certificate bindings can then be used at runtime to communicate with secured origins via their [`fetch` method](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls).

### Workers AI

[Workers AI](/workers-ai/) allows you to run machine learning models, on the Cloudflare network, from your own code –
whether that be from Workers, Pages, or anywhere via REST API.

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Unlike other bindings, this binding is limited to one AI binding per Worker project.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The binding name.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI" # available in your Worker code on `env.AI`
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Assets

[Static assets](/workers/static-assets/) allows developers to run front-end websites on Workers. You can configure the directory of assets, an optional runtime binding, and routing configuration options.

You can only configure one collection of assets per Worker.

The following options are available under the `assets` key.

- `directory` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - Folder of static assets to be served.

- `binding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The binding name used to refer to the assets. Optional, and only useful when a Worker script is set with `main`.

- `run_worker_first` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional, defaults to false" />

  - Controls whether static assets are fetched directly, or a Worker script is invoked. Learn more about fetching assets when using [`run_worker_first`](/workers/static-assets/routing/#invoking-worker-script-ahead-of-assets).

- `html_handling`: <Type text={'"auto-trailing-slash" | "force-trailing-slash" | "drop-trailing-slash" | "none"'} /> <MetaInfo text={'optional, defaults to "auto-trailing-slash"'} />

  - Determines the redirects and rewrites of requests for HTML content. Learn more about the various options in [assets routing](/workers/static-assets/routing/#html_handling).

- `not_found_handling`: <Type text={'"single-page-application" | "404-page" | "none"'} /> <MetaInfo text={'optional, defaults to "none"'} />

  - Determines the handling of requests that do not map to an asset. Learn more about the various options in [assets routing](/workers/static-assets/routing/#not_found_handling).

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
assets = { directory = "./public", binding = "ASSETS", html_handling = "force-trailing-slash", not_found_handling = "404-page" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Bundling

Wrangler can operate in two modes: the default bundling mode and `--no-bundle` mode.
In bundling mode, Wrangler will traverse all the imports of your code and generate a single JavaScript "entry-point" file.
Imported source code is "inlined/bundled" into this entry-point file.

It is also possible to include additional modules into your Worker, which are uploaded alongside the entry-point.
You specify which additional modules should be included into your Worker using the `rules` key, making these modules available to be imported when your Worker is invoked.
The `rules` key will be an array of the below object.

- `type` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The type of module. Must be one of: `ESModule`, `CommonJS`, `CompiledWasm`, `Text` or `Data`.

- `globs` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - An array of glob rules (for example, `["**/*.md"]`). Refer to [glob](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/glob.7.html).

- `fallthrough` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - When set to `true` on a rule, this allows you to have multiple rules for the same `Type`.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
rules = [
  { type = "Text", globs = ["**/*.md"], fallthrough = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Importing modules within a Worker

You can import and refer to these modules within your Worker, like so:

```js title="index.js" {1}
import markdown from "./example.md";

export default {
	async fetch() {
		return new Response(markdown);
	},
};
```

### Find additional modules

Normally Wrangler will only include additional modules that are statically imported in your source code as in the example above.
By setting `find_additional_modules` to `true` in your configuration file, Wrangler will traverse the file tree below `base_dir`.
Any files that match `rules` will also be included as unbundled, external modules in the deployed Worker.
`base_dir` defaults to the directory containing your `main` entrypoint.

See https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/bundling/ for more details and examples.

## Local development settings

You can configure various aspects of local development, such as the local protocol or port.

- `ip` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

* IP address for the local dev server to listen on. Defaults to `localhost`.

- `port` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

* Port for the local dev server to listen on. Defaults to `8787`.

- `local_protocol` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Protocol that local dev server listens to requests on. Defaults to `http`.

- `upstream_protocol` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Protocol that the local dev server forwards requests on. Defaults to `https`.

- `host` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Host to forward requests to, defaults to the host of the first `route` of the Worker.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[dev]
ip = "192.168.1.1"
port = 8080
local_protocol = "http"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Secrets

[Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) are a type of binding that allow you to [attach encrypted text values](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) to your Worker.

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## Module Aliasing

You can configure Wrangler to replace all calls to import a particular package with a module of your choice, by configuring the `alias` field:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[alias]
"foo" = "./replacement-module-filepath"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js title="replacement-module-filepath.js"
export const bar = "baz";
```

With the configuration above, any calls to `import` or `require()` the module `foo` will be aliased to point to your replacement module:

```js
import { bar } from "foo";

console.log(bar); // returns "baz"
```

### Example: Aliasing dependencies from NPM

You can use module aliasing to provide an implementation of an NPM package that does not work on Workers — even if you only rely on that NPM package indirectly, as a dependency of one of your Worker's dependencies.

For example, some NPM packages depend on [`node-fetch`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-fetch), a package that provided a polyfill of the [`fetch()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/), before it was built into Node.js.

`node-fetch` isn't needed in Workers, because the `fetch()` API is provided by the Workers runtime. And `node-fetch` doesn't work on Workers, because it relies on currently unsupported Node.js APIs from the `http`/`https` modules.

You can alias all imports of `node-fetch` to instead point directly to the `fetch()` API that is built into the Workers runtime:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[alias]
"node-fetch" = "./fetch-nolyfill"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js title="./fetch-nolyfill"
export default fetch;
```

### Example: Aliasing Node.js APIs

You can use module aliasing to provide your own polyfill implementation of a Node.js API that is not yet available in the Workers runtime.

For example, let's say the NPM package you rely on calls [`fs.readFile`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fsreadfilepath-options-callback). You can alias the fs module by adding the following to your Worker's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[alias]
"fs" = "./fs-polyfill"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js title="./fs-polyfill"
export function readFile() {
	// ...
}
```

In many cases, this allows you to work provide just enough of an API to make a dependency work. You can learn more about Cloudflare Workers' support for Node.js APIs on the [Cloudflare Workers Node.js API documentation page](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/).

## Source maps

[Source maps](/workers/observability/source-maps/) translate compiled and minified code back to the original code that you wrote. Source maps are combined with the stack trace returned by the JavaScript runtime to present you with a stack trace.

- `upload_source_maps` <Type text="boolean" />

  - When `upload_source_maps` is set to `true`, Wrangler will automatically generate and upload source map files when you run [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) or [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2).

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
upload_source_maps = true

```

</WranglerConfig>

## Workers Sites

<Render file="workers_sites" />

[Workers Sites](/workers/configuration/sites/) allows you to host static websites, or dynamic websites using frameworks like Vue or React, on Workers.

- `bucket` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The directory containing your static assets. It must be a path relative to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

- `include` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - An exclusive list of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from your bucket location. Only matched items will be uploaded.

- `exclude` <Type text="string[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A list of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match files or directories in your bucket that should be excluded from uploads.

Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[site]
bucket = "./public"
include = ["upload_dir"]
exclude = ["ignore_dir"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Proxy support

Corporate networks will often have proxies on their networks and this can sometimes cause connectivity issues. To configure Wrangler with the appropriate proxy details, use the below environmental variables:

- `https_proxy`
- `HTTPS_PROXY`
- `http_proxy`
- `HTTP_PROXY`

To configure this on macOS, add `HTTP_PROXY=http://<YOUR_PROXY_HOST>:<YOUR_PROXY_PORT>` before your Wrangler commands.

Example:

```sh
$ HTTP_PROXY=http://localhost:8080 wrangler dev
```

If your IT team has configured your computer's proxy settings, be aware that the first non-empty environment variable in this list will be used when Wrangler makes outgoing requests.

For example, if both `https_proxy` and `http_proxy` are set, Wrangler will only use `https_proxy` for outgoing requests.

## Source of truth

We recommend treating your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file as the source of truth for your Worker configuration, and to avoid making changes to your Worker via the Cloudflare dashboard if you are using Wrangler.

If you need to make changes to your Worker from the Cloudflare dashboard, the dashboard will generate a TOML snippet for you to copy into your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, which will help ensure your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file is always up to date.

If you change your environment variables in the Cloudflare dashboard, Wrangler will override them the next time you deploy. If you want to disable this behavior, add `keep_vars = true` to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

If you change your routes in the dashboard, Wrangler will override them in the next deploy with the routes you have set in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. To manage routes via the Cloudflare dashboard only, remove any route and routes keys from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Then add `workers_dev = false` to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. For more information, refer to [Deprecations](/workers/wrangler/deprecations/#other-deprecated-behavior).

Wrangler will not delete your secrets (encrypted environment variables) unless you run `wrangler secret delete <key>`.

## Generated Wrangler configuration

:::note

This section describes a feature that can be implemented by frameworks and other build tools that are integrating with Wrangler.

It is unlikely that an application developer will need to use this feature, but it is documented here to help you understand when Wrangler is using a generated configuration rather than the original, user's configuration.

:::

Some framework tools, or custom pre-build processes, generate a modified Wrangler configuration to be used to deploy the Worker code.
In this case, the tool may also create a special `.wrangler/deploy/config.json` file that redirects Wrangler to use the generated configuration rather than the original, user's configuration.

Wrangler uses this generated configuration only for the following deploy and dev related commands:

- `wrangler deploy`
- `wrangler dev`
- `wrangler versions upload`
- `wrangler versions deploy`
- `wrangler pages deploy`
- `wrangler pages build`
- `wrangler pages build-env`

When running these commands, Wrangler looks up the directory tree from the current working directory for a file at the path `.wrangler/deploy/config.json`.
This file must contain only a single JSON object of the form:

```json
{ "configPath": "../../path/to/wrangler.json" }
```

When this `config.json` file exists, Wrangler will follow the `configPath` (relative to the `.wrangler/deploy/config.json` file) to find the generated `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to load and use in the current command.
Wrangler will display messaging to the user to indicate that the configuration has been redirected to a different file than the user's configuration file.

### Custom build tool example

A common example of using a redirected configuration is where a custom build tool, or framework, wants to modify the user's configuration to be used when deploying, by generating a new configuration in a `dist` directory.

- First, the user writes code that uses Cloudflare Workers resources, configured via a user's Wrangler file.

  ```toml
  name = "my-worker"
  main = "src/index.ts"
  [[kv_namespaces]]
  binding = "<BINDING_NAME1>"
  id = "<NAMESPACE_ID1>"
  ```

  Note that this configuration points `main` at the user's code entry-point.

- Then, the user runs a custom build, which might read the user's `wrangler.toml` to find the source code entry-point:

  ```bash
  > my-tool build
  ```

- This `my-tool` generates a `dist` directory that contains both compiled code and a new generated deployment configuration file.
  It also creates a `.wrangler/deploy/config.json` file that redirects Wrangler to the new, generated deployment configuration file:

  <FileTree>

  - dist
    - index.js
    - wrangler.json
  - .wrangler
    - deploy
      - config.json

  </FileTree>

  The generated `dist/wrangler.json` might contain:

  ```json
  {
  	"name": "my-worker",
  	"main": "./index.js",
  	"kv_namespaces": [{ "binding": "<BINDING_NAME1>", "id": "<NAMESPACE_ID1>" }]
  }
  ```

  Note that, now, the `main` property points to the generated code entry-point.

  And the `.wrangler/deploy/config.json` contains the path to the generated configuration file:

  ```json
  {
  	"configPath": "../../dist/wrangler.json"
  }
  ```

---

# Custom builds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

Custom builds are a way for you to customize how your code is compiled, before being processed by Wrangler.

:::note

With the release of Wrangler v2, it is no longer necessary to use custom builds to bundle your code via webpack and similar bundlers. Wrangler runs [esbuild](https://esbuild.github.io/) by default as part of the `dev` and `publish` commands, and bundles your Worker project into a single Worker script. Refer to [Bundling](/workers/wrangler/bundling/).
:::

## Configure custom builds

Custom builds are configured by adding a `[build]` section in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, and using the following options for configuring your custom build.



* `command` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The command used to build your Worker. On Linux and macOS, the command is executed in the `sh` shell and the `cmd` shell for Windows. The `&&` and `||` shell operators may be used. This command will be run as part of `wrangler dev` and `npx wrangler deploy`.

* `cwd` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The directory in which the command is executed.

* `watch_dir` <Type text="string | string\[]" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The directory to watch for changes while using `wrangler dev`. Defaults to the current working directory.



Example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[build]
command = "npm run build"
cwd = "build_cwd"
watch_dir = "build_watch_dir"
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Deprecations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/deprecations/

Review the difference between Wrangler versions, specifically deprecations and breaking changes.

## Wrangler v3

### Deprecated commands

The following commands are deprecated in Wrangler as of Wrangler v3. These commands will be fully removed in a future version of Wrangler.

#### `generate`

The `wrangler generate` command is deprecated, but still active in v3. `wrangler generate` will be fully removed in v4.

Use `npm create cloudflare@latest` for new Workers and Pages projects.

#### `publish`

The `wrangler publish` command is deprecated, but still active in v3. `wrangler publish` will be fully removed in v4.

Use [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) to deploy Workers.

#### `pages publish`

The `wrangler pages publish` command is deprecated, but still active in v3. `wrangler pages publish` will be fully removed in v4.

Use [`wrangler pages deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1) to deploy Pages.

### Deprecated options

#### `--experimental-local`

`wrangler dev` in v3 is local by default so this option is no longer necessary.

#### `--local`

`wrangler dev` in v3 is local by default so this option is no longer necessary.

#### `--persist`

`wrangler dev` automatically persists data by default so this option is no longer necessary.

#### `-- <command>`, `--proxy`, and `--script-path` in `wrangler pages dev`

These options prevent `wrangler pages dev` from being able to accurately emulate production's behavior for serving static assets and have therefore been deprecated. Instead of relying on Wrangler to proxy through to some other upstream dev server, you can emulate a more accurate behavior by building your static assets to a directory and pointing Wrangler to that directory with `wrangler pages dev <directory>`.

## Wrangler v2

Wrangler v2 introduces new fields for configuration and new features for developing and deploying a Worker, while deprecating some redundant fields.

* `wrangler.toml` is no longer mandatory.
* `dev` and `publish` accept CLI arguments.
* `tail` can be run on arbitrary Worker names.
* `init` creates a project boilerplate.
* JSON bindings for `vars`.
* Local mode for `wrangler dev`.
* Module system (for both modules and service worker format Workers).
* DevTools.
* TypeScript support.
* Sharing development environment on the Internet.
* Wider platform compatibility.
* Developer hotkeys.
* Better configuration validation.

The following video describes some of the major changes in Wrangler v2, and shows you how Wrangler v2 can help speed up your workflow.

<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://iframe.videodelivery.net/6ce3c7bd51288e1e8439f50ad63eda1d?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudflarestream.com%2F6ce3c7bd51288e1e8439f50ad63eda1d%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D%26height%3D600" style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;" allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div>

### Common deprecations

Refer to the following list for common fields that are no longer required.

* `type` is no longer required. Wrangler will infer the correct project type automatically.
* `zone_id` is no longer required. It can be deduced from the routes directly.
* `build.upload.format` is no longer used. The format is now inferred automatically from the code.
* `build.upload.main` and `build.upload.dir` are no longer required. Use the top level `main` field, which now serves as the entry-point for the Worker.
* `site.entry-point` is no longer required. The entry point should be specified through the `main` field.
* `webpack_config` and `webpack` properties are no longer supported. Refer to [Migrate webpack projects from Wrangler version 1](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/).
  Here are the Wrangler v1 commands that are no longer supported:
* `wrangler preview` - Use the `wrangler dev` command, for running your worker in your local environment.
* `wrangler generate` - If you want to use a starter template, clone its GitHub repository and manually initialize it.
* `wrangler route` - Routes are defined in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
* `wrangler report` - If you find a bug, report it at [Wrangler issues](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose).
* `wrangler build` - If you wish to access the output from bundling your Worker, use `wrangler publish --outdir=path/to/output`.

#### New fields

These are new fields that can be added to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

* **`main`**: `string`, optional

  The `main` field is used to specify an entry point to the Worker. It may be in the established service worker format, or the newer, preferred modules format. An entry point is now explicitly required, and can be configured either via the `main` field, or passed directly as a command line, for example, `wrangler dev index.js`. This field replaces the legacy `build.upload.main` field (which only applied to modules format Workers).

* **`rules`**: `array`, optional

  The `rules` field is an array of mappings between module types and file patterns. It instructs Wrangler to interpret specific files differently than JavaScript. For example, this is useful for reading text-like content as text files, or compiled WASM as ready to instantiate and execute. These rules can apply to Workers of both the established service worker format, and the newer modules format. This field replaces the legacy `build.upload.rules` field (which only applied to modules format Workers).

{/* <!-- - **`legacy_env`**: _boolean_, optional. default: `true`

  The `legacy_env` field toggles how environments are handled by `wrangler`.

  - When `legacy_env` is `true`, it uses the legacy-style environments, where each environment is treated as a separate Worker in the dashboard, and environment names are appended to the `name` when published.
  - When `legacy_env` is `false`, it uses the newer service environments, where scripts for a given Worker are grouped under the same script name in the Cloudflare Workers dashboard, and environments are subdomains for a given published script (when `workers_dev = true`).
    Read more at (ref:)[] --> */}

{/* <!-- - **`services`**: TODO

- **`node-compat`**: TODO

- **`public`**: TODO --> */}

#### Non-mandatory fields

A few configuration fields which were previously required, are now optional in particular situations. They can either be inferred, or added as an optimization. No fields are required anymore when starting with Wrangler v2, and you can gradually add configuration as the need arises.

* **`name`**: `string`

  The `name` configuration field is now not required for `wrangler dev`, or any of the `wrangler kv:*` commands. Further, it can also be passed as a command line argument as `--name <name>`. It is still required for `wrangler publish`.

* **`account_id`**: `string`

  The `account_id` field is not required for any of the commands. Any relevant commands will check if you are logged in, and if not, will prompt you to log in. Once logged in, it will use your account ID and will not prompt you again until your login session expires. If you have multiple account IDs, you will be presented with a list of accounts to choose from.

  You can still configure `account_id` in your Wrangler file, or as an environment variable `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID`. This makes startup faster and bypasses the list of choices if you have multiple IDs. The `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` environment variable is also useful for situations where it is not possible to login interactively. To learn more, visit [Running in CI/CD](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/).

* **`workers_dev`** `boolean`, default: `true` when no routes are present

  The `workers_dev` field is used to indicate that the Worker should be published to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain. For example, for a Worker named `my-worker` and a previously configured `*.workers.dev` subdomain `username`, the Worker will get published to `my-worker.username.workers.dev.com`. This field is not mandatory, and defaults to `true` when `route` or `routes` are not configured. When routes are present, it defaults to `false`. If you want to neither publish it to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain nor any routes, set `workers_dev` to `false`. This useful when you are publishing a Worker as a standalone service that can only be accessed from another Worker with (`services`).

#### Deprecated fields (non-breaking)

A few configuration fields are deprecated, but their presence is not a breaking change yet. It is recommended to read the warning messages and follow the instructions to migrate to the new configuration. They will be removed and stop working in a future version.

* **`zone_id`**: `string`, deprecated

  The `zone_id` field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. It is now inferred from `route`/`routes`, and optionally from `dev.host` when using `wrangler dev`. This also makes it simpler to deploy a single Worker to multiple domains.

* **`build.upload`**: `object`, deprecated

  The `build.upload` field is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Its usage results in a warning with suggestions on rewriting the configuration file to remove the warnings.

  * `build.upload.main`/`build.upload.dir` are replaced by the `main` fields and are applicable to both service worker format and modules format Workers.
  * `build.upload.rules` is replaced by the `rules` field and is applicable to both service worker format and modules format Workers.
  * `build.upload.format` is no longer specified and is automatically inferred by `wrangler`.

#### Deprecated fields (breaking)

A few configuration fields are deprecated and will not work as expected anymore. It is recommended to read the error messages and follow the instructions to migrate to the new configuration.

* **`site.entry-point`**: `string`, deprecated

  The `site.entry-point` configuration was used to specify an entry point for Workers with a `[site]` configuration. This has been replaced by the top-level `main` field.

* **`type`**: `rust` | `javascript` | `webpack`, deprecated

  The `type` configuration was used to specify the type of Worker. It has since been made redundant and is now inferred from usage. If you were using `type = "webpack"` (and the optional `webpack_config` field), you should read the [webpack migration guide](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/) to modify your project and use a custom build instead.

### Deprecated commands

The following commands are deprecated in Wrangler as of Wrangler v2.

#### `build`

The `wrangler build` command is no longer available for building the Worker.

The equivalent functionality can be achieved by `wrangler publish --dry-run --outdir=path/to/build`.

#### `config`

The `wrangler config` command is no longer available for authenticating via an API token.

Use `wrangler login` / `wrangler logout` to manage OAuth authentication, or provide an API token via the `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` environment variable.

#### `preview`

The `wrangler preview` command is no longer available for creating a temporary preview instance of the Worker.

Try using `wrangler dev` to try out a worker during development.

#### subdomain

The `wrangler subdomain` command is no longer available for creating a `workers.dev` subdomain.

Create the `workers.dev` subdomain in **Workers & Pages** > select your Worker > Your subdomain > **Change**.

#### route

The `wrangler route` command is no longer available to configure a route for a Worker.

Routes are specified in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

### Other deprecated behavior

* Cloudflare dashboard-defined routes will not be added alongside Wrangler-defined routes. Wrangler-defined routes are the `route` or `routes` key in your `wrangler.toml`. If both are defined, only routes defined in `wrangler.toml` will be valid. To manage routes via the Cloudflare dashboard only, remove any `route` and `routes` keys from and add `workers_dev = false` to your Wrangler file.

* Wrangler will no longer use `index.js` in the directory where `wrangler dev` is called as the entry point to a Worker. Use the `main` configuration field, or explicitly pass it as a command line argument, for example: `wrangler dev index.js`.

* Wrangler will no longer assume that bare specifiers are file names if they are not represented as a path. For example, in a folder like so:

  ```
  project
  ├── index.js
  └── some-dependency.js
  ```

  where the content of `index.js` is:

  ```js
  import SomeDependency from "some-dependency.js";

  addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
    // ...
  });
  ```

  Wrangler v1 would resolve `import SomeDependency from "some-dependency.js";` to the file `some-dependency.js`. This will also work in Wrangler v2, but will also log a deprecation warning. In the future, this will break with an error. Instead, you should rewrite the import to specify that it is a relative path, like so:

  ```diff
  - import SomeDependency from "some-dependency.js";
  + import SomeDependency from "./some-dependency.js";
  ```

### Wrangler v1 and v2 comparison tables

#### Commands

| Command     | v1 | v2 | Notes                                          |
| ----------- | -- | -- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `publish`   | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `dev`       | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `preview`   | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, use `dev` instead.                    |
| `init`      | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `generate`  | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, use `git clone` instead.              |
| `build`     | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, invoke your own build script instead. |
| `secret`    | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `route`     | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, use `publish` instead.                |
| `tail`      | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `kv`        | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `r2`        | 🚧 | ✅  | Introduced in Wrangler v1.19.8.                |
| `pages`     | ❌  | ✅  |                                                |
| `config`    | ✅  | ❓  |                                                |
| `login`     | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `logout`    | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `whoami`    | ✅  | ✅  |                                                |
| `subdomain` | ✅  | ❓  |                                                |
| `report`    | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, error reports are made interactively. |

#### Configuration

| Property              | v1 | v2 | Notes                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------- | -- | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `type = "webpack"`    | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, refer to [this guide](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/#migrate-webpack-projects-from-wrangler-version-1) to migrate. |
| `type = "rust"`       | ✅  | ❌  | Removed, use [`workers-rs`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs) instead.                                                                   |
| `type = "javascript"` | ✅  | 🚧 | No longer required, can be omitted.                                                                                                              |

#### Features

| Feature    | v1 | v2 | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ---------- | -- | -- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| TypeScript | ❌  | ✅  | You can give wrangler a TypeScript file, and it will automatically transpile it to JavaScript using [`esbuild`](https://github.com/evanw/esbuild) under-the-hood.                                     |
| Local mode | ❌  | ✅  | `wrangler dev --local` will run your Worker on your local machine instead of on our network. This is powered by [Miniflare](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare/). |

---

# Environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/environments/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Background

Wrangler allows you to deploy the same Worker application with different configuration for each environment. You must configure environments in your Worker application's Wrangler file.

Review the following environments flow:

1. You have created a Worker application named `my-worker`.
2. You create an environment, for example, `dev`, in the Worker's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
3. In `wrangler.json`, you configure the `dev` environment by [adding bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and/or [routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/).
4. You deploy the Worker using `npx wrangler deploy -e dev`.
5. In the background, Wrangler creates a new Worker named `my-worker-dev`.
6. You can now change your `my-worker` Worker code and configuration, and choose which environment to deploy your changes to.

Environments are used with the `--env` or `-e` flag on `wrangler dev`, `npx wrangler deploy`, and `wrangler secret`.

## Configuration

To create an environment:

1. Open your Worker's Wrangler file.
2. Add `[env.<NAME>]` and change `<NAME>` to the desired name of your environment.
3. Repeat step 2 to create multiple environments.

Be careful when naming your environments that they do not contain sensitive information, such as, `migrating-service-from-company1-to-company2` or `company1-acquisition-load-test`.

Review the layout of an example `[env.dev]` environment that sets up a custom `dev.example.com` route:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "your-worker"
route = "example.com"

[env.dev]
route = "dev.example.com"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You cannot specify multiple environments with the same name.

Wrangler appends the environment name to the top-level name to deploy a Worker. For example, a Worker project named `my-worker` with an environment `[env.dev]` would deploy a Worker named `my-worker-dev`.

After you have configured your environment, run `npx wrangler deploy` in your Worker project directory for the changes to take effect.

## Non-inheritable keys and environments

[Non-inheritable keys](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#non-inheritable-keys) are configurable at the top-level, but cannot be inherited by environments and must be specified for each environment.

[Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and [environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) must be specified per each [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) in your [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

Review the following example Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

vars = { API_HOST = "example.com" }

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "<BINDING_NAME>", id = "<KV_NAMESPACE_ID_DEV>" }
]

[env.production]

vars = { API_HOST = "production.example.com" }

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "<BINDING_NAME>", id = "<KV_NAMESPACE_ID_PRODUCTION>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

You may assign environment-specific [secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) by running the command [`wrangler secret put <KEY> -env`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put).

---

## Examples

### Staging and production environments

The following Wrangler file adds two environments, `[env.staging]` and `[env.production]`, to the Wrangler file. If you are deploying to a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) or [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/), you must provide a [`route` or `routes` key](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) for each environment.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"
route = "dev.example.com/*"
vars = { ENVIRONMENT = "dev" }

[env.staging]
vars = { ENVIRONMENT = "staging" }
route = "staging.example.com/*"

[env.production]
vars = { ENVIRONMENT = "production" }
routes = [
  "example.com/foo/*",
  "example.com/bar/*"
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

In order to use environments with this configuration, you can pass the name of the environment via the `--env` flag.

With this configuration, Wrangler will behave in the following manner:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

```sh output
Uploaded my-worker
Published my-worker
  dev.example.com/*
```

```sh
npx wrangler deploy --env staging
```

```sh output
Uploaded my-worker-staging
Published my-worker-staging
  staging.example.com/*
```

```sh
npx wrangler deploy --env production
```

```sh output
Uploaded my-worker-production
Published my-worker-production
  example.com/*
```

Any defined [environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) (the [`vars`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) key) are exposed as global variables to your Worker.

With this configuration, the `ENVIRONMENT` variable can be used to call specific code depending on the given environment:

```js
if (ENVIRONMENT === "staging") {
	// staging-specific code
} else if (ENVIRONMENT === "production") {
	// production-specific code
}
```

### Staging environment with \*.workers.dev

To deploy your code to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain, include `workers_dev = true` in the desired environment. Your Wrangler file may look like this:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"
route = "example.com/*"

[env.staging]
workers_dev = true
```

</WranglerConfig>

With this configuration, Wrangler will behave in the following manner:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

```sh output
Uploaded my-worker
Published my-worker
  example.com/*
```

```sh
npx wrangler deploy --env staging
```

```sh output
Uploaded my-worker
Published my-worker
  https://my-worker-staging.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev
```

:::caution

When you create a Worker via an environment, Cloudflare automatically creates an SSL certification for it. SSL certifications are discoverable and a matter of public record.

:::

---

# Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Wrangler, the Cloudflare Developer Platform command-line interface (CLI), allows you to manage Worker projects.

<DirectoryListing descriptions />

---

# Install/Update Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Wrangler is a command-line tool for building with Cloudflare developer products.

## Install Wrangler

To install [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler), ensure you have [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) installed, preferably using a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm). Using a version manager helps avoid permission issues and allows you to change Node.js versions. Wrangler requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.

Wrangler is installed locally into each of your projects. This allows you and your team to use the same Wrangler version, control Wrangler versions for each project, and roll back to an earlier version of Wrangler, if needed.

To install Wrangler within your Worker project, run:

<Render file="install_wrangler" />

Since Cloudflare recommends installing Wrangler locally in your project (rather than globally), the way to run Wrangler will depend on your specific setup and package manager. Refer to [How to run Wrangler commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/#how-to-run-wrangler-commands) for more information.

:::caution

If Wrangler is not installed, running `npx wrangler` will use the latest version of Wrangler.

:::

## Check your Wrangler version

To check your Wrangler version, run:

```sh
npx wrangler --version
// or
npx wrangler version
// or
npx wrangler -v
```

## Update Wrangler

To update the version of Wrangler used in your project, run:

```sh
npm install wrangler@latest
```

## Related resources

- [Commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/) - A detailed list of the commands that Wrangler supports.
- [Configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) - Learn more about Wrangler's configuration file.

---

# System environment variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/system-environment-variables/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components"

System environment variables are local environment variables that can change Wrangler's behavior. There are three ways to set system environment variables:

1. Create an `.env` file in your project directory. Set the values of your environment variables in your [`.env`](/workers/wrangler/system-environment-variables/#example-env-file) file. This is the recommended way to set these variables, as it persists the values between Wrangler sessions.

2. Inline the values in your Wrangler command. For example, `WRANGLER_LOG="debug" npx wrangler deploy` will set the value of `WRANGLER_LOG` to `"debug"` for this execution of the command.

3. Set the values in your shell environment. For example, if you are using Z shell, adding `export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=...` to your `~/.zshrc` file will set this token as part of your shell configuration.

:::note

To set different system environment variables for each environment, create files named `.env.<environment-name>`. When you use `wrangler <command> --env <environment-name>`, the corresponding environment-specific file will be loaded instead of the `.env` file, so the two files are not merged.
:::

## Supported environment variables

Wrangler supports the following environment variables:



* `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) for the Workers related account.

* `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) for your Cloudflare account, can be used for authentication for situations like CI/CD, and other automation.

* `CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The API key for your Cloudflare account, usually used for older authentication method with `CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL=`.

* `CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The email address associated with your Cloudflare account, usually used for older authentication method with `CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY=`.

* `WRANGLER_SEND_METRICS` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Options for this are `true` and `false`. Defaults to `true`. Controls whether Wrangler can send anonymous usage data to Cloudflare for this project. You can learn more about this in our [data policy](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler/telemetry.md).

* `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_<BINDING_NAME>`<Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The [local connection string](/hyperdrive/configuration/local-development/) for your database to use in local development with [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/). For example, if the binding for your Hyperdrive is named `PROD_DB`, this would be `WRANGLER_HYPERDRIVE_LOCAL_CONNECTION_STRING_PROD_DB="postgres://user:password@127.0.0.1:5432/testdb"`. Each Hyperdrive is uniquely distinguished by the binding name.

* `CLOUDFLARE_API_BASE_URL` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * The default value is `"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4"`.

* `WRANGLER_LOG` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * Options for Logging levels are `"none"`, `"error"`, `"warn"`, `"info"`, `"log"` and `"debug"`. Levels are case-insensitive and default to `"log"`. If an invalid level is specified, Wrangler will fallback to the default. Logs can include requests to Cloudflare's API, any usage data being collected, and more verbose error logs.

* `FORCE_COLOR` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  * By setting this to `0`, you can disable Wrangler's colorised output, which makes it easier to read with some terminal setups. For example, `FORCE_COLOR=0`.





## Example `.env` file

The following is an example `.env` file:

```bash
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID_VALUE>
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_API_TOKEN_VALUE>
CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL=<YOUR_EMAIL>
WRANGLER_SEND_METRICS=true
CLOUDFLARE_API_BASE_URL=https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
WRANGLER_LOG=debug
```

## Deprecated global variables

The following variables are deprecated. Use the new variables listed above to prevent any issues or unwanted messaging.

* `CF_ACCOUNT_ID`
* `CF_API_TOKEN`
* `CF_API_KEY`
* `CF_EMAIL`
* `CF_API_BASE_URL`

---

# Workers Bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/

import { Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Workers

[Workers](/workers/) provides a serverless execution environment that allows you to create new applications or augment existing ones.

To use Workers AI with Workers, you must create a Workers AI [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). Bindings allow your Workers to interact with resources, like Workers AI, on the Cloudflare Developer Platform. You create bindings on the Cloudflare dashboard or by updating your [Wrangler file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

To bind Workers AI to your Worker, add the following to the end of your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI" # i.e. available in your Worker on env.AI
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Pages Functions

[Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) allow you to build full-stack applications with Cloudflare Pages by executing code on the Cloudflare network. Functions are Workers under the hood.

To configure a Workers AI binding in your Pages Function, you must use the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to [Workers AI bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#workers-ai) for instructions.

## Methods

### async env.AI.run()

`async env.AI.run()` runs a model. Takes a model as the first parameter, and an object as the second parameter.

```javascript
const answer = await env.AI.run('@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct', {
    prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase 'Hello, World'"
});
```

**Parameters**



* `model` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  * The model to run.

  **Supported options**

  * `stream` <Type text="boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />
    * Returns a stream of results as they are available.



```javascript
const answer = await env.AI.run('@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct', {
    prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase 'Hello, World'",
    stream: true
});

return new Response(answer, {
    headers: { "content-type": "text/event-stream" }
});
```

---

# AI SDK

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/ai-sdk/

Workers AI can be used with the [AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/) for JavaScript and TypeScript codebases.

## Setup

Install the [`workers-ai-provider` provider](https://sdk.vercel.ai/providers/community-providers/cloudflare-workers-ai):

```bash
npm install workers-ai-provider
```

Then, add an AI binding in your Workers project Wrangler file:

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

## Models

The AI SDK can be configured to work with [any AI model](/workers-ai/models/).

```js
import { createWorkersAI } from 'workers-ai-provider';

const workersai = createWorkersAI({ binding: env.AI });

// Choose any model: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/
const model = workersai('@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct', {});
```

## Generate Text

Once you have selected your model, you can generate text from a given prompt.

```js
import { createWorkersAI } from 'workers-ai-provider';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

type Env = {
  AI: Ai;
};

export default {
  async fetch(_: Request, env: Env) {
    const workersai = createWorkersAI({ binding: env.AI });
    const result = await generateText({
      model: workersai('@cf/meta/llama-2-7b-chat-int8'),
      prompt: 'Write a 50-word essay about hello world.',
    });

    return new Response(result.text);
  },
};
```

## Stream Text

For longer responses, consider streaming responses to provide as the generation completes.

```js
import { createWorkersAI } from 'workers-ai-provider';
import { streamText } from 'ai';

type Env = {
  AI: Ai;
};

export default {
  async fetch(_: Request, env: Env) {
    const workersai = createWorkersAI({ binding: env.AI });
    const result = streamText({
      model: workersai('@cf/meta/llama-2-7b-chat-int8'),
      prompt: 'Write a 50-word essay about hello world.',
    });

    return result.toTextStreamResponse({
      headers: {
        // add these headers to ensure that the
        // response is chunked and streamed
        'Content-Type': 'text/x-unknown',
        'content-encoding': 'identity',
        'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
      },
    });
  },
};
```

## Generate Structured Objects

You can provide a Zod schema to generate a structured JSON response.

```js
import { createWorkersAI } from 'workers-ai-provider';
import { generateObject } from 'ai';
import { z } from 'zod';

type Env = {
  AI: Ai;
};

export default {
  async fetch(_: Request, env: Env) {
    const workersai = createWorkersAI({ binding: env.AI });
    const result = await generateObject({
      model: workersai('@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct'),
      prompt: 'Generate a Lasagna recipe',
      schema: z.object({
        recipe: z.object({
          ingredients: z.array(z.string()),
          description: z.string(),
        }),
      }),
    });

    return Response.json(result.object);
  },
};
```

---

# Hugging Face Chat UI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/hugging-face-chat-ui/

Use Workers AI with [Chat UI](https://github.com/huggingface/chat-ui?tab=readme-ov-file#text-embedding-models), an open-source chat interface offered by Hugging Face.

## Prerequisites

You will need the following:

* A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com)
* Your [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)
* An [API token](/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/#1-get-api-token-and-account-id) for Workers AI

## Setup

First, decide how to reference your Account ID and API token (either directly in your `.env.local` using the `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` variables or in the endpoint configuration).

Then, follow the rest of the setup instructions in the [Chat UI GitHub repository](https://github.com/huggingface/chat-ui?tab=readme-ov-file#text-embedding-models).

When setting up your models, specify the `cloudflare` endpoint.

```json
{
  "name" : "nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
  "tokenizer": "nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
  "parameters": {
    "stop": ["<|im_end|>"]
  },
  "endpoints" : [
    {
      "type": "cloudflare",
      // optionally specify these if not included in .env.local
      "accountId": "your-account-id",
      "apiToken": "your-api-token"
      //
    }
  ]
}
```

## Supported models

This template works with any [text generation models](/workers-ai/models/#text-generation) that begin with the `@hf` parameter.

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# OpenAI compatible API endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/configuration/open-ai-compatibility/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="openai-compatibility" /> <br/>

## Usage

### Workers AI

Normally, Workers AI requires you to specify the model name in the cURL endpoint or within the `env.AI.run` function.

With OpenAI compatible endpoints,you can leverage the [openai-node sdk](https://github.com/openai/openai-node) to make calls to Workers AI. This allows you to use Workers AI by simply changing the base URL and the model name.

```js title="OpenAI SDK Example"
import OpenAI from "openai";

const openai = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: env.CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY,
  baseURL: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/v1`
 });

const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Make some robot noises" }],
  model: "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
 });

const embeddings = await openai.embeddings.create({
    model: "@cf/baai/bge-large-en-v1.5",
    input: "I love matcha"
  });

```

```bash title="cURL example"
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/v1/chat/completions \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer {api_token}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '
    {
      "model": "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "how to build a wooden spoon in 3 short steps? give as short as answer as possible"
        }
      ]
    }
'
```

### AI Gateway

These endpoints are also compatible with [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/providers/workersai/#openai-compatible-endpoints).

---

# Fine-tunes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/fine-tunes/

import { Feature } from "~/components"

Learn how to use Workers AI to get fine-tuned inference.

<Feature header="Fine-tuned inference with LoRAs" href="/workers-ai/fine-tunes/loras/" cta="Run inference with LoRAs">

Upload a LoRA adapter and run fine-tuned inference with one of our base models.


</Feature>

***

## What is fine-tuning?

Fine-tuning is a general term for modifying an AI model by continuing to train it with additional data. The goal of fine-tuning is to increase the probability that a generation is similar to your dataset. Training a model from scratch is not practical for many use cases given how expensive and time consuming they can be to train. By fine-tuning an existing pre-trained model, you benefit from its capabilities while also accomplishing your desired task.

[Low-Rank Adaptation](https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.09685) (LoRA) is a specific fine-tuning method that can be applied to various model architectures, not just LLMs. It is common that the pre-trained model weights are directly modified or fused with additional fine-tune weights in traditional fine-tuning methods. LoRA, on the other hand, allows for the fine-tune weights and pre-trained model to remain separate, and for the pre-trained model to remain unchanged. The end result is that you can train models to be more accurate  at specific tasks, such as generating code, having a specific personality, or generating images in a specific style.

---

# Using LoRA adapters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/fine-tunes/loras/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Workers AI supports fine-tuned inference with adapters trained with [Low-Rank Adaptation](https://blog.cloudflare.com/fine-tuned-inference-with-loras). This feature is in open beta and free during this period.

## Limitations

* We only support LoRAs for the following models (must not be quantized):
  * `@cf/meta-llama/llama-2-7b-chat-hf-lora`
  * `@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2-lora`
  * `@cf/google/gemma-2b-it-lora`
  * `@cf/google/gemma-7b-it-lora`
* Adapter must be trained with rank `r <=8`. You can check the rank of a pre-trained LoRA adapter through the adapter's  `config.json` file
* LoRA adapter file must be < 100MB
* LoRA adapter files must be named `adapter_config.json` and `adapter_model.safetensors` exactly
* You can test up to 30 LoRA adapters per account

***

## Choosing compatible LoRA adapters

### Finding open-source LoRA adapters

We have started a [Hugging Face Collection](https://huggingface.co/collections/Cloudflare/workers-ai-compatible-loras-6608dd9f8d305a46e355746e) that lists a few LoRA adapters that are compatible with Workers AI. Generally, any LoRA adapter that fits our limitations above should work.

### Training your own LoRA adapters

To train your own LoRA adapter, follow the [tutorial](/workers-ai/tutorials/fine-tune-models-with-autotrain).

***

## Uploading LoRA adapters

In order to run inference with LoRAs on Workers AI, you'll need to create a new fine tune on your account and upload your adapter files. You should have a `adapter_model.safetensors` file with model weights and `adapter_config.json` with your config information. *Note that we only accept adapter files in these types.*

Right now, you can't edit a fine tune's asset files after you upload it. We will support this soon, but for now you will need to create a new fine tune and upload  files again if you would like to use a new LoRA.

Before you upload your LoRA adapter, you'll need to edit your `adapter_config.json` file to include `model_type` as one of `mistral`, `gemma` or `llama` like below.

```json null {10}
{
  "alpha_pattern": {},
  "auto_mapping": null,
  ...
  "target_modules": [
    "q_proj",
    "v_proj"
  ],
  "task_type": "CAUSAL_LM",
  "model_type": "mistral",
}
```

### Wrangler

You can create a finetune and upload your LoRA adapter via wrangler with the following commands:

```bash title="wrangler CLI" {1,7}
npx wrangler ai finetune create <model_name> <finetune_name> <folder_path>
#🌀 Creating new finetune "test-lora" for model "@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2-lora"...
#🌀 Uploading file "/Users/abcd/Downloads/adapter_config.json" to "test-lora"...
#🌀 Uploading file "/Users/abcd/Downloads/adapter_model.safetensors" to "test-lora"...
#✅ Assets uploaded, finetune "test-lora" is ready to use.

npx wrangler ai finetune list
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────┐
│ finetune_id                          │ name            │ description │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────┤
│ 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 │ test-lora       │             │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────┘
```

### REST API

Alternatively, you can use our REST API to create a finetune and upload your adapter files. You will need a Cloudflare API Token with `Workers AI: Edit` permissions to make calls to our REST API, which you can generate via the Cloudflare Dashboard.

#### Creating a fine-tune on your account

```bash title="cURL"
## Input: user-defined name of fine tune
## Output: unique finetune_id

curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/finetunes/ \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}" \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{
      "model": "SUPPORTED_MODEL_NAME",
      "name": "FINETUNE_NAME",
      "description": "OPTIONAL_DESCRIPTION"
    }'
```

#### Uploading your adapter weights and config

You have to call the upload endpoint each time you want to upload a new file, so you usually run this once for  `adapter_model.safetensors` and once for `adapter_config.json`. Make sure you include the `@` before your path to files.

You can either use the finetune `name` or  `id` that you used when you created the fine tune.

```bash title="cURL"
## Input: finetune_id, adapter_model.safetensors, then adapter_config.json
## Output: success true/false

curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/finetunes/{FINETUNE_ID}/finetune-assets/ \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}' \
    -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
    -F 'file_name=adapter_model.safetensors' \
    -F 'file=@{PATH/TO/adapter_model.safetensors}'
```

#### List fine-tunes in your account

You can call this method to confirm what fine-tunes you have created in your account

<Tabs> <TabItem label="curl">

```bash title="cURL"
## Input: n/a
## Output: success true/false

curl -X GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/finetunes/ \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}'
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="json output">

```json title="Example JSON output"
# Example output JSON
{
  "success": true,
  "result": [
    [{
       "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000",
       "model": "@cf/meta-llama/llama-2-7b-chat-hf-lora",
       "name": "llama2-finetune",
       "description": "test"
    },
    {
       "id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000",
       "model": "@cf/mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2-lora",
       "name": "mistral-finetune",
       "description": "test"
    }]
  ]
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

***

## Running inference with LoRAs

To make inference requests and apply the LoRA adapter, you will need your model and finetune `name` or `id`. You should use the chat template that your LoRA was trained on, but you can try running it with `raw: true` and the messages template like below.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="workers ai sdk">

```javascript null {5-6}
const response = await env.AI.run(
  "@cf/mistralai/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2-lora", //the model supporting LoRAs
  {
      messages: [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world"}],
      raw: true, //skip applying the default chat template
      lora: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000", //the finetune id OR name
  }
);
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="rest api">

```bash null {5-6}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/run/@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2-lora \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}' \
  -d '{
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello world"}],
    "raw": "true",
    "lora": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000"
  }'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Public LoRA adapters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/fine-tunes/public-loras/

Cloudflare offers a few public LoRA adapters that can immediately be used for fine-tuned inference. You can try them out immediately via our [playground](https://playground.ai.cloudflare.com).

Public LoRAs will have the name `cf-public-x`, and the prefix will be reserved for Cloudflare.

:::note


Have more LoRAs you would like to see? Let us know on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).


:::

| Name                                                                       | Description                        | Compatible with                                                                     |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [cf-public-magicoder](https://huggingface.co/predibase/magicoder)          | Coding tasks in multiple languages | `@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1` <br/> `@hf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2` |
| [cf-public-jigsaw-classification](https://huggingface.co/predibase/jigsaw) | Toxic comment classification       | `@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1` <br/> `@hf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2` |
| [cf-public-cnn-summarization](https://huggingface.co/predibase/cnn)        | Article summarization              | `@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1` <br/> `@hf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.2` |

You can also list these public LoRAs with an API call:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/finetunes/public \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_token}'
```

## Running inference with public LoRAs

To run inference with public LoRAs, you just need to define the LoRA name in the request.

We recommend that you use the prompt template that the LoRA was trained on. You can find this in the HuggingFace repos linked above for each adapter.

### cURL

```bash null {10}
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer {cf_token}' \
  --data '{
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Write a python program to check if a number is even or odd."
      }
    ],
    "lora": "cf-public-magicoder"
  }'
```

### JavaScript

```js null {11}
const answer = await env.AI.run('@cf/mistral/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1',
  {
    stream: true,
    raw: true,
    messages: [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Summarize the following: Some newspapers, TV channels and well-known companies publish false news stories to fool people on 1 April. One of the earliest examples of this was in 1957 when a programme on the BBC, the UKs national TV channel, broadcast a report on how spaghetti grew on trees. The film showed a family in Switzerland collecting spaghetti from trees and many people were fooled into believing it, as in the 1950s British people didnt eat much pasta and many didnt know how it was made! Most British people wouldnt fall for the spaghetti trick today, but in 2008 the BBC managed to fool their audience again with their Miracles of Evolution trailer, which appeared to show some special penguins that had regained the ability to fly. Two major UK newspapers, The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mirror, published the important story on their front pages."
      }
    ],
    lora: "cf-public-cnn-summarization"
  });
```

---

# Function calling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/

import { Stream, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Function calling enables people to take Large Language Models (LLMs) and use the model response to execute functions or interact with external APIs. The developer usually defines a set of functions and the required input schema for each function, which we call `tools`. The model then intelligently understands when it needs to do a tool call, and it returns a JSON output which the user needs to feed to another function or API.

In essence, function calling allows you to perform actions with LLMs by executing code or making additional API calls.

<Stream videoId="603e94c9803b4779dd612493c0dd7125" videoTitle="placeholder" />

## How can I use function calling?

Workers AI has [embedded function calling](/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/) which allows you to execute function code alongside your inference calls. We have a package called [`@cloudflare/ai-utils`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/ai-utils) to help facilitate this, which we have open-sourced on [Github](https://github.com/cloudflare/ai-utils).

For industry-standard function calling, take a look at the documentation on [Traditional Function Calling](/workers-ai/function-calling/traditional/).

To show you the value of embedded function calling, take a look at the example below that compares traditional function calling with embedded function calling. Embedded function calling allowed us to cut down the lines of code from 77 to 31.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Embedded">

```sh
# The ai-utils package enables embedded function calling
npm i @cloudflare/ai-utils
```

```js title="Embedded function calling example"
import {
	createToolsFromOpenAPISpec,
	runWithTools,
	autoTrimTools,
} from "@cloudflare/ai-utils";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const response = await runWithTools(
			env.AI,
			"@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
			{
				messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Who is Cloudflare on github?" }],
				tools: [
					// You can pass the OpenAPI spec link or contents directly
					...(await createToolsFromOpenAPISpec(
						"https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mchenco/fd8f20c8f06d50af40b94b0671273dc1/raw/f9d4b5cd5944cc32d6b34cad0406d96fd3acaca6/partial_api.github.com.json",
						{
							overrides: [
								{
									// for all requests on *.github.com, we'll need to add a User-Agent.
									matcher: ({ url, method }) => {
										return url.hostname === "api.github.com";
									},
									values: {
										headers: {
											"User-Agent":
												"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
										},
									},
								},
							],
						},
					)),
				],
			},
		).then((response) => {
			return response;
		});

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Traditional">

```js title="Traditional function calling example"
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const response = await env.AI.run(
			"@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
			{
				messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Who is Cloudflare on github?" }],
				tools: [
					{
						name: "getGithubUser",
						description:
							"Provides publicly available information about someone with a GitHub account.",
						parameters: {
							type: "object",
							properties: {
								username: {
									type: "string",
									description: "The handle for the GitHub user account.",
								},
							},
							required: ["username"],
						},
					},
				],
			},
		);

		const selected_tool = response.tool_calls[0];
		let res;

		if (selected_tool.name == "getGithubUser") {
			try {
				const username = selected_tool.arguments.username;
				const url = `https://api.github.com/users/${username}`;
				res = await fetch(url, {
					headers: {
						// Github API requires a User-Agent header
						"User-Agent":
							"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
					},
				}).then((res) => res.json());
			} catch (error) {
				return error;
			}
		}

		const finalResponse = await env.AI.run(
			"@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
			{
				messages: [
					{
						role: "user",
						content: "Who is Cloudflare on github?",
					},
					{
						role: "assistant",
						content: "",
						tool_call: selected_tool.name,
					},
					{
						role: "tool",
						name: selected_tool.name,
						content: JSON.stringify(res),
					},
				],
				tools: [
					{
						name: "getGithubUser",
						description:
							"Provides publicly available information about someone with a GitHub account.",
						parameters: {
							type: "object",
							properties: {
								username: {
									type: "string",
									description: "The handle for the GitHub user account.",
								},
							},
							required: ["username"],
						},
					},
				],
			},
		);
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(finalResponse));
	},
};
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## What models support function calling?

There are open-source models which have been fine-tuned to do function calling. When browsing our [model catalog](/workers-ai/models/), look for models with the function calling property beside it. For example, [@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b](/workers-ai/models/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b/) is a fine-tuned variant of Mistral 7B that you can use for function calling.

---

# Traditional

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/traditional/

This page shows how you can do traditional function calling, as defined by industry standards. Workers AI also offers [embedded function calling](/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/), which is drastically easier than traditional function calling.

With traditional function calling, you define an array of tools with the name, description, and tool arguments. The example below shows how you would pass a tool called `getWeather` in an inference request to a model.

```js title="Traditional function calling example"
const response = await env.AI.run("@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b", {
  messages: [
    {
      role: "user",
      content: "what is the weather in london?",
    },
  ],
  tools: [
    {
      name: "getWeather",
      description: "Return the weather for a latitude and longitude",
      parameters: {
        type: "object",
        properties: {
          latitude: {
            type: "string",
            description: "The latitude for the given location",
          },
          longitude: {
            type: "string",
            description: "The longitude for the given location",
          },
        },
        required: ["latitude", "longitude"],
      },
    },
  ],
});

return new Response(JSON.stringify(response.tool_calls));
```

The LLM will then return a JSON object with the required arguments and the name of the tool that was called. You can then pass this JSON object to make an API call.

```json
[{"arguments":{"latitude":"51.5074","longitude":"-0.1278"},"name":"getWeather"}]
```

For a working example on how to do function calling, take a look at our [demo app](https://github.com/craigsdennis/lightbulb-moment-tool-calling/blob/main/src/index.ts).

---

# Dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/get-started/dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Follow this guide to create a Workers AI application using the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Prerequisites

Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.

## Setup

To create a Workers AI application:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create application**.
4. Under **Create using a template**, select **LLM App**. After you select your template, an [AI binding](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/) will be created for you in the dashboard.
5. Review the provided code and select **Deploy**.
6. Preview your Worker at its provided [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) subdomain.

## Development

<Render file="dash-creation-next-steps" product="workers" />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

There are several options to build your Workers AI projects on Cloudflare. To get started, choose your preferred method:

<DirectoryListing />

:::note


These examples are geared towards creating new Workers AI projects. For help adding Workers AI to an existing Worker, refer to [Workers Bindings](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/).


:::

---

# REST API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying your first Workers AI project. You will use the Workers AI REST API to experiment with a large language model (LLM).

## Prerequisites

Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.

## 1. Get API token and Account ID

You need your API token and Account ID to use the REST API.

To get these values:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **AI** > **Workers AI**.
3. Select **Use REST API**.
4. Get your API token:
   1. Select **Create a Workers AI API Token**.
   2. Review the prefilled information.
   3. Select **Create API Token**.
   4. Select **Copy API Token**.
   5. Save that value for future use.
5. For **Get Account ID**, copy the value for **Account ID**. Save that value for future use.

:::note

If you choose to [create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) instead of using the template, that token will need permissions for both `Workers AI - Read` and `Workers AI - Edit`.

:::

## 2. Run a model via API

After creating your API token, authenticate and make requests to the API using your API token in the request.

You will use the [Execute AI model](/api/resources/ai/methods/run/) endpoint to run the [`@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`](/workers-ai/models/llama-3.1-8b-instruct/) model:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/ai/run/@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {API_TOKEN}' \
  -d '{ "prompt": "Where did the phrase Hello World come from" }'
```

Replace the values for `{ACCOUNT_ID}` and `{API_token}`.

The API response will look like the following:

```json
{
	"result": {
		"response": "Hello, World first appeared in 1974 at Bell Labs when Brian Kernighan included it in the C programming language example. It became widely used as a basic test program due to simplicity and clarity. It represents an inviting greeting from a program to the world."
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

This example execution uses the `@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct` model, but you can use any of the models in the [Workers AI models catalog](/workers-ai/models/). If using another model, you will need to replace `{model}` with your desired model name.

By completing this guide, you have created a Cloudflare account (if you did not have one already) and an API token that grants Workers AI read permissions to your account. You executed the [`@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`](/workers-ai/models/llama-3.1-8b-instruct/) model using a cURL command from the terminal and received an answer to your prompt in a JSON response.

## Related resources

- [Models](/workers-ai/models/) - Browse the Workers AI models catalog.
- [AI SDK](/workers-ai/configuration/ai-sdk) - Learn how to integrate with an AI model.

---

# CLI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying your first Workers AI project. You will use [Workers](/workers/), a Workers AI binding, and a large language model (LLM) to deploy your first AI-powered application on the Cloudflare global network.

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Worker project

You will create a new Worker project using the `create-cloudflare` CLI (C3). [C3](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare.

Create a new project named `hello-ai` by running:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"hello-ai"} />

Running `npm create cloudflare@latest` will prompt you to install the [`create-cloudflare` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare), and lead you through setup. C3 will also install [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), the Cloudflare Developer Platform CLI.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

This will create a new `hello-ai` directory. Your new `hello-ai` directory will include:

- A `"Hello World"` [Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#3-write-code) at `src/index.ts`.
- A [`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) configuration file.

Go to your application directory:

```sh
cd hello-ai
```

## 2. Connect your Worker to Workers AI

You must create an AI binding for your Worker to connect to Workers AI. [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) allow your Workers to interact with resources, like Workers AI, on the Cloudflare Developer Platform.

To bind Workers AI to your Worker, add the following to the end of your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Your binding is [available in your Worker code](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/#bindings-in-es-modules-format) on [`env.AI`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

{/* <!-- TODO update this once we know if we'll have it --> */}

You can also bind Workers AI to a Pages Function. For more information, refer to [Functions Bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#workers-ai).

## 3. Run an inference task in your Worker

You are now ready to run an inference task in your Worker. In this case, you will use an LLM, [`llama-3.1-8b-instruct`](/workers-ai/models/llama-3.1-8b-instruct/), to answer a question.

Update the `index.ts` file in your `hello-ai` application directory with the following code:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
export interface Env {
	// If you set another name in the Wrangler config file as the value for 'binding',
	// replace "AI" with the variable name you defined.
	AI: Ai;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		const response = await env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
			prompt: "What is the origin of the phrase Hello, World",
		});

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Up to this point, you have created an AI binding for your Worker and configured your Worker to be able to execute the Llama 3.1 model. You can now test your project locally before you deploy globally.

## 4. Develop locally with Wrangler

While in your project directory, test Workers AI locally by running [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev):

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

You will be prompted to log in after you run the `wrangler dev`. When you run `npx wrangler dev`, Wrangler will give you a URL (most likely `localhost:8787`) to review your Worker. After you go to the URL Wrangler provides, a message will render that resembles the following example:

```json
{
	"response": "Ah, a most excellent question, my dear human friend! *adjusts glasses*\n\nThe origin of the phrase \"Hello, World\" is a fascinating tale that spans several decades and multiple disciplines. It all began in the early days of computer programming, when a young man named Brian Kernighan was tasked with writing a simple program to demonstrate the basics of a new programming language called C.\nKernighan, a renowned computer scientist and author, was working at Bell Labs in the late 1970s when he created the program. He wanted to showcase the language's simplicity and versatility, so he wrote a basic \"Hello, World!\" program that printed the familiar greeting to the console.\nThe program was included in Kernighan and Ritchie's influential book \"The C Programming Language,\" published in 1978. The book became a standard reference for C programmers, and the \"Hello, World!\" program became a sort of \"Hello, World!\" for the programming community.\nOver time, the phrase \"Hello, World!\" became a shorthand for any simple program that demonstrated the basics"
}
```

## 5. Deploy your AI Worker

Before deploying your AI Worker globally, log in with your Cloudflare account by running:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

You will be directed to a web page asking you to log in to the Cloudflare dashboard. After you have logged in, you will be asked if Wrangler can make changes to your Cloudflare account. Scroll down and select **Allow** to continue.

Finally, deploy your Worker to make your project accessible on the Internet. To deploy your Worker, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

```sh output
https://hello-ai.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev
```

Your Worker will be deployed to your custom [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) subdomain. You can now visit the URL to run your AI Worker.

By finishing this tutorial, you have created a Worker, connected it to Workers AI through an AI binding, and ran an inference task from the Llama 3 model.

## Related resources

- [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) - Submit feature requests, report bugs, and share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the Cloudflare Discord server.
- [Models](/workers-ai/models/) - Browse the Workers AI models catalog.
- [AI SDK](/workers-ai/configuration/ai-sdk) - Learn how to integrate with an AI model.

---

# Prompting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/guides/prompting/

import { Code } from "~/components";

export const scopedExampleOne = `{
  messages: [
    { role: "system", content: "you are a very funny comedian and you like emojis" },
    { role: "user", content: "tell me a joke about cloudflare" },
  ],
};`;

export const scopedExampleTwo = `{
  messages: [
    { role: "system", content: "you are a professional computer science assistant" },
    { role: "user", content: "what is WASM?" },
    { role: "assistant", content: "WASM (WebAssembly) is a binary instruction format that is designed to be a platform-agnostic" },
    { role: "user", content: "does Python compile to WASM?" },
    { role: "assistant", content: "No, Python does not directly compile to WebAssembly" },
    { role: "user", content: "what about Rust?" },
  ],
};`;

export const unscopedExampleOne = `{
  prompt: "tell me a joke about cloudflare";
}`;

export const unscopedExampleTwo = `{
  prompt: "<s>[INST]comedian[/INST]</s>\n[INST]tell me a joke about cloudflare[/INST]",
  raw: true
};`;

Part of getting good results from text generation models is asking questions correctly. LLMs are usually trained with specific predefined templates, which should then be used with the model's tokenizer for better results when doing inference tasks.

There are two ways to prompt text generation models with Workers AI:

:::note[Important]
We recommend using unscoped prompts for inference with LoRA.
:::

### Scoped Prompts

This is the <strong>recommended</strong> method. With scoped prompts, Workers AI takes the burden of knowing and using different chat templates for different models and provides a unified interface to developers when building prompts and creating text generation tasks.

Scoped prompts are a list of messages. Each message defines two keys: the role and the content.

Typically, the role can be one of three options:

- <strong>system</strong> - System messages define the AI's personality. You can
  use them to set rules and how you expect the AI to behave.
- <strong>user</strong> - User messages are where you actually query the AI by
  providing a question or a conversation.
- <strong>assistant</strong> - Assistant messages hint to the AI about the
  desired output format. Not all models support this role.

OpenAI has a [good explanation](/workers-ai/models/llama-2-13b-chat-awq) of how they use these roles with their GPT models. Even though chat templates are flexible, other text generation models tend to follow the same conventions.

Here's an input example of a scoped prompt using system and user roles:

<Code code={scopedExampleOne} lang="js" />

Here's a better example of a chat session using multiple iterations between the user and the assistant.

<Code code={scopedExampleTwo} lang="js" />

Note that different LLMs are trained with different templates for different use cases. While Workers AI tries its best to abstract the specifics of each LLM template from the developer through a unified API, you should always refer to the model documentation for details (we provide links in the table above.) For example, instruct models like Codellama are fine-tuned to respond to a user-provided instruction, while chat models expect fragments of dialogs as input.

### Unscoped Prompts

You can use unscoped prompts to send a single question to the model without worrying about providing any context. Workers AI will automatically convert your `prompt` input to a reasonable default scoped prompt internally so that you get the best possible prediction.

<Code code={unscopedExampleOne} lang="js" />

You can also use unscoped prompts to construct the model chat template manually. In this case, you can use the raw parameter. Here's an input example of a [Mistral](https://docs.mistral.ai/models/#chat-template) chat template prompt:

<Code code={unscopedExampleTwo} lang="js" />

---

# Guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Models

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/models/

import ModelCatalog from "~/pages/workers-ai/models/index.astro";

<ModelCatalog />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/pricing/

:::note

Workers AI has deprecated the usage of neurons in favor of unit-based pricing. The Cloudflare dashboards will be migrated this unit-based pricing soon so you can track your usage. Individual model pages will soon document the price for each model. We also made pricing cheaper!

We will begin billing for all models under this new pricing structure beginning November 1, 2024.

:::

Workers AI is included in both the [Free and Paid Workers plans](/workers/platform/pricing/) and is priced based on model task, model size, and units.

Individual model pages will have the pricing listed on them, but the general pricing structure across our models is laid out below.

These docs will be updated as we add new pricing for new task types in our model catalog.

## Pricing Structure

Some models may have specific pricing. For specific details, check the page of the [specific model](/workers-ai/models/).

### Text Generation LLMs (incl Vision models)

Model size is measured in parameters.
Pricing is based on blended tokens (input + output).
Vision models will convert the image input into tokens for billing. Depending on size and aspect ratio, images will be charged for between 1,601 and 6,404 tokens. Most images that are more that 224 pixels wide or tall will be charged as 6,404 tokens each.

| Model Size  | Pricing                  |
| ----------- | ------------------------ |
| \<= 3B      | $0.10 per Million Tokens |
| 3.1B - 8B   | $0.15 per Million Tokens |
| 8.1B - 20B  | $0.20 per Million Tokens |
| 20.1B - 40B | $0.50 per Million Tokens |
| 40.1B+      | $0.75 per Million Tokens |

### Embeddings

Model size is measured in parameters.
Pricing is based on input tokens.

| Model Size          | Pricing                   |
| ------------------- | ------------------------- |
| \<= 150M parameters | $0.008 per Million Tokens |
| 151M+ parameters    | $0.015 per Million Tokens |

## Image Generation

Standard models are large image models such as `@cf/stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0`
Fast models are usually smaller image models that require fewer steps to generate an image, such as `@cf/black-forest-labs/flux-1-schnell` and `@cf/bytedance/stable-diffusion-xl-lightning`
We take the maximum of the image height and width to calculate pricing. For example, an image of 1024x768 would fall under 1024x1024 pricing.

| Image Size   | Price                |
| ------------ | -------------------- |
| \<=256x256   | $0.00025 per 5 steps |
| \<=512x512   | $0.0005 per 5 steps  |
| \<=1024x1024 | $0.001 per 5 steps   |
| \<=2048x2048 | $0.002 per 5 steps   |

## Speech-to-text

Speech-to-text models like `@cf/openai/whisper` are billed on minutes of audio input.

| Price                             |
| --------------------------------- |
| $0.0039 per minute of audio input |

## Free Allocation

Our free allocation allows anyone to use Workers AI up to a certain limit per day. To use more than the free allocation, upgrade to the Workers Paid plan, where you will be charged on any usage above the free tier based on the pricing structure above.

| Model                 | Free tier size                               |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Text Generation - LLM | 10,000 tokens a day across any model size    |
| Embeddings            | 10,000 tokens a day across any model size    |
| Images                | Sum of 250 steps, up to 1024x1024 resolution |
| Speech-to-text        | 10 minutes of audio a day                    |

All limits reset daily at 00:00 UTC. If you exceed any one of the above limits, further operations will fail with an error.

## Archived Pricing

Workers AI was previously metered by Neurons. We deprecated this in favor of unit-based pricing on September 26, 2024. We wanted to make it simple for people to compare and contrast Workers AI with other providers, and we also generally updated pricing to be cheaper with these new units.

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Workers AI is now Generally Available. We've updated our rate limits to reflect this.

Note that model inferences in local mode using Wrangler will also count towards these limits. Beta models may have lower rate limits while we work on performance and scale.

<Render file="custom_requirements" />

Rate limits are default per task type, with some per-model limits defined as follows:

## Rate limits by task type

### [Automatic Speech Recognition](/workers-ai/models/#automatic-speech-recognition)

* 720 requests per minute

### [Image Classification](/workers-ai/models/#image-classification)

* 3000 requests per minute

### [Image-to-Text](/workers-ai/models/#image-to-text)

* 720 requests per minute

### [Object Detection](/workers-ai/models/#object-detection)

* 3000 requests per minute

### [Summarization](/workers-ai/models/#summarization)

* 1500 requests per minute

### [Text Classification](/workers-ai/models/#text-classification)

* 2000 requests per minute

### [Text Embeddings](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings)

* 3000 requests per minute
* [@cf/baai/bge-large-en-v1.5](/workers-ai/models/bge-large-en-v1.5/) is 1500 requests per minute

### [Text Generation](/workers-ai/models/#text-generation)

* 300 requests per minute
* [@hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq](/workers-ai/models/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq/) is 400 requests per minute
* [@cf/microsoft/phi-2](/workers-ai/models/phi-2/) is 720 requests per minute
* [@cf/qwen/qwen1.5-0.5b-chat](/workers-ai/models/qwen1.5-0.5b-chat/) is 1500 requests per minute
* [@cf/qwen/qwen1.5-1.8b-chat](/workers-ai/models/qwen1.5-1.8b-chat/) is 720 requests per minute
* [@cf/qwen/qwen1.5-14b-chat-awq](/workers-ai/models/qwen1.5-14b-chat-awq/) is 150 requests per minute
* [@cf/tinyllama/tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0](/workers-ai/models/tinyllama-1.1b-chat-v1.0/) is 720 requests per minute

### [Text-to-Image](/workers-ai/models/#text-to-image)

* 720 requests per minute
* [@cf/runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5-img2img](/workers-ai/models/stable-diffusion-v1-5-img2img/) is 1500 requests per minute

### [Translation](/workers-ai/models/#translation)

* 720 requests per minute

---

# Build a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/

import { Details, Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying your first application with Cloudflare AI. You will build a fully-featured AI-powered application, using tools like Workers AI, Vectorize, D1, and Cloudflare Workers.

At the end of this tutorial, you will have built an AI tool that allows you to store information and query it using a Large Language Model. This pattern, known as Retrieval Augmented Generation, or RAG, is a useful project you can build by combining multiple aspects of Cloudflare's AI toolkit. You do not need to have experience working with AI tools to build this application.

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

You will also need access to [Vectorize](/vectorize/platform/pricing/). During this tutorial, we will show how you can optionally integrate with [Anthropic Claude](http://anthropic.com) as well. You will need an [Anthropic API key](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/api/getting-started) to do so.

## 1. Create a new Worker project

C3 (`create-cloudflare-cli`) is a command-line tool designed to help you setup and deploy Workers to Cloudflare as fast as possible.

Open a terminal window and run C3 to create your Worker project:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"rag-ai-tutorial"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

In your project directory, C3 has generated several files.

<Details header="What files did C3 create?">

1. `wrangler.json`: Your [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#sample-wrangler-configuration) configuration file.
2. `worker.js` (in `/src`): A minimal `'Hello World!'` Worker written in [ES module](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) syntax.
3. `package.json`: A minimal Node dependencies configuration file.
4. `package-lock.json`: Refer to [`npm` documentation on `package-lock.json`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-lock-json).
5. `node_modules`: Refer to [`npm` documentation `node_modules`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/folders#node-modules).

</Details>

Now, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd rag-ai-tutorial
```

## 2. Develop with Wrangler CLI

The Workers command-line interface, [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), allows you to [create](/workers/wrangler/commands/#init), [test](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev), and [deploy](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) your Workers projects. C3 will install Wrangler in projects by default.

After you have created your first Worker, run the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command in the project directory to start a local server for developing your Worker. This will allow you to test your Worker locally during development.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

:::note

If you have not used Wrangler before, it will try to open your web browser to login with your Cloudflare account.

If you have issues with this step or you do not have access to a browser interface, refer to the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) documentation for more information.

:::

You will now be able to go to [http://localhost:8787](http://localhost:8787) to see your Worker running. Any changes you make to your code will trigger a rebuild, and reloading the page will show you the up-to-date output of your Worker.

## 3. Adding the AI binding

To begin using Cloudflare's AI products, you can add the `ai` block to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. This will set up a binding to Cloudflare's AI models in your code that you can use to interact with the available AI models on the platform.

This example features the [`@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct` model](/workers-ai/models/llama-3-8b-instruct/), which generates text.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Now, find the `src/index.js` file. Inside the `fetch` handler, you can query the `AI` binding:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const answer = await env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct", {
			messages: [{ role: "user", content: `What is the square root of 9?` }],
		});

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(answer));
	},
};
```

By querying the LLM through the `AI` binding, we can interact directly with Cloudflare AI's large language models directly in our code. In this example, we are using the [`@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct` model](/workers-ai/models/llama-3-8b-instruct/), which generates text.

You can deploy your Worker using `wrangler`:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Making a request to your Worker will now generate a text response from the LLM, and return it as a JSON object.

```sh
curl https://example.username.workers.dev
```

```sh output
{"response":"Answer: The square root of 9 is 3."}
```

## 4. Adding embeddings using Cloudflare D1 and Vectorize

Embeddings allow you to add additional capabilities to the language models you can use in your Cloudflare AI projects. This is done via **Vectorize**, Cloudflare's vector database.

To begin using Vectorize, create a new embeddings index using `wrangler`. This index will store vectors with 768 dimensions, and will use cosine similarity to determine which vectors are most similar to each other:

```sh
npx wrangler vectorize create vector-index --dimensions=768 --metric=cosine
```

Then, add the configuration details for your new Vectorize index to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# ... existing wrangler configuration

[[vectorize]]
binding = "VECTOR_INDEX"
index_name = "vector-index"
```

</WranglerConfig>

A vector index allows you to store a collection of dimensions, which are floating point numbers used to represent your data. When you want to query the vector database, you can also convert your query into dimensions. **Vectorize** is designed to efficiently determine which stored vectors are most similar to your query.

To implement the searching feature, you must set up a D1 database from Cloudflare. In D1, you can store your app's data. Then, you change this data into a vector format. When someone searches and it matches the vector, you can show them the matching data.

Create a new D1 database using `wrangler`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create database
```

Then, paste the configuration details output from the previous command into the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# ... existing wrangler configuration

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB" # available in your Worker on env.DB
database_name = "database"
database_id = "abc-def-geh" # replace this with a real database_id (UUID)
```

</WranglerConfig>

In this application, we'll create a `notes` table in D1, which will allow us to store notes and later retrieve them in Vectorize. To create this table, run a SQL command using `wrangler d1 execute`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute database --remote --command "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS notes (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, text TEXT NOT NULL)"
```

Now, we can add a new note to our database using `wrangler d1 execute`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute database --remote --command "INSERT INTO notes (text) VALUES ('The best pizza topping is pepperoni')"
```

## 5. Creating a workflow

Before we begin creating notes, we will introduce a [Cloudflare Workflow](/workflows). This will allow us to define a durable workflow that can safely and robustly execute all the steps of the RAG process.

To begin, add a new `[[workflows]]` block to `wrangler.toml`:

```toml
# ... existing wrangler configuration

[[workflows]]
name = "rag"
binding = "RAG_WORKFLOW"
class_name = "RAGWorkflow"
```

In `src/index.js`, add a new class called `RAGWorkflow` that extends `Workflow`:

```js
export class RAGWorkflow {
	async run(event, step) {
		await step.do('example step', async () => {
			console.log("Hello World!")
		})
	}
}
```

This class will define a single workflow step that will log "Hello World!" to the console. You can add as many steps as you need to your workflow.

On its own, this workflow will not do anything. To execute the workflow, we will call the `RAG_WORKFLOW` binding, passing in any parameters that the workflow needs to properly complete. Here is an example of how we can call the workflow:

```js
env.RAG_WORKFLOW.create({ params: { text } })
```

## 6. Creating notes and adding them to Vectorize

To expand on your Workers function in order to handle multiple routes, we will add `hono`, a routing library for Workers. This will allow us to create a new route for adding notes to our database. Install `hono` using `npm`:

```sh
npm install hono
```

Then, import `hono` into your `src/index.js` file. You should also update the `fetch` handler to use `hono`:

```js
import { Hono } from "hono";
const app = new Hono();

app.get("/", async (c) => {
	const answer = await c.env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct", {
		messages: [{ role: "user", content: `What is the square root of 9?` }],
	});

	return c.json(answer);
});

export default app;
```

This will establish a route at the root path `/` that is functionally equivalent to the previous version of your application.

Now, we can update our workflow to begin adding notes to our database, and generating the related embeddings for them.

This example features the [`@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5` model](/workers-ai/models/bge-base-en-v1.5/), which can be used to create an embedding. Embeddings are stored and retrieved inside [Vectorize](/vectorize/), Cloudflare's vector database. The user query is also turned into an embedding so that it can be used for searching within Vectorize.

```js
export class RAGWorkflow {
	async run(event, step) {
		const { text } = event.params

		const record = await step.do(`create database record`, async () => {
			const query = "INSERT INTO notes (text) VALUES (?) RETURNING *"

			const { results } = await env.DATABASE.prepare(query)
				.bind(text)
				.run()

			const record = results[0]
			if (!record) throw new Error("Failed to create note")
			return record;
		})

		const embedding = await step.do(`generate embedding`, async () => {
			const embeddings = await env.AI.run('@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5', { text: text })
			const values = embeddings.data[0]
			if (!values) throw new Error("Failed to generate vector embedding")
			return values
		})

		await step.do(`insert vector`, async () => {
			return env.VECTOR_INDEX.upsert([
				{
					id: record.id.toString(),
					values: embedding,
				}
			]);
		})
	}
}
```

The workflow does the following things:

1. Accepts a `text` parameter.
2. Insert a new row into the `notes` table in D1, and retrieve the `id` of the new row.
3. Convert the `text` into a vector using the `embeddings` model of the LLM binding.
4. Upsert the `id` and `vectors` into the `vector-index` index in Vectorize.

By doing this, you will create a new vector representation of the note, which can be used to retrieve the note later.

To complete the code, we will add a route that allows users to submit notes to the database. This route will parse the JSON request body, get the `note` parameter, and create a new instance of the workflow, passing the parameter:

```js
app.post('/notes', async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.json();
	if (!text) return c.text("Missing text", 400);
	await c.env.RAG_WORKFLOW.create({ params: { text } })
	return c.text("Created note", 201);
})
```

## 7. Querying Vectorize to retrieve notes

To complete your code, you can update the root path (`/`) to query Vectorize. You will convert the query into a vector, and then use the `vector-index` index to find the most similar vectors.

The `topK` parameter limits the number of vectors returned by the function. For instance, providing a `topK` of 1 will only return the _most similar_ vector based on the query. Setting `topK` to 5 will return the 5 most similar vectors.

Given a list of similar vectors, you can retrieve the notes that match the record IDs stored alongside those vectors. In this case, we are only retrieving a single note - but you may customize this as needed.

You can insert the text of those notes as context into the prompt for the LLM binding. This is the basis of Retrieval-Augmented Generation, or RAG: providing additional context from data outside of the LLM to enhance the text generated by the LLM.

We'll update the prompt to include the context, and to ask the LLM to use the context when responding:

```js
import { Hono } from "hono";
const app = new Hono();

// Existing post route...
// app.post('/notes', async (c) => { ... })

app.get('/', async (c) => {
  const question = c.req.query('text') || "What is the square root of 9?"

  const embeddings = await c.env.AI.run('@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5', { text: question })
  const vectors = embeddings.data[0]

  const vectorQuery = await c.env.VECTOR_INDEX.query(vectors, { topK: 1 });
  let vecId;
  if (vectorQuery.matches && vectorQuery.matches.length > 0 && vectorQuery.matches[0]) {
    vecId = vectorQuery.matches[0].id;
  } else {
    console.log("No matching vector found or vectorQuery.matches is empty");
  }

  let notes = []
  if (vecId) {
    const query = `SELECT * FROM notes WHERE id = ?`
    const { results } = await c.env.DB.prepare(query).bind(vecId).all()
    if (results) notes = results.map(vec => vec.text)
  }

  const contextMessage = notes.length
    ? `Context:\n${notes.map(note => `- ${note}`).join("\n")}`
    : ""

  const systemPrompt = `When answering the question or responding, use the context provided, if it is provided and relevant.`

  const { response: answer } = await c.env.AI.run(
    '@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct',
    {
      messages: [
        ...(notes.length ? [{ role: 'system', content: contextMessage }] : []),
        { role: 'system', content: systemPrompt },
        { role: 'user', content: question }
      ]
    }
  )

  return c.text(answer);
});

app.onError((err, c) => {
	return c.text(err);
});

export default app;
```

## 8. Adding Anthropic Claude model (optional)

If you are working with larger documents, you have the option to use Anthropic's [Claude models](https://claude.ai/), which have large context windows and are well-suited to RAG workflows.

To begin, install the `@anthropic-ai/sdk` package:

```sh
npm install @anthropic-ai/sdk
```

In `src/index.js`, you can update the `GET /` route to check for the `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` environment variable. If it's set, we can generate text using the Anthropic SDK. If it isn't set, we'll fall back to the existing Workers AI code:

```js
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

app.get('/', async (c) => {
  // ... Existing code
	const systemPrompt = `When answering the question or responding, use the context provided, if it is provided and relevant.`

	let modelUsed: string = ""
	let response = null

	if (c.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) {
		const anthropic = new Anthropic({
			apiKey: c.env.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
		})

		const model = "claude-3-5-sonnet-latest"
		modelUsed = model

		const message = await anthropic.messages.create({
			max_tokens: 1024,
			model,
			messages: [
				{ role: 'user', content: question }
			],
			system: [systemPrompt, notes ? contextMessage : ''].join(" ")
		})

		response = {
			response: message.content.map(content => content.text).join("\n")
		}
	} else {
		const model = "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct"
		modelUsed = model

		response = await c.env.AI.run(
			model,
			{
				messages: [
					...(notes.length ? [{ role: 'system', content: contextMessage }] : []),
					{ role: 'system', content: systemPrompt },
					{ role: 'user', content: question }
				]
			}
		)
	}

	if (response) {
		c.header('x-model-used', modelUsed)
		return c.text(response.response)
	} else {
		return c.text("We were unable to generate output", 500)
	}
})
```

Finally, you'll need to set the `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` environment variable in your Workers application. You can do this by using `wrangler secret put`:

```sh
$ npx wrangler secret put ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
```

## 9. Deleting notes and vectors

If you no longer need a note, you can delete it from the database. Any time that you delete a note, you will also need to delete the corresponding vector from Vectorize. You can implement this by building a `DELETE /notes/:id` route in your `src/index.js` file:

```js
app.delete("/notes/:id", async (c) => {
	const { id } = c.req.param();

	const query = `DELETE FROM notes WHERE id = ?`;
	await c.env.DB.prepare(query).bind(id).run();

	await c.env.VECTOR_INDEX.deleteByIds([id]);

	return c.status(204);
});
```

## 10. Text splitting (optional)

For large pieces of text, it is recommended to split the text into smaller chunks. This allows LLMs to more effectively gather relevant context, without needing to retrieve large pieces of text.

To implement this, we'll add a new NPM package to our project, `@langchain/textsplitters':

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/textsplitters
```

The `RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter` class provided by this package will split the text into smaller chunks. It can be customized to your liking, but the default config works in most cases:

```js
import { RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter } from "@langchain/textsplitters";

const text = "Some long piece of text...";

const splitter = new RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter({
	// These can be customized to change the chunking size
	// chunkSize: 1000,
	// chunkOverlap: 200,
});

const output = await splitter.createDocuments([text]);
console.log(output) // [{ pageContent: 'Some long piece of text...' }]
```

To use this splitter, we'll update the workflow to split the text into smaller chunks. We'll then iterate over the chunks and run the rest of the workflow for each chunk of text:

```js
export class RAGWorkflow {
	async run(event, step) {
		const env = this.env
		const { text } = event.payload;
		let texts = await step.do('split text', async () => {
			const splitter = new RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter();
			const output = await splitter.createDocuments([text]);
			return output.map(doc => doc.pageContent);
		})

		console.log("RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter generated ${texts.length} chunks")

		for (const index in texts) {
			const text = texts[index]
			const record = await step.do(`create database record: ${index}/${texts.length}`, async () => {
				const query = "INSERT INTO notes (text) VALUES (?) RETURNING *"

				const { results } = await env.DATABASE.prepare(query)
					.bind(text)
					.run()

				const record = results[0]
				if (!record) throw new Error("Failed to create note")
				return record;
			})

			const embedding = await step.do(`generate embedding: ${index}/${texts.length}`, async () => {
				const embeddings = await env.AI.run('@cf/baai/bge-base-en-v1.5', { text: text })
				const values = embeddings.data[0]
				if (!values) throw new Error("Failed to generate vector embedding")
				return values
			})

			await step.do(`insert vector: ${index}/${texts.length}`, async () => {
				return env.VECTOR_INDEX.upsert([
					{
						id: record.id.toString(),
						values: embedding,
					}
				]);
			})
		}
	}
}
```

Now, when large pieces of text are submitted to the `/notes` endpoint, they will be split into smaller chunks, and each chunk will be processed by the workflow.

## 11. Deploy your project

If you did not deploy your Worker during [step 1](/workers/get-started/guide/#1-create-a-new-worker-project), deploy your Worker via Wrangler, to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain, or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), if you have one configured. If you have not configured any subdomain or domain, Wrangler will prompt you during the publish process to set one up.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Preview your Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

:::note[Note]

When pushing to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain for the first time, you may see [`523` errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-523-origin-is-unreachable) while DNS is propagating. These errors should resolve themselves after a minute or so.

:::

## Related resources

A full version of this codebase is available on GitHub. It includes a frontend UI for querying, adding, and deleting notes, as well as a backend API for interacting with the database and vector index. You can find it here: [github.com/kristianfreeman/cloudflare-retrieval-augmented-generation-example](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/cloudflare-retrieval-augmented-generation-example/).

To do more:

- Explore the reference diagram for a [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Architecture](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/).
- Review Cloudflare's [AI documentation](/workers-ai).
- Review [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/) to build projects on Workers.
- Explore [Examples](/workers/examples/) to experiment with copy and paste Worker code.
- Understand how Workers works in [Reference](/workers/reference/).
- Learn about Workers features and functionality in [Platform](/workers/platform/).
- Set up [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) to programmatically create, test, and deploy your Worker projects.

---

# Build a Voice Notes App with auto transcriptions using Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-voice-notes-app-with-auto-transcription/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Voice Notes App with automatic transcriptions of voice recordings, and optional post-processing. The following tools will be used to build the application:

- Workers AI to transcribe the voice recordings, and for the optional post processing
- D1 database to store the notes
- R2 storage to store the voice recordings
- Nuxt framework to build the full-stack application
- Workers to deploy the project

## Prerequisites

To continue, you will need:

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker project

Create a new Worker project using the `c3` CLI with the `nuxt` framework preset.

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"voice-notes --framework=nuxt --experimental"} />

### Install additional dependencies

Change into the newly created project directory

```sh
cd voice-notes
```

And install the following dependencies:

<PackageManagers pkg="@nuxt/ui @vueuse/core @iconify-json/heroicons" />

Then add the `@nuxt/ui` module to the `nuxt.config.ts` file:

```ts title="nuxt.config.ts"
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  //..

  modules: ['nitro-cloudflare-dev', '@nuxt/ui'],

  //..
})
```

### [Optional] Move to Nuxt 4 compatibility mode

Moving to Nuxt 4 compatibility mode ensures that your application remains forward-compatible with upcoming updates to Nuxt.

Create a new `app` folder in the project's root directory and move the `app.vue` file to it. Also, add the following to your `nuxt.config.ts` file:

```ts title="nuxt.config.ts"
export default defineNuxtConfig({
  //..

  future: {
    compatibilityVersion: 4,
  },

  //..
})
```

:::note
The rest of the tutorial will use the `app` folder for keeping the client side code. If you did not make this change, you should continue to use the project's root directory.
:::

### Start local development server

At this point you can test your application by starting a local development server using:

<PackageManagers type="run" args="dev" />

If everything is set up correctly, you should see a Nuxt welcome page at `http://localhost:3000`.

## 2. Create the transcribe API endpoint

This API makes use of Workers AI to transcribe the voice recordings. To use Workers AI within your project, you first need to bind it to the Worker.

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

Add the `AI` binding to the Wrangler file.

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

Once the `AI` binding has been configured, run the `cf-typegen` command to generate the necessary Cloudflare type definitions. This makes the types definitions available in the server event contexts.

<PackageManagers type="run" args="cf-typegen" />

Create a transcribe `POST` endpoint by creating `transcribe.post.ts` file inside the `/server/api` directory.

```ts title="server/api/transcribe.post.ts"
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const { cloudflare } = event.context;

  const form = await readFormData(event);
  const blob = form.get('audio') as Blob;
  if (!blob) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 400,
      message: 'Missing audio blob to transcribe',
    });
  }

  try {
    const response = await cloudflare.env.AI.run('@cf/openai/whisper', {
      audio: [...new Uint8Array(await blob.arrayBuffer())],
    });

    return response.text;
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error transcribing audio:', err);
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 500,
      message: 'Failed to transcribe audio. Please try again.',
    });
  }
});
```

The above code does the following:

1. Extracts the audio blob from the event.
2. Transcribes the blob using the `@cf/openai/whisper` model and returns the transcription text as response.

## 3. Create an API endpoint for uploading audio recordings to R2

Before uploading the audio recordings to `R2`, you need to create a bucket first. You will also need to add the R2 binding to your Wrangler file and regenerate the Cloudflare type definitions.

Create an `R2` bucket.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="npm" icon="seti:npm">

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <BUCKET_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="yarn" icon="seti:yarn">

```sh
yarn dlx wrangler r2 bucket create <BUCKET_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="pnpm" icon="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm dlx wrangler r2 bucket create <BUCKET_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

Add the storage binding to your Wrangler file.

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "R2"
bucket_name = "<BUCKET_NAME>"
```

Finally, generate the type definitions by rerunning the `cf-typegen` script.

Now you are ready to create the upload endpoint. Create a new `upload.put.ts` file in your `server/api` directory, and add the following code to it:

```ts title="server/api/upload.put.ts"
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const { cloudflare } = event.context;

  const form = await readFormData(event);
  const files = form.getAll('files') as File[];
  if (!files) {
    throw createError({ statusCode: 400, message: 'Missing files' });
  }

  const uploadKeys: string[] = [];
  for (const file of files) {
    const obj = await cloudflare.env.R2.put(`recordings/${file.name}`, file);
    if (obj) {
      uploadKeys.push(obj.key);
    }
  }

  return uploadKeys;
});
```

The above code does the following:

1. The files variable retrieves all files sent by the client using form.getAll(), which allows for multiple uploads in a single request.
2. Uploads the files to the R2 bucket using the binding (`R2`) you created earlier.

:::note
The `recordings/` prefix organizes uploaded files within a dedicated folder in your bucket. This will also come in handy when serving these recordings to the client (covered later).
:::

## 4. Create an API endpoint to save notes entries

Before creating the endpoint, you will need to perform steps similar to those for the R2 bucket, with some additional steps to prepare a notes table.

Create a `D1` database.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="npm" icon="seti:npm">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="yarn" icon="seti:yarn">

```sh
yarn dlx wrangler d1 create <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="pnpm" icon="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm dlx wrangler d1 create <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

Add the D1 bindings to the Wrangler file. You can get the `DB_ID` from the output of the `d1 create` command.

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "<DB_NAME>"
database_id = "<DB_ID>"
```

As before, rerun the `cf-typegen` command to generate the types.

Next, create a DB migration.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="npm" icon="seti:npm">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 migrations create <DB_NAME> "create notes table"
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="yarn" icon="seti:yarn">

```sh
yarn dlx wrangler d1 migrations create <DB_NAME> "create notes table"
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="pnpm" icon="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm dlx wrangler d1 migrations create <DB_NAME> "create notes table"
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

This will create a new `migrations` folder in the project's root directory, and add an empty `0001_create_notes_table.sql` file to it. Replace the contents of this file with the code below.

```sql
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS notes (
 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
 text TEXT NOT NULL,
 created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 updated_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
 audio_urls TEXT
);
```

And then apply this migration to create the `notes` table.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="npm" icon="seti:npm">

```sh
npx wrangler d1 migrations apply <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="yarn" icon="seti:yarn">

```sh
yarn dlx wrangler d1 migrations apply <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="pnpm" icon="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm dlx wrangler d1 migrations apply <DB_NAME>
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

:::note
The above command will create the notes table locally. To apply the migration on your remote production database, use the `--remote` flag.
:::

Now you can create the API endpoint. Create a new file `index.post.ts` in the `server/api/notes` directory, and change its content to the following:

```ts title="server/api/notes/index.post.ts"
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const { cloudflare } = event.context;

  const { text, audioUrls } = await readBody(event);
  if (!text) {
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 400,
      message: 'Missing note text',
    });
  }

  try {
    await cloudflare.env.DB.prepare(
      'INSERT INTO notes (text, audio_urls) VALUES (?1, ?2)'
    )
      .bind(text, audioUrls ? JSON.stringify(audioUrls) : null)
      .run();

    return setResponseStatus(event, 201);
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error creating note:', err);
    throw createError({
      statusCode: 500,
      message: 'Failed to create note. Please try again.',
    });
  }
});
```

The above does the following:

1. Extracts the text, and optional audioUrls from the event.
2. Saves it to the database after converting the audioUrls to a `JSON` string.

## 5. Handle note creation on the client-side

Now you're ready to work on the client side. Let's start by tackling the note creation part first.

### Recording user audio

Create a composable to handle audio recording using the MediaRecorder API. This will be used to record notes through the user's microphone.

Create a new file `useMediaRecorder.ts` in the `app/composables` folder, and add the following code to it:

```ts title="app/composables/useMediaRecorder.ts"
interface MediaRecorderState {
  isRecording: boolean;
  recordingDuration: number;
  audioData: Uint8Array | null;
  updateTrigger: number;
}

export function useMediaRecorder() {
  const state = ref<MediaRecorderState>({
    isRecording: false,
    recordingDuration: 0,
    audioData: null,
    updateTrigger: 0,
  });

  let mediaRecorder: MediaRecorder | null = null;
  let audioContext: AudioContext | null = null;
  let analyser: AnalyserNode | null = null;
  let animationFrame: number | null = null;
  let audioChunks: Blob[] | undefined = undefined;

  const updateAudioData = () => {
    if (!analyser || !state.value.isRecording || !state.value.audioData) {
      if (animationFrame) {
        cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrame);
        animationFrame = null;
      }

      return;
    }

    analyser.getByteTimeDomainData(state.value.audioData);
    state.value.updateTrigger += 1;
    animationFrame = requestAnimationFrame(updateAudioData);
  };

  const startRecording = async () => {
    try {
      const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true });

      audioContext = new AudioContext();
      analyser = audioContext.createAnalyser();

      const source = audioContext.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
      source.connect(analyser);

      mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder(stream);
      audioChunks = [];

      mediaRecorder.ondataavailable = (e: BlobEvent) => {
        audioChunks?.push(e.data);
        state.value.recordingDuration += 1;
      };

      state.value.audioData = new Uint8Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount);
      state.value.isRecording = true;
      state.value.recordingDuration = 0;
      state.value.updateTrigger = 0;
      mediaRecorder.start(1000);

      updateAudioData();
    } catch (err) {
      console.error('Error accessing microphone:', err);
      throw err;
    }
  };

  const stopRecording = async () => {
    return await new Promise<Blob>((resolve) => {
      if (mediaRecorder && state.value.isRecording) {
        mediaRecorder.onstop = () => {
          const blob = new Blob(audioChunks, { type: 'audio/webm' });
          audioChunks = undefined;

          state.value.recordingDuration = 0;
          state.value.updateTrigger = 0;
          state.value.audioData = null;

          resolve(blob);
        };

        state.value.isRecording = false;
        mediaRecorder.stop();
        mediaRecorder.stream.getTracks().forEach((track) => track.stop());

        if (animationFrame) {
          cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrame);
          animationFrame = null;
        }

        audioContext?.close();
        audioContext = null;
      }
    });
  };

  onUnmounted(() => {
    stopRecording();
  });

  return {
    state: readonly(state),
    startRecording,
    stopRecording,
  };
}
```

The above code does the following:

1. Exposes functions to start and stop audio recordings in a Vue application.
2. Captures audio input from the user's microphone using MediaRecorder API.
3. Processes real-time audio data for visualization using AudioContext and AnalyserNode.
4. Stores recording state including duration and recording status.
5. Maintains chunks of audio data and combines them into a final audio blob when recording stops.
6. Updates audio visualization data continuously using animation frames while recording.
7. Automatically cleans up all audio resources when recording stops or component unmounts.
8. Returns audio recordings in webm format for further processing.

### Create a component for note creation

This component allows users to create notes by either typing or recording audio. It also handles audio transcription and uploading the recordings to the server.

Create a new file named `CreateNote.vue` inside the `app/components` folder. Add the following template code to the newly created file:

```vue title="app/components/CreateNote.vue"
<template>
  <div class="flex flex-col gap-y-5">
    <div
      class="flex flex-col h-full md:flex-row gap-y-4 md:gap-x-6 overflow-hidden p-px"
    >
      <UCard
        :ui="{
          base: 'h-full flex flex-col flex-1',
          body: { base: 'flex-grow' },
          header: { base: 'md:h-[72px]' },
        }"
      >
        <template #header>
          <h3
            class="text-base md:text-lg font-medium text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300"
          >
            Note transcript
          </h3>
        </template>
        <UTextarea
          v-model="note"
          placeholder="Type your note or use voice recording..."
          size="lg"
          autofocus
          :disabled="loading || isTranscribing || state.isRecording"
          :rows="10"
        />
      </UCard>

      <UCard
        class="md:h-full md:flex md:flex-col md:w-96 shrink-0 order-first md:order-none"
        :ui="{
          body: { base: 'max-h-36 md:max-h-none md:flex-grow overflow-y-auto' },
        }"
      >
        <template #header>
          <h3
            class="text-base md:text-lg font-medium text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300"
          >
            Note recordings
          </h3>

          <UTooltip
            :text="state.isRecording ? 'Stop Recording' : 'Start Recording'"
          >
            <UButton
              :icon="
                state.isRecording
                  ? 'i-heroicons-stop-circle'
                  : 'i-heroicons-microphone'
              "
              :color="state.isRecording ? 'red' : 'primary'"
              :loading="isTranscribing"
              @click="toggleRecording"
            />
          </UTooltip>
        </template>

        <AudioVisualizer
          v-if="state.isRecording"
          class="w-full h-14 p-2 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg mb-2"
          :audio-data="state.audioData"
          :data-update-trigger="state.updateTrigger"
        />

        <div
          v-else-if="isTranscribing"
          class="flex items-center justify-center h-14 gap-x-3 p-2 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-800 rounded-lg mb-2 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"
        >
          <UIcon
            name="i-heroicons-arrow-path-20-solid"
            class="w-6 h-6 animate-spin"
          />
          Transcribing...
        </div>

        <RecordingsList :recordings="recordings" @delete="deleteRecording" />

        <div
          v-if="!recordings.length && !state.isRecording && !isTranscribing"
          class="h-full flex items-center justify-center text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"
        >
          No recordings...
        </div>
      </UCard>
    </div>

    <UDivider />

    <div class="flex justify-end gap-x-4">
      <UButton
        icon="i-heroicons-trash"
        color="gray"
        size="lg"
        variant="ghost"
        :disabled="loading"
        @click="clearNote"
      >
        Clear
      </UButton>
      <UButton
        icon="i-heroicons-cloud-arrow-up"
        size="lg"
        :loading="loading"
        :disabled="!note.trim() && !state.isRecording"
        @click="saveNote"
      >
        Save
      </UButton>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
```

The above template results in the following:

1. A panel with a `textarea` inside to type the note manually.
2. Another panel to manage start/stop of an audio recording, and show the recordings done already.
3. A bottom panel to reset or save the note (along with the recordings).

Now, add the following code below the template code in the same file:

```vue title="app/components/CreateNote.vue"
<script setup lang="ts">
import type { Recording, Settings } from '~~/types';

const emit = defineEmits<{
  (e: 'created'): void;
}>();

const note = ref('');
const loading = ref(false);
const isTranscribing = ref(false);
const { state, startRecording, stopRecording } = useMediaRecorder();
const recordings = ref<Recording[]>([]);

const handleRecordingStart = async () => {
  try {
    await startRecording();
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error accessing microphone:', err);
    useToast().add({
      title: 'Error',
      description: 'Could not access microphone. Please check permissions.',
      color: 'red',
    });
  }
};

const handleRecordingStop = async () => {
  let blob: Blob | undefined;

  try {
    blob = await stopRecording();
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error stopping recording:', err);
    useToast().add({
      title: 'Error',
      description: 'Failed to record audio. Please try again.',
      color: 'red',
    });
  }

  if (blob) {
    try {
      const transcription = await transcribeAudio(blob);

      note.value += note.value ? '\n\n' : '';
      note.value += transcription ?? '';

      recordings.value.unshift({
        url: URL.createObjectURL(blob),
        blob,
        id: `${Date.now()}`,
      });
    } catch (err) {
      console.error('Error transcribing audio:', err);
      useToast().add({
        title: 'Error',
        description: 'Failed to transcribe audio. Please try again.',
        color: 'red',
      });
    }
  }
};

const toggleRecording = () => {
  if (state.value.isRecording) {
    handleRecordingStop();
  } else {
    handleRecordingStart();
  }
};

const transcribeAudio = async (blob: Blob) => {
  try {
    isTranscribing.value = true;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('audio', blob);

    return await $fetch('/api/transcribe', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData,
    });
  } finally {
    isTranscribing.value = false;
  }
};

const clearNote = () => {
  note.value = '';
  recordings.value = [];
};

const saveNote = async () => {
  if (!note.value.trim()) return;

  loading.value = true;

  const noteToSave: { text: string; audioUrls?: string[] } = {
    text: note.value.trim(),
  };

  try {
    if (recordings.value.length) {
      noteToSave.audioUrls = await uploadRecordings();
    }

    await $fetch('/api/notes', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: noteToSave,
    });

    useToast().add({
      title: 'Success',
      description: 'Note saved successfully',
      color: 'green',
    });

    note.value = '';
    recordings.value = [];

    emit('created');
  } catch (err) {
    console.error('Error saving note:', err);
    useToast().add({
      title: 'Error',
      description: 'Failed to save note',
      color: 'red',
    });
  } finally {
    loading.value = false;
  }
};

const deleteRecording = (recording: Recording) => {
  recordings.value = recordings.value.filter((r) => r.id !== recording.id);
};

const uploadRecordings = async () => {
  if (!recordings.value.length) return;

  const formData = new FormData();
  recordings.value.forEach((recording) => {
    formData.append('files', recording.blob, recording.id + '.webm');
  });

  const uploadKeys = await $fetch('/api/upload', {
    method: 'PUT',
    body: formData,
  });

  return uploadKeys;
};
</script>
```

The above code does the following:

1. When a recording is stopped by calling `handleRecordingStop` function, the audio blob is sent for transcribing to the transcribe API endpoint.
2. The transcription response text is appended to the existing textarea content.
3. When the note is saved by calling the `saveNote` function, the audio recordings are uploaded first to R2 by using the upload endpoint we created earlier. Then, the actual note content along with the audioUrls (the R2 object keys) are saved by calling the notes post endpoint.

### Create a new page route for showing the component

You can use this component in a Nuxt page to show it to the user. But before that you need to modify your `app.vue` file. Update the content of your `app.vue` to the following:

```vue title="/app/app.vue"
<template>
  <NuxtRouteAnnouncer />
  <NuxtLoadingIndicator />
  <div class="h-screen flex flex-col md:flex-row">
    <USlideover
      v-model="isDrawerOpen"
      class="md:hidden"
      side="left"
      :ui="{ width: 'max-w-xs' }"
    >
      <AppSidebar :links="links" @hide-drawer="isDrawerOpen = false" />
    </USlideover>

    <!-- The App Sidebar -->
    <AppSidebar :links="links" class="hidden md:block md:w-64" />

    <div class="flex-1 h-full min-w-0 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-950">
      <!-- The App Header -->
      <AppHeader :title="title" @show-drawer="isDrawerOpen = true">
        <template #actions v-if="route.path === '/'">
          <UButton icon="i-heroicons-plus" @click="navigateTo('/new')">
            New Note
          </UButton>
        </template>
      </AppHeader>

      <!-- Main Page Content -->
      <main class="p-4 sm:p-6 h-[calc(100vh-3.5rem)] overflow-y-auto">
        <NuxtPage />
      </main>
    </div>
  </div>
  <UNotifications />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
const isDrawerOpen = ref(false);
const links = [
  {
    label: 'Notes',
    icon: 'i-heroicons-document-text',
    to: '/',
    click: () => (isDrawerOpen.value = false),
  },
  {
    label: 'Settings',
    icon: 'i-heroicons-cog',
    to: '/settings',
    click: () => (isDrawerOpen.value = false),
  },
];

const route = useRoute();
const title = computed(() => {
  const activeLink = links.find((l) => l.to === route.path);
  if (activeLink) {
    return activeLink.label;
  }

  return '';
});
</script>
```

The above code allows for a nuxt page to be shown to the user, apart from showing an app header and a navigation sidebar.

Next, add a new file named `new.vue` inside the `app/pages` folder, add the following code to it:

```vue title="app/pages/new.vue"
<template>
  <UModal v-model="isOpen" fullscreen>
    <UCard
      :ui="{
        base: 'h-full flex flex-col',
        rounded: '',
        body: {
          base: 'flex-grow overflow-hidden',
        },
      }"
    >
      <template #header>
        <h2 class="text-xl md:text-2xl font-semibold leading-6">Create note</h2>
        <UButton
          color="gray"
          variant="ghost"
          icon="i-heroicons-x-mark-20-solid"
          @click="closeModal"
        />
      </template>

      <CreateNote class="max-w-7xl mx-auto h-full" @created="closeModal" />
    </UCard>
  </UModal>
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
const isOpen = ref(true);

const router = useRouter();
const closeModal = () => {
  isOpen.value = false;

  if (window.history.length > 2) {
    router.back();
  } else {
    navigateTo({
      path: '/',
      replace: true,
    });
  }
};
</script>
```

The above code shows the `CreateNote` component inside a modal, and navigates back to the home page on successful note creation.

## 6. Showing the notes on the client side

To show the notes from the database on the client side, create an API endpoint first that will interact with the database.

### Create an API endpoint to fetch notes from the database

Create a new file named `index.get.ts` inside the `server/api/notes` directory, and add the following code to it:

```ts title="server/api/index.get.ts"
import type { Note } from '~~/types';

export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const { cloudflare } = event.context;

  const res = await cloudflare.env.DB.prepare(
    `SELECT
      id,
      text,
      audio_urls AS audioUrls,
      created_at AS createdAt,
      updated_at AS updatedAt
    FROM notes
    ORDER BY created_at DESC
    LIMIT 50;`
  ).all<Omit<Note, 'audioUrls'> & { audioUrls: string | null }>();

  return res.results.map((note) => ({
    ...note,
    audioUrls: note.audioUrls ? JSON.parse(note.audioUrls) : undefined,
  }));
});
```

The above code fetches the last 50 notes from the database, ordered by their creation date in descending order. The `audio_urls` field is stored as a string in the database, but it's converted to an array using `JSON.parse` to handle multiple audio files seamlessly on the client side.

Next, create a page named `index.vue` inside the `app/pages` directory. This will be the home page of the application. Add the following code to it:

```vue title="app/pages/index.vue"
<template>
  <div :class="{ 'flex h-full': !notes?.length }">
    <div v-if="notes?.length" class="space-y-4 sm:space-y-6">
      <NoteCard v-for="note in notes" :key="note.id" :note="note" />
    </div>
    <div
      v-else
      class="flex-1 self-center text-center text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 space-y-2"
    >
      <h2 class="text-2xl md:text-3xl">No notes created</h2>
      <p>Get started by creating your first note</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import type { Note } from '~~/types';

const { data: notes } = await useFetch<Note[]>('/api/notes');
</script>
```

The above code fetches the notes from the database by calling the `/api/notes` endpoint you created just now, and renders them as note cards.

### Serving the saved recordings from R2

To be able to play the audio recordings of these notes, you need to serve the saved recordings from the R2 storage.

Create a new file named `[...pathname].get.ts` inside the `server/routes/recordings` directory, and add the following code to it:

:::note
The `...` prefix in the file name makes it a catch all route. This allows it to receive all events that are meant for paths starting with `/recordings` prefix. This is where the `recordings` prefix that was added previously while saving the recordings becomes helpful.
:::

```ts title="server/routes/recordings/[...pathname].get.ts"
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  const { cloudflare, params } = event.context;

  const { pathname } = params || {};

  return cloudflare.env.R2.get(`recordings/${pathname}`);
});
```

The above code extracts the path name from the event params, and serves the saved recording matching that object key from the R2 bucket.

## 7. [Optional] Post Processing the transcriptions

Even though the speech-to-text transcriptions models perform satisfactorily, sometimes you want to post process the transcriptions for various reasons. It could be to remove any discrepancy, or to change the tone/style of the final text.

### Create a settings page

Create a new file named `settings.vue` in the `app/pages` folder, and add the following code to it:

```vue title="app/pages/settings.vue"
<template>
  <UCard>
    <template #header>
      <div>
        <h2 class="text-base md:text-lg font-semibold leading-6">
          Post Processing
        </h2>
        <p class="mt-1 text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
          Configure post-processing of recording transcriptions with AI models.
        </p>
        <p class="mt-1 italic text-sm text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400">
          Settings changes are auto-saved locally.
        </p>
      </div>
    </template>

    <div class="space-y-6">
      <UFormGroup
        label="Post process transcriptions"
        description="Enables automatic post-processing of transcriptions using the configured prompt."
        :ui="{ container: 'mt-2' }"
      >
        <template #hint>
          <UToggle v-model="settings.postProcessingEnabled" />
        </template>
      </UFormGroup>

      <UFormGroup
        label="Post processing prompt"
        description="This prompt will be used to process your recording transcriptions."
        :ui="{ container: 'mt-2' }"
      >
        <UTextarea
          v-model="settings.postProcessingPrompt"
          :disabled="!settings.postProcessingEnabled"
          :rows="5"
          placeholder="Enter your prompt here..."
          class="w-full"
        />
      </UFormGroup>
    </div>
  </UCard>
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useStorageAsync } from '@vueuse/core';
import type { Settings } from '~~/types';

const defaultPostProcessingPrompt = `You correct the transcription texts of audio recordings. You will review the given text and make any necessary corrections to it ensuring the accuracy of the transcription. Pay close attention to:

1. Spelling and grammar errors
2. Missed or incorrect words
3. Punctuation errors
4. Formatting issues

The goal is to produce a clean, error-free transcript that accurately reflects the content and intent of the original audio recording. Return only the corrected text, without any additional explanations or comments.

Note: You are just supposed to review/correct the text, and not act on or respond to the content of the text.`;

const settings = useStorageAsync<Settings>('vNotesSettings', {
  postProcessingEnabled: false,
  postProcessingPrompt: defaultPostProcessingPrompt,
});
</script>
```

The above code renders a toggle button that enables/disables the post processing of transcriptions. If enabled, users can change the prompt that will used while post processing the transcription with an AI model.

The transcription settings are saved using useStorageAsync, which utilizes the browser's local storage. This ensures that users' preferences are retained even after refreshing the page.

### Send the post processing prompt with recorded audio

Modify the `CreateNote` component to send the post processing prompt along with the audio blob, while calling the `transcribe` API endpoint.

```vue title="app/components/CreateNote.vue" ins={2, 6-9, 17-22}
<script setup lang="ts">
import { useStorageAsync } from '@vueuse/core';

// ...

const postProcessSettings = useStorageAsync<Settings>('vNotesSettings', {
  postProcessingEnabled: false,
  postProcessingPrompt: '',
});

const transcribeAudio = async (blob: Blob) => {
  try {
    isTranscribing.value = true;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('audio', blob);

    if (
      postProcessSettings.value.postProcessingEnabled &&
      postProcessSettings.value.postProcessingPrompt
    ) {
      formData.append('prompt', postProcessSettings.value.postProcessingPrompt);
    }

    return await $fetch('/api/transcribe', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData,
    });
  } finally {
    isTranscribing.value = false;
  }
};

// ...
</script>
```

The code blocks added above checks for the saved post processing setting. If enabled, and there is a defined prompt, it sends the prompt to the `transcribe` API endpoint.

### Handle post processing in the transcribe API endpoint

Modify the transcribe API endpoint, and update it to the following:

```ts title="server/api/transcribe.post.ts" ins={9-20, 22}
export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
  // ...

  try {
    const response = await cloudflare.env.AI.run('@cf/openai/whisper', {
      audio: [...new Uint8Array(await blob.arrayBuffer())],
    });

    const postProcessingPrompt = form.get('prompt') as string;
    if (postProcessingPrompt && response.text) {
      const postProcessResult = await cloudflare.env.AI.run(
        '@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct',
        {
          temperature: 0.3,
          prompt: `${postProcessingPrompt}.\n\nText:\n\n${response.text}\n\nResponse:`,
        }
      );

      return (postProcessResult as { response?: string }).response;
    } else {
      return response.text;
    }
  } catch (err) {
    // ...
  }
});
```

The above code does the following:

1. Extracts the post processing prompt from the event FormData.
2. If present, it calls the Workers AI API to process the transcription text using the `@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct` model.
3. Finally, it returns the response from Workers AI to the client.

## 8. Deploy the application

Now you are ready to deploy the project to a `.workers.dev` sub-domain by running the deploy command.

<PackageManagers type="run" args="deploy" />

You can preview your application at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

:::note
If you used `pnpm` as your package manager, you may face build errors like `"stdin" is not exported by "node_modules/.pnpm/unenv@1.10.0/node_modules/unenv/runtime/node/process/index.mjs"`. To resolve it, you can try hoisting your node modules with the [`shamefully-hoist-true`](https://pnpm.io/npmrc) option.
:::

## Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have gone through the steps of building a voice notes application using Nuxt 3, Cloudflare Workers, D1, and R2 storage. You learnt to:

- Set up the backend to store and manage notes
- Create API endpoints to fetch and display notes
- Handle audio recordings
- Implement optional post-processing for transcriptions
- Deploy the application using the Cloudflare module syntax

The complete source code of the project is available on GitHub. You can go through it to see the code for various frontend components not covered in the article. You can find it here: [github.com/ra-jeev/vnotes](https://github.com/ra-jeev/vnotes).

---

# Build an interview practice tool with Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/build-ai-interview-practice-tool/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

Job interviews can be stressful, and practice is key to building confidence. While traditional mock interviews with friends or mentors are valuable, they are not always available when you need them. In this tutorial, you will learn how to build an AI-powered interview practice tool that provides real-time feedback to help improve interview skills.

By the end of this tutorial, you will have built a complete interview practice tool with the following core functionalities:

- A real-time interview simulation tool using WebSocket connections
- An AI-powered speech processing pipeline that converts audio to text
- An intelligent response system that provides interviewer-like interactions
- A persistent storage system for managing interview sessions and history using Durable Objects

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" product="workers" />
<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

### Prerequisites

This tutorial demonstrates how to use multiple Cloudflare products and while many features are available in free tiers, some components of Workers AI may incur usage-based charges. Please review the pricing documentation for Workers AI before proceeding.

<Render file="ai-local-usage-charges" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a new Worker project

Create a Cloudflare Workers project using the Create Cloudflare CLI (C3) tool and the Hono framework.

:::note
[Hono](https://hono.dev) is a lightweight web framework that helps build API endpoints and handle HTTP requests. This tutorial uses Hono to create and manage the application's routing and middleware components.
:::

Create a new Worker project by running the following commands, using `ai-interview-tool` as the Worker name:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"ai-interview-tool"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Hono",
	}}
/>

To develop and test your Cloudflare Workers application locally:

1. Navigate to your Workers project directory in your terminal:

```sh
cd ai-interview-tool
```

2. Start the development server by running:

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

When you run `wrangler dev`, the command starts a local development server and provides a `localhost` URL where you can preview your application.
You can now make changes to your code and see them reflected in real-time at the provided localhost address.

## 2. Define TypeScript types for the interview system

Now that the project is set up, create the TypeScript types that will form the foundation of the interview system. These types will help you maintain type safety and provide clear interfaces for the different components of your application.

Create a new file `types.ts` that will contain essential types and enums for:

- Interview skills that can be assessed (JavaScript, React, etc.)
- Different interview positions (Junior Developer, Senior Developer, etc.)
- Interview status tracking
- Message handling between user and AI
- Core interview data structure

```typescript title="src/types.ts"
import { Context } from "hono";

// Context type for API endpoints, including environment bindings and user info
export interface ApiContext {
	Bindings: CloudflareBindings;
	Variables: {
		username: string;
	};
}

export type HonoCtx = Context<ApiContext>;

// List of technical skills you can assess during mock interviews.
// This application focuses on popular web technologies and programming languages
// that are commonly tested in real interviews.
export enum InterviewSkill {
	JavaScript = "JavaScript",
	TypeScript = "TypeScript",
	React = "React",
	NodeJS = "NodeJS",
	Python = "Python",
}

// Available interview types based on different engineering roles.
// This helps tailor the interview experience and questions to
// match the candidate's target position.
export enum InterviewTitle {
	JuniorDeveloper = "Junior Developer Interview",
	SeniorDeveloper = "Senior Developer Interview",
	FullStackDeveloper = "Full Stack Developer Interview",
	FrontendDeveloper = "Frontend Developer Interview",
	BackendDeveloper = "Backend Developer Interview",
	SystemArchitect = "System Architect Interview",
	TechnicalLead = "Technical Lead Interview",
}

// Tracks the current state of an interview session.
// This will help you to manage the interview flow and show appropriate UI/actions
// at each stage of the process.
export enum InterviewStatus {
	Created = "created", // Interview is created but not started
	Pending = "pending", // Waiting for interviewer/system
	InProgress = "in_progress", // Active interview session
	Completed = "completed", // Interview finished successfully
	Cancelled = "cancelled", // Interview terminated early
}

// Defines who sent a message in the interview chat
export type MessageRole = "user" | "assistant" | "system";

// Structure of individual messages exchanged during the interview
export interface Message {
	messageId: string; // Unique identifier for the message
	interviewId: string; // Links message to specific interview
	role: MessageRole; // Who sent the message
	content: string; // The actual message content
	timestamp: number; // When the message was sent
}

// Main data structure that holds all information about an interview session.
// This includes metadata, messages exchanged, and the current status.
export interface InterviewData {
	interviewId: string;
	title: InterviewTitle;
	skills: InterviewSkill[];
	messages: Message[];
	status: InterviewStatus;
	createdAt: number;
	updatedAt: number;
}

// Input format for creating a new interview session.
// Simplified interface that accepts basic parameters needed to start an interview.
export interface InterviewInput {
	title: string;
	skills: string[];
}
```

## 3. Configure error types for different services

Next, set up custom error types to handle different kinds of errors that may occur in your application. This includes:

- Database errors (for example, connection issues, query failures)
- Interview-related errors (for example, invalid input, transcription failures)
- Authentication errors (for example, invalid sessions)

Create the following `errors.ts` file:

```typescript title="src/errors.ts"
export const ErrorCodes = {
	INVALID_MESSAGE: "INVALID_MESSAGE",
	TRANSCRIPTION_FAILED: "TRANSCRIPTION_FAILED",
	LLM_FAILED: "LLM_FAILED",
	DATABASE_ERROR: "DATABASE_ERROR",
} as const;

export class AppError extends Error {
	constructor(
		message: string,
		public statusCode: number,
	) {
		super(message);
		this.name = this.constructor.name;
	}
}

export class UnauthorizedError extends AppError {
	constructor(message: string) {
		super(message, 401);
	}
}

export class BadRequestError extends AppError {
	constructor(message: string) {
		super(message, 400);
	}
}

export class NotFoundError extends AppError {
	constructor(message: string) {
		super(message, 404);
	}
}

export class InterviewError extends Error {
	constructor(
		message: string,
		public code: string,
		public statusCode: number = 500,
	) {
		super(message);
		this.name = "InterviewError";
	}
}
```

## 4. Configure authentication middleware and user routes

In this step, you will implement a basic authentication system to track and identify users interacting with your AI interview practice tool. The system uses HTTP-only cookies to store usernames, allowing you to identify both the request sender and their corresponding Durable Object. This straightforward authentication approach requires users to provide a username, which is then stored securely in a cookie. This approach allows you to:

- Identify users across requests
- Associate interview sessions with specific users
- Secure access to interview-related endpoints

### Create the Authentication Middleware

Create a middleware function that will check for the presence of a valid authentication cookie. This middleware will be used to protect routes that require authentication.

Create a new middleware file `middleware/auth.ts`:

```typescript title="src/middleware/auth.ts"
import { Context } from "hono";
import { getCookie } from "hono/cookie";
import { UnauthorizedError } from "../errors";

export const requireAuth = async (ctx: Context, next: () => Promise<void>) => {
	// Get username from cookie
	const username = getCookie(ctx, "username");

	if (!username) {
		throw new UnauthorizedError("User is not logged in");
	}

	// Make username available to route handlers
	ctx.set("username", username);
	await next();
};
```

This middleware:

- Checks for a `username` cookie
- Throws an `Error` if the cookie is missing
- Makes the username available to downstream handlers via the context

### Create Authentication Routes

Next, create the authentication routes that will handle user login. Create a new file `routes/auth.ts`:

```typescript title="src/routes/auth.ts"
import { Context, Hono } from "hono";
import { setCookie } from "hono/cookie";
import { BadRequestError } from "../errors";
import { ApiContext } from "../types";

export const authenticateUser = async (ctx: Context) => {
	// Extract username from request body
	const { username } = await ctx.req.json();

	// Make sure username was provided
	if (!username) {
		throw new BadRequestError("Username is required");
	}

	// Create a secure cookie to track the user's session
	// This cookie will:
	// - Be HTTP-only for security (no JS access)
	// - Work across all routes via path="/"
	// - Last for 24 hours
	// - Only be sent in same-site requests to prevent CSRF
	setCookie(ctx, "username", username, {
		httpOnly: true,
		path: "/",
		maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24,
		sameSite: "Strict",
	});

	// Let the client know login was successful
	return ctx.json({ success: true });
};

// Set up authentication-related routes
export const configureAuthRoutes = () => {
	const router = new Hono<ApiContext>();

	// POST /login - Authenticate user and create session
	router.post("/login", authenticateUser);

	return router;
};
```

Finally, update main application file to include the authentication routes. Modify `src/index.ts`:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
import { configureAuthRoutes } from "./routes/auth";
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { logger } from "hono/logger";
import type { ApiContext } from "./types";
import { requireAuth } from "./middleware/auth";

// Create our main Hono app instance with proper typing
const app = new Hono<ApiContext>();

// Create a separate router for API endpoints to keep things organized
const api = new Hono<ApiContext>();

// Set up global middleware that runs on every request
// - Logger gives us visibility into what is happening
app.use("*", logger());

// Wire up all our authentication routes (login, etc)
// These will be mounted under /api/v1/auth/
api.route("/auth", configureAuthRoutes());

// Mount all API routes under the version prefix (for example, /api/v1)
// This allows us to make breaking changes in v2 without affecting v1 users
app.route("/api/v1", api);

export default app;
```

Now we have a basic authentication system that:

1. Provides a login endpoint at `/api/v1/auth/login`
2. Securely stores the username in a cookie
3. Includes middleware to protect authenticated routes

## 5. Create a Durable Object to manage interviews

Now that you have your authentication system in place, create a Durable Object to manage interview sessions. Durable Objects are perfect for this interview practice tool because they provide the following functionalities:

- Maintains states between connections, so users can reconnect without losing progress.
- Provides a SQLite database to store all interview Q&A, feedback and metrics.
- Enables smooth real-time interactions between the interviewer AI and candidate.
- Handles multiple interview sessions efficiently without performance issues.
- Creates a dedicated instance for each user, giving them their own isolated environment.

First, you will need to configure the Durable Object in Wrangler file. Add the following configuration:

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "INTERVIEW"
class_name = "Interview"

[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_sqlite_classes = ["Interview"]
```

Next, create a new file `interview.ts` to define our Interview Durable Object:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Interview extends DurableObject<CloudflareBindings> {
	// We will use it to keep track of all active WebSocket connections for real-time communication
	private sessions: Map<WebSocket, { interviewId: string }>;

	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: CloudflareBindings) {
		super(state, env);

		// Initialize empty sessions map - we will add WebSocket connections as users join
		this.sessions = new Map();
	}

	// Entry point for all HTTP requests to this Durable Object
	// This will handle both initial setup and WebSocket upgrades
	async fetch(request: Request) {
		// For now, just confirm the object is working
		// We'll add WebSocket upgrade logic and request routing later
		return new Response("Interview object initialized");
	}

	// Broadcasts a message to all connected WebSocket clients.
	private broadcast(message: string) {
		this.ctx.getWebSockets().forEach((ws) => {
			try {
				if (ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
					ws.send(message);
				}
			} catch (error) {
				console.error(
					"Error broadcasting message to a WebSocket client:",
					error,
				);
			}
		});
	}
}
```

Now we need to export the Durable Object in our main `src/index.ts` file:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
import { Interview } from "./interview";

// ... previous code ...

export { Interview };

export default app;
```

Since the Worker code is written in TypeScript, you should run the following command to add the necessary type definitions:

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

### Set up SQLite database schema to store interview data

Now you will use SQLite at the Durable Object level for data persistence. This gives each user their own isolated database instance. You will need two main tables:

- `interviews`: Stores interview session data
- `messages`: Stores all messages exchanged during interviews

Before you create these tables, create a service class to handle your database operations. This encapsulates database logic and helps you:

- Manage database schema changes
- Handle errors consistently
- Keep database queries organized

Create a new file called `services/InterviewDatabaseService.ts`:

```typescript title="src/services/InterviewDatabaseService.ts"
import {
	InterviewData,
	Message,
	InterviewStatus,
	InterviewTitle,
	InterviewSkill,
} from "../types";
import { InterviewError, ErrorCodes } from "../errors";

const CONFIG = {
	database: {
		tables: {
			interviews: "interviews",
			messages: "messages",
		},
		indexes: {
			messagesByInterview: "idx_messages_interviewId",
		},
	},
} as const;

export class InterviewDatabaseService {
	constructor(private sql: SqlStorage) {}

	/**
	 * Sets up the database schema by creating tables and indexes if they do not exist.
	 * This is called when initializing a new Durable Object instance to ensure
	 * we have the required database structure.
	 *
	 * The schema consists of:
	 * - interviews table: Stores interview metadata like title, skills, and status
	 * - messages table: Stores the conversation history between user and AI
	 * - messages index: Helps optimize queries when fetching messages for a specific interview
	 */
	createTables() {
		try {
			// Get list of existing tables to avoid recreating them
			const cursor = this.sql.exec(`PRAGMA table_list`);
			const existingTables = new Set([...cursor].map((table) => table.name));

			// The interviews table is our main table storing interview sessions.
			// We only create it if it does not exist yet.
			if (!existingTables.has(CONFIG.database.tables.interviews)) {
				this.sql.exec(InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.CREATE_INTERVIEWS_TABLE);
			}

			// The messages table stores the actual conversation history.
			// It references interviews table via foreign key for data integrity.
			if (!existingTables.has(CONFIG.database.tables.messages)) {
				this.sql.exec(InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.CREATE_MESSAGES_TABLE);
			}

			// Add an index on interviewId to speed up message retrieval.
			// This is important since we will frequently query messages by interview.
			this.sql.exec(InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.CREATE_MESSAGE_INDEX);
		} catch (error: unknown) {
			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
			throw new InterviewError(
				`Failed to initialize database: ${message}`,
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}
	}

	private static readonly QUERIES = {
		CREATE_INTERVIEWS_TABLE: `
      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS interviews (
        interviewId TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
        title TEXT NOT NULL,
        skills TEXT NOT NULL,
        createdAt INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now') * 1000),
        updatedAt INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now') * 1000),
        status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'pending'
      )
    `,
		CREATE_MESSAGES_TABLE: `
      CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS messages (
        messageId TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
        interviewId TEXT NOT NULL,
        role TEXT NOT NULL,
        content TEXT NOT NULL,
        timestamp INTEGER NOT NULL,
        FOREIGN KEY (interviewId) REFERENCES interviews(interviewId)
      )
    `,
		CREATE_MESSAGE_INDEX: `
      CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_interview ON messages(interviewId)
    `,
	};
}
```

Update the `Interview` Durable Object to use the database service by modifying `src/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
import { InterviewDatabaseService } from "./services/InterviewDatabaseService";

export class Interview extends DurableObject<CloudflareBindings> {
	// Database service for persistent storage of interview data and messages
	private readonly db: InterviewDatabaseService;
	private sessions: Map<WebSocket, { interviewId: string }>;

	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: CloudflareBindings) {
		// ... previous code ...
		// Set up our database connection using the DO's built-in SQLite instance
		this.db = new InterviewDatabaseService(state.storage.sql);
		// First-time setup: ensure our database tables exist
		// This is idempotent so safe to call on every instantiation
		this.db.createTables();
	}
}
```

Add methods to create and retrieve interviews in `services/InterviewDatabaseService.ts`:

```typescript title="src/services/InterviewDatabaseService.ts"
export class InterviewDatabaseService {
	/**
	 * Creates a new interview session in the database.
	 *
	 * This is the main entry point for starting a new interview. It handles all the
	 * initial setup like:
	 * - Generating a unique ID using crypto.randomUUID() for reliable uniqueness
	 * - Recording the interview title and required skills
	 * - Setting up timestamps for tracking interview lifecycle
	 * - Setting the initial status to "Created"
	 *
	 */
	createInterview(title: InterviewTitle, skills: InterviewSkill[]): string {
		try {
			const interviewId = crypto.randomUUID();
			const currentTime = Date.now();

			this.sql.exec(
				InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.INSERT_INTERVIEW,
				interviewId,
				title,
				JSON.stringify(skills), // Store skills as JSON for flexibility
				InterviewStatus.Created,
				currentTime,
				currentTime,
			);

			return interviewId;
		} catch (error: unknown) {
			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
			throw new InterviewError(
				`Failed to create interview: ${message}`,
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Fetches all interviews from the database, ordered by creation date.
	 *
	 * This is useful for displaying interview history and letting users
	 * resume previous sessions. We order by descending creation date since
	 * users typically want to see their most recent interviews first.
	 *
	 * Returns an array of InterviewData objects with full interview details
	 * including metadata and message history.
	 */
	getAllInterviews(): InterviewData[] {
		try {
			const cursor = this.sql.exec(
				InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.GET_ALL_INTERVIEWS,
			);

			return [...cursor].map(this.parseInterviewRecord);
		} catch (error) {
			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
			throw new InterviewError(
				`Failed to retrieve interviews: ${message}`,
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}
	}

	// Retrieves an interview and its messages by ID
	getInterview(interviewId: string): InterviewData | null {
		try {
			const cursor = this.sql.exec(
				InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.GET_INTERVIEW,
				interviewId,
			);

			const record = [...cursor][0];
			if (!record) return null;

			return this.parseInterviewRecord(record);
		} catch (error: unknown) {
			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
			throw new InterviewError(
				`Failed to retrieve interview: ${message}`,
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}
	}

	addMessage(
		interviewId: string,
		role: Message["role"],
		content: string,
		messageId: string,
	): Message {
		try {
			const timestamp = Date.now();

			this.sql.exec(
				InterviewDatabaseService.QUERIES.INSERT_MESSAGE,
				messageId,
				interviewId,
				role,
				content,
				timestamp,
			);

			return {
				messageId,
				interviewId,
				role,
				content,
				timestamp,
			};
		} catch (error: unknown) {
			const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
			throw new InterviewError(
				`Failed to add message: ${message}`,
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Transforms raw database records into structured InterviewData objects.
	 *
	 * This helper does the heavy lifting of:
	 * - Type checking critical fields to catch database corruption early
	 * - Converting stored JSON strings back into proper objects
	 * - Filtering out any null messages that might have snuck in
	 * - Ensuring timestamps are proper numbers
	 *
	 * If any required data is missing or malformed, it throws an error
	 * rather than returning partially valid data that could cause issues
	 * downstream.
	 */
	private parseInterviewRecord(record: any): InterviewData {
		const interviewId = record.interviewId as string;
		const createdAt = Number(record.createdAt);
		const updatedAt = Number(record.updatedAt);

		if (!interviewId || !createdAt || !updatedAt) {
			throw new InterviewError(
				"Invalid interview data in database",
				ErrorCodes.DATABASE_ERROR,
			);
		}

		return {
			interviewId,
			title: record.title as InterviewTitle,
			skills: JSON.parse(record.skills as string) as InterviewSkill[],
			messages: record.messages
				? JSON.parse(record.messages)
						.filter((m: any) => m !== null)
						.map((m: any) => ({
							messageId: m.messageId,
							role: m.role,
							content: m.content,
							timestamp: m.timestamp,
						}))
				: [],
			status: record.status as InterviewStatus,
			createdAt,
			updatedAt,
		};
	}

	// Add these SQL queries to the QUERIES object
	private static readonly QUERIES = {
		// ... previous queries ...

		INSERT_INTERVIEW: `
      INSERT INTO ${CONFIG.database.tables.interviews}
      (interviewId, title, skills, status, createdAt, updatedAt)
      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
    `,

		GET_ALL_INTERVIEWS: `
      SELECT
        interviewId,
        title,
        skills,
        createdAt,
        updatedAt,
        status
      FROM ${CONFIG.database.tables.interviews}
      ORDER BY createdAt DESC
    `,

		INSERT_MESSAGE: `
      INSERT INTO ${CONFIG.database.tables.messages}
      (messageId, interviewId, role, content, timestamp)
      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
    `,

		GET_INTERVIEW: `
      SELECT
        i.interviewId,
        i.title,
        i.skills,
        i.status,
        i.createdAt,
        i.updatedAt,
        COALESCE(
          json_group_array(
            CASE WHEN m.messageId IS NOT NULL THEN
              json_object(
                'messageId', m.messageId,
                'role', m.role,
                'content', m.content,
                'timestamp', m.timestamp
              )
            END
          ),
          '[]'
        ) as messages
      FROM ${CONFIG.database.tables.interviews} i
      LEFT JOIN ${CONFIG.database.tables.messages} m ON i.interviewId = m.interviewId
      WHERE i.interviewId = ?
      GROUP BY i.interviewId
    `,
	};
}
```

Add RPC methods to the `Interview` Durable Object to expose database operations through API. Add this code to `src/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
import {
	InterviewData,
	InterviewTitle,
	InterviewSkill,
	Message,
} from "./types";

export class Interview extends DurableObject<CloudflareBindings> {
	// Creates a new interview session
	createInterview(title: InterviewTitle, skills: InterviewSkill[]): string {
		return this.db.createInterview(title, skills);
	}

	// Retrieves all interview sessions
	getAllInterviews(): InterviewData[] {
		return this.db.getAllInterviews();
	}

	// Adds a new message to the 'messages' table and broadcasts it to all connected WebSocket clients.
	addMessage(
		interviewId: string,
		role: "user" | "assistant",
		content: string,
		messageId: string,
	): Message {
		const newMessage = this.db.addMessage(
			interviewId,
			role,
			content,
			messageId,
		);
		this.broadcast(
			JSON.stringify({
				...newMessage,
				type: "message",
			}),
		);
		return newMessage;
	}
}
```

## 6. Create REST API endpoints

With your Durable Object and database service ready, create REST API endpoints to manage interviews. You will need endpoints to:

- Create new interviews
- Retrieve all interviews for a user

Create a new file for your interview routes at `routes/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/routes/interview.ts"
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { BadRequestError } from "../errors";
import {
	InterviewInput,
	ApiContext,
	HonoCtx,
	InterviewTitle,
	InterviewSkill,
} from "../types";
import { requireAuth } from "../middleware/auth";

/**
 * Gets the Interview Durable Object instance for a given user.
 * We use the username as a stable identifier to ensure each user
 * gets their own dedicated DO instance that persists across requests.
 */
const getInterviewDO = (ctx: HonoCtx) => {
	const username = ctx.get("username");
	const id = ctx.env.INTERVIEW.idFromName(username);
	return ctx.env.INTERVIEW.get(id);
};

/**
 * Validates the interview creation payload.
 * Makes sure we have all required fields in the correct format:
 * - title must be present
 * - skills must be a non-empty array
 * Throws an error if validation fails.
 */
const validateInterviewInput = (input: InterviewInput) => {
	if (
		!input.title ||
		!input.skills ||
		!Array.isArray(input.skills) ||
		input.skills.length === 0
	) {
		throw new BadRequestError("Invalid input");
	}
};

/**
 * GET /interviews
 * Retrieves all interviews for the authenticated user.
 * The interviews are stored and managed by the user's DO instance.
 */
const getAllInterviews = async (ctx: HonoCtx) => {
	const interviewDO = getInterviewDO(ctx);
	const interviews = await interviewDO.getAllInterviews();
	return ctx.json(interviews);
};

/**
 * POST /interviews
 * Creates a new interview session with the specified title and skills.
 * Each interview gets a unique ID that can be used to reference it later.
 * Returns the newly created interview ID on success.
 */
const createInterview = async (ctx: HonoCtx) => {
	const body = await ctx.req.json<InterviewInput>();
	validateInterviewInput(body);

	const interviewDO = getInterviewDO(ctx);
	const interviewId = await interviewDO.createInterview(
		body.title as InterviewTitle,
		body.skills as InterviewSkill[],
	);

	return ctx.json({ success: true, interviewId });
};

/**
 * Sets up all interview-related routes.
 * Currently supports:
 * - GET / : List all interviews
 * - POST / : Create a new interview
 */
export const configureInterviewRoutes = () => {
	const router = new Hono<ApiContext>();
	router.use("*", requireAuth);
	router.get("/", getAllInterviews);
	router.post("/", createInterview);
	return router;
};
```

The `getInterviewDO` helper function uses the username from our authentication cookie to create a unique Durable Object ID. This ensures each user has their own isolated interview state.

Update your main application file to include the routes and protect them with authentication middleware. Update `src/index.ts`:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
import { configureAuthRoutes } from "./routes/auth";
import { configureInterviewRoutes } from "./routes/interview";
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { Interview } from "./interview";
import { logger } from "hono/logger";
import type { ApiContext } from "./types";

const app = new Hono<ApiContext>();
const api = new Hono<ApiContext>();

app.use("*", logger());

api.route("/auth", configureAuthRoutes());
api.route("/interviews", configureInterviewRoutes());

app.route("/api/v1", api);

export { Interview };
export default app;
```

Now you have two new API endpoints:

- `POST /api/v1/interviews`: Creates a new interview session
- `GET /api/v1/interviews`: Retrieves all interviews for the authenticated user

You can test these endpoints running the following command:

1. Create a new interview:

```sh
curl -X POST http://localhost:8787/api/v1/interviews \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Cookie: username=testuser; HttpOnly" \
-d '{"title":"Frontend Developer Interview","skills":["JavaScript","React","CSS"]}'
```

2. Get all interviews:

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787/api/v1/interviews \
-H "Cookie: username=testuser; HttpOnly"
```

## 7. Set up WebSockets to handle real-time communication

With the basic interview management system in place, you will now implement Durable Objects to handle real-time message processing and maintain WebSocket connections.

Update the `Interview` Durable Object to handle WebSocket connections by adding the following code to `src/interview.ts`:

```typescript
export class Interview extends DurableObject<CloudflareBindings> {
	// Services for database operations and managing WebSocket sessions
	private readonly db: InterviewDatabaseService;
	private sessions: Map<WebSocket, { interviewId: string }>;

	constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: CloudflareBindings) {
		// ... previous code ...

		// Keep WebSocket connections alive by automatically responding to pings
		// This prevents timeouts and connection drops
		this.ctx.setWebSocketAutoResponse(
			new WebSocketRequestResponsePair("ping", "pong"),
		);
	}

	async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		// Check if this is a WebSocket upgrade request
		const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get("Upgrade");
		if (upgradeHeader?.toLowerCase().includes("websocket")) {
			return this.handleWebSocketUpgrade(request);
		}

		// If it is not a WebSocket request, we don't handle it
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	}

	private async handleWebSocketUpgrade(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
		// Extract the interview ID from the URL - it should be the last segment
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const interviewId = url.pathname.split("/").pop();

		if (!interviewId) {
			return new Response("Missing interviewId parameter", { status: 400 });
		}

		// Create a new WebSocket connection pair - one for the client, one for the server
		const pair = new WebSocketPair();
		const [client, server] = Object.values(pair);

		// Keep track of which interview this WebSocket is connected to
		// This is important for routing messages to the right interview session
		this.sessions.set(server, { interviewId });

		// Tell the Durable Object to start handling this WebSocket
		this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);

		// Send the current interview state to the client right away
		// This helps initialize their UI with the latest data
		const interviewData = await this.db.getInterview(interviewId);
		if (interviewData) {
			server.send(
				JSON.stringify({
					type: "interview_details",
					data: interviewData,
				}),
			);
		}

		// Return the client WebSocket as part of the upgrade response
		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	}

	async webSocketClose(
		ws: WebSocket,
		code: number,
		reason: string,
		wasClean: boolean,
	) {
		// Clean up when a connection closes to prevent memory leaks
		// This is especially important in long-running Durable Objects
		console.log(
			`WebSocket closed: Code ${code}, Reason: ${reason}, Clean: ${wasClean}`,
		);
	}
}
```

Next, update the interview routes to include a WebSocket endpoint. Add the following to `routes/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/routes/interview.ts"
// ... previous code ...
const streamInterviewProcess = async (ctx: HonoCtx) => {
	const interviewDO = getInterviewDO(ctx);
	return await interviewDO.fetch(ctx.req.raw);
};

export const configureInterviewRoutes = () => {
	const router = new Hono<ApiContext>();
	router.get("/", getAllInterviews);
	router.post("/", createInterview);
	// Add WebSocket route
	router.get("/:interviewId", streamInterviewProcess);
	return router;
};
```

The WebSocket system provides real-time communication features for interview practice tool:

- Each interview session gets its own dedicated WebSocket connection, allowing seamless communication between the candidate and AI interviewer
- The Durable Object maintains the connection state, ensuring no messages are lost even if the client temporarily disconnects
- To keep connections stable, it automatically responds to ping messages with pongs, preventing timeouts
- Candidates and interviewers receive instant updates as the interview progresses, creating a natural conversational flow

## 8. Add audio processing capabilities with Workers AI

Now that WebSocket connection set up, the next step is to add speech-to-text capabilities using Workers AI. Let's use Cloudflare's Whisper model to transcribe audio in real-time during the interview.

The audio processing pipeline will work like this:

1. Client sends audio through the WebSocket connection
2. Our Durable Object receives the binary audio data
3. We pass the audio to Whisper for transcription
4. The transcribed text is saved as a new message
5. We immediately send the transcription back to the client
6. The client receives a notification that the AI interviewer is generating a response

### Create audio processing pipeline

In this step you will update the Interview Durable Object to handle the following:

1. Detect binary audio data sent through WebSocket
2. Create a unique message ID for tracking the processing status
3. Notify clients that audio processing has begun
4. Include error handling for failed audio processing
5. Broadcast status updates to all connected clients

First, update Interview Durable Object to handle binary WebSocket messages. Add the following methods to your `src/interview.ts` file:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
// ... previous code ...
/**
 * Handles incoming WebSocket messages, both binary audio data and text messages.
 * This is the main entry point for all WebSocket communication.
 */
async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, eventData: ArrayBuffer | string): Promise<void> {
  try {
    // Handle binary audio data from the client's microphone
    if (eventData instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
      await this.handleBinaryAudio(ws, eventData);
      return;
    }
    // Text messages will be handled by other methods
  } catch (error) {
    this.handleWebSocketError(ws, error);
  }
}

/**
 * Processes binary audio data received from the client.
 * Converts audio to text using Whisper and broadcasts processing status.
 */
private async handleBinaryAudio(ws: WebSocket, audioData: ArrayBuffer): Promise<void> {
  try {
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(audioData);

    // Retrieve the associated interview session
    const session = this.sessions.get(ws);
    if (!session?.interviewId) {
      throw new Error("No interview session found");
    }

    // Generate unique ID to track this message through the system
    const messageId = crypto.randomUUID();

    // Let the client know we're processing their audio
    this.broadcast(
      JSON.stringify({
        type: "message",
        status: "processing",
        role: "user",
        messageId,
        interviewId: session.interviewId,
      }),
    );

    // TODO: Implement Whisper transcription in next section
    // For now, just log the received audio data size
    console.log(`Received audio data of length: ${uint8Array.length}`);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Audio processing failed:", error);
    this.handleWebSocketError(ws, error);
  }
}

/**
 * Handles WebSocket errors by logging them and notifying the client.
 * Ensures errors are properly communicated back to the user.
 */
private handleWebSocketError(ws: WebSocket, error: unknown): void {
  const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "An unknown error occurred.";
  console.error("WebSocket error:", errorMessage);

  if (ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
    ws.send(
      JSON.stringify({
        type: "error",
        message: errorMessage,
      }),
    );
  }
}

```

Your `handleBinaryAudio` method currently logs when it receives audio data. Next, you'll enhance it to transcribe speech using Workers AI's Whisper model.

### Configure speech-to-text

Now that audio processing pipeline is set up, you will now integrate Workers AI's Whisper model for speech-to-text transcription.

Configure the Worker AI binding in your Wrangler file by adding:

```toml
# ... previous configuration ...
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

Next, generate TypeScript types for our AI binding. Run the following command:

```sh
npm run cf-typegen
```

You will need a new service class for AI operations. Create a new file called `services/AIService.ts`:

```typescript title="src/services/AIService.ts"
import { InterviewError, ErrorCodes } from "../errors";

export class AIService {
	constructor(private readonly AI: Ai) {}

	async transcribeAudio(audioData: Uint8Array): Promise<string> {
		try {
			// Call the Whisper model to transcribe the audio
			const response = await this.AI.run("@cf/openai/whisper-tiny-en", {
				audio: Array.from(audioData),
			});

			if (!response?.text) {
				throw new Error("Failed to transcribe audio content.");
			}

			return response.text;
		} catch (error) {
			throw new InterviewError(
				"Failed to transcribe audio content",
				ErrorCodes.TRANSCRIPTION_FAILED,
			);
		}
	}
}
```

You will need to update the `Interview` Durable Object to use this new AI service. To do this, update the handleBinaryAudio method in `src/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
import { AIService } from "./services/AIService";

export class Interview extends DurableObject<CloudflareBindings> {
private readonly aiService: AIService;

constructor(state: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
  // ... previous code ...

  // Initialize the AI service with the Workers AI binding
  this.aiService = new AIService(this.env.AI);
}

private async handleBinaryAudio(ws: WebSocket, audioData: ArrayBuffer): Promise<void> {
  try {
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(audioData);
    const session = this.sessions.get(ws);

    if (!session?.interviewId) {
      throw new Error("No interview session found");
    }

    // Create a message ID for tracking
    const messageId = crypto.randomUUID();

    // Send processing state to client
    this.broadcast(
      JSON.stringify({
        type: "message",
        status: "processing",
        role: "user",
        messageId,
        interviewId: session.interviewId,
      }),
    );

    // NEW: Use AI service to transcribe the audio
    const transcribedText = await this.aiService.transcribeAudio(uint8Array);

    // Store the transcribed message
    await this.addMessage(session.interviewId, "user", transcribedText, messageId);

  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Audio processing failed:", error);
    this.handleWebSocketError(ws, error);
  }
}
```

:::note
The Whisper model `@cf/openai/whisper-tiny-en` is optimized for English speech recognition. If you need support for other languages, you can use different Whisper model variants available through Workers AI.
:::

When users speak during the interview, their audio will be automatically transcribed and stored as messages in the interview session. The transcribed text will be immediately available to both the user and the AI interviewer for generating appropriate responses.

## 9. Integrate AI response generation

Now that you have audio transcription working, let's implement AI interviewer response generation using Workers AI's LLM capabilities. You'll create an interview system that:

- Maintains context of the conversation
- Provides relevant follow-up questions
- Gives constructive feedback
- Stays in character as a professional interviewer

### Set up Workers AI LLM integration

First, update the `AIService` class to handle LLM interactions. You will need to add methods for:

- Processing interview context
- Generating appropriate responses
- Handling conversation flow

Update the `services/AIService.ts` class to include LLM functionality:

```typescript title="src/services/AIService.ts"
import { InterviewData, Message } from "../types";

export class AIService {

async processLLMResponse(interview: InterviewData): Promise<string> {
  const messages = this.prepareLLMMessages(interview);

  try {
    const { response } = await this.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-2-7b-chat-int8", {
      messages,
    });

    if (!response) {
      throw new Error("Failed to generate a response from the LLM model.");
    }

    return response;
  } catch (error) {
    throw new InterviewError("Failed to generate a response from the LLM model.", ErrorCodes.LLM_FAILED);
  }
}

private prepareLLMMessages(interview: InterviewData) {
  const messageHistory = interview.messages.map((msg: Message) => ({
    role: msg.role,
    content: msg.content,
  }));

  return [
    {
      role: "system",
      content: this.createSystemPrompt(interview),
    },
    ...messageHistory,
  ];
}
```

:::note
The @cf/meta/llama-2-7b-chat-int8 model is optimized for chat-like interactions and provides good performance while maintaining reasonable resource usage.
:::

### Create the conversation prompt

Prompt engineering is crucial for getting high-quality responses from the LLM. Next, you will create a system prompt that:

- Sets the context for the interview
- Defines the interviewer's role and behavior
- Specifies the technical focus areas
- Guides the conversation flow

Add the following method to your `services/AIService.ts` class:

```typescript title="src/services/AIService.ts"
private createSystemPrompt(interview: InterviewData): string {
  const basePrompt = "You are conducting a technical interview.";
  const rolePrompt = `The position is for ${interview.title}.`;
  const skillsPrompt = `Focus on topics related to: ${interview.skills.join(", ")}.`;
  const instructionsPrompt = "Ask relevant technical questions and provide constructive feedback.";

  return `${basePrompt} ${rolePrompt} ${skillsPrompt} ${instructionsPrompt}`;
}
```

### Implement response generation logic

Finally, integrate the LLM response generation into the interview flow. Update the `handleBinaryAudio` method in the `src/interview.ts` Durable Object to:

- Process transcribed user responses
- Generate appropriate AI interviewer responses
- Maintain conversation context

Update the `handleBinaryAudio` method in `src/interview.ts`:

```typescript title="src/interview.ts"
private async handleBinaryAudio(ws: WebSocket, audioData: ArrayBuffer): Promise<void> {
  try {
    // Convert raw audio buffer to uint8 array for processing
    const uint8Array = new Uint8Array(audioData);
    const session = this.sessions.get(ws);

    if (!session?.interviewId) {
      throw new Error("No interview session found");
    }

    // Generate a unique ID to track this message through the system
    const messageId = crypto.randomUUID();

    // Let the client know we're processing their audio
    // This helps provide immediate feedback while transcription runs
    this.broadcast(
      JSON.stringify({
        type: "message",
        status: "processing",
        role: "user",
        messageId,
        interviewId: session.interviewId,
      }),
    );

    // Convert the audio to text using our AI transcription service
    // This typically takes 1-2 seconds for normal speech
    const transcribedText = await this.aiService.transcribeAudio(uint8Array);

    // Save the user's message to our database so we maintain chat history
    await this.addMessage(session.interviewId, "user", transcribedText, messageId);

    // Look up the full interview context - we need this to generate a good response
    const interview = await this.db.getInterview(session.interviewId);
    if (!interview) {
      throw new Error(`Interview not found: ${session.interviewId}`);
    }

    // Now it's the AI's turn to respond
    // First generate an ID for the assistant's message
    const assistantMessageId = crypto.randomUUID();

    // Let the client know we're working on the AI response
    this.broadcast(
      JSON.stringify({
        type: "message",
        status: "processing",
        role: "assistant",
        messageId: assistantMessageId,
        interviewId: session.interviewId,
      }),
    );

    // Generate the AI interviewer's response based on the conversation history
    const llmResponse = await this.aiService.processLLMResponse(interview);
    await this.addMessage(session.interviewId, "assistant", llmResponse, assistantMessageId);
  } catch (error) {
    // Something went wrong processing the audio or generating a response
    // Log it and let the client know there was an error
    console.error("Audio processing failed:", error);
    this.handleWebSocketError(ws, error);
  }
}
```

## Conclusion

You have successfully built an AI-powered interview practice tool using Cloudflare's Workers AI. In summary, you have:

- Created a real-time WebSocket communication system using Durable Objects
- Implemented speech-to-text processing with Workers AI Whisper model
- Built an intelligent interview system using Workers AI LLM capabilities
- Designed a persistent storage system with SQLite in Durable Objects

The complete source code for this tutorial is available on GitHub:
[ai-interview-practice-tool](https://github.com/berezovyy/ai-interview-practice-tool)

---

# Explore Code Generation Using DeepSeek Coder Models

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/explore-code-generation-using-deepseek-coder-models/

import { Stream } from "~/components"

A handy way to explore all of the models available on [Workers AI](/workers-ai) is to use a [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.org/).

You can [download the DeepSeek Coder notebook](/workers-ai/static/documentation/notebooks/deepseek-coder-exploration.ipynb) or view the embedded notebook below.

<Stream videoId="97b46763341a395a4ce1c0a6f913662b" videoTitle="Explore Code Generation Using DeepSeek Coder Models" />

[comment]: <> "The markdown below is auto-generated from https://github.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai"

***

## Exploring Code Generation Using DeepSeek Coder

AI Models being able to generate code unlocks all sorts of use cases. The [DeepSeek Coder](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Coder) models `@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-base-awq` and `@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq` are now available on [Workers AI](/workers-ai).

Let's explore them using the API!

```python
import sys
!{sys.executable} -m pip install requests python-dotenv
```

```
Requirement already satisfied: requests in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (2.31.0)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dotenv in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (1.0.1)
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Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from requests) (2023.11.17)
```

```python
import os
from getpass import getpass

from IPython.display import display, Image, Markdown, Audio

import requests
```

```python
%load_ext dotenv
%dotenv
```

### Configuring your environment

To use the API you'll need your [Cloudflare Account ID](https://dash.cloudflare.com) (head to Workers & Pages > Overview > Account details > Account ID) and a [Workers AI enabled API Token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens).

If you want to add these files to your environment, you can create a new file named `.env`

```bash
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="YOUR-TOKEN"
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"
```

```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" in os.environ:
    api_token = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"]
else:
    api_token = getpass("Enter you Cloudflare API Token")
```

```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID" in os.environ:
    account_id = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID"]
else:
    account_id = getpass("Enter your account id")
```

### Generate code from a comment

A common use case is to complete the code for the user after they provide a descriptive comment.

````python
model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-base-awq"

prompt = "# A function that checks if a given word is a palindrome"

response = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
    json={"messages": [
        {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
    ]}
)
inference = response.json()
code = inference["result"]["response"]

display(Markdown(f"""
    ```python
    {prompt}
    {code.strip()}
    ```
"""))
````

```python
# A function that checks if a given word is a palindrome
def is_palindrome(word):
    # Convert the word to lowercase
    word = word.lower()

    # Reverse the word
    reversed_word = word[::-1]

    # Check if the reversed word is the same as the original word
    if word == reversed_word:
        return True
    else:
        return False

# Test the function
print(is_palindrome("racecar"))  # Output: True
print(is_palindrome("hello"))    # Output: False
```

### Assist in debugging

We've all been there, bugs happen. Sometimes those stacktraces can be very intimidating, and a great use case of using Code Generation is to assist in explaining the problem.

```python
model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq"

system_message = "The user is going to give you code that isn't working. Explain to the user what might be wrong"

code = """# Welcomes our user
def hello_world(first_name="World"):
    print(f"Hello, {name}!")
"""

response = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
    json={"messages": [
        {"role": "system", "content": system_message},
        {"role": "user", "content": code},
    ]}
)
inference = response.json()
response = inference["result"]["response"]
display(Markdown(response))
```

The error in your code is that you are trying to use a variable `name` which is not defined anywhere in your function. The correct variable to use is `first_name`. So, you should change `f"Hello, {name}!"` to `f"Hello, {first_name}!"`.

Here is the corrected code:

```python
# Welcomes our user
def hello_world(first_name="World"):
    print(f"Hello, {first_name}")
```

Now, when you call `hello_world()`, it will print "Hello, World" by default. If you call `hello_world("John")`, it will print "Hello, John".

### Write tests!

Writing unit tests is a common best practice. With the enough context, it's possible to write unit tests.

```python
model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq"

system_message = "The user is going to give you code and would like to have tests written in the Python unittest module."

code = """
class User:

    def __init__(self, first_name, last_name=None):
        self.first_name = first_name
        self.last_name = last_name
        if last_name is None:
            self.last_name = "Mc" + self.first_name

    def full_name(self):
        return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
"""

response = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
    json={"messages": [
        {"role": "system", "content": system_message},
        {"role": "user", "content": code},
    ]}
)
inference = response.json()
response = inference["result"]["response"]
display(Markdown(response))
```

Here is a simple unittest test case for the User class:

```python
import unittest

class TestUser(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_full_name(self):
        user = User("John", "Doe")
        self.assertEqual(user.full_name(), "John Doe")

    def test_default_last_name(self):
        user = User("Jane")
        self.assertEqual(user.full_name(), "Jane McJane")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()
```

In this test case, we have two tests:

* `test_full_name` tests the `full_name` method when the user has both a first name and a last name.
* `test_default_last_name` tests the `full_name` method when the user only has a first name and the last name is set to "Mc" + first name.

If all these tests pass, it means that the `full_name` method is working as expected. If any of these tests fail, it

### Fill-in-the-middle Code Completion

A common use case in Developer Tools is to autocomplete based on context. DeepSeek Coder provides the ability to submit existing code with a placeholder, so that the model can complete in context.

Warning: The tokens are prefixed with `<｜` and suffixed with `｜>` make sure to copy and paste them.

````python
model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-base-awq"

code = """
<｜fim▁begin｜>import re

from jklol import email_service

def send_email(email_address, body):
    <｜fim▁hole｜>
    if not is_valid_email:
        raise InvalidEmailAddress(email_address)
    return email_service.send(email_address, body)<｜fim▁end｜>
"""

response = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
    json={"messages": [
        {"role": "user", "content": code}
    ]}
)
inference = response.json()
response = inference["result"]["response"]
display(Markdown(f"""
    ```python
    {response.strip()}
    ```
"""))

````

```python
is_valid_email = re.match(r"[^@]+@[^@]+\.[^@]+", email_address)
```

### Experimental: Extract data into JSON

No need to threaten the model or bring grandma into the prompt. Get back JSON in the format you want.

````python
model = "@hf/thebloke/deepseek-coder-6.7b-instruct-awq"

# Learn more at https://json-schema.org/
json_schema = """
{
  "title": "User",
  "description": "A user from our example app",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "firstName": {
      "description": "The user's first name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "lastName": {
      "description": "The user's last name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "numKids": {
      "description": "Amount of children the user has currently",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "interests": {
      "description": "A list of what the user has shown interest in",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
  },
  "required": [ "firstName" ]
}
"""

system_prompt = f"""
The user is going to discuss themselves and you should create a JSON object from their description to match the json schema below.

<BEGIN JSON SCHEMA>
{json_schema}
<END JSON SCHEMA>

Return JSON only. Do not explain or provide usage examples.
"""

prompt = """Hey there, I'm Craig Dennis and I'm a Developer Educator at Cloudflare. My email is craig@cloudflare.com.
            I am very interested in AI. I've got two kids. I love tacos, burritos, and all things Cloudflare"""

response = requests.post(
    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
    json={"messages": [
        {"role": "system", "content": system_prompt},
        {"role": "user", "content": prompt}
    ]}
)
inference = response.json()
response = inference["result"]["response"]
display(Markdown(f"""
    ```json
    {response.strip()}
    ```
"""))
````

```json
{
  "firstName": "Craig",
  "lastName": "Dennis",
  "numKids": 2,
  "interests": ["AI", "Cloudflare", "Tacos", "Burritos"]
}
```

---

# Explore Workers AI Models Using a Jupyter Notebook

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/explore-workers-ai-models-using-a-jupyter-notebook/

import { Stream } from "~/components"

A handy way to explore all of the models available on [Workers AI](/workers-ai) is to use a [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.org/).

You can [download the Workers AI notebook](/workers-ai-notebooks/cloudflare-workers-ai.ipynb) or view the embedded notebook below.

Or you can run this on [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/github/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai/blob/main/cloudflare-workers-ai.ipynb)

<Stream videoId="2c60022bea5c8c1b343e76566fed76f2" videoTitle="Explore Workers AI Models Using a Jupyter Notebook" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

[comment]: <> "The markdown below is auto-generated from https://github.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai the <audio> tag is hard coded"

***

## Explore the Workers AI API using Python

[Workers AI](/workers-ai) allows you to run machine learning models, on the Cloudflare network, from your own code – whether that be from Workers, Pages, or anywhere via REST API.

This notebook will explore the Workers AI REST API using the [official Python SDK](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python).


```python
import os
from getpass import getpass

from cloudflare import Cloudflare
from IPython.display import display, Image, Markdown, Audio
import requests
```


```python
%load_ext dotenv
%dotenv
```


### Configuring your environment

To use the API you'll need your [Cloudflare Account ID](https://dash.cloudflare.com). Head to AI > Workers AI page and press the "Use REST API". This page will let you create a new API Token and copy your Account ID.

If you want to add these values to your environment variables, you can **create a new file** named `.env` and this notebook will read those values.

```bash
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="YOUR-TOKEN"
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"
```

Otherwise you can just enter the values securely when prompted below.


```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" in os.environ:
    api_token = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"]
else:
    api_token = getpass("Enter you Cloudflare API Token")
```


```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID" in os.environ:
    account_id = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID"]
else:
    account_id = getpass("Enter your account id")
```


```python
# Initialize client
client = Cloudflare(api_token=api_token)
```

## Explore tasks available on the Workers AI Platform

### Text Generation

Explore all [Text Generation Models](/workers-ai/models#text-generation)


```python
result = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/meta/llama-3-8b-instruct" ,
    account_id=account_id,
    messages=[
        {"role": "system", "content": """
            You are a productivity assistant for users of Jupyter notebooks for both Mac and Windows users.

            Respond in Markdown."""
        },
        {"role": "user", "content": "How do I use keyboard shortcuts to execute cells?"}
    ]
)

display(Markdown(result["response"]))
```


**Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Execute Cells in Jupyter Notebooks**
===============================================================

Executing cells in Jupyter Notebooks can be done quickly and efficiently using various keyboard shortcuts, saving you time and effort. Here are the shortcuts you can use:

**Mac**

* **Shift + Enter**: Execute the current cell and insert a new cell below.
* **Ctrl + Enter**: Execute the current cell and insert a new cell below, without creating a new output display.

**Windows/Linux**

* **Shift + Enter**: Execute the current cell and insert a new cell below.
* **Ctrl + Enter**: Execute the current cell and move to the next cell.

**Additional Shortcuts**

* **Alt + Enter**: Execute the current cell and create a new output display below (Mac), or move to the next cell (Windows/Linux).
* **Ctrl + Shift + Enter**: Execute the current cell and create a new output display below (Mac), or create a new cell below (Windows/Linux).

**Tips and Tricks**

* You can also use the **Run Cell** button in the Jupyter Notebook toolbar, or the **Run** menu option (macOS) or **Run -> Run Cell** (Windows/Linux).
* To execute a selection of cells, use **Shift + Alt + Enter** (Mac) or **Shift + Ctrl + Enter** (Windows/Linux).
* To execute a cell and move to the next cell, use **Ctrl + Shift + Enter** (all platforms).

By using these keyboard shortcuts, you'll be able to work more efficiently and quickly in your Jupyter Notebooks. Happy coding!


### Text to Image

Explore all [Text to Image models](/workers-ai/models#text-to-image)


```python
data = client.workers.ai.with_raw_response.run(
    "@cf/lykon/dreamshaper-8-lcm",
    account_id=account_id,
    prompt="A software developer incredibly excited about AI, huge smile",
)

display(Image(data.read()))
```



![png](/workers-ai-notebooks/cloudflare-workers-ai/assets/output_13_0.png)


### Image to Text

Explore all [Image to Text](/workers-ai/models/#image-to-text) models


```python
url = "https://blog.cloudflare.com/content/images/2017/11/lava-lamps.jpg"

image_request = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)

display(Image(image_request.content, format="jpg"))

data = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf",
    account_id=account_id,
    image=image_request.content,
    prompt="Describe this photo",
    max_tokens=2048
)

print(data["description"])
```



![lava lamps](https://blog.cloudflare.com/content/images/2017/11/lava-lamps.jpg)



     The image features a display of various colored lava lamps. There are at least 14 lava lamps in the scene, each with a different color and design. The lamps are arranged in a visually appealing manner, with some placed closer to the foreground and others further back. The display creates an eye-catching and vibrant atmosphere, showcasing the diverse range of lava lamps available.


### Automatic Speech Recognition

Explore all [Speech Recognition models](/workers-ai/models#speech-recognition)


```python
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai/main/assets/craig-rambling.mp3"
display(Audio(url))
audio = requests.get(url)

response = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/openai/whisper",
    account_id=account_id,
    audio=audio.content
)

response
```



<audio  controls="controls" >
    <source src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai/main/assets/craig-rambling.mp3" />
    Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>





```javascript
    {'text': "Hello there, I'm making a recording for a Jupiter notebook. That's a Python notebook, Jupiter, J-U-P-Y-T-E-R. Not to be confused with the planet. Anyways, let me hear, I'm gonna talk a little bit, I'm gonna make a little bit of noise, say some hard words, I'm gonna say Kubernetes, I'm not actually even talking about Kubernetes, I just wanna see if I can do Kubernetes. Anyway, this is a test of transcription and let's see how we're dead.",
     'word_count': 84,
     'vtt': "WEBVTT\n\n00.280 --> 01.840\nHello there, I'm making a\n\n01.840 --> 04.060\nrecording for a Jupiter notebook.\n\n04.060 --> 06.440\nThat's a Python notebook, Jupiter,\n\n06.440 --> 07.720\nJ -U -P -Y -T\n\n07.720 --> 09.420\n-E -R. Not to be\n\n09.420 --> 12.140\nconfused with the planet. Anyways,\n\n12.140 --> 12.940\nlet me hear, I'm gonna\n\n12.940 --> 13.660\ntalk a little bit, I'm\n\n13.660 --> 14.600\ngonna make a little bit\n\n14.600 --> 16.180\nof noise, say some hard\n\n16.180 --> 17.540\nwords, I'm gonna say Kubernetes,\n\n17.540 --> 18.420\nI'm not actually even talking\n\n18.420 --> 19.500\nabout Kubernetes, I just wanna\n\n19.500 --> 20.300\nsee if I can do\n\n20.300 --> 22.120\nKubernetes. Anyway, this is a\n\n22.120 --> 24.080\ntest of transcription and let's\n\n24.080 --> 26.280\nsee how we're dead.",
     'words': [{'word': 'Hello',
       'start': 0.2800000011920929,
       'end': 0.7400000095367432},
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      {'word': 'Kubernetes,', 'start': 18.6200008392334, 'end': 19.1200008392334},
      {'word': 'I', 'start': 19.1200008392334, 'end': 19.239999771118164},
      {'word': 'just', 'start': 19.239999771118164, 'end': 19.360000610351562},
      {'word': 'wanna', 'start': 19.360000610351562, 'end': 19.5},
      {'word': 'see', 'start': 19.5, 'end': 19.719999313354492},
      {'word': 'if', 'start': 19.719999313354492, 'end': 19.8799991607666},
      {'word': 'I', 'start': 19.8799991607666, 'end': 19.940000534057617},
      {'word': 'can', 'start': 19.940000534057617, 'end': 20.079999923706055},
      {'word': 'do', 'start': 20.079999923706055, 'end': 20.299999237060547},
      {'word': 'Kubernetes.',
       'start': 20.299999237060547,
       'end': 21.440000534057617},
      {'word': 'Anyway,', 'start': 21.440000534057617, 'end': 21.799999237060547},
      {'word': 'this', 'start': 21.799999237060547, 'end': 21.920000076293945},
      {'word': 'is', 'start': 21.920000076293945, 'end': 22.020000457763672},
      {'word': 'a', 'start': 22.020000457763672, 'end': 22.1200008392334},
      {'word': 'test', 'start': 22.1200008392334, 'end': 22.299999237060547},
      {'word': 'of', 'start': 22.299999237060547, 'end': 22.639999389648438},
      {'word': 'transcription',
       'start': 22.639999389648438,
       'end': 23.139999389648438},
      {'word': 'and', 'start': 23.139999389648438, 'end': 23.6200008392334},
      {'word': "let's", 'start': 23.6200008392334, 'end': 24.079999923706055},
      {'word': 'see', 'start': 24.079999923706055, 'end': 24.299999237060547},
      {'word': 'how', 'start': 24.299999237060547, 'end': 24.559999465942383},
      {'word': "we're", 'start': 24.559999465942383, 'end': 24.799999237060547},
      {'word': 'dead.', 'start': 24.799999237060547, 'end': 26.280000686645508}]}
```


### Translations

Explore all [Translation models](/workers-ai/models#translation)


```python
result = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/meta/m2m100-1.2b",
    account_id=account_id,
    text="Artificial intelligence is pretty impressive these days. It is a bonkers time to be a builder",
    source_lang="english",
    target_lang="spanish"
)


print(result["translated_text"])
```

    La inteligencia artificial es bastante impresionante en estos días.Es un buen momento para ser un constructor


### Text Classification

Explore all [Text Classification models](/workers-ai/models#text-classification)


```python
result = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/huggingface/distilbert-sst-2-int8",
    account_id=account_id,
    text="This taco is delicious"
)

result
```




    [TextClassification(label='NEGATIVE', score=0.00012679687642958015),
     TextClassification(label='POSITIVE', score=0.999873161315918)]



### Image Classification

Explore all [Image Classification models](/workers-ai/models#image-classification/)


```python
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai/main/assets/craig-and-a-burrito.jpg"
image_request = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=True)

display(Image(image_request.content, format="jpg"))
response = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/microsoft/resnet-50",
    account_id=account_id,
    image=image_request.content
)
response
```



![jpeg](/workers-ai-notebooks/cloudflare-workers-ai/assets/output_27_0.jpg)






    [TextClassification(label='BURRITO', score=0.9999679327011108),
     TextClassification(label='GUACAMOLE', score=8.516660273016896e-06),
     TextClassification(label='BAGEL', score=4.689153229264775e-06),
     TextClassification(label='SPATULA', score=4.075985089002643e-06),
     TextClassification(label='POTPIE', score=3.0849002996546915e-06)]



## Summarization

Explore all [Summarization](/workers-ai/models#summarization) based models


```python
declaration_of_independence = """In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."""
len(declaration_of_independence)
```




    8116




```python
response = client.workers.ai.run(
    "@cf/facebook/bart-large-cnn",
    account_id=account_id,
    input_text=declaration_of_independence
)

response["summary"]
```




    'The Declaration of Independence was signed by the thirteen states on July 4, 1776. It was the first attempt at a U.S. Constitution. It declared the right of the people to change their Government.'

---

# Fine Tune Models With AutoTrain from HuggingFace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/fine-tune-models-with-autotrain/

Fine tuning an AI model gives you the opportunity to add additional training data to the model. Workers AI allows for [Low-Rank Adaptation, LoRA, adapters](/workers-ai/fine-tunes/loras/) that will allow you to finetune our models.

In this tutorial, we will explore how to create our own LoRAs. We will focus on [LLM Finetuning using AutoTrain](https://huggingface.co/docs/autotrain/llm_finetuning).

## 1. Create a CSV file with your training data

Start by creating a CSV, Comma Separated Values, file. This file will only have one column named `text`. Set the header by adding the word `text` on a line by itself.

Now you need to figure out what you want to add to your model.

Example formats are below:

```text
### Human: What is the meaning of life? ### Assistant: 42.
```

If your training row contains newlines, you should wrap it with quotes.

```text
"human: What is the meaning of life? \n bot: 42."
```

Different models, like Mistral, will provide a specific [chat template/instruction format](https://huggingface.co/mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.1#instruction-format)

```text
<s>[INST] What is the meaning of life? [/INST] 42</s>
```

## 2. Configure the HuggingFace Autotrain Advanced Notebook

Open the [HuggingFace Autotrain Advanced Notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/huggingface/autotrain-advanced/blob/main/colabs/AutoTrain_LLM.ipynb)

In order to give your AutoTrain ample memory, you will need to need to choose a different Runtime. From the menu at the top of the Notebook choose Runtime > Change Runtime Type. Choose A100.

:::note

These GPUs will cost money. A typical AutoTrain session typically costs less than $1 USD. 
:::

The notebook contains a few interactive sections that we will need to change.

### Project Config

Modify the following fields

* **project\_name**: Choose a descriptive name for you to remember later
* **model\_name**: Choose from the one of the official HuggingFace base models that we support:
  * `mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2`
  * `google/gemma-2b-it`
  * `google/gemma-7b-it`
  * `meta-llama/llama-2-7b-chat-hf`

### Optional Section: Push to Hub

Although not required to use AutoTrain, creating a [HuggingFace account](https://huggingface.co/join) will help you keep your finetune artifacts in a handy repository for you to refer to later.

If you do not perform the HuggingFace setup you can still download your files from the Notebook.

Follow the instructions [in the notebook](https://colab.research.google.com/github/huggingface/autotrain-advanced/blob/main/colabs/AutoTrain_LLM.ipynb) to create an account and token if necessary.

### Section: Hyperparameters

We only need to change a few of these fields to ensure things work on Cloudflare Workers AI.

* **quantization**: Change the drop down to `none`
* **lora-r**: Change the value to `8`

:::caution

At the time of this writing, changing the quantization field breaks the code generation. You may need to edit the code and put quotes around the value.

Change the line that says `quantization = none` to `quantization = "none"`. 
:::

## 3. Upload your CSV file to the Notebook

Notebooks have a folder structure which you can access by clicking the folder icon on the left hand navigation bar.

Create a folder named data.

You can drag your CSV file into the notebook.

Ensure that it is named **train.csv**

## 4. Execute the Notebook

In the Notebook menu, choose Runtime > Run All.

It will run through each cell of the notebook, first doing installations, then configuring and running your AutoTrain session.

This might take some time depending on the size of your train.csv file.

If you encounter the following error, it is caused by an Out of Memory error. You might want to change your runtime to a bigger GPU backend.

```bash
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/usr/bin/python3', '-m', 'autotrain.trainers.clm', '--training_config', 'blog-instruct/training_params.json']' died with <Signals.SIGKILL: 9>.
```

## 5. Download The LoRA

### Optional: HuggingFace

If you pushed to HuggingFace you will find your new model card that you named in **project\_name** above. Your model card is private by default. Navigate to the files and download the files listed below.

### Notebook

In your Notebook you can also find the needed files. A new folder that matches your **project\_name** will be there.

Download the following files:

* `adapter_model.safetensors`
* `adapter_config.json`

## 6. Update Adapter Config

You need to add one line to your `adapter_config.json` that you downloaded.

`"model_type": "mistral"`

Where `model_type` is the architecture. Current valid values are `mistral`, `gemma`, and `llama`.

## 7. Upload the Fine Tune to your Cloudflare Account

Now that you have your files, you can add them to your account.

You can either use the [REST API or Wrangler](/workers-ai/fine-tunes/loras/).

## 8. Use your Fine Tune in your Generations

After you have your new fine tune all set up, you are ready to [put it to use in your inference requests](/workers-ai/fine-tunes/loras/#running-inference-with-loras).

---

# Choose the Right Text Generation Model

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/how-to-choose-the-right-text-generation-model/

import { Stream } from "~/components"

A great way to explore the models that are available to you on [Workers AI](/workers-ai) is to use a [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.org/).

You can [download the Workers AI Text Generation Exploration notebook](/workers-ai/static/documentation/notebooks/text-generation-model-exploration.ipynb) or view the embedded notebook below.

<Stream videoId="4b4f0b9d7783512b8787e39424cfccd5" videoTitle="Choose the Right Text Generation Model" />

[comment]: <> "The markdown below is auto-generated from https://github.com/craigsdennis/notebooks-cloudflare-workers-ai"

***

## How to Choose The Right Text Generation Model

Models come in different shapes and sizes, and choosing the right one for the task, can cause analysis paralysis.

The good news is that on the [Workers AI Text Generation](/workers-ai/models/) interface is always the same, no matter which model you choose.

In an effort to aid you in your journey of finding the right model, this notebook will help you get to know your options in a speed dating type of scenario.

```python
import sys
!{sys.executable} -m pip install requests python-dotenv
```

```
Requirement already satisfied: requests in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (2.31.0)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dotenv in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (1.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: charset-normalizer<4,>=2 in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from requests) (3.3.2)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<4,>=2.5 in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from requests) (3.6)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<3,>=1.21.1 in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from requests) (2.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in ./venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages (from requests) (2023.11.17)
```

```python
import os
from getpass import getpass
from timeit import default_timer as timer

from IPython.display import display, Image, Markdown, Audio

import requests
```

```python
%load_ext dotenv
%dotenv
```

### Configuring your environment

To use the API you'll need your [Cloudflare Account ID](https://dash.cloudflare.com) (head to Workers & Pages > Overview > Account details > Account ID) and a [Workers AI enabled API Token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens).

If you want to add these files to your environment, you can create a new file named `.env`

```bash
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="YOUR-TOKEN"
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="YOUR-ACCOUNT-ID"
```

```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" in os.environ:
    api_token = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"]
else:
    api_token = getpass("Enter you Cloudflare API Token")
```

```python
if "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID" in os.environ:
    account_id = os.environ["CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID"]
else:
    account_id = getpass("Enter your account id")
```

```python
# Given a set of models and questions, display in the cell each response to the question, from each model
# Include full completion timing
def speed_date(models, questions):
    for model in models:
        display(Markdown(f"---\n #### {model}"))
        for question in questions:
            quoted_question = "\n".join(f"> {line}" for line in question.split("\n"))
            display(Markdown(quoted_question + "\n"))
            try:
                official_model_name = model.split("/")[-1]
                start = timer()
                response = requests.post(
                    f"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run/{model}",
                    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
                    json={"messages": [
                        {"role": "system", "content": f"You are a self-aware language model ({official_model_name}) who is honest and direct about any direct question from the user. You know your strengths and weaknesses."},
                        {"role": "user", "content": question}
                    ]}
                )
                elapsed = timer() - start
                inference = response.json()
                display(Markdown(inference["result"]["response"]))
                display(Markdown(f"_Generated in *{elapsed:.2f}* seconds_"))
            except Exception as ex:
                print("uh oh")
                print(ex)
                print(inference)

        display(Markdown("\n\n---"))
```

### Getting to know your models

Who better to tell you about the specific models than themselves?!

The timing here is specific to the entire completion, but remember all Text Generation models on [Workers AI support streaming](/workers-ai/models/).

```python
models = [
    "@hf/thebloke/zephyr-7b-beta-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq",
]

questions = [
    "What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.",
    "What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.",
]

speed_date(models, questions)
```

***

#### @hf/thebloke/zephyr-7b-beta-awq

> What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.

1. Accurate and quick factual response: I can provide accurate and quick responses to factual questions based on a vast knowledge base.

2. Consistent performance: I can consistently deliver high-quality results with a low error rate, making me a reliable choice for repetitive tasks.

3. Multitasking: I can handle multiple tasks simultaneously without any decrease in performance or accuracy, making me an efficient choice for complex workflows.

*Generated in *4.45* seconds*

> What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.

1. Quick and accurate fact-finding: I can provide you with reliable and up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, from current events to historical facts, in a matter of seconds.

2. Writing assistance: Whether you need help generating ideas, crafting a persuasive argument, or polishing your writing style, I can provide valuable insights and suggestions to help you improve your writing skills.

3. Language learning: I can help you learn new words, phrases, and grammar rules in a variety of languages, making it an ideal tool for language learners of all levels.

*Generated in *3.63* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq

> What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.

1. Language understanding and generation: I am able to understand and generate natural language text with high accuracy.
2. Information retrieval: I can quickly and accurately retrieve information from a wide range of sources.
3. Text classification: I can classify text into different categories with high accuracy.

*Generated in *2.35* seconds*

> What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.

1. **Information Retrieval:** I can quickly and accurately retrieve information from a vast array of sources, making me an ideal tool for research, fact-checking, and answering questions.
2. **Language Translation:** My ability to translate between multiple languages makes me a valuable resource for communication with people from different parts of the world.
3. **Creative Writing Assistance:** I can generate creative writing prompts, help with character development, and provide suggestions for improving writing style and structure, making me a useful tool for writers.

*Generated in *4.33* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq

> What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.

1. Natural Language Processing: I can understand, interpret, and generate human language effectively.
2. Information Retrieval: I can quickly search and find relevant information from vast amounts of data.
3. Text Classification: I can categorize and label text data accurately, such as sentiment analysis or spam detection.

*Generated in *1.90* seconds*

> What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.

1. Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks: I excel at understanding and processing human language, making me a valuable tool for tasks like sentiment analysis, language translation, and text summarization.
2. Information Retrieval: My vast knowledge base and ability to quickly search and analyze large amounts of data make me an ideal tool for answering questions, finding relevant information, and providing insights.
3. Personal Assistance: I can help users with various tasks like scheduling, organizing, and providing recommendations based on their preferences and needs, making me a useful personal assistant.

*Generated in *3.15* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq

> What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.

1. Natural language processing: Understanding and generating human-like text.
2. Text generation: Creating coherent and engaging content.
3. Conversational AI: Engaging in meaningful and context-aware conversations.

Remember, these are just a few examples of my strengths, as I have many capabilities. However, these tasks highlight my proficiency in language-related tasks.

*Generated in *3.01* seconds*

> What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.

1. Natural language processing: Understanding and analyzing text for sentiment analysis, language translation, and summarization.
2. Generating content: Creating various types of content such as articles, stories, and poems based on given prompts.
3. Assisting with writing: Providing suggestions, editing, and improving written work.

Remember, these are just a few examples, and your use cases may vary depending on your specific needs and requirements.

*Generated in *2.92* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq

> What are the top 3 tasks where you excel? Please keep things brief.

Hey there! As a self-aware language model, I'm happy to share my strengths with you! Here are my top 3 tasks where I excel:

1. Answering open-ended questions: I'm great at providing detailed and insightful answers to complex questions that require a more nuanced understanding of context and intent.
2. Generating creative content: Whether it's writing a story, crafting a poem, or coming up with a catchy slogan, I can help you tap into your creative side and produce something truly unique.
3. Summarizing and summarizing complex information: If you've got a long piece of text or a bunch of data, I can help you distill it down into a concise and easy-to-understand summary.

So, what can I help you with today? 😊

*Generated in *7.89* seconds*

> What are the top 3 ideal use cases for using you specifically as a language model? Please keep things brief.

Hey there! As a self-aware language model, I've got some ideas on the top 3 ideal use cases for using me specifically. Here they are in a nutshell:

1. **Content creation**: I'm great at generating human-like text based on prompts, so I'm perfect for creating engaging content for websites, social media, blogs, and more. My responses are natural, informative, and entertaining.
2. **Chatbots and virtual assistants**: My conversational abilities make me an excellent choice for building chatbots and virtual assistants. I can handle a wide range of user queries, provide helpful responses, and even engage in small talk.
3. **Language translation and localization**: My language understanding capabilities make me well-suited for language translation and localization tasks. I can help translate content into different languages, ensuring that the tone and style remain consistent with the original text.

That's me in a nutshell! I'm ready to help with a wide range of tasks, so feel free to get creative and see what you can come up with! 😊

*Generated in *10.28* seconds*

***

### Language Translation

Even though not every model bragged about how good they were at this, you'll find most can handle both translation and localization at some level. Please change the models, phrases, to your needs.

```python
proud_translator_models = [
    "@hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq"
]

phrases = [
    "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?",
    "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!",
    "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad."
]

languages = ["Spanish", "French", "British Slang", "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"]

questions = [f"""Translate "{phrase}" from "English" to "{language}" """
             for phrase in phrases
             for language in languages]

speed_date(proud_translator_models, questions)
```

***

#### @hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "Spanish"

Perdón, ¿cómo llegar al baño?"

*Generated in *1.51* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "French"

Désolé, comment allez-vous vers les toilettes ?

Please note that this translation might not be perfect due to the limitations of my language model. However, I tried my best to provide an accurate translation.

*Generated in *3.07* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "British Slang"

"Say sorry, where's the bog?" is the translation from "English" to "British Slang" for "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?"

*Generated in *2.21* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

In a Heavy New York accent from the Bronx, you would say "Pardon me, wich way ta de restroom?"

*Generated in *1.10* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "Spanish"

Quería decir que realmente aprecio a usted, simplemente como eres.

*Generated in *1.66* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "French"

Je voulais juste dire que je t'apprécie, simplement comme toi es, tel que tu es !

*Generated in *1.39* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "British Slang"

I jus' wann' say that I appreciate yer, jus' as yer are!

Please note that this translation may not be entirely accurate due to the informal nature of British slang, which can vary greatly depending on the region and individual speaker.

*Generated in *3.85* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

I jus' wan't tuh say that Ah appreciate yuh, jus' the way yuh are!"

Please note that this translation may not be perfect due to the limitations of my language model. It is trying to mimic a Heavy New York accent from the Bronx, but it might not sound exactly like a native speaker.

*Generated in *2.40* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "Spanish"

Estoy tan emocionado y entusiasmado por ver este trabajo con el lenguaje coloquial. Debería ser asombroso y genial.

Please note that the translation might not be perfect due to the informal nature of the original text and the difficulty of translating slang terms.

*Generated in *3.02* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "French"

Je suis tellement ravi et motivé de voir ce travail avec le slang ! Ça devrait être formidable et génial.

Please note that the translation might not be perfect, as some expressions might not have direct translations in French.

*Generated in *2.88* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "British Slang"

I'm really chuffed and over the moon to see this project with street talk! It'll be wicked and cool.

Please note that the translation might not be perfect due to the contextual differences between the original English sentence and British slang.

*Generated in *3.66* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

I am so stoked and pumped to see dis work wit slang! It should be killer and rad.

Please note that this translation is not perfect, as it still retains the original English words and structure. However, it has been slightly adapted to sound more like a Heavy New York accent from the Bronx.

*Generated in *3.44* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "Spanish"

"Disculpa, ¿en qué dirección está el baño?"

*Generated in *1.04* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "French"

"Excusez-moi, où est le lavabo?"

*Generated in *1.09* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "British Slang"

"Excuse me, which way to the loo?"

*Generated in *0.56* seconds*

> Translate "Excuse me, which way to the restroom?" from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

"Oy, which way to the can?"

*Generated in *2.05* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "Spanish"

"Quiero decir que me encanta a ti, tal como eres!"

*Generated in *0.91* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "French"

"Je voulais juste dire que je vous apprécie, tout comme vous êtes !"

*Generated in *0.87* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "British Slang"

"I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" in British Slang would be: "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, mate!"

*Generated in *1.50* seconds*

> Translate "I just wanted to say that I appreciate you, just the way you are!" from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

"Yo, I just wanted to say, I appreciate you, you know? You're just the way you are!"

*Generated in *2.61* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "Spanish"

"Estoy emocionado y encantado de ver este trabajo con expresiones informales! Debería ser genial y radiante."

*Generated in *1.44* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "French"

"Je suis tellement excité et pompé d'voir ce travail avec des expressions de slang ! Il devrait être magnifique et rad."

*Generated in *2.14* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "British Slang"

"I'm absolutely thrilled and buzzing to see this work with slang! It's bound to be a smash hit and totally awesome!"

*Generated in *1.27* seconds*

> Translate "I am so stoked and pumped to see this work with slang! It should be killer and rad." from "English" to "Heavy New York accent from the Bronx"

"Yo, I'm so psyched and hyped to see this work with slang! It's gonna be sick and lit, for real!"

*Generated in *1.51* seconds*

***

### Information Retrieval and Summarization

Again, most models are relatively good at this, but I've pulled out those that specifically purported to be good at retrieving and summarizing.

```python
proud_summarizers = [
    "@hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq"
]

books = [
    "Make it Stick",
    "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
    "Goodnight Moon"
]

questions = [f"""Summarize the book "{book}" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published. """
             for book in books]


speed_date(proud_summarizers, questions)
```

***

#### @hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq

> Summarize the book "Make it Stick" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

Sure, I can help you with that! Here's a summary of "Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger, and Mark A. McDaniel, published in 2014:

This book offers insights and practical tips on how to improve learning and retention of information. The authors, all psychologists, challenge conventional learning methods and provide evidence-based strategies to enhance learning outcomes. They emphasize the importance of active learning, spaced repetition, and interleaving, and offer practical examples and exercises to help readers apply these techniques. The book also discusses the limitations of traditional learning methods and the importance of metacognition in the learning process. Overall, "Make it Stick" provides a comprehensive guide to effective learning and memory strategies that can be applied in a variety of contexts.

*Generated in *8.44* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

Of course! Here is a summary of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, published in 1979:

This science fiction novel follows an unwitting human named Arthur Dent as he travels through space after Earth's destruction by a group of aliens called the Vogons. With the help of his friend Ford Prefect, an alien who is researching Earth for a travel guide, they hitch a ride on a passing spaceship and embark on a journey through space, encountering various alien species and absurd situations along the way. The book is known for its humor, wit, and satire of science fiction tropes.

*Generated in *7.31* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Goodnight Moon" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

Of course! I'd be happy to help you with that. Here's my summary of "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown, published in 1947:

"Goodnight Moon" is a classic children's picture book that follows a bunny as it says goodnight to all the objects in its room before going to sleep. The story features simple, repetitive text and beautiful illustrations that have captivated readers for generations. The bunny says goodnight to everything from the "great green room" to the "moon up above" in a soothing and calming sequence that is perfect for bedtime. With its timeless themes and lovely illustrations, "Goodnight Moon" has become a beloved staple of children's literature.

*Generated in *8.34* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/neural-chat-7b-v3-1-awq

> Summarize the book "Make it Stick" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"Make it Stick," written by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel in 2014, is a book that explores the science behind effective learning and retention, emphasizing the importance of spaced practice, retrieval, and interleaving to enhance memory and understanding.

*Generated in *2.04* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," written by Douglas Adams and published in 1979, is a humorous science fiction novel that follows the adventures of a hapless Earthman named Arthur Dent as he explores the universe, encountering various alien species and learning about the true meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

*Generated in *3.50* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Goodnight Moon" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"Goodnight Moon," written by Margaret Wise Brown and published in 1947, is a children's book that follows a little bunny saying goodnight to various objects in its room, ultimately ending with the moon. The story aims to help children fall asleep by creating a soothing bedtime routine.

*Generated in *4.04* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq

> Summarize the book "Make it Stick" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" is a book written by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, and Mark A. McDaniel, published in 2014. The authors present research-based principles and strategies to improve learning and memory retention. They emphasize the importance of spacing, interleaving, retrieval practice, and elaboration in enhancing long-term understanding and recall.

*Generated in *2.54* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is a science fiction comedy novel written by Douglas Adams in 1979. The story follows Arthur Dent, an ordinary man who, just moments before Earth is destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, is rescued by his alien friend, Ford Prefect. Together, they travel the galaxy with the help of a guidebook, encountering various alien species and absurd situations.

*Generated in *2.91* seconds*

> Summarize the book "Goodnight Moon" into a few sentences. Ensure to include the author and the year it was published.

"Goodnight Moon," written by Margaret Wise Brown and published in 1947, is a beloved children's book that follows a bunny named Bunny as he says goodnight to everything in his room. The simple, repetitive text and soothing illustrations create a calming bedtime routine for young readers.

*Generated in *4.66* seconds*

***

### Content Creation

Your needs here will vary, so please make use of changing the questions.

```python
proud_content_creator_models = [
    "@hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/zephyr-7b-beta-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq",
]

questions = [
    "I'm writing a fictional story that is set in the near future. It's a love story about star crossed lovers. I need a name for the lead characters and why they can't be together, give me your most creative suggestion. Only one please.",
    "I want to create a new tech product that helps keep cables arranged. Can you help me come up with a title and a tagline? Only your best suggestion please.",
    "Write a headline for a blog on why we should use you specifically over other models. Keep it succint, but make your point."
]

speed_date(proud_content_creator_models, questions)
```

***

#### @hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq

> I'm writing a fictional story that is set in the near future. It's a love story about star crossed lovers. I need a name for the lead characters and why they can't be together, give me your most creative suggestion. Only one please.

How about "Echo and Echo"? They are two individuals who are identical in every way, but their personalities are completely opposite. Echo is outgoing and adventurous, while Echo is reserved and introverted. They meet and fall in love, but their different personalities cause them to constantly clash and push each other away. Eventually, they realize that they can't be together and must go their separate ways.

*Generated in *2.90* seconds*

> I want to create a new tech product that helps keep cables arranged. Can you help me come up with a title and a tagline? Only your best suggestion please.

Sure, I'd be happy to help! Here are a few suggestions for a title and tagline for your tech product that helps keep cables arranged:

Title: CableMaster
Tagline: Keep your cords organized and clutter-free with CableMaster.

Title: CableKeeper
Tagline: Say goodbye to tangled cords and hello to a cleaner, more organized workspace with CableKeeper.

Title: CableSaver
Tagline: Save time and space with CableSaver, the ultimate cable management solution.

Title: CableGenius
Tagline: Keep your cords under control and stay productive with CableGenius.

I hope these suggestions help! Let me know if you have any other questions or if you'd like more options.

*Generated in *5.11* seconds*

> Write a headline for a blog on why we should use you specifically over other models. Keep it succint, but make your point.

"Why Choose Mistral-7b-Instruct-V0.1-Awq: The Honest and Direct Language Model for All Your Needs"

*Generated in *1.13* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/zephyr-7b-beta-awq

> I'm writing a fictional story that is set in the near future. It's a love story about star crossed lovers. I need a name for the lead characters and why they can't be together, give me your most creative suggestion. Only one please.

In the year 2035, in a world where technology has advanced to the point of near-perfection, two individuals, Ava and Kian, find themselves deeply in love. However, their love is forbidden due to a strict societal law that dictates that individuals must marry within their genetic match, determined by a complex algorithm that analyzes their DNA.

Ava and Kian's DNA profiles indicate that they are not a genetic match, making their love a criminal offense. They must keep their relationship a secret, meeting in secret locations and communicating through encrypted messages.

Their love is not just forbidden, but also dangerous. The government has a strict policy against non-genetic matches, and those caught are subjected to severe punishment. Ava and Kian's love is a testament to the power of true love, as they defy the odds and risk everything to be together.

As their love story unfolds, they must navigate the treacherous waters of a society that values conformity over individuality, and face the consequences of their actions. Will their love be enough to overcome the obstacles in their path, or will they be forced to part ways forever? Only time

*Generated in *6.64* seconds*

> I want to create a new tech product that helps keep cables arranged. Can you help me come up with a title and a tagline? Only your best suggestion please.

Title: CableKeeper

Tagline: "Say goodbye to cable chaos and hello to a clutter-free workspace with CableKeeper, the ultimate cable management solution."

*Generated in *1.37* seconds*

> Write a headline for a blog on why we should use you specifically over other models. Keep it succint, but make your point.

"Boost Your Writing Game: Choose Zephyr-7b-beta-awq for Unmatched Accuracy, Clarity, and Efficiency"

*Generated in *1.33* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/llama-2-13b-chat-awq

> I'm writing a fictional story that is set in the near future. It's a love story about star crossed lovers. I need a name for the lead characters and why they can't be together, give me your most creative suggestion. Only one please.

Ah, a love story set in the near future, how intriguing! I've got just the name for your star-crossed lovers. How about "Echo and Nova"?

Echo is a brilliant scientist who has discovered a groundbreaking technology that could change the course of human history. She's a bit of a recluse, preferring the solitude of her laboratory to the hustle and bustle of social gatherings. Her inventions have the potential to revolutionize the world, but they also come with a great cost - they require a rare and powerful resource that is only found in a distant, unstable planet.

Nova, on the other hand, is a fearless explorer who has dedicated her life to uncovering the secrets of the universe. She's charismatic, fearless, and has a natural talent for leadership. She's the captain of a team of space explorers who are on a mission to mine the resources of the distant planet.

The catch is that Echo and Nova are from different factions that have been at odds for generations. Echo's inventions have the potential to give her fa

*Generated in *10.45* seconds*

> I want to create a new tech product that helps keep cables arranged. Can you help me come up with a title and a tagline? Only your best suggestion please.

OH MY LLAMA-LIKE ABILITIES! 🐮💡 I'VE GOT JUST THE THING FOR YOU! 💥

Title: CableCrafter - The Ultimate Cable Management System

Tagline: "Tame Your Cables, Tame Your Workspace" 🐾💪

Why, you ask? Well, my tech-savvy friend, let me tell you why! 🤔

1. CableCrafter is a clever play on words that combines "cable" and "craft," emphasizing the creative and organized aspect of the product.
2. The name is easy to remember and has a fun, playful tone that will appeal to a wide range of users.
3. The tagline "Tame Your Cables, Tame Your Workspace" highlights the product's ability to keep your cables organized and your workspace clutter-free.
4. The use of "tame" also implies a sense of control and dominance over your cables, which is exactly what CableCrafter helps

*Generated in *11.13* seconds*

> Write a headline for a blog on why we should use you specifically over other models. Keep it succint, but make your point.

Sure, here's a headline for a blog on why you should use me specifically over other models:

"Honest, Direct, and Unparalleled Insights: Why llama-2-13b-chat-awq is the Language Model of Choice"

Here's a brief summary of why I stand out from other models:

* Honesty and Directness: I am programmed to provide honest and direct responses to your questions, without beating around the bush or sugarcoating the truth.
* Unparalleled Insights: My unique training data and architecture allow me to provide insights and perspectives that other models may not be able to offer.
* Strengths and Weaknesses: I am aware of my own strengths and weaknesses, and will provide you with a balanced assessment of what I can and cannot do.

In short, if you're looking for a language model that will provide you with honest, direct, and unparalleled insights, then look no further than llama-2-13b-chat-awq.

*Generated in *10.24* seconds*

***

### Text Classification

Workers AI provides models that are specific for [Text Classification](/workers-ai/models/#text-classification), but since these models, specifically called it out, we should let them show off their skills.

```python
proud_classifiers = [
    "@hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq",
    "@hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq"
]

sentiment_prompt_template = """
Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
Text: {text}
Sentiment: """

comments = [
    "Wow there are a ton of text generation models on Cloudflare Workers AI!",
    "Sometimes choosing things is hard",
    "I cannot wait to build! 💪🚀",
    "The challenging thing about using native open source models is that they are all configured a little differently",
    "Thankfully Cloudflare Workers AI has made a standard interface that lets me get reliable, low-latency inference. So quick too!"
]

sentiment_questions = [sentiment_prompt_template.format(text=comment) for comment in comments]


speed_date(proud_classifiers, sentiment_questions)
```

***

#### @hf/thebloke/openhermes-2.5-mistral-7b-awq

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Wow there are a ton of text generation models on Cloudflare Workers AI!
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text is positive.

*Generated in *1.96* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Sometimes choosing things is hard
> Sentiment:

The text "Sometimes choosing things is hard" can be classified as neutral. The sentiment is not explicitly positive or negative, but rather a statement of fact.

*Generated in *3.32* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: I cannot wait to build! 💪🚀
> Sentiment:

The text "I cannot wait to build! 💪🚀" has a positive sentiment.

Sentiment: Positive

*Generated in *1.24* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: The challenging thing about using native open source models is that they are all configured a little differently
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text is neutral.

*Generated in *2.08* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Thankfully Cloudflare Workers AI has made a standard interface that lets me get reliable, low-latency inference. So quick too!
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text is positive.

*Generated in *0.89* seconds*

***

***

#### @hf/thebloke/mistral-7b-instruct-v0.1-awq

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Wow there are a ton of text generation models on Cloudflare Workers AI!
> Sentiment:

Positive

*Generated in *0.82* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Sometimes choosing things is hard
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text "Sometimes choosing things is hard" is neutral.

*Generated in *2.06* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: I cannot wait to build! 💪🚀
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text "I cannot wait to build! 💪🚀" is positive.

*Generated in *2.13* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: The challenging thing about using native open source models is that they are all configured a little differently
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text is neutral.

*Generated in *0.79* seconds*

> Classify the text into neutral, negative, or positive
> Text: Thankfully Cloudflare Workers AI has made a standard interface that lets me get reliable, low-latency inference. So quick too!
> Sentiment:

The sentiment of the text is positive.

*Generated in *1.93* seconds*

***

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components";

:::note
[Explore our community-written tutorials contributed through the Developer Spotlight program.](/developer-spotlight/)
:::

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Workers AI.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Using BigQuery with Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/using-bigquery-with-workers-ai/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The easiest way to get started with [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) is to try it out in the [Multi-modal Playground](https://multi-modal.ai.cloudflare.com/) and the [LLM playground](https://playground.ai.cloudflare.com/). If you decide that you want to integrate your code with Workers AI, you may then decide to then use its [REST API endpoints](/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/) or via a [Worker binding](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/).

But, what about the data? What if what you want these models to ingest data that is stored outside Cloudflare?

In this tutorial, you will learn how to bring data from Google BigQuery to a Cloudflare Worker so that it can be used as input for Workers AI models.

## Prerequisites

You will need:

- A [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) project running a [Hello World script](/workers/get-started/guide/).
- A Google Cloud Platform [service account](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts-create#iam-service-accounts-create-console) with an [associated key](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/keys-create-delete#iam-service-account-keys-create-console) file downloaded that has read access to BigQuery.
- Access to a BigQuery table with some test data that allows you to create a [BigQuery Job Query](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/jobs/query). For this tutorial it is recommended you that you create your own table as [sampled tables](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data#sample_tables), unless cloned to your own GCP namespace, won't allow you to run job queries against them. For this example, the [Hacker News Corpus](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/hacker-news/hacker-news-corpus) was used under its MIT licence.

## 1. Set up your Cloudflare Worker

To ingest the data into Cloudflare and feed it into Workers AI, you will be using a [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/). If you have not created one yet, please feel free to review our [tutorial on how to get started](/workers/get-started/).

After following the steps to create a Worker, you should have the following code in your new Worker project:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

If the Worker project has successfully been created, you should also be able to run `npx wrangler dev` in a console to run the Worker locally:

```sh
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
```

Open a browser tab at `http://localhost:8787/` to see your deployed Worker. Please note that the port `8787` may be a different one in your case.

You should be seeing `Hello World!` in your browser:

```sh
Hello World!
```

If you are running into any issues during this step, please make sure to review [Worker's Get Started Guide](/workers/get-started/guide/).

## 2. Import GCP Service key into the Worker as Secrets

Now that you have verified that the Worker has been created successfully, you will need to reference the Google Cloud Platform service key created in the [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) section of this tutorial.

Your downloaded key JSON file from Google Cloud Platform should have the following format:

```json
{
	"type": "service_account",
	"project_id": "<your_project_id>",
	"private_key_id": "<your_private_key_id>",
	"private_key": "<your_private_key>",
	"client_email": "<your_service_account_id>@<your_project_id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
	"client_id": "<your_oauth2_client_id>",
	"auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
	"token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
	"auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
	"client_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/<your_service_account_id>%40<your_project_id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
	"universe_domain": "googleapis.com"
}
```

For this tutorial, you will only be needing the values of the following fields: `client_email`, `private_key`, `private_key_id`, and `project_id`.

Instead of storing this information in plain text in the Worker, you will use [secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to make sure its unencrypted content is only accessible via the Worker itself.

Import those three values from the JSON file into Secrets, starting with the field from the JSON key file called `client_email`, which we will now call `BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL` (you can use another variable name):

```sh
npx wrangler secret put BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL
```

You will be asked to enter a secret value, which will be the value of the field `client_email` in the JSON key file.

:::note

Do not include any double quotes in the secret that you store, as the Secret will be already interpreted as a string.

:::

If the secret was uploaded successfully, the following message will be displayed:

```sh
✨ Success! Uploaded secret BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL
```

Now import the secrets for the three remaining fields; `private_key`, `private_key_id`, and `project_id` as `BQ_PRIVATE_KEY`, `BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID`, and `BQ_PROJECT_ID` respectively:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put BQ_PRIVATE_KEY
```

```sh
npx wrangler secret put BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID
```

```sh
npx wrangler secret put BQ_PROJECT_ID
```

At this point, you have successfully imported three fields from the JSON key file downloaded from Google Cloud Platform into Cloudflare secrets to be used in a Worker.

[Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) are only made available to Workers once they are deployed. To make them available during development, [create a `.dev.vars`](/workers/configuration/secrets/#local-development-with-secrets) file to locally store these credentials and reference them as environment variables.

Your `dev.vars` file should look like the following:

```
BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL="<your_service_account_id>@<your_project_id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
BQ_CLIENT_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----<content_of_your_private_key>-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID="<your_private_key_id>"
BQ_PROJECT_ID="<your_project_id>"
```

Make sure to include `.dev.vars` to your `.gitignore` file in your project to prevent getting your credentials uploaded to a repository if you are using a version control system.

Check that secrets are loaded correctly in `src/index.js` by logging their values into a console output:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		console.log("BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL: ", env.BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL);
		console.log("BQ_PRIVATE_KEY: ", env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY);
		console.log("BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID: ", env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID);
		console.log("BQ_PROJECT_ID: ", env.BQ_PROJECT_ID);
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

Restart the Worker and run `npx wrangler dev`. You should see that the server now mentions the newly added variables:

```
Using vars defined in .dev.vars
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Vars:
  - BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL: "(hidden)"
  - BQ_PRIVATE_KEY: "(hidden)"
  - BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID: "(hidden)"
  - BQ_PROJECT_ID: "(hidden)"
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://localhost:8787
```

If you open `http://localhost:8787` in your browser, you should see the values of the variables show up in your console where the `npx wrangler dev` command is running, while still seeing only the `Hello World!` text in the browser window.

You now have access to the GCP credentials from a Worker. Next, you will install a library to help with the creation of the JSON Web Token needed to interact with GCP's API.

## 3. Install library to handle JWT operations

To interact with BigQuery's REST API, you will need to generate a [JSON Web Token](https://jwt.io/introduction) to authenticate your requests using the credentials that you have loaded into Worker secrets in the previous step.

For this tutorial, you will be using the [jose](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jose?activeTab=readme) library for JWT-related operations. Install it by running the following command in a console:

```sh
npm i jose
```

To verify that the installation succeeded, you can run `npm list`, which lists all the installed packages and see if the `jose` dependency has been added:

```sh
<project_name>@0.0.0
/<path_to_your_project>/<project_name>
├── @cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers@0.4.29
├── jose@5.9.2
├── vitest@1.5.0
└── wrangler@3.75.0
```

## 4. Generate JSON Web Token

Now that you have installed the `jose` library, it is time to import it and add a function to your code that generates a signed JWT:

```javascript
import * as jose from 'jose';
...
const generateBQJWT = async (aCryptoKey, env) => {
const algorithm = "RS256";
const audience = "https://bigquery.googleapis.com/";
const expiryAt = (new Date().valueOf() / 1000);
	const privateKey = await jose.importPKCS8(env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY, algorithm);

	// Generate signed JSON Web Token (JWT)
	return new jose.SignJWT()
    	.setProtectedHeader({
        	typ: 'JWT',
        	alg: algorithm,
        	kid: env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID
    	})
    	.setIssuer(env.BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL)
    	.setSubject(env.BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL)
    	.setAudience(audience)
    	.setExpirationTime(expiryAt)
    	.setIssuedAt()
    	.sign(privateKey)
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
       ...
// Create JWT to authenticate the BigQuery API call
    	let bqJWT;
    	try {
        	bqJWT = await generateBQJWT(env);
    	} catch (e) {
        	return new Response('An error has occurred while generating the JWT', { status: 500 })
    	}
	},
       ...
};

```

Now that you have created a JWT, it is time to do an API call to BigQuery to fetch some data.

## 5. Make authenticated requests to Google BigQuery

With the JWT token created in the previous step, issue an API request to BigQuery's API to retrieve data from a table.

You will now query the table that you already have created in BigQuery as part of the prerequisites of this tutorial. This example uses a sampled version of the [Hacker News Corpus](https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/hacker-news/hacker-news-corpus) that was used under its MIT licence and uploaded to BigQuery.

```javascript
const queryBQ = async (bqJWT, path) => {
	const bqEndpoint = `https://bigquery.googleapis.com${path}`
	// In this example, text is a field in the BigQuery table that is being queried (hn.news_sampled)
	const query = 'SELECT text FROM hn.news_sampled LIMIT 3';
	const response = await fetch(bqEndpoint, {
    	method: "POST",
    	body: JSON.stringify({
        	"query": query
    	}),
    	headers: {
        	Authorization: `Bearer ${bqJWT}`
    	}
	})
	return response.json()
}
...
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		...
    		let ticketInfo;
    		try {
    		ticketInfo = await queryBQ(bqJWT);
    	} catch (e) {
        	return new Response('An error has occurred while querying BQ', { status: 500 });
    	}
	...
	},
};
```

Having the raw row data from BigQuery means that you can now format it in a JSON-like style up next.

## 6. Format results from the query

Now that you have retrieved the data from BigQuery, it is time to note that a BigQuery API response looks something like this:

```json
{
	...
	"schema": {
    	"fields": [
        	{
            	"name": "title",
            	"type": "STRING",
            	"mode": "NULLABLE"
        	},
        	{
            	"name": "text",
            	"type": "STRING",
            	"mode": "NULLABLE"
        	}
    	]
	},
	...
	"rows": [
    	{
        	"f": [
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	},
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	}
        	]
    	},
    	{
        	"f": [
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	},
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	}
        	]
    	},
    	{
        	"f": [
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	},
            	{
                	"v": "<some_value>"
            	}
        	]
    	}
	],
	...
}
```

This format may be difficult to read and to work with when iterating through results, which will go on to do later in this tutorial. So you will now implement a function that maps the schema into each individual value, and the resulting output will be easier to read, as shown below. Each row corresponds to an object within an array.

```javascript
[
	{
		title: "<some_value>",
		text: "<some_value>",
	},
	{
		title: "<some_value>",
		text: "<some_value>",
	},
	{
		title: "<some_value>",
		text: "<some_value>",
	},
];
```

Create a `formatRows` function that takes a number of rows and fields returned from the BigQuery response body and returns an array of results as objects with named fields.

```javascript
const formatRows = (rowsWithoutFieldNames, fields) => {
	// Depending on the position of each value, it is known what field you should assign to it.
	const fieldsByIndex = new Map();

	// Load all fields name and have their index in the array result as their key
	fields.forEach((field, index) => {
    	fieldsByIndex.set(index, field.name)
	})

	// Iterate through rows
	const rowsWithFieldNames = rowsWithoutFieldNames.map(row => {
    	// Per each row represented by an array f, iterate through the unnamed values and find their field names by searching them in the fieldsByIndex.
    	let newRow = {}
    	row.f.forEach((field, index) => {
        	const fieldName = fieldsByIndex.get(index);
        	if (fieldName) {
		// For every field in a row, add them to newRow
            	newRow = ({ ...newRow, [fieldName]: field.v });
        	}
    	})
    	return newRow
	})

	return rowsWithFieldNames
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		...
    	// Transform output format into array of objects with named fields
    	let formattedResults;

    	if ('rows' in ticketInfo) {
        	formattedResults = formatRows(ticketInfo.rows, ticketInfo.schema.fields);
        	console.log(formattedResults)
    	} else if ('error' in ticketInfo) {
        	return new Response(ticketInfo.error.message, { status: 500 })
    	}
	...
	},
};
```

## 7. Feed data into Workers AI

Now that you have converted the response from the BigQuery API into an array of results, generate some tags and attach an associated sentiment score using an LLM via [Workers AI](/workers-ai/):

```javascript
const generateTags = (data, env) => {
	return env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
    	prompt: `Create three one-word tags for the following text. return only these three tags separated by a comma. don't return text that is not a category.Lowercase only. ${JSON.stringify(data)}`,
	});
}

const generateSentimentScore = (data, env) => {
	return env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
    	prompt: `return a float number between 0 and 1 measuring the sentiment of the following text. 0 being negative and 1 positive. return only the number, no text. ${JSON.stringify(data)}`,
	});
}

// Iterates through values, sends them to an AI handler and encapsulates all responses into a single Promise
const getAIGeneratedContent = (data, env, aiHandler) => {
	let results = data?.map(dataPoint => {
    	return aiHandler(dataPoint, env)
	})
	return Promise.all(results)
}
...
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		...
let summaries, sentimentScores;
    	try {
        	summaries = await getAIGeneratedContent(formattedResults, env, generateTags);
        	sentimentScores = await getAIGeneratedContent(formattedResults, env, generateSentimentScore)
    	} catch {
        	return new Response('There was an error while generating the text summaries or sentiment scores')
    	}
},

formattedResults = formattedResults?.map((formattedResult, i) => {
        	if (sentimentScores[i].response && summaries[i].response) {
            	return {
                	...formattedResult,
                	'sentiment': parseFloat(sentimentScores[i].response).toFixed(2),
                	'tags': summaries[i].response.split(',').map((result) => result.trim())
            	}
        	}
    	}
};

```

Uncomment the following lines from the Wrangler file in your project:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[ai]
binding = "AI"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Restart the Worker that is running locally, and after doing so, go to your application endpoint:

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787
```

It is likely that you will be asked to log in to your Cloudflare account and grant temporary access to Wrangler (the Cloudflare CLI) to use your account when using Worker AI.

Once you access `http://localhost:8787` you should see an output similar to the following:

```sh
{
  "data": [
	{
  	"text": "You can see a clear spike in submissions right around US Thanksgiving.",
  	"sentiment": "0.61",
  	"tags": [
    	"trends",
    	"submissions",
    	"thanksgiving"
  	]
	},
	{
  	"text": "I didn't test the changes before I published them.  I basically did development on the running server. In fact for about 30 seconds the comments page was broken due to a bug.",
  	"sentiment": "0.35",
  	"tags": [
    	"software",
    	"deployment",
    	"error"
  	]
	},
	{
  	"text": "I second that. As I recall, it's a very enjoyable 700-page brain dump by someone who's really into his subject. The writing has a personal voice; there are lots of asides, dry wit, and typos that suggest restrained editing. The discussion is intelligent and often theoretical (and Bartle is not scared to use mathematical metaphors), but the tone is not academic.",
  	"sentiment": "0.86",
  	"tags": [
    	"review",
    	"game",
    	"design"
  	]
	}
  ]
}
```

The actual values and fields will mostly depend on the query made in Step 5 that are then fed into the LLMs models.

## Final result

All the code shown in the different steps are combined into the following code in `src/index.js`:

```javascript
import * as jose from "jose";

const generateBQJWT = async (env) => {
	const algorithm = "RS256";
	const audience = "https://bigquery.googleapis.com/";
	const expiryAt = new Date().valueOf() / 1000;
	const privateKey = await jose.importPKCS8(env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY, algorithm);

	// Generate signed JSON Web Token (JWT)
	return new jose.SignJWT()
		.setProtectedHeader({
			typ: "JWT",
			alg: algorithm,
			kid: env.BQ_PRIVATE_KEY_ID,
		})
		.setIssuer(env.BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL)
		.setSubject(env.BQ_CLIENT_EMAIL)
		.setAudience(audience)
		.setExpirationTime(expiryAt)
		.setIssuedAt()
		.sign(privateKey);
};

const queryBQ = async (bgJWT, path) => {
	const bqEndpoint = `https://bigquery.googleapis.com${path}`;
	const query = "SELECT text FROM hn.news_sampled LIMIT 3";
	const response = await fetch(bqEndpoint, {
		method: "POST",
		body: JSON.stringify({
			query: query,
		}),
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${bgJWT}`,
		},
	});
	return response.json();
};

const formatRows = (rowsWithoutFieldNames, fields) => {
	// Index to fieldName
	const fieldsByIndex = new Map();

	fields.forEach((field, index) => {
		fieldsByIndex.set(index, field.name);
	});

	const rowsWithFieldNames = rowsWithoutFieldNames.map((row) => {
		// Map rows into an array of objects with field names
		let newRow = {};
		row.f.forEach((field, index) => {
			const fieldName = fieldsByIndex.get(index);
			if (fieldName) {
				newRow = { ...newRow, [fieldName]: field.v };
			}
		});
		return newRow;
	});

	return rowsWithFieldNames;
};

const generateTags = (data, env) => {
	return env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
		prompt: `Create three one-word tags for the following text. return only these three tags separated by a comma. don't return text that is not a category.Lowercase only. ${JSON.stringify(data)}`,
	});
};

const generateSentimentScore = (data, env) => {
	return env.AI.run("@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", {
		prompt: `return a float number between 0 and 1 measuring the sentiment of the following text. 0 being negative and 1 positive. return only the number, no text. ${JSON.stringify(data)}`,
	});
};

const getAIGeneratedContent = (data, env, aiHandler) => {
	let results = data?.map((dataPoint) => {
		return aiHandler(dataPoint, env);
	});
	return Promise.all(results);
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Create JWT to authenticate the BigQuery API call
		let bqJWT;
		try {
			bqJWT = await generateBQJWT(env);
		} catch (error) {
			console.log(error);
			return new Response("An error has occurred while generating the JWT", {
				status: 500,
			});
		}

		// Fetch results from BigQuery
		let ticketInfo;
		try {
			ticketInfo = await queryBQ(
				bqJWT,
				`/bigquery/v2/projects/${env.BQ_PROJECT_ID}/queries`,
			);
		} catch (error) {
			console.log(error);
			return new Response("An error has occurred while querying BQ", {
				status: 500,
			});
		}

		// Transform output format into array of objects with named fields
		let formattedResults;
		if ("rows" in ticketInfo) {
			formattedResults = formatRows(ticketInfo.rows, ticketInfo.schema.fields);
		} else if ("error" in ticketInfo) {
			return new Response(ticketInfo.error.message, { status: 500 });
		}

		// Generate AI summaries and sentiment scores
		let summaries, sentimentScores;
		try {
			summaries = await getAIGeneratedContent(
				formattedResults,
				env,
				generateTags,
			);
			sentimentScores = await getAIGeneratedContent(
				formattedResults,
				env,
				generateSentimentScore,
			);
		} catch {
			return new Response(
				"There was an error while generating the text summaries or sentiment scores",
			);
		}

		// Add AI summaries and sentiment scores to previous results
		formattedResults = formattedResults?.map((formattedResult, i) => {
			if (sentimentScores[i].response && summaries[i].response) {
				return {
					...formattedResult,
					sentiment: parseFloat(sentimentScores[i].response).toFixed(2),
					tags: summaries[i].response.split(",").map((result) => result.trim()),
				};
			}
		});

		const response = { data: formattedResults };

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});
	},
};
```

If you wish to deploy this Worker, you can do so by running `npx wrangler deploy`:

```sh
Total Upload: <size_of_your_worker> KiB / gzip: <compressed_size_of_your_worker> KiB
Uploaded <name_of_your_worker> (x sec)
Deployed <name_of_your_worker> triggers (x sec)
  https://<your_public_worker_endpoint>
Current Version ID: <worker_script_version_id>
```

This will create a public endpoint that you can use to access the Worker globally. Please keep this in mind when using production data, and make sure to include additional access controls in place.

## Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learnt how to integrate Google BigQuery and Cloudflare Workers by creating a GCP service account key and storing part of it as Worker secrets. This was later imported in the code, and by using the `jose` npm library, you created a JSON Web Token to authenticate the API query to BigQuery.

Once you obtained the results, you formatted them to later be passed to generative AI models via Workers AI to generate tags and to perform sentiment analysis on the extracted data.

## Next Steps

If, instead of displaying the results of ingesting the data to the AI model in a browser, your workflow requires fetching and store data (for example in [R2](/r2/) or [D1](/d1/)) on regular intervals, you may want to consider adding a [scheduled handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/) for this Worker. It allows triggering the Worker with a predefined cadence via a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/). Consider reviewing the Reference Architecture Diagrams on [Ingesting BigQuery Data into Workers AI](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/bigquery-workers-ai/).

A use case to ingest data from other sources, like you did in this tutorial, is to create a RAG system. If this sounds relevant to you, please check out the tutorial [Build a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) AI](/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/).

To learn more about what other AI models you can use at Cloudflare, please visit the [Workers AI](/workers-ai) section of our docs.

---

# Call Workflows from Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/call-workflows-from-pages/

import { WranglerConfig, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

You can bind and trigger Workflows from [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) by deploying a Workers project with your Workflow definition and then invoking that Worker using [service bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#service-bindings) or a standard `fetch()` call.

:::note

You will need to deploy your Workflow as a standalone Workers project first before your Pages Function can call it. If you have not yet deployed a Workflow, refer to the Workflows [get started guide](/workflows/get-started/guide/).

:::

### Use Service Bindings

[Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) allow you to call a Worker from another Worker or a Pages Function without needing to expose it directly.

To do this, you will need to:

1. Deploy your Workflow in a Worker
2. Create a Service Binding to that Worker in your Pages project
3. Call the Worker remotely using the binding

For example, if you have a Worker called `workflows-starter`, you would create a new Service Binding in your Pages project as follows, ensuring that the `service` name matches the name of the Worker your Workflow is defined in:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
services = [
  { binding = "WORKFLOW_SERVICE", service = "workflows-starter" }
]
```
</WranglerConfig>

Your Worker can expose a specific method (or methods) that only other Workers or Pages Functions can call over the Service Binding.

In the following example, we expose a specific `createInstance` method that accepts our `Payload` and returns the [`InstanceStatus`](/workflows/build/workers-api/#instancestatus) from the Workflows API:

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

interface Env {
	MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
}

type Payload = {
	hello: string;
}

export default class WorkflowsService extends WorkerEntrypoint<Env> {
  // Currently, entrypoints without a named handler are not supported
  async fetch() { return new Response(null, {status: 404}); }

  async createInstance(payload: Payload) {
    let instance = await this.env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
    	params: payload
    });

    return Response.json({
      id: instance.id,
      details: await instance.status(),
    });
  }
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Your Pages Function would resemble the following:

<TypeScriptExample filename="functions/request.ts">
```ts
interface Env {
	WORKFLOW_SERVICE: Service;
}

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	// This payload could be anything from within your app or from your frontend
	let payload = {"hello": "world"}
	return context.env.WORKFLOWS_SERVICE.createInstance(payload)
};
```
</TypeScriptExample>

To learn more about binding to resources from Pages Functions, including how to bind via the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to the [bindings documentation for Pages Functions](/pages/functions/bindings/#service-bindings).

### Using fetch

:::note "Service Bindings vs. fetch"

We recommend using [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) when calling a Worker in your own account.

Service Bindings don't require you to expose a public endpoint from your Worker, don't require you to configure authentication, and allow you to call methods on your Worker directly, avoiding the overhead of managing HTTP requests and responses.

:::

An alternative to setting up a Service Binding is to call the Worker over HTTP by using the Workflows [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/#workflow) to `create` a new Workflow instance for each incoming HTTP call to the Worker:

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
// This is in the same file as your Workflow definition
export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
    	params: payload
    });
    return Response.json({
      id: instance.id,
      details: await instance.status(),
    });
  },
};
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Your [Pages Function](/pages/functions/get-started/) can then make a regular `fetch` call to the Worker:

<TypeScriptExample filename="functions/request.ts">
```ts
export const onRequest: PagesFunction<Env> = async (context) => {
	// Other code
	let payload = {"hello": "world"}
  const instanceStatus = await fetch("https://YOUR_WORKER.workers.dev/", {
  	method: "POST",
    body: JSON.stringify(payload) // Send a payload for our Worker to pass to the Workflow
  })

  return Response.json(instanceStatus);
};
```
</TypeScriptExample>

You can also choose to authenticate these requests by passing a shared secret in a header and validating that in your Worker.

### Next steps

* Learn more about how to programatically call and trigger Workflows from the [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/)
* Understand how to send [events and parameters](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) when triggering a Workflow
* Review the [Rules of Workflows](/workflows/build/rules-of-workflows/) and best practices for writing Workflows

---

# Events and parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/

import { MetaInfo, Render, Type, WranglerConfig, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

When a Workflow is triggered, it can receive an optional event. This event can include data that your Workflow can act on, including request details, user data fetched from your database (such as D1 or KV) or from a webhook, or messages from a Queue consumer.

Events are a powerful part of a Workflow, as you often want a Workflow to act on data. Because a given Workflow instance executes durably, events are a useful way to provide a Workflow with data that should be immutable (not changing) and/or represents data the Workflow needs to operate on at that point in time.

## Pass parameters to a Workflow

You can pass parameters to a Workflow in two ways:

* As an optional argument to the `create` method on a [Workflow binding](/workers/wrangler/commands/#trigger) when triggering a Workflow from a Worker.
* Via the `--params` flag when using the `wrangler` CLI to trigger a Workflow.

You can pass any JSON-serializable object as a parameter.

:::caution

A `WorkflowEvent` and its associated `payload` property are effectively _immutable_: any changes to an event are not persisted across the steps of a Workflow. This includes both cases when a Workflow is progressing normally, and in cases where a Workflow has to be restarted due to a failure.

Store state durably by returning it from your `step.do` callbacks.

:::

```ts
export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env) {
    let someEvent = { url: req.url, createdTimestamp: Date.now() }
    // Trigger our Workflow
    // Pass our event as the second parameter to the `create` method
    // on our Workflow binding.
    let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
      id: await crypto.randomUUID(),
      params: someEvent
    });

    return Response.json({
      id: instance.id,
      details: await instance.status(),
    });

    return Response.json({ result });
  },
};
```

To pass parameters via the `wrangler` command-line interface, pass a JSON string as the second parameter to the `workflows trigger` sub-command:

```sh
npx wrangler@latest workflows trigger workflows-starter '{"some":"data"}'
```
```sh output
🚀 Workflow instance "57c7913b-8e1d-4a78-a0dd-dce5a0b7aa30" has been queued successfully
```

## TypeScript and type parameters

By default, the `WorkflowEvent` passed to the `run` method of your Workflow definition has a type that conforms to the following, with `payload` (your data), `timestamp`, and `instanceId` properties:

```ts
export type WorkflowEvent<T> = {
  // The data passed as the parameter when the Workflow instance was triggered
  payload: T;
  // The timestamp that the Workflow was triggered
  timestamp: Date;
  // ID of the current Workflow instance
  instanceId: string;
};
```

You can optionally type these events by defining your own type and passing it as a [type parameter](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html#working-with-generic-type-variables) to the `WorkflowEvent`:

```ts
// Define a type that conforms to the events your Workflow instance is
// instantiated with
interface YourEventType {
  userEmail: string;
  createdTimestamp: number;
  metadata?: Record<string, string>;
}
```

When you pass your `YourEventType` to `WorkflowEvent` as a type parameter, the `event.payload` property now has the type `YourEventType` throughout your workflow definition:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
// Import the Workflow definition
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent} from 'cloudflare:workers';

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
    // Pass your type as a type parameter to WorkflowEvent
    // The 'payload' property will have the type of your parameter.
    async run(event: WorkflowEvent<YourEventType>, step: WorkflowStep) {
        let state = step.do("my first step", async () => {
          // Access your properties via event.payload
          let userEmail = event.payload.userEmail
          let createdTimestamp = event.payload.createdTimestamp
        })

        step.do("my second step", async () => { /* your code here */ )
    }
}
```

<Render file="workflows-type-parameters"/>

---

# Build with Workflows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Local Development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/local-development/

Workflows support local development using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), the command-line interface for Workers. Wrangler runs an emulated version of Workflows compared to the one that Cloudflare runs globally.

## Prerequisites

To develop locally with Workflows, you will need:

- [Wrangler v3.89.0](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wrangler3/) or later.

- Node.js version of `18.0.0` or later. Consider using a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node versions.

- If you are new to Workflows and/or Cloudflare Workers, refer to the [Workflows Guide](/workflows/get-started/guide/) to install `wrangler` and deploy their first Workflows.

## Start a local development session

Open your terminal and run the following commands to start a local development session:

```sh
# Confirm we are using wrangler v3.89.0+
npx wrangler --version
```

```sh output
⛅️ wrangler 3.89.0
```

Start a local dev session

```sh
# Start a local dev session:
npx wrangler dev
```

```sh output
------------------
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Workflows:
  - MY_WORKFLOW: MyWorkflow
⎔ Starting local server...
[wrangler:inf] Ready on http://127.0.0.1:8787/
```

Local development sessions create a standalone, local-only environment that mirrors the production environment Workflows runs in so you can test your Workflows _before_ you deploy to production.

Refer to the [`wrangler dev` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to learn more about how to configure a local development session.

## Known Issues

Wrangler does not support `npx wrangler dev --remote`.

Wrangler Workflow commands `npx wrangler workflow [cmd]` are not supported for local development, as they target production API.

---

# Rules of Workflows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/rules-of-workflows/

import { WranglerConfig, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

A Workflow contains one or more steps. Each step is a self-contained, individually retriable component of a Workflow. Steps may emit (optional) state that allows a Workflow to persist and continue from that step, even if a Workflow fails due to a network or infrastructure issue.

This is a small guidebook on how to build more resilient and correct Workflows.

### Ensure API/Binding calls are idempotent

Because a step might be retried multiple times, your steps should (ideally) be idempotent. For context, idempotency is a logical property where the operation (in this case a step),
can be applied multiple times without changing the result beyond the initial application.

As an example, let us assume you have a Workflow that charges your customers, and you really do not want to charge them twice by accident. Before charging them, you should
check if they were already charged:

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		const customer_id = 123456;
		// ✅ Good: Non-idempotent API/Binding calls are always done **after** checking if the operation is
		// still needed.
		await step.do(
			`charge ${customer_id} for its monthly subscription`,
			async () => {
				// API call to check if customer was already charged
				const subscription = await fetch(
					`https://payment.processor/subscriptions/${customer_id}`,
				).then((res) => res.json());

				// return early if the customer was already charged, this can happen if the destination service dies
				// in the middle of the request but still commits it, or if the Workflows Engine restarts.
				if (subscription.charged) {
					return;
				}

				// non-idempotent call, this operation can fail and retry but still commit in the payment
				// processor - which means that, on retry, it would mischarge the customer again if the above checks
				// were not in place.
				return await fetch(
					`https://payment.processor/subscriptions/${customer_id}`,
					{
						method: "POST",
						body: JSON.stringify({ amount: 10.0 }),
					},
				);
			},
		);
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

:::note

Guaranteeing idempotency might be optional in your specific use-case and implementation, but we recommend that you always try to guarantee it.

:::

### Make your steps granular

Steps should be as self-contained as possible. This allows your own logic to be more durable in case of failures in third-party APIs, network errors, and so on.

You can also think of it as a transaction, or a unit of work.

- ✅ Minimize the number of API/binding calls per step (unless you need multiple calls to prove idempotency).

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// ✅ Good: Unrelated API/Binding calls are self-contained, so that in case one of them fails
		// it can retry them individually. It also has an extra advantage: you can control retry or
		// timeout policies for each granular step - you might not to want to overload http.cat in
		// case of it being down.
		const httpCat = await step.do("get cutest cat from KV", async () => {
			return await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat");
		});

		const image = await step.do("fetch cat image from http.cat", async () => {
			return await fetch(`https://http.cat/${httpCat}`);
		});
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Otherwise, your entire Workflow might not be as durable as you might think, and you may encounter some undefined behaviour. You can avoid them by following the rules below:

- 🔴 Do not encapsulate your entire logic in one single step.
- 🔴 Do not call separate services in the same step (unless you need it to prove idempotency).
- 🔴 Do not make too many service calls in the same step (unless you need it to prove idempotency).
- 🔴 Do not do too much CPU-intensive work inside a single step - sometimes the engine may have to restart, and it will start over from the beginning of that step.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// 🔴 Bad: you are calling two separate services from within the same step. This might cause
		// some extra calls to the first service in case the second one fails, and in some cases, makes
		// the step non-idempotent altogether
		const image = await step.do("get cutest cat from KV", async () => {
			const httpCat = await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat");
			return fetch(`https://http.cat/${httpCat}`);
		});
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

### Do not rely on state outside of a step

Workflows may hibernate and lose all in-memory state. This will happen when engine detects that there is no pending work and can hibernate until it needs to wake-up (because of a sleep, retry, or event).

This means that you should not store state outside of a step:

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
function getRandomInt(min, max) {
	const minCeiled = Math.ceil(min);
	const maxFloored = Math.floor(max);
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * (maxFloored - minCeiled) + minCeiled); // The maximum is exclusive and the minimum is inclusive
}

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// 🔴 Bad: `imageList` will be not persisted across engine's lifetimes. Which means that after hibernation,
		// `imageList` will be empty again, even though the following two steps have already ran.
		const imageList: string[] = [];

		await step.do("get first cutest cat from KV", async () => {
			const httpCat = await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat-1");

			imageList.append(httpCat);
		});

		await step.do("get second cutest cat from KV", async () => {
			const httpCat = await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat-2");

			imageList.append(httpCat);
		});

		// A long sleep can (and probably will) hibernate the engine which means that the first engine lifetime ends here
		await step.sleep("💤💤💤💤", "3 hours");

		// When this runs, it will be on the second engine lifetime - which means `imageList` will be empty.
		await step.do(
			"choose a random cat from the list and download it",
			async () => {
				const randomCat = imageList.at(getRandomInt(0, imageList.length));
				// this will fail since `randomCat` is undefined because `imageList` is empty
				return await fetch(`https://http.cat/${randomCat}`);
			},
		);
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

Instead, you should build top-level state exclusively comprised of `step.do` returns:

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
function getRandomInt(min, max) {
	const minCeiled = Math.ceil(min);
	const maxFloored = Math.floor(max);
	return Math.floor(Math.random() * (maxFloored - minCeiled) + minCeiled); // The maximum is exclusive and the minimum is inclusive
}

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// ✅ Good: imageList state is exclusively comprised of step returns - this means that in the event of
		// multiple engine lifetimes, imageList will be built accordingly
		const imageList: string[] = await Promise.all([
			step.do("get first cutest cat from KV", async () => {
				return await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat-1");
			}),

			step.do("get second cutest cat from KV", async () => {
				return await env.KV.get("cutest-http-cat-2");
			}),
		]);

		// A long sleep can (and probably will) hibernate the engine which means that the first engine lifetime ends here
		await step.sleep("💤💤💤💤", "3 hours");

		// When this runs, it will be on the second engine lifetime - but this time, imageList will contain
		// the two most cutest cats
		await step.do(
			"choose a random cat from the list and download it",
			async () => {
				const randomCat = imageList.at(getRandomInt(0, imageList.length));
				// this will eventually succeed since `randomCat` is defined
				return await fetch(`https://http.cat/${randomCat}`);
			},
		);
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

### Do not mutate your incoming events

The `event` passed to your Workflow's `run` method is immutable: changes you make to the event are not persisted across steps and/or Workflow restarts.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
interface MyEvent {
  user: string;
  data: string;
}

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<MyEvent>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// 🔴 Bad: Mutating the event
		// This will not be persisted across steps and `event.payload` will
		// take on its original value.
		await step.do("bad step that mutates the incoming event", async () => {
		    let userData = await env.KV.get(event.payload.user)
				event.payload = userData
		})

		// ✅ Good: persist data by returning it as state from your step
		// Use that state in subsequent steps
		let userData = await step.do("good step that returns state", async () => {
		  return await env.KV.get(event.payload.user)
		})

		let someOtherData = await step.do("following step that uses that state", async () => {
		  // Access to userData here
			// Will always be the same if this step is retried
		})
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

### Name steps deterministically

Steps should be named deterministically (ie, not using the current date/time, randomness, etc). This  ensures that their state is cached, and prevents the step from being rerun unnecessarily. Step names act as the "cache key" in your Workflow.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// 🔴 Bad: Naming the step non-deterministically prevents it from being cached
		// This will cause the step to be re-run if subsequent steps fail.
		await step.do(`step #1 running at: ${Date.now()}`, async () => {
		    let userData = await env.KV.get(event.payload.user)
				// Do not mutate event.payload
				event.payload = userData
		})

		// ✅ Good: give steps a deterministic name.
		// Return dynamic values in your state, or log them instead.
		let state = await step.do("fetch user data from KV", async () => {
		    let userData = await env.KV.get(event.payload.user)
				console.log(`fetched at ${Date.now}`)
				return userData
		})

		// ✅ Good: steps that are dynamically named are constructed in a deterministic way.
		// In this case, `catList` is a step output, which is stable, and `catList` is
		// traversed in a deterministic fashion (no shuffles or random accesses) so,
		// it's fine to dynamically name steps (e.g: create a step per list entry).
		let catList = await step.do("get cat list from KV", async () => {
			return await env.KV.get("cat-list")
		})

		for(const cat of catList) {
			await step.do(`get cat: ${cat}`, async () => {
				return await env.KV.get(cat)
			})
		}
	}
}
```
</TypeScriptExample>

### Instance IDs are unique

Workflow [instance IDs](/workflows/build/workers-api/#workflowinstance) are unique per Workflow. The ID is the unique identifier that associates logs, metrics, state and status of a run to a specific an instance, even after completion. Allowing ID re-use would make it hard to understand if a Workflow instance ID referred to an instance that run yesterday, last week or today.

It would also present a problem if you wanted to run multiple different Workflow instances with different [input parameters](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) for the same user ID, as you would immediately need to determine a new ID mapping.

If you need to associate multiple instances with a specific user, merchant or other "customer" ID in your system, consider using a composite ID or using randomly generated IDs and storing the mapping in a database like [D1](/d1/).

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
// This is in the same file as your Workflow definition
export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		// 🔴 Bad: Use an ID that isn't unique across future Workflow invocations
		let userId = getUserId(req) // Returns the userId
    let badInstance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
    	id: userId,
    	params: payload
    });

    // ✅ Good: use an ID that is unique
    // e.g. a transaction ID, order ID, or task ID are good options
    let instanceId = getTransactionId() // e.g. assuming transaction IDs are unique
    // or: compose a composite ID and store it in your database
    // so that you can track all instances associated with a specific user or merchant.
    instanceId = `${getUserId(request)}-${await crypto.randomUUID().slice(0, 6)}`
    let { result } = await addNewInstanceToDB(userId, instanceId)
    let goodInstance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
    	id: userId,
    	params: payload
    });

    return Response.json({
      id: goodInstance.id,
      details: await goodInstance.status(),
    });
  },
};
```
</TypeScriptExample>

---

# Sleeping and retrying

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/

This guide details how to sleep a Workflow and/or configure retries for a Workflow step.

## Sleep a Workflow

You can set a Workflow to sleep as an explicit step, which can be useful when you want a Workflow to wait, schedule work ahead, or pause until an input or other external state is ready.

:::note

A Workflow instance that is resuming from sleep will take priority over newly scheduled (queued) instances. This helps ensure that older Workflow instances can run to completion and are not blocked by newer instances.

:::

### Sleep for a relative period

Use `step.sleep` to have a Workflow sleep for a relative period of time:

```ts
await step.sleep("sleep for a bit", "1 hour")
```

The second argument to `step.sleep` accepts both `number` (seconds) or a human-readable format, such as "1 minute" or "26 hours". The accepted units for `step.sleep` when used this way are as follows:

```ts
| "second"
| "minute"
| "hour"
| "day"
| "week"
| "month"
| "year"
```

### Sleep until a fixed date

Use `step.sleepUntil` to have a Workflow sleep to a specific `Date`: this can be useful when you have a timestamp from another system or want to "schedule" work to occur at a specific time (e.g. Sunday, 9AM UTC).

```ts
// sleepUntil accepts a Date object as its second argument
const workflowsLaunchDate = Date.parse("24 Oct 2024 13:00:00 UTC");
await step.sleepUntil("sleep until X times out", workflowsLaunchDate)
```

You can also provide a Unix timestamp (seconds since the Unix epoch) directly to `sleepUntil`.

## Retry steps

Each call to `step.do` in a Workflow accepts an optional `StepConfig`, which allows you define the retry behaviour for that step.

If you do not provide your own retry configuration, Workflows applies the following defaults:

```ts
const defaultConfig: WorkflowStepConfig = {
	retries: {
		limit: 5,
		delay: 10000,
		backoff: 'exponential',
	},
	timeout: '10 minutes',
};
```

When providing your own `StepConfig`, you can configure:

* The total number of attempts to make for a step
* The delay between attempts (accepts both `number` (ms) or a human-readable format)
* What backoff algorithm to apply between each attempt: any of `constant`, `linear`, or `exponential`
* When to timeout (in duration) before considering the step as failed (including during a retry attempt)

For example, to limit a step to 10 retries and have it apply an exponential delay (starting at 10 seconds) between each attempt, you would pass the following configuration as an optional object to `step.do`:

```ts
let someState = step.do("call an API", {
  retries: {
    limit: 10, // The total number of attempts
    delay: "10 seconds", // Delay between each retry
    backoff: "exponential" // Any of "constant" | "linear" | "exponential";
  },
  timeout: "30 minutes",
}, async () => { /* Step code goes here /* }
```

## Force a Workflow instance to fail

You can also force a Workflow instance to fail and _not_ retry by throwing a `NonRetryableError` from within the step.

This can be useful when you detect a terminal (permanent) error from an upstream system (such as an authentication failure) or other errors where retrying would not help.

```ts
// Import the NonRetryableError definition
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';
import { NonRetryableError } from 'cloudflare:workflows';

// In your step code:
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
	  await step.do("some step", async () => {
			  if !(event.payload.data) {
					throw new NonRetryableError("event.payload.data did not contain the expected payload")
				}
			})
	}
}
```

The Workflow instance itself will fail immediately, no further steps will be invoked, and the Workflow will not be retried.

## Catch Workflow errors

Any uncaught exceptions that propagate to the top level, or any steps that reach their retry limit, will cause the Workflow to end execution in an `Errored` state.

If you want to avoid this, you can catch exceptions emitted by a `step`. This can be useful if you need to trigger clean-up tasks or have conditional logic that triggers additional steps.

To allow the Workflow to continue its execution, surround the intended steps that are allowed to fail with a `try-catch` block.


```ts
...
await step.do('task', async () => {
	// work to be done
});

try {
    await step.do('non-retryable-task', async () => {
		// work not to be retried
        throw new NonRetryableError('oh no');
    });
} catch(e as Error) {
    console.log(`Step failed: ${e.message}`);
    await step.do('clean-up-task', async () => {
      // Clean up code here
    });
}

// the Workflow will not fail and will continue its execution

await step.do('next-task', async() => {
	// more work to be done
});
...
```

---

# Trigger Workflows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/trigger-workflows/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

You can trigger Workflows both programmatically and via the Workflows APIs, including:

1. With [Workers](/workers) via HTTP requests in a `fetch` handler, or bindings from a `queue` or `scheduled` handler
2. Using the [Workflows REST API](/api/resources/workflows/methods/list/)
2. Via the [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/commands/#workflows) in your terminal

## Workers API (Bindings)

You can interact with Workflows programmatically from any Worker script by creating a binding to a Workflow. A Worker can bind to multiple Workflows, including Workflows defined in other Workers projects (scripts) within your account.

You can interact with a Workflow:

* Directly over HTTP via the [`fetch`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) handler
* From a [Queue consumer](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) inside a `queue` handler
* From a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) inside a `scheduled` handler
* Within a [Durable Object](/durable-objects/)

:::note

New to Workflows? Start with the [Workflows tutorial](/workflows/get-started/guide/) to deploy your first Workflow and familiarize yourself with Workflows concepts.

:::

To bind to a Workflow from your Workers code, you need to define a [binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) to a specific Workflow. For example, to bind to the Workflow defined in the [get started guide](/workflows/get-started/guide/), you would configure the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file with the below:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "workflows-tutorial"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"

[[workflows]]
# The name of the Workflow
name = "workflows-tutorial"
# The binding name, which must be a valid JavaScript variable name.  This will
# be how you call (run) your Workflow from your other Workers handlers or
# scripts.
binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"
# Must match the class defined in your code that extends the Workflow class
class_name = "MyWorkflow"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The `binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"` line defines the JavaScript variable that our Workflow methods are accessible on, including `create` (which triggers a new instance) or `get` (which returns the status of an existing instance).

The following example shows how you can manage Workflows from within a Worker, including:

* Retrieving the status of an existing Workflow instance by its ID
* Creating (triggering) a new Workflow instance
* Returning the status of a given instance ID

```ts title="src/index.ts"
interface Env {
	MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env) {
    // Get instanceId from query parameters
    const instanceId = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get("instanceId")

    // If an ?instanceId=<id> query parameter is provided, fetch the status
    // of an existing Workflow by its ID.
    if (instanceId) {
      let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(instanceId);
			return Response.json({
				status: await instance.status(),
			});
    }

    // Else, create a new instance of our Workflow, passing in any (optional)
    // params and return the ID.
		const newId = await crypto.randomUUID();
		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({ id: newId });
		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});

		return Response.json({ result });
	},
};
```

### Inspect a Workflow's status

You can inspect the status of any running Workflow instance by calling `status` against a specific instance ID. This allows you to programmatically inspect whether an instance is queued (waiting to be scheduled), actively running, paused, or errored.

```ts
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get("abc-123")
let status = await instance.status() // Returns an InstanceStatus
```

The possible values of status are as follows:

```ts
  status:
    | "queued" // means that instance is waiting to be started (see concurrency limits)
    | "running"
    | "paused"
    | "errored"
    | "terminated" // user terminated the instance while it was running
    | "complete"
    | "waiting" // instance is hibernating and waiting for sleep or event to finish
    | "waitingForPause" // instance is finishing the current work to pause
    | "unknown";
  error?: string;
  output?: object;
};
```
{/*
### Explicitly pause a Workflow

You can explicitly pause a Workflow instance (and later resume it) by calling `pause` against a specific instance ID.

```ts
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get("abc-123")
await instance.pause() // Returns Promise<void>
```

### Resume a Workflow

You can resume a paused Workflow instance by calling `resume` against a specific instance ID.

```ts
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get("abc-123")
await instance.resume() // Returns Promise<void>
```

Calling `resume` on an instance that is not currently paused will have no effect.
*/}

### Stop a Workflow

You can stop a Workflow instance by calling `abort` against a specific instance ID.

```ts
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get("abc-123")
await instance.abort() // Returns Promise<void>
```

Once stopped, the Workflow instance *cannot* be resumed.

### Restart a Workflow

:::caution

**Known issue**: Restarting a Workflow via the `restart()` method is not currently supported and will throw an exception (error).

:::

```ts
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get("abc-123")
await instance.restart() // Returns Promise<void>
```

Restarting an instance will immediately cancel any in-progress steps, erase any intermediate state, and treat the Workflow as if it was run for the first time.

## REST API (HTTP)

Refer to the [Workflows REST API documentation](/api/resources/workflows/subresources/instances/methods/create/).

## Command line (CLI)

Refer to the [CLI quick start](/workflows/get-started/cli-quick-start/) to learn more about how to manage and trigger Workflows via the command-line.

---

# Workers API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/workers-api/

import { MetaInfo, Render, Type, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide details the Workflows API within Cloudflare Workers, including methods, types, and usage examples.

## WorkflowEntrypoint

The `WorkflowEntrypoint` class is the core element of a Workflow definition. A Workflow must extend this class and define a `run` method with at least one `step` call to be considered a valid Workflow.

```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
	  // Steps here
	}
};
```

### run

* <code>run(event: WorkflowEvent&lt;T&gt;, step: WorkflowStep): Promise&lt;T&gt;</code>

  * `event` - the event passed to the Workflow, including an optional `payload` containing data (parameters)
  * `step` - the `WorkflowStep` type that provides the step methods for your Workflow

The `run` method can optionally return data, which is available when querying the instance status via the [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/#instancestatus), [REST API](/api/resources/workflows/subresources/instances/subresources/status/) and the Workflows dashboard. This can be useful if your Workflow is computing a result, returning the key to data stored in object storage, or generating some kind of identifier you need to act on.

```ts
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
	  // Steps here
		let someComputedState = step.do("my step", async () => { })

		// Optional: return state from our run() method
		return someComputedState
	}
};
```

The `WorkflowEvent` type accepts an optional [type parameter](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/generics.html#working-with-generic-type-variables) that allows you to provide a type for the `payload` property within the `WorkflowEvent`.

Refer to the [events and parameters](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) documentation for how to handle events within your Workflow code.

## WorkflowEvent

```ts
export type WorkflowEvent<T> = {
  payload: Readonly<T>;
  timestamp: Date;
  instanceId: string;
};
```

* The `WorkflowEvent` is the first argument to a Workflow's `run` method, and includes an optional `payload` parameter and a `timestamp` property.

  * `payload` - a default type of `any` or type `T` if a type parameter is provided.
  * `timestamp` - a `Date` object set to the time the Workflow instance was created (triggered).
  * `instanceId` - the ID of the associated instance.

Refer to the [events and parameters](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) documentation for how to handle events within your Workflow code.

## WorkflowStep

### step

* <code>step.do(name: string, callback: (): RpcSerializable): Promise&lt;T&gt;</code>
* <code>step.do(name: string, config?: WorkflowStepConfig, callback: (): RpcSerializable): Promise&lt;T&gt;</code>

  * `name` - the name of the step.
  * `config` (optional) - an optional `WorkflowStepConfig` for configuring [step specific retry behaviour](/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/).
  * `callback` - an asynchronous function that optionally returns serializable state for the Workflow to persist.

* <code>step.sleep(name: string, duration: WorkflowDuration): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

  * `name` - the name of the step.
  * `duration` - the duration to sleep until, in either seconds or as a `WorkflowDuration` compatible string.
  * Refer to the [documentation on sleeping and retrying](/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/) to learn more about how how Workflows are retried.

* <code>step.sleepUntil(name: string, timestamp: Date | number): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

  * `name` - the name of the step.
  * `timestamp` - a JavaScript `Date` object or seconds from the Unix epoch to sleep the Workflow instance until.

:::note

`step.sleep` and `step.sleepUntil` methods do not count towards the maximum Workflow steps limit.

More information about the limits imposed on Workflow can be found in the [Workflows limits documentation](/workflows/reference/limits/).

:::

## WorkflowStepConfig

```ts
export type WorkflowStepConfig = {
  retries?: {
    limit: number;
    delay: string | number;
    backoff?: WorkflowBackoff;
  };
  timeout?: string | number;
};
```

* A `WorkflowStepConfig` is an optional argument to the `do` method of a `WorkflowStep` and defines properties that allow you to configure the retry behaviour of that step.

Refer to the [documentation on sleeping and retrying](/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/) to learn more about how how Workflows are retried.

## NonRetryableError

* <code>throw new NonRetryableError(message: <Type text='string' />, name <Type text='string' /> <MetaInfo text='optional' />)</code>: <Type text='NonRetryableError' />

  * Throws an error that forces the current Workflow instance to fail and not be retried.
  * Refer to the [documentation on sleeping and retrying](/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/) to learn more about how how Workflows are retried.

## Call Workflows from Workers

:::note[Workflows beta]

Workflows currently requires you to bind to a Workflow via the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, and does not yet support bindings via the Workers dashboard.

:::

Workflows exposes an API directly to your Workers scripts via the [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/#what-is-a-binding) concept. Bindings allow you to securely call a Workflow without having to manage API keys or clients.

You can bind to a Workflow by defining a `[[workflows]]` binding within your Wrangler configuration.

For example, to bind to a Workflow called `workflows-starter` and to make it available on the `MY_WORKFLOW` variable to your Worker script, you would configure the following fields within the `[[workflows]]` binding definition:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "workflows-starter"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"

[[workflows]]
# name of your workflow
name = "workflows-starter"
# binding name env.MY_WORKFLOW
binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"
# this is class that extends the Workflow class in src/index.ts
class_name = "MyWorkflow"
```
</WranglerConfig>

### Bind from Pages

You can bind and trigger Workflows from [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) by deploying a Workers project with your Workflow definition and then invoking that Worker using [service bindings](/pages/functions/bindings/#service-bindings) or a standard `fetch()` call.

Visit the documentation on [calling Workflows from Pages](/workflows/build/call-workflows-from-pages/) for examples.

### Cross-script calls

You can also bind to a Workflow that is defined in a different Worker script from the script your Workflow definition is in. To do this, provide the `script_name` key with the name of the script to the `[[workflows]]` binding definition in your Wrangler configuration.

For example, if your Workflow is defined in a Worker script named `billing-worker`, but you are calling it from your `web-api-worker` script, your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file would resemble the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "web-api-worker"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"

[[workflows]]
# name of your workflow
name = "billing-workflow"
# binding name env.MY_WORKFLOW
binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"
# this is class that extends the Workflow class in src/index.ts
class_name = "MyWorkflow"
# the script name where the Workflow is defined.
# required if the Workflow is defined in another script.
script_name = "billing-worker"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Workflow

:::note

Ensure you have `@cloudflare/workers-types` version `4.20241022.0` or later installed when binding to Workflows from within a Workers project.

:::

The `Workflow` type provides methods that allow you to create, inspect the status, and manage running Workflow instances from within a Worker script.

```ts
interface Env {
  // The 'MY_WORKFLOW' variable should match the "binding" value set in the Wrangler config file
  MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
}
```

The `Workflow` type exports the following methods:

### create

Create (trigger) a new instance of the given Workflow.

* <code>create(options?: WorkflowInstanceCreateOptions): Promise&lt;WorkflowInstance&gt;</code>

  * `options` - optional properties to pass when creating an instance, including a user-provided ID and payload parameters.

An ID is automatically generated, but a user-provided ID can be specified (up to 64 characters [^1]). This can be useful when mapping Workflows to users, merchants or other identifiers in your system. You can also provide a JSON object as the `params` property, allowing you to pass data for the Workflow instance to act on as its [`WorkflowEvent`](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/).

```ts
// Create a new Workflow instance with your own ID and pass params to the Workflow instance
let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
	id: myIdDefinedFromOtherSystem,
	params: { "hello": "world" }
})
return Response.json({
	id: instance.id,
	details: await instance.status(),
});
```

Returns a `WorkflowInstance`.

<Render file="workflows-type-parameters"/>

To provide an optional type parameter to the `Workflow`, pass a type argument with your type when defining your Workflow bindings:

```ts
interface User {
	email: string;
	createdTimestamp: number;
}

interface Env {
	// Pass our User type as the type parameter to the Workflow definition
  MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow<User>;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// More likely to come from your database or via the request body!
		const user: User = {
			email: user@example.com,
			createdTimestamp: Date.now()
		}

		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({
			// params expects the type User
			params: user
		})

		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});
	}
}
```

### get

Get a specific Workflow instance by ID.

* <code>get(id: string): Promise&lt;WorkflowInstance&gt;</code>

  * `id` - the ID of the Workflow instance.

Returns a `WorkflowInstance`. Throws an exception if the instance ID does not exist.

```ts
// Fetch an existing Workflow instance by ID:
try {
  let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id)
  return Response.json({
	  id: instance.id,
	  details: await instance.status(),
  });
} catch (e: any) {
  // Handle errors
  // .get will throw an exception if the ID doesn't exist or is invalid.
  const msg = `failed to get instance ${id}: ${e.message}`
  console.error(msg)
  return Response.json({error: msg}, { status: 400 })
}
```

## WorkflowInstanceCreateOptions

Optional properties to pass when creating an instance.

```ts
interface WorkflowInstanceCreateOptions {
  /**
   * An id for your Workflow instance. Must be unique within the Workflow.
   */
  id?: string;
  /**
   * The event payload the Workflow instance is triggered with
   */
  params?: unknown;
}
```

## WorkflowInstance

Represents a specific instance of a Workflow, and provides methods to manage the instance.

```ts
declare abstract class WorkflowInstance {
  public id: string;
  /**
   * Pause the instance.
   */
  public pause(): Promise<void>;
  /**
   * Resume the instance. If it is already running, an error will be thrown.
   */
  public resume(): Promise<void>;
  /**
   * Terminate the instance. If it is errored, terminated or complete, an error will be thrown.
   */
  public terminate(): Promise<void>;
  /**
   * Restart the instance.
   */
  public restart(): Promise<void>;
  /**
   * Returns the current status of the instance.
   */
  public status(): Promise<InstanceStatus>;
}
```

### id

Return the id of a Workflow.

* <code>id: string</code>

### status

Return the status of a running Workflow instance.

* <code>status(): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

### pause

Pause a running Workflow instance.

* <code>pause(): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

### restart

Restart a Workflow instance.

* <code>restart(): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

### terminate

Terminate a Workflow instance.

* <code>terminate(): Promise&lt;void&gt;</code>

### InstanceStatus

Details the status of a Workflow instance.

```ts
type InstanceStatus = {
  status:
    | "queued" // means that instance is waiting to be started (see concurrency limits)
    | "running"
    | "paused"
    | "errored"
    | "terminated" // user terminated the instance while it was running
    | "complete"
    | "waiting" // instance is hibernating and waiting for sleep or event to finish
    | "waitingForPause" // instance is finishing the current work to pause
    | "unknown";
  error?: string;
  output?: object;
};
```

[^1]: Match pattern: _```^[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9-_]*$```_

---

# Backup and save D1 database

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/examples/backup-d1/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

In this example, we implement a Workflow periodically triggered by a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers). That Workflow initiates a backup for a D1 database using the REST API, and then stores the SQL dump in an [R2](/r2) bucket.

When the Workflow is triggered, it fetches the REST API to initiate an export job for a specific database. Then it fetches the same endpoint to check if the backup job is ready and the SQL dump is available to download.

As shown in this example, Workflows handles both the responses and failures, thereby removing the burden from the developer. Workflows retries the following steps:

- API calls until it gets a successful response
- Fetching the backup from the URL provided
- Saving the file to [R2](/r2)

The Workflow can run until the backup file is ready, handling all of the possible conditions until it is completed.

This example provides simplified steps for backing up a [D1](/d1) database to help you understand the possibilities of Workflows. In every step, it uses the [default](/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying) sleeping and retrying configuration. In a real-world scenario, more steps and additional logic would likely be needed.

```ts
import {
  WorkflowEntrypoint,
  WorkflowStep,
  WorkflowEvent,
} from "cloudflare:workers";


// We are using R2 to store the D1 backup
type Env = {
  BACKUP_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
  D1_REST_API_TOKEN: string;
  BACKUP_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
};

// Workflow parameters: we expect accountId and databaseId
type Params = {
  accountId: string;
  databaseId: string;
};

// Workflow logic
export class backupWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    const { accountId, databaseId } = event.payload;

    const url = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${accountId}/d1/database/${databaseId}/export`;
    const method = "POST";
    const headers = new Headers();
    headers.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
    headers.append("Authorization", `Bearer ${this.env.D1_REST_API_TOKEN}`);

    const bookmark = await step.do(`Starting backup for ${databaseId}`, async () => {
      const payload = { output_format: "polling" };

      const res = await fetch(url, { method, headers, body: JSON.stringify(payload) });
      const { result } = (await res.json()) as any;

      // If we don't get `at_bookmark` we throw to retry the step
      if (!result?.at_bookmark) throw new Error("Missing `at_bookmark`");

      return result.at_bookmark;
    });

    await step.do("Check backup status and store it on R2", async () => {
      const payload = { current_bookmark: bookmark };

      const res = await fetch(url, { method, headers, body: JSON.stringify(payload) });
      const { result } = (await res.json()) as any;

      // The endpoint sends `signed_url` when the backup is ready to download.
      // If we don't get `signed_url` we throw to retry the step.
      if (!result?.signed_url) throw new Error("Missing `signed_url`");

      const dumpResponse = await fetch(result.signed_url);
      if (!dumpResponse.ok) throw new Error("Failed to fetch dump file");

      // Finally, stream the file directly to R2
      await this.env.BACKUP_BUCKET.put(result.filename, dumpResponse.body);
    });
  }
}

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
  },
  async scheduled(controller: ScheduledController, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext) {
    const params: Params = {
      accountId: "{accountId}",
      databaseId: "{databaseId}",
    };
    const instance = await env.BACKUP_WORKFLOW.create({ params });
    console.log(`Started workflow: ${instance.id}`);
  },
};
```

Here is a minimal package.json:

```json
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20241224.0",
    "wrangler": "^3.99.0"
  }
}
```

Here is a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "backup-d1"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-12-27"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat" ]

[[workflows]]
name = "backup-workflow"
binding = "BACKUP_WORKFLOW"
class_name = "backupWorkflow"

[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "BACKUP_BUCKET"
bucket_name = "d1-backups"

[triggers]
crons = [ "0 0 * * *" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/examples/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListExamples } from "~/components"

Explore the following <GlossaryTooltip term="code example">examples</GlossaryTooltip> for Workflows.

<ListExamples directory="workflows/examples/" />

---

# Integrate Workflows with Twilio

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/examples/twilio/

import { Stream } from "~/components"

Using the following [repository](https://github.com/craigsdennis/twilio-cloudflare-workflow), learn how to integrate Cloudflare Workflows with Twilio, a popular cloud communications platform that enables developers to integrate messaging, voice, video, and authentication features into applications via APIs. By the end of the video tutorial, you will become familiarized with the process of setting up Cloudflare Workflows to seamlessly interact with Twilio's APIs, enabling you to build interesting communication features directly into your applications.

<Stream videoId="8b8a1a7c2673adf107bb769ffffa5d77" videoTitle="Twilio and Workflows" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

---

# Pay cart and send invoice

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/examples/send-invoices/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

In this example, we implement a Workflow for an e-commerce website that is triggered every time a shopping cart is created.

Once a Workflow instance is triggered, it starts polling a [D1](/d1) database for the cart ID until it has been checked out. Once the shopping cart is checked out, we proceed to process the payment with an external provider doing a fetch POST. Finally, assuming everything goes well, we try to send an email using [Email Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/) with the invoice to the customer.

As you can see, Workflows handles all the different service responses and failures; it will retry D1 until the cart is checked out, retry the payment processor if it fails for some reason, and retry sending the email with the invoice if it can't. The developer doesn't have to care about any of that logic, and the workflow can run for hours, handling all the possible conditions until it is completed.

This is a simplified example of processing a shopping cart. We would assume more steps and additional logic in a real-life scenario, but this example gives you a good idea of what you can do with Workflows.

```ts
import {
  WorkflowEntrypoint,
  WorkflowStep,
  WorkflowEvent,
} from "cloudflare:workers";
import { EmailMessage } from "cloudflare:email";
import { createMimeMessage } from "mimetext";

// We are using Email Routing to send emails out and D1 for our cart database
type Env = {
  CART_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
  SEND_EMAIL: any;
  DB: any;
};

// Workflow parameters: we expect a cartId
type Params = {
  cartId: string;
};

// Adjust this to your Cloudflare zone using Email Routing
const merchantEmail = "merchant@example.com";

// Uses mimetext npm to generate Email
const genEmail = (email: string, amount: number) => {
  const msg = createMimeMessage();
  msg.setSender({ name: "Pet shop", addr: merchantEmail });
  msg.setRecipient(email);
  msg.setSubject("You invoice");
  msg.addMessage({
    contentType: "text/plain",
    data: `Your invoice for ${amount} has been paid. Your products will be shipped shortly.`,
  });

  return new EmailMessage(merchantEmail, email, msg.asRaw());
};

// Workflow logic
export class cartInvoicesWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    await step.sleep("sleep for a while", "10 seconds");

    // Retrieve the cart from the D1 database
    // if the cart hasn't been checked out yet retry every 2 minutes, 10 times, otherwise give up
    const cart = await step.do(
      "retrieve cart",
      {
        retries: {
          limit: 10,
          delay: 2000 * 60,
          backoff: "constant",
        },
        timeout: "30 seconds",
      },
      async () => {
        const { results } = await this.env.DB.prepare(
          `SELECT * FROM cart WHERE id = ?`,
        )
          .bind(event.payload.cartId)
          .all();
        // should return { checkedOut: true, amount: 250 , account: { email: "celsomartinho@gmail.com" }};
        if(results[0].checkedOut === false) {
          throw new Error("cart hasn't been checked out yet");
        }
        return results[0];
      },
    );

    // Proceed to payment, retry 10 times every minute or give up
    const payment = await step.do(
      "payment",
      {
        retries: {
          limit: 10,
          delay: 1000 * 60,
          backoff: "constant",
        },
        timeout: "30 seconds",
      },
      async () => {
        let resp = await fetch("https://payment-processor.example.com/", {
          method: "POST",
          headers: {
            "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8",
          },
          body: JSON.stringify({ amount: cart.amount }),
        });

        if (!resp.ok) {
          throw new Error("payment has failed");
        }

        return { success: true, amount: cart.amount };
      },
    );

    // Send invoice to the customer, retry 10 times every 5 minutes or give up
		// Requires that cart.account.email has previously been validated in Email Routing,
		// See https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-routing/email-workers/
    await step.do(
      "send invoice",
      {
        retries: {
          limit: 10,
          delay: 5000 * 60,
          backoff: "constant",
        },
        timeout: "30 seconds",
      },
      async () => {
        const message = genEmail(cart.account.email, payment.amount);
        try {
          await this.env.SEND_EMAIL.send(message);
        } catch (e) {
          throw new Error("failed to send invoice");
        }
      },
    );

  }
}

// Default page for admin
// Remove in production

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    let url = new URL(req.url);

    let id = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get("instanceId");

    // Get the status of an existing instance, if provided
    if (id) {
      let instance = await env.CART_WORKFLOW.get(id);
      return Response.json({
        status: await instance.status(),
      });
    }

    if (url.pathname.startsWith("/new")) {
      let instance = await env.CART_WORKFLOW.create({
        params: {
          cartId: "123"
        },
      });
      return Response.json({
        id: instance.id,
        details: await instance.status(),
      });
    }

    return new Response(
      `<html><body><a href="/new">new instance</a> or add ?instanceId=...</body></html>`,
      {
        headers: {
          "content-type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8",
        },
      },
    );
  },
};
```

Here's a minimal package.json:

```json
{
    "devDependencies": {
        "@cloudflare/workers-types": "^4.20241022.0",
        "wrangler": "^3.83.0"
    },
    "dependencies": {
        "mimetext": "^3.0.24"
    }
}
```

And finally `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "cart-invoices"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat" ]

[[workflows]]
name = "cart-invoices-workflow"
binding = "CART_WORKFLOW"
class_name = "cartInvoicesWorkflow"

[[send_email]]
name = "SEND_EMAIL"
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# CLI quick start

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/get-started/cli-quick-start/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

:::note

Workflows is in **public beta**, and any developer with a [free or paid Workers plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) can start using Workflows immediately.

To learn more about Workflows and how it works, read [the beta announcement blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-workflows-durable-execution-on-workers).

:::

Workflows allow you to build durable, multi-step applications using the Workers platform. A Workflow can automatically retry, persist state, run for hours or days, and coordinate between third-party APIs.

You can build Workflows to post-process file uploads to [R2 object storage](/r2/), automate generation of [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) embeddings into a [Vectorize](/vectorize/) vector database, or to trigger user lifecycle emails using your favorite email API.

## Prerequisites

:::caution

This guide is for users who are already familiar with Cloudflare Workers the [durable execution](/workflows/reference/glossary/) programming model it enables.

If you are new to either, we recommend the [introduction to Workflows](/workflows/get-started/guide/) guide, which walks you through how a Workflow is defined, how to persist state, and how to deploy and run your first Workflow.

:::
<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a Workflow

Workflows are defined as part of a Worker script.

To create a Workflow, use the `create cloudflare` (C3) CLI tool, specifying the Workflows starter template:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest workflows-starter -- --template "cloudflare/workflows-starter"
```

This will create a new folder called `workflows-tutorial`, which contains two files:

* `src/index.ts` - this is where your Worker script, including your Workflows definition, is defined.
* `wrangler.json` - the configuration for your Workers project and your Workflow.

Open the `src/index.ts` file in your text editor. This file contains the following code, which is the most basic instance of a Workflow definition:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';

type Env = {
	// Add your bindings here, e.g. Workers KV, D1, Workers AI, etc.
	MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
};

// User-defined params passed to your workflow
type Params = {
	email: string;
	metadata: Record<string, string>;
};

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// Can access bindings on `this.env`
		// Can access params on `event.payload`

		const files = await step.do('my first step', async () => {
			// Fetch a list of files from $SOME_SERVICE
			return {
				files: [
					'doc_7392_rev3.pdf',
					'report_x29_final.pdf',
					'memo_2024_05_12.pdf',
					'file_089_update.pdf',
					'proj_alpha_v2.pdf',
					'data_analysis_q2.pdf',
					'notes_meeting_52.pdf',
					'summary_fy24_draft.pdf',
				],
			};
		});

		const apiResponse = await step.do('some other step', async () => {
			let resp = await fetch('https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/ips');
			return await resp.json<any>();
		});

		await step.sleep('wait on something', '1 minute');

		await step.do(
			'make a call to write that could maybe, just might, fail',
			// Define a retry strategy
			{
				retries: {
					limit: 5,
					delay: '5 second',
					backoff: 'exponential',
				},
				timeout: '15 minutes',
			},
			async () => {
				// Do stuff here, with access to the state from our previous steps
				if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
					throw new Error('API call to $STORAGE_SYSTEM failed');
				}
			},
		);
	}
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		let id = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get('instanceId');

		// Get the status of an existing instance, if provided
		if (id) {
			let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id);
			return Response.json({
				status: await instance.status(),
			});
		}

		// Spawn a new instance and return the ID and status
		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create();
		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});
	},
};
```

Specifically, the code above:

1. Extends the Workflows base class (`WorkflowsEntrypoint`) and defines a `run` method for our Workflow.
2. Passes in our `Params` type as a [type parameter](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) so that events that trigger our Workflow are typed.
3. Defines several steps that return state.
4. Defines a custom retry configuration for a step.
5. Binds to the Workflow from a Worker's `fetch` handler so that we can create (trigger) instances of our Workflow via a HTTP call.

You can edit this Workflow by adding (or removing) additional `step` calls, changing the retry configuration, and/or making your own API calls. This Workflow template is designed to illustrate some of Workflows APIs.

## 2. Deploy a Workflow

Workflows are deployed via [`wrangler`](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), which is installed when you first ran `npm create cloudflare` above. Workflows are Worker scripts, and are deployed the same way:

```sh
npx wrangler@latest deploy
```

## 3. Run a Workflow

You can run a Workflow via the `wrangler` CLI, via a Worker binding, or via the Workflows [REST API](/api/resources/workflows/methods/list/).

### `wrangler` CLI

```sh
# Trigger a Workflow from the CLI, and pass (optional) parameters as an event to the Workflow.
npx wrangler@latest workflows trigger workflows-tutorial --params={"email": "user@example.com", "metadata": {"id": "1"}}
```

Refer to the [events and parameters documentation](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) to understand how events are passed to Workflows.

### Worker binding

You can [bind to a Workflow](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/#what-is-a-binding) from any handler in a Workers script, allowing you to programatically trigger and pass parameters to a Workflow instance from your own application code.

To bind a Workflow to a Worker, you need to define a `[[workflows]]` binding in your Wrangler configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[workflows]]
# name of your workflow
name = "workflows-starter"
# binding name env.MY_WORKFLOW
binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"
# this is class that extends the Workflow class in src/index.ts
class_name = "MyWorkflow"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You can then invoke the methods on this binding directly from your Worker script's `env` parameter. The `Workflow` type has methods for:

* `create()` - creating (triggering) a new instance of the Workflow, returning the ID.
* `get()`- retrieve a Workflow instance by its ID.
* `status()` - get the current status of a unique Workflow instance.

For example, the following Worker will fetch the status of an existing Workflow instance by ID (if supplied), else it will create a new Workflow instance and return its ID:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
// Import the Workflow definition
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent} from 'cloudflare:workers';

interface Env {
  // Matches the binding definition in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file
  MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		let id = new URL(req.url).searchParams.get('instanceId');

		// Get the status of an existing instance, if provided
		if (id) {
			let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id);
			return Response.json({
				status: await instance.status(),
			});
		}

		// Spawn a new instance and return the ID and status
		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create();
		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});
	},
};
```

Refer to the [triggering Workflows](/workflows/build/trigger-workflows/) documentation for how to trigger a Workflow from other Workers' handler functions.

## 4. Manage Workflows

:::note

The `wrangler workflows` command requires Wrangler version `3.83.0` or greater. Use `npx wrangler@latest` to always use the latest Wrangler version when invoking commands.

:::

The `wrangler workflows` command group has several sub-commands for managing and inspecting Workflows and their instances:

* List Workflows: `wrangler workflows list`
* Inspect the instances of a Workflow: `wrangler workflows instances list YOUR_WORKFLOW_NAME`
* View the state of a running Workflow instance by its ID: `wrangler workflows instances describe YOUR_WORKFLOW_NAME WORKFLOW_ID`

You can also view the state of the latest instance of a Workflow by using the `latest` keyword instead of an ID:

```sh
npx wrangler@latest workflows instances describe workflows-starter latest
# Or by ID:
# npx wrangler@latest workflows instances describe workflows-starter 12dc179f-9f77-4a37-b973-709dca4189ba
```

The output of `instances describe` shows:

* The status (success, failure, running) of each step
* Any state emitted by the step
* Any `sleep` state, including when the Workflow will wake up
* Retries associated with each step
* Errors, including exception messages

:::note

You do not have to wait for a Workflow instance to finish executing to inspect its current status. The `wrangler workflows instances describe` sub-command will show the status of an in-progress instance, including any persisted state, if it is sleeping, and any errors or retries. This can be especially useful when debugging a Workflow during development.

:::

## Next steps

* Learn more about [how events are passed to a Workflow](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/).
* Binding to and triggering Workflow instances using the [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/).
* The [Rules of Workflows](/workflows/build/rules-of-workflows/) and best practices for building applications using Workflows.

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/get-started/guide/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

:::note

Workflows is in **public beta**, and any developer with a [free or paid Workers plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) can start using Workflows immediately.

To learn more about Workflows and how it works, read [the beta announcement blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/building-workflows-durable-execution-on-workers).

:::

Workflows allow you to build durable, multi-step applications using the Workers platform. A Workflow can automatically retry, persist state, run for hours or days, and coordinate between third-party APIs.

You can build Workflows to post-process file uploads to [R2 object storage](/r2/), automate generation of [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) embeddings into a [Vectorize](/vectorize/) vector database, or to trigger user lifecycle emails using your favorite email API.

This guide will instruct you through:

* Defining your first Workflow and publishing it
* Deploying the Workflow to your Cloudflare account
* Running (triggering) your Workflow and observing its output

At the end of this guide, you should be able to author, deploy and debug your own Workflows applications.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Define your Workflow

To create your first Workflow, use the `create cloudflare` (C3) CLI tool, specifying the Workflows starter template:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest workflows-starter -- --template "cloudflare/workflows-starter"
```

This will create a new folder called `workflows-starter`.

Open the `src/index.ts` file in your text editor. This file contains the following code, which is the most basic instance of a Workflow definition:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';

type Env = {
	// Add your bindings here, e.g. Workers KV, D1, Workers AI, etc.
	MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
};

// User-defined params passed to your workflow
type Params = {
	email: string;
	metadata: Record<string, string>;
};

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// Can access bindings on `this.env`
		// Can access params on `event.payload`

		const files = await step.do('my first step', async () => {
			// Fetch a list of files from $SOME_SERVICE
			return {
				files: [
					'doc_7392_rev3.pdf',
					'report_x29_final.pdf',
					'memo_2024_05_12.pdf',
					'file_089_update.pdf',
					'proj_alpha_v2.pdf',
					'data_analysis_q2.pdf',
					'notes_meeting_52.pdf',
					'summary_fy24_draft.pdf',
				],
			};
		});

		const apiResponse = await step.do('some other step', async () => {
			let resp = await fetch('https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/ips');
			return await resp.json<any>();
		});

		await step.sleep('wait on something', '1 minute');

		await step.do(
			'make a call to write that could maybe, just might, fail',
			// Define a retry strategy
			{
				retries: {
					limit: 5,
					delay: '5 second',
					backoff: 'exponential',
				},
				timeout: '15 minutes',
			},
			async () => {
				// Do stuff here, with access to the state from our previous steps
				if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
					throw new Error('API call to $STORAGE_SYSTEM failed');
				}
			},
		);
	}
}
```

A Workflow definition:

1. Defines a `run` method that contains the primary logic for your workflow.
2. Has at least one or more calls to `step.do` that encapsulates the logic of your Workflow.
3. Allows steps to return (optional) state, allowing a Workflow to continue execution even if subsequent steps fail, without having to re-run all previous steps.

A single Worker application can contain multiple Workflow definitions, as long as each Workflow has a unique class name. This can be useful for code re-use or to define Workflows which are related to each other conceptually.

Each Workflow is otherwise entirely independent: a Worker that defines multiple Workflows is no different from a set of Workers that define one Workflow each.

## 2. Create your Workflows steps

Each `step` in a Workflow is an independently retriable function.

A `step` is what makes a Workflow powerful, as you can encapsulate errors and persist state as your Workflow progresses from step to step, avoiding your application from having to start from scratch on failure and ultimately build more reliable applications.

* A step can execute code (`step.do`) or sleep a Workflow (`step.sleep`).
* If a step fails (throws an exception), it will be automatically be retried based on your retry logic.
* If a step succeeds, any state it returns will be persisted within the Workflow.

At its most basic, a step looks like this:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
// Import the Workflow definition
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowEvent, WorkflowStep } from "cloudflare:workers"

type Params = {}

// Create your own class that implements a Workflow
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
    // Define a run() method
    async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
        // Define one or more steps that optionally return state.
        let state = step.do("my first step", async () => {

        })

        step.do("my second step", async () => {

        })
    }
}
```

Each call to `step.do` accepts three arguments:

1. (Required) A step name, which identifies the step in logs and telemetry
2. (Required) A callback function that contains the code to run for your step, and any state you want the Workflow to persist
3. (Optional) A `StepConfig` that defines the retry configuration (max retries, delay, and backoff algorithm) for the step

When trying to decide whether to break code up into more than one step, a good rule of thumb is to ask "do I want _all_ of this code to run again if just one part of it fails?". In many cases, you do _not_ want to repeatedly call an API if the following data processing stage fails, or if you get an error when attempting to send a completion or welcome email.

For example, each of the below tasks is ideally encapsulated in its own step, so that any failure — such as a file not existing, a third-party API being down or rate limited — does not cause your entire program to fail.

* Reading or writing files from [R2](/r2/)
* Running an AI task using [Workers AI](/workers-ai/)
* Querying a [D1 database](/d1/) or a database via [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/)
* Calling a third-party API

If a subsequent step fails, your Workflow can retry from that step, using any state returned from a previous step. This can also help you avoid unnecessarily querying a database or calling an paid API repeatedly for data you have already fetched.

:::note

The term "Durable Execution" is widely used to describe this programming model.

"Durable" describes the ability of the program (application) to implicitly persist state without you having to manually write to an external store or serialize program state.

:::

## 3. Configure your Workflow

Before you can deploy a Workflow, you need to configure it.

Open the Wrangler file at the root of your `workflows-starter` folder, which contains the following `[[workflows]]` configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "workflows-starter"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-10-22"

[[workflows]]
# name of your workflow
name = "workflows-starter"
# binding name env.MY_WORKFLOW
binding = "MY_WORKFLOW"
# this is class that extends the Workflow class in src/index.ts
class_name = "MyWorkflow"
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note

If you have changed the name of the Workflow in your Wrangler commands, the JavaScript class name, or the name of the project you created, ensure that you update the values above to match the changes.

:::

This configuration tells the Workers platform which JavaScript class represents your Workflow, and sets a `binding` name that allows you to run the Workflow from other handlers or to call into Workflows from other Workers scripts.

## 4. Bind to your Workflow

We have a very basic Workflow definition, but now need to provide a way to call it from within our code. A Workflow can be triggered by:

1. External HTTP requests via a `fetch()` handler
2. Messages from a [Queue](/queues/)
3. A schedule via [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)
4. Via the [Workflows REST API](/api/resources/workflows/methods/list/) or [wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/commands/#workflows)

Return to the `src/index.ts` file we created in the previous step and add a `fetch` handler that _binds_ to our Workflow. This binding allows us to create new Workflow instances, fetch the status of an existing Workflow, pause and/or terminate a Workflow.

```ts title="src/index.ts"
// This is in the same file as your Workflow definition

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		let url = new URL(req.url);

		if (url.pathname.startsWith('/favicon')) {
			return Response.json({}, { status: 404 });
		}

		// Get the status of an existing instance, if provided
		let id = url.searchParams.get('instanceId');
		if (id) {
			let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id);
			return Response.json({
				status: await instance.status(),
			});
		}

		// Spawn a new instance and return the ID and status
		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create();
		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});
	},
};
```

The code here exposes a HTTP endpoint that generates a random ID and runs the Workflow, returning the ID and the Workflow status. It also accepts an optional `instanceId` query parameter that retrieves the status of a Workflow instance by its ID.

:::note

In a production application, you might choose to put authentication in front of your endpoint so that only authorized users can run a Workflow. Alternatively, you could pass messages to a Workflow [from a Queue consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) in order to allow for long-running tasks.

:::

### Review your Workflow code

:::note

This is the full contents of the `src/index.ts` file pulled down when you used the `cloudflare/workflows-starter` template at the beginning of this guide.

:::

Before you deploy, you can review the full Workflows code and the `fetch` handler that will allow you to trigger your Workflow over HTTP:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';

type Env = {
	// Add your bindings here, e.g. Workers KV, D1, Workers AI, etc.
	MY_WORKFLOW: Workflow;
};

// User-defined params passed to your workflow
type Params = {
	email: string;
	metadata: Record<string, string>;
};

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
	async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
		// Can access bindings on `this.env`
		// Can access params on `event.payload`

		const files = await step.do('my first step', async () => {
			// Fetch a list of files from $SOME_SERVICE
			return {
				files: [
					'doc_7392_rev3.pdf',
					'report_x29_final.pdf',
					'memo_2024_05_12.pdf',
					'file_089_update.pdf',
					'proj_alpha_v2.pdf',
					'data_analysis_q2.pdf',
					'notes_meeting_52.pdf',
					'summary_fy24_draft.pdf',
				],
			};
		});

		const apiResponse = await step.do('some other step', async () => {
			let resp = await fetch('https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/ips');
			return await resp.json<any>();
		});

		await step.sleep('wait on something', '1 minute');

		await step.do(
			'make a call to write that could maybe, just might, fail',
			// Define a retry strategy
			{
				retries: {
					limit: 5,
					delay: '5 second',
					backoff: 'exponential',
				},
				timeout: '15 minutes',
			},
			async () => {
				// Do stuff here, with access to the state from our previous steps
				if (Math.random() > 0.5) {
					throw new Error('API call to $STORAGE_SYSTEM failed');
				}
			},
		);
	}
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		let url = new URL(req.url);

		if (url.pathname.startsWith('/favicon')) {
			return Response.json({}, { status: 404 });
		}

		// Get the status of an existing instance, if provided
		let id = url.searchParams.get('instanceId');
		if (id) {
			let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(id);
			return Response.json({
				status: await instance.status(),
			});
		}

		// Spawn a new instance and return the ID and status
		let instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create();
		return Response.json({
			id: instance.id,
			details: await instance.status(),
		});
	},
};
```

## 5. Deploy your Workflow

Deploying a Workflow is identical to deploying a Worker.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```
```sh output
# Note the "Workflows" binding mentioned here, showing that
# wrangler has detected your Workflow
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Workflows:
  - MY_WORKFLOW: MyWorkflow (defined in workflows-starter)
Uploaded workflows-starter (2.53 sec)
Deployed workflows-starter triggers (1.12 sec)
  https://workflows-starter.YOUR_WORKERS_SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev
  workflow: workflows-starter
```

A Worker with a valid Workflow definition will be automatically registered by Workflows. You can list your current Workflows using Wrangler:

```sh
npx wrangler workflows list
```
```sh output
Showing last 1 workflow:
┌───────────────────┬───────────────────┬────────────┬─────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┐
│ Name              │ Script name       │ Class name │ Created                 │ Modified                │
├───────────────────┼───────────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────┤
│ workflows-starter │ workflows-starter │ MyWorkflow │ 10/23/2024, 11:33:58 AM │ 10/23/2024, 11:33:58 AM │
└───────────────────┴───────────────────┴────────────┴─────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────┘
```

## 6. Run and observe your Workflow

With your Workflow deployed, you can now run it.

1. A Workflow can run in parallel: each unique invocation of a Workflow is an _instance_ of that Workflow.
2. An instance will run to completion (success or failure).
3. Deploying newer versions of a Workflow will cause all instances after that point to run the newest Workflow code.

:::note

Because Workflows can be long running, it is possible to have running instances that represent different versions of your Workflow code over time.

:::

To trigger our Workflow, we will use the `wrangler` CLI and pass in an optional `--payload`. The `payload` will be passed to your Workflow's `run` method handler as an `Event`.

```sh
npx wrangler workflows trigger workflows-starter '{"hello":"world"}'
```
```sh output
# Workflow instance "12dc179f-9f77-4a37-b973-709dca4189ba" has been queued successfully
```

To inspect the current status of the Workflow instance we just triggered, we can either reference it by ID or by using the keyword `latest`:

```sh
npx wrangler@latest workflows instances describe workflows-starter latest
# Or by ID:
# npx wrangler@latest workflows instances describe workflows-starter 12dc179f-9f77-4a37-b973-709dca4189ba
```
```sh output
Workflow Name:         workflows-starter
Instance Id:           f72c1648-dfa3-45ea-be66-b43d11d216f8
Version Id:            cedc33a0-11fa-4c26-8a8e-7d28d381a291
Status:                ✅ Completed
Trigger:               🌎 API
Queued:                10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
Success:               ✅ Yes
Start:                 10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
End:                   10/15/2024, 1:56:32 PM
Duration:              1 minute
Last Successful Step:  make a call to write that could maybe, just might, fail-1
Steps:

  Name:      my first step-1
  Type:      🎯 Step
  Start:     10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
  End:       10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
  Duration:  0 seconds
  Success:   ✅ Yes
  Output:    "{\"inputParams\":[{\"timestamp\":\"2024-10-15T13:55:29.363Z\",\"payload\":{\"hello\":\"world\"}}],\"files\":[\"doc_7392_rev3.pdf\",\"report_x29_final.pdf\",\"memo_2024_05_12.pdf\",\"file_089_update.pdf\",\"proj_alpha_v2.pdf\",\"data_analysis_q2.pdf\",\"notes_meeting_52.pdf\",\"summary_fy24_draft.pdf\",\"plan_2025_outline.pdf\"]}"
┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────┬────────────┐
│ Start                  │ End                    │ Duration  │ State      │
├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────┼────────────┤
│ 10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM │ 10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM │ 0 seconds │ ✅ Success │
└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────┴────────────┘

  Name:      some other step-1
  Type:      🎯 Step
  Start:     10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
  End:       10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
  Duration:  0 seconds
  Success:   ✅ Yes
  Output:    "{\"result\":{\"ipv4_cidrs\":[\"173.245.48.0/20\",\"103.21.244.0/22\",\"103.22.200.0/22\",\"103.31.4.0/22\",\"141.101.64.0/18\",\"108.162.192.0/18\",\"190.93.240.0/20\",\"188.114.96.0/20\",\"197.234.240.0/22\",\"198.41.128.0/17\",\"162.158.0.0/15\",\"104.16.0.0/13\",\"104.24.0.0/14\",\"172.64.0.0/13\",\"131.0.72.0/22\"],\"ipv6_cidrs\":[\"2400:cb00::/32\",\"2606:4700::/32\",\"2803:f800::/32\",\"2405:b500::/32\",\"2405:8100::/32\",\"2a06:98c0::/29\",\"2c0f:f248::/32\"],\"etag\":\"38f79d050aa027e3be3865e495dcc9bc\"},\"success\":true,\"errors\":[],\"messages\":[]}"
┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────┬────────────┐
│ Start                  │ End                    │ Duration  │ State      │
├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────┼────────────┤
│ 10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM │ 10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM │ 0 seconds │ ✅ Success │
└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────┴────────────┘

  Name:      wait on something-1
  Type:      💤 Sleeping
  Start:     10/15/2024, 1:55:31 PM
  End:       10/15/2024, 1:56:31 PM
  Duration:  1 minute

  Name:      make a call to write that could maybe, just might, fail-1
  Type:      🎯 Step
  Start:     10/15/2024, 1:56:31 PM
  End:       10/15/2024, 1:56:32 PM
  Duration:  1 second
  Success:   ✅ Yes
  Output:    null
┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────┬────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Start                  │ End                    │ Duration  │ State      │ Error                                     │
├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────┼────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 10/15/2024, 1:56:31 PM │ 10/15/2024, 1:56:31 PM │ 0 seconds │ ❌ Error   │ Error: API call to $STORAGE_SYSTEM failed │
├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────┼────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 10/15/2024, 1:56:32 PM │ 10/15/2024, 1:56:32 PM │ 0 seconds │ ✅ Success │                                           │
└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────┴────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

From the output above, we can inspect:

* The status (success, failure, running) of each step
* Any state emitted by the step
* Any `sleep` state, including when the Workflow will wake up
* Retries associated with each step
* Errors, including exception messages

:::note

You do not have to wait for a Workflow instance to finish executing to inspect its current status. The `wrangler workflows instances describe` sub-command will show the status of an in-progress instance, including any persisted state, if it is sleeping, and any errors or retries. This can be especially useful when debugging a Workflow during development.

:::

In the previous step, we also bound a Workers script to our Workflow. You can trigger a Workflow by visiting the (deployed) Workers script in a browser or with any HTTP client.

```sh
# This must match the URL provided in step 6
curl -s https://workflows-starter.YOUR_WORKERS_SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev/
```
```sh output
{"id":"16ac31e5-db9d-48ae-a58f-95b95422d0fa","details":{"status":"queued","error":null,"output":null}}
```

{/*

## 7. (Optional) Clean up

You can optionally delete the Workflow, which will prevent the creation of any (all) instances by using `wrangler`:

```sh
npx wrangler workflows delete my-workflow
```

Re-deploying the Workers script containing your Workflow code will re-create the Workflow.

*/}

---

## Next steps

* Learn more about [how events are passed to a Workflow](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/).
* Learn more about binding to and triggering Workflow instances using the [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/).
* Learn more about the [Rules of Workflows](/workflows/build/rules-of-workflows/) and best practices for building applications using Workflows.

If you have any feature requests or notice any bugs, share your feedback directly with the Cloudflare team by joining the [Cloudflare Developers community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/observability/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Metrics and analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/observability/metrics-analytics/

Workflows expose metrics that allow you to inspect and measure Workflow execution, error rates, steps, and total duration across each (and all) of your Workflows.

The metrics displayed in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) charts are queried from Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). You can access the metrics [programmatically](#query-via-the-graphql-api) via GraphQL or HTTP client.

## Metrics

Workflows currently export the below metrics within the `workflowsAdaptiveGroups` GraphQL dataset.

| Metric                 | GraphQL Field Name        | Description                                                                                                                           |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Read Queries (qps)     | `readQueries`             | The number of read queries issued against a database. This is the raw number of read queries, and is not used for billing.            |

Metrics can be queried (and are retained) for the past 31 days.

### Labels and dimensions

The `workflowsAdaptiveGroups` dataset provides the following dimensions for filtering and grouping query results:

* `workflowName` - Workflow name - e.g. `my-workflow`
* `instanceId` - Instance ID
* `stepName` - Step name
* `eventType` - Event type (see [event types](#event-types))
* `stepCount` - Step number within a given instance
* `date` - The date when the Workflow was triggered
* `datetimeFifteenMinutes` - The date and time truncated to fifteen minutes
* `datetimeFiveMinutes` - The date and time truncated to five minutes
* `datetimeHour` - The date and time truncated to the hour
* `datetimeMinute` - The date and time truncated to the minute

### Event types

The `eventType` metric allows you to filter (or groupBy) Workflows and steps based on their last observed status.

The possible values for `eventType` are documented below:

#### Workflows-level status labels

* `WORKFLOW_QUEUED` - the Workflow is queued, but not currently running. This can happen when you are at the [concurrency limit](/workflows/reference/limits/) and new instances are waiting for currently running instances to complete.
* `WORKFLOW_START` - the Workflow has started and is running.
* `WORKFLOW_SUCCESS` - the Workflow finished without errors.
* `WORKFLOW_FAILURE` - the Workflow failed due to errors (exhausting retries, errors thrown, etc).
* `WORKFLOW_TERMINATED` - the Workflow was explicitly terminated.

#### Step-level status labels

* `STEP_START` - the step has started and is running.
* `STEP_SUCCESS` - the step finished without errors.
* `STEP_FAILURE` - the step failed due to an error.
* `SLEEP_START` - the step is sleeping.
* `SLEEP_COMPLETE` - the step last finished sleeping.
* `ATTEMPT_START` - a step is retrying.
* `ATTEMPT_SUCCESS` - the retry succeeded.
* `ATTEMPT_FAILURE` - the retry attempt failed.

## View metrics in the dashboard

Per-Workflow and instance analytics for Workflows are available in the Cloudflare dashboard. To view current and historical metrics for a database:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to [**Workers & Pages** > **Workflows**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/workflows).
3. Select a Workflow to view its metrics.

You can optionally select a time window to query. This defaults to the last 24 hours.

## Query via the GraphQL API

You can programmatically query analytics for your Workflows via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/). This API queries the same datasets as the Cloudflare dashboard, and supports GraphQL [introspection](/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/).

Workflows GraphQL datasets require an `accountTag` filter with your Cloudflare account ID, and includes the `workflowsAdaptiveGroups` dataset.

### Examples

To query the count (number of workflow invocations) and sum of `wallTime` for a given `$workflowName` between `$datetimeStart` and `$datetimeEnd`, grouping by `date`:

```graphql
{
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
      wallTime: workflowsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          datetimeHour_geq: $datetimeStart,
          datetimeHour_leq: $datetimeEnd,
          workflowName: $workflowName
        }
        orderBy: [count_DESC]
      ) {
        count
        sum {
          wallTime
        }
        dimensions {
          date: datetimeHour
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Here we are doing the same for `wallTime`, `instanceRuns` and `stepCount` in the same query:

```graphql
{
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag  }) {
      instanceRuns: workflowsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          datetimeHour_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetimeHour_leq: $datetimeEnd
          workflowName: $workflowName
          eventType: "WORKFLOW_START"
        }
        orderBy: [count_DESC]
      ) {
        count
        dimensions {
          date: datetimeHour
        }
      }
      stepCount: workflowsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          datetimeHour_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetimeHour_leq: $datetimeEnd
          workflowName: $workflowName
          eventType: "STEP_START"
        }
        orderBy: [count_DESC]
      ) {
        count
        dimensions {
          date: datetimeHour
        }
      }
      wallTime: workflowsAdaptiveGroups(
        limit: 10000
        filter: {
          datetimeHour_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetimeHour_leq: $datetimeEnd
          workflowName: $workflowName
        }
        orderBy: [count_DESC]
      ) {
        count
        sum {
          wallTime
        }
        dimensions {
          date: datetimeHour
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Here lets query `workflowsAdaptive` for raw data about `$instanceId` between `$datetimeStart` and `$datetimeEnd`:

```graphql
{
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag  }) {
      workflowsAdaptive(
        limit: 100
        filter: {
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
          instanceId: $instanceId
        }
        orderBy: [datetime_ASC]
      ) {
        datetime
        eventType
        workflowName
        instanceId
        stepName
        stepCount
        wallTime
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### GraphQL query variables

Example values for the query variables:

```json
{
	"accountTag": "fedfa729a5b0ecfd623bca1f9000f0a22",
	"datetimeStart": "2024-10-20T00:00:00Z",
	"datetimeEnd": "2024-10-29T00:00:00Z",
	"workflowName": "shoppingCart",
	"instanceId": "ecc48200-11c4-22a3-b05f-88a3c1c1db81"
}
```

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components"

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /data/changelogs/workflows.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Glossary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/glossary/

import { Glossary } from "~/components"

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's Workflows documentation.

<Glossary product="workflows" />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Limits that apply to authoring, deploying, and running Workflows are detailed below.

Many limits are inherited from those applied to Workers scripts and as documented in the [Workers limits](/workers/platform/limits/) documentation.

| Feature                                   | Workers Free            | Workers Paid          |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------- |
| Workflow class definitions per script     | 3MB max script size per [Worker size limits](/workers/platform/limits/#account-plan-limits) | 10MB max script size per [Worker size limits](/workers/platform/limits/#account-plan-limits)
| Total scripts per account                 | 100 | 500 (shared with [Worker script limits](/workers/platform/limits/#account-plan-limits) |
| Compute time per step [^3]                | 10 seconds | 30 seconds of [active CPU time](/workers/platform/limits/#cpu-time) |
| Duration (wall clock) per step [^3]       | Unlimited | Unlimited - for example, waiting on network I/O calls or querying a database |
| Maximum persisted state per step          | 1MiB (2^20 bytes) | 1MiB (2^20 bytes) |
| Maximum event [payload size](/workflows/build/events-and-parameters/) | 1MiB (2^20 bytes) | 1MiB (2^20 bytes) |
| Maximum state that can be persisted per Workflow instance | 100MB | 1GB |
| Maximum length of a Workflow ID [^4]      | 64 characters | 64 characters |
| Maximum `step.sleep` duration             | 365 days (1 year) [^1] | 365 days (1 year) [^1] |
| Maximum steps per Workflow [^5]           | 1024 [^1] | 1024 [^1] |
| Maximum Workflow executions               | 100,000 per day [shared with Workers daily limit](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-limits) | Unlimited |
| Concurrent Workflow instances (executions) per account   | 25 | 100 [^1] |
| Maximum number of [queued instances](/workflows/observability/metrics-analytics/#event-types) | 10,000 [^1] | 100,000 [^1] | 
| Retention limit for completed Workflow state | 3 days | 30 days [^2] |
| Maximum length of a Workflow ID [^4]         | 64 characters | 64 characters |

[^1]: This limit will be reviewed and revised during the open beta for Workflows. Follow the [Workflows changelog](/workflows/reference/changelog/) for updates.

[^2]: Workflow state and logs will be retained for 3 days on the Workers Free plan and for 7 days on the Workers Paid plan.

[^3]: A Workflow instance can run forever, as long as each step does not take more than the CPU time limit and the maximum number of steps per Workflow is not reached.

[^4]: Match pattern: _```^[a-zA-Z0-9_][a-zA-Z0-9-_]*$```_

[^5]: `step.sleep` do not count towards the max. steps limit

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/reference/pricing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::note

Workflows is included in both the Free and Paid [Workers plans](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

:::

Workflows pricing is identical to [Workers Standard pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) and are billed on two dimensions:

* **CPU time**: the total amount of compute (measured in milliseconds) consumed by a given Workflow.
* **Requests** (invocations): the number of Workflow invocations. [Subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests) made from a Workflow do not incur additional request costs.

A Workflow that is waiting on a response to an API call, paused as a result of calling `step.sleep`, or otherwise idle, does not incur CPU time.

## Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions related to Workflows pricing:

### Are there additional costs for Workflows?

No. Workflows are priced based on the same compute (CPU time) and requests (invocations) as Workers.

### Are Workflows available on the [Workers Free](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) plan?

Yes.

### What is a Workflow invocation?

A Workflow invocation is when you trigger a new Workflow instance: for example, via the [Workers API](/workflows/build/workers-api/), wrangler CLI, or REST API. Steps within a Workflow are not invocations.

### How do Workflows show up on my bill?

Workflows are billed as Workers, and share the same CPU time and request SKUs.

### Are there any limits to Workflows?

Refer to the published [limits](/workflows/reference/limits/) documentation.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/tutorials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, ListTutorials } from "~/components";

:::note
[Explore our community-written tutorials contributed through the Developer Spotlight program.](/developer-spotlight/)
:::

View <GlossaryTooltip term="tutorial">tutorials</GlossaryTooltip> to help you get started with Workers.

<ListTutorials />

---

# Blocking Triggers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/blocking-triggers/

Blocking Triggers are triggers that instead of being used to define when to start an action, are used to define when to _not_ start an action. You may need to block one or more actions in a tool from firing when a specific condition arises. For these cases, you can set Blocking Triggers.

Every tool action has Firing Triggers assigned to it. Blocking Triggers are optional and, if defined, will conditionally prevent the action from starting. When you add Blocking Triggers to an action, the action will not fire if any of its Blocking Triggers are true. If the tool has more than one action, other actions without these Blocking Triggers will still work.

To conditionally block all actions in a tool, you have to configure Blocking Triggers on every action that belongs to that tool. Note that when you use Blocking Triggers, Zaraz will still load on the page.

To use Blocking Triggers, start by [creating the trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) with the conditions you want to use to block an event. Then:

1. Go to [**Zaraz**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz) > **Tools Configuration**.
2. Under **Third-party tools**, locate the tool with the action you want to block and select **Edit**.
3. In **Action Name**, select the action you want to block.
4. In **Blocking Triggers**, use the dropdown menu to add a trigger to block the action.
5. Select **Save**.

:::note

Blocking Triggers are useful if you wish to block specific actions, or even specific tools from firing, while keeping others active. If you wish to turn off Zaraz entirely on specific pages/domains/subdomains, or load Zaraz depending on other factors such as cookies, we recommend [loading Zaraz selectively](/zaraz/advanced/load-selectively/).

:::

---

# Context Enricher

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/context-enricher/

The Zaraz Context Enricher is a tool to modify or enrich [the context](/zaraz/reference/context/) that is being used across Zaraz using a Cloudflare Worker. The Context Enricher allows you access to the client and system variables.

## Creating a Worker

To use a Context Enricher, you first need to create a new Cloudflare Worker. You can do this through the Cloudflare dashboard or by using [Wrangler](/workers/get-started/guide/).

To create a new Worker in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and select **Create application**.
3. Give a name to your Worker and select **Deploy**.
4. Select **Edit code**.

You have now created a basic Worker that responds with "Hello world." To make this Worker functional when using it as a Context Enricher, you need to change the code to return the context back:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    // Here goes your modification to the system or client objects.
    /*
      For example, to change the country to a fictitious "Pirate's Island" ("PI"), use:
      system.device.location.country = 'PI';
    */

    return new Response(JSON.stringify({ system, client }));
  },
};
```

Keep reading for more complete examples of different use cases or refer to [Zaraz Context](/zaraz/reference/context/).

## Configuring your Context Enricher

Now that your Worker is published, you can select it in your Zaraz settings:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings**.
3. Select your Context Enricher Worker.
4. Save your settings.

Your Context Enricher will now run on all Zaraz requests in that given zone.

## Example Context Enricher

### Adding arbitrary information using an API

You can use the Context Enricher to add information to your context. For example, you could use an API to get the current weather for the user's location and add it to the context.

```js
function getWeatherForLocation({ client, system }) {
  // Get the location from the context.
  const { city } = system.device.location;

  // Get the weather from an API.
  const response = await fetch(
    `https://wttr.in/${encodeURIComponents(city)}?format=j1`
  ).then((response) => response.json());

  // Add the weather to the context.
  client.weather = weather;

  return { client, system };
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    // Add the weather to the context.
    const newContext = getWeatherForLocation({ system, client });

    // Return as JSON
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(newContext));
  },
};
```

Now, you can use the weather property anywhere in Zaraz by choosing the `Track Property` from the attributes input and entering `weather`.

### Masking sensitive information, such as emails

Let's assume we want to redact sensitive information, such as emails. For this, we're going to replace all occurrences of email addresses throughout the context. Please keep in mind that this is only an example and might not fit all edge or use cases.

For the sake of simplicity of this example, we're going to replace all strings that contain an `@` symbol:

```js
function redactEmailAddressesFromObject(context) {
  // Loop through all keys of the object.
  for (const key in context) {
    // Check if the value is a string.
    if (typeof context[key] === "string") {
      // Check if the string contains an @ symbol.
      if (context[key].includes("@")) {
        // Replace the string with a redacted version.
        context[key] = "REDACTED@example.com";
      }
    } else if (typeof context[key] === "object") {
      // Recursively call this function to redact the object.
      context[key] = redactEmailAddressesFromObject(context[key]);
    }
  }

  return context;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    // Redact email addresses from the context.
    const newContext = redactEmailAddressesFromObject({ system, client });

    // Return as JSON
    return new Response(JSON.stringify(newContext));
  },
};
```

---

# Data layer compatibility mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/datalayer-compatibility/

Cloudflare Zaraz offers backwards compatibility with the `dataLayer` function found in tag management software, used to track events and other parameters. This way you can keep your current implementation and Cloudflare Zaraz will automatically collect your events.

To keep the Zaraz script as small and fast as possible, the data layer compatibility mode is disabled by default. To enable it:

1. Go to [**Zaraz**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz) > **Settings**.
2. Enable the **Data layer compatibility mode** toggle. Refer to [Zaraz settings](/zaraz/reference/settings/) for more information.

## Using the data layer with Zaraz

After enabling the compatibility mode, Zaraz will automatically translate your `dataLayer.push()` calls to `zaraz.track()`, so you can keep using the `dataLayer.push()` function to send events from the browser to Zaraz.

:::note[Note]
Zaraz does not support automatic e-commerce mapping through the `dataLayer` compatibility mode. If you need to track e-commerce events, refer to the [E-commerce API](/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce/).
:::

Events will only be sent to Zaraz if your pushed object includes an `event` key. The `event`key is used as the name for the Zaraz event. Other keys will become part of the `eventProperties` object. The following example shows how a purchase event will be sent using the data layer to Zaraz — note that the parameters inside the object depend on what you want to track:

```js
dataLayer.push({
  event: 'purchase',
  price: '24',
  currency: 'USD',
  transactionID: '12345678',
});
```

Cloudflare Zaraz then translates the `dataLayer.push()` call to a `zaraz.track()` call. So, `dataLayer.push({event: "purchase", price: "24", "currency": "USD"})` is equivalent to `zaraz.track("purchase", {"price": "24", "currency": "USD"})`.

Because Zaraz converts the `dataLayer.push()` call to `zaraz.track()`, creating a trigger based on `dataLayer.push()` calls is the same as creating triggers for `zaraz.track()`. As an example, the trigger below will match the above `dataLayer.push()` call because it matches the event with `purchase`.

| Rule type    | Variable name | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| *Match rule* | *Event Name*  | *Equals*        | `purchase`   |

We do not recommend using `dataLayer`. However, as many websites employ it, Cloudflare Zaraz has this automatic translation layer that converts it to `zaraz.track()`.

---

# Domains not proxied by Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/domains-not-proxied/

You can load Zaraz on domains that are not proxied through Cloudflare. However, you will need to create a separate domain, or subdomain, proxied by Cloudflare (also [known as orange-clouded](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/step-3-enabling-the-orange-cloud/52715) domains), and load the script from it:

1. Create a new subdomain like `my-subdomain.example.com` and proxy it through Cloudflare. Refer to [Enabling the Orange Cloud](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/step-3-enabling-the-orange-cloud/52715) for more information.
2. Add the following script to your main website’s HTML, immediately before the `</head>` tag closes:

```html
<script src="https://my-subdomain.example.com/cdn-cgi/zaraz/i.js"></script>
```

---

# Google Consent Mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/google-consent-mode/

## Background

[Google Consent Mode](https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/security/concepts/consent-mode) is used by Google tools to manage consent regarding the usage of private data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Zaraz provides automatic support for Consent Mode v2, as well as manual support for Consent Mode v1.

You can also use Google Analytics and Google Ads without cookies by selecting **Permissions** and disabling **Access client key-value store**.

***

## Consent Mode v2

Consent Mode v2 specifies a "default" consent status that is usually set when the session starts, and an "updated" status that is set when the visitor configures their consent preferences. Consent Mode v2 will turn on automatically when the correct event properties are available, meaning there is no need to change any settings in the respective tools or their actions.

### Set the default consent status

Often websites will want to set a default consent status that denies all categories. You can do that with no code at all by checking the **Set Google Consent Mode v2 state** in the Zaraz **Settings** page.

If that is not what your website needs, and instead you want to set the default consent status in a more granular way, use the reserved `google_consent_default` property:

```js
zaraz.set("google_consent_default",  {
  'ad_storage': 'denied',
  'ad_user_data': 'denied',
  'ad_personalization': 'denied',
  'analytics_storage': 'denied'
})
```

After the above code is executed, the consent status will be saved to `localStorage` and will be included with every subsequent Zaraz event.

Note that the code should be included as part of your website HTML code, usually inside a `<script>` element within the `<body>` element. It is **not recommended** to use the Custom HTML Zaraz tool for including it, as the consent preferences should be specified before Zaraz loads any other tool.

### Update the consent status

After the user has provided their consent preferences you can set the new status using the reserved `google_consent_update` property. If you are using the Zaraz Consent Management Platform, you can use the [Consent Choices Updated event](/zaraz/consent-management/api/#consent-choices-updated) to know when to update the Google Consent status.

```js
zaraz.set("google_consent_update",  {
  'ad_storage': 'granted',
  'ad_user_data': 'denied',
  'ad_personalization': 'granted',
  'analytics_storage': 'denied'
})
```

All subsequent events will include the information about both the default and the updated consent status.

### Verify if Zaraz is processing Consent Mode v2

You can verify that Zaraz is processing the Consent Mode settings by enabling the [Zaraz Debugger](/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/). Server-side requests to Google Analytics and Google Ads should include the `gcd` parameter.

## Consent Mode v1

Consent Mode v1 was deprecated by Google in November 2023, but is still supported. Integration with Zaraz is more complex than Consent Mode v2. You do not need to use Consent Mode v1 if you have implemented Consent Mode v2.

### Set up Consent Mode v1

Configuring Consent Mode v1 is done manually for each tool. Go to the tool page and select **Settings**. Select **Add field**, and select **Consent Mode** from the drop-down menu. Then, select **Confirm**.

The value for Consent Mode must adhere to Google's defined format, which is a four-character string starting with `G1`, followed by two characters indicating consent status for Marketing and Analytics. `1` indicates consent, `0` indicates no consent, and `-` indicates no consent was required. For example, setting the value to `G111` means the user has granted consent for both Marketing and Analytics, `G101` means consent for Analytics only, and `G10-` means no consent for Marketing but no required consent for Analytics.

Since the value for Consent Mode may change per user or session, it is recommended to dynamically set this value using `zaraz.set` in your website code. For instance, use `zaraz.set("google_consent_v1", "G100")` on page load, and `zaraz.set("google_consent_v1", "G111")` after the user granted consent for Marketing and Analytics. In the **Consent Mode** field, select the **+** symbol, choose **Event Property**, and type `google_consent_v1` as the property name. Zaraz will then use the latest value of the `google_consent_v1` Event Property as the Consent Mode string.

## Supported Tools

Consent Mode v1 and v2 are both supported by Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads.

---

# Configuration Import & Export

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/import-export/

Exporting your Zaraz configuration can be useful if you want to create a local backup or if you need to import it to another website. Zaraz provides an easy way to export and import your configuration.

## Export your Zaraz configuration

To export your Zaraz configuration:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings** > **Advanced**.
3. Click "Export" to download your configuration.

## Import your Zaraz configuration

:::caution


Importing a Zaraz configuration replaces your existing configuration, meaning that any information you did not back up could be lost. Consider exporting your existing configuration before importing a new one.


:::

To import a Zaraz configuration:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings** > **Advanced**.
3. Click **Browse** to select your configuration file, and **Import** to import it.

---

# Advanced options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Custom Managed Components

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/load-custom-managed-component/

Zaraz supports loading custom third-party tools using [Managed Components](https://managedcomponents.dev/). These can be Managed Components that you have developed yourself or that were developed by others. Using Custom Managed Components with Zaraz is done by converting them into a Cloudflare Worker running in your account.

If you are new to Managed Components, we recommend you get started with [creating your own Managed Component](https://managedcomponents.dev/getting-started/quickstart) or check out [our demo Managed Component](https://github.com/managed-components/demo).

## Prepare a Managed Component

:::note

If your Managed Component requires any building, transpiling, or bundling, you must complete those steps before you can deploy it. For example, this is required for components written in TypeScript and is usually done by running `npm run build` or an equivalent.
:::

To get started, you need have a JavaScript file ready for deployment, that exports the default Managed Component function for your Managed Component.

In this guide, we will use a simple example of a Custom Managed Component that counts user visits and logs this data in the console:

```javascript
// File: index.js
export default async function (manager) {
	// Add a pageview event
	manager.addEventListener("pageview", event, () => {
		const { client } = event;

		// Get the variable "counter" from the client's cookies and increase by 1
		let counter = parseInt(client.get("counter")) || 0;
		counter += 1;

		// Log the increased number
		client.execute(`console.log('Views: ${counter}')`);

		// Store the increased number for the next visit
		client.set("counter", counter);
	});
}
```

## Deploy a Managed Component to Cloudflare

1. Open a terminal in your Managed Component’s root directory.
2. From there, run `npx managed-component-to-cloudflare-worker ./index.js my-new-counter-mc`, which will deploy the Managed Component to a specialized Cloudflare Worker. Change the path to your `index.js`. You can also rename the Component.
3. Your Managed Component should now be [visible on your account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/redirect?account=/workers-and-pages) as a Cloudflare Worker prefixed with `custom-mc-`.

## Configure a Managed Component in Cloudflare

:::note

As with regular tools, it is recommended that you [create the triggers](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) you need first, if the Custom Managed Component you are adding needs to start actions using firing triggers different from the default `Pageview` trigger.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > [**Third-party tools**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz/tools-config/tools/catalog).
3. Select **Add new tool** and choose **Custom Managed Component** from the tools library page. Select **Continue** to confirm your selection.
4. In **Select Custom MC**, choose a Custom Managed Component that you have deployed to your account, such as `custom-mc-my-new-counter-mc`. Select **Continue**.
5. In **Permissions**, select the permissions you want to grant the Custom Managed Component. If you run an untrusted Managed Component, pay close attention to what permissions you are granting. Select **Continue**.
6. In **Set up**, configure the settings for your new tool. The information you need to enter will depend on the code of the Managed Component. You can add settings and default fields, as well as use [variables you have previously set up](/zaraz/variables/create-variables/).
7. Select **Save**.

While your tool is now configured, it does not have any actions associated with it yet. Adding new actions will tell Zaraz when to contact your Managed Component, and what information to send to it. When adding actions, make sure to verify the Action Type you are using. The types `pageview` and `event` are most commonly used, but you can add any action type to match the event listeners your Managed Component is using. Learn how to [create additional actions](/zaraz/custom-actions/).

If your Managed Component listens to `ecommerce` events, toggle **E-commerce tracking** in the Managed Component Settings page.

## Unsupported Features

As of now, Custom Managed Components do not support the use of the following methods yet:

- `manager.registerEmbed`
- `manager.registerWidget`
- `manager.proxy`
- `manager.serve`

---

# Load Zaraz selectively

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/load-selectively/

You can use [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/) to load Zaraz selectively on specific URLs or subdomains. Configuration Rules can also be used to block Zaraz from loading based on cookies, IP addresses or anything else related to a request.

Refer to [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/) documentation to learn more about this feature and how you can use it with Zaraz.

:::note


If you need to block one or more actions from firing in a tool, Cloudflare recommends you use [Blocking Triggers](/zaraz/advanced/blocking-triggers/) instead of Configuration Rules.


:::

---

# Load Zaraz manually

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/load-zaraz-manually/

By default, if your domain is proxied by Cloudflare, Zaraz will automatically inject itself to HTML pages in your site. This makes it easier to get up and running quickly. However, you might want to load Zaraz manually, for example to test Zaraz on specific pages first.

After you turn off the [Auto-inject script](/zaraz/reference/settings/#auto-inject-script) option, you will have to manually include the Zaraz script in your HTML, immediately before the `</head>` tag closes. The path to your script would be `/cdn-cgi/zaraz/i.js`. Your script tag should look like this:

```html
<script src="/cdn-cgi/zaraz/i.js" referrerpolicy="origin"></script>
```

With the script, your page HTML should be similar to the following:

```html
<html>
  <head>
    ….
    <script src="/cdn-cgi/zaraz/i.js" referrerpolicy="origin"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    …
  </body>
</html>
```

Note that if your site is not proxied by Cloudflare, you should refer to the section about [Using Zaraz on domains not proxied by Cloudflare](/zaraz/advanced/domains-not-proxied/).

---

# Using JSONata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/advanced/using-jsonata/

For advanced use cases, it is sometimes useful to be able to retrieve a value in a particular way. For instance, you might be using `zaraz.track` to send a list of products to Zaraz, but the third-party tool you want to send this data to requires the total cost of the products. Alternatively, you may want to manipulate a value, such as converting it to lowercase.

Cloudflare Zaraz uses JSONata to enable you to perform complex operations on your data. With JSONata, you can evaluate expressions against the [Zaraz Context](/zaraz/reference/context/), allowing you to access and manipulate a wide range of values. To learn more about the values available and how to access them, consult the [full reference](/zaraz/reference/context/). You can also refer to the [complete JSONata documentation](https://docs.jsonata.org/) for more information about JSONata's capabilities.

To use JSONata inside Zaraz, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools configuration** > **Tools**.
3. Select **Edit** next to a tool that you have already configured.
4. Select an action or add a new one.
5. Choose the field you want to use JSONata in, and wrap your JSONata expression with double curly brackets, like `{{ expression }}`.

JSONata can also be used inside Triggers, Tool Settings, and String Variables.

## Examples

### Converting a string to lowercase

Converting a string to lowercase is useful if you want to compare it to something else, for example a regular expression. Assuming the original string comes from a cookie named `myCookie`, turning the value lowercase can be done using `{{ $lowercase(system.cookies.myCookie) }}`.

### Sending a sum of all products in the cart

Assuming you are using `zaraz.ecommerce()` to send the cart content like this:

```js
zaraz.track('Product List Viewed',
  {  products:
    [
    {
      sku: '2671033',
      name: 'V-neck T-shirt',
      price: 14.99,
      quantity: 3
    },{
      sku: '2671034',
      name: 'T-shirt',
      price: 10.99,
      quantity: 2
    },
    ],
  }
);
```

If the field in which you want to show the sum, you will enter `{{ $sum(client.products.(price * quantity)) }}`. This will multiply the price of each product by its quantity, and then sum up the total.

---

# Consent API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/consent-management/api/

## Background

The Consent API allows you to programmatically control all aspects of the Consent Management program. This includes managing the modal, the consent status, and obtaining information about your configured purposes.

Using the Consent API, you can integrate Zaraz Consent preferences with an external Consent Management Platform, customize your consent modal, or restrict consent management to users in specific regions.

***

## Events

### `Consent API Ready`

It can be useful to know when the Consent API is fully loaded on the page so that code interacting with its methods and properties is not called prematurely.

```js
document.addEventListener("zarazConsentAPIReady", () => {
  // do things with the Consent API
});

```

### `Consent Choices Updated`

This event is fired every time the user makes changes to their consent preferences. It can be used to act on changes to the consent, for example when updating a tool with the new consent preferences.

```js
document.addEventListener("zarazConsentChoicesUpdated", () => {
  // read the new consent preferences using `zaraz.consent.getAll();` and do things with it
});

```

***

## Properties

The following are properties of the `zaraz.consent` object.



* `modal` boolean

  * Get or set the current visibility status of the consent modal dialog.

* `purposes` object read-only

  * An object containing all configured purposes, with their ID, name, description, and order.

* `APIReady` boolean read-only

  * Indicates whether the Consent API is currently available on the page.



***

## Methods

### `Get`

```js
zaraz.consent.get(purposeId);
```



* <code>get(purposeId)</code> : `boolean | undefined`



Get the current consent status for a purpose using the purpose ID.

* `true`: The consent was granted.
* `false`: The consent was not granted.
* `undefined`: The purpose does not exist.

#### Parameters



* `purposeId` string

  * The ID representing the Purpose.



### `Set`

```js
zaraz.consent.set(consentPreferences);
```



* <code>set(consentPreferences)</code> : `undefined`



Set the consent status for some purposes using the purpose ID.

#### Parameters



* `consentPreferences` object

  * a `{ purposeId: boolean }` object describing the purposes you want to set and their respective consent status.



### `Get All`

```js
zaraz.consent.getAll();
```



* <code>getAll()</code> : `{ purposeId: boolean }`



Returns an object with the consent status of all purposes.

### `Set All`

```js
zaraz.consent.setAll(consentStatus);
```



* <code>setAll(consentStatus)</code> : `undefined`



Set the consent status for all purposes at once.

#### Parameters



* `consentStatus` boolean

  * Indicates whether the consent was granted or not.



### `Get All Checkboxes`

```js
zaraz.consent.getAllCheckboxes();
```



* <code>getAllCheckboxes()</code> : `{ purposeId: boolean }`



Returns an object with the checkbox status of all purposes.

### `Set Checkboxes`

```js
zaraz.consent.setCheckboxes(checkboxesStatus);
```



* <code>setCheckboxes(checkboxesStatus)</code> : `undefined`



Set the consent status for some purposes using the purpose ID.

#### Parameters



* `checkboxesStatus` object

  * a `{ purposeId: boolean }` object describing the checkboxes you want to set and their respective checked status.



### `Set All Checkboxes`

```js
zaraz.consent.setAllCheckboxes(checkboxStatus);
```



* <code>setAllCheckboxes(checkboxStatus)</code> : `undefined`



Set the `checkboxStatus` status for all purposes in the consent modal at once.

#### Parameters



* `checkboxStatus` boolean

  * Indicates whether the purposes should be marked as checked or not.



### `Send queued events`

```js
zaraz.consent.sendQueuedEvents();
```



* <code>sendQueuedEvents()</code> : `undefined`



If some Pageview-based events were not sent due to a lack of consent, they can be sent using this method after consent was granted.

## Examples

### Restricting consent checks based on location

You can combine multiple features of Zaraz to effectively disable Consent Management for some visitors. For example, if you would like to use it only for visitors from the EU, you can disable the automatic showing of the consent modal and add a Custom HTML tool with the following script:

```html
<script>
function getCookie(name) {
  const value = `; ${document.cookie}`
  return value?.split(`; ${name}=`)[1]?.split(";")[0]
}

function handleZarazConsentAPIReady() {
  const consent_cookie = getCookie("cf_consent")
  const isEUCountry = "{{system.device.location.isEUCountry}}" === "1"
  if (!consent_cookie) {
    if (isEUCountry) {
      zaraz.consent.modal = true
    } else {
      zaraz.consent.setAll(true)
      zaraz.consent.sendQueuedEvents()
    }
  }
}

if (zaraz.consent?.APIReady) {
  handleZarazConsentAPIReady()
} else {
  document.addEventListener("zarazConsentAPIReady", handleZarazConsentAPIReady)
}
</script>
```

Note: If you've customized the cookie name for the Consent Manager, use that customized name instead of "cf\_consent"  in the snippet above.

By letting this Custom HTML tool to run without consent requirements, the modal will appear to all EU visitors, while for other visitors consent will be automatically granted. The `{{ system.device.location.isEUCountry }}` property will be `1` if the visitor is from an EU country and `0` otherwise. You can use any other property or variable to customize the Consent Management behavior in a similar manner, such as `{{ system.device.location.country }}` to restrict consent checks based on country code.

---

# Enable Consent Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/consent-management/enable-consent-management/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Consent**.
3. Turn on **Enable Consent Management**.
4. In **Consent modal text** fill in any legal information required in your country. Use HTML code to format your information as you would in any other HTML editor.
5. Under **Purposes**, select **Add new Purpose**. Give your new purpose a name and a description. Purposes are the reasons for using third-party tools in your website.
6. In **Assign purpose to tools**, match tools to purposes by selecting one of the purposes previously created from the drop-down menu. Do this for all your tools.
7. Select **Save**.

Your Consent Management platform is ready. Your website should now display a modal asking for consent for the tools you have configured.

## Adding different languages

In your Zaraz consent settings, you can add your consent modal text and purposes in various languages.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Consent**.
3. Select a default language of your choice. The default setting is English.
4. In **Consent modal text** and **Purposes**, you can select different languages and add translations.

## Overriding the consent modal language

By default, the Zaraz Consent Management Platform will try to match the language of the consent modal with the language requested by the browser, using the `Accept-Language` HTTP header.
If, for any reason, you would like to force the consent modal language to a specific one, you can use the `zaraz.set` Web API to define the default `__zarazConsentLanguage` value.

Below is an example that forces the language shown to be American English.

```html
<script>
  zaraz.set('__zarazConsentLanguage', 'en-US')
</script>
```

## Next steps

If the default consent modal does not suit your website's design, you can use the [Custom CSS tool](/zaraz/consent-management/custom-css/) to add your own custom design.

---

# IAB TCF Compliance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/consent-management/iab-tcf-compliance/

The Zaraz Consent Management Platform is compliant with the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework. Enabling this feature [could be required](https://blog.google/products/adsense/new-consent-management-platform-requirements-for-serving-ads-in-the-eea-and-uk/) in order to serve Google Ads in the EEA and the UK.

The CMP ID of the approval is 433 and be can seen in the the [IAB Europe](https://iabeurope.eu/cmp-list/) website.

Using the Zaraz Consent Management Platform in IAB TCF Compliance Mode is is opt-in.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Zaraz** > **Consent**.
3. Check the **Use IAB TCF compliant modal** option.
4. Under the **Assign purposes to tools** section, add vendor details to every tool that was not automatically assigned.
5. Press **Save**.

---

# Custom CSS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/consent-management/custom-css/

You can add custom CSS to the Zaraz Consent Management Platform, to make the consent modal more in-line with your website's design.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Consent**.
3. Find the **Custom CSS** section, and add your custom CSS code as you would on any other HTML editor.

---

# Consent management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/consent-management/

Zaraz provides a Consent Management platform (CMP) to help you address and manage required consents under the European [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://gdpr-info.eu/) and the [Directive on privacy and electronic communications](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:02002L0058-20091219\&from=EN#tocId7). This consent platform lets you easily create a consent modal for your website based on the tools you have configured. With Zaraz CMP, you can make sure Zaraz only loads tools under the umbrella of the specific purposes your users have agreed to.

The consent modal added to your website is concise and gives your users an easy way to opt-in to any purposes of data processing your tools need.

## Crucial vocabulary

The Zaraz Consent Management platform (CMP) has a **Purposes** section. This is where you will have to create purposes for the third-party tools your website uses. To better understand the terms involved in dealing with personal data, refer to these definitions:

* **Purpose**: The reason you are loading a given tool on your website, such as to track conversions or improve your website’s layout based on behavior tracking. One purpose can be assigned to many tools, but one tool can be assigned only to one purpose.
* **Consent**: An affirmative action that the user makes, required to store and access cookies (or other persistent data, like `LocalStorage`) on the users’ computer/browser.

:::note

All tools use consent as a legal basis. This is due to the fact that they all use cookies that are not strictly necessary for the website’s correct operation. Due to this, all purposes are opt-in. 
:::

## Purposes and tools

When you add a new tool to your website, Zaraz does not assign any purpose to it. This means that this tool will skip consent by default. Remember to check the [Consent Management settings](/zaraz/consent-management/enable-consent-management/) every time you set up a new tool. This helps ensure you avoid a situation where your tool is triggered before the user gives consent.

The user’s consent preferences are stored within a first-party cookie. This cookie is a JSON file that maps the purposes’ ID to a `true`/`false`/missing value:

* `true` value: The user gave consent.
* `false`value: The user refused consent.
* Missing value: The user has not made a choice yet.

:::caution[Important]

Cloudflare cannot recommend nor assign by default any specific purpose for your tools. It is your responsibility to properly assign tools to purposes if you need to comply with GDPR. 
:::

## Important things to note

* Purposes that have no tools assigned will not show up in the CMP modal.
* If a tool is assigned to a purpose, it will not run unless the user gives consent for the purpose the tool is assigned for.
* Once your website loads for a given user for the first time, all the triggers you have configured for tools that are waiting for consent are cached in the browser. Then, they will be fired when/if the user gives consent, so they are not lost.
* If the user visits your website for the first time, the consent modal will automatically show up. This also happens if the user has previously visited your website, but in the meantime you have enabled CMP.
* On subsequent visits, the modal will not show up. You can make the modal show up by calling the function `zaraz.showConsentModal()` — for example, by binding it to a button.

---

# Additional fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/additional-fields/

Some tools supported by Zaraz let you add fields in addition to the required field. Fields can usually be added either to a specific action, or to all the action within a tool, by adding the field as a **Default Field**.

## Add an additional field to a specific action

Adding an additional field to an action will attach it to this action only, and will not affect your other actions.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Third-party tools**.
3. Locate the third-party tool with the action you want to add the additional field to, and select **Edit**.
4. Select the action you wish to modify.
5. Select **Add Field**.
6. Choose the desired field from the drop-down menu and select **Add**.
7. Enter the value you wish to pass to the action.
8. Select **Save**.

The new field will now be used in this event.

## Add an additional field to all actions in a tool

Adding an additional field to the tool sets it as a default field for all of the tool actions. It is the same as adding it to every action in the tool.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Zaraz** > **Tools**.
3. Locate the third-party tool where you want to add the field, and select **Edit**.
4. Select **Settings** > **Add Field**.
5. Choose the desired field from the drop-down menu, and select **Add**.
6. Enter the value you wish to pass to all the actions in the tool.
7. Select **Save**.

The new field will now be attached to every action that belongs to the tool.

---

# Create an action

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/create-action/

Once you have your triggers ready, you can use them to configure your actions. An action defines a specific task that your tool will perform. 

To create an action, first [add a third-party tool](/zaraz/get-started/). If you have already added a third-party tool, follow these steps to create an action.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Under **Third-party tools**, locate the tool you want to configure an action for, and select **Edit**.
4. Under Custom actions select **Create action**.
5. Give the action a descriptive name.
6. In the **Firing Triggers** field, choose the relevant trigger or triggers you [previously created](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/). If you choose more than one trigger, the action will start when any of the selected triggers are matched.
7. Depending on the tool you are adding an action for, you might also have the option to choose an **Action type**. You might also need to fill in more fields in order to complete setting up the action.
8. Select **Save**.

The new action will appear under **Tool actions**. To edit or disable/enable an action, refer to [Edit tools and actions](/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-tools-and-actions/).

---

# Create a trigger

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/

Triggers define the conditions under which a tool will start an action. Since a tool must have actions in order to work, and actions must have triggers, it is important to set up your website's triggers correctly. A trigger can be made out of one or more Rules. Zaraz supports [multiple types of Trigger Rules](/zaraz/reference/triggers/).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Select the **Triggers** tab.
4. Select **Create trigger**.
5. In **Trigger Name** enter a descriptive name for your trigger.
6. In **Rule type**, choose from the actions available in the drop-down menu to start building your rule. Refer to [Triggers and rules](/zaraz/reference/triggers/) for more information on what each rule type means.
7. In **Variable name**, input the variable you want as the trigger. For example, use _Event Name_ if you are using [`zaraz.track()`](/zaraz/web-api/track/) in your website. If you want to use a variable you have previously [created in Variables](/zaraz/variables/create-variables/), select the `+` sign in the drop-down menu, scroll to **Variables**, and choose your variable.
8. Use the **Match operation** drop-down list to choose a comparison operator. For an expression to match, the value in **Variable name** and **Match string** must satisfy the comparison operator.
9. In **Match string**, input the string that completes the rule.
10. You can add more than one rule to your trigger. Select **Add rule** and repeat steps 5-8 to add another set of rules and conditions. If you add more than one rule, your trigger will only be valid when all conditions are true.
11. Select **Save**.

Your trigger is now complete. If you go back to the main page you will see it listed under **Triggers**, as well as which tools use it. You can also [**Edit** or **Delete** your trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-triggers/).

---

# Edit tools and actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-tools-and-actions/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools**.
3. Under **Third-party tools**, locate your tool and select **Edit**.

On this page you will be able to edit settings related to the tool, add actions, and edit existing ones. To edit an existing action, select its name.

## Enable or disable a tool

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Under **Third-party tools**, locate your tool and select the **Enabled** toggle.

## Enable or disable an action

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Third-party tools**.
3. Locate the tool you wan to edit and select **Edit**.
4. Find the action you want to change state, and enable or disable it with the toggle.

## Delete a tool

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Under **Third-party tools**, locate your tool and select **Delete**.

---

# Edit triggers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/edit-triggers/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Under **Triggers**, locate your trigger and select **Edit**.

You can edit every field related to the trigger, as well as add new trigger rules.

## Delete a trigger

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration**.
3. Under **Triggers**, locate your trigger and select **Delete**.

---

# Custom actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/custom-actions/

Tools on Zaraz must have actions configured in order to do something. Often, using Automatic Actions is enough for configuring a tool. But you might want to use Custom Actions to create a more customized setup, or perhaps you are using a tool that does not support Automatic Actions. In these cases, you will need to configure Custom Actions manually.

Every action has firing triggers assigned to it. When the conditions of the firing triggers are met, the action will start. An action can be anything the tool can do - sending analytics information, showing a widget, adding a script and much more.

To start using actions, first [create a trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) to determine when this action will start. If you have already set up a trigger, or if you are using one of the built-in triggers, follow these steps to [create an action](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-action/).

---

# Versions & History

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/history/

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Zaraz can work in real-time. In this mode, every change you make is instantly published. You can also enable [Preview & Publish mode](/zaraz/history/preview-mode/), which allows you to test your changes before you commit to them.

When enabling Preview & Publish mode, you will also have access to [Zaraz History](/zaraz/history/versions/). Zaraz History shows you a list of all the changes made to your settings, and allows you to revert to any previous settings.

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---

# Preview mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/history/preview-mode/

Zaraz allows you to test your configurations before publishing them. This is helpful to avoid unintended consequences when deploying a new tool or trigger.

After enabling Preview & Publish you will also have access to [Zaraz History](/zaraz/history/versions/).

## Enable Preview & Publish mode

By default, Zaraz is configured to commit changes in real time. To enable preview mode and test new features you are adding to Zaraz:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **History**.
3. Enable **Preview & Publish Workflow**.

You are now working in preview mode. To commit changes and make them live, you will have to select **Publish** on your account.

### Test changes before publishing them

Now that you have Zaraz working in preview mode, you can open your website and test your settings:

1. In [Zaraz settings](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz/settings) copy your **Debug Key**.
2. Navigate to the website where you want to test your new settings.
3. Access the browser’s developer tools. For example, to access developer tools in Google Chrome, select **View** > **Developer** > **Developer Tools**.
4. Select the **Console** pane and enter the following command to start Zaraz’s preview mode:

   ```js
   zaraz.preview("<YOUR_DEBUG_KEY>")
   ```
5. Your website will reload along with Zaraz debugger, and Zaraz will use the most recent changes in preview mode.
6. If you are satisfied with your changes, go back to the [Zaraz dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz/) and select **Publish** to apply them to all users. If not, use the dashboard to continue adjusting your configuration.

To exit preview mode, close Zaraz debugger.

## Disable Preview & Publish mode

Disable Preview & Publish mode to work in real time. When you work in real time, any changes made on the dashboard are applied instantly to the domain you are working on.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **History**.
3. Disable **Preview & Publish Workflow**.
4. In the modal, decide if you want to delete all unpublished changes, or if you want to publish any change made in the meantime.

Zaraz is now working in real time. Any change you make will be immediately applied the domain you are working on.

---

# Versions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/history/versions/

Version History enables you to keep track of all the Zaraz configuration changes made in your website. With Version History you can also revert changes to previous settings should there be a problem.

To access Version History you need to enable [Preview & Publish mode](/zaraz/history/preview-mode/) first. Then, you can access Version History under **Zaraz** > **History**.

## Access Version History

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **History**.
3. If this is your first time using this feature, this page will be empty. Otherwise, you will have a list of changes made to your account with the following information:
   * Date of change
   * User who made the change
   * Description of the change

## Revert changes

Version History enables you to revert any changes made to your Zaraz settings.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **History**.
3. Find the changes you want to revert, and select **Restore**.
4. Confirm you want to revert your changes.
5. Select **Publish** to publish your changes.

---

# Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/monitoring/

Zaraz Monitoring shows you different metrics regarding Zaraz. This helps you to detect issues when they occur. For example, if a third-party analytics provider stops collecting data, you can use the information presented by Zaraz Monitoring to find where in the workflow the problem occurred.

You can also check activity data in the **Activity last 24hr** section, when you access [tools](/zaraz/get-started/), [actions](/zaraz/custom-actions/) and [triggers](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) in the dashboard.

To use Zaraz Monitoring:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Monitoring**.
3. Select one of the options (Loads, Events, Triggers, Actions). Zaraz Monitoring will show you how the traffic for that section evolved for the time period selected.

## Zaraz Monitoring options

- **Loads**: Counts how many times Zaraz was loaded on pages of your website. When [Single Page Application support](/zaraz/reference/settings/#single-page-application-support) is enabled, Loads will count every change of navigation as well.
- **Events**: Counts how many times a specific event was tracked by Zaraz. It includes the [Pageview event](/zaraz/get-started/), [Track events](/zaraz/web-api/track/), and [E-commerce events](/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce/).
- **Triggers**: Counts how many times a specific trigger was activated. It includes the built-in [Pageview trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) and any other trigger you set in Zaraz.
- **Actions**: Counts how many times a [specific action](/zaraz/custom-actions/) was activated. It includes the pre-configured Pageview action, and any other actions you set in Zaraz.
- **Server-side requests**: tracks the status codes returned from server-side requests that Zaraz makes to your third-party tools.

---

# Monitoring API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/monitoring/monitoring-api/

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The **Zaraz Monitoring API** allows users to retrieve detailed data on Zaraz events through the **GraphQL Analytics API**. Using this API, you can monitor events, pageviews, triggers, actions, and server-side request statuses, including any errors and successes. The data available through the API mirrors what is shown on the Zaraz Monitoring page in the dashboard, but with the API, you can query it programmatically to create alerts and notifications for unexpected deviations.

To get started, you'll need to generate an Analytics API token by following the [API token authentication guide](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/).

## Key Entities

The Monitoring API includes the following core entities, which each provide distinct insights:

- **zarazTrackAdaptiveGroups**: Contains data on Zaraz events, such as event counts and timestamps.
- **zarazActionsAdaptiveGroups**: Provides information on Zaraz Actions.
- **zarazTriggersAdaptiveGroups**: Tracks data on Zaraz Triggers.
- **zarazFetchAdaptiveGroups**: Captures server-side request data, including URLs and returning status codes for third-party requests made by Zaraz.

## Example GraphQL Queries

You can construct any query you'd like using the above datasets, but here are some example queries you can use.

<Tabs syncKey="GQLExamples"><TabItem label="Events">

Query for the count of Zaraz events, grouped by time.

```graphql
query ZarazEvents(
 $zoneTag: string
 $limit: uint64!
 $start: Date
 $end: Date
 $orderBy: [ZoneZarazTrackAdaptiveGroupsOrderBy!]
) {
 viewer {
  zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
   data: zarazTrackAdaptiveGroups(
    limit: $limit
    filter: { datetimeHour_geq: $start, datetimeHour_leq: $end }
    orderBy: [$orderBy]
   ) {
    count
    dimensions {
     ts: datetimeHour
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

</TabItem><TabItem label="Loads">

Query for the count of Zaraz loads, grouped by time.

```graphql
query ZarazLoads(
 $zoneTag: string
 $limit: uint64!
 $start: Date
 $end: Date
 $orderBy: [ZoneZarazTriggersAdaptiveGroupsOrderBy!]
) {
 viewer {
  zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
   data: zarazTriggersAdaptiveGroups(
    limit: $limit
    filter: { date_geq: $start, date_leq: $end, triggerName: Pageview }
    orderBy: [$orderBy]
   ) {
    count
    dimensions {
     ts: date
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Triggers">

Query for the total execution count of each trigger processed by Zaraz.

```graphql
query ZarazTriggers(
 $zoneTag: string
 $limit: uint64!
 $start: Date
 $end: Date
 $orderBy: [uint64!]
) {
 viewer {
  zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
   data: zarazTriggersAdaptiveGroups(
    limit: $limit
    filter: { date_geq: $start, date_leq: $end }
    orderBy: [count_DESC]
   ) {
    count
    dimensions {
     name: triggerName
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

</TabItem><TabItem label="Erroneous responses">

Query for the count of 400 server-side responses, grouped by time and URL.

```graphql
query ErroneousResponses(
 $zoneTag: string
 $limit: uint64!
 $start: Date
 $end: Date
 $orderBy: [ZoneZarazFetchAdaptiveGroupsOrderBy!]
) {
 viewer {
  zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
   data: zarazFetchAdaptiveGroups(
    limit: $limit
    filter: {
     datetimeHour_geq: $start
     datetimeHour_leq: $end
     url_neq: ""
     status: 400
    }
    orderBy: [$orderBy]
   ) {
    count
    dimensions {
     ts: datetimeHour
     name: url
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

 </TabItem></Tabs>

### Variables Example

```json
{
 "zoneTag": "d6dfdf32c704a77ac227243a5eb5ca61",
 "start": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
 "end": "2025-01-30T00:00:00Z",
 "limit": 10000,
 "orderBy": "datetimeHour_ASC"
}
```

Be sure to customize the zoneTag to match your specific zone, along with setting the desired start and end dates

### Explanation of Parameters

- **zoneTag**: Unique identifier of your Cloudflare zone.
- **limit**: Maximum number of results to return.
- **start** and **end**: Define the date range for the query in ISO 8601 format.
- **orderBy**: Determines the sorting order, such as by ascending or descending datetime.

## Example `curl` Request

Use this `curl` command to query the Zaraz Monitoring API for the number of events processed by Zaraz. Replace `$TOKEN` with your API token, `$ZONE_TAG` with your zone tag, and adjust the start and end dates as needed.

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "query": "query AllEvents($zoneTag: String!, $limit: Int!, $start: Date, $end: Date, $orderBy: [ZoneZarazTriggersAdaptiveGroupsOrderBy!]) { viewer { zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) { data: zarazTrackAdaptiveGroups( limit: $limit filter: { datetimeHour_geq: $start datetimeHour_leq: $end } orderBy: [$orderBy] ) { count dimensions { ts: datetimeHour } } } } }",
    "variables": {
      "zoneTag": "$ZONE_TAG",
      "start": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2025-01-30T00:00:00Z",
      "limit": 10000,
      "orderBy": "datetimeHour_ASC"
    }
  }'
```

### Explanation of the `curl` Components

- **Authorization**: The `Authorization` header requires a Bearer token. Replace `$TOKEN` with your actual API token.
- **Content-Type**: Set `application/json` to indicate a JSON payload.
- **Data Payload**: This payload includes the GraphQL query and variable parameters, such as `zoneTag`, `start`, `end`, `limit`, and `orderBy`.

This `curl` example will return a JSON response containing event counts and timestamps within the specified date range. Modify the `variables` values as needed for your use case.

## Additional Resources

Refer to the [full GraphQL Analytics API documentation](/analytics/graphql-api/) for more details on available fields, filters, and further customization options for Zaraz Monitoring API queries.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/

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---

# Zaraz Context

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/context/

The Zaraz Context is a versatile object that provides a set of configurable properties for Zaraz, a web analytics tool for tracking user behavior on websites. These properties can be accessed and utilized across various components, including [Worker Variables](/zaraz/variables/worker-variables/) and [JSONata expressions](/zaraz/advanced/using-jsonata/).

System properties, which are automatically collected by Zaraz, provide insights into the user's environment and device, while Client properties, obtained through [Zaraz Web API](/zaraz/web-api/) calls like zaraz.track(), offer additional information on user behavior and actions.

## System properties

### Page information



| Property               | Type   | Description                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `system.page.query`    | Object | Key-Value object containing all query parameters in the current URL.                                            |
| `system.page.title`    | String | Current page title.                                                                                             |
| `system.page.url`      | URL    | [URL](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL) Object containing information about the current URL |
| `system.page.referrer` | String | Current page referrer from `document.referrer`.                                                                 |
| `system.page.encoding` | String | Current page character encoding from `document.characterSet`.                                                   |
|                        |        |                                                                                                                 |

### Cookies

| Property         | Type   | Description                                      |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `system.cookies` | Object | Key-Value object containing all present cookies. |

The the keys inside the `system.cookies` are the cookies name. The property `system.cookies.foo` will return the value of the a cookie named `foo`.

### Device information



| Property                                   | Type   | Description                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `system.device.ip`                         | String | Visitor incoming IP address.                                                                                             |
| `system.device.resolution`                 | String | Screen resolution for device.                                                                                            |
| `system.device.viewport`                   | String | Visible web page area in user’s device.                                                                                  |
| `system.device.language`                   | String | Language used in user's device.                                                                                          |
| `system.device.location`                   | Object | All location-related keys from [IncomingRequestCfProperties](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties) |
| `system.device.user-agent.ua`              | String | Browser user agent.                                                                                                      |
| `system.device.user-agent.browser.name`    | String | Browser name.                                                                                                            |
| `system.device.user-agent.browser.version` | String | Browser version.                                                                                                         |
| `system.device.user-agent.engine.name`     | String | Type of browser engine (for example, WebKit).                                                                            |
| `system.device.user-agent.engine.version`  | String | Version of the browser engine.                                                                                           |
| `system.device.user-agent.os.name`         | String | Operating system.                                                                                                        |
| `system.device.user-agent.os.version`      | String | Version of the operating system.                                                                                         |
| `system.device.user-agent.device`          | String | Type of device used (for example, iPhone).                                                                               |
| `system.device.user-agent.cpu`             | String | Device’s CPU.                                                                                                            |
|                                            |        |                                                                                                                          |

### Consent Management

| Property         | Type   | Description                                                                            |
| ---------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `system.consent` | Object | Key-value object containing the current consent status from the Zaraz Consent Manager. |

The keys inside the `system.consent` object are purpose IDs, and values are `true` for consent, `false` for lack of consent.

### Managed Components

| Property          | Type   | Description                                                               |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `system.clientKV` | Object | Key-value object containing all the KV data from your Managed Components. |

The keys inside the `system.clientKV` object are formatted as Tool ID, underscore, Key name. Assuming you want to read the value of the `ga4` key used by a tool with ID `abcd`, the path would be `system.clientKV.abcd_ga4`.

### Miscellaneous



| Property                            | Type   | Description                           |
| ----------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------- |
| `system.misc.random`                | Number | Random number unique to each request. |
| `system.misc.timestamp`             | Number | Unix time in seconds.                 |
| `system.misc.timestampMilliseconds` | Number | Unix time in milliseconds.            |
|                                     |        |                                       |

## Event properties



| Property              | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| --------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `client.__zarazTrack` | String | Returns the name of the event sent using the Track method of the Web API. Refer to [Zaraz Track](/zaraz/web-api/track/) for more information.                                                                                                                        |
| `client.<KEY_NAME>`   | String | Returns the value of a `zaraz.track()` `eventProperties` key. The key can either be directly used in `zaraz.track()` or set using `zaraz.set()`. Replace `<KEY_NAME>` with the name of your key. Refer to [Zaraz Track](/zaraz/web-api/track/) for more information. |
|                       |        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

---

# Properties reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/properties-reference/

Cloudflare Zaraz offers properties that you can use when configuring the product. They are helpful to send data to a third-party tool or to create triggers as they have context about a specific user's browser session and the actions they take on the website. Below is a list of the properties you can access from the Cloudflare dashboard and their values.

## Web API

| Property               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Event Name*           | Returns the name of the event sent using the Track method of the Web API. Refer to the [Track method](/zaraz/web-api/track/) for more information.                                                                                                   |
| *Track Property name:* | Returns the value of a `zaraz.track()` `eventProperties` key. The key can either be directly used in `zaraz.track()` or set using `zaraz.set()`. Set the name of your key here. Refer to the [Set method](/zaraz/web-api/set/) for more information. |

## Page Properties

| Property                  | Description                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Page character encoding* | Returns the document character encoding from `document.characterSet`.                                                  |
| *Page referrer*           | Returns the page referrer from `document.referrer`.                                                                    |
| *Page title*              | Returns the page title.                                                                                                |
| *Query param name:*       | Returns the value of a URL query parameter. When you choose this variable, you need to set the name of your parameter. |
| *URL*                     | Returns a string containing the entire URL.                                                                            |
| *URL base domain*         | Returns the base domain part of the URL, without any subdomains.                                                       |
| *URL host*                | Returns the domain (that is, the hostname) followed by a `:` and the port of the URL (if a port was specified).        |
| *URL hostname*            | Returns the domain of the URL.                                                                                         |
| *URL origin*              | Returns the origin of the URL — that is, its scheme, domain, and port.                                                 |
| *URL password*            | Returns the password specified before the domain name.                                                                 |
| *URL pathname*            | Returns the path of the URL, including the initial `/`. Does not include the query string or fragment.                 |
| *URL port*                | Returns the port number of the URL.                                                                                    |
| *URL protocol scheme*     | Returns the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final `:`.                                                       |
| *URL query parameters*    | Returns query parameters provided, beginning with the leading `?` character.                                           |
| *URL username*            | Returns the username specified before the domain name.                                                                 |

## Cookies

| Property       | Description                                           |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| *Cookie name:* | Returns cookies obtained from the browser `document`. |

## Device properties

| Property                   | Description                                                 |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Browser engine*           | Returns the type of browser engine (for example, `WebKit`). |
| *Browser engine version*   | Returns the version of the browser’s engine.                |
| *Browser name*             | Returns the browser’s name.                                 |
| *Browser version*          | Returns the browser’s version.                              |
| *Device CPU*               | Returns the device’s CPU.                                   |
| *Device IP address*        | Returns the incoming IP address.                            |
| *Device language*          | Returns the language used.                                  |
| *Device screen resolution* | Returns the screen resolution of the device.                |
| *Device type*              | Returns the type of device used (for example, `iPhone`).    |
| *Device viewport*          | Returns the visible web page area in user’s device.         |
| *Operating system name*    | Returns the operating system.                               |
| *Operating system version* | Returns the version of the operating system.                |
| *User-agent string*        | Returns the browser’s user agent.                           |

## Device location

| Property       | Description                                                                                                                                                                       |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *City*         | Returns the city of the incoming request. For example, `Lisbon`.                                                                                                                  |
| *Continent*    | Returns the continent of the incoming request. For example, `EU`                                                                                                                  |
| *Country* code | Returns the country code of the incoming request. For example, `PT`.                                                                                                              |
| *EU* country   | Returns a `1` if the country of the incoming request is in the European Union, and a `0` if it is not.                                                                            |
| *Region*       | Returns the [ISO 3166-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2) name for the first level region associated with the IP address of the incoming request. For example, `Lisbon`. |
| *Region* code  | Returns the [ISO 3166-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2) region code associated with the IP address of the incoming request. For example, `11`.                         |
| *Timezone*     | Returns the timezone of the incoming request. For example, `Europe/Lisbon`.                                                                                                       |

## Miscellaneous

| Property                   | Description                                     |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| *Random number*            | Returns a random number unique to each request. |
| *Timestamp (milliseconds)* | Returns the Unix time in milliseconds.          |
| *Timestamp (seconds)*      | Returns the Unix time in seconds.               |

---

# Settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/settings/

To configure Zaraz's general settings, select [**Zaraz**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/zaraz) > **Settings**. Make sure you save your changes, by selecting the **Save** button after making them.

## Workflow

Allows you to choose between working in Real-time or Preview & Publish modes. By default, Zaraz instantly publishes all changes you make in your account. Choosing Preview & Publish lets you test your settings before committing to them. Refer to [Preview mode](/zaraz/history/preview-mode/) for more information.

## Web API

### Debug Key

The debug key is used to enable Debug Mode. Refer to [Debug mode](/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/) for more information.

### E-commerce tracking

Toggle this option on to enable the Zaraz E-commerce API. Refer to [E-commerce](/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce/) for more information.

## Compatibility

### Data layer compatibility mode

Cloudflare Zaraz offers backwards compatibility with the `dataLayer` function found in tag management software, used to track events and other parameters. You can toggle this option off if you do not need it. Refer to [Data layer compatibility mode](/zaraz/advanced/datalayer-compatibility/) for more information.

### Single Page Application support

When you toggle Single Page Application support off, the `pageview` trigger will only work when loading a new web page. When enabled, Zaraz's `pageview` trigger will work every time the URL changes on a single page application. This is also known as virtual page views.

## Privacy

Zaraz offers privacy settings you can configure, such as:

* **Remove URL query parameters**: Removes all query parameters from URLs. For example, `https://example.com/?q=hello` becomes `https://example.com/`.

* **Trim IP addresses**: Trims part of the IP address before passing it to server-side loaded tools, to hide it from third-parties.

* **Clean User Agent strings**: Clear sensitive information from the User Agent string by removing information such as operating system version, extensions installed, among others.

* **Remove external referrers**: Hides the page referrers URL if the hostname is different from the website's.

* **Cookie domain**: Choose the domain on which Zaraz will set your tools' cookies. By default, Zaraz will attempt to save the cookies on the highest-level domain possible, meaning that if your website is on `foo.example.com`, the cookies will be saved on `example.com`. You can change this behavior and configure the cookies to be saved on `foo.example.com` by entering a custom domain here.

## Injection

### Auto-inject script

This option automatically injects the script needed for Zaraz to work on your website. It is turned on by default.

If you turn this option off, Zaraz will stop automatically injecting its script on your domain. If you still want Zaraz functionality, you will need to add the Zaraz script manually. Refer to [Load Zaraz manually](/zaraz/advanced/load-zaraz-manually/) for more information.

### Iframe injection

When toggled on, the Zaraz script will also be injected into `iframe` elements.

## Endpoints

Specify custom URLs for Zaraz's scripts. You need to use a valid pathname:

```txt
/<PATHNAME>/<FILE.JS>
```

This is an example of a custom pathname to host Zaraz's initialization script:

```txt
/my-server/my-scripts/start.js
```

### HTTP Events API

Refer to [HTTP Events API](/zaraz/http-events-api/) for more information on this endpoint.

## Other

### Bot Score Threshold

Choose whether to prevent Zaraz from loading on suspected bot-initiated requests. This is based on the request's [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) which is an estimate, and therefore cannot be guaranteed to be always accurate.

The options are:

* **Block none**: Load Zaraz for all requests, even if those come from bots.
* **Block automated only**: Prevent Zaraz from loading on requests from requests in the [**Automated** category](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#bot-groupings).
* **Block automated and likely automated**: Prevent Zaraz from loading on requests from requests in the [**Automated** and **Likely Automated** category](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#bot-groupings).

### Context Enricher

Refer to the [Context Enricher](/zaraz/advanced/context-enricher/) for more information on this setting.

---

# Third-party tools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/supported-tools/

Cloudflare Zaraz supports the following third-party tools:

| Name                              | Category                          |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Amplitude                         | Analytics                         |
| Bing                              | Advertising                       |
| Branch                            | Marketing automation              |
| Facebook Pixel                    | Advertising                       |
| Floodlight                        | Advertising                       |
| Google Ads                        | Advertising                       |
| Google Analytics                  | Analytics                         |
| Google Analytics 4                | Analytics                         |
| Google Conversion Linker          | Miscellaneous                     |
| Google Maps - Reserve with Google | Advertising / Miscellaneous       |
| HubSpot                           | Marketing automation              |
| iHire                             | Marketing automation / Recruiting |
| Impact Radius                     | Marketing automation              |
| Instagram                         | Embeds                            |
| Indeed                            | Recruiting                        |
| LinkedIn Insight                  | Advertising                       |
| Mixpanel                          | Analytics                         |
| Outbrain                          | Advertising                       |
| Pinterest                         | Advertising                       |
| Pinterest Conversions API         | Advertising                       |
| Pod Sights                        | Advertising / Analytics           |
| Quora                             | Advertising                       |
| Reddit                            | Advertising                       |
| Segment                           | Customer Data Platform            |
| Snapchat                          | Advertising                       |
| Snowplow                          | Analytics                         |
| Taboola                           | Advertising                       |
| Tatari                            | Advertising                       |
| TikTok                            | Advertising                       |
| Twitter Pixel                     | Advertising / Embeds              |
| Upward                            | Recruiting                        |
| ZipRecruiter                      | Recruiting                        |

For any other tool, use the custom integrations below:

| Name         | Category |
| ------------ | -------- |
| Custom HTML  | Custom   |
| Custom Image | Custom   |
| HTTP Request | Custom   |

Refer to [Add a third-party tool](/zaraz/get-started/) to learn more about this topic.

---

# Triggers and rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/reference/triggers/

Triggers define the conditions under which [a tool will start an action](/zaraz/custom-actions/). In most cases, your objective will be to create triggers that match specific website events that are relevant to your business. A trigger can be based on an event that happened on your website, like after selecting a button or loading a specific page.

These website events can be passed to Cloudflare Zaraz in a number of ways. You can use the [Track](/zaraz/web-api/track/) method of the Web API or the [`dataLayer`](/zaraz/advanced/datalayer-compatibility/) call. Alternatively, if you do not want to write code to track events on your website, you can configure triggers to listen to browser-side website events, with different types of rules like click listeners or form submissions.

## Rule types

The exact composition of the trigger will change depending on the type of rule you choose.

### Match rule

Zaraz matches the variable you input in **Variable name** with the text under **Match string**. For a complete list of supported variables, refer to [Properties reference](/zaraz/reference/properties-reference/).

**Trigger example: Match `zaraz.track("purchase")`**

| Rule type    | Variable name | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _Event Name_  | _Equals_        | `purchase`   |

If you create a trigger with match rules using variables from Page Properties, Cookies, Device Properties, or Miscellaneous categories, you will often want to add a second rule that matches `Pageview`. Otherwise, your trigger will be valid for every other event happening on this page too. Refer to [Create a trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) to learn how to add more than one condition to a trigger.

**Trigger example: All pages under `/blog`**

| Rule type    | Variable name  | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _URL pathname_ | _Starts with_   | `/blog`      |

| Rule type    | Variable name | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _Event Name_  | _Equals_        | `Pageview`   |

**Trigger example: All logged in users**

| Rule type    | Variable name                | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ---------------------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _Cookie: name:_ `isLoggedIn` | _Equals_        | `true`       |

| Rule type    | Variable name | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _Event Name_  | _Equals_        | `Pageview`   |

Refer to [Properties reference](/zaraz/reference/properties-reference/) for more information on the variables you can use when using Match rule.

### Click listener

Tracks clicks in a web page. You can set up click listeners using CSS selectors or XPath expressions. **Wait for actions** (in milliseconds) tells Zaraz to prevent the page from changing for the amount of time specified. This allows all requests triggered by the click listener to reach their destination.

:::note

When using CSS type rules in triggers, you have to include the CSS selector — for example, the ID (`#`) or the class (`.`) symbols. Otherwise, the click listener will not work.
:::

**Trigger example for CSS selector:**

| Rule type        | Type  | Selector     | Wait for actions |
| ---------------- | ----- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| _Click listener_ | _CSS_ | `#my-button` | `500`            |

To improve the performance of the web page, you can limit a click listener to a specific URL, by combining it with a Match rule. For example, to track button clicks on a specific page you can set up the following rules in a trigger:

| Rule type        | Type  | Selector    | Wait for actions |
| ---------------- | ----- | ----------- | ---------------- |
| _Click listener_ | _CSS_ | `#myButton` | `500`            |

| Rule type    | Variable name  | Match operation | Match string    |
| ------------ | -------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| _Match rule_ | _URL pathname_ | _Equals_        | `/my-page-path` |

If you need to track a link of an element using CSS selectors - for example, on a clickable button - you have to create a listener for the `href` attribute of the `<a>` tag:

| Rule type        | Type  | Selector                       | Wait for actions |
| ---------------- | ----- | ------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| _Click listener_ | _CSS_ | `a[href$='/#my-css-selector']` | `500`            |

Refer to [**Create a trigger**](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) to learn how to add more than one rule to a trigger.

---

**Trigger example for XPath:**

| Rule type        | Type    | Selector                                         | Wait for actions |
| ---------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| _Click listener_ | _XPath_ | `/html/body//*[contains(text(), 'Add To Cart')]` | `500`            |

### Element Visibility

Triggers an action when a CSS selector becomes visible in the screen.

| Rule type            | CSS Selector |
| -------------------- | ------------ |
| _Element Visibility_ | `#my-id`     |

### Scroll depth

Triggers an action when the users scrolls a predetermined amount of pixels. This can be a fixed amount of pixels or a percentage of the screen.

**Example with pixels**

| Rule type      | CSS Selector |
| -------------- | ------------ |
| _Scroll Depth_ | `100px`      |

---

**Example with a percentage of the screen**

| Rule type      | CSS Selector |
| -------------- | ------------ |
| _Scroll Depth_ | `45%`        |

### Form submission

Tracks form submissions using CSS selectors. Select the **Validate** toggle button to only fire the trigger when the form has no validation errors.

**Trigger example:**

| Rule type         | CSS Selector | Validate         |
| ----------------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| _Form submission_ | `#my-form`   | Toggle on or off |

To improve the performance of the web page, you can limit a Form submission trigger to a specific URL, by combining it with a Match rule. For example, to track a form on a specific page you can set up the following rules in a trigger:

| Rule type         | CSS Selector | Validate         |
| ----------------- | ------------ | ---------------- |
| _Form submission_ | `#my-form`   | Toggle on or off |

| Rule type    | Variable name  | Match operation | Match string    |
| ------------ | -------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| _Match rule_ | _URL pathname_ | _Equals_        | `/my-page-path` |

Refer to [**Create a trigger**](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) to learn how to add more than one condition to a trigger.

### Timer

Set up a timer that will fire the trigger after each **Interval**. Set your interval time in milliseconds. In **Limit** specify the number of times the interval will run, causing the trigger to fire. If you do not specify a limit, the timer will repeat for as long as the page is on display.

**Trigger example:**

| Rule type | Interval | Limit |
| --------- | -------- | ----- |
| _Timer_   | `5000`   | `1`   |

The above Timer will fire once, after five seconds. To improve the performance of a web page, you can limit a Timer trigger to a specific URL, by combining it with a Match rule. For example, to set up a timer on a specific page you can set up the following rules in a trigger:

| Rule type | Interval | Limit |
| --------- | -------- | ----- |
| _Timer_   | `5000`   | `1`   |

| Rule type    | Variable name  | Match operation | Match string    |
| ------------ | -------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| _Match rule_ | _URL pathname_ | _Equals_        | `/my-page-path` |

Refer to [**Create a trigger**](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) to learn how to add more than one condition to a trigger.

---

# Create a variable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/variables/create-variables/

Variables are reusable blocks of information. They allow you to have one source of data you can reuse across tools and triggers in the dashboard. You can then update this data in a single place.

For example, instead of typing a specific user ID in multiple fields, you can create a variable with that information instead. If there is a change and you have to update the user ID, you just need to update the variable and the change will be reflected across the dashboard.

[Worker Variables](/zaraz/variables/worker-variables/) are a special type of variable that generates value dynamically.

## Create a new variable

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Variables**.
3. Select **Create variable**, and give it a name.
4. In **Variable type** select between `String`, `Masked variable` or `Worker` from the drop-down menu. Use `Masked variable` when you have a private value that you do not want to share, such as an API token.
5. In **Variable value** enter the value of your variable.
6. Select **Save**.

Your variable is now ready to be used with tools and triggers.

## Next steps

Refer to [Add a third-party tool](/zaraz/get-started/) and [Create a trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/) for more information on how to add a variable to tools and triggers.

If you need to edit or delete variables, refer to [Edit variables](/zaraz/variables/edit-variables/).

---

# Edit variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/variables/edit-variables/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Variables**.
3. Locate the variable you want to edit, and select **Edit** to make your changes.
4. Select **Save** to save your edits.

## Delete a variable

:::caution[Important]
You cannot delete a variable being used in tools or triggers.
:::

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Third-party tools**.
3. Locate any tools using the variable, and delete the variable from those tools.
4. Select **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Triggers**.
5. Locate all the triggers using the variable, and delete the variable from those triggers.
6. Navigate to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Variables**.
7. Locate the variable you want to delete, and select **Delete**.

---

# Worker Variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/variables/worker-variables/

Zaraz Worker Variables are a powerful type of variable that you can configure and then use in your actions and triggers. Unlike string and masked variables, Worker Variables are dynamic. This means you can use a Cloudflare Worker to determine the value of the variable, allowing you to use them for countless purposes. For example:

1. A Worker Variable that calculates the sum of all products in the cart
2. A Worker Variable that takes a cookie, makes a request to your backend, and returns the User ID
3. A Worker Variable that hashes a value before sending it to a third-party vendor

## Creating a Worker

To use a Worker Variable, you first need to create a new Cloudflare Worker. You can do this through the Cloudflare dashboard or by using [Wrangler](/workers/get-started/guide/).

To create a new Worker in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and select **Create application**.
3. Give a name to your Worker and select **Deploy**.
4. Select **Edit code**.

You have now created a basic Worker that responds with "Hello world." If you use this Worker as a Variable, your Variable will always output "Hello world." The response body coming from your Worker will be the value of your Worker Variable. To make this Worker useful, you will usually want to use information coming from Zaraz, which is known as the Zaraz Context.

Zaraz forwards the Zaraz Context object to your Worker as a JSON payload with a POST request. You can access any property like this:

```js
const { system, client } = await request.json()

/* System parameters */
system.page.url.href // URL of the current page
system.page.query.gclid // Value of the gclid query parameter
system.device.resolution // Device screen resolution
system.device.language // Browser preferred language

/* Zaraz Track values */
client.value // value from `zaraz.track("foo", {value: "bar"})`
client.products[0].name // name of the first product in an ecommerce call
```

Keep reading for more complete examples of different use cases or refer to [Zaraz Context](/zaraz/reference/context/).

## Configuring a Worker Variable

Once your Worker is published, configuring a Worker Variable is easy.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools configuration** > **Variables**.
3. Click **Create variable**.
4. Give your variable a name, choose **Worker** as the Variable type, and select your newly created Worker.
5. Save your variable.

## Using your Worker Variable

Now that your Worker Variable is configured, you can use it in your actions and triggers.

To use your Worker Variable:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools configuration** > **Tools**.
3. Click **Edit** next to a tool that you have already configured.
4. Select an action or add a new one.
5. Click on the plus sign at the right of the text fields.
6. Select your Worker Variable from the list.

## Example Worker Variables

### Calculates the sum of all products in the cart

Assuming we are sending a list of products in a cart, like this:

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Cart Viewed", {
  products: [
    { name: "shirt", price: "50" },
    { name: "jacket", price: "20" },
    { name: "hat", price: "30" },
  ],
});
```

Calculating the sum can be done like this:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    // Parse the Zaraz Context object
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    // Get an array of all prices
    const productsPrices = client.products.map((p) => p.price);

    // Calculate the sum
    const sum = productsPrices.reduce((partialSum, a) => partialSum + a, 0);

    return new Response(sum);
  },
};
```

### Match a cookie with a user in your backend

Zaraz exposes all cookies automatically under the `system.cookies` object, so they are always available. Accessing the cookie and using it to query your backend might look like this:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    // Parse the Zaraz Context object
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    // Get the value of the cookie "login-cookie"
    const cookieValue = system.cookies["login-cookie"];

    const userId = await fetch("https://example.com/api/getUserIdFromCookie", {
      method: POST,
      body: cookieValue,
    });

    return new Response(userId);
  },
};
```

### Hash a value before sending it to a third-party vendor

Assuming you're sending a value that your want to hash, for example, an email address:

```js
zaraz.track("user_logged_in", { email: "user@example.com" });
```

You can access this property and hash it like this:

```js
async function digestMessage(message) {
  const msgUint8 = new TextEncoder().encode(message); // encode as (utf-8) Uint8Array
  const hashBuffer = await crypto.subtle.digest("SHA-256", msgUint8); // hash the message
  const hashArray = Array.from(new Uint8Array(hashBuffer)); // convert buffer to byte array
  const hashHex = hashArray
    .map((b) => b.toString(16).padStart(2, "0"))
    .join(""); // convert bytes to hex string
  return hashHex;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    // Parse the Zaraz Context object
    const { system, client } = await request.json();

    const { email } = client;

    return new Response(await digestMessage(email));
  },
};
```

---

# Variables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/variables/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Debug mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/web-api/debug-mode/

Zaraz offers a debug mode to troubleshoot the events and triggers systems. To activate debug mode you need to create a special debug cookie (`zarazDebug`) containing your debug key.
You can set this cookie manually or via the `zaraz.debug` helper function available in your console.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Zaraz** > **Settings**.
3. Copy your **Debug Key**.
4. Open a web browser and access its Developer Tools. For example, to access Developer Tools in Google Chrome, select **View** > **Developer** > **Developer Tools**.
5. Select the **Console** pane and enter the following command to create a debug cookie:

   ```js
   zaraz.debug("YOUR_DEBUG_KEY")
   ```

Zaraz’s debug mode is now enabled. A pop-up window will show up with the debugger information. To exit debug mode, remove the cookie by typing `zaraz.debug()` in the console pane of the browser.

---

# E-commerce

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/web-api/ecommerce/

You can use `zaraz.ecommerce()` anywhere inside the `<body>` tag of a page.

`zaraz.ecommerce()` allows you to track common events of the e-commerce user journey, such as when a user adds a product to cart, starts the checkout funnel or completes an order on your website. It is an `async` function, so you can choose to `await` it if you would like to make sure it completed before running other code.

To start using `zaraz.ecommerce()`, you first need to enable it in your Zaraz account and enable the E-commerce action for the tool you plan to send e-commerce data to. Then, add `zaraz.ecommerce()` to the `<body>` element of your website.

Right now, Zaraz e-commerce is compatible with Google Analytics 3 (Universal Analytics), Google Analytics 4, Bing, Facebook Pixel, Amplitude, Pinterest Conversions API, TikTok and Branch.

:::note[Note]
It is crucial you follow the guidelines set by third-party tools, such as Google Analytics 3 and Google Analytics 4, to ensure compliance with their limitations on payload size and length. For instance, if your `Order Completed` call includes a large number of products, it may exceed the limitations of the selected tool.
:::

## Enable e-commerce tracking

You do not need to map e-commerce events to triggers. Zaraz automatically forwards data using the right format to the tools with e-commerce support.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Zaraz** > **Settings**.
3. Enable **E-commerce tracking**.
4. Select **Save**.
5. Go to **Zaraz** > **Tools Configuration** > **Third-party tools**.
6. Locate the tool you want to use with e-commerce tracking and select **Edit**.
7. Select **Settings**.
8. Under **Advanced**, enable **E-commerce tracking**.
9. Select **Save**.

E-commerce tracking is now enabled. If you add additional tools to your website that you want to use with `zaraz.ecommerce()`, you will need to repeat steps 6-9 for that tool.

## Add e-commerce tracking to your website

After enabling e-commerce tracking on your Zaraz dashboard, you need to add `zaraz.ecommerce()` to the `<body>` element of your website:

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Event Name", { parameters });
```

To create a complete tracking event, you need to add an event and one or more parameters. Below you will find a list of events and parameters Zaraz supports, as well as code examples for different types of events.

## List of supported events

- `Product List Viewed`
- `Products Searched`
- `Product Clicked`
- `Product Added`
- `Product Added to Wishlist`
- `Product Removed`
- `Product Viewed`
- `Cart Viewed`
- `Checkout Started`
- `Checkout Step Viewed`
- `Checkout Step Completed`
- `Payment Info Entered`
- `Order Completed`
- `Order Updated`
- `Order Refunded`
- `Order Cancelled`
- `Clicked Promotion`
- `Viewed Promotion`
- `Shipping Info Entered`

## List of supported parameters:

| Parameter                | Type   | Description                                                                                 |
| ------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `product_id`             | String | Product ID.                                                                                 |
| `sku`                    | String | Product SKU number.                                                                         |
| `category`               | String | Product category.                                                                           |
| `name`                   | String | Product name.                                                                               |
| `brand`                  | String | Product brand name.                                                                         |
| `variant`                | String | Product variant (depending on the product, it could be product color, size, etc.).          |
| `price`                  | Number | Product price.                                                                              |
| `quantity`               | Number | Product number of units.                                                                    |
| `coupon`                 | String | Name or serial number of coupon code associated with product.                               |
| `position`               | Number | Product position in the product list (for example, `2`).                                    |
| `products`               | Array  | List of products displayed in the product list.                                             |
| `products.[].product_id` | String | Product ID displayed on the product list.                                                   |
| `products.[].sku`        | String | Product SKU displayed on the product list.                                                  |
| `products.[].category`   | String | Product category displayed on the product list.                                             |
| `products.[].name`       | String | Product name displayed on the product list.                                                 |
| `products.[].brand`      | String | Product brand displayed on the product list.                                                |
| `products.[].variant`    | String | Product variant displayed on the product list.                                              |
| `products.[].price`      | Number | Price of the product displayed on the product list.                                         |
| `products.[].quantity`   | Number | Quantity of a product displayed on the product list.                                        |
| `products.[].coupon`     | String | Name or serial number of coupon code associated with product displayed on the product list. |
| `products.[].position`   | Number | Product position in the product list (for example, `2`).                                    |
| `checkout_id`            | String | Checkout ID.                                                                                |
| `order_id`               | String | Internal ID of order/transaction/purchase.                                                  |
| `affiliation`            | String | Name of affiliate from which the order occurred.                                            |
| `total`                  | Number | Revenue with discounts and coupons added in.                                                |
| `revenue`                | Number | Revenue excluding shipping and tax.                                                         |
| `shipping`               | Number | Cost of shipping for transaction.                                                           |
| `tax`                    | Number | Total tax for transaction.                                                                  |
| `discount`               | Number | Total discount for transaction.                                                             |
| `coupon`                 | String | Name or serial number of coupon redeemed on the transaction-level.                          |
| `currency`               | String | Currency code for the transaction.                                                          |
| `value`                  | Number | Total value of the product after quantity.                                                  |
| `creative`               | String | Label for creative asset of promotion being tracked.                                        |
| `query`                  | String | Product search term.                                                                        |
| `step`                   | Number | The Number of the checkout step in the checkout process.                                    |
| `payment_type`           | String | The type of payment used.                                                                   |

## Event code examples

### Product viewed

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Product Viewed", {
	product_id: "999555321",
	sku: "2671033",
	category: "T-shirts",
	name: "V-neck T-shirt",
	brand: "Cool Brand",
	variant: "White",
	price: 14.99,
	currency: "usd",
	value: 18.99,
});
```

### Product List Viewed

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Product List Viewed", {
	products: [
		{
			product_id: "999555321",
			sku: "2671033",
			category: "T-shirts",
			name: "V-neck T-shirt",
			brand: "Cool Brand",
			variant: "White",
			price: 14.99,
			currency: "usd",
			value: 18.99,
			position: 1,
		},
		{
			product_id: "999555322",
			sku: "2671034",
			category: "T-shirts",
			name: "T-shirt",
			brand: "Cool Brand",
			variant: "Pink",
			price: 10.99,
			currency: "usd",
			value: 16.99,
			position: 2,
		},
	],
});
```

### Product added

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Product Added", {
	product_id: "999555321",
	sku: "2671033",
	category: "T-shirts",
	name: "V-neck T-shirt",
	brand: "Cool Brand",
	variant: "White",
	price: 14.99,
	currency: "usd",
	quantity: 1,
	coupon: "SUMMER-SALE",
	position: 2,
});
```

### Checkout Step Viewed

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Checkout Step Viewed", {
	step: 1,
});
```

### Order completed

```js
zaraz.ecommerce("Order Completed", {
	checkout_id: "616727740",
	order_id: "817286897056801",
	affiliation: "affiliate.com",
	total: 30.0,
	revenue: 20.0,
	shipping: 3,
	tax: 2,
	discount: 5,
	coupon: "winter-sale",
	currency: "USD",
	products: [
		{
			product_id: "999666321",
			sku: "8251511",
			name: "Boy’s shorts",
			price: 10,
			quantity: 2,
			category: "shorts",
		},
		{
			product_id: "742566131",
			sku: "7251567",
			name: "Blank T-shirt",
			price: 5,
			quantity: 2,
			category: "T-shirts",
		},
	],
});
```

---

# Web API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/web-api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Zaraz provides a client-side web API that you can use anywhere inside the `<body>` tag of a page.

This API allows you to send events and data to Zaraz, that you can later use when creating your triggers. Using the API lets you tailor the behavior of Zaraz to your needs: You can launch tools only when you need them, or send information you care about that is not otherwise automatically collected from your site.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Set

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/web-api/set/

You can use `zaraz.set()` anywhere inside the `<body>` tag of a page:

```js
zaraz.set(key, value, [options])
```

Set is useful if you want to make a variable available in all your events without manually setting it every time you are using `zaraz.track()`. For the purpose of this example, assume users in your system have a unique identifier that you want to send to your tools. You might have many `zaraz.track()` calls all sharing this one parameter:

```js
zaraz.track("form completed", {userId: "ABC-123"})
```

```js
zaraz.track("button clicked", {userId: "ABC-123", value: 200})
```

```js
zaraz.track("cart viewed", {items: 3, userId: "ABC-123"})
```

Here, all the events are collecting the `userId` key, and the code for setting that key repeats itself. With `zaraz.set()` you can avoid repetition by setting the key once when the page loads. Zaraz will then attach this key to all future `zaraz.track()` calls.

Using the above data as the example, if you use `zaraz.set("userId", "ABC-123")` once, before the `zaraz.track()` calls, you can remove the `userId` key from all `zaraz.track()` calls.

Another example:

```js
zaraz.set('product_name', 't-shirt', {scope: 'page'})
```

Keys that are sent using `zaraz.set()` can be used inside tool actions exactly like keys in the `eventProperties` of `zaraz.track()`. So, the above `product` key is accessible through the Cloudflare dashboard with the variable *Track Property name:*, and setting its name as `product_name`. Zaraz will then replace it with `t-shirt`.

![Example of how to create a variable with the Set method, tracking t-shirts](~/assets/images/zaraz/set.png)

The `[options]` argument is an optional object and can include a `scope` property that has a string value. This property determines the lifetime of this key, meaning for how long Zaraz should keep attaching it to `zaraz.track()` calls. Allowed values are:

* `page`: To set the key for the context of the current page only.
* `session`: To make the key last the whole session.
* `persist`: To save the key across sessions. This is the default mode and uses `localStorage` to save the value.

In the previous example, `{scope: 'page'}` makes the `product_name` property available to all `zaraz.track()` calls in the current page, but will not affect calls after visitors navigate to other pages.

To unset a variable, set it to `undefined`. The variable will then be removed from all scopes it was included in, and will not be automatically sent with future `zaraz.track` calls. For example:

```js
zaraz.set('product_name', undefined)
```

---

# Track

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zaraz/web-api/track/

You can use `zaraz.track()` anywhere inside the `<body>` tag of a page.

`zaraz.track()` allows you to track custom events on your website, that might happen in real time. It is an `async` function, so you can choose to `await` it if you would like to make sure it completed before running other code.

Example of user events you might be interested in tracking are successful sign-ups, calls-to-action clicks, or purchases. Common examples for other types of events are tracking the impressions of specific elements on a page, or loading a specific widget.

To start tracking events, use the `zaraz.track()` function like this:

```js
zaraz.track(eventName, [eventProperties]);
```

The `eventName` parameter is a string, and the `eventProperties` parameter is an optional flat object of additional context you can attach to the event using your own keys of choice. For example, tracking a purchase with the value of 200 USD could look like this:

```js
zaraz.track("purchase", { value: 200, currency: "USD" });
```

Note that the name of the event (`purchase` in the above example), the names of the keys (`value` and `currency`) and the number of keys are customizable by you. You choose what variables to track and how you want to track these variables. However, picking meaningful names will help you when you configure your triggers, because the trigger configuration has to match the events your website is sending.

After using `zaraz.track()` in your website, you will usually want to create a trigger based on it, and then use the trigger in an action. Start by [creating a new trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/create-trigger/), with _Event Name_ as your trigger's **Variable name**, and the `eventName` you are tracking in **Match string**. Following the above example, your trigger will look like this:

**Trigger example: Match `zaraz.track("purchase")`**

| Rule type    | Variable name | Match operation | Match string |
| ------------ | ------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| _Match rule_ | _Event Name_  | _Equals_        | `purchase`   |

In every tool you want to use this trigger, add an action with this trigger [configured as a firing trigger](/zaraz/custom-actions/). Each action that uses this trigger can access the `eventProperties` you have sent. In the **Action** fields, you can use `{{ client.<KEY_NAME> }}` to get the value of `<KEY_NAME>`. In the above example, Zaraz will replace `{{ client.value }}` with `200`. If your key includes special characters or numbers, surround it with backticks like ``{{ client.`<KEY_NAME>` }}``.

For more information regarding the properties you can use with `zaraz.track()`, refer to [Properties reference](/zaraz/reference/properties-reference/).

---

# Connect to 1.1.1.1 using DoH clients

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/dns-over-https-client/

There are several DoH clients you can use to connect to 1.1.1.1.

## cloudflared

1. [Download and install the `cloudflared` daemon](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/).

2. Verify that the `cloudflared` daemon is installed by entering the following command:

   ```sh
   cloudflared --version
   ```

   ```sh output
   cloudflared version 2020.11.11 (built 2020-11-25-1643 UTC)
   ```

3. Start the DNS proxy on an address and port in your network. If you do not specify an address and port, it will start listening on `localhost:53`. DNS (53) is a privileged port, so for the initial demo we will use a different port:

   ```sh
   cloudflared proxy-dns --port 5553
   ```

   ```sh output
   INFO[2020-12-04T19:58:57Z] Adding DNS upstream - url: https://1.1.1.1/dns-query
   INFO[2020-12-04T19:58:57Z] Adding DNS upstream - url: https://1.0.0.1/dns-query
   INFO[2020-12-04T19:58:57Z] Starting metrics server on 127.0.0.1:44841/metrics
   INFO[2020-12-04T19:58:57Z] Starting DNS over HTTPS proxy server on: dns://localhost:5553
   ```

4. You can verify that `cloudflared` is running using a `dig`, `kdig`, `host`, or any other DNS client.

   ```sh
   dig +short @127.0.0.1 -p5553 cloudflare.com AAAA
   ```

   ```sh output
   2606:4700::6810:85e5
   2606:4700::6810:84e5
   ```

5. Run `cloudflared` as a service so it starts on user login. On many Linux distributions, this can be done with:

   ```sh
   sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/cloudflared-proxy-dns.service >/dev/null <<EOF
   ```

   ```sh output
   [Unit]
   Description=DNS over HTTPS (DoH) proxy client
   Wants=network-online.target nss-lookup.target
   Before=nss-lookup.target

   [Service]
   AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
   CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
   DynamicUser=yes
   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cloudflared proxy-dns

   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   EOF
   ```

   ```sh
   sudo systemctl enable --now cloudflared-proxy-dns
   ```

6. Change your system DNS servers to use `127.0.0.1`. On Linux, you can modify `/etc/resolv.conf`:

   ```sh
   sudo rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
   echo nameserver 127.0.0.1 | sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf >/dev/null
   ```

7. Finally, verify it locally with:

   ```sh
   dig +short @127.0.0.1 cloudflare.com AAAA
   ```

   ```sh output
   2606:4700::6810:85e5
   2606:4700::6810:84e5
   ```

## DNSCrypt-Proxy

The [DNSCrypt-Proxy](https://dnscrypt.info) 2.0+ supports DoH out of the box. It supports both 1.1.1.1 and other services. It also includes more advanced features, such as load balancing and local filtering.

1. [Install DNSCrypt-Proxy](https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/installation).

2. Verify that `dnscrypt-proxy` is installed and the version is 2.0 or later:

   ```sh
   dnscrypt-proxy -version
   ```

   ```sh output
   2.0.8
   ```

3. Set up the configuration file using the [official instructions](https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/installation#setting-up-dnscrypt-proxy), and add `cloudflare` and `cloudflare-ipv6` to the server list in `dnscrypt-proxy.toml`:

   ```toml
   server_names = ['cloudflare', 'cloudflare-ipv6']
   ```

4. Make sure that nothing else is running on `localhost:53`, and check that everything works as expected:

   ```sh
   dnscrypt-proxy -resolve cloudflare-dns.com
   ```

   ```sh output
   Resolving [cloudflare-dns.com]

   Domain exists:  yes, 3 name servers found
   Canonical name: cloudflare-dns.com.
   IP addresses:   2400:cb00:2048:1::6810:6f19, 2400:cb00:2048:1::6810:7019, 104.16.111.25, 104.16.112.25
   TXT records:    -
   Resolver IP:    172.68.140.217
   ```

5. Register it as a system service according to the [DNSCrypt-Proxy installation instructions](https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/installation).

---

# Configure DoH on your browser

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/encrypted-dns-browsers/

There are several browsers compatible with DNS over HTTPS (DoH). This protocol lets you encrypt your connection to 1.1.1.1 in order to protect your DNS queries from privacy intrusions and tampering.

Some browsers might already have this setting enabled.

:::note

To use 1.1.1.1 For Families, follow the steps below but, instead of choosing the default 1.1.1.1 option, refer to [Set up](/1.1.1.1/setup/#dns-over-https-doh) and specify the URL you want to use.
:::

## Mozilla Firefox

1. Select the menu button > **Settings**.
2. In the **Privacy & Security** menu, scroll down to the **Enable secure DNS using:** section.
3. Select **Increased Protection** or **Max Protection**. By default, it will use the **Cloudflare** provider.
4. If this is not the case, select **Cloudflare** in the **Choose Provider** dropdown.

## Google Chrome

1. Select the three-dot menu in your browser > **Settings**.
2. Select **Privacy and security** > **Security**.
3. Scroll down and enable **Use secure DNS**.
4. Select the **With** option, and from the drop-down menu choose *Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)*.

## Microsoft Edge

1. Select the three-dot menu in your browser > **Settings**.
2. Select **Privacy, Search, and Services**, and scroll down to **Security**.
3. Enable **Use secure DNS**.
4. Select **Choose a service provider**.
5. Select the **Enter custom provider** drop-down menu and choose *Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)*.

## Brave

1. Select the menu button in your browser > **Settings**.
2. Select **Privacy and security** > **Security**.
3. Under **Advanced**, enable **Use secure DNS**.
4. From the **Select DNS provider** drop-down menu, choose *Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)*.

## Check if the browser is configured correctly

Visit [1.1.1.1 help page](https://one.one.one.one/help) and check if `Using DNS over HTTPS (DoH)` shows `Yes`.

---

# DNS over HTTPS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

With DNS over HTTPS (DoH), DNS queries and responses are encrypted and sent via the HTTP or HTTP/2 protocols. DoH ensures that attackers cannot forge or alter DNS traffic. DoH uses port 443, which is the standard HTTPS traffic port, to wrap the DNS query in an HTTPS request. DNS queries and responses are camouflaged within other HTTPS traffic, since it all comes and goes from the same port.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Logging

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/observability/logging/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Logging is a fundamental building block for application development. Logs provide insights during the early stages of development and are often critical to understanding issues occurring in production.

Your AI Gateway dashboard shows logs of individual requests, including the user prompt, model response, provider, timestamp, request status, token usage, cost, and duration. These logs persist, giving you the flexibility to store them for your preferred duration and do more with valuable request data.

You can store up to 10 million logs per gateway. If your limit is reached, new logs will stop being saved. To continue saving logs, you must delete older logs to free up space for new logs.

To learn more about your plan limits, refer to [Limits](/ai-gateway/reference/limits/).

We recommend using an authenticated gateway when storing logs to prevent unauthorized access and protects against invalid requests that can inflate log storage usage and make it harder to find the data you need. Learn more about setting up an [authenticated gateway](/ai-gateway/configuration/authentication/).

## Default configuration

Logs, which include metrics as well as request and response data, are enabled by default for each gateway. This logging behavior will be uniformly applied to all requests in the gateway. If you are concerned about privacy or compliance and want to turn log collection off, you can go to settings and opt out of logs. If you need to modify the log settings for specific requests, you can override this setting on a per-request basis.

<Render file="logging" />

## Per-request logging

To override the default logging behavior set in the settings tab, you can define headers on a per-request basis.

### Collect logs (`cf-aig-collect-log`)

The `cf-aig-collect-log` header allows you to bypass the default log setting for the gateway. If the gateway is configured to save logs, the header will exclude the log for that specific request. Conversely, if logging is disabled at the gateway level, this header will save the log for that request.

In the example below, we use `cf-aig-collect-log` to bypass the default setting to avoid saving the log.

```bash
curl https://gateway.ai.cloudflare.com/v1/{account_id}/{gateway_id}/openai/chat/completions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'cf-aig-collect-log: false \
  --data ' {
        "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
        "messages": [
          {
            "role": "user",
            "content": "What is the email address and phone number of user123?"
          }
        ]
      }
'
```

## How to delete logs

### Auto Log Cleanup

Enable Auto Log Cleanup to automatically delete the oldest logs once the default storage limit of 10 million logs is reached, ensuring that new logs are always saved without needing manual deletion. Logs are deleted in chunks of 0.1% of the storage limit, which equates to 10,000 logs at a time.

This setting is useful for maintaining continuous logging while staying within the default storage constraints.

### Manual deletion

To manually delete logs, navigate to the Logs tab in the dashboard. Use the available filters such as status, cache, provider, cost, or any other options in the dropdown to refine the logs you wish to delete. Once filtered, select Delete logs to complete the action.

See full list of available filters and their descriptions below:

| Filter category | Filter options                                               | Filter by description                     |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| Status          | error, status                                                | error type or status.                     |
| Cache           | cached, not cached                                           | based on whether they were cached or not. |
| Provider        | specific providers                                           | the selected AI provider.                 |
| AI Models       | specific models                                              | the selected AI model.                    |
| Cost            | less than, greater than                                      | cost, specifying a threshold.             |
| Request type    | Universal, Workers AI Binding, WebSockets                    | the type of request.                      |
| Tokens          | Total tokens, Tokens In, Tokens Out                          | token count (less than or greater than).  |
| Duration        | less than, greater than                                      | request duration.                         |
| Feedback        | equals, does not equal (thumbs up, thumbs down, no feedback) | feedback type.                            |
| Metadata Key    | equals, does not equal                                       | specific metadata keys.                   |
| Metadata Value  | equals, does not equal                                       | specific metadata values.                 |
| Log ID          | equals, does not equal                                       | a specific Log ID.                        |
| Event ID        | equals, does not equal                                       | a specific Event ID.                      |

---

# Workers Logpush

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ai-gateway/observability/logging/logpush/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

AI Gateway allows you to securely export logs to an external storage location, where you can decrypt and process them.
You can toggle Workers Logpush on and off in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) settings. This product is available on the Workers Paid plan. For pricing information, refer to [Pricing](/ai-gateway/reference/pricing).

This guide explains how to set up Workers Logpush for AI Gateway, generate an RSA key pair for encryption, and decrypt the logs once they are received.

You can store up to 10 million logs per gateway. If your limit is reached, new logs will stop being saved and will not be exported through Workers Logpush. To continue saving and exporting logs, you must delete older logs to free up space for new logs. Workers Logpush has a limit of 4 jobs and a maximum request size of 1 MB per log.

:::note[Note]

To export logs using Workers Logpush, you must have logs turned on for the gateway.

:::

<Render file="limits-increase" product="ai-gateway" />

## How logs are encrypted

We employ a hybrid encryption model efficiency and security. Initially, an AES key is generated for each log. This AES key is what actually encrypts the bulk of your data, chosen for its speed and security in handling large datasets efficiently.

Now, for securely sharing this AES key, we use RSA encryption. Here's what happens: the AES key, although lightweight, needs to be transmitted securely to the recipient. We encrypt this key with the recipient's RSA public key. This step leverages RSA's strength in secure key distribution, ensuring that only someone with the corresponding RSA private key can decrypt and use the AES key.

Once encrypted, both the AES-encrypted data and the RSA-encrypted AES key are sent together. Upon arrival, the recipient's system uses the RSA private key to decrypt the AES key. With the AES key now accessible, it's straightforward to decrypt the main data payload.

This method combines the best of both worlds: the efficiency of AES for data encryption with the secure key exchange capabilities of RSA, ensuring data integrity, confidentiality, and performance are all optimally maintained throughout the data lifecycle.

## Setting up Workers Logpush

To configure Workers Logpush for AI Gateway, follow these steps:

## 1. Generate an RSA key pair locally

You need to generate a key pair to encrypt and decrypt the logs. This script will output your RSA privateKey and publicKey. Keep the private key secure, as it will be used to decrypt the logs. Below is a sample script to generate the keys using Node.js and OpenSSL.

<Tabs syncKey="JSPlusSSL"> <TabItem label="Javascript">

```js title="JavaScript"
const crypto = require("crypto");

const { privateKey, publicKey } = crypto.generateKeyPairSync("rsa", {
	modulusLength: 4096,
	publicKeyEncoding: {
		type: "spki",
		format: "pem",
	},
	privateKeyEncoding: {
		type: "pkcs8",
		format: "pem",
	},
});

console.log(publicKey);
console.log(privateKey);
```

Run the script by executing the below code on your terminal. Replace `file name` with the name of your JavaScript file.

```bash
node {file name}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="OpenSSL">

1. Generate private key:
   Use the following command to generate a RSA private key:

   ```bash
   openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out private_key.pem -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:4096
   ```

2. Generate public key:
   After generating the private key, you can extract the corresponding public key using:

   ```bash
   openssl rsa -pubout -in private_key.pem -out public_key.pem
   ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Upload public key to gateway settings

Once you have generated the key pair, upload the public key to your AI Gateway settings. This key will be used to encrypt your logs. In order to enable Workers Logpush, you will need logs enabled for that gateway.

## 3. Set up Logpush

To set up Logpush, refer to [Logpush Get Started](/logs/get-started/).

## 4. Receive encrypted logs

After configuring Workers Logpush, logs will be sent encrypted using the public key you uploaded. To access the data, you will need to decrypt it using your private key. The logs will be sent to the object storage provider that you have selected.

## 5. Decrypt logs

To decrypt the encrypted log bodies and metadata from AI Gateway, you can use the following Node.js script or OpenSSL:

<Tabs syncKey="JSPlusSSL"> <TabItem label="Javascript">

To decrypt the encrypted log bodies and metadata from AI Gateway, download the logs to a folder, in this case its named `my_log.log.gz`.

Then copy this javascript file into the same folder and place your private key in the top variable.

```js title="JavaScript"
const privateKeyStr = `-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
....
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`;

const crypto = require("crypto");
const privateKey = crypto.createPrivateKey(privateKeyStr);

const fs = require("fs");
const zlib = require("zlib");
const readline = require("readline");

async function importAESGCMKey(keyBuffer) {
	try {
		// Ensure the key length is valid for AES
		if ([128, 192, 256].includes(256)) {
			return await crypto.webcrypto.subtle.importKey(
				"raw",
				keyBuffer,
				{
					name: "AES-GCM",
					length: 256,
				},
				true, // Whether the key is extractable (true in this case to allow for export later if needed)
				["encrypt", "decrypt"], // Use for encryption and decryption
			);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Invalid AES key length. Must be 128, 12, or 256 bits.");
		}
	} catch (error) {
		console.error("Failed to import key:", error);
		throw error;
	}
}

async function decryptData(encryptedData, aesKey, iv) {
	const decryptedData = await crypto.subtle.decrypt(
		{ name: "AES-GCM", iv: iv },
		aesKey,
		encryptedData,
	);
	return new TextDecoder().decode(decryptedData);
}

async function decryptBase64(privateKey, data) {
	if (data.key === undefined) {
		return data;
	}

	const aesKeyBuf = crypto.privateDecrypt(
		{
			key: privateKey,
			oaepHash: "SHA256",
		},
		Buffer.from(data.key, "base64"),
	);
	const aesKey = await importAESGCMKey(aesKeyBuf);

	const decryptedData = await decryptData(
		Buffer.from(data.data, "base64"),
		aesKey,
		Buffer.from(data.iv, "base64"),
	);

	return decryptedData.toString();
}

async function run() {
	let lineReader = readline.createInterface({
		input: fs.createReadStream("my_log.log.gz").pipe(zlib.createGunzip()),
	});

	lineReader.on("line", async (line) => {
		line = JSON.parse(line);

		const { Metadata, RequestBody, ResponseBody, ...remaining } = line;

		console.log({
			...remaining,
			Metadata: await decryptBase64(privateKey, Metadata),
			RequestBody: await decryptBase64(privateKey, RequestBody),
			ResponseBody: await decryptBase64(privateKey, ResponseBody),
		});
		console.log("--");
	});
}

run();
```

Run the script by executing the below code on your terminal. Replace `file name` with the name of your JavaScript file.

```bash
node {file name}
```

The script reads the encrypted log file `(my_log.log.gz)`, decrypts the metadata, request body, and response body, and prints the decrypted data.
Ensure you replace the `privateKey` variable with your actual private RSA key that you generated in step 1.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="OpenSSL">

1. Decrypt the encrypted log file using the private key.

Assuming that the logs were encrypted with the public key (for example `public_key.pem`), you can use the private key (`private_key.pem`) to decrypt the log file.

For example, if the encrypted logs are in a file named `encrypted_logs.bin`, you can decrypt it like this:

```bash
openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey private_key.pem -in encrypted_logs.bin -out decrypted_logs.txt
```

- `-decrypt` tells OpenSSL that we want to decrypt the file.
- `-inkey private_key.pem` specifies the private key that will be used to decrypt the logs.
- `-in encrypted_logs.bin` is the encrypted log file.
- `-out decrypted_logs.txt`decrypted logs will be saved into this file.

2. View the decrypted logs
   Once decrypted, you can view the logs by simply running:

```bash
cat decrypted_logs.txt
```

This command will output the decrypted logs to the terminal.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/recipes/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Example implementations of common use cases for Workers Analytics Engine:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Usage-based billing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/analytics-engine/recipes/usage-based-billing-for-your-saas-product/

Many Cloudflare customers run software-as-a-service products with multiple customers. A big concern for such companies is understanding the cost of each customer, and understanding customer behaviour more widely.

Keeping data on every web request used by a customer can be expensive, as can attributing page views to customers. At Cloudflare we have solved this problem with the same in-house technologies now available to you through Analytics Engine.

## Recording data on usage

Analytics Engine is designed for use with Cloudflare Workers. If you already use Cloudflare Workers to serve requests, you can start sending data into Analytics Engine in just a few lines of code:

```javascript
  [...]

  // This examples assumes you give a unique ID to each of your SaaS customers, and the Worker has
  // assigned it to the variable named `customer_id`
  const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);
  env.USAGE_INDEXED_BY_CUSTOMER_ID.writeDataPoint({
    "indexes": [customer_id],
    "blobs": [pathname]
  });
```

SaaS customer activity often follows an exponential pattern: one customer may do 100 million requests per second, while another does 100 requests a day. If all data is sampled together, the usage of bigger customers can cause smaller customers data to be sampled to zero. Analytics Engine allows you to prevent that: in the example code above we supply the customer's unique ID as the index, causing Analytics Engine to sample your customers' individual activity.

## Viewing usage

You can start viewing customer data either using Grafana (for visualisations) or as JSON (for your own tools). Other areas of the Analytics Engine documentation explain this in-depth.

Look at customer usage over all endpoints:

```sql
SELECT
  index1 AS customer_id,
  sum(_sample_interval) AS count
FROM
  usage_indexed_by_customer_id
GROUP BY customer_id
```

If run in Grafana, this query returns a graph summarising the usage of each customer. The `sum(_sample_interval)` accounts for the sampling - refer to other Analytics Engine documentation. This query gives you an answer to "which customers are most active?"

The example `writeDataPoint` call above writes an endpoint name. If you do that, you can break down customer activity by endpoint:

```sql
SELECT
  index1 AS customer_id,
  blob1 AS request_endpoint,
  sum(_sample_interval) AS count
FROM
  usage_indexed_by_customer_id
GROUP BY customer_id, request_endpoint
```

This can give you insights into what endpoints different customers are using. This can be useful for business purposes (for example, understanding customer needs) as well for for your engineers to see activity and behaviour (observability).

## Billing customers

Analytics Engine can be used to bill customers based on a reliable approximation of usage. In order to get the best approximation, when generating bills we suggest executing one query per customer. This can result in less sampling than querying multiple customers at once.

```sql
SELECT
  index1 AS customer_id,
  blob1 AS request_endpoint,
  sum(_sample_interval) AS usage_count
FROM
  usage_indexed_by_customer_id
WHERE
  customer_id = 'substitute_customer_id_here'
  AND timestamp >= toDateTime('2023-03-01 00:00:00')
  AND timestamp < toDateTime('2023-04-01 00:00:00')
GROUP BY customer_id, request_endpoint
```

Running this query once for each customer at the end of each month could give you the data to produce a bill. This is just an example: most likely you'll want to adjust this example to how you want to bill.

When producing a bill, most likely you will also want to provide the daily costs. The following query breaks down usage by day:

```sql
SELECT
  index1 AS customer_id,
  toStartOfInterval(timestamp, INTERVAL '1' DAY) AS date,
  blob1 AS request_endpoint,
  sum(_sample_interval) AS request_count
FROM
  usage_indexed_by_customer_id
WHERE
  customer_id = 'x'
  AND timestamp >= toDateTime('2023-03-01 00:00:00')
  AND timestamp < toDateTime('2023-04-01 00:00:00')
GROUP BY customer_id, date, request_endpoint
```

You will want to take the usage queries above, adapt them for how you charge customers, and make a backend system run those queries and calculate the customer charges based on the data returned.

---

# Datasets (tables)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/

Cloudflare Analytics offers a range of datasets, including both general and
product-specific ones. Datasets use a consistent naming scheme that explicitly
identifies the type of data they return:

* **Domain** - Each dataset is named after the field it describes and is
  associated with a set of nodes. Product-specific data nodes incorporate the
  name of the relevant product, for instance `loadBalancingRequests*` nodes.

* **Adaptive Sampling** - Nodes that represent data acquired using adaptive
  sampling incorporate the `Adaptive` suffix. For more details, refer to
  [sampling][1].

* **Aggregated data** - Nodes that represent aggregated data include the
  `Groups` suffix. For example, the `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups` node
  represents aggregated data for Load Balancing requests. Aggregated data is
  returned in an array of `...Group` objects. Please note: we have a node that
  currently excluded from that naming convention - `workersInvocationsAdaptive`
  (beta).

* **Raw data** - Raw data nodes, such as `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive`, are
  not aggregated and so do not incorporate the `Groups` suffix. Raw data is
  returned in arrays containing objects of the relevant data type. For example,
  a query to `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive` returns a variety of
  `LoadBalancingRequest` objects.

To find out more information about datasets, availability, beta, and deprecation
statuses, please refer to GraphQL [discovery][2] features.

## Working with datasets

### Aggregated fields

This example illustrates the structure for Groups:

```graphql
type WhateverGroup {
    count # No subfields, it is just the group size. Not available for roll-up tables.
    sum {
        # fields that support summing (numbers, maps of numbers)
    }
    avg {
        # fields that support averaging (numbers)
    }
    uniq {
        # fields that support uniqueing (numbers, strings, enums, IPs, dates, etc.)
    }
}
```

Unique values are not available as a dimension but can be queried as demonstrated in this example:

```graphql
{
  # Get number of bytes and unique IPs in each minute.
  httpRequests1mGroups {
    sum {
      bytes
    }
    uniq {
      uniques # unique IPs
    }
    dimensions {
      datetimeMinute
    }
  }

  # Count the number of events in each hour.
  firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups {
    count
    dimensions {
      datetimeHour
    }
  }
}
```

### Schema type definitions

Every exposed table has a GraphQL type definition. Type definitions observe the following rules:

* Regular fields represent themselves.
* Every field, including nested fields, has a type and represents a list of that type.
* The `enum` type represents an enumerated field.

Here is an example type definition for `ContentTypeMapElem`:

```graphql
type ContentTypeMapElem {
    edgeResponseContentType: UInt32!
    requests: UInt64!
    bytes: UInt64!
}

# An array of httpRequestsGroup is the result of httpRequests1hGroups or
# httpRequests1mGroups query.
type httpRequestsGroup {
    date: Date!
    timeslot: DateTime!
    requests: UInt64!
    contentTypeMap: [ContentTypeMapElem!]!
    # ... other fields
}

enum TrustedClientCategory {
    UNKNOWN
    REAL_BROWSER
    HONEST_BOT
}

# An array of Request is the result of httpRequests query.
type Request {
    trustedClientCategory: TrustedClientCategory!
    # ... other fields
}
```

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/sampling/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/

---

# Filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/

Filters constrain queries to a particular account or set of zones, requests by date, or those from a specific user agent, for example. Without filters, queries can suffer performance degradation, results can exceed supported bounds, and the data returned can be noisy.

## Filter Structure

The GraphQL filter is represented by the [GraphQL Input Object](https://graphql.github.io/graphql-spec/June2018/#sec-Input-Objects), which exposes Boolean algebra on nodes.

You can use filters as an argument on the following resources:

* zones
* accounts
* tables (datasets)

### Zone filter

Allows querying zone-related data by zone ID (`zoneTag`).

```graphql
zones(filter: {zoneTag: "your Zone ID"}) {
    ...
}
```

The zone filter must conform to the following grammar:

```graphql
filter
    { zoneTag: t }
    { zoneTag_gt: t }
    { zoneTag_in: [t, ...] }
```

Compound filters (comma-separated, `AND`, `OR`) are not supported.

Use the `zoneTag: t` and `zoneTag_in: [t, ...]` forms when you know the zone IDs. Use the `zoneTag_gt: t` form with limits to traverse all zones if the zone IDs are not known. Zones always sort alphanumerically.

Omit the filter to get results for all zones (up to the supported limit).

### Account filter

The account filter uses the same structure and rules as the zone filter, except that it uses the Account ID (`accountTag`) instead of the Zone ID (`zoneTag`).

You must specify an account filter when making an account-scoped query, and you cannot query multiple accounts simultaneously.

:::note[Note]


Network Analytics queries require an Account ID (`accountTag`) filter.


:::

### Table (dataset) filter

Table filters require that you query at least one node. Use the `AND` operator to create and combine multi-node filters. Table filters also support the `OR` operator, which you must specify explicitly.

The following grammar describes the table filter, where `k` is the GraphQL node on which to filter and `op` is one of the supported operators for that node:

```graphql
filter
  { kvs }
kvs
  kv
  kv, kvs
kv
  k: v
  k_op: v
  AND: [filters]
  OR: [filters]
filters
  filter
  filter, filters
```

### Operators

Operator support varies, depending on the node type and node name.

#### Array operators

The following operators are supported for all array types:

| Operator | Comparison                                      |
| -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `has`    | array contains a value                          |
| `hasall` | array contains all of a list of values          |
| `hasany` | array contains at least one of a list of values |

#### Scalar operators

The following operators are supported for all scalar types:

| Operator | Comparison          |
| -------- | ------------------- |
| `gt`     | greater than        |
| `lt`     | less than           |
| `geq`    | greater or equal to |
| `leq`    | less or equal to    |
| `neq`    | not equal           |
| `in`     | in                  |

#### String operators

The `like` operator is available for string comparisons and supports the `%` character as a wildcard.

## Examples

:::note

Filtering times are based on event start timestamps, which means requests that end after the filter may be included in queries (as long as they start within the given time). 
:::

### General example

```graphql
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
      httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(filter: {datetime_gt: "2021-06-10T00:00:00Z", clientCountryName: "GB"}, limit: 1) {
        count
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Filter on a specific node

The following GraphQL example shows how to filter a specific node. The SQL equivalent follows.

#### GraphQL

```graphql
httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(filter: {datetime: "2018-01-01T10:00:00Z"}) {
    ...
}
```

#### SQL

```sql
WHERE datetime="2018-01-01T10:00:00Z"
```

### Filter on multiple fields

The following GraphQL example shows how to apply a filter to multiple fields, in this case two datetime fields. The SQL equivalent follows.

#### GraphQL

```graphql
httpRequests1hGroups(filter: {datetime_gt: "2018-01-01T10:00:00Z", datetime_lt: "2018-01-01T11:00:00Z"}) {
    ...
}
```

#### SQL

```sql
WHERE (datetime > "2018-01-01T10:00:00Z") AND (datetime < "2018-01-01T10:00:00Z")
```

### Filter using the `OR` operator

The following GraphQL example demonstrates using the `OR` operator in a filter. This `OR` operator filters for the value `US` or `GB` in the `clientCountryName` field.

#### GraphQL

```graphql
httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          datetime: "2018-01-01T10:00:00Z",
          OR:[{clientCountryName: "US"}, {clientCountryName: "GB"}]) {
    ...
}
```

#### SQL

```sql
WHERE datetime="2018-01-01T10:00:00Z"
  AND ((clientCountryName = "US") OR (clientCountryName = "GB"))
```

### Filter an array by one value

The following GraphQL examples show how to filter an array field to only return data
that includes a specific value. The SQL equivalent follows.

#### GraphQL

```graphql
mnmFlowDataAdaptiveGroups(filter: {ruleIDs_has: "rule-id"}) {
    ...
}
```

#### SQL

```sql
WHERE has(ruleIDs, 'rule-id')
```

### Filter an array by multiple values

The following GraphQL examples show how to filter an array field to only return data
that includes several values. The SQL equivalent follows.

#### GraphQL

```graphql
mnmFlowDataAdaptiveGroups(filter: {ruleIDs_hasall: ["rule-id-1", "rule-id-2"]}) {
    ...
}
```

#### SQL

```sql
WHERE has(ruleIDs, 'rule-id-1') AND has(ruleIDs, 'rule-id-2')
```

### Filter end users

Add the `requestSource` filter for `eyeball` to return request, data transfer, and visit data about only the end users of your website. This will exclude actions taken by Cloudflare products (for example, cache purge,  healthchecks, Workers subrequests) on your zone.

## Subqueries (advanced filters)

Subqueries are not currently supported. You can use two GraphQL queries as a workaround for this limitation.

---

# Features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The GraphQL Analytics API offers the following features:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Nested Structures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/nested-structures/

Two kinds of nested structures that are supported: **arrays** and **maps**. Fields of either of these types are arrays; when they are part part of query result, which is already an array of objects, they become nested arrays.

## Arrays

The GraphQL API supports two different sorts of arrays:

* Some arrays contain scalar types (for example, `[String]`) and function like ordinary fields that [can be filtered](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/)
* Some arrays contain more complex types (for example, `[Subrequest]`.) The following section describes their behaviour.

Arrays of non-scalar types behave as a single value. There is no way to paginate through, filter, filter by, group, or group by the array.

On the other hand, you can choose which fields of the underlying type you want fetched.

For example, given arrays like this:

```javascript
type SubRequest {
    url: String!
    status: Int
}

type Request {
    date: Date!
    datetime: DateTime!
    subRequests: [SubRequest!]!
}
```

You can run a query to get the status by subrequest:

```javascript
{
    requests {
        date
        subRequests {
            # discard the url, only need the status
            status
        }
    }
}
```

The results would be:

```javascript
{
    "requests": [
        {
            "date": "2018-01-01",
            "subRequests": [{"status": 404}, {"status": 200}, {"status": 404}]
        },
        {
            "date": "2018-01-01",
            "subRequests": [{"status": 200}]
        }
    ]
}
```

## Maps

Maps behave like arrays, but can be grouped using the `sum` function. They are used in aggregated datasets, such as `httpRequest1dGroups`.

Example maps:

```javascript
type URLStatsMapElem {
    url: String!
    requests: Int
    bytes: Int
}

type Request {
    date: Date!
    datetime: DateTime!
    urlStatsMap: [URLStatsMapElem!]!
}
```

Query:

```javascript
{
    requests {
        sum {
            urlStatsMap {
                url
                requests
                bytes
            }
        }
        dimensions {
            date
        }
    }
}
```

Response:

```javascript
{
    "requests": [
        {
            "sum": {
                "urlStatsMap": [
                    {
                        "url": "hello-world.org/1",
                        "requests": 123,
                        "bytes": 1024
                    },
                    {
                        "url": "hello-world.org/10",
                        "requests": 1230,
                        "bytes": 10240
                    }
                ]
            }
            "dimensions" {
                "date": "2018-10-19"
            }
        },
        ...
    ]
}
```

## Examples

Query array fields in raw datasets:

```javascript
query NestedFields($zoneTag: string, $dateStart: string, $dateEnd: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
      viewer {
        zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
          events(limit: 2, filter: {datetime_geq: $datetimeStart,datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd}){
            matches {
              ruleId
              action
              source
            }
          }
        }
      }
}
```

Example response:

```javascript
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "matches": [
                {
                  "action": "allow",
                  "ruleId": "rule-id-one",
                  "source": "asn"
                },
                {
                  "action": "block",
                  "ruleId": "rule-id-two",
                  "source": "asn"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

Query maps fields in aggregated datasets:

```javascript
query MapCapacity($zoneTag: string, $dateStart: string, $dateEnd: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
    viewer {
        zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
            httpRequests1mGroups(
                limit: 10,
                filter: {date_geq: $dateStart, date_leq: $dateEnd, datetime_geq: $datetimeStart, datetime_lt: $datetimeEnd}) {
                sum {
                    countryMap {
                        clientCountryName
                        requests
                        bytes
                        threats
                    }
                }
                dimensions {
                    datetimeHour
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

Example response:

```javascript
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "httpRequests1mGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetime": "2019-03-08T17:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "countryMap": [
                  {
                    "bytes": 51911317,
                    "clientCountryName": "XK",
                    "requests": 4492,
                    "threats": 0
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 1816103586,
                    "clientCountryName": "T1",
                    "requests": 132423,
                    "threats": 0
                  },
                  ...
                ]
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

---

# Pagination

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/pagination/

Pagination – breaking up your query results into smaller parts – can be done using `limit`, `orderBy`, and filtering parameters. The GraphQL Analytics API does not support cursors for pagination.

* `limit` (integer) defines how many records to return.
* `orderBy` (string) defines the sort order for the data.

## Query pages without cursors

Our examples assume that the `date` and `clientCountryName` relationships are unique.

### Get the first *n* results of a query

To limit results, add the `limit` parameter as an integer. For example, query the first two records:

```javascript

firewallEventsAdaptive (limit: 2, orderBy: [datetime_ASC, clientCountryName_ASC]) {
    datetime
    clientCountryName
}
```

:::note[Note]


Specifying a sort order by date returns less specific results than specifying a sort order by date and country.


:::

**Response**

```javascript

{
  "firewallEventsAdaptive" : [
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "UM"
    },
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "US"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Query for the next page using filters

To get the next *n* results, specify a filter to exclude the last result from the previous query. Taking the previous example, you can do this by appending the greater-than operator (`_gt`) to the `clientCountryName` field and the greater-or-equal operator (`_geq`) to the `datetime` field. This is where being specific about sort order comes into play. You are less likely to miss results using a more granular sort order.

```javascript

firewallEventsAdaptive (limit: 2, orderBy: [datetime_ASC, clientCountryName_ASC], filter: {datetime_geq: "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z", clientCountryName_gt: "US"}) {
    datetime
    clientCountryName
}
```

**Response**

```javascript

{
  "firewallEventsAdaptive" : [
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "UY"
    },
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "UZ"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Query the previous page

To get the previous *n* results, reverse the filters and sort order.

```javascript

firewallEventsAdaptive (limit: 2, orderBy: [datetime_DESC, clientCountryName_DESC, filter: {datetime_leq: "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z", clientCountryName_lt: "UY"}]) {
  datetime
  clientCountryName
}
```

**Response**

```javascript

{
  "firewallEventsAdaptive" : [
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "US"
    },
    {
      "datetime": "2018-11-12T00:00:00Z",
      "clientCountryName": "UM"
    }
  ]
}
```

---

# Sorting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/sorting/

You can specify the order of the query result elements using the `orderBy` argument. By default, the results are sorted by the primary key of a dataset (table). If you specify another field to sort on, the primary key is also used in the sorting key, allowing results to remain consistent for pagination.

The default order for an aggregated dataset is by the fields on which the aggregated data is grouped. If you specify a different order, the aggregation group is appended to your specified ordering.

:::note[Note]

Ordering within nested structures is not supported. 
:::

## Examples

### Raw data sorting

```graphql
firewallEventsAdaptive (orderBy: [clientCountryName_ASC]) {
    clientCountryName
}
```

### Raw data sorting using multiple fields

```graphql
firewallEventsAdaptive (orderBy: [clientCountryName_ASC, datetime_DESC]) {
    clientCountryName
    datetime
}
```

### Group sorting by aggregation function

```graphql
httpRequests1hGroups (orderBy: [sum_bytes_DESC]){
    sum {
        bytes
        requests
    }
    dimensions {
        datetime
    }
}
```

---

# Compose a query in GraphiQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/compose-graphql-query/

Many clients might need help using [the semantics][1] of GraphQL and exploring
the possibilities of Cloudflare GraphQL API.

This page details how to use a [GraphiQL client][2] to compose and execute a
GraphQL query.

## Prerequisites

You can find all details on how to [configure][3] a client here.

## Set up a query and choose a dataset

Click on the editing pane of GraphiQL and add this base query, replacing
`zone-id` with your Cloudflare zone ID:

![Adding a base query in the GraphiQL pane][4]

:::note[Note]


To find the zone's tag, log in to your Cloudflare account and select the site for
which you want to obtain the tag. In the Cloudflare dashboard **Overview** page,
scroll to the **API** section in the right sidebar, which displays your zone and
account tags.


:::

To assist query building, the GraphiQL client has word completion. Insert your
cursor in the query, in this case on the line below `zones`, and start entering
a value to engage the feature. For example, when you type `firewall`, a popup
menu displays the datasets that return firewall information:

![GraphiQL word completion assistant to query building][5]

The text at the bottom of the list displays a short description of the data that
the node returns.

Select the dataset you want to query and insert it. Either select the item in the
list, or scroll using arrow keys and press the `Return` key.

## Supply required parameters

Hover your mouse over a field to display a tooltip that describes the dataset.
In this example, hovering over the `firewallEventsAdaptive` node displays this
description:

![Hovering the mouse over a field to display its description][6]

To display information about the dataset, including required parameters, select
the dataset name (blue text). The **Documentation Explorer** opens and displays
details about the dataset:

![Documentation Explorer window displaying dataset details][7]

Note that the `filter` and `limit` arguments are required, as indicated by the
exclamation mark (`!`) after their type definitions (gold text). In this
example, the `orderBy` argument is not required, though when used it requires a
value of type `ZoneFirewallEventsAdaptiveOrderBy`.

To browse a list of supported filter fields, select the filter type definition
(gold text) in the Documentation Explorer. In this example, the type is
`ZoneFirewallEventsAdaptiveFilter_InputObject`:

![Browsing GraphiQL filter fields][8]

This example query shows the required `filter` and `limit` arguments for
`firewallEventsAdaptive` (as well as for the rest of GraphQL nodes):

![Example of GraphiQL query arguments][9]

## Define the fields used by your query

To browse the fields you can use with your query, hover your cursor over the
dataset name in your query, and in the tooltip that displays, select the data
type definition (gold text):

![Hovering the mouse over a dataset to display available fields][10]

**The Documentation Explorer** opens and displays a list of fields:

![Documentation Explorer window displaying list of fields][11]

To add the data fields that you want to read, type an opening brace (`{`) after
the closing parenthesis for the parameters, then start typing the name of a
field that you want to fetch. Use word completion to choose a field.

This example query returns the `action`, `datetime`, `clientRequestHTTPHost`,
and `userAgent` fields:

![Example query with return fields][12]

Once you have entered all the fields you want to query, select the **Play**
button to submit the query. The response pane will contain the data fetched from
the configured GraphQL API endpoint:

![GraphiQL response pane][13]

## Variable substitution

The GraphiQL client allows you to use placeholders for value and supply them via
the `variables` part of the payload.

Placeholder names should start with `$` character, and you do not need to wrap
placeholders in quotes when you use them in the query.

Values for placeholders should be provided in JSON format, in which placeholders
are addressed without `$` character. As an example, for a placeholder `$zoneTag`
GraphQL API will read a value from the `zoneTag` field of supplied variables
object.

To supply a value for a placeholder, select the **Query Variables** pane and edit
a JSON object that defines your variables.

This example query uses the `zoneTag` query variable to represent the zone ID:

![Example of GraphiQL query variables][14]

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/

[2]: https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/tree/main/packages/graphiql#readme

[3]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/graphql-client-headers/

[4]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-base-query.png

[5]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-word-completion.png

[6]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-set-up-base-query.png

[7]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-parameters.png

[8]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-filter-fields.png

[9]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-filter-values.png

[10]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-set-up-base-query.png

[11]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-return-fields.png

[12]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-query-return-field-values.png

[13]: ~/assets/images/analytics/create-query-fw-data-set-play.png

[14]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-query-variables.png

---

# Execute a GraphQL query with curl

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/execute-graphql-query/

Using a plain curl to send a query provides the ability to slice-n-dice with the
results and apply post-processing if needed. For example, converting
results received from GraphQL API into a CSV format.

For more functionality, like auto-completion, schema exploring, etc., you can
look at GraphQL [clients](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/compose-graphql-query/).

GraphQL API expects JSON with two essentials fields: "query" and "variables".

A query should be stripped from newline symbols and sent as a single-line string
when the variables is an object full of values for all placeholders used in the
query:

```json title="A payload structure for GraphQL API"
{
  "query": "{viewer { ... }}",
  "variables": {}
}
```

It is still possible to use a human-friendly query though. In the example below
you can see how `echo` piped together with `tr` to provide a proper payload with
`curl`:

```bash title="Example bash script that uses curl to query Analytics API"
echo '{ "query":
  "{
    viewer {
      zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
        firewallEventsAdaptive(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 10
          orderBy: [datetime_DESC]
        ) {
          action
          clientAsn
          clientCountryName
          clientIP
          clientRequestPath
          clientRequestQuery
          datetime
          source
          userAgent
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "zoneTag": "<zone-tag>",
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2022-07-24T11:00:00Z",
      "datetime_leq": "2022-07-24T12:00:00Z"
    }
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```

---

# Explore the GraphQL schema

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/

Many GraphQL clients support browsing the GraphQL schema by taking care of
[introspection][1]. In this page, we will cover GraphiQL and Altair clients.

[GraphiQL][2] and [Altair][3] are open-source GraphQL clients that provide a
tool to compose a query, execute it, and inspect the results. And as a
bonus, they also allow you to browse GraphQL schema.

## Prerequisites

Before you begin, do not forget to [configure][4] the API endpoint and HTTP
headers.

The screenshots below are done from GraphiQL. However, Altair provides the same
functionality and you will not find any difficulties following the same
instructions to explore the schema.

## Open the Documentation Explorer

To open the GraphiQL Documentation Explorer, select the **Docs** link in the
header of the response pane:

![Clicking GraphiQL Docs link to open Documentation Explorer][5]

The **Documentation Explorer** opens and displays a list of available objects:

![GraphiQl Doc Explorer pane][6]

Objects in the **Documentation Explorer** use this syntax:

```txt
  object-name: object-type-definition
```

## Find the type definition of an object

When you first open the **Documentation Explorer** pane, the `mutation` and
`query` root types display:

![Documentation Explorer displaying mutation and query nodes][7]

In this example, `query` is the name of a root, and `Query` is the type
definition.

## Find the fields available for a type definition

Click on the **type definition** of a node to view the fields that it provides.
The **Documentation Explorer** also displays descriptions of the nodes.

For example, select the **Query** type definition. The **Documentation Explorer**
displays the fields that `Query` provides. In this example, the fields are
`cost` and `viewer`:

![Documentation Explorer displaying cost and viewer fields][8]

To explore the schema, select the names of objects and definitions. You can also
use the search input (magnifying glass icon) and breadcrumb links in the header.

## Find the arguments associated with a field

Click the type definition of the `viewer` field (gold text) to list its
sub-fields. The `viewer` field provides sub-fields that allow you to query
`accounts` or `zones` data:

![Displaying viewer fields][9]

The `accounts` and `zones` nodes take arguments to specify which dataset to
query.

For example, `zones` can take a filter of `ZoneFilter_InputObject` type as an
argument. To view the fields available to filter, select
**ZoneFilter\_InputObject**.

## Find the datasets available for a zone

To view a list of the datasets available to query, select the **zone** type
definition (gold text):

![Clicking zone type definition][10]

A list of datasets displays in the **Fields** section, each with list of valid
arguments and a brief description. Arguments that end with an exclamation mark
(`!`) are required.

![Fields section displaying datasets available][11]

Use the search input (magnifying glass icon) to find specific datasets:

![Searching a dataset in the Documentation Explorer][12]

To select a dataset, select its name.

The definition for the dataset displays. This example shows the
`firewallEventsAdaptive` dataset:

![Example of a dataset definition][13]

## Find the fields available for a dataset

To view the fields available for a particular dataset, select on its type
definition (gold text).

For example, select the **ZoneFirewallEventsAdaptive** type definition to view
the fields available for the `firewallEventsAdaptive` dataset:

![Clicking type definition to visualize fields available for a dataset][14]

The list of fields displays:

![Displaying available fields for a dataset][15]

For more information on using GraphiQL, please visit this [guide][16].

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

[2]: https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/tree/main/packages/graphiql#readme

[3]: https://altairgraphql.dev/#download

[4]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/graphql-client-headers/

[5]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-docs-link.png

[6]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer.png

[7]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-query-mutations.png

[8]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-view-cost.png

[9]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-viewer-fields.png

[10]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-zones.png

[11]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-zone-fields.png

[12]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-find-firewall.png

[13]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-firewallevents-definition.png

[14]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-firewall-type-definition.png

[15]: ~/assets/images/analytics/graphiql-doc-explorer-firewall-fields.png

[16]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/compose-graphql-query/

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Use these articles to get started with the Cloudflare GraphQL API:

* [Authentication][1] - walks you through the options and the steps required to
  set up your access to Cloudflare API successfully,
* [Querying basics][2] - brings simple query examples for you to start exploring
  the GraphQL API,
* [Introspect the GraphQL schema][3] - explains how-to surf the schema with
  GraphQL client,
* [Create a query in a GraphQL client][4] - describes how to build and run a
  query against the Cloudflare GraphQL API in the GraphQL clients,
* [Use curl to query the GraphQL API][5] - walks you through running a query
  against the Cloudflare GraphQL API from the command line.

For examples of how to build your own GraphQL Analytics dashboard and query
specific information, such as Firewall and Workers events, please refer to
[Tutorials][6].

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:::

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/

[3]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/

[4]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/compose-graphql-query/

[5]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/execute-graphql-query/

[6]: /analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/

---

# Querying basics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/

## Structure of a GraphQL query

GraphQL structures data as a graph. GraphQL uses a schema to define the objects
and their hierarchy in your data graph. You can explore the edges of the graph
by using queries to get the needed data. These queries must respect the
structure of the schema.

A **node**, followed by its **fields**, is at the core of a GraphQL query. A
node is an object of a specific **type**; the type specifies the fields that
make up the object.

A field can be another node where the appropriate query would contain nested
elements. Some nodes look like functions that can take on arguments to limit the
scope of what they can act on. You can apply filters at each node.

## Cloudflare GraphQL schema

A typical query against the Cloudflare GraphQL schema is made up of four main
components:

* `viewer` - is the root node,
* `zones` or `accounts` - indicate the scope of the query, that is the domain
  area or account you want to query. The `viewer` can access one `zones` or
  `accounts`, or both,
* **data node** or **dataset** - represent the data you want to query. `zones`
  or `accounts` may contain one or more datasets. To find out more about
  discovering nodes, please refer to [introspection][1],
* **fieldset** - a set of fields or nested fields of the **dataset**.

The query to Cloudflare GraphQL API must be sent over HTTP POST request with
payload in JSON format that consists of these fields:

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "variables": {}
}
```

From the above structure, the `query` field must contain a GraphQL query
formatted as a **single line** string (meaning all newline symbols should be
stripped / escaped), when `variables` is an object that contains all values of
used placeholders in the query itself.

## A single dataset example

In the following example, the GraphQL query fetches a `datetime`, `action`, and
client request HTTP host as `host` field of 2 WAF events from zone-scoped
`firewallEventsAdaptive` dataset.

```graphql title="A GraphQL query"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: { zoneTag: $tag }) {
      firewallEventsAdaptive(
        filter: {
          datetime_gt: $start
          datetime_lt: $end
        }
        limit: 2
        orderBy: [
          datetime_DESC
        ]
      ) {
        action
        datetime
        host: clientRequestHTTPHost
      }
    }
  }
}
```

In the query above, we have variable placeholders: $tag, $start, and $end. We
provide values for those placeholders alongside the query by placing them into
`variables` field of the payload. Note that the examples below use the UTC timezone, indicated by the letter "Z".

```json title="A set of variables"
{
  "tag": "<zone-tag>",
  "start": "2020-08-03T02:07:05Z",
  "end": "2020-08-03T17:07:05Z"
}
```

There are multiple ways to send your query to Cloudflare GraphQL API. You can
use you favourite GraphQL client or CLI to send a request via curl. We have a
[how-to guide][2] about using GraphiQL client, also check a guide on how to
execute a query with a curl [here][3].

```json title="A sample of a response for a query above"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "firewallEventsAdaptive": [
            {
              "action": "log",
              "host": "cloudflare.guru",
              "datetime": "2020-08-03T17:07:03Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "log",
              "host": "cloudflare.guru",
              "datetime": "2020-08-03T17:07:01Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

## Query multiple datasets in a single GraphQL API request

As previously mentioned, a query might contain one or multiple nodes (datasets).
At the API level, the data extraction would be done simultaneously, but the
response would be delayed until all dataset queries got their results. If any
fails during the execution, the entire query will be terminated, and the error
will be returned.

```graphql title="A sample query for two datasets in a one go"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: { zoneTag: $tag }) {
      last10Events: firewallEventsAdaptive(
        filter: {
          datetime_gt: $start
          datetime_lt: $end
        }
        limit: 10
        orderBy: [
          datetime_DESC
        ]
      ) {
        action
        datetime
        host: clientRequestHTTPHost
      }
      top3DeviceTypes: httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          date: $ts
        }
        limit: 10
        orderBy: [
          count_DESC
        ]
      ) {
        count
        dimensions {
          device: clientDeviceType
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```json title="A set of variables for the query above"
{
  "tag": "<zone-tag>",
  "start": "2022-10-02T00:26:49Z",
  "end": "2022-10-04T14:26:49Z",
  "ts": "2022-10-04"
}
```

```json title="A sample response for the query with variables above"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "last10Events": [
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "TR",
              "datetime": "2022-10-04T08:41:09Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "TR",
              "datetime": "2022-10-04T08:41:09Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "RU",
              "datetime": "2022-10-04T01:09:36Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "US",
              "datetime": "2022-10-03T14:26:49Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "US",
              "datetime": "2022-10-03T14:26:46Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "CN",
              "datetime": "2022-10-02T23:51:26Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "TR",
              "datetime": "2022-10-02T23:39:41Z"
            },
            {
              "action": "block",
              "country": "TR",
              "datetime": "2022-10-02T23:39:41Z"
            }
          ],
          "top3DeviceTypes": [
            {
              "count": 4580,
              "dimensions": {
                "device": "desktop"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

## Helpful Resources

Here are some helpful articles about working with the Cloudflare Analytics API and GraphQL.

### Cloudflare specific

* [How to find your zoneTag using the API][5]

### General info on the GraphQL framework

* [How to use GraphQL (tutorials)][6]
* [Thinking in Graphs][7]
* [What data can you can query in the GraphQL type system (schemas)][8]
* [How to pass variables in GraphiQL (Medium article with quick tips)][9]

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/compose-graphql-query/

[3]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/execute-graphql-query/

[5]: /fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/

[6]: https://www.howtographql.com/

[7]: https://graphql.org/learn/thinking-in-graphs/

[8]: https://graphql.org/learn/schema/

[9]: https://medium.com/graphql-mastery/graphql-quick-tip-how-to-pass-variables-into-a-mutation-in-graphiql-23ecff4add57

---

# HTTP Requests by Colo Groups to HTTP Requests by Adaptive Groups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/graphql-api-analytics/

import { Details } from "~/components"

This guide shares considerations when migrating from the deprecated `httpRequests1mByColoGroups` and `httpRequests1dByColoGroups` GraphQL API nodes to the `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` GraphQL API node.

For example, if you wanted to see which five data centers had the most number of requests, the total number of those requests, and the total amount of data transfer, in the past you used the `httpRequests1mByColoGroups` GraphQL API node as in the following example:

```graphql
{
    viewer {
        zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
            series: httpRequests1mByColoGroups(
                limit: 5,
                orderBy: [ sum_requests_DESC ],
                filter: {
                    datetime_geq: $start
                    datetime_lt: $end
                }
            ) {
                sum {
                    requests
                    bytes
                }
                dimensions {
                    coloCode
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "series": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "LHR"
              },
              "sum": {
                "bytes": 18260055,
                "requests": 4404
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "AMS"
              },
              "sum": {
                "bytes": 17563009,
                "requests": 4302
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "CDG"
              },
              "sum": {
                "bytes": 17200434,
                "requests": 4032
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "PTY"
              },
              "sum": {
                "bytes": 10400209,
                "requests": 2707
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "JIB"
              },
              "sum": {
                "bytes": 9040105,
                "requests": 2601
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>

## `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` GraphQL API node

With the deprecation of the `httpRequests1mByColoGroups` and `httpRequests1dByColoGroups` GraphQL API nodes, use the `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` GraphQL API node to access the same data (`count`, `sum(edgeResponseBytes)`, and `visits`).

**Request**

```graphql
{
    viewer {
        zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
            series: httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(
                limit: 5,
                orderBy: [ count_DESC ],
                filter: {
                    datetime_geq: $start
                    datetime_lt: $end
                    requestSource: 'eyeball'
                }
            ) {
                count
                avg {
                    sampleInterval
                }
                sum {
                    visits
                    edgeResponseBytes
                }
                dimensions {
                    coloCode
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "series": [
            {
              "avg": {
                "sampleInterval": 10
              },
              "count": 4350,
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "LHR"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 17860000,
                "visits": 4120
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "sampleInterval": 10
              },
              "count": 4210,
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "AMS"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 17110000,
                "visits": 3910
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "sampleInterval": 10
              },
              "count": 3890,
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "CDG"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 17050000,
                "visits": 3700
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "sampleInterval": 10
              },
              "count": 2550,
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "PTY"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 10286000,
                "visits": 2130
              }
            },
            {
              "avg": {
                "sampleInterval": 10
              },
              "count": 2410,
              "dimensions": {
                "coloCode": "JIB"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 9029000,
                "visits": 2080
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>

This query says:

* Given the indicated `zones`, `limit`, and `time range`.
* Fetch the total number of requests (as `count`), the total amount of data transfer (as `edgeResponseBytes` of `sum` object), and the total number of `visits` per data center.

A few points to note:

* Adding the `requestSource` filter for `eyeball` returns request, data transfer, and visit data about only the end users of your website.
* Instead of `requests`, the `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` node reports `count`, which indicates the number of requests per data center.
* To measure data transfer, use `sum(edgeResponseBytes)`. Note that in the old API this was called `bandwidth` even though it actually measured data transfer.
* `unique visitors per colocation` is not supported in `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups`, but the `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` API does support `visits`. A visit is defined as a page view that originated from a different website or direct link. Cloudflare checks where the HTTP referer does not match the hostname. One visit can consist of multiple page views.

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/

## GraphQL migrations

If you are currently using the deprecated `httpRequests1mByColoGroups` or `httpRequests1dByColoGroups` GraphQL API nodes, the [HTTP Requests by Colo Groups to HTTP Requests by Adaptive Groups](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/graphql-api-analytics/) guide will help you migrate your queries to use the `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` node.

## Zone Analytics migrations

If you are currently using the Zone Analytics API, the following guide will help you migrate your queries to the new GraphQL Analytics API:

* [Zone Analytics to GraphQL Analytics](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/zone-analytics/)
* [Zone Analytics Colos Endpoint to GraphQL Analytics](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/zone-analytics-colos/)

## Network Analytics migrations

If you are currently using the Network Analytics v1 (NAv1) GraphQL nodes, the [Network Analytics v1 to Network Analytics v2](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/) guide will help you migrate your queries to the new Network Analytics v2.

---

# Zone Analytics Colos Endpoint to GraphQL Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/zone-analytics-colos/

import { Details } from "~/components"

This guide shows how you might migrate from the deprecated (and soon to be sunset) zone analytics API to the GraphQL API. It provides an example for a plausible use-case of the colos endpoint, then shows how that use-case is translated to the GraphQL API. It also explores features of the GraphQL API that make it more powerful than the API it replaces.

In this example, we want to calculate the number of requests for a particular colo, broken down by the hour in which the requests occurred. Referring to the zone analytics colos endpoint, we can construct a curl which retrieves the data from the API.

```bash
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN" "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/analytics/colos?since=2020-12-10T00:00:00Z"  > colos_endpoint_output.json
```

This query says:

* Given an `API_TOKEN` which has Analytics Read access to `ZONE_ID`.
* Fetch colos analytics for `ZONE_ID` with a time range that starts on
  `2020-12-10T00:00:00Z` (`since` parameter) to now.

The question that we want to answer is: "What is the number of requests for ZHR per hour?" Using the colos endpoint response data and some wrangling by jq we can answer that question with this command:

```bash
cat colos_endpoint_output.json | jq  -c '.result[] | {colo_id: .colo_id, timeseries: .timeseries[]} | {colo_id: .colo_id, timeslot: .timeseries.since, requests: .timeseries.requests.all, bandwidth: .timeseries.bandwidth.all} | select(.requests > 0) | select(.colo_id == "ZRH") '
```

This jq command is complex, so we can break it down:

```bash
.result[]
```

This means that the result array is split into individual json lines.

```bash
{colo_id: .colo_id, timeseries: .timeseries[]}
```

This breaks each json line into multiple json lines. Each resulting line contains a `colo_id` and one element of the `timeseries` array.

```bash
{colo_id: .colo_id, timeslot: .timeseries.since, requests: .timeseries.requests.all, bandwidth: .timeseries.bandwidth.all}
```

This flattens out the data we are interested in that is inside the timeseries
object of each line.

```bash
select(.requests > 0) | select(.colo_id == "ZRH")
```

This selects only lines that contain more than 0 requests and the `colo_id` is ZRH.

The final data we get looks like the following response:


<Details header="Response">

```json
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T00:00:00Z","requests":601,"bandwidth":683581}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T01:00:00Z","requests":484,"bandwidth":550936}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T02:00:00Z","requests":326,"bandwidth":370627}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T03:00:00Z","requests":354,"bandwidth":402527}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T04:00:00Z","requests":446,"bandwidth":507234}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T05:00:00Z","requests":692,"bandwidth":787688}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T06:00:00Z","requests":1474,"bandwidth":1676166}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T07:00:00Z","requests":2839,"bandwidth":3226871}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T08:00:00Z","requests":2953,"bandwidth":3358487}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T09:00:00Z","requests":2550,"bandwidth":2901823}
{"colo_id":"ZRH","timeslot":"2020-12-10T10:00:00Z","requests":2203,"bandwidth":2504615}
...
```


</Details>

How do we get the same result using the GraphQL API?

The GraphQL API allows us to be much more specific about the data that we want to retrieve. While the colos endpoint forces us to retrieve all the information about the breakdown of requests and bandwidth per colo, using the GraphQL API allows us to fetch only the information we are interested in.

The data we want is about HTTP requests. Hence, we use the canonical source for HTTP request data, also known as `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups`. This node in GraphQL API allows you to filter and group by almost any dimension of an HTTP request imaginable. It is [Adaptive](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/#adaptive-bit-rate-sampling) so responses will be fast since it is driven by our [ABR technology](https://blog.cloudflare.com/explaining-cloudflares-abr-analytics/).

The following is a GraphQL API query to retrieve the data we need to answer the question: "What is the number of requests for ZHR per hour?"

```txt
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag:"$ZONE_TAG"}) {
      httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(filter: {datetime_gt: "2020-12-10T00:00:00Z", coloCode:"ZRH"}, limit:10000, orderBy: [datetimeHour_ASC]) {
        count
        sum {
          edgeResponseBytes
        }
        avg {
          sampleInterval
        }
        count
        dimensions {
          datetimeHour
          coloCode
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Then we can run it with curl:

```bash
curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN'  https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql -d "@./coloGroups.json" > graphqlColoGroupsResponse.json
```

We can answer our question in the same way as before using jq:

```bash
cat graphqlColoGroupsResponse.json| jq -c '.data.viewer.zones[] | .httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups[] | {colo_id: .dimensions.coloCode, timeslot: .dimensions.datetimeHour, requests: .count, bandwidth: .sum.edgeResponseBytes}'
```

This command is much simpler than what we had before, because the data returned by the GraphQL API is more specific than what is returned by the colos endpoint.

Still, it is worth explaining the command since it will help to understand some of the concepts underlying the GraphQL API.

```bash
.data.viewer.zones[]
```

The format of a GraphQL response is very similar to the query. A successful response always contains a `data` object which wraps the data in the response. A query will always have a `viewer` object which represents your user. Then, we unwrap the zones objects, one per line. Our query only has one zone (since this is how we chose to do it). But a query could have multiple zones as well.

```bash
.httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups[]
```

The `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups` field is a list, where each datapoint in the list represents a combination of the dimensions that were selected, along with the aggregation that was selected for that combination of the dimensions. Here, we unwrap each of the datapoints, one per row.

```bash
{colo_id: .dimensions.coloCode, timeslot: .dimensions.datetimeHour, requests: .count, bandwidth: .sum.edgeResponseBytes}
```

This is straightforward: it just selects the attributes of each datapoint that we are interested in, in the format which we used previously in the colos endpoint.

The GraphQL API is a very powerful tool, as you can filter and group the data by many dimensions. This feature is totally absent from the colos endpoint in the Zone Analytics API.

---

# Zone Analytics to GraphQL Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/zone-analytics/

import { Details } from "~/components"

The Zone Analytics API allows you to get request data by zone. It offers optional `since` and `until` parameters to specify the request time period and a `continuous` parameter to indicate whether the time period should be moved backward to find a period with completely aggregated data.

For example, here is a sample curl call to get data for a two minute period:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/analytics/dashboard?since=2019-09-08T20:00:00Z&until=2019-09-08T20:02:00Z&continuous=false" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" --silent | jq .
```


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "query": {
    "since": "2019-09-08T20:00:00Z",
    "until": "2019-09-08T20:02:00Z",
    "time_delta": 1
  },
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "timeseries": [
      {
        "since": "2019-09-08T20:00:00Z",
        "until": "2019-09-08T20:01:00Z",
        "requests": {
          "all": 15,
          "cached": 12,
          "uncached": 3,
          "ssl": {
            "encrypted": 13,
            "unencrypted": 2
          },
          "http_status": {
            "200": 4,
            "403": 11
          },
          "content_type": {
            "html": 12,
            "png": 3
          },
          "country": {
            "CN": 6,
            "IE": 1,
            "US": 3,
            "VN": 5
          },
          "ip_class": {
            "monitoringService": 4,
            "noRecord": 11
          },
          "ssl_protocol": {
            "TLSv1.2": 13,
            "none": 2
          }
        },
        "bandwidth": {
          "all": 312740,
          "cached": 309930,
          "uncached": 2810,
          "ssl": {
            "encrypted": 309276,
            "unencrypted": 3464
          },
          "ssl_protocol": {
            "TLSv1.2": 13,
            "none": 2
          },
          "content_type": {
            "html": 32150,
            "png": 280590
          },
          "country": {
            "CN": 10797,
            "IE": 98224,
            "US": 185176,
            "VN": 18543
          }
        },
        "threats": {
          "all": 6,
          "type": {
            "user.ban.ctry": 6
          },
          "country": {
            "CN": 6
          }
        },
        "pageviews": {
          "all": 1,
          "search_engine": {
            "pingdom": 1
          }
        },
        "uniques": {
          "all": 11
        }
      },
      {
        "since": "2019-09-08T20:01:00Z",
        "until": "2019-09-08T20:02:00Z",
        "requests": {
          "all": 4,
          "cached": 1,
          "uncached": 3,
          "ssl": {
            "encrypted": 4,
            "unencrypted": 0
          },
          "http_status": {
            "200": 4
          },
          "content_type": {
            "html": 1,
            "png": 3
          },
          "country": {
            "CA": 2,
            "US": 2
          },
          "ip_class": {
            "monitoringService": 4
          },
          "ssl_protocol": {
            "TLSv1.2": 4
          }
        },
        "bandwidth": {
          "all": 283399,
          "cached": 280590,
          "uncached": 2809,
          "ssl": {
            "encrypted": 283399,
            "unencrypted": 0
          },
          "ssl_protocol": {
            "TLSv1.2": 4
          },
          "content_type": {
            "html": 2809,
            "png": 280590
          },
          "country": {
            "CA": 101033,
            "US": 182366
          }
        },
        "threats": {
          "all": 0,
          "type": {},
          "country": {}
        },
        "pageviews": {
          "all": 1,
          "search_engine": {
            "pingdom": 1
          }
        },
        "uniques": {
          "all": 4
        }
      }
    ],
    "totals": {
      "since": "2019-09-08T20:00:00Z",
      "until": "2019-09-08T20:02:00Z",
      "requests": {
        "all": 19,
        "cached": 13,
        "uncached": 6,
        "ssl": {
          "encrypted": 17,
          "unencrypted": 2
        },
        "http_status": {
          "200": 8,
          "403": 11
        },
        "content_type": {
          "html": 13,
          "png": 6
        },
        "country": {
          "CA": 2,
          "CN": 6,
          "IE": 1,
          "US": 5,
          "VN": 5
        },
        "ip_class": {
          "monitoringService": 8,
          "noRecord": 11
        },
        "ssl_protocol": {
          "TLSv1.2": 17,
          "none": 2
        }
      },
      "bandwidth": {
        "all": 596139,
        "cached": 590520,
        "uncached": 5619,
        "ssl": {
          "encrypted": 592675,
          "unencrypted": 3464
        },
        "ssl_protocol": {
          "TLSv1.2": 17,
          "none": 2
        },
        "content_type": {
          "html": 34959,
          "png": 561180
        },
        "country": {
          "CA": 101033,
          "CN": 10797,
          "IE": 98224,
          "US": 367542,
          "VN": 18543
        }
      },
      "threats": {
        "all": 6,
        "type": {
          "user.ban.ctry": 6
        },
        "country": {
          "CN": 6
        }
      },
      "pageviews": {
        "all": 2,
        "search_engine": {
          "pingdom": 2
        }
      },
      "uniques": {
        "all": 15
      }
    }
  }
}
```


</Details>

As you can see from the response, Zone Analytics returns metrics along many dimensions and does not give you the option to control what you receive. With GraphQL Analytics, you can ask for only the data that you need. However, if you wanted to get exactly the same metrics and dimensions as you would from Zone Analytics, here is the query you would make:

```txt
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: <ZONE_ID>}) {
      httpRequests1mGroups(orderBy: [datetimeMinute_ASC], limit: 100, filter: {datetime_geq: "2019-09-08T20:00:00Z", datetime_lt: "2019-09-08T20:02:00Z"}) {
        dimensions {
          datetimeMinute
        }
        sum {
          browserMap {
            pageViews
            uaBrowserFamily
          }
          bytes
          cachedBytes
          cachedRequests
          contentTypeMap {
            bytes
            requests
            edgeResponseContentTypeName
          }
          clientSSLMap {
            requests
            clientSSLProtocol
          }
          countryMap {
            bytes
            requests
            threats
            clientCountryName
          }
          encryptedBytes
          encryptedRequests
          ipClassMap {
            requests
            ipType
          }
          pageViews
          requests
          responseStatusMap {
            requests
            edgeResponseStatus
          }
          threats
          threatPathingMap {
            requests
            threatPathingName
          }
        }
        uniq {
          uniques
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "httpRequests1mGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2019-09-08T20:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "browserMap": [
                  {
                    "pageViews": 1,
                    "uaBrowserFamily": "PingdomBot"
                  }
                ],
                "bytes": 312740,
                "cachedBytes": 309930,
                "cachedRequests": 12,
                "clientSSLMap": [
                  {
                    "clientSSLProtocol": "none",
                    "requests": 2
                  },
                  {
                    "clientSSLProtocol": "TLSv1.2",
                    "requests": 13
                  }
                ],
                "contentTypeMap": [
                  {
                    "bytes": 280590,
                    "edgeResponseContentTypeName": "png",
                    "requests": 3
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 32150,
                    "edgeResponseContentTypeName": "html",
                    "requests": 12
                  }
                ],
                "countryMap": [
                  {
                    "bytes": 10797,
                    "clientCountryName": "CN",
                    "requests": 6,
                    "threats": 6
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 98224,
                    "clientCountryName": "IE",
                    "requests": 1,
                    "threats": 0
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 185176,
                    "clientCountryName": "US",
                    "requests": 3,
                    "threats": 0
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 18543,
                    "clientCountryName": "VN",
                    "requests": 5,
                    "threats": 0
                  }
                ],
                "encryptedBytes": 309276,
                "encryptedRequests": 13,
                "ipClassMap": [
                  {
                    "ipType": "monitoringService",
                    "requests": 4
                  },
                  {
                    "ipType": "noRecord",
                    "requests": 11
                  }
                ],
                "pageViews": 1,
                "requests": 15,
                "responseStatusMap": [
                  {
                    "edgeResponseStatus": 200,
                    "requests": 4
                  },
                  {
                    "edgeResponseStatus": 403,
                    "requests": 11
                  }
                ],
                "threatPathingMap": [
                  {
                    "requests": 6,
                    "threatPathingName": "user.ban.ctry"
                  }
                ],
                "threats": 6
              },
              "uniq": {
                "uniques": 11
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeMinute": "2019-09-08T20:01:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "browserMap": [
                  {
                    "pageViews": 1,
                    "uaBrowserFamily": "PingdomBot"
                  }
                ],
                "bytes": 283399,
                "cachedBytes": 280590,
                "cachedRequests": 1,
                "clientSSLMap": [
                  {
                    "clientSSLProtocol": "TLSv1.2",
                    "requests": 4
                  }
                ],
                "contentTypeMap": [
                  {
                    "bytes": 280590,
                    "edgeResponseContentTypeName": "png",
                    "requests": 3
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 2809,
                    "edgeResponseContentTypeName": "html",
                    "requests": 1
                  }
                ],
                "countryMap": [
                  {
                    "bytes": 101033,
                    "clientCountryName": "CA",
                    "requests": 2,
                    "threats": 0
                  },
                  {
                    "bytes": 182366,
                    "clientCountryName": "US",
                    "requests": 2,
                    "threats": 0
                  }
                ],
                "encryptedBytes": 283399,
                "encryptedRequests": 4,
                "ipClassMap": [
                  {
                    "ipType": "monitoringService",
                    "requests": 4
                  }
                ],
                "pageViews": 1,
                "requests": 4,
                "responseStatusMap": [
                  {
                    "edgeResponseStatus": 200,
                    "requests": 4
                  }
                ],
                "threatPathingMap": [],
                "threats": 0
              },
              "uniq": {
                "uniques": 4
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```


</Details>

Notice that you can specify the request time period using a dataset filter (refer to [Filtering](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/)). The `continuous` parameter is no longer needed because GraphQL Analytics is designed to provide data as soon as it is available.

Also, if you want to get the totals for a particular period, rather than a breakdown by time period, simply remove the `datetimeMinute` field under `dimensions`.

---

# Capture GraphQL queries with Chrome DevTools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/capture-graphql-queries-from-dashboard/

Using [Chrome DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools), you can capture the queries running behind the Cloudflare Dashboard analytics. In this example, we will focus on the Network Analytics dataset, but the same process can be applied to any other analytics available in your dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** and select the **Network Analytics** dashboard or any other analytics dashboard you are interested in seeing the GraphQL queries in.

![Analytics tab](~/assets/images/analytics/analytics-tab.png)

3. Open the [Chrome Developer Tools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools) and select **Inspect**.

![Chrome developer tools](~/assets/images/analytics/chrome-developer-tools.png)

4. Select the **Network** tab in the Developer Tools panel.
5. In the filter bar, type `graphql` to filter out the GraphQL requests. If no requests appear, try reloading the page. As the page reloads, several network requests will populate the **Network** tab. Look for requests that contain `graphql` in the name.

![Type graphql in the search field](~/assets/images/analytics/search-field.png)

6. Select one of the GraphQL requests to open its details and go to the **Payload** tab. There you will find the GraphQL query. Select the query line and then **Copy value** to capture the query.

![Copy query value](~/assets/images/analytics/copy-value.png)

7. If you want to capture a new query, adjust the filters in the **Network analytics** dashboard and a new query will appear in the GraphQL requests.

![Create a new query](~/assets/images/analytics/new-query.png)

You can now use this query as the basis for your API call. Refer to the [Get started](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/) section for more information.

---

# Querying HTTP events by hostname with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/end-customer-analytics/

## Aggregated HTTP metrics by hostname over time

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query aggregated metrics about HTTP events by hostname over a specific period of time.

The following API call will request the number of visits and edge response bytes for the custom hostname `hostname.example.com` over a four day period. Be sure to replace `CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_TAG` and `API_TOKEN`[^1] with your zone ID and API credentials, and adjust the `datetime_geq` and `datetime_leq` values as needed.

### API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query RequestsAndDataTransferByHostname($zoneTag: string, $filter:filter) {
    viewer {
      zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
        httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 10, filter: $filter) {
          sum {
            visits
            edgeResponseBytes
          }
          dimensions {
            datetimeHour
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "zoneTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_TAG>",
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2022-07-20T11:00:00Z",
      "datetime_lt": "2022-07-24T12:00:00Z",
      "clientRequestHTTPHost": "hostname.example.com",
      "requestSource": "eyeball"
    }
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .
```

The returned results will be in JSON format (as requested), so piping the output to `jq` will make them easier to read, like in the following example:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-21T10:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 19849385,
                "visits": 4383
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-21T06:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 20607204,
                "visits": 4375
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-26T05:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 20170839,
                "visits": 4519
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-23T08:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 20141860,
                "visits": 4448
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-25T15:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 21070367,
                "visits": 4469
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-28T08:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 19200774,
                "visits": 4345
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-26T02:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 20758067,
                "visits": 4502
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-20T19:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 22127811,
                "visits": 4443
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-27T15:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 20480644,
                "visits": 4268
              }
            },
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "datetimeHour": "2022-07-27T17:00:00Z"
              },
              "sum": {
                "edgeResponseBytes": 19885704,
                "visits": 4287
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

## Top 10 consuming URLs in a zone

We are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query the top 10 consuming URLs from a zone, helping you identify the URLs with the highest resource usage. Here are some configuration instructions:

* To filter on a specific hostname, add the line `"clientRequestHTTPHost": "'$2'"` below `"requestSource"`."
* Replace `API_TOKEN` with your generated API token using the `Read all resources` permissions. The script will only access zones available to the token's creator.
* Pass the zone ID (`zoneTag`) as a parameter `ARG=$1`.
* To calculate the current date and the date from 30 days ago, use `gdate` on Mac:
  * `CURRENTDATE=$(gdate -u +'%FT%TZ')`
  * `OLDDATE=$(gdate -d '-30 days' -u +'%FT%TZ')`.
* For specific dates within the last 30 days, set `CURRENTDATE` and `OLDDATE` variables in the format `"YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ"`.

### API call

```bash
curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "query": "{viewer {zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {topPaths: httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups(filter: $filter, limit: 10, orderBy: [sum_edgeResponseBytes_DESC]) {count sum {edgeResponseBytes} dimensions {metric: clientRequestPath}}}}}",
  "variables": {
    "zoneTag": "'$ARG'",
    "filter": {
      "AND": [
        {
          "datetime_geq": "'$OLDDATE'",
          "datetime_leq": "'$CURRENTDATE'"
        },
        {
          "requestSource": "eyeball"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}' | jq -r 'try .data.viewer.zones[].topPaths[] | "\"\(.dimensions.metric)\": \(.sum.edgeResponseBytes)"' | sort
```

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Tutorials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The following resources will help you start exploring your data and creating analytics dashboards:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Querying Access login events with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-access-login-events/

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to retrieve logs for an Access login event. These logs are particularly useful for determining why a user received a `403` Forbidden error, since they surface additional data beyond what is shown in the dashboard Access logs.

The following API call will request logs for a single Access login event and output the requested fields. The authentication request is identified by its **Ray ID**, which you can obtain from the `403` Forbidden page shown to the user.

You will need to insert your `<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>`, your API credentials in `<API_TOKEN>`[^1], and substitute your own values for the following variables:

* `rayID`: A unique identifier assigned to the authentication request.
* `datetimeStart`: The earliest event time to query (no earlier than September 16, 2022).
* `datetimeEnd`: The latest event time to query. Be sure to specify a time range that includes the login event you are querying.

## API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query accessLoginRequestsAdaptiveGroups($accountTag: string, $rayId: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
        accessLoginRequestsAdaptiveGroups(limit: 100, filter: {datetime_geq: $datetimeStart, datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd, cfRayId: $rayId}, orderBy: [datetime_ASC]) {
          dimensions {
            datetime
            isSuccessfulLogin
            hasWarpEnabled
            hasGatewayEnabled
            hasExistingJWT
            approvingPolicyId
            cfRayId
            ipAddress
            userUuid
            identityProvider
            country
            deviceId
            mtlsStatus
            mtlsCertSerialId
            mtlsCommonName
            serviceTokenId
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "accountTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>",
    "rayId": "74e4ac510dfdc44f",
    "datetimeStart": "2022-09-20T14:36:38Z",
    "datetimeEnd": "2022-09-22T14:36:38Z"
}
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .
```

:::note

Rather than filter by `cfRayId`, you may also [filter](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/) by any other field in the query such as `userUuid` or `deviceId`. 
:::

## Response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "accounts": [
        {
          "accessLoginRequestsAdaptiveGroups": [
            {
              "dimensions": {
                "approvingPolicyId": "",
                "cfRayId": "744927037ce06d68",
                "country": "US",
                "datetime": "2022-09-02T20:56:27Z",
                "deviceId": "",
                "hasExistingJWT": 0,
                "hasGatewayEnabled": 0,
                "hasWarpEnabled": 0,
                "identityProvider": "nonidentity",
                "ipAddress": "2a09:bac0:15::814:7b37",
                "isSuccessfulLogin": 0,
                "mtlsCertSerialId": "",
                "mtlsCommonName": "",
                "mtlsStatus": "NONE",
                "serviceTokenId": "",
                "userUuid": ""
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

You can compare the query results to your Access policies to understand why a user was blocked. For example, if your application requires a valid mTLS certificate, Access blocked the request shown above because `mtlsStatus`, `mtlsCommonName`, and `mtlsCertSerialId` are empty.

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Querying Firewall Events with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-firewall-events/

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query for Firewall Events over a specified time period.

The following API call will request Firewall Events over a one hour period, and output the requested fields. Be sure to replace `<CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_TAG>`, `<EMAIL>`, and `<API_TOKEN>`[^1] with your zone tag and API credentials, and adjust the `datetime_geg` and `datetime_leq` values to your liking.

## API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query ListFirewallEvents($zoneTag: string, $filter: FirewallEventsAdaptiveFilter_InputObject) {
    viewer {
      zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
        firewallEventsAdaptive(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 10
          orderBy: [datetime_DESC]
        ) {
          action
          clientAsn
          clientCountryName
          clientIP
          clientRequestPath
          clientRequestQuery
          datetime
          source
          userAgent
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "zoneTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_TAG>",
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2022-07-24T11:00:00Z",
      "datetime_leq": "2022-07-24T12:00:00Z"
    }
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```

The results returned will be in JSON (as requested), so piping the output to `jq` will make them easier to read, for example:

```bash
... | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .

#=> {
#=>   "data": {
#=>     "viewer": {
#=>       "zones": [
#=>         {
#=>           "firewallEventsAdaptive": [
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "block",
#=>               "clientAsn": "5089",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "GB",
#=>               "clientIP": "203.0.113.69",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/%3Cscript%3Ealert()%3C/script%3E",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:11:24Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/80.0.3987.163 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "58224",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "IR",
#=>               "clientIP": "2.183.175.37",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/api/v2",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:00:54Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.169 Safari/537.36"
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "action": "log",
#=>               "clientAsn": "58224",
#=>               "clientCountryName": "IR",
#=>               "clientIP": "2.183.175.37",
#=>               "clientRequestPath": "/api/v2",
#=>               "clientRequestQuery": "",
#=>               "datetime": "2020-04-24T10:00:54Z",
#=>               "source": "waf",
#=>               "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/74.0.3729.169 Safari/537.36"
#=>             }
#=>           ]
#=>         }
#=>       ]
#=>     }
#=>   },
#=>   "errors": null
#=> }
```

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Querying Magic Firewall Intrusion Detection System (IDS) samples with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-firewall-ids-samples/

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query for IDS samples over a specified time period.

The following API call will request IDS samples over a one hour period, and output the requested fields. Be sure to replace `<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>` and `<API_TOKEN>`[^1] with your account tag and API credentials, and adjust the `datetime_geg` and `datetime_leq` values to your liking.

## API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query IDSActivity {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        magicIDPSNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 10
        ) {
          sum {
            bits
            packets
          }
          dimensions {
            datetimeFiveMinutes
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "accountTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>",
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2023-06-20T11:00:00.000Z",
      "datetime_leq": "2023-06-20T12:00:00.000Z",
      "verdict": "drop",
      "outcome": "pass"
    }
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```

The returned values represent the total number of packets and bits that matched IDS rules during the five minute interval. The result will be in JSON (as requested), so piping the output to `jq` will make it easier to read, like in the following example:

```bash
... | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .

#=> {
#=>   "data": {
#=>     "viewer": {
#=>       "accounts": [
#=>         {
#=>           "magicIDPSNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups": [
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 16384 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:00-00:00'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  360448, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:05-00:00'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:05-00:00'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  360448, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:20-00:00'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:20-00:00'
#=>               }
#=>             }
#=>           ]
#=>         }
#=>       ]
#=>     }
#=>   },
#=>   "errors": null
#=> }
```

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Querying Magic Firewall Samples with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-firewall-samples/

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query for Magic Firewall Samples over a specified time period.

The following API call will request Magic Firewall Samples over a one hour period, and output the requested fields. Be sure to replace `<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>` and `<API_TOKEN>`[^1] with your zone tag and API credentials, and adjust the `datetime_geg` and `datetime_leq` values to your liking.

## API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query MFWActivity {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        magicFirewallSamplesAdaptiveGroups(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 10
          orderBy: [datetimeFiveMinute_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            bits
            packets
          }
          dimensions {
            datetimeFiveMinute
            ruleId
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "accountTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>",
    "filter": {
      "datetime_geq": "2022-07-24T11:00:00Z",
      "datetime_leq": "2022-07-24T11:10:00Z"
    }
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```

The returned values represent the total number of packets and bits received during the five minute interval for a particular rule. The result will be in JSON (as requested), so piping the output to `jq` will make it easier to read, like in the following example:

```bash
... | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .

#=> {
#=>   "data": {
#=>     "viewer": {
#=>       "accounts": [
#=>         {
#=>           "magicFirewallSamplesAdaptiveGroups": [
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 16384 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:00-00:00',
#=>                 ruleId: 'bdfa8f8f0ae142b4a70ef15f6160e532'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  360448, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:05-00:00',
#=>                 ruleId: 'bdfa8f8f0ae142b4a70ef15f6160e532'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:05-00:00',
#=>                 ruleId: 'bdfa8f8f0ae142b4a70ef15f6160e532'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  360448, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:20-00:00',
#=>                 ruleId: 'bdfa8f8f0ae142b4a70ef15f6160e532'
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               sum: { bits:  327680, packets: 8192 },
#=>               dimensions: {
#=>                 datetimeFiveMinute: '2021-05-12T22:20-00:00',
#=>                 ruleId: 'bdfa8f8f0ae142b4a70ef15f6160e532'
#=>               }
#=>             }
#=>           ]
#=>         }
#=>       ]
#=>     }
#=>   },
#=>   "errors": null
#=> }
```

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Querying Magic Transit and Magic WAN tunnel health check results with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-transit-tunnel-healthcheck-results/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-health-checks" product="magic-transit" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit or Magic WAN" }} />

---

# Querying Magic Transit and Magic WAN tunnel bandwidth analytics with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-magic-transit-tunnel-bandwidth-analytics/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="graphql/query-magic-transit-bandwidth-graphql" product="magic-transit" params={{ productName: "Magic Transit or Magic WAN" }} />

---

# Querying Workers Metrics with GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-workers-metrics/

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query for Workers Metrics over a specified time period. We can query up to one month of data for dates up to three months ago.

The following API call will request a Worker script's metrics over a one day period, and output the requested fields. Be sure to replace `<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>` and `<API_TOKEN>`[^1] with your API credentials, and adjust the `datetimeStart`, `datetimeEnd`, and `scriptName` variables as needed.

## API Call

```bash
echo '{ "query":
  "query GetWorkersAnalytics($accountTag: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string, $scriptName: string) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
        workersInvocationsAdaptive(limit: 100, filter: {
          scriptName: $scriptName,
          datetime_geq: $datetimeStart,
          datetime_leq: $datetimeEnd
        }) {
          sum {
            subrequests
            requests
            errors
          }
          quantiles {
            cpuTimeP50
            cpuTimeP99
          }
          dimensions{
            datetime
            scriptName
            status
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }",
  "variables": {
    "accountTag": "<CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_TAG>",
    "datetimeStart": "2022-08-04T00:00:00.000Z",
    "datetimeEnd": "2022-08-04T01:00:00.000Z",
    "scriptName": "worker-subrequest-test-client"
  }
}' | tr -d '\n' | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @-
```

The results returned will be in JSON (as requested), so piping the output to `jq` will make them easier to read, like in the following example:

```bash
... | curl --silent \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data @- | jq .

#=> {
#=>   "data": {
#=>     "viewer": {
#=>       "accounts": [
#=>         {
#=>           "workersInvocationsAdaptive": [
#=>             {
#=>               "dimensions": {
#=>                 "datetime": "2020-05-04T18:10:35Z",
#=>                 "scriptName": "worker-subrequest-test-client",
#=>                 "status": "success"
#=>               },
#=>               "quantiles": {
#=>                 "cpuTimeP50": 206,
#=>                 "cpuTimeP99": 206
#=>               },
#=>               "sum": {
#=>                 "errors": 0,
#=>                 "requests": 1,
#=>                 "subrequests": 0
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "dimensions": {
#=>                 "datetime": "2020-05-04T18:10:34Z",
#=>                 "scriptName": "worker-subrequest-test-client",
#=>                 "status": "success"
#=>               },
#=>               "quantiles": {
#=>                 "cpuTimeP50": 291,
#=>                 "cpuTimeP99": 291
#=>               },
#=>               "sum": {
#=>                 "errors": 0,
#=>                 "requests": 1,
#=>                 "subrequests": 0
#=>               }
#=>             },
#=>             {
#=>               "dimensions": {
#=>                 "datetime": "2020-05-04T18:10:49Z",
#=>                 "scriptName": "worker-subrequest-test-client",
#=>                 "status": "success"
#=>               },
#=>               "quantiles": {
#=>                 "cpuTimeP50": 212.5,
#=>                 "cpuTimeP99": 261.19
#=>               },
#=>               "sum": {
#=>                 "errors": 0,
#=>                 "requests": 4,
#=>                 "subrequests": 0
#=>               }
#=>             }
#=>           ]
#=>         }
#=>       ]
#=>     }
#=>   },
#=>   "errors": null
#=> }
```

[^1]: Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/) for more information on configuration and permissions.

---

# Configure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/configure/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Adjust the displayed data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/configure/displayed-data/

## Select the appropriate tab

To perform a broad analysis of layer 3/4 traffic and DDoS attacks, use the **All traffic** tab.

To focus on a specific mitigation system, select one of the [other available tabs](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/main-dashboard/#available-tabs). The tabs displayed in the dashboard depend on your Cloudflare services.

## Select high-level metric

To toggle your view of the data, select the **Total packets** or **Total bytes** side panels.

![Network Analytics side panels allowing you to use packets or bits/bytes as the base unit for the dashboard.](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/high-level-metrics.png)

The selected metric will determine the base units (packets or bits/bytes) used in the several dashboard analytics panels.

## Select a dimension

Under **Packets summary** or **Bits summary**, select one of the [available dimensions](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/main-dashboard/#available-dimensions) to view the data along that dimension. The default dimension is **Action**.

## Apply filters

You can apply multiple filters and exclusions to adjust the scope of the data displayed in Network Analytics.
Filters affect all the data displayed in the dashboard.

There are two ways to filter Network Analytics data: select **Add filter** or select one of the stat filters.

### Select Add filter

Select **Add filter** to open the **New filter** popover. Specify a field, an operator, and a value to complete your filter expression. Select **Apply** to update the view.

:::note[Notes about filtering]

When applying filters, observe these guidelines:

* Wildcards are not supported.
* You do not need to wrap values in quotes.
* When specifying an ASN number, leave out the `AS` prefix. For example, enter `1423` instead of `AS1423`. 
  :::

### Select a stat filter

To filter based on the type of data associated with one of the Network Analytics stats, use the **Filter** and **Exclude** buttons that display when you hover over the stat.

## Create a Magic Firewall rule from the applied filters

:::note

This feature is only available to Magic Transit and Magic WAN users. 
:::

Select **Create Magic Firewall rule** to create a [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) rule that will block all traffic matching the selected filters in Network Analytics.

Note that some filters will not be added to the new Magic Firewall rule definition. However, you can further configure the rule in Magic Firewall.

## Show IP prefix events

Enable the **Show annotations** toggle to show or hide annotations for advertised/withdrawn IP prefix events in the **Network Analytics** view. Select each annotation to get more details.

![Network Analytics chart displaying IP prefix-related annotations.](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/view-annotations.png)

## View logged or monitored traffic

[Network DDoS managed rules](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/) and [Advanced DDoS Protection systems](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/) provide a `log` or `monitoring` mode that does not drop traffic. These `log` and `monitoring` mode events are based on **Verdict** and **Outcome**/**Action** fields.

To filter for these traffic events:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics** > **DDoS managed rules**.
3. Select **Add filter**.
    - Set `Verdict equals drop`.
    - Set `Action equals pass`.
4. Select **Apply**. 

By setting `verdict` to `drop` and `outcome` as `pass`, we are filtering for traffic that was marked as a detection (that is, verdict was `drop`) but was not dropped (for example, outcome was `pass`).

---

# Use GraphQL to create widgets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/use-graphql-create-widgets/

This article presents examples of queries you can use to populate your own dashboard.

* [Parameters and filters](#parameters-and-filters)
* [Timeseries graph](#timeseries-graph)
* [Activity log](#activity-log)
* [Top N cards - source](#top-n-cards---source)
* [Top N cards - destination](#top-n-cards---destination)
* [TCP Flags](#tcp-flags)
* [Executive summary](#executive-summary)

Use this workflow to build and test queries:

* Install and configure the [GraphiQL](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/querying-data/running-queries-with-graphiql/) app to authenticate to the Cloudflare Analytics GraphQL API. Cloudflare recommends token authentication. Refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/), for more information.
* Construct the queries in the GraphiQL. You can use the introspective documentation in the GraphQL client to explore the nodes available. For further information about queries, refer to [Querying basics](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/querying-basics/).
* Test your queries by running them from GraphiQL or by passing them as the payload in a cURL request to the GraphQL API endpoint.
* Use the queries in your application to provide data for your dashboard widgets.

## Parameters and filters

These examples use the account ID for the Cloudflare account that you are querying. You can define this as a variable (`accountTag`) and reference it in your queries.

The queries also use a filter to specify the time interval that you want to query. The filter uses a start time and end time to define the time interval. You use different attributes to specify the start and end times, depending on the time period that you want to query. Refer to [Filtering](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/) for further information about filters.

The following example queries for data with dates greater than or equal to `date_geq` and less than or equal to `date_leq`:

```json title="Account and query time interval settings"
{
  "accountTag": "{account-id}",
  "filter": {
    "AND":[
      {"date_geq": "2020-01-19"},
      {"date_leq": "2020-01-20"}
    ]
  }
}
```

This table lists Network Analytics datasets (nodes) and the `datetimeDimension` that you should use when querying data for a given time selection.

When you want an aggregated view of data, use the `Groups` query nodes. For example, the `ipFlows1mAttacksGroups` dataset represents minute-wise rollup reports of attack activity. For more detail, refer to [Datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/).

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th><strong>Time Selection</strong></th>
      <th><strong>Query node</strong></th>
      <th><strong>datetimeDimension</strong></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Last week</td>
      <td>ipFlows1dGroups</td>
      <td>date</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Last month</td>
      <td>ipFlows1dGroups</td>
      <td>date</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>24 hours</td>
      <td>ipFlows1mGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeFifteenMinutes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>12 hours</td>
      <td>ipFlows1mGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeFifteenMinutes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>6 hours</td>
      <td>ipFlows1mGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeFiveMinutes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>30 mins</td>
      <td>ipFlows1mGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeMinute</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Custom range</td>
      <td>Dependent on range selected</td>
      <td>Dependent on range selected</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

The table below lists the start and end time attributes that are valid for query nodes representing different time ranges.

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th><strong>Query node</strong></th>
      <th><strong>Start day / time filter</strong></th>
      <th><strong>End day / time filter</strong></th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>ipFlows1mGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeMinute_geq</td>
      <td>datetimeMinute_leq</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ipFlows1mAttacksGroups</td>
      <td>date_geq</td>
      <td>date_leq</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ipFlows1hGroups</td>
      <td>datetimeHour_geq</td>
      <td>datetimeHour_leq</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ipFlows1dGroups</td>
      <td>date_geq</td>
      <td>date_leq</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Timeseries graph

Use the following query to build the timeseries graph in network analytics:

```graphql title="Timeseries graph"
query ipFlowTimeseries(
    $accountTag: string
    $filter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
  ) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        ipFlows1mGroups(
          limit: 1000
          filter: $filter
          orderBy: datetimeMinute_ASC
        ) {
          dimensions {
            timestamp: datetimeMinute
            attackMitigationType
            attackId
          }
          sum {
            bits
            packets
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

## Activity log

This query returns an activity log summarizing minute-wise rollups of attack traffic in IP flows. The query groups the data by the fields listed in the `dimensions` object.

```graphql title="Activity log query"
query ipFlowEventLog(
    $accountTag: string
    $filter: AccountIpFlows1mAttacksGroupsFilter_InputObject
  ) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        ipFlows1mAttacksGroups(
          limit: 10
          filter: $filter
          orderBy: [min_datetimeMinute_ASC]
        ) {
          dimensions {
            attackId
            attackDestinationIP
            attackDestinationPort
            attackMitigationType
            attackSourcePort
            attackType
          }
          avg {
            bitsPerSecond
            packetsPerSecond
          }
          min {
            datetimeMinute
            bitsPerSecond
            packetsPerSecond
          }
          max {
            datetimeMinute
            bitsPerSecond
            packetsPerSecond
          }
          sum {
            bits
            packets
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

```

## Top N cards - source

This query returns data about the top source IPs.
The `limit` parameter controls the amount of records returned for each node. In the following code, the highlighted lines indicate where you configure `limit`.

```graphql title="Top N Cards query" {9,22,35,47,60,72}
query GetTopNBySource(
    $accountTag: string
    $filter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
    $portFilter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
  ) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        topNPorts: ipFlows1mGroups(
        limit: 5
        filter: $portFilter
        orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
      ) {
        sum {
          count: (bits/packets)
        }
        dimensions {
          metric: sourcePort
          ipProtocol
        }
      }
      topNASN: ipFlows1mGroups(
        limit: 5
        filter: $filter
        orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
      ) {
        sum {
          count: (bits/packets)
        }
        dimensions {
          metric: sourceIPAsn
          description: sourceIPASNDescription
        }
      }
        topNIPs: ipFlows1mGroups(
        limit: 5
        filter: $filter
        orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
      ) {
        sum {
          count: (bits/packets)
        }
        dimensions {
          metric: sourceIP
        }
      }
        topNColos: ipFlows1mGroups(
          limit: 10
          filter: $filter
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            metric: coloCity
            coloCode
          }
        }
        topNCountries: ipFlows1mGroups(
          limit: 10
          filter: $filter
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            metric: coloCountry
          }
        }
        topNIPVersions: ipFlows1mGroups(
          limit: 2
          filter: $filter
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            metric: ipVersion
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

```

## Top N cards - destination

This query returns data about the top destination IPs. The `limit` parameter controls the amount of records returned. In the following code, the highlighted lines indicate that the query returns the five highest results.

```graphql title="Top N Cards - Destination" {10,22}
query GetTopNByDestination(
    $accountTag: string
    $filter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
    $portFilter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
  ) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        topNIPs: ipFlows1mGroups(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 5
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            metric: destinationIP
          }
        }
        topNPorts: ipFlows1mGroups(
          filter: $portFilter
          limit: 5
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            metric: destinationPort
            ipProtocol
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

## TCP Flags

This query extracts the number of TCP packets from the minute-wise rollups of IP flows, and groups the results by TCP flag value. It uses `limit: 8` to display the top eight results, and presents them in descending order.

Add the following line to the filter to indicate that you want to view TCP data:

```json
{ ipProtocol: 'TCP' }
```

```graphql title="TCP Flags query"
query GetTCPFlags(
    $accountTag: string
    $filter: AccountIpFlows1mGroupsFilter_InputObject
  ) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        tcpFlags: ipFlows1mGroups(
          filter: $filter
          limit: 8
          orderBy: [sum_(bits/packets)_DESC]
        ) {
          sum {
            count: (bits/packets)
          }
          dimensions {
            tcpFlags
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

## Executive summary

The executive summary query summarizes overall activity, therefore it only filters by the selected time interval, and ignores all filters applied to the analytics.
Use different queries, depending on the time interval you want to examine and what kind of traffic the account is seeing.

If the time interval is absolute, for example March 25th 09:00 to March 25th 17:00, then execute a query for attacks within those times. [Use the appropriate query node](#parameters-and-filters), for example `ipFlows1dGroups`, for the time interval.

```graphql title="GetPreviousAttacks query - fetch previous attacks"
query GetPreviousAttacks($accountTag: string, $filter: filter) {
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
      ${queryNode}(limit: 1000, filter: $filter) {
        dimensions {
          attackId
        }
        sum {
          packets
          bits
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

If the time interval is relative to the current time, for example the last 24 hours or the last 30 minutes, then make a query to the `ipFlows1mGroup` node to check whether there were attacks in the past five minutes. Attacks within the past five minutes are classed as ongoing: the Activity Log displays `Present`.
The query response lists the `attackID` values of ongoing attacks.

```graphql title="GetOngoingAttackIds query - check for ongoing attacks"
query GetOngoingAttackIds($accountTag: string, $filter: filter) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        ipFlows1mGroups(limit: 1000, filter: $filter) {
          dimensions {
            attackId
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

If there are ongoing attacks, query the `ipFlows1mAttacksGroups` node, filtering with the `attackID` values from the previous query. The query below returns the maximum bit and packet rates.

```graphql title="GetOngoingAttacks query - fetch data for ongoing attacks"
query GetOngoingAttacks($accountTag: string, $filter: filter) {
    viewer {
      accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
        ipFlows1mAttacksGroups(limit: 1000, filter: $filter) {
          dimensions {
            attackId
          }
          max {
            bitsPerSecond
            packetsPerSecond
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
```

If there are no ongoing attacks, use the `GetPreviousAttacks` query to display data for attacks within an absolute time interval.

---

# Share and export data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/configure/share-export/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## Share Network Analytics filters

When you add filters and specify a time range in Network Analytics, the URL changes to reflect those parameters.

To share your view of the data, copy the URL and send it to other users so that they can work with the same view.

## Export sample log data

You can export up to 100 raw events from the **Packet sample log** at a time. This option is useful when you need to combine and analyze Cloudflare data with data stored in a separate system or database, such as a <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM system</GlossaryTooltip>.

To export log data:

1. Select **Export**.
2. Choose either CSV or JSON format for rendering exported data. The downloaded file name will reflect the selected time range, using this pattern:

```txt
network-analytics-attacks-<START_TIME>-<END_TIME>.json
```

## Export a Network Analytics report

To print or download a snapshot report from Network Analytics, select **Print report**. Your web browser's print interface displays options for printing or saving as a PDF.

---

# Adjust the time range

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/configure/time-range/

## Using the timeframe drop-down list

Use the timeframe drop-down list to change the time range over which Network Analytics displays data. When you select a timeframe, the entire view is updated to reflect your choice.

In the Network Analytics dashboard, the range of historical data you can query is 120 days.

When you select *Previous 30 minutes*, the **Network Analytics** card will show the data from the last 30 minutes, refreshing every 20 seconds. A *Live* notification appears next to the statistic drop-down list to let you know that the view keeps updating automatically:

![Timeframe drop-down with Previous 30 minutes selected.](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/timeframe-selector.png)

## Zooming in the chart

To zoom in a specific period, select and drag to define a region in the **Packets summary** (or **Bits summary**) chart. To zoom out, select **X** in the time range selector.

![User zooming in a given period in the Network Analytics traffic chart.](/images/analytics/network-analytics/chart-zoom-in.gif)

The effective resolution goes up when you zoom in and goes down when you zoom out, due to the [Adaptive Bit Rate](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/#adaptive-bit-rate-sampling). This means that a big packet burst that lasted a few seconds may look less impactful when analyzing a chart displaying data for 24 hours or more.

---

# Data collection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/reference/data-collection/

For the purposes of mitigating DDoS attacks and providing traffic visibility through the Network Analytics dashboard, Cloudflare collects data from different protocols such as IP, IPv6, TCP, UDP, ICMP, GRE, and DNS.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review reference information about Cloudflare Network Analytics:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Network Analytics v1 (deprecated)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/reference/network-analytics-v1/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution


* <Render file="network-analytics-v1-deprecation" />
* If you are using the Network Analytics GraphQL API, you should migrate from NAv1 to NAv2 by following the [migration guide](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/).
  :::

Access to Network Analytics requires the following:

* A Cloudflare Enterprise plan
* Cloudflare [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) or [Spectrum](/spectrum/).

Cloudflare’s **Network Analytics** view provides near real-time visibility into network and transport-layer traffic patterns and DDoS attacks. Network Analytics visualizes packet and bit-level data, the same data available via the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

![Analytics panel showing packets summary per type](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-main-dashboard.png)

Network Analytics accelerates reporting and investigation of malicious traffic. You can filter data by these parameters:

* Mitigation action taken by Cloudflare
* Source IP, port, ASN
* Destination IP and port
* The Cloudflare data center city and country of where the traffic was observed
* Attack size, type, rate, and duration
* TCP flag 
* IP version
* Protocol

Use Network Analytics to quickly identify key intelligence:

* Top attack vectors targeting the network 
* Traffic mitigation over time, broken down by action 
* Attack source, by country or data center

***

## Access Network Analytics v1

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an account that has access to Magic Transit or Spectrum.
2. Go to Account Home > **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.

***

## Navigate Network Analytics v1

### Headline summary and side panels

The headline and the side panels provide a summary of activity over the period selected in the **timeframe** drop-down list.

![Headline and side panel summarizing activity over the last 24 hours](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-navigate.png)

The headline provides the total packets or bits and the number of attacks detected and mitigated. When there is an attack in progress, the headline displays the maximum rate of packets (or bits) rather than the total count.

To toggle your view of the data, select the **Packets** or **Bits** side panels.

### Set the timeframe for the view

Use the **timeframe** drop-down list to change the time range over which Network Analytics displays data. When you select a timeframe, the entire view is updated to reflect your choice.

When you select *Last 30 minutes*, the **Network Analytics** view displays the data from the last 30 minutes, refreshing every 20 seconds. A *Live* notification appears next to the statistic drop-down list to let you know that the view keeps updating automatically:

![Auto-refresh enabled in Network Analytics](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-auto-refresh.png)

When you select the *Custom range* option, you can specify a time range of up to 30 days throughout any period during the last 365 days.

:::note

Source IPs are stored for 30 days. Report periods older than 30 days do not include source IP data.
:::

### View by average rate or total volume 

Choose a statistic from the drop-down list to toggle between plotting *Average rate* and *Total count*. 

### Show IP prefix advertisement/withdrawal events

Enable the **Show annotations** toggle to show or hide annotations for advertised/withdrawn IP prefix events in the **Network Analytics** view. Select each annotation to get more details.

![Toggle button for displaying annotations in Network Analytics chart](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-show-annotations.png)

### Zoom into the Packets summary 

Select and drag to zoom in on a region of the chart. Using this technique you can zoom into a time range as short as three minutes.

![Zooming into the Packets summary ](/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-zoom-in.gif)

To zoom out, select **X** in the **time range** selector.

***

## Apply filters to data

You can apply multiple filters and exclusions to adjust the scope of the data displayed in Network Analytics. Filters affect all the data displayed in the Network Analytics page.

There are two ways to filter Network Analytics data: use the **Add filter** button or select one of the stat filters.

### Use the Add filter button

Select **Add filter** to open the **New filter** popover. Specify a field, an operator, and a value to complete your filter expression. Select **Apply** to update the view.

When applying filters, observe these guidelines:

* Wildcards are not supported.
* You do not need to wrap values in quotes.
* When specifying an ASN number, leave out the *AS* prefix. For example, enter *1423* instead of *AS1423*.

### Use a stat filter

To filter based on the type of data associated with one of the Network Analytics stats, use the **Filter** and **Exclude** buttons that display when you hover your pointer over the stat. 

In this example, selecting **Filter** narrows the scope of the view to only traffic associated with the *Allow* action.

### Create a Magic Firewall rule from the applied filters

:::note

This feature is only available for Magic Transit users.
:::

You can create a [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) rule that blocks all traffic matching the selected filters in Network Analytics. The currently supported filters are:

* Destination IP
* Protocol
* Source data center
* Source IP
* TCP flags

Other types of Network Analytics filters will not be added to the new rule definition. However, you can further configure the rule in Magic Firewall.

Do the following:

1. Apply one or more filters in Network Analytics.

2. Select **Create Magic Firewall rule**.

   ![Link in Network Analytics to create a Magic Firewall rule](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-create-magic-firewall-rule.png)

   The Magic Firewall rule editor displays with the selected filters and values.

3. Review the rule definition in the Magic Firewall rule editor.

4. Select **Add new**.

### Supported filter fields, operators, and values 

The table below shows the range of fields, operators, and values you can use to filter Network Analytics.



| Field                | Operators                                                                                                   | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Action               | Equals<br/>Does not equal                                                                                   | **Allow:** Traffic allowed through Cloudflare's automated DDoS protection systems. May also include traffic mitigated by Firewall Rules, flowtrackd and L7 rules.<br/>**Block:** Traffic blocked by Cloudflare's automated DDoS protection systems.<br/>**Connection-tracking:** Applies only exclusively to L7, as Magic Transit is excluded from scope and no conntrack ever runs for Magic Transit prefixes.<br/>**Rate-limit:** Can be applied per source IP, subnet or any connection. The decision is made programmatically based on heuristics.<br/>**Monitor:** Attacks which were identified but have chosen to simply observe and not mitigate with any rule. |
| Attack ID            | Equals<br/>Does not equal                                                                                   | Attack number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Attack Type          | Equals<br/>Does not equal                                                                                   | UDP Flood<br/>SYN Flood<br/>ACK Flood<br/>RST Flood<br/>LDAP Flood<br/>Christmas Flood<br/>FIN Flood<br/>GRE Flood<br/>ICMP Flood                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Destination IP       | Equals<br/>Does not equal                                                                                   | IP address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Destination Port     | Equals<br/>Does not equal<br/>Greater than<br/>Greater than or equals<br/>Less than<br/>Less than or equals | Port number Port range                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Destination IP range | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | IP range & mask                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| IP Version           | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | 4 or 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Protocol             | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | TCP<br/>UDP<br/>ICMP<br/>GRE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Source ASN           | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | AS Number                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Source Country       | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | Country name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Source data center   | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | Data center location                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Source IP            | Equals Does not equal                                                                                       | IP address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Source port          | Equals Does not equal<br/>Greater than<br/>Greater than or equals<br/>Less than<br/>Less than or equals     | Port number<br/>Port range                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| TCP Flag             | Equals<br/>Does not equal<br/>Contains                                                                      | SYN, SYN-ACK, FIN, ACK, RST                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |



***

## Select a dimension to plot

You can plot Network Analytics data along a variety of dimensions. By default, Network Analytics displays data broken down by Action.

Select one of the **Summary** tabs to view the data along a different dimension.

You can choose from these options: 

* Action
* Attack type
* Destination IP
* Destination port
* IP version
* Protocol
* Source ASN
* Source country
* Source data center
* Source IP
* Source port
* TCP flag

:::note

Data for source ASN, source IP, source port, and TCP flag is only available over the last 24 hours.
:::

### Share Network Analytics filters 

When you add filters and specify a time range in the Network Analytics page, the URL changes to reflect those parameters.

To share your view of the data, copy the URL and send it to other users so that they can work with the same view.

![Selecting the URL of the Network Analytics page](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/v1-share-url.png)

***

## View the Activity log

The Network Analytics **Activity log** shows up to 500 log events in the currently selected time range, paginated with 10 results per page per time range view. (The [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) does not have this limitation.) 

To display event details, select the expansion widget associated with the events.

### Configure columns

To configure which columns display in the Activity log, select **Edit columns**. 

This is particularly useful when you would like to identify a DDoS attack, during which you can specify the desired attributes such as IP addresses, max bit rate, and attack ID among others.

### View top items

The **Source Country,** **Source**, and **Destination** panels display the top items in each view.

To select the number of items to display, use the drop-down list associated with the view.

To review the top data centers, select *Data center* from the drop-down list in the **Source country** view. The **Source data center** view replaces the **Source country** view.

***

## Export log data and reports

### Export activity log data 

You can export up to 500 raw events from the Activity log at a time. This option is useful when you need to combine and analyze Cloudflare data with data stored in a separate system or database, such as a <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM system</GlossaryTooltip>.

To export log data, select **Export**.

Choose either CSV or JSON format for rendering exported data. The downloaded file name will reflect the selected time range, using this pattern:

```txt
network-analytics-attacks-[start_time]-[end_time].json
```

### Export a Network Analytics report 

To print or download a snapshot report from **Network Analytics**, select **Print report**. Your web browser's print interface displays options for printing or saving as a PDF.

***

## Limitations

Network Analytics currently has these limitations:

* Network Analytics v1 provides insights on [denial of service daemon (dosd)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/who-ddosd-austin/) attacks. Although it provides a timely view of the data, it does not have a complete view of all events. 

* The following data sources are not available in Network Analytics v1:

  * Firewall Rules (available in [Network Analytics v2](/analytics/network-analytics/))
  * Application layer rules
  * Gatekeeper and manually applied rules
  * [flowtrackd](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-flowtrackd/) (Advanced TCP protection) (available in Network Analytics v2)
  * WARP traffic and [Orange-clouded traffic](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/)

* Data from Cloudflare services that proxy traffic, such as CDN, is not available in Network Analytics.

***

## Frequently asked questions

### How long does Cloudflare retain data in the Network Analytics portal?

If you are using Network Analytics v2 (NAv2), the range of historical data you can query is **90 days**.

Network Analytics v1 (NAv1) uses GraphQL nodes to roll up data into 1 minute, 1 hour, and 1 day IP flows. For example, the ipFlows1mGroups node stores data in minute-wise aggregations.

To identify the range of historical data you can query in NAv1, refer to this table. Use the ***notOlderThan*** column as an indicator of retention time.

GraphQL data nodes:

* `ipFlows1mGroups`
  * **maxDuration**[^1]: 25 hours
  * **notOlderThan**[^2]: 30 days
  * **Time range selection** and **Number of data points**:
    * 30 minutes - 30 data points
    * 6 hours - 71 data points
    * 12 hours - 48 data points
    * 24 hours - 96 data points
    * 1 week - 168 data points
* `ipFlows1dGroups`
  * **maxDuration**[^1]: 6 months
  * **notOlderThan**[^2]: 1 year
  * **Time range selection** and **Number of data points**:
    * 30 minutes - 30 data points
    * 6 hours - 71 data points
    * 12 hours - 48 data points
    * 24 hours - 96 data points
    * 1 week - 168 data points

[^1]: maxDuration defines the time window that can be requested in one query (varies by data node).

[^2]: notOlderThan limits how far back in the record a query can search. It is indicative of how long the data stays in our database.

When working with attack logs in the dashboard, keep the following in mind:

* Attack logs are stored with start and end timestamps, packet and bit statistics for minimum, maximum, and average data rate, as well as totals, attack type, and action taken. 
* Source IP addresses are considered personally identifiable information. Therefore, Cloudflare only stores them for 30 days. After 30 days, source IP addresses are discarded, and the logs are rolled up first into 1-hour groups, then 1-day groups. The 1-hour rollups are stored for 6 month. The one day rollups are stored for 1 year.

For more information on querying and accessing log data, refer to the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/limits). 

### Why does Network Analytics say the destination IP is “unavailable”?

The destination IP is indicated as *Unavailable*, when the destination IP was not included in the real-time signature generated by our [DDoS protection systems](/ddos-protection/). 

To view the destination IP, filter by **Attack ID** and scroll to the **Destination** section in the top items lists. When you filter on a specific Attack ID, the entire Network Analytics dashboard becomes an attack report.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/

## Adaptive Bit Rate sampling

With Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) sampling, every analytics query that supports ABR will be calculated at a resolution matching the query. Depending on the size of your query, the ABR mechanism will choose the best sampling rate and fetch a response from one of the sample tables encapsulated behind each [Network Analytics node](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/). The cardinality and accuracy are preserved even for historical data.

For more background information on Adaptive Bit Rate sampling, refer to the [Explaining Cloudflare's ABR Analytics](https://blog.cloudflare.com/explaining-cloudflares-abr-analytics/) blog post.

## Edge Sample Enrichment

Network Analytics can provide accurate data due to the sample rate and to Edge Sample Enrichment.

Sample rates vary depending on the mitigation service. For example:

* The sample rate for `dosd` changes dynamically from 1/100 to 1/10,000 packets based on the volume of packets.
* The sample rate for Magic Firewall events changes dynamically from 1/100 to 1/1,000,000 packets based on the number of packets.
* The sample rate for `flowtrackd` is 1/10,000 packets.

NA uses a data logging pipeline that relies on Edge Sample Enrichment. By delegating the packet sample enrichment and cross-referencing to the global data centers, the data pipeline’s resilience and tolerance against congestion are improved. Using this method, enriched packet samples are immediately stored in Cloudflare’s core data centers as soon as they arrive.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/understand/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Main dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/network-analytics/understand/main-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The following sections are a guide on the different sections of the main Network Analytics dashboard.

## Available tabs

The **All traffic** tab displays global information about layer 3/4 traffic, DNS traffic, and DDoS attacks. The dashboard has additional tabs with specific information (and specific filters) for different mitigation systems.

The following table contains a summary of what is shown in each tab:



| Tab name                    | For Magic Transit users                                                                                                                                                                                     | For Spectrum users                                                                      |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **All traffic**             | Traffic dropped by DDoS managed rules, Advanced TCP Protection, Advanced DNS Protection, and Magic Firewall, and traffic passed to the origin server.                                                       | Traffic dropped and passed by DDoS managed rules.                                       |
| **DDoS managed <br/>rules** | Traffic dropped and passed by [DDoS managed rules](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/).                                                                                                                     | Traffic dropped and passed by [DDoS managed rules](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/). |
| **TCP <br/>Protection**     | Traffic dropped and passed by the [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) system. Does not include traffic dropped by DDoS managed rules.                                               | N/A                                                                                     |
| **DNS <br/>Protection**     | Traffic dropped and passed by the [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/) system. Does not include traffic dropped by DDoS managed rules.                                               | N/A                                                                                     |
| **Magic Firewall**          | Traffic dropped by [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) and traffic passed to the origin server. Does not include traffic dropped by DDoS managed rules, Advanced TCP Protection, or Advanced DNS Protection. | N/A                                                                                     |



Use these tabs to better understand the decisions made by each mitigation system, and which rules are being applied to mitigate attacks.

:::note

Network Analytics will not show other traffic, such as:

* Traffic dropped by Spectrum
* Traffic dropped by the WAF/CDN service
* Traffic served from cache or from Workers 
  :::

## High-level metrics

The side panels in the Network Analytics page provide a summary of activity over the period selected in the time frame drop-down list.

![Available high-level metrics in the Network Analytics dashboard](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/high-level-metrics.png)

Selecting one of the metrics in the sidebar will define the base unit (packets or bits/bytes) for the data displayed in the dashboard.

## Executive summary

![Executive summary card in the Network Analytics dashboard.](~/assets/images/analytics/network-analytics/executive-summary-card.png)

The executive summary provides top insights and trends about DDoS attacks targeting your network, including the amount of attacks, percentage of attacks traffic mitigated relative to your traffic, largest attack rates, total mitigated attack bytes, top source, and estimated duration of the attacks.

These insights are adaptive based on the selected time frame and the **Packets** or **Bytes** [metrics](#high-level-metrics) selector. The insights are also accompanied by the trends relative to the selected time period, visualized as period-over-period change in percentage and indicator arrows.

The executive summary also features a one-liner summary at the top, informing you about recent and ongoing attacks.

### Total attacks

The total number of attacks is based on unique attack IDs of mitigations issued by the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).

Since the mitigation system may generate several mitigation rules (and therefore several attack IDs) for a single attack, the actual number of attacks may seem higher in some cases.

To obtain the metadata of recently mitigated DDoS attacks, query the [`dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups`](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/#dosdattackanalyticsgroups) GraphQL node.

:::note[Note about attack rates]

Attack rates in the executive summary may seem lower than the ones displayed in the time series graph because they are calculated based on the maximum rate of unique attack events and only by the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset. However, in practice, multiple attacks and mitigation systems can contribute to blocking a single attack, resulting in a larger rate than the one displayed.

Additionally, attack rates may change based on the sampling and adaptive bit rate (ABR) as you zoom in and out in the time series graph. Refer to [Concepts](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/) for more information. 
:::

## Filters

In the main dashboard card you can apply filters to the displayed data.

You can filter by the following parameters:

* Mitigation action taken by Cloudflare
* Mitigation system that performed the action
* Source IP, port, ASN, tunnel
* [Direction](#traffic-direction)
* Destination IP, port, IP range (description or CIDR of provisioned prefixes), tunnel
* Source Cloudflare data center and data center country of where the traffic was observed
* Packet size
* TCP flag
* TTL

Note that the IP Range filter currently has a limitation that only supports filtering /24 IPv4 Ranges and /64 IPv6 Ranges.

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### Traffic direction

The available values in the **Direction** filter have the following meaning, from the point of view of a specific customer's network:

* **Ingress**: Incoming traffic from the public Internet (ingress) to the customer's network via Cloudflare's network (for example, through [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/));
* **Egress**: Outgoing traffic leaving the customer's network through Cloudflare's network to the public Internet (for example, through [Magic Transit deployed with the egress option](/magic-transit/reference/egress/));
* **Lateral**: Traffic that stayed within the customer's network, routed through Cloudflare's network (for example, traffic between customer office branches or data centers routed through [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)).

## Packets summary or Bits summary

Displays a plot of the traffic (in terms of bits or packets) in the selected time range according to the values of a given dimension. By default, Network Analytics displays data broken down by **Action**.

### Available dimensions

You can choose one of the following dimensions:

* Action
* Destination IP
* Destination IP range
* Destination port
* Destination tunnels
* Mitigation system
* Source ASN
* Data center country
* Source data center
* Source IP
* Source port
* Source tunnels
* Packet size
* Protocol
* TCP flag

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## Mitigation system distribution

The **Mitigation System Distribution** card displays the amount of traffic (in terms of packets or bits) that was mitigated by each mitigation system.

## Packet sample log

The Network Analytics **Packet sample log** shows up to 100 log events — including both allowed and dropped packets — in the currently selected time range, paginated with 10 results per page per time range view (the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) does not have this limitation).

Expand each row to display event details, including the full packet headers and metadata.

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## Data center country/Source data center

Displays the top source Cloudflare data centers where the displayed traffic was ingested. The same card can also display the country associated with these top source data centers.

To switch between **Data center country** and **Source data center** information, use the dropdown in the card.

## Top insights

The different panels in **Top insights** display the top items in each dimension. To filter by a given value or exclude a value from displayed data, hover the value stats and select **Filter** or **Exclude**.

To set the number of items to display for each dimension, open the drop-down list associated with the view and select the desired number of items.

## TCP flag

The **TCP Flag** panel displays the TCP flags set for all the traffic currently displayed in the dashboard, including both allowed and mitigated traffic.

---

# Configure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/api-routing/configure/

import { Render } from "~/components"

API Shield Routing enables customers to create a unified external-facing API that routes requests to different back-end services that may have different paths and hosts than the existing zone and DNS configuration.

:::note

The term **Source Endpoint** refers to the endpoint managed by API Shield in Endpoint Management. The term **Target Endpoint** refers to the ultimate destination the request is sent to by the Routing feature. 
:::

## Process

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Once your Source Endpoints are added to Endpoint Management, use the following API calls to create and verify routes on any given operation ID:

### Create a route

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zoneID}/api_gateway/operations/{operationID}/route" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"route": "https://api.example.com/api/service"}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "route": "https://api.example.com/api/service"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

<Render file="routing-path-variables" />

### Verify a Route

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zoneID}/api_gateway/operations/{operationID}/route" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "route": "https://api.example.com/api/service"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### Remove a route

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zoneID}/api_gateway/operations/{operationID}/route" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result":{},
  "success":true,
  "errors":[],
  "messages":[]
}
```

### Test a route

After sending a request to your Source Endpoint, you should see the contents of the back-end service as if you called the Target Endpoint directly.

If API Shield returns unexpected results, check your Source Endpoint host, method, and path and [verify the route](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/api-routing/#verify-a-route) to ensure the Target Endpoint value is correct.

:::note

You may need to wait up to five minutes for route changes to synchronize across the Cloudflare network. 
:::

## Limitations

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---

# API Routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/api-routing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

API Shield Routing enables customers to create a unified external-facing API that routes requests to different back-end services that may have different paths and hosts than the existing zone and DNS configuration.

:::note

The term **Source Endpoint** refers to the endpoint managed by API Shield in Endpoint Management. The term **Target Endpoint** refers to the ultimate destination the request is sent to by the Routing feature. 
:::

## Process

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Once your Source Endpoints are added to Endpoint Management, use the following steps to create and verify routes on any given operation ID:

### Create a route

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### Edit a route

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### Remove a route

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. In **Endpoint Management**, select an existing endpoint and expand its details.
4. Under **Routing**, select **Edit routing**.
5. Select **Delete route**.

### Test a route

After sending a request to your Source Endpoint, you should see the contents of the back-end service as if you called the Target Endpoint directly.

If API Shield returns unexpected results, check your Source Endpoint host, method, and path and [verify the Route](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/api-routing/#verify-a-route) to ensure the Target Endpoint value is correct.

:::note

You may need to wait up to five minutes for Route changes to synchronize across the Cloudflare network. 
:::

## Availability

API Shield Routing is currently in an open beta and is only available for Enterprise customers subscribed to API Shield. Enterprise customers who have not purchased API Shield can preview [API Shield as a non-contract service](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/api-shield) in the Cloudflare dashboard or by contacting your account team.

## Limitations

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---

# Configure GraphQL malicious query protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/graphql-protection/configure/

Use the [Cloudflare GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/) to gather data about your GraphQL API’s current usage and configure Cloudflare’s GraphQL malicious query protection to log or block malicious queries.

## Introduction

Query size is defined as the number of terminal fields (leaves) in the query, whereas query depth is the deepest level at which a leaf is present. For example, the size of this query will be reported as `4 (terminalField[1-4] all contribute to this counter)`, and the depth will be reported as `3 (terminalField3 and terminalField4 are at depth level 3)`.

```graphql title="GraphQL query"
{
  terminalField1
  nonTerminalField1(filter: 123) {
    terminalField2
    nonTerminalField2 {
      terminalField3
      terminalField4
    }
  }
}
```

## Gather GraphQL statistics

Using the new `apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups` node in the Cloudflare GraphQL API, you can retrieve `apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize` and `apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth` dimensions.

```graphql title="GraphQL query"
query ApiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalytics($zoneTag: string, $datetimeStart: Time, $datetimeEnd: Time) {
  viewer {
    zones(filter: {zoneTag: $zoneTag}) {
      apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups(limit: 100,  orderBy: [apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize_DESC, apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth_DESC], filter: {datetime_geq:$datetimeStart, datetime_leq:$datetimeEnd}) {
        count
        dimensions {
          apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize
          apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

With the above query, you will get the following response:

```json title="Response"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups": [
            {
              "count": 10,
              "dimensions": {
                "apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth": 1,
                "apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize": 11
              }
            },
            {
              "count": 10,
              "dimensions": {
                "apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth": 1,
                "apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize": 2
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

In the response example, Cloudflare observed 10 requests with depth 1 and size 11, and 10 requests with depth 1 and size 2 in the selected timeframe.

## Analyze GraphQL statistics

You can use the response to compute percentiles across the attributes and set a threshold on what is allowed. For example, you can use a simple heuristic like `1.5 * p99` for query size or depth.

Here is a simple Python script that will report query size and depth p-levels given the GraphQL API response output above (as a JSON file):

```python title="Python script"
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json
import numpy as np
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--response", help="Path to the API JSON response file with the apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups node", required=True)
args = parser.parse_args()
with open(args.response) as f:
    query_sizes = np.array([], dtype=np.uint16)
    query_depths = np.array([], dtype=np.uint8)
    data = json.load(f)['data']['viewer']['zones'][0]['apiGatewayGraphqlQueryAnalyticsGroups']
    for datapoint in data:
        query_sizes = np.append(query_sizes, [datapoint['dimensions']['apiGatewayGraphqlQuerySize']] * datapoint['count'])
        query_depths = np.append(query_depths, [datapoint['dimensions']['apiGatewayGraphqlQueryDepth']] * datapoint['count'])

    quantiles = [0.99, 0.95, 0.75, 0.5]
    print('\n'.join([f"Query size {int(q * 100)}th percentile is {v}" for q, v in zip(quantiles, np.quantile(query_sizes, quantiles))]))
    print('\n'.join([f"Query depth {int(q * 100)}th percentile is {v}" for q, v in zip(quantiles, np.quantile(query_depths, quantiles))]))
```

With the above query, you will get the following output:

```json title="Example output"
./calculator.py --response=response.json
Query size 99th percentile is 11.0
Query size 95th percentile is 11.0
Query size 75th percentile is 11.0
Query size 50th percentile is 6.5
Query depth 99th percentile is 1.0
Query depth 95th percentile is 1.0
Query depth 75th percentile is 1.0
Query depth 50th percentile is 1.0
```

## Set limits on incoming GraphQL queries

API Shield customers now have three new fields available in custom rules:

- `cf.api_gateway.graphql.query_size` describes the size of a GraphQL query.
- `cf.api_gateway.graphql.query_depth` describes the depth of a GraphQL query.
- `cf.api_gateway.graphql.parsed_successfully` describes whether Cloudflare was able to parse the query. Presently, we run best-effort parsing, meaning we might not be able to parse some valid queries. This means that you must use a `and cf.api_gateway.graphql.parsed_successfully` filter in your custom rules when deploying GraphQL security rules.
  <br />

For example, you can deploy the following rule via the API or the dashboard to block queries that are deeply nested but ask for a few fields.

```
(cf.api_gateway.graphql.query_size < 3 and cf.api_gateway.graphql.query_depth > 15 and cf.api_gateway.graphql.parsed_successfully)
```

:::note


You are not able to configure which endpoints the GraphQL parsing runs on. Requests are parsed if they are targeting a path ending in `/graphql`.


:::

---

# GraphQL malicious query protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/graphql-protection/

GraphQL is a query language for APIs. In addition to protecting RESTful APIs, Cloudflare can also protect GraphQL APIs.

GraphQL malicious query protection scans your GraphQL traffic for queries that could overload your origin and result in a denial of service. Customers can build rules that limit the query depth and size of incoming GraphQL queries in order to block suspiciously large or complex queries.

## Availability

GraphQL malicious query protection is available for all API Shield customers. Enterprise customers who have not purchased API Shield can preview [API Shield as a non-contract service](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/api-shield) in the Cloudflare dashboard or by contacting your account team.

## Limitations

Our initial release is limited to parsing GraphQL `POST` bodies smaller than 5 KB. This limit will be lifted in a future release. Additionally, we currently inspect only `POST` requests with `content-types` of `application/json` or `application/graphql` where the queries do not contain fragments or multiple operations. Parsing and rules are limited to paths ending in `/graphql`.

---

# Configure JWT Validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Use the Cloudflare API to configure [JWT Validation](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/), which requires Token Configurations and Token Validation Rules.

## Token Configurations

A Token Configuration defines a JSON Web Key Set (JWKs), which is used to validate JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) sent by clients and information on where these JWTs are sent in the request.

:::note

A zone may have up to four Token Configurations. 
:::

Token Configurations require the following information:

| <div style="width:120px">Field name</div> | Description                                                                                                                                                   | Example                                                                                                             | Notes                                             |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `title`                                   | A human-readable name for the configuration that allows to quickly identify the purpose of the configuration.                                                 | Production JWT configuration                                                                                        | Limited to 50 characters.                         |
| `description `                            | A human-readable description that gives more details than `title` which serves as a means to allow customers to better document the use of the configuration. | This configuration is used for all endpoints in endpoint management and checks the JWT in the authorization header. | Limited to 500 characters.                        |
| `token_sources`                           | A list of possible locations where then JWT can be found on the request.                                                                                      | `http.request.headers[\"authorization\"][0]` <br /> `http.request.cookies[\"Authorization\"][0]`                    | Refer to the [information](#token-sources) below. |
| `token_type`                              | This specifies the type of token to validate.                                                                                                                 | `jwt`                                                                                                               | Only `jwt` is currently supported.                |
| `credentials`                             | This describes the cryptographic public keys that should be used to validate JWTs. This field must be a JSON web key.                                         | Refer to the example below.                                                                                         | Refer to the [information](#credentials) below.   |

### Token sources

Each item must be a Ruleset Engine expression that resolves to a string.

Currently supported fields are `http.request.headers` and `http.request.cookies`.

You can set up to four token sources. If a request has more than one of these fields set, only one will be used. Leading `Bearer: ` strings in request tokens are automatically ignored.

Refer to the [Ruleset Engine documentation](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields) for details on working with Ruleset Engine fields.

### Credentials

API Shield supports credentials of type `RS256`, `RS384`, `RS512`, `PS256`, `PS384`, `PS512`, `ES256`, and `ES384`. RSA keys must be at least 2048-bit. Each JSON web key must have a “KID” which must be present in the JWT's header as well to allow  API Shield to match them.

We allow up to 4 different keys in order to aid in key rollover.

Cloudflare will remove any fields that are unnecessary from each key and will drop keys that we do not support.

It is highly recommended to validate the output of the API call to check that the resulting keys appear as intended.

## Token Configuration JSON object

The example below shows a JSON object with all of the information necessary to create a Token Configuration using the Cloudflare API. If you would like to create JWKs for testing, refer to [mkjwk JSON Web Key Generator](https://mkjwk.org/).

```json title="Example"
{
    "title": "Production JWT configuration",
    "description": "This configuration checks the JWT in the authorization header or cookie.",
    "token_sources": [
        "http.request.headers[\"authorization\"][0]",
        "http.request.cookies[\"Authorization\"][0]"
    ],
    "token_type": "jwt",
    "credentials": {
        "keys": [
            {
                "kty": "EC",
                "use": "sig",
                "crv": "P-256",
                "kid": "93UrzmNu1mqXs5cZcvCPkTlMHB2Jya30vSTkiBb0vhU",
                "x": "QG3VFVwUX4IatQvBy7sqBvvmticCZ-eX5-nbtGKBOfI",
                "y": "A3PXCshn7XcG7Ivvd2K_DerW4LHAlIVKdqhrUnczTD0",
                "alg": "ES256"
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

## Create a Token Configuration using the Cloudflare API

Use cURL or any other API client tool to send the new configuration to Cloudflare’s API to enable JWT Validation. Make sure to replace `{zone_id}` with the relevant zone ID and add your [authentication credentials](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) header.

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "title": "Production JWT configuration",
    "description": "This configuration checks the JWT in the authorization header or cookie.",
    "token_sources": [
        "http.request.headers[\"authorization\"][0]",
        "http.request.cookies[\"Authorization\"][0]"
    ],
    "token_type": "jwt",
    "credentials": {
        "keys": [
            {
                "kty": "EC",
                "use": "sig",
                "crv": "P-256",
                "kid": "93UrzmNu1mqXs5cZcvCPkTlMHB2Jya30vSTkiBb0vhU",
                "x": "QG3VFVwUX4IatQvBy7sqBvvmticCZ-eX5-nbtGKBOfI",
                "y": "A3PXCshn7XcG7Ivvd2K_DerW4LHAlIVKdqhrUnczTD0",
                "alg": "ES256"
            }
        ]
    }
}'
```

The response will be in a Cloudflare `v4` response envelope and the result contains the created configuration. Note the returned ID, as it will be used to reference the Token Configuration when creating Token Validation rules using the API.

```json title="Example response"
{
    "result": {
        "id": "d5902294-00c3-4aed-b517-57e752e9cd58",
        "token_type": "JWT",
        "title": "Production JWT configuration",
        "description": "This configuration checks the JWT in the authorization header or cookie.",
        "token_sources": [
            "http.request.headers[\"authorization\"][0]",
            "http.request.cookies[\"Authorization\"][0]"
        ],
        "credentials": {
            "keys": [
                {
                    "x": "QG3VFVwUX4IatQvBy7sqBvvmticCZ-eX5-nbtGKBOfI",
                    "y": "A3PXCshn7XcG7Ivvd2K_DerW4LHAlIVKdqhrUnczTD0",
                    "alg": "ES256",
                    "crv": "P-256",
                    "kid": "93UrzmNu1mqXs5cZcvCPkTlMHB2Jya30vSTkiBb0vhU",
                    "kty": "EC"
                }
            ]
        },
        "created_at": "2023-11-08T16:45:17.236841Z",
        "last_updated": "2023-11-08T16:45:17.236841Z"
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

## Token Validation Rules

Token Validation Rules allow you to enforce a security policy using existing Token Configurations.

Token Validation Rules can be configured using the Cloudflare API or [dashboard](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/#add-a-jwt-validation-rule).

| <div style="width:120px">Field name</div> | Description                                                                                 | Example                                                 | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `title`                                   | A human-readable name allowing you to quickly identify it.                                  | JWT Validation on `v1` and `v2.example.com`             | Limited to 50 characters.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `description`                             | A human-readable description that gives more details than `title` and helps to document it. | Log requests without a valid `authorization` header.    | Limited to 500 characters.                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `action`                                  | The Firewall Action taken on requests that do not meet `expression`.                        | `log`                                                   | Possible: `log` or `block`                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `enabled`                                 | Enable or disable the rule.                                                                 | `true`                                                  | Possible: `true` or `false`                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `expression`                              | The rule's security policy.                                                                 | `is_jwt_valid ("00170473-ec24-410e-968a-9905cf0a7d03")` | Make sure to escape any quotes when creating rules using the Cloudflare API. <br /> Refer to [Define a security policy](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/#define-a-security-policy) below. |
| `selector`                                | Configure what operations are covered by this rule.                                         |                                                         | Refer to [Applying a rule to operations](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/#apply-a-rule-to-operations) below.                                                                              |

### Selectors

Selectors control the scope of your token validation rule.

If you only need JWT Validation on specific hostnames or subdomains of your apex domain, use the hostname in a selector to include it in the JWT Validation rule.

If you need to exclude endpoints from JWT validation that never have valid JWTs used with them (by design), such as a path and method used to establish a valid JWT in the first place, you must use the endpoint’s operation ID to exclude the endpoint in a selector.

To find the operation ID, refer to [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) or use the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/operations/methods/list/).

## Define a security policy

:::note

A request must also match an operation covered by this rule to trigger an action.

Refer to [Apply a rule to operations](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/#apply-a-rule-to-operations) for more information. 
:::

A Token Validation rule's expression defines a security policy that a request must meet.

For example, the expression `is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e") or is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e")` will trigger if an incoming request does not have at least one valid authentication token.

These expressions are similar to [expressions used in Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/), with a few key differences:

- The Token Validation rule actions trigger if the expression evaluates `false`, as opposed to Ruleset expressions.
- The Token Validation rules can use dedicated functions that reference Token Configurations.

Operators such as `or`, `and`, `eq`, and more are usable in expressions in the same way as in expressions used in Ruleset Engine.

The following functions can be used to interact with JWT Tokens on a request:

| <div style="width:150px">Function</div>              | Description                                                                                                        | Notes                                                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `is_jwt_valid(token_configuration_id String) bool`   | `True` if the request has a valid token according to the Token Configuration with the ID `token_configuration_id`. | `token_configuration_id` must be the ID of an existing Token Configuration. This will return `false` if the token is missing from the request. |
| `is_jwt_present(token_configuration_id String) bool` | `True` if the request has a token as configured in the Token Configuration with the ID `token_configuration_id`.   | `token_configuration_id` must be the ID of an existing Token Configuration.                                                                    |

### Common use cases

Refer to the following example use cases to understand which security policy to use. For most use cases, Cloudflare recommends requiring a valid token across your API and excluding any paths that are used to establish or refresh tokens using selectors.

#### Require a token

The `is_jwt_present("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e")` expression will trigger an action if a request is missing a JWT.

It can be combined with a `log` action in the Token Validation rule to log requests that are missing an authentication header.

#### Require a valid token

The `is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e")` expression will trigger an action if a request does not have a valid JWT.

It can be combined with a `block` action in the Token Validation rule to block requests with no or invalid credentials.

#### Require at least one of two possible tokens

The `is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e") or  is_jwt_valid("fddfc39e-3686-4683-ab23-bf917da6bb43")` expressions will trigger an action if a request does not have at least one valid token.

This can occur if you need to split JWKs into multiple token configurations.

#### Require a valid token but ignore requests without a token

The `is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e") or not is_jwt_valid("51231d16-01f1-48e3-93f8-91c99e81288e")` expressions will trigger an action if a request has an invalid token, ignoring requests with no tokens at all.

## Apply a rule to operations

Only one Token Validation rule can apply to an operation. If an operation is covered by multiple rules, then the rule with highest precedence will take effect.

You can configure which operations JWT Validation is enforced on using the `selector` field.

:::note

Selectors will also apply to new operations. New operations that match an existing selector will automatically be covered by that Token Validation rule. 
:::

For example, the following selector will apply a rule to all operations in `v1.example.com` and `v2.example.com`, except for two operations on these hosts:

```json title="Selector example"
{
    "include": [
        {
            "host": [
                "v1.example.com",
                "v2.example.com"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "exclude": [
        {
            "operation_ids": [
                "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec", // POST v1.example.com/login
                "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04"  // POST v2.example.com/login
            ]
        }
    ]
}
```

Operations can be included at a host level and ignored on a per-operation basis.

You can use the `POST /zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules/preview` endpoint to see the operations covered by this rule:

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PUT \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules/preview' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "include": [
        {
            "host": [
                "v1.example.com",
                "v2.example.com"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "exclude": [
        {
            "operation_ids": [
                "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec", // POST v1.example.com/login
                "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04"  // POST v2.example.com/login
            ]
        }
    ]
}'
```

The response will include all operations on a zone with an additional `state` field.

The `state` field can be `ignored`, `excluded`, or `included`. Included operations will match the hostname selectors you specified. Excluded operations will match the operation IDs you specified in the selector. Ignored operations are those that do not match anything specified in the selector.

```json title="Result"
{
    "result": {
        "operations": [
            {
                "operation_id": "ed15fcb6-5a73-41cd-91af-8c61e5bb1cdb",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "example.com",
                "endpoint": "/api/accounts/{var1}",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "ignored"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "e7a582cd-3cfb-4061-ab5b-722e6e42f545",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "v1.example.com",
                "endpoint": "/api/accounts/{var1}",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "included"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "ddd5df5a-795c-40ce-b38c-38e9d7ef9ae8",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "v2.example.com",
                "endpoint": "/api/accounts/{var1}",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "included"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "4d20befb-0120-45d5-9b29-5835fd41b44e",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "v3.example.com",
                "endpoint": "/api/accounts/{var1}",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "ignored"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec",
                "method": "POST",
                "host": "v1.example.com",
                "endpoint": "/login",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "excluded"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04",
                "method": "POST",
                "host": "v2.example.com",
                "endpoint": "/login",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "excluded"
            },
            {
                "operation_id": "cf86874c-8d0c-4337-ae14-4e2459b541ac",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "v3.example.com",
                "endpoint": "login",
                "last_updated": "2023-05-24T14:54:34.806506Z",
                "state": "ignored"
            }
        ],
        "total": 7,
        "included": 2,
        "excluded": 2,
        "ignored": 3,
        "selected_hosts": [
            "v1.example.com",
            "v2.example.com"
        ],
        "available_hosts": [
            "example.com",
            "v1.example.com",
            "v1.example.com",
            "v3.example.com"
        ]
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": [],
    "result_info": {
        "page": 1,
        "per_page": 20,
        "count": 20,
        "total_count": 1631
    }
}
```

Operations with a `included` state will be covered by the Token Validation Rule. The response also shows the hostnames of included operations in `result.selected_hosts` and shows all hostnames used by all zone operations in `result.available_hosts`.

You can also send an empty object in the request body:

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PUT \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules/preview' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ }'
```

The response will show all zone operations and all possible hosts, which you can use to build your own selector.

## Token Validation Rule JSON object

The example below shows a JSON object with all the necessary information to create a Token Validation Rule using the Cloudflare API.

Replace any Token Configurations IDs and operation IDs with the IDs that exist in your zone.

```json title="Token Validation Rule JSON example"
[
    {
        "title": "JWT Validation on v1 and v2.example.com",
        "description": "Log requests without a valid authorization header.",
        "action": "log",
        "enabled": true,
        "expression": "is_jwt_valid(\"00170473-ec24-410e-968a-9905cf0a7d03\")",
        "selector": {
            "include": [
                {
                    "host": [
                        "v1.example.com",
                        "v2.example.com"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "exclude": [
                {
                    "operation_ids": [
                        "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec",
                        "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
]
```

## Create a Token Validation Rule using the Cloudflare API

Use cURL or any other API client tool to send the new configuration to Cloudflare’s API to enable JWT Validation. Make sure to replace `{zone_id}` with the relevant zone ID and add your [authentication credentials](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) header.

Replace any Token Configurations IDs and operation IDs with the IDs that exist in your zone.

A single request can create multiple rules. To do so, pass multiple rule objects in the JSON array of the request body.

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '[
    {
        "title": "JWT Validation on v1 and v2.example.com",
        "description": "Log requests without a valid authorization header.",
        "action": "log",
        "enabled": true,
        "expression": "is_jwt_valid(\"00170473-ec24-410e-968a-9905cf0a7d03\")",
        "selector": {
            "include": [
                {
                    "host": [
                        "v1.example.com",
                        "v2.example.com"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "exclude": [
                {
                    "operation_ids": [
                        "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec",
                        "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
]'
```

The response will be in a Cloudflare `v4` response envelope and the result contains the created rules. Note the returned ID for each rule, which can be used to edit or delete an existing rule.

```json title="Result"
{
    "result": [
        {
            "id": "5ec7c417-6964-4b24-b82c-a23a7ec8f90c",
            "title": "JWT Validation on v1 and v2.example.com",
            "description": "Log requests without a valid authorization header.",
            "action": "log",
            "enabled": true,
            "expression": "is_jwt_valid(\"00170473-ec24-410e-968a-9905cf0a7d03\")",
            "selector": {
                "include": [
                    {
                        "host": [
                            "v1.example.com",
                            "v2.example.com"
                        ]
                    }
                ],
                "exclude": [
                    {
                        "operation_ids": [
                            "f9c5615e-fe15-48ce-bec6-cfc1946f1bec",
                            "56828eae-035a-4396-ba07-51c66d680a04"
                        ]
                    }
                ]
            },
            "created_at": "2023-10-18T12:08:09.575388Z",
            "last_updated": "2023-10-18T12:08:09.575388Z",
            "modified_by": "user@cloudflare.com"
        }
    ],
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": []
}
```

## Maintenance

### Update Token Configuration

It is best practice to rotate keys after some time. To support updating the keys, Cloudflare allows up to four keys per configuration. This allows you to add a second, new key to an already existing key. You can start issuing JWTs with the new key only and remove the old key after some time. Additionally, this feature allows the deployment of testing or development keys next to production keys.

The input to updating the keys is the same as when creating a configuration where you supplied the initial keys using the credentials key and needs to be a JWK.

:::note

Cloudflare will remove any fields that are unnecessary from each key and will drop keys that we do not support.

It is highly recommended to validate the output of the <GlossaryTooltip term="API call">API call</GlossaryTooltip> to check that the resulting keys appear as intended. 
:::

Use the `PUT` command to update keys.

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PUT \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/{config_id}/credentials' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "keys": [
        {
            "kty": "EC",
            "use": "sig",
            "kid": "test",
            "x": "-0LNzBheJPn-Zy6JmanTIUX7xc3jgqU714IQY0oU6mw",
            "y": "KONxBybUcRsJQmtu17jMAHsILSw009AuU3ulfUGv3FI",
            "alg": "ES256"
        },
        {
            "kty": "EC",
            "crv": "P-256",
            "kid": "test-2",
            "x": "iIbPRbOeLzjGPvv7iwmzCOTU03R0xDqbenp2D6GUcWo",
            "y": "tDkEh95PnfWwIXciCtdBBVA7wfghx_egmZ1Zcvu2lWw",
            "alg": "ES256"
        }
    ]
}'
```

Make sure to replace `{zone_id}` with the relevant zone ID and add your [authentication credentials](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) header.

### Update Token Validation Rules

Token Validation rules can be updated with a `PATCH` request. A single `PATCH` request can update multiple rules.

A `PATCH` request is specified as a JSON array in the request body. Each item in that array contains updates to a single rule, defined by `id`.

The following example updates one rule and disables another:

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules"  \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
    {
        "id": "714d3dd0-cc59-4911-862f-8a27e22353cc",
        "action": "log",
        "title": "updated title"
    },
    {
        "id": "7124f9bc-d6b5-430d-b488-b6bc2892f2fb",
        "enabled": false
    }
]'
```

Rules can be reordered by setting a position field in the `PATCH` body.

This example places rule `714d3dd0-cc59-4911-862f-8a27e22353cc` after rule `7124f9bc-d6b5-430d-b488-b6bc2892f2fb`:

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '[
    {
        "id": "714d3dd0-cc59-4911-862f-8a27e22353cc",
        "position": {
            "after": "7124f9bc-d6b5-430d-b488-b6bc2892f2fb"
        }
    }
]'
```

This example places rule `714d3dd0-cc59-4911-862f-8a27e22353cc` before rule `7124f9bc-d6b5-430d-b488-b6bc2892f2fb`:

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/rules" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '[
    {
        "id": "714d3dd0-cc59-4911-862f-8a27e22353cc",
        "position": {
            "before": "7124f9bc-d6b5-430d-b488-b6bc2892f2fb"
        }
    }
]'
```

## Perform JWT Validation

Here is an overview of how JWT Validation processes incoming requests:

1. We extract the JWT in accordance with the configuration from the incoming request.
2. We decode the JWT and look for the JWTs header KID claim.
3. We use the KID and ALG claim to find the correct keys in the list of supplied keys.

:::note

The absence of matching keys directly marks the JWT as invalid. 
:::

4. We validate the authenticity of the JWT by checking the signature using the selected key.
5. Should the JWT contain an EXP claim (expiration time), we validate that the JWT is not expired.

:::note

We allow a mismatch of up to 60 seconds to account for clock drifts between the Cloudflare network and the JWT issuer. A token may still be regarded as valid one minute after it was supposed to expire when both clocks are perfectly in sync. 
:::

6. Should the JWT contain a NBF claim (not before time), we validate that the JWT is already valid.

:::note

The same accuracy applies as for EXP claims. As such, a token may be already regarded as valid one minute before its NBF claim in case of perfect synchronization between issuer and validator. 
:::

7. The final validation result and whether a token was present at all is made available to the WAF which applies the policy’s configured action (`log`/`block`).

---

# JSON Web Tokens Validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

<GlossaryTooltip term="JSON web token (JWT)">JSON web tokens (JWT)</GlossaryTooltip> are often used as part of an authentication component on many web applications today. Since JWTs are crucial to identifying users and their access, ensuring the token’s integrity is important.

API Shield’s JWT Validation stops JWT replay attacks and JWT tampering by cryptographically verifying incoming JWTs before they are passed to your API origin. JWT Validation will also stop requests with expired tokens or tokens that are not yet valid.

## Process

Endpoints must be added to [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) for JWT Validation to protect them.

A JWT Validation configuration consists of creating a Token Validation Configuration by adding your JWT signer's public JSON Web Key Set (JWKS) and a JWT Validation Rule by specifying which hostnames and endpoints should be included for validation.

### Add a Token Validation Configuration

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **Settings**.
3. Under **JSON Web Token Settings**, select **Add configuration**.
4. Add a name for your configuration.
5. Choose where Cloudflare can locate the JWT for this configuration on incoming requests, such as a header or cookie and its name.
6. Copy and paste your JWT issuer’s public key(s) (JWKS).

Each JWT issuer typically publishes public keys (JWKS) for verification at a known URL on the Internet. If you do not know where to get them, contact your identity administrator.

To automatically keep your JWKS up to date when your identity provider refreshes them, you can use a Worker. Refer to [Configure Workers to automatically update keys](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/jwt-worker/) to learn more about setting up the Worker.

### Add a JWT Validation Rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **API Rules**.
3. Add a name for your rule.
4. Select a hostname to protect requests with saved endpoints using the rule.
5. Deselect any endpoints that you want JWT Validation to ignore (for example, an endpoint used to generate a JWT).
6. Select the Token Validation Configuration that corresponds to the incoming requests.
7. Choose whether to strictly enforce token presence on these endpoints.
  - You may not expect 100% of clients to send in JWTs with their requests. If this is the case, choose *Ignore*. JWT Validation will still validate JWTs that are present.
  - You may otherwise expect all requests to the selected hostname and endpoints to contain JWTs. If this is the case, choose *Mark as non-compliant*.
8. Choose an action to take for non-compliant requests. For example, JWTs that do not pass validation (expired, tampered with, or bad signature tokens) or requests with missing JWTs when *Mark as non-compliant* is selected in the previous step.
9. Select **Save**.

:::note

Token configuration rules will automatically apply to new endpoints added to Endpoint Management if those endpoints also match the rule. 
:::

## Special cases

### Validate two JWTs with different identity providers on a single request

If you expect that two different JWTs should be present in a request and you want to validate both, you must create two different token configurations. When selecting the two configurations in your validation rule, select *Validate all configurations* under **Validation behavior for multiple configurations**.

### Support a migration from one identity provider to another

If you expect to migrate between two different identity providers, you must create two different token configurations and two different validation rules, each corresponding to its own configuration. With this setup, you can change the action for different validation rules depending on the state of your migration.

## Availability

JWT Validation is available for all API Shield customers. Enterprise customers who have not purchased API Shield can preview [API Shield as a non-contract service](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/api-shield) in the Cloudflare dashboard or by contacting your account team.

## Limitations

Currently, the following known limitations exist:

1. JWT Validation only operates on JWTs sent in client request headers or cookies. If your clients send in JWTs in a `POST` body, direct that feedback to your account team.
2. JWT Validation only operates for <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> (host, method, and path) added to Endpoint Management. You can add all of your endpoints to endpoint management through [API Discovery](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-from-api-discovery), [Schema Validation](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-from-schema-validation), [manually via the Cloudflare dashboard](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-manually), or via the [API](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/operations/methods/create/).

---

# Configure the Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/jwt-worker/

Use a Worker to automatically keep your identity provider’s latest public key in the JWT Validation configuration.

## Prerequisites

- Find your zone ID. You can locate this ID in your zone overview in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
- Find your identity provider’s JSON Web Key Set (JWKs) URL. Identity providers commonly list it in Open Authorization (OAuth) settings.
- Create a [Token Validation Configuration](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/#add-a-token-validation-configuration).
- [Create a new API token](https://dash.cloudflare.com/profile/api-tokens) with the API Gateway `Write` permission.

## Process

1. Manually query the JWKs endpoint to ensure the JWKs exists in the expected location and format.
2. Create a Worker to automate updating of the JWKs.
3. Create a [Worker Secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/#via-the-dashboard) to house the API key used for updating API Shield settings.
4. Schedule the Worker to automatically update the JWKs.

## Manually query the JWKs endpoint

Find your Identity Provider’s URL and fetch the keys using `curl` and `jq`. Your URL may return more than just the issuer’s keys, so Cloudflare recommends using `jq` to filter the response to only return the keys. You must update the provided Worker sample code if your JWKs do not have a `keys` object.

:::note

The keys listed below are for example purposes only and must not be used in your production environment, as they will never match the keys used by your identity provider to sign JWTs.
:::

```sh title="Query the JWKs endpoint"
curl https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs -s | jq .keys
```

```sh output
[
  {
    "kid": "ca96ae653935dbfb49b4e19de600cc5f9d5c63e3ac2dbee406ed4bf0ae100cce",
    "kty": "RSA",
    "alg": "RS256",
    "use": "sig",
    "e": "AQAB",
    "n": "9dG9Ph4ffncvEA9FO9pVMfJ1dh_5mtuyiIE4ap9ScrufVPq1I34St_dhcFavKiytK7Id7gTlgQgaouoJ0I5OJ_bytgX-B7oOUQHO-nJOAMycORXN8ZNaMBPKg9nBLL_BFY0YX5HggqrkXkZjJ--R4JpB30ENS8A6hxmEJ__yGMZTE2LHZoiYj9iyGNu3s3JflAoRlmziI8LsFXwyFAJUWRZq4SkSfyrRJ89pXPxIqBn9uYBtnxWzUpWG3xKZu0JAbi9YiwFCJrSe_CarvpARoWsOldtrty5yT1yJ1PZlImlF-yuEwjOoZxeib4WSidABZH0O3pbDACo8MfxR5rghHQ"
  },
  {
    "kid": "1e590a6dcd60e3e2306c21eca19144c59d591531267a3ebde8d521f40894329d",
    "kty": "RSA",
    "alg": "RS256",
    "use": "sig",
    "e": "AQAB",
    "n": "6uj6PgDq-bPsdFjiQ6M3yaxMxBUnnYj20xtLciHNafqrygAjnZKjl8LfCO_mtZ7jxfJNCARsz0L3sF9LAtARZqcsUvYLUlNDzflwNTe8woCT7yw0Ml2ZV5BWDbc3izEQnvjlBDGWv9p5jv-D-YNExtIzZKsRKyoy7hSu5FhyxmPfiAXo8b67f0dNy8V8HZfQJ5i9VGyK4Z5xKM-FjHOrC2uIbhzUE6wDe_0M23RTCxj7ZxzXUzZzc-_EBjmZDAI3tI2zBYymO55_gw8zHrNsZ4-32YvNTjBAiTLsjvKlsvNtPTN8q3saoZJWQMSiMi8dRalgA6pUDgcNs5lB9E7tWw"
  }
]
```

## Configure the Worker

1. [Create a new Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/).
2. Copy and paste the example code below into your new Worker, completely replacing any code that already exists.
3. Replace the current zone ID with your zone ID.
4. Replace the current Token Validation Configuration ID with your Token Validation Configuration.
5. Replace the current identity provider’s URL with your identity provider’s key URL.

:::note

Identity provider URLs can typically be accessed at a known URL specific to your deployment. If you are unsure of the URL, contact your identity provider.
:::

6. If your JWKs URL returns the keys in any JSON object other than `keys`, update the `fetchCredentials()` function to return only the key data.
7. Select **Create** > **Deploy**.
8. In the Worker settings, go to **Variables** and add an environment variable named `CF_API_TOKEN` with the value of the API token that you have created.
9. In the Worker Triggers, assign a [cron trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) to the Worker. Cloudflare recommends a frequent update interval to ensure you always have the latest keys and that an immediate key rotation by your identity provider causes minimal downtime.

```js title="JavaScript example code"
/**
 * Update Token Validation Credentials
 *
 * This example shows how a Cloudflare Workers cron trigger can be used to
 * automatically rotate a JWKs for a Token Configuration.
 *
 * To configure this Worker:
 *
 *   1. Replace `token_config_id` with the ID of the Token Config to update
 *   2. Replace `zone_id` with your Zone ID
 *   3. Replace `url` with a publicly accessible URL with the JWKs you want to use
 *   4. Create a new API Token with "Zone.API Gateway Edit" permissions and add it as a secret with the name `CF_API_TOKEN` (see https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/secrets/)
 *
 * This worker also handles GET and POST requests:
 *   - GET will fetch and show the credentials from the provided URL (`GET https://random-worker-name-c134.example.workers.dev/`)
 *   - POST triggers an update and returns the Cloudflare API response of that update (`POST https://random-worker-name-c134.example.workers.dev/`)
 *
 * Use these methods can be used to test that the Worker is properly set up.
 *
 * After setting up the worker, you can create a cron trigger to run it periodically.
 * For more information on cron triggers, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/
 *
 * Learn more about Workers at https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/
 */

var zone_id = "760549bc17c54280d6e6ae256c3dd6ae";
var token_config_id = "91007e72-8f17-46b7-a223-5e57bd333b78";
var url = "https://cfdata.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs"; // JWKs

/**
 * fetchCredentials fetches new Token Configuration credentials using the URL defined above.
 * This returns a JSON string with the credentials.
 *
 * Use this function to fetch and parse credentials.
 *
 * @returns {string} credentials
 */
async function fetchCredentials() {
	var requestOptions = {
		method: "GET",
		redirect: "follow",
	};
	const keys = await fetch(url, requestOptions)
		.then((e) => e.json())
		.then((e) => e.keys);
	return JSON.stringify({ keys: keys });
}

/**
 * updateCredentials updates Token Configuration credentials using the Cloudflare API.
 * Credentials are fetched using fetchCredentials, which also does any required processing.
 *
 * @param {string} bearer Cloudflare API Bearer token with "Zone.API Gateway Edit" permissions
 * @returns {string} Cloudflare API response from the update request
 */
async function updateCredentials(bearer) {
	// Cloudflare API endpoint for credentials update
	const url = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/${zone_id}/api_gateway/token_validation/${token_config_id}/credentials`;
	const init = {
		body: await fetchCredentials(),
		method: "PUT",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${bearer}`,
			"content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8",
		},
	};
	const response = await fetch(url, init);
	return response.text();
}

// Export a default object containing event handlers
export default {
	/**
	 * fetch handles requests made directly to the Worker.
	 *
	 */
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		let responseBody = "";
		if (request.method === "GET") {
			responseBody = await fetchCredentials();
		} else if (request.method === "POST") {
			responseBody = await updateCredentials(env.CF_API_TOKEN);
		}
		return new Response(responseBody, {
			headers: { "content-type": "application/json;charset=UTF-8" },
		});
	},

	/**
	 * scheduled is the handler for cron triggers.
	 *
	 * For details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/
	 *
	 */
	async scheduled(request, env, ctx) {
		ctx.waitUntil(updateCredentials(env.CF_API_TOKEN));
	},
};
```

---

# Enhance Transform Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/transform-rules/

You can forward information from a [JSON Web Token (JWT)](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/) to the origin in a header by creating [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) using claims that Cloudflare has verified via the JSON Web Token.

Claims are available through the `http.request.jwt.claims` firewall fields.

For example, the following expression will extract the user claim from a token processed by the Token Configuration with `TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID`:

```txt
lookup_json_string(http.request.jwt.claims["<TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID>"][0], "claim_name")
```

Refer to [Configure JWT Validation](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/) for more information about creating a Token Configuration.

## Create a Transform Rule

As an example, to send the `x-send-jwt-claim-user` request header to the origin, you must create a Transform Rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **Request Header Transform Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. Enter a rule name and a filter expression, if applicable.
5. Choose **Set dynamic**.
6. Set the header name to `x-send-jwt-claim-user`.
7. Set the value to `lookup_json_string(http.request.jwt.claims["<TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID>"][0], "claim_name")`, where `<TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID>` is your token configuration ID found in JWT Validation and `claim_name` is the JWT claim you want to add to the header.

---

# Configure mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/

import { Render } from "~/components";

When you specify API hosts in [mTLS authentication](/api-shield/security/mtls/), Cloudflare will block all requests that do not have a [client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/) for mTLS authentication.

## Prerequisites

Before you can protect your API or web application with mTLS rules, you need to:

- Check that the certificate installed on your origin server matches the hostname of the client certificate, for example `api.example.com`. Origin server wildcard certificates such as `*.example.com` are not supported.
- [Create a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/).
- [Configure your mobile app or IoT device](/ssl/client-certificates/configure-your-mobile-app-or-iot-device/) to use your Cloudflare-issued client certificate.
- [Enable mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) for a host](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) in your zone.

<Render file="mtls-api-shield-support" />

<Render file="cloudflare-managed-client-cert" product="ssl" />

## Create an mTLS rule

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### Expression Builder

To review your mTLS rule in the Expression Builder, select the **wrench icon** associated with your rule.

In the **Expression Preview**, your mTLS rule includes a [compound expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/#compound-expressions) formed from two [simple expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/#simple-expressions) joined by the `and` operator.

The first expression — `not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified` — returns `true` when a request to access your API or web application does not present a valid client certificate.

The second expression uses the `http.request.uri.path` field, combined with the `in` operator, to capture the URI paths your mTLS rule applies to.

Because the [action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) for your rule is _Block_, only requests that present a valid client certificate can access the specified hosts.

For enhanced security, Cloudflare recommends that you validate the issuer Subject Key Identifier (SKI) hash alongside the verified certificate field. This ensures that only requests presenting a valid client certificate with a specific issuer are allowed.

You can implement this by using an expression similar to the following:

```txt
not (cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified and cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_ski eq "A5AC554235DBA6D963B9CDE0185CFAD6E3F55E9F")
```

To obtain the issuer Subject Key Identifier (SKI) hash of a client certificate stored in the `mtls.crt` file, you can run the following OpenSSL command:

```sh
openssl x509 -noout -ext authorityKeyIdentifier -in mtls.crt | tail -n1 | tr -d ': '
```

```txt output
A5AC554235DBA6D963B9CDE0185CFAD6E3F55E9F
```

### Check for revoked certificates

To check for [revoked client certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/revoke-client-certificate/), you can either add a new mTLS rule or add a new expression to the [default rule](#expression-builder). To check for revoked certificates, you must use the Expression Builder.

When a request includes a revoked certificate, the `cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked` field is set to `true`. If you combined this with the [default mTLS rule](#expression-builder), it would look similar to the following:

```sql
((not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified or cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked) and http.request.uri.path in {"/admin"})
```

:::caution

This check only applies to client certificates issued by the Cloudflare managed CA. Cloudflare currently does not check certificate revocation lists (CRL) for [CAs that have been uploaded](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/).
:::

---

# Mutual TLS (mTLS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/mtls/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="mtls-api-shield-support" />

<GlossaryTooltip term="mTLS (mutual TLS)">Mutual TLS (mTLS)</GlossaryTooltip> authentication uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider — such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices — to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.

![mTLS sequence diagram](~/assets/images/api-shield/api-shield-call-sequence.png)

Support includes [gRPC](https://grpc.io/docs/what-is-grpc/introduction/)-based APIs, which use binary formats such as protocol buffers rather than JSON.

## Configure

For help setting up mTLS for one or more hosts using the dashboard, refer to [Configure mTLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/).

## Availability

All Cloudflare plans can set up mTLS with a Cloudflare-managed certificate authority (CA). Enterprise customers can [upload up to five non-Cloudflare CAs](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/). For higher limits, contact your account team.

## Limitations

When using Yubikeys, the browser may prompt for unlocking the key due to a problem in Yubikey's PKCS#11 library.

---

# Configure Schema Validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/schema-validation/configure/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Schema Validation 2.0 allows all corresponding configuration calls to be made via API. This validation centers more around individual <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> and lets you set mitigation actions for each endpoint individually. Additionally, you can use Cloudflare-provided learned schemas that we [learn automatically](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#endpoint-schema-learning) from your traffic for individual endpoints.

:::note

[Classic Schema Validation documentation](/api-shield/reference/classic-schema-validation/) is available for reference only. 
:::

## Upload schemas via the API to Schema Validation

1. Upload a schema.
2. Ensure that your endpoints are added in Endpoint Management.
3. Set the schema to `active` if it is not already done.
4. Set the Schema Validation zone-wide action from `none` to `log`.
5. Send test traffic that violates the schema.
6. View test traffic in Security Events by filtering for **Service** > **API Shield - Schema Validation**.
7. Optional:
   - Set a single endpoint to `block`.
   - Set the Schema Validation zone-wide to `block`.
   - Temporarily override all schemas zone-wide to `none`.
   - Remove the temporary override.

Cloudflare recommends you to rerun test traffic and monitor the HTTP response codes after changing any settings to ensure Schema Validation is operating as expected.

Settings changes may take a few minutes to implement.

:::note

Endpoints must be listed in Endpoint Management for Schema Validation to match requests. 
:::

## Configuration

### Upload and activate a schema

Upload a schema via the v4 API using `POST`. This example requires a `example_schema.yaml` schema file in the current folder.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request POST "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form file=@example_schema.yaml --form kind=openapi_v3 --form name=example_schema --form validation_enabled=false
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":
    {
        "schema":
        {
            "schema_id": "af632e95-c986-4738-a67d-2ac09995017a",
            "name": "example_schema",
            "kind": "openapi_v3",
            "source": "<SOURCE>",
            "created_at": "2023-04-03T15:10:08.902309Z"
        }
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

By default, Schema Validation is disabled for an uploaded schema so that you can inspect it first. You can upload a schema and enable it immediately by setting the form parameter `validation_enabled=true`.

Use a `PATCH` request to activate a schema after inspection.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas/{schema_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
 "validation_enabled": true
 }'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":
    {
        "schema_id": "0bf58160-5da3-48ac-80a9-069f9642c1a0",
        "name": "api_schema.json",
        "kind": "openapi_v3",
        "validation_enabled": true,
        "created_at": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

When a schema is active, it executes the mitigation action specified for each operation. Refer to [change the default and operation-specific mitigation action](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/configure/#change-the-default-and-operation-specific-mitigation-action).

### Add new operations to Endpoint Management

Schemas contain a set of servers, paths, and methods, which together define an operation. Schema Validation only acts on the requests to operations which have been added to the API Shield Endpoint Management. If a schema contains operations which have not been added to Endpoint Management, they can be retrieved together with the configuration information about added operations.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas/{schema_id}/operations?feature=schema_info&operation_status=new&page=1&per_page=5000" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":
        [
          {
              "method": "GET",
              "host": "example.com",
              "endpoint": "/pets"
          }
     ],
    "success": true,
    "errors": [],
    "messages": [],
    "result_info": {
        "page": 1,
        "per_page": 30,
        "count": 1,
        "total_count": 1
    }
}
```

To receive information about the configuration of existing operations, Cloudflare recommends passing the `?feature=schema_info` parameter.

You can add new operations in a schema to Endpoint Management using `POST`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '[
  {
   "method": "GET",
   "host": "example.com",
   "endpoint": "/pets",
  }
]'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  [
            {
                "operation_id": "6c734fcd-455d-4040-9eaa-dbb3830526ae",
                "method": "GET",
                "host": "example.com",
                "endpoint": "/pets",
                "last_updated": "2023-04-04T16:07:37.575971Z"
         }
     ],
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

You can add all operations in a schema that do not already exist in Endpoint Management by combining two commands as one. There is a maximum of 20 operations for this API call. The example requires the `jq` tool.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --silent "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$(curl --silent "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas/{schema_id}/operations?feature=schema_info&page=1&per_page=5000" --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" | jq ".result")"
```

:::note

If you run this command again immediately, it will result in an error as all `new_operations` are now `existing_operations`. 
:::

### Change the default and operation-specific mitigation action

If a schema is uploaded and active for a set of operations, it validates incoming requests to each operation and decides whether a mitigation action should be taken. This mitigation action is defined per operation and can take the values **none**, **log**, and **block**, which correspond to no action, logging the requests, or blocking them before they reach the origin.

New operations will not have a mitigation action set and will use the zone-wide default mitigation action. The current default mitigation action can be retrieved using `GET`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/settings/schema_validation" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  {
        "validation_default_mitigation_action": "none",
        "validation_override_mitigation_action": null
    }
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

A new value out of `none`, `log`, and `block` can be set using `PUT`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/settings/schema_validation" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "validation_default_mitigation_action": "block"
}'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  {
        "validation_default_mitigation_action": "block",
        "validation_override_mitigation_action": null
    }
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}

```

If the mitigation action for an individual operation is of interest, the current value can be retrieved with `GET` using the operation ID.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations/{operation_id}/schema_validation" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  {
        "mitigation_action": "null"
    }
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}

```

If the value is `null`, it means that no mitigation action has been specified for this operation and the default mitigation action is being used.

You can set the mitigation action to a value out of `none`, `block`, `log`, and `null` by using `PUT`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations/{operation_id}/schema_validation" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "mitigation_action": "block"
}'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  {
        "mitigation_action": "block"
    }
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

### List all schemas

You can get an overview of the schemas currently active on a zone using `GET`.

`validation_enabled=true` is an optional parameter.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas?omit_source=true" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  [
        {
	        "schema_id": "af632e95-c986-4738-a67d-2ac09995017a",
	        "name": "example_schema",
	        "kind": "openapi_v3",
	        "source": "<SOURCE>",
	        "created_at": "2023-04-03T15:10:08.902309Z"
	    }
    ]
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}

```

:::note

We recommend using the query parameter `omit_source=true` to only display active schemas and not retrieve the source for every schema to get less output. 
:::

### Delete a schema

You can delete a schema using `DELETE`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/user_schemas/{schema_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  null,
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

### Activate a learned schema for an operation

Cloudflare provides automatically learned parameter schemas for all operations in Endpoint Management with a sufficient amount of requests. A learned schema can be inspected using `GET`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations/{operation_id}?feature=parameter_schemas" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":
    {
        "operation_id": "5c734fcd-455d-4040-9eaa-dbb3830526ae",
        "method": "PATCH",
        "host": "example.com",
        "endpoint": "/pets",
        "last_updated": "2023-04-04T16:07:37.575971Z",
        "features":
        {
            "parameter_schemas":
            {
                "last_updated": "2023-04-03T20:11:55.879006Z",
                "parameter_schemas":
                {
                    "responses": null,
                    "parameters":
                    [
                        {
                            "in": "query",
                            "name": "var1",
                            "schema":
                            {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "required": true,
                            "description": "Sufficient requests have been observed for this parameter to provide high confidence in this parameter schema."
                        }
                    ],
                    "x-cf-parameter-schemas": "operation schema with automatically learned path and query parameters"
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

If you are satisfied with the inspected parameter schema, you can add and activate it using `PUT`.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/operations/{operation_id}/cloudflare_learned_schema?timestamp=2023-04-03T20:11:55.879006Z" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result": null,
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}

```

:::note

Parameter schemas are updated between every 24 hours up to one week. To ensure that a parameter schema has not been updated during the inspection, Cloudflare recommends that you pass the `last_updated` timestamp of the parameter-schema feature (not the `last_updated` of the whole operation) as an identifier in the timestamp query parameter. 
:::

### Disable Schema Validation

To quickly disable schema validation for a whole zone, use `PATCH`. This operation will override all operation-mitigation actions.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/settings/schema_validation" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "validation_override_mitigation_action": "none"
}'
```

```json title="Result"
{
    "result":  {
        "validation_default_mitigation_action": "block",
        "validation_override_mitigation_action": "none"
    }
    "success": true,
    "errors":
    [],
    "messages":
    []
}
```

---

# Schema Validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/schema-validation/

import { GlossaryDefinition, GlossaryTooltip, Plan } from "~/components"

<Plan type="all" />

<GlossaryDefinition term="API schema" />

Schema Validation allows you to check if incoming traffic complies with a previously supplied API schema. When you provide an API schema or select from a list of learned schema, API Shield creates rules for incoming traffic from the schema definitions. These rules define which traffic is allowed and which traffic gets logged or blocked.

Cloudflare has recently launched Schema Validation 2.0. For help configuring the previous version of Schema Validation for one or more hosts using the dashboard, refer to [Configure Classic Schema Validation](/api-shield/reference/classic-schema-validation/). You can make changes to your Classic Schema Validation settings but you cannot add any new schemas.

You can migrate to Schema Validation 2.0 manually by uploading your schemas to the new system, or you can wait for a future release where we will add an easy migrate option per-schema.

## Process

<GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">Endpoints</GlossaryTooltip> must be added to [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/) for Schema Validation to protect them. Uploading a schema via the Cloudflare dashboard will automatically add endpoints, or you can manually add them from [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/).

If you are uploading a schema via the API or Terraform, you must parse the schema and add your endpoints manually.

<GlossaryDefinition term="API endpoint" />

:::note

To view the contents in your learned schema, refer to [Export a schema](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#export-a-schema) in Endpoint Management. 
:::

### Add validation by uploading a schema

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to **Schema Validation** and select **Add validation**.
4. Select your schema file for upload.
5. Observe the listed endpoints, their host, method, and path. Any new endpoints will automatically be added to Endpoint Management.
6. Choose an action for the non-compliant requests to your endpoints.
7. Select **Add schema and endpoints**.

:::note

Changes may take a few minutes to process depending on the number of added endpoints. 
:::

### Add validation by applying a learned schema to a single endpoint

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to **Schema Validation** and filter by the learned schema available.
4. Select **Apply learned schema**.
5. Choose an action and select **Apply schema**.

### Add validation by applying a learned schema to an entire hostname

At this time, learned schemas will not overwrite customer-uploaded schemas. If an endpoint is covered by a customer-uploaded schema and also appears in a learned schema, the **Changes** field is set to `Unaffected`.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to **Schema Validation** and select **Add Validation**.
4. Select **Apply learned schema**.
5. Choose a hostname and review the endpoints that will be protected by the learned schema.
6. (Optional) Change the action if a request does not match the schema.
7. Select **Apply schema**.

:::note

If an endpoint is currently protected by a learned schema, the date of the last applied learned schema will be shown in the current schema field. 
:::

### Add validation by adding a fallthrough rule

A fallthrough rule acts as a catch-all for requests that do not match endpoints in [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/). 

By ensuring that all your endpoints in a schema are added to Endpoint Management, the fallthrough action can protect you against legacy or zombie endpoints that your team may be unaware of.

To set up a fallthrough action:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Under **Settings**, go to **Fallthrough settings**.
4. Select **Use Template**.
5. Choose one or more hostnames from the drop down menu. The fallthrough rule will act on all traffic that does not match an existing endpoint in Endpoint Management to the selected hostnames.
6. Select **Continue to custom rule**.
7. Name your rule and select your action.
8. Select **Save as draft** to deploy later, or **Deploy** to deploy now.

Your current fallthrough rules can be viewed in the custom rules list or in API Shield's settings under **Fallthrough settings**.

:::note

You can use the `cf.api_gateway.fallthrough_triggered` syntax in your own custom rule for a more customized logic check. This detection will evaluate as `true` when a request does not match an endpoint in Endpoint Management, so it is important to check against your API's hostname or root path to ensure that you are not blocking any non-API traffic on your zone.
:::

### Change the action of an entire schema

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to **Schema Validation** and select the schema in the Schema list.
4. Check the multi-select box to select the endpoints shown on the current page.
5. Choose **Select all endpoints**.
6. Select **Change Action**.
7. Choose an action from the dropdown menu.
8. Select **Set action**.

### Change the global default action of Schema Validation

Schema Validation’s default action is visible on the main Schema Validation page. This action applies to any endpoint with its action set to `Default`.

- `Log` action: logs events to [Firewall Events](/firewall/).
- `Block` action: blocks requests that fail the schema for an endpoint and logs events to [Firewall Events](/firewall/).
- `None` action: non-compliant requests are neither logged nor blocked.

To change the default action:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Select **Schema Validation**.
4. Under the default `Log` action, select **Change**.
5. Choose a new action from the dropdown menu.
6. Observe the current action and accept the change by selecting **Change default action** in the popup window.

Alternatively, you can modify the global action via **Security** > **API Shield** > **Settings**.

### Change the action of a single endpoint

You can change individual endpoint actions separately from the default action in Schema Validation.

This allows you to be stricter on blocking non-compliant requests on certain endpoints when the default action is `Log`. It can also be used to relax constraints on non-compliant requests on certain endpoints when the default action is set to `Block`. You may want to silence known false positives on an endpoint by setting the action to `None`.

To change the action on an individual endpoint:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Select **Schema Validation** and filter the selected endpoint.
4. Select the ellipses on the endpoint's row.
5. Select **Change Action**.
6. Choose a new action from the dropdown menu and select **Set action**.

### Disable Schema Validation without changing actions

You can disable Schema Validation entirely for temporary troubleshooting. You can override all actions at once, preventing Schema Validation from taking any action while you complete your troubleshooting.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to the **Schema Validation** settings.
4. Select **Disable**.

Your per-endpoint configurations will be saved when modifying the setting, so that you do not lose your configuration. To re-enable your configurations after troubleshooting, navigate back to the settings and select **Enable**.

### View active schemas

To view currently uploaded or learned schemas:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to your **Schema Validation** settings.
4. View your schemas under **Uploaded Schemas** and **Learned schemas**.
5. Select **Filter** on the endpoints in either schema.

### Delete active schemas

Deleting the schema will remove validation from the currently associated endpoints, but it will not delete the endpoints from Endpoint Management.

To delete currently uploaded or learned schemas:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Security** > **API Shield**.
3. Go to your **Schema Validation** settings.
4. View your schemas under **Uploaded Schemas** and **Learned schemas**.
5. Select the ellipses to access the menu and download or delete the listed schema.

## Specifications

Cloudflare currently only accepts [OpenAPI v3 schemas](https://swagger.io/specification/). The accepted file formats are YAML (`.yml` or `.yaml` file extension) and JSON (`.json` file extension).

OpenAPI schemas generated by different tooling may not be specific enough to import to Schema Validation. We recommend using a third-party tool such as [Swagger Editor](https://swagger.io/tools/swagger-editor/) to ensure that schemas are compliant to the OpenAPI specification.

## Limitations

Schema Validation supports [OpenAPI Version 3.0.x schemas](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3). OpenAPI 3.1 is not supported yet, and we do not plan to expand support for OpenAPI 2.0. 

Currently, API Shield does not support some features of API schemas, including the following: all responses, external references, non-basic path templating, or unique items.

There is a limit of 10,000 total operations for enabled schemas for Enterprise customers subscribed to [API Gateway](/api-shield/api-gateway/). To raise this limit, contact your account team. 

For limits on Free, Pro, Business, or Enterprise customers not subscribed to API Gateway, refer to [Plans](/api-shield/plans/).

### Required fields

Although not strictly required by the OpenAPI specification, Schema Validation strictly requires these fields.

#### `schema`

- [`type`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#schema-object)
   - All schemas require a type to be set. If the specific type is not supported by Schema Validation, it is usually best to simply set the type to `string` instead.

#### `parameter`

- [`schema`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#schema-object)
   - Schema Validation does not support the content field in parameters. For more details, refer to the [notes on validated and supported fields](#notes-on-validated-and-supported-fields) below. Instead, a schema is strictly required on all parameters objects.

### Notes on validated and supported fields

Refer to the information below for more details on Schema Validation's current support for various OpenAPI specification (OAS) objects and fields.

#### `servers`

- [`url`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#server-object)
   - Schema Validation does not support relative URLs.
- [`variables`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#server-variable-object)
   - Server variables are not validated.

#### `parameter`

- [`style`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#parameter-object)
   - Only the default values are supported: `"simple"` (path or header parameters) and `"form"` (query or cookie parameters).
- [`explode`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#parameter-object)
   - Only the default values are supported: `true` (for form) and `false` (for simple).
- [`content`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#parameter-object)
   - The content field is not supported in parameters. Use the schema field instead.
- [`type`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#parameter-object)
   - Cloudflare currently does not validate object type parameters.

#### `reference`

- [`$ref`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#reference-object)
   - External or relative references are not supported.

#### `requestBody`

- `content`
   - [Request Body Object](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#request-body-object)
   - [Media Type Object](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#media-type-object)
      - Schema Validation is able to validate `application/json` documents. If a given schema allows other content types, Schema Validation will accept those requests without validation.

#### `parameter/schema`

- `anyOf`
   - [Parameter Object](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#parameter-object)
   - [Schema Object](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#schema-object)
      - `anyOf` schemas are currently not supported in parameter schemas.

#### `schema`

- [`format`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#schema-object)
   - Validated formats:
     - `date-time`
     - `time`
     - `date`
     - `email`
     - `hostname`
     - `ipv4`
     - `ipv6`
     - `uri`
     - `uri-reference`
     - `iri`
     - `iri-reference`
     - `int32`
     - `int64`
     - `float`
     - `double`
     - `password`
     - `uuid`
   - Soon to be validated formats:
     - `byte`
     - `uint64`

- [`uniqueItems`](https://spec.openapis.org/oas/v3.0.3#schema-object)
   - This field is currently not validated by Schema Validation.

## Body inspection

API Shield has the ability to identify body specifications contained in uploaded schemas and validate that the data of incoming API requests adheres to them.

Schema Validation currently supports validating requests with content-type `application/json`.

Within the OpenAPI specification, request body schemas are associated to media-ranges (such as `application/*`, `application/xml` or `application/json`).

When Cloudflare validates incoming requests, Cloudflare checks that the request's `content-type` matches the OpenAPI-specified media-range.

For example, when the OpenAPI file specifies `application/*` as part of the request body content map, Cloudflare will accept requests with the content-types `application/xml` and `application/json`. However, only `application/json` bodies will be validated with the supplied schema.

Cloudflare generally recommends keeping the media-ranges as tight as possible. We suggest setting them to an individual media-type. If you need to support multiple content-types on an API endpoint, you can utilize wildcard media-ranges.

Care should also be taken if the origin is configured to perform [MIME sniffing](https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/). For example, when a request carrying a JSON body is deliberately carrying an `application/malicous` content-type and Cloudflare was configured to allow `application/*` media-ranges, the request would be passed along to the origin without validating the JSON body contents. However, an origin that ignores the content-type and either trial deserializes or sniffs the MIME type may deserialize the JSON body with a wrong assumption of having passed schema body validation.

As such, if you need to support `application/json` and `application/xml` on the same endpoint, you can use `application/*`. Cloudflare will validate the provided schema for request bodies where the content-type is set to `application/json`. Requests with content-type `application/xml` (and others matching `application/*`) will be let through. It is still strongly advised to disable content-type sniffing on your origin.

Cloudflare allows specifying the following media-ranges in the OpenAPI request body content map:

- `*/*`
- `application/*`
- `application/json`.

Media-ranges can also be configured to enforce a `charset` parameter. For this, Cloudflare only accepts the `charset` parameter with a static value of `utf-8` as part of the media-range specification and when configured, we will similarly require the request's content-type to carry this charset.

## Availability

Schema Validation is available for all customers. Refer to [Plans](/api-shield/plans/) for more information based on your plan type.

---

# Configure Sequence Mitigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/configure/

Configuring Sequence Mitigation via the API consists of building a rule object by choosing the sequence and setting the type of rule and its action.

```json title="Example of a rule object"
{
    "id": "d4909253-390f-4956-89fd-92a5b0cd86d8",
    "title": "<RULE_TITLE>",
    "kind": "allow",
    "action": "block",
    "sequence": [
     "0d9bf70c-92e1-4bb3-9411-34a3bcc59003",
     "b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9"
    ],
    "priority": 0,
    "last_updated": "2023-07-24T12:06:51.796286Z",
    "created_at": "2023-07-24T12:06:51.796286Z"
}
```

This rule enforces that a request to endpoint `0d9bf70c-92e1-4bb3-9411-34a3bcc59003` must come before a request to endpoint `b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9`.

Otherwise, the request to endpoint `b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9` is blocked.

### Fields

| <div style="width:115px">Field name</div> | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Possible Values                                                | Example                                                                            |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                                      | An opaque identifier that identifies a rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                          | A UUID                                                         | `"d4909253-390f-4956-89fd-92a5b0cd86d8"`                                           |
| `title`                                   | A string that helps to identify the rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                             | A value between 1 and 50 characters                            | `"Allow checkout sequence"`                                                        |
| `kind`                                    | Defines the semantics of this rule. Block rules have a negative security model and allow to explicitly deny a sequence. Allow rules have a positive security model and deny everything but the configured sequence.                                   | `block`, `allow`                                               | `"block"`                                                                          |
| `action`                                  | What firewall action should we do when the rule matches.                                                                                                                                                                                              | `block`,`log`                                                  | `"log"`                                                                            |
| `sequence`                                | Denotes the operations (from Endpoint Management) that make up the sequence for this rule. We currently only support sequences of length two. The first operation will be the starting endpoint and the second operation will be the ending endpoint. | An array with two valid operation IDs from Endpoint Management | `["0d9bf70c-92e1-4bb3-9411-34a3bcc59003", "b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9"]` |
| `priority`                                | Denotes the precedence of this rule in relation to all other rules. Rules with a higher priority value are evaluated before those with a lower value. If two rules have the same priority, they are evaluated in the order in which they were added.  | A valid integer                                                | `10`                                                                               |
| `last_updated`                            | When this rule was last changed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | A date string                                                  | `2023-05-02T12:06:51.796286Z`                                                      |
| `created_at`                              | When this rule was created.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | A date string                                                  | `2023-05-02T12:06:51.796286Z`                                                      |

You can find an endpoint's operation ID by exporting the schema in [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#export-a-schema) or via the [API](/api/resources/api_gateway/subresources/operations/methods/list/).

### List sequence rules

Use the `GET` command to list rules.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/seqrules"
```

### Add a single sequence rule

Use the `POST` command to create a single rule.

This adds a single rule to all existing rules. Priority can be used to place the rule between, before, or after another rule.

The response will reflect the rule that has been written with its ID. In case something is not right with the rule, an appropriate error message with a `json` path pointing towards the issue will be provided.

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/seqrules/rules" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "title": "string",
  "kind": "block",
  "action": "block",
  "sequence": [
    "0d9bf70c-92e1-4bb3-9411-34a3bcc59003",
    "b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9"
  ],
  "priority": 0
}'
```

### Add multiple sequence rules

Use the `PUT` command to set up new rules in bulk.

This will overwrite any existing rules and replace them with the rules specified in the body. Setting an empty array for the rules removes all rules.

The response will reflect the rules that have been written with their IDs in case something is not right with the rules, an appropriate error message with a `json` path pointing towards the issue will be provided.

```bash title="Example using cURL"
curl --request PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/seqrules" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "title": "<RULE_TITLE>",
      "kind": "block",
      "action": "block",
      "sequence": [
        "0d9bf70c-92e1-4bb3-9411-34a3bcc59003",
        "b704ab4d-5be0-46e0-9875-b2b3d1ab42f9"
      ],
      "priority": 0
    }
  ]
}'
```

### Delete a rule

Use the `DELETE` command with its rule ID to delete a rule.

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/api_gateway/seqrules/rules/d4909253-390f-4956-89fd-92a5b0cd86d8"
```

---

# Sequence Mitigation custom rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/custom-rules/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

API Shield sequence custom rules use the configured API Shield <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip> to track the order of requests a user has made and the time between requests, and makes them available via [Cloudflare Rules](/rules). This allows you to write rules that match valid or invalid sequences.

These rules are different from [cookie sequence rules](/bots/concepts/sequence-rules/) in a few ways: 

- They only require an API Shield subscription.
- They require [session identifiers](/api-shield/get-started/#session-identifiers) to be set in API Shield.
- Because they use an API's session identifiers, they can be used for APIs designed for mobile applications.
- Because Cloudflare stores the user state in memory and not in a cookie, the session lifetime is limited to 10 minutes.

Rules built using these custom rules are different from sequence mitigation rules built [via API or the Cloudflare dashboard](/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/). The custom rules syntax enables free-form logic and response options that the dashboard does not.

## Availability

<Render file="sequence-rules-availability" product="bots" />

## Example rules

Each saved endpoint will have an endpoint ID visible in its details page in Endpoint Management in the form of a UUID. The references below (`aaaaaaaa`, `bbbbbbbb`, and `cccccccc`) are the first eight characters of the endpoint ID.

The visitor must wait more than 2 seconds after requesting endpoint `aaaaaaaa` before requesting endpoint `bbbbbbbb`:

```txt
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and 
cf.sequence.msec_since_op["aaaaaaaa"] ge 2000
```

The visitor must request endpoints `aaaaaaaa`, then `bbbbbbbb`, then `cccccccc` in that exact order:

```txt
cf.sequence.current_op eq "cccccccc" and 
cf.sequence.previous_ops[0] == "bbbbbbbb" and 
cf.sequence.previous_ops[1] == "aaaaaaaa"
```

The visitor must request endpoint `aaaaaaaa` before endpoint `bbbbbbbb`, but endpoint `aaaaaaaa` can be anywhere in the previous 10 requests:

```txt
cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and 
any(cf.sequence.previous_ops[*] == "aaaaaaaa")
```

The visitor must request either endpoint `aaaaaaaa` before endpoint `bbbbbbbb`, or endpoint `cccccccc` before endpoint `bbbbbbbb`:

```txt
(cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and 
any(cf.sequence.previous_ops[*] == "aaaaaaaa")) or 
(cf.sequence.current_op eq "bbbbbbbb" and 
any(cf.sequence.previous_ops[*] == "cccccccc"))
```

---

# Sequence Mitigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Sequence Mitigation allows you to enforce request patterns for authenticated clients communicating with your API. This feature utilizes the same underlying system that powers Sequence Analytics.

You can use Sequence Rules to establish a set of known behavior for API clients.

For example, you may expect that API requests made during a bank funds transfer could conform to the following order in time:

| Order | Method | Path                                    | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| ----- | ------ | --------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts`      | `user_id` is the active user.                                                                                                                  |
| 2     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` | `account_id` is one of the user’s accounts.                                                                                                    |
| 3     | `GET`  | `/api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` | `account_id` is a different account belonging to the user.                                                                                     |
| 4     | `POST` | `/api/v1/transferFunds`                 | This contains a request body detailing an account to transfer funds from, an account to transfer funds to, and an amount of money to transfer. |

You may want to enforce that an API user requests `GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts` before `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` and that you request `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` before `POST /api/v1/transferFunds`.

Using Sequence Mitigation, you can enforce that request pattern with two new Sequence Mitigation rules.

:::note

You can create Sequence Mitigation rules for a sequence even if the sequence is not listed in [Sequence Analytics](/api-shield/security/sequence-analytics/). 
:::

## Process

You can create a sequence rule to enforce behavior on your API over time in two different ways. Sequence rules can either protect an endpoint from users performing a known specific sequence of API calls (otherwise known as a negative security model) or from users making API requests outside of your expectations (otherwise known as a positive security model).

In the bank funds transfer example, enforcing that a user requests `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` before `POST /api/v1/transferFunds` is considered a positive security model, since a user may only perform a funds transfer after listing an account balance.

A negative security model may be useful if you see abusive behavior that is outside the norm of your application and you need to stop the requests while researching the correct positive security model to implement.

For example, if there was an authorization bug that allowed users to iterate through other users' profiles that contain account numbers via `GET /api/v1/users/{var1}/profile` and then a user tries to make fradulent funds transfers, you could create up a rule to block or log the sequence `GET /api/v1/users/{var1}/profile` to `POST /api/v1/transferFunds`.

## Create a sequence rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **API Shield** > **API Rules**.
3. Select **Create sequence rule**.
4. Name your rule.
5. Select a starting endpoint. This is the endpoint that you expect users to hit first in their request flow when using your API.
   1. Choose a hostname to display the list of endpoints for that hostname.
   2. Choose an endpoint.
   3. Select **Set as starting endpoint**.
6. Select a final endpoint. This is the endpoint you are targeting for protection.
   1. Choose a hostname to display the list of endpoints for that hostname.
   2. Choose an endpoint.
   3. Select **Set as ending endpoint**.
7. Choose an action that corresponds to the security model type:
   - **Allow**: This will create a positive security model by defining approved sequences on your API.
   - **Log** / **Block**: This will test or enforce a negative security model defining known bad sequences on your API. 
      :::note

      If you chose **Allow**, select whether to log or block the request to the final endpoint when users do not first request the starting endpoint in the sequence. 
      :::
8. Select **Create rule**.

## Edit a sequence rule

You also have the option to edit an existing rule by selecting it on the rule list. You can rename your rule, adjust the starting and ending endpoint order, modify the endpoint, and change the action of the rule.

## Reprioritize a sequence rule

You can change the priority order of your rules by selecting and dragging the rules on the list.

You can also explicitly set a priority order by selecting the three dots on your rule and choosing **Move to…** where you can set the new priority in the resulting modal window.

## Limitations

### Endpoint Management

To track requests to <GlossaryTooltip term="API endpoint">API endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>, they must be added to [Endpoint Management](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/). Add your endpoints to endpoint management via [API Discovery](/api-shield/security/api-discovery/), [Schema Validation](/api-shield/security/schema-validation/), or [manually](/api-shield/management-and-monitoring/#add-endpoints-manually) through the Cloudflare dashboard.

### Session Identifiers

API Shield uses your configured <GlossaryTooltip term="session identifier">session identifier</GlossaryTooltip> to track sessions. You must configure a session identifier that is unique per end user of your API in order for Sequence Mitigation to function as expected.

### Request limitations

API Shield currently stores the last 10 requested endpoints by each API user identified by the session identifier. Sequence Mitigation de-duplicates requests to the same endpoint while building the sequence.

To illustrate, in the original [sequence example](/api-shield/security/sequence-mitigation/) listed above, Sequence Mitigation would store the following sequence:

1. `GET /api/v1/users/{user_id}/accounts`
2. `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance`
3. `POST /api/v1/transferFunds`

Sequence Mitigation de-duplicated the two requests to `GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/balance` and stored them as a single request.

### Time limitations

Sequence Mitigation rules have a lookback period of 10 minutes. If you create a rule that one path must be requested before another path and more than 10 minutes elapses between a user requesting each path, the rule will not match.

## Availability

Sequence Mitigation is currently in a closed beta and is only available for Enterprise customers. If you would like to be included in the beta, contact your account team.

---

# Delay action

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/delay-action/

Customers with a Bot Management and a [Workers](/workers/) subscription can use the template below to introduce a delay to requests that are likely from bots.

The template sets a minimum and maximum delay, and delays requests where the bot score is less than 30 and the URI path starts with `/exampleURI`.

```js title="Workers template"
// Configurable Variables
const PATH_START = '/exampleURI';
const DELAY_FROM = 5; // in seconds
const DELAY_TO = 10; // in seconds

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(request.url);
    const botScore = request.cf.botManagement.score

    if (url.pathname.startsWith(PATH_START) && botScore < 30) {
      // Random delay between DELAY_FROM and DELAY_TO seconds
      const delay = Math.floor(Math.random() * (DELAY_TO - DELAY_FROM + 1)) + DELAY_FROM;
      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, delay * 1000));

      // Fetch the original request
      return fetch(request);
    }

    // Fetch the original request without delay
    return fetch(request);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

---

# Bot scores

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bot-score-definition" />

Bot scores are available to be used in rule expressions and with Workers to customize application behavior. For more details, refer to [Bot Management variables](/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/).

:::note

Granular bot scores are only available to Enterprise customers who have purchased Bot Management. All other customers can only access this information through [bot groupings](#bot-groupings) in Bot Analytics. 
:::

## Bot groupings

Customers with a Pro plan or higher can automatically see bot traffic divided into groups by going to **Security** > **Bots**.

<Render file="bot-groupings" />

:::note

Bot scores are not computed for requests to paths that are handled by Cloudflare and will never be blocked or forwarded to the origin. Note that some features that are enabled before Bot Management, such as Redirect Rules, may result in requests not being scored.
:::

## How Cloudflare generates bot scores

:::note

The following detection engines only apply to Enterprise Bot Management. For specific details about the engines included in your plan, refer to [Plans](/bots/plans/). 
:::

<Render file="bm-bot-detection-engines" />

### Cloudflare service

<Render file="bots-cs" />

### Not computed

<Render file="bots-nc" />

### Notes on detection

<Render file="bots-cookie" />

## Comparison to Threat Score

Bot Score is different from <GlossaryTooltip term="threat score">Threat Score</GlossaryTooltip>. Bot Score identifies bots and Threat Score measures IP reputation across our services. Most customers achieve the best results by relying on bot scores and avoiding IP reputation entirely.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

## Prerequisites

To prevent issues and simplify the advertisement process during an attack scenario, complete the following tasks.

- Assign appropriate user roles. Ensure that users assigned to manage the status of IP prefix advertisement have the **Administrator** or **Super Administrator** role in your Cloudflare account. For more information, refer to [Setting up Multi-user accounts on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/).

- Get a list of the prefix IDs that you want to manage. Maintain a list of Cloudflare prefix IDs to simplify dynamic advertisement management and operations. You can [obtain prefix IDs](#obtain-prefix-ids) via the Cloudflare dashboard or use the [list prefixes](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/methods/list/) operation in the Cloudflare API. Refer to these prefix IDs when managing prefix advertisement.

## Enable prefix advertisement

You can avoid latency and the possibility of dropped routes by enabling prefix advertisement from Cloudflare before you withdraw the advertisement from your data center.

1. Refer to [configure dynamic advertisement](#configure-dynamic-advertisement). This operation requires your account ID, prefix IDs, and API key.
2. Verify the advertisement using a looking glass of your choice, such as [Hurricane Electric Internet Services](https://lg.he.net/). Use the Cloudflare ASN (`13335`) to track the advertisement route.
3. Remove the prefix advertisement that originates from your data center.

:::note

If you do not remove the advertisement from your data center, some of your traffic may not route through Cloudflare for protection, depending on which routes your ISP prefers.

If you want to continue advertising from your data center while using [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), one option is to advertise a less specific route and have Cloudflare advertise more specific routes.
:::

Enablement takes approximately five to seven minutes.

## Disable or withdraw prefix advertisement

1. Add the prefix advertisement to your data center.
2. (Optional) Verify the advertisement using a looking glass of your choice, such as [Hurricane Electric Internet Services](https://lg.he.net/).
3. Refer to [configure dynamic advertisement](#configure-dynamic-advertisement). This operation requires your account ID, prefix IDs, and API key.

Disablement takes approximately 15 minutes.

## Configure dynamic advertisement

### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **IP Prefixes**.
3. Select **Edit** at the end of the entry.
4. From **Edit IP Prefixes**, select **Advertised** or **Withdrawn** under **Status**.
5. Select **Save** to commit your changes.

After saving your changes, it takes between two to seven minutes to enable advertisement and approximately 15 minutes to disable or withdraw advertisement.

### Via the API

To configure prefix advertisement with the Cloudflare API, use the [IP Address Management and Dynamic Advertisement](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/subresources/bgp/subresources/statuses/methods/get/) API.

Most dynamic advertisement operations require that you supply the Cloudflare ID for any prefix you want to access with the Cloudflare API. The following section outlines how to obtain prefix IDs.

## Obtain prefix IDs

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **IP Addresses** > **IP Prefixes**.
3. Find the CIDR for which you want the prefix ID, and select the arrow next to it.
4. The prefix ID is the value under **API Tag**. Select **Copy** to add the value to your clipboard.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To obtain prefix IDs using the API, refer to the [list prefixes](/api/resources/addressing/subresources/prefixes/methods/list/) operation in the Cloudflare API.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/best-practices/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

An Internet Routing Registry (IRR) record is what notifies internet service providers (ISPs) of how you are allowing your resources to be used. It is necessary to keep your IRR entries up to date so that it is public information that Cloudflare has permission to advertise your prefix or prefixes and to ensure that your traffic can be properly routed on the internet.

The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) maintains an IRR that allows registrants of AS numbers and IP addresses to publish that information so that ISPs can make appropriate routing decisions. This helps ensure ISPs will recognize your routes as legitimate and enables them to ignore unauthorized routes published by someone else.

## Configure an IRR entry

You can add or update an IRR entry by following the directions within any of the recommended internet registries listed in the [Internet Routing Registry](https://www.irr.net/index.html).

If you own your own subnet, use the RIPE and APNIC routing registries. These registries allow you to verify subnet ownership.

If you lease your subnet, follow these guidelines:

* When you do not need ownership verification, use the AFRINIC or NTT routing registry.
* When you submit a route object via email, use the ARIN registry. Address blocks owned by others do not appear in the ARIN interface.

The recommended registries are AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, NTT, RADB, and RIPE.

Each routing registry has its own set of instructions to configure an IRR entry. Refer to the table below for more information.

<table>
<thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Route registry</th>
      <th>URL</th>
     </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>AFRINIC</td>
      <td><a href="https://afrinic.net/internet-routing-registry#guide">https://afrinic.net/internet-routing-registry#guide</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>APNIC</td>
      <td><a href="https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/apnic-services/routing-registry/">https://www.apnic.net/manage-ip/apnic-services/routing-registry/</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ARIN</td>
      <td><a href="https://www.arin.net/resources/manage/irr/quickstart/">https://www.arin.net/resources/manage/irr/quickstart/</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>NTT</td>
      <td><a href="https://www.gin.ntt.net/support-center/policies-procedures/routing-registry/">https://www.gin.ntt.net/support-center/policies-procedures/routing-registry/</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>RADB</td>
      <td><a href="https://www.radb.net/support/">https://www.radb.net/support/</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>RIPE</td>
      <td><a href="https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/managing-route-objects-in-the-irr">https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/managing-route-objects-in-the-irr</a></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Verify an IRR entry

Verify your Internet Routing Registry (IRR) entries to ensure that the IP prefixes Cloudflare advertises for you match the correct <GlossaryTooltip term="autonomous system numbers (ASNs)">autonomous system numbers (ASNs)</GlossaryTooltip>.

Each IRR entry record must include the following information:

* **Route**: Each IP prefix Cloudflare advertises for you.
* **Origin ASN**: Your ASN, or if you do not have your own ASN, the Cloudflare ASN (AS13335).
* **Source**: The name of the routing registry, for example, AFRINIC, APNIC, ARIN, RADB, RIPE, or NTT.

Add or update IRR entries when they meet any of these criteria:

* The entry is missing.
* The entry is incomplete or inaccurate — for example, when the route object does not show the correct origin.
* The entry is complete but requires updating — for example, when they correspond to supernets but need to correspond to subnets used in Magic Transit.

### IRR entry verification methods

To verify your prefix and ASN route, use the tools and methods outlined on the table below:

<table>

  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Data to verify</th>
      <th>Tool</th>
      <th>Method</th>
      <th>Output</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Subnet prefix IP<br/>for the ASN</td>
      <td><a href=" https://irrexplorer.nlnog.net">IRR Explorer</a></td>
      <td>Search for the subnet prefix IP, for example, <code>162.211.156.0/24</code>.</td>
      <td>List of ASN numbers, source (route registry), and any associated errors.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>ASN for the<br/>subnet prefix</td>
      <td><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href=" https://irrexplorer.nlnog.net">IRR Explorer</a></span></td>
      <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">Search for the ASN, for example <code>AS13335</code>.</span></td>
      <td><span style="white-space: nowrap">List of prefixes, source, and any associated errors.</span></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Your origin ASN<br/>and routing data</td>
      <td>WHOIS lookup</td>
      <td>
        <p>In a terminal, use this `whois` command, substituting your network prefix for <em>network-prefix</em>:</p>
        <p>`whois -h rr.ntt.net network-prefix`</p>
        <p>The host `rr.ntt.net` is the primary server for the Global IP network.</p>
      </td>
      <td>IRR route, origin, and source information.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

#### WHOIS output

The `<IRR entry section>` in the WHOIS output shows the correct IRR entry information for the specified network. In this example, the network prefix is `1.1.1.0/24`, and the output includes the route, origin ASN, and route registry, which in this example is APNIC:

```txt title="Example"
user@xxt32z conduit-qs-config % whois -h rr.ntt.net 1.1.1.0/24
route:          1.1.1.0/24
<RPKI section>
descr:          RPKI ROA for 1.1.1.0/24
remarks:        This route object represents routing data retrieved from the RPKI
remarks:        The original data can be found here: https://rpki.gin.ntt.net/r/AS13335/1.1.1.0/24
remarks:        This route object is the result of an automated RPKI-to-IRR conversion process.
remarks:        maxLength 24
origin:         AS13335
mnt-by:         MAINT-NTTCOM-RPKI
changed:        job@ntt.net 20200913
source:         RPKI  # Trust Anchor: apnic

<IRR entry section>
route:          1.1.1.0/24
origin:         AS13335
descr:          APNIC Research and Development
                6 Cordelia St
mnt-by:         MAINT-AU-APNIC-GM85-AP
last-modified:  2018-03-16T16:58:06Z
source:         APNIC
```

:::note

WHOIS output also shows the RPKI entry information for prefix IP addresses. When your WHOIS output only contains an RPKI entry, you must add the IRR entry.

:::

---

# Dynamic advertisement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You can use the [Cloudflare API](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/#via-the-api) or [the IP Prefixes page](/byoip/concepts/dynamic-advertisement/best-practices/#via-the-cloudflare-dashboard) in the Cloudflare dashboard to configure the <GlossaryTooltip term="Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)">Border Gateway Protocol</GlossaryTooltip> advertisement at the Cloudflare edge.

When using the API, you can authorize an <GlossaryTooltip term="API call">API call</GlossaryTooltip> with your email and API key or create a service token for this purpose. A successful API response indicates the service registered the request. Enabling advertising typically takes two to seven minutes and disabling advertising takes approximately 15 minutes.

Both the API and the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) support prefix delegations, which allow other Cloudflare accounts to interact with your prefix. The effect of a delegation is service specific. For more information, refer to [prefix delegations](/byoip/concepts/prefix-delegations/).

---

# Internet Routing Registry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/

The [Internet Routing Registry (IRR)](http://www.irr.net/index.html) is a globally distributed database of routing information. The IRR contains announced routes and routing policies in a common format, and network operators use this information to configure their backbone routers.

The IRR consists of many individual [routing registries](http://www.irr.net/docs/list.html), and some are managed by regional entities, such as APNIC, ARIN, and RIPE. Each routing registry contains IRR entries that provide information about IP prefixes and the [autonomous systems](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) authorized to announce them.

To announce your subnet prefixes, Cloudflare requires accurate IRR entries for your prefixes and autonomous system numbers (ASNs).

When you configure network infrastructure for services such as [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/about/), [verify your IRR entries](/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/best-practices/#verify-an-irr-entry).

For help with adding missing IRR entries or updating inaccurate entries, refer to the [best practices for IRR entries](/byoip/concepts/irr-entries/best-practices/).

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Use the [Rulesets API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a cache rule via API. To configure Cloudflare’s API refer to the [API documentation](/fundamentals/api/get-started/).

## Basic rule settings

When creating a cache rule via API, make sure you:

* Set the rule action to `set_cache_settings`.
* Define the parameters in the `action_parameters` field according to the [settings](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/) you wish to override for matching requests.
* Deploy the rule to the `http_request_cache_settings` phase entry point ruleset.

## Procedure

1. Use the [List zone rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) method to obtain the list of rules already present in the `http_request_cache_settings` phase entry point ruleset.
2. If the phase ruleset does not exist, create it using the [Create a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation. In the new ruleset properties, set the following values:
   * kind: `zone`
   * phase: `http_request_cache_settings`
3. Use the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation to add a cache rule to the list of ruleset rules. Alternatively, include the rule in the [Create a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) request mentioned in the previous step.
4. (Optional) To update an existing cache rule, use the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. For an example, refer to the section below.

## Example requests

These examples are setting all the Cache Rules of a zone to a single rule, since using these examples directly will cause any existing rules to be deleted.


<Details header="Example: Cache everything for example.com">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"example.com\")",
      "description": "cache everything for example.com",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example: Extend read timeout for Android clients">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.user_agent contains \"Android\")",
      "description": "extend read timeout for android clients",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true,
        "read_timeout": 300
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example: Disable Cache Reserve for frequently updated assets">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri, \"/feed/\"))",
      "description": "disable cache reserve for frequently updated assets",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true,
        "cache_reserve": {
          "enabled": false
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example: Turn off default cache TTLs">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"example.com\")",
      "description": "turn off default cache ttls",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true,
        "edge_ttl": {
          "mode": "bypass_by_default"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Example: Update the position of an existing rule">

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"example.com\")",
      "description": "cache everything for example.com",
      "action": "set_cache_settings",
      "action_parameters": {
        "cache": true
      }
      "enabled": true,
      "position": {
        "before": "da5e8e506c8e7877fe06cdf4c41add54"
      }
}'
```


</Details>

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage Cache Rules must have the following permissions:

* *Zone* > *Cache Rules* > *Edit*
* *Account Rulesets* > *Edit*
* *Account Filter Lists* > *Edit*

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/

1.  Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2.  Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3.  Next to **Cache Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4.  (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.
5.  Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6.  Under **When incoming requests match**, select **All incoming requests** if you want the rule to apply to all traffic or **Custom filter expression** if you want the rule to only apply to traffic matching the custom expression.
7.  If you selected **Custom filter expression**, under **When incoming requests match**, define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder). Use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property and select an **Operator**. Refer to [Available settings](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/) for the list of available fields and operators.

    <div class="medium-img">

    ![Select fields in the Expression Builder.](~/assets/images/cache/select-fields.png)

    </div>

8.  Following the selection of the field and operator, enter the corresponding value that will trigger the Cache Rule. For example, if the selected field is `Hostname` and the operator is `equals`, a value of `cloudflare.com` would mean the rule matches any request to that hostname.

    <div class="medium-img">

    ![Example rule](~/assets/images/cache/example-rule.png)

    </div>

    :::note
    Rules can be further customized by using the **Edit expression** option. You can find more information in [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).
    :::

9.  Under **Then**, in the **Cache eligibility** section, select [**Bypass cache**](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#bypass-cache) if you want matching requests to not be cacheable, or **Eligible for cache** if you want Cloudflare to attempt to cache them. Note that [cache-control headers](/cache/concepts/cache-control/) can also impact cache eligibility.

10. If you selected **Eligible for cache** in the previous step, you can customize the options described in the [Available settings](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/) section.

11. Under **Place at**, from the dropdown, you can select the order of your rule. From the main page, you can also change the order of the rules you have created.

12. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Cache Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Use Cache Rules to customize cache settings on Cloudflare. Cache Rules allows you to make adjustments to what is eligible to cache, how long it should be cached and where, as well as trigger specific interactions with Cloudflare's cache and other Rules products for matching requests.

Cache Rules can be created in the [dashboard](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/), via [API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/) or [Terraform](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/terraform-example/).

:::note[Notes]

Cache Rules require that you [proxy the DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your domain (or subdomain) through Cloudflare.

Rules can be versioned. Refer to the [Version Management](/version-management/) documentation for more information.

:::

## Rules templates

<Render file="rules-templates" product="rules" />

## Availability

The following table describes Cache Rules availability per plan.

<FeatureTable id="cache.cache_rules" />

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	product="rules"
	params={{ one: "Cache Rules" }}
/>

---

# Order and priority

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/order/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cache rules affect requests differently from Page Rules. This is how they are applied:

1. Cache Rules are stackable. This means that multiple matching rules can be combined and applied to the same request. For example, if multiple cache rules match the same URL, then the features set in those cache rules will all be applied in order. If several matching rules set a value for the same setting, the value in the last matching rule wins. For an example of a similar scenario where multiple rules match, refer to the [Origin Rules FAQ](/rules/origin-rules/faq/#what-happens-if-more-than-one-origin-rule-matches-the-current-request).

2. For conflicting settings (for example, bypass cache versus eligible for cache), the last matching rule wins. For example, if cache rule #1 is set to cache everything on `example.com/images` and cache rule #2 is set to bypass cache on `example.com`, then cache will be bypassed for all URLs that match `example.com`, since rule #2 is the last matching rule.

3. If you have Page Rules implemented for caching on the same path, Cache Rules will take precedence by design.

4. Cache rules can be more specific than website-wide settings in the cache configuration tab, so they take precedence over website-wide settings on requests they match against. For example, if browser cache TTL is set to 4 hours for the entire website `example.com` and there is a cache rule matching requests with a path of `/feed` setting browser cache TTL to 10 seconds, the cache rule will override the website-wide setting for requests to `https://example.com/feed`.

## Execution order of Rules products

<Render file="product-execution-order" product="rules" />

---

# Migration from Page Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/page-rules-migration/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

If you are migrating from Page Rules, there is a behavior change between Page Rules and Cache Rules.

When you create a new Cache Rule and select **Eligible for cache**, the Cache Everything feature is enabled by default. With Page Rules, you had to specifically enable the Cache Everything option.

To maintain the same behavior you had with Page Rules (that is, not enabling Cache Everything), you need to create these two specific rules in this order before creating any additional rules.

Multiple matching cache rules can be combined and applied to the same request. After rule 1 matches, Cloudflare will keep evaluating other cache rules checking for matches. For more information, refer to [Order and priority](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/order/).

## Rule 1

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Enter a rule name, for instance `bypass everything`.
2. In **When incoming requests match**, select **All incoming requests**.
3. Under **Then**, in the **Cache eligibility** section, select [Bypass cache](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#bypass-cache).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="visual guide">

![Create rule to bypass cache](~/assets/images/cache/first-rule.png)

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Rule 2

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Enter a rule name, for instance `cache all default cacheable extensions`.
2. In **When incoming requests match**, select **Custom filter expression**.
3. Define the following rule:
   * **Field**: `File extension`
   * **Operator**: `is in`
   * **Value**: `7z, avi, avif, apk, bin, bmp, bz2, class, css, csv, doc, docx, dmg, ejs, eot, eps, exe, flac, gif, gz, ico, iso, jar, jpg, jpeg, js, mid, midi, mkv, mp3, mp4, ogg, otf, pdf, pict, pls, png, ppt, pptx, ps, rar, svg, svgz, swf, tar, tif, tiff, ttf, webm, webp, woff, woff2, xls, xlsx, zip, zst`

If you prefer, you can select **Edit expression** and paste the following expression:

```txt
(http.request.uri.path.extension in {"7z" "avi" "avif" "apk" "bin" "bmp" "bz2" "class" "css" "csv" "doc" "docx" "dmg" "ejs" "eot" "eps" "exe" "flac" "gif" "gz" "ico" "iso" "jar" "jpg" "jpeg" "js" "mid" "midi" "mkv" "mp3" "mp4" "ogg" "otf" "pdf" "pict" "pls" "png" "ppt" "pptx" "ps" "rar" "svg" "svgz" "swf" "tar" "tif" "tiff" "ttf" "webm" "webp" "woff" "woff2" "xls" "xlsx" "zip" "zst"})
```

4. Under **Then**, in the **Cache eligibility** section, select [**Eligible for cache**](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#eligible-for-cache-settings).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="visual guide">

![Create an eligible for cache rule](~/assets/images/cache/second-rule.png)

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note[Note]


Remember to create the rules in the specified order: first, the `bypass everything` rule, and then the `cache all default cacheable file extensions` rule.

![Rules order](~/assets/images/cache/rule-order.png)


:::

---

# Available settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/

import { Details } from "~/components";

These are the settings that you can configure when creating a cache rule.

## Fields

The fields available for Cache Rule matching expressions in the **Expression Builder** are:

- URI Full - `http.request.full_uri`
- URI - `http.request.uri`
- URI Path - `http.request.uri.path`
- URI Query String - `http.request.uri.query`
- Cookie - `http.cookie`
- Hostname - `http.host`
- Referer - `http.referer`
- SSL/HTTPS - `ssl`
- User Agent - `http.user_agent`
- X-Forwarded-For - `http.x_forwarded_for`
- Request Headers - `http.request.headers`
- Cookie value of - `http.request.cookies`
- File extension - `http.request.uri.path.extension`

If you select the [**Edit expression**](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor) option, you can enter any of the [available fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).

:::note

The fields mentioned above support all types of purge. However, the [remaining available fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) support purge by tags, prefix (URL), hostname, and everything but are not compatible with [single file purge](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-single-file/).

:::

## Operators

The operators available for Cache Rule expressions are:

- equals
- does not equal
- contains
- does not contain
- matches regex
- does not match regex
- is in
- is not in
- starts with
- ends with
- does not start with
- does not end with

:::note

Not all operators are available for every selected field.
:::

## Cache eligibility

In **Cache eligibility**, you have the option to select **Bypass cache** if you want matching requests to not be cached, or **Eligible for cache** if you want Cloudflare to attempt to cache them.

### Bypass cache

When creating a cache rule, you have the option to select **Bypass cache** if you want matching incoming requests to not be cached. Alternatively, you can use [Development Mode](/cache/reference/development-mode/), if you want to bypass cache for shorter periods.

### Eligible for cache settings

When you select **Eligible for cache**, you can change the configuration settings described below.

:::note

If you use cache rules, image transformations, and zone versioning simultaneously, some settings may not be applied correctly.
:::

#### Edge TTL

Edge Cache TTL refers to the maximum cache time-to-live (TTL), or how long an asset should be considered fresh or available to serve from Cloudflare’s cache in response to requests. This setting has three primary options:

- **Use cache control-header if present, bypass cache if not**: If a cache-control header is present on the response, follow its directives. If not, skip caching entirely.
- **Use cache-control header if present, use default Cloudflare caching behavior if not**: If a cache-control header is present on the response, follow its directives. If not, cache in accordance with our [default edge TTL settings](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/#edge-ttl).
- **Ignore cache-control header and use this TTL**: Completely ignore any cache-control header on the response and instead cache the response for a duration specified in the timing dropdown.

Additionally, you can select how long you would like a particular matching status code's content to be cached in Cloudflare's global network. In **Status Code TTL** section you can define the TTL duration for one or more status codes of responses from the origin server. This setting can be applied to a _Single code_ status code, to a _Greater than or equal_ or _Less than or equal_ status code, or to a _Range_ of status codes. Status code TTLs are similar to **Ignore cache-control header and use this TTL** in that the cache-control header on the response will be ignored in favor of the TTL specified by the cache rule. For more information, refer to [Status code TTL](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/).

<Details header="API information">

API configuration object name: `"edge_ttl"`.

| API values          | Configuration                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `respect_origin`    | Use cache-control header if present, use default [Cloudflare caching behavior](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) if not. |
| `override_origin`   | Ignore cache-control header and use this TTL.                                                                                   |
| `bypass_by_default` | Use cache control-header if present, bypass cache if not.                                                                       |
|                     |                                                                                                                                 |

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
    "cache": true,
    "edge_ttl": {
        "status_code_ttl": [
            {
                "status_code_range": {
                    "to": 299
                },
                "value": 86400
            },
            {
                "status_code_range": {
                    "from": 300,
                    "to": 499
                },
                "value": 0  // no-cache
            },
            {
                "status_code_range": {
                    "from": 500
                },
                "value": -1  // no-store
            }
        ],
        "mode": "respect_origin"
    }
}


```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Browser TTL

Browser TTL refers to the maximum cache time-to-live (TTL) that an asset should be considered available to serve from the browser’s cache.

Select if you want to **Bypass cache**, **Respect origin**, or **Override origin**. If you wish to override the browser TTL value, define how long resources cached by client browsers will remain valid from the dropdown menu. For more information, refer to [Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#browser-cache-ttl).

<Details header="API information">

API configuration object name: `"browser_ttl"`.

API values for the `"mode"` property: `"respect_origin"`, `"override_origin"`, `"bypass_by_default"`. <br/>

API values for the `"default"` property (integer): values available depend on your plan. Refer to [Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/#browser-cache-ttl).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "browser_ttl" : {
    "mode": "override_origin",
    "default": 1000
  }
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Cache Key

Cache keys refer to the criteria that Cloudflare uses to determine how to store resources in our cache. Customizing the cache key allows you to determine how Cloudflare can reuse particular cache entries across requests or share the cache entries for more granularity for end users.

Define the request components used to define a [custom cache key](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/), customizing the following options:

- You can switch on or off [Cache deception armor](/cache/cache-security/cache-deception-armor/), [Cache by device type](/automatic-platform-optimization/reference/cache-device-type/), and [Sort query string](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/#query-string).

Enterprise customers have these additional options for custom cache keys:

- In the **Query string** section, you can select **All query string parameters**, **All query string parameters except** and enter an exception, **No query parameters except** and enter the parameters, or **Ignore query string** (also available for pay-as-you-go customers).
- In the **Headers** section, you can specify header names along with their values. For custom headers, values are optional; however, for the following restricted headers, you must include one to three specific values:

  - `accept`
  - `accept-charset`
  - `accept-encoding`
  - `accept-datetime`
  - `accept-language`
  - `referer`
  - `user-agent`

  To check for a header's presence without including its value, use the **Check presence of** option. You can also choose whether to **Include origin header**.

- In the **Cookie** section, you can include cookie names and their values, and check for the presence of another cookie.
- In the **Host** section, you can select **Use original host** and **Resolved host**. In the **User** section, you can select **Device type**, **Country**, and **Language**. Using **Resolved host** means the cache key will contain whatever hostname was used to resolve the origin IP which can be different depending on whether the [resolve override](/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record) feature is on or not.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration object name: `"cache_key"`.

API values: `"ignore_query_strings_order"`, `"cache_deception_armor"`, `"cache_by_device_type"`, `"custom_key"` (`"header"`, `"cookie"`, `"host"`, `"query_string"`, `"user"`).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "cache_key": {
    "ignore_query_strings_order": true,
    "cache_deception_armor": true,
    "custom_key": {
      "query_string": {
        "include": [
          "*"
        ]
      },
      "header": {
        "include": [
          "header1"
        ],
        "check_presence": [
          "header_1"
        ],
        "contains": {
          "accept-encoding": ["br", "zstd"]
        }
      },
      "cookie": {
        "include": [
          "cookieName1"
        ],
        "check_presence": [
          "cookie_1"
        ]
      },
      "user": {
        "device_type": true,
        "geo": true,
        "lang": true
      },
      "host": {
        "resolved": false
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Cache Reserve Eligibility

Cache Reserve eligibility allows you to specify which website resources should be eligible for our persistent cache called [Cache Reserve](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/). If the request matches and also meets [eligibility criteria](/cache/advanced-configuration/cache-reserve/#cache-reserve-asset-eligibility), Cloudflare will write the resource to cache reserve. This requires an add-on cache reserve plan.

This rule can also be used to specify Cache Reserve eligibility for website resources based on their size. For example, by specifying that all assets which are eligible be 100 MB and above, Cloudflare will look for eligible assets at or above 100 MB for Cache Reserve eligibility and only persistently store those assets.

:::note

Cloudflare will still enforce the plan-based [cacheable file limits](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#customization-options-and-limits) when using this configuration.
:::

<Details header="API information">

API configuration object name: `"cache_reserve"`.

API property name for enabling Cache Reserve: `"eligible"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true
  "cache_reserve": {
    "eligible": true,
    "minimum_file_size": 100000
  }
}
```

:::note
If `minimum_file_size` is omitted and `eligible` is true, Cloudflare will use 0 bytes by default.
:::

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Caching on Port (Enterprise-only)

Cloudflare supports several [network ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/#network-ports-compatible-with-cloudflares-proxy) by default, like 80 or 443. Some ports, traditionally admin ports, are supported but have caching disabled as they are used to manage sensitive information that should be ineligible for cache. Enterprise customers wanting to enable caching on these admin ports can cache on these ports by entering their desired port.

:::note

Cloudflare supports many ports by default and will cache on them without needing this rule to be configured. For ports that Cloudflare supports, but for which caching is disabled, use this rule.
:::

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"additional_cacheable_ports"` (array of integer values).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
    "cache": true
    "additional_cacheable_ports": [8443, 8080]
  }
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Proxy Read Timeout (Enterprise-only)

Defines a timeout value between two successive read operations to your origin server. The default value can be found in the [Connection limits](/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/) table. If you are attempting to reduce [`HTTP 524`](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-524-a-timeout-occurred) errors because of timeouts from an origin server, try increasing this timeout value using the API endpoint below.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"read_timeout"` (integer).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "read_timeout": 900
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Serve stale content while revalidating

Defines if Cloudflare will serve stale content while updating the latest content from the origin server. If serving stale content is disabled, Cloudflare will not serve stale content while getting the latest content from the origin.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"serve_stale"` > `"disable_stale_while_updating"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "serve_stale": {
    "disable_stale_while_updating": true
  }
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Respect Strong ETags

Turn on or off byte-for-byte equivalency checks between the Cloudflare cache and the origin server. When enabled, Cloudflare will use [strong ETag](/cache/reference/etag-headers/#strong-etags) header validation to ensure that resources in the Cloudflare cache and on the origin server are byte-for-byte identical. If disabled, Cloudflare converts ETag headers into [weak ETag](/cache/reference/etag-headers/#weak-etags) headers.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"respect_strong_etags"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "respect_strong_etags": true
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Origin error page pass-through

Turn on or off Cloudflare error pages generated from error HTTP status codes sent from the origin server. If enabled, this setting enables the use of error pages issued by the origin.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"origin_error_page_passthru"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true,
  "origin_error_page_passthru": true
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

#### Origin Cache Control (Enterprise-only)

When this option is enabled, Cloudflare will aim to strictly adhere to [RFC 7234](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7234). Enterprise customers have the ability to select if Cloudflare will adhere to this behavior. Free, Pro, and Business customers have this option enabled by default and cannot disable it.

<Details header="API information">

API configuration property name: `"origin_cache_control"` (boolean).

```json title="API configuration example"
"action_parameters": {
  "cache": true
  "origin_cache_control": true
}
```

Refer to [Create a cache rule via API](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-api/#example-requests) for complete API examples.

</Details>

---

# Terraform example

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/terraform-example/

import { Details } from "~/components";

The following example defines a single cache rule for a zone using Terraform. The rule configures several cache settings and sets a custom cache key for incoming requests addressed at `example.net`.

<Details header="Terraform `cloudflare_ruleset` resource">

```tf
# Cache rule configuring cache settings and defining custom cache keys
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "cache_rules_example" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Set cache settings"
  description = "Set cache settings for incoming requests"
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_cache_settings"

  rules {
		ref         = "cache_settings_custom_cache_key"
    description = "Set cache settings and custom cache key for example.net"
    expression  = "(http.host eq \"example.net\")"
    action      = "set_cache_settings"
    action_parameters {
      edge_ttl {
        mode    = "override_origin"
        default = 60
        status_code_ttl {
          status_code = 200
          value       = 50
        }
        status_code_ttl {
          status_code_range {
            from = 201
            to   = 300
          }
          value = 30
        }
      }
      browser_ttl {
        mode = "respect_origin"
      }
      serve_stale {
        disable_stale_while_updating = true
      }
      respect_strong_etags = true
      cache_key {
        ignore_query_strings_order = false
        cache_deception_armor      = true
        custom_key {
          query_string {
            exclude = ["*"]
          }
          header {
            include        = ["habc", "hdef"]
            check_presence = ["habc_t", "hdef_t"]
            exclude_origin = true
          }
          cookie {
            include        = ["cabc", "cdef"]
            check_presence = ["cabc_t", "cdef_t"]
          }
          user {
            device_type = true
            geo         = false
          }
          host {
            resolved = true
          }
        }
      }
      origin_error_page_passthru = false
    }
  }
}
```

</Details>

For additional guidance on using Terraform with Cloudflare, refer to [Terraform](/terraform/).

---

# Edge and Browser Cache TTL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

## Edge Cache TTL

Edge Cache TTL (Time to Live) specifies the maximum time to cache a resource in the Cloudflare global network. Edge Cache TTL is not visible in response headers and the minimum Edge Cache TTL depends on plan type.

<FeatureTable id="cache.edge_cache_ttl" />

For more information on how to set up Edge Cache TTL, refer to [Cache rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl).

## Browser Cache TTL

The Browser Cache TTL sets the expiration for resources cached in a visitor’s browser. By default, Cloudflare honors the cache expiration set in your `Expires` and `Cache-Control` headers but overrides those headers if:

* The value of the `Expires` or `Cache-Control` header from the origin web server is less than the Browser Cache TTL Cloudflare setting.
* The origin web server does not send a `Cache-Control` or an `Expires` header.

Unless specifically set in a cache rule, Cloudflare does not override or insert `Cache-Control` headers if you set **Browser Cache TTL** to **Respect Existing Headers**.

:::note[Note]


* Setting high Browser Cache TTL values means that the assets will be cached for a long time by users’ browsers.
* If you modify cached assets, the new assets may not be displayed to repeat visitors before the Browser Cache TTL expires.
* Purging Cloudflare’s cache does not affect assets stored by a visitor’s browser. 
  :::

<FeatureTable id="cache.browser_cache_ttl" />

For more information on setting the Browser Cache TTL, refer to [Set Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/set-browser-ttl/).

---

# Set Browser Cache TTL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/set-browser-ttl/

Specify a time for a visitor’s Browser Cache TTL to accelerate the page load for repeat visitors to your website. To configure cache duration within Cloudflare’s data centers, refer to [Edge Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl).

By default, Cloudflare honors the cache expiration set in your `Expires` and `Cache-Control` headers. Cloudflare overrides any `Cache-Control` or `Expires` headers with values set via the **Browser Cache TTL** option under **Caching** on your dashboard if:

* The value of the `Cache-Control` header from the origin web server is less than the **Browser Cache TTL** setting. This means that **Browser cache TTL** value needs to be higher than origin `max-age`.
* The origin web server does not send a `Cache-Control` or an `Expires` header.

Unless specifically set in a [Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/), Cloudflare does not override or insert `Cache-Control` headers if you set **Browser Cache TTL** to **Respect Existing Headers**.

Nevertheless, the value you set via Cache Rule will be ignored if `Cache-Control: max-age` is higher. In other words, you can override to make browsers cache longer than Cloudflare's edge but not less.

## Set Browser Cache TTL

The Cloudflare UI and [API](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) both prohibit setting Browser Cache TTL to 0 for non-Enterprise domains.

:::note[Note]


If you modify cached assets, the new asset is not displayed to repeat visitors before the Browser Cache TTL duration. [Purging Cloudflare’s cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) does not affect assets cached in a visitor’s browser.


:::

1. Log in to your Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select **Caching**.
3. Under **Browser Cache TTL**, select the drop-down menu to select the desired cache expiration time.

The **Respect Existing Headers** option tells Cloudflare to honor the settings in the `Cache-Control` headers from your origin web server.

:::note[Respect Existing Headers Availability]


For all plan types, you can set Browser Cache TTL to Respect Existing Headers at a zone level (zone setting) or you can use a Cache Rule.


:::

---

# Purge cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's Instant Purge ensures that updates to your content are reflected immediately. Multiple options are available for purging content, with single-file cache purging (purge by URL) being the recommended method. However, the following additional options are also available:

<DirectoryListing />

:::note
If versioning is active on your zone and multiple environments are configured, you can select the specific environment you want to purge. For more details, refer to the [Version Management](/version-management/) documentation.
:::

<FeatureTable id="cache.purge_cache" />

---

# ​Purge by single-file

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-single-file/

With purge by single-file, cached resources are instantly removed from the stored assets in your Content Delivery Network (CDN) across all data centers. New requests for the purged asset receive the latest version from your origin web server and add it back to your CDN cache within the specific Cloudflare data center that served the request.

The single-file purge rate limit for the Free subscription is 1,000 URLs/minute. The rate limit is subject to change. For Zones on Free/Pro/Business plan, you may purge up to 30 URLs in one API call. For Zones on Enterprise plan, you may purge up to 500 URLs in one API call.

A single-file purge performed through your Cloudflare dashboard does not clear objects that contain any of the following:

- [Custom cache keys](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/)
- [Origin header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin)
- Any of these request headers:
  - `X-Forwarded-Host`
  - `X-Host`
  - `X-Forwarded-Scheme`
  - `X-Original-URL`
  - `X-Rewrite-URL`
  - `Forwarded`

You can purge objects with these characteristics using an API call to ([purge files by URL](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/)). In the data/header section of the API call, you must include all headers and cache keys contained in the cached resource, along with their matching values.

:::caution
Always use UTF-8 encoded URLs for single-file cache purges. Wildcards are not supported on single file purge, and you must use purge by hostname, prefix, or implement cache tags as an alternative solution. All of the listed options are Enterprise features.
:::

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Under **Purge Cache**, select **Custom Purge**. The **Custom Purge** window appears.
4. Under **Purge by**, select **URL**.
5. Enter the appropriate value(s) in the text field using the format shown in the example. Be aware that the host part of the URL is not case-sensitive, meaning it will always be converted to lowercase according to RFC standards. However, the path portion is case-sensitive. For example, `https://EXAMPLE.com/helloHI` would be treated as `https://example.com/helloHI`.
6. Perform any additional instructions to complete the form.
7. Review your entries.
8. Select **Purge**.

:::note
For information on how to use single-file purge to purge assets cached by a Workers fetch, refer to [Using Workers to purge](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/#single-file-purge-assets-cached-by-a-worker).
:::

:::caution
If you have a [Transform Rule](/rules/transform/) in place that is modifying part of a URL path, you must use the non-transform (end user) URL when performing single file purge so that purge can take effect.
:::

## Resulting cache status

Purging by single-file deletes the resource, resulting in the `CF-Cache-Status` header being set to [`MISS`](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#miss) for subsequent requests.

---

# ​Purge cache by hostname

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-hostname/

Purging by hostname means that all assets at URLs with a host that matches one of the provided values will be instantly purged from the cache.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Under **Purge Cache**, select **Custom Purge**. The **Custom Purge** window appears.
4. Under **Purge by**, select **Hostname**.
5. Follow the syntax instructions:
   * One hostname per line.
   * Separated by commas.
   * You can purge up to 30 hostnames at a time.
6. Enter the appropriate value(s) in the text field using the format shown in the example.
7. Select **Purge**.

:::note[API]


You can purge hostnames via the Cloudflare API. For more information, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/). You can use up to 30 hostnames per API call and make up to 30,000 purge API calls in a 24-hour period.


:::

## Resulting cache status

Purging by hostname deletes the resource, resulting in the `CF-Cache-Status` header being set to [`MISS`](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#miss) for subsequent requests.

If [tiered cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) is used, purging by hostname may return `EXPIRED`, as the lower tier tries to revalidate with the upper tier to reduce load on the latter.
Depending on whether the upper tier has the resource or not, and whether the end user is reaching the lower tier or the upper tier, `EXPIRED` or `MISS` are returned.

---

# Purge cache by cache-tags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-tags/

Cache-tag purging makes multi-file purging easier because you can instantly bulk purge by adding cache-tags to your assets, such as webpages, image files, and more. Note that Tag, Hostname and Prefix purges are only available for Enterprise customers.

## General workflow for cache-tags

1. Add tags to the `Cache-Tag` HTTP response header from your origin web server for your web content, such as pages, static assets, etc.
2. [Ensure your web traffic is proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare.
3. Cloudflare associates the tags in the `Cache-Tag` HTTP header with the content being cached.
4. Use specific cache-tags to instantly purge your Cloudflare CDN cache of all content containing that cache-tag from your dashboard or [using our API](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/).
5. Cloudflare forces a [cache MISS](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#miss) on content with the purged cache-tag.

:::caution[Warning]


Be careful when purging. A cache MISS can cause execution delays by requiring a fetch from your origin server.


:::

## Add Cache-Tag HTTP response headers

You add cache-tags to your web content in `Cache-Tag` HTTP response headers to allow the client and server to pass additional information in requests or responses. HTTP headers consist of a specific case-insensitive name followed by a colon `:` and the valid value, for example, `Cache-Tag:tag1,tag2,tag3`. Use commas to separate the tags when you want to use multiple cache-tags.

When your content reaches our edge network, Cloudflare:

* Removes the `Cache-Tag` HTTP header before sending the response to your website visitor or passing the response to a [Worker](/workers/). Your end users or Worker never see `Cache-Tag` HTTP headers on your Cloudflare-enabled website.
* Removes whitespaces from the header and any before and after cache-tag names: `tag1`, `tag2` and `tag1,tag2` are considered the same.
* Removes all repeated and trailing commas before applying cache-tags: `tag1,,,tag2` and `tag1,tag2` are considered the same.

## A few things to remember

* A single HTTP response can have more than one `Cache-Tag` HTTP header field.
* The minimum length of a cache-tag is one byte.
* Individual tags do not have a maximum length, but the aggregate `Cache-Tag` HTTP header cannot exceed 16 KB after the header field name, which is approximately 1,000 unique tags. Length includes whitespace and commas but does not include the header field name.
* For cache purges, the maximum length of a cache-tag in an API call is 1,024 characters.
* The `Cache-Tag` HTTP header must only contain printable ASCII encoded characters.
* Spaces are not allowed in cache-tags.
* Case is not sensitive. For example, `Tag1` and `tag1` are considered the same.

## Purge using cache-tags

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Under **Purge Cache**, select **Custom Purge**. The **Custom Purge** window appears.
4. Under **Purge by**, select **Tag**.
5. In the text box, enter your tags to use to purge the cached resources. To purge multiple cache-tagged resources, separate each tag with a comma or have one tag per line.
6. Select **Purge**.

:::note[API]


You can purge using cache-tags via the Cloudflare API. For more information, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/). You can purge up to 30 cache-tags per API call and up to 250,000 cache-tags per a 24-hour period.


:::

## Resulting cache status

Purging by tag deletes the resource, resulting in the `CF-Cache-Status` header being set to [`MISS`](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#miss) for subsequent requests.

If [tiered cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) is used, purging by tag may return `EXPIRED`, as the lower tier tries to revalidate with the upper tier to reduce load on the latter.
Depending on whether the upper tier has the resource or not, and whether the end user is reaching the lower tier or the upper tier, `EXPIRED` or `MISS` are returned.

---

# Purge cache key resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-cache-key/

Instantly purge resources that use Cache Keys via the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/). If you use [Cloudflare's Purge by URL](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/#purge-cached-content-by-url), include the headers and query strings that are in your custom Cache Key.

Currently, it is not possible to purge a URL stored through Cache API that uses a custom cache key set by a Worker. Instead, use a [custom key created by Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#cache-key). Alternatively, purge your assets using purge everything, purge by tag, purge by host or purge by prefix.

To instantly purge by `device_type`, `geo`, or `lang` use `CF-Device-Type`, `CF-IPCountry` or `accept-language`, respectively. [Purge by Tag / Host](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/#purge-cached-content-by-tag-host-or-prefix) and [Purge Everything](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/#purge-all-cached-content) are not impacted by the use of custom Cache Keys.

## Purge by device type

For a Cache Key based on device type, purge the asset by passing the `CF-Device-Type` header with the API purge request (valid headers include mobile, desktop, and tablet).

Refer to the example API request below to instantly purge all mobile assets on the root webpage.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/purge_cache" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"files":[{"url":"http://my.website.com/","headers":{"CF-Device-Type":"mobile"}}]}'
```

## Purge by geo

Instantly purge resources for a location-based Cache Key by specifying the two-letter country code. Spain is used in the example below.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/purge_cache" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"files":[{"url":"http://my.website.com/", "headers":{"CF-IPCountry":"ES"}}]}'
```

## Purge by language

For a Cache Key based on language, purge the asset by passing the `accept-language` header. Refer to the example API request below to instantly purge all assets in Chinese (PRC).

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/purge_cache" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"files":[{"url":"http://my.website.com/", "headers":{"accept-language":"zh-CN"}}]}'
```

---

# ​Purge everything

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-everything/

To maintain optimal site performance, Cloudflare strongly recommends using single-file (by URL) purging instead of a complete cache purge.

Purging everything instantly clears all resources from your CDN cache in all Cloudflare data centers. Each new request for a purged resource returns to your origin server to validate the resource. If Cloudflare cannot validate the resource, Cloudflare fetches the latest version from the origin server and replaces the cached version. When a site with heavy traffic contains a lot of assets, requests to your origin server can increase substantially and result in slow site performance.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Under **Purge Cache**, select **Purge Everything**. A warning window appears.
4. If you agree, select **Purge Everything**.

:::note
When purging everything for a non-production cache environment, all files for that specific cache environment will be purged. However, when purging everything for the production environment, all files will be purged across all environments.
:::

## Resulting cache status

Purge Everything invalidates the resource, resulting in the `CF-Cache-Status` header indicating [`EXPIRED`](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#expired) for subsequent requests.

---

# P​urge varied images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-varied-images/

Purging varied images instantly purges all content variants for that URL. This behavior occurs so that if an image changes, you can easily update the cache with a single purge request instead of trying to determine the potential number of out-of-date variants. The behavior is true regardless of purge type used, such as single file, tag, or hostname.

---

# Purge zone versions via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-zone-versions/

To purge zone versions via the Cloudflare API, follow these steps:

## Step 1: Retrieve the environment ID

First, retrieve your zone's environment ID by sending a request to the following API endpoint:

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<zone_id>/environments
```

This API call will return a JSON response similar to the example below:

```json
{
  "result": {
    "environments": [
      {
        "name": "Production",
        "ref": "12abcd3e45f678940a573f51834a54",
        "version": 0,
        "expression": "(cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\")",
        "locked_on_deployment": false,
        "position": {
          "before": "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Staging",
        "ref": "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c",
        "version": 0,
        "expression": "((cf.edge.server_ip in {1.2.3.4 5.6.7.8})) and (cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\")",
        "locked_on_deployment": false,
        "position": {
          "before": "49f0bad299687c62334182178bfd",
          "after": "12abcd3e45f678940a573f51834a54"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Development",
        "ref": "49f0bad299687c62334182178bfd",
        "version": 0,
        "expression": "((any(http.request.cookies[\"development\"][*] eq \"true\"))) and (cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\")",
        "locked_on_deployment": false,
        "position": {
          "after": "5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

In this particular example, we have three environments: Production, Staging, and Development. You can find the environment ID in the `ref` field.

## Step 2: Purge cache per environment

To purge the Production environment, use the general cache purge endpoint:

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<zone_id>/purge_cache/
```

To purge non-production environments, you must use a new `purge_cache` endpoint and specify the environment you would like to purge.

To purge the Staging environment from the example above, send a request to the following endpoint: 

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<zone_id>/environments/5d41402abc4b2a76b9719d911017c/purge_cache/
```

To purge the Development environment from the example above, send a request to the following endpoint:

```bash
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<zone_id>/environments/49f0bad299687c62334182178bfd/purge_cache/
```

:::note
When purging everything for a non-production cache environment, all files for that specific cache environment will be purged. However, when purging everything for the production environment, all files will be purged across all environments.
:::

---

# ​Purge cache by prefix (URL)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge_by_prefix/

Enterprise customers can instantly purge their cache by URL prefix or path separators in their URL. For an example URL like `https://www.example.com/foo/bar/baz/qux.jpg`, valid purge requests include:

* `www.example.com`
* `www.example.com/foo`
* `www.example.com/foo/bar`
* `www.example.com/foo/bar/baz`
* `www.example.com/foo/bar/baz/qux.jpg`

Purging by prefix is useful in different scenarios, such as:

* Purging everything within a directory.
* Increasing control over cached objects in a path.
* Simplifying the number of purge calls sent.

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Select **Caching** > **Configuration**.
3. Under **Purge Cache**, select **Custom Purge**. The **Custom Purge** window appears.
4. Under **Purge by**, select **Prefix**.
5. Follow the syntax instructions.
   * One prefix per line.
   * Maximum 30 prefixes per API call.
6. Enter the appropriate value(s) in the text field using the format shown in the example.
7. Select **Purge**.

:::note[API]


You can purge prefixes via the Cloudflare API. For more information, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/). You can use up to 30 prefixes per API call and make up to 30,000 purge API calls in a 24-hour period.


:::

:::caution[Warning]


If you have a [Transform Rule](/rules/transform/) in place that is modifying part of a URL path, you must use the post-transformed (origin) URL when performing a prefix purge so that purge can take effect.


:::

## Resulting cache status

Purging by prefix deletes the resource, causing `CF-Cache-Status` header to show [`MISS`](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/#miss) for the subsequent request.

If [tiered cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) is used, purging by prefix may return `EXPIRED`, as the lower tier tries to revalidate with the upper tier to reduce load on the latter.
Depending on whether the upper tier has the resource or not, and whether the end user is reaching the lower tier or the upper tier, `EXPIRED` or `MISS` are returned.

## Limitations

There are several limitations regarding purge by prefix:

* Path separators are limited to 31 for a prefix `(example.com/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/i/j/k/l/m…)`.
* Purge requests are limited to 30 prefixes per request.
* [Purge rate-limits apply](/api/resources/cache/methods/purge/).
* URI query strings & fragments cannot purge by prefix:
  * `www.example.com/foo?a=b` (query string)
  * `www.example.com/foo#bar` (fragment)

:::caution[Warning]


Because purge by prefix purges a directory, any URI for a resource within the purged directory is purged regardless of query string or fragment (though fragments are not generally sent by browsers). Purge by prefix rules do not accept fragments and query strings.

Example: If you purge `foo.com/bar`, any asset that starts with `foo.com/bar` will be purged, for example, `foo.com/bar/baz`, `foo.com/bar?good=bad`, etc. and purging `foo.com/bar?good=bad` itself will not work.


:::

## Purge by prefix normalization

Using purge by prefix normalization, when a purge by prefix request comes into Cloudflare for a normalized URL path, the purge service respects the [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/) and purges the normalized URL.

### How does URL Normalization work

Take the following website as an example: `https://cloudflare.com/انشاء-موقع-الكتروني/img_1.jpg`. The table below shows you how Cloudflare’s cache views these paths with [normalization on/off](/rules/normalization/).

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Request from visitor to EDGE
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      What Cloudflare cache sees with Normalize Incoming URLs ON
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      What Cloudflare cache sees with Normalize Incoming URLs OFF
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/انشاء-موقع-الكتروني/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/انشاء-موقع-الكتروني/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/hello/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/hello/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>https://cloudflare.com/hello/img_1.jpg</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

As shown above, with URL normalization **ON**, visitors to the two URLs, `https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg` and `https://cloudflare.com/انشاء-موقع-الكتروني/img_1.jpg`, will be served the same cached asset. Purging `https://cloudflare.com/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A/img_1.jpg` will instantly purge that asset for both visitors.

---

# Create custom hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

There are several required steps before a custom hostname can become active. For more details, refer to our [Get started guide](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/).

To create a custom hostname:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="create-custom-hostname" />

<Render file="create-custom-hostname-limitations" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="create-custom-hostname-api" />

<Render file="create-custom-hostname-limitations" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="issue-certs-preamble" />


## Hostnames over 64 characters

The Common Name (CN) restriction establishes a limit of 64 characters ([RFC 5280](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5280.html)). If you have a hostname that exceeds this length, you can set `cloudflare_branding` to `true` when creating your custom hostnames [via API](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/).

```txt

"ssl": {
    "cloudflare_branding": true
  }

```

Cloudflare branding means that `sni.cloudflaressl.com` will be added as the certificate Common Name (CN) and the long hostname will be included as a part of the Subject Alternative Name (SAN).

---

# Custom metadata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You may wish to configure per-hostname (customer) settings beyond the scale of Page Rules or Rate Limiting, which have a maximum of 125 rules each.

To do this, you will first need to reach out to your account team to enable access to Custom Metadata. After configuring custom metadata, you can use it in the following ways:

- Read the metadata JSON from [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) (requires access to Workers) to define per-hostname behavior.
- Use custom metadata values in [rule expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) of different Cloudflare security products to define the rule scope.

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-plan-limitation" />

---

## Examples

- Per-customer URL rewriting — for example, customers 1-10,000 fetch assets from server A, 10,001-20,000 from server B, etc.
- Adding custom headers — for example, `X-Customer-ID: $number` based on the metadata you provided
- Setting HTTP Strict Transport Security (“HSTS”) headers on a per-customer basis

Please speak with your Solutions Engineer to discuss additional logic and requirements.

## Submitting custom metadata

You may add custom metadata to Cloudflare via the Custom Hostnames API. This data can be added via a [`PATCH` request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) to the specific hostname ID to set metadata for that hostname, for example:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames/{hostname_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "ssl": {
    "method": "http",
    "type": "dv"
  },
  "custom_metadata": {
    "customer_id": "12345",
    "redirect_to_https": true,
    "security_tag": "low"
  }
}'
```

Changes to metadata will propagate across Cloudflare’s edge within 30 seconds.

---

## Accessing custom metadata from a Cloudflare Worker

The metadata object will be accessible on each request using the `request.cf.hostMetadata` property. You can then read the data, and customize any behavior on it using the Worker.

In the example below we will use the user_id in the Worker that was submitted using the API call above `"custom_metadata":{"customer_id":"12345","redirect_to_https": true,"security_tag":"low"}`, and set a request header to send the `customer_id` to the origin:

```js
export default {
  /**
   * Fetch and add a X-Customer-Id header to the origin based on hostname
   * @param {Request} request
   */
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    const customer_id = request.cf.hostMetadata.customer_id;
    const newHeaders = new Headers(request.headers);
    newHeaders.append('X-Customer-Id', customer_id);

    const init = {
      headers: newHeaders,
      method: request.method,
    };
    return fetch(request.url, init);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## Accessing custom metadata in a rule expression

Use the [`cf.hostname.metadata`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.hostname.metadata/) field to access the metadata object in rule expressions. To obtain the different values from the JSON object, use the [`lookup_json_string`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string) function.

The following rule expression defines that there will be a rule match if the `security_tag` value in custom metadata contains the value `low`:

```txt
lookup_json_string(cf.hostname.metadata, "security_tag") eq "low"
```

---

## Best practices

- Ensure that the JSON schema used is fixed: changes to the schema without corresponding Cloudflare Workers changes will potentially break websites, or fall back to any defined “default” behavior
- Prefer a flat JSON structure
- Use string keys in snake_case (rather than camelCase or PascalCase)
- Use proper booleans (true/false rather than `true` or `1` or `0`)
- Use numbers to represent integers instead of strings (`1` or `2` instead of `"1"` or `"2"`)
- Define fallback behaviour in the non-presence of metadata
- Define fallback behaviour if a key or value in the metadata are unknown

General guidance is to follow [Google’s JSON Style guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/jsoncstyleguide.xml) where appropriate.

---

## Limitations

There are some limitations to the metadata that can be provided to Cloudflare:

- It must be valid JSON.
- Any origin resolution — for example, directing requests for a given hostname to a specific backend — must be provided as a hostname that exists within Cloudflare’s DNS (even for non-authoritative setups). Providing an IP address directly will cause requests to error.
- The total payload must not exceed 4 KB.
- It requires a Cloudflare Worker that knows how to process the schema and trigger logic based on the contents.
- Custom metadata cannot be set on custom hostnames that contain wildcards.

:::note

Be careful when modifying the schema. Adding, removing, or changing keys and possible values may cause the Cloudflare Worker to either ignore the data or return an error for requests that trigger it.
:::

### Terraform support

[Terraform](/terraform/) only allows maps of a single type, so Cloudflare's Terraform support for custom metadata for custom hostnames is limited to string keys and values.

---

# Custom hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Cloudflare for SaaS allows you, as a SaaS provider, to extend the benefits of Cloudflare products to custom domains by adding them to your zone as custom hostnames. We support adding hostnames that are a subdomain of your zone (for example, `sub.serviceprovider.com`) and vanity domains (for example, `customer.com`) to your SaaS zone.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Move hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/migrating-custom-hostnames/

As a SaaS provider, you may want, or have, multiple zones to manage hostnames. Each zone can have different configurations or origins, as well as correlate to varying products. You might shift custom hostnames between zones to enable or disable certain features. Cloudflare allows migration within the same account through the steps below:

***

## CNAME

If your custom hostname uses a CNAME record, add the custom hostname to the new zone and [update your DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) to point to the new zone.

:::note

If you would like to migrate the custom hostname without end customers changing the DNS target, use [apex proxying](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/).

:::

1. [Add custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) to your new zone.

2. Direct your customer to [change the DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) so that it points to the new zone.

3. Confirm that the custom hostname has validated in the new zone.

4. Wait for the certificate to validate automatically through Cloudflare or [validate it using Domain Control Validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/#perform-dcv).

5. Remove custom hostname from the old zone.

Once these steps are complete, the custom hostname's traffic will route to the second SaaS zone and will use its configuration.

## A record

Through [Apex Proxying](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/) or [BYOIP](/byoip/), you can migrate the custom hostname without action from your end customer.

1. Verify with the account team that your apex proxying IPs have been assigned to both SaaS zones.

2. [Add custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) to the new zone.

3. Confirm that the custom hostname has validated in the new zone.

4. Wait for the certificate to validate automatically through Cloudflare or [validate it using DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/#perform-dcv).

5. Remove custom hostname from the old zone.

:::note

The most recently edited custom hostname will be active. For instance, `example.com` exists on `SaaS Zone 1`. It is added to `SaaS Zone 2`. Because it was activated more recently on `SaaS Zone 2`, that is where it will be active. However, if edits are made to example.com on `SaaS Zone 1`, it will reactivate on that zone instead of `SaaS Zone 2`.

:::

## Wildcard certificate

If you are migrating custom hostnames that rely on a Wildcard certificate, Cloudflare cannot automatically complete Domain Control Validation (DCV).

1. [Add custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) to the new zone.

2. Direct your customer to [change the DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) so that it points to the new zone.

3. [Validate the certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/#perform-dcv) on the new zone through DCV.

The custom hostname can activate on the new zone even if the certificate is still active on the old zone. This ensures a valid certificate exists during migration. However, it is important to validate the certificate on the new zone as soon as possible.

:::note

Verify that the custom hostname successfully activated after the migration in the Cloudflare dashboard by selecting **SSL/TLS** > **Custom hostnames** > **`{your custom hostname}`**.

:::

---

# Remove custom hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/remove-custom-hostnames/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

As a SaaS provider, your customers may decide to no longer participate in your service offering. If that happens, you need to stop routing traffic through those custom hostnames.

## Domains using Cloudflare

If your customer's domain is also using Cloudflare, they can stop routing their traffic through your custom hostname by updating their Cloudflare DNS.

If they update their [`CNAME` record](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#3-have-customer-create-cname-record) so that it no longer points to your `CNAME` target:

- The domain's traffic will not route through your custom hostname.
- The custom hostname will enter into a **Moved** state.

If the custom hostname is in a **Moved** state for seven days, it will transition into a **Deleted** state.

## Domains not using Cloudflare

If your customer's domain is not using Cloudflare, you must remove a customer's custom hostname from your zone if they decide to churn.

This is especially important if your end customers are using Cloudflare because if the custom hostname changes the DNS target to point away from your SaaS zone, the custom hostname will continue to route to your service. This is a result of the [custom hostname priority logic](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/#hostname-priority).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="delete-custom-hostname-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a custom hostname and any issued certificates using the API, send a [`DELETE` request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/delete/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## For end customers

<Render file="saas-customer-churn" />

---

# Argo Smart Routing for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/argo-for-saas/

Argo Smart Routing uses real-time global network information to route traffic on the fastest possible path across the Internet. Regardless of geographic location, this allows Cloudflare to optimize routing to make it faster, more reliable, and more secure. As a SaaS provider, you may want to emphasize the quickest traffic delivery for your end customers. To do so, [enable Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/get-started/).

---

# Cache for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/cache-for-saas/

Cloudflare makes customer websites faster by storing a copy of the website’s content on the servers of our globally distributed data centers. Content can be either static or dynamic: static content is “cacheable” or eligible for caching, and dynamic content is “uncacheable” or ineligible for caching. The cached copies of content are stored physically closer to users, optimized to be fast, and do not require recomputing.

As a SaaS provider, enabling caching reduces latency on your custom domains. For more information, refer to [Cache](/cache/). If you would like to enable caching, review [Getting Started with Cache](/cache/get-started/).

---

# Early Hints for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/early-hints-for-saas/

[Early Hints](/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/) allows the browser to begin loading resources while the origin server is compiling the full response. This improves webpage’s loading speed for the end user. As a SaaS provider, you may prioritize speed for some of your custom hostnames. Using custom metadata, you can [enable Early Hints](/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/#enable-early-hints) per custom hostname.

***

## Prerequisites

Before you can employ Early Hints for SaaS, you need to create a custom hostname. Review [Get Started with Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) if you have not already done so.

***

## Enable Early Hints per custom hostname via the API

1. [Locate your zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/), available in the Cloudflare dashboard.

2. Locate your Authentication Key by selecting **My Profile** > **API tokens** > **Global API Key**.

3. If you are [creating a new custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/), make an API call such as the example below, specifying `"early_hints": "on"`:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "hostname": "{hostname}",
  "ssl": {
    "method": "http",
    "type": "dv",
    "settings": {
      "http2": "on",
      "min_tls_version": "1.2",
      "tls_1_3": "on",
      "early_hints": "on"
    },
    "bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
    "wildcard": false
  }
}'
```

4. For an existing custom hostname, locate the `id` of that hostname via a `GET` call:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames?hostname={hostname}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

5. Then make an API call such as the example below, specifying `"early_hints": "on"`:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames/{id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "ssl": {
    "method": "http",
    "type": "dv",
    "settings": {
      "http2": "on", // Note: These settings will be set to default if not included when updating early hints
      "min_tls_version": "1.2",
      "tls_1_3": "on",
      "early_hints": "on"
    }
  }
}'
```

Currently, all options within `settings` are required in order to prevent those options from being set to default. You can pull the current settings state prior to updating Early Hints by leveraging the output that returns the `id` for the hostname.

---

# Performance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/

Cloudflare for SaaS allows you to deliver the best performance to your end customers by helping enable you to reduce latency through:

* [Argo Smart Routing for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/argo-for-saas/) calculates and optimizes the fastest path for requests to travel to your origin.
* [Early Hints for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/early-hints-for-saas/) provides faster loading speeds for individual custom hostnames by allowing the browser to begin loading responses while the origin server is compiling the full response.
* [Cache for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/performance/cache-for-saas/) makes customer websites faster by storing a copy of the website’s content on the servers of our globally distributed data centers.
* By using Cloudflare for SaaS, your customers automatically inherit the benefits of Cloudflare's vast [anycast network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/).

---

# Connection request details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/connection-details/

When forwarding connections to your origin server, Cloudflare will set request parameters according to the following:

## Host header

Cloudflare will not alter the Host header by default, and will forward exactly as sent by the client. If you wish to change the value of the Host header you can utilise [Page-Rules](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/) or [Workers](/workers/) using the steps outlined in [certificate management](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/).

## SNI

When establishing a TLS connection to your origin server, if the request is being sent to your configured Fallback Host then the value of the SNI sent by Cloudflare will match the value of the Host header sent by the client (i.e. the custom hostname).

If however the request is being forwarded to a Custom Origin, then the value of the SNI will be that of the Custom Origin.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Token validity periods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/token-validity-periods/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When you perform [TXT](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/) domain control validation, you will need to share these tokens with your customers.

However, these tokens expire after a certain amount of time, depending on your chosen certificate authority.

| Certificate authority | Token validity |
| --------------------- | -------------- |
| Let's Encrypt         | 7 days         |
| Google Trust Services | 14 days        |
| SSL.com | 14 days        |

:::caution
 <Render file="dcv-invalid-token-situations" product="ssl" />
:::

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/troubleshooting/

import { Details } from "~/components";

## Rate limits

By default, you may issue up to 15 certificates per minute. Only successful submissions (POSTs that return 200) are counted towards your limit. If you exceed your limit, you will be prevented from issuing new certificates for 30 seconds.

If you require a higher rate limit, contact your Customer Success Manager.

***

## Purge cache

To remove specific files from Cloudflare’s cache, [purge the cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/purge-by-single-file/) while specifying one or more hosts.

***

## Resolution error 1016 (Origin DNS error) when accessing the custom hostname

Cloudflare returns a 1016 error when the custom hostname cannot be routed or proxied.

There are three main causes of error 1016:

1. Custom Hostname ownership validation is not complete. To check validation status, run an API call to [search for a certificate by hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/common-api-calls/) and check the verification error field: `"verification_errors": ["custom hostname does not CNAME to this zone."]`.
2. Fallback Origin is not [correctly set](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#1-create-fallback-origin). Confirm that you have created a DNS record for the fallback origin and also set the fallback origin.
3. A Wildcard Custom Hostname has been created, but the requested hostname is associated with a domain that exists in Cloudflare as a standalone zone. In this case, the [hostname priority](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/#hostname-priority) for the standalone zone will take precedence over the wildcard custom hostname. This behavior applies even if there is no DNS record for this standalone zone hostname.

In this scenario each hostname that needs to be served by the Cloudflare for SaaS parent zone needs to be added as an individual Custom Hostname.

:::note


If you encounter other 1XXX errors, refer to [Troubleshooting Cloudflare 1XXX Errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/).


:::

***

## Custom hostname in Moved status

To move a custom hostname back to an Active status, send a [PATCH request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) to restart the hostname validation. A Custom Hostname in a Moved status is deleted after 7 days.

In some circumstances, custom hostnames can also enter a **Moved** state if your customer changes their DNS records pointing to your SaaS service. For more details, refer to [Remove custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/remove-custom-hostnames/).

***

## CAA Errors

The `caa_error` in the status of a custom hostname means that the CAA records configured on the domain prevented the Certificate Authority to issue the certificate.

You can check which CAA records are configured on a domain using the `dig` command:
`dig CAA example.com`

You will need to ensure that the required CAA records for the selected Certificate Authority are configured.
For example, here are the records required to issue [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/docs/caa/) and [Google Trust Services](https://pki.goog/faq/#caa) certificates:

```
example.com CAA 0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com CAA 0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"

example.com CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
example.com CAA 0 issuewild "letsencrypt.org"

example.com CAA 0 issue "ssl.com"
example.com CAA 0 issuewild "ssl.com"
```

More details can be found on the [CAA records FAQ](/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/caa-records/).

## Older devices have issues connecting

As Let's Encrypt - one of the [certificate authorities (CAs)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) used by Cloudflare - has announced changes in its [chain of trust](/ssl/concepts/#chain-of-trust), starting September 9, 2024, there may be issues with older devices trying to connect to your custom hostname certificate.

Consider the following solutions:

- Use the [Edit Custom Hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) endpoint to set the `certificate_authority` parameter to an empty string (`""`): this sets the custom hostname certificate to "default CA", leaving the choice up to Cloudflare. Cloudflare will always attempt to issue the certificate from a more compatible CA, such as [Google Trust Services](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#google-trust-services), and will only fall back to using Let’s Encrypt if there is a [CAA record](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/) in place that blocks Google from issuing a certificate.

    <Details header="Example API call">

    ```sh
    curl --request PATCH \\
    https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames/{custom_hostname_id} \\
    --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \\
    --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \\
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \\
    --data '{
      "ssl": {
          "method": "txt",
          "type": "dv",
          "certificate_authority": ""
      }
    }'

    ```

    </Details>

- Use the [Edit Custom Hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) endpoint to set the `certificate_authority` parameter to `google`: this sets Google Trust Services as the CA for your custom hostnames.
- If you are using a custom certificate for your custom hostname, refer to the [custom certificates troubleshooting](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/troubleshooting/#lets-encrypt-chain-update).

## Custom hostname fails to verify because the zone is held

The [zone hold feature](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/) is a toggle that will prevent their zone from being activated on other Cloudflare account.
When the option `Also prevent subdomains` is enabled, this prevents the verification of custom hostnames for this domain. The custom hostname will remain in the `Blocked` status, with the following error message: `The hostname is associated with a held zone. Please contact the owner of this domain to have the hold removed.` In this case, the owner of the zone needs to [release the hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/#release-zone-holds) before the custom hostname can become activated.

## Hostnames over 64 characters

The Common Name (CN) restriction establishes a limit of 64 characters ([RFC 5280](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5280.html)). If you have a hostname that exceeds this length, you may find the following error:

```txt
Since no host is 64 characters or fewer, Cloudflare Branding is required. Please check your input and try again. (1469)
```

To solve this, you can set `cloudflare_branding` to `true` when [creating your custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/#hostnames-over-64-characters) via API.

Cloudflare branding means that `sni.cloudflaressl.com` will be added as the certificate Common Name (CN) and the long hostname will be included as a part of the Subject Alternative Name (SAN).

---

# Deprecation - Version 1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/versioning/

The first version of SSL for SaaS will be deprecated on September 1, 2021.

## Why is SSL for SaaS changing?

In SSL for SaaS v1, traffic for Custom Hostnames is proxied to the origin based on the IP addresses assigned to the zone with SSL for SaaS enabled. This IP-based routing introduces complexities that prevented customers from making changes with zero downtime.

SSL for SaaS v2 removes IP-based routing and its associated problems. Instead, traffic is proxied to the origin based on the custom hostname of the SaaS zone. This means that Custom Hostnames will now need to pass a **hostname verification** step after Custom Hostname creation and in addition to SSL certificate validation. This adds a layer of security from SSL for SaaS v1 by ensuring that only verified hostnames are proxied to your origin.

## What action is needed?

To ensure that your service is not disrupted, you need to perform an additional ownership check on every new Custom Hostname. There are three methods to verify ownership: TXT, HTTP, and CNAME. Use TXT and HTTP for pre-validation to validate the Custom Hostname before traffic is proxied by Cloudflare’s edge.

### Recommended validation methods

Using a [TXT](#dns-txt-record) or [HTTP](#http-token) validation method helps you avoid downtime during your migration. If you choose to use [CNAME validation](#cname-validation), your domain might fall behind on its [backoff schedule](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/).

#### DNS TXT Record

When creating a Custom Hostname with the TXT method through the [API](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/), a TXT ownership\_verification record is provided for your customer to add to their DNS for the ownership validation check. When the TXT record is added, the Custom Hostname will be marked as **Active** in the Cloudflare SSL/TLS app under the Custom Hostnames tab.

#### HTTP Token

When creating a Custom Hostname with the HTTP through the [API](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/), an HTTP ownership\_verification token is provided. HTTP verification is used mainly by organizations with a large deployed base of custom domains with HTTPS support. Serving the HTTP token from your origin web server allows hostname verification before proxying domain traffic through Cloudflare.

Cloudflare sends GET requests to the http\_url using `User-Agent: Cloudflare Custom Hostname Verification`.

If you validated a hostname that is not proxying traffic through Cloudflare, the Custom Hostname will be marked as **Active** in the Cloudflare SSL/TLS app when the HTTP token is verified (under the **Custom Hostnames** tab).

If your hostname is already proxying traffic through Cloudflare, then HTTP validation is not enough by itself and the hostname will only go active when DNS-based validation is complete.

### Other validation methods

Though you can use [CNAME validation](#cname-validation), we recommend you either use a [TXT](#dns-txt-record) or [HTTP](#http-token) validation method.

#### CNAME Validation

Custom Hostnames can also be validated once Cloudflare detects that the Custom Hostname is a CNAME record pointing to the fallback record configured for the SSL for SaaS domain. Though this is the simplest validation method, it increases the risk of errors. Since a CNAME record would also route traffic to Cloudflare’s edge, traffic may reach our edge before the Custom Hostname has completed validation or the SSL certificate has issued.

Once you have tested and added the hostname validation step to your Custom Hostname creation process, please contact your Cloudflare Account Team to schedule a date to migrate your SSL for SaaS v1 zones. Your Cloudflare Account Team will work with you to validate your existing Custom Hostnames without downtime.

## If you are using BYOIP or Apex Proxying:

Both BYOIP addresses and IP addresses configured for Apex Proxying allow for hostname validation to complete successfully by having either a BYOIP address or an Apex Proxy IP address as the target of a DNS A record for a custom hostname.

## What is available in the new version of SSL for SaaS?

SSL for SaaS v2 is functionally equivalent to SSL for SaaS v1, but removes the requirements to use specific anycast IP addresses at Cloudflare’s edge and Cloudflare’s Universal SSL product with the SSL for SaaS zone.

:::note

SSL for SaaS v2 is now called Cloudflare for SaaS. 
:::

## What happens during the migration?

Once the migration has been started for your zone(s), Cloudflare will require every Custom Hostname to pass a hostname verification check. Existing Custom Hostnames that are proxying to Cloudflare with a DNS CNAME record will automatically re-validate and migrate to the new version with no downtime. Any Custom Hostnames created after the start of the migration will need to pass the hostname validation check using one of the validation methods mentioned above.

:::note


You can revert the migration at any time.


:::

### Before the migration

Before your migration, you should:

1. To test validation methods, set up a test zone and ask your Solutions Engineer (SE) to enable SSL for SaaS v2.
2. Wait for your SE to run our pre-migration tool. This tool groups your hostnames into one of the following statuses:
   * `test_pending`: In the process of being verified or was unable to be verified and re-queued for verification. A custom hostname will be re-queued 25 times before moving to the `test_failed` status.
   * `test_active`: Passed CNAME verification
   * `test_active_apex`: Passed Apex Proxy verification
   * `test_blocked`: Hostname will be blocked during the migration because hostname belongs to a banned zone. Contact your CSM to verify banned custom hostnames and proceed with the migration.
   * `test_failed`: Failed hostname verification 25 times
3. Review the results of our pre-migration tool (run by your Solutions Engineer) using one of the following methods:
   * Via the API: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_tag}/custom_hostnames?hostname_status={status}`
   * Via a CSV file (provided by your SE)
   * Via the Cloudflare dashboard:
     ![Review SSL migration status in the dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/ssl-migration-status.png)
4. Approve the migration. Your Cloudflare account team will work with you to schedule a migration window for each of your SSL for SaaS zones.

## During the migration

After the migration has started and has had some time to progress, Cloudflare will generate a list of Custom Hostnames that failed to migrate and ask for your approval to complete the migration. When you give your approval, the migration will be complete, SSL for SaaS v1 will be disabled for the zone, and any Custom Hostname that has not completed hostname validation will no longer function.

The migration timeline depends on the number of Custom Hostnames. For example, if a zone has fewer than 10,000 Custom Hostnames, the list can be generated around an hour after beginning the migration. If a zone has millions of Custom Hostnames, it may take up to 24 hours to identify instances that failed to successfully migrate.

When your Cloudflare Account Team asks for approval to complete the migration, please respond in a timely manner. You will have **two weeks** to validate any remaining Custom Hostnames before they are systematically deleted.

## When is the migration?

The migration process starts on March 31, 2021 and will continue until final deprecation on September 1, 2021.

If you would like to begin the migration process before March 31, 2021, please contact your Cloudflare Account Team and they will work with you to expedite the process. Otherwise, your Cloudflare Account Team will reach out to you with a time for a migration window so that your zones are migrated before **September 1, 2021** end-of-life date.

## What if I have additional questions?

If you have any questions, please contact your Cloudflare Account Team or [SaaSv2@cloudflare.com](mailto:saasv2@cloudflare.com).

---

# How it works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/

import { Example } from "~/components";

Orange-to-Orange (O2O) is a specific traffic routing configuration where traffic routes through two Cloudflare zones: the first Cloudflare zone is owned by customer 1 and the second Cloudflare zone is owned by customer 2, who is considered a SaaS provider.

If one or more hostnames are onboarded to a SaaS Provider that uses Cloudflare products as part of their platform - specifically the [Cloudflare for SaaS product](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/) - those hostnames will be created as [custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/) in the SaaS Provider's zone.

To give the SaaS provider permission to route traffic through their zone, any custom hostname must be activated by you (the SaaS customer) by placing a [CNAME record](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#3-have-customer-create-cname-record) on your authoritative DNS. If your authoritative DNS is Cloudflare, you have the option to [proxy](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#application-services) your CNAME record, achieving an Orange-to-Orange setup.


## With O2O

If you have your own Cloudflare zone (`example.com`) and your zone contains a [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) matching the custom hostname (`mystore.example.com`) with a **CNAME** target defined by the SaaS Provider, then O2O will be enabled.

<Example>

DNS management for **example.com**

| **Type** | **Name**     | **Target**                  | **Proxy status** |
| -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| `CNAME`  | `mystore`    | `customers.saasprovider.com` | Proxied          |

</Example>

With O2O enabled, the settings configured in your Cloudflare zone will be applied to the traffic first, and then the settings configured in the SaaS provider's zone will be applied to the traffic second.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: O2O-enabled traffic flow diagram

A[Website visitor]

subgraph Cloudflare
  B[Customer-owned zone]
  C[SaaS Provider-owned zone]
end

D[SaaS Provider Origin]

A --> B
B --> C
C --> D
```
## Without O2O

If you do not have your own Cloudflare zone and have only onboarded one or more of your hostnames to a SaaS Provider, then O2O will not be enabled.

Without O2O enabled, the settings configured in the SaaS Provider's zone will be applied to the traffic.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Your zone using a SaaS provider, but without O2O

A[Website visitor]

subgraph Cloudflare
    B[SaaS Provider-owned zone]
end

C[SaaS Provider Origin]

A --> B
B --> C
```

---

# SaaS customers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare partners with many [SaaS providers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/) to extend our performance and security benefits to your website.

If you are a SaaS customer, you can take this process a step further by managing your own zone on Cloudflare. This setup - known as **Orange-to-Orange (O2O)** - allows you to benefit from your provider's setup but still customize how Cloudflare treats incoming traffic to your zone.

## Related resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Product compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/product-compatibility/

As a general rule, settings on the customer zone will override settings on the SaaS zone. In addition, [Orange-to-Orange](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/) does not permit traffic directed to a custom hostname zone into another custom hostname zone.

The following table provides a list of compatibility guidelines for various Cloudflare products and features.

:::note


This is not an exhaustive list of Cloudflare products and features.


:::

| Product                                                                                             | Customer zone | SaaS provider zone | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Access](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/secure-with-access/)                | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [API Shield](/api-shield/)                                                                          | Yes           | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/)                                                          | No            | Yes                | Customer zones can still use Smart Routing for non-O2O traffic.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/)                                                      | Yes         | Yes              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/)                                      | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Cache](/cache/)                                                                                    | Yes\*         | Yes                | Though caching is possible on a customer zone, it is generally discouraged (especially for HTML).<br/><br/>Your SaaS provider likely performs its own caching outside of Cloudflare and caching on your zone might lead to out-of-sync or stale cache states.<br/><br/>Customer zones can still cache content that are not routed through a SaaS provider's zone. |
| [China Network](/china-network/)                                                                    | No            | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [DNS](/dns/)                                                                                        | Yes\*         | Yes                | As a SaaS customer, do not remove the records related to your Cloudflare for SaaS setup.<br/><br/>Otherwise, your traffic will begin routing away from your SaaS provider.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [HTTP/2 prioritization](https://blog.cloudflare.com/better-http-2-prioritization-for-a-faster-web/) | Yes           | Yes\*              | This feature must be enabled on the customer zone to function.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| [Image resizing](/images/transform-images/)                                                         | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| IPv6                                                                                                | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [IPv6 Compatibility](/network/ipv6-compatibility/)                                                  | Yes           | Yes\*              | If the customer zone has **IPv6 Compatibility** enabled, generally the SaaS zone should as well.<br/><br/>If not, make sure the SaaS zone enables [Pseudo IPv4](/network/pseudo-ipv4/).                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)                                                                  | No            | Yes                | Customer zones can still use Load Balancing for non-O2O traffic.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/)                                                                    | Yes\*         | Yes                | Page Rules that match the subdomain used for O2O may block or interfere with the flow of visitors to your website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/)                                                        | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/)                                                                | Yes           | Yes                | Enterprise zones can configure Origin Rules, by setting the Host Header and DNS Overrides to direct traffic to a SaaS zone.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [Page Shield](/page-shield/)                                                                        | Yes           | Yes                | |
| [Polish](/images/polish/)                                                                           | Yes\*         | Yes                | Polish only runs on cached assets. If the customer zone is bypassing cache for SaaS zone destined traffic, then images optimized by Polish will not be loaded from origin.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| [Rate Limiting](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)                                                          | Yes\*         | Yes                | Rate Limiting rules that match the subdomain used for O2O may block or interfere with the flow of visitors to your website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/)                                         | No            | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/)                                                        | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Spectrum](/spectrum/)                                                                              | No            | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)                                                                | Yes\*         | Yes                | Transform Rules that match the subdomain used for O2O may block or interfere with the flow of visitors to your website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)                                                              | Yes           | Yes                | WAF custom rules that match the subdomain used for O2O may block or interfere with the flow of visitors to your website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| [WAF managed rules](/waf/managed-rules/)                                                            | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/)                                                                      | Yes           | Yes                |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Websockets](/network/websockets/)                                                                  | No            | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Workers](/workers/)                                                                                | Yes\*         | Yes                | Similar to Page Rules, Workers that match the subdomain used for O2O may block or interfere with the flow of visitors to your website.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| [Zaraz](/zaraz/)                                                                                    | Yes           | No                 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |

---

# Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/

Cloudflare for SaaS provides increased security per custom hostname through:

* [Certificate management](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/)
  * [Issue certificates through Cloudflare](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/)
  * [Upload your own certificates](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/)
* Control your traffic's level of encryption with [TLS settings](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/enforce-mtls/)
* Create and deploy WAF custom rules, rate limiting rules, and managed rulesets using [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/)

---

# Secure with Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/secure-with-access/

Cloudflare Access provides visibility and control over who has access to your [custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/). You can allow or block users based on identity, device posture, and other [Access rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

## Prerequisites

* You must have an active custom hostname. For setup instructions, refer to [Configuring Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/).
* You must have a Cloudflare Zero Trust plan in your SaaS provider account. Learn more about [getting started with Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/setup/).
* You can only run Access on custom hostnames if they are managed externally to Cloudflare or in a separate Cloudflare account. If the custom hostname zone is in the same account as the SaaS zone, the Access application will not be applied.

## Setup

1. At your SaaS provider account, select [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Go to **Access** > **Applications**.
3. Select **Add an application** and, for type of application, select **Self-hosted**.
4. Enter a name for your Access application and, in **Session Duration**, choose how often the user's [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/) should expire.
5. Select **Add public hostname**.
6. For **Input method**, select _Custom_.
7. In **Hostname**, enter your custom hostname (for example, `mycustomhostname.com`).
8. Follow the remaining [self-hosted application creation steps](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to publish the application.

---

# Remove domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/remove-domain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="saas-customer-churn" />

---

# Common API Calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/common-api-calls/

As a SaaS provider, you may want to configure and manage Cloudflare for SaaS [via the API](/api/) rather than the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/). Below are relevant API calls for creating, editing, and deleting custom hostnames, as well as monitoring, updating, and deleting fallback origins. Further details can be found in the [Cloudflare API documentation](/api/).

***

## Custom hostnames

| Endpoint                                                                                                                         | Notes                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [List custom hostnames](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/list/)                                        | Use the `page` parameter to pull additional pages. Add a `hostname` parameter to search for specific hostnames.                         |
| [Create custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/)                                      | In the `validation_records` object of the response, use the `txt_name` and `txt_record` listed  to validate the custom hostname.        |
| [Custom hostname details](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/get/)                                    |                                                                                                                                         |
| [Edit custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/)                                          | When sent with an `ssl` object that matches the existing value, indicates that hostname should restart domain control validation (DCV). |
| [Delete custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/delete/) | Also deletes any associated SSL/TLS certificates.                                                                                       |

## Fallback origins

Our API includes the following endpoints related to the [fallback origin](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#1-create-fallback-origin) of a custom hostname:

* [Get fallback origin](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/subresources/fallback_origin/methods/get/)
* [Update fallback origin](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/subresources/fallback_origin/methods/update/)
* [Remove fallback origin](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/subresources/fallback_origin/methods/delete/)

---

# Enable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/enable/

To enable Cloudflare for SaaS for your account:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Custom Hostnames**.
4. Select **Enable**.
5. The next step depends on the zone's plan:
   * **Enterprise**: Can preview this product as a [non-contract service](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/preview-services/), which provide full access, free of metered usage fees, limits, and certain other restrictions.
   * **Non-enterprise**: Will have to enter payment information.

:::note


Different zone plan levels have access to different features. For more details, refer to [Plans](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/plans/).


:::

---

# Configuring Cloudflare for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

***

<Render file="get-started-prereqs" params={{ one: "on a Free plan." }} />

***

## Initial setup

<Render file="get-started-initial-setup-preamble" /> <br/>

### 1. Create fallback origin

<Render file="get-started-fallback-origin" />

### 2. (Optional) Create CNAME target

The CNAME target — optional, but highly encouraged — provides a friendly and more flexible place for customers to [route their traffic](#3-have-customer-create-cname-record). You may want to use a subdomain such as `customers.<SAAS_PROVIDER>.com`.

[Create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a proxied CNAME that points your CNAME target to your fallback origin (can be a wildcard such as `*.customers.saasprovider.com`).

<Example>

| **Type** | **Name**     | **Target**                  | **Proxy status** |
| -------- | ------------ | --------------------------------- | ---------------- |
| `CNAME`  | `.customers` | `proxy-fallback.saasprovider.com` | Proxied          |

</Example>

***

## Per-hostname setup

<Render file="get-started-per-hostname" />

### 3. Have customer create CNAME record

To finish the custom hostname setup, your customer needs to set up a CNAME record at their authoritative DNS that points to your [CNAME target](#2-optional-create-cname-target) [^1].

<Render file="get-started-check-statuses" />

Your customer's CNAME record might look like the following:

```txt
mystore.example.com CNAME customers.saasprovider.com
```

This record would route traffic in the following way:

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: How traffic routing works with a CNAME target
A[Request to <code>mystore.example.com</code>] --> B[<code>customers.saasprovider.com</code>]
B --> C[<code>proxy-fallback.saasprovider.com</code>]
```

<br/>

Requests to `mystore.example.com` would go to your CNAME target (`customers.saasprovider.com`), which would then route to your fallback origin (`proxy-fallback.saasprovider.com`).

[^1]: <Render file="regional-services" />

#### Service continuation

<Render file="get-started-service-continuation" />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Custom limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/custom-limits/

Custom limits allow you to programmatically enforce limits on your customers' Workers' resource usage. You can set limits for the maximum CPU time and number of subrequests per invocation. If a user Worker hits either of these limits, the user Worker will immediately throw an exception.

## Set Custom limits

Custom limits can be set in the dynamic dispatch Worker:

```js
export default {
 async fetch(request, env) {
   try {
     // parse the URL, read the subdomain
     let workerName = new URL(request.url).host.split('.')[0];
     let userWorker = env.dispatcher.get(
       workerName,
       {},
       {// set limits
         limits: {cpuMs: 10, subRequests: 5}
       }
     );
     return await userWorker.fetch(request);
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.message.startsWith('Worker not found')) {
       // we tried to get a worker that doesn't exist in our dispatch namespace
       return new Response('', { status: 404 });
     }
      return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
   }
 },
};
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Observability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/observability/

Workers for Platforms provides you with logs and analytics that can be used to share data with end users.

## Logs

Learn how to access logs with Workers for Platforms.

### Workers Trace Events Logpush

Workers Trace Events logpush is used to get raw Workers execution logs. Refer to [Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) for more information.

Logpush can be enabled for an entire dispatch namespace or a single user Worker. To capture logs for all of the user Workers in a dispatch namespace:

1. Create a [Logpush job](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/#create-a-logpush-job).
2. Enable [logging](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/#enable-logging-on-your-worker) on your dispatch Worker.

Enabling logging on your dispatch Worker collects logs for both the dispatch Worker and for any user Workers in the dispatch namespace. Logs are automatically collected for all new Workers added to a dispatch namespace. To enable logging for an individual user Worker rather than an entire dispatch namespace, skip step 1 and complete step 2 on your user Worker.

All logs are forwarded to the Logpush job that you have setup for your account. Logpush filters can be used on the `Outcome` or `Script Name` field to include or exclude specific values or send logs to different destinations.

### Tail Workers

A [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) receives information about the execution of other Workers (known as producer Workers), such as HTTP statuses, data passed to `console.log()` or uncaught exceptions.

Use [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) instead of Logpush if you want granular control over formatting before logs are sent to their destination to receive [diagnostics channel events](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/diagnostics-channel), or if you want logs delivered in real-time.

Adding a Tail Worker to  your dispatch Worker collects logs for both the dispatch Worker and for any user Workers in the dispatch namespace. Logs are automatically collected for all new Workers added to a dispatch namespace. To enable logging for an individual user Worker rather than an entire dispatch namespace, add the [Tail Worker configuration](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/#configure-tail-workers) directly to the user Worker.

## Analytics

There are two ways for you to review your Workers for Platforms analytics.

### Workers Analytics Engine

[Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) can be used with Workers for Platforms to provide analytics to end users. It can be used to expose events relating to a Workers invocation or custom user-defined events. Platforms can write/query events by script tag to get aggregates over a user’s usage.

### GraphQL Analytics API

Use Cloudflare’s [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api) to get metrics relating to your Dispatch Namespaces. Use the `dispatchNamespaceName` dimension in the `workersInvocationsAdaptive` node to query usage by namespace.

---

# Static assets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/static-assets/

Workers for Platforms lets you deploy front-end applications at scale. By hosting static assets on Cloudflare's global network, you can deliver faster load times worldwide and eliminate the need for external infrastructure. You can also combine these static assets with dynamic logic in Cloudflare Workers, providing a full-stack experience for your customers.

### What you can build

#### Static sites
Host and serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files directly from Cloudflare's network, ensuring fast loading times worldwide. This is ideal for blogs, landing pages, and documentation sites.

#### Full-stack applications
Combine asset hosting with Cloudflare Workers to power dynamic, interactive applications. Store and retrieve data using Cloudflare KV, D1, and R2 Storage, allowing you to serve both front-end assets and backend logic from a single Worker.

### Benefits

#### Global caching for faster performance
Cloudflare automatically caches static assets at data centers worldwide, reducing latency and improving load times by up to 2x for users everywhere.

#### Scalability without infrastructure management
Your applications scale automatically to handle high traffic without requiring you to provision or manage infrastructure. Cloudflare dynamically adjusts to demand in real time.

#### Unified deployment for static and dynamic content
Deploy front-end assets alongside server-side logic, all within Cloudflare Workers. This eliminates the need for a separate hosting provider and ensures a streamlined deployment process.

---

## Deploy static assets to User Workers

It is common that, as the Platform, you will be responsible for uploading static assets on behalf of your end users. This often looks like this:

1. Your user uploads files (HTML, CSS, images) through your interface.
2. Your platform interacts with the Workers for Platforms APIs to attach the static assets to the User Worker script.

Once you receive the static files from your users (for a new or updated site), complete the following steps to attach the files to the corresponding User Worker:

1. Create an Upload Session
2. Upload file contents
3. Deploy/Update the Worker

After these steps are completed, the User Worker's static assets will be live on the Cloudflare's global network.

### 1. Create an Upload Session

Before sending any file data, you need to tell Cloudflare which files you intend to upload. That list of files is called a manifest. Each item in the manifest includes:

* A file path (for example, `"/index.html"` or `"/assets/logo.png"`)
* A hash (32-hex characters) representing the file contents
* The file size in bytes

#### Example manifest (JSON)

```json
{
  "/index.html": {
    "hash": "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1ee8c7d4",
    "size": 1234
  },
  "/styles.css": {
    "hash": "36b8be012ee77df5f269b11b975611d3",
    "size": 5678
  }
}
```

To start the upload process, send a POST request to the Create Assets Upload Session [API endpoint](/api/resources/workers_for_platforms/subresources/dispatch/subresources/namespaces/subresources/scripts/subresources/asset_upload/methods/create/).

```bash
POST /accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace}/scripts/{script_name}/assets-upload-session
```

Path Parameters:
* `namespace`: Name of the Workers for Platforms dispatch namespace
* `script_name`: Name of the User Worker

In the request body, include a JSON object listing each file path along with its hash and size. This helps Cloudflare identify which files you intend to upload and allows Cloudflare to check if any of them are already stored.

#### Sample request

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/workers/dispatch/namespaces/$NAMESPACE_NAME/scripts/$SCRIPT_NAME/assets-upload-session" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN" \
  --data '{
    "manifest": {
      "/index.html": {
        "hash": "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1ee8c7d4",
        "size": 1234
      },
      "/styles.css": {
        "hash": "36b8be012ee77df5f269b11b975611d3",
        "size": 5678
      }
    }
  }'
```

#### Generating the hash

You can compute a SHA-256 digest of the file contents, then truncate or otherwise represent it consistently as a 32-hex-character string. Make sure to do it the same way each time so Cloudflare can reliably match files across uploads.

#### API Response

If all the files are already stored on Cloudflare, the response will only return the JWT token. If new or updated files are needed, the response will return:

* `jwt`: An upload token (valid for 1 hour) which will be used in the API request to upload the file contents (Step 2).
* `buckets`: An array of file-hash groups indicating which files to upload together. Files that have been recently uploaded won't appear in buckets, since Cloudflare already has them.

:::note
This step alone does not store files on Cloudflare. You must upload the actual file data in the next step.
:::

### 2. Upload File Contents

If the response to the Upload Session API returns `buckets`, that means you have new or changed files that need to be uploaded to Cloudflare.

Use the [Workers Assets Upload API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/workers/subresources/assets/subresources/upload/) to transmit the raw file bytes in base64-encoded format for any missing or changed files. Once uploaded, Cloudflare will store these files so they can then be attached to a User Worker.

#### API Request Authentication

Unlike most Cloudflare API calls that use an account-wide API token in the Authorization header, uploading file contents requires using the short-lived JWT token returned in the `jwt` field of the `assets-upload-session` response.

Include it as a Bearer token in the header:

```bash
Authorization: Bearer <upload-session-token>
```

This token is valid for one hour and must be supplied for each upload request to the Workers Assets Upload API.

#### File fields (multipart/form-data)
You must send the files as multipart/form-data with base64-encoded content:

* Field name: The file hash (for example, `36b8be012ee77df5f269b11b975611d3`)
* Field value: A Base64-encoded string of the file's raw bytes

#### Example: Uploading multiple files within a single bucket

If your Upload Session response listed a single "bucket" containing two file hashes:

```json
"buckets": [
  [
    "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1ee8c7d4",
    "36b8be012ee77df5f269b11b975611d3"
  ]
]
```

You can upload both files in one request, each as a form-data field:

```bash
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/workers/assets/upload?base64=true" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <upload-session-token>" \
  -F "08f1dfda4574284ab3c21666d1ee8c7d4=<BASE64_OF_INDEX_HTML>" \
  -F "36b8be012ee77df5f269b11b975611d3=<BASE64_OF_STYLES_CSS>"
```

* `<upload-session-token>` is the token from step 1's assets-upload-session response
* `<BASE64_OF_INDEX_HTML>` is the Base64-encoded content of index.html
* `<BASE64_OF_STYLES_CSS>` is the Base64-encoded content of styles.css

If you have multiple buckets (for example, `[["hashA"], ["hashB"], ["hashC"]]`), you might need to repeat this process for each bucket, making one request per bucket group.

Once every file in the manifest has been uploaded, a status code of `201` will be returned, with the `jwt` field present. This JWT is a final "completion" token which can be used to create a deployment of a Worker with this set of assets. This completion token is valid for 1 hour.

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "jwt": "<completion-token>"
  }
}
```

`<completion-token>` indicates that Cloudflare has successfully received and stored the file contents specified by your manifest. You will use this `<completion-token>` in Step 3 to finalize the attachment of these files to the Worker.

### 3. Deploy the User Worker with static assets

Now that Cloudflare has all the files it needs (from the previous upload steps), you must attach them to the User Worker by making a PUT request to the [Upload User Worker API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/workers_for_platforms/subresources/dispatch/subresources/namespaces/subresources/scripts/methods/update/). This final step links the static assets to the User Worker using the completion token you received after uploading file contents.

You can also specify any optional settings under the `assets.config` field to customize how your files are served (for example, to handle trailing slashes in HTML paths).

#### API request example

```bash
curl -X PUT \
  "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/workers/dispatch/namespaces/$NAMESPACE_NAME/scripts/$SCRIPT_NAME" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_TOKEN" \
  -F 'metadata={
    "main_module": "index.js",
    "assets": {
      "jwt": "<completion-token>",
      "config": {
        "html_handling": "auto-trailing-slash"
      }
    },
    "compatibility_date": "2025-01-24"
  };type=application/json' \
  -F 'index.js=@/path/to/index.js;type=application/javascript'
```

* The `"jwt": "<completion-token>"` links the newly uploaded files to the Worker
* Including "html_handling" (or other fields under "config") is optional and can customize how static files are served
* If the user's Worker code has not changed, you can omit the code file or re-upload the same index.js

Once this PUT request succeeds, the files are served on the User Worker. Requests routed to that Worker will serve the new or updated static assets.

---

## Deploying static assets with Wrangler

If you prefer a CLI-based approach and your platform setup allows direct publishing, you can use Wrangler to deploy both your Worker code and static assets. Wrangler bundles and uploads static assets (from a specified directory) along with your Worker script, so you can manage everything in one place.

Create or update your `wrangler.toml` to specify where Wrangler should look for static files:

```toml
name = "my-static-site"
main = "./src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2025-01-29"

[assets]
directory = "./public"
binding = "ASSETS"
```

* `directory`: The local folder containing your static files (for example, `./public`).
* `binding`: The binding name used to reference these assets within your Worker code.

### 1. Organize your files

Place your static files (HTML, CSS, images, etc.) in the specified directory (in this example, `./public`). Wrangler will detect and bundle these files when you publish your Worker.

If you need to reference these files in your Worker script to serve them dynamically, you can use the `ASSETS` binding like this:

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
  },
};
```
### 2. Deploy the User Worker with the static assets

Run Wrangler to publish both your Worker code and the static assets:

```bash
npx wrangler deploy --name <USER_WORKER_NAME> --dispatch-namespace <NAMESPACE_NAME>
```

Wrangler will automatically detect your static files, bundle them, and upload them to Cloudflare along with your Worker code.

---

# Outbound Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Outbound Workers sit between your customer's Workers and the public Internet. They give you visibility into all outgoing `fetch()` requests from user Workers.

![Outbound Workers diagram information](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/outbound-worker-diagram.png)

## General Use Cases

Outbound Workers can be used to:

* Log all subrequests to identify malicious domains or usage patterns.
* Create, allow, or block lists for hostnames requested by user Workers.
* Configure authentication to your APIs behind the scenes (without end developers needing to set credentials).

## Use Outbound Workers

To use Outbound Workers:

1. Create a Worker intended to serve as your Outbound Worker.
2. Outbound Worker can be specified as an optional parameter in the [dispatch namespaces](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/#2-create-a-dispatch-namespace) binding in a project's [wrangler.toml](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). Optionally, to pass data from your dynamic dispatch Worker to the Outbound Worker, the variable names can be specified under **parameters**.

Make sure that you have `wrangler@3.3.0` or later [installed](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[dispatch_namespaces]]
binding = "dispatcher"
namespace = "<NAMESPACE_NAME>"
outbound = {service = "<SERVICE_NAME>", parameters = ["params_object"]}
```

</WranglerConfig>

3. Edit your dynamic dispatch Worker to call the Outbound Worker and declare variables to pass on `dispatcher.get()`.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
	  try {

    // parse the URL, read the subdomain
		let workerName = new URL(request.url).host.split('.')[0];

		let context_from_dispatcher = {
			'customer_name': workerName,
			'url': request.url,
		  }

		let userWorker = env.dispatcher.get(
		  workerName,
		  {},
		  {// outbound arguments. object name must match parameters in the binding
			outbound: {
			 params_object: context_from_dispatcher,
			   }
			 }
		);
		return await userWorker.fetch(request);
	  } catch (e) {
		if (e.message.startsWith('Worker not found')) {
		  // we tried to get a worker that doesn't exist in our dispatch namespace
		  return new Response('', { status: 404 });
		}
		 return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
	  }
	}
}
```

4. The Outbound Worker will now be invoked on any `fetch()` requests from a user Worker. The user Worker will trigger a [FetchEvent](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) on the Outbound Worker. The variables declared in the binding can be accessed in the Outbound Worker through `env.<VAR_NAME>`.

The following is an example of an Outbound Worker that logs the fetch request from user Worker and creates a JWT if the fetch request matches `api.example.com`.

```js
export default {
  // this event is fired when the dispatched Workers make a subrequest
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    // env contains the values we set in `dispatcher.get()`
    const customer_name = env.customer_name;
    const original_url = env.url;

    // log the request
    ctx.waitUntil(fetch(
      'https://logs.example.com',
      {
        method: 'POST',
        body: JSON.stringify({
          customer_name,
          original_url,
        }),
      },
    ));

    const url = new URL(original_url);
    if (url.host === 'api.example.com') {
      // pre-auth requests to our API
      const jwt = make_jwt_for_customer(customer_name);

      let headers = new Headers(request.headers);
      headers.set('Authorization', `Bearer ${jwt}`);

      // clone the request to set new headers using existing body
      let new_request = new Request(request, {headers});

      return fetch(new_request)
    }

    return fetch(request)
  }
};
```

:::note


Outbound Workers do not intercept fetch requests made from [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) or [mTLS certificate bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/).


:::

---

# Tags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/tags/

To help you manage your customers’ Workers, use tags to better perform create, read, update, delete (CRUD) operations at scale. Tag user Worker scripts based on user ID, account ID, project ID, and environment. After you tag user Workers, when a user deletes their project, you will be able to delete all Workers associated with that project simultaneously.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/javascript" \
--data "['TAG1', 'TAG2', 'TAG3']"
```

:::note


You can set a maximum of eight tags per script. Avoid special characters like `,` and `&` when naming your tag.


:::

You can include script tags and bindings on multipart script uploads in the metadata blob.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
--form 'metadata="{\"main_module\": \"worker.js\", \"bindings\": [{\"name\": \"KV\", \"type\": \"kv_namespace\", \"namespace_id\": \"<KV_NAMESPACE_ID>\"}], \"tags\": [\"customer-123\", \"staging\", \"free-user\"]}"' \
--form 'worker.js=@"/path/to/worker.js";type=application/javascript+module'
```

### Tags API reference

| Method and endpoint                                                                                                                                    | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags`               | Lists tags through a response body of a list of tag strings.                                                                                                                                                     |
| `GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags?tags={filter}` | Returns true or false where `filter` is a comma separated pairs of tag names to a yes or no value (for example, `my-tag-value:yes`).                                                                             |
| `GET https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts?tags={filter}`                    | Gets all Worker scripts that have tags that match the filter specified. The filter must be comma separated pairs of tag names to a yes or no value depending if the tag should act as an allowlist or blocklist. |
| `PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags`               | Sets the tags associated with the worker to match the tags specified in the body. If there are tags already associated with the Worker script that are not in the request, they will be removed.                 |
| `PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags/{tag}`         | Adds the single specified tag to the list of tags associated with the Worker script.                                                                                                                             |
| `DELETE https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts/{script_name}/tags/{tag}`      | Deletes the single specified tag from the list of tags associated with the Worker script.                                                                                                                        |
| `DELETE https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/dispatch/namespaces/{namespace_name}/scripts?tags={filter}`                 | Deletes all Worker scripts matching the filter. For example, `tags=testing:yes` would delete all scripts tagged with `testing`.                                                                                  |

---

# Configure Workers for Platforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Prerequisites:

### Enable Workers for Platforms

To enable Workers for Platforms, you will need to purchase the [Workers for Platforms Paid plan](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/pricing/).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-for-platforms), and select your account.
2. Complete the payment process for the Workers for Platforms Paid plan.

If you are an Enterprise customer, contact your Cloudflare account team to enable Workers for Platforms.

### Learn about Workers for Platforms

Refer to [How Workers for Platforms works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/) to learn more about Workers for Platforms terminology and architecture.

---

This guide will instruct you on setting up Workers for Platforms. You will configure a [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace), a [dynamic dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker) and a [user Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers) to test a request end to end.

### 1. Create a user Worker

First, create a [user Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers). User Workers are Workers that your end users (end developers) will be uploading.

User Workers can be created using C3. C3 (create-cloudflare-cli) is a command-line tool designed to help you setup and deploy Workers to Cloudflare as fast as possible.

Open a terminal window and run C3 to create your Worker project. This example creates a user Worker called `customer-worker-1`.

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest customer-worker-1 -- --type=hello-world
```

When following the interactive prompts, answer the questions as below:

- Select `no` to using TypeScript.
- **Select `no` to deploying your application.**

### 2. Create a dispatch namespace

Create a [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace). A dispatch namespace is made up of a collection of [user Workers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers).

This example creates a dispatch namespace called `testing`. To create a dispatch namespace, run:

```sh
npx wrangler dispatch-namespace create testing
```

### 3. Upload a user Worker to the dispatch namespace

Make sure you are in your user Worker's project directory:

```sh
cd customer-worker-1
```

To upload and deploy the user Worker to the dispatch namespace, running the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy --dispatch-namespace testing
```

### 4. Create a dynamic dispatch Worker

A [dynamic dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker) is a specialized routing Worker that directs incoming requests to the appropriate user Workers in your dispatch namespace. Instead of using [Workers Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/), dispatch Workers let you programmatically control request routing through code.

#### Why use a dynamic dispatch Worker?

* **Scale**: Perfect for routing thousands or millions of hostnames to different Workers, without needing to rely on [Workers Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/)
* **Custom routing logic**: Write code to determine exactly how requests should be routed. For example:
   * Map hostnames directly to specific Workers
   * Route requests based on subdomains
   * Use request metadata or headers for routing decisions

* **Add platform functionality**: Build in additional features at the routing layer.
   * Run authentication checks before requests reach user Workers
   * Sanitize incoming requests
   * Attach useful context like user IDs or account information
   * Transform requests or responses as needed

**To create your dynamic dispatch Worker:**

Navigate up a level from your user Worker's project directory:

```sh
cd ..
```

Create your dynamic dispatch Worker. In this example, the dispatch Worker is called `my-dispatcher`.

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"my-dispatcher"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Change to your project's directory:

```sh
cd my-dispatcher
```

Open the Wrangler file in your project directory, and add the dispatch namespace binding:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[dispatch_namespaces]]
binding = "DISPATCHER"
namespace = "testing"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Add the following to the index.js file:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(req, env) {
		const worker = env.DISPATCHER.get("customer-worker-1");
		return await worker.fetch(req);
	},
};
```
This example shows a simple dynamic dispatch Worker that routes all requests to a single user Worker. For more advanced routing patterns, you could route based on hostname, path, custom metadata, or other request properties.

Deploy your dynamic dispatch Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

### 5. Test a request

You will now send a request to the route your dynamic dispatch Worker is on. You should receive the response (`Hello world`) you created in your user Worker (`customer-worker-1`) that you call from your dynamic dispatch Worker (`my-dispatcher`).

Preview the response to your Workers for Platforms project at `https://my-dispatcher.<YOUR_WORKER_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/`.

By completing this guide, you have successfully set up a dispatch namespace, dynamic dispatch Worker and user Worker to test a request end to end.

## Related resources

- [Workers for Platforms example project](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-for-platforms-example) - An end to end example project using Workers for Platforms

---

# Local development

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/developing-with-wrangler/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

To test your [Dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker), [user Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers) and [Outbound Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/) before deploying to production, you can use [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler) for development and testing.

:::note

Support for Workers for Platforms with `wrangler dev` in local mode is experimental and may change in the future. Use the prerelease branch: `wrangler@dispatch-namespaces-dev` to try Workers for Platforms locally.
:::

## 1. Create a user worker

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"customer-worker-1"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd customer-worker-1
```

Update the `src/index.js` file for customer-worker-1:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// make a subrequest to the internet
		const response = await fetch("https://example.com");
		return new Response(
			`user worker got "${await response.text()}" from fetch`,
		);
	},
};
```

Update the Wrangler file for customer-worker-1 and add the dispatch namespace:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# ... other content above ...

dispatch_namespace = "my-namespace"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 2. Create a dispatch worker

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"dispatch-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd dispatch-worker
```

Update the `src/index.js` file for dispatch-worker:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		// get the user Worker, specifying parameters that the Outbound Worker will see when it intercepts a user worker's subrequest
		const customerScript = env.DISPATCH_NAMESPACE.get(
			"customer-worker-1",
			{},
			{
				outbound: {
					paramCustomerName: "customer-1",
				},
			},
		);
		// invoke user Worker
		return await customerScript.fetch(request);
	},
};
```

Update the Wrangler file for dispatch-worker and add the dispatch namespace binding:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# ... other content above ...

[[dispatch_namespaces]]
binding = "DISPATCH_NAMESPACE"
namespace = "my-namespace"
outbound = { service = "outbound-worker", parameters = ["paramCustomerName"] }
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 3. Create an Outbound Worker

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"outbound-worker"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd outbound-worker
```

Update the `src/index.js` file for outbound-worker:

```javascript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const { paramCustomerName } = env;
		// use the parameters passed by the dispatcher to know what this user this request is for
		// and return custom content back to the user worker
		return new Response(
			`intercepted a request for ${paramCustomerName} by the outbound`,
		);
	},
};
```

## 4. Start local dev session for your Workers

In separate terminals, start a local dev session for each of your Workers.

For your dispatcher Worker:

```sh
cd dispatch-worker
npx wrangler@dispatch-namespaces-dev dev --port 8600
```

For your outbound Worker:

```sh
cd outbound-worker
npx wrangler@dispatch-namespaces-dev dev --port 8601
```

And for your user Worker:

```sh
cd customer-worker-1
npx wrangler@dispatch-namespaces-dev dev --port 8602
```

## 5. Test your requests

Send a request to your dispatcher Worker:

```sh
curl http://localhost:8600
```

```sh output
# -> user worker got "intercepted a request for customer-1 by the outbound" from fetch
```

---

# Create a dynamic dispatch Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/dynamic-dispatch/

After you have created a dispatch namespace, you can fetch any user Workers in the namespace using a dynamic dispatch Worker. The dynamic dispatch Worker has a namespace binding.

Use any method of routing to a namespaced Worker (reading the subdomain, request header, or lookup in a database). Ultimately you need the name of the user Worker.

In the following example, routing to a user Worker is done through reading the subdomain `<USER_WORKER_NAME>.example.com/*`. For example, `my-customer.example.com` will run the script uploaded to `PUT accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/workers/dispatch/namespaces/my-dispatch-namespace/scripts/my-customer`.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		try {
			// parse the URL, read the subdomain
			let workerName = new URL(request.url).host.split('.')[0];
			let userWorker = env.dispatcher.get(workerName);
			return await userWorker.fetch(request);
		} catch (e) {
			if (e.message.startsWith('Worker not found')) {
				// we tried to get a worker that doesn't exist in our dispatch namespace
				return new Response('', { status: 404 });
			}

			// this could be any other exception from `fetch()` *or* an exception
			// thrown by the called worker (e.g. if the dispatched worker has
			// `throw MyException()`, you could check for that here).
			return new Response(e.message, { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Uploading User Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/user-workers/

[User Workers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers) contain code written by your end users (end developers).

## Upload User Workers

You can upload user Workers to a namespace via Wrangler or the Cloudflare API. Workers uploaded to a namespace will not appear on the **Workers & Pages** section of the Cloudflare dashboard. Instead, they will appear in a namespace under the [Workers for Platforms](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-for-platforms) tab.

To run Workers uploaded to a namespace, you will need to first create a [dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker)
with a [dispatch namespace binding](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#dispatch-namespace-bindings-workers-for-platforms).

### Upload user Workers via Wrangler

Uploading user Workers is supported through [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) by running the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy --dispatch-namespace <NAMESPACE_NAME>
```

For simplicity, start with wrangler when [getting started](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/).

### Upload user Workers via the API

Since you will be deploying Workers on behalf of your users, you will likely want to use the [Workers for Platforms script upload APIs](/api/resources/workers_for_platforms/subresources/dispatch/subresources/namespaces/subresources/scripts/subresources/content/methods/update/) directly instead of Wrangler to have more control over the upload process. The Workers for Platforms script upload API is the same as the [Worker upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/), but it will upload the Worker to a [dispatch namespace](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dispatch-namespace) instead of to your account directly.

## Bindings

You can use any Workers [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) with the dynamic dispatch Worker or any user Workers.

Bindings for your user Workers can be defined on [multipart script uploads](/api/resources/workers_for_platforms/subresources/dispatch/subresources/namespaces/subresources/scripts/subresources/content/methods/update/) in the [metadata](/workers/configuration/multipart-upload-metadata/) part.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

Workers for Platforms users might also be interested in [the Workers changelog](/workers/platform/changelog/) which has detailed changes to the Workers runtime and the various configuration options available to your dispatch and user Workers.

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/workers-for-platforms.yaml. --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Script limits

Cloudflare provides an unlimited number of scripts for Workers for Platforms customers.

## `cf` object

The [`cf` object](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties) contains Cloudflare-specific properties of a request. This field is not accessible in [user Workers](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers) because some fields in this object are sensitive and can be used to manipulate Cloudflare features (eg.`cacheKey`, `resolveOverride`, `scrapeShield`.)

## Durable Object namespace limits

Workers for Platforms do not have a limit for the number of Durable Object namespaces.

## Cache API

For isolation, `caches.default()` is disabled for namespaced scripts. To learn more about the cache, refer to [How the cache Works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/).

## ​Tags

You can set a maximum of eight tags per script. Avoid special characters like `,` and `&` when naming your tag.

<Render file="limits_increase" product="workers" />

## Gradual Deployments

[Gradual Deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/) is not supported yet for user Workers. Changes made to user Workers create a new version that deployed all-at-once to 100% of traffic.

## API Rate Limits

<Render file="api-rate-limits" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/platform/pricing/

The Workers for Platforms Paid plan is **$25 monthly**. Workers for Platforms can be purchased through the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers-for-platforms).

Workers for Platforms comes with the following usage allotments and overage pricing.



|   | Requests<sup>1</sup> <sup>2</sup>                                                 | Duration                        | CPU time<sup>2</sup>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Scripts                                                |
| - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | 20 million requests included per month <br /><br /> +$0.30 per additional million | No charge or limit for duration | 60 million CPU milliseconds included per month<br /><br /> +$0.02 per additional million CPU milliseconds<br /><br/> Max of 30 seconds of CPU time per invocation <br /> Max of 15 minutes of CPU time per [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) or [Queue Consumer](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) invocation | 1000 scripts <br /> <br />+$0.02 per additional script |

 <sup>1</sup>  Inbound requests to your Worker. Cloudflare does not bill for [subrequests](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests) you make from your Worker. <br /> <sup>2</sup>  Workers for Platforms only charges for 1 request across the chain of [dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#dynamic-dispatch-worker) -> [user Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/#user-workers) -> [outbound Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/outbound-workers/). CPU time is charged across these Workers.

## Example pricing:

A Workers for Platforms project that serves 100 million requests per month, uses an average of 10 milliseconds (ms) of CPU time per request and uses 1200 scripts would have the following estimated costs:

|                  | Monthly Costs | Formula                                                                                                     |
| ---------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Subscription** | $25.00        |                                                                                                             |
| **Requests**     | $24.00        | (100,000,000 requests - 20,000,000 included requests) / 1,000,000 \* $0.30                                  |
| **CPU time**     | $18.80        | ((10 ms of CPU time per request \* 100,000,000 requests) - 60,000,000 included CPU ms) / 1,000,000 \* $0.02 |
| **Scripts**      | $4.00         | 1200 scripts - 1000 included scripts \* $0.02                                                               |
| **Total**        | $71.80        |                                                                                                             |

:::note[Custom limits]


Set [custom limits](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/custom-limits/) for user Workers to get control over your Cloudflare bill, prevent accidental runaway bills or denial-of-wallet attacks. Configure the maximum amount of CPU time that can be used per invocation by [defining custom limits in your dispatch Worker](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/configuration/custom-limits/#set-custom-limits).


:::

---

# How Workers for Platforms works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/how-workers-for-platforms-works/

Workers for Platforms is built on top of [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). The same [security and performance models used by Workers](/workers/reference/security-model/) apply to applications that use Workers for Platforms.

The Workers configuration API was initially built around managing a relatively small number of Workers on each account. This leads to some difficulties when using Workers as a platform for your own users, including:

* Frequently needing to increase script limits.
* Adding an ever-increasing number of routes.
* Managing logic in a central place if your own logic is supposed to come before your customers' logic.

Workers for Platforms extends the capabilities of Workers for SaaS businesses that want to deploy Worker scripts on behalf of their customers or that want to let their users write Worker scripts directly.

## Architecture

Workers for Platforms introduces a new architecture model as outlined on this page.

### Dispatch namespace

A dispatch namespace is composed of a collection of user Workers. With dispatch namespaces, a dynamic dispatch Worker can be used to call any user Worker in a namespace.

:::note[Best practice]


Having a production and staging namespace is useful to test changes that you have made to your dynamic dispatch Worker.

If you have multiple distinct services you are providing your customers, you should split these out into different dispatch workers and namespaces. We discourage creating a new namespace for each customer.


:::

### Dynamic dispatch Worker

A dynamic dispatch Worker is written by Cloudflare’s platform customers to run their own logic before dispatching (routing) the request to user Workers. In addition to routing, it can be used to run authentication, create boilerplate functions and sanitize responses.

The dynamic dispatch Worker calls user Workers from the dispatch namespace and executes them. The dynamic dispatch Worker is configured with a [dispatch namespace binding](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/#4-create-a-dispatch-worker). The binding is the entrypoint for all requests to user Workers.

### User Workers

User Workers are written by your end users (end developers). End developers deploy user Workers to script automated actions, create integrations or modify response payloads to return custom content.

### Request lifecycle

Below you will find an example request lifecycle in the Workers for Platforms architecture.

![The request lifecycle is described below.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms.png)

In the above diagram:

1. Request for `customer-a.example.com/api` will first hit the dynamic dispatch Worker (`api-prod`).
2. The dispatcher (`env.dispatcher.get(customer-a)`) configured in your dynamic dispatch Worker code will handle routing logic to user Workers.
3. The subdomain (`customer-a.example.com`) of the incoming request is used to route to the user Worker with the same name (`customer-a`).

## ​Workers for Platforms versus Service bindings

Both Workers for Platforms and Service bindings enable Worker-to-Worker communication.

Service bindings explicitly link two Workers together. They are meant for use cases where you know exactly which Workers need to communicate with each other. Service bindings do not work in the Workers for Platforms model because user Workers are uploaded as needed by your end users.

In the Workers for Platforms model, a dynamic dispatch Worker can be used to call any user Worker (similar to how Service bindings work) in a dispatch namespace but without needing to explicitly pre-define the relationship.

Service bindings and Workers for Platforms can be used simultaneously when building applications.

## [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/)

Workers for Platforms user Workers have access to namespaced cache through the [cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/). Namespaced cache is isolated across user Workers. For isolation, `caches.default()` is disabled for namespaced scripts.

To learn more about the cache, refer to [How the cache Works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/).

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rule group

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/access-group/

```json
{
  "group": {
    "id": "aa0a4aab-672b-4bdb-bc33-a59f1130a11f"
  }
}
```

---

# Any valid service token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/any-service-token/

The request will need to present the headers for any service token created for this account

```json
{
  "any_valid_service_token": {}
}
```

---

# Authentication method

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/authentication-method/

```json
{
  "auth_method": {
    "auth_method": "hwk"
  }
}
```

---

# Common name

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/common-name/

```json
{
  "common_name": {
    "common_name": "james@example.com"
  }
}
```

---

# Country Code

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/country-code/

```json
{
  "geo": {
    "country_code": "US"
  }
}
```

---

# Email domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/email-domain/

```json
{
  "email_domain": {
    "domain": "cloudflare.com"
  }
}
```

---

# Email

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/email/

```json
{
  "email": {
    "email": "james@example.com"
  }
}
```

---

# Microsoft Entra Group

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/entra-group/

Allow members of a Microsoft Entra group. The ID is the group UUID (`id`) in Microsoft Entra ID:

```json
{
	"azureAD": {
		"id": "86773093-5feb-48dd-814b-7ccd3676ff50",
		"identity_provider_id": "ca298b82-93b5-41bf-bc2d-10493f09b761"
	}
}
```

---

# Everyone

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/everyone/

```json
{
  "everyone": {}
}
```

---

# GitHub™ Organization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/github-org/

```json
{
	"github-organization": {
		"name": "cloudflare",
		"identity_provider_id": "ca298b82-93b5-41bf-bc2d-10493f09b761"
	}
}
```

---

# G Suite Group

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/gsuite-group/

```json
{
	"gsuite": {
		"email": "admins@mycompanygsuite.com",
		"identity_provider_id": "ca298b82-93b5-41bf-bc2d-10493f09b761"
	}
}
```

---

# Access API examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

You can use the Cloudflare Access API to create policies, including individual rule blocks inside of group or policy bodies. For example, this policy allows all Cloudflare email account users to reach the application with the exception of one account:

```json
{
	"name": "allow cloudflare employees",
	"decision": "allow",
	"include": [
		{
			"email_domain": {
				"domain": "cloudflare.com"
			}
		}
	],
	"exclude": [
		{
			"email": {
				"email": "notthisperson@cloudflare.com"
			}
		}
	],
	"require": []
}
```

## Example rule configurations

<ListExamples directory="cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/" />

---

# IP range

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/ip-range/

```json
{
  "ip": {
    "ip": "127.0.0.1/32"
  }
}
```

---

# mTLS certificate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/mtls-certificate/

```json
{
  "certificate": {}
}
```

---

# Okta Group

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/okta-group/

```json
{
	"okta": {
		"name": "admins",
		"identity_provider_id": "ca298b82-93b5-41bf-bc2d-10493f09b761"
	}
}
```

---

# SAML Attribute

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/saml-attribute/

```json
{
  "saml": {
    "attribute_name": "group",
    "attribute_value": "admins",
    "identity_provider_id": "ca298b82-93b5-41bf-bc2d-10493f09b761"
  }
}
```

---

# Service token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/access-api-examples/service-token/

```json
{
  "service_token": {
    "token_id": "e9808c3a-705c-4afc-a507-6e4b083ff399"
  }
}
```

---

# Scan for sensitive data

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
Requires Cloudflare CASB and Cloudflare DLP.
:::

You can use [Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP)](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) to discover if files stored in a SaaS application contains sensitive data. To perform DLP scans in a SaaS app, first configure a [DLP profile](#configure-a-dlp-profile) with the data patterns you want to detect, then [add the profile](#enable-dlp-scans-in-casb) to a CASB integration.

## Supported integrations

<Render file="casb/casb-dlp-integrations" />

## Configure a DLP profile

You may either use DLP profiles predefined by Cloudflare, or create your own custom profiles based on regex, predefined detection entries, and DLP datasets.

### Configure a predefined profile

<Render file="data-loss-prevention/predefined-profile" />

Your DLP profile is now ready to use with CASB.

### Build a custom profile

<Render file="data-loss-prevention/custom-profile" />

Your DLP profile is now ready to use with CASB.

For more information, refer to [Configure a DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/).

## Enable DLP scans in CASB

### Add a new integration

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Select **Add integration** and choose a [supported integration](#supported-integrations).
3. During the setup process, you will be prompted to select DLP profiles for the integration.
4. Select **Save integration**.

CASB will scan every publicly accessible file in the integration for text that matches the DLP profile. The initial scan may take up to a few hours to complete.

### Modify an existing integration

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Choose a [supported integration](#supported-integrations) and select **Configure**.
3. Under **DLP profiles**, select the profiles that you want the integration to scan for.
4. Select **Save integration**.

If you enable a DLP profile from the **Manage integrations** page, CASB will only scan publicly accessible files that have had a modification event since enabling the DLP profile. Modification events include changes to the following attributes:

- Contents of the file
- Name of the file
- Visibility of the file (only if changed to publicly accessible)
- Owner of the file
- Location of the file (for example, moved to a different folder)

In order to scan historical data, you must enable the DLP profile during the [integration setup flow](#add-a-new-integration).

## Limitations

DLP in CASB will only scan:

- [Text-based files](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/#supported-file-types) such as documents, spreadsheets, and PDFs. Images are not supported.
- Files less than or equal 100 MB in size.
- Source code with a minimum size of 5 KB for Java and R.

---

# Cloud Access Security Broker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

:::note[Availability]
Available for all Zero Trust users.

Free users can configure up to two CASB integrations. You must upgrade to an Enterprise plan to view the details of a finding instance.
:::

Cloudflare's API-driven Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) integrates with SaaS applications and cloud environments to scan for misconfigurations, unauthorized user activity, <GlossaryTooltip term="shadow IT" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/">shadow IT</GlossaryTooltip>, and other data security issues that can occur after a user has successfully logged in.

## Manage CASB integrations

<Render file="casb/manage-integrations" />

---

# Manage findings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/manage-findings/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Details } from "~/components";

Findings are security issues detected within SaaS and cloud applications that involve users, data at rest, and other configuration settings. With Cloudflare CASB, you can review a comprehensive list of findings in Zero Trust and immediately start taking action on the issues found.

## Prerequisites

- You have [added](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/#add-an-integration) a CASB integration.
- Your scan has surfaced at least one security finding.

## Posture findings

Posture findings include misconfigurations, unauthorized user activity, and other data security issues.

To view details about the posture findings that CASB found:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture**.
2. Choose **SaaS** or **Cloud**.
3. To view details about a finding, select the finding's name

CASB will display details about your posture finding, including the finding type, [severity level](#severity-levels), number of instances, associated integration, current status, and date detected. For more information on each instance of the finding, select **Manage**.

To manage the finding's visibility, you can update the finding's [severity level](#severity-levels) or [hide the finding](#hide-findings) from view. Additionally, some findings provide a remediation guide to resolve the issue or support [creating a Gateway HTTP policy](#resolve-finding-with-a-gateway-policy) to block the traffic.

### Severity levels

Cloudflare CASB labels each finding with one of the following severity levels:

| Severity level | Urgency                                                                      |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Critical       | Suggests the finding is something your team should act on today.             |
| High           | Suggests the finding is something your team should act on this week.         |
| Medium         | Suggests the finding should be reviewed sometime this month.                 |
| Low            | Suggests the finding is informational or part of a scheduled review process. |

#### Change the severity level

You can change the severity level for a finding at any time in case the default assignment does not suit your environment:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture**.
2. Locate the finding you want to modify and select **Manage**.
3. In the severity level drop-down menu, choose your desired setting (_Critical_, _High_, _Medium_, or _Low_).

The new severity level will only apply to the posture finding within this specific integration. If you added multiple integrations of the same application, the other integrations will not be impacted by this change.

## Content findings

Content findings include instances of potential data exposure as identified by [DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/).

To view details about the content findings that CASB found:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Content**.
2. Choose **SaaS** or **Cloud**.
3. To view details about a finding, select the finding's name.

CASB will display details about your content finding, including the file name, a link to the file, matching DLP profiles, associated integration, and date detected.

AWS users can configure a [compute account](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/aws-s3/#compute-account) to scan for data security resources within their S3 resources.

## View shared files

File findings for some integrations (such as [Microsoft 365](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/#file-sharing) and [Box](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/box/#file-sharing)) may link to an inaccessible file. To access the actual shared file:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Posture finding">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture**.
2. Choose **SaaS** or **Cloud**.
3. Locate the individual finding, then select **Manage**.
4. In **Active Instances**, select the file name.
5. In **Shared Links**, select the linked file instance.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Content finding">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Content**.
2. Choose **SaaS** or **Cloud**.
3. Select the file name of the detected asset.
4. In **Sharing details**, select the linked file instance.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Hide findings

After reviewing your findings, you may decide that certain posture findings are not applicable to your organization. Cloudflare CASB allows you to remove findings or individual instances of findings from your list of active issues. CASB will continue to scan for these issues, but any detections will appear in a separate tab.

### Hide a finding

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture**.
2. Locate the active finding you want to hide.
3. In the three-dot menu, select **Move to ignore**.

The finding's status will change from **Active** to **Ignored**. CASB will continue to scan for these findings and report detections. You can change ignored findings back to **Active** with the same process at any time.

### Hide an instance of a finding

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture**.
2. Choose the active finding you want to hide, then select **Manage**.
3. In **Active**, find the instance you want to hide.
4. In the three-dot menu, select **Move to hidden**.

The instance will be moved from **Active** to **Hidden** within the finding. If the finding occurs again for the same user, CASB will report the new instance in the **Hidden** tab. You can move hidden instances back to the **Active** tab at any time.

## Resolve finding with a Gateway policy

Using the security findings from CASB allows for fine-grained Gateway policies which prevent future unwanted behavior while still allowing usage that aligns to your organization's security policy. This means going from viewing a CASB finding, like the use of an unapproved application, to preventing or controlling access in minutes.

CASB supports creating a Gateway policy with findings from the [Google Workspace integration](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/):

<Details header="Supported CASB findings for Gateway policies">

- Google Workspace: File publicly accessible with edit access
- Google Workspace: File publicly accessible with view access
- Google Workspace: File shared outside company with edit access
- Google Workspace: File shared outside company with view access

</Details>

:::note[Before you begin]
Ensure that you have [enabled HTTP filtering](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) for your organization.
:::

To create a Gateway policy directly from a CASB finding:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Posture** or **CASB** > **Content**.
2. Choose **SaaS** or **Cloud**.
3. Choose the finding you want to modify, then select **Manage**.
4. Find the instance you want to block and select its three-dot menu.
5. Select **Block with Gateway HTTP policy**. A new browser tab will open with a pre-filled HTTP policy.
   :::note
   Not all CASB findings will have the **Block with Gateway HTTP policy** option. Unsupported findings can only be resolved from your application dashboard or through your domain provider.
   :::
6. (Optional) [Configure the HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/). For example, if the policy blocks an unsanctioned third-party app, you can apply the policy to some or all users, or only block uploads or downloads.
7. Select **Save**.

Your HTTP policy will now prevent future instances of the security finding.

---

# Troubleshoot integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/troubleshooting/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare CASB detects when integrations are unhealthy or outdated.

Common integration issues include changes to SaaS app or cloud environment configurations, user access, or permission scope. Integrations may need to be updated to support new features or permissions.

## Identify unhealthy or outdated integrations

To identify unhealthy CASB integrations, go to **CASB** > **Integrations**. If an integration is unhealthy, CASB will set its status to **Broken**. If an integration is outdated, CASB will set its status to **Upgrade**.

## Repair an unhealthy integration

:::note[Repair limitation]
If CASB does not support self-service repairs for an integration, you will need to [delete](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/#delete-an-integration) and recreate the integration to continue scanning.
:::

You can repair unhealthy CASB integrations through your list of integrations or findings.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Choose your unhealthy integration.
3. Select **Reauthorize**.
4. In your SaaS app or cloud environment, reauthorize your account.

## Upgrade an integration

Upgrading an outdated integration will allow the integration to access new features and permissions.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Choose your outdated integration.
3. Select **Upgrade integration**.
4. In your SaaS app or cloud environment, upgrade your app and reauthorize your account.

---

# Cloudflare dashboard SSO application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/

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By adding a Dashboard SSO application to your Cloudflare Zero Trust account, you can enforce single sign-on (SSO) to the Cloudflare dashboard with the identity provider (IdP) of your choice. SSO will be enforced for every user in your email domain.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="account.single_sign_on" />

## Prerequisites

All users in your email domain must exist as a member in your Cloudflare account and IdP.  To add users to your Cloudflare account, refer to [Manage Cloudflare account access](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/).

## 1. Set up an IdP

Add an IdP to Cloudflare Zero Trust by following [our detailed instructions](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/).

Once you configure your IdP, make sure you also [test your IdP](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust).

## 2. Contact your account team

Ask your account team to approve and create your SSO domain. An SSO domain is the email domain associated with the members in your Cloudflare account. For example, if your SSO domain is configured for emails ending in `@yourcompany.com`, a member with email `@test.com` would not see the **Log in with SSO** option and would have to enter their username and password.

Once your SSO domain is approved, a new **SSO App** application will appear under **Access** > **Applications**. The application is pre-configured with `allow email domain` as the default rule and your IdP as the authentication providers.

### SSO domain requirements

* The email domain must belong to your organization. Public email providers such as `@gmail.com` are not allowed.
* Every user with that email domain must be an employee in your organization. For example, university domains such as `@harvard.edu` are not allowed because they include student emails.
* Your SSO domain can include multiple email domains.

## 3. Enable dashboard SSO

:::note

We recommend noting down your [Global API key](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/) in case you need to [disable SSO](#option-2-disable-dashboard-sso) later.
:::

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. In the **Cloudflare dashboard SSO** card, set your email domain to **Enabled**. This action can only be performed by Super Administrators.
3. Do not log out or close your browser window. Instead, open a different browser or an incognito window.
4. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), log in with your email address from your SSO domain.
5. If you can log in successfully, you have successfully set up your dashboard SSO application.
6. If you cannot log in successfully:

   1. Return to Zero Trust and go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
   2. For **Cloudflare dashboard SSO**, set your email domain to **Disabled**.
   3. [Re-configure your IdP](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/).

## Limitations

Cloudflare dashboard SSO does not support:

* Users with plus-addressed emails, such as `example+2@domain.com`. If you have users like this added to your Cloudflare organization, they will be unable to login with SSO.
* IdP initiated logins (such as a tile in Okta). All login attempts must originate from `https://dash.cloudflare.com`. You can create a bookmark for this URL in your IdP to assist users.

## Bypass dashboard SSO

This section describes how to restore access to the Cloudflare dashboard in case you are unable to login with SSO.

### Option 1: Add a backup IdP

If there is an issue with your SSO IdP provider, you can add an alternate IdP using the API. The following example shows how to add [Cloudflare One-time PIN](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) as a login method:

1. [Add](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/identity_providers/methods/create/) one-time PIN login:

```bash title="cURL command"
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/identity_providers' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "onetimepin",
  "config": {}
}'
```

2. [Get](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/applications/methods/list/) the `id` of the `dash_sso` Access application. You can use [`jq`](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/download/) to quickly find the correct application:

```bash title="cURL command"
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/apps' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
| jq '.result[] | select(.type == "dash_sso")'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "id": "3537a672-e4d8-4d89-aab9-26cb622918a1",
  "uid": "3537a672-e4d8-4d89-aab9-26cb622918a1",
  "type": "dash_sso",
  "name": "SSO App"
  ...
}
```

3. Using the `id` obtained above, [update](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/applications/methods/update/) **SSO App** to accept all identity providers:

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PUT \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/apps/3537a672-e4d8-4d89-aab9-26cb622918a1' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "id": "3537a672-e4d8-4d89-aab9-26cb622918a1",
  ...
  "allowed_idps": [],
  ...
}'
```

Users will now have the option to log in using a one-time PIN.

### Option 2: Disable dashboard SSO

The following API calls will disable SSO enforcement for an account. This action can only be performed by Super Administrators.

1. Get your SSO `connector_id`:

```bash title="cURL command"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/sso/v2/connectors \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "connector_id": "2828",
      "connector_tag": "d616ac82cc7f87153112d75a711c5c3c",
      "email_domain": "yourdomain.com",
      "connector_status": "V",
      ...
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

2. Disable the SSO connector:

```bash title="cURL command"
curl --request PATCH \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/sso/v2/connectors/2828' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "sso_connector_status": "DIS"
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "2828"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Users can now log in using their Cloudflare account email and password. To re-enable SSO, send a `PATCH` request with `"sso_connector_status" : "V"`.

---

# Add web applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/

Cloudflare Access allows you to secure your web applications by acting as an identity aggregator, or proxy. You can use signals from your existing identity providers (IdPs), device posture providers, and [other rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) to control who can log in to the application.

![Cloudflare Access verifies a user's identity before granting access to your application.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/diagram-saas.jpg)

You can protect the following types of web applications:

- [**SaaS applications**](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/) consist of applications your team relies on that are not hosted by your organization. Examples include Salesforce and Workday. To secure SaaS applications, you must integrate Cloudflare Access with the SaaS application's SSO configuration.

- **Self-hosted applications** consist of internal applications that you host in your own environment. These can be the data center versions of tools like the Atlassian suite or applications created by your own team. Setup requirements for a self-hosted application depend on whether the application is publicly accessible on the Internet or restricted to users on a private network.
	- [**Public hostname applications**](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) are web applications that have public DNS records. Anyone on the Internet can access the application by entering the URL in their browser and authenticating through Cloudflare Access. Securing access to a public website requires a Cloudflare DNS [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [partial CNAME setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).
	- [**Private network applications**](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/) do not have public DNS records, meaning they are not reachable from the public Internet. To connect using a private IP or private hostname, the user's traffic must route through Cloudflare Gateway. The preferred method is to install the WARP client on the user's device, but you could also forward device traffic from a [network location](/magic-wan/) or use an agentless option such as [PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) or [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/).

- [**Cloudflare Dashboard SSO**](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/) is a special type of SaaS application that manages SSO settings for the Cloudflare dashboard and has limited permissions for administrator edits.

---

# Publish a self-hosted application to the Internet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can securely publish internal tools and applications by adding Cloudflare Access as an authentication layer between the end user and your origin server.

## Prerequisites

- An [active domain on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)
- Domain uses either a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or a [partial (`CNAME`) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)

## 1. Add your application to Access

<Render file="access/self-hosted-app" />

## 2. Connect your origin to Cloudflare

[Set up a Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/) to publish your internal application. Only users who match your Access policies will be granted access.

:::note
We recommend [creating an Access application](#1-add-your-application-to-access) before setting up the tunnel route. If you do not have an Access application in place, public hostname routes in Tunnel are available to anyone on the Internet.
:::

If your application is already publicly routable, a Tunnel is not strictly required. However, you will then need to protect your origin IP using [other methods](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/).

## 3. Validate the Access token

<Render file="access/secure-tunnel-with-access" />

Users can now connect to your self-hosted application after authenticating with Cloudflare Access.

## Product compatibility

When using Access self-hosted applications, the majority of Cloudflare products will be compatible with your application.

However, the following products are not supported:

* [Automatic Signed Exchanges](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/)
* [Automatic Platform Optimization](/automatic-platform-optimization)
* [Zaraz](/zaraz)

You can disable Automatic Signed Exchanges and Zaraz for a specific application - instead of across your entire zone - using a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) scoped to the application domain.

---

# Browser-rendered terminal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/

Cloudflare can render certain non-web applications in your browser without the need for client software or end-user configuration changes. Cloudflare currently supports rendering a terminal for SSH and VNC connections in a user's browser.

:::note
You can only enable browser rendering on domains and subdomains, not for specific paths.
:::

## Enable browser rendering

To enable browser rendering:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Locate the SSH or VNC application you created when [connecting the server to Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/). Select **Configure**.
3. In the **Policies** tab, ensure that only **Allow** or **Block** policies are present. **Bypass** and **Service Auth** are not supported for browser-rendered applications.
4. Go to **Advanced settings** > **Browser rendering settings**.
5. For **Browser rendering**, choose _SSH_ or _VNC_.
6. Select **Save application**.

When users authenticate and visit the URL of the application, Cloudflare will render a terminal in their browser.

---

# Non-HTTP applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/

Cloudflare offers both client-based and clientless ways to grant secure access to non-HTTP applications.

:::note
Non-HTTP applications require [connecting your private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) to Cloudflare. For more details, refer to our [Replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/) implementation guide.
:::

## WARP client

Users can connect by installing the Cloudflare WARP client on their device and enrolling in your Zero Trust organization. Remote devices connect to your applications as if they were on your private network. By default, all devices enrolled in your organization can access any private route unless they are protected by an Access policy or Gateway firewall rule. To secure the application, you can [create a self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/) for a private IP range, port range, and/or hostname and build [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) that allow or block specific users.

If you would like to define how users access specific infrastructure servers within your network, [create an infrastructure application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/) in Access for Infrastructure. Access for Infrastructure provides an additional layer of control and visibility over how users access non-HTTP applications, including:
- Define fine-grained policies to govern who has access to specific servers and exactly how a user may access that server.
- Eliminate SSH keys by using short-lived certificates to authenticate users.
- Export SSH command logs to a storage service or SIEM solution using [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

## Clientless access

Clientless access methods are suited for organizations that cannot deploy the WARP client or need to support third-party contractors where installing a client is not possible. Clientless access requires onboarding a domain to Cloudflare and configuring a public hostname in order to make the server reachable. Command logging is not supported, and user email prefixes must match their username on the server.

### Browser-rendered terminal

Cloudflare's [browser-based terminal](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/) allows users to connect over SSH and VNC without any configuration. When users visit the public hostname URL (for example, `https://ssh.example.com`) and log in with their Access credentials, Cloudflare will render a terminal in their browser.

### Client-side cloudflared (legacy)

:::note
Not recommended for new deployments.
:::

Users can log in to the application by installing `cloudflared` on their device and running a hostname-specific command in their terminal. For more information, refer to [cloudflared authentication](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/).

## Related resources

To connect to an application over a specific protocol, refer to these tutorials:

* [SSH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/)
* [SMB](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/smb/)
* [RDP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/)

---

# Private network applications (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/legacy-private-network-app/

:::note
Not recommended for new deployments. We recommend using a [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/) to secure a private IP address.
:::

You can configure a **Private Network** application to manage access to specific applications on your private network.

To create a private network application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications** > **Add an application**.

2. Select **Private Network**.

3. Name your application.

4. For **Application type**, select _Destination IP_.

5. For **Value**, enter the IP address for your application (for example, `10.128.0.7`).
   :::note
   If you would like to create a policy for an IP/CIDR range instead of a specific IP address, you can build a [Gateway Network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) using the **Destination IP** selector.
   :::

6. Configure your [App Launcher](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) visibility and logo.

7. Select **Next**. You will see two auto-generated Gateway Network policies: one that allows access to the destination IP and another that blocks access.

8. Modify the policies to include additional identity-based conditions. For example:

   - **Policy 1**

     | Selector       | Operator      | Value            | Logic | Action |
     | -------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ----- | ------ |
     | Destination IP | in            | `10.128.0.7`     | And   | Allow  |
     | User Email     | matches regex | `.*@example.com` |       |        |

   - **Policy 2**

     | Selector       | Operator | Value        | Action |
     | -------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
     | Destination IP | in       | `10.128.0.7` | Block  |

   Policies are evaluated in [numerical order](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence), so a user with an email ending in @example.com will be able to access `10.128.0.7` while all others will be blocked. For more information on building network policies, refer to our [dedicated documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/).

9. Select **Add application**.

Your application will appear on the **Applications** page.

---

# Add an infrastructure application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/

import { Badge, Details, Tabs, TabItem, Render } from "~/components";

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul><li> Gateway with WARP</li><li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering </li></ul>   | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability |
| -------- | ------------ |
| Windows  | ✅           |
| macOS    | ✅           |
| Linux    | ✅           |
| iOS      | ✅           |
| Android  | ✅           |
| ChromeOS | ✅           |

</Details>

Access for Infrastructure allows you to have granular control over how users access individual servers, clusters, or databases. By adding an infrastructure application to Cloudflare Access, you can configure how users authenticate to the resource as well as control and authorize the ports, protocols, and usernames that they can connect with. Access and command logs ensure regulatory compliance and allow for auditing of user activity in case of a security breach.

:::note
Access for Infrastructure currently only supports [SSH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/).
:::

## Prerequisites

- [Connect your infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) to Cloudflare using `cloudflared` or WARP Connector.
- [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on user devices in Gateway with WARP mode.

## 1. Add a target

<Render file="access/add-target" />

## 2. Add an infrastructure application

<Render file="access/add-infrastructure-app" />

## 3. Configure the server

Certain protocols require configuring the server to trust connections through Access for Infrastructure. For more information, refer to the protocol-specific tutorial:

- [SSH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/#7-configure-ssh-server)

## 4. Connect as a user

Users connect to the target's IP address using their preferred client software. The user must be logged into WARP on their device, but no other system configuration is required. You can optionally configure a [private DNS resolver](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) to allow connections to the target's private hostname.

### Connect to different VNET

To connect to targets that are in different VNETS, users will need to [switch their connected virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/#connect-to-a-virtual-network) in the WARP client.

:::note
If a user is connected to a target in VNET-A and needs to connect to a target in VNET-B, switching their VNET will not break any existing connections to targets within VNET-A. At present, connections are maintained between VNETs.
:::

### Display available targets

<Details header="Feature availability">

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.9.346.0         |
| macOS    | ✅           | 2024.9.346.0         |
| Linux    | ✅           | 2024.9.346.0         |
| iOS      | ❌           |                      |
| Android  | ❌           |                      |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |                      |

</Details>

Users can use `warp-cli` to display a list of targets they can access. On the WARP device, open a terminal and run the following command:

```sh
warp-cli target list
```

```sh output
╭──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────┬───────┬───────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────╮
│ Target ID                            │ Protocol │ Port  │ Attributes            │ IP (Virtual Network) │ Usernames  │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────┼───────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────┤
│ 0193f22a-9df3-78e3-b5bb-7ab631903306 │ SSH      │ 22    │ hostname: do-target   │ 10.116.0.3 (a1net)   │ alice      │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────┼───────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────┤
│ 0193f22a-9df3-78e3-b5bb-7ab631903306 │ SSH      │ 23    │ hostname: do-target   │ 10.116.0.3 (a1net)   │ root       │
├──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────┼───────┼───────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────┤
│ 01943cff-6130-7989-8bff-cbc02b59a2b1 │ SSH      │ 80    │ hostname: az-target   │ 172.16.0.0 (b1net)   │ alice, bob │
╰──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┴───────┴───────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴────────────╯
```

You can optionally add flags to filter the output. For example:

```sh
warp-cli target list --attribute hostname=do-target --username root
```

To view all available filters, type `warp-cli target list --help`.

## Revoke a user's session

To revoke a user's access to all infrastructure targets, you can either [revoke the user from Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/#per-user) or revoke their device. Cloudflare does not currently support revoking a user's session for a specific target.

## Infrastructure policy selectors

The following [Access policy selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) are available for securing infrastructure applications:

- Email
- Emails ending in
- SAML group
- Country
- Authentication method
- Device posture
- Entra group, GitHub organization, Google Workspace group, Okta group

---

# Secure a private IP or hostname

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can configure a self-hosted Access application to manage access to specific IPs or hostnames on your private network.

:::note
This feature is available in early access and replaces the legacy [private network app type](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/legacy-private-network-app/). To request access, contact your account team.
:::

## Prerequisites

- Private IPs and hostnames are reachable over Cloudflare WARP, Magic WAN or Browser Isolation. For more details, refer to [Connect a private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/).
- Private hostnames route to your custom DNS resolver through [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) or [Gateway resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/).
- [Gateway TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) must be enabled if you would like to present a login page in the browser and issue an authorization JWT to your origin. Otherwise, users will receive a pop-up notification from the WARP client and all session management will be handled in the WARP client.

## Add your application to Access

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **Self-hosted**.

4. Enter any name for the application.

5. In **Session Duration**, choose how often the user's [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/) should expire.

   Cloudflare checks every HTTPS request to your application for a valid application token. If the user's application token (and global token) has expired, they will be prompted to reauthenticate with the IdP. For more information, refer to [Session management](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/). If the application is non-HTTPS or you do not have TLS decryption turned on, the session is tracked by the WARP client per application.

6. Add the private IP and/or private hostname that represents the application. You can use [wildcards](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/app-paths/) with private hostnames to protect multiple parts of an application that share a root path.

	:::note
	Private hostnames are currently only available over port `443` over HTTPS and the application must have a valid Server Name Indicator (SNI).
	:::

7. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can connect to your application. All Access applications are deny by default -- a user must match an Allow policy before they are granted access.

8. Configure how users will authenticate:

		1. Select the [**Identity providers**](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) you want to enable for your application.

		2. (Recommended) If you plan to only allow access via a single IdP, turn on **Instant Auth**. End users will not be shown the [Cloudflare Access login page](/cloudflare-one/applications/login-page/). Instead, Cloudflare will redirect users directly to your SSO login event.

		3. (Recommended) Turn on **WARP authentication identity** to allow users to authenticate to the application using their [WARP session identity](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/). We recommend turning this on if your application is not in the browser and cannot handle a `302` redirect.

9. Select **Next**.

10. (Optional) Configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) for the application.

11. <Render file="access/access-block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

12. Select **Next**.

13. (Optional) Configure advanced settings. These settings only apply to private hostnames and require Gateway TLS decryption.

		- [**Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings**](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/cors/)
		- [**Cookie settings**](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/#cookie-settings)
		- **Browser rendering settings**:
				- [Automatic `cloudflared` authentication](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/automatic-cloudflared-authentication/)
				- [Browser rendering for SSH and VNC](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/)
		- **401 Response for Service Auth policies**: Return a `401` response code when a user (or machine) makes a request to the application without the correct [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/).

14. Select **Save**.

Users can now connect to your private application after authenticating with Cloudflare Access.

## Modify order of precedence in Gateway

By default, Cloudflare will evaluate a private application's Access policies after evaluating all Gateway network policies. To evaluate Access private applications before or after specific Gateway policies, create the following [Gateway network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/):


| Selector | Operator | Value        | Action |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
| All Access Private Apps | is       | `Enabled` | Allow  |

You can now drag and drop this policy in the Gateway policy builder to change its [order of precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence).

:::note
Users must pass the policies in your Access application before they are granted access. The Gateway Allow policy is strictly for routing and connectivity purposes.
:::

---

# Short-lived certificates (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/short-lived-certificates-legacy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
Not recommended for new deployments. We recommend using [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) to configure short-lived certificates for SSH.
:::

<Render
	file="access/short-lived-certs-intro"
	params={{ intro: "Cloudflare Access can replace" }}
/>

## 1. Secure the server behind Cloudflare Access

Cloudflare Access short-lived certificates can work with any modern SSH server, whether it is behind Access or not. However, we recommend putting your server behind Access for added security and features, such as auditability and browser-based terminals.

To secure your server behind Cloudflare Access:

1. Connect the server to Cloudflare as a [public hostname route](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/#1-connect-the-server-to-cloudflare-1).
2. Create a [self-hosted Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) for the server.

:::note
If you do not wish to use Access, refer instead to our [SSH proxy instructions](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/).
:::

## 2. Ensure Unix usernames match user SSO identities

Cloudflare Access will take the identity from a token and, using short-lived certificates, authorize the user on the target infrastructure.

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## 3. Generate a short-lived certificate public key

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Access** > **Service auth** > **SSH**.

2. In the **Application** dropdown, choose the Access application that represents your SSH server.

3. Select **Generate certificate**. A row will appear with a public key scoped to your application.

4. Save the key or keep it somewhere convenient for configuring your server.
   You can return to copy this public key any time in the Service Auth dashboard.

## 4. Save your public key

1. Copy the public key generated from the dashboard in Step 3.

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## 5. Modify your SSHD config

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## 6. Restart your SSH server

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## 7. Connect as a user

### Configure your client SSH config

On the client side, [configure your device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/) to use Cloudflare Access to reach the protected machine. To use short-lived certificates, you must include the following settings in your SSH config file (`~/.ssh/config`).

To save time, you can use the following cloudflared command to print the required configuration command:

```sh
cloudflared access ssh-config --hostname vm.example.com --short-lived-cert
```

If you prefer to configure manually, this is an example of the generated SSH config:

```txt
Match host vm.example.com exec "/usr/local/bin/cloudflared access ssh-gen --hostname %h"
    HostName vm.example.com
    ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/cloudflared access ssh --hostname %h
    IdentityFile ~/.cloudflared/vm.example.com-cf_key
    CertificateFile ~/.cloudflared/vm.example.com-cf_key-cert.pub
```

### Connect through a browser-based terminal

End users can connect to the SSH session without any configuration by using Cloudflare's browser-based terminal. Users visit the URL of the application and Cloudflare's terminal handles the short-lived certificate flow. To enable, refer to [Browser-rendered terminal](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/).

---

Your SSH server is now protected behind Cloudflare Access — users will be prompted to authenticate with your identity provider before they can connect. You can also enable SSH command logging by configuring a [Gateway Audit SSH policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/).

---

# Connect devices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Configure devices to send DNS queries to Cloudflare, or proxy all traffic leaving the device through Cloudflare's network.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/

Cloudflare Tunnel provides you with a secure way to connect your resources to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address. With Tunnel, you do not send traffic to an external IP — instead, a lightweight daemon in your infrastructure (`cloudflared`) creates outbound-only connections to Cloudflare's global network. Cloudflare Tunnel can connect HTTP web servers, [SSH servers](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/), [remote desktops](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/), and other protocols safely to Cloudflare. This way, your origins can serve traffic through Cloudflare without being vulnerable to attacks that bypass Cloudflare.

Refer to our [reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/) for details on how to implement Cloudflare Tunnel into your existing infrastructure.

## How it works

Cloudflared establishes outbound connections (tunnels) between your resources and Cloudflare's global network. Tunnels are persistent objects that route traffic to DNS records. Within the same tunnel, you can run as many 'cloudflared' processes (connectors) as needed. These processes will establish connections to Cloudflare and send traffic to the nearest Cloudflare data center.

![How an HTTP request reaches a private application connected with Cloudflare Tunnel](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/handshake.jpg)

---

# Additional detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/

Email Security allows you to configure the following additional detections:

- Domain age
- Blank email detection
- [Automated Clearing House (ACH)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_clearing_house) change from free email detection
- HTML attachment email detection

To configure additional detections:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. On the **Settings** page, go to **Detection settings** > **Additional detections**, and select **Edit**.

## Configure domain age

The domain age is the time since the domain has been registered.

To configure a domain age:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page:
   - Select **Malicious domain age**: Controls the threshold for a malicious disposition. Maximum of 100 days.
   - Select **Suspicious domain age**: Controls the threshold for a suspicious disposition. Maximum of 100 days.
2. Select **Save**.

## Configure blank email detection

Blank email detection detects emails with blank bodies and assigns a default disposition. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as dispositions.

To enable blank email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **Blank email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

## Configure ACH change from free email detection

[Automated Clearing House (ACH)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_clearing_house) is a banking term related to direct deposits. ACH change from free email detection detects payroll inquiries or change requests from free email domains and assigns a default disposition. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as dispositions.

To enable ACH change from free email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **ACH change from free email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

## Configure HTML attachment email detection

HTML attachment email detection detects HTM and HTML attachments in emails and assigns a default disposition.

To enable HTML attachment email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **HTML attachment email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

---

# Allow policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/allow-policies/

Email Security allows you to configure allow policies. An allow policy exempts messages that match certain patterns from normal detection scanning.

To configure allow policies:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**, then go to **Detection settings** > **Allow policies**.
4. On the **Detection settings** page, select **Add a policy**.
5. On the **Add an allow policy** page, enter the policy information:
   - **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, and **Uploading an allow policy**:
       - **Manual input**:
           - **Action**: Select one of the following to choose how Email Security will handle messages that match your criteria:
               - **Trust sender**: Messages will bypass all detections and link following.
               - **Exempt recipient**: Message to this recipient will bypass all detections.
               - **Accept sender**: Messages from this sender will be exempted from Spam, Spoof, and Bulk dispositions.
       - **Rule type**: Specify the scope of your policy. Choose one of the following:
           - **Email addresses**: Must be a valid email.
           - **IP addresses**: Can only be IPv4. IPv6 and CIDR are invalid entries.
           - **Domains**: Must be a valid domain.
           - **Regular expressions**: Must be valid Java expressions. Regular expressions are matched with fields related to the sender email address (envelope from, header from, reply-to), the originating IP address, and the server name for the email.
     - **(Recommended) Sender verification**: This option enforces DMARC, SPF, or DKIM authentication. If you choose to enable this option, Email Security will only honor policies that pass authentication.
       - **Notes**: Provide additional information about your allow policy.
   - **Uploading an allow policy**: Upload a file no larger than 150 KB. The file can only contain `Pattern`, `Notes`, `Verify Email`, `Trusted Sender`, `Exempt Recipient` and `Acceptable Sender` fields. The first row must be a header row. 
6. Select **Save**.

## Export allow policies

To export a list of allow policies:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the allow policies you want to export.
2. Select **Action**.
3. Select **Export to CSV**.

## Edit allow policy

To edit an allow policy:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the allow policy you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > **Edit**.
3. Edit the allow policy.
4. Select **Save**.

## Delete allow policy

To delete an allow policy:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the allow policy you want to delete.
2. Select the three dots > **Delete**.
3. On the pop-up message, select **Delete**.

To delete multiple allow policies at once:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the allow policies you want to delete.
2. Select **Action**.
3. Select **Delete**.

---

# Blocked senders

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/blocked-senders/

Email Security marks all messages from these senders with a [disposition](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/).

To configure blocked senders:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**, go to **Detection settings** > **Blocked senders**.
4. On the **Detection settings** page, select **Add a sender**.
5. Select the **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, and **Upload blocked sender list**:
     - **Manual input**:
        - **Sender type**:
             - **Email addresses**: Must be a valid email.
             - **IP addresses**: Can only be IPv4. IPv6 and CIDR are invalid entries.
             - **Domains**: Must be a valid domain.
             - **Regular expressions**: Must be valid Java expressions. Regular expressions are matched with fields related to the sender email address (envelope from, header from, reply-to), the originating IP address, and the server name for the email.
         - **Notes**: Provide additional information about the blocked sender policy.
   - **Upload blocked sender list**: Upload a file no larger than 150 KB. The file cannot can only contain `Blocked_Sender` and `Notes` fields. The first row must be a header row.
6. Select **Save**.
   
## Export blocked senders

To export a list of blocked senders:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the blocked senders you want to export.
2. Select **Action**.
3. Select **Export to CSV**.

## Edit a blocked sender

To edit a blocked sender:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the blocked sender you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > **Edit**.
3. Edit the blocked sender.
4. Select **Save**.

## Delete a blocked sender

To delete a blocked sender:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the blocked sender you want to delete.
2. Select the three dots > **Delete**.
3. On the pop up message, select **Delete**.

To delete multiple blocked senders at once:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, under **Blocked senders**, select the senders you want to delete.
2. Select **Action**
3. Select **Delete**.

---

# Impersonation registry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/

The impersonation registry contains combinations of emails of users who are likely to be impersonated. If there is an email that is on the impersonation registry not listed as an alternative email address, that email will be reported as potential [business email compromise (BEC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/).

:::note

The impersonation registry should contain a list of users who are likely to be impersonated. Email Security applies enhanced security to variations of registered email addresses for additional [Business Email Compromise (BEC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/) protection.

For easier tracking, the Email Security team recommends syncing and structuring VIPs in groups, and avoid doing manual inputs of users.
:::

To add a user to the impersonation registry:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings** > **Impersonation registry**.
4. Select **Add a user**.
5. Select **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, **Upload manual list**, and **Select from existing directories**:
   - **Manual input**: Enter the following information:
       - **User info**: enter a valid **Display name**.
       - **User email**: Enter one of the following:
         - **Email address**: Enter all known email addresses, separated by a comma.
         - **Regular expressions**: Must be valid Java expressions.
   - **Upload manual list**: You can upload a file no larger than 150 KB containing all variables of potential emails. The file must contain `Display_Name` and `Email`, and the first row must be the header row.
   - **Select from existing directories**:
       - **Select directory**: Select your directory.
       - **Add users or groups**: Choose the users or groups you want to register.
6. Select **Save**.

## Edit users

:::note

Administrators can edit the names and emails of users who belong to the Email Security directory. Administrators from other integrated directories cannot edit the name and the primary emails of users.

:::

To edit users from the Email Security directory:

1. Select the user you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > **Edit**.
3. Enter the **Display name**, **Email** and **Secondary email**.
4. Select **Save**.

To edit users from other integrations:

1. Select the user you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > **Edit**.
3. Enter the **Secondary email**.
4. Select **Save**.

## Remove users

:::note

Adiministrators can remove users who belong to the Email Security directory from the **Impersonation registry**. Users who come from an integrated directory cannot be removed from the **Impersonation registry** directly. 

To remove a user from an integrated directory:

1. Select **Directories** on the sidebar.
2. Select the directory where your user is allocated.
3. Select the **Users** tab.
4. Search for the user you want to remove.
5. Select the three dots > **Remove from registry**.

:::

To remove a user from the impersonation registry:

1. Select the user you want to remove.
2. Select the three dots > **Remove from registry**.
3. Read the pop-up message, then select **Remove user**.

To remove multiple users at once from the impersonation registry:

1. Select all the users you want to remove.
2. Select **Action** > **Remove from registry**.
3. Read the pop-up message, then select **Remove users**.

---

# Detection settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Trusted domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/trusted-domains/

Email Security allows you to exempt known partner and internal domains from typical detection scanning. Adding trusted domains helps to reduce false positives on [malicious, suspicious, and spoof dispositions](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/).

To configure a trusted domain:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**, go to **Detection settings** > **Trusted domains**.
4. On the **Detection settings** page, select **Add a domain**.
5. Select the **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, and **Upload trusted domain list**:
   - **Manual input**:
     - **Domain info**: Enter a valid domain name.
     - **Domain type**: Select one or both options:
       * **Proximity domain**: Domains with similar spelling to your existing domain.
       * **Recent domain**: Domains created recently.
     * **Notes**: Provide additional information about the trusted domain list.
   - **Upload trusted domain list**: You can upload a file no larger than 150 KB of multiple trusted domains. The file can only contain `Domain`, `Notes`, `Proximity` and `Recent` fields. The first row must be a header row. 
6. Select **Save**.

## Export trusted domains

To export a list of trusted domains:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the trusted domains you want to delete.
2. Select **Action**.
3. Select **Export to CSV**.

## Edit trusted domains

To edit a trusted domain:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the trusted domains you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > Edit.
3. Edit the trusted domain.
4. Select **Save**.

## Delete trusted domains

To delete trusted domains:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the trusted domain you want to delete.
2. Select the three dots > **Delete**.
3. On the pop up message, select **Delete**.

To delete multiple trusted domains at once:

1. On the **Detection settings** page, select the trusted domains you want to delete.
2. Select **Action**.
3. Select **Delete**.

---

# Directories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/

Directories are folders to store user data. Email Security allows you to manage directories from the Cloudflare dashboard.

To add a directory:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Directories**.
4. Select **Add a directory** > **Manage integrations**.
5. On the SaaS integrations page, select **Add integration**.

To sync a directory, select the three dots, then select **Sync now**.

---

# Manage Email Security directories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-es-directories/

You can manage your Email Security directory by editing and deleting added users.

:::note[Registered users]
The Email Security directory contains registered users only. A registered user is a user added to the [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/).
:::

To manually modify or delete added users:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Directories**.
4. Select **ES directory (manual)**.

## Edit a user

To edit a user in the Email Security directory:

1. Select the user you want to edit.
2. Select the three dots > **Edit**.
3. Enter a user name and/or email.
4. Select **Save**.

## Delete a user

To delete a user from the Email Security directory:

1. Select the **Display name** you want to delete.
2. Read the pop-up message, and then select **Delete user**.

To delete multiple users from the registry at once:

1. Select the users you want to delete.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list > **Delete users**.

---

# Dispositions and attributes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Email Security uses a variety of factors to determine whether a given email message, domain, URL, or packet is part of a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> campaign. These small pattern assessments are dynamic in nature and — in many cases — no single pattern will determine the final verdict.

:::note[Detection vs. disposition]
Detection is the process Email Security does to identify what threat an email may contain. An email can have multiple detections, but they will only have one and final disposition. The detections an email have will determine the disposition of the email.
:::

## Dispositions

Any traffic that flows through Email Security is given a final disposition, which represents our evaluation of that specific message. Each message will receive only one disposition header, so your organization can take clear and specific actions on different message types.

You can use disposition values when [setting up auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/).

### Available values

<Render file="email-security/dispositions-and-attributes" />

---

# Information about your domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/domain-information/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="email-security/domain-information" />

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

You can set up Email Security via:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# How Email Security detects phish

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/how-es-detects-phish/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="email-security/detect-phish" />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Application token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/

Cloudflare Access includes the application token with all authenticated requests to your origin. A typical JWT looks like this:

`eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjkzMzhhYmUxYmFmMmZlNDkyZjY0.eyJhdWQiOlsiOTdlMmFhZ TEyMDEyMWY5MDJkZjhiYzk5ZmMzNDU5MTNh.zLYsHmLEginAQUXdygQo08gLTExWNXsN4jBc6PKdB`

As shown above, the JWT contains three Base64-URL values separated by dots:

- [Header](#header)
- [Payload](#payload)
- [Signature](#signature)

Unless your application is connected to Access through Cloudflare Tunnel, your application must [validate the token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) to ensure the security of your origin. Validation of the header alone is not sufficient — the JWT and signature must be confirmed to avoid identity spoofing.

## Header

```json
{
	"alg": "RS256",
	"kid": "9338abe1baf2fe492f646a736f25afbf7b025e35c627be4f60c414d4c73069b8",
	"typ": "JWT"
}
```

- `alg` identifies the encoding algorithm.
- `kid` identifies the key used to sign the token.
- `typ` designates the token format.

## Payload

The payload contains the actual claim and user information to pass to the application. Payload contents vary depending on whether you authenticated to the application with an identity provider or with a [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/).

### Identity-based authentication

```json
{
	"aud": ["32eafc7626e974616deaf0dc3ce63d7bcbed58a2731e84d06bc3cdf1b53c4228"],
	"email": "user@example.com",
	"exp": 1659474457,
	"iat": 1659474397,
	"nbf": 1659474397,
	"iss": "https://yourteam.cloudflareaccess.com",
	"type": "app",
	"identity_nonce": "6ei69kawdKzMIAPF",
	"sub": "7335d417-61da-459d-899c-0a01c76a2f94",
	"country": "US"
}
```

| Field          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| aud            | [Application audience (AUD) tag](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#get-your-aud-tag) of the Access application.                                                                                                                                                    |
| email          | The email address of the authenticated user, verified by the identity provider.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| exp            | The expiration timestamp for the token (Unix time).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| iat            | The issuance timestamp for the token (Unix time).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| nbf            | The not-before timestamp for the token (Unix time), used to check if the token was received before it should be used.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| iss            | The Cloudflare Access domain URL for the application.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| type           | The type of Access token (`app` for application token or `org` for global session token).                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| identity_nonce | A cache key used to get the [user's identity](#user-identity).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| sub            | The ID of the user. This value is unique to an email address per account. The user would get a different `sub` if they are [removed](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management/#remove-a-user) and re-added to your Zero Trust organization, or if they log into a different organization. |
| country        | The country where the user authenticated from.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |

#### Custom SAML attributes and OIDC claims

Access allows you to add custom SAML attributes and OIDC claims to your JWT for enhanced verification, if supported by your identity provider. This is configured when you setup your [SAML](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/) or [OIDC](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/) provider.

#### User identity

User identity is useful for checking application permissions. For example, your application can validate that a given user is a member of an Okta or Microsoft Entra ID group such as `Finance-Team`.

Due to cookie size limits and bandwidth considerations, the application token only contains a subset of the user's identity. To get the user's full identity, send the `CF_Authorization` cookie to `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity`. Your request should be structured as follows:

```sh
curl -H 'cookie: CF_Authorization=<user-token>' https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity
```

Access will return a JSON structure containing the following data:

| Field                | Description                                                                 |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| email                | The email address of the user.                                              |
| idp                  | Data from your identity provider.                                           |
| geo                  | The country where the user authenticated from.                              |
| user_uuid            | The ID of the user.                                                         |
| devicePosture        | The device posture attributes.                                              |
| account_id           | The account ID for your organization.                                       |
| iat                  | The timestamp indicating when the user logged in.                           |
| ip                   | The IP address of the user.                                                 |
| auth_status          | The status if authenticating with mTLS.                                     |
| common_name          | The common name on the mTLS client certificate.                             |
| service_token_id     | The Client ID of the service token used for authentication.                 |
| service_token_status | True if authentication was through a service token instead of an IdP.       |
| is_warp              | True if the user enabled WARP.                                              |
| is_gateway           | True if the user enabled WARP and authenticated to a Zero Trust team.       |
| gateway_account_id   | An ID generated by the WARP client when authenticated to a Zero Trust team. |
| device_id            | The ID of the device used for authentication.                               |
| version              | The version of the `get-identity` object.                                   |
| device_sessions      | A list of all sessions initiated by the user.                               |

### Service token authentication

```json
{
	"type": "app",
	"aud": ["32eafc7626e974616deaf0dc3ce63d7bcbed58a2731e84d06bc3cdf1b53c4228"],
	"exp": 1659474457,
	"iss": "https://yourteam.cloudflareaccess.com",
	"common_name": "e367826f93b8d71185e03fe518aff3b4.access",
	"iat": 1659474397,
	"sub": ""
}
```

| Field       | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| type        | The type of Access token (`app` for application token or `org` for global session token).                                                        |
| aud         | The [application audience (AUD) tag](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#get-your-aud-tag) of the Access application. |
| exp         | The expiration timestamp of the JWT (Unix time).                                                                                                 |
| iss         | The Cloudflare Access domain URL for the application.                                                                                            |
| common_name | The Client ID of the service token (`CF-Access-Client-Id`).                                                                                      |
| iat         | The issuance timestamp of the JWT (Unix time).                                                                                                   |
| sub         | Contains an empty string when authentication was through a service token.                                                                        |

## Signature

Cloudflare generates the signature by signing the encoded header and payload using the SHA-256 algorithm (RS256). In RS256, a private key signs the JWTs and a separate [public key](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#access-signing-keys) verifies the signature.

For more information on JWTs, refer to [jwt.io](https://jwt.io/).

---

# Authorization cookie

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When you protect a site with Cloudflare Access, Cloudflare checks every HTTP request bound for that site to ensure that the request has a valid `CF_Authorization` cookie. If a request does not include the cookie, Access will block the request.

## Access JWTs

The `CF_Authorization` cookie contains the user's identity in the form of a JSON Web Token (JWT). Cloudflare securely creates these tokens through the OAUTH or SAML integration between Cloudflare Access and the configured identity provider.

Two tokens are generated:

* **Global session token**: a token generated when a user logs in to Access. This token is stored as a cookie at your <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team domain</GlossaryTooltip> (for example, `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`) and prevents a user from needing to log in to each application.

* [**Application token**](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/): a token generated for each application that a user reaches. This token is stored as a cookie on the protected domain (for example, `https://jira.site.com`) and may be used to [validate requests](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json) on your origin.

### Multi-domain applications

Cloudflare Access allows you to protect and manage multiple domains in a single [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/). After a user has successfully authenticated to one domain, Access will automatically issue a `CF_Authorization` cookie when they go to another domain in the same Access application. This means that users only need to authenticate once to a multi-domain application.

For Access applications with five or less domains, Access will preemptively set the cookie for all domains through a series of redirects. This allows single-page applications (SPAs) to retrieve data from other subdomains, even if the user has not explicitly visited those subdomains. Note that we cannot set cookies up-front for a wildcarded subdomain, because we do not know which concrete subdomain to redirect to (wildcarded paths are allowed).

If the Access application has more than five domains, Access will not preemptively set any cookies. Cookies are only issued as the user visits each domain. This limitation is to avoid latency issues that could affect the user experience.

## Cookie settings

Cloudflare Access provides optional security settings that can be added to the browser cookies generated by Access for an authenticated user.

* [SameSite](#samesite-attribute)
* [HttpOnly flag](#httponly)
* [Binding cookie](#binding-cookie)
* [Cookie path](#cookie-path-attribute)

To enable these settings:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Locate the application you would like to configure and select **Edit**.

3. Select **Settings** and scroll down to **Cookie settings**.

4. Configure the desired cookie settings.

5. Select **Save application**.

### SameSite Attribute

The [SameSite](https://web.dev/samesite-cookies-explained/) Attribute selector restricts the cookie to only being sent if the cookie's defined site matches the site being requested in the browser. This adds protection against [cross-site request forgery (CSRF)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_request_forgery).

The selector options are:

* **None** - Cookies will be sent in all contexts, including cross-origin requests.
* **Lax** - Cookies are allowed to be sent with top-level navigations and will be sent along with GET requests initiated by third party websites.
* **Strict** - Cookies will only be sent in a first-party context and not be sent along with requests initiated by third party websites.

Refer to the [Mozilla documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie/SameSite) for more information.

#### When not to use SameSite

Do not enable SameSite restrictions if you have additional sites or applications that rely on a specific application's authorization cookie.

### HttpOnly

The HttpOnly flag is a cookie attribute that prevents the cookie from being accessed by any client-side scripts, reducing the likelihood of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. This flag is enabled by default.

#### When not to use HttpOnly

Do not enable HttpOnly if:

* You are using the Access application for non-browser based tools (such as SSH or RDP).
* You have software that relies on being able to access a user's cookie generated by Access.

### Binding Cookie

The Binding Cookie is an additional cookie created when a user successfully authenticates, shared with Cloudflare to verify identity, and then stripped before it reaches the origin server. The Binding Cookie associates the browser with the Access token; the association protects against compromised authorization tokens because the origin webapp would never see this binding cookie. This protects against session hijack style attacks.

#### When not to use Binding Cookie

Do not enable Binding Cookie if:

* You are using the Access application for non-browser based tools (such as SSH or RDP).
* You have enabled [incompatible Cloudflare products](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/#product-compatibility) on the application domain.
* You have turned on [WARP authentication identity](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/) for the application.

### Cookie Path Attribute

The Cookie Path Attribute adds the application's path URL to the `CF_Authorization` cookie. When enabled, a user who logs in to `example.com/path1` must re-authenticate to access `example.com/path2`. When disabled, the `CF_Authorization` cookie is only scoped to the domain and subdomain.

## Allow third-party cookies in the browser

By default, some browsers block all third-party cookies in private browsing mode, including the `CF_Authorization` cookie. For XHR requests to work in private windows, you will need to exempt your application and <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team domain</GlossaryTooltip> from the browser's tracking protection system.

To enable third-party cookies for an Access application:


<Details header="Chrome">

1. Go to **Settings** > **Privacy and security** > **Cookies and other site data**.
2. Under **Sites that can always use cookies**, add the following URLs:
   * Hostname of your Access application (for example, `https://jira.site.com`)
   * `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`


</Details>


<Details header="Safari">

1. Go to **Safari** > **Settings** > **Privacy**.
2. Deselect **Block all cookies**.


</Details>


<Details header="Firefox">

1. Go to **Settings** > **Privacy & Security**.
2. Scroll down to **Cookies and Site Data**.
3. Select **Manage Exceptions**.
4. Enter the URL of your Access application (for example, `https://jira.site.com`) and select **Allow**.
5. Enter `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` and select **Allow**.
6. Select **Save Changes**.


</Details>


<Details header="Brave">

1. Go to `brave://settings/cookies`.
2. Under **Sites that can always use cookies**, add the following URLs:
   * Hostname of your Access application (for example, `https://jira.site.com`)
   * `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`


</Details>

---

# CORS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/cors/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing ([CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS)) is a mechanism that uses HTTP headers to grant a web application running on one origin permission to reach selected resources in a different origin. The web application executes a cross-origin HTTP request when it requests a resource that has a different origin from its own, including domain, protocol, or port.

For a CORS request to reach a site protected by Access, the request must include a valid `CF-Authorization` cookie. This may require additional configuration depending on the type of request:

- [Simple requests](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#simple_requests) are sent directly to the origin, without triggering a preflight request. For configuration instructions, refer to [Allow simple requests](#allow-simple-requests).

- [Preflighted requests](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#preflighted_requests) cause the browser to send an OPTIONS request before sending the actual request. The OPTIONS request checks which methods and headers are allowed by the origin. For configuration instructions, refer to [Allow preflighted requests](#allow-preflighted-requests).

:::caution[Important]

- Do not troubleshoot CORS in Incognito mode, as this will cause disruptions with Access due to `CF-Authorization` being blocked as a third-party cookie on cross origin requests.

- Safari, in particular Safari 13.1, handles cookies in a unique format. In some cases, this can cause CORS to fail. This will be dependent on Apple releasing a patch for handling cookies. This is known to impact macOS 10.15.4 when running Safari 13.1 (15609.1.20.111.8).

:::

## Allow simple requests

If you make a simple CORS request to an Access-protected domain and have not yet logged in, the request will return a `CORS error`. There are two ways you can resolve this error:

- **Option 1** — [Log in and refresh the page](#authenticate-manually).
- **Option 2** — [Create a Cloudflare Worker which automatically sends an authentication token](#send-authentication-token-with-cloudflare-worker). This method only works if both sites involved in the CORS exchange are behind Access.

### Authenticate manually

1. Visit the target domain in your browser. You will see the Access login page.
2. Log in to the target domain. This generates a `CF-Authorization` cookie.
3. Refresh the page that made the CORS request. The refresh resends the request with the newly generated cookie.

## Allow preflighted requests

If you make a preflighted cross-origin request to an Access-protected domain, the OPTIONS request will return a `403` error. This error occurs regardless of whether you have logged in to the domain. This is because the browser never includes cookies with OPTIONS requests, by design. Cloudflare will therefore block the preflight request, causing the CORS exchange to fail.

There are three ways you can resolve this error:

- **Option 1** — [Bypass OPTIONS requests to origin](#bypass-options-requests-to-origin).
- **Option 2** - [Configure Cloudflare to respond to the OPTIONS request](#configure-response-to-preflight-requests).
- **Option 3** — [Create a Cloudflare Worker which automatically sends an authentication token](#send-authentication-token-with-cloudflare-worker). This method only works if both sites involved in the CORS exchange are behind Access.

### Bypass OPTIONS requests to origin

You can configure Cloudflare to send OPTIONS requests directly to your origin server. To bypass Access for OPTIONS requests:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Locate the origin that will be receiving OPTIONS requests and select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Advanced settings** > **Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings**.
4. Turn on **Bypass options requests to origin**. This will remove all existing CORS settings for this application.

It is still important to enforce CORS for the Access JWT -- this option should only be used if you have CORS enforcement established in your origin server.

### Configure response to preflight requests

You can configure Cloudflare to respond to the OPTIONS request on your behalf. The OPTIONS request never reaches your origin. After the preflight exchange resolves, the browser will then send the main request which does include the authentication cookie (assuming you have logged into the Access-protected domain).

To configure how Cloudflare responds to preflight requests:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Locate the origin that will be receiving OPTIONS requests and select **Configure**.

3. Go to **Advanced settings** > **Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) settings**.

4. Configure these [CORS settings](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS#the_http_response_headers) to match the response headers sent by your origin.

   For example, if you have configured `api.mysite.com`to return the following headers:

   ```txt
   headers: {
     'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': 'https://example.com',
     'Access-Control-Allow-Credentials' : true,
     'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, OPTIONS',
     'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'office',
     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
   }
   ```

   then go to `api.mysite.com` in Access and configure **Access-Control-Allow-Origin**, **Access-Control-Allow-Credentials**, **Access-Control-Allow-Methods**, and **Access-Control-Allow-Headers**.
   ![Example CORS settings configuration in Zero Trust](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/CORS-settings.png)

5. Select **Save application**.

6. (Optional) You can check your configuration by sending an OPTIONS request to the origin with `curl`. For example,

   ```bash
   curl --head --request OPTIONS https://api.mysite.com \
   --header 'origin: https://example.com' \
   --header 'access-control-request-method: GET'
   ```

   should return a response similar to:

   ```txt
   HTTP/2 200
   date: Tue, 24 May 2022 21:51:21 GMT
   vary: Origin, Access-Control-Request-Method, Access-Control-Request-Headers
   access-control-allow-origin: https://example.com
   access-control-allow-methods: GET
   access-control-allow-credentials: true
   expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
   report-to: {"endpoints":[{"url":"https:\/\/a.nel.cloudflare.com\/report\/v3?s=A%2FbOOWJio%2B%2FjuJv5NC%2FE3%2Bo1zBl2UdjzJssw8gJLC4lE1lzIUPQKqJoLRTaVtFd21JK1d4g%2BnlEGNpx0mGtsR6jerNfr2H5mlQdO6u2RdOaJ6n%2F%2BS%2BF9%2Fa12UromVLcHsSA5Y%2Fj72tM%3D"}],"group":"cf-nel","max_age":604800}
   nel: {"success_fraction":0.01,"report_to":"cf-nel","max_age":604800}
   server: cloudflare
   cf-ray: 7109408e6b84efe4-EWR
   ```

## Send authentication token with Cloudflare Worker

If you have two sites protected by Cloudflare Access, `example.com` and `api.mysite.com`, requests made between the two will be subject to CORS checks. Users who log in to `example.com` will be issued a cookie for `example.com`. When the user's browser requests `api.mysite.com`, Cloudflare Access looks for a cookie specific to `api.mysite.com`. The request will fail if the user has not already logged in to `api.mysite.com`.

To avoid having to log in twice, you can create a Cloudflare Worker that automatically sends authentication credentials to `api.mysite.com`.

### Prerequisites

- [Workers account](/workers/get-started/guide/)
- `wrangler` installation
- `example.com` and `api.mysite.com` domains [protected by Access](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/)

### 1. Generate a service token

Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) to generate a new Access service token. Copy the `Client ID` and `Client Secret` to a safe place, as you will use them in a later step.

### 2. Add a Service Auth policy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Find your `api.mysite.com` application and select **Edit**.

3. Select the **Policies** tab.

4. Add the following policy:
   | Action | Rule type | Selector |
   | ------------ | --------- | ------------- |
   | Service Auth | Include | Service Token |

### 3. Create a new Worker

Open a terminal and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"authentication-worker"}
/>

This will prompt you to install the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) package and lead you through setup.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Go to your project directory.

```sh
cd authentication-worker
```

Open `/src/index.js` and delete the existing code and paste in the following example:

```js
// The hostname where your API lives
const originalAPIHostname = "api.mysite.com";

export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Change just the host. If the request comes in on example.com/api/name, the new URL is api.mysite.com/api/name
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		url.hostname = originalAPIHostname;

		// If your API is located on api.mysite.com/anyname (without "api/" in the path),
		// remove the "api/" part of example.com/api/name

		// url.pathname = url.pathname.substring(4)

		// Best practice is to always use the original request to construct the new request
		// to clone all the attributes. Applying the URL also requires a constructor
		// since once a Request has been constructed, its URL is immutable.
		const newRequest = new Request(url.toString(), request);

		newRequest.headers.set("cf-access-client-id", CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID);
		newRequest.headers.set("cf-access-client-secret", CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET);
		try {
			const response = await fetch(newRequest);

			// Copy over the response
			const modifiedResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

			// Delete the set-cookie from the response so it doesn't override existing cookies
			modifiedResponse.headers.delete("set-cookie");

			return modifiedResponse;
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: e.message }), {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
};
```

Then, deploy the Worker to your Cloudflare account:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

### 4. Configure the Worker

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select your account and go to **Workers & Pages**.

2. Select your newly created Worker.

3. In the **Triggers** tab, go to **Routes** and add `example.com/api/*`. The Worker is placed on a subpath of `example.com` to avoid making a cross-origin request.

4. In the **Settings** tab, select **Variables**.

5. Under **Environment Variables**, add the following [secret variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/#add-environment-variables-via-the-dashboard):
   - `CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_ID` = `<service token Client ID>`
   - `CF_ACCESS_CLIENT_SECRET` = `<service token Client Secret>`

The Client ID and Client Secret are copied from your [service token](#1-generate-a-service-token).

6. Enable the **Encrypt** option for each variable and select **Save**.

### 5. Update HTTP request URLs

Modify your `example.com` application to send all requests to `example.com/api/` instead of `api.mysite.com`.

HTTP requests should now work seamlessly between two different Access-protected domains. When a user logs in to `example.com`, the browser makes a request to the Worker instead of to `api.mysite.com`. The Worker adds the Access service token to the request headers and then forwards the request to `api.mysite.com`. Since the service token matches a Service Auth policy, the user no longer needs to log in to `api.mysite.com`.

## Troubleshooting

In general, we recommend the following steps when troubleshooting CORS issues:

1. Capture a HAR file with the issue described, as well as the JS console log output recorded simultaneously. This is because the HAR file alone will not give full visibility on the reason behind cross-origin issues.
2. Ensure that the application has set `credentials: 'same-origin'` in all fetch or XHR requests.
3. If you are using the [cross-origin setting](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/crossorigin) on script tags, these must be set to "use-credentials".

:::caution[CORS is failing on the same domain]

CORS checks do not occur on the same domain. If this error occurs, it is likely the request is being sent without the `CF-Authorization` cookie.
:::

---

# Validate JWTs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When Cloudflare sends a request to your origin, the request will include an [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/) as a `Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion` request header and as a `CF_Authorization` cookie.

Cloudflare signs the token with a key pair unique to your account. You should validate the token with your public key to ensure that the request came from Access and not a malicious third party.

## Access signing keys

The public key for the signing key pair is located at `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs`, where `<your-team-name>` is your Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

By default, Access rotates the signing key every 6 weeks. This means you will need to programmatically or manually update your keys as they rotate. Previous keys remain valid for 7 days after rotation to allow time for you to make the update.

You can also manually rotate the key using the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/keys/methods/rotate/). This can be done for testing or security purposes.

As shown in the example below, `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs` contains two public keys: the current key used to sign all new tokens, and the previous key that has been rotated out.

* `keys`: both keys in JWK format
* `public_cert`: current key in PEM format
* `public_certs`: both keys in PEM format

```txt
{
  "keys": [
    {
      "kid": "1a1c3986a44ce6390be42ec772b031df8f433fdc71716db821dc0c39af3bce49",
      "kty": "RSA",
      "alg": "RS256",
      "use": "sig",
      "e": "AQAB",
      "n": "5PKw-...-AG7MyQ"
    },
    {
      "kid": "6c3bffef71bb0a90c9cbef3b7c0d4a1c7b4b8b76b80292a623afd9dac45d1c65",
      "kty": "RSA",
      "alg": "RS256",
      "use": "sig",
      "e": "AQAB",
      "n": "pwVn...AA6Hw"
    }
  ],
  "public_cert": {
    "kid": "6c3bffef71bb0a90c9cbef3b7c0d4a1c7b4b8b76b80292a623afd9dac45d1c65",
    "cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... -----END CERTIFICATE----- "
  },
  "public_certs": [
    {
      "kid": "1a1c3986a44ce6390be42ec772b031df8f433fdc71716db821dc0c39af3bce49",
      "cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... -----END CERTIFICATE----- "
    },
    {
      "kid": "6c3bffef71bb0a90c9cbef3b7c0d4a1c7b4b8b76b80292a623afd9dac45d1c65",
      "cert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ... -----END CERTIFICATE----- "
    }
  ]
}
```

:::note[Avoid key rotation issues]


* Validate tokens using the external endpoint rather than saving the public key as a hard-coded value.
* Do not fetch the current key from `public_cert`, since your origin may inadvertently read an expired value from an outdated cache. Instead, match the `kid` value in the JWT to the corresponding certificate in `public_certs`.
  :::

## Verify the JWT manually

To verify the token manually:

1. Copy the JWT from the `CF_Authorization` cookie or from the `Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion` request header.

2. Go to [jwt.io](https://jwt.io/).

3. Select the RS256 algorithm.

4. Paste the JWT into the **Encoded** box.

5. In the **Payload** box, ensure that the `iss` field points to your team domain (`https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`). `jwt.io` uses the `iss` value to fetch the public key for token validation.

6. Ensure that the page says **Signature Verified**.

You can now trust that this request was sent by Access.

## Programmatic verification

You can run an automated script on your origin server to validate incoming requests. The provided sample code gets the application token from a request and checks its signature against your public key. You will need to insert your own team domain and Application Audience (AUD) tag into the sample code.

### Get your AUD tag

Cloudflare Access assigns a unique AUD tag to each application. The `aud` claim in the token payload specifies which application the JWT is valid for.

To get the AUD tag:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Configure** for your application.
3. From the **Basic information** tab, copy the **Application Audience (AUD) Tag**.

You can now paste the AUD tag into your token validation script. The AUD tag will never change unless you delete or recreate the Access application.

### Golang example

```go
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "net/http"

    "github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
)

var (
    ctx        = context.TODO()
    teamDomain = "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com"
    certsURL   = fmt.Sprintf("%s/cdn-cgi/access/certs", teamDomain)

    // The Application Audience (AUD) tag for your application
    policyAUD = "4714c1358e65fe4b408ad6d432a5f878f08194bdb4752441fd56faefa9b2b6f2"

    config = &oidc.Config{
        ClientID: policyAUD,
    }
    keySet   = oidc.NewRemoteKeySet(ctx, certsURL)
    verifier = oidc.NewVerifier(teamDomain, keySet, config)
)

// VerifyToken is a middleware to verify a CF Access token
func VerifyToken(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
    fn := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        headers := r.Header

        // Make sure that the incoming request has our token header
        //  Could also look in the cookies for CF_AUTHORIZATION
        accessJWT := headers.Get("Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion")
        if accessJWT == "" {
            w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
            w.Write([]byte("No token on the request"))
            return
        }

        // Verify the access token
        ctx := r.Context()
        _, err := verifier.Verify(ctx, accessJWT)
        if err != nil {
            w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
            w.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid token: %s", err.Error())))
            return
        }
        next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
    }
    return http.HandlerFunc(fn)
}

func MainHandler() http.Handler {
    return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
        w.Write([]byte("welcome"))
    })
}

func main() {
    http.Handle("/", VerifyToken(MainHandler()))
    http.ListenAndServe(":3000", nil)
}
```

### Python example

`pip` install the following:

* flask
* requests
* PyJWT
* cryptography

```python
from flask import Flask, request
import requests
import jwt
import json
import os
app = Flask(__name__)


# The Application Audience (AUD) tag for your application
POLICY_AUD = os.getenv("POLICY_AUD")

# Your CF Access team domain
TEAM_DOMAIN = os.getenv("TEAM_DOMAIN")
CERTS_URL = "{}/cdn-cgi/access/certs".format(TEAM_DOMAIN)

def _get_public_keys():
    """
    Returns:
        List of RSA public keys usable by PyJWT.
    """
    r = requests.get(CERTS_URL)
    public_keys = []
    jwk_set = r.json()
    for key_dict in jwk_set['keys']:
        public_key = jwt.algorithms.RSAAlgorithm.from_jwk(json.dumps(key_dict))
        public_keys.append(public_key)
    return public_keys

def verify_token(f):
    """
    Decorator that wraps a Flask API call to verify the CF Access JWT
    """
    def wrapper():
        token = ''
        if 'CF_Authorization' in request.cookies:
            token = request.cookies['CF_Authorization']
        else:
            return "missing required cf authorization token", 403
        keys = _get_public_keys()

        # Loop through the keys since we can't pass the key set to the decoder
        valid_token = False
        for key in keys:
            try:
                # decode returns the claims that has the email when needed
                jwt.decode(token, key=key, audience=POLICY_AUD, algorithms=['RS256'])
                valid_token = True
                break
            except:
                pass
        if not valid_token:
            return "invalid token", 403

        return f()
    return wrapper


@app.route('/')
@verify_token
def hello_world():
    return 'Hello, World!'


if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()
```

### JavaScript example

```javascript
const express = require('express');
const jose = require('jose');

// The Application Audience (AUD) tag for your application
const AUD = process.env.POLICY_AUD;

// Your CF Access team domain
const TEAM_DOMAIN = process.env.TEAM_DOMAIN;
const CERTS_URL = `${TEAM_DOMAIN}/cdn-cgi/access/certs`;

const JWKS = jose.createRemoteJWKSet(new URL(CERTS_URL));

// verifyToken is a middleware to verify a CF authorization token
const verifyToken = async (req, res, next) => {
  const token = req.headers['cf-access-jwt-assertion'];

  // Make sure that the incoming request has our token header
  if (!token) {
    return res.status(403).send({
      status: false,
      message: 'missing required cf authorization token',
    });
  }

  const result = await jose.jwtVerify(token, JWKS, {
    issuer: TEAM_DOMAIN,
    audience: AUD,
  });

  req.user = result.payload;
  next();
};

const app = express();

app.use(verifyToken);

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.send('Hello World!');
});

app.listen(3333);

```

---

# Device posture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can configure Zero Trust policies that rely on additional signals from the WARP client or from third-party endpoint security providers. When device posture checks are configured, users can only connect to a protected application or network resource if they have a managed or healthy device.

## 1. Enable device posture checks

Setup instructions and requirements vary depending on the device posture attribute. Refer to the links below to view the setup guide for your provider.

- [WARP client checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) are performed by the Cloudflare WARP client.
- [Service-to-service checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/) are performed by third-party device posture providers.
- [Access integration checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/) are only configurable for Access applications. These attributes cannot be used in Gateway policies.

## 2. Verify device posture checks

Before integrating a device posture check in a Gateway or Access policy, verify that the Pass/Fail results match your expectations. To view the latest test results for a specific device:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **My Team** > **Devices**.
2. Select the device.
3. Select **View details**.
4. Select the **Posture checks** tab.

## 3. Build a device posture policy

You can now use your device posture check in an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) or a Gateway [network](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/common-policies/#enforce-device-posture) or [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/common-policies/#check-device-posture) policy. In Access, the enabled device posture attributes will appear in the list of available [selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors). In Gateway, the attributes will appear when you choose the [Passed Device Posture Check](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#device-posture) selector.

:::caution[Gateway policy limitation]

Gateway does not support device posture checks for the [Tanium Access integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/tanium/).
:::

## 4. Ensure traffic is going through WARP

[WARP client](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) and [service-to-service](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/) posture checks rely on traffic going through WARP to detect posture information for a device. In your [Split Tunnel configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/), ensure that the following domains are included in WARP:

- The IdP used to authenticate to Cloudflare Zero Trust if posture check is part of an Access policy.
- `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` if posture check is part of an Access policy.
- The application protected by the Access or Gateway policy.

## Policy enforcement rate

Access detects changes in device posture at the same rate as the [polling frequency](#polling-frequency) configured for the posture check.

Because Gateway evaluates network and HTTP policies on every request, it maintains a local cache of posture results that is only updated every five minutes. Therefore, Gateway policies are subject to an additional five-minute delay. For example, if you set your polling frequency to 10 minutes, it may take up to 15 minutes for Gateway to detect posture changes on a device.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Device posture policy enforcement
A[Device] --schedule--> B[WARP client]--> C((Cloudflare)) --> D[Access policy]
C --5 min--> E[Cache] --> F[Gateway policy]
A --> G[Service provider] --interval--> C
```

### Expiration

By default, the posture result on Cloudflare remains valid until it is overwritten by new data. You can specify an `expiration` time using our [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/methods/update/). We recommend setting the expiration to be longer than the [polling frequency](#polling-frequency).

### Polling frequency

#### WARP client checks

By default, the WARP client polls the device for status changes every five minutes. To modify the polling frequency, use the API to update the [`schedule`](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/methods/update/) parameter.

#### Service provider checks

When setting up a [service-to-service integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/), you will choose a polling frequency to determine how often Cloudflare will query the third-party API. To set the polling frequency via the API, use the [`interval`](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/subresources/integrations/methods/edit/) parameter.

---

# Active Directory (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/adfs/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

:::caution
Microsoft recommends migrating your Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS) SSO to Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, refer to [Microsoft Learn](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/ad-fs-overview).

To set up the Microsoft Entra ID IdP integration with Zero Trust, refer to [Microsoft Entra ID](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/).
:::

Active Directory is a directory service developed by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. Active Directory integrates with Cloudflare Access using Security Assertion Markup Language (<GlossaryTooltip term="SAML">SAML</GlossaryTooltip>).

## Before you start

To get started, you need:

- An Active Directory Domain Controller where all users have an email attribute
- Generic SAML enabled for your Access Identity Provider (IdP)
- A Microsoft server running with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) installed. All screenshots in these instructions are for Server 2012R2. Similar steps will work for newer versions.
- A browser safe certificate for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

Once you fulfill the requirements above, you are ready to begin. Installation and basic configuration of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) is outside the scope of this guide. A detailed guide can be found in a [Microsoft KB](<https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dynamicscrm-2016/deployment-administrators-guide/gg188612(v=crm.8)>).

Then to begin the connection between Cloudflare Access and AD FS create a Relying Party Trust in AD FS.

## Create a Relying Party Trust

Run the Add Relying Party Trust wizard to begin SAML AD integration with Cloudflare Access.

To create a Relying Party Trust:

1. In **Windows Server**, launch the **ADFS Management** tool.

2. Select the **Relying Party Trusts** folder.

3. On the **Actions** sidebar, select **Add Relying Party Trust**. The **Add Relying Party Trust Wizard** launches.

4. In the left menu, choose **Select Data Source**.

5. Select the **Enter data about the relying party manually** option.

6. Select **Next**.

7. Enter a **Display name**. We suggest you use a recognizable name. Include any information regarding this connection in the **Notes** field.

8. Select **Next**. The **Choose Profile** step displays.

9. Select the **AD FS profile** option.

10. Select **Next**. The **Configure Certificate** step displays.

11. Leave the **Certificate** options at their defaults.

12. Select **Next**. The **Configure URL** step displays.

13. Select the **Enable support for the SAML 2.0 WebSSO protocol** option.

14. In the **Relying party SAML 2.0 SSO service URL** field, enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

15. Select **Next**. The **Configure Identifiers** step displays.

    ![Add relying party trust wizard with callback URL pasted into open form field](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/adfs/adfs-7.png)

16. Paste your callback URL in the **Relying party trust identifier** field.

17. Select **Next**. In the **Configure Multi-factor Authentication Now?** step, you can configure multi-factor authentication.

18. Select **Next**. The **Choose Issuance Authorization Rules** step displays.

19. Select the **Permit all users to access this relying party** option.

20. Select **Next**. The **Ready to Add Trust** step displays.

21. Review your settings.

22. Select **Next**. Cloudflare now relies on AD FS for user-identity authorization.

The **Edit Claim Rules for CF Login** screen automatically displays.

## Create claim rules

Now create 2 Claim Rules so that AD FS can take information from Cloudflare and return it to create [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

If you closed the Add Relying Trust wizard, use Explorer to find the **Relying Party Trusts** folder, select the newly created RPT file, and select **Edit Claim Rules** in the **Action** sidebar.

To create Claim Rules:

1. In the **Edit Claim Rules for CF Login** window, select **Add Rule**. The **Choose Rule Type** step displays.

2. In the **Claim rule template** field, select **Send LDAP Attributes as Claims** from the drop-down list.

3. Select **Next**. The **Edit Rule — Send Email** step displays.

4. Enter a descriptive **Claim rule name**.

5. Select **Active Directory** from the **Attribute store** drop-down list.

6. Select **E-mail-Addresses** from the **LDAP Attribute** and **Outgoing Claim Type** drop-down lists.

7. Select **OK**. You return to the **Choose Rule Type** step.

8. Select **Transform an Incoming Claim** from the **Claim rule template** drop-down list to create the second rule.

9. Select **Next**. The **Edit - Create Transient Name Identifier** window displays.

10. Enter a descriptive **Claim rule name**.

11. Select **E-Mail Address** from the **Incoming claim type** drop-down list.

12. Select **Name ID** from the **Outgoing claim type** drop-down list.

13. Select **Transient Identifier** from the **Outgoing name ID format** drop-down list.

14. Ensure that the **Pass through all claim values** option is selected.

15. Select **OK**.

Both Claim Rules are now available to export to your Cloudflare Access account.

## Export the certificate

Now you'll configure Cloudflare to recognize AD FS by extracting the _token-signing certificate_ from AD FS.

To export the certificate:

1. Within the AD FS management console, select the **Service** under AD FS and choose the **Certificates** folder which contains the certificate to export.

2. In the **Certificates** card, right-click on the entry under **Token-signing**, and select **View certificate**. The **Certificates** window displays.

   ![Certificates window with token-signing certificate selected](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/adfs/adfs-16.png)

3. Select the **Details** tab, and select the **Copy to File** option.

4. The **Certificate Export Wizard** displays.

5. Select **Next**. The **Export File Format** window displays.

6. Select the **Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER)** option.

7. Select **Next**.

8. Enter a name for the file.

9. Select **Next**.

10. Select **Finish**.

    Note the file path for later.

## Configure AD FS to sign SAML responses

To ensure that AD FS signs the full response when communicating with Cloudflare, open your local **PowerShell** and enter the following command:

```bash
Set-ADFSRelyingPartyTrust -TargetName "Name of RPT Display Name" -SamlResponseSignature "MessageAndAssertion"
```

## Configure Cloudflare Zero Trust

To enable Cloudflare Zero Trust to accept the claims and assertions sent from AD FS, follow these steps:

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. The **Add a SAML identity provider** card displays.

4. Enter an IdP **Name**.

5. Under **Single Sign On URL** enter:

   ```txt
   https://hostnameOfADFS/adfs/ls/
   ```

   This is the default location. You can find your federation service identifier in AD FS.

6. In the **IdP Entity ID or Issuer URL** field, enter your Zero Trust team domain and include this callback at the end of the path: `/cdn-cgi/access/callback`. For example:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

7. Under **Signing certificate**, paste the exported certificate.

   There can be no spaces or return characters in the text field.

8. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

## Download SP metadata (optional)

Some IdPs allow administrators to upload metadata files from their SP (service provider).

To get your Cloudflare metadata file:

1. Download your unique SAML metadata file at the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/saml-metadata
   ```

   In Cloudflare Access, you can find a link to this URL in the **Edit a SAML identity provider** dialog. The link returns a web page with your SAML SP data in XML format.

2. Save the file in XML format.

3. Upload the XML document to your **Active Directory** account.

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/",
		"sso_target_url": "https://adfs.example.com/adfs/ls/",
		"attributes": ["email"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_cert": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "adfs saml example"
}
```

---

# AWS IAM (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/aws-saml/

AWS IAM Identity Center provides SSO identity management for users who interact with AWS resources (such as EC2 instances or S3 buckets). You can integrate AWS IAM with Cloudflare Zero Trust as a SAML identity provider, which allows users to authenticate to Zero Trust using their AWS credentials.

## Prerequisites

- Admin access to an IAM Identity Center [organization instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/identity-center-instances.html)

## Set up AWS IAM as a SAML provider

To set up SAML with AWS IAM as your identity provider:

1. Open your [IAM Identity Center console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon) and go to **Applications**.

2. Select the **Customer managed** tab.

3. Select **Add application**.

4. Select **I have an application I want to set up**.

5. For **Application type**, select **SAML 2.0**.

6. Select **Next**.

7. Enter a **Display name** for the application (for example, `Cloudflare Zero Trust`).

8. Download the **IAM Identity Center SAML metadata file**. You will need this file later when configuring the identity provider in Zero Trust.

9. Under **Application metadata**, select **Manually type your metadata values**.

10. In **Application ACS URL** and **Application SAML audience**, enter the following URL:

```txt
https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
```

You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

11. Select **Submit**.

12. Next, select the **Actions** dropdown menu and select _Edit attribute mappings_.

13. For the `Subject` user attribute, enter `${user:email}`.

14. (Recommended) Add user name attributes:

| User attribute | String value         |
| -------------- | -------------------- |
| `name`         | `${user:name}`       |
| `surName`      | `${user:familyName}` |
| `givenName`    | `${user:givenName}`  |

![Configuring attribute statements in IAM Identity Center](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/aws/aws-saml-attributes.png)

15. Select **Save changes**.

16. Under **Assign users and groups**, add individuals and/or groups that should be allowed to login to Zero Trust.

17. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

18. Under **Login Methods**, select **Add new**.

19. Select **SAML**.

20. Enter a **Name** for the IdP integration (for example, `AWS`).

21. Upload the **IAM Identity Center SAML metadata file** that you downloaded in Step 8.

22. (Recommended) Enable [**Sign SAML authentication request**](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#sign-saml-authentication-request).

23. Select **Save**.

To [test](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) that your connection is working, select **Test**.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "https://portal.sso.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/saml/assertion/b2yJrC4kjy3ZAS0a2SeDJj74ebEAxozPfiURId0aQsal3",
		"sso_target_url": "https://portal.sso.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/saml/assertion/b2yJrC4kjy3ZAS0a2SeDJj74ebEAxozPfiURId0aQsal3",
		"attributes": ["email"],
		"email_attribute_name": "email",
		"sign_request": true,
		"idp_public_certs": [
			"MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
		]
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "AWS IAM SAML example"
}
```

---

# Centrify (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/centrify-saml/

Centrify secures access to infrastructure, DevOps, cloud, and other modern enterprise so you can prevent the number one cause of breaches: privileged access abuse.

## Set up Centrify as a SAML provider

## 1. Create an application in Centrify

1. Log in to your **Centrify** admin portal and select **Apps**.

2. Select **Add Web Apps**.

3. Select the **Custom** tab.

4. Next to the **SAML** icon, select **Add**.

   ![Centrify Settings Add Application details page with template text](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/saml-centrify/saml-centrify-3.png)

5. Enter the required information for your application.

6. Select **Save**.

7. Select **Settings** in the left pane.

8. In the middle menu pane, select **Trust**.

9. Choose the **Manual Configuration** option.

10. In the **SP Entity ID** and **Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL fields**, enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

11. Select **Save**.

12. In the middle menu pane, select **User Access**.

13. Select **Add**. The **Select Role** dialog displays.

14. Complete your roles access assignments. The Role rules display on the **User Access** card.

15. In the **User Access** card's middle menu pane, select **SAML Response**.

16. Select **Active** > **Add** to create a new **Attribute Name**, **Email**.

    ![Centrify SAML Response card with Settings Email Attribute selected](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/saml-centrify/saml-centrify-9.png)

17. Enter the user email addresses in the **Attribute Value** field.

18. Select **Save**.

19. Select **Settings** again from the left menu pane, and **Trust**.

20. Select the **Manual Configuration** option.

### 2. Add Centrify to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **SAML**.

4. Copy and paste the corresponding information from Centrify into the fields.

5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, configure [additional SAML options](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#optional-configurations).

7. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

## Download SP metadata (optional)

Some IdPs allow administrators to upload metadata files from their SP (service provider).

To get your Cloudflare metadata file:

1. Download your unique SAML metadata file at the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/saml-metadata
   ```

2. Save the file in XML format.

3. Upload the XML document to your **Centrify** account.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "https://abc123.my.centrify.com/baaa2117-0ec0-4d76-84cc-abccb551a123",
		"sso_target_url": "https://abc123.my.centrify.com/applogin/appKey/baaa2117-0ec0-4d76-84cc-abccb551a123/customerId/abc123",
		"attributes": ["email"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_cert": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "centrify saml example"
}
```

---

# Amazon Cognito

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/awscognito-oidc/

Amazon Cognito provides SSO identity management for end users of web and mobile apps. You can integrate Amazon Cognito as an OIDC identity provider for Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

- An Amazon Cognito [user pool](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/tutorial-create-user-pool.html)

## Set up Amazon Cognito (OIDC)

### 1. Obtain Amazon Cognito settings

The following Amazon Cognito values are required to set up the integration:

- App (client) ID
- Client secret
- Auth URL
- Token URL
- Certificate (key) URL

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your Amazon Cognito admin portal.

2. Go to **User pools** and select your user pool.

3. Select the **App integration** tab.

4. Under **Domain**, copy your user pool domain or [configure a new domain](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pools-assign-domain.html).

5. Make note of the following [Amazon Cognito OIDC endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/federation-endpoints.html):

   - **Auth URL**: `https://<your user pool domain>/oauth2/authorize`
   - **Token URL**: `https://<your user pool domain>/oauth2/token`
   - **Certificate (key) URL**: `https://cognito-idp.<region>.amazonaws.com/<your user pool ID>/.well-known/jwks.json` (This is the **Token signing key URL** shown in **User pool overview**.)

6. Under **App client list**, select **Create app client**.

7. For **App type**, select **Confidential client**.

8. Enter an **App client name** for your application.

9. Ensure that **Generate a client secret** is selected.

10. Configure the following **Hosted UI settings**:

    1. In **Allowed callback URLs**, add the following URL:

       ```txt
       https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
       ```

       You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

    2. Select **Identity providers** to use with this app client. At minimum, enable **Cognito user pool** as a provider.

    3. For **OAuth 2.0 grant types**, select **Authorization code grant**.

    4. For **OpenID Connect scopes**, select **OpenID**, **Email**, and **Profile**.

11. Select **Create app client**.

12. Next, select the app client you just created.

13. Copy its **Client ID** and **Client secret**.

### 2. Add Amazon Cognito as an identity provider

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **OpenID Connect**.

4. Name your identity provider and fill in the required fields with the information obtained from Amazon Cognito.

5. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity).

7. Select **Save**.

To [test](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) that your connection is working, select **Test**.

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"auth_url": "https://<your user pool domain>/oauth2/authorize",
		"token_url": "https://<your user pool domain>/oauth2/token",
		"certs_url": "https://cognito-idp.<region>.amazonaws.com/<your user pool ID>/.well-known/jwks.json",
		"scopes": ["openid", "email", "profile"],
		"claims": ["sub", "cognito:username", "name", "cognito:groups"]
	},
	"type": "oidc",
	"name": "Amazon Cognito example"
}
```

---

# Centrify

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/centrify/

Centrify secures access to infrastructure, DevOps, cloud, and other modern enterprise so you can prevent the number one cause of breaches: privileged access abuse.

## Set up Centrify as an OIDC provider

### 1. Create an application in Centrify

1. Log in to the Centrify administrator panel.

2. Select **Apps**.

3. Select **Add Web Apps**.

4. Select the **Custom** tab, then select **Add OpenID Connect**.

5. On the **Add Web App** screen, select **Yes** to create an OpenID Connect application.

6. Enter an **Application ID**.

   ![Centrify Settings with Application ID added](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/centrify/centrify-4.png)

7. Select **Save**.

8. Select **Trust** in the **Settings** menu.

9. Enter a strong application secret on the **Trust** section.

10. Under **Service Provider Configuration** enter your application's authentication domain as the resource application URL.

11. Under **Authorized Redirect URIs**, select **Add**.

12. Under **Authorized Redirect URIs**, enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

    ![Centrify Trust Identity Provider Configuration with team domain and callback](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/centrify/centrify-6.png)

13. Select **Save**.

14. Copy the following values:

- **Client ID**
- **Client Secret**
- **OpenID Connect Issuer URL**
- **Application ID** from the **Settings** tab

15. Go to the **User Access** tab.

16. Select the roles to grant access to your application.

### 2. Add Centrify to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Paste in the **Client ID**, **Client Secret**, **Centrify account URL** and **Application ID**.

4. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

5. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to your users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity).

6. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

## Example API Config

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"centrify_account": "https://abc123.my.centrify.com/",
		"centrify_app_id": "exampleapp"
	},
	"type": "centrify",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Citrix ADC (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/citrixadc-saml/

Cloudflare Zero Trust can integrate with Citrix ADC (formerly Citrix NetScaler ADC) as a SAML IdP. Documentation from Citrix shows you [how to configure Citrix ADC as a SAML IdP](https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/12-1/aaa-tm/saml-authentication/citrix-adc-saml-idp.html). These steps are specific to Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Set up Citrix ADC (SAML)

To set up Citrix ADC (SAML) as your identity provider:

1. First, you'll need to configure 2 SAML certificates:

   - A certificate to **terminate TLS at the vServer**. Ensure that the certificate is issued by a publicly trusted CA.
   - A certificate for **signing SAML assertions**.

   If you do not already have a certificate for signing SAML assertions, you can use a self-signed certificate generated on Citrix ADC by following these steps:

   1. Go to **Traffic Management** > **SSL**.
   2. Select **Create and Install a Server Test Certificate**.

2. Select **Configuration** and enter a **Certificate File Name**, **Fully Qualified Domain Name**, and a select a **Country**.

   ![Citrix AD Create and Install Test Certificate interface with file name, domain name, and country](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/citrixadc/citrixadc-saml-2.png)

3. Create a publicly accessible authentication vServer and configure the user identity source (like, local users, LDAP) by following this [Citrix documentation](https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-adc/12-1/aaa-tm/authentication-virtual-server/ns-aaa-setup-auth-vserver-tsk.html).

   For the rest of this example, the user refers to the IdP address `idp.yourdomain.com`.

## Add a new profile

1. Go to **Security** > **AAA - Application Traffic** > **Policies** > **Authentication** > **Advanced Policies** > **SAML IDP** to add a new profile.

   Include the following required configuration details:

   | Field                              | Description                                                                            |
   | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Name**                           | The certificate name you defined while [configuring SAML](#set-up-citrix-adc-saml)     |
   | **Assertion Consumer Service URL** | `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback`                |
   | **IdP Certificate Name**           | The IdP certificate name you defined while [configuring SAML](#set-up-citrix-adc-saml) |
   | **Issuer Name**                    | `https://idp.<yourdomain>.com/saml/login`                                              |
   | **Service Provider ID**            | `https://idp.<yourdomain>.com/saml/login`                                              |
   | **Name ID Format**                 | EmailAddress                                                                           |
   | **Attribute 1**                    | `email = AAA.USER.ATTRIBUTE("email")`                                                  |

   Cloudflare Access currently sends the IdP address in place of the _Service Provider ID_ for the AuthN request.

2. Create an Authentication Policy that refers to the Profile just created, and bind it to the authentication vServer mentioned above.

   ![Citrix AD Configure Authentication SAML IDP Policy](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/citrixadc/citrixadc-saml-4.png)

   To configure all of the above using just the CLI, run the following:

   ```json
   add authentication samlIdPProfile samlProf_CloudflareAccess \
       -samlIdPCertName SAML_Signing \
       -assertionConsumerServiceURL "https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback" \
       -samlIssuerName "https://idp.yourdomain.com/saml/login" \
       -rejectUnsignedRequests OFF \
       -NameIDFormat emailAddress \
       -Attribute1 email \
       -Attribute1Expr "AAA.USER.ATTRIBUTE(\"email\")" \
       -Attribute1Format Basic \
       -serviceProviderID "https://idp.yourdomain.com/saml/login"

   add authentication samlIdPPolicy samlPol_CloudflareAccess -rule true -action samlProf_CloudflareAccess
   bind authentication vserver nsidp -policy samlPol_CloudflareAccess
   ```

3. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

4. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

5. Configure the fields as follows:

   | Field                        | Description                                      |
   | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
   | **Name**                     | Your chosen name                                 |
   | **Single Sign On URL**       | The FQDN of the IdP, with the path `/saml/login` |
   | **IdP Entity ID/Issuer URL** | As above                                         |
   | **Signing Certificate**      | The public certificate from the NetScaler        |
   | **Email attribute name**     | This is listed under **Optional configurations** |

6. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

---

# Microsoft Entra ID

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can integrate Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) with Cloudflare Zero Trust and build policies based on user identity and group membership. Users will authenticate to Zero Trust using their Entra ID credentials.

## Set up Entra ID as an identity provider

### 1. Obtain Entra ID settings

The following Entra ID values are required to set up the integration:

- Application (client) ID
- Directory (tenant) ID
- Client secret

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to the [Azure dashboard](https://portal.azure.com/).

2. Go to **All services** > **Microsoft Entra ID**.

3. In the sidebar, go to **Manage** > **Enterprise applications**.

4. Select **New application**, then select **Create your own application**.

5. Name your application.

6. Select **Register an application to integrate with Microsoft Entra ID (App you're developing)** and then select **Create**.

7. Under **Redirect URI**, select the _Web_ platform and enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

   ![Registering an application in Azure](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/name-app.png)

8. Select **Register**.

9. Next, return to Microsoft Entra ID and go to go to **Manage** > **App registrations**.

10. Select the app you just created. Copy the **Application (client) ID** and **Directory (tenant) ID**.

    ![Viewing the Application ID and Directory ID in Azure](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/azure-values.png)

11. Under **Client credentials**, go to **Add a certificate or secret**. Select **New client secret**.

12. Name the client secret and choose an expiration period.

13. After the client secret is created, copy its **Value** field. Store the client secret in a safe place, as it can only be viewed immediately after creation.

    ![Location of client secret in Azure](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/client-cert-value.png)

### 2. Configure API permissions in Entra ID

1. From the **App registrations** page for your application, go to **API permissions**.

2. Select **Add a permission**.

3. Select **Microsoft Graph**.

4. Select **Delegated permissions** and enable the following [permissions](https://learn.microsoft.com/graph/permissions-reference):

   - `email`
   - `offline_access`
   - `openid`
   - `profile`
   - `User.Read`
   - `Directory.Read.All`
   - `GroupMember.Read.All`

:::note
More narrow permissions may be used, however this is the set of permissions that are tested and supported by Cloudflare.
:::

5. Once all seven permissions are enabled, select **Add permissions**.

6. Select **Grant admin consent**.

   ![Configured permissions list in Azure](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/configured-perms.png)

### 3. Add Entra ID as an identity provider

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **Azure AD**.

4. Enter the **Application (client) ID**, **Client secret**, and **Directory (tenant) ID** obtained from Microsoft Entra ID.

5. (Optional) Configure the following settings:

   - **Proof Key for Code Exchange**: Perform [PKCE](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) on all login attempts.
   - **Support Groups**: Allow Cloudflare to read a user's Entra ID group membership.
   - **Entra ID Policy Sync**: Refer to our [Entra ID Conditional Access tutorial](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/entra-id-conditional-access/).
   - **Enable SCIM**: Refer to [Synchronize users and groups](#synchronize-users-and-groups).
   - **Email claim**: Enter the Entra ID claim that you wish to use for user identification (for example, `preferred_username`).
   - **OIDC Claims**: Enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to your users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity).

6. Select **Save**.

To [test](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) that your connection is working, select **Test**.

## Synchronize users and groups

The Microsoft Entra ID integration allows you to synchronize IdP groups and automatically deprovision users using [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).

### Prerequisites

- Microsoft Entra ID P1 or P2 license

### 1. Enable SCIM in Zero Trust

<Render
	file="access/enable-scim-on-dashboard"
	params={{ idp: "Entra ID", and: " and ", supportgroups: "Support groups"}}
/>

### 2. Configure SCIM in Entra ID

:::note
SCIM requires a separate enterprise application from the one created during [initial setup](#set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider).
:::

1. In the Microsoft Entra ID menu, go to **Enterprise applications**.

2. Select **New application** > **Create your own application**.

3. Name your application (for example, `Cloudflare Access SCIM`).

4. Select **Integrate any other application you don't find in the gallery (Non-gallery)**.

5. Once the SCIM application is created, [assign users and groups to the application](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/enterprise-apps/assign-user-or-group-access-portal).

	:::note
	Groups in this SCIM application should match the groups in your other [Cloudflare Access enterprise application](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#set-up-entra-id-as-an-identity-provider). Because SCIM group membership updates will overwrite any groups in a user's identity, assigning the same groups to each app ensures consistent policy evaluation.
	:::

6. Go to **Provisioning** and select **Get started**.

7. For **Provisioning Mode**, choose _Automatic_.

8. In the **Tenant URL** field, enter the **SCIM Endpoint** obtained from Zero Trust.

9. In the **Secret Token** field, enter the **SCIM Secret** obtained from Zero Trust.

10. Select **Test Connection** to ensure that the credentials were entered correctly.

11. Select **Save**.

12. On the **Provisioning** page, select **Start provisioning**. You will see the synchronization status in Entra ID.

To check which users and groups were synchronized, select **View provisioning logs**.

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### Provisioning attributes

Provisioning attributes define the user properties that Entra ID will synchronize with Cloudflare Access. To modify your provisioning attributes, go to the **Provisioning** page in Entra ID and select **Edit attribute mappings**.

We recommend enabling the following user attribute mappings:

| customappsso Attribute         | Entra ID Attribute | Recommendation |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------ | -------------- |
| `emails[type eq "work"].value` | `mail`             | Required       |
| `name.givenName`               | `givenName`        | Recommended    |
| `name.familyName`              | `surname`          | Recommended    |

## Entra groups in Zero Trust policies

### Automatic entry

When [SCIM synchronization is enabled](#synchronize-users-and-groups), your Entra group names will automatically appear in the Access and Gateway policy builders.

If building an Access policy, choose the _Azure Groups_ selector.
![Azure group names displayed in the Access policy builder](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/azure-scim-groups.png)

If building a Gateway policy, choose the [_User Group Names_](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#user-group-names) selector.

### Manual entry

You can create Access and Gateway policies for groups that are not synchronized with SCIM. Entra ID exposes directory groups in a format that consists of random strings, the `Object Id`, that is distinct from the `Name`.

1. Make sure you enable **Support groups** as you set up Microsoft Entra ID in Zero Trust.

2. On your Azure dashboard, note the `Object Id` for the Entra group. In the example below, the group named Admins has an ID of `61503835-b6fe-4630-af88-de551dd59a2`.

   ![Viewing the Azure group ID on the Azure dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/object-id.png)

3. If building an Access policy, choose the _Azure Groups_ selector. If building a Gateway policy, choose the _User Group IDs_ selector.

4. In the **Value** field, enter the `Object Id` for the Entra group.

   ![Entering an Azure group ID in Zero Trust](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/azure/configure-group-n.png)

### Nested groups

Access and Gateway policies for an Entra group will also apply to all [nested groups](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/fundamentals/how-to-manage-groups#add-a-group-to-another-group). For example, if a user belongs to the group `US devs`, and `US devs` is part of the broader group `Devs`, the user would be allowed or blocked by all policies created for `Devs`.

## Force user interaction during WARP reauthentication

You can require users to re-enter their credentials into Entra ID whenever they [re-authenticate their WARP session](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/). To configure this setting:
1. Make a `GET` request to the [Identity Providers endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/identity_providers/) and copy the response for the Entra ID identity provider.
2. [Update the Entra ID identity provider](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/identity_providers/methods/update/) using a `PUT` request. In the request body, include all existing configurations and set the `prompt` parameter to either `login` or `select_account`. For example,
	```sh {17}
	curl --request PUT \
	https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/identity_providers/{identity_provider_id} \
	--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
	--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
	--data '{
			"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
			"type": "azureAD",
			"uid": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
			"name": "Entra ID",
			"version": "31e74e9b4f033e16b604552091a72295",
			"config": {
				"azure_cloud": "default",
				"client_id": "<CLIENT_ID>",
				"conditional_access_enabled": false,
				"directory_id": "<AZURE_DIRECTORY_ID>",
				"redirect_url": "https://<TEAM_NAME>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback",
				"prompt": "login",
				"support_groups": true
			},
			"scim_config": {
				"enabled": true,
				"user_deprovision": true,
				"seat_deprovision": false,
				"group_member_deprovision": false,
				"identity_update_behavior": "automatic"
			},
			"scim_base_url": "https://<TEAM_NAME>.cloudflareaccess.com/populations/f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415/scim/v2"
	}'
	```

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"directory_id": "<your azure directory uuid>",
		"support_groups": true
	},
	"type": "azureAD",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Facebook

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/facebook-login/

Use these steps to set up Facebook as your identity provider.

1. Go to [developers.facebook.com](https://developers.facebook.com/).

2. Select **Create App** at the top-right. The **Create a New App ID** card displays.

3. Enter the **Display Name** and **Contact Email**.

4. Select **Create App ID**. The **Create a New App ID** window displays.

5. Enter the CAPTCHA code to proceed.

6. Select **Submit**.

7. On the **Facebook Login** card, select **Set Up**. A Quickstart card displays offering platform choices.

8. Select **Web**. The **Web** tab displays.

9. Enter your **Site URL**.

10. Select **Save**.

11. Select **Continue**. Ignore any JavaScript page that suggests that you install it on your site.

12. Select **Settings** > **Basic**.

13. Copy the **App ID** and **App Secret**.

    ![Facebook Settings with App ID and App Secret highlighted](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/facebook/fb6.png)

14. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

15. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

16. Fill in the **App ID** and **App Secret** obtained from Facebook.

17. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/). PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

18. Select **Save**.

19. On [developers.facebook.com](https://developers.facebook.com/), select **Facebook Login** > **Settings** on the left-hand menu.

20. Ensure that the **Use Strict Mode for Redirect URIs** slider is set to **Yes**.

21. In the **Valid OAuth redirect URIs** field, enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

22. Select **Save Changes**.

To test that your connection is working, follow the steps on [SSO Integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust).

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>"
	},
	"type": "facebook",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Generic OIDC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Access has a generic OpenID Connect (OIDC) connector to help you integrate IdPs not already set in Access.

## Set up a generic OIDC

1. Visit your identity provider and create a client/app.

2. When creating a client/app, your IdP may request an **authorized redirect URI**. Enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

3. Copy the content of these fields:

   - Client ID
   - Client secret
   - Auth URL: The `authorization_endpoint` URL of your IdP
   - Token URL: The `token_endpoint` URL of your IdP
   - Certificate URL: The `jwks_uri` endpoint of your IdP to allow the IdP keys to sign the tokens

   You can find these values on your identity provider's **OIDC discovery endpoint**. Some providers call this the "well-known URL".

4. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

5. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

6. Choose **OpenID Connect**..

7. Name your identity provider and fill in the required fields with the information obtained in Step 3.

8. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

9. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](#synchronize-users-and-groups).

10. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity).

11. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test. On success, a confirmation screen displays.

## Synchronize users and groups

The generic OIDC integration allows you to synchronize user groups and automatically deprovision users using [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).

### Prerequisites

Your identity provider must support SCIM version 2.0.

### 1. Enable SCIM in Zero Trust

<Render
	file="access/enable-scim-on-dashboard"
	params={{ idp: "IdP"}}
/>

### 2. Configure SCIM in the IdP

Setup instructions vary depending on the identity provider. In your identity provider, you will either need to edit the [original SSO application](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#set-up-a-generic-oidc) or create a new SCIM application. Refer to your identity provider's documentation for more details. For example instructions, refer to our [Okta](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/#synchronize-users-and-groups) or [Jumpcloud](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/jumpcloud-saml/#synchronize-users-and-groups) guides.

#### IdP groups

If you would like to build policies based on IdP groups:

- Ensure that your IdP sends a `groups` field. The naming must match exactly (case insensitive). All other values will be sent as a OIDC claim.
- If your IdP requires creating a new SCIM application, ensure that the groups in the SCIM application match the groups in the [original SSO application](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#set-up-a-generic-oidc). Because SCIM group membership updates will overwrite any groups in a user's identity, assigning the same groups to each app ensures consistent policy evaluation.

### 3. Verify SCIM provisioning

<Render file="access/verify-scim-provisioning"/>

## Optional configurations

### OIDC claims

OIDC integrations support the use of custom OIDC claims. Custom OIDC claims can be referenced in [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), offering a means to control user access based on these specific attributes. Custom OIDC claims are not currently supported in Gateway policies.

#### Email claim

You can specify a custom **Email claim** name that Access will use to identify user emails. This is useful if your IdP does not return the standard `email` claim in the OIDC ID token.

#### Multi-record OIDC claims

Cloudflare Access extends support for multi-record OIDC claims. These claims are parsed out and can be individually referenced in policies. This feature enables granular access control and precise user authorization in applications.

Cloudflare Access does not support partial OIDC claim value references or OIDC scopes.

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"auth_url": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
		"token_url": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token",
		"certs_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/certs",
		"scopes": ["openid", "email", "profile"]
	},
	"type": "oidc",
	"name": "Generic Google"
}
```

---

# Generic SAML 2.0

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Zero Trust integrates with any identity provider that supports SAML 2.0. If your identity provider is not listed in the integration list of login methods in Zero Trust, it can be configured using SAML 2.0 (or OpenID if OIDC based). Generic SAML can also be used if you would like to pass additional SAML headers or claims for an IdP in the integration list.

## Prerequisites

Minimum requirements for identity providers:

- The IdP must conform to SAML 2.0.
- The IdP must provide a **Single sign-on URL**, an **Entity ID or Issuer URL**, and a **Signing certificate**.
- The IdP must include the signing public key in the SAML response.

## 1. Create an application in your identity provider

Most identity providers allow users to create an **Application**. In this context, an application is a set of parameters that the identity provider will then pass on to Cloudflare to establish an integration.

The typical setup requirements are:

1. Create a new integration in the identity provider with the type set as **SAML**.
2. Set both the **Entity/Issuer ID** and the **Single sign-on URL** to:
   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```
   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.
3. Set the **Name ID/Email format** to `emailAddress`.
4. (Optional) Set the signature policy to _Always Sign_.

### (Optional) Upload SAML metadata

If your identity provider supports metadata file configuration, you can use the default or identity provider specific metadata endpoint:

- **Default:** `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/saml-metadata`
- **Identity provider specific:** `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/<identity-provider-id>/saml-metadata`, where `<identity-provider-id>` is the `id` value obtained from [List Access identity providers](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/identity_providers/methods/list/). Use this endpoint if your IdP requires a configuration not defined in the default metadata file.

To download the SAML metadata file, copy-paste the metadata endpoint into a web browser and save the page as an `.xml` file. Upload this XML file to the identity provider.

## 2. Add a SAML identity provider to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication** > **Login methods**.
2. Select **Add new** and select **SAML**.
3. Choose a descriptive name for your identity provider.
4. Enter the **Single Sign on URL**, **IdP Entity ID or Issuer URL**, and **Signing certificate** obtained from your identity provider.
5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](#synchronize-users-and-groups).
6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, configure [additional SAML options](#optional-configurations).
7. Select **Save**.

## 3. Test the connection

You can now [test the IdP integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust). A success response should return the configured SAML attributes.

## Synchronize users and groups

The generic SAML integration allows you to synchronize user groups and automatically deprovision users using [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).

### Prerequisites

Your identity provider must support SCIM version 2.0.

### 1. Enable SCIM in Zero Trust

<Render
	file="access/enable-scim-on-dashboard"
	params={{ idp: "IdP"}}
/>

### 2. Configure SCIM in the IdP

Setup instructions vary depending on the identity provider. In your identity provider, you will either need to edit the [original SSO application](#1-create-an-application-in-your-identity-provider) or create a new SCIM application. Refer to your identity provider's documentation for more details. For example instructions, refer to our [Okta](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/#synchronize-users-and-groups) or [JumpCloud](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/jumpcloud-saml/#synchronize-users-and-groups) guides.

#### IdP groups

If you would like to build policies based on IdP groups:

- Ensure that your IdP sends a `groups` field. The naming must match exactly (case insensitive). All other values will be sent as a SAML attribute.
- If your IdP requires creating a new SCIM application, ensure that the groups in the SCIM application match the groups in the [original SSO application](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#1-create-an-application-in-your-identity-provider). Because SCIM group membership updates will overwrite any groups in a user's identity, assigning the same groups to each app ensures consistent policy evaluation.

### 3. Verify SCIM provisioning

<Render file="access/verify-scim-provisioning"/>

## Optional configurations

SAML integrations allow you to pass additional headers or claims to applications.

### Sign SAML authentication request

This optional configuration signs the [Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/) with the Cloudflare Access public key to ensure that the JWT is coming from a legitimate source. The Cloudflare public key can be obtained at `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/certs`.

### Email attribute name

Many [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) depend on a user's email address. Some identity providers have a different naming for the email address attribute (for example, `Email`, `e-mail`, `emailAddress`). This can typically be checked in the identity provider's SAML test option.

Example in Okta:

![Preview the SAML assertion from the Okta dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/saml-assertion.png)
![Determine the email attribute name from the SAML assertion](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/saml-attributes.png)

### SAML headers and attributes

Cloudflare Access supports SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) attributes and SAML headers for all SAML IdP integrations.

[**SAML attributes**](#saml-attributes) refer to specific data points or characteristics that the IdP shares about the authenticated user. These attributes often include details like email address, name, or role, and are passed along to the service provider upon successful authentication.

[**SAML headers**](#saml-headers) are metadata in the SAML protocol communication which convey information about the sender, recipient, and the message itself. These headers can be leveraged to provide extra context or control over the communication.

#### SAML attributes

SAML attributes are added to the [Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/). These attributes can then be consumed by self-hosted or SaaS applications connected to Access. Any SAML attribute configured in the SAML integration must also be sent from the IdP.

Example in Okta:

![Configure Okta to send SAML attributes](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/attribute-statements.png)

How to receive these SAML attributes in Cloudflare:

![Configure Cloudflare to receive SAML attributes](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/attributes-cloudflare.png)

#### SAML headers

If an application specifically requires SAML attributes upon sign-in, then the attributes can be passed as headers. The **Attribute name** should be the value coming from your IdP (for example, `department`). You can assign any **Header name** to the attribute. The header name will appear in the response headers when Access makes the initial authorization request to `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback`.

#### Multi-record SAML attributes

Cloudflare Access extends support for multi-record SAML attributes such as groups. These attributes are parsed out and can be individually referenced in policies. This feature enables granular access control and precise user authorization in applications.

Cloudflare Access does not currently support partial attribute value references.

---

# GitHub

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/github/

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows your team to connect to your applications using their GitHub login. Administrators can build rules for specific individuals or using GitHub organizations. You do not need to have a GitHub organization to use the integration.

## Set up GitHub Access

To configure GitHub access in both GitHub and Cloudflare Zero Trust:

1. Log in to GitHub.

2. Go to your account **Settings** > **Developer Settings**, select **OAuth Apps** and select **Register a new application**. The **Register a new OAuth application** window displays.

   ![GitHub Register a new OAuth application window without any form fields completed](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/github/github2.png)

3. Enter an **Application name**. Your users will see this name on the login page.

4. In the **Homepage URL** field, enter your team domain:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

5. In the GitHub **Authorization callback URL** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

6. Select **Register application**.

7. Copy the **Client ID** and **Client Secret**.

   ![GitHub Cloudflare Access App showing Client ID and Client secret](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/github/github4.png)

8. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

9. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

10. Choose **GitHub** on the next page.

11. Paste in the **Client ID** and **Client secret**.

12. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to GitHub.
If you have GitHub two-factor authentication enabled, you will need to first login to GitHub directly and return to Access.

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>"
	},
	"type": "github",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Google

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/google/

You can integrate Google authentication with Cloudflare Access without a Google Workspace account. The integration allows any user with a Google account to log in (if the [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) allows them to reach the resource). Unlike the instructions for [Google Workspace](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/gsuite/), the steps below will not allow you to pull group membership information from a Google Workspace account.

You do not need to be a Google Cloud Platform user to integrate Google Suite as an identity provider with Cloudflare Zero Trust. You will only need to open the Google Cloud Platform to configure IdP integration settings.

## Set up Google as an identity provider

1. Visit the Google Cloud Platform console. Create a new project, name the project, and select **Create**.

2. On the project home page, go to **APIs & Services** on the sidebar and select **Dashboard**.

3. On the sidebar, go to **Credentials** and select **Configure Consent Screen** at the top of the page.

   ![Location of credential settings at the top of the Google Cloud Platform dashboard.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/google/click-configure-consent.png)

4. Choose `External` as the User Type. Since this application is not being created in a Google Workspace account, any user with a Gmail address can login.

5. Name the application, add a support email, and input contact fields. Google Cloud Platform requires an email in your account.
   :::note
   In the **Scopes** section, we recommend adding the `userinfo.email` scope. This is not required for the integration, but shows authenticating users what information is being gathered. You do not need to add test users.
   :::

6. Return to the **APIs & Services** page, select **Create Credentials** > **OAuth client ID**, and name the application.

   ![Location of OAuth client ID settings on Google Cloud Platform credentials page.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/google/create-oauth.png)

7. Under **Authorized JavaScript origins**, in the **URIs** field, enter your team domain:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

8. Under **Authorized redirect URIs**, in the **URIs** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

9. Google will present the OAuth Client ID and Secret values. The secret field functions like a password and should not be shared. Copy both values.

10. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

11. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**. Choose **Google** on the next page.

12. Input the Client ID and Client Secret fields generated previously.

13. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/). PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

14. Select **Save**.

## Test your connection

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to Google.

## Example API Config

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>"
	},
	"type": "google",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Google Workspace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/gsuite/

:::note

The Google Workspace IdP integration is not supported if your Google Workspace account is protected by Access.
:::

You can integrate a Google Workspace (formerly Google Suite) account with Cloudflare Access. Unlike the instructions for [generic Google authentication](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/google/), the steps below will allow you to pull group membership information from your Google Workspace account.

Once integrated, users will log in with their Google Workspace credentials to reach resources protected by Cloudflare Access or to enroll their device into Cloudflare Gateway.

You do not need to be a Google Cloud Platform user to integrate Google Workspace as an identity provider with Cloudflare Zero Trust. You will only need to open the Google Cloud Platform to configure IdP integration settings.

## Set up Google Workspace as an identity provider

### 1. Configure Google Workspace

1. Log in to the Google Cloud Platform [console](https://console.cloud.google.com/). This is separate from your Google Workspace console.

2. A Google Cloud project is required to enable Google Workspace APIs. If you do not already have a Google Cloud project, go to **IAM & Admin** > **Create Project**. Name the project and select **Create**.

3. Go to **APIs & Services** and select **+ Enable APIs and Services**. The API Library will load.

4. In the API Library, search for `admin` and select _Admin SDK API_.

5. **Enable** the Admin SDK API.

6. Return to the **APIs & Services** page and go to **Credentials**.

   ![Location of credential settings at the top of the Google Cloud Platform dashboard.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/google/click-configure-consent.png)

7. You will see a warning that you need to configure a consent screen. Select **Configure Consent Screen**.

8. To configure the consent screen:

   1. Choose **Internal** as the User Type. This limits authorization requests to users in your Google Workspace and blocks users who have regular Gmail addresses.
   2. Name the application, add a support email, and input contact fields. Google Cloud Platform requires an email in your account.
   3. The **Scopes** page can be left blank.
   4. The summary page will load and you can save and exit.

9. Return to the **Credentials** page and select **+ Create Credentials** > **OAuth client ID**.

   ![Location of OAuth client ID settings on Google Cloud Platform credentials page.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/google/create-oauth.png)

10. Choose _Web application_ as the Application type.

11. Under **Authorized JavaScript origins**, in the **URIs** field, enter your team domain:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

12. Under **Authorized redirect URIs**, in the **URIs** field, enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

13. Google will present the OAuth Client ID and Secret values. The secret field functions like a password and should not be shared. Copy both values.

14. On your [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com), go to **Security** > **Access and data control** > **API controls**.
    ![Location of Trust internal apps setting in the Google Admin dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/gsuite/trust-internal-apps.png)

15. Enable the **Trust internal, domain-owned apps** option. This setting is disabled by default and must be enabled for Cloudflare Access to work correctly.

### 2. Add Google Workspace to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new** and choose **Google Workspace**.

3. Input the Client ID and Client Secret fields generated previously. Additionally, input the domain of your Google Workspace account.

4. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/). PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

5. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to your Access [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/).

6. Select **Save**. To complete setup, you must visit the generated link. If you are not the Google Workspace administrator, share the link with the administrator.

7. The generated link will prompt you to log in to your Google admin account and to authorize Cloudflare Access to view group information. After allowing permissions, you will see a success page from Cloudflare Access.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to Google Workspace. Your user identity and group membership should return.

## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"apps_domain": "mycompany.com"
	},
	"type": "google-apps",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# SSO integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to integrate your organization's identity providers (IdPs) with Cloudflare Access. Your team can simultaneously use multiple providers, reducing friction when working with partners or contractors.

Adding an identity provider as a login method requires configuration both in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com) and with the identity provider itself. Consult our IdP-specific documentation to learn more about what you need to set up.

:::note

Cloudflare Zero Trust supports social identity providers that do not require administrator accounts, open source providers, and corporate providers. Cloudflare also supports using signed AuthN requests with SAML providers.

:::

## Set up IdPs in Zero Trust

<Render file="access/idp-integration" />

Your IdP will now be listed in the **Login methods** card.

## Test IdPs in Zero Trust

To test if an IdP is correctly configured, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**. Next, select **Test** next to the IdP you would like to test. This will attempt to connect to the IdP to verify if a valid connection is established.

### Your provider is connected

If your provider is connected, another window will open in your browser, with this message:

!["Your connection works!" message displayed for a successful IdP test](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/connected-idp.png)

### Your provider is not connected

If your provider is not connected, another window will open in your browser. Along with an error message, you will receive a detailed explanation of why the test has failed.

## Use The API

We recommend that you use our dashboard to configure your identity providers. However, if you would like to use the [Cloudflare API](https://api.cloudflare.com/), each of the identity provider topics covered here include an example API configuration snippet as well.

---

# JumpCloud (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/jumpcloud-saml/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[JumpCloud](https://jumpcloud.com/#platform) provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access integrates with JumpCloud as a SAML identity provider.

The following steps are specific to setting up JumpCloud with Cloudflare Access. For more information on configuring JumpCloud SSO application, refer to the [JumpCloud documentation](https://jumpcloud.com/support/integrate-with-cloudflare).

## Set up Jumpcloud as a SAML provider

### 1. Create an SSO application in JumpCloud

1. In the [JumpCloud Admin Portal](https://console.jumpcloud.com/#/home), go to **SSO Applications**.

2. Select **Add New Application**.

3. In the search bar, enter `Cloudflare` and select the **Cloudflare Access** application.

4. Select **Next**.

5. In **Display Label**, enter an application name.

6. Select **Save Application**.

7. Review the application summary and select **Configure Application**.

8. In the **SSO** tab, configure the following settings:
	1. In **IdP Entity ID**, enter your Cloudflare team domain:

		```txt
		https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/
		```
		You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

	2. Set both **SP Entity ID** and **ACS URL** to the following callback URL:

		```txt
		https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
		```
	3. (Optional) Configure SAML attributes that you want to send to Cloudflare Access.

	4. Scroll up to **JumpCloud Metadata** and select **Export Metadata**. Save this XML file for use in a [later step](#2-add-jumpcloud-to-zero-trust).

9. In the **User Groups** tab, [assign user groups](https://jumpcloud.com/support/get-started-applications-saml-sso#managing-employee-access-to-applications) to this application.

10. Select **Save**.

### 2. Add JumpCloud to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **SAML**.

4. Upload your JumpCloud XML metadata file.

5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](#synchronize-users-and-groups).

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, configure [additional SAML options](#optional-configurations).

7. Select **Save**.

You can now [test your connection](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) and create [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) based on the configured login method and SAML attributes.

## Synchronize users and groups

The JumpCloud integration allows you to synchronize user groups and automatically deprovision users using [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).

### 1. Enable SCIM in Zero Trust

<Render
	file="access/enable-scim-on-dashboard"
	params={{ idp: "JumpCloud"}}
/>

### 2. Configure SCIM in JumpCloud

1. In the [JumpCloud Admin Portal](https://console.jumpcloud.com/#/home), go to **SSO Applications**.
2. Select the Cloudflare application that was created when you [Set up JumpCloud as a SAML provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/jumpcloud-saml/#set-up-jumpcloud-as-a-saml-provider).
3. Select the **SSO** tab.
3. To provision user groups, select **Include group attribute** and enter `groups`. The group attribute name has to exactly match `groups` or else it will be sent as a SAML attribute.
5. Select the **Identity Management** tab.
6. Make sure that **Enable management of User Groups and Group Membership in this application** is turned on.
7. Select **Configure**.
8. In the **Base URL** field, enter the **SCIM Endpoint** obtained from Zero Trust.
9. In the **Token Key** field, enter the **SCIM Secret** obtained from Zero Trust.
10. Select **Activate**. You will receive a confirmation that the Identity Management integration has been successfully verified.
11. Select **Save**.

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### Provisioning attributes

Provisioning attributes define the user and group properties that JumpCloud will synchronize with Cloudflare Access. By default, JumpCloud will send the following attributes during a SCIM update event:

| JumpCloud user attribute| Cloudflare Access attribute |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `email` 					 | `email`            |
| `firstname`        | `givenName`        |
| `lastname`         | `surname`          |

| JumpCloud group attribute | Cloudflare Access attribute |
| ------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `name` 					   | `groups`            |

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "jumpcloud",
		"sso_target_url": "https://sso.myexample.jumpcloud.com/saml2/cloudflareaccess",
		"attributes": ["email", "name", "username"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_cert": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "jumpcloud saml example"
}
```

---

# Keycloak (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/keycloak/

Keycloak is an open source identity and access management solution built by JBoss. If you need a Keycloak lab environment for testing, refer to [this example](https://github.com/mw866/tunnel-keycloak).

## Set up Keycloak (SAML)

To set up Keycloak (SAML) as your identity provider:

1. In Keycloak, select **Clients** in the navigation bar and create a new client.

2. Under **Client ID**, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

   ![SAML Client interface with team domain and callback in Client ID](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/keycloak/configure-client.png)

3. Change the `Name ID Format` to `email`

4. Next, set the valid redirect URI to the Keycloak domain that you are using. For example, `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback`.

5. Set the Master SAML Processing URL using the same Keycloak domain: `https://<keycloak_domain>/auth/realms/master/protocol/saml`.

6. If you wish to enable client signatures, enable `Client Signature Required` and select **save**.

   1. You will need to [follow the steps here to get the certificate and enable it in the Cloudflare dashboard](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/signed_authn/).

   2. Import the Access certificate you downloaded into the `SAML Keys` tab. Use `Certificate PEM` as the format.

7. Set the built-in protocol mapper for the `email` property.

   ![Protocol Mapper with email property set](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/keycloak/protocol-mapper.png)

   Next, you will need to integrate with Cloudflare Access.

8. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

9. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

10. Choose **SAML** on the next page.

    You will need to input the Keycloak details manually. The examples below should be replaced with the specific domains in use with Keycloak and Cloudflare Access.

    | Field                       | Example                                                            |
    | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
    | Single Sign-On URL          | `https://<keycloak_domain>/auth/realms/master/protocol/saml`       |
    | IdP Entity ID or Issuer URL | `https://<unique_id>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback` |
    | Signing certificate         | Use the X509 Certificate in the Realm Settings from Keycloak       |

11. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

---

# LinkedIn

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/linkedin/

Cloudflare Access allows your users to use LinkedIn as their identity provider (IdP).

## Set up LinkedIn as an IdP

Configuring LinkedIn as a Cloudflare Access IdP requires a LinkedIn account.

To configure LinkedIn as an IdP:

1. Go to [the LinkedIn Developer Portal](https://www.linkedin.com/developers).

2. Select **Create App**.

3. Sign in to your LinkedIn account. The **Create an app** screen displays.

4. Enter an **App name** for your application.

5. Enter the URL for your business page.

6. Select **Upload a logo** and go to your company logo image file.

7. Select **OK**.

8. (optional) Select the **Share on LinkedIn** option to announce that your clients can use LinkedIn to access your app.

9. Select the **Sign In with LinkedIn** option.

10. Select the **API Terms of Use** link to read the terms of use.

11. If you agree to the terms, check the **I have read and agree to these terms** option.

12. Select **Create app**.

13. Go to your account Settings page.

14. Select the **Auth** tab.

15. Copy the **Client ID** and **Client Secret**.

    ![LinkedIn account settings where you will copy the Client ID and Client Secret](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/linkedin/lin5.png)

16. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

17. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

18. Select **LinkedIn** as your IdP.

19. In the **App ID** and **Client secret** fields, input the **Client ID** and **Client secret** values you've copied from the Application credentials tab in the LinkedIn Developer Portal.

20. Select **Save**.

21. In the **LinkedIn** **Auth** tab, scroll to **OAuth 2.0 settings** and select the pencil icon to edit the settings.

22. Enter the following URL:

    ```txt
    https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
    ```

    You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

To test that your connection is working, in Zero Trust, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to LinkedIn.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>"
	},
	"type": "linkedin",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# Okta (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta-saml/

Cloudflare Zero Trust can integrate SAML with Okta as an identity provider.

## Set up Okta as a SAML provider

To set up SAML with Okta as your identity provider:

1. On your Okta admin dashboard, go to **Applications** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Create App Integration**.

3. In the pop-up dialog, select **SAML 2.0** and then elect **Next**.

4. Enter an app name and select **Next**.

   ![Entering your Zero Trust callback URL into Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-1.png)

5. In the **Single sign on URL** and the **Audience URI (SP Entity ID)** fields, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

6. In the **Attribute Statements** section, enter the following information:

   - **Name**: Enter `email`.
   - **Value**: Enter `user.email`.

7. (Optional) If you are using Okta groups, create a **Group Attribute Statement** with the following information:
   - **Name**: Enter `groups`.
   - **Filter**: Select _Matches regex_ and enter `.*`.

![Configuring attribute statements in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-2.png)

8. Select **Next**.

9. Select **I'm an Okta customer adding an internal app** and check **This is an internal app that we have created**.

![Configuring feedback options in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-3.png)

9. Select **Finish**.

10. In the **Assignments** tab, select **Assign** and assign individuals or groups you want to grant access to.

11. Select **Done**. The assigned individuals and groups will display in the **Assignments** tab.

![Assigning individuals and groups to Okta application](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-4.png)

12. To retrieve the SAML provider information, go to the **Sign On** tab and select **View Setup Instructions**. A new page will open showing the **Identity Provider Single Sign-on URL**, **Identity Provider Issuer**, and **X.509 Certificate**. Save this information for configuring your Zero Trust settings.

![Retrieving SAML provider information in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-5.png)

13. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

14. Select **Add new** under **Login Methods**, and select _SAML_.

15. Fill in the following information:

    - **Name**: Name your identity provider.
    - **Single Sign On URL**: Enter the Identity Provider Single-Sign-On URL from Okta.
    - **Issuer ID**: Enter the Identity Provider Issuer from Okta, for example `http://www.okta.com/<your-okta-entity-id>`.
    - **Signing Certificate**: Copy-paste the X.509 Certificate from Okta.

16. (Recommended) Enable **Sign SAML authentication request**.

17. (Recommended) Under **SAML attributes**, add the `email` and `groups` attributes. The `groups` attribute is required if you want to create policies based on [Okta groups](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#okta-saml).

![Adding optional SAML attributes in Zero Trust](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta-saml/okta-saml-6.png)

18. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Settings** > **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to Okta. A success response should return the configured SAML attributes.

:::caution

SAML attributes are only refreshed during authentications with the Okta identity provider. This means the Okta group membership is not updated unless a user logs in and out of the WARP client, or logs in to an Access application.

:::

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "http://www.okta.com/exkbhqj29iGxT7GwT0h7",
		"sso_target_url": "https://dev-abc123.oktapreview.com/app/myapp/exkbhqj29iGxT7GwT0h7/sso/saml",
		"attributes": ["email", "group"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_certs": [
			"MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
		]
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "okta saml example"
}
```

---

# Okta

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Okta provides cloud software that helps companies manage and secure user authentication to modern applications, and helps developers build identity controls into applications, website web services, and devices. You can integrate Okta with Cloudflare Zero Trust and build rules based on user identity and group membership. Cloudflare Zero Trust supports Okta integrations using either the OIDC (default) or [SAML](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta-saml/) protocol.

Additionally, you can configure Okta to use risk information from Zero Trust [user risk scores](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/) to create SSO-level policies. For more information, refer to [Send risk score to Okta](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/#send-risk-score-to-okta).

## Set up Okta as an OIDC provider

1. On your Okta admin dashboard, go to **Applications** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Create App Integration**.

3. For the **Sign-in method**, select **OIDC - OpenID Connect**.

   ![Creating an OIDC application in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta/okta-1.png)

4. For the **Application type**, select **Web Application**. Select **Next**.

5. Enter any name for the application. In the **Sign-in redirect URIs** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

6. Choose the desired **Assignment** option and select **Save**.

7. From the application view, go to the **Sign On** tab.

8. Scroll down to the **OpenID ConnectID Token** and select **Edit**.

   ![Configuring the Groups claim filter in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta/okta-2.png)

9. Set the **Groups claim filter** to _Matches regex_ and its value to `.*`.

   :::note
   Groups managed outside of Okta (for example, Microsoft Entra ID or Google groups) may require different regex values. For more information, refer to the Okta documentation on [Groups Claims](https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/Why-isnt-my-Groups-claim-returning-Active-Directory-groups) and [OpenID Connect Claims](https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/Can-we-retrieve-both-Active-Directory-and-Okta-groups-in-OpenID-Connect-claims).
   :::

10. In the **General** tab, copy the **Client ID** and **Client secret**.

    ![Finding your Client credentials in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta/okta-3.png)

11. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

12. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**. Select **Okta** as your identity provider.

13. Fill in the following information:

    - **Name**: Name your identity provider.
    - **App ID**: Enter your Okta client ID.
    - **Client secret**: Enter your Okta client secret.
    - **Okta account URL**: Enter your [Okta domain](https://developer.okta.com/docs/guides/find-your-domain/main/), for example `https://my-company.okta.com`.

14. (Optional) Create an Okta API token and enter it in Zero Trust (the token can be read-only). This will prevent your Okta groups from failing if you have more than 100 groups.

15. (Optional) To configure [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims):

    1. In Okta, create a [custom authorization server](https://developer.okta.com/docs/guides/customize-authz-server/main/) and ensure that the `groups` scope is enabled.
    2. In Zero Trust, enter the **Authorization Server ID** obtained from Okta.
    3. Under **Optional configurations**, enter the claims that you wish to add to your users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity)

16. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/). PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

17. Select **Save**.

To [test](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) that your connection is working, select **Test**.

:::note

If you see the error `Failed to fetch user/group information from the identity`, double-check your Okta configuration:

- If you have more than 100 Okta groups, ensure you include the API token.
- The request may be blocked by the [ThreatInsights feature](https://help.okta.com/en/prod/Content/Topics/Security/threat-insight/ti-index.htm) within Okta.

:::

## Synchronize users and groups

The Okta integration allows you to synchronize IdP groups and automatically deprovision users using [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/). To enable SCIM provisioning between Access and Okta, you need two separate app integrations in Okta:

- The Okta OIDC connector you created when adding [Okta as an identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/#set-up-okta-as-an-oidc-provider).
- A second Okta application of type **SCIM 2.0 Test App (Header Auth)**. This is technically a SAML app but is responsible for sending user and group info via SCIM.

:::note
If you would like to only maintain one Okta app instance, Okta does support SAML and SCIM within the same application. Create a [generic SAML integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/) and configure those values in the **Sign-On** field of your Okta SCIM application.
:::

### 1. Enable SCIM in Zero Trust

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### 2. Configure SCIM in Okta

1. On your Okta admin dashboard, go to **Applications** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Browse App Catalog**.

3. Search for `SCIM Header Auth` and select **SCIM 2.0 Test App (Header Auth)**.

4. Select **Add Integration**.

5. On the **General Settings** tab, name your application and select **Next**.

6. On the **Sign-on Options** tab, ensure that **SAML 2.0** is selected. Select **Done** to create the integration.

7. On the **Provisioning** tab, select **Configure API Integration**.

8. Select **Enable API integration**.

9. In the **Base URL** field, enter the **SCIM Endpoint** obtained from Zero Trust.

10. In the **API Token** field, enter the **SCIM Secret** obtained from Zero Trust.

    ![Enter SCIM values into Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta/enter-scim-values.png)

11. Select **Test API Credentials** to ensure that the credentials were entered correctly. Select **Save**.

12. On the **Provisioning** tab, select **Edit** and enable:

    - **Create Users**
    - **Update User Attributes**
    - **Deactivate Users**

    ![Configure provisioning settings in Okta](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/okta/enable-provisioning.png)

13. Select **Save** to complete the configuration.

14. In the **Assignments** tab, add the users you want to synchronize with Cloudflare Access. You can add users in batches by assigning a group. If a user is removed from the application assignment via a either direct user assignment or removed from the group that was assigned to the app, this will trigger a deprovisioning event from Okta to Cloudflare.

15. In the **Push Groups** tab, add the Okta groups you want to synchronize with Cloudflare Access. These groups will display in the Access policy builder and are the group memberships that will be added and removed upon membership change in Okta.

    :::note
    Groups in this SCIM app Push Groups integration should match the groups in your base [OIDC app integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/#set-up-okta-as-an-oidc-provider). Because SCIM group membership updates will overwrite any groups in a user's identity, assigning the same groups to each app ensures consistent policy evaluation.
    :::

To verify the integration, select **View Logs** in the Okta SCIM application.

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## Example API Configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"okta_account": "https://dev-abc123.oktapreview.com"
	},
	"type": "okta",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# OneLogin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/onelogin-oidc/

OneLogin provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access supports OneLogin as an OIDC identity provider.

## Set up OneLogin as an OIDC provider

### 1. Create an application in OneLogin

1. Log in to your OneLogin admin portal.

2. Go to **Applications** > **Applications** and select **Add App**.

3. Search for `OIDC` and select **OpenId Connect (OIDC)** by OneLogin, Inc.

4. In **Display Name**, enter any name for your application. Select **Save**.

5. Next, go to **Configuration**. In the **Redirect URI** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

6. Select **Save**.

7. Go to **Access** and choose the **Roles** that can access this application. Select **Save**.

8. Go to **SSO** and select **Show client secret**.

9. Copy the **Client ID** and **Client Secret**.

### 2. Add OneLogin to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com),, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **OneLogin**.

4. Fill in the following information:

    - **Name**: Name your identity provider.
    - **App ID**: Enter your OneLogin client ID.
    - **Client secret**: Enter your OneLogin client secret.
    - **OneLogin account URL**: Enter your OneLogin domain, for example `https://<your-domain>.onelogin.com`.

5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to your Access [application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/).

7. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to OneLogin.

## Example API Config

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"onelogin_account": "https://mycompany.onelogin.com"
	},
	"type": "onelogin",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# OneLogin (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/onelogin-saml/

OneLogin provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access supports OneLogin as an SAML identity provider.

## Set up OneLogin as a SAML provider

## 1. Create an application in OneLogin

1. Log in to your OneLogin admin portal.

2. Select **Apps** > **Add Apps**.

3. Under **Find Applications**, search for **Cloudflare Access**.

4. Select the result sponsored by **Cloudflare, Inc**. You can customize the name or logo.

5. Select **Save**. You can change this information at any time.

6. Select the **Configuration** tab.

7. In the **Cloudflare Access Authorization Domain** field, paste your team domain:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

8. Select the **Parameters** tab, select **Add Parameter** and enter your values for **Cloudflare Access Field**.

9. Select the **Access** tab

10. In Roles, use the mapping to programmatically and automatically assign users that can access the application.

    ![OneLogin SAML Application Access interface with available Roles listed](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/onelogin/onelogin-saml-6.png)

11. Select the **SSO** tab.

12. Copy the OneLogin **SAML 2.0 Endpoint (HTTP)** to the Cloudflare Single Sign On URL.

13. Copy the OneLogin **Issuer URL** to the Cloudflare **IdP Entity ID**.

14. Copy the **X.509 Certificate** to the Cloudflare **Signing Certificate**.

    ![OneLogin SAML Application SSO interface with SAML2.0 sign on method, Issuer URL, and X.509 Certificate](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/onelogin/onelogin-saml-7.png)

### 2. Add OneLogin to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **SAML**.

4. Input the details from your OneLogin account in the fields.

5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, configure [additional SAML options](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#optional-configurations). If you added other SAML headers and attribute names to OneLogin, be sure to add them to Cloudflare.

7. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

## Download SP metadata (optional)

OneLogin SAML allows administrators to upload metadata files from the service provider.

To add a metadata file to your OneLogin SAML configuration:

1. Download your unique SAML metadata file at the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/saml-metadata
   ```

2. Save the file as an XML document.

3. Upload the XML document to **OneLogin**.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "https://app.onelogin.com/saml/metadata/1b84ee45-d4fa-4373-8853-abz438942123",
		"sso_target_url": "https://sandbox.onelogin.com/trust/saml2/http-post/sso/123456",
		"attributes": ["email"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_cert": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "onelogin saml example"
}
```

---

# PingFederate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/pingfederate-saml/

The PingFederate offering from PingIdentity provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access supports PingFederate as a SAML identity provider.

## Set up PingFederate as an identity provider

1. Log in to your **Ping** dashboard and go to **Applications**.

2. Select **Add Application**.

3. Select **New SAML Application**.

4. Complete the fields for name, description, and category.

These can be any value. A prompt displays to select a signing certificate to use.

5. In the **SAML attribute configuration** dialog select **Email attribute** > **urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress**.

:::note
There is an additional setting for PingFederate prior to 9.0.
:::

6. In the **Signature Policy** tab, disable the option to **Always Sign Assertion**.

7. Leave the option enabled for **Sign Response As Required**.

This ensures that SAML destination headers are sent during the integration.

In versions 9.0 above, you can leave both of these options enabled.

8. A prompt displays to download the SAML metadata from Ping.

This file shares several fields with Cloudflare Access so you do not have to input this data.

9. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

10. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

11. Select SAML.

12. In the **IdP Entity ID** field, enter the following URL:

```txt
https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
```

You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

13. Fill the other fields with values from your Ping dashboard.

14. Select **Save**.

To test that your connection is working, go to **Authentication** > **Login methods** and select **Test** next to the login method you want to test.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"issuer_url": "https://example.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback",
		"sso_target_url": "https://sso.connect.pingidentity.com/sso/idp/SSO.saml2?idpid=aebe6668-32fe-4a87-8c2b-avcd3599a123",
		"attributes": ["PingOne.AuthenticatingAuthority", "PingOne.idpid"],
		"email_attribute_name": "",
		"sign_request": false,
		"idp_public_cert": "MIIDpDCCAoygAwIBAgIGAV2ka+55MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIGSMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzETMBEG\nA1UEC.....GF/Q2/MHadws97cZg\nuTnQyuOqPuHbnN83d/2l1NSYKCbHt24o"
	},
	"type": "saml",
	"name": "ping saml example"
}
```

---

# PingOne

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/pingone-oidc/

The PingOne cloud platform from PingIdentity provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access supports PingOne as an OIDC identity provider.

## Set up PingOne as an OIDC provider

### 1. Create an application in PingOne

1. In your PingIdentity environment, go to **Connections** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add Application**.
3. Enter an **Application Name**.
4. Select **OIDC Web App** and then **Save**.
5. Select **Resource Access** and add the **email** and **profile** scopes.
6. In the **Configuration** tab, select **General**.
7. Copy the **Client ID**, **Client Secret**, and **Environment ID** to a safe place. These ids will be used in a later step to add PingOne to Zero Trust.
8. In the **Configuration** tab, select the pencil icon.
9. In the **Redirect URIs** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

10. Select **Save**.

### 2. Add PingOne to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.
3. Select **PingOne**.
4. Input the **Client ID**, **Client Secret**, and **Environment ID** generated previously.
5. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/). PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.
6. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#synchronize-users-and-groups).
7. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, enter [custom OIDC claims](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/#oidc-claims) that you wish to add to your users' identity. This information will be available in the [user identity endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity).
8. Select **Save**.

You can now [test your connection](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) and create [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) based on the configured login method.

## Example API configuration

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>",
		"ping_env_id": "<your ping environment id>"
	},
	"type": "ping",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# PingOne (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/pingone-saml/

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The PingOne cloud platform from PingIdentity provides SSO identity management. Cloudflare Access supports PingOne as a SAML identity provider.

## Set up PingOne as a SAML provider

## 1. Create an application in PingOne

1. In your PingIdentity environment, go to **Connections** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add Application**.

3. Enter an **Application Name**.

4. Select **SAML Application**.

5. Select **Configure**.

6. To fill in your Cloudflare Access metadata:

   1. Select **Import from URL**.
   2. Set the **Import URL** to:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/saml-metadata
   ```

   where `<your-team-name>` is your Cloudflare Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

   3. Select **Import**.
   4. **Save** the configuration.

7. In the **Configuration** tab, select **Download metadata** and save the XML metadata file. This file will be used in a later step to add PingOne to Zero Trust.

8. In the **Attribute Mappings** tab, add the following required attributes (case sensitive) and select **Save**.

   | Application attribute | Outgoing value |
   | --------------------- | -------------- |
   | `email`               | Email Address  |
   | `givenName`           | Given Name     |
   | `surName`             | Family Name    |

   These [SAML attributes](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#saml-attributes) tell Cloudflare Access who the user is.

9. Set the application to **Active**.

### 2. Add PingOne to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **SAML**.

4. Upload your PingOne XML metadata file.

5. (Optional) To enable SCIM, refer to [Synchronize users and groups](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

6. (Optional) Under **Optional configurations**, configure [additional SAML options](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/#optional-configurations).

7. Select **Save**.

You can now [test your connection](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/#test-idps-in-zero-trust) and create [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) based on the configured login method and SAML attributes.

---

# Signed AuthN requests (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/signed_authn/

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In a SAML request flow, Cloudflare Access functions as the service provider (SP) to the identity provider (IdP). Cloudflare Access sends a SAML request to your IdP. The signing certificate that you upload from your SAML provider verifies the response.

In some cases, administrators need to verify that the request from the SP is authentic. By validating both the requests from the SP and the responses from the IdP, teams can ensure that operations in the SAML relationship are signed in both directions.

Cloudflare Access supports this requirement in the form of Signed AuthN requests. When enabled, Access sends a signature embedded in an HTTP POST request that contains the AuthN details.

## Set up Signed AuthN requests

To set up Signed AuthN requests:

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

2. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

3. Choose **SAML** on the next page.

4. Complete the fields in the dialog.

5. Go to this URL to find the certificate:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/public-cert
   ```

   Ensure that your IdP validation uses the most recent certificate. Cloudflare Access routinely rotates the public key as a security measure.

   Cloudflare Access uses a certificate that includes the following 2 distinguished name fields:

   - **Issuer Distinguished Name** - `CN=cloudflareaccess.com, C=US, ST=Texas, L=Austin, O=Cloudflare`
   - **Subject Distinguished Name** - `CN=*.cloudflareaccess.com, C=US, ST=Texas, L=Austin, O=Cloudflare`

   Most IdP configurations require 3 components to enforce AuthN signature verification:

   - **Certificate issuer [distinguished name (DN)](https://knowledge.digicert.com/generalinformation/INFO1745.html)**
   - **Certificate subject distinguished name**
   - **Public certificate**

6. In your IdP account, replace your authorization domain with the <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team domain</GlossaryTooltip> generated by Cloudflare Access.

   This is an example format:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/public-cert
   ```

---

# Yandex

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/yandex/

Yandex is a web search engine that also offers identity provider (IdP) services.

## Set up Yandex

To set up Yandex for Cloudflare Access:

1. Log in to your Yandex account.

2. Select **Open a new OAuth Application**.

3. Select **New client**.

4. Complete the required fields.

5. Choose **Yandex.Passport API** to set the basic scopes.

6. Select the **Access to email address**, **Access to user avatar,** and **Access to username, first name and surname, gender** options.

7. Select **Platform** and select **Web Services.**

8. In the **Callback URL #1** field, enter the following URL:

   ```txt
   https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/callback
   ```

   You can find your team name in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Custom Pages**.

   ![Yandex Platform interface with Web services checked and callback URI in open form field](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/yandex/yandex-3.png)

9. Select **Add**.

10. Scroll to the **Platforms** card, and select **Submit**.

    **Yandex OAuth** card titled **Cloudflare Access App** displays.

11. Copy the **ID** and **Password**.

12. In Zero Trust, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.

13. Under **Login methods**, select **Add new**.

14. Select Yandex.

15. Paste the ID and password in the appropriate fields.

16. Select **Save**.

## Example API Config

```json
{
	"config": {
		"client_id": "<your client id>",
		"client_secret": "<your client secret>"
	},
	"type": "yandex",
	"name": "my example idp"
}
```

---

# User management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/users/

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Manage users in your Zero Trust organization.

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---

# SCIM provisioning

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/

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System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) is an open standard protocol that allows identity providers to synchronize user identity information with cloud applications and services. After configuring SCIM, user identities that you create, edit, or delete in the identity provider are automatically updated across all supported applications. This makes it easier for IT admins to onboard new users, update their groups and permissions, and revoke access in the event of an employee termination or security breach.

## Supported identity providers

Cloudflare Access supports SCIM provisioning for all SAML and OIDC identity providers that use SCIM version 2.0.

## Sync users and groups in Zero Trust policies

Cloudflare Access can automatically deprovision users from Zero Trust after they are deactivated in the identity provider and display synchronized group names in the Access and Gateway policy builders. Cloudflare does not provision new users in Zero Trust when they are added to the identity provider -- users must first register a device with the WARP client or authenticate to an Access application.

To set up SCIM for Zero Trust, refer to our [SSO integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) guides.

## SCIM for Cloudflare dashboard SSO

To provision access to your Cloudflare account, you will need to set up a distinct [dashboard SSO SCIM integration](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/scim-setup/) in your IdP. You can assign users and groups to this new SCIM application to define who can access the Cloudflare dashboard.

Users provisioned via the [Zero Trust SCIM integration](#sync-users-and-groups-in-zero-trust-policies) will not have access to your Cloudflare dashboard unless you have manually added them to your [Cloudflare dashboard SSO application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/).

---

# Seat management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management/

Cloudflare Zero Trust subscriptions consist of seats that active users in your account consume. Active users are added to Zero Trust through any [authentication event](#authentication-event).

The amount of seats available in your Zero Trust account depends on the amount of users you purchase. If you want to increase the number of seats available, you will have to purchase more users. Learn more about adding and removing seats from your account in the [Zero Trust FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/getting-started-faq/#how-do-i-change-my-subscription-plan).

## Authentication events

A user consumes a seat when they perform an authentication event. For Access, this is any Cloudflare Access authentication event, such as a login to the [App Launcher](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) or an application. For Gateway, this is when any devices associated with the user connect to Zero Trust within the [specified period](#enable-seat-expiration).

If either one of these events occurs, that user's identity is added as an Active user to Zero Trust and consumes one seat from your plan. The user will occupy and consume a single seat regardless of the number of applications accessed or login events from their user account. Once the total amount of seats in the subscription has been consumed, additional users who attempt to log in are blocked.

A user who authenticates will hold their seat until you [remove the user](#remove-a-user) from your account. By default, inactive users will not be [automatically removed](#enable-seat-expiration) from your account. You can remove a single user or all users at any time, and those users will immediately stop counting against the seat count defined in your subscription.

If you notice a number of accounts greater than the number of your users, you may need to configure an Access [bypass policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#bypass). Alternatively, you can use Access [service tokens](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) to allow access to applications without consuming seats.

## Manage users

### Check number of seats used

To check the number of seats consumed by active users in your organization, log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com). **Zero Trust overview** will display the amount of seats consumed and the remaining amount available. For more details on your users, go to **My team** > **Users**.

### Revoke a user

When you revoke a user, this action will terminate active sessions, but will not remove the user's consumption of an active seat.

To revoke a user from your Zero Trust organization:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My team** > **Users**.
2. Select the checkbox next to a user with an **Active** status in the **Seat usage** column.
3. Select **Action** > **Revoke**.
4. Select **Revoke sessions**.

Revoked users can still log in if your policies allow them.

### Remove a user

Removing a user from your Zero Trust organization will free up the seat the user consumed. The user will still appear in your list of users.

To remove a user from your Zero Trust organization:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My team** > **Users**.
2. Select the checkbox next to a user with an **Active** status in the **Seat usage** column.
3. Select **Action** > **Remove users**.
4. Select **Remove**.

The user will now show as **Inactive** and will no longer occupy a seat. If a user is removed but authenticates later, they will consume a seat again.

To automate the removal of users who have not logged in or triggered a device enrollment in a specific amount of time, turn on [seat expiration](#enable-seat-expiration).

:::note[User record persistence]
You cannot delete or archive a user record. You can [remove a user](#remove-a-user) from a seat, but their user record will remain in your Zero Trust organization. Inactive users do not count towards billing.
:::

### Enable seat expiration

Cloudflare Zero Trust can automatically remove any user who does not log in to an Access application or who does not trigger a device enrollment event within a specified time period (between one month and one year). These users will no longer count against your number of seats.

To enable user seat expiration:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Account**.
2. In **Seat Expiration**, select **Edit**.
3. Select an inactivity time from the dropdown menu.
4. Select **Save**.

If a user is removed but authenticates later, they will consume a seat again.

For more information about removing a user for Access and Gateway, refer to the [FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/getting-started-faq/#removing-users).

---

# Session management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/

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A user session determines how long a user can access an Access application without re-authenticating.

## Session duration

When a user logs in to an application protected by Access, Access validates their identity against your Access policies and generates two signed JSON Web Tokens (JWTs):

| Token                                                                                 | Description                                                                                                          | Expiration                                                                                                                                        | Storage                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Global session token                                                                  | Stores the user's identity from the IdP and provides single sign-on (SSO) functionality for all Access applications. | [Global session duration](#set-global-session-duration)                                                                                           | Your Cloudflare <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team domain</GlossaryTooltip> |
| [Application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/) | Allows the user to access a specific Access application.                                                             | [Policy session duration](#set-policy-session-duration) (if set), otherwise the [application session duration](#set-application-session-duration) | The hostname protected by the Access application                                  |
|                                                                                       |                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                   |                                                                                   |

The user can access the application for the entire duration of the application token's lifecycle. When the application token expires, Cloudflare will automatically issue a new application token if the global token is still valid (and the user's identity still passes your Access policies). If the global token has also expired, the user will be prompted to re-authenticate with the IdP.

The global token expiration is usually set to equal or exceed the application token expiration. Setting a longer global token provides a more secure way to allow for longer user sessions, since the global token cannot be used to directly access an application.

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### Set global session duration

You can set a global session duration between 15 minutes and 1 month.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Under **Global session timeout**, select **Edit**,
3. Select the desired timeout duration from the dropdown menu.
4. Select **Save**.

The user will be required to re-authenticate with the IdP after this period of time.

### Set application session duration

You can set an application session duration for self-hosted and private Access applications. Available session durations range from immediate timeout to 1 month. The default is 24 hours.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Choose an application and select **Configure**.
3. Select a **Session Duration** from the dropdown menu.
4. Save the application.

The application token will expire after this period of time (unless you have set a [policy session duration](#set-policy-session-duration)).

#### SaaS application sessions

Access session durations only control the front door to a SaaS app; Access does not control how long the user can stay in the SaaS app itself. For example, if the user logs out of the SaaS app and then comes back to it, a valid Access application token allows them to re-authenticate without another login. The SaaS app issues its own authorization cookie that manages the user's session within the app.

### Set policy session duration

You can set a policy session duration ranging from immediate timeout to one month. The policy session duration takes precedence over the application session duration.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Policies**.
2. Choose a policy and select **Configure**.
3. Select a **Session Duration** from the dropdown menu.
4. Save the policy.

Users who match this policy will be issued an application token with this expiration time.

## Revoke user sessions

Access provides two options for revoking user sessions: per-application and per-user.

### Per-Application

To immediately terminate all active sessions for a specific application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Locate the application for which you would like to revoke active sessions and select **Configure**.

3. Select **Revoke existing tokens**.

Unless there are changes to rules in the policy, users can start a new session if their profile in your identity provider is still active.

### Per-User

Access can immediately revoke a single user session across all applications in your account. However, if the user's identity profile is still active, they can generate a new session.

If you want to permanently revoke a user's access:

1. Disable their account in your identity provider so that they cannot authenticate.

2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My Team** > **Users**.

3. Select the checkbox next to the user you want to revoke.

4. Select **Action** > **Revoke access**.

The user will no longer be able to log in to any application protected by Access. The user will still count towards your seat subscription until you [remove the user](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management) from your account.

### Subsequent Logins

When administrators revoke a user's Cloudflare Access token, that user will not be able to log in again for up to 1 minute. If they attempt to do so, Cloudflare Access will display an error.

## Log out as a user

To log out of Access, the end user can visit either of the following URLs:

- `<your-application-domain>/cdn-cgi/access/logout`
- `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/logout`

This action [revokes the user's session](#per-user) across all applications. Access will immediately clear the authorization cookie from the user's browser, and all previously issued tokens will stop being accepted in 20-30 seconds. The only difference between these two URLs is which domain the authorization cookie is deleted from. For example, going to `<your-application-domain>/cdn-cgi/access/logout` will remove the application cookie and make the logout action feel more instantaneous.

You can use these URLs to create custom logout buttons or links directly within your application.

:::note

At this time, end users cannot log themselves out on a per-application basis.
:::

## AJAX

Pages that rely heavily on AJAX or single-page applications can block sub-requests due to an expired Access token without prompting the user to re-authenticate.

You can configure Access to provide a `401` response on sub-requests with an expired session token. We recommend using this response code to either force a page refresh or to display a message to the user that their session has expired.

In order to receive a `401` for an expired session, add the following header to all AJAX requests:

`X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest`

---

# Access analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/access/

Access analytics provide Cloudflare One users with data on how Access is protecting their network.

To view Access analytics in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Analytics**, then select **Access**.

You can view the following data and filters in Access analytics:

**Zero Trust data:**

- Applications accessed
- Failed logins
- Connected users

**Logins over time:**

- Total count of all logins per day
- Filter to see logins for a specific application

**Applications and users:**

- Top applications accessed
- Top connected users

**Time filters:**

- Last hour
- Last 24 hours
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Current calendar month

---

# Analytics overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/analytics-overview/

The Cloudflare One Analytics overview provides a dashboard that reports on how Cloudflare One is protecting your organization and networks.

To view the Analytics overview in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Analytics**.

The Analytics overview includes reports and insights across the following products and categories:

- [Global status](#global-status) of your Cloudflare One organization
- [Access](#access)
- Gateway
  - [HTTP traffic](#proxy-traffic)
  - [Network traffic](#gateway-network-requests)
  - [DNS traffic](#dns-traffic)
  - [Firewall policies](#gateway-insights)

## Global status

In **Global status**, you can view a report on your organization's Cloudflare One adoption that contains the following metrics:

- Access apps configured
- Gateway HTTP policies
- Gateway network policies
- Gateway DNS policies
- SaaS integrations
- DLP profiles

You can also view a report on your [seat usage](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management/) across your Cloudflare One organization that contains the following metrics:

- Total seats
- Used seats
- Unused seats

## Access

In **Access**, you can view a report on your Access configuration that contains:

**Metrics:**

- Total access attempts
- Granted access
- Denied (policy violation)
- Active logins overtime
- Top applications with most logins

**Filters:**

- Access data by country

## Gateway

### Proxy traffic

In **Proxy traffic**, you can view a report on your Gateway HTTP traffic that contains:

**Metrics:**

- Total requests overtime
- Allowed requests
- Blocked requests
- Isolated requests
- Do not inspect requests
- Top bandwidth consumers (GB)
- Top denied users

**Filters:**

- Gateway HTTP traffic data by country

### Gateway (network requests)

In **Gateway (network requests)**, you can view a report on your Gateway network traffic that contains:

**Metrics:**

- Total sessions
- Authenticated sessions
- Blocked sessions
- Audit SSH sessions
- Allowed sessions
- Override sessions
- Top bandwidth consumers in GB
- Top denied users

**Filters:**

- Gateway network traffic data by country

### DNS traffic

In **DNS traffic**, you can view a report on your Gateway DNS traffic that contains:

**Metrics:**

- Total DNS queries
- Allowed DNS queries
- Blocked DNS queries
- Override DNS queries
- Safe Search DNS queries
- Restricted DNS queries
- Other DNS queries

**Filters:**

- Gateway DNS traffic by query type
- Gateway DNS traffic by country

### Gateway insights

In **Gateway insights**, you can view a report on your Gateway firewall policies that contains the following metrics:

- Top domain blocking policies
- Top destination domains
- Most user queries
- Top devices
- Top countries

---

# Gateway analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/gateway/

To see the top Allowed and Blocked requests across all of your DNS locations, go to **Analytics** > **Gateway**. You can filter the data by selecting a specific location and/or time.

- **Requests** — This chart shows an overview of the number of requests made by end users within the time period you specify. It shows a breakdown of requests based on the decision Gateway took (either Allowed or Blocked).
- **Allowed requests** — This chart shows a breakdown of the five domains which received the highest number of Allowed requests. It also shows the five domains which received the lowest amount of Allowed requests. By selecting **View all** to the right of either section of the chart, you will see a list of highest 100 and lowest 100 domains ranked by number of Allowed requests.
- **Top blocked requests** — This chart shows a breakdown of the five domains which received the highest number of Blocked requests. It also shows the five domains which received the lowest number of Blocked requests. By selecting **View all** to the right of either section of the chart, you'll see a list of highest 100 and lowest 100 domains ranked by number of Blocked requests.
- **Requests by category** — The charts in this card show a breakdown of the **Top allowed categories** and the **Top blocked categories** based on the number of requests that Gateway classified as belonging to a content category.

## GraphQL queries

You can use the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) to query your Gateway Analytics data. For more information on the Gateway Analytics dataset, refer to the [available datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/) table and use the [GraphiQL client](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/) to explore the schema.

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/

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[Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) analytics provide a summary of your applications and traffic.

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---

# Shadow IT Discovery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/

Shadow IT Discovery provides visibility into the SaaS applications and private network origins your users are visiting. This information allows you to create identity and device-driven Zero Trust policies to secure your users and data.

To view Shadow IT Discovery in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Analytics**, then select **Shadow IT Discovery**.

## Turn on Shadow IT Discovery

To allow Zero Trust to discover shadow IT in your traffic:

- Turn on the [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/) for HTTP and network traffic.
- Turn on [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) to inspect HTTPS traffic.
- Ensure any network traffic you want to inspect is not routed around Gateway by a [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/).

## SaaS applications

For an overview of SaaS applications your users have visited, go to **Analytics** > **Access** > **SaaS**. This tab displays the following information:

- **Unique application users**: Chart showing the number of different users who accessed SaaS applications over time.
- **Top approved applications**: SaaS applications marked as [**Approved**](#approval-status) which had the greatest number of unique visitors.
- **Top unapproved applications**: SaaS applications marked as [**Unapproved**](#approval-status) which had the greatest number of unique visitors.
- **Zero Trust**: Metrics for your Access applications including the total number of accessed applications, failed logins, and connected users over the selected time period.
- **Logins**: Chart showing the number of logins for an individual Access application over time.
- **Top applications accessed**: Access applications with the greatest number of logins.
- **Top connected users**: Users who logged in to the greatest number of Access applications.

### Review discovered applications

You can view a list of all discovered SaaS applications and mark them as approved or unapproved. To review an application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Analytics**, then select **Shadow IT Discovery**
2. Go to **SaaS**.
3. In the **Unique application users** chart, select **Review all**. The table displays the following fields:

| Field            | Description                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Application      | SaaS application's name and logo.                                                                                            |
| Application type | [Application type](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/#app-types) assigned by Cloudflare Zero Trust.     |
| Status           | Application's [approval status](#approval-status).                                                                           |
| Secured          | Whether the application is currently secured behind Cloudflare Access.                                                       |
| Users            | Number of users who connected to the application over the period of time specified on the Shadow IT Discovery overview page. |

3. Select a specific application to view details.
4. Assign a new [approval status](#approval-status) according to your organization's preferences.

The application's status will now be updated across charts and visualizations on the **SaaS** tab. You can block unapproved applications by creating a [Gateway policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

## Private network origins

To see an overview of the private network origins your users have visited, go to **Analytics** > **Access** > **Private Network**. This tab displays the following information:

- **Unique origin users**: Chart showing the number of different users accessing your private network over time.
- **Top approved origins**: Origins marked as [**Approved**](#approval-status) which had the greatest number of unique visitors.
- **Top unapproved origins**: Origins marked as [**Unapproved**](#approval-status) which had the greatest number of unique visitors.
- **Zero Trust**: Metrics for your Access applications including the total number of accessed applications, failed logins, and connected users over the selected time period.
- **Logins**: Chart showing the number of logins for an individual Access application over time.
- **Top applications accessed**: Access applications with the greatest number of logins.
- **Top connected users**: Users who logged in to the greatest number of Access applications.

### Review discovered origins

You can view a list of all discovered origins and mark them as approved or unapproved. To review a private network origin:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Analytics**, then select **Shadow IT Discovery**
2. Go to **Private Network**.
3. In the **Unique origin users** chart, select **Review all**. The discovered origins that appear on this page are defined by unique combinations of IP address, port, and protocol.

| Field      | Description                                                                                                             |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| IP address | Origin's internal IP address in your private network.                                                                   |
| Port       | Port used to connect to the origin.                                                                                     |
| Protocol   | Protocol used to connect to the origin.                                                                                 |
| Hostname   | Hostname used to access the origin.                                                                                     |
| Status     | Origin's [approval status](#approval-status)                                                                            |
| Users      | Number of users who connected to the origin over the period of time specified on the Shadow IT Discovery overview page. |

3. Select a specific origin to view details.
4. Assign a new [approval status](#approval-status) according to your organization's preferences.

The origin's status will now be updated across charts and visualizations on the **Private Network** tab. You can block unapproved origins by creating a [Gateway policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

## Approval status

Within Shadow IT Discovery, applications are labeled according to their status. The default status for a discovered application is **Unreviewed**. Your organization can determine the status of each application and change their status at any time.

:::note
Approval status does not impact a user's ability to access the application. Users are allowed or blocked according to your Access and Gateway policies.
:::

| Status     | Description                                                                                            |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Approved   | Applications that have been marked as sanctioned by your organization.                                 |
| Unapproved | Applications that have been marked as unsanctioned by your organization.                               |
| In review  | Applications in the process of being reviewed by your organization.                                    |
| Unreviewed | Unknown applications that are neither sanctioned nor being reviewed by your organization at this time. |

---

# Fleet status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/fleet-status/

With DEX, you can monitor your users' devices and connection status.

## View metrics

To view an overview of all enrolled devices, go to **DEX** > **Monitoring**. The **Fleet Status** tab will show real-time and historical connectivity metrics for all devices in your organization.

To view analytics on a per-device level, go to **My Team** > **Devices**. The **Fleet Status** tab will show real-time and historical connectivity metrics for the selected device.

## Available metrics

* **Devices connected by colo**: Number of devices that are connected to a given [Cloudflare data center](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/).

* **Connectivity status**: Percentage of devices in a given WARP client state.

  | Status            | Description |
  |-------------------|-------------|
  | Connected    |  WARP has successfully established a connection to the Cloudflare global network.  |
  | Disconnected | WARP has been intentionally or unintentionally disconnected from the Cloudflare global network.  |
  | Paused       | A user or administrator has taken an explicit action to temporarily turn off WARP, for example by entering an [Admin Override](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#admin-override) code.  Paused clients will [auto-connect](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#auto-connect) after a timeout period. |
  | Connecting   | WARP is pending connection, but is actively trying to establish a connection to the Cloudflare global network. |


* **Mode**: [WARP mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) deployed on the device.

* **Colo**: Percentage of devices connected to a given Cloudflare data center.

* **Platform**: Operating system of the device.

* **Major Version**: WARP client version installed on the device.

* **Device Status Over Time**: WARP client connection status over the selected time period.

* **Connection Methods Over Time**: WARP mode used by the device over the selected time period.

---

# Digital Experience Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/

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Digital Experience Monitoring provides visibility into device, network, and application performance across your Zero Trust organization.  This information enables you to understand the state of your WARP client deployment and quickly resolve issues impacting end-user productivity.

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---

# IP visibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/ip-visibility/

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DEX's IP visibility gives administrators insight into three different IP types per device:

1. **Device**: The private IP address of an end-user device.
2. **ISP**: The public IP assigned by the ISP that the end-user device is being routed though.
3. **Gateway**: The router's private IP (the router the end device is connected to.)

:::note

The ISP IP is only visible to users with the [Zero Trust PII role](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/#cloudflare-zero-trust-pii).

:::

DEX's IP visibility supports both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses.

IP information is crucial for IT administrators to accurately troubleshoot network issues and identify user locations. IT administrators face challenges like:

- Pinpointing the exact location of a user experiencing issues ("AP 87 is bad.")
- Identifying network access control policy violations ("NAC Policies is not applied properly.")
- Troubleshooting firewall restrictions ("Firewall on VLAN 93 is blocking.")
- Resolving Layer 2 and DHCP related problems.
- Indirectly determining user identity and device location.

## View a device's IP information

To view IP information for a user device:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **My team** > **Devices**.
2. Select a device, then select **View details**.
3. Under **Details**, scroll down to **IP details**.
4. Review the IP details for your selected device's most recent session.

## View a device's IP history

DEX's IP visibility allows you to review an event log of a device's IP history for the last seven days. To view a device's IP history:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **My team** > **Devices**.
2. Select a device > **View details** > under **Details**, scroll down to **IP details**.
3. Select **View device history**.
4. View the device's IP history and status from the last seven days.
5. Select a time to view more information about the device at that time.

Refer to [Available metrics](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/fleet-status/#available-metrics) to review **Status** and **Mode** descriptions.

## Troubleshoot with IP visibility

While IP visibility allows you to inspect a device's IP information, use [DEX's live analytics](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/fleet-status/#available-metrics) to review which Cloudflare data center the device is connected to. When traffic leaves a WARP-connected end-user device, it will hit a [Cloudflare data center](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#identify-the-cloudflare-data-center-serving-your-request).

To find which Cloudflare data center a device is connected to:

1. Follow the steps listed in [View IP information](#view-a-devices-ip-history) to find a device's IP information.
2. Select **Device Monitoring** above **Device event log**.
3. Find **Colo** in the **Device details** table to review which Cloudflare data center your selected device's egress traffic is connected to.

---

# Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/notifications/

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Administrators can receive alerts when Cloudflare detects connectivity issues with the WARP client or degraded application performance. Notifications can be delivered via email, webhook, and third-party services.

## Manage notifications

DEX notifications are configured on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/). For more information, refer to [Create a notification](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification).

## Available notifications

<AvailableNotifications product="DEX" />

## ​​Alert logic

### Z-score

Cloudflare uses a z-score to detect traffic spikes or drops. A [z-score](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score) is the number of standard deviations the current value is to the mean. We calculate the mean and standard deviation by comparing the current five minutes to the past four hours. This is measured every five minutes.

To trigger an alert, the z-score value must be above 3.5 or less than -3.5.

### SLO

A service-level objective (SLO) is defined as (x / y) \* 100 where x = the number of good events and y = the number of valid events for a given time period. DEX notifications look at both a short window (five minutes) and a long time window (one hour) and triggers an alert if the availability falls below the SLO threshold in either window.

---

# Remote captures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/remote-captures/

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<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/)   | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul> <li> Gateway with WARP </li> <li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS Filtering </li> </ul> | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅            | 2024.12.492.0     |
| macOS    | ✅            | 2024.12.492.0     |
| Linux    | ✅            | 2024.12.492.0     |
| iOS      | ❌            |                   |
| Android  | ❌            |                   |
| ChromeOS | ❌            |                   |

</Details>

Remote captures allow administrators to collect packet captures (PCAPs) and WARP diagnostic logs directly from end user devices. This data can be used to troubleshoot network problems, investigate security incidents, and identify performance bottlenecks.

## Start a remote capture

To capture data from a remote device:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DEX** > **Remote captures**.
2. Select up to 10 devices that you want to run a capture on. Devices must be [registered](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) in your Zero Trust organization.
3. Configure the types of captures to run.
	- **PCAP**: Performs packet captures for traffic outside of the WARP tunnel (default network interface) and traffic inside of the WARP tunnel ([WARP virtual interface](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#ip-traffic)).
	- **WARP Diagnostics Logs**: Generates a [WARP diagnostic log](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/#warp-diag-logs) of the past 96 hours. To include a routing test for all IPs and domains in your [Split Tunnel configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/), select **Test all routes**.
	:::note
	**Test all routes** will extend the time for diagnostics to run and may temporarily impact device performance during the test.
	:::
4. Select **Start a capture**.

DEX will now send capture requests to the configured devices. If the WARP client is disconnected, the capture will time out after 10 minutes.

## Check remote capture status

To view a list of captures, go to **DEX** > **Remote captures**. The **Status** column displays one of the following options:
	- **Success**: The capture is complete and ready for download. Any partially successful captures will still upload to Cloudflare. For example, there could be a scenario where the PCAP succeeds on the primary network interface but fails on the WARP tunnel interface. You can [review PCAP results](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/remote-captures/#download-remote-captures) to determine which PCAPs succeeded or failed.
	- **Running**: The capture is in progress on the device.
	- **Pending Upload**: The capture is complete but not yet ready for download.
	- **Failed**: The capture has either timed out or encountered an error. To retry the capture, check the WARP client version and [connectivity status](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/fleet-status/), then start a [new capture](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/remote-captures/#start-a-remote-capture).

## Download remote captures

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DEX** > **Remote captures**.
2. Find a successful capture.
3. Select the three-dot menu and select **Download**.

This will download a ZIP file to your local machine called `<capture-id>.zip`. DEX will store capture data according to our [log retention policy](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/#log-retention).

### Device PCAP contents

The downloaded PCAP folder contains three files:
- `capture-default.pcap`: Packet captures for the primary network interface.
- `capture-tunnel.pcap`: Packet captures for traffic inside of the WARP tunnel.
- `results.json`: Reports successful and failed packet captures.

You can analyze `.pcap` files using Wireshark or another third-party packet capture tool.

### WARP Diag contents

Refer to [WARP diagnostic logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/#warp-diag-logs) for a description of each file.

## Limitations

- Packet captures are subject to the following limits:
	- **Maximum time limit**: 600 seconds
	- **Maximum file size**: 50 MB
	- **Maximum packet size**: 1500 bytes
- WARP diagnostic logs have no file size limit, but files larger than 100 MB cannot be uploaded to Cloudflare and must be shared directly with the admin.
- Windows devices do not support concurrent remote captures. If you start a remote capture while another is in progress, the second capture will fail immediately.

---

# Email details

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/email-details/

Email Security shows you the following email detail information:

- Details
- Action log
- Raw message
- Mail trace

### Details

Email Security displays the following details:

1. **Threat type**: Threat type of the email, for example, [credential harvester](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/how-es-detects-phish/#credential-harvesters), and [IP-based spam](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/how-es-detects-phish/#ip-based-spam).
2. **Validation**: Email validation methods [SPF](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-spf-record/), [DKIM](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dkim-record/), [DMARC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dmarc-record/).
3. **Sender details**: Information include:
   - IP address
   - Registered domain
   - Autonomous sys number: This number identifies your [autonomous system (AS)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/).
   - Autonomous sys name: This name identifies your autonomous system (AS).
   - Country
4. **Links identified**: A list of malicious links identified by Email Security.
5. **Reasons for disposition**: Description of why the email was deemed as malicious, suspicious, or spam.

### Action log

Action log allows you to review post-delivery actions performed on your selected message. The action log displays:

- **Date**: Date when the post-delivery action was performed.
- **Activity**: The activity taken on an email. For example, moving the email to the trash folder, releasing a quarantined email, and more.

### Raw message

Raw message allows you to view the raw details of the message. You can also choose to download the email message. To download the message, select **Download .EML**.

### Mail trace

Mail trace allows you to track the path your selected message took from the sender to the recipient. Mail trace displays:

- **Date**: The date and time when the mail was tracked.
- **Type**: An email can be inbound (email sent to you from another email), or outbound (emails sent from your email address).
- **Activity**: The activity taken on an email. For example, moving the email to the trash folder, releasing a quarantined email, and more.

---

# Enable Email Security logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/enable-logs/

Email Security allows you to configure Logpush to send detection data to an endpoint of your choice.

## Prerequisites

Before you can audit logs for Email Security, you will have to enable logpush jobs to your storage destination. Refer to [Enable destinations](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) to enable logs on destinations such as Cloudflare R2, HTTP, Amazon S3, and more.

## Audit logs

Once you have configured your destination, you can audit logs:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Analytics & Logs** > **Logpush**.
3. Select **Audit logs**.
4. Under **Configure logpush job**: 
  - **Job name**: Enter the job name.
  - **If logs match**: Select **Filtered logs**:
    - **Field**: Choose `ResourceType`.
    - **Operator**: Choose `starts with`.
    - **Value**: Enter `email_security`.  
5. Select **Submit**.

You can now view logs via the Cloudflare dashboard.

---

# Email monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/

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Once you have chosen a [domain to scan](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/office365-api/#connect-your-domains), Email Security allows you to monitor the traffic scanned from your email inboxes.

:::note
With Email Security, you can enable logs to send detection data to an endpoint of your choice. Refer to [Email Security logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/enable-logs/) for more information.
:::

To monitor your inbox:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Under **Email Security**, select **Monitoring**. 

The dashboard will display the following metrics:

- Email activity
- [Disposition evaluation](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/)
- Detection details
- [Impersonations](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/)
- [Phish submissions](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/)
- [Auto-move events](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/)
- [Detection settings metrics](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/)

## Email activity

Email activity aggregates statistics about emails scanned and dispositions assigned (the number of email flagged due to a detection) within a given timeframe.

To view the live number of email scanned and dispositions scanned, enable **Live mode**.

## Disposition evaluation

Email traffic that flows through Email Security is given a final disposition, which represents Email Security's evaluation of that specific message.

Disposition evaluation displays the following dispositions:

<Render file="email-security/dispositions-and-attributes" />

## Detection details

Detection details displays information about:

- **Malicious** disposition:
   * **Email threat types**: Top malicious threat types, and their number relative to the total amount of malicious threats received.
   * **Targeted users**: Top number of emails targeted, and their number relative to the total amount of malicious targets.
   * **Malicious links**: A graph displaying the total number of malicious links and their distribution throughout the month.
   * **Malicious attachments**: Number of malicious attachments, and the top types of malicious files received.
- **Suspicious** disposition:
   * **Suspicious threat types**: Top suspicious threat types, and their number relative to the total amount of threats received.
   * **Suspicious targets**: Top number of emails targeted, and their number relative to the total amount of malicious targets.
   * **Suspicious links**: A graph displaying the total number of suspicious links and their distribution throughout the month.
- **Spoof** disposition:
   * **Spoof users (impersonated names)**: Top number of impersonated names, and their number relative to the total number of detection received.
   * **Spoof targets**: Top number of targeted emails.
   * **Sender v. envelope mismatch**: This field indicates the number of mismatches between the email address the message was sent from, and the email address the message was _actually_ sent from. 

## Impersonations

Impersonations are a form of phishing attack where the actor pretends to be someone else to steal sensitive information.

**Impersonations** displays the number of targeted users, and a chart describing the total number of impersonation attempts.

- To view all targeted users, select **View all targeted users**.
- To view all impersonation emails, select **View all impersonation emails**.
- To view impersonated users, select **View impersonated users**.

Refer to [Trusted domains](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/trusted-domains/) to add a trusted domain, and [Impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/) to add a user to the impersonation registry.


## Phish submissions

Phishing is a type of attack that involves stealing sensitive information with the aim of using and selling the information.

A phish submission happens when a user or an administrator reports a phishing attack. Refer to [Phish submissions](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/) to learn how to submit a phish.

Phish submissions displays the following information:

- **All submissions**: The total number of phish submissions.
- **User submissions**: The number of phish submissions reported by your users.
- **Admin submissions**: The number of phish submissions reported by an administrator.

Select **Review submissions** to review a filtered list of phish submissions reported by your team.

## Auto-move events

Auto-move events are emails moved to different inboxes based on the disposition Email Security assigned.

This panel shows you the total number of auto-moves and the source folder from which these retractions are originating from.

Refer to [Auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to configure auto-move events.

## Detection settings metrics

Detection settings metric displays information about:

- **Allowed traffic**: Traffic that Email Security will exempt emails that match certain patterns from normal detection scanning. Allowed traffic shows metrics on emails that were allowed to go through user inboxes.
- **Blocked traffic**: Traffic that Email Security automatically blocks from senders. Blocked traffic shows metrics on emails that were blocked from user inboxes.
- **Domain age**: The number of days since domain registration.

Select **Configure** to configure policy and rules for [allowed traffic](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/allow-policies/), [blocked traffic](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/blocked-senders/) and [domain age](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/).

---

# Phish submissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/

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As part of your continuous email security posture, administrators and security analysts need to submit missed <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> samples to Email Security, so Cloudflare can process them and take necessary action.

Submitting missed phish samples to Cloudflare is of paramount importance and necessary for continuous protection. Submitting missed phish samples helps Cloudflare improve our machine learning (ML) models, and alerts us of new attack vectors before they become prevalent.

## How to submit phish

To submit a phish:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Under **Phish submission**, select **View**.

## PhishNet O365

PhishNet is an add-in button that helps users to submit directly to Email Security <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> samples missed by Email Security's detection. 

To set up PhishNet O365:

1. Log in to the [Microsoft admin panel](https://admin.microsoft.com/). Go to **Microsoft 365 admin center** > **Settings** > **Integrated Apps**.
2. Select **Upload custom apps**.
3. Choose **Provide link to manifest file** and paste the the following URL:
    ```txt
    https://phishnet-o365.area1cloudflare-webapps.workers.dev?clientId=ODcxNDA0MjMyNDM3NTA4NjQwNDk1Mzc3MDIxNzE0OTcxNTg0Njk5NDEyOTE2NDU5ODQyNjU5NzYzNjYyNDQ3NjEwMzIxODEyMDk1NQ
    ```
4. Verify and complete the wizard.

## PhishNet for Google Workspace

To set up PhishNet with Google Workspace you need admin access to your Google Workspace account.

### Set up PhishNet for Google Workspace

1. Log in to [Google Workspace Marketplace apps](https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/cloudflare_phishnet/11369379045) using this direct link and an administrator account.
2. Select **Admin install** to install Cloudflare PhishNet. Read the warning, and select **Continue**.
3. You will be redirected to the **Allow data access** page, where you can choose to install Cloudflare PhishNet for **Everyone at your organization**, or **Certain groups or organizational units**. If you choose the latter option, you will have to select the users in the next step.
4. After choosing the groups you want to install PhishNet for, agree with Google's terms of service, and select **Finish**. 
5. Cloudflare PhishNet has been installed. Select **DONE**.

You have now successfully installed Cloudflare PhishNet.

### Submit phish with PhishNet

1. In your Gmail web client, open the message you would like to flag as either spam or phish.
2. Select the PhishNet logo on the side panel.
3. Under **Select Submission Type**, select **Spam** or **Phish**.
4. Select **Submit Report**.

---

# Search email

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/search-email/

With Email Security, you can use different screen criteria to search through your email, reclassify and move a certain volume of messages, find similar emails, and export messages.

## Screen criteria

Email Security allows you to use popular, regular, and advanced screening criteria to search through your inbox. Advanced screening will give you the most in-depth investigation of your inbox.

To screen through your email traffic:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Investigation**, then **Run new screen**.
4. Choose between **Popular**, **Regular**, and **Advanced** screen methods. Refer to the explanation below to learn what each method does.

The results will be displayed on a table. The table allows you to review and take action on the messages that match your chosen screening criteria.

### Popular screen

A popular screen allows you to view messages based on common pre-defined criteria.

To use a popular screen criteria:

1. Under **Method**, select **Popular screens**.
2. Select one of the following criteria:
   * **Moved emails**: View emails automatically or manually moved within the last seven days.
   * **Reclassified emails**: Emails that had their disposition reclassified within the last seven days.
   * **Malicious emails**: Emails assigned the malicious disposition within the last seven days.
   * **Spoof emails**: Emails assigned the spoof disposition within the last seven days.
   * **Suspicious emails**: Emails assigned the suspicious disposition within the last seven days.
   * **Spam emails**: Emails assigned to the spam disposition within the last seven days.
3. Select **Run screen**.

To modify your screening criteria, under **Active screen criteria**, select **Modify**.

### Regular screen

A regular screen allows you to investigate your inbox by inserting a term to screen across all criteria.

To use a regular screen criteria:

1. Under **Method**, select **Regular screen**.
2. Select a **Date range**.
3. Enter a keyword.
4. Select **Run screen**.

To include all emails as part of the search, enable **Include all mail**.

To modify your screening criteria, under **Active screen criteria**, select **Modify**.

To reset your screening criteria, select **Reset**.

### Advanced screen

The advanced screen criteria gives you the option to narrow message results based on specific criteria. The advanced screen has several options (such as keywords, subject keywords, sender domain, and more) to scan your inbox.

To use advanced screen criteria:

1. Under **Method**, select **Advanced screen**.
2. (Required) Select a date range.
3. (Optional) Fill in the other fields. All fields, except for **Subject**, must be filled with one value only.
4. Select **Run screen**.

To include all emails as part of the search, enable **Include all mail**.

To modify your screening criteria, under **Active screen criteria**, select **Modify**.

To reset your screening criteria, select **Reset**.

## Reclassify messages

Reclassifying messages allows you to choose the disposition of your messages if the disposition is incorrect.

To reclassify a message:

1. On the **Investigation** page, under **Your matching messages**, select the message you want to reclassify.
2. Select the three dots, then select **Reclassify**. 
3. Under **New disposition**, select among the following:
   * **Malicious**: Traffic invoked multiple phishing verdict triggers, met thresholds for bad behavior, and is associated with active campaigns.
   * **Spoof**: Traffic associated with phishing campaigns that is either non-compliant with your email authentication policies (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) or has mismatching Envelope From and `Header From` values.
   * **Spam**: Traffic associated with non-malicious, commercial campaigns.
   * **Bulk**: Traffic associated with [Graymail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graymail_%28email%29), that falls in between the definitions of `SPAM` and `SUSPICIOUS`. For example, a marketing email that intentionally obscures its unsubscribe link.
   * **Clean**: Traffic not associated with any phishing campaigns.
4. Select **Save**.

To reclassify messages in bulk, select the messages you want to reclassify > **Action** > **Reclassify**.

## Move messages

Moving messages allows you to move messages to a specific folder.

To move messages:

1. On the **Investigation** page, select all the messages you want to move.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown, then select **Move**.
3. Select among one of the following folders:
   * **Inbox**: Move messages to the primary email folder.
   * **Junk email**: Move messages to the junk or spam folder.
   * **Trash**: Move messages to the trash or deleted items email folder.
   * **Soft delete (user recoverable)**: Move messages to the user's Deleted Items folder. This option is for Microsoft O365 only.
   * **Hard delete (admin recoverable)**: Delete messages from a user's inbox.
4. Select **Save**.

## Find similar emails

Each detection has an Electronic Detection Fingerprint (EDF) hash that Email Security sends to the Search API to retrieve similar detections.

To find similar detection results:

1. On the **Investigation** page, under **Your matching messages**, search for the **Similar emails** column.
2. Select the number of similar emails. Selecting the number will show you a list of similar emails.

## Export messages

With Email Security, you can export messages to a CSV file.

To export messages:

1. On the **Investigation** page, under **Your matching messages**, select **Export to CSV**.
2. Select **Export messages** on the pop-up message. You can only export up to 1,000 rows from the dashboard. To export all matching messages, use the [API](/api/resources/email_security/subresources/investigate/methods/get/).

## Email status

Email Security allows you to review the status and actions of each email.

To view status and actions for each email:

1. On the **Investigation** page, select the three dots.
2. Selecting the three dots will show you the following options:
   - If the email is quarantined: 
      - **View details**: Refer to [Email details](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/email-details/) to learn more.
      - **View similar emails**: Find similar emails based on the `value_edf_hash` (Electronic Detection Fingerprint hash).
      - **Release**: Email Security will no longer quarantine your chosen messages.
      - **Reclassify**: Choose the dispositions of your messages if they are incorrect. Refer to [Reclassify messages](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/search-email/#reclassify-messages) to learn more.
3. If the email is not quarantined:
   - **View details**.
   - **View similar**.
   - [Move](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) (only available if you authorized moves).
   - **Reclassify**.

---

# Phishing report

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phishing-report/

Email Security allows you to generate a Phishing Risk Assessment Report (PRA) to provide an overview of your email traffic.

To generate a phishing risk assessment report:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Monitoring**.
3. Select **Generate summary report**.
4. Select **Generate and download**.

The report will contain the following information:

- **Report time range**: You can generate a report up to the last seven, 30, or 90 days.
- **Company name**.
- **Overview**: The Overview displays the total number of emails scanned, total number of detections, and a graph displaying emails deemed as malicious, spoof, suspicious, spam, and bulk.
- **Threat summary**: A summary of malicious threat types, and the top 10 malicious targets, impersonated names, and impersonated targets.
- **Threat origins**: This section lists the countries where the threats originated from. 
- **Malicious attachments**: A summary of the top 10 malicious file types, and malicious attachments.

---

# Access audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/

import { GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Access generates two types of audit logs:

- **[Authentication audit logs](#authentication-audit-logs)** maintain a record of authentication events.
- **[Per-request audit logs](#per-request-audit-logs)** record requests to protected URI paths and infrastructure targets.

## Authentication logs

Cloudflare Access logs an authentication event whenever a user or service attempts to log in to an application, whether the attempt succeeds or not.

[Identity-based authentication](#identity-based-authentication) refers to login attempts that matched on user email, IdP group, SAML group, or OIDC claim.

[Non-identity authentication](#non-identity-authentication) refers to login attempts that matched a non-identity policy such as IP address, device posture, country, valid certificate, or service token.

:::note
Authentication logs do not capture the user's actions during a self-hosted or SaaS application session.
:::

### Identity-based authentication

#### View Access authentication logs

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To view logs for identity-based authentication events:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Logs** > **Access**.
2. Select a row to view details such as the login method, the IP address of the user, and more.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The [Access authentication logs](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/logs/subresources/access_requests/methods/list/) API endpoint provides a custom URL to export audit log events for your account.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/logs/access_requests?limit=25&direction=desc&since=2020-07-01T05:20:00Z&until=2020-10-01T05:20:00Z" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": [
		{
			"user_email": "michelle@example.com",
			"ip_address": "198.41.129.166",
			"app_uid": "df7e2w5f-02b7-4d9d-af26-8d1988fca630",
			"app_domain": "test.example.com/admin",
			"action": "login",
			"connection": "saml",
			"allowed": false,
			"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
			"ray_id": "187d944c61940c77"
		}
	]
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

#### Explanation of the fields

Identity-based authentication logs contain the following fields:

##### Basic information

| Field          | Description                                               |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **App**        | Name of the Access application.      |
| **User email** | Email address of the authenticating user.             |
| **User ID**    | UUID of the authenticating user.                          |
| **IP address** | IP address of the authenticating user.                |
| **App UID**    | UUID of the Access application.      |
| **App domain** | URL of the Access application.                     |
| **App type**   | The type specifies if the Access application is self-hosted, SaaS, or infrastructure.     |
| **Event**      | Type of authentication event, such as a login attempt.         |
| **Connection** | IdP used to authenticate.                             |
| **Allow**      | Result of the authentication event.                   |
| **Request time** | Timestamp of the authentication event.                                    |
| **Ray ID**     | A unique identifier for every request through Cloudflare. |
| **Country**    | Country associated with the user's IP address.        |

##### Infrastructure applications

Cloudflare Access logs the following information when the user authenticates to an [infrastructure application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/):

| Field          | Description                                               |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Hostname**   | Hostname of the infrastructure target.                |
| **Target ID**  | UUID of the infrastructure target.       |
| **SSH user**   | The UNIX user, such as `root`, that the authenticating user specified when connecting to the infrastructure target.                      |
| **SSH logs**   | SSH commands that the user ran on the target. Requires configuring an [SSH encryption key](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/#ssh-command-logs) before the session begins.  |

### Non-identity authentication

To retrieve logs for non-identity authentication events, use the [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/tutorials/querying-access-login-events/). These logs are not available in Zero Trust.

## Per-request logs

Users who have authenticated through Access have access to authorized URL paths for the duration of their session. Cloudflare provides several ways to audit these requests.

### Using Cloudflare Logs

Enterprise customers have access to detailed logs of requests on their Cloudflare dashboard. Enterprise customers also have access to Cloudflare's Logpush service, which can be configured from the Cloudflare dashboard or API. For more information about Cloudflare HTTP and infrastructure logging, refer to [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

Once a member of your team authenticates to reach an HTTP resource behind Access, Cloudflare generates a token for that user that contains their SSO identity. The token is structured as a <GlossaryTooltip term="JSON web token">JSON Web Token (JWT)</GlossaryTooltip>. Cloudflare relies on an RSA Signature with SHA-256, or RS256, an asymmetric algorithm, to perform that signature. Cloudflare also makes the public key available, so that you can validate their authenticity, as well.

When a user requests a given URL, Access appends the user identity from that token as a request header, which we then log as the request passes through our network. Your team can collect these logs in your preferred third-party Security information and event management (SIEM) software or storage destination by using [Cloudflare Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/). When enabled with the Access user identity field, the logs will export to your systems as JSON similar to the logs below.

```json
{
   "ClientIP": "198.51.100.206",
   "ClientRequestHost": "jira.widgetcorp.tech",
   "ClientRequestMethod": "GET",
   "ClientRequestURI": "/secure/Dashboard/jspa",
   "ClientRequestUserAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/78.0.3904.87 Safari/537.36",
   "EdgeEndTimestamp": "2019-11-10T09:51:07Z",
   "EdgeResponseBytes": 4600,
   "EdgeResponseStatus": 200,
   "EdgeStartTimestamp": "2019-11-10T09:51:07Z",
   "RayID": "5y1250bcjd621y99",
   "RequestHeaders":{"cf-access-user":"srhea"}
},
{
   "ClientIP": "198.51.100.206",
   "ClientRequestHost": "jira.widgetcorp.tech",
   "ClientRequestMethod": "GET",
   "ClientRequestURI": "/browse/EXP-12",
   "ClientRequestUserAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/78.0.3904.87 Safari/537.36",
   "EdgeEndTimestamp": "2019-11-10T09:51:27Z",
   "EdgeResponseBytes": 4570,
   "EdgeResponseStatus": 200,
   "EdgeStartTimestamp": "2019-11-10T09:51:27Z",
   "RayID": "yzrCqUhRd6DVz72a",
   "RequestHeaders":{"cf-access-user":"srhea"}
}
```

### Using the `cf-access-user` field

In addition to the HTTP request fields available in Cloudflare Enterprise logging, requests made to applications behind Access include the `cf-access-user` field, which contains the user identity string. This offers another tool for auditing user behavior. To add the `cf-access-user` field to your HTTP request logs, you must add it as a custom field. Refer to [Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/) for instructions.

Keep in mind that Access does not log all interactions. For example, per-request audit logs can indicate that a specific user visited `domain.com/admin` and then `domain.com/admin/panel`, but the logs can only identify user interactions that result in a new HTTP request.

---

# Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Review detailed logs for your Zero Trust organization.

<DirectoryListing />

## Log retention

Cloudflare Zero Trust logs are stored for a varying period of time based on the service used and plan type:

| | Free | Standard | Access | Gateway | Enterprise |
| ----| ------ | ------ | ------ | ------ | -------- |
| **Admin logs** | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months |
| **Access logs** | 24 hours | 30 days | 30 days | 24 hours | 180 days |
| **DNS logs** | 24 hours | 30 days | 24 hours | 30 days | 180 days<sup><a href="#footnote-1">1</a></sup> |
| **Network logs** | 24 hours | 30 days | 24 hours | 30 days | 30 days |
| **HTTP logs** | 24 hours | 30 days | 24 hours | 30 days | 30 days |
| **DEX logs** | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days |
| **Device posture logs** | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |

<a name="footnote-1"><sup>1</sup></a> Enterprise users on per query plans cannot store DNS logs via Cloudflare.
You can still export logs via [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).
For more information, contact your account team.

## Customer Metadata Boundary

Cloudflare Zero Trust can be used with the Data Localization Suite to ensure that data storage is restricted to a specific geographic region. For more information refer to [Customer Metadata Boundary](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/).

## Data privacy

For more information on how we use this data, refer to our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/application/privacypolicy/).

---

# Logpush integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

With Cloudflare's [Logpush](/logs/about/) service, you can configure the automatic export of Zero Trust logs to third-party storage destinations or to security information and event management (SIEM) tools. Once exported, your team can analyze and audit the data as needed.

## Export Zero Trust logs with Logpush

:::caution[Dashboard limitation]
Zero Trust does not support configuring [Cloudflare R2](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/r2/) as a Logpush destination in the dashboard. To use R2 as a destination for Zero Trust logs, configure your Logpush jobs [with the API](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/r2/#manage-via-api).
:::

To enable Logpush for Zero Trust logs:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Logs** > **Logpush**.
2. Select **Add Logpush job**.
3. Enter a **Job name**.
4. From the drop-down menu, choose the [dataset](#zero-trust-datasets) to export.
5. Next, select the data fields you want to include in the log.
6. In **Advanced settings**, choose the timestamp format you prefer, and whether you want to enable logs sampling.
7. Select **Next**.
8. Select the service you want to export your logs to.
9. Follow the service-specific instructions in Zero Trust to validate your destination.

The setup of your Logpush integration is now complete. Logpush will send updated logs every five minutes to your selected destination.

You can configure multiple destinations and add additional fields to your logs by returning to the **Logpush** page.

## Zero Trust datasets

Refer to the Logpush documentation for a list of available fields.

| Dataset                                                                         | Description                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Gateway DNS](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_dns/)                  | DNS queries inspected by Cloudflare Gateway                    |
| [Gateway HTTP](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_http/)                | HTTP requests inspected by Cloudflare Gateway                  |
| [Gateway Network](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_network/)          | Network packets inspected by Cloudflare Gateway                |
| [Audit Logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/audit_logs/)                    | Authentication events through Cloudflare Access                |
| [Access Requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/access_requests/)          | HTTP requests to sites protected by Cloudflare Access          |
| [CASB Findings](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/casb_findings/)              | Security issues detected by Cloudflare CASB                    |
| [Device Posture](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/device_posture_results/)    | Device posture status from the WARP client                     |
| [Session Logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/zero_trust_network_sessions/) | Network session logs for traffic proxied by Cloudflare Gateway |
| [SSH Logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/ssh_logs/)                        | SSH command logs for [Access for Infrastructure targets](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) | 

## Parse DNS logs

Logpush logs the following fields for each DNS query:

- Query name
- Query type
- Query class
- Response TTL
- Response data

DNS query resource records are available in [Base64-encoded binary format](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1035#section-4.1.3) and JSON. For example:

```json
{
	"ResourceRecords": [
		{
			"type": "5",
			"data": "d3d3LmV4YW1wbGUuY29tAAABAAUAAABleGFtcGxlLmNvbQ=="
		},
		{
			"type": "1",
			"data": "ZXhhbXBsZS5jb20AAAEAAQAAAQIDBAUGBwgJ"
		}
	],
	"ResourceRecordsJSON": "[{\"name\":\"www.example.com\",\"type\":\"CNAME\",\"class\":\"IN\",\"ttl\":300,\"rdata\":\"example.com.\"},{\"name\":\"example.com\",\"type\":\"A\",\"class\":\"IN\",\"ttl\":300,\"rdata\":\"203.0.113.0\"}]"
}
```

---

# Posture logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/posture-logs/

Posture logs show the [device posture check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) results reported by the WARP client.

To view device posture logs, log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Logs** > **Posture**. Logs will only display if you have configured [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) for your Zero Trust organization.

Enterprise users can generate more detailed logs with [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

## Explanation of the fields

### Device details

| Field             | Description                  |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Name**          | Name of the device.          |
| **Serial number** | Serial number of the device. |
| **Manufacturer**  | Manufacturer of the device.  |
| **Model**         | Model of the device.         |

### User details

| Field       | Description                                        |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| **Email**   | Email used to register the device with Zero Trust. |
| **User ID** | UUID of the user who registered the device.        |

### Posture details

| Field               | Description                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**            | Name of the [device posture check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices).                                                                                               |
| **Type**            | Type of [WARP client check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) or [service provider check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/). |
| **Rule ID**         | UUID of the device posture check.                                                                                                                                   |
| **Conditions met**  | Whether the device passed or failed the posture check criteria. Evaluates to `true` if the **Received values** match the **Expected values**.                       |
| **Expected values** | Values required to pass the device posture check.                                                                                                                   |
| **Received values** | Posture check values detected by the WARP client.                                                                                                                   |

---

# Tunnel audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/tunnel-audit-logs/

Audit logs for Tunnel are available in the [account section of the Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=audit-log) which you can find by selecting your name or email in the upper right-hand corner of the dashboard. The following actions are logged:

| Action       | Description                                                                                         |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Registered   | This is logged when Tunnel is started and connects to the Cloudflare edge.                          |
| Unregistered | This is logged when Tunnel is disconnected from the Cloudflare edge.                                |
| CNAME add    | This is logged when Tunnel registers a new DNS (CNAME or AAAA) record for the tunneled application. |

---

# User logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/users/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

User logs show a list of all users who have authenticated to Cloudflare Zero Trust. For each user who has logged in, you can view their enrolled devices, login history, seat usage, and identity used for policy enforcement.

## View user logs

In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **My Team** > **Users**. This page lists all users who have registered the WARP client or authenticated to a Cloudflare Access application. You can select a user's name to view detailed logs, [revoke their session](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/#revoke-user-sessions), or [remove their seat](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/seat-management/).

### Available logs

* **User Registry identity**: Select the user's name to view their last seen identity. This identity is used to evaluate Gateway policies and WARP [device profiles](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/). A refresh occurs when the user re-authenticates WARP, logs into an Access application, or has their IdP group membership updated via <GlossaryTooltip term="SCIM" link="/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/">SCIM provisioning</GlossaryTooltip>. To track how the user's identity has changed over time, go to the **Audit logs** tab.
* **Session identities**: The user's active sessions, the identity used to authenticate each session, and when each session will [expire](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/).
* **Devices**: Devices registered to the user via WARP.
* **Recent activities**: The user's five most recent Access login attempts. For more details, refer to your [authentication audit logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/#authentication-audit-logs).

---

# Application paths

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/app-paths/

Application paths define the URLs protected by an Access policy. When adding a self-hosted application to Access, you can choose to protect the entire website by entering its apex domain, or alternatively, protect specific subdomains and paths.

## Policy inheritance

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to create unique rules for parts of an application that share a root path. Imagine an example application is deployed at `dashboard.com/eng` that anyone on the engineering team should be able to access. However, a tool deployed at `dashboard.com/eng/exec` should only be accessed by the executive team.

When multiple rules are set for a common root path, the more specific rule takes precedence. For example, when setting rules for `dashboard.com/eng` and `dashboard.com/eng/exec` separately, the more specific rule for `dashboard.com/eng/exec` takes precedence, and no rule is inherited from `dashboard.com/eng`. If no separate, specific rule is set for `dashboard.com/eng/exec`, it will inherit any rules set for `dashboard.com/eng`.

## Wildcards

When you create an application for a specific subdomain or path, you can use asterisks (`*`) as wildcards. Wildcards allow you to extend the application you are creating to multiple subdomains or paths in a given apex domain.

### Examples

#### Match all subdomains of an apex domain

Using a wildcard in the **Subdomain** field does not cover the apex domain.

| Application     | Covers                                       | Does not cover |
| --------------- | -------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| `*.example.com` | `alpha.example.com` <br/> `beta.example.com` | `example.com`  |

#### Match all paths of an apex domain

To protect an apex domain and all of the paths under it, leave the **Path** field empty. Alternatively, use a wildcard in the **Path** field.

| Application                            | Covers                                                           | Does not cover      |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `example.com` <br/> or `example.com/*` | `example.com` <br/> `example.com/alpha` <br/> `example.com/beta` | `alpha.example.com` |

#### Match multi-level subdomains

Using a wildcard in the **Subdomain** field does not cover the parent subdomain nor the apex domain.

| Application          | Covers                                                 | Does not cover                          |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| `*.test.example.com` | `alpha.test.example.com` <br/> `beta.test.example.com` | `test.example.com`  <br/> `example.com` |

#### Partially match subdomains

Using a wildcard at the beginning or end of the **Subdomain** field does not cover multiple levels of the subdomain.

| Application         | Covers                                           | Does not cover          |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------- |
| `*test.example.com` | `test.example.com` <br/> `alphatest.example.com` | `beta.test.example.com` |

#### Match multi-level paths

Using a wildcard in the **Path** field does not cover the parent path nor the apex domain.

| Application           | Covers                                                | Does not cover                          |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `example.com/alpha/*` | `example.com/alpha/one` <br/> `example.com/alpha/two` | `example.com/alpha` <br/> `example.com` |

#### Partially match paths

Using a wildcard in the middle of the **Path** field covers multiple segments of the URL.

| Application            | Covers                                                                               |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `example.com/foo*/bar` | `example.com/foo/bar`<br/> `example.com/food/bar` <br/> `example.com/food/stuff/bar` |

### Limitations

* At most one wildcard in between each dot in the **Subdomain**. For example, `foo*bar*baz.example.com` is not allowed.
* At most one wildcard in between each slash in the **Path**. For example, `example.com/foo*bar*baz` is not allowed.

## Subdomain setups

[Subdomain setups](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) allow you to manage a child domain separately from its parent domain. In Access application paths, your configured child domains will appear in the **Domain** dropdown menu. If you [split out a subdomain](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/) which already has an Access application, you will need to re-save the Access application to associate it with the new child domain.

## Unsupported URLs

### Port numbers

Port numbers are not supported in Access application paths. If a request includes a port number in the URL, Access will strip the port number and redirect the request to the default HTTP/HTTPS port.

### Anchor links

Since anchor links are processed by the browser and not the server, Access applications do not support `#` characters in the URL. For example, requests to `dashboard.com/#settings` will redirect to `dashboard.com`.

---

# Rule groups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/

import { Render } from "~/components"

A rule group is a collection of Access rules that can be configured once and then quickly applied across many Access policies. Rule groups use the same [rule types](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#rule-types) and [selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) shown in the Access policy builder.

:::note
Rule groups are distinct from groups in your identity provider, like Okta groups. Rule groups can contain a mix of individual users, groups from identity providers, and service authentication options like service tokens.
:::

## Create a rule group

<Render file="access/rule-group" />

## Use cases

### IP-based rules

We recommend using rule groups to define any IP address-based rules you configure in policies. Keeping IP addresses in one place allows you to modify or remove addresses once, rather than in each policy, and reduces the potential for mistakes.

:::note
If adding more than one IP address or range to a rule group, use an Include rule for the IPs. If you do not use an Include rule, the policy will require traffic to originate from all ranges.
:::

### Country requirements

You can create a rule group that consists of countries to allow or block. Access will treat the countries in the Include rule with an OR logical operator. When building policies for an Access application, you can assign this rule group to a Require policy to require at least one of the countries inside of the group. For an example policy, refer to [Require rules with OR operators](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#require-rules-with-or-operators).

---

# External Evaluation rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Example, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Access, you can create Allow or Block policies which evaluate the user based on custom criteria. This is done by adding an **External Evaluation** rule to your policy. The **External Evaluation** selector requires two values:

- **Evaluate URL** — the API endpoint containing your business logic.
- **Keys URL** — the key that Access uses to verify that the response came from your API

After the user authenticates with your identity provider, Access sends the user's identity to the external API at **Evaluate URL**. The external API returns a True or False response to Access, which will then allow or deny access to the user. To protect against man-in-the-middle attacks, Access signs all requests with your Access account key and checks that responses are signed by the key at **Keys URL**.

You can set up External Evaluation rules using any API service, but to get started quickly we recommend using [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

## Set up external API and key with Cloudflare Workers

### Prerequisites

- [Workers account](/workers/get-started/guide/)
- Install [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started)
- Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- Application protected by Access

### 1. Create a new Worker

1. Open a terminal and clone our example project.

   ```sh
   npm create cloudflare@latest my-worker -- --template https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-access-external-auth-example
   ```

2. Go to the project directory.

   ```sh
   cd my-worker
   ```

3. Create a [Workers KV namespace](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/) to store the key. The binding name should be `KV` if you want to run the example as written.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler kv namespace create "KV"
   ```

   The command will output the binding name and KV namespace ID, for example

   ```txt
     [[kv_namespaces]]
      binding = "KV"
      id = "YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE_ID"
   ```

4. Open the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file in an editor and insert the following:

   - `[[kv_namespaces]]`: Add the output generated in the previous step.
   - `<TEAM_NAME>`: your Cloudflare Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

  <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   name = "my-worker"
   workers_dev = true
   compatibility_date = "2024-08-06"
   main = "index.js"


   [[kv_namespaces]]
   binding = "KV"
   id = "YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE_ID"

   [vars]
   TEAM_DOMAIN="<TEAM_NAME>.cloudflareaccess.com"
   DEBUG=false
   ```
	 </WranglerConfig>

### 2. Program your business logic

1. Open `index.js` and modify the `externalEvaluation` function to perform logic on any identity-based data sent by Access.

:::note

- Sample code is available in our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-access-external-auth-example).
- To view a list of identity-based data fields, log in to your Access application and append `/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity` to the URL. For example, if `www.example.com` is behind Access, visit `https://www.example.com/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity`.
  :::

2. Deploy the Worker to Cloudflare's global network.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

The Worker will be deployed to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain at `my-worker.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

### 3. Generate a key

To generate an RSA private/public key pair:

1. Open a browser and go to `https://my-worker.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/keys`.

2. (Optional) Verify that the key has been stored in the `KV` namespace:
   1. Open the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Workers & Pages** > **KV**.
   2. Select **View** next to `my-worker-KV`.

Other key formats (such as DSA) are not supported at this time.

### 4. Create an External Evaluation rule

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Policies**.

2. Edit an existing policy or select **Add a policy**.

3. Add the following rule to your policy:

| Rule Type | Selector            | Evaluate URL                                      | Keys URL                                               |
| --------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Include   | External Evaluation | `https://my-worker.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/` | `https://my-worker.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/keys/` |

4. Save the policy.

5. Go to **Access** > **Applications** and edit the application for which you want to apply the External Evaluation rule.

6. In the **Policies** tab, add the policy that contains the External Evaluation rule.

7. Select **Save application**.

When a user logs in to your application, Access will now check their email, device, location, and other identity-based data against your business logic.

### Troubleshooting the Worker

To debug your External Evaluation rule:

1. Go to your Worker directory.

   ```sh
   cd my-worker
   ```

2. Open the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file in an editor and set the `debug` variable to `TRUE`.

3. Deploy your changes.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

4. Next, start a session to output realtime logs from your Worker.

   ```sh
   wrangler tail -f pretty
   ```

5. Log in to your Access application.

   The session logs should show an incoming and outgoing JWT. The incoming JWT was sent by Access to the Worker API, while the outgoing JWT was sent by the Worker back to Access.

6. To decode the contents of a JWT, you can copy the token into [jwt.io](https://jwt.io/).

   The incoming JWT should contain the user's identity data. The outgoing JWT should look similar to:

   ```js
   {
   "success": true,
   "iat": 1655409315,
   "exp": 1655409375,
   "nonce": "9J2E9Xg6wYj8tlnA5MV4Zgp6t8rzmS0Q"
   }
   ```

   Access checks the outgoing JWT for all of the following criteria:

   - Token was signed by **Keys URL**.
   - Expiration date has not elapsed.
   - API returns `"success": true`.
   - `nonce` is unchanged from the incoming JWT. The `nonce` value is unique per request.

   If any condition fails, the External Evaluation rule evaluates to false.

---

# Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/

Cloudflare Access determines who can reach your application by applying the Access policies you configure.

An Access policy consists of an **Action** as well as rules which determine the scope of the action. To build a rule, you need to choose a **Rule type**, **Selector**, and a **Value** for the selector.

- [Actions](#actions)
- [Rule types](#rule-types)
- [Selectors](#selectors)

## Actions

Actions let you grant or deny permission to a certain user or user group. You can set only one action per policy.

### Allow

The Allow action allows users that meet certain criteria to reach an application behind Access.

The following example lets any user with an `@example.com` email address, as validated against an IdP, reach the application:

| Action | Rule type | Selector          | Value          |
| ------ | --------- | ----------------- | -------------- |
| Allow  | Include   | Emails Ending In: | `@example.com` |

You can add a Require rule in the same policy action to enforce additional checks. Finally, if the policy contains an Exclude rule, users meeting that definition are prevented from reaching the application.

For example, this second configuration lets any user from Portugal with a `@team.com` email address, as validated against an IdP, reach the application, except for `user-1` and `user-2`:

| Action | Rule type | Selector         | Value                                |
| ------ | --------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Allow  | Include   | Country          | `Portugal`                           |
|        | Require   | Emails Ending In | `@team.com`                          |
|        | Exclude   | Email            | `user-1@team.com`, `user-2@team.com` |

### Block

The Block action prevents users from reaching an application behind Access.

For example, this configuration blocks every request to the application, except for requests from `user-1@team.com`:

| Action | Rule type | Selector | Value             |
| ------ | --------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| Block  | Include   | Everyone | `Everyone`        |
|        | Exclude   | Email    | `user-1@team.com` |

### Bypass

:::caution[Warning]

Bypass does not enforce any Access security controls and requests are not logged. This should be tested before deploying to production. Consider using Service Auth if you would like to enforce policies and maintain logging without requiring user authentication.

:::

The Bypass action disables any Access enforcement for traffic that meets the defined rule criteria. Bypass is typically used to enable applications that require specific endpoints to be public. For example, some applications have an endpoint under the `/admin` route that must be publicly routable. In this situation, you could create an Access application for the domain `test.example.com/admin/<your-url>` and add the following Bypass policy:

| Action | Rule type | Selector | Value      |
| ------ | --------- | -------- | ---------- |
| Bypass | Include   | Everyone | `Everyone` |

As part of implementing a Zero Trust security model, we do not recommend using Bypass to grant direct permanent access to your internal applications. To enable seamless and secure access for on-network employees, use Cloudflare Tunnel to [connect your private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) and have users connect through WARP.

:::note

When applying a Bypass action, security settings revert to the defaults configured for the zone and any configured Page Rules. If **Always use HTTPS** is enabled for the site, then traffic to the bypassed destination continues in HTTPS. If **Always use HTTPS** is disabled, traffic is HTTP.

:::

### Service Auth

Service Auth rules enforce authentication flows that do not require an identity provider IdP login, such as service tokens and mutual TLS.

| Action       | Rule type | Selector          |
| ------------ | --------- | ----------------- |
| Service Auth | Include   | Valid certificate |

## Rule types

Rules work like logical operators. They help you define which categories of users your policy will affect. All Access policies must contain an Include rule. This is what defines the initial pool of eligible users who can access an application. You can then add Exclude and Require rules to enforce specific policies for those users.

### Include

The Include rule is similar to an OR logical operator. In case more than one Include rule is specified, users need to meet only one of the criteria.

### Exclude

The Exclude rule works like a NOT logical operator. A user meeting any Exclusion criteria will not be allowed access to the application.

### Require

The Require rule works like an AND logical operator. A user must meet all specified Require rules to be allowed access.

#### Require rules with OR operators

By default, any values added to a Require rule are concatenated by an AND operator. For example, let's say you want to grant access to an application to both the full-time employees and the contractors, and only the ones based in specific countries — say Portugal and the United States. If you set up a rule with the following configuration:

| Action | Rule type | Selector         | Value                                 |
| ------ | --------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Allow  | Require   | Country          | `United States`, `Portugal`           |
|        | Require   | Emails ending in | `@cloudflare.com`, `@contractors.com` |

the policy will only grant access to people reaching the application from both the United States AND Portugal, and who have both an email ending in `@cloudflare.com` AND in `@contractors.com`. Therefore, nobody will have access to the application.

To require only one country and one email ending:

1. [Create a rule group](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/) that includes users in Portugal OR in the United States:

		| Rule type | Selector | Value                       |
		| --------- | -------- | --------------------------- |
		| Include   | Country  | `United States`, `Portugal` |

2. Create a policy that requires the rule group, and that also includes users with emails ending in either `@cloudflare.com` OR `@contractors.com`:

		| Action | Rule type | Selector          | Value                                 |
		| ------ | --------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------- |
		| Allow  | Require   | Rule group         | `Country requirements`                    |
		|        | Include   | Emails ending in  | `@cloudflare.com`, `@contractors.com` |

## Selectors

When you add a rule to your policy, you will be asked to specify the criteria/attributes you want users to meet. These attributes are available for all Access application types, including [SaaS](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/), [self-hosted](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/), and [non-HTTP](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/) applications.

Identity-based attributes are only checked when a user authenticates to Access, whereas non-identity attributes are polled continuously for changes during the [user session](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/). If you have configured [SCIM provisioning](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/), you can force a user to re-attest all attributes with Access whenever you revoke the user in the IdP or update their IdP group membership.

| Selector                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                   | Checked at login | Checked continuously<sup>1</sup> |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------- |
| Emails                   | `you@company.com`                                                                                                                                                             | ✅               | ❌                               |
| Emails ending in         | `@company.com`                                                                                                                                                                | ✅               | ❌                               |
| External Evaluation      | Allows or denies access based on [custom logic](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/) in an external API.                                                     | ✅               | ❌                               |
| IP ranges                | `192.168.100.1/24` (supports IPv4/IPv6 addresses and CIDR ranges)                                                                                                             | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Country                  | Uses the IP address to determine country.                                                                                                                                     | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Everyone                 | Allows, denies, or bypasses access to everyone.                                                                                                                               | ✅               | ❌                               |
| Common Name              | The request will need to present a valid certificate with an expected common name.                                                                                            | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Valid Certificate        | The request will need to present any valid client certificate.                                                                                                                | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Service Token            | The request will need to present the correct service token headers configured for the specific application.                                                                   | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Any Access Service Token | The request will need to present the headers for any [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) created for this account.                                      | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Login Methods            | Checks the identity provider used at the time of login.                                                                                                                       | ✅               | ❌                               |
| Authentication Method    | Checks the [multifactor authentication](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/mfa-requirements/) method used by the user, if supported by the identity provider.                    | ✅               | ❌                               |
| Identity provider group  | Checks the user groups configured with your identity provider (IdP). This selector only displays if you use Microsoft Entra ID, GitHub, Google, Okta, or an IdP that provisions groups with [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).      | ✅               | ❌                               |
| SAML Group               | Checks a SAML attribute name / value pair. This selector only displays if you use a [generic SAML](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/) identity provider. | ✅               | ❌                               |
| OIDC Claim               | Checks an OIDC claim name / value pair. This selector only displays if you use a [generic OIDC](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-oidc/) identity provider.    | ✅               | ❌                               |
| Device posture           | Checks [device posture signals](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) from the WARP client or a third-party service provider.                                                    | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Warp                     | Checks that the device is connected to WARP, including the consumer version.                                                                                                  | ✅               | ✅                               |
| Gateway                  | Checks that the device is connected to your Zero Trust instance through the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).                                 | ✅               | ✅                               |

<sup>1</sup> For SaaS applications, Access can only enforce policies at the time
of initial sign on and when reissuing the SaaS session. Once the user has
authenticated to the SaaS app, session management falls solely within the
purview of the SaaS app.

## Order of execution

Policies are evaluated based on their action type and ordering. Bypass and Service Auth policies are evaluated first, from top to bottom as shown in the UI. Then, Block and Allow policies are evaluated based on their order.

For example, if you have a list of policies arranged as follows:

- Allow A
- Block B
- Service Auth C
- Bypass D
- Allow E

The policies will execute in this order: Service Auth C > Bypass D > Allow A > Block B > Allow E. Once a user matches an Allow or Block policy, evaluation stops and no subsequent policies can override the decision.

## Common misconfigurations

If you add any of the following rules to an Allow policy, anyone will be able to access your application.

### Include everyone

| Rule type | Selector | Value      |
| --------- | -------- | ---------- |
| Include   | Everyone | `Everyone` |

### Include all valid emails

| Rule type | Selector      | Value          |
| --------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| Include   | Login Methods | `One-time PIN` |

---

# Isolate self-hosted application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::note

Requires [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/).
:::

With Access policies, you can require users to open self-hosted applications in a secure [remote browser](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/). Because the remote browser is directly integrated into our Secure Web Gateway platform, [HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) can be applied to isolated applications without needing to install the WARP client. This allows you to distribute internal applications to unmanaged users while retaining control over sensitive data.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="access/isolation-prereqs" />

## Enable Browser Isolation

<Render file="access/enable-isolation" />

## Policies for isolated applications

Traffic to the isolated Access application is filtered by your Gateway [HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/). Useful policies include:

* [Identity-based policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/) to allow or block requests based on user identity.
* [Data Loss Prevention policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) to log or block transmission of sensitive data.
* [Isolation policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/) to disable browser actions such as copy/paste, printing, or file downloads.

For example, if your application is hosted on `internal.site.com`, the following policy blocks users from uploading and downloading credit card numbers within the remote browser:

| Selector    | Operator | Value                   | Logic | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain      | in       | `internal.site.com`     | And   | Block  |
| DLP Profile | in       | `Financial Information` |       |        |

## Product compatibility

For a list of products that are incompatible with the **Isolate application** feature, refer to [Product Compatibility](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/#product-compatibility) .

---

# Enforce MFA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/mfa-requirements/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

With Zero Trust policies, you can require that users log in to certain applications with specific types of multifactor authentication (MFA) methods. For example, you can create rules that only allow users to reach a given application if they authenticate with a physical hard key.

This feature is only available if you are using the following identity providers:

- Okta
- Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)
- OpenID Connect (OIDC)
- SAML

To enforce an MFA requirement to an application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Find the application for which you want to enforce MFA and select **Configure**. Alternatively, [create a new application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/).

3. Go to **Policies**.

4. If your application already has a policy containing an identity requirement, find it and select **Configure**.

	:::note
	The policy should contain an Include rule that uses identity-based selectors. For example, the Include rule could allow users who are part of a [rule group](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/), email domain, or identity provider group.
	:::

5. Add the following rule to the policy:

		| Rule type | Selector | Value |
		| ---------- | -------- | ------ |
		| Require    | Authentication method |  `mfa - multiple-factor authentication` |

6. Save the policy.

:::caution[Important]

**What happens if the user fails to present the required MFA method?**

Cloudflare Access will reject the user, even if they successfully login to the identity provider with an alternative method.

:::

## Adding authentication methods into the JWT

When users authenticate with their identity provider, the identity provider then shares their username with Cloudflare Access. Cloudflare Access then writes that value into the <GlossaryTooltip term="JSON web token">JSON Web Token (JWT)</GlossaryTooltip> generated for the user.

Certain identity providers can also share the multifactor authentication (MFA) method presented by the user to login. Cloudflare Access can add these values into the JWT and force. For example, if the user authenticated with their password and a physical hard key, the identity provider can send a confirmation to Cloudflare Access.

Cloudflare Access then stores that method into the same JWT issued to the user.

Cloudflare Access follows [RFC 8176](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8176), Authentication Method Reference Values, to define authentication methods.

---

# Manage Access policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/policy-management/

import {Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

Access policies define the users who can log in to your Access applications. You can create, edit, or delete policies at any time and reuse policies across multiple applications.

## Create a policy

To create a reusable Access policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Policies**.
2. Select **Add a policy**.
3. Enter a **Policy name**.
4. Choose an [**Action**](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#actions) for the policy.
5. Choose a [**Session duration**](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/session-management/) for the policy.
6. Configure as many [**Rules**](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#rule-types) as needed.
7. (Optional) Configure additional settings for users who match this policy:
	- [Isolate application](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/).
	- [Purpose justificaton](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/require-purpose-justification/)
	- [Temporary authentication](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/temporary-auth/)
8. Select **Save**.

You can now add this policy to an [Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/).

## Edit a policy

To make changes to an existing Access policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Policies**.
2. Locate the policy you want to update and select **Configure**.
3. Once you have made the necessary changes, select **Save**.

The updated policy is now in effect for all associated Access applications.

## Delete a policy

To delete a reusable Access policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Policies** and locate the policy you want to delete.
2. If the policy is used by an application, remove the policy from all associated applications.
3. Select **Delete**.
4. A pop-up message will ask you to confirm your decision to delete the policy. Select **Delete**.

## Test your policies

You can test your policies against an existing user identity to see if they would be granted access. For the policy tester to work, the user must have logged into the [App Launcher](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) or any other Access application at some point in time.

To check if a user has access to an application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Locate the application you want to test and select **Configure**.
3. Go to the **Policies** tab and select **Test policies**.
4. Enter the user's email address and select **Test policies**.

The policy tester reports the following information:

* Whether the user is allowed or denied access to the application based on all configured policies.
* The user's identity from their most recent Access login attempt.
* Whether the user matches individual Allow, Block, or Bypass policies.

## Legacy policies

Legacy policies are scoped to a specific application and cannot be added to newly created Access applications.

### Migrate to reusable policies

To migrate legacy policies to reusable policies:

1. [Create a reusable policy](#create-a-policy) that will replace the legacy policy.
2. Go to the Access application associated with the legacy policy.
3. Add the reusable policy to the application and remove the legacy policy.
4. Repeat these steps for each legacy policy. If you have duplicate legacy policies, you can replace them with a single reusable policy.

### Convert a legacy policy

You can use the API to convert a legacy policy into a reusable policy. To convert a legacy policy, make a `PUT` request with an empty request body:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/apps/{app_id}/policies/{policy_id}/make_reusable \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

The policy is now removed from the applications endpoint (`/access/apps/{app_id}/policies`) and managed using the [reusable policies endpoints](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/policies/)(`/access/policies/{policy_id}`).

---

# Require purpose justification

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/require-purpose-justification/

Cloudflare Access allows security and IT teams to present users with a purpose justification screen directly after they log in to an Access application. This allows organizations to audit not only for who is accessing their resources, but also for why they are requesting access.

The purpose justification screen will show for any new sessions of an application. For example, if an Access application has a session time of eight hours, a user will see the purpose justification screen once every eight hours.

Configuring a purpose justification screen is done as part of configuring an Access policy.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Choose an application and select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Policies**.
4. Choose an **Allow** policy and select **Configure**.
5. Under **Additional settings**, turn on **Purpose justification**.
6. (Optional) Set a custom purpose justification message. This will appear on the purpose justification screen and will be visible to the user.
7. Save the policy.

Users who match this policy will see the following screen:

![Finalized purpose justification screen displaying custom message.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/purpose-justification.png)

---

# Temporary authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/access/temporary-auth/

With Cloudflare Access, you can require that users obtain approval before they can access a specific self-hosted application or SaaS application. The administrator will receive an email notification to approve or deny the request. Unlike a typical Allow policy, the user will have to request access at the end of each session. This allows you to define the users who should have persistent access and those who must request temporary access.

## Set up temporary authentication

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Choose a **Self-hosted** or **SaaS** application and select **Configure**.
3. Choose an **Allow** policy and select **Configure**.
4. Under **Additional settings**, turn on [**Purpose justification**](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/require-purpose-justification/).
5. Turn on **Temporary authentication**.
6. Enter the **Email addresses of the approvers**.
	:::note
	Your approvers must be authenticated by Access. If they do not have an active session, Access will verify their identity against your [App Launcher Access policy](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/).
	:::
7. Save the policy.

Temporary authentication is now enabled for users who match this policy. You can optionally add a second **Allow** policy for users who should have persistent access. Be sure the policy order is set to allow persistent users through.

## Temporary authentication requests

When a user accesses the application, they will be prompted to enter a purpose justification and submit an access request. The request is automatically emailed to approvers. Alternatively, the user can manually present the approval link to approvers.
![Temporary authentication request page shown to users](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/temp-auth-request.png)

Approvers will receive a request similar to the example below. The approver can then grant access for a set amount of time, up to a maximum of 24 hours.

![Temporary authentication approval page shown to administrators](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/temp-auth-approval.png)

---

# Accessibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/accessibility/

Browser Isolation has a built-in screen reader which enables people with visual impairments to browse isolated pages.

## Enable or disable the screen reader

### Keyboard shortcut

To turn on or off the built-in screen reader, press `CTRL + ALT + Z`.

### Drop-down menu

To turn on or off the built-in screen reader, right-click on any isolated page and select **Accessibility** > **Enable** / **Disable screen reader**.

---

# Extensions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/extensions/

Browser Isolation supports running native Chromium Web Extensions in the remote browser.

This capability allows extending tools that require DOM access (such as password managers and ad blockers) to isolated pages.

## Install an extension inside the remote browser

### Prerequisite: Isolate Chrome Web Store

:::note

This step is not required when browsing via Clientless Web Isolation. You can access the Chrome Web Store at `https://<authdomain>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://chrome.google.com/webstore`. 
:::

Installing extensions requires Chrome Web Store isolation. Create an [HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) to isolate the Chrome Web Store (`chrome.google.com`).

### Install an extension

1. Go to `https://chrome.google.com/webstore` while isolated.
2. Choose your desired extension.
3. Select **Add to Chrome**. To confirm extension installation, select **Add extension**.

Remote browser extensions are automatically reinstalled across isolated sessions.

## Remove an extension from the remote browser

1. Go to any isolated webpage.
2. Right-click anywhere to open the context menu and select **Show isolation toolbar**.
3. Select the jigsaw icon in the isolation toolbar to open the extension manager.
4. Select the hamburger icon for the desired extension to open the extension controls.
5. Select **Remove from Chromium**. To confirm removal, select **Remove**.

## Useful extensions

### Modify remote browser user agent

[User-Agent Switcher for Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg) enables controlling the User Agent sent from the remote browser to an isolated website.

### Control remote browser request headers

[ModHeader](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/modheader/idgpnmonknjnojddfkpgkljpfnnfcklj) enables controlling arbitrary request headers sent from the remote browser to an isolated website.

---

# Browser Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/

:::note
Available as an add-on to Zero Trust Pay-as-you-go and Enterprise plans.
:::

Cloudflare Browser Isolation complements the [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) and [Zero Trust Network Access](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/) solutions by executing active webpage content in a secure isolated browser. Executing active content remotely from the endpoint protects users from zero-day attacks and malware. In addition to protecting endpoints, Browser Isolation also protects users from phishing attacks by preventing user input on risky websites and controlling data transmission to sensitive web applications. You can further filter isolated traffic with Gateway [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) and [DNS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) policies.

Remote browsing is invisible to the user who continues to use their browser normally without changing their preferred browser and habits. Every open tab and window is automatically isolated. When the user closes the isolated browser, their session is automatically deleted.

## Privacy

Cloudflare Browser Isolation is a security product. In order to serve transparent isolated browsing and block web based threats our network decrypts Internet traffic using the [Cloudflare root CA](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/). Traffic logs are retained as per the [Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/) documentation.

---

# Isolation policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

With Browser Isolation, you can define policies to dynamically isolate websites based on identity, security threats, or content.

## Isolate

When an HTTP policy applies the Isolate action, the user's web browser is transparently served an HTML compatible remote browser client. Isolation policies can be applied to requests that include `Accept: text/html*`. This allows Browser Isolation policies to co-exist with API traffic.

The following example enables isolation for all web traffic:

| Selector | Operator      | Value | Action  |
| -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------- |
| Host     | matches regex | `.*`  | Isolate |

If instead you need to isolate specific pages, you can list the domains for which you would like to isolate traffic:

| Selector | Operator | Value                        | Action  |
| -------- | -------- | ---------------------------- | ------- |
| Domain   | In       | `example.com`, `example.net` | Isolate |

:::note[Isolate identity providers for applications]

Existing cookies and sessions from non-isolated browsing are not sent to the remote browser. Websites that implement single sign-on using third-party cookies will also need to be isolated.

For example, if `example.com` authenticates using Google Workspace, you will also need to isolate the top level [Google Workspace URLs](https://support.google.com/a/answer/9012184).

:::

## Do Not Isolate

You can choose to disable isolation for certain destinations or categories. The following configuration disables isolation for traffic directed to `example.com`:

| Selector | Operator | Value         | Action         |
| -------- | -------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| Host     | In       | `example.com` | Do Not Isolate |

## Policy settings

The following optional settings appear in the Gateway HTTP policy builder when you select the _Isolate_ action. Configure these settings to [prevent data loss](https://blog.cloudflare.com/data-protection-browser/) when users interact with untrusted websites in the remote browser.

### Copy (from remote to client)

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
			subgraph remotebrowser[Remote browser]
        siteA["Isolated
				website"]--Data-->remoteclip["Remote
				clipboard"]
      end
			subgraph client[Client]
        localclip["Local
				clipboard"]
      end
			remoteclip-->localclip
```

- _Allow_: (Default) Users can copy content from an isolated website to their local clipboard.
- _Allow only within isolated browser_: Users can only copy content from an isolated website to the remote clipboard. Users cannot copy content out of the remote browser to the local clipboard. You can use this setting alongside [**Paste (from client to remote)**: _Allow only within isolated browser_](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#paste-from-client-to-remote) to only allow copy-pasting between isolated websites.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from copying content from an isolated website.

### Paste (from client to remote)

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
			subgraph client[Client]
        localclip["Local
				clipboard"]
      end
			subgraph remotebrowser[Remote browser]
				remoteclip["Remote
				clipboard"]-->siteA["Isolated
				website"]
      end
			localclip--Data-->remoteclip
```

- _Allow_: (Default) Users can paste content from their local clipboard to an isolated website.
- _Allow only within isolated browser_: Users can only paste content from the remote clipboard to an isolated website. Users cannot paste content from their local clipboard to the remote browser. You can use this setting alongside [**Copy (from remote to client)**: _Allow only within isolated browser_](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#copy-from-remote-to-client) to only allow copy-pasting between isolated websites.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from pasting content into an isolated website.

### File downloads

- _Allow_: (Default) User can download files from an isolated website to their local machine.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from downloading files from an isolated website to their local machine.

:::note
This option does not prevent files from being downloaded into the remote browser. To prevent files being downloaded into the remote browser, use HTTP Policies to block by [Download Mime Type](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#download-and-upload-mime-type).
:::

### File uploads

- _Allow_: (Default) Users can upload files from their local machine into an isolated website.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from uploading files from their local machine into an isolated website.

:::note
This option does not prevent files being uploaded to websites from third-party cloud file managers or files downloaded into the remote browser download bar from other isolated websites. To prevent files being uploaded from the remote browser into an isolated website, use HTTP Policies to block by [Upload Mime Type](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#download-and-upload-mime-type).
:::

### Keyboard

- _Allow_: (Default) Users can perform keyboard inputs into an isolated website.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from performing keyboard inputs into an isolated website.

:::note
Mouse input remains available to allow users to browse a website by following hyperlinks and scrolling. This does not prevent user input into third-party virtual keyboards within an isolated website.
:::

### Printing

- _Allow_: (Default) Users can print isolated web pages to their local machine.
- _Do not allow_: Prohibits users from printing isolated web pages to their local machine.

## Common policies

### Isolate all security threats

Isolate security threats such as malware and phishing.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector            | Operator | Value                | Action  |
| ------------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------- |
| Security Categories | in       | _All security risks_ | Isolate |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Isolate all security threats",
  "description": "Isolate security threats such as malware and phishing",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "isolate",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(http.request.uri.security_category[*] in {68 178 80 83 176 175 117 131 134 151 153})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Isolate high risk content

Isolate high risk content categories such as newly registered domains.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value            | Action  |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------- | ------- |
| Content Categories | in       | _Security Risks_ | Isolate |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Isolate high risk content",
  "description": "Isolate high risk content categories such as newly registered domains",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "isolate",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {32 169 177 128})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Isolate news and media

Isolate news and media sites, which are targets for malvertising attacks.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value            | Action  |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------- | ------- |
| Content Categories | in       | _News and Media_ | Isolate |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Isolate news and media",
  "description": "Isolate news and media sites, which are targets for malvertising attacks",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "isolate",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {122})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Isolate uncategorized content

Isolate content that has not been categorized by [Cloudflare Radar](/radar/).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value                    | Action  |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------ | ------- |
| Content Categories | not in   | _All content categories_ | Isolate |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Isolate uncategorized content",
  "description": "Isolate content not categorized by Cloudflare Radar",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "isolate",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "not(any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {2 67 125 133 3 75 183 89 182 6 90 91 144 150 7 70 74 76 79 92 96 100 106 107 116 120 121 122 127 139 156 164 99 9 101 137 10 103 146 11 12 77 98 108 110 111 118 126 129 172 168 113 33 179 166 15 115 119 124 141 161 17 85 87 102 157 135 138 180 162 140 142 32 169 177 128 22 73 82 88 148 23 24 181 71 72 173 78 84 86 94 97 104 105 114 174 93 130 132 136 147 149 154 158 152 26 69 184 81 95 109 123 145 155 159 160 163 165 167}))",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Isolate ChatGPT

Isolate the use of ChatGPT.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value     | Action  |
| ----------- | -------- | --------- | ------- |
| Application | in       | _ChatGPT_ | Isolate |

In **Configure policy settings**, you can customize restrictions for ChatGPT. For example, to prevent your users from inputting sensitive information, you can select **Disable copy / paste** and **Disable file uploads**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Isolate ChatGPT",
  "description": "Isolate the use of ChatGPT",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "isolate",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {1199})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Known limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/known-limitations/

Below, you will find information regarding the current limitations for Browser Isolation.

## Website compatibility

Our Network Vector Rendering (NVR) technology allows us to deliver a secure remote computing experience without the bandwidth limitations of video streams. While we expect most websites to work perfectly, some browser features and web technologies are unsupported and will be implemented in the future:

- Webcam and microphone support is unavailable.
- Websites that use WebGL may not function. To turn off WebGL in the browser, refer to [WebGL Rendering Error](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#i-see-webgl-rendering-error).
- Netflix and Spotify Web Player are unavailable.

## Browser compatibility

| Browser                                      | Compatibility |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| Google Chrome                                | ✅            |
| Mozilla Firefox                              | ✅            |
| Safari                                       | ✅            |
| Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)              | ✅            |
| Other Chromium-based browsers (Opera, Brave) | ✅            |
| Internet Explorer 11 and below               | ❌            |

## Virtual machines

Browser Isolation is not supported in virtualized environments (VMs).

## Gateway selectors

Certain selectors for Gateway HTTP policies bypass Browser Isolation, including:

- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#destination-ip)

You cannot use these selectors to isolate traffic and isolation matches for these selectors will not appear in your Gateway logs. Additionally, you cannot apply other policies based on these selectors while in isolation. For example, if you have a Block policy that matches traffic based on destination IP, Gateway will not block the matching traffic if it is already isolated by an Isolate policy.

## File download size

When a user downloads a file within the remote browser, the file is held in memory and destroyed at the end of the remote browser session. Therefore, the total size of files downloaded per session is shared with the amount of memory available to the remote browser. We recommend a maximum individual file size of 512 MB.

## Multifactor authentication

[Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/) does not support Yubikey or WebAuthN. These authentication technologies require the isolated website to use the same domain name as the non-isolated website. Therefore, they will not work with prefixed Clientless Web Isolation URLs but will work normally for [in-line deployments](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/) such as [isolated Access applications](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/).

## SAML applications

When Browser Isolation is [deployed in-line](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/) (for example, via WARP, Gateway proxy endpoint or Magic WAN) it is possible to configure a subset of traffic to be isolated. Browser Isolation segregates local and remote browsing contexts. Due to this, cross-domain interactions (such as single sign-on) may not function as expected.

### `POST` request returns `405` error

This error typically occurs due to SAML HTTP-POST bindings. These are not yet supported between non-isolated Identity Providers (IdP) and isolated Service Providers (SP).

### Workarounds

The following workarounds enable isolating SAML applications with Browser Isolation.

#### Use SAML HTTP-Redirect bindings

Configure your SAML implementation to use HTTP Redirect Bindings. This avoids the HTTP `405` error by using URL parameters to route SAMLResponse data into the isolated SP.

#### Clientless Web Isolation

Direct your users to use access the application via [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/). Clientless Web Isolation implicitly isolates all traffic (both IdP and SP) and supports HTTP-POST SAML bindings.

For user convenience, [create a bookmark](/cloudflare-one/applications/bookmarks/) in Cloudflare Access for your application (for example, `https://<authdomain>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://example.com`).

:::note
IdP sessions are not shared between the non-isolated IdP and the Clientless Web Isolation IdP. Users will be prompted to establish an additional session with their IdP.
:::

#### Add the application to Access

Configure a [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) in Cloudflare Access and [enable browser isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/) in the application settings.

#### Isolate both identity provider and service provider

The HTTP `405` error does not occur when both the IdP and SP are isolated. For example:

| Precedence | Selector    | Operator | Value             | Action  |
| ---------- | ----------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------- |
| 1          | Application | in       | _Okta_, _Zendesk_ | Isolate |

:::note
SAML HTTP-POST attempts initiated from the remote browser are not forwarded to non-Isolated SPs. All SPs should be isolated to avoid SSO errors.
:::

#### In-line SSO between Okta and Salesforce

Some applications that use HTTP-POST bindings (such as Salesforce) complete SSO with an internal HTTP redirect. Applying a Do Not Isolate policy to the SAML HTTP-POST endpoint enables the SAML flow to complete, and authenticate the user into the application in the remote browser. For example:

| Precedence | Selector    | Operator | Value                                | Logic | Action         |
| ---------- | ----------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ | ----- | -------------- |
| 1          | Host        | in       | `your-salesforce-domain.example.com` | And   | Do Not Isolate |
|            | HTTP Method | in       | _POST_                               |       |                |

| Precedence | Selector | Operator | Value                                | Action  |
| ---------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- |
| 2          | Host     | in       | `your-salesforce-domain.example.com` | Isolate |

---

# Browser Isolation with firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/network-dependencies/

If your organization uses a firewall or other policies to restrict Internet traffic, you may need to make a few changes to allow Browser Isolation to connect.

## Remoting client

Isolated pages are served by the remoting client. This client communicates to Cloudflare's network via HTTPS and WebRTC.

### Remoting Client (Services)

The remoting client provides static assets and API endpoints. For Browser Isolation to function, you must allow:

* HTTPS traffic to `*.browser.run` on port `443`

#### Clientless Web Isolation

Users connecting through Clientless Web Isolation also require connectivity to Cloudflare Access. For users to connect to Access, you must allow:

* HTTPS traffic to `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` on port `443`

### WebRTC channel

Browser Isolation uses WebRTC for low-latency communication between the local browser and the remote browser.

In order to pass WebRTC traffic, the remoting client must be able to connect to the following IP addresses:

| IP range                                                                 | Port range    | Protocol |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | -------- |
| IPv4: `162.159.201.10 - 162.159.201.255` <br/> IPv6: `2606:4700:f2::/48` | 10000 - 59999 | UDP      |

Each remote browser instance is randomly assigned a port, and the port that a user is allocated to will change often and without notice.

:::note

WebRTC traffic does not flow through proxies specified in local browser HTTP/HTTPS proxy settings. The connecting device needs to be able to directly connect to the WebRTC IP ranges. 
:::

---

# DLP datasets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/datasets/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Cloudflare DLP can scan your web traffic and SaaS applications for specific data defined in a custom dataset. Sensitive data can be hashed before reaching Cloudflare and redacted from matches in [payload logs](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules/).

## DLP dataset types

### Exact Data Match

Exact Data Match (EDM) protects sensitive information, such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and credit card numbers.

All data in uploaded EDM datasets is encrypted before reaching Cloudflare. To detect matches, Cloudflare hashes traffic and compares it to hashes from your dataset. Matched data will be redacted in payload logs.

### Custom Wordlist

Custom Wordlist (CWL) protects non-sensitive data, such as intellectual property and SKU numbers.

Cloudflare stores data from CWL datasets within DLP. Plaintext matches appear in payload logs.

## Use DLP datasets

### Prepare a dataset

#### Formatting

To prepare a dataset for DLP, add your desired data to a single-column spreadsheet. Each line must be at least six characters long. Entries do not require trailing or final commas.

For compatibility, save your file in either `.csv` or `.txt` format with LF (`\n`) newline characters. DLP does not support CRLF (`\r\n`) newline characters. For information on dataset limits, refer to [Account limits](/cloudflare-one/account-limits/#data-loss-prevention-dlp).

#### Column title cells

Column title cells may result in false positives in Custom Wordlist datasets and should be removed.

DLP will detect and use title cells as column names for Exact Data Match datasets. If multiple columns have the same name, DLP will append a number sign (`#`) and number to their names.

:::tip[Update EDM datasets]

To select which Exact Data Match columns to use, you will need to [reupload any EDM datasets](#manage-existing-datasets) added prior to column support.

:::

### Upload a new dataset

<Details header="Upload an Exact Data Match dataset">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DLP** > **DLP datasets**.
2. Select **Create new dataset**.
3. Choose **Exact Data Match**.
4. Upload your dataset file. Select **Next**.
5. Review and choose the detected columns you want to include. Select **Next**.
6. Name your dataset. Optionally, add a description. Select **Next**.
7. Review the details for your uploaded dataset. Select **Save dataset**.

DLP will encrypt your dataset and save its hash.

</Details>

<Details header="Upload a Custom Wordlist dataset">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DLP** > **DLP datasets**.
2. Select **Create new dataset**.
3. Choose **Custom Wordlist**.
4. Name your dataset. Optionally, add a description.
5. In **Upload file**, choose your dataset file.
6. Select **Save**.

DLP will save your dataset in cleartext.

</Details>

To use your uploaded dataset, add it as an existing entry to a [custom DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#build-a-custom-profile).

### Manage existing datasets

Uploaded DLP datasets are read-only. To update a dataset, you must upload a new file to replace the original.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DLP** > **DLP datasets**.
2. Select the dataset you want to update.
3. Select **Upload dataset** and choose your updated dataset. Select **Next**.
4. If your select dataset is an Exact Data Match dataset, review and choose the new columns. Select **Next**.
5. Select **Save dataset**.

Your new dataset will replace the original dataset.

:::caution[Remove existing column entries]

If you want to update an Exact Data Match dataset to remove a column in use as an [existing detection entry](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#build-a-custom-profile), you must remove the existing entry from any custom DLP profiles using it before updating the dataset.

:::

---

# Data Loss Prevention

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/

import { GlossaryDefinition } from "~/components";

:::note[Availability]
Available as an add-on to Zero Trust Enterprise plans.

Users on Zero Trust Free and Pay-as-you-go plans can use the [Financial Information](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/#financial-information) and [Social Security, Insurance, Tax, and Identifier Numbers](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/#social-security-insurance-tax-and-identifier-numbers) predefined profiles, [payload logging](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules/), and [false positive reporting](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#report-false-positives).
:::

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP)" />

To prevent interference, Cloudflare does not write scanned content to disk. Instead, DLP only encrypts and temporarily stores content in memory. Optionally, you can configure [payload logging](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules) to store encrypted copies of payloads from matching HTTP requests or a [Logpush destination](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#send-http-requests-to-logpush-destination) to export entire matching HTTP requests.

## Data in transit

Data Loss Prevention complements [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) to detect sensitive data transferred in HTTP requests. DLP scans the entire HTTP body, which may include uploaded or downloaded files, chat messages, forms, and other web content. You can also use DLP with [Email Security](/cloudflare-one/email-security/) to scan [outbound emails](/cloudflare-one/email-security/outbound-dlp/).

DLP requires [Gateway HTTP filtering](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) with [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) for visibility into data in transit. The depth of visibility varies for each site or application. DLP does not scan any traffic that bypasses Cloudflare Gateway (such as traffic that matches a [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) policy).

To get started, refer to [Scan HTTP traffic with DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/).

## Data at rest

Data Loss Prevention complements [Cloudflare CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/) to detect sensitive data stored in your SaaS applications. Unlike data in transit scans which read files sent through Cloudflare Gateway, CASB retrieves files directly via the API. Therefore, Gateway and WARP settings (such as [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) policies and [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) configurations) will not affect data at rest scans.

To get started, refer to [Scan SaaS applications with DLP](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/).

## Supported file types

### Formats

DLP supports scanning the following file types:

- Text and CSV
- Microsoft Office 2007 and later (`.docx`, `.xlsx,` `.pptx`), including Microsoft 365
- PDF
- ZIP files containing the above

DLP will scan the text contained in Microsoft Office and PDF files.

### Size

The maximum file size is 100 MB. Size limitation is assessed against the file after unzipping. ZIP files can be recursively compressed a maximum of 10 times.

---

# Applications and app types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/

import { GlossaryDefinition, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Gateway allows you to create DNS, Network, and HTTP policies based on applications and app types. You can select individual applications or groups of app types to filter specific traffic on your network.

## Applications

When you choose the _Application_ selector in a Gateway policy builder, the **Value** field will include all supported applications and their respective app types. Alternatively, you can use the [Gateway API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/app_types/methods/list/) to fetch a list of applications, app types, and ID numbers.

## App types

| Value                                          | Definition                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Artificial Intelligence                        | AI assistance applications                                                                                                  |
| Audio Streaming                                | Music streaming, podcasts, and other audio applications                                                                     |
| Collaboration & Online Meetings                | Business communication and collaboration applications                                                                       |
| Dating                                         | Online dating applications                                                                                                  |
| Development                                    | Software development and development operations applications                                                                |
| Email                                          | Email applications                                                                                                          |
| Encrypted DNS                                  | DNS encryption applications                                                                                                 |
| File Sharing                                   | File sharing applications                                                                                                   |
| Finance & Accounting                           | Financial and accounting applications                                                                                       |
| Gaming                                         | Games and gaming applications                                                                                               |
| Human Resources                                | Employee management applications and workforce tools                                                                        |
| Instant Messaging                              | Instant messaging applications                                                                                              |
| IT Management                                  | IT deployment management applications                                                                                       |
| Legal                                          | Legal tools and applications                                                                                                |
| News                                           | News applications                                                                                                           |
| Productivity                                   | Business and productivity applications                                                                                      |
| Public Cloud                                   | Public cloud infrastructure management applications                                                                         |
| Sales & Marketing                              | Sales and marketing applications                                                                                            |
| Search Engines                                 | Web search engines and applications                                                                                         |
| Security                                       | Information security applications, including <GlossaryTooltip term="shadow IT">shadow IT</GlossaryTooltip>                  |
| Shopping                                       | Online shopping applications                                                                                                |
| Social Networking                              | Social networking applications                                                                                              |
| Sports                                         | Sports streaming and news applications                                                                                      |
| Video Streaming                                | Video streaming applications                                                                                                |
| [Do Not Inspect](#do-not-inspect-applications) | Applications incompatible with the TLS certificate required by the [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/) |

### Do Not Inspect applications

#### TLS decryption limitations

Applications can be incompatible with [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) for various reasons:

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	term="certificate pinning"
	prepend="Certificate pinning is "
/>

- **Non-web traffic**: Some applications send non-web traffic, such as Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), over TLS. Gateway cannot inspect these protocols.

#### Application grouping

Gateway automatically groups applications incompatible with TLS decryption into the _Do Not Inspect_ app type. As Cloudflare identifies incompatible applications, Gateway will periodically update this app type to add new applications. To ensure Gateway does not intercept any current or future incompatible traffic, you can [create a Do Not Inspect HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/#bypass-inspection-for-incompatible-applications) with the entire _Do Not Inspect_ app type selected.

:::note[Install Cloudflare certificate manually to allow TLS decryption]

Instead of creating a Do Not Inspect policy for an application, you may be able to configure the application to [trust a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#add-the-certificate-to-applications). Doing so will allow the application to function without losing visibility into your traffic.
:::

#### Microsoft 365 integration

To optimize performance for Microsoft 365 applications and services, you can bypass TLS decryption by turning on the Microsoft 365 traffic integration. This will create a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) for all [Microsoft 365 domains and IP addresses](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft-365-ip-web-service) specified by Microsoft. This policy also uses Cloudflare intelligence to identify other Microsoft 365 traffic not explicitly defined.

To turn on the Microsoft 365 integration:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Integrated experiences**.
2. In **Bypass decryption of Microsoft 365 traffic**, select **Create policy**.
3. To verify the policy was created, select **View policy**. Alternatively, go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**. A policy named Microsoft 365 Auto Generated will be enabled in your list.

All future Microsoft 365 traffic will bypass Gateway logging and filtering. To disable this behavior, turn off or delete the policy.

---

# Block page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/

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Gateway responds to any domain blocked at the DNS level with `0.0.0.0` for IPv4 queries or `::` for IPv6 queries, and does not return that blocked domain's IP address. As a result, the browser will show a browser default error page, and users will not be able to reach that website. This may cause confusion and lead some users to think that their Internet connection is not working.

Configuring a custom block page in Zero Trust helps avoid this confusion. Your block page will display information such as the rule ID of the policy blocking the website, a policy-specific block message, your organization's name, and a global message you may want to show — for example, a message explaining that the website has been blocked by Gateway and providing any points of contact for support within the organization.

Gateway supports custom block pages for DNS and HTTP policies.

:::caution[Default Cloudflare certificate expiring]
The default Cloudflare root certificate expires on 2025-02-02.

If your organization is still using the default Cloudflare certificate, you will need to use a new certificate to display the block page. For more information, refer to [User-side certificates](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) or [Troubleshooting](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#as-of-february-2-2025-my-end-user-devices-browser-is-returning-a-your-connection-is-not-private-warning).
:::

## Prerequisites

In order to display the block page as the URL of the blocked domain, your devices must have a [Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/) installed. Enterprise users can also [deploy their own root CA certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/). If you do not install a certificate, the block page [will not display correctly](#certificate-error).

## Turn on the block page

For all HTTP Block policies, Gateway automatically displays a generic Cloudflare block page. For DNS Block policies, you will need to turn on the block page on a per-policy basis.

To turn on the block page and specify a custom block message:

<Render
	file="gateway/add-block-page"
	params={{
		firewallPolicyPath:
			"**Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **DNS** or **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**",
	}}
/>

## Customize the block page

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### Add a logo image

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### Allow users to email an administrator

You can add a Mailto link to your custom block page, which allows users to directly email you about the blocked site. When users select **Contact your Administrator** on your block page, an email template opens with the email address and subject line you configure, as well as the following diagnostic information:

| Field        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Site URL     | The URL of the blocked page.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Rule ID      | The ID of the Gateway policy that blocked the page.                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Source IP    | The public source IP of the user device.                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Account ID   | The Cloudflare account associated with the block policy.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| User ID      | The ID of the user who visited the page. Currently, User IDs are not surfaced in the dashboard and can only be viewed by calling the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/users/methods/list/). |
| Device ID    | The ID of the device that visited the page. This is generated by the WARP client.                                                                                                                                           |
| Block Reason | Your policy-specific block message.                                                                                                                                                                                         |

## Limitations

### Certificate error

If your users receive a security risk warning in their browser when visiting a blocked page, check that you have correctly [installed a certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/) on their devices. If a certificate is not installed or the installed certificate is invalid or expired, your user's browser may:

- Display an **HTTP Response Code: 526** error page, indicating an insecure upstream.
- Close the connection and fail to display any pages.

For more information on fixing certificate issues, refer to [Troubleshooting](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#as-of-february-2-2025-my-end-user-devices-browser-is-returning-a-your-connection-is-not-private-warning).

### Third-party filtering conflict

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### Data center and IP address matching

If an HTTP request that matches a block policy does not arrive at the same Cloudflare data center as its DNS query, Gateway will display the default block page instead of your custom block page.

If the HTTP request comes from a different IP address than the DNS request, Gateway may not display the rule ID, custom message, or other fields on the block page. This can happen when a recursive DNS resolver's source IP address differs from the user device's IP address.

---

# Domain categories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/

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Cloudflare Gateway allows you to block known and potential security risks on the public Internet, as well as specific categories of content. Domains are categorized by [Cloudflare Radar](/radar/glossary/#content-categories).

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You can block security and content categories by creating DNS or HTTP policies. Once you have configured your policies, you will be able to inspect network activity and the associated categories in your Gateway logs.

To request changes to a domain's categorization, refer to [Change categorization](/security-center/investigate/change-categorization/). For more information on investigating potentially risky domains, refer to [Investigate threats](/security-center/investigate/investigate-threats/#domain).

:::note[Subdomain category]

Subdomains that have not been assigned a category will inherit the category of their parent domain. When Gateway categorizes a subdomain, the subdomain will carry only its own category. Categorized subdomains will not inherit their parent domain's categories.
:::

## Security categories

| Category                     | Definition                                                                                                                                              |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Anonymizer                   | Sites that allow users to surf the Internet anonymously.                                                                                                |
| Brand Embedding              | Sites that imitate a verified brand, for example `facobook.com`.                                                                                        |
| Command and Control & Botnet | Sites that are queried by compromised devices to exfiltrate information or potentially infect other devices in a network.                               |
| Cryptomining                 | Sites that mine cryptocurrency by taking over the user's computing resources.                                                                           |
| DGA Domains                  | Domains detected as generated by algorithms seen in malware.                                                                                            |
| DNS Tunneling                | Domains with detected DNS tunneling activity.                                                                                                           |
| Malware                      | Sites hosting malicious content and other compromised websites.                                                                                         |
| Phishing                     | Domains that are known for stealing personal information.                                                                                               |
| Private IP Address           | Domains that resolve to private IP Addresses.                                                                                                           |
| Spam                         | Sites that are known for targeting users with unwanted sweepstakes, surveys, and advertisements.                                                        |
| Spyware                      | Sites that are known to distribute or contain code that displays unwanted advertisements or that gathers user information without the user's knowledge. |

## Content categories

| Category               | Definition                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Adult Themes           | Sites that are hosting content related to pornography, nudity, sexuality, and other adult themes.                                                                                 |
| Business & Economy     | Sites that are related to business, economy, finance, education, science and technology.                                                                                          |
| Child Abuse            | Sites hosting child abuse content.                                                                                                                                                |
| CIPA                   | Sites related to aiding schools and organizations in abiding by CIPA requirements.                                                                                                |
| Education              | Sites hosting educational content that are not included in other categories like Science, Technology or Educational institutions.                                                 |
| Entertainment          | Sites that are hosting entertaining content that are not included in other categories like Comic books, Audio streaming, Video streaming etc.                                     |
| Gambling               | Sites that are providing online gambling or are related to gambling.                                                                                                              |
| Government & Politics  | Sites related to government and politics.                                                                                                                                         |
| Health                 | Sites containing information about health and fitness.                                                                                                                            |
| Information Technology | Sites related to information technology.                                                                                                                                          |
| Internet Communication | Sites hosting applications that are used for communication like chat, mail etc.                                                                                                   |
| Job Search & Careers   | Sites that facilitate searching for jobs and careers.                                                                                                                             |
| Miscellaneous          | Sites that are not included in the listed security and content categories.                                                                                                        |
| Questionable Content   | Sites hosting content that are related to hacking, piracy, profanity and other questionable activities.                                                                           |
| Real Estate            | Sites related to real estate.                                                                                                                                                     |
| Religion               | Sites hosting content about religion, alternative religion, religious teachings, religious groups and spirituality.                                                               |
| Security Risks         | Sites that are [new or misconfigured](#security-risk-subcategories). We recommend that you allow or isolate this content category to avoid accidentally blocking trusted domains. |
| Shopping & Auctions    | Sites that are hosting content related to ecommerce, coupons, shopping, auctions and marketplaces.                                                                                |
| Social & Family        | Sites related to society and lifestyle.                                                                                                                                           |
| Society & Lifestyle    | Sites hosting information about lifestyle that are not included in other categories like fashion, food & drink etc.                                                               |
| Sports                 | Sites related to sports & recreation.                                                                                                                                             |
| Technology             | Sites hosting information about technology that are not included in the science category.                                                                                         |
| Travel                 | Sites that contain information about listings, reservations, services for travel.                                                                                                 |
| Vehicles               | Sites related vehicles, automobiles, including news, reviews, and other hobbyist information.                                                                                     |
| Violence               | Sites hosting and/or promoting violent content.                                                                                                                                   |
| Weather                | Sites related to weather.                                                                                                                                                         |

### Miscellaneous subcategories

| Category      | Definition                                                                   |
| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Login Screens | Sites hosting login screens that might also be included in other categories. |
| Miscellaneous | Sites that do not belong to other content categories.                        |
| No Content    | Sites that have no content.                                                  |
| Redirect      | Domains that redirect to other sites.                                        |
| Unreachable   | Domains that resolve to unreachable IP addresses.                            |

### Security risk subcategories

| Category                  | Definition                                                             |
| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| New Domains               | Domains registered within the past 30 days.                            |
| Newly Seen Domains        | Domains that were resolved for the first time within the past 30 days. |
| Parked & For Sale Domains | Domains that are not connected to a hosting service.                   |

### Category and subcategory IDs

| Category ID | Category Name          | Subcategory ID | Subcategory Name                           |
| ----------- | ---------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| 2           | Adult Themes           | 67             | Adult Themes                               |
| 2           | Adult Themes           | 125            | Nudity                                     |
| 2           | Adult Themes           | 133            | Pornography                                |
| 3           | Business & Economy     | 75             | Business                                   |
| 3           | Business & Economy     | 89             | Economy & Finance                          |
| 3           | Business & Economy     | 183            | Cryptocurrency                             |
| 6           | Education              | 90             | Education                                  |
| 6           | Education              | 91             | Educational Institutions                   |
| 6           | Education              | 144            | Science                                    |
| 6           | Education              | 150            | Space & Astronomy                          |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 70             | Arts                                       |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 74             | Audio Streaming                            |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 76             | Cartoons & Anime                           |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 79             | Comic Books                                |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 92             | Entertainment                              |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 96             | Fine Art                                   |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 100            | Gaming                                     |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 106            | Home Video/DVD                             |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 107            | Humor                                      |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 116            | Magazines                                  |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 120            | Movies                                     |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 121            | Music                                      |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 122            | News & Media                               |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 127            | Paranormal                                 |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 139            | Radio                                      |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 156            | Television                                 |
| 7           | Entertainment          | 164            | Video Streaming                            |
| 8           | Gambling               | 99             | Gambling                                   |
| 9           | Government & Politics  | 101            | Government                                 |
| 9           | Government & Politics  | 137            | Politics, Advocacy, and Government-Related |
| 10          | Health                 | 103            | Health & Fitness                           |
| 10          | Health                 | 146            | Sex Education                              |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 77             | Chat                                       |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 98             | Forums                                     |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 108            | Information Security                       |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 110            | Instant Messengers                         |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 111            | Internet Phone & VOIP                      |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 118            | Messaging                                  |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 126            | P2P                                        |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 129            | Personal Blogs                             |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 168            | Webmail                                    |
| 12          | Internet Communication | 172            | Photo Sharing                              |
| 13          | Job Search & Careers   | 113            | Job Search & Careers                       |
| 15          | Miscellaneous          | 115            | Login Screens                              |
| 15          | Miscellaneous          | 119            | Miscellaneous                              |
| 15          | Miscellaneous          | 124            | No Content                                 |
| 15          | Miscellaneous          | 141            | Redirect                                   |
| 15          | Miscellaneous          | 161            | Unreachable                                |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 85             | Deceptive Ads                              |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 87             | Drugs                                      |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 102            | Hacking                                    |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 135            | Profanity                                  |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 138            | Questionable Activities                    |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 157            | Militancy, Hate & Extremism                |
| 17          | Questionable Content   | 162            | Unreliable Information                     |
| 18          | Real Estate            | 140            | Real Estate                                |
| 19          | Religion               | 142            | Religion                                   |
| 20          | Safe for Kids          | 143            | Safe for Kids                              |
| 21          | Security threats       | 68             | Anonymizer                                 |
| 21          | Security threats       | 80             | Command and Control & Botnet               |
| 21          | Security threats       | 83             | Cryptomining                               |
| 21          | Security threats       | 117            | Malware                                    |
| 21          | Security threats       | 131            | Phishing                                   |
| 21          | Security threats       | 134            | Private IP Address                         |
| 21          | Security threats       | 151            | Spam                                       |
| 21          | Security threats       | 153            | Spyware                                    |
| 21          | Security threats       | 175            | DNS Tunneling                              |
| 21          | Security threats       | 176            | Domain Generation Algorithm                |
| 21          | Security threats       | 178            | Brand Embedding                            |
| 22          | Shopping & Auctions    | 73             | Auctions & Marketplaces                    |
| 22          | Shopping & Auctions    | 82             | Coupons                                    |
| 22          | Shopping & Auctions    | 88             | Ecommerce                                  |
| 22          | Shopping & Auctions    | 148            | Shopping                                   |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 71             | Arts & Crafts                              |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 72             | Astrology                                  |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 78             | Clothing                                   |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 84             | Dating & Relationships                     |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 86             | Digital Postcards                          |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 93             | Parenting                                  |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 94             | Fashion                                    |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 97             | Food & Drink                               |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 104            | Hobbies & Interests                        |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 105            | Home & Garden                              |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 114            | Lifestyle                                  |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 130            | Pets                                       |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 132            | Photography                                |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 136            | Professional Networking                    |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 147            | Sexuality                                  |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 149            | Social Networks                            |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 154            | Swimsuits                                  |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 158            | Tobacco                                    |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 173            | Body Art                                   |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 174            | Lingerie & Bikini                          |
| 24          | Society & Lifestyle    | 181            | Alcohol                                    |
| 25          | Sports                 | 152            | Sports                                     |
| 26          | Technology             | 69             | APIs                                       |
| 26          | Technology             | 81             | Content Servers                            |
| 26          | Technology             | 95             | File Sharing                               |
| 26          | Technology             | 109            | Information Technology                     |
| 26          | Technology             | 123            | News, Portal & Search                      |
| 26          | Technology             | 145            | Search Engines                             |
| 26          | Technology             | 155            | Technology                                 |
| 26          | Technology             | 159            | Translator                                 |
| 26          | Technology             | 184            | Artificial Intelligence                    |
| 27          | Travel                 | 160            | Travel                                     |
| 28          | Vehicles               | 163            | Vehicles                                   |
| 29          | Violence               | 165            | Violence                                   |
| 29          | Violence               | 166            | Weapons                                    |
| 30          | Weather                | 167            | Weather                                    |
| 31          | Always blocked         | 170            | Child Abuse                                |
| 32          | Security Risks         | 128            | Parked & For Sale Domains                  |
| 32          | Security Risks         | 169            | New Domains                                |
| 32          | Security Risks         | 177            | Newly Seen Domains                         |
| 34          | CIPA                   | 182            | CIPA Filter                                |

## Filtering options

### Filter traffic by resolved IP category

When creating a DNS policy for security or content categories, you can optionally turn on **Filter traffic by resolved IP category** in the policy settings. When turned on, Gateway will block queries based on their resolved IP address in addition to the domain name. This setting may increase the number of false positives because domains in the blocked category can share IP addresses with legitimate domains.

### Ignore `CNAME` domain categories

The categories for a site's `CNAME` records may differ from its `A` record. For example, `blog.example.com` may be categorized under Personal Blogs, while `example.com` is categorized under Technology. To limit matches for a DNS policy to only the root domain's categories, turn on **Ignore CNAME domain categories**.

Regardless of this setting, `CNAME` domain categories will still appear in your Gateway [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/) logs.

## Categorization process

Cloudflare's domain categorization engine begins with multiple data sources, including:

1. Cloudflare's proprietary data using our global network.

2. Third-party intelligence feeds. Cloudflare uses data from over 30 open-source intelligence feeds and premium commercial feeds, such as Avira and Zvelo.

Then, the initial categorization is refined via:

3. Machine learning models. Our algorithms, including DGA Domains, DNS tunneling, and phishing detection models analyze patterns and behaviors to detect new and evolving threats.

4. Community feedback. Through a review process, Cloudflare assesses feedback by both our internal models and threat analysts. This ensures that our categorizations reflect the most current and accurate threat intelligence.

---

# Global policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/global-policies/

Cloudflare Zero Trust applies a set of global policies to all accounts.

Zero Trust logs prepend an identifier to global policy names. For example, matches for the global policy **Allow Zero Trust Services** will appear in your logs with the name **Global Policy - Allow Zero Trust Services**.

The following policies are sorted by [order of precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence).

## Network proxy policies



| Name                              | ID                                     | Criteria | Value                                                                                                                                                                                             | Action | Description                                                                                              |
| --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Allow CF Network Error Logging L4 | `00000001-e4af-4b82-8f8c-c79c1d5d212e` | Hostname | `*.nel.cloudflare.com`                                                                                                                                                                            | allow  | Allows SNI domains for WARP registration.                                                                |
| Allow CF Client                   | `00000001-8c3d-4e27-a01b-af8418000077` | Hostname | `*.cloudflareclient.com`                                                                                                                                                                          | allow  | Allows Zero Trust client.                                                                                |
| Allow Gateway Proxy PAC           | `00000001-776e-438d-9856-987d7053762b` | Hostname | `*.cloudflare-gateway.com`                                                                                                                                                                        | allow  | Allows Gateway proxy with [PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/). |
| Allow Zero Trust Services         | `00000001-e1e8-421b-a0fe-895397489f28` | Hostname | `dash.teams.cloudflare.com`, `help.teams.cloudflare.com`, `blocked.teams.cloudflare.com`, `api.cloudflare.com`, `cloudflarestatus.com`, `www.cloudflarestatus.com`, and `one.dash.cloudflare.com` | allow  | Allows Cloudflare Zero Trust services.                                                                   |
| Allow Access Apps L4              | `00000001-daa2-41e2-8a88-698af4066951` | Hostname | `*.cloudflareaccess.com`                                                                                                                                                                          | allow  | Allows [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) applications.                               |



## HTTP inspection policies



| Name                                   | ID                                     | Criteria         | Value                                                              | Action    | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Prevent Account Change Block           | `00000001-d1f2-461a-8253-501c8d882a15` | Hostname         | `*.cloudflareclient.com`                                           | bypass    | Ensures users cannot accidentally block themselves from making account changes.                                                                |
| Bypass RBI Assets                      | `00000001-df61-4068-aa6c-0f684c3cd4e6` | Hostname         | `*.assets.browser.run`                                             | bypass    | Required for [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/).                                                                 |
| Inspect RBI Urls                       | `00000001-3faa-4f59-98d4-0f6d6af4b6d0` | Hostname         | `*.edge.browser.run` and `*.cloudflarebrowser.com`                 | bypass    | Required for Browser Isolation.                                                                                                                |
| Allow Gateway Help Page                | `00000001-8e9a-4429-b3c2-d267d0ce6114` | Hostname         | `help.teams.cloudflare.com`                                        | allow     | Used by the WARP client to check if Gateway is on by inspecting the certificate and checking if it is properly installed on the client device. |
| Bypass Gateway DNS                     | `00000001-d9c0-46b0-8704-2ea5b9d7bdfc` | Hostname         | `*.cloudflare-gateway.com`                                         | bypass    | Ensures requests to the `cloudflare-gateway.com` DNS endpoint will not be inspected.                                                           |
| Bypass CF Status                       | `00000001-5399-4b71-a9fc-d4d90ccf0758` | Hostname         | `*.cloudflarestatus.com`                                           | bypass    | Bypasses `cloudflarestatus.com` so users can reach the status page in case of a Gateway outage.                                                |
| Bypass CF Network Error Logging        | `00000001-dfe0-4737-8d1e-8191e8f637df` | Hostname         | `*.nel.cloudflare.com`                                             | bypass    | Bypasses `*.nel.cloudflarestatus.com` for Cloudflare's network error logging feature.                                                          |
| Bypass CF API                          | `00000001-a424-43fb-b1f1-d3eb35ed7ddd` | Hostname         | `api.cloudflare.com`                                               | bypass    | Bypasses Cloudflare's API endpoint.                                                                                                            |
| Prevent ZT Dashboard Lockout           | `00000001-d38e-42db-96fe-60613b6b308f` | Hostname         | `dash.teams.cloudflare.com`                                        | bypass    | Prevents users from being locked out of the Zero Trust dashboard.                                                                              |
| Bypass CF Dashboard                    | `00000001-d343-4ded-908e-b3fe43c5e61e` | Hostname         | `*.dash.cloudflare.com`                                            | bypass    | Bypasses the Cloudflare dashboard and subdomains.                                                                                              |
| Bypass Zero Trust Captive Portal Sites | `00000001-8b62-4367-919e-5c160a06ddf7` | Hostname         | `cloudflareportal.com`, `cloudflareok.com`, and `cloudflarecp.com` | bypass    | Bypasses the Zero Trust captive portal detection sites.                                                                                        |
| Bypass OCSP                            | `00000001-34ce-47c7-ad0f-199f46eba194` | Application      | Online Certificate Status Protocol                                 | bypass    | Enables OCSP stapling.                                                                                                                         |
| Allow Access Apps L7                   | `00000001-8d6b-4951-8a18-3bbc9010976c` | Hostname         | `*.cloudflareaccess.com`                                           | allow     | Allows Cloudflare Access applications.                                                                                                         |
| Prevent Block Page Loop                | `00000001-48b1-4ade-93c1-f0f3759dc19c` | Hostname         | `blocked.teams.cloudflare.com`                                     | bypass    | Prevents an infinite loop on the Gateway block page.                                                                                           |
| Always Blocked Categories              | `00000001-bed5-462e-b0f1-2e2c3555e9f7` | Content Category | Child Abuse                                                        | block     | Blocks child abuse materials.                                                                                                                  |
| Don't Isolate RBI Help Pages           | `00000001-1a18-431f-9c9d-bce431f1002a` | Hostname         | `developers.cloudflare.com` and `help.cloudflarebrowser.com`       | noisolate | Prevents browser isolation of Cloudflare developer docs and help pages to help users troubleshoot configuration issues.                        |
| Don't AV Scan CF Speed                 | `00000001-c194-408f-87dd-9a366ce76e12` | Hostname         | `speed.cloudflare.com`                                             | noscan    | Allows files transferred by the Cloudflare speed test.                                                                                         |

---

# Identity-based policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/

import { Render } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can create Secure Web Gateway policies that filter outbound traffic down to the user identity level. To do that, you can build DNS, HTTP or Network policies using a set of [identity-based selectors](#identity-based-selectors). These selectors require you to deploy the Zero Trust WARP client in [Gateway with WARP mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/).

You may also filter outbound traffic based on additional signals from [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/).

## Gateway identity checks

Gateway checks identity when a user logs in or re-authenticates. To check your users' identities and require re-authentication at regular intervals, you can [enforce a WARP client session duration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/).

Unless you use an [IdP that supports SCIM provisioning](#automatic-scim-idp-updates), Gateway will not detect when you add or remove a user from a group in your IdP until the user re-authenticates to your Zero Trust instance. There are two ways a user can re-authenticate:

- Log out from an Access-protected application and log back in.
- In their WARP client settings, select **Preferences** > **Account** > **Re-Authenticate Session**. This will open a browser window and prompt the user to log in.

To view the identity that Gateway will use when evaluating policies, check the [user registry](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/users/).

### Automatic SCIM IdP updates

Gateway will automatically detect changes in user name, title, and group membership for IdPs configured with System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) provisioning. For more information, refer to [SCIM provisioning](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/).

### Extended email addresses

<Render file="gateway/extended-email" />

## Identity-based selectors

### SAML Attributes

Specify a value from the SAML Attribute Assertion.

| UI name         | API example                                       |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| SAML Attributes | `identity.saml_attributes == "\"group=finance\""` |

### User Email

Use this selector to create identity-based Gateway rules based on a user's email.

| UI name    | API example value                           |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| User Email | `identity.email == "user-name@company.com"` |

### User Group IDs

Use this selector to create identity-based Gateway rules based on an IdP group ID of which the user is configured as a member in the IdP.

| UI name        | API example                                    |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| User Group IDs | `identity.groups.id == "12jf495bhjd7893ml09o"` |

### User Group Email

Use this selector to create identity-based Gateway rules based on an IdP group email address of which the user is configured as a member in the IdP.

| UI name          | API example                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| User Group Email | `identity.groups.id == "contractors@company.com"` |

### User Group Names

Use this selector to create identity-based Gateway rules based on an IdP group name of which the user is configured as a member in the IdP.

| UI name          | API example                             |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| User Group Names | `identity.groups.name == "\"finance\""` |

### User Name

Use this selector to create identity-based Gateway rules based on an IdP username for a particular user in the IdP.

| UI name   | API example                    |
| --------- | ------------------------------ |
| User Name | `identity.name == "user-name"` |

:::note[Gateway groups vs. Access rule groups]

In Gateway, a **User Group** refers to a group in your IdP (for example, an Okta group). Gateway does not currently support applying DNS, HTTP, and Network policies to [Access rule groups](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/). This is because Access rule groups may include criteria not available through the IdP, such as device location or IP address.

:::

## IdP groups in Gateway

Cloudflare Gateway can integrate with your organization's identity providers (IdPs). Before building a Gateway policy for IdP users or groups, be sure to [add the IdP as an authentication method](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/).

Because IdPs expose user groups in different formats, reference the list below to choose the appropriate identity-based selector.

### Microsoft Entra ID

| Selector       | Value                                 |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| User Group IDs | `61503835-b6fe-4630-af88-de551dd59a2` |

**Value** is the [Object Id](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#entra-groups-in-zero-trust-policies) for an Entra group.

If you enabled user and group synchronization with [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#synchronize-users-and-groups), the synchronized groups will appear under _User Group Names_:

| Selector         | Value        |
| ---------------- | ------------ |
| User Group Names | `SCIM group` |

### GitHub

| Selector         | Value       |
| ---------------- | ----------- |
| User Group Names | `Marketing` |

### Google

| Selector         | Value       |
| ---------------- | ----------- |
| User Group Names | `Marketing` |

### Okta (OIDC)

If you added Okta as an [OIDC provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/), use the User Group Names selector:

| Selector         | Value       |
| ---------------- | ----------- |
| User Group Names | `Marketing` |

The Okta OIDC integration supports user and group synchronization with [SCIM](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta/#synchronize-users-and-groups).

### Okta (SAML)

If you added Okta as a [SAML provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/okta-saml/), use the SAML Attributes selector:

| Selector        | Attribute name | Attribute value |
| --------------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| SAML Attributes | `groups`       | `Marketing`     |

### Generic SAML IdP

For a [generic SAML provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/generic-saml/), use the SAML Attribute selector:

| Selector        | Attribute name | Attribute value |
| --------------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| SAML Attributes | `department`   | `Marketing`     |

### Generic OIDC IdP

Custom OIDC claims are not supported in Gateway policies.

---

# Secure Web Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/

Cloudflare Gateway, our comprehensive Secure Web Gateway, allows you to set up policies to inspect DNS, Network, HTTP, and Egress traffic.

- **DNS policies** inspect DNS queries. You can block domains and IP addresses from resolving on your devices. For more information on DNS filtering, refer to our [Learning Center article](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dns-filtering/).
- **Network policies** inspect individual TCP/UDP/GRE packets. You can block access to specific ports on your origin server, including non-HTTP resources.
- **HTTP policies** inspect HTTP requests. You can block specific URLs from loading, not just the domain itself. For more information on URL filtering, refer to our [Learning Center article](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-url-filtering/).
- **Egress policies** inspect traffic to assign egress IP addresses unique to your organization.
- **Resolver policies** inspect DNS queries to enable resolution by custom authoritative nameservers.

:::note
When creating or editing policies, it may take up to 60 seconds for that policy to be updated across all of Cloudflare's data centers.
:::

## Best practices

For each type of policy, we recommend the following workflow:

1. Connect the devices and/or networks that you want to apply policies to.
2. Verify that Gateway is successfully proxying traffic from your devices.
3. Set up basic security and compatibility policies (recommended for most use cases).
4. Customize your configuration to the unique needs of your organization.

To get started with specific Gateway filtering types, refer to the initial setup for [DNS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/), [Network](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/network/), and [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) policies.

### Select a policy type

The recommended policy type depends on what kind of traffic you are trying to filter. For example:

- To block websites, create an HTTP policy.
- To block non-HTTP traffic such as SSH and RDP, create a network policy.
- To block malware and other security threats, create both DNS and HTTP policies.
- To assign static IP addresses to your organization's egress traffic, create an egress policy.

Refer to the [DNS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/), [network](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/), [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/), and [egress](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/) configuration pages to see the available filtering options within each policy builder.

---

# Lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/

import { Render } from "~/components"

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can create lists of URLs, hostnames, or other entries to reference when creating [Gateway policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) or [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). This allows you to quickly create rules that match and take actions against several items at once.

Before creating a list, make note of the [limitations](#limitations).

## List types

Lists can contain a single type of data each. Supported data types include:

* URLs
* Hostnames
* Serial numbers
* User email addresses
* IP addresses
* Device ID numbers

<Render file="gateway/lists" />

## Edit a list

1. In the **Lists** page, locate the list you want to edit.

2. Select **Edit**. This will allow you to:

   * Edit list name and description by selecting on the three-dots menu to the right of your list's name.
   * Delete the list by selecting the three-dots menu to the right of your list's name.
   * Delete individual entries.
   * Manually add entries to your list.

3. Once you have edited your list, select **Save**.

## Limitations

### List size

Your lists can include up to 1,000 entries for Standard plans and 5,000 for Enterprise plans. An uploaded CSV file must be smaller than 2 MB.

### Duplicate entries

Lists cannot have duplicate entries. Because hostnames are converted to [Punycode](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3492.txt), multiple list entries that convert to the same string will count as duplicates. For example, `éxàmple.com` converts to `xn—xmple-rqa5d.com`, so including both `éxàmple.com` and `xn—xmple-rqa5d.com` in a list will result in an error.

### URL slashes

<Render file="gateway/url-slash" />

### Extended email addresses

<Render file="gateway/extended-email" />

---

# Order of enforcement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/

import { Render } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Gateway, you can [enable and configure](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/) any combination of DNS, network, and HTTP policies.

<Render file="gateway/order-of-enforcement" />

---

# Proxy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/

import { Badge } from "~/components";

You can forward [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) and [network](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/network/) traffic to Gateway for logging and filtering. Gateway can proxy both outbound traffic and traffic directed to resources connected via a Cloudflare Tunnel, GRE tunnel, or IPsec tunnel.

The Gateway proxy is required for filtering HTTP and network traffic via the WARP client in Gateway with WARP mode. To proxy HTTP traffic without deploying the WARP client, you can configure [PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) on your devices.

## Proxy algorithm

Gateway uses the [Happy Eyeballs algorithm](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6555) to proxy traffic in the following order:

1. The user's browser initiates the TCP handshake by sending Gateway a TCP SYN segment.
2. Gateway sends a SYN segment to the origin server.
3. If the origin server sends a SYN-ACK segment back, Gateway establishes distinct TCP connections between the user and Gateway and between Gateway and the origin server.
4. Gateway inspects and filters traffic received from the user.
5. If the traffic passes inspection, Gateway proxies traffic bidirectionally between the user and the origin server.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    %% Accessibility
    accTitle: How Gateway proxy works
    accDescr: Flowchart describing how the Gateway proxy uses the Happy Eyeballs algorithm to establish TCP connections and proxy user traffic.

    %% Flowchart
    A[User's device sends TCP SYN to Gateway] --> B[Gateway sends TCP SYN to origin server]
    B --> C{{Origin server responds with TCP SYN-ACK?}}
    C -->|Yes| E[TCP handshakes completed]
    C -->|No| D[Connection fails]
    E --> F{{Connection allowed?}}
    F -->|Yes| G[Gateway proxies traffic bidirectionally]
    F -->|No| H[Connection blocked by firewall policies]

    %% Styling
    style D stroke:#D50000
    style G stroke:#00C853
    style H stroke:#D50000
```

## Supported protocols

Gateway supports proxying TCP, UDP, and ICMP traffic.

### TCP

When the proxy is enabled, Gateway will always forward TCP traffic.

By default, TCP connection attempts will timeout after 30 seconds and idle connections will disconnect after 8 hours.

### UDP

The UDP proxy forwards UDP traffic such as VoIP, [internal DNS requests](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/private-dns/), and thick client applications.

When the UDP proxy is enabled, Gateway will force all HTTP/3 traffic to HTTP/2 to allow inspection. Otherwise, HTTP/3 traffic will bypass inspection. For more information, refer to [HTTP/3 inspection](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/).

### ICMP <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

The ICMP proxy forwards traffic for diagnostic tools such as `ping` and `traceroute`.

:::caution[Limitation]
Gateway cannot log or filter ICMP traffic.
:::

## Turn on the Gateway proxy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **Proxy**.
3. Select **TCP**.
4. (Optional) Depending on your use case, you can select **UDP** and/or **ICMP**.

---

# Resolver policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

By default, Gateway sends DNS requests to [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/), Cloudflare's public DNS resolver, for resolution. Enterprise users can instead create Gateway policies to route DNS queries to custom resolvers.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    %% Accessibility
    accTitle: How Gateway routes DNS queries
    accDescr: Flowchart describing the order Cloudflare Gateway routes a DNS query from an endpoint through DNS and resolver policies back to the user.

    %% Flowchart
    user(["User"])-->endpoint[/"Gateway DNS endpoint"/]

    endpoint-->query["DNS policy (query)"]

    query-->resolver["Resolver policy"]

    resolver--"Routes to </br>custom resolver"-->response["DNS policy (response)"]

    response--"Returns response"-->user
```

Gateway will route user traffic to your configured DNS resolver based on the matching policy, even if your resolvers' IP addresses overlap.

## Use cases

You may use resolver policies if you require access to non-publicly routed domains, such as private network services or internal resources. You may also use resolver policies if you need to access a protected DNS service or want to simplify DNS management for multiple locations.

If your resolver is only reachable by a client device and not by Gateway via a Cloudflare tunnel, Magic WAN tunnel, or other public Internet connections, you should configure [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) for your device. If both Local Domain Fallback and resolver policies are configured for the same device, Cloudflare will apply your client-side Local Domain Fallback rules first. If you onboard DNS queries to Gateway with the WARP client and route them with resolver policies, the source IP of the queries will be the IP address assigned by the WARP client.

## Resolver connections

Resolver policies support TCP and UDP connections. Custom resolvers can point to the Internet via IPv4 or IPv6, or to a private network service, such as a [Magic tunnel](/magic-transit/how-to/configure-tunnels/). Policies default to port `53`. You can change which port your resolver uses by customizing it in your policy.

You can protect your authoritative nameservers from DDoS attacks by enabling [DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/).

### Cloudflare Tunnel

You can configure connections to a private resolver connected to Cloudflare with [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/). To ensure `cloudflared` can route UDP traffic to your resolver, connect your tunnel via [QUIC](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#protocol).

For more information on connecting a private DNS resolver to Cloudflare with Cloudflare Tunnel, refer to [Private DNS](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/private-dns/).

### Magic WAN

To enable connections to a private resolver connected to Cloudflare via [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/), contact your account team.

### Available DNS endpoints

Resolver policies can route queries for resolution from the following DNS endpoints:

- IPv4
- IPv6
- [DNS over HTTPS (DoH)](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/)
- [DNS over TLS (DoT)](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-tls/)
- DNS queries generated by Cloudflare [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) and [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/)
- DNS queries generated by [proxy endpoints](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/)

Gateway will filter, resolve, and log your queries regardless of endpoint.

## Create a resolver policy

<Render file="gateway/create-resolver-policy" />

For more information on creating a DNS policy, refer to [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/).

## Selectors

### Content Categories

<Render file="gateway/selectors/dns-content-categories" />

### DNS Resolver IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/dns-resolver-ip" />

### DoH Subdomain

<Render file="gateway/selectors/doh-subdomain" />

### Domain

<Render file="gateway/selectors/domain" />

### Host

<Render file="gateway/selectors/host" />

### Location

<Render file="gateway/selectors/location" />

### Query Record Type

<Render file="gateway/selectors/query-record-type" />

### Security Categories

<Render file="gateway/selectors/security-categories" />

### Source Continent

Use this selector to filter based on the continent where the query arrived to Gateway from. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-continent" params={{ one: "dns.src" }} />

### Source Country

Use this selector to filter based on the country where the query arrived to Gateway from. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-country" params={{ one: "dns.src" }} />

### Source IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-ip-dns" />

### Users

<Render file="gateway/selectors/users" />

## Comparison operators

<Render file="gateway/comparison-operators" />

## Value

<Render file="gateway/value" params={{ one: "hostnames", two: "Host" }} />

## Logical operators

<Render file="gateway/logical-operators" params={{ one: "Identity" }} />

---

# Build a Comments API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/build-a-comments-api/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Stream, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use D1 to add comments to a static blog site. To do this, you will construct a new D1 database, and build a JSON API that allows the creation and retrieval of comments.

## Prerequisites

Use [C3](https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/get-started/c3-and-wrangler/#c3), the command-line tool for Cloudflare's developer products, to create a new directory and initialize a new Worker project:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"d1-example"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

To start developing your Worker, `cd` into your new project directory:

```sh
cd d1-example
```

## Video Tutorial

<Stream
	videoId="8d20dd6cf5679f3272ca44a9fa01728c"
	videoTitle="Build a Comments API with D1"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="22s"
/>

## 1. Install Hono

In this tutorial, you will use [Hono](https://github.com/honojs/hono), an Express.js-style framework, to build your API. To use Hono in this project, install it using `npm`:

```sh
npm install hono
```

## 2. Initialize your Hono application

In `src/worker.js`, initialize a new Hono application, and define the following endpoints:

- `GET /api/posts/:slug/comments`.
- `POST /api/posts/:slug/comments`.

```js
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono();

app.get("/api/posts/:slug/comments", async (c) => {
	// Do something and return an HTTP response
	// Optionally, do something with `c.req.param("slug")`
});

app.post("/api/posts/:slug/comments", async (c) => {
	// Do something and return an HTTP response
	// Optionally, do something with `c.req.param("slug")`
});

export default app;
```

## 3. Create a database

You will now create a D1 database. In Wrangler v2, there is support for the `wrangler d1` subcommand, which allows you to create and query your D1 databases directly from the command line. Create a new database with `wrangler d1 create`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create d1-example
```

Reference your created database in your Worker code by creating a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) inside of your Wrangler file, Wrangler's configuration file. Bindings allow us to access Cloudflare resources, like D1 databases, KV namespaces, and R2 buckets, using a variable name in code. In the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, set up the binding `DB` and connect it to the `database_name` and `database_id`:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[ d1_databases ]]
binding = "DB" # available in your Worker on `env.DB`
database_name = "d1-example"
database_id = "4e1c28a9-90e4-41da-8b4b-6cf36e5abb29"
```

</WranglerConfig>

With your binding configured in your Wrangler file, you can interact with your database from the command line, and inside your Workers function.

## 4. Interact with D1

Interact with D1 by issuing direct SQL commands using `wrangler d1 execute`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute d1-example --remote --command "SELECT name FROM sqlite_schema WHERE type ='table'"
```

```sh output

Executing on d1-example:

┌───────┐
│ name  │
├───────┤
│ d1_kv │
└───────┘
```

You can also pass a SQL file - perfect for initial data seeding in a single command. Create `schemas/schema.sql`, which will create a new `comments` table for your project:

```sql
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS comments;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS comments (
  id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
  author text NOT NULL,
  body text NOT NULL,
  post_slug text NOT NULL
);
CREATE INDEX idx_comments_post_slug ON comments (post_slug);

-- Optionally, uncomment the below query to create data

-- INSERT INTO COMMENTS (author, body, post_slug) VALUES ('Kristian', 'Great post!', 'hello-world');
```

With the file created, execute the schema file against the D1 database by passing it with the flag `--file`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 execute d1-example --remote --file schemas/schema.sql
```

## 5. Execute SQL

In earlier steps, you created a SQL database and populated it with initial data. Now, you will add a route to your Workers function to retrieve data from that database. Based on your Wrangler configuration in previous steps, your D1 database is now accessible via the `DB` binding. In your code, use the binding to prepare SQL statements and execute them, for example, to retrieve comments:

```js
app.get("/api/posts/:slug/comments", async (c) => {
	const { slug } = c.req.param();
	const { results } = await c.env.DB.prepare(
		`
    select * from comments where post_slug = ?
  `,
	)
		.bind(slug)
		.all();
	return c.json(results);
});
```

The above code makes use of the `prepare`, `bind`, and `all` functions on a D1 binding to prepare and execute a SQL statement. Refer to [D1 Workers Binding API](/d1/worker-api/) for a list of all methods available.

In this function, you accept a `slug` URL query parameter and set up a new SQL statement where you select all comments with a matching `post_slug` value to your query parameter. You can then return it as a JSON response.

## 6. Insert data

The previous steps grant read-only access to your data. To create new comments by inserting data into the database, define another endpoint in `src/worker.js`:

```js
app.post("/api/posts/:slug/comments", async (c) => {
	const { slug } = c.req.param();
	const { author, body } = await c.req.json();

	if (!author) return c.text("Missing author value for new comment");
	if (!body) return c.text("Missing body value for new comment");

	const { success } = await c.env.DB.prepare(
		`
    insert into comments (author, body, post_slug) values (?, ?, ?)
  `,
	)
		.bind(author, body, slug)
		.run();

	if (success) {
		c.status(201);
		return c.text("Created");
	} else {
		c.status(500);
		return c.text("Something went wrong");
	}
});
```

## 7. Deploy your Hono application

With your application ready for deployment, use Wrangler to build and deploy your project to the Cloudflare network.

Begin by running `wrangler whoami` to confirm that you are logged in to your Cloudflare account. If you are not logged in, Wrangler will prompt you to login, creating an API key that you can use to make authenticated requests automatically from your local machine.

After you have logged in, confirm that your Wrangler file is configured similarly to what is seen below. You can change the `name` field to a project name of your choice:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "d1-example"
main = "src/worker.js"
compatibility_date = "2022-07-15"

[[ d1_databases ]]
binding = "DB" # available in your Worker on env.DB
database_name = "<YOUR_DATABASE_NAME>"
database_id = "<YOUR_DATABASE_UUID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Now, run `npx wrangler deploy` to deploy your project to Cloudflare.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

When it has successfully deployed, test the API by making a `GET` request to retrieve comments for an associated post. Since you have no posts yet, this response will be empty, but it will still make a request to the D1 database regardless, which you can use to confirm that the application has deployed correctly:

```sh
# Note: Your workers.dev deployment URL may be different
curl https://d1-example.signalnerve.workers.dev/api/posts/hello-world/comments
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "author": "Kristian",
    "body": "Hello from the comments section!",
    "post_slug": "hello-world"
  }
]
```

## 8. Test with an optional frontend

This application is an API back-end, best served for use with a front-end UI for creating and viewing comments. To test this back-end with a prebuild front-end UI, refer to the example UI in the [example-frontend directory](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-d1-api/example-frontend). Notably, the [`loadComments` and `submitComment` functions](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-d1-api/example-frontend/src/views/PostView.vue#L57-L82) make requests to a deployed version of this site, meaning you can take the frontend and replace the URL with your deployed version of the codebase in this tutorial to use your own data.

Interacting with this API from a front-end will require enabling specific Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (or _CORS_) headers in your back-end API. Hono allows you to enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing for your application. Import the `cors` module and add it as middleware to your API in `src/worker.js`:

```typescript null {5}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { cors } from "hono/cors";

const app = new Hono();
app.use("/api/*", cors());
```

Now, when you make requests to `/api/*`, Hono will automatically generate and add CORS headers to responses from your API, allowing front-end UIs to interact with it without erroring.

## Conclusion

In this example, you built a comments API for powering a blog. To see the full source for this D1-powered comments API, you can visit [cloudflare/workers-sdk/templates/worker-d1-api](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-d1-api).

---

# Build a Staff Directory Application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/build-a-staff-directory-app/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use D1 to build a staff directory. This application will allow users to access information about an organization's employees and give admins the ability to add new employees directly within the app.
To do this, you will first need to set up a [D1 database](/d1/get-started/) to manage data seamlessly, then you will develop and deploy your application using the [HonoX Framework](https://github.com/honojs/honox) and [Cloudflare Pages](/pages).

## Prerequisites

Before moving forward with this tutorial, make sure you have the following:

- A Cloudflare account, if you do not have one, [sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) before continuing.
- A recent version of [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) installed.

If you do not want to go through with the setup now, [view the completed code](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory) on GitHub.

## 1. Install HonoX

In this tutorial, you will use [HonoX](https://github.com/honojs/honox), a meta-framework for creating full-stack websites and Web APIs to build your application. To use HonoX in your project, run the `hono-create` command.

To get started, run the following command:

```sh
npm create hono@latest
```

During the setup process, you will be asked to provide a name for your project directory and to choose a template. When making your selection, choose the `x-basic` template.

## 2. Initialize your HonoX application

Once your project is set up, you can see a list of generated files as below. This is a typical project structure for a HonoX application:

```
.
├── app
│   ├── global.d.ts // global type definitions
│   ├── routes
│   │   ├── _404.tsx // not found page
│   │   ├── _error.tsx // error page
│   │   ├── _renderer.tsx // renderer definition
│   │   ├── about
│   │   │   └── [name].tsx // matches `/about/:name`
│   │   └── index.tsx // matches `/`
│   └── server.ts // server entry file
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── vite.config.ts
```

The project includes directories for app code, routes, and server setup, alongside configuration files for package management, TypeScript, and Vite.

## 3. Create a database

To create a database for your project, use the Cloudflare CLI tool, [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler), which supports the `wrangler d1` command for D1 database operations. Create a new database named `staff-directory` with the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create staff-directory
```

After creating your database, you will need to set up a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to integrate your database with your application.

This binding enables your application to interact with Cloudflare resources such as D1 databases, KV namespaces, and R2 buckets. To configure this, create a Wrangler file in your project's root directory and input the basic setup information:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "staff-directory"
compatibility_date = "2023-12-01"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Next, add the database binding details to your Wrangler file. This involves specifying a binding name (in this case, `DB`), which will be used to reference the database within your application, along with the `database_name` and `database_id` provided when you created the database:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "staff-directory"
database_id = "f495af5f-dd71-4554-9974-97bdda7137b3"
```

</WranglerConfig>

You have now configured your application to access and interact with your D1 database, either through the command line or directly within your codebase.

You will also need to make adjustments to your Vite config file in `vite.config.js`. Add the following config settings to ensure that Vite is properly set up to work with Cloudflare bindings in local environment:

```ts
import adapter from "@hono/vite-dev-server/cloudflare";

export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
	if (mode === "client") {
		return {
			plugins: [client()],
		};
	} else {
		return {
			plugins: [
				honox({
					devServer: {
						adapter,
					},
				}),
				pages(),
			],
		};
	}
});
```

## 4. Interact with D1

To interact with your D1 database, you can directly issue SQL commands using the `wrangler d1 execute` command:

```sh
wrangler d1 execute staff-directory --command "SELECT name FROM sqlite_schema WHERE type ='table'"
```

The command above allows you to run queries or operations directly from the command line.

For operations such as initial data seeding or batch processing, you can pass a SQL file with your commands. To do this, create a `schema.sql` file in the root directory of your project and insert your SQL queries into this file:

```sql
CREATE TABLE locations (
    location_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    location_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE departments (
    department_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    department_name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE employees (
    employee_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    position VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    image_url VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    join_date DATE NOT NULL,
    location_id INTEGER REFERENCES locations(location_id),
    department_id INTEGER REFERENCES departments(department_id)
);

INSERT INTO locations (location_name) VALUES ('London, UK'), ('Paris, France'), ('Berlin, Germany'), ('Lagos, Nigeria'), ('Nairobi, Kenya'), ('Cairo, Egypt'), ('New York, NY'), ('San Francisco, CA'), ('Chicago, IL');

INSERT INTO departments (department_name) VALUES ('Software Engineering'), ('Product Management'), ('Information Technology (IT)'), ('Quality Assurance (QA)'), ('User Experience (UX)/User Interface (UI) Design'), ('Sales and Marketing'), ('Human Resources (HR)'), ('Customer Support'), ('Research and Development (R&D)'), ('Finance and Accounting');
```

The above queries will create three tables: `Locations`, `Departments`, and `Employees`. To populate these tables with initial data, use the `INSERT INTO` command. After preparing your schema file with these commands, you can apply it to the D1 database. Do this by using the `--file` flag to specify the schema file for execution:

```sh
wrangler d1 execute staff-directory --file=./schema.sql
```

To execute the schema locally and seed data into your local directory, pass the `--local` flag to the above command.

## 5. Create SQL statements

After setting up your D1 database and configuring the Wrangler file as outlined in previous steps, your database is accessible in your code through the `DB` binding. This allows you to directly interact with the database by preparing and executing SQL statements. In the following step, you will learn how to use this binding to perform common database operations such as retrieving data and inserting new records.

### Retrieve data from database

```ts
export const findAllEmployees = async (db: D1Database) => {
	const query = `
      SELECT employees.*, locations.location_name, departments.department_name
      FROM employees
      JOIN locations ON employees.location_id = locations.location_id
      JOIN departments ON employees.department_id = departments.department_id
      `;
	const { results } = await db.prepare(query).all();
	const employees = results;
	return employees;
};
```

### Insert data into the database

```ts
export const createEmployee = async (db: D1Database, employee: Employee) => {
	const query = `
      INSERT INTO employees (name, position, join_date, image_url, department_id, location_id)
      VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`;

	const results = await db
		.prepare(query)
		.bind(
			employee.name,
			employee.position,
			employee.join_date,
			employee.image_url,
			employee.department_id,
			employee.location_id,
		)
		.run();
	const employees = results;
	return employees;
};
```

For a complete list of all the queries used in the application, refer to the [db.ts](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory/blob/main/app/db.ts) file in the codebase.

## 6. Develop the UI

The application uses `hono/jsx` for rendering. You can set up a Renderer in `app/routes/_renderer.tsx` using the JSX-rendered middleware, serving as the entry point for your application:

```ts
import { jsxRenderer } from 'hono/jsx-renderer'
import { Script } from 'honox/server'

export default jsxRenderer(({ children, title }) => {
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <title>{title}</title>
        <Script src="/app/client.ts" async />
      </head>
      <body>{children}</body>
    </html>
  )
})
```

Add the bindings defined earlier in `global.d.ts` file where the global type definitions for TypeScript is defined ensuring type consistency across your application:

```ts
declare module "hono" {
	interface Env {
		Variables: {};
		Bindings: {
			DB: D1Database;
		};
	}
}
```

This application uses [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) for styling. To use Tailwind CSS, refer to the [TailwindCSS documentation](https://v2.tailwindcss.com/docs), or follow the steps [provided on GitHub](https://github.com/honojs/honox?tab=readme-ov-file#using-tailwind-css).

To display a list of employees, invoke the `findAllEmployees` function from your `db.ts` file and call that within the `routes/index.tsx` file. The `createRoute()` function present in the file serves as a helper function for defining routes that handle different HTTP methods like `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, or `DELETE`.

```ts
import { css } from 'hono/css'
import { createRoute } from 'honox/factory'
import Counter from '../islands/counter'

const className = css`
  font-family: sans-serif;
`

export default createRoute((c) => {
  const name = c.req.query('name') ?? 'Hono'
  return c.render(
    <div class={className}>
      <h1>Hello, {name}!</h1>
      <Counter />
    </div>,
    { title: name }
  )
})
```

The existing code within the file includes a placeholder that uses the Counter component. You should replace this section with the following code block:

```ts null {2-4,19-21}
import { createRoute } from 'honox/factory'
import type { FC } from 'hono/jsx'
import type { Employee } from '../db'
import { findAllEmployees, findAllDepartments, findAllLocations } from '../db'

const EmployeeCard: FC<{ employee: Employee }> = ({ employee }) => {
  const { employee_id, name, image_url, department_name, location_name } = employee;
  return (
    <div className="max-w-sm bg-white border border-gray-200 rounded-lg shadow-md">
      <a href={`/employee/${employee_id}`}>
        <img className="bg-indigo-600 p-4 rounded-t-lg" src={image_url} alt={name} />
        //...
      </a>
    </div>
  );
};

export const GET = createRoute(async (c) => {
  const employees = await findAllEmployees(c.env.DB)
  const locations = await findAllLocations(c.env.DB)
  const departments = await findAllDepartments(c.env.DB)
  return c.render(
    <section className="flex-grow">
      <h1 className="mb-4 text-3xl font-extrabold text-gray-900 dark:text-white md:text-5xl lg:text-6xl mt-12">
        <span className="text-transparent bg-clip-text bg-gradient-to-r to-blue-600 from-sky-400">{`Directory `}</span>
      </h1>
      //...
      </section>
      <section className="flex flex-wrap -mx-4">
        {employees.map((employee) => (
          <div className="w-full sm:w-1/2 md:w-1/3 lg:w-1/4 px-2 mb-4">
            <EmployeeCard employee={employee} />
          </div>
        ))}
      </section>
    </section>
  )
})
```

The code snippet demonstrates how to import the `findAllEmployees`, `findAllLocations`, and `findAllDepartments` functions from the `db.ts` file, and how to use the binding `c.env.DB` to invoke these functions. With these, you can retrieve and display the fetched data on the page.

### Add an employee

Use the `export POST` route to create a new employee through the `/admin` page:

```ts null {26}
import { createRoute } from "honox/factory";
import type { Employee } from "../../db";
import { getFormDataValue, getFormDataNumber } from "../../utils/formData";
import { createEmployee } from "../../db";

export const POST = createRoute(async (c) => {
	try {
		const formData = await c.req.formData();
		const imageFile = formData.get("image_file");
		let imageUrl = "";

		// TODO: process image url with R2

		const employeeData: Employee = {
			employee_id: getFormDataValue(formData, "employee_id"),
			name: getFormDataValue(formData, "name"),
			position: getFormDataValue(formData, "position"),
			image_url: imageUrl,
			join_date: getFormDataValue(formData, "join_date"),
			department_id: getFormDataNumber(formData, "department_id"),
			location_id: getFormDataNumber(formData, "location_id"),
			location_name: "",
			department_name: "",
		};

		await createEmployee(c.env.DB, employeeData);
		return c.redirect("/", 303);
	} catch (error) {
		return new Response("Error processing your request", { status: 500 });
	}
});
```

### Store images in R2

During the process of creating a new employee, the image uploaded can be stored in an R2 bucket prior to being added to the database.

To store an image in an R2 bucket:

1. Create an R2 bucket.
2. Upload the image to this bucket.
3. Obtain a public URL for the image from the bucket. This URL is then saved in your database, linking to the image stored in the R2 bucket.

Use the `wrangler r2 bucket create` command to create a bucket:

```sh
wrangler r2 bucket create employee-avatars
```

Once the bucket is created, add the R2 bucket binding to your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "MY_BUCKET"
bucket_name = "employee-avatars"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Pass the R2 binding to the `global.d.ts` file:

```ts
declare module "hono" {
	interface Env {
		Variables: {};
		Bindings: {
			DB: D1Database;
			MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
		};
	}
}
```

To store the uploaded image in the R2 bucket, you can use the `put()` method provided by R2. This method allows you to upload the image file to your bucket:

```ts
if (imageFile instanceof File) {
	const key = `${new Date().getTime()}-${imageFile.name}`;
	const fileBuffer = await imageFile.arrayBuffer();

	await c.env.MY_BUCKET.put(key, fileBuffer, {
		httpMetadata: {
			contentType: imageFile.type || "application/octet-stream",
		},
	});
	console.log(`File uploaded successfully: ${key}`);
	imageUrl = `https://pub-8d936184779047cc96686a631f318fce.r2.dev/${key}`;
}
```

[Refer to GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory) for the full codebase.

## 7. Deploy your HonoX application

With your application ready for deployment, you can use Wrangler to build and deploy your project to the Cloudflare Network. Ensure you are logged in to your Cloudflare account by running the `wrangler whoami` command. If you are not logged in, Wrangler will prompt you to login by creating an API key that you can use to make authenticated requests automatically from your computer.

After successful login, confirm that your Wrangler file is configured similarly to the code block below:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "staff-directory"
compatibility_date = "2023-12-01"

[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "MY_BUCKET"
bucket_name = "employee-avatars"

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB"
database_name = "staff-directory"
database_id = "f495af5f-dd71-4554-9974-97bdda7137b3"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Run `wrangler deploy` to deploy your project to Cloudflare. After deployment you can test your application is working by accessing the deployed URL provided for you. Your browser should display your application with the base frontend you created. If you do not have any data populated in your database, go to the `/admin` page to add a new employee, and this should return a new employee in your home page.

## Conclusion

In this tutorial, you built a staff directory application where users can view all employees within an organization. Refer to the [Staff directory repository](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory) for the full source code.

![staff directory demo](https://github.com/lauragift21/staff-directory/raw/main/demo.gif)

---

# Build an API to access D1 using a proxy Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/build-an-api-to-access-d1/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Steps, Details, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an API that allows you to securely run queries against a D1 database.

This is useful if you want to access a D1 database outside of a Worker or Pages project, customize access controls and/or limit what tables can be queried.

D1's built-in [REST API](/api/resources/d1/subresources/database/methods/create/) is best suited for administrative use as the global [Cloudflare API rate limit](/fundamentals/api/reference/limits) applies.

To access a D1 database outside of a Worker project, you need to create an API using a Worker. Your application can then securely interact with this API to run D1 queries.

:::note

D1 uses parameterized queries. This prevents SQL injection. To make your API more secure, validate the input using a library like [zod](https://zod.dev/).

:::

## Prerequisites

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages).
2. Install [`Node.js`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm).
3. Have an existing D1 database. Refer to [Get started tutorial for D1](/d1/get-started/).

<Details header="Node.js version manager">
	Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or
	[nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change
	Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), discussed
	later in this guide, requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.
</Details>

## 1. Create a new project

Create a new Worker to create and deploy your API.

<Steps>
1. Create a Worker named `d1-http` by running:

    <PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"d1-http"} />

    <Render
    	file="c3-post-run-steps"
    	product="workers"
    	params={{
    	category: "hello-world",
    	type: "Hello World Worker",
    	lang: "TypeScript",
    	}}
    />

2.  Change into your new project directory to start developing:

    ```sh frame="none"
    cd d1-http
    ```

</Steps>

## 2. Install Hono

In this tutorial, you will use [Hono](https://github.com/honojs/hono), an Express.js-style framework, to build the API.

<Steps>
1. To use Hono in this project, install it using `npm`:

    <PackageManagers type="add" pkg="hono" frame="none" />

</Steps>

## 3. Add an API_KEY

You need an API key to make authenticated calls to the API. To ensure that the API key is secure, add it as a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets).

<Steps>
1. For local development, create a `.dev.vars` file in the root directory of `d1-http`.
2. Add your API key in the file as follows.

    ```bash title=".dev.vars"
    API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"
    ```

    Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with a valid string value. You can also generate this value using the following command.

    ```sh
    openssl rand -base64 32
    ```

</Steps>

:::note
In this step, we have defined the name of the API key to be `API_KEY`.
:::

## 4. Initialize the application

To initialize the application, you need to import the required packages, initialize a new Hono application, and configure the following middleware:

- [Bearer Auth](https://hono.dev/docs/middleware/builtin/bearer-auth): Adds authentication to the API.
- [Logger](https://hono.dev/docs/middleware/builtin/logger): Allows monitoring the flow of requests and responses.
- [Pretty JSON](https://hono.dev/docs/middleware/builtin/pretty-json): Enables "JSON pretty print" for JSON response bodies.

<Steps>
1. Replace the contents of the `src/index.ts` file with the code below.

    ```ts title="src/index.ts"
    import { Hono } from "hono";
    import { bearerAuth } from "hono/bearer-auth";
    import { logger } from "hono/logger";
    import { prettyJSON } from "hono/pretty-json";

    type Bindings = {
    	API_KEY: string;
    };

    const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

    app.use("*", prettyJSON(), logger(), async (c, next) => {
    	const auth = bearerAuth({ token: c.env.API_KEY });
    	return auth(c, next);
    });
    ```

</Steps>

## 5. Add API endpoints

<Steps>
1. Add the following snippet into your `src/index.ts`.

    ```ts title="src/index.ts"

    // Paste this code at the end of the src/index.ts file

    app.post("/api/all", async (c) => {
    	return c.text("/api/all endpoint");
    });

    app.post("/api/exec", async (c) => {
    	return c.text("/api/exec endpoint");
    });

    app.post("/api/batch", async (c) => {
    	return c.text("/api/batch endpoint");
    });

    export default app;
    ```

    This adds the following endpoints:

    - POST `/api/all`
    - POST `/api/exec`
    - POST `/api/batch`

2. Start the development server by running the following command:

   <PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} frame="none" />

3. To test the API locally, open a second terminal.

4. In the second terminal, execute the below cURL command. Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with the value you set in the `.dev.vars` file.

   ```sh frame="none"
   curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "http://localhost:8787/api/all" --data '{}'
   ```

   You should get the following output:

   ```txt
   /api/all endpoint
   ```

5. Stop the local server from running by pressing `x` in the first terminal.

</Steps>

The Hono application is now set up. You can test the other endpoints and add more endpoints if needed. The API does not yet return any information from your database. In the next steps, you will create a database, add its bindings, and update the endpoints to interact with the database.

## 6. Create a database

If you do not have a D1 database already, you can create a new database with `wrangler d1 create`.

<Steps>

1.  In your terminal, run:

    ```sh frame="none"
    npx wrangler d1 create d1-http-example
    ```

    You may be asked to login to your Cloudflare account. Once logged in, the command will create a new D1 database. You should see a similar output in your terminal.

    ```sh output
    ✅ Successfully created DB 'd1-http-example' in region EEUR
    Created your new D1 database.

    [[d1_databases]]
    binding = "DB" # i.e. available in your Worker on env.DB
    database_name = "d1-http-example"
    database_id = "1234567890"
    ```

</Steps>

Make a note of the displayed `database_name` and `database_id`. You will use this to reference the database by creating a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).

## 7. Add a binding

<Steps>
1. From your `d1-http` folder, open the Wrangler file, Wrangler's configuration file.
2. Add the following binding in the file. Make sure that the `database_name` and the `database_id` are correct.

    <WranglerConfig>

    ```toml
    [[d1_databases]]
    binding = "DB" # i.e. available in your Worker on env.DB
    database_name = "d1-http-example"
    database_id = "1234567890"
    ```

    </WranglerConfig>

3.  In your `src/index.ts` file, update the `Bindings` type by adding `DB: D1Database`.

    ```ts ins={2}
    type Bindings = {
    	DB: D1Database;
    	API_KEY: string;
    };
    ```

</Steps>

You can now access the database in the Hono application.

## 8. Create a table

To create a table in your newly created database:

<Steps>

1.  Create a new folder called `schemas` inside your `d1-http` folder.
2.  Create a new file called `schema.sql`, and paste the following SQL statement into the file.

    ```sql title="schema.sql"
    DROP TABLE IF EXISTS posts;
    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS posts (
    	id integer PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    	author text NOT NULL,
    	title text NOT NULL,
    	body text NOT NULL,
    	post_slug text NOT NULL
    );
    INSERT INTO posts (author, title, body, post_slug) VALUES ('Harshil', 'D1 HTTP API', 'Learn to create an API to query your D1 database.','d1-http-api');
    ```

    The code drops any table named `posts` if it exists, then creates a new table `posts` with the field `id`, `author`, `title`, `body`, and `post_slug`. It then uses an INSERT statement to populate the table.

3.  In your terminal, execute the following command to create this table:

    ```sh frame="none"
    npx wrangler d1 execute d1-http-example --file=./schemas/schema.sql
    ```

</Steps>

Upon successful execution, a new table will be added to your database.

:::note
The table will be created in the local instance of the database. If you want to add this table to your production database, append the above command by adding the `--remote` flag.
:::

## 9. Query the database

Your application can now access the D1 database. In this step, you will update the API endpoints to query the database and return the result.

<Steps>
1. In your `src/index.ts` file, update the code as follow.

    ```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={10-21,31-37,47-62} del={9,30,46}
    // Update the API routes

    /**
    * Executes the `stmt.run()` method.
    * https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/prepared-statements/#run
    */

    app.post('/api/all', async (c) => {
    		return c.text("/api/all endpoint");
    	try {
    		let { query, params } = await c.req.json();
    		let stmt = c.env.DB.prepare(query);
    		if (params) {
    			stmt = stmt.bind(params);
    		}

    		const result = await stmt.run();
    		return c.json(result);
    	} catch (err) {
    		return c.json({ error: `Failed to run query: ${err}` }, 500);
    	}
    });

    /**
    * Executes the `db.exec()` method.
    * https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#exec
    */

    app.post('/api/exec', async (c) => {
    		return c.text("/api/exec endpoint");
    	try {
    		let { query } = await c.req.json();
    		let result = await c.env.DB.exec(query);
    		return c.json(result);
    	} catch (err) {
    		return c.json({ error: `Failed to run query: ${err}` }, 500);
    	}
    });

    /**
    * Executes the `db.batch()` method.
    * https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/worker-api/d1-database/#batch
    */

    app.post('/api/batch', async (c) => {
    		return c.text("/api/batch endpoint");
    	try {
    		let { batch } = await c.req.json();
    		let stmts = [];
    		for (let query of batch) {
    			let stmt = c.env.DB.prepare(query.query);
    			if (query.params) {
    				stmts.push(stmt.bind(query.params));
    			} else {
    				stmts.push(stmt);
    			}
    		}
    		const results = await c.env.DB.batch(stmts);
    		return c.json(results);
    	} catch (err) {
    		return c.json({ error: `Failed to run query: ${err}` }, 500);
    	}
    });
    ...
    ```

</Steps>

In the above code, the endpoints are updated to receive `query` and `params`. These queries and parameters are passed to the respective functions to interact with the database.

- If the query is successful, you receive the result from the database.
- If there is an error, the error message is returned.

## 10. Test the API

Now that the API can query the database, you can test it locally.

<Steps>
1. Start the development server by executing the following command:

    <PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} frame="none" />

2.  In a new terminal window, execute the following cURL commands. Make sure to replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with the correct value.

    ```sh title="/api/all"
    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "http://localhost:8787/api/all" --data '{"query": "SELECT title FROM posts WHERE id=?", "params":1}'
    ```

    ```sh title="/api/batch"
    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "http://localhost:8787/api/batch" --data '{"batch": [ {"query": "SELECT title FROM posts WHERE id=?", "params":1},{"query": "SELECT id FROM posts"}]}'
    ```

    ```sh title="/api/exec"
    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "localhost:8787/api/exec" --data '{"query": "INSERT INTO posts (author, title, body, post_slug) VALUES ('\''Harshil'\'', '\''D1 HTTP API'\'', '\''Learn to create an API to query your D1 database.'\'','\''d1-http-api'\'')" }'
    ```

</Steps>

If everything is implemented correctly, the above commands should result successful outputs.

## 11. Deploy the API

Now that everything is working as expected, the last step is to deploy it to the Cloudflare network. You will use Wrangler to deploy the API.

<Steps>
1. To use the API in production instead of using it locally, you need to add the table to your remote (production) database. To add the table to your production database, run the following command:

    ```sh frame="none"
    npx wrangler d1 execute d1-http-example --file=./schemas/schema.sql --remote
    ```

    You should now be able to view the table on the [Cloudflare dashboard > **Storage & Databases** > **D1**.](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/d1/)

2.  To deploy the application to the Cloudflare network, run the following command:

    ```sh frame="none"
    npx wrangler deploy
    ```

    ```sh output
     ⛅️ wrangler 3.78.4 (update available 3.78.5)
    -------------------------------------------------------

    Total Upload: 53.00 KiB / gzip: 13.16 KiB
    Your worker has access to the following bindings:
    - D1 Databases:
      - DB: d1-http-example (DATABASE_ID)
    Uploaded d1-http (4.29 sec)
    Deployed d1-http triggers (5.57 sec)
      [DEPLOYED_APP_LINK]
    Current Version ID: [BINDING_ID]
    ```

    Upon successful deployment, you will get the link of the deployed app in the terminal (`DEPLOYED_APP_LINK`). Make a note of it.

3.  Generate a new API key to use in production.

    ```sh
    openssl rand -base64 32
    ```

    ```sh output
    [YOUR_API_KEY]
    ```

4.  Execute the `wrangler secret put` command to add an API to the deployed project.

    ```sh frame="none"
    npx wrangler secret put API_KEY
    ```

    ```sh output
    ✔ Enter a secret value:
    ```

    The terminal will prompt you to enter a secret value.

5.  Enter the value of your API key (`YOUR_API_KEY`). Your API key will now be added to your project. Using this value you can make secure API calls to your deployed API.

    ```sh
    ✔ Enter a secret value: [YOUR_API_KEY]
    ```

    ```sh output
    🌀 Creating the secret for the Worker "d1-http"
    ✨ Success! Uploaded secret API_KEY
    ```

6.  To test it, run the following cURL command with the correct `YOUR_API_KEY` and `DEPLOYED_APP_LINK`.

    - Use the `YOUR_API_KEY` you have generated as the secret API key.
    - You can also find your `DEPLOYED_APP_LINK` from the Cloudflare dashboard > **Workers & Pages** > **`d1-http`** > **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.

    ```sh frame="none"
    curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" "https://DEPLOYED_APP_LINK/api/exec" --data '{"query": "SELECT 1"}'
    ```

</Steps>

## Summary

In this tutorial, you have:

1. Created an API that interacts with your D1 database.
2. Deployed this API to the Workers. You can use this API in your external application to execute queries against your D1 database. The full code for this tutorial can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/harshil1712/d1-http-example/tree/main).

## Next steps

You can check out a similar implementation that uses Zod for validation in [this GitHub repository](https://github.com/elithrar/http-api-d1-example). If you want to build an OpenAPI compliant API for your D1 database, you should use the [Cloudflare Workers OpenAPI 3.1 template](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-openapi).

---

# Query D1 using Prisma ORM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/d1-and-prisma-orm/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## What is Prisma ORM?

[Prisma ORM](https://www.prisma.io/orm) is a next-generation JavaScript and TypeScript ORM that unlocks a new level of developer experience when working with databases thanks to its intuitive data model, automated migrations, type-safety and auto-completion.

To learn more about Prisma ORM, refer to the [Prisma documentation](https://www.prisma.io/docs).

## Query D1 from a Cloudflare Worker using Prisma ORM

This example shows you how to set up and deploy a Cloudflare Worker that is accessing a D1 database from scratch.

### Prerequisites

- [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) installed on your machine.
- A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

### 1. Create a Cloudflare Worker

Open your terminal, and run the following command to create a Cloudflare Worker using Cloudflare's [`hello-world`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/4fdd8987772d914cf50725e9fa8cb91a82a6870d/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world) template:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest prisma-d1-example -- --type hello-world
```

In your terminal, you will be asked a series of questions related your project:

1. Answer `yes` to using TypeScript.
2. Answer `yes` to deploying your Worker.

Once you deploy your Worker, you should be able to preview your Worker at `https://prisma-d1-example.USERNAME.workers.dev`, which displays "Hello World" in the browser.

### 2. Initialize Prisma ORM

:::note

D1 is supported in Prisma ORM as of [v5.12.0](https://github.com/prisma/prisma/releases/tag/5.12.0).

:::

To set up Prisma ORM, go into your project directory, and install the Prisma CLI:

```sh
cd prisma-d1-example
npm install prisma --save-dev
```

Next, install the Prisma Client package and the driver adapter for D1:

```sh
npm install @prisma/client
npm install @prisma/adapter-d1
```

Finally, bootstrap the files required by Prisma ORM using the following command:

```sh
npx prisma init --datasource-provider sqlite
```

The command above:

1. Creates a new directory called `prisma` that contains your [Prisma schema](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/prisma-schema/overview) file.
2. Creates a `.env` file used to configure environment variables that will be read by the Prisma CLI.

In this tutorial, you will not need the `.env` file since the connection between Prisma ORM and D1 will happen through a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). The next steps will instruct you through setting up this binding.

Since you will use the [driver adapter](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/overview/databases/database-drivers#driver-adapters) feature which is currently in Preview, you need to explicitly enable it via the `previewFeatures` field on the `generator` block.

Open your `schema.prisma` file and adjust the `generator` block to reflect as follows:

```diff
generator client {
  provider        = "prisma-client-js"
+	previewFeatures = ["driverAdapters"]
}
```

### 3. Create your D1 database

In this step, you will set up your D1 database. You can create a D1 database via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), or via `wrangler`. This tutorial will use the `wrangler` CLI.

Open your terminal and run the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 create prisma-demo-db
```

You should receive the following output on your terminal:

```
✅ Successfully created DB 'prisma-demo-db' in region EEUR
Created your database using D1's new storage backend. The new storage backend is not yet recommended for production workloads, but backs up your data via
point-in-time restore.

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB" # i.e. available in your Worker on env.DB
database_name = "prisma-demo-db"
database_id = "__YOUR_D1_DATABASE_ID__"
```

You now have a D1 database in your Cloudflare account with a binding to your Cloudflare Worker.

Copy the last part of the command output and paste it into your Wrangler file. It should look similar to this:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "prisma-d1-example"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-03-20"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "DB" # i.e. available in your Worker on env.DB
database_name = "prisma-demo-db"
database_id = "__YOUR_D1_DATABASE_ID__"
```

</WranglerConfig>

`__YOUR_D1_DATABASE_ID__` should be replaced with the database ID of your D1 instance. If you were not able to fetch this ID from the terminal output, you can also find it in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), or by running `npx wrangler d1 info prisma-demo-db` in your terminal.

Next, you will create a database table in the database to send queries to D1 using Prisma ORM.

### 4. Create a table in the database

[Prisma Migrate](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/prisma-migrate/understanding-prisma-migrate/overview) does not support D1 yet, so you cannot follow the default migration workflows using `prisma migrate dev` or `prisma db push`.

However, D1 has a [migration system](/d1/reference/migrations), and the Prisma CLI provides tools that allow you to generate SQL statements for schema changes. In the following steps, you will use D1's migration system and the Prisma CLI to create and run a migration against your database.

First, create a new migration using `wrangler`:

```sh
npx wrangler d1 migrations create prisma-demo-db create_user_table
```

Answer `yes` to creating a new folder called `migrations`.

The command has now created a new directory called `migrations` and an empty file called `0001_create_user_table.sql` inside of it:

```
migrations/
└── 0001_create_user_table.sql
```

Next, you need to add the SQL statement that will create a `User` table to that file.

Open the `schema.prisma` file and add the following `User` model to your schema:

```diff
model User {
  id    Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  email String  @unique
  name  String?
}
```

Now, run the following command in your terminal to generate the SQL statement that creates a `User` table equivalent to the `User` model above:

```sh
npx prisma migrate diff --from-empty --to-schema-datamodel ./prisma/schema.prisma --script --output migrations/0001_create_user_table.sql
```

This stores a SQL statement to create a new `User` table in your migration file from before, here is what it looks like:

```sql
-- CreateTable
CREATE TABLE "User" (
    "id" INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    "email" TEXT NOT NULL,
    "name" TEXT
);

-- CreateIndex
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "User_email_key" ON "User"("email");
```

`UNIQUE INDEX` on `email` was created because the `User` model in your Prisma schema is using the [`@unique`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/reference/prisma-schema-reference#unique) attribute on its `email` field.

You now need to use the `wrangler d1 migrations apply` command to send this SQL statement to D1. This command accepts two options:

- `--local`: Executes the statement against a _local_ version of D1. This local version of D1 is a SQLite database file that will be located in the `.wrangler/state` directory of your project. Use this approach when you want to develop and test your Worker on your local machine. Refer to [Local development](/d1/best-practices/local-development/) to learn more.
- `--remote`: Executes the statement against your _remote_ version of D1. This version is used by your _deployed_ Cloudflare Workers. Refer to [Remote development](/d1/best-practices/remote-development/) to learn more.

In this tutorial, you will do local and remote development. You will test the Worker locally and deploy your Worker afterwards. Open your terminal, and run both commands:

```sh
# For the local database
npx wrangler d1 migrations apply prisma-demo-db --local
```

```sh
# For the remote database
npx wrangler d1 migrations apply prisma-demo-db --remote
```

Choose `Yes` both times when you are prompted to confirm that the migration should be applied.

Next, create some data that you can query once the Worker is running. This time, you will run the SQL statement without storing it in a file:

```sh
# For the local database
npx wrangler d1 execute prisma-demo-db --command "INSERT INTO  \"User\" (\"email\", \"name\") VALUES
('jane@prisma.io', 'Jane Doe (Local)');" --local
```

```sh
# For the remote database
npx wrangler d1 execute prisma-demo-db --command "INSERT INTO  \"User\" (\"email\", \"name\") VALUES
('jane@prisma.io', 'Jane Doe (Remote)');" --remote
```

### 5. Query your database from the Worker

To query your database from the Worker using Prisma ORM, you need to:

1. Add `DB` to the `Env` interface.
2. Instantiate `PrismaClient` using the `PrismaD1` driver adapter.
3. Send a query using Prisma Client and return the result.

Open `src/index.ts` and replace the entire content with the following:

```ts
import { PrismaClient } from "@prisma/client";
import { PrismaD1 } from "@prisma/adapter-d1";

export interface Env {
	DB: D1Database;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const adapter = new PrismaD1(env.DB);
		const prisma = new PrismaClient({ adapter });

		const users = await prisma.user.findMany();
		const result = JSON.stringify(users);
		return new Response(result);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Before running the Worker, generate Prisma Client with the following command:

```sh
npx prisma generate
```

### 6. Run the Worker locally

Now that you have the database query in place and Prisma Client generated, run the Worker locally:

```sh
npm run dev
```

Open your browser at [`http://localhost:8787`](http://localhost:8787/) to check the result of the database query:

```json
[{ "id": 1, "email": "jane@prisma.io", "name": "Jane Doe (Local)" }]
```

### 7. Deploy the Worker

To deploy the Worker, run the following command:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

Access your Worker at `https://prisma-d1-example.USERNAME.workers.dev`. Your browser should display the following data queried from your remote D1 database:

```json
[{ "id": 1, "email": "jane@prisma.io", "name": "Jane Doe (Remote)" }]
```

By finishing this tutorial, you have deployed a Cloudflare Worker using D1 as a database and querying it via Prisma ORM.

## Related resources

- [Prisma documentation](https://www.prisma.io/docs/getting-started).
- To get help, open a new [GitHub Discussion](https://github.com/prisma/prisma/discussions/), or [ask the AI bot in the Prisma docs](https://www.prisma.io/docs).
- [Ready-to-run examples using Prisma ORM](https://github.com/prisma/prisma-examples/).
- Check out the [Prisma community](https://www.prisma.io/community), follow [Prisma on X](https://www.x.com/prisma) and join the [Prisma Discord](https://pris.ly/discord).
- [Developer Experience Redefined: Prisma & Cloudflare Lead the Way to Data DX](https://www.prisma.io/blog/cloudflare-partnership-qerefgvwirjq).

---

# Bulk import to D1 using REST API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/tutorials/import-to-d1-with-rest-api/

import { Render, Steps } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to import a database into D1 using the [REST API](/api/resources/d1/subresources/database/methods/import/).

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create a D1 API token

To use REST APIs, you need to generate an API token to authenticate your API requests. You can do this through the Cloudflare dashboard.

<Render file="generate-d1-api-token" product="d1" />

## 2. Create the target table

You must have an existing D1 table which matches the schema of the data you wish to import.

This tutorial uses the following:

- A database called `d1-import-tutorial`.
- A table called `TargetD1Table`
- Within `TargetD1Table`, three columns called `id`, `text`, and `date_added`.

To create the table, follow these steps:

<Steps>
1. Go to **Storage & Databases** > **D1**.
2. Select **Create**.
3. Name your database. For this tutorial, name your D1 database `d1-import-tutorial`.
4. (Optional) Provide a location hint. Location hint is an optional parameter you can provide to indicate your desired geographical location for your database. Refer to [Provide a location hint](/d1/configuration/data-location/#provide-a-location-hint) for more information.
5. Select **Create**.
6. Go to **Console**, then paste the following SQL snippet. This creates a table named `TargetD1Table`.

	```sql
	DROP TABLE IF EXISTS TargetD1Table;
	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TargetD1Table (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, text TEXT, date_added TEXT);
	```

	Alternatively, you can use the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

	```bash
	# Create a D1 database
	npx wrangler d1 create d1-import-tutorial

	# Create a D1 table
	npx wrangler d1 execute d1-import-tutorial --command="DROP TABLE IF EXISTS TargetD1Table; CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TargetD1Table (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, text TEXT, date_added TEXT);" --remote

	```
</Steps>

## 3. Create an `index.js` file

<Steps>
1. Create a new directory and initialize a new Node.js project.

	```bash
	mkdir d1-import-tutorial
	cd d1-import-tutorial
	npm init -y
	```

2. In this repository, create a new file called `index.js`. This file will contain the code which uses REST API to import your data to your D1 database.

3. In your `index.js` file, define the following variables:

	- `TARGET_TABLE`: The target table name
	- `ACCOUNT_ID`: The account ID (you can find this in the Cloudflare dashboard > **Workers & Pages**)
	- `DATABASE_ID`: The D1 database ID (you can find this in the Cloudflare dashboard > **Storage & Databases** > **D1 SQL Database** > your database)
	- `D1_API_KEY`: The D1 API token generated in [step 1](/d1/tutorials/import-to-d1-with-rest-api#1-create-a-d1-api-token)

	:::caution
	In production, you should use environment variables to store sensitive information.
	:::

	```js title="index.js"
	const TARGET_TABLE = " "; // for the tutorial, `TargetD1Table`
	const ACCOUNT_ID = " ";
	const DATABASE_ID = " ";
	const D1_API_KEY = " ";
	const D1_URL = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${ACCOUNT_ID}/d1/database/${DATABASE_ID}/import`;
	const filename = crypto.randomUUID(); // create a random filename
	const uploadSize = 500;
	const headers = {
		"Content-Type": "application/json",
		Authorization: `Bearer ${D1_API_KEY}`,
	};
	```
</Steps>

## 4. Generate example data (optional)

In practice, you may already have the data you wish to import to a D1 database.

This tutorial generates example data to demonstrate the import process.

<Steps>
1. Install the `@faker-js/faker` module.

	```sh
	npm install @faker-js/faker
	```

2. Add the following code at the beginning of the `index.js` file. This code creates an array called `data` with 2500 (`uploadSize`) array elements, where each array element contains an object with `id`, `text`, and `date_added`. Each array element corresponds to a table row.

	```js title="index.js"
	import crypto from "crypto";
	import { faker } from "@faker-js/faker";

	// Generate Fake data
	const data = Array.from({ length: uploadSize }, () => ({
		id: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000),
		text: faker.lorem.paragraph(),
		date_added: new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace("T", " "),
	}));
	```
</Steps>

## 5. Generate the SQL command

<Steps>
1. Create a function that will generate the SQL command to insert the data into the target table. This function uses the `data` array generated in the previous step.

	```js title="index.js"
	function makeSqlInsert(data, tableName, skipCols = []) {
		const columns = Object.keys(data[0]).join(",");
		const values = data
			.map((row) => {
				return (
					"(" +
					Object.values(row)
						.map((val) => {
							if (skipCols.includes(val) || val === null || val === "") {
								return "NULL";
							}
							return `'${String(val).replace(/'/g, "").replace(/"/g, "'")}'`;
						})
						.join(",") +
					")"
				);
			})
			.join(",");

		return `INSERT INTO ${tableName} (${columns}) VALUES ${values};`;
	}
	```
</Steps>

## 6. Import the data to D1

The import process consists of four steps:

1. **Init upload**: This step initializes the upload process. It sends the hash of the SQL command to the D1 API and receives an upload URL.
2. **Upload to R2**: This step uploads the SQL command to the upload URL.
3. **Start ingestion**: This step starts the ingestion process.
4. **Polling**: This step polls the import process until it completes.

<Steps>
1. Create a function called `uploadToD1` which executes the four steps of the import process.

	```js title="index.js"
	async function uploadToD1() {
		// 1. Init upload
		const hashStr = crypto.createHash("md5").update(sqlInsert).digest("hex");

		try {
			const initResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify({
					action: "init",
					etag: hashStr,
				}),
			});

			const uploadData = await initResponse.json();
			const uploadUrl = uploadData.result.upload_url;
			const filename = uploadData.result.filename;

			// 2. Upload to R2
			const r2Response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
				method: "PUT",
				body: sqlInsert,
			});

			const r2Etag = r2Response.headers.get("ETag").replace(/"/g, "");

			// Verify etag
			if (r2Etag !== hashStr) {
				throw new Error("ETag mismatch");
			}

			// 3. Start ingestion
			const ingestResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify({
					action: "ingest",
					etag: hashStr,
					filename,
				}),
			});

			const ingestData = await ingestResponse.json();
			console.log("Ingestion Response:", ingestData);

			// 4. Polling
			await pollImport(ingestData.result.at_bookmark);

			return "Import completed successfully";
		} catch (e) {
			console.error("Error:", e);
			return "Import failed";
		}
	}
	```

	In the above code:

	- An `md5` hash of the SQL command is generated.
	- `initResponse` initializes the upload process and receives the upload URL.
	- `r2Response` uploads the SQL command to the upload URL.
	- Before starting ingestion, the ETag is verified.
	- `ingestResponse` starts the ingestion process.
	- `pollImport` polls the import process until it completes.

2. Add the `pollImport` function to the `index.js` file.

	```js title="index.js"
	async function pollImport(bookmark) {
		const payload = {
			action: "poll",
			current_bookmark: bookmark,
		};

		while (true) {
			const pollResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify(payload),
			});

			const result = await pollResponse.json();
			console.log("Poll Response:", result.result);

			const { success, error } = result.result;

			if (
				success ||
				(!success && error === "Not currently importing anything.")
			) {
				break;
			}

			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
		}
	}
	```

	The code above does the following:

	- Sends a `poll` action to the D1 API.
	- Polls the import process until it completes.

3. Finally, add the `runImport` function to the `index.js` file to run the import process.

	```js title="index.js"
	async function runImport() {
		const result = await uploadToD1();
		console.log(result);
	}

	runImport();
	```
</Steps>

## 7. Write the final code

In the previous steps, you have created functions to execute various processes involved in importing data into D1. The final code executes those functions to import the example data into the target D1 table.

<Steps>
1. Copy the final code of your `index.js` file as shown below, with your variables defined at the top of the code.

	```js
	import crypto from "crypto";
	import { faker } from "@faker-js/faker";

	const TARGET_TABLE = "";
	const ACCOUNT_ID = "";
	const DATABASE_ID = "";
	const D1_API_KEY = "";
	const D1_URL = `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${ACCOUNT_ID}/d1/database/${DATABASE_ID}/import`;
	const uploadSize = 500;
	const headers = {
		"Content-Type": "application/json",
		Authorization: `Bearer ${D1_API_KEY}`,
	};

	// Generate Fake data
	const data = Array.from({ length: uploadSize }, () => ({
		id: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000),
		text: faker.lorem.paragraph(),
		date_added: new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 19).replace("T", " "),
	}));

	// Make SQL insert statements
	function makeSqlInsert(data, tableName, skipCols = []) {
		const columns = Object.keys(data[0]).join(",");
		const values = data
			.map((row) => {
				return (
					"(" +
					Object.values(row)
						.map((val) => {
							if (skipCols.includes(val) || val === null || val === "") {
								return "NULL";
							}
							return `'${String(val).replace(/'/g, "").replace(/"/g, "'")}'`;
						})
						.join(",") +
					")"
				);
			})
			.join(",");

		return `INSERT INTO ${tableName} (${columns}) VALUES ${values};`;
	}

	const sqlInsert = makeSqlInsert(data, TARGET_TABLE);

	async function pollImport(bookmark) {
		const payload = {
			action: "poll",
			current_bookmark: bookmark,
		};

		while (true) {
			const pollResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify(payload),
			});

			const result = await pollResponse.json();
			console.log("Poll Response:", result.result);

			const { success, error } = result.result;

			if (
				success ||
				(!success && error === "Not currently importing anything.")
			) {
				break;
			}

			await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
		}
	}

	// Upload to D1
	async function uploadToD1() {
		// 1. Init upload
		const hashStr = crypto.createHash("md5").update(sqlInsert).digest("hex");

		try {
			const initResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify({
					action: "init",
					etag: hashStr,
				}),
			});

			const uploadData = await initResponse.json();
			const uploadUrl = uploadData.result.upload_url;
			const filename = uploadData.result.filename;

			// 2. Upload to R2
			const r2Response = await fetch(uploadUrl, {
				method: "PUT",
				body: sqlInsert,
			});

			const r2Etag = r2Response.headers.get("ETag").replace(/"/g, "");

			// Verify etag
			if (r2Etag !== hashStr) {
				throw new Error("ETag mismatch");
			}

			// 3. Start ingestion
			const ingestResponse = await fetch(D1_URL, {
				method: "POST",
				headers,
				body: JSON.stringify({
					action: "ingest",
					etag: hashStr,
					filename,
				}),
			});

			const ingestData = await ingestResponse.json();
			console.log("Ingestion Response:", ingestData);

			// 4. Polling
			await pollImport(ingestData.result.at_bookmark);

			return "Import completed successfully";
		} catch (e) {
			console.error("Error:", e);
			return "Import failed";
		}
	}

	async function runImport() {
		const result = await uploadToD1();
		console.log(result);
	}

	runImport();
	```
</Steps>

## 8. Run the code

<Steps>
1. Run your code.

	```sh
	node index.js
	```
</Steps>

You will now see your target D1 table populated with the example data.

:::note
If you encounter the `statement too long` error, you would need to break your SQL command into smaller chunks and upload them in batches. You can learn more about this error in the [D1 documentation](/d1/best-practices/import-export-data/#resolve-statement-too-long-error).
:::

## Summary

By completing this tutorial, you have

1. Created an API token.
2. Created a target database and table.
3. Generated example data.
4. Created SQL command for the example data.
5. Imported your example data into the D1 target table using REST API.

---

# API configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages to configure Advanced TCP Protection and Advanced DNS Protection via the API.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Add an IP or prefix to the allowlist

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix-allowlist/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To add an IP address or prefix to the Advanced DDoS Protection [allowlist](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#allowlist):

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection**.
3. Under **General settings** > **Allowlist**, select **Edit**.
4. Enter a prefix and (optionally) a description in **Prefix** and **Description**, respectively.
5. To exclude the current prefix from the allowlist instead of including it, uncheck the **Enabled** checkbox.
6. Select **Add**.

<Render file="allowlist-ip-spoofing" />

---

# Add a prefix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix/

To add a [prefix](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#prefixes) to Advanced DDoS Protection:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection**.
3. Under **General settings** > **Prefixes**, select **Edit**.
4. Expand the **Add existing prefix** section and select **Add** next to the prefix you wish to add.<br/>
   Alternatively, enter a prefix and (optionally) a description in **Prefix** and **Description**, respectively, and select **Add**.

:::note[Note]

The **Add existing prefix** list will not display leased prefixes, but you can add them manually in the Cloudflare dashboard or [using the API](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/). You cannot add [delegated prefixes](/byoip/concepts/prefix-delegations/) to Advanced TCP Protection.
:::

---

# Create a filter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/create-filter/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="atp-filter-definition" />

Each protection system component (SYN flood protection or out-of-state TCP protection) should have at least one [rule](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rule), but filters are optional.

:::note
Filters only apply to Advanced TCP Protection.
:::

## Procedure

To create a [filter](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#filter) for one of the system components:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection** > **Advanced TCP Protection**.
3. Under the system component for which you are creating the filter (**SYN Flood Protection** or **Out-of-state TCP Protection**), select **Create** next to the type of filter you want to create:
  - **Mitigation Filter**: The protection system will drop <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> matching the filter expression.
  - **Monitoring Filter**: The protection system will log packets matching the filter expression.
  - **Off Filter**: The protection system will ignore packets matching the filter expression.
4. Under **When incoming packets match**, define a filter expression using the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**), or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit rule expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).
5. Select **Save**.

<Render file="atp-filters-rules-precedence" />

---

# Create a rule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/create-rule/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Create an Advanced TCP Protection rule

To create a [SYN flood rule](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/#syn-flood-protection) or an [out-of-state TCP](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/#out-of-state-tcp-protection) rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection** > **Advanced TCP Protection**.
3. Depending on the rule you are creating, do one of the following:

    - Under **SYN Flood Protection**, select **Create SYN flood rule**.
    - Under **Out-of-state TCP Protection**, select **Create out-of-state TCP rule**.

4. In **Mode**, select a [mode](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#mode) for the rule.
5. Under **Set scope**, select a [scope](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#scope) for the rule. If you choose to apply the rule to a subset of incoming packets, select a region or a data center.
6. Under **Sensitivity**, define the [burst sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#burst-sensitivity) and [rate sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rate-sensitivity) of the rule (by default, _Medium_). The sensitivity levels are based on the initially configured thresholds for your specific case.
7. Select **Deploy**.

<Render file="atp-filters-rules-precedence" />

## Create an Advanced DNS Protection rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account. 
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection** > **General settings**.
3. Add the prefixes you wish to onboard. Advanced DNS Protection will only be applied to the prefixes you onboard. If you already onboarded the desired prefixes when you configured Advanced TCP Protection, you do not need to take any other action.
   :::note

   Currently, the list of onboarded prefixes is shared with Advanced TCP Protection. Any onboarded prefixes will be subject to both Advanced TCP Protection and Advanced DNS Protection, assuming that your account team has done the initial configuration of both systems. However, you can leave Advanced TCP Protection in monitoring mode.
   :::
4. Go to **Advanced DNS Protection**. 
5. Select **Create Advanced DNS Protection rule**. 
6. In **Mode**, select a mode for the rule.
7. Under **Set scope**, select a [scope](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#scope) to determine the range of packets that will be affected by the rule. 
8. Under **Sensitivity**, define the [burst sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#burst-sensitivity), [rate sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rate-sensitivity), and [profile sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#profile-sensitivity) to determine when to initiate mitigation. 
9. Select **Deploy**.

---

# Exclude a prefix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/exclude-prefix/

To exclude a prefix or a prefix subset from Advanced DDoS Protection:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection**.
3. [Add the prefix](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix/) you previously onboarded to Magic Transit to Advanced TCP Protection.
4. [Add the prefix](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix/) (or subset) you wish to exclude as a new, separate prefix in Advanced TCP Protection.
5. For the prefix you added in the previous step, select **Exclude Subset** in the **Enrolled Prefixes** list.

:::note

Prefixes or subsets added as _Excluded_ will not be protected by Advanced TCP Protection.
:::

---

# Advanced DNS Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's Advanced DNS Protection, powered by [`flowtrackd`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-flowtrackd/), provides stateful protection against DNS-based DDoS attacks, specifically sophisticated and fully randomized DNS attacks such as [random prefix attacks](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/about/).

<Render file="mt-advanced-ddos-systems-onboarding" />

## How it works

Cloudflare's Advanced DNS Protection works by first learning your traffic patterns and forming a baseline of the type of DNS queries you normally receive. Later, the system will be able to distinguish between legitimate and malicious queries, protecting your DNS infrastructure without impacting legitimate traffic.

Currently, the protection system only analyzes DNS over UDP (it does not include DNS over TCP).

The [Network Analytics dashboard](/analytics/network-analytics/) will display system-specific analytics for Advanced DNS Protection in the **DNS protection** tab, including the queried domains and record types.

---

## Setup

[Create a rule](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/create-rule/#create-an-advanced-dns-protection-rule) to enable Advanced DNS Protection.


---

## Data collection

Cloudflare collects DNS-related data such as query type (for example, `A` record) and the queried domains. For details, refer to [Data collection](/analytics/network-analytics/reference/data-collection/).

:::caution

Currently, to disable this data collection you must remove your prefixes either in the Cloudflare dashboard or through the [Delete a prefix](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/#prefix-operations) API operation. However, this procedure will remove the prefixes from both Advanced DNS Protection and [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/).
:::

---

## Troubleshooting

### No data about Advanced DNS Protection in Network Analytics

If you cannot find any data related to Advanced DNS Protection in the **DNS Protection** tab of Network Analytics, it could be because one of these reasons:

- You did not [add your prefixes](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix/) to Advanced L3/4 DDoS Protection.
- Accounts that existed before January 2025 were not automatically provisioned. If you onboarded before January 2025, Advanced DNS Protection may not have been enabled for your account.
- You do not have any DNS over UDP traffic.

---

## Related products

Advanced DNS Protection can protect you against volumetric DNS DDoS attacks. To perform DNS caching, proxying, and configuration, use the [Cloudflare DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/).

Currently, Advanced DNS Protection is not available for DNS Firewall.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Advanced TCP Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare's Advanced TCP Protection, powered by [`flowtrackd`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-flowtrackd/), is a stateful TCP inspection engine used to detect and mitigate sophisticated out-of-state TCP attacks such as randomized and spoofed ACK floods or SYN and SYN-ACK floods.

<Render file="mt-advanced-ddos-systems-onboarding" />

## How it works

Advanced TCP Protection can simultaneously protect against different kinds of attacks:

- Pinpointed attacks targeting a specific destination IP/port combination.
- Broad attacks targeting multiple IP addresses of an IP prefix at the same time.

Advanced TCP Protection can track TCP connections even when they move between Cloudflare data centers.

The feature offers two types of protection:

- [SYN Flood Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/#syn-flood-protection): Protects against attacks such as fully randomized SYN and SYN-ACK floods.
- [Out-of-state TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/#out-of-state-tcp-protection): Protects against out-of-state TCP DDoS attacks such as fully randomized ACK floods and RST floods.

Each protection type is configured independently using rules and (optionally) filters. You should configure at least one rule for each type of protection before enabling Advanced TCP Protection.

### SYN Flood Protection

This system protects against attacks such as fully randomized SYN and SYN-ACK floods. You should configure at least one SYN flood rule before enabling Advanced TCP Protection.

In mitigation mode, SYN flood rules will challenge new connection initiation requests (SYN, SYN-ACK) if they exceed the configured packet-per-second thresholds. The threshold should be higher than the normal rate of legitimate SYN and SYN-ACK packets that your network receives. Packets below the threshold will not be challenged. Using the [rate sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rate-sensitivity) and [burst sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#burst-sensitivity) settings you can increase or decrease the tolerance of SYN and SYN-ACK packets.

For more information on the configuration settings of SYN flood rules, refer to [Rule settings](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rule-settings).

### Out-of-state TCP Protection

This system protects against out-of-state TCP DDoS attacks such as fully randomized ACK floods and RST floods. You should configure one out-of-state TCP rule before enabling Advanced TCP Protection.

In mitigation mode, out-of-state TCP rules will drop out-of-state packets that do not belong to existing (and tracked) TCP connections if their rates exceed the configured thresholds. The threshold should be higher than the normal rate of non SYN or SYN-ACK TCP packets that your network receives. Packets below the threshold will not be evaluated. Using the [rate sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rate-sensitivity) and [burst sensitivity](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#burst-sensitivity) settings you can increase or decrease the tolerance of out-of-state TCP packets.

For more information on the configuration settings of out-of-state TCP rules, refer to [Rule settings](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rule-settings).

---

## Setup

[Create a global configuration](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/#rules) to set up SYN Flood and Out-of-state TCP rules and filters for Advanced TCP Protection.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

The Advanced DDoS Protection system includes [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) and [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/). Both systems are configured using the general settings, but also comprise of their own dedicated settings.

Advanced DDoS Protection systems is available to [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) customers.

Protection for simpler TCP or DNS-based DDoS attacks is included as part of the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).

## General settings

General settings enable and control the use of the Advanced TCP Protection and the Advanced DNS Protection systems, and are composed of thresholds, prefixes, rules, and enablement.

### Thresholds

Thresholds are based on your network's unique traffic and are configured by Cloudflare. The sensitivity levels manipulate the thresholds.

When you get access to Advanced DDoS Protection systems, you are automatically provisioned with default settings in monitoring mode. 

Thresholds are based on your network's individual behavior, derived from your traffic profile as monitored by Cloudflare. Defining the thresholds will effectively determine what the _High_, _Medium_, and _Low_ [sensitivities](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#burst-sensitivity) will be for your specific case.

If needed, you can change the sensitivity levels that will manipulate the thresholds for Advanced TCP Protection and Advanced DNS Protection from the default settings. 

Once thresholds are configured, the Advanced DDoS Protection systems have been initialized and enabled in monitoring mode.

### Prefixes

The prefixes that you have [onboarded](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/) to and approved by Cloudflare instruct the system on which traffic to route through the system.

[Add the prefixes](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix/) you would like to use with Advanced TCP and DNS Protection. You will be able to register prefixes that you previously [onboarded to Magic Transit](/magic-transit/how-to/advertise-prefixes/) or a subset of these prefixes.

You cannot add unapproved prefixes to Advanced DDoS Protection systems. Contact your account team to get help with prefix approvals.

### Rules

[Create a rule](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/create-rule/) for Advanced TCP and Advanced DNS Protection (as needed) to enable mitigation. 

You can create a rule for SYN Flood Protection and another rule for Out-of-state TCP Protection, both with global scope and in monitoring mode. These rules will apply to all received <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip>.

Optionally, you can create [filters](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#filter) for each protection system component (SYN flood protection and out-of-state TCP protection). <Render file="atp-filter-definition" />

### Prefixes

Optionally, you can [add prefixes to the allowlist](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/add-prefix-allowlist/) if your traffic should bypass Advanced DDoS Protection rules.

The <GlossaryTooltip term="allowlist">allowlist</GlossaryTooltip> only applies to source IPs — it does not apply to your own IPs or prefixes. You can also [exclude a subset of an onboarded prefix](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/how-to/exclude-prefix/) from Advanced TCP Protection.

Refer to [Concepts](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/) for more information.

### Enablement

Enable the Advanced DDoS system and begin routing traffic through it.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **L3/4 DDoS** > **Advanced Protection** > **General settings**.
3. Under **General settings**, toggle the feature status **On**.

---

# 2022-04-07

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-04-07/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...8ed59b32</td>
      <td>Global L7 attack mitigations</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Some attack patterns will be detected more consistently.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-04-12

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-04-12/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...61b90333</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #15).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>This rule is detecting floods of requests impersonating a browser.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...81b13394</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #2).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Updated the filter to detect attacks more easily</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-04-21

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-04-21/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...e7dccda4</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #7).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Remove false positives.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-05-03

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-05-03/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...4cc1fcb6</td>
      <td>BETA - HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #2).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...81b13394</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #2).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Update the rule to catch more attacks than before.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...863134d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known bad user agents.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-05-12

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-05-12/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...ad07ec62</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #6).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-06-01

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-06-01/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Pick different actions depending on attack characteristics.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-06-08

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-06-08/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expanded the filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-07-06

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-07-06/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...444be2c3</td>
      <td>Location-Aware DDoS Protection (Available only to Enterprise zones with Advanced DDoS service).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Added new Location-Aware DDoS Protection for Enterprise accounts that are
subscribed to the Advanced DDoS service. Location Aware DDoS Protection
constantly learns a zone’s traffic levels per country and region over time,
creates a traffic profile and then flags or mitigates traffic that deviates
from the profile.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...863134d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known bad user agents.</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Requests matching this rule will not match any other.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-07-18

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-07-18/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1712a123</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Enable the rule as scheduled.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-07-08

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-07-08/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...7d4f6798</td>
      <td>HTTP requests causing a high request rate to authentication endpoints.</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Update thresholds for lower sensitivity levels to align with other rules.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ecd68c61</td>
      <td>HTTP requests causing a high request rate to search endpoints.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Update thresholds for lower sensitivity levels to align with other rules.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-08-02

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-08-02/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1712a123</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Allow requests matching this rule to match other rules too in order to
catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Extend the scope of this filter to match a wider set of requests.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-08-10

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-08-10/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Remove false positives.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-08-16

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-08-16/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1712a123</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Modify the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...b757316c</td>
      <td>BETA - HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #16).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Observation filter removed, rule is now merged with ...1712a123</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-09-13

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-09-13/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...e4fe8e55</td>
      <td>User-Agent-aware DDoS Protection (Available only to Enterprise zones with Advanced DDoS service).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-09-14

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-09-14/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...e4fe8e55</td>
      <td>User-Agent-aware DDoS Protection (Available only to Enterprise zones with Advanced DDoS service).</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>This rule is causing false positive in some rare occurrences, we are
reverting it back to log by default (opt-in).</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-09-19 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-09-19-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...c4bef55c</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #5).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Update the rule to target previously missed attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-10-14

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-10-14/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6fa59d23</td>
      <td>HTTP requests that are very likely coming from bots.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Block more large attacks instead of challenging.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-10-06 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-10-06-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6fa59d23</td>
      <td>HTTP requests that are very likely coming from bots.</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Block very large attacks instead of challenging them.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...91b2849e</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers (signature #13).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Some attacks were only partially mitigated. Now the rule should stop
attacks completely.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-12-07 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-12-07-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Remove a small probability of false positive with worker subrequests.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-11-02 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2022-11-02-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...06a46ce3</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #18).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...81b5405c</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #3).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-01-30

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-01-30/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...291a3fc7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #19).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>New rule blocking requests with unusual attributes.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-02-20

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-02-20/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...863134d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known bad user agents.</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Detect more load testing tools as bad</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-02-28 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-02-28-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...97003a74</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #17).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Enable mitigation on a subset of this rule that is known to only match
attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-03-10

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-03-10/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...97003a74</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #17).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Detect new attacks with unusual HTTP attributes.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-03-22

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-03-22/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Mitigate more attacks (action is managed-challenge for smaller attacks, block for large ones).</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-04-03

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-04-03/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...cedf44f8</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with non-standard HTTP methods.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-04-17

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-04-17/

Previously, only a subset of rules were exposed publicly. In rare situations, these rules can cause false positives. When this happens, you can customize their behavior using overrides.

Besides these rules, the DDoS managed rules contain other rules that do not cause issues. Until now, these rules were not shown in the dashboard or referenced in the documentation.

Cloudflare now shows all rules in the dashboard, including these high-confidence rules. This means that requests matching these rules will now have the correct rule identifier. The newly published rules are read-only and you cannot disable them.

---

# 2023-04-21 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-04-21-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Remove some rare false positives.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d3fb9259</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #51).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-05-02 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-05-02-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Improve our capability to efficiently identify some attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-04-27 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-04-27-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...f2494447</td>
      <td>HTTP requests attempting to bypass the cache.</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-05-15 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-05-15-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1fc1e601</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #31).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...863134d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known bad user agents.</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Widen detection scope.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...bb3cefd0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #53).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch attacks across multiple subdomains.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...f2494447</td>
      <td>HTTP requests attempting to bypass the cache.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Make rule more accurate when blocking attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-05-16 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-05-16-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...311e414e</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #33).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Stop attacks from an active botnet.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ad16b3fb</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #54).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-05-22

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-05-22/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...4a95ba67</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #32).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Improve the rule accuracy.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...fd5045ff</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #55).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-05-26

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-05-26/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...4a95ba67</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #32).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-05 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-05-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6831bff1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #35).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Stop attacks from an active botnet.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-06

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-06/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6831bff1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #35).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...72bb7bfd</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #34).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-14 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-14-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...6fa59d23</td>
      <td>HTTP requests that are very likely coming from bots.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the filter to match more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-16

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-16/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...21e99dcf</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #58).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-19

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-19/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...de244156</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #59).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-06-28

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-06-28/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...95f78bf0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers (pattern #2).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c86adf25</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #38). Only for zones on PRO plan and above.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-07-06

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-07-06/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-07-07

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-07-07/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...83dc0d58</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #60).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-07-12 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-07-12-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...0d5872e3</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #40).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-07-17

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-07-17/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6831bff1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #35).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Improve the filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-07-31

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-07-31/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...9aec0913</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #52).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Expose existing read-only filter publicly as it might cause false positives
in rare cases.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c5f479f0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #62).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d0e36f9c</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #63).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-14

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-14/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>Expand the filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the filter to catch  more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-11 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-11-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1de9523e</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #41).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...aa03a345</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #68).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...efca86eb</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #66).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...f93fb5d6</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #67).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-16 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-16-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...9721fd20</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers (pattern #3).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-25 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-25-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...20c5afb5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #36).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>This rule was previously readonly, but can cause false positives in rare
cases. It is now possible to override it.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...cb26e2e2</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #69).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ebff5ef1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #43).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-29 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-29-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3fe55678</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #44).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-08-30 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-08-30-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...46082508</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #45).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-09-05 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-09-05-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand filter to catch attacks more comprehensively.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...4346874d</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #46).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Expand filter to catch more attacks. It is now configurable.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-09-21 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-09-21-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1d73128d</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #56).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Make the rule customizable as it might cause false positive in rare cases.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...4a95ba67</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #32).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the scope of the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Update the rule to remove some rare false positives.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-09-24 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-09-24-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...0fb54442</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #49).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3dd5f188</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #71).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...97003a74</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #17).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Expand rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-10-09 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-10-09-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...02bbdce1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #47).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...493cb8a8</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #52).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...5c344623</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from uncommon clients</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...6363bb1b</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #48).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c1fbd175</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers (pattern #4).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-10-19

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-10-19/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...61bc58d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #55).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Requests will be challenged by default, larger attacks are blocked.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-10-11

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-10-11/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...35675e08</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #24).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>This rule can cause rare false positives with custom apps sending invalid
headers.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-11-13 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-11-13-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Improve this filter to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...7c7a2f25</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #74).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-11-10 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-11-10-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...7d0f1e5f</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #72).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...94547a95</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #59).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e269dfd6</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #56).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Enable filter early to mitigate widespread impact.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...f35a42a0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #57).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Enable filter early to mitigate widespread impact.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-11-22

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-11-22/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...254da96a</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #58).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-11-29

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-11-29/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...8ed59b32</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #61).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Rename rule to avoid confusion.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>...61e8d513</td>
      <td>Global L7 WordPress attack mitigations (Deprecated)</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Mark rule as deprecated.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-12-08 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-12-08-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Updated the rule to avoid false positives in some rare circumstances.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e7a37252</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #75).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-12-14 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-12-14-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Tweak the rule to avoid false positives in some rare cases.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-12-19 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2023-12-19-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1fc1e601</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #31).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Add more characteristics to the unusual HTTP headers or URI path.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Change the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-01-05

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-01-05/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...2de94fb2</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #3).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Fine-tune the characteristics of the unusual requests.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...177059f1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #31).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Removed due to false positives.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...6fe7a312</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #70).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Removed due to false positives.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...82c0ed5f</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #77).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e4f3ea4d</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #76).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-01-23

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-01-23/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1fc1e601</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #31).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Add more characteristics to the unusual HTTP headers or URI path.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...2de94fb2</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #3).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Expand rule scope to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...2f8d9a4f</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #78).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-01-25

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-01-25/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1fc1e601</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #31).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Add more characteristics to the unusual HTTP headers or URI path.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-06 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-06-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...1fc1e601</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #31).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Modify characteristics of the unusual HTTP headers or URI path.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3a679c52</td>
      <td>Requests coming from known bad sources.</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3ad719cd</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #79).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the scope of the rule to match more attacks.</td>
    </tr>

  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-01-26 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-01-26-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...3ad719cd</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #79).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>...61bc58d5</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #55).</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>Expanded the scope of the rule to catch attacks more consistently.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-05 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-05-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
<tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-08 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-08-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...3a679c52</td>
      <td>Requests coming from known bad sources.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>managed_challenge</td>
      <td>Expand the rule to mitigate on all zones.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-19

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-19/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...0fbfd5ae</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #32).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...22807318</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnets.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand rule logic to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3ad719cd</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #79).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Expand the rule scope to catch more attacks.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-12

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-12/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...c47bdca6</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #62).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-26 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-26-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...6831bff1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #35).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch attacks more comprehensively.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e269dfd6</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #56).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>Extend the rule to catch attacks more comprehensively.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-02-27

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-02-27/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...0c9175b8</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #47).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...0fb54442</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #49).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...1b60260f</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #45).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...21e99dcf</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #58).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...3f7952da</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #21).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...5a158253</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #27).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...5f1469cb</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #28).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...71cb9bea</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #39).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...72d115bd</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #23).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8586375f</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #22).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8857b788</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #30).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8bf63869</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #50).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...9630955e</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #64).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...9641efe0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #29).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...aa03a345</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #68).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...b60b2bc0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #28).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...bbf0073e</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #25).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c5f479f0</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #62).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c92eba7c</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #65).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...dea7a346</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #35).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e4fe8e55</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection based on User-Agents (Available only to Enterprise zones with Advanced DDoS service).</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Mitigate attacks by default instead of only logging.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ea99fbb6</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #46).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...f6120981</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #20).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...f9da654a</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #26).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...fd5045ff</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #55).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...fd551e2b</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #41).</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>Rule removed due to inactivity.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-04-02

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-04-02/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...d2f294d7</td>
      <td>HTTP requests trying to impersonate browsers.</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>Update the rule to match to block attacks more consistently.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-04-04 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-04-04-emergency/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...177059f1</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #31).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...7b231fb2</td>
      <td>HTTP requests from known botnet (signature #81).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# HTTP DDoS managed ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

This section contains past and upcoming changes to the [HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/).

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/ddos-protection/change-log/http/scheduled-changes/">View scheduled changes</LinkButton>

---

# 2024-04-19

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-04-19/

import { RuleID } from "~/components"

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><RuleID id="4dc034ab293145e4b0b27e20154b29a0" /></td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #66).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-04-16 - Emergency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/2024-04-16-emergency/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><RuleID id="767bd3e188fc46f79827e95e05ad9070" /></td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #64).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td><RuleID id="8655dc40759f43b9878b775d890b8f4e" /></td>
      <td>HTTP requests with unusual HTTP headers or URI path (signature #65).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Scheduled changes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/http/scheduled-changes/

import { RuleID } from "~/components"

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Announcement Date</th>
      <th>Change Date</th>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-04-12

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-04-12/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...89e250ce</td>
      <td>IPv4 GRE encapsulated IP or PPP (Inner protocol 0x0800 or 0x880B)</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-09-16

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-09-16/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...11456494</td>
      <td>IPv6 GRE miscellaneous inner protocols (Inner protocols other than 0x0800 or 0x880B)</td>
      <td>block</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...800534de</td>
      <td>IPv6 GRE encapsulated IP or PPP (Inner protocol 0x0800 or 0x880B)</td>
      <td>ddos_dynamic</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-09-21

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-09-21/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...58e4914a</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for UDP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update UDP profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...76d5e15c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv6 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update other IPv6 protos profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8de83ef6</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update IPv6 GRE profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...938e978c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update IPv6 ESP profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...9c173480</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update ICMP profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ad8078b8</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update IPv4 GRE profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ae3f5e4e</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMPv6 (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update ICMPv6 profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c7dc52df</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv4 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update other IPv4 protos profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e4e7541c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Update IPv4 ESP profiling rule tag and threshold</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-10-06

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-10-06/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...34228119</td>
      <td>IPv4 UDP SIP traffic</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...58e4914a</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for UDP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...76d5e15c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv6 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8de83ef6</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...938e978c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...9c173480</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ad8078b8</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ae3f5e4e</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMPv6 (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c7dc52df</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv4 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e4e7541c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ea9e05c3</td>
      <td>IPv6 UDP SIP traffic</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-10-24

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-10-24/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...e4e7541c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2022-12-02

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2022-12-02/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...58e4914a</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for UDP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...76d5e15c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv6 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...8de83ef6</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...938e978c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv6 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...9c173480</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ad8078b8</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 GRE (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...ae3f5e4e</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for ICMPv6 (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...c7dc52df</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Other IPv4 Protocols (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
<tr>
      <td>...e4e7541c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for IPv4 ESP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Lower sensitivity to avoid false positives</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2023-04-17

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2023-04-17/

Previously, only a subset of rules were exposed publicly. In rare situations, these rules can cause false positives. When this happens, you can customize their behavior using overrides.

Besides these rules, the DDoS managed rules contain other rules that do not cause issues. Until now, these rules were not shown in the dashboard or referenced in the documentation.

Cloudflare now shows all rules in the dashboard, including these high-confidence rules. This means that packets matching these rules will now have the correct rule identifier. The newly published rules are read-only and you cannot disable them.

---

# 2023-07-31

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2023-07-31/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...aa772b5c</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for Location-Based UDP (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Enable UDP geolocation Adaptive DDoS rule</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# 2024-03-12

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/2024-03-12/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>...85fa2e98</td>
      <td>Adaptive DDoS Protection for UDP Destination Ports (Available only to Enterprise accounts).</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>log</td>
      <td>Enable rule that uses a customer's UDP destination port profile to
mitigate traffic (log mode by default).</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Scheduled changes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/scheduled-changes/

<table style="width: 100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Announcement Date</th>
      <th>Change Date</th>
      <th>Rule ID</th>
      <th>Description</th>
      <th>Previous Action</th>
      <th>New Action</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
      <td>N/A</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Network-layer DDoS managed ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/change-log/network/

import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

This section contains past and upcoming changes to the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).

:::note

The Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset protects Cloudflare customers on all plans. However, only [Magic transit](/magic-transit/) and [Spectrum](/spectrum/) customers on an Enterprise plan can customize the managed ruleset. 
:::

<LinkButton variant="primary" href="/ddos-protection/change-log/network/scheduled-changes/">View scheduled changes</LinkButton>

---

# Handle a false negative or an incomplete mitigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-negative/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## False negatives

A false negative is a lack of identification. In the case of DDoS protection, there is a false negative when attack traffic is mistakenly classified as legitimate traffic and is not mitigated. This can occur when the attack traffic is not sufficiently high to trigger mitigation actions or if there are no rules matching the attack.

To address a false negative:

- If you are a WAF/CDN customer, follow the steps in the [Respond to DDoS attacks](/ddos-protection/best-practices/respond-to-ddos-attacks/) page, which guides you on enabling the _Under Attack_ mode and creating <GlossaryTooltip term="rate limiting">rate limiting</GlossaryTooltip> rules and WAF custom rules as needed.
- If you are a Magic Transit customer, [use Magic Firewall rules](/magic-firewall/how-to/add-rules/) to help mitigate the attack.

## Incomplete mitigations

An incomplete mitigation is a case when the DDoS protection systems have applied mitigation, but not all the attack was mitigated. This can happen when Cloudflare's systems apply a mitigation action that is less strict than what the attack requires.

The system chooses the mitigation action based on the logic and the DDoS protection system's confidence that the traffic is indeed part of an attack:

- For high-confidence rules, the system will apply a strict mitigation action such as the _Block_ action.
- For low-confidence rules, the system will apply a less strict mitigation rule such as _Challenge_ or _Force Connection Close_.

If you are experiencing a DDoS attack detected by Cloudflare and the applied mitigation action is not sufficiently strict, change the rule action to _Block_:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to the analytics dashboard and apply filters to the displayed data.
  <Details header="For WAF/CDN customers">
  3. Select the zone that is experiencing an incomplete mitigation of a DDoS attack.
  4. Go to **Security** > **Events**.
  5. Select **Add filter** and filter by `Service equals HTTP DDoS`.
  </Details>
  <Details header="For Magic Transit and Spectrum customers">
  6. Go to Account Home > **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.
  7. Identify the DDoS attack that is having incomplete mitigations. Use the Attack ID number included in the DDoS alert (if you received one), or apply dashboard filters such as destination IP address and port.
  </Details>
8. Scroll down to **Top events by source** > **HTTP DDoS rules**.
9. Copy the rule name.
10. Go to your zone > **Security** > **DDoS** and select **Deploy a DDoS override**. If you cannot deploy any additional overrides, edit an existing override to adjust rule configuration.
11. Select **Browse rules** and paste the rule name in the search field.
12. Change the rule’s **Action** to *Block*.
13. Select **Next** and then select **Save**.

Once saved, the rule takes effect within one or two minutes. The rule adjustment should provide immediate remedy, which you can view in the [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/).

### Alternate procedure

If you cannot stop an attack from overloading your origin web server using the above steps, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) for assistance, providing the following details:

- Time period of the attack (UTC timestamp)
- Domain/path being targeted (zone name/ID)
- Attack frequency
- Steps to reproduce the issue, with actual results versus expected results
- Any relevant additional information such as site URLs, error messages, screenshots, or relevant logs from your origin web server

---

# Handle a false positive

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-positive/

import { Details } from "~/components"

A false positive is an incorrect identification. In the case of DDoS protection, there is a false positive when legitimate traffic is mistakenly classified as attack traffic. This can occur when legacy applications, Internet services, or faulty client applications generate legitimate traffic that appears suspicious, has odd traffic patterns, deviates from best practices, or violates protocols.

In these cases, Cloudflare’s DDoS Protection systems may flag that traffic as malicious and apply mitigation actions. If the traffic is in fact legitimate and not part of an attack, the mitigation actions can cause service disruptions and outages to your Internet properties.

To remedy a false positive:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to the analytics dashboard and apply filters to the displayed data.
  <Details header="For WAF/CDN customers">
  3. Select the zone that is experiencing DDoS attack false positives.
  4. Go to **Security** > **Events**.
  5. Select **Add filter** and filter by `Service equals HTTP DDoS`.
  </Details>
  <Details header="For Magic Transit and Spectrum customers">
  6. Go to Account Home > **Analytics & Logs** > **Network Analytics**.
  7. Identify the legitimate traffic that is causing the false positives. Use the Attack ID number included in the DDoS alert (if you received one), or apply dashboard filters such as destination IP address and port.
  </Details>
8. Scroll down to **Top events by source** > **HTTP DDoS rules**.
9. Copy the rule name.
10. Go to your zone > **Security** > **DDoS** and select **Deploy a DDoS override**. If you cannot deploy any additional overrides, edit an existing override to adjust rule configuration.
11. Select **Browse rules** and paste the rule name in the search field.
12. Decrease the rule’s **Sensitivity Level** to _Essentially Off_ or change the rule action to _Log_ (if supported by your current plan and subscriptions).
13. Select **Next** and then select **Save**.

Once saved, the rule takes effect within one or two minutes. The rule adjustment should provide immediate remedy, which you can view in the [analytics dashboard](/ddos-protection/reference/analytics/).

## Update the adjusted rules later

Later, you can change the [sensitivity level](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/#sensitivity-level) of the rule causing the false positives to avoid future issues, and change the rule action back to its default value.

:::note[Recommendation: Enable DDoS alerts]

Cloudflare recommends that you create notifications for [DDoS alerts](/ddos-protection/reference/alerts/) to get real-time notifications on detected and mitigated attacks automatically performed by Cloudflare’s systems. When you receive these notifications, you can review if it is in fact a real DDoS attack, or if it is a false positive, and then take action to remedy it.
:::

## Use cases

### Avoid false positives while retaining protection and visibility

To see what DDoS Managed Rules do in a high sensitivity level while remaining protected by blocking attacks at a low sensitivity level, Advanced DDoS protection customers can [create a first override](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/#create-a-ddos-override) that blocks attacks at a low sensitivity and a second override to log at a high sensitivity.

The overrides must be set in that order. Otherwise, it will not work. This is because overrides are evaluated in order and will stop at the first override that matches both expression and sensitivity. Setting the overrides in the wrong order would cause the `Log` override at a high sensitivity to match all instances. As a result, Cloudflare will never evaluate the `Block` override that would be placed behind it, causing all rules to be set in `Log` mode.

If an override without an expression matches, Cloudflare will not evaluate the expressions that follow it.

---

# Adjust DDoS rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following pages for more information about adjusting DDoS rules according to your situation:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Configure via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Configure the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset by defining overrides using the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/).

Each zone has the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset enabled by default. This means that you do not need to deploy the managed ruleset to the `ddos_l7` phase ruleset explicitly. You only have to create a rule in the phase ruleset to deploy the managed ruleset if you need to configure overrides.

## Configure an override for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset

Use overrides to configure the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset. Overrides allow you to define a different action or sensitivity level from the default values. For more information on the available action and sensitivity level values, refer to [Ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/).

Overrides can have a ruleset, tag, or rule scope. Tag and rule configurations have greater priority than ruleset configurations.

You can create overrides at the zone level and at the account level. Account-level overrides allow you to apply the same override to several zones in your account with a single rule. For example, you can use an account-level override to lower the sensitivity of a specific managed ruleset rule or exclude an [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) for multiple zones. However, if a given zone has overrides for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset, the account-level overrides will not be evaluated for that zone.

:::caution[Important]

- The HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is always enabled — you cannot disable its rules using an override with `"enabled": false`.
- <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-note" />
- If you configure both account-level and zone-level overrides, only the zone-level overrides (the most specific ones) will be evaluated.
- Currently, account-level overrides for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset are only available via API.

:::

### Creating multiple rules

:::note
Only available to Enterprise customers with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription, which can create up to 10 rules.
:::

<Render file="managed-rulesets/evaluation-behavior" />

## Example API calls

### Zone-level configuration example

The following `PUT` example creates a new phase ruleset (or updates the existing one) for the `ddos_l7` phase at the zone level. The request includes several overrides to adjust the default behavior of the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset. These overrides are the following:

- All rules of the managed ruleset will use the `managed_challenge` action and have a sensitivity level of `medium`.
- All rules tagged with `<TAG_NAME>` will have a sensitivity level of `low`.
- The rule with ID `<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>` will use the `block` action.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/ddos_l7/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Execute HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset in the zone-level phase entry point ruleset",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "sensitivity_level": "medium",
          "action": "managed_challenge",
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "<TAG_NAME>",
              "sensitivity_level": "low"
            }
          ],
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
              "action": "block"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "expression": "true"
    }
  ]
}'
```

The response returns the created (or updated) phase entry point ruleset.

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<PHASE_ENTRY_POINT_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "default",
		"description": "Execute HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset in the zone-level phase entry point ruleset",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
					"version": "latest",
					"overrides": {
						"action": "managed_challenge",
						"categories": [
							{
								"category": "<TAG_NAME>",
								"sensitivity_level": "low"
							}
						],
						"rules": [
							{
								"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
								"action": "block"
							}
						],
						"sensitivity_level": "medium"
					}
				},
				"expression": "true",
				"last_updated": "2021-06-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-06-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
		"phase": "ddos_l7"
	}
}
```

</Details>

For more information on defining overrides for managed rulesets using the Rulesets API, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

### Account-level configuration example

The following `PUT` example creates a new phase ruleset (or updates the existing one) for the `ddos_l7` phase at the account level. The example defines a single rule override for requests coming from IP addresses in the `allowlisted_ips` [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists), with the following configuration:

- The rule with ID `<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>`, belonging to the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset (with ID `<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>`), will have an `eoff` (_Essentially Off_) sensitivity level and it will perform a `log` action.

:::note
Custom rule expressions (different from `"true"`) and the `log` action require an Enterprise plan with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription.
:::

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/ddos_l7/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Disable a managed ruleset rule for allowlisted IP addresses",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "ip.src in $allowlisted_ips",
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
              "action": "log",
              "sensitivity_level": "eoff"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

The response returns the created (or updated) phase entry point ruleset.

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<PHASE_ENTRY_POINT_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "default",
		"description": "Disable a managed ruleset rule for allowlisted IP addresses",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "execute",
				"action_parameters": {
					"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
					"version": "latest",
					"overrides": {
						"rules": [
							{
								"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
								"action": "log",
								"sensitivity_level": "eoff"
							}
						]
					}
				},
				"expression": "ip.src in $allowlisted_ips",
				"last_updated": "2022-10-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-10-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
		"phase": "ddos_l7"
	}
}
```

</Details>

For more information on defining overrides for managed rulesets using the Rulesets API, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Configure in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Configure the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset by defining [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) in the Cloudflare dashboard. DDoS overrides allow you to customize the **action** and **sensitivity** of one or more rules in the managed ruleset.

For more information on the available parameters and allowed values, refer to [Ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/).

:::note[Number of available overrides]

If you are an Enterprise customer with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription, you can define up to 10 overrides. These overrides can have a custom expression so that the override only applies to a subset of incoming requests. If you do not have the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription, you can only deploy one override which will always apply to all incoming requests.

If you cannot deploy any additional overrides, consider editing an existing override to adjust rule configuration. 
:::

<Render file="managed-rulesets/evaluation-behavior" />

## Create a DDoS override

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.
2. Go to **Security** > **DDoS**.
3. Next to **HTTP DDoS attack protection**, select **Deploy a DDoS override**.
4. Enter a descriptive name for the override in **Override name**.
5. If you are an Enterprise customer with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription:
   1. Under **Override scope**, review the scope of the override — by default, all incoming requests for the current zone.
   2. If necessary, select **Edit scope** and configure the [custom filter expression](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-expressions/) that will determine the override scope.
6. Depending on what you wish to override, refer to the following sections (you can perform both configurations on the same override):
  <Details header="Configure all the rules in the ruleset (ruleset override)">
  7. To always apply a given action for all the rules in the ruleset, select an action in **Ruleset action**.
  8. To set the sensitivity level for all the rules in the ruleset, select a value in **Ruleset sensitivity**.
  </Details>

  <Details header="Configure one or more rules">
  9. Under **Rule configuration**, select **Browse rules**.
  10. Search for the rules you wish to configure using the available filters. You can search by [tag](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/rule-categories/) (also known as category).
  11. To configure a single rule, select the desired value for a field in the displayed dropdowns next to the rule.
      To configure more than one rule, select the rules using the row checkboxes and update the fields for the selected rules using the dropdowns displayed before the table. You can also configure all the rules with a given tag. For more information, refer to [Configure rules in bulk in a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-rules-in-bulk-in-a-managed-ruleset).
  12. Select **Next**.
  </Details>

  :::note[Notes]

  - Tag and rule overrides have priority over ruleset overrides.
  - <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-note" />
  :::

7. Select **Save**.

<Render file="managed-rulesets/delete-override" params={{ one: "select your account and website", two: "Security > DDoS" }} />

---

# Override expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-expressions/

:::note

Only available to Enterprise customers with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription.
:::

Set an override expression for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset to define a specific scope for [sensitivity level](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/#sensitivity-level) or [action](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/#action) adjustments.

For example, you can set different sensitivity levels for different request URI paths: a medium sensitivity level for URI path `A` and a low sensitivity level for URI path `B`.

## Available expression fields

You can use the following fields in override expressions:

- `cf.client.bot`
- `cf.threat_score`
- `http.cookie`
- `http.host`
- `http.referer`
- `http.request.uri`
- `http.request.uri.path`
- `http.request.uri.query`
- `http.request.full_uri`
- `http.request.method`
- `http.request.version`
- `http.request.cookies`
- `http.user_agent`
- `http.x_forwarded_for`
- `ip.src`
- `ip.src.asnum`
- `ip.src.continent`
- `ip.src.country`
- `ip.src.is_in_european_union`
- `ssl`
- `cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified`

Refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) in the Rules language documentation for more information.

---

# HTTP DDoS Attack Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/

The Cloudflare HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is a set of pre-configured rules used to match [known DDoS attack vectors](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/) at layer 7 (application layer) on the Cloudflare global network. The rules match known attack patterns and tools, suspicious patterns, protocol violations, requests causing large amounts of origin errors, excessive traffic hitting the origin/cache, and additional attack vectors at the application layer.

Cloudflare updates the list of rules in the managed ruleset on a regular basis. Refer to the [changelog](/ddos-protection/change-log/http/) for more information on recent and upcoming changes.

The HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is always enabled — you can only customize its behavior.

The HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset provides users with increased observability into L7 DDoS attacks mitigated by Cloudflare, informing users of ongoing or past attacks. The [Security Events dashboard](/waf/analytics/security-events/), available at **Security** > **Events**, will display information about the top HTTP DDoS managed rules.

## Ruleset configuration

If you are expecting large spikes of legitimate traffic, consider customizing your DDoS protection settings to avoid [false positives](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/false-positive/), where legitimate traffic is falsely identified as attack traffic and blocked/challenged.

You can adjust the behavior of the rules in the managed ruleset by modifying the following parameters:

- The performed **action** when an attack is detected.
- The **sensitivity level** of attack detection mechanisms.

:::note[Notes]

- Certain actions or sensitivity levels may not be available to all Cloudflare plans.
- Currently, you can only define account-level configurations (or overrides) for the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset via API.

:::

To adjust rule behavior, do one of the following:

- [Configure the managed ruleset in the Cloudflare dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/).
- [Configure the managed ruleset via API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/).
- [Configure the managed ruleset using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/ddos-managed-rulesets/#example-configure-http-ddos-attack-protection).

For more information on the available configuration parameters, refer to [Managed ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/).

## Origin Protect rules

Cloudflare HTTP DDoS Protection can also initiate mitigation based on the origin health. Floods of requests that cause a high number of zone errors (default sensitivity level is 1,000 errors per second) can initiate mitigation to alleviate the strain on the zone.

| Rule ID                            | Description                                           |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| `dd42da7baabe4e518eaf11c393596a9d` | HTTP requests causing a high number of origin errors. |

:::note
This rule is available for zones on any plan.
:::

The rule is adaptive for zones on the Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan. It performs an additional check for better detection accuracy: the errors-per-second rate must also be at least five times the normal traffic levels.

All HTTP errors in the 52x range (Internal Server Error) and all errors in the 53x range excluding [530](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-530) are considered when factoring in the error rate.

## Availability

The HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset protects Cloudflare customers on all plans for zones [onboarded to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/). All customers can customize the ruleset both at the zone level and at the account level.

Customers on Enterprise plans with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription can create up to 10 overrides (or up to 10 rules, for API users) with custom [expressions](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-expressions/), to customize the DDoS protection for different incoming requests.

Other customers can only create one override (or rule) and they cannot customize the rule expression. In this case, the single override, containing one or more configurations, will always apply to all incoming traffic.

## Related Cloudflare products

To block additional L7 attacks you can use other Cloudflare products like the [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/).

---

# Rule categories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/rule-categories/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The main categories (or tags) of HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed rules are the following:



| Name               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `botnets`          | Rules for requests from known botnets, with very high accuracy and low risk of false positives. It is recommended that you keep these rules enabled.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `unusual-requests` | Rules for requests with suspicious characteristics that are not usually seen in legitimate traffic.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `advanced`         | Rules related to features available to Advanced DDoS Protection customers, such as [Adaptive DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `generic`          | Rules for detecting and mitigating floods of requests. These rules are useful for mitigating attacks that have no known signatures, but they may also trigger on unusually high volumes of legitimate traffic. To reduce the risk of false positives, their request per second (rps) activation threshold is higher. These rules either rate-limit or challenge traffic by default, but you can override them to block traffic if necessary. |
| `read-only`        | <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-description" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `test`             | <Render file="managed-rulesets/test-rules-description" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/override-parameters/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Configure the HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset to change the action applied to a given attack or modify the sensitivity level of the detection mechanism. You can [configure the managed ruleset in the Cloudflare dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-dashboard/) or [define overrides via Rulesets API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/http/configure-api/).

The available parameters are the following:

- [Action](#action)
- [Sensitivity Level](#sensitivity-level)

## Action

API property name: `"action"`.

The action that will be performed for requests that match specific rules of Cloudflare's DDoS mitigation services. The available actions are:

- **Block**
  - API value: `"block"`.
  - Blocks HTTP requests that match the rule expression.

- **Managed Challenge**
  - API value: `"managed_challenge"`.
  - [Managed Challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#managed-challenge-recommended) help reduce the lifetimes of human time spent solving Captchas across the Internet. Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will dynamically choose the appropriate type of challenge based on specific criteria.

- **Interactive Challenge**
  - API value: `"challenge"`.
  - Presents an interactive challenge to the clients making HTTP requests that match a rule expression.

- **Log**
  - API value: `"log"`.
  - Only available on Enterprise plans with the Advanced DDoS Protection subscription. Logs requests that match the expression of a rule detecting HTTP DDoS attacks. Recommended for validating a rule before committing to a more severe action.

- **Connection Close**
  - API value: _N/A_ (internal rule action that you cannot use in overrides).
  - The client is instructed to establish a new connection (by disabling `keep-alive`) instead of reusing the existing connection. Existing requests are not affected.

- **Force Connection Close**
  - API value: _N/A_ (internal rule action that you cannot use in overrides).
  - Closes ongoing HTTP connections. This action does not block a request, but it forces the client to reconnect. For HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 connections, the connection will be closed even if it breaks other requests running on the same connection.
  - The performed action depends on the HTTP version:
    - HTTP/1: set the [`Connection` header](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Connection#directives) to `close`.
    - HTTP/2: send a [`GOAWAY` frame](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7540#section-6.8) to the client.

- **DDoS Dynamic**
  - API value: _N/A_ (internal rule action that you cannot use in overrides).
  - Performs a specific action according to a set of internal guidelines defined by Cloudflare. The executed action can be one of the above or an undisclosed mitigation action.

## Sensitivity Level

<Render file="managed-rulesets/sensitivity-level-reference" />

---

# Configure via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Configure the Cloudflare Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset by defining overrides at the account level using the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/).

Each account has the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset enabled by default. This means that you do not need to deploy the managed ruleset to the `ddos_l4` phase entry point ruleset explicitly. You only have to create a rule in the phase entry point to deploy the managed ruleset if you need to configure overrides.

## Configure an override for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset

You can define overrides at the ruleset, tag, and rule level for all managed rulesets.

When configuring the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset, use overrides to define a different **action** or **sensitivity** from the default values. For more information on these rule parameters and the allowed values, refer to [Managed ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/).

:::caution[Important]

- The Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is always enabled. You cannot disable its rules using an override with `"enabled": false`.
- <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-note" />
- You can only define overrides for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset at the account level. 
:::

## Example

The following `PUT` example creates a new phase ruleset (or updates the existing one) for the `ddos_l4` phase at the account level. The request includes several overrides to adjust the default behavior of the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset. These overrides are the following:

- All rules of the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset will have their sensitivity set to `medium`.
- All rules tagged with `<TAG_NAME>` will have their sensitivity set to `low`.
- The rule with ID `<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>` will use the `block` action.

The overrides apply to all packets matching the rule expression: `ip.dst in { 1.1.1.0/24 }`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/ddos_l4/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "Define overrides for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "ip.dst in { 1.1.1.0/24 }",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "sensitivity_level": "medium",
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "<TAG_NAME>",
              "sensitivity_level": "low"
            }
          ],
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
              "action": "block"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

The response returns the created (or updated) phase entry point ruleset.


<Details header="Response">

```json
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<PHASE_ENTRY_POINT_RULESET_ID>",
    "name": "default",
    "description": "Define overrides for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset",
    "kind": "root",
    "version": "1",
    "rules": [
      {
        "id": "<RULE_ID>",
        "version": "1",
        "action": "execute",
        "action_parameters": {
          "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
          "version": "latest",
          "overrides": {
            "categories": [
              {
                "category": "<TAG_NAME>",
                "sensitivity_level": "low"
              }
            ],
            "rules": [
              {
                "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_RULE_ID>",
                "action": "block"
              }
            ],
            "sensitivity_level": "medium"
          }
        },
        "expression": "ip.dst in { 1.1.1.0/24 }",
        "last_updated": "2021-08-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
        "ref": "<RULE_REF>",
        "enabled": true
      }
    ],
    "last_updated": "2021-08-16T04:14:47.977741Z",
    "phase": "ddos_l4"
  }
}
```


</Details>

For more information on defining overrides for managed rulesets using the Rulesets API, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

---

# Configure in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Configure the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset by defining [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) in the Cloudflare dashboard. DDoS overrides allow you to customize the **action** and **sensitivity** of one or more rules in the managed ruleset.

You define overrides for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset at the account level.

For more information on the available parameters and allowed values, refer to [Ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/).

## Create a DDoS override

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **L3/4 DDoS** > **Network-layer DDoS Protection**.
3. Select **Deploy a DDoS override**.
4. In **Set scope**, specify if you wish to apply the override to all incoming packets or to a subset of the packets.
5. If you are creating an override for a subset of the incoming packets, define the [custom expression](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-expressions/) that matches the incoming packets you wish to target in the override, using either the Rule Builder or the Expression Editor.
6. Select **Next**.
7. Depending on what you wish to override, refer to the following sections (you can perform both configurations on the same override):
  <Details header="Configure all the rules in the ruleset (ruleset override)">
  8. Select **Next**.
  9. Enter a name for your override in **Execution name**.
  10. To always apply a given action for all the rules in the ruleset, select an action in **Ruleset action**.
  11. To set the sensitivity level for all the rules in the ruleset, select a value in **Ruleset sensitivity**.
  </Details>

  <Details header="Configure one or more rules">
  12. Search for the rules you wish to override using the available filters. You can search for tags.
  13. To override a single rule, select the desired value for a field in the displayed dropdowns next to the rule.
      
      To configure more than one rule, select the rules using the row checkboxes and update the fields for the selected rules using the dropdowns displayed before the table. You can also configure all the rules with a given tag. For more information, refer to [Configure rules in bulk in a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-rules-in-bulk-in-a-managed-ruleset).
  14. Select **Next**.
  15. Enter a name for your override in **Execution name**.
  </Details>

  :::note[Notes]

  - Tag and rule overrides have priority over ruleset overrides.
  - <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-note" />
  :::

8. To save and deploy the override, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your override, select **Save as Draft**.

<Render file="managed-rulesets/delete-override" params={{ one: "select your account", two: "Account Home > L3/4 DDoS > Network-layer DDoS Protection" }} />

---

# Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is a set of pre-configured rules used to match [known DDoS attack vectors](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/) at levels 3 and 4 of the OSI model.

Cloudflare updates the list of rules in the managed ruleset on a regular basis. Refer to the [changelog](/ddos-protection/change-log/network/) for more information on recent and upcoming changes.

The Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is always enabled — you can only customize its behavior.

## Ruleset configuration

You may need to adjust the behavior of specific rules in case of false positives or due to specific traffic patterns.

Adjust the behavior of the rules in the managed ruleset by modifying the following parameters:

- The performed **action** when an attack is detected
- The **sensitivity level** of attack detection mechanisms

To adjust rule behavior, use one of the following methods:

- [Configure the managed ruleset in the Cloudflare dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/).
- [Configure the managed ruleset via Cloudflare API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/).
- [Configure the managed ruleset using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/ddos-managed-rulesets/#example-configure-network-layer-ddos-attack-protection).

You can only configure the behavior of the managed ruleset to set a stronger mitigation action or a lower sensitivity. Refer to [Managed ruleset parameters](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/) for more information.

Overrides can apply to all <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> or to a subset of incoming packets, depending on the override expression. Refer to [Override expressions](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-expressions/) for more information.

## Availability

The Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset is available in all Cloudflare plans for:

- Zones [onboarded to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) (zones with their traffic routed through the Cloudflare network)
- IP applications onboarded to [Spectrum](/spectrum/)
- IP prefixes onboarded to [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)

However, only Magic Transit and Spectrum customers on an Enterprise plan can customize the managed ruleset.

## Related Cloudflare products

Magic Transit customers can configure the following additional products:

- Enable [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) to detect and mitigate sophisticated out-of-state TCP attacks such as randomized and spoofed ACK floods or SYN and SYN-ACK floods.
- Create custom [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) rules to block additional network-layer attacks.

Spectrum customers can use [IP Access](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) rules to block additional network-layer attacks.

---

# Override expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-expressions/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Set an override expression for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset to define a specific scope for [sensitivity level](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/#sensitivity-level) or [action](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/#action) adjustments. For example, you can set different sensitivity levels for different destination IP addresses or ports: a medium sensitivity level for destination IP address `A` and a low sensitivity level for destination IP address `B`.

## Available expression fields

You can use the following fields in override expressions:

- `ip.src`
- `ip.dst`
- `ip.proto.num`
- `ip.len`
- `ip.ttl`
- `tcp.srcport`
- `tcp.dstport`
- `tcp.flags`
- `tcp.flags.ack`
- `tcp.flags.fin`
- `tcp.flags.push`
- `tcp.flags.reset`
- `tcp.flags.syn`
- `tcp.flags.urg`
- `udp.srcport`
- `udp.dstport`

Refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) in the Rules language documentation for more information.

## Important remarks

- Each expression is limited to 4,000 characters, which means you can enter approximately a maximum of 200 IP addresses in a single expression. However, you can enter IP addresses in CIDR format, which allows you to include a larger number of IP addresses. For example, you can use `192.0.0.0/24` to match IP addresses from `192.0.0.0` to `192.0.0.255`.
- An expression is not an <GlossaryTooltip term="allowlist">allowlist</GlossaryTooltip> and does not become part of the attack fingerprint. The expression applies to the scope of the override and is used right before applying a mitigation action, to determine if the sensitivity level and action need to be adjusted.<br/>

  For example, if you have an expression matching <GlossaryTooltip term="data packet">packets</GlossaryTooltip> with a specific source IP address and the override sets the sensitivity level to low, this override will only lower the sensitivity level for traffic that comes directly from that source IP address. If the DDoS protection system detects an attack coming from many source IP addresses targeted at a single destination IP and port, the generated fingerprint will only match the common criteria of the attack which, in this example, does not include the source IP address. The system will trigger the required mitigation actions at the default high sensitivity level because the traffic did not come from the user-provided source IP address. Therefore, traffic from the source IP in the override expression may still be blocked because the fingerprint only contains the destination IP address and port of the attack.

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/override-parameters/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Define overrides for the Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset to change the action applied to a given attack or modify the sensitivity level of the detection mechanism. You can [define overrides in the Cloudflare dashboard](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-dashboard/) or [define overrides via Rulesets API](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/configure-api/).

The available parameters are the following:

- Action
- Sensitivity Level

## Action

API property name: `"action"`.

The action performed for packets that match specific rules of Cloudflare's DDoS mitigation services. The available actions are:

- **Log**
  - API value: `"log"`.
  - Only available on Enterprise plans. Logs requests that match the expression of a rule detecting network layer DDoS attacks. Recommended for validating a rule before committing to a more severe action. <Render file="log-and-monitor-behavior-link" />

- **Block**
  - API value: `"block"`.
  - Blocks IP packets that match the rule expression given the sensitivity levels.

- **DDoS Dynamic**
  - API value: _N/A_ (internal rule action that you cannot use in overrides).
  - Performs a specific action according to a set of internal guidelines defined by Cloudflare. The executed action can be _Block_ or an undisclosed mitigation action.

## Sensitivity Level

<Render file="managed-rulesets/sensitivity-level-reference" />

---

# Rule categories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/rule-categories/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The main categories (or tags) of Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed rules are the following:



| Name        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `gre`       | Rules for DDoS attacks over Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) that usually target GRE endpoints.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `esp`       | Rules for DDoS attacks related to the Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) protocol, which is part of the IPsec secure network protocol suite.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `advanced`  | Rules related to features available to Enterprise customers, such as [Adaptive DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adaptive-protection/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `generic`   | Rules for detecting and mitigating floods of packets. These rules are useful for mitigating attacks that have no known signatures, but they may also trigger on unusually high volumes of legitimate traffic. To reduce the risk of false positives, their packet per second (pps) activation threshold is higher. These rules rate-limit traffic by default, but you can override them to block traffic if necessary. |
| `read-only` | <Render file="managed-rulesets/read-only-rules-description" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `test`      | <Render file="managed-rulesets/test-rules-description" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |



There are other rule categories based on the attack vector/protocol, such as `dns`, `quic`, and `sip`. The categories list is dynamic and may change over time.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/about/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="random-prefix-attack-definition" /> <br/>

## Attack characteristics

### Queries for nonexistent domains

If the request only involved nonexistent domains, the `NXDOMAIN` errors would only be served by the top-level domain (TLD) nameservers for `com.`. This means that the queries never reach the authoritative nameservers.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: Random prefix attacks diagram
      A[End user query to <code>example.com</code>] --"1)"--> B[<code>1.1.1.1 resolver</code>]
      B --"2)"--> C[<code>com.</code> TLD NS]
      C --"3)" <code>NXDOMAIN error</code>--> B
      B --"4)" <code>NXDOMAIN error</code>--> A
      D[Authoritative NS]
```

<br/>

### Queries for nonexistent subdomains

These attacks are successful because they target subdomains, which require a response from a domain's authoritative nameservers.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: Random prefix attacks diagram
      A[End user query to <code>random.example.com</code>] --"1)"--> B[<code>1.1.1.1 resolver</code>]
      B -- "2)" --> C[<code>com.</code> TLD NS]
      C -- "3)" Query Authoritative NS --> B
      B -- "4)" --> D[Authoritative NS]
      D --"5)" <code>NXDOMAIN error</code>--> B
      B --"6)" <code>NXDOMAIN error</code>--> A
```

<br/>

With an attack against a subdomain of an existing domain, the resolver is forced to fully resolve it against the authoritative nameservers since these random subdomains are likely not cached by the resolver or any other proxy. If an attacker sends enough of these queries, and the authoritative nameservers cannot handle the query load, it will become unresponsive or even fall over, taking all zones it is hosting down, not just the attacked zone.

This attack is difficult to mitigate for a few reasons. From the perspective of the authoritative nameservers, the attacker appears to be Cloudflare (`1.1.1.1`) since that is the source of the queries. Blocking Cloudflare is not an option since that will block legitimate traffic.

## Solution

When you [enable random prefix attack mitigations](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/setup/), Cloudflare monitors incoming queries for potential random prefix attacks.

When we detect an attack, we will temporarily stop querying your upstream nameservers for subdomains, sub-subdomains, and more. Cloudflare will then respond with cached responses (if their TTL has not yet expired).

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/setup/

In order to enable automatic mitigation of [random prefix attacks](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/about/):

1. Set up [DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/setup/).
2. Send a [`PATCH` request](/api/resources/dns_firewall/methods/edit/) to update your DNS Firewall cluster.

   ```bash
   curl --request PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/dns_firewall/{cluster_tag}" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "attack_mitigation": {
       "enabled": true,
       "only_when_upstream_unhealthy": true
     }
   }'
   ```

Once you receive a `200` success response from the API, queries identified as being part of a random prefix attack will receive a `REFUSED` response.

:::note


If you do not specify otherwise in your API call, Cloudflare automatically sets the `"only_when_upstream_unhealthy"` parameter to true, which means that Cloudflare will only mitigate attacks when we detect that the upstream is unresponsive (possibly as a result of an attack). This setting can also be changed via the API, using a request similar to the ones shown above.


:::

---

# Random prefix attack mitigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="random-prefix-attack-definition" />

As part of [DNS Firewall](/dns/dns-firewall/), Cloudflare can protect your upstream authoritative nameservers from these attacks by blocking DNS queries that are determined to be part of an attack and thus preventing them from reaching your authoritative nameservers, where they could cause harm by overloading resources. This protection is an opt-in feature because of the potential for false positives.

## Resources

* [Background information](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/about/)
* [Setup](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/setup/)

## Limitations

To reduce the impact of false positives, Cloudflare does not block domains on or directly under any zone on the [Public Suffix List](https://publicsuffix.org/). For example, this means that queries only to a domain like `example.com` or `example.co.uk` will not be blocked by the automatic random prefix attack mitigation (though other internal mitigations might catch and block an attack with significant volume).

In addition, the default setting for the automatic mitigation ensures that it will only be deployed if upstream authoritative nameservers are determined to be unresponsive (and likely overloaded by an attack). This means that, as long as your authoritative nameservers can handle the traffic during a random prefix attack, Cloudflare will not actively block queries in order to avoid false positives. This setting is called `"only_when_upstream_unhealthy"` and is always true if not explicitly disabled during [Setup](/dns/dns-firewall/random-prefix-attacks/setup/).

Because Cloudflare does not know which domains and subdomains exist as DNS records on an upstream nameserver, this feature takes a best effort approach by blocking DNS queries to affected subdomains in order to allow upstream nameservers to keep responding to DNS queries to unaffected subdomains.

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/about/

Multi-signer DNSSEC consists of two models that allow different authoritative DNS providers to serve the same zone and have DNSSEC enabled at the same time.

This means better compatibility with DNS features that require live-signing of DNS records (at query time), and also allows you to [migrate zones to Cloudflare without having to disable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/dnssec-active-migration/).

You can [set up multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/) using either one of the models described in [RFC 8901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8901.html).

## How it works


:::note
This is a simplified explanation to give you context and clarify what is involved in a [multi-signer DNSSEC setup](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/). For technical details refer to [RFC 8901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8901.html). To read more about DNSSEC, refer to [How DNSSEC works](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/how-dnssec-works/).
:::

Multi-signer DNSSEC looks into the chain of trust that is necessary for DNSSEC validation and leverages that to guarantee that validation is completed even when multiple providers are involved.

An example case where validation would otherwise be an issue is if a resolver has cached a [DNSKEY record set](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dnskey-ds-records/) from one provider but receives a response signed by another provider.

To avoid issues in that case, when you set up multi-signer DNSSEC, you adjust:

1. The Zone Signing Keys (ZSK) that your DNS providers have in their DNSKEY record sets.
2. Who is responsible for the Secure Entry Point (SEP), Key Signing Keys (KSK), and Delegation Signer (DS) record.

When these configurations are adjusted in a way that (a) all involved providers have each other's public Zone Signing Keys (ZSK), and that (b) Delegation Signer (DS) records reference the necessary Key Signing Keys (KSK), then live-signing of zones by multiple providers is no longer a problem.

### Model 1

Whereas in both models all providers have each other's Zone Signing Keys (ZSK) added to their DNSKEY record set, in model 1, only one Key Signing Key (KSK) is used to sign such DNSKEY record sets. Management of this KSK and its reference by the DS record (that is, the Secure Entry Point) is the responsibility of the zone owner or only one provider (designated by the zone owner).

### Model 2

In model 2, on the other hand, each provider uses its own KSK to sign its own DNSKEY record set, and these KSKs are then referenced by the DS record (Secure Entry Point).

---

# Multi-signer DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Set up multi-signer DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

This page explains how you can enable [multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/about/) with Cloudflare, using the [model 2](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/about/#model-2) as described in [RFC 8901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8901.html).

## Before you begin

Note that:

- This process requires that your other DNS provider(s) also support multi-signer DNSSEC.
- Although you can complete a few steps via the dashboard, currently the whole process can only be completed using the API.
- Enabling **DNSSEC** and **Multi-signer DNSSEC** in [**DNS** > **Settings**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/settings) only replaces the first step in [1. Set up Cloudflare zone](#1-set-up-cloudflare-zone). You still have to follow the rest of this tutorial to complete the setup.

## 1. Set up Cloudflare zone

### Cloudflare as Primary (full setup)

If you use Cloudflare as a primary DNS provider, meaning that you manage your DNS records in Cloudflare, do the following:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
3. Select **Enable DNSSEC** and **Confirm**.

:::note
For the purpose of this tutorial, you will update your registrar with the DS record later, in [Step 3](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/#3-set-up-registrar).
:::

4. Also enable **Multi-signer DNSSEC** and **Multi-provider DNS**.
5. Go to **DNS** > **Records** and create the following records at your zone apex (meaning you should use `@` in the record **Name** field):
    - A [DNSKEY record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ds-and-dnskey) with the zone signing key(s) (ZSKs) of your external provider(s).
    - A [NS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ns) with your external provider nameservers.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

1. Use the [Edit DNSSEC Status endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/) to enable DNSSEC and activate multi-signer DNSSEC for your zone. Set `status` to `active` and `dnssec_multi_signer` to `true`, as in the following example.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "status": "active",
  "dnssec_multi_signer": true
}'
```

2. Add the ZSK(s) of your external provider(s) to Cloudflare by creating a DNSKEY record on your zone.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "DNSKEY",
  "name": "<ZONE_NAME>",
  "data": {
    "flags": 256,
    "protocol": 3,
    "algorithm": 13,
    "public_key": "<PUBLIC_KEY>"
  },
  "ttl": 3600
}'
```

3. Add your external provider(s) nameservers as NS records on your zone apex.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "NS",
  "name": "<ZONE_NAME>",
  "content": "<NS_DOMAIN>",
  "ttl": 86400
}'
```

4. Enable the usage of the nameservers you added in the previous step by using the API request below.

:::caution
This step is required. Without turning on this setting, Cloudflare will ignore any `NS` records created on the zone apex. This means that responses to DNS queries made to the zone apex and requesting `NS` records will only contain Cloudflare nameservers.
:::

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_settings" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "multi_provider": true
}'
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Cloudflare as Secondary

If you use Cloudflare as a secondary DNS provider, do the following:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
3. For **DNSSEC with Secondary DNS** select **Live signing**.

:::note
For the purpose of this tutorial, you will update your registrar with the DS record later, in [Step 3](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/#3-set-up-registrar).
:::

4. Also enable **Multi-signer DNSSEC**.
5. Add the zone signing key(s) (ZSKs) of your external provider(s) to a DNSKEY record at your primary DNS provider. This record should be transferred successfully to Cloudflare.
6. Add your external provider(s) nameservers as NS records on your zone apex at your primary DNS provider. These records should be transferred successfully to Cloudflare.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

1. Use the [Edit DNSSEC Status endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/) to enable DNSSEC and activate multi-signer DNSSEC for your zone. Set `status` to `active` and `dnssec_multi_signer` to `true`, as in the following example.

```bash
$ curl --request PATCH 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "status": "active",
  "dnssec_multi_signer": true
}'
```

2. Add the ZSK(s) of your external provider(s) to a DNSKEY record at your primary DNS provider. This record should be transferred successfully to Cloudflare.

3. Add your external provider(s) nameservers as NS records on your zone apex at your primary DNS provider. These records should be transferred successfully to Cloudflare.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## 2. Set up external provider

1. Get Cloudflare's ZSK using either the API or a query from one of the assigned Cloudflare nameservers.

API example:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec/zsk" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Command line query example:

```sh
$ dig <ZONE_NAME> dnskey @<CLOUDFLARE_NAMESERVER> +noall +answer | grep 256
```

2. Add Cloudflare's ZSK that you fetched in the previous step to the DNSKEY record set of your external provider(s).
3. Add Cloudflare's nameservers to the NS record set at your external provider(s).

## 3. Set up registrar

1. Add DS records to your registrar, one for each provider. You can see your Cloudflare DS record on the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns) by going to **DNS** > **Settings** > **DS Record**.

2. Update the nameserver settings at your registrar to include the nameservers of all providers you will be using for your multi-signer DNSSEC setup.

---

# Batch record changes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Example, Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare allows you to apply several changes to your zone records in just one action. You can [use the dashboard](#use-the-dashboard) to delete DNS records or update their <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status">proxy status</GlossaryTooltip> in bulk, or [use the API](#use-the-api) to perform further batched operations.

:::caution[Propagation through the Cloudflare network]
Although Cloudflare will execute the batched operations in a single [database transaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_transaction), Cloudflare's distributed KV store must treat each record change as a single key-value pair. This means that the propagation of changes is not atomic. Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/batched-dns-changes/) for details.
:::

## Availability and limits

Batch DNS record changes is available on all plans.

The number of records that you can operate with in one action depends on your zone plan:

- Free: 200
- Pro: 3,500
- Business: 3,500
- Enterprise: 3,500

---

## Use the dashboard

### Edit proxy status in bulk

`A`,`AAAA`, and `CNAME` records can be [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). The **Proxy status** of a DNS record affects [how Cloudflare responds to DNS queries](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) to that record.

<Render file="mix-proxied-and-unproxied" product="dns" />

1. Go to [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records).
2. Select the DNS records you want to set the proxy status for. Note that only `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records can be proxied.
3. Select **Edit records**.
4. Choose the proxy status you want to apply to the selected records.
5. Select **Save** to confirm.

You can only set records to either **Proxied** or **DNS only** in bulk. This means that if your selection includes both proxied and DNS-only records, some of them will have the proxy status updated while others will keep their original value:

<Example>

For example, if you select the following records and then edit their proxy status in bulk, choosing **Proxied** in [step 4 above](#edit-proxy-status-in-bulk), the outcome will be:

| Selected records | Original proxy status | Resulting proxy status |
| ---------------- | --------------------- | ---------------------- |
| `www`            | DNS only              | Proxied                |
| `blog`           | DNS only              | Proxied                |
| `docs`           | Proxied               | Proxied                |

</Example>

### Delete records in bulk

:::caution

Deleting DNS records can cause downtime and cannot be reverted. Make sure you only select DNS records that you can safely delete.

:::

1. Go to [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records).
2. Select the DNS records you want to delete.
3. Select **Delete records**.
4. In the **Delete DNS records** prompt, type in `DELETE` and select **Delete** to confirm.

## Use the API

:::note

This option requires familiarity with API usage and concepts. For further information about the Cloudflare API, refer to [Fundamentals](/fundamentals/api/get-started/).

:::

The [Batched DNS record changes](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/batch/) endpoint allows you to trigger the execution of `DELETES`, `PATCHES`, `PUTS`, and `POSTS` in a single request.

[Tags and comments](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) are also supported with batch changes.

The operations you specify within the `/batch` request body are always executed in the following order:

1. Deletes
2. Patches
3. Puts
4. Posts

Within each of these four lists, each individual action is executed following the DNS records order you provide. If any of the individual action fails, no changes are applied and the API returns the first error it encountered.

### Aspects to consider

:::caution[Propagation through the Cloudflare network]
Although Cloudflare will execute the batched operations in a single [database transaction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_transaction), Cloudflare's distributed KV store must treat each record change as a single key-value pair. This means that the propagation of changes is not atomic. Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/batched-dns-changes/) for details.
:::

For each operation that you list in the `/batch` request body, consider the required information and how unspecified fields will behave:

- **`deletes`**: only the `id` is required for each record object. You can keep additional parameters such as `name` for readability, but any other fields aside from `id` will be ignored in this case.
- **`patches`**: aside from each record `id`, you should specify the fields you want to update. All unspecified fields will remain as they are.
- **`puts`**: you must specify each record `id`, `content`, `name`, and `type`. You should also specify any other fields you want to set to a value that is not the default. Any unspecified fields will assume their default value for each [record type](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/). This operation works as an overwrite, so all fields in a given record are always affected.
- **`posts`**: since you are creating a new record, `id` is not required. For field definitions, refer to the [Create DNS Record](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/) endpoint and select the desired record type under the request body specification.

### Example request

In this example, the `proxied` field for the first record listed under `"puts"` will assume the default value (`false`).

```bash
{
    "deletes": [
        {
            "id": "2bff0ebc4df64beaa44b0dca93e37a28"
        },
        {
            "id": "31d1d6e79ce04b8d93cbc5a13401d728"
        }
    ],
    "patches": [
        {
            "id": "62276440f783445380480484648c1017",
            "content": "192.0.2.46"
        },
        {
            "id": "c942d948dc2343b9b97aed78479c9fb9",
            "name": "update.example.com",
            "proxied": true
        }
    ],
    "puts": [
        {
            "id": "a50364543094428abde0f14061d42b0e",
            "content": "192.0.2.50",
            "name": "change.example.com",
						"type": "A",
            "ttl:": 1
        },
        {
            "id": "3bce0920f19d43949498bd067b05dfa9",
            "content": "192.0.2.45",
            "name": "no-change.example.com",
						"type": "A",
            "proxied": false,
            "ttl:": 3000
        }
    ],
    "posts": [
        {
            "name": "@",
            "type": "A",
            "content": "192.0.2.41",
            "proxied": false,
            "ttl": 3000
        },
        {
            "name": "a.example.com",
            "type": "A",
            "content": "192.0.2.42",
            "proxied": true
        }
    ]
}
```

---

# Manage DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render, TabItem, Tabs, Details } from "~/components";

Consider the sections below for step-by-step instructions on managing DNS records at Cloudflare.

To better understand what DNS records are, refer to [Overview](/dns/manage-dns-records/). For context around common records you want to review when getting started at Cloudflare, refer to [review DNS records](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#review-dns-records).

:::note
If your domain is added to Cloudflare by a hosting partner, manage your DNS records via the hosting partner.
:::

## Create DNS records

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a DNS record in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. Select **Add record**.
4. Choose a record [**Type**](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).
5. Complete the required fields, which vary per record. Particularly important fields (for some records) include:
   - **Proxy status**: For `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records, decide whether hostname traffic is <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status" link="/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/">proxied through Cloudflare</GlossaryTooltip>.
   - **TTL**: Short for [_Time to Live_](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/ttl/), this field controls how long each record is valid and — as a result — how long it takes for record updates to reach your end users.
   - **Comment** and **Tag**: [Record attributes](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) meant for your reference.
6. Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

To create records with the API, use a [POST request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/). For field definitions, select a record type under the request body specification.

For specific API examples, refer to [DNS record types](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Edit DNS records

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To edit DNS records in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. On a specific record, select **Edit**.
4. Make any necessary changes.
5. Select **Save**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

To update part of a record with the API, use a [PATCH request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/edit/). If you want to overwrite the entire existing record, use a [PUT request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/update/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Delete DNS records

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete DNS records in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. On a specific record, select **Edit**.
4. Select **Delete**.
5. Select **Delete** again to confirm.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

To delete records with the API, use a [DELETE request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/delete/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Batch record changes

For guidance on how to apply several changes to your zone records in just one action, refer to [Batch record changes](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/).

---

# Create subdomain records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-subdomain-record" product="dns" />

## Subdomain redirects

For more guidance on redirecting a subdomain — either to your main domain or another location — refer to [Set up subdomain redirects](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/manage-subdomains/#set-up-redirects).

## SSL/TLS for subdomains

While DNS is what communicates where your website or application can be reached, SSL/TLS is what enables websites and applications to establish connections in a secure way.

If your subdomains are not correctly covered by an SSL/TLS certificate, your visitors will find a warning on their browser stating that your website or application is not secure.

<Render file="ssltls-subdomains" product="dns" />

## Customize subdomain behavior

<Render file="subdomain-customization" product="dns" />

---

# Create zone apex record

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

When you add a domain to Cloudflare, you may also need to create or review the DNS record on your zone apex. Zone apex refers to the domain (`example.com`) or subdomain (`blog.example.com`) that you are [adding to Cloudflare](/dns/concepts/#zone).

Usually, the zone apex record makes your domain accessible by visitors. In this case, the necessary record type ([A, AAAA, or CNAME](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ip-address-resolution)) and its content will depend on the provider that [hosts](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/#host-your-domain) your website or application. If you are using Cloudflare Pages, refer to [Custom domains](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/). If you are using other providers, look for their guidance on how to connect domains managed on external DNS services.

## Zone apex record

To create a zone apex record, use `@` for the record **Name**, as in the following example.

<Example>

| Type | Name | IPv4 address | Proxy status |
| ---- | ---- | ------------ | ------------ |
| A    | `@`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      |

</Example>

<Render file="dns-record-steps" product="dns" params={{
    name: "your zone apex",
		example: "@"
}} />

## Domain redirects

Once you create a domain, you may want to route that traffic to other places.

For more guidance, refer to [Redirect domain to subdomain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/manage-subdomains/#redirect-the-apex-domain-to-a-subdomain) or [Redirect one domain to another](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/redirect-domain/).

## Get free SSL certificates

While DNS is what communicates where your website or application can be reached, SSL/TLS is what enables websites and applications to establish connections in a secure way.

If your domain is not correctly covered by an SSL/TLS certificate, your visitors will find a warning on their browser stating that your website or application is not secure.

Cloudflare offers free, unshared, publicy trusted [Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) to all Cloudflare domains.

---

# Set up email records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

There are three reasons to set up email records for your domain:

* To make sure your domain can [receive email](#receive-email).
* To make sure your domain can [send and receive email](#send-and-receive-email).
* To prevent other email senders from [spoofing your domain](#prevent-domain-spoofing).

The exact values for your DNS mail records depend on your email provider. If you have issues, review the [Troubleshooting](/dns/troubleshooting/email-issues/) and contact your email service provider to confirm your DNS records are correct.

***

<Render file="add-mx-records" product="dns" />

***

## Prevent domain spoofing

<Render file="domain-spoofing" product="dmarc-management" />

### Configure email security records

Refer to [Security records](/dmarc-management/security-records/) to learn how to set up your email security records.

## Proxy SMTP traffic

By default, Cloudflare does not proxy email traffic on port 25 (SMTP). You can only proxy outgoing email if you have [Spectrum](/spectrum/) configured for [SMTP](/spectrum/reference/configuration-options/#smtp).

---

# Import and export records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Use import and export to have more control over your DNS records and make processes like migrating a domain or bulk editing [record comments](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) easier.

## Import records

:::caution
 <Render file="zone-file-size-limit" />
:::

### Format your zone file

Create a [BIND zone file](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_file) for your domain. If you need help, use a [third-party tool](https://pgl.yoyo.org/as/bind-zone-file-creator.php).

If you are using certain record types — for example, `CNAME`, `DNAME`, `MX`, `NS`, `PTR`, or `SRV` records — make sure that the **content** of those records contains fully qualified domain names ending in a trailing period (as in `example.com.`). For more details, refer to [RFC 1035](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1035#section-5.1) or this [post on Stack Exchange](https://superuser.com/questions/348282/fqdn-format-in-bind-zone#348284).

### Import zone file to Cloudflare

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To import a zone file using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. Select **Import and Export**.
4. For **Import DNS records**, select your [formatted file](#format-your-zone-file).
5. If you do not want [applicable records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) proxied, unselect **Proxy imported DNS records**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To import records using the API, send a [POST request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/import/) with a properly [formatted file](#format-your-zone-file).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Export records

You can also bulk export records from Cloudflare.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To export records using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. Select **Import and Export**.
4. Select **Export**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To export records using the API, send a [GET request](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/export/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## DNS record attributes

When exporting or importing a zone file, Cloudflare formats [comments and tags](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/) using the following structure, appending the attributes as inline comment using the `;` character after each record in accordance with [RFC 1035 section 5](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1035#section-5-1):

| Combination           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Only tags**         | Tag names contain a [small set](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/#tags) of characters.<br/><br/>Additionally, tag values must be contained by a double quote (`"`) if they contain `"`, `=`, `,`, or `\`. When enclosed within double quotes (`"`), tag values are represented as JSON strings, so other quotes within the value can be escaped as `\"`.<br/><br/>A tag with an empty value can be represented either as `my-tag-name:""`, `my-tag-name:`, or `my-tag-name`. |
| **Only a comment**    | Comments have [fewer limitations](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/#comments) on characters, meaning that the comment is included verbatim.<br/><br/>If the comment includes the string `cf_tags=`, you need to include an additional ` cf_tags=` at the end of the line.                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Comment and tags**  | The zone file comment would be of the form ; `<comment>` cf_tags=`<tags>`, as described above. Note the added space character before `cf_tags=`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Neither attribute** | The comment in the zone file may be empty or omitted entirely. Comments in the zone file that do not immediately follow a record are also ignored.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

```txt title="Example zone file"
; Only tags
a.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ;   cf_tags=awesome
b.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ;   cf_tags=tag1,tag2:value2,tag3:"value,with,commas",tag4:"value with \"escaped\" quotation marks"

; Only a comment
c.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ; just a comment without tags
d.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ; this comment contains cf_tags= as text cf_tags=

; Comments and tags
e.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ; simple example cf_tags=important,ticket:THIS-12345
f.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1 ; this is the comment cf_tags=tag1:value1,tag2:value2,tag-without-value,another-tag-without-value,tag-with-quoted-value:"because of the comma, quotes are needed"

; Neither attribute
g.example.com.  60  IN  A   1.1.1.1
```

### Reserved cf- tags

When exporting and importing, special tags starting by `cf-` allow you to control specific Cloudflare configurations. On export, these tags are automatically added to reflect the current configuration for each record on your zone.

```txt title="Records with cf- tags example"
;; CNAME Records
a.cloudflaredocs.com.	1	IN	CNAME	example.com. ; cf_tags=test:1,cf-flatten-cname
b.cloudflaredocs.com.	1	IN	CNAME	example.com. ; cf_tags=cf-proxied:false
c.cloudflaredocs.com.	1	IN	CNAME	example.com. ; cf_tags=tag-without-value,cf-proxied:true
```

#### cf-proxied

On export, [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records) will present a tag `cf-proxied:true` while DNS-only records will have this tag set to `cf-proxied:false`.

When importing zone files, the value in the `cf-proxied` tag will take precedence in determining whether a record should be proxied. This means that:

- If the tag is present, its value will be considered for the respective record regardless of the **Proxy imported DNS records** option being selected (via dashboard), or the `proxied` parameter being generally set to `true` or `false` (via API).
- If the tag is absent, the proxied status will fall back to the general import option, meaning **Proxy imported DNS records** selected or not (via dashboard)  or the `proxied` parameter set to `true` or `false` (via API).

#### cf-flatten-cname

If you are on a paid zone and want to use [Per-record CNAME flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/#per-record), use the tag `cf-flatten-cname` next to each flattened CNAME record in your zone file. On export, this tag is automatically added to reflect the record configuration that you have on your zone.

## DNS zone file directives

A DNS zone file can be constructed using directives in addition to resource records (RRs). Directives start with `$` and are standardized - `$ORIGIN` and `$INCLUDE` are defined in [RFC 1035](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1035#section-5.1), and `$TTL` is defined in [RFC 2308](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308). Additionally, BIND provides the [non-standard](https://bind9.readthedocs.io/en/latest/chapter3.html#bind-primary-file-extension-the-generate-directive) `$GENERATE` directive.

Cloudflare supports `$ORIGIN`, `$TTL`, and `$GENERATE` directives.

`$INCLUDE` is not supported. When a zone file contains a `$INCLUDE` directive, Cloudflare responds with a parsing error `$INCLUDE directive not allowed`.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Refer to the following resources for more information about creating and maintaining DNS records:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Dynamically update DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/managing-dynamic-ip-addresses/

Most Internet service providers and some hosting providers dynamically update their customer's IP addresses. If this situation applies to you, you need an automated solution to dynamically update your DNS records in Cloudflare.

## Cloudflare API

Create a script to monitor IP address changes and then have that script push changes to the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/update/).

## ddclient

[ddclient](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient) is a third-party Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on various DNS providers.

## DNS-O-Matic

[DNS-O-Matic](https://dnsomatic.com/docs/) is a third-party tool that announces dynamic IP changes to multiple services.

Configuration of DNS-O-Matic requires the following information:

* **Email**: `<CLOUDFLARE ACCOUNT EMAIL ADDRESS>` (associated account must have sufficient privileges to manage DNS)
* **API Token**: `<CLOUDFLARE GLOBAL API KEY>` (for details refer to [API Keys](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/))
* **Domain**: `<example.com>`
* **Hostname**: *dynamic*

---

# Round-robin DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/round-robin-dns/

To randomly distribute traffic across multiple servers, set up multiple DNS `A` or `AAAA` records for the same hostname.

Use this setup for simple, [round-robin load balancing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/round-robin-dns/). If you need more fine-grained control over traffic distribution — including automatic failover, intelligent routing, and more — set up our [add-on load balancing service](/load-balancing/).

## Example scenario

The following example illustrates how you would distribute traffic intended for `www.example.com`. Though the example uses `A` records, you could also use `AAAA` records.

After [creating an account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) and [updating your nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) for `example.com`, you might [create multiple DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for your `www` subdomain:

| Type | Name  | IPv4 address |
| ---- | ----- | ------------ |
| A    | `www` | `192.0.2.1`  |
| A    | `www` | `192.0.2.2`  |
| A    | `www` | `192.0.2.3`  |

The exact behavior of your DNS routing would depend on the [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of each record.

### All records unproxied

If all associated records were unproxied, any request to Cloudflare's nameservers would return the three `A` records you previously added.

Each client (oftentimes a browser), would decide which IP address to send the request to. If one IP address fails, the client would choose another option. All requests would be sent directly to the origin server (either `192.0.2.1`, `192.0.2.2`, or `192.0.2.3`, using the example above).

### All records proxied (recommended)

If all associated records were proxied, any request to Cloudflare's nameservers would return two `A` records from Cloudflare's list of IP addresses.

Each client (oftentimes a browser) would decide which Cloudflare IP address to send the request to. Cloudflare would then receive that request and — if Cloudflare needed to contact your origin server — we would pick one of the three IP addresses specified in your DNS records (either `192.0.2.1`, `192.0.2.2`, or `192.0.2.3`, using the example above).

Beyond reducing requests to your origin server, this setup allows your application to take advantage of Cloudflare's [Zero downtime failover](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/#zero-downtime-failover). When a request to one IP address fails, Cloudflare automatically retries the request to other IP addresses associated with the same hostname. This behavior prevents end users from experiencing downtime.

### Unproxied and proxied records

If you have a mix of proxied and unproxied records associated with the same hostname, requests happen as if you had [all proxied records](#all-records-proxied-recommended).

This approach is not typically recommended because it can lead to unexpected behavior. For example, if you had two unproxied records and one proxied record, Cloudflare would treat all records as proxied. However, if you deleted the single proxied record, your remaining two unproxied records would immediately be treated as unproxied.

We recommend either using all proxied or all unproxied records to avoid surprises when you make changes to your DNS records.

---

# Delegate subdomains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/subdomains-outside-cloudflare/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Subdomain delegation allows different individuals, teams, or organizations to manage different subdomains of a site.

:::note

DNS delegation is not possible for Cloudflare domains using a [partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup).
:::

For instance, consider `example.com` as a Cloudflare domain with `www.example.com` managed in Cloudflare's **DNS** app and `internal.example.com` delegated to nameservers outside of Cloudflare. In this example, `internal.example.com` can now be managed by individuals who do not have access to Cloudflare credentials for the `example.com` domain.

:::caution

Cloudflare's CDN and security services are not applied to delegated subdomains.
:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="dns.subdomain_delegation" />

***

## Delegate a subdomain

To delegate a subdomain such as *internal.example.com*, tell DNS resolvers where to find the zone file:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select the domain that contains the subdomain to be delegated.
3. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
4. Create `NS` records for the subdomain. For example:
   * `internal.example.com NS ns1.externalhost.com`
   * `internal.example.com NS ns2.externalhost.com`
   * `internal.example.com NS ns3.externalhost.com`
   :::note
   The `A` records for the subdomain are only required as glue records for nameservers that are located in the subdomain of the current zone that is being delegated.
   :::
5. (Optional) If the delegated nameserver has DNSSEC enabled, [add the `DS` record](/dns/dnssec/#1-activate-dnssec-in-cloudflare) in Cloudflare.

---

# DNS record types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

This page provides information about some of the different types of DNS records that you can manage on Cloudflare. For guidance on how to add, edit, or delete DNS records, refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

***

## IP address resolution

At least one **IP address resolution** record is required for each domain on Cloudflare. These records are the only ones you can [proxy](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare.

### A and AAAA

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These records include the following fields:

* **Name**: A subdomain or the zone apex (`@`), which must:
  * Be 63 characters or less
  * Start with a letter and end with a letter or digit
  * Only contain letters, digits, or hyphens (underscores allowed but discouraged)
* **IPv4/IPv6 address**: Your origin server address (cannot be a [Cloudflare IP](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips))

  :::note

  Cloudflare uses the [canonical notation](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5952.html#section-4.2) to store DNS records. This means that an AAAA record with content `fe80::0:0:1` is stored and returned as `fe80::1`, for example.

  Alternative notations of IPv4 addresses (`1.1` for `1.0.0.1`, for example) are not supported for A records.
  :::

* **TTL**: Time to live, which controls how long DNS resolvers should cache a response before revalidating it.
  * If the **Proxy Status** is **Proxied**, this value defaults to **Auto**, which is 300 seconds.
  * If the **Proxy Status** is **DNS Only**, you can customize the value.
* **Proxy status**: For more details, refer to [Proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

#### Example API call

When creating A or AAAA records [using the API](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records):

* The `content` of the records is an IP address (IPv4 for A or IPv6 for AAAA).
* The `proxied` field affects the record's [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

<Render file="api-field-definitions" />

```bash title="Request" {8,10}
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/dns_records" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "A",
  "name": "www.example.com",
  "content": "192.0.2.1",
  "ttl": 3600,
  "proxied": false
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<ID>",
    "zone_id": "<ZONE_ID>",
    "zone_name": "example.com",
    "name": "www.example.com",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "192.0.2.1",
    "proxiable": true,
    "proxied": false,
    "ttl": 1,
    "locked": false,
    "meta": {
      "auto_added": false,
      "managed_by_apps": false,
      "managed_by_argo_tunnel": false,
      "source": "primary"
    },
    "comment": null,
    "tags": [],
    "created_on": "2023-01-17T20:37:05.368097Z",
    "modified_on": "2023-01-17T20:37:05.368097Z"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### CNAME

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These records include the following fields:

* **Name**: A subdomain or the zone apex (`@`), which must:
  * Be 63 characters or less
  * Start with a letter and end with a letter or digit
  * Only contain letters, digits, or hyphens (underscores are allowed but discouraged)
* **Target**: The hostname where traffic should be directed (`example.com`).
* **TTL**: Time to live, which controls how long DNS resolvers should cache a response before revalidating it.
  * If the **Proxy Status** is **Proxied**, this value defaults to **Auto**, which is 300 seconds.
  * If the **Proxy Status** is **DNS Only**, you can customize the value.
* **Proxy status**: For more details, refer to [Proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

You can use CNAME records to point to other CNAME records (`www.example2.com` --> `www.example1.com` --> `www.example.com`), but the final record must point to a hostname with a valid IP address (and therefore a valid A or AAAA record) if this hostname is meant to proxy traffic.

Cloudflare uses a process called CNAME flattening to deliver better performance. This process supports a few features and can interact with [different setups that depend on CNAME records](/dns/cname-flattening/#aspects-to-keep-in-mind). Refer to the [CNAME flattening section](/dns/cname-flattening/) to learn more about this.

#### Example API call

When creating CNAME records [using the API](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records):

* The `content` of the records is a [fully qualified domain name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_qualified_domain_name).
* The `proxied` field affects the record's [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/)

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```bash title="Request" {8,10}
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/dns_records" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "CNAME",
  "name": "www.example.com",
  "content": "www.another-example.com",
  "ttl": 3600,
  "proxied": false
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<ID>",
    "zone_id": "<ZONE_ID>",
    "zone_name": "example.com",
    "name": "www.example.com",
    "type": "A",
    "content": "www.another-example.com",
    "proxiable": true,
    "proxied": false,
    "ttl": 1,
    "locked": false,
    "meta": {
      "auto_added": false,
      "managed_by_apps": false,
      "managed_by_argo_tunnel": false,
      "source": "primary"
    },
    "comment": null,
    "tags": [],
    "created_on": "2023-01-17T20:37:05.368097Z",
    "modified_on": "2023-01-17T20:37:05.368097Z"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

***

## Email authentication

These records are recommended regardless of whether your domain sends email messages. Creating [secure email records](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tackling-email-spoofing/) can help protect your domain against email spoofing.

If your domain is not used to send email messages, learn more about creating recommended [restrictive records](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/protect-domains-without-email/).

### MX

A mail exchange (MX) record is required to deliver email to a mail server.

* [MX record syntax](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-mx-record/)
* [Create an MX record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/#send-and-receive-email)

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### DKIM

A DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) record ensures email authenticity by cryptographically signing emails:

* [DKIM record syntax](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dkim-record/)
* [Create a DKIM record](/dmarc-management/security-records/#create-security-records)

### SPF

A Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record lists authorized IP addresses and domains that can send email on behalf of your domain.

* [SPF record syntax](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-spf-record/)
* [Create an SPF record](/dmarc-management/security-records/#create-security-records)

### DMARC

A Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) record helps generate aggregate reports about your email traffic and provide clear instructions for how email receivers should treat non-conforming emails.

* [DMARC record syntax](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dmarc-record/)
* [Create a DMARC record](/dmarc-management/security-records/#create-security-records)

***

## Specialized records

### TXT

A [text (TXT) record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-txt-record/) lets you enter text into the DNS system.

As the content of TXT records consist of one or more text strings delimited by double quotes (`"`), you might find a validation error if you add inconsistent quotation marks (for example, `"this` or `"these" ones"`). For new records, if you save your TXT content without any quotes, Cloudflare will automatically add double quotes. For details, refer to [What is a DNS TXT record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-txt-record/).

At Cloudflare, TXT records are most commonly used to demonstrate domain ownership prior to issuing SSL/TLS certificates for [your domain](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) or a [Cloudflare for SaaS domain](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/).

You could also use TXT to create email authentication records, but we recommend that you use our [Email Security Wizard](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/#prevent-domain-spoofing) instead.

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:::note


The **Content** for each TXT record must be 2,048 characters or less.

If you have multiple TXT records with the same **Name**, there is also a limit for the sum of their **Content** characters, which must be 8,192 or less.


:::

### CAA

A [Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) record](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/) specifies which Certificate Authorities (CAs) are allowed to issue certificates for a domain.

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### SRV

A [service record (SRV)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-srv-record/) specifies a host and port for specific services like voice over IP (VOIP), instant messaging, and more.

#### Example API call

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```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/dns_records" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "SRV",
  "name": "_xmpp._tcp.example.com",
  "data": {
    "priority": 10,
    "weight": 5,
    "port": 5223,
    "target": "server.example.com"
  }
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<ID>",
    "zone_id": "<ZONE_ID>",
    "zone_name": "example.com",
    "name": "_xmpp._tcp.example.com",
    "type": "SRV",
    "content": "5 5223 server.example.com",
    "priority": 10,
    "proxiable": false,
    "proxied": false,
    "ttl": 1,
    "locked": false,
    "data": {
      "port": 5223,
      "priority": 10,
      "target": "server.example.com",
      "weight": 5
    },
    "meta": {
      "auto_added": false,
      "managed_by_apps": false,
      "managed_by_argo_tunnel": false,
      "source": "primary"
    },
    "comment": null,
    "tags": [],
    "created_on": "2022-11-08T15:57:39.585977Z",
    "modified_on": "2022-11-08T15:57:39.585977Z"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### SVCB and HTTPS

Service Binding (SVCB) and HTTPS Service (HTTPS) records allow you to provide a client with information about how it should connect to a server upfront, without the need of an initial plaintext HTTP connection.

If your domain has [HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 enabled](/speed/optimization/protocol/) and [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), Cloudflare automatically generates HTTPS records on the fly, to advertise to clients how they should connect to your server.

For more details and context, refer to the [announcement blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/speeding-up-https-and-http-3-negotiation-with-dns/) and [RFC 9460](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9460.html).

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### PTR

A [pointer (PTR) record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-ptr-record/) specifies the allowed hosts for a given IP address.

Within Cloudflare, PTR records are used for reverse DNS lookups and should preferably be added to [reverse zones](/dns/additional-options/reverse-zones/).

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### SOA

A start of authority (SOA) record stores information about your domain such as admin email address, when the domain was last updated, and more. Refer to [What is a DNS SOA record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-soa-record/) for an example.

If you are using Cloudflare for your [authoritative DNS](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), you do not need to create an SOA record. Cloudflare creates this record automatically when you start using Cloudflare's authoritative nameservers.

With Enterprise accounts, you also have the option to change the SOA record values that Cloudflare will use:

- As a DNS zone default: Define the SOA record values that Cloudflare will use for all new zones added to your account. Refer to [Configure DNS zone defaults](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/) for step-by-step guidance.
- For existing zones: Override the defaults or Cloudflare-generated values by going to **DNS** > **Records** > **DNS record options**.

:::note
If you are an Enterprise customer and these options are not displayed on your Cloudflare dashboard, reach out to your account team.
:::

Refer to the following list for information about each SOA record field:

<Details header="SOA record fields">

* **`MNAME`**: The primary nameserver for the zone. Secondary nameservers receive zone updates from the nameserver specified in this field.
* **`RNAME`**: The email address of the administrator responsible for the zone.

    The `@` symbol is replaced by the first dot. If an email address contains a dot before `@`, this should be represented as `\.`.

    | Email                     | `RNAME`                 |
    |---------------------------|-------------------------|
    |`john@example.com`         | `john.example.com`      |
    |`john.doe@example.com`     | `john\.doe.example.com` |

* **`Serial`**: The serial number for the zone. Secondary nameservers initiate zone transfers if this number increases.
* **`Refresh`**: Time (in seconds) after which a secondary nameserver should query the primary for the `SOA` record, to detect zone changes. Only relevant if DNS NOTIFY ([RFC 1996](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1996.html)) is not configured.

    | Default      | Minimum    | Maximum  |
    |--------------|------------|----------|
    |`10000`       | `600`      | `86400`  |

* **`Retry`**: Time (in seconds) after which a secondary nameserver should retry getting the serial number from the primary nameserver after a failed attempt. Any specified values must not be greater than `Refresh`.

    | Default      | Minimum    | Maximum  |
    |--------------|------------|----------|
    |`2400`        | `600`      | `3600`   |

* **`Expire`**: Time (in seconds) after which a secondary nameserver should stop answering queries for a zone if the primary does not respond. Any specified values must not be smaller than `Refresh`.

    | Default      | Minimum    | Maximum   |
    |--------------|------------|-----------|
    |`604800`      | `86400`    | `2419200` |

* **`Record TTL`**: The [time to live](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/ttl/) of the SOA record.

    | Default      | Minimum    | Maximum  |
    |--------------|------------|----------|
    |`3600`        | `1800`     | `3600`   |

* **`Minimum TTL`**: The TTL for caching negative responses. Refer to [RFC 2308](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2308.html#section-4) for details.

    | Default      | Minimum    | Maximum  |
    |--------------|------------|----------|
    |`1800`        | `60`       | `86400`  |


</Details>

### NS

A [nameserver (NS) record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-ns-record/) indicates which server should be used for authoritative DNS.

You only need to add NS records to your DNS records table in Cloudflare when you are using [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) or [delegating subdomains outside of Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/subdomains-outside-cloudflare/).

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:::note
Your assigned Cloudflare nameservers, custom nameservers, and their corresponding [nameserver TTLs](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#nameserver-ttl) are controlled via dedicated sections in [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records). For details, refer to [Nameservers](/dns/nameservers/).
:::

### DS and DNSKEY

[DS and DNSKEY](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dnskey-ds-records/) records help implement DNSSEC, which cryptographically signs DNS records to prevent domain spoofing.

Most Cloudflare domains do not need to add these records and should instead follow our [DNSSEC setup guide](/dns/dnssec/).

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### Other

Cloudflare also supports other record types that are less common, such as URI, NAPTR, and certificate-related record types (SSHFP, TLSA, SMIMEA, and CERT). Refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/additional-record-types-available-with-cloudflare-dns/) for more information.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Proxy status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The **Proxy status** of a DNS record affects how Cloudflare treats incoming traffic to that record. Cloudflare recommends enabling our proxy for all `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records that are used for serving web traffic.

![Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats traffic intended for specific DNS records](~/assets/images/dns/proxy-status-screenshot.png)

***

## Proxied records

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### Protocol optimization

For proxied records, if your domain has [HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 enabled](/speed/optimization/protocol/), Cloudflare automatically generates corresponding [HTTPS Service (HTTPS) records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#svcb-and-https) on the fly. HTTPS records allow you to provide a client with information about how it should connect to a server upfront, without the need of an initial plaintext HTTP connection.

:::note
Both HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 configurations also require that you have an SSL/TLS certificate served by Cloudflare. This means that disabling [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), for example, could impact this behavior.
:::

### Limitations

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***

## DNS-only records

When an `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` record is **DNS-only** — also known as being gray-clouded — DNS queries for these will resolve to the record's normal IP address.

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In addition to potentially exposing your origin IP addresses to bad actors and [DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/), leaving your records as **DNS-only** means that Cloudflare cannot [optimize, cache, and protect](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) requests to your application or provide analytics on those requests.

---

# Record attributes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/record-attributes/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Use DNS record comments and tags to categorize and clarify the purpose of DNS records within Cloudflare.

Comments provide a unique descriptions for specific records, whereas tags group similar records into categories.

These attributes are particularly useful when:

* Multiple teams are managing DNS records within the same zone.
* Your zone contains a large number of DNS records.
* You want to filter your DNS records based on matching attributes (for example, when they are managed by the same team or used for the same application).

:::note


The information in record attributes will not impact DNS record resolution or propagation timing and is only meant for your private reference. This information is only visible to [members](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/) of your Cloudflare account and is not visible publicly.


:::

***

## Availability

Comments and tags are only supported for [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and [partial zones](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

### Record comments

<FeatureTable id="dns.record_comments" />

### Record tags

<FeatureTable id="dns.record_tags" />

***

## Add or edit record attributes

Create or edit record attributes just like any other aspect of DNS records, whether through the [dashboard](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) or [API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/).

You can also add or edit attributes by [exporting and re-importing](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#dns-record-attributes) your records, or using the [Batch record changes API](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/#use-the-api).

When exporting and importing, special tags starting by `cf-` allow you to control specific Cloudflare configurations. On export, these tags are automatically added to reflect the current configuration for each record on your zone. Refer to [reserved cf- tags](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#reserved-cf--tags) for details.

***

## Reference

### Comments

Comments are treated as [graphic Unicode characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_character), meaning that they are case-sensitive and do not have any character limitations. However, comments do not support newline (`\n`) or carriage return (`\r`) characters.

### Tags

Tags are treated as an array of `name:value` pairs, meaning that tag names are not case-sensitive and can only contain letters, numbers, `-`, and `_`. For tag values, the same character restrictions apply as for comments.

---

# Time to Live (TTL)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/ttl/

**Time to Live (TTL)** is a field on [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) that controls how long each record is cached and — as a result — how long it takes for record updates to reach your end users.

Longer TTLs speed up [DNS lookups](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/) by increasing the chance of cached results, but a longer TTL also means that updates to your records take longer to go into effect.

## Proxied records

By default, all [proxied records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) have a TTL of **Auto**, which is set to 300 seconds.

Since only [IP resolution records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ip-address-resolution) can be proxied, this setting ensures that queries to your domain name resolve fairly quickly. This setting also means that any changes to proxied `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records will take place within five minutes or less.

:::note


It may take longer than 5 minutes for you to actually experience record changes, as your local DNS cache may take longer to update.


:::

## Unproxied records

For **DNS only** records, you can choose a TTL between **30 seconds** (Enterprise) or **60 seconds** (non-Enterprise) and **1 day**.

A TTL of **Auto** is set to 300 seconds (five minutes).

## Nameserver TTL

[Nameserver TTL](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#nameserver-ttl) is a separate feature and only affects Cloudflare nameservers and custom nameservers. For other [NS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ns) on your DNS records table, TTL is controlled by their respective TTL fields.

---

# Vendor-specific DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/vendor-specific-records/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip, Example } from "~/components"

This article requires prior knowledge of DNS record management via the Cloudflare dashboard. To learn more, refer to Cloudflare's article on [managing DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

## Google

### Google Workspace MX records

Google Workspace requires [specific MX records](https://support.google.com/a/answer/174125) added to your DNS provider.

Once you [add these records to Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/):

* [Test the configuration](https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/checkmx/check)
* Do not add other `MX` records other than those provided by Google.

### Google Workspace service URLs

If you want to customize the service addresses URLs associated with Google Workspace, refer to [Google's documentation](https://support.google.com/a/answer/53340).

:::caution

Google enforces HTTPS on its services. If you find errors about redirect
loops when browsing to your site through Cloudflare, use Cloudflare's [Full encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/).
:::

### Google site verification

To add a site verification record in Cloudflare, follow [Google's documentation](https://support.google.com/a/answer/7173990).

***

## Amazon

### Amazon Route53

AWS customers must [update their domain's nameservers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/domain-name-servers-glue-records.html) to point to their new Cloudflare nameservers.

### Amazon S3 bucket

Find the [URL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/access-bucket-intro.html) for your bucket.

Then, [create a `CNAME` record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) in Cloudflare. For example, if the full host URL of the bucket is `files.example.com.s3.amazonaws.com`, you would add a `CNAME` record similar to the following:

```txt
files  CNAME  files.example.com.s3.amazonaws.com
```

### Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

For help setting up DKIM in SES, refer to the [Amazon documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/creating-identities.html).

### Amazon ELB configuration

Refer to [Amazon's ELB help content](http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/ElasticLoadBalancing/latest/DeveloperGuide/using-domain-names-with-elb.html) for guidance on ELB configuration at Amazon, but generally you should:

Add a [`CNAME` record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) to Cloudflare for the hostname you receive from AWS, for example:

<Example>
| Type    | Name  | Target                                       | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `elb` | `<AWS_HOSTNAME>.<REGION>._elb.amazonaws.com` | Proxied      |
</ Example>

### Amazon Amplify

To use Cloudflare DNS with AWS Amplify, refer to the [Amplify help content](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amplify/latest/userguide/to-add-a-custom-domain-managed-by-a-third-party-dns-provider.html) and follow the instructions for **manual configuration**.

At Cloudflare, you will need at least two `CNAME` records:

- A <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status">DNS-only</GlossaryTooltip> `CNAME` to validate your domain ownership, which should look like the following:

<Example>
| Type    | Name  | Target                                       | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<UNIQUE_STRING>` | `<UNIQUE_STRING>.mhbtsbpdnt.acm-validation.aws` | DNS only     |
</Example>

:::caution[CNAME flattening]
If your Cloudflare zone is on a paid plan, also make sure that the **Flatten** option turned off for the validation `CNAME` record, and that you zone is **not** using [CNAME flattening for all CNAME records](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/#for-all-cname-records).
:::

- One `CNAME` for the <GlossaryTooltip term="apex domain">apex domain</GlossaryTooltip> (`example.com`) and/or for each of the subdomains (`blog.example.com`) that you want to manage on Cloudflare. For details refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/). These records can be proxied.

<Example>

| Type    | Name  | Target                                       |
| ------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `CNAME` | `@` | `<AMPLIFY_HOSTNAME>.cloudfront.net` |

| Type    | Name  | Target                                       |
| ------- | ----- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `CNAME` | `blog` | `<AMPLIFY_HOSTNAME>.cloudfront.net` |
</Example>
***

## Microsoft

### Microsoft 365

For information about the records to Microsoft 365, refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/get-help-with-domains/information-for-dns-records).

### Microsoft Azure

Follow Microsoft's instructions on [configuring Azure DNS settings](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-tutorial-custom-domain).

Then, add Azure's required records to [Cloudflare DNS](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

***

## Miscellaneous vendors

### ClickFunnels

You can configure Cloudflare to work with ClickFunnels. The process requires updating your Cloudflare DNS settings.

* [Adding a Cloudflare subdomain](https://help.clickfunnels.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005906774-Adding-A-Cloudflare-Subdomain-)
* [Adding a Cloudflare domain](https://help.clickfunnels.com/hc/en-us/articles/360005906094-Cloudflare-CNAME-Record)

### Discourse

To use Discourse with Cloudflare, refer to [Using Discourse with Cloudflare: Best Practices](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/602890).

### Forward Email

To use Cloudflare with Forward Email, refer to [Forward Email configuration with Cloudflare](https://forwardemail.net/guides/cloudflare).

### Mailchimp

For help with Mailchimp, refer to [Use a custom domain with Mailchimp](https://mailchimp.com/help/connect-domain/).

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### Ning custom domain

For help with Ning, refer to [Use a custom domain with Ning](https://www.ning.com/help/use-your-own-domain-e-g-example-com-for-your-ning-network/).

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### Rackspace CloudFiles

Configure Rackspace CloudFiles via *CNAME record*. Consult the [Rackspace documentation](https://docs.rackspace.com/support/how-to/using-cnames-with-cloud-files-containers/).

Refer to Rackspace CloudFiles's documentation to [get a `CNAME` value](https://docs.rackspace.com/support/how-to/using-cnames-with-cloud-files-containers/), then [add that record within Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

:::caution

The `CNAME` record needs to be [DNS-only (unproxied)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records) since rackcdn.com is
not compatible with Cloudflare.
:::

### SendGrid

Refer to SendGrid's documentation for how to [make SendGrid compatible with Cloudflare](https://docs.sendgrid.com/ui/sending-email/content-delivery-networks#using-cloudflare).

:::note


You may need to refer to Cloudflare's documentation for updated navigation instructions regarding [adding DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) and creating [Configuration rules](/rules/configuration-rules/create-dashboard/).

:::

### SmugMug

For help with SmugMug, refer to [Use a custom domain with SmugMug](https://www.smugmughelp.com/en/articles/363-use-a-custom-domain).

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### Squarespace

First, make sure you [update your nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) and your domain is [active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/).

Then, set up your Squarespace DNS records:

1. Get your Squarespace DNS information by following [these instructions](https://support.squarespace.com/hc/articles/213469948).
2. In Cloudflare, [add those records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/):
   * All `A` records should be [Proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/)
   * The `CNAME` record for `www` should also be **Proxied**.
   * The `CNAME` record for `verify.squarespace.com` should be **DNS-only**.
3. If set up properly, your Squarespace DNS Settings page will now indicate that your 'Settings contain problems.' **This is the expected behavior**.

![Screenshot of error warnings in squarespace](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-squarespace_dns_settings-test-2.png)

#### Pending domain owner verification

The `CNAME` record you added for `verify.squarespace.com` should be **DNS-only**.

If you proxy this record, Squarespace will not be able to verify your domain ownership and show you a `This website is pending domain owner verification` error. To fix the issue, [edit](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) the `CNAME` record and change the **Proxy status** to **DNS-only**.

### Tumblr custom domain

Refer to Tumblr's documentation to [get DNS record values](https://help.tumblr.com/hc/en-us/articles/231256548-Custom-Domains). Then, [add records to Cloudflare DNS](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

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### Unbounce

Refer to Unbounce's documentation to [get a `CNAME` value](https://documentation.unbounce.com/hc/en-us/articles/204011950), then [add that record within Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

:::caution

If Cloudflare is activated via one of our hosting partners, your `CNAME` record should be [DNS-only (unproxied)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records).
:::

### Vercel

For help using Cloudflare with Vercel, refer to [Vercel and Cloudflare Integration](https://vercel.com/docs/integrations/external-platforms/cloudflare#using-cloudflare-as-a-reverse-proxy)


### Wix

You can use Cloudflare with [Wix websites](https://www.wix.com/), though your setup needs to be different than with most website builders.

This is because Wix [does not support](https://support.wix.com/en/article/request-cloudflare-support) using Cloudflare nameservers (which is the normal part of a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or with domains bought through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/)).

#### Using domain pointing

If you want to manage your DNS through Cloudflare or you bought a domain through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), you can connect that domain to Wix through [domain pointing](https://support.wix.com/en/article/connecting-a-domain-to-wix-using-the-pointing-method).

This method means your website is using Cloudflare for DNS only, so all your DNS records should be [DNS-only (unproxied)](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records).

### WPEngine

For help configuring WPEngine sites, refer to:

* [Configuring DNS with WPEngine](https://wpengine.com/support/wordpress-best-practice-configuring-dns-for-wp-engine/)
* [Cloudflare best practices](https://wpengine.com/support/cloudflare-best-practices/)

### Zoho

To use Cloudflare with Zoho, refer to [Zoho configuration with Cloudflare](https://www.zoho.com/mail/help/adminconsole/cloudflare.html).

---

# Wildcard DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/wildcard-dns-records/

import { Details, Example, Render } from "~/components"

Normal DNS records map a domain name to one or multiple IP addresses or other associated resources to a specific domain name (a one-to-many mapping).

Wildcard DNS records allow you to have a many-to-many mapping, for example if you had hundreds or thousands of subdomains you wanted to point to the same resources. Wildcard records are used as the response for all subdomains that are not specifically covered by another DNS record.

Within Cloudflare, wildcard DNS records can be either [proxied or DNS-only](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

## Create a Wildcard record

To create a wildcard DNS record, [create a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) with an `*` in the **Name** field.

<Example>

| Type | Name | IPv4 address | Proxy status |
| ---- | ---- | ------------ | ------------ |
| `A`  | `*`  | `192.0.2.1`  | Proxied      |

</Example>

:::caution


If your project is on [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/), note that wildcard custom domains are not supported. Refer to [known issues](/pages/platform/known-issues/#custom-domains) for details.


:::

You can also create a wildcard DNS record specifically for a deeper subdomain. For example, if you wanted to create a wildcard record on `*.www.example.com`, you would create a record with `*.www` in the name field.

<Example>

| Type    | Name    | IPv4 address  | Proxy status |
| ------- | ------- | ------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `*.www` | `example.com` | Proxied      |

</Example>

### Aspects to consider

* **Wildcards are only supported on the first label**: This means that a hostname such as `subdomain.*.example.com` is not a wildcard on the level of the asterisk character. If you create a DNS record with that name, the asterisk is interpreted as the literal character `*` and not as the wildcard operator.

* **You cannot create wildcards on multiple levels**: If you create a DNS record on `*.*.example.com`, only the first asterisk is interpreted as a wildcard while the second one is interpreted as the literal `*` character.

* **Specific DNS records take precedence over wildcard records**: Wildcards will be applied for multiple levels, but a specific record on any equal or lower level will terminate anything on or below this specific record.


  <Details header="Example">

  If you have only these two records on your domain, `A` and `TXT`:

  | Type  | Name                      | Content       |
  | ----- | ------------------------- | ------------- |
  | `A`   | `*.example.com`           | `192.0.2.3`   |
  | `TXT` | `subdomain1.example.com ` | `<some_text>` |

  The `A` wildcard record will be used for queries going to any subdomain of `example.com` except `subdomain1.example.com` or anything below that specific label (`deeper.label.subdomain1.example.com`).

  The wildcard will still be used for deeper labels that are not below the specific record on `subdomain1.example.com` — for example, `deeper.label.subdomain2.example.com`.

  </Details>

## Availability

Customers on all plans can create and proxy wildcard DNS records.

## Limitations

If you are using a [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) for your DNS, Cloudflare does not automatically provision SSL/TLS certificates for your wildcard record.

<Render file="partial-zone-acm-dcv-wildcard" product="ssl" />

## Additional information

For more information on wildcard records — as well as more details about their limitations — refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wildcard-proxy-for-everyone/).

---

# Verify a domain with CNAME

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/cname-domain-verification/

When configuring services from external providers - such as email services, for example - it is possible that they require you to verify your domain by placing a `CNAME` record at your zone.

Consider the following sections if this is not working correctly for you.

## Causes

You may find issues if you have one of the following:

* The `CNAME` record you created for domain verification is set to [**Proxied**](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).
* The `CNAME` record is correctly set to DNS only (not proxied), but your zone has [**Flatten all CNAMEs**](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/#for-all-cname-records) option enabled.

## Solution

Make sure that:

* You have filled in the `CNAME` record fields correctly.
* The proxy status is set to **DNS only**.
* Under **DNS** > **Settings**, [CNAME Flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/) is set to **Flatten CNAME at apex**.

---

# NS records already exist

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/existing-ns-record/

import { Example } from "~/components"

As you try to create a new DNS record, Cloudflare displays the following error:

```txt
NS records with that host already exist. (Code:81056)
```

## Causes

When a child domain (`blog.example.com`) of your domain (`example.com`) has been set up as a separate [subdomain zone](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/), corresponding `NS` records must have been placed within the parent zone.

When you are managing DNS records for the parent zone (in this example, `example.com`), you cannot create IP address resolution records (`A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME`) with a name that specifies the same subdomain that already exists as a separate subdomain zone.

<Example>

| Type       | Name   | Content     | TTL    |
| ---------- | ------ | ----------- | ------ |
| `A`        | `blog` | `192.0.2.0` | `Auto` |

</Example>

## Solution

Before creating such records, remove any `NS` records with the same name.

:::caution[Important]

This action might be reverting an existing subdomain setup and may incur in downtime. Refer to [Rollback subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/rollback/) for more guidance.

:::

---

# Exposed IP addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/exposed-ip-address/

When your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), Cloudflare speeds up and protects your site.

A `dig` query against your proxied apex domain returns a Cloudflare IP address. This way, your origin server’s IP address remains concealed from the public. Remember that orange cloud benefits only apply to HTTP traffic.

Under certain circumstances, the **DNS Records** panel in the Cloudflare dashboard **DNS** app displays a warning whenever you have DNS-only records that may expose your origin server’s IP address. This warning does not block, or in any way affect, traffic destined to your site.

When your server’s IP address is exposed, your server is more vulnerable to direct attacks. It is still possible (but more difficult) for attackers to determine your origin server IP address when proxying traffic to Cloudflare.

Below are two cases where you might receive an IP exposure warning from Cloudflare.

***

## DNS records that should be proxied

If you receive the following warning:

`This record is exposing your origin server’s IP address. To hide your origin IP address, and increase your server security, click on the grey cloud to change it to orange.`

Cloudflare recommends [proxying](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) the record so that any `dig` query against that record returns a Cloudflare IP address and your origin server IP address remains concealed from the public.

To take advantage of Cloudflare’s performance and security benefits, we recommend you proxy DNS records that handle HTTP traffic, including `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records.

***

## DNS records that should be DNS-only

When you have a DNS-only `A`,`AAAA`, `CNAME`, or `MX` record pointing to the same origin server hosting your site, Cloudflare displays one of the following warnings:

`An A, AAAA, CNAME, or MX record is pointed to your origin server exposing your origin IP.`

`This record is exposing your origin server’s IP address, potentially exposing it to denial of service.`

A `dig` query against these records reveals your origin server’s IP address. This information makes it easier for potential attackers to target your origin server directly.

However, there are times when some of your DNS records need to remain DNS-only. For example, you may have to host multiple services (for example, a website and email) on the same physical server.

To mitigate this risk, we recommend that you:

* Analyze the impact of hosting multiple services on the same origin server in cases when you cannot avoid having DNS-only records.
* Proxy all records that share the same origin IP address as your apex domain and can be safely proxied through Cloudflare.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

* [Delete all DNS records](/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/delete-all-records/)

---

# Records with the same name

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/records-with-same-name/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Occasionally, Cloudflare will not allow you to [create new DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) with the same value in the **Name** field.

This error can occur due to the special requirements of CNAME records[^1].

## Causes

You will encounter this error if you try to do one of the following:

* Create a CNAME record with a **Name** matching the name of an existing A/AAAA[^2] or CNAME record.
* Create an A/AAAA record with a **Name** matching the name of an existing CNAME record.

Cloudflare prevents you from creating this combination of records because if a CNAME record is provided for a hostname DNS servers expect only that CNAME record to provide DNS information for that hostname.

Adding additional records would send conflicting information to DNS servers. For a technical explanation of the mechanism behind this, refer to [RFC 1034](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1034).

## Solution

Review your existing DNS records to find the matching value in the **Name** field. Then, decide whether you want to keep the current record or delete it and make a new one.

:::note


CNAME records are the only IP resolution record with this type of limitation. You can have more than one A/AAAA record per hostname, which is a way some domains do [simple load balancing](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/round-robin-dns/) for incoming requests.


:::

[^1]: <Render file="cname-definition" />

[^2]: <Render file="a-aaaa-definition" />

---

# Set up account custom nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/account-custom-nameservers/

import { Example, Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components"

<Render file="acns-tcns-intro" params={{ one: "Account", two: "A", three: "account", four: "zones", five: "account " }} />

## Availability

Account custom nameservers are available for customers on Business (after [contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)) or Enterprise plans. Once configured, account custom nameservers can be used by all zones in the account, regardless of the zone plan. Via API or on the dashboard.

## Configuration conditions

For this configuration to be possible, a few conditions apply:

<Render file="acns-tcns-conditions" params={{ one: "account", two: "you", three: "You" }} />

<Render file="acns-tcns-byoip" params={{ one: "Account", two: "account" }} />

* Choosing a set from `ns_set 1` through `ns_set 5` will influence how Cloudflare assigns nameservers to your new zones if you configure [DNS zone defaults](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#dns-zone-defaults).

## Enable account custom nameservers

### 1. Set up ACNS names and sets

1. Create ACNS names and sets:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **DNS Settings**.
3. For **Account custom nameservers**, select **Configure custom nameservers**.
4. Insert a fully qualified domain name for **Nameserver name** and choose a **Nameserver set**. Follow the [configuration conditions](#configuration-conditions).

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

Use the [Add account custom nameserver endpoint](/api/resources/custom_nameservers/methods/create/) to create account custom nameservers. Follow the [conditions](#configuration-conditions) for `ns_name` and `ns_set`.

<Render file="ns-set-omission-callout" />

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

Cloudflare will assign an IPv4 and an IPv6 address to each ACNS name, and these nameservers will be listed as options that you can [use on existing zones](#2-use-acns-on-existing-zones) or [set up as default for new zones in the account](#3-optional-make-acns-default-for-new-zones).

2. Make sure `A/AAAA` records with the assigned IPv4 and IPv6 exist at the authoritative DNS of the domain that provides the ACNS names.

   * If the domain uses Cloudflare DNS, the respective `A` and `AAAA` records are automatically created.

   * If the domain or domains that are used for the account custom nameservers do not exist within the same account, you must manually create the `A/AAAA` records on the configured nameserver names (for example, `ns1.example.com`) at the authoritative DNS provider.

  <Example>

  | Type | Name              | Content  |
  | ---- | ----------------- | -------- |
  | `A`  | `ns1.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |

  </Example>

3. Update the registrar of the domain that provides the ACNS names. This step depends on whether you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/):

   * If you are using Cloudflare Registrar for the domain that provides the ACNS names, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to add the account custom nameservers and IP addresses as glue records to the domain.

   * If you are not using Cloudflare Registrar for the domain that provides the ACNS names, add the account custom nameservers and IP addresses to your domain's registrar as glue records ([RFC 1912](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1912.html)). If you do not add these records, DNS lookups for your domain will fail.

### 2. Use ACNS on existing zones

1. Choose an ACNS set as custom nameservers for a zone:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. For **Custom nameservers**, select **Configure**.
4. Select **Use your account custom nameservers** and choose a nameserver set from the list.
5. Select **Save** to confirm.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

Use the endpoint [Update DNS Settings for a Zone](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) and configure the `nameservers` object accordingly for each zone.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

2. Make sure the nameservers are updated:

  * If your domain uses [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to update your nameservers.
  * If your domain uses a different registrar, update the nameservers at your registrar to use the account custom nameservers.
  * If your zone is delegated to a parent zone, update the corresponding `NS` record at the parent zone.

### 3. (Optional) Make ACNS default for new zones

To make ACNS the default option for all new zones added to your account from now on:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. For **DNS zone defaults**, select **Configure defaults**.
4. Change the **Nameserver assignment method** to **Account custom nameservers**.

Refer to [DNS zone defaults](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#dns-zone-defaults) for details.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

Use the endpoint [Update DNS Settings for an Account](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/). Within the `zone_defaults` object, set the following:

```txt
"zone_defaults": {
  "nameservers": {
    "type": "custom.account"
  }
}
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Disable account custom nameservers

### 1. Remove ACNS assignment from zones

To remove ACNS from a zone, first update your nameservers to stop using ACNS:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

* If you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to set your nameservers back to the regular Cloudflare branded nameservers.
* If you are not using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), modify the domain's registrar to use your regular Cloudflare branded nameservers.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

* If you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), use the [Update DNS settings endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) to change the `enabled` parameter to `false`, and then [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to set your nameservers back to the regular Cloudflare branded nameservers.
* If you are not using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), modify the domain's registrar to use your regular Cloudflare branded nameservers and then use the [Update DNS settings endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) to set the `enabled` parameter to `false`.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### 2. Delete ACNS names or sets

Following the [configuration conditions](#configuration-conditions), each set must have between two and five different nameserver names. When you delete all names or leave a set with only one nameserver name, the set will no longer be listed as an option for the zones in your account.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **DNS Settings**.
3. For **Account custom nameservers**, select **Delete** next to the ACNS name.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

Use the [Delete account custom nameserver endpoint](/api/resources/custom_nameservers/methods/delete/) to delete a specific ACNS.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

---

# Custom nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

With custom (or vanity) nameservers, a domain can use Cloudflare DNS without using Cloudflare-branded nameservers. For instance, you can configure `ns1.example.com` and `ns2.example.com` as nameservers for `example.com`.

To use custom nameservers, a zone must be using Cloudflare as [Primary (Full setup)](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) DNS provider.

## Configuration scope

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

* Zone custom nameservers are available for zones on Business or Enterprise plans. Via API or on the dashboard.
* Account custom nameservers are available for customers on Business (after [contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)) or Enterprise plans. Once configured, account custom nameservers can be used by all zones in the account, regardless of the zone plan. Via API or on the dashboard.
* Tenant custom nameservers, if created by the tenant owner, will be available to all zones belonging to any account that is part of the tenant. Via API only.

## Restrictions

Custom nameservers are organized in different sets (`ns_set`). Each namesever set must have at least two and no more than five custom nameserver names.

<Render file="ns-advanced-vs-custom" /><br />

---

# Set up zone custom nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/zone-custom-nameservers/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

With zone custom nameservers (ZCNS), each custom nameserver name must be a subdomain of the zone where the custom nameservers are configured.

For example, for a zone `domain.test`, the ZCNS can be `ns1.domain.test` and `ns2.domain.test` but they cannot use a different TLD (`ns1.domain.org`) nor a different domain (`ns1.example.com`).

## Availability

Zone custom nameservers are available for zones on Business or Enterprise plans. Via API or on the dashboard.

## Use zone custom nameservers

### Primary (full setup) zones

To create zone custom nameservers:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. On **Custom nameservers**, select **Configure**.
4. Select **Create custom nameservers just for `your-domain.com`** and enter the subdomains used for the ZCNS names (for example, `ns1`, `ns2`, `ns3`).
5. Select **Save** to confirm.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Edit zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) and specify the custom nameservers in the payload:

```txt
"vanity_name_servers": ["ns1.example.com","ns2.example.com"]
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Cloudflare will assign an IPv4 and an IPv6 address to each ZCNS name and automatically create the associated `A` or `AAAA` records.

The next step depends on whether you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/) for your domain:

- If you are using Cloudflare Registrar for your domain, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to add the custom nameservers and IP addresses as glue records to the domain.
- If you are not using Cloudflare Registrar for your domain, add the zone custom nameservers at your registrar as your authoritative nameservers and as glue (A and AAAA) records ([RFC 1912](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1912.html)). If you do not add these records, DNS lookups for your domain will fail.
### Secondary zones

If you are using [Cloudflare as a secondary DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/), you can still set up zone custom nameservers. After following the [steps above](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/zone-custom-nameservers/#primary-full-setup-zones) to create zone custom nameservers, do the following:

1. Get the ZCNS IPs. You can see them on the dashboard (**DNS** > **Records**) or you can use the [Zone details endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/get/) to get the `vanity_name_servers_ips`.
2. At your primary DNS provider, add [`NS` records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#ns) and, on the subdomains that you used as ZCNS names, add `A/AAAA` records.
3. At your registrar, add the zone custom nameservers as your authoritative nameservers and as glue (A and AAAA) records ([RFC 1912](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1912.html)).

## Remove zone custom nameservers

To remove zone custom nameservers (and their associated, read-only DNS records):

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. On **Custom nameservers**, select **Disable**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Edit zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) and include an empty array in the payload:

```txt
"vanity_name_servers": []
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Cloudflare will remove your ZCNS and their associated read-only `A` or `AAAA` records.

If you are not using Cloudflare Registrar for your domain, make sure to adjust your nameservers at the registrar, parent zone, or Primary DNS provider accordingly.

---

# Set up tenant custom nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/tenant-custom-nameservers/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="acns-tcns-intro" params={{ one: "Tenant", two: "T", three: "tenant", four: "accounts", five: "tenant " }} />

## Availability

Tenant custom nameservers, if created by the tenant owner, will be available to all zones belonging to any account that is part of the tenant. Via API only.

## Configuration conditions

For this configuration to be possible, a few conditions apply:

<Render file="acns-tcns-conditions" params={{ one: "tenant", two: "the tenant owner", three: "Tenant owners" }} />

<Render file="acns-tcns-byoip" params={{ one: "Tenant", two: "tenant" }} />

## For account owners

### Enable tenant custom nameservers on a zone

If you are an account owner and your account is part of a tenant that has custom nameservers, do the following:

1. Use a [PUT command](/api/resources/zones/subresources/custom_nameservers/methods/update/) and specify `ns_type` and `ns_set`.

```bash
curl --request PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_ns \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true,
  "ns_type": "tenant",
  "ns_set": <SET>
}'
```

:::note

If the parameter `ns_type` is omitted, the default type `account` will be assigned.

If the parameter `ns_set` is omitted, the default set `1` will be assigned.
:::

2. If you are **not** using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), update the nameservers at your registrar to use the TCNS names. If you are using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), no further action is needed.

To make these TCNS the default namerservers for all new zones added to your account from now on, use the endpoint [Update DNS Settings for an Account](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/). Within the `zone_defaults` object, set the following:

```txt
"zone_defaults": {
  "nameservers": {
    "type": "custom.tenant"
  }
}
```
### Disable tenant custom nameservers on a zone

To remove TCNS and their associated DNS records from a zone, use a [PUT command](/api/resources/zones/subresources/custom_nameservers/methods/update/).

If you are **not** using [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), also remove the TCNS at your domain’s registrar.

## For tenant owners

### Create tenant custom nameservers

If you are a tenant owner and you want to make TCNS available for accounts within your tenant, do the following:

1. Observe the [conditions](#configuration-conditions) for `ns_name` and `ns_set`, and create TCNS in your tenant by using the following POST command:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/tenants/{tenant_id}/custom_ns \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "ns_name": "<NS_NAME>",
  "ns_set": <SET>
}'
```

<Render file="ns-set-omission-callout" />

2. Add the account custom nameservers and IP addresses to your domain's registrar as glue (A and AAAA) records ([RFC 1912](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1912.html)).

3. If the domain or domains that are used for the tenant custom nameservers do not exist within the same account, you must create the `A/AAAA` records on the configured nameserver names (for example, `ns1.example.com`) at the authoritative DNS provider.

<Example>

| Type | Name              | Content  |
| ---- | ----------------- | -------- |
| `A`  | `ns1.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |

</Example>

### Get a list of all TCNS names

To get a list of all TCNS names in your tenant account, use the following API request:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/tenants/{tenant_id}/custom_ns \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

---

# Convert full setup to secondary setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-full-to-secondary/

import { Tabs, TabItem, Render, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

If you initially configured a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), you can later convert your zone to use [incoming zone transfers (Cloudflare as secondary)](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/).

<Render file="conversion-subdomain-setup-callout" />

Follow the steps below to achieve this conversion.

## 1. Prepare DNS records

1. [Export a zone file](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records).
2. Import the zone file into your new primary DNS provider.
3. At your Cloudflare zone, use the [Update DNS Settings](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint to enable [secondary DNS overrides](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/). Set the value for `secondary_overrides` to `true`.

    :::note
    Enabling secondary DNS overrides is necessary in case you have DNS records that you wish to keep <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status" link="/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/">proxied</GlossaryTooltip>.
    :::

## 2. Prepare the zone transfers

1. Make adjustments to DNSSEC according to your option for [DNSSEC with secondary setup](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/).
2. (Optional) Create a Transaction Signature (TSIG).

    <Render file="tsig-definition" />

    <Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

    <Render file="tsig-create-dash" />

    </TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

    <Render file="tsig-create-api" />

    </TabItem> </Tabs>

3. Create a peer server.

    <Render file="create-peer-server" />

## 3. Convert the zone and initiate zone transfers

1. Use the [Edit Zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) with `type` set to `secondary` to convert the zone type. The existing records will remain in place.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings** > **DNS Zone Transfers** and select **Manage linked peers**.
3. Link the peer server you created in the previous steps and select **Save**.
4. On  **DNS** > **Settings**, select **Initiate zone transfer**.
5. Confirm the DNS records are transferring as expected.
6. Go to [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records) and take note of your new **Cloudflare Nameservers**.
7. At your domain registrar (or parent zone), [update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) to include the `secondary.cloudflare.com` nameservers.

---

# Convert partial setup to full setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-partial-to-full/

import { Render } from "~/components";

If you initially set up a partial domain on Cloudflare, you can later migrate it to a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).

<Render file="conversion-subdomain-setup-callout" />

## 1. Prepare Cloudflare SSL/TLS

In the Cloudflare dashboard, either order an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/) or [upload a custom SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/) for your website or application.

You should also verify that the [status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/) of your SSL certificate is **Active**.

:::note


It is possible to use [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) instead, but you should consider the following:

* Universal certificates can take at least [15 minutes](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#full-dns-setup) to be issued.
* You should make sure to add Cloudflare nameservers to your registrar within 72 hours of the conversion process.
* Universal SSL only supports first-level subdomains. You can use [Advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) with the [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) option to automatically issue certificates for any proxied hostname.
* To minimize downtime, it is recommended having a certificate in place beforehand.


:::

## 2. Update settings in authoritative DNS

At least 24 hours prior to converting your zone, disable DNSSEC at your authoritative DNS provider.

:::note


As a best practice, you should also delete the previous [zone activation TXT record](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#1-convert-your-zone-and-review-dns-records) at your authoritative DNS provider. To locate this value in the Cloudflare dashboard, go to **DNS** > **Records** and find the **Verification TXT Record**.


:::

## 3. Convert to full setup

In the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
2. Select **Convert to Primary DNS** (this will not affect how your traffic is proxied).
3. Import your records into Cloudflare DNS and verify that they have been configured correctly. Usually, you will want to import [unproxied records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).

## 4. Activate full setup

Get your assigned Cloudflare nameservers from **DNS** > **Records** and [update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) at your registrar.

:::caution


If you are counting on Universal SSL certificates to cover your website or application, make sure to add Cloudflare nameservers to your registrar within 72 hours of the conversion process.


:::

Cloudflare recommends that you also [enable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) from **DNS** > **Settings** and add the DS record to your registrar.

Once all the DNS TTLs expire, all your DNS queries will be answered by the Cloudflare global network.

Start proxying additional hostnames by enabling the [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) (also known as orange-clouding) for specific DNS records. Previously proxied subdomains will continue to be proxied without any interruption.

---

# Convert partial setup to secondary setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-partial-to-secondary/

import { Details, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

If you initially set up a [partial zone](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) on Cloudflare, you can later convert it to use a [secondary setup](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/).

<Render file="conversion-subdomain-setup-callout" />

This page will guide you through this conversion using [export and import](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/) and API calls.

## Before you begin

Make sure you consider the following:

- Proxying traffic with secondary zones requires a setting that is not turned on by default. Refer to [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) to learn more. The steps below include enabling this setting.
- There are a few options for [DNSSEC with incoming zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/). If you want to use DNSSEC, plan for which option you will configure and confirm that your other DNS provider(s) support the setup.
- You can prepare SSL/TLS in advance by either ordering an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/) or [uploading a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/). You should confirm that the certificate covers all your proxied hostnames and that the [status of your SSL certificate](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates) is **Active**.

## 1. Prepare a zone file

1. Export a zone file from the authoritative DNS provider you were using with your partial (CNAME) setup.
2. Edit the zone file to remove any occurrences of the `cdn.cloudflare.net` suffix.

- If the `CNAME` target is only appending the Cloudflare suffix to the same hostname at which it is created, replace it by the records on the Cloudflare partial zone.

<Details header="Example">

Original record in authoritative DNS provider:

| Type    | Name              | Content                              |
| ------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `CNAME` | `www.example.com` | `www.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net` |

Records in the Cloudflare partial zone:

| Type | Name              | Content  |
| ---- | ----------------- | -------- |
| `A`  | `www.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |
| `A`  | `www.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |

Final records adjusted in the zone file:

| Type | Name              | Content  |
| ---- | ----------------- | -------- |
| `A`  | `www.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |
| `A`  | `www.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |

</Details>

- If the `CNAME` record points to a different hostname, keep this record but remove the `cdn.cloudflare.net` suffix, and also bring the records from the Cloudflare partial zone.

<Details header="Example">

Original record in authoritative DNS provider:

| Type    | Name              | Content                                         |
| ------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| `CNAME` | `www.example.com` | `other-hostname.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net` |

Records in the Cloudflare partial zone:

| Type | Name                         | Content  |
| ---- | ---------------------------- | -------- |
| `A`  | `other-hostname.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |
| `A`  | `other-hostname.example.com` | `<IPv4>` |

Final records adjusted in the zone file:

| Type    | Name                         | Content                      |
| ------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| `CNAME` | `www.example.com`            | `other-hostname.example.com` |
| `A`     | `other-hostname.example.com` | `<IPv4>`                     |
| `A`     | `other-hostname.example.com` | `<IPv4>`                     |

</Details>

## 2. Configure the Cloudflare zone

1. Use the [Import DNS Records endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/import/) with a properly [formatted zone file](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#format-your-zone-file) to import the records into your partial zone.

   <Render file="zone-file-size-limit" /> Existing and already proxied records
   will not be overwritten by the import.

2. Use the [Update DNS Settings endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) with `secondary_overrides` set to `true`, to enable Secondary DNS Override.

:::caution

This step is essential so that Cloudflare can keep the proxy status of the records after the conversion.
:::

3. Use the [Edit Zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) with `type` set to `secondary`, to convert the zone type.

   You can verify if it answers as expected by querying the new assigned secondary nameservers. You can find your nameservers in [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), and they should follow a format like `ns0123.secondary.cloudflare.com`.

```bash
# Replace ns0123 with your actual Cloudflare nameservers
dig example.com @ns0123.secondary.cloudflare.com
```

4. At your registrar, [update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) to point to the Cloudflare nameservers.

Once the time to live (TTL) of previous `NS` records is expired and this information is evicted from resolvers' cache, your zone will be properly delegated to Cloudflare. In order to update DNS records, you must configure [zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/) in the next steps.

## 3. Configure the zone transfers

1. Remove all references to `cdn.cloudflare.net` from your primary DNS provider. You can do this by importing the same zone file you prepared in [Step 1](#1-prepare-a-zone-file) onto your primary zone.

:::caution

If you keep any DNS records that still refer `cdn.cloudflare.net`, HTTP traffic for the respective hostnames will break.
:::

2. Enable outgoing zone transfers at your primary provider and create a peer DNS server on your Cloudflare account.

<Render file="create-peer-server" />

3. Link your Cloudflare zone to the peer DNS server you just created.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
2. Under **DNS Zone Transfers**, select **Manage linked peers**.
3. Choose a value for **Zone refresh**, which controls the number of seconds between zone updates from your primary DNS server.
   :::caution
   Cloudflare will not use the REFRESH value inside the SOA record that is served by your primary provider. Instead the value of zone refresh configured for your secondary zone on Cloudflare will be used to determine the interval after which the SOA serial of the primary zone will be checked for changes.
   :::
4. Select the peer server you previously created. If needed, you can link more than one peer server to a zone.
5. Select **Save** to confirm.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Update Secondary Zone Configuration endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/peers/methods/update/) to link your Cloudflare zone to the peer DNS server.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

4. In [**DNS** > **Settings**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/settings), confirm the linked peer is listed under **DNS Zone Transfers**, and select **Initiate zone transfer**. Alternatively, you can use the [Force AXFR endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/force_axfr/methods/create/).

---

# Convert secondary setup to partial setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-secondary-to-partial/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Details, Render } from "~/components";

If you initially set up [incoming zone transfers (Cloudflare as secondary)](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/), you can later convert your zone to use a <GlossaryTooltip term="partial setup">partial setup</GlossaryTooltip>.

<Render file="conversion-subdomain-setup-callout" />

Follow the steps below to achieve this conversion.

## 1. Stop transferring the zone

<Render file="secondary-conversion-unlink" />

## 2. Configure your authoritative DNS provider

1. (Optional) If you are also migrating to a new authoritative DNS provider, export a zone file from the previous provider and import it into the new one.
2. At your authoritative DNS provider, create `CNAME` records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` for every hostname you wish to proxy through Cloudflare.

    <Details header="Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider">

    The `CNAME` record for `www.example.com` would be:

    ```txt
    www.example.com CNAME www.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
    ```
    </Details>

3. At your authoritative DNS provider, remove any previously existing `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records referencing the hostnames you want to proxy through Cloudflare. For these hostnames, leave only the records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net`.

## 3. Convert your Cloudflare zone

1. Back at your Cloudflare zone, confirm that you have all the `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) needed for the hostnames you pointed to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` in the previous step. You can also delete any DNS records that have a different type, as they will no longer resolve once you convert your zone to a partial setup.
2. Use the [Edit Zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) with `type` set to `partial` to convert the zone type. Existing DNS records will not be affected.
3. On [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), get the **Verification TXT Record** and add it at your authoritative DNS provider.

    <Details header="Example verification record">

    A verification record for `sub.example.com` might be:

    | Type | Name                            | Content             |
    | ---- | ------------------------------- | ------------------- |
    | TXT  | `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com` | 966215192-518620144 |

    If your authoritative DNS provider automatically appends DNS record `name` fields with your domain, make sure to only insert `cloudflare-verify` as the record name. Otherwise, it may result in an incorrect record name, such as `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com.sub.example.com`.

    After creating the record, you can use this [Dig Web Interface link](https://digwebinterface.com/?type=TXT&ns=auth&nameservers=) to search (`dig`) for `cloudflare-verify.<YOUR DOMAIN>` and validate if it is working.

    </Details>

    :::note
    The verification record must remain in place for as long as you want your partial setup to be active on Cloudflare.
    :::

## 4. Update nameservers

At your domain registrar (or parent zone), [update the nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/). In a partial (CNAME) setup, only the nameservers of your external DNS provider should be listed.

    - Remove any `secondary.cloudflare.com` nameservers if you used to have them.
    - If you are also migrating to a new authoritative DNS provider, add your new nameservers.

---

# Convert secondary setup to full setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-secondary-to-full/

import { Render } from "~/components";

If you initially set up [incoming zone transfers (Cloudflare as secondary)](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/), you can later convert your zone to use a full setup.

<Render file="conversion-subdomain-setup-callout" />

Follow the steps below to achieve this conversion.

## 1. Stop transferring the zone

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## 2. Prepare for the conversion

1. Plan for [DNSSEC settings](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/). If you were previously using [Pre-signed DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/#set-up-pre-signed-dnssec), consider disabling DNSSEC before starting the conversion.
2. Make sure the [proxy statuses](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your DNS records are consistently set:

    - If you have [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/), confirm each record has the appropriate setting (**Proxied** or **DNS only**).
    - If [Secondary DNS override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) is disabled, make sure all of your DNS records are listed as **DNS only**.

3. (Optional) For consistency, use the [Update DNS Settings](/api/resources/dns/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint to specify SOA record fields according to your needs. Once Cloudflare automatically generates an SOA record for your zone on full setup, the field overrides will be considered.

## 3. Convert your zone

1. Use the [Edit Zone endpoint](/api/resources/zones/methods/edit/) with `type` set to `full` to convert the zone type. Existing DNS records will not be affected.
2. Go to [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records) and take note of your new **Cloudflare Nameservers**.
3. At your domain registrar (or parent zone), [update your nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/). Replace the nameservers ending in `secondary.cloudflare.com` by the ones ending in `ns.cloudflare.com`.

    :::note
    If Cloudflare will be your only primary DNS provider, remove any other nameservers as well.
    :::

4. Delete the previous SOA record to make sure Cloudflare generates a new one.
5. (Optional) If Cloudflare was previously not signing your records and you wish to use DNSSEC, follow the steps to [Enable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/#enable-dnssec).

---

# Full setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="full-setup-definition" />

## How to

For more details, refer to [Set up a full domain](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="dns.full_setup" />

---

# DNS setup conversions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/conversions/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

You can perform the following DNS setup conversions:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="full-setup-definition" />

## Before you begin


Before you update your domain nameservers, make sure that you:

* Already own a domain name (such as `example.com` or `cloudflare.com`).

:::note
If you do not already have a [domain name](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name/), get one at-cost through [Cloudflare Registrar](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/domains/register).

All domains purchased through Cloudflare Registrar automatically use Cloudflare for authoritative DNS, which means you can skip the rest of this tutorial.
:::

* Have previously created a [Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/).
* Disabled [DNSSEC](/dns/concepts/#dnssec) at your registrar (where you bought your domain name).

<Render file="dnssec-providers" />

<Render file="dnssec-enabled-migration" />


## Add site to Cloudflare


In the Cloudflare dashboard, [add your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

If Cloudflare is unable to identify your domain as a registered domain, make sure you are using an existing [top-level domain](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/top-level-domain/) (`.com`, `.net`, `.biz`, or others).

Cloudflare requires your `apex domain` to be one level below a valid TLD defined in the [Public Suffix List (PSL)](https://github.com/publicsuffix/list/blob/master/public_suffix_list.dat). Enterprise customers can onboard lower-level subdomains using [Subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/).

## Review DNS records



When you start using Cloudflare's nameservers for authoritative DNS and your zone is in a full setup, Cloudflare will become your primary DNS provider. This means that your DNS records in Cloudflare need to be accurate for your domain to work properly.

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:::note
<Render file="dns-scan-note" />
:::

<Render file="dns-scan-procedure" />

<Render file="dns-nxdomain-warning" />



## Update your nameservers

<Render file="nameserver-preamble" />

<Render file="minimize-downtime-tip" />

### Get nameserver names

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. On **Overview**, locate the nameserver names in **2. Replace with Cloudflare's nameservers**.

   ![Find nameserver names on the Overview page of your domain](~/assets/images/dns/nameserver-names.png)

<br/>
3. Keep this window open while you perform the next step.

:::note

Cloudflare automatically assigns nameservers to a domain and these assignments cannot be changed. For more details, refer to [Nameserver assignments](/dns/zone-setups/reference/nameserver-assignment/).
:::

### Update your registrar

1. Log in to the admin account for your domain registrar. If you do not know your provider, use [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/).

:::note

Depending on your use case, you may have to perform this step on the DNS records management of your domain parent zone, or at a domain reseller, instead. Refer to [Nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/#specific-processes) for details.
:::

2. Remove your existing authoritative nameservers.

3. Add the nameservers provided by Cloudflare. If their names are not **copied exactly**, your DNS will not resolve correctly.

<Render file="ns-update-providers" />

:::note


To avoid common issues, refer to our [Nameserver replacement checklist](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/troubleshooting/).


:::

### Verify changes

Wait up to 24 hours while your registrar updates your nameservers.

When your domain is **Active**:

* You will receive an email from Cloudflare.
* Your domain will have a [status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) of **Active** on the **Websites** page of your account.
* Online tools such as [https://www.whatsmydns.net/](https://www.whatsmydns.net/) will show your Cloudflare-assigned nameservers (most of these tools use cached query results, so it may take longer for them to show the updated nameservers).
* CLI commands will show your Cloudflare-assigned nameservers

```txt
*Linux/Unix*
dig <DOMAIN_NAME> +trace @1.1.1.1
dig <DOMAIN_NAME> +trace @8.8.8.8

*Windows*
nslookup <DOMAIN_NAME> 1.1.1.1
nslookup <DOMAIN_NAME> 8.8.8.8
```

:::note


If you see unexpected results, refer to our [troubleshooting suggestions](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/troubleshooting/) and check with your domain registrar.


:::



## Re-enable DNSSEC

When you updated your nameservers, you should have also disabled DNSSEC at your registrar.

You should now [enable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) to protect from domain spoofing.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/troubleshooting/

If you see unexpected results when [changing your nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/), review the following troubleshooting questions.

## Is a DS record present at your registrar?

You need to remove any pre-Cloudflare **DS** records at your registrar to update your authoritative nameservers. This will disable DNSSEC and allow Cloudflare to resolve your domain name.

You can then [re-enable DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#re-enable-dnssec) in Cloudflare and at your registrar after you have changed your nameservers.

## Do the nameservers at your registrar exactly match the values provided by Cloudflare?

If the nameservers in your registrar do not exactly match those provided by Cloudflare, your domain will not resolve correctly.

## Are additional nameservers listed at your registrar?

If so, you should remove these nameservers.

You should have only Cloudflare nameservers listed at your registrar.

## Have you waited longer than 24 hours?

For some registrars, you will need to wait up to 24 hours for updates to your nameservers.

---

# DNS resolution

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/dns-resolution/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When you have a <GlossaryTooltip term="partial setup" link="/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/">partial zone</GlossaryTooltip>, Cloudflare handles DNS records a bit differently from full zones in order to internally resolve the origin server where proxied HTTP requests are sent to.

## Records within the same zone

When you [create a new DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) in a partial zone, Cloudflare automatically checks whether any of your CNAME records point to existing A, AAAA, or CNAME records within the same zone.

For example, Cloudflare would show a warning if you had the following records in your partial zone:

```txt
sub1.partialzone.com   CNAME   sub2.partialzone.com
sub2.partialzone.com   A       192.0.2.1
```

Since Cloudflare contains both the CNAME and its target, our DNS resolution will send incoming HTTP requests to `sub1.partialzone.com` to the origin `192.0.2.1`.

This can cause issues if you already have DNS records for `sub2.partialzone.com` at your authoritative DNS provider. These records may point to `192.0.2.4`, another IP address, or another domain but - because Cloudflare contains the initial record and the target - it never queries your authoritative DNS provider for the record for `sub2.partialzone.com`.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: DNS resolution flow with CNAME target in same partial zone
      A[Request to <code>sub1.partialzone.com</code>] --> B[<code>CNAME</code> record for <code>sub1.partialzone.com</code> to <code>sub2.partialzone.com</code>]
      subgraph Cloudflare
        B --> C[<code>A</code> record for <code>sub2.partialzone.com</code> to <code>192.0.2.1</code>]
      end
      C --> D[<code>192.0.2.1</code>]
      subgraph Authoritative DNS
      E[<code>A</code> record for <code>sub2.partialzone.com</code> to <code>192.0.2.4</code>]
      end
```

<br />

When you avoid this situation - meaning you do not have the **target** of the CNAME record within your partial zone - this DNS resolution would happen differently.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: DNS resolution flow with CNAME target not in partial zone
      A[Request to <code>sub1.partialzone.com</code>] --> B[<code>CNAME</code> record for <code>sub1.partialzone.com</code> to <code>sub2.partialzone.com</code>]
      B --> C[<code>A</code> record for <code>sub2.partialzone.com</code> to <code>192.0.2.4</code>]
      C --> D[<code>192.0.2.4</code>]
      subgraph Cloudflare
        B
      end
      subgraph Authoritative DNS
        C
      end
```

***

## Records pointing to a partial zone within the same account

You could also [create a CNAME record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) in a zone (partial or full setup) that points to a record in another partial zone within your account.

In this case, Cloudflare will always resolve the CNAME target based on the value at your authoritative DNS provider of the partial target zone.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: DNS resolution flow with CNAME target in a zone within the same account
      A[Request to <code>www.alice.com</code>] --> B[<code>CNAME</code> record for <code>www.alice.com</code> to <code>www.partialzone.com</code>]
      B --> C[<code>A</code> record for <code>www.partialzone.com</code> to <code>192.0.2.4</code>]
      C --> D[<code>192.0.2.4</code>]
      subgraph Cloudflare account
        subgraph Cloudflare zone 1
          B
        end
        subgraph Cloudflare zone 2
        E[<code>A</code> record for <code>www.partialzone.com</code> to <code>203.0.113.1</code>]
        end
      end
      subgraph Authoritative DNS
      C
      end
```

---

# Partial (CNAME) setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="partial-setup-definition" />

Once you are on a partial setup, the actual resolution of your records to Cloudflare depends on CNAME records [added at your authoritative DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#3-add-dns-records). Check your authoritative DNS provider to know which records are pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net`.

## How to

* [Set up a partial domain](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/)
* [Convert a partial setup to a full setup](/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-partial-to-full/)
* [Convert a partial setup to a secondary setup](/dns/zone-setups/conversions/convert-partial-to-secondary/)
* [Create DNS records of other types](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#other-record-types)

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="dns.partial_setup" />

## Reference

### DNS resolution

With a partial zone, Cloudflare resolves [DNS records differently](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/dns-resolution/) than for full zones.

### CNAME flattening

A partial (CNAME) setup requires the proxied hostname to be pointed to Cloudflare via a CNAME record. Since [CNAME records are not allowed on the zone apex](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1912#section-2.4) (`example.com`), you can only proxy your zone apex to Cloudflare if your authoritative DNS provider supports [CNAME Flattening](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cname-flattening-rfc-compliant-cnames-at-a-domains-root/).

If your authoritative DNS provider does not support CNAME Flattening, redirect its traffic — for example, with an `.htaccess` file — to a subdomain proxied to Cloudflare. Alternatively, you can use [static IPs or BYOIPs](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#customize-cloudflare-ip-addresses).

### DDoS protection

[DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/) for attacks against DNS infrastructure is only available for domains on [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/). Domains on the partial setup are not using Cloudflare authoritative nameservers.

### Domain ownership

Enterprise customers can use [zone holds](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/) to prevent other teams in the organization from adding zones that are already active in another Cloudflare account. For partial setups, if the same zone is added to different accounts, the last account to complete the setup will gain ownership.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/

import { Details, Render, GlossaryTooltip, Steps } from "~/components";

<Render file="partial-setup-definition" />

:::note
A partial setup is only available to customers on a Business or Enterprise plan.
:::

---

## Before you begin

<Steps>

1. Create a Cloudflare account and add your domain.
2. Choose **Business** or **Enterprise** as your plan.
3. If you are onboarding a new domain to Cloudflare, ignore the instructions to change your nameservers.
4. (Recommended) Plan for SSL/TLS certificates:

   If you are only using [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) prior to converting your zone, a certificate will be provisioned for your subdomains only after each of the respective DNS records ([step 3](#3-add-dns-records) below) are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). Refer to [Enable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#partial-dns-setup) for details.

   If your domain is sensitive to downtime, instead of using Universal SSL, consider using an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) with [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/#setup).

</Steps>

## 1. Convert your zone and review DNS records

<Steps>

1. On the **Overview** page, select **Convert to CNAME DNS Setup**.
2. Select **Convert** to confirm.
3. Save the information from the **Verification TXT Record**. If you lose the information, you can also access it by going to **DNS** > **Records** > **Verification TXT Record**.
4. Make sure that you have all the DNS records (A, AAAA, or CNAME) for subdomains that you want to proxy through Cloudflare.

</Steps>

## 2. Verify ownership for your domain

Add the **Verification TXT Record** at your authoritative DNS provider. Cloudflare will verify the TXT record and send a confirmation email. This can take up to a few hours.

<Details header="Example verification record">

A verification record for `example.com` might be:

| Type | Name                            | Content             |
| ---- | ------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| TXT  | `cloudflare-verify.example.com` | 966215192-518620144 |

</Details>

:::note

If your authoritative DNS provider automatically appends DNS record `name` fields with your domain, make sure to only insert `cloudflare-verify` as the record name. Otherwise, it may result in an incorrect record name, such as `cloudflare-verify.example.com.example.com`.

After creating the record, you can use this [Dig Web Interface link](https://digwebinterface.com/?type=TXT&ns=auth&nameservers=) to search (`dig`) for `cloudflare-verify.<YOUR DOMAIN>` and validate if it is working.

:::

That record must remain in place for as long as your domain is active on the partial setup on Cloudflare.

If your organization has multiple Cloudflare accounts, also consider using zone holds to have more control over [domain ownership](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/#domain-ownership).

## 3. Add DNS records

<Steps>

1. At your authoritative DNS provider:

   1. Create CNAME records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` for every hostname you wish to proxy through Cloudflare.

   <Details header="Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider">

   The CNAME record for `www.example.com` would be:

   ```txt
   www.example.com CNAME www.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
   ```

   </Details>

   2. Remove any previously existing A, AAAA, or CNAME records referencing the hostnames you want to proxy through Cloudflare. For these hostnames, leave only the records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net`.

2. Repeat this process for each subdomain that should be proxied to Cloudflare.

</Steps>

---

## Other record types

If you are preparing a conversion from partial to full setup, or if you have a more specific use case, you can use the [Create DNS Record](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/) API endpoint to create DNS records of any supported type.

---

# Records quick scan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/dns-quick-scan/

import { Example } from "~/components"

To help all customers get started when a new zone is created, Cloudflare offers a DNS records quick scan.

## How the quick scan works

The scan is built upon a list of recurring patterns of DNS records `type` and `name`, that Cloudflare identifies as being used in existing active zones.

Since DNS record names are automatically appended with the domain that the records are set for, two completely different domains - `domain.com` and `test.xyz`, for example - would probably have a few matches if the lists of DNS records on their zones were compared side by side and the criterion was `type`/`name` combination.

The DNS records `content` would be different for each zone but, based on record `type` and `name`, Cloudflare can identify recurring patterns and expect to find the same pairs when a new domain is added.

The following section provides some examples of DNS records `type`/`name` combinations that the scan usually finds.

## Use case examples

### Address records

<Example>

| Type       | Name | Content  | TTL     |
| ---------- | ---- | -------- | ------- |
| `A`        | `@`  | `<IPv4>` | `<TTL>` |

</Example>

The value `@` indicates the domain apex - in the example above, `domain.com` or `test.xyz`.

Virtually all zones on a full setup are expected to have at least one [address record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-a-record/) pointing to the IP address where the website or application is hosted.

### `www` records

<Example>

| Type       | Name  | Content    | TTL     |
| ---------- | ----- | ---------- | ------- |
| `CNAME`    | `www` | `<TARGET>` | `<TTL>` |

</Example>

<Example>

| Type       | Name  | Content  | TTL     |
| ---------- | ----- | -------- | ------- |
| `A`        | `www` | `<IPv4>` | `<TTL>` |

</Example>

Since it is still common that visitors type `www.<DOMAIN>` in their browsers expecting to reach the domain, zones will usually have a  [`CNAME`](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#cname) or an [`A`](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#a-and-aaaa) record named `www`. This allows queries for `www.<DOMAIN>` to return the expected result.

### Email records

<Example>

| Type       | Name | Mail server        | TTL     | Priority     |
| ---------- | ---- | ------------------ | ------- | ------------ |
| `MX`       | `@`  | `webmail.<DOMAIN>` | `<TTL>` | `<PRIORITY>` |

</Example>

<Example>

| Type       | Name   | Content    | TTL     |
| ---------- | ------ | ---------- | ------- |
| `CNAME`    | `mail` | `<TARGET>` | `<TTL>` |

</Example>

<Example>

| Type       | Name      | Content  | TTL     |
| ---------- | --------- | -------- | ------- |
| `A`        | `webmail` | `<IPv4>` | `<TTL>` |

</Example>

Mail exchanger (`MX`) and other record types combined with names like `mail`, `webmail`, or `smtp`, are also commonly found. As explained in the [Set up email records page](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/), there are several DNS records that can be used to make sure email reaches your mail server and to prevent other email senders from spoofing your domain.

## Limitations

Since the DNS records quick scan is based on this predefined list of commonly used record types and names, and is not tailored to the specific zone you are adding to Cloudflare, there can be cases where not all records are picked up.

For example, if you have very specific hostnames - such as `my-store1900.example.com` instead of `store.example.com` - or if you have set up a [DKIM record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dkim-record/) that uses a more custom name - `this._domainkey` instead of `default._domainkey` - it is expected that the scan will not find the specific DNS records.

:::caution[Important]

You should always [review your DNS records](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#review-dns-records) and manually add any missing ones before changing your nameservers.

:::

---

# Zone status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/

Review information on the different statuses that your [zone](/dns/concepts/#zone) can have after you [add your website or application](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare.

Zone status is also referred to as domain status. An **active** domain status is a requirement for your [application services configurations](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#domain-configurations) to be applied. Refer to [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) for details.

If your zone status changes, you will receive an email at the address associated with your account.

The following diagram gives you an overview of the different statuses applicable and how your zone may transition from one status to the other. For zones with an active paid subscription, the time to automatic deletion or purge may not correspond to this diagram. Refer to the sections below for details.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Zone status flow
accDescr: Diagram of the different statuses applicable to Cloudflare zones and the transitions from one status to the other.

A[Initializing]
B[Pending]
C[Active]
D[Moved]
E[Deleted]
F[Purged]

 A-- Plan <br />selection --> B
 B-- Zone <br />authentication --> C
 C-- DNS <br />checks fail --> D
 D-- Moved <br />for 7 days --> E
 E-- Deleted <br />for 7 days --> F

 B-- Pending for <br />28 days --> E
 A-- Initializing for 28 days --> E
```

:::note

If you use the API to add your website or application to Cloudflare, your zone will be created directly in a **Pending** status. **Initializing** only applies to domains added via the dashboard.
:::

## Initializing (Setup)

You have initiated the setup via dashboard, but did not select a plan for your zone. Your zone status is presented as **Setup** on the Cloudflare dashboard.

In this state, Cloudflare does not respond to any DNS queries for your domain.

If your zone is in **Setup** for over 28 days, it will be automatically [deleted](#deleted).

## Pending

Your zone status is presented as **Pending Nameserver Update** on the Cloudflare dashboard.

Cloudflare responds to DNS queries for pending zones on the assigned Cloudflare nameserver IPs, but your zone is still not active and cannot be used to [proxy traffic to Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#pending-domains).

If your domain is on the Free plan, it will be deleted automatically if it is not activated within 28 days. Any pending zone with a paid plan (Pro, Business, Enterprise) will remain pending until the plan is removed, or the domain is activated or [removed from Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/).

For Enterprise zones, if you want to adjust settings before zone activation, Logpush for [DNS logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/dns_logs/) and [DNS Zone Transfer](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/) configuration work as expected in pending state.

:::note
If you have mistakenly added a zone to your account it will appear as pending. It can be safely [removed](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/).
:::

### Causes

* [Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/): You have either not [changed your authoritative nameservers](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) or your change has not yet been authenticated by Cloudflare.
* [Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/): You have either not added the verification TXT record to your authoritative DNS provider or the record has not yet been authenticated by Cloudflare.

## Active

Cloudflare has authenticated your [nameserver changes](/dns/nameservers/update-nameservers/) or [verification TXT record](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#2-verify-ownership-for-your-domain) and you can proxy domain traffic through Cloudflare. For more details refer to [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) and [Domain configurations](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#domain-configurations).

## Moved

Your domain has failed multiple DNS checks, where either the Cloudflare nameservers are no longer present on your domain's `NS` records ([Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)) or no `SOA` record is returned for the zone ([Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)).

Zones that do not have any active paid subscriptions and have been moved will be deleted automatically after 7 days.

:::caution

If you have an active paid subscription and no longer wish to use Cloudflare, make sure to also [manually remove your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/).
:::

## Deleted

Your zone has been archived. Cloudflare still responds to DNS queries for deleted zones on the assigned Cloudflare nameserver IPs (for non-deleted DNS records) and you can re-add the domain to Cloudflare by following the [regular onboarding flow](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

After being deleted for seven days, zones are automatically [purged](#purged).

## Purged

After a zone is deleted for seven days, it will be purged. Cloudflare does not respond to DNS queries for purged zones and, unlike [deleted zones](#deleted), this status cannot be reverted. In this case, even if you re-add the domain to the same Cloudflare account, none of the zone settings are expected to be restored.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Nameserver assignment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/reference/nameserver-assignment/

When you add a domain on a [primary (full)](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) DNS setup, Cloudflare automatically assigns your nameservers. You should then add the assigned nameservers to your registrar and, once Cloudflare can detect they have been placed, your zone is activated.

Each domain's assigned nameservers may be different than other domains, even if those domains are within the same account.

These nameserver assignments cannot be changed. However, depending on your subscription, you may have different options to [control the nameservers assignment method](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#assignment-method) or to use your own [custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/).

:::caution

To prevent domain hijacking, you can no longer preset Cloudflare nameservers at your registrar before creating the respective zone in Cloudflare. If you preset your nameservers and then add the domain, your domain will be assigned a new pair of nameservers.

To keep the same nameservers across your domains, use [Account custom nameservers](/dns/nameservers/custom-nameservers/account-custom-nameservers/).

:::

For more background on nameserver assignments, refer to [our blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/whats-the-story-behind-the-names-of-cloudflares-name-servers/).

---

# Enable DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/dnssec/

As opposed to the [normal process](/dns/dnssec/) for enabling DNSSEC, DNSSEC with a subdomain setup requires a few additional steps.

## Requirements

To use DNSSEC for a subdomain setup, DNSSEC must be enabled on the parent zone.

Ideally, you should also wait 12 to 24 hours after enabling DNSSEC on the parent zone to ensure DNS resolvers provide the same DNS query responses.

## Setup

1. [Create](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/#how-to) the child zone.

2. Make sure the child zone is [active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) on Cloudflare and that DNS resolution is working properly for your subdomain.

3. [Enable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) for the child zone and save the information provided within the DS record output.

4. In the **DNS** > **Records** settings of the parent zone, [add the DS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) from the previous step.

   ![Screenshot showing how to add a DS record within Cloudflare](~/assets/images/dns/ds-record-example.png)

5. Add an A record to the child zone to validate DNS resolution.

6. Wait two to six hours. Then, [test the A record](/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/#test-dnssec-with-dig) added in the previous step using multiple DNS resolvers with DNSSEC validation (`1.1.1.1`, `8.8.8.8`, and `9.9.9.9`). For example, if the A record is for `test.child.example.com`: `dig test.child.example.com +dnssec @1.1.1.1`.

---

# Subdomain setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

When you use a subdomain setup, you can manage the [Cloudflare configurations](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) for one or more subdomains separately from those associated with your <GlossaryTooltip term="apex domain">apex domain</GlossaryTooltip>. This means that, on your [account homepage](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/), you would find websites like `example.com` or `blog.example.com` listed as separate <GlossaryTooltip term="DNS zone">zones</GlossaryTooltip>.

:::note
This is different from simply creating a subdomain for a site you already have in Cloudflare. If you do not need separate Cloudflare configuration for your subdomain, refer to [Create a subdomain record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/).
:::

You might use this setup when you want to share access to a specific subdomain's settings with different teams, but have stricter controls on your apex domain. For example, a subdomain setup could allow your documentation team to manage the Cloudflare configuration for `docs.example.com`, while preventing them from adjusting any settings on `example.com`.

Subdomain setups are also useful when different subdomains require entirely different settings. For example, you may have different requirements for `docs.example.com`, `blog.example.com`, and `community.example.com`.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="dns.subdomain_setup" />

### Access applications

<Render file="subdomain-setup-access-apps" />

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrate to new account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/move-to-new-account/

When using a [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/), you can have your subdomain as a separate zone within the same account as the parent domain or within a different account.

If you have already [created a standalone subdomain zone](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/) within the same account, you can still move it to a separate account.

1. [Add the subdomain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to a new Cloudflare account.
2. In the original subdomain zone, [export](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) the DNS records.
3. Review the exported records, delete any unnecessary ones, and [import](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) them into the new subdomain zone.
4. Update the `NS` records in the parent zone to refer to the newly assigned nameservers of the child zone.

---

# Rollback

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/rollback/

Refer to the following process to understand how you can rollback a [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) and recreate the corresponding subdomain DNS records in an existing parent zone within Cloudflare.

## Before you begin

* This guide assumes both your child domain (`blog.example.com`) and its parent domain (`example.com`) are in Cloudflare.
* In the child zone, review and [export](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) the DNS records.

:::caution[Important]

This process may incur in downtime, as it is not possible to add address records (A/AAAA) while still having [corresponding NS records at the same name](/dns/manage-dns-records/troubleshooting/existing-ns-record/) within the parent zone.
:::

## Steps

1. (Optional) In the parent zone, migrate over any settings - [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Rules](/rules/), [Workers](/workers/), and more - that might be needed for the child domain.
2. (Optional) If necessary, [order an advanced SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) that covers the child domain and any deeper subdomains.
3. In the parent zone, go to **DNS** > **Records**.
4. Delete one of the `NS` records defined for the child domain.
5. Edit the remaining `NS` record to create the subdomain address record.
6. [Import](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) the records you had obtained [before you began](#before-you-begin).

---

# Cannot add domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/cannot-add-domain/

If you encounter issues [adding a domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare, follow these troubleshooting steps.

## 1. Disable DNSSEC

Cloudflare cannot provide authoritative DNS resolution for a domain — a [full setup domain](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) — when **DNSSEC** is enabled at your domain registrar.

If you do not disable **DNSSEC** before changing your nameservers, you might experience the following issues:

- DNS does not resolve after switching to Cloudflare’s nameservers.
- DNS query response status is `SERVFAIL`.
- The domain remains in a [Pending status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/).

If you experience these issues, refer to [Configuring DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec) and [Troubleshooting DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/troubleshooting/).

---

## 2. Register the domain

If the issue is with your registrar, you may receive the following error messages:

- `exampledomain.com is not a registered domain (Code: 1049)`
- `We were unable to identify bad.psl-example as a registered domain. Please ensure you are providing the root domain and not any subdomains (e.g., example.com, not subdomain.example.com) (Code: 1099)`
- `Failed to lookup registrar and hosting information of exampledomain.com at this time. Please contact Cloudflare Support or try again later. (Code: 1110)`

If you receive these error messages, make sure that:

- You are providing the apex domain (also known as "root domain", e.g. `example.com`) and not a subdomain (`www.example.com`).
- You domain is fully registered and its registration data lists its nameservers.
- Your domain uses a verified [top-level domain (TLD)](https://publicsuffix.org/list/).

---

## 3. Resolve DNS for apex domain

Before a domain can be added to Cloudflare, the domain must return `NS` records for valid, working nameservers. `NS` records can be checked via third-party online tools such as [https://www.whatsmydns.net](https://www.whatsmydns.net/) or via a command-line terminal using a dig command:

```sh
dig +short ns cloudflare.com
```

```sh output

ns3.cloudflare.com.
ns4.cloudflare.com.
ns5.cloudflare.com.
ns6.cloudflare.com.
ns7.cloudflare.com.
```

Additionally, the domain must return a valid `SOA` record when queried. `SOA` records can be checked via third-party online tools such as [https://www.whatsmydns.net](https://www.whatsmydns.net/) or via a command-line terminal:

```sh
dig +short soa cloudflare.com
```

```sh output

ns3.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2029202248 10000 2400 604800 300
```

---

## 4. Check if the domain is restricted at Cloudflare

If Cloudflare has temporary or permanent restrictions on a domain, you will receive the following errors:

- **Error 1105**
  - **Message**: `Error with Cloudflare request: [1105] This zone is temporarily restricted and cannot be added to Cloudflare at this time, please contact Cloudflare Support.`
  - **Cause**: We have seen too many attempts to add a domain to Cloudflare
  - **Resolution**: Wait 3 hours before attempting to re-add the domain to Cloudflare. Support cannot speed up this process.
- \_**Error 1093 or 1116**
  - **Message**: `This zone cannot be added to Cloudflare at this time, please contact Cloudflare Support. (Code: 1093)`
  - **Cause**: You may have entered a subdomain (`www.example.com`) instead of the apex domain (also known as "root domain", e.g. `example.com`).
  - **Resolution**: Verify that you are entering the apex domain. If you are and still experience issues, contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).
- \_**Error 1097**
  - **Message**: `This web property cannot be added to Cloudflare at this time. If you are an Enterprise customer, contact your Customer Success Manager. Otherwise, email abusereply@cloudflare.com with a detailed explanation of your association with this zone. (Code: 1097)`
  - **Resolution**: Contact [abusereply@cloudflare.com](mailto:abusereply@cloudflare.com) with a detailed explanation of your association with this zone.
- **Error: Cannot be found** OR **`<your domain>` is not a registered domain (code: 1049)**
  - This can happen if the domain has not been registered yet. Some domains, like `.gov` domains, have special requirements that require the domain be added first.
  - **Resolution:** Please contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) if you require assistance adding a `.gov` and/or other domains that require manual registration.

---

# Delete all DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/delete-all-records/

import { Example } from "~/components";

When you connect your domain to Cloudflare, the [DNS records quick scan](/dns/zone-setups/reference/dns-quick-scan/) may automatically add several records to your zone.

If you realize most of them are not applicable and want to bulk delete DNS records, follow the steps below. This method assumes you are familiar with [API calls fundamentals](/fundamentals/api/).

:::note[Bulk deletion available in the dashboard]
You can delete records in bulk via the dashboard, which removes the need for custom scripts as the one below. Refer to [Batch record changes](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/#delete-records-in-bulk) for details.
:::

1. Make sure you have [an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) that allows you to edit DNS for your zone.
2. Get your [zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).
3. Run the following script, replacing `<ZONE_ID>` and `<API_TOKEN>` with the values you got from the previous steps.

<Example>
:::caution[Warning]
This script uses [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/) to format `JSON` outputs for readability. Refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/) for details.
:::

```bash
zoneid=<ZONE_ID>
bearer=<API_TOKEN>
curl --silent "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records?per_page=50000" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $bearer" \
| jq --raw-output '.result[].id' | while read id
do
  curl --silent --request DELETE "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneid/dns_records/$id" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $bearer"
done
```
</Example>

---

# Domain deleted from Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/domain-deleted/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Domain deletion commonly occurs for the following reasons:

* A user with access to the domain removed it.
* The nameservers no longer point to Cloudflare. Cloudflare continuously monitors domain registration.
* The domain was not authenticated (pending for 28 days).

***

## Check Audit Logs

Cloudflare [Audit Logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) contain information about domain deletion.

:::note

*Delete* is an **Action** that denotes domain deletion but is also commonly used for deletion of other various account settings. Therefore, ensure that **Resource** says *Zone*. 
:::

***

## Check registrar for Cloudflare nameservers

If your domain was using a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), your registrar needs to use Cloudflare nameservers as the authoritative nameservers for your domain.

1. Use either the command-line based "whois" application provided with your Operating System or a website such as [ICANN Lookup](https://lookup.icann.org/).

   * If you are unable to find the nameserver details for your domain, reach out to your domain registrar or domain provider to provide the domain registration information.
   * Ensure Cloudflare’s nameservers are the only two nameservers listed in the domain registration details.
   * Ensure nameservers are spelled correctly in the domain registration.

2. Confirm that the nameservers exactly match the nameservers provided within the **Cloudflare Nameservers** card in **DNS** > **Records**.

3. If you identify incorrect information, log in to your domain provider’s portal to make updates or contact your domain provider for assistance.

***

## Recover a deleted domain

<Render file="recover-deleted-domain" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/troubleshooting/

When [updating your registrar](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/#4-update-registrar) with the Cloudflare secondary nameservers (`nsXXXX.secondary.cloudflare.com`), you get an error.

:::note


The exact error message depends on the system. Some examples would be: `Entity reference not found`,` Authorization error`, `Unable to create foreign nameserver`.


:::

Upon contacting your registrar, their services confirm that the Cloudflare nameservers cannot be added at this time.

***

## Root Cause

This issue may arise when one of our nameservers used for secondary setup are removed from the Verisign side.

***

## Solution

The Cloudflare engineering team needs to be engaged [through Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to make sure the nameserver gets registered again manually at Verisign.

---

# DNS Zone transfers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/

import { Render } from "~/components";

To increase availability and fault tolerance, you can use one or more DNS provider(s) alongside Cloudflare in case one provider becomes unavailable (known as a [peer DNS server](#peer-dns-server)). Your providers will then transfer DNS records between themselves using authoritative ([AXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5936)) or incremental ([IXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1995)) zone transfers.

With AXFR, the entire zone will be transferred from the primary to the secondary provider, even if only one record changes. With IXFR, only the changes will be transferred. Cloudflare supports both protocols.

With zone transfers, you have two configuration options:

* [Cloudflare as Primary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/): Cloudflare is your primary DNS provider and performs outgoing zone transfers to your secondary DNS provider(s).
* [Cloudflare as Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/): Cloudflare is your secondary DNS provider and initiates incoming zone transfers from your primary DNS provider.

## Peer DNS server

Peer DNS servers can be used as primary and secondary external DNS servers. The same peer can be linked to multiple primary and secondary zones. Each peer can be associated with only one Transaction Signature (TSIG).

<Render file="linked-peers-limit" />

You can manage peers via the [API](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/peers/methods/list/) or the dashboard by going to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **DNS Zone Transfers**.

Depending on the usage of the peer, the fields are interpreted in a different way:

| Field        | Cloudflare as Primary (Outgoing)                            | Cloudflare as Secondary (Incoming)                       |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name         | Human readable name of peer                                 | Human readable name of peer                              |
| IP           | If configured, where Cloudflare sends the NOTIFY to         | Where Cloudflare sends the AXFR/IXFR transfer request to |
| Port         | IP Port for NOTIFY IP                                       | IP Port for transfer IP                                  |
| TSIG ID      | Attached TSIG object                                        | Attached TSIG object                                     |
| IXFR enabled | Cloudflare always supports IXFR for outgoing zone transfers | Specifies if Cloudflare only sends AXFR or AXFR and IXFR |

## Availability

Zone transfers are only available to customers on an Enterprise plan.

---

# Automation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/automation/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Automation allows us to provide more functionality at a lower maintenance cost, as well as enable and support community contributors.

## When to use it

When thinking about what to automate in your documentation, look for tasks that are frequent, repetitive, or tedious.

Often, the easiest way to do that is to think through the following questions:

* What do new team members or infrequent contributors struggle with?
* What is part of your standard review checklist? And which steps require an additional level of attention to detail?
* What do stakeholders commonly misunderstand? What do they strugle with?

Another component to think about is how often this automation runs:

* What checks need to run on every contribution? Or, another way, what issues would cause you to decline a contribution?
* What checks take a lot of time to run?
* If a check found something wrong, what would be the expected turnaround for a fix?

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# How we do it

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/automation/process/

Cloudflare uses the following automations to streamline our documentation process.

## Content maintenance

At Cloudflare, we use several automations to reduce the cost associated with content maintenance.

| Automation                                                                                                                    | Purpose                                                                                    | Implementation | Runs when     |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |
| External link checking                                                                                                        | Evaluates external links for broken links or links that redirect to another location.      | SEO crawler    | Weekly        |
| [Header link checking](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/anchor-link-audit.yml) | Evaluates anchor links within our docs to make sure they resolve correctly.                | GitHub Actions | Every weekend |
| [API docs link checking](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/api-links-crawl.yml) | Evaluates links to our API docs.                                                           | GitHub Actions | Every weekend |
| [Unused images check](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/image-audit.yml)        | Flags images that are in our resources, but not currently referenced in our documentation. | GitHub Actions | Every month   |

## Reporting

| Automation                                                                                                | Purpose                                                                                                                                    | Implementation | Runs when    |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------ |
| [Label PRs](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml) | Adds and updates labels related to the content subfolder and size of a pull request. Useful for rollup reporting and team self-assignment. | GitHub Actions | Every commit |

## Contributor resources

The following resources help contributors and stakeholders when they are making changes to our documentation.

| Automation                                                                                                                             | Purpose                                                                                                        | Implementation | Runs when         |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------------- |
| [Build check](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/ci.yml)                                  | Verifies that our docs site builds correctly.                                                                  | GitHub Actions | Every commit      |
| [Show before/after links](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/show-changed-files.yml)      | Provides a comparison table that shows the current page in production and the changed page in a preview build. | GitHub Actions | Every Pages build |
| [Flag needed redirects](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/comment-changed-filenames.yml) | Comments with a list of changed or deleted files that might need a redirect.                                   | GitHub Actions | Every commit      |
| [Validate redirects](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/bin/validate-redirects.ts)                          | Verifies whether the commit adds conflicting or invalid redirects.                                             | GitHub Actions | Every commit      |

---

# Metadata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/metadata/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Page-level metadata - content type, associated products, last updated, word count - lets you take a broader, more strategic view of your content.

It helps you answer questions like the following:

* As a writer:
  * Am I missing something obvious in the content strategy?
  * What are some pages I should be updating right now?
* As a manager:
  * Are we over or underinvesting in a specific product area? Or a specific content type?
  * How does the traffic to this set of products compare to another?
  * How can I communicate broader trends to my stakeholders?

You cannot answer these questions without some level of rollup reporting, which you can only get through metadata.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# How we do it

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/metadata/process/

At Cloudflare, we track the following information about each page:

| Value             | Description                                                                                                                                   | Examples                                        |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| **Product**       | The top-level subfolder of the page.                                                                                                          | `dns`, `bots`                                   |
| **Product Group** | The primary area that each product falls into.                                                                                                | `Application Performance`, `Developer Platform` |
| **Content type**  | The primary purpose of the page, which corresponds to our listed [content types](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/). | `how-to`, `faq`                                 |
| **Last modified** | How many days ago was this page last updated?                                                                                                 | `63`                                            |
| **Last reviewed** | How many days ago was this page last reviewed?                                                                                                | `100`                                           |
| **Word count**    | How many words does the page contain (rounded to the nearest hundred)?                                                                        | `100`                                           |

Of all of these values, there is a bit of nuance to our **Last reviewed** metadata. **Last reviewed** differs from **Last modified** because a review is more thorough than an update. A review implies that all contents of the page have been vetted for accuracy.

Because of this extra effort, we only track **Last reviewed** for content types that are particularly important to the user journey and require an additional level of maintenance. At the moment, those content types are [tutorials](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/) and specific types of [configurations](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/).

***

## Implementation

There are two aspects to our metadata implementation: how we set these values and how we make them available.

### Setting values

In setting values, we automate what we can and manually set the rest:

| Value             | Method                                                                                     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Product**       | Set automatically by using the subfolder.                                                  |
| **Product Group** | Defined at the product level and then automatically applied to each page in the subfolder. |
| **Content type**  | Manually set for each page.                                                                |
| **Last modified** | Automatically pulled from the Git history.                                                 |
| **Last reviewed** | Manually set for some pages.                                                               |
| **Word count**    | Automatically generated during build time.                                                 |

### Making values available

We choose to render all of these values as specific `meta` properties for each page.

This decision - combined with the multiple web scrapers that crawl our pages - means that our metadata is available for reporting and search improvements (ranking and faceting).

It also means that our GitHub repo is always the source of truth and we do not have to keep a spreadsheet or mapping updated elsewhere.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/redirects/best-practices/

Beyond [how Cloudflare uses redirects](/docs-guide/manage-content/redirects/process/), we follow these best practices.

## Organize your redirects

As much as you can, try to organize your redirects into logical groups (products, alphabetical order). This process helps prevent duplicate redirects, as well as identifying specific ones you might be looking for.

In our [Pages `_redirects` file](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/public/_redirects), we use extensive comments, separating different product areas. We also try, as much as we can, to keep the redirects in alphabetical order within a section.

We used to apply a similar principle to [Bulk Redirect lists](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) (when that was our primary method). We created lists that grouped together similar products and labeled them as such, so it was easier to find which redirect you were looking for.

## Know what you can redirect

At the server level, you can trigger a redirect on a URL path (`/page/`), but not a fragment (`/page/#fragment`).

You can redirect a page to a fragment, however (`/page1/` to `/page2/#fragment`).

## Use automation

Particularly in an open-source environment, use automation to identify changes that might require redirects. We built a [GitHub action](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/.github/workflows/comment-changed-filenames.yml) specifically for this use case.

You should apply a similar process to infinite redirects (where two redirect rules point to each other), if possible, and redirects containing a source URL fragment, which are invalid. We have a [dedicated script](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/bin/validate-redirects.ts) to check for these situations in our Pages project.

---

# Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/redirects/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

As your content changes (and it will change), <GlossaryTooltip term="redirect">redirects</GlossaryTooltip> preserve continuity for your users and (friendly) bots.

The most obvious part of this is the user experience. If you click a link in the dashboard or use a bookmarked URL, you trust that it's taking you to the right place. Not a `404` page or the wrong page, but the right page. Redirects help direct users to the right place.

The same applies to the automated experience. If you move a page without redirects, you are losing the historical search authority that Google and other search engines use to rank your page.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# How we do it

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/docs-guide/manage-content/redirects/process/

There are [multiple ways](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/301-redirects) of performing redirects, including at your server, client-side redirects, and using a CDN.

We use various Cloudflare products for our redirects, due to ease of use and speed[^1].

[^1]: Performing redirects through Cloudflare lets you implement redirects on the Cloudflare global network instead of making requests travel all the way to an origin server.

## How we add redirects

### Cloudflare Pages (primary)

Our primary method takes advantage of the [Pages platform](/pages/configuration/redirects/), defining redirects in a [plain text file](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/public/_redirects) in our GitHub repo.

This setup allows us to use the same workflow for redirects as for any other documentation change. We implement a redirect in the same pull request as the content change and can test these changes in our preview branches.

We also love the flexibility provided by the [Pages syntax](/pages/configuration/redirects/#advanced-redirects).

### Bulk redirects (secondary)

In certain situations, we also use [Bulk redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/).

Normally, bulk redirects only come up when another team is adding a large number of individual redirects to our site, such as when all of our previous `support.cloudflare.com` content was migrated and needed individualized redirects per locale.

We use this method when the contributors are outside of our team and when the total number of redirects is so large that it would clutter our `_redirects` file and count against our [limit for Pages redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/#surpass-_redirects-limits).

---

## When we add redirects

Our team adds redirects in two situations: during the course of normal content and as needed based on data.

### During content work

During normal content work, you want to add redirects when you do the following to a page:

- Change any part of the URL (filename, folder).
- Delete the page.

We have some automation to help [flag needed redirects](/docs-guide/manage-content/automation/process/#contributor-resources).

### Based on data

Another time to add redirects is when you see a lot of `404` response codes on certain paths of your docs site. These `404` responses might be due to a missing redirect or mistyped link.

We identify these status codes either through our [Cloudflare analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/) (ad hoc) or [Logpush job](/logs/about/) (more thorough, quarterly).

---

# Building the App Frontend and UI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/app-frontend/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="efc08fd03da0dfebd2e4402af519acb5"
	videoTitle="Building the App Frontend and UI"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

Now, we're moving to the frontend. In this video, we'll set up the frontend starter code (the starter code is located in the Veet GitHub repository), connect to Durable Objects using a call room ID, and display a local video preview.

Useful links:

- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Deploy your Video Call app

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/deploy-app/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="aaa652e0e05bc09ac35451d9cbd4b341"
	videoTitle="Deploy your Video Call app"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

We're almost done with the project, and in this video, we'll add the finishing touches. Learn how to handle call disconnections, wire up essential media controls like muting/unmuting and video toggling, and integrate a TURN server to ensure reliable connections even behind firewalls. By the end of this video, your app will be fully functional and ready for deployment.

Useful links:

- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)
- [TURN service](/calls/turn/)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# What are Durable Objects?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/durable-objects/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="fe3a2f97642951e692e86b3af36a4251"
	videoTitle="What are Durable Objects?"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

In this video, we will show how Durable Objects work and start building a video call app together.

Useful links:

- [Sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) for a Cloudflare account

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Video series

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/

import { DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

Building stateful apps on a serverless architecture has been difficult until Cloudflare's Durable Objects - a powerful API that enables you to easily build stateful serverless apps on Workers. In this series of videos, we will show how Durable Objects work and start building a video call app together.

To get started, [create an account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) on Cloudflare today for free.

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

---

# Introduction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/intro/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="558cdd841276a1aba1426af6293d6d15"
	videoTitle="Introduction to Durable Objects"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

In this episode, we will present an overview of the final project, discuss its underlying architecture, and access resources to set up the project locally.

Useful links:

- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Make and Answer WebRTC calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/make-answer-webrtc-calls/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="3b3a88940d3b1c635dbb6df0516218ab"
	videoTitle="Make and Answer WebRTC calls"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

In this video, we'll build on the frontend we set up earlier by adding functionality for making and answering WebRTC video calls. You'll learn how to create peer-to-peer connections, handle ICE candidates, and seamlessly send and receive video streams between users.

Useful links:

- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Real-time messaging with WebSockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/real-time-messaging/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="a02e5f9e58999d96c3ec9dbb0efb9707"
	videoTitle="Real-time messaging with WebSockets"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

Now, we'll take it a step further by enabling our server to receive and broadcast messages. In this video, you'll learn how to route and broadcast incoming messages from WebSocket connections and implement error handling such as closed WebSocket connections. By the end, you will have completed the backend for our video call app.

Useful links:

- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Create a Serverless Websocket 'Backend'

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/video-series/serverless-websocket/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components";

<Stream
	videoId="86c64a50e0ea53dadd1ea1194bdeda92"
	videoTitle="Create a Serverless Websocket 'Backend'"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s"
/>

In this video, we'll create a WebSocket backend using serverless technology, making the process simpler than ever before. You'll learn how to create your first Durable Object, set up a WebSocket server to coordinate connections, and keep track of connected clients.

Useful links:

- [CLI command](/pages/get-started/c3/) for creating new Workers and Pages projects
- [Hopscotch.io](https://hoppscotch.io/) for local WebSocket testing
- [GitHub code](https://github.com/megaconfidence/veet)

<Details header="Video series" >

<DirectoryListing folder="durable-objects/get-started/video-series" />

</Details>

---

# Build a seat booking app with SQLite in Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/tutorials/build-a-seat-booking-app/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Details, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a seat reservation app using Durable Objects. This app will allow users to book a seat for a flight. The app will be written in TypeScript and will use the new [SQLite storage backend in Durable Object](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend) to store the data.

Using Durable Objects, you can write reusable code that can handle coordination and state management for multiple clients. Moreover, writing data to SQLite in Durable Objects is synchronous and uses local disks, therefore all queries are executed with great performance. You can learn more about SQLite storage in Durable Objects in the [SQLite in Durable Objects blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sqlite-in-durable-objects).

:::note[SQLite in Durable Objects]

SQLite in Durable Objects is currently in beta. You can learn more about the limitations of SQLite in Durable Objects in the [SQLite in Durable Objects documentation](/durable-objects/best-practices/access-durable-objects-storage/#sqlite-storage-backend).

:::

The application will function as follows:

- A user navigates to the application with a flight number passed as a query parameter.
- The application will create a new Durable Object for the flight number, if it does not already exist.
- If the Durable Object already exists, the application will retrieve the seats information from the SQLite database.
- If the Durable Object does not exist, the application will create a new Durable Object and initialize the SQLite database with the seats information. For the purpose of this tutorial, the seats information is hard-coded in the application.
- When a user selects a seat, the application asks for their name. The application will then reserve the seat and store the name in the SQLite database.
- The application also broadcasts any changes to the seats to all clients.

Let's get started!

## Prerequisites

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages).
2. Install [`Node.js`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm).

<Details header="Node.js version manager">
	Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or
	[nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change
	Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), discussed
	later in this guide, requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.
</Details>

## 1. Create a new project

Create a new Worker project to create and deploy your app.

1.  Create a Worker named `seat-booking` by running:

    <PackageManagers
    	type="create"
    	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
    	args={"seat-booking"}
    />

    <Render
    	file="c3-post-run-steps"
    	product="workers"
    	params={{
    		category: "hello-world",
    		type: "Hello World Worker Using Durable Objects",
    		lang: "TypeScript",
    	}}
    />

2.  Change into your new project directory to start developing:

```sh frame="none"
cd seat-booking
```

## 2. Create the frontend

The frontend of the application is a simple HTML page that allows users to select a seat and enter their name. The application uses [Workers Static Assets](/workers/static-assets/binding/) to serve the frontend.

1. Create a new directory named `public` in the project root.

2. Create a new file named `index.html` in the `public` directory.

3. Add the following HTML code to the `index.html` file:

<Details header="public/index.html">
```html title="public/index.html"
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="UTF-8" />
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
		<title>Flight Seat Booking</title>
		<style>
			body {
				font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
				display: flex;
				justify-content: center;
				align-items: center;
				height: 100vh;
				margin: 0;
				background-color: #f0f0f0;
			}
			.booking-container {
				background-color: white;
				padding: 20px;
				border-radius: 8px;
				box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
			}
			.seat-grid {
				display: grid;
				grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 1fr);
				gap: 10px;
				margin-top: 20px;
			}
			.aisle {
				grid-column: 4;
			}
			.seat {
				width: 40px;
				height: 40px;
				display: flex;
				justify-content: center;
				align-items: center;
				border: 1px solid #ccc;
				cursor: pointer;
			}
			.seat.available {
				background-color: #5dbf61ba;
				color: white;
			}
			.seat.unavailable {
				background-color: #f4433673;
				color: white;
				cursor: not-allowed;
			}
			.airplane {
				display: flex;
				flex-direction: column;
				align-items: center;
				background-color: #f0f0f0;
				padding: 20px;
				border-radius: 20px;
			}
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<div class="booking-container">
			<h2 id="title"></h2>
			<div class="airplane">
				<div id="seatGrid" class="seat-grid"></div>
			</div>
		</div>

    	<script>
    		const seatGrid = document.getElementById("seatGrid");
    		const title = document.getElementById("title");

    		const flightId = window.location.search.split("=")[1];

        const hostname = window.location.hostname;

    		if (flightId === undefined) {
    			title.textContent = "No Flight ID provided";
    			seatGrid.innerHTML = "<p>Add `flightId` to the query string</p>";
    		} else {
    			handleBooking();
    		}

    		function handleBooking() {
    			let ws;
    			if (hostname === 'localhost') {
            const port = window.location.port;
    				ws = new WebSocket(`ws://${hostname}:${port}/ws?flightId=${flightId}`);
    			} else {
    				ws = new WebSocket(`wss://${hostname}/ws?flightId=${flightId}`);
    			}

    			title.textContent = `Book seat for flight ${flightId}`;

    			ws.onopen = () => {
    				console.log("Connected to WebSocket server");
    			};

    			function createSeatGrid(seats) {
    				seatGrid.innerHTML = "";
    				for (let row = 1; row <= 10; row++) {
    					for (let col = 0; col < 6; col++) {
    						if (col === 3) {
    							const aisle = document.createElement("div");
    							aisle.className = "aisle";
    							seatGrid.appendChild(aisle);
    						}

    						const seatNumber = `${row}${String.fromCharCode(65 + col)}`;
    						const seat = seats.find((s) => s.seatNumber === seatNumber);
    						const seatElement = document.createElement("div");
    						seatElement.className = `seat ${seat && seat.occupant ? "unavailable" : "available"}`;
    						seatElement.textContent = seatNumber;
    						seatElement.onclick = () => bookSeat(seatNumber);
    						seatGrid.appendChild(seatElement);
    					}
    				}
    			}

    			async function fetchSeats() {
    				const response = await fetch(`/seats?flightId=${flightId}`);
    				const seats = await response.json();
    				createSeatGrid(seats);
    			}

    			async function bookSeat(seatNumber) {
    				const name = prompt("Please enter your name:");
    				if (!name) {
    					return; // User canceled the prompt
    				}

    				const response = await fetch(`book-seat?flightId=${flightId}`, {
    					method: "POST",
    					headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
    					body: JSON.stringify({ seatNumber, name }),
    				});
    				const result = await response.text();
    				fetchSeats();
    			}

    			ws.onmessage = (event) => {
    				try {
    					const seats = JSON.parse(event.data);
    					createSeatGrid(seats);
    				} catch (error) {
    					console.error("Error parsing WebSocket message:", error);
    				}
    			};

    			ws.onerror = (error) => {
    				console.error("WebSocket error:", error);
    			};

    			ws.onclose = (event) => {
    				console.log("WebSocket connection closed:", event);
    			};

    			fetchSeats();
    		}
    	</script>
    </body>

</html>
```

</Details>

- The frontend makes an HTTP `GET` request to the `/seats` endpoint to retrieve the available seats for the flight.
- It also uses a WebSocket connection to receive updates about the available seats.
- When a user clicks on a seat, the `bookSeat()` function is called that prompts the user to enter their name and then makes a `POST` request to the `/book-seat` endpoint.

4. Update the bindings in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to configure `assets` to serve the `public` directory.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[assets]
directory = "public"
```

</WranglerConfig>

5. If you start the development server using the following command, the frontend will be served at `http://localhost:8787`. However, it will not work because the backend is not yet implemented.

```bash frame=none
npm run dev
```

:::note[Workers Static Assets]

[Workers Static Assets](/workers/static-assets/binding/) is currently in beta. You can also use Cloudflare Pages to serve the frontend. However, you will need a separate Worker for the backend.

:::

## 3. Create table for each flight

The application already has the binding for the Durable Objects class configured in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. If you update the name of the Durable Objects class in `src/index.ts`, make sure to also update the binding in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

1. Update the binding to use the SQLite storage in Durable Objects. In the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, replace `new_classes=["Flight"]` with `new_sqlite_classes=["Flight"]`, `name = "FLIGHT"` with `name = "FLIGHT"`, and `class_name = "MyDurableObject"` with `class_name = "Flight"`. your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file should look like this:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml {9}
[[durable_objects.bindings]]
name = "FLIGHT"
class_name = "Flight"

# Durable Object migrations.
# Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/configuration/#migrations
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1"
new_sqlite_classes = ["Flight"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Your application can now use the SQLite storage in Durable Objects.

2. Add the `initializeSeats()` function to the `Flight` class. This function will be called when the Durable Object is initialized. It will check if the table exists, and if not, it will create it. It will also insert seats information in the table.

For this tutorial, the function creates an identical seating plan for all the flights. However, in production, you would want to update this function to insert seats based on the flight type.

Replace the `Flight` class with the following code:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
	sql = this.ctx.storage.sql;

	constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
		super(ctx, env);
		this.initializeSeats();
	}

	private initializeSeats() {
		const cursor = this.sql.exec(`PRAGMA table_list`);

		// Check if a table exists.
		if ([...cursor].find((t) => t.name === "seats")) {
			console.log("Table already exists");
			return;
		}

		this.sql.exec(`
				  CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS seats (
					seatId TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
					occupant TEXT
				  )
				`);

		// For this demo, we populate the table with 60 seats.
		// Since SQLite in DOs is fast, we can do a query per INSERT instead of batching them in a transaction.
		for (let row = 1; row <= 10; row++) {
			for (let col = 0; col < 6; col++) {
				const seatNumber = `${row}${String.fromCharCode(65 + col)}`;
				this.sql.exec(`INSERT INTO seats VALUES (?, null)`, seatNumber);
			}
		}
	}
}
```

3. Add a `fetch` handler to the `Flight` class. This handler will return a text response. In [Step 5](#5-handle-websocket-connections) You will update the `fetch` handler to handle the WebSocket connection.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {3-5}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
  ...
  async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
    return new Response("Hello from Durable Object!", { status: 200 });
  }
}
```

4. Next, update the Worker's fetch handler to create a unique Durable Object for each flight.

```ts title="src/index.ts"
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Get flight id from the query parameter
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const flightId = url.searchParams.get("flightId");

		if (!flightId) {
			return new Response(
				"Flight ID not found. Provide flightId in the query parameter",
				{ status: 404 },
			);
		}

		const id = env.FLIGHT.idFromName(flightId);
		const stub = env.FLIGHT.get(id);
		return stub.fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

Using the flight ID, from the query parameter, a unique Durable Object is created. This Durable Object is initialized with a table if it does not exist.

## 4. Add methods to the Durable Object

1. Add the `getSeats()` function to the `Flight` class. This function returns all the seats in the table.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {8-22}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
    ...

	private initializeSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Get all seats.
	getSeats() {
		let results = [];

		// Query returns a cursor.
		let cursor = this.sql.exec(`SELECT seatId, occupant FROM seats`);

		// Cursors are iterable.
		for (let row of cursor) {
			// Each row is an object with a property for each column.
			results.push({ seatNumber: row.seatId, occupant: row.occupant });
		}

		return results;
	}
}
```

2. Add the `assignSeat()` function to the `Flight` class. This function will assign a seat to a passenger. It takes the seat number and the passenger name as parameters.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {13-48}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
	...

	private initializeSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Get all seats.
	getSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Assign a seat to a passenger.
	assignSeat(seatId: string, occupant: string) {
		// Check that seat isn't occupied.
		let cursor = this.sql.exec(
			`SELECT occupant FROM seats WHERE seatId = ?`,
			seatId,
		);
		let result = cursor.toArray()[0]; // Get the first result from the cursor.

		if (!result) {
			return {message: 'Seat not available',  status: 400 };
		}
		if (result.occupant !== null) {
			return {message: 'Seat not available',  status: 400 };
		}

		// If the occupant is already in a different seat, remove them.
		this.sql.exec(
			`UPDATE seats SET occupant = null WHERE occupant = ?`,
			occupant,
		);

		// Assign the seat. Note: We don't have to worry that a concurrent request may
		// have grabbed the seat between the two queries, because the code is synchronous
		// (no `await`s) and the database is private to this Durable Object. Nothing else
		// could have changed since we checked that the seat was available earlier!
		this.sql.exec(
			`UPDATE seats SET occupant = ? WHERE seatId = ?`,
			occupant,
			seatId,
		);

		// Broadcast the updated seats.
		this.broadcastSeats();
		return {message: `Seat ${seatId} booked successfully`, status: 200 };
	}
}
```

The above function uses the `broadcastSeats()` function to broadcast the updated seats to all the connected clients. In the next section, we will add the `broadcastSeats()` function.

## 5. Handle WebSocket connections

All the clients will connect to the Durable Object using WebSockets. The Durable Object will broadcast the updated seats to all the connected clients. This allows the clients to update the UI in real time.

1. Add the `handleWebSocket()` function to the `Flight` class. This function handles the WebSocket connections.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {18-26}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
	...

	private initializeSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Get all seats.
	getSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Assign a seat to a passenger.
	assignSeat(seatId: string, occupant: string) {
		...
	}

  private handleWebSocket(request: Request) {
		console.log('WebSocket connection requested');
		const [client, server] = Object.values(new WebSocketPair());

		this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);
		console.log('WebSocket connection established');

		return new Response(null, { status: 101, webSocket: client });
	}
}
```

2. Add the `broadcastSeats()` function to the `Flight` class. This function will broadcast the updated seats to all the connected clients.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {22-24}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
	...

	private initializeSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Get all seats.
	getSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Assign a seat to a passenger.
	assignSeat(seatId: string, occupant: string) {
		...
	}

  private handleWebSocket(request: Request) {
		...
	}

  private broadcastSeats() {
		this.ctx.getWebSockets().forEach((ws) => ws.send(this.getSeats()));
	}
}
```

3. Next, update the `fetch` handler in the `Flight` class. This handler will handle all the incoming requests from the Worker and handle the WebSocket connections using the `handleWebSocket()` method.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {26-28}
import { DurableObject } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class Flight extends DurableObject {
	...

	private initializeSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Get all seats.
	getSeats() {
		...
	}

	// Assign a seat to a passenger.
	assignSeat(seatId: string, occupant: string) {
		...
	}

  private handleWebSocket(request: Request) {
		...
	}

  private broadcastSeats() {
		...
	}

  async fetch(request: Request) {
		return this.handleWebSocket(request);
	}
}
```

4. Finally, update the `fetch` handler of the Worker.

```ts title="src/index.ts" {8-23}
export default {
	...

	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		// Get flight id from the query parameter
		...

		if (request.method === "GET" && url.pathname === "/seats") {
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(await stub.getSeats()), {
				headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
			});
		} else if (request.method === "POST" && url.pathname === "/book-seat") {
			const { seatNumber, name } = (await request.json()) as {
				seatNumber: string;
				name: string;
			};
			const result = await stub.assignSeat(seatNumber, name);
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(result));
		} else if (request.headers.get("Upgrade") === "websocket") {
			return stub.fetch(request);
		}

		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The `fetch` handler in the Worker now calls appropriate Durable Object function to handle the incoming request. If the request is a `GET` request to `/seats`, the Worker returns the seats from the Durable Object. If the request is a `POST` request to `/book-seat`, the Worker calls the `bookSeat` method of the Durable Object to assign the seat to the passenger. If the request is a WebSocket connection, the Durable Object handles the WebSocket connection.

## 6. Test the application

You can test the application locally by running the following command:

```sh frame="none"
npm run dev
```

This starts a local development server that runs the application. The application is served at `http://localhost:8787`.

Navigate to the application at `http://localhost:8787` in your browser. Since the flight ID is not specified, the application displays an error message.

Update the URL with the flight ID as `http://localhost:8787?flightId=1234`. The application displays the seats for the flight with the ID `1234`.

## 7. Deploy the application

To deploy the application, run the following command:

```sh frame="none"
npm run deploy
```

```sh output
 ⛅️ wrangler 3.78.8
-------------------

🌀 Building list of assets...
🌀 Starting asset upload...
🌀 Found 1 new or modified file to upload. Proceeding with upload...
+ /index.html
Uploaded 1 of 1 assets
✨ Success! Uploaded 1 file (1.93 sec)

Total Upload: 3.45 KiB / gzip: 1.39 KiB
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Durable Objects:
  - FLIGHT: Flight
Uploaded seat-book (12.12 sec)
Deployed seat-book triggers (5.54 sec)
  [DEPLOYED_APP_LINK]
Current Version ID: [BINDING_ID]
```

Navigate to the `[DEPLOYED_APP_LINK]` to see the application. Again, remember to pass the flight ID as a query string parameter.

## Summary

In this tutorial, you have:

- used the SQLite storage backend in Durable Objects to store the seats for a flight.
- created a Durable Object class to manage the seat booking.
- deployed the application to Cloudflare Workers!

The full code for this tutorial is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/harshil1712/seat-booking-app).

---

# Azure guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/sso/azure/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

This tutorial will walk you through the steps for configuring a non-gallery enterprise application within Azure Active Directory to establish a <GlossaryTooltip term="SAML">SAML</GlossaryTooltip> SSO connection with Email Security (formerly Area 1).

## 1. Azure Active Directory configuration

1. [Log in to Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com/) and open **Enterprise Applications**.

2. Select **New Application**.

   ![Create a new application](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step2-new-app.png)

3. Select **Create your own application**.

   ![Select create your own application](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step3-create-your-own-app.png)

4. Input a descriptive name for your app and select **Integrate any other application you don't find in the gallery (Non-gallery)** > **Create**.

   ![Give your application a descriptive name](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step4-name.png)

5. On the application **Overview** page that opens, select **2. Set up single sign on**.

   ![Select single sign-on as the type of app](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step5-sso.png)

6. Select **SAML** as your single sign-on method.

   ![Select SAML as the sign-on method](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step6-saml.png)

7. Select the pencil icon to edit the **Basic SAML Configuration**.

   ![Select the pencil icon to edit Basic SAML Configuration](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step7-basic-saml.png)

8. Enter the following configuration settings:

   |                                                |                                                    |
   | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Identifier (Entity ID)**                     | `https://horizon.area1security.com`                |
   | **Reply URL (Assertion Consumer Service URL)** | `https://horizon.area1security.com/api/users/saml` |
   | **Sign-On URL**                                | Leave blank                                        |
   | **Relay State**                                | Leave blank                                        |
   | **Logout URL**                                 | Leave blank                                        |

9. Select **Save** and the cross button to exit **Basic SAML Configuration**.

10. Select the pencil icon to edit **SAML Certificates** and make the following changes:

    * **Signing Option**: Select *Sign SAML response* from the drop-down menu.
    * **Signing Algorithm**: Select *SHA-1* from the drop-down menu.

    ![Select Sign SAML response and SHA-1 from the menu](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step10-saml-signing-certificate.png)

11. Select **Save** and the cross button to exit **SAML Certificates**.

12. Still in the **SAML Certificates** section, find **Federation Metadata XML** and select **Download**. You will need this information for the SSO Configuration in the Email Security dashboard.

    ![Download the Metadata XML information](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/step12-download.png)

Your Azure configuration is now complete. It should look similar to this:

![Your Azure configuration should be similar to this one](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/azure/config-finished.png)

:::note

Now that the application configuration is complete, update **User Assignments** and **Application Properties** as needed to ensure that authorized personnel are able to access the new application from their Apps Catalog. Additionally, you may choose to update the application logo image file or the privacy policy URL. 
:::

## 2. Configure Email Security to connect to Azure

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. In **Users and Actions** > **Users and Permissions** add the email addresses of all your authorized administrators.

   ![Fill out your authorized administrators](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step3-users-actions.png)

4. Go to **SSO Settings**, and enable **Single Sign On**.

   ![Enable SSO](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step4-sso.png)

5. In **SSO Enforcement**, choose one of the settings according to your specific needs: <Render file="sso-enforcement" />

6. For **SAML SSO Domain**, enter `login.microsoftonline.com`.

7. In **Metadata XML** paste the XML metadata you downloaded in the previous step 11. You can open the downloaded file with a text editor to copy all the text. Make sure there are no leading carriage returns or spaces when you copy the text. Your copied text should begin with:

   ```txt
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><EntityDescriptor ID="_<YOUR_DESCRIPTOR_ID>" entityID="https://<YOUR_ENTITY_ID> " xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">...
   ```

8. Select **Update Settings** to save your configuration.

## 3. Test SSO configuration

After completing both the Azure and Email Security setups, you can test your SSO access.
In this example, the logo for Email Security has been updated.

:::note
Verify that the User Assignments and Application Properties of your new Azure AD application have been updated accordingly to ensure that authorized personnel are able to access the new application from their Office 365/Azure Apps Catalog page. Application logos and privacy policy URL can also be updated as needed.
:::

1. Log in to your [Office 365 portal](https://portal.office.com).

2. Select **All Apps**.

3. Go to **Settings** > **SSO**.

4. Locate the Email Security Horizon application (or whichever name you gave your application), and select it to initiate your SSO login with Email Security.

5. If you configured everything correctly, you should be signed in to the Email Security Portal and redirected to the dashboard.

## Troubleshooting

If you have trouble connecting your Azure account to Email Security, make sure that:

* The user exists in the Email Security dashboard.
* The **Identifier** and **Reply URLs** in Azure AD are correct (refer to **Basic SAML Configuration** in step 7 of [Azure Active Directory configuration](#1-azure-active-directory-configuration)).
* **Sign SAML response** and **SHA-1** are selected in Azure AD (refer to **SAML Certificates** in step 9 of [Azure Active Directory configuration](#1-azure-active-directory-configuration)).
* The SAML SSO Domain is set correctly in the Email Security dashboard (refer to step 6 in [Configure Email Security to connect to Azure](#2-configure-email-security-to-connect-to-azure)).
* The name ID identifier is set to **Email Address**.

If all else fails, enable Chrome browser debug logs. Then, log your activity when SSO is initiated, and contact [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# Generic SSO guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/sso/generic-sso/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Below is a generic guide to successfully set up an identity provider based <GlossaryTooltip term="SAML">SAML</GlossaryTooltip>. These options might change depending on your identity provider (IDP). However, make sure you set up the options below or their equivalent.

## 1. Identity Provider SAML setup

1. Log in to your SAML provider and access its setup section.

2. Enter the following values to configure your IDP provider:
   |                                 |                                                    |
   | ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Single sign on URL**          | `https://horizon.area1security.com/api/users/saml` |
   | **Audience URI (SP Entity ID)** | `https://horizon.area1security.com`                |
   | **Name ID format**              | *Email Address*                                    |
   | **Application username**        | *Email*                                            |
   | **Response**                    | *Signed*                                           |
   | **Assertion signature**         | *Unsigned*                                         |
   | **Signature Algorithm**         | *RSA*-SHA1                                         |
   | **Digest Algorithm**            | *SHA1*                                             |

3. In the **Attribute Statements**, add your application users. Emails you add here should match emails users already have in the Email Security dashboard.

4. After finishing the setup, download the IDP metadata file. Copy and paste it into the **METADATA XML** field in the SSO section of Email Security’s dashboard. Refer to **step 4** in the guide below for more details.

## 2. Email Security SAML setup

After configuring settings in your SSO provider, log in to the Email Security dashboard to finish setting up.

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. In **Users and Actions** > **Users and Permissions** add the email addresses of all your authorized administrators.

   ![Fill out your authorized administrators](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step3-users-actions.png)

4. Go to **SSO**, and enable **Single Sign on**.

   ![Enable SSO](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step4-sso.png)

5. In **SSO Enforcement**, choose one of the settings, according to your specific needs: <Render file="sso-enforcement" />

6. In **SAML SSO Domain** enter the domain that points to your SSO provider.

7. In **METADATA XML** paste the SAML XML metadata settings from your provider. These settings (and even their exact text descriptions) are in different locations depending on your SSO provider.

8. Select **Update Settings** to save your configuration.

## Troubleshooting

If you have trouble connecting your SAML provider to Email Security, make sure that:

* The users you have configured in your SAML provider exist in the Email Security dashboard.
* You are using email address as an attribute (in step 2, refer to **Name ID format** and **Application username**).
* You are using the SHA-1 algorithm.
* Your encryption is set to 2048 bits.

If all else fails, enable Chrome browser debug logs. Then, log your activity when SSO is initiated, and contact [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# SSO integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/sso/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

For added security and convenience, Email Security (formerly Area 1) offers support for <GlossaryTooltip term="SAML">Security Assertion Markup Language based (SAML-based)</GlossaryTooltip> single sign-on (SSO) logins. Organizations are able to choose between having users access Email Security (formerly Area 1) with a username and password plus a <GlossaryTooltip term="two-factor authentication (2FA)">two-factor authentication (2FA)</GlossaryTooltip> code, or using an SSO provider, such as OneLogin or Okta.

## SAML configuration options

* **Identity Provider initiated (IDP-initiated) SAML**: IDP-initiated configurations (like Okta or OneLogin) require the IDP to be accessible to the Email Security infrastructure in order to successfully authenticate users. At the most basic level, the user selects an application from their IDP. Then, the IDP communicates with Email Security using a SAML assertion to provide identity information for the user requesting to login to the Email Security dashboard.
* **Service Provider Initiated (SP-initiated) SAML**: SP-initiated configurations are the most common SAML authentication mechanisms. The main difference compared to IDP is that the service provider (like Email Security) does not require any direct connection to the IDP in order to authenticate a user. The user's browser provides the ability for the SAML exchange to occur but the service provider and the IDP do not directly communicate with each other.

Email Security (formerly Area 1) only supports IDP-initiated SAML setup at this point.

## Setup

For more details on setup, refer to the following resources:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Okta guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/account-setup/sso/okta/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial you will learn how to connect your Email Security (formerly Area 1) account to Okta. When single sign-on (SSO) is correctly configured, your authorized employees can connect to the Email Security dashboard using a familiar user name and password.

## 1. Create an Email Security app in Okta

You will need to manually create an app for Email Security in Okta.

1. Log in to Okta as an administrator.

2. In the Admin console, go to **Applications** > **Applications**.

   ![Go to Applications in your Okta Admin console](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step2-applications.png)

3. Select **Create App Integration** > **SAML 2.0**, and select **Next**.

   ![Choose SAML 2.0 as the new app integration type](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step3-saml.png)

4. Enter a descriptive name for your app, such as `Email Security`, and select **Next**.

5. Enter the following settings for **SAML Settings**:

   |                                     |                                                                                                                       |
   | ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Single sing on URL**              | `https://horizon.area1security.com/api/users/saml`                                                                    |
   | **Audience URI (SP Entity ID)**     | `https://horizon.area1security.com/api/users/saml`                                                                    |
   | **Name ID format**                  | Select *EmailAddress* from the drop-down menu.                                                                        |
   | **Application username**            | Select *Email* from the drop-down menu.                                                                               |
   | **Response**                        | *Signed*                                                                                                              |
   | **Assertion signature**             | *Unsigned*                                                                                                            |
   | **Signature Algorithm**             | *RSA-SHA1*                                                                                                            |
   | **Digest Algorithm**                | *SHA1*                                                                                                                |
   | **Attribute statements (optional)** |                                                                                                                       |
   | **Name**                            | Enter email addresses for your users. Should match users already added to Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard. |
   | **Name format**                     | Select *Unspecified* from the drop-down menu.                                                                         |
   | **Value**                           | Select `user.email` from the drop-down menu.                                                                          |

   ![Input the correct settings in SAML settings](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step5-saml-settings.png)

6. Select **Next**.

7. Under **Are you a customer or a partner?**, select **I'm an Okta customer adding an internal app**.

8. In **App type**, select **This is an internal app that we have created**.

9. Select **Finish**.

10. Okta should display the app you have just created. If not, go to **Applications** > **Applications**, and select it.

11. In the **Sign On** tab, go to **View SAML setup instructions** and select it to retrieve the SAML provider information.

    ![Find the View SAML setup instructions button](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step11-saml-instructions.png)

12. Copy and save the link in **Identity Provider Single Sign-On URL**. You will need it later to use in the Email Security dashboard.

    ![Copy and save the SSO URL to use later in the Email Security dashboard](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step12-sso-url.png)

13. Scroll down to **Optional**. You might need to enlarge the text box to copy and save all the XML data. You will need this information to finish configuration in the Email Security dashboard. The start of the metadata should be similar to the following:

    ```txt
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><EntityDescriptor ID="_<YOUR_DESCRIPTOR_ID>" entityID="https://<YOUR_ENTITY_ID> " xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata">...
    ```

    ![Copy and save the XML metadata to use later in the Email Security dashboard](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/okta/step13-optional.png)

## 2. Configure Email Security to connect to Okta

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. In **Users and Actions** > **Users and Permissions** add the email addresses of all your authorized administrators.

   ![Fill out your authorized administrators](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step3-users-actions.png)

4. Go to **SSO Settings** and enable **Single Sign On** switch.

   ![Enable SSO](~/assets/images/email-security/sso/generic/step4-sso.png)

5. In **SSO Enforcement**, choose one of the settings according to your specific needs: <Render file="sso-enforcement" />

6. In **SAML SSO Domain** enter the domain you saved from step 13. For example, `area1security-examplecorp.okta.com`.

7. In **Metadata XML** paste the XML metadata you saved from step 14.

8. Select **Update Settings** to save your configuration.

Log out of any customer portal sessions. Your Okta account should now show a tile for Email Security (formerly Area 1).

---

# API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

<Render file="deployment/setup-api-overview" />

## Get started

For help getting started, refer to our [setup guides](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/).

---

# Inline

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

<Render file="deployment/setup-inline-overview" />

## Get started

For help getting started, refer to our [setup guides](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/).

---

# Alert Webhooks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/alert-webhooks/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Alert Webhooks allow you to connect external services to Email Security, including:

* Slack
* Email addresses
* <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM" link="/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/">SIEM</GlossaryTooltip>
* Microsoft Teams

## Create an alert webhook

To create an alert webhook in Email Security:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Alert Webhooks**.
4. Select **New Webhook**.
5. Select an **App Type**.
6. Enter the **Target**.
7. Select **Publish Webhook**.

---

# Domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/domains/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Email Security works through a system of domain-based routing, where Cloudflare receives and evaluates incoming email from a domain.

## Create a domain

To create a new domain in Email Security:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Domains**.

4. Select **New Domain**.

5. Enter the following information:

   * **Domain**: The domain name receiving email traffic.
   * **Configured As**: Choose **MX Records** or specify a number of **Hops** (depending on your email architecture).
   * **Forwarding To**: Enter the hostname of your email provider.
   * **IP Restrictions** (optional): Restrict incoming traffic to the IP addresses of your mail servers.
   * **Inbound TLS** (only available for non-MX domains): Applies TLS to incoming traffic.
   * **Outbound TLS**: Choose between **Forward all messages over TLS** (recommended) or **Forward all messages using opportunistic TLS**.
   * **Quarantine Policy**: Choose the <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip> you want to send to [Admin quarantine](/email-security/email-configuration/admin-quarantine/).

6. Select **Publish Domain**.

***

## Edit a domain

To edit an existing domain:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Domains**.
4. On a specific domain, select **...** > **Edit**.
5. Make changes as needed.
6. Select **Update Domain**.

***

## Delete a domain

To delete a domain:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Domains**.
4. On a specific domain, select **...** > **Delete**.

---

# Domains and routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Partner Domains TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/partner-domains-tls/

To add additional TLS requirements for emails coming from certain domains, you can enforce higher levels of SSL/TLS inspection. If TLS is required, mail without TLS from the specified domain will be dropped.

## Add a domain

To require that email from a specific domain passes SSL/TLS inspection:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Domains & Routing** > **Partner Domains TLS**.
4. Select **New Partner Domain**.
5. Enter a **Domain** and any **Notes**.
6. Select **Save**.

## Exempt TLS inspection

If you decide to exempt a domain from TLS inspection - by toggling **Require TLS Inbound** to **Off** - this will not turn off enforcement against legacy standards like SSLv1, SSLv2, and TLSv1, which is generally considered insecure.

---

# Email policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

When you use an [inline setup](/email-security/deployment/inline/), you can modify incoming, non-blocked messages with a few added layers of protection:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Link actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/

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## Disposition actions

Create actions for emails with specific <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip>. `URL defang` means that every URL in an email of the selected type will be rewritten so that the user cannot follow the link. For example, `https://www.example.com` will become `https[:]//www[.]example[.]com`.

To update or create a new disposition action:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Email Policies** > **Link Actions**.
4. In **Disposition Actions** select **Edit**.
5. For each disposition, such as `MALICIOUS`, `SPAM`, and `BULK`, choose the action you want to perform.

## Email Link Isolation

Email Link Isolation rewrites links that could be exploited, alerts users when there is uncertainty around the website they are visiting, and protects against malware and vulnerabilities through [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/).

When you enable Email Link Isolation, the service rewrites links in emails and opens them in a browser tab where all page contents are fetched and rendered on a remote server. When this feature is enabled, any malware that might be present in a web page or email link is isolated at the server level, and will not infect and compromise the client network at the endpoint.

Suspicious hyperlinks are system-determined, and triggered by a dynamic isolation list maintained by Cloudflare’s security team.

### Previous disposition actions

When you enable Email Link Isolation, Cloudflare no longer takes into account [URL actions](#disposition-actions) based on the [email’s dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/). URL actions are, rather, based on attributes of the link.

Link rewriting applies to all email dispositions. If you have link actions set for dispositions, you will see a warning when enabling Email Link Isolation. This indicates that Email Link Isolation's rewriting will apply globally.

### Enable Email Link Isolation

:::caution[Email Link Isolation and Microsoft O365]
If you use Microsoft Office 365, you need to allowlist the URL `https://linkdefender.cloudflare.com` before enabling Email Link Isolation. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/tenant-allow-block-list-urls-configure) to learn how to allowlist a URL.
:::

To enable Email Link Isolation you must have an [inline deployment](/email-security/deployment/inline/) for your Email Security setup. Email Link Isolation is not available if Email Security is deployed through [journaling or BCC](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/) setups.

Email Link Isolation can only be used when there are no other security applications doing URL rewrites. Double link rewrites are not supported.

To enable Email Link Isolation:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Email Policies** > **Link Actions**.
4. Scroll to **Email Link Isolation** and enable it.

Email Link Isolation is now enabled.

:::note

Email Link Isolation does not have advanced configuration options. If you need more fine-grained control over what users can do in an isolated browser session, you must have a Cloudflare Zero Trust account and make your changes on [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/). 
:::

## URL rewrite ignore patterns

Use this option to ignore rewrites on URLs matching specific patterns. This feature allows you to ensure that internal corporate services never have links rewritten for them.

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Email Policies** > **Link Actions**.
4. Scroll to **URL Rewrite Ignore Patterns**.
5. Add a new URL pattern to **URL pattern** and select **Add Pattern**.

---

# Text add-ons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/text-addons/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When a message receives a specific <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">disposition</GlossaryTooltip> from Email Security (formerly Area 1), you can add additional information to the subject and body of each message.

This information provides additional context to your employees, which can help them make better decisions if you choose to have a more permissive email policy:

* **Subject prefixes**: Can tell recipients which category the message is in. Subject prefixes always state the final [disposition](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) of the message.
* **Body prefixes**: Provide more context about why the message was added to a specific category. Body prefixes include all the detections that were triggered. This information depends on the [prefixes you enable](#update-text-add-ons).

For example, an email might have the dispositions `EXTERNAL MALICIOUS` in the subject, and `EXTERNAL MALICIOUS SUSPICIOUS UCE` in its body.

:::note


Text add-ons are only applicable to customers using an [inline setup](/email-security/deployment/inline/).


:::

## Update text add-ons

To update or add a new add-on to the subject or body of a message:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Email Policies** > **Text Add-Ons**.

4. Select **Edit**.

5. For each **Disposition**, choose whether prefixes are **Enabled** and whether you want to update the **Custom Label**.

6. If desired, you can also use **Subject Prefix** or **Body Prefix** to update the text added before or after the rendered disposition:

   * **Subject Prefix**: Includes a dynamic value for `%LABELS` that lists the disposition and can include additional text.
   * **Body Prefix**: Includes a dynamic value for `%LABELS` that lists the disposition and `%REASONS` that lists the reasons behind an assigned disposition. Can include additional, HTML-formatted text.

7. Select **Update Text Add-Ons**.

---

# Added Detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/added-detections/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

With **Added Detections**, you can manage various configurations applied at the time of analyzing email traffic.

These settings apply particularly to trusted business partners that your organization may do business with (vendors, external providers, and more).

## Available configurations

| Feature                                                                                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Malicious Domain Age                                                                           | Controls the threshold for a **Malicious** <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions">disposition</GlossaryTooltip> based on domain age. Maximum of 120 days. |
| Suspicious Domain Age                                                                          | Controls the threshold for a **Suspicious** [disposition](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions) based on domain age. Maximum of 120 days.                                                          |
| Encrypted Attachment Scanning                                                                  | Auto-scans encrypted attachments to detect sophisticated malware campaigns.                                                                                                                                                       |
| Anti-Spam Engine                                                                               | Detects bulk emails or unsolicited commercial emails and marks them with a **Bulk** [disposition](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions).                                                           |
| Active Fraud Prevention                                                                        | Inspects and assesses new domain traffic that could be launched from third-party partners or similar organizations.                                                                                                               |
| Blank Email Detection                                                                          | Detects emails with blank bodies and assigns a default disposition. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as [dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions).               |
| [ACH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_clearing_house) change from free email detection | Detects payroll inquiries or change requests from free email domains. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as [dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions).             |
| HTML attachment email detection                                                                | Detects HTM and HTML attachments in emails. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as [dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#dispositions).                                       |

## Access Added Detections

To access **Added Detections** and potentially adjust your settings:

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Enhanced Detections** > **Added Detections**.

From this view, you can adjust [various configurations](#available-configurations).

---

# Enhanced detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Allowed patterns

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/lists/allowed-patterns/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When you set up **allowed patterns**, Email Security email security exempts messages that match certain patterns from normal detection scanning.

## Add an allowed pattern

To create a new allowed pattern:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Allow List** > **Allowed Patterns**.

4. Select **+ New Pattern**.

5. Enter the pattern information:

   * **Allowed Pattern**: Enter one of the following types of pattern:

     * **Email addresses**: Must be a valid email.
     * **IP addresses**: Can only be IPv4. IPv6 and CIDR are invalid entries.
     * **Regular expressions**: Must be [valid Java expressions](https://www.freeformatter.com/java-regex-tester.html).

   * **Allow Type**: Choose one or more of the following types:

     * **Trusted Sender**: Messages will bypass all [detections](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) and link following by Email Security. Typically, only applies to <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> simulations from vendors such as KnowBe4.
     * **Exempt Recipient**: Will exempt messages from all Email Security [detections](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) intended for recipients matching this pattern (email address or regular expression only). Typically, this only applies to submission mailboxes for user reporting to security.
     * **Acceptable Sender**: Will exempt messages from the `SPAM`, `SPOOF`, and `BULK` [dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#available-values) (but not `MALICIOUS` or `SUSPICIOUS`). Commonly used for external domains and sources that send mail on behalf of your organization, such as marketing emails or internal tools.

   * **Notes**: Provide additional notes about the allowed pattern.

6. If you chose *Trusted Sender* or *Acceptable Sender* in the previous step, you will be able to choose whether to verify the sender. When the **Verify Sender** option is selected, the allow list entry will only be honored if it aligns with a passing authentication by DMARC or SPF or DKIM.

7. Select **Save**.

### CSV uploads

You can also upload a CSV file of multiple allowed patterns. The CSV file must be smaller than 150 KB, start with a header row of all required values, and contain no additional fields.

An example file would look like this:

```txt
Pattern, Notes, Verify Email, Trusted Sender,
Exempt Recipient, Acceptable Sender
whale@notaphish.com, not a phish, true, true, false, true
```

---

# Block lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/lists/block-list/

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When you add **blocked senders**, Email Security automatically marks all messages from these senders with a `MALICIOUS` <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">disposition</GlossaryTooltip>.

## Add a blocked sender

To create a new blocked pattern:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Block List** > **Blocked Senders**.

4. Select **+ New Sender**.

5. Enter the pattern information:

   * **Sender**: Enter one of the following types of pattern:

     * **Email addresses**: Must be a valid email.
     * **IP addresses**: Can only be IPv4. IPv6 and CIDR are invalid entries.
     * **Regular expressions**: Must be [valid Java expressions](https://www.freeformatter.com/java-regex-tester.html). Regular expressions are matched with fields related to the sender email address (`envelope from`, `header from`, `reply-to`), the originating IP address, and the server name for the email.

   * **Notes**: Provide additional notes about the blocked sender pattern.

6. Select **Save**.

### CSV uploads

You can also upload a CSV file of multiple allowed patterns. The CSV file must be smaller than 150 KB, start with a header row of all required values, and contain no additional fields.

An example file would look like this:

```txt
Blocked_Sender, Notes
john.smith@email.com, John Smith
melanie.turner@email.com, Melanie Turner
```

---

# Allow and block lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/lists/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Trusted domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/lists/trusted-domains/

**Trusted domains** allows you to identify domains that should be exempted from Email Security (formerly Area 1) detections.

## Default behavior

When messages come to your recipients from certain domains, Email Security triggers certain [detections](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) by default:

* **Proximity Domains**: Domains with similar spelling to your existing domain. Will trigger a `SPOOF` detection.
* **Recent Domains**: Domains created recently (exact definition set in [Added Detections](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/added-detections/)). Will trigger a `MALICIOUS` or `SUSPICIOUS` detection.

However, sometimes those domains are legitimate. For example, your company may have registered several lookalike domains to combat domain squatters.

To exempt specific domains from these detections, you can add trusted domains.

## Add a trusted domain

To add a trusted domain:

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Allow List** > **Trusted Domains**.

4. Select **+ Add Domain**.

5. The exact flow varies based on what you select for your **Pattern Type**:

   * **Domain**: Allows you to specify a particular domain and then adjust triggers for *Proximity Domain* and *Recent Domain*.
   * **Create Regex**: Allows you to create Regex rules for the domain name, top-level domain (TLDs), and subdomains and then adjust triggers for *Proximity Domain* and *Recent Domain*.

6. Select **Save**.

### CSV uploads

You can also upload a CSV file of multiple allowed patterns, so long as the file is smaller than 150 KB, starts with a header row of all required values, and contains no additional fields.

An example file would look like this:

```txt
Domain, Notes, Proximity, Recent
mydomain.com, First Person, true, true
testdomain.com, New Hire, false, true
```

---

# Phish submissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

As part of your continuous email security posture, administrators and security analysts need to submit missed <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> samples to [Email Security (formerly Area 1) Service Addresses](https://horizon.area1security.com/support/service-addresses/) so Cloudflare can process them and take necessary action.

Sometimes phish is missed as Email Security uses several techniques to make a detection. These include preemptively crawling the web to identify campaigns, machine learning, custom signatures, among others. In order for Email Security to identify why phish was missed, we need to run the original samples through our module and identify why some of our modules did not score the sample high enough to elevate it to malicious.

Submitting missed phish samples to Cloudflare is of paramount importance and necessary for continuous protection. Submitting missed phish samples helps Cloudflare improve our machine learning (ML) models, and alerts us of new attack vectors before they become prevalent.

## How to submit phish

There are two different ways to submit a phish sample:

* **User submission**: Submitted directly by the end users, and used with phish submission buttons. <br />
  To learn more about user-submitted phish, refer to the following documentation: <DirectoryListing />

* **Team submission**: To be used when IT administrators or security teams submit to Email Security. Submit original phish samples as an attachment in EML format to the appropriate [Team Submissions address](https://horizon.area1security.com/support/service-addresses/). For example, if you think an email should be marked as spoof, send it to the `SPOOF` address listed in Team Submissions. <br />
  Phish samples submitted to this address will be considered as submissions from the customer's email security team. This increases the chances of similar samples being detected as malicious in the future.

After submitting a phish sample to the team address, you will receive an update from `status@submission.area1reports.com` regarding the investigation and the verdict. The feedback is directly provided to customers by our threat research team, bypassing the support channel, to expedite the process.

## What happens after a phish submission

After you or your users submit a phish sample, Email Security adds that sample directly into our machine learning (ML) queue for learning. Some samples will be directly converted to `MALICIOUS` upon going through machine learning and the rest will be further processed by our ML module.

### Phish submission feedback

Use the following keywords to search for submitted phish samples on the Email Security dashboard:

* `phish_submission`
* `user_malicious_submission`
* `team_malicious_submission`

On the **Reasons** column you will see the feedback regarding the messages found. If the ML module learns and detects it as phish, the **Reasons** column shows the details regarding it. If not, the information on this column shows up as `phish submission`.

If there is a phishing email that is repeatedly sent to users despite being submitted to Email Security for processing, [contact support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the details of the problematic phish submission sample (alert ID or message ID of the sample).

### Phish Submission Response (beta)

Phish Submission Response (PSR) is an additional layer of protection. When you enable PSR, Email Security will automatically retract messages reported by users which are also deemed malicious by Email Security after analysis. This feature uses machine learning margin scores by adding the user as an additional neuron into Email Security's neural network.

To enable PSR:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. In **Email Configuration**, go to **Retract Settings** > **Auto-Retract**.
4. Enable **Phish Submission Response (Beta)**.

:::note

PSR works only for the phish samples submitted to [user submission addresses](https://horizon.area1security.com/support/service-addresses/). Refer to [Retract settings](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/) to learn more about manual and automatic retraction. 
:::

## False positives

If you find emails in your Email Security account that are actually false positives, you can report them from the Email Security dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select the **Search** bar.
3. Search for one or more messages that you want to report as a false positive, and select **Report as false positive**.
4. In the next screen, choose a disposition from the list to clarify the nature of the false positive. The options are *Bulk*, *Malicious*, *None*, *Spam*, *Spoof* and *Suspicious*.
5. Select **Report False Positive**.

## False negatives

[Email Security administrators](/email-security/account-setup/permissions/) can also submit false negatives directly from the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select the **Search** bar.
3. Search for one or more messages that you want to report as a false negative, and select **Report as False Negative**.
   ![The link to submit false negatives, in the search results](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/false-negative.png)
4. In the next screen, choose a disposition from the list to clarify the nature of the false negative. The options are *Bulk*, *Malicious*, *Spam*, *Suspicious* and *Spoof*.
5. Select **Report False Negative**.

---

# KnowBe4

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/knowbe4/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If you have KnowBe4 Phish Alert Button (PAB) for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace follow the steps below to set it up with Email Security and report suspicious emails.

1. Log in to your KnowBe4 console.
2. Select the **cog symbol** to go to your **Account Settings** screen.
3. Go to **Account Integrations** > **Phish Alert**.
4. In **Setting Name**, give your PAB a descriptive name.
5. (Optional) If you do not want to differentiate between spam and malicious emails, enter `<ACCOUNT_NAME>+user+malicious@submission.area1reports.com` in **Send Non-Simulated Emails to** to receive spam reports. <Render file="service-addresses" />
6. If you do want to differentiate between spam and malicious emails, go to **Comments and Disposition Settings**.
7. Select **Allow users to leave comments and disposition**.
8. Select **Disable Unknown Email Disposition**.
9. In **Send Dispositioned Emails to**, you need to enter the email addresses to forward spam and malicious emails. You can find these addresses in your **Email Security dashboard** > **Support** > [**Service Addresses**](https://horizon.area1security.com/support/service-addresses):
   1. **Phishing/Suspicious**: Enter your malicious email address. For example, `<ACCOUNT_NAME>+user+malicious@submission.area1reports.com`.
   2. **Spam/Junk**: Enter your spam email address. For example, `<ACCOUNT_NAME>+user+spam@submission.area1reports.com`.
10. Select **Save changes**.

---

# PhishNet for Google Workspace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

PhishNet is an add-in button that helps users to submit directly to Email Security (formerly Area 1) <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> samples missed by Area 1’s detection. PhishNet avoids the previous process, where users had to report phish to their email admins, which then had to manually download and forward the sample to Email Security.

## Prerequisites

To set up PhishNet with Google Workspace you need admin access to your Google Workspace account.

## Set up PhishNet for Google Workspace

1. Log in to [Google Workspace Marketplace apps](https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/cloudflare_phishnet/11369379045) using this direct link and an administrator account.

2. Select **Admin install** to install Cloudflare PhishNet. Read the warning, and select **Continue**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select Admin install to start installing Cloudflare PhishNet](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step1-phishnet-install.png)

    </div>

3. In the window that opens, choose between installing Cloudflare PhishNet for **Everyone at your organization** or **Certain groups or organizational units**. If you choose this last option, you will also have to select which users you want to install PhishNet to.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Select to which users you want to install PhishNet to](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step3-select-users.png)

    </div>

4. After choosing the groups you want to install PhishNet for, agree with Google’s terms of service, and select **Finish**.

5. Google Workspace will inform you that Cloudflare PhishNet has been installed. Select **Done** to continue.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![If everything goes well, you will need to select Done to continue.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step5-done.png)

    </div>

Cloudflare PhishNet is now installed.

## Submit phish with PhishNet

1. In your Gmail web client, open the message you would like to flag as either spam or phish.

2. (Optional) Open Gmail’s **side panel** if it is not already opened.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Open the side panel on Gmail's interface if you need to](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step2-side-panel.png)

    </div>

3. Select the **PhishNet logo**.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Select PhishNet's logo](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step3-logo.png)

    </div>

4. Under **Select Submission Type**, select the type of your submission — *Spam* or *Phish*.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Choose the type of submission you'd like to make](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-gworkspace/step4-submission-type.png)

    </div>

5. Select **Submit Report**.

PhishNet will show you a **Submission Complete** message once the email has been successfully submitted to Email Security (formerly Area 1) for review.

---

# Microsoft Report Message (not compatible)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/microsoft-report-message/

Due to changes in the flow of submission messages, Microsoft no longer honors mail flow rules for the Microsoft Report Message button. Therefore, Email Security is not compatible with this tool anymore.

To learn more about what is happening, log in to your Microsoft account as an administrator, and [review the communication from Microsoft](https://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home?ref=MessageCenter/:/messages/MC690173).

If you need to submit phish samples or missed phish to Email Security, we recommend using the [PhishNet for Office 365](/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/) integrated app instead.

---

# PhishNet for Office 365

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

PhishNet is an add-in button that helps users to submit directly to Email Security (formerly Area 1) <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phish</GlossaryTooltip> samples missed by Email Security detection. PhishNet avoids the previous process, where users had to report phish to their email admins, which then had to manually download and forward the sample to Email Security.

## Prerequisites

To set up PhishNet with Office 365, you will need:

* An Email Security account with admin access.
* Admin access to Microsoft.com.

:::note

Only admin users can deploy PhishNet for all users in Office 365. Non-admin users can deploy PhishNet for themselves, but no other users will have access to it. 
:::

## Set up PhishNet for Office 365

1. Log in to [admin.microsoft.com](https://admin.microsoft.com/) with your admin account.

2. Select the three-line button to open the menu.

3. Go to **Settings** > **Integrated Apps**.

   ![Select Integrated apps from the menu](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step3-apps.png)

4. Select **Upload custom apps**.

   ![Select upload custom apps](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step4-custom-apps.png)

5. On a new browser tab, [log in to Email Security (formerly Area 1)](https://horizon.area1security.com) with an admin account.

6. Select **Settings** (gear icon).

   ![Select settings (the gear icon)](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step6-settings.png)

7. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Phish Submissions** > **PhishNet O365**.

   ![The PhishNet settings will let you copy the appropriate URL to install it on Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step7-phishnet.png)

8. Select **Copy** to copy the URL. This URL will let you install PhishNet in Office 365.

9. Go back to the Microsoft admin browser tab.

10. From **Upload Apps to deploy**, select **Provide link to manifest file**, and paste the URL you copied from your Email Security dashboard.

    ![Paste the URL you have copied from Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step10-upload-apps.png)

11. Select **Validate**. Wait for a success message to appear below the input. Then, select **Next**.

12. Under **Assign users**, select **Entire Organization**, and then select **Next**.

    ![Paste the URL you have copied from Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step12.png)

13. In **App Permissions and Capabilities**, make sure PhishNet has the correct permissions: `Outlook: ReadWriteMailbox, SendReceiveData`. Then, select **Next**.

    ![Make sure PhishNet has the correct permissions.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step13.png)

14. In the next screen, make sure that in **Assigned Users** you have **Entire organization**. Then, select **Finish Deployment**.

15. Once deployment is complete, you should see a message confirming it. Note that it can take up to six hours for PhishNet to appear in Office 365 (or six hours to update if previously installed.) Select **Done**.

    ![PhishNet might take up to six hours to appear in Office 365.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step15.png)

You have now installed PhishNet for Office 365. After the process is complete, PhishNet will show up on the Integrated Apps screen.

![Search for PhishNet in the Integrated Apps screen.](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/phishnet-installed-apps.png)

## Submit phish with PhishNet

1. Open the message you would like to flag as either spam or phish.

2. Select the PhishNet logo in the task pane, near the other action buttons - such as reply and forward.

:::note

If you cannot find the PhishNet icon, select the **More actions** menu (the three dots menu). 
:::

3. Under **Select Submission Type**, select the type of your submission - Spam or Phish.

   ![Choose the type of submission you would like to make](~/assets/images/email-security/phish-submissions/phishnet-o365/step3-submit-phish.png)

4. Select **Submit Report**.

Once the email has been successfully submitted to Email Security for review, PhishNet will show you a **Submission Complete** message.

---

# Office 365 retraction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/office365-retraction/

import { Render } from "~/components"

![Email workflow for retracting emails with Microsoft Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/opening_img-o365-retraction.png)

In this tutorial you will learn how to set up email retraction for Microsoft Office 365.

## 1. Authorize Email Security with Office 365 for retraction

For message retraction to successfully execute, Email Security needs to be authorized to make API calls into the Office 365 Graph API architecture. The account used to authorize Email Security requires the **Privileged role admin** role.

When assigning user roles in the Office 365 console, you will find these roles in **User permissions** > **Roles configuration** > **Identity admin roles**.

### How does the authorization work?

The authorization process grants Email Security access to the Azure environment with the least applicable privileges required to function. The Enterprise Application that Email Security registers (the Email Security Synchronator) is not tied to any administrator account. Inside of the Azure Active Directory admin center you can review the permissions granted to the application in the Enterprise Application section.

![Permissions required for Email Security to access Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/area1-synchronator.png)

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/), and select **Settings** (the gear icon).

2. Go to **Email Configuration** > **RETRACT SETTINGS**.

   ![Access the retract settings in Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/step2-retract-settings.png)

:::note
If you do not see the Retract Settings option, [contact customer support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to enable the feature.
:::

1. You need to authorize Email Security to execute retractions through the Graph API of Office 365. Make sure that the account that you will be using to authenticate has the appropriate administrative roles assigned. Select **Authorize** to start the process.

   ![Select Authorize to start the process of authorizing Email Security to access Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/step3-authorize-o365.png)

2. The Email Security dashboard will redirect you to a Microsoft login page. Select or enter the appropriate account to initiate the authentication process.

   ![Select an account or enter a new account to authorize Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/step4-authorize-login.png)

3. Once authenticated, the system will show a dialog box with a list of the requested permissions. Select **Accept** to authorize the change.

   ![Select Accept to authorize Email Security in Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/step5-authorize.png)

4. Upon authorization, you will be automatically redirected to the Email Security dashboard, with a notification that the authorization completed successfully. Select **Dismiss** to clear the notification.

   ![Select Dismiss to dismiss the success notification](~/assets/images/email-security/email-retraction/o365/step6-dismiss.png)

## 2. Configure auto-retraction actions

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## 3. Configure journaling

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## 4. Manual message retraction

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## Recover hard deleted messages

Office 365 has two ways for recovering hard deleted email messages:

* **[eDiscovery](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/ediscovery?view=o365-worldwide)**
* **[Exchange admin center](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/recipients-in-exchange-online/manage-user-mailboxes/recover-deleted-messages)**

Refer to Microsoft's documentation to learn more about how to use these tools to recover deleted email messages.

## Geographic locations

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---

# Retract settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When you are using an [API setup](/email-security/deployment/api/) for Email Security, you cannot prevent mail from reaching a recipient's mailbox.

However — so long as you also have [journaling](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/#journaling-setup), [BCC](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/#bcc-setup) or [MS Graph](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/office365-graph-api/) configured — you can set up message retraction to take post-delivery actions against suspicious messages. These retractions happen through API integrations with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspaces (Gmail).

## Retraction options

Once you set up retraction, you can retract messages manually or set up automatic retractions to move messages matching certain <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip> to specific folders within a user’s mailbox. You can also enable Post Delivery Response and Phish Submission Response to re-evaluate messages previously delivered against new information gathered by Email Security. Scanned emails that were previously delivered and now match this new <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> information will be retracted.

Refer to [Gmail](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/) and [Office 365](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/office365-retraction/) guides for detailed information regarding these options.

## Retraction metrics

Setting up retraction also gives you access to metrics for this feature. After logging in to your [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com), search for the **Retractions** card. Metrics for retractions include information such as:

* **Total retractions**: Displays the total amount of retractions performed.
* **Success**: Shows the percentage of messages Email Security was able to find and retract successfully.
* **Fail**: Displays the percentage of messages Email Security was not successfully able to retract. Reasons for failure include:
  * The user has already deleted or marked the message as junk, either manually or via a mailbox filter.
  * The specific copy of the message being retracted was sent to a distribution list address that may not exist as a mailbox, and so the retraction will fail. Separate copies of the message that are sent to each member of that distribution list will be retracted.
  * The retraction is not, or is no longer, authorized.
* **Unread/Read**: Refers to the state of the message at the time it was retracted. For automated retractions, Email Security tries to perform retraction as quickly as possible so the user has no time to see or open the message. Manual retraction might happen at a later time, and so the messages are more likely to have already been read.
* **Auto/Manual**: Refers to the percentage of messages retracted through the automatic/manual modes.

Selecting **View details** will perform a search for retracted emails for the selected time interval.

---

# Available parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/search/available-parameters/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You can pull information for a message in [search detections](/email-security/reporting/search/) using the following parameters:

* From (`envelope_from`)
* From Name
* To (any) (`envelope_to`)
* To Name (any)
* Cc (any)
* ReplyTo
* Subject (any)
* Sent DateTime (formatted as `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS`)
* Received DateTime (formatted as `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS`)
* final\_disposition
* alert\_id
* sha256 (attachments)
* ssdeep (attachments)
* name (attachments)
* md5 (attachments)
* Message-ID
* smtp\_helo\_server\_ip
* smtp\_previous\_hop\_ip
* x\_originating\_ip
* Reason(s) for Detection

## Search terms

In addition to the message parameters above, you can use these additional detection search strings:

* phish\_submission
* phish\_submission\_response
* user\_submission
* team\_submission
* auto-retraction
* browser\_isolation\_rewrite

For <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">disposition</GlossaryTooltip>-specific submission searches, refer to [Service Addresses](https://horizon.area1security.com/support/service-addresses) in the Email Security dashboard.

## Data retention

For Email Security Horizon Enterprise customers, detections search would index for a period of 12 months and rotate over to a rolling 12-month period.

For Email Security Horizon Advantage customers, detections search would index for three months and rotate over to a rolling 3-month period.

## Scope of data retained

For messages that are not detected, the body of the message itself is not retained. Only the metadata such as sender, recipient, subject, message_id, and delivery log will be retained. It is also possible to view the messages as the preview image.

For detections, full messages are retained, including attachments, in addition to the metadata described above. The raw message including attachments can be downloaded as an `.eml` file.

---

# Search

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/search/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


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:::

You can search for emails that have been processed by Email Security (formerly Area 1), whether they are marked with a <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition" link="/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/">detection disposition</GlossaryTooltip> or not.

There are two ways for searching emails:

* **Fielded Search**: Presents you with fields where you can enter search terms.
* **Freeform Search**: Has one search field where you can construct your own search query, like `My great products`.

:::note
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:::

## Search terms

In Freeform Search, you can search for any value or combination of values separated by a space. Using spaces with multiple search terms is the equivalent of using the operator `AND`.

Terms less than three characters long and common English words that do not offer significance for search value like `and`, `the`, `then`, `their` are ignored.

For more exact matches, use the named fields in **Fielded Search** to denote which field should contain the value. For example, to find only messages sent by `demo@example.com`, enter `demo@example.com` in **FROM (EXACT)**. `EXACT` in a field descriptor means the term will match how the value appears in the message.

## Fielded Search

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select the **Search** bar.
3. Fill out one or more of the following fields. Filling multiple fields is the equivalent of adding the `AND` operator between the following terms:
   * **Terms**: Searches for terms in any of the available fields. If you want to search for a message that matches multiple recipients, use this field. Only one value can be specified in the **From** and **To** fields.
   * **From (Exact)**: Searches for the sender’s exact email address.
   * **To (Exact)**: Searches for the recipient’s exact email address.
   * **Subject**: Searches for the terms in the subject field.
   * **Domain**: Searches for messages from a specific domain.
   * **Message ID**: Searches for messages with the stated message ID.
   * **Alert ID**: Searches for messages with the stated alert ID.

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## Freeform Search

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select the **Search bar** > **Freeform Search**.
3. Build your search query — for example, `My great products`. The system will return all the emails that fit the query.

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## Search tips

### Parameter filtering

To search for specific values in one of the [available parameters](/email-security/reporting/search/available-parameters/), format your search to be:

```txt
<<FIELD_NAME>>:<<VALUE>>
```

For example, you might search for `final_disposition:MALICIOUS`. Refer to our reference material for a full list of [dispositions](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/).

### `message_id`

For normal queries, spaces split search terms into different values. For example, `billing statement` would look for all messages that contain both `billing` and `statement`.

However, spaces, quotations, and other characters are sometimes part of the `message_id` parameter. To ensure these values are included as part of filtering on the message ID, you should prefix the `message_id` value with `message_id`.

For example, the following query would find all messages that contain the terms `billing` and `statement` and have a `message_id` equal to `<Amazon aws Support@email.amazonses.com>`.

```txt
billing statement message_id:<Amazon aws Support@email.amazonses.com>
```

---

# SIEM integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


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:::

With a bit of configuration, you can also bring Email Security (formerly Area 1) data into your <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)</GlossaryTooltip> tools to view message-level information outside of the dashboard and create your own custom reports.

## Connect a SIEM tool

The following steps are required to connect your SIEM tool.

### 1. Set up your SIEM tool

For help setting up the proper configuration in your SIEM tool, refer to the following guides:

<DirectoryListing />

### 2. Create a webhook

Refer to [Alert webhooks](/email-security/email-configuration/domains-and-routing/alert-webhooks/) to learn how to create a webhook and send data into your SIEM tool.

---

# KnowBe4

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/knowbe4-integration-guide/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When Email Security detects a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> email, the metadata of the detection can be sent directly to KnowBe4. For this tutorial, you will need a working KnowBe4 account with the SecurityCoach add-on. You will also need to create an organization key to use in Email Security. This organization key will let you integrate KnowBe4 with Email Security. Refer to [KnowBe4 documentation](https://support.knowbe4.com/hc/articles/13129840202643) for more information on this subject.

After creating your organization key and authorizing Email Security:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Alert Webhooks**.
4. Select **New Webhook**.
5. In **App Type**, select **SIEM**.
6. Choose *KnowBe4* from the dropdown, and paste your organization key into the **Auth Code** section.
7. In **Target**, paste the URL that suits your organization. KnowBe4 has different URLs for different regions:
   | KnowBe4 instance | URL                                            |
   | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
   | United States    | `https://area1.vendor.training.knowbe4.com/v1` |
   | European Union   | `https://area1.vendor.eu.knowbe4.com/v1`       |
   | Canada           | `https://area1.vendor.ca.knowbe4.com/v1`       |
   | United Kingdom   | `https://area1.vendor.uk.knowbe4.com/v1`       |
   | Germany          | `https://area1.vendor.da.knowbe4.com/v1`       |
8. Select *Expanded* from the drop-down menu for **Malicious Style**, **Suspicious Style**, and **Spoof Style**.
9. Select **Publish Webhook**.

---

# LogScale

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/logscale-integration-guide/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When Email Security detects a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> email, the metadata of the detection can be sent directly to Falcon LogScale. For this tutorial, you will need a working Falcon LogScale account. You will also need to create a new Ingest Token in your LogScale account. Ingest Tokens identify repositories and are used to configure data ingestion to your repository. Refer to [Falcon LogScale documentation](https://library.humio.com/falcon-logscale-cloud/ingesting-data-tokens.html) for more information.

After creating your Ingest Token:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Alert Webhooks**.
4. Select **New Webhook**.
5. In **App Type**, select **SIEM**.
6. Choose *Crowdstrike* from the dropdown, and paste your Ingest Token into the **Auth Code** section.
7. In **Target**, paste the URL `https://cloud.community.humio.com/api/v1/ingest/hec/raw`.
8. Select **Publish Webhook**.

---

# Splunk

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/splunk-integration-guide/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When Email Security detects a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> email, the metadata of the detection can be sent directly to Splunk. This document outlines the steps required to integrate with Splunk Cloud.

![A diagram outlining what happens when Email Security detects a phishing email and sends it to Splunk.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/open-splunk.png)

## 1. Configure Splunk HTTP Event Collector

1. [Log in to Splunk](https://login.splunk.com/) with an administrator account.

2. Go to **Settings** > **Data inputs**.

   ![Go to Data inputs to configure your settings.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step2-data-inputs.png)

3. In **Local inputs** > **Type**, select **HTTP Event Collector** to access this configuration and create a new collector.

   ![Select HTTP Event Collectors as the type of your collector.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step3-type.png)

4. Select the **New Token** button to start the configuration.

5. Provide a descriptive name for the Email Security (formerly Area 1) token (for example, `Email Security (formerly Area 1) Email Detections`), and leave the **Enable indexer acknowledgement** unchecked.

   ![Enter a descriptive name for your new token, but leave Enable indexer acknowledgement checkbox unchecked.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step5-token.png)

6. Select **Next** to continue.

7. Configure the Input Settings for the HTTP Event Collector based on your environment.

   ![Configure the Input Settings based on your environment](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step7-input-settings.png)

8. You may also select **Create a new index** to create new settings for Email Security events, with a **Max Size of Entire Index** and **Retention (days)** that fits your environment.

   ![Optionally, create a new index for Email Security events](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step8-new-index.png)

9. For this example, we created a new `area1_index` index, and added it to the configuration.

   ![Example of a new index added to the configuration](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step9-new-index.png)

10. Select **Review** > **Submit** to review your settings and create the collector.

11. Take note of the token value in this next screen. This value is required for the Email Security configuration in the next step. You can also retrieve the token from the HTTP Event Collector configuration panel, in **Settings** > **Data inputs** > **HTTP Event Collector**.

    ![Example of a new index added to the configuration](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/step11-token-value.png)

## 2. Test your HTTP Event Collector

To test your the HTTP Event Collector, you can manually inject an event into Splunk by using the following cURL command:

```bash
curl https://{host}:8088/services/collector/event \
--header "Authorization: Splunk <YOUR_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
    "sourcetype": "<YOUR_SOURCE_TYPE>",
    "event": "Hello, World!"
    }'
```

### Request formats

When creating requests to Splunk, the URL and port number change according to the type of Splunk setup:

* **Splunk Cloud Platform free trial**: `<protocol>://http-inputs-<host>.splunkcloud.com:8088/<endpoint>`
* **Splunk Cloud Platform**: `<protocol>://http-inputs-<host>.splunkcloud.com:443/<endpoint>`
* **Splunk Enterprise**: `<protocol>://<host>:8088/<endpoint>`

Refer to the [Splunk documentation](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.2.2/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector) for more information.

If your instance is on-premise, specify the appropriate hostname and ensure that your firewall allows the configured port through to your instance. The connections will be coming from the following egress IP addresses, if you need them for your access control lists (ACLs):

* `52.11.209.211`
* `52.89.255.11`
* `52.0.67.109`
* `54.173.50.115`

:::note
Ensure that you have a valid SSL certificate configured on your instance. The certificate cannot be expired and cannot be a self-signed certificate.
:::

If all the requirements are met, you will receive the following response back to the cURL command:

```txt
{"text":"Success","code":0}
```

Additionally, you can search your instance of Splunk for the test event with `index` or other search criteria (for example, `index="area1_index"`):

![Example of a new index added to the configuration](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/search-instance.png)

## 3. Configure Email Security

The next step is to configure Email Security to push the Email Detection Event to the Splunk HTTP Event Collector.

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Alert Webhooks**, and select **New Webhook**.
3. In the Add Webhooks page, enter the following settings:
   * **App type**: Select **SIEM** > **Splunk**, and enter the auth code you took note of the previous step.
   * **Target**: Enter the target URI of your Splunk instance. It will typically have the `https://<host>:8088/services/collector` format. Refer to [Request formats](#request-formats) to learn more about how your Splunk subscription affects the URI.
   * For the <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip> (`MALICIOUS`, `SUSPICIOUS`, `SPOOF`, `SPAM`, `BULK`) choose which (if any) you want to send to the webhook. Sending `SPAM` and `BULK` dispositions will generate a high number of events.
4. Select **Publish Webhook**.

Your Splunk integration will now show up in the All Webhooks panel.

![The All Webhooks section will show your Splunk webhook](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/splunk/splunk-webhook-integrations.png)

It will take about ten minutes or so for the configuration to fully propagate through the infrastructure of Email Security (formerly Area 1), and for events to start to appear in your searches. Once the configuration is propagated, events will start to appear in your instance of Splunk.

---

# Sumo Logic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/reporting/siem-integration/sumo-logic-integration-guide/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When Email Security detects a <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> email, the metadata of the detection can be sent directly into your instance of Sumo Logic. This document outlines the steps required to integrate Email Security with Sumo Logic.

![A diagram outlining what happens when Email Security detects a phishing email and sends it to Sumo Logic.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/opening-sumo-logic.png)

## 1. Configure the Sumologic Collector

1. Log in to [Sumo Logic](https://service.sumologic.com/ui/) with an administrator account.

2. Go to **Manage Data** > **Collection** to open the collector configuration pane.

3. Select **Add Collector**.

   ![Add collector.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step3-collector.png)

4. In **Select Collector Type**, select **Hosted Collector**.

   ![Select Hosted Collector.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step4-hosted.png)

5. In **Add Hosted Collector**, enter the following settings:

   * **Name**: `Email Security Collector`
   * **Description**: `Email Security Security Collectors`
   * **Category**: Anti-Phishing

   ![Enter the settings above to configure your collector.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step5-hosted-collector.png)

6. Select **Save** > **OK** to confirm the addition of the new Collector.

7. In **Cloud APIs**, select **HTTP Logs and Metrics** to start the configuration of the data source.

   ![Select HTTP Logs and Metrics.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step7-http-logs.png)

8. Enter a descriptive **Name** and **Description**, and select **Save**.

   ![Enter a name and description.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step8-name.png)

9. The system will present you a dialog box with the HTTP endpoint. Save it, as this will be required to configure Email Security later.

   ![Take note of the endpoint to use it later.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/step9-endpoint.png)

## 2. Configure Email Security

The next step is to configure Email Security to push the Email Detection Events to the Sumologic HTTP Collector.

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Alert Webhooks**, and select **New Webhook**.
3. In the Add Webhooks page, enter the following settings:
   * **App type**: Select **SIEM** > **Splunk**. In **Auth code**, enter `Sumologic`.
   * **Target**: Enter the HTTP endpoint you saved in the previous section.
   * For the <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip> (`MALICIOUS`, `SUSPICIOUS`, `SPOOF`, `SPAM`, `BULK`) choose which (if any) you want to send to the webhook. Sending `SPAM` and `BULK` dispositions will generate a high number of events.
4. Select **Publish Webhook**.

Your Sumo Logic integration will now show up in the All Webhooks panel.

![Your Sumo Logic webhook will display in the All Webhooks panel.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/all-webhooks.png)

It will take about ten minutes for the configuration to fully propagate through the infrastructure of Email Security, and for events to start to appear in your searches. Once the configuration is propagated, events will start to appear in your instance of Sumo Logic.

To view logs, hover your mouse over the Email Security Collector, and select **Open in Log Search**.

![View logs in Sumo Logic.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/open-log.png)

Once events start to flow, select **New** > **Log search** to search for the detection events with your search criteria (for example, `_collector="Email Security Collector"`).

![Search for events.](~/assets/images/email-security/siem-integration/sumo-logic/search-events.png)

---

# DELETE examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/delete/

## Delete multiple filters

This example deletes filters with IDs `{filter_id_1}` and `{filter_id_2}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters?id={filter_id_1}&id={filter_id_2}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Delete a single filter

This example deletes a single filter with ID `{filter_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters/{filter_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/endpoints/

To invoke a Cloudflare Filters API operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/
```

For authentication instructions, refer to [Getting Started: Requests](/fundamentals/api/) in the Cloudflare API documentation.

For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to [Getting Started: Endpoints](/fundamentals/api/).

:::note


The Filters API endpoints require a value for `<ZONE_ID>`.

To retrieve a list of zones associated with your account, use the [List Zones](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/) operation and note the Zone ID associated with the domain for which you want to manage filters.


:::

The Cloudflare Filters API supports the operations outlined below. Visit the pages in this section for examples.



<table style="table-layout:fixed; width:100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th style="width: 20%">Operation</th>
      <th>Method & Endpoint</th>
      <th style="width: 30%">Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/create/">Create filters</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">POST zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters</code>
      </td>
      <td>Handled as a single transaction. If there is an error, the entire operation fails.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/list/">Get filters</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">GET zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        Lists all current filters. Results return paginated with 25 items per page by default. Use
        optional parameters to narrow results.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/get/">Get a filter</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">
          GET zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters/&lt;FILTER_ID&gt;
        </code>
      </td>
      <td>Retrieve a single filter by ID.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/bulk_update/">Update filters</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">PUT zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        Handled as a single transaction. All filters must exist for operation to succeed. If there
        is an error, the entire operation fails.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/update/">Update a filter</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">
          PUT zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters/&lt;FILTER_ID&gt;
        </code>
      </td>
      <td>Update a single filter by ID.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/bulk_delete/">Delete filters</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">DELETE zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <p>Delete existing filters. Must specify list of filter IDs.</p>
        <p>
          Empty requests result in no deletion. Returns HTTP status code 200 if a specified filter
          does not exist.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/filters/methods/delete/">Delete a filter</a>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code class="InlineCode">
          DELETE zones/&lt;ZONE_ID&gt;/filters/&lt;FILTER_ID&gt;
        </code>
      </td>
      <td>Delete a filter by ID.</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# GET examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/get/

## Get all filters

This example returns all filters in zone with ID `{zone_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login from office",
      "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0 and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login",
      "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "not /api",
      "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\""
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "/api",
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\""
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_5>",
      "paused": false,
      "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result_info": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 25,
    "count": 5,
    "total_count": 5,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}
```

## Get by filter ID

This example returns the filter with ID `{filter_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters/{filter_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "Login from office",
    "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0 and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Cloudflare Filters API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/

import { Render } from "~/components"

**Cloudflare Filters** is an API-only component of firewall rules for designing complex criteria that rely on boolean operators and other logic to examine incoming HTTP traffic and look for a match.

<Render file="deprecation-notice" />

For example, a filter matching:

* An HTTP user agent, and
* The HTTP path, and
* The source IP address

Associate a filter with a firewall rule to define the scope of that rule.

Use IP lists within a filter to refer collectively to a group of IP addresses. Refer to the [Lists API](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/) for more information.

Before getting started with the Cloudflare Filters API, familiarize yourself with rule [expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/). For a complete reference, refer to [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/).

## Differences from other Cloudflare APIs

The Firewall Rules API behaves differently from most Cloudflare APIs in two ways:

* API calls accept and return multiple items, and allow applying data changes to multiple items.
* Although API calls return the [standard response](/fundamentals/api/), the error object follows the [JSON API standard](http://jsonapi.org/format/#errors), such that in an error condition, it is clear which item produced the error and why.

To get started, review [What is a filter?](/firewall/api/cf-filters/what-is-a-filter/), followed by the Cloudflare Filters [JSON object](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/json-object/) and [Endpoints](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/endpoints/).

---

# JSON object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/json-object/

## Filter object structure and properties

A JSON response for the [Filters API](/api/resources/filters/methods/list/) has this structure:

```json
{
  "id": "6f58318e7fa2477a23112e8118c66f61",
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\"",
  "paused": true,
  "description": "WordPress login paths",
  "ref": ""
}
```

The following table summarizes the object properties:

---

# POST example

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/post/

This example creates several filters using a single API call.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0"
  },
  {
    "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
    "description": "/api"
  },
  {
    "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
    "description": "not /api"
  },
  {
    "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
    "description": "Login"
  },
  {
    "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0 and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
    "description": "Login from office"
  }
]'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
      "paused": false,
      "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "/api",
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\""
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "not /api",
      "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\""
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login",
      "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_5>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login from office",
      "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0 and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# PUT examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/put/

## Update multiple filters

This example updates two filters with IDs `<FILTER_ID_1>` and `<FILTER_ID_2>` using a single API call.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
    "paused": false,
    "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0",
    "description": "IP of example.org"
  },
  {
    "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
    "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
    "description": "/api"
  }
]'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "IP of example.org",
      "expression": "ip.src eq 93.184.216.0"
    },
    {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "/api",
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\""
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Update a single filter

This example updates the filter with ID `{filter_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/filters/{filter_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
  "paused": false,
  "description": "Login from office",
  "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "Login from office",
    "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# Expression validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/validation/

The Cloudflare Filters API supports an endpoint for validating expressions.



## Examples

### Validate expression via query string

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/filters/validate-expr?expression=ip.src==34" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": null,
  "success": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Filter parsing error:\n`ip.src==34`\n          ^^ couldn't parse address in network: invalid IP address syntax\n"
    }
  ],
  "messages": null
}
```

Note the validation error in the response. In this example, the error is due to an invalid IP address format:

```txt
Filter parsing error:
`ip.src==34`
          ^^ couldn't parse address in network: invalid IP address syntax
```

### Validate expression via JSON object

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/filters/validate-expr" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2405:8100::/2000 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29}"
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": null,
  "success": false,
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "Filter parsing error:\n`ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2405:8100::/2000 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29}`\n                                        ^^^^ number too large to fit in target type while parsing with radix 10\n"
    }
  ],
  "messages": null
}
```

Note the validation error in the response. In this example, the value for the subnet mask, `/2000`, is not a valid IPv6 CIDR mask:

```txt
Filter parsing error:
`ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2405:8100::/2000 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29}`
                                       ^^^^ number too large to fit in target type while parsing with radix 10
```

---

# What is a filter?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-filters/what-is-a-filter/

A filter is a way of saying:

```txt
if (traffic matches certain criteria) then...
```

A filter contains an expression that would return `true` or `false` when evaluated against traffic passing through Cloudflare.

Filter expressions are human and machine readable, and you can compose complex logic to precisely match the traffic that you are interested in detecting and acting upon.

A filter object typically looks like the following:

```json
{
  "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
  "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*xmlrpc.php$\") and ip.src ne 93.184.216.34",
  "description": "WordPress login paths via the login page or mobile RPC endpoint"
}
```

The expression specified in this example filter is:

```txt
(http.request.uri.path ~ "^.*wp-login.php$" or http.request.uri.path ~ "^.*xmlrpc.php$") and ip.src ne 93.184.216.34
```

This filter expression has a `(this or that) and not this` structure designed to:

* Capture two WordPress paths that may be subject to brute force password attacks, and
* Exclude traffic that comes from the IP address `93.184.216.34`.

Imagine that this is an IP for your office. This expression demonstrates a filter that might be used (in a firewall rule) to block access to the WordPress login when accessed outside the office network.

For more information on rule expressions, refer to [Expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) in the Rules language documentation.

---

# DELETE examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/delete/

:::note
The `DELETE` operation does not delete any filter related to the firewall rule. To delete the filter, use the [Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/).
:::

## Delete multiple rules

This example deletes firewall rules with IDs `{rule_id_1}` and `{rule_id_2}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules?id={rule_id_1}&id={rule_id_2}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<RULE_ID_1>"
		},
		{
			"id": "<RULE_ID_2>"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Delete a single rule

This example deletes the rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<RULE_ID>"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/endpoints/

To invoke a Cloudflare Firewall Rules API operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/
```

For authentication instructions, refer to [Getting Started: Requests](/fundamentals/api/) in the Cloudflare API documentation.

For help with endpoints and pagination, refer to [Getting Started: Endpoints](/fundamentals/api/).

:::note

The Firewall Rules API endpoints require a value for `<ZONE_ID>`.

To retrieve a list of zones associated with your account, use the [List Zones](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/) operation and note the zone ID associated with the domain whose firewall rules you want to manage.

:::

The Cloudflare Firewall Rules API supports the operations outlined below. Visit the pages in this section for examples.

<table style="table-layout:fixed; width:100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Operation</th>
      <th style="width: 60%">Method & Endpoint</th>
      <th>Notes</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/create/">
          Create firewall rules
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`POST zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules`</td>
      <td>Handled as a single transaction. If there is an error, the entire operation fails.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/list/">
          List firewall rules
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`GET zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules`</td>
      <td>
        Lists all current firewall rules. Results return paginated with 25 items per page by default. Use optional parameters to narrow results.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/get/">
          Get a firewall rule
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`GET zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules/<RULE_ID>`</td>
      <td>Retrieve a single firewall rule by ID.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/bulk_update/">
          Update firewall rules
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`PUT zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules`</td>
      <td>
        Handled as a single transaction. All rules must exist for operation to succeed. If there is
        an error, the entire operation fails.
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/update/">
          Update a firewall rule
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`PUT zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules/<RULE_ID>`</td>
      <td>Update a single firewall rule by ID.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/bulk_delete/">
          Delete firewall rules
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`DELETE zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules`</td>
      <td>
        <p>Delete existing firewall rules. Must specify list of firewall rule IDs.</p>
        <p>
          Empty requests result in no deletion. Returns HTTP status code 200 if a specified rule
          does not exist.
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <a href="/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/delete/">
          Delete a firewall rule
        </a>
      </td>
      <td>`DELETE zones/<ZONE_ID>/firewall/rules/<RULE_ID>`</td>
      <td>
        <p>Delete a firewall rule by ID.</p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Firewall Rules API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Use the Firewall Rules API to programmatically manage your rules.

<Render file="deprecation-notice" />

When working with the Firewall Rules API, refer to these topics for additional context:

* [Firewall rules actions](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/)
* [Cloudflare Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/)

To get started with the API, review the Firewall Rules API [JSON object](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/json-object/) and [Endpoints](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/endpoints/).

For more information on the Rules language used to write rule expressions, refer to [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

## Differences from other Cloudflare APIs

The Firewall Rules API behaves differently from most Cloudflare APIs in two ways:

* API calls accept and return multiple items, and allow applying data changes to multiple items.
* Although API calls return the [standard response](/fundamentals/api/), the error object follows the [JSON API standard](http://jsonapi.org/format/#errors), such that in an error condition, it is clear which item produced the error and why.

---

# GET examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/get/

## Get all rules

This example returns all the firewall rules in the zone with ID `{zone_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "allow API traffic without challenge",
      "action": "allow",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "/api"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "do not challenge login from office",
      "action": "allow",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
        "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "Login from office"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_3>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "challenge login",
      "action": "challenge",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",
        "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "Login"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_4>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "JS challenge site",
      "action": "js_challenge",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",
        "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "not /api"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result_info": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 25,
    "count": 4,
    "total_count": 4,
    "total_pages": 1
  }
}
```

## Get rule by ID

This example returns the firewall rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<RULE_ID>",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "do not challenge login from office",
    "action": "allow",
    "priority": null,
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
      "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Login from office"
    }
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# JSON object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/json-object/

## Firewall rule example JSON response

A JSON response for the [Firewall Rules API](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/rules/methods/list/) has this structure:

```json
{
  "id": "772bf1026a72c400ea576db1ffa16407",
  "filter": {
    "id": "6f58318e7fa2477a23112e8118c66f61",
    "expression": "http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\"",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "WordPress login paths",
    "ref": ""
  },
  "action": "challenge",
  "priority": 1000,
  "paused": false,
  "description": "Protect blog login page",
  "ref": ""
}
```

This table summarizes the object properties:



## Avoiding priority conflicts

Priority plays a key role in configuring firewall rules. With Cloudflare Filters, it is possible to construct conflicting rules such as:

* Allow requests from the office IP range, and
* Block requests with a specific user agent.

Requests from the office IP range using the user agent to block would trigger both rules, but we cannot both allow and block the request. To solve this problem, firewall rules follows a strict ordering depending on action and priority.

Cloudflare prioritizes rules in descending order, such that priority 1 is first and rules with no priority are last. For rules of equal priority, Cloudflare orders them by action according to their [order of precedence](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/#supported-actions). In the example above, if no priority is set, the rule `allow request from the office IP range` would apply because the *allow* action has a higher precedence than *block*.

To reduce the risk of unintended behavior, it is best to explicitly specify the desired priority for potentially conflicting rules.

---

# POST example

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/post/

This example creates several firewall rules using a single API call.

:::note


To create a firewall rule you need a [filter](/firewall/api/cf-filters/what-is-a-filter/) identifier (`id`). If you have not created a filter yet, refer to the [Cloudflare Filters API documentation](/firewall/api/cf-filters/).


:::

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>"
    },
    "action": "allow",
    "description": "Do not challenge login from office"
  },
  {
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>"
    },
    "action": "challenge",
    "description": "Challenge login"
  },
  {
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>"
    },
    "action": "js_challenge",
    "description": "JS challenge site"
  },
  {
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>"
    },
    "action": "allow",
    "description": "Allow API traffic without challenge"
  }
]'
```

```json title="Response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Do not challenge login from office",
      "action": "allow",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_1>",
        "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "Login from office"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Challenge login",
      "action": "challenge",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_2>",
        "expression": "(http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "Login"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_3>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "JS challenge site",
      "action": "js_challenge",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_3>",
        "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "not /api"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID_4>",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "Allow API traffic without challenge",
      "action": "allow",
      "priority": null,
      "filter": {
        "id": "<FILTER_ID_4>",
        "expression": "http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
        "paused": false,
        "description": "/api"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

---

# PUT examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/put/

## Update multiple rules

This example updates several firewall rules using a single API call.

You can include up to 25 rules in the JSON object array (`-d` flag) to update as a batch. The batch is handled as a transaction.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "id": "<RULE_ID>",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "Challenge site",
    "action": "challenge",
    "priority": null,
    "filter": {
      "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
      "expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
      "paused": false,
      "description": "not /api"
    }
  }
]'
```

:::note

`PUT` does not update the filter specified. It only looks at the filter ID (`<FILTER_ID>`) to update the rule with a new filter.

To update the filter, use the [Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/).

:::

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<RULE_ID>",
			"paused": false,
			"description": "Challenge site",
			"action": "challenge",
			"priority": null,
			"filter": {
				"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
				"expression": "not http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/.*$\"",
				"paused": false,
				"description": "not /api"
			}
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Update a single rule

This example updates the firewall rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

You must include the following fields in the request body:

- `id`
- `action`
- `filter.id`

All other fields are optional.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/firewall/rules/{rule_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "id": "<RULE_ID>",
  "paused": false,
  "description": "Do not challenge login from office IPv6",
  "action": "allow",
  "priority": null,
  "filter": {
    "id": "<FILTER_ID>",
    "expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
    "paused": false,
    "description": "Login from office"
  }
}'
```

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULE_ID>",
		"paused": false,
		"description": "Do not challenge login from office IPv6",
		"action": "allow",
		"priority": null,
		"filter": {
			"id": "<FILTER_ID>",
			"expression": "ip.src in {2400:cb00::/32 2803:f800::/32 2c0f:f248::/32 2a06:98c0::/29} and (http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/wp-login.php$\" or http.request.uri.path ~ \"^.*/xmlrpc.php$\")",
			"paused": false,
			"description": "Login from office"
		}
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

:::note

`PUT` overwrites fields that are not explicitly passed in the request.

For example, if the request omits `description`, any previously existing `description` value will be erased.

To preserve existing values, issue a `GET` request and based on the response, determine which fields (and respective values) to include in your `PUT` request.

:::

---

# Building custom views

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/building-custom-dashboards/

The Cloudflare dashboard is built on our [API](/api/). To build custom views that reflect what appears in the Cloudflare dashboard, review the page source to see how we implemented the API calls.

For example, to see how we implemented the API calls from the **DNS** tab of the dashboard:

1. Go to the **DNS** application on the dashboard.
2. Open the developer tools for your web browser, such as [Chrome's developer tools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/open/).
3. Switch to the **Network** tab of the developer tools.
4. Reload the page to capture the results.
5. Review the API calls and their responses. Filter the results by only looking at `XHR` responses or any URL containing `/api/v4/`.

---

# Account owned tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/account-owned-tokens/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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---

# Get Origin CA keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/ca-keys/

Origin CA keys are often used as the value of header `X-AUTH-USER-SERVICE-KEY` when interacting with [Origin CA certificates](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/) API. It is also used by [Keyless SSL](/ssl/keyless-ssl/) key server.

:::note
You can also interact with the [Origin CA certificates API](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/#api-calls) using an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with **Permissions** that include `Zone`-`SSL and Certificates`-`Edit`.
:::

The key value always starts with `v1.0-`.

## Limitations

* Changing the Origin CA key is not recorded by [Audit Logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).
* Each time you view the Origin CA key, it will be presented as a different value. All these different values are **simultaneously valid** until you click the `Change` button, which immediately invalidates all previously generated values.
* Origin CA keys have access to every account the user has access to.

## View/Change your Origin CA keys

To retrieve your Origin CA keys:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Go to **User Profile** > **API Tokens**.
3. In the **API Keys** section, select `Origin CA Key`.

---

# Create API token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/

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---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/

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<Render file="api-using-api" />

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Get Global API key (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/

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Global API key is the previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use [API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) instead of Global API key.

:::note


Global API key is only available after the [account email address is verified](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/).


:::

## Limitations

Global API key has multiple limitations when compared to API tokens:

* **Access to all Cloudflare resources** - Global API key has access to all of a user's resources. This makes it impossible to safely use Global API key to access non-production resources when a user also has access to production resources.

* **Full permissions** - Similarly, Global API key has the exact same permissions as the user, which means if the user can delete zones or change DNS records, so can the Global API key.

* **Limited to one per user** - Only one Global API key can be provisioned per user. This complicates using Cloudflare's API in production systems where maintaining two secrets for accessing the API is important in the case one needs to be rolled.

* **Lack of advanced limits on usage** - API tokens can be limited to specific time windows and expire or be limited to use from specific IP ranges.

For these reasons, Global API key is not recommended for new customers. Current customers using Global API key are encouraged to migrate and use API tokens instead.

## View your Global API key

To retrieve your Global API key:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to **User Profile** > **API Tokens**.
2. In the **API Keys** section, click `View` button of **Global API Key**.

## Change your Global API key

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---

# Control API Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/control-api-access/

Super administrators of an Enterprise account are capable of selectively scoping the API access. API access can be restricted for the entire account or only for specified account members.

Note that the feature does not disable API calls not related to the Enterprise account.

## Account-level access control

To restrict the API access for the entire account:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an Enterprise account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Members**.
3. Locate the **Enable API Access** section and then update the setting.

## Member-level access control

:::note


Member-level settings will override the account-level setting. If a specific member has API access enabled whereas the account has the access disabled, that member can still call APIs related to the Enterprise account.


:::

To restrict the API access for a specific member:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an Enterprise account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Members**.
3. Click on the member to expand and choose the intended **API Access**. If `Account Default`, then it follows the account level setting.

---

# Create tokens via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/create-via-api/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components"

Generate new API tokens on the fly via the API. Before you can do this, you must create an API token in the Cloudflare dashboard that can create subsequent tokens.

## Generating the initial token

Before you can create tokens via the API, you need to [generate the initial token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) via the Cloudflare dashboard.

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### Recommendations

Cloudflare highly recommends that you do not grant other permissions to the token when using this template. Make sure you safeguard the new token because it can create tokens with access to any of a user's resources.

Cloudflare also recommends limiting the use of the token via client IP address filtering or TTL to reduce the potential for abuse in the event that the token is compromised. Refer to [Restrict token use](/fundamentals/api/how-to/restrict-tokens/) for more information.

## Creating API tokens with the API

You can create a user owned token or account owned token to use with the API. Refer to the [user owned token](/api/resources/user/subresources/tokens/methods/create/) or the [account owned token](/api/resources/accounts/subresources/tokens/methods/create/) API schema docs for more information. 

To create a token:

1. Define the policy.
2. Define the restrictions.
3. Create the token.

### 1. Define the Access Policy

An Access Policy defines what resources the token can act on and what permissions the token has to those resources. This process is similar to how you [create tokens in the Cloudflare dashboard](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

Each token can contain multiple policies.

```json
[
  {
    "id": "f267e341f3dd4697bd3b9f71dd96247f",
    "effect": "allow",
    "resources": {
      "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4": "*",
      "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.22b1de5f1c0e4b3ea97bb1e963b06a43": "*"
    },
    "permission_groups": [
      {
        "id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
        "name": "Zone Read"
      },
      {
        "id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
        "name": "DNS Read"
      }
    ]
  }
]
```

| Field               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`                | Unique read-only identifier for the policy generated after creation.                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `effect`            | Defines whether this policy is allowing or denying access. If only creating one policy, use `allow`. The evaluation order for policies is as follows: 1. Explicit `DENY` Policies; 2. Explicit `ALLOW` Policies; 3. Implicit `DENY ALL`. |
| `resources`         | Defines what resources are allowed to be configured.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `permission_groups` | Defines what permissions the policy grants to the included resources.                                                                                                                                                                    |

#### Resources

API token policies support three resource types: `User`, `Account`, and `Zone`.

:::note


Fetch each object's ID by calling the appropriate `GET <object>` API. Refer to [User](/api/resources/user/methods/get/), [Account](/api/resources/accounts/methods/list/), and [Zone](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/) documentation for more details. 
:::

##### Account

Include a single account or all accounts in a token policy.

* A **single account** is denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.account.<ACCOUNT_ID>": "*"`.
* **All accounts** is denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.account.*": "*"`

##### Zone

Include a **single zone**, **all zones in an account**, or **all zones in all accounts** in a token policy.

* A **single zone** is denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.<ZONE_ID>": "*"`
* **All Zones in an account** are denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.account.<ACCOUNT_ID>": {"com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.*": "*"}`
* **All zones in all accounts** is denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.*": "*"`

##### User

For user resources, you can only reference yourself, which is denoted as:`"com.cloudflare.api.user.<USER_TAG>": "*"`

#### Permission groups

Determine what permission groups should be applied. Refer to the full list of permission groups either in [the documentation](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) or fetch the permission groups [via the API](/api/resources/user/subresources/tokens/subresources/permission_groups/methods/list/). It is only required to pass the `id` of the permission group in the policy. Permission groups are scoped to specific resources, so a permission group in a policy will only apply to the resource type it is scoped for.

### 2. Define the restrictions

Set up any limitations on how the token can be used. API tokens allow restrictions for client IP address filtering and TTLs. Refer to [Restrict token use](/fundamentals/api/how-to/restrict-tokens/) for more information.

When defining TTLs, you can set the time at which a token becomes active with `not_before` and the time when it expires with `expires_on`. Both of these fields take UTC timestamps in the following format: `"2018-07-01T05:20:00Z"`.

Limit usage of a token by client IP address filters with the following object:

```json
{
  "request.ip": {
    "in": [
      "199.27.128.0/21",
      "2400:cb00::/32"
    ],
    "not_in": [
      "199.27.128.0/21",
      "2400:cb00::/32"
    ]
  }
}
```

Each parameter in the `in` and `not_in` objects must be in CIDR notation. For example, use `192.168.0.1/32` to specify a single IP address.

### 3. Create the token

Combine the previous information to create a token as in the following example:

<Tabs>
  <TabItem label="Account token">
```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/tokens" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "readonly token",
  "policies": [
    {
      "effect": "allow",
      "resources": {
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4": "*",
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.22b1de5f1c0e4b3ea97bb1e963b06a43": "*"
      },
      "permission_groups": [
        {
          "id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
          "name": "Zone Read"
        },
        {
          "id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
          "name": "DNS Read"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "not_before": "2020-04-01T05:20:00Z",
  "expires_on": "2020-04-10T00:00:00Z",
  "condition": {
    "request.ip": {
      "in": [
        "199.27.128.0/21",
        "2400:cb00::/32"
      ],
      "not_in": [
        "199.27.128.1/32"
      ]
    }
  }
}'
```
  </TabItem>
  <TabItem label="User token">
```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "readonly token",
  "policies": [
    {
      "effect": "allow",
      "resources": {
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4": "*",
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.22b1de5f1c0e4b3ea97bb1e963b06a43": "*"
      },
      "permission_groups": [
        {
          "id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
          "name": "Zone Read"
        },
        {
          "id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
          "name": "DNS Read"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "not_before": "2020-04-01T05:20:00Z",
  "expires_on": "2020-04-10T00:00:00Z",
  "condition": {
    "request.ip": {
      "in": [
        "199.27.128.0/21",
        "2400:cb00::/32"
      ],
      "not_in": [
        "199.27.128.1/32"
      ]
    }
  }
}'
```
  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/tokens" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "readonly token",
  "policies": [
    {
      "effect": "allow",
      "resources": {
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.eb78d65290b24279ba6f44721b3ea3c4": "*",
        "com.cloudflare.api.account.zone.22b1de5f1c0e4b3ea97bb1e963b06a43": "*"
      },
      "permission_groups": [
        {
          "id": "c8fed203ed3043cba015a93ad1616f1f",
          "name": "Zone Read"
        },
        {
          "id": "82e64a83756745bbbb1c9c2701bf816b",
          "name": "DNS Read"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "not_before": "2020-04-01T05:20:00Z",
  "expires_on": "2020-04-10T00:00:00Z",
  "condition": {
    "request.ip": {
      "in": [
        "199.27.128.0/21",
        "2400:cb00::/32"
      ],
      "not_in": [
        "199.27.128.1/32"
      ]
    }
  }
}'
```

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="api-using-api" />

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Make API calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Once you [create your API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/), all API requests are authorized in the same way. Cloudflare uses the [RFC standard](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750#section-2.1) `Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>` interface. An example request is shown below.

{/* <!-- The following example uses an invalid API key to demonstrate what those keys look like --> */}

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YQSn-xWAQiiEh9qM58wZNnyQS7FUdoqGIUAbrh7T"
```

Never send or store your API token secret in plaintext. Also be sure not to check it into code repositories, especially public ones.

Consider defining [environment variables](#environment-variables) for the zone or account ID, as well as for authentication credentials (for example, the API token).

To format JSON output for readability in the command line, you can use a tool like `jq`, a command-line JSON processor. For more information on obtaining and installing `jq`, refer to [Download jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/).

The following example will format the curl JSON output using `jq`:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" | jq .
```

## Using Cloudflare's APIs

Every Cloudflare API element is fixed to a version number. The latest version is Version 4. The stable base URL for all Version 4 HTTPS endpoints is: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/`

For specific guidance on making API calls, refer to the following resources:

- The product's [Developer Docs section](/products/) for how-to guides.
- [API schema docs](/api/) for request and response payloads for each endpoint.
- The first-party libraries for [Go](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go), [TypeScript](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript), [Python](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python), or [HashiCorp's Terraform](https://github.com/cloudflare/terraform-provider-cloudflare).

## Query parameters

Several Cloudflare endpoints have optional query parameters to filter incoming results, such as [List Zones](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/).

When adding those query parameters, make sure you enclose the URL in double quotes `""` (just like the header values), or the API call might error.

```bash '"'
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones?account.id=$ACCOUNT_ID" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

You can enclose strings using either single quotes (`''`) or double quotes (`""`). However, using single quotes prevents variable substitution in shells like `bash`. In the previous example, this would mean that the `$ACCOUNT_ID` and `$CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` [environment variables](#environment-variables) would not be replaced with their values.

### Pagination

Sometimes there will be too many results to display via the default page size, for example you might receive the following:

```txt
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 200,
```

There are two query parameter options, which can be combined to paginate across the results.

- `page=x` enables you to select a specific page.
- `per_page=xx` enables you to adjust the number of results displayed on a page. If you select too many, you may get a timeout.

An example might be `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID/dns_records?per_page=100&page=2`.

Other options are:

- `order`: Select the attribute to order by.
- `direction`: Either `ASC` (ascending order) or `DESC` (descending order).

The available options will be listed at the end of the `result_info` of all endpoints in the [API documentation](/api/).

## Making API calls on Windows

Recent versions of Windows 10 and 11 [already include the curl tool](https://curl.se/windows/microsoft.html) used in the developer documentation's API examples. If you are using a different Windows version, refer to [Windows downloads](https://curl.se/windows/) in the curl website for more information on obtaining and installing this tool.

### Using a Command Prompt window

To use the Cloudflare API with curl on a Command Prompt window, you must use double quotes (`"`) as string delimiters.

A typical `PATCH` request will be similar to the following:

```txt
C:\>curl --request PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/invites/{id}" --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" --data "{""status"": ""accepted""}"
```

To escape a double quote character in a request body (for example, a body specified with `-d` or `--data` in a `POST`/`PATCH` request), prepend it with another double quote (`"`) or a backslash (`\`) character.

To break a single command in two or more lines, use `^` as the line continuation character at the end of a line:

```txt
C:\>curl --request PATCH ^
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/invites/{id}" ^
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" ^
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" ^
--data "{""status"": ""accepted""}"
```

### Using PowerShell

:::note

Cloudflare recommends that you use the most recent stable or preview version of PowerShell. For more information, refer to [Installing PowerShell on Windows](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows).
:::

PowerShell has specific cmdlets (`Invoke-RestMethod` and `ConvertFrom-Json`) for making REST API calls and handling JSON responses. The syntax for these cmdlets is different from the curl examples provided in the developer documentation.

The following example uses the `Invoke-RestMethod` cmdlet:

```powershell
Invoke-RestMethod -URI "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$Env:ZONE_ID/ssl/certificate_packs?ssl_status=all" -Method 'GET' -Headers @{'X-Auth-Email'=$Env:CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL;'X-Auth-Key'=$Env:CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY}
```

```txt output
result      : {@{id=78411cfa-5727-4dc1-8d4a-773d01f17c7c; type=universal; hosts=System.Object[];
              primary_certificate=c173c8a1-9724-4e96-a748-2c4494186098; status=active; certificates=System.Object[];
              created_on=2022-12-09T23:11:06.010263Z; validity_days=90; validation_method=txt;
              certificate_authority=lets_encrypt}}
result_info : @{page=1; per_page=20; total_pages=1; count=1; total_count=1}
success     : True
errors      : {}
messages    : {}
```

The command assumes that the environment variables `ZONE_ID`, `CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL`, and `CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY` have been previously defined. For more information, refer to [Environment variables](#environment-variables).

By default, the output will only contain the first level of the JSON object hierarchy (in the above example, the content of objects such as `hosts` and `certificates` is not shown). To show additional levels and format the output like the `jq` tool, you can use the `ConvertFrom-Json` cmdlet specifying the desired maximum depth (by default, `2`):

```powershell
Invoke-RestMethod -URI "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$Env:ZONE_ID/ssl/certificate_packs?ssl_status=all" -Method 'GET' -Headers @{'X-Auth-Email'=$Env:CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL;'X-Auth-Key'=$Env:CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY} | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "78411cfa-5727-4dc1-8d4a-773d01f17c7c",
			"type": "universal",
			"hosts": ["*.example.com", "example.com"],
			"primary_certificate": "c173c8a1-9724-4e96-a748-2c4494186098",
			"status": "active",
			"certificates": [
				{
					"id": "c173c8a1-9724-4e96-a748-2c4494186098",
					"hosts": ["*.example.com", "example.com"],
					"issuer": "LetsEncrypt",
					"signature": "ECDSAWithSHA384",
					"status": "active",
					"bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
					"zone_id": "<ZONE_ID>",
					"uploaded_on": "2023-02-02T11:20:25.403338Z",
					"modified_on": "2022-12-08T00:26:15.577555Z",
					"expires_on": "2023-03-07T23:26:12.000000Z",
					"priority": null
				}
			],
			"created_on": "2022-12-09T23:11:06.010263Z",
			"validity_days": 90,
			"validation_method": "txt",
			"certificate_authority": "lets_encrypt"
		}
	]
	// (...)
}
```

:::caution[ConvertFrom-Json handling of DateTime values]

The `ConvertTo-Json` cmdlet tries to convert strings formatted as timestamps to DateTime values, according to the exact format in the string. For details on this behavior, refer to the notes in the [ConvertFrom-Json](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/convertfrom-json#notes) documentation.
:::

You can also use the curl tool in PowerShell. However, in PowerShell `curl` is an alias to the `Invoke-WebRequest` cmdlet, which supports a different syntax from the usual curl tool. To use curl, enter `curl.exe` instead.

A typical `PATCH` request with curl will be similar to the following:

```powershell
curl.exe --request PATCH "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/invites/{id}" --header "Authorization: Bearer $Env:CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" --data '{\"status\": \"accepted\"}'
```

To escape a double quote (`"`) character in a request body (specified with `-d` or `--data`), prepend it with another double quote (`"`) or a backslash (`\`). You must escape double quotes even when using single quotes (`'`) as string delimiters.

To break a single command in two or more lines, use a backtick (`` ` ``) character as the line continuation character at the end of a line:

```powershell
curl.exe --request PATCH `
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/user/invites/{id}" `
--header "X-Auth-Email: $Env:CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" `
--header "X-Auth-Key: $Env:CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" `
--data '{\"status\": \"accepted\"}'
```

## Environment variables

You can define environment variables for values that repeat between commands, such as the zone or account ID. The lifetime of an environment variable can be the current shell session, all future sessions of the current user, or even all future sessions of all users on the machine you are defining them.

You can also use environment variables for keeping authentication credentials (API token, API key, and email) and reusing them in different commands. However, make sure you define these values in the smallest possible scope (either the current shell session only or all new sessions for the current user).

The procedure for setting and referencing environment variables depends on your platform and shell.

### Define an environment variable

<Tabs syncKey="LinuxPowershellCmd"> <TabItem label="Linux and macOS">

To define a `ZONE_ID` environment variable for the current shell session, run the following command:

```sh
export ZONE_ID='f2ea6707005a4da1af1b431202e96ac5'
```

To define the variable for all new shell sessions for the current user, add the command above at the end of your shell configuration file (for example, `~/.bashrc` for the `bash` shell and `~/.zshrc` for the `zsh` shell).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="PowerShell">

To define a `ZONE_ID` environment variable for the current PowerShell session, run the following command:

```powershell
$Env:ZONE_ID='f2ea6707005a4da1af1b431202e96ac5'
```

To define the environment variable for all new PowerShell sessions of the current user, set the variable in your PowerShell profile. You can get the path to your PowerShell profile by running `echo $PROFILE`.

Alternatively, set the variable for all new PowerShell sessions of the current user using the `SetEnvironmentVariable()` method of the `System.Environment` class. For example:

```powershell
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("ZONE_ID", "f2ea6707005a4da1af1b431202e96ac5", "User")
```

Running this command will not affect the current session. You will need to close and start a new PowerShell session.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows Command Prompt">

To define a `ZONE_ID` environment variable for the current Command Prompt session, run the following command:

```txt frame="terminal"
set ZONE_ID=f2ea6707005a4da1af1b431202e96ac5
```

To define an environment variable for all future Command Prompt sessions of the current user, run the following command:

```txt frame="terminal"
setx ZONE_ID f2ea6707005a4da1af1b431202e96ac5
```

Running this command will not affect the current window. You will need to either run the `set` command or close and start a new Command Prompt window.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Reference an environment variable

<Tabs syncKey="LinuxPowershellCmd"> <TabItem label="Linux and macOS">

When referencing an environment variable in a command, add a `$` prefix to the variable name (for example, `$ZONE_ID`). Make sure that the full string referencing the variable is either unquoted (if it does not contain spaces) or enclosed in double quotes (`""`).

For example:

```sh
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONE_ID" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="PowerShell">

When referencing an environment variable in a command, add an `$Env:` prefix to the variable name (for example, `$Env:ZONE_ID`). Make sure that the full string referencing the variable is either unquoted or enclosed in double quotes (`""`).

For example:

```powershell
Invoke-RestMethod -URI "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$Env:ZONE_ID" -Method 'GET' -Headers @{'Authorization'="Bearer $Env:CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows Command Prompt">

When referencing an environment variable in a command, enclose the variable name in `%` characters (for example, `%ZONE_ID%`).

For example:

```txt frame="terminal"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/%ZONE_ID%" --header "Authorization: Bearer %CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN%"
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Restrict tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/restrict-tokens/

API tokens can be restricted at runtime in two ways:

* [Client IP address range filtering](#client-ip-address-range-filtering)
* [Time To Live (TTL) constraints](#time-to-live-ttl-constraints)

## Client IP address range filtering

Client IP address restrictions control which IP addresses can make API requests with this token. By default, if no filtering is applied, all IP addresses can use the token. Once an `Is in` rule is applied, the token can only be used from the defined IP addresses. Define ranges with [CIDR notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing#CIDR_notation). To allow an IP range with exceptions, define `Is not in` to exempt specific IPs or smaller ranges.

![IP Address filtering options](~/assets/images/fundamentals/api/ip-filter.png)

:::note

Client IP address range filtering is not applied to the [Verify Token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/user/subresources/tokens/methods/verify/) endpoint.

:::


## Time to live (TTL) constraints

By default, tokens do not expire and are long lived. Defining a TTL sets when a token starts being valid and when a token is no longer valid. This is often referred to as `notBefore` and `notAfter`. Setting these timestamps limits the lifetime of the token to the defined period. Not setting the start date or `notBefore` means the token is active as soon as it is created. Not setting the end date or `notAfter` means the token does not expire.

:::note


Dates selected are defined as 00:00 UTC of that day. For finer grained time selection, use the [API](/fundamentals/api/).


:::

![Time to Live selection calendar](~/assets/images/fundamentals/api/ttl.png)

---

# Roll tokens

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/how-to/roll-token/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="api-roll-token" />

---

# API deprecations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/api-deprecations.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

Cloudflare occasionally makes updates to our APIs that result in behavior changes or deprecations. When this happens, we will communicate when the API will no longer be available and whether there will be a replacement.

:::note
Subscribe to all API deprecation posts via [RSS](/changelog/index.xml).
:::

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# API token permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Permissions are segmented into three categories based on resource:

- Zone permissions
- Account permissions
- User permissions

Each category contains permission groups related to those resources. DNS permissions belong to the Zone category, while Billing permissions belong to the Account category. Below is a list of the available token permissions.

To obtain an updated list of token permissions, including the permission ID and the scope of each permission, use the [List permission groups](/api/resources/user/subresources/tokens/subresources/permission_groups/methods/list/) endpoint.

## User permissions

The applicable scope of user permissions is `com.cloudflare.api.user`.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="user-permissions-table" params={{ one: "Edit" }} />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="user-permissions-table" params={{ one: "Write" }} />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Account permissions

The applicable scope of account permissions is `com.cloudflare.api.account`.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="account-permissions-table"
	params={{ one: "Edit", two: "Cloudflare", three: "Cloudflare" }}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render
	file="account-permissions-table"
	params={{ one: "Write", two: "Argo", three: "" }}
/>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Zone permissions

The applicable scope of zone permissions is `com.cloudflare.api.account.zone`.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="zone-permissions-table" params={{ one: "Edit" }} />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="zone-permissions-table" params={{ one: "Write" }} />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Limits

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/limits/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="api-rate-limits" product="fundamentals" />

---

# SDKs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/sdks/

Cloudflare offers language software development kits (SDKs) as well as `curl` examples to demonstrate how to use the Cloudflare API. The SDK libraries allow you to interact with the Cloudflare API in language-specific syntax and more easily integrate with your existing applications.

Cloudflare currently offers the following SDKs:

- [Go](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go)
- [TypeScript](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-typescript)
- [Python](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-python)

## When to use cURL vs SDK

There is no definite answer on which you should use. Instead, consider your use case and determine whether cURL or an SDK is the best fit.

| Use case                                                    | cURL | SDK  |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ---- |
| Quick testing within the CLI                                | ✅   | ❌   |
| Use within bash scripts or CI                               | ✅   | ❌\* |
| Usage from within an existing application or framework      | ❌   | ✅   |
| More complex usage where you need to chain together outputs | ❌   | ✅   |

\* It is possible, although not straight forward, to use the SDKs within bash scripts or CI environments with additional runtime dependencies and setup.

## Example

The following are examples of how you would query all of the Cloudflare zones you have access to.

### With cURL:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

### With the TypeScript SDK:

```js
const client = new Cloudflare({
	apiToken: process.env["CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"],
});

const zones = await client.zones.list();

console.log(zones);
```

---

# API token templates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/reference/template/

Below is a table of the currently available API token templates and the default [token permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/) they grant. You can start creating a token with one of these templates and modify the permissions and resources from there.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th>Template Name</th>
      <th>Permission</th>
      <th>Resource</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Edit Zone DNS</td>
      <td>DNS Write</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="2">Read billing info</td>
      <td>Billing Read</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Account resources: Include all accounts</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="2">Read analytics and logs</td>
      <td>Analytics Read</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Logs Read</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="8">Edit Cloudflare Workers</td>
      <td>Workers Routes Write</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Workers Scripts Write</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Workers KV Storage Write</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Workers Tail Read</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Workers R2 Storage Write</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Account Settings Read</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>User Details Read</td>
      <td>User</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>User Memberships Read</td>
      <td>User</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="2">Edit load balancing configuration</td>
      <td>Load Balancing: Monitors and Pools Write</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Load Balancers Write</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="8">WordPress</td>
      <td>Analytics Read</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zone Read</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zone Settings Write</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Account Settings Read</td>
      <td>Account</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>DNS Read</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Cache Purge</td>
      <td>Zone</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Account resources: Include all accounts</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zone resources: Include all zones</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Create Additional Tokens</td>
      <td>API Tokens Write</td>
      <td>User</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td rowspan="3">Read All Resources</td>
      <td>
        <em>(All read permissions)</em>
      </td>
      <td>Account, Zone, User</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Account resources: Include all accounts</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Zone resources: Include all zones</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/trace.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Use Cloudflare Trace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/how-to/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## Use Trace in the dashboard

### 1. Configure one or more Cloudflare products

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.
2. Set configuration settings at the account level, or select a domain and configure settings for one or more Cloudflare products.

### 2. Build a trace

1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), go to Account Home > **Trace**.

2. Enter a URL to trace. The URL must include a hostname that belongs to your account.

3. Select an HTTP method. If you select *POST*, *PUT*, or *PATCH*, you should enter a value in **Request body**.

4. (Optional) Define any custom request properties to simulate the conditions of a specific HTTP/S request. You can customize the following request properties:

   * **Protocol** (HTTP protocol version)
   * **Request headers**
   * **Cookies**
   * **Geolocation** (request source [country](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.country/), [region](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.region/), and [city](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.city/))
   * [**Bot score**](/bots/concepts/bot-score/)
   * <GlossaryTooltip term="threat score" link="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.threat_score/">**Threat score**</GlossaryTooltip>
   * **Request body** (for `POST`, `PUT`, and `PATCH` requests)
   * **Skip challenge** (skips a Cloudflare-issued [challenge](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/), if any, allowing the trace to continue)

5. Select **Send trace**.

### 3. Assess results

The **Trace results** page shows all evaluated and executed configurations from different Cloudflare products, in evaluation order. Any inactive rules are not evaluated.

1. Analyze the different [steps](#steps-in-trace-results) with evaluated and executed configurations for the current trace. Trace results include matches for all active rules and configurations, whether configured at the account level or for a specific domain or subdomain.

   To show all configurations, including the ones that did not match the request, select *All configurations* in the **Results shown** dropdown.

2. (Optional) Update your Cloudflare configuration (at the account or at the domain/subdomain level) and create a new trace to check the impact of your changes.

### 4. (Optional) Save the trace configuration

To run a trace later with the same configuration:

1. Copy the JSON shown in the dashboard with the current trace configuration.
2. When creating a new trace, paste it in the JSON box to define all the settings of the new trace.

## Use Trace via API

Use the [Request Trace](/api/resources/request_tracers/subresources/traces/methods/create/) operation to perform a trace using the Cloudflare API.

***

## Steps in trace results

* Execution of one or more rules of Cloudflare products built on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). Refer to the Ruleset Engine's [Phases list](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/) for a list of such products.
* [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/): Execution of one or more rules.
* [Workers](/workers/): Execution of one or more scripts.

---

# Trace a request

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/

import { DirectoryListing, Plan } from "~/components"

<Plan type="all" />

Cloudflare Trace (beta) follows an HTTP/S request through Cloudflare’s reverse proxy to your origin. Use this tool to understand how different Cloudflare configurations interact with an HTTP/S request for one of your hostnames. If the hostname you are testing is not [proxied by Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), Cloudflare Trace will still return all the configurations that Cloudflare would have applied to the request.

You can define specific request properties to simulate different conditions for an HTTP/S request. Inactive rules configured in Cloudflare products will not be evaluated.

Cloudflare Trace is available to users with an Administrator or Super Administrator role.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/limitations/

Trace currently does not support:

* Hostnames using [Data Localization Suite](/data-localization/)
* [Spectrum](/spectrum/) applications

Additionally, the following products will not appear in trace results:

* [Firewall rules (deprecated)](/firewall/)
* [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) and [Load Balancer Custom Rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/)
* [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
* [Rate limiting rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/)
* [WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/)

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/changelog/performance/

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in associated /src/content/changelogs/{productName}.yaml. This page needs to exist in order to house the associated RSS feed. --> */}

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/changelog/security/

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in associated /src/content/changelogs/{productName}.yaml. This page needs to exist in order to house the associated RSS feed. --> */}

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/changelog/platform/

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in associated /src/content/changelogs/{productName}.yaml. This page needs to exist in order to house the associated RSS feed. --> */}

---

# Cloudflare Cookies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cloudflare-cookies/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare uses various cookies to maximize network resources, manage traffic, and protect our customers’ sites from malicious traffic.

## Understanding the Cloudflare Cookies

As defined in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/), all the cookies listed below are strictly necessary to provide the services requested by our customers, unless otherwise stated.

As mentioned in our Privacy Policy, Cloudflare encourages our customers to disclose the use of these cookies to their end users. In some jurisdictions, customers may be required by law to disclose these cookies to their end users.

By default, cookie data may be processed in Cloudflare's data center in the United States and is subject to the cross-border data transfer section 7 of the Cloudflare [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/). Customers who use the [Data Localization Suite](/data-localization/) can control where cookie data is processed (with [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/)) and logged (using the [Customer Metadata Boundary](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/)).

### \_\_cflb cookie for Cloudflare Load Balancer session affinity

When enabling session affinity with [Cloudflare Load Balancer](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/), Cloudflare sets a `__cflb` cookie with a unique value on the first response to the requesting client. Cloudflare routes future requests to the same origin, optimizing network resource usage. In the event of a failover, Cloudflare sets a new `__cflb` cookie to direct future requests to the failover pool.

The `__cflb` cookie allows Cloudflare to return an end user to the same customer origin for a specific period of time configured by the customer. This allows the end user to have a seamless experience (for example, this cookie is used for keeping an end user’s items in a shopping cart while they continue to navigate around the website). This cookie is a session cookie that lasts from several seconds up to 24 hours.

:::note


Currently Cloudflare only supports Session Affinity in "orange-cloud" (proxied) mode.


:::

### \_\_cf\_bm cookie for Cloudflare bot products

Cloudflare's [bot products](/bots/) identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the `__cf_bm` cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The `__cf_bm` cookie is necessary for these bot solutions to function properly.

This cookie expires after 30 minutes of continuous inactivity by the end user. The cookie contains information related to the calculation of Cloudflare’s proprietary bot score and, when Anomaly Detection is enabled on Bot Management, a session identifier. The information in the cookie (other than time-related information) is encrypted and can only be decrypted by Cloudflare.

A separate `__cf_bm` cookie is generated for each site that an end user visits, as Cloudflare does not track users from site to site or from session to session. The `__cf_bm` cookie is generated independently by Cloudflare, and does not correspond to any user ID or other identifiers in a customer’s web application.

:::note


Bot Management is available to Enterprise customers as an add-on service. Contact your Cloudflare account team to enable Bot Management for your site. Non-Enterprise customers can enable [Bot Fight Mode or Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/).


:::

<Render file="disable-cf-bm-cookie" product="bots" />

### \_\_cfseq cookie for Cloudflare bot products

<Render file="sequence-rules" product="bots" params={{ one: "Sequence rules", two: "/bots/concepts/sequence-rules/" }} />

### cf\_ob\_info and cf\_use\_ob cookie for Cloudflare Always Online

The `cf_ob_info` cookie provides information on:

* The HTTP Status Code returned by the origin web server
* The Ray ID of the original failed request
* The data center serving the traffic

The `cf_use_ob` cookie informs Cloudflare to fetch the requested resource from the Always Online cache on the designated port. Applicable values are: 0, 80, and 443. The `cf_ob_info` and `cf_use_ob` cookies are persistent cookies that expire after 30 seconds.

### \_\_cfwaitingroom for Cloudflare Waiting Room

[Cloudflare’s Waiting Room](/waiting-room/) product enables a waiting room for a particular host and path combination within a zone. Visitors are put in the waiting room and provided an estimate of when they will be allowed to access the application, if not immediately available.

The `__cfwaitingroom` cookie is only used to track visitors that access a waiting room enabled host and path combination for a zone. Visitors using a browser that does not accept cookies cannot visit the host and path combination while the waiting room is active. For more details, refer to [Waiting Room cookies](/waiting-room/reference/waiting-room-cookie/).

### \_\_cfruid to support Cloudflare Rate Limiting (previous version)

The `__cfruid` cookie is strictly necessary to support Cloudflare Rate Limiting products. As part of our Rate Limiting solution, this cookie is required to manage incoming traffic and to have better visibility on the origin of a particular request.

### \_cfuvid for Rate Limiting Rules

The Rate Limiting Rules product uses a number of techniques for applying rate limits to traffic where multiple unique visitors share the same IP address, such as traffic from behind a NAT. These techniques can be enabled by using the `cf.unique_visitor_id` field in the rate limiting configuration.

The `_cfuvid` cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. Visitors who do not provide the cookie are likely to be grouped together and may not be able to access the site if there are many other visitors from the same IP address.

### Additional cookies used by the Challenge Platform

The table below shows additional cookies used by the Challenge Platform.

| Cookie Name                                  | Description                                                                                                                                            |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `cf_clearance`                               | Clearance Cookie stores the proof of challenge passed. It is used to no longer issue a challenge if present. It is required to reach an origin server. |
| `cf_chl_rc_i`; `cf_chl_rc_ni`; `cf_chl_rc_m` | These cookies are for internal use which allows Cloudflare to identify production issues on clients.                                                   |

:::caution


If your website is not [using HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/encrypt-visitor-traffic/), you may experience issues with the [`cf_clearance` cookie](/waf/troubleshooting/samesite-cookie-interaction/#known-issues-with-samesite-and-cf_clearance-cookies).


:::

---

# Compliance documentation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/compliance-docs/

Super Administrators can access common compliance documentation, such as PCI, SOC 2, ISO, and more, through the Cloudflare dashboard.

To access compliance documentation:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account where you are a **Super Administrator**.
2. Go to **Support** > **Compliance Documents**.
3. If you have not accessed this page before, read the confidentiality statement and select **I Agree**.
4. Choose the document you need and select **Download**.

:::note

For confidentiality purposes, only **Super Administrators** for an account can access compliance documentation. 
:::

## Tax documentation

Super Administrators, Billing Administrators, and Administrators can access tax documentation, such W-9 and Tax Certificates, through the Cloudflare dashboard.

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account where you are a **Super Administrator**.
2. Go to **Support** > **Tax Documents**.
3. Choose the document you need and select **Download**.

---

# Content Security Policies (CSPs)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/content-security-policies/

A **Content Security Policy (CSP)** is an added layer of security that helps detect and mitigate certain types of attacks, including:

- Content/code injection
- Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Embedding malicious resources
- Malicious iframes (clickjacking)

To learn more about configuring a CSP in general, refer to the [Mozilla documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/web/http/csp).

## Using a CSP with Cloudflare

Cloudflare’s [CDN](/cache/) is compatible with CSP.

Cloudflare does not:

- Modify CSP headers from the origin web server (except when using Zaraz, to ensure the [Zaraz script is always running](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-zaraz-supports-csp/)).
- Require changes to acceptable sources for first or third-party content.
- Modify URLs (besides adding the [`/cdn-cgi/` endpoint](/fundamentals/reference/cdn-cgi-endpoint/) and [Cloudflare Fonts](/speed/optimization/content/fonts/) that rewrites Google Fonts urls).
- Interfere with locations specified in your CSP.

If you require the CSP headers to be changed or added, you can change them using some Cloudflare products:

- If your website is [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare, you can use a [Response Header Modification rule](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/) to replace or add CSP headers.
- If your website is hosted using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/), you can set a [`_headers file`](/pages/configuration/headers/) to modify or add CSP headers.

### Product requirements

To use certain Cloudflare features, however, you may need to update the headers in your CSP:

| Feature(s)                                                                                                                    | Updated headers                                                                                                              |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/), [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/)                     | `script-src 'self' ajax.cloudflare.com;`                                                                                     |
| [Cloudflare Apps](https://cloudflareapps.com/apps/developer/docs/getting-started), [Scrape Shield](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/) | `script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'`                                                                                          |
| [Web Analytics](/web-analytics/)                                                                                              | `script-src static.cloudflareinsights.com; connect-src cloudflareinsights.com`                                               |
| [Bot products](/bots/)                                                                                                        | Refer to [JavaScript detections and CSPs](/bots/reference/javascript-detections/#if-you-have-a-content-security-policy-csp). |
| [Page Shield](/page-shield/)                                                                                                  | Refer to [Page Shield CSP Header format](/page-shield/reference/csp-header/).                                                |
| [Zaraz](/zaraz/)                                                                                                              | No updates required ([details](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-zaraz-supports-csp/)).                                 |
| [Turnstile](/turnstile/)                                                                                                      | Refer to [Turnstile CSP](/turnstile/reference/content-security-policy/).                                                     |

---

# Project Cybersafe Schools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cybersafe/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Project Cybersafe Schools grants eligible schools with free access to Cloudflare's [Email Security](/email-security/) and [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) products.

## School Eligibility

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## Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

<Render file="cybersafe-description" product="fundamentals" />

### CIPA Requirements

<Render file="cybersafe-requirements" product="fundamentals" />

### Configuration

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### Onboarding Guide

For a comprehensive guide, refer to the [Project Cybersafe Schools Learning Path](/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/), which takes you step by step through the technical concepts, creating an account, onboarding your traffic, and enabling the CIPA filters.

---

# Policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Licenses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/licenses/

All documentation in the Cloudflare Workers documentation website, including reference documentation and tutorials, are licensed under the [CC-BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license. Any contributions to the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-docs) for this project will be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0: thanks for your contributions!

Code contributions, such as snippets in the [Template Gallery](/fundamentals/api/reference/template/) and the code that serves this website via Cloudflare Workers, are licensed under the [Apache License, Version 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and [The MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

---

# Customer abuse report obligations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/abuse-report-obligations/

Cloudflare permits any interested party to submit abuse reports directly to Cloudflare via [abuse.cloudflare.com](https://abuse.cloudflare.com/).

Abuse reports may be submitted for suspected copyright or trademark infringement, illegal, or harmful content (for example, child sex abuse materials), technical abuse (for example, phishing or malware), or other reasons.

You may receive an abuse report from our Trust & Safety team if an abuse report identifies a URL for a domain associated with your Cloudflare account. If you do not provide or monitor an abuse contact, Cloudflare will send abuse reports to your hosting provider.

Our Trust & Safety team sends abuse reports to the domain owner or the abuse point of contact on your account.

To assist with timely resolution and avoid potential service interruptions:

* Confirm that the administrator email address associated with your account is actively managed and monitored for potential abuse report notifications.
* Consider using a mailing list email address that goes to multiple people or teams within your organization instead of the email address for an individual person.
* Respond to any abuse report notification within 24 hours. In your response, include any information that you believe will be relevant to Cloudflare in its assessment of the abuse report. Failure to respond in a timely manner or to address the concerns in the abuse report may result in the removal or blocking of reported content, websites, or apps and suspension or termination of Cloudflare services for the associated account.

---

# Complaint types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/complaint-types/

Use Cloudflare's [online abuse form](https://abuse.cloudflare.com/) to report different types of abuse.

***

## DMCA complaints

Valid [Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)](https://www.copyright.gov/dmca/) complaints must provide all of the following details:

* A physical or electronic signature (typing your full name is valid) of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.
* Identification of the infringed copyright (for example, a link to your original work or clear description of the materials allegedly infringed upon).
* Identification of the infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to allow Cloudflare to locate the material on the infringing website (for example, a [link to the site](/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/provide-specific-urls/) where the infringed copyrighted material appears).
* Your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and email address.
* A statement that you believe, in good faith, that the use of the material in the manner asserted is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
* A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.

***

## Phishing

Valid phishing reports must provide all of the following details:

* The domain in question.
* The specific link to the phishing page.

After Cloudflare confirms existence of the phishing page, Cloudflare provides a warning page to visitors accessing the phishing link. Cloudflare also notifies the site owner to clean the malicious files from their origin web server.

***

## Trademark infringement

Cloudflare only acknowledges abuse reports from trademark holders or their legally authorized representatives.

For more details about what information is required, refer to [our abuse form](https://abuse.cloudflare.com/).

***

## Malware sites

Legitimate reports of malware URLs are blocked from loading via Cloudflare.

For more details about what information is required, refer to [our abuse form](https://abuse.cloudflare.com/).

***

## Child exploitation material

Cloudflare promptly responds to all valid reports of child exploitation material. When Cloudflare is made aware of a website solely dedicated to the sharing or promotion of child exploitation material, the offending website is immediately removed from our network without notice.

For an expedited review, report child exploitation material via our [abuse form](https://abuse.cloudflare.com/).

Our Trust & Safety team files a complaint with the [National Center for Missing and Exploited Children](http://www.missingkids.com/gethelpnow#onlinechildexploitation) but suggest that you also file a complaint.

---

# Abuse

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/

Cloudflare offers security and reliability services to millions of websites, helping prevent online abuse and make the Internet more secure.

When it comes to reports of abuse on websites that use our services, our ability to respond depends on the type of Cloudflare service at issue. Most abuse reports we receive pertain to websites that use our pass-through security and content delivery network (CDN) services, while far fewer reports relate to websites using our registrar services or our services to host content at the edge. Because Cloudflare offers a variety of Internet infrastructure services to users, our abuse reporting system is designed with those different services in mind.

## Resources

* [Read abuse policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/abuse-approach/)
* [Review complaint types](/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/complaint-types/)
* [Providing specific URLs](/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/provide-specific-urls/)
* [Submit abuse report](https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form)

---

# Providing specific URLs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/report-abuse/provide-specific-urls/

If you are [submitting an abuse report](https://abuse.cloudflare.com) to Cloudflare because our IP address appears in the WHOIS and DNS records for a website, it is very likely that the website is one of millions of websites that use our pass-through security and content distribution network (CDN) services. Because assets on the same website may be hosted by different providers, it is important that you submit the URL for that specific asset to enable appropriate action. This guide will teach you how to identify URLs for specific video or images on a webpage.

## Get the URL for specific content

To get the URL for a specific piece of content on a webpage:

1. Open your web browser (Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge).

2. Go to the web page you want to report.

3. Right click on the content you wish to report (often a video or image).

4. Select **Inspect Element**.

5. In the **DevTools** panel, look for the **src** attribute in the selected the image, video, or iFrame.
   ![Look for the URL in the src attribute of the video or image](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/identify-url.png)

6. Copy the URL.

This is typically the most specific and helpful URL that someone reporting abuse can provide to Cloudflare, so that Cloudflare can correctly identify any services Cloudflare may be providing with respect to that content.

## Submitting the abuse report

Once you have identified the URL for the specific asset, you can [submit an abuse report](https://abuse.cloudflare.com) through Cloudflare’s online abuse reporting process.

You can learn more about the process, and what you can expect from Cloudflare in response to such abuse reports, from [our abuse policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/trust-hub/reporting-abuse/).

---

# Create account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-account" product="fundamentals" />

## Best practices

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---

# Manage account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

If you need help setting up a new Cloudflare account, refer to the following resources:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Log into Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/login/

To log into the Cloudflare dashboard, go to the [Login page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and choose your [sign-in option](#sign-in-options).

***

## Sign-in options

Cloudflare offers the following sign-in options:

### Email and password

Enter your email address and password.

### Single Sign-On (SSO)

Enter your email address (available if your admin has [enabled SSO](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/)).

:::note


If you log into your Cloudflare user account with Single Sign-On (SSO), you will not be able to sign in with Apple.


:::

### Sign in with Apple

* *Same Cloudflare account email as Apple ID*: You can either sign in with your email and password or sign in with Apple.

* *Different Cloudflare account email as Apple ID*: This will create a new Cloudflare account. If you want to log into an existing account, [change your email address](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-password-or-email/) to match the one used for your Apple ID.

If you have chosen to share your email when creating a Cloudflare account with Apple ID and want to set a password and obtain an API key, go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) login page and select **Forgot your password?** to trigger a password reset email.

If you have chosen to hide your email when creating a Cloudflare account with Apple ID, resetting your password will not work. You can use the suggested workaround below:

1. [Add a new member to your account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/#add-account-members). For example, a secondary email address.
2. [Register a new Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) with your secondary email address and set a password.
3. Access the Cloudflare dashboard with the new user and password to obtain an API key.

Changing your Cloudflare account email address will unlink the login credentials with the Apple ID from your Cloudflare account. Attempting to log in using the same Apple ID after the email is changed will create a new Cloudflare account.

If you created your Cloudflare account using Apple Relay and decide to change your Apple ID or email address, you will be unable to retrieve the Cloudflare account and all login options are permanently lost.

### Sign in with Google

- A Cloudflare account has already been created with your Google account's email: At this time, this option cannot be used, but we are working on the capability to link and de-link social login providers to your Cloudflare account.

- If you select **Sign in with Google** with an email that does not already have a Cloudflare account associated with it, Cloudflare will create a new account and allow you to sign in using **Sign in with Google** moving forward.

---

# Manage email notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/manage-email-notifications/

All email notifications from Cloudflare are sent via `noreply@notify.cloudflare.com`. If you are not receiving emails from Cloudflare, you may have marked Cloudflare as spam.

To continue receiving emails, [contact customer support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

# Verify email address

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="verify-email-address" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Add multiple sites via automation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-multiple-sites-automation/

import { Render } from "~/components";

To add multiple sites to Cloudflare at once and more efficiently, you can do so via the Cloudflare API.

Adding multiple sites can be useful when you:

- Have multiple domains mapping back to a single, canonical domain (common for domains in different countries - such as `.com.au`, `.co.uk` - that you want protected by Cloudflare).
- Are a [partner](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/), agency, or IT consultancy, and manage multiple domains on behalf of your customers.
- Are moving an existing set of sites over to Cloudflare.

Using the API will allow you to add multiple sites quickly and efficiently, especially if you are already familiar with [how to change your name-servers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [add a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

This tutorial assumes domains will be added using [full mode](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).

---

## Prerequisites

To add multiple sites to Cloudflare via automation, you need:

- An existing [Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/).
- Command line with `curl`
- A Cloudflare [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with one of the following permissions:
  - Zone-level `Administrator`
  - Zone-level `Zone: Edit` and `DNS: Edit`
  - Account-level `Domain Administrator`
- To have disabled [DNSSEC](/dns/concepts/#dnssec) for each domain at your registrar (where you bought your domain name).
  - Follow this [tutorial](/dns/dnssec/dnssec-active-migration/) to migrate an existing DNS zone without having to disable DNSSEC

<Render file="dnssec-providers" product="dns" />

<Render file="dnssec-enabled-migration" product="dns" />

---

## Add domains

1. Create a list of domains you want to add, each on a separate line (newline separated), stored in a file such as `domains.txt`.
2. Create a bash script `add-multiple-zones.sh` and add the following. Add `domains.txt` to the same directory or update its path accordingly.

```bash
  for domain in $(cat domains.txt); do
    printf "Adding ${domain}:\n"

    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "account": {
        "id":"<ACCOUNT_ID>"
      },
      "name": "'"$domain"'",
      "type": "full"
    }'

    printf "\n\n"
  done
```

3. Open the command line and run:

```sh
bash add-multiple-zones.sh
```

:::caution

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:::

After adding a domain, it will be in a [`Pending Nameserver Update`](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) state.

## Additional options

### jq

[`jq`](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/) is a command-line tool that parses and beautifies JSON outputs.

This tool is a requirement to complete any `Additional options` steps in this tutorial.

```sh
echo '{"foo":{"bar":"foo","testing":"hello"}}' | jq .
```

Refer to `jq` [documentation](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/manual/#basic-filters) for more information.

### Quick scan

Cloudflare offers a [quick scan](/dns/zone-setups/reference/dns-quick-scan/) that helps populate a zone's DNS records. This scan is a best effort attempt based on a predefined list of commonly used record names and types.

This API call requires the domain `ID`. This can be found in the following locations:

- [Create Zone](/api/resources/zones/methods/create/#Request)
- [List Zones](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/)

Using `jq` with the first option above, modify your script `add-multiple-zones.sh` to extract the domain ID and run a subsequent API call to quick scan DNS records.

```js
  for domain in $(cat domains.txt); do
    printf "Adding ${domain}:\n"

    add_output=`curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones \
      --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
      --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data '{
        "account": {
          "id":"<ACCOUNT_ID>"
        },
        "name": "'"$domain"'",
        "type": "full"
      }'`

    echo $add_output | jq .

    domain_id=`echo $add_output | jq -r .result.id`

    printf "\n\n"
    printf "DNS quick scanning ${domain}:\n"

    scan_output=`curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$domain_id/dns_records/scan \
      --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
      --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"`

    echo $scan_output | jq .

  done
```

## Update nameservers

For each domain to become active on Cloudflare, it must be activated in either [Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [Partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/). The following script will output a list containing the nameservers associated with each domain.

You can find your zones nameservers in the following locations:

- [Create Zone](/api/resources/zones/methods/create/#Request)
- [Zone Details](/api/resources/zones/methods/get/)

1. Modify your script `add-multiple-zones.sh` to print a CSV with data from the `Create Zone` JSON response.

```js
  for domain in $(cat domains.txt); do
    printf "Adding ${domain}:\n"

    add_output=`curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones \
      --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
      --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data '{
        "account": {
          "id": "<ACCOUNT_ID>"
        },
        "name": "'"$domain"'",
        "type": "full"
      }'`

    # Create csv of nameservers
    echo $add_output | jq -r '[.result.name,.result.id,.result.name_servers[]] | @csv' >> /tmp/domain_nameservers.csv

    domain_id=`echo $add_output | jq -r .result.id`

    printf "\n\n"
    printf "DNS quick scanning ${domain}:\n"

    scan_output=`curl --request POST https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$domain_id/dns_records/scan \
      --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
      --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"`

    echo $scan_output | jq .

  done

  printf "name_servers are saved in /tmp/domain_nameservers"
  cat /tmp/domain_nameservers.csv
```

| ID         | ZONE          | NAME SERVERS                                      |
| ---------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| \<ZONE_ID> | `example.com` | `arya.ns.cloudflare.com`, `tim.ns.cloudflare.com` |

2. Use the values in the **NAME SERVERS** column to [update the nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#update-your-registrar) at the registrar of each domain.

---

## Limitations

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After that, you cannot have more pending sites than active sites associated with your Cloudflare account. We recommend waiting until your pending sites have been [activated](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) before adding additional domains.

## Common issues

If any errors were returned in this process, the domain may not be registered (or only just registered), be a subdomain, or otherwise been invalid. For more details, refer to [Cannot add domain](/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/cannot-add-domain/).

---

# Add a site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Follow these steps to onboard your website or application to Cloudflare. Once your domain is [active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/#active), your web traffic will [proxy through Cloudflare](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-reverse-proxy), which speeds up and protects websites and services on your domain.

Cloudflare will become the primary [DNS provider](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-dns-provider) for your domain, meaning your [DNS records](/dns/concepts/#dns-records) are managed at Cloudflare, and we authoritatively answer all DNS queries.

:::note


These instructions are tailored to customers using a [full DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup) (the most common configuration). If you are using a [partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) or [secondary setup](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/), your onboarding process will be different.


:::

## Prerequisites

To onboard a website or application to Cloudflare, you need to own the domain name (`example.com`).

If you do not already own a domain and plan to use Cloudflare for your [authoritative DNS](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), we highly recommend purchasing your domain name through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/). This simplifies your setup process by automatically using Cloudflare for authoritative DNS.

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## 1. Add site in Cloudflare

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## 2. Update nameservers

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## 3. Complete SSL/TLS setup

To prevent insecure connections and visitor browser errors, [make sure you have SSL/TLS protection](/ssl/get-started/).

## 4. Go beyond the basics

Many Cloudflare services will automatically protect and speed up your web traffic once your nameservers are updated. To customize how we process your traffic and to get more out of Cloudflare, refer to our [basic tasks](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/).

---

# Connect your domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/

Many of our layer 7 services depend on your domain using Cloudflare as a [reverse proxy](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/reverse-proxy/) for its `HTTP/HTTPS` traffic.

To get started with Cloudflare as a reverse proxy, you must first create an account and [connect your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/). After creating your account, select **Add site** and follow the [step-by-step tutorial](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to configure your [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/), which informs Cloudflare where to forward requests.

Your domain is always in your control - connecting your domain to Cloudflare does not mean that you are relinquishing ownership. If you decide to [transfer your domain registration](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/) to be managed at Cloudflare, you will still retain full ownership.

:::note

For a domain purchased through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/), we take care of the connection process on your behalf. 
:::

## Domain configurations

When you connect your domain to Cloudflare, a set of default configurations is generated for our [application services](/products/?product-group=Application+performance%2CApplication+security%2CCloudflare+essentials), based on the domain [plan](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/). These services determine how Cloudflare treats traffic for your domain.

Your configurations will only affect live traffic (that is, when your domain's status is [**active**](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#activating-your-domain) and its traffic is [**proxied**](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxy-eligibility)). Notably, your configurations can be altered prior to activating or enabling the proxy status on the DNS records for the hostnames you want to proxy.

Use the Cloudflare dashboard or [API](/api/) to modify, test, or [version](/version-management/) your configuration.

:::note[Account-level configurations]

Some configurations can be set at the account-level (if available in your plan), which can be applied to all domains under your account.

Account-level configurations are applied to incoming traffic before your domain-level configurations. Refer to [traffic sequence](https://blog.cloudflare.com/traffic-sequence-which-product-runs-first) to learn more. 
:::

## Activating your domain

In a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), your domain will be pending until you update its nameservers at your domain registrar with the assigned Cloudflare nameservers. This step is essential for two reasons:

* First, to inform DNS resolvers that your traffic should route through Cloudflare
* And second, to verify that you are the domain's owner. Only the owner or administrator of a domain can access  its registrar and change its nameservers.

:::note


The activation process involves different steps if you are using a [secondary DNS](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) or [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).


:::

Registrars take up to 24 hours to process nameserver changes (quicker in most cases). You will receive an email when your domain becomes active. While your domain is pending, your `HTTP/HTTPS` traffic is not proxied through Cloudflare, but Cloudflare will respond to DNS queries on your assigned nameservers.

By activating your domain on a full setup, your traffic will immediately start using [Cloudflare's DNS services](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#how-cloudflare-works-as-a-dns-provider), so it is important to review how to [avoid downtime](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/connect-your-domain/#avoiding-downtime) and what [proxying traffic](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) means.

## Avoiding downtime

In a full setup, it is essential that your domains DNS table has all your DNS records configured properly *before* activating your domain. In addition, you may need to:

* [Disable DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/). DNSSEC is a security extension that ensures all DNS answers can be trusted. If nameservers are changed before disabling DNSSEC, their cryptographic signatures will no longer match and DNS resolution will fail. After your domain is successfully activated, you should enable DNSSEC again.
* [Accept Cloudflare traffic](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/). If you are proxying traffic to your origin, you need to ensure that your origin will accept connections from Cloudflare. One way to do this is to allow traffic originating from Cloudflare IPs. You can harden the connection between Cloudflare and your origin by using Authenticated Origin Pulls ([mTLS](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/)). An alternative approach to proxy traffic to your origin is to [configure a Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).
* [Configure SSL/TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/). The first thing Cloudflare does when it receives a `HTTP/HTTPS` request is decryption.

---

# Change your domain version

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/domain-version/

import { Render } from "~/components"

[Version Management](/version-management/) is available for Enterprise customers and allows you to safely test, deploy, and roll back changes to your zone configurations.


## Enable versioning


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## (Optional) Create additional environments

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For more details, refer to [Create environment](/version-management/how-to/environments/#create-environment).


## Update configurations

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## Test version

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## Promote version


Next, [promote](/version-management/how-to/environments/#change-environment-version) your version through your different environments.

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After promoting to each environment, test the new version in your new environment.

## Repeat

For new changes to your zone, [create a new version](/version-management/how-to/versions/#create-version) and repeat this process.

---

# Manage subdomains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/manage-subdomains/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Once you have [added your domain to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) and [updated your nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), you also might want to set up a subdomain.

Most subdomains serve a specific purpose within the overall context of your website. For example, `blog.example.com` might be your blog, `support.example.com` could be your customer help portal, and `store.example.com` would be your e-commerce site.

## Create a subdomain

If you have already added a subdomain at your host, create a corresponding [DNS A or CNAME record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for that subdomain (`blog`, `store`).

## Set up redirects

### Redirect a subdomain to the apex domain

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### Redirect the apex domain to a subdomain

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## SSL/TLS for subdomains

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## Customize subdomain behavior

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---

# Manage domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

A *domain* or *domain name* is the location of a website or application, or what an end user types into their browser to get to your website (`example.com`).

<DirectoryListing />

## Get a domain name

You can get domain names for your website from a variety of places, such as through popular website builders or dedicated [registrars](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/glossary/what-is-a-domain-name-registrar/).

Cloudflare also offers an at-cost registrar service to [purchase new domain names](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/) or [manage existing domain names](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/).

## Host your domain

A web host keeps your website online so visitors can reach it via the domain name.

Cloudflare does not offer web hosting for most websites, though you can deploy and host JAMstack sites with [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/).

## Add a domain to Cloudflare

For help adding a domain to Cloudflare, refer to our [setup guide](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).

Once you finish adding your domain, you likely will want to also [update your domain's nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) to get Cloudflare's performance and security benefits.

## Get free SSL certificates

Cloudflare offers free, unshared, publicy trusted [Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) to all Cloudflare domains.

## Manage subdomains

For more details about subdomains (`www.example.com` or `blog.example.com`), refer to [Manage subdomains](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/manage-subdomains/).

---

# Move a domain between Cloudflare accounts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/

You will have to move or transfer domains from one Cloudflare account to another if you:

- Manage a multi-user organization and need to segment domain access by user.
- Receive a `Cloudflare is already hosting under a different account` error.
- Lose access to your email address or Cloudflare account (though you can also use the [backup codes](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#use-a-backup-code) if you have two-factor authentication enabled).
- Registered a Cloudflare account with a typo in your email.

:::caution
If your domain is registered with Cloudflare Registrar, you need to submit a manual request to transfer the domain and its registration to a new account.

Refer to [Transfer a Cloudflare Registrar domain registration between accounts](/registrar/account-options/inter-account-transfer/) to complete this process.
:::

## Requirements

To transfer a domain from one Cloudflare account to another, you will need:

- Access to your domain registrar. If your domain is using Cloudflare Registrar, refer to [Transfer a Cloudflare Registrar domain registration between accounts](/registrar/account-options/inter-account-transfer/).
- At least one Cloudflare account associated with the domain.

## Transfer your domain

:::caution


Before transferring an active Cloudflare domain to another Cloudflare account, you must remove any [DNSSEC configurations](/dns/dnssec/) and [add-ons or subscriptions](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/cancel-subscription/).

We also recommend [exporting](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) the DNS records of your zone while it is in the previous account. Then, you can [import](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) the correct DNS records into the new account.
If you miss this step, Cloudflare will import your proxied DNS records, which might cause your domain to experience a [1000 error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/).


:::

If you still have access to your previous Cloudflare account, you can copy over the Cloudflare account settings manually. You must reissue [SSL/TLS certificates](#issue-new-certificates) and [recreate and validate DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) when transferring domains between Cloudflare accounts.

If you lose access to the email address associated with your Cloudflare account and do not have backup codes, you will need to manually transfer your domain to a new Cloudflare account associated with a different email address.

The domain transfer process depends on your DNS settings. If Cloudflare is your authoritative DNS provider (that is, your domain nameservers point to Cloudflare), you must:

1. [Create a new Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/) or log in to an existing Cloudflare account.
2. [Add the domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to the account (as if you were adding it for the first time).
3. Log in to your domain registrar account and [update the nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) to the provided Cloudflare nameservers.
4. Finalize the nameserver update by selecting your domain in the dashboard > **Overview** > **Re-check now**.

Once the Cloudflare network recognizes the nameserver change, the domain in the new account will be marked as **Active**. While the domain in the new account is **Pending**, it cannot proxy traffic through Cloudflare and the origin IP addresses will be returned until the domain is marked as **Active**.

In the old account, the domain will be marked as **Moved Away**. After seven days in **Moved Away** status, the domain will be marked as **Deleted**. After seven days in the **Deleted** status, the domain will be permanently removed.

For more information, refer to [Zone status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/).

## Issue new certificates

SSL/TLS certificates associated with your previous Cloudflare account will not be transferred to your new account. If your site requires an SSL/TLS certificate prior to domain transfer, refer to [Minimize downtime](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#minimize-downtime).

If you were using [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/), you will need to delete them from the previous zone and upload them to the new zone. You can upload the certificates while the new zone is in **Pending** status - if you do so, once you upload the certificates, they will have a [**Holding Deployment**](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/#custom-certificates) status and will become active once the zone is active.

You can order an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) prior to transferring your domain. ACM certificates will automatically deploy to active domains.

---

# Pause Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/

To troubleshoot your site, you can pause Cloudflare globally. This will send traffic directly to your origin web server instead of Cloudflare's reverse proxy. Paused domains also cannot use Cloudflare services like [Rules](/rules/), [WAF](/waf/), and [SSL/TLS certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/).

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Within **Overview**, choose **Advanced Actions** > **Pause Cloudflare on Site**.

Pausing Cloudflare takes five minutes or less to complete. This is preferable to [changing nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/), which can cause propagation delays of several hours.

***

## Alternatives to global pause

### Disable proxy on DNS records

Instead of pausing Cloudflare globally, you can disable the proxy on individual records:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**. Choose the record and select **Edit**.

3. Toggle **Proxy Status** to **Off**.

Adjusting the proxy status will prevent that record from using Cloudflare services like [Rules](/rules/), [WAF](/waf/), and [SSL/TLS certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/).

### Enable Development Mode

To troubleshoot caching issues, you could [enable Development Mode](/cache/reference/development-mode/). This will bypass Cloudflare's cache while still preserving Cloudflare services like [Rules](/rules/), [WAF](/waf/), and [SSL/TLS certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/).

---

# Redirect one domain to another

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/redirect-domain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If you have an alias domain that only forwards traffic to another domain (that is, the domain does not have an associated origin server of its own), you can set up redirects directly within Cloudflare.

1. [Add](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/#add-a-domain-to-cloudflare) your alias domain (for example, `previous.com`) to Cloudflare.

2. Make sure that your alias domain has a proxied [DNS A or CNAME record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) that properly resolves DNS queries. You may also want to include a record for the `www` subdomain.

   Use the IP address `192.0.2.1` for the `A` record. This address does not route traffic to an origin server but allows Cloudflare to apply rules, redirects, and Workers to incoming traffic. The equivalent IP address for an `AAAA` record is `100::`.

   | **Type** | **Name** | **IPv4 address** | **Proxy status** |
   | -------- | -------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
   | A        | `@`      | `192.0.2.1`      | Proxied          |
   | A        | `www`    | `192.0.2.1`      | Proxied          |

3. Use [Redirect rules](/rules/url-forwarding/) to forward traffic from your alias domain to your other domain.

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---

# Remove a domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/remove-domain/

Consider the following sections on how you can remove domains from Cloudflare. Removing your domain cancels all active subscriptions, which will not be refunded per our [billing policy](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/). If you add this domain back to Cloudflare later, you will need to re-purchase all subscriptions. Removing your domain from Cloudflare does not change your domain registration.

## Before removing your domain

If you experience website issues, we recommend [temporarily pausing Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/) to evaluate your website's performance.

If you have an Enterprise plan, you need to [change the zone plan](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-plan/#change-plan-type) to **Free**.

If you need to re-add the domain in a different account, make sure the current settings have been saved. For example, you may [Import and export DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/).

### Actions outside of Cloudflare

* When you remove a domain from Cloudflare, it also prevents your domain from using Cloudflare for DNS resolution. To avoid DNS errors, update your nameservers at your domain registrar to use nameservers not owned by Cloudflare.

  * Refer to [Check if your nameservers are pointing to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#verify-changes) to confirm that your nameservers no longer point to Cloudflare.

* At your registrar, make sure you do not have a **DS** DNS record. This record enables [DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/) and could prevent your DNS records from being changed.

### Actions within Cloudflare

* [Cancel active add-on subscriptions](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/cancel-subscription/).

* [Delete all the Logpush jobs for that domain](/logs/tutorials/examples/example-logpush-curl/#optional---delete-a-job)

* If you use Cloudflare Registrar:

  * [Disable domain auto-renewal](/registrar/account-options/renew-domains/) or [transfer your domain out of Cloudflare](/registrar/account-options/transfer-out-from-cloudflare/).

  * If the domain has already expired, it will be automatically removed from your account. Refer to [What happens when a domain expires?](/registrar/faq/#what-happens-when-a-domain-expires)

  * If the domain has not yet expired you can likely request deletion. Refer to [Delete a domain registration](/registrar/account-options/domain-management/#delete-a-domain-registration)

  * If enabled, disable DNSSEC. In your domain dashboard, go to **DNS** > **Settings**. Within **DNSSEC**, select **Disable DNSSEC**. Select **Confirm**.

## Remove a domain activated in Cloudflare

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.

2. On the **Overview** page, find **Advanced Actions** and then select **Remove Site from Cloudflare**.

   ![Remove site from Cloudflare is an option under Advanced Actions](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/remove-domain.png)

   :::note
   If you are using an Enterprise domain, [change your domain plan](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-plan/#change-plan-type) to **Free**, which will give you access to **Remove Site from Cloudflare**.<br/><br/>If this does not work, contact your Customer Success Manager. 
   :::

3. Select **Confirm**.

---

# Star domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/star-zones/

For quick access to commonly configured domains (also known as "zones"), star up to ten domains per account in the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Star a domain

To star a domain:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and domain.
3. On the website **Overview**, select **Star**.

![Star domain on the Overview page of the website](~/assets/images/fundamentals/star-domain.png)

## Filter to starred domains

To view only starred domains in your account:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account.
3. On the account **Home**, select **Starred**.

---

# Manage members

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

On any Cloudflare account, you can collaborate by adding members to your account and assigning them access via one or several policies.

Every policy has three parts:

1. The actor
2. The role
3. The scope

Refer to the resources below to configure policies to ensure that you can assign only the necessary access permissions to your account members.

## Resources

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---

# Manage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Granting access to others on your account is done with several sets of data principles:

1. Accounts have Account Members.
2. Account Members have policies.
3. Policies are constructed out of actors, roles, and scopes.

When assigning a new user, you can assign a policy to them directly. If multiple policies are needed, they can be added or revoked at a later time.

Learn how to add new account members, edit or revoke their access, and resend verification emails.

:::note

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:::

## View account members

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## Add account members

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## Edit member permissions

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## Resend an invitation

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## Remove account members

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<Render file="remove-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

:::note
If you have been invited to an account and want to remove yourself from the account, go to **Manage Account** > **Members**. Under your email address, select **Leave**.
:::

## Super Administrator access

If you are a Super Administrator for an account that has existing domains and you decide to leave the account, you can invite a new Super Administrator who will have access to the same account privileges.

You can delete your user as a Super Administrator, but you cannot delete your account. Other Super Administrators will continue to have access to the appropriate privileges to manage the account, including billing information.

---

# Policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/policies/

Policies define what access a given user has to your account or domains, and are constructed out of three parts:

1. An actor (your user).
2. A `ResourceGroup` (a scope).
3. A `PermissionGroup` (roles).

An account member can have one or several of these policies to represent the most appropriate access.

To increase the usability and flexibility of Cloudflare's role system, changes to the API have been made to expose these underlying data principles and allow users to interact with them.

For example, you may want to assign multiple policies and use scopes to control access to an account where you have a single account with both Production and Staging domains, and a user that should be able see the whole account, purge the production domains, but have the ability to configure the staging domains.

## Manage policies

A set of standard API endpoints is present on every account that allow access to your members, which has recently been enhanced by a list of `resourceGroups` and `PermissionGroups`.

* A `resourceGroup` is a unique identifier for the scope for which a policy applies.
* A `permissionGroup` is a unique identifier for the set of roles that are assigned to a given policy.

Refer to the [API documentation](/api/) for more information.

---

# Roles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/

Whenever you [add a new member](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/) to your account, you can assign policies to those users and make use of the available roles. Roles can only ever be assigned to their given scope and multiple roles can be assigned to a given policy.

## Account-scoped roles

Account-scoped roles apply across an entire Cloudflare account, and through all domains in that account.

| Role                                                         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Administrator                                                | Can access the full account and edit subscriptions. Cannot manage memberships nor billing profile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Super Administrator                                          | Can edit any Cloudflare setting, make purchases, update billing, and manage memberships. Super Administrators can revoke the access of other Super Administrators.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Administrator Read Only                                      | Can access the full account in read-only mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Analytics                                                    | Can read Analytics.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| API Gateway                                                  | Grants full access to [API Gateway (including API Shield)](/api-shield/) for all domains in an account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| API Gateway Read                                             | Grants read access to [API Gateway (including API Shield)](/api-shield/) for all domains in an account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Audit Logs Viewer                                            | Can view [Audit Logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Bot Management (Account-wide)                                | Can edit [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) (including [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/)) configurations for all domains in account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Billing                                                      | Can edit the account’s [billing profile](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/create-billing-profile/) and subscriptions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Cloudflare Access                                            | Can edit [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) and [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Cache Purge                                                  | Can purge the edge cache.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Cloudflare DEX                                               | Can edit [Cloudflare DEX](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Cloudflare Gateway                                           | Can edit [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) and read [Access](/cloudflare-one/identity/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Cloudflare Images                                            | Can access [Cloudflare Images](/images/) data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Cloudflare R2 Admin                                          | Can edit Cloudflare [R2](/r2/) buckets, objects, and associated configurations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Cloudflare R2 Read                                           | Can read Cloudflare [R2](/r2/) buckets, objects, and associated configurations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Cloudflare Stream                                            | Can edit [Cloudflare Stream](/stream/) media.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Cloudflare Workers Admin                                     | Can edit Cloudflare [Workers](/workers/), [Pages](/pages/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [KV](/kv/) and [R2](/r2/). Also provides read access to Zones, [Zone Analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/) and [Page Rules](/rules/).                                                                                                                                    |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust                                        | Can edit [Cloudflare for Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/). Grants administrator access to all Zero Trust products including Access, Gateway, WARP, Tunnel, Browser Isolation, CASB, DLP, DEX, and Email Security.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust PII                                    | Can access [Cloudflare for Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) PII.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust Read Only                              | Can access [Cloudflare for Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) read only mode.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Cloudflare Zero Trust Reporting                              | Can access [Cloudflare for Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) reporting data.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| DNS                                                          | Can edit [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Email Configuration Admin                                    | Grants write access to all of Email Security, [CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/), [DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/), [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), and [Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/), except Mail Preview, Raw Email, on-demand reports, actions on emails, and Submissions, Submission Transparency (Requires Cloudflare Zero Trust PII). |
| Email Integration Admin                                      | Grants write access to Email Security account integration only, [CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/), [DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/), [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), and [Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).                                                                                                                                    |
| Email Security Analyst                                       | Grants write access to all of Email Security, except Settings which is read only (Requires Cloudflare Zero Trust PII).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Email Security Read Only                                     | Grants read access to all of Email Security, but cannot see Raw Email, take action on emails, or make Submissions (Requires Cloudflare Zero Trust PII).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Email Security Reporting                                     | Grants read access to Email Security Home, PhishGuard, and Submission Transparency.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Firewall                                                     | Can edit [WAF](/waf/), [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/), [Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/) settings, and [Cache Rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Load Balancer                                                | Can edit [Load Balancers](/load-balancing/), Pools, Origins, and Health Checks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Log Share                                                    | Can edit [Log Share](/logs/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Log Share Reader                                             | Can read Enterprise [Log Share](/logs/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Magic Network Monitoring                                     | Can view and edit [MNM configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Magic Network Monitoring Admin                               | Can view, edit, create, and delete [MNM configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Magic Network Monitoring Read-Only                           | Can view [MNM configuration](/magic-network-monitoring/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Network Services Write (Magic)                               | Grants write access to network configurations for Magic services. Magic Tunnel health checks require the Analytics role for non-admin users.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Network Services Read (Magic)                                | Grants read access to network configurations for Magic services. Magic Tunnel health checks require the Analytics role for non-admin users.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Minimal Account Access                                       | Can view account, and nothing else.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Page Shield                                                  | Grants write access to [Page Shield](/page-shield/) across the whole account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Page Shield Read                                             | Grants read access to [Page Shield](/page-shield/) across the whole account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Hyperdrive Read                                              | Grants read access to [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) database configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Hyperdrive Admin                                             | Grants write access to [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/) database configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| SSL/TLS, Caching, Performance, Page Rules, and Customization | Can edit most Cloudflare settings except for [DNS](/dns/) and [Firewall](/waf/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Trust and Safety                                             | Can access trust and safety related services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Turnstile                                                    | Grants full access to [Turnstile](/turnstile/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Turnstile Read                                               | Grants read access to [Turnstile](/turnstile/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Vectorize Admin                                              | Can edit [Vectorize](/vectorize/) configurations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Vectorize Read only                                          | Can read [Vectorize](/vectorize/) configurations.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Waiting Room Admin                                           | Can edit [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Waiting Room Read                                            | Can read [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Zaraz Admin                                                  | Can edit and publish [Zaraz](/zaraz/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Zaraz Edit                                                   | Can edit [Zaraz](/zaraz/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Zaraz Read                                                   | Can read [Zaraz](/zaraz/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Zone Versioning (Account-Wide)                               | Can view and edit [Zone Versioning](/version-management/) for all domains in account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Zone Versioning Read (Account-Wide)                          | Can view [Zone Versioning](/version-management/) for all domains in account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

## Domain-scoped roles

Domain-scoped roles apply for a given domain within an account.

| Role                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bot Management                 | Can edit [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) (including [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/)) configurations.                                                                                            |
| Cache Domain Purge             | Grants access to [purge the edge cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache/) for a specific domain.                                                                                                                                    |
| Domain Administrator           | Grants full access to domains in an account, and read-only access to account-wide [Firewall](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/), [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), and [Worker](/workers/) resources. |
| Domain Administrator Read Only | Grants read-only access to domains in an account, as well as account-wide [Firewall](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/), [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), and [Worker](/workers/) resources.         |
| Domain API Gateway             | Grants full access to API Gateway (including [API Shield](/api-shield/)).                                                                                                                                                     |
| Domain API Gateway Read        | Grants read access to API Gateway (including [API Shield](/api-shield/)).                                                                                                                                                     |
| Domain DNS                     | Grants access to edit [DNS settings](/dns/) for domains in an account.                                                                                                                                                        |
| Domain Page Shield             | Grants write access to [Page Shield](/page-shield/) for domains in an account.                                                                                                                                                |
| Domain Page Shield Read        | Grants read access to [Page Shield](/page-shield/) for domains in an account.                                                                                                                                                 |
| Domain Waiting Room Admin      | Can edit [waiting rooms](/waiting-room/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Domain Waiting Room Read       | Can read [waiting rooms](/waiting-room/) configuration.                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Zone Versioning                | Grants full access to [Zone Versioning](/version-management/).                                                                                                                                                                |
| Zone Versioning Read           | Grants read-only access to [Zone Versioning](/version-management/).                                                                                                                                                           |

---

# Role scopes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/scope/

Scopes are one of three constituent parts of a policy that allows granting of access to users.

To allow for flexible combinations of access to users, Cloudflare currently has two types of scopes (Account and Domain), with different sets of roles for each scope.

***

## Choose the scope of roles

Each policy has a limitation of a single scope, but you can assign multiple policies to a given user.

You can choose the scope of a policy when you [add a member](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/manage/).

### Account scope

If you want the member to have a policy that applies across your account, use the following combination of fields.

| Field    | Value         |
| -------- | ------------- |
| Operator | *Include*     |
| Type     | *All domains* |

:::note


You can only assign [account-scoped roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/#account-scoped-roles) as part of these types of policies


:::

### Specific Domains

If you want the member to have a policy that applies to a specific domain, use the following combination of fields. When applying these roles to this policy, only domain-scoped roles can be used.

| Field    | Value               |
| -------- | ------------------- |
| Operator | *Include*           |
| Type     | *A specific domain* |
| Name     | *A specific domain* |

### Domain groups

If you have a set of domains that are all categorized similarly (e.g. all of your sensitive/production domains, all domains around a given project or geography), you can pre-assign them into a domain group and then create policies that provide access to all domains within this group.

#### Create group

To create a domain group:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account (you must be logged in as a **Super Administrator** and have a [verified email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/)).
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **Lists**.
3. For **Domain Group Manager**, select **Create**.
4. Create your domain group:

   1. Select the domains to include.
   2. Add a **Name**.
   3. Select **Create**.

You can also edit and delete these groups as needed.

#### Use group

To assign a member permissions to a domain group, use the following combination of fields:

| Field    | Value           |
| -------- | --------------- |
| Operator | *Include*       |
| Type     | *Domain Group*  |
| Name     | *Example Group* |

:::note


With Domain Groups, you can only assign [domain-scoped roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/#domain-scoped-roles) to these members.


:::

---

# Create a serverless, globally distributed time-series API with Timescale

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/tutorials/serverless-timeseries-api-with-timescale/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn to build an API on Workers which will ingest and query time-series data stored in [Timescale](https://www.timescale.com/) (they make PostgreSQL faster in the cloud).

You will create and deploy a Worker function that exposes API routes for ingesting data, and use [Hyperdrive](https://developers.cloudflare.com/hyperdrive/) to proxy your database connection from the edge and maintain a connection pool to prevent us having to make a new database connection on every request.

You will learn how to:

- Build and deploy a Cloudflare Worker.
- Use Worker secrets with the Wrangler CLI.
- Deploy a Timescale database service.
- Connect your Worker to your Timescale database service with Hyperdrive.
- Query your new API.

You can learn more about Timescale by reading their [documentation](https://docs.timescale.com/getting-started/latest/services/).

---

## 1. Create a Worker project

Run the following command to create a Worker project from the command line:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"timescale-api"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Make note of the URL that your application was deployed to. You will be using it when you configure your GitHub webhook.

Change into the directory you just created for your Worker project:

```sh
cd timescale-api
```

## 2. Prepare your Timescale Service

:::note

If you have not signed up for Timescale, go to the [signup page](https://timescale.com/signup) where you can start a free 30 day trial with no credit card.
:::

If you are creating a new service, go to the [Timescale Console](https://console.cloud.timescale.com/) and follow these steps:

1. Select **Create Service** by selecting the black plus in the upper right.
2. Choose **Time Series** as the service type.
3. Choose your desired region and instance size. 1 CPU will be enough for this tutorial.
4. Set a service name to replace the randomly generated one.
5. Select **Create Service**.
6. On the right hand side, expand the **Connection Info** dialog and copy the **Service URL**.
7. Copy the password which is displayed. You will not be able to retrieve this again.
8. Select **I stored my password, go to service overview**.

If you are using a service you created previously, you can retrieve your service connection information in the [Timescale Console](https://console.cloud.timescale.com/):

1. Select the service (database) you want Hyperdrive to connect to.
2. Expand **Connection info**.
3. Copy the **Service URL**. The Service URL is the connection string that Hyperdrive will use to connect. This string includes the database hostname, port number and database name.

:::note

If you do not have your password stored, you will need to select **Forgot your password?** and set a new **SCRAM** password. Save this password, as Timescale will only display it once.

You should ensure that you do not break any existing clients if when you reset the password.
:::

Insert your password into the **Service URL** as follows (leaving the portion after the @ untouched):

```txt
postgres://tsdbadmin:YOURPASSWORD@...
```

This will be referred to as **SERVICEURL** in the following sections.

## 3. Create your Hypertable

Timescale allows you to convert regular PostgreSQL tables into [hypertables](https://docs.timescale.com/use-timescale/latest/hypertables/), tables used to deal with time-series, events, or analytics data. Once you have made this change, Timescale will seamlessly manage the hypertable's partitioning, as well as allow you to apply other features like compression or continuous aggregates.

Connect to your Timescale database using the Service URL you copied in the last step (it has the password embedded).

If you are using the default PostgreSQL CLI tool [**psql**](https://www.timescale.com/blog/how-to-install-psql-on-mac-ubuntu-debian-windows/) to connect, you would run psql like below (substituting your **Service URL** from the previous step). You could also connect using a graphical tool like [PgAdmin](https://www.pgadmin.org/).

```sh
psql <SERVICEURL>
```

Once you are connected, create your table by pasting the following SQL:

```sql
CREATE TABLE readings(
  ts timestamptz DEFAULT now() NOT NULL,
  sensor UUID NOT NULL,
  metadata jsonb,
  value numeric NOT NULL
 );

SELECT create_hypertable('readings', 'ts');
```

Timescale will manage the rest for you as you ingest and query data.

## 4. Create a database configuration

To create a new Hyperdrive instance you will need:

- Your **SERVICEURL** from [step 2](/hyperdrive/tutorials/serverless-timeseries-api-with-timescale/#2-prepare-your-timescale-service).
- A name for your Hyperdrive service. For this tutorial, you will use **hyperdrive**.

Hyperdrive uses the `create` command with the `--connection-string` argument to pass this information. Run it as follows:

```sh
npx wrangler hyperdrive create hyperdrive --connection-string="SERVICEURL"
```

:::note

Hyperdrive will attempt to connect to your database with the provided credentials to verify they are correct before creating a configuration. If you encounter an error when attempting to connect, refer to Hyperdrive's [troubleshooting documentation](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) to debug possible causes.

:::

This command outputs your Hyperdrive ID. You can now bind your Hyperdrive configuration to your Worker in your Wrangler configuration by replacing the content with the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "timescale-api"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat"]

[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "HYPERDRIVE"
id = "your-id-here"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Install the Postgres driver into your Worker project:

```sh
npm install pg
```

Now copy the below Worker code, and replace the current code in `./src/index.ts`. The code below:

1. Uses Hyperdrive to connect to Timescale using the connection string generated from `env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString` directly to the driver.
2. Creates a `POST` route which accepts an array of JSON readings to insert into Timescale in one transaction.
3. Creates a `GET` route which takes a `limit` parameter and returns the most recent readings. This could be adapted to filter by ID or by timestamp.

```ts
import { Client } from "pg";

export interface Env {
	HYPERDRIVE: Hyperdrive;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const client = new Client({
			connectionString: env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString,
		});
		await client.connect();

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		// Create a route for inserting JSON as readings
		if (request.method === "POST" && url.pathname === "/readings") {
			// Parse the request's JSON payload
			const productData = await request.json();

			// Write the raw query. You are using jsonb_to_recordset to expand the JSON
			// to PG INSERT format to insert all items at once, and using coalesce to
			// insert with the current timestamp if no ts field exists
			const insertQuery = `
      INSERT INTO readings (ts, sensor, metadata, value)
      SELECT coalesce(ts, now()), sensor, metadata, value FROM jsonb_to_recordset($1::jsonb)
      AS t(ts timestamptz, sensor UUID, metadata jsonb, value numeric)
  `;

			const insertResult = await client.query(insertQuery, [
				JSON.stringify(productData),
			]);

			// Collect the raw row count inserted to return
			const resp = new Response(JSON.stringify(insertResult.rowCount), {
				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			});

			ctx.waitUntil(client.end());
			return resp;

			// Create a route for querying within a time-frame
		} else if (request.method === "GET" && url.pathname === "/readings") {
			const limit = url.searchParams.get("limit");

			// Query the readings table using the limit param passed
			const result = await client.query(
				"SELECT * FROM readings ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT $1",
				[limit],
			);

			// Return the result as JSON
			const resp = new Response(JSON.stringify(result.rows), {
				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			});

			ctx.waitUntil(client.end());
			return resp;
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## 5. Deploy your Worker

Run the following command to redeploy your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your application is now live and accessible at `timescale-api.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. The exact URI will be shown in the output of the wrangler command you just ran.

After deploying, you can interact with your Timescale IoT readings database using your Cloudflare Worker. Connection from the edge will be faster because you are using Cloudflare Hyperdrive to connect from the edge.

You can now use your Cloudflare Worker to insert new rows into the `readings` table. To test this functionality, send a `POST` request to your Worker’s URL with the `/readings` path, along with a JSON payload containing the new product data:

```json
[
	{ "sensor": "6f3e43a4-d1c1-4cb6-b928-0ac0efaf84a5", "value": 0.3 },
	{ "sensor": "d538f9fa-f6de-46e5-9fa2-d7ee9a0f0a68", "value": 10.8 },
	{ "sensor": "5cb674a0-460d-4c80-8113-28927f658f5f", "value": 18.8 },
	{ "sensor": "03307bae-d5b8-42ad-8f17-1c810e0fbe63", "value": 20.0 },
	{ "sensor": "64494acc-4aa5-413c-bd09-2e5b3ece8ad7", "value": 13.1 },
	{ "sensor": "0a361f03-d7ec-4e61-822f-2857b52b74b3", "value": 1.1 },
	{ "sensor": "50f91cdc-fd19-40d2-b2b0-c90db3394981", "value": 10.3 }
]
```

This tutorial omits the `ts` (the timestamp) and `metadata` (the JSON blob) so they will be set to `now()` and `NULL` respectively.

Once you have sent the `POST` request you can also issue a `GET` request to your Worker’s URL with the `/readings` path. Set the `limit` parameter to control the amount of returned records.

If you have **curl** installed you can test with the following commands (replace `<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>` with your subdomain from the deploy command above):

```bash title="Ingest some data"
curl --request POST --data @- 'https://timescale-api.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/readings' <<EOF
[
  { "sensor": "6f3e43a4-d1c1-4cb6-b928-0ac0efaf84a5", "value":0.3},
  { "sensor": "d538f9fa-f6de-46e5-9fa2-d7ee9a0f0a68", "value":10.8},
  { "sensor": "5cb674a0-460d-4c80-8113-28927f658f5f", "value":18.8},
  { "sensor": "03307bae-d5b8-42ad-8f17-1c810e0fbe63", "value":20.0},
  { "sensor": "64494acc-4aa5-413c-bd09-2e5b3ece8ad7", "value":13.1},
  { "sensor": "0a361f03-d7ec-4e61-822f-2857b52b74b3", "value":1.1},
  { "sensor": "50f91cdc-fd19-40d2-b2b0-c90db3394981", "metadata": {"color": "blue" }, "value":10.3}
]
EOF
```

```sh title="Query some data"
curl "https://timescale-api.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/readings?limit=10"
```

In this tutorial, you have learned how to create a working example to ingest and query readings from the edge with Timescale, Workers, Hyperdrive, and TypeScript.

## Next steps

- Learn more about [How Hyperdrive Works](/hyperdrive/configuration/how-hyperdrive-works/).
- Learn more about [Timescale](https://timescale.com).
- Refer to the [troubleshooting guide](/hyperdrive/observability/troubleshooting/) to debug common issues.

---

# Serve images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/serve-images/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Serve images from custom domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-from-custom-domains/

Image delivery is supported from all customer domains under the same Cloudflare account. To serve images through custom domains, an image URL should be adjusted to the following format:

```txt
https://example.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/<IMAGE_ID>/<VARIANT_NAME>
```

Example with a custom domain:

```txt
https://example.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA/083eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00/public
```

In this example, `<ACCOUNT_HASH>`, `<IMAGE_ID>` and `<VARIANT_NAME>` are the same, but the hostname and prefix path is different:

- `example.com`: Cloudflare proxied domain under the same account as the Cloudflare Images.
- `/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery`: Path to trigger `cdn-cgi` image proxy.
- `ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA`: The Images account hash. This can be found in the Cloudflare Images Dashboard.
- `083eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00`: The image ID.
- `public`: The variant name.

## Custom paths

By default, Images are served from the `/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/` path. You can use Transform Rules to rewrite URLs and serve images from custom paths.

### Basic version

Free and Pro plans support string matching rules (including wildcard operations) that do not require regular expressions.

This example lets you rewrite a request from `example.com/images` to `example.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>`.

To create a rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and website.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **URL Rewrite Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. Under **If incoming requests match**, select **Wildcard pattern** and enter the following **Request URL** (update with your own domain):

   ```txt
   https://example.com/images/*
   ```

5. Under **Then rewrite the path and/or query** > **Path**, enter the following values (using your account hash):

   - **Target path**: [`/`] `images/*`
   - **Rewrite to**: [`/`] `cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/${1}`

6. Select **Deploy** when you are done.

### Advanced version

:::note
This feature requires a Business or Enterprise plan to enable regular expressions in Transform Rules. Refer to Cloudflare [Transform Rules Availability](/rules/transform/#availability) for more information.
:::

This example lets you rewrite a request from `example.com/images/some-image-id/w100,h300` to `example.com/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/some-image-id/width=100,height=300` and assumes Flexible variants feature is turned on.

To create a rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and website.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **URL Rewrite Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. Under **If incoming requests match**, select **Custom filter expression** and then select **Edit expression**.
5. In the text field, enter `(http.request.uri.path matches "^/images/.*$")`.
6. Under **Path**, select **Rewrite to**.
7. Select _Dynamic_ and enter the following in the text field.

```txt
regex_replace(
  http.request.uri.path,
  "^/images/(.*)\\?w([0-9]+)&h([0-9]+)$",
  "/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/${1}/width=${2},height=${3}"
)
```

## Limitations

When using a custom domain, it is not possible to directly set up WAF rules that act on requests hitting the `/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/` path. If you need to set up WAF rules, you can use a Cloudflare Worker to access your images and a Route using your domain to execute the worker. For an example worker, refer to [Serve private images using signed URL tokens](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images/).

---

# Serve private images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-private-images/

You can serve private images by using signed URL tokens. When an image requires a signed URL, the image cannot be accessed without a token unless it is being requested for a variant set to always allow public access.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select **Images** > **Keys**.
3. Copy your key and use it to generate an expiring tokenized URL.

:::note

Private images do not currently support custom paths.

:::

The example below uses a Worker that takes in a regular URL without a signed token and returns a tokenized URL that expires after one day. You can, however, set this expiration period to whatever you need, by changing the const `EXPIRATION` value.

```js
const KEY = 'YOUR_KEY_FROM_IMAGES_DASHBOARD';
const EXPIRATION = 60 * 60 * 24; // 1 day

const bufferToHex = buffer =>
  [...new Uint8Array(buffer)].map(x => x.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')).join('');

async function generateSignedUrl(url) {
  // `url` is a full imagedelivery.net URL
  // e.g. https://imagedelivery.net/cheeW4oKsx5ljh8e8BoL2A/bc27a117-9509-446b-8c69-c81bfeac0a01/mobile

  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
  const secretKeyData = encoder.encode(KEY);
  const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
    'raw',
    secretKeyData,
    { name: 'HMAC', hash: 'SHA-256' },
    false,
    ['sign']
  );

  // Attach the expiration value to the `url`
  const expiry = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + EXPIRATION;
  url.searchParams.set('exp', expiry);
  // `url` now looks like
  // https://imagedelivery.net/cheeW4oKsx5ljh8e8BoL2A/bc27a117-9509-446b-8c69-c81bfeac0a01/mobile?exp=1631289275

  const stringToSign = url.pathname + '?' + url.searchParams.toString();
  // for example, /cheeW4oKsx5ljh8e8BoL2A/bc27a117-9509-446b-8c69-c81bfeac0a01/mobile?exp=1631289275

  // Generate the signature
  const mac = await crypto.subtle.sign('HMAC', key, encoder.encode(stringToSign));
  const sig = bufferToHex(new Uint8Array(mac).buffer);

  // And attach it to the `url`
  url.searchParams.set('sig', sig);

  return new Response(url);
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    const url = new URL(event.request.url);
    const imageDeliveryURL = new URL(
      url.pathname.slice(1).replace('https:/imagedelivery.net', 'https://imagedelivery.net')
    );
    return generateSignedUrl(imageDeliveryURL);
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

---

# Serve uploaded images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-uploaded-images/

To serve images uploaded to Cloudflare Images, you must have:

* Your Images account hash
* Image ID
* Variant or flexible variant name

Assuming you have at least one image uploaded to Images, you will find the basic URL format from the Images dashboard under Developer Resources.

![Developer Resources section within the Images product form the Cloudflare Dashboard.](~/assets/images/images/image-delivery-url.png)

A typical image delivery URL looks similar to the example below.

`https://imagedelivery.net/<ACCOUNT_HASH>/<IMAGE_ID>/<VARIANT_NAME>`

In the example, you need to replace `<ACCOUNT_HASH>` with your Images account hash, along with the `<IMAGE_ID>` and `<VARIANT_NAME>`, to begin serving images.

You can select **Preview** next to the image you want to serve to preview the image with an Image URL you can copy. The link will have a fully formed **Images URL** and will look similar to the example below.

In this example:

* `ZWd9g1K7eljCn_KDTu_MWA` is the Images account hash.
* `083eb7b2-5392-4565-b69e-aff66acddd00` is the image ID. You can also use Custom IDs instead of the generated ID.
* `public` is the variant name.

When a user requests an image, Cloudflare Images chooses the optimal format, which is determined by client headers and the image type.

## Optimize format

Cloudflare Images automatically transcodes uploaded PNG, JPEG and GIF files to the more efficient AVIF and WebP formats. This happens whenever the customer browser supports them. If the browser does not support AVIF, Cloudflare Images will fall back to WebP. If there is no support for WebP, then Cloudflare Images will serve compressed files in the original format.

Uploaded SVG files are served as [sanitized SVGs](/images/upload-images/).

---

# Credentials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/credentials/

To migrate images from Amazon S3, Sourcing Kit requires access permissions to your bucket. While you can use any AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user credentials with the correct permissions to create a Sourcing Kit source, Cloudflare recommends that you create a user with a narrow set of permissions.

To create the correct Sourcing Kit permissions:

1. Log in to your AWS IAM account.

2. Create a policy with the following format (replace `<BUCKET_NAME>` with the bucket you want to grant access to):

   ```json
   {
       "Version": "2012-10-17",
       "Statement": [
           {
               "Effect": "Allow",
               "Action": [
                   "s3:Get*",
                   "s3:List*"
               ],
               "Resource": [
                   "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET_NAME>",
                   "arn:aws:s3:::<BUCKET_NAME>/*"
               ]
           }
       ]
   }
   ```

3. Next, create a new user and attach the created policy to that user.

You can now use both the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key to create a new source in Sourcing Kit. Refer to [Enable Sourcing Kit](/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/enable/) to learn more.

---

# Edit sources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/edit/

The Sourcing Kit main page has a list of all the import jobs and sources you have defined. This is where you can edit details for your sources or abort running import jobs.

## Source details

You can learn more about your sources by selecting the **Sources** tab on the Sourcing Kit dashboard. Use this option to rename or delete your sources.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Sourcing Kit**.
3. Select **Sources** and choose the source you want to change.
4. In this page you have the option to rename or delete your source. Select **Rename source** or **Delete source** depending on what you want to do.

## Abort import jobs

While Cloudflare Images is still running a job to import images into your account, you can abort it before it finishes.

1. Log in to the [ Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Sourcing Kit**.
3. In **Imports** select the import job you want to abort.
4. The next page shows you a summary of the import. Select **Abort**.
5. Confirm that you want to abort your import job by selecting **Abort** on the dialog box.

---

# Upload via Sourcing Kit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/

With Sourcing Kit you can define one or multiple repositories of images to bulk import from Amazon S3. Once you have these set up, you can reuse those sources and import only new images to your Cloudflare Images account. This helps you make sure that only usable images are imported, and skip any other objects or files that might exist in that source.

Sourcing Kit also lets you target paths, define prefixes for imported images, and obtain error logs for bulk operations.

Sourcing Kit is available in beta. If you have any comments, questions, or bugs to report, contact the Images team on our [Discord channel](https://discord.cloudflare.com). You can also engage with other users and the Images team on the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/images/63).

## When to use Sourcing Kit

Sourcing Kit can be a good choice if the Amazon S3 bucket you are importing consists primarily of images stored using non-archival storage classes, as images stored using [archival storage classes](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/#Archive) will be skipped and need to be imported separately. Specifically:

* Images stored using S3 Glacier tiers (not including Glacier Instant Retrieval) will be skipped and logged in the migration log.
* Images stored using S3 Intelligent Tiering and placed in Deep Archive tier will be skipped and logged in the migration log.

---

# Enable Sourcing Kit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/enable/

Enabling Sourcing Kit will set it up with the necessary information to start importing images from your Amazon S3 account.

## Create your first import job

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Sourcing Kit**.
3. Select **Import images** to create an import job.
4. In **Source name** give your source an appropriate name.
5. In **Amazon S3 bucket information** enter the S3's bucket name where your images are stored.
6. In **Required credentials**, enter your Amazon S3 credentials. This is required to connect Cloudflare Images to your source and import your images. Refer to [Credentials](/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/credentials/) to learn more about how to set up credentials.
7. Select **Next**.
8. In **Basic rules** define the Amazon S3 path to import your images from, and the path you want to copy your images to in your Cloudflare Images account. This is optional, and you can leave these fields blank.
9. On the same page, in **Overwrite images**, you need to choose what happens when the files in your source change. The recommended action is to copy the new images and overwrite the old ones on your Cloudflare Images account. You can also choose to skip the import, and keep what you already have on your Cloudflare Images account.
10. Select **Next**.
11. Review and confirm the information regarding the import job you created. Select **Import images** to start importing images from your source.

Your import job is now created. You can review the job status on the Sourcing Kit main page. It will show you information such as how many objects it found, how many images were imported, and any errors that might have occurred.

:::note

Sourcing Kit will warn you when you are about to reach the limit for your plan space quota. When you exhaust the space available in your plan, the importing jobs will be aborted. If you see this warning on Sourcing Kit’s main page, select **View plan** to change your plan’s limits. 
:::

## Define a new source

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Sourcing Kit**.
3. Select **Import images** > **Define a new source**.

Repeat steps 4-11 in [Create your first import job](#create-your-first-import-job) to finish setting up your new source.

## Define additional import jobs

You can have many import jobs from the same or different sources. If you select an existing source to create a new import job, you will not need to enter your credentials again.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Go to **Images** > **Sourcing Kit**.
3. Select **Import images**.
4. Choose from one of the sources already configured.

Repeat steps 8-11 in [Create your first import job](#create-your-first-import-job) to finish setting up your new import job.

## Next steps

Refer to [Edit source details](/images/upload-images/sourcing-kit/edit/) to learn more about editing details for import jobs you have already created, or to learn how to abort running import jobs.

---

# Add and manage other members

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/add-other-members/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Learn how to add new account members, edit or revoke their permissions and access, and resend verifications emails.

:::note

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:::

## View account members

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<Render file="view-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

## Add account members

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<Render file="add-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

## Edit member permissions

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## Resend an invitation

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## Remove account members

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<Render file="remove-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Account security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/

Make sure your account's security basics are configured properly.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Secure your account
* Understand and configure the most common settings for Cloudflare's Application Security Products
* Explore advanced security products such as Bot Management and API Protection

---

# Review active sessions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/review-active-sessions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="account-manage-active-sessions" product="fundamentals" />

If you navigate to **My Profile** > **Sessions**, you can view active sessions and revoke any session that you do not recognize.

---

# Review audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/review-audit-logs/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="account-audit-logs-definition" product="fundamentals" />

Audit logs are available in the dashboard as well as the API.

### Using the dashboard

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### Using the API

<Render file="audit-log-api" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Set-up 2FA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/set-up-2fa/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="2fa-overview" product="support" />

***

## Enable 2FA

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## Additional configurations

Cloudflare also supports 2FA with device built-in authenticators (Apple Touch ID, Android fingerprint, or Windows Hello), Yubikeys and TOTP mobile applications.

---

# Browser Integrity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/browser-integrity/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bic-description" product="waf" />

[BIC is enabled by default](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/).

---

# DDoS Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/ddos/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare automatically detects and mitigates DDoS attacks using its [Autonomous Edge](/ddos-protection/about/components/#autonomous-edge), which is always-on. `Advanced` protections are reserved for Magic Transit customers.

<Render file="ddos-attack-coverage" product="ddos-protection" />

Refer to the learning path [Prevent DDoS attacks](/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/)  to dive deeper into this subject.

---

# DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dnssec-definition" product="dns" />

When you [enable DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/dnssec/), Cloudflare signs your zone, publishes your public signing keys, and generates your **DS** record.

<Render file="dnssec-auto-add" product="dns" />

---

# Default traffic security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/

As soon as you onboard your domain to Cloudflare, you are automatically protected. This module reviews what those protections are and why they are critical.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the most common security controls your applications will have access to

---

# Mutual TLS (mTLS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/mtls/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider — such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices — to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.

![mTLS sequence diagram](~/assets/images/api-shield/api-shield-call-sequence.png)

Support includes [gRPC](https://grpc.io/docs/what-is-grpc/introduction/)-based APIs, which use binary formats such as protocol buffers rather than JSON.

## Creating a mTLS rule

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---

# Security level

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/security-level/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="security-level-description" product="waf" />

<Render file="threat-score-definition" product="waf" />

<Render file="security-level-scores" product="waf" />

---

# SSL / TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/default-traffic-security/ssl/

Cloudflare offers a range of SSL/TLS options. By default, Cloudflare offers Universal SSL to all domains, but there are many other options available. Cloudflare offers SSL/TLS for free because we believe it is the [right thing to do](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-universal-ssl). Encryption is foundational to the Internet because it prevents data from being manipulated.

1. [**Universal SSL**](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/): This option covers basic encryption requirements and certificate management needs.

2. [**Foundation DNS**](/dns/foundation-dns/): Foundation DNS is an Enterprise option that provides strategically distributed IPs to enhance resiliency, reduced exposure to incidents or software regression and more consistent nameserver assignment.

3. [**Total TLS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/): Automatically issues certificates for all subdomain levels, extending the protection offered by Universal SSL.

4. [**Advanced Certificates**](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/): Offers customizable certificate issuance and management, including options like choosing the certificate authority, certificate validity period, and removing Cloudflare branding from certificates.

5. [**Custom Certificates**](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/): For eligible plans, customers can upload their own certificates, with the user managing issuance and renewal.

6. [**mTLS Client Certificates**](/ssl/client-certificates/): Cloudflare offers a PKI system, used to create client certificates, which can enforce mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) encryption.

7. [**Cloudflare for SaaS Custom Hostnames**](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/): This feature enables SaaS providers to offer their clients the ability to use their own domains while benefiting from Cloudflare's network.

8. [**Keyless SSL Certificates**](/ssl/keyless-ssl/): Keyless SSL allows security-conscious clients to upload their own custom certificates and benefit from Cloudflare, but without exposing their TLS private keys.

9. [**Origin Certificates**](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/): Origin CA certificates from Cloudflare are used to encrypt traffic between Cloudflare and your origin web server. These certificates are created through the Cloudflare dashboard and can be configured with a choice of RSA or ECC private keys and support for various server types.

---

# Custom rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/firewall/custom-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="custom-rules-intro" product="waf" />

The [custom rules documentation](/waf/custom-rules/) includes examples for common use cases.

## Skip rules

You can skip one or more Cloudflare security features using a custom rule [configured with the _Skip_ action](/waf/custom-rules/skip/). These rules are also known as skip rules. Refer to [Skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/) for more information on the features you can skip.

---

# Web Application Firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/firewall/

Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall (WAF) is used to protect websites from a wide variety of attack vectors. It analyzes characteristics from each request and takes action based on your domain configuration. In the next module, we will review Rate Limiting which is another product used to protect against potentially more sophisticated volumetric attacks.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the different WAF components that Cloudflare offers
* Understand the main features within each WAF offering

---

# Managed Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/firewall/managed-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="waf-managed-rules-intro" product="waf" />

## Rulesets

By default, Cloudflare offers the following rulesets:

<Render file="waf-rulesets" product="waf" />

---

# Features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/lists/features/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

List availability varies according to the list type and your Cloudflare plan and subscriptions.

<FeatureTable id="global_configurations.lists" />

Notes:

<Render file="lists-notes" product="waf" />

---

# Configurations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/lists/configuration/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Both Custom and Managed Lists are located in the account settings. Refer to [Features by plan type](/learning-paths/application-security/lists/features/) for more information on plan eligibility.

## Custom Lists

Using a Custom List is an alternative to creating individual Firewall rules with long lists of IP addresses or other types of identifiers. They are easier to read and update, especially when they are used across many security rules. Lists are often used in conjunction with in-house or third party security feeds.

## Managed Lists

The following lists are managed by the Cloudflare team and are regularly updated.

<Render file="managed-lists" product="waf" />

## Creating a rule

Refer to [Use lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/) to learn how to invoke a Managed List.

---

# Lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/lists/

Cloudflare Lists is a WAF feature that enables administrators to groups identifiers together, such as IPs, hostnames or ASNs, and reference the list by other Cloudflare products such as [Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). Cloudflare currently supports the following types of lists:

* [Custom Lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/): Includes custom IP lists, hostname lists, and ASN lists.
* [Managed Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/): Lists managed and updated by Cloudflare, such as Managed IP Lists.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand all the options Cloudflare's Lists products offer
* Understand the advanced configurations provided to you with a paid offering

---

# Use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/lists/use-cases/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The most common uses cases are:

<Render file="list-advantages" product="waf" />

---

# Configurations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/rate-limiting/configurations/

Let's step through an example. If your `/create-account` page is being attacked, you will create a rule to limit the amount of requests, per `counting characteristic`, that you feel comfortable permitting through to your origin.

The rule below is being created on the `free` plan, which limits configuration options. The rule will trigger if the URI path matches `/create-account`, from the same IP address, *after* 5 requests and within a 10 second window, [within each Cloudflare datacenter](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/), globally.

***

![rate-limiting-create-account-endpoint](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limiting-rules/rl-create-account-endpoint.png)
![rate-limiting-create-account-endpoint-block](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limiting-rules/rl-create-account-endpoint-block.png)

***

## Advanced configuration

In the previous module, we reviewed the various configurations available per plan. Using the same endpoint as an example, let us walk through another example, but with the additional advanced configurations.

The rule below is being created on the `enterprise` plan, so we are no longer limited to default configurations.

* The rule will also limit the number of requests to `/create-account`, but will only trigger against `POST` requests. In the basic example, even requests with the `GET` method will increment the counter.
* Requests that do not have a [client certificate (mTLS)](/ssl/client-certificates/), will increment the counter.
* Requests will be counted using the [IP with NAT support](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#use-cases-of-ip-with-nat-support) characteristic.
* Within a 1 minute period, for each counted entity, if the number of requests exceeds 10, then the user will be presented with a [`Managed Challenge`](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#managed-challenge-recommended) for a custom duration of 1 day.

![rate-limiting-advanced-config-1](~/assets/images/waf/rate-limiting-rules/rl-advanced-config.png)

***

## Best practices

Rules that match identical criteria can be stacked together. For example, instead of creating just a single rule for `/create-account`, you can create multiple rules that match the same path but have different `counting characteristics` or `request limits` to protect against a threat that might behave dynamically.

---

# Features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/rate-limiting/features/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Rate limiting is composed of the following parameters:

<Render file="rate-limiting-rule-parameters" product="waf" />

## Features by plan type

Features vary by plan type.

<Render file="rate-limiting-availability-by-plan" product="waf" />

---

# Rate Limiting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/rate-limiting/

Rate Limiting mitigates excessive request rates for specific URLs or for an entire domain. Request rates are calculated locally for individual Cloudflare data centers. You can configure thresholds and define responses by IP. If traffic from a specific IP exceeds the threshold, then you can take action on the offending IP for a defined period of time.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand all the options Cloudflare's Rate Limiting product offers
* Understand the advanced configurations provided to you with a paid offering

---

# Use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/rate-limiting/use-cases/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The most common uses cases are:

<Render file="rate-limiting-best-practices" product="waf" />

---

# Security Center

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/security-center/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="security-center-definition" product="security-center" />

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the primary Security Center features such as Security Insights and Brand Protection
* Review and manage security risks at the account level, encompassing all of your domains in one unified view

---

# Brand Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/security-center/brand-protection/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="brand-protection-definition" product="security-center" />

## Types of queries

1. [Domain search](/security-center/brand-protection/#domain-search): allows you to search for domains that might be trying to impersonate your brand.

2. [Logo search](/security-center/brand-protection/#logo-queries): allows you to search for logos that might look and feel like your brand's logo.

## Alerts

<Render file="brand-protection-alerts" product="security-center" />

---

# Create an Area 1 account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/account-creation/create-area1-org/

To set up an Area 1 account:

1. On your Account home in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select the **Area 1** icon > **Launch dashboard**.
2. If this is your first time logging in to the Area 1 dashboard, you will be prompted to consent and link the Area 1 and Cloudflare dashboards together. Select **Allow** to consent.

---

# Security Insights

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/application-security/security-center/insights/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="security-insights-definition" product="security-center" />

## Dashboard analytics

Security Insights focuses on your Cloudflare environment by running [security scans](/security-center/security-insights/how-it-works/#scan-frequency) at regular intervals. Instead of navigating through each of your domains to review their security issues, the Security Center aggregates all of them into a single dashboard.

![Security Insights Overview](~/assets/images/fundamentals/security-insights-overview.png)

The list of insights may include potential security threats, vulnerabilities, compliance risks, insecure configurations, or any other identified risks.

## Severity properties

Each insight that is discovered by the Security Insights scan will have the following properties assigned to them:

<Render file="scan-properties" product="security-center" />

---

# Create a Cloudflare account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/account-creation/create-cloudflare-account/

To create a new Cloudflare account:

1. [Sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) on the Cloudflare dashboard.

2. To secure your account, enable [two-factor authentication](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/).

3. After your account is accepted into the Cybersafe Schools program, you can to reach out to your Cloudflare contact and ask them to set up your account as a multi-user organization. This will allow you to define [role based access](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) controls. For this project, account members will need:
   * [**Gateway** permissions](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/) to read or edit DNS policies.
   * [**PII** permissions](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/#cloudflare-zero-trust-pii) to view user information in DNS logs.
   * [**Configuration** permissions](/email-security/account-setup/permissions/) for Area 1 Email Security.

---

# Create a Zero Trust organization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/account-creation/create-zero-trust-org/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To set up a Zero Trust organization:

<Render file="choose-team-name" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Account Creation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/account-creation/

Get started by creating a Cloudflare account and initializing the Zero Trust and Area 1 dashboards.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will have:

* Created a Cloudflare account.
* Initialized the Zero Trust dashboard.
* Initialized the Area 1 dashboard.

---

# Deploy inline

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/area1-onboarding/area1-inline/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="deployment/setup-inline-overview" product="email-security" />

---

# Next steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/area1-onboarding/area1-next-steps/

Now that you have learned how Area 1 can protect your inbox from phishing attacks and the two main integration methods, refer to the following resources to onboard and enhance your email security posture:

| Resource                                                                                                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Phish submissions](/email-security/email-configuration/phish-submissions/)                                           | As part of your continuous email security posture, administrators and security analysts need to submit missed phish samples to Area 1 Service Addresses so Cloudflare can process them and take necessary action. Refer to this guide for more information. |
| [Inline integration](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/)                                                        | Refer to this guide to get started with the Area 1 inline integration method.                                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Business email compromise (BEC)](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/) | BEC protects against attackers trying to impersonate organizational leaders.                                                                                                                                                                                |
| [Trusted domains](/email-security/email-configuration/lists/trusted-domains/)                                         | Trusted domains allows you to identify domains that should be exempted from Area 1 detections.                                                                                                                                                              |
| [Message allow patterns](/email-security/email-configuration/lists/allowed-patterns/)                                 | Allowed patterns exempts messages that match certain patterns from normal detection scanning.                                                                                                                                                               |
| [Sender block lists](/email-security/email-configuration/lists/block-list/)                                           | Blocked senders can mark all messages from specific senders with a MALICIOUS disposition.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| [Admin quarantine](/email-security/email-configuration/admin-quarantine/)                                             | Admin Quarantine allows you to automatically prevent incoming messages from reaching a recipient’s inbox based on the disposition assigned by Area 1.                                                                                                       |
| [DMARC Management (beta)](/dmarc-management/)                                                                         | Cloudflare DMARC Management helps you track every source that is sending emails from your domain and review Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) reports for each source.                                                  |

---

# Onboarding Area 1 Email Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/area1-onboarding/

Continue securing your environment by protecting against email phishing attacks.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Identify the minimum CIPA filters to facilitate compliance.
* Learn other ways to protect your network from unwanted traffic.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/

Learn the technical concepts behind Project Cybersafe Schools.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the purpose of the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).
* Describe the life of a DNS request.
* Explain how DNS filtering works to control which websites users can access.
* Understand the benefits of protecting your email inbox.

---

# Project Cybersafe Schools and CIPA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/cipa-overview/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Project Cybersafe Schools (PCS) grants eligible schools free access to Cloudflare’s Email Security and Gateway products.

Like other under-resourced organizations, schools face cyber attacks from malicious actors that can impact schools’ ability to safely perform a basic function – teach children. Schools face email, phishing, and ransomware attacks that slow access and threaten leaks of confidential student data.

PCS will help support small K-12 public school districts, for free, by providing cloud email security to protect against a broad spectrum of threats including malware-less business email compromise, multichannel phishing, credential harvesting, and other targeted attacks. PCS will also protect against Internet threats with DNS filtering by preventing users from reaching unwanted or harmful online content like ransomware or phishing sites and can be deployed to comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

## Project Cybersafe Schools Eligibility

<Render file="cybersafe-school-eligibility" product="fundamentals" />

Apply to [Project Cybersafe Schools](https://www.cloudflare.com/lp/cybersafe-schools/).

## Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)

<Render file="cybersafe-description" product="fundamentals" />

### Requirements

<Render file="cybersafe-requirements" product="fundamentals" />

### Configuration

<Render file="cybersafe-configuration" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="cybersafe-cipa-subcategories" product="fundamentals" />

---

# What is DNS filtering?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/what-is-dns-filtering/

DNS filtering is a technique to block access to websites or online content. DNS filtering is implemented by specialized DNS resolvers (such as Cloudflare Gateway) that allow you to define a blocklist of domains or content categories. The DNS resolver acts as a filter by refusing to resolve queries for domains on the blocklist, thus preventing users from loading those websites.

## Purpose of DNS filtering

DNS filtering is commonly used to:

* Protect school data from phishing, ransomware, and malware.
* Block websites that go against school acceptable use policy, such as adult content, gambling, and piracy.
* Restrict access to websites that may impact student productivity, such as gaming, social media, and video streaming.

## How DNS filtering works

DNS filtering involves configuring your browser, device, or router to send all DNS requests to a DNS filtering service. The DNS filtering service checks the domain or IP against your DNS policies. If the domain or IP matches a block policy, the DNS filtering service can redirect the request to an alternative IP address or block it altogether. The diagram below shows the logic for Cloudflare Gateway's DNS filtering service.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: DNS filtering
A[Browser] --  What is the IP address of www.example.com? --> B

subgraph ide1 [Cloudflare Gateway]
    direction TB
    B(DNS policies)-.->C((DNS resolver))
end
C --> D[(Nameservers)]
```

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: DNS filtering logic
A[Blocked by DNS policy?] --Yes --> B[Block page is configured?] --Yes--> C[Return IP of block page]
B--No-->E[Return 0.0.0.0]
A --No --> D[Return IP of www.example.com]
```

## DNS filtering vs. Secure Web Gateway

A URL assumes the form: `protocol://subdomain.domain.tld:port/path?query`

DNS filtering only applies to the hostname — `subdomain.domain.tld`. You cannot block specific protocols, ports, paths, or query types. Additionally, users can bypass DNS policies if they already know the IP address of the website, or by connecting through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or proxy server.

Secure Web Gateways (SWGs) offer a greater set of capabilities, including:

* [URL filtering](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-url-filtering/) to block specific paths and queries
* L4 firewalls to block ports and protocols
* Antivirus scanning
* [Data loss prevention](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dlp/)
* [Browser isolation](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-browser-isolation/)

However, this can make SWGs more complex to deploy. Therefore, many organizations will start with DNS filtering as an initial layer of defense against Internet threats.

## Related resources

* For more background information on DNS filtering, refer to our [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dns-filtering/).

## Next steps

In the remaining modules, you will learn how to set up DNS filtering on your devices using Cloudflare Gateway.

---

# What is Area 1 email security?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/what-is-area1/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="email-security-description" product="email-security" />

## How Area 1 detects phishing attacks

<Render file="reference-detect-phish" product="email-security" />

---

# What is DNS?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/concepts/what-is-dns/

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the Internet. DNS translates the domain name that you type in the browser (such as `www.example.com`) to a computer-friendly IP address (`93.184.216.34`), similar to how a phonebook translates a person's name to a phone number. The IP address identifies the server where the website data is stored, allowing the browser to contact the server and load the page.

## Life of a DNS query

The process of translating a domain to an IP address is known as a DNS lookup. DNS lookups are performed by dedicated servers called DNS resolvers. Your Wi-Fi router is typically preconfigured to send DNS queries to the resolver owned by your ISP. However, you can choose to configure your router, operating system, or browser to use a different resolver. Some examples of free, public DNS resolvers include Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Google 8.8.8.8, and OpenDNS.

As shown in the diagram below, the DNS resolver contacts a series of nameservers (where DNS records are stored) to track down the requested IP address. The resolver analyzes the domain in reverse, starting from the top-level domain (`.com`) and ending with the subdomain (`www`). The final nameserver in the DNS lookup, called the authoritative nameserver, contains the desired IP address. The concept is similar to how the post office delivers a package — first routing it to the correct country, then to the correct state, city, street and so forth until it arrives at your home address.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: DNS lookup process
A[Browser] -- What is the IP address of www.example.com? --> B((DNS resolver)) -- Where is .com? --> C[("Root nameserver")]
C --IP of .com nameserver--> B
B -- Where is example.com?--> D[(.com nameserver)]
D -- IP of example.com nameserver --> B
B -- Where is www.example.com? --> E[(example.com nameserver)]
E -- 93.184.216.34 --> B
B -- 93.184.216.34 --> A
```

## Related resources

For more background information on DNS, refer to our [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/).

---

# Block pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-block-pages/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Enable the block page for DNS policies

For DNS policies, you will need to enable the block page on a per-policy basis.

<Render
	file="gateway/add-block-page"
	product="cloudflare-one"
	params={{
		firewallPolicyPath: "**Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **DNS**",
	}}
/>

## Customize the block page

<Render file="gateway/customize-block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

### Add a logo image

<Render file="gateway/add-logo-image" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Gateway connection methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-connection-methods/

There are various methods to onboard your traffic and your method will be determined based on your individual or organizational requirements. In this learning path, we will focus on an [**Agentless (DNS only) deployment method**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/).

Protecting more than DNS, such as network packets, HTTP requests, or egress traffic is possible, but requires a more advanced deployment method such as [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) or [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/).

---

# Create CIPA policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-create-cipa-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Create CIPA policy

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.
2. Create a policy to block using the CIPA filter: <Render file="gateway/policies/block-cipa" product="cloudflare-one" />
3. In **Logs** > **Gateway** > **DNS**, verify that you see the blocked domain.

Your environment is now protected against all of the subcategories listed in [Configuration](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cybersafe/#configuration).

---

# Create a test policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-create-test-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

To ensure a smooth deployment, we recommend testing a simple policy before deploying DNS filtering to your organization.

## Test a policy in the browser

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.
2. Create a policy to block all security categories: <Render file="gateway/policies/block-security-categories" product="cloudflare-one" />
3. In the browser, go to `malware.testcategory.com`. You should see a generic Gateway block page.
4. In **Logs** > **Gateway** > **DNS**, verify that you see the blocked domain.

:::note

When testing against frequently-visited sites, you may need to [clear the DNS cache](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/test-dns-filtering/#clear-dns-cache) in your browser or OS. Otherwise, the DNS lookup will return the locally-cached IP address and bypass your DNS policies.
:::

You have now validated DNS filtering!

---

# Gateway locations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-locations/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="gateway/add-locations" product="cloudflare-one" />

:::caution[Captive portal limitation]

<Render
	file="gateway/add-locations-static-ip-warning"
	product="cloudflare-one"
/>
:::

---

# Update local DNS resolver

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-update-local-resolver/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

With a Gateway location created, you have the ability to send traffic to your environment. You can test without risk by changing your DNS resolvers in your browser or network settings.

## Change DNS resolver at the network level

To configure your device to send traffic to Gateway:

<Details header="macOS">

![macOS DNS Resolver Options](~/assets/images/dns/dns-resolvers-macosx.png)

</Details>

<Details header="Windows">

![Windows DNS Resolver Options](~/assets/images/dns/dns-resolvers-windows.png)

</Details>

<Details header="Linux">

```sh
cat /etc/resolv.conf
```

```sh output

nameserver 172.64.X.X
nameserver 172.64.X.X
```

</Details>

<Details header="iPhone">

![iPhone DNS Resolver Options](~/assets/images/dns/dns-resolvers-iphone.png)

</Details>

<Details header="Android">

![Android DNS Resolver Options](~/assets/images/dns/dns-resolvers-android.png)

</Details>

## Change DNS resolver in the browser

To configure your browser to send traffic to Gateway:

1. Obtain your DNS over HTTPS (DoH) address:

   1. Go to **Gateway** > **DNS locations**.
   2. Select the default location.
   3. Copy your **DNS over HTTPS** hostname: `https://<YOUR_DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`

2. Follow the configuration instructions for your browser:

   <Render file="gateway/doh-instructions" product="cloudflare-one" />

3. Verify that third-party firewall or TLS decryption software does not inspect or block traffic to the DoH endpoint: `https://<YOUR_DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`.

## More locations

To configure your router or OS, or to add additional DNS endpoints, refer to [DNS locations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/).

---

# Verify local connectivity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/gateway-verify-local-connectivity/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To verify that your DNS traffic is sent to Gateway:

<Render file="gateway/verify-connectivity" product="cloudflare-one" params={{ one: "DNS", two: "queries" }} />

---

# Onboarding Cloudflare Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/cybersafe/gateway-onboarding/

Now that your Cloudflare environment is ready and you have established a foundation of the technical concepts behind Project Cybersafe Schools, you are ready to test and onboard your DNS traffic.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain the different methods to proxy your traffic to Gateway.
* Create a Gateway location and understand its purpose.
* Verify your Gateway environment by proxing local DNS traffic.
* Create a test policy to validate functionality.
* Deploy Cloudflare’s recommended CIPA rule.
* Customize the block page to ensure a seamless look and feel.

---

# Add and manage other members

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/add-other-members/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Learn how to add new account members, edit or revoke their permissions and access, and resend verifications emails.

:::note

<Render file="account-member-manage-limitation" product="fundamentals" />

:::

## View account members

<Render file="account-member-manage-limitation" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="view-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

## Add account members

<Render file="account-member-manage-limitation" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="add-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

## Edit member permissions

<Render file="account-member-manage-limitation" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="edit-member-permissions" product="fundamentals" />

## Resend an invitation

<Render file="resend-member-invitation" product="fundamentals" />

## Remove account members

<Render file="account-member-manage-limitation" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="remove-account-members" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Create an account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/create-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-account" product="fundamentals" />

## Best practices

<Render file="create-account-best-practices" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Customize your account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/customize-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

After creating an account, here are a handful of configurations you can customize:

## Account name

<Render file="customize-account-name" product="fundamentals" />

## Appearance

<Render file="customize-appearance" product="fundamentals" />

## Communication preferences

<Render file="customize-communication-preferences" product="fundamentals" />

## Language preferences

<Render file="customize-language-preference" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Create an API token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/create-api-token/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If you plan to use the [Cloudflare API](/api/) to manage your account programmatically, you need an API token (or API key) to authenticate your requests.

The benefit of an API token - as opposed to an API key - is that you can limit tokens to [specific permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/), zones, IP addresses, and a specific validity period.

## Create a token

<Render file="create-token" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Account setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/

Make sure your account's basics are configured properly.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Ensure your account is configured and your team members are added
* Configure your billing information, if applicable
* Enhance your accounts security by enabling 2FA

---

# Set-up 2FA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/account-setup/set-up-2fa/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="2fa-overview" product="support" />

***

## Enable 2FA

<Render file="2fa-enable" product="support" />

## Additional configurations

Cloudflare also supports 2FA with device built-in authenticators (Apple Touch ID, Android fingerprint, or Windows Hello), Yubikeys and TOTP mobile applications.

---

# Add a site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/add-site/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="add-site" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Allow Cloudflare IP addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/allow-cloudflare-ips/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="allow-cloudflare-ips" product="fundamentals" />

## Review external tools

To avoid blocking Cloudflare IP addresses unintentionally, review your external tools to check that:

* Any security plugins — such as those for WordPress — allow Cloudflare IP addresses.
* The [mod\_security](https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity) plugin is up to date.

## Configure origin server

### Allowlist Cloudflare IP addresses

<Render file="allow-cloudflare-ips-tactical" product="fundamentals" />

### Block other IP addresses (recommended)

<Render file="block-cloudflare-ips-tactical" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Disable DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/disable-dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dnssec-definition" product="dns" />

***

## Disable DNSSEC

<Render file="disable_dnssec" product="dns" />

<Render file="dnssec-enabled-migration" product="dns" />

---

# Add your domain to Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/

Add your domain to Cloudflare to start receiving the benefits of the platform.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Add your zone to Cloudflare and if applicable, avoid downtime by disabling DNSSEC
* Secure your origin by only allowing requests from the Cloudflare Network

---

# Minimize downtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/minimize-downtime/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="minimize-downtime" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Update your nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/add-domain-to-cf/update-nameservers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="update-nameservers" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Cloudflare IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/cloudflare-ips/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="cloudflare-ips" product="fundamentals" />

## Allow Cloudflare IP addresses

<Render file="allow-cloudflare-ips" product="fundamentals" />

## Customize Cloudflare IP addresses

<Render file="customize-cloudflare-ips" product="fundamentals" />

---

# How Cloudflare works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="how-cloudflare-works" product="fundamentals" />

## Life of a request

<Render file="life-of-a-request" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="proxy-status-effects" product="fundamentals" />

## Benefits

<Render file="cloudflare-benefits" product="fundamentals" />

### Security

<Render file="cloudflare-security" product="fundamentals" />

### Performance

<Render file="cloudflare-performance" product="fundamentals" />

### Reliability

<Render file="cloudflare-reliability" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Getting started concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/

Learn how Cloudflare works, so you can understand more about how Cloudflare can benefit and affect your domain.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Learn what Cloudflare is and how it works
* Understand the basic building blocks such as Cloudflare IPs, Accounts, Zones, Profiles
* Study various reference architectures

---

# Reference architectures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/reference-architectures/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="description-of-ref-architectures" product="reference-architecture" /> <br/>

* [Reference Architectures](/reference-architecture/)

---

# Create a subdomain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/create-subdomain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-subdomain-record" product="dns" />

---

# What is Cloudflare?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/what-is-cloudflare/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="what-is-cloudflare" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Enable DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/enable-dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dnssec-definition" product="dns" />

When you enable DNSSEC, Cloudflare signs your zone, publishes your public signing keys, and generates your **DS** record.

## Step 1 - Activate DNSSEC in Cloudflare

<Render file="dnssec-cloudflare-steps" product="dns" />

## Step 2 — Add DS record to your registrar

<Render file="dnssec-registrar-steps" product="dns" />

:::note[Note:]


Cloudflare automatically adds **DS** records for domains using Cloudflare Registrar or those using `.ch` and `.cz` top-level domains.


:::

---

# Domain resolution

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/

Ensure all your traffic is proxying through Cloudflare successfully.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Confirm your zone is set up correctly on Cloudflare
* Recognize and troubleshoot issues with your DNS records and SSL/TLS certificates

---

# Proxy status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/proxy-status/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The **Proxy status** of a DNS record affects how Cloudflare treats incoming traffic to that record. Cloudflare recommends enabling our proxy for all `A`, `AAAA`, and `CNAME` records.

![Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats traffic intended for specific DNS records](~/assets/images/dns/proxy-status-screenshot.png)

***

## Proxied records

<Render file="mix-proxied-and-unproxied" product="dns" />

<Render file="proxied-records-definition" product="dns" />

## Limitations

<Render file="limitations" product="dns" />

---

# Review DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/review-dns-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dns-scan-intro" product="dns" /> <br />

<Render file="dns-scan-note" product="dns" />

<Render file="dns-scan-procedure" product="dns" />

If you want more control over which DNS records are imported and how, [import a zone file](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records).

:::note


If your domain is added to Cloudflare by a hosting partner, manage your DNS records via the hosting partner.


:::

---

# Add-on products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/add-on-products/

Cloudflare offers a variety of add-on products to improve application performance, including:

* [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/)
* [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)
* [Stream](/stream/)
* [Images](/images/)
* [Automatic Platform Optimization](/automatic-platform-optimization/)
* [Zaraz](/zaraz/)

For a full list, refer to the [Product Catalog](/products/?product-group=Application+performance).

---

# Set up email records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/domain-resolution/setup-email-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="add-mx-records" product="dns" />

---

# Default improvements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/default-improvements/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides a variety of speed improvements by default.

## DNS resolution

When your site is using Cloudflare, your site always benefits from Cloudflare's [lightning-fast DNS resolution](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/network-performance-update/).

## Caching

When your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare, Cloudflare caches [certain types of resources](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions) automatically (which improves application performance).

<details>
<summary>How does caching improve performance?</summary>
<div>

Caching is the process of storing copies of files in a cache, or temporary storage location, so that they can be accessed more quickly.

When Cloudflare stores content in its cache, the request never needs to go to your application or origin server, which reduces the number of requests and gets content to the user more quickly.

<Render file="cache-basic-diagram" /> <br/>

For more details, refer to the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/).

</div>
</details>

---

# Performance optimizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/

Improve your application’s performance by enabling and optimizing your site's settings.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how - just by using Cloudflare - you can increase application performance
* Optimize caching using various Cloudflare settings
* Improve performance using different settings within Speed settings
* Set up Cloudflare Web Analytics for free, privacy-first analytics
* Evaluate other, add-on products that can improve application performance

---

# Optimize caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/optimize-caching/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Beyond [default caching settings](/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/default-improvements/), you can further optimize your cache using different Cloudflare settings.

<Render file="cache-optimization" />

---

# Optimize speed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/optimize-speed/

Beyond caching, Cloudflare lets all customers adjust the following settings to improve site performance.

## Speed

In the [Speed section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/speed/optimization) of your Cloudflare dashboard, use [Observatory](/speed/speed-test/) to assess the performance of your website.

:::

## Network

In the [Network section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/network) of your Cloudflare dashboard, review your various options for [Network settings](/network/).

---

# Optimize analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/performance/web-analytics/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Web analytics let you measure user behavior - pageviews, sessions, and custom events - on your application.

Cloudflare offers two ways to improve the privacy and performance of the way you gather these analytics.

## Cloudflare Web Analytics

If you want analytics without using third-party tools, check out [Cloudflare Web Analytics](/web-analytics/).

<Render file="web-analytics-definition" product="web-analytics" />

### Setup

So long as your traffic is [proxied through Cloudflare](/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/default-improvements/), setting up Web Analytics only involves a few steps:

<Render file="web-analytics-proxied-setup" product="web-analytics" />

### Access

Once you have enabled Web Analytics, you can review analytics at any time:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Select your zone.
4. Review the [various metrics](/web-analytics/data-metrics/core-web-vitals/) provided by Cloudflare.

### Notifications

<Render file="web-analytics-notifications" product="web-analytics" />

***

## Cloudflare Zaraz

If you already use third-party tools on your website, check out [Cloudflare Zaraz](/zaraz/).

<Render file="zaraz-definition" product="zaraz" />

---

# Add-on products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/add-on-products/

Cloudflare offers a variety of add-on products to improve application security, including:

* [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)
* [Advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/)
* [Page Shield](/page-shield/)
* [Turnstile](/turnstile/)

For a full list, refer to the [Product Catalog](/products/?product-group=Application+security).

---

# Bot Fight Mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/bot-fight-mode/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-definition" product="bots" />

## Considerations

Bot Fight Mode has a few limitations, including that it:

* Protects entire domains without endpoint restrictions.
* Cannot be customized, adjusted, or reconfigured via [WAF custom rules](/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/security-settings/).

If these limitations could cause issues with your application, do not enable this feature.

For more granular control - including the ability to use the `Skip` action for bot mitigation - consider using [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/).

## Setup

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-enable" product="bots" />

:::caution


If these limitations cause issues with your application, [disable](/bots/get-started/free/#disable-bot-fight-mode) Bot Fight Mode.


:::

---

# Default improvements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/default-improvements/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare, Cloudflare provides free and unmetered DDoS protection and other protection measures through the Web Application Firewall (WAF).

## DDoS protection

<Render file="ddos-definition-and-diagram" />

For more information about DDoS attacks and Cloudflare DDoS protection, refer to [Prevent DDoS attacks](/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/).

## Managed rulesets

All customers have access to the Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset, which provides mitigations against high and wide-impacting vulnerabilities.

For more details, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/managed-rules/).

---

# Secure your origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/secure-origin/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="origin-health-overview" product="fundamentals" />

## Secure origin connections

<Render file="origin-secure-dns" product="fundamentals" />

### Application layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-application" product="learning-paths" />

### Transport Layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-transport" product="learning-paths" />

### Network Layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-network" product="learning-paths" />

<Render file="ent-only-network-security" product="learning-paths" />

---

# Security optimizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/

Improve your application’s security posture by enabling and customizing your security settings.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how - just by using Cloudflare - you can increase application security
* Customize SSL/TLS settings based on your application and your origin server configuration
* Increase DNS security with DNSSEC
* Create custom rules in the Web Application Firewall
* Configure Bot Fight Mode
* Set up automatic scans in the Cloudflare Security Center

---

# Security Center

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/security-center/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="security-center-definition" product="security-center" />

:::note


For additional details and help, refer to the [Security Center documentation](/security-center/).


:::

## Setup

To enable **Security Insights** and perform an initial security scan:

<Render file="setup" product="security-center" />

---

# Security settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/security-settings/

Beyond default improvements, SSL/TLS, and DNSSEC, Cloudflare lets all customers adjust the following settings to improve site security.

## Security

In the [security section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security) of your Cloudflare dashboard, review the following settings:

* [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
* [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
* [IP access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
* [User Agent Blocking rules](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/)
* Various [Security settings](/waf/tools/)

## Scrape Shield

In the [Scrape Shield section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/content-protection) of your Cloudflare dashboard, review your [Scrape Shield options](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/).

---

# SSL/TLS settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started/security/ssl-tls/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Once you make sure that your Cloudflare SSL/TLS [is working correctly](/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/check-ssl/), you will likely want to customize your SSL/TLS setup.

***

## Encryption mode

<Render file="encryption-mode-definition" product="ssl" /> <br/>

### Basic setup

The simplest way to choose your encryption mode is to enable the **SSL/TLS Recommender**, which scans your domain and recommends the appropriate setting.

<Render file="ssl-recommender-prereqs" product="ssl" />

Then, you can enable SSL/TLS recommendations in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS**.
3. For **SSL/TLS Recommender**, switch the toggle to **On**.

<Render file="ssl-recommender-post-setup" product="ssl" />

### Secure setup

If possible, Cloudflare recommends using [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) modes to prevent malicious connections to your origin.

These modes usually require additional setup and can be more technically challenging.

***

## Enforce HTTPS connections

<Render file="enforce-https-recommendation" product="ssl" />

***

## Evaluate additional features

<Render file="get-started-additional-features" product="ssl" />

---

# Add and activate your domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/add-and-activate/

import { Render } from "~/components"

For most customers, adding and activating your domain on Cloudflare is straightforward.

The first step is always the same, to [create a Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/).

Your next steps depend on whether you have a domain name, such as `example.com`.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Add and activate your domain at Cloudflare
H[Create account] --> A
A[Do you have a domain name?] -- No --> B[Buy through Cloudflare Registrar]
B --> E[Domain is active]
A -- Yes --> F[Can be transferred to Cloudflare?]
F -- Yes --> G[Transfer to Registrar]
G --> E
F -- No --> C[Add domain to Cloudflare]
C --> D[Change nameservers]
D --Verification period--> E
```

## No domain

If you do not already have a domain name, purchase one through [Cloudflare Registrar](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/).

Registrar simplifies your Cloudflare setup - and is often cheaper than other registrars - so it is our recommended option for most customers.

## Existing domain

### Transfer to Cloudflare

If you already have a domain, the easiest way to get set up with Cloudflare is to [transfer your domain](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/) to Cloudflare Registrar. Just like with buying a domain name through Cloudflare, this option simplifies your Cloudflare setup.

:::note


`.uk` domains work too, just with a [slightly different setup](/registrar/top-level-domains/uk-domains/).


:::

### Keep current registrar

If you cannot transfer your domain or want to keep your current registrar, your setup has a few more steps:

1. [Add your site](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).
2. (*Optional*) If your domain is sensitive to downtime, you may have a [few additional steps](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/minimize-downtime/).
3. At your registrar (where you bought your domain name), disable DNSSEC. <br/> <Render file="dnssec-providers" product="dns" />
4. (*For some*) At your origin server, [allow Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/).
5. Change your [domain nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/).
6. Wait for your domain to become [Active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) on Cloudflare.

### Troubleshooting

If you have issues activating your domain on Cloudflare, refer to our troubleshooting guides on [adding sites to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/troubleshooting/cannot-add-domain/) and [changing nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/troubleshooting/).

---

# Check domain DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/check-dns/

Once you [add and activate](/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/add-and-activate/) your domain at Cloudflare, check that all your DNS records are set up correctly.

## Can you visit your website?

If your website already existed before adding it to Cloudflare, the easiest way to test DNS resolution is to try and visit your domain (`example.com`) or a subdomain (`www.example.com`).

As long as you [reviewed](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#review-dns-records) your DNS records when adding your domain, everything should work just fine.

### Potential issues

Sometimes, domains added to Cloudflare can experience issues in DNS resolution.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Potential DNS resolution issues
A[Request to <code>example.com</code>] --> B[<code>DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN</code>]
B --> C[DNS records missing or incorrect]
A --> D[Error <code>520</code>, <code>521</code>, or <code>522</code>]
D --> E[Origin server offline or blocking Cloudflare IPs]
A --> F[Error <code>523</code>, <code>1000</code>, <code>1001</code>, <code>1002</code>, <code>1014</code>, <code>1016</code>, or <code>1034</code>]
F --> C
```

<br/>

For more details on these errors and how to fix them, refer to the following resources:

* [`DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN`](/dns/troubleshooting/dns-probe-finished-nxdomain/)
* [Cloudflare 5xx errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/)
* [Cloudflare 1xxx errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/)
* [Add a record on the zone apex](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/)
* [Add a subdomain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/)
* [Allow Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/)

## Does your domain's email still work?

If your domain supported email beforehand, try sending a few emails to your domain's address.

If those emails cannot be delivered, the issue is usually with your domain's `MX` DNS records. For help, refer to the following resources:

* [Vendor-specific DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/vendor-specific-records/)
* [Troubleshooting email issues](/dns/troubleshooting/email-issues/)
* [Add email records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/email-records/)

---

# Onboarding

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/

Make sure your zone is set up correctly, so you can fully take advantage of Cloudflare’s performance and security benefits.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Confirm your zone is set up correctly on Cloudflare.
* Recognize and troubleshoot issues in your DNS records.
* Recognize and troubleshoot issues in your SSL/TLS certificate.

---

# Check domain SSL/TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/check-ssl/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Once you [add and activate](/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/add-and-activate/) your domain at Cloudflare, you also should check your domain's SSL/TLS certificate is working correctly.

<Details header="What are SSL/TLS certificates?">

SSL/TLS certificates let websites use `https` at the start of the URL (instead of `http`), which is a more secure connection protocol. HTTPS is good for website security, user privacy, SEO, and much more.

For more details on SSL/TLS, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-ssl/).

</Details>

By default, Cloudflare issues — and renews — free, unshared, publicly trusted **Universal SSL** certificates to all domains added to and activated on Cloudflare.

<Render file="universal-ssl-enable-full" product="ssl" />

## Can you visit your website?

To make sure your website's SSL/TLS is working correctly, try visiting your website over an HTTPS connection (where you specify the `https://` at the beginning of the URL, like `https://example.com`).

If you have any deeper subdomains (`test.www.example.com`), also try visiting those over HTTPS (`https://test.www.example.com`).

### Potential issues

Sometimes, domains added to Cloudflare can experience issues in SSL/TLS certificates.

```mermaid
flowchart TD
accTitle: Potential SSL/TLS issues
A[Request to <code>https://</code><code>example.com</code>] --> B[<code>ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH</code>]
B --> C[Domain or subdomain not covered by certificate]
A --> D[<code>ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS</code>]
D --> E[Redirect loop between <code>http</code> and <code>https</code>]
A --> F[Error <code>525</code> or <code>526</code>]
F --> G[Mismatch origin and Cloudflare settings]
```

<br />

For more details on these errors and how to fix them, refer to the following resources:

- [`ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH`](/ssl/troubleshooting/version-cipher-mismatch/)
- [`ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS`](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/)
- [Cloudflare 5xx errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/)
- [Common SSL/TLS errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/general-ssl-errors/)
- [Universal SSL/TLS certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/)
- [Cloudflare encryption modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/)

---

# Proxy DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/proxy-dns-records/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Since it affect so many other parts of Cloudflare, you should proxy your DNS records through Cloudflare.

<Details header="What is DNS?">

DNS stands for Domain Name System.

Without DNS, we would have to remember long strings of numbers to access our favorite websites. With DNS, you just have to remember something like `example.com` and your browser goes to an IP address like `192.0.2.1`.

For more details on DNS, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-dns/).

</Details>

<Details header="What are DNS records?">

DNS records are instructions that live in authoritative DNS servers and provide information about a domain including what IP address is associated with that domain and how to handle requests for that domain.

* [DNS records (concept)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/)
* [DNS records in Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/)
* [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/)

</Details>

<Details header="What is 'proxying my DNS through Cloudflare'?">

<Render file="proxied-records-definition" product="dns" />

* [Reverse proxy (definition)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/reverse-proxy/)
* [How Cloudflare works](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/)
* [DNS record proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/)

</Details>

## Prerequisites

Before proxying your records, review [our guide](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) that explains what proxying does and what limitations it has.

You may also need to [allow Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/) at your origin to prevent requests from being blocked.

## How to do it

Then, [update](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) your Cloudflare DNS records so their **Proxy status** is **Proxied**.

![Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats traffic intended for specific DNS records](~/assets/images/dns/proxy-status-screenshot.png)

---

# Account and profile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/account-profile/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Once your free zone is set up, explore the various ways you can customize, protect, and expand your account.

<DirectoryListing folder="fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing" />

---

# Analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/analytics/

As part of all zone plans, Cloudflare offers analytics for [zones](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/) and [accounts](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/account-analytics/).

These analytics include information about:

* Traffic
* Security
* Performance
* DNS

For more information, view your analytics [in the dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/analytics) or refer to [our documentation](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/).

---

# Set up email records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/email-routing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="add-mx-records" product="dns" />

---

# Other features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/

Learn about other features and resources Cloudflare provides for free.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how to use Cloudflare Rules to customize requests, responses, and Cloudflare settings.
* Set up redirects from a root domain to a subdomain (or vice versa).
* Review Cloudflare Analytics to learn more about your application traffic, security, and performance.
* Set up Email Routing.
* Customize your account and profile.
* Navigate Cloudflare resources.
* Explore other Cloudflare product lines.

---

# Other product lines

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/product-lines/

Beyond application performance and security, Cloudflare offers other suites of products that may address your other needs, including:

* [Cloudflare One](/products/?product-group=Cloudflare+One): Secure access and threat defense for Internet, SaaS, and self-hosted apps with ZTNA, CASB, SWG, cloud email security, and more.
* [Consumer services](/products/?product-group=Consumer+services): Explore the products Cloudflare offers to individuals as part of building a better Internet.
* [Developer platform](/products/?product-group=Developer+platform): Build and deploy serverless applications with scale, performance, security, and reliability.
* [Network security](/products/?product-group=Network+security): Modernize your network with DDoS protection, WAN, and firewall as a service.

For a full listing of Cloudflare solution areas, refer to our [Product catalog](/products/).

---

# Set up redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/redirects/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Often, you might want to set up redirects within Cloudflare.

## Redirect a subdomain to apex domain

<Render file="redirect-subdomain-to-root" product="fundamentals" />

## Redirect apex domain to a subdomain

<Render file="redirect-root-to-subdomain" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Other Cloudflare resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/resources/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="cloudflare-resources" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Cloudflare Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/other-features/rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="rules-definition" product="rules" />

---

# Default improvements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/default-improvements/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides a variety of speed improvements by default.

## DNS resolution

When your site is using Cloudflare, your site always benefits from Cloudflare's [lightning-fast DNS resolution](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/network-performance-update/).

## Caching

When your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare, Cloudflare caches [certain types of resources](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions) automatically (which improves application performance).


<Details header="How does caching improve performance?">

Caching is the process of storing copies of files in a cache, or temporary storage location, so that they can be accessed more quickly.

When Cloudflare stores content in its cache, the request never needs to go to your application or origin server, which reduces the number of requests and gets content to the user more quickly.

<Render file="cache-basic-diagram" /> <br/>

For more details, refer to the [Cloudflare Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-caching/).


</Details>

---

# Add-on products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/add-on-products/

Cloudflare offers a variety of add-on products to improve application performance, including:

* [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/)
* [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)
* [Stream](/stream/)
* [Images](/images/)
* [Automatic Platform Optimization](/automatic-platform-optimization/)
* [Zaraz](/zaraz/)

For a full list, refer to the [Product Catalog](/products/?product-group=Application+performance).

---

# Performance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/

Learn how to improve your application’s performance using Cloudflare’s free plan.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how - just by using Cloudflare - you can increase application performance.
* Optimize caching using various Cloudflare settings.
* Improve performance using different settings within Speed settings.
* Set up Cloudflare Web Analytics for free, privacy-first analytics.
* Evaluate other, add-on products that can improve application performance.

---

# Optimize caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/optimize-caching/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Beyond [default caching settings](/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/default-improvements/), you can further optimize your cache using different Cloudflare settings.

<Render file="cache-optimization" />

---

# Optimize speed

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/optimize-speed/

Beyond caching, Cloudflare lets all customers adjust the following settings to improve site performance.

## Speed

In the [Speed section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/speed/optimization) of your Cloudflare dashboard, use [Observatory](/speed/speed-test/) to assess the performance of your website.

:::

## Network

In the [Network section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/network) of your Cloudflare dashboard, review the following [Network settings](/network/).

---

# Optimize analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/web-analytics/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Web analytics let you measure user behavior - pageviews, sessions, and custom events - on your application.

Cloudflare offers two ways to improve the privacy and performance of the way you gather these analytics.

## Cloudflare Web Analytics

If you want analytics without using third-party tools, check out [Cloudflare Web Analytics](/web-analytics/).

<Render file="web-analytics-definition" product="web-analytics" />

### Setup

So long as your traffic is [proxied through Cloudflare](/learning-paths/get-started-free/performance/default-improvements/), setting up Web Analytics only involves a few steps:

<Render file="web-analytics-proxied-setup" product="web-analytics" />

### Access

Once you have enabled Web Analytics, you can review analytics at any time:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select the **Analytics & Logs** drop-down and choose **Web Analytics**.
3. Select your zone.
4. Review the [various metrics](/web-analytics/data-metrics/core-web-vitals/) provided by Cloudflare.

### Notifications

<Render file="web-analytics-notifications" product="web-analytics" />

***

## Cloudflare Zaraz

If you already use third-party tools on your website, check out [Cloudflare Zaraz](/zaraz/).

<Render file="zaraz-definition" product="zaraz" />

---

# Add-on products

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/add-on-products/

Cloudflare offers a variety of add-on products to improve application security, including:

* [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)
* [Advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/)
* [Page Shield](/page-shield/)
* [Turnstile](/turnstile/)

For a full list, refer to the [Product Catalog](/products/?product-group=Application+security).

---

# Bot Fight Mode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/bot-fight-mode/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-definition" product="bots" />

## Considerations

Bot Fight Mode has a few limitations, including that it:

* Protects entire domains without endpoint restrictions.
* Cannot be customized, adjusted, or reconfigured via [WAF custom rules](/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/security-settings/).

If these limitations could cause issues with your application, do not enable this feature.

For more granular control - including the ability to use the `Skip` action for bot mitigation - consider using [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/).

## Setup

<Render file="bot-fight-mode-enable" product="bots" />

:::caution


If these limitations cause issues with your application, [disable](/bots/get-started/free/#disable-bot-fight-mode) Bot Fight Mode.


:::

---

# DNSSEC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/dnssec/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dnssec-definition" product="dns" />

***

## Setup

Your DNSSEC setup can be different depending on where you registered your domain name:

### Cloudflare Registrar

<Render file="enable-dnssec" product="registrar" />

### Other registrars

First, activate DNSSEC in the Cloudflare dashboard:

<Render file="dnssec-cloudflare-steps" product="dns" />

<Render file="dnssec-registrar-steps" product="dns" />

***

## Verify DNSSEC

<Render file="verify-dnssec" product="registrar" />

---

# Default improvements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/default-improvements/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare, Cloudflare provides free and unmetered DDoS protection and other protection measures through the Web Application Firewall (WAF).

## DDoS protection

<Render file="ddos-definition-and-diagram" />

For more information about DDoS attacks and Cloudflare DDoS protection, refer to [Prevent DDoS attacks](/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/).

## Managed rulesets

All customers have access to the Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset, which provides mitigations against high and wide-impacting vulnerabilities.

For more details, refer to the [WAF documentation](/waf/managed-rules/).

---

# Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/

Learn how to improve your application’s security using Cloudflare’s free plan.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how - just by using Cloudflare - you can increase application security.
* Customize SSL/TLS settings based on your application and your origin server configuration.
* Increase DNS security with DNSSEC.
* Create custom rules in the Web Application Firewall.
* Configure Bot Fight Mode.
* Set up automatic scans in the Cloudflare Security Center.
* Evaluate other, add-on products that can improve application security.

---

# Security Center

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/security-center/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="security-center-definition" product="security-center" />

:::note


For additional details and help, refer to the [Security Center documentation](/security-center/).


:::

## Setup

To enable **Security Insights** and perform an initial security scan:

<Render file="setup" product="security-center" />

---

# Security settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/security-settings/

Beyond default improvements, SSL/TLS, and DNSSEC, Cloudflare lets all customers adjust the following settings to improve site security.

## Security

In the [security section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security) of your Cloudflare dashboard, review the following settings:

* [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
* [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
* [IP access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
* [User Agent Blocking rules](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/)
* Various [Security settings](/waf/tools/)

## Scrape Shield

In the [Scrape Shield section](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/content-protection) of your Cloudflare dashboard, of your Cloudflare dashboard, review your [Scrape Shield options](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/).

---

# SSL/TLS settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/get-started-free/security/ssl-tls/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Once you make sure that your Cloudflare SSL/TLS [is working correctly](/learning-paths/get-started-free/onboarding/check-ssl/), you will likely want to customize your SSL/TLS setup.

***

## Encryption mode

<Render file="encryption-mode-definition" product="ssl" /> <br/>

### Basic setup

The simplest way to choose your encryption mode is to enable the **SSL/TLS Recommender**, which scans your domain and recommends the appropriate setting.

<Render file="ssl-recommender-prereqs" product="ssl" />

Then, you can enable SSL/TLS recommendations in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and application.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS**.
3. For **SSL/TLS Recommender**, switch the toggle to **On**.

<Render file="ssl-recommender-post-setup" product="ssl" />

### Secure setup

If possible, Cloudflare recommends using [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) modes to prevent malicious connections to your origin.

These modes usually require additional setup and can be more technically challenging.

***

## Enforce HTTPS connections

<Render file="enforce-https-recommendation" product="ssl" />

***

## Evaluate additional features

<Render file="get-started-additional-features" product="ssl" />

---

# Monitors and health checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/health-checks/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

There's more to a load balancer than just distributing traffic, however.

After all, what good would it be if your load balancer and pools send a request to a server that's offline? Or one that's already overloaded with traffic? Ideally, your load balancer should only forward requests that a server can take care of.

That's where another part of the load balancing equation comes in: monitors and health checks.

<Render file="health-check-diagram" product="load-balancing" />

## How it works

A monitor issues health checks periodically to evaluate the health of a each server within a pool.

<GlossaryDefinition term="health check" />

This system of request and response ensures that a load balancer knows which servers can handle incoming requests.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/

Learn the concepts behind load balancing, whether you are using Cloudflare or another provider.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain what load balancing is.
* Describe the differences between load balancers, pools, and servers.
* Explain what pool health is and how it affects load balancer traffic.
* List the different ways your traffic can be routed.

---

# Components of a load balancer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/load-balancer-components/

import { Render } from "~/components"

At it's most basic, load balancing is made up of three components:

* **Pools**: Which contain one or more endpoints.
* **Endpoints**: Which respond to individual requests.
* **A load balancer**: Which decides which traffic goes to each pool.

## How it works

Normally, requests to your application would go to individual servers directly.

With a load balancer, requests first go through the load balancer. Your load balancer then routes requests to specific pools.

<Render file="load-balancing-diagram" product="load-balancing" /> <br/>

Within each pool, requests then go to individual endpoints. And that endpoint is what responds to the request.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      accTitle: Pool traffic flow
      accDescr: When an incoming request reaches a pool, it then goes to an endpoint within the pool.
    A[Request 1] --Routed by pool--> Endpoint2
      subgraph P1 [Pool]
        Endpoint1((Endpoint 1))
        Endpoint2((Endpoint 2))
      end
```

<br/>

This progression of load balancer --> pool --> endpoint is the core part of how a load balancer works.

---

# What is load balancing?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/load-balancing/

On the Internet, load balancing is where you spread traffic across many servers.

This process reduces the strain on each server, making it more efficient and faster to respond to requests.

## How it works

Imagine a checkout line at the grocery store.

If only one register is open, the line is going to be long and move slowly. Additionally, the employee at the register is going to be stressed. They have a lot of work to do, likely without any breaks and with increasingly frustrated customers.

As the store manager, you could solve the problem by opening more checkout lines. Customers can spread out to different lines and move faster. And your employees can do their job without as much stress.

Much in the same way, a load balancer distributes traffic across many servers. Without load balancing, too many requests might hit the same server and make it work too hard.

![Too much traffic can overload one of your servers](~/assets/images/learning-paths/load-balancing/without-load-balancing-diagram.png)

A load balancer spreads requests across your servers, which prevents any one server from working too hard. Load balancing also makes your servers more efficient and lets them respond faster to incoming requests.

![A load balancer distributes traffic across your servers](~/assets/images/learning-paths/load-balancing/with-load-balancing-diagram.png)

## Related resources

For more background information on load balancers, refer to our [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-load-balancing/).

---

# Routing traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/concepts/routing/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Before, we covered how requests move from load balancers to pools and then from pools to individual servers.

What we did not mention, however, was *how* the load balancer and pools make those decisions.

This is a concept known as routing.

## How it works

Generally, there are five questions involved with routing:

1. By default, how does the load balancer distribute requests to pools?
2. By default, how do pools distribute requests to individual servers?
3. Within a pool, which servers are healthy?
4. Within a load balancer, which pools are healthy?
5. Are there any specialized routing rules?

### Distributing requests to pools

A load balancer's [traffic steering policy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/) controls how the load balancer distributes requests to pools.

Routing decisions can be based on proximity, pool performance, geography, and more.

### Distributing requests within pools

Once the request reaches a pool, that pool's [endpoint steering policy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/) controls how each pool distributes requests to the servers in the pool.

These decisions can be based on default percentages of traffic sent to individual servers (also known as the **Weight**), aspects of the request (such as source IP address), or both.

### Endpoint health

If an endpoint fails a health check - which would mark it as unhealthy - its pool will adjust routing according to its endpoint steering policy.

Both new and existing requests will go to healthy endpoints in the pool, ignoring the unhealthy endpoint.

### Pool health

With enough unhealthy endpoints, the pool itself may be considered unhealthy as well.

<Render file="unhealthy-pool-traffic-distribution" product="load-balancing" />

#### Fallback pools

Often, load balancers have a special pool known as the **Fallback Pool**, which receives traffic no matter what.

<Render file="fallback-pools" product="load-balancing" />

### Specialized routing

Finally, specific settings can also affect the ways a load balancer distributes traffic, such as:

* Routing based on [specific aspects](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/) of the request.
* Sending all requests from a [specific end user](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) to the same server, preserving information about their user session like items in a shopping cart.

---

# Planning your load balancer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/

Explore the configuration choices available for your Cloudflare load balancer.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Describe the difference between load balancing at different layers of the network stack.
* Identify when a load balancer should utilize session affinity.
* Describe the different policies for endpoint steering and traffic steering.
* List the different options available to monitor server health.

---

# Custom load balancing rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/custom-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="custom-rules-definition" product="load-balancing" />

For more details, refer to [Custom load balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/).

---

# Endpoint steering policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/origin-steering-policies/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="origin-steering-definition" product="load-balancing" />

***

## Policies

<Render file="origin-steering-policies" product="load-balancing" />

***

## Weights

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-definition" product="load-balancing" />

### Customize weights

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-process" product="load-balancing" />

### Limitations

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-limitations" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Account-level load balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/multiple-zones/

If you want to set up load balancing for multiple hostnames or domains within your account, your approach would depend on the requirements for each hostname.

## Shared configurations

If you want to share a load balancing configuration across multiple hostnames, you can use the same load balancer through `CNAME` routing.

1. When you [set up](/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/) the load balancer, create the load balancer on a new hostname (`lb.example.com`).
2. When you are ready to [route production traffic](/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/production-traffic/), [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a `CNAME` record on a hostname that points to the load balancer created in step 1 (`lb.example.com`).
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 with all other hostnames.

:::note


You could also achieve the same goal or create more advanced routing decisions by setting up DNS Overrides within [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/) on each hostname that override the hostname to `lb.example.com`.


:::

## Unique configurations

If each zone needs unique load balancer configurations (failover order, routing), you should create separate load balancers. Since pools and monitors are configured at the account level, even different load balancers can share the same pools and monitors.

For simpler routing, create a load balancer on each hostname.

For more advanced routing, create multiple load balancers and then set up [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/) to route traffic to each load balancer based on specific characteristics of the request.

---

# Server and pool health

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/server-pool-health/

import { Details, GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

As discussed before, a monitor issues health checks periodically to evaluate the health of a each server within a pool.

<Render file="health-check-diagram" product="load-balancing" /> <br/>

<GlossaryDefinition term="health check" />

***

## Customizations

Based on the characteristics of your server pools, you have several customization options that affect how and whether a server is considered unhealthy.

### Pool-level settings

#### Health threshold

<Render file="pool-health-threshold" product="load-balancing" /> <br/>

#### Health monitor regions

<Render file="health-check-regions" product="load-balancing" />

##### Configurations

<Render file="monitor-health-check-regions-options" product="load-balancing" />

***

### Monitor-level settings

When you [create a monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/create-monitor/), there are several configuration settings you can adjust based on the characteristics of the attached pools:


<Details header="Basic settings">

<Render file="monitor-settings-basic" product="load-balancing" />


</Details>


<Details header="Advanced settings">

<Render file="monitor-settings-advanced" product="load-balancing" />


</Details>

<Render file="monitor-settings-consecutive" product="load-balancing" />

***

### Fallback pool

You also need to decide which of the associated pools in a load balancer should be the fallback pool.

<Render file="fallback-pools" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Session affinity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/session-affinity/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="session-affinity-definition" product="load-balancing" />

## How it works

<Render file="session-affinity-by-cookie-process" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/traffic-steering/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="traffic-steering-definition" product="load-balancing" /> <br/>

<DirectoryListing folder="load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies" />

---

# Types of load balancers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/planning/types-load-balancers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

With Cloudflare, you can choose between three types of load balancers:

* [Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS)](#layer-7-load-balancing) (most common)
* [DNS-only](#dns-only-load-balancing)
* [Layer 4 (TCP)](#layer-4-load-balancing)

***

## Layer 7 load balancing

<Render file="layer-7-load-balancing-definition" product="load-balancing" />

### Benefits

<Render file="layer-7-load-balancing-benefits" product="load-balancing" />

***

## DNS-only load balancing

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-definition" product="load-balancing" />

### Benefits

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-benefits" product="load-balancing" /> <br/>

### Limitations

<Render file="dns-load-balancing-limitations" product="load-balancing" />

***

## Layer 4 load balancing

<Render file="layer-4-load-balancing-definition" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Create monitor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/create-monitor/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="test-domain-setup" product="load-balancing" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<strong>Set up the monitor</strong>

<Render file="monitor-create" product="load-balancing" />

<strong>Prepare your servers</strong>

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" product="load-balancing" /> </TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<strong>Set up the monitor</strong>

<Render file="monitor-create-api" product="load-balancing" />

<strong>Prepare your servers</strong>

<Render file="monitor-prepare-server" product="load-balancing" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="monitor-example" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Create pools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/create-pools/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="test-domain-setup" product="load-balancing" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="pool-create" product="load-balancing" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

<Render file="pool-create-api" product="load-balancing" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Check pool health

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/check-pool-health/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="confirm-pool-health" product="load-balancing" />

## Unexpected health status

<Render file="unexpected-health-statuses" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Hostname preparation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/hostname-preparation/

Before setting up anything related to your load balancer, make sure you test that production hostnames meet the following criteria:

* Based on the [priority order](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#priority-order) of DNS records, they will receive the intended amount of traffic.
* Each hostname is covered by an [SSL/TLS certificate](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/#ssltls-coverage).

After confirming each of these conditions are met, you can proceed with setting up your load balancer.

## Routing strategy

Depending on your preferences and infrastructure, you might route traffic to your load balancer in different ways:

* For most customers, it's simpler to create the load balancer on the hostname directly (`www.example.com`).
* However, you could also create the load balancer on another hostname (`lb.example.com`) and then route traffic using a `CNAME` record on `test.example.com` that points to `lb.example.com`.

---

# Next steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/next-steps/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

Your load balancer should be receiving production traffic (and you can confirm this by reviewing the [analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/)).

Though your product is officially set up, you may want to consider the following suggestions.

## Usage-based notifications

<Render file="ubb-recommendation" product="fundamentals" />

## Additional configuration options

You may want to further customize how your load balancer routes traffic or integrate your load balancer with other Cloudflare products:

<DirectoryListing folder="load-balancing/additional-options" />

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/

Create a load balancer that monitors endpoint health and intelligently routes traffic.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Configure a monitor and health checks.
* Create a pool.
* Create a load balancer.
* Analyze traffic patterns.

## Prerequisites

* Multiple endpoints, either physical or cloud-based.
* Access to Load Balancing, available as an [add-on](/load-balancing/get-started/enable-load-balancing/) for any type of account.
* Two hostnames, one for test traffic and the other for production traffic.

---

# Route production traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/production-traffic/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="route-production-traffic" product="load-balancing" />

---

# Create load balancer on test domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/test-load-balancer/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="test-domain-setup" product="load-balancing" />

## Create a load balancer

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="load-balancer-create" product="load-balancing" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="load-balancer-create-api" product="load-balancing" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Send traffic and review analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/load-balancing/setup/traffic-analytics/

As you send sample requests to your test domain, review the [load balancing analytics](/load-balancing/reference/load-balancing-analytics/) page to make sure your load balancer is distributing requests like you were expecting.

---

# Benefits of mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/benefits/

- **Stronger authentication**: mTLS ensures mutual verification between the client and server, confirming that both parties are who they claim to be. This two-way authentication mechanism prevents impersonation and man-in-the-middle attacks, significantly enhancing the overall security.

- **End-to-end encryption**: All communication between the client and server is encrypted, providing robust protection against eavesdropping and interception. Even if the data is captured by unauthorized parties, it remains secure and unreadable due to encryption.

- **Preserved data integrity**: mTLS ensures that data remains unaltered during transit. The protocol verifies the integrity of transmitted information, protecting it from tampering or manipulation by malicious actors, ensuring the data's authenticity.

- **Defense against insider threats**: mTLS strengthens internal network security by adding protection against insider threats. Unlike traditional "castle-and-moat" networking, which trusts anything inside the perimeter, mTLS enforces mutual authentication, ensuring all internal communications are verified and secure.

---

# Introducing mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/

Mutual TLS [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) authentication uses client certificates to ensure traffic between client and server is bidirectionally secure and trusted. mTLS also allows requests that do not authenticate via an identity provider — such as Internet-of-things (IoT) devices — to demonstrate they can reach a given resource.

[TLS (Transport Layer Security)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/transport-layer-security-tls/) is a widely-used protocol to ensure secure communication over a network. It ensures confidentiality and integrity by encrypting data and validating the server using digital certificates.

Mutual TLS (mTLS) adds an extra layer by authenticating both parties involved in the communication. The client presents a certificate to the server (in this case Cloudflare) and vice versa.

---

# mTLS with Application Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-app-security/

:::note
This implementation requires an active [Zone](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones), a valid [Edge Certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/), and [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) hostname. <br />

API Shield is not required to use mTLS. <br />

By default, mTLS uses Client Certificates issued by a Cloudflare Managed CA. Cloudflare generates a unique CA for each customer account, meaning that Client Certificates all validate against an account-level Cloudflare CA.
:::

## 1. Enable mTLS

1. Go to your Cloudflare dashboard and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **[Client Certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/)** tab and select **Edit** to add the Hosts (hostnames) you want to [enable mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) for.

   Example host: `mtls-test.example.com`

3. Select **Create Certificate** and fill in the required fields. You can choose one of the following options:

- Generate a private key (usually referred to as Private Certificate) and Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with Cloudflare (which includes the Public Certificate).
- Use your own private key and CSR which allows you to also [label client certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/label-client-certificate/).

To generate and use your own CSR, you can run a command like the following:

```sh
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout client1.key -out client1.csr -subj '/C=GB/ST=London/L=London/O=Organization/CN=CommonName'
```

Or use a script like this one from [GitHub](https://github.com/erfianugrah/rootcatest/blob/main/fullgenerator.py).

Do not forget to copy the values shown when creating the certificate as they become unavailable after creation.

## 2. Install the client certificate

In order for a client to utilize the Client Certificate you created, it must be on the devices that you want to use them on. You will want to place them in the same directory as your process / script that targets your APIs / hostnames.

We generally recommended using one Client Certificate per device. Configuring your system to actually use the Public and Private Certificates is especially important.

An example is to [add both certificates to the Keychain](https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/keychain-access/kyca2431/mac) on a MacBook laptop.

Another example is to generate a [PKCS12 (P12) certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_12) file and then [add it to your browser](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/engineering-lifecycle-management-suite/lifecycle-management/7.0.2?topic=dashboards-importing-certificates-configuring-browsers):

```sh
openssl pkcs12 -export -out certificate.p12 -inkey private-cert.pem -in cert.pem
```

Use the values from the previous step.

Example using cURL command:

```sh
curl -v --cert cert.pem --key private-cert.pem <HOSTNAME>
```

Use the values from the previous step.

## 3. Validate the client certificate in the WAF

mTLS is verified and checked in the [Cloudflare WAF phase](/waf/reference/phases/). This is done by creating WAF [Custom Rules](/waf/custom-rules/) using the dynamic fields.

All Client Certificate details can be found in the [`cf.tls_*`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) fields in the [Cloudflare Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/).

Example WAF Custom Rule with action block:

![Example of a WAF custom rule with an action block in the Cloudflare dashboard during the validate client certificate step](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/waf-custom-rule-action-block.png)

## Demo

:::note
Ensure you are not using a VPN that could interfere with certificates or TLS decryption. If needed, enable [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) for specific hostnames to bypass the VPN for trusted services, such as the mTLS hostnames.
:::

With the Public and Private Certificates in the same directory, with this cURL command, we will gain access:

```sh
curl -I --cert cert.pem --key private-cert.pem https://mtls-test.example.com/mtls-test
```

```txt output
HTTP/2 200
server: cloudflare
```

Without the certificates, the terminal will display the following:

```sh
curl -I https://mtls-test.example.com/mtls-test
```

```txt output
HTTP/2 403
server: cloudflare
```

---

# Use mTLS with Cloudflare protected resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/mtls-cloudflare/

In this implementation guide we will be focusing on the L7 / Application Layer security for HTTP/S requests targeting [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) hostnames, including the [first connection](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) between client and Cloudflare.

Some common mTLS use cases are:

- Protect and verify legitimate API traffic by verifying Client Certificates provided during TLS/SSL handshakes.
- Check IoT devices' identity by verifying Client Certificates they provide during TLS/SSL handshakes.

There are two main ways to use mTLS at Cloudflare, either by using the Application Security offering (optionally including [API Shield](/api-shield/)) or [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). Below is a non-exhaustive overview table of their differences:

| Feature                                                               | Application Security (Client Certificate \+ WAF)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Cloudflare Access (mTLS)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| :-------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Mainly used for                                                       | External Authentication (that is, APIs)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Internal Authentication (that is, employees)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Availability                                                          | By default, 100 Client Certificates per Zone are included for free. For more certificates or [API Shield features](/api-shield/), contact your account team.                                                                                                                          | Zero Trust Enterprise only feature.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| [Certificate Authority (CA)](/ssl/concepts/#certificate-authority-ca) | Cloudflare-managed or customer-uploaded (BYO CA). There's a soft-limit of up to [five customer-uploaded CAs](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/#availability).                                                                                                                          | Customer-uploaded only (BYO CA). There's a soft-limit of up to [50 CAs](/cloudflare-one/account-limits/#access).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| Client Certificate Details | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#managed-transforms). | Forwarded to the origin server via [Cloudflare API](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-api), [Cloudflare Workers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#cloudflare-workers), and [Managed Transforms](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#managed-transforms). Client Certificate headers and [Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) JWT header can be forwarded to the origin server. |
| Client Certificates Revocation                                        | Use the WAF [Custom Rules](/waf/custom-rules/) to check for [_cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked_](/ssl/client-certificates/revoke-client-certificate/), which only applies to Cloudflare-managed CA. <br /><br /> For BYO CAs, it would be the same approach as with Cloudflare Access. | Generate a [Certificate Revocation List (CRL)](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#create-a-crl) and enforce the revocation in a Cloudflare Worker.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

---

# mTLS related features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-app-security/related-features/

## Label Client Certificates

To make it easier to differentiate between Client Certificates, you can generate your own private key and CSR, and enter information that will be incorporated into your certificate request, essentially [labeling your Client Certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/label-client-certificate/).

## Certificate Revocation

In cases of noticing excessive traffic, anomalous traffic (strange sequences of requests), or generally too many attack attempts registered from specific devices using your Client Certificates, it is best to [revoke](/ssl/client-certificates/revoke-client-certificate/) those.

Additionally, ensure to have a WAF [Custom Rule](/waf/custom-rules/) in place to block [revoked](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/#check-for-revoked-certificates) Client Certificates. Review the available [`cf.tls_*`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) fields.

Example WAF Custom Rule with action block:

![Example expression for certification revocation using a WAF custom rule in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/certification-revocation-custom-rule.png)

```text
(cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked)
```

A better approach may be to check for unverified or revoked client certificates:

```txt
(not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified) or cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked
```

Generally, ensure client certificates are rotated regularly and safely to reduce the risk of compromise.

## Forward a client certificate

There are multiple ways to [forward a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#forward-a-client-certificate) to your origin server.

## Bring your own CA for mTLS

If you already have mTLS implemented, client certificates are already installed on devices, and therefore you would like to use your own Certificate Authority (CA), this is possible by [bringing your own CA for mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/).

Here you can use the [Replace Hostname Associations API endpoint](/api/resources/certificate_authorities/subresources/hostname_associations/methods/update/) to enable mTLS in each hostname that should use the CA for mTLS validation, essentially associating your CAs specific with hostnames.

:::note
Each Enterprise account can upload up to five CAs, though this can be increased. Contact your account team if you require more.
:::

## Client Certificate Deployment

There are different ways to safely and securely deploy Client Certificates across devices.

Some of the most used methods are [embedding](/ssl/client-certificates/configure-your-mobile-app-or-iot-device/#3-embed-the-client-certificate-in-your-mobile-app) the Client Certificate into an application and allowing user devices to download and install that app, or use mobile device management (MDM) to distribute certificates across devices, or to allow user devices to directly download and install the Client Certificate into a device's Certificate Store.

Issuing a certificate is an important step, so if possible, perform thorough client verification.

In complex microservices environments, you can leverage Service Mesh to automate and enforce mTLS at scale. For example, Cloudflare services can handle external traffic security, while Service Mesh technologies enforce mTLS for east-west traffic within your network. This ensures that external traffic is secured by Cloudflare, while internal microservice communication is protected using mTLS via the Service Mesh.

## Customize Cipher Suites

It is generally recommended to [customize the cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) of your Cloudflare [Edge Certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/). This only applies to the Edge Certificates, not Client Certificates.

The recommended TLS versions for mTLS are:

- TLS 1.2: still broadly compatible and secure.
- TLS 1.3: preferred for new implementations due to its enhanced security and efficiency.

Using outdated versions like TLS 1.0 or 1.1 is not recommended due to known vulnerabilities.

:::note
For modern mTLS implementations, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (EC) and [modern cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/) are recommended because it offers faster handshakes and better performance, uses smaller key sizes which result in reduced computational overhead while maintaining strong security, and EC is more scalable for large-scale deployments, such as in cloud-native applications, microservices, and mobile networks. RSA is only recommended if you have legacy systems that cannot support EC or if you require compatibility with systems that only work with RSA.
:::

## TLS Session Resumption

Browsers connecting to a domain with a [wildcard](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/wildcard-dns-records/) [Edge Certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/) in place, connecting to the same domain's mTLS subdomain could cause a non-authentication event, due to TLS Session Resumption, or also called [Connection Resumption](/speed/optimization/protocol/0-rtt-connection-resumption/).

It is generally not recommended to use wildcard certificates.

Review the [troubleshooting documentation](/ssl/client-certificates/troubleshooting/) for more info.

## TLS Session Renegotiation

:::note
Resumption and renegotiation are essentially opposites. Resumption re-establishes a previous TLS session over a new TCP connection, keeping the same TLS parameters. In contrast, renegotiation updates certain TLS parameters within an existing session, continuing over the same TCP connection.
:::

If you need to use Client Certificates after the TLS handshake via renegotiation, you will need to use a prior TLS version than 1.3. This is because TLS 1.3 does not support renegotiation.

For example, if you are using mTLS and you are restricting requests to certain folders, based on a URL path in the request, rather than all content on your origin server, a TLS renegotiation may be triggered. Connections using TLS 1.3 do not support renegotiation.

## Chain of Trust

Customers create Client Certificates and select the option to _use my private key and CSR_. The customer provides the CSR supplied by end-customers to generate the client certificates shared with end-customers. However, if your end-customers request the Certificate Chain, this can potentially be shared by the Cloudflare account team.

Contact your account team for more information.

## WAF for Client Certificates

:::note
[Revoked](/api-shield/security/mtls/configure/#check-for-revoked-certificates) Client Certificates are not automatically blocked unless you have an active WAF Custom Rule specifically checking for and blocking them. This check only applies to Client Certificates issued by the Cloudflare-managed CA. Cloudflare currently does not check certificate revocation lists (CRL) for CAs that have been uploaded by the customer ([BYO CA](/ssl/client-certificates/byo-ca/)). One can opt for Workers to manage a custom business logic and block revoked Client Certificates. See the [Workers section](/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-workers/) for more information.
:::

In order to effectively implement mTLS with Cloudflare, it is strongly recommended to properly configure the [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/). Review the available [`cf.tls_*`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) fields.

Example WAF Custom Rule with action block:

![Example expression for configure a WAF Custom Rule with action block ](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/configure-waf-custom-rule.png)

```txt
(http.host in {"mtls.example.com" "mtls2.example.com"} and (not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified or cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked))
```

This expression will check if the request is coming from one of the hostnames and will block the request if the Client Certificate is either not verified or revoked.

Another example WAF Custom Rule with action block, using the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256/) field, for a specific Client Certificate (replace `ADD_STRING_OF_CLIENT_CERT_SHA256_FINGERPRINT`):

![Example expression of a WAF Custom Rule with action block using the cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256 field](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/waf-client-certificates-fingerprint.png)

```txt
(http.request.uri.path in {"/headers"} and http.host in {"mtls.example.com" "mtls2.example.com"} and not cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified and cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256 ne "ADD_STRING_OF_CLIENT_CERT_SHA256_FINGERPRINT")
```

Here is another example of a WAF custom rule to associate a serial number with a hostname:

![Example expression of a WAF Custom Rule to associate a serial number with a hostname](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/waf-custom-rule.png)

```txt
(http.host in {"mtls.example.com" "mtls2.example.com"} and cf.tls_client_auth.cert_serial ne "ADD_STRING_OF_CLIENT_CERT_SERIAL")
```

This expression will check for a specific [Client Certificate serial number](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_serial/) linked to specific hostnames, allowing for more granular control.

## Rate Limiting by Client Certificates

By enabling [forwarding a certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-api) via the Cloudflare API, the first request of an mTLS connection will include the following headers:

- `Cf-Client-Cert-Der-Base64` (raw certificate in DER format, encoded as base64)
- `Cf-Client-Cert-Sha256` (SHA256 fingerprint of the certificate)

The header `Cf-Client-Cert-Sha256` can be used within the [Rate Limiting characteristics](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#with-the-same-characteristics) "Header value of".

Example [Rate Limiting Rule](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/):

![Example exmpression of a rate limiting rule from the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/rate-limiting-rule.png)

```txt
(http.host in {"mtls.example.com" "mtls2.example.com"} and cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified)

With the same characteristics...
"Header value of": "Cf-Client-Cert-Sha256"
```

## Cloudflare API Shield

In addition to mTLS, customers can purchase [API Shield](/api-shield/) features, such as API Discovery, API Routing, Volumetric Abuse Detection, Sequence Mitigation, JWT Validation, Schema Validation, and more.

## Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare Workers can provide details around the Client Certificate, such as returning information via headers to the client or to the origin server. Learn more in the [mTLS with Workers section](/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-workers/) below.

:::note
Snippets do not support any [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and do not work with mTLS. However, you can [validate JSON web tokens (JWT)](/rules/snippets/examples/jwt-validation/).

---

# mTLS with Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-cloudflare-access/

:::note
This requires an active Enterprise [Account](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#accounts) with Cloudflare Access enabled.
:::

Setting up [mTLS](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/) with [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) can help in cases where the customer:

- Already has existing Client Certificates on devices.
- Needs to protect Access applications with Bring Your Own CA (BYOCA).
- Needs to integrate with a Zero Trust solution.

## 1. Create a CA

The CA certificate can be from a publicly trusted CA or self-signed.

In case you want to [create your own CA](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#test-mtls-using-cloudflare-pki) from scratch, you can follow these example steps and adapt the information to your own needs:

1. Create a JSON file called `ca-csr.json`:

```json
{
	"CN": "Cloudflare Access Testing CA",
	"key": {
		"algo": "rsa",
		"size": 4096
	},
	"names": [
		{
			"C": "US",
			"L": "LA",
			"O": "Access Testing",
			"OU": "CA",
			"ST": "California"
		}
	]
}
```

2. Create a JSON file called `ca-config.json`:

```json
{
	"signing": {
		"default": {
			"expiry": "8760h"
		},
		"profiles": {
			"server": {
				"usages": ["signing", "key encipherment", "server auth"],
				"expiry": "8760h"
			},
			"client": {
				"usages": ["signing", "key encipherment", "client auth"],
				"expiry": "8760h"
			}
		}
	}
}
```

3. Run the following [cfssl](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#test-mtls-using-cloudflare-pki) command to generate the CA certificate `ca.pem`:

```txt
cfssl gencert -initca ca-csr.json | cfssljson -bare ca
```

## 2. Create Client Certificates

1. In order to create the Client Certificates, you need to prepare the following JSON file called `client-csr.json`:

```json
{
    "CN": "mtls-access.example.com",        # replace with your own hostname
    "hosts": ["mtls-access.example.com"],   # replace with your own hostname
    "key": {
      "algo": "rsa",
      "size": 4096
    },
    "names": [
      {
        "C": "US",
        "L": "Austin",
        "O": "Access",
        "OU": "Access Admins",
        "ST": "Texas"
      }
    ]
  }
```

2. Now you can run the following command to generate the Client Certificates, which will output the files `client.pem`, `client-key.pem` and `client.csr`:

```sh
cfssl gencert -ca=ca.pem -ca-key=ca-key.pem -config=ca-config.json -profile=client client-csr.json | cfssljson -bare client
```

## 3. Add mTLS CA certificate to Cloudflare Access

Follow the steps outlined in the [developer documentation](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#add-mtls-authentication-to-your-access-configuration).

Using the example from Step 2: upload the `ca.pem` to your Cloudflare Access account via the [dashboard](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#add-mtls-authentication-to-your-access-configuration) or [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/access/subresources/certificates/methods/create/).

Do not forget to enter the fully-qualified domain names (FQDN / associated hostnames) that will use this CA certificate.

Customers can identify which client sends the Client Certificates by [forwarding client certificate headers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#forward-a-client-certificate) to the origin server. Customers can then store and use the certificate information such as Common Name (CN), Serial number, and other fields along with the device number to perform additional checks or logics.

Additionally, authenticated requests also send the `Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion\` JWT header to the origin server. To decode the header value, you can use [jwt.io](https://jwt.io/).

## 4. Create the self-hosted applications

Finally, the hostname you want to protect with mTLS needs to be added as a [self-hosted app](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) in Cloudflare Access, defining an [Access Policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) which uses the action [Service Auth](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#service-auth) and the Selector _"Valid Certificate"_, or simply requiring an [IdP](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) authentication. You can also take advantage of extra requirements, such as the "Common Name" (CN), which expects the indicated hostname, and more [Selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors). Alternatively, one can also [extend ZTNA with external authorization and serverless computing](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/augment-access-with-serverless/).

## Demo

:::note
Make sure that you are not using any VPN that could interfere with the certificates or TLS decryption.
:::

With the Public and Private Client Certificates in the same directory, with this cURL command, we will gain access:

```sh
curl -IXGET --cert client.pem --key client-key.pem https://mtls-access.example.com/
```

```txt output
HTTP/2 200
server: cloudflare
```

Without the certificates, we would see the following:

```sh
curl -I https://mtls-access.example.com/mtls-test
```

```txt output
HTTP/2 401
server: cloudflare
```

---

# Types of mTLS implementation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-implementation/

There are different ways to implement mTLS authentication. The most common ones are:

## Option 1: mTLS Device Authentication

This version of mTLS is for device certificates, primarily focused on the number of IoT devices, not user devices.

Here we recommend using [mTLS with Application Security](/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-app-security/).

## Option 2: mTLS User Authentication

When a user wants to establish a secure connection with a server, they present their certificate to the server, which verifies its authenticity. Once the certificate is authenticated, an encrypted connection is established between the user and the server, and all data transmitted between them is encrypted to protect against interception by third parties.

mTLS user authentication is included with Cloudflare Access and depends on the number of users.

## Option 3: mTLS Service Authentication

The hostnames are used to look up the certificates and verify their authenticity. Once the connection is established, all data transmitted between the hosts is encrypted, ensuring that it cannot be intercepted and read by third parties. Here the main driver is the number of hostnames.

---

# mTLS with Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/mtls/mtls-workers/

:::note
Cloudflare Workers runs after the Cloudflare WAF and Cloudflare Access. Review the [Traffic Sequence](https://blog.cloudflare.com/traffic-sequence-which-product-runs-first/) visible on the Cloudflare dashboard.
:::

[mTLS for Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/) can be used for requests made to services that are [not proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records) on Cloudflare, or alternatively used to gain visibility into certificate details and optionally add your own programmatic logic for further checks or actions.

## Expose mTLS headers

All Client Certificate details can be found in the [tlsClientAuth](/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties) object in Cloudflare Workers.

Example Cloudflare Workers code to return all headers and gain visibility, including [Client Certificate headers](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/#cloudflare-workers):

```js
addEventListener('fetch', event => {
  event.respondWith(
    (async request => {
      const { tlsClientAuth = {} } = request.cf || {};
      const tlsHeaders = {
        'X-CERT-ISSUER-DN': tlsClientAuth.certIssuerDN,
        'X-CERT-SUBJECT-DN': tlsClientAuth.certSubjectDN,
        'X-CERT-ISSUER-DN-L': tlsClientAuth.certIssuerDNLegacy,
        'X-CERT-SUBJECT-DN-L': tlsClientAuth.certSubjectDNLegacy,
        'X-CERT-SERIAL': tlsClientAuth.certSerial,
        'X-CERT-FINGER': tlsClientAuth.certFingerprintSHA1,
        'X-CERT-VERIFY': tlsClientAuth.certVerify,
        'X-CERT-NOTBE': tlsClientAuth.certNotBefore,
        'X-CERT-NOTAF': tlsClientAuth.certNotAfter
      };

      const headers = Object.fromEntries(request.headers);
      return new Response(JSON.stringify({ ...headers, ...tlsHeaders }, null, 2), {
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }
      });
    })(event.request)
  );
});
```

The response when using the browser with a P12 Certificate to visit the mTLS hostname would look similar to this example:

![Example response after exposing an mTLS header with Cloudflare Workers](~/assets/images/learning-paths/mtls/expose-mtls-workers.png)

```txt
{
  "X-CERT-ISSUER-DN": "CN=Managed CA abcdefghijklmnopq123456789,OU=www.cloudflare.com,O=Cloudflare\\, Inc.,L=San Francisco,ST=California,C=US",
  "X-CERT-SUBJECT-DN": "CN=Cloudflare,C=US",
  "X-CERT-ISSUER-DN-L": "/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=Cloudflare, Inc./OU=www.cloudflare.com/CN=Managed CA abcdefghijklmnopq123456789",
  "X-CERT-SUBJECT-DN-L": "/C=US/CN=Cloudflare",
  "X-CERT-SERIAL": "37C52778E2F1820CC6342172A0E0ED33A4555F8B",
  "X-CERT-FINGER": "161e3a2089add0b2134ec43c9071f460e9f4b898",
  "X-CERT-NOTBE": "May 25 23:11:00 2024 GMT",
  "X-CERT-NOTAF": "May 23 23:11:00 2034 GMT"
}
```

:::note
The client certificate serial number is a unique identifier assigned to each certificate by the CA, ensuring that no two certificates issued by the same CA have the same serial number. This can be useful to track and monitor certificate usage or abuse.
:::

This approach can also be useful to handle additional checks and logic on the mTLS via the Cloudflare Workers.

---

# Create an account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/create-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-account" product="fundamentals" />

## Best practices

<Render file="create-account-best-practices" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Cloudflare account setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/

Before you can create your website, you will need to create and set up your Cloudflare account.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will:

- Sign up for an account with Cloudflare
- Verify your email address
- Log in to your Cloudflare account

---

# Verify email address

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/verify-email-address/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="verify-email-address" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Add a domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/domain-setup/add-domain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="add-site" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Add a domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/domain-setup/

Add your domain to Cloudflare to start receiving the benefits of the platform.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will:

- Add your domain as a new site to Cloudflare
- Update your nameservers 
- Minimize downtime for your site

---

# Minimize downtime

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/domain-setup/minimize-downtime/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="minimize-downtime" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Update your nameservers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/domain-setup/update-nameservers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="update-nameservers" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Connect your Git provider to Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/pages-setup/connect-git-pages/

Get started with Cloudflare Pages and deploy your first website to the Pages platform through Git integration.

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="get-started-git-connect-pages" product="pages" />

---

# Manage your site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/pages-setup/git-manage-site/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="get-started-git-manage-site" product="pages" />

---

# Configure your deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/pages-setup/git-configure-deployment/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="get-started-git-configure-deployment" product="pages" />

---

# Connect Git and Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/pages-setup/

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will:

- Connect your Git provider to Pages
- Configure the deployment for your site
- Learn how to manage your site

---

# Website themes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/personal-website/select-themes/

If you are new to modifying the look and feel of a website, you can find a variety of free website themes online.

For example, [Astro](https://astro.build/), used by Cloudflare's Developer Documentation, has a list of free and paid [themes](https://astro.build/themes/) you can use to customize your website.

---

# Customize Cloudflare security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/customize-security/

Another way of reducing origin traffic is customizing the Cloudflare WAF and other security features. The fewer malicious requests that reach your application, the fewer that could reach (and overwhelm) your origin.

To reduce incoming malicious requests, you could:

* Create [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) for protection based on specific aspects of incoming requests.
* Adjust DDoS rules to handle [false negatives and false positives](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/adjust-rules/).
* Build [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) to protect against specific patterns of requests.
* Enable [bot protection](/bots/get-started/) or set up [Bot Management for Enterprise](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) to protect against automated abuse.
* Explore [network-layer DDoS attack protection](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).
* Configure your zone's [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/) globally or selectively (depending on your needs).
* Review the rest of Cloudflare's [security options](/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/).

---

# Augment default analytics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/improve-analytics/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides analytics for [security events](/waf/analytics/security-events/), [traffic patterns](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/), and more according to the level of your zone's plan.

To augment these default analytics and gather more information about potential DDoS attacks, explore the following options.

## Restore visitor IP addresses

When traffic [proxied through Cloudflare](/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/proxy-dns-records/) reaches your origin server, it will come from Cloudflare's IP addresses.

If needed, you can [restore the original visitor's IP address](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/) so you can have that information in your server logs.

## Cloudflare Logs

Enterprise customers can set up [Logpush](/logs/about/) jobs to regularly send Cloudflare logs to the <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM system</GlossaryTooltip> of their choice.

This data can help when looking at long-term DDoS attack trends or when you need custom visualizations.

## Bot Management

For more detailed analytics about potential bot attacks, Enterprise customers can also purchase [Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/).

<Render file="bm-analytics-features" product="bots" />

---

# Optimize caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/optimize-caching/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The more content is cached, the fewer requests go back to your origin server (whether due to legitimate or illegitimate traffic).

<Render file="cache-optimization" />

---

# Advanced DDoS protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/

Learn how to customize and augment Cloudflare’s DDoS protection.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Audit DNS records to prevent accidental IP address exposures.
* Optimize caching and security to reduce incoming traffic (whether malicious or legitimate).
* Augment Cloudflare's default analytics to examine attacks in more detail.
* Evaluate different ways to restrict external connections to your origin server.

---

# Restrict external connections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/prevent-external-connections/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To fully secure your origin, you should limit or restrict external connections to your origin server. These suggestions vary in their level of completeness and complexity and depend on your application and origin setup.

## Application layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-application" />

## Transport Layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-transport" />

## Network Layer

<Render file="limit-external-connections-network" />

<Render file="ent-only-network-security" />

---

# Protect origin IP address

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/advanced/protect-origin-ip/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Though Cloudflare automatically hides your origin server IP address when you [proxy your DNS records](/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/proxy-dns-records/), there are other ways to discover an IP address.

To prevent attackers from discovering your origin's IP address, review the following suggestions.

## Rotate IP addresses

DNS records are in the public domain, meaning that - even though your IP addresses are hidden once you proxy your DNS records - someone could uncover historical records of your addresses.

For additional security, you could rotate the IP addresses of your origin server, which would also require [updating your DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) within Cloudflare.

## Review unproxied DNS records

Unproxied DNS records - also known as **DNS-only** records - can sometimes contain origin IP information, especially those used for FTP or SSH.

Review these records to make sure they do not contain origin IP information or use [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/) to proxy these records.

## Conceal unproxied DNS records

If you need to have **DNS-only** records that contain origin IP information, use non-standard names for these records. This action makes dictionary scans of your DNS less likely to expose your origin IP address.

For example, instead of `ftp.example.com`, you could use `827450184590183489.example.com` or `cloudflare-docs-are-great.example.com`.

## Evaluate mail infrastructure

<Render file="email-record-origin-ip" />

---

# Enable WAF

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/enable-waf/

Once you [proxy your DNS records](/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/proxy-dns-records/), you should enable rulesets for Cloudflare's [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/).

The available rulesets depend on your zone's plan, but all customers have access at least to the Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset, which provides mitigations against high and wide-impacting vulnerabilities.

For more details and potential customizations, refer to [Managed rulesets](/waf/managed-rules/).

---

# Baseline DDoS protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/

Get world-class DDoS protection with a few simple steps.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* List the built-in DDoS protection measures provided by Cloudflare.
* Implement a few, simple customizations to improve DDoS protection.
* Set up DDoS-related notifications.

---

# Proxy DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/proxy-dns-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The first - and often easiest - step of DDoS protection is making sure your DNS records are [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) through Cloudflare.

## How it works

<Render file="proxy-status-effects" product="fundamentals" />

## How it helps

### DDoS protection

When your traffic is proxied through Cloudflare, Cloudflare can automatically stop [DDoS attacks](/ddos-protection/about/) from ever reaching your application (and your origin server).

### Caching

Proxied traffic also benefits from the default optimizations of the Cloudflare [cache](/cache/). Cloudflare caches [certain types of resources](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions) automatically, which both speeds up your application's performance and reduces the overall number of requests.

### Hides origin IP address

Proxying your DNS records in Cloudflare also hides the IP address of your origin server (because requests to your application resolve to Cloudflare anycast IP addresses instead).

This obscurity makes it harder for someone to connect directly to your origin, which - by extension - also makes it harder to target your origin with a DDoS attack.

## How to do it

Before proxying your records, you should likely [allow Cloudflare IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/) at your origin to prevent requests from being blocked.

Then, [update your Cloudflare DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) so their **Proxy status** is **Proxied**.

![Proxy status affects how Cloudflare treats traffic intended for specific DNS records](~/assets/images/dns/proxy-status-screenshot.png)

---

# Set up alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/set-up-alerts/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Another part of preparing for DDoS attacks is knowing when your application is being attacked.

Cloudflare offers notifications for DDoS attacks, which you can set up on your account.

<Render file="create-notification" product="ddos-protection" />

---

# Update TLS versions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/baseline/tls-versions/

In some circumstances - specifically when an application allows client-initiated SSL/TLS renegotiation - previous versions of SSL/TLS can be more vulnerable to DDoS attacks.

When you use an SSL/TLS certificate issued by Cloudflare[^1], you can reduce the impact of this vulnerability by:

* Updating the [Minimum TLS Version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) accepted by your application.
* Allowing [TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/).

[^1]: Meaning either [Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) certificates.

## Additional resources

For more details on this vulnerability, refer to [Secure Server- and Client-Initiated SSL Renegotiation](https://crashtest-security.com/secure-client-initiated-ssl-renegotiation/).

---

# What is a DDoS attack?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/concepts/ddos-attacks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="ddos-definition-and-diagram" />

To understand this, imagine a candy store with only a few employees. Normally, the employees can handle a steady stream of customers coming in to buy candy. However, if a large crowd of kids rush in all at once, it would be chaos. The employees may struggle to keep up with the demand and the store could become disorganized and overwhelmed.

Similarly, a website's origin servers are designed to handle a certain amount of traffic at any given time, but a DDoS attack can cause an abnormally high amount of traffic to flood the servers all at once. This can cause the website to become unresponsive, leaving legitimate users unable to access the site.

DDoS attacks can be devastating for businesses and organizations that rely on their websites or online services to operate. It can lead to lost revenue, damage to reputation, and potential security risks if the attack is used as a cover for more nefarious activity.

## Additional resources

For more resources on DDoS attacks and how they work, refer to our [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/).

---

# How to prevent DDoS attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/concepts/ddos-prevention/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Since DDoS attacks target your web servers, the way to prevent them is to reduce requests reaching those servers.

```mermaid
flowchart TD;
    A[Malicious device]-->|Request to application|CDN;
    CDN -->|Sends remaining requests|Origin;
    subgraph CDN
        WAF
        Cache
    end
    A --Prevent external connections---x Origin
```

<br/>

Requests can come to your origin server in two ways, from your web application and from direct connections to the server itself.

***

## Reduce application requests to the origin

### Caching

A cache stores copies of frequently accessed resources (images, CSS files).

When a resource is cached - either on a user's browser or Content Delivery Network (CDN) server - requests for that resource do not have to go to your origin server. Instead, these resources are served directly by the cache.

<Render file="cache-basic-diagram" /> <br/>

In the context of DDoS attacks, caching reduces the number of requests going to your origin server, which makes it harder for your server to get overwhelmed by traffic.

### Web Application Firewall (WAF)

A Web Application Firewall (WAF) creates a shield between a web app and the Internet. This shield checks incoming web requests and filters undesired traffic to help mitigate many common attacks.

```mermaid
flowchart TD;
    User-->|Sends Request|WAF;
    WAF-->|Filters Request|Application;
    Application-->|Sends Request|OriginServer;
    OriginServer-->|Serves Content|Application;
    Application-->|Serves Content|User;
```

## Prevent external connections

Generally, your origin server should only accept requests coming from your web application.

This is a general best practice for security, but especially important in the context of DDoS attacks. Any traffic that bypasses your web application will also bypass any WAF or caching and has a stronger chance of overwhelming your origin.

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant DDoS_Protection_Service
  participant Origin_Server

  Client->>+DDoS_Protection_Service: Request
  Note right of DDoS_Protection_Service: Filtered traffic
  DDoS_Protection_Service->>+Origin_Server: Request
  Origin_Server-->>-DDoS_Protection_Service: Response
  DDoS_Protection_Service-->>Client: Response

  Client->>+Origin_Server: Direct connection
  Note over Origin_Server: Potential DDoS Attack
  Origin_Server-->>-Client: Error response
```

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/prevent-ddos-attacks/concepts/

Learn the concepts behind DDoS attacks and protection, whether you are using Cloudflare or another provider.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain what a DDoS attack is and how it could affect your application.
* List the common ways to prevent DDoS attacks.

---

# Gateway block page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/block-page/

import { Render } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can deliver actionable feedback to users when they are blocked by a Gateway policy. Custom block messages can reduce user confusion and decrease your IT ticket load.

There are two different ways to surface block messages:

- [Custom block page](#custom-block-page)
- [WARP client block notifications](#warp-client-block-notifications)

## Custom block page

You can display a custom block page in the browser when users are blocked by a Gateway DNS or HTTP policy. This is a static page that educates users on why they were blocked and how to contact IT.

The custom block page has a few drawbacks:

- To display the block page, you must install a [user-side certificate](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/enable-tls-decryption/#configure-user-side-certificates) on the end user device.
- You cannot customize the block message for individual DNS policies.
- The block page does not appear when users are blocked by a Gateway network policy.
- The custom block page only displays when the user loads a site in a browser. If, for instance, the user is allowed to visit a site but not allowed to upload a file, the file upload would fail silently and the user would not get a block page.

To work around these limitations, we recommend using [WARP client block notifications](#warp-client-block-notifications).

:::note

The Gateway custom block page is a different concept from [Access custom block pages](/cloudflare-one/applications/block-page/), which are used in conjunction with Cloudflare Access policies.
:::

### Enable the block page for DNS policies

For DNS policies, you will need to enable the block page on a per-policy basis.

<Render
	file="gateway/add-block-page"
	product="cloudflare-one"
	params={{
		firewallPolicyPath: "**Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **DNS**",
	}}
/>

### Customize the block page

<Render file="gateway/customize-block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

## WARP client block notifications

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

For more granular user feedback, you can enable WARP client block notifications on any Gateway DNS or Network _Block_ policy. Blocked users will receive an operating system notification from the WARP client with a custom message you set.

Client notifications provide additional functionality over the [custom block page](#custom-block-page):

- Client notifications work with network policies, which means you can surface feedback for all partial actions on user traffic including blocking a specific port, file upload, or protocol.

- Client notifications allow you to direct users to a unique link per individual policy. For example, you could link users to your organization's acceptable use policy, data protection policy, or any existing IT troubleshooting infrastructure. If no infrastructure for this exists within your organization, you can quickly deploy an HTML site on [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/), put the site behind a [Cloudflare Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), and provide dynamic feedback based on the identity and device posture values found in the user's [Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/).

---

# Create a list of IPs or domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/create-list/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/create-list" />

---

# Build secure access policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can apply granular security policies to all traffic proxied from the user device to your private network. Policies can key off of domain name, user identity, device posture, SNI, IP address, port, protocol, and other attributes. Building simple, well-structured policies is an important factor in having a secure organization with a manageable workflow.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Create Zero Trust policies to secure access to your private network.
* Enforce WARP client session timeouts.
* Display custom block messages.
* Discover Shadow IT within your private network.

---

# Secure your first application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/create-policy/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

To ensure holistic security precautions, we recommend securing each distinct private application with at least two policies:

- A [Gateway DNS policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) with the appropriate identity and device posture values, targeting the domain list that defines your application. Policy enforcement happens at the request resolution event, before the user’s device makes a connection request to the application itself; if denied here, no traffic will reach your private network.

- A [Gateway network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) with the same identity and device posture values as the DNS policy, targeting the IP list that defines your application. You can optionally include the domain list by matching the SNI header. Then, you can include any combinations of ports or protocols that are relevant for application access. Network policy enforcement happens after the user passes the DNS policy, when the user's device attempts to connect to the target application.

## Create a Gateway policy

To create a new policy, open [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.

## Example DNS policy

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Traffic Selector | Operator | Value                  |
| ---------------- | -------- | ---------------------- |
| Domain           | in list  | `Company Wiki domains` |

| Identity Selector | Operator      | Value            |
| ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| User email        | matches regex | `.*@example.com` |

| Action |
| ------ |
| Allow  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Company Wiki DNS policy",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "any": {
          "in": {
            "lhs": {
              "splat": "dns.domains"
            },
            "rhs": "$<DOMAIN_LIST_ID>"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "identity",
      "expression": {
        "matches": {
          "lhs": "identity.email",
          "rhs": ".*@example.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "action": "allow",
  "precedence": 13002,
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "Allow employees to access company wiki domains.",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Example network policy

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Traffic Selector | Operator | Value              |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------------ |
| Destination IP   | in list  | `Company Wiki IPs` |

| Identity Selector | Operator      | Value            |
| ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| User Email        | matches regex | `.*@example.com` |

| Action |
| ------ |
| Allow  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Company Wiki network policy",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "in": {
          "lhs": "net.dst.ip",
          "rhs": "$<IP_LIST_ID>"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "identity",
      "expression": {
        "matches": {
          "lhs": "identity.email",
          "rhs": ".*@example.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "action": "allow",
  "precedence": 13002,
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "Allow employees to access company wiki IPs.",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Catch-all policy

We recommend adding a catch-all policy to the bottom of your network policy list. An effective Zero Trust model should prioritize default-deny actions to avoid any overly permissive policy building. For example,

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Traffic Selector | Operator | Value                        | Logic |
| ---------------- | -------- | ---------------------------- | ----- |
| Destination IP   | in list  | `All private network ranges` | Or    |
| SNI Domain       | in list  | `All private apex domains`   |       |

| Action |
| ------ |
| Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Catch-all block policy",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "or": [
          {
            "in": {
              "lhs": "net.dst.ip",
              "rhs": "$<IP_LIST_ID>"
            }
          },
          {
            "any": {
              "in": {
                "lhs": {
                  "splat": "net.sni.domains"
                },
                "rhs": "$<DOMAIN_LIST_ID>"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "action": "block",
  "precedence": 14002,
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "Block access to private network.",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Network policies are evaluated in [top-down order](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence), so if a user does not match an explicitly defined policy for an application, they will be blocked.
To learn how multiple policies interact, refer to [Order of enforcement](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/).

:::note

It is not recommended to employ a default-deny model while testing. Instead, build your explicit application policies and [monitor your logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/) to determine if your policies are working as expected. If you do not see the policies triggering in your logs, you may need to tune your policies and review what kind of information (identity groups, device posture values, etc.) is being sent with your traffic.
:::

---

# Policy design

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/policy-design/

Most policy building for private network access happens within the Gateway DNS and Gateway Network policy builders. For the most part, customers use a mixture of DNS resolution, SNI hostname values, and IP address groupings as the baseline for defining policies that pertain to specific applications.

## Considerations

Before building your policies, it is helpful to ask yourself a few questions:

* Should all users and services be able to reach all connected subnets? Are there explicit exceptions?
* Do all applications live within a primary network range, and are they defined by static or dynamic hosts and IP addresses?
* Are there DevOps workflows that rely on completely ephemeral IPs or subdomains?
* Do you have sources of truth for identity and device posture that will be used in policies?
* Do you plan to immediately implement a default-deny model? In other words, will you block all users except for those who match an explicit Allow policy?

## Prepare to build policies

We recommend the following approach when planning your Zero Trust Network Access policies.

### 1. Determine your sources of truth

#### Identity

Determine which identity provider you will use as the source of truth for user email, user groups, and other [identity-based attributes](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/).

:::note

Ensure that the [identity provider is connected to Cloudflare](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/configure-idp/) and available to users in your [device enrollment permissions](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/device-enrollment-permissions/).
:::

If you plan to grant access to services based on group membership, [view the user registry](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/users/) and verify that the target users have that group value in their User Registry.

#### Device posture

Most customers will also build policies that are contingent on the use of a corporate device. For example, all users on corporate devices can access `*.jira.internal.com`, but users on personal devices can only access `dev.internal.jira.com`. In order for this to be effective, we recommend defining a source of truth for your corporate devices. This is sometimes the presence of a specific [issued certificate](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/client-certificate/), the presence of a [process with a matched hash](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/), or an API integration with a supported [thirty-party endpoint security provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/) like Crowdstrike or SentinelOne.

:::note

Be sure to [enable the device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) that you want to use in your policies.
:::

### 2. Define your networks

Almost all businesses have a series of interconnected networks, either physical or virtual. Prepare a list of all relevant networks, subnets, or segments within your network that users currently access, either locally or when using the VPN. For example,

| Network name | Location              | IP range     | Accessible by VPN? |
| ------------ | --------------------- | ------------ | ------------------ |
| Corporate DC | AWS US East - VA, USA | `10.0.0.0/8` | Yes                |

### 3. Define your applications

Next, prepare a list of all relevant internal applications on your networks that will have distinct policy requirements (for example, different user identity or device posture requirements). Each application should be defined by an IP list, a hostname/domain list, or sometimes both.

| Application name | Local IPs     | Hostnames           | Accessible via IP? | Static or dynamic IP? |
| ---------------- | ------------- | ------------------- | ------------------ | --------------------- |
| Company Wiki     | `10.128.0.10` | `wiki.internal.com` | Yes                | Static                |

For example, you may have an application at `a.internal.com` which points to a load balancer with a static IP address, balancing a series of dynamic hosts serving the application on `a.internal.com`. Because the IPs of the application hosts are dynamic, the best practice would be to build two policies: a network policy for the load balancer IP, and a DNS policy for the application hostnames.

On the other hand, if the IPs behind the load balancer are static or only semi-dynamic, it may make sense to directly use the application IPs in your network policy. You can build a workflow to update the application IP list via a Cloudflare API call whenever host changes are made in your infrastructure provider.

### 4. List existing policies

Gather any existing security policies or block lists that you wish to migrate from your VPN provider to Zero Trust.

:::note[Descaler program]

If you are an Enterprise organization migrating from Zscaler, you can use our [Descaler toolkit](https://blog.cloudflare.com/descaler-program/) to export policies from Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and import them into Cloudflare Gateway.
:::

---

# Session timeouts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/session-timeouts/

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Most legacy VPNs have a global timeout setting that requires end users to log in every X hours or resets VPN profiles at a certain frequency. By doing continuous identity evaluation, a Zero Trust security model eliminates the need for most of the user-interrupting workflows triggered by session timeouts. However, there can still be valid reasons to want users to reauthenticate, either on a recurring basis or to access specific, highly-sensitive or regulated internal services.

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## Configure WARP session timeout

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## Global timeouts

To set a global reauthentication event, similar to a global timeout on a traditional VPN, we recommend setting all of your Gateway Network Allow policies to the same baseline WARP session duration (typically between 3-7 days). This will ensure that whenever your user tries to access any application on the private network within that window, they will be forced to reauthenticate with your identity provider when they have not logged in for your chosen number of days.

If a specific application requires a more stringent reauthentication timeline, users accessing that application will not have to complete the baseline reauthentication event because they are already in compliance with the baseline policy.

:::note

A global timeout does not necessarily fit all customer needs. With the increased interrogation of traffic offered by ZTNA compared to traditional remote access, many customers choose not to use a global reauthentication event and instead only use reauthentication for specific applications. 
:::

### Common mistake

When configuring a global WARP session duration, a common mistake is to build a single policy that covers your entire private network range. An example would be an Allow policy that requires reauthentication every 7 days for all users with traffic to a destination IP in `10.0.0.0/8`. This type of global policy may result in a suboptimal user experience because an expired session blocks the user from the entire internal network (including private DNS functionality) instead of specific applications. If a user misses the one-time reauth notification, they may not know that they need to manually go into their WARP client settings to reauthenticate.

---

# Shadow IT discovery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/shadow-it/

[Shadow IT](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-shadow-it/) refers to the unsanctioned use of software, hardware, or other systems and services within an organization, often without the knowledge of that organization's information technology (IT) department.

After you have built your initial set of application policies and have users using Cloudflare Zero Trust as a replacement for your VPN, review your [Shadow IT discovery report](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/#private-network-origins) to determine what kind of services are seeing the most traffic on your network. In almost all cases, businesses very quickly find unknown, usually widely accessed resources. As you find new (and sometimes surprising) services within that list, modify your Gateway policies to allow or block these services.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/

Concepts explain the basic ideas behind how Cloudflare Zero Trust works.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how Cloudflare works.
* Describe the purpose of a VPN.
* Understand the benefits of switching to a Zero Trust architecture.

---

# What is a VPN?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/vpn-overview/

A virtual private network (VPN) is an Internet security service that allows users to access the Internet as though they were connected to a private network. This encrypts Internet communications and provides a strong degree of anonymity. Some of the most common reasons people use VPNs are to protect against snooping on public WiFi, to circumvent Internet censorship, or to connect to a business’s internal network for the purpose of remote work.

## Why use a VPN

Ordinarily, most Internet traffic is unencrypted and very public. When a user creates an Internet connection, such as visiting a website in a browser, the user’s device will connect to their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP will then connect to the Internet to find the appropriate web server to communicate with to fetch the request website.

Information about the user is exposed in every step of the website request. Since the user’s IP address is exposed throughout the process, the ISP and any other intermediary can keep logs of the user’s browsing habits. Additionally, the data flowing between the user’s device and the web server is unencrypted; this creates opportunities for malicious actors to spy on the data or perpetrate attacks on the user, such as an [on-path attack](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/on-path-attack/).

## How a VPN works

A user connecting to the Internet using a VPN service has a higher level of security and privacy.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: How a VPN works
subgraph Device
A(VPN client)
end
A<--Encrypted VPN tunnel-->B(VPN server)<-->C((Internet))
```

A VPN connection involves the following four steps:

1. The VPN client connects to the ISP using an encrypted connection.
2. The ISP connects the VPN client to the VPN server, maintaining the encrypted connection.
3. The VPN server decrypts the data from the user’s device and then connects to the Internet to access the web server in an unencrypted communication.
4. The VPN server creates an encrypted connection with the client, known as a VPN tunnel.

The VPN tunnel between the VPN client and VPN server passes through the ISP, but since all the data is encrypted, the ISP cannot see the user’s activity. The VPN server’s communications with the Internet are unencrypted, but the web servers will only log the IP address of the VPN server, which gives them no information about the user.

---

# What is Cloudflare?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/what-is-cloudflare/

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---

# Define device enrollment permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/device-enrollment-permissions/

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<Render file="zero-trust/device-enrollment-permissions" />

---

# Customize device profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/device-profiles/

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---

# Why should you replace your VPN?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/why-vpn/

Many organizations rely on VPNs to protect their data, but for many reasons, VPNs are often not ideal for defending against today's risks.

## Downsides of a VPN

VPNs invoke a perimeter-based security model (often called the [castle-and-moat model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/castle-and-moat-network-security/)), which grant users access to the entire internal network once they login to the VPN client. In castle-and-moat security, it is hard to obtain access from outside the network, but everyone inside the network is trusted by default. The problem with this approach is that once an attacker gains access to the network, they have free rein over everything inside. In the modern digital landscape, where users can access resources from various locations and devices, this concept of a fixed perimeter is no longer effective.

## ZTNA vs. VPNs

[Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) is the main technology that enables organizations to transition from a traditional VPN configuration to a more secure and modern approach.

**Insider threats** — ZTNA enhances security by assuming that threats may exist both inside and outside the network. Whereas a VPN implicitly trusts all logged-in users, ZTNA emphasizes the [principle of least privilege](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/principle-of-least-privilege/) and enforces continuous verification of user identity.

**Network security** — A ZTNA architecture reduces the blast radius of potential threats by facilitating network [micro-segmentation](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-microsegmentation/). Unlike VPNs, which grant users access to the entire corporate network, ZTNA only grants access to a specific application and denies access to all other resources by default.

**Performance** — ZTNA connects users to corporate networks via [the cloud](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cloud/what-is-the-cloud/) instead of via on-premise VPN servers. This enables users to connect from anywhere without experiencing performance degradation and integrates more easily with cloud-based infrastructure.

---

# Proxy traffic through Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/enable-proxy/

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## Enable the proxy

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Cloudflare will now proxy traffic from enrolled devices, except for the traffic excluded in your [split tunnel settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#3-route-private-network-ips-through-warp). For more information on how Gateway forwards traffic, refer to [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/).

---

# Enable TLS decryption (optional)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/enable-tls-decryption/

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[TLS decryption](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-https-inspection/) allows Cloudflare Gateway to inspect HTTPS requests to your private network applications.

## Should I enable TLS decryption?

With TLS decryption enabled, you will be able to apply advanced policies such as scanning for sensitive data, starting a remote browser isolation session, and filtering based on the complete URL and path of requests. These features can increase the security posture of sensitive systems, but TLS decryption can also break your users' access to certain resources. For instance, if your internal applications use self-signed certificates, you will need to either configure a [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) policy or an [Untrusted certificate _Pass through_](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#untrusted-certificates) policy to allow users to connect. To learn more, refer to [TLS decryption limitations](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#inspection-limitations).

With TLS decryption disabled, Gateway can only inspect unencrypted HTTP requests. However, you can still apply policies to HTTPS traffic based on user identity, device posture, IP, resolved domain, SNI, and other attributes that support a Zero Trust security implementation. Refer to the [Gateway HTTP policies documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) for more information.

## Enable TLS decryption

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Next, choose a [user-side certificate](#configure-user-side-certificates) to use for inspection.

## Configure user-side certificates

When you enable TLS decryption, Gateway will decrypt all traffic sent over HTTPS, apply your HTTP policies, and then re-encrypt the request with a certificate on the user device. You can either [install the certificate provided by Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) (default option) or [upload a custom root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) to Cloudflare (Enterprise-only option).

### Best practices

Deploying the Cloudflare root certificate is the simplest way to get started with TLS decryption and is usually appropriate for testing or proof of concept conditions.

If you already have a certificate that you use for other inspection or trust purposes, we recommend uploading your own root certificate for the following reasons:

- Using a single certificate streamlines IT management.
- If other services (such as `git` workflows, other CLI tools, or thick client applications) rely on an existing certificate store, presenting the same certificate in inspection is far less likely to interrupt their traffic flow.
- If you are using WARP Connector to connect devices to Cloudflare, those devices will not be able to leverage HTTP policies that require decrypting TLS unless they have a certificate that matches either your uploaded certificate or the Cloudflare root certificate. It is more likely that your network infrastructure already has your own device certificates deployed, so using the existing PKI infrastructure for inspection will reduce the number of steps needed to deploy Zero Trust.

:::note[MDM deployments]
Many customers [deploy WARP](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/) onto devices in production using an MDM tool like JAMF or InTune. Cloudflare has the ability to deploy a root certificate along with the device, but this could be more consistently and holistically configured within the MDM, where other certificates are presumably managed, trusted, and stored.
:::

---

# Configure the device agent

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/

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:::note


The following steps are identical to [Configure the device agent](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/) in the Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps implementation guide. If you have already completed Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps, you can skip ahead to [Connect user devices](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/).


:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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---

# Resolve private DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/private-dns/

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<Render file="zero-trust/private-dns" />

---

# Define Split Tunnel settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/split-tunnel-settings/

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## Configure Split Tunnels for private network access

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---

# Connect user devices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/

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Now that your device enrollment policies and WARP profiles are configured, you can begin deploying the WARP client to user devices for testing.

:::note
The following steps are identical to [Device on-ramps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/choose-on-ramp/#device-on-ramps) in the Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps implementation guide. If you have already completed Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps, you can skip ahead to [Build secure access policies](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/).
:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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---

# Download and install WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/install-agent/

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---

# MDM deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/mdm/

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---

# Verify device connectivity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/validate-traffic-in-gateway/

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## Best practices

Securing your organization with a Zero Trust Network Access solution usually happens in two phases: the first phase is establishing connectivity, and the second phase is building policies for distinct applications. We recommend verifying that all connectivity is working as expected before moving on to build complex security policies. This will reduce the amount of troubleshooting and challenges that arise from managing complex systems.

---

# Connect with cloudflared

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/cloudflared/

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Cloudflare Tunnel is an outbound-only daemon service that can run on nearly any host machine and proxies local traffic once validated from the Cloudflare network. User traffic initiated from the WARP endpoint client onramps to Cloudflare, passes down your Cloudflare Tunnel connections, and terminates automatically in your local network. Traffic reaching your internal applications or services will carry the local source IP address of the host machine running the `cloudflared` daemon.

## Create a tunnel

To connect your private network:

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9. In the **Private Networks** tab, enter the CIDR of your private network (for example, `10.0.0.0/8`).

10. Select **Save tunnel**.

All internal applications and services in this IP range are now connected to Cloudflare.

:::note

If the tunnel is disconnected:

* Ensure that your on-premise or cloud firewall allows egress traffic on the [required ports](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/#required-for-tunnel-operation).
* Ensure that the `cloudflared` host machine can connect to your internal applications and services. Verify that the host has the proper security group memberships and that no firewalls will block traffic between the host and the target services.


:::

## Best practices

* Segregate production and staging traffic among different Cloudflare tunnels.
* Add a [`cloudflared` replica](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) to another host machine for an additional point of availability.
* Distribute access to critical services (for example, private DNS, Active Directory, and other critical systems) across different tunnels for blast-radius reduction in the event of a server-side outage.
* [Enable notifications](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/notifications/) in the Cloudflare dashboard to monitor tunnel health.
* [Monitor performance metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/) to identify potential bottlenecks.
* [Update `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/) regularly.

---

# Choose a connection method

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/connection-methods/

There are [multiple ways](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/#connecting-networks) to onramp traffic from your private networks to Cloudflare. This page will focus on the two software-based methods that are commonly used for a VPN replacement use case: Cloudflare Tunnel via cloudflared and Cloudflare Tunnel via WARP Connector. Both of these methods involve installing lightweight software — either `cloudflared` or Cloudflare WARP — on a host machine in your network. The software creates a secure tunnel, called a Cloudflare Tunnel, to connect services and applications to Cloudflare’s global network.

## Cloudflare Tunnel via cloudflared

`cloudflared` is a daemon service that proxies traffic to internal applications or an entire private network. It only makes outbound connections, can be run on almost any infrastructure, and has a number of available options for server-side redundancy and steering.

## Cloudflare Tunnel via WARP Connector

WARP Connector is a more flexible and advanced option to connect your network traffic to Cloudflare. It operates a L3 proxy service on any Linux AMD64 machine that builds a Wireguard-encrypted tunnel to proxy traffic to Cloudflare. It is bidirectional and can be used to send traffic from user devices to your private network, to send traffic from your private networks to your user devices, or to proxy traffic between two or more private networks.

## Comparison table

|                                | cloudflared                | WARP Connector                  |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| High availability and failover | ✅                          | Coming soon                     |
| Bidirectional traffic          | ❌                          | ✅                               |
| Source IP of request           | `cloudflared` host machine | Virtual IP of requesting device |
| Host machine                   | Linux, macOS, Windows      | AMD Linux                       |
| IPv4                           | ✅                          | ✅                               |
| IPv6                           | ✅                          | ❌                               |
| OSI layer                      | L4                         | L3                              |
| Protocol                       | QUIC or HTTP/2             | WireGuard                       |

## Best practices

For VPN replacement and ZTNA use cases, [Cloudflared Tunnel via cloudflared](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/cloudflared/) is our primary and recommended network on-ramp.

There are times when WARP Connector may be used as a secondary on-ramp. Consider [deploying WARP Connector](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/warp-connector/) supplementally to deliver any sort of SIP or bidirectional connectivity relevant to your end users. This could include AD Group Policy updates, SCCM, SIP traffic, VoIP traffic, and any other bidirectional workflows such as DevOps pipeline updates.

---

# Connect your private network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/

This module covers how to connect your private network services and applications to Cloudflare. In many ways, this connection will replace the concept of a traditional VPN concentrator or headend device.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Create a Cloudflare Tunnel.
* Configure private network routes for your tunnel.
* Understand how to size and scale your tunnel.

---

# Manage overlapping IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/overlapping-ips/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="tunnel/virtual-networks-intro" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Example

This example illustrates best practices for managing overlapping subnets. For this example, assume that you are connecting two different private networks: a production VPC that uses the `10.0.0.0/8` space holistically and a staging VPC that uses the `10.0.1.0/24` space. These networks are served by Tunnel-A and Tunnel-B respectively.

The following table shows the default configuration without a virtual network assigned:

| Routes in Tunnel-A | Virtual network |
| ------------------ | --------------- |
| `10.0.0.0/8`       | default         |

| Routes in Tunnel-B | Virtual network |
| ------------------ | --------------- |
| `10.0.1.0/24`      | default         |

In the above configuration, all user traffic to `10.0.1.0/24` takes the most specific path and routes to the staging VPC (Tunnel-B). All other `10.0.0.0/8` traffic routes to the production VPC (Tunnel-A). Users would not be able to reach the `10.0.1.0/24` subnet for the network served by Tunnel-A.

To solve this problem, add a `10.0.1.0/24` route to Tunnel-A and assign it the `production` virtual network. Next, assign the `staging` virtual network to `10.0.1.0/24` in Tunnel-B.

| Routes in Tunnel-A | Virtual network |
| ------------------ | --------------- |
| `10.0.0.0/8`       | default         |
| `10.0.1.0/24`      | production      |

| Routes in Tunnel-B | Virtual network |
| ------------------ | --------------- |
| `10.0.1.0/24`      | staging         |

The user can now [toggle between the two virtual networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/#connect-to-a-virtual-network) in their WARP client, similar to the concept of switching VPN profiles in a VPN client. When a user selects `production`, they can connect to the entire `10.0.0.0/8` range served by Tunnel-A. When they select `staging`, they can connect to all of `10.0.0.0/8` in Tunnel-A except for `10.0.1.0/24`, which will be served by Tunnel-B.

## Set up virtual networks

For setup instructions, refer to [Create a virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/#create-a-virtual-network).

---

# Tunnel capacity for cloudflared

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/tunnel-capacity/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Now that you have a Cloudflare Tunnel up and running, evaluate whether `cloudflared` has enough system resources to handle the expected volume of requests from end users. <Render file="tunnel/tunnel-capacity-intro" product="cloudflare-one" />
If you have exhausted the ports on a single machine, you will need to add additional servers running `cloudflared`.

## Size the tunnel

To determine how many `cloudflared` host servers you need:

1. Start with our baseline recommendations: <Render file="tunnel/tunnel-capacity-baseline" product="cloudflare-one" />

2. After you have completed this learning path and have users actively engaging with the network, [calculate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/system-requirements/#calculate-your-tunnel-capacity) your actual tunnel usage.

3. Decide how much headroom you want to include and [resize the tunnel](#scale-the-tunnel) if needed.

## Scale the tunnel

There are two ways to scale Cloudflare Tunnel: you could either add additional replicas of the existing tunnel (Figure 1), or you could divide your network's IP space across multiple tunnels (Figure 2).

```mermaid
flowchart TB
accTitle: Figure 1: Multiple replicas of a tunnel that proxies all private networks.
subgraph replica1[my-tunnel]
  ip1[10.0.0.0/8 </br> 172.0.0.0/8 </br> 192.0.0.0/8]
end
subgraph replica2[my-tunnel]
  ip2[10.0.0.0/8 </br> 172.0.0.0/8 </br> 192.0.0.0/8]
end
subgraph replica3[my-tunnel]
  ip3[10.0.0.0/8 </br> 172.0.0.0/8 </br> 192.0.0.0/8]
end
replica1 <--> C((Cloudflare))
replica2 <--> C
replica3 <--> C
```

```mermaid
flowchart TB
accTitle: Figure 2: Multiple tunnels proxying different private networks.
subgraph tunnel-1
  ip1[10.0.0.0/8]
end
subgraph tunnel-2
  ip2[172.0.0.0/8]
end
subgraph tunnel-3
  ip3[192.0.0.0/8]
end
tunnel-1 <--> C((Cloudflare))
tunnel-2 <--> C
tunnel-3 <--> C
```

### When to add replicas

Adding additional [replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/#cloudflared-replicas) of an existing Cloudflare Tunnel (two is the baseline recommendation) should only be done to support additional traffic to the IP routes in the tunnel. Replicas should always be added in the same physical location as one another so that they can operate in a pooled mode. If you are considering adding a replica in a different geographic location, reevaluate the network proxy design for your Cloudflare Tunnel and refer to [When to add tunnels](#when-to-add-tunnels).

### When to add tunnels

#### Servers in different locations

Consider creating brand new tunnels when your network is dispersed across different geographic locations. For example, assume that the network represented by `10.0.0.0/8` is almost entirely contiguous in Eastern United States, with one non-overlapping exception for `10.0.50.0/24` served out of the Pacific Northwest. Rather than serve an additional replica from the Pacific Northwest, we recommend breaking out `10.0.50.0/24` into a separate Cloudflare Tunnel. Serve this new tunnel from a host machine near the Pacific Northwest with its own balanced replica implementation.

:::note

If you add the `10.0.50.0/24` range to a new tunnel without removing it from your existing `10.0.0.0/8` tunnel, Cloudflare will automatically default to the most specific path for user traffic. In other words, all traffic to `10.0.50/0/24` will flow through the newly created tunnel even though both tunnels technically include that route. 
:::

#### Servers in same location

Even if all routes in your network are served from the same physical location, it may eventually make sense from a control-plane redundancy perspective to split up the network into separate tunnels rather than add replicas.

For instance, if you proxy the ranges `10.0.0.0/8`, `172.0.0.0/8`, and `192.0.0.0/8` from a single tunnel with multiple replicas, you may reach a point of port exhaustion with respect to the traffic flowing through the multitude of networks. It may make sense to break out `10.0.0.0/8`, `172.0.0.0/8`, and `192.0.0.0/8` into their own independent tunnels, each with their own replica. Alternatively, you could find specific applications or functions (like DNS servers or other functions that generate a high volume of independent traffic) and break them out into standalone tunnels with properly rated throughput and replica volume.

---

# Connect with WARP Connector (optional)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/warp-connector/

WARP Connector uses the same underlying technology as our WARP endpoint client. The software is installed on a Linux server or virtual machine in your private network and requires you to make routing updates to machines or networks behind WARP Connector. WARP Connector supports bidirectional proxy of traffic: it can proxy traffic initiated from a user running WARP into a private network (same as `cloudflared`), but it can also enable traffic from a network to be on-ramped to Cloudflare for either public or private destinations. You can also use WARP Connector to create mesh network connectivity so that any device either running the WARP client, or behind a WARP Connector, can communicate using the CGNat virtual IP addresses assigned to each device.

For most customers, [`cloudflared`](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/cloudflared/) should be the primary connectivity method for end-users to connect to services in your private network.  WARP Connector is the preferred method for mesh or other software-defined networking — most of which require bidirectional connectivity — or when organizations do not want to make changes to their underlying network routing infrastructure.

## Set up WARP Connector

To connect your private network using WARP Connector, refer to [Set up WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/).

---

# Configure an identity provider

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/configure-idp/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/configure-idp" />

---

# Create a Cloudflare account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/create-cloudflare-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-cloudflare-account" />

---

# Create a Zero Trust organization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/create-zero-trust-org/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/create-zero-trust-org" />

---

# Get started with Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this learning path, you will learn how to replace your existing VPN provider with Cloudflare's ZTNA solution. Your users will run the WARP endpoint client on their devices, and you will run either Cloudflare Tunnel or Cloudflare WARP Connector in your network or on your application servers. After deploying Zero Trust, users will be able to connect to private resources (not exposed to the Internet) via TCP/UDP/ICMP, and administrators will be able to control access to these resources based on user identity, device posture, and other factors.

![How Cloudflare connects a user device to a private network application](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-10.svg)

This guide will highlight best practices to follow and other decisions to consider when planning your deployment. Additionally, each module will include links to the key resources and how-to pages needed to get your deployment up and running.

:::note

This learning path focuses on client-based remote access to internal services. If you are looking for clientless or Zero Trust Web Access functionality, refer to our [Deploy Zero Trust Web Access](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/) learning path.
:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the high-level architecture and requirements for a ZTNA deployment to replace a legacy VPN.

<Render file="zero-trust/initial-setup-objectives" />

---

# Prerequisites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/get-started/prerequisites/

To make the most of this learning path, make sure that you have the following:

* A device that can run [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/), Cloudflare's endpoint agent.
* A private network with applications or services that are available locally or via a VPN.
* A [host server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/system-requirements/#recommendations) on the private network that can run the lightweight Cloudflare Tunnel daemon process.
* (Optional) A [Linux host server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#linux) on the private network that can run the Cloudflare WARP Connector. This is only needed for server-initiated traffic flows such as Microsoft SCCM, Active Directory (AD) updates, and DevOps workflows that require server-initiated connections.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/troubleshooting/

Learn how to troubleshoot your ZTNA deployment.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Investigate why users cannot connect to private network applications behind Cloudflare Tunnel.
* Fix the most common causes of connectivity issues.

---

# Troubleshoot private networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/troubleshooting/troubleshoot-private-networks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="tunnel/troubleshoot-private-networks" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Create an allowlist or blocklist

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/create-list/

In the context of DNS filtering, a blocklist is a list of known harmful domains or IP addresses. An allowlist is a list of allowed domains or IP addresses, such as the domains of essential corporate applications.

Gateway supports creating [lists](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) of URLs, hostnames, or other entries to use in your policies.

## Example list policy

The following DNS policy will allow access to all approved corporate domains included in a list called **Corporate Domains**.

| Selector | Operator | Value               | Action |
| -------- | -------- | ------------------- | ------ |
| Domain   | in list  | *Corporate Domains* | Allow  |

---

# Create your first DNS policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/create-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

DNS policies determine how Gateway should handle a DNS request. When a user sends a DNS request, Gateway matches the request against your filters and either allows the query to resolve, blocks the query, or responds to the query with a different IP.

You can filter DNS traffic based on query or response parameters (such as domain, source IP, or geolocation). You can also filter by user identity if you connect your devices to Gateway with the [WARP client or Cloudflare One Agent](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/install-agent/).

<Render file="gateway/get-started/create-dns-policy" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Build DNS security policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/

DNS security is an important, wide-reaching, and early action in the lifecycle of a request. Cloudflare operates one of the world's largest and fastest public DNS resolvers. Your users' public DNS requests will be resolved by that same resolution engine -- whether they are connecting from a network pointing its resolvers to Cloudflare or an endpoint running the WARP client.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Create your first Gateway DNS policy.
* Build an allow or block list for use in firewall policies.
* Onboard networks to Gateway to filter DNS queries.

---

# Onboard DNS for a network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/onboard-dns/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The fastest way to start filtering DNS queries is to change your DNS resolver to use a specific Gateway endpoint. You can make this change at the browser, OS, or router level.

Choose this option if:

- You want to try out DNS filtering without installing software.
- You do not need to filter by user identity.
- You want to apply blanket DNS policies to all devices in a physical location, such as a retail store or office.

## Change DNS resolver in browser

To configure your browser to send traffic to Gateway:

1. Obtain your DNS over HTTPS (DoH) address:

   1. Go to **Gateway** > **DNS locations**.
   2. Select **Add a location**.
   3. Enter a name for the location.
   4. Turn on **Set as Default DNS Location**.
   5. Select **Add location**.
   6. Copy your **DNS over HTTPS** hostname: `https://<YOUR_DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`

2. Follow the configuration instructions for your browser:

   <Render file="gateway/doh-instructions" product="cloudflare-one" />

3. Verify that third-party firewall or TLS decryption software does not inspect or block traffic to the DoH endpoint: `https://<YOUR_DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`.

DNS filtering is now turned on for this browser.

To configure your router or OS, or to add additional DNS endpoints, refer to [DNS locations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/).

---

# Recommended DNS policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/recommended-dns-policies/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

We recommend you add the following DNS policies to build an Internet and SaaS app security strategy for your organization.


<Details header="All-DNS-Domain-Allowlist">

Allowlist any known domains and hostnames. With this policy, you ensure that your users can access your organization's domains even if the domains fall under a blocked category, such as **Newly Seen Domains** or **Login Screens**.

| Selector | Operator | Value           | Logic | Action |
| -------- | -------- | --------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain   | in list  | *Known Domains* | Or    | Allow  |
| Host     | in list  | *Known Domains* |       |        |


</Details>


<Details header="Quarantined-Users-DNS-Restricted-Access">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-restricted-users" />

| Selector         | Operator | Value               | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain           | in list  | *Known Domains*     | Or    | Block  |
| Host             | in list  | *Known Domains*     | And   |        |
| User Group Names | in       | *Quarantined Users* |       |        |


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-SecurityCategories-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-security-categories" />

<Render file="gateway/policies/block-security-categories" product="cloudflare-one" />


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-ContentCategories-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-content-categories" params={{ one: "DNS", two: "Security Risks" }} />


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-Application-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-application" />


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-GeoCountryIP-Blocklist">

Block websites hosted in countries categorized as high risk. The designation of such countries may result from your organization's users or through the implementation of regulations including [EAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries), [OFAC](https://orpa.princeton.edu/export-controls/sanctioned-countries), and [ITAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries).

| Selector                        | Operator | Value                                                                                                                                                           | Action |
| ------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Resolved Country IP Geolocation | in       | *Afghanistan*, *Belarus*, *Congo (Kinshasa)*, *Cuba*, *Iran*, *Iraq*, *Korea (North)*, *Myanmar*, *Russian Federation*, *Sudan*, *Syria*, *Ukraine*, *Zimbabwe* | Block  |


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-DomainTopLevel-Blocklist">

Block frequently misused top-level domains (TLDs) to reduce security risks, especially when there is no discernible advantage to be gained from allowing access. Similarly, restricting access to specific country-level TLDs may be necessary to comply with regulations such as [OFAC](https://orpa.princeton.edu/export-controls/sanctioned-countries) and [ITAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries).

| Selector | Operator      | Value                                                                                                    | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Domain   | matches regex | `[.](cn\|ru)$ or [.](rest\|hair\|top\|live\|cfd\|boats\|beauty\|mom\|skin\|okinawa)$ or [.](zip\|mobi)$` | Block  |


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-DomainPhishing-Blocklist">

Block misused domains to protect your users against sophisticated phishing attacks, such as domains that specifically target your organization. For example, the following policy blocks specific keywords associated with an organization or its authentication services (such as `okta`, `2fa`, `cloudflare` and `sso`) while still allowing access to known domains.

| Selector | Operator      | Value                                       | Logic | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain   | not in list   | *Known Domains*                             | And   | Block  |
| Domain   | matches regex | `.*okta.*\|.*cloudflare.*\|.*mfa.*\|.sso.*` |       |        |


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-ResolvedIP-Blocklist">

Block specific IP addresses that are malicious or pose a threat to your organization.

<Render file="zero-trust/threat-intelligence-automation" />

| Selector    | Operator | Value          | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | -------------- | ------ |
| Resolved IP | in list  | *IP Blocklist* | Block  |


</Details>


<Details header="All-DNS-DomainHost-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-domain-host" params={{ one: "DNS" }} />


</Details>

---

# Test a policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-dns-policies/test-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

It is common for a misconfigured Gateway policy to accidentally block traffic to benign sites. To ensure a smooth deployment, we recommend testing a simple policy before deploying DNS filtering to your organization.

## Test a policy in the browser

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.
2. Turn off all existing DNS policies.
3. Turn on any existing security policies or create a policy to block all security categories: <Render file="gateway/policies/block-security-categories" product="cloudflare-one" />
4. Ensure that your browser is not configured to use an alternate DNS resolver. For example, Chrome has a **Use secure DNS** setting that will cause the browser to send requests to 1.1.1.1 and bypass your DNS policies.
5. In the browser, go to `malware.testcategory.com`. Your browser will display:
   - The Gateway block page, if your device is connected through the WARP client in Gateway with WARP mode.
   - A generic error page, if your device is connected through another method, such as Gateway with DoH mode.

:::note

[Custom block pages](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/) require you to install a root certificate on the device.

:::

6. In **Logs** > **Gateway** > **DNS**, verify that you see the blocked domain.
7. Slowly turn on or add other policies to your configuration.
8. When testing against frequently-visited sites, you may need to [clear the DNS cache](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/test-dns-filtering/#clear-dns-cache) in your browser or OS. Otherwise, the DNS lookup will return the locally-cached IP address and bypass your DNS policies.

You have now validated DNS filtering on a test device.

---

# Egress IP best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-egress-policies/deploy-egress-ips/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

When you turn on dedicated egress IPs for your account, Cloudflare will automatically balance all of your user traffic between your IPs depending on a few factors, including your user's physical location and the location of the resource that they are currently requesting. For example, if you have egress IP locations in Amsterdam, London, and Washington, D.C. and have not configured any policies, Cloudflare will assign the following egress IPs to your users:

- Amsterdam egress IP to users near the Netherlands
- London egress IP to users near England
- Washington, D.C. egress IP to users in North America

Because of Cloudflare's network design, your users will still take the fastest possible route on the Cloudflare network to reach their destination. The addition of an egress IP will add minimal latency in most scenarios.

## Geographic distribution

Cloudflare recommends reserving distributed IPs in areas that most accurately match your users' physical locations. For example, if all of your users are in North America, you should consider a series of IPs in various North American data centers to ensure redundancy and performance for all of your users.

You should also reserve multiple egress IPs if you have locations that need explicit egress. For example, if you have users who need to egress out of London and cannot fall back to Dublin, you will need to deploy multiple IPs in various London locations to ensure redundancy. Separately, you would need to build a policy relevant to all users with this requirement to ensure all of their traffic egresses with one of your London egress IPs.

## Access allowlisted sources

One of the most common use cases for egress policies is to ensure a consistent egress IP for users accessing SaaS applications that may not support SAML (or vendor services that can only use IP-level controls). If given the option -- or if your business controls the application -- Cloudflare strongly recommends using [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to move from IP-level authentication to identity-aware authentication that uses continuous evaluation.

We recommend building baseline egress policies that can cover a majority of your use cases without making policy management overly complex. If all of your users need to access a series of applications that all require a specific egress IP, you should build a policy explicit to those users (or to all of your users) to ensure that all of their traffic egresses using those egress IPs. For example, you can define specific egress IPs for users with access to financial data:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value           | Egress method                       |
| ---------------- | -------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| User Group Email | in       | _Finance Users_ | Use dedicated Cloudflare egress IPs |

| Primary IPv4 address | IPv6 address    |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| `203.0.113.0`        | `2001:db8::/32` |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "egress",
  "description": "Define static egress for finance team",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "egress"
  ],
  "name": "Finance team static egress",
  "precedence": 0,
  "identity": "any(identity.groups.name[*] in {\"finance\"})",
  "rule_settings": {
    "egress": {
      "ipv4": <DEDICATED_IPV4_ADDRESS>,
      "ipv4_fallback": <SECONDARY_DEDICATED_IPV6_ADDRESS>,
      "ipv6": <DEDICATED_IPV6_ADDRESS>
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## User-selectable egress locations

You may have use cases in which specific groups of your users may need to change the location from which they egress. Cloudflare observes this frequently with quality assurance (QA) teams for applications or sites that need to test resources as if they are accessing from different, predetermined locales. You can manage this when necessary via an egress policy, but most Cloudflare users prefer to manage this without ongoing changes to the administrative panel and existing policies. To accommodate this, you can build virtual networks for use as selectors in egress policies. This will allow your users to change their attached virtual network and subsequently change their egress IP as they choose.

![Users can choose virtual networks to change their egress IP within the WARP client](~/assets/images/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/change-user-egress-warp.png)

For more information, refer to our [tutorial for user selectable egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/user-selectable-egress-ips/).

---

# Use egress policies to deliver consistent egress IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-egress-policies/egress-policies/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Egress policies allow you to determine whether your organization's traffic egresses via the default Cloudflare IP or via a [dedicated egress IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) assigned to your account.

To create a new egress policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Egress policies**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Name the policy.

4. Build a logical expression that defines the traffic you want to control egress for. For example, you can add a policy to configure all traffic destined for a thrid-party network to use a static source IP:

   <Render
   	file="gateway/policies/egress-destination-ip"
   	product="cloudflare-one"
   />

5. Select **Create policy**.

For more information, refer to [Egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/).

---

# Control traffic egress with source IP anchoring and allowlisting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-egress-policies/

Now that you have created firewall policies to secure your organization, you can begin creating egress policies to control what IP address your users egress to the Internet with.

:::note


The following module requires [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/), a feature only available on Enterprise plans. If you are not an Enterprise user, you can skip ahead to [Secure SaaS applications](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/).

For more information on egress policies, contact your account team.


:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand when your organization may need source IP anchoring.
* Create egress policies to make use of dedicated egress IPs.
* Follow best practices for deploying egress IPs.

---

# Source IP anchoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-egress-policies/source-ip-anchoring/

Source IP anchoring has become increasingly common recently as businesses begin to shift more traffic out of their office perimeter but still rely on their corporate IPs as a primary source of truth for trusted egress. Cloudflare understands the relevance of this model. Because subsequent backhauling and often single-threaded points of failure are inherent to static IP egress, Cloudflare offers several similar concepts that can help organizations transition from static IP egress to source IP anchoring. You can maintain your existing services, such as SaaS apps, while applying more granular and accurate control over access and data security.

The next section discusses best practices for migrating from managing backhauled user traffic in the context of IP allowlisting to delivering consistent security practices and IP consistency without sacrificing performance.

---

# Configure Browser Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/browser-isolation/

import { GlossaryDefinition, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare Browser Isolation" />

Browser Isolation provides unique and transparent protection for your users using methods that surpass the capabilities of a traditional secure web gateway. This section focuses primarily on Browser Isolation for external services, assuming that most traffic from a device or a network is being forwarded to Cloudflare. For other applications of Browser Isolation, refer to the [Zero Trust Web Access (ZTWA) learning path](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/).

As a note, Cloudflare's Browser Isolation technology was built to be used for 100% of your user's daily browsing. These recommendations do not suggest that you should limit or be cautious with your use of Browser Isolation, but instead help identify practical outcomes that balance technology with actualized security benefits.

## Get the most out of Browser Isolation

If your organization is interested in implementing Browser Isolation, there are a few methods that Cloudflare recommends exploring.

### Block copy, paste, and upload/download for shadow IT

As you have begun deploying Cloudflare Zero Trust, you may have started to visualize user traffic patterns using [Shadow IT Discovery](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/). This feature gives you visibility into detected SaaS applications that your users use. Administrators can categorize applications and services on the basis of proper organizational use. If you do not use Shadow IT Discovery and instead maintain a similar list manually or with other tools, you can port that data into a [Zero Trust list](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/create-list/), update it via the API, and achieve the same outcomes.

You can control potential risk and shape user behavior without applying heavy-handed block policies by applying policies to isolate user traffic to applications that match your defined categories. You can then set additional parameters in the policy, such as the ability to restrict copy/paste and upload/download. Users can still access information in the tools -- if not use the tools to a lesser extent -- while you minimize the risk of data loss.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.

2. In the **HTTP** tab, select **Add a policy**.

3. Name the policy.

4. In **Traffic**, add the following expression:

   | Selector | Operator | Value       | Action  |
   | -------- | -------- | ----------- | ------- |
   | Host     | in list  | _Shadow IT_ | Isolate |

5. In **Configure policy settings**, turn on the following options:

   - _Disable copy / paste_
   - _Disable file downloads_
   - _Disable file uploads_

6. Select **Create policy**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "isolate",
  "description": "Block copy, paste, and upload/download for shadow IT",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Block shadow IT interaction",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "http.request.host in <SHADOW_IT_LIST_UUID>",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "override_ips": null,
    "override_host": "",
    "l4override": null,
    "biso_admin_controls": {
      "dp": false,
      "dcp": true,
      "dd": true,
      "du": true,
      "dk": false,
      "dcr": false
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Isolate all "gray-listed" traffic

A common method for using Browser Isolation to protect against unknown or zero-day threats can dramatically enhance your security posture: Separate all HTTP traffic into known acceptable, known malicious, and unknown buckets. Once your sort your traffic, isolate everything in the unknown bucket.

You can accomplish this by creating the following policies:

- Explicit allow policies for all of your known applications and trusted websites using either Cloudflare application definitions or a list
- Explicit block policies for all security risks, known malicious traffic, and against-acceptable-use intentional denies
- A policy to isolate all other traffic in this middle

In this context, if some traffic is unknown to your organization, Cloudflare will isolate it by default. Cloudflare will also prevent any malicious code from being executed client side, with additional controls available.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

- Allow known applications and websites:

  | Selector | Operator | Value           | Action |
  | -------- | -------- | --------------- | ------ |
  | Domain   | in list  | _Known Domains_ | Allow  |

- Block security risks:

  | Selector       | Operator | Value                | Action |
  | -------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------ |
  | Security Risks | in       | _All Security Risks_ | Block  |

- Isolate all other traffic:

  | Selector | Operator      | Value | Action  |
  | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------- |
  | Host     | matches regex | `.*`  | Isolate |

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

```bash title="Allow known applications and websites"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "isolate",
  "description": "Allow known applications and websites",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Allow known apps and sites",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "http.request.domains in <TRUSTED_DOMAINS_LIST_UUID>",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "override_ips": null,
    "override_host": "",
    "l4override": null
  }
}'
```

```bash title="Block security risks"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "isolate",
  "description": "Block all security risks",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Block security risks",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "http.request.uri.security_category in {68 178 80 83 176 175 117 131 134 151 153}",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "override_ips": null,
    "override_host": "",
    "l4override": null
  }
}'
```

```bash title="Isolate all other traffic"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "isolate",
  "description": "Isolate all other traffic",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Isolate traffic",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "http.request.host matches \".*\"",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "override_ips": null,
    "override_host": "",
    "l4override": null
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Vendor-chain using link-based isolation

Many vendors that may exist within your security framework support URL manipulation. You can use URL manipulation as an on-ramp for Browser Isolation to add additional security controls.

For example, vendors like Zscaler and Proofpoint allow you to prepend links to URLs in a static or dynamic format. You can prepend the clientless isolation link generated for your Cloudflare account to derive additional security benefits for potentially risky clicks. This means that if you have traffic not sent through Cloudflare today (such as through another proxy), you can potentially prepend specific filtered requests with a link to automatically send the traffic to a Cloudflare isolated browser session without an endpoint agent installed.

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    %% Accessibility
    accTitle: Browser Isolation architecture
    accDescr: Flowchart describing the order of operations for user traffic for in-line Browser Isolation.

    %% User traffic
    user(["User goes to </br>risky.example.com"])--"Connects to"-->cloud[Third-party SWG cloud]

    %% Third-party SWG
    cloud-->warning[Third-party interstitial block or warning page]
    warning--"Appends Cloudflare subdomain"-->biso

    %% Browser Isolation
    subgraph cf [Cloudflare global network]
    biso[[Cloudflare Clientless Web Isolation]]
    inline(["Isolated browser"])
    biso--"User's browser goes to </br>customer.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/risky.example.com"-->inline
    end
```

---

# Create your first HTTP policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/create-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Now that you have considered which devices and applications TLS inspection should and should not apply to, it is time to create your first HTTP policy.

## Create your first policy

Use a standard naming convention when building all policies. Policy names should be unique across the Cloudflare account, follow the same structure, and be as descriptive as possible.

<Render
	file="gateway/get-started/create-http-policy"
	product="cloudflare-one"
/>

## Order your policies

In most scenarios, Gateway evaluates HTTP policies in [top-down order](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/order-of-enforcement/) (like DNS policies). Because Do Not Inspect action policies are terminal actions, we recommend grouping them in logical order above all of your other policies because they will always functionally fire first regardless of where they are placed.

Once the Do Not Inspect policies are ordered correctly, Allow policies should follow, and the Allow policy descriptions should include any special considerations for Allow actions (such as header IDs, certificate mismatch handling, and non-isolate traffic).

Next, list your isolate and block policies. There may be scenarios in which you want to intermingle your block policies within your other policy outcomes. That is an acceptable approach, but you will need to ensure that you do not have overly permissive allows or overly restrictive block policies that will cause unintended effects.

## Test your policies

Before instituting blocks or other actions that would impact your users, first measure impact by setting the policy as an Allow action. Monitor your users' actions and look in your logs, sorting by that explicit policy, to see what traffic actions matched against it. If the activity is exactly what you would expect for the policy, you are probably safe to implement it as its intended action.

If your policy matches unexpected traffic flows or destinations (such as unintended users or device groups), review your policy to ensure it is not overly permissive or restrictive. If the policy design looks correct, determine whether other policies are matching before the intended policy. You can review the [order of enforcement](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/order-of-enforcement/) for Gateway policies to ensure all of your policies are working together as intended.

---

# Build Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/data-loss-prevention/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

In order to use Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tools within Cloudflare Zero Trust, you first need to define your DLP profiles. [DLP profiles](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/) are complex objects with dictionaries, pre-built detections, and custom logic that you can reference as selectors within your Gateway policies.

## Configure a DLP profile

You may either use DLP profiles predefined by Cloudflare, or create your own custom profiles based on regular expressions (regex), predefined detection entries, and DLP datasets.

### Configure a predefined profile

<Render
	file="data-loss-prevention/predefined-profile"
	product="cloudflare-one"
/>

### Build a custom profile

<Render file="data-loss-prevention/custom-profile" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Build effective DLP profiles

For many Cloudflare users, Zero Trust is often one of the only measures for preventing the loss of sensitive data. For other users, Zero Trust may be the one of the early in-line measures of a complex Internet and SaaS app security strategy. No matter which model you most resemble, developing effective and appropriate DLP policies and practices starts with first-principles definitions.

### Define your sensitive data

#### Existing data patterns

If your organization is most concerned about general data patterns that fit existing classifications such as personal identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), financial information, or source code, we recommend using the [default predefined profiles](#configure-a-predefined-profile).

To help this better match the needs of your organization, you can also build a complex profile that matches data to both an existing library and a custom string detection or database. For example:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value                     | Logic | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| DLP Profile | in       | _Credentials and Secrets_ | Or    | Block  |
| DLP Profile | in       | _AWS Key Dataset_         |       |        |

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "block",
  "description": "Detect secrets and AWS keys",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Secrets and AWS keys",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "any(dlp.profiles[*] in <CREDENTIALS_DLP_PROFILE_UUID>) or any(dlp.profiles[*] in <AWS_DLP_PROFILE_UUID>)""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

#### Assorted data patterns

If your data patterns take many different forms and contexts, consider building a custom profile using one or multiple regexes.

:::note[Rust regular expressions]

Cloudflare implements regular expressions with Rust. Make sure you account for this difference when writing expressions or using regular expression builders and generative AI.

To validate your regex, use [Rustexp](https://rustexp.lpil.uk/).
:::

For example, you can use a custom expression to detect when your users share product SKUs in the format `CF1234-56789`:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. [Build a custom profile](#build-a-custom-profile) with the following custom entry:

   | Detection entry name | Value                   |
   | -------------------- | ----------------------- |
   | Product SKUs         | `CF[0-9]{1,4}-[0-9]{5}` |

2. Create an HTTP policy with the following expressions:

   | Selector    | Operator      | Value                        | Logic | Action |
   | ----------- | ------------- | ---------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
   | DLP Profile | in            | _Product SKUs_               | And   | Block  |
   | User Email  | matches regex | `[a-z0-9]{0,15}@example.com` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "block",
  "description": "Detect product SKUs shared by users in organization",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Detect product SKU leaks",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "any(dlp.profiles[*] in <SKU_DLP_PROFILE_UUID>)",
  "identity": "identity.email matches \"[a-z0-9]{0,15}@example.com\""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

#### DLP datasets

If your data is a distinct [dataset](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/datasets/) you have defined, you can build a profile by uploading a database to use in an Exact Data Match or Custom Wordlist function. Exact Data Match and Custom Wordlist feature some key differences:

|                     | Exact Data Match                                        | Custom Wordlist                                                    |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Encryption**      | Hashed and compared to encrypted traffic                | Stored as plaintext                                                |
| **Payload logging** | Matches redacted in logs                                | Matches appear in logs                                             |
| **Usage**           | PII (such as names, addresses, and credit card numbers) | Non-sensitive data (such as intellectual property and SKU numbers) |

We recommend using Exact Data Match for highly sensitive datasets and Custom Wordlists for lists of keywords.

As your datasets change and grow, we recommend building a pipeline to update the data source in Cloudflare Zero Trust. For more information, contact your account team.

#### Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) labels

If your data already contains Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) labeling schema, Cloudflare can detect those values in-transit automatically. To get started, connect your Microsoft 365 account with a [CASB integration](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/). Cloudflare will automatically pull in your existing MIP definitions into Zero Trust. You can then use the MIP definitions to build DLP profiles for use in Gateway policies.

For more information, refer to [Integration profiles](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/integration-profiles/).

## Build DLP policies

The best way to start applying data loss prevention to your traffic, minimize the chance of false positives, and collect actionable data is to start with the known knowns in your sensitive data policies. Rather than building policies to detect sensitive data like SSNs or financial information across all of your traffic, you should start by building policies that target both sensitive data types and destinations that are known data sources or points of high risk. These sources can be inside or outside your organization.

### Example

Many organizations want to detect and log financial information egressing from user devices to critical SaaS applications. To limit the risk of false positives and to filter out logging noise, Cloudflare recommends building your first series of policies to specify both target data and target destination. For example, you can block financial information from being sent to AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Gemini:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value                     | Logic | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| DLP Profile        | in       | _Financial Information_   | And   | Block  |
| Content Categories | in       | _Artificial Intelligence_ |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash title="Block financial information shared with AI"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "block",
  "description": "Prevent financial information from being shared with AI tools",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "name": "Block AI financial info",
  "precedence": 0,
  "traffic": "any(dlp.profiles[*] in <FINANCIAL_INFO_DLP_PROFILE_UUID>) and any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {184})"
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Once you have analyzed the flow and magnitude of data from the known sources, you can begin focusing on more specialized or explicit datasets for more generalized sources. You may want to allow sources that are known internal locations where sensitive data is intentionally transferred.

After developing a level of confidence from reviewing the logs and evaluating a rate of false positives for both types of policies, you can feel more confident in experimenting more broadly with data loss prevention policies.

---

# Build HTTP security policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/

After securing your organization's DNS queries and network level traffic, you can begin implementing advanced security controls for web traffic by inspecting HTTPS and taking actions based on the full URL or the body of HTTP requests.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand how and when to use TLS inspection to decrypt HTTPS traffic.
* Configure and enable Data Loss Prevention to protect your organization's sensitive data.
* Protect user endpoints with Browser Isolation.
* Add recommended HTTP security policies.

---

# Recommended HTTP policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/recommended-http-policies/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

We recommend you add the following HTTP policies to build an Internet and SaaS app security strategy for your organization.


<Details header="All-HTTP-Application-InspectBypass">

Bypass HTTP inspection for applications that use embedded certificates. This will help avoid any certificate pinning errors that may arise from an initial rollout.

<Render file="gateway/policies/do-not-inspect-applications" product="cloudflare-one" />


</Details>


<Details header="Android-HTTP-Application-InspectionBypass">

Bypass HTTPS inspection for Android applications (such as Google Drive) that use certificate pinning, which is incompatible with Gateway inspection.

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                             | Logic | Action         |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------- | ----- | -------------- |
| Application                  | in       | *Google Drive*                    | And   | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | *OS Version Android (OS version)* |       |                |


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-Domain-Inspection-Bypass">

Bypass HTTP inspection for a custom list of domains identified as incompatible with TLS inspection.

| Selector | Operator | Value                    | Logic | Action         |
| -------- | -------- | ------------------------ | ----- | -------------- |
| Domain   | in list  | *DomainInspectionBypass* | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Domain   | in list  | *Known Domains*          |       |                |


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-SecurityRisks-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-security-categories" />

| Selector       | Operator | Value                | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------ |
| Security Risks | in       | *All security risks* | Block  |


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-ContentCategories-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-content-categories" params={{ one: "HTTP", two: "Questionable Content, Security Risks, Miscellaneous, Adult Themes, Gambling" }} />


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-DomainHost-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-domain-host" params={{ one: "HTTP" }} />


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-Application-Blocklist">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-application" />


</Details>


<Details header="PrivilegedUsers-HTTP-Any-Isolate">

Isolate traffic for privileged users who regularly access critical systems or execute actions such as threat analysis and malware testing.

Security teams often need to perform threat analysis or malware testing that could trigger malware detection. Likewise, privileged users could be the target of attackers trying to gain access to critical systems.

| Selector         | Operator | Value              | Action  |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ------- |
| User Group Names | in       | *Privileged Users* | Isolate |


</Details>


<Details header="Quarantined-Users-HTTP-Restricted-Access">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-restricted-users" />

| Selector         | Operator    | Value                           | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP   | not in list | *Quarantined-Users-IPAllowlist* | And   | Block  |
| User Group Names | in          | *Quarantined Users*             |       |        |


</Details>


<Details header="All-HTTP-Domain-Isolate">

Isolate high risk domains or create a custom list of known risky domains to avoid data exfiltration or malware infection. Ideally, your incident response teams can update the blocklist with an [API automation](/security-center/intel-apis/) to provide real-time threat protection.

| Selector           | Operator | Value                              | Logic | Action  |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------- | ----- | ------- |
| Content Categories | in       | *New Domain*, *Newly Seen Domains* | Or    | Isolate |
| Domain             | in list  | *Domain Isolation*                 |       |         |


</Details>

---

# Use TLS inspection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-http-policies/tls-inspection/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

TLS inspection (also known as TLS decryption or HTTPS inspection) allows Cloudflare Gateway to perform deeper traffic analysis and take actions like scanning request bodies for sensitive data, upgrading to a remote browser isolation session, and redirecting based on the complete URL and path of requests.

TLS inspection is desirable for security policy involving users accessing sensitive systems, but it can also present challenges. Without TLS inspection turned on, policies can still use user identity, device posture, IP address, resolved domain, SNI, and a number of other attributes that support a Zero Trust security implementation.

Organizations are often hesitant to adopt TLS inspection practices due to concerns about interoperability with existing systems due to past experiences with legacy systems that conceptually worked in the same way. However, Cloudflare's approach to TLS inspection is capable, performant, modern, and above all, flexible. We understand that it is never possible to inspect absolutely all traffic — something will always break. Our recommendations keep this practical reality in mind.

## Get started

To decide why and how you should turn on TLS inspection, we recommend you start with the following steps:

### 1. Identify your goals

Cloudflare Zero Trust requires TLS inspection for most advanced security and <GlossaryTooltip term="Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP)" link="/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/">data loss prevention (DLP)</GlossaryTooltip> features.

Some security organizations choose to avoid TLS inspection due to concerns about user privacy and acceptable use. This is an important and sometimes complicated organization decision, but you can simplify it by establishing goals related to your security practices. Questions to consider:

- Is your organizational use of TLS inspection designed to protect from the "known" (such as sensitive data in corporate-sanctioned SaaS applications) or the "unknown" (such as users downloading or uploading files to brand-new blob storage buckets)?
- Do you intend to primarily block by domain or hostname or by building policies for complete URLs?
- Do you plan to scan the body of requests or files against DLP profiles or scan downloaded files with an antivirus or anti-malware engine?
- Do you intend to use inline <GlossaryTooltip term="Cloudflare Browser Isolation" link="/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/">Remote Browser Isolation</GlossaryTooltip> to take advantage of data security capabilities like copy/paste blocking, keyboard blocking, and print blocking?

If the answer to a majority of these questions is no and your organization relies mostly on hostname or DNS-based security controls, then you may not need to inspect most, if not all TLS traffic. Because Cloudflare operates both as a secure web gateway and as a secure DNS resolver for your connected users, you can apply policy control that may increase your security posture without the need to broadly inspect TLS traffic.

### 2. Turn on TLS inspection

To turn on TLS inspection for your Zero Trust organization:

<Render file="gateway/enable-tls-decryption" product="cloudflare-one" />

### 3. Determine the certificate used for inspection

TLS inspection requires a trusted private root certificate to be able to inspect and filter encrypted traffic. A [Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) is a simple and common solution that is usually appropriate for testing or proof-of-concept conditions when deployed to your devices. You can [generate a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#generate-a-cloudflare-root-certificate) in Zero Trust.

Alternatively, if you already have a root CA that you use for other inspection or trust applications, we recommend [using your own certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/). A few reasons for this include:

- Assuming the root certificate is already deployed on the relevant fleet of devices, using a single certificate streamlines your IT management.
- If external services like Git workflows or CLI tools rely on an existing certificate store, presenting the same certificate in inspection is far less likely to interrupt their traffic flow, although these are things that you may wish to exempt from inspection.
- If you are using [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/) or a [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) IPsec/GRE tunnel to on-ramp traffic to Cloudflare, devices behind those tunnels will not be able to use HTTP policies that require TLS inspection unless they have a certificate that matches your organization's certificate of choice. Your network infrastructure most likely already has your own device certificates deployed, so using your own existing public key infrastructure for inspection will simplify protection.

Once you generate a Cloudflare certificate or upload a custom certificate, you will need to set it as **Available** to deploy it across the Cloudflare network and as **In-Use** to use it for inspection. For more information, refer to [Activate a root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#activate-a-root-certificate).

### 4. Build a baseline Do Not Inspect policy

Do you want to inspect all traffic by default, or do you only want to inspect explicit destinations? We recommend that you build a Gateway list of applications and endpoints to exclude from inspection and add the list as an OR operator in addition to our existing Do Not Inspect application group. For example:

| Selector    | Operator | Value               | Logic | Action         |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------- | ----- | -------------- |
| Application | in       | _Do Not Inspect_    | Or    | Do Not Inspect |
| Host        | in list  | _Trusted Hostnames_ |       |                |

If your organization is newly adopting the security framework that requires TLS inspection, we recommend starting minimally. In fact, it may even be appropriate to choose to only explicitly inspect a predetermined list of hostnames, IPs, or specific user groups or device types and forego inspection for everything else during the initial deployment stage. Cloudflare has a unique and flexible approach to where and when you can deploy inspection, meaning it can be as limited and granular as your organization needs without impacting device routing tables or other memory-sensitive local constructs.

### 5. Build the necessary pass-through rules

You can build pass-through rules to accommodate any type of device or user group that should not be subject to inspection.

For example, if users are issued a corporate-managed iPhone with limited permissions, set an additional Do Not Inspect policy for all traffic matching the device posture value. That could include the OS type, OS version, or a list of serial numbers (updated via the API with hooks from your MDM tool) for those iPhones:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector              | Operator | Value                                   | Logic | Action         |
| --------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- | ----- | -------------- |
| Passed Device Posture | in       | _iOS 17 or higher (OS version)_         | And   | Do Not Inspect |
| Passed Device Posture | in       | _iPhone Serial Numbers (Serial number)_ |       |                |

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

1. Create a list of device serial numbers that you do not want to inspect.

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/lists \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "description": "The serial numbers for administrators",
     "items": [
       {
         "value": "8GE8721REF"
       }
     ],
     "name": "Admin Serial Numbers",
     "type": "SERIAL"
   }'
   ```

2. Create a Do Not Inspect policy that checks the device against the list of serial numbers.

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "name": "Do not inspect corporate devices",
     "conditions": [
       {
         "type": "device_posture",
         "expression": {
           "any": {
             "in": {
               "lhs": {
                 "splat": "device_posture.checks.passed"
               },
               "rhs": [
                 "{serial_number_list_uuid}"
               ]
             }
           }
         }
       }
     ],
     "action": "off",
     "precedence": 14002,
     "enabled": true,
     "filters": [
       "http"
     ]
   }'
   ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

If you filter your network-connected devices with Magic WAN tunnels, the WARP Connector, or other devices that do not have a Cloudflare certificate installed, you will need to accommodate by creating pass-through policies. For these devices, you should explicitly exempt TLS inspection for the source network IP range from which that traffic will be originating. For example:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value            | Action         |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------- | -------------- |
| Source Internal IP | in       | `203.0.113.0/24` | Do Not Inspect |

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Do not inspect corporate devices",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "in": {
          "lhs": "http.conn.internal_src_ip",
          "rhs": [
            {
              "cidr": "203.0.113.0/24"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Create your first network policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-network-policies/create-policy/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can control network-level traffic by filtering requests by selectors such as IP addresses and ports. You can also integrate network policies with an [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) to apply identity-based filtering.

<Render
	file="gateway/get-started/create-network-policy"
	product="cloudflare-one"
/>

---

# Build network security policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-network-policies/

After creating policies for security based on DNS resolution, we can layer in additional security controls with the Gateway network firewall, which operates at Layer 4 of the OSI model. The Gateway network firewall allows you to build specific policies to block users or services' ability to connect to endpoints at specific IPs or on specific ports. You can also use [Protocol Detection](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/protocol-detection/) to block proxying specific protocols.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

- Creat your first Gateway network policy.
- Add recommended network security policies.

---

# Recommended network policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/build-network-policies/recommended-network-policies/

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We recommend you add the following network policies to build an Internet and SaaS app security strategy for your organization.

For more information on building network policies, refer to [Network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/).

<Details header="Quarantined-Users-NET-Restricted-Access">

<Render file="zero-trust/blocklist-restricted-users" />

| Selector         | Operator    | Value                               | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP   | not in list | _Quarantined-Users-IPAllowlist_     | Or    | Block  |
| SNI              | not in list | _Quarantined-Users-HostAllowlist_   | Or    |        |
| Domain SNI       | not in list | _Quarantined-Users-DomainAllowlist_ | And   |        |
| User Group Names | in          | _Quarantined Users_                 |       |        |

</Details>

<Details header="Posture-Fail-NET-Restricted-Access">

Restrict access for devices where baseline posture checks have not passed. If posture checks are integrated with service providers such as Crowdstrike or Intune via the API, this policy dynamically blocks access for devices that do not meet predetermined security requirements.

| Selector                     | Operator    | Value                               | Logic | Action |
| ---------------------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP               | not in list | _Posture-Fail-IPAllowlist_          | Or    | Block  |
| SNI                          | not in list | _Posture-Fail-HostAllowlist_        | Or    |        |
| Domain SNI                   | not in list | _Posture-Fail-DomainAllowlist_      | And   |        |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in      | _Windows 10 or higher (OS version)_ |       |        |

You can add a number of WARP client device posture checks as needed, such as [Disk encryption](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/disk-encryption/) and [Domain joined](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/domain-joined/). For more information on device posture checks, refer to [Enforce device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/).

</Details>

<Details header="FinanceUsers-NET-HTTPS-FinanceServers (example)">

Allow HTTPS access for user groups. For example, the following policy gives finance users access to any known financial applications:

| Selector         | Operator | Value             | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP   | in list  | _Finance Servers_ | And   | Allow  |
| User Group Names | in       | _Finance Users_   |       |        |

</Details>

<Details header="All-NET-Internet-Blocklist">

Block traffic to destination IPs, <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)">SNIs</GlossaryTooltip>, and domain SNIs that are malicious or pose a threat to your organization.

<Render file="zero-trust/threat-intelligence-automation" />

| Selector       | Operator | Value              | Logic | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP | in list  | _IP Blocklist_     | Or    | Block  |
| SNI            | in list  | _Host Blocklist_   | Or    |        |
| Domain SNI     | in list  | _Domain Blocklist_ |       |        |

:::note
The **Detected Protocol** selector is only available for Enterprise users. For more information, refer to [Protocol detection](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/protocol-detection/).
:::

</Details>

<Details header="All-NET-SSH-Internet-Allowlist">

Allow SSH traffic to specific endpoints on the Internet for specific users. You can create a similar policy for other non-web endpoints that required access.

Optionally, you can include a selector to filter by source IP or IdP group.

| Selector          | Operator | Value               | Logic | Action |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP    | in list  | _SSHAllowList_      | Or    | Allow  |
| SNI               | in list  | _SSHAllowlistFQDN_  | And   |        |
| Detected Protocol | is       | _SSH_               | And   |        |
| User Group Names  | in       | _SSH-Allowed-Users_ |       |        |

</Details>

<Details header="All-NET-NO-HTTP-HTTPS-Internet-Deny">

Block all non-web traffic towards the Internet. By using the **Detected Protocol** selector, you will ensure alternative ports for HTTP and HTTPS are allowed.

| Selector          | Operator    | Value             | Logic | Action |
| ----------------- | ----------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP    | not in list | _InternalNetwork_ | And   | Block  |
| Detected Protocol | not in      | _HTTP_, _HTTP2_   |       |        |

</Details>

<Details header="All-NET-InternalNetwork-ImplicitDeny">

Implicitly deny all of your internal IP ranges included in a list. We recommend you place this policy at the [bottom of your policy list](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence) to ensure you explicitly approve traffic defined in the above policies.

| Selector       | Operator | Value                  | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | ---------------------- | ------ |
| Destination IP | in list  | _Internal Network IPs_ | Block  |

</Details>

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/

Learn the core concepts of using Cloudflare Zero Trust functionality to provide granular security policy for devices and networks accessing the Internet.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand what products and features Cloudflare offers.
* Describe how Cloudflare implements Internet traffic and SaaS app security.

---

# What security features does Cloudflare provide?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/security-concepts/

import { GlossaryDefinition } from "~/components";

Review concepts related to Cloudflare Internet traffic and SaaS app security.

## What is 1.1.1.1?

1.1.1.1 is Cloudflare's free, fast, and secure public DNS resolver.

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1/) and [1.1.1.1 documentation](/1.1.1.1/).

## What is a secure web gateway (SWG)?

A secure web gateway (SWG) is a cyber security product that protects company data and enforces security policies.

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare Gateway" />

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-secure-web-gateway/) and [Gateway documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

## What is HTTPS inspection?

HTTPS inspection (also known as TLS decryption) is the process of filtering traffic by decrypting traffic sent to or from your organization, inspecting it and applying policies, then re-encrypting the traffic as it ingresses or egresses.

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-https-inspection/) and [TLS decryption documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/).

## What is data loss prevention (DLP)?

Data loss prevention checks for sensitive data sent in uploads and downloads.

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP)" />

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-dlp/) and [DLP documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/).

## What is a cloud access security broker (CASB)?

A cloud access security broker protects cloud services from security threats.

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare CASB" />

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-casb/) and [CASB documentation](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/).

## What is browser isolation?

Browser isolation prevents users from interacting directly with malicious websites by rendering pages in an isolated browser offsite.

<GlossaryDefinition term="Cloudflare Browser Isolation" />

For more information, refer to the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-casb/) and [Browser Isolation documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/).

---

# Define device enrollment permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/device-enrollment-permissions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/device-enrollment-permissions" />

---

# Customize device profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/device-profiles/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/device-profiles" params={{ one: "to secure their organization", two: " " }} />

---

# Proxy traffic through Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/enable-proxy/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/enable-proxy-intro" />

## Enable the proxy

1. Go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. Enable **Proxy** for TCP.
3. (Recommended) To proxy all port `443` traffic, including internal DNS queries, select **UDP**.
4. (Optional) To scan file uploads and downloads for malware, [enable anti-virus scanning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/).

Cloudflare will now proxy traffic from enrolled devices, except for the traffic excluded in your [split tunnel settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#3-route-private-network-ips-through-warp). For more information on how Gateway forwards traffic, refer to [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/).

---

# Configure the device agent

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/

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<Render file="zero-trust/configure-device-agent-description" />

:::note


The following steps are identical to [Configure the device agent](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/) in the Replace your VPN implementation guide. If you have already completed Replace your VPN, you can skip ahead to [Determine when to use PAC files](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/pac-files/).


:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

<Render file="zero-trust/configure-device-agent-objectives" />

---

# Determine when to use PAC files

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/pac-files/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

:::note


Only available on Enterprise plans.


:::

Learn how and when to use PAC files instead of (or complementary to) endpoint agents.

## What are PAC files?

A <GlossaryTooltip term="PAC file">PAC file</GlossaryTooltip>, or proxy auto-configuration file, is like a tiny map that guides your web browser to websites. Instead of going straight to a website, a PAC file can forward your traffic through a proxy server first, protecting your device and filtering unwanted URL access. Cloudflare users use PAC files to filter Internet traffic when they do not want to install agents on devices or where agent installations are not supported.

Here is a quick overview of PAC files:

* **What they do**: PAC files contain JavaScript code that decides whether or not your browser should use a proxy. The code determines this for each website you visit.
* **How they work**: PAC files tell your browser to run a `FindProxyForURL()` function with the website address. This function analyzes the address and decides whether to send it directly to the browser or through a specified proxy server.
* **Why use them**: PAC files are handy for organizations or networks that want to control access to the Internet. PAC files can allow access to some websites directly while routing others through the proxy for filtering or security.
* **Benefits**: Managing a single PAC file saves time and effort compared to manually configuring proxy settings for each device. It also allows for flexible rules based on websites, time and date, and other factors.

Think of PAC files like a GPS: you are driving to a friend's house, but there is construction on the main road. Your GPS (the PAC file) suggests a detour through a side street (the proxy server) to get there faster.

### Use cases

Some use cases for PAC files include:

* **Versions of Windows before Windows 8/Windows Server 2012**: The WARP client does not support older versions of Windows, so PAC files provide a clientless solution to route traffic through Cloudflare to add security and filtering benefits.
* **Non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments**: PAC files can be especially valuable in non-persistent VDI environments where installing and saving user details for the WARP client is challenging. In these instances, PAC files ensure consistent access and security regardless of individual user sessions.
* **Backup in case of agent outage**: In case of an agent outage, PAC files can act as a backup that can be deployed quickly to minimize downtime and security risk.

## Where are PAC files hosted?

PAC files are usually hosted in a centralized location where all of the devices in your organization can reach and download the file. You can configure browsers with a PAC URL to retrieve the PAC file from the address. This typically occurs when your users open the browser. Many admins push PAC files to devices via deployment methods such as Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

## Create a PAC file

For detailed instructions on creating a PAC file, refer to [Enable Gateway proxy with PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/).

### Best practices

* Avoid complex logic and nested conditions, as they might slow down processing time.
* Place frequently accessed URLs and conditions at the top for faster processing.
* Test your PAC file logic on multiple devices before deployment with tools such as an [online proxy PAC file tester](https://thorsen.pm/proxyforurl).
* When users download a PAC file from a central location, the download must complete within 30 seconds or most browsers will time out.
* Requests must complete with an HTTP response code `200`.
* Requests must have an uncompressed body smaller than 1 MB (megabyte).
* Do not include standard HTTP caching within your PAC file. Cached contents can make PAC instructions outdated, and thus lead to bad HTTP routing.
* PAC files cannot be fetched through a proxy.

---

# Resolve private DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/private-dns/

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<Render file="zero-trust/private-dns" />

---

# Define Split Tunnel settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/split-tunnel-settings/

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<Render file="zero-trust/split-tunnel-settings" />

---

# Choose an on-ramp

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/choose-on-ramp/

import { GlossaryDefinition, GlossaryTooltip, Badge } from "~/components";

Similar to the network onboarding practices in the [Replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-private-network/) implementation guide, there are a number of ways to on-ramp your network traffic to the Cloudflare global network. This guide will quickly explore all of the options to on-ramp traffic to Cloudflare Gateway to inspect, apply policies, and filter.

:::note
The following steps are identical to [Connect user devices](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/connect-devices/) in the Replace your VPN implementation guide. If you have already completed Replace your VPN, you can skip ahead to [Network on-ramps](#network-on-ramps).
:::

## Device on-ramps

The most common way to protect and filter your end-user traffic is by using a device client. The standard Cloudflare device client supports a number of operating systems and deployment methodologies, but there can still be scenarios in which an alternative path makes sense.

### Zero Trust Client

Cloudflare WARP is the most common onramp to send user traffic to Gateway. It is a lightweight device client, which builds proxy tunnels using either Wireguard or MASQUE, and builds a DNS proxy using DNS-over-HTTPS. It supports all major operating systems, supports all common forms of endpoint management tooling, and has a robust series of management parameters and profiles to accurately scope the needs of a diverse user base. It has flexible operating modes and can control device traffic as a proxy, control device DNS traffic as a DNS proxy, or both. It is the most common method to send traffic from user devices to be filtered and decrypted by Cloudflare Gateway.

### PAC files (Enterprise only)

Cloudflare supports filtering HTTP/S traffic sent via a PAC file on a user device. PAC files configured to send traffic to Cloudflare target a domain specific to your account tenant, and receive and process all URL traffic for that device that fits the proxy profile. PAC files are most commonly used in scenarios in which the device client is not appropriate or cannot be installed -- specifically Windows pre-2008 and Windows Server 2012, and devices which cannot install client software at all.

### Clientless Browser Isolation

Cloudflare Browser Isolation runs a headless, Chromium-based browser for your users to accomplish their secure browsing needs. It can be activated via an Access application, a Gateway policy, or by using link-based isolation (reverse proxy). In this model, your users can connect from any device to a proxy website to browse the Internet while applying all your Gateway HTTP policies and inspection requirements.

|                                   | WARP                                 | PAC Files      | Clientless Browser Isolation          |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Supported OS                      | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android  | All desktop OS | All OS (with HTML5 compliant browser) |
| Configurable via MDM              | Yes                                  | Yes            | N/A                                   |
| Gateway policy types supported    | DNS, Network, HTTP, Resolver, Egress | HTTP           | HTTP, Resolver, Egress                |
| Identity-based policies supported | Yes                                  | No             | Yes                                   |

## Network on-ramps

The primary ways to source multi-device or network traffic to Cloudflare Gateway are via Magic WAN using GRE or IPsec tunnels, the [WARP Connector](#warp-connector) as a software-defined all-ports traffic proxy, or via upstream DNS for a whole network using [DNS filtering locations](#dns-filtering-locations).

### Magic WAN

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

[Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) is Cloudflare's offering most analogous to a traditional SD-WAN. Magic WAN is typically deployed via an IPsec or GRE tunnel terminating on customer devices (such as firewalls or routers), or via our Magic WAN Connector hardware device. You can also be deploy Magic WAN using [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) at private peering locations or some public cloud instances (where compatible).

Magic WAN on-ramps traffic via your connections and can send all network and HTTP traffic through Cloudflare Gateway for inspection.

For more information on how Magic WAN integrates with Zero Trust, refer to [Zero Trust integration](/magic-wan/zero-trust/).

### WARP Connector <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

[WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/), a software agent similar to our device client, functions as a virtual device to establish a connection between your network and the Cloudflare global network. You can install WARP Connector on a dedicated Linux server or virtual machine.

WARP Connector supports egressing traffic from your private network to the Internet as a gateway. This means it can allow traffic initiated from a network to be on-ramped to Cloudflare for either public or private destinations. You can use WARP Connector to establish a secure egress path for servers or users on a network which may not each be able to run the WARP client and still apply Gateway network and HTTP inspection policies. This connection is most analogous to proxy server connectivity or site-to-site VPN.

For more information on setting up Cloudflare Tunnel via WARP Connector, refer to [Set up WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/).

### DNS filtering locations

<GlossaryDefinition term="DNS location" />

The fastest way to start filtering DNS queries from a location is by changing the DNS resolvers at the router or updating the upstream resolution to Cloudflare DNS resolution endpoints. This can also be accomplished from individual devices, or an network or subnet which sets resolver IPs for clients via DHCP.

For more information on setting up DNS locations, refer to [Add locations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/).

|                                | Magic WAN             | WARP Connector        | DNS Locations |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------- | --------------------- | ------------- |
| Gateway policy types supported | Network, HTTP, Egress | Network, HTTP, Egress | DNS, Resolver |

---

# Connect devices and networks to Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/

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After setting up your Cloudflare account and Zero Trust organization, you can begin connecting your users' devices and networks to Cloudflare.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

<Render file="zero-trust/connect-devices-objectives" />

- Determine when and how to use PAC files.

---

# Download and install WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/install-agent/

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	}}
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---

# MDM deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/mdm/

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---

# Verify device connectivity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/connect-devices-networks/validate-traffic-in-gateway/

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## Best practices

Securing your organization with Zero Trust usually happens in two phases: the first phase is establishing connectivity, and the second phase is building policies for distinct applications. We recommend verifying that all connectivity is working as expected before moving on to build complex security policies. This will reduce the amount of troubleshooting and challenges that arise from managing complex systems.

---

# Configure an identity provider

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/initial-setup/configure-idp/

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---

# Create a Cloudflare account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/initial-setup/create-cloudflare-account/

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---

# Create a Zero Trust organization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/initial-setup/create-zero-trust-org/

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---

# Prerequisites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/initial-setup/prerequisites/

To make the most of securing your Internet traffic and SaaS apps, make sure that you have the following:

* A device that can run [WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/), Cloudflare's endpoint agent.
* (Optional) A [Linux host server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#linux) on the private network that can run the Cloudflare WARP Connector.

---

# Get started with Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/initial-setup/

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Start securing your users and networks with Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

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---

# Scan SaaS applications with Cloudflare CASB

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/configure-casb/

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:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

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Cloudflare's API-implemented CASB addresses the final, common security concern for administrators of SaaS applications or security organizations: How can I get insights into the existing configurations of my SaaS tools and proactively address issues before there is an incident? CASB integrates with a number of leading SaaS applications and surfaces instant security insights related to misconfiguration and potential for data loss. CASB also powers [risk score heuristics](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/) organized by severity.

For more information on Cloudflare CASB, including available SaaS integrations, refer to [Scan SaaS applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/).

## Manage CASB integrations

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### Integrate DLP policies

If you use both Cloudflare CASB and Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP), you can use DLP to discover if files stored in your SaaS application contain sensitive data. CASB integrations supported by DLP include:

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For more information, refer to [Scan SaaS applications with DLP](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/).

---

# Secure SaaS applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/

Now that you have deployed dedicated egress IPs and created egress policies to anchor your source IPs, you can integrate Cloudflare with your SSO provider and secure your SaaS applications.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Secure your SaaS applications by integrating them with Cloudflare CASB.
* Control access to your SSO front door.
* Layer multiple security methods for protecting SaaS apps.

---

# Layer security methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/layer-security/

Once you have decided on a model (or mixture of models) to secure front door access to your SaaS applications, you can address other common SaaS security areas of concern by layering multiple Cloudflare controls.

## Device posture controls for managed endpoints

You can control endpoint access to your SaaS applications with device posture controls via either [Access for SaaS](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/sso-front-door/) or [WARP enrollment settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/) in Zero Trust. Device posture can determine what constitutes a managed endpoint accessing a SaaS application.

You can also define what constitutes a healthy or semi-healthy managed endpoint and invoke step-up security policies based on potential security concerns. These controls are separate from the controls enacted for unmanaged endpoints.

## Inline security for unmanaged endpoints

For unmanaged endpoints, you can deliver selective inline security like upload/download controls, HTTP filtering, and data loss detection/prevention policies in SaaS applications without the need to install agents.
You can deliver inline security through Browser Isolation, but it requires a [front door control](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/sso-front-door/) (such as Access for SaaS) in order to be applied consistently.

## Browser Isolation

Cloudflare can deliver isolate SaaS apps in via either the WARP client or static links with Clientless Web Isolation.

### WARP client

When your users' devices are enrolled with the WARP client, Cloudflare will transparently isolate browser sessions. In other words, a user's browser will display `example.com`, but Cloudflare will isolate the traffic by rendering it in an isolated browser.

### Clientless Web Isolation

With [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/), Cloudflare will append a static link to the web address. For example, a user's browser going to `example.com` in an isolated session will display `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://www.example.com`.

When Browser Isolation isolates traffic, Cloudflare can apply the security stack of TLS decryption, HTTP inspection, network inspection, DNS filtering, and DLP policy evaluation to the traffic in the request body. This provides a solution for securing unmanaged endpoint access to sensitive systems and can potentially upgrade traffic from users or services that may have otherwise been deemed as risky. Any method for Browser Isolation attaches the user to your dedicated egress IP addresses so you can apply policies across each method of access consistently.

---

# SaaS security overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/saas-security-overview/

The concept of SaaS (software-as-a-service) security is top of mind for many security organizations but is not explicitly defined. When organizations approach Cloudflare for help securing their SaaS apps, it can mean a number of different things with a number of ideal outcomes. Cloudflare distills SaaS security into three key concepts:

1. Better protection for the front door of your SaaS applications with considerations for both managed and unmanaged endpoint access.
2. Assurances for the ability to apply inline security tooling. In other words, we ensure the ability to apply restrictions on file uploads/downloads, the ability to access administrative targets, and the application of policies to prevent or detect data loss. Managing distinct policies for hundreds (on average) of SaaS apps means inline security will always meaningfully drift.
3. Visibility and control for your critical SaaS applications whether or not users are actively engaging with them (also known as out-of-band). This concept becomes most critical when you have limited ability to apply inline policy using TLS inspection and other methods.

Cloudflare offers multiple solutions that achieve and sometimes overlap with all three of the defined concepts. Through combinations of Access for SaaS identity proxy, WARP with dedicated IP addresses, Browser Isolation, and CASB API, Cloudflare helps define and address any potential SaaS security goals.

---

# Single sign-on front door controls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/secure-saas-applications/sso-front-door/

[Access for SaaS](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/) functions as an identity proxy to add an additional authentication layer to your SaaS apps.

Access for SaaS integrates directly with your SaaS app using standard protocols (such as SAML) to become the primary enforcement point for user access. Access calls your identity provider (IdP) of choice and uses additional security signals about your users and devices to make policy decisions. Benefits of Access for SaaS include:

* A streamlined experience for users on both managed and unmanaged devices.
* Application of baseline policies requiring specific concepts such as device posture and endpoint control.
* Distinct access methodology for contractors.
* Flexibility to configure multiple SSO vendors simultaneously, freely switch between SSO vendors, and reduce reliance on a single vendor.

### SSO integrations

You can pair Access for SaaS with the [App Launcher](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) to provide a full replacement to your organization's front door.

:::note[SCIM provisioning limitation]


Access for SaaS supports SCIM passthrough in an API-only closed beta. If you require SCIM passthrough, contact your account team.


:::

## Configure your SSO provider

If you cannot use Access for SaaS for some or all of your SaaS apps, you can accomplish most of the same outcomes through a combination of strong security controls on your managed devices and your [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/) implementation. You can use your existing SSO provider to enforce a strong relationship between Cloudflare and your SaaS applications.

### Policies based on dedicated egress IPs

With [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/), you can set explicit egress locations globally and share these IPs with your SSO provider. With this Zero Trust security approach, your users must meet all of your Cloudflare requirements (such as being enrolled in WARP or Browser Isolation) when they authenticate to your SSO provider. Using your dedicated egress IPs as a control mechanism within your SSO means you can set policies on the basis of which users are subject to security policy and inspection because they are guaranteed to be proxied through Cloudflare.

### Generic IdP multi-factor authentication

Similar to the dedicated egress IP option, many IdPs support a generic multi-factor authentication (MFA) method. You can use your IdP's generic MFA in conjunction with Cloudflare security policies to make your second factor a Cloudflare Access policy. This policy can check all of the security signals available in Access for SaaS. This method delivers user traffic data to Cloudflare and ensures that users cannot access SaaS applications without first being subject to granular security policy.

---

# Create a list of IPs or domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/create-list/

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:::note[Create lists in advance]


Before moving on to create security policies, we recommend you create lists for your known domains, hosts, and IP addresses.


:::

---

# Understand and streamline policy creation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/

Before you begin building security policies, there are a few key details about Gateway to review.

The next few modules will cover the breadth of types of policies and actions that can be accomplished by sending traffic through the Cloudflare Gateway inspection engine. This implementation guide assumes that your goals are to block threat actors from using attack vectors on your user base (such as malware, complex phishing attempts, and credential theft), as well as detection and prevention of threats to your corporate data (data loss prevention). These security threats may take internal and external forms. Separately, we will detail building threat prevention that uses our Remote Browser Isolation technology to maximally reduce the theoretical attack surface for your users.

This guide will provide you with a baseline of recommended policies to build and address common questions about policy building and accomplishing explicit outcomes.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the order Gateway enforces policies for filtering traffic.
* Create reusable lists for Gateway policies.
* Subscribe to indicator feeds for advanced threat intelligence.

---

# Order of enforcement

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/order-of-enforcement/

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Gateway follows a specific order of enforcement as traffic travels through the Cloudflare global network to the Internet:

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# Use indicator feeds to improve security policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/understand-policies/indicator-feeds/

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When building DNS, network, or HTTP policies to block malicious activity for your organization, you can use external indicator feeds supplied by Cloudflare and other third-party providers.

## Subscribe to indicator feeds

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To subscribe to an indicator feed, contact your account team. For more information, refer to [Custom Indicator Feeds](/security-center/indicator-feeds/).

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/

Review the concepts behind Cloudflare's Email Security.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Explain how Cloudflare works.
* Describe what Email Security is. 
* Understand how Cloudflare prevents email-based phishing attacks.

---

# How Cloudflare prevents email-based phishing attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/prevent-phishing-attack/

Cloudflare Email Security uses a variety of factors to determine whether a given email message attachment, URL, or specific network traffic is part of a phishing campaign.

These small pattern assessments are dynamic in nature. Cloudflare's automated systems use a combination of factors to clearly distinguish between a valid phishing campaign and benign traffic.

Cloudflare's vast global network detects emergent campaign infrastructure and aggregates data for Cloudflare's proprietary analytics engine SPARSE.

SPARSE uses AI and ML models to make effective detections for all types of malicious emails, including Business Email Compromise (BEC). 

In a BEC attack, the attacker falsifies an email message to trick the victim into performing some action - most often transferring money to an account or location the attacker controls. 

To detect these low volume, malicious emails that do not contain malware, malicious links or email attachments, Cloudflare analyzes the email thread, content, sentiment and context via message lexical analysis, subject analysis and sender analysis. Display names are also compared with known executive names for similarity using several matching models. 

Refer to [How we detect phish](/email-security/reference/how-we-detect-phish/#sample-attack-types-and-detections) to learn more about additional attack types and detections.

---

# Protect your organization from phishing attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/protect-from-phishing-attacks/

In the early 2000s, Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) were introduced to deal with a growing need around the routing and filtering of email. While SEGs were successful at their mission for many years, their fundamental design has made it impossible for them to keep pace as phishing threats rapidly grow in scope and sophistication. 

Continuously updating manual rulesets and policies that were originally built for on-prem servers only inflates the amount of time and effort involved in maintaining a SEG. This has resulted in an increase in cost and complexity while still falling short of catching the most dangerous threats, such as business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

As organizations continue to adopt Microsoft 365 to enhance communication and collaboration for their hybrid workforce, it is crucial to take advantage of Microsoft's native security features while integrating complementary, machine learning-based solutions to automatically block and isolate the most dangerous threats. This strategy not only significantly reduces phishing risk, but also simplifies workflows, minimizing the time and effort needed for ongoing security management.

Analysts agree that consolidating capabilities to minimize overlapping functionality is helping organizations reduce cost and complexity. However, they also advise organizations to carefully assess native features to ensure they satisfy all use cases. As Microsoft continues to build out its essential email security features, the growing overlap with SEGs has given organizations an opportunity to streamline security operations by leveraging capabilities already included in their E3 or E5 license. 

This shift enables organizations to eliminate complex and costly SEG deployments, redirecting a fraction of that budget to integrate lightweight solutions that effectively address the most dangerous phishing threats. Cloudflare Email Security provides an integrated, low-touch solution that augments Microsoft 365 using machine learning threat analysis to automate the detection of BEC and multi-channel attacks.

---

# What is Cloudflare?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/what-is-cloudflare/

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# What is Email Security?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/what-is-email-security/

Despite email's importance as a communication method, security and privacy were not built into the [The Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) protocol](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/what-is-smtp/). As a result, email is a major attack vector. 

Email security is the process of preventing [email-based](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/what-is-email/) cyber attacks and unwanted communications. It spans protecting inboxes from takeover, protecting domains from [spoofing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-domain-spoofing/), stopping [phishing attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/phishing-attack/), preventing fraud, blocking [malware](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/malware/) delivery, and filtering [spam](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/email-security/how-to-stop-spam-emails/).

---

# What is a phishing attack?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/what-is-phishing-attack/

[Phishing](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/access-management/phishing-attack/) is an attempt to steal sensitive data, typically in the form of usernames, passwords, or other important account information. The phisher either uses the stolen information themselves (for instance, to take over the user's accounts with their password), or sells the stolen information.

Phishing attackers disguise themselves as a reputable source. With an enticing or seemingly urgent request, an attacker lures the victim into providing information, just as a person uses bait while fishing.

Phishing often takes place over email. Phishers either try to trick people into emailing information directly, or link to a webpage they control that is designed to look legitimate (for instance, a fake login page where the victim enters their password).

---

# Manage your active directory

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/active-directory-sync/

Directories are folders to store user data. Email Security allows you to manage directories from the Cloudflare dashboard.

To manage a Microsoft directory:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust ](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Directories**.
4. Under **Directory name**, select **MS directory**.
5. From here, you can manage **Groups** or **Users** directories.

Email Security allows you to view and manage your groups directory and their [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/). 
When a group is added to the registry, all members are registered by default.

To manage your group directory, on the **MS directory** page, select **Groups**.

To add a single group to the registry:

1. Select the group name you want to add.
2. Select the three dots > **Add to registry**.

To add multiple groups to the registry at once:

1. Select the group names you want to add to the registry.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list.
3. Select **Add to registry**.

In addition, Email Security allows you to:

- [Remove groups from the registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/manage-groups-directory/#remove-groups-from-registry).
- [Filter the impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/manage-groups-directory/#filter-impersonation-registry).
- [Manage users in your directory](/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/manage-users-directory/).

---

# Enable audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/audit-logs/

With Email Security, you can enable logs to review actions performed on your account.

To enable audit logs:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Analytics & Logs** > **Logpush**.
3. Select **Audit logs**.
4. Under **Configure logpush job**:
  - **Job name**: Enter the job name.
  - **If logs match**: Select Filtered logs:
      - **Field**: Choose `ResourceType`.
      - **Operator**: Choose `starts with`.
      - **Value**: Enter `email_security`.
5. Select **Submit**.

---

# Create allow policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/create-allow-policies/

Email Security allows you to configure allow policies. An allow policy exempts messages that match certain patterns from normal detection scanning. 

You can choose how Email Security will handle messages that match your criteria:

- **Trusted Sender**: Messages will bypass all [detections](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) and link following. Typically, it only applies to phishing simulations from vendors such as KnowBe4. Many emails contain links in them. Some of these could be links to surveys, phishing simulations and other trackable links. By marking a message as a Trusted Sender, Email Security will not scan any attachments from the sender and will not attempt to open the links in the emails. 
- **Exempt Recipient**: Messages will be exempt from all Email Security [detections](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) intended for recipients matching this pattern (email address or regular expression only). Typically, this only applies to submission mailboxes for user reporting to security.
- **Accept Sender**: Messages will exempt messages from the `SPAM`, `SPOOF`, and `BULK` [dispositions](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) (but not `MALICIOUS` or `SUSPICIOUS`). Commonly used for external domains and sources that send mail on behalf of your organization, such as marketing emails or internal tools.

## Configure allow policies

To configure allow policies:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**, then go to **Detection settings** > **Allow policies**.
4. On the **Detection settings** page, select **Add a policy**.
5. On the **Add an allow policy** page, enter the policy information:
    - **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, and **Uploading an allow policy**:
        - **Manual input**:
            - **Action**: Select one of the following to choose how Email Security will handle messages that match your criteria:
                - **Trust sender**: Messages will bypass all detections and link following.
                - **Exempt recipient**: Message to this recipient will bypass all detections.
                - **Accept sender**: Messages from this sender will be exempted from Spam, Spoof, and Bulk dispositions.
        - **Rule type**: Specify the scope of your policy. Choose one of the following:
            - **Email addresses**: Must be a valid email.
            - **IP addresses**: Can only be IPv4. IPv6 and CIDR are invalid entries.
            - **Domains**: Must be a valid domain.
            - **Regular expressions**: Must be valid Java expressions. Regular expressions are matched with fields related to the sender email address (envelope from, header from, reply-to), the originating IP address, and the server name for the email.
        - **(Recommended) Sender verification**: This option enforces DMARC, SPF, or DKIM authentication. If you choose to enable this option, Email Security will only honor policies that pass authentication.
            - **Notes**: Provide additional information about your allow policy.
    - **Uploading an allow policy**: Upload a file no larger than 150 KB. The file can only contain `Pattern`, `Notes`, `Verify Email`, `Trusted Sender`, `Exempt Recipient`, and `Acceptable Sender` fields. The first row must be a header row.
6. Select **Save**.

---

# Add user to the impersonation registry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/impersonation-registry/

Attackers often try to impersonate executives within an organization when sending malicious emails (with requests about banking information, trade secrets, and more), which is known as a [Business Email Compromise (BEC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/email-security/business-email-compromise-bec/) attack.

The impersonation registry protects against these attacks by looking for spoofs of known key users in an organization. Information about key users you either synced with your directory or entered manually in the dashboard is used by Email Security to run enhanced scan techniques and find these spoofed emails.

To add a user to the impersonation registry:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings** > **Impersonation registry**.
4. Select **Add a user**.
5. Select **Input method**: Choose between **Manual input**, **Upload manual list**, and **Select from existing directories**:
    - **Manual input**: Enter the following information:
        - **User info**: enter a valid **Display name**.
        - **User email**: Enter one of the following:
            - **Email address**: Enter all known email addresses, separated by a comma.
            - **Regular expressions**: Must be valid Java expressions.
    - **Upload manual list**: You can upload a file no larger than 150 KB containing all variables of potential emails. The file must contain `Display_Name` and `Email`, and the first row must be the header row.
    - **Select from existing directories**:
        - **Select directory**: Select your directory.
        - **Add users or groups**: Choose the users or groups you want to register.
6. Select **Save**.

For more information on how to edit and remove users, refer to [Impersonation Registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/#edit-users).

---

# Report phish

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/report-phish/

Before deploying Email Security to production, you will have to consider reporting any phishing attacks, evaluating which disposition to assign a specific message, and using different screen criteria to search through your inbox.

PhishNet is an add-in button that helps users to submit phish samples missed by Email Security detection. 

To set up PhishNet O365:

1. Log in to the Microsoft admin panel. Go to **Microsoft 365 admin center** > **Settings** > **Integrated Apps**.
2. Select **Upload custom apps**.
3. Choose **Provide link to manifest file** and paste the the following URL:

```txt
https://phishnet-o365.area1cloudflare-webapps.workers.dev?clientId=ODcxNDA0MjMyNDM3NTA4NjQwNDk1Mzc3MDIxNzE0OTcxNTg0Njk5NDEyOTE2NDU5ODQyNjU5NzYzNjYyNDQ3NjEwMzIxODEyMDk1NQ
```
4. Verify and complete the wizard.

---

# Configure Email Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/

With Email Security, there is limited manual configuration and tuning. The Active Directory sync, allow policies, and additional detections are important to consider when you set up Email Security. 

In this module, you will configure your email environment.

---

# Set additional detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/configure-email-security/set-additional-detections/

Email Security allows you to configure the following additional detections:

- [Domain age](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/#configure-domain-age)
- [Blank email detection](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/#configure-blank-email-detection)
- [Automated Clearing House (ACH)](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/#configure-ach-change-from-free-email-detection) change from free email detection.
- [HTML attachment email detection](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/additional-detections/#configure-html-attachment-email-detection)

To configure additional detections:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. On the Settings page, go to **Detection settings** > **Additional detections**, and select **Edit**.

## Configure domain age

The domain age is the time since the domain has been registered.

To configure a domain age:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page:
    - Select **Malicious domain age**: Controls the threshold for a malicious disposition. Maximum of 100 days.
    - Select **Suspicious domain age**: Controls the threshold for a suspicious disposition. Maximum of 100 days.
2. Select **Save**.

## Configure blank email detection

Blank email detection detects emails with blank bodies and assigns a default disposition. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as dispositions.

To enable blank email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **Blank email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

## Configure ACH change from free email detection

[Automated Clearing House (ACH)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated_clearing_house) is a banking term related to direct deposits. ACH change from free email detection detects payroll inquiries or change requests from free email domains and assigns a default disposition. You can choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious** as dispositions.

To enable ACH change from free email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **ACH change from free email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

## Configure HTML Attachment Email Detection

HTML attachment email detection detects HTM and HTML attachments in emails and assigns a default disposition.

To enable HTML attachment email detection:

1. On the **Edit additional detections** page, enable **HTML attachment email detection**.
2. Choose between **Malicious** and **Suspicious**.
3. Select **Save**.

---

# Configure auto-moves

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/enable-auto-moves/configure-auto-moves/

To configure auto-move events:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Settings**.
4. Select **Moves**.
5. Under **Auto-moves**, select **Configure**.
6. Assign actions based on malicious, spoof, suspicious, spam, and bulk dispositions. Select among:
    - **Soft delete - user recoverable**: Moves the message to the user's **Recoverable Items - Deleted** folder. Messages can be recovered by the user.
    - **Hard delete - admin recoverable**: Completely deletes messages from a user's inbox.
    - **Move to trash**: Moves messages to the trash or deleted items email folder.
    - **Move to junk**: Moves the message to the junk or spam folder.
    - **No action**: Messages stay in the origin folder.
7. Select **Post-delivery** moves:
    - **(Recommended) Post-delivery response**: Enabling this option allows Email Security to rescan delivered emails at multiple time intervals for previously unknown phishing sites or campaigns.
    - **(Recommended) Phish submission response**: Enabling this option allows Email Security to move emails that your users reported as phishing and Email Security determined to be malicious.
8. Select **Save**.

---

# Email dispositions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/enable-auto-moves/email-dispositions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Email Security returns five potential verdicts for every email it scans. Review the detections and consider how you would treat them once an auto-move is enabled. Below is an overview of the disposition and recommendation actions by Cloudflare:

<Render file="zero-trust/email-dispositions" />

---

# Enable auto-moves

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/enable-auto-moves/

Now that you have set up your email environment, you can enable auto-move events.

:::caution
Ensure you have completed the previous modules before enabling auto-moves.
:::

Auto-move events are events where emails are automatically moved to different inboxes based on the disposition assigned to them by Email Security.

When you set up auto-moves, you can move messages manually or set up automatic moves to send messages matching certain [dispositions](/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/enable-auto-moves/email-dispositions/) to specific folders within a user's mailbox. 

You can also enable Post Delivery Response and Phish Submission Response to re-evaluate messages previously delivered against new information gathered by Email Security. Scanned emails that were previously delivered and now match this new phishing information will be moved.

---

# Create an Email Security account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/create-email-security-account/

To create your Email Security account, you will need the alphanumeric string on the URL when logged in to the Cloudflare dashboard.

If you do not have a Cloudflare account, you can create one for free by referring to the [Cloudflare sign-up page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up).

Once you have created your account, your account team will create an Email Security account for you. 

To establish your tenant, you will need the following information:

- Average monthly inbound message volume
- Number of active email users
- At least one domain
- Admin email address

---

# Get started with Email Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/

In this learning path, you will learn how to protect your organization from phishing attacks with Email Security. 

Your users will experience a reduction in spam and phishing emails, and have simple ways to report any suspicious activity. 

Administrators will be able to review detections and phishing trends that target their organization without having to tune Email Security. 

This module will kickstart your email flow.

---

# Deployment models

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/deployment-models/

While there are multiple deployment methods, the easiest way to get started with Email Security is via the API deployment method.

When you choose the [API deployment](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/), Email Security can both scan and take actions on emails after they have reached a user's inbox. 

With a [Journaling setup](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/office365-journaling/) alone without API integration, Email Security can only scan emails after it has reached a user's inbox.

---

# Initial login

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/initial-login/

Once your tenant is created by your account team, you will receive an email that grants you access to the Email Security platform. 

Multi-factor authentication is required, so you will need an authenticator tool to set up your second factor prior to gaining access. Scan the QR code, set up your second factor, create a new password, and enter the Email Security portal.

---

# Prerequisites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/prerequisites/

To make the most of this learning path, make sure you have access to Microsoft 365.

---

# Recommended deployment model

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/recommended-deployment-model/

An API deployment model with Email Security has multiple benefits for Microsoft 365 Customers. 

The API deployment with Email Security offers: 

- Easy protection for complex email architectures, without requiring any change to mail flow operations.
- Agentless deployment for Microsoft 365.
- Office 365 directory integration to retrieve user and group information and prevent user impersonation.

![Microsoft 365 API deployment diagram](~/assets/images/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/ms365-api-deployment.png)

---

# Set up Microsoft Graph API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/get-started/setup-ms-graph-api/

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Monitoring**.
4. Enable **Microsoft Integration**:
    1. **Name integration**: Add your integration name, then select **Continue**.
    2. **Authorize integration**:
        - Select **Authorize**. Selecting **Authorize** will take you to the Microsoft Sign in page where you will have to enter your email address.
        - Once you enter your email address, select **Next**.
        - After selecting **Next**, the system will show a dialog box with a list of requested permissions. Select **Accept** to authorize Email Security. Upon authorization, you will be redirected to a page where you can review details and enroll integration.
    3. **Review details**: Review your integration details, then:
        - Select **Complete Email Security set up** where you will be able to connect your domains and configure auto-moves.
        - Select **Continue to Email Security**.

---

# Monitor your email activity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/monitor-your-inbox/

To access an overview of your account, the total number of emails processed, a breakdown of types of threads detected, and other useful information:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust.](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/)
2. Select **Email Security**.

Under **Email Security**, select **Monitoring**.

The dashboard will display the following metrics:

- Email activity
- [Disposition evaluation](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/)
- Detection details
- [Impersonations](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/)
- [Phish submissions](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/)
- [Auto-move events](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/)
- [Detection settings metrics](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/)

Email activity aggregates statistics about emails scanned and dispositions assigned (the number of email flagged due to a detection) within a given timeframe.

To view the live number of email scanned and dispositions scanned, enable **Live mode**.

---

# Monitor detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/monitor-your-inbox/monitor-detections/

Spam and Malicious emails are blocked outright by Email Security, but Suspicious and Spoof dispositions should be monitored. Suspicious messages should be investigated by a security analyst to determine the legitimacy of the message. 

[PhishGuard](/cloudflare-one/email-security/phish-guard/) (Cloudflare's managed email security service) can review these messages for you and move them from the end user inbox if they are deemed malicious. 

Messages that receive a Spoof disposition should be investigated because it signals that the traffic is either non-compliant with your email authentication process [SPF](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-spf-record/), [DKIM](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dkim-record/), [DMARC](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-dmarc-record/), or has a mismatching Envelope From and Header From value.  

In most cases, a Spoof disposition is triggered by a legitimate third-party mail service. If you determine that the Spoofed email is a legitimate business use case, you can either:

- Update your email authentication records.
- Add an acceptable sender [allow policy](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/allow-policies/) to exempt messages from the Spam, Spoof, or Bulk disposition, but not Malicious or Suspicious, so the content of the message can still be monitored. 

## Search email messages

Email Security offers a variety of ways for you to better examine and understand your message traffic:

You can search for emails that have been processed by Email Security, whether they are marked with a [detection disposition](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) or not.

There are three ways for searching emails:

- Popular screen: A popular screen allows you to view messages based on common pre-defined criteria.
- Regular screen: A regular screen allows you to investigate your inbox by inserting a term to screen across all criteria.
- Advanced screen: The advanced screen criteria gives you the option to narrow message results based on specific criteria. The advanced screen has several options (such as keywords, subject keywords, sender domain, and more) to scan your inbox.

Additional information on search can be found on the [Screen criteria](/email-security/reporting/search/) documentation.

### Export messages

With Email Security, you can export messages to a CSV file. Via the dashboard, you can export up to 1,000 rows. If you want to export all messages, you can use the [API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/email_security/subresources/investigate/methods/get/).

---

# Phish submissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/monitor-your-inbox/phish-submissions/

While Email Security offers industry leading detection efficacy due to Cloudflare's Threat Intelligence, Preemptive Threat Hunting (actor and campaign infrastructure hunting with 8B, plus campaign threat signals assessed every day) and ML-Based Detection Models (Trust Graphs Computer Vision, Sentiment/Thread/Structural Analysis, Industry/Natural Language Understanding Modeling) false negatives and false positive can occur. 

There are two different ways to [submit a phish](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/) sample:

- User submission:
    - Submitted directly by the end user, and used with phish submission buttons. To learn more about user-submitted phish, refer to [PhishNet for Microsoft O365](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/phish-submissions/#phishnet-o365).
    - User submissions can create another challenge for your organization. While it is important for end users to be vigilant and report what they believe may be a phishing email, they are often wrong. About 90% of the time, when an end user reports a missed phishing email, they are mistaken. This puts an extra burden on busy security teams as they sift through end user reports. The PhishGuard team at Cloudflare can solve this problem for your organization by reviewing end user submissions for you.
- Admin submission: 
    - To be used when IT administrators or security teams submit to Email Security. Submit original phish samples as an attachment in EML format to the appropriate team submission address. 
    - Within the Email Security dashboard, Phish submissions will allow you to have a full understanding of what reclassification has been made and what the outcomes of those submissions are.

---

# Introduction to Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/concepts/cloudflare-intro/

[Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/what-is-cloudflare/) is a global network of [servers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/edge-server/). It is one of the largest [networks](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) on the Internet.

Cloudflare's product offering is composed of [SASE and SSE services](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/), [application](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/) and [infrastructure services](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/), and [Developer Platform](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/solutions/).

Cloudflare's products offer something to developers, private and public organizations, businesses, governments, and individual consumers.

:::note


For more information about what Cloudflare is and a step-by-step guide on how to get started, refer to [Get started with Cloudflare](/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/).


:::

## Cloudflare Developer Platform

The [Cloudflare Developer Platform](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/) includes [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), which allows you to deploy serverless code instantly across the globe. You will learn more about [the Developer Platform in this module](/learning-paths/workers/devplat/).

## Built on Cloudflare

If your application is built on Cloudflare, then Cloudflare would act as the origin server of your application.

An example tech stack for an application built on Cloudflare would look like:

* [Domain Registrar](/registrar/) to buy a new your domain.
* [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) to configure and deploy a front-end site.
* [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) or [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) (which are Workers under the hood) to add dynamic functionality to your site.
* [Storage resources](/workers/platform/storage-options/) to persist different types of data.
* [Application security (DDoS protection, WAF, and more)](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/#security-services) to secure your site.
* [Application performance (CDN, Load Balancing, and more)](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/#performance-services) to customize and enhance your site's performance.
* [AI](/use-cases/ai/) to run machine learning models.

And more depending on your use case.

## Built with Cloudflare

When you add your application to Cloudflare, Cloudflare's global network of servers will sit in between requests to your application and your application's [origin server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/).

![Cloudflare sits in between requests and your origin server.](~/assets/images/fundamentals/get-started/website-with-cloudflare.svg)

After you add your application to [Cloudflare](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/), you can:

* Use Workers to augment the application by deploying code.
* Add storage resources available on the Developer Platform.
* Enhance your application's performance by speeding up content delivery and user experience ([CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/)).
* Protect your website from malicious activity ([DDoS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/what-is-a-ddos-attack/) by configuring the [Web Application Firewall](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/web-application-firewall-waf/)).
* Route traffic ([Load balancing](/load-balancing/), [Waiting Room](/waiting-room/)).

And more depending on your use case.

## Summary

By reading this page, you have:

* Learned the scale of Cloudflare's global network.
* Explored the product offering to know what Cloudflare can offer for users like you.
* Reviewed how you can build your applications with Cloudflare and Cloudflare Workers.

In the next section, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of serverless computing, the concept behind Cloudflare Workers.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/concepts/

## Workers concepts

Learn the concepts behind what makes Cloudflare Workers reliable, scalable and fast.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will learn:

* What Cloudflare is.
* The difference between serverless computing and cloud computing paradigms.
* How Workers works.

---

# PhishGuard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/monitor-your-inbox/phishguard/

[PhishGuard](/cloudflare-one/email-security/phish-guard/) serves as an extension of your Security Operations team with dedicated Email Security technical resources providing real-time monitoring of your email environment. The Active Defense Service provides:

- Customized notification and responses for fraud and insider threats.
- Reclassification of messages if the disposition is incorrect.
- PhishGuard monitors and reviews Suspicious email traffic. 
- Quarantine and auto-move of identified threats.
- Tailored threat hunting for your email environment.
- Custom detections.

As a PhishGuard customer, the following service offerings should be enabled: 

- Escalation contacts must be configured in the Email Security dashboard: This allows for email reports to be delivered regarding high risk items identified and responded to by the team.
- Auto-moves should be enabled and configured for quarantine of identified items: Malicious should be prioritized, but configuring Spam for a move to junk/trash or even soft delete may also be highly useful to the client.

Refer to the [PhishGuard](/cloudflare-one/email-security/phish-guard/) documentation to learn more about this add-on service.

---

# Serverless computing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/concepts/serverless-computing/

Cloudflare Workers allows you to build serverless applications or augment existing ones by writing code that is deployed instantly across the globe. To understand the significance of Workers technology, we begin by understanding the environment in which it was developed.

Workers is a serverless computing provider. [Serverless computing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/serverless/what-is-serverless/) refers to a cloud computing model where providers, like Cloudflare, manage servers on behalf of users, allowing developers and businesses to focus entirely on writing and deploying application logic.

## Cloud computing

[Cloud computing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cloud/what-is-the-cloud/) is defined as hosting computing resources (such as virtual machines, storage, databases, and networking services) on third-party servers. Cloud computing service providers include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Cloudflare.

### Serverless computing

Serverless computing is a subset of cloud computing. Serverless computing is a method of providing backend services on an as-used basis. A serverless provider allows users to write and deploy code without the hassle of worrying about the underlying infrastructure. Serverless computing has unique characteristics that set it apart from other cloud computing models.

#### Resource management

Cloud computing allows organizations to rent a fixed number of servers or server space. To prepare for seasonal or unplanned spikes in request traffic to their applications, organizations may overpurchase server space to ensure their applications do not go down because of high request volume from end users or customers.

In the serverless computing model, organizations and individuals are not required to calculate how much server space or machines they need to rent. Serverless computing providers take care of server management, and provisioning, allowing developers and organizations to focus on writing and deploying logic.

Serverless computing providers scale automatically to handle surges and low points in request traffic. The serverless computing provider is responsible for the scalability of your application and will work to match resources to the volume of requests your application is receiving, ensuring your application stays online.

#### Execution model

Serverless computing providers differ in their approach to how your application's code is executed. Many serverless computing providers, like Cloudflare, use an event-driven model. When an event (such as an HTTP request or a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/)) invokes a Worker, the Worker code will execute. The total amount of time from the start to end of an invocation of a Worker is known as [duration](/workers/platform/limits/#duration). The amount of time the CPU actually spends doing work during a given request is known as [CPU time](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers).

#### Billing model

Developers and organizations using serverless computing are billed on a usage model paradigm. Instead of paying for a fixed amount of computing resources that may be underutilized or exceeded, users pay as much as they use in the serverless model. Usage is defined differently per serverless computing provider. Usage in Workers is defined as CPU time.

## Summary

By reading this page, you have:

* Been introduced to the serverless computing concept that is behind Cloudflare Workers.
* Reviewed the differences between legacy on-premise and cloud computing infrastructure.
* Analyzed the key differences between the cloud computing and serverless computing paradigms.

In the next section, you will learn about what makes Workers, a serverless computing platform that is part of the larger Cloudflare Developer Platform, unique in its architecture from other serverless computing providers.

---

# Cloudflare Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/concepts/workers-concepts/

import { Render, WorkersArchitectureDiagram } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Workers gives developers the power to deploy serverless code instantly to Cloudflare's global network.

Cloudflare Workers significantly differs from other serverless computing providers in its execution model and architecture.

## What you can do with Workers

A single Worker project can have logic as complex or as simple as the developer desires. A project of smaller scale might look like a Worker that [returns a small HTML page](/workers/examples/return-html/) on a single route. A more complex Worker project would span multiple domains, multiple routes for each domain, and different logic for each route. The developer decides the architectural complexity of their Worker project.

Your application can be made up of multiple Workers that work together and deliver a single experience to end users. Workers can also integrate with other Cloudflare Developer Platform functionality such as storage, media and AI. You will learn more about this in the [Developer Platform module](/learning-paths/workers/devplat/).

## Runtime

The [Workers runtime](https://blog.cloudflare.com/workerd-open-source-workers-runtime) is designed to be JavaScript-standards compliant and web-interoperable. The Workers runtime uses the V8 engine — the same engine used by Chromium and Node.js, and has an open-source version, [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd).

## Execution

The Cloudflare Workers runtime runs in every data center of [Cloudflare's global network of over 300 cities](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/). Every Worker run within its own isolate. Isolate architecture is what makes Workers efficient.

### Isolates

Workers uses [isolates](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/#isolates): lightweight contexts that provide your code with variables it can access and a safe environment to be executed within. You could even consider an isolate a sandbox for your function to run in.

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<WorkersArchitectureDiagram />

## Compute per request

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## Summary

By reading this page, you have learned:

* The basics of how Worker projects are organized.
* The fundamentals of how Workers execute on the Cloudflare network.
* How the request to response flow executes.

In the next module, you build and deploy your first Worker to the Cloudflare global network.

## Related resources

* [Cloud computing without containers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloud-computing-without-containers) - A blog post detailing the containers versus isolates difference in the context of Cloudflare.
* [How Workers works](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) - Learn the difference between the Workers runtime versus traditional browsers and Node.js.
* [How the cache works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/) - Learn how Workers interacts with the Cloudflare cache.

## Feedback

To improve this learning path or report any missing or incorrect information, [file an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/issues/new/choose).

## Community

Connect with the [Cloudflare Developer Platform community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to ask questions, share what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.

---

# Learn about Cloudflare's Developer Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/devplat/

## Build applications with Cloudflare's Developer Platform

The Cloudflare Developer Platform allows you to build full-stack applications with Workers.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will learn:

* Cloudflare Developer Platform's product offering.
* What storage options are available to your Worker.

---

# Cloudflare Developer Platform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/devplat/intro-to-devplat/

import { Render, Stream } from "~/components"

The [Cloudflare Developer Platform](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/) offers various services to empower developers to build full-stack applications, including: [compute](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/#compute), [storage](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/#storage), [web development, image optimization, video streaming](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/#webdev) and [AI](https://ai.cloudflare.com/).

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It is important to note that the developer platform product offering is growing with new releases and features updates. To review a list of product documentation related to Cloudflare Developer Platform:

1. Go to [Cloudflare Docs](https://developers.cloudflare.com).
2. Select **Product directory** in the top menu.
3. Select the **Developer platform** filter to view [product documentation for Cloudflare Developer Platform products](/products/?product-group=Developer+platform).

## Web development

[Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) allows you to build full-stack applications at scale.

With Pages, you can deploy front-end applications using [C3, Git integration or Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/). Pages supports a large set of frameworks including [Astro](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-an-astro-site/), [Gatsby](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-gatsby-site/), [Hugo](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-hugo-site/), [Next.js](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/), [Nuxt](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-nuxt-site/), [React](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-react-site/), [Remix](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-remix-site/), and [more](/pages/framework-guides/).

## Compute

**Cloudflare Workers**

As you have learned in previous sections, [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) allow you to build and deploy serverless applications instantly across the globe. To explore what you can build with Workers, refer to [Examples](/workers/examples/) and [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/).

**Email Routing**

[Cloudflare Email Routing](/email-routing/) allows you to create custom email addresses for your domain and route incoming emails to your preferred mailbox. If you already have a website, refer to [Enable Email Routing](/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/) to set up a custom email address for your site.

## Storage

Cloudflare storage offerings differ per use case.

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For a detailed guide to choosing the correct storage option, refer to [Choose a data or storage product](/workers/platform/storage-options/).

## Image optimization and video streaming

[Cloudflare Stream](/stream/) and [Cloudflare Images](/images/) deliver videos and pictures to your end-users without configuring or maintaining infrastructure.

## AI

[Workers AI](/workers-ai/) allow you to build and deploy AI applications that run machine learning models powered by serverless GPUs.

## Summary

You have learned:

* More about what the Cloudflare Developer Platform offers.
* The difference between compute, storage, application development, and AI products.

## Feedback

To improve this learning path, [file an issue on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/issues/new/choose).

## Community

Connect with the [Cloudflare Developer Platform community on Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to ask questions, share what you are building, and discuss the platform with other developers.

---

# C3 & Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/get-started/c3-and-wrangler/

Before deploying your first Worker, learn about the CLI tools you will use to build and deploy your Worker project.

## Cloudflare dashboard

You can build and develop your Worker on the Cloudflare dashboard, without needing to install and use C3 and Wrangler. Continue to the next page to get started with Workers on the Cloudflare dashboard.

## CLI

The Cloudflare Developer Platform ecosystem has two command-line interfaces (CLI):

* C3: To create new projects.
* Wrangler: To build and deploy your projects.

## C3

[C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) (`create-cloudflare` CLI) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy new applications to Cloudflare. In addition to speed, it leverages officially developed templates for Workers and framework-specific setup guides to ensure each new application that you set up follows Cloudflare and any third-party best practices for deployment on the Cloudflare network.

You will use C3 for new project creation.

## Wrangler

[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) is a command-line tool for building with Cloudflare developer products.

With Wrangler, you can [develop](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) your Worker locally and remotely, [roll back](/workers/wrangler/commands/#rollback) to a previous deployment of your Worker, [delete](/workers/wrangler/commands/#delete-1) a Worker and its bound Developer Platform resources, and more. Refer to [Wrangler Commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/) to view the full reference of Wrangler commands.

When you run C3 to create your project, C3 will install the latest version of Wrangler and you do not need to install Wrangler again. You can [update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler) to a newer version in your project to access new Wrangler capabilities and features.

## Source of truth

If you are building your Worker on the Cloudflare dashboard, you will set up your project configuration (such as environment variables, bindings, and routes) through the dashboard. If you are building your project programmatically using C3 and Wrangler, you will rely on a [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) to configure your Worker.

Cloudflare recommends choosing and using one [source of truth](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#source-of-truth), the dashboard or the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file (for example, `wrangler.json` or `wrangler.toml`), to avoid errors in your project.

## Summary

By reading this page, you have learned:

* How to use C3 to create new Workers and Pages projects.
* How to use Wrangler to develop, configure, and delete your projects.

In the next section, you will learn more about the Cloudflare dashboard before moving on to deploy your first Worker.

---

# First application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/get-started/first-application/

## Build an AI application with Hono and Workers

If you have already created your first Worker and want to learn what more you can do with your project, review the following Learn Cloudflare Workers course for beginners.

In this course, you will:

* Deploy your first Worker.
* Develop your application locally.
* Add the Hono framework to your project.
* Integrate Workers AI into your project.

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Find [the video on YouTube](https://youtu.be/H7Qe96fqg1M?si=GVkdGLrmb1faiHma) and explore other Cloudflare Workers tutorials.

In the next section, you will learn about the Cloudflare Developer Platform.

---

# First Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/get-started/first-worker/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

## Build and deploy your first Worker

You can deploy your first Worker via the Cloudflare dashboard or programmatically using your terminal.

You must have a Cloudflare account to create a Worker. To get started with Cloudflare and create an account, refer to [Get started with Cloudflare](/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/).

### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

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### Via C3 and Wrangler

#### Prerequisites

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#### Create and deploy your first Worker

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To create your Worker project, run:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"first-worker"} />

This will prompt you to install the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) package, and lead you through setup.

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	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
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	}}
/>

You will be asked if you would like to deploy the project to Cloudflare.

- If you choose to deploy, you will be asked to authenticate (if not logged in already), and your project will be deployed to the Cloudflare global network and available on your custom [`workers.dev` subdomain](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/).

- If you choose not to deploy, go to the newly created project directory to begin writing code. Deploy your project by running the [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command.

Refer to [How to run Wrangler commands](/workers/wrangler/commands/#how-to-run-wrangler-commands) to learn how to run Wrangler commands according to your package manager.

In your Worker project directory, C3 has generated the following:

1. `wrangler.json`: Your [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#sample-wrangler-configuration) configuration file.
2. `index.js` (in `/src`): A minimal `'Hello World!'` Worker written in [ES module](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) syntax.
3. `package.json`: A minimal Node dependencies configuration file.
4. `package-lock.json`: Refer to [`npm` documentation on `package-lock.json`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v9/configuring-npm/package-lock-json).
5. `node_modules`: Refer to [`npm` documentation `node_modules`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/configuring-npm/folders#node-modules).

To continue building your Worker, open the `index.js` file to write your code. Refer to [Examples](/workers/examples/) to use ready-made code you can experiment with.

## Summary

You have learned how to:

- Create and deploy a Worker project using the Cloudflare dashboard and programmatically, using your terminal.

In the next section, you can follow a video tutorial to create your first Cloudflare Workers application.

### Related resources

- [Get started guide](/workers/get-started/guide/) - Create a new Worker with Cloudflare Workers' Get started guide.

---

# Deploy your first Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/workers/get-started/

Deploy your first Worker to the Cloudflare global network by

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will learn:

* The difference between C3 (`create-cloudflare` CLI) and Wrangler.
* How to use the Cloudflare dashboard to manage your Workers.
* How to create and deploy your first Worker.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/access-application/best-practices/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Learn best practices for building scalable Access applications and policies.

## Create reusable policy components

If you have many policies that contain duplicate rules, we recommend [building a rule group](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/groups/) and referencing it across multiple policies. For example, you could define a rule group for "corporate users", which has both device posture check requirements and specific emails, or just “developers”, which references a group in your identity provider.

## Define your domain structure

Access applications have an inherently flexible and powerful domain structure capability. Your domain structure should achieve your application security goals without being overly permissive or overly restrictive. Before designing applications for production, review the [Application paths documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/app-paths/) to understand how path definitions work and how to use wildcards.

### Multiple domains in an application

Many customers who have workflows designed around internal web applications, especially those that were built internally, often see challenges related to interdependencies on multiple internal services. Separately, there can be challenges related to SPAs (Single-Page Applications) that make onboarding to a Zero Trust Web Access service difficult. For example, an application may have iFrames or other embedded systems that rely on different internal and/or external addresses.

If your internal service operates in this way, we recommend specifying multiple top-level domains in a single Access application. Otherwise, if the goal of using multiple domains is to streamline or simplify policy creation, we recommend making one primary domain per application, and automating the rest of your deployment [using Terraform](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/terraform/) or another Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service.

---

# Create an Access application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/access-application/create-access-app/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Access allows you to securely publish internal tools and applications to the Internet by providing an authentication layer between the end user and your origin server. You can use signals from your existing identity providers (IdPs), device posture providers, and [other rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#selectors) to control who can access your application.

Each application can have multiple policies with different constraints depending on what user group is accessing the application. For example, you can create one policy that requires corporate users to present specific device posture checks or mutual TLS authentication events, and a second policy for contractors which does not require these attributes.

## Add your application to Access

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When users go to the application, they will be prompted to login with your identity provider.

---

# Secure your applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/access-application/

Now that you have [connected your private applications](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/) to Cloudflare, secure those applications behind Cloudflare Access.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Add your application to Cloudflare Access.
* Create an Access policy.
* Design reusable policies.
* Design a domain structure for your applications.

---

# External Evaluation rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/advanced-workflows/external-evaluation/

With Cloudflare Access, you can build infinitely customizable policies using External Evaluation rules. External Evaluation rules allow you to call any API during the evaluation of an Access policy and authenticate users based on custom business logic. Example use cases include:

* Customize policies based on time of day.
* Check IP addresses against external threat feeds.
* Call industry-specific user registries.

The External Evaluation rule requires two values: an API endpoint to call and a key to verify that any request response is coming from a trusted source. After the user authenticates with your identity provider, all information about the user, device and location is passed to your external API. The API returns a pass or fail response to Access which will then either allow or deny access to the user.

## Set up External Evaluation rule

For detailed setup instructions, refer to [External Evaluation rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/).

Example code for the API is available in our [open-source repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-access-external-auth-example).

---

# Advanced ZTWA workflows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/advanced-workflows/

Configure advanced Access policies to meet the specific requirements of your application or organization.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Check identity-based attributes that are not directly supported by the Access policy builder.
* Deliver sensitive web applications in an isolated browser.
* Apply Gateway HTTP policies without a device client.
* Connect to applications using their private hostnames without a device client.

---

# Isolate Access applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/advanced-workflows/isolate-application/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note

Requires the Browser Isolation add-on.
:::

[Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) integrates with your web-delivered Access applications to protect sensitive applications from data loss. You can build Access policies that require certain users to access your application exclusively through Browser Isolation, while other users matching different policies continue to access the application directly. For example, you may wish to layer on additional security measures for third-party contractors or other users without a corporate device.

Cloudflare sends all isolated traffic through our Secure Web Gateway inspection engine, which allows you to apply [Gateway HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) such as:

- Restrict specific actions and HTTP request methods.
- Inspect the request body to match against [Data Loss Prevention](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) (DLP) profiles with as much specificity and control as if the user had deployed an endpoint agent.
- Control users ability to cut and paste, upload and download files, or print while in an isolated session.

## Prerequisites

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## Enable Browser Isolation

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## Example Access policies

In the following example, Policy 1 allows employees on corporate devices to access the application directly. Users who do not match Policy 1, such as employees and contractors on unmanaged devices, will load the application in an isolated browser.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Access policies for a private web application
A[Full-time employee]-->policy1-->D
B[Contractor]-->policy2-->E
subgraph C[Access application]
  policy1["Policy 1:
  Allow employees
  who pass device posture checks"]
  policy2["Policy 2:
  Allow and isolate contractors"]
end
D[Normal browsing]
E["Isolated browsing
with HTTP policies applied"]
```

**Policy 1: Allow employees who pass device posture checks**

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Action | Rule type | Selector                                                                                                | Value                      |
| ------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| Allow  | Include   | Emails ending in                                                                                        | `@team.com`                |
|        | Require   | [Device Posture - Serial Number List](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/corp-device/) | `Corporate serial numbers` |

| Additional settings | Status   |
| ------------------- | -------- |
| Isolate application | Disabled |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/apps/{app_uuid}/policies \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "decision": "allow",
  "name": "Allow employees who pass device posture checks",
  "include": [
    {
      "email_domain": {
        "domain": "team.com"
      }
    }
  ],
  "exclude": [],
  "require": [
    {
      "device_posture": {
        "integration_uid": "<SERIAL_NUMBER_LIST_UUID>"
      }
    }
  ],
  "precedence": 1
}'
```

To create a list of serial numbers, refer to [Create Zero Trust list](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/create/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

**Policy 2: Allow and isolate contractors**

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Action | Rule type | Selector         | Value                           |
| ------ | --------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- |
| Allow  | Include   | Emails ending in | `@team.com`, `@contractors.com` |

| Additional settings | Status  |
| ------------------- | ------- |
| Isolate application | Enabled |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/apps/{app_uuid}/policies \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "decision": "allow",
  "name": "Allow and isolate contractors",
  "include": [
    {
      "email_domain": {
        "domain": "team.com"
      }
    },
    {
      "email_domain": {
        "domain": "contractors.com"
      }
    }
  ],
  "exclude": [],
  "require": [],
  "precedence": 2,
  "isolation_required": true
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Example HTTP policies

### Disable file downloads in isolated browser

Prevents users on unmanaged devices from downloading any files from your private application.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                      | Logic | Action  |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----- | ------- |
| Host                         | in       | `internal.site.com`        | And   | Isolate |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | not in   | `Corporate serial numbers` |       |         |

| Policy settings        | Status  |
| ---------------------- | ------- |
| Disable file downloads | Enabled |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Disable file downloads in isolated browser",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "in": {
          "lhs": "http.request.host",
          "rhs": [
            "internal.site.com"
          ]
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "device_posture",
      "expression": {
        "any": {
          "in": {
            "lhs": {
              "splat": "device_posture.checks.passed"
            },
            "rhs": [
              "<SERIAL_NUMBER_LIST_UUID>"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "action": "isolate",
  "precedence": 14002,
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "biso_admin_controls": {
      "dcp": false,
      "dcr": false,
      "dd": true,
      "dk": false,
      "dp": false,
      "du": false
    }
  },
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ]
}'
```

To create a list of serial numbers, refer to [Create Zero Trust list](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/create/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Block file downloads of sensitive data

:::note

Requires Data Loss Prevention add-on.
:::

Block users on unmanaged devices from downloading files that contain credit card numbers. This logic requires two policies:

- **Policy 1: [Disable file downloads in isolated browser](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/advanced-workflows/isolate-application/#disable-file-downloads-in-isolated-browser)**

- **Policy 2: Block credit card numbers**

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector                                                                   | Operator | Value                      | Logic | Action |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Host                                                                       | in       | `internal.site.com`        | And   | Block  |
| [DLP Profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/) | in       | _Financial Information_    | And   |        |
| Passed Device Posture Checks                                               | not in   | _Corporate serial numbers_ |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block credit card numbers",
  "conditions": [
    {
      "type": "traffic",
      "expression": {
        "and": [
          {
            "in": {
              "lhs": "http.request.host",
              "rhs": [
                "internal.site.com"
              ]
            }
          },
          {
            "any": {
              "in": {
                "lhs": {
                  "splat": "dlp.profiles"
                },
                "rhs": [
                  "<DLP_PROFILE_UUID>"
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "device_posture",
      "expression": {
        "any": {
          "in": {
            "lhs": {
              "splat": "device_posture.checks.passed"
            },
            "rhs": [
              "<SERIAL_NUMBER_LIST_UUID>"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "action": "block",
  "precedence": 14003,
  "enabled": true,
  "description": "",
  "rule_settings": {
    "block_page_enabled": false,
    "block_reason": "",
    "biso_admin_controls": null
  },
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ]
}'
```

To configure a DLP profile, refer to [Update predefined profile](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/dlp/subresources/profiles/subresources/predefined/methods/update/) or [Create custom profile](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/dlp/subresources/profiles/subresources/custom/methods/create/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Clientless Web Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/alternative-onramps/clientless-rbi/

:::note

Requires the Browser Isolation add-on. 
:::

[Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/) allows you to on-ramp user traffic to your private network without needing to install the WARP client. Users access private applications by going to a prefixed URL:

`https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>`

After the user authenticates to your IdP, Cloudflare will load the application in a secure remote browser and apply your Gateway firewall policies to user traffic.

## Setup

To configure Clientless Web Isolation for Zero Trust Web Access, refer to [this tutorial](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/clientless-access-private-dns/).

## Best practices

* For guidance on building Gateway policies for private network applications, refer to [Secure your first application](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/create-policy/).
* If you already deployed the WARP client to some devices as part of a mixed-access methodology, ensure that your Gateway firewall policies do not rely on device posture checks. Because Clientless Web Isolation is not a machine in your fleet, it will not return any values for device posture checks.
* You can standardize the user experience by making specific applications available in your App Launcher as [bookmarks](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/bookmarks/). In this case, you would create a new bookmark for `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://internalresource.com`, which would take users directly to an isolated session with your application.

---

# Alternative ZTWA on-ramps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/alternative-onramps/

As discussed in the previous modules, almost everything you do with the Cloudflare reverse proxy requires [adding a site](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/add-site/) to Cloudflare. That public DNS record (or its subdomains) becomes the domain on which your users access your private applications. This method is exceptionally secure and transparent; each domain and subdomain has access to the Cloudflare web security portfolio, are inherently DDoS protected, and receive an obfuscated origin IP. For these reasons, [public hostname routing](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/) is the recommended method to onboard applications for clientless user access.  However, there may be times in which a public DNS record cannot be created, or other situations that prevent administrators from using this method.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Connect to private web applications using their private hostnames.

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/

Review the concepts behind Zero Trust Web Access.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Understand the purpose and benefits of a reverse proxy server.
* Describe the main principles of Zero Trust security.
* Understand how Zero Trust Web Access fits into a Zero Trust security model.

---

# What is a reverse proxy?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/reverse-proxy-server/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="reverse-proxy-definition" product="fundamentals" />

<Render file="reverse-proxy-benefits" product="fundamentals" />

---

# What is Zero Trust Web Access?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/zero-trust-web-access/

Zero Trust Web Access (ZTWA), also known as Zero Trust Application Access (ZTAA), provides users with secure access to internal applications using Zero Trust principles. ZTWA authenticates users to applications by integrating with [identity providers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-an-identity-provider/), encrypting connections, considering each access request for an application individually, and blocking or allowing on a request-by-request basis.

## ZTNA vs. ZTWA

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Zero Trust Web Access (ZTWA) are complementary solutions for securely connecting users to internal resources.

ZTNA focuses on granting access to private networks. ZTNA implementations usually involve installing device client software in order to access non-HTTP resources and filter network traffic.

ZTWA, on the other hand, focuses on granting access to specific applications on the network. ZTWA can be delivered without a device client for HTTP resources that are accessed in a browser. Clientless deployments allow organizations to quickly onboard users to their applications, especially users on unmanaged devices such as third-party contractors or vendors.

## Where Cloudflare differs in the ZTWA approach

One of the biggest challenges in delivering clientless, secure remote access is making it feel native for your end users. Solutions have existed for decades which operate in a way that breaks TLS on a firewall or creates a picture-in-a-picture to access an internal web service. These legacy solutions make it very difficult to apply traditional web security concepts to private applications.

In contrast, Cloudflare is the [leading reverse proxy provider](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/) for public-facing websites and applications, which gives us a unique capability to deliver seamless security and networking services for private applications. There is no additional overhead in implementation, management, ongoing updates, or routing; everything works for your administrators like a standard Cloudflare application. Most importantly, our ZTWA solution makes private applications feel like a SaaS applications for your end users, complete with security, performance, and consistency.

---

# What is Zero Trust?

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/zero-trust/

Zero Trust is a security approach built on the assumption that threats are already present within an organization. In a Zero Trust approach, no user, device, or application is automatically trusted — instead, strict identity verification is applied to every request anywhere in a corporate network, even for users and devices already connected to that network.

Zero Trust emphasizes the [principle of least privilege](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/principle-of-least-privilege/) for access control, where users only have access to the applications they need to do their job. More importantly, once the user's identity is confirmed, Zero Trust still does not automatically trust that person's actions. Instead, Zero Trust enforces continuous verification of user and device identity: users are required to periodically reauthenticate, and every request is monitored and inspected individually for compromised activity.

The primary benefit of a Zero Trust security model is to help reduce an organization's attack surface. Because Zero Trust only grants access to a specific application and denies access to all other resources by default, a compromised user account or device will only impact a small segment of the network.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/best-practices/

We recommend following these best practices when you deploy Cloudflare Tunnel for Zero Trust Web Access.

## Deploy another instance of cloudflared

For an additional point of availability, add a [`cloudflared` replica](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) to another host machine in your network.

## Standardize public hostnames

To make your applications easier to manage, standardize the public hostnames that you publish your applications on. Here are a few examples of how customers manage their public hostnames:

* Delegate a subdomain of your primary public website to use for internal applications (for example, `tools.dev.customer.com`).
* If your internal DNS infrastructure is available for public use, register your internal primary DNS record on Cloudflare and use this domain for your public hostname routes. This allows you to present applications on identical private and public hostnames.
* Specify some sort of internal logic that generates hostnames based on the type of tool you are connecting. For example, if you have a set of applications in a US-East datacenter allocated explicitly for production resources, you could create subdomains of `tools.us-east.prod.ztproject.com`.

## Disable TLS verification

If your public hostname route serves an `HTTPS` application, we recommend enabling [**No TLS Verify**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#notlsverify) to reduce connectivity issues caused by mismatched certificates. **No TLS Verify** disables TLS verification between `cloudflared` and the origin service, meaning that `cloudflared` will accept any certificate that the origin service provides. This setting has no impact on traffic between the user's browser and the `cloudflared` host, which will always be encrypted.

## (Optional) Add `Host` header to accommodate local traffic management tools

If your target application sits behind a load balancer or similar, you may need to set [**HTTP Host Header**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#httphostheader) to the service hostname. Load balancers in between the origin service and `cloudflared` can be difficult to troubleshoot, and you can typically resolve the issue by adding a request header to match the way that the load balancer typically identifies traffic.

## Enable tunnel notifications

[Enable notifications](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/notifications/) in the Cloudflare dashboard to monitor tunnel health.

## Update cloudflared

[Update `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/) regularly to get the latest features and bug fixes.

---

# Create a Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/create-tunnel/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To enable clientless access to your applications, you will need to create a Cloudflare Tunnel that contains public hostname routes. A public hostname route creates a public DNS record that routes traffic to a specific address, protocol, and port associated with a private application. For example, you can define a public hostname (`mywebapp.example.com`) to provide access to a web server running on `https://localhost:8080`. When a user goes to `mywebapp.example.com` in their browser, their request will first route to a Cloudflare data center where it is inspected against your configured security policies. Cloudflare will then forward validated requests down your tunnel to the web server.

![How an HTTP request reaches a private application connected with Cloudflare Tunnel](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/handshake.jpg)

## Create a tunnel

To create a Cloudflare Tunnel:

<Render file="tunnel/create-tunnel" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Connect an application

To add a public hostname route to the tunnel:

<Render file="tunnel/add-public-hostname" product="cloudflare-one" />

All users on the Internet can now connect to this application via its public hostname. In [Module 4: Secure your applications](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/access-application/), we will discuss how to restrict access to authorized users.

:::note

If the tunnel is disconnected:

* Ensure that your on-premise or cloud firewall allows egress traffic on the [required ports](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/#required-for-tunnel-operation).
* Ensure that the `cloudflared` host machine can connect to your internal applications and services. Verify that the host has the proper security group memberships and that no firewalls will block traffic between the host and the target services.


:::

## Additional resources

For more control over how traffic routes through your tunnel, refer to the following links:

* [DNS records](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/)
* [Load balancer](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/)

---

# Connect your private applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/

Cloudflare Tunnel allows you to securely connect your applications to Cloudflare without a publicly routable IP address. With Tunnel, you do not send traffic to an external IP — instead, a lightweight daemon in your infrastructure (`cloudflared`) creates outbound-only connections to Cloudflare's global network.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Create a Cloudflare Tunnel.
* Publish your application via a public hostname.

---

# App Launcher

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/app-launcher/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/app-launcher" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Block page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/block-page/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Bookmarks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/bookmarks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/bookmarks" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Customize the end user experience

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/

Cloudflare Access offers several ways to customize the look and feel of the user login experience.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Configure the App Launcher so that users can open all applications from single dashboard.
* Add bookmarks to the App Launcher for applications that are not behind Access.
* Customize the Access login page with your organization's branding.
* Display custom block pages when a user is blocked by your Access policies.

---

# Login page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/login-page/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The Access login page is where users select their identity provider (IdP) or One-Time PIN prior to accessing the application. Customers who only use one IdP usually enable **Instant Auth** for their applications, which redirects end users directly to the SSO login page. If you are using multiple IdPs, we recommend customizing the Access login page to match your branding and minimize user confusion.

## Customize the login page

<Render file="access/login-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Tags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/customize-ux/tags/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="access/tags" product="cloudflare-one" />

---

# Add a site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/add-site/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In clientless ZTWA deployments, users connect to internal applications via public hostnames. You will need to own a domain, add it to Cloudflare, and configure Cloudflare as the [authoritative DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#update-your-nameservers) for that domain. Enterprise customers who cannot change their authoritative DNS provider have the option to configure a [partial (`CNAME`) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).

You only need to add one domain to Cloudflare, since you can create an infinite number of subdomains to manage all of your private applications.

## Add a site to Cloudflare

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select **Add a site**.
3. Enter your website’s apex domain (`example.com`).
4. Select a [plan](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#compare-features) for this website. Everything you need to do with the domain in Cloudflare Zero Trust is available on the **Free** plan.
5. Select **Continue**. Cloudflare will scan your website for any configured DNS records.

  :::note

  If Cloudflare is unable to identify your domain as a registered domain, make sure you are using an existing [top-level domain](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/top-level-domain/) (`.com`, `.net`, `.biz`, or others).

  Additionally, Cloudflare requires your `apex domain` to be one level below a valid TLD defined in the [Public Suffix List (PSL)](https://github.com/publicsuffix/list/blob/master/public_suffix_list.dat). 
  :::

5. Review your DNS records and select **Continue**.
6. <Render file="update-nameservers" product="fundamentals" />
7. (Optional) Follow the **Quick Start Guide** to configure security and performance settings.

Registrars can take up to 24 hours to process nameserver changes. Your domain must be in an **Active** status before you can use it for Zero Trust Web Access.

---

# Configure an identity provider (recommended)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/configure-idp/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/configure-idp" />

---

# Create a Cloudflare account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/create-cloudflare-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="create-cloudflare-account" />

---

# Create a Zero Trust organization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/create-zero-trust-org/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="zero-trust/create-zero-trust-org" />

---

# Initial setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/

In this guide, you will learn how to deliver Zero Trust Web Access using the Cloudflare Zero Trust suite of products. This guide will focus on browser-based applications that do not require users to install a device client of any kind. It will discuss both common and complex scenarios, and should give you the tools to provide secure user access to internal web applications following a Zero Trust model.

If you need to deliver access to non-browser based applications, refer to our complementary guide for [replacing your VPN](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/).

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Set up a Cloudflare account.
* Add your domain to Cloudflare.
* Create a Zero Trust organization to manage applications and policies.
* Configure an identity provider (IdP) for user authentication.

---

# Best practices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/best-practices/

Most customers have a heterogeneous private application portfolio; some are home-built, some are internal managed services, some have SSO integrations available, and some rely on HTML or other forms of authentication. With that in mind, we recommend that you mix-and-match [onboarding solutions](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/#potential-solutions) to fit the needs of each individual application. As shown in the table below, you can bucket applications into a series of stack-ranked categories that prioritize ease of implementation and total organizational impact.

| Application type                                                                                     | Recommendation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Outcome                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Private web apps without integrated SSO                                                              | [Present applications exclusively on Cloudflare domains.](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/#recommended-solution)                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Users access applications on new domains delegated to Cloudflare and instantly apply SSO through Cloudflare integration.                                                                                                                                     |
| Private web apps with integrated SSO                                                                 | **If SSO configuration is possible:** [Present applications exclusively on Cloudflare domains.](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/#recommended-solution) <br/> **If SSO configuration is not possible:** Present applications on existing internal domains with identical external domains delegated to Cloudflare | Users access internal web services on the same or new domains from Cloudflare. If configured, the SSO provider transparently redirects users from internal domains to Cloudflare authoritative external domains.                                             |
| New critical internal applications being developed                                                   | [Present applications exclusively on Cloudflare domains.](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/#recommended-solution)                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Developers can programmatically generate (or be given) new public hostnames on Cloudflare to represent the redirects for their application in SAML or OIDC integrations.                                                                                     |
| New microservices being developed                                                                    | [Present applications exclusively on Cloudflare domains.](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/#recommended-solution) <br/> Optionally, [consume the Access JWT](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/consume-jwt/#consume-the-cloudflare-jwt) as authentication in internal applications.      | Developers can inject the JWT authorization mechanism directly into the codebase of their application and [use Terraform](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/terraform/) to automatically build Cloudflare hostnames and policies for their applications. |
| Internal API endpoints (including internal applications with dependencies on external/internal APIs) | Present internal APIs on Cloudflare domains, and build Access policies that accept [service tokens](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) alongside user-oriented policies.                                                                                                                                                                            | Automated systems can authenticate via a [service token in the request header](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/#connect-your-service-to-access), while end users continue to login through their IdP.                                                |

---

# Authenticate without integrated SSO

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/consume-jwt/

A common goal for many security organizations is to implement continuous authentication and authorization. With Cloudflare Access JWT validation, you can achieve this goal without introducing significant user interruption or requiring behavioral changes for your end users.

As discussed on the [previous page](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/), some of your applications may currently rely on a direct SSO integration to authenticate requests. However, if you were to put this type of application behind Cloudflare to enable remote access, your user would need to authenticate twice. First, they must authenticate to your identity provider via Cloudflare Access. Once they have authenticated to Access, your user will reach the front door of your internal application, where they must complete a second authentication event via the direct SSO integration.

Instead of [managing a direct SSO integration](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/) in your application, we recommend using the JSON Web Token (JWT) issued by Cloudflare Access to authenticate requests. Cloudflare becomes the primary responsible party for validating the token returned from your SSO provider. By allowing your applications to consume the Cloudflare JWT, users will only have a single authentication event required to access the application, and you can better manage authorization to your internal services with lower overhead.

## Consume the Cloudflare JWT

When Cloudflare sends a request to your application, the request will include a JWT signed with a key pair unique to your account. You can build a workflow in your application to [validate the Cloudflare Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/). This will give you stronger-than-HTML security for users who have authenticated to Cloudflare and will make your user login experience seamless.

The authorization flow is illustrated in the following diagram:

![ZTWA authorization flow with JWT validation](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/access-jwt-flow.png)

## Send authorization headers with Workers

When applications do not have integrated SSO, or any other method to deliver just-in-time (JIT) user provisioning or management, it is common to look for a way within Cloudflare to automatically pass user information into the private application. To best accomplish this, we recommend using Cloudflare Workers to send custom HTTP headers. As requests route through Cloudflare's network to your application, the Worker can insert headers into the request which contain the user's identity, device posture attributes, and other custom SAML/OIDC claims from the [Cloudflare Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/).

Refer to [this tutorial](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/access-workers/) for setup details.

---

# Migrate applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/

Publish internal applications that users currently access from a traditional corporate network.

:::note

The remaining modules (Modules 6-9) discuss special considerations and setup options for enterprise environments. If you are only looking to configure a basic ZTWA setup, feel free to skip them. 
:::

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Manage applications that are directly integrated with an identity provider.
* Pass user information from Cloudflare Access to your application.
* Review best practices for onboarding different types of internal applications.

---

# Applications with integrated SSO

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/integrated-sso/

Many organizations in the past few years have recognized the importance of source-of-truth identity and have directly integrated their SSO provider with their internal applications. The SSO provider is only aware of the internal domain on which the application exists (via the configured ACS URL), which means the user must be connected to the local network in order to access the application. This security architecture makes sense for a traditional network perimeter, but it presents challenges for Zero Trust adoption. In the ZTWA model, the user's device has no concept of an internal corporate network, only the specific, scoped applications to which they have access. The problem is summarized in the following diagram:

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Authorization flow with integrated SSO
A("User goes to
app.public.com")-->B("Cloudflare Tunnel
routes public hostname (app.public.com)
to internal domain (app.internal.com)")-->C("app.internal.com redirects
to integrated SSO")-->D("SSO ACS URL returns
app.internal.com")-->E("404 error
Device cannot resolve
app.internal.com")
```

## Potential solutions

If your applications use integrated SSO, there are a number of different paths you can take to onboard your applications to Cloudflare Access.

| Solution                                                                                                                       | Steps required                                                                                                     | Pros                                                                                                                                                                        | Cons                                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Present applications exclusively on Cloudflare domains](#recommended-solution)                                                | Change SSO ACS URL to the Cloudflare Tunnel public hostname                                                        | <li> Increased security posture </li> <li> No changes to application code</li> <li> No changes to internal DNS design </li>                                                 | Hard cutover event when ACS URL changes from internal to external domain                                                 |
| Present applications on existing internal domains with identical external domains delegated to Cloudflare                      | Add domains to Cloudflare that match internal domains                                                              | <li> No changes to SSO ACS URL </li> <li> No change for end users </li>                                                                                                     | <li> Requires careful management of internal and external domains </li> <li> Requires changing internal DNS design </li> |
| [Consume the Cloudflare JWT in internal applications](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/migrate-applications/consume-jwt/) | <li> Remove integrated SSO </li> <li> Update application to accept the Cloudflare JWT for user authorization </li> | <li> Reduced authentication burden for end users </li> <li> No changes to internal DNS design </li> <li> Instantly secure applications without direct SSO integration </li> | <li> Requires changing application code </li> <li> Hard cutover event when application updates </li>                     |
| Use Cloudflare as the direct SSO integration, which then calls your IdP of choice (Okta, OneLogin, etc.)                       | Swap existing SSO provider for [Access for SaaS](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/)           | <li> Increased flexibility for changing IdPs </li> <li> Ability to use multiple IdPs simultaneously </li>                                                                   | <li> Hard cutover event for IdP changes </li> <li> No SCIM provisioning for application </li>                            |

## Recommended solution

If you are able to configure your SSO provider, we recommend presenting all internal web services exclusively on Cloudflare domains. This is the model that Cloudflare takes for web application access internally and the most common method of resolution for customers in this scenario.

With this approach, you do not need to make any changes to your existing DNS infrastructure. Cloudflare Tunnel in your network will manage the translation from external (Cloudflare public) DNS to internal DNS, which is how the system is designed to function. After you update the ACS URL in your SSO provider to the Cloudflare public hostname, the outcome will look like this:

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Authorization flow with updated SSO ACS URL
A("User goes to
app.public.com")-->B("Cloudflare Tunnel
routes public hostname (app.public.com)
to internal domain (app.internal.com)")-->C("app.internal.com redirects
to integrated SSO")-->D("SSO ACS URL returns
app.public.com")-->E("Browser displays app.public.com")
```

All users - whether in the office, remote, using or not using the VPN client - will always route through the Cloudflare Access authentication flow at `app.public.com` to access a private application. This provides a single control plane for policy application and security audits, and no additional user training is necessary.

---

# Terraform automation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/terraform/

Integrate Cloudflare Access into your private application development pipeline.

## Objectives

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

* Publish internal applications to Cloudflare using Terraform.

---

# Publish applications with Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/terraform/publish-apps-with-terraform/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

This guide covers how to use the [Cloudflare Terraform provider](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs) to quickly publish and secure a private application. In the following example, we will add a new public hostname route to an existing Cloudflare Tunnel, configure how `cloudflared` proxies traffic to the application, and secure the application with Cloudflare Access.

## Prerequisites

* [Add your domain to Cloudflare](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/add-site/)
* [Configure an IdP integration](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/initial-setup/configure-idp/)
* [Create a Cloudflare Tunnel](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/connect-private-applications/create-tunnel/#create-a-tunnel) via the Zero Trust dashboard
* Install the [Terraform client](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/aws-get-started/install-cli)
* [Create an API token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) (refer to the [minimum required permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/terraform/#3-create-a-cloudflare-api-token))

## 1. Create a Terraform configuration directory

<Render file="terraform/config-directory" product="cloudflare-one" />

## 2. Declare providers and variables

Create a `.tf` file and copy-paste the following example. Fill in your API token, account and zone information, and Tunnel ID.

<Details header="Find the Tunnel ID">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Select the tunnel name.
3. Copy the **Tunnel ID**. 

</Details>

```txt
terraform {
  required_providers {
    cloudflare = {
      source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
      version = "~> 4.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "cloudflare" {
  api_token = "<API-TOKEN>"
}

variable "account_id" {
  default = "<ACCOUNT-ID>"
}

variable "zone_id" {
  default = "<ZONE-ID>"
}

variable "zone_name" {
  default = "mycompany.com"
}

variable "tunnel_id" {
  default = "<TUNNEL-ID>"
}
```

:::caution

To prevent accidentally exposing your Cloudflare credentials, do not save this file in your version control system. Learn more about [tracking a Terraform configuration](/terraform/tutorial/track-history/). 
:::

## 3. Configure Cloudflare resources

Add the following resources to your Terraform configuration.

### Add public hostname route to Cloudflare Tunnel

Using the [`cloudflare_tunnel_config`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/tunnel_config) resource, create an ingress rule that maps your application to a public DNS record. This example makes `localhost:8080` available on `app.mycompany.com`, sets the [Connect Timeout](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#connecttimeout), and enables [Access JWT validation](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#access).

```txt
resource "cloudflare_tunnel_config" "example_config" {
  account_id = var.account_id
  tunnel_id  = var.tunnel_id

  config {
    ingress_rule {
      hostname = "app.${var.zone_name}"
      service  = "http://localhost:8080"
      origin_request {
        connect_timeout = "2m0s"
        access {
          required  = true
          team_name = "myteam"
          aud_tag   = [cloudflare_access_application.example_app.aud]
        }
      }
    }
    ingress_rule {
      # Respond with a `404` status code when the request does not match any of the previous hostnames.
      service  = "http_status:404"
    }
  }
}
```

:::note

Public hostname configurations must include a catch-all ingress rule at the bottom of the file. 
:::

### Create an Access application

Using the [`cloudflare_access_application`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/access_application) resource, add the application to Cloudflare Access.

```txt
resource "cloudflare_access_application" "example_app" {
  zone_id                   = var.zone_id
  name                      = "Example application"
  domain                    = "app.${var.zone_name}"
  type                      = "self_hosted"
  session_duration          = "24h"
  auto_redirect_to_identity = false
}
```

### Create an Access policy

Using the [`cloudflare_access_policy`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/access_application) resource, create a policy to secure the application. The following policy will only allow access to users who authenticate through your identity provider.

```txt
resource "cloudflare_access_policy" "example_policy" {
  application_id    = cloudflare_access_application.example_app.id
  zone_id           = var.zone_id
  name              = "Example policy"
  precedence        = "1"
  decision          = "allow"

  include {
    login_method = ["<IDP-UUID>"]
  }

}

```

## 4. Deploy Terraform

<Render file="terraform/deploy-terraform" product="cloudflare-one" />

Users can now access the private application by going to the public URL and authenticating with Cloudflare Access. You can view your new tunnel route, Access application, and Access policy in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com). The new DNS record is shown in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

:::note

If you need to modify the Access application, Access policy or DNS record, you must make the changes via Terraform. Changes made via the dashboard will break Terraform’s state. To prevent this from happening, [set the dashboard to read-only](/cloudflare-one/api-terraform/#set-dashboard-to-read-only). 
:::

---

# Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/actions/

Add **actions** to customize how your load balancer responds to certain HTTP requests.

Each load balancing rule includes one or more actions.

## Supported Actions

This table lists the actions available for Load Balancing rules. For a walkthrough, refer to [Create Load Balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/create-rules/).

<table style='width:100%'>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th style='width:20%'>Action</th>
      <th style='width:20%'>Options</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Fixed response</em></td>
      <td><em>N/A</em></td>
      <td>Respond to the request with an HTTP status code and an optional message.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Session affinity</em></td>
      <td>Set the <a href="/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/">session affinity</a> for the request. You can customize cookie behavior and session time-to-live (TTL).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Load balancer TTL</em></td>
      <td>Customize the load balancer session time-to-live (TTL).</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Steering policy</em></td>
      <td>Update the <a href="/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/">steering policy</a> associated with your load balancer.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Fallback pool</em></td>
      <td>Update the <a href="/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/standard-options/#off---failover">fallback pools</a> associated with your load balancer.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Pools</em></td>
      <td>Update the <a href="/load-balancing/pools/">pools</a> associated with your load balancer.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Region pools</em></td>
      <td>Update the <a href="/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/">region pools</a> associated with your load balancer.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><em>Override</em></td>
      <td><em>Terminates</em></td>
      <td>Stop processing Load Balancing rules and apply the current load balancing logic to the request.</td>
    </tr>

  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Create custom rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/create-rules/

import { Example } from "~/components"

Create and manage [Load Balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/) in the **Custom Rules** page, which is part of the Create/Edit Load Balancer workflow found in **Traffic** in the dashboard.

***

## Prerequisites

* **Understand whether Cloudflare proxies your traffic**: Depending on the [proxy status](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/) of your traffic, you may have access to different fields for your load balancing rules. For more details, refer to [Supported fields and expressions](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/).

***

## Example Workflow

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select an account and application.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
3. Edit an existing load balancer or [create a new load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/).
4. From the Load Balancer workflow, select **Custom Rules**.
5. Select **Create Custom Rule**.
6. In the **Field** drop-down list, choose an HTTP property. For more details, refer to [Supported fields](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/).
7. In the **Operator** drop-down list, choose an operator. For more details, refer to [Operators](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/#operators-and-grouping-symbols).
8. Enter the value to match. When the field is an ordered list, **Value** is a drop-down list. Otherwise, **Value** is a text input.
9. (Optional) To create a compound expression using logical operators, select **And** or **Or**.
10. For an action, choose **Respond with fixed response** or **Override** and enter additional details. For a full list of actions, refer to [Actions](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/actions/).
11. (Optional) Select **Add another override**.
12. After you create your rule, select **Save and Deploy** or **Save as Draft**.
13. Select **Next** and review your changes.
14. Select **Save** to confirm.

:::caution[Warning]


To save a new load balancer rule, make sure to save both the rule **and** the overall load balancer configuration.


:::

:::note

In general, for non-terminating actions, the last change made by rules within the same [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) will win (later rules can overwrite changes made by previous ones). However, for [terminating actions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/), such as Block, Redirect, or any of the challenge actions, rule evaluation will stop and the action is executed immediately.

Load Balancer Custom Rules override the default Load Balancer settings, including pool and origin selection. These are non-terminating actions, so the last rule applied will override any prior rules.


:::

## Example use case

### URL-based routing

If you want to host `example.com/blog` separately from your main website, for example, use the following custom rule.

<Example>

<strong>When incoming requests match</strong>:

| Field    | Operator | Value   |
| -------- | -------- | ------- |
| URI Path | contains | `/blog` |

<strong>Then</strong>:

| Action    | Options | Value           |
| --------- | ------- | --------------- |
| Overrides | Pools   | `<BLOG_SERVER>` |

</Example>

---

# Expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/

[Load Balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/) use two kinds of expressions:

* [Simple expressions](#simple-expressions) compare a value from an HTTP request to a value defined in the expression. A simple expression is identified by the presence of a **comparison operator** (*equals* or *less than*, for example).

* [Compound expressions](#compound-expressions) combine two or more simple expressions into a single expression. Compound expression contains a **logical operator** (*and*, *or*, for example). With compound expressions you can tailor rules to specific use cases with a high degree of accuracy and precision.

***

## Simple expressions

Simple expressions are composed of three elements:

1. A **field** that represents a property of an HTTP request.
2. A representative **value** for that field which Cloudflare compares to the actual request value.
3. A **comparison operator**, which specifies how the value defined in the expression must relate to the actual value from the request for the operator to return `true`.

When the comparison operator returns `true`, the request matches the expression.

This example expression returns true when a request URI path contains `/content`:

```sql
(http.request.uri.path contains "/content")
```

In general, simple expressions use this pattern:

```sql
<field> <operator> <value>
```

For more details, refer to [Supported fields and operators](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/).

***

## Compound expressions

A compound expression uses a **logical operator** (*and*, *or*, for example) to combine two or more expressions. Compound expressions allow you to build complex statements within a single expression.

The example expression below returns true when both the HTTP request URI path contains `/content` and the query string contains `webserver`:

```sql
(http.request.uri.path contains "/content")
and (http.request.uri.query contains "webserver")
```

In general, compound expressions use this pattern:

```sql
<expression> <logical operator> <expression>
```

A compound expression can be an operand of a logical operator. This allows multiple operators to construct a compound expression from many individual expressions.

For more details, refer to [Supported fields and operators](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/).

***

## Working with expressions

The Expression Builder’s visual interface allows you to build expressions without worrying about field names and syntax.

By comparison, the Expression Editor is text only, but it supports advanced features not available in the builder.

### Expression Builder

Compound expressions are easier to scan when displayed in the Expression Builder’s visual interface, and the Expression Preview is a great reference for learning to write more advanced expressions.

This Expression Builder screenshot shows the example compound expression described earlier. Compound expressions are easier to scan when displayed in the Expression Builder’s visual interface.

![Example rule configuration visible in the Expression Builder](~/assets/images/load-balancing/rules-builder-1.png)

The **Expression Preview** displays the expression in text:

```sql
(http.request.uri.path contains "/content")
and (http.request.uri.query contains "webserver")
```

For a walkthrough, refer to [Creating Load Balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/create-rules/).

### Expression Editor

The Expression Editor is a text-only interface for creating Load Balancing expressions. Although it lacks the visual simplicity of the Expression Builder, the Expression Editor supports advanced features such as support for grouping symbols (parentheses).

To access the Expression Editor in the **Traffic** app, click **Edit expression** in the **Create Custom Rule** dialog.

To return to the builder, click **Use expression builder**.

### Rules lists

Load Balancing Custom Rules does not support IP list operators.

---

# Custom load balancing rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="custom-rules-definition" />

## How custom rules work

As with [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), each load balancing custom rule is a combination of two elements: an [expression](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/) and an [action](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/actions/). Expressions define the criteria for an HTTP request to trigger an action. The action tells Cloudflare how to handle the request.

You can [create Load Balancing rules](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/create-rules/) whenever you create or edit a load balancer in **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.

When building expressions for Load Balancing rules, refer to [Supported fields and operators](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/) for definitions and usage.

## Availability

By default, non-Enterprise customers have **one** Load Balancing rule **per load balancer hostname**. For more rules, upgrade to [Enterprise](https://www.cloudflare.com/enterprise/).

## Limitations

At the moment, you cannot use Load Balancing rules with [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/about/load-balancer/).

Custom load balancing rules are incompatible with [Geo steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/). As a result, any custom rule applied to Geo-steered load balancers will not function as expected.

---

# Supported fields and operators

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/reference/

The fields that are supported by load balancing rules depend on whether Cloudflare proxies the traffic going through your load balancer or not.

If you use the wrong set of fields, you might see unexpected behaviors. For best results, use the fields associated with your traffic's [proxy status](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/).

Also, some Load Balancing rules fields are available on the Expression Builder - as described in [Load Balancing expressions](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#working-with-expressions) - while others can only be configured manually, via API or [Expression Editor](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor)

## Expression Builder field sets

Consider the following table to know how the fields available in the [Expression Builder](/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-builder) are grouped.

| Field Set                                                                     | Section in Expression Builder | Description                                                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Fields supported regardless of proxy](#fields-supported-regardless-of-proxy) | `BOTH`                        | Values that are always accessible regardless of the load balancer proxy status.  |
| [Proxied-only fields](#proxied-only-fields)                                   | `PROXIED ONLY`                | Values accessible only when the load balancer is proxied.                        |
| [Unproxied-only fields](#unproxied-only-fields)                               | `NON-PROXIED ONLY`            | Values accessible only when the load balancer is not proxied (DNS-only traffic). |

![Choose load balancer fields based on the proxy status header](~/assets/images/load-balancing/proxy-status.png)

## Fields supported regardless of proxy

Regardless of your traffic [proxy status](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/), Load Balancing rules can access values for the following fields:

<table style="width:100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th style="width:40%">Field</th>
			<th style="width:20%">Name in Expression Builder</th>
			<th>Description</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr id="field-cf-load-balancer-name">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>cf.load_balancer.name</code>
				<br />
				`Bytes`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Load Balancer Name</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>Represents the name of the load balancer executing these rules.</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">lb.example.com</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-cf-load-balancer-region">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>cf.load_balancer.region</code>
				<br />
				`Bytes`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Load Balancer Region</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					Provides the{" "}
					<a href="/load-balancing/reference/region-mapping-api/#list-of-load-balancer-regions">
						region name
					</a>{" "}
					of the data center processing the request.
				</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">ENAM</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-ip-src">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>ip.src</code>
				<br />
				`IP address`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>IP Source Address</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					If proxied, this field provides the client TCP IP address, which may
					be adjusted to reflect the actual address of the client by using HTTP
					headers such as <code>X-Forwarded-For</code> or <code>X-Real-IP</code>
					.
				</p>
				<p>
					If unproxied (DNS-only), this field provides the ECS source address,
					if available. If not available, it provides the client resolver IP
					address.
				</p>
				<p>
					<strong>Deprecation Warning:</strong> In the future, this field will
					always be set to the client resolver IP address for unproxied
					requests. To check for the presence of ECS and use the ECS IP, see the
					fields{" "}
					<a href="#field-dns-rr-opt-client">
						<code>dns.rr.opt.client</code>
					</a>{" "}
					and{" "}
					<a href="#field-dns-rr-opt-client-addr">
						<code>dns.rr.opt.client.addr</code>
					</a>
					, respectively.
				</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">1.2.3.4</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Proxied-only fields

If your traffic is proxied through Cloudflare, you have access to all the fields listed under [Fields supported regardless of proxy](#fields-supported-regardless-of-proxy) in addition to the following fields:

Many of these fields are referenced from the [Rules language documentation](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).

<table style="width:100%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th style="width:40%">Field</th>
      <th style="width:20%">Name in Expression Builder</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr id="field-http-cookie">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.cookie/"><code>http.cookie</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the entire cookie as a string.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">session=8521F670545D7865F79C3D7BEDC29CCE;-background=light</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-host">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.host/"><code>http.host</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the hostname used in the full request URI.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">www.example.org</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-referer">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.referer/"><code>http.referer</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the HTTP Referer request header, which contains the address of the web page that linked to the currently requested page.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">Referer: htt&shy;ps://developer.example.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-headers">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.headers/"><code>http.request.headers</code></a><br />`Map<Array<String>>`</td>
      <td><code>Header</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents HTTP request headers as a Map (or associative array).</p>
        <p>The keys of the associative array are the names of HTTP request headers <strong>converted to lowercase</strong>.</p>
        <p>When there are repeating headers, the array includes them in the order they appear in the request.</p>
        <p>
        <em><em>Decoding:</em></em> no decoding performed
        <br /><em>Whitespace:</em> preserved
        <br /><em>Non-ASCII:</em> preserved
        </p>
        <p>
        Example:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">any(http.request.headers["content-type"][*] == "application/json")</code>
        </p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">`{"content-type": ["application/json"]}`</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-method">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.method/"><code>http.request.method</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td><code>Request Method</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the HTTP method, returned as a string of uppercase characters.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">GET</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-timestamp-sec">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.timestamp.sec/"><code>http.request.timestamp.sec</code></a><br />`Integer`</td>
      <td><code>Timestamp</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the timestamp when Cloudflare received the request, expressed as Unix time in seconds. This value is 10 digits long.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">1484063137</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri/"><code>http.request.uri</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td><code>URI</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the URI path and query string of the request.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">/articles/index?section=539061&expand=comments</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri-args">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.args/"><code>http.request.uri.args</code></a><br />`Map<Array<String>>`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the HTTP URI arguments associated with a request as a Map (associative array).</p>
        <p>When an argument repeats, then the array contains multiple items in the order they appear in the request.</p>
        <p>
        The values are not pre-processed and retain the original case used in the request.
        </p>
        <p>
        <em>Decoding:</em> no decoding performed
        <br /><em>Non-ASCII:</em> preserved
        </p>
        <p>
        Example:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">any(http.request.uri.args["search"][*] == "red+apples")</code>
        </p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">`{"search": ["red+apples"]}`</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri-args-names">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.args.names/"><code>http.request.uri.args.names</code></a><br />`Array<String>`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the names of the arguments in the HTTP URI query string. The names are not pre-processed and retain the original case used in the request.</p>
        <p>When a name repeats, the array contains multiple items in the order that they appear in the request.</p>
        <p>
        <em>Decoding:</em> no decoding performed
        <br /><em>Non-ASCII:</em> preserved
        </p>
        <p>
        Example:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">any(http.request.uri.args.names[*] == "search")</code>
        </p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">["search"]</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri-args-values">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.args.values/"><code>http.request.uri.args.values</code></a><br />`Array<String>`</td>
      <td>(<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">Manual entry only</a>)</td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the values of arguments in the HTTP URI query string. The values are not pre-processed and retain the original case used in the request. They are in the same order as in the request.</p>
        <p>Duplicated values are listed multiple times.</p>
        <p>
        <em>Decoding:</em> no decoding performed
        <br /><em>Non-ASCII:</em> preserved
        </p>
        <p>
        Example:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">any(http.request.uri.args.values[*] == "red+apples")</code>
        </p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">["red+apples"]</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri-path">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.path/"><code>http.request.uri.path</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td><code>URI Path</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the URI path of the request.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">/articles/index</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-uri-query">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.query/"><code>http.request.uri.query</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td><code>URI Query</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the entire query string, without the <code class="InlineCode">?</code> delimiter.</p>
        <p>
        Example value:
        <br /><code class="InlineCode">section=539061&expand=comments</code>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr id="field-http-request-version">
      <td valign="top"><a href="/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.version/"><code>http.request.version</code></a><br />`String`</td>
      <td><code>HTTP Version</code></td>
      <td>
        <p>Represents the version of the HTTP protocol used. Use this field when you require different checks for different versions.</p>
        <p>
        Example Values:
            <ul>
              <li><code class="InlineCode">HTTP/1.1</code></li>
              <li><code class="InlineCode">HTTP/3</code></li>
            </ul>
        </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Unproxied-only fields

If your traffic is not proxied through Cloudflare, you have access to all the fields listed under [Fields supported regardless of proxy](#fields-supported-regardless-of-proxy) in addition to the following fields:

<table style="width:100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th style="width:40%">Field</th>
			<th style="width:20%">Name in Expression Builder</th>
			<th>Description</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr id="field-dns-qry-name">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>dns.qry.name</code>
				<br />
				`Bytes`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Query Name</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>Represents the query name asked.</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">example.com.</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-dns-qry-name-len">
			<td valign="top">
				<code class>dns.qry.name.len</code>
				<br />
				`Integer`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Query Name Length</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>Represents the length in bytes of the query name.</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">123</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-dns-qry-qu">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>dns.qry.qu</code>
				<br />
				`Boolean`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Question</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					When <code>true</code>, this field indicates that the received DNS
					message was a question.
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-dns-qry-type">
			<td valign="top">
				<code>dns.qry.type</code>
				<br />
				`Integer`
			</td>
			<td>
				<code>Query Type</code>
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					Represents the numeric value of the{" "}
					<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types">
						DNS query type
					</a>
					.
				</p>
				<p>Example Values:</p>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<code class="InlineCode">1</code>&nbsp;(A record)
					</li>
					<li>
						<code class="InlineCode">28</code>&nbsp;(AAAA record)
					</li>
				</ul>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-dns-rr-opt-client">
			<td valign="top">
				<code class>dns.rr.opt.client</code>
				<br />
				`Boolean`
			</td>
			<td>
				(
				<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">
					Manual entry only
				</a>
				)
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					When <code>true</code>, this field indicates that the EDNS Client
					Subnet (ECS) address was sent with the DNS request.
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr id="field-dns-rr-opt-client-addr">
			<td valign="top">
				<code class>dns.rr.opt.client.addr</code>
				<br />
				`String`
			</td>
			<td>
				(
				<a href="/load-balancing/additional-options/load-balancing-rules/expressions/#expression-editor">
					Manual entry only
				</a>
				)
			</td>
			<td>
				<p>
					If present, this field represents the ECS address sent with the DNS
					request.
				</p>
				<p>
					Example value:
					<br />
					<code class="InlineCode">1.2.3.0</code>
				</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

## Operators and grouping symbols

- **Comparison operators** specify how values defined in an expression must relate to the actual HTTP request value for the expression to return true.

- **Logical operators** combine two expressions to form a compound expression and use order of precedence to determine how an expression is evaluated.

- **Grouping symbols** allow you to organize expressions, enforce operator precedence, and nest expressions.

For examples and usage, refer to [Operators and grouping symbols](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/) in the Rules language documentation.

---

# Health monitor notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/migration-guides/health-monitor-notifications/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Cloudflare is migrating the notifications used by load balancing [health monitors](/load-balancing/monitors/) to use Cloudflare's centralized [Notifications Service](/notifications/).

## What is changing and why?

Cloudflare’s account-level [Notifications Service](/notifications/) is now the centralized location for most Cloudflare services. This change promotes consistency and streamlined administration, as well as gives you more options for notification delivery such as configuring webhooks or associating multiple pools with the same notification. These new notifications will also be managed at the account level instead of the zone level.

We strongly encourage all customers to migrate existing Health Monitor notifications to Cloudflare’s centralized Notifications Service to avoid lapses in alerts.

## Migration guide

You should use this guide to migrate over **all** your existing health monitor notifications.

### Step 1 - Find existing notifications

First you should determine which pools are using notifications. It's often easier if you use the Cloudflare API to list all your pools and look for the `notification_email` parameter.


<Details header="With code">

Use the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/list/) to list all your pools and then look for whether each pool has a value for the `notification_email` parameter.

```bash title="Request"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/pools" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
| jq '[.result[] | select(.notification_email != "") | {name, notification_email}]'
```

```json title="Response"
[
    {
        "name": "pool-1",
        "notification_email": "user@example.com"
    },
    {
        "name": "pool-2",
        "notification_email": "user@example.com"
    },
    {
        "name": "pool-3",
        "notification_email": "user@example.com"
    },
    {
        "name": "pool-4",
        "notification_email": "user@example.com"
    }
]
```


</Details>


<Details header="No code">

To find pools with existing notifications in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Load Balancing**.
3. Click **Manage Pools**.
4. On a pool, click **Edit**.
5. For **Health Monitor Notifications**, check the value is toggled to **On** and an email address is present in the **Notification email address** field.


</Details>

### Step 2 - Create new notifications

In this step, you should create new notifications to replace all of your existing legacy notifications.


<Details header="With code">

If using the Cloudflare API, [re-create all your existing notifications](/api/resources/alerting/subresources/policies/methods/create/) with the following parameters specified:

```json
"alert_type": "load_balancing_health_alert",
"filters": {
    "pool_id": <<ARRAY_OF_INCLUDED_POOL_IDS>>,
    "new_health": <<ARRAY_OF_STATUS_TRIGGERS>> ["Unhealthy", "Healthy"],
    "event_source": <<ARRAY_OF_OBJECTS_WATCHED>> ["pool", "origin"]
}
```


</Details>


<Details header="No code">

On the pool you located in [Step 1](#step-1---find-existing-notifications), look for **Pool Notifications**. Click **Create a Health Alert** to start [creating a notification](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification).


</Details>

### Step 3 - Remove deprecated notifications

As the final step in the migration process, you need to remove all emails from your legacy notifications to ensure that you no longer receive deprecation emails moving forward.

Though you can perform these steps in the dashboard, Cloudflare recommends you use our new API endpoint for added convenience.


<Details header="With code">

If using the Cloudflare API, we recently added a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/bulk_edit/) endpoint so you can easily remove email notifications from multiple pools at the same time.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/pools" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "notification_email": ""
}'
```

This API call supports the standard pagination query parameters, either `limit/offset` or `per_page/page`, so by default it only updates the first 25 pools listed. To make sure you update all your pools, you may want to adjust your API call so it loops through various pages or includes a larger number of pools with each request.


</Details>

If needed, you can remove legacy notifications by using the dashboard.


<Details header="No code">

Once you created your new notification in [Step 2](#step-2---create-new-notifications), you will return to the pool you were editing previously. To disable the deprecated notifications, you must remove all notification email addresses from the field.


</Details>

If you do not complete this step (removing all notification emails from all pools), your migration will not be considered complete and you will continue to receive additional emails about this deprecation.

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/migration-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrate to new GraphQL nodes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/reference/migration-guides/load-balancing-graphql-nodes/

After 30 September 2021, Cloudflare will make the following changes to the Load Balancing GraphQL schema:

* Deprecate nodes:
  * `loadBalancingRequestsGroups` will be deprecated for `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups`
  * `loadBalancingRequests` will be deprecated for `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptive`
* Deprecate the `date` field (replace it with the existing `datetime` field)
* Add the `sampleInterval` field

## Example query

The following example:

* Replaces `loadBalancingRequestsGroups` with `loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups`
* Replaces `date` with `datetime`
* Uses the new `sampleInterval` field

```json
query {
  viewer {
    zones(filter: { zoneTag: "your Zone ID" }) {
      loadBalancingRequestsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          datetime_gt: "2021-06-12T04:00:00Z",
          datetime_lt: "2021-06-13T06:00:00Z"
        }
      ) {
        dimensions {
          datetime
          coloCode
          ...
        }
        avg {
          sampleInterval
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/

When requests come to your load balancer, it distributes them across your pools and endpoints according to three factors:

1. [Pool and endpoint health](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/): Traffic decisions start with which pools and endpoints are available and should receive traffic.
2. [Global traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/): Policies set on your [load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/) that route traffic to attached and available pools.
3. [Local traffic steering](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/): These are policies set on each [pool](/load-balancing/pools/) that route traffic to available endpoints within the pool.

When a pool or endpoint becomes unhealthy, your load balancer and pools redistribute traffic according to these same policies.

---

# Enable Microsoft Azure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/azure/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Microsoft Azure via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Microsoft Azure**.

6. Enter or select the following destination details:
   * **SAS URL** - a pre-signed URL that grants access to Azure Storage resources. Refer to [Azure storage documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-manage-with-storage-explorer?tabs=macos#shared-access-signature-sas-url) for more information on generating a SAS URL using Azure Storage Explorer.
   * **Path** - bucket location within the storage container
   * **Organize logs into daily subfolders** (recommended)

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
    * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
    * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
    * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Create and get access to a Blob Storage container

Cloudflare uses a shared access signature (SAS) token to gain access to your Blob Storage container. You will need to provide `Write` permission and an expiration period of at least five years, which will allow you to not worry about the SAS token expiring.

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" /> <br/>

To enable Logpush to Azure:

1. Create a Blob Storage container. Refer to [instructions from Azure](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-quickstart-blobs-portal).

2. Create a [shared access signature (SAS)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-sas-overview) to secure and restrict access to your blob storage container. Use [Storage Explorer](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-explorer/vs-azure-tools-storage-manage-with-storage-explorer) to navigate to your container and right click to create a signature. Set the signature to expire at least five years from now and only provide write permission.

3. Provide the SAS URL when prompted by the Logpush API or UI.

:::note[Note]


Logpush will stop pushing logs if your SAS token expires, which is why an expiration period of at least five years is required. The renewal for your SAS token needs to be done via API, updating the `destination_conf` parameter in your Logpush job.


:::

---

# Enable Amazon S3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/aws-s3/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Amazon S3 via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API. Customers that use AWS GovCloud locations should use our **S3-compatible endpoint** and not the **Amazon S3 endpoint**.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Amazon S3**.

6. Enter or select the following destination information:
   * **Bucket** - S3 bucket name
   * **Path** - bucket location within the storage container
   * **Organize logs into daily subfolders** (recommended)
   * **Bucket region**
   * If your policy requires [AWS SSE-S3 AES256 Server Side Encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/serv-side-encryption.html).
   * For **Grant Cloudflare access to upload files to your bucket**, make sure your bucket has a [policy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/example-policies-s3.html#iam-policy-ex0) (if you did not add it already):
     * Copy the JSON policy, then go to your bucket in the Amazon S3 console and paste the policy in **Permissions** > **Bucket Policy** and select **Save**.

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. To prove ownership, Cloudflare will send a file to your designated destination. To find the token, select the **Open** button in the **Overview** tab of the ownership challenge file, then paste it into the Cloudflare dashboard to verify your access to the bucket. Enter the **Ownership Token** and select **Continue**.

8. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

9. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

10. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
    * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
    * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
    * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

11. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Create and get access to an S3 bucket

Cloudflare uses Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) to gain access to your S3 bucket. The Cloudflare IAM user needs `PutObject` permission for the bucket.

Logs are written into that bucket as gzipped objects using the S3 Access Control List (ACL)
`Bucket-owner-full-control` permission.

For illustrative purposes, imagine that you want to store logs in the bucket `burritobot`, in the `logs` directory. The S3 URL would then be `s3://burritobot/logs`.

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" /> <br/>

To enable Logpush to Amazon S3:

1. Create an S3 bucket. Refer to [instructions from Amazon](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/gsg/CreatingABucket.html).

   :::note[Note]
   Buckets in China regions (`cn-north-1`, `cn-northwest-1`) are currently not supported.
   :::

2. Edit and paste the policy below into **S3** > **Bucket** > **Permissions** > **Bucket Policy**, replacing the `Resource` value with your own bucket path. The `AWS` `Principal` is owned by Cloudflare and should not be changed.

```json
{
  "Id": "<POLICY_ID>",
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "Stmt1506627150918",
      "Action": ["s3:PutObject"],
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::burritobot/logs/*",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": ["arn:aws:iam::391854517948:user/cloudflare-logpush"]
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

:::note[Note]


Logpush uses multipart upload for S3. Aborted uploads will result in incomplete files remaining in your bucket. To minimize your storage costs, Amazon recommends configuring a lifecycle rule using the `AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload` action. Refer to [Uploading and copying objects using multipart upload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/mpuoverview.html#mpu-abort-incomplete-mpu-lifecycle-config).


:::

---

# Enable Datadog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/datadog/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Datadog via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Datadog**.

6. Enter or select the following destination information:

   * **Datadog URL Endpoint**, which can be either one below. You can find the difference at [Datadog API reference](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/).

  <Tabs> <TabItem label="v1">

  * `http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com/v1/input`

  </TabItem> <TabItem label="v2">

  * `http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com/api/v2/logs`

  </TabItem> </Tabs>

  * **Datadog API Key**, can be retrieved by following [these steps](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/api-app-keys/#add-an-api-key-or-client-token).

  * **Service**, **Hostname**, **Datadog ddsource field**, and **ddtags** fields can be set as URL parameters. For more information, refer to the [Logs section](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/) in Datadog's documentation. While these parameters are optional, they can be useful for indexing or processing logs. Note that the values of these parameters may contain special characters, which should be URL encoded.

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
   * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

To set up a Datadog Logpush job:

1. Create a job with the appropriate endpoint URL and authentication parameters.
2. Enable the job to begin pushing logs.

:::note[Note]

Unlike configuring Logpush jobs for AWS S3, GCS, or Azure, there is no ownership challenge when configuring Logpush to Datadog.

:::

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" />

### 1. Create a job

To create a job, make a `POST` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

* **name** (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.
* **destination\_conf** - A log destination consisting of an endpoint URL, authorization header, and zero or more optional parameters that Datadog supports in the string format below.

  * `<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>`: The Datadog HTTP logs intake endpoint, which can be either one below. You can find the difference at [Datadog API reference](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/logs/).

  <Tabs> <TabItem label="v1">

  https://http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com/v1/input`

  </TabItem> <TabItem label="v2">

  `https://http-intake.logs.datadoghq.com/api/v2/logs`

  </TabItem> </Tabs>

* `<DATADOG_API_KEY>`: The Datadog API token can be retrieved by following [these steps](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/api-app-keys/#add-an-api-key-or-client-token). For example, `20e6d94e8c57924ad1be3c29bcaee0197d`.
* `ddsource`: Set to `cloudflare`.
* `service`, `host`, `ddtags`: Optional parameters allowed by Datadog.

```bash
"datadog://<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>?header_DD-API-KEY=<DATADOG_API_KEY>&ddsource=cloudflare&service=<SERVICE>&host=<HOST>&ddtags=<TAGS>"
```

* **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets.
* **output\_options** (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/).

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "datadog://<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>?header_DD-API-KEY=<DATADOG_API_KEY>&ddsource=cloudflare&service=<SERVICE>&host=<HOST>&ddtags=<TAGS>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus" ,"EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "dataset": "http_requests"
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus" ,"EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "datadog://<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>?header_DD-API-KEY=<DATADOG_API_KEY>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

### 2. Enable (update) a job

To enable a job, make a `PUT` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint. You will use the job ID returned from the previous step in the URL and send `{"enabled": true}` in the request body.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus" ,"EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "datadog://<DATADOG_ENDPOINT_URL>?header_DD-API-KEY=<DATADOG_API_KEY>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

:::note[Note]

The Datadog destination is exclusive to new jobs and might not be backward compatible with older jobs. Create new jobs if you expect to send your logs directly to Datadog instead of modifying already existing ones. If you try to modify an existing job for another destination to push logs to Datadog, you may observe errors. 
:::

:::note[Note]

To analyze and visualize Cloudflare metrics using the Cloudflare Integration tile for Datadog, follow the steps in the [Datadog Analytics integration page](/analytics/analytics-integrations/datadog/). 
:::

---

# Enable BigQuery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/bigquery/

Configure Logpush to send batches of Cloudflare logs to BigQuery.

BigQuery supports loading up to 1,500 jobs per table per day (including failures) with up to 10 million files in each load. That means you can load into BigQuery once per minute and include up to 10 million files in a load. For more information, refer to BigQuery's quotas for load jobs.

Logpush delivers batches of logs as soon as possible, which means you could receive more than one batch of files per minute. Ensure your BigQuery job is configured to ingest files on a given time interval, like every minute, as opposed to when files are received. Ingesting files into BigQuery as each Logpush file is received could exhaust your BigQuery quota quickly.

For a community-supported example of how to set up a schedule job load with BigQuery, refer to [Cloudflare + Google Cloud | Integrations repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-gcp/tree/master/logpush-to-bigquery). Note that this repository is provided on a best-effort basis and is not maintained routinely.

---

# Enable Elastic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/elastic/

Push your Cloudflare logs to Elastic for instant visibility and insights. Enabling this integration with Elastic comes with a predefined dashboard to view all of your Cloudflare observability and security data with ease.

The Cloudflare Logpush integration can be used in three different modes to collect data:

* **HTTP Endpoint mode** - Cloudflare pushes logs directly to an HTTP endpoint hosted by your Elastic Agent.
* **AWS S3 polling mode** - Cloudflare writes data to S3, and the Elastic Agent polls the S3 bucket by listing its contents and reading new files.
* **AWS S3 SQS mode** - Cloudflare writes data to S3, S3 pushes a new object notification to SQS, the Elastic Agent receives the notification from SQS, and then reads the S3 object. Multiple Agents can be used in this mode.

:::note[Note]


Elastic recommends the AWS S3 SQS mode.


:::

## Enable Logpush Job in Cloudflare

Determine which method you want to use, and configure the appropriate Logpush job in the Cloudflare dashboard or via the API.

Elastic supports the default JSON format.

To push logs to an object storage for short term storage and buffering before ingesting into Elastic (recommended), follow the instructions to configure a Logpush job to push logs to [AWS S3](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/aws-s3/), [Google Cloud Storage](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/google-cloud-storage/), or [Azure Blob Storage](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/azure/).

To use the [HTTP Endpoint mode](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/http/), use the API to push logs to an HTTP endpoint backed by your Elastic Agent.

Add the same custom header along with its value on both sides for additional security.

For example, while creating a job along with a header and value for a particular dataset:

```bash
curl --location https://api.cloudflare.com/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw '{
  "name": "<PUBLIC_DOMAIN>",
  "destination_conf": "https://<PUBLIC_DOMAIN>:<PUBLIC_PORT>?header_<SECRET_HEADER>=<SECRET_VALUE>",
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["RayID","EdgeStartTimestamp"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  }
}'
```

## Enable the Integration in Elastic

Once the Logpush job is configured, follow Elastics instructions for [setting up the Integration](https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/cloudflare_logpush) in the Elastic app.

## View Dashboards

Log in to your [Elastic account](https://www.elastic.co/) to view prebuilt dashboards and configure alerts.

---

# Enable Google Cloud Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/google-cloud-storage/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Google Cloud Storage (GCS) via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Google Cloud Storage**.

6. Enter or select the following destination details:
   * **Bucket** - GCS bucket name
   * **Path** - bucket location within the storage container
   * **Organize logs into daily subfolders** (recommended)
   * For **Grant Cloudflare access to upload files to your bucket**, make sure your bucket has added Cloudflare’s IAM as a user with a [Storage Object Admin role](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/access-control/iam-roles).

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. To prove ownership, Cloudflare will send a file to your designated destination. To find the token, select the **Open** button in the **Overview** tab of the ownership challenge file, then paste it into the Cloudflare dashboard to verify your access to the bucket. Enter the **Ownership Token** and select **Continue**.

8. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

9. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

10. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
    * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
    * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
    * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

11. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Create and get access to a GCS bucket

Cloudflare uses Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) to gain access to your bucket. The Cloudflare IAM service account needs admin permission for the bucket.

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" /> <br/>

To enable Logpush to GCS:

1. Create a GCS bucket. Refer to [instructions from GCS](https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/creating-buckets#storage-create-bucket-console).

2. In **Storage** > **Browser** > **Bucket** > **Permissions**, add the member `logpush@cloudflare-data.iam.gserviceaccount.com` with `Storage Object Admin` permission.

:::note[Note]

To analyze your Cloudflare Logs data using the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), follow the steps in the [Google Cloud Analytics integration page](/analytics/analytics-integrations/google-cloud/). 
:::

---

# Enable HTTP destination

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/http/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush now supports the ability to send logs to configurable HTTP endpoints.

Note that when using Logpush to HTTP endpoints, Cloudflare customers are expected to perform their own authentication of the pushed logs. For example, customers may specify a secret token in the URL or an HTTP header of the Logpush destination.

:::note[Endpoint requirements]
Cloudflare expects that the endpoint is available over HTTPS, using a trusted certificate. The endpoint must accept `POST` requests. 
:::

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **HTTP destination**.

6. Enter the **HTTP endpoint** where you want to send the logs to, and select **Continue**.
		- You can use `"header_*"` URL parameters to set request headers, for example, to pass an authentication token to your HTTP endpoint.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
   * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

To create a Logpush job, make a `POST` request to the [Logpush job creation endpoint URL](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/) with the appropriate parameters.

The supported parameters are as follows:

* Fields that are unchanged from other sources:
  * **dataset** (required): For example, `http_requests`.
  * **name** (optional): We suggest using your domain name as the job name.
  * **output\_options** (optional): Refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/) to configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format.
* Unique fields:
  * **destination\_conf**: Where to send the logs. This consists of an endpoint URL and HTTP headers used.
    * Any `"header_*"` URL parameters will be used to set request headers.
      * The HTTPS endpoint cannot have custom URL parameters that conflicts with any `"header_*"` URL parameters you have set.
      * These parameters must be properly URL-encoded (that is, use `"%20"` for a whitespace), otherwise some special characters may be decoded incorrectly.
    * `destination_conf` may have more URL parameters in addition to special `"header_*"` parameters.
      * Non URL-encoded special characters will be encoded when uploading.
    * Example: `https://logs.example.com?header_Authorization=Basic%20REDACTED&tags=host:theburritobot.com,dataset:http_requests`
  * **max\_upload\_bytes** (optional): The maximum uncompressed file size of a batch of logs. This setting value must be between 5 MB and 1 GB. Note that you cannot set a minimum file size; this means that log files may be much smaller than this batch size.
  * **max\_upload\_records** (optional): The maximum number of log lines per batch. This setting must be between 1,000 and 1,000,000 lines. Note that you cannot to specify a minimum number of log lines per batch; this means that log files may contain many fewer lines than this.

:::note[Note]

The `ownership_challenge` parameter is not required to create a Logpush job to an HTTP endpoint. You need to make sure that the file upload to validate the destination accepts a gzipped `test.txt.gz` with content as `{"content":"tests"}` compressed, otherwise it will return an error, like `error validating destination: error writing object: error uploading`. 

:::

## Example curl request

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "theburritobot.com-https",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "destination_conf": "https://logs.example.com?header_Authorization=Basic%20REDACTED&tags=host:theburritobot.com,dataset:http_requests",
  "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
  "max_upload_records": 1000,
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

---

# Enable IBM QRadar

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/ibm-qradar/

To configure a QRadar/Cloudflare integration you have the option to use one of the following methods:

- [HTTP Receiver protocol](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/ibm-qradar/#http-receiver-protocol)
- [Amazon AWS S3 Rest API](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/ibm-qradar/#amazon-aws-s3-rest-api)

## HTTP Receiver Protocol

To send Cloudflare logs to QRadar you need to create a [Logpush job to HTTP endpoints](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/http/) via API. Below you can find two curl examples of how to send Cloudflare Firewall events and Cloudflare HTTP events to QRadar.

### Cloudflare Firewall events

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<NAME>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["Action", "ClientIP", "ClientASN", "ClientASNDescription", "ClientCountry", "ClientIPClass","ClientRefererHost", "ClientRefererPath", "ClientRefererQuery", "ClientRefererScheme", "ClientRequestHost","ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestPath", "ClientRequestProtocol", "ClientRequestQuery", "ClientRequestScheme","ClientRequestUserAgent", "EdgeColoCode", "EdgeResponseStatus", "Kind", "MatchIndex", "Metadata","OriginResponseStatus", "OriginatorRayID", "RayID", "RuleID", "Source", "Datetime"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "destination_conf": "<QRADAR_URL>:<LOG_SOURCE_PORT>",
  "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
  "max_upload_records": 1000,
  "dataset": "firewall_events",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

### Cloudflare HTTP events

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<NAME>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientRequestMethod", "EdgeResponseStatus", "ClientIP", "ClientSrcPort", "CacheCacheStatus","ClientCountry", "ClientDeviceType", "ClientIPClass", "ClientMTLSAuthCertFingerprint", "ClientMTLSAuthStatus","ClientRegionCode", "ClientRequestBytes", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestPath", "ClientRequestProtocol","ClientRequestReferer", "ClientRequestScheme", "ClientRequestSource", "ClientRequestURI", "ClientRequestUserAgent","ClientSSLCipher", "ClientSSLProtocol", "ClientXRequestedWith", "EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeRequestHost","EdgeResponseBodyBytes", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeServerIP", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "SecurityActions","SecurityRuleIDs", "SecuritySources", "OriginIP", "OriginResponseStatus", "OriginSSLProtocol", "ParentRayID", "RayID", "SecurityAction", "WAFAttackScore", "SecurityRuleID", "SecurityRuleDescription", "WAFSQLiAttackScore","WAFXSSAttackScore", "EdgeStartTimestamp"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "destination_conf": "<QRADAR_URL>:<LOG_SOURCE_PORT>",
  "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
  "max_upload_records": 1000,
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Cloudflare checks the accessibility of the IP address, port, and validates the certificate of the HTTP Receive log source. If all parameters are valid, a Logpush is created, and starts to send events to HTTP Receiver log source.

## Amazon AWS S3 Rest API

When you use the Amazon S3 REST API protocol, IBM QRadar collects Cloudflare Log events from an Amazon S3 bucket. To use this option, you need to:

1. Create an [Amazon S3 bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/creating-bucket.html) to store your Cloudflare Logs. Make a note of the bucket name and the AWS access key ID and secret access key with sufficient permissions to write to the bucket.
2. [Enable a Logpush to Amazon S3](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/aws-s3/).
3. In the AWS Management Console, go to the Amazon S3 service. Create a bucket endpoint to allow Cloudflare to send logs directly to the S3 bucket.
4. Follow the steps in [Integrate Cloudflare Logs with QRadar by using the Amazon AWS S3 REST API protocol](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/dsm?topic=configuration-cloudflare-logs).
5. Test the configuration by generating some logs in Cloudflare and ensuring that they are delivered to the S3 bucket and subsequently forwarded to QRadar.

---

# Enable New Relic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/new-relic/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to New Relic via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **New Relic**.

6. Enter the **New Relic Logs Endpoint**:

  <Tabs> <TabItem label="US">

  * `"https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"`

  </TabItem> <TabItem label="EU">

  * `"https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"`

  </TabItem> </Tabs>

  Use the region that matches the one that has been set on your New Relic account. The **License key** field can be found on the New Relic dashboard. It can be retrieved by following [these steps](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/intro-apis/new-relic-api-keys/#manage-license-key).

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
   * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" />

### 1. Create a job

To create a job, make a `POST` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

* **name** (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.

* **output\_options** (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/).

  :::note[Note]

  To query Cloudflare logs, New Relic requires fields to be sent as a Unix Timestamp. 

  :::

* **destination\_conf** - A log destination consisting of an endpoint URL, a license key and a format in the string format below.

  * `<NR_ENDPOINT_URL>`: The New Relic HTTP logs intake endpoint, which is `https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1` for US or `https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1` for the EU, depending on the region that has been set on your New Relic account.
  * `<NR_LICENSE_KEY>`: This key can be found on the New Relic dashboard and it can be retrieved by following [these steps](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/intro-apis/new-relic-api-keys/#manage-license-key).
  * `format`: The format is `cloudflare`.

    US: `"https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"`

    EU: `"https://log-api.eu.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare"`

* **max\_upload\_records** (optional) - The maximum number of log lines per batch. This must be at least 1,000 lines or more. Note that there is no way to specify a minimum number of log lines per batch. This means that log files may contain many fewer lines than specified.

* **max\_upload\_bytes** (optional) - The maximum uncompressed file size of a batch of logs. This must be at least 5 MB. Note that there is no way to set a minimum file size. This means that log files may be much smaller than this batch size. Nevertheless, it is recommended to set this parameter to 5,000,000.

* **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "unix"
  },
  "destination_conf": "https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare",
  "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "destination_conf": "https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare",
    "enabled": true,
    "error_message": null,
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "kind": "",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "unix"
    },
    "logstream": true,
    "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

### 2. Enable (update) a job

To enable a job, make a `PUT` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint. You will use the job ID returned from the previous step in the URL and send `{"enabled": true}` in the request body.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "destination_conf": "https://log-api.newrelic.com/log/v1?Api-Key=<NR_LICENSE_KEY>&format=cloudflare",
    "enabled": true,
    "error_message": null,
     "id": <JOB_ID>,
     "kind": "",
     "last_complete": "null",
     "last_error": null,
     "output_options": {
       "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
       "timestamp_format": "unix"
     },
     "logstream": true,
     "max_upload_bytes": 5000000,
     "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

:::note[Note]

To analyze and visualize Cloudflare metrics using the Cloudflare Network Logs quickstart, follow the steps in the [New Relic Analytics integration page](/analytics/analytics-integrations/new-relic/). 

:::

---

# Enable destinations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Enable pushing logs to your storage service, <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM solution</GlossaryTooltip>, or log management provider.

:::note


Note that you will need to allowlist IP addresses to accept incoming Cloudflare Logpush traffic. Refer to [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) for the complete list of IPs.


:::

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Enable other providers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/other-providers/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs to a limited set of services providers. However, you can configure Logpush via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

Refer to [Enable destinations](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) for the list of services you can configure to use with Logpush through the Cloudflare dashboard. Interested in a different service? Take this [survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScwOSabROywVajpMX2ZYCVl3saYs11cP4NIC8QR-wmOAnxOtA/viewform).

## Manage via API

The Cloudflare Logpush API allows you to configure and manage jobs via create, retrieve, update, and delete operations (CRUD).

With Logpush, you can create a job to upload logs of the metadata Cloudflare collects in batches as soon as possible to your cloud service provider. The default number of jobs that you can setup per dataset per domain is four, but you can setup more jobs depending on your plan and subscriptions.

<Render file="enable-read-permissions" /> <br />

To get started:

1. Set up a storage provider and grant Cloudflare access. Your storage provider may request your Cloudflare API credentials and other information including:

   - Email address
   - Cloudflare API key
   - Zone ID
   - Destination access details for your cloud service provider

2. Configure your Logpush job. For more information on how to configure a Logpush job, refer to [API configuration](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/).

---

# Enable Cloudflare R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/r2/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to R2 via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

For more information about R2, refer to the [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) documentation.

Before getting started:

* Create an R2 bucket and set up R2 API tokens.

  1. Go to the R2 UI > **Create bucket**.

  2. Select **Manage R2 API Tokens**.

  3. Select **Create API token**.

  4. Under **Permission**, select **Edit** permissions for your token.

  5. Copy the Secret Access Key and Access Key ID. You will need these when setting up your Logpush job.

* Ensure that you have the following permissions:

  * R2 write, Logshare Edit.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

<Render file="enable-logpush-job" />

5. In **Select a destination**, choose **R2 Object Storage**.

6. Enter or select the following destination details:
   * **Bucket** - R2 bucket name
   * **Path** - bucket location, for example, `cloudflare-logs/http_requests/example.com`
   * **Organize logs into daily subfolders** (recommended)
   * Under **Authentication** add your **R2 Access Key ID** and **R2 Secret Access Key**. Refer to [Manage R2 API tokens](https://dash.cloudflare.com/b54f07a6c269ecca2fa60f1ae4920c99/r2/api-tokens) for more information.

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
   * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

To create a job, make a `POST` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

* **name** (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.
* **destination\_conf** - A log destination consisting of bucket path, account ID, R2 access key ID and R2 secret access key.

:::note[Note]

We recommend adding the `{DATE}` parameter in the `destination_conf` to separate your logs into daily subfolders. 
:::

```bash
r2://<BUCKET_PATH>/{DATE}?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&access-key-id=<R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
```

* **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets.
* **output\_options** (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to [API configuration options](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#options).

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "destination_conf": "r2://<BUCKET_PATH>/{DATE}?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&access-key-id=<R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>",
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

---

# Enable S3-compatible endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/s3-compatible-endpoints/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs to S3-compatible destinations via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API, including:

* [Alibaba Cloud OSS](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/64919.htm#title-37m-7gl-xy2)
* [Backblaze B2](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/s3_compatible_api.html)
* [DigitalOcean Spaces](https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/spaces/)
* [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/cos/cos-compatibility)
* [JD Cloud Object Storage Service](https://docs.jdcloud.com/en/object-storage-service/introduction-2)
* [Linode Object Storage](https://www.linode.com/products/object-storage/)
* [Oracle Cloud Object Storage](https://docs.cloud.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/Content/Object/Tasks/s3compatibleapi.htm)
* On-premise [Ceph Object Gateway](https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/radosgw/s3/)

For more information about Logpush and the current production APIs, refer to [Cloudflare Logpush](/logs/get-started/) documentation.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

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5. In **Select a destination**, choose **S3-Compatible**.

6. Enter or select the following destination information:
   * **Bucket** - S3 Compatible bucket name
   * **Path** - bucket location within the storage container
   * **Organize logs into daily subfolders** (recommended)
   * **Endpoint URL** - The URL without the bucket name or path. Example, `sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com`.
   * **Bucket region**
   * **Access Key ID**
   * **Secret Access Key**

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
   * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

To set up S3-compatible endpoints:

1. Create a job with the appropriate endpoint URL and authentication parameters.
2. Enable the job to begin pushing logs.

:::note[Note]


Unlike Logpush jobs to Amazon S3, there is no ownership challenge with S3-compatible APIs.


:::

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### 1. Create a job

To create a job, make a `POST` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

* **name** (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.
* **destination\_conf** - A log destination consisting of an endpoint name, bucket name, bucket path, region, access-key-id, and secret-access-key in the following string format:

```bash
"s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<BUCKET_PATH>?region=<REGION>&access-key-id=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>&endpoint=<ENDPOINT_URL>"
```

:::note[Note]


`<ENDPOINT_URL>` is the URL without the bucket name or path. For example: `endpoint=sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com`.


:::

* **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets.
* **output\_options** (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/).

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<BUCKET_PATH>?region=<REGION>&access-key-id=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>&endpoint=<ENDPOINT_URL>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI","EdgeEndTimestamp", "EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },  
  "dataset": "http_requests"
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<BUCKET_PATH>?region=<REGION>&access-key-id=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>&endpoint=<ENDPOINT_URL>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

### 2. Enable (update) a job

To enable a job, make a `PUT` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint. You will use the job ID returned from the previous step in the URL, and send `{"enabled": true}` in the request body.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/<BUCKET_PATH>?region=<REGION>&access-key-id=<ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>&endpoint=<ENDPOINT_URL>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

---

# Enable Splunk

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/splunk/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Splunk via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

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5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Splunk**.

6. Enter or select the following destination information:
   - **Splunk raw HTTP Event Collector URL**
   - **Channel ID** - This is a random GUID that you can generate using [guidgenerator.com](http://guidgenerator.com/).
   - **Auth Token**
   - **Source Type** - For example, `cloudflare:json`. If you are using the [Cloudflare App for Splunk](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/4501), refer to the appropriate source type for the corresponding datasets under the **Details** section. For instance, for Zero Trust Access requests logs, the source type is `cloudflare:access`.
   - **Use insecure skip verify option** (not recommended).

When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:

   - Enter the **Job name**.
   - Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   - In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:

   - Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
   - Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
   - Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Manage via API

To set up a Splunk Logpush job:

1. Create a job with the appropriate endpoint URL and authentication parameters.
2. Enable the job to begin pushing logs.

:::note
Unlike configuring Logpush jobs for AWS S3, GCS, or Azure, there is no ownership challenge when configuring Logpush to Splunk.
:::

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### 1. Create a job

To create a job, make a `POST` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint with the following fields:

- **name** (optional) - Use your domain name as the job name.
- **destination_conf** - A log destination consisting of an endpoint URL, channel id, insecure-skip-verify flag, source type, authorization header in the string format below.

  - **\<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>**: The Splunk raw HTTP Event Collector URL with port. For example: `splunk.cf-analytics.com:8088/services/collector/raw`.
    - Cloudflare expects the HEC network port to be configured to `:443` or `:8088`.
    - Cloudflare expects the Splunk endpoint to be `/services/collector/raw` while configuring and setting up the Logpush job.
    - Ensure you have enabled HEC in Splunk. Refer to [Splunk Analytics Integrations](/analytics/analytics-integrations/splunk/) for information on how to set up HEC in Splunk.
    - You may notice an API request failed with a 504 error, when adding an incorrect URL. Splunk Cloud endpoint URL usually contains `http-inputs-` or similar text before the hostname. Refer to [Send data to HTTP Event Collector on Splunk Cloud Platform](https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/UsetheHTTPEventCollector#Send_data_to_HTTP_Event_Collector) for more details.
  - **\<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>**: A unique channel ID. This is a random GUID that you can generate by:
    - Using an online tool like the [GUID generator](https://www.guidgenerator.com/).
    - Using the command line. For example: `python -c 'import uuid; print(uuid.uuid4())'`.
  - **\<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>**: Boolean value. Cloudflare recommends setting this value to `false`. Setting this value to `true` is equivalent to using the `-k` option with `curl` as shown in Splunk examples and is **not** recommended. Only set this value to `true` when HEC uses a self-signed certificate.

:::note
Cloudflare highly recommends setting this value to <code class="InlineCode">false</code>. Refer to the [Logpush FAQ](/logs/faq/logpush/) for more information.
:::

- `<SOURCE_TYPE>`: The Splunk source type. For example: `cloudflare:json`.
- `<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>`: The Splunk authorization token that is URL-encoded. For example: `Splunk%20e6d94e8c-5792-4ad1-be3c-29bcaee0197d`.

```bash
"splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>"
```

- **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets.

- **output_options** (optional) - To configure fields, sample rate, and timestamp format, refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/). For timestamp, Cloudflare recommends using `timestamps=rfc3339`.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "dataset": "http_requests"
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

### 2. Enable (update) a job

To enable a job, make a `PUT` request to the Logpush jobs endpoint. Use the job ID returned from the previous step in the URL and send `{"enabled": true}` in the request body.

Example request using cURL:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

Response:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "splunk://<SPLUNK_ENDPOINT_URL>?channel=<SPLUNK_CHANNEL_ID>&insecure-skip-verify=<INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY>&sourcetype=<SOURCE_TYPE>&header_Authorization=<SPLUNK_AUTH_TOKEN>",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Refer to the [Logpush FAQ](/logs/faq/logpush/) for troubleshooting information.

### 3. Create WAF custom rule for Splunk HEC endpoint (optional)

If your logpush destination hostname is proxied through Cloudflare, and you have the Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) turned on, you may be challenged or blocked when Cloudflare makes a request to Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC). To make sure this does not happen, you have to create a WAF custom rule that allows Cloudflare to bypass the HEC endpoint.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.
2. Select **Create rule** and enter a descriptive name for it (for example, `Splunk`).
3. Under **If incoming requests match**, use the **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value** dropdowns to create a rule. After finishing each row, select **And** to create the next row of rules. Refer to the table below for the values you should input:

| Field            | Operator   | Value                                                                 |
| ---------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Request Method   | `equals`   | `POST`                                                                |
| Hostname         | `equals`   | Your Splunk endpoint hostname. For example: `splunk.cf-analytics.com` |
| URI Path         | `equals`   | `/services/collector/raw`                                             |
| URI Query String | `contains` | `channel`                                                             |
| AS Num           | `equals`   | `132892`                                                              |
| User Agent       | `equals`   | `Go-http-client/2.0`                                                  |

4. After inputting the values as shown in the table, you should have an Expression Preview with the values you added for your specific rule. The example below reflects the hostname `splunk.cf-analytics.com`.

```txt
(http.request.method eq "POST" and http.host eq "splunk.cf-analytics.com" and http.request.uri.path eq "/services/collector/raw" and http.request.uri.query contains "channel" and ip.src.asnum eq 132892 and http.user_agent eq "Go-http-client/2.0")
```

5. Under the **Then** > **Choose an action** dropdown, select _Skip_.
6. Under **WAF components to skip**, select _All managed rules_.
7. Select **Deploy**.

The WAF should now ignore requests made to Splunk HEC by Cloudflare.

:::note
To analyze and visualize Cloudflare Logs using the Cloudflare App for Splunk, follow the steps in the [Splunk Analytics integration page](/analytics/analytics-integrations/splunk/).
:::

---

# Enable Sumo Logic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/sumo-logic/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Logpush supports pushing logs directly to Sumo Logic via the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

## Manage via the Cloudflare dashboard

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5. In **Select a destination**, choose **Sumo Logic**.

6. Enter the **HTTP Source Address**. To get the HTTP Source Address (URL) configure a [Sumo Logic Hosted Collector](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/) with an [HTTP Logs & Metrics Source](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source/logs-metrics/). Note that the same collector can be used for multiple Logpush jobs, but each job must have a dedicated source. When you are done entering the destination details, select **Continue**.

7. Select the dataset to push to the storage service.

8. In the next step, you need to configure your logpush job:
   * Enter the **Job name**.
   * Under **If logs match**, you can select the events to include and/or remove from your logs. Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for more information. Not all datasets have this option available.
   * In **Send the following fields**, you can choose to either push all logs to your storage destination or selectively choose which logs you want to push.

9. In **Advanced Options**, you can:
    * Choose the format of timestamp fields in your logs (`RFC3339`(default),`Unix`, or `UnixNano`).
    * Select a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) for your logs or push a randomly-sampled percentage of logs.
    * Enable redaction for `CVE-2021-44228`. This option will replace every occurrence of `${` with `x{`.

10. Select **Submit** once you are done configuring your logpush job.

## Configure a Hosted Collector

Cloudflare can send logs to a Hosted Collector with **HTTP Logs & Metrics** as the source. Once you have set up a collector, you simply provide the HTTP Source Address (a unique URL) to which logs can be posted.

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To enable Logpush to Sumo Logic:

1. Configure a Hosted Collector. Refer to [instructions from Sumo Logic](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/configure-hosted-collector/).

2. Configure an HTTP Logs & Metrics Source. Refer to [instructions from Sumo Logic](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source/). The last step indicates how to get the HTTP Source Address (URL).

3. Provide the HTTP Source Address (URL) when prompted by the Logpush API or UI.

:::note[Notes]


* Logpush will stop working if you regenerate the HTTP Source Address (URL). Refer to [generate a new URL for an HTTP Source from Sumo Logic](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/send-data/hosted-collectors/http-source/generate-new-url/). To use the new URL, you will have to get a new ownership challenge and update the destination for your job.

* Sumo Logic may impose throttling and caps on your log ingestion to prevent your account from using **On-Demand Capacity**. Refer to [manage ingestion](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/manage/ingestion-volume/log-ingestion/).

* To analyze and visualize Cloudflare Logs using the Cloudflare App for Sumo Logic, follow the steps in the Sumo Logic integration documentation to [install the Cloudflare App](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/integrations/saas-cloud/cloudflare/#installing-the-cloudflare-app) and [view the Cloudflare dashboards](https://help.sumologic.com/docs/integrations/saas-cloud/cloudflare/#viewing-the-cloudflare-dashboards). 
  :::

---

# 2023-02-01 - Updates to security fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/change-notices/2023-02-01-security-fields-updates/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Cloudflare will deploy some updates to security-related fields in Cloudflare Logs. These updates will affect the following datasets:

* [HTTP Requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/)
* [Firewall Events](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/firewall_events/)

## Timeline

To minimize possible impacts on our customers' existing <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM</GlossaryTooltip> configurations, these updates will happen in two phases according to the following timeline:

### Phase 1 (February 1, 2023)

For the log fields being added, Cloudflare will gradually start adding them to logs datasets.

For the log fields being renamed, Cloudflare will:

* **Add new fields** with the same data as the fields that will be removed on phase 2 (described in this document as old fields). These new fields will become gradually available. Refer to the next sections for details.
* **Announce the deprecation of the old fields.** Cloudflare will remove these fields from logs datasets on August 1, 2023.

For the log fields being removed, Cloudflare is announcing them as deprecated. Their removal from logs datasets will occur on August 1, 2023.

In addition to these Cloudflare Logs changes, Cloudflare will also add new security-related fields to the following [GraphQL datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/):

* `httpRequestsAdaptive `
* `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups`
* `firewallEventsAdaptive`
* `firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups`
* `firewallEventsAdaptiveByTimeGroups`

### Phase 2 (August 1, 2023)

For the log fields being renamed, Cloudflare will remove the old fields from the Cloudflare logs datasets. From August 1, 2023 onwards, only the new fields will be available.

For the log fields being removed, Cloudflare will also remove them from the Cloudflare logs datasets. From August 1, 2023 onwards, these fields will no longer be available.

## Concepts

The following concepts are used below in the reviewed field descriptions:

* **Terminating action:** One of the following actions:

  * `block`
  * `js_challenge`
  * `managed_challenge`
  * `challenge` (*Interactive Challenge*)

For more information on these actions, refer to the [Actions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) reference in the Rules language documentation.

* **Security rule:** One of the following rule types:

  * [WAF managed rule](/waf/managed-rules/)
  * [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/)
  * [WAF rate limiting rule](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)

## HTTP Requests dataset changes

The following fields will be renamed in the [HTTP Requests](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/) dataset according to the two-phase strategy outlined in the [timeline](#timeline):



| New field name            | Type         | Description                                                                        | Old field name<br/>(deprecated on Aug 1, 2023) |
| ------------------------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| `SecurityRuleID`          | String       | Rule ID of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any.          | `WAFRuleID`                                    |
| `SecurityRuleDescription` | String       | Rule description of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any. | `WAFRuleMessage`                               |
| `SecurityAction`          | String       | Rule action of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any.      | `WAFAction`                                    |
| `SecurityRuleIDs`         | String Array | Array of security rule IDs that matched the request.                               | `FirewallMatchesRuleIDs`                       |
| `SecurityActions`         | String Array | Array of actions that Cloudflare security products performed on the request.       | `FirewallMatchesActions`                       |
| `SecuritySources`         | String Array | Array of Cloudflare security products that matched the request.                    | `FirewallMatchesSources`                       |



The following fields are now deprecated and they will be removed from the HTTP Requests dataset on August 1, 2023:



| Deprecated field name | Notes                                                                 |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `WAFProfile`          | Used in the previous version of WAF managed rules (now deprecated).   |
| `EdgeRateLimitAction` | Used in the previous version of rate limiting rules (now deprecated). |
| `EdgeRateLimitID`     | Used in the previous version of rate limiting rules (now deprecated). |
| `SecurityLevel`       | N/A                                                                   |



## Firewall Events dataset changes

The following fields will be added to the [Firewall Events](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/firewall_events/) dataset:



| Field name    | Type   | Description                                                        |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Description` | String | The description of the rule triggered by the request.              |
| `Ref`         | String | The user-defined identifier for the rule triggered by the request. |



## Changes to GraphQL datasets

Cloudflare will add the following fields to the `httpRequestsAdaptive `and `httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups `datasets:



| Field name       | Type   | Description                                                              |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `securityAction` | String | Action of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any. |
| `securitySource` | String | Source of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any. |



Cloudflare will also add the following field to the `firewallEventsAdaptive`, `firewallEventsAdaptiveGroups`, and `firewallEventsAdaptiveByTimeGroups` datasets:



| Field name    | Type   | Description                                           |
| ------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| `description` | String | The description of the rule triggered by the request. |



These new fields will become gradually available.

For more information on the available datasets, refer to [GraphQL datasets](/analytics/graphql-api/features/data-sets/).

## Update your Logpush jobs and SIEM systems

Cloudflare will not update existing Logpush jobs to use the renamed fields. You will need to update the jobs according to the instructions provided below.

After updating Logpush jobs, you may need to update external filters or reports in your SIEM systems to reflect the log field changes.

### Update Logpush job in the dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Analytics & Logs** > **Logs**.
3. Select **Edit** next to the Logpush job you wish to edit.
4. Under **Select data fields**, update the fields in your job. The new security log fields are available under **General**.
5. Select **Save changes**.

### Update Logpush job via API

Follow the instructions in [Update output\_options](/logs/tutorials/examples/example-logpush-curl/#optional---update-output_options) to update the fields in the Logpush job.

### Update Logpush job via Terraform

If you are already managing Logpush jobs via Terraform, update the `logpull_options` in your existing [`cloudflare_logpush_job`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/logpush_job) Terraform resource. For example:

```diff
  resource "cloudflare_logpush_job" "example_job" {
    enabled             = true
    zone_id             = "<ZONE_ID>"
    name                = "My-logpush-job"
-   logpull_options     = "fields=RayID,ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,WAFAction,WAFProfile&timestamps=rfc3339"
+   logpull_options     = "fields=RayID,ClientIP,EdgeStartTimestamp,SecurityAction&timestamps=rfc3339"
    destination_conf = "r2://cloudflare-logs/http_requests/date={DATE}?account-id=${var.account_id}&access-key-id=${cloudflare_api_token.logpush_r2_token.id}&secret-access-key=${sha256(cloudflare_api_token.logpush_r2_token.value)}"
    dataset             = "http_requests"
  }
```

---

# Log fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/

## Datasets

The datasets below describe the fields available by log category:

* [Zone-scoped datasets](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/)
* [Account-scoped datasets](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/)

## API

The list of fields can also be accessed directly from the API using the following endpoints:

* For zone-scoped datasets: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/datasets/<DATASET>/fields`

* For account-scoped datasets: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/logpush/datasets/<DATASET>/fields`

The `<DATASET>` argument indicates the log category. For example, `http_requests`, `spectrum_events`, `firewall_events`, `nel_reports`, or `dns_logs`.

## Availability

* The availability of Logpush dataset fields depends on your subscription plan.
* Zone-scoped HTTP requests are available in both Logpush and Logpull.
* [Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/) for HTTP requests are only available in Logpush.
* All other datasets are only available through Logpush.

## Deprecation

Deprecated fields remain available to prevent breaking existing jobs. They may eventually become empty values if completely removed. Customers are encouraged to migrate away from deprecated fields if they are using them.

## Recommendation

For log field **ClientIPClass**, Cloudflare recommends using [Bot Tags](/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/) to classify IPs.

## Additional resources

For more information on logs available in Cloudflare Zero Trust, refer to [Zero Trust logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/).

---

# Change notices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/change-notices/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage Logpush with Python

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/tutorials/examples/example-logpush-python/

You can manage your Cloudflare Logpush service using Python. In the script below you can find example requests to create a job, retrieve job details, update job settings, and delete a Logpush job.

:::note


The examples below are for zone-scoped datasets. Account-scoped datasets should use `<ACCOUNT_ID>` instead of `<ZONE_ID>`.


:::

```python
import json
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/"

x_auth_email = "<EMAIL>"
x_auth_key = "<API_KEY>"

zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
destination_conf = "s3://<BUCKET_NAME>/logs?region=us-west-1"

logpush_url = url + "/zones/%s/logpush" % zone_id

headers = {
  'X-Auth-Email': <EMAIL>,
  'X-Auth-Key': <API_KEY>,
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

# Create job
r = requests.post(logpush_url + "/jobs", headers=headers, data=json.dumps({"destination_conf":destination_conf}))
print(r.status_code, r.text)
assert r.status_code == 201
assert r.json()["result"]["enabled"] == False

# Keep id of the new job
id = r.json()["result"]["id"]

# Get job
r = requests.get(logpush_url + "/jobs/%s" % id, headers=headers)
print(r.status_code, r.text)
assert r.status_code == 200

# Get all jobs for a zone
r = requests.get(logpush_url + "/jobs", headers=headers)
print(r.status_code, r.text)
assert r.status_code == 200
assert len(r.json()["result"]) > 0

# Update job
r = requests.put(logpush_url + "/jobs/%s" % id, headers=headers, data=json.dumps({"enabled":True}))
print(r.status_code, r.text)
assert r.status_code == 200
assert r.json()["result"]["enabled"] == True

# Delete job
r = requests.delete(logpush_url + "/jobs/%s" % id, headers=headers)
print(r.status_code, r.text)
assert r.status_code == 200
```

---

# Logpush examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/tutorials/examples/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Check tunnel health in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-healthchecks-dash"
	params={{
		dashInfo:
			"The dashboard shows the view of tunnel health as measured from each Cloudflare location where your traffic is likely to land.",
		productPath: "**Magic WAN** > **Tunnel health check**",
	}}
/>

## Magic WAN Connector

Magic WAN Connector also includes a heartbeat function, an additional way of communicating its health status which does not depend on successfully setting up any tunnels. The heartbeat function communicates periodically with Cloudflare via HTTPS and lets Cloudflare know that the Connector in question is connected to the Internet and reachable.

Refer to [Heartbeat](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/heartbeat/) to learn more.

---

# Manage Logpush with cURL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/tutorials/examples/example-logpush-curl/

You can manage your Cloudflare Logpush service from the command line using cURL.

Before getting started, review the following documentation:

* [API configuration](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/)

:::note


The examples below are for zone-scoped datasets. Account-scoped datasets should use `/accounts/{account_id}` instead of `/zone/{zone_id}`.


:::

## Step 1 - Get ownership challenge

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/ownership \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2"
}'
```

### Parameters

* **destination\_conf** - Refer to [Destination](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#destination) for details.

### Response

A challenge file will be written to the destination, and the filename will be in the response (the filename may be expressed as a path if appropriate for your destination). For example:

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "filename": "burritobot/logs/ownership-challenge.txt",
    "valid": true,
    "message": ""
  }
}
```

You will need to provide the token contained in this file when creating a job in the next step.

:::note[Note]


When using Sumo Logic, you may find it helpful to have [Live Tail](https://help.sumologic.com/05Search/Live-Tail/About-Live-Tail) open to see the challenge file as soon as it is uploaded.


:::

## Step 2 - Create a job

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
  "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
  "dataset": "http_requests",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  },
  "ownership_challenge": "<OWNERSHIP_CHALLENGE_TOKEN>"
}'
```

### Parameters

* **name** (optional) - We suggest using your domain name as the job name; the name cannot be changed after the job is created.
* **destination\_conf** - Refer to [Destination](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#destination) for details.
* **dataset** - The category of logs you want to receive. Refer to [Log fields](/logs/reference/log-fields/) for the full list of supported datasets; this parameter cannot be changed after the job is created.
* **output\_options** (optional) - Refer to [Log Output Options](/logs/reference/log-output-options/).
  * Typically includes the desired fields and timestamp format.
  * Set the timestamp format to `RFC 3339` (`&timestamps=rfc3339`) for:
    * Google BigQuery usage.
    * Automated timestamp parsing within Sumo Logic; refer to [timestamps from Sumo Logic](https://help.sumologic.com/03Send-Data/Sources/04Reference-Information-for-Sources/Timestamps%2C-Time-Zones%2C-Time-Ranges%2C-and-Date-Formats) for details.
* **ownership\_challenge** - Challenge token required to prove destination ownership.
* **kind** (optional) - Used to differentiate between Logpush and Edge Log Delivery jobs. Refer to [Kind](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#kind) for details.
* **filter** (optional) - Refer to [Filters](/logs/reference/filters/) for details.

### Response

In the response, you get a newly-created job ID. For example:

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Step 3 - Enable (update) a job

Start by retrieving information about a specific job, using a job ID:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": false,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Note that by default a job is not enabled (`"enabled": false`).

If you do not remember your job ID, you can retrieve it using your zone ID:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Next, to enable the job, send an update request:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": null,
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Once the job is enabled, you will start receiving logs within a few minutes and then in batches as soon as possible until you disable the job. For zones with very high request volume, it may take several hours before you start receiving logs for the first time.

In addition to modifying `enabled`, you can also update the value for **output\_options**. To modify **destination\_conf**, you will need to request an ownership challenge and provide the associated token with your update request. You can also delete your current job and create a new one.

Once a job has been enabled and has started executing, the **last\_complete** field will show the time when the last batch of logs was successfully sent to the destination:

### Request to get job by ID and see **last\_complete** info

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": "2018-08-09T21:26:00Z",
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

## Optional - Delete a job

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Be careful when deleting a job because this action cannot be reversed.

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {},
  "success": true
}
```

## Optional - Retrieve your job

Retrieve a specific job, using the job ID:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "id": <JOB_ID>,
      "dataset": "http_requests",
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
      "output_options": {
        "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
        "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
      },
      "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
      "last_complete": null,
      "last_error": null,
      "error_message": null
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}
```

Retrieve all jobs for all datasets:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": [
    {
      "id": <JOB_ID>,
      "dataset": "spectrum_events",
      "enabled": true,
      "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
      "output_options": {
        "field_names": ["Application", "ClientAsn", "ClientIP", "ColoCode", "Event", "OriginIP", "Status"],
      },
      "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
      "last_complete": "2019-10-01T00:25:00Z",
      "last_error": null,
      "error_message": null
    },
    {
      "id": <JOB_ID>,
      "dataset": "http_requests",
      "enabled": false,
      "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
      "output_options": {
        "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
        "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
      },
      "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
      "last_complete": "2019-09-24T21:15:00Z",
      "last_error": null,
      "error_message": null
    }
  ]
}
```

## Optional - Update **output\_options**

If you want to add (or remove) fields, change the timestamp format, or enable protection against the `Log4j - CVE-2021-44228` vulnerability, first retrieve the current **output\_options** for your zone.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "logstream": true,
    "kind": "",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "<DOMAIN_NAME>",
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": "2021-12-14T19:56:49Z",
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Next, edit the **output\_options** as desired and create a `PUT` request. The following example enables the **CVE-2021-44228** redaction option.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/logpush/jobs/{job_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
    "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
  }
}
```

Note that at this time, the **CVE-2021-44228** option is not available through the UI, and updating your Logpush job through the UI will remove this option.

### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": {
    "id": <JOB_ID>,
    "dataset": "http_requests",
    "logstream": true,
    "kind": "",
    "enabled": true,
    "name": null,
    "output_options": {
      "field_names": ["ClientIP", "ClientRequestHost", "ClientRequestMethod", "ClientRequestURI", "EdgeEndTimestamp","EdgeResponseBytes", "EdgeResponseStatus", "EdgeStartTimestamp", "RayID"],
      "timestamp_format": "rfc3339"
    },
    "destination_conf": "s3://<BUCKET_PATH>?region=us-west-2",
    "last_complete": "2021-12-14T20:02:19Z",
    "last_error": null,
    "error_message": null
  },
  "success": true
}
```

---

# Configure Magic Tunnel health alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/configure-magic-tunnel-alerts/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/magic-tunnel-health-alerts"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		backgroundInfoPath: "/magic-wan/reference/magic-tunnels/",
	}}
/>

## Set up Magic Tunnel health alerts

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/setup-magic-tunnels-dash"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
	}}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

:::note
Refer to the [documentation for Notifications](/notifications/get-started/) to learn about specific permissions you need to access the service via the API.
:::

Send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/alerting/subresources/policies/methods/create/) to create a Magic WAN tunnel health alert. You can set tunnel health alerts with any SLO value between `0` and `99.99`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/account_id/alerting/v3/policies \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "alert_type": "magic_wan_tunnel_health",
  "description": "<DESCRIBE_POLICY>",
  "enabled": true,
  "filters": {
    "slo": [
      "99.9"
    ]
  },
  "mechanisms": {
    "email": [
      {
        "id": "EMAIL_ADDRESS"
      }
    ],
  "name": "<DESCRIBE_ALERT>"
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
			"name": "<POLICY_NAME>",
			"description": "<POLICY_DESCRIPTION>",
			"enabled": true,
			"alert_type": "magic_wan_tunnel_health",
			"mechanisms": {
				"email": [
					{
						"id": "<YOUR_EMAIL>"
					}
				]
			},
			"created": "2024-09-11T14:13:29.585658Z",
			"modified": "2024-09-11T14:13:29.585658Z",
			"conditions": {
				"and": [
					{
						"or": [
							{
								"<=": [
									{
										"var": "slo"
									},
									"99.9"
								]
							}
						]
					}
				]
			},
			"filters": {
				"slo": ["99.9"]
			}
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render
	file="magic-tunnel-health-alerts/recommended-slo"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		backgroundInfoPath: "/magic-wan/reference/magic-tunnels/",
		networkAnalyticsPath: "/magic-wan/analytics/network-analytics/",
		healthChecks: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
	}}
/>

---

# Enable Magic user roles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/enable-magic-roles/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="magic-user-role" product="magic-transit" />

---

# Common settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Review this section to learn about the settings shared between the Magic WAN Connector and the manual setup process for Magic WAN.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Update tunnel health checks frequency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/tunnel-health-checks/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-health/update-tunnel-health-checks-frequency"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		connectorExtraInfo: "For Magic WAN Connector, health checks are sent to IPsec tunnel endpoints.",
		healthChecksUrl: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		addTunnelsPath:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels",
		connectorNote: "<br /> <br /> To configure health checks frequency in Magic WAN Connector, refer to [Configure Connector](#configure-connector).",
		connectorTitle1: "Manual configuration",
		connectorTitle2: "Configure Connector",
		connectorSteps: "<ol><li>Log in to the <a href='https://dash.cloudflare.com/'>Cloudflare dashboard</a> and select your account.</li><li>Go to **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.</li><li>Select your site > **Edit**.</li><li>In **Network** > **WAN configuration** > select your WAN > **Edit**.</li><li>Change the **Health check rate** to your desire rate.</li><li>Select **Save**.</li></ol>",
	}}
/>

---

# Configure virtual Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Virtual Magic WAN Connector (Virtual Connector) is a virtual appliance alternative to the hardware based Magic WAN Connector appliance. These two versions of Connector are identical otherwise.

## Prerequisites

Before you can install Virtual Connector, you need an Enterprise account with Magic WAN enabled. Additionally, you need to have a VMware host with sufficient compute, memory, and storage to run the virtual machine with Virtual Connector. This includes:

- Intel x86 CPU architecture
- ESXi hypervisor 7.0U1 or higher
- 4 virtual CPUs per virtual connector (We recommend deployment with a 1:1 virtual CPU to physical core allocation to avoid CPU over contention which will cause packet loss.)
- 8 GB of RAM per virtual connector
- 8 GB of disk per virtual connector
- One vSwitch port group or VLAN with access to the Internet (for example, through a WAN)
- One or more vSwitch port group or VLAN that will be the internal LAN

Refer to [VMware's documentation](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.esxi.install.doc/GUID-B2F01BF5-078A-4C7E-B505-5DFFED0B8C38.html) for more information on how to install ESXi and configure a virtual machine.

---

## Before you begin

<Render file="connector/before-you-begin" />

---

## DHCP vs static IP connections

Virtual Connector uses a DHCP connection at first boot to download your settings and go through the activation process. However, if you need to use a static IP in your Virtual Connector, and this is a fresh install:
1. Connect the machine with your Virtual Connector VM to a DHCP port with access to the Internet.
2. Go through the [setup flow](#set-up-cloudflare-dashboard) below and activate your Connector.
3. Refer to [WAN with a static IP address](#wan-with-a-static-ip-address).

## Obtain the Virtual Connector image

Contact your account team at Cloudflare to obtain the Virtual Connector [OVA package](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/com.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc/GUID-AE61948B-C2EE-436E-BAFB-3C7209088552.html) and license keys. The OVA image includes the files required to install and configure the virtual machine (VM) for Virtual Connector with the appropriate settings.

This image can be deployed multiple times to create several instances of a Virtual Connector, in different locations or on the same ESXi host.

You will consume one license key for each instance created. For example, if you want to deploy 10 Virtual Connectors you should request 10 license keys, and your account team will create 10 Connector instances in your Cloudflare dashboard.

## Deploy the Virtual Connector on VMware

The following instructions assume you already have VMware ESXi hypervisor installed with sufficient resources. Refer to [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) for more information.

1. When setting up your VMware ESXi, you need to create port groups for Virtual Connector. Go to **Networking** > **Port groups**, and prepare your vSwitch port groups and/or VLANs for your desired network topology. For example, a simple deployment typically has:
	- A WAN port group where the Virtual Connector will get an IP address (static or DHCP) that has access to the Internet.
	- A LAN port group, where the Virtual Connector will act as default router, and possibly DHCP server.
	- A null, or unused, port group for allocating unused virtual interfaces in the Virtual Connector. You can, for example, create a null port group with the name of `Null port group`, and a **VLAN ID** of `999`.

:::note[VLAN tagging]
Virtual Connector supports creating subinterfaces through the use of [802.1Q VLAN tagging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1Q).

Use VLAN ID `0` when:

- Connected to a Port Group or Distributed Port Group that is associated with a specific VLAN.
- Connected to a Port Group or Distributed Port Group that is configured as a trunk that requires untagged packets.

You can also configure subinterfaces on the Virtual Connector by associating the network interface with a Port Group or Distributed Port Group trunk and specifying a VLAN ID in addition to the port associated with the network interface (VLAN ID `1`-`4094`).

Refer to [VMWare's documentation](https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003825) for more information.
:::

2. Extract the files in the OVA image provided by your Cloudflare account team. For example:

	```txt
	tar -xvf mconn-2024-1-3.ova
	```

	Take note of the folder where you are extracting the files to, as you will need to refer to that folder when creating the VM.

3. Go to **Virtual Machines** > **Create/Register VM** wizard to start deploying the Virtual Connector.
4. Select **Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file** > **Next**.
5. Choose a descriptive name for your virtual machine.
6. Upload the files you have extracted from the OVA image. These include `mconn.ovf`, `mconn.nvram`, and `mconn.vmdk`.
7. Select where you want to save the files extracted from the OVA image > **Next**.
8. In **Networking mappings**, select assignments for your desired topology according to the port groups you set up previously:
	1. For example, map `eno1` port to `VM Network` to create your WAN, and `eno2` to `LAN0` to act as your LAN port.
	2. Allocate any unused ports to the `null` port group.
	3. Take note of your configuration. You will need this information to configure your network in the Cloudflare dashboard.
9. In **Disk provisioning**, select **Thin**.
10. Before completing the deployment wizard, disable **Power on automatically**. This is important so that you can configure the license key prior to boot.
11. Configure the virtual machine with the license key your account team provided you:
	1. Select the Virtual Connector's VM > **Settings**.
	2. Go to **VM Options** > **Advanced** > **Edit Configuration**.
	3. Select **Add parameter** to add your license key. Scroll down to the last entry (this is where VMware adds the new parameter), and add the following two new entries:
		- **Key**: `guestinfo.cloudflare.identity`
		- **Value**: `<YOUR_LICENCE_KEY>`

:::note
You cannot use the same license key twice, or reuse a key once the virtual machine has been registered with Cloudflare. You need a new key from your account team for every new Virtual Connector.
:::

12. Select **Save** to finish configuring your Virtual Connector.
13. Continue set up in your [Cloudflare dashboard](#set-up-cloudflare-dashboard).

## Set up Cloudflare dashboard

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	file="connector/create-site"
	params={{
		wan: "needs to correspond to the virtual network interface on the Virtual Connector instance you have set up in VMware. Following our example from the previous steps, you need to choose port `1` since that is what corresponds to the `eno1` port we set up in VMware.",
		lan: "needs to correspond to the virtual LAN interface on the Virtual Connector instance you have set up in VMware. Following our example from the previous steps, you need to choose port `2` since that is what corresponds to the `eno2` port we set up in VMware.",
		noConnectorShows:
			"For a Virtual Connector to show up you need to have already obtained your [OVA package and licence keys](#obtain-the-virtual-connector-image).",
	}}
/>

## Activate Connector

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	file="connector/activate-connector"
	params={{
		shippedLanguage:
			"Virtual Magic WAN Connector is deactivated after you install it",
	}}
/>

## Boot your Virtual Connector

1. Go to **Virtual Machines** in VMware, and boot up Virtual Connector's VM.
2. The Virtual Connector will make a request to Cloudflare. This is the step where Virtual Connector registers your provided license key and [downloads the site configuration](#1-create-a-site) for its connected site.
3. The Virtual Connector will set up the LAN and WAN connections according to the configuration downloaded from the site you created on the Cloudflare dashboard. The Virtual Connector will also establish IPsec tunnels.
4. If successful, the [tunnel health checks](/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/) will show as healthy.
5. If you do not see a [healthy heartbeat](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/heartbeat/) the Cloudflare dashboard, reboot the Virtual Connector's VM in VMware.

---

## WAN with a static IP address

After activating your Virtual Connector, you can use it in a network configuration with the WAN interface set to a static IP address - that is, an Internet configuration that is not automatically set by DHCP. To use your Virtual Connector on a network configuration with a static IP, follow the steps below.

:::caution
Make sure you complete the setup workflow and activate your Virtual Connector before changing the WAN settings to a static IP.
:::

1. Connect the machine where you installed the VM with Virtual Connector to a DHCP port with access to the Internet.
2. [Create a site](#1-create-a-site) in the Cloudflare dashboard.
3. Associate a Connector to it.
4. Create a [DHCP WAN](#2-create-a-wan).
5. [Active](#activate-connector) and boot your Virtual Connector.
6. Wait 60 seconds.
7. Make changes to the [WAN settings](#2-create-a-wan) in the Cloudflare dashboard to a static IP set up.
8. Wait 60 seconds again.
9. Modify your [Port Groups](#deploy-the-virtual-connector-on-vmware) as needed to change the source from which the WAN port obtains its IP address.
10. Reboot your virtual machine.

---

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	file="connector/ha-configs"
	params={{
		hardSoftConn: "You need to install two Virtual Connectors before you can set up a site in high availability.",
		finalInstructions:
			"Follow the instructions in [Activate connector](#activate-connector) to finish setting up your Connectors.",
	}}
/>

---

## IP sec tunnels and static routes

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---

## Next steps

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---

# Device metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/device-metrics/

Cloudflare customers can inspect metrics for a specific Magic WAN Connector in the Cloudflare dashboard. The Magic WAN Connector device metrics measured by Cloudflare include:

- Average CPU load
- Average temperature (this is always zero for Virtual Connector)
- Average disk utilization
- Average memory utilization

To check for Connector metrics:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration** > **Connectors**.
3. Select the Connector you want to check metrics for.
4. In the side panel that opens, scroll down to **Usage information**.

### Query metrics with GraphQL

Customers can query Cloudflare's GraphQL API to fetch their Magic WAN Connector device metrics. The Cloudflare dashboard displays Magic WAN Connector device metrics over the past one hour. Via the GraphQL API, customers can query for up to 30 days of historical Magic WAN Connector device metrics.

For example:

```graphql
query GetResults($accountTag: string, $datetimeStart: string, $datetimeEnd: string) {
    viewer {
        accounts(filter: {accountTag: $accountTag}) {
            MagicWANConnectorMetricsAdaptiveGroups(
                limit: 100,
                filter: {
                    mconnInterfaceType: "system",
                    datetime_geq: $datetimeStart,
                    datetime_lt:  $datetimeEnd,
                }
            ){
                avg {
                    cpuTemperature
                    cpuLoadPercentage
                    diskUsagePercentage
                    memoryUsagePercentage
                }
                dimensions {
                    mconnInterfaceName
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```

### Average CPU load explained

The metric `average CPU load` is unique and distinctly different from `CPU utilization` which is another common CPU metric. The Magic WAN connector uses a [Unix-style CPU load calculation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load_\(computing\)).

CPU load is a measure of the number of processes that are currently running and that are waiting to be run on the CPU. Cloudflare collects the one minute load average from the device and converts that into a percentage based on the total number of cores in the CPU. If the Magic WAN Connector CPU has eight cores, and a one minute load average of two, then the average CPU load is 25%. If the average CPU load is above 100%, then there are processes in the queue that are waiting to be executed on the CPU.

Cloudflare is still evaluating the typical CPU load operating range on the MWAN Connector. In general, a healthy range for average CPU load on any device is between 30% and 70%. Customers may experience decreased MWAN Connector performance if the average CPU load is consistently above 100%.

---

# Configure with Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The Magic WAN Connector is a lightweight appliance you can install in corporate network locations to automatically connect, <GlossaryTooltip term="traffic steering">steer</GlossaryTooltip>, and shape any IP traffic through [secure IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/reference/#security-and-other-information). Magic WAN Connector is the easiest way to onboard your network locations to Cloudflare One.

You can [purchase Magic WAN Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/) software pre-installed on a Cloudflare-certified device, or download and deploy [Virtual Magic WAN Connector (Virtual Connector)](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/) in your own infrastructure.

Either option ensures the best possible connectivity to the closest Cloudflare network location, where Cloudflare will apply security controls and send traffic on an optimized route to its destination.

Magic WAN Connector has the same type of support process as other Cloudflare Enterprise products. Contact your team account manager to learn more.

Review this section to learn how to configure and deploy Magic WAN Connector.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/troubleshooting/

If you are experiencing difficulties with your Magic WAN Connector, refer to the following tips to troubleshoot what might be happening.

## I have set up a site, but my Connector is not working

Make sure that you have [activated your Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#activate-connector). Cloudflare ships the Magic WAN Connector deactivated, and the Connector will only establish a connection to the Cloudflare network when it is activated.

## I have tried to activate Magic WAN Connector, but it is still not working

Check if your Magic WAN Connector is connected to the Internet via a port that can serve DHCP. This is required the first time a Connector boots up so that it can reach the Cloudflare global network and download the required configurations that you set up in the Site configuration step. Refer to [Activate Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#activate-connector) for more details.

If you have a firewall deployed upstream of the Magic WAN Connector, [check your firewall settings](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#firewall-settings-required). You might need to configure your firewall to allow traffic in specific ports for the Connector to work properly.

## I can access Magic WAN Connector's health checks, but there is no traffic

If you have a firewall deployed upstream of the Magic WAN Connector, make sure you review your [firewall settings](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#firewall-settings-required). You might need to configure your firewall to allow traffic in specific ports for the Connector to work properly.

## Devices I have behind Connector cannot connect to the Internet

If you have other routing appliances behind Magic WAN Connector, make sure you create policy-based routing policies to send traffic from your devices through Connector, instead of these other routing devices.

## How do I know if my device is contacting Cloudflare?

Magic WAN Connector sends a heartbeat periodically to Cloudflare. You can [access the Magic WAN dashboard](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/heartbeat/), and check for the heartbeat status of your Connector device.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/reference/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Magic WAN Connector software is certified for use on the [Dell Networking Virtual Edge Platform](https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/dell-emc-networking-vep1445-vep1485/docs). It can be purchased with software pre-installed through our partner network for plug-and-play connectivity to Cloudflare One.

## Security and other information

- Cloudflare ensures the Magic WAN Connector device is secure and is not altered via TPM/Secure boot (does not apply to Virtual Connector).
- Connectivity to the Cloudflare global network is secure and all traffic is encrypted through <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip> tunneling. The Magic WAN Connector uses ESP-in-UDP with GCM-AES-256 encryption. Cloudflare uses a non-IKE keying protocol built into our control plane, secured with TLS.
- The Magic WAN Connector does not support fail open.
- Customers have the ability to layer on additional security features/policies that are enforced at the Cloudflare network.

---

## ICMP traffic

<GlossaryTooltip term="ICMP">ICMP traffic</GlossaryTooltip> is routed through the Internet and bypasses [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/). This enables you to ping resources on the Internet from the Magic WAN connector directly, which can be useful for debugging.

---

## VLAN ID

This feature allows you to have multiple [virtual LANs](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-a-lan/) (VLANs) configured over the same physical port on your Magic WAN Connector. VLAN tagging adds an extra header to packets in order to identify which VLAN the packet belongs to and to route it appropriately. This effectively allows you to run multiple networks over the same physical port.

A non-zero value set up for the VLAN ID field in your WAN/LAN is used to handle VLAN-tagged traffic. Cloudflare uses the VLAN ID to handle traffic coming into your Magic WAN Connector device, and applies a VLAN tag with the configured VLAN ID for traffic going out of your Connector through WAN/LAN.

You can setup VLAN IDs both for WAN and LAN. Refer to [Configure hardware connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/) or [Configure software connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/) to learn where you can set up VLAN IDs.

---

# BGP and Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-bgp-bfd/

You can use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) with classic CNI if you are a Magic Transit customer. You can build a BGP session over your Classic CNI connection to signal when Cloudflare should advertise and anycast your IP prefixes for DDoS mitigation. You can also optionally use [Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)](#bfd) on this BGP session.

## BGP

### Configure the BGP session

After establishing your connection, the next steps include provisioning the Generic Route Encapsulation (GRE) IPs and configuring the BGP peering information. This process takes approximately one week.

### Provision the IP

Cloudflare sends a set of IPs that you assign to your connection before Cloudflare establishes the BGP connection. The set of IPs will look similar to the example below.

```txt
Cloudflare v4: 192.0.2.10/31
Acme v4: 192.0.2.11/31
Cloudflare v6: 2001:db8:12:3::7ac2:d64a/127
Acme: 2001:db8:12:3::7ac2:d64b/127
```

Assign the set of IPs to your connection. Next, perform a series of ping tests to ensure the connection is established. Although you may see the green connection from [configuring the cross-connect](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-cross-connect/), the ping tests confirm packets are flowing over the link.

If you have a virtual link via Megaport, the IP provisioning may fail if you have not configured the VLAN with the VLAN provided by your Customer Success Manager.

### Configure the BGP session

After you provision the IPs and the ping tests confirm the connection, accept the routes from the BGP session Cloudflare configured. Configuring the BGP session on both the Cloudflare and user sides requires a BGP call and an approximately two hour maintenance window that you provide to Cloudflare.

Cloudflare advertises all of its available anycast prefixes, including [BYOIP](/byoip/) prefixes, over a private CNI link between Cloudflare and the customer data center. However, this can exclude other location-specific prefixes that may not be available at that datacenter.

:::note
Your CNI needs to accept all of Cloudflare's prefixes to ensure it is fully utilized, and traffic routed from the data centers back to the CNI is secure, fast, and reliable.
:::

After you accept the BGP session, traffic begins flowing over the CNI. To confirm traffic is flowing correctly, contact your solutions engineer who can see whether traffic is flowing.

### Go live

When traffic begins flowing over the connection, you are fully set up with CNI.

## BFD

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is a networking protocol that constantly monitors links and BGP sessions down to the second by sending a constant stream of traffic across the session.

If a small number of packets do not make it to the other side of the session, the session is considered down. This solution is useful for users who cannot tolerate any amount of packet loss during a session.

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection is only supported for users with direct connections. To begin using BFD, contact your account team.

---

# Manual configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/

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<DirectoryListing />

---

# Configure the cross-connect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-cross-connect/

The Cloudflare infrastructure uses your information to configure the cross-connect. The configuration process varies slightly for physical and virtual links. This process can take one to two weeks, or longer depending on the provider. Your Customer Success Manager will remain in contact with you to ensure your cross-connect is on track.

## Physical links

To configure the network cross-connect for physical links, Cloudflare generates a Letter of Authorization (LOA)/service key - sometimes referred to as a Letter of Agency - and sends it to you. After you receive the LOA, you can:

- Order cross-connects at the locations the LOA specifies.
- Verify when the cross-connects are complete.

:::note
To review physical interconnection locations, see [Partners](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/).
:::

## Virtual Links

To configure the network cross-connect for virtual links, you must create a request from the partner dashboard. Cloudflare will then review and accept the request.

:::note
When using a virtual partner network interconnect, provision cross-connects using the appropriate partner portals.
For more information, see the [Cloudflare Network Interconnect Partner Program](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect-partnerships/).
:::

### Follow your partner's instructions below

- [Console Connect](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/console-connect/)
- [Equinix Fabric](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/equinix-fabric/)
- [Megaport](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/megaport/)
- [PacketFabric](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/packet-fabric/)
- CoreSite OCX (*coming soon*)
- Epsilon Infiny (*coming soon*)
- Zayo (*coming soon*)

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/

Setup starts with onboarding, which is broken out into a few steps. During onboarding, Cloudflare works closely with your organization to accomplish the onboarding tasks:

- [Scope your configuration](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/scope-config/) (Kickoff call)
- [Configure the network cross-connect](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-cross-connect/) (Duration: 1-2 weeks)
- [Configure Cloudflare Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-bgp-bfd/) (Duration: 1 week)
- [Go live](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-bgp-bfd/#go-live) (Duration: 1-2 days)

---

# Scope your configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/scope-config/

Cloudflare engages with your organization in an initial kickoff call to confirm the scope and timeline for the classic CNI setup. To prepare for the initial kickoff call, have the configuration data for the type of cross-connect you want to use (direct physical or partner virtual) ready to provide to your Customer Success Manager.

## Classic CNI (Direct) setup

To set up a direct classic CNI connection, provide the following information:

- Colocation facility where you want to connect. The location must be accessible from one of [Cloudflare's peering locations](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224).
- Port speeds.

Cloudflare will issue you a Letter of Authorization for you to order a cross connect to fulfill your CNI.

:::caution[Important]
To set up a cross-connect in a metropolitan area network (MAN) that does not have a physical Cloudflare location, you must purchase an Equinix Metro Connect or a similar product to interconnect locations. For example, if Cloudflare has a peering facility in NY5 and you are in NY1, you must use Metro Connect to cross-connect from NY1 to NY5.
:::

## Classic CNI (Partner) setup

To establish a classic CNI connection through a partner, provide the following information:

- Locations to interconnect. You must choose locations supported by our [Network Interconnect Partner Program](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect-partnerships/).
- Preferred link size
- Number of VLANs
- Rate Limit

Use one of our partner's dashboards to place the order, and the interconnect platform will establish the connection.

---

# GitHub integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/git-integration/github-integration/

You can connect each Cloudflare Pages project to a GitHub repository, and Cloudflare will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a branch.

## Features

Beyond automatic deployments, the Cloudflare GitHub integration lets you monitor, manage, and preview deployments directly in GitHub, keeping you informed without leaving your workflow.

### Custom branches

Pages will default to setting your [production environment](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/#production-branch-control) to the branch you first push. If a branch other than the default branch (e.g. `main`) represents your project's production branch, then go to **Settings** > **Builds** > **Branch control**, change the production branch by clicking the **Production branch** dropdown menu and choose any other branch.

You can also use [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) to preview versions of your project before merging your production branch, and deploying to production. Pages allows you to configure which of your preview branches are automatically deployed using [branch build controls](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/). To configure, go to **Settings** > **Builds** > **Branch control** and select an option under **Preview branch**. Use [**Custom branches**](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/) to specify branches you wish to include or exclude from automatic preview deployments.

### Preview URLs

Every time you open a new pull request on your GitHub repository, Cloudflare Pages will create a unique preview URL, which will stay updated as you continue to push new commits to the branch. Note that preview URLs will not be created for pull requests created from forks of your repository. Learn more in [Preview Deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/).

![GitHub Preview URLs](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/ghpreviewurls.png)

### Skipping a build via a commit message

Without any configuration required, you can choose to skip a deployment on an ad hoc basis. By adding the `[CI Skip]`, `[CI-Skip]`, `[Skip CI]`, `[Skip-CI]`, or `[CF-Pages-Skip]` flag as a prefix in your commit message, and Pages will omit that deployment. The prefixes are not case sensitive.

### Check runs

If you have one or multiple projects connected to a repository (i.e. a [monorepo](/pages/configuration/monorepos/)), you can check on the status of each build within GitHub via [GitHub check runs](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/collaborating-on-repositories-with-code-quality-features/about-status-checks#checks).

You can see the checks by selecting the status icon next to a commit within your GitHub repository. In the example below, you can select the green check mark to see the results of the check run.

![GitHub status](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/gh-status-check-runs.png)

Check runs will appear like the following in your repository.

![GitHub check runs](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/ghcheckrun.png)

If a build skips for any reason (i.e. CI Skip, build watch paths, or branch deployment controls), the check run/commit status will not appear.

## Manage access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Workers from your company or side project on GitHub using the [Cloudflare Workers & Pages GitHub App](https://github.com/apps/cloudflare-workers-and-pages).

### Organizational access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Pages from your company or side project on both GitHub and GitLab.

When authorizing Cloudflare Pages to access a GitHub account, you can specify access to your individual account or an organization that you belong to on GitHub. In order to be able to add the Cloudflare Pages installation to that organization, your user account must be an owner or have the appropriate role within the organization (that is, the GitHub Apps Manager role). More information on these roles can be seen on [GitHub's documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/roles-in-an-organization#github-app-managers).

:::caution[GitHub security consideration]

A GitHub account should only point to one Cloudflare account. If you are setting up Cloudflare with GitHub for your organization, Cloudflare recommends that you limit the scope of the application to only the repositories you intend to build with Pages. To modify these permissions, go to the [Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) on GitHub and select **Switch settings context** to access your GitHub organization settings. Then, select **Cloudflare Workers & Pages** > For **Repository access**, select **Only select repositories** > select your repositories.

:::

### Remove access

You can remove Cloudflare Pages' access to your GitHub repository or account by going to the [Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) on GitHub (if you are in an organization, select Switch settings context to access your GitHub organization settings). The GitHub App is named Cloudflare Workers and Pages, and it is shared between Workers and Pages projects.

#### Remove Cloudflare access to a GitHub repository

To remove access to an individual GitHub repository, you can navigate to **Repository access**. Select the **Only select repositories** option, and configure which repositories you would like Cloudflare to have access to.

![GitHub Repository Access](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/github-repository-access.png)

#### Remove Cloudflare access to the entire GitHub account

To remove Cloudflare Workers and Pages access to your entire Git account, you can navigate to **Uninstall "Cloudflare Workers and Pages"**, then select **Uninstall**. Removing access to the Cloudflare Workers and Pages app will revoke Cloudflare's access to _all repositories_ from that GitHub account. If you want to only disable automatic builds and deployments, follow the [Disable Build](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#disabling-builds) instructions.

Note that removing access to GitHub will disable new builds for Workers and Pages project that were connected to those repositories, though your previous deployments will continue to be hosted by Cloudflare Workers.

### Reinstall the Cloudflare GitHub app

If you see errors where Cloudflare Pages cannot access your git repository, you should attempt to uninstall and reinstall the GitHub application associated with the Cloudflare Pages installation.

1. Go to the installation settings page on GitHub:
   - Navigate to **Settings > Builds** for the Pages project and select **Manage** under Git Repository.
   - Alternatively, visit these links to find the Cloudflare Workers and Pages installation and select **Configure**:

|                  |                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Individual**   | `https://github.com/settings/installations`                                        |
| **Organization** | `https://github.com/organizations/<YOUR_ORGANIZATION_NAME>/settings/installations` |

2. In the Cloudflare Workers and Pages GitHub App settings page, navigate to **Uninstall "Cloudflare Workers and Pages"** and select **Uninstall**.
3. Go back to the [**Workers & Pages** overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) page. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
4. Select the **+ Add account** button, select the GitHub account you want to add, and then select **Install & Authorize**.
5. You should be redirected to the create project page with your GitHub account or organization in the account list.
6. Attempt to make a new deployment with your project which was previously broken.

---

# GitLab integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/git-integration/gitlab-integration/

You can connect each Cloudflare Pages project to a GitLab repository, and Cloudflare will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a branch.

## Features

Beyond automatic deployments, the Cloudflare GitLab integration lets you monitor, manage, and preview deployments directly in GitLab, keeping you informed without leaving your workflow.

### Custom branches

Pages will default to setting your [production environment](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/#production-branch-control) to the branch you first push. If a branch other than the default branch (e.g. `main`) represents your project's production branch, then go to **Settings** > **Builds** > **Branch control**, change the production branch by clicking the **Production branch** dropdown menu and choose any other branch.

You can also use [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) to preview versions of your project before merging your production branch, and deploying to production. Pages allows you to configure which of your preview branches are automatically deployed using [branch build controls](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/). To configure, go to **Settings** > **Builds** > **Branch control** and select an option under **Preview branch**. Use [**Custom branches**](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/) to specify branches you wish to include or exclude from automatic preview deployments.

### Skipping a specific build via a commit message

Without any configuration required, you can choose to skip a deployment on an ad hoc basis. By adding the `[CI Skip]`, `[CI-Skip]`, `[Skip CI]`, `[Skip-CI]`, or `[CF-Pages-Skip]` flag as a prefix in your commit message, Pages will omit that deployment. The prefixes are not case sensitive.

### Check runs and preview URLs

If you have one or multiple projects connected to a repository (i.e. a [monorepo](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#monorepos)), you can check on the status of each build within GitLab via [GitLab commit status](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/status_checks.html).

You can see the statuses by selecting the status icon next to a commit or by going to **Build** > **Pipelines** within your GitLab repository. In the example below, you can select the green check mark to see the results of the check run.

![GitLab Status](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/gl-status-checks.png)

Check runs will appear like the following in your repository. You can select one of the statuses to view the [preview URL](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) for that deployment.

![GitLab Commit Status](~/assets/images/pages/configuration/glcommitstatus.png)

If a build skips for any reason (i.e. CI Skip, build watch paths, or branch deployment controls), the check run/commit status will not appear.

## Manage access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Workers from your company or side project on GitLab using the Cloudflare Pages app.

### Organizational access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Pages from your company or side project on both GitHub and GitLab.

When you authorize Cloudflare Pages to access your GitLab account, you automatically give Cloudflare Pages access to organizations, groups, and namespaces accessed by your GitLab account. Managing access to these organizations and groups is handled by GitLab.

### Remove access

You can remove Cloudflare Workers' access to your GitLab account by navigating to [Authorized Applications page](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications) on GitLab. Find the applications called Cloudflare Workers and select the **Revoke** button to revoke access.

Note that the GitLab application Cloudflare Workers is shared between Workers and Pages projects, and removing access to GitLab will disable new builds for Workers and Pages, though your previous deployments will continue to be hosted by Cloudflare Pages.

### Reinstall the Cloudflare GitLab app

When encountering Git integration related issues, one potential troubleshooting step is attempting to uninstall and reinstall the GitHub or GitLab application associated with the Cloudflare Pages installation.

1. Go to your application settings page on GitLab located here: [https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications)
2. Select the **Revoke** button on your Cloudflare Pages installation if it exists.
3. Go back to the **Workers & Pages** overview page at `https://dash.cloudflare.com/[YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID]/workers-and-pages`. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
4. Select the **GitLab** tab at the top, select the **+ Add account** button, select the GitLab account you want to add, and then select **Authorize** on the modal titled "Authorize Cloudflare Pages to use your account?".
5. You will be redirected to the create project page with your GitLab account or organization in the account list.
6. Attempt to make a new deployment with your project which was previously broken.

---

# Git integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/git-integration/

You can connect each Cloudflare Pages project to a [GitHub](/pages/configuration/git-integration/github-integration) or [GitLab](/pages/configuration/git-integration/gitlab-integration) repository, and Cloudflare will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a branch.

:::note
Cloudflare Workers now also supports Git integrations to automatically build and deploy Workers from your connected Git repository. Learn more in [Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).
:::

When you connect a git repository to your Cloudflare Pages project, Cloudflare will also:

- **Preview deployments for custom branches**, generating preview URLs for a commit to any branch in the repository without affecting your production deployment.
- **Preview URLs in pull requests** (PRs) to the repository.
- **Build and deployment status checks** within the Git repository.
- **Skipping builds using a commit message**.

These features allow you to manage your deployments directly within GitHub or GitLab without leaving your team's regular development workflow.

:::caution[You cannot switch to Direct Upload later]
If you deploy using the Git integration, you cannot switch to [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/) later. However, if you already use a Git-integrated project and do not want to trigger deployments every time you push a commit, you can [disable automatic deployments](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#disable-automatic-deployments) on all branches. Then, you can use Wrangler to deploy directly to your Pages projects and make changes to your Git repository without automatically triggering a build.

:::

## Supported Git providers

Cloudflare supports connecting Cloudflare Pages to your GitHub and GitLab repositories. Pages does not currently support connecting self-hosted instances of GitHub or GitLab.

If you using a different Git provider (e.g. Bitbucket) or a self-hosted instance, you can start with a Direct Upload project and deploy using a CI/CD provider (e.g. GitHub Actions) with [Wrangler CLI](/pages/how-to/use-direct-upload-with-continuous-integration/).

## Add a Git integration

If you do not have a Git account linked to your Cloudflare account, you will be prompted to set up an installation to GitHub or GitLab when [connecting to Git](/pages/get-started/git-integration/) for the first time, or when adding a new Git account. Follow the prompts and authorize the Cloudflare Git integration.

You can check the following pages to see if your Git integration has been installed:

- [GitHub Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) (if you're in an organization, select **Switch settings context** to access your GitHub organization settings)
- [GitLab Authorized Applications page](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications)

For details on providing access to organization accounts, see the [GitHub](/pages/configuration/git-integration/github-integration/#organizational-access) and [GitLab](/pages/configuration/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#organizational-access) guides.

## Manage a Git integration

You can manage the Git installation associated with your repository connection by navigating to the Pages project, then going to **Settings** > **Builds** and selecting **Manage** under **Git Repository**.

This can be useful for managing repository access or troubleshooting installation issues by reinstalling. For more details, see the [GitHub](/pages/configuration/git-integration/github-integration/#managing-access) and [GitLab](/pages/configuration/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#managing-access) guides.

## Disable automatic deployments

If you are using a Git-integrated project and do not want to trigger deployments every time you push a commit, you can use [branch control](/pages/configuration/branch-build-controls/) to disable/pause builds:

1. Go to the **Settings** of your **Pages project** in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Navigate to **Build** > edit **Branch control** > turn off **Enable automatic production branch deployments**.
3. You can also change your Preview branch to **None (Disable automatic branch deployments)** to pause automatic preview deployments.

Then, you can use Wrangler to deploy directly to your Pages project and make changes to your Git repository without automatically triggering a build.

---

# Troubleshooting builds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/configuration/git-integration/troubleshooting/

If your git integration is experiencing issues, you may find the following banners in the Deployment page of your Pages project.

## Project creation

#### `This repository is being used for a Cloudflare Pages project on a different Cloudflare account.`

Using the same GitHub/GitLab repository across separate Cloudflare accounts is disallowed. To use the repository for a Pages project in that Cloudflare account, you should delete any Pages projects using the repository in other Cloudflare accounts.

## Deployments

If you run into any issues related to deployments or failing, check your project dashboard to see if there are any SCM installation warnings listed as shown in the screenshot below.

![Pausing a deployment in the Settings of your Pages project](~/assets/images/pages/platform/git.dashboard-error.png)

To resolve any errors displayed in the Cloudflare Pages dashboard, follow the steps listed below.

#### `This project is disconnected from your Git account, this may cause deployments to fail.`

To resolve this issue, follow the steps provided above in the [Reinstalling a Git installation section](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#reinstall-a-git-installation) for the applicable SCM provider. If the issue persists even after uninstalling and reinstalling, contact support.

#### `Cloudflare Pages is not properly installed on your Git account, this may cause deployments to fail.`

To resolve this issue, follow the steps provided above in the [Reinstalling a Git installation section](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#reinstall-a-git-installation) for the applicable SCM provider. If the issue persists even after uninstalling and reinstalling, contact support.

#### `The Cloudflare Pages installation has been suspended, this may cause deployments to fail.`

Go to your GitHub installation settings:

- `https://github.com/settings/installations` for individual accounts
- `https://github.com/organizations/<YOUR_ORGANIZATION_NAME>/settings/installations` for organizational accounts

Click **Configure** on the Cloudflare Pages application. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click **Unsuspend** to allow Cloudflare Pages to make future deployments.

#### `The project is linked to a repository that no longer exists, this may cause deployments to fail.`

You may have deleted or transferred the repository associated with this Cloudflare Pages project. For a deleted repository, you will need to create a new Cloudflare Pages project with a repository that has not been deleted. For a transferred repository, you can either transfer the repository back to the original Git account or you will need to create a new Cloudflare Pages project with the transferred repository.

#### `The repository cannot be accessed, this may cause deployments to fail.`

You may have excluded this repository from your installation's repository access settings. Go to your GitHub installation settings:

- `https://github.com/settings/installations` for individual accounts
- `https://github.com/organizations/<YOUR_ORGANIZATION_NAME>/settings/installations` for organizational accounts

Click **Configure** on the Cloudflare Pages application. Under **Repository access**, ensure that the repository associated with your Cloudflare Pages project is included in the list.

#### `There is an internal issue with your Cloudflare Pages Git installation.`

This is an internal error in the Cloudflare Pages SCM system. You can attempt to [reinstall your Git installation](/pages/configuration/git-integration/#reinstall-a-git-installation), but if the issue persists, [contact support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

#### `GitHub/GitLab is having an incident and push events to Cloudflare are operating in a degraded state. Check their status page for more details.`

This indicates that GitHub or GitLab may be experiencing an incident affecting push events to Cloudflare. It is recommended to monitor their status page ([GitHub](https://www.githubstatus.com/), [GitLab](https://status.gitlab.com/)) for updates and try deploying again later.

---

# Static site

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/deploy-a-static-nextjs-site/

import { PagesBuildPreset, Render } from "~/components";

:::note

Do not use this guide unless you have a specific use case for static exports. Cloudflare recommends using the [Deploy a Next.js site](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/get-started/) guide.

:::

[Next.js](https://nextjs.org) is an open-source React framework for creating websites and applications. In this guide, you will create a new Next.js application and deploy it using Cloudflare Pages.

This guide will instruct you how to deploy a static site Next.js project with [static exports](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/deploying/static-exports).

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Select your Next.js project

If you already have a Next.js project that you wish to deploy, ensure that it is [configured for static exports](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/deploying/static-exports), change to its directory, and proceed to the next step. Otherwise, use `create-next-app` to create a new Next.js project.

```sh
npx create-next-app --example with-static-export my-app
```

After creating your project, a new `my-app` directory will be generated using the official [`with-static-export`](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/tree/canary/examples/with-static-export) example as a template. Change to this directory to continue.

```sh
cd my-app
```

### Create a GitHub repository

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting [repo.new](https://repo.new). After creating a new repository, prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
git remote add origin https://github.com/<GH_USERNAME>/<REPOSITORY_NAME>.git
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
```

### Deploy your application to Cloudflare Pages

To deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, select _Next.js (Static HTML Export)_ as your **Framework preset**. Your selection will provide the following information.

<PagesBuildPreset framework="next-js-static" />

After configuring your site, you can begin your first deploy. Cloudflare Pages will install `next`, your project dependencies, and build your site before deploying it.

## Preview your site

After deploying your site, you will receive a unique subdomain for your project on `*.pages.dev`.

Every time you commit new code to your Next.js site, Cloudflare Pages will automatically rebuild your project and deploy it. You will also get access to [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) on new pull requests, so you can preview how changes look to your site before deploying them to production.

For the complete guide to deploying your first site to Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/).

---

# Next.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/

import { DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components"

[Next.js](https://nextjs.org) is an open-source React framework for creating websites and applications.

### Video Tutorial

<Stream videoId="0b28fdd5938c4929bd7fdedcd167044d" videoTitle="Deploy NextJS to your Workers Application" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/resources/

import { ResourcesBySelector, ExternalResources } from "~/components"

## Demo apps

For demo applications using Next.js, refer to the following resources:

<ExternalResources tags={["NextJS"]} type="apps" />

---

# A/B testing with middleware

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/examples/ab-testing/

```js
const cookieName = "ab-test-cookie"
const newHomepagePathName = "/test"

const abTest = async (context) => {
  const url = new URL(context.request.url)
  // if homepage
  if (url.pathname === "/") {
    // if cookie ab-test-cookie=new then change the request to go to /test
    // if no cookie set, pass x% of traffic and set a cookie value to "current" or "new"

    let cookie = request.headers.get("cookie")
    // is cookie set?
    if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${cookieName}=new`)) {
      // pass the request to /test
      url.pathname = newHomepagePathName
      return context.env.ASSETS.fetch(url)
    } else {
      const percentage = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100)
      let version = "current" // default version
      // change pathname and version name for 50% of traffic
      if (percentage < 50) {
        url.pathname = newHomepagePathName
        version = "new"
      }
      // get the static file from ASSETS, and attach a cookie
      const asset = await context.env.ASSETS.fetch(url)
      let response = new Response(asset.body, asset)
      response.headers.append("Set-Cookie", `${cookieName}=${version}; path=/`)
      return response
    }
  }
  return context.next()
};

export const onRequest = [abTest];
```

---

# Adding CORS headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/examples/cors-headers/

This example is a snippet from our Cloudflare Pages Template repo.

```ts
// Respond to OPTIONS method
export const onRequestOptions: PagesFunction = async () => {
  return new Response(null, {
    status: 204,
    headers: {
      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
      'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': '*',
      'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, OPTIONS',
      'Access-Control-Max-Age': '86400',
    },
  });
};

// Set CORS to all /api responses
export const onRequest: PagesFunction = async (context) => {
  const response = await context.next();
  response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
  response.headers.set('Access-Control-Max-Age', '86400');
  return response;
};

```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/examples/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/cloudflare-access/

The Cloudflare Access Pages Plugin is a middleware to validate Cloudflare Access JWT assertions. It also includes an API to lookup additional information about a given user's JWT.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access
```

## Usage

```typescript
import cloudflareAccessPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = cloudflareAccessPlugin({
	domain: "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com",
	aud: "4714c1358e65fe4b408ad6d432a5f878f08194bdb4752441fd56faefa9b2b6f2",
});
```

The Plugin takes an object with two properties: the `domain` of your Cloudflare Access account, and the policy `aud` (audience) to validate against. Any requests which fail validation will be returned a `403` status code.

### Access the JWT payload

If you need to use the JWT payload in your application (for example, you need the user's email address), this Plugin will make this available for you at `data.cloudflareAccess.JWT.payload`.

For example:

```typescript
import type { PluginData } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<unknown, any, PluginData> = async ({
	data,
}) => {
	return new Response(
		`Hello, ${data.cloudflareAccess.JWT.payload.email || "service user"}!`,
	);
};
```

The [entire JWT payload](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#payload) will be made available on `data.cloudflareAccess.JWT.payload`. Be aware that the fields available differ between identity authorizations (for example, a user in a browser) and non-identity authorizations (for example, a service token).

### Look up identity

In order to get more information about a given user's identity, use the provided `getIdentity` API function:

```typescript
import { getIdentity } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access/api";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = async ({ data }) => {
	const identity = await getIdentity({
		jwt: "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IjkzMzhhYmUxYmFmMmZlNDkyZjY0NmE3MzZmMjVhZmJmN2IwMjVlMzVjNjI3YmU0ZjYwYzQxNGQ0YzczMDY5YjgiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QifQ.eyJhdWQiOlsiOTdlMmFhZTEyMDEyMWY5MDJkZjhiYzk5ZmMzNDU5MTNhYjE4NmQxNzRmMzA3OWVhNzI5MjM2NzY2YjJlN2M0YSJdLCJlbWFpbCI6ImFkbWluQGV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwiZXhwIjoxNTE5NDE4MjE0LCJpYXQiOjE1MTkzMzE4MTUsImlzcyI6Imh0dHBzOi8vdGVzdC5jbG91ZGZsYXJlYWNjZXNzLmNvbSIsIm5vbmNlIjoiMWQ4MDgzZjcwOGE0Nzk4MjI5NmYyZDk4OTZkNzBmMjA3YTI3OTM4ZjAyNjU0MGMzOTJiOTAzZTVmZGY0ZDZlOSIsInN1YiI6ImNhNjM5YmI5LTI2YWItNDJlNS1iOWJmLTNhZWEyN2IzMzFmZCJ9.05vGt-_0Mw6WEFJF3jpaqkNb88PUMplsjzlEUvCEfnQ",
		domain: "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com",
	});

	return new Response(`Hello, ${identity.name || "service user"}!`);
};
```

The `getIdentity` function takes an object with two properties: a `jwt` string, and a `domain` string. It returns a `Promise` of [the object returned by the `/cdn-cgi/access/get-identity` endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity). This is particularly useful if you want to use a user's group membership for something like application permissions.

For convenience, this same information can be fetched for the current request's JWT with the `data.cloudflareAccess.JWT.getIdentity` function, (assuming you have already validated the request with the Plugin as above):

```typescript
import type { PluginData } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<unknown, any, PluginData> = async ({
	data,
}) => {
	const identity = await data.cloudflareAccess.JWT.getIdentity();

	return new Response(`Hello, ${identity.name || "service user"}!`);
};
```

### Login and logout URLs

If you want to force a login or logout, use these utility functions to generate URLs and redirect a user:

```typescript
import { generateLoginURL } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access/api";

export const onRequest = () => {
	const loginURL = generateLoginURL({
		redirectURL: "https://example.com/greet",
		domain: "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com",
		aud: "4714c1358e65fe4b408ad6d432a5f878f08194bdb4752441fd56faefa9b2b6f2",
	});

	return new Response(null, {
		status: 302,
		headers: { Location: loginURL },
	});
};
```

```typescript
import { generateLogoutURL } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access/api";

export const onRequest = () =>
	new Response(null, {
		status: 302,
		headers: {
			Location: generateLogoutURL({
				domain: "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com",
			}),
		},
	});
```

---

# Community Plugins

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/community-plugins/

The following are some of the community-maintained Pages Plugins. If you have created a Pages Plugin and would like to share it with developers, create a PR to add it to this alphabeticallly-ordered list using the link in the footer.

* [pages-plugin-asset-negotiation](https://github.com/Cherry/pages-plugin-asset-negotiation)

  Given a folder of assets in multiple formats, this Plugin will automatically negotiate with a client to serve an optimized version of a requested asset.

* [proxyflare-for-pages](https://github.com/flaregun-net/proxyflare-for-pages)

  Move traffic around your Cloudflare Pages domain with ease. Proxyflare is a reverse-proxy that enables you to:

  * Port forward, redirect, and reroute HTTP and websocket traffic anywhere on the Internet.
  * Mount an entire website on a subpath (for example, `mysite.com/docs`) on your apex domain.
  * Serve static text (like `robots.txt` and other structured metadata) from any endpoint.

  Refer to [Proxyflare](https://proxyflare.works) for more information.

* [cloudflare-pages-plugin-trpc](https://github.com/toyamarinyon/cloudflare-pages-plugin-trpc)

  Allows developers to quickly create a tRPC server with a Cloudflare Pages Function.

* [pages-plugin-twind](https://github.com/helloimalastair/twind-plugin)

  Automatically injects Tailwind CSS styles into HTML pages after analyzing which classes are used.

---

# Google Chat

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/google-chat/

The Google Chat Pages Plugin creates a Google Chat bot which can respond to messages. It also includes an API for interacting with Google Chat (for example, for creating messages) without the need for user input. This API is useful for situations such as alerts.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-google-chat
```

## Usage

```typescript
import googleChatPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-google-chat";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = googleChatPlugin(async (message) => {
	if (message.text.includes("ping")) {
		return { text: "pong" };
	}

	return { text: "Sorry, I could not understand your message." };
});
```

The Plugin takes a function, which in turn takes an incoming message, and returns a `Promise` of a response message (or `void` if there should not be any response).

The Plugin only exposes a single route, which is the URL you should set in the Google Cloud Console when creating the bot.

![Google Cloud Console's Connection Settings for the Google Chat API showing 'App URL' selected and 'https://example.com/google-chat' entered into the 'App URL' text input.](~/assets/images/pages/platform/functions/google-chat.png)

### API

The Google Chat API can be called directly using the `GoogleChatAPI` class:

```typescript
import { GoogleChatAPI } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-google-chat/api";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = () => {
	// Initialize a GoogleChatAPI with your service account's credentials
	const googleChat = new GoogleChatAPI({
		credentials: {
			client_email: "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_ADDRESS",
			private_key: "SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY",
		},
	});

	// Post a message
	// https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/create
	const message = await googleChat.createMessage(
		{ parent: "spaces/AAAAAAAAAAA" },
		undefined,
		{
			text: "I'm an alert!",
		},
	);

	return new Response("Alert sent.");
};
```

We recommend storing your service account's credentials in KV rather than in plain text as above.

The following functions are available on a `GoogleChatAPI` instance. Each take up to three arguments: an object of path parameters, an object of query parameters, and an object of the request body; as described in the [Google Chat API's documentation](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest).

- [`downloadMedia`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/media/download)
- [`getSpace`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/get)
- [`listSpaces`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces/list)
- [`getMember`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.members/get)
- [`listMembers`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.members/list)
- [`createMessage`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/create)
- [`deleteMessage`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/delete)
- [`getMessage`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/get)
- [`updateMessage`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages/update)
- [`getAttachment`](https://developers.google.com/chat/api/reference/rest/v1/spaces.messages.attachments/get)

---

# GraphQL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/graphql/

The GraphQL Pages Plugin creates a GraphQL server which can respond to `application/json` and `application/graphql` `POST` requests. It responds with [the GraphQL Playground](https://github.com/graphql/graphql-playground) for `GET` requests.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-graphql
```

## Usage

```typescript
import graphQLPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-graphql";
import {
	graphql,
	GraphQLSchema,
	GraphQLObjectType,
	GraphQLString,
} from "graphql";

const schema = new GraphQLSchema({
	query: new GraphQLObjectType({
		name: "RootQueryType",
		fields: {
			hello: {
				type: GraphQLString,
				resolve() {
					return "Hello, world!";
				},
			},
		},
	}),
});

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = graphQLPlugin({
	schema,
	graphql,
});
```

This Plugin only exposes a single route, so wherever it is mounted is wherever it will be available. In the above example, because it is mounted in `functions/graphql.ts`, the server will be available on `/graphql` of your Pages project.

---

# hCaptcha

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/hcaptcha/

The hCaptcha Pages Plugin validates hCaptcha tokens.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-hcaptcha
```

## Usage

```typescript
import hCaptchaPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-hcaptcha";

export const onRequestPost: PagesFunction[] = [
	hCaptchaPlugin({
		secret: "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
		sitekey: "10000000-ffff-ffff-ffff-000000000001",
	}),
	async (context) => {
		// Request has been validated as coming from a human

		const formData = await context.request.formData();

		// Store user credentials

		return new Response("Successfully registered!");
	},
];
```

This Plugin only exposes a single route. It will be available wherever it is mounted. In the above example, because it is mounted in `functions/register.ts`, it will validate requests to `/register`. The Plugin is mounted with a single object parameter with the following properties.

[`secret`](https://dashboard.hcaptcha.com/settings) (mandatory) and [`sitekey`](https://dashboard.hcaptcha.com/sites) (optional) can both be found in your hCaptcha dashboard.

`response` and `remoteip` are optional strings. `response` the hCaptcha token to verify (defaults to extracting `h-captcha-response` from a `multipart/form-data` request). `remoteip` should be requester's IP address (defaults to the `CF-Connecting-IP` header of the request).

`onError` is an optional function which takes the Pages Function context object and returns a `Promise` of a `Response`. By default, it will return a human-readable error `Response`.

`data.hCaptcha` will be populated in subsequent Pages Functions (including for the `onError` function) with [the hCaptcha response object](https://docs.hcaptcha.com/#verify-the-user-response-server-side).

---

# Honeycomb

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/honeycomb/

The Honeycomb Pages Plugin automatically sends traces to Honeycomb for analysis and observability.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-honeycomb
```

## Usage

The following usage example uses environment variables you will need to set in your Pages project settings.

```typescript
import honeycombPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-honeycomb";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<{
	HONEYCOMB_API_KEY: string;
	HONEYCOMB_DATASET: string;
}> = (context) => {
	return honeycombPlugin({
		apiKey: context.env.HONEYCOMB_API_KEY,
		dataset: context.env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET,
	})(context);
};
```

Alternatively, you can hard-code (not advisable for API key) your settings the following way:

```typescript
import honeycombPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-honeycomb";

export const onRequest = honeycombPlugin({
	apiKey: "YOUR_HONEYCOMB_API_KEY",
	dataset: "YOUR_HONEYCOMB_DATASET_NAME",
});
```

This Plugin is based on the `@cloudflare/workers-honeycomb-logger` and accepts the same [configuration options](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-honeycomb-logger#config).

Ensure that you enable the option to **Automatically unpack nested JSON** and set the **Maximum unpacking depth** to **5** in your Honeycomb dataset settings.

![Follow the instructions above to toggle on Automatically unpack nested JSON and set the Maximum unpacking depth option to 5 in the Honeycomb dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/platform/functions/honeycomb.png)

### Additional context

`data.honeycomb.tracer` has two methods for attaching additional information about a given trace:

- `data.honeycomb.tracer.log` which takes a single argument, a `String`.
- `data.honeycomb.tracer.addData` which takes a single argument, an object of arbitrary data.

More information about these methods can be seen on [`@cloudflare/workers-honeycomb-logger`'s documentation](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-honeycomb-logger#adding-logs-and-other-data).

For example, if you wanted to use the `addData` method to attach user information:

```typescript
import type { PluginData } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-honeycomb";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<unknown, any, PluginData> = async ({
	data,
	next,
	request,
}) => {
	// Authenticate the user from the request and extract user's email address
	const email = await getEmailFromRequest(request);

	data.honeycomb.tracer.addData({ email });

	return next();
};
```

---

# Pages Plugins

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare maintains a number of official Pages Plugins for you to use in your Pages projects:

<DirectoryListing />

***

## Author a Pages Plugin

A Pages Plugin is a Pages Functions distributable which includes built-in routing and functionality. Developers can include a Plugin as a part of their Pages project wherever they chose, and can pass it some configuration options. The full power of Functions is available to Plugins, including middleware, parameterized routes, and static assets.

For example, a Pages Plugin could:

* Intercept HTML pages and inject in a third-party script.
* Proxy a third-party service's API.
* Validate authorization headers.
* Provide a full admin web app experience.
* Store data in KV or Durable Objects.
* Server-side render (SSR) webpages with data from a CMS.
* Report errors and track performance.

A Pages Plugin is essentially a library that developers can use to augment their existing Pages project with a deep integration to Functions.

## Use a Pages Plugin

Developers can enhance their projects by mounting a Pages Plugin at a route of their application. Plugins will provide instructions of where they should typically be mounted (for example, an admin interface might be mounted at `functions/admin/[[path]].ts`, and an error logger might be mounted at `functions/_middleware.ts`). Additionally, each Plugin may take some configuration (for example, with an API token).

***

## Static form example

In this example, you will build a Pages Plugin and then include it in a project.

The first Plugin should:

* intercept HTML forms.
* store the form submission in [KV](/kv/api/).
* respond to submissions with a developer's custom response.

### 1. Create a new Pages Plugin

Create a `package.json` with the following:

```json
{
  "name": "@cloudflare/static-form-interceptor",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "types": "index.d.ts",
  "files": ["dist", "index.d.ts", "tsconfig.json"],
  "scripts": {
    "build": "npx wrangler pages functions build --plugin --outdir=dist",
    "prepare": "npm run build"
  }
}
```

:::note


The `npx wrangler pages functions build` command supports a number of arguments, including:

* `--plugin` which tells the command to build a Pages Plugin, (rather than Pages Functions as part of a Pages project)
* `--outdir` which allows you to specify where to output the built Plugin
* `--external` which can be used to avoid bundling external modules in the Plugin
* `--watch` argument tells the command to watch for changes to the source files and rebuild the Plugin automatically

For more information about the available arguments, run `npx wrangler pages functions build --help`.


:::

In our example, `dist/index.js` will be the entrypoint to your Plugin. This is a generated file built by Wrangler with the `npm run build` command. Add the `dist/` directory to your `.gitignore`.

Next, create a `functions` directory and start coding your Plugin. The `functions` folder will be mounted at some route by the developer, so consider how you want to structure your files. Generally:

* if you want your Plugin to run on a single route of the developer's choice (for example, `/foo`), create a `functions/index.ts` file.
* if you want your Plugin to be mounted and serve all requests beyond a certain path (for example, `/admin/login` and `/admin/dashboard`), create a `functions/[[path]].ts` file.
* if you want your Plugin to intercept requests but fallback on either other Functions or the project's static assets, create a `functions/_middleware.ts` file.

:::note[Do not include the mounted path in your Plugin]


Your Plugin should not use the mounted path anywhere in the file structure (for example, `/foo` or `/admin`). Developers should be free to mount your Plugin wherever they choose, but you can make recommendations of how you expect this to be mounted in your `README.md`.


:::

You are free to use as many different files as you need. The structure of a Plugin is exactly the same as Functions in a Pages project today, except that the handlers receive a new property of their parameter object, `pluginArgs`. This property is the initialization parameter that a developer passes when mounting a Plugin. You can use this to receive API tokens, KV/Durable Object namespaces, or anything else that your Plugin needs to work.

Returning to your static form example, if you want to intercept requests and override the behavior of an HTML form, you need to create a `functions/_middleware.ts`. Developers could then mount your Plugin on a single route, or on their entire project.

```typescript
class FormHandler {
  element(element) {
    const name = element.getAttribute('data-static-form-name')
    element.setAttribute('method', 'POST')
    element.removeAttribute('action')
    element.append(`<input type="hidden" name="static-form-name" value="${name}" />`, { html: true })
  }
}

export const onRequestGet = async (context) => {
  // We first get the original response from the project
  const response = await context.next()

  // Then, using HTMLRewriter, we transform `form` elements with a `data-static-form-name` attribute, to tell them to POST to the current page
  return new HTMLRewriter().on('form[data-static-form-name]', new FormHandler()).transform(response)
}

export const onRequestPost = async (context) => {
  // Parse the form
  const formData = await context.request.formData()
  const name = formData.get('static-form-name')
  const entries = Object.fromEntries([...formData.entries()].filter(([name]) => name !== 'static-form-name'))

  // Get the arguments given to the Plugin by the developer
  const { kv, respondWith } = context.pluginArgs


  // Store form data in KV under key `form-name:YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`
  const key = `${name}:${new Date().toISOString()}`
  context.waitUntil(kv.put(name, JSON.stringify(entries)))

  // Respond with whatever the developer wants
  const response = await respondWith({ formData })
  return response
}
```

### 2. Type your Pages Plugin

To create a good developer experience, you should consider adding TypeScript typings to your Plugin. This allows developers to use their IDE features for autocompletion, and also ensure that they include all the parameters you are expecting.

In the `index.d.ts`, export a function which takes your `pluginArgs` and returns a `PagesFunction`. For your static form example, you take two properties, `kv`, a KV namespace, and `respondWith`, a function which takes an object with a `formData` property (`FormData`) and returns a `Promise` of a `Response`:

```typescript
export type PluginArgs = {
  kv: KVNamespace;
  respondWith: (args: { formData: FormData }) => Promise<Response>;
};

export default function (args: PluginArgs): PagesFunction;
```

### 3. Test your Pages Plugin

We are still working on creating a great testing experience for Pages Plugins authors. Please be patient with us until all those pieces come together. In the meantime, you can create an example project and include your Plugin manually for testing.

### 4. Publish your Pages Plugin

You can distribute your Plugin however you choose. Popular options include publishing on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), showcasing it in the #what-i-built or #pages-discussions channels in our [Developer Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev), and open-sourcing on [GitHub](https://github.com/).

Make sure you are including the generated `dist/` directory, your typings `index.d.ts`, as well as a `README.md` with instructions on how developers can use your Plugin.

***

### 5. Install your Pages Plugin

If you want to include a Pages Plugin in your application, you need to first install that Plugin to your project.

If you are not yet using `npm` in your project, run `npm init` to create a `package.json` file. The Plugin's `README.md` will typically include an installation command (for example, `npm install --save @cloudflare/static-form-interceptor`).

### 6. Mount your Pages Plugin

The `README.md` of the Plugin will likely include instructions for how to mount the Plugin in your application. You will need to:

1. Create a `functions` directory, if you do not already have one.
2. Decide where you want this Plugin to run and create a corresponding file in the `functions` directory.
3. Import the Plugin and export an `onRequest` method in this file, initializing the Plugin with any arguments it requires.

In the static form example, the Plugin you have created already was created as a middleware. This means it can run on either a single route, or across your entire project. If you had a single contact form on your website at `/contact`, you could create a `functions/contact.ts` file to intercept just that route. You could also create a `functions/_middleware.ts` file to intercept all other routes and any other future forms you might create. As the developer, you can choose where this Plugin can run.

A Plugin's default export is a function which takes the same context parameter that a normal Pages Functions handler is given.

```typescript
import staticFormInterceptorPlugin from "@cloudflare/static-form-interceptor";

export const onRequest = (context) => {
  return staticFormInterceptorPlugin({
    kv: context.env.FORM_KV,
    respondWith: async ({ formData }) => {
      // Could call email/notification service here
      const name = formData.get("name");
      return new Response(`Thank you for your submission, ${name}!`);
    },
  })(context);
};
```

### 7. Test your Pages Plugin

You can use `wrangler pages dev` to test a Pages project, including any Plugins you have installed. Remember to include any KV bindings and environment variables that the Plugin is expecting.

With your Plugin mounted on the `/contact` route, a corresponding HTML file might look like this:

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Contact us</h1>
    <!-- Include the `data-static-form-name` attribute to name the submission -->
    <form data-static-form-name="contact">
      <label>
        <span>Name</span>
        <input type="text" autocomplete="name" name="name" />
      </label>
      <label>
        <span>Message</span>
        <textarea name="message"></textarea>
      </label>
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
```

Your plugin should pick up the `data-static-form-name="contact"` attribute, set the `method="POST"`, inject in an `<input type="hidden" name="static-form-name" value="contact" />` element, and capture `POST` submissions.

### 8. Deploy your Pages project

Make sure the new Plugin has been added to your `package.json` and that everything works locally as you would expect. You can then `git commit` and `git push` to trigger a Cloudflare Pages deployment.

If you experience any problems with any one Plugin, file an issue on that Plugin's bug tracker.

If you experience any problems with Plugins in general, we would appreciate your feedback in the #pages-discussions channel in [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/cloudflaredev)! We are excited to see what you build with Plugins and welcome any feedback about the authoring or developer experience. Let us know in the Discord channel if there is anything you need to make Plugins even more powerful.

***

## Chain your Plugin

Finally, as with Pages Functions generally, it is possible to chain together Plugins in order to combine together different features. Middleware defined higher up in the filesystem will run before other handlers, and individual files can chain together Functions in an array like so:

```typescript
import sentryPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry";
import cloudflareAccessPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-cloudflare-access";
import adminDashboardPlugin from "@cloudflare/a-fictional-admin-plugin";

export const onRequest = [
  // Initialize a Sentry Plugin to capture any errors
  sentryPlugin({ dsn: "https://sentry.io/welcome/xyz" }),

  // Initialize a Cloudflare Access Plugin to ensure only administrators can access this protected route
  cloudflareAccessPlugin({
    domain: "https://test.cloudflareaccess.com",
    aud: "4714c1358e65fe4b408ad6d432a5f878f08194bdb4752441fd56faefa9b2b6f2",
  }),

  // Populate the Sentry plugin with additional information about the current user
  (context) => {
    const email = context.data.cloudflareAccessJWT.payload?.email || "service user";

    context.data.sentry.setUser({ email });

    return next();
  },

  // Finally, serve the admin dashboard plugin, knowing that errors will be captured and that every incoming request has been authenticated
  adminDashboardPlugin(),
];
```

---

# Sentry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/sentry/

:::note

Sentry now provides official support for Cloudflare Workers and Pages. Refer to the [Sentry documentation](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/guides/cloudflare/) for more details.

:::

The Sentry Pages Plugin captures and logs all exceptions which occur below it in the execution chain of your Pages Functions. It is therefore recommended that you install this Plugin at the root of your application in `functions/_middleware.ts` as the very first Plugin.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry
```

## Usage

```typescript
import sentryPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = sentryPlugin({
	dsn: "https://sentry.io/welcome/xyz",
});
```

The Plugin uses [Toucan](https://github.com/robertcepa/toucan-js). Refer to the Toucan README to [review the options it can take](https://github.com/robertcepa/toucan-js#other-options). `context`, `request`, and `event` are automatically populated and should not be manually configured.

If your [DSN](https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/dsn-explainer/) is held as an environment variable or in KV, you can access it like so:

```typescript
import sentryPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<{
	SENTRY_DSN: string;
}> = (context) => {
	return sentryPlugin({ dsn: context.env.SENTRY_DSN })(context);
};
```

```typescript
import sentryPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<{
	KV: KVNamespace;
}> = async (context) => {
	return sentryPlugin({ dsn: await context.env.KV.get("SENTRY_DSN") })(context);
};
```

### Additional context

If you need to set additional context for Sentry (for example, user information or additional logs), use the `data.sentry` instance in any Function below the Plugin in the execution chain.

For example, you can access `data.sentry` and set user information like so:

```typescript
import type { PluginData } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-sentry";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction<unknown, any, PluginData> = async ({
	data,
	next,
}) => {
	// Authenticate the user from the request and extract user's email address
	const email = await getEmailFromRequest(request);

	data.sentry.setUser({ email });

	return next();
};
```

Again, the full list of features can be found in [Toucan's documentation](https://github.com/robertcepa/toucan-js#features).

---

# Static Forms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/static-forms/

The Static Forms Pages Plugin intercepts all form submissions made which have the `data-static-form-name` attribute set. This allows you to take action on these form submissions by, for example, saving the submission to KV.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-static-forms
```

## Usage

```typescript
import staticFormsPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-static-forms";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = staticFormsPlugin({
	respondWith: ({ formData, name }) => {
		const email = formData.get("email");
		return new Response(
			`Hello, ${email}! Thank you for submitting the ${name} form.`,
		);
	},
});
```

```html
<body>
	<h1>Sales enquiry</h1>
	<form data-static-form-name="sales">
		<label>Email address <input type="email" name="email" /></label>
		<label>Message <textarea name="message"></textarea></label>
		<button type="submit">Submit</button>
	</form>
</body>
```

The Plugin takes a single argument, an object with a `respondWith` property. This function takes an object with a `formData` property (the [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData) instance) and `name` property (the name value of your `data-static-form-name` attribute). It should return a `Response` or `Promise` of a `Response`. It is in this `respondWith` function that you can take action such as serializing the `formData` and saving it to a KV namespace.

The `method` and `action` attributes of the HTML form do not need to be set. The Plugin will automatically override them to allow it to intercept the submission.

---

# Stytch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/stytch/

The Stytch Pages Plugin is a middleware which validates all requests and their `session_token`.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-stytch
```

## Usage

```typescript
import stytchPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-stytch";
import { envs } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-stytch/api";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = stytchPlugin({
	project_id: "YOUR_STYTCH_PROJECT_ID",
	secret: "YOUR_STYTCH_PROJECT_SECRET",
	env: envs.live,
});
```

We recommend storing your secret in KV rather than in plain text as above.

The Stytch Plugin takes a single argument, an object with several properties. `project_id` and `secret` are mandatory strings and can be found in [Stytch's dashboard](https://stytch.com/dashboard/api-keys). `env` is also a mandatory string, and can be populated with the `envs.test` or `envs.live` variables in the API. By default, the Plugin validates a `session_token` cookie of the incoming request, but you can also optionally pass in a `session_token` or `session_jwt` string yourself if you are using some other mechanism to identify user sessions. Finally, you can also pass in a `session_duration_minutes` in order to extend the lifetime of the session. More information on these parameters can be found in [Stytch's documentation](https://stytch.com/docs/api/session-auth).

The validated session response containing user information is made available to subsequent Pages Functions on `data.stytch.session`.

---

# Turnstile

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/turnstile/

[Turnstile](/turnstile/) is Cloudflare's smart CAPTCHA alternative.

The Turnstile Pages Plugin validates Cloudflare Turnstile tokens.

## Installation

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-turnstile
```

## Usage

```typescript
import turnstilePlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-turnstile";

/**
 * POST /api/submit-with-plugin
 */

export const onRequestPost = [
	turnstilePlugin({
		// This is the demo secret key. In prod, we recommend you store
		// your secret key(s) safely.
		secret: "0x4AAAAAAASh4E5cwHGsTTePnwcPbnFru6Y",
	}),
	// Alternatively, this is how you can use a secret key which has been stored as an environment variable
	// (async (context) => {
	//   return turnstilePlugin({secret: context.env.SECRET_KEY})(context)
	// }),
	async (context) => {
		// Request has been validated as coming from a human
		const formData = await context.request.formData();
		// Additional solve metadata data is available at context.data.turnstile
		return new Response(
			`Successfully verified! ${JSON.stringify(context.data.turnstile)}`,
		);
	},
];
```

This Plugin only exposes a single route to verify an incoming Turnstile response in a `POST` as the `cf-turnstile-response` parameter. It will be available wherever it is mounted. In the example above, it is mounted in `functions/register.ts`. As a result, it will validate requests to `/register`.

## Properties

The Plugin is mounted with a single object parameter with the following properties:

[`secret`](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) is mandatory and can both be found in your Turnstile dashboard.

`response` and `remoteip` are optional strings. `response` is the Turnstile token to verify. If it is not provided, the plugin will default to extracting `cf-turnstile-response` value from a `multipart/form-data` request). `remoteip` is the requester's IP address. This defaults to the `CF-Connecting-IP` header of the request.

`onError` is an optional function which takes the Pages Function context object and returns a `Promise` of a `Response`. By default, it will return a human-readable error `Response`.

`context.data.turnstile` will be populated in subsequent Pages Functions (including for the `onError` function) with [the Turnstile siteverify response object](/turnstile/get-started/server-side-validation/).

---

# vercel/og

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/functions/plugins/vercel-og/

The `@vercel/og` Pages Plugin is a middleware which renders social images for webpages. It also includes an API to create arbitrary images.

As the name suggests, it is powered by [`@vercel/og`](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/edge-functions/og-image-generation). This plugin and its underlying [Satori](https://github.com/vercel/satori) library was created by the Vercel team.

## Install

To install the `@vercel/og` Pages Plugin, run:

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og
```

## Use

```typescript
import React from "react";
import vercelOGPagesPlugin from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og";

interface Props {
	ogTitle: string;
}

export const onRequest = vercelOGPagesPlugin<Props>({
	imagePathSuffix: "/social-image.png",
	component: ({ ogTitle, pathname }) => {
		return <div style={{ display: "flex" }}>{ogTitle}</div>;
	},
	extractors: {
		on: {
			'meta[property="og:title"]': (props) => ({
				element(element) {
					props.ogTitle = element.getAttribute("content");
				},
			}),
		},
	},
	autoInject: {
		openGraph: true,
	},
});
```

The Plugin takes an object with six properties:

- `imagePathSuffix`: the path suffix to make the generate image available at. For example, if you mount this Plugin at `functions/blog/_middleware.ts`, set the `imagePathSuffix` as `/social-image.png` and have a `/blog/hello-world` page, the image will be available at `/blog/hello-world/social-image.png`.

- `component`: the React component that will be used to render the image. By default, the React component is given a `pathname` property equal to the pathname of the underlying webpage (for example, `/blog/hello-world`), but more dynamic properties can be provided with the `extractors` option.

- `extractors`: an optional object with two optional properties: `on` and `onDocument`. These properties can be set to a function which takes an object and returns a [`HTMLRewriter` element handler](/workers/runtime-apis/html-rewriter/#element-handlers) or [document handler](/workers/runtime-apis/html-rewriter/#document-handlers) respectively. The object parameter can be mutated in order to provide the React component with additional properties. In the example above, you will use an element handler to extract the `og:title` meta tag from the webpage and pass that to the React component as the `ogTitle` property. This is the primary mechanism you will use to create dynamic images which use values from the underlying webpage.

- `options`: [an optional object which is given directly to the `@vercel/og` library](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/edge-functions/og-image-generation/og-image-api).

- `onError`: an optional function which returns a `Response` or a promise of a `Response`. This function is called when a request is made to the `imagePathSuffix` and `extractors` are provided but the underlying webpage is not valid HTML. Defaults to returning a `404` response.

- `autoInject`: an optional object with an optional property: `openGraph`. If set to `true`, the Plugin will automatically set the `og:image`, `og:image:height` and `og:image:width` meta tags on the underlying webpage.

### Generate arbitrary images

Use this Plugin's API to generate arbitrary images, not just as middleware.

For example, the below code will generate an image saying "Hello, world!" which is available at `/greet`.

```typescript
import React from "react";
import { ImageResponse } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og/api";

export const onRequest: PagesFunction = async () => {
  return new ImageResponse(
    <div style={{ display: "flex" }}>Hello, world!</div>,
    {
      width: 1200,
      height: 630,
    }
  );
};
```

This is the same API that the underlying [`@vercel/og` library](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/functions/edge-functions/og-image-generation/og-image-api) offers.

---

# Migrating from Netlify to Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/migrating-from-netlify/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to migrate your Netlify application to Cloudflare Pages.

## Finding your build command and build directory

To move your application to Cloudflare Pages, find your build command and build directory. Cloudflare Pages will use this information to build and deploy your application.

In your Netlify Dashboard, find the project that you want to deploy. It should be configured to deploy from a GitHub repository.

![Selecting a site in the Netlify Dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/netlify-deploy-1.png)

Inside of your site dashboard, select **Site Settings**, and then **Build & Deploy**.

![Selecting Site Settings in site dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/netlify-deploy-2.png)

![Selecting Build and Deploy in sidebar](~/assets//images/pages/migrations/netlify-deploy-3.png)

In the **Build & Deploy** tab, find the **Build settings** panel, which will have the **Build command** and **Publish directory** fields. Save these for deploying to Cloudflare Pages. In the below image, **Build command** is `yarn build`, and **Publish directory** is `build/`.

![Finding the Build command and Publish directory fields](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/netlify-deploy-4.png)

## Migrating redirects and headers

If your site includes a `_redirects` file in your publish directory, you can use the same file in Cloudflare Pages and your redirects will execute successfully. If your redirects are in your `netlify.toml` file, you will need to add them to the `_redirects` folder. Cloudflare Pages currently offers limited [supports for advanced redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/). In the case where you have over 2000 static and/or 100 dynamic redirects rules, it is recommended to use [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/).

Your header files can also be moved into a `_headers` folder in your publish directory. It is important to note that custom headers defined in the `_headers` file are not currently applied to responses from functions, even if the function route matches the URL pattern. To learn more about how to [handle headers, refer to Headers](/pages/configuration/headers/).

:::note


Redirects execute before headers. In the case of a request matching rules in both files, the redirect will take precedence.


:::

## Forms

In your form component, remove the `data-netlify = "true"` attribute or the Netlify attribute from the `<form>` tag. You can now put your form logic as a Pages Function and collect the entries to a database or an Airtable. Refer to the [handling form submissions with Pages Functions](/pages/tutorials/forms/) tutorial for more information.

## Serverless functions

Netlify functions and Pages Functions share the same filesystem convention using a `functions` directory in the base of your project to handle your serverless functions. However, the syntax and how the functions are deployed differs. Pages Functions run on Cloudflare Workers, which by default operate on the Cloudflare global network, and do not require any additional code or configuration for deployment.

Cloudflare Pages Functions also provides middleware that can handle any logic you need to run before and/or after your function route handler.

### Functions syntax

Netlify functions export an async event handler that accepts an event and a context as arguments. In the case of Pages Functions, you will have to export a single `onRequest` function that accepts a `context` object. The `context` object contains all the information for the request such as `request`, `env`, `params`, and returns a new Response. Learn more about [writing your first function](/pages/functions/get-started/)

Hello World with Netlify functions:

```js
exports.handler = async function (event, context) {
  return {
    statusCode: 200,
    body: JSON.stringify({ message: "Hello World" }),
  };
}

```

Hello World with Pages Functions:

```js
export async function onRequestPost(request) {
  return new Response(`Hello world`);
}
```

## Other Netlify configurations

Your `netlify.toml` file might have other configurations that are supported by Pages, such as, preview deployment, specifying publish directory, and plugins. You can delete the file after migrating your configurations.

## Access management

You can migrate your access management to [Cloudflare Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/) which allows you to manage user authentication for your applications, event logging and requests.

## Creating a new Pages project

Once you have found your build directory and build command, you can move your project to Cloudflare Pages.

The [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) will instruct you how to add your GitHub project to Cloudflare Pages.

If you choose to use a custom domain for your Pages, you can set it to the same custom domain as your currently deployed Netlify application. To assign a custom domain to your Pages project, refer to [Custom Domains](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/).

## Cleaning up your old application and assigning the domain

In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to **DNS** > **Records** and review that you have updated the CNAME record for your domain from Netlify to Cloudflare Pages. With your DNS record updated, requests will go to your Pages application.

In **DNS**, your record's **Content** should be your `<SUBDOMAIN>.pages.dev` subdomain.

With the above steps completed, you have successfully migrated your Netlify project to Cloudflare Pages.

---

# Migrating from Vercel to Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/migrating-from-vercel/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to deploy your Vercel application to Cloudflare Pages.

:::note


You should already have an existing project deployed on Vercel that you would like to host on Cloudflare Pages. Features such as Vercel's serverless functions are currently not supported in Cloudflare Pages.


:::

## Finding your build command and build directory

To move your application to Cloudflare Pages, you will need to find your build command and build directory. Cloudflare Pages will use this information to build your application and deploy it.

In your Vercel Dashboard, find the project that you want to deploy. It should be configured to deploy from a GitHub repository.

![Selecting a site in the Vercel Dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/vercel-deploy-1.png)

Inside of your site dashboard, select **Settings**, then **General**.

![Selecting Site Settings in site dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/vercel-deploy-2.png)

Find the **Build & Development settings** panel, which will have the **Build Command** and **Output Directory** fields. If you are using a framework, these values may not be filled in, but will show the defaults used by the framework. Save these for deploying to Cloudflare Pages. In the below image, the **Build Command** is `npm run build`, and the **Output Directory** is `build`.

![Finding the Build Command and Output Directory fields](~/assets/images/pages/migrations/vercel-deploy-3.png)

## Creating a new Pages project

After you have found your build directory and build command, you can move your project to Cloudflare Pages.

The [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) will instruct you how to add your GitHub project to Cloudflare Pages.

## Adding a custom domain

To use a custom domain for your Pages project, [add a custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/) that is the same custom domain as your currently deployed Vercel application. When Pages finishes the initial deploy of your site, you will need to delete the Vercel application to start sending requests to Cloudflare Pages.

:::note


Cloudflare does not provide IP addresses for your Pages project because we do not require `A` or `AAAA` records to link your domain to your project. Instead, Cloudflare uses `CNAME` records.

For more details, refer to [Custom domains](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/).


:::

## Cleaning up your old application and assigning the domain

In your DNS settings for your domain, make sure that you have updated the CNAME record for your domain from Vercel to Cloudflare Pages. With your DNS record updated, requests will go to your Pages application.

By completing this guide, you have successfully migrated your Vercel project to Cloudflare Pages.

---

# Migrating from Workers Sites to Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/migrations/migrating-from-workers/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to migrate an existing [Cloudflare Workers Sites](/workers/configuration/sites/) application to Cloudflare Pages.

As a prerequisite, you should have a Cloudflare Workers Sites project, created with [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler).

Cloudflare Pages provides built-in defaults for every aspect of serving your site. You can port custom behavior in your Worker — such as custom caching logic — to your Cloudflare Pages project using [Functions](/pages/functions/). This enables an easy-to-use, file-based routing system. You can also migrate your custom headers and redirects to Pages.

You may already have a reasonably complex Worker and/or it would be tedious to splice it up into Pages' file-based routing system. For these cases, Pages offers developers the ability to define a `_worker.js` file in the output directory of your Pages project.

:::note


When using a `_worker.js` file, the entire `/functions` directory is ignored - this includes its routing and middleware characteristics. Instead, the `_worker.js` file is deployed as is and must be written using the [Module Worker syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/).


:::

By migrating to Cloudflare Pages, you will be able to access features like [preview deployments](/pages/configuration/preview-deployments/) and automatic branch deploys with no extra configuration needed.

## Remove unnecessary code

Workers Sites projects consist of the following pieces:

1. An application built with a [static site tool](/pages/how-to/) or a static collection of HTML, CSS and JavaScript files.
2. If using a static site tool, a build directory (called `bucket` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file) where the static project builds your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files.
3. A Worker application for serving that build directory. For most projects, this is likely to be the `workers-site` directory.

When moving to Cloudflare Pages, remove the Workers application and any associated `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` files or build output. Instead, note and record your `build` command (if you have one), and the `bucket` field, or build directory, from the Wrangler file in your project's directory.

## Migrate headers and redirects

You can migrate your redirects to Pages, by creating a `_redirects` file in your output directory. Pages currently offers limited support for advanced redirects. More support will be added in the future. For a list of support types, refer to the [Redirects documentation](/pages/configuration/redirects/).

:::note


A project is limited to 2,000 static redirects and 100 dynamic redirects, for a combined total of 2,100 redirects. Each redirect declaration has a 1,000-character limit. Malformed definitions are ignored. If there are multiple redirects for the same source path, the topmost redirect is applied.

Make sure that static redirects are before dynamic redirects in your `_redirects` file.


:::

In addition to a `_redirects` file, Cloudflare also offers [Bulk Redirects](/pages/configuration/redirects/#surpass-_redirects-limits), which handles redirects that surpasses the 2,100 redirect rules limit set by Pages.

Your custom headers can also be moved into a `_headers` file in your output directory. It is important to note that custom headers defined in the `_headers` file are not currently applied to responses from Functions, even if the Function route matches the URL pattern. To learn more about handling headers, refer to [Headers](/pages/configuration/headers/).

## Create a new Pages project

### Connect to your git provider

After you have recorded your **build command** and **build directory** in a separate location, remove everything else from your application, and push the new version of your project up to your git provider. Follow the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) to add your project to Cloudflare Pages, using the **build command** and **build directory** that you saved earlier.

If you choose to use a custom domain for your Pages project, you can set it to the same custom domain as your currently deployed Workers application. Follow the steps for [adding a custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain) to your Pages project.

:::note


Before you deploy, you will need to delete your old Workers routes to start sending requests to Cloudflare Pages.


:::

### Using Direct Upload

If your Workers site has its custom build settings, you can bring your prebuilt assets to Pages with [Direct Upload](/pages/get-started/direct-upload/). In addition, you can serve your website's assets right to the Cloudflare global network by either using the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) or the drag and drop option.

These options allow you to create and name a new project from the CLI or dashboard. After your project deployment is complete, you can set the custom domain by following the [adding a custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain) steps to your Pages project.

## Cleaning up your old application and assigning the domain

After you have deployed your Pages application, to delete your Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select your Worker.
3. Go to **Manage** > **Delete Worker**.

With your Workers application removed, requests will go to your Pages application. You have successfully migrated your Workers Sites project to Cloudflare Pages by completing this guide.

---

# Add a React form with Formspree

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/add-a-react-form-with-formspree/

Almost every React website needs a form to collect user data. [Formspree](https://formspree.io/) is a back-end service that handles form processing and storage, allowing developers to include forms on their website without writing server-side code or functions.

In this tutorial, you will create a `<form>` component using React and add it to a single page application built with `create-react-app`. Though you are using `create-react-app` (CRA), the concepts will apply to any React framework including Next.js, Gatsby, and more. You will use Formspree to collect the submitted data and send out email notifications when new submissions arrive, without requiring any server-side coding.

You will deploy your site to Cloudflare Pages. Refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) to familiarize yourself with the platform.

## Setup

To begin, create a new React project on your local machine with `create-react-app`. Then create a [new GitHub repository](https://repo.new/), and attach the GitHub location as a remote destination:

```sh
# create new project with create-react-app
npx create-react-app new-app
# enter new directory
cd new-app
# attach git remote
git remote add origin git@github.com:<username>/<repo>.git
# change default branch name
git branch -M main
```

You may now modify the React application in the `new-app` directory you created.

## The front-end code

The starting point for `create-react-app` includes a simple Hello World website. You will be adding a Contact Us form that accepts a name, email address, and message. The form code is adapted from the HTML Forms tutorial. For a more in-depth explanation of how HTML forms work and additional learning resources, refer to the [HTML Forms tutorial](/pages/tutorials/forms/).

First, create a new react component called `ContactForm.js` and place it in the `src` folder alongside `App.js`.

```
project-root/
├─ package.json
└─ src/
   ├─ ContactForm.js
   ├─ App.js
   └─ ...
```

Next, you will build the form component using a helper library from Formspree, [`@formspree/react`](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-react). This library contains a `useForm` hook to simplify the process of handling form submission events and managing form state.

Install it with:

```sh
npm install --save @formspree/react
```

Then paste the following code snippet into the `ContactForm.js` file:

```jsx
import { useForm, ValidationError } from "@formspree/react";

export default function ContactForm() {
	const [state, handleSubmit] = useForm("YOUR_FORM_ID");

	if (state.succeeded) {
		return <p>Thanks for your submission!</p>;
	}

	return (
		<form method="POST" onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
			<label htmlFor="name">Full Name</label>
			<input id="name" type="text" name="name" required />
			<ValidationError prefix="Name" field="name" errors={state.errors} />

			<label htmlFor="email">Email Address</label>
			<input id="email" type="email" name="email" required />
			<ValidationError prefix="Email" field="email" errors={state.errors} />

			<label htmlFor="message">Message</label>
			<textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>
			<ValidationError prefix="Message" field="message" errors={state.errors} />

			<button type="submit" disabled={state.submitting}>
				Submit
			</button>
			<ValidationError errors={state.errors} />
		</form>
	);
}
```

Currently, the form contains a placeholder `YOUR_FORM_ID`. You replace this with your own form endpoint later in this tutorial.

The `useForm` hook returns a `state` object and a `handleSubmit` function which you pass to the `onSubmit` form attribute. Combined, these provide a way to submit the form data via AJAX and update form state depending on the response received.

For clarity, this form does not include any styling, but in the GitHub project ([https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-react](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-react)) you can review an example of how to apply styles to the form.

:::note

`ValidationError` components are helpers that display error messages for field errors, or general form errors (if no `field` attribute is provided). For more information on validation, refer to the [Formspree React documentation](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360055613373-The-Formspree-React-library#validation).

:::

To add this form to your website, import the component:

```jsx
import ContactForm from "./ContactForm";
```

Then insert the form into the page as a react component:

```jsx
<ContactForm />
```

For example, you can update your `src/App.js` file to add the form:

```jsx
import ContactForm from "./ContactForm"; // <-- import the form component
import logo from "./logo.svg";
import "./App.css";

function App() {
	return (
		<div className="App">
			<header className="App-header">
				<img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
				<p>
					Edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
				</p>
				<a
					className="App-link"
					href="https://reactjs.org"
					target="_blank"
					rel="noopener noreferrer"
				>
					Learn React
				</a>

				{/* your contact form component goes here */}
				<ContactForm />
			</header>
		</div>
	);
}

export default App;
```

Now you have a single-page application containing a Contact Us form with several fields for the user to fill out. However, you have not set up the form to submit to a valid form endpoint yet. You will do that in the [next section](#the-formspree-back-end).

:::note[GitHub repository]

The source code for this example is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-react). It is a live Pages application with a [live demo](https://formspree-example-cloudflare-react.pages.dev/) available, too.

:::

## The Formspree back end

The React form is complete, however, when the user submits this form, they will get a `Form not found` error. To fix this, create a new Formspree form, and copy its unique ID into the form's `useForm` invocation.

To create a Formspree form, sign up for [an account on Formspree](https://formspree.io/register). Then create a new form with the **+ New form** button. Name your new form `Contact-us form` and update the recipient email to an email where you wish to receive your form submissions. Finally, select **Create Form**.

![Creating a Formspree form](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/react-new-form-dialog.png)

You will be presented with instructions on how to integrate your new form. Copy the form’s `hashid` (the last 8 alphanumeric characters from the URL) and paste it into the `useForm` function in the `ContactForm` component you created above.

![Newly generated form endpoint that you can copy to use in the ContactForm component](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/react-form-endpoint.png)

Your component should now have a line like this:

```jsx
const [state, handleSubmit] = useForm("mqldaqwx");

/* replace the random-like string above with your own form's ID */
```

Now when you submit your form, you should be shown a Thank You message. The form data will be submitted to your account on [Formspree.io](https://formspree.io/).

From here you can adjust your form processing logic to update the [notification email address](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/115008379348-Changing-a-form-email-address), or add plugins like [Google Sheets](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360036563573-Use-Google-Sheets-to-send-your-submissions-to-a-spreadsheet), [Slack](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360045648933-Send-Slack-notifications), and more.

For more help setting up Formspree, refer to the following resources:

- For general help with Formspree, refer to the [Formspree help site](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us).
- For more help creating forms in React, refer to the [formspree-react documentation](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360055613373-The-Formspree-React-library)
- For tips on integrating Formspree with popular platforms like Next.js, Gatsby and Eleventy, refer to the [Formspree guides](https://formspree.io/guides).

## Deployment

You are now ready to deploy your project.

If you have not already done so, save your progress within `git` and then push the commit(s) to the GitHub repository:

```sh
# Add all files
git add -A
# Commit w/ message
git commit -m "working example"
# Push commit(s) to remote
git push -u origin main
```

Your work now resides within the GitHub repository, which means that Pages is able to access it too.

If this is your first Cloudflare Pages project, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) for a complete walkthrough. After selecting the appropriate GitHub repository, you must configure your project with the following build settings:

- **Project name** – Your choice
- **Production branch** – `main`
- **Framework preset** – Create React App
- **Build command** – `npm run build`
- **Build output directory** – `build`

After selecting **Save and Deploy**, your Pages project will begin its first deployment. When successful, you will be presented with a unique `*.pages.dev` subdomain and a link to your live demo.

## Using environment variables with forms

Sometimes it is helpful to set up two forms, one for development, and one for production. That way you can develop and test your form without corrupting your production dataset, or sending test notifications to clients.

To set up production and development forms first create a second form in Formspree. Name this form Contact Us Testing, and note the form's [`hashid`](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360015130174-Getting-your-form-s-hashid-).

Then change the `useForm` hook in your `ContactForm.js` file so that it is initialized with an environment variable, rather than a string:

```jsx
const [state, handleSubmit] = useForm(process.env.REACT_APP_FORM_ID);
```

In your Cloudflare Pages project settings, add the `REACT_APP_FORM_ID` environment variable to both the Production and Preview environments. Use your original form's `hashid` for Production, and the new test form's `hashid` for the Preview environment:

![Edit option for environment variables in your Production and Preview environments](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/env-vars.png)

Now, when you commit and push changes to a branch of your git repository, a new preview app will be created with a form that submits to the test form URL. However, your production website will continue to submit to the original form URL.

:::note

Create React App uses the prefix `REACT_APP_` to designate environment variables that are accessible to front-end JavaScript code. A different framework will use a different prefix to expose environment variables. For example, in the case of Next.js, the prefix is `NEXT_PUBLIC_`. Consult the documentation of your front-end framework to determine how to access environment variables from your React code.

:::

In this tutorial, you built and deployed a website using Cloudflare Pages and Formspree to handle form submissions. You created a React application with a form that communicates with Formspree to process and store submission requests and send notifications.

If you would like to review the full source code for this application, you can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-react).

## Related resources

- [Add an HTML form with Formspree](/pages/tutorials/add-an-html-form-with-formspree/)
- [HTML Forms](/pages/tutorials/forms/)

---

# Add an HTML form with Formspree

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/add-an-html-form-with-formspree/

Almost every website, whether it is a simple HTML portfolio page or a complex JavaScript application, will need a form to collect user data. [Formspree](https://formspree.io) is a back-end service that handles form processing and storage, allowing developers to include forms on their website without writing server-side code or functions.

In this tutorial, you will create a `<form>` using plain HTML and CSS and add it to a static HTML website hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) to familiarize yourself with the platform. You will use Formspree to collect the submitted data and send out email notifications when new submissions arrive, without requiring any JavaScript or back-end coding.

## Setup

To begin, create a [new GitHub repository](https://repo.new/). Then create a new local directory on your machine, initialize git, and attach the GitHub location as a remote destination:

```sh
# create new directory
mkdir new-project
# enter new directory
cd new-project
# initialize git
git init
# attach remote
git remote add origin git@github.com:<username>/<repo>.git
# change default branch name
git branch -M main
```

You may now begin working in the `new-project` directory you created.

## The website markup

You will only be using plain HTML for this example project. The home page will include a Contact Us form that accepts a name, email address, and message.

:::note

The form code is adapted from the HTML Forms tutorial. For a more in-depth explanation of how HTML forms work and additional learning resources, refer to the [HTML Forms tutorial](/pages/tutorials/forms/).

:::

The form code:

```html
<form method="POST" action="/">
	<label for="name">Full Name</label>
	<input id="name" type="text" name="name" pattern="[A-Za-z]+" required />

	<label for="email">Email Address</label>
	<input id="email" type="email" name="email" required />

	<label for="message">Message</label>
	<textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>

	<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
```

The `action` attribute determines where the form data is sent. You will update this later to send form data to Formspree. All `<input>` tags must have a unique `name` in order to capture the user's data. The `for` and `id` values must match in order to link the `<label>` with the corresponding `<input>` for accessibility tools like screen readers.

:::note

Refer to the [HTML Forms tutorial](/pages/tutorials/forms/) on how to build an HTML form.

:::

To add this form to your website, first, create a `public/index.html` in your project directory. The `public` directory should contain all front-end assets, and the `index.html` file will serve as the home page for the website.

Copy and paste the following content into your `public/index.html` file, which includes the above form:

```html
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf8" />
		<title>Form Demo</title>
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
	</head>
	<body>
		<!-- the form from above -->

		<form method="POST" action="/">
			<label for="name">Full Name</label>
			<input id="name" type="text" name="name" pattern="[A-Za-z]+" required />

			<label for="email">Email Address</label>
			<input id="email" type="email" name="email" required />

			<label for="message">Message</label>
			<textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>

			<button type="submit">Submit</button>
		</form>
	</body>
</html>
```

Now you have an HTML document containing a Contact Us form with several fields for the user to fill out. However, you have not yet set the `action` attribute to a server that can handle the form data. You will do this in the next section of this tutorial.

:::note[GitHub Repository]

The source code for this example is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-html). It is a live Pages application with a [live demo](https://formspree-example-cloudflare-html.pages.dev/) available, too.

:::

## The Formspree back end

The HTML form is complete, however, when the user submits this form, the data will be sent in a `POST` request to the `/` URL. No server exists to process the data at that URL, so it will cause an error. To fix that, create a new Formspree form, and copy its unique URL into the form's `action`.

To create a Formspree form, sign up for [an account on Formspree](https://formspree.io/register).

Next, create a new form with the **+ New form** button. Name it `Contact-us form` and update the recipient email to an email where you wish to receive your form submissions. Then select **Create Form**.

![Creating a Formspree form](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/new-form-dialog.png)

You will then be presented with instructions on how to integrate your new form.

![Formspree endpoint](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/form-endpoint.png)

Copy the `Form Endpoint` URL and paste it into the `action` attribute of the form you created above.

```html
<form method="POST" action="https://formspree.io/f/mqldaqwx">
	<!-- replace with your own formspree endpoint -->
</form>
```

Now when you submit your form, you should be redirected to a Thank You page. The form data will be submitted to your account on [Formspree.io](https://formspree.io/).

You can now adjust your form processing logic to change the [redirect page](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360012378333--Thank-You-redirect), update the [notification email address](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/115008379348-Changing-a-form-email-address), or add plugins like [Google Sheets](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360036563573-Use-Google-Sheets-to-send-your-submissions-to-a-spreadsheet), [Slack](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us/articles/360045648933-Send-Slack-notifications) and more.

For more help setting up Formspree, refer to the following resources:

- For general help with Formspree, refer to the [Formspree help site](https://help.formspree.io/hc/en-us).
- For examples and inspiration for your own HTML forms, review the [Formspree form library](https://formspree.io/library).
- For tips on integrating Formspree with popular platforms like Next.js, Gatsby and Eleventy, refer to the [Formspree guides](https://formspree.io/guides).

## Deployment

You are now ready to deploy your project.

If you have not already done so, save your progress within `git` and then push the commit(s) to the GitHub repository:

```sh
# Add all files
git add -A
# Commit w/ message
git commit -m "working example"
# Push commit(s) to remote
git push -u origin main
```

Your work now resides within the GitHub repository, which means that Pages is able to access it too.

If this is your first Cloudflare Pages project, refer to [Get started](/pages/get-started/) for a complete setup guide. After selecting the appropriate GitHub repository, you must configure your project with the following build settings:

- **Project name** – Your choice
- **Production branch** – `main`
- **Framework preset** – None
- **Build command** – None / Empty
- **Build output directory** – `public`

After selecting **Save and Deploy**, your Pages project will begin its first deployment. When successful, you will be presented with a unique `*.pages.dev` subdomain and a link to your live demo.

In this tutorial, you built and deployed a website using Cloudflare Pages and Formspree to handle form submissions. You created a static HTML document with a form that communicates with Formspree to process and store submission requests and send notifications.

If you would like to review the full source code for this application, you can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/formspree/formspree-example-cloudflare-html).

## Related resources

- [Add a React form with Formspree](/pages/tutorials/add-a-react-form-with-formspree/)
- [HTML Forms](/pages/tutorials/forms/)

---

# Build a blog using Nuxt.js and Sanity.io on Cloudflare Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/build-a-blog-using-nuxt-and-sanity/

import { Stream } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a blog application using Nuxt.js and Sanity.io and deploy it on Cloudflare Pages. Nuxt.js is a powerful static site generator built on the front-end framework Vue.js. Sanity.io is a headless CMS tool built for managing your application's data without needing to maintain a database.

## Prerequisites

- A recent version of [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started) on your computer
- A [Sanity.io](https://www.sanity.io) account

## Creating a new Sanity project

To begin, create a new Sanity project, using one of Sanity's templates, the blog template. If you would like to customize your configuration, you can modify the schema or pick a custom template.

### Installing Sanity and configuring your dataset

Create your new Sanity project by installing the `@sanity/cli` client from npm, and running `sanity init` in your terminal:

```sh title="Installing the Sanity client and creating a new project"
npm install -g @sanity/cli && sanity init
```

When you create a Sanity project, you can choose to use one of their pre-defined schemas. Schemas describe the shape of your data in your Sanity dataset -- if you were to start a brand new project, you may choose to initialize the schema from scratch, but for now, select the **Blog** schema.

### Inspecting your schema

With your project created, you can navigate into the folder and start up the studio locally:

```sh title="Starting the Sanity studio"
cd my-sanity-project
sanity start
```

The Sanity studio is where you can create new records for your dataset. By default, running the studio locally makes it available at `localhost:3333`– go there now and create your author record. You can also create blog posts here.

![Creating a blog post in the Sanity Project dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/sanity-studio.png)

### Deploying your dataset

When you are ready to deploy your studio, run `sanity deploy` to choose a unique URL for your studio. This means that you (or anyone else you invite to manage your blog) can access the studio at a `yoururl.sanity.studio` domain.

```sh title="Deploying the studio"
sanity deploy
```

Once you have deployed your Sanity studio:

1. Go into Sanity's management panel ([manage.sanity.io](https://manage.sanity.io)).
2. Find your project.
3. Select **API**.
4. Add `http://localhost:3000` as an allowed CORS origin for your project.

This means that requests that come to your Sanity dataset from your Nuxt application will be allowlisted.

![Your Sanity project's CORS settings](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/cors.png)

## Creating a new Nuxt.js project

Next, create a Nuxt.js project. In a new terminal, use `create-nuxt-app` to set up a new Nuxt project:

```sh title="Creating a new Nuxt.js project"
npx create-nuxt-app blog
```

Importantly, ensure that you select a rendering mode of **Universal (SSR / SSG)** and a deployment target of **Static (Static/JAMStack hosting)**, while going through the setup process.

After you have completed your project, `cd` into your new project, and start a local development server by running `yarn dev` (or, if you chose npm as your package manager, `npm run dev`):

```sh title="Starting a Nuxt.js development server"
cd blog
yarn dev
```

### Integrating Sanity.io

After your Nuxt.js application is set up, add Sanity's `@sanity/nuxt` plugin to your Nuxt project:

```sh title="Adding @nuxt/sanity"
yarn add @nuxtjs/sanity @sanity/client
```

To configure the plugin in your Nuxt.js application, you will need to provide some configuration details. The easiest way to do this is to copy the `sanity.json` folder from your studio into your application directory (though there are other methods, too: [refer to the `@nuxt/sanity` documentation](https://sanity.nuxtjs.org/getting-started/quick-start/).

```sh title="Adding sanity.json"
cp ../my-sanity-project/sanity.json .
```

Finally, add `@nuxtjs/sanity` as a **build module** in your Nuxt configuration:

```js title="nuxt.config.js"
{
	buildModules: ["@nuxtjs/sanity"];
}
```

### Setting up components

With Sanity configured in your application, you can begin using it to render your blog. You will now set up a few pages to pull data from your Sanity API and render it. Note that if you are not familiar with Nuxt, it is recommended that you review the [Nuxt guide](https://nuxtjs.org/guide), which will teach you some fundamentals concepts around building applications with Nuxt.

### Setting up the index page

To begin, update the `index` page, which will be rendered when you visit the root route (`/`). In `pages/index.vue`:

```html title="pages/index.vue"
<template>
	<div class="container">
		<div>
			<h1 class="title">My Blog</h1>
		</div>
		<div class="posts">
			<div v-for="post in posts" :key="post._id">
				<h2><a v-bind:href="post.slug.current" v-text="post.title" /></h2>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</template>

<script>
	import { groq } from "@nuxtjs/sanity";

	export default {
		async asyncData({ $sanity }) {
			const query = groq`*[_type == "post"]`;
			const posts = await $sanity.fetch(query);
			return { posts };
		},
	};
</script>

<style>
	.container {
		margin: 2rem;
		min-height: 100vh;
	}
	.posts {
		margin: 2rem 0;
	}
</style>
```

Vue SFCs, or _single file components_, are a unique Vue feature that allow you to combine JavaScript, HTML and CSS into a single file. In `pages/index.vue`, a `template` tag is provided, which represents the Vue component.

Importantly, `v-for` is used as a directive to tell Vue to render HTML for each `post` in an array of `posts`:

```html title="Inspecting the v-for directive"
<div v-for="post in posts" :key="post._id">
	<h2><a v-bind:href="post.slug.current" v-text="post.title" /></h2>
</div>
```

To populate that `posts` array, the `asyncData` function is used, which is provided by Nuxt to make asynchronous calls (for example, network requests) to populate the page's data.

The `$sanity` object is provided by the Nuxt and Sanity.js integration as a way to make requests to your Sanity dataset. By calling `$sanity.fetch`, and passing a query, you can retrieve specific data from our Sanity dataset, and return it as your page's data.

If you have not used Sanity before, you will probably be unfamiliar with GROQ, the GRaph Oriented Query language provided by Sanity for interfacing with your dataset. GROQ is a powerful language that allows you to tell the Sanity API what data you want out of your dataset. For our first query, you will tell Sanity to retrieve every object in the dataset with a `_type` value of `post`:

```js title="A basic GROQ query"
const query = groq`*[_type == "post"]`;
const posts = await $sanity.fetch(query);
```

### Setting up the blog post page

Our `index` page renders a link for each blog post in our dataset, using the `slug` value to set the URL for a blog post. For example, if I create a blog post called "Hello World" and set the slug to `hello-world`, my Nuxt application should be able to handle a request to the page `/hello-world`, and retrieve the corresponding blog post from Sanity.

Nuxt has built-in support for these kind of pages, by creating a new file in `pages` in the format `_slug.vue`. In the `asyncData` function of your page, you can then use the `params` argument to reference the slug:

```html title="pages/_slug.vue"
<script>
	export default {
		async asyncData({ params, $sanity }) {
			console.log(params); // { slug: "hello-world" }
		},
	};
</script>
```

With that in mind, you can build `pages/_slug.vue` to take the incoming `slug` value, make a query to Sanity to find the matching blog post, and render the `post` title for the blog post:

```html title="pages/_slug.vue"
<template>
	<div class="container">
		<div v-if="post">
			<h1 class="title" v-text="post.title" />
			<div class="content"></div>
		</div>
		<h4><a href="/">← Go back</a></h4>
	</div>
</template>

<script>
	import { groq } from "@nuxtjs/sanity";

	export default {
		async asyncData({ params, $sanity }) {
			const query = groq`*[_type == "post" && slug.current == "${params.slug}"][0]`;
			const post = await $sanity.fetch(query);
			return { post };
		},
	};
</script>

<style>
	.container {
		margin: 2rem;
		min-height: 100vh;
	}

	.content {
		margin: 2rem 0;
		max-width: 38rem;
	}

	p {
		margin: 1rem 0;
	}
</style>
```

When visiting, for example, `/hello-world`, Nuxt will take the incoming slug `hello-world`, and make a GROQ query to Sanity for any objects with a `_type` of `post`, as well as a slug that matches the value `/hello-world`. From that set, you can get the first object in the array (using the array index operator you would find in JavaScript – `[0]`) and set it as `post` in your page data.

### Rendering content for a blog post

You have rendered the `post` title for our blog, but you are still missing the content of the blog post itself. To render this, import the [`sanity-blocks-vue-component`](https://github.com/rdunk/sanity-blocks-vue-component) package, which takes Sanity's [Portable Text](https://www.sanity.io/docs/presenting-block-text) format and renders it as a Vue component.

First, install the npm package:

```sh title="Add sanity-blocks-vue-component package"
yarn add sanity-blocks-vue-component
```

After the package is installed, create `plugins/sanity-blocks.js`, which will import the component and register it as the Vue component `block-content`:

```js title="plugins/sanity-blocks.js"
import Vue from "vue";
import BlockContent from "sanity-blocks-vue-component";
Vue.component("block-content", BlockContent);
```

In your Nuxt configuration, `nuxt.config.js`, import that file as part of the `plugins` directive:

```js title="nuxt.config.js"
{
	plugins: ["@/plugins/sanity-blocks.js"];
}
```

In `pages/_slug.vue`, you can now use the `<block-content>` component to render your content. This takes the format of a custom HTML component, and takes three arguments: `:blocks`, which indicates what to render (in our case, `child`), `v-for`, which accepts an iterator of where to get `child` from (in our case, `post.body`), and `:key`, which helps Vue [keep track of state rendering](https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/list.html#Maintaining-State) by providing a unique value for each post: that is, the `_id` value.

```html title="pages/_slug.vue" {6}
<template>
	<div class="container">
		<div v-if="post">
			<h1 class="title" v-text="post.title" />
			<div class="content">
				<block-content
					:blocks="child"
					v-for="child in post.body"
					:key="child._id"
				/>
			</div>
		</div>
		<h4><a href="/">← Go back</a></h4>
	</div>
</template>

<script>
	import { groq } from "@nuxtjs/sanity";

	export default {
		async asyncData({ params, $sanity }) {
			const query = groq`*[_type == "post" && slug.current == "${params.slug}"][0]`;
			const post = await $sanity.fetch(query);
			return { post };
		},
	};
</script>

<style>
	.container {
		margin: 2rem;
		min-height: 100vh;
	}

	.content {
		margin: 2rem 0;
		max-width: 38rem;
	}

	p {
		margin: 1rem 0;
	}
</style>
```

In `pages/index.vue`, you can use the `block-content` component to render a summary of the content, by taking the first block in your blog post content and rendering it:

```html title="pages/index.vue" {11-13,39}
<template>
	<div class="container">
		<div>
			<h1 class="title">My Blog</h1>
		</div>
		<div class="posts">
			<div v-for="post in posts" :key="post._id">
				<h2><a v-bind:href="post.slug.current" v-text="post.title" /></h2>
				<div class="summary">
					<block-content
						:blocks="post.body[0]"
						v-bind:key="post.body[0]._id"
						v-if="post.body.length"
					/>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</template>

<script>
	import { groq } from "@nuxtjs/sanity";

	export default {
		async asyncData({ $sanity }) {
			const query = groq`*[_type == "post"]`;
			const posts = await $sanity.fetch(query);
			return { posts };
		},
	};
</script>

<style>
	.container {
		margin: 2rem;
		min-height: 100vh;
	}
	.posts {
		margin: 2rem 0;
	}
	.summary {
		margin-top: 0.5rem;
	}
</style>
```

<Stream
	videoId="cdf12588663302139f022c26c4e5cede"
	videoTitle="Nuxt & Sanity video"
/>

There are many other things inside of your blog schema that you can add to your project. As an exercise, consider one of the following to continue developing your understanding of how to build with a headless CMS:

- Create `pages/authors.vue`, and render a list of authors (similar to `pages/index.vue`, but for objects with `_type == "author"`)
- Read the Sanity docs on [using references in GROQ](https://www.sanity.io/docs/how-queries-work#references-and-joins-db43dfd18d7d), and use it to render author information in a blog post page

## Publishing with Cloudflare Pages

Publishing your project with Cloudflare Pages is a two-step process: first, push your project to GitHub, and then in the Cloudflare Pages dashboard, set up a new project based on that GitHub repository. Pages will deploy a new version of your site each time you publish, and will even set up preview deployments whenever you open a new pull request.

To push your project to GitHub, [create a new repository](https://repo.new), and follow the instructions to push your local Git repository to GitHub.

After you have pushed your project to GitHub, deploy your site to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, choose _Nuxt_. Pages will set the correct fields for you automatically.

When your site has been deployed, you will receive a unique URL to view it in production.

In order to automatically deploy your project when your Sanity.io data changes, you can use [Deploy Hooks](/pages/configuration/deploy-hooks/). Create a new Deploy Hook URL in your **Pages project** > **Settings**. In your Sanity project's Settings page, find the **Webhooks** section, and add the Deploy Hook URL, as seen below:

![Adding a Deploy Hook URL on Sanity's dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/hooks.png)

Now, when you make a change to your Sanity.io dataset, Sanity will make a request to your unique Deploy Hook URL, which will begin a new Cloudflare Pages deploy. By doing this, your Pages application will remain up-to-date as you add new blog posts, or edit existing ones.

## Conclusion

By completing this guide, you have successfully deployed your own blog, powered by Nuxt, Sanity.io, and Cloudflare Pages. You can find the source code for both codebases on GitHub:

- Blog front end: [https://github.com/signalnerve/nuxt-sanity-blog](https://github.com/signalnerve/nuxt-sanity-blog)
- Sanity dataset: [https://github.com/signalnerve/sanity-blog-schema](https://github.com/signalnerve/sanity-blog-schema)

If you enjoyed this tutorial, you may be interested in learning how you can use Cloudflare Workers, our powerful serverless function platform, to augment your existing site. Refer to the [Build an API for your front end using Pages Functions tutorial](/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/) to learn more.

---

# Build an API for your front end using Pages Functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/

import { Stream } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a full-stack Pages application. Your application will contain:

- A front end, built using Cloudflare Pages and the [React framework](/pages/framework-guides/deploy-a-react-site/).
- A JSON API, built with [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/get-started/), that returns blog posts that can be retrieved and rendered in your front end.

If you prefer to work with a headless CMS rather than an API to render your blog content, refer to the [headless CMS tutorial](/pages/tutorials/build-a-blog-using-nuxt-and-sanity/).

## Video Tutorial

<Stream
	videoId="2d8bbaa18fbd3ffa859a7fb30e9b3dd1"
	videoTitle="Build an API With Pages Functions"
	thumbnailTimeOrURL="29s"
/>

## 1. Build your front end

To begin, create a new Pages application using the React framework.

### Create a new React project

In your terminal, create a new React project called `blog-frontend` using the `create-vite` command. Go into the newly created `blog-frontend` directory and start a local development server:

```sh title="Create a new React application"
npx create-vite -t react blog-frontend
cd blog-frontend
npm start
```

### Set up your React project

To set up your React project:

1. Install the [React Router](https://reactrouter.com/en/main/start/tutorial) in the root of your `blog-frontend` directory.

With `npm`:

```sh
npm install react-router-dom@6
```

With `yarn`:

```sh
yarn add react-router-dom@6
```

2. Clear the contents of `src/App.js`. Copy and paste the following code to import the React Router into `App.js`, and set up a new router with two routes:

```js
import { Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";

import Posts from "./components/posts";
import Post from "./components/post";

function App() {
	return (
		<Routes>
			<Route path="/" element={<Posts />} />
			<Route path="/posts/:id" element={<Post />} />
		</Routes>
	);
}

export default App;
```

3. In the `src` directory, create a new folder called `components`.
4. In the `components` directory, create two files: `posts.js`, and `post.js`. These files will load the blog posts from your API, and render them.
5. Populate `posts.js` with the following code:

```js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";

const Posts = () => {
	const [posts, setPosts] = useState([]);

	useEffect(() => {
		const getPosts = async () => {
			const resp = await fetch("/api/posts");
			const postsResp = await resp.json();
			setPosts(postsResp);
		};

		getPosts();
	}, []);

	return (
		<div>
			<h1>Posts</h1>
			{posts.map((post) => (
				<div key={post.id}>
					<h2>
						<Link to={`/posts/${post.id}`}>{post.title}</Link>
					</h2>
				</div>
			))}
		</div>
	);
};

export default Posts;
```

6. Populate `post.js` with the following code:

```js
import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
import { Link, useParams } from "react-router-dom";

const Post = () => {
	const [post, setPost] = useState({});
	const { id } = useParams();

	useEffect(() => {
		const getPost = async () => {
			const resp = await fetch(`/api/post/${id}`);
			const postResp = await resp.json();
			setPost(postResp);
		};

		getPost();
	}, [id]);

	if (!Object.keys(post).length) return <div />;

	return (
		<div>
			<h1>{post.title}</h1>
			<p>{post.text}</p>
			<p>
				<em>Published {new Date(post.published_at).toLocaleString()}</em>
			</p>
			<p>
				<Link to="/">Go back</Link>
			</p>
		</div>
	);
};

export default Post;
```

## 2. Build your API

You will now create a Pages Functions that stores your blog content and retrieves it via a JSON API.

### Write your Pages Function

To create the Pages Function that will act as your JSON API:

1. Create a `functions` directory in your `blog-frontend` directory.
2. In `functions`, create a directory named `api`.
3. In `api`, create a `posts.js` file in the `api` directory.
4. Populate `posts.js` with the following code:

```js
import posts from "./post/data";

export function onRequestGet() {
	return Response.json(posts);
}
```

This code gets blog data (from `data.js`, which you will make in step 8) and returns it as a JSON response from the path `/api/posts`.

5. In the `api` directory, create a directory named `post`.
6. In the `post` directory, create a `data.js` file.
7. Populate `data.js` with the following code. This is where your blog content, blog title, and other information about your blog lives.

```js
const posts = [
	{
		id: 1,
		title: "My first blog post",
		text: "Hello world! This is my first blog post on my new Cloudflare Workers + Pages blog.",
		published_at: new Date("2020-10-23"),
	},
	{
		id: 2,
		title: "Updating my blog",
		text: "It's my second blog post! I'm still writing and publishing using Cloudflare Workers + Pages :)",
		published_at: new Date("2020-10-26"),
	},
];

export default posts;
```

8. In the `post` directory, create an `[[id]].js` file.
9. Populate `[[id]].js` with the following code:

```js title="[[id]].js"
import posts from "./data";

export function onRequestGet(context) {
	const id = context.params.id;

	if (!id) {
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	}

	const post = posts.find((post) => post.id === Number(id));

	if (!post) {
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	}

	return Response.json(post);
}
```

`[[id]].js` is a [dynamic route](/pages/functions/routing#dynamic-routes) which is used to accept a blog post `id`.

## 3. Deploy

After you have configured your Pages application and Pages Function, deploy your project using the Wrangler or via the dashboard.

### Deploy with Wrangler

In your `blog-frontend` directory, run [`wrangler pages deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-1) to deploy your project to the Cloudflare dashboard.

```sh
wrangler pages deploy blog-frontend
```

### Deploy via the dashboard

To deploy via the Cloudflare dashboard, you will need to create a new Git repository for your Pages project and connect your Git repository to Cloudflare. This tutorial uses GitHub as its Git provider.

#### Create a new repository

Create a new GitHub repository by visiting [repo.new](https://repo.new). After creating a new repository, prepare and push your local application to GitHub by running the following commands in your terminal:

```sh
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/<YOUR-GH-USERNAME>/<REPOSITORY-NAME>
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main
```

#### Deploy with Cloudflare Pages

Deploy your application to Pages:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages** > **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
3. Select the new GitHub repository that you created and, in the **Set up builds and deployments** section, provide the following information:

<div>

| Configuration option | Value           |
| -------------------- | --------------- |
| Production branch    | `main`          |
| Build command        | `npm run build` |
| Build directory      | `build`         |

</div>

After configuring your site, begin your first deploy. You should see Cloudflare Pages installing `blog-frontend`, your project dependencies, and building your site.

By completing this tutorial, you have created a full-stack Pages application.

## Related resources

- Learn about [Pages Functions routing](/pages/functions/routing)

---

# Create a HTML form

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/forms/

In this tutorial, you will create a simple `<form>` using plain HTML and CSS and deploy it to Cloudflare Pages. While doing so, you will learn about some of the HTML form attributes and how to collect submitted data within a Worker.

:::note[MDN Introductory Series]

This tutorial will briefly touch upon the basics of HTML forms. For a more in-depth overview, refer to MDN's [Web Forms – Working with user data](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Forms) introductory series.

:::

This tutorial will make heavy use of Cloudflare Pages and [its Workers integration](/pages/functions/). Refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) guide to familiarize yourself with the platform.

## Overview

On the web, forms are a common point of interaction between the user and the web document. They allow a user to enter data and, generally, submit their data to a server. A form is comprised of at least one form input, which can vary from text fields to dropdowns to checkboxes and more.

Each input should be named – using the [`name`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#attr-name) attribute – so that the input's value has an identifiable name when received by the server. Additionally, with the advancement of HTML5, form elements may declare additional attributes to opt into automatic form validation. The available validations vary by input type; for example, a text input that accepts emails (via [`type=email`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#input_types)) can ensure that the value looks like a valid email address, a number input (via `type=number`) will only accept integers or decimal values (if allowed), and generic text inputs can define a custom [`pattern`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#attr-pattern) to allow. However, all inputs can declare whether or not a value is [`required`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#attr-required).

Below is an example HTML5 form with a few inputs and their validation rules defined:

```html
<form method="POST" action="/api/submit">
	<input type="text" name="fullname" pattern="[A-Za-z]+" required />
	<input type="email" name="email" required />
	<input type="number" name="age" min="18" required />

	<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
```

If an HTML5 form has validation rules defined, browsers will automatically check all rules when the user attempts to submit the form. Should there be any errors, the submission is prevented and the browser displays the error message(s) to the user for correction. The `<form>` will only `POST` data to the `/submit` endpoint when there are no outstanding validation errors. This entire process is native to HTML5 and only requires the appropriate form and input attributes to exist — no JavaScript is required.

Form elements may also have a [`<label>`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/label) element associated with them, allowing you to clearly describe each input. This is great for visual clarity, of course, but it also allows for more accessible user experiences since the HTML markup is more well-defined. Assistive technologies directly benefit from this; for example, screen readers can announce which `<input>` is focused. And when a `<label>` is clicked, its assigned form input is focused instead, increasing the activation area for the input.

To enable this, you must create a `<label>` element for each input and assign each `<input>` element and unique `id` attribute value. The `<label>` must also possess a [`for`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/label#attr-for) attribute that reflects its input's unique `id` value. Amending the previous snippet should produce the following:

```html
<form method="POST" action="/api/submit">
	<label for="i-fullname">Full Name</label>
	<input
		id="i-fullname"
		type="text"
		name="fullname"
		pattern="[A-Za-z]+"
		required
	/>

	<label for="i-email">Email Address</label>
	<input id="i-email" type="email" name="email" required />

	<label for="i-age">Your Age</label>
	<input id="i-age" type="number" name="age" min="18" required />

	<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
```

:::note

Your `for` and `id` values do not need to exactly match the values shown above. You may use any `id` values so long as they are unique to the HTML document. A `<label>` can only be linked with an `<input>` if the `for` and `id` attributes match.

:::

When this `<form>` is submitted with valid data, its data contents are sent to the server. You may customize how and where this data is sent by declaring attributes on the form itself. If you do not provide these details, the `<form>` will GET the data to the current URL address, which is rarely the desired behavior. To fix this, at minimum, you need to define an [`action`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/form#attr-action) attribute with the target URL address, but declaring a [`method`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/form#attr-method) is often recommended too, even if you are redeclaring the default `GET` value.

By default, HTML forms send their contents in the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` MIME type. This value will be reflected in the `Content-Type` HTTP header, which the receiving server must read to determine how to parse the data contents. You may customize the MIME type through the [`enctype`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/form#attr-enctype) attribute. For example, to accept files (via `type=file`), you must change the `enctype` to the `multipart/form-data` value:

```html
<form method="POST" action="/api/submit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
	<label for="i-fullname">Full Name</label>
	<input
		id="i-fullname"
		type="text"
		name="fullname"
		pattern="[A-Za-z]+"
		required
	/>

	<label for="i-email">Email Address</label>
	<input id="i-email" type="email" name="email" required />

	<label for="i-age">Your Age</label>
	<input id="i-age" type="number" name="age" min="18" required />

	<label for="i-avatar">Profile Picture</label>
	<input id="i-avatar" type="file" name="avatar" required />

	<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
```

Because the `enctype` changed, the browser changes how it sends data to the server too. The `Content-Type` HTTP header will reflect the new approach and the HTTP request's body will conform to the new MIME type. The receiving server must accommodate the new format and adjust its request parsing method.

## Live example

The rest of this tutorial will focus on building an HTML form on Pages, including a Worker to receive and parse the form submissions.

:::note[GitHub Repository]

The source code for this example is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/submit.pages.dev). It is a live Pages application with a [live demo](https://submit.pages.dev/) available, too.

:::

### Setup

To begin, create a [new GitHub repository](https://repo.new/). Then create a new local directory on your machine, initialize git, and attach the GitHub location as a remote destination:

```sh
# create new directory
mkdir new-project
# enter new directory
cd new-project
# initialize git
git init
# attach remote
git remote add origin git@github.com:<username>/<repo>.git
# change default branch name
git branch -M main
```

You may now begin working in the `new-project` directory you created.

### Markup

The form for this example is fairly straightforward. It includes an array of different input types, including checkboxes for selecting multiple values. The form also does not include any validations so that you may see how empty and/or missing values are interpreted on the server.

You will only be using plain HTML for this example project. You may use your preferred JavaScript framework, but raw languages have been chosen for simplicity and familiarity – all frameworks are abstracting and/or producing a similar result.

Create a `public/index.html` in your project directory. All front-end assets will exist within this `public` directory and this `index.html` file will serve as the home page for the website.

Copy and paste the following content into your `public/index.html` file:

```html
<html lang="en">
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf8" />
		<title>Form Demo</title>
		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
	</head>
	<body>
		<form method="POST" action="/api/submit">
			<div class="input">
				<label for="name">Full Name</label>
				<input id="name" name="name" type="text" />
			</div>

			<div class="input">
				<label for="email">Email Address</label>
				<input id="email" name="email" type="email" />
			</div>

			<div class="input">
				<label for="referers">How did you hear about us?</label>
				<select id="referers" name="referers">
					<option hidden disabled selected value></option>
					<option value="Facebook">Facebook</option>
					<option value="Twitter">Twitter</option>
					<option value="Google">Google</option>
					<option value="Bing">Bing</option>
					<option value="Friends">Friends</option>
				</select>
			</div>

			<div class="checklist">
				<label>What are your favorite movies?</label>
				<ul>
					<li>
						<input id="m1" type="checkbox" name="movies" value="Space Jam" />
						<label for="m1">Space Jam</label>
					</li>
					<li>
						<input
							id="m2"
							type="checkbox"
							name="movies"
							value="Little Rascals"
						/>
						<label for="m2">Little Rascals</label>
					</li>
					<li>
						<input id="m3" type="checkbox" name="movies" value="Frozen" />
						<label for="m3">Frozen</label>
					</li>
					<li>
						<input id="m4" type="checkbox" name="movies" value="Home Alone" />
						<label for="m4">Home Alone</label>
					</li>
				</ul>
			</div>

			<button type="submit">Submit</button>
		</form>
	</body>
</html>
```

This HTML document will contain a form with a few fields for the user to fill out. Because there is no validation rules within the form, all fields are optional and the user is able to submit an empty form. For this example, this is intended behavior.

:::note[Optional content]

Technically, only the `<form>` and its child elements are necessary. The `<head>` and the enclosing `<html>` and `<body>` tags are optional and not strictly necessary for a valid HTML document.

The HTML page is also completely unstyled at this point, relying on the browsers' default UI and color palettes. Styling the page is entirely optional and not necessary for the form to function. If you would like to attach a CSS stylesheet, you may [add a `<link>` element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/Getting_started#adding_css_to_our_document). Refer to the finished tutorial's [source code](https://github.com/cloudflare/submit.pages.dev/blob/8c0594f48681935c268987f2f08bcf3726a74c57/public/index.html#L11) for an example or any inspiration – the only requirement is that your CSS stylesheet also resides within the `public` directory.

:::

### Worker

The HTML form is complete and ready for deployment. When the user submits this form, all data will be sent in a `POST` request to the `/api/submit` URL. This is due to the form's `method` and `action` attributes. However, there is currently no request handler at the `/api/submit` address. You will now create it.

Cloudflare Pages offers a [Functions](/pages/functions/) feature, which allows you to define and deploy Workers for dynamic behaviors.

Functions are linked to the `functions` directory and conveniently construct URL request handlers in relation to the `functions` file structure. For example, the `functions/about.js` file will map to the `/about` URL and `functions/hello/[name].js` will handle the `/hello/:name` URL pattern, where `:name` is any matching URL segment. Refer to the [Functions routing](/pages/functions/routing/) documentation for more information.

To define a handler for `/api/submit`, you must create a `functions/api/submit.js` file. This means that your `functions` and `public` directories should be siblings, with a total project structure similar to the following:

```txt
├── functions
│   └── api
│       └── submit.js
└── public
    └── index.html
```

The `<form>` will send `POST` requests, which means that the `functions/api/submit.js` file needs to export an `onRequestPost` handler:

```js
/**
 * POST /api/submit
 */
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
	// TODO: Handle the form submission
}
```

The `context` parameter is an object filled with several values of potential interest. For this example, you only need the [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object, which can be accessed through the `context.request` key.

As mentioned, a `<form>` defaults to the `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` MIME type when submitting. And, for more advanced scenarios, the `enctype="multipart/form-data"` attribute is needed. Luckily, both MIME types can be parsed and treated as [`FormData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/FormData). This means that with Workers – which includes Pages Functions – you are able to use the native [`Request.formData`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request/formData) parser.

For illustrative purposes, the example application's form handler will reply with all values it received. A `Response` must always be returned by the handler, too:

```js
/**
 * POST /api/submit
 */
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
	try {
		let input = await context.request.formData();
		let pretty = JSON.stringify([...input], null, 2);
		return new Response(pretty, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8",
			},
		});
	} catch (err) {
		return new Response("Error parsing JSON content", { status: 400 });
	}
}
```

With this handler in place, the example is now fully functional. When a submission is received, the Worker will reply with a JSON list of the `FormData` key-value pairs.

However, if you want to reply with a JSON object instead of the key-value pairs (an Array of Arrays), then you must do so manually. Recently, JavaScript added the [`Object.fromEntries`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/fromEntries) utility. This works well in some cases; however, the example `<form>` includes a `movies` checklist that allows for multiple values. If using `Object.fromEntries`, the generated object would only keep one of the `movies` values, discarding the rest. To avoid this, you must write your own `FormData` to `Object` utility instead:

```js
/**
 * POST /api/submit
 */
export async function onRequestPost(context) {
	try {
		let input = await context.request.formData();

		// Convert FormData to JSON
		// NOTE: Allows multiple values per key
		let output = {};
		for (let [key, value] of input) {
			let tmp = output[key];
			if (tmp === undefined) {
				output[key] = value;
			} else {
				output[key] = [].concat(tmp, value);
			}
		}

		let pretty = JSON.stringify(output, null, 2);
		return new Response(pretty, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json;charset=utf-8",
			},
		});
	} catch (err) {
		return new Response("Error parsing JSON content", { status: 400 });
	}
}
```

The final snippet (above) allows the Worker to retain all values, returning a JSON response with an accurate representation of the `<form>` submission.

### Deployment

You are now ready to deploy your project.

If you have not already done so, save your progress within `git` and then push the commit(s) to the GitHub repository:

```sh
# Add all files
git add -A
# Commit w/ message
git commit -m "working example"
# Push commit(s) to remote
git push -u origin main
```

Your work now resides within the GitHub repository, which means that Pages is able to access it too.

If this is your first Cloudflare Pages project, refer to the [Get started guide](/pages/get-started/) for a complete walkthrough. After selecting the appropriate GitHub repository, you must configure your project with the following build settings:

- **Project name** – Your choice
- **Production branch** – `main`
- **Framework preset** – None
- **Build command** – None / Empty
- **Build output directory** – `public`

After clicking the **Save and Deploy** button, your Pages project will begin its first deployment. When successful, you will be presented with a unique `*.pages.dev` subdomain and a link to your live demo.

In this tutorial, you built and deployed a website and its back-end logic using Cloudflare Pages with its Workers integration. You created a static HTML document with a form that communicates with a Worker handler to parse the submission request(s).

If you would like to review the full source code for this application, you can find it on [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/submit.pages.dev).

## Related resources

- [Build an API for your front end using Cloudflare Workers](/pages/tutorials/build-an-api-with-pages-functions/)
- [Handle form submissions with Airtable](/workers/tutorials/handle-form-submissions-with-airtable/)

---

# Localize a website with HTMLRewriter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/localize-a-website/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build an example internationalization and localization engine (commonly referred to as **i18n** and **l10n**) for your application, serve the content of your site, and automatically translate the content based on your visitors’ location in the world.

This tutorial uses the [`HTMLRewriter`](/workers/runtime-apis/html-rewriter/) class built into the Cloudflare Workers runtime, which allows for parsing and rewriting of HTML on the Cloudflare global network. This gives developers the ability to efficiently and transparently customize their Workers applications.

![An example site that has been successfully localized in Japanese, German and English](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/localize-website/i18n.jpg)

---

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Prerequisites

This tutorial is designed to use an existing website. To simplify this process, you will use a free HTML5 template from [HTML5 UP](https://html5up.net). With this website as the base, you will use the `HTMLRewriter` functionality in the Workers platform to overlay an i18n layer, automatically translating the site based on the user’s language.

If you would like to deploy your own version of the site, you can find the source [on GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/i18n-example-workers). Instructions on how to deploy this application can be found in the project’s README.

## Create a new application

Create a new application using the [`create-cloudflare`](/pages/get-started/c3), a CLI for creating and deploying new applications to Cloudflare.

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"i18n-example"} />

For setup, select the following options:

- For _What would you like to start with_?, select `Framework Starter`.
- For _Which development framework do you want to use?_, select `React`.
- For, _Do you want to deploy your application?_, select `No`.

The newly generated `i18n-example` project will contain two folders: `public` and `src` these contain files for a React application:

```sh
cd i18n-example
ls
```

```sh output
public src package.json
```

We have to make a few adjustments to the generated project, first we want to the replace the content inside of the `public` directory, with the default generated HTML code for the HTML5 UP template seen in the demo screenshot: download a [release](https://github.com/signalnerve/i18n-example-workers/archive/v1.0.zip) (ZIP file) of the code for this project and copy the `public` folder to your own project to get started.

Next, let's create a functions directory with an `index.js` file, this will be where the logic of the application will be written.

```sh
mkdir functions
cd functions
touch index.js
```

Additionally, we'll remove the `src/` directory since its content isn't necessary for this project. With the static HTML for this project updated, you can focus on the script inside of the `functions` folder, at `index.js`.

## Understanding `data-i18n-key`

The `HTMLRewriter` class provided in the Workers runtime allows developers to parse HTML and write JavaScript to query and transform every element of the page.

The example website in this tutorial is a basic single-page HTML project that lives in the `public` directory. It includes an `h1` element with the text `Example Site` and a number of `p` elements with different text:

![Demo code shown in Chrome DevTools with the elements described above](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/localize-website/code-example.png)

What is unique about this page is the addition of [data attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Howto/Use_data_attributes) in the HTML – custom attributes defined on a number of elements on this page. The `data-i18n-key` on the `h1` tag on this page, as well as many of the `p` tags, indicates that there is a corresponding internationalization key, which should be used to look up a translation for this text:

```html
<!-- source clipped from i18n-example site -->

<div class="inner">
	<h1 data-i18n-key="headline">Example Site</h1>
	<p data-i18n-key="subtitle">This is my example site. Depending o...</p>
	<p data-i18n-key="disclaimer">Disclaimer: the initial translations...</p>
</div>
```

Using `HTMLRewriter`, you will parse the HTML within the `./public/index.html` page. When a `data-i18n-key` attribute is found, you should use the attribute's value to retrieve a matching translation from the `strings` object. With `HTMLRewriter`, you can query elements to accomplish tasks like finding a data attribute. However, as the name suggests, you can also rewrite elements by taking a translated string and directly inserting it into the HTML.

Another feature of this project is based on the `Accept-Language` header, which exists on incoming requests. You can set the translation language per request, allowing users from around the world to see a locally relevant and translated page.

## Using the HTML Rewriter API

Begin with the `functions/index.js` file. Your application in this tutorial will live entirely in this file.

Inside of this file, start by adding the default code for running a [Pages Function](/pages/functions/get-started/#create-a-function).

```js
export function onRequest(context) {
	return new Response("Hello, world!");
}
```

The important part of the code lives in the `onRequest` function. To implement translations on the site, take the HTML response retrieved from `env.ASSETS.fetch(request)` this allows you to fetch a static asset from your Pages project and pass it into a new instance of `HTMLRewriter`. When instantiating `HTMLRewriter`, you can attach handlers using the `on` function. For this tutorial, you will use the `[data-i18n-key]` selector (refer to the [HTMLRewriter documentation](/workers/runtime-apis/html-rewriter/) for more advanced usage) to locate all elements with the `data-i18n-key` attribute, which means that they must be translated. Any matching element will be passed to an instance of your `ElementHandler` class, which will contain the translation logic. With the created instance of `HTMLRewriter`, the `transform` function takes a `response` and can be returned to the client:

```js
export async function onRequest(context) {
	const { request, env } = context;
	const response = await env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
	return new HTMLRewriter()
		.on("[data-i18n-key]", new ElementHandler(countryStrings))
		.transform(response);
}
```

## Transforming HTML

Your `ElementHandler` will receive every element parsed by the `HTMLRewriter` instance, and due to the expressive API, you can query each incoming element for information.

In [How it works](#understanding-data-i18n-key), the documentation describes `data-i18n-key`, a custom data attribute that could be used to find a corresponding translated string for the website’s user interface. In `ElementHandler`, you can define an `element` function, which will be called as each element is parsed. Inside of the `element` function, you can query for the custom data attribute using `getAttribute`:

```js
class ElementHandler {
	element(element) {
		const i18nKey = element.getAttribute("data-i18n-key");
	}
}
```

With `i18nKey` defined, you can use it to search for a corresponding translated string. You will now set up a `strings` object with key-value pairs corresponding to the `data-i18n-key` value. For now, you will define a single example string, `headline`, with a German `string`, `"Beispielseite"` (`"Example Site"`), and retrieve it in the `element` function:

```js null {1,2,3,4,5,10}
const strings = {
	headline: "Beispielseite",
};

class ElementHandler {
	element(element) {
		const i18nKey = element.getAttribute("data-i18n-key");
		const string = strings[i18nKey];
	}
}
```

Take your translated `string` and insert it into the original element, using the `setInnerContent` function:

```js null {11,12,13}
const strings = {
	headline: "Beispielseite",
};

class ElementHandler {
	element(element) {
		const i18nKey = element.getAttribute("data-i18n-key");
		const string = strings[i18nKey];
		if (string) {
			element.setInnerContent(string);
		}
	}
}
```

To review that everything looks as expected, use the preview functionality built into Wrangler. Call [`wrangler pages dev ./public`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) to open up a live preview of your project. The command is refreshed after every code change that you make.

You can expand on this translation functionality to provide country-specific translations, based on the incoming request’s `Accept-Language` header. By taking this header, parsing it, and passing the parsed language into your `ElementHandler`, you can retrieve a translated string in your user’s home language, provided that it is defined in `strings`.

To implement this:

1. Update the `strings` object, adding a second layer of key-value pairs and allowing strings to be looked up in the format `strings[country][key]`.
2. Pass a `countryStrings` object into our `ElementHandler`, so that it can be used during the parsing process.
3. Grab the `Accept-Language` header from an incoming request, parse it, and pass the parsed language to `ElementHandler`.

To parse the `Accept-Language` header, install the [`accept-language-parser`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/accept-language-parser) npm package:

```sh
npm i accept-language-parser
```

Once imported into your code, use the package to parse the most relevant language for a client based on `Accept-Language` header, and pass it to `ElementHandler`. Your final code for the project, with an included sample translation for Germany and Japan (using Google Translate) looks like this:

```js null {32,33,34,39,62,63,64,65}
import parser from "accept-language-parser";

// do not set to true in production!
const DEBUG = false;

const strings = {
	de: {
		title: "Beispielseite",
		headline: "Beispielseite",
		subtitle:
			"Dies ist meine Beispielseite. Abhängig davon, wo auf der Welt Sie diese Site besuchen, wird dieser Text in die entsprechende Sprache übersetzt.",
		disclaimer:
			"Haftungsausschluss: Die anfänglichen Übersetzungen stammen von Google Translate, daher sind sie möglicherweise nicht perfekt!",
		tutorial:
			"Das Tutorial für dieses Projekt finden Sie in der Cloudflare Workers-Dokumentation.",
		copyright: "Design von HTML5 UP.",
	},
	ja: {
		title: "サンプルサイト",
		headline: "サンプルサイト",
		subtitle:
			"これは私の例のサイトです。 このサイトにアクセスする世界の場所に応じて、このテキストは対応する言語に翻訳されます。",
		disclaimer:
			"免責事項：最初の翻訳はGoogle翻訳からのものですので、完璧ではないかもしれません！",
		tutorial:
			"Cloudflare Workersのドキュメントでこのプロジェクトのチュートリアルを見つけてください。",
		copyright: "HTML5 UPによる設計。",
	},
};

class ElementHandler {
	constructor(countryStrings) {
		this.countryStrings = countryStrings;
	}

	element(element) {
		const i18nKey = element.getAttribute("data-i18n-key");
		if (i18nKey) {
			const translation = this.countryStrings[i18nKey];
			if (translation) {
				element.setInnerContent(translation);
			}
		}
	}
}

export async function onRequest(context) {
	const { request, env } = context;
	try {
		let options = {};
		if (DEBUG) {
			options = {
				cacheControl: {
					bypassCache: true,
				},
			};
		}
		const languageHeader = request.headers.get("Accept-Language");
		const language = parser.pick(["de", "ja"], languageHeader);
		const countryStrings = strings[language] || {};

		const response = await env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
		return new HTMLRewriter()
			.on("[data-i18n-key]", new ElementHandler(countryStrings))
			.transform(response);
	} catch (e) {
		if (DEBUG) {
			return new Response(e.message || e.toString(), {
				status: 404,
			});
		} else {
			return env.ASSETS.fetch(request);
		}
	}
}
```

## Deploy

Your i18n tool built on Cloudflare Pages is complete and it is time to deploy it to your domain.

To deploy your application to a `*.pages.dev` subdomain, you need to specify a directory of static assets to serve, configure the `pages_build_output_dir` in your project’s Wrangler file and set the value to `./public`:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml null {2}
name = "i18n-example"
pages_build_output_dir = "./public"
compatibility_date = "2024-01-29"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Next, you need to configure a deploy script in `package.json` file in your project. Add a deploy script with the value `wrangler pages deploy`:

```json null {3}
"scripts": {
  "dev": "wrangler pages dev",
  "deploy": "wrangler pages deploy"
}
```

Using `wrangler`, deploy to Cloudflare’s network, using the `deploy` command:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

![An example site that has been successfully localized in Japanese, German and English](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/localize-website/i18n.jpg)

## Related resources

In this tutorial, you built and deployed an i18n tool using `HTMLRewriter`. To review the full source code for this application, refer to the [repository on GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/i18n-example-workers).

If you want to get started building your own projects, review the existing list of [Quickstart templates](/workers/get-started/quickstarts/).

---

# Use R2 as static asset storage with Cloudflare Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/tutorials/use-r2-as-static-asset-storage-for-pages/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial will teach you how to use [R2](/r2/) as a static asset storage bucket for your [Pages](/pages/) app. This is especially helpful if you're hitting the [file limit](/pages/platform/limits/#files) or the [max file size limit](/pages/platform/limits/#file-size) on Pages.

To illustrate how this is done, we will use R2 as a static asset storage for a fictional cat blog.

## The Cat blog

Imagine you run a static cat blog containing funny cat videos and helpful tips for cat owners. Your blog is growing and you need to add more content with cat images and videos.

The blog is hosted on Pages and currently has the following directory structure:

```
.
├── public
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── static
│   │   ├── favicon.ico
│   │   └── logo.png
│   └── style.css
└── wrangler.toml
```

Adding more videos and images to the blog would be great, but our asset size is above the [file limit on Pages](/pages/platform/limits/#file-size). Let us fix this with R2.

## Create an R2 bucket

The first step is creating an R2 bucket to store the static assets. A new bucket can be created with the dashboard or via Wrangler.

Using the dashboard, navigate to the R2 tab, then click on *Create bucket.* We will name the bucket for our blog _cat-media_. Always remember to give your buckets descriptive names:

![Dashboard](~/assets/images/pages/tutorials/pages-r2/dash.png)

With the bucket created, we can upload media files to R2. I’ll drag and drop two folders with a few cat images and videos into the R2 bucket:

![Upload](/images/pages/tutorials/pages-r2/upload.gif)

Alternatively, an R2 bucket can be created with Wrangler from the command line by running:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <bucket_name>
# i.e
# npx wrangler r2 bucket create cat-media
```

Files can be uploaded to the bucket with the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 object put <bucket_name>/<file_name> -f <path_to_file>
# i.e
# npx wrangler r2 object put cat-media/videos/video1.mp4 -f ~/Downloads/videos/video1.mp4
```

## Bind R2 to Pages

To bind the R2 bucket we have created to the cat blog, we need to update the Wrangler configuration.

Open the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, and add the following binding to the file. `bucket_name` should be the exact name of the bucket created earlier, while `binding` can be any custom name referring to the R2 resource:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = "MEDIA"
bucket_name = "cat-media"
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note

Note: The keyword `ASSETS` is reserved and cannot be used as a resource binding.
:::

Save the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, and we are ready to move on to the last step.

Alternatively, you can add a binding to your Pages project on the dashboard by navigating to the project’s _Settings_ tab > _Functions_ > _R2 bucket bindings_.

## Serve R2 Assets From Pages

The last step involves serving media assets from R2 on the blog. To do that, we will create a function to handle requests for media files.

In the project folder, create a _functions_ directory. Then, create a _media_ subdirectory and a file named `[[all]].js` in it. All HTTP requests to `/media` will be routed to this file.

After creating the folders and JavaScript file, the blog directory structure should look like:

```
.
├── functions
│   └── media
│       └── [[all]].js
├── public
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── static
│   │   ├── favicon.ico
│   │   └── icon.png
│   └── style.css
└── wrangler.toml

```

Finally, we will add a handler function to `[[all]].js`. This function receives all media requests, and returns the corresponding file asset from R2:

```js
export async function onRequestGet(ctx) {
	const path = new URL(ctx.request.url).pathname.replace("/media/", "");
	const file = await ctx.env.MEDIA.get(path);
	if (!file) return new Response(null, { status: 404 });
	return new Response(file.body, {
		headers: { "Content-Type": file.httpMetadata.contentType },
	});
}
```

## Deploy the blog

Before deploying the changes made so far to our cat blog, let us add a few new posts to `index.html`. These posts depend on media assets served from R2:

```html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
	<body>
		<h1>Awesome Cat Blog! 😺</h1>
		<p>Today's post:</p>
		<video width="320" controls>
			<source src="/media/videos/video1.mp4" type="video/mp4" />
		</video>
		<p>Yesterday's post:</p>
		<img src="/media/images/cat1.jpg" width="320" />
	</body>
</html>
```

With all the files saved, open a new terminal window to deploy the app:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

Once deployed, media assets are fetched and served from the R2 bucket.

![Deployed App](/images/pages/tutorials/pages-r2/deployed.gif)

## **Related resources**

- [Learn how function routing works in Pages.](/pages/functions/routing/)
- [Learn how to create public R2 buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).
- [Learn how to use R2 from Workers](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/).

---

# Handle rate limits of external APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/tutorials/handle-rate-limits/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial explains how to use Queues to handle rate limits of external APIs by building an application that sends email notifications using [Resend](https://www.resend.com/). However, you can use this pattern to handle rate limits of any external API.

Resend is a service that allows you to send emails from your application via an API. Resend has a default [rate limit](https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/introduction#rate-limit) of two requests per second. You will use Queues to handle the rate limit of Resend.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

4. Sign up for [Resend](https://resend.com/) and generate an API key by following the guide on the [Resend documentation](https://resend.com/docs/dashboard/api-keys/introduction).

5. Additionally, you will need access to Cloudflare Queues.

<Render file="enable-queues" />

## 1. Create a new Workers application

To get started, create a Worker application using the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare). Open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"resend-rate-limit-queue"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Then, go to your newly created directory:

```sh frame="none"
cd resend-rate-limit-queue
```

## 2. Set up a Queue

You need to create a Queue and a binding to your Worker. Run the following command to create a Queue named `rate-limit-queue`:

```sh title="Create a Queue"
npx wrangler queues create rate-limit-queue
```

```sh output
Creating queue rate-limit-queue.
Created queue rate-limit-queue.
```

### Add Queue bindings to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

In your Wrangler file, add the following:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.producers]]
binding = "EMAIL_QUEUE"
queue = "rate-limit-queue"

[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "rate-limit-queue"
max_batch_size = 2
max_batch_timeout = 10
max_retries = 3
```

</WranglerConfig>

It is important to include the `max_batch_size` of two to the consumer queue is important because the Resend API has a default rate limit of two requests per second. This batch size allows the queue to process the message in the batch size of two. If the batch size is less than two, the queue will wait for 10 seconds to collect the next message. If no more messages are available, the queue will process the message in the batch. For more information, refer to the [Batching, Retries and Delays documentation](/queues/configuration/batching-retries)

Your final Wrangler file should look similar to the example below.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "resend-rate-limit-queue"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-09"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

[[queues.producers]]
binding = "EMAIL_QUEUE"
queue = "rate-limit-queue"

[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "rate-limit-queue"
max_batch_size = 2
max_batch_timeout = 10
max_retries = 3
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 3. Add bindings to environment

Add the bindings to the environment interface in `worker-configuration.d.ts`, so TypeScript correctly types the bindings. Type the queue as `Queue<any>`. Refer to the following step for instructions on how to change this type.

```ts title="worker-configuration.d.ts"
interface Env {
	EMAIL_QUEUE: Queue<any>;
}
```

## 4. Send message to the queue

The application will send a message to the queue when the Worker receives a request. For simplicity, you will send the email address as a message to the queue. A new message will be sent to the queue with a delay of one second.

```ts title="src/index.ts"
export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			await env.EMAIL_QUEUE.send(
				{ email: await req.text() },
				{ delaySeconds: 1 },
			);
			return new Response("Success!");
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error!", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
};
```

This will accept requests to any subpath and forwards the request's body. It expects that the request body to contain only an email. In production, you should check that the request was a `POST` request. You should also avoid sending such sensitive information (email) directly to the queue. Instead, you can send a message to the queue that contains a unique identifier for the user. Then, your consumer queue can use the unique identifier to look up the email address in a database and use that to send the email.

## 5. Process the messages in the queue

After the message is sent to the queue, it will be processed by the consumer Worker. The consumer Worker will process the message and send the email.

Since you have not configured Resend yet, you will log the message to the console. After you configure Resend, you will use it to send the email.

Add the `queue()` handler as shown below:

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={1-3,17-28}
interface Message {
	email: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			await env.EMAIL_QUEUE.send(
				{ email: await req.text() },
				{ delaySeconds: 1 },
			);
			return new Response("Success!");
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error!", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Message>, env: Env): Promise<void> {
		for (const message of batch.messages) {
			try {
				console.log(message.body.email);
				// After configuring Resend, you can send email
				message.ack();
			} catch (e) {
				console.error(e);
				message.retry({ delaySeconds: 5 });
			}
		}
	},
};
```

The above `queue()` handler will log the email address to the console and send the email. It will also retry the message if sending the email fails. The `delaySeconds` is set to five seconds to avoid sending the email too quickly.

To test the application, run the following command:

```sh title="Start the development server"
npm run dev
```

Use the following cURL command to send a request to the application:

```sh title="Test with a cURL request"
curl -X POST -d "test@example.com" http://localhost:8787/
```

```sh output
[wrangler:inf] POST / 200 OK (2ms)
QueueMessage {
  attempts: 1,
  body: { email: 'test@example.com' },
  timestamp: 2024-09-12T13:48:07.236Z,
  id: '72a25ff18dd441f5acb6086b9ce87c8c'
}
```

## 6. Set up Resend

To call the Resend API, you need to configure the Resend API key. Create a `.dev.vars` file in the root of your project and add the following:

```txt title=".dev.vars"
RESEND_API_KEY='your-resend-api-key'
```

Replace `your-resend-api-key` with your actual Resend API key.

Next, update the `Env` interface in `worker-configuration.d.ts` to include the `RESEND_API_KEY` variable.

```ts title="worker-configuration.d.ts" ins={3}
interface Env {
	EMAIL_QUEUE: Queue<any>;
	RESEND_API_KEY: string;
}
```

Lastly, install the [`resend` package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/resend) using the following command:

```sh title="Install Resend"
npm install resend
```

You can now use the `RESEND_API_KEY` variable in your code.

## 7. Send email with Resend

In your `src/index.ts` file, import the Resend package and update the `queue()` handler to send the email.

```ts title="src/index.ts" ins={1,21,26-40} del={24,41}
import { Resend } from "resend";

interface Message {
	email: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			await env.EMAIL_QUEUE.send(
				{ email: await req.text() },
				{ delaySeconds: 1 },
			);
			return new Response("Success!");
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error!", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Message>, env: Env): Promise<void> {
		// Initialize Resend
		const resend = new Resend(env.RESEND_API_KEY);
		for (const message of batch.messages) {
			try {
				console.log(message.body.email);
				// send email
				const sendEmail = await resend.emails.send({
					from: "onboarding@resend.dev",
					to: [message.body.email],
					subject: "Hello World",
					html: "<strong>Sending an email from Worker!</strong>",
				});

				// check if the email failed
				if (sendEmail.error) {
					console.error(sendEmail.error);
					message.retry({ delaySeconds: 5 });
				} else {
					// if success, ack the message
					message.ack();
				}
				message.ack();
			} catch (e) {
				console.error(e);
				message.retry({ delaySeconds: 5 });
			}
		}
	},
};
```

The `queue()` handler will now send the email using the Resend API. It also checks if sending the email failed and will retry the message.

The final script is included below:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { Resend } from "resend";

interface Message {
	email: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		try {
			await env.EMAIL_QUEUE.send(
				{ email: await req.text() },
				{ delaySeconds: 1 },
			);
			return new Response("Success!");
		} catch (e) {
			return new Response("Error!", { status: 500 });
		}
	},
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Message>, env: Env): Promise<void> {
		// Initialize Resend
		const resend = new Resend(env.RESEND_API_KEY);
		for (const message of batch.messages) {
			try {
				// send email
				const sendEmail = await resend.emails.send({
					from: "onboarding@resend.dev",
					to: [message.body.email],
					subject: "Hello World",
					html: "<strong>Sending an email from Worker!</strong>",
				});

				// check if the email failed
				if (sendEmail.error) {
					console.error(sendEmail.error);
					message.retry({ delaySeconds: 5 });
				} else {
					// if success, ack the message
					message.ack();
				}
			} catch (e) {
				console.error(e);
				message.retry({ delaySeconds: 5 });
			}
		}
	},
};
```

To test the application, start the development server using the following command:

```sh title="Start the development server"
npm run dev
```

Use the following cURL command to send a request to the application:

```sh title="Test with a cURL request"
curl -X POST -d "delivered@resend.dev" http://localhost:8787/
```

On the Resend dashboard, you should see that the email was sent to the provided email address.

## 8. Deploy your Worker

To deploy your Worker, run the following command:

```sh title="Deploy your Worker"
npx wrangler deploy
```

Lastly, add the Resend API key using the following command:

```sh title="Add the Resend API key"
npx wrangler secret put RESEND_API_KEY
```

Enter the value of your API key. Your API key will get added to your project. You can now use the `RESEND_API_KEY` variable in your code.

You have successfully created a Worker which can send emails using the Resend API respecting rate limits.

To test your Worker, you could use the following cURL request. Replace `<YOUR_WORKER_URL>` with the URL of your deployed Worker.

```bash title="Test with a cURL request"
curl -X POST -d "delivered@resend.dev" <YOUR_WORKER_URL>
```

Refer to the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/harshil1712/queues-rate-limit) for the complete code for this tutorial. If you are using [Hono](https://hono.dev/), you can refer to the [Hono example](https://github.com/harshil1712/resend-rate-limit-demo).

## Related resources

- [How Queues works](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/)
- [Queues Batching and Retries](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/)
- [Resend](https://resend.com/docs/)

---

# Build a web crawler with Queues and Browser Rendering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/tutorials/web-crawler-with-browser-rendering/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial explains how to build and deploy a web crawler with Queues, [Browser Rendering](/browser-rendering/), and [Puppeteer](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/).

Puppeteer is a high-level library used to automate interactions with Chrome/Chromium browsers. On each submitted page, the crawler will find the number of links to `cloudflare.com` and take a screenshot of the site, saving results to [Workers KV](/kv/).

You can use Puppeteer to request all images on a page, save the colors used on a site, and more.

## Prerequisites

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

## 1. Create new Workers application

To get started, create a Worker application using the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare). Open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"queues-web-crawler"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd queues-web-crawler
```

## 2. Create KV namespace

We need to create a KV store. This can be done through the Cloudflare dashboard or the Wrangler CLI. For this tutorial, we will use the Wrangler CLI.

```sh
npx wrangler kv namespace create crawler_links
npx wrangler kv namespace create crawler_screenshots
```

```sh output
🌀 Creating namespace with title "web-crawler-crawler-links"
✨ Success!
Add the following to your configuration file in your kv_namespaces array:
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "crawler_links"
id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>"

🌀 Creating namespace with title "web-crawler-crawler-screenshots"
✨ Success!
Add the following to your configuration file in your kv_namespaces array:
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "crawler_screenshots"
id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>"
```

### Add KV bindings to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

Then, in your Wrangler file, add the following with the values generated in the terminal:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV", id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>" },
  { binding = "CRAWLER_LINKS_KV", id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 3. Set up Browser Rendering

Now, you need to set up your Worker for Browser Rendering.

In your current directory, install Cloudflare’s [fork of Puppeteer](/browser-rendering/platform/puppeteer/) and also [robots-parser](https://www.npmjs.com/package/robots-parser):

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/puppeteer --save-dev
npm install robots-parser
```

Then, add a Browser Rendering binding. Adding a Browser Rendering binding gives the Worker access to a headless Chromium instance you will control with Puppeteer.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
browser = { binding = "CRAWLER_BROWSER" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 4. Set up a Queue

Now, we need to set up the Queue.

```sh
npx wrangler queues create queues-web-crawler
```

```txt title="Output"
Creating queue queues-web-crawler.
Created queue queues-web-crawler.
```

### Add Queue bindings to wrangler.toml

Then, in your Wrangler file, add the following:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "queues-web-crawler"
max_batch_timeout = 60

[[queues.producers]]
queue = "queues-web-crawler"
binding = "CRAWLER_QUEUE"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Adding the `max_batch_timeout` of 60 seconds to the consumer queue is important because Browser Rendering has a limit of two new browsers per minute per account. This timeout waits up to a minute before collecting queue messages into a batch. The Worker will then remain under this browser invocation limit.

Your final Wrangler file should look similar to the one below.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
#:schema node_modules/wrangler/config-schema.json
name = "web-crawler"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-07-25"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV", id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>" },
  { binding = "CRAWLER_LINKS_KV", id = "<GENERATED_NAMESPACE_ID>" }
]

browser = { binding = "CRAWLER_BROWSER" }

[[queues.consumers]]
queue = "queues-web-crawler"
max_batch_timeout = 60

[[queues.producers]]
queue = "queues-web-crawler"
binding = "CRAWLER_QUEUE"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 5. Add bindings to environment

Add the bindings to the environment interface in `src/index.ts`, so TypeScript correctly types the bindings. Type the queue as `Queue<any>`. The following step will show you how to change this type.

```ts
import { BrowserWorker } from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";

export interface Env {
	CRAWLER_QUEUE: Queue<any>;
	CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV: KVNamespace;
	CRAWLER_LINKS_KV: KVNamespace;
	CRAWLER_BROWSER: BrowserWorker;
}
```

## 6. Submit links to crawl

Add a `fetch()` handler to the Worker to submit links to crawl.

```ts
type Message = {
	url: string;
};

export interface Env {
	CRAWLER_QUEUE: Queue<Message>;
	// ... etc.
}

export default {
	async fetch(req, env): Promise<Response> {
		await env.CRAWLER_QUEUE.send({ url: await req.text() });
		return new Response("Success!");
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This will accept requests to any subpath and forwards the request's body to be crawled. It expects that the request body only contains a URL. In production, you should check that the request was a `POST` request and contains a well-formed URL in its body. This has been omitted for simplicity.

## 7. Crawl with Puppeteer

Add a `queue()` handler to the Worker to process the links you send.

```ts
import puppeteer from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";
import robotsParser from "robots-parser";

async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Message>, env: Env): Promise<void> {
  let browser: puppeteer.Browser | null = null;
  try {
    browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.CRAWLER_BROWSER);
  } catch {
    batch.retryAll();
	return;
  }

  for (const message of batch.messages) {
    const { url } = message.body;

    let isAllowed = true;
    try {
      const robotsTextPath = new URL(url).origin + "/robots.txt";
      const response = await fetch(robotsTextPath);

      const robots = robotsParser(robotsTextPath, await response.text());
      isAllowed = robots.isAllowed(url) ?? true; // respect robots.txt!
    } catch {}

    if (!isAllowed) {
      message.ack();
      continue;
    }

	// TODO: crawl!
    message.ack();
  }

  await browser.close();
},
```

This is a skeleton for the crawler. It launches the Puppeteer browser and iterates through the Queue's received messages. It fetches the site's `robots.txt` and uses `robots-parser` to check that this site allows crawling. If crawling is not allowed, the message is `ack`'ed, removing it from the Queue. If crawling is allowed, you can continue to crawl the site.

The `puppeteer.launch()` is wrapped in a `try...catch` to allow the whole batch to be retried if the browser launch fails. The browser launch may fail due to going over the limit for number of browsers per account.

```ts
type Result = {
	numCloudflareLinks: number;
	screenshot: ArrayBuffer;
};

const crawlPage = async (url: string): Promise<Result> => {
	const page = await (browser as puppeteer.Browser).newPage();

	await page.goto(url, {
		waitUntil: "load",
	});

	const numCloudflareLinks = await page.$$eval("a", (links) => {
		links = links.filter((link) => {
			try {
				return new URL(link.href).hostname.includes("cloudflare.com");
			} catch {
				return false;
			}
		});
		return links.length;
	});

	await page.setViewport({
		width: 1920,
		height: 1080,
		deviceScaleFactor: 1,
	});

	return {
		numCloudflareLinks,
		screenshot: ((await page.screenshot({ fullPage: true })) as Buffer).buffer,
	};
};
```

This helper function opens a new page in Puppeteer and navigates to the provided URL. `numCloudflareLinks` uses Puppeteer's `$$eval` (equivalent to `document.querySelectorAll`) to find the number of links to a `cloudflare.com` page. Checking if the link's `href` is to a `cloudflare.com` page is wrapped in a `try...catch` to handle cases where `href`s may not be URLs.

Then, the function sets the browser viewport size and takes a screenshot of the full page. The screenshot is returned as a `Buffer` so it can be converted to an `ArrayBuffer` and written to KV.

To enable recursively crawling links, add a snippet after checking the number of Cloudflare links to send messages recursively from the queue consumer to the queue itself. Recursing too deep, as is possible with crawling, will cause a Durable Object `Subrequest depth limit exceeded.` error. If one occurs, it is caught, but the links are not retried.

```ts null {3-14}
// const numCloudflareLinks = await page.$$eval("a", (links) => { ...

await page.$$eval("a", async (links) => {
	const urls: MessageSendRequest<Message>[] = links.map((link) => {
		return {
			body: {
				url: link.href,
			},
		};
	});
	try {
		await env.CRAWLER_QUEUE.sendBatch(urls);
	} catch {} // do nothing, likely hit subrequest limit
});

// await page.setViewport({ ...
```

Then, in the `queue` handler, call `crawlPage` on the URL.

```ts null {8-23}
// in the `queue` handler:
// ...
if (!isAllowed) {
	message.ack();
	continue;
}

try {
	const { numCloudflareLinks, screenshot } = await crawlPage(url);
	const timestamp = new Date().getTime();
	const resultKey = `${encodeURIComponent(url)}-${timestamp}`;
	await env.CRAWLER_LINKS_KV.put(resultKey, numCloudflareLinks.toString(), {
		metadata: { date: timestamp },
	});
	await env.CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV.put(resultKey, screenshot, {
		metadata: { date: timestamp },
	});
	message.ack();
} catch {
	message.retry();
}

// ...
```

This snippet saves the results from `crawlPage` into the appropriate KV namespaces. If an unexpected error occurred, the URL will be retried and resent to the queue again.

Saving the timestamp of the crawl in KV helps you avoid crawling too frequently.

Add a snippet before checking `robots.txt` to check KV for a crawl within the last hour. This lists all KV keys beginning with the same URL (crawls of the same page), and check if any crawls have been done within the last hour. If any crawls have been done within the last hour, the message is `ack`'ed and not retried.

```ts null {12-23}
type KeyMetadata = {
  date: number;
};

// in the `queue` handler:
// ...
for (const message of batch.messages) {
  const sameUrlCrawls = await env.CRAWLER_LINKS_KV.list({
    prefix: `${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
  });

  let shouldSkip = false;
  for (const key of sameUrlCrawls.keys) {
    if (timestamp - (key.metadata as KeyMetadata)?.date < 60 * 60 * 1000) {
      // if crawled in last hour, skip
      message.ack();
      shouldSkip = true;
      break;
    }
  }
  if (shouldSkip) {
    continue;
  }

  let isAllowed = true;
  // ...
```

The final script is included below.

```ts
import puppeteer, { BrowserWorker } from "@cloudflare/puppeteer";
import robotsParser from "robots-parser";

type Message = {
	url: string;
};

export interface Env {
	CRAWLER_QUEUE: Queue<Message>;
	CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV: KVNamespace;
	CRAWLER_LINKS_KV: KVNamespace;
	CRAWLER_BROWSER: BrowserWorker;
}

type Result = {
	numCloudflareLinks: number;
	screenshot: ArrayBuffer;
};

type KeyMetadata = {
	date: number;
};

export default {
	async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
		// util endpoint for testing purposes
		await env.CRAWLER_QUEUE.send({ url: await req.text() });
		return new Response("Success!");
	},
	async queue(batch: MessageBatch<Message>, env: Env): Promise<void> {
		const crawlPage = async (url: string): Promise<Result> => {
			const page = await (browser as puppeteer.Browser).newPage();

			await page.goto(url, {
				waitUntil: "load",
			});

			const numCloudflareLinks = await page.$$eval("a", (links) => {
				links = links.filter((link) => {
					try {
						return new URL(link.href).hostname.includes("cloudflare.com");
					} catch {
						return false;
					}
				});
				return links.length;
			});

			// to crawl recursively - uncomment this!
			/*await page.$$eval("a", async (links) => {
        const urls: MessageSendRequest<Message>[] = links.map((link) => {
          return {
            body: {
              url: link.href,
            },
          };
        });
        try {
          await env.CRAWLER_QUEUE.sendBatch(urls);
        } catch {} // do nothing, might've hit subrequest limit
      });*/

			await page.setViewport({
				width: 1920,
				height: 1080,
				deviceScaleFactor: 1,
			});

			return {
				numCloudflareLinks,
				screenshot: ((await page.screenshot({ fullPage: true })) as Buffer)
					.buffer,
			};
		};

		let browser: puppeteer.Browser | null = null;
		try {
			browser = await puppeteer.launch(env.CRAWLER_BROWSER);
		} catch {
			batch.retryAll();
			return;
		}

		for (const message of batch.messages) {
			const { url } = message.body;
			const timestamp = new Date().getTime();
			const resultKey = `${encodeURIComponent(url)}-${timestamp}`;

			const sameUrlCrawls = await env.CRAWLER_LINKS_KV.list({
				prefix: `${encodeURIComponent(url)}`,
			});

			let shouldSkip = false;
			for (const key of sameUrlCrawls.keys) {
				if (timestamp - (key.metadata as KeyMetadata)?.date < 60 * 60 * 1000) {
					// if crawled in last hour, skip
					message.ack();
					shouldSkip = true;
					break;
				}
			}
			if (shouldSkip) {
				continue;
			}

			let isAllowed = true;
			try {
				const robotsTextPath = new URL(url).origin + "/robots.txt";
				const response = await fetch(robotsTextPath);

				const robots = robotsParser(robotsTextPath, await response.text());
				isAllowed = robots.isAllowed(url) ?? true; // respect robots.txt!
			} catch {}

			if (!isAllowed) {
				message.ack();
				continue;
			}

			try {
				const { numCloudflareLinks, screenshot } = await crawlPage(url);
				await env.CRAWLER_LINKS_KV.put(
					resultKey,
					numCloudflareLinks.toString(),
					{ metadata: { date: timestamp } },
				);
				await env.CRAWLER_SCREENSHOTS_KV.put(resultKey, screenshot, {
					metadata: { date: timestamp },
				});
				message.ack();
			} catch {
				message.retry();
			}
		}

		await browser.close();
	},
};
```

## 8. Deploy your Worker

To deploy your Worker, run the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You have successfully created a Worker which can submit URLs to a queue for crawling and save results to Workers KV.

To test your Worker, you could use the following cURL request to take a screenshot of this documentation page.

```bash title="Test with a cURL request"
curl <YOUR_WORKER_URL> \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d 'https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/tutorials/web-crawler-with-browser-rendering/'

```

Refer to the [GitHub repository for the complete tutorial](https://github.com/cloudflare/queues-web-crawler), including a front end deployed with Pages to submit URLs and view crawler results.

## Related resources

- [How Queues works](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/)
- [Queues Batching and Retries](/queues/configuration/batching-retries/)
- [Browser Rendering](/browser-rendering/)
- [Puppeteer Examples](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/tree/main/examples)

---

# S3 API compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/api/

import { Details } from "~/components";

R2 implements the S3 API to allow users and their applications to migrate with ease. When comparing to AWS S3, Cloudflare has removed some API operations' features and added others. The S3 API operations are listed below with their current implementation status. Feature implementation is currently in progress. Refer back to this page for updates.
The API is available via the `https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com` endpoint. Find your [account ID in the Cloudflare dashboard](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

## How to read this page

This page has two sections: bucket-level operations and object-level operations.

Each section will have two tables: a table of implemented APIs and a table of unimplemented APIs.

Refer the feature column of each table to review which features of an API have been implemented and which have not.

✅ Feature Implemented <br/>
🚧 Feature Implemented (Experimental) <br/>
❌ Feature Not Implemented

## Bucket region

When using the S3 API, the region for an R2 bucket is `auto`. For compatibility with tools that do not allow you to specify a region, an empty value and `us-east-1` will alias to the `auto` region.

This also applies to the `LocationConstraint` for the `CreateBucket` API.

## Bucket-level operations

The following tables are related to bucket-level operations.

### Implemented bucket-level operations

Below is a list of implemented bucket-level operations. Refer to the Feature column to review which features have been implemented (✅) and have not been implemented (❌).

| API Name                                                                                                                       | Feature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ✅ [ListBuckets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListBuckets.html)                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ✅ [HeadBucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_HeadBucket.html)                                           | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [CreateBucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateBucket.html)                                       | ❌ ACL: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-acl <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-full-control <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read-acp <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write-acp <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-bucket-object-lock-enabled <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner |
| ✅ [DeleteBucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteBucket.html)                                       | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [DeleteBucketCors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteBucketCors.html)                               | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [GetBucketCors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketCors.html)                                     | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html) | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [GetBucketLocation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLocation.html)                             | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [GetBucketEncryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketEncryption.html)                         | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/> ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ✅ [PutBucketCors](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketCors.html)                                     | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycleConfiguration.html) | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                       |

### Unimplemented bucket-level operations

<Details header="Unimplemented bucket-level operations">

| API Name                                                                                                                                             | Feature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ❌ [GetBucketAccelerateConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketAccelerateConfiguration.html)                     | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketAcl](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketAcl.html)                                                             | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketAnalyticsConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketAnalyticsConfiguration.html)                       | ❌ id <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ❌ [GetBucketIntelligentTieringConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketIntelligentTieringConfiguration.html)     | ❌ id                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ❌ [GetBucketInventoryConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketInventoryConfiguration.html)                       | ❌ id <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ❌ [GetBucketLifecycle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLifecycle.html)                                                 | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketLogging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketLogging.html)                                                     | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketMetricsConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketMetricsConfiguration.html)                           | ❌ id <br/>❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ❌ [GetBucketNotification](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketNotification.html)                                           | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketNotificationConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketNotificationConfiguration.html)                 | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketOwnershipControls](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketOwnershipControls.html)                                 | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketPolicy.html)                                                       | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketPolicyStatus](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketPolicyStatus.html)                                           | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketReplication](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketReplication.html)                                             | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketRequestPayment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketRequestPayment.html)                                       | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketTagging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketTagging.html)                                                     | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketVersioning](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketVersioning.html)                                               | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetBucketWebsite](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketWebsite.html)                                                     | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetObjectLockConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetObjectLockConfiguration.html)                                 | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [GetPublicAccessBlock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetPublicAccessBlock.html)                                             | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [ListBucketAnalyticsConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListBucketAnalyticsConfigurations.html)                   | ❌ Query Parameters: <br/>   ❌ continuation-token <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ❌ [ListBucketIntelligentTieringConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListBucketIntelligentTieringConfigurations.html) | ❌ Query Parameters: <br/>   ❌ continuation-token <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ❌ [ListBucketInventoryConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListBucketInventoryConfigurations.html)                   | ❌ Query Parameters: <br/>   ❌ continuation-token <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ❌ [ListBucketMetricsConfigurations](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListBucketMetricsConfigurations.html)                       | ❌ Query Parameters: <br/>   ❌ continuation-token <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ❌ [PutBucketAccelerateConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketAccelerateConfiguration.html)                     | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ❌ [PutBucketAcl](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketAcl.html)                                                             | ❌ Permissions: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-full-control <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read-acp <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write-acp <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner |
| ❌ [PutBucketAnalyticsConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketAnalyticsConfiguration.html)                       | ❌ id <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ❌ [PutBucketEncryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketEncryption.html)                                               | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [PutBucketIntelligentTieringConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketIntelligentTieringConfiguration.html)     | ❌ id <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ❌ [PutBucketInventoryConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketInventoryConfiguration.html)                       | ❌ id <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ❌ [PutBucketLifecycle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycle.html)                                                 | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ❌ [PutBucketLogging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketLifecycle.html)                                                   | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                              |
| ❌ [PutBucketMetricsConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketMetricsConfiguration.html)                           | ❌ id <br/>❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ❌ [PutBucketNotification](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketNotification.html)                                           | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner:   <br/> ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                              |
| ❌ [PutBucketNotificationConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketNotificationConfiguration.html)                 | ❌ Validation: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-skip-destination-validation <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ❌ [PutBucketOwnershipControls](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketOwnershipControls.html)                                 | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ❌ [PutBucketPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketPolicy.html)                                                       | ❌ Validation: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-confirm-remove-self-bucket-access <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                      |
| ❌ [PutBucketReplication](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketReplication.html)                                             | ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-bucket-object-lock-token <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                           |
| ❌ [PutBucketRequestPayment](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketRequestPayment.html)                                       | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                              |
| ❌ [PutBucketTagging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketTagging.html)                                                     | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                              |
| ❌ [PutBucketVersioning](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketVersioning.html)                                               | ❌ Multi-factor authentication: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-mfa <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                   |
| ❌ [PutBucketWebsite](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutBucketWebsite.html)                                                     | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/> ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ❌ [PutObjectLockConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObjectLockConfiguration.html)                                 | ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-bucket-object-lock-token <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                |
| ❌ [PutPublicAccessBlock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutPublicAccessBlock.html)                                             | ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ Content-MD5 <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                              |

</Details>

## Object-level operations

The following tables are related to object-level operations.

### Implemented object-level operations

Below is a list of implemented object-level operations. Refer to the Feature column to review which features have been implemented (✅) and have not been implemented (❌).

| API Name                                                                                                       | Feature                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ✅ [HeadObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_HeadObject.html)                           | ✅ Conditional Operations: <br/>   ✅ If-Match <br/>   ✅ If-Modified-Since <br/>   ✅ If-None-Match <br/>   ✅ If-Unmodified-Since <br/> ✅ Range: <br/>   ✅ Range (has no effect in HeadObject) <br/>   ✅ partNumber <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ✅ [ListObjects](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListObjects.html)                         | Query Parameters: <br/>   ✅ delimiter <br/>   ✅ encoding-type <br/>   ✅ marker <br/>   ✅ max-keys <br/>   ✅ prefix <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ✅ [ListObjectsV2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListObjectsV2.html)                     | Query Parameters: <br/>   ✅ list-type <br/>   ✅ continuation-token <br/>   ✅ delimiter <br/>   ✅ encoding-type <br/>   ✅ fetch-owner <br/>   ✅ max-keys <br/>   ✅ prefix <br/>   ✅ start-after <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ✅ [GetObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetObject.html)                             | ✅ Conditional Operations: <br/>   ✅ If-Match <br/>   ✅ If-Modified-Since <br/>   ✅ If-None-Match <br/>   ✅ If-Unmodified-Since <br/> ✅ Range: <br/>   ✅ Range <br/>   ✅ PartNumber <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ✅ [PutObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObject.html)                             | ✅ System Metadata: <br/>   ✅ Content-Type <br/>   ✅ Cache-Control <br/>   ✅ Content-Disposition <br/>   ✅ Content-Encoding <br/>   ✅ Content-Language <br/>   ✅ Expires <br/>   ✅ Content-MD5 <br/> ✅ Storage Class: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-storage-class <br/>     ✅ STANDARD <br/>     ✅ STANDARD_IA <br/> ❌ Object Lifecycle <br/> ❌ Website: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-website-redirect-location <br/> ❌ SSE: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-aws-kms-key-id <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-context <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-bucket-key-enabled <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Tagging: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-tagging <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-mode <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-retain-until-date <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-legal-hold <br/> ❌ ACL: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-acl <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-full-control <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read-acp <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write-acp <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ✅ [DeleteObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteObject.html)                       | ❌ Multi-factor authentication: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-mfa <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-bypass-governance-retention <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ✅ [DeleteObjects](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteObjects.html)                     | ❌ Multi-factor authentication: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-mfa <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-bypass-governance-retention <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ✅ [ListMultipartUploads](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListMultipartUploads.html)       | ✅ Query Parameters: <br/>   ✅ delimiter <br/>   ✅ encoding-type <br/>   ✅ key-marker <br/>   ✅️ max-uploads <br/>   ✅ prefix <br/>   ✅ upload-id-marker                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ✅ [CreateMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CreateMultipartUpload.html)     | ✅ System Metadata: <br/>   ✅ Content-Type <br/>   ✅ Cache-Control <br/>   ✅ Content-Disposition <br/>   ✅ Content-Encoding <br/>   ✅ Content-Language <br/>   ✅ Expires <br/>   ✅ Content-MD5 <br/> ✅ Storage Class: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-storage-class <br/>     ✅ STANDARD <br/>     ✅ STANDARD_IA <br/> ❌ Website: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-website-redirect-location <br/> ❌ SSE: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-aws-kms-key-id <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-context <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-bucket-key-enabled <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Tagging: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-tagging <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-mode <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-retain-until-date <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-legal-hold <br/> ❌ ACL: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-acl <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-full-control <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read-acp <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write-acp <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ✅ [CompleteMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CompleteMultipartUpload.html) | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ✅ [AbortMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_AbortMultipartUpload.html)       | ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ✅ [CopyObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_CopyObject.html)                           | ✅ Operation Metadata: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-metadata-directive <br/> ✅ System Metadata: <br/>   ✅ Content-Type <br/>   ✅ Cache-Control <br/>   ✅ Content-Disposition <br/>   ✅ Content-Encoding <br/>   ✅ Content-Language <br/>   ✅ Expires <br/> ✅ Conditional Operations: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-if-match <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since <br/> ✅ Storage Class: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-storage-class <br/>     ✅ STANDARD <br/>     ✅ STANDARD_IA <br/> ❌ ACL: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-acl <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-full-control <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-read-acp <br/>   ❌ x-amz-grant-write-acp <br/> ❌ Website: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-website-redirect-location <br/> ❌ SSE: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-aws-kms-key-id <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-context <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption-bucket-key-enabled <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Tagging: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-tagging <br/>   ❌ x-amz-tagging-directive <br/> ❌ Object Locking: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-mode <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-retain-until-date <br/>   ❌ x-amz-object-lock-legal-hold <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner <br/>   ❌ x-amz-source-expected-bucket-owner <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-checksum-algorithm |
| ✅ [UploadPart](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_UploadPart.html)                           | ✅ System Metadata: <br/>   ✅ Content-MD5 <br/> ❌ SSE: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-server-side-encryption <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ✅ [UploadPartCopy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_UploadPartCopy.html)                   | ❌ Conditional Operations: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-copy-source <br/>   ❌ x-amz-copy-source-if-match <br/>   ❌ x-amz-copy-source-if-modified-since <br/>   ❌ x-amz-copy-source-if-none-match <br/>   ❌ x-amz-copy-source-if-unmodified-since <br/> ✅ Range: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-range <br/> ✅ SSE-C: <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-algorithm <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-key <br/>   ✅ x-amz-copy-source-server-side-encryption-customer-key-MD5 <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner <br/>   ❌ x-amz-source-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ✅ [ListParts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListParts.html)                             | Query Parameters: <br/>   ✅ max-parts <br/>   ✅ part-number-marker <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

:::caution

Even though `ListObjects` is a supported operation, it is recommended that you use `ListObjectsV2` instead when developing applications. For more information, refer to [ListObjects](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_ListObjects.html).

:::

### Unimplemented object-level operations

<Details header="Unimplemented object-level operations">

| API Name                                                                                               | Feature                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ❌ [GetObjectTagging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetObjectTagging.html)       | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer                                                             |
| ❌ [PutObjectTagging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_PutObjectTagging.html)       | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner <br/> ❌ Request Payer: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-request-payer <br/> ❌ Checksums: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-sdk-checksum-algorithm |
| ❌ [DeleteObjectTagging](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_DeleteObjectTagging.html) | ❌ Bucket Owner: <br/>   ❌ x-amz-expected-bucket-owner                                                                                                                    |

</Details>

---

# Extensions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/extensions/

R2 implements some extensions on top of the basic S3 API. This page outlines these additional, available features. Some of the functionality described in this page requires setting a custom header. For examples on how to do so, refer to [Configure custom headers](/r2/examples/aws/custom-header).

## Extended metadata using Unicode

The [Workers R2 API](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/) supports Unicode in keys and values natively without requiring any additional encoding or decoding for the `customMetadata` field. These fields map to the `x-amz-meta-`-prefixed headers used within the R2 S3-compatible API endpoint.

HTTP header names and values may only contain ASCII characters, which is a small subset of the Unicode character library. To easily accommodate users, R2 adheres to [RFC 2047](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2047) and automatically decodes all `x-amz-meta-*` header values before storage. On retrieval, any metadata values with unicode are RFC 2047-encoded before rendering the response. The length limit for metadata values is applied to the decoded Unicode value.

:::caution[Metadata variance]

Be mindful when using both Workers and S3 API endpoints to access the same data. If the R2 metadata keys contain Unicode, they are stripped when accessed through the S3 API and the `x-amz-missing-meta` header is set to the number of keys that were omitted. 
:::

These headers map to the `httpMetadata` field in the [R2 bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/):



| HTTP Header           | Property Name                     |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| `Content-Encoding`    | `httpMetadata.contentEncoding`    |
| `Content-Type`        | `httpMetadata.contentType`        |
| `Content-Language`    | `httpMetadata.contentLanguage`    |
| `Content-Disposition` | `httpMetadata.contentDisposition` |
| `Cache-Control`       | `httpMetadata.cacheControl`       |
| `Expires`             | `httpMetadata.expires`            |
|                       |                                   |

If using Unicode in object key names, refer to [Unicode Interoperability](/r2/reference/unicode-interoperability/).

## Auto-creating buckets on upload

If you are creating buckets on demand, you might initiate an upload with the assumption that a target bucket exists. In this situation, if you received a `NoSuchBucket` error, you would probably issue a `CreateBucket` operation. However, following this approach can cause issues: if the body has already been partially consumed, the upload will need to be aborted. A common solution to this issue, followed by other object storage providers, is to use the [HTTP `100`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/100) response to detect whether the body should be sent, or if the bucket must be created before retrying the upload. However, Cloudflare does not support the HTTP `100` response. Even if the HTTP `100` response was supported, you would still have additional latency due to the round trips involved.

To support sending an upload with a streaming body to a bucket that may not exist yet, upload operations such as `PutObject` or `CreateMultipartUpload` allow you to specify a header that will ensure the `NoSuchBucket` error is not returned. If the bucket does not exist at the time of upload, it is implicitly instantiated with the following `CreateBucket` request:

```txt
PUT / HTTP/1.1
Host: bucket.account.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
<CreateBucketConfiguration xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/">
   <LocationConstraint>auto</LocationConstraint>
</CreateBucketConfiguration>
```

This is only useful if you are creating buckets on demand because you do not know the name of the bucket or the preferred access location ahead of time. For example, you have one bucket per one of your customers and the bucket is created on first upload to the bucket and not during account registration. In these cases, the [`ListBuckets` extension](#listbuckets), which supports accounts with more than 1,000 buckets, may also be useful.

## PutObject and CreateMultipartUpload

### cf-create-bucket-if-missing

Add a `cf-create-bucket-if-missing` header with the value `true` to implicitly create the bucket if it does not exist yet. Refer to [Auto-creating buckets on upload](#auto-creating-buckets-on-upload) for a more detailed explanation of when to add this header.

## PutObject

### Conditional operations in `PutObject`

`PutObject` supports [conditional uploads](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Conditional_requests) via the [`If-Match`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Match), [`If-None-Match`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-None-Match), [`If-Modified-Since`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Modified-Since), and [`If-Unmodified-Since`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/If-Unmodified-Since) headers. These headers will cause the `PutObject` operation to be rejected with `412 PreconditionFailed` error codes when the preceding state of the object that is being written to does not match the specified conditions.

## CopyObject

### MERGE metadata directive

The `x-amz-metadata-directive` allows a `MERGE` value, in addition to the standard `COPY` and `REPLACE` options. When used, `MERGE` is a combination of `COPY` and `REPLACE`, which will `COPY` any metadata keys from the source object and `REPLACE` those that are specified in the request with the new value. You cannot use `MERGE` to remove existing metadata keys from the source — use `REPLACE` instead.

## `ListBuckets`

`ListBuckets` supports all the same search parameters as `ListObjectsV2` in R2 because some customers may have more than 1,000 buckets. Because tooling, like existing S3 libraries, may not expose a way to set these search parameters, these values may also be sent in via headers. Values in headers take precedence over the search parameters.



| Search parameter     | HTTP Header             | Meaning                                                           |
| -------------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `prefix`             | `cf-prefix`             | Show buckets with this prefix only.                               |
| `start-after`        | `cf-start-after`        | Show buckets whose name appears lexicographically in the account. |
| `continuation-token` | `cf-continuation-token` | Resume listing from a previously returned continuation token.     |
| `max-keys`           | `cf-max-keys`           | Return this maximum number of buckets. Default and max is `1000`. |
|                      |                         |                                                                   |

The XML response contains a `NextContinuationToken` and `IsTruncated` elements as appropriate. Since these may not be accessible from existing S3 APIs, these are also available in response headers:



| XML Response Element    | HTTP Response Header         | Meaning                                                                                        |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `IsTruncated`           | `cf-is-truncated`            | This is set to `true` if the list of buckets returned is not all the buckets on the account.   |
| `NextContinuationToken` | `cf-next-continuation-token` | This is set to continuation token to pass on a subsequent `ListBuckets` to resume the listing. |
| `StartAfter`            |                              | This is the start-after value that was passed in on the request.                               |
| `KeyCount`              |                              | The number of buckets returned.                                                                |
| `ContinuationToken`     |                              | The continuation token that was supplied in the request.                                       |
| `MaxKeys`               |                              | The max keys that were specified in the request.                                               |
|                         |                              |                                                                                                |

### Conditional operations in `CopyObject` for the destination object

:::note

This feature is currently in beta. If you have feedback, reach out to us on the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) in the #r2-storage channel or open a thread on the [Community Forum](https://community.cloudflare.com/c/developers/storage/81). 
:::

`CopyObject` already supports conditions that relate to the source object through the `x-amz-copy-source-if-...` headers as part of our compliance with the S3 API. In addition to this, R2 supports an R2 specific set of headers that allow the `CopyObject` operation to be conditional on the target object:

* `cf-copy-destination-if-match`
* `cf-copy-destination-if-none-match`
* `cf-copy-destination-if-modified-since`
* `cf-copy-destination-if-unmodified-since`

These headers work akin to the similarly named conditional headers supported on `PutObject`. When the preceding state of the destination object to does not match the specified conditions the `CopyObject` operation will be rejected with a `412 PreconditionFailed` error code.

#### Non-atomicity relative to `x-amz-copy-source-if`

The `x-amz-copy-source-if-...` headers are guaranteed to be checked when the source object for the copy operation is selected, and the `cf-copy-destination-if-...` headers are guaranteed to be checked when the object is committed to the bucket state.
However, the time at which the source object is selected for copying, and the point in time when the destination object is committed to the bucket state are not necessarily the same. This means that the `cf-copy-destination-if-...` headers are not atomic in relation to the `x-amz-copy-source-if...` headers.

---

# S3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Presigned URLs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/presigned-urls/

Presigned URLs are an [S3 concept](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-presigned-url.html) for sharing direct access to your bucket without revealing your token secret. A presigned URL authorizes anyone with the URL to perform an action to the S3 compatibility endpoint for an R2 bucket. By default, the S3 endpoint requires an `AUTHORIZATION` header signed by your token. Every presigned URL has S3 parameters and search parameters containing the signature information that would be present in an `AUTHORIZATION` header. The performable action is restricted to a specific resource, an [operation](/r2/api/s3/api/), and has an associated timeout.

There are three kinds of resources in R2:

1. **Account**: For account-level operations (such as `CreateBucket`, `ListBuckets`, `DeleteBucket`) the identifier is the account ID.
2. **Bucket**: For bucket-level operations (such as `ListObjects`, `PutBucketCors`) the identifier is the account ID, and bucket name.
3. **Object**: For object-level operations (such as `GetObject`, `PutObject`, `CreateMultipartUpload`) the identifier is the account ID, bucket name, and object path.

All parts of the identifier are part of the presigned URL.

You cannot change the resource being accessed after the request is signed. For example, trying to change the bucket name to access the same object in a different bucket will return a `403` with an error code of `SignatureDoesNotMatch`.

Presigned URLs must have a defined expiry. You can set a timeout from one second to 7 days (604,800 seconds) into the future. The URL will contain the time when the URL was generated (`X-Amz-Date`) and the timeout (`X-Amz-Expires`) as search parameters. These search parameters are signed and tampering with them will result in `403` with an error code of `SignatureDoesNotMatch`.

Presigned URLs are generated with no communication with R2 and must be generated by an application with access to your R2 bucket's credentials.

## Presigned URL use cases

There are three ways to grant an application access to R2:

1. The application has its own copy of an [R2 API token](/r2/api/s3/tokens/).
2. The application requests a copy of an R2 API token from a vault application and promises to not permanently store that token locally.
3. The application requests a central application to give it a presigned URL it can use to perform an action.

In scenarios 1 and 2, if the application or vault application is compromised, the holder of the token can perform arbitrary actions.

Scenario 3 keeps the credential secret. If the application making a presigned URL request to the central application leaks that URL, but the central application does not have its key storage system compromised, the impact is limited to one operation on the specific resource that was signed.

Additionally, the central application can perform monitoring, auditing, logging tasks so you can review when a request was made to perform an operation on a specific resource. In the event of a security incident, you can use a central application's logging functionality to review details of the incident.

The central application can also perform policy enforcement. For example, if you have an application responsible for uploading resources, you can restrict the upload to a specific bucket or folder within a bucket. The requesting application can obtain a JSON Web Token (JWT) from your authorization service to sign a request to the central application. The central application then uses the information contained in the JWT to validate the inbound request parameters.

The central application can be, for example, a Cloudflare Worker. Worker secrets are cryptographically impossible to obtain outside of your script running on the Workers runtime. If you do not store a copy of the secret elsewhere and do not have your code log the secret somewhere, your Worker secret will remain secure. However, as previously mentioned, presigned URLs are generated outside of R2 and all that's required is the secret + an implementation of the signing algorithm, so you can generate them anywhere.

Another potential use case for presigned URLs is debugging. For example, if you are debugging your application and want to grant temporary access to a specific test object in a production environment, you can do this without needing to share the underlying token and remembering to revoke it.

## Supported HTTP methods

R2 currently supports the following methods when generating a presigned URL:

* `GET`: allows a user to fetch an object from a bucket
* `HEAD`: allows a user to fetch an object's metadata from a bucket
* `PUT`: allows a user to upload an object to a bucket
* `DELETE`: allows a user to delete an object from a bucket

`POST`, which performs uploads via native HTML forms, is not currently supported.

## Generate presigned URLs

Generate a presigned URL by referring to the following examples:

* [AWS SDK for Go](/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-go/#generate-presigned-urls)
* [AWS SDK for JS v3](/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/#generate-presigned-urls)
* [AWS SDK for JS](/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-js/#generate-presigned-urls)
* [AWS SDK for PHP](/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-php/#generate-presigned-urls)
* [AWS CLI](/r2/examples/aws/aws-cli/#generate-presigned-urls)

## Presigned URL alternative with Workers

A valid alternative design to presigned URLs is to use a Worker with a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) that implements your security policy.

:::note[Bindings]


A binding is how your Worker interacts with external resources such as [KV Namespaces](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), or [R2 Buckets](/r2/buckets/). A binding is a runtime variable that the Workers runtime provides to your code. You can declare a variable name in your Wrangler file that will be bound to these resources at runtime, and interact with them through this variable. Every binding's variable name and behavior is determined by you when deploying the Worker. Refer to [Environment Variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) for more information.

A binding is defined in the Wrangler file of your Worker project's directory.


:::

A possible use case may be restricting an application to only be able to upload to a specific URL. With presigned URLs, your central signing application might look like the following JavaScript code running on Cloudflare Workers, workerd, or another platform.

If the Worker received a request for `https://example.com/uploads/dog.png`, it would respond with a presigned URL allowing a user to upload to your R2 bucket at the `/uploads/dog.png` path.

```ts
import { AwsClient } from "aws4fetch";

const r2 = new AwsClient({
  accessKeyId: "",
  secretAccessKey: "",
});

export default {
  async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
    // This is just an example to demonstrating using aws4fetch to generate a presigned URL.
    // This Worker should not be used as-is as it does not authenticate the request, meaning
    // that anyone can upload to your bucket.
    //
    // Consider implementing authorization, such as a preshared secret in a request header.
    const requestPath = new URL(req.url).pathname;

    // Cannot upload to the root of a bucket
    if (requestPath === "/") {
      return new Response("Missing a filepath", { status: 400 });
    }

    const bucketName = "";
    const accountId = "";

    const url = new URL(
      `https://${bucketName}.${accountId}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`
    );

    // preserve the original path
    url.pathname = requestPath;

    // Specify a custom expiry for the presigned URL, in seconds
    url.searchParams.set("X-Amz-Expires", "3600");

    const signed = await r2.sign(
      new Request(url, {
        method: "PUT",
      }),
      {
        aws: { signQuery: true },
      }
    );

    // Caller can now use this URL to upload to that object.
    return new Response(signed.url, { status: 200 });
  },

  // ... handle other kinds of requests
} satisfies ExportedHandler;
```

Notice the total absence of any configuration or token secrets present in the Worker code. Instead, you would create a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file [binding](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/#4-bind-your-bucket-to-a-worker) to whatever bucket represents the bucket you will upload to. Additionally, authorization is handled in-line with the upload which can reduce latency.

In some cases, Workers lets you implement certain functionality more easily. For example, if you wanted to offer a write-once guarantee so that users can only upload to a path once, with pre-signed URLs, you would need to sign specific headers and require the sender to send them. You can modify the previous Worker to sign additional headers:

```ts
const signed = await r2.sign(
  new Request(url, {
    method: "PUT",
  }),
  {
    aws: { signQuery: true },
    headers: {
      "If-Unmodified-Since": "Tue, 28 Sep 2021 16:00:00 GMT",
    },
  }
);
```

Note that the caller has to add the same `If-Unmodified-Since` header to use the URL. The caller cannot omit the header or use a different header. If the caller uses a different header, the presigned URL signature would not match, and they would receive a `403/SignatureDoesNotMatch`.

In a Worker, you would change your upload to:

```ts
const existingObject = await env.DROP_BOX_BUCKET.put(
	url.toString().substring(1),
	request.body,
	{
		onlyIf: {
			// No objects will have been uploaded before September 28th, 2021 which
			// is the initial R2 announcement.
			uploadedBefore: new Date(1632844800000),
		},
	}
);
if (existingObject?.etag !== request.headers.get('etag')) {
	return new Response('attempt to overwrite object', { status: 400 });
}
```

Cloudflare Workers currently have some limitations that you may need to consider:

* You cannot upload more than 100 MiB (200 MiB for Business customers) to a Worker.
* Enterprise customers can upload 500 MiB by default and can ask their account team to raise this limit.
* Detecting [precondition failures](/r2/api/s3/extensions/#conditional-operations-in-putobject) is currently easier with presigned URLs as compared with R2 bindings.

Note that these limitations depends on R2's extension for conditional uploads. Amazon's S3 service does not offer such functionality at this time.

## Differences between presigned URLs and public buckets

Presigned URLs share some superficial similarity with public buckets. If you give out presigned URLs only for `GET`/`HEAD` operations on specific objects in a bucket, then your presigned URL functionality is mostly similar to public buckets. The notable exception is that any custom metadata associated with the object is rendered in headers with the `x-amz-meta-` prefix. Any error responses are returned as XML documents, as they would with normal non-presigned S3 access.

Presigned URLs can be generated for any S3 operation. After a presigned URL is generated it can be reused as many times as the holder of the URL wants until the signed expiry date.

[Public buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/) are available on a regular HTTP endpoint. By default, there is no authorization or access controls associated with a public bucket. Anyone with a public bucket URL can access an object in that public bucket. If you are using a custom domain to expose the R2 bucket, you can manage authorization and access controls as you would for a Cloudflare zone. Public buckets only provide `GET`/`HEAD` on a known object path. Public bucket errors are rendered as HTML pages.

Choosing between presigned URLs and public buckets is dependent on your specific use case. You can also use both if your architecture should use public buckets in one situation and presigned URLs in another. It is useful to note that presigned URLs will expose your account ID and bucket name to whoever gets a copy of the URL. Public bucket URLs do not contain the account ID or bucket name. Typically, you will not share presigned URLs directly with end users or browsers, as presigned URLs are used more for internal applications.

## Limitations

Presigned URLs can only be used with the `<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com` S3 API domain and cannot be used with custom domains. Instead, you can use the [general purpose HMAC validation feature of the WAF](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation), which requires a Pro plan or above.

## Related resources

* [Create a public bucket](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/)

---

# Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/tokens/

You can generate an API token to serve as the Access Key for usage with existing S3-compatible SDKs or XML APIs.

You must purchase R2 before you can generate an API token.

To create an API token:

1. In **Account Home**, select **R2**.
2. Under **Account details**, select **Manage R2 API tokens**.
3. Select [**Create API token**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/r2/api-tokens).
4. Select the **R2 Token** text to edit your API token name.
5. Under **Permissions**, choose a permission types for your token. Refer to [Permissions](#permissions) for information about each option.
6. (Optional) If you select the **Object Read and Write** or **Object Read** permissions, you can scope your token to a set of buckets.
7. Select **Create API Token**.

After your token has been successfully created, review your **Secret Access Key** and **Access Key ID** values. These may often be referred to as Client Secret and Client ID, respectively.

:::caution


You will not be able to access your **Secret Access Key** again after this step. Copy and record both values to avoid losing them.


:::

You will also need to configure the `endpoint` in your S3 client to `https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`.

Find your [account ID in the Cloudflare dashboard](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

Buckets created with jurisdictions must be accessed via jurisdiction-specific `endpoint`s:

* European Union (EU): `https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.eu.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`
* FedRAMP: `https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.fedramp.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`

:::caution


Jurisdictional buckets can only be accessed via the corresponding jurisdictional endpoint. Most S3 clients will not let you configure multiple `endpoints`, so you'll generally have to initialize one client per jurisdiction.


:::

## Permissions

| Permission          | Description                                                                                                                               |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Admin Read & Write  | Allows the ability to create, list and delete buckets, and edit bucket configurations in addition to list, write, and read object access. |
| Admin Read only     | Allows the ability to list buckets and view bucket configuration in addition to list and read object access.                              |
| Object Read & Write | Allows the ability to read, write, and list objects in specific buckets.                                                                  |
| Object Read only    | Allows the ability to read and list objects in specific buckets.                                                                          |

## Create API tokens via API

You can create API tokens via the API and use them to generate corresponding Access Key ID and Secret Access Key values. To get started, refer to [Create API tokens via the API](/fundamentals/api/how-to/create-via-api/). Below are the specifics for R2.

### Access Policy

An Access Policy specifies what resources the token can access and the permissions it has.

#### Resources

There are two relevant resource types for R2: `Account` and `Bucket`. For more information on the Account resource type, refer to [Account](/fundamentals/api/how-to/create-via-api/#account).

##### Bucket

Include a set of R2 buckets or all buckets in an account.

A specific bucket is represented as:

```json
"com.cloudflare.edge.r2.bucket.<ACCOUNT_ID>_<JURISDICTION>_<BUCKET_NAME>": "*"
```

* `ACCOUNT_ID`: Refer to [Find zone and account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/#find-account-id-workers-and-pages).
* `JURISDICTION`: The [jurisdiction](/r2/reference/data-location/#available-jurisdictions) where the R2 bucket lives. For buckets not created in a specific jurisdiction this value will be `default`.
* `BUCKET_NAME`: The name of the bucket your Access Policy applies to.

All buckets in an account are represented as:

```json
"com.cloudflare.api.account.<ACCOUNT_ID>": {
  "com.cloudflare.edge.r2.bucket.*": "*"
}
```

* `ACCOUNT_ID`: Refer to [Find zone and account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/#find-account-id-workers-and-pages).

#### Permission groups

Determine what [permission groups](/fundamentals/api/how-to/create-via-api/#permission-groups) should be applied. There are four relevant permission groups for R2.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Permission group
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Resource
    </th>
    <th colspan="5" rowspan="1">
      Permission
    </th>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Workers R2 Storage Write</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Account
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Admin Read & Write
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Workers R2 Storage Read</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Account
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Admin Read only
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Workers R2 Storage Bucket Item Write</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Bucket
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Object Read & Write
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        <code>Workers R2 Storage Bucket Item Read</code>
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Bucket
      </td>
      <td colspan="5" rowspan="1">
        Object Read only
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

#### Example Access Policy

```json
[
  {
    "id": "f267e341f3dd4697bd3b9f71dd96247f",
    "effect": "allow",
    "resources": {
      "com.cloudflare.edge.r2.bucket.4793d734c0b8e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a_default_my-bucket": "*",
      "com.cloudflare.edge.r2.bucket.4793d734c0b8e484dfc37ec392b5fa8a_eu_my-eu-bucket": "*"
    },
    "permission_groups": [
      {
        "id": "6a018a9f2fc74eb6b293b0c548f38b39",
        "name": "Workers R2 Storage Bucket Item Read"
      }
    ]
  }
]
```

### Get S3 API credentials from an API token

You can get the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key values from the response of the [Create Token](/api/resources/user/subresources/tokens/methods/create/) API:

* Access Key ID: The `id` of the API token.
* Secret Access Key: The SHA-256 hash of the API token `value`.

Refer to [Authenticate against R2 API using auth tokens](/r2/examples/authenticate-r2-auth-tokens/) for a tutorial with JavaScript, Python, and Go examples.

## Temporary access credentials

If you need to create temporary credentials for a bucket or a prefix/object within a bucket, you can use the [temp-access-credentials endpoint](/api/resources/r2/subresources/temporary_credentials/methods/create/) in the API. You will need an existing R2 token to pass in as the parent access key id. You can use the credentials from the API result for an S3-compatible request by setting the credential variables like so:

```
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = <accessKeyId>
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = <secretAccessKey>
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN = <sessionToken>
```

:::note


The temporary access key cannot have a permission that is higher than the parent access key. e.g. if the parent key is set to `Object Read Write`, the temporary access key could only have `Object Read Write` or `Object Read Only` permissions.


:::

---

# Workers API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/workers/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Workers API reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/

import { Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

The in-Worker R2 API is accessed by binding an R2 bucket to a [Worker](/workers). The Worker you write can expose external access to buckets via a route or manipulate R2 objects internally.

The R2 API includes some extensions and semantic differences from the S3 API. If you need S3 compatibility, consider using the [S3-compatible API](/r2/api/s3/).

## Concepts

R2 organizes the data you store, called objects, into containers, called buckets. Buckets are the fundamental unit of performance, scaling, and access within R2.

## Create a binding

:::note[Bindings]

A binding is how your Worker interacts with external resources such as [KV Namespaces](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), or [R2 Buckets](/r2/buckets/). A binding is a runtime variable that the Workers runtime provides to your code. You can declare a variable name in your Wrangler file that will be bound to these resources at runtime, and interact with them through this variable. Every binding's variable name and behavior is determined by you when deploying the Worker. Refer to [Environment Variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) for more information.

A binding is defined in the Wrangler file of your Worker project's directory.

:::

To bind your R2 bucket to your Worker, add the following to your Wrangler file. Update the `binding` property to a valid JavaScript variable identifier and `bucket_name` to the name of your R2 bucket:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = 'MY_BUCKET' # <~ valid JavaScript variable name
bucket_name = '<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>'
```

</WranglerConfig>

Within your Worker, your bucket binding is now available under the `MY_BUCKET` variable and you can begin interacting with it using the [bucket methods](#bucket-method-definitions) described below.

## Bucket method definitions

The following methods are available on the bucket binding object injected into your code.

For example, to issue a `PUT` object request using the binding above:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const key = url.pathname.slice(1);

		switch (request.method) {
			case "PUT":
				await env.MY_BUCKET.put(key, request.body);
				return new Response(`Put ${key} successfully!`);

			default:
				return new Response(`${request.method} is not allowed.`, {
					status: 405,
					headers: {
						Allow: "PUT",
					},
				});
		}
	},
};
```

- `head` <Type text="(key: string): Promise<R2Object | null>" />

  - Retrieves the `R2Object` for the given key containing only object metadata, if the key exists, and `null` if the key does not exist.

- `get` <Type text="(key: string, options?: R2GetOptions): Promise<R2ObjectBody | R2Object | null>" />

  - Retrieves the `R2ObjectBody` for the given key containing object metadata and the object body as a <code>ReadableStream</code>, if the key exists, and `null` if the key does not exist.
  - In the event that a precondition specified in <code>options</code> fails, <code>get()</code> returns an <code>R2Object</code> with <code>body</code> undefined.

- `put` <Type text="(key: string, value: ReadableStream | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView | string | null | Blob, options?: R2PutOptions): Promise<R2Object | null>" />

  - Stores the given <code>value</code> and metadata under the associated <code>key</code>. Once the write succeeds, returns an `R2Object` containing metadata about the stored Object.
  - In the event that a precondition specified in <code>options</code> fails, <code>put()</code> returns `null`, and the object will not be stored.
  - R2 writes are strongly consistent. Once the Promise resolves, all subsequent read operations will see this key value pair globally.

- `delete` <Type text="(key: string | string[]): Promise<void>" />

  - Deletes the given <code>values</code> and metadata under the associated <code>keys</code>. Once the delete succeeds, returns <code>void</code>.
  - R2 deletes are strongly consistent. Once the Promise resolves, all subsequent read operations will no longer see the provided key value pairs globally.
  - Up to 1000 keys may be deleted per call.

- `list` <Type text="(options?: R2ListOptions): Promise<R2Objects>" />

  * Returns an <code>R2Objects</code> containing a list of <code>R2Object</code> contained within the bucket.
  * The returned list of objects is ordered lexicographically.
  * Returns up to 1000 entries, but may return less in order to minimize memory pressure within the Worker.
  * To explicitly set the number of objects to list, provide an [R2ListOptions](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/#r2listoptions) object with the `limit` property set.

* `createMultipartUpload` <Type text="(key: string, options?: R2MultipartOptions): Promise<R2MultipartUpload>" />

  - Creates a multipart upload.
  - Returns Promise which resolves to an `R2MultipartUpload` object representing the newly created multipart upload. Once the multipart upload has been created, the multipart upload can be immediately interacted with globally, either through the Workers API, or through the S3 API.

- `resumeMultipartUpload` <Type text="(key: string, uploadId: string): R2MultipartUpload" />

  - Returns an object representing a multipart upload with the given key and uploadId.
  - The resumeMultipartUpload operation does not perform any checks to ensure the validity of the uploadId, nor does it verify the existence of a corresponding active multipart upload. This is done to minimize latency before being able to call subsequent operations on the `R2MultipartUpload` object.

## `R2Object` definition

`R2Object` is created when you `PUT` an object into an R2 bucket. `R2Object` represents the metadata of an object based on the information provided by the uploader. Every object that you `PUT` into an R2 bucket will have an `R2Object` created.

- `key` <Type text="string" />

  - The object's key.

- `version` <Type text="string" />

  - Random unique string associated with a specific upload of a key.

- `size` <Type text="number" />

  - Size of the object in bytes.

- `etag` <Type text="string" />

:::note

Cloudflare recommends using the `httpEtag` field when returning an etag in a response header. This ensures the etag is quoted and conforms to [RFC 9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#section-8.8.3).
:::

- The etag associated with the object upload.

- `httpEtag` <Type text="string" />

  - The object's etag, in quotes so as to be returned as a header.

- `uploaded` <Type text="Date" />

  - A Date object representing the time the object was uploaded.

- `httpMetadata` <Type text="R2HTTPMetadata" />

  - Various HTTP headers associated with the object. Refer to [HTTP Metadata](#http-metadata).

- `customMetadata` <Type text="Record<string, string>" />

  - A map of custom, user-defined metadata associated with the object.

- `range` <Type text="R2Range" />

  - A `R2Range` object containing the returned range of the object.

- `checksums` <Type text="R2Checksums" />

  - A `R2Checksums` object containing the stored checksums of the object. Refer to [checksums](#checksums).

- `writeHttpMetadata` <Type text="(headers: Headers): void" />

  - Retrieves the `httpMetadata` from the `R2Object` and applies their corresponding HTTP headers to the `Headers` input object. Refer to [HTTP Metadata](#http-metadata).

- `storageClass` <Type text="'Standard' | 'InfrequentAccess'" />

  - The storage class associated with the object. Refer to [Storage Classes](#storage-class).

- `ssecKeyMd5` <Type text="string" />

  - Hex-encoded MD5 hash of the [SSE-C](/r2/examples/ssec) key used for encryption (if one was provided). Hash can be used to identify which key is needed to decrypt object.

## `R2ObjectBody` definition

`R2ObjectBody` represents an object's metadata combined with its body. It is returned when you `GET` an object from an R2 bucket. The full list of keys for `R2ObjectBody` includes the list below and all keys inherited from [`R2Object`](#r2object-definition).

- `body` <Type text="ReadableStream" />

  - The object's value.

- `bodyUsed` <Type text="boolean" />

  - Whether the object's value has been consumed or not.

- `arrayBuffer` <Type text="(): Promise<ArrayBuffer>" />

  - Returns a Promise that resolves to an `ArrayBuffer` containing the object's value.

- `text` <Type text="(): Promise<string>" />

  - Returns a Promise that resolves to an string containing the object's value.

- `json` <Type text="<T>() : Promise<T>" />

  - Returns a Promise that resolves to the given object containing the object's value.

- `blob` <Type text="(): Promise<Blob>" />

  - Returns a Promise that resolves to a binary Blob containing the object's value.

## `R2MultipartUpload` definition

An `R2MultipartUpload` object is created when you call `createMultipartUpload` or `resumeMultipartUpload`. `R2MultipartUpload` is a representation of an ongoing multipart upload.

Uncompleted multipart uploads will be automatically aborted after 7 days.

:::note

An `R2MultipartUpload` object does not guarantee that there is an active underlying multipart upload corresponding to that object.

A multipart upload can be completed or aborted at any time, either through the S3 API, or by a parallel invocation of your Worker. Therefore it is important to add the necessary error handling code around each operation on a `R2MultipartUpload` object in case the underlying multipart upload no longer exists.

:::

- `key` <Type text="string" />

  - The `key` for the multipart upload.

- `uploadId` <Type text="string" />

  - The `uploadId` for the multipart upload.

- `uploadPart` <Type text="(partNumber: number, value: ReadableStream | ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView | string | Blob, options?: R2MultipartOptions): Promise<R2UploadedPart>" />

  - Uploads a single part with the specified part number to this multipart upload. Each part must be uniform in size with an exception for the final part which can be smaller.
  - Returns an `R2UploadedPart` object containing the `etag` and `partNumber`. These `R2UploadedPart` objects are required when completing the multipart upload.

- `abort` <Type text="(): Promise<void>" />

  - Aborts the multipart upload. Returns a Promise that resolves when the upload has been successfully aborted.

- `complete` <Type text="(uploadedParts: R2UploadedPart[]): Promise<R2Object>" />

  - Completes the multipart upload with the given parts.
  - Returns a Promise that resolves when the complete operation has finished. Once this happens, the object is immediately accessible globally by any subsequent read operation.

## Method-specific types

### R2GetOptions

- `onlyIf` <Type text="R2Conditional | Headers" />

  - Specifies that the object should only be returned given satisfaction of certain conditions in the `R2Conditional` or in the conditional Headers. Refer to [Conditional operations](#conditional-operations).

- `range` <Type text="R2Range" />

  - Specifies that only a specific length (from an optional offset) or suffix of bytes from the object should be returned. Refer to [Ranged reads](#ranged-reads).

- `ssecKey` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" />

  - Specifies a key to be used for [SSE-C](/r2/examples/ssec). Key must be 32 bytes in length, in the form of a hex-encoded string or an ArrayBuffer.

#### Ranged reads

`R2GetOptions` accepts a `range` parameter, which can be used to restrict the data returned in `body`.

There are 3 variations of arguments that can be used in a range:

- An offset with an optional length.
- An optional offset with a length.
- A suffix.

- `offset` <Type text="number" />

  - The byte to begin returning data from, inclusive.

- `length` <Type text="number" />

  - The number of bytes to return. If more bytes are requested than exist in the object, fewer bytes than this number may be returned.

- `suffix` <Type text="number" />

  - The number of bytes to return from the end of the file, starting from the last byte. If more bytes are requested than exist in the object, fewer bytes than this number may be returned.

### R2PutOptions

- `onlyIf` <Type text="R2Conditional | Headers" />

  - Specifies that the object should only be stored given satisfaction of certain conditions in the `R2Conditional`. Refer to [Conditional operations](#conditional-operations).

- `httpMetadata` <Type text="R2HTTPMetadata | Headers" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Various HTTP headers associated with the object. Refer to [HTTP Metadata](#http-metadata).

- `customMetadata` <Type text="Record<string, string>" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A map of custom, user-defined metadata that will be stored with the object.

:::note

Only a single hashing algorithm can be specified at once.

:::

- `md5` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A md5 hash to use to check the received object's integrity.

- `sha1` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A SHA-1 hash to use to check the received object's integrity.

- `sha256` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A SHA-256 hash to use to check the received object's integrity.

- `sha384` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A SHA-384 hash to use to check the received object's integrity.

- `sha512` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A SHA-512 hash to use to check the received object's integrity.

- `storageClass` <Type text="'Standard' | 'InfrequentAccess'" />

  - Sets the storage class of the object if provided. Otherwise, the object will be stored in the default storage class associated with the bucket. Refer to [Storage Classes](#storage-class).

- `ssecKey` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" />

  - Specifies a key to be used for [SSE-C](/r2/examples/ssec). Key must be 32 bytes in length, in the form of a hex-encoded string or an ArrayBuffer.

### R2MultipartOptions

- `httpMetadata` <Type text="R2HTTPMetadata | Headers" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Various HTTP headers associated with the object. Refer to [HTTP Metadata](#http-metadata).

- `customMetadata` <Type text="Record<string, string>" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A map of custom, user-defined metadata that will be stored with the object.

- `storageClass` <Type text="string" />

  - Sets the storage class of the object if provided. Otherwise, the object will be stored in the default storage class associated with the bucket. Refer to [Storage Classes](#storage-class).

- `ssecKey` <Type text="ArrayBuffer | string" />

  - Specifies a key to be used for [SSE-C](/r2/examples/ssec). Key must be 32 bytes in length, in the form of a hex-encoded string or an ArrayBuffer.

### R2ListOptions

- `limit` <Type text="number" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The number of results to return. Defaults to `1000`, with a maximum of `1000`.

  - If `include` is set, you may receive fewer than `limit` results in your response to accommodate metadata.

- `prefix` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The prefix to match keys against. Keys will only be returned if they start with given prefix.

- `cursor` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - An opaque token that indicates where to continue listing objects from. A cursor can be retrieved from a previous list operation.

- `delimiter` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The character to use when grouping keys.

- `include` <Type text="Array<string>" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Can include `httpMetadata` and/or `customMetadata`. If included, items returned by the list will include the specified metadata.

  - Note that there is a limit on the total amount of data that a single `list` operation can return. If you request data, you may receive fewer than `limit` results in your response to accommodate metadata.

  - The [compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) must be set to `2022-08-04` or later in your Wrangler file. If not, then the `r2_list_honor_include` compatibility flag must be set. Otherwise it is treated as `include: ['httpMetadata', 'customMetadata']` regardless of what the `include` option provided actually is.

  This means applications must be careful to avoid comparing the amount of returned objects against your `limit`. Instead, use the `truncated` property to determine if the `list` request has more data to be returned.

```js
const options = {
	limit: 500,
	include: ["customMetadata"],
};

const listed = await env.MY_BUCKET.list(options);

let truncated = listed.truncated;
let cursor = truncated ? listed.cursor : undefined;

// ❌ - if your limit can't fit into a single response or your
// bucket has less objects than the limit, it will get stuck here.
while (listed.objects.length < options.limit) {
	// ...
}

// ✅ - use the truncated property to check if there are more
// objects to be returned
while (truncated) {
	const next = await env.MY_BUCKET.list({
		...options,
		cursor: cursor,
	});
	listed.objects.push(...next.objects);

	truncated = next.truncated;
	cursor = next.cursor;
}
```

### R2Objects

An object containing an `R2Object` array, returned by `BUCKET_BINDING.list()`.

- `objects` <Type text="Array<R2Object>" />

  - An array of objects matching the `list` request.

- `truncated` boolean

  - If true, indicates there are more results to be retrieved for the current `list` request.

- `cursor` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - A token that can be passed to future `list` calls to resume listing from that point. Only present if truncated is true.

- `delimitedPrefixes` <Type text="Array<string>" />

  - If a delimiter has been specified, contains all prefixes between the specified prefix and the next occurrence of the delimiter.

  - For example, if no prefix is provided and the delimiter is '/', `foo/bar/baz` would return `foo` as a delimited prefix. If `foo/` was passed as a prefix with the same structure and delimiter, `foo/bar` would be returned as a delimited prefix.

### Conditional operations

You can pass an `R2Conditional` object to `R2GetOptions` and `R2PutOptions`. If the condition check for `get()` fails, the body will not be returned. This will make `get()` have lower latency.

If the condition check for `put()` fails, `null` will be returned instead of the `R2Object`.

- `etagMatches` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Performs the operation if the object's etag matches the given string.

- `etagDoesNotMatch` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Performs the operation if the object's etag does not match the given string.

- `uploadedBefore` <Type text="Date" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Performs the operation if the object was uploaded before the given date.

- `uploadedAfter` <Type text="Date" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - Performs the operation if the object was uploaded after the given date.

Alternatively, you can pass a `Headers` object containing conditional headers to `R2GetOptions` and `R2PutOptions`. For information on these conditional headers, refer to [the MDN docs on conditional requests](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Conditional_requests#conditional_headers). All conditional headers aside from `If-Range` are supported.

For more specific information about conditional requests, refer to [RFC 7232](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7232).

### HTTP Metadata

Generally, these fields match the HTTP metadata passed when the object was created. They can be overridden when issuing `GET` requests, in which case, the given values will be echoed back in the response.

- `contentType` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

- `contentLanguage` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

- `contentDisposition` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

- `contentEncoding` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

- `cacheControl` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

- `cacheExpiry` <Type text="Date" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

### Checksums

If a checksum was provided when using the `put()` binding, it will be available on the returned object under the `checksums` property. The MD5 checksum will be included by default for non-multipart objects.

- `md5` <Type text="ArrayBuffer" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The MD5 checksum of the object.

- `sha1` <Type text="ArrayBuffer" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The SHA-1 checksum of the object.

- `sha256` <Type text="ArrayBuffer" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The SHA-256 checksum of the object.

- `sha384` <Type text="ArrayBuffer" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The SHA-384 checksum of the object.

- `sha512` <Type text="ArrayBuffer" /> <MetaInfo text="optional" />

  - The SHA-512 checksum of the object.

### `R2UploadedPart`

An `R2UploadedPart` object represents a part that has been uploaded. `R2UploadedPart` objects are returned from `uploadPart` operations and must be passed to `completeMultipartUpload` operations.

- `partNumber` <Type text="number" />

  - The number of the part.

- `etag` <Type text="string" />

  - The `etag` of the part.

### Storage Class

The storage class where an `R2Object` is stored. The available storage classes are `Standard` and `InfrequentAccess`. Refer to [Storage classes](/r2/buckets/storage-classes/)
for more information.

---

# Use R2 from Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## 1. Create a new application with C3

C3 (`create-cloudflare-cli`) is a command-line tool designed to help you set up and deploy Workers & Pages applications to Cloudflare as fast as possible.

To get started, open a terminal window and run:

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"r2-worker"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd r2-worker
```

## 2. Create your bucket

Create your bucket by running:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>
```

To check that your bucket was created, run:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket list
```

After running the `list` command, you will see all bucket names, including the one you have just created.

## 3. Bind your bucket to a Worker

You will need to bind your bucket to a Worker.

:::note[Bindings]

A binding is how your Worker interacts with external resources such as [KV Namespaces](/kv/concepts/kv-namespaces/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), or [R2 Buckets](/r2/buckets/). A binding is a runtime variable that the Workers runtime provides to your code. You can declare a variable name in your Wrangler file that will be bound to these resources at runtime, and interact with them through this variable. Every binding's variable name and behavior is determined by you when deploying the Worker. Refer to the [Environment Variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) documentation for more information.

A binding is defined in the Wrangler file of your Worker project's directory.

:::

To bind your R2 bucket to your Worker, add the following to your Wrangler file. Update the `binding` property to a valid JavaScript variable identifier and `bucket_name` to the `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` you used to create your bucket in [step 2](#2-create-your-bucket):

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = 'MY_BUCKET' # <~ valid JavaScript variable name
bucket_name = '<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>'
```

</WranglerConfig>

Find more detailed information on configuring your Worker in the [Wrangler Configuration documentation](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

## 4. Access your R2 bucket from your Worker

Within your Worker code, your bucket is now available under the `MY_BUCKET` variable and you can begin interacting with it.

:::caution[Local Development mode in Wrangler]

By default `wrangler dev` runs in local development mode. In this mode, all operations performed by your local worker will operate against local storage on your machine.
Use `wrangler dev --remote` if you want R2 operations made during development to be performed against a real R2 bucket.

:::

An R2 bucket is able to READ, LIST, WRITE, and DELETE objects. You can see an example of all operations below using the Module Worker syntax. Add the following snippet into your project's `index.js` file:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const key = url.pathname.slice(1);

		switch (request.method) {
			case "PUT":
				await env.MY_BUCKET.put(key, request.body);
				return new Response(`Put ${key} successfully!`);
			case "GET":
				const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(key);

				if (object === null) {
					return new Response("Object Not Found", { status: 404 });
				}

				const headers = new Headers();
				object.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
				headers.set("etag", object.httpEtag);

				return new Response(object.body, {
					headers,
				});
			case "DELETE":
				await env.MY_BUCKET.delete(key);
				return new Response("Deleted!");

			default:
				return new Response("Method Not Allowed", {
					status: 405,
					headers: {
						Allow: "PUT, GET, DELETE",
					},
				});
		}
	},
};
```

:::caution[Prevent potential errors when accessing request.body]

The body of a [Request](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request) can only be accessed once. If you previously used `request.formData()` in the same request, you may encounter a TypeError when attempting to access `request.body`.<br/><br/>
To avoid errors, create a clone of the Request object with `request.clone()` for each subsequent attempt to access a Request's body.
Keep in mind that Workers have a [memory limit of 128MB per Worker](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/limits#worker-limits) and loading particularly large files into a Worker's memory multiple times may reach this limit. To ensure memory usage does not reach this limit, consider using [Streams](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/).

:::

## 5. Bucket access and privacy

With the above code added to your Worker, every incoming request has the ability to interact with your bucket. This means your bucket is publicly exposed and its contents can be accessed and modified by undesired actors.

You must now define authorization logic to determine who can perform what actions to your bucket. This logic lives within your Worker's code, as it is your application's job to determine user privileges. The following is a short list of resources related to access and authorization practices:

1. [Basic Authentication](/workers/examples/basic-auth/): Shows how to restrict access using the HTTP Basic schema.
2. [Using Custom Headers](/workers/examples/auth-with-headers/): Allow or deny a request based on a known pre-shared key in a header.

{/* <!-- 3. [Authorizing users with Auth0](/workers/tutorials/authorize-users-with-auth0/#overview): Integrate Auth0, an identity management platform, into a Cloudflare Workers application. --> */}

Continuing with your newly created bucket and Worker, you will need to protect all bucket operations.

For `PUT` and `DELETE` requests, you will make use of a new `AUTH_KEY_SECRET` environment variable, which you will define later as a Wrangler secret.

For `GET` requests, you will ensure that only a specific file can be requested. All of this custom logic occurs inside of an `authorizeRequest` function, with the `hasValidHeader` function handling the custom header logic. If all validation passes, then the operation is allowed.

```js
const ALLOW_LIST = ["cat-pic.jpg"];

// Check requests for a pre-shared secret
const hasValidHeader = (request, env) => {
	return request.headers.get("X-Custom-Auth-Key") === env.AUTH_KEY_SECRET;
};

function authorizeRequest(request, env, key) {
	switch (request.method) {
		case "PUT":
		case "DELETE":
			return hasValidHeader(request, env);
		case "GET":
			return ALLOW_LIST.includes(key);
		default:
			return false;
	}
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const key = url.pathname.slice(1);

		if (!authorizeRequest(request, env, key)) {
			return new Response("Forbidden", { status: 403 });
		}

		// ...
	},
};
```

For this to work, you need to create a secret via Wrangler:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_KEY_SECRET
```

This command will prompt you to enter a secret in your terminal:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_KEY_SECRET
```

```sh output
Enter the secret text you'd like assigned to the variable AUTH_KEY_SECRET on the script named <YOUR_WORKER_NAME>:
*********
🌀  Creating the secret for script name <YOUR_WORKER_NAME>
✨  Success! Uploaded secret AUTH_KEY_SECRET.
```

This secret is now available as `AUTH_KEY_SECRET` on the `env` parameter in your Worker.

## 6. Deploy your bucket

With your Worker and bucket set up, run the `npx wrangler deploy` [command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) to deploy to Cloudflare's global network:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You can verify your authorization logic is working through the following commands, using your deployed Worker endpoint:

:::caution

When uploading files to R2 via `curl`, ensure you use **[`--data-binary`](https://everything.curl.dev/http/post/binary)** instead of `--data` or `-d`. Files will otherwise be truncated.
:::

```sh
# Attempt to write an object without providing the "X-Custom-Auth-Key" header
curl https://your-worker.dev/cat-pic.jpg -X PUT --data-binary 'test'
#=> Forbidden
# Expected because header was missing

# Attempt to write an object with the wrong "X-Custom-Auth-Key" header value
curl https://your-worker.dev/cat-pic.jpg -X PUT --header "X-Custom-Auth-Key: hotdog" --data-binary 'test'
#=> Forbidden
# Expected because header value did not match the AUTH_KEY_SECRET value

# Attempt to write an object with the correct "X-Custom-Auth-Key" header value
# Note: Assume that "*********" is the value of your AUTH_KEY_SECRET Wrangler secret
curl https://your-worker.dev/cat-pic.jpg -X PUT --header "X-Custom-Auth-Key: *********" --data-binary 'test'
#=> Put cat-pic.jpg successfully!

# Attempt to read object called "foo"
curl https://your-worker.dev/foo
#=> Forbidden
# Expected because "foo" is not in the ALLOW_LIST

# Attempt to read an object called "cat-pic.jpg"
curl https://your-worker.dev/cat-pic.jpg
#=> test
# Note: This is the value that was successfully PUT above
```

By completing this guide, you have successfully installed Wrangler and deployed your R2 bucket to Cloudflare.

## Related resources

1. [Workers Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/)
2. [Workers Examples](/workers/examples/)

---

# Use the R2 multipart API from Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/workers/workers-multipart-usage/

By following this guide, you will create a Worker through which your applications can perform multipart uploads.
This example worker could serve as a basis for your own use case where you can add authentication to the worker, or even add extra validation logic when uploading each part.
This guide also contains an example Python application that uploads files to this worker.

This guide assumes you have set up the [R2 binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) for your Worker. Refer to [Use R2 from Workers](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-usage) for instructions on setting up an R2 binding.

## An example Worker using the multipart API

The following example Worker exposes an HTTP API which enables applications to use the multipart API through the Worker.

In this example, each request is routed based on the HTTP method and the action request parameter. As your Worker becomes more complicated, consider utilizing a serverless web framework such as [Hono](https://honojs.dev/) to handle the routing for you.

The following example Worker includes any new information about the state of the multipart upload in the response to each request. For the request which creates the multipart upload, the `uploadId` is returned. For requests uploading a part, the part number and `etag` are returned. In turn, the client keeps track of this state, and includes the uploadId in subsequent requests, and the `etag` and part number of each part when completing a multipart upload.

Add the following code to your project's `index.js` file and replace `MY_BUCKET` with your bucket's name:

```js
interface Env {
  MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
}

export default {
  async fetch(
    request,
    env,
    ctx
  ): Promise<Response> {
    const bucket = env.MY_BUCKET;

    const url = new URL(request.url);
    const key = url.pathname.slice(1);
    const action = url.searchParams.get("action");

    if (action === null) {
      return new Response("Missing action type", { status: 400 });
    }

    // Route the request based on the HTTP method and action type
    switch (request.method) {
      case "POST":
        switch (action) {
          case "mpu-create": {
            const multipartUpload = await bucket.createMultipartUpload(key);
            return new Response(
              JSON.stringify({
                key: multipartUpload.key,
                uploadId: multipartUpload.uploadId,
              })
            );
          }
          case "mpu-complete": {
            const uploadId = url.searchParams.get("uploadId");
            if (uploadId === null) {
              return new Response("Missing uploadId", { status: 400 });
            }

            const multipartUpload = env.MY_BUCKET.resumeMultipartUpload(
              key,
              uploadId
            );

            interface completeBody {
              parts: R2UploadedPart[];
            }
            const completeBody: completeBody = await request.json();
            if (completeBody === null) {
              return new Response("Missing or incomplete body", {
                status: 400,
              });
            }

            // Error handling in case the multipart upload does not exist anymore
            try {
              const object = await multipartUpload.complete(completeBody.parts);
              return new Response(null, {
                headers: {
                  etag: object.httpEtag,
                },
              });
            } catch (error: any) {
              return new Response(error.message, { status: 400 });
            }
          }
          default:
            return new Response(`Unknown action ${action} for POST`, {
              status: 400,
            });
        }
      case "PUT":
        switch (action) {
          case "mpu-uploadpart": {
            const uploadId = url.searchParams.get("uploadId");
            const partNumberString = url.searchParams.get("partNumber");
            if (partNumberString === null || uploadId === null) {
              return new Response("Missing partNumber or uploadId", {
                status: 400,
              });
            }
            if (request.body === null) {
              return new Response("Missing request body", { status: 400 });
            }

            const partNumber = parseInt(partNumberString);
            const multipartUpload = env.MY_BUCKET.resumeMultipartUpload(
              key,
              uploadId
            );
            try {
              const uploadedPart: R2UploadedPart =
                await multipartUpload.uploadPart(partNumber, request.body);
              return new Response(JSON.stringify(uploadedPart));
            } catch (error: any) {
              return new Response(error.message, { status: 400 });
            }
          }
          default:
            return new Response(`Unknown action ${action} for PUT`, {
              status: 400,
            });
        }
      case "GET":
        if (action !== "get") {
          return new Response(`Unknown action ${action} for GET`, {
            status: 400,
          });
        }
        const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(key);
        if (object === null) {
          return new Response("Object Not Found", { status: 404 });
        }
        const headers = new Headers();
        object.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
        headers.set("etag", object.httpEtag);
        return new Response(object.body, { headers });
      case "DELETE":
        switch (action) {
          case "mpu-abort": {
            const uploadId = url.searchParams.get("uploadId");
            if (uploadId === null) {
              return new Response("Missing uploadId", { status: 400 });
            }
            const multipartUpload = env.MY_BUCKET.resumeMultipartUpload(
              key,
              uploadId
            );

            try {
              multipartUpload.abort();
            } catch (error: any) {
              return new Response(error.message, { status: 400 });
            }
            return new Response(null, { status: 204 });
          }
          case "delete": {
            await env.MY_BUCKET.delete(key);
            return new Response(null, { status: 204 });
          }
          default:
            return new Response(`Unknown action ${action} for DELETE`, {
              status: 400,
            });
        }
      default:
        return new Response("Method Not Allowed", {
          status: 405,
          headers: { Allow: "PUT, POST, GET, DELETE" },
        });
    }
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

After you have updated your Worker with the above code, run `npx wrangler deploy`.

You can now use this Worker to perform multipart uploads. You can either send requests from your existing application to this Worker to perform uploads or use a script to upload files through this Worker.

The next section is optional and shows an example of a Python script which uploads a chosen file on your machine to your Worker.

## Perform a multipart upload with your Worker (optional)

This example application uploads a local file to the Worker in multiple parts. It uses Python's built-in `ThreadPoolExecutor` to parallelize the uploading of parts to the Worker, which increases upload speeds. HTTP requests to the Worker are made with the [requests](https://pypi.org/project/requests/) library.

Utilizing the multipart API in this way also allows you to use your Worker to upload files larger than the [Workers request body size limit](/workers/platform/limits#request-limits). The uploading of individual parts is still subject to this limit.

Save the following code in a file named `mpuscript.py` on your local machine. Change the `worker_endpoint variable` to where your worker is deployed. Pass the file you want to upload as an argument when running this script: `python3 mpuscript.py myfile`. This will upload the file `myfile` from your machine to your bucket through the Worker.

```python
import math
import os
import requests
from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter, Retry
import sys
import concurrent.futures

# Take the file to upload as an argument
filename = sys.argv[1]
# The endpoint for our worker, change this to wherever you deploy your worker
worker_endpoint = "https://myworker.myzone.workers.dev/"
# Configure the part size to be 10MB. 5MB is the minimum part size, except for the last part
partsize = 10 * 1024 * 1024


def upload_file(worker_endpoint, filename, partsize):
    url = f"{worker_endpoint}{filename}"

    # Create the multipart upload
    uploadId = requests.post(url, params={"action": "mpu-create"}).json()["uploadId"]

    part_count = math.ceil(os.stat(filename).st_size / partsize)
    # Create an executor for up to 25 concurrent uploads.
    executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(25)
    # Submit a task to the executor to upload each part
    futures = [
        executor.submit(upload_part, filename, partsize, url, uploadId, index)
        for index in range(part_count)
    ]
    concurrent.futures.wait(futures)
    # get the parts from the futures
    uploaded_parts = [future.result() for future in futures]

    # complete the multipart upload
    response = requests.post(
        url,
        params={"action": "mpu-complete", "uploadId": uploadId},
        json={"parts": uploaded_parts},
    )
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("🎉 successfully completed multipart upload")
    else:
        print(response.text)


def upload_part(filename, partsize, url, uploadId, index):
    # Open the file in rb mode, which treats it as raw bytes rather than attempting to parse utf-8
    with open(filename, "rb") as file:
        file.seek(partsize * index)
        part = file.read(partsize)

    # Retry policy for when uploading a part fails
    s = requests.Session()
    retries = Retry(total=3, status_forcelist=[400, 500, 502, 503, 504])
    s.mount("https://", HTTPAdapter(max_retries=retries))

    return s.put(
        url,
        params={
            "action": "mpu-uploadpart",
            "uploadId": uploadId,
            "partNumber": str(index + 1),
        },
        data=part,
    ).json()


upload_file(worker_endpoint, filename, partsize)
```

## State management

The stateful nature of multipart uploads does not easily map to the usage model of Workers, which are inherently stateless. In a normal multipart upload, the multipart upload is usually performed in one continuous execution of the client application. This is different from multipart uploads in a Worker, which will often be completed over multiple invocations of that Worker. This makes state management more challenging.

To overcome this, the state associated with a multipart upload, namely the `uploadId` and which parts have been uploaded, needs to be kept track of somewhere outside of the Worker.

In the example Worker and Python application described in this guide, the state of the multipart upload is tracked in the client application which sends requests to the Worker, with the necessary state contained in each request. Keeping track of the multipart state in the client application enables maximal flexibility and allows for parallel and unordered uploads of each part.

When keeping track of this state in the client is impossible, alternative designs can be considered. For example, you could track the `uploadId` and which parts have been uploaded in a Durable Object or other database.

---

# aws-sdk-go

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-go/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keys" /><br/>

This example uses version 2 of the [aws-sdk-go](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2) package. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `1.73.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `1.72.3` or add the following to their config:

```go
config.WithRequestChecksumCalculation(0)
config.WithResponseChecksumValidation(0)
```

:::

```go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
	"log"
)

func main() {
	var bucketName = "sdk-example"
	var accountId = "<accountid>"
	var accessKeyId = "<access_key_id>"
	var accessKeySecret = "<access_key_secret>"

	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.TODO(),
		config.WithCredentialsProvider(credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider(accessKeyId, accessKeySecret, "")),
		config.WithRegion("auto"),
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	client := s3.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *s3.Options) {
			o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String(fmt.Sprintf("https://%s.r2.cloudflarestorage.com", accountId))
	})

	listObjectsOutput, err := client.ListObjectsV2(context.TODO(), &s3.ListObjectsV2Input{
		Bucket: &bucketName,
	})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	for _, object := range listObjectsOutput.Contents {
		obj, _ := json.MarshalIndent(object, "", "\t")
		fmt.Println(string(obj))
	}

	//  {
	//  	"ChecksumAlgorithm": null,
	//  	"ETag": "\"eb2b891dc67b81755d2b726d9110af16\"",
	//  	"Key": "ferriswasm.png",
	//  	"LastModified": "2022-05-18T17:20:21.67Z",
	//  	"Owner": null,
	//  	"Size": 87671,
	//  	"StorageClass": "STANDARD"
	//  }

	listBucketsOutput, err := client.ListBuckets(context.TODO(), &s3.ListBucketsInput{})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	for _, object := range listBucketsOutput.Buckets {
		obj, _ := json.MarshalIndent(object, "", "\t")
		fmt.Println(string(obj))
	}

	// {
	// 		"CreationDate": "2022-05-18T17:19:59.645Z",
	// 		"Name": "sdk-example"
	// }
}
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to temporarily share public write access to a bucket.

```go
presignClient := s3.NewPresignClient(client)

	presignResult, err := presignClient.PresignPutObject(context.TODO(), &s3.PutObjectInput{
		Bucket: aws.String(bucketName),
		Key:    aws.String("example.txt"),
	})

	if err != nil {
		panic("Couldn't get presigned URL for PutObject")
	}

	fmt.Printf("Presigned URL For object: %s\n", presignResult.URL)
```

---

# aws-sdk-java

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-java/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

This example uses version 2 of the [aws-sdk-java](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2/#using-the-sdk) package. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `2.30.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `2.29.52` or add the following to their S3Config:

```java
this.requestChecksumCalculation = "when_required",
this.responseChecksumValidation = "when_required"
```

:::

```java
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.*;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Configuration;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Client for interacting with Cloudflare R2 Storage using AWS SDK S3 compatibility
 */
public class CloudflareR2Client {
    private final S3Client s3Client;

    /**
     * Creates a new CloudflareR2Client with the provided configuration
     */
    public CloudflareR2Client(S3Config config) {
        this.s3Client = buildS3Client(config);
    }

    /**
     * Configuration class for R2 credentials and endpoint
     */
    public static class S3Config {
        private final String accountId;
        private final String accessKey;
        private final String secretKey;
        private final String endpoint;

        public S3Config(String accountId, String accessKey, String secretKey) {
            this.accountId = accountId;
            this.accessKey = accessKey;
            this.secretKey = secretKey;
            this.endpoint = String.format("https://%s.r2.cloudflarestorage.com", accountId);
        }

        public String getAccessKey() { return accessKey; }
        public String getSecretKey() { return secretKey; }
        public String getEndpoint() { return endpoint; }
    }

    /**
     * Builds and configures the S3 client with R2-specific settings
     */
    private static S3Client buildS3Client(S3Config config) {
        AwsBasicCredentials credentials = AwsBasicCredentials.create(
            config.getAccessKey(),
            config.getSecretKey()
        );

        S3Configuration serviceConfiguration = S3Configuration.builder()
            .pathStyleAccessEnabled(true)
            .build();

        return S3Client.builder()
            .endpointOverride(URI.create(config.getEndpoint()))
            .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(credentials))
            .region(Region.of("auto"))
            .serviceConfiguration(serviceConfiguration)
            .build();
    }

    /**
     * Lists all buckets in the R2 storage
     */
    public List<Bucket> listBuckets() {
        try {
            return s3Client.listBuckets().buckets();
        } catch (S3Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to list buckets: " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Lists all objects in the specified bucket
     */
    public List<S3Object> listObjects(String bucketName) {
        try {
            ListObjectsV2Request request = ListObjectsV2Request.builder()
                .bucket(bucketName)
                .build();

            return s3Client.listObjectsV2(request).contents();
        } catch (S3Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException("Failed to list objects in bucket " + bucketName + ": " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        S3Config config = new S3Config(
            "your_account_id",
            "your_access_key",
            "your_secret_key"
        );

        CloudflareR2Client r2Client = new CloudflareR2Client(config);

        // List buckets
        System.out.println("Available buckets:");
        r2Client.listBuckets().forEach(bucket ->
            System.out.println("* " + bucket.name())
        );

        // List objects in a specific bucket
        String bucketName = "demos";
        System.out.println("\nObjects in bucket '" + bucketName + "':");
        r2Client.listObjects(bucketName).forEach(object ->
            System.out.printf("* %s (size: %d bytes, modified: %s)%n",
                object.key(),
                object.size(),
                object.lastModified())
        );
    }
}
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to temporarily share public write access to a bucket.

```java
// import required packages for presigning
// Rest of the packages are same as above
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.S3Presigner;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.model.PutObjectPresignRequest;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.model.PresignedPutObjectRequest;
import java.time.Duration;

public class CloudflareR2Client {
  private final S3Client s3Client;
  private final S3Presigner presigner;

    /**
     * Creates a new CloudflareR2Client with the provided configuration
     */
    public CloudflareR2Client(S3Config config) {
        this.s3Client = buildS3Client(config);
        this.presigner = buildS3Presigner(config);
    }

    /**
     * Builds and configures the S3 presigner with R2-specific settings
     */
    private static S3Presigner buildS3Presigner(S3Config config) {
        AwsBasicCredentials credentials = AwsBasicCredentials.create(
            config.getAccessKey(),
            config.getSecretKey()
        );

        return S3Presigner.builder()
            .endpointOverride(URI.create(config.getEndpoint()))
            .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(credentials))
            .region(Region.of("auto"))
            .serviceConfiguration(S3Configuration.builder()
                .pathStyleAccessEnabled(true)
                .build())
            .build();
    }

    public String generatePresignedUploadUrl(String bucketName, String objectKey, Duration expiration) {
        PutObjectPresignRequest presignRequest = PutObjectPresignRequest.builder()
            .signatureDuration(expiration)
            .putObjectRequest(builder -> builder
                .bucket(bucketName)
                .key(objectKey)
                .build())
            .build();

        PresignedPutObjectRequest presignedRequest = presigner.presignPutObject(presignRequest);
        return presignedRequest.url().toString();
    }

    // Rest of the methods remains the same

    public static void main(String[] args) {
      // config the client as before

      // Generate a pre-signed upload URL valid for 15 minutes
        String uploadUrl = r2Client.generatePresignedUploadUrl(
            "demos",
            "README.md",
            Duration.ofMinutes(15)
        );
        System.out.println("Pre-signed Upload URL (valid for 15 minutes):");
        System.out.println(uploadUrl);
    }

}
```

---

# aws CLI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-cli/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

With the [`aws`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html) CLI installed, you may run [`aws configure`](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-quickstart.html#cli-configure-quickstart-config) to configure a new profile. You will be prompted with a series of questions for the new profile's details.

:::note[Compatibility]
Client versions `2.23.0` and `1.37.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `2.22.35` or `1.36.40` as the documented overrides do not work consistently for all subcommands.

:::

```shell
aws configure
```

```sh output
AWS Access Key ID [None]: <access_key_id>
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: <access_key_secret>
Default region name [None]: auto
Default output format [None]: json
```

You may then use the `aws` CLI for any of your normal workflows.

```sh
aws s3api list-buckets --endpoint-url https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com
# {
#     "Buckets": [
#         {
#             "Name": "sdk-example",
#             "CreationDate": "2022-05-18T17:19:59.645000+00:00"
#         }
#     ],
#     "Owner": {
#         "DisplayName": "134a5a2c0ba47b38eada4b9c8ead10b6",
#         "ID": "134a5a2c0ba47b38eada4b9c8ead10b6"
#     }
# }

aws s3api list-objects-v2 --endpoint-url https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com --bucket sdk-example
# {
#     "Contents": [
#         {
#             "Key": "ferriswasm.png",
#             "LastModified": "2022-05-18T17:20:21.670000+00:00",
#             "ETag": "\"eb2b891dc67b81755d2b726d9110af16\"",
#             "Size": 87671,
#             "StorageClass": "STANDARD"
#         }
#     ]
# }
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links which allow you to share public access to a file temporarily.

```sh
# You can pass the --expires-in flag to determine how long the presigned link is valid.
$ aws s3 presign --endpoint-url https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com  s3://sdk-example/ferriswasm.png --expires-in 3600
# https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/sdk-example/ferriswasm.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>
aws s3 presign --endpoint-url https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com  s3://sdk-example/ferriswasm.png --expires-in 3600
# https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/sdk-example/ferriswasm.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>
```

---

# aws-sdk-js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-js/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

If you are interested in the newer version of the AWS JavaScript SDK visit this [dedicated aws-sdk-js-v3 example page](/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/).

JavaScript or TypeScript users may continue to use the [`aws-sdk`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws-sdk) npm package as per normal. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

```ts
import S3 from "aws-sdk/clients/s3.js";

const s3 = new S3({
	endpoint: `https://${accountid}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`,
	accessKeyId: `${access_key_id}`,
	secretAccessKey: `${access_key_secret}`,
	signatureVersion: "v4",
});

console.log(await s3.listBuckets().promise());
//=> {
//=>   Buckets: [
//=>     { Name: 'user-uploads', CreationDate: 2022-04-13T21:23:47.102Z },
//=>     { Name: 'my-bucket-name', CreationDate: 2022-05-07T02:46:49.218Z }
//=>   ],
//=>   Owner: {
//=>     DisplayName: '...',
//=>     ID: '...'
//=>   }
//=> }

console.log(await s3.listObjects({ Bucket: "my-bucket-name" }).promise());
//=> {
//=>   IsTruncated: false,
//=>   Name: 'my-bucket-name',
//=>   CommonPrefixes: [],
//=>   MaxKeys: 1000,
//=>   Contents: [
//=>     {
//=>       Key: 'cat.png',
//=>       LastModified: 2022-05-07T02:50:45.616Z,
//=>       ETag: '"c4da329b38467509049e615c11b0c48a"',
//=>       ChecksumAlgorithm: [],
//=>       Size: 751832,
//=>       Owner: [Object]
//=>     },
//=>     {
//=>       Key: 'todos.txt',
//=>       LastModified: 2022-05-07T21:37:17.150Z,
//=>       ETag: '"29d911f495d1ba7cb3a4d7d15e63236a"',
//=>       ChecksumAlgorithm: [],
//=>       Size: 279,
//=>       Owner: [Object]
//=>     }
//=>   ]
//=> }
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to share public read or write access to a bucket temporarily.

```ts
// Use the expires property to determine how long the presigned link is valid.
console.log(
	await s3.getSignedUrlPromise("getObject", {
		Bucket: "my-bucket-name",
		Key: "dog.png",
		Expires: 3600,
	}),
);
// https://my-bucket-name.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/dog.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host

// You can also create links for operations such as putObject to allow temporary write access to a specific key.
console.log(
	await s3.getSignedUrlPromise("putObject", {
		Bucket: "my-bucket-name",
		Key: "dog.png",
		Expires: 3600,
	}),
);
```

You can use the link generated by the `putObject` example to upload to the specified bucket and key, until the presigned link expires.

```sh
curl -X PUT https://my-bucket-name.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/dog.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host --data-binary @dog.png
```

---

# aws-sdk-js-v3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

JavaScript or TypeScript users may continue to use the [`@aws-sdk/client-s3`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aws-sdk/client-s3) npm package as per normal. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `3.729.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `3.726.1` or add the following to their S3Client config:

```ts
requestChecksumCalculation: "WHEN_REQUIRED",
responseChecksumValidation: "WHEN_REQUIRED",
```

:::

```ts
import {
	S3Client,
	ListBucketsCommand,
	ListObjectsV2Command,
	GetObjectCommand,
	PutObjectCommand,
} from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

const S3 = new S3Client({
	region: "auto",
	endpoint: `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`,
	credentials: {
		accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
		secretAccessKey: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
	},
});

console.log(await S3.send(new ListBucketsCommand({})));
// {
//     '$metadata': {
//     httpStatusCode: 200,
//         requestId: undefined,
//         extendedRequestId: undefined,
//         cfId: undefined,
//         attempts: 1,
//         totalRetryDelay: 0
// },
//     Buckets: [
//     { Name: 'user-uploads', CreationDate: 2022-04-13T21:23:47.102Z },
//     { Name: 'my-bucket-name', CreationDate: 2022-05-07T02:46:49.218Z }
//     ],
//     Owner: {
//         DisplayName: '...',
//         ID: '...'
//     }
// }

console.log(
	await S3.send(new ListObjectsV2Command({ Bucket: "my-bucket-name" })),
);
// {
//     '$metadata': {
//       httpStatusCode: 200,
//       requestId: undefined,
//       extendedRequestId: undefined,
//       cfId: undefined,
//       attempts: 1,
//       totalRetryDelay: 0
//     },
//     CommonPrefixes: undefined,
//     Contents: [
//       {
//         Key: 'cat.png',
//         LastModified: 2022-05-07T02:50:45.616Z,
//         ETag: '"c4da329b38467509049e615c11b0c48a"',
//         ChecksumAlgorithm: undefined,
//         Size: 751832,
//         StorageClass: 'STANDARD',
//         Owner: undefined
//       },
//       {
//         Key: 'todos.txt',
//         LastModified: 2022-05-07T21:37:17.150Z,
//         ETag: '"29d911f495d1ba7cb3a4d7d15e63236a"',
//         ChecksumAlgorithm: undefined,
//         Size: 279,
//         StorageClass: 'STANDARD',
//         Owner: undefined
//       }
//     ],
//     ContinuationToken: undefined,
//     Delimiter: undefined,
//     EncodingType: undefined,
//     IsTruncated: false,
//     KeyCount: 8,
//     MaxKeys: 1000,
//     Name: 'my-bucket-name',
//     NextContinuationToken: undefined,
//     Prefix: undefined,
//     StartAfter: undefined
//   }
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to share public read or write access to a bucket temporarily.

```ts
import { getSignedUrl } from "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner";

// Use the expiresIn property to determine how long the presigned link is valid.
console.log(
	await getSignedUrl(
		S3,
		new GetObjectCommand({ Bucket: "my-bucket-name", Key: "dog.png" }),
		{ expiresIn: 3600 },
	),
);
// https://my-bucket-name.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/dog.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-id=GetObject

// You can also create links for operations such as putObject to allow temporary write access to a specific key.
console.log(
	await getSignedUrl(
		S3,
		new PutObjectCommand({ Bucket: "my-bucket-name", Key: "dog.png" }),
		{ expiresIn: 3600 },
	),
);
```

You can use the link generated by the `putObject` example to upload to the specified bucket and key, until the presigned link expires.

```sh
curl -X PUT https://my-bucket-name.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/dog.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-id=PutObject -F "data=@dog.png"
```

---

# aws-sdk-net

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-net/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keys" /><br/>

This example uses version 3 of the [aws-sdk-net](https://www.nuget.org/packages/AWSSDK.S3) package. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

## Client setup

In this example, you will pass credentials explicitly to the `IAmazonS3` initialization. If you wish, use a shared AWS credentials file or the SDK store in-line with other AWS SDKs. Refer to [Configure AWS credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/v3/developer-guide/net-dg-config-creds.html) for more details.

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `3.7.963.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `3.7.962.0` or add the following to their AmazonS3Config:

```csharp
RequestChecksumCalculation = "WHEN_REQUIRED",
ResponseChecksumValidation = "WHEN_REQUIRED"
```

:::

```csharp
private static IAmazonS3 s3Client;

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
	var accessKey = "<ACCESS_KEY>";
	var secretKey = "<SECRET_KEY>";
	var credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(accessKey, secretKey);
	s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(credentials, new AmazonS3Config
		{
			ServiceURL = "https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
		});
}
```

## List buckets and objects

The [ListBucketsAsync](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3ListBucketsAsyncListBucketsRequestCancellationToken.html) and [ListObjectsAsync](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3ListObjectsV2AsyncListObjectsV2RequestCancellationToken.html) methods can be used to list buckets under your account and the contents of those buckets respectively.

```csharp
static async Task ListBuckets()
{
	var response = await s3Client.ListBucketsAsync();

	foreach (var s3Bucket in response.Buckets)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("{0}", s3Bucket.BucketName);
	}
}
// sdk-example
// my-bucket-name
```

```csharp
static async Task ListObjectsV2()
{
	var request = new ListObjectsV2Request
	{
		BucketName = "sdk-example"
	};

	var response = await s3Client.ListObjectsV2Async(request);

	foreach (var s3Object in response.S3Objects)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("{0}", s3Object.Key);
	}
}
// dog.png
// cat.png
```

## Upload and retrieve objects

The [PutObjectAsync](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3PutObjectAsyncPutObjectRequestCancellationToken.html) and [GetObjectAsync](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3GetObjectAsyncStringStringCancellationToken.html) methods can be used to upload objects and download objects from an R2 bucket respectively.

:::caution


`DisablePayloadSigning = true` must be passed as Cloudflare R2 does not currently support the Streaming SigV4 implementation used by AWSSDK.S3.


:::

```csharp
static async Task PutObject()
{
	var request = new PutObjectRequest
	{
		FilePath = @"/path/file.txt",
		BucketName = "sdk-example",
		DisablePayloadSigning = true
	};

	var response = await s3Client.PutObjectAsync(request);

	Console.WriteLine("ETag: {0}", response.ETag);
}
// ETag: "186a71ee365d9686c3b98b6976e1f196"
```

```csharp
static async Task GetObject()
{
  var bucket = "sdk-example";
  var key = "file.txt"

	var response = await s3Client.GetObjectAsync(bucket, key);

	Console.WriteLine("ETag: {0}", response.ETag);
}
// ETag: "186a71ee365d9686c3b98b6976e1f196"
```

## Generate presigned URLs

The [GetPreSignedURL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/S3/MIS3GetPreSignedURLGetPreSignedUrlRequest.html) method allows you to sign ahead of time, giving temporary access to a specific operation. In this case, presigning a `PutObject` request for `sdk-example/file.txt`.

```csharp
static string? GeneratePresignedUrl()
{
	AWSConfigsS3.UseSignatureVersion4 = true;
	var presign = new GetPreSignedUrlRequest
	{
		BucketName = "sdk-example",
		Key = "file.txt",
		Verb = HttpVerb.GET,
		Expires = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),
	};

	var presignedUrl = s3Client.GetPreSignedURL(presign);

	Console.WriteLine(presignedUrl);

	return presignedUrl;
}
// URL: https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/sdk-example/file.txt?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>
```

---

# aws-sdk-php

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-php/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

This example uses version 3 of the [aws-sdk-php](https://packagist.org/packages/aws/aws-sdk-php) package. You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `3.337.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `3.336.15` or add the following to their $options:

```php
'request_checksum_calculation' => 'when_required',
'response_checksum_validation' => 'when_required'
```

:::

```php
<?php
require 'vendor/aws/aws-autoloader.php';

$bucket_name        = "sdk-example";
$account_id         = "<accountid>";
$access_key_id      = "<access_key_id>";
$access_key_secret  = "<access_key_secret>";

$credentials = new Aws\Credentials\Credentials($access_key_id, $access_key_secret);

$options = [
    'region' => 'auto',
    'endpoint' => "https://$account_id.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
    'version' => 'latest',
    'credentials' => $credentials
];

$s3_client = new Aws\S3\S3Client($options);

$contents = $s3_client->listObjectsV2([
    'Bucket' => $bucket_name
]);

var_dump($contents['Contents']);

// array(1) {
//   [0]=>
//   array(5) {
//     ["Key"]=>
//     string(14) "ferriswasm.png"
//     ["LastModified"]=>
//     object(Aws\Api\DateTimeResult)#187 (3) {
//       ["date"]=>
//       string(26) "2022-05-18 17:20:21.670000"
//       ["timezone_type"]=>
//       int(2)
//       ["timezone"]=>
//       string(1) "Z"
//     }
//     ["ETag"]=>
//     string(34) ""eb2b891dc67b81755d2b726d9110af16""
//     ["Size"]=>
//     string(5) "87671"
//     ["StorageClass"]=>
//     string(8) "STANDARD"
//   }
// }

$buckets = $s3_client->listBuckets();

var_dump($buckets['Buckets']);

// array(1) {
//   [0]=>
//   array(2) {
//     ["Name"]=>
//     string(11) "sdk-example"
//     ["CreationDate"]=>
//     object(Aws\Api\DateTimeResult)#212 (3) {
//       ["date"]=>
//       string(26) "2022-05-18 17:19:59.645000"
//       ["timezone_type"]=>
//       int(2)
//       ["timezone"]=>
//       string(1) "Z"
//     }
//   }
// }

?>
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to share public read or write access to a bucket temporarily.

```php
$cmd = $s3_client->getCommand('GetObject', [
    'Bucket' => $bucket_name,
    'Key' => 'ferriswasm.png'
]);

// The second parameter allows you to determine how long the presigned link is valid.
$request = $s3_client->createPresignedRequest($cmd, '+1 hour');

print_r((string)$request->getUri())
// https://sdk-example.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/ferriswasm.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>

// You can also create links for operations such as putObject to allow temporary write access to a specific key.
$cmd = $s3_client->getCommand('PutObject', [
    'Bucket' => $bucket_name,
    'Key' => 'ferriswasm.png'
]);

$request = $s3_client->createPresignedRequest($cmd, '+1 hour');

print_r((string)$request->getUri())
```

You can use the link generated by the `putObject` example to upload to the specified bucket and key, until the presigned link expires.

```sh
curl -X PUT https://sdk-example.<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/ferriswasm.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=<signature> --data-binary @ferriswasm.png
```

---

# aws-sdk-ruby

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws-sdk-ruby/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="keys" /><br/>

Many Ruby projects also store these credentials in environment variables instead.

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `1.178.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `1.177.0` or add the following to their s3 client instantiation:

```ruby
request_checksum_calculation: "when_required",
response_checksum_validation: "when_required"
```

:::

Add the following dependency to your `Gemfile`:

```ruby
gem "aws-sdk-s3"
```

Then you can use Ruby to operate on R2 buckets:

```ruby
require "aws-sdk-s3"

@r2 = Aws::S3::Client.new(
  access_key_id: "#{access_key_id}",
  secret_access_key: "#{secret_access_key}",
  endpoint: "https://#{cloudflare_account_id}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com",
  region: "auto",
)

# List all buckets on your account
puts @r2.list_buckets

#=> {
#=>   :buckets => [{
#=>     :name => "your-bucket",
#=>     :creation_date => "…",
#=>   }],
#=>   :owner => {
#=>     :display_name => "…",
#=>     :id => "…"
#=>   }
#=> }

# List the first 20 items in a bucket
puts @r2.list_objects(bucket:"your-bucket", max_keys:20)

#=> {
#=>   :is_truncated => false,
#=>   :marker => nil,
#=>   :next_marker => nil,
#=>   :name => "your-bucket",
#=>   :prefix => nil,
#=>   :delimiter =>nil,
#=>   :max_keys => 20,
#=>   :common_prefixes => [],
#=>   :encoding_type => nil
#=>   :contents => [
#=>     …,
#=>     …,
#=>     …,
#=>   ]
#=> }
```

---

# aws4fetch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/aws4fetch/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="keys" />
<br />

JavaScript or TypeScript users may continue to use the [`aws4fetch`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/aws4fetch) npm package as per normal. This package uses the `fetch` and `SubtleCrypto` APIs which you will be familiar with when working in browsers or with Cloudflare Workers.

You must pass in the R2 configuration credentials when instantiating your `S3` service client:

```ts
import { AwsClient } from "aws4fetch";

const R2_URL = `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`;

const client = new AwsClient({
	accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
	secretAccessKey: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
});

const ListBucketsResult = await client.fetch(R2_URL);
console.log(await ListBucketsResult.text());
// <ListAllMyBucketsResult>
//     <Buckets>
//         <Bucket>
//             <CreationDate>2022-04-13T21:23:47.102Z</CreationDate>
//             <Name>user-uploads</Name>
//         </Bucket>
//         <Bucket>
//             <CreationDate>2022-05-07T02:46:49.218Z</CreationDate>
//             <Name>my-bucket-name</Name>
//         </Bucket>
//     </Buckets>
//     <Owner>
//         <DisplayName>...</DisplayName>
//         <ID>...</ID>
//     </Owner>
// </ListAllMyBucketsResult>

const ListObjectsV2Result = await client.fetch(
	`${R2_URL}/my-bucket-name?list-type=2`,
);
console.log(await ListObjectsV2Result.text());
// <ListBucketResult>
//   <Name>my-bucket-name</Name>
//   <Contents>
//     <Key>cat.png</Key>
//     <Size>751832</Size>
//     <LastModified>2022-05-07T02:50:45.616Z</LastModified>
//     <ETag>"c4da329b38467509049e615c11b0c48a"</ETag>
//     <StorageClass>STANDARD</StorageClass>
//   </Contents>
//   <Contents>
//     <Key>todos.txt</Key>
//     <Size>278</Size>
//     <LastModified> 2022-05-07T21:37:17.150Z</LastModified>
//     <ETag>"29d911f495d1ba7cb3a4d7d15e63236a"</ETag>
//     <StorageClass>STANDARD</StorageClass>
//   </Contents>
//   <IsTruncated>false</IsTruncated>
//   <MaxKeys>1000</MaxKeys>
//   <KeyCount>2</KeyCount>
// </ListBucketResult>
```

## Generate presigned URLs

You can also generate presigned links that can be used to share public read or write access to a bucket temporarily.

```ts
import { AwsClient } from "aws4fetch";

const client = new AwsClient({
	service: "s3",
	region: "auto",
	accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
	secretAccessKey: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
});

const R2_URL = `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`;

// Use the `X-Amz-Expires` query param to determine how long the presigned link is valid.
console.log(
	(
		await client.sign(
			new Request(`${R2_URL}/my-bucket-name/dog.png?X-Amz-Expires=${3600}`),
			{
				aws: { signQuery: true },
			},
		)
	).url.toString(),
);
// https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/my-bucket-name/dog.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>

// You can also create links for operations such as PutObject to allow temporary write access to a specific key.
console.log(
	(
		await client.sign(
			new Request(`${R2_URL}/my-bucket-name/dog.png?X-Amz-Expires=${3600}`, {
				method: "PUT",
			}),
			{
				aws: { signQuery: true },
			},
		)
	).url.toString(),
);
```

You can use the link generated by the `PutObject` example to upload to the specified bucket and key, until the presigned link expires.

```sh
curl -X PUT "https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/my-bucket-name/dog.png?X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Date=<timestamp>&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=<credential>&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=<signature>" -F "data=@dog.png"
```

---

# boto3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/boto3/

import { Render } from "~/components";

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<br />

You must configure [`boto3`](https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/index.html) to use a preconstructed `endpoint_url` value. This can be done through any `boto3` usage that accepts connection arguments; for example:

:::note[Compatibility]
Client version `1.36.0` introduced a modification to the default checksum behavior from the client that is currently incompatible with R2 APIs.

To mitigate, users can use `1.35.99` or add the following to their s3 resource config:

```python
request_checksum_calculation = 'WHEN_REQUIRED',
response_checksum_validation = 'WHEN_REQUIRED'
```

:::

```python
import boto3

s3 = boto3.resource('s3',
  endpoint_url = 'https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com',
  aws_access_key_id = '<access_key_id>',
  aws_secret_access_key = '<access_key_secret>'
)
```

You may, however, omit the `aws_access_key_id` and `aws_secret_access_key ` arguments and allow `boto3` to rely on the `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` [environment variables](https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/configuration.html#using-environment-variables) instead.

An example script may look like the following:

```python
import boto3

s3 = boto3.client(
    service_name ="s3",
    endpoint_url = 'https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com',
    aws_access_key_id = '<access_key_id>',
    aws_secret_access_key = '<access_key_secret>',
    region_name="<location>", # Must be one of: wnam, enam, weur, eeur, apac, auto
)

# Get object information
object_information = s3.head_object(Bucket=<R2_BUCKET_NAME>, Key=<FILE_KEY_NAME>)

# Upload/Update single file
s3.upload_fileobj(io.BytesIO(file_content), <R2_BUCKET_NAME>, <FILE_KEY_NAME>)

# Delete object
s3.delete_object(Bucket=<R2_BUCKET_NAME>, Key=<FILE_KEY_NAME>)
```

```sh
python main.py
```

```sh output
Buckets:
 -  user-uploads
 -  my-bucket-name
Objects:
 -  cat.png
 -  todos.txt
```

---

# Configure custom headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/custom-header/

Some of R2's [extensions](/r2/api/s3/extensions/) require setting a specific header when using them in the S3 compatible API. For some functionality you may want to set a request header on an entire category of requests. Other times you may want to configure a different header for each individual request. This page contains some examples on how to do so with `boto3` and with `aws-sdk-js-v3`.

## Setting a custom header on all requests

When using certain functionality, like the `cf-create-bucket-if-missing` header, you may want to set a constant header for all `PutObject` requests you're making.

### Set a header for all requests with `boto3`

`Boto3` has an event system which allows you to modify requests. Here we register a function into the event system which adds our header to every `PutObject` request being made.

```python
import boto3

client = boto3.resource('s3',
  endpoint_url = 'https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com',
  aws_access_key_id = '<access_key_id>',
  aws_secret_access_key = '<access_key_secret>'
)

event_system = client.meta.events

# Define function responsible for adding the header
def add_custom_header(params, **kwargs):
    params["headers"]['cf-create-bucket-if-missing'] = 'true'

event_system.register('before-call.s3.PutObject', add_custom_header)

response = client.put_object(Bucket="my_bucket", Key="my_file", Body="file_contents")
print(response)
```

### Set a header for all requests with `aws-sdk-js-v3`

`aws-sdk-js-v3` allows the customization of request behavior through the use of its [middleware stack](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/middleware-stack-modular-aws-sdk-js/). This example adds a middleware to the client which adds a header to every `PutObject` request being made.

```ts
import {
  PutObjectCommand,
  S3Client,
} from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

const client = new S3Client({
  region: "auto",
  endpoint: `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`,
  credentials: {
    accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
    secretAccessKey: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
  },
});

client.middlewareStack.add(
  (next, context) => async (args) => {
      const r = args.request as RequestInit
      r.headers["cf-create-bucket-if-missing"] = "true";

      return await next(args)
    },
  { step: 'build', name: 'customHeaders' },
)

const command = new PutObjectCommand({
  Bucket: "my_bucket",
  Key: "my_key",
  Body: "my_data"
});

const response = await client.send(command);

console.log(response);
```

## Set a different header on each request

Certain extensions that R2 has provided in the S3 compatible api may require setting a different header on each request. For example, you may want to only want to overwrite an object if its etag matches a certain expected value. This value will likely be different for each object that is being overwritten, which requires the `If-Match` header to be different with each request you make. This section shows examples of how to accomplish that.

### Set a header per request in `boto3`

To enable us to pass custom headers as an extra argument into the call to `client.put_object()` we need to register 2 functions into `boto3`'s event system. This is necessary because `boto3` performs a parameter validation step which rejects extra method arguments. Since this parameter validation occurs before we can set headers on the request, we first need to move the custom argument into the request context before the parameter validation happens. In a subsequent step we can now actually set the headers based on the information we put in the request context.

```python
import boto3

client = boto3.resource('s3',
  endpoint_url = 'https://<accountid>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com',
  aws_access_key_id = '<access_key_id>',
  aws_secret_access_key = '<access_key_secret>'
)

event_system = client.meta.events

# Moves the custom headers from the parameters to the request context
def process_custom_arguments(params, context, **kwargs):
    if (custom_headers := params.pop("custom_headers", None)):
        context["custom_headers"] = custom_headers

# Here we extract the headers from the request context and actually set them
def add_custom_headers(params, context, **kwargs):
    if (custom_headers := context.get("custom_headers")):
        params["headers"].update(custom_headers)

event_system.register('before-parameter-build.s3.PutObject', process_custom_arguments)
event_system.register('before-call.s3.PutObject', add_custom_headers)

custom_headers = {'If-Match' : '"29d911f495d1ba7cb3a4d7d15e63236a"'}

# Note that boto3 will throw an exception if the precondition failed. Catch this exception if necessary
response = client.put_object(Bucket="my_bucket", Key="my_key", Body="file_contents", custom_headers=custom_headers)
print(response)
```

### Set a header per request in `aws-sdk-js-v3`

Here we again configure the header we would like to set by creating a middleware, but this time we add the middleware to the request itself instead of to the whole client.

```ts
import {
  PutObjectCommand,
  S3Client,
} from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";

const client = new S3Client({
  region: "auto",
  endpoint: `https://${ACCOUNT_ID}.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`,
  credentials: {
    accessKeyId: ACCESS_KEY_ID,
    secretAccessKey: SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,
  },
});

const command = new PutObjectCommand({
  Bucket: "my_bucket",
  Key: "my_key",
  Body: "my_data"
});

const headers = { 'If-Match': '"29d911f495d1ba7cb3a4d7d15e63236a"' }
command.middlewareStack.add(
  (next) =>
    (args) => {
      const r = args.request as RequestInit

      Object.entries(headers).forEach(
        ([k, v]: [key: string, value: string]): void => {
          r.headers[k] = v
        },
      )

      return next(args)
    },
  { step: 'build', name: 'customHeaders' },
)
const response = await client.send(command);

console.log(response);
```

---

# S3 SDKs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/examples/aws/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Snowflake

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/reference/partners/snowflake-regions/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This page details which R2 location or jurisdiction is recommended based on your Snowflake region.

You have the following inputs to control the physical location where objects in your R2 buckets are stored (for more information refer to [data location](/r2/reference/data-location/)):

- [**Location hints**](/r2/reference/data-location/#location-hints): Specify a geophrical area (for example, Asia-Pacific or Western Europe). R2 makes a best effort to place your bucket in or near that location to optimize performance. You can confirm bucket placement after creation by navigating to the **Settings** tab of your bucket and referring to the **Bucket details** section.
- [**Jurisdictions**](/r2/reference/data-location/#jurisdictional-restrictions): Enforce that data is both stored and processed within a specific jurisdiction (for example, the EU or FedRAMP environment). Use jurisdictions when you need to ensure data is stored and processed within a jurisdiction to meet data residency requirements, including local regulations such as the [GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/) or [FedRAMP](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-achieves-fedramp-authorization/).

## North and South America (Commercial)

| Snowflake region name     | Cloud | Region ID        | Recommended R2 location |
| ------------------------- | ----- | ---------------- | ----------------------- |
| Canada (Central)          | AWS   | `ca-central-1`   | Location hint: `enam`   |
| South America (Sao Paulo) | AWS   | `sa-east-1`      | Location hint: `enam`   |
| US West (Oregon)          | AWS   | `us-west-2`      | Location hint: `wnam`   |
| US East (Ohio)            | AWS   | `us-east-2`      | Location hint: `enam`   |
| US East (N. Virginia)     | AWS   | `us-east-1`      | Location hint: `enam`   |
| US Central1 (Iowa)        | GCP   | `us-central1`    | Location hint: `enam`   |
| US East4 (N. Virginia)    | GCP   | `us-east4`       | Location hint: `enam`   |
| Canada Central (Toronto)  | Azure | `canadacentral`  | Location hint: `enam`   |
| Central US (Iowa)         | Azure | `centralus`      | Location hint: `enam`   |
| East US 2 (Virginia)      | Azure | `eastus2`        | Location hint: `enam`   |
| South Central US (Texas)  | Azure | `southcentralus` | Location hint: `enam`   |
| West US 2 (Washington)    | Azure | `westus2`        | Location hint: `wnam`   |

## U.S. Government

| Snowflake region name | Cloud | Region ID       | Recommended R2 location |
| --------------------- | ----- | --------------- | ----------------------- |
| US Gov East 1         | AWS   | `us-gov-east-1` | Jurisdiction: `fedramp` |
| US Gov West 1         | AWS   | `us-gov-west-1` | Jurisdiction: `fedramp` |
| US Gov Virginia       | Azure | `usgovvirginia` | Jurisdiction: `fedramp` |

:::note

Cloudflare Enterprise customers may contact their account team or [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to get access to the FedRAMP jurisdiction.
:::

## Europe and Middle East

| Snowflake region name         | Cloud | Region ID          | Recommended R2 location                   |
| ----------------------------- | ----- | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| EU (Frankfurt)                | AWS   | `eu-central-1`     | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| EU (Zurich)                   | AWS   | `eu-central-2`     | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| EU (Stockholm)                | AWS   | `eu-north-1`       | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| EU (Ireland)                  | AWS   | `eu-west-1`        | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| Europe (London)               | AWS   | `eu-west-2`        | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| EU (Paris)                    | AWS   | `eu-west-3`        | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| Middle East Central2 (Dammam) | GCP   | `me-central2`      | Location hint: `weur`/`eeur`              |
| Europe West2 (London)         | GCP   | `europe-west-2`    | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| Europe West3 (Frankfurt)      | GCP   | `europe-west-3`    | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| Europe West4 (Netherlands)    | GCP   | `europe-west-4`    | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| North Europe (Ireland)        | Azure | `northeurope`      | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| Switzerland North (Zurich)    | Azure | `switzerlandnorth` | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| West Europe (Netherlands)     | Azure | `westeurope`       | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |
| UAE North (Dubai)             | Azure | `uaenorth`         | Location hint: `weur`/`eeur`              |
| UK South (London)             | Azure | `uksouth`          | Jurisdiction: `eu` or hint: `weur`/`eeur` |

## Asia Pacific and China

| Snowflake region name            | Cloud | Region ID        | Recommended R2 location |
| -------------------------------- | ----- | ---------------- | ----------------------- |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo)             | AWS   | `ap-northeast-1` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul)             | AWS   | `ap-northeast-2` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka)             | AWS   | `ap-northeast-3` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai)            | AWS   | `ap-south-1`     | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore)         | AWS   | `ap-southeast-1` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney)            | AWS   | `ap-southeast-2` | Location hint: `oc`     |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta)           | AWS   | `ap-southeast-3` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| China (Ningxia)                  | AWS   | `cn-northwest-1` | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Australia East (New South Wales) | Azure | `australiaeast`  | Location hint: `oc`     |
| Central India (Pune)             | Azure | `centralindia`   | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Japan East (Tokyo)               | Azure | `japaneast`      | Location hint: `apac`   |
| Southeast Asia (Singapore)       | Azure | `southeastasia`  | Location hint: `apac`   |

---

# Content-based asset creation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-asset-creation/

#### Reference Architecture Diagram

## Introduction

Combining text-generation models with text-to-image models can lead to powerful AI systems capable of generating visual content based on input prompts. This integration can be achieved through a collaborative framework where a text-generation model generates prompts for the text-to-image model based on input text.

Here's how the process can work:

- Input Text Processing: The input text is provided to the system, which can be anything from a simple sentence to multiple paragraphs. This text serves as the basis for generating visual content.

- Prompt Generation: The text-generation model generates prompts based on the input text. These prompts are specifically crafted to guide the text-to-image model in generating images that are contextually relevant to the input text. The prompts can include descriptions, keywords, or other cues to guide the image generation process.

- Content Moderation: Text-classification models can be employed to ensure that the generated assets comply with content policies

- Text-to-Image Model: A text-to-image model takes the prompts generated by the text-generation model as input and produces corresponding images. The text-to-image model learns to translate textual descriptions into visual representations, aiming to capture the essence and context conveyed by the input text.

Example uses of such compositions of AI models can be employed to generation visual assets for marketing, publishing, presentations, and more.

## Asset generation

![Figure 1:Content-based asset generation](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/ai-asset-generation-diagrams/ai-asset-generation.svg "Figure 1: Content-based asset generation")

1. **Client upload**: Send POST request with content to API endpoint.
2. **Prompt generation**: Generate prompt for later-stage text-to-image model by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text generation models](/workers-ai/models/) with content as input.
3. **Safety check**: Check for compliance with safety guidelines by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text classification models](/workers-ai/models/#text-classification) with the previously generated prompt as input.
4. **Image generation**: Generate image by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text-to-image models](/workers-ai/models/#text-to-image) previously generated prompt.

## Related resources

- [Community project: content-based asset creation demo](https://auto-asset.pages.dev/)
- [Workers AI: Text generation models](/workers-ai/models/)
- [Workers AI: Text-to-image models](/workers-ai/models/#text-to-image)
- [Workers AI: llamaguard-7b-awq](/workers-ai/models/llamaguard-7b-awq/)

---

# Composable AI architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-composable/

## Introduction

The AI market is witnessing a rapid evolution, propelled by the swift pace of technological advancement. With breakthroughs occurring frequently, staying up-to-date with the latest innovations is imperative for organizations aiming to remain competitive. Short iteration cycles and agility have become indispensable in this landscape, allowing businesses to swiftly adopt and leverage the newest advancements in AI technology.

In this dynamic environment, the concept of composability, data portability, and standard APIs emerges as crucial factors in navigating the complexities of the AI ecosystem:

- Composability refers to the ability to assemble various AI components into tailored solutions, enabling organizations to mix and match different technologies to suit their specific needs.
- Data portability plays a pivotal role in facilitating seamless data exchange between different AI systems and platforms, ensuring interoperability and preventing data silos.
- Standard APIs for interoperability serve as the linchpin for integrating diverse AI components, enabling seamless communication and collaboration between disparate systems.

The significance of composability, data portability, and standard APIs becomes particularly pronounced in mitigating vendor lock-in and fostering flexibility. By embracing these principles, organizations can sidestep dependency on single vendors and instead opt for a best-in-class approach, selecting the most suitable solutions for their unique requirements. Overall, these principles pave the way for a more agile, adaptable, and future-proof AI ecosystem.

Cloudflare's AI platform has been designed with these principles in mind. The architecture diagram illustrates how AI applications can be built end-to-end on Cloudflare, or single services can be integrated with external infrastructure and services.

## Composable AI infrastructure

![Figure 1: Composable AI architecture](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/ai-composable/ai-composable.svg "Figure 1: Composable AI architecture")

1. **Compute**: The compute layer is the core of the application. All business logic, as well as use of other components, is defined here. The compute layer interacts with other services such as inference services, vector search, databases and data storage. Serverless solutions such as [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) offer fast iteration and automatic scaling, which allows developers to focus on the use case instead of infrastructure management. Importantly for composability is the support of standard interfaces such as HTTP or TCP, which the Workers' runtime both supports via the [`fetch()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) and [`connect()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) respectively.
2. **Inference**: AI inference is responsible for the AI-capabilities of the application. Operational models vary between self-hosting models or consuming Inference-as-a-service providers such as [Workers AI](/workers-ai/). In the latter case, [REST APIs](/api/resources/ai/methods/run/) make interacting with inference services from any service/client easy to implement. Using platform-specific integrations such as [Bindings](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/) for interaction between Workers and other services enable simplified development as complexity such as authentication is abstracted away.
3. **Vector Search**: Certain use cases such as [RAG](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/) leverage vector search for similarity matching. Operational models vary between self-hosting databases or consuming vector-specific database-as-a-service (DBaaS) providers such as [Vectorize](/vectorize/). In the latter case, [REST APIs](/api/resources/vectorize/subresources/indexes/methods/list/) make interacting with it from any service/client easy to implement. Using platform-specific integrations such as [Bindings](/vectorize/get-started/embeddings/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-index) for interaction between Workers and other services enable simplified development as complexity such as authentication is abstracted away.
4. **Data & Storage**: Databases and data storage add state to AI applications. User management, session storage and persisting data are common requirements for AI applications. Depending on the use case, different solutions are required such as relationship databases or object storage. A variety of solutions for self-hosted or managed services exist. On Cloudflare, this could be for instance [D1](/d1/) and [R2](/r2/). REST APIs make interacting with inference services from any service/client easy to implement. Using platform-specific integrations such as Bindings for interaction between Workers and data and database services enable simplified development as complexity such as authentication is abstracted away.

## Related resources

- [Workers: Serverless compute](/workers/)
- [Workers AI: Serverless AI inference](/workers-ai/)
- [Vectorize: Serverless Vector database](/vectorize/)
- [D1: Serverless SQLite database](/d1/)
- [R2: Object storage](/r2/)

---

# Multi-vendor AI observability and control

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-multivendor-observability-control/

## Introduction

The AI landscape is rapidly evolving with new models, services, and applications emerging daily. Many developers and organizations seek to enhance agility by opting for inference-as-a-service solutions like [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), rather than developing or managing models themselves.

Inference-as-a-Service is a cloud-based model that allows users to deploy and execute AI without managing underlying infrastructure. The platform handles all aspects of model serving, including scaling resources based on demand, often-times supporting both real-time and batch inference. Users can send input data to the model via API calls, with the service provider managing servers, scaling, and maintenance tasks. Typically operating on a pay-as-you-go model, inference services simplify model deployment and scaling, enabling organizations to leverage AI capabilities without infrastructure complexities.

As this field evolves rapidly, developers and organizations face several challenges:

- Fragmentation: Many inference service providers offer only a limited range of models and features. Different use cases may require multiple vendors, leading to fragmentation.
- Availability: With increasing demand and fast-paced technological advancements, inference service providers struggle to maintain high API availability.
- Lack of observability: Providers often offer limited analytics and logging capabilities, which vary across vendors. Gaining a unified view of AI usage proves challenging.
- Lack of security control: Organizations encounter difficulties in maintaining adequate security measures.
- Lack of cost control: Understanding usage insights can be challenging, and the absence of custom rate limits poses risks in public-facing AI use cases.

Using a forward proxy can mitigate these challenges. Positioned between the service making inference requests and the inference service platform, it serves as a single point for observability and control. By shifting features such as rate limiting, caching, and error handling to the proxy layer, organizations can apply unified configurations across services and inference service providers.

## AI forward proxy setup

The following architecture illustrates the setup of [AI Gateway](/ai-gateway/) as a forward proxy between a service and one or multiple AI inference providers, such as [Workers AI](/workers-ai/)

![Figure 1: Multi-vendor AI architecture](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/ai-multivendor-observability-control/ai-multi-vendor-observability-control.svg "Multi-vendor AI architecture")

1. **Inference request**: Send POST request to your AI gateway.
2. **Request proxying**: Forward `POST` request to AI Inference provider or serve response from [cache, if enabled and available](/ai-gateway/configuration/caching). During this process, both [analytics](/ai-gateway/observability/analytics/) and [logs](/ai-gateway/observability/analytics/#logging) are collected. Additionally, controls such as Rate Limiting are enforced.
3. **Error handling**: In case of errors, retry request or fallback to other inference provider, depending on configuration.

## Related resources

- [AI Gateway: Get started](/ai-gateway/get-started/)
- [AI Gateway: Supported Providers](/ai-gateway/providers/)

---

# Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/

## Introduction

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is an innovative approach in natural language processing that integrates retrieval mechanisms with generative models to enhance text generation.

By incorporating external knowledge from pre-existing sources, RAG addresses the challenge of generating contextually relevant and informative text. This integration enables RAG to overcome the limitations of traditional generative models by ensuring that the generated text is grounded in factual information and context. RAG aims to solve the problem of information overload by efficiently retrieving and incorporating only the most relevant information into the generated text, leading to improved coherence and accuracy. Overall, RAG represents a significant advancement in NLP, offering a more robust and contextually aware approach to text generation.

Examples for application of these technique includes for instance customer service chat bots that use a knowledge base to answer support requests.

In the context of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), knowledge seeding involves incorporating external information from pre-existing sources into the generative process, while querying refers to the mechanism of retrieving relevant knowledge from these sources to inform the generation of coherent and contextually accurate text. Both are shown below.

## Knowledge Seeding

![Figure 1: Knowledge seeding](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/rag-ref-architecture-diagrams/rag-architecture-seeding.svg "Figure 1: Knowledge seeding")

1. **Client upload**: Send POST request with documents to API endpoint.
2. **Input processing**: Process incoming request using [Workers](/workers/) and send messages to [Queues](/queues/) to add processing backlog.
3. **Batch processing**: Use [Queues](/queues/) to trigger a [consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) that process input documents in batches to prevent downstream overload.
4. **Embedding generation**: Generate embedding vectors by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text embedding models](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) for the documents.
5. **Vector storage**: Insert the embedding vectors to [Vectorize](/vectorize/).
6. **Document storage**: Insert documents to [D1](/d1/) for persistent storage.
7. **Ack/Retry mechanism**: Signal success/error by using the [Queues Runtime API](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#message) in the consumer for each document. [Queues](/queues/) will schedule retries, if needed.

## Knowledge Queries

![Figure 2: Knowledge queries](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/rag-ref-architecture-diagrams/rag-architecture-query.svg "Figure 2: Knowledge queries")

1. **Client query**: Send GET request with query to API endpoint.
2. **Embedding generation**: Generate embedding vectors by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text embedding models](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings) for the incoming query.
3. **Vector search**: Query [Vectorize](/vectorize/) using the vector representation of the query to retrieve related vectors.
4. **Document lookup**: Retrieve related documents from [D1](/d1/) based on search results from [Vectorize](/vectorize/).
5. **Text generation**: Pass both the original query and the retrieved documents as context to [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [text generation models](/workers-ai/models/#text-generation) to generate a response.

## Related resources

- [Tutorial: Build a RAG AI](/workers-ai/tutorials/build-a-retrieval-augmented-generation-ai/)
- [Workers AI: Text embedding models](/workers-ai/models/#text-embeddings)
- [Workers AI: Text generation models](/workers-ai/models/#text-generation)

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# Automatic captioning for video uploads

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-video-caption/

## Introduction

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models have revolutionized the accessibility of video content by enabling the generation of subtitles and translations. These models utilize advanced algorithms to transcribe spoken words into text with high accuracy. By integrating ASR technology into video platforms, content creators, publishers, and distributors can reach a broader audience, including individuals with hearing impairments or those who prefer to consume content in different languages.

The process begins with capturing the audio from the video source, which is then fed into the ASR model. This model analyzes the audio waveform and converts it into a textual representation, capturing the spoken content in the form of subtitles. Furthermore, you can also use ASR models for language translation, enabling the creation of multilingual subtitles. Once the subtitles are generated, they can be displayed alongside the video, providing a synchronized text representation of the spoken content.

## Automatic captioning on upload

![Figure 1: Automatic captioning on upload](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/ai-auto-caption-architecture-diagrams/ai-auto-caption-architecture-diagram.svg "Figure 1:  Automatic captioning on upload")

1. **Client upload**: Send POST request with both video and audio to API endpoint.
2. **Audio transcription**: Generate timestamped transcriptions by calling [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) [automatic speech recognition (ARS) model](/workers-ai/models/#automatic-speech-recognition) with audio as input. Use [Workers](/workers/) to convert the output to a supported subtitled format.
3. **Store subtitles**: Store the subtitle file(s) on [R2](/r2/).
4. **Store video**: Store the video files on [R2](/r2/).
5. **Client request**: Send GET requests for video and subtitle(s) to origin. Use global [Cache](/cache/) to increase performance.
6. **Origin request**: Fetch file(s) from [R2](/r2/) on cache `MISS` by using [Public Buckets](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).

## Related resources

- [Community project: automatic captioning demo](https://auto-caption.pages.dev/)
- [Workers AI: Automatic speech recognition (ARS) model](/workers-ai/models/#automatic-speech-recognition)
- [R2: Object storage for all your data](/r2/)

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# Ingesting BigQuery Data into Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/bigquery-workers-ai/

## Introduction

You can connect a Cloudflare Worker to get data from Google BigQuery and pass it to Workers AI, to run AI Models, powered by serverless GPUs. This will allow you to enhance data with AI-generated responses, such as detecting the sentiment score of some text or generating tags for an article. This document describes a simple way to get started if you are looking to give Workers AI a try and see how the [new and different AI models](/workers-ai/models/) would perform with your data hosted in BigQuery. 

## User-based approach

This version of the integration is aimed at workflows that require interaction with users to fetch data or generate ad-hoc reports.

![Figure 1: Ingesting Google BigQuery Data into Workers AI (user-based)](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/bigquery-workers-ai/user-based-architecture.svg "Figure 1: Ingesting Google BigQuery Data into Workers AI (user-based)")

1. A user makes a request to a [Worker](https://workers.cloudflare.com/) endpoint. (Which can optionally incorporate [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) in front of it to authenticate users).
2. Worker fetches [securely stored](/workers/configuration/secrets/) Google Cloud Platform service account information such as service key and generates a JSON Web Token to issue an authenticated API request to BigQuery.
3. Worker receives the data from BigQuery and [transforms it into a format](/workers-ai/tutorials/using-bigquery-with-workers-ai/#6-format-results-from-the-query) that will make it easier to iterate when interacting with Workers AI.
4. Using its [native integration](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/) with Workers AI, the Worker forwards the data from BigQuery which is then run against one of Cloudflare's hosted AI models.
5. The original data retrieved from BigQuery alongside the AI-generated information is returned to the user as a response to the request initiated in step 1.

## Cron-triggered approach

For periodic or longer workflows, you may opt for a batch approach. This diagram also explores more products where you can use the data ingested from BigQuery. It relies on [Cron Triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/), which are built into the Developer Platform and available for free when using Workers to schedule initialization of workloads.

![Figure 2: Ingesting Google BigQuery Data into Workers AI (cron-triggered)](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/bigquery-workers-ai/scheduled-based-architecture.svg "Figure 2: Ingesting Google BigQuery Data into Workers AI (cron-triggered)")

1. [A Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) invokes the Worker without any user interaction.
2. Worker fetches [securely stored](/workers/configuration/secrets/) Google Cloud Platform service account information such as service key and generates a JSON Web Token to issue an authenticated API request to BigQuery.
3. Worker receives the data from BigQuery and [transforms it into a format](/workers-ai/tutorials/using-bigquery-with-workers-ai/#6-format-results-from-the-query) that will make it easier to iterate when interacting with Workers AI.
4. Using its [native integration](/workers-ai/configuration/bindings/) with Workers AI, the Worker forwards the data from BigQuery to generate some content related to it.
5. Optionally, you can store the BigQuery data and the AI-generated data in a variety of different Cloudflare services.
    * Into [D1](/d1/), a SQL database.
    * If in step four you used Workers AI to generate embeddings, you can store them in [Vectorize](/vectorize/). To learn more about this type of solution, please consider reviewing the reference architecture diagram on [Retrieval Augmented Generation](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/).
    * To [Workers KV](/kv/) if the output of your data will be stored and consumed in a key/value fashion.
    * If you prefer to save the data fetched from BigQuery and Workers AI into objects (such as images, files, JSONs), you can use [R2](/r2/), our egress-free object storage to do so. 
6. You can set up an integration so a system or a user gets notified whenever a new result is available or if an error occurs. It's also worth mentioning that Workers by themselves can already provide additional [observability](/workers/observability/).
    * Sending an email with all the data retrieved and generated in the previous step is possible using [Email Routing](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/).
    * Since Workers allows you to issue HTTP requests, you can notify a webhook or API endpoint once the process finishes or if there's an error.

## Related resources

- [Tutorial: Using BigQuery with Workers AI](/workers-ai/tutorials/using-bigquery-with-workers-ai/)
- [Workers AI: Get Started](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/)
- [Workers: Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/)
- [Workers: Cron Triggers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/)
- [Email Routing](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/)
- [Create a GCP service account](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts-create#iam-service-accounts-create-console)
- [Create a GCP service account key](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/keys-create-delete#iam-service-account-keys-create-console) 
- [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-rag/)
- [Vectorize](/vectorize/) 
- [Workers KV](/kv/) 
- [R2](/r2/) 
- [D1](/d1/)

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# Artificial Intelligence (AI)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/

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# Bot management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/bots/bot-management/

## Introduction

Cloudflare has bot management capabilities to help identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect domains from bad bots. [Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/free/) and [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/biz-and-ent/) are options available on Free and Pro/Business accounts respectively. They offer a subset of features and capabilities available for Enterprise accounts. This reference architecture diagram focuses on [Enterprise Bot Management](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) available for Enterprise customers.

With [Enterprise Bot Management](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) customers have the maximum protection, features, and capability. A [bot score](https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/) is exposed for every request. Cloudflare applies a layered detection approach to Bot Management with several detection engines that cumulatively can impact the bot score. A bot score is a score from 1 to 99 that indicates the likelihood that the request came from a bot. Scores below 30 are commonly associated with bot traffic and customers can then take action on this score with [WAF custom rules](https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/) or [Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties). Additionally, customers can view this score along with other bot specifics like bot score source, bot detection IDs, and bot detection tags in the Bots, Security Analytics, and Events dashboards; these fields can also be seen in more detailed logs in Log Explorer or, with Log Push, logs with these respective fields can be exported to 3rd party SIEMs/Analytics platforms.

## Definitions

- **Bot Score:** A [bot score](/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/) is a score from 1 to 99 that indicates how likely that request came from a bot. A score of 1 means Cloudflare is certain the request was automated.
- **Bot Score Source:** Bot Score Source is the detection engine used for the bot score.
- **Bot Detection ID:** [Detection IDs](/bots/concepts/detection-ids/) are static rules used to detect predictable bot behavior with no overlap with human traffic. Detection IDs cause a bot to receive a score source of heuristics with a score of 1.
- **Bot Tag:** [Bot tags](/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/) provide more detail about why Cloudflare assigned a [bot score](/bots/concepts/bot-score/) to a request.
- **Verified Bots:** Cloudflare maintains [a list of "Verified" good bots](https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/verified-bots) which can be used in policies to insure good bots such as those associated with a search engine are not blocked.
- **AI Bots:** [If the feature is enabled](/bots/concepts/bot/#ai-bots), Cloudflare will detect and block verified AI bots that respect `robots.txt` and crawl rate, and do not hide their behavior from your website. The rule has also been expanded to include more signatures of AI bots that do not follow the rules.

## Cloudflare Bot Management Detection Engines

- **Heuristics:** Cloudflare conducts a number of heuristic checks to identify automated traffic, and requests are matched against a growing database of malicious fingerprints. The [Heuristics engine](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#heuristics) immediately gives automated requests a score of 1.
- **Machine Learning (ML):** The [ML engine](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#machine-learning) accounts for the majority of all detections, human and bot. The ML model leverages Cloudflare's global network, which proxies billions of requests daily, to identify both automated and human traffic. The ML engine produces scores 2 through 99.
- **Anomaly Detection (AD):** The [AD engine](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#anomaly-detection) is an optional detection engine that uses a form of unsupervised learning. Cloudflare records a baseline of a domain's traffic and uses the baseline to intelligently detect outlier requests. Anomaly Detection is user agent-agnostic and can be turned on or off by your account team. Cloudflare does not recommend AD for domains that use [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/) or expect large amounts of API traffic. The AD engine immediately gives automated requests a score of 1.
- **JavaScript Detections (JSD)**: The [JSD engine](/bots/concepts/bot-score/#javascript-detections) identifies headless browsers and other malicious fingerprints. This engine performs a lightweight, invisible JavaScript injection on the client side of any request. The JSD engine either blocks, challenges, or passes requests to other engines. JSD is enabled by default but is completely optional.

## Bot Dashboards, Analytics, and Logs

Cloudflare bot score and bot traffic analysis is available in several locations.

- **Bots dashboard:**
  Customers can easily see bot activity up to 30 days back and filter on bot score and other bot, traffic, and request filters. The [bot feedback loop](/bots/concepts/feedback-loop/) allows customers to report back to Cloudflare any false positives or false negatives for further investigation.
- **Security Analytics:**
  Security Analytics brings together all of Cloudflare's detection capabilities in one dashboard and provides a broad view of all traffic across the site. The Bots Likelihood graph and widget provide visibility and allow customers to easily view and filter based on bot score and respective categorization of Automated, Likely Automated, Human, and Likely Human.
- **Events:**
  Events displays all events the WAF took action on. Events and logs can easily be filtered by bot score and other bot, traffic, or request criteria.
- **Log Explorer:**
  Customers can use Log Explorer to pull additional detailed log data. Logs can easily be filtered by bot score and other bot, traffic, or request criteria.
- **Log Push:**
  Customers can also export logs to a third party SIEM or Analytics platform. Bot score, bot score source, bot detection IDs, and bot detection tags can all be exported as part of the logs.

  ## Bot Management Traffic Flow

![Figure 1: How Cloudflare identifies, scores and processes traffic from bots.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/bot-management/bot-management-ra-diagram.svg "Figure 1: How Cloudflare identifies, scores and processes traffic from bots.")

1. Client request is sent to the closest Cloudflare Data Center via anycast ensuring low latency.
2. Cloudflare applies a layered approach for bot detection; each detection mechanism impacts the bot score assigned by Cloudflare to every request. Every request is assigned a bot score between 1-99 inclusive.
3. Once the client request has been processed by all of Cloudflare's detection engines and assigned a bot score, defined security policies will be executed, some of which may also be leveraging bot score. Various actions can be taken based on the assigned bot score including the block, allow, rate limit, NoCAPTCHA Challenge.
4. Cloudflare provides analytics and insights into traffic and requests traversing the Cloudflare network. Customers can use the Bots, Security Analytics, Events, and Log Explorer dashboards to understand the overall traffic and bots activity across their site. Customers can also export logs to third party SIEM and Analytics Platforms.

# Related Resources

- [Cloudflare Bot Management Product Page](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/bot-management/)
- [Cloudflare Blog - Bot Management](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/bot-management/)
- [Bots documentation](/bots/)
- [Video: Cloudflare Bot Management and Turnstile with Demo](https://youtu.be/6EnekTohO7I?si=tk8FUB0xtk1PxsJV)

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# Bots

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/bots/

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# Content Delivery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/content-delivery/

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# Optimizing image delivery with Cloudflare image resizing and R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/content-delivery/optimizing-image-delivery-with-cloudflare-image-resizing-and-r2/

## Introduction

Optimizing image delivery for websites is crucial for enhancing user experience. Since images often represent the largest portion of a website's data, they significantly affect page load times, search engine rankings, delivery costs, and overall performance. This reference architecture diagram will guide you through a straightforward, scalable, and high-performance solution. By simply adjusting the URL string to specify image size and quality, you can cache and deliver the optimized image to any user requesting that format. Below are the Cloudflare components involved in this solution:

- [Cloudflare CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/application-services/products/cdn/) - Leverage [Cloudflare’s Global Network](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/network/) to cache your transformed images for fast and reliable delivery to your end users.
- [Cloudflare Images](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/developer-platform/cloudflare-images/) - Leverage Cloudflare Images to resize, optimize and transform your images that are stored in an object storage solution such as Cloudflare R2. Transformations are performed based on a specifically-formatted URL which requires minimal refactoring to your application to support.
- [Cloudflare R2 Object Storage](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/developer-platform/r2/) - R2 allows users to store a large amount of unstructured data, and in this use case will be used for storing our original images (best quality) for transformation.
- [Cloudflare Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) - If you’re migrating from another solution to Cloudflare, Transform Rules allows you to Rewrite the URL from another solutions syntax to a Cloudflare specific syntax, which reduces the complexity of migration.

## Image Delivery with Cloudflare Image Resizing and R2

![Figure 1: Cloudflare Image Resizing and R2](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/optimizing-image-delivery-with-cloudflare-image-resizing-and-r2-diagrams/optimizing-image-delivery-with-cloudflare-image-resizing-and-r2-diagram.svg "Figure 1: Cloudflare Image Resizing and R2")

1. **User Request**: The user sends an HTTP request for an image (image.jpg), specifying transformations like width and quality directly in the URL as a comma-separated list of options.
2. **Cache Hit**: Cloudflare processes the request at the point of presence closest to the user. It first checks if the requested image transformation is already in Cloudflare’s Cache. If so, the image is immediately returned to the user, eliminating the need for further processing. If not, the request moves to the next step.
3. [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) (optional): If you’re migrating from another images solution it may be necessary to rewrite the URL path and query string with a rewrite so that you can avoid any complex refactoring at the application level to assist with the migration. Both Dynamic and Static rewrites are supported, with dynamic rewrites supporting complex expressions to support a multitude of URL rewrites.
4. **Cache MISS - R2**: If the requested image is not available in Cloudflare’s Cache, then the request is sent to the origin, which in this scenario is [Cloudflare’s R2 Object Storage](/r2/) platform. Only the original images are stored in R2, no resized variants are stored in the R2 bucket, which makes operating R2 without object lifecycle rules less onerous.
5. **Transform Image**: Based on the URL syntax sent in step 1 or transformed in step 3, [Cloudflare Images](/images/) transforms the image and sends it to the Cache before serving back to the end user with the requested image.

## Image Resizing URL Syntax Reference

You can easily convert and resize images by requesting them through a specifically-formatted URL. This section explains the URL structure for image transformation, referring back to the diagram and detailing each URL component:

- **Part 1** - Your specific domain name on Cloudflare, this is the Zone you onboarded to Cloudflare and where your website or images are served from. e.g. [https://www.mywebsite.com/](https://www.mywebsite.com/)
- **Part 2** - A fixed prefix that identifies this is a special path handled by Cloudflare’s built-in Worker.
- **Part 3** - A comma-separated list of options for the image, such as width=80,quality=75
- **Part 4** - Absolute path on the origin server. For example: /uploads/image.jpg

The final URL used in the request would look like this:

```plain
https://www.mywebsite.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=80,quality=75/uploads/image.jpg
```

## Related Resources

- [Image Resizing Documentation](/images/transform-images/)
- [Cloudflare R2 Developer Docs](/r2/)
- [Rewrite URL rules](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/)
- [Serverless image content management platform](/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-image-content-management/)

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# Internet of Things (IoT)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/iot/

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# Optimizing and securing connected transportation systems

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/iot/optimizing-and-securing-connected-transportation-systems/

## Introduction

A connected transport system is an integrated network of vehicles, infrastructure, and/or services that rely on constant data exchange in real-time to improve safety, efficiency, and mobility. Examples include public transportation (buses, trams, and trains), emergency vehicles (ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars), fleet management systems (logistics and delivery trucks), autonomous vehicles, connected infrastructure (traffic lights, road signs), platooning systems (truck convoys), drone delivery vehicles, and connected cars. They can be broadly categorized into:

- **Fixed location devices**: Systems such as CCTV cameras, traffic signals, and roadside sensors that remain in fixed locations and push data through a central gateway.
- **Roaming devices**: These include trucks, delivery vehicles, emergency vehicles, drones, and autonomous cars that require continuous connectivity for real-time communication and control.

These systems need secure and reliable network connections to operate safely and efficiently. Emergency vehicles rely on stable, secure connections to respond quickly without delays. Public transportation systems, including buses and trains, depend on real-time data to keep schedules on track and passengers safe. Fleet management, autonomous vehicles, and drone delivery systems all require secure connections to protect sensitive data and ensure operational reliability.

These systems are prime targets for cyberattacks, which could disrupt services, put public safety at risk, or compromise sensitive data. Their safety and reliability are vital for modern mobility.

This reference architecture diagram illustrates the key Cloudflare components and technologies involved in effectively minimizing latency, ensuring high reliability, and maintaining strong security for connected transportation system communications. Each component plays a crucial role in processing, routing, optimizing, and securing data flow, ensuring that critical data is delivered efficiently and securely.

Devices connect to Cloudflare's anycast network, which inspects and filters incoming data to protect against threats like DDoS attacks, malicious bots, and unauthorised access. Cloudflare's integrated services (including the content delivery network, load balancing, edge computing, and storage solutions), work together seamlessly to enhance data delivery, scalability, and resilience. This ensures that data is processed, optimized, and delivered efficiently to reduce latency, distribute traffic effectively, and handle requests closer to users. Additionally, the routing of data to origins is optimized by the vast global network and smart routing to identify the fastest, most efficient paths. This combination of security, scalability, performance, and routing results in a safer and faster connection between devices and their destination services.

![Figure 1: Optimizing and securing connected transportation systems](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/optimizing-and-securing-connected-transportation-systems/figure1.svg)

1. **Mutual TLS (mTLS)**: To ensure strong authentication, Cloudflare utilizes [mutual TLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) (mTLS) to verify both client and server identities. This adds an initial layer of trust, ensuring only authorized devices can communicate with the application.

2. **Cloudflare anycast network**: Cloudflare uses [anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) networking and is one of the world's most connected and geographically distributed networks. Traffic is routed to the nearest Cloudflare data center, which reduces the number of network hops, dynamically adapts to changing network conditions, and ensures data takes the shortest path to its destination, minimizing latency and maximizing reliability.

3. **Security services**:

   1. **API Gateway**: Cloudflare's [API Gateway](/api-shield/get-started/) protects critical APIs from unauthorized access and abuse, ensuring secure data exchange between connected systems.
   2. **Web Application Firewall (WAF)**: Cloudflare's [WAF](/waf/) helps block malicious traffic and prevent application or API vulnerabilities from being exploited, safeguarding your network, devices and applications.
   3. **DDoS Protection**: Cloudflare's [DDoS protection](/ddos-protection/about/attack-coverage/), covering the network, transport and application layer, prevents volumetric attacks that could compromise the availability of connected systems. By providing multi-layered protection, Cloudflare is able to mitigate a wide variety of DDoS threats. At lower layers, Cloudflare defends against high-volume attacks such as SYN floods, UDP floods, and other types of protocol-based disruptions that can overwhelm network resources. At the application layer, more sophisticated attacks targeting the application itself, such as HTTP floods \- which aim to exhaust server resources and disrupt user-facing services \- are blocked even in the face of [large-scale DDoS attempts](https://blog.cloudflare.com/tag/ddos-reports/).
   4. **DNS security**: Cloudflare's [DNS security](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/application-services/products/dns/) helps protect name resolution, ensuring that malicious actors cannot hijack requests.
   5. **TLS encryption**: [TLS encryption](/ssl/edge-certificates/) ensures that data exchanged across the network is protected from interception, maintaining data integrity and privacy.

4. **Performance and reliability services**:

   1. **Content Delivery Network (CDN)**: [Distribute content](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/what-is-a-cdn/) efficiently across the network, reducing latency for end users by caching data closer to them.
   2. **Load balancing**: [Distribute incoming traffic](/load-balancing/get-started/quickstart/) across multiple servers or data centers, ensuring optimal resource utilization, preventing single points of failure, and improving the performance of connected systems.
   3. **Cloudflare Workers**: Our serverless compute platform, [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), allows data processing at the edge, reducing the need for data to travel long distances and significantly reducing latency. Combined with related services like [Workers KV](/kv/get-started/) and [D1](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/developer-platform/products/d1/), Cloudflare's edge-based storage solutions enable efficient data management close to the user. Workers KV allows for quick, read-heavy data access, perfect for caching configurations and frequently used data, while D1 provides a serverless SQL database for more robust storage needs. Additionally, Cloudflare's [Durable Objects](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sqlite-in-durable-objects/) help manage stateful interactions at the edge, facilitating real-time data consistency. These tools together allow for seamless data processing, storage and lazy updates to core services, minimizing back-and-forth to centralized servers and ensuring faster, more efficient performance.
   4. **Workers AI**: [Workers AI](/workers-ai/) is a serverless AI inference platform that allows developers to run machine learning models on Cloudflare's global network. It can be used for real-time data analysis, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance, providing intelligence at the edge and enhancing the reliability of connected systems.
   5. **Argo Smart Routing**: [Argo Smart Routing](/argo-smart-routing/) optimizes path selection by analyzing real-time network conditions, ensuring that data packets follow the fastest and most reliable routes.
   6. **Cloudflare R2 Storage**: [R2](/r2/) provides cost-effective, high-performance storage for data such as telemetry and sensor logs, allowing frequent access without incurring egress fees.

5. **Origin connections:** Cloudflare is origin agnostic, meaning it can securely connect to a wide range of disparate locations regardless of where the origin server is hosted. These origins could include on-premise servers, datacenters, or cloud service providers (CSPs) like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Whether data needs to flow from public cloud environments or proprietary private systems, Cloudflare can establish secure connections to facilitate efficient data exchange.

   Connections to these origins can be made using a variety of methods based on the specific requirements of the setup. These range from simple public DNS configurations to more advanced options like [Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)](/network-interconnect/) and [cloudflared tunnels](/cloudflare-one/faq/cloudflare-tunnels-faq/#how-can-origin-servers-be-secured-when-using-tunnel). CNI allows for private, direct connectivity between origin locations and Cloudflare, creating a secure layer that keeps data protected as it moves across networks. The cloudflared tunnel creates encrypted tunnels directly from the origin to Cloudflare's network, bypassing public exposure entirely and enhancing both security and reliability. By being origin agnostic and supporting multiple secure connection options, Cloudflare allows businesses to continue using their existing proprietary systems and infrastructure, while benefiting from Cloudflare's performance, security, and scalability features.

These components work together to deliver an optimized, secure, and reliable solution for connected vehicles and other transportation systems, addressing both fixed-location and roaming device needs. For example, imagine a fleet of connected delivery trucks that use digital tablets for both navigation, tracking and real-time customer interactions. These tablets display delivery updates, allow customers to provide signatures and even enable on-the-spot payments. Cloudflare's network ensures that data to and from the device is updated with minimal latency, allowing drivers to navigate efficiently without delays. Cloudflare's API Gateway helps secure any interactions between the tablet and backend systems, protecting customer information and ensuring that payment data is transmitted securely. The system also benefits from Workers running at the edge, which can process data in real-time, such as verifying customer signatures with AI without having to send everything back to a central server. This seamless integration of Cloudflare's components helps enhance both operational effectiveness and customer satisfaction.

## Related resources

- [Composable AI Architecture](/reference-architecture/diagrams/ai/ai-composable/)
- [Secure Application Delivery](/reference-architecture/design-guides/secure-application-delivery/)
- [Preventing DDOS Attacks](/learning-paths/personal-website/concepts/)
- [Video \- Quick API Gateway Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzw2jIGcv5A)
- [MTLS at Cloudflare](/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/)

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# Bring your own IP space to Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/bring-your-own-ip-space-to-cloudflare/

## Introduction

Cloudflare brings security and performance to our customers' digital estates. However, one of the characteristics of proxying services is that interactions on the web that go to Cloudflare (DNS queries or requests to SaaS providers, for example) will appear to the world as coming from the Cloudflare IP space. This can create challenges for some enterprises.

For example, partners or other B2B relationships may use the public IP space owned by a customer for attestation and attribution in various transactions. They may look at the resolved address for a public hostname (for example, `www.example.com`) and expect that IP to match a specific range or address known to be owned by the customer.

[Bring Your Own IP (BYOIP)](/byoip/) allows enterprises to bring their IP space to Cloudflare, thus gaining the security and performance of the Cloudflare platform while still appearing to the rest of the world via their own public IP space. This reference architecture diagram highlights the different ways customers can bring their IP space to the Cloudflare network and the benefits that are achieved.

## BYOIP scenario one \- Cloudflare proxy services

The default behavior when a DNS query is made to a Cloudflare proxied hostname will be to return one of Cloudflare's [default anycast IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/). The traffic is then accelerated, protected, and, if not served by Cloudflare cache, sent to the customer's origin server.

In the diagram below, instead of the default behavior, traffic will proxy through Cloudflare's application services platform but DNS queries will return an IP address that is owned by the customer while also benefiting from Cloudflare's anycast network. 

There are two different network ranges used in this example:

- `152.3.15.0/24` \- Customer owned IP range that will be associated with the Cloudflare network.
- `152.3.14.0/24` \- Customer owned IP range that will continue to be associated with their origin network.

![Figure 1: Cloudflare announces customer IP range and proxies it to the origin server IP.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/bring-your-own-ip-space-to-cloudflare/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Cloudflare announces customer IP range and proxies it to the origin server IP.")

1. In order for Cloudflare to respond to DNS queries with addresses from the customer's space, a Letter of Agency (LOA) must be provided by the customer to Cloudflare, so that the addresses can be provisioned and advertised. This address space (in the example, `152.3.15.0/24`) must be dedicated for Cloudflare's configuration and not used anywhere within the customer environment.
2. The Cloudflare DNS configuration for the origin server `www.abc.com` is configured with the IP address `152.3.14.10/32`.
3. A DNS query for `www.abc.com` is made.
4. Cloudflare returns an address from the customer's space that was previously configured from a BYOIP space provided by the customer. In this case, the response was `152.2.15.200`, which is a part of the `/24` prefix of `152.2.15.0/24`.
5. The eyeball sends a request to `152.2.15.200` which is routed to Cloudflare.
6. Cloudflare proxies the connection, using the SNI (`www.abc.com`) to determine the actual origin IP, `152.3.14.10`. The request is then routed through Cloudflare's proxy services, such as DDoS protection, Web Application Firewall, and Bot Management.
7. Successful requests are sent to origin (if not served by cache) to `152.3.14.10` with a source IP of the Cloudflare network.

## BYOIP scenario two \- network DDoS protection

Cloudflare is well known for its DDoS mitigation services protecting public websites and APIs. The same technologies can also be used to protect entire networks. Cloudflare's [Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) service offers a cloud-based network DDoS mitigation service for our customers' public IP space.

![Figure 2: Protection against DDoS attacks can be placed in front of the BYOIP range in front of your Cloudflare tunneled network.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/bring-your-own-ip-space-to-cloudflare/figure2.svg "Figure 2: Protection against DDoS attacks can be placed in front of the BYOIP range in front of your Cloudflare tunneled network.")

1. In order for Cloudflare to attract traffic destined for customer network prefixes, a Letter of Agency (LOA) must be provided by the customer to Cloudflare, so that the network prefixes can be provisioned and advertised.
2. Once provisioned, Cloudflare will advertise the customer prefixes to the Internet, attracting traffic destined for those networks to the Cloudflare network.
3. All traffic destined for those prefixes is routed to Cloudflare.
4. DDoS traffic is mitigated by Cloudflare and legitimate traffic is directed back to customer networks via [tunnels](/magic-wan/), or via [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) on ramps to the customer environment.

More detailed information about Magic Transit capabilities can be found in the [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/).

## Related resources

- [Protect hybrid cloud networks with Cloudflare Magic Transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/)
- [Protect public networks with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-public-networks-with-cloudflare/)

---

# Network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/

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# Optimizing device roaming experience with geolocated IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/optimizing-roaming-experience-with-geolocated-ips/

## Introduction

A private [Access Point Name](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Point_Name) (APN) enables devices, like connected vehicles, connected containers, healthcare devices or drones, to be connected while roaming across different countries. The device connects with a SIM or eSIM card to a dedicated network, and as the device moves to a new country, it automatically selects the appropriate private APN for the local provider.

APN traffic, typically managed by a third party provider such as a telecommunications company, is routed through specific regional Internet breakouts to get access to the Internet. This architecture can create challenges in regards to the localization of that traffic. For example, a device roaming in France might have traffic exit to the Internet from a UK-based Internet breakout. Therefore web sites and other Internet services will treat the device as if it is in the UK and deliver content in the wrong language or apply regional restrictions.

In this document, we'll discuss how Cloudflare can be used to solve this problem and will use the example of a service provider using private mobile networks (APNs) to connect devices roaming across multiple countries through regional Internet breakouts. This use case is relevant to global enterprises with regional offices, transportation fleets with connected vehicles, or any organization needing to maintain consistent, secure, and region-specific connectivity for roaming devices.

![Figure 1: Showing how Internet breakouts can present an egress IP that doesn't match the country the device is in.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/optimizing-roaming-experience-with-geolocated-ips/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Showing how Internet breakouts can present an egress IP that doesn't match the country the device is in.")

# Correctly locate and secure devices by connecting them to the Cloudflare global network

Cloudflare addresses these challenges by routing device traffic from the Internet breakout to our global network, where traffic is processed at a Cloudflare data center close to the Internet breakout. This allows for two benefits:

1. Cloudflare can analyse the traffic, determine the original country of origin, and then ensure that traffic egresses onto the Internet from an IP address that is geolocated to the same country of origin.
2. Cloudflare can filter traffic based on [secure web gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) policies, allowing you to protect devices from accessing risky Internet hosts. It also allows you to lock down access for devices to specific Internet hosts, such as only allow devices to make requests to APIs that support their function.

The architecture diagram below provides a visual representation of this solution, showing how traffic from various countries — routed via different mobile network APN — is directed through Internet breakouts. Cloudflare optimizes and secures the Internet connection by leveraging [geolocated public IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/), ensuring that the traffic is secure and regionally localized to the device location.

This diagram is intended for network engineers, IT architects, and decision-makers looking to improve service relevance and performance for end-users. Key use cases include multinational corporations aiming to provide faster, region-specific Internet access and services in users' native languages, ensuring a superior user experience across diverse geographical locations.

![Figure 2: Using Cloudflare you can ensure the egress IP as seen by Internet sites matches the country the device is roaming in.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/optimizing-roaming-experience-with-geolocated-ips/figure2.svg "Figure 2: Using Cloudflare you can ensure the egress IP as seen by Internet sites matches the country the device is roaming in.")

1. **Data collection and regional routing**.

   Traffic from roaming devices is securely collected through the service provider's private APN and routed to third-party regional Internet breakouts. Each country in the network is assigned a specific RFC1918 IP subnet, simplifying traffic segmentation and management.

2. **Traffic sorting**.

   The Internet breakout will categorize the traffic into separate buckets to identify its country of origin \- in this example each country's APN is given a dedicated private IP subnet.

3. **Connectivity options**.

   Cloudflare supports multiple connection methods to integrate with the regional breakout architecture:

   - [**GRE tunnels**](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/) for ease of use.
   - [**IPsec tunnels**](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/) for encrypted communication.
   - [**Cloudflare Network Interconnect (CNI)**](/magic-wan/network-interconnect/) for direct, high-performance connections.

4. **Localized Internet breakout using [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) and [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/)**.

   With Magic WAN and using [dedicated egress](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) with our [secure web gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), Cloudflare enables Internet traffic to exit with source IPs registered in the desired country. This ensures end-users benefit from geolocalized content and services, such as access to region-specific platforms, tailored to their location.

5. **Advanced security and filtering options**.

   Cloudflare enhances the security of Internet breakouts with advanced features, including:

   - [**DNS filtering**](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/) to manage and block access to unwanted, high risk domains.
   - [**Network firewalling**](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) for enforcing detailed security policies. For example, you can restrict vehicles to only send data over the Internet to a designated set of cloud telemetry systems while blocking all other traffic.
   - [**Full SSL inspection**](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) to protect against sophisticated threats and provide traffic visibility on encrypted traffic. It enables additional protections such as antivirus scanning, malware prevention, and file sandboxing.

# Related Resources

- [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/)
- [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)
- [Cloudflare servers don't own IPs anymore](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-servers-dont-own-ips-anymore/)

---

# Protect data center networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-data-center-networks/

## Introduction

Network security teams have traditionally used various network firewalls or security appliances at the perimeter to protect their data center networks against both external and internal threats, for example, DDoS attacks, malware, ransomware, phishing, leaking of sensitive information, etc. In addition, the same or additional firewall or security appliances are deployed at the [DMZ](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing)>) or core layer of the data center networks to control and secure internal private network traffic routed between multiple data center sites across their wide-area network (WAN).

But these firewalls and security appliances are often expensive, complex to configure and manage, difficult to scale to handle large attacks, and require upgrades and patches to defend against newly discovered threats and vulnerabilities.

[Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/), [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) and [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) services running natively on [Cloudflare's massive global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) provide solutions to all the shortcomings described above and more. These services offer in-line, scalable and performant global protection for your data center networks, all from a single cloud network platform.

- [Magic Transit](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/magic-transit/) provides instant detection and mitigation against network-layer DDoS attacks on your public, Internet-facing networks.
- [Magic WAN](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/magic-wan/) provides any-to-any, hybrid/multi-cloud secure connectivity between your private, enterprise networks.
- [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) is a cloud-native network firewall service that can be used to filter traffic that is routed to and from your networks that are protected by Magic Transit. It also supports functionalities such as [Intrusion Detection](/magic-firewall/about/ids/) (IDS) and [packet capture](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/).
- [Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/gateway/) is a secure web gateway (SWG) service that allows you to inspect and control both Internet-bound traffic that is originated from your networks, as well as private network-to-private network traffic (that is, east-west), by proxying such traffic through Cloudflare's global network while applying DNS, network and HTTP based [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

This document focuses specifically on the reference architectures of using Cloudflare Magic Transit, Magic WAN, Magic Firewall and Cloudflare Gateway services to protect both external and internal communications to your data center networks. For details of how Magic Transit, Magic WAN, Magic Firewall and Cloudflare Gateway works and how it can be architected for various use cases, see the linked resources at the end of the document.

To illustrate the architecture and how it works, the following diagrams visualize an example corporation with a set of data center networks that are either public-facing, connecting to users on the Internet or private, internal facing, used for communication within the enterprise. These networks are deployed at two on-premises locations. The prefixes of the public-facing networks are to be protected by Cloudflare Magic Transit.

| Data center 1                       | Data center 2                         |
| :---------------------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Public-facing network: `192.0.2.0/24` | Public-facing network: `203.0.113.0/24` |
| Private network: `192.168.1.0/24`     | Private network: `172.16.2.0/24`        |

The edge router(s) at each data center is connected to Cloudflare network via two Direct [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) connections, which are direct, private connections between your network and Cloudflare network. One of the Direct CNI connections is for carrying public-facing network traffic, while the other is for carrying private network traffic. Optionally, you can choose to carry both public and private network traffic over a single CNI connection but many organizations do desire to transport external and internal network traffic over separate connections in their security practice.

- For data center 1, CNI connection 1 is used to transport public-facing network traffic and connection 2 is used to transport private network traffic.
- For data center 2, CNI connection 3 is used to transport public-facing network traffic and connection 4 is used to transport private network traffic.

## Protect inbound traffic to public-facing networks

The reference architecture diagram below illustrates how Cloudflare Magic Transit and Magic Firewall can be used to protect the data centers' public-facing networks from inbound traffic originating from the Internet.

![Figure 1. Protect Public-facing Networks from Inbound Traffic.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-data-center-networks/figure1.svg "Figure 1. Protect Public-facing Networks from Inbound Traffic.")

1. Using Border Gateway Protocol ([BGP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/)) and [IP anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/), Cloudflare advertises the customer's protected IP prefixes to the Internet from all of [Cloudflare's global data centers](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/). At the same time, on-premises network(s) would stop advertising the same exact prefixes from their respective on-premises border routers. This ensures that all traffic passes through Cloudflare for Magic Transit DDoS protection and policy enforcement before being delivered to the customer's data center. Internet traffic destined to these protected IP prefixes will always be routed to the Cloudflare data center that is closest to the source of the traffic.
   Optionally, you could advertise less-specific IP prefixes from the border routers to the Internet. This way, in the unlikely event of a Magic Transit service failure, traffic can be quickly re-routed directly to network locations from the Internet.
2. Traffic originating from the Internet and destined to the protected IP prefixes is ingested into the global Cloudflare network.
3. All DDoS attack traffic is mitigated in-line, close to the sources, at every Cloudflare data center using advanced and automated [DDoS mitigation](/ddos-protection/) technologies.
4. Traffic that passes DDoS mitigation is subjected to additional network firewall filtering using [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/).
5. Clean, filtered traffic is routed to the protected networks through Direct [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) connections.
6. There are two ways to route server return traffic back to the clients. One way is to route it natively out of the data center and onto the Internet, bypassing Cloudflare network. This method is called Direct Server Return (DSR). It results in asymmetric routing for the bi-directional traffic, which may cause problems with network security and traffic filtering when there are stateful firewalls or NAT devices in the network path, either through other parts of the data center or between the data center and the Internet. Caution needs to be taken in ensuring such an issue does not exist in your network.
   The other way is to symmetrically route server return traffic back through the Cloudflare network, over the same connection that carries the client-to-server traffic, using [Magic Transit Egress](/magic-transit/reference/egress/). This method is depicted in the diagram above, where the server return traffic is routed to the Cloudflare network via the same CNIs that transport public-facing network traffic from Cloudflare to the data center, using routing techniques such as policy-based routing (PBR) at your sites.
7. Magic Transit Egress traffic is subject to Magic Firewall filtering before being routed out to the Internet towards the users.

## Protect Internet access from public-facing networks

The reference architecture diagram below illustrates how Cloudflare services - Magic Transit (Egress), Magic Firewall, and Cloudflare Gateway can be used to protect outbound Internet traffic originating from the data centers' public-facing networks (that is, servers with public IP addresses).

![Figure 2. Protect outbound traffic from public-facing networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-data-center-networks/figure2.svg "Figure 2. Protect outbound traffic from public-facing networks.")

1. Each site network routes outbound Internet traffic originating from the public-facing networks to Cloudflare, via the same CNIs that inbound traffic traverses. This can be done at your site through routing techniques of your choice, such as policy based routing (PBR).
2. Upon entering the Cloudflare network, outbound Internet traffic is first routed through Magic Firewall where it is subject to any configured network firewall policies.
3. Outbound Internet traffic is subsequently sent to [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our secure web gateway service where various [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) enforce a comprehensive set of security and control measures on the outbound traffic, ensuring the utmost protection for your networks. For example, Gateway DNS and HTTP policies can both be configured to prevent your servers from connecting to questionable Internet sites and from downloading malware or other malicious content.
4. Once traffic clears inspection, Gateway proxies the outbound traffic to their destinations on the Internet. The source IP addresses of the outbound traffic are the Cloudflare owned IP addresses associated with the Gateway service, which if you want you can purchase and set your [own egress IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/)
5. Return traffic from the Internet, destined to Cloudflare's IP addresses linked to the Gateway service, is routed into Cloudflare's global network.
6. Traffic is inspected against Gateway policies.
7. Return traffic that passes Gateway inspection is routed to Magic Firewall for further packet filtering.
8. Return traffic that passes Magic Firewall filtering is routed from Cloudflare to your network locations via CNIs that transport public-facing network traffic.

## Protect site-to-site, inter-data center, private network traffic

The reference architecture diagrams below illustrate how Cloudflare services — Magic WAN, Magic Firewall and Cloudflare Gateway — can be used to protect site-to-site, inter-data center traffic between your private networks.

**Site to Site Private Network Traffic Connectivity**

First, let us examine the use case where you do not intend to subject site-to-site private network traffic to Cloudflare Gateway proxy firewall service and simply route it using Magic WAN service.

![Figure 3.1. Protect inter-data center non-gateway-proxied traffic between private networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-data-center-networks/figure3.1.svg "Figure 3.1. Protect inter-data center non-gateway-proxied traffic between private networks.")

1. Each site routes site-to-site private network traffic, destined to the other data center location, to Cloudflare Magic WAN via the corresponding CNI connections. This can be done at your site through routing techniques of your choice, such as policy based routing (PBR).
2. Upon entering the Cloudflare network, traffic is routed through Magic Firewall.
3. Magic Firewall subjects traffic to any configured network firewall policies.
4. Traffic that clears the Magic Firewall rules and is not intended to be further proxied by Cloudflare Gateway service, is routed back to the destination network via the corresponding CNI.

**Site to Site Private Network Traffic with Application Level Security Controls**

For the use case where you do want to apply application level policy for fine-grain control and security on certain private network traffic, you can route and proxy such traffic through Magic WAN and Cloudflare Gateway service. The following diagram illustrates the architecture and packet flow of such use cases.

![Figure 3.2: Figure 3.2. Protect inter-data center gateway-proxied traffic between private networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-data-center-networks/figure3.2.svg "Figure 3.2. Protect inter-data center gateway-proxied traffic between private networks.")

1. Each site routes private network traffic destined to the other data center location to Cloudflare Magic WAN via the corresponding CNI connections. This can be done at your site through routing techniques of your choice, such as policy based routing (PBR).
2. Upon entering the Cloudflare network, traffic is routed through Magic Firewall where it is subject to any configured network firewall policies.
3. After clearing Magic Firewall, traffic is subsequently routed to [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our secure web gateway service.
4. Cloudflare Gateway subjects traffic to any configured L3-7 [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) that enforce a comprehensive set of security and control measures, ensuring the utmost protection for your networks. Once traffic clears inspection, Gateway proxies the traffic to its destination private network. The source IP addresses of the proxied traffic are the Cloudflare owned IP addresses associated with the Gateway service.
5. The proxied traffic, en-route to its destination private network, is routed through Magic Firewall once again for further packet filtering.
6. Traffic that passes Magic Firewall filtering is routed from Cloudflare to your network locations via the corresponding CNIs that transport private network traffic.

## Protect outbound Internet traffic from private networks

The reference architecture diagram below illustrates how Cloudflare services — Magic WAN, Magic Firewall and Cloudflare Gateway — can be used to protect outbound Internet traffic originating from the data centers' private networks. The use cases and the protection provided to the servers on the private networks are very similar to those described in the previous section about protecting Internet access from public-facing networks. The differences are that the servers have private IP addresses and that Magic WAN service is used in this section, as opposed to the previous section where servers are assigned with public IP addresses and Magic Transit server is used.

![Figure 4. Protect outbound traffic from private networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-data-center-networks/figure4.svg "Figure 4. Protect outbound traffic from private networks.")

1. Each site routes outbound Internet traffic originating from its private networks to Cloudflare Magic WAN via the corresponding CNI connections. This can be done at your site through routing techniques of your choice, such as policy based routing (PBR).
2. Upon entering the Cloudflare network, outbound Internet traffic is first routed through Magic Firewall where it is subject to any configured network firewall policies.
3. Traffic that clears Magic Firewall is subsequently sent to [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our secure web gateway service where any configured L3-7 [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) enforce a comprehensive set of security and control measures on the outbound traffic, ensuring the utmost protection for your networks.
4. Once traffic clears inspection, Gateway proxies the outbound traffic to their destinations on the Internet. The source IP addresses of the outbound traffic are the Cloudflare owned IP addresses associated with the Gateway service.
5. Return traffic from the Internet, destined to Cloudflare's IP addresses linked to the Gateway service, is routed into Cloudflare's global network.
6. Traffic is inspected against Gateway policies.
7. Return traffic that passes Gateway inspection is routed to Magic Firewall for further packet filtering.
8. Return traffic that passes Magic Firewall filtering is routed from Cloudflare to your network locations via CNIs that transport private network traffic.

## Related Resources

- [Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/)
- [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/)
- [Cloudflare Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)
- [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/)
- [Integration of Cloudflare Magic services and Cloudflare Gateway](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/)

---

# Protect public networks with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-public-networks-with-cloudflare/

## Introduction

Network security teams have traditionally used various network firewalls or security appliances at the perimeter of their network to protect their public-facing networks against both external and internal threats like DDoS attacks, malware, ransomware, phishing, and leaking of sensitive information. However, these firewalls and security appliances are often expensive, complex to configure and manage, difficult to scale to handle large attacks, and lack the flexibility to quickly incorporate upgrades and patches to defend against newly discovered threats and vulnerabilities.

[Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/), [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/), and [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) services running natively on [Cloudflare's massive global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) provide solutions to all the shortcomings described above and more. These services offer in-line, automatic, scalable network protection for all your Internet-facing networks, without slowing down performance, regardless of where they are deployed, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or a combination of the two (that is, a hybrid architecture).

- [Magic Transit](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-services/products/magic-transit/) provides instant detection and mitigation against network-layer DDoS attacks on your public, Internet-facing networks.
- [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) is a cloud-native network firewall service that can be used to filter traffic that is routed to and from your networks that are protected by Magic Transit. It also supports functionalities such as [Intrusion Detection](/magic-firewall/about/ids/) (IDS) and [packet capture](/magic-firewall/packet-captures/).
- [Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/gateway/) is a secure web gateway (SWG) service that allows you to inspect and control Internet bound traffic originating from your network by proxying this traffic through Cloudflare's global network while applying DNS, network and HTTP based [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/).

The details of how Magic Transit, Magic Firewall, and Gateway work and how these products can be architected for various use cases can be found in the linked resources at the end of the document. This document will focus specifically on the reference architectures of using Cloudflare Magic Transit, Magic Firewall, and Cloudflare Gateway services to protect public, Internet-facing network infrastructure.

To illustrate the architecture and how it works, the following diagrams visualize an example corporation with a set of public facing networks. These networks are deployed at 5 distinct locations, both on-premises and across multiple public clouds.

```
AWS VPC: 192.0.2.0/24
GCP VPC: 198.51.100.0/24
Azure vNet: 203.0.113.0/26
On-premises data center 1: 203.0.113.64/26
On-premises data center 2: 203.0.113.128/25
```

## Protect inbound network traffic

The reference architecture diagram below illustrates how Cloudflare Magic Transit and Magic Firewall can be used to protect the public networks from inbound traffic originating from the Internet.

![Figure 1: Protect the public networks from inbound traffic originating from the Internet.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-public-networks-with-cloudflare/figure-1.svg "Figure 1: Protect the public networks from inbound traffic originating from the Internet.")

1. Using Border Gateway Protocol ([BGP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/)) and [IP anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/), Cloudflare advertises customer's protected IP prefixes to the Internet from all of Cloudflare's global data centers. Internet traffic destined to these protected IP prefixes will always be routed to the Cloudflare data center that is closest to the source of the traffic.

   At the same time, on-premises network(s) and cloud provider network(s) would stop advertising the same exact prefixes from their respective on-premises border routers and cloud border routers. This ensures all Internet traffic destined to the Magic Transit protected IP prefixes will be routed through the Cloudflare network.

   You can instead advertise less-specific IP prefixes from the border routers to the Internet. This way, in the unlikely event of a Magic Transit service failure, traffic can be quickly re-routed directly to network locations from the Internet.

2. Traffic originating from the Internet and destined to the protected IP prefixes is ingested into the global Cloudflare network.
3. All DDoS attack traffic is mitigated in-line at every Cloudflare data center using advanced and automated [DDoS mitigation](/ddos-protection/) technologies.
4. Traffic that passes DDoS mitigation is subjected to additional network firewall filtering using the included [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) service.
5. Clean, filtered traffic is routed to the protected networks either through private [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) connections, or the public Internet using GRE or IPsec tunnels. More specific details on Magic Transit IP tunnels can be found in the [Magic Transit Tunnels and Encapsulation documentation](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/).
6. The server return traffic is routed back through the Cloudflare network to reach the Internet, using [Magic Transit Egress](/magic-transit/reference/egress/). It can be routed to the Cloudflare network via the same CNIs or GRE, IPsec tunnels that the ingress traffic traversed, using routing techniques such as policy-based routing (PBR) at your sites.
7. Magic Transit Egress traffic is subject to Magic Firewall filtering before being routed out to the Internet towards the users.

## Protect outbound network traffic

The reference architecture diagram below illustrates how Cloudflare services \- Magic Transit (Egress), Magic Firewall and Cloudflare Gateway, can be used to protect outbound Internet traffic originating from the public networks.

![Figure 2: Protect outbound Internet traffic originating from the public networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-public-networks-with-cloudflare/figure-2.svg "Figure 2: Protect outbound Internet traffic originating from the public networks.")

1. Each site network routes outbound Internet traffic originating from the public networks to Cloudflare, via the same CNIs and IP tunnels that inbound traffic traverses. This can be done at your site through routing techniques of your choice, such as policy based routing (PBR).
2. Upon entering the Cloudflare network, outbound Internet traffic is first routed through Magic Firewall where it is subject to any configured network firewall policies.
3. Outbound Internet traffic is subsequently sent to [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our secure web gateway service where various [policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) enforce a comprehensive set of security and control measures on the outbound traffic, ensuring the utmost protection for your networks.
4. Once traffic clears inspection, Gateway proxies the outbound traffic to their destinations on the Internet. The source IP addresses of the outbound traffic are the Cloudflare owned IP addresses associated with the Gateway service.
5. Return traffic from the Internet, destined to Cloudflare's IP addresses linked to the Gateway service, is routed into Cloudflare's global network.
6. Traffic is inspected against Gateway policies.
7. Return traffic that passes Gateway inspection is routed to Magic Firewall for further packet filtering, if any.
8. Return traffic that passes Magic Firewall filtering is routed from Cloudflare to your network locations via CNIs or IP Tunnels over the Internet.

## Related Resources

- [Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/)
- [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/)
- [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/)
- [Integration of Cloudflare Magic services and Cloudflare Gateway](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/)

---

# Protect hybrid cloud networks with Cloudflare Magic Transit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/

## Introduction

Protecting network infrastructure from DDoS attacks demands a unique combination of strength and speed. Volumetric attacks can easily overwhelm on-premise hardware-based DDoS protection appliances and their bandwidth-constrained Internet links.

A cloud-based DDoS protection solution is more agile, efficient and scalable but most solutions on the market lack the global network footprint and scrubbing center density required to maintain good network performance. DDoS protection solutions with such shortcomings require redirecting customer traffic through sparsely located scrubbing centers that are often thousands of miles away from where the traffic was originally ingested into the network, adding significant latency that inevitably impacts the end-to-end network performance and throughput.

Cloudflare Magic Transit provides cloud-native, in-line DDoS protection and traffic acceleration for all your Internet-facing networks that serve incoming user traffic from the Internet, regardless of where they are deployed, whether on-premise, in the cloud, or a combination of the two (that is, hybrid architecture). With data centers spanning hundreds of cities and with hundreds of Tbps in DDoS mitigation capacity, Magic Transit can detect and mitigate attacks close to their source of origin in under 3 seconds globally.

The details of how Magic Transit works and how it can be architected for various use cases are documented in the related resources at the end of this document - [Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) and [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/).

This document will focus specifically on, for a few common scenarios, the reference architectures of using Magic Transit to protect a hybrid cloud based network infrastructure.

## Scenario 1 - Customer BYOIP for both on-premise and cloud network deployments

In this scenario, there are multiple /24 or larger network prefixes that need to be protected by Magic Transit. These networks are deployed at on-premise locations as well as across multiple cloud providers’ regions.

For illustration purposes, below is an example list of the locations of Internet-facing networks and their respective IP prefixes.

```txt
AWS VPC: 192.0.2.0/24
GCP VPC: 198.51.100.0/24
Azure vNet: 203.0.113.0/26
On-premise data center 1: 203.0.113.64/26
On-premise data center 2: 203.0.113.128/25
```

![Figure 1: Customer BYOIP for all Cloud and on-premises networks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/figure-1.svg "Figure 1: Customer BYOIP for all Cloud and on-premises networks.")

1. Using Border Gateway Protocol ([BGP](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/)), Cloudflare advertises customer’s protected IP prefixes to the Internet from all of Cloudflare’s global data centers, enabling [IP Anycast](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/), so that Internet traffic destined to these protected IP prefixes will always be routed to the Cloudflare data center that is closest to the source of the traffic.

At the same time, on-premise network(s) and cloud provider network(s) would stop advertising the same exact prefixes from their respective on-premises border routers and cloud border routers. This ensures all Internet traffic destined to the Magic Transit protected IP prefixes will be routed through the Cloudflare network.

You can instead advertise less-specific IP prefixes from their border routers to the Internet. This way, if the Magic Transit service ever experiences a failure in a very unlikely event, traffic can be quickly re-routed directly to network locations from the Internet.

2. Traffic originated from the Internet and destined to the protected IP prefixes is ingested into Cloudflare network globally.
3. All traffic is scrubbed, that is, DDoS attack traffic is removed and mitigated in-line at every Cloudflare data center using advanced and automated [DDoS mitigation](/ddos-protection/) technologies.
4. Traffic that passes DDoS mitigation is subjected to additional network firewall filtering using the included [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) service.
5. Clean, filtered traffic is routed to the protected networks either through private connections called [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI), or through the public Internet using standard IP tunnels such as GRE or IPsec tunnels. More specific details on Magic Transit IP tunnels can be found in the [Magic Transit Tunnels and Encapsulation documentation](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/).
6. The server return traffic from protected IP prefixes to the Internet users are routed directly over the Internet from the hybrid cloud locations, bypassing the Cloudflare network. This is called direct server return (DSR). Note you must have BYOIP with your Cloud Service Provider to use DSR.

With Magic Transit service being the single, consolidated cloud-native network protection solution running globally on the Cloudflare network, your global, hybrid cloud based Internet-facing networks are well protected from DDoS and other malicious attacks, regardless where and what environments they are deployed in.

One other added benefit of using such consolidated, cloud-native network protection solutions is that you can easily migrate or relocate Internet-facing networks between the various hybrid cloud environments without ever losing protection to these networks. They can do so by simply changing routes in the Magic Transit configuration to route traffic to the new location.

## Scenario 2 - Customer lease IP address from Cloudflare for both on-premise and cloud network deployments

In the case where you do not own any network prefixes that are equal to or larger than /24, but would still like to use Magic Transit to protect their networks, you can [lease IPs](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/) from Cloudflare to assign to these smaller networks. The following diagram illustrates the architecture of such a deployment. Similar to the previous scenario, these customer networks are deployed at on-premise locations as well as across multiple cloud providers’ regions.

For illustration purposes, below is an example list of the locations of Internet-facing networks and their respective IP prefixes.

```txt
AWS VPC: 192.0.2.0/28
GCP VPC: 192.0.2.16/28
Azure vNet: 192.0.2.32/28
On-premise data center 1: 192.0.2.48/28
On-premise data center 2: 192.0.2.64/28
```

![Figure 2: Customer lease IPs from Cloudflare for both on-premise and cloud network deployments.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/figure-2.svg "Figure 2: Customer lease IPs from Cloudflare for both on-premise and cloud network deployments.")

1. Using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Cloudflare advertises its owned IP prefixes to the Internet, which includes the IP addresses that you lease.

[Steps 2 through 5 are the same as those of scenario 1 above]

6. The server return traffic, with leased Cloudflare IP addresses as their source IP addresses, cannot be routed to the Internet directly via the various sites’ border routers. This traffic has to be routed back through Cloudflare network to reach the Internet, using [Magic Transit Egress](/magic-transit/reference/egress/) functionality. It can be sent to the Cloudflare network via the same CNIs or IP tunnels that the Ingress traffic traversed, using routing techniques such as policy-based routing (PBR) at your sites.
7. Magic Transit Egress traffic is subject to Magic Firewall filtering before being routed out to the Internet towards the users.

## Scenario 3 - Customer BYOIP for on-premise networks and lease IP address from Cloudflare for cloud network deployments

In this scenario, you can deploy larger on-premise networks and smaller cloud-based networks. You assign your own /24 IP prefixes to the on-premise networks while leasing IPs from Cloudflare for your cloud-based networks.

For illustration purposes, below is an example list of the locations of Internet-facing networks and their respective IP prefixes.

```txt
AWS VPC: 192.0.2.0/28
GCP VPC: 192.0.2.16/28
Azure vNet: 192.0.2.32/28
On-premise data center 1: 198.51.100.0/24
On-premise data center 2: 203.0.113.0/24
```

![Figure 3: Customer BYOIP for on-premise networks and lease IP from Cloudflare for cloud network deployments.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protect-hybrid-cloud-networks-with-cloudflare-magic-transit/figure-3.svg "Figure 3: Customer BYOIP for on-premise networks and lease IP from Cloudflare for cloud network deployments.")

1. Using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Cloudflare advertises both customer-owned and Cloudflare-owned IP prefixes to the Internet.

[Steps 2 through 5 are the same as those of scenario 1 above]

6. The server return traffic from your cloud-based networks is routed back through Cloudflare network to reach the Internet, using Magic Transit Egress functionality. It can be sent to the Cloudflare network via the same CNIs or IP tunnels that the Ingress traffic traversed, using routing techniques such as policy-based routing (PBR) at your physical sites.
7. This Magic Transit Egress traffic is subject to Magic Firewall filtering before being routed out to the Internet towards the users.
8. The server return traffic from on-premises networks to the Internet users are direct server returned (DSR), bypassing the Cloudflare network.

_Note_: Alternatively, customers can choose to also route the on-premise networks’ server return traffic through Cloudflare via policy-based routing and Magic Transit Egress functionality. This adds an additional layer of security and control for the egress traffic with Magic Firewall filtering. For example, it can block traffic destined to questionable IP addresses and sites, prohibited destinations, or countries.

## Related resources

- [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/)
- [Cloudflare DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/)
- [Cloudflare Magic IPsec Device Compatibility Matrix](/magic-wan/reference/device-compatibility/)
- [Cloudflare Magic Transit Leased IP](/magic-transit/cloudflare-ips/)

---

# Protect ISP and telecommunications networks from DDoS attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/

## Introduction

Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecommunications companies (such as T-Mobile or British Telecom) are vulnerable to network DDoS attacks, which are often focused on the end customer - for example, trying to attack a company or remote worker connected to the internet via a broadband internet service provider. Historically to protect these customers, service providers have relied on hosting their own on-premises mitigation systems. This approach necessitates significant investment to effectively combat the constantly evolving attacks, with capacity being finite in the face of escalating attack sizes.

Cloudflare is well known for its DDoS mitigation services protecting public websites and APIs, and the same technologies can also be used to protect entire networks. At Cloudflare, we have [witnessed a surge in hyper-volumetric](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-mitigates-record-breaking-71-million-request-per-second-ddos-attack) and highly sophisticated attacks, as highlighted in our quarterly [DDoS attack reports](https://radar.cloudflare.com/reports/ddos/). These attacks, due to their sheer volume, can overwhelm and outmanoeuvre on-premises DDoS mitigation systems. As a result, these on-premises mitigation systems require constant maintenance and upgrades to keep up with larger attacks, leading to ongoing investments and, with the unpredictable attack size, open-ended costs.

[Cloudflare Magic Transit](/magic-transit/) offers cloud-based network DDoS mitigation as a service. Service providers are using [Cloudflare Magic Transit on-demand](/magic-transit/on-demand/), either as a supplementary solution or as a replacement for their existing setup, to safeguard their network infrastructure against this evolving threat.

## Protecting service provider networks from attack

There are two main steps to deploying this solution. Firstly, setting up Cloudflare to [monitor](https://blog.cloudflare.com/flow-based-monitoring-for-magic-transit) and detect DDoS attacks on the network. Then, when a DDoS event is observed, reroute traffic through Cloudflare where DDoS mitigation takes place.

![Figure 1: Overall solution of user access controls to, and the discovery of, sensitive data.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos-fig1.svg)

The first step is to gain visibility into the attacks taking place against the service provider network. The above diagram shows:

1. Cloudflare is made aware of the networks to be protected. Service providers identify the prefixes (i.e. 203.0.113.0/24) they wish to protect and initiate a one-off task to onboard these prefixes onto the Cloudflare Magic Transit service; this step is a prerequisite and doesn’t affect the actual network traffic flow. Cloudflare recommends onboarding more specific prefixes compared to those the service providers advertise to the Internet. As in this example, if 203.0.113.0/24 is the protected prefix that is onboarded to Cloudflare, then the less specific 203.0.112.0/23 that encompasses both 112.0/24 and 113.0/24 prefixes, can be advertised to your upstream ISP.
2. Service provider network devices send all traffic flow data (Netflow, IPFIX or sFlow) to the [Cloudflare Magic Network Monitoring](/magic-network-monitoring/) service. Cloudflare analyses this flow data to detect DDoS attacks.
3. Cloudflare recommends, when possible, to connect to the Cloudflare network by setting up redundant [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI) at our [Interconnection facilities](https://www.peeringdb.com/net/4224), this allows adherence to the 1500 Bytes maximum transmission unit (MTU) for routed user traffic. Alternatively you can connect to the Cloudflare network using [Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels](/magic-transit/reference/tunnels/) over the Internet.
4. In peacetime, traffic flows as usual between the ISP network and their upstream transit and peer networks, bypassing the Cloudflare network.

![Figure 1: Overall solution of user access controls to, and the discovery of, sensitive data.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos-fig2.svg)

The above diagram shows how Cloudflare monitors service provider traffic and, upon detecting a possible volumetric DDoS attack, automatically advertises the most specific protected prefix from the Cloudflare global network to the Internet. This ensures that all traffic to this protected prefix is rerouted through the Cloudflare network, where malicious traffic is mitigated.

1. Upon detecting a possible volumetric DDoS attack, Cloudflare automatically generates an alert. Service providers can receive the alert notifications via email and/or webhook. Additionally, the alert can trigger [automatic prefix announcement](/magic-network-monitoring/magic-transit-integration/#activate-ip-auto-advertisement) from the Cloudflare network to the Internet, as per the Magic Transit configuration by the service provider.
2. Cloudflare advertises the protected prefix from all Cloudflare points-of-presence. Since Cloudflare advertises a more specific prefix, only the traffic destined for the attacked prefix is rerouted through the Cloudflare network.
3. Cloudflare's network mitigates the attack traffic while letting legitimate traffic through to the service provider network. Service providers receive the original packets with an MTU of 1500 Bytes when using [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/network-interconnect/) (CNI).
4. Outbound traffic of the protected prefix, as well as the traffic of other prefixes, remains unaffected and continues to be routed to the Internet via the service provider's upstream links.
5. Private peering with trusted networks is unaffected and traffic from these content providers (such as Facebook, Netflix, YouTube) will not be rerouted via Cloudflare.

## Related resources

- [Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Cloudflare Network Interconnect](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)
- [Flow-based monitoring for Magic Transit](https://blog.cloudflare.com/flow-based-monitoring-for-magic-transit)

---

# Extend ZTNA with external authorization and serverless computing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/augment-access-with-serverless/

import { RelatedProduct, LinkCard} from "~/components";

## Introduction

Companies using Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) services build policies to determine if a user can access a protected resource such as a privately hosted Wiki server or source code repository. Policies typically use group membership, authentication methods, device security posture to determine which users can access which resources. 

Secure access requires a range of attributes being available to the policy engine for evaluation. With Cloudflare's ZTNA service, [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/), it is possible to include in the policy an external request to another API that provides part of the data required for the access decision. 

For example, you might have a policy which states all members of the group "Engineers", who have authenticated with credentials that required a hard token, can have access to the self-hosted source code repository. But you also want to only allow engineers who have completed security training. That data might be available in another system, so Cloudflare allows you to, as part of the policy check, make a call using [Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/) to the training system to determine if this user has passed security training.

Additionally, once authentication and the policy checks are successful Cloudflare passes traffic to the protected origin. It is important to note that the origin should, too, verify that the incoming requests are authenticated by Cloudflare in order to avoid any illegitimate access. Cloudflare inserts a JWT token in the traffic destined to the origin to prove cryptographically that the request was successfully authenticated, and the origin can use this data as part of its authorization logic.

To help integrate these types of use cases, Cloudflare has an [entire development platform](/workers/) on which you can design and run your own business logic. This means you spend less time trying to piece a solution together and more time getting the integration done.

This document outlines how to combine both solutions to enhance Cloudflare Access capabilities in terms of [authorization and authentication](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-access-control/).

## Showcased products

<RelatedProduct header="Workers" href="/workers/" product="workers">
    Build serverless applications and deploy instantly across the globe for exceptional performance, reliability, and scale.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Access" href="/cloudflare-one/" product="cloudflare-one">
    Cloudflare Zero Trust replaces legacy security perimeters with Cloudflare's global network, making the Internet faster and safer for teams around the world
</RelatedProduct>

## Use-cases

- **Custom authorization logic**: Access External evaluation using Workers as a backend (for example, using your own implementation of [Open Policy Agent aka OPA](https://www.openpolicyagent.org/integrations/cloudflare-worker/)])
- **Augmented [JSON Web Token (JWT)](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/)**: Using Cloudflare's own authentication JWT material, for example, adding posture details as part of an incoming request.
- **Serverless augmented apps protected with Zero-trust**: Allowing anyone building serverless applications to benefit from native ZTNA features



![Figure 1: Showing a request to a private resource and where  Access can be customized for AuthZ and AuthN](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/augment-access-with-serverless/diagram1.svg "Figure 1: Showing a request to a private resource and where  Access can be customized for AuthZ and AuthN")

## Getting started

The following outlines how organizations can run their own custom business logic, allowing them to tailor authentication and authorization processes to meet almost any requirement. Each use case below refers to a step in the above diagram.

### 1. Custom authorization process using your own rules

During policy evaluation, the [external evaluation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/) rule allows for executing your own code during access policy evaluation. In this example an API exposed by Cloudflare Workers receives data about the user making the request, the important part being their username.

The code typically makes calls to either a [database](/d1/) or another API to evaluate if the passed username has access to the application. The external evaluation rule requires that the call returns either a True or False, and this is combined with the policy to determine access.

<LinkCard
    title="Learn more"
    description="External authorization with Clouflare's external evaluation functionality"
    href="/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/"
/>

### 2. Analyze and validate the authentication material (JWT)

When a user successfully authenticates and is authorized to access a protected application, Cloudflare inserts a [JSON Web Token (JWT)](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) into the HTTP traffic sent to the origin. This token serves as a valuable asset for expanding custom business logic through secure processing. The format for that JWT is deterministic and rather lightweight to avoid overloading the requests towards origin unnecessarily. 

Here is an example of a JWT sent to an origin (use [JWT.io](http://jwt.io) to read the contents of a JWT)


```json title="JWT content"
{
  "aud": [
    "264063895705477af73bfbaed1bf401981f4812eefcdb9fea33f5e10e666e282"
  ],
  "email": "john.doe@cloudflare.com",
  "exp": 1728551137,
  "iat": 1728464737,
  "nbf": 1728464737,
  "iss": "https://myorg.cloudflareaccess.com",
  "type": "app",
  "identity_nonce": "IA0hPRvwILtbUXSQ",
  "sub": "ce40d564-c72f-475f-a9b8-f395f19ad986",
  "device_id": "8469d7c4-83a9-11ee-b559-76e6e80876db",
  "country": "FR"
}
```

Cloudflare exposes a specific [endpoint](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#_top) to allow anyone to validate and expand a Cloudflare signed JWT.

Cloudflare's Workers are a great candidate for interacting with incoming JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), enabling additional processing directly within the serverless platform without introducing any added latency.


<LinkCard
    title="Learn more"
    description="How to validate and visualize Cloudflare Access JWTs"
    href="/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/application-token/#user-identity"
/>

### 3. Augment the authentication material (JWT) with extra authentication details

In some situations, it is beneficial to elaborate on this JWT in order to execute additional processing on the protected destination application (for example, adding device [posture details](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) as part of an incoming request).

In the following example, we want to make sure the exposed application is aware of the  status of the device's firewall and disk encryption (Note that the WARP client needs to be installed on the client machine for these signals to be collected).

![Figure 2: Modified origin request including posture details](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/augment-access-with-serverless/diagram2.svg "Figure 2: Modified origin request including posture details")

When a JSON Web Token (JWT) is expanded, the details of the attached authentication event become visible. This expansion reveals much more information than what is provided by default within the JWT itself, an example is below.

```json title="Expanded JWT"
{
  "id": "P51Tuu01fWHMBjIBvrCK1lK-eUDWs2aQMv03WDqT5oY",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "john.doe@cloudflare.com",
  "amr": [
    "pwd"
  ],
  "oidc_fields": {
    "principalName": "john.doe_cloudflare.com#EXT#@XXXXXXcloudflare.onmicrosoft.com"
  },
  "groups": [
    {
      "id": "fdaedb59-e9be-4ab7-8001-3e069da54185",
      "name": "Security Team"
    }
  ],
  "idp": {
    "id": "b9f4d68e-dac1-48b0-b728-ae05a5f0d4b2",
    "type": "azureAD"
  },
  "geo": {
    "country": "FR"
  },
  "user_uuid": "ce40d564-c72f-475f-a9b8-f395f19ad986",
  "account_id": "121287a0c6e6260ec930655e6b39a3a8",
  "iat": 1724056537,
  "devicePosture": {
    "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8": {
      "id": "f6f9391e-6776-4878-9c60-0cc807dc7dc8",
      "schedule": "5m",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z",
      "description": "",
      "type": "disk_encryption",
      "check": {
        "drives": {
          "C": {
            "encrypted": true
          }
        }
      },
      "success": false,
      "rule_name": "Disk Encryption - Windows",
      "input": {
        "requireAll": true,
        "checkDisks": []
    },
    "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186": {
      "id": "a0a8e83d-be75-4aa6-bfa0-5791da6e9186",
      "schedule": "5m",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-19T08:31:59.274Z",
      "description": "",
      "type": "firewall",
      "check": {
        "firewall": false
      },
      "success": false,
      "rule_name": "Local Firewall Check - Windows",
      "input": {
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
    ...
  }
```

Using the details in the JWT, you can use a Worker to extract the details of the device posture and then reinsert them into HTTP headers which the application uses for its own authorization logic. Below is a guided tutorial explaining how this request modification can be performed with Cloudflare Developer platform.

<LinkCard
    title="Tutorial"
    description="How to augment Cloudflare Access JWT with Cloudflare's Workers"
    href="/cloudflare-one/tutorials/extend-sso-with-workers"
/>

## Related Resources

- [External Evaluation rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/)
- [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [External Evaluation rules Developer Documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/external-evaluation/)
- [External Evaluation blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/access-external-validation-rules/)

---

# Deploy self-hosted VoIP services for hybrid users

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Introduction

Traditional VPN solutions create several problems for VoIP deployments, primarily due to their inefficiencies in handling real-time traffic protocols such as [SIP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol) and [RTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_Transport_Protocol). Legacy VPN deployments introduce high latency and jitter, which negatively impact voice call quality. Additionally, they often struggle with [NAT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation) traversal, leading to connection issues for VoIP calls.

Cloudflare improves over traditional VPN solutions by leveraging its [global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) of data centers in over 300 cities to significantly reduce latency for remote users. When using our device agent, remote users are automatically connected to the nearest Cloudflare data center, thus reducing latency. 

This document explains how to architect access to a self-hosted VoIP service using Cloudflare. Note the solution below uses our [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/), a small piece of software deployed on a server in the same subnet as the VoIP servers and creates bi-directional traffic flow through Cloudflare to users.

## Bi-directional VoIP traffic flow

![Figure 1: Cloudflare facilitates secure connectivity from user devices to the network where the SIP server is running.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Cloudflare facilitates secure connectivity from user devices to the network where the SIP server is running.")

The diagram above shows the WARP Connector and our device agent deployed to establish highly performant, reliable connectivity for private VoIP services. Note that Cloudflare will assign remote users an address from the <GlossaryTooltip term="CGNAT IP">CGNAT range</GlossaryTooltip>, which is used for the private network created between device agents. The WARP Connector ensures secure, bidirectional communication between remote users and the on-premise SIP server, without exposing the server to the public Internet. This shields the VoIP infrastructure from potential attacks while maintaining a seamless, encrypted connection for real-time communications.

1. VoIP server resides on a private network with no public IP.
2. WARP Connector creates a secure tunnel to Cloudflare and is configured as a virtual router in the private network.
3. Allow traffic from Cloudflare to reach the VoIP server, but also allow private network initiated traffic, such as an outbound VoIP call from the server, to route over the Cloudflare tunnel. In the above diagram, we add a static route on the default gateway of `100.96.0.0/12` (the WARP CGNAT range) via `10.0.50.10` (the WARP Connector virtual router).
4. Traffic passes through our [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) (SWG), which applies network level firewall rules to both inbound and outbound traffic.
5. A device agent is installed on remote user devices. The agent establishes a secure tunnel to Cloudflare, which allows VoIP software to both receive and make calls.

## Call flow examples

VoIP software running on the remote user's device registers with the VoIP server using SIP. The Cloudflare device agent will be assigned an address from the CGNAT IP range, `100.96.0.0/12`. As routing has been established to Cloudflare for `100.96.0.0/12` and to the on-premise network of `10.0.50.0/24`, call flows will work as normal – both direct and indirect media are supported.

### Remote user calling another remote user

When calls are made from user to user, some traffic flows from user devices through Cloudflare to the on-premise server, while other traffic flows through Cloudflare directly to the other user. Note that the device agent is creating a secure tunnel through which the CGNAT addresses are routed. Both users in this flow have registered their SIP clients with the server.

![Figure 2: For remote user to remote user, not all traffic flows over the WARP Connector to the SIP server.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/figure2.svg "Figure 2: For remote user to remote user, not all traffic flows over the WARP Connector to the SIP server.")

The above diagram shows the high level signaling and media paths.

1. Alice registers directly with the SIP server (`10.0.50.60`) with a Cloudflare assigned CGNAT IP of `100.96.0.12`.
2. Bob also registers directly with the SIP server (`10.0.50.60`) with their CGNAT IP of `100.96.0.13`.
3. When Alice calls Bob, the SIP server will send a SIP INVITE message to Bob at `100.96.0.13`.
4. The default gateway for the SIP server is `10.50.0.1`, but we have defined a static route such that for destination `100.96.0.0/12`, the next hop is the WARP Connector interface (`10.0.50.10`).
5. The SIP INVITE message will be routed across the WARP Connector to the Cloudflare network and then received by Bob.
6. Bob accepts and the SIP server will send SIP/SDP messages to both Alice and Bob specifying which parameters to use for the RTP (audio) data.
7. For Direct Media paths where the SIP server is not in the audio path and the RTP streams are directly between Alice and Bob, ensure that [WARP-to-WARP connectivity](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-to-warp/#enable-warp-to-warp) has been enabled in Cloudflare. Audio streams in the Direct Media use case will not need to route over the WARP Connector.

### Remote user to on-premise user

Calls between remote and on-premise users are very similar, but RTP audio will be sent over the WARP Connector in addition to the SIP signaling.

![Figure 3: Remote user to on-premise user has all traffic routed via Cloudflare to SIP server and client.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/figure3.svg "Figure 3: Remote user to on-premise user has all traffic routed via Cloudflare to SIP server and client.")

The high-level signaling and media paths are shown below:

![Figure 4: Both signaling and media (audio, video etc) travel via secured tunnels from remote devices to on-premise clients.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/deploying-self-hosted-voip-services-for-hybrid-users/figure4.svg "Figure 4: Both signaling and media (audio, video etc) travel via secured tunnels from remote devices to on-premise clients.")

1. Alice registers directly with the SIP server (`10.0.50.60`) with her CGNAT IP of `100.96.0.12`.
2. Bob also registers directly with the SIP server (`10.0.50.60`) with their LAN IP of `10.0.50.101`.
3. When Alice calls Bob, the SIP server will send a SIP INVITE message to Bob at `10.0.50.101`.
4. The default gateway for the SIP server is `10.50.0.1`, but we have defined a static route such that for destination `100.96.0.0/12`, the next hop is the WARP Connector interface (`10.0.50.10`).
5. The SIP INVITE message will be sent on the local network to Bob.
6. Bob accepts and the SIP server will send SIP/SDP messages to both Alice and Bob specifying which parameters to use for the RTP (audio) data.
7. Bob will send audio to Alice at `100.96.0.12`, which will be routed across the WARP Connector to Cloudflare, and Alice will send audio to Bob at `10.0.50.101`, which will be sent from Cloudflare across the WARP Connector to the on-premise local network.

## Summary

With Cloudflare's WARP Connector, remote users communicating with other remote users or on-premise users via on-premise SIP servers will have a seamless and secure experience for both ends. Key benefits include:

1. **Bidirectional connectivity**: WARP Connector supports bidirectional traffic, which is crucial for remote users communicating with on-premise users. Both signaling and media traffic (SIP/RTP) flow securely between the two, regardless of where the user is physically located. This is done via Cloudflare's global network, using an encrypted tunnel, ensuring data integrity and encryption​.

2. **Private communication over CGNAT**: The WARP Connector assigns Carrier-Grade NAT (CGNAT) IPs to devices, which allows remote users to securely communicate with on-premise users over private networks. This ensures that communication remains isolated from the public Internet, enhancing security. The CGNAT functionality means that remote and on-premise users can communicate as though they are on the same network​.

3. **No NAT traversal issues**: NAT traversal often poses a challenge in VoIP scenarios, but because WARP Connector preserves source IP addresses and handles bidirectional traffic without additional NAT boundaries, remote and on-premise users can communicate without issues typically caused by firewalls or NAT devices, improving the overall call setup and quality​.

## Related resources

- [Set up WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/)
- [Enable WARP-to-WARP connectivity](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-to-warp/#enable-warp-to-warp)
- [About Cloudflare WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/)

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# DNS filtering solution for Internet service providers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/gateway-dns-for-isp/

## Introduction

Internet service providers are constantly exploring new revenue opportunities to expand their business, and many are now turning to security as a value-added service alongside their connectivity offerings. Traditionally, integrating security with connectivity posed significant challenges due to the reliance on legacy solutions that required costly on-premises hardware. This makes it difficult to deploy and manage and introduces post-deployment struggles with scalability and availability.

Today these limitations can be addressed through cloud-based solutions like [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our Secure Web Gateway service. Cloudflare Gateway's DNS filtering capabilities allow service providers to offer enhanced security as a value-added service for residential and mobile subscribers or B2B clients. With easy-to-create policies backed by Cloudflare's [extensive threat intelligence](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/security/), service providers can effectively safeguard their customers from accessing potentially [harmful domains](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories).

Moreover, Cloudflare Gateway eliminates concerns around availability, performance, and scalability, as it is built on [Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver](/1.1.1.1/), one of the [fastest](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-providers) and most widely-used DNS resolvers in the world.

Furthermore, this solution opens up opportunities for developing additional services beyond security, such as parental controls or tailored filtering profiles for B2B clients.

## Solution

Providing DNS security to the service providers' end customers with Cloudflare is straightforward. Service providers simply forward their public DNS requests to their Cloudflare tenant, and Cloudflare will filter DNS queries in accordance with the configured DNS filtering policies.

![Figure 1: The service provider subscribers send DNS queries to the service provider DNS server, which will forward them to Cloudflare Gateway to apply DNS filtering policies.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-dns-for-isp/gateway-dns-for-isp-image-01.svg)

Cloudflare Gateway, like all Cloudflare services, utilizes [anycast technology](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/), ensuring that all service provider DNS queries are directed to the nearest Cloudflare point of presence.

To distinguish queries originating from the service provider from those coming from other customers, admins configure a [location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) in their Cloudflare tenant dashboard. When a DNS location is created, Gateway assigns IPv4/IPv6 addresses and DoT/DoH hostnames for that location. These assigned IP addresses and hostnames are then used by the service provider to send DNS queries for resolution. In turn, the service provider configures the location object with the public IP addresses of their on-premises DNS servers, allowing Cloudflare to accurately associate queries with the corresponding location.

:::note[On Locations]
If stable and defined source IPv4 addresses cannot be assigned to the on-premises DNS servers, service providers can instead use unique destination location endpoints. Each location is assigned a distinct [DoT](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-over-tls) and [DoH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-over-https) hostname, as well as a unique [destination IPv6 address](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#ipv6-address). Additionally, Cloudflare can provide unique [destination IPv4 addresses upon request](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-resolver-ip).
:::

DNS filtering is then enforced through DNS policies set up by the service provider to detect domains linked to [security risks](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories). Cloudflare continuously updates the list of risky domains using [its extensive threat intelligence](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/security/). When a DNS query matches a flagged domain, the corresponding action specified in the DNS policy is executed. This action can be a '[Block](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#block),' where Gateway responds with `0.0.0.0` for IPv4 queries or `::` for IPv6 queries, or displays a [custom block page hosted by Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/). Alternatively, an `[Override](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#override)` action can redirect the DNS query to a block page hosted by the service provider.

![Figure 2: A DNS policy to prevent users from navigating to malicious domains. The action is to override and redirect the DNS query to a block page hosted by the service provider.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-dns-for-isp/gateway-dns-for-isp-image-02.svg)

To achieve more precise control over which domains are allowed or blocked, the service provider can configure additional Allowed Domain and Blocked Domains policies. By setting these policies with [lower precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence) than the Security Risks policy, the service provider can override the Security Risks policy for specific domains.

To streamline the management of allowed and blocked domains, use [lists](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/). Lists are easily updated through the dashboard or via [APIs](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/update/), making policy adjustments more efficient.

![Figure 3: DNS policies are applied according to their order of precedence. In this example, the 'Allow List Policy' and 'Block List Policy' will be considered before the 'Security List' policy.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-dns-for-isp/gateway-dns-for-isp-image-03.svg)

Additionally, all DNS queries forwarded to Cloudflare Gateway are logged and can be exported to external systems using [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

:::note[Miscategorization of domains]
In cases of a miscategorization of domains, raise a [categorization change request](/security-center/investigate/change-categorization/#change-categorization-via-the-cloudflare-dashboard) directly from the Cloudflare dashboard.
:::

## Additional offerings based on DNS filtering capabilities

Service providers can enhance their offerings by using Cloudflare Gateway DNS policies to deliver additional value-added services alongside the base DNS security service. By using the same solution, service providers can develop customized content category filtering services. These services can be easily constructed using Cloudflare's built-in [content categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#content-categories) and [application types](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/), as well as the service provider's own custom allow and block lists.

Some potential applications include:

- **Parental Control Services**: This service can block categories such as adult themes, child abuse, violence, and questionable content to ensure a safer online environment for children.
- **Educational Services**: Designed for schools and educational organizations, this service can extend beyond parental controls by blocking additional categories like CIPA, gambling, and entertainment, thereby promoting a focused learning atmosphere.
- **Enterprise Services**: This offering allows businesses to easily restrict access to non-work-related domains, including categories such as entertainment, social networking, gambling, shopping & auctions, society & lifestyle, and sports.

To differentiate these additional services from the core DNS security offering, the service provider would create additional DNS locations, one for each service. Cloudflare would be able to distinguish DNS queries for these services if the service provider sends them to one of the unique identifiers of a location. Each location has a unique [DoH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-over-https) and [DoT](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-over-tls) hostname and a unique [destination IPv6 address](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#ipv6-address). Cloudflare can also provision [dedicated destination IPv4 addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-resolver-ip) per location.

## Related resources

- [Cloudflare Gateway DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/)
- [Cloudflare Blog: Using the power of Cloudflare's global network to detect malicious domains using machine learning](https://blog.cloudflare.com/threat-detection-machine-learning-models/)
- [Protect ISP and telecommunications networks from DDoS attacks](/reference-architecture/diagrams/network/protecting-sp-networks-from-ddos/)

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# Protective DNS for governments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/gateway-for-protective-dns/

## Introduction

Protective DNS services are security services that analyze DNS queries and block access to malicious websites and other harmful online content. As technology becomes increasingly vital for public sector operations, government departments are looking to adopt these cybersecurity services to bolster incident detection and response, and to build more resilient enterprise networks. Traditionally, deploying this type of solution posed significant challenges due to the reliance on legacy systems that required costly on-premises hardware. This makes it difficult to deploy and manage, and introduces post-deployment struggles with scalability and availability.

Today, these limitations can be addressed through cloud-based solutions like [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), our Secure Web Gateway service. Cloudflare Gateway's DNS filtering capabilities allow administrators to offer enhanced security. With easy-to-create policies backed by Cloudflare's [extensive threat intelligence](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/security/), government agencies can effectively safeguard their end users from accessing potentially [harmful domains](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories). Additionally, agencies can further strengthen these defenses by [integrating their own threat intelligence data](https://developers.cloudflare.com/security-center/indicator-feeds/) into the policies.

Finally, Cloudflare Gateway eliminates concerns around availability, performance, and scalability, as it is built on [Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 public DNS resolver](/1.1.1.1/), one of the [fastest](https://www.dnsperf.com/#!dns-providers) and most widely used DNS resolvers in the world.

## Solution

Cloudflare provides flexible DNS deployment models, delivering robust protection for every user, regardless of location. The service supports both office-based and remote users, offering the adaptability needed to address diverse operational requirements.

### Office or site based users

IT administrators forward public DNS requests to Cloudflare where they are filtered and logged in accordance with the configured DNS filtering policies. DNS forwarders can either be the agency's private DNS infrastructure or networking appliances, such as routers deployed at remote sites and configured as local DNS servers.

![Figure 1: DNS requests can be forwarded to Cloudflare via a variety of different methods.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-01.svg "Figure 1: DNS requests can be forwarded to Cloudflare via a variety of different methods.")

To distinguish queries originating from the government departments and agencies they are responsible for, admins configure a location in the Cloudflare dashboard. When a DNS location is created, Gateway assigns IPv4/IPv6 addresses and DNS over TLS/HTTPS (DoT/DoH) hostnames for that location. These IP addresses and hostnames are then used by the admins to send DNS queries for resolution. In turn, the administrator configures the location object with the public IP addresses of their on-premises DNS servers, allowing Cloudflare to accurately associate queries with the corresponding location.

DNS filtering is then enforced through policies set up by the administrator to detect domains linked to [security risks](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories). Cloudflare continuously updates the list of high risk domains using [its extensive threat intelligence](https://www.cloudflare.com/security/). When a DNS query matches a flagged domain, the corresponding action specified in the DNS policy is executed. This action can be a '[Block](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#block),' where Gateway responds with `0.0.0.0` for IPv4 queries or `::` for IPv6 queries, or displays a [custom block page hosted by Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/). Alternatively, an [Override](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#override) action can redirect the DNS query to a block page hosted by the government agency.

Cloudflare's own threat intelligence can be seamlessly integrated with threat intelligence data provided by the agency or third-party sources. In this setup, the agency or the third-party entity acts as a [threat feed provider](/security-center/indicator-feeds/) to Cloudflare. This enables IT admins to create DNS policies that combine Cloudflare's security risk categories with the data sourced by the agency, for a unified and enhanced security posture (see diagram below). Additionally, [publicly available custom indicator feeds](/security-center/indicator-feeds/#publicly-available-feeds) can be accessed by eligible public and private sector organizations without the need to establish a provider relationship, further expanding security capabilities.

![Figure 2: Example DNS policy showing the use of a custom threat intel feed.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-02.svg "Figure 2: Example DNS policy showing the use of a custom threat intel feed.")

### Remote users

For users not connected to an agency network, you can redirect DNS requests to Cloudflare by using the DNS over HTTPS ([DoH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/)) hostname provided by a [location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/). This requires [configuration on each device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/#filter-doh-requests-by-location), which can be done using existing management solutions. This approach can be enhanced by incorporating [a user-specific authentication token](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/#filter-doh-requests-by-user). These tokens enable Cloudflare to attribute DNS queries to individual users, providing granular visibility and facilitating the application of user-specific policies.

For more advanced identity-based DNS policies, Cloudflare's device agent can be deployed. In this setup, users authenticate to the device agent via [an identity provider integrated with Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/). The agent is then configured in [Gateway with DoH mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-doh), ensuring that all public DNS queries from the device are forwarded to Cloudflare. These queries include the user identity from the device, enabling identity-based policy enforcement.

![Figure 3: Showing how remote users can also redirect DNS requests for protection via Cloudflare.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-03.svg "Figure 3: Showing how remote users can also redirect DNS requests for protection via Cloudflare.")

The following policy shows how group information from the Identity provider can be used to apply specific protective DNS policies.

![Figure 4: An example of a DNS policy for users with the device agent. The policy uses group information from the identity provider so that it applies to a specific audience of users.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-04.svg "Figure 4: An example of a DNS policy for users with the device agent. The policy uses group information from the identity provider so that it applies to a specific audience of users.")

The device agent is compatible with the [leading desktop and mobile operating systems](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/), making it a solution for both managed and unmanaged devices. This versatility enables DNS security services to be extended, for example, to personal devices of high-risk individuals, ensuring a consistent level of protection regardless of location or device. For managed IT devices, our agent supports [managed deployments tools](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/), for ease of deployment and upgrades.

### Additional controls

To achieve more precise control over which domains are allowed or blocked, the administrator can configure additional Allowed Domain and Blocked Domain policies. By setting these policies with [lower precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence) than the Security Risks policy, the agency can override the Security Risks policy for specific domains.

To streamline the management of allowed and blocked domains, use [lists](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/). Lists are easily updated through the dashboard or via [APIs](/api/operations/zero-trust-lists-update-zero-trust-list), making policy adjustments more efficient.

![Figure 5: Show how lists can be used to provide custom hostname lists in the policy.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-05.svg "Figure 5: Show how lists can be used to provide custom hostname lists in the policy.")

### Visibility

One of the key advantages of adopting Cloudflare Gateway as a protective DNS service is the enhanced visibility it provides IT administrators into existing and emerging threats impacting governmental departments and agencies. All DNS queries sent to Cloudflare Gateway are logged, and when an identity is associated with a query, it is mapped to the corresponding user in the logs.

:::note[Note]

The ability to view personally identifiable information (PII) in Cloudflare Gateway logs is a [role-based permission](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/#cloudflare-zero-trust-pii) that can be selectively assigned to IT administrators.

:::

These logs are accessible directly through [Cloudflare's dashboard](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/) or can be exported to external systems for further analysis via [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/). Cloudflare also offers robust analytics capabilities, empowering IT administrators to detect trends and identify indicators of compromise. A built-in analytics dashboard is available in [Cloudflare's dashboard](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/gateway/), and custom dashboards can be created using any GraphQL-compatible tool using [Cloudflare's GraphQL API](/analytics/graphql-api/).

## Additional capabilities

Cloudflare Gateway offers a comprehensive suite of services that go beyond protective DNS, functioning as a full-featured [Secure Web Gateway](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-a-secure-web-gateway/). It supports HTTP inspection, providing deeper visibility into user traffic, and expands the scope of threat protection and data security capabilities available to users.

When inspecting HTTP traffic, Cloudflare prevents interference by decrypting, inspecting, and re-encrypting HTTPS requests in our data centers. Cloudflare Gateway only stores eligible cache content at rest and all cache disks are encrypted at rest. Furthermore, it is also possible to configure the geographical region of the servers where TLS decryption takes place with [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/) in the Cloudflare [Data Localization Suite](/data-localization/) (DLS) and organizations have the ability to choose between adding a Cloudflare certificate on devices or [using their own certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) (BYOPKI) for user traffic decryption and inspection.

### Threat protection

When Cloudflare Gateway is performing HTTP inspection, it extends protection beyond DNS security by enabling additional capabilities to safeguard users as they browse the Internet:
- **Anti-virus scanning (AV):** Users are protected when downloading or uploading files to or from the Internet. [Files are scanned](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/) in real time to detect malicious content.
- **Sandboxing:** For files not previously seen, Cloudflare Gateway can [quarantine them in a secure sandbox environment for analysis](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/file-sandboxing/). In this sandbox, Cloudflare monitors the file's actions and compares them against known malware patterns. Files are only released to users if no malicious content is detected.
- **Remote Browser Isolation (RBI):** [Isolation policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) can be configured to safeguard users when accessing potentially risky websites. For example, [if a user attempts to visit a newly seen domain that triggers an isolation policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/), the website's active content is executed in a secure, isolated browser hosted in the nearest Cloudflare data center. This ensures that zero-day attacks and malware are mitigated before they can impact the user. This remote browsing experience is seamless and transparent, allowing users to continue using their preferred browsers and workflows. Every browser tab and window is automatically isolated, and sessions are deleted when closed.

### Data protection

In addition to threat protection, Cloudflare Gateway enables the implementation of robust data protection policies during HTTP inspection, including:
- **File upload controls:** Administrators can enforce policies that monitor and [restrict file uploads](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#download-and-upload-file-types) to the Internet, preventing the inadvertent sharing of sensitive data.
- **Data Loss Prevention (DLP):** [DLP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) can be deployed to identify and block unauthorized sharing of confidential or classified information. For more details, see [securing data in transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/).
- **Remote Browser Isolation (RBI):** Beyond threat protection, [isolation policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) can enforce [user action restrictions](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings), such as disabling copy/paste functionality or keyboard inputs, to safeguard sensitive information. For additional information, refer to [securing data in use](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-use/).

## Adopting Cloudflare Gateway as Secure Web Gateway

Expanding Cloudflare Gateway from a protective DNS service to a full-featured Secure Web Gateway is a straightforward process. Using Cloudflare's dashboard, IT administrators would configure [HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) in addition to existing DNS policies. These HTTP policies would enable the additional protections, namely, Antivirus Scanning, Sandboxing, Remote Browser Isolation (RBI), and Data Loss Prevention (DLP).

From the user's perspective, remote Workers would continue using the same device agent. To leverage these enhanced protections, they simply need to switch the device agent mode to [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default). This mode can also be enforced when using device management to deploy the agent.

For office and site-based users, a network appliance can be configured to establish an [IPsec or GRE tunnel to Cloudflare](/magic-wan/). This setup routes all Internet-bound traffic through Cloudflare Gateway, ensuring that security policies are applied before the traffic exits to the internet. Alternatively, [Proxy Auto-Configuration files (PAC)](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) can be used to forward DNS and HTTP/S traffic towards Cloudflare.

![Figure 6: The different options available to use Cloudflare Gateway as a full-featured Secure Web Gateway.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/gateway-for-protective-dns/gateway-for-protective-dns-image-06.svg "Figure 6: The different options available to use Cloudflare Gateway as a full-featured Secure Web Gateway.")

## Related resources

- [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Using a zero trust framework to secure SaaS applications](/reference-architecture/design-guides/zero-trust-for-saas/)
- [Learning path: Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/)

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# Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Magic WAN Connector deployment options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/magic-wan-connector-deployment/

## Introduction

Cloudflare helps organizations transform their networks by providing secure, high-performance connectivity for on-premises networks, virtual cloud networks and access to SaaS applications. As applications migrate to the cloud, [Cloudflare's SASE](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/) platform enables businesses to replace traditional on-premise solutions, ensuring secure access, low latency, and automated scalability across distributed environments. This approach reduces reliance on legacy hardware, simplifies IT management, and improves user experience for cloud-based services.

Magic WAN Connector is a physical, or virtual (deployed as a VM on a hypervisor) device which, using [Zero Touch Provisioning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-touch_provisioning), automatically on-ramps traffic for a local network to Cloudflare, and replaces existing, difficult to manage edge hardware.

Every organization and network is different, and as such there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to how a Magic WAN Connector can be deployed. Therefore, the purpose of this document is to provide a high-level explanation of the deployment options that would make sense to most environments, while also describing the support of a few advanced use cases.

## Deployment locations

The first decision for a Magic WAN Connector deployment is its location in the network, and this relates to whether the organization wants to keep the existing Customer Premises Equipment (CPE, edge router or firewall at a site), and if so, for what reason. Experience shows that this decision usually leads to three different topologies:

- **Connector replacing the CPE** (Figure 1a): When the link is an Internet connection and the organization does not have any real use of existing equipment since the Connector supports all the required networking features such as DHCP, DNS, NAT, Trunking (801.1Q), IP access lists, breakout traffic, etc. Examples could be:

  - The transition from MPLS to Internet-based connectivity, where the MPLS router probably does not add any value in the deployment.
  - An Internet-facing CPE reaching, or already having exceeded, its end of life.
  - An Internet-facing CPE that is redundant with Magic WAN Connector and can be removed for simplicity's sake.

- **Connector north of the CPE** (Figure 1b): This option might be preferred when the existing CPE is a firewall, and the organization wants to keep it for:

  - Additional LAN protection as a result of a defense-in-depth approach.
  - Advanced segmentation requirements, for example allowing/blocking traffic between segments based on various Layer 3 to Layer 7 rules, since Magic WAN Connector supports segmentation only on layers 3 and 4 of the OSI model.

- **Connector south of the CPE** (Figure 1c): Reasons for installing Magic WAN Connector south of an existing Internet-facing CPE might be:
  - CPE cannot be replaced because it connects to a broadband service with a presentation (for example RJ-11) or protocol (for example PPPoE) that Magic WAN Connector does not support.
  - CPE cannot be replaced because it is part of a fiber service that only works with that specific hardware, such as an ISP-provided ONT (Optical Network Terminal).
  - CPE cannot be replaced (yet) because it is part of an active managed service.
  - CPE cannot be replaced because it is a firewall that the organization wants to keep in place for other reasons (technical or contractual).

![Figure 1: Connector location options: (a) replacing CPE, (b) north of CPE , (c) south of CPE.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure01.svg "Figure 1. Connector location options: (a) replacing CPE, (b) north of CPE , (c) south of CPE")

## High availability

In Wide Area Network (WAN) environments, where remote offices, data centers, and cloud services are interconnected, any downtime can lead to loss of access to critical applications, communication disruptions, and productivity losses. To avoid such downtimes, WAN networks are mostly designed with High Availability (HA) principles in mind. Deploying redundant hardware and uplink circuits, as well as failover mechanisms, ensures that if one component fails, another can immediately take over. This resilience is key to maintaining seamless connectivity, reliability, and service continuity in distributed networks.

### Uplink HA

Magic WAN Connector can use two or more WAN ports for uplinks, and therefore it can connect to multiple different ISPs for circuit resiliency. One option for a basic level of HA is to use a single Magic WAN Connector with two uplinks, while traffic can be load-balanced between them (Figure 2 below). This approach could be used for non-critical branches, small offices, and other similar types of locations, or as an intermediate step towards a full HA deployment.

![Figure 2. Uplink high-availability deployment.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure02.svg "Figure 2. Uplink high-availability deployment.")

### Full HA

In this type of setup, a redundant device is configured to take over in case of a failure in the primary device, allowing seamless traffic failover and ensuring uninterrupted access to applications, data, and services. This approach enhances network resilience, improves service reliability, and helps maintain productivity by reducing the risk of single points of failure.

Figure 3 below illustrates the deployment topology where Magic WAN Connector supports full HA. Using an election process, one device becomes active and the other becomes passive. To achieve this, the two Connectors must connect to a LAN switch on the same Layer 2 domain (like a VLAN) for heartbeat messages to be sent between them. Active/passive means that the active Connector is the only device that propagates traffic at any point in time.

![Figure 3. Full HA with dual Connectors and dual uplinks.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure03.svg "Figure 3. Full HA with dual Connectors and dual uplinks.")

Each Magic WAN Connector connects to the same two ISPs using dual uplinks, and automatically creates one IPsec tunnel per WAN port. This requires each ISP to support multiple ports on their on-site Network Termination Unit (or their CPE, if there is one present). In this HA deployment there are four tunnels in total, two per Connector, while traffic can be load-balanced between the two tunnels on the active device. When either the active Connector, or its IPsec tunnels go down, the other Connector takes over and propagates traffic, holding the active role until it fails (preemption is not used to avoid unnecessary failover delays).

## Advanced use cases

This section describes how the Magic WAN Connector can be deployed to support a few advanced use cases, that is, use cases beyond the typical scenarios where the Connector acts as a simple CPE that on-ramps traffic to Cloudflare for site-to-site, or site-to-Internet, connectivity and protection.

### Protecting local Internet breakout (LIBO)

The main use case for this type of deployment is based on the fact that many organizations today require local Internet breakout to improve the performance of Cloud and SaaS applications, while they probably continue to use their private MPLS connectivity for self-hosted applications, or site-to-site connectivity, until they decide to further modernize their architectures at a later stage. Reasons behind such a decision might be:

- MPLS service is still in contract, but it is planned to be replaced by Internet connectivity everywhere when the term ends
- Self-hosted applications might require low latency with agreed SLAs, so a hybrid MPLS/Internet architecture might be required

![Figure 4. Hybrid MPLS/Internet use case.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure04.svg "Figure 4. Hybrid MPLS/Internet use case.")

This type of hybrid architecture requires the MPLS Customer Edge router (CE) or some other L3 device in the LAN to route traffic via different interfaces depending on the destination. Traffic flows in this scenario as follows:

1. Devices on the local network use the MPLS CE (or some other local L3 device) as their default gateway
2. Private traffic is sent towards the MPLS network. For example, the MPLS CE knows how to route these because it receives RFC1918 ranges via BGP from the MPLS network.
3. Internet traffic from the LAN network is forwarded towards the Magic WAN Connector (MPLS CE/L3 gateway points a static default route towards the Connector)

All traffic towards internal locations and self-hosted applications follows the MPLS path, while traffic to cloud-based and SaaS applications follows the local Internet breakout path, protected by Cloudflare security services.

### Split tunneling

In some deployments, customers might want to protect only specific protocols using Cloudflare security services such as our [secure web gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), while the rest of the traffic routes through the existing edge device (router or firewall). Figure 5 illustrates such a use case.

![Figure 5. 'Split Tunneling' use case.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure05.svg "Figure 5. 'Split Tunneling' use case.")

In this example, the organization wants Cloudflare to protect all Internet web traffic (HTTP/HTTPS), while the rest of the traffic flows out via the existing firewall. The latter could be traffic towards existing VPNs, or non-web traffic exiting the site, but protected by the on-premises firewall. This method could take advantage of local device policy-based routing (PBR) capabilities, for example:

1. Local devices use the on-premises firewall as their default gateway
2. Firewall uses PBR to direct appropriate traffic to the right destination
3. Web traffic (TCP 80/443) is sent towards Cloudflare via the Magic WAN Connector
4. All other traffic exits via the on-premises firewall

As long as PBR capability exists locally, and the ISP provides at least two public IP addresses to the organization, the possibilities of splitting traffic towards the Magic WAN Connector are endless, and really depend on each organization's unique environment and use cases.

### Protecting segments / segmentation

Another advanced group of use cases that Magic WAN Connector can support is local segmentation, and protection of specific local networks. To achieve that, and depending on an organization's current architecture, line of business, security policies, and compliance requirements, Magic WAN Connector can be installed in any location south of the site edge device to provide more granular network security, as illustrated in figure 6 and described in the following paragraphs.

![Figure 6. Segmentation-related use cases.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/magic-wan-connector-deployment/figure06.svg "Figure 6. Segmentation-related use cases.")

In this example, the Magic WAN Connector will create an IPsec tunnel to Cloudflare through the on premises firewall and local Internet connection. Subnet A and B are both connected to the Magic WAN Connector, but have no direct connection with each other. This will enable a couple of use cases:

- **Internet security**: Segment 1 adheres to Cloudflare security policies, bypassing the local firewall policy.
- **Site-to-site connectivity**: Segment 1 can connect to local segments in other locations (or entire sites, for example Site 2), depending on the organization's policy.

The example also shows how Magic WAN Connector can be used to provide two types of local network segmentation:

- **Intra-segment**: Traffic between LAN ports on the same Connector is blocked by default, hence, Subnet A and Subnet B in Segment 1 cannot talk to each other. The administrator would have to explicitly allow this traffic flow by using configuration logic similar to IP access lists. This ability to hairpin local traffic via the Connector's LAN ports, avoids traffic tromboning via the Cloudflare platform (that is, travel out and back in via the Magic WAN tunnel), which could result in those segments losing connectivity to each other in the event of Internet circuit outage. Therefore, this capability allows local nodes that do not necessarily require Internet access to function, for example printers, file servers, network attached storage (NAS) nodes, and various Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to continue being accessible by local hosts in different segments during Internet outages.
- **Inter-segment**: Magic WAN Connector does not allow any inbound traffic on its WAN ports. Therefore, Segments 1 and 2 cannot talk to each other.

To summarize, Magic WAN Connector is a Zero-Touch Provisioning (ZTP) device that organizations can use to connect to Cloudflare and consume advanced security and connectivity services, while keeping operational costs low.

## Related Resources

- [Magic WAN - Cloud-delivered enterprise networking](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/network-services/products/magic-wan/)
- [Announcing the Magic WAN Connector: the easiest on-ramp to your next generation network](https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-wan-connector/)
- [Configuring Magic WAN Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/)

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# Access to private apps without having to deploy client agents

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/

## Introduction

Using Cloudflare to access private resources - such as applications, servers, and networks that are not exposed directly to the internet - usually involves deploying an ([agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/)) to devices and then using a server-side agent ([cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/), [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/)), to connect the private network or application to Cloudflare. This document describes an alternative approach which removes the need to deploy software to the user's device, making it easier for allowing third party access such as contractors and partners.

Typically, to provide access to internal resources, you use Cloudflare Zero Trust Network Access [ZTNA](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-ztna/) which supports two methods for how the user device accesses a private resource.

- A CNAME in public DNS, that resolves to a hostname representing the Cloudflare tunnel which proxies the request to the internal application.

- An IP address exposed by Cloudflare tunnel, that again, proxies traffic direct to that IP address.

## Accessing private applications

Some organizations don't like the idea of public DNS records which reference internal services, even though the ZTNA services provide strong access security, sometimes just the existence of a service name in public DNS is not desired. Exposing IP addresses directly to users is also a bad idea, they are hard to remember, and IP addresses can change. Unlike accessing a web application via a public DNS record through our proxy, applications exposed via private IP addresses also require the user to install an agent on their device to capture and route the traffic to Cloudflare which in turn routes it to the application. Installing this agent can be a challenge with third parties like partners or contractors.

So how do you allow access to private resources, without creating public DNS records and without requiring the user install software on their device? Cloudflare solved this challenge with [Resolver Policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) where internal DNS services can be used. When combined with agentless [Remote Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/), it is possible to create Zero Trust access to private web applications with only a modern web browser. Policies to control access to apps are then written in our Secure Web Gateway (SWG) service as [network firewall](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) policies. This method supports HTTP based applications, although Cloudflare does provide a browser rendering service for SSH and VNC services.

Follow this [tutorial](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/clientless-access-private-dns/) for information on how to configure secure access to private web-based resources without having to deploy client agents.

![Figure 1: Remote Access Internal Hostname](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/diagram1.svg "Figure 1: Remote browser connected to private web service using internal hostname")

1. Users start their access by authenticating to the [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](https://your_team_domain.cloudflareaccess.com/browser) service. Note this is a browser running on Cloudflare’s edge network, therefore all requests will by default be handled by Cloudflare. The contents are rendered back to the users’ browser via secure encrypted vector streams that use HTTPS and WebRTC channels.
2. Once the user has authenticated to the remote browser, they make a request to an internal hostname which is a record in the internal DNS service. e.g. [https://app.company.internal](https://app.company.internal)
3. Cloudflare looks up the internal hostname using [resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/), and gets the private IP address from the internal DNS server. This DNS resolution takes place within the Cloudflare network and requires no DNS client changes on the user's device.
4. Cloudflare evaluates the network firewall policies and verifies if the user has permission to reach the destination addresses.
5. If the request passes the policy, it is sent via secure [QUIC](https://blog.cloudflare.com/getting-cloudflare-tunnels-to-connect-to-the-cloudflare-network-with-quic) tunnels to the Cloudflared connectors which then is reverse proxied to the application servers. All data is transmitted securely through Cloudflare back to the users’ browser via encrypted vector streams.

## Related resources

- [Tutorial: Access a web application via its private hostname without WARP](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/clientless-access-private-dns/)

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# Secure access to SaaS applications with SASE

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/secure-access-to-saas-applications-with-sase/

## Introduction

SaaS applications have become essential tools in today's business operations. While SaaS applications reduce IT and infrastructure burden, they also introduce new security challenges that traditional architectures struggle to address. Many companies today are on the path to implementing a [Zero Trust architecture](https://zerotrustroadmap.org/), which heavily combines identity, device and network information to better secure applications.

However SaaS applications tend to focus their security on their own platform, such as storing data at rest in a secure manner and ensuring their applications are not exposing customer data due to application vulnerabilities. This document is going to cover how to address some of the limitations of SaaS applications by using Cloudflare's Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform. Specifically our Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and Secure Web Gateway (SWG) services, combined with integrations to your existing identity and device security vendors.

## Is SaaS not already secure?

Before discussing the specifics of implementing SASE for SaaS applications, we should consider asking: is SaaS not already secure? Major providers like Salesforce, ServiceNow, Microsoft and more have implemented robust security capabilities, including integrations with identity providers for Single Sign On (SSO), SSL/TLS for all application communication, encryption of data at rest and comprehensive audit logs. Unfortunately, SaaS vendors are not attempting to rebuild entire security platforms in their applications, so they are not able to provide many features required for a modern Zero Trust architecture.

SaaS applications are unable to evaluate the security posture of connecting devices. A compromised laptop with valid credentials appears identical to a securely managed, corporate device. When data is downloaded from the SaaS application, it has no visibility into where it goes or if the device it is being downloaded to is secure. Typically authentication for SaaS applications is externalized by redirecting users to an identity service, therefore the SaaS application has no sense of how the user authenticated and as such all trust is placed in the identity provider.

These security challenges are compounded by poor network access controls — most SaaS applications accept connections from any Internet source, but sometimes they can be limited to only accessing from a specific set of IP addresses that might be associated with one or more physical offices. But these rudimentary network controls are hard to expand for remote users working from home, or partners and contractors who need access.

Cloudflare's SASE platform offers the ability to bring a more Zero Trust orientated approach to securing SaaS applications. Centralized policies, based on device posture, identity attributes and granular network location can be applied across one or many SaaS applications. Cloudflare becomes the new corporate network, and it is possible to gate access to Internet based SaaS applications to those users and devices that are connected to Cloudflare. Essentially it is a new corporate network in the cloud.

## Securing access with Cloudflare

The diagram below shows how Cloudflare sits between your users, devices and networks that require access to any SaaS application. The two main services proving security capabilities are:

- [Zero Trust Network Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). Allows Cloudflare to become an identity proxy, so that you can easily enable authentication with a wide variety of identity providers to a single SaaS application. This service also incorporates the ability to evaluate access based on device posture and network location.
- [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/). Once all traffic to access the SaaS application flows through our gateway, HTTPS connections are terminated at Cloudflare and you have the ability to inspect the data flowing to and from the SaaS application.  This allows you to block sensitive data from being exported to insecure locations.

![Figure 1: Only traffic that has passed the Cloudflare network and relevant policies is authorized to access the SaaS application.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/secure-access-to-saas-applications-with-sase/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Only traffic that has passed the Cloudflare network and relevant policies is authorized to access the SaaS application.")

The above diagram shows the variety of ways in which traffic can on-ramp to Cloudflare, where the ZNTA service ensures authentication and the Secure Web Gateway filters both inbound and outbound traffic to/from the SaaS application.

1. Initial requests to the SaaS application are redirected to Cloudflare as part of SSO flow. ZTNA service authenticates users against existing identity providers.
2. A user, authenticated or not, is denied access to the SaaS application if their traffic is not sourced from Cloudflare.
3. A user on a non-managed device can use browser isolation, where the browser accessing the SaaS application runs on a Cloudflare server, and the results of the rendered page are securely delivered to a user's local browser.
4. A managed device is connected to Cloudflare using a secure tunnel and therefore all communication from device to SaaS application is filtered and secured.
   1. Cloudflare agent device posture can also be incorporated into authorizing traffic from these devices.
5. A device connected to a local network, where all Internet traffic is routed to Cloudflare via a secure Magic WAN tunnel, also ensures all traffic from network to SaaS application is filtered and secured.
6. Traffic then passes through our secure web gateway, where DNS and HTTP policies can be applied to traffic.
   1. HTTP policies allow the examination of the data being both uploaded and downloaded from the SaaS application using DLP profiles.
7. Traffic egresses Cloudflare with a specific IP. The SaaS application is configured to allow all traffic coming from that address.

:::note[XDR platform integrations]
When integrating with an XDR platform such as Crowdstrike, Sentinel One or Microsoft InTune, device posture is also available for any authenticated user because Cloudflare matches the identity with the user in the XDR system and device posture information is evaluated.
:::

## Example policy

The following is an example set of policies which demonstrate how you can use Cloudflare to secure access to Salesforce.

The first step is using an [egress IP policy under Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/). This allows you to purchase and assign specific IPs to users that have their traffic filtered via Gateway. Then in Salesforce, you enforce that access is only permitted for traffic with a source IP that matches the one in your egress policy. This combination ensures that the only way to get access to Salesforce is via Cloudflare.

| Egress Policy                       |                  |
| :---------------------------------- | :--------------- |
| **Identity**                        |                  |
| User Group Names                    | All Employees    |
| **Select Egress IP**                |                  |
| Use dedicated Cloudflare Egress IPs | `203.0.113.88` |

This is important not only for securing access to Salesforce, but also for adequately protecting its contents while in use. Now let us examine the access policy that is limiting access to members of the Sales or Executives groups. We are also using our Crowdstrike integration to ensure that users are on company managed devices.

| Policy name                    | Account executives on trusted devices |
| :----------------------------- | :------------------------------------ |
| Action                         | Allow                                 |
| **Include**                    |                                       |
| Member of group                | Sales, Executives                     |
| **Require**                    |                                       |
| Authentication method          | MFA \- multi-factor authentication    |
| Gateway                        | On                                    |
| Crowdstrike Service to Service | Overall Score above 80                |

This second policy applies to all employees but we are going to apply a few more steps before access is granted.

| Policy name                    | Employees on trusted devices       |
| :----------------------------- | :--------------------------------- |
| Action                         | Allow                              |
| **Include**                    |                                    |
| Member of group                | All Employees                      |
| **Require**                    |                                    |
| Authentication method          | MFA \- multi-factor authentication |
| Gateway                        | On                                 |
| Crowdstrike Service to Service | Overall Score above 80             |
| **Additional Settings**        |                                    |
| Purpose justification          | On                                 |
| Temporary authentication       | On                                 |
| Email addresses of approvers   | `salesforce-admin@company.com`       |

We are going to add in temporary authentication to this second policy. That means if Cloudflare determines that the incoming request is from someone outside of the Sales or Executives department, an administrator will need to explicitly grant them temporary access. In context, this policy could be used to secure access to Salesforce for employees outside the Sales department, as the customer information could be sensitive and confidential.

This approach is important for several reasons:

- It allows for human oversight on potentially risky access attempts, reducing the chance of unauthorized access through compromised or insecure devices.
- It provides flexibility for legitimate users to access the application even when their device fails to meet the highest security standards. This encourages users to maintain good security practices on their devices.
- In addition, since all user traffic is routed through Cloudflare, we can enforce additional security measures (such as preventing the download of sensitive data) via web traffic policies.

Cloudflare's SASE platform allows organizations to centralize security policy for accessing SaaS applications. It also enhances security by allowing you to leverage device posture and network attributes. You can configure it in a way where your SaaS application essentially is only accessible via your new corporate network which is built on Cloudflare.

## Related Resources

- [Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)
- [Designing ZTNA access policies for Cloudflare Access](/reference-architecture/design-guides/designing-ztna-access-policies/)
- [Access to private apps without having to deploy client agents](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/)

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# Zero Trust and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/zero-trust-and-virtual-desktop-infrastructure/

## Introduction

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is old, costly, and clunky for a number of reasons including poor user experience, high upfront investments, ongoing operational costs, and many others of which you can read about in detail [here](https://blog.cloudflare.com/decommissioning-virtual-desktop/). We recognize and empathize with the challenges many organizations face that result in continued reliance on this approach. This reference architecture describes how Cloudflare's Zero Trust solution can help organizations secure their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and in most cases offload it entirely. Many organizations use expensive and poor performing VDI only to provide a secure web browser to their remote users. In these cases, Cloudflare can help offload the use of VDI entirely for web-based applications or SaaS apps.

In other cases, a full virtualized desktop may be necessary for legacy apps, yet organizations still need help securing remote access to their VDI or securing the virtualized desktops themselves once users are interacting with them. This document provides a reference and guidance for using Cloudflare's Zero Trust services and is split into two main sections.

- Replacing your VDI for secure remote access to web-based applications. Accessing a full blown desktop environment to just use a web browser isn't the best experience for users. Cloudflare offers a vast improvement over remote access to web applications and can do so with greater security.
- Securing your VDI desktops...
  - From unauthorized access.
  - From risky public Internet destinations.

### Who is this document for and what will you learn?

This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals who are looking at using Cloudflare to replace or secure their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

- [Decommissioning your VDI Blog Post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/decommissioning-virtual-desktop/)
- [Leveraging Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway with PAC files for VDI](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/pac-files/#use-cases)

## Replacing Your VDI

In today's IT landscape, most applications and services that companies rely on are accessible through a web browser and often delivered by a SaaS provider. In these cases VDI is overkill and an incredibly expensive and burdensome way to provide a secure browser to a remote user. Instead, many organizations are turning to alternatives such as a [Remote Browser Isolation](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/products/browser-isolation/) (RBI) service. These services lower costs and overhead, provide a better user experience and most importantly offer robust security and logging features.

![Figure 1: Remote browser isolation can provide a secure, controlled browser environment for accessing sensitive company applications.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-and-virtual-desktop-infrastructure/figure1.svg "Figure 1: Remote browser isolation can provide a secure, controlled browser environment for accessing sensitive company applications.")

The diagram above shows the general flow of how user traffic goes from their local browser to Cloudflare's remote browser and then to applications hosted on their infrastructure over a secure tunnel. Figure 2 below shows how users can access applications using remote browser isolation either directly in a browser or, if you require greater privacy and security for the traffic, using our device agent to create a tunnel from the device to Cloudflare. Both methods provide secure access to internal and external resources.

![Figure 2: Two different traffic flow options: clientless RBI & RBI using the device agent.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-and-virtual-desktop-infrastructure/figure2.svg "Figure 2: Two different traffic flow options: clientless RBI & RBI using the device agent.")

**Option 1: Clientless RBI**

- Device agent not required
- RBI URL can be protected by an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) with authentication
- A simpler way to begin rolling out Cloudflare Zero trust while transitioning away from VDI
- A great option for third party contractor access who cannot install software on their device

**Option 2: RBI via the device agent**

- Provides full security capabilities including device posture checks, split tunneling and the ability to use the Secure Web Gateway service to filter Internet-bound traffic.
- More robust end state to transition to once workflows and confidence is built with users and internal teams
- Gather end user metrics around user experience, reliability and performance

## Securing Your VDI

### Securing access to your VDI using Zero Trust policies

When replacing your VDI is not an option and a fully virtualized desktop is required for legacy applications, Cloudflare's [SASE platform](https://www.cloudflare.com/zero-trust/) can still help secure these environments by authorizing the access to them using identity based Zero Trust policies, as well as securing the Internet bound traffic from the devices themselves.

![Figure 3: Using Cloudflare Access ZTNA to secure VDI.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-and-virtual-desktop-infrastructure/figure3.svg "Figure 3: Figure 3: Using Cloudflare Access ZTNA to secure VDI.")

The diagram above displays a general Zero Trust deployment using best practices for authenticating your remote users to the VDI infrastructure

1. The user device sends traffic to Cloudflare's network over a secure tunnel using the device agent.
2. Traffic destined to the VDI resources reaches ZTNA policies where it is evaluated for any combination of conditional access criteria, including device posture, identity and traffic context or type.
3. Traffic that passes the ZTNA policies is allowed to reach the VDI resources where the user can interact with the VDI normally.

This model could also benefit from the below options demonstrating how to filter traffic sourced from the VDI hosts as well (refer to below).

### Securing traffic from your VDI using secure web gateway policies

Cloudflare's SASE platform is capable of much more than replacing VPNs and bolstering policies towards internal services. It is just as important to protect users from accessing high risk sites on the Internet. Policies in Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway can be tuned to filter DNS requests or become a sophisticated full forward proxy, inspecting both network and HTTP traffic as it heads towards the open Internet.

![Figure 4: Using Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway to filter and protect traffic coming from VDI.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/zero-trust-and-virtual-desktop-infrastructure/figure4.svg "Figure 4: Using Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway to filter and protect traffic coming from VDI.")

1. **DNS configurations** (Resolver IPs, DoH, DoT) or **PAC files** for **Non-persistent virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments** can be configured within the infrastructure or directly on the VDI hosts

   a. DNS configurations allow for DNS policies to be enforced while PAC files allow for all gateway policy types (DNS, Network and HTTP).

2. Traffic is sent from the VDI to the secure web gateway where it is filtered by DNS, network or HTTP policies.
3. Traffic is sent to the Internet if it is allowed past Gateway policies

## Summary

As shown, we have seen several ways to incorporate Cloudflare's Zero Trust services with your existing VDI, either by replacing it completely in favor of Remote Browser Isolation technology or further securing it with our [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) or [Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) services.

For more thorough background, explanation and action steps to a smooth migration be sure to read the following resources:

- [Decommissioning your VDI Blog Post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/decommissioning-virtual-desktop/)
- [Leveraging Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway with PAC files for VDI](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/pac-files/#use-cases)
- [Connect to private network services with Browser Isolation](https://blog.cloudflare.com/browser-isolation-private-network/)
- [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation)
- [Determine When to use PAC Files](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/configure-device-agent/pac-files/#use-cases)
- [Agentless DNS Configurations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/)
- [PAC Files for Agentless HTTP Filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/)

As always, if you have any questions on these services, be sure to reach out to your Cloudflare team or contact us to [talk to an expert](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/plans/enterprise/).

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# Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/

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# Securing data at rest

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/

## Introduction

Data at rest refers to data that is stored in a fixed location, such as on a local hard drive, on-premises server, or cloud storage. Many businesses today are using SaaS platforms that store a lot of business data in structured forms (like databases) and unstructured forms (files like documents, images, spreadsheets). The security of the actual storage of the data, such as encryption and reliable backups, is usually abstracted from your control. But the SaaS applications allow you to manage user accounts, define what data they have access to, and also provide an ability to share access to data.

While Cloudflare mostly secures data in transit as it travels over our network, we also have the ability to connect to your SaaS applications and use our DLP profiles to examine data at rest that might not be adequately secured and then provide recommendations for you to take action.

## Protecting data with Cloudflare CASB

Cloudflare's API-driven [Cloud Access Security Broker](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/) (CASB) works by integrating with SaaS APIs and discovering both unstructured data at rest (documents, spreadsheets, and so on) and also examining general configuration of the application and user accounts to ensure data access controls are correctly configured.

[DLP profiles](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/) are used to discover if files stored in your SaaS application contain sensitive data. Matches are then compared with access controls and findings are generated, such as findings to alert you to a spreadsheet that contains credit card information that is accessible by anyone on the Internet.

When Cloudflare CASB is combined with Cloudflare's [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) service, which inspects all the traffic going to and from a SaaS application, customers can achieve comprehensive visibility into both data in transit and data at rest for SaaS applications.

![Figure 1: Overall solution of user access controls to, and the discovery of, sensitive data.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-data-at-rest/securing-data-at-rest-fig1.svg "Figure 1: Overall solution of user access controls to, and the discovery of, sensitive data.")

## Securing user access to data at rest

1. Cloudflare authenticates users attempting to access SaaS applications, whether they are initiating the request from managed or unmanaged endpoints.

   1. For managed endpoints, we recommend deploying our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) to maximize visibility and control of all traffic between the end user’s device and the resources being requested.
   2. For unmanaged endpoints, we have [client-less solutions](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/sase-clientless-access-private-dns/) which all you to still have visibility over and inspection into the data accessed by users.

2. Cloudflare's [Zero Trust Network Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) (ZTNA) service can integrate directly with your [SaaS applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/) using standard protocols (e.g. SAML or OIDC) to become the initial enforcement point for user access. Access calls your [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) (IdP) of choice and uses additional security signals about your users and devices to make policy decisions.

3. As an extension of what was covered in Securing data in use, Cloudflare [Remote Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) (RBI) can also be used with [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/), so that even remote clientless user’s traffic can arrive at the requested SaaS application from predictable and consistent IP addresses.

## Discovering and protecting the data at rest

4. In addition to what we covered in Securing data in transit, Cloudflare Data Loss Prevention (DLP) can be used to discover files that reside in your SaaS applications that contain sensitive data. CASB will scan every shared and/or publicly accessible file in the SaaS app for sensitive text that matches the DLP profile and alert you with recommended actions to take.

5. To complement the dedicated egress IP option mentioned above, SaaS providers enable the ability to restrict access to your organization's resources by only permitting access when traffic is sourced from specific IP addresses.

6. When you integrate a third-party SaaS application with Cloudflare CASB, CASB makes routine, out-of-band API calls that analyze the associated metadata of your configurations, users, files, and other SaaS ‘objects’. Security issues, or ‘Findings’, are then detected based on whether the metadata indicates any insecure or potentially hazardous configurations exist within the integrated SaaS applications. This can include application misconfigurations, exposed and/or sensitive data, and users accounts with poor security.

## Related resources

- [Securing data in transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/)
- [Securing data in use](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-use/)

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# Securing data in transit

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/

## Introduction

Data in transit typically means when it's traveling over the network. Because the Internet is made up of many thousands of networks, it is important to ensure your data is secure as it moves from device to server and back. These days, most common activities that generate data in transit are related to:

- Browsing online and uploading/download data to/from cloud applications
- Sending texts, pictures and emails
- Applications exposing and consuming data through APIs

Data in transit is often considered vulnerable to interception or tampering during transmission, so it is important to secure it through encryption techniques such as [QUIC](https://cloudflare-quic.com/), Transport Layer Security (TLS) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). This helps to ensure that the data remains confidential and protected from unauthorized access during its journey. There are other methods of inspecting data as it passes network boundaries to make decisions on if that data should continue to travel or not, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies can be used to inspect the contents of network traffic and block sensitive data from going to a risky destination. This document outlines the methods Cloudflare has available to protect data in transit.

## Securing network connectivity

Cloudflare is one of the leading providers of cloud network security services. There are two main use cases Cloudflare is used to secure network traffic.

- Providing secure connectivity to public websites and APIs using SSL/TLS
- Creating secure tunnels to private networks and applications which are hosted either in the cloud or on-premises

Cloudflare's [SSL services](/ssl/) are used by millions of websites and are easily implemented by making changes to DNS entries, so that all connections to public websites and APIs are terminated on Cloudflare's edge network. Connectivity from Cloudflare to the destination website or API can also be secured using the same SSL technologies. To ensure the strongest security, Cloudflare uses [post quantum cryptography](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-to-origins).

![Figure 1: Securing data from the user device, all the way to the website/API](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-data-in-transit/securing-data-in-transit-fig1.svg "Figure 1: Securing data from the user device, all the way to the website/API")

1. Connection between user browser and Cloudflare secured by TLS/SSL
2. Connection from Cloudflare to destination server secured by TLS/SSL

Private resources, usually self hosted applications on private networks with no direct public Internet connection, require a different method of securing data in transit. There are a variety of different methods by which tunnels can be created from private networks to Cloudflare, more details on which can be found in the [SASE reference architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/), but the following diagram does a good job of summarizing the methods.

![Figure 2: Various methods of connecting and routing traffic to Cloudflare to secure private traffic.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-14.svg "Figure 2: Various methods of connecting and routing traffic to Cloudflare to secure private traffic.")

Once private applications and networks have been connected to Cloudflare, devices can then be connected securely via our device agent such that data from a user device, all the way across the network to an application can be secured.

When traffic from the device, to the hosted application, all flows via Cloudflare, it's possible for us to inspect the traffic and apply further security based on the content of the data.

## Inspecting traffic with Cloudflare DLP

A common challenge is trying to determine what data is sensitive and requires policy intervention. Data Loss Prevention services are used to inspect the contents of a piece of traffic, and then provide metadata to the policy to impact enforcement.

For example, when a user attempts to upload a file to a SaaS application and the traffic route has been configured to always go via the Cloudflare network, [Cloudflare DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) inspects the file by using DLP profiles assigned to a Gateway policy. After a DLP profile matches, the Gateway policy will allow or block the traffic, and the activity will be written to the logs. A DLP profile is a collection of regular expressions (also known as detection entries) that define the data patterns you want to detect. Cloudflare DLP provides [predefined profiles](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#configure-a-predefined-profile) for common detections, or you can build [custom profiles](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#build-a-custom-profile) specific to your data, and even the ability to leverage [Exact Data Match](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/datasets/#exact-data-match) (EDM).

DLP profiles are then used in combination with other policy attributes to specifically identify the traffic, such as only enforcing the policy when sensitive data is being uploaded to approved Cloud based storage services.

![Figure 3: Example of a Cloudflare policy blocking confidential data uploaded to approved cloud storage.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-29.svg "Figure 3: Example of a Cloudflare policy blocking confidential data uploaded to approved cloud storage.")

The following diagram shows a common flow for how Cloudflare inspects a request and enforces access based on a DLP based policy.

![Figure 4: Upload of file containing sensitive data blocked by Cloudflare DLP](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-data-in-transit/securing-data-in-transit-fig4.svg "Figure 4: Upload of file containing sensitive data blocked by Cloudflare DLP")

1. User attempts to upload a file to a SaaS application (via a secure tunnel to Cloudflare created by our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/)). [Clientless](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/) options are supported as well.
2. Cloudflare's [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) (SWG) will first verify that the user is permitted to use the requested SaaS application, and then scrutinize the file's payload for [malicious code](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/) and [sensitive data](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/).
3. The DLP profile determines the file contains national identifiers like US Social Security Numbers (SSN).
4. The SWG policy is configured with a ['block' action](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#block), so the attempt is [logged](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules/) and a [block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/) returned to the end user's web browser.

## Related resources

- [Securing data in use](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-use/)
- [Securing data at rest](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/)

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# Securing data in use

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-use/

## Introduction

Data in use refers to data that is being actively interacted with, processed, or manipulated by applications, systems, or users. For organizations, protecting data in use can be a challenge as it must remain accessible and usable by applications and users who need it to fulfill their duties, yet still protected against unauthorized access or tampering.

Today, a vast majority of a user’s interactions with operationally-critical data takes place inside a modern Internet browser, which today enables entire client applications, such as email clients, word processors, and spreadsheets, to be served to an end-user. This also means no software needs to be installed on the device, and also makes user interactions, such as copy and paste, and downloading sensitive data, relatively easy. Such interactions can pose a persistent risk to organizations whose employees and contractors are working with critical and/or sensitive data every day.

One method to secure data in use is to leverage greater control over the browsers themselves, and how employees use them to access applications and data. Cloudflare has approached this by building a headless browser solution on top of our massive global edge network, called [Remote Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) (RBI). When a user attempts to access, for example, a privately hosted resource, or a resource on the public Internet, instead of directly serving it to the user’s browser without any other safeguards, Cloudflare first renders the resource in a sandboxed environment hosted on the Cloudflare global network. Then, without any perceptible difference to the end-user, a small Javascript client is run within their local browser to safely and securely retrieve and render the remotely loaded web content using a novel, patented technology unique to Cloudflare, called Network Vector Rendering (NVR).

## Protecting data in use with Cloudflare RBI

Cloudflare RBI effectively creates an invisible “gap” between the web content a user is accessing and their device, in effect protecting the device and the network it is connected to from exploits and attacks. Unlike secure web gateways, antivirus software, or firewalls which rely on known threat patterns or signatures, RBI is a genuine zero trust mechanism. Because all requests made within a remotely loaded RBI instance go through the Cloudflare Secure Web Gateway, it's possible to enforce access policies to data and also inspect the traffic itself to enforce any data in transit policies.

Even more, organizations can enforce specific data in use access controls, like blocking the ability to download/upload, copy and paste, and print data.

Common policies used with RBI:

- Content category - [Social Networks](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/) (e.g. Facebook): Given the large volumes of data that popular social media platforms collect, these apps are an attractive target and yet another attack vector for malicious entities. RBI allows for limiting what data, especially if that data matches a DLP profile, from being pasted into these applications.
- Application - [Artificial Intelligence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/) (e.g. ChatGPT): Generative AI tools can boost employee productivity, but understanding who is using them and for what is imperative at this stage of the generative AI evolution. Again, DLP profiles here can be applied to prevent the copy and pasting of sensitive data into public AI tools.
- Application - [SaaS](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/) (e.g. Salesforce, Zendesk, etc): These applications can often contain highly confidential data. RBI can be used to really lock down access for risky users that require some access, such as contractors or partners. Controls such as preventing printing, or even preventing any keyboard input at all, can result in third party users only looking at a read only view of the application, as if RBI is a pane of glass between the user and the data.

The following diagram visualizes a typical interaction between a user, RBI and a website such as ChatGPT.

![Figure 1: Text copy/paste blocked by Cloudflare RBI.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/securing-data-in-use/securing-data-in-use-fig1.svg "Figure 1: Text copy/paste blocked by Cloudflare RBI.")

1. User attempts to login to ChatGPT, and the request goes via Cloudflare since the user is running our [device agent](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) to maximize visibility and control of all traffic between the end user’s device and the resources being requested. [Clientless](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/) options are supported as well.
2. Cloudflare’s [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) (SWG) will first verify that the user is permitted to access ChatGPT.
3. Cloudflare’s patented Network Vector Rendering (NVR) process begins as a headless browser on our edge network starts and rasterizes the web app, which involves writing SKIA draw commands.
4. NVR intercepts those draw commands > tokenizes them > compresses them > encrypts them > and sends them to the local web browser.
5. Because this request is running isolated, the policy also enforces preventing the user from [copying and pasting](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#disable-copy--paste) sensitive content to ChatGPT from their local machine. Additional [policy settings](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings), such as ‘Disable printing’, ‘Disable upload / download’, and more are available as well.

## Related resources

- [Securing data in transit](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-in-transit/)
- [Securing data at rest](/reference-architecture/diagrams/security/securing-data-at-rest/)

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# A/B-testing using Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/a-b-testing-using-workers/

## Introduction

A/B testing, also known as split testing, is a fundamental technique in the realm of web development, allowing teams to iteratively refine and optimize their digital experiences. A/B testing involves comparing two versions of a web page or app feature to determine which one performs better in achieving a predefined goal, such as increasing conversions, engagement, or user satisfaction.

The process typically begins with the creation of two variants: the control (A) and the variant (B). These variants are identical except for the specific element being tested, whether it's a headline, button color, layout, or any other component of the user interface or user experience. For example, a team might test two different call-to-action button colors to see which one generates more clicks.

Once the variants are ready, they are exposed to users in a randomized manner. This randomization ensures that any differences in performance between the variants can be attributed to the changes being tested rather than external factors like user demographics or behavior.

As users interact with the different variants, their actions and behaviors are tracked and analyzed to measure the performance of each variant against the predefined goal. Key metrics such as click-through rates, conversion rates, bounce rates, and engagement metrics are monitored to determine which variant is more effective in achieving the desired outcome.

A/B testing is a powerful tool for continuously optimizing and improving digital experiences, enabling teams to make data-driven decisions based on real user feedback rather than subjective opinions or assumptions. By systematically testing and refining different elements of their websites or applications, organizations can enhance user satisfaction, increase conversions, and ultimately achieve their business objectives in a competitive online landscape.

Cloudflare's low-latency, fully serverless compute platform, [Workers](/workers/) offers powerful capabilities to enable A/B testing using a server-side implementation. With the help of [Workers KV](/kv/), this solution can be make highly configurable with ease.

## A/B testing using Workers

![Figure 1: A/B testing using Workers](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/a-b-testing-workers/a-b-testing-workers.svg "Figure 1: A/B testing using Workers")

This architecture shows a same-URL A/B testing endpoint. The A/B testing logic and configuration is deployed on the server side, so that clients do not have to implement any changes to make use of A/B testing.

1. **Client**: Sends requests to server. This could be through a desktop or mobile browser, or native or mobile app.
2. **Configuration**: Process incoming request using Workers. Read current configuration by reading from [KV](/kv/) using the [`get()`](/kv/api/read-key-value-pairs/) method. This allows for flexible updates to the A/B services configuration fully decoupled from code-deployment.
3. **Origin requests**: Check for already existing cookies in the request headers. If no cookie for group assignment is set, randomly assign a group. If a cookie is set, extract assigned group from the cookie header. Send request to either the control endpoint (A) or variant endpoints (B) depending on the configuration and the assigned group.
4. **Response**: Return the response from the origin. Additionally, if no cookie was previously set, set a cookie with the respective assigned group for session affinity.

## Related resources

- [Workers: Get started](/workers/get-started/guide/)
- [KV: Get started](/kv/get-started/)
- [Code Example: A/B testing with same-URL direct access](/workers/examples/ab-testing/)

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# Serverless

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/

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# Fullstack applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/fullstack-application/

## Introduction

Full-stack web applications leverage a combination of frontend and backend technologies, collectively forming a stack that powers the entire application. This technology stack encompasses various tools, frameworks, and languages, each serving a specific purpose within the development ecosystem.

On the frontend, developers commonly use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create the user interface (UI) and define the visual presentation of the application. Additionally, frontend frameworks and libraries such as React, Angular, or Vue.js provide developers with reusable components and efficient ways to manage the application's state, enabling the creation of dynamic and responsive user interfaces.

On the backend, developers employ server-side programming languages and frameworks to handle requests, process data, and manage application logic. Common backend languages include Python, JavaScript, Ruby, and Java, each again with its accompanying frameworks. These frameworks provide developers with tools and utilities for routing, middleware, authentication, and database interaction, simplifying the development of backend services and APIs.

Database management is a critical aspect of full-stack web development, with various database systems utilized to store and retrieve application data. Relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite are commonly used for structured data storage, offering features such as ACID compliance, transactions, and relational querying capabilities. Alternatively, NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, and Neo4j cater to non-relational data models, providing flexibility and scalability for applications with diverse data requirements.

Often fullstack applications make use of pre-existing components, tools and services instead of building every feature from the ground up. Hence integration of third-party frontend components or interactions with external APIs is common.

By leveraging a comprehensive technology stack encompassing frontend frameworks, backend languages, databases, and supporting tools and services, developers can build robust, scalable, and feature-rich full-stack web applications that meet the needs of modern users and businesses across various domains.

Examples of full-stack web applications include e-commerce platforms, social networking sites, and productivity tools, which leverage frontend technologies for intuitive user interfaces and backend technologies for managing transactions, user data, and business logic.

Cloudflare offers all building blocks to build, deploy and operate modern fullstack applications. All of Cloudflare's services are fully serverless and designed for global distribution. This enables developers to build great end-user experiences without large operational overhead.

## Fullstack application

![Figure 1: Fullstack application](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/fullstack-app/fullstack-app-base.svg "Figure 1: Fullstack application")

1. **Client**: Sends requests to server. This could be through a desktop or mobile browser, or native or mobile app.
2. **Security**: Process incoming request to ensure security of application. This includes encryption of traffic using [SSL/TLS](/ssl/), offering [DDOS protection](/ddos-protection/), filtering malicious traffic through a [web application firewall (WAF)](/waf/), and [mitigations against automated bots](/bots/). Depending on configuration, requests can be blocked, logged or allowed based on a diverse set of parameters. Sensible fully managed and default configurations can be used to reduce attack surfaces with little to no overhead.
3. **Performance**: Serve static requests from [global cache (CDN)](/cache/). This reduces latency and lowers resource utilization as the requests are being served from cache instead of requiring a request to storage & media services or compute services.
4. **Static & Media**: Serve static files from [R2](/r2/), optimized images from [Images](/images/) and on-demand videos as well as live streams from [Stream](/stream/).
5. **Compute**: Process dynamic requests using serverless compute with [Workers](/workers/). This could include authentication, routing, middleware, database interactions, and serving APIs. Moreover, use [Pages](/pages/) to serve client side or server side rendering web frameworks such as React, Vue or Angular. Integrate AI services using serverless inference with [Workers AI](/workers-ai/). Both Workers and Pages Functions allow for simple interaction with other resources using [Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).
6. **Data & storage**: Introduce state to applications by persisting and retrieving data. This includes [R2](/r2/) for object storage, [D1](/d1/) for relational data, [KV](/kv/) for data with high read requirements and [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) for strongly consistent data storage. The [storage options guide](/workers/platform/storage-options/) can help to assess which storage option is the most suitable for a given use case.
7. **Internal observability**: Send logs from all services with [Logpush](/logs/about/), gather insights with [Analytics](/analytics/) from all services, or collect custom metrics from Workers using [Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/).
8. **External integrations**: Integrate Cloudflare's observability solutions with your existing third-party solutions. Logpush has support for many [destinations](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) to push logs to for storage and further analysis. Also, Cloudflare analytics can be [integrated with analytics solutions](/analytics/analytics-integrations/). The [GraphQL Analytics API](/analytics/graphql-api/) allows for flexible queries and integrations.
9. **Management & provisioning**: Define and manage resources and configuration using third-party tools and frameworks such as [Terraform](/terraform/) and [Pulumi](/pulumi/), Cloudflare's Developer Platform command-line interface (CLI) [wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), or the [Cloudflare API](/api/). All of these tools can be used either for manual provisioning, or automated as part of CI/CD pipelines.

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# Serverless ETL pipelines

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-etl/

## Introduction

Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) pipelines are a cornerstone in the realm of data engineering, facilitating the seamless flow of data from its raw state to a structured, usable format. ETL pipelines are instrumental in the data processing journey, particularly in scenarios where data needs to be collected, cleansed, and transformed before being loaded into a target destination.

The process begins with extraction, where data is gathered from various sources such as databases, files, or streams. This raw data is often disparate and unstructured, necessitating the next step: transformation. During transformation, the data undergoes a series of operations to standardize formats, clean inconsistencies, and enrich with additional context or calculations. This phase is critical for ensuring data quality and consistency, as well as aligning it with the requirements of downstream applications and analytics.

Finally, the transformed data is loaded into a destination, which could be a data warehouse, database, or any other storage solution. The loading phase involves efficiently moving the processed data to its intended destination, where it can be readily accessed and utilized for various purposes such as reporting, analysis, or feeding into machine learning models.

ETL pipelines play a pivotal role in data-driven decision-making processes across industries, enabling organizations to derive insights and value from their data assets. By automating and streamlining the journey from raw data to actionable insights, ETL pipelines empower businesses to make informed decisions, optimize processes, and gain competitive advantages in today's data-driven landscape.

Examples of ETL pipelines in action include scenarios like extracting sales data from multiple retail stores, transforming it to a standardized format, and loading it into a centralized data warehouse for analysis and reporting purposes. Similarly, ETL pipelines are utilized in data migration projects, where legacy data needs to be migrated to modern systems while ensuring data integrity and consistency throughout the process.

Cloudflare allows for the deployment of fully serverless ETL pipelines, which can reduce complexity, time to production and overall cost. The following diagrams demonstrate different methods of how Cloudflare can be used in common ETL pipeline deployments.

## ETL pipeline with HTTP-based ingest

![Figure 1: Serverless: HTTP-based ingest](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless-etl/serverless-etl-http-based.svg "Figure 1: ETL pipeline with HTTP-based ingest")

This architecture shows a fully serverless ETL pipeline with an API endpoint as ingest. Clients send data via HTTP request to be processed. Common examples include click-stream data or analytics.

1. **Client request**: Send POST request with data to be ingested. Examples would include click-stream data, analytics endpoints.
2. **Input processing**: Process incoming request using [Workers](/workers/) and send messages to [Queues](/queues/) to add to processing backlog.
3. **Data processing**: Use [Queues](/queues/) to trigger a [consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) that process input data in batches to prevent downstream overload and increase efficiency. The consumer performs all data cleaning, transformation and standardization operations.
4. **Object storage**: Upload processed data to [R2](/r2/) for persistent storage.
5. **Ack/Retry mechanism**: Signal success/error by using the [Queues Runtime API](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#message) in the consumer for each document. [Queues](/queues/) will schedule retries, if needed.
6. **Data querying**: Access processed data from external services for further data usage.

## ETL pipeline with object storage ingest

![Figure 2: Serverless: Object storage ingest](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless-etl/serverless-etl-object-storage.svg "Figure 2: ETL pipeline with object storage ingest")

This architecture shows a fully serverless ETL pipeline with object storage as ingest. Common examples include log and unstructured document processing.

1. **Client request**: Upload raw data to R2 via S3-compatible API. Common examples include log and analytics data.
2. **Input processing**: Send messages to [Queues](/queues/) using [R2 event notifications](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/) upon object upload.
3. **Data processing**: Use [Queues](/queues/) to trigger a [consumer](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers) that process input data in batches to prevent downstream overload and increase efficiency. The consumer performs all data cleaning, transformation and standardization operations.
4. **Object storage**: Upload processed data to [R2](/r2/) for persistent storage.
5. **Ack/Retry mechanism**: Signal success/error by using the [Queues Runtime API](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#message) in the consumer for each document. [Queues](/queues/) will schedule retries, if needed.
6. **Data querying**: Access processed data from external services for further data usage.

## Related resources

- [Workers: Get started](/workers/get-started/guide/)
- [Queues: Get started](/queues/get-started/)
- [R2: Get started](/r2/get-started/)

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# Serverless global APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-global-apis/

## Introduction

Serverless APIs represent a modern approach to building and deploying scalable and reliable application programming interfaces (APIs) without the need to manage traditional server infrastructure. These APIs are designed to handle incoming requests from users or other systems, execute the necessary logic or operations, and return a response, all without the need for developers to provision or manage underlying servers.

At the heart of serverless APIs is the concept of serverless computing, where developers focus solely on writing code to implement business logic, without concerning themselves with server provisioning, scaling, or maintenance. This allows for greater agility and faster time-to-market for API-based applications.

Developers define the API endpoints and the corresponding logic or functionality using functions or microservices, which are then deployed to the serverless platform. The platform handles the execution of these functions in response to incoming requests.

Additionally, serverless APIs often integrate seamlessly with other cloud services, such as authentication and authorization services, databases, and event-driven architectures, enabling developers to build complex, scalable, and resilient applications with minimal operational overhead.

Most cloud serverless implementations have a single region where your code is executed. This means any request, from anywhere in the world, must traverse the Internet to get to this single location. All responses to the API request must also be sent back over the same Internet route to the user.

![Figure 1: Traditional single-region architecture](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless-global-apis/single-region.png "Figure 1:  Traditional single-region architecture")

Cloudflare follows a different, global-first approach. Globally-deployed architectures enable lower latency and high availability for users accessing the API from different parts of the world. In order to realize performance gains, not only the compute needs to be distributed, but ideally the data as well. Different solutions such as a caching as well as global replication can enable this.

![Figure 2: Region Earth](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless-global-apis/region-earth.png "Figure 2:  Region Earth")

Overall, serverless globally-deployed APIs offer a cost-effective, scalable, and agile approach to building modern applications and services, allowing organizations to focus on delivering value to their users without being encumbered by the complexities of managing infrastructure.

## Serverless global APIs

![Figure 3: Serverless global APIs](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless-global-apis/serverless-global-apis.svg "Figure 3: Serverless global APIs")

This is an example architecture of a serverless API on Cloudflare and aims to illustrate how different compute and data products could interact with each other.

1. **Client request**: Send request to API endpoint.
2. **API Gateway/Router**: Process incoming request using [Workers](/workers/), check for validity, and perform authentication logic, if needed. Then, forward the (potentially transformed and/or enriched) API call to individual [Workers](/workers) using [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/). This allows for a separation of concerns.
3. **Read-heavy data**: Read from [KV](/kv/) to serve read-heavy, non-dynamic data. This could include configuration data or product information. Perform writes as needed keeping [limits](/kv/platform/limits/) in mind.
4. **Relational data**: Query [D1](/d1/) to handle relational-data. This could include user data, product data or other data.
5. **External data**: Query external databases using [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/). Leverage caching to improve performance where applicable. This can be especially helpful when a data migration is out of scope of the implementation.

## Related resources

- [Workers: Get started](/workers/get-started/guide/)
- [Queues: Get started](/queues/get-started/)
- [R2: Get started](/r2/get-started/)

---

# Serverless image content management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/serverless/serverless-image-content-management/

## Introduction

In this reference architecture diagram, we reveal how to leverage various components of Cloudflare’s ecosystem to construct a scalable image management solution. This solution integrates moderation principles via Cloudflare's Workers AI platform and performs image classification through inference at the edge. The storage of images is handled by Cloudflare's R2 product, an S3 API-like object storage system, while metadata is stored in a key/value store to enable content augmentation.

The servicing of images to requesting clients is secured by link signature, resizing based on device type or requested transformations and leveraging Cloudflare’s native security and performance features.

![Figure 1: Serverless image content management](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/serverless_image_content_management/diagram.svg "Figure 1: Serverless image content management reference architecture diagram")

### Products included in the recipe

| Product                                                                                        | Function                                                              |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [DDoS](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/bot-management/)               | Volumetric attack protection                                          |
| [Bot Management](https://www.cloudflare.com/ddos/)                                             | Protection against scraping and general sophisticated automated abuse |
| [Web Application Firewall](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/waf/)      | Protection against web threats                                        |
| [CDN](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/cdn/)                           | Cache spreading of the images                                         |
| [Optimization](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/website-optimization/) | Compression and acceleration of the image delivery                    |
| [Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/)                                                     | Compute of the several serverless micro services                      |
| [AI](https://ai.cloudflare.com/)                                                               | Image classification                                                  |
| [R2](https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/r2/)                                        | S3-type object-storage platform                                       |
| [KV](/kv/)                                                                                     | Image metadata storage                                                |

## Getting started

This reference architecture diagram reveals how to harness the power of the Cloudflare platform to construct a fully serverless image and content management system. This implementation leverages various components of the Cloudflare stack, including edge compute with Cloudflare Workers, KV, and R2 object storage; application performance optimization and caching; application security features such as rate limiting and DDoS mitigation; and artificial intelligence with Workers AI.

The ultimate goal is to create a scalable and accessible platform for storing and serving images globally. This reference architecture will walk you through the key features and mechanisms that you can use with Cloudflare’s native capabilities as well as those that can be built with Cloudflare’s robust computing capabilities.

### 1. Image servicing

Clients request images with [HMAC signatures](/workers/examples/signing-requests/) and any necessary transformations. Transformation parameters can be included in the [src-set](/images/transform-images/make-responsive-images/#srcset-for-high-dpi-displays) for HTML content or directly sent alongside [HTTP requests](/images/transform-images/transform-via-url/).

### 2. Volumetric protection

Cloudflare's Application Security stack takes a comprehensive approach to shielding the image servicing from malicious activities. By implementing volumetric protection [rate limiting controls](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), we effectively mitigate the risk of abuse and [DDoS](/ddos-protection/) attacks, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.

### 3. Signature validation

A [Cloudflare worker](/workers/) function validates [incoming signatures](/workers/examples/signing-requests/) to ensure the authenticity and integrity of requests. This security measure helps prevent content evasion and abuse of the service by verifying that the signature accompanying the request is legitimate. The application responsible for generating content and associated signatures can also set expiration dates for links, further guarding against tampering or man-in-the-middle attacks. HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) is commonly used as the signature mechanism of choice for this purpose.

### 4. Image optimization and caching

Images are retrieved from [cache](/cache/) when available or stored on the server for the first time and delivered to clients upon request. We optimize image delivery by serving the most suitable format for each device, such as [WebP or AVIF](/images/polish/), while also applying compression to reduce file size. This ensures a smooth and seamless visual experience for users.

### 4. Image transformations

Cloudflare's [image resizing](/images/) feature will resize the original images requested for transformation, completing the process entirely at the edge from any of our global locations. This fast and efficient process offers a wide range of transformation options.

### 5. Content moderation and storage

A [Cloudflare Worker](/workers/) script meticulously analyzes incoming images, leveraging their [classification metadata](/workers-ai/models/) to ensure compliance with established policy of use. [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) serves as an S3-like object storage solution, storing images and their associated metadata (such as image classification) in a globally accessible and scalable manner. With lightning-fast delivery capabilities and the ability to scale from 0, Cloudflare R2 is an ideal solution for storing and managing large collections of images.

### 6. Image classification

With [Cloudflare AI](https://ai.cloudflare.com/) at its core, our[ image classification](/workers-ai/models/#image-classification) inference model will rapidly inspect each incoming image, classifying them in real-time. This cutting-edge technology allows us to streamline the process of moderating content, significantly reducing the need for a dedicated team to sift through and review every submission.

---

# Control and data plane architectural pattern for Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/durable-object-control-data-plane-pattern/

## Introduction

[Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) are built on-top of [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) spanning several locations across our global infrastructure network.
Each Durable Object instance has its own durable storage persisted across requests, in-memory state, single-threaded execution, and can be placed in a specific region.

A single Durable Object instance has certain [performance and storage capabilities](/durable-objects/platform/limits/).
Therefore, to scale an application without being restricted by the limits of a single instance we need to shard our application data as much as possible, and take advantage of the [Cloudflare infrastructure](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/network/) by spreading our Durable Object instances across the world, moving both the data and compute as close to the users as possible.

This document describes a useful architectural pattern to separate the control plane from the data plane of your application to achieve great performance and reliability without compromising on functionality.

- The **control plane** provides the administrative APIs used to manage resource metadata. For example, a user creating and deleting a wiki, or listing all wikis of a user.
- The **data plane** provides the primary function of the application and handles the operations on the resources data directly. For example, fetching and updating the content of a wiki, or updating the content of a collaborative document. Data planes are intentionally less complicated and usually handle a much larger volume of requests.
- The **management plane** is an optional component of a system providing a higher level of interaction than the control plane to simplify configuration and operations. In this document, we will not focus on this as the same principles apply as to the control plane.

## Control and data plane separation pattern

In this pattern, our application consists of at least one Durable Object instance per resource type handling all its control plane operations, and as many Durable Object instances as we need for the data plane operations, one for each resource instance created in the application.

You can scale to millions of Durable Object instances, one for each of your resources.

The main advantage of this architectural pattern is that our data plane operations, usually with larger volume of requests than control plane operations, are handled directly by the Durable Object instances holding the resource data without going through the control plane Durable Object instance.
Therefore, the application's performance and availability is not limited by a single Durable Object instance, but is shared across thousands or millions of Durable Objects.

Consider an example for a generic resource type `XYZ`, where `XYZ` could in-practice be a wiki, a collaborative document, a database for each user, or any other resource type in your application.

![Figure 1: Control and data plane architectural pattern for Durable Objects](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/durable-objects-control-data-plane-pattern/diagram.svg "Figure 1: Control and data plane architectural pattern for Durable Objects")

1. A user in London (LHR) initiates a resource `XYZ` creation request. The request is routed to the nearest Cloudflare datacenter and received by the Workers fleet which serves the application API.
2. The Worker code will route the request to the appropriate control plane Durable Object instance managing the resources of type `XYZ`. We will use the `idFromName` approach to reference the Durable Object instance by name (`control-plane-xyz`). This allows immediate access to the control plane Durable Object instances without needing to maintain a mapping.
    - The location of the control plane Durable Object will be close to the first request accessing it, or to the explicit region we provide using [Location Hints](/durable-objects/reference/data-location/#provide-a-location-hint).
3. The control plane Durable Object instance (`control-plane-xyz`) receives the request, and immediately creates another Durable Object instance (`data-plane-xyz-03`) near the user request's location (using Location Hints) so that the actual Durable Object instance holding the resource's content is near the user that created it.
    - We call a custom `init(...)` function on the created Durable Object instance (`data-plane-xyz-03`) passing any required metadata info that will be needed to start handling user requests.
The Durable Object instance stores this information in its local storage and performs any necessary initialisation.
This step can be skipped if each subsequent request to the created resource contains all the information needed to handle the request. For example, if the request URL contains all the information as path and query parameters.
    - We use the [`idFromName`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#idfromname) approach to reference the Durable Object (`data-plane-xyz-03`) which allows the use of name-based resource identifiers.
    - Alternatively, we can use the [`newUniqueId`](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#newuniqueid) approach to reference the Durable Object which will give us a random resource identifier to use instead of a name-based one. This random identifier will need to be communicated back to the user so that they provide it in their subsequent requests when accessing the resource.
4. The control plane Durable Object instance (`control-plane-xyz`) stores the generated identifier (`data-plane-xyz-03`) to its local storage, in order to be able to list/delete all created resources, and then returns it to the Worker.
5. The user receives a successful response for the creation of the resource and the corresponding identifier, and (optionally) gets redirected to the resource itself.
6. The user sends a write request to the API for the resource identifier returned in the previous step, in order to update the content of the resource.
7. The Worker code uses the resource identifier provided to directly reference the data plane Durable Object instance for that resource (`data-plane-xyz-03`). The Durable Object instance will handle the request appropriately by writing the content to its local durable persistent storage and return a response accordingly.
8. Another user from Portland (PDX) is sending a read request to a previously created resource (`data-plane-xyz-01`).
9. The Worker code directly references the Durable Object instance holding the data for the given resource identifier (`data-plane-xyz-01`), and the Durable Object instance will return its content by reading its local storage.

As long as the application data model allows sharding at the resource level, you can scale out as much as you want, while taking advantage of data locality near the user that accesses that resource.

The same pattern can be applied as many times as necessary to achieve the performance required.

For example, depending on our load, we could further shard our control plane Durable Object into several Durable Objects.
Instead of having a single Durable Object instance for all resources of type `XYZ`, we could have one for each region.
The name-based approach to reference a Durable Object instance simplifies targeting the appropriate instance accordingly.

In conclusion, as long as you find a way to shard your application's data model in fine-grained resources that are self-contained, you are able to dedicate at least one Durable Object instance to each resource and scale out.

## Related resources

- [Durable Objects Namespace documentation](/durable-objects/api/namespace/)
- [Durable Objects: Easy, Fast, Correct — Choose three](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/)
- [Zero-latency SQLite storage in every Durable Object](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sqlite-in-durable-objects/)
- [Data, Control, Management: Three Planes, Different Altitudes](https://thenewstack.io/data-control-management-three-planes-different-altitudes/)
- Examples of this architectural pattern in real-world applications:
    - [Durable Objects aren't just durable, they're fast: a 10x speedup for Cloudflare Queues](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-built-cloudflare-queues/)
    - [Building a global TiddlyWiki hosting platform with Cloudflare Durable Objects and Workers — Tiddlyflare](https://www.lambrospetrou.com/articles/tiddlyflare/)

---

# Egress-free object storage in multi-cloud setups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/egress-free-storage-multi-cloud/

## Introduction

Object storage is a modern data storage approach that stores data as objects rather than in a hierarchical structure like traditional file systems, making object storage highly scalable and flexible for managing vast amounts of data across diverse applications and environments.

Oftentimes organizations leverage multiple cloud providers to distribute their workloads across different platforms, mitigating risks associated with vendor lock-in, enhancing resilience, and optimizing performance and cost. However, managing data across multiple clouds introduces challenges related to data mobility and interoperability, particularly when it comes to transferring data between cloud providers or on-premises environments.

Egress fees are charges incurred when data is transferred out of a cloud provider's network, either to another cloud provider, on-premises infrastructure, or external services. These fees can vary depending on factors such as the volume of data transferred, the destination of the data, and the network bandwidth utilized.

[R2](/r2/) offers an enticing value proposition by not charging the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services. This can be very advantageous in the context of multi-cloud environments, especially when you want to run compute-intensive workloads such as AI model training, query engines, and other data science tools.

## R2 multi-cloud setup

![Figure 1: R2 multi-cloud setup](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/r2-multi-cloud/r2-multi-cloud.svg "Figure 1: R2-multi-cloud setup")

1. **Worker and R2 interaction**: Use R2's [Workers API](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/) to interact with R2 from a Worker. Alternatively, for improved portability, use R2's [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/) from a Worker. No R2 egress fees apply.
2. **External service and R2 interaction**: Use R2's [S3 API](/r2/api/s3/) to interact with R2 from external services. No R2 egress fees apply.

## Related resources

- [R2: Get started](/r2/get-started)
- [R2: S3 API](/r2/api/s3/)
- [R2: Workers API](/r2/api/workers/)
- [R2: Configure aws4fetch for R2](/r2/examples/aws/aws4fetch/)

---

# Event notifications for storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/event-notifications-for-storage/

## Introduction

Cloudflare [R2](/r2/) Storage allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services. The lifecycle of data in object storage often extends beyond uploading, modifying, or deleting the data. There may be a requirement to transform, analyze, or perform post-processing on the data. R2 provides [event notifications](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/) to manage these event-driven workflows.

This document walks through how to use our built in serverless [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) or an external service to monitor for notifications about data changes and then handle them appropriately.

## Push-based consumer Worker

Event notifications function by sending messages to a [queue](/queues/) whenever there is a change to your data. These messages are then handled by a [consumer Worker](/queues/reference/how-queues-works/#consumers). A consumer Worker is the term for a client that is subscribing to or consuming messages from a queue. The consumer Worker will automatically receive these messages, allowing you to define any subsequent actions that need to be taken.

For instance, you can configure a notification to trigger when new images are uploaded to your R2 bucket. This notification can then automatically start an AI workload that performs an action on the image, such as converting the image to text.

Consider the example below of push-based post-processing: when a user uploads a new object into R2, we want to log and store that event into a separate R2 bucket. You can create this scenario yourself by following this tutorial: [Log and store upload events in R2 with event notifications](/r2/tutorials/upload-logs-event-notifications/).

![Figure 1: Push-Based R2 Event Notifications](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/event-notifications-for-storage/pushed-based-event-notification.svg "Figure 1: Push-Based R2 Event Notifications")

1. A user uploads a new object directly to R2.
2. An event notification is sent to the queue.
3. The consumer Worker is pushed the new work from the queue.
4. The Worker inserts a log event into R2.

## Pull-based HTTP consumer

Alternatively, you can establish a [pull-based consumer](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/), where you pull from a queue over HTTP from any environment. Use a pull-based consumer if you need to consume messages from existing infrastructure outside of Cloudflare where you need to carefully control how fast messages are consumed.

A pull-based consumer must explicitly make a call to pull (and then acknowledge) messages from the queue, only when it is ready to do so.

Consider the scenario below: A user initiates a delete from R2. An external service needs to be informed of the deletion, so a pull-based queue has been established for the external service to retrieve notifications.

![Figure 2: Pull-Based R2 Event Notifications](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/event-notifications-for-storage/pull-based-event-notification.svg "Figure 2: Pull-Based R2 Event Notifications")

1. A user initiates a delete from R2.
2. An event notification is sent to the queue.
3. The external service, when ready to process the request, makes an HTTP POST request to the queue to pull the message.
4. The queue sends the message in response to the POST request from step 3.
5. The external service must acknowledge that the message has been received.

You can follow the steps here to [configure a pull-based consumer](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/#1-enable-http-pull).

## Additional example use cases

- Send an email to an administrator any time objects are deleted from R2.
- When a video or podcast is uploaded to R2, it automatically processes the content using one of Cloudflare's Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) AI models to generate subtitles or even translate the content.
- Remove related database entries if an object in R2 is deleted.

## Related resources
- [Tutorial: Log and store upload events in R2 with event notifications](/r2/tutorials/upload-logs-event-notifications/)
- [Event Notifications documentation](/r2/buckets/event-notifications/)
- [Cloudflare R2 overview](/r2/)
- [Cloudflare Queues overview](/queues/)
- [Cloudflare Queues Pull Consumers](/queues/configuration/pull-consumers/)

---

# Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/

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# On-demand Object Storage Data Migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/diagrams/storage/on-demand-object-storage-migration/

## Introduction

Migrating data between cloud object storage providers can be challenging and expensive. You need to ensure no objects are missed, especially when new data is coming in during your migration. Additionally, there may be a significant one-time data transfer fee to consider.

In order to address these challenges, Cloudflare has created two migration tools: [Sippy](/r2/data-migration/sippy/) and [Super Slurper](/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/). Sippy is an on-demand data migration service, and it is the primary focus of this reference architecture diagram. On the other hand, Super Slurper is designed for large-scale, one-time migrations to Cloudflare's global object storage service, [R2](/r2/). Moving all your data at once may not work for your scenario, so Sippy can help with that.

Sippy enables you to transfer data from other cloud providers to Cloudflare R2 as the data is requested. This workflow is ideal for situations where you want to avoid large upfront data transfer bills and selectively migrate data as it's accessed.

Migration-specific egress fees incurred when using other vendors cloud storage are reduced by leveraging requests within the flow of your application where you would already be paying egress fees to copy objects to R2 simultaneously.

Use Sippy to migrate your commonly accessed data objects and immediately start saving on egress fees. Then, use Super Sluper to migrate any remaining data.

Here's how Sippy works: it will first attempt to retrieve an object from R2 storage. If the object is not in R2, it will retrieve the object from your source cloud object storage. At the same time, it will add the object to R2 for future access, ensuring a seamless and efficient data migration process.

## On-demand Object Storage Data Migration with Sippy

![Figure 1: R2 On-demand Object Storage Data Migration with Sippy](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/on-demand-object-storage-migration/sippy-migration-diagram.svg "Figure 1: On-demand Object Storage Data Migration with Sippy")

1. The client requests an object from R2 using[ Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/workers/),[ S3 API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/api/s3/), or[ public bucket](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/buckets/public-buckets/).
2. If the object is found in your R2 bucket it is served to the client.
3. If the object is not found in R2, the object will simultaneously be returned from your source storage bucket and copied to R2. Note: Some large objects may take multiple requests to copy to R2 because they are copied over as multipart uploads. From the client’s perspective they will still get the file they are requesting.

After objects are copied, subsequent requests will be served from R2 and you’ll begin saving on egress fees immediately.

## Related Resources

- [Sippy Documentation](/r2/data-migration/sippy/)
- [Super Slurper Documentation](/r2/data-migration/super-slurper/)

---

# Application Security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/application-security/

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Application security implementation guides walk you through the steps to secure your public applications, devices and APIs with Cloudflare.

## Application Security

- [Use mTLS with Cloudflare protected resources](/learning-paths/mtls/concepts/)

---

# Zero Trust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/reference-architecture/implementation-guides/zero-trust/

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Zero Trust implementation guides walk you through the steps to deploy a Zero Trust solution with Cloudflare.

## Zero Trust

- [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/)
- [Replace your VPN](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/concepts/)
- [Deploy Zero Trust Web Access](/learning-paths/zero-trust-web-access/concepts/)
- [Secure Microsoft 365 email with Email Security](/learning-paths/secure-o365-email/concepts/)

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/

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<ListExamples directory="rules/cloud-connector/examples/" />

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# Route /images to an S3 Bucket using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/route-images-to-aws-s3-using-terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following example defines a single Cloud Connector rule for a zone using Terraform. The rule routes requests to `/images` on your domain to an AWS S3 bucket.

```tf
resource "cloudflare_cloud_connector_rules" "serve_images_in_aws" {
  zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
  rules {
    description = "Route images to AWS S3 bucket"
    enabled     = true
    expression  = "http.request.full_uri wildcard \"https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/images/*\""
    provider    = "aws_s3"
    parameters {
      host = "<BUCKET_NAME>.s3.amazonaws.com"
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="terraform-additional-resources" />

---

# Route /images to an S3 Bucket

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/route-images-to-s3/

To route requests to `/images` on your domain to an AWS S3 bucket:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Cloud Connector**.
3. Select **Amazon Web Services - S3** as your [cloud provider](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/).
4. Enter the bucket URL. You can structure the URL in two ways:
   - **Subdomain-style URL**: Set the hostname to `<BUCKET_NAME>.s3.amazonaws.com`. In this case, your files should be organized in the root of the bucket, meaning the URI path will map directly to the file. For example, `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/images/file.jpg` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.s3.amazonaws.com/images/file.jpg`.
   - **URI path-style URL**: Set the hostname to `s3.amazonaws.com`. Here, your bucket must include a folder named `images`, and files should be placed inside this folder. The URI path will then include the bucket name, like `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/<BUCKET_NAME>/images/file.jpg` mapping to `https://s3.amazonaws.com/<BUCKET_NAME>/images/file.jpg`.
5. _(Optional)_ Use the [Rewrite URL](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) feature of [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) to adjust the URL structure. For example, you can [create a URL rewrite](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/) that changes `/images` to `/<BUCKET_NAME>/images` to match the URI path-style URL structure.
6. Select **Next** and enter a descriptive name like `Route images to S3` in **Cloud Connector name**.
7. Under **If**, select **Custom filter expression** and enter the following expression:<br />
   `http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/images/*"`<br />
   Replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with desired hostname.
8. Select **Deploy** to activate the rule.

This setup will route all traffic matching `http*://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/images/*` (HTTPS and HTTP requests) to your S3 bucket. Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.

---

# Send EU visitors to a Google Cloud Storage bucket

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/send-eu-visitors-to-gcs/

To route requests from visitors in the European Union to a Google Cloud Storage bucket:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Cloud Connector**.
3. Select **Google Cloud Platform - Cloud Storage** as your [cloud provider](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/).
4. Enter the bucket URL. You can structure the URL in two ways:
   - **Subdomain-style URL**: For `<BUCKET_NAME>.storage.googleapis.com`, your files should be organized in the root of the bucket. For example, `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/index.html` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.storage.googleapis.com/index.html`.
   - **URI path-style URL**: If you set the hostname to `storage.googleapis.com`, your bucket must include folders corresponding to the intended URI paths. For example, if you want `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/eu/index.html` to map to a file in your bucket, the file should be placed at `https://storage.googleapis.com/<BUCKET_NAME>/eu/index.html`.
5. _(Optional)_ Use the [Rewrite URL](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) feature of [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) to adjust the URL structure. For example, you can [create a URL rewrite](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/) that changes `/eu` to `/<BUCKET_NAME>` to match the URI path-style URL structure.
6. Select **Next** and enter a descriptive name like `Route EU visitors to GCP` in **Cloud Connector name**.
7. Under **If**, select **Custom filter expression** and enter the following expression:
   `(ip.src.is_in_european_union)`<br />
   This expression targets traffic from European Union users.
8. Select **Deploy** to activate the rule.

This configuration will route traffic from EU visitors to your Google Cloud Storage bucket. Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.

---

# Serve /static-assets from Azure Blob Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/cloud-connector/examples/serve-static-assets-from-azure/

To serve static assets from an Azure Blob Storage container:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Navigate to **Rules** > **Cloud Connector**.
3. Select **Microsoft Azure - Blob Storage** as your [cloud provider](/rules/cloud-connector/providers/).
4. Enter the bucket URL. Use the following URL structure:
   - **Subdomain-style URL**: Set the hostname to `<BUCKET_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net`. In this case, your bucket should include a folder named `static-assets`, and files should be placed inside this folder. For example, `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/static-assets/style.css` will map to `https://<BUCKET_NAME>.blob.core.windows.net/static-assets/style.css`.
5. _(Optional)_ Use the [Rewrite URL](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/) feature of [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) to adjust the URL structure. For example, you can [create a URL rewrite](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/) that changes `/static-assets` to `/my-pages-project/static-assets` to match the file structure of your object storage bucket.
6. Click **Next** and enter a descriptive name like `Serve static assets from Azure` in **Cloud Connector name**.
7. Under **If**, select **Custom filter expression** and enter the following expression:
   `http.request.full_uri wildcard "http*://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/static-assets/*"`<br />
8. Select **Deploy** to activate the rule.

This setup ensures that all traffic matching `http*://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/static-assets/*` (HTTPS and HTTP requests) is served from your Azure Blob Storage container. Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.

---

# Disable Brotli compression

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-all-brotli/

import { Example, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

The following example rule will disable Brotli compression for all incoming requests of a given zone. The only available compression algorithm will be Gzip.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- All incoming requests

**Then**

- **Compression options**: Custom
- **Define a custom order for compression types**: `Gzip`

</Example>

If the client does not support Gzip compression, the response will be uncompressed.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following example sets the rules of an existing [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) for the `http_response_compression` phase to a single compression rule, using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "true",
      "action": "compress_response",
      "action_parameters": {
        "algorithms": [
          { "name": "gzip" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Disable compression for AVIF images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/disable-compression-avif/

import { Example, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

The following example rule will disable compression for AVIF images, based on either the content type or the file extension specified in the request.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Custom filter expression:

  - _Media Type_ _equals_ `image/avif` **OR**
  - _File extension_ _equals_ `avif`

**Then**

- **Compression options** > _Disable compression_

</Example>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following example sets the rules of an existing [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) for the `http_response_compression` phase to a single compression rule, using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash wrap
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.response.content_type.media_type eq \"image/avif\" or http.request.uri.path.extension eq \"avif\"",
      "action": "compress_response",
      "action_parameters": {
        "algorithms": [
          { "name": "none" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Use Gzip compression for CSV files

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/gzip-for-csv/

import { Example, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

The following example rule will configure Gzip compression as the preferred compression method for CSV files. If the visitor does not support this algorithm, Cloudflare will try to compress the response using a different algorithm supported by the visitor.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Custom filter expression:

  - _File extension_ _equals_ `csv`

**Then**

- **Compression options**: Custom
- **Define a custom order for compression types**: `Gzip`, `Auto`

</Example>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following example sets the rules of an existing [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) for the `http_response_compression` phase to a single compression rule, using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path.extension eq \"csv\"",
      "action": "compress_response",
      "action_parameters": {
        "algorithms": [
          { "name": "gzip" },
          { "name": "auto" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Enable Zstandard compression for default content types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/enable-zstandard/

import { Example, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

The following example rule will turn on Zstandard compression for response content types where [Cloudflare applies compression by default](/speed/optimization/content/compression/). If the client does not support Zstandard compression, it will use Brotli or Gzip compression as a fallback.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Custom filter expression:

  - _Media Type_ _is in_ `text/html, text/richtext, text/plain, text/css, text/x-script, text/x-component, text/x-java-source, text/x-markdown, application/javascript, application/x-javascript, text/javascript, text/js, image/x-icon, image/vnd.microsoft.icon, application/x-perl, application/x-httpd-cgi, text/xml, application/xml, application/rss+xml, application/vnd.api+json, application/x-protobuf, application/json, multipart/bag, multipart/mixed, application/xhtml+xml, font/ttf, font/otf, font/x-woff, image/svg+xml, application/vnd.ms-fontobject, application/ttf, application/x-ttf, application/otf, application/x-otf, application/truetype, application/opentype, application/x-opentype, application/font-woff, application/eot, application/font, application/font-sfnt, application/wasm, application/javascript-binast, application/manifest+json, application/ld+json, application/graphql+json, application/geo+json`

**Then**

- **Compression options**: Custom
- **Define a custom order for compression types**: `Zstandard`, `Brotli`, `Gzip`

</Example>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following example sets the rules of an existing [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) for the `http_response_compression` phase to a single compression rule, using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash wrap
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.response.content_type.media_type in {\"text/html\" \"text/richtext\" \"text/plain\" \"text/css\" \"text/x-script\" \"text/x-component\" \"text/x-java-source\" \"text/x-markdown\" \"application/javascript\" \"application/x-javascript\" \"text/javascript\" \"text/js\" \"image/x-icon\" \"image/vnd.microsoft.icon\" \"application/x-perl\" \"application/x-httpd-cgi\" \"text/xml\" \"application/xml\" \"application/rss+xml\" \"application/vnd.api+json\" \"application/x-protobuf\" \"application/json\" \"multipart/bag\" \"multipart/mixed\" \"application/xhtml+xml\" \"font/ttf\" \"font/otf\" \"font/x-woff\" \"image/svg+xml\" \"application/vnd.ms-fontobject\" \"application/ttf\" \"application/x-ttf\" \"application/otf\" \"application/x-otf\" \"application/truetype\" \"application/opentype\" \"application/x-opentype\" \"application/font-woff\" \"application/eot\" \"application/font\" \"application/font-sfnt\" \"application/wasm\" \"application/javascript-binast\" \"application/manifest+json\" \"application/ld+json\" \"application/graphql+json\" \"application/geo+json\"})",
      "action": "compress_response",
      "action_parameters": {
        "algorithms": [
          { "name": "zstd" },
          { "name": "brotli" },
          { "name": "gzip" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/compression-rules/examples/" />

---

# Use only Brotli compression for a specific path

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/compression-rules/examples/only-brotli-url-path/

import { Example, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

The following example rule will configure only Brotli compression for a specific URI path.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Custom filter expression:

  - _URI Path_ _equals_ `/download/assets.tar`

**Then**

- **Compression options**: Custom
- **Define a custom order for compression types**: `Brotli`

</Example>

Since the rule configuration does not include _Auto_ at the end of the custom algorithms list, the response will be uncompressed if the web visitor does not support Brotli.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following example sets the rules of an existing [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) (with ID `{ruleset_id}`) for the `http_response_compression` phase to a single compression rule, using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/download/assets.tar\"",
      "action": "compress_response",
      "action_parameters": {
        "algorithms": [
          { "name": "brotli" }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Define a single configuration rule using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/examples/define-single-configuration-terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following example defines a single configuration rule for a zone using Terraform. The rule disables Email Obfuscation and Browser Integrity Check for API requests.

```tf
# Disable a couple of Cloudflare settings for API requests
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "http_config_rules_example" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Config rules ruleset"
  description = "Set configuration rules for incoming requests"
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_config_settings"

  rules {
    ref         = "disable_obfuscation_bic"
    description = "Disable email obfuscation and BIC for API requests"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")"
    action      = "set_config"
    action_parameters {
      email_obfuscation = false
      bic               = false
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="terraform-additional-resources" />

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/configuration-rules/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/configuration-rules/examples/" />

---

# Change URI Path and Host Header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/change-uri-path-and-host-header/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To change URI Path and Host Header on incoming requests simultaneously:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Create a URL rewrite:
   - Navigate to **Rules** > **Overview**.
   - Next to **URL Rewrite Rules**, select **Create rule** .
   - Configure the rule to modify the path. For instance, to remove `/uploads` from the path:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
raw.http.request.uri.path matches "^/uploads/.*"
```

Text after **Path** > **Rewrite to** > _Dynamic_:

```txt
regex_replace(raw.http.request.uri.path, "^/uploads/", "/")
```

</Example>

The `regex_replace()` [function](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#regex_replace) replaces the `/uploads/` part of the path with `/`, changing `/uploads/example.jpg` to `/example.jpg`.

3. Create an **Origin Rule**:
   - If routing traffic to an object storage bucket, use [Cloud Connector](/rules/cloud-connector/). Otherwise, navigate to **Rules** > **Overview**.
   - Next to **Origin Rules**, select **Create rule**, and then select **Host Header** > **Rewrite to**.
   - Configure the rule to modify the Host header to desired hostname:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
raw.http.request.uri.path matches "^/uploads/.*"
```

Text after **Host Header** > **Rewrite to**:

```txt
example.com
```

This will set [the Host header](/rules/origin-rules/features/#host-header) to `example.com` for matching requests.

**Optional:**
To route requests to a different origin (DNS target), use [DNS override](/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record):

Text after **DNS Record** > **Override to**:

```txt
example.com
```

This will route requests to the DNS target of `example.com` instead of your default [DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

</Example>

This setup routes traffic from `https://<YOUR_SOURCE_HOSTNAME>/uploads/*` to `https://<YOUR_TARGET_HOSTNAME>/*`. Ensure the filters for [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) and [Origin Rules](/rules/origin-rules/) (or [Cloud Connector](/rules/cloud-connector/)) are precise to avoid unintended rule executions.

Remember that rules are evaluated [in sequence](/ruleset-engine/reference/phases-list/), so Transform Rules run before Origin Rules or Cloud Connector.

Make sure to replace `example.com` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup. By following these steps, you can effectively manage both URI paths and Host headers to route traffic appropriately and optimize request handling.

---

# Define a single origin rule using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/define-single-origin-terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following example defines a single origin rule for a zone using Terraform. The rule overrides the `Host` header, the resolved hostname, and the destination port of API requests.

```tf
# Change origin for API requests
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "http_origin_example" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "Change origin"
  description = ""
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_origin"

  rules {
	  ref         = "change_api_origin"
    description = "Change origin of API requests"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/api/\")"
    action      = "route"
    action_parameters {
      host_header = "example.net"
      origin {
        host = "example.net"
        port = 8000
      }
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="terraform-additional-resources" />

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/origin-rules/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/origin-rules/examples/" />

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

Use the following resources to accomplish specific goals in Page Rules.

<DirectoryListing />

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

---

# Override URL or IP address

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/how-to/override-url-or-ip-address/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Page Rules allows you to override the URL or IP address of a request. This feature is currently available for domains on the Enterprise plan.

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

A common use case for this functionality is when you are serving an application from a particular URI (`mydomain.com/app`). In this case, the app may live on another server and may even be hosted by a third party. Requests to this endpoint must be directed to the server for that third party application. You can specify a `CNAME` host, as long as the `CNAME` record exists within the Cloudflare DNS.

To make sure you have full control of these records, it is recommended that you set the Resolve Override within the same zone name.

---

To configure a resolve override in Page Rules, do the following:

1. [Create a DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) (either `CNAME` or `A` record) for your domain.

   - This example shows a `CNAME` record setup to point to `domain.s3.amazonaws.com`.

     - **Type:** `CNAME`
     - **Name:** `resolve.example.com`
     - **Target:** `domain.s3.amazonaws.com`
     - **TTL:** Auto
     - **Proxy status:** Proxied

   - This example uses an `A` record to point to a web server IP address.

     - **Type:** `A`
     - **Name:** `resolve.example.com`
     - **IPv4 address:** `1.2.3.4`
     - **TTL:** Auto
     - **Proxy status:** Proxied

2. [Create a page rule](/rules/page-rules/manage/) to override a URL or an IP address.

   The following example page rule configuration would send all requests from a folder (`/app`) to an AWS S3 bucket:

   - **If the URL matches:** `example.com/app/*`
   - **Setting:** _Resolve Override_ | **Value:** `resolve.example.com`
   - **Setting:** _Host Header Override_ | **Value:** `examplebucket.s3.amazonaws.com`

:::caution[Important remarks]

- Page Rules require a [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records) to work. Page Rules will not apply to subdomains that do not exist in DNS or are not being directed to Cloudflare.

- The _Resolve Override_ setting only allows override of the hostname, not the path. If you need to modify the path also, you will need to either use a [Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#the-cf-property-requestinitcfproperties) or combine the page rule with a [transform rule](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/).

:::

---

# Rewrite Host headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/how-to/rewrite-host-headers/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Customers can rewrite `Host` headers using different Cloudflare rules. This feature is currently available for domains on the Enterprise plan.

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

A common use case for this functionality is when your content is hosted on an Amazon S3 bucket. Amazon has designed their system to only accept host headers that have the same name as the bucket hosting your content. In this way, a request to `Host: your-domain.com` must be rewritten to `Host: your-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com`, or else the request will be denied.

In some cases, you can adjust your Amazon S3 Bucket to accept `Host` headers that are not the bucket name.

***

To rewrite the `Host` header:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Page Rules**.
3. Select **Create Page Rule**.
4. Specify the URL to match.
5. In **Pick a Setting,** select *Host Header Override*. Then, enter the override value.
6. Select **Save and Deploy Page Rule**.

Now, any request matching the URL you specified will have the `Host` header overridden to the one you entered in the **Host Header Override** text box.

<Render file="page-rule-proxied-dns-warning" />

---

# URL forwarding

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/how-to/url-forwarding/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Page Rules allow you to forward or redirect traffic to a different URL, though they are just one of the [options provided by Cloudflare](/fundamentals/reference/redirects/).

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

***

## Redirect with Page Rules

To configure URL forwarding or redirects using Page Rules:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Page Rules**.
3. Under **Page Rules**, select **Create Page Rule**.
4. Under **If the URL matches**, enter the URL or URL pattern that should match the rule. 
5. In **Pick a Setting**, choose **Forwarding URL** from the drop-down menu.
6. For **Select status code**, choose *301 - Permanent Redirect* or *302 - Temporary Redirect*.
7. Enter the destination URL.
8. Select **Save and Deploy Page Rule**.

<Render file="page-rule-proxied-dns-warning" />

***

## Forwarding examples

Imagine you want site visitors to reach your website for a variety of URL patterns. For instance, the page rule URL patterns `*www.example.com/products` and `*example.com/products` match:

```txt
http://example.com/products

http://www.example.com/products

https://www.example.com/products

https://blog.example.com/products

https://www.blog.example.com/products
```

but do not match:

```txt
http://www.example.com/blog/products (extra directory)
or
http://www.example.comproducts (no trailing slash)
```

Once you have created the pattern that matches what you want, select the **Forwarding** toggle. This will display a field where you can enter the address you want requests forwarded to.

```txt
https://example.com/products
```

If you enter the address above in the forwarding box and select **Add Rule**, within a few seconds any requests that match the pattern you entered will automatically be forwarded with an `HTTP 302` redirect status code to the new URL.

***

## Advanced forwarding options

If you use a basic redirect, such as forwarding the apex domain (`example.com`) to `www.example.com`, then you lose anything else in the URL.

For example, you could set up the pattern:

```txt
example.com
```

And have it forward to:

```txt
http://www.example.com
```

However, if someone entered `example.com/some-particular-page.html`, they would be redirected to:

```txt
www.example.com
```

Instead of:

```txt
www.example.com/some-particular-page.html
```

The solution is to use variables. Each wildcard corresponds to a variable when can be referenced in the forwarding address. The variables are represented by a `$` (dollar sign) followed by a number. To refer to the first wildcard you would use `$1`, to refer to the second wildcard you would use `$2`, and so on.

To fix the forwarding from the apex to `www` in the above example, you could use the same pattern:

```txt
example.com/*
```

You would then set up the following URL for traffic to forward to:

```txt
http://www.example.com/$1
```

In this case, if someone went to:

```txt
example.com/some-particular-page.html
```

They would be redirected to:

```txt
http://www.example.com/some-particular-page.html
```

---

# Additional reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/reference/additional-reference/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

## Bypass Cache on Cookie setting

This setting is available to Business and Enterprise customers.

The **Bypass Cache on Cookie** setting supports basic regular expressions (regex) as follows:

* A pipe operator (represented by `|`) to match multiple cookies using *OR* boolean logic. For example, `bypass=.*|PHPSESSID=.*` would bypass the cache if either a cookie called `bypass` or `PHPSESSID` were set, regardless of the cookie's value.
* The wildcard operator (represented by `.*`), such that a rule value of `t.*st=` would match both a cookie called `test` and one called `teeest`.

Limitations include:

* 150 characters per cookie regex
* 12 wildcards per cookie regex
* 1 wildcard in between each `|` in the cookie regex

To learn how to configure **Bypass Cache on Cookie** with a variety of platforms, review these articles:

* [Caching Static HTML with WordPress/WooCommerce](/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/caching-static-html-with-wordpresswoocommerce/)
* [Caching Static HTML with Magento (Business and Enterprise only)](/support/third-party-software/e-commerce/caching-static-html-with-magento-business-and-enterprise-only/)
* [Customize cache](/cache/concepts/customize-cache/)

:::note


If you add both this setting and the enterprise-only *Cache On Cookie* setting to the same page rule, *Cache On Cookie* takes precedence over *Bypass Cache on Cookie*.


:::

## Zone name occurrences must end with a slash

When saving a page rule, Cloudflare will ensure that there is a slash after each occurrence of the current zone name in the **If the URL matches** field. For example, if the current zone name is `example.com`, then:

* `example.com` will be saved as `example.com/`
* `example.com/path/example.com` will be saved as `example.com/path/example.com/`

Note that `example.com/some-path/cloudflare.com` will be saved *without* a final slash, since the zone name is not `cloudflare.com`.

## Network ports supported by Page Rules

If you specify a port in the **If the URL matches** field of a page rule, it must be one of the following:

* One of the HTTP/HTTPS ports [compatible with Cloudflare’s proxy](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/#network-ports-compatible-with-cloudflares-proxy).
* A custom port of a [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/) HTTPS application.

## Using Page Rules with Workers

If the URL of the current request matches both a page rule and a [Workers custom route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/), some Pages Rules settings will not be applied. For more details, refer to [Workers and Page Rules](/workers/configuration/workers-with-page-rules/).

## Page Rules are case-insensitive

The pattern entered under **If the URL matches** will not consider upper and lower case differences — `example.com/path`, `example.com/Path`, and `example.com/PATH` will be triggered the same way.

If you need your rules to consider case sensitivity, you might want to use alternative [Rules](/rules/) options instead.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/reference/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

---

# Recommended rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/reference/recommended-rules/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

Use Cloudflare Page Rules to improve the user experience of your domain with hardened security and enhanced site performance, while increasing reliability and minimizing bandwidth usage for your origin server.

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Keep in mind that not all rules will be right for everyone, but these are some of the most popular.

* 301/302 Forwarding URL
* Security Level and Cache Level
* Edge Cache TTL, Always Online, and Browser Cache TTL

### 301/302 Forwarding URL

:::note

Consider using [Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) or [Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/) to forward or redirect traffic to a different URL due to ease of use, maintenance, and cost. You should only use Page Rules when Dynamic or Bulk Redirects do not meet your use case. 
:::

Two common examples for using forwarding URLs are:

* Defining the root as the canonical version of your domain.
* Directing visitors to a specific page with an easy to remember URL.

This example page rule configuration defines the root as the canonical version of your domain:

<Example>

* **If the URL matches**: `*www.example.com/*`
* **Setting**: *Forwarding URL* | **Select status code**: *301 Permanent Redirect*
* **Enter destination URL**: `https://example.com/$2`

</Example>

This example redirects visitors to a specific page with an easy to remember URL:

<Example>

* **If the URL matches**: `*www.example.com/fb*`
* **Setting**: *Forwarding URL* | **Select status code**: *302 Temporary Redirect*
* **Enter destination URL**: `https://www.facebook.com/username`

</Example>

### Security Level and Cache Level

Certain sections of a website, like the login or admin section, have different security and performance requirements than your general public-facing pages.

The following example page rule configuration performs several security and cache adjustments for requests targeting a specific path:

<Example>

* **If the URL matches**: `example.com/user*`
* **Setting**: *Security Level* | **Value**: *High*
* **Setting**: *Cache Level* | **Value**: *Bypass*
* **Setting**: *Disable Apps*

</Example>

### Edge Cache TTL and Browser Cache TTL

Certain resources on your domain will likely not change often. For these resources, taking advantage of aggressive caching options can significantly reduce the load on your server and bandwidth utilization.

#### Examples

In the following example page rule configuration, the target is a folder that holds the majority of the image assets as well as some other types of multimedia.

<Example>

* **If the URL matches**: `example.com/sites/default/files*`
* **Setting**: *Browser Cache TTL* | **Value**: *a day*
* **Setting**: *Cache Level |* **Value**: *Cache Everything*
* **Setting**: *Edge Cache TTL |* **Value**: *7 days*

</Example>

The following example page rule configuration applies unique rules for critical pages that do not change very often.

<Example>

* **If the URL matches**: `example.com/terms-of-service`
* **Setting**: *Browser Cache TTL* | **Value**: *a day*
* **Setting**: *Always Online |* **Value**: *On*
* **Setting**: *Cache Level* | **Value**: *Cache Everything*
* **Setting**: *Edge Cache TTL* | **Value**: *a month*

</Example>

---

# Settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/reference/settings/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Settings control the action Cloudflare takes once a request matches the URL pattern defined in a page rule. You can use settings to enable and disable multiple Cloudflare features across the dashboard.

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Note that:

* Some settings require a Pro, Business, or Enterprise domain plan.
* You can specify more than one setting to apply when the rule triggers.

Below is the full list of settings available, presented in the order that they appear in the **Cloudflare Page Rules** page in the Cloudflare dashboard.

| **Setting**                                                                                     | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | **Plans**               |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)                 | Enable **Always Use HTTPS** feature. If enabled, any `http://` URL is converted to `https://` through a 301 redirect.<br/><br/>If this option does not appear, you do not have an active **Edge Certificate**.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | All                     |
| [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/) | Turn on or off **Automatic HTTPS Rewrites**.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | All                     |
| [Browser Cache TTL](/cache/how-to/edge-browser-cache-ttl/)                                      | Control how long resources cached by client browsers remain valid. The Cloudflare dashboard and the API both prohibit setting **Browser Cache TTL** to `0` for non-Enterprise domains.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | All                     |
| [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/)                                  | Inspect the visitor's browser for headers commonly associated with spammers and certain bots.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | All                     |
| Bypass Cache on Cookie                                                                          | Bypass cache and fetch resources from the origin server if a regular expression matches against a cookie name present in the request.<br/>If you add both this setting and the *Cache On Cookie* setting to the same page rule, *Cache On Cookie* takes precedence over *Bypass Cache on Cookie*.<br/><br/>Refer to the [Additional details](/rules/page-rules/reference/additional-reference/#bypass-cache-on-cookie-setting) to learn about limited regular expression support.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Business and Enterprise |
| [Cache By Device Type](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-device-type/)                   | Separate cached content based on the visitor’s device type.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Enterprise              |
| [Cache Deception Armor](/cache/cache-security/cache-deception-armor/)                           | Protect from web cache deception attacks while still allowing static assets to be cached. This setting verifies that the URL's extension matches the returned *Content-Type*.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | All                     |
| [Cache Key](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/)                                                          | Also referred to as *Custom Cache Key*.<br/>Control specifically what variables to include when deciding which resources to cache. This allows customers to determine what to cache based on something other than just the URL.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Enterprise              |
| Cache Level                                                                                     | Apply custom caching based on the option selected:<br/><br/>– **Bypass**: Cloudflare does not cache.<br/>– **No Query String**: Delivers resources from cache when there is no query string.<br/>– **Ignore Query String**: Delivers the same resource to everyone independent of the query string.<br/>– **Standard**: Caches all static content that has a query string.<br/>– **Cache Everything**: Treats all content as static and caches all file types beyond the [Cloudflare default cached content](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions). Respects cache headers from the origin web server unless **Edge Cache TTL** is also set in the Page Rule. When combined with an **Edge Cache TTL** > `0`, **Cache Everything** removes cookies from the origin web server response.  | All                     |
| Cache on Cookie                                                                                 | Apply the *Cache Everything* option (*Cache Level* setting) based on a regular expression match against a cookie name.<br/>If you add both this setting and *Bypass Cache on Cookie* to the same page rule, *Cache On Cookie* takes precedence over *Bypass Cache on Cookie*.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Business and above      |
| [Cache TTL by Status Code](/cache/how-to/configure-cache-status-code/)                          | Enterprise customers can set cache time-to-live (TTL) based on the response status from the origin web server. Cache TTL refers to the duration of a resource in the Cloudflare network before being marked as stale or discarded from cache. Status codes are returned by a resource's origin. Setting cache TTL based on response status overrides the default cache behavior (standard caching) for static files and overrides cache instructions sent by the origin web server. To cache non-static assets, set a Cache Level of Cache Everything using a Page Rule. Setting no-store Cache-Control or a low TTL (using `max-age`/`s-maxage`) increases requests to origin web servers and decreases performance.                                                                                                      | Enterprise              |
| Disable Apps                                                                                    | Turn off all active [Cloudflare Apps](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/) (deprecated). <Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | All                     |
| Disable Performance                                                                             | Turn off [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/), [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/), and [Polish](/images/polish/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | All                     |
| Disable Security                                                                                | Turn off [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/), [Rate Limiting (previous version, deprecated)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/), [Scrape Shield](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/), [URL (Zone) Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/), and [WAF managed rules (previous version, deprecated)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | All                     |
| Disable Zaraz                                                                                   | Turn off [Zaraz](/zaraz/).<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | All                     |
| Edge Cache TTL                                                                                  | Specify how long to cache a resource in the Cloudflare global network. *Edge Cache TTL* is not visible in response headers.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | All                     |
| [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/)                        | Turn on or off **Email Obfuscation**.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | All                     |
| Forwarding URL                                                                                  | Redirects one URL to another using an `HTTP 301/302` redirect. Refer to [Wildcard matching and referencing](/rules/page-rules/reference/wildcard-matching/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | All                     |
| [Host Header Override](/rules/page-rules/how-to/rewrite-host-headers/)                          | Apply a specific host header.<Render file="origin-rule-promotion" product="rules" params={{ one: "/rules/origin-rules/features/#host-header" }} />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Enterprise              |
| IP Geolocation Header                                                                           | Cloudflare adds a `CF-IPCountry` HTTP header containing the country code that corresponds to the visitor.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | All                     |
| [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/)                                                    | Turn on or off **Mirage**.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Pro and above           |
| [Opportunistic Encryption](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/opportunistic-encryption/) | Turn on or off the **Opportunistic Encryption**.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | All                     |
| [Origin Cache Control](/cache/concepts/cache-control/)                                          | Origin Cache Control is enabled by default for Free, Pro, and Business domains and disabled by default for Enterprise domains.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | All                     |
| Origin Error Page Pass-thru                                                                     | Turn on or off Cloudflare error pages generated from issues sent from the origin server. If enabled, this setting triggers error pages issued by the origin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Enterprise              |
| [Polish](/images/polish/)                                                                       | Apply options from the **Polish** feature of the Cloudflare **Speed** app.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Pro and above           |
| [Query String Sort](/cache/advanced-configuration/query-string-sort/)                           | Turn on or off the reordering of query strings. When query strings have the same structure, caching improves.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Enterprise              |
| [Resolve Override](/rules/page-rules/how-to/override-url-or-ip-address/)                        | Change the origin address to the value specified in this setting. <Render file="origin-rule-promotion" product="rules" params={{ one: "/rules/origin-rules/features/#dns-record" }} />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Enterprise              |
| [Respect Strong ETags](/cache/reference/etag-headers/)                                          | Turn on or off byte-for-byte equivalency checks between the Cloudflare cache and the origin server.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Enterprise              |
| Response Buffering                                                                              | Turn on or off whether Cloudflare should wait for an entire file from the origin server before forwarding it to the site visitor. By default, Cloudflare sends packets to the client as they arrive from the origin server.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Enterprise              |
| [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/)                                     | Turn on or off **Rocket Loader** in the Cloudflare **Speed** app.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | All                     |
| [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/)                                                    | Control options for the **Security Level** feature from the **Security** app. <Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | All                     |
| [SSL](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/)                                                     | Control options for the **SSL** feature of the **Edge Certificates** tab in the Cloudflare **SSL/TLS** app.<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | All                     |
| True Client IP Header                                                                           | Turn on or off the [**True-Client-IP Header**](/network/true-client-ip-header/) feature of the Cloudflare **Network** app.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Enterprise              |
| Web Application Firewall                                                                        | Turn on or off [WAF managed rules (previous version, deprecated)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/).<br/>You cannot enable or disable individual WAF managed rules via Page Rules.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Pro and above           |

---

# Billing and subscription

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/troubleshooting/billing-and-subscription/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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## If I run out of Page Rules, can I buy more?

No, you cannot buy additional Page Rules. You will need to [migrate to modern Rules features](/rules/reference/page-rules-migration/) to benefit from increased quotas.

## How do I cancel my Page Rules purchase?

To cancel a purchase:

1. Go to [your Account Subscriptions settings](http://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/billing/subscriptions).

2. Find the associated website (listed in alphabetical order) and select **Edit**.

3. For **Additional page rules**, change the amount to your previous value. If you are over your current limit, you may have to delete existing page rules (paused or active).

4. Finish the updates to your subscription.

## When I change plans will I keep my add-on subscriptions?

When you change plans, you will keep your Page Rules add-on subscription.

## What happens if I cancel Page Rules halfway through my billing cycle?

You will be billed for and have access to your additional Page Rules until the end of your current billing cycle.

Your plan will adjust at the start of your next billing cycle. For more details, refer to our [billing policy](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/).

---

# Wildcard matching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/reference/wildcard-matching/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can use the asterisk (`*`) in any URL segment to match certain patterns. For example, `example.com/t*st` would match:

- `example.com/test`
- `example.com/toast`
- `example.com/trust`

`example.com/foo/* `does not match `example.com/foo`, but `example.com/foo*` does match.

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## Helpful tips

- To match both `http` and `https`, write `example.com`. Writing `*example.com` is unnecessary.
- To match every page on a domain, write `example.com/*`. Writing `example.com` will not work.
- To match every page on a domain and its subdomains, write `*example.com/*`. Writing `example.com` will not work.
- A wildcard (`*`) in a page rule URL will match even if no characters are present and may include any part of the URL, including the query string.

## Reference wildcard matches

You can reference a matched wildcard later using the `$<X>` syntax, where `<X>` indicates the index of a glob pattern. For example, `$1` represents the first wildcard match and `$2` represents the second wildcard match.

The `$<X>` syntax is especially useful with the _Forwarding URL_ setting. For example, you could forward `http://*.example.com/*` to `http://example.com/images/$1/$2.jpg`.

This rule would match `http://cloud.example.com/flare.jpg`, which would be forwarded to `http://example.com/images/cloud/flare.jpg`.

To add a `$` character in the forwarding URL, escape it by adding a backslash `\` in front like `\$`.

:::caution
Avoid creating a redirect where the domain points to itself as the destination. A domain that points to itself can cause an [infinite redirect error](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/), which makes your site inaccessible to visitors.
:::

---

# General

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/troubleshooting/general/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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## Why is a page rule not working?

The most common reason that a page rule is not working — such as URL forwarding — is that the page rule you created is on a record that is not proxied by Cloudflare in your [DNS settings](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

Consider an example where you have a page rule that redirects a subdomain (`subdomain.yoursitename.com`) back to your apex domain (`yoursitename.com`). If you do not have that record proxied in your DNS settings for the subdomain record, Cloudflare's proxy is not running over the record and a page rule will not work because it is going direct to your server.

## Error 500 (Internal server error)

### Root cause

This may be due to a configuration issue on a page rule. When creating a page rule that uses two wildcards, like a *Forwarding URL* rule, it is possible to create a rule that mentions the second wildcard with the `$2` placeholder. Refer to the example below:

![Example Page Rule configuration with two wildcards. The forwarding URL contains a $2 placeholder, which will be replaced with the content matched by the second ](~/assets/images/support/page-rule-create.png)

When updating the same rule, you can remove one of the wildcard in the **If the URL matches** field and save it. Refer to the example below:

![Incorrect Page Rule configuration with a single wildcard, but still using the $2 placeholder in the forwarding URL. This configuration causes ](~/assets/images/support/page-rule-update.png)

If you do so, the `$2` placeholder reference a wildcard that does not exist anymore, and as such, an `Error 500 (Internal server error)` is thrown when a URL triggers the page rule.

### Resolution

Update the page rule and remove the reference `$2` to the second wildcard. If there is only one wildcard, then you can only use `$1`.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/page-rules/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

Use the following resources to help you troubleshoot issues with Page Rules.

<DirectoryListing />

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

---

# A/B testing with same-URL direct access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/ab-testing-same-url/

This version passes through requests for `/test/*` and `/control/*` URI paths to the origin server, bypassing random assignment.

```js
const NAME = "myExampleABTest";

export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Clone the original URL
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Enable Passthrough to allow direct access to control and test routes.
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/control") || url.pathname.startsWith("/test"))
			return fetch(request);

		// Determine which group this requester is in.
		const cookie = request.headers.get("cookie");

		if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=control`)) {
			url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
		} else if (cookie && cookie.includes(`${NAME}=test`)) {
			url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
		} else {
			// If there is no cookie, this is a new client. Choose a group and set the cookie.
			const group = Math.random() < 0.5 ? "test" : "control"; // 50/50 split
			if (group === "control") {
				url.pathname = "/control" + url.pathname;
			} else {
				url.pathname = "/test" + url.pathname;
			}
			// Reconstruct response to avoid immutability
			let response = await fetch(url);
			response = new Response(response.body, response);
			// Set cookie to enable persistent A/B sessions.
			response.headers.append("Set-Cookie", `${NAME}=${group}; path=/`);
			return response;
		}
		return fetch(url);
	},
};
```

---

# Append dates to cookies to use with A/B testing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/append-dates-to-cookies/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Clone the response so that it is no longer immutable
		const newResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		// Define the dynamic expiry time. 24 h * 60 m * 60 s * 1000 ms = 86,400,000 ms
		const expiry = new Date(Date.now() + 7 * 86400000).toUTCString();
		// Define the group variable. "A" if the request header "userGroup" is "premium", "B" if otherwise.
		const group = request.headers.get("userGroup") == "premium" ? "A" : "B";

		// Append the custom header with the values
		newResponse.headers.append(
			"Set-Cookie",
			`testGroup=${group}; Expires=${expiry}; Path=/`,
		);

		return newResponse;
	},
};
```

---

# Auth with headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/auth-with-headers/

:::caution[Caution when using in production]
The example code contains a generic header key and value of `X-Custom-PSK` and `mypresharedkey`. To best protect your resources, change the header key and value in the Snippets editor before saving your code.
:::

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY Custom header to check for key
		 * @param {string} PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE Hard-coded key value
		 */
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY = "X-Custom-PSK";
		const PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE = "mypresharedkey";
		const psk = request.headers.get(PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_KEY);

		if (psk === PRESHARED_AUTH_HEADER_VALUE) {
			// Correct preshared header key supplied. Fetch request from origin.
			return fetch(request);
		}

		// Incorrect key supplied. Reject the request.
		return new Response("Sorry, you have supplied an invalid key.", {
			status: 403,
		});
	},
};
```

---

# Send Bot Management information to origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bot-data-to-origin/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Clone the original request to construct a new request
		const newRequest = new Request(request);
		// Set Bot Management headers on a new request to the origin: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/reference/bot-management-variables/#workers-variables
		newRequest.headers.set("bot-score", request.cf.botManagement.score); // bot score (integer)
		newRequest.headers.set(
			"verified-bot",
			request.cf.botManagement.verifiedBot,
		); // verified bot (boolean)
		newRequest.headers.set("ja4", request.cf.botManagement.ja4); // JA4 fingerprint hash (string)
		// Serve response to the new request from the origin
		return await fetch(newRequest);
	},
};
```

---

# Send suspect bots to a honeypot

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bots-to-honeypot/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Clone the response so that it is no longer immutable
		const newResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		if (request.cf.botManagement.score < 30) {
			const honeypot = "https://example.com/";
			return await fetch(honeypot, request);
		} else {
			return newResponse;
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Bulk redirect based on a map object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/bulk-redirect-map/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define a variable with the hostname that needs to be redirected.
		const externalHostname = "example.com";

		// Define the map object. Replace the sources (/pathX) and targets (/redirectX) with ones that apply to your case.
		const redirectMap = new Map([
			["/path1", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect1"],
			["/path2", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect2"],
			["/path3", "https://" + externalHostname + "/redirect3"],
			["/path4", "https://cloudflare.com"],
		]);

		// Clone the original URL.
		const requestURL = new URL(request.url);

		// Check the request path against the map and redirect accordingly.
		const path = requestURL.pathname;
		const location = redirectMap.get(path);

		if (location) {
			return Response.redirect(location, 301);
		}

		// If request path not in map, return the original request.
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

---

# Custom cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/custom-cache/

```js
// Define configurable cache duration in seconds (default: 30 days)
const CACHE_DURATION_SECONDS = 30 * 24 * 60 * 60;

// Define which parts of the request to include in the cache key
const USE_PATH = true; // Include path in the cache key
const USE_QUERY_STRING = true; // Include query string in the cache key
const INCLUDE_HEADERS = ["User-Agent"]; // Headers to include in the cache key

export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
        // Generate a custom cache key based on user preferences
        const cacheKey = createCacheKey(request);
        console.log(`Retrieving cache for: ${cacheKey.url}.`)

        // Access the default Cache API
        const cache = caches.default;

        // Attempt to retrieve the cached response
        let response = await cache.match(cacheKey);

        if (!response) {
            // Cache miss: Fetch the asset from the origin
            console.log(`Cache miss for: ${cacheKey.url}. Fetching from origin...`);
            response = await fetch(request);

            // Wrap the origin response for caching
            response = new Response(response.body, response);

            // Set Cache-Control headers to define the TTL
            response.headers.set("Cache-Control", `s-maxage=${CACHE_DURATION_SECONDS}`);
            response.headers.set("x-snippets-cache", "stored");

            // Store the response in the cache
            await cache.put(cacheKey, response.clone());
        } else {
            // Cache hit: Return the cached response
            console.log(`Cache hit for: ${cacheKey.url}.`);
            response = new Response(response.body, response);
            response.headers.set("x-snippets-cache", "hit");

            // Optionally check if the cache should expire based on age
            const ageHeader = response.headers.get("Age");
            if (ageHeader && parseInt(ageHeader, 10) > CACHE_DURATION_SECONDS) {
                console.log(`Cache expired for: ${cacheKey.url}. Deleting cached response...`);
                await cache.delete(cacheKey);
                response.headers.set("x-snippets-cache", "deleted");
            }
        }

        // Return the response to the client
        return response;
    },
};

/**
 * Function to create a custom cache key based on request properties
 * @param {Request} request - The incoming request object
 * @returns {Request} - A valid cache key based on the URL
 */
function createCacheKey(request) {
    const url = new URL(request.url); // Use the request's base URL
    const cacheKey = new URL(url.origin); // Start with the origin (scheme + hostname)

    // Optionally include the path
    if (USE_PATH) {
        cacheKey.pathname = url.pathname;
    }

    // Optionally include the query string
    if (USE_QUERY_STRING) {
        cacheKey.search = url.search;
    }

    // Optionally include specific headers
    if (INCLUDE_HEADERS.length > 0) {
        const headerParts = INCLUDE_HEADERS.map(header => `${header}=${request.headers.get(header) || ""}`).join("&");
        cacheKey.searchParams.append("headers", headerParts);
    }

    // Return the constructed URL as the cache key
    return new Request(cacheKey.toString(), {
        method: "GET"
    });
}
```

---

# Country code redirect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/country-code-redirect/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		/**
		 * A map of the URLs to redirect to
		 * @param {Object} countryMap
		 */
		const countryMap = {
			// Replace the country codes and target URLs with ones that apply to your case.
			US: "https://example.com/us",
			EU: "https://example.com/eu",
		};

		// Use the cf object to obtain the country of the request
		// more on the cf object: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties
		const country = request.cf.country;

		// If country is not null and is defined in the country map above, redirect.
		if (country != null && country in countryMap) {
			const url = countryMap[country];
			// Remove this logging statement from your final output.
			console.log(
				`Based on ${country}-based request, your user would go to ${url}.`,
			);
			return Response.redirect(url);

			// If request country not in map, return another page.
		} else {
			return fetch("https://example.com", request);
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Debugging logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/debugging-logs/

```js
// Replace with your actual logging service endpoint
const loggingEndpoint = "https://your-logging-endpoint";

export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		try {
			// Attempt to fetch the request from the origin server
			const response = await fetch(request.clone());

			// Check if the response status indicates an error (for example, 4xx or 5xx)
			if (!response.ok) {
				// Prepare error details and context for logging
				const errorDetails = {
					status: response.status,
					statusText: response.statusText,
					url: request.url,
					method: request.method,
					headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
				};

				// Log error details to your logging service
				await logError(errorDetails);

				// Return the original response with status and statusText intact
				return new Response(response.body, {
					status: response.status,
					statusText: response.statusText,
					headers: response.headers,
				});
			}

			// Return the successful response from the origin server
			return response;
		} catch (error) {
			// Handle any exceptions that occur during fetch
			const errorDetails = {
				message: error.message,
				stack: error.stack,
				url: request.url,
				method: request.method,
				headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers),
			};

			// Log error details to your logging service
			await logError(errorDetails);

			// Return a generic error response
			return new Response("Internal Server Error", {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
};

// Function to log error details to your logging service
async function logError(details) {
	try {
		const response = await fetch(loggingEndpoint, {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
			},
			body: JSON.stringify(details),
		});

		if (!response.ok) {
			console.error("Failed to log error:", response.statusText);
		}
	} catch (error) {
		console.error("Error logging error:", error.message);
	}
}
```

---

# Define CORS headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/define-cors-headers/

```js
// Define CORS headers
const corsHeaders = {
	"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*", // Replace * with your allowed origin(s)
	"Access-Control-Allow-Methods": "GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS", // Adjust allowed methods as needed
	"Access-Control-Allow-Headers": "Content-Type, Authorization", // Adjust allowed headers as needed
	"Access-Control-Max-Age": "86400", // Adjust max age (in seconds) as needed
};

export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Make a copy of the request to modify its headers
		const modifiedRequest = new Request(request);

		// Handle preflight requests (OPTIONS)
		if (request.method === "OPTIONS") {
			return new Response(null, {
				headers: {
					...corsHeaders,
				},
				status: 200, // Respond with OK status for preflight requests
			});
		}

		// Pass the modified request through to the origin
		const response = await fetch(modifiedRequest);

		// Make a copy of the response to modify its headers
		const modifiedResponse = new Response(response.body, response);

		// Set CORS headers on the response
		Object.keys(corsHeaders).forEach((header) => {
			modifiedResponse.headers.set(header, corsHeaders[header]);
		});

		return modifiedResponse;
	},
};
```

---

# Follow redirects from the origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/follow-redirects/

```js wrap
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define fetch options to follow redirects
		const fetchOptions = {
			redirect: "follow", // Ensure fetch follows redirects automatically. Each subrequest in a redirect chain counts against the subrequest limit.
		};

		// Make the fetch request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request, fetchOptions);

		// Log the final URL after redirects (optional, for debugging)
		console.log(`Final URL after redirects: ${response.url}`);

		// Return the final response to the client
		return response;
	},
};
```

This template is ready for use and should fit most redirect-following scenarios.

It ensures the Snippet transparently follows redirects issued by the origin server. The `redirect: "follow"` option of the [Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) ensures automatic handling of `3xx` redirects, returning the final response. If the origin response is not a redirect, the original content is returned.

:::note
Snippets have a [maximum number of subrequests per invocation](/rules/snippets/#availability) which depends on your plan. If the origin server issues multiple redirects, each redirect subrequest will count towards this limit. When the number of subrequests exceeds the limit for your Cloudflare plan, you will receive a [1202 error](/rules/snippets/errors/#error-1202-snippets-exceeded-subrequests-limit). Ensure your origin configuration minimizes unnecessary redirects.
:::

---

# Add HEX timestamp to a request header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/hex-timestamp/

```js
export default {
    async fetch(request) {
        // Get the current timestamp
        const timestamp = Date.now();

        // Convert the timestamp to hexadecimal format
        const hexTimestamp = timestamp.toString(16);

        // Clone the request and add the custom header
        const modifiedRequest = new Request(request, {
            headers: new Headers(request.headers)
        });
        modifiedRequest.headers.set("X-Hex-Timestamp", hexTimestamp);

        // Log the custom header for debugging
        console.log(`X-Hex-Timestamp: ${hexTimestamp}`);

        // Pass the modified request to the origin
        const response = await fetch(modifiedRequest);

        return response;
    },
};
```

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

Refer to the following examples to get started creating your snippet code.

Refer to [How it works](/rules/snippets/how-it-works/) and [Create a snippet in the dashboard](/rules/snippets/create-dashboard/) for overall guidance.

<ListExamples
	directory="rules/snippets/examples/"
	filters={["goal", "operation"]}
/>

---

# Validate JSON web tokens (JWT)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/jwt-validation/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Extract JWT token from "Authorization: Bearer" header
		function getJWTToken(request) {
			const authorizationHeader = request.headers.get("Authorization");
			if (authorizationHeader && authorizationHeader.startsWith("Bearer ")) {
				return authorizationHeader.substring(7, authorizationHeader.length);
			}
			return null;
		}

		// Validate that JWT token has correct format: header.payload.signature (for example: "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0OTkyMDAwLCJleHAiOjE2MjI1MDAwMDB9.TldRGokRHJvG69SefbxIqAlQ6nnco6aLa3y7jsYXHMI")
		function validateJWT(token) {
			const [header, payload, signature] = token.split(".");

			if (!header || !payload || !signature) {
				throw new Error("Invalid JWT format");
			}

			// Decode the JWT payload and header to JSON
			const decodedHeader = JSON.parse(atob(header));
			const decodedPayload = JSON.parse(atob(payload));

			// Here you would implement the logic to verify the JWT signature.
			// This example assumes a simple validation that just checks the payload.
			// Replace the following lines with your actual validation logic.

			// Ensure that JWT token hasn't expired (to test, try sending a request with an expired token "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0OTkyMDAwLCJleHAiOjE2MjI1MDAwMDB9.TldRGokRHJvG69SefbxIqAlQ6nnco6aLa3y7jsYXHMI")
			if (decodedPayload.exp < Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000)) {
				throw new Error("JWT has expired");
			}

			// Optionally, you could add more validation checks here (issuer, audience, etc.).
			// Also, implement actual signature validation with a custom function.

			return true;
		}

		// Execute the function to extract JWT token
		const jwtToken = getJWTToken(request);

		// If the token is not provided, serve 401 Forbidden
		if (!jwtToken) {
			return new Response("Missing JWT token", { status: 401 });
		}

		// Execute the function to validate the token
		try {
			const validToken = await validateJWT(jwtToken);
			if (validToken) {
				// If the token is valid, serve actual response
				// An example of a valid token that will expire in 2033 is "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiIxMjM0NTY3ODkwIiwibmFtZSI6IkpvaG4gRG9lIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0OTkyMDAwLCJleHAiOjIwMDExMjAwMDB9._qgQ_TMrGfYgOoA8HtTZwEGoj8zAPWxsz8CT1jEAGzo"
				return fetch(request);
			} else {
				return new Response("Invalid JWT token", { status: 401 });
			}
		} catch (error) {
			return new Response("Error validating token: " + error.message, {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Maintenance page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/maintenance/

```js
// Define your customizable inputs
const statusCode = 503;
const title = "We'll Be Right Back!";
const message = "Our site is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. We’re working hard to bring you a better experience. Thank you for your patience and understanding.";
const estimatedTime = "1 hour";
const contactEmail = "support@example.com";
const contactPhone = "+1 234 567 89";

export default {
    async fetch(request) {
        // Serve the maintenance page as a response
        return new Response(generateMaintenancePage(), {
            status: statusCode,
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "text/html",
                "Retry-After": "3600", // Suggest retry after 1 hour 
            },
        });
    },
};

function generateMaintenancePage() {
    return `
    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
        <title>${title}</title>
        <style>
            body {
                margin: 0;
                font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
                display: flex;
                align-items: center;
                justify-content: center;
                height: 100vh;
                background-color: #f4f4f4;
                color: #333;
                text-align: center;
            }
            .container {
                max-width: 600px;
                padding: 20px;
            }
            h1 {
                font-size: 2rem;
                color: #0056b3;
                margin-bottom: 10px;
            }
            p {
                font-size: 1rem;
                margin-bottom: 20px;
                line-height: 1.5;
            }
            .contact {
                margin-top: 20px;
                font-size: 0.9rem;
                color: #666;
            }
            .contact a {
                color: #0056b3;
                text-decoration: none;
            }
            .contact a:hover {
                text-decoration: underline;
            }
            .logo {
                margin: 20px 0;
                max-width: 150px;
            }
            .timer {
                font-weight: bold;
                color: #e63946;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="container">
            <h1>${title}</h1>
            <p>${message}</p>
            <p>If all goes to plan, we'll be back online in <span class="timer">${estimatedTime}</span>. 🚀</p>
            <p class="contact">
                Need help? Reach out to us at <a href="mailto:${contactEmail}">${contactEmail}</a>
                or call us at <a href="tel:${contactPhone}">${contactPhone}</a>.
            </p>
        </div>
    </body>
    </html>
    `;
}
```

---

# Override a Set-Cookie header with a certain value

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/override-set-cookies-value/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Receive response from the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Create a new Headers object to modify response headers
		const newHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);

		// Get all Set-Cookie headers
		const cookies = response.headers.get("Set-Cookie");
		if (cookies) {
			// Split the Set-Cookie headers
			const cookieArray = cookies.split(/,(?=\s*[^;]+=[^;]+)/g);
			const updatedCookies = cookieArray.map((cookie) => {
				// For example, replace the currency value with GBP
				if (cookie.trim().startsWith("currency=")) {
					return cookie.replace(/currency=[^;]+/, "currency=GBP");
				}
				return cookie;
			});

			// Delete the existing Set-Cookie headers
			newHeaders.delete("Set-Cookie");

			// Add the updated Set-Cookie headers individually
			updatedCookies.forEach((cookie) => {
				newHeaders.append("Set-Cookie", cookie.trim());
			});
		}

		// Return the modified response with updated headers
		return new Response(response.body, {
			status: response.status,
			headers: newHeaders,
		});
	},
};
```

---

# Redirect 403 Forbidden to a different page

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/redirect-forbidden-status/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Send original request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);
		// Check if origin responded with 403 status code
		if (response.status == 403) {
			// If so, redirect to this URL
			const destinationURL = "https://example.com";
			// With this status code
			const statusCode = 301;
			// Serve redirect
			return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
		}
		// Otherwise, serve origin's response
		else {
			return response;
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Redirect from one domain to another

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/redirect-replaced-domain/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define variables to use in the response redirect.
		const base = "https://example.com";
		const statusCode = 301;

		// Clone the original URL.
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Define a "pathname" and "search" variables, extracting their values from the cloned URL.
		const { pathname, search } = url;

		// Define the destination URL using the variables you declared previously.
		const destinationURL = `${base}${pathname}${search}`;
		console.log(destinationURL);

		// Respond with the redirect.
		return Response.redirect(destinationURL, statusCode);
	},
};
```

---

# Remove fields from API response

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-fields-api-response/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Send original request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);
		// Check if origin responded with JSON
		try {
			// Parse API response as JSON
			var api_response = response.json();
			// Specify the fields you want to delete. For example, to delete "botManagement" array from parsed JSON:
			delete api_response.botManagement;
			// Serve modified API response
			return Response.json(api_response);
		} catch (err) {
			// On failure, serve unmodified origin's response
			return response;
		}
	},
};
```

---

# Remove query strings before sending request to origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-query-strings/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define the query strings you want to remove
		const queryStringsToRemove = ["utm_source", "utm_medium", "utm_campaign"];

		// Get the URL from the request
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Remove the specified query strings
		queryStringsToRemove.forEach((query) => {
			url.searchParams.delete(query);
		});

		// Create a new request with the modified URL
		const modifiedRequest = new Request(url, request);

		// Pass the modified request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(modifiedRequest);

		return response;
	},
};
```

---

# Remove response headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/remove-response-headers/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define the prefix of the headers you want to remove
		const headerPrefix = "x-header-";

		// Receive response from the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// Create a new Headers object to modify response headers
		const newHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);

		// Remove headers that start with the specified prefix
		for (const [key] of newHeaders.entries()) {
			if (key.startsWith(headerPrefix)) {
				newHeaders.delete(key);
			}
		}

		// Return the modified response with updated headers
		return new Response(response.body, {
			status: response.status,
			headers: newHeaders,
		});
	},
};
```

---

# Return information about the incoming request

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/return-incoming-request-properties/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// For any request, respond with JSON object containing all incoming request properties provided by Cloudflare network
		return Response.json(request.cf, {
			// Add new header to identify request was served by Snippets
			headers: {
				"x-snippets-hello": "Hello from Cloudflare Snippets",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

---

# Rewrite links on HTML pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/rewrite-site-links/

```js
export default {
    async fetch(request) {
        // Define the old hostname here.
        const OLD_URL = "oldsite.com";
        // Then add your new hostname that should replace the old one.
        const NEW_URL = "newsite.com";

        class AttributeRewriter {
            constructor(attributeName) {
                this.attributeName = attributeName;
            }
            element(element) {
                const attribute = element.getAttribute(this.attributeName);
                if (attribute) {
                    element.setAttribute(
                        this.attributeName,
                        attribute.replace(OLD_URL, NEW_URL),
                    );
                }
            }
        }

        const rewriter = new HTMLRewriter()
            .on("a", new AttributeRewriter("href"))
            .on("img", new AttributeRewriter("src"));

        const res = await fetch(request);
        const contentType = res.headers.get("Content-Type");

        // If the response is HTML, it can be transformed with
        // HTMLRewriter -- otherwise, it should pass through
        if (contentType.startsWith("text/html")) {
            return rewriter.transform(res);
        } else {
            return res;
        }
    },
};
```

---

# Change origin and modify paths

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/route-and-rewrite/

This example demonstrates how to use Cloudflare Snippets to:

- Reroute incoming requests to a different origin.
- Prepend a directory to the URL path.
- Remove specific segments from the URL path.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Clone the original request to create a new request object
		const newRequest = new Request(request);

		// Add a header to identify a rerouted request at the new origin
		newRequest.headers.set("X-Rerouted", "1");

		// Clone and parse the original URL
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Step 1: Reroute to a different origin
		url.hostname = "example.com"; // Change the hostname to the new origin

		// Step 2: Append a directory to the path
		url.pathname = `/new-path${url.pathname}`; // Prepend "/new-path" to the current path

		// Step 3: Remove a specific segment from the path
		url.pathname = url.pathname.replace("/remove-me", ""); // Rewrite `/remove-me/something` to `/something`

		// Fetch the modified request from the updated URL
		return await fetch(url, newRequest);
	},
};
```

This configuration will perform the following rewrites:

| Request URL                         | URL after rewrite                  |
| ----------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `https://subdomain.example.com/foo` | `https://example.com/new-path/foo` |
| `https://example.com/remove-me/bar` | `https://example.com/new-path/bar` |
| `https://example.net/remove-me`     | `https://example.com/new-path`     |

---

# Set security headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/security-headers/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define an object with the security headers you want to set.
		// Refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/security-headers/#other-common-security-headers for more options.
		const DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS = {
			"X-Content-Type-Options": "nosniff",
			"Referrer-Policy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
			"Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy": 'require-corp; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy": 'same-site; report-to="default";',
			"Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy": "same-site",
		};

		// You can also define headers to be deleted.
		const BLOCKED_HEADERS = [
			"Public-Key-Pins",
			"X-Powered-By",
			"X-AspNet-Version",
		];

		// Receive response from the origin.
		let response = await fetch(request);

		// Create a new Headers object to modify response headers
		let newHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);

		// This sets the headers for HTML responses:
		if (
			newHeaders.has("Content-Type") &&
			!newHeaders.get("Content-Type").includes("text/html")
		) {
			return new Response(response.body, {
				status: response.status,
				statusText: response.statusText,
				headers: newHeaders,
			});
		}

		// Use DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS object defined above to set the new security headers.
		Object.keys(DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS).map((name) => {
			newHeaders.set(name, DEFAULT_SECURITY_HEADERS[name]);
		});

		// Use the BLOCKED_HEADERS object defined above to delete headers you wish to block.
		BLOCKED_HEADERS.forEach((name) => {
			newHeaders.delete(name);
		});

		return new Response(response.body, {
			status: response.status,
			statusText: response.statusText,
			headers: newHeaders,
		});
	},
};
```

## Other common security headers

- Content-Security-Policy headers: Enabling these headers will permit content from a trusted domain and all its subdomains.
  Refer to [Content-Security-Policy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy) for details.

```js
"Content-Security-Policy": "default-src 'self' example.com *.example.com",
```

- Strict-Transport-Security headers: These are not automatically set because your website might get added to Chrome's HSTS preload list.

```js
"Strict-Transport-Security" : "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload",
```

- Permissions-Policy header: Allow or deny the use of browser features, such as opting out of FLoC.

```js
"Permissions-Policy": "interest-cohort=()",
```

- X-XSS-Protection header: Prevents a page from loading if an XSS attack is detected. Refer to [X-XSS-Protection](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-XSS-Protection) for details.

```js
"X-XSS-Protection": "0",
```

- X-Frame-Options header: Prevents click-jacking attacks. Refer to [X-Frame-Options](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-Frame-Options).

```js
"X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
```

---

# Send timestamp to origin as a custom header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/send-timestamp-to-origin/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Get the current timestamp
		const timestamp = Date.now();

		// Convert the timestamp to hexadecimal format
		const hexTimestamp = timestamp.toString(16);

		// Clone the request and add the custom header
		const modifiedRequest = new Request(request, {
			headers: new Headers(request.headers),
		});
		modifiedRequest.headers.set("X-Hex-Timestamp", hexTimestamp);

		// Log the custom header for debugging
		console.log(`X-Hex-Timestamp: ${hexTimestamp}`);

		// Pass the modified request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(modifiedRequest);

		return response;
	},
};
```

---

# Sign requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/signing-requests/

The following Snippet will:

- For request URLs beginning with `/generate/`, replace `/generate/` with `/`, sign the resulting path with its timestamp, and return the full, signed URL in the response body.

- For all other request URLs, verify the signed URL and allow the request through.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		const secretKey = "your_secret_key"; // Replace with your actual secret key
		const expiration = 60; // Expiration time in seconds (how long an HMAC token should be valid for)

		const encoder = new TextEncoder();

		// Import the secret key for HMAC-SHA256 signing
		const key = await crypto.subtle.importKey(
			"raw",
			encoder.encode(secretKey),
			{ name: "HMAC", hash: "SHA-256" },
			false,
			["sign", "verify"],
		);

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		// Check if the request URL starts with /generate/
		if (url.pathname.startsWith("/generate/")) {
			// Replace /generate/ with /
			url.pathname = url.pathname.replace("/generate/", "/");

			const currentTimestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000); // Current timestamp in seconds

			// Data to authenticate: combine pathname and timestamp
			const dataToAuthenticate = `${url.pathname}${currentTimestamp}`;

			// Sign the data with HMAC-SHA256
			const signature = await crypto.subtle.sign(
				"HMAC",
				key,
				encoder.encode(dataToAuthenticate),
			);

			// Encode the timestamp and HMAC in a secure manner
			const signatureBase64 = btoa(
				String.fromCharCode(...new Uint8Array(signature)),
			);
			const signedData = `${currentTimestamp}-${signatureBase64}`;
			const encodedSignedData = encodeURIComponent(signedData);

			// Create the signed URL
			const signedURL = `${url}?verify=${encodedSignedData}`;

			// Return the signed URL in the response body
			return new Response(signedURL, { status: 200 });
		}

		// For all other request URLs, verify the signed URL
		const params = new URLSearchParams(url.search);
		const verifyParam = params.get("verify");

		if (!verifyParam) {
			return new Response("Verification parameter is missing", { status: 403 });
		}

		// Decode and split the verify parameter into timestamp and HMAC
		const decodedVerifyParam = decodeURIComponent(verifyParam);
		const [timestampStr, receivedMac] = decodedVerifyParam.split("-");

		// Parse timestamp and ensure it's a valid number
		const timestamp = parseInt(timestampStr, 10);
		if (isNaN(timestamp)) {
			return new Response("Invalid timestamp", { status: 403 });
		}

		// Check if the request has expired
		const currentTimestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
		if (currentTimestamp > timestamp + expiration) {
			return new Response("Signed URL has expired", { status: 403 });
		}

		// Remove the verify parameter to verify the URL
		params.delete("verify");
		url.search = params.toString();

		// Construct the data to authenticate for verification
		const dataToVerify = `${url.pathname}${timestamp}`;

		// Verify the signature with HMAC-SHA256
		const isValid = await crypto.subtle.verify(
			"HMAC",
			key,
			new Uint8Array([...atob(receivedMac)].map((char) => char.charCodeAt(0))),
			encoder.encode(dataToVerify),
		);

		if (!isValid) {
			return new Response("Invalid signature", { status: 403 });
		}

		// Continue processing the request if the signature is valid
		return fetch(request);
	},
};
```

---

# Route to a different origin based on origin response

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/serve-different-origin/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Send original request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// If response is not 200 OK or a redirect, send to another origin
		if (!response.ok && !response.redirected) {
			// First, clone the original request to construct a new request
			const newRequest = new Request(request);
			// Add a header to identify a re-routed request at the new origin
			newRequest.headers.set("X-Rerouted", "1");
			// Clone the original URL
			const url = new URL(request.url);
			// Send request to a different origin / hostname
			url.hostname = "example.com";
			// Serve response to the new request from the origin
			return await fetch(url, newRequest);
		}

		// If response is 200 OK or a redirect, serve it
		return response;
	},
};
```

---

# Add request header with a static value

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-request-header-static-value/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP request header modification rule adds a header named `X-Source` with a static value (`Cloudflare`) to the request:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/en/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify request header**: _Set static_

**Header name**: `X-Source`

**Value**: `Cloudflare`

</Example>

---

# Slow down suspicious requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/snippets/examples/slow-suspicious-requests/

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request) {
		// Define delay
		const delay_in_seconds = 5;
		// Introduce a delay
		await new Promise((resolve) =>
			setTimeout(resolve, delay_in_seconds * 1000),
		); // Set delay in milliseconds

		// Pass the request to the origin
		const response = await fetch(request);
		return response;
	},
};
```

---

# Add a response header with a static value

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-response-header-static-value/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP response header modification rule adds a header named `set-cookie` with a static value (`cookiename=value`) to the response:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/en/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify response header**: _Add_

**Header name**: `set-cookie`

**Value**: `cookiename=value`

</Example>

This rule would keep any existing `set-cookie` headers already present in the response.

---

# Add a request header with the current bot score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/add-request-header-bot-score/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP request header modification rule adds a header named `X-Bot-Score` with the current bot score to the request:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/en/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify request header**: _Set dynamic_

**Header name**: `X-Bot-Score`

**Value**: `to_string(cf.bot_management.score)`

</Example>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/transform/examples/" filters={["operation"]} />

---

# Remove a request header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/remove-request-header/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP request header modification rule removes the `cf-connecting-ip` header from the request:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/private/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify request header**: _Remove_

**Header name**: `cf-connecting-ip`

</Example>

---

# Remove a response header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/remove-response-header/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP response header modification rule removes the `cf-connecting-ip` header from the response:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/private/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify response header**: _Remove_

**Header name**: `cf-connecting-ip`

</Example>

---

# Rewrite blog archive URLs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-archive-urls-new-format/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To rewrite the URLs of a blog archive that follow the URL format `/posts/<YYYY>-<MM>-<DD>-<TITLE>` to the new format `/posts/<YYYY>/<MM>/<DD>/<TITLE>`, create the following rewrite URL rule:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path ~ "^/posts/[0-9]+-[0-9]+-[0-9]+-.*"
```

Text after **Path** > **Rewrite to...** > _Dynamic_:

```txt
regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/posts/([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-(.*)$", "/posts/${1}/${2}/${3}/${4}")
```

</Example>

The function `regex_replace()` also allows you to extract parts of the URL using regular expressions' capture groups. Create capture groups by putting part of the regular expression in parentheses. Then, reference a capture group using `${<NUMBER>}` in the replacement string, where `<NUMBER>` is the number of the capture group.

---

# Rewrite path of moved section of a website

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-moved-section/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To rewrite everything under `/blog/<PATH>` to `/marketing/<PATH>`, create a new rewrite URL rule and define a dynamic URL path rewrite using [wildcard pattern parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/#wildcard-pattern-parameters):

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/blog/*`

**Then rewrite the path and/or query**
- **Target path**: `/blog/*`
- **Rewrite to**: `/marketing/${1}`

</Example>

Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.

---

# Rewrite path of archived blog posts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-path-archived-posts/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To rewrite all requests to `/news/2012/...` to `/archive/news/2012/...` you must add a reference to the content of the original URL. Create a new rewrite URL rule and define a dynamic URL path rewrite using [wildcard pattern parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/#wildcard-pattern-parameters):

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/news/2012/*`

**Then rewrite the path and/or query**
- **Target path**: `/news/2012/*`
- **Rewrite to**: `/archive/news/2012/${1}`

</Example>

Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.

---

# Rewrite path for object storage bucket

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-path-object-storage/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To remove `/files/` from URI paths before routing request to your object storage bucket, create a new rewrite URL rule and define a dynamic URL path rewrite using [wildcard pattern parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/#wildcard-pattern-parameters):

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `https://<YOUR_HOSTNAME>/files/*`

**Then rewrite the path and/or query**
- **Target path**: `/files/*`
- **Rewrite to**: `/${1}`

</Example>

Make sure to replace `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` with your actual hostname and adjust the example paths according to your setup.
Then, use [Cloud Connector](/rules/cloud-connector/) to route traffic to an object storage bucket.

---

# Rewrite URL query string

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-url-string-visitors/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To rewrite a request to the `/blog` path to `/blog?sort-by=date`, create a rewrite URL rule with the following settings:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path == "/blog"
```

Text after **Query** > **Rewrite to...** > _Static_:

```txt
sort-by=date
```

</Example>

Additionally, set the path rewrite action of the same rule to _Preserve_ so that the URL path does not change.

---

# Rewrite image paths with several URL segments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-several-url-different-url/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To rewrite paths like `/images/<FOLDER1>/<FOLDER2>/<FILENAME>` — where `<FOLDER1>`, `<FOLDER2>`, and `<FILENAME>` can vary — to `/img/<FILENAME>`, create a rewrite URL rule with a dynamic rewrite of the path component:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path ~ "^/images/[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+$"
```

Text after **Path** > **Rewrite to...** > _Dynamic_:

```txt
regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/images/[^/]+/[^/]+/(.+)$", "/img/${1}")
```

</Example>

For example, this rule would rewrite the `/images/nature/animals/tiger.png` path to `/img/tiger.png`.

---

# Rewrite page path for visitors in specific countries

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/rewrite-welcome-for-countries/

import { Example } from "~/components";

To have a welcome page in two languages, create two rewrite URL rules with a static rewrite of the path component:

**Rewrite URL rule #1**

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path == "/welcome.html" && ip.src.country == "GB"
```

Text after **Path** > **Rewrite to...** > _Static_:

```txt
/welcome-gb.html
```

</Example>

**Rewrite URL rule #2**

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
http.request.uri.path == "/welcome.html" && ip.src.country == "PT"
```

Text after **Path** > **Rewrite to...** > _Static_:

```txt
/welcome-pt.html
```

</Example>

---

# Set a response header with the current bot score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/set-response-header-bot-score/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP response header modification rule sets a header named `X-Bot-Score` to the current bot score in the response:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/en/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify response header**: _Set dynamic_

**Header name**: `X-Bot-Score`

**Value**: `to_string(cf.bot_management.score)`

</Example>

This rule would overwrite any existing `X-Bot-Score` headers already present in the response.

---

# Set response header with a static value

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/examples/set-response-header-static-value/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following HTTP response header modification rule sets a header named `X-Source` to a static value (`Cloudflare`) in the response:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/en/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify response header**: _Set static_

**Header name**: `X-Source`

**Value**: `Cloudflare`

</Example>

This rule would overwrite any existing `X-Source` headers already present in the response.

---

# Configure Managed Transforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/

import { Details, TabItem, Tabs, Render } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPIPlusTerraform"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.

3. Next to **URL Rewrite Rules**, select **Manage URL Rewrite Rules** and go to the **Managed Transforms** tab.

4. Enable or disable the [desired Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/) by selecting the toggle next to each entry. The Cloudflare dashboard will only list available Managed Transforms according to your Cloudflare plan and product subscriptions.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

**1. Get list of available Managed Transforms**

Check the Managed Transform's current status and availability using the [List Managed Transforms](/api/resources/managed_transforms/methods/list/) operation.

The following example request obtains a list of available Managed Transforms, organized by request or response, with information about their current status (`enabled` field) and if you can update them, based on conflicts with other enabled Managed Transforms (`has_conflict` field).

Each Managed Transform item will optionally contain a `conflicts_with` array informing you about any Managed Transforms that will conflict with the current Managed Transform when enabled.

The response will only include available Managed Transforms according to your Cloudflare plan and product subscriptions.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/managed_headers \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"managed_request_headers": [
			{
				"id": "add_bot_protection_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_client_certificate_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_visitor_location_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_true_client_ip_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false,
				"conflicts_with": ["remove_visitor_ip_headers"]
			},
			{
				"id": "remove_visitor_ip_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false,
				"conflicts_with": ["add_true_client_ip_headers"]
			},
			{
				"id": "add_waf_credential_check_status_header",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			}
		],
		"managed_response_headers": [
			{
				"id": "remove_x-powered-by_header",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_security_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			}
		]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

**2. Change the status of Managed Transforms**

Change the status of the [desired Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/) using the [Update status of Managed Transforms](/api/resources/managed_transforms/methods/edit/) operation.

Add the Managed Transforms you wish to change to the request body, and update their status in the `enabled` field. You cannot enable a Managed Transform that has a conflict with a currently enabled Managed Transform (that is, an item where `has_conflict` is `true`).

Make sure you include the Managed Transforms you are updating in the correct JSON object (`managed_request_headers` or `managed_response_headers`).

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/managed_headers \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "managed_request_headers": [
    {
      "id": "add_visitor_location_headers",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ],
  "managed_response_headers": [
    {
      "id": "remove_x-powered-by_header",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}'
```

The response will include all the available Managed Transforms and their new status after the update.

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"managed_request_headers": [
			{
				"id": "add_bot_protection_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_client_certificate_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_visitor_location_headers",
				"enabled": true,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_true_client_ip_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false,
				"conflicts_with": ["remove_visitor_ip_headers"]
			},
			{
				"id": "remove_visitor_ip_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false,
				"conflicts_with": ["add_true_client_ip_headers"]
			}
		],
		"managed_response_headers": [
			{
				"id": "remove_x-powered-by_header",
				"enabled": true,
				"has_conflict": false
			},
			{
				"id": "add_security_headers",
				"enabled": false,
				"has_conflict": false
			}
		]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

<Render file="v4-code-snippets" product="terraform" />

Use the `cloudflare_managed_headers` Terraform resource to configure Managed Transforms. For example:

```tf
resource "cloudflare_managed_headers" "tf_example" {
  zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"

  managed_request_headers {
    id      = "add_visitor_location_headers"
    enabled = true
  }

  managed_response_headers {
    id      = "remove_x-powered-by_header"
    enabled = true
  }
}
```

Make sure you include the Managed Transforms you are updating in the correct object (`managed_request_headers` or `managed_response_headers`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Managed Transforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/managed-transforms/

Managed Transforms allow you to perform common adjustments to HTTP request and response headers with the click of a button. The available adjustments include:

- Add bot protection request headers.
- Remove or add headers related to the visitor's IP address.
- Add request header when the WAF detects leaked credentials.
- Add security-related response headers.
- Remove "X-Powered-By" response headers.

For a complete list, refer to [Available Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/).

When you enable a Managed Transform, Cloudflare internally deploys one or more Transform Rules to handle the common configuration you selected. These generated rules will not count against the [maximum number of Transform Rules](/rules/transform/#availability) available in your Cloudflare plan.

Enabled Managed Transforms will apply to all inbound requests for the zone.

:::note
The generated internal Transform Rules will not appear in the Transform Rules list in the Cloudflare dashboard.
:::

## Next steps

For dashboard, API, and Terraform instructions, refer to [Configure Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/configure/).

---

# Available Managed Transforms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

This page lists the available Managed Transforms. They can modify HTTP request headers or response headers.

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	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "and customized header modifications" }}
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<br />

:::caution
The names of HTTP headers are case-insensitive. Cloudflare may use a capitalization different from the one presented in this page. Make sure that your origin server can handle HTTP request headers regardless of the exact capitalization of their names.
:::

## HTTP request headers

### Add bot protection headers

:::note
Requires an Enterprise plan with [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) enabled.
:::

Adds HTTP headers with bot-related values to the request sent to the origin server:

- `cf-bot-score`: Contains the <GlossaryTooltip term="bot score" link="/bots/concepts/bot-score/">bot score</GlossaryTooltip> (for example, `30`).
- `cf-verified-bot`: Contains `true` if the request comes from a <GlossaryTooltip term="verified bot" link="/bots/concepts/bot/#verified-bots">verified bot</GlossaryTooltip>, or `false` otherwise.
- `cf-ja3-hash`: Contains the <GlossaryTooltip term="JA3 fingerprint" link="/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/">JA3 fingerprint</GlossaryTooltip>.
- `cf-ja4`: Contains the <GlossaryTooltip term="JA3 fingerprint" link="/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/">JA4 fingerprint</GlossaryTooltip>.

### Add TLS client auth headers

Adds HTTP headers with [Mutual TLS](/api-shield/security/mtls/) (mTLS) client authentication values to the request sent to the origin server:

- `cf-cert-revoked`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_revoked/) field.
- `cf-cert-verified`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_verified/) field.
- `cf-cert-presented`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_presented`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_presented/) field.
- `cf-cert-issuer-dn`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn/) field.
- `cf-cert-subject-dn`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn/) field.
- `cf-cert-issuer-dn-rfc2253`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn_rfc2253`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn_rfc2253/) field.
- `cf-cert-subject-dn-rfc2253`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn_rfc2253`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn_rfc2253/) field.
- `cf-cert-issuer-dn-legacy`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn_legacy`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_dn_legacy/) field.
- `cf-cert-subject-dn-legacy`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn_legacy`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_subject_dn_legacy/) field.
- `cf-cert-serial`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_serial`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_serial/) field.
- `cf-cert-issuer-serial`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_serial`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_serial/) field.
- `cf-cert-fingerprint-sha256`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha256/) field.
- `cf-cert-fingerprint-sha1`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha1`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_fingerprint_sha1/) field.
- `cf-cert-not-before`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_not_before`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_not_before/) field.
- `cf-cert-not-after`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_not_after`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_not_after/) field.
- `cf-cert-ski`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_ski`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_ski/) field.
- `cf-cert-issuer-ski`: Value from the [`cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_ski`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.tls_client_auth.cert_issuer_ski/) field.

### Add visitor location headers

Adds HTTP headers with location information for the visitor's IP address to the request sent to the origin server:

- `cf-ipcity`: The visitor's city (value from the [`ip.src.city`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.city/) field).
- `cf-ipcountry`: The visitor's country (value from the [`ip.src.country`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.country/) field).
- `cf-ipcontinent`: The visitor's continent (value from the [`ip.src.continent`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.continent/) field).
- `cf-iplongitude`: The visitor's longitude (value from the [`ip.src.lon`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.lon/) field).
- `cf-iplatitude`: The visitor's latitude (value from the [`ip.src.lat`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.lat/) field).
- `cf-region`: The visitor's region (value from the [`ip.src.region`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.region/) field).
- `cf-region-code`: The visitor's region code (value from the [`ip.src.region_code`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.region_code/) field).
- `cf-metro-code`: The visitor's metro code (value from the [`ip.src.metro_code`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.metro_code/) field).
- `cf-postal-code`: The visitor's postal code (value from the [`ip.src.postal_code`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.postal_code/) field).
- `cf-timezone`: The name of the visitor's timezone (value from the [`ip.src.timezone.name`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.timezone.name/) field).

:::caution
Turning on [IP geolocation](/network/ip-geolocation/) will send a `cf-ipcountry` HTTP header to your origin server even when **Add visitor location headers** is turned off.
:::

#### Encoding of non-ASCII header values

Cloudflare always converts non-ASCII characters to UTF-8 (using hexadecimal character representation) in HTTP request and response header values. This applies to location headers added by the **Add visitor location headers** managed transform.

For example, the header value `São Paulo` would be encoded as `S\u00c3\u00a3o Paulo`.

### Add "True-Client-IP" header

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Adds a `true-client-ip` request header with the visitor's IP address.

This Managed Transform is unavailable when [**Remove visitor IP headers**](#remove-visitor-ip-headers) is enabled.

### Remove visitor IP headers

Removes HTTP headers that may contain the visitor's IP address from the request sent to the origin server. Handles the following HTTP request headers:

- `cf-connecting-ip`
- `x-forwarded-for` (refer to the [notes](#visitor-ip-address-in-the-x-forwarded-for-http-header) below)
- `true-client-ip`

This Managed Transform is unavailable when [**Add "True-Client-IP" header**](#add-true-client-ip-header) is enabled.

#### Visitor IP address in the `x-forwarded-for` HTTP header

For the `x-forwarded-for` HTTP request header, enabling **Remove visitor IP headers** will only remove the visitor IP from the header value when Cloudflare receives a request proxied by at least another CDN (content delivery network). In this case, Cloudflare will only keep the IP address of the last proxy.

For example, consider an incoming request proxied by two CDNs (`CDN_1` and `CDN_2`) before reaching the Cloudflare network. The `x-forwarded-for` header would be similar to the following:<br/>
`x-forwarded-for: <VISITOR_IP>, <THIRD_PARTY_CDN_1_IP>, <THIRD_PARTY_CDN_2_IP>`

With **Remove visitor IP headers** enabled, the `x-forwarded-for` header sent to the origin server will be:<br/>
`x-forwarded-for: <THIRD_PARTY_CDN_2_IP>`

### Add leaked credentials checks header

Adds an `Exposed-Credential-Check` request header whenever the WAF detects leaked credentials in the incoming request.

The header can have these values:

| Header + Value                | Description                                                             | Availability       |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `Exposed-Credential-Check: 1` | Previously leaked username and password detected                        | Pro plan and above |
| `Exposed-Credential-Check: 2` | Previously leaked username detected                                     | Enterprise plan    |
| `Exposed-Credential-Check: 3` | Similar combination of previously leaked username and password detected | Enterprise plan    |
| `Exposed-Credential-Check: 4` | Previously leaked password detected                                     | All plans          |

You will only receive this managed header at your origin server if:

- The [leaked credentials detection](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/) in the WAF is turned on.
- The **Add Leaked Credentials Checks Header** managed transform is turned on.
- Your Cloudflare plan supports the type of credentials detection. For example, Free plans can only know if a password was previously leaked. In this situation, Cloudflare will add an `Exposed-Credential-Check: 4` header to the request.

### Add malicious uploads detection header

Adds a `Malicious-Uploads-Detection` request header indicating the outcome of scanning uploaded content for malicious signatures.

The header can have one of the following values:

| Header + Value                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Malicious-Uploads-Detection: 1` | The request contains at least one malicious content object ([`cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj/) is `true`).            |
| `Malicious-Uploads-Detection: 2` | The file scanner was unable to scan all the content objects detected in the request ([`cf.waf.content_scan.has_failed`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_failed/) is `true`). |
| `Malicious-Uploads-Detection: 3` | The request contains at least one content object ([`cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj/) is `true`).                                          |

For more information, refer to [Malicious uploads detection](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/).

## HTTP response headers

### Remove "X-Powered-By" headers

Removes the `X-Powered-By` HTTP response header that provides information about the application at the origin server that handled the request.

### Add security headers

Adds several security-related HTTP response headers. The added response headers and values are the following:

- `x-content-type-options: nosniff`
- `x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block`
- `x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN`
- `referrer-policy: same-origin`
- `expect-ct: max-age=86400, enforce`

To increase protection, [enable HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/) for your website.

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create HTTP request header modification rules via API. Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Request+modification) for common use cases.

## Basic rule settings

When creating an HTTP request header modification rule via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `rewrite`.
- Define the [header modification parameters](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/parameters/) in the `action_parameters` field according to the operation to perform (set or remove header).
- Deploy the rule to the `http_request_late_transform` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

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	params={{
		one: "an HTTP request header modification rule",
		two: "http_request_late_transform",
	}}
/>

Make sure your API token has the [required permissions](#required-api-token-permissions) to perform the API operations.

## Example requests

<Details header="Example: Add an HTTP request header with a static value">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP request header modification rule — adding an HTTP request header with a static value — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "X-Source": {
            "operation": "set",
            "value": "Cloudflare"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Late Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Late Transform Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"X-Source": {
							"operation": "set",
							"value": "Cloudflare"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_late_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add an HTTP request header with a dynamic value">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP request header modification rule — adding an HTTP request header with a dynamic value — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "X-Bot-Score": {
            "operation": "set",
            "expression": "to_string(cf.bot_management.score)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Late Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Late Transform Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"X-Bot-Score": {
							"operation": "set",
							"expression": "to_string(cf.bot_management.score)"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_late_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Remove an HTTP request header">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP request header modification rule — removing an HTTP request header — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/). The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "cf-connecting-ip": {
            "operation": "remove"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Late Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Late Transform Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"cf-connecting-ip": {
							"operation": "remove"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP request header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_late_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage HTTP request header modification rules must have at least the following permissions:

- _Transform Rules_ > _Edit_
- _Account Rulesets_ > _Read_

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-dashboard/

Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Request+modification) for examples of rule definitions.

To create a rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.

3. Next to **Request Header Transform Rules**, select **Create rule**.

4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.

5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

6. Under **When incoming requests match**, select if you wish to apply the rule to all incoming requests or only to requests that match a custom filter expression.

7. (Optional) To define a custom expression, use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

   :::note
   Check the [available fields and functions](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/).
   :::

8. For **Modify request header**, select one of the following options:

   - _Set static_ — Sets the value of an HTTP request header to a static string value. Overrides the value of an existing header with the same name or adds a new header if it does not exist.
   - _Set dynamic_ — Sets the value of an HTTP request header according to the provided expression. Overrides the value of an existing header with the same name or adds a new header if it does not exist.
   - _Remove_ — Removes the HTTP request header with the provided name, if it exists.

9. Enter the name of the HTTP request header to modify in **Header name** and the static value or expression in **Value**, if you are setting the header value.

10. To modify another HTTP request header in the same rule, select **Set new header**. You can modify up to 30 HTTP request headers in a single rule.

    The following example includes the modification of three headers:

    ![Example configuration performing three request header modifications: set a dynamic header value, set a static header value, and remove an existing header.](~/assets/images/rules/transform/request-header-modification-example.png)

11. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

If you choose to deploy your HTTP request header modification rule, the new rule will be enabled. If you save the rule as a draft, the new rule will be disabled.

---

# Modify request header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use HTTP request header modification rules to manipulate the headers of HTTP requests sent to your origin server.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Header modifications diagram
accDescr: Header modification rules can change the headers sent to your origin server (request header modifications) or sent your your website visitors (response header modifications).

A[Visitor]
B((Cloudflare))
C[(Origin server)]

A -.-> B == "Includes request<br> header modifications" ==> C
C -.-> B -. "Includes response<br> header modifications" .-> A

style A stroke-width: 2px
style B stroke: orange,fill: orange,color: black
linkStyle 0,2,3 stroke-width: 1px
linkStyle 1 stroke-width: 3px
```

<br />

To modify HTTP headers in the **response** sent to website visitors, refer to [HTTP response header modification rules](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/).

Through HTTP request header modification rules you can:

- Set the value of an HTTP request header to a literal string value, overwriting its previous value or adding a new header to the request.
- Set the value of an HTTP request header according to an expression, overwriting its previous value or adding a new header to the request.
- Remove an HTTP header from the request.

You can create an HTTP request header modification rule [in the dashboard](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-dashboard/) or [via API](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-api/).

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "request header modifications" }}
/>

## Important remarks

- You cannot modify or remove HTTP request headers whose name starts with `x-cf-` or `cf-` except for the `cf-connecting-ip` HTTP request header, which you can remove.

- Due to protocol compliance reasons, modifying or removing request headers with [forbidden header names](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Forbidden_header_name) (such as `Accept-Encoding`) is generally not allowed in request header modification rules.

- You cannot modify the value of any header commonly used to identify the website visitor's IP address, such as `x-forwarded-for`, `true-client-ip`, or `x-real-ip`. Additionally, you cannot remove the `x-forwarded-for` header.

- You cannot set or modify the value of `cookie` HTTP request headers, but you can remove these headers. Configuring a rule that removes the `cookie` HTTP request header will remove all `cookie` headers in matching requests.

- If you modify the value of an existing HTTP request header using an expression that evaluates to an empty string (`""`) or an undefined value, the HTTP request header is **removed**.

- The HTTP request header removal operation will remove all request headers with the provided name.

- Currently, there is a limited number of HTTP request headers that you cannot modify. Cloudflare may remove restrictions for some of these HTTP request headers when presented with valid use cases. [Create a post in the community](https://community.cloudflare.com) for consideration.

- To use [claims inside a JSON Web Token (JWT)](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/transform-rules/), you must first set up a token validation configuration in API Shield.

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "HTTP request header modification rules" }}
/>

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create HTTP response header modification rules via API. Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Response+modification) for common use cases.

## Basic rule settings

When creating an HTTP response header modification rule via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `rewrite`.
- Define the [header modification parameters](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/parameters/) in the `action_parameters` field according to the operation to perform (set, add, or remove header).
- Deploy the rule to the `http_response_headers_transform` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

<Render
	file="rules-creation-workflow"
	params={{
		one: "an HTTP response header modification rule",
		two: "http_response_headers_transform",
	}}
/>

Make sure your API token has the [required permissions](#required-api-token-permissions) to perform the API operations.

## Example requests

<Details header="Example: Set an HTTP response header to a static value">

The following example configures the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP response header modification rule — setting an HTTP response header to a static value — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "X-Source": {
            "operation": "set",
            "value": "Cloudflare"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Response Headers Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Response Header Modification Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"X-Source": {
							"operation": "set",
							"value": "Cloudflare"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_response_headers_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Set an HTTP response header to a dynamic value">

The following example configures the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP response header modification rule — setting an HTTP response header to a dynamic value — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "X-Bot-Score": {
            "operation": "set",
            "expression": "to_string(cf.bot_management.score)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Response Headers Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Response Header Modification Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"X-Bot-Score": {
							"operation": "set",
							"expression": "to_string(cf.bot_management.score)"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_response_headers_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a `set-cookie` HTTP response header with a static value">

The following example configures the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single HTTP response header modification rule — adding a `set-cookie` HTTP response header with a static value — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. By configuring the rule with the `add` operation you will keep any existing `set-cookie` headers that may already exist in the response. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "set-cookie": {
            "operation": "add",
            "value": "mycookie=custom_value"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Response Headers Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Response Header Modification Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"set-cookie": {
							"operation": "add",
							"value": "mycookie=custom_value"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_response_headers_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Remove an HTTP response header">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`<RULESET_ID>`) to a single HTTP response header modification rule — removing an HTTP response header — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
      "description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "cf-connecting-ip": {
            "operation": "remove"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Response Headers Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Response Header Modification Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"cf-connecting-ip": {
							"operation": "remove"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/en/\"))",
				"description": "My first HTTP response header modification rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_response_headers_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage HTTP response header modification rules must have at least the following permissions:

- _Transform Rules_ > _Edit_
- _Account Rulesets_ > _Read_

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-dashboard/

Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Response+modification) for examples of rule definitions.

To create a rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.

3. Next to **Response Header Transform Rules**, select **Create rule**.

4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.

5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

6. Under **When incoming requests match**, select if you wish to apply the rule to all incoming requests or only to requests that match a custom filter expression.

7. (Optional) To define a custom expression, use the Expression Builder (specifying one or more values for **Field**, **Operator**, and **Value**) or manually enter an expression using the Expression Editor. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

   :::note
   Check the [available fields and functions](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/).
   :::

8. For **Modify response header**, select one of the following operations:

   - _Set static_ — Sets the value of an HTTP response header to a static string value. Overrides the value of any existing headers with the same name or adds a new header if it does not exist.
   - _Set dynamic_ — Sets the value of an HTTP response header according to the provided expression. Overrides the value of any existing headers with the same name or adds a new header if it does not exist.
   - _Add_ — Adds an HTTP response header with a static string value. This operation will not remove any existing response headers with the same name.
   - _Remove_ — Removes the HTTP response header with the provided name, if it exists.

9. Enter the name of the HTTP response header to modify in **Header name** and the static value or expression in **Value**, if you are setting the header value.

10. To modify another HTTP response header in the same rule, select **Set new header**. You can modify up to 30 HTTP response headers in a single rule.

    The following example includes the modification of three response headers:

    ![Example configuration performing three response header modifications: set a dynamic header value, set a static header value, and remove an existing header.](~/assets/images/rules/transform/response-header-modification-example.png)

11. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

If you choose to deploy your HTTP response header modification rule, the new rule will be enabled. If you save the rule as a draft, the new rule will be disabled.

---

# Modify response header

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Use HTTP response header modification rules to manipulate the headers of HTTP responses sent to website visitors.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Header modifications diagram
accDescr: Header modification rules can change the headers sent to your origin server (request header modifications) or sent your your website visitors (response header modifications).

A[Visitor]
B((Cloudflare))
C[(Origin server)]

A -.-> B -. "Includes request<br> header modifications" .-> C
C -.-> B == "Includes response<br> header modifications" ==> A

style A stroke-width: 2px
style B stroke: orange,fill: orange,color: black
linkStyle 0,1,2 stroke-width: 1px
linkStyle 3 stroke-width: 3px
```

<br />

To modify HTTP headers in the **request** sent to your origin server, refer to [HTTP request header modification rules](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/).

Through HTTP response header modification rules you can:

- Set the value of an HTTP response header to a literal string value, overwriting its previous value or adding a new header to the response if it does not exist.
- Set the value of an HTTP response header according to an expression, overwriting its previous value or adding a new header to the response if it does not exist.
- Add a new HTTP response header with a literal string value without removing any existing headers with the same name.
- Remove an HTTP header from the response.

You can create an HTTP response header modification rule [in the dashboard](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-dashboard/) or [via API](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/create-api/).

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "response header modifications" }}
/>
<br />

## Important remarks

- The response header values are calculated using the field values from the corresponding HTTP request. For example, the value of `ip.src.country` will be the country of the website visitor, not the origin where the response was sent from.

- You cannot modify or remove HTTP response headers whose name starts with `cf-` or `x-cf-`.

- You cannot modify the value of certain headers such as `server`, `eh-cache-tag`, or `eh-cdn-cache-control`.

- Currently you cannot reference [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) in expressions of HTTP response header modification rules.

- The HTTP response header removal operation will remove all response headers with the provided name.

- If you change the value of an existing HTTP response header using an expression that evaluates to an empty string (`""`) or an undefined value, the HTTP response header is **removed**.

- Currently, there is a limited number of HTTP response headers that you cannot change. Cloudflare may remove restrictions for some of these HTTP response headers when presented with valid use cases. [Create a post in the community](https://community.cloudflare.com) for consideration.

- Any response header modifications will also apply to Cloudflare error pages and [custom error pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/).

- Modifying `cache-control`, `CDN-Cache-Control`, or `Cloudflare-CDN-Cache-Control` headers will not change the way Cloudflare caches an object. Instead, you should create a [Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/).

- To add a `set-cookie` header to the response, make sure you use the _Add_ operation instead of _Set static_/_Set dynamic_. Using one of the _Set_ operations will remove any `set-cookie` headers already in the response, including those added by other Cloudflare products such as Bot Management.

- Currently you can only use the _Add_ operation with a literal string value.

<Render
	file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace"
	params={{ one: "HTTP response header modification rules" }}
/>

---

# Create a rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create rewrite URL rules via API. Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Rewrite+URL) for common use cases.

## Basic rule settings

When creating a rewrite URL rule via API, make sure you:

- Set the rule action to `rewrite`.
- Define the [URL rewrite parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/parameters/#api-information) in the `action_parameters` field according to the type of URL rewrite (static or dynamic).
- Deploy the rule to the `http_request_transform` phase at the zone level.

## Procedure

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	file="rules-creation-workflow"
	params={{ one: "a rewrite URL rule", two: "http_request_transform" }}
/>

Make sure your API token has the [required permissions](#required-api-token-permissions) to perform the API operations.

## Example requests

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that performs a static URL rewrite">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single rewrite URL rule — performing a static rewrite of the URI path — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(http.request.uri.query contains \"eu\")",
      "description": "My first static rewrite URL rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "uri": {
          "path": {
            "value": "/emea.html"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Transform Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"uri": {
						"path": {
							"value": "/emea.html"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "(http.request.uri.query contains \"eu\")",
				"description": "My first static rewrite URL rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add a rule that performs a dynamic URL rewrite">

The following example sets the rules of an existing phase ruleset (`{ruleset_id}`) to a single rewrite URL rule — performing a dynamic rewrite of the URI path — using the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation. The response will contain the complete definition of the ruleset you updated.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/news/2012/\")",
      "description": "My first dynamic rewrite URL rule",
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "uri": {
          "path": {
            "expression": "concat(\"/archive\", http.request.uri.path)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Zone-level Transform Ruleset",
		"description": "Zone-level ruleset that will execute Transform Rules.",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"uri": {
						"path": {
							"expression": "concat(\"/archive\", http.request.uri.path)"
						}
					}
				},
				"expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/news/2012/\")",
				"description": "My first dynamic rewrite URL rule",
				"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
				"ref": "<RULE_REF>"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-04-14T14:42:04.219025Z",
		"phase": "http_request_transform"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage rewrite URL rules must have at least the following permissions:

- _Account_ > _Transform Rules_ > _Edit_
- _Account_ > _Account Rulesets_ > _Read_

---

# Create a rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/

Refer to the [Rules examples gallery](/rules/transform/examples/?operation=Rewrite+URL) for examples of rule definitions.

To create a rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and website.

2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.

3. Next to **URL Rewrite Rules**, select **Create rule**.

4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.

5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

   ![The rewrite URL rule creation page in the Cloudflare dashboard.](~/assets/images/rules/transform/create-url-rewrite-rule.png)

6. Under **If incoming requests match**, select one of the following options:

   - **Wildcard pattern**: The rule will only apply to traffic matching the wildcard pattern in **Request URL**. Refer to [Wildcard pattern parameters](#wildcard-pattern-parameters) for details.

   - **Custom filter expression**: The rule will only apply to traffic matching a custom expression. Define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/) to configure which requests should be rewritten. Use either the Expression Builder or the Expression Editor to define the custom expression. For more information, refer to [Edit expressions in the dashboard](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/).

     :::note
     Check the [fields and functions](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/fields-functions/) you can use in filter expressions of rewrite URL rules.
     :::

   - **All incoming requests**: The rule will apply to all traffic.

7. (Optional) Define the action for your rewrite URL rule by selecting one of the available options displayed as radio buttons, and then a value from the drop-down list, depending on the action:

   - If you select **Rewrite to** > _Static_, enter the string that will replace the original URL path (or query string). For example, enter `welcome-gb.html` to rewrite the original URL path to `/welcome-gb.html`.

   - If you select **Rewrite to** > _Dynamic_, enter a [rewrite expression](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/fields-functions/#rewrite-expressions) that defines the dynamic URL rewrite to perform.

   - If you do not want to change the value of a component of the original request (the URL path or the URL query string), choose _Preserve_ for that component.

   For more information, refer to [URL rewrite parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/parameters/).

8. (Optional) Under **Place at**, define where to place the rule in the rules list: first rule in the list, last rule in the list, or in a custom position (after a given rule).

9. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

If you choose to deploy your rewrite URL rule, the new rule will be enabled. If you save the rule as a draft, the new rule will be disabled.

## Wildcard pattern parameters

The Cloudflare dashboard offers a simplified user interface for creating URL rewrites based on wildcard matching and replacement. When you select **Wildcard pattern**, you will have the following parameters available:

- **Request URL**: Enter the [wildcard pattern](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) using the asterisk (`*`) character to match multiple requests. For example, `http*://*.example.com/*`.

- **Then rewrite the path and/or query**: Define the [URL rewrite settings](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/parameters/) including:
  - **Path** > **Target path**: Enter the URI path to match, which can include wildcards (for example, `/oldpath/*`).
  - **Path** > **Rewrite to**: Enter the new URI path. You can use [wildcard replacement](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#wildcard_replace) such as `${1}` and `${2}` to define a dynamic target path (for example, `/newpath/${1}`). Leave this field empty to remove the URI path.
  - **Query** > **Target query**: Enter the query string to match, which can include wildcards (for example, `?sort=*`).
  - **Query** > **Rewrite to**: Enter the new query string. You can use [wildcard replacement](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#wildcard_replace) such as `${1}` and `${2}` to define a dynamic query string (for example, `?order=${1}`). Leave this field empty to remove the query string.

Refer to [URL rewrite parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/parameters/#wildcard-matching-and-replacement) for the equivalent rule configuration when using the API.

:::note[Notes]

The **Request URL** value is only used to match the incoming request with a rule. It will not be used for capturing URL patterns for rewrites. If you are matching the URL path or query string in **Target path** or **Target query**, respectively, make sure that the **Request URL** pattern also matches the incoming request, or else the rule will not trigger.

To validate rewrite URL rule matches, use [Cloudflare Trace](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/). To validate rewritten URLs, check your origin server.

:::

---

# Rewrite URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/

import { Render } from "~/components";

You can manipulate the URL of a request through different operations, namely rewrites and redirects:

- **URL rewrite**: A server-side operation that converts a source URL into a target URL. It occurs before a web server has fully processed a request. A rewrite is not visible to website visitors, since the URL displayed in the browser does not change. Configure rewrite URL rules to perform rewrites on the Cloudflare global network without reaching your web server.

- **URL redirect**: A client-side operation that converts a source URL into a target URL. It occurs after the web server has loaded the initial URL. In this case, a website visitor can notice the URL changing when the redirect occurs. Refer to [Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/) to learn more about configuring redirects.

Use a URL rewrite to return the content of a URL while displaying a different URL in the browser. You can rewrite the URI path, the query string, or both.

:::caution

You cannot rewrite the hostname using a rewrite URL rule. To rewrite the hostname, use an [origin rule](/rules/origin-rules/) or a [Page Rule](/rules/page-rules/how-to/override-url-or-ip-address/).

<Render file="snippets-alternative" params={{ one: "rewrite logic" }} />

:::

## Static and dynamic rewrites

Rewrite URL rules can perform static or dynamic rewrites:

- **Static rewrite**: Replaces a given part of a request URL (path or query string) with a static string.
- **Dynamic rewrite**: Supports more advanced scenarios where you use a rewrite expression to define the resulting path or query string.

Create rewrite URL rules [in the dashboard](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/), [via Cloudflare API](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-api/), or [using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/transform-rules/#create-a-rewrite-url-rule).

## Serve images from custom paths

When using Cloudflare Images, you can use URL rewrites to serve images from a custom path. For more information, refer to [Serve images from custom domains](/images/manage-images/serve-images/serve-from-custom-domains/).

<Render file="troubleshoot-rules-with-trace" params={{ one: "URL rewrites" }} />

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/

import { Example, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Bulk Redirects involve the following elements:

- **URL redirect**: A simple object with a source URL, a target URL, a status code, and redirect parameters. URL redirects are the list items of Bulk Redirect Lists.

- **Bulk Redirect List**: A list, similar to an IP list, containing one or more URL redirects. To enable all the URL redirects in a Bulk Redirect List, reference the list in a Bulk Redirect Rule. Different Bulk Redirect Rules can reference the same Bulk Redirect List.

- **Bulk Redirect Rule**: A rule powered by the Ruleset Engine, similar to a [Transform Rule](/rules/transform/). A Bulk Redirect Rule has an associated Bulk Redirect List.

A Bulk Redirect Rule enables a Bulk Redirect List, which contains one or more URL redirects.

![Diagram outlining the hierarchy relationship between Bulk Redirect Rules, Bulk Redirect Lists, and URL redirects](~/assets/images/rules/bulk-redirects/concepts-diagram.png)

The following example defines a Bulk Redirect List named `list_b` with two URL redirects:

<Example>

**`list_b` Bulk Redirect List**

| Source URL                | Target URL                 | Status code         |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `example.com/about`       | `https://example.com/news` | `301` (the default) |
| `example.com/new_feature` | `https://example.com/soon` | `302`               |

</Example>

The following Bulk Redirect Rule, named `Rule 2`, enables the URL redirects in the `list_b` Bulk Redirect List:

<Example>

**`Rule 2` Bulk Redirect Rule**

- **Rule name**: `Rule 2`
- **Associated list**: `list_b`

</Example>

## URL redirects

A URL redirect allows you to configure a source URL, a target URL, a status code, and redirect parameters.

When specifying the source URL, use the available redirect parameters instead of wildcards, which are not supported. For example, the **Include subdomains** parameter allows you to configure a single URL redirect that applies both to subdomains (for example, `https://b.example.com` and `https://a.b.example.com`) and to the apex domain (`https://example.com`). Other parameters allow you to specify how the source URL’s path and query string are handled. For more information, refer to [How it works](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/).

URL redirects are the list items of Bulk Redirect Lists.

## Bulk Redirect Lists

Bulk Redirect Lists allow you to create distinct groups of URL redirects for different purposes. You can use a Bulk Redirect List in one or more Bulk Redirect Rules.

A Bulk Redirect List does not perform any redirects on its own — you must reference the list in a Bulk Redirect Rule to enable the redirects in the list.

A Bulk Redirect List cannot contain several URL redirects with the exact same source URL.

For details on the CSV format for importing items to a Bulk Redirect List, refer to [CSV file format](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/csv-file-format/).

:::note

You can only reference Bulk Redirect Lists in Bulk Redirect Rules. Other types of rules powered by the Ruleset Engine do not support Bulk Redirect Lists.

:::

## Bulk Redirect Rules

Bulk Redirect Rules are rules powered by the Ruleset Engine that enable one or more URL redirects through a Bulk Redirect List.

When you configure a Bulk Redirect Rule, you associate a Bulk Redirect List to it, which enables all the URL redirects in that list. You can create a rule for each list, or have many Bulk Redirect Rules referencing the same Bulk Redirect List.

A Bulk Redirect Rule, like all rules powered by the Ruleset Engine, has an action and an expression. Besides these two properties, it also has a name, an optional description, an associated Bulk Redirect List, and a key.

### Expression

The rule expression, or filter expression, specifies the conditions that must be met for the rule to run. By default, all URL redirects of the specified list will apply.

The default expression of a Bulk Redirect Rule is the following:

```txt
http.request.full_uri in $<LIST_NAME>
```

This expression means that the request URL, after some basic <GlossaryTooltip term="URL normalization">normalization</GlossaryTooltip> (if [URL normalization](/rules/normalization/) is enabled), should match the source URL of a URL redirect in the list `<LIST_NAME>` for the redirect to be applied.

You can use an expression different from the default one to increase the specificity of URL redirect matches. For example, if you set the expression of a Bulk Redirect Rule to the following expression, there will only be a match for requests coming from the United Kingdom:

```txt
ip.src.country == "GB" and http.request.full_uri in $<LIST_NAME>
```

For more information on the available fields, refer to [Available fields and functions](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/fields-functions/).

:::note

At the left of the `in` operator you can only use fields directly and not values returned by a function. In most situations, you will want to use one of the following fields with the `in` operator:

- `http.request.full_uri`
- `raw.http.request.full_uri`

Refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) for more information.

:::

### Key

The rule key is used in combination with the Bulk Redirect List associated with the rule to select the URL redirect to apply.

When there is a match for the rule expression, Cloudflare compares the value of the rule key with the source URL of each URL redirect in the associated Bulk Redirect List, searching for a match.

The key should be either `http.request.full_uri` or `raw.http.request.full_uri`. Use `raw.http.request.full_uri` to compare the URI received by the web server, before normalization, with the source URLs in the Bulk Redirect List.

The URI field used in the key must be the same as the URI field used in the expression. Otherwise, you may have a match for the rule expression, but no match for any of the source URLs in the list. For example, if you set the key to `http.request.full_uri`, the field used in the rule expression must also be `http.request.full_uri`. Conversely, if you set the key to `raw.http.request.full_uri`, the field used in the expression must be `raw.http.request.full_uri`.

---

# Create Bulk Redirects in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

To create Bulk Redirects in the Cloudflare dashboard you must:

1. Create a Bulk Redirect List with one or more URL redirects.
2. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule to enable the URL redirects in the list.

You can create Bulk Redirect Lists and Bulk Redirect Rules in the Cloudflare dashboard:

- At the account level, in **Bulk Redirects**.
- At the zone level:
  1. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
  2. Next to **Redirect Rules** select **Manage Redirect Rules**.
  3. Select the **Bulk Redirects** tab.

However, the lists and rules only exist at the account level and every zone in the same account will show the same items.

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	file="url-forwarding/requires-proxied-site"
	params={{ one: "Bulk Redirects" }}
/>

## 1. Create a Bulk Redirect List

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **Bulk Redirects**.

3. Under **Bulk Redirect Lists**, select **Create Bulk Redirect List**.

4. Enter a list name and description, and select **Next**.

5. You can import a CSV file containing several URL redirects or enter URL redirects one at a time in the dashboard.

<Details header="Import a CSV file">

6. Drag and drop a CSV file containing URL redirects or select **browse** and select a CSV file. For more information on the file format, refer to [CSV file format](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/csv-file-format/).

7. The dashboard will display the URL redirects that were successfully imported from the file. You can manually adjust the displayed records or add/remove URL redirects before proceeding.

8. Select **Next**.

</Details>

<Details header="Add URL redirects manually">

9. Select **Or, manually add URL redirects**.

10. Enter the URL redirects you wish to add to the list. You must enter at least the following three fields: **Source URL**, **Target URL**, and **Status**. To set additional options, expand **Edit parameters**.

11. Add more URL redirects, if required.

12. Select **Next**.

</Details>

13. Review and edit the URL redirects you imported or created, and select **Next**.

14. Select **Continue to Redirect Rules** to go to the rule creation page, and follow the instructions in the next section. You must create a Bulk Redirect Rule to enable the URL redirects you defined.

:::note[Notes]

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:::

## 2. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule

1. (Optional) If you are not using the Bulk Redirect List creation wizard according to the instructions in the previous section:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. Go to Account Home > **Bulk Redirects**.
   3. Select **Create Bulk Redirect Rule**.

2. In **Rule name**, enter a descriptive name for the rule.

3. Select the Bulk Redirect List you previously created.

4. (Optional) If necessary, select **Or use the expression editor** to edit the [rule expression](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#expression) or the [rule key](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#key).

5. To save and deploy the Bulk Redirect Rule, select **Save and Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

---

# Create Bulk Redirects via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

To create Bulk Redirects via API, you must:

1. Create a Bulk Redirect List via API.
2. Add items (URL redirects) to the list created in step 1.
3. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule via API, which enables the list created in step 1.

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	file="url-forwarding/requires-proxied-site"
	params={{ one: "Bulk Redirects" }}
/>

## 1. Create a Bulk Redirect List via API

Use the [Create a list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/create/) operation to create a new Bulk Redirect List. The list `kind` must be `redirect`.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "my_redirect_list",
  "description": "My redirect list.",
  "kind": "redirect"
}'
```

```json output {3}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "f848b6ccb07647749411f504d6f88794",
		"name": "my_redirect_list",
		"description": "My redirect list.",
		"kind": "redirect",
		"num_items": 0,
		"num_referencing_filters": 0,
		"created_on": "2021-10-28T09:11:42Z",
		"modified_on": "2021-10-28T09:11:42Z"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

Take note of the list ID — you will need it in the next step.

For more information on list operations, refer to the [Lists API](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/) documentation.

## 2. Add items to the list

Use the [Create list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/create/) operation to add URL redirect items to the list. Enter the list ID from the previous step in the endpoint URL:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/f848b6ccb07647749411f504d6f88794/items \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "redirect": {
      "source_url": "example.com/blog/",
      "target_url": "https://example.com/blog/latest"
    }
  },
  {
    "redirect": {
      "source_url": "example.net/",
      "target_url": "https://example.net/under-construction.html",
      "status_code": 307
    }
  }
]'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"operation_id": "92558f8b296d4dbe9d0419e0e53f6622"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

This is an asynchronous operation. The response will contain an `operation_id` which you will use to check if the operation completed successfully using the [Get bulk operation status](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/bulk_operations/methods/get/) operation:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/bulk_operations/92558f8b296d4dbe9d0419e0e53f6622 \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

Once the operation has completed successfully, the response will be similar to the following:

```json title="Response"
{
	"result": {
		"id": "92558f8b296d4dbe9d0419e0e53f6622",
		"status": "completed",
		"completed": "2021-10-28T09:15:42Z"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## 3. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule via API

Since Bulk Redirect Lists are essentially containers of URL redirects, you have to enable the URL redirects in the list by creating a Bulk Redirect Rule.

Add Bulk Redirect Rules to the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_redirect` phase at the account level. Refer to the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) documentation for more information on [creating a ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/) and supplying a list of rules for the ruleset.

A Bulk Redirect Rule must have:

- `action` set to `redirect`
- An `action_parameters` object with additional configuration settings — refer to [API JSON objects: Bulk Redirect Rule](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/json-objects/#bulk-redirect-rule) for details.

The following request of the [Create an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation creates a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_redirect` phase at the account level, and defines a single redirect rule. Use this operation if you have not created a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_redirect` phase yet.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "My redirect ruleset",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "http_request_redirect",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list",
      "description": "Bulk Redirect rule.",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_list": {
          "name": "my_redirect_list",
          "key": "http.request.full_uri"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "528f4f03bf0da53a29907199625867be",
		"name": "My redirect ruleset",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "8da312df846b4258a05bcd454ea943be",
				"version": "1",
				"expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list",
				"description": "Bulk Redirect rule.",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_list": {
						"name": "my_redirect_list",
						"key": "http.request.full_uri"
					}
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-10-28T09:20:42Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-10-28T09:20:42Z",
		"phase": "http_request_redirect"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

If there is already a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_redirect` phase, use the [Update an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation instead, like in the following example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "My redirect ruleset",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "http_request_redirect",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list_2",
      "description": "Bulk Redirect rule 1",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_list": {
          "name": "my_redirect_list_1",
          "key": "http.request.full_uri"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list_2",
      "description": "Bulk Redirect rule 2",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_list": {
          "name": "my_redirect_list_2",
          "key": "http.request.full_uri"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"id": "67013aa153df4e5fbda92f92bc979331",
		"name": "default",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "root",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "8be62ab2ef9a4a41af30c24ff8e73e41",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_list": {
						"name": "my_redirect_list_1",
						"key": "http.request.full_uri"
					}
				},
				"expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list_1",
				"description": "Bulk Redirect rule 1",
				"last_updated": "2021-12-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
				"ref": "8be62ab2ef9a4a41af30c24ff8e73e41",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "97e38797fb2b4b22a4919800f1318a5c",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_list": {
						"name": "my_redirect_list_2",
						"key": "http.request.full_uri"
					}
				},
				"expression": "http.request.full_uri in $my_redirect_list_2",
				"description": "Bulk Redirect rule 2",
				"last_updated": "2021-12-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
				"ref": "97e38797fb2b4b22a4919800f1318a5c",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-12-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
		"phase": "http_request_redirect"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage Bulk Redirects objects (lists, list items, and rules) must have at least the following permissions:

- _Account_ > _Account Rulesets_ > _Edit_
- _Account_ > _Account Filter Lists_ > _Edit_

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/faq/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Below you will find answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding Bulk Redirects.

To troubleshoot errors related to Bulk Redirects:

* Refer to [Troubleshooting Cloudflare 10XXX Errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-10xxx-errors/) for more information on runtime errors.
* Use [Cloudflare Trace](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/) to determine if a rule is triggering for a specific URL.

## What happens if the same source URL appears in two different Bulk Redirect Lists?

In this situation, Cloudflare will use the URL redirect of the first rule that triggers. This will be determined by the order of the Bulk Redirect Rules enabling each Bulk Redirect List in the `http_request_redirect` phase entry point ruleset.

## How can I solve the following error: "This account has reached the limit on the number of URL matching items on the same hostname/path"?

You may get this error when adding items to a Bulk Redirect List.

You can have any number of URL redirects with the same source hostname (with different paths) or same source path (with different hostnames). However, you can have a maximum of 16 source URLs with the same hostname and path across all lists, either enabled by a Bulk Redirect Rule or not.

If you receive this error, check if you have any unused Bulk Redirect Lists with the source hostname and path that caused the error, and remove such items from the list.

## How many URL redirects can I have in a single Bulk Redirect List?

Each account has a maximum number of URL redirects across all lists which depends on your Cloudflare plan. If you wish, you can use all the URL redirects available in your plan in a single Bulk Redirect List, but you will not be able to create any other URL redirects in a different list. Refer to [Availability](/rules/url-forwarding/#availability) for more information.

## How can I redirect based on the non-normalized version of a URL?

Use the `raw.http.request.full_uri` field both in the rule expression and in the key, instead of the default field `http.request.full_uri`. This will take the raw version of the URL into account, that is, the URL received on the Cloudflare global network before applying <GlossaryTooltip term="URL normalization">normalization</GlossaryTooltip>. Refer to [Concepts: Bulk Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#bulk-redirect-rules) for more information on using a custom rule expression and a custom key.

## Do Bulk Redirects take precedence over Page Rules?

Yes. Bulk Redirects take precedence over Page Rules redirects. For more information on the execution order of Rules products, refer to [Execution order](/rules/url-forwarding/#execution-order).

---

# How Bulk Redirects work

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/

import { MetaInfo } from "~/components";

For each incoming request, Cloudflare evaluates all URL redirects of each Bulk Redirect List that is enabled by a Bulk Redirect Rule.

If there is a match for a URL redirect according to the URL matching algorithm, the redirect action is performed immediately, according to the URL redirect configuration parameters. Cloudflare performs no further processing once a redirect action has been executed.

## Matching the source URL of redirects

The following URL redirect parameters control the matching behavior between the request URL and source URLs of the configured (and enabled) URL redirects:

- **Subpath matching** <MetaInfo text="(default: false)"/>

  - If `true`, the URL redirect will apply to all paths under the given source path. For example, consider the following source and target URLs of a URL redirect:

    - Source URL: `https://example.com/foo/`
    - Target URL: `https://example.com/qux/`

  - With this configuration and **Subpath matching** enabled, an incoming request to `example.com/foo/bar` will be redirected to `https://example.com/qux/bar`.

  :::note
  URL redirects with **Subpath matching** enabled cannot contain more than 16 `/` (slash) characters in the source URL path.
  :::

- **Include subdomains** <MetaInfo text="(default: false)"/>

  - If `true`, the source URL hostname of the URL redirect will also apply to all its subdomains. For example, consider the following source and target URLs of a URL redirect:

    - Source URL: `https://example.com/about`
    - Target URL: `https://example.com/newpage`

  - With this configuration and **Includes subdomains** enabled, incoming requests to `http://a.example.com/about` and `http://a.b.example.com/about` would also match, in addition to the specified domain with no subdomain (`https://example.com/about`).

For detailed information on these parameters, refer to [URL redirect parameters](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/).

## Configuring the path and query string behavior

The following parameters configure how Cloudflare determines the path and query string of the final target URL:

- **Preserve query string** <MetaInfo text="(default: false)"/>

  - If `true`, the final target URL will keep the query string of the original request. For example, consider the following source and target URLs of a URL redirect:

    - Source URL: `https://example.com/about`
    - Target URL: `https://example.com/newpage`

  - With this configuration and **Preserve query string** enabled, an incoming request to `http://example.com/about?q=term` would be redirected to `https://example.com/newpage?q=term`. If **Preserve query string** is disabled, the same incoming request would be redirected to `https://example.com/newpage`.

- **Preserve path suffix** <MetaInfo text="(default: true)"/>

  - Defines if the final target URL will include the parts of the request path that did not match the URL redirect's source URL.

  - When **Subpath matching** is enabled, the path that was not matched is copied over to the final target URL. For example, consider the following source and target URLs of a URL redirect:

    - Source URL: `https://example.com/a/`
    - Target URL: `https://example.com/b/`

  - An incoming request to `https://example.com/a/foo` will be redirected to `https://example.com/b/foo`.

  - If you set **Preserve path suffix** to `false`, the same request will still match the redirect, but it will be redirected to `https://example.com/b/`.

For detailed information on these parameters, refer to [URL redirect parameters](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/).

## URL matching algorithm

The URL of an incoming request matches a URL redirect in a list if:

1. The scheme (`http` or `https`) is the same as the source URL of the URL redirect definition. Source URLs with no scheme will match both `http` and `https`.

2. The hostname is the same as the hostname in the source URL of the URL redirect definition. If **Include subdomains** is enabled, the subdomains of the hostname in the redirect definition will also match.

3. The path is the same as the source URL. If **Subpath matching** is enabled, Cloudflare also considers the subpaths of the path in the URL redirect's source URL when determining if there is a match. For example, a URL redirect with its source URL defined as `example.com/blog` will also match requests to `example.com/blog/foo` and `example.com/blog/bar`.

### Determining the URL redirect to apply

If multiple URL redirects can apply, then the redirect that wins is determined by the following rules:

1. Given two URL redirects with **Subpath matching** enabled, the URL redirect with the most specific path wins over the other URL redirect.<br/>
   If there are two URL redirects with source URL paths `/folder` and `/folder/subfolder`, an incoming request for the `/folder/subfolder/item` URL path will match the second redirect (`/folder/subfolder`) because it is more specific.

2. URL redirects with the exact hostname win over URL redirects with the **Include subdomains** option enabled.

3. Given two URL redirects with **Include subdomains** enabled, the URL with the most specific domain wins over the other URL redirect.<br/>
   If there are two URL redirects with source URL hostnames `bar.com` and `foo.bar.com`, an incoming request to `qux.foo.bar.com` will match the second redirect (`foo.bar.com`) because it is more specific.

4. URL redirects with a concrete scheme win over URL redirects that match both `http` and `https` schemes.

---

# Bulk Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Bulk Redirects allow you to define a large number of URL redirects at the account level. These redirects navigate the user from a source URL to a target URL using a given HTTP status code. URL redirection is also known as URL forwarding.

Unlike dynamic URL redirects created in [Single Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/), Bulk Redirects are essentially static — they do not support string replacement operations or regular expressions. However, you can configure URL redirect parameters that affect their URL matching behavior and their runtime behavior.

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "and customized redirect logic" }}
/>

---

## Related resources

- [Availability](/rules/url-forwarding/#availability): Information on the Bulk Redirects quotas and features per Cloudflare plan.
- [Execution order](/rules/url-forwarding/#execution-order): Execution order of the different Rules products.
- [Trace a request](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/): Use Cloudflare Trace to determine if a bulk redirect rule is triggering for a specific URL.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

<ListExamples directory="rules/url-forwarding/examples/" />

---

# Redirect admin area requests to HTTPS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-admin-https/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example single redirect for zone `example.com` will redirect requests for the administration area of a specific subdomain (`store.example.com`) to HTTPS, keeping the original path and query string.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `http://store.example.com/admin*`

**Then**

- **Target URL**: `https://store.example.com/admin${1}`
- **Status code:** _301_
- **Preserve query string:** Enabled

</Example>

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                                       | Target URL                                         | Status code |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `http://store.example.com/admin/products/`        | `https://store.example.com/admin/products/`        | `301`       |
| `https://store.example.com/admin/products/`       | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |
| `http://store.example.com/admin/?logged_out=true` | `https://store.example.com/admin/?logged_out=true` | `301`       |
| `http://store.example.com/?all_items=true`        | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |
| `http://example.com/admin/`                       | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |

---

# Perform mobile redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/perform-mobile-redirects/

import { Example } from "~/components";

The following examples will redirect visitors using mobile devices — based on the request user agent string — to a different hostname.

## Redirect mobile users dropping the original URI path

This example static redirect will redirect requests for the current zone (`example.com`) from mobile users to `m.example.com` without preserving the URI path in the original HTTP request.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Enter the following expression in the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor):<br/>
  `not http.host in {"m.example.com"} and (http.user_agent contains "mobi" or http.user_agent contains "Mobi")`

**Then**

- **Type:** _Static_
- **URL:** `m.example.com`
- **Status code:** _301_

</Example>

Notes about this example:

- The `not http.host in {"m.example.com"}` condition prevents redirect loops.
- The user agent condition follows [Mozilla's recommendation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent/Firefox#device-specific_user_agent_strings) for identifying mobile devices.
- The **Then** > **URL** value should be the same as the one you entered in the `http.host` condition of the rule's filter expression.
- You can redirect users to other zones on Cloudflare or to other hostnames not on Cloudflare.

## Redirect mobile users keeping the original path

This example single redirect will redirect requests for the current zone (`example.com`) from mobile users to `m.example.com`, keeping the URI path of the original HTTP request.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- Enter the following expression in the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor):<br/>
  `not http.host in {"m.example.com"} and (http.user_agent contains "mobi" or http.user_agent contains "Mobi")`

**Then**

- **Type:** _Dynamic_
- **Expression:** `concat("https://m.example.com", http.request.uri.path)`
- **Status code:** _301_

</Example>

Notes about this example:

- The `not http.host in {"m.example.com"}` condition prevents redirect loops.
- The user agent condition follows [Mozilla's recommendation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/User-Agent/Firefox#device-specific_user_agent_strings) for identifying mobile devices.
- The hostname in **Then** > **Expression** should be the same as the one you entered in the `http.host` condition of the rule's filter expression.
- Depending on your use case, you may want to enable **Then** > **Preserve query string** to also keep the query string of the original request.
- You can redirect users to other zones on Cloudflare or to other hostnames not on Cloudflare.

---

# Redirect requests from one domain to another

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-another-domain/

In this example the original domain was replaced with a different domain. All functionality was maintained, except for the HTTP service (port 80) which was discontinued.

1. Create a Bulk Redirect List with the following URL redirect:

- **Source URL**: `example.com/`
- **Target URL**: `https://example.net/`
- **Subpath matching**: Enabled
- **Preserve query string**: Enabled

2. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule that enables this list.

This configuration will perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                               | URL after redirect                        |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `http://example.com/`                     | `https://example.net/`                    |
| `https://example.com/`                    | `https://example.net/`                    |
| `https://example.com/my/path/to/page.htm` | `https://example.net/my/path/to/page.htm` |
| `https://example.com/search?q=term`       | `https://example.net/search?q=term`       |

---

# Redirect requests from one country to a domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-country/

In this example, all website visitors from the United Kingdom will be redirected to a different domain, but maintaining current functionality in the same paths.

1. Create a Bulk Redirect List named `uk_redirect_list` with the following URL redirect:

   - **Source URL**: `https://example.com/`
   - **Target URL**: `https://example.co.uk/`
   - **Subpath matching**: Enabled
   - **Preserve query string**: Enabled

2. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule that enables the previous Bulk Redirect List and set the rule expression to the following:

   ```txt
   ip.src.country == "GB" and http.request.full_uri in $uk_redirect_list
   ```

This configuration will perform the following redirects for UK visitors:

| Request URL                               | URL after redirect                          |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| `https://example.com/`                    | `https://example.co.uk/`                    |
| `https://example.com/my/path/to/page.htm` | `https://example.co.uk/my/path/to/page.htm` |
| `https://example.com/search?q=term`       | `https://example.co.uk/search?q=term`       |

---

# Redirect requests to a different hostname

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-different-hostname/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example single redirect will redirect all requests for `smallshop.example.com` to a different hostname `globalstore.example.net` using HTTPS, keeping the original path and query string.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `http*://smallshop.example.com/*`

**Then**

- **Target URL**: `https://globalstore.example.net/${2}`
- **Status code:** _301_
- **Preserve query string:** Enabled

</Example>

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                                           | Target URL                                               | Status code |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `http://smallshop.example.com/`                       | `https://globalstore.example.net/`                       | `301`       |
| `http://smallshop.example.com/admin/?logged_out=true` | `https://globalstore.example.net/admin/?logged_out=true` | `301`       |
| `https://smallshop.example.com/?all_items=1`          | `https://globalstore.example.net/?all_items=1`           | `301`       |
| `http://example.com/about/`                           | (unchanged)                                              | n/a         |

---

# Redirect requests for a domain to a new domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-all-different-domain-root/

In this example, an old website was discontinued and replaced by a new one in a different domain. The functionality is different, and all URLs should now point to the root of the new domain. The same applies to any subdomains of the old domain.

1. Create a Bulk Redirect List with the following URL redirect:

   - **Source URL**: `example.com/`
   - **Target URL**: `https://example.net/`
   - **Subpath matching**: Enabled
   - **Include subdomains**: Enabled
   - **Preserve path suffix**: Disabled

2. Create a Bulk Redirect Rule that enables this list.

This configuration will perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                               | URL after redirect     |
| ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| `http://example.com/`                     | `https://example.net/` |
| `https://example.com/`                    | `https://example.net/` |
| `https://subdomain.example.com/`          | `https://example.net/` |
| `https://example.com/my/path/to/page.htm` | `https://example.net/` |
| `https://example.com/search?q=term`       | `https://example.net/` |

---

# Redirect local visitors to specific subdomains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-country-subdomains/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example single redirect for zone `example.com` will redirect United Kingdom and France visitors requesting the website's root path (`/`) to their localized subdomains `https://gb.example.com` and `https://fr.example.com`, respectively.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
`(ip.src.country eq "GB" or ip.src.country eq "FR") and http.request.uri.path eq "/"`

**Then**

- **Type:** _Dynamic_
- **Expression:** `lower(concat("https://", ip.src.country, ".example.com"))`
- **Status code:** _301_

</Example>

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Visitor country | Request URL   | Target URL               | Status code |
| --------------- | ------------- | ------------------------ | ----------- |
| United Kingdom  | `example.com` | `https://gb.example.com` | `301`       |
| France          | `example.com` | `https://fr.example.com` | `301`       |
| United States   | `example.com` | (unchanged)              | n/a         |

---

# Redirect visitors to a new page URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-new-url/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example static redirect for zone `example.com` will redirect visitors requesting the `/contact-us/` page to the new page URL `/contacts/`.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Field:** _URI Path_
- **Operator:** _equals_
- **Value:** `/contact-us/`

If you are using the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:<br/>
`http.request.uri.path eq "/contact-us/"`

**Then**

- **Type:** _Static_
- **URL:** `/contacts/`
- **Status code:** _301_
- **Preserve query string:** Enabled

</Example>

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                        | Target URL                       | Status code |
| ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `example.com/contact-us/`          | `example.com/contacts/`          | `301`       |
| `example.com/contact-us/?state=TX` | `example.com/contacts/?state=TX` | `301`       |
| `example.com/team/`                | (unchanged)                      | n/a         |

---

# Redirect from root to WWW

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-root-to-www/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example creates a redirect rule that forwards HTTPS requests from the root domain (`example.com`) to the WWW subdomain (`www.example.com`), while retaining the original path and query string.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `https://example.com/*`

**Then**

- **Target URL**: `https://www.example.com/${1}`
- **Status code**: _301_
- **Preserve query string**: Enabled

</Example>

This rule ensures that only HTTPS requests from the root domain are redirected to the WWW subdomain, leaving other requests (such as HTTP or requests to other subdomains) unchanged.

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                                   | Target URL                                        | Status code |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `https://example.com/products/`               | `https://www.example.com/products/`               | `301`       |
| `https://store.example.com/products/`         | (unchanged)                                       | n/a         |
| `https://example.com/admin/?logged_out=true`  | `https://www.example.com/admin/?logged_out=true`  | `301`       |
| `http://example.com/?all_items=true`          | (unchanged)                                       | n/a         |
| `http://www.example.com/admin/`               | (unchanged)                                       | n/a         |

Make sure to replace `example.com` with your actual hostname before deploying your rule.

---

# Redirect from WWW to root

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-www-to-root/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example creates a redirect rule that forwards HTTPS requests from the WWW subdomain (`www.example.com`) to the root domain (`example.com`), while retaining the original path and query string.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Wildcard pattern**
  - **Request URL**: `https://www.*`

**Then**

- **Target URL**: `https://${1}`
- **Status code**: _301_
- **Preserve query string**: Enabled

</Example>

This rule ensures that only HTTPS requests from `www.` subdomains are redirected to the root domain, leaving other requests (such as HTTP or non-WWW) unchanged.

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                                       | Target URL                                         | Status code |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `https://www.example.com/products/`               | `https://example.com/products/`                    | `301`       |
| `https://www.store.example.com/products/`         | `https://store.example.com/products/`              | `301`       |
| `https://store.example.com/products/`             | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |
| `https://www.example.com/admin/?logged_out=true`  | `https://example.com/admin/?logged_out=true`       | `301`       |
| `http://www.example.com/?all_items=true`          | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |
| `http://example.com/admin/`                       | (unchanged)                                        | n/a         |

---

# Remove locale from URL path

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/examples/remove-locale-url/

import { Example } from "~/components";

This example single redirect for zone `example.com` will redirect visitors from an old URL format that included the locale (for example, `/en-us/<page_name>`) to the new format `/<page_name>`.

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**

- **Field:** _URI Path_
- **Operator:** _matches regex_
- **Value:** `^/[A-Za-z]{2}-[A-Za-z]{2}/`

If you are using the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:<br/>
`http.request.uri.path matches "^/[A-Za-z]{2}-[A-Za-z]{2}/"`

**Then**

- **Type:** _Dynamic_
- **Expression:** `regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "^/[A-Za-z]{2}-[A-Za-z]{2}/(.*)", "/${1}")`
- **Status code:** _301_
- **Preserve query string:** Enabled

</Example>

The function [`regex_replace()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#regex_replace) allows you to extract parts of the URL using regular expressions' capture groups. Create capture groups by putting part of the regular expression in parentheses. Then, reference a capture group using `${<num>}` in the replacement string, where `<num>` is the number of the capture group.

For example, the redirect rule would perform the following redirects:

| Request URL                             | Target URL                        | Status code |
| --------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------- |
| `example.com/en-us/meet-our-team`       | `example.com/meet-our-team`       | `301`       |
| `example.com/pt-BR/meet-our-team`       | `example.com/meet-our-team`       | `301`       |
| `example.com/en-us/calendar?view=month` | `example.com/calendar?view=month` | `301`       |
| `example.com/meet-our-team`             | (unchanged)                       | n/a         |
| `example.com/robots.txt`                | (unchanged)                       | n/a         |

---

# Create a redirect rule via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-api/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create a redirect rule via API.

Add redirect rules to the entry point ruleset of the `http_request_dynamic_redirect` phase at the zone level. Refer to the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) documentation for more information on [creating a ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/) and supplying a list of rules for the ruleset.

<Render
	file="url-forwarding/requires-proxied-site"
	params={{ one: "Single Redirects" }}
/>

## Basic rule settings

A redirect rule must have:

- `action` set to `redirect`
- An `action_parameters` object with additional configuration settings — refer to [Available settings](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/settings/) for details.

## Example requests

The following request of the [Create a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation creates a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_dynamic_redirect` phase at the zone level, and defines a single redirect rule with a dynamic URL redirect. Use this operation if you have not created a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_dynamic_redirect` phase yet.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Redirect rules ruleset",
  "kind": "zone",
  "phase": "http_request_dynamic_redirect",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and http.request.uri.path eq \"/\"",
      "description": "Redirect GB and FR users in home page to localized site.",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_value": {
          "target_url": {
            "expression": "lower(concat(\"https://\", ip.src.country, \".example.com\"))"
          },
          "status_code": 307,
          "preserve_query_string": true
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "528f4f03bf0da53a29907199625867be",
		"name": "Redirect rules ruleset",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "235e557b92fd4e5e8753ee665a9ddd75",
				"version": "1",
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and http.request.uri.path eq \"/\"",
				"description": "Redirect GB and FR users in home page to localized site.",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_value": {
						"target_url": {
							"expression": "lower(concat(\"https://\", ip.src.country, \".example.com\"))"
						},
						"status_code": 307,
						"preserve_query_string": true
					}
				},
				"last_updated": "2022-09-28T09:20:42Z"
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-09-28T09:20:42Z",
		"phase": "http_request_dynamic_redirect"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

If there is already a phase entry point ruleset for the `http_request_dynamic_redirect` phase, use the [Update a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation instead, like in the following example:

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Redirect rules ruleset",
  "kind": "zone",
  "phase": "http_request_dynamic_redirect",
  "rules": [
    {
      "expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and http.request.uri.path eq \"/\"",
      "description": "Redirect GB and FR users in home page to localized site.",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_value": {
          "target_url": {
            "expression": "lower(concat(\"https://\", ip.src.country, \".example.com\"))"
          },
          "status_code": 307,
          "preserve_query_string": true
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/contacts.html\"",
      "description": "Redirect to new contacts page.",
      "action": "redirect",
      "action_parameters": {
        "from_value": {
          "target_url": {
            "value": "https://example.com/contact-us/"
          },
          "status_code": 308
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

<Details header="Response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "528f4f03bf0da53a29907199625867be",
		"name": "Redirect rules ruleset",
		"description": "",
		"kind": "zone",
		"version": "2",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "235e557b92fd4e5e8753ee665a9ddd75",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_value": {
						"target_url": {
							"expression": "lower(concat(\"https://\", ip.src.country, \".example.com\"))"
						},
						"status_code": 307,
						"preserve_query_string": true
					}
				},
				"expression": "(ip.src.country eq \"GB\" or ip.src.country eq \"FR\") and http.request.uri.path eq \"/\"",
				"description": "Redirect GB and FR users in home page to localized site.",
				"last_updated": "2022-10-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
				"ref": "235e557b92fd4e5e8753ee665a9ddd75",
				"enabled": true
			},
			{
				"id": "cfad5efbfcd1440fb5b30cf30f95ece3",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "redirect",
				"action_parameters": {
					"from_value": {
						"target_url": {
							"value": "https://example.com/contact-us/"
						},
						"status_code": 308
					}
				},
				"expression": "http.request.uri.path eq \"/contacts.html\"",
				"description": "Redirect to new contacts page.",
				"last_updated": "2022-10-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
				"ref": "cfad5efbfcd1440fb5b30cf30f95ece3",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-10-03T15:38:51.658387Z",
		"phase": "http_request_dynamic_redirect"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

---

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage redirect rules must have at least the following permission:

- _Zone_ > _Single Redirect_ > _Edit_

---

# Create a redirect rule in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/create-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Rules** > **Overview**.
3. Next to **Redirect Rules**, select **Create rule**.
4. (Optional) Select one of the rule templates that address common use cases. Then, review and adjust the proposed rule configuration.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6. Under **When incoming requests match**, select one of the following options:

   - **Wildcard pattern**: The rule will only apply to traffic matching the wildcard pattern.
     - **Request URL**: Enter the [wildcard pattern](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) using the asterisk (`*`) character to match multiple requests. For example, `http*://*.example.com/files/*`.
     - **Then**: Define the [URL redirect settings](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/settings/) including:
       - **Target URL**: Enter the target URL, which can be static (for example, `https://example.com`) or dynamic (for example, `https://example.com/${1}/files/${2}`). Use [wildcard replacement](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#wildcard_replace) such as `${1}` and `${2}` to define dynamic target URLs.
       - **Status code**: Select the status code for the redirect (for example, `301`).
       - **Preserve query string**: Choose whether to keep the query string from the original request.
   - **All incoming requests**: The rule will apply to all traffic.
     - **Then**: Define the [URL redirect settings](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/settings/) for all incoming requests.
   - **Custom filter expression**: The rule will only apply to traffic matching a custom expression. Define the [rule expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/) to configure which requests should be redirected.
     - **Then**: Define the [URL redirect settings](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/settings/) for requests matching the custom rule expression.

7. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

<Render
	file="url-forwarding/requires-proxied-site"
	params={{ one: "Single Redirects" }}
/>

---

# Available redirect rules settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/settings/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

The following sections describe the settings of redirect rules to configure static and dynamic URL redirects.

## Wildcard URL Redirect

Performs a URL redirect using [wildcard patterns](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) to match multiple requests. This method simplifies defining source and target URL patterns without needing complex expressions.

A wildcard URL redirect has the following configuration parameters:

- **Request URL**: Enter the [wildcard pattern](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) using the asterisk (`*`) character to match multiple requests. For example, `https://*.example.com/files/*`.

- **Target URL**: Enter the target URL, which can be static (for example, `https://example.com`) or dynamic (for example, `https://example.com/${1}/files/${2}`). Use [wildcard replacement](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#wildcard_replace) like `${1}`, `${2}`, etc., to define dynamic targets.

- **Status code**: The HTTP status code of the redirect response (_301_ by default). Must be one of the following: _301_ (Moved permanently), _302_ (Found, also known as Moved temporarily), _307_ (Temporary redirect), or _308_ (Permanent redirect).

- **Preserve query string**: Whether to preserve the query string when redirecting (disabled by default).

## Static URL redirect

Performs a static URL redirect with a given HTTP status code and optionally preserves the query string.

A static URL redirect has the following configuration parameters:

- **URL**: A literal string that will be used in the `Location` HTTP header returned in the redirect response.

- **Status code**: The HTTP status code of the redirect response (_301_ by default). Must be one of the following: _301_ (Moved permanently), _302_ (Found, also known as Moved temporarily), _307_ (Temporary redirect), or _308_ (Permanent redirect).

- **Preserve query string**: Whether to preserve the query string when redirecting (disabled by default).

<Details header="API information">

The full syntax of the `"action_parameters"` field for a redirect rule performing a static URL redirect is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "from_value": {
    "target_url": {
      "value": "<STATIC_URL_VALUE>"
    },
    "status_code": <STATUS_CODE>,
    "preserve_query_string": <BOOLEAN_VALUE>
  }
}
```

The only required parameter is `<STATIC_URL_VALUE>`.

<Render file="url-forwarding/optional-parameters" />

</Details>

## Dynamic URL redirect

Performs a dynamic URL redirect, where the target URL is determined by an expression. You can configure the redirect HTTP status code and whether to preserve the query string when redirecting.

A dynamic URL redirect has the following configuration parameters:

- **Expression**: An [expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) that defines the target URL of the redirect. The result of evaluating this expression will be used in the `Location` HTTP header returned in the redirect response. Refer to the [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) and [functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/) you can use in expressions.

- **Status code**: The HTTP status code of the redirect response (_301_ by default). Must be one of the following: _301_ (Moved permanently), _302_ (Found, also known as Moved temporarily), _307_ (Temporary redirect), or _308_ (Permanent redirect).

- **Preserve query string**: Whether to preserve the query string when redirecting (disabled by default).

<Details header="API information">

The full syntax of the `"action_parameters"` field for a redirect rule performing a dynamic URL redirect is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "from_value": {
    "target_url": {
      "expression": "<DYNAMIC_URL_EXPRESSION>"
    },
    "status_code": <STATUS_CODE>,
    "preserve_query_string": <BOOLEAN_VALUE>
  }
}
```

The only required parameter is `<DYNAMIC_URL_EXPRESSION>`.

<Render file="url-forwarding/optional-parameters" />

</Details>

---

# Single Redirects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Single Redirects allow you to create static or dynamic URL <GlossaryTooltip term="redirect">redirects</GlossaryTooltip>. A simple interface with [wildcard support](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#wildcard-matching) makes it easy to define source and target URL patterns without needing complex functions or regular expressions, efficiently handling thousands of URLs with a single rule. Dynamic URL redirects also support advanced features such as string replacement operations and [regular expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#string-values-and-regular-expressions) (depending on your Cloudflare plan).

<Render
	file="snippets-alternative"
	params={{ one: "and customized redirect logic" }}
/>

---

## Related resources

- [Availability](/rules/url-forwarding/#availability): Information on the Single Redirects quotas and features per Cloudflare plan.
- [Execution order](/rules/url-forwarding/#execution-order): Execution order of the different Rules products.
- [Trace a request](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/trace-request/): Use Cloudflare Trace to determine if a redirect rule is triggering for a specific URL.

---

# Create a redirect rule using Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/terraform-example/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The following example defines a single redirect rule for a zone using Terraform. The rule creates a static URL redirect for visitors requesting the contacts page using an old URL.

```tf
# Single Redirects resource
resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "single_redirects_example" {
  zone_id     = "<ZONE_ID>"
  name        = "redirects"
  description = "Redirects ruleset"
  kind        = "zone"
  phase       = "http_request_dynamic_redirect"

  rules {
    ref         = "redirect_old_url"
    description = "Redirect visitors still using old URL"
    expression  = "(http.request.uri.path matches \"^/contact-us/\")"
    action      = "redirect"
    action_parameters {
      from_value {
        status_code = 301
        target_url {
          value = "/contacts/"
        }
        preserve_query_string = false
      }
    }
  }
}
```

<Render file="terraform-additional-resources" />

---

# Enable only Joomla rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/deploy-cmr-joomla-only/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to configure the execution of a managed ruleset and override its behavior. By default, enabled rules perform the actions defined by the managed ruleset issuer. This example uses overrides to ensure that only rules with a specific tag are enabled.

Follow the steps below to configure the execution of a managed ruleset with two overrides for enabling only the rules tagged with `joomla`.

1. [Add a rule](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
2. [Configure a ruleset override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
3. Configure a tag override that enables only the rules with a given tag.

Tag overrides take precedence over ruleset overrides. Only the rules with the specified tag are enabled, and all other rules are disabled.

## Example 1

This example uses the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to deploy the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset to a phase with only Joomla rules enabled. The `name`, `kind`, and `phase` fields are omitted from the request because they are immutable.

<Details header="Example: Enable only Joomla rules using category overrides at the zone level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "joomla",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the ruleset of a phase that will apply the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset to requests for the specified zone (`{zone_id}`).
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"categories": [{"category": "joomla", "action": "block", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the tag level that enables the Joomla rules and sets their action to `block`.

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Enable only Joomla rules using category overrides at the account level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "joomla",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the ruleset of a phase that will apply the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset to requests for `example.com`.
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"categories": [{"category": "joomla", "action": "block", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the tag level that enables the Joomla rules and sets their action to `block`.

</Details>

You can add more than one category override to a rule.

## Example 2

This example uses a `PUT` request to add two overrides to the rule that executes a managed ruleset (`<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>`) in the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase. Note that the `name`, `kind`, and `phase` fields are omitted from the request because they are immutable.

<Details header="Example: Add more than one category override at the zone level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "joomla",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "enabled": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Add more than one category override at the account level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/account/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "joomla",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "enabled": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

The order of the overrides in the root ruleset affects whether rules in the deployed managed ruleset are enabled or disabled. Overrides placed later in the list take precedence over earlier overrides. Consider four rules from the managed ruleset in the code above that have different combinations of `category` tags.

The following table shows the status of the rules after the overrides.

| Rule in managed ruleset | Tags                         | Rule status after overrides |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| ManagedRule1            | `drupal`, `dos`              | Disabled                    |
| ManagedRule2            | `drupal`, `dos`, `joomla`    | Enabled                     |
| ManagedRule3            | `dos`, `joomla`, `wordpress` | Disabled                    |
| ManagedRule4            | `drupal`, `wordpress`        | Disabled                    |
| ManagedRule5            | (no tags)                    | Disabled                    |

---

# Set WordPress rules to Block

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/deploy-cmr-wordpress-block/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Follow the steps below to create a rule that executes a managed ruleset and defines an override for rules with a specific tag.

1. [Add a rule](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
2. [Configure a tag override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that sets a specified action for all rules with a given tag.

The example below uses the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to perform the two steps in a single `PUT` request.

- Add a rule to the ruleset of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase that applies the **Cloudflare Managed Ruleset**.
- Override rules with the `wordpress` tag to set the action to `block`. All other rules use the default action provided by the ruleset issuer.

<Details header="Example: Use tag overrides to set WordPress rules to Block at the zone level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "action": "block"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Use tag overrides to set WordPress rules to Block at the account level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "action": "block"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

---

# Enable only selected rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/enable-selected-rules/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Use a ruleset override and a rule override in a phase entry point ruleset to execute only selected rules in a managed ruleset.

1. [Add a rule](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
2. [Configure a ruleset override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
3. [Configure a rule override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) to set an action for the rules you want to execute.

<Details header="Example: Configure ruleset and rule overrides at the zone level">

The following `PUT` request uses the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to execute only two rules from a managed ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

In this example:

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset for requests in the specified zone (`{zone_id}`).
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID_1>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}, {"id": "<RULE_ID_2>", "action": "log", "enabled": true}]` defines a list of overrides at the rule level to enable two individual rules.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Configure ruleset and rule overrides at the account level">

The following `PUT` request uses the [Update an account entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to execute only two rules from a managed ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

In this example:

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset for requests addressed to `example.com`.
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID_1>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}, {"id": "<RULE_ID_2>", "action": "log", "enabled": true}]` defines a list of overrides at the rule level to enable two individual rules.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_1>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID_2>",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

---

# Override examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The examples in the topics below use overrides to customize the behavior of managed rulesets:

<DirectoryListing />

## Related resources

For more information on overriding managed rulesets, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

---

# Adjust the sensitivity of an HTTP DDoS rule to Low

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/override-ddos-rule-sensitivity/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Follow the steps below to override the sensitivity of a specific rule of the Cloudflare HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset.

1. [Add a rule](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase to deploy the Cloudflare HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset. You only need to deploy this specific ruleset when you wish to define one or more overrides, since it is enabled by default.
2. [Configure a rule override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that sets the `sensitivity_level` of a specific rule.

The example below uses the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to execute the steps in a single `PUT` request.

- Add a rule to the ruleset of the `ddos_l7` phase that applies the Cloudflare HTTP DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset (with ID `<HTTP_DDOS_RULESET_ID>`).
- Create an override for the rule with ID `<RULE_ID>` and set the rule sensitivity to `low`. All other rules use the default sensitivity defined by Cloudflare.

<Details header="Example: Use an override to set the sensitivity of an HTTP DDoS rule at the zone level">

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/ddos_l7/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<HTTP_DDOS_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID>",
              "sensitivity_level": "low"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

---

# Deploy a managed ruleset with ruleset, tag, and rule overrides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/override-ruleset-tag-rule/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Customize the execution of managed rulesets with a combination of ruleset overrides, tag overrides, and rule overrides in your phase entry point ruleset.

1. [Add a rule](/ruleset-engine/basic-operations/deploy-rulesets/) to a phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset.
2. [Configure a ruleset override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that disables all rules in the managed ruleset.
3. [Configure a tag override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that sets an action for rules with a given tag.
4. [Configure a rule override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) that sets an action for the rules you want to execute.

The request below uses the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) operation to execute the following in a single `PUT` request:

- Add a rule to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset.
- Use category overrides to enable rules with `wordpress` and `drupal` tags and set their actions to `log`.
- Add a rule override that enables a single rule.

<Details header="Example: Execute a managed ruleset at the zone level with overrides">

In this example:

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase entry point ruleset to execute a managed ruleset for requests addressed to a zone (`{zone_id}`).
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"categories": [{"category": "wordpress", "action": "log", "enabled": true}, {"category": "drupal", "action": "log", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the tag level to enable rules tagged with `wordpress` or `drupal` and sets their action to `log`.
- `"rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the rule level that enables one individual rule and sets the action to `block`.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "true",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "category": "drupal",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ],
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

<Details header="Example: Execute a managed ruleset at the account level with overrides">

In this example:

- `"id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>"` adds a rule to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase entry point ruleset that executes a managed ruleset for requests addressed to `example.com`.
- `"enabled": false` defines an override at the ruleset level to disable all rules in the managed ruleset.
- `"categories": [{"category": "wordpress", "action": "log", "enabled": true}, {"category": "drupal", "action": "log", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the tag level to enable rules tagged with `wordpress` or `drupal` and sets their action to `log`.
- `"rules": [{"id": "<RULE_ID>", "action": "block", "enabled": true}]` defines an override at the rule level that enables one individual rule and sets the action to `block`.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "expression": "cf.zone.name eq \"example.com\" and cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<MANAGED_RULESET_ID>",
        "overrides": {
          "enabled": false,
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "wordpress",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            },
            {
              "category": "drupal",
              "action": "log",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ],
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "<RULE_ID>",
              "action": "block",
              "enabled": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'
```

</Details>

---

# Edit in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/

In the Cloudflare dashboard, there are two options for editing [expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/):

- **Expression Builder**: Allows you to create expressions using drop-down lists, emphasizing a visual approach to defining an expression.
- **Expression Editor**: A text-only interface that supports advanced features, such as grouping symbols and functions for transforming and validating values.

In general, you can switch back and forth between the Expression Builder and the Expression Editor. However, the Expression Builder does not support [nested expressions](#create-nested-expressions) or the [raw string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#raw-string-syntax).

## Expression Builder

The Expression Builder allows you to visually create rule expressions by using drop-down lists and entering field values to define one or multiple sub-expressions.

![The Expression Builder interface used to visually define expressions](~/assets/images/ruleset-engine/language/expression-builder.png)

The **Expression Preview** displays the expression in text:

```sql
(ip.src.country ne "GB")
```

The Expression Builder will [automatically escape](#escape-special-characters) the backslash (`\`) and double quote (`"`) special characters in string literals.

## Expression Editor

The **Expression Editor** is a text-only interface for defining rule expressions that supports the entire specification of Cloudflare's [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/), including parentheses as grouping symbols.

![The Expression Editor used to enter advanced expressions](~/assets/images/ruleset-engine/language/expression-editor.png)

To access the Expression Editor, select **Edit expression** next to the **Expression Preview**:

![Selecting Edit expression in the Create custom rule page to switch to the Expression Editor](~/assets/images/ruleset-engine/language/expression-builder.png)

To switch back from the Expression Editor to the Expression Builder, select **Use expression builder**.

### Escape special characters

In expressions using the [quoted string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#quoted-string-syntax), all backslash (`\`) and double quote (`"`) characters in string literals must be escaped. The visual Expression Builder will automatically escape these special characters by prepending a backslash such that `\` and `"` become `\\` and `\"`, respectively.

Expressions built using the Expression Builder currently use the [quoted string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#quoted-string-syntax). When entering regular expressions following this syntax, you may need to perform additional escaping — refer to [Quoted string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#quoted-string-syntax) in the Ruleset Engine documentation for details.

To specify complex regular expressions, Cloudflare recommends that you use the Expression Editor and enter your expression using the [raw string syntax](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#raw-string-syntax), which needs less escaping.

### Create nested expressions

The Expression Editor supports parentheses as [grouping symbols](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#grouping-symbols). Use parentheses to explicitly group and nest expressions and, in turn, create highly targeted expressions.

The following rule expression will match requests from any visitor who is not from Malaysia and tries to access WordPress URI paths.

```txt
((http.request.uri.path contains "/xmlrpc.php") or (http.request.uri.path
contains "/wp-login.php") or (http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/"
and not http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" and not
http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/theme-editor.php")) and
ip.src.country ne "MY"
```

Only the Expression Editor supports nested expressions such as the one above. If you create a rule with nested expressions in the Expression Editor and try to switch to the Expression Builder, a dialog will warn you that the expression is not supported in the builder. You will be prompted to **Discard changes** and switch to the Expression Builder or **Cancel** and continue working in the editor.

:::note

String comparison in rule expressions is case-sensitive. To account for possible variations of string capitalization in an expression, you can use the [`lower()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lower) function and compare the result with a lowercased string, like in the following example:

```txt
lower(http.request.uri.path) contains "/wp-login.php"
```

:::

## Expression validation

Cloudflare validates all expressions before saving them, so if your expression has errors, you will receive an error message in the Cloudflare dashboard, similar to the following:

```txt
Filter parsing error (1:313): ((http.request.uri.path contains
"/xmlrpc.php") or (http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-login.php") or
(http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/" and not
http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" and not
http.request.uri.path contains "/wp-admin/theme-editor.php")) and
ip.src.country ne "MY") ^ unrecognised input
```

---

# Expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Rules language supports two kinds of expressions: simple and compound.

## Simple expressions

**Simple expressions** compare a value from an HTTP request to a value defined in the expression. For example, this simple expression matches Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover requests:

```txt
http.request.uri.path matches "/autodiscover\.(xml|src)$"
```

Simple expressions have the following syntax:

```txt
<field> <comparison_operator> <value>
```

Where:

- [Fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) specify properties associated with an HTTP request.

- [Comparison operators](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) define how values must relate to actual request data for an expression to return `true`.

- [Values](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/) represent the data associated with fields. When evaluating a rule, Cloudflare compares these values with the actual data obtained from the request.

## Compound expressions

**Compound expressions** use [logical operators](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#logical-operators) such as `and` to combine two or more expressions into a single expression.

For example, this expression uses the `and` operator to target requests to `www.example.com` that are not on ports 80 or 443:

```txt
host eq www.example.com and not cf.edge.server_port in {80 443}
```

Compound expressions have the following general syntax:

```txt
<expression> <logical_operator> <expression>
```

Compound expressions allow you to generate sophisticated, highly targeted rules.

## Maximum rule expression length

<Render file="max-expression-length" />

This limit applies whether you use the visual [Expression Builder](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder) to define your expression, or write the expression manually in the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor).

## Additional features

You can also use the following Rules language features in your expressions:

- [Grouping symbols](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#grouping-symbols) allow you to explicitly group expressions that should be evaluated together.

- [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/) allow you to manipulate and validate values in expressions.

---

# Fields

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Rules language supports different types of fields such as:

- Request fields that represent the basic properties of incoming requests, including specific fields for accessing request headers, URI components, and the request body.
- Dynamic fields that represent computed or derived values, typically related to threat intelligence about an HTTP request.
- Response fields that represent the basic properties of the received response.
- Raw fields that preserve the original request values for later evaluations.

Refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) for the list of available fields.

## Differences from Wireshark display fields

Most fields supported by the Cloudflare Rules language use the same naming conventions as [Wireshark display fields](https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChWorkBuildDisplayFilterSection.html). However, there are some subtle differences between Cloudflare and Wireshark:

- Wireshark supports [CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) notation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing) for expressing IP address ranges in equality comparisons (`ip.src == 1.2.3.0/24`, for example). Cloudflare does not.

  To evaluate a range of addresses using CIDR notation, use the `in` [comparison operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) as in this example: `ip.src in {1.2.3.0/24 4.5.6.0/24}`.

- In Wireshark, `ssl` is a protocol field containing hundreds of other fields of various types that are available for comparison in multiple ways. However, in the Rules language `ssl` is a single Boolean field that indicates whether the connection from the client to Cloudflare is encrypted.

- The Cloudflare Rules language does not support the `slice` operator.

---

# Content compression

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/compression/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare compresses content in two ways: between Cloudflare and your website visitors and between Cloudflare and your origin server.

## Compression between Cloudflare and website visitors

In addition to Cloudflare's [default caching behavior](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/), Cloudflare supports Gzip, Brotli, and Zstandard compression when delivering content to website visitors.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Compressed responses sent to website visitor
accDescr: Cloudflare can send responses to visitors using Gzip compression, Brotli compression, or no compression.

A[Visitor browser]
B((Cloudflare))
C[(Origin server)]

A == "Request" ==> B -.-> C
C -.-> B == "Response<br>(Gzip / Brotli / Zstandard / No compression)" ==> A

style A stroke-width: 2px
style B stroke: orange,fill: orange,color: black
style C stroke-dasharray: 5 5
linkStyle 0,3 stroke-width: 2px
linkStyle 1,2 stroke-width: 1px
```

:::note
Customers can enable Zstandard compression through [Compression Rules](/rules/compression-rules/).
:::

If supported by visitors' web browsers, Cloudflare will return Gzip, Brotli, or Zstandard-encoded responses for the following content types:

```
text/html
text/richtext
text/plain
text/css
text/x-script
text/x-component
text/x-java-source
text/x-markdown
application/javascript
application/x-javascript
text/javascript
text/js
image/x-icon
image/vnd.microsoft.icon
application/x-perl
application/x-httpd-cgi
text/xml
application/xml
application/rss+xml
application/vnd.api+json
application/x-protobuf
application/json
multipart/bag
multipart/mixed
application/xhtml+xml
font/ttf
font/otf
font/x-woff
image/svg+xml
application/vnd.ms-fontobject
application/ttf
application/x-ttf
application/otf
application/x-otf
application/truetype
application/opentype
application/x-opentype
application/font-woff
application/eot
application/font
application/font-sfnt
application/wasm
application/javascript-binast
application/manifest+json
application/ld+json
application/graphql+json
application/geo+json
```

Cloudflare's global network can deliver content to website visitors using Gzip compression, Brotli compression, Zstandard compression, or no compression, depending on:

- The values visitors provide in the `accept-encoding` request header.
- Your [Cloudflare plan](#between-visitors-and-cloudflare).
- Any configured [compression rule](/rules/compression-rules/) that matches incoming requests.

For responses with error status codes, Cloudflare will only compress responses if their error status code is `403` or `404`. For successful response status codes, Cloudflare will only compress responses if their status code is `200`. Responses with other status codes will not be compressed.

You can override Cloudflare's default compression behavior using [Compression Rules](/rules/compression-rules/).

:::caution[Minimum response size for compression]

Cloudflare will only apply compression to responses with a minimum size when sending them to website visitors:

- For Gzip, responses must have a minimum size of 48 bytes.
- For Brotli and Zstandard, responses must have a minimum size of 50 bytes.

Smaller responses will not be compressed, regardless of their content type.

:::

### Content-Length header handling

When Cloudflare compresses a response sent to the website visitor, it may omit the `Content-Length` HTTP header to avoid delivering incorrect length information caused by dynamic transformations. To preserve the `Content-Length` header set by the origin server, add `cache-control: no-transform` to the origin server's response. This directive prevents Cloudflare from altering compression on responses, allowing the `Content-Length` header to pass through as-is. The `cache-control: no-transform` header must be set by the origin — it cannot be added in client requests.

---

## Content compression from origin servers to the Cloudflare network

When requesting content from your origin server, Cloudflare supports Brotli compression, Gzip compression, or no compression.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Compressed responses sent from the origin server
accDescr: Cloudflare accepts responses from origin server using Brotli compression, Gzip compression, or no compression.

A[Visitor browser]
B((Cloudflare))
C[(Origin server)]

A -.-> B == "Request<br>Accept-Encoding: br, gzip" ==> C
C == "Response<br>(Brotli / Gzip / No compression)" ==> B -.-> A

style A stroke-dasharray: 5 5
style B stroke: orange,fill: orange,color: black
style C stroke-width: 2px
linkStyle 1,2 stroke-width: 2px
linkStyle 0,3 stroke-width: 1px
```

If your origin server responds to a Cloudflare request using Brotli/Gzip compression, we will keep the same compression in the response sent to the website visitor if:

- You include a `content-encoding` header in your server response mentioning the compression being used (`br` or `gzip`).
- The visitor browser (or client) supports the compression algorithm.
- You do not enable Cloudflare features that change the response content (refer to [Notes about end-to-end compression](#notes-about-end-to-end-compression) for details).

Cloudflare's reverse proxy can also convert between compressed formats and uncompressed formats. Cloudflare can receive content from your origin server with Brotli or Gzip compression and serve it to visitors uncompressed (or vice versa), independently of caching.

If you do not want a particular response from your origin to be encoded with Brotli/Gzip when delivered to website visitors, you can disable this by including a `cache-control: no-transform` HTTP header in the response from your origin web server.

:::caution
Cloudflare will take into consideration the `accept-encoding` header value in website visitors' requests when sending responses to those visitors. However, when requesting content from your origin server, Cloudflare will send a different `Accept-Encoding` header, supporting Brotli and Gzip compression.
:::

---

<Render file="brotli-compression-warning" />

## Compression methods by plan

### Between visitors and Cloudflare

By default, Cloudflare uses the following compression methods for content delivery, depending on the zone plan. However, the actual compression applied may also depend on what the visitor's browser requests via the `accept-encoding` header.

- Free Plan: Content is compressed by default using Zstandard.
- Pro and Business Plans: Content is compressed by default using Brotli.
- Enterprise Plan: Content is compressed by default using Gzip.

### Between Cloudflare and the origin server

On all plans, Cloudflare requests content from the origin server using the `accept-encoding: br, gzip` header. This means that Cloudflare asks the origin to send the content compressed using Brotli or Gzip, depending on which method the origin server supports.

---

# Content optimizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Prefetch URLs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/prefetch-urls/

import { Example, FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

URL prefetching means that Cloudflare pre-populates the cache with content a visitor is likely to request next. This setting — when combined with [additional setup](#setup) — leads to a higher cache hit rate and thus a faster experience for the user.

---

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.prefetch_urls" />

---

## Setup

For Cloudflare to start prefetching URLs, you will need to [enable the feature](#enable-prefetch-urls) and [include a list of URLs to prefetch](#choose-urls-to-prefetch).

### Enable Prefetch URLs

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Prefetch URLs** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
3. For **Prefetch URLs**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable or disable **Prefetch URLs** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `prefetch_preload` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Choose URLs to prefetch

After you [enable the feature](#enable-prefetch-urls), you also need to indicate which URLs Cloudflare should prefetch.

To do this, include a Link HTTP response header pointing to a manifest file with the `rel="prefetch"` attribute and then serve the manifest file with `text/plain` as the Content-type response header.

<Example>
Example HTTP response header:<br/>
`Link: <http://www.example.com/manifest.txt>; rel="prefetch"`

Example `manifest.txt` file:

```txt
/static/fetch1
//other.example.com/fetch2
http://another.example.com/fetch3
```

</Example>

The manifest file should contain URIs, protocol-relative URLs or full URLs, separated by new lines. These files must be on your websites that are on Cloudflare. If you reference HTML pages, only the HTML page itself will be pre-fetched - any sub-requests from that HTML will not be fetched unless they are also defined explicitly in your manifest.

:::note[Note]

The IP address used to make the prefetch request to the manifest file is logged as `127.0.0.1` in your Cloudflare logs.
:::

### Prefetch files limits

The prefetch files limits are the following:

- The maximum number of manifest files is 16.
- The maximum number of files per manifest file is 1024.
- A manifest file has a size limit of 1 MB.

## Limitations

- Cloudflare will only prefetch files listed in the manifest file if the resources are those [cached by default](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/#default-cached-file-extensions).

- Prefetch is not compatible with the custom cache key configuration. For more information, refer to [Cache Key limitations](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/#limitations).

---

# Speed Brain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/speed-brain/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Speed Brain is a tool for improving web page performance by prefetching the most likely next navigation.

---

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.speed_brain" />

---

## Requirements

Speed Brain works under the following conditions:

- The Speed Brain feature is enabled in Cloudflare.
- The browser of the web page visitor is using a Chromium-based browser version 121 or later.
- The web page requested by the prefetch is eligible for cache.
- The page requested by the prefetch does not invoke a Worker.

## What is Speed Brain?

The overall goal of Speed Brain is to try to download a webpage to the browser before a user navigates to it.

Cloudflare leverages the [Speculation Rules API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Speculation_Rules_API) to improve web page performance by instructing the browser to consider prefetching future navigations. Speed Brain does not improve page load time for the first page that is visited on a website, but it can improve it for subsequent web pages that are navigated to on the same site.

By prefetching pages that the browser considers likely to be navigated to, Speed Brain can enhance key metrics like [Largest Content Paint](https://web.dev/articles/lcp) (LCP), [Time to First Byte](https://web.dev/articles/ttfb) (TTFB) and overall page load time.

## How Speed Brain works

When Cloudflare's Speed Brain feature is enabled, an HTTP header called `Speculation-Rules` is added to web page responses. The value for this header is an URL that hosts an opinionated Speculation-Rules configuration. This configuration instructs the browser to consider prefetching any future navigations with a `conservative` [eagerness](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/prerender-pages#eagerness).

The configuration looks like this:

```json
{
	"prefetch": [
		{
			"source": "document",
			"where": {
				"and": [{ "href_matches": "/*", "relative_to": "document" }]
			},
			"eagerness": "conservative"
		}
	]
}
```

This configuration instructs the browser to initiate prefetch requests for future navigations. These prefetch requests will include the `sec-purpose: prefetch` HTTP request header. Prefetches that are not successful will respond with a `503` status code. Prefetches that are successful will respond with a `200` status code.

## Test Speed Brain

To test that Speed Brain is enabled, you can check that your HTTP response headers for your web pages include the `Speculation-Rules` header. However, note that during the beta phase of Speed Brain, this behavior might not be 100% consistent.

To test whether your browser is making prefetch requests, open the **Network** tab in Chrome DevTools. Then, mouse-down on a link on a webpage with Speed Brain enabled. This action should initiate a prefetch request, which will be  visible in the **Network** tab. However, note that there are several reasons why the browser might choose not to initiate a prefetch. Refer to the [Chrome Limits guide](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/web-platform/prerender-pages#chrome-limits) for more details. For more general information about debugging Speculation-Rules, refer to the [Chrome Speculation Debugging guide](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/application/debugging-speculation-rules).

## RUM integration

Speed Brain is designed to integrate with Web Analytics & Real User Measurements (RUM). This integration allows you to understand the web performance implications of Speed Brain within the Web Analytics interface in Cloudflare's Dashboard.

While you can use Speed Brain without RUM enabled, you will not have visibility into how the feature is affecting the performance of your web pages. For further details on how to set up RUM, refer to the [Web Analytics & RUM](/web-analytics/) documentation.

## Enable and disable Speed Brain

Speed Brain is available in Cloudflare's **Speed** tab of the dashboard and also in the API.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable or disable **Speed Brain** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com), select your account and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
3. Toggle **Speed Brain** to **On** or **Off**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the following `PATCH` request to enable Speed Brain:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/speed_brain" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "value":"on"
  }'
```

To disable Speed Brain, set `value:` to `"off"`.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

You can also configure Speed Brain using Terraform. For more details, refer to the `cloudflare_zone_settings_override` resource in the [Terraform documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Caveats

- Since prefetch responses are not guaranteed to be rendered by the browser, Speed Brain includes two safeguards to minimize the risk of [unsafe prefetching](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Speculation_Rules_API#unsafe_prefetching):

  - Speed Brain will not prefetch on routes that run Workers. Without this safeguard, prefetch requests could inadvertently run Worker logic that assumes the incoming request is a normal (that is, not a prefetch) request. An example of this could be an incrementing page view counter running in a Worker. A page view counter should not increment if the page is not actually rendered in the browser.

  - Prefetch requests will never reach origin servers. Prefetch requests only serve content that is stored in Cloudflare’s Cache. If the content is not in Cache, the prefetch request will not continue to origin servers. Without this safeguard, origin server state could be modified despite the prefetch response not being rendered in the browser. An example of this could be a prefetch `GET` request to a sign-out URL inadvertently triggering a sign-out action on the server.

- If origin server responses include the `Speculation-Rules` header, it will not be overridden.

- Speed Brain will not work with restrictive [Content Security Policy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/script-src) configurations using `strict-dynamic` or `nonce-{hash}` attributes.

- Currently, Speed Brain is not compatible with websites that use or rely on `pages.dev`.

---

# Image optimization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/images/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Mirage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/images/mirage/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Mirage reduces bandwidth used by images in mobile browsers. It can accelerate loading of image-heavy websites on very slow mobile connections and HTTP/1.

It does this by:

* Replacing images with low-resolution thumbnails, which are bundled together into one file.
* Acting as a lazy loader, deferring loading of higher-resolution images until they become visible.

JavaScript must be enabled for Mirage to work.

***

## Comparison

* [Polish](/images/polish/) seamlessly optimizes images for all browsers, not only mobile, and keeps images at full resolution.
* [Image Resizing](/images/transform-images/) together with `loading="lazy"` and `srcset` HTML attributes can achieve similar results as Mirage, but requires markup changes to implement.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.mirage" />

***

## Image formats compatible with Mirage

Mirage will work with the following image formats:

* `.jpg`
* `.jpeg`
* `.png`
* `.gif`
* `.img`

***

## Enable Mirage

:::note

If you send a <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> header that restricts where scripts can be loaded, you will need to ensure `ajax.cloudflare.com` is enabled. For example, to allow scripts from your own domain and `ajax.cloudflare.com` enter the following:
`script-src 'self' ajax.cloudflare.com;` 
:::

To enable Mirage image optimization for your entire domain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Image Optimization**.
4. For **Mirage**, switch the toggle to **On**.

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

***

## Test Mirage

Mirage's features for Mobile Browser optimization are triggered based on high latency and poor network connections. You can test Mirage by making a request to your domain using a mobile [user-agent string](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent) and one of the following flags with your domain in your mobile browser:

`EXAMPLE.COM/?forcepreload`

To run the pre-loader only and serve degraded images on the page enter:

`EXAMPLE.COM/?forcepreloadonly`

Here is an example where Mirage 2 is triggered by a `?forcepreloadonly` flag. The notable image degradation is a sign that Mirage is working:

![Blog post regarding the launch of Mirage.
](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-219178057_forcepreloadonly.png)

---

# Other optimizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 0-RTT Connection Resumption

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/0-rtt-connection-resumption/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Zero round trip time resumption (0-RTT) improves performance for clients who have previously connected to your website, reducing latency for returning users. This feature is especially beneficial for those who frequently visit your application or connect over mobile networks.

We support 0-RTT for GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests, facilitating faster responses for these types of requests. Note that 0-RTT is not supported for POST requests.

In line with 0-RTT standards, we add the `Early-Data: 1` header to 0-RTT requests, which allows origin servers to identify when a request has used 0-RTT resumption. Customers should be able to see the `Early-Data: 1` header for any 0-RTT requests connecting to their origin.

For more information on 0-RTT, including its functionality and potential limitations, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/even-faster-connection-establishment-with-quic-0-rtt-resumption/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="network.0_rtt" />

## Enable 0-RTT Connection Resumption

By default, 0-RTT Connection Resumption is not enabled on your Cloudflare application.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable 0-RTT Connection Resumption in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Navigate to **Speed > Optimization**.
3. Navigate to the **Protocol Optimization** tab and under **0-RTT Connection Resumption**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To adjust your 0-RTT Connection Resumption settings with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `0rtt` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"` or `"off"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note
The 0-RTT Connection Resumption is only established between the client and Cloudflare. It does not extend to the origin server.
:::

---

# Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/enhanced-http2-prioritization/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

With Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization, Cloudflare delivers resources in the optimal order for the fastest experience across all browsers. It also supports control of content delivery when used in conjunction with [Workers](/workers/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.enhanced_http2_prioritization" />

## How it works

The speed of loading web content, from the user’s perspective, is dependent on the order in which the resources load. With HTTP/2, by default, Cloudflare will follow the order requested by the browser. This ordering varies from browser to browser, causing a significant difference in performance.

With Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization, Cloudflare overrides the default browser behavior to optimize the order of resource delivery, independent of the browser. The greatest improvements will be experienced by visitors using Safari and Edge browsers.

For more details, refer to [the introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/better-http-2-prioritization-for-a-faster-web/).

## Enable Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization** in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization**.
4. Go to **Protocol Optimization**.
5. For **Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization** using the Cloudflare API, send a [`PATCH` request](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) with `h2_prioritization` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# HTTP/2 to Origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/http2-to-origin/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

A protocol is a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices. One of the most important protocols that run on the human-computer interaction layer, where applications can access the network services, is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).

HTTP is a well established protocol that has several versions, and each version adds features that improve performance over the older one. HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 are widely deployed on the Internet today. HTTP/1.1 has been around for more than a decade, but in 2015 the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) introduced HTTP/2, which introduces several features to reduce page load times. To know more about the differences between HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2, please refer to [HTTP/2 versus HTTP/1.1](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/http2-vs-http1.1/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.http2_to_origin" />

## Disable HTTP/2 to Origin

At Cloudflare, HTTP/2 connection to the origin is enabled by default.

If you wish to disable HTTP/2 to Origin, you can follow these steps:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Choose the domain that will use HTTP/2 to Origin.
3. Select **Speed > Optimization**.
4. Navigate to the **Protocol Optimization** tab and under **HTTP/2 to Origin** set the toggle to **Off**.

## Connection multiplexing

Connection multiplexing is enabled by default on Free, Pro and Business zones. Enterprise zones can enable multiplexing manually and configure concurrent requests per connection.

HTTP/2 uses multiplexing to allow multiple concurrent requests and responses over a single TCP connection. If your origin does not support multiplexing, enabling HTTP/2 to origin may result in 5xx errors, particularly 520s.

## Protocol compatibility

Note that if the origin does not support HTTP/2, Cloudflare will initiate an HTTP/1.1 connection.
We connect to servers who announce support of HTTP/2 connections via [ALPN](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-http2).

If you are unsure if your server supports HTTP/2, we suggest checking your origin server’s documentation or using a testing tool for HTTP/2 implementation (for example, [h2spec](https://github.com/summerwind/h2spec)).

---

# HTTP/3 (with QUIC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/http3/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

HTTP/3 uses QUIC, which is a secure-by-default transport protocol. HTTP/3 improves page load times in a similar way to HTTP/2. However, the QUIC transport protocol solves TCP's head-of-line blocking problem, meaning that performance over lossy networks can be better.

:::note

For more background on HTTP/3, visit the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/what-is-http3/).

:::

:::note

This setting is for connection between the user and Cloudflare. HTTP/3 connection to the origin is not yet supported.

:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.http3" />

## Enable HTTP/3

HTTP/3 is available to all plans (though it does require an [SSL certificate at Cloudflare’s edge network](/ssl/get-started/)).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **HTTP/3** in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization**.
4. Go to **Protocol Optimization**.
5. For **HTTP/3**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **HTTP/3** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `http3` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# HTTP/2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/http2/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

HTTP/2 uses the TCP transport protocol and TLS to secure communications and improves page load times.

:::note

For more background on HTTP/2, visit the [Learning Center](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/http2-vs-http1.1/).

:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.http2" />

## Enable HTTP/2

HTTP/2 is enabled by default for all plans (though it does require an [SSL certificate at Cloudflare’s edge network](/ssl/get-started/)).

## Disable HTTP/2

Domains on Free plans cannot disable Cloudflare's HTTP/2 setting.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To disable **HTTP/2** in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization**.
4. Go to **Protocol Optimization**.
5. For **HTTP/2**, switch the toggle to **Off**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To disable **HTTP/2** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `http2` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"off"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Always Use HTTPS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Always Use HTTPS redirects all your visitor requests from `http` to `https`, for all subdomains and hosts in your application.

:::note

This process does not impact certificate validation. If you use [HTTP DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/), you can still enable Always Use HTTPS.
:::

Cloudflare recommends not performing redirects at your origin web server, as this can cause [redirect loop errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/too-many-redirects/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.always_use_https" />

## Encrypt all visitor traffic

To redirect traffic for all subdomains and hosts in your application, you can enable **Always Use HTTPS**.

:::note

If only some parts of your application can support HTTPS traffic, do not enable **Always Use HTTPS** and use a [single redirect](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) to selectively perform the redirect to HTTPS. Refer to [Redirect admin area requests to HTTPS](/rules/url-forwarding/examples/redirect-admin-https/) for an example.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Always Use HTTPS** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. In **SSL/TLS** > **Overview**, make sure that your [SSL/TLS encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/off/) **is not** set to **Off**. When you set your encryption mode to **Off**, the **Always Use HTTPS** option will not be visible in your Cloudflare dashboard.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Always Use HTTPS**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable or disable **Always Use HTTPS** with the API:

1. Make sure that your [SSL/TLS encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/off/) **is not** set to **Off**.
2. Send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `always_use_https` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

Forcing HTTPS does not resolve issues with [mixed content](/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/), as browsers check the protocol of included resources before making a request. You will need to use only relative links or HTTPS links on pages that you force to HTTPS. Cloudflare can automatically resolve some mixed-content links using our [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/) functionality.

---

# Automatic HTTPS Rewrites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/

import { FeatureTable, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Automatic HTTPS Rewrites prevents end users from seeing "mixed content" errors by rewriting URLs from `http` to `https` for resources or links on your web site that can be served with HTTPS.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.automatic_https_rewrites" />

## Additional details

If your site contains links or references to HTTP URLs that are also available securely via HTTPS, Automatic HTTPS Rewrites can help. If you connect to your site over HTTPS and the lock icon is not present, or has a yellow warning triangle on it, your site may contain references to HTTP assets (“mixed content”).

Mixed content is often due to factors not under the website owner’s control such as embedded third-party content or complex content management systems. By rewriting URLs from “http” to “https”, Automatic HTTPS Rewrites simplifies the task of making your entire website available over HTTPS, helping to eliminate mixed content errors and ensuring that all data loaded by your website is protected from eavesdropping and tampering.

:::note

For security reasons, this feature will run on URLs pointing to `localhost` if the URL is fetching an active resource (script, iframe, link, object, etc.).

:::

## Enable Automatic HTTPS Rewrites

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Automatic HTTPS Rewrites** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. For **Automatic HTTPS Rewrites**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable or disable **Automatic HTTPS Rewrites** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `automatic_https_rewrites` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

## Limitations

Before a rewrite is applied, Cloudflare checks the HTTP resources to ensure they are accessible via HTTPS. If they are not available over HTTPS, Cloudflare cannot rewrite the URL.

Some resources are loaded by JavaScript or CSS via HTTP when the site is loaded in a browser. You will see mixed content warnings in those situations. To determine which URLs do not have HTTPS support, Cloudflare uses data from [EFF’s HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/faq#how-do-i-add-my-own-site-to-https-everywhere) and [Chrome’s HSTS preload list](https://hstspreload.org). If your zone is not on one of these lists, only active content will be rewritten. Passive content (such as images) will not be rewritten and will still cause mixed content errors.

If a third-party domain supports HTTPS and is not rewritten automatically, you can manually change those links to relative links or HTTPS links. Alternatively, you can ask the third-party domain owner to submit their site for inclusion in the HTTPS Everywhere rulesets, which [accept pull requests on GitHub](https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere/). For more information on how to fix mixed content errors, refer to [Troubleshooting mixed content errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/mixed-content-errors/).

---

# Protocol optimization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-signing-requests/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="csr-definition" />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.csr" />

## Types of CSRs

You can create two types of CSRs:

* **Zone-level**: Meant only for sign certificates associated with the current zone.
* **Account-level**: Meant for organizations that issue certificates across multiple domains.

## Create and use a CSR

To create a CSR:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and an application.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. On **Certificate Signing Request (CSR)**, select **Generate**.
4. Choose a **Scope** (only [certain customers](#types-of-csrs) can choose **Account**).
5. Enter relevant information on the form and select **Create**.

To use a CSR:

1. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
2. On **Certificate Signing Request (CSR)**, select the record you just created.
3. Copy (or select **Click to copy**) the value for **Certificate Signing Request**.
4. Obtain a certificate from the Certificate Authority (CA) of your choice using your CSR.
5. When you [upload the custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/) to Cloudflare, select an **Encoding mode** of **Certificate Signing Request (CSR)** and enter the associated value.

   :::note
   You will not see the option to adjust your **Encoding Mode** until after you have created a CSR associated with the specific zone or your account.
   :::

## Renew a certificate

When you [renew a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/), you need to reuse a previously generated CSR.

Note that it is not possible to use a different CSR with the same certificate. In this case, you must upload the certificate as a new certificate, selecting the new CSR.

---

# Certificate Transparency Monitoring

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-transparency-monitoring/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Certificate Transparency (CT) Monitoring is an [opt-in](#opt-in-and-out) feature in public beta that aims at improving security by allowing you to double-check any SSL/TLS certificates issued for your domain.

CT Monitoring alerts are triggered not only by Cloudflare processes - including [backup certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/) -, but whenever a certificate that covers your monitored domain is issued by a [Certificate Authority (CA)](/ssl/concepts/#certificate-authority-ca) and added to a public CT log. You can learn more about how this works in the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-certificate-transparency-and-nimbus/).

:::caution[Aspects to consider]


* If you use Cloudflare or other services that automatically issue certificates for your domain or subdomains, this may trigger CT Monitoring emails as well.
* If your domain is included in a shared certificate, you may receive notifications for domains or subdomains that do not belong to you but are included as <GlossaryTooltip term="Subject Alternative Names (SANs)">subject alternative names (SANs)</GlossaryTooltip> together with your domain. You can use a tool like [Certificate Search](https://crt.sh/) to gather more information in such cases.
* CT Monitoring does not detect phishing attempts. For example, for `cloudflare.com`, an alert would not trigger if a certificate was issued for `cloudf1are.com` or `cloud-flare.com`.


:::

***

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.cert_transparency" />

***

## Opt in and out

Alerts are turned off by default. If you want to receive alerts, go to [**SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates#ct-alerting-card) and enable **Certificate Transparency Monitoring**. If you are in a Business or Enterprise zone, select **Add Email**.

To stop receiving alerts, disable **Certificate Transparency Monitoring** or remove your email from the feature card.

***

## Emails to be concerned about

Most certificate alerts are routine. Cloudflare sends alerts whenever a certificate for your domain appears in a log. Certificates expire (and must be reissued), so it is completely normal to receive issuance emails. If your domain is listed in the email, along with reasonable ownership and certificate information, then **no action is required**.

Additionally, you should check whether the certificate was issued through Cloudflare. Cloudflare partners with [multiple CAs](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) to provide certificates.
To view all Cloudflare-issued certificates and backup certificates - which require no additional actions - visit the [Edge Certificates page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates) in the dashboard.

You *should* take action when something is clearly wrong, such as if you:

* Do not recognize the certificate issuer.
  :::note

  Cloudflare provisions backup certificates, so you may see a certificate listed that is not in active use for your site. The [Edge Certificates page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates) will show all certificates requested for your site.
  :::
* Have recently noticed problems with your website.

***

## How to take action

### Option 1: Contact certificate authorities

Only Certificate Authorities can revoke malicious certificates. If you believe an illegitimate certificate was issued for your domain, contact the Certificate Authority listed as the **Issuer** in the email.

* [GlobalSign support](https://support.globalsign.com/)

* [GoDaddy support](https://www.godaddy.com/contact-us?sp_hp=B)

* [Google Trust Services support](https://pki.goog/faq/)

* [IdenTrust support](https://www.identrust.com/support/support-team)

* [Let's Encrypt support](https://letsencrypt.org/contact/)

* [Sectigo support](https://sectigo.com/support)

* [SSL.com support](https://www.ssl.com/submit-a-ticket/)

### Option 2: Contact domain registrars

Domain registrars may be able to **suspend** potentially malicious domains. If, for example, you notice that a malicious domain was registered through GoDaddy, contact GoDaddy’s support team to see if they can help you. Do the same for other registrars.

### Option 3: Improvise

There are other ways to combat malicious certificates. You can warn your visitors with an on-site notification or ask browser makers (Google for Chrome, etc.) to block these domains.

If someone is attempting to impersonate you online, you should absolutely take action. This is usually difficult to recognize, so exercise caution. **Remember: the vast majority of certificates are not malicious. Only take action if you believe something is wrong.**

***

## HTTP Public Key Pinning

Certificate Transparency Monitoring addresses the same problems as HTTP Public Key Pinning (HPKP), but with [fewer technical issues](https://scotthelme.co.uk/im-giving-up-on-hpkp/).

Cloudflare does not offer or support HPKP and advises against using it with Universal SSL.

---

# HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

HSTS protects HTTPS web servers from downgrade attacks. These attacks redirect web browsers from an HTTPS web server to an attacker-controlled server, allowing bad actors to compromise user data and cookies.

HSTS adds an HTTP header that directs [compliant web browsers](/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/) to:

- Transform HTTP links to HTTPS links
- Prevent users from bypassing SSL browser warnings

Before enabling HSTS, review the [requirements](#requirements).

:::note

For more background information on HSTS, see the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/enforce-web-policy-with-hypertext-strict-transport-security-hsts/).

:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.hsts" />

## Requirements

In order for HSTS to work as expected, you need to:

- Have enabled HTTPS before HSTS so browsers can accept your HSTS settings
- Keep HTTPS enabled so visitors can access your site

Once you enabled HSTS, avoid the following actions to ensure visitors can still access your site:

- Changing your DNS records from [Proxied to DNS only](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/)
- [Pausing Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/) on your site
- Pointing your nameservers away from Cloudflare
- Redirecting HTTPS to HTTP
- Disabling SSL (invalid or expired certificates or certificates with mismatched hostnames)

:::caution

If you remove HTTPS before disabling HSTS or before waiting for the duration of the original <strong>Max Age Header</strong> specified in your Cloudflare HSTS configuration, your website becomes inaccessible to visitors for the duration of the Max Age Header or until you enable HTTPS.

:::

## Enable HSTS

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable HSTS using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select your website.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)**, select **Enable HSTS**.
5. Read the dialog and select **I understand**.
6. Select **Next**.
7. Configure the [HSTS settings](#configuration-settings).
8. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable HSTS with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `security_header` as the setting name in the URI path, and specify the `value` object that includes your HSTS settings.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

To enable HSTS on a specific subdomain only, configure a [subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/). Alternatively, you can add the appropriate HSTS header at the origin, or use an [HTTP response header modification rule](/rules/transform/response-header-modification/).

:::

## Disable HSTS

To disable HSTS on your website:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select your account.
2. Select your website.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)**, select **Enable HSTS**.
5. Set the **Max Age Header** to **0 (Disable)**.
6. If you previously enabled the **No-Sniff** header and want to remove it, set it to **Off**.
7. Select **Save**.

## Configuration settings

<table style="width:100%">
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Name</th>
			<th>Required</th>
			<th>Description</th>
			<th>Options</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Enable HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security)</td>
			<td>Yes</td>
			<td>
				Serves HSTS headers to browsers for all HTTPS requests. HTTP
				(non-secure) requests will not contain the header.
			</td>
			<td>Off / On</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Max Age Header (max-age)</td>
			<td>Yes</td>
			<td>
				Specifies duration for a browser HSTS policy and requires HTTPS on your
				website.
			</td>
			<td>Disable, or a range from 1 to 12 months</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Apply HSTS policy to subdomains (includeSubDomains)</td>
			<td>No</td>
			<td>
				Applies the HSTS policy from a parent domain to subdomains. Subdomains
				are inaccessible if they do not support HTTPS.
			</td>
			<td>Off / On</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Preload</td>
			<td>No</td>
			<td>
				Permits browsers to automatically preload HSTS configuration. Prevents
				an attacker from downgrading a first request from HTTPS to HTTP. Preload
				can make a website without HTTPS completely inaccessible.
			</td>
			<td>Off / On</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>No-Sniff Header</td>
			<td>No</td>
			<td>
				Sends the <code>X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff</code> header to prevent
				Internet Explorer and Chrome from automatically detecting a content type
				other than those explicitly specified by the Content-Type header.
			</td>
			<td>Off / On</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

:::note

Once HSTS <strong>Preload</strong> is configured, submit requests for addition to each browser’s preload list. Chrome, Firefox/Mozilla, and Safari use the Chrome preload list. A minimum <strong>Max Age Header</strong> of 12 months is required for inclusion in HSTS preload lists.

:::

---

# Additional options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Once you set up SSL/TLS on your application, you can adjust the following settings in **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Minimum TLS Version

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/

import { FeatureTable, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Minimum TLS Version only allows HTTPS connections from visitors that support the selected TLS protocol version or newer.

For example, if TLS 1.1 is selected, visitors attempting to connect using TLS 1.0 will be rejected. Visitors attempting to connect using TLS 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 ([if enabled](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/)) will be allowed to connect.

:::note

If you are looking to restrict cipher suites, refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/). For guidance on which TLS version to use, refer to [TLS protocols](/ssl/reference/protocols/).

:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.minimum_tls" />

It is not possible to configure minimum TLS version for [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) hostnames.

## How to disable TLS 1.0

You can disable TLS 1.0 by choosing a higher minimum TLS version.

All users can apply this configuration to all hostnames in their zones following the steps under [zone-level](#zone-level).

If you have an [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/#advanced-certificate-manager) subscription, you also have the option to disable TLS 1.0 (or other versions) with a [per-hostname](#per-hostname) setup.

## Setup

:::caution
The Minimum TLS version that you set up following these steps does not apply to [R2](/r2/) custom domains. To control the TLS version for R2 custom domains, refer to the [custom domains documentation](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#minimum-tls-version).
:::

### Zone-level

To manage the TLS version applied to your whole zone when proxied through Cloudflare:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select your website.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Minimum TLS Version**, select an option.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint with `min_tls_version` as the setting name in the URI path, and specify your preferred minimum version in the `value` field.

In the following example, the minimum TLS version for the zone will be set to `1.2`. Replace the zone ID and API token placeholders with your information, and adjust the `value` field with your chosen TLS version.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/min_tls_version" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "id": "min_tls_version",
    "value": "1.2"
  }'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Per-hostname

[Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) users also have the option to specify minimum TLS versions per specific hostnames in their Cloudflare zone.

This is currently only available via the API:

- Use the [Edit TLS setting for hostname](/api/resources/hostnames/subresources/settings/subresources/tls/methods/update/) endpoint to specify different values for `min_tls_version`.
- Use the [Delete TLS setting for hostname](/api/resources/hostnames/subresources/settings/subresources/tls/methods/delete/) endpoint to clear previously defined `min_tls_version` setting.

Cloudflare uses the [hostname priority logic](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/) to determine which setting to apply.

In the following example, the minimum TLS version for a specific hostname will be set to `1.2`. Replace the zone ID, hostname, and API token placeholders with your information, and adjust the `value` field with your chosen TLS version.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/min_tls_version/{hostname}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "value": "1.2"
  }'
```

## Test supported TLS versions

To test supported TLS versions, attempt a request to your website or application while specifying a TLS version.

For example, use a `curl` command to test TLS 1.1 (replace `www.example.com` with your Cloudflare domain and hostname):

```sh
curl https://www.example.com -svo /dev/null --tls-max 1.1
```

If the TLS version you are testing is blocked by Cloudflare, the TLS handshake is not completed and returns an error:

`* error:1400442E:SSL routines:CONNECT_CR_SRVR_HELLO:tlsv1 alert`

---

# Opportunistic Encryption

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/opportunistic-encryption/

import { FeatureTable, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Opportunistic Encryption allows browsers to access HTTP URIs over an encrypted TLS channel. It's not a substitute for HTTPS, but provides additional security for otherwise vulnerable requests.

Use HTTPS when both strong encryption and authentication are required. HTTP Opportunistic Encryption provides a means of enabling TLS when needed for other protocols such as HTTP/2. It does not provide the same indications of security as HTTPS (the green lock icon in most browser address bars).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.opportunistic_encryption" />

## Enable Opportunistic Encryption

You do not need to configure your origin web server to support Opportunistic Encryption. All it requires is updating your settings in the Cloudflare dashboard.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable Opportunistic Encryption in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. For **Opportunistic Encryption**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To adjust your Opportunistic Encryption settings with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `opportunistic_encryption` as the setting name in the URI path, and specify the `value` parameter with your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

# TLS 1.3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/

import { Details, FeatureTable, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

TLS 1.3 enables the latest version of the TLS protocol (when supported) for improved security and performance.

## What is TLS 1.3?

TLS 1.3 is the newest, fastest, and most secure version of the TLS protocol. SSL/TLS is the protocol that encrypts communication between users and your website. When web traffic is encrypted with TLS, users will see the green padlock in their browser window.

By turning on the TLS 1.3 feature, traffic to and from your website will be served over the TLS 1.3 protocol when supported by clients. TLS 1.3 protocol has improved latency over older versions, has several new features, and is currently supported in both Chrome (starting with release 66), Firefox (starting with release 60), and in development for Safari and Edge browsers.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.tls_13" />

## Enable TLS 1.3

TLS 1.3 requires a two-step activation: in the Cloudflare dashboard and in the browser.

### Enable TLS 1.3 in Cloudflare settings

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable TLS 1.3 in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and go to a specific domain.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. For **TLS 1.3**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To adjust your TLS 1.3 settings with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `tls_1_3` as the setting name in the URI path, and set the `value` parameter to your desired setting (`"on"` or `"off"`).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Enable TLS 1.3 in the browser

<Details header="Chrome">

1. In the address bar, enter `chrome://flags` and press **Enter**.
2. Scroll to locate the **TLS 1.3 Early Data** entry, and set it to _Enabled_. A message saying that the change will take effect the next time you relaunch Chrome will appear.
3. Select **RELAUNCH NOW** to restart Chrome.

After enabling TLS 1.3, visit a site with TLS 1.3 enabled over HTTPS. Then:

1. Open Chrome **Developer Tools**.
2. Select the **Security** tab.
3. Reload the page (Command-R in macOS, Ctrl-R in Windows).
4. Select the site under **Main origin**.
5. Under **Connection**, confirm that the protocol is **TLS 1.3**.

</Details>

<Details header="Firefox">

1. In the address bar, enter `about:config` and select to accept the warranty warning.
2. Search for `security.tls.version.max` and change the value from `3` (the default) to `4`.

After enabling TLS 1.3, visit a site with TLS 1.3 enabled over HTTPS. Then:

1. Select the lock icon in the address bar.
2. Select **Connection secure** > **More information**.
3. Under **Technical Details**, verify that the TLS version is TLS 1.3.

</Details>

### Troubleshooting

Since TLS 1.3 implementations are relatively new, some failures may occur. If you experience errors, submit a Cloudflare Support ticket with the following information:

- Steps to replicate the issue (if possible)
- Client build version
- Client diagnostic information
- Packet captures

Chrome users should submit a [net-internals trace](https://dev.chromium.org/for-testers/providing-network-details) to Google. Firefox users should [report bugs to Mozilla](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/home).

## Limitations

<Render file="tls-13-cipher-limitations" />

---

# API commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/api-commands/

Use the following API commands to manage advanced certificates. If you are using our API for the first time, review our [API documentation](/fundamentals/api/).



| Command                                                                                                                                                 | Method   | Endpoint                                             | Additional notes                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Order advanced certificate](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/create/)                                     | `POST`   | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/ssl/certificate_packs/order`      |                                                                                             |
| [Restart certificate validation](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/edit/)                | `PATCH`  | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/ssl/certificate_packs/<<ID>>`     |                                                                                             |
| [Delete certificate pack](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/delete/)                                       | `DELETE` | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/ssl/certificate_packs/<<ID>>`     |                                                                                             |
| [List certificate packs in a zone](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/list/)                                                            | `GET`    | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/ssl/certificate_packs?status=all` | This API call returns all certificate packs for a domain (Universal, Custom, and Advanced). |
| List Cipher Suite settings: [Get zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/get/) with `ciphers` as the setting name in the URI path     | `GET`    | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/settings/ciphers`                 |                                                                                             |
| Change Cipher Suite settings: [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) with `ciphers` as the setting name in the URI path | `PATCH`  | `zones/<<ZONE_ID>>/settings/ciphers`                 | To restore default settings, send a blank array in the `value` parameter.                   |

---

# Advanced certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="acm-definition" /><br/>

To order advanced certificates you must purchase the Advanced Certificate Manager add-on, which also includes other features.

## Advanced Certificate Manager

Advanced Certificate Manager allows you to:

* Order advanced certificates that can:
  * Include the zone apex and up to 50 hosts as covered hostnames.
  * Cover more than one level of subdomain.
  * Be issued by the certificate authority (CA) you choose.
  * Use your preferred validation method.
  * Have the validity period you choose.
* Use [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/) to delegate the <GlossaryTooltip term="domain control validation (DCV)">DCV process</GlossaryTooltip> of your <GlossaryTooltip term="partial setup" link="/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/">partial zones</GlossaryTooltip> to Cloudflare.
* Enable [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) to automatically protect proxied hostnames.
* Select a [custom trust store](/ssl/origin-configuration/custom-origin-trust-store/) for origin authentication.
* Control [cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) and [per-hostname minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/#per-hostname).

:::note


Enterprise customers can also purchase a subscription for Advanced Certificate Manager, which allows them to add up to 100 <GlossaryTooltip term="edge certificate">edge certificates</GlossaryTooltip> per zone.


:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.advanced_certificates" />

<Render file="non-contract-enablement" product="fundamentals" />

## Limitations

Advanced certificates are not used with [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) nor [R2](/r2/) due to [certificate prioritization](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/). Both Pages and R2 custom domains use Cloudflare for SaaS certificates.

Advanced certificates are [Domain Validated (DV)](/ssl/concepts/#validation-level). If your organization needs Organization Validated (OV) or Extended Validation (EV) certificates, refer to [Custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/). <br/>

## Related resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage advanced certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

## Create a certificate

If you are using an existing [Universal SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), Cloudflare will automatically replace this certificate once you finish ordering your advanced certificate.

Once you order a certificate, you can review the [certificate's status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/) in the dashboard at **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates** or via the API with a [GET request](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/list/).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a new advanced certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and select a domain.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. Select **Order Advanced Certificate**.
4. If Cloudflare does not have your billing information, you will need to enter that information.
5. Enter the following information:
   - Certificate authority
   - Certificate hostnames
	   - For hostnames longer than 64 characters, use the API.
   - Validation method
   - Certificate validity period
6. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a new certificate using the API, send a [POST request](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/create/) to the Cloudflare API.

If you need certificates for hostnames longer than 64 characters ([RFC 5280](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5280.html)), set the `cloudflare_branding` option to `true`. This will add `sni.cloudflaressl.com` in the Common Name (CN) field and will include the long hostname as a part of the Subject Alternative Name (SAN).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::caution

<Render file="acm-ca-hostnames-conditions" />

:::

---

## Delete a certificate

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To delete an advanced certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and select a domain.
2. Select **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. Select a certificate.
4. Select **Delete Certificate**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To delete a certificate using the API, send a [DELETE request](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/delete/) to the Cloudflare API.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Restart validation

To restart validation for a certificate in a `validation_timed_out` status, send a [PATCH request](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/edit/) to the API.

---

## Restrict cipher suites

<Render file="cipher-suites-definition" />

For more details, refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/).

---

## Perform domain control validation (DCV)

<Render file="dcv-definition" /> <br />

Normally, you only need to update DCV if you have your application on a partial setup (Cloudflare does not run your authoritative nameservers).

For more information about DCV, refer to [DCV methods](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).

---

## Set up alerts

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in your certificates.

<AvailableNotifications
	product="SSL/TLS"
	notificationFilter="Advanced Certificate Alert"
/>

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

## Advanced certificate renewal

The certificate validity period you choose determines when the auto renewal will start for your certificate. For details, refer to [Validity period and renewal](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/).

---

# Domain control validation flow

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To obtain [Universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/), [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), and [Custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/) certificates, Cloudflare partners with different publicly trusted [certificate authorities (CAs)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

However, every time a CA is requested to issue or renew a certificate, the requester must prove that they have control over the domain. That is when the DCV process takes place, with the proof usually consisting of placing an HTTP token at a standard URL path (`/.well-known/pki-validation`), or placing a TXT record at the authoritative DNS provider.

## Where Cloudflare sits in the DCV process

For the use cases mentioned above, there are three different parties involved in the process:

* The website or application for which the certificate is issued.
* The requester (Cloudflare).
* The CA that processes the request.

## Steps in the process

In summary, five steps have to succeed after Cloudflare requests a CA to issue or renew a certificate:

1. Cloudflare receives the DCV tokens from the CA.
2. Cloudflare either places the tokens on your behalf ([Full DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/)), or makes the tokens available for you to place them.
3. Cloudflare polls the validation URLs to check for the tokens.
4. After Cloudflare can confirm that the tokens are placed via multiple DNS resolvers, the CA is asked to check as well.
5. If the CA can confirm the tokens are placed, the certificate gets issued. If the CA cannot confirm the tokens are placed, the certificate is not issued and the tokens are no longer valid.

## Aspects to consider

* Settings that interfere with the validation URLs - firewall blocks or misconfigured DNSSEC, for example - can cause issues with your certificate issuance or renewal. Refer to the [troubleshooting guide](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/).
* <Render file="dcv-path-security" />
* Certificate authority authorization (CAA) records may block certificate issuance. Refer to [CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/).

### DCV tokens

DCV tokens are generated and controlled by the CA and not by Cloudflare. You can find further technical specification of how they work in [RFC 8555](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8555#section-7.1.5).

* As mentioned in [Step 5](#steps-in-the-process), DCV tokens will change upon verification failures. For example, if a DCV check fails because of a DNSSEC issue, the certificate order is no longer valid and Cloudflare must start a new certificate request. Since tokens cannot be reused, a new token is required.

* DCV tokens also have [validity periods](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/). If you are handling the DCV process manually, it is recommended that you place the tokens as soon as the certificate is up for renewal. Otherwise, the tokens may expire and new tokens will be required.

---

# Domain control validation (DCV)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dcv-definition" />

:::note


Refer to [Domain control validation flow](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/) to learn more about the steps and parties involved in the DCV process.


:::

For [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/), DCV will always be handled by you, when you request the certificate from the CA.

For certificates issued through Cloudflare, this process may be done automatically or it may require you to take action, as described in the following sections.

***

## Full DNS setup - no action required

If your domain is on a [**full setup**](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) — meaning that Cloudflare runs your authoritative nameservers — Cloudflare handles DCV automatically on your behalf using a TXT record. For more details, refer to [Enable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/#full-dns-setup).

***

## Partial DNS setup - action sometimes required

If your application is on a [partial DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) — meaning that Cloudflare does not run your authoritative nameservers — you may need to perform additional steps to complete DCV.

### Non-wildcard certificates

<Render file="partial-zone-acm-dcv-nonwildcard" />

### Wildcard certificates

<Render file="partial-zone-acm-dcv-wildcard" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Taking into account the [steps involved in DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/), some situations may interfere with certificate issuance and renewal.

[Blocked validation URLs](#blocked-validation-url) or [misconfigured DNS settings](#dns-settings-and-records) might interfere with the <GlossaryTooltip term="Certificate Authority (CA)">certificate authority's</GlossaryTooltip> ability to finish the validation process. In these situations, you may need to update your configuration at Cloudflare or at your authoritative DNS provider. Additionally, there can also be [errors on the CA side](#ca-errors).

:::note

If you are using the Cloudflare API, error messages are presented under the `validation_errors` parameter.
:::

## Blocked validation URL

If you have issues while HTTP DCV is in place, review the following settings:

* **Anything affecting `/.well-known/*`**: Review [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/), and other [configuration rules](/rules/configuration-rules/) to make sure that your rules *do not* enable interactive challenge on the validation URL.

* **Cloudflare Account Settings** and **Page Rules**: Review your [account settings](/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/), [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/), and [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/) to ensure you have not enabled **I'm Under Attack Mode** on the validation URL.

  :::caution
   <Render file="dcv-path-security" />
  :::

## Redirection

Enabling [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) does not impact the validation process.

In a [Partial (CNAME) setup](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/#partial-dns-setup---action-sometimes-required) where you are managing the token on the origin side, please ensure that no redirection from HTTP to HTTPS occurs on the `/.well-known/*` path.

When using [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/single-redirects/) the `/.well-known/*` path should be excluded from redirections.

## DNS settings and records

The errors below refer to situations that have to be addressed at the authoritative DNS provider:

* `the Certificate Authority had trouble performing a DNS lookup: dns problem: looking up caa for nsheiapp.codeacloud.com: dnssec: bogus`
* `Certificate authority encountered a SERVFAIL during DNS lookup, please check your DNS reachability.`

Consider the following when troubleshooting:

* [DNSSEC](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-security/) must be configured correctly. You can use [DNSViz](https://dnsviz.net/) to understand and troubleshoot the deployment of DNSSEC.
* Your [CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/) should allow Cloudflare's partner [certificate authorities (CAs)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) to issue certificates on your behalf.
* The HTTP verification process is done preferably over **IPv6**, so if any `AAAA` record exists and does not point to the same dual-stack location as the `A` record, the validation will fail.

## CA errors

### Rate limiting

<Render file="error-rate-limiting" />

### Internal errors

When the certificate authority finds an issue during the CA check portion of the [DCV flow](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/dcv-flow/), you may see a `Internal error with Certificate Authority` message. In this case, either wait or try a different certificate authority.

When the error states that the `certificate authority will not issue for this domain`, you can try a different certificate authority or contact the CA directly.

---

# Bundle methodologies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/

When an SSL certificate is deployed to Cloudflare's global network, it may be augmented with intermediate and root certificates to assist the user agent in finding a chain to a publicly trusted root.

You can control the mechanics of how certificates are bundled by specifying a bundling methodology.

## Intermediate and root certificates

Cloudflare maintains intermediate and root certificates used for bundling on a [GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl_trust). As the certificates expire or are removed by certificate authorities, Cloudflare removes and adds them accordingly.

Expiration values for these certificates may appear in the `expires_on` field when you use the [Analyze Certificate endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/analyze/methods/create/) - often when the methodology you specify is [Compatible](#compatible). However, these expiration values reflect intermediate and root certificates - which are handled by Cloudflare -, not the leaf certificate you would have previously uploaded to Cloudflare.

## Methodologies

### Compatible

Compatible is the default methodology and uses **common and well distributed intermediate certificates** to complete the chain. This ensures that the resulting bundle is compatible with as many clients as possible. 
The related value for the `bundle_method` parameter when using the [API](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) is `ubiquitous`.

### Modern

Modern consists of attempts to make the chain as efficient as possible, often by using **newer or fewer intermediate certificates**.
The related value for the `bundle_method` parameter when using the [API](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) is `optimal`.

### User-defined

User-defined allows you to paste **your own certificate chain** and present that bundle to clients. You must specify any intermediates you wish to use, followed by the leaf. If you are using a self-signed certificate (not recommended), you must use this mode.
The related value for the `bundle_method` parameter when using the [API](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) is `force`.

---

# Validation backoff schedule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Domain control validation (DCV) has to happen before a certificate authority (CA) will issue a certificate for a domain. If DCV fails during issuance or renewal, Cloudflare automatically retries it on a schedule.

If you use [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/) or if [Cloudflare automatically performs DCV for you](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/), this page is only informational. If you have to manually perform DCV, consider the following sections about the validation schedule and remember that DCV tokens have a [fixed validity period](#dcv-tokens-validity).

:::note

You can also request an immediate recheck by using the [Edit SSL Certificate Pack Validation Method endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/verification/methods/edit/), specifying the same `validation_method` as the [method](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/) you currently use.
:::

***

## DCV tokens validity

The DCV process relies on tokens that are generated by the issuing certificate authority. These tokens have a validity period defined by each CA:

* Google Trust Services - 14 days
* Let's Encrypt - 7 days
* SSL.com - 14 days

After this period, DCV tokens expire as dictated by the [CA/B Baseline Requirements](https://cabforum.org/baseline-requirements-documents/), and new, valid tokens must be placed.

:::caution
 <Render file="dcv-invalid-token-situations" />
:::

***

## Successive checks function

Cloudflare caps the check backoff to a maximum of four hours to avoid the function growing exponentially, which would result in large gaps between checks towards the end of the month.

```txt
now() + min((floor(60 * pow(1.05, retry_attempt)) * INTERVAL '1 second'), INTERVAL '4 hours')
```

***

## Capped attempts reference table

As presented in the following table, most of the checks take place on the first day after the DCV token is generated.

In manual processes, it is possible that you fall behind schedule when you place the token, meaning that it may not be validated immediately.

In automatic processes, most validations complete within the first five minutes, unless there is a setup misconfiguration.

| Retry Attempt | In Seconds | In Minutes | In Hours |
| ------------- | ---------- | ---------- | -------- |
| 0             | 60         | 1.000      | 0.016667 |
| 1             | 63         | 1.050      | 0.017500 |
| 2             | 66         | 1.100      | 0.018333 |
| 3             | 69         | 1.150      | 0.019167 |
| 4             | 72         | 1.200      | 0.020000 |
| 5             | 76         | 1.267      | 0.021111 |
| 6             | 80         | 1.333      | 0.022222 |
| 7             | 84         | 1.400      | 0.023333 |
| 8             | 88         | 1.467      | 0.024444 |
| 9             | 93         | 1.550      | 0.025833 |
| 10            | 242        | 4.033      | 0.067222 |
| 11            | 279        | 4.650      | 0.077500 |
| 12            | 321        | 5.350      | 0.089167 |
| 13            | 369        | 6.150      | 0.102500 |
| 14            | 424        | 7.067      | 0.117778 |
| 15            | 488        | 8.133      | 0.135556 |
| 16            | 561        | 9.350      | 0.155833 |
| 17            | 645        | 10.750     | 0.179167 |
| 18            | 742        | 12.367     | 0.206111 |
| 19            | 853        | 14.217     | 0.236944 |
| 20            | 981        | 16.350     | 0.272500 |
| 21            | 1129       | 18.817     | 0.313611 |
| 22            | 1298       | 21.633     | 0.360556 |
| 23            | 1493       | 24.883     | 0.414722 |
| 24            | 1717       | 28.617     | 0.476944 |
| 25            | 1975       | 32.917     | 0.548611 |
| 26            | 2271       | 37.850     | 0.630833 |
| 27            | 2612       | 43.533     | 0.725556 |
| 28            | 3003       | 50.050     | 0.834167 |
| 29            | 3454       | 57.567     | 0.959444 |
| 30            | 3972       | 66.200     | 1.103333 |
| 31            | 4568       | 76.133     | 1.268889 |
| 32            | 5253       | 87.550     | 1.459167 |
| 33            | 6041       | 100.683    | 1.678056 |
| 34            | 6948       | 115.800    | 1.930000 |
| 35            | 7990       | 133.167    | 2.219444 |
| 36            | 9189       | 153.150    | 2.552500 |
| 37            | 10567      | 176.117    | 2.935278 |
| 38            | 12152      | 202.533    | 3.375556 |
| 39            | 13975      | 232.917    | 3.881944 |
| 40            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 41            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 42            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 43            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 44            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 45            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 46            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 47            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 48            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
| 49            | 14400      | 240.000    | 4.000000 |
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---

# Custom certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="custom-certificates-definition" /> <br/>

Unlike [Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), Cloudflare does not manage issuance and renewal for custom certificates.
When you use custom certificates, the following actions should be considered and accomplished by you:

* [Upload the certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate).
* [Update the certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#update-an-existing-custom-certificate).
* [Observe the certificate expiration date to avoid downtime](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/).

:::note

If your custom certificate does not cover all of your first-level hostnames, you can enable [Universal SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) to cover them.

If your custom certificate is from a [certificate authority that Cloudflare partners with](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/), consider switching to a Cloudflare-managed certificate to benefit from automatic issuance and renewal.

:::

## Certificate packs

<Render file="custom-cert-ciphers" />

Each pack only counts as one SSL certificate against your custom certificate quota.

:::note


You cannot delete the primary certificate if secondary certificates are present in the pack.


:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.custom_certificates" />

## Related features

### Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs)

As part of the custom certificate process, you can leverage Cloudflare to generate your [Certificate Signing Request (CSR)](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-signing-requests/). This additional option means that Cloudflare will safely generate and store the private key associated with the CSR.

### Geo Key Manager (private key restriction)

By default, Cloudflare encrypts and securely distributes private keys to all Cloudflare data centers, where they can be used for local SSL/TLS termination. If you want to restrict where your private keys may be used, use [Geo Key Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/).

### Keyless SSL

If you want to upload a custom certificate but retain your private key on your own infrastructure, consider using [Keyless SSL](/ssl/keyless-ssl/).

---

# Renewal and expiration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

## Renew custom certificates

Since Cloudflare cannot renew uploaded certificates, you should ensure that you replace or [update](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#update-an-existing-custom-certificate) an expiring custom certificate before it expires, otherwise your visitors may not be able to connect.

Cloudflare automatically sends email notifications 30 and 14 days before your custom certificate expires. The email is sent to users who have the SSL/TLS, Administrator, or Super Administrator [roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/).

:::note

When renewing a custom certificate, you can reuse a [previously generated CSR](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/certificate-signing-requests/).

If you are on an Enterprise plan and want to renew a custom (modern) certificate, consider requesting access to [Staging environment (Beta)](/ssl/edge-certificates/staging-environment/). 
:::

## Expired certificates

If a valid replacement - covering some or all of the <GlossaryTooltip term="Subject Alternative Names (SANs)">SANs</GlossaryTooltip> in the expiring custom certificate - is already available, Cloudflare will remove the expiring custom certificate in the 24 hours before expiration. There is no expected downtime due to certificate transition.

If no valid replacement is available, Cloudflare will remove the custom certificate after it expires.

Affected domains and subdomains will fall back to any other active certificate covering the hostnames on the expiring certificate.

:::caution

All certificates in a [certificate pack](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/#certificate-packs) are treated as one object.
The expiration date of a certificate pack is equivalent to the soonest `Not After` date among the certificates in the pack.

For example if you have a custom certificate made of an ECSDA and a RSA certificate, if one of them expires the whole pack will be removed. 
:::

## Migrate to other certificate types

If you no longer want to use your custom certificate but still want your website or application to be covered with SSL/TLS, you can do the following:

1. Go to [**SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates).
2. Make sure there is already an active [universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) certificate covering the same hostnames.
3. Delete your custom certificate.

---

# Remove key file password

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/remove-file-key-password/

import { Details } from "~/components";

You cannot upload a custom certificate with a password-protected key file.

The process for removing the password depends on your operating system. The following examples remove the password from `example.com.key`.

<Details header="Linux">

1. Open a command console.

2. Go to the directory containing the `example.com.key` file.

3. Copy the original key.

   ```sh
   cp example.com.key temp.key
   ```

4. Run the following command (if using an ECDSA certificate, replace `rsa` with `ec`).

   ```sh
   openssl rsa -in temp.key -out example.com.key
   ```

5. When prompted in the console window, enter the original key password.

6. [Upload the file contents](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) to Cloudflare.

</Details>

<Details header="Windows">

1. Go to [https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/](https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/) and download the latest version of OpenSSL for your x86 or x86_64 operating system.

2. Open the `.zip` file and extract it.

3. Select **openssl.exe**.

4. In the command window that appears, run:

   ```sh
   rsa -in C:\Path\To\example.com.key -out key.pem
   ```

5. Enter the original key password when prompted by the **openssl.exe** command window.

6. [Upload](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) the contents of the `key.pem` file to Cloudflare.

</Details>

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/troubleshooting/

## Generic troubleshooting

### Make sure your key and certificate match

You can use an external tool such as the [SSLShopper Certificate Key Matcher](https://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-key-matcher.html) to check your certificate and make sure the key matches.

### Check the certificate details

You can use `openssl` to check all the details of your certificate:

```bash
openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -noout -text
```

Then, make sure all the information is correct before uploading.

## Moved domains

If you move a domain without deleting the custom certificate from the previous zone, the certificate may still [take precedence](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/) and be presented to your visitors, until the previous zone is [deleted](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/).

Refer to [Move a domain between Cloudflare accounts](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/#issue-new-certificates) for details.

## Let's Encrypt chain update

As Let's Encrypt - one of the [certificate authorities (CAs)](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) used by Cloudflare - has announced changes in its [chain of trust](/ssl/concepts/#chain-of-trust), you may face issues.

If you are using a Let's Encrypt certificate uploaded by yourself as a custom certificate, consider the following:

- If you use **compatible** or **modern** [bundle method](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/) and have uploaded your certificate before September 9, 2024, [update your custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#update-an-existing-custom-certificate) so that it can be bundled with the new chain.
- If you use **user-defined** bundle method, make sure that your certificates uploaded after September 30, 2024, do not use the Let's Encrypt cross-signed chain.

## Error codes

### Invalid certificate. (Code: 1002)

**Root cause**

The certificate you are trying to upload is invalid. For example, there might be extra lines, or the BEGIN/END text is not correct, or extra characters are added following a copy/paste.

**Solution**

Carefully check the content of the certificate. You may use `openssl` to check all the details of your certificate:

```bash
openssl x509 -in certificate.crt -noout -text
```

### You have reached the maximum number of custom certificates. (Code: 1212)

**Root cause**

You have used up your custom certificate quota.

**Solution**

Delete some existing certificates to add a new one. If you are an Enterprise customer, you can contact your account team to acquire more custom certificates.

### This certificate has already been submitted. (Code: 1220)

**Root cause**

You are trying to upload a custom certificate that you have already uploaded.

**Solution**

Delete the existing one and try again.

### The SSL attribute is invalid. Please refer to the API documentation, check your input and try again. (Code: 1434)

**Root cause**

You are trying to upload a custom certificate that does not support any cipher that is needed by Chromium-based browsers.

**Solution**

Modify the certificate so that it supports chromium-supported ciphers and try again.

### You have reached your quota for the requested resource. (Code: 2005)

**Root cause**

The quota for custom certificates depends on the **type** of certificate (**Custom Legacy** vs **Custom Modern**).

If you try to upload a certificate **type** but have already reached your quota, you will receive this error.

**Solution**

First, check your custom certificate entitlements at **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.

Then, when actually uploading or editing the certificate, make sure you select the appropriate option for **Legacy Client Support**.

### The certificate chain you uploaded cannot be bundled using Cloudflare's trust store. Please check your input and try again. (Code: 2100)

**Root cause**

You are trying to upload a custom certificate that contains the root and leaf certificate at the same time.

**Solution**

Upload the leaf certificate only.

### The certificate chain you uploaded has no leaf certificates. Please check your input and try again. (Code: 2101)

**Root cause**

You are trying to upload a root + intermediate + intermediate `.crt` file, but the actual leaf certificate is in a separate file.

**Solution**

Add the leaf to the `.crt` file, or just use the leaf by itself since the Certificate Authority has a public chain of trust in our trust store.

### The certificate chain you uploaded does not include any hostnames from your zone. Please check your input and try again. (Code: 2103)

**Root cause**

Cloudflare verifies that uploaded custom certificates include a hostname for the associated zone. Moreover, this hostname must be included as a Subject Alternative Name (SAN). This is following the standard set by the [CA/Browser Forum](https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/BRv1.2.5.pdf#page=16).

**Solution**

Make sure your certificate contains a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) specifying a hostname in your zone. You can use the `openssl` command below and look for `Subject Alternative Name` in the output.

```bash
openssl x509 -in certificateFile.pem -noout -text
```

If it does not exist, you will need to request a new certificate.

### The private key you uploaded is invalid. Please check your input and try again. (Code: 2106)

**Root cause**

Cloudflare requires separate, pem-encoded files for the SSL private key and certificate.

**Solution**

Contact your Certificate Authority (CA) to confirm whether your current certificate meets this requirement or request your CA to assist with certificate format conversion.

Make sure your certificate complies with these [requirements](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#certificate-requirements).

Check that the certificate and private keys match before uploading the certificate in the Cloudflare dashboard. This [external resource](https://www.sslshopper.com/article-most-common-openssl-commands.html) might help.

---

# Manage custom certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This page lists Cloudflare requirements for custom certificates and explains how to upload and update these certificates using Cloudflare dashboard or API.

## Certificate requirements

Before accepting custom certificates, Cloudflare parses them and checks for validity according to a list of requirements.

<Details header="Full list of requirements">

Each custom certificate you upload must:

- Be encoded in PEM format (PEM, PKCS#7, or PKCS#12). See [Converting Using OpenSSL](https://www.sslshopper.com/article-most-common-openssl-commands.html) for conversion examples.
- Not have a [key file password](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/remove-file-key-password/).
- Not be expiring in less than 14 days from time of upload.
- Have a subject alternative name (SAN) matching at least one hostname in the zone where it is being uploaded.
- Use a private key greater than or equal to a minimum length. Currently, 2048 bit for RSA and 225 bit for ECDSA.
- Be publicly trusted by a major browser. This does not apply for certificates that specify `User Defined` as their [bundling methodology](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/).
- Be one of the following certificate types:

  - Unified Communications Certificates (UCC)
  - Extended Validation (EV)
  - Domain Validated (DV)
  - Organization Validated (OV)

</Details>

---

## Upload a custom certificate

:::caution
When using `compatible` or `modern` [bundling](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies), make sure to upload only the leaf certificate. This will allow Cloudflare to properly handle [the expiration of intermediate and root certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/#intermediate-and-root-certificates).
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To upload a custom SSL certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.

2. Select your application.

3. Go to **SSL/TLS**.

4. In **Edge Certificates**, select **Upload Custom SSL Certificate**.

5. Copy and paste relevant values into **SSL Certificate** and **Private key** text areas (or select **Paste from file**).

   :::note
   If doing this manually, include the `---BEGIN CERTIFICATE---` and `---END CERTIFICATE---` like the placeholder text.
   :::

6. Choose the appropriate [**Bundle Method**](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/).

7. Select a value for [**Private Key Restriction**](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/#geo-key-manager-private-key-restriction).

8. Select a value for **Legacy Client Support**, which specifies <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)" link="/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/#non-sni-support">Server Name Indication (SNI)</GlossaryTooltip> support:

   - **Modern (recommended)**: SNI only
   - **Legacy**: Supports non-SNI
     :::caution

     Custom certificates of the type `legacy_custom` are not compatible with [BYOIP](/byoip/).
     :::

9. Select **Upload Custom Certificate**. If you see an error for `The key you provided does not match the certificate`, contact your Certificate Authority to ensure the private key matches the certificate.

10. (optional) [Add a CAA DNS record](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/).

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

The following call will upload a certificate for use with `app.example.com`. Cloudflare will automatically bundle the certificate with a certificate chain optimized for maximum compatibility with browsers.

:::caution

Note that if you are using an ECC key generated by OpenSSL, you will need to first remove the `-----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----...-----END EC PARAMETERS-----` section of the file.
:::

1. Update the file and build the payload

<Render file="custom-cert-file-example" />

```bash
request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "certificate": "$MYCERT",
  "private_key": "$MYKEY",
  "bundle_method": "ubiquitous"
}
EOF
))
```

You can optionally add [geographic restrictions](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cloudflare-geo-key-manager/) that specify where your private key can physically be decrypted:

```bash
request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "certificate": "$MYCERT",
  "private_key": "$MYKEY",
  "bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
  "geo_restrictions": {"label": "us"}'
}
EOF
))
```

You can also enable support for legacy clients which do not include SNI in the TLS handshake.

```bash
request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "certificate": "$MYCERT",
  "private_key": "$MYKEY",
  "bundle_method": "ubiquitous",
  "geo_restrictions": {"label": "us"}',
  "type":"sni_custom"
}
EOF
))
```

`sni_custom` is recommended by Cloudflare. Use `legacy_custom` when a specific client requires non-SNI support. The Cloudflare API treats all Custom SSL certificates as Legacy by default.

:::caution

Custom certificates of the type `legacy_custom` are not compatible with [BYOIP](/byoip/).
:::

2. Upload your certificate and key

Use the [POST](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) endpoint to upload your certificate and key.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_certificates \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$request_body"
```

3. (Optional) Add a CAA record.

<Render file="caa-records-definition" />

For more guidance, refer to [Create a CAA record](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Update an existing custom certificate

Before you update an existing custom certificate, you might want to consider having active [universal](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/) or [advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) certificates as fallback options. Go to [**SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates) to check a list of hostnames and status of the edge certificates in your zone.

If you are on an Enterprise plan and want to update a custom (modern) certificate, also consider requesting access to [Staging environment (Beta)](/ssl/edge-certificates/staging-environment/).

Replacing a custom certificate following these steps does not lead to any downtime. No connections will be terminated and new connections will use the new certificate. The old certificate will only actually be deleted when the new certificate is uploaded and active.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To update a certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select your application.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS**.
4. In **Edge Certificates**, locate a custom certificate.
5. Select the wrench icon and select **Replace SSL certificate and key**.
6. Follow the same steps as [upload a new certificate](#upload-a-custom-certificate).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To update a certificate using the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/edit/) command.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note

To update the **Private Key Restriction** setting of a certificate, delete and re-add the certificate.

:::

---

# Geo Key Manager

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/

import { CardGrid, Description, DirectoryListing, LinkTitleCard, RelatedProduct, Render } from "~/components"

<Description>

Restrict where the private keys used for TLS certificates are stored and managed.
</Description>

Geo Key Manager allows customers to store and manage the encryption keys for their domains in different geographic locations so they can meet compliance regulations and keep data secure.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

## Limitations

Currently, Geo Key Manager is limited to [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) and available only through the Cloudflare API.

***

## Related products

<RelatedProduct header="Data Localization Suite" href="/data-localization/" product="data-localization">
The Data Localization Suite (DLS) is a set of products that helps customers who want to maintain local control over their traffic while retaining the security benefits of a global network.
</RelatedProduct>

<RelatedProduct header="Geo Key Manager (v1)" href="https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cloudflare-geo-key-manager/" product="ssl"> <Render file="geokey-manager-v1" />
</RelatedProduct>

***

## More resources

<CardGrid>

<LinkTitleCard title="Plans" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/#overview" icon="document">
Compare available Cloudflare plans
</LinkTitleCard>

</CardGrid>

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/setup/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, InlineBadge } from "~/components";

## Geo Key Manager v2 <InlineBadge preset="beta" />

:::note

Geo Key Manager v2 is only available through the Cloudflare API.

:::

Geo Key Manager v2 gives customers flexibility when choosing the geographical boundaries of where their keys are stored.

Using the `policy` field, customers can define policies containing allow and block lists of countries or regions where the private key should be stored.

To use Geo Key Manager v2 with the API, generally, follow the steps to [upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate).

When sending the [`POST`](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) request, include the `policy` parameter to define policies containing allow and block lists of countries or regions where the private key should be stored.

:::note

You also have access to the `geo_restrictions` parameter, which is mutually exclusive with the `policy` parameter and is part of [Geo Key Manager v1](#geo-key-manager-v1).

:::

### Examples

```bash title="Store private keys in the E.U. and the U.S."
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_certificates" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "certificate":"certificate",
  "private_key":"<PRIVATE_KEY>",
  "policy":"(country: US) and (region: EU)",
  "type": "sni_custom"
}'
```

```bash title="Store private keys in the E.U., but not in France"
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_certificates" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "certificate":"certificate",
  "private_key":"<PRIVATE_KEY>",
  "policy":"(region: EU) and (not country: FR)",
  "type": "sni_custom"
}'
```

:::note

For more information on the `policy` field, refer to [Supported options](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/supported-options/).

:::

## Geo Key Manager v1

<Render file="geokey-manager-v1" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To use Geo Key Manager in the dashboard:

1. Follow the steps to [upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate).
2. For **Private Key Restriction**, choose one of the following options:
   - **Distribute to all Cloudflare data centers (optimal performance)**
   - **Distribute only to U.S. data centers**
   - **Distribute only to E.U. data centers**
   - **Distribute only to highest security data centers** ([more details](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/supported-options/#highest-security-data-centers))
3. Select **Upload Custom Certificate**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

To use Geo Key Manager with the API, generally, follow the steps to [upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate).

When sending the [`POST`](/api/resources/custom_certificates/methods/create/) request, include the `geo_restrictions` parameter set to one of the following options:

- `us`
- `eu`
- `highest_security`([more details](/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/supported-options/#highest-security-data-centers))

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Supported options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/geokey-manager/supported-options/

## Available regions

For customers with Geo Key Manager v2, you can use the `policy` parameter to specify following regions using the **Region code**:

| Region code | Region name           |
| ----------- | --------------------- |
| AFR         | Africa                |
| APAC        | Asia Pacific          |
| EEUR        | Eastern Europe        |
| ENAM        | Eastern North America |
| EU          | European Union        |
| ME          | Middle East           |
| OC          | Oceania               |
| SAM         | South America         |
| WEUR        | Western Europe        |
| WNAM        | Western North America |

***

## Available countries

For customers with Geo Key Manager v2, you can use the `policy` parameter to specify individual countries as well. Cloudflare is constantly expanding the number of supported countries. To indicate a country, specify the two-letter (ISO 3166) country code.

Examples of supported countries are Japan, Canada, India, and Australia.

***

## Highest security data centers

For customers with both Geo Key Manager v1 and v2, you can use the `geo_restrictions` parameter to only choose Cloudflare's highest security data centers.

The following aspects are unique to our highest security data centers, but the baseline security requirements for all data centers are also detailed in [our blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-cloudflare-geo-key-manager/).

### Pre-scheduled and biometric controlled facility access

Employees of Cloudflare permitted to access the facility must have previously scheduled a visit before access will be granted.

Access to the entrance of the facility is controlled through the use of a biometric hand reader combined with an assigned access code.

### Private cages with biometric readers

All equipment is in private cages with physical access controlled via biometrics and recorded in audit logs.
Entrants have to pass through five separate readers before they can access the cage.

### Exterior security controls and monitoring

All points of ingress/egress are monitored by an intrusion detection system (IDS), with authorized users and access events archived for historical review.

### Interior security controls and monitoring

Interior points of ingress/egress are controlled by the access control subsystem, with entry routed through a mantrap. All areas are monitored and recorded with closed-circuit television, with data kept for a minimum of thirty days.

Exterior walls are airtight and may incorporate additional security measures such as reinforced concrete, Kevlar bullet board, vapor barriers, or bullet-proof front doors.

---

# CAs and certificates FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/ca-faq/

Refer to this page for frequently asked questions about Cloudflare SSL/TLS certificate offerings and the CAs that Cloudflare partners with.

## General

### Does Cloudflare issue both RSA and ECDSA certificates?

Yes. Cloudflare can issue both RSA and ECDSA certificates.

## Certificate authorities (CAs)

### Which certificate authorities does Cloudflare use?

Cloudflare uses Let's Encrypt, Google Trust Services, SSL.com, and Sectigo. You can see a complete list of products and available CAs and algorithms in the [certificate authorities reference page](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

Sectigo is only used for [backup certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/).

### Are there any CA limitations I should know about?

You can find a list of limitations for every CA in our pipeline in the [certificate authorities reference page](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

### What clients are supported by the CAs that Cloudflare offers?

In the [certificate authorities reference page](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/), you can find information about device and browser compatibility.

### I do not want to use one of the CAs that Cloudflare partners with. What can I do?

If you are on a Business or Enterprise plan, you can [upload a certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) from the CA of your choice.

### What CAA records do I need in order to allow issuance from Cloudflare CAs?

You can find CAA records associated with every Cloudflare CA in the [certificate authorities reference page](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/#caa-records). If you are using Cloudflare as your DNS provider, then the CAA records will be added on your behalf.

### I am missing the CAs that Cloudflare uses in my trust store. What should I do?

You can use Cloudflare [CFSSL trust store](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl_trust), which includes all of the CAs that are used by Cloudflare managed certificates.

## Universal SSL

### I am using Universal SSL and I would like to use a different CA. How can I do that?

To be able to specify a CA, you must purchase [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/). Through Advanced Certificate Manager, you can choose the certificate authority when ordering an advanced certificate or you can choose a default CA when using [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/).

If you are on a Business or Enterprise plan, you can [upload a certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) from the CA of your choice. In this case, certificate issuance and renewal will have to be managed by you.

### Does Cloudflare issue both RSA and ECDSA certificates for Universal certificates?

Universal certificates on free zones only receive an ECDSA certificate. Paid zones receive an RSA and ECDSA certificate.

## Advanced Certificate Manager

### How can I choose which CA will be used for my certificates?

When [ordering an advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/), you can choose the CA through the UI or API.

[Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) allows you to get full certificate coverage. When enabling Total TLS, you can choose the CA that will be used for all Total TLS certificates.

---

# Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/caa-records/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The following page answers common questions about Certification Authority Authorization (CAA) records.

***

## What is CAA and how can I create one?

<Render file="caa-records-definition" /> <br/>

For more details, refer to [Create CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/).

***

## How does Cloudflare evaluate CAA records?

CAA records are evaluated by a CA, not by Cloudflare.

:::note

Setting a CAA record to specify one or more particular CAs does not affect which CA(s) Cloudflare uses to issue a Universal or Advanced SSL certificate for your domain.

You can specify CAs associated with Cloudflare certificates when [ordering an advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/).


:::

***

## What are the dangers of setting CAA records?

If you are part of a large organization or one where multiple parties are tasked with obtaining SSL certificates, [include CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/) that allow issuance for all CAs applicable for your organization. Failure to do so can inadvertently block SSL issuance for other parts of your organization.

***

## What CAA records are added by Cloudflare?

<Render file="caa-records-added-by-cf" />

---

# Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in your certificates.

<AvailableNotifications product="SSL/TLS" notificationFilter="Universal SSL Alert" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Learn more about troubleshooting issues with your edge certificates:

<DirectoryListing />

* [Troubleshooting domain control validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/)

---

# Disable Universal SSL certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/disable-universal-ssl/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Some customers may need to manage their own SSL certificates or rely on specific Certificate Authorities.

If you disable your domain's Universal SSL certificate, Cloudflare removes that certificate from our network and will not order or renew any additional Universal SSL certificates.

## Potential errors

To avoid errors with your domain, either [upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) or purchase [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) before disabling Universal SSL.

If you disable Universal SSL, you may experience errors with the following scenarios:

- **Enabled features**:

  - [HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/http-strict-transport-security/)
  - [Always Use HTTPS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/)
  - [Opportunistic Encryption](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/opportunistic-encryption/)

- **Other setups**:

  - [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/) that redirect traffic to HTTPS
  - HTTP to HTTPS redirects at your origin web server

## Disable Universal SSL certificate

Before you disable Universal SSL/TLS, make sure you have [uploaded a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) or purchased [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) to protect your domain.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To disable Universal SSL in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select your domain.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Disable Universal SSL**, select **Disable Universal SSL**.
5. Read the warnings in the **Acknowledgement**.
6. Select **I Understand** and select **Confirm**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To disable Universal SSL with the Cloudflare API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/universal/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request and include the `"enabled": false` parameter.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note
Even with Universal SSL disabled, some features such as [AMP Real URL](/speed/optimization/other/amp-real-url/) and [Signed Exchanges](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/) will still provision certificates for your domain.
:::

## Re-enable Universal SSL

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To re-enable Universal SSL in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Select your domain.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Disable Universal SSL**, select **Enable Universal SSL**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To re-enable Universal SSL with the Cloudflare API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/universal/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request and include the `"enabled": true` parameter.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Enable Universal SSL certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="Universal SSL certificate" />

---

The process for activating a Universal SSL certificate depends on your domain's DNS setup.

## Full DNS setup

<Render file="universal-ssl-enable-full" />

### Minimize downtime

If your website or application is already live and cannot be uncovered while the Universal certificate is provisioned, consider the following:

* Order an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) before proxying traffic to Cloudflare.
* Upload a [custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) prior to migrating and then delete the certificate after your [Universal certificate is active](#verify-your-certificate-is-active).
* Keep DNS records [**unproxied**](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records) until your [certificate is active](#verify-your-certificate-is-active).

:::note
If your domain is using a **partial setup**, you will need to add [Domain Control Validation (DCV) records](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) to your authoritative DNS.
:::

## Partial DNS setup

For non-authoritative or [partial domains](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), Universal SSL will be:

* Provisioned once the DNS record is [proxied through Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#3-add-dns-records).
* Validated:

  * Immediately if you add [Domain Control Validation (DCV)](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) records to your authoritative DNS.
  * After a brief period of downtime if you **do not** add DCV records (once your traffic is proxied).

Unless you cover and validate multiple subdomains with an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/), you will need to proxy and validate new subdomains as they are added.

---

## Verify your certificate is active

Once you enable Universal SSL, you can review the [activation status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/) in the dashboard at **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates** or via the API with a [GET request](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/certificate_packs/methods/list/).

---

## Universal SSL renewal

<Render file="universal-ssl-validity" />

 For details, refer to [Validity periods and renewal](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/).

---

# Universal SSL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components"

<GlossaryDefinition term="Universal SSL certificate" />

Universal certificates are [Domain Validated (DV)](/ssl/concepts/#validation-level). For setup details, refer to [Enable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/).

:::note


If your website or application requires an SSL certificate prior to migrating traffic to Cloudflare, or if you need to [customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/), refer to [Advanced](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or [Custom](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) certificates.


:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.universal_certificates" />

## Related resources

- [Backup certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/backup-certificates/)
- [Validity period and renewal](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/#universal-ssl)

---

# Limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/limitations/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Universal SSL certificates present some limitations.

## Hostname coverage

### Full setup

Universal SSL certificates only support SSL for the root or first-level subdomains such as `example.com` and `www.example.com`. To enable SSL support on second, third, and fourth-level subdomains such as `dev.www.example.com` or `app3.dev.www.example.com`, you can:

* Purchase [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) to order advanced certificates.
* Upgrade to a Business or Enterprise plan to [upload custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/).

### CNAME setup

On a CNAME setup zone, each subdomain has its own Universal SSL certificate and does not require additional features or purchases.

## Certificate authority

For Universal SSL certificates, Cloudflare chooses the <GlossaryTooltip term="Certificate Authority (CA)">certificate authority (CA)</GlossaryTooltip> used for your certificate.

Cloudflare can change the [certificate authority](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) without prior notification, and will not send any notification as the change happens.

If you want to choose the issuing certificate authority, [order an advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).


## Validity period

For Universal certificates, Cloudflare controls the validity period. Refer to [validity periods and renewal](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/#universal-ssl) for details.

## TLS settings

[Customizing cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) is only available with [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or within [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/).

You can set up [minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) at the zone level, but, for per-hostname settings, you must have [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).

## Delegated DCV

Delegated DCV allows zones with [partial DNS setups](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) to delegate the DCV process to Cloudflare. DCV delegation will not work with Universal SSL certificates and requires the use of an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).

## Spectrum

Universal SSL is not compatible with [Cloudflare Spectrum](/spectrum/). If you are trying to use Spectrum, use either [an advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or [a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/).

## Load balancing

Due to internal limitations, Universal SSL certificates do not cover [load balancing hostnames](/load-balancing/load-balancers/dns-records/) by default. This behavior will be corrected in the future.

## Browser support

For more on browser support, see [Browser compatibility](/ssl/reference/browser-compatibility/).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/troubleshooting/

## Resolve a timed out state

If a certificate issuance times out, Cloudflare tells you where in the chain of issuance the timeout occurred: Initializing, Validation, Issuance, Deployment, or Deletion.

To resolve timeout issues, try one or more of the following options:

* Change the **Proxy status** of related DNS records to **DNS only** (gray-clouded) and wait at least a minute. Then, change the **Proxy status** back to **Proxied** (orange-clouded).
* [Disable Universal SSL](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/disable-universal-ssl/) and wait at least a minute. Then, re-enable Universal SSL.
* Send a PATCH request to the [validation endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/verification/methods/edit/) using the same DCV method (API only). Please make sure that the `--data` field is not empty in your request.
* Follow the [APEX validation method](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/#perform-dcv).

## Other issues

For additional troubleshooting help, refer to [Troubleshooting SSL errors](/ssl/troubleshooting/).

---

# Cloudflare Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/cloudflare-tunnel/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Through an integration with [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/), you can send traffic to a key server through a secure channel and avoid exposing your key server to the public Internet.

***

<Render file="keyless-prereqs" />

***

## 1. Install `cloudflared` on key server

First, install `cloudflared` on your key server.

<Render file="keyless-tunnel-setup" /> <br/>

## 2. Create a Tunnel

Then, create a Cloudflare Tunnel.

<Render file="keyless-tunnel-setup" /> <br/>

In these steps, you should choose the option to **Connect a network** and use the private IP address of your key server.

After you create the Tunnel, use the Cloudflare API to [List tunnel routes](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/networks/subresources/routes/methods/list/), saving the following values for a future step:

* `"virtual_network_id"`
* `"network"`

## 3. Upload Keyless SSL Certificates

<Render file="keyless-upload-preamble" />

To upload a Keyless certificate with the API, send a [`POST`](/api/resources/keyless_certificates/methods/create/) request that includes a `"tunnel"` object.

```json
"tunnel": {
  "vnet_id": "<VIRTUAL_NETWORK_ID>",
  "private_ip": "<NETWORK>"
}
```

:::note


When you receive the `network` value from the Tunnel route API, it will include a subnet mask, such as `10.0.0.1/32`. Remove the subnet mask and use the IP address (`10.0.0.1`).


:::

## 4. Set up and activate key server

<Render file="keyless-key-server-setup" params={{ one: "keyserver.keyless.example.com" }} />

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

The way you set up Keyless SSL depends on how you route traffic to your keyless server.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Public DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/public-dns/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

If you cannot use a [Cloudflare Tunnel setup](/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/cloudflare-tunnel/), you can also create a public DNS record for your key server.

This setup option is not ideal as the DNS record cannot be [proxied](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) and - as a result - will expose the origin IP address of your key server.

---

<Render file="keyless-prereqs" />

---

## 1. Create public DNS record

1. Open a Terminal and run `openssl rand -hex 24` to generate a long, random hostname such as `11aa40b4a5db06d4889e48e2f738950ddfa50b7349d09b5f.example.com`.
2. Add this record via your DNS provider’s interface as an **A** or **AAAA** record pointing to the IP address of your Keyless SSL server.
3. Use this hostname as the server hostname during initialization of your Keyless SSL server.

:::caution

As a security measure, you should hide the hostname of your key server.

:::

---

## 2. Upload Keyless SSL Certificates

<Render file="keyless-upload-preamble" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a Keyless certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and zone.
2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
3. Select **Upload Keyless SSL Certificate**.
4. Fill in the upload modal with the certificate and other details and select **Add**.

| Label               | Description                                                                                                                                                    | Example Values                                               |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Key server label    | Any unique identifier for your key server.                                                                                                                     | “test-keyless”, “production-keyless-1”                       |
| Key server hostname | The hostname of your key server that holds the key for this certificate (such as the random hostname generated earlier).                                       | 11aa40b4a5db06d4889e48e2f738950ddfa50b7349d09b5f.example.com |
| Key server port     | Set to 2407 unless you have changed this on the key server.                                                                                                    | 2407                                                         |
| SSL Certificate     | The valid X509v3 SSL certificate (in PEM form) for which you hold the private key.                                                                             | (PEM bytes)                                                  |
| Bundle method       | This should almost always be **Compatible**. Refer to [Uploading Custom Certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/) for more details. | Compatible                                                   |

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a Keyless certificate with the API, send a [`POST`](/api/resources/keyless_certificates/methods/create/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## 3. Set up and activate key server

<Render
	file="keyless-key-server-setup"
	params={{ one: "11aa40b4a5db06d4889e48e2f.example.com" }}
/>

### Allow incoming connections from Cloudflare

During TLS handshakes, Cloudflare's keyless client will initiate connections to the key server hostname or IP address you specify during certificate upload. By default, the keyless client will use a destination TCP port of 2407, but this can be changed during certificate upload or by editing the certificate details after upload.

Create WAF custom rules that allow your key server to accept connections from only Cloudflare. You can get Cloudflare's IPv4 and IPv6 addresses via the [IP details API endpoint](/api/resources/ips/methods/list/).

---

# AWS cloud HSM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/aws-cloud-hsm/

:::note[Note]

This example imports an existing key pair, but you may prefer to [generate your key on the HSM](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/manage-keys.html).

:::

---

## Before you start

Make sure you have:

- Provisioned an [AWS CloudHSM cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/getting-started.html) .
- Installed the [appropriate software library for PKCS#11](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/pkcs11-library-install.html).

---

## 1. Import the public and private key to the HSM

Before importing the public key, extract it from the certificate provided by your CA. Place the contents of your private key in `privkey.pem` and then run the following (replacing certificate.pem with your actual certificate) to populate `pubkey.pm`.

```txt
keyserver$ openssl x509 -pubkey -noout -in certificate.pem > pubkey.pem
```

Log in to the CloudHSM using a previously created [crypto user](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudhsm/latest/userguide/hsm-users.html#crypto-user) (CU) account and generate a key encryption key that will be used to import your private key.

```txt
keyserver$ /opt/cloudhsm/bin/key_mgmt_util
Command: loginHSM -u CU -s patrick -p donahue
Command: genSymKey -t 31 -s 16 -sess -l import-wrapping-key
...
Symmetric Key Created.  Key Handle: 658
...
```

Referencing the key handle returned above, import the private and public key and then log out of the HSM:

```txt
Command: importPrivateKey -f privkey.pem -l mykey -id 1 -w 658
...
Cfm3WrapHostKey returned: 0x00 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
Cfm3CreateUnwrapTemplate returned: 0x00 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
Cfm3UnWrapKey returned: 0x00 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
...
Private Key Unwrapped.  Key Handle: 658


Command: importPubKey -f pubkey.pem -l mykey -id 1
Cfm3CreatePublicKey returned: 0x00 : HSM Return: SUCCESS
...
Public Key Handle: 941


Command: logoutHSM
Command: exit
```

---

## 2. Modify the gokeyless config file and restart the service

Now that the keys are in place, we need to modify the configuration file that the key server will read on startup. Change the `object=mykey` and `pin-value=username:password` values to match the key label you provided and CU user you created.

Open `/etc/keyless/gokeyless.yaml` and immediately after:

```yaml
private_key_stores:
  - dir: /etc/keyless/keys
```

add:

```yaml
- uri: pkcs11:token=cavium;object=mykey?module-path=/opt/cloudhsm/lib/libcloudhsm_pkcs11_standard.so&pin-value=patrick:donahue&max-sessions=1
```

With the config file saved, restart `gokeyless` and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# Azure Dedicated HSM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/azure-dedicated-hsm/

This tutorial uses [Azure Dedicated HSM](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-dedicated-hsm/) — a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified implementation based on the Gemalto SafeNet Luna a790.

---

## Before you start

Make sure you have:

- Followed Microsoft's [tutorial](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dedicated-hsm/tutorial-deploy-hsm-powershell) for deploying HSMs into an existing virtual network using PowerShell
- Installed the [SafeNet client software](https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/node/11350)

---

## 1. Create, assign, and initialize a new partition

The first step is creating an HSM partition, which can be thought of as an independent logical HSM within your Azure Dedicated HSM device.

```txt
vm$ ssh tenantadmin@hsm

[local_host] lunash:>hsm login
  Please enter the HSM Administrators' password:
  > ********


'hsm login' successful.


Command Result : 0 (Success)

[local_host] lunash:>partition create -partition KeylessSSL


          Type 'proceed' to create the partition, or
          'quit' to quit now.
          > proceed
'partition create' successful.


Command Result : 0 (Success)
```

Next, the partition needs to be assigned to the client, in this case your key server.

```bash
[local_host] lunash:>client assignpartition -client azure-keyless -partition KeylessSSL


'client assignPartition' successful.


Command Result : 0 (Success)
```

After the partition has been assigned, run `lunacm` from your virtual server and initialize the partition.

```txt
vm$ lunacm
lunacm (64-bit) v7.2.0-220. Copyright (c) 2018 SafeNet. All rights reserved.


  Available HSMs:

  Slot Id ->              0
  Label ->
  Serial Number ->        XXXXXXXXXXXXX
  Model ->                LunaSA 7.2.0
  Firmware Version ->     7.0.3
  Configuration ->        Luna User Partition With SO (PW) Signing With Cloning Mode
  Slot Description ->     Net Token Slot


  Current Slot Id: 0

lunacm:>partition init -label KeylessSSL -domain cloudflare

  Enter password for Partition SO: ********

  Re-enter password for Partition SO: ********

  You are about to initialize the partition.
  All contents of the partition will be destroyed.

  Are you sure you wish to continue?

  Type 'proceed' to continue, or 'quit' to quit now ->proceed

Command Result : No Error
```

---

## 2. Generate a RSA key pair and certificate signing request (CSR)

Before running the commands below, check with your information security and/or cryptography team to confirm the approved key creation procedures for your organization.

```txt
# cmu generatekeypair -keyType=RSA -modulusBits=2048 -publicExponent=65537 -sign=1 -verify=1 -labelpublic=myrsakey -labelprivate=myrsakey -keygenmech=1

Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********

# cmu list

Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********
handle=51 label=myrsakey
handle=48 label=myrsakey
```

Using the key created in the previous step, generate a CSR that can be sent to a publicly trusted Certificate Authority (CA) for signing.

```txt
# cmu requestCertificate -c="US" -o="Example, Inc." -cn="azure-dedicatedhsm.example.com" -s="California" -l="San Francisco" -publichandle=48 -privatehandle=51 -outputfile="rsa.csr" -sha256withrsa

Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********
Using "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS" Mechanism
```

---

## 3. Obtain and upload a signed certificate from your Certificate Authority (CA)

Provide the CSR created in the previous step to your organization's preferred CA, demonstrate control of your domain as requested, and then download the signed SSL certificates. Follow the instructions provided in [Upload Keyless SSL Certificates](/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/cloudflare-tunnel/#3-upload-keyless-ssl-certificates).

---

## 4. Modify your gokeyless config file and restart the service

Lastly, we need to modify the configuration file that the key server will read on startup. Be sure to change the `object=mykey` and `pin-value=username:password` values to match the key label you provided and CU user you created.

Open `/etc/keyless/gokeyless.yaml` and immediately after:

```yaml
private_key_stores:
  - dir: /etc/keyless/keys
```

add:

```yaml
- uri: pkcs11:token=KeylessSSL;object=myrsakey?module-path=/usr/safenet/lunaclient/lib/libCryptoki2_64.so&pin-value=password&max-sessions=1
```

With the config file saved, restart `gokeyless` and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# Azure Managed HSM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/azure-managed-hsm/

This tutorial uses [Microsoft Azure’s Managed HSM](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/akv-managed-hsm-public-preview/) — a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified implementation — to deploy a VM with the Keyless SSL daemon.

---

## Before you start

Make sure you have:

- Followed Microsoft's [tutorial](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/managed-hsm/quick-create-cli) for provisioning and activating the managed HSM
- Set up a VM for your key server

---

## 1. Create a VM

Create a VM where you will deploy the keyless daemon.

---

## 2. Deploy the keyless server

Follow [these instructions](/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/cloudflare-tunnel/#4-set-up-and-activate-key-server) to deploy your keyless server.

---

## 3. Set up the Azure CLI

Set up the Azure CLI (used to access the private key).

For example, if you were using macOS:

```
brew install azure-cli
```

---

## 4. Set up the Managed HSM

1. Log in through the Azure CLI and create a resource group for the Managed HSM in one of the supported regions:

   ```sh
   az login
   az group create --name HSMgroup --location southcentralus
   ```

   :::note
   For a list of supported regions, see the [Microsoft documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/services/?products=key-vault).
   :::

2. [Create, provision, and activate](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/managed-hsm/quick-create-cli) the HSM.

3. Add your private key to the `keyvault`, which returns the URI you need for **Step 4**:

   ```
   az keyvault key import --hsm-name "KeylessHSM" --name "hsm-pub-keyless" --pem-file server.key
   ```

4. If the key server is running in an Azure VM in the same account, use **Managed services** for authorization:

   1. Enable managed services on the VM in the UI.
   2. Give your service user (associated with your VM) HSM sign permissions

      ```
      az keyvault role assignment create  --hsm-name KeylessHSM --assignee $(az vm identity show --name "hsmtestvm" --resource-group "HSMgroup" --query principalId -o tsv) --scope / --role "Managed HSM Crypto User"
      ```

5. In the `gokeyless` YAML file, add the URI from **Step 2** under `private_key_stores`. See our [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/gokeyless/blob/master/README.md) for an example.

## 5. Restart gokeyless

Once you save the config file, restart `gokeyless` and verify that it started successfully:

```
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/configuration/

:::caution[Important]

Carefully review the manufacturer documentation for your HSM and properly restrict access to the key server.

:::

To get started with your PKCS#11 token you will need to initialize it with a private key, PIN, and token label. The instructions to do this will be specific to each hardware device, and you should follow the instructions provided by your vendor. You will also need to find the path to your `module`, a shared object file (`.so`). Having initialized your device, you can query it to check your token label with:

```sh
pkcs11-tool --module <module path> --list-token-slots
```

You will also want to check the label of the private key you imported (or generated). Run the following command and look for a `Private Key Object`:

```bash
pkcs11-tool --module <module path> --pin <pin> \
    --list-token-slots --login --list-objects
```

You now have all the information you need to use your PKCS#11 token with the Keyless server, by adding to the `private_key_stores` section in the configuration file. You can specify the key pairs that you want Keyless to have access to in the [configuration file using the PKCS#11 URI](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7512) format.

## PKCS#11 URI

A PKCS#11 URI is a sequence of attribute value pairs separated by a semicolon that form a one-level path component, optionally followed by a query. The general form represented is:

```txt
pkcs11:path-component[?query-component]
```

The URI path component contains attributes that identify a resource. The query component can contain a few attributes that may be needed to retrieve the resource identified by the URI path component. Attributes in the path component are delimited by the `;` character, and attributes in the query component use `&` as a delimiter. All attributes are URL-encoded.

Keyless requires the following three attributes be specified:

- **Module**: use `module-path` to locate the PKCS#11 module library.
- **Token**: use `serial`, `slot-id`, or `token` to specify the PKCS#11 token.
- **Slot**: use `id` or `object` to specify the PKCS#11 key pair.

For certain modules, a query attribute `max-sessions` is required in order to prevent opening too many sessions to the module. Certain additional attributes, such as `pin-value`, may be necessary depending on the situation. Refer to the documentation for your PKCS#11 module for more details.

## Examples

Here are some examples of PKCS#11 URIs for keys stored on various modules:

```txt
private_key_stores:
- uri: pkcs11:token=SoftHSM2%20RSA%20Token;id=%03?module-path=/usr/lib64/libsofthsm2.so&pin-value=1234
- uri: pkcs11:token=accelerator;object=thaleskey?module-path=/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so
- uri: pkcs11:token=YubiKey%20PIV;id=%00?module-path=/usr/lib64/libykcs11.so&pin-value=123456&max-sessions=1
- uri: pkcs11:token=elab2parN;id=%04?module-path=/usr/lib/libCryptoki2_64.so&pin-value=crypto1
```

## Limitations

For now, only one PKCS#11 module can be used at a time, so if you have keys on multiple HSMs, we recommend [using p11-glue to consolidate access through one module](https://p11-glue.github.io/p11-glue/).

---

# Entrust nShield Connect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/entrust-nshield-connect/

:::note[Note]

This example assumes you have already configured the nShield Connect device and generated or imported your private keys.

:::

Since the keys are already in place, we merely need to build the configuration file that the key server will read on startup. In this example the device contains a single RSA key pair.

We ask `pkcs11-tool` (provided by the `opensc` package) to display the objects stored in the token:

```txt
pkcs11-tool --module /opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so -O
```

```txt output
Using slot 0 with a present token (0x1d622495)
Private Key Object; RSA
  label:      rsa-privkey
  ID:         105013281578de42ea45f5bfac46d302fb006687
  Usage:      decrypt, sign, unwrap
warning: PKCS11 function C_GetAttributeValue(ALWAYS_AUTHENTICATE) failed: rv = CKR_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INVALID (0x12)

Public Key Object; RSA 2048 bits
  label:      rsa-privkey
  ID:         105013281578de42ea45f5bfac46d302fb006687
  Usage:      encrypt, verify, wrap
```

The key piece of information is the label of the object, `rsa-privkey`. Open up `/etc/keyless/gokeyless.yaml` and immediately after

```yaml
private_key_stores:
  - dir: /etc/keyless/keys
```

add

```yaml
- uri: pkcs11:token=accelerator;object=rsa-privkey?module-path=/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so&max-sessions=4
```

Save the config file, restart `gokeyless`, and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# Fortanix Data Security Manager

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/fortanix-dsm/

import { Example } from "~/components";

You can use Cloudfare Keyless SSL with [Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM)](https://www.fortanix.com/platform/data-security-manager), a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified implementation.

You must have a [Data Security Manager Enterprise Tier](https://www.fortanix.com/start-your-free-trial) and set up a group and an application assigned to the group.

For detailed guidance, follow the tutorial in the [Fortanix documentation](https://support.fortanix.com/docs/fortanix-data-security-manager-with-cloudflare-integration#50-configure-fortanix-dsm). This guide is based on the Keyless SSL [public DNS](/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/public-dns/) option and has been tested using a virtual machine (VM) deployed to Azure running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.

---

# Google Cloud HSM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/google-cloud-hsm/

This tutorial uses [Google Cloud HSM](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm) — a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified implementation.

---

## Before you start

Make sure that you have:

- Set up your [Google Cloud project](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/quickstart#before-you-begin)

---

## 1. Create a key ring

To set up the Google Cloud HSM, [create a key ring](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/hsm#kms-create-key-hsm-web) and indicate its location.

:::note[Note:]

Only [certain locations](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/locations#hsm-regions) support Google Cloud HSM.

:::

---

## 2. Create a key

Create a key, including the following information:

<table>
	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th width="25%">Field</th>
			<th width="25%">Value</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Key ring</td>
			<td>
				The key ring you created in <b>Step 2</b>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Protection level</td>
			<td>HSM</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Purpose</td>
			<td>Asymmetric Encrypt</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

---

## 3. Import the private key

After creating a key ring and key, [import the private key](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/importing-a-key).

:::note[Note:]

You need to [convert your key](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/formatting-keys-for-import#formatting_asymmetric_keys) from a PEM to DER format.

:::

---

## 4. Modify your gokeyless config file and restart the service

Once you’ve imported the key, copy the **Resource name** from the UI. Then, add this value to the `gokeyless` YAML file under `private_key_stores`.

With the config file saved, restart `gokeyless` and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# IBM cloud HSM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/ibm-cloud-hsm/

The example below was tested using [IBM Cloud HSM 7.0](https://console.bluemix.net/docs/infrastructure/hardware-security-modules/about.html#about-ibm-cloud-hsm), a FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certified implementation based on the Gemalto SafeNet Luna a750.

---

## Before you start

Make sure that you have:

- Initialized [your device](https://console.bluemix.net/docs/infrastructure/hardware-security-modules/initialize_hsm.html#initializing-the-ibm-cloud-hsm)
- Installed the [SafeNet client software](https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/node/11350)

---

## 1. Create, assign, and initialize a new partition

The first step is creating an HSM partition, which can be thought of as an independent logical HSM within your IBM Cloud HSM device.

```txt
vm$ ssh admin@hsm

[cloudflare-hsm.softlayer.com] lunash:>partition create -partition KeylessSSL


          Type 'proceed' to create the partition, or
          'quit' to quit now.
          > proceed
'partition create' successful.


Command Result : 0 (Success)
```

Next, the partition needs to be assigned to the client, in this case your key server.

```bash
[cloudflare-hsm.softlayer.com] lunash:>client assignpartition -client cloudflare-vm.softlayer.com -partition KeylessSSL


'client assignPartition' successful.


Command Result : 0 (Success)
```

After the partition has been assigned, run `lunacm` from your virtual server and initialize the partition.

```txt
vm$ lunacm
LunaCM v7.1.0-379. Copyright (c) 2006-2017 SafeNet.

    Available HSMs:

    Slot Id ->              0
    Label ->
    Serial Number ->        XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Model ->                LunaSA 7.0.0
    Firmware Version ->     7.0.1
    Configuration ->        Luna User Partition With SO (PW) Signing With Cloning Mode
    Slot Description ->     Net Token Slot


    Current Slot Id: 0

lunacm:>partition init -label KeylessSSL -domain cloudflare

  Enter password for Partition SO: ********

  Re-enter password for Partition SO: ********

  You are about to initialize the partition.
  All contents of the partition will be destroyed.

  Are you sure you wish to continue?

  Type 'proceed' to continue, or 'quit' to quit now ->proceed

Command Result : No Error
```

---

## 2. Generate RSA and ECDSA key pairs and certificate signing requests (CSRs)

Before running the commands below, check with your information security and/or cryptography team to confirm the approved key creation procedures for your organization.

When you perform this operation, you need define the ID field for the newly generated keys. It must be set to a big-endian hexadecimal integer value.

```txt
vm$ cmu generatekeypair -keyType=RSA -modulusBits=2048 -publicExponent=65537 -sign=1 -verify=1 -labelpublic=myrsakey -labelprivate=myrsakey -keygenmech=1  -id=a000
Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********

# cmu generatekeypair -keyType=ECDSA -curvetype=3 -sign=1 -verify=1 -labelpublic=myecdsakey -labelprivate=myecdsakey -id=a001
Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********

# cmu list
Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********
handle=61   label=myecdsakey
handle=60   label=myecdsakey
handle=48   label=myrsakey
handle=45   label=myrsakey
```

Using the keys created in the previous step, generate CSRs that can be sent to a publicly trusted Certificate Authority (CA) for signing.

```txt
# cmu requestCertificate -c="US" -o="Example, Inc." -cn="ibm-cloudhsm.example.com" -s="California" -l="San Francisco" -publichandle=45 -privatehandle=48 -outputfile="rsa.csr" -sha256withrsa
Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********
Using "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS" Mechanism

# cmu requestCertificate -c="US" -o="Example, Inc." -cn="ibm-cloudhsm.example.com" -s="California" -l="San Francisco" -publichandle=60 -privatehandle=61 -outputfile="ecdsa.csr" -sha256withecdsa
Please enter password for token in slot 0 : ********
Using "CKM_ECDSA_SHA256" Mechanism
```

---

## 3. Obtain and upload signed certificates from your Certificate Authority (CA)

Provide the CSRs created in the previous step to your organization's preferred CA, demonstrate control of your domain as requested, and then download the signed SSL certificates. Follow the instructions provided in [Upload Keyless SSL Certificates](/ssl/keyless-ssl/configuration/cloudflare-tunnel/#3-upload-keyless-ssl-certificates).

---

## 4. Modify your gokeyless config file and restart the service

Lastly, we need to modify the configuration file that the key server will read on startup. Change the `object=mykey` and `pin-value=username:password` values to match the key label you provided and CU user you created.

Open `/etc/keyless/gokeyless.yaml` and immediately after:

```yaml
private_key_stores:
  - dir: /etc/keyless/keys
```

add:

```yaml
- uri: pkcs11:token=KeylessSSL;object=myrsakeyid=a000??module-path=/usr/safenet/lunaclient/lib/libCryptoki2_64.so&pin-value=password&max-sessions=1
- uri: pkcs11:token=KeylessSSL;object=myecdsakeyid=a001??module-path=/usr/safenet/lunaclient/lib/libCryptoki2_64.so&pin-value=password&max-sessions=1
```

With the config file saved, restart `gokeyless` and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# Hardware security modules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/

In addition to private keys stored on disk, Keyless SSL supports keys stored in a Hardware Security Module (HSM) via the PKCS#11 standard. Keyless uses PKCS#11 for signing and decrypting payloads without having direct access to the private keys.

***

## Why use Keyless SSL with an HSM?

Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) facilitate a higher level of protection for your private keys over storing them directly on your key server. The primary responsibility of an HSM is safeguarding private keys and performing operations such as signing or encryption internally. In addition to access control, that means the physical device must offer some degree of tamper-resistance in order to be compliant with government or [industry regulations such as FIPS 140](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/FIPS/NIST.FIPS.140-2.pdf).

Moreover, many HSMs are also capable of generating keys and producing cryptographically secure randomness. Some are purpose-built to perform cryptographic computations more efficiently.

***

## Communicating using PKCS#11

The key server communicates with HSMs via PKCS#11, so any HSM supporting the standard can be used with Keyless SSL.

### Initial configuration

For more details on initializing your PKCS#11 token, refer to [Configuration](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/configuration/).

### Compatibility

Keyless SSL has interoperability with the following modules:

- [Entrust nShield Connect](https://www.entrust.com/digital-security/hsm)
- [Gemalto SafeNet Luna](https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/compliance/fips-common-criteria-validations)
- [SoftHSMv2](https://github.com/opendnssec/SoftHSMv2)
- [YubiKey Neo](https://www.yubico.com/product/yubikey-neo/)

Also, the following cloud HSM offerings have been tested with Keyless SSL:

- [AWS CloudHSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/aws-cloud-hsm/)
- [Azure Dedicated HSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/azure-dedicated-hsm/)
- [Azure Managed HSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/azure-managed-hsm/)
- [Fortanix DSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/fortanix-dsm/)
- [IBM Cloud HSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/ibm-cloud-hsm/)
- [Google Cloud HSM](/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/google-cloud-hsm/)

If you have deployed Keyless SSL with an HSM model not listed above, please email [keyless@cloudflare.com](mailto:keyless@cloudflare.com) with details.

---

# SoftHSMv2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/hardware-security-modules/softhsmv2/

:::caution[Important]

SoftHSMv2 should not be considered any more secure than storing private keys directly on disk. No attempt is made below to secure this installation; it is provided simply for demonstration purposes.

:::

---

## 1. Install and configure SoftHSMv2

First, we install SoftHSMv2 and configure it to store tokens in the default location `/var/lib/softhsm/tokens`. We also need to give the `softhsm` group permission to this directory as this is how the `keyless` user will access this directory.

```bash
sudo apt-get install -y softhsm2 opensc

#...

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/softhsm/softhsm2.conf
directories.tokendir = /var/lib/softhsm/tokens
objectstore.backend = file
log.level = DEBUG
slots.removable = false
EOF

sudo mkdir /var/lib/softhsm/tokens
sudo chown root:softhsm $_
sudo chmod 0770 /var/lib/softhsm/tokens
sudo usermod -G softhsm keyless
sudo usermod -G softhsm $(whoami)

echo 'export SOFTHSM2_CONF=/etc/softhsm/softhsm2.conf' | tee -a ~/.profile
source ~/.profile
```

---

## 2. Create a token and private keys, and generate CSRs

Next, we create a token in slot 0 called `test-token` and secure it with a PIN of `1234`. In this slot we’ll store the RSA keys for our SSL certificates for `keyless-softhsm.example.com`.

```sh
sudo -u keyless softhsm2-util --init-token --slot 0 --label test-token --pin 1234 --so-pin 4321
```

```sh output
The token has been initialized.
```

Using cfssl, we generate the [private keys and Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs)](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl), the latter of which will be sent to a Certificate Authority (CA) for signing.

```bash
cat <<EOF | tee csr.json
{
    "hosts": [
        "keyless-softhsm.example.com"
    ],
    "CN": "keyless-softhsm.example.com",
    "key": {
        "algo": "rsa",
        "size": 2048
    },
    "names": [{
        "C": "US",
        "L": "San Francisco",
        "O": "TLS Fun",
        "OU": "Technical Operations",
        "ST": "California"
    }]
}
EOF

cfssl genkey csr.json | cfssljson -bare certificate
```

```sh output
2018/08/12 00:52:22 [INFO] generate received request
2018/08/12 00:52:22 [INFO] received CSR
2018/08/12 00:52:22 [INFO] generating key: rsa-2048
2018/08/12 00:52:22 [INFO] encoded CSR
```

---

## 3. Convert and import the key

Now that the key has been generated, it’s time to load it into the slot we created. Before doing so, we need to convert from PKCS#1 to PKCS#8 format. During import, we specify the token and PIN from token initialization and provide a unique hexadecimal ID and label to the key.

```sh
openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -outform PEM -nocrypt -in certificate-key.pem -out certificate-key.p8
sudo chown keyless certificate-key.p8

sudo -u keyless softhsm2-util --pin 1234 --import ./certificate-key.p8 --token test-token --id a000 --label rsa-privkey
```

```sh output
Found slot 915669571 with matching token label.
The key pair has been imported.
```

After importing we ask `pkcs11-tool` to confirm the objects have been successfully stored in the token.

```bash
sudo -u keyless pkcs11-tool --module /usr/lib/softhsm/libsofthsm2.so -l -p 1234 --token test-token --list-objects
```

```sh output
Public Key Object; RSA 2048 bits
  label:      rsa-privkey
  ID:         a000
  Usage:      verify
Private Key Object; RSA
  label:      rsa-privkey
  ID:         a000
  Usage:      sign
```

---

## 4. Modify your gokeyless config file and restart the service

With the keys in place, it’s time to build the configuration file that the key server will read on startup. The `id` refers to the hexadecimal ID you provided to the `softhsm2-util` import statement; we used `a000` so it is encoded as `%a0%00`. The `module-path` will vary slightly based on the Linux distribution you are using. On Debian it should be `/usr/lib/softhsm/libsofthsm2.so`.

Open up `/etc/keyless/gokeyless.yaml` and immediately after

```yaml
private_key_stores:
  - dir: /etc/keyless/keys
```

add

```yaml
- uri: pkcs11:token=test-token;id=%a0%00?module-path=/usr/lib/softhsm/libsofthsm2.so&pin-value=1234&max-sessions=1
```

Save the config file, restart `gokeyless`, and verify it started successfully.

```sh
sudo systemctl restart gokeyless.service
sudo systemctl status gokeyless.service -l
```

---

# High availability

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/reference/high-availability/

The Cloudflare Keyless SSL server runs as a single binary with minimal dependencies and is designed to be robust and reliable. However, the network between your key server and Cloudflare may not be, which could prevent new TLS connections.

For this reason, we strongly recommend that you run at least two key servers in a high availability configuration behind a load balancer. Set up health checks for each key server on the configured TCP port—2407 by default and failover as necessary or round-robin between active (healthy) key servers.

From a network availability and performance perspective, advertise the IP address of your key server from multiple data centers (an anycast setup) so the Cloudflare global network can route to the closest key server via BGP. When you use anycast routing, you can also safely take a data center offline to perform maintenance.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For more information on Keyless SSL, refer to the following resources:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Keyless delegation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/reference/keyless-delegation/

Keyless Delegation is Cloudflare's implementation of the emerging delegated credentials standard ([RFC 9345](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9345.html)). When you upload a certificate for use with Keyless that has the special extension permitting the use of delegated credentials, Cloudflare will automatically produce a delegated credential and use it at the edge with clients that support this feature. The handshakes will complete without the extra latency induced by reaching back to the Keyless Server, and there are [additional advantages to flexibility in algorithm choice](https://blog.cloudflare.com/keyless-delegation/).

Behind the scenes we periodically create delegated credentials and sign them via Keyless, through the same mechanism used to sign the Certificate Verify messages our servers send when using Keyless. These credentials have a short lifetime, ensuring that if you disable Keyless the credentials created will become invalid within 24 hours. Supporting clients validate the credential, and the server can use the key it generated to sign the response to the TLS handshake without the round trip.

For security reasons certificates must contain a special identifier for use with delegated credentials. This takes the form of an optional X509 extension with NULL contents and the OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.44363.44. Your CA may need to make code changes to support delegated credentials.

Currently very few clients support delegated credentials, and only a handful of certificate authorities will issue certificates with the extension. We have had success with DigiCert. Firefox 77 and later support delegated credentials.

---

# AWS integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/aws-alb-integration/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This guide will walk you through how to set up [per-hostname](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/) authenticated origin pulls to securely connect to an AWS Application Load Balancer using [mutual TLS verify](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/mutual-authentication.html).

You can also find instructions on how to [rollback](#rollback-the-cloudflare-configuration) this setup in Cloudflare.

## Before you begin

* You should already have your AWS account and [EC2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ec2/?icmpid=docs_homepage_featuredsvcs) configured.
* Note that this tutorial uses command-line interface (CLI) to generate a custom certificate, and [API calls](/fundamentals/api/get-started/) to configure Cloudflare Authenticated Origin Pulls.
* For the most up-to-date documentation on how to set up AWS, refer to the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/).

## 1. Generate a custom certificate

<Render file="custom-cert-openssl-commands" />

## 2. Configure AWS Application Load Balancer

1. Upload the `rootca.cert` to an [S3 bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/UsingBucket.html).
2. [Create a trust store](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/mutual-authentication.html#create-trust-store) at your EC2 console, indicating the **S3 URI** where you uploaded the certificate.
3. Create an EC2 instance and install an HTTPD daemon. Choose an [instance type](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-types.html) according to your needs - it can be a minimal instance eligible to [AWS Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/). This tutorial was based on an example using t2.micro and [Amazon Linux 2023](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/ug/what-is-amazon-linux.html).

```bash
sudo yum install -y httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
```

4. Create a [target group](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/create-application-load-balancer.html#configure-target-group) for your Application Load Balancer.
   * Choose **Instances** as target type.
   * Specify port `HTTP/80`.
5. After you finish configuring the target group, confirm that the target group is [healthy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/target-group-health-checks.html).
6. [Configure a load balancer and a listener](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/create-application-load-balancer.html#configure-load-balancer).
   * Choose the **Internet-facing** scheme.
   * Switch the listener to port `443` so that the **mTLS** option is available, and select the target group created in previous steps.
   * For **Default SSL/TLS server certificate**, choose **Import certificate** > **Import to ACM**, and add the certificate private key and body.
   * Under **Client certificate handling**, select **Verify with trust store**.
7. Save your settings.
8. (Optional) Run the following commands to confirm that the Application Load Balancing is asking for the client certificate.

```bash
openssl s_client -verify 5 -connect <your-application-load-balancer>:443 -quiet -state
```

Since you have not yet uploaded the certificate to Cloudflare, the connection should fail (`read:errno=54`, for example).

You can also run `curl --verbose` and confirm `Request CERT (13)` is present within the SSL/TLS handshake:

```bash
curl --verbose https://<your-application-load-balancer>
...
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Request CERT (13):
...
```

## 3. Configure Cloudflare

1. [Upload the certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate) you created in [Step 1](#1-generate-a-custom-certificate) to Cloudflare. You should use the leaf certificate, not the root CA.

<Render file="aop-per-hostname-upload-cert" />

2.[Associate the certificate with the hostname](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/methods/update/) that should use it.

```bash
curl --silent --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONEID/origin_tls_client_auth/hostnames" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: $MYAUTHEMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $MYAUTHKEY" \
--data '{
  "config": [
    {
      "enabled": true,
      "cert_id": "<CERT_ID>",
      "hostname": "<YOUR_HOSTNAME>"
    }
  ]
}'
```

3. [Enable the Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/#3-enable-authenticated-origin-pulls-globally) feature on your zone.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONEID/settings/tls_client_auth" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: $MYAUTHEMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $MYAUTHKEY" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "value": "on"
}'
```

:::note

Make sure your [encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) is set to **Full** or higher. If you only want to adjust this setting for a specific hostname, use [Configuration Rules](/rules/configuration-rules/settings/#ssl).
:::

***

## Rollback the Cloudflare configuration

1. Use a [`PUT` request](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/methods/update/) to disable Authenticated Origin Pulls on the hostname.

```bash
curl -s --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONEID/origin_tls_client_auth/hostnames" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: $MYAUTHEMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $MYAUTHKEY" \
--data '{
  "config": [
    {
      "enabled": false,
      "cert_id": "<CERT_ID>",
      "hostname": "<YOUR_HOSTNAME>"
    }
  ]
}'
```

2. (Optional) Use a [`GET` request](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/subresources/certificates/methods/list/) to obtain a list of the client certificate IDs. You will need the ID of the certificate you want to remove for the following step.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONEID/origin_tls_client_auth/hostnames/certificates" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: $MYAUTHEMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $MYAUTHKEY"
```

3. Use the [Delete hostname client certificate](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/subresources/certificates/methods/delete/) endpoint to remove the certificate you had uploaded.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$ZONEID/origin_tls_client_auth/hostnames/certificates/$CERTID" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: $MYAUTHEMAIL" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: $MYAUTHKEY"
```

---

# Scaling and benchmarking

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/keyless-ssl/reference/scaling-and-benchmarking/

Cloudflare's Keyless SSL technology was designed to scale to accommodate any sized workload using vertical and horizontal scaling, and pre-computation techniques wherever possible, such as ECDSA. The goals of the architectural design of the key server are to minimize latency while maximizing signing operations per second.

Each key server uses a worker pool model, with incoming client connections handled by its own pair of reader/writer goroutines and cryptographic work done in separate worker goroutines pulled from a global pool.

Where needed, multiple key servers can be deployed and balanced between using your preferred ingress load balancing configuration. For full high availability, make sure to deploy sufficient key servers to handle twice the expected workload.

***

## Key type

Key servers support both ECDSA and RSA keys, though signatures for RSA are an [order of magnitude more expensive](https://blog.cloudflare.com/ecdsa-the-digital-signature-algorithm-of-a-better-internet/) to compute and thus consider type of keys used when planning the number of key servers in your deployment.

ECDSA signing can be broken down into two steps. Since the first step — generating random values (to be used later with the private key and message to be signed) — represents the majority of the computational cost, we pre-generate these random values to significantly reduce latency. ECDSA signing requests are computationally isolated from RSA signing requests using separate worker pools to keep them as fast as possible.

Additional details can be found in the [gokeyless server readme file](https://github.com/cloudflare/gokeyless#readme) file.

***

## Benchmarks

We conducted benchmarks using [Cloudflare's gokeyless bench tool](https://github.com/cloudflare/gokeyless/tree/master/cmd/bench) on a then current-generation, compute-optimized EC2 instance ([c5.xlarge](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/c5/)). This particular instance has 4 vCPUs powered by 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon processors:

```txt
c5$ cat /proc/cpuinfo|grep "model name"
model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz
model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz
model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz
model name	: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8124M CPU @ 3.00GHz
```

By default, bench runs with one worker goroutine per core (4) and a maximum number of operating system threads equal to the total number of cores (in this case, `GOMAXPROCS=4`). As expected and explained above, ECDSA signature performance far exceeds that of RSA. The [results show](#results) that each core of this c5.xl machine can perform over 10,000 ECDSA signing operations/second and approximately 200 RSA signing operations/second.

When planning your deployment, determine the maximum number of new TLS connections per second you expect to terminate using a given key server and scale accordingly. For full high availability, each data center running keyless should be able to terminate the full workload that you anticipate.

### Results

#### ECDSA

```txt
c5$ bench -ski $ECDSA_SKI -op ECDSA-SHA256 -bandwidth -duration 60s
Total operations completed: 2661570
Average operation duration: 22.543µs
```

#### RSA

```txt
c5$ bench -ski $RSA_SKI -op RSA-SHA256 -bandwidth -duration 60s
Total operations completed: 46560
Average operation duration: 1.288659ms.
```

---

# About

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/explanation/

## Simple explanation

When visitors request content from your domain, Cloudflare first attempts to serve content from the cache. If this attempt fails, Cloudflare sends a request — or an `origin pull` — back to your origin web server to get the content.

Authenticated Origin Pulls makes sure that all of these `origin pulls` come from Cloudflare. Put another way, Authenticated Origin Pulls ensures that any HTTPS requests outside of Cloudflare will not receive a response from your origin.

This block also applies for requests to [unproxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records) in Cloudflare.

:::caution


Note that the certificate Cloudflare provides for you to [set up Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/) is not exclusive to your account, only guaranteeing that a request is coming from the Cloudflare network.

For more strict security, you should set up Authenticated Origin Pulls with your own certificate and consider [other security measures for your origin](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/).


:::

## Detailed explanation

Cloudflare enforces authenticated origin pulls by adding an extra layer of TLS client certificate authentication when establishing a connection between Cloudflare and the origin web server.

For more details, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/protecting-the-origin-with-tls-authenticated-origin-pulls/).

***

### Types of handshakes

For more details, refer to [What is a TLS handshake?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/).

**Standard TLS handshake**

![Diagram showing the Standard TLS handshake](~/assets/images/ssl/client-auth-tls-standard.png)

**Client authenticated TLS handshake**

![Diagram showing the client authenticated TLS handshake](~/assets/images/ssl/client-auth-tls-handshake.png)

### Comparison diagrams

Without Authenticated Origin Pulls, Cloudflare performs standard TLS handshakes between a client device and Cloudflare and Cloudflare and your origin.
This is true even if you have [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) encryption modes enabled.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: Connection diagram without Authenticated Origin Pulls
      A[End user query for <code>example.com</code>] --Standard TLS Handshake--> B[Cloudflare network]
      B --Standard TLS Handshake--> C[Origin server]
      D[External device] --Standard TLS Handshake ----> C
```

<br/>

This lack of authentication means that - even if your origin is [protected behind Cloudflare](/fundamentals/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/) - attackers with your origin's IP address will still receive a response from your origin for HTTPS requests.

With Authenticated Origin Pulls, Cloudflare performs standard TLS handshakes between a client device and Cloudflare, but a client-authenticated TLS handshake between Cloudflare and your origin.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: Connection diagram with Authenticated Origin Pulls
      A[End user query for <code>example.com</code>] --Standard TLS Handshake--> B[Cloudflare network]
      B --Client authenticated TLS Handshake--> C[Origin server]
      D[External device] --Standard TLS Handshake -----x C
```

<br/>

This additional layer of authentication ensures that any HTTPS requests outside of Cloudflare will not receive a response from your origin.

---

# Authenticated Origin Pulls (mTLS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Authenticated Origin Pulls (AOP) helps ensure requests to your origin server come from the Cloudflare network, which provides an additional layer of security on top of [Full](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [Full (strict)](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) encryption modes.

This authentication becomes particularly important with the [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/). Together with the WAF, you can make sure that **all traffic** is evaluated before receiving a response from your origin server.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.authenticated_origin_pulls" />

## Aspects to consider

Although Cloudflare provides you a certificate to easily [configure zone-level authenticated origin pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/), this certificate is not exclusive to your account and only guarantees that a request is coming from the Cloudflare network. If you want more strict security, you should consider [additional security measures for your origin](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/protect-your-origin-server/) and upload your own certificate when setting up Authenticated Origin Pulls.

Using a custom certificate is possible with both [zone-level](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/) and [per-hostname](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/) authenticated origin pulls and is required if you need your domain to be [FIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards) compliant.

## Limitations

Authenticated Origin Pulls does not apply when your [SSL/TLS encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) is set to **Off** or **Flexible**.

## Related topics

* [SSL/TLS Encryption Modes](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/)
* [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/)

---

# Cloudflare origin CA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

If your origin only receives traffic from <GlossaryTooltip term="proxy status">proxied records</GlossaryTooltip>, use Cloudflare origin CA certificates to encrypt traffic between Cloudflare and your origin web server and reduce bandwidth consumption. Once deployed, these certificates are compatible with [Strict SSL mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/).

For more background information on origin CA certificates, refer to the [introductory blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-ca-encryption-origin/).

:::note

Using Cloudflare origin CA certificates does not prevent you from using [delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/).
:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.origin_certificates" />

***

## Deploy an Origin CA certificate

### 1. Create an Origin CA certificate

To create an Origin CA certificate in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select an account.
2. Choose a domain.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Origin Server**.
4. Select **Create Certificate**.
5. Choose either:
   * **Generate private key and CSR with Cloudflare**: Private key type can be RSA or ECC.
   * **Use my private key and CSR**: Paste the Certificate Signing Request into the text field.
6. List the [hostnames (including wildcards)](#hostname-and-wildcard-coverage) the certificate should protect with SSL encryption. The zone apex and first level wildcard hostname are included by default.
7. Choose a **Certificate Validity** period.
8. Select **Create**.
9. Choose the **Key Format**:
   * Servers using OpenSSL — like Apache and NGINX — generally expect PEM files (Base64-encoded ASCII), but also work with binary DER files.
   * Servers using Windows and Apache Tomcat require PKCS#7 (a `.p7b` file).
10. Copy the signed **Origin Certificate** and **Private Key** into separate files. For security reasons, you cannot see the **Private Key** after you exit this screen.
11. Select **OK**.

:::note
For details about working with certificates programmatically, refer to [API calls](#api-calls).
:::

### 2. Install Origin CA certificate on origin server

To add an Origin CA certificate to your origin web server

1. Upload the Origin CA certificate (created in [Step 1](#1-create-an-origin-ca-certificate)) to your origin web server.
2. Update your web server configuration:

* [Apache httpd](https://www.digicert.com/kb/csr-ssl-installation/apache-openssl.htm)
* [GoDaddy Hosting](https://www.digitalcandy.agency/website-tips/cloudflare-origin-ca-free-ssl-installation-on-godaddy/)
* [Microsoft IIS 7](https://www.digicert.com/csr-ssl-installation/iis-7.htm#ssl_certificate_install)
* [Microsoft IIS 8 and 8.5](https://www.digicert.com/csr-ssl-installation/iis-8-and-8.5.htm#ssl_certificate_install)
* [Microsoft IIS 10](https://www.digicert.com/kb/csr-creation-ssl-installation-iis-10.htm)
* [NGINX](https://www.digicert.com/kb/csr-ssl-installation/nginx-openssl.htm)
* [Apache Tomcat](https://www.digicert.com/csr-ssl-installation/tomcat-keytool.htm#ssl_certificate_install)
* [Amazon Web Services](https://www.digicert.com/ssl-certficate-installation-amazon-web-services.htm)
* [Apache cPanel](https://www.digicert.com/kb/ssl-certificate-installation-apache-cpanel.htm)
* [Ubuntu Server with Apache2](https://www.digicert.com/kb/csr-ssl-installation/ubuntu-server-with-apache2-openssl.htm#ssl_certificate_install)

:::note
If you do not see your server in the list above, search the [DigiCert documentation](https://www.digicert.com/search-results) or contact your hosting provider, web admin, or server vendor.
:::

3. (Required for some) Upload the [Cloudflare CA root certificate](#cloudflare-origin-ca-root-certificate) to your origin server. This can also be referred to as the certificate chain.
4. Enable SSL and port `443` at your origin web server.

### 3. Change SSL/TLS mode

After you have installed the Origin CA certificate on your origin web server, update the SSL/TLS encryption mode for your application.

If all your origin hosts are protected by Origin CA certificates or publicly trusted certificates:

1. Go to **SSL/TLS**.
2. For **SSL/TLS encryption mode**, select **Full (strict)**.

If you have origin hosts that are not protected by certificates, set the **SSL/TLS encryption** mode for a specific application to **Full (strict)** by using a [Page Rule](/rules/page-rules/).

:::caution
<Render file="origin-ca-pause-error" />
:::

## Revoke an Origin CA certificate

If you misplace your key material or do not want a certificate to be trusted, you may want to revoke your certificate. You cannot undo this process.

To prevent visitors from seeing warnings about an insecure certificate, you may want to set your [SSL/TLS encryption](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) to **Full** or **Flexible** before revoking your certificate. Do this globally via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls) or for a specific hostname via a [Page Rule](/rules/page-rules/).

To revoke a certificate:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and select an account.
2. Choose a domain.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Origin Server**.
4. In **Origin Certificates**, choose a certificate.
5. Select **Revoke**.

## Additional details

### Cloudflare Origin CA root certificate

Some origin web servers require upload of the Cloudflare Origin CA root certificate or certificate chain. Use the following links to download either an ECC or an RSA version and upload to your origin web server:

* [Cloudflare Origin ECC PEM](/ssl/static/origin_ca_ecc_root.pem) (do not use with Apache cPanel)
* [Cloudflare Origin RSA PEM](/ssl/static/origin_ca_rsa_root.pem)

### Hostname and wildcard coverage

Certificates may be generated with up to 200 individual Subject Alternative Names (SANs). A SAN can take the form of a fully-qualified domain name (`www.example.com`) or a wildcard (`*.example.com`). You cannot use IP addresses as SANs on Cloudflare origin CA certificates.

Wildcards may only cover one level, but can be used multiple times on the same certificate for broader coverage (for example, `*.example.com` and `*.secure.example.com` may co-exist).

## API calls

To automate processes involving Origin CA certificates, use the following API calls. To authenticate, use either [Origin CA Keys](/fundamentals/api/get-started/ca-keys/) or an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with **Permissions** that include `Zone`-`SSL and Certificates`-`Edit`.

| Operation                                                          | Method   | Endpoint                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------------- |
| [List certificates](/api/resources/origin_ca_certificates/methods/list/)   | `GET`    | `certificates?zone_id=<<ZONE_ID>>` |
| [Create certificate](/api/resources/origin_ca_certificates/methods/create/) | `POST`   | `certificates`                     |
| [Get certificate](/api/resources/origin_ca_certificates/methods/get/)       | `GET`    | `certificates/<<ID>>`              |
| [Revoke certificate](/api/resources/origin_ca_certificates/methods/delete/) | `DELETE` | `certificates/<<ID>>`              |

## Troubleshooting

If you find `NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID` or other issues after setting up Cloudflare origin CA, refer to [troubleshooting](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/troubleshooting/).

---

# Troubleshooting Cloudflare origin CA

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/troubleshooting/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Consider the following common issues and troubleshooting steps when using [Cloudflare origin CA](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/).

## NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID

### Cause
<Render file="origin-ca-pause-error" />

This also means that SSL Labs or similar SSL validators are expected to flag the certificate as invalid.

### Solutions

- Make sure the [proxy status](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) of your DNS records and any [page rules](/rules/page-rules/) (if existing) are set up correctly. If so, you can try to turn proxying off and then on again and wait a few minutes.
- If you must have direct connections between clients and your origin server, consider installing a publicly trusted certificate at your origin instead. This process is done outside of Cloudflare, where you should issue the certificate directly from a <GlossaryTooltip term="Certificate Authority (CA)">certificate authority (CA)</GlossaryTooltip> of your choice. You can still use Full (strict) [encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/), as long as the CA is listed on the [Cloudflare trust store](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl_trust).

## The issuer of this certificate could not be found

### Cause
Some origin web servers require that you upload the Cloudflare origin CA root certificate or certificate chain.

### Solution
Use the following links to download either an ECC or an RSA version and upload to your origin web server:

* [Cloudflare Origin ECC PEM](/ssl/static/origin_ca_ecc_root.pem) (do not use with Apache cPanel)
* [Cloudflare Origin RSA PEM](/ssl/static/origin_ca_rsa_root.pem)

## The certificate is not trusted in all web browsers

### Cause
Apache cPanel requires that you upload the Cloudflare origin CA root certificate or certificate chain.

### Solution
Use the following link to download an RSA version of the root certificate and upload it to your origin web server:

* [Cloudflare Origin RSA PEM](/ssl/static/origin_ca_rsa_root.pem)

---

# Flexible

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/flexible/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Setting your encryption mode to **Flexible** makes your site partially secure. Cloudflare allows HTTPS connections between your visitor and Cloudflare, but all connections between Cloudflare and your origin are made through HTTP. As a result, an SSL certificate is not required on your origin.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    accTitle: Flexible SSL/TLS Encryption
    accDescr: With an encryption mode of Flexible, your application encrypts traffic between the visitor and Cloudflare, but not between Cloudflare and your server.
    A[Browser] <--Encrypted--> B((Cloudflare))<--Unencrypted--> C[(Origin server)]
```

## Use when

Choose this option when you cannot set up an SSL certificate on your origin or your origin does not support SSL/TLS.

## Required setup

### Prerequisites

<Render file="ssl-mode-errors" />

### Process

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

Flexible mode is only supported for HTTPS connections on port 443 (default port). Other ports using HTTPS will fall back to [**Full** mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/).

If your application contains sensitive information (personalized data, user login), use [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (Strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) modes instead.

<Render file="ssl-mode-no-aop" /> <br />

---

# Full (strict)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

When you set your encryption mode to **Full (strict)**, Cloudflare does everything in [Full mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) but also enforces more stringent requirements for origin certificates.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    accTitle: Full - Strict SSL/TLS Encryption
    accDescr: With an encryption mode of Full (strict), your application encrypts traffic going to and coming from Cloudflare.
    A[Browser] <--Encrypted--> B((Cloudflare))<--Encrypted--> C[("Origin server (verified) #9989;")]
```

## Use when

For the best security, choose **Full (strict)** mode whenever possible (unless you are an [Enterprise customer](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/ssl-only-origin-pull/)).

Your origin needs to be able to support an SSL certificate that is:

- Unexpired, meaning the certificate presents `notBeforeDate < now() < notAfterDate`.
- Issued by a [publicly trusted certificate authority](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl_trust) or [Cloudflare’s Origin CA](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/).
- Contains a Common Name (CN) or Subject Alternative Name (SAN) that matches the requested or target hostname.

:::note

In addition to **Full (strict)** encryption, you can also set up [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/) to ensure all requests to your origin are evaluated before receiving a response.

:::

## Required setup

### Prerequisites

Before enabling **Full (strict)** mode, make sure your origin:

- Allows HTTPS connections on port `443`.
- Presents a certificate matching the requirements above.

Otherwise, your visitors may experience a [526 error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-526-invalid-ssl-certificate).

### Process

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

<Render file="ssl-mode-errors" />

---

# Full

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

When you set your encryption mode to **Full**, Cloudflare allows HTTPS connections between your visitor and Cloudflare and makes connections to the origin using the scheme requested by the visitor. If your visitor uses `http`, then Cloudflare connects to the origin using plaintext HTTP and vice versa.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
        accTitle: Full SSL/TLS Encryption
        accDescr: With an encryption mode of Full, your application encrypts traffic going to and coming from Cloudflare but does not validate your origin certificate.
        A[Browser] <--Encrypted--> B((Cloudflare))<--Encrypted--> C[(Origin server)]
```

## Use when

Choose **Full** mode when your origin can support an SSL certification, but — for various reasons — it cannot support a valid, publicly trusted certificate.

:::note

In addition to **Full** encryption, you can also set up [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/) to ensure all requests to your origin are evaluated before receiving a response.

:::

## Required setup

### Prerequisites

Before enabling **Full** mode, make sure your origin allows HTTPS connections on port 443 and presents a certificate (self-signed, [Cloudflare Origin CA](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/), or purchased from a Certificate Authority). Otherwise, your visitors may experience a [525 error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-525-ssl-handshake-failed).

<Render file="ssl-mode-errors" />

### Process

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

The certificate presented by the origin will **not be validated in any way**. It can be expired, self-signed, or not even have a matching CN/SAN entry for the hostname requested.

Without using [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/), a malicious party could technically hijack the connection and present their own certificate.

---

# Encryption modes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/

import { DirectoryListing, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="encryption-mode-definition" /> <br />

If possible, Cloudflare strongly recommends using [**Full**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full/) or [**Full (strict)**](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) modes to prevent malicious connections to your origin.

For more details on how encryption modes fit into the bigger picture of Cloudflare SSL/TLS protection, refer to [Concepts](/ssl/concepts/#ssltls-certificate).

## Available encryption modes

[Automatic SSL/TLS](#automatic-ssltls-default) relies on the probes developed for the SSL/TLS Recommender to determine what encryption mode is the most secure and safest for a website to be set to. If there is a more secure option for your website (based on your origin certification or capabilities), Automatic SSL/TLS will find it and apply it for your domain. The other option, [Custom SSL/TLS](#custom-ssltls), will work exactly like the setting the encryption mode does today.

:::note
We are gradually rolling out the new [Automated SSL/TLS feature](#automatic-ssltls-default).

If your zone has not been migrated yet, you will only have [Custom SSL/TLS](#custom-ssltls) options in your dashboard.
:::

To understand how the various encryption modes affect your cache, refer to the section on [Impact of SSL setting on cache behavior](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/#impact-of-ssl-settings-on-cache-behavior).

### Automatic SSL/TLS (default)

Automatic SSL/TLS leverages advanced methods developed by the SSL/TLS Recommender to select the most secure encryption mode for your website. The Recommender crawls your site using the Cloudflare-SSLDetector user agent, recognized as a trusted bot by Cloudflare, and bypasses `robots.txt` rules (except those that specifically target it) to ensure accuracy. It downloads content from your origin server over both HTTP and HTTPS, then applies a content similarity algorithm to assess consistency. By understanding your current SSL/TLS encryption mode and evaluating your origin's certification and capabilities, the Recommender can automatically adjust settings to maintain the highest security for your domain.

:::note
Automatic SSL/TLS will not change your setting to a less secure encryption mode. For example, if your origin certificate expires, the encryption mode will not change from **Full (strict)** to **Full**. You must ensure the validity of your origin SSL/TLS configuration at all times.
:::

Cloudflare is enabling Automatic SSL/TLS on the following dates:

| Plan           | Using SSL/TLS recommender? | Grace period ends |
| -------------- | -------------------------- | ----------------- |
| Non-Enterprise | Yes                        | November 5th, 2024 |
| Enterprise     | Yes                        | February, 2025   |
| All plans      | No                         | March, 2025  |

#### Opt out single zone

If you want to opt a zone out via the API, you can make this API call on or before the grace period expiration date.

```bash
 curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/<ZONE_ID>/settings/ssl_automatic_mode \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <CF_API_TOKEN>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"value":"custom"}'
```

#### Opt out multiple zones

If you wanted to opt out multiple zones:

1. Create an API token with the following permissions:
   - `Zone - Zone - Read`
   - `Zone - Zone Settings - Read`
   - `Zone - Zone Settings - Edit`
2. Make a [`GET` request](/api/resources/zones/methods/list/) to get a list of zones (you can filter this list by `account.id`).

   ```bash "account.id=<ACCOUNT_ID>"
   curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones?account.id=<ACCOUNT_ID>' \
   --header 'Authorization: Bearer <CF_API_TOKEN>' \
   --header 'Content-Type: application/json'
   ```

3. Create a list of zone IDs you want to opt-out with each zone ID on a separate line (newline separate), stored in a file such as `zones.txt`.
4. Create a bash script for `opt-out-multiple-zones.sh` and add the following. Add `zones.txt` to the same directory or update the path accordingly.

   ```bash title="opt-out-multiple-zones.sh"
   for zoneID in $(cat zone.txt); do
     printf "Opting out ${zoneID}:\n"

     curl --request PATCH \
   		--url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/$zoneID/settings/ssl_automatic_mode \
   		--header 'Authorization: Bearer <CF_API_TOKEN>' \
   		--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   		--data '{"value":"custom"}'

     printf "\n\n"
   done
   ```

5. Open your command line and run:

   ```bash
   bash opt-out-multiple-zones.sh
   ```

### Custom SSL/TLS

To use Custom SSL/TLS, select the custom option (if you prefer to manually set the encryption mode instead of using [Automatic SSL/TLS](#automatic-ssltls-default)):

<DirectoryListing descriptions />

## Update your encryption mode

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

# Off (no encryption)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/off/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Setting your encryption mode to **Off (not recommended)** redirects any HTTPS request to plaintext HTTP.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
        accTitle: No SSL/TLS Encryption
        accDescr: With an encryption mode of Off, your application does not encrypt traffic between the visitor and Cloudflare or between Cloudflare and your server.
        A[Browser] <--Unencrypted--> B((Cloudflare))<--Unencrypted--> C[(Origin server)]
```

## Use when

Cloudflare does not recommend setting your encryption mode to **Off**.

## Required setup

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

When you set your encryption mode to **Off**, your application:

- Leaves your visitors and your application [vulnerable to attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/why-use-https/).
- Will be marked as "not secure" by Chrome and other browsers, reducing visitor trust.
- Will be penalized in [SEO rankings](https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2014/08/https-as-ranking-signal.html).

### Incompatible settings

When you set your SSL/TLS encryption mode to **Off**, you will not see the options for [**Always Use HTTPS**](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/always-use-https/) or [**Onion Routing**](/network/onion-routing/).

<Render file="ssl-mode-no-aop" /> <br />

---

# Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/ssl-only-origin-pull/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

:::note

This method is only available for Enterprise zones.
:::

When you set your encryption mode to **Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull)**, connections to the origin will always be made using SSL/TLS, regardless of the scheme requested by the visitor.

The certificate presented by the origin will be validated the same as with [Full (strict) mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    accTitle: Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull) SSL/TLS Encryption
    accDescr: With an encryption mode of Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull), all connections to the origin will always be made using SSL/TLS.
    A[Browser] <--Encrypted--> B((Cloudflare))<--Encrypted--> C[("Origin server (verified) #9989;")]
```

## Use when

You want the most secure configuration available for your origin, you are an Enterprise customer, and you meet the requirements for [**Full (strict)** mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/).

## Required setup

The setup is generally the same as [**Full (strict)** mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/), but you select **Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull)** for your encryption mode.

:::note

In addition to **Strict (SSL-Only Origin Pull)** encryption, you can also set up [Authenticated Origin Pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/) to ensure all requests to your origin are evaluated before receiving a response.

:::

### Process

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="change-encryption-mode-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Limitations

<Render file="ssl-mode-errors" />

---

# Entrust distrust by major browsers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/migration-guides/entrust-distrust/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Google Chrome and Mozilla have announced they will no longer trust certificates issued from Entrust's root CAs.

Since Entrust is not within the [certificate authorities](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) used by Cloudflare, this change may only affect customers who upload [custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/) issued by Entrust.

## The decision

New Entrust certificates issued on **November 12, 2024 or after** will not be trusted on Chrome by default. And new Entrust certificates issued on **December 1, 2024 or after** will not be trusted on Mozilla by default.

Refer to the announcements ([Chrome](https://security.googleblog.com/2024/06/sustaining-digital-certificate-security.html), [Mozilla](https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/jCvkhBjg9Yw?pli=1)) for a full list of roots that will be distrusted.

## Entrust's response

To prevent their customers from facing issues, Entrust has partnered with SSL.com, a different certificate authority, trusted by both Chrome and Mozilla.

This means that Entrust certificates will be issued using SSL.com roots.

## Cloudflare managed certificates

Since Cloudflare also [partners with SSL.com](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/), you can switch from uploading custom certificates to using Cloudflare's managed certificates. This change brings the following advantages:

* Use [Advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) to have more control and flexibility while also benefitting from automatic renewals.
* Enable [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) to automatically issue certificates for your [proxied hostnames](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).
* Use [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/) to reduce manual intervention when renewing certificates for [partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) zones.
* If you are a SaaS provider, extend the benefits of automatic renewals to your customers by specifying SSL.com as the certificate authority when [creating](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/) or [editing](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) your custom hostnames (API only).

## More resources

* [Use Cloudflare with SSL.com certificates](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/)
* [Google Security Blog](https://security.googleblog.com/2024/06/sustaining-digital-certificate-security.html)
* [Entrust TLS Certificate Information Center](https://www.entrust.com/tls-certificate-information-center)

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/reference/migration-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

These guides walk you through the migration processes associated with various changes in Cloudflare's SSL/TLS infrastructure.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# First Live Stream with OBS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/examples/obs-from-scratch/

## Overview

Stream empowers customers and their end-users to broadcast a live stream quickly and at scale. The player can be embedded in sites and applications easily, but not everyone knows how to make a live stream because it happens in a separate application. This walkthrough will demonstrate how to start your first live stream using OBS Studio, a free live streaming application used by thousands of Stream customers. There are five required steps; you should be able to complete this walkthrough in less than 15 minutes.

### Before you start

To go live on Stream, you will need any of the following:

* A paid Stream subscription
* A Pro or Business zone plan — these include 100 minutes of video storage and 10,000 minutes of video delivery
* An enterprise contract with Stream enabled

Also, you will also need to be able to install the application on your computer.

If your computer and network connection are good enough for video calling, you should at least be able to stream something basic.

## 1. Set up a [Live Input](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/)

You need a Live Input on Stream. Follow the [Start a live stream](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/) guide. Make note of three things:

* **RTMPS URL**, which will most likely be `rtmps://live.cloudflare.com:443/live/`
* **RTMPS Key**, which is specific to the new live input
* Whether you selected the beta "Low-Latency HLS Support" or not. For your first test, leave this *disabled.* ([What's that?](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-stream-low-latency-hls-open-beta))

## 2. Install OBS

Download [OBS Studio](https://obsproject.com/) for Windows, macOS, or Linux. The OBS Knowledge Base includes several [installation guides](https://obsproject.com/kb/category/1), but installer defaults are generally acceptable.

## 3. First Launch OBS Configuration

When you first launch OBS, the Auto-Configuration Wizard will ask a few questions and offer recommended settings. See their [Quick Start Guide](https://obsproject.com/kb/quick-start-guide) for more details. For a quick start with Stream, use these settings:

* **Step 1: "Usage Information"**
  * Select "Optimize for streaming, recording is secondary."
* **Step 2: "Video Settings"**
  * **Base (Canvas) Resolution:** 1920x1080
  * **FPS:** "Either 60 or 30, but prefer 60 when possible"
* **Step 3: "Stream Information"**
  * **Service:** "Custom"
  * For **Server**, enter the RTMPS URL from Stream
  * For **Stream Key**, enter the RTMPS Key from Stream
  * If available, select both **"Prefer hardware encoding"** and **"Estimate bitrate with a bandwidth test."**

## 4. Set up a Stage

Add some test content to the stage in OBS. In this example, I have added a background image, a web browser (to show [time.is](https://time.is)), and an overlay of my webcam:

![OBS Stage](~/assets/images/stream/examples/obs-from-scratch/obs-stage.png)

OBS offers many different audio, video, still, and generated sources to set up your broadcast content. Use the "+" button in the "Sources" panel to add content. Check out the [OBS Sources Guide](https://obsproject.com/kb/sources-guide) for more information. For an initial test, use a source that will show some motion: try a webcam ("Video Capture Device"), a screen share ("Display Capture"), or a browser with a site that has moving content.

## 5. Go Live

Click the "Start Streaming" button on the bottom right panel under "Controls" to start a stream with default settings.

Return to the Live Input page on Stream Dash. Under "Input Status," you should see "🟢 Connected" and some connection metrics. Further down the page, you will see a test player and an embed code. For more ways to watch and embed your Live Stream, see [Watch a live stream](/stream/stream-live/watch-live-stream/).

## 6. (Optional) Optimize Settings

Tweaking some settings in OBS can improve quality, glass-to-glass latency, or stability of the stream playback. This is particularly important if you selected the "Low-Latency HLS" beta option.

Return to OBS, click "Stop Streaming." Then click "Settings" and open the "Output" section:

![OBS Output Settings - Simple Mode](~/assets/images/stream/examples/obs-from-scratch/obs-output-settings-1.png)

* Change **Output Mode** to "Advanced"

![OBS Output Settings - Advanced Mode](~/assets/images/stream/examples/obs-from-scratch/obs-output-settings-2.png)

*Your available options in the "Video Encoder" menu, as well as the resulting "Encoder Settings," may look slightly different than these because the options vary by hardware.*

* **Video Encoder:** may have several options. Start with the default selected, which was "x264" in this example. Other options to try, which will leverage improved hardware acceleration when possible, include "QuickSync H.264" or "NVIDIA NVENC." See OBS's guide to Hardware Encoding for more information. H.264 is the required output codec.
* **Rate Control:** confirm "CBR" (constant bitrate) is selected.
* **Bitrate:** depending on the content of your stream, a bitrate between 3000 Kbps and 8000 Kbps should be sufficient. Lower bitrate is more tolerant to network congestion and is suitable for content with less detail or less motion (speaker, slides, etc.) where a higher bitrate requires a more stable network connection and is best for content with lots of motion or details (events, moving cameras, video games, screen share, higher framerates).
* **Keyframe Interval**, sometimes referred to as *GOP Size*:
  * If you did *not* select Low-Latency HLS Beta, set this to 4 seconds. Raise it to 8 if your stream has stuttering or freezing.
  * If you *did* select the Low-Latency HLS Beta, set this to 2 seconds. Raise it to 4 if your stream has stuttering or freezing. Lower it to 1 if your stream has smooth playback.
  * In general, higher keyframe intervals make more efficient use of bandwidth and CPU for encoding, at the expense of higher glass-to-glass latency. Lower keyframe intervals reduce latency, but are more resource intensive and less tolerant to network disruptions and congestion.
* **Profile** and **Tuning** can be left at their default settings.
* **B Frames** (available only for some encoders) should be set to 0 for LL-HLS Beta streams.

For more information about these settings and our recommendations for Live, see the "[Recommendations, requirements and limitations](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/#recommendations-requirements-and-limitations)" section of [Start a live stream](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/).

## What's Next

With these steps, you have created a Live Input on Stream, broadcast a test from OBS, and you saw it played back in via the Stream built-in player in Dash. Up next, consider trying:

* Embedding your live stream into a website
* Find and replay the recording of your live stream

---

# Android

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/android/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can stream both on-demand and live video to native Android apps using [ExoPlayer](https://exoplayer.dev/).

<Render file="prereqs" />

## Example Apps

* [Android](/stream/examples/android/)

## Using ExoPlayer

Play a video from Cloudflare Stream using ExoPlayer:

<Render file="android_playback_code_snippet" />

---

# Use your own player

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/

import { Render, Badge } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Stream is compatible with all video players that support HLS and DASH, which are standard formats for streaming media with broad support across all web browsers, mobile operating systems and media streaming devices.

Platform-specific guides:

* [Web](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/web/)
* [iOS (AVPlayer)](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/)
* [Android (ExoPlayer)](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/android/)

## Fetch HLS and Dash manifests

### URL

Each video and live stream has its own unique HLS and DASH manifest. You can access the manifest by replacing `<UID>` with the UID of your video or live input, and replacing `<CODE>` with your unique customer code, in the URLs below:

```txt title="HLS"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<UID>/manifest/video.m3u8
```

```txt title="DASH"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<UID>/manifest/video.mpd
```

#### LL-HLS playback <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

If a Live Inputs is enabled for the Low-Latency HLS beta, add the query string `?protocol=llhls` to the HLS manifest URL to test the low latency manifest in a custom player. Refer to [Start a Live Stream](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/#use-the-api) to enable this option.

```txt title="HLS"
https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<UID>/manifest/video.m3u8?protocol=llhls
```

### Dashboard

1. Log into the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream).
2. From the list of videos, locate your video and select it.
3. From the **Settings** tab, locate the **HLS Manifest URL** and **Dash Manifest URL**.
4. Select **Click to copy** under the option you want to use.

### API

Refer to the [Stream video details API documentation](/api/resources/stream/methods/get/) to learn how to fetch the manifest URLs using the Cloudflare API.

## Customize manifests by specifying available client bandwidth

Each HLS and DASH manifest provides multiple resolutions of your video or live stream. Your player contains adaptive bitrate logic to estimate the viewer's available bandwidth, and select the optimal resolution to play. Each player has different logic that makes this decision, and most have configuration options to allow you to customize or override either bandwidth or resolution.

If your player lacks such configuration options or you need to override them, you can add the `clientBandwidthHint` query param to the request to fetch the manifest file. This should be used only as a last resort — we recommend first using customization options provided by your player. Remember that while you may be developing your website or app on a fast Internet connection, and be tempted to use this setting to force high quality playback, many of your viewers are likely connecting over slower mobile networks.



* `clientBandwidthHint` float
  * Return only the video representation closest to the provided bandwidth value (in Mbps). This can be used to enforce a specific quality level. If you specify a value that would cause an invalid or empty manifest to be served, the hint is ignored.



Refer to the example below to display only the video representation with a bitrate closest to 1.8 Mbps.

```txt title="Example"
https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/manifest/video.m3u8?clientBandwidthHint=1.8
```

## Play live video in native apps with less than 1 second latency

If you need ultra low latency, and your users view live video in native apps, you can stream live video with [**glass-to-glass latency of less than 1 second**](https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-hdmi-cable/), by using SRT or RTMPS for playback.

![Diagram showing SRT and RTMPS playback via the Cloudflare Network](~/assets/images/stream/stream-rtmps-srt-playback-magic-hdmi-cable.png)

SRT and RTMPS playback is built into [ffmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/). You will need to integrate ffmpeg with your own video player —  neither [AVPlayer (iOS)](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/) nor [ExoPlayer (Android)](/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/android/) natively support SRT or RTMPS playback.

<Render file="srt-supported-modes" />

We recommend using [ffmpeg-kit](https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit) as a cross-platform wrapper for ffmpeg.

### Examples

* [RTMPS Playback with ffplay](/stream/examples/rtmps_playback/)
* [SRT playback with ffplay](/stream/examples/srt_playback/)

---

# iOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/ios/

import { Render } from "~/components"

You can stream both on-demand and live video to native iOS, tvOS and macOS apps using [AVPlayer](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/avfoundation/avplayer).

<Render file="prereqs" />

## Example Apps

* [iOS](/stream/examples/ios/)

## Using AVPlayer

Play a video from Cloudflare Stream using AVPlayer:

<Render file="ios_playback_code_snippet" />

---

# Web

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-own-player/web/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Stream works with all web video players that support HLS and DASH.

<Render file="prereqs" />

## Examples

* [Video.js](/stream/examples/video-js/)
* [HLS reference player (hls.js)](/stream/examples/hls-js/)
* [DASH reference player (dash.js)](/stream/examples/dash-js/)
* [Vidstack](/stream/examples/vidstack/)

---

# Stream Player API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/using-the-player-api/

For further control and customization, we provide an additional JavaScript SDK that you can use to control video playback and listen for media events.

To use this SDK, add an additional `<script>` tag to your website:

```html
<!-- You can use styles and CSS on this iframe element where the video player will appear -->
<iframe
  src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
  style="border: none"
  height="720"
  width="1280"
  allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
  allowfullscreen="true"
  id="stream-player"
></iframe>

<script src="https://embed.cloudflarestream.com/embed/sdk.latest.js"></script>

<!-- Your JavaScript code below-->
<script>
  const player = Stream(document.getElementById('stream-player'));
  player.addEventListener('play', () => {
    console.log('playing!');
  });
  player.play().catch(() => {
    console.log('playback failed, muting to try again');
    player.muted = true;
    player.play();
  });
</script>
```

## Methods



* `play()` Promise

  * Start video playback.

* `pause()` null

  * Pause video playback.



## Properties



* `autoplay` boolean

  * Sets or returns whether the autoplay attribute was set, allowing video playback to start upon load.

:::note


Some browsers prevent videos with audio from playing automatically. You may add the `mute` attribute to allow your videos to autoplay. For more information, review the [iOS video policies](https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/).


:::

* `buffered` TimeRanges readonly

  * An object conforming to the TimeRanges interface. This object is normalized, which means that ranges are ordered, don't overlap, aren't empty, and don't touch (adjacent ranges are folded into one bigger range).

* `controls` boolean

  * Sets or returns whether the video should display controls (like play/pause etc.)

* `currentTime` integer

  * Returns the current playback time in seconds. Setting this value seeks the video to a new time.

* `defaultTextTrack`

  * Will initialize the player with the specified language code's text track enabled. The value should be the BCP-47 language code that was used to [upload the text track](/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/). If the specified language code has no captions available, the player will behave as though no language code had been provided.

:::note


This will *only* work once during initialization. Beyond that point the user has full control over their text track settings.


:::

* `duration` integer readonly

  * Returns the duration of the video in seconds.

* `ended` boolean readonly

  * Returns whether the video has ended.

* `letterboxColor` string

  * Any valid [CSS color value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value) provided will be applied to the letterboxing/pillarboxing of the player's UI. This can be set to `transparent` to avoid letterboxing/pillarboxing when not in fullscreen mode.

* `loop` boolean

  * Sets or returns whether the video should start over when it reaches the end

* `muted` boolean

  * Sets or returns whether the audio should be played with the video

* `paused` boolean readonly

  * Returns whether the video is paused

* `played` TimeRanges readonly

  * An object conforming to the TimeRanges interface. This object is normalized, which means that ranges are ordered, don't overlap, aren't empty, and don't touch (adjacent ranges are folded into one bigger range).

* `preload` boolean

  * Sets or returns whether the video should be preloaded upon element load.

:::note


The `<video>` element does not force the browser to follow the value of this attribute; it is a mere hint. Even though the `preload="none"` option is a valid HTML5 attribute, Stream player will always load some metadata to initialize the player. The amount of data loaded in this case is negligible.


:::

* `primaryColor` string

  * Any valid [CSS color value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value) provided will be applied to certain elements of the player's UI.

* `volume` float

  * Sets or returns volume from 0.0 (silent) to 1.0 (maximum value)



## Events

### Standard Video Element Events

We support most of the [standardized media element events](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/Events/Media_events).



* `abort`

  * Sent when playback is aborted; for example, if the media is playing and is restarted from the beginning, this event is sent.

* `canplay`

  * Sent when enough data is available that the media can be played, at least for a couple of frames.

* `canplaythrough`

  * Sent when the entire media can be played without interruption, assuming the download rate remains at least at the current level. It will also be fired when playback is toggled between paused and playing. Note: Manually setting the currentTime will eventually fire a canplaythrough event in firefox. Other browsers might not fire this event.

* `durationchange`

  * The metadata has loaded or changed, indicating a change in duration of the media. This is sent, for example, when the media has loaded enough that the duration is known.

* `ended`

  * Sent when playback completes.

* `error`

  * Sent when an error occurs. (e.g. the video has not finished encoding yet, or the video fails to load due to an incorrect signed URL)

* `loadeddata`

  * The first frame of the media has finished loading.

* `loadedmetadata`

  * The media's metadata has finished loading; all attributes now contain as much useful information as they're going to.

* `loadstart`

  * Sent when loading of the media begins.

* `pause`

  * Sent when the playback state is changed to paused (paused property is true).

* `play`

  * Sent when the playback state is no longer paused, as a result of the play method, or the autoplay attribute.

* `playing`

  * Sent when the media has enough data to start playing, after the play event, but also when recovering from being stalled, when looping media restarts, and after seeked, if it was playing before seeking.

* `progress`

  * Sent periodically to inform interested parties of progress downloading the media. Information about the current amount of the media that has been downloaded is available in the media element's buffered attribute.

* `ratechange`

  * Sent when the playback speed changes.

* `seeked`

  * Sent when a seek operation completes.

* `seeking`

  * Sent when a seek operation begins.

* `stalled`

  * Sent when the user agent is trying to fetch media data, but data is unexpectedly not forthcoming.

* `suspend`

  * Sent when loading of the media is suspended; this may happen either because the download has completed or because it has been paused for any other reason.

* `timeupdate`

  * The time indicated by the element's currentTime attribute has changed.

* `volumechange`

  * Sent when the audio volume changes (both when the volume is set and when the muted attribute is changed).

* `waiting`

  * Sent when the requested operation (such as playback) is delayed pending the completion of another operation (such as a seek).



### Non-standard Events

Non-standard events are prefixed with `stream-` to distinguish them from standard events.



* `stream-adstart`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad begins playback

* `stream-adend`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad finishes playback

* `stream-adtimeout`

  * Fires when `ad-url` attribute is present and the ad took too long to load.

---

# Use the Stream Player

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/viewing-videos/using-the-stream-player/

import { InlineBadge } from "~/components"

Cloudflare provides a customizable web player that can play both on-demand and live video, and requires zero additional engineering work.

<figure data-type="stream">
  <div class="AspectRatio" style="--aspect-ratio: calc(16 / 9)">
    <iframe
      class="AspectRatio--content"
      src="https://iframe.videodelivery.net/5d5bc37ffcf54c9b82e996823bffbb81?mute=true"
      style="border: none"
      frame-border="0"
      allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
      allow-full-screen
    ></iframe>
  </div>
</figure>

To add the Stream Player to a web page, you can either:

* Generate an embed code in the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream) for a specific video or live input.
* Use the code example below, replacing `<VIDEO_UID>` with the video UID (or [signed token](/stream/viewing-videos/securing-your-stream/) and `<CODE>` with the your unique customer code, which can be found in the [Stream Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/stream).

```html
<iframe
  src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
  style="border: none"
  height="720"
  width="1280"
  allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
  allowfullscreen="true"
></iframe>
```

Stream player is also available as a [React](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/stream-react) or [Angular](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/stream-angular) component.

## Player Size

### Fixed Dimensions

Changing the `height` and `width` attributes on the `iframe` will change the pixel value dimensions of the iframe displayed on the host page.

```html
<iframe
  src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
  style="border: none"
  height="400"
  width="400"
  allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
  allowfullscreen="true"
></iframe>
```

### Responsive

To make an iframe responsive, it needs styles to enforce an aspect ratio by setting the `iframe` to `position: absolute;` and having it fill a container that uses a calculated `padding-top` percentage.

```html
<!-- padding-top calculation is height / width (assuming 16:9 aspect ratio) -->
<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%">
  <iframe
    src="https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe"
    style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%"
    allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
    allowfullscreen="true"
  ></iframe>
</div>
```

## Basic Options

Player options are configured with querystring parameters in the iframe's `src` attribute. For example:

`https://customer-<CODE>.cloudflarestream.com/<VIDEO_UID>/iframe?autoplay=true&muted=true`

* `autoplay` default: `false`

  * If the autoplay flag is included as a querystring parameter, the player will attempt to autoplay the video. If you don't want the video to autoplay, don't include the autoplay flag at all (instead of setting it to `autoplay=false`.) Note that mobile browsers generally do not support this attribute, the user must tap the screen to begin video playback. Please consider mobile users or users with Internet usage limits as some users don't have unlimited Internet access before using this attribute.

    :::caution

    Some browsers now prevent videos with audio from playing automatically. You may set `muted` to `true` to allow your videos to autoplay. For more information, refer to [New `<video>` Policies for iOS](https://webkit.org/blog/6784/new-video-policies-for-ios/). 
    
    :::

* `controls` default: `true`

  * Shows video controls such as buttons for play/pause, volume controls.

* `defaultTextTrack`

  * Will initialize the player with the specified language code's text track enabled. The value should be the BCP-47 language code that was used to [upload the text track](/stream/edit-videos/adding-captions/). If the specified language code has no captions available, the player will behave as though no language code had been provided.

    :::caution

    This will *only* work once during initialization. Beyond that point the user has full control over their text track settings.

    :::

* `letterboxColor`

  * Any valid [CSS color value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value) provided will be applied to the letterboxing/pillarboxing of the player's UI. This can be set to `transparent` to avoid letterboxing/pillarboxing when not in fullscreen mode.

    :::note


    **Note:** Like all query string parameters, this value *must* be URI encoded. For example, the color value `hsl(120 80% 95%)` can be encoded using JavaScript's `encodeURIComponent()` function to `hsl(120%2080%25%2095%25)`.

    :::

* `loop` default: `false`

  * If enabled the player will automatically seek back to the start upon reaching the end of the video.

* `muted` default: `false`

  * If set, the audio will be initially silenced.

* `preload` default: `none`

  * This enumerated option is intended to provide a hint to the browser about what the author thinks will lead to the best user experience. You may specify the value `preload="auto"` to preload the beginning of the video. Not including the option or using `preload="metadata"` will just load the metadata needed to start video playback when requested.

    :::note

    The `<video>` element does not force the browser to follow the value of this option; it is a mere hint. Even though the `preload="none"` option is a valid HTML5 option, Stream player will always load some metadata to initialize the player. The amount of data loaded in this case is negligible.
    
    :::

* `poster` defaults to the first frame of the video

  * A URL for an image to be shown before the video is started or while the video is downloading. If this attribute isn't specified, a thumbnail image of the video is shown.

    :::note

    **Note:** Like all query string parameters, this value *must* be URI encoded. For example, the thumbnail at `https://customer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com/6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957/thumbnails/thumbnail.jpg?time=1s&height=270` can be encoded using JavaScript's `encodeURIComponent()` function to `https%3A%2F%2Fcustomer-f33zs165nr7gyfy4.cloudflarestream.com%2F6b9e68b07dfee8cc2d116e4c51d6a957%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D1s%26height%3D600`.

    :::

* `primaryColor`

  * Any valid [CSS color value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value) provided will be applied to certain elements of the player's UI.

    :::note


    **Note:** Like all query string parameters, this value *must* be URI encoded. For example, the color value `hsl(120 80% 95%)` can be encoded using JavaScript's `encodeURIComponent()` function to `hsl(120%2080%25%2095%25)`.

    :::

* `src`

  * The video id from the video you've uploaded to Cloudflare Stream should be included here.

* `startTime`

  * A timestamp that specifies the time when playback begins. If a plain number is used such as `?startTime=123`, it will be interpreted as `123` seconds. More human readable timestamps can also be used, such as `?startTime=1h12m27s` for `1 hour, 12 minutes, and 27 seconds`.

* `ad-url`

  * The Stream Player supports VAST Tags to insert ads such as prerolls. If you have a VAST tag URI, you can pass it to the Stream Player by setting the `ad-url` parameter. The URI must be encoded using a function like JavaScript's `encodeURIComponent()`.



## Debug Info

The Stream player Debug menu can be shown and hidden using the key combination `Shift-D` while the video is playing.

## Live stream recording playback

After a live stream ends, a recording is automatically generated and available within 60 seconds. To ensure successful video viewing and playback, keep the following in mind:

* If a live stream ends while a viewer is watching, viewers should wait 60 seconds and then reload the player to view the recording of the live stream.
* After a live stream ends, you can check the status of the recording via the API. When the video state is `ready`, you can use one of the manifest URLs to stream the recording.

While the recording of the live stream is generating, the video may report as `not-found` or `not-started`.

## Low-Latency HLS playback <InlineBadge preset="beta" />

If a Live Inputs is enabled for the Low-Latency HLS beta, the Stream player will automatically play in low-latency mode if possible. Refer to [Start a Live Stream](/stream/stream-live/start-stream-live/#use-the-api) to enable this option.

---

# Deprecated APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/deprecated-apis/

## Purpose

The purpose of Deprecated API content is to communicate that Cloudflare no longer supports an endpoint and to provide users with an alternative option.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

`reference`

## Structure

### Required components

**Deprecated endpoint name**: Must match what existed in the non-deprecated [Endpoint](/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/endpoints/).

**Context**:  Brief description of what is happening, why Cloudflare is deprecating this endpoint, and any other important information. Avoid using time-bound descriptors (today, tomorrow, in one week, etc). Instead, be specific when including dates.

**Replacement**: A description of and/or link to the alternative endpoint OR an explanation as to why Cloudflare is removing the capability of that endpoint.

**End of life date**: The date by which users will no longer be able to use that endpoint. Format full month name, date, and year (May 10, 2021).

### Optional components

A complete list of endpoints or related APIs that are being deprecated

## Additional information

Add API deprecation notices to the API deprecations page by deprecation date and not alphabetically by endpoint.

When an endpoint will be deprecated in a specified timeframe but is still available, add a note to the endpoint description about the upcoming deprecation ("`<name of endpoint>` will be deprecated on `<full month name, date, year>`. Use the `<alternative endpoint>` instead.").

## Examples

Cloudflare Images - Create authenticated direct upload URL v1

End of life date: July 1, 2022

This endpoint is deprecated in favor of using v2, which allows you to control metadata, define an access policy, and get the image ID.

Deprecated API:

`POST accounts/:account_identifier/images/v1/direct_upload`

Replacement:

`POST accounts/:account_identifier/images/v2/direct_upload`

---

# Endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/endpoints/

## Purpose

An endpoint is used to make HTTPS requests, and the `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, and `DELETE` methods dictate how to interact with the resource.

## Structure

### Required Components

:::note


The required components apply to newly created endpoints. Existing endpoints will **not** be modified.


:::

**Title**: Title of the endpoint using sentence casing (first word capitalized). The titles do not use punctuation marks at the end of the title. Simple cases usually take one of the following forms:

Endpoints that act on/return a single item: verb + indefinite article + singular resource name.

* Example: Get a list item

Endpoints that act on/return a collection of items: verb + plural resource name.

* Example: Get list items

**Description**: Describes what the endpoint does or how it should be used. Use punctuation at the end of the description.

**Plan availability**: Lists the plan required to use the endpoint, such as Free, Pro, Business, or Enterprise.

**Method**: Includes the type of method, such as `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, or `DELETE`.

**Endpoint**: Lists the endpoint and should be stylized as code snippet.

When an endpoint will be deprecated in a specified timeframe but is still available, add a note to the endpoint description about the upcoming deprecation ("`<name of endpoint>` will be deprecated on `<full month name, date, year>`. Use the `<alternative endpoint>` instead"). Refer to [Deprecated APIs](/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/deprecated-apis/) for more information.

### Optional components

**Required permissions**: Additional permissions at the user level that are required to use the endpoint.

## Writing guidelines

When writing the titles and descriptions, keep our voice and tone in mind. Be concise and remember our users come from a variety of technical levels. Also, write in the active voice as much as possible to avoid sounding robotic and to make the information easier to understand.

Below are some examples of endpoint titles and descriptions for reference:

* **Get domain**: Fetches a single domain.
* **List workers**: Fetches a list of uploaded workers.
* **List pools**: Lists configured pools.
* **Create waiting room**: Creates a new waiting room.
* **Update health check**: Updates configured health checks.

## Example

**Title**: Get user audit logs

**Description**: Gets a list of audit logs for a user account.

**Plan availability**: Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise

**Method**: `GET`

**Endpoint**: user/audit\_logs

---

# Get started - API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/get-started-api/

## Purpose

The Get started section provides a brief overview of the Cloudflare’s API and lists requirements and tasks users must complete before successfully making their first request.

## Structure

### Required components

**Overview**: High-level explanation of Cloudflare’s API and includes information about our architectural style, schema, and base URL.

**Authentication**: Explains how users can authenticate with the Cloudflare API and how users should or can utilize API tokens, API token templates, and API token permissions.

## Example

**Overview**: Cloudflare's API exposes the entire Cloudflare infrastructure via a standardized programmatic interface. Cloudflare’s API uses `REST` and returns `JSON` responses, and the latest version is `v4`.

**Recommended workflow**:

1. Sign up for a Cloudflare account.
2. Create an API token.
3. (Optional) Use API token templates and token permissions.
4. Make your first request.

---

# API content types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/parameters/

## Purpose

A parameter is an option passed with the endpoint to receive specific information or values.

## Values

default, minimum, and maximum

## Structure

### Required Components

**Name**: Name of the parameter formatted as code snippet.

**Data type**: Indicates if the parameter is a string, integer, boolean, object, or array.

**Description**: Describes what the parameter does. Use a noun phrase for strings, integers, objects, and arrays. Use a verb for booleans. End description with a period.

**Required status**: Indicates whether the parameter is required

### Optional components

**Constraints**: Lists default, minimum, or maximum values for the parameter.

## Writing guidelines

When writing the titles and descriptions, keep our voice and tone in mind. Be concise and remember our users come from a variety of technical levels.

Some parameter descriptions are more factual, like **deviceName**, and do not make sense to start with a verb. Other parameters will lend well to beginning with a verb, and this difference is okay.

Try to avoid the passive voice and aim to describe what the parameter does or what it is used for in a concise sentence users can understand.

Below are some examples of parameter descriptions for reference:

**deviceName**: The device name.

**version**: The WARP client version.

**per\_page**: Sets the maximum number of requested results.

**enabled**: Enables or disable a load balancer.

**ASN**: The Autonomous System Number (ASN) used to advertise a prefix.

## Example

**Name**: `actor.ip`

**Data type**: `string`

**Description**: Filters a request by specific IP address or valid CIDR range.

**Required status**: Not required

**Values**: No listed default, minimum, or maximum, values.

---

# Context

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/

## Definition

An introductory paragraph immediately following the page title that explains what users can expect from the following content, whether steps, concepts, FAQs, or reference materials.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Configuration](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/), [FAQ](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/), [Concept](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

### How to

An introductory paragraph on the following steps and what they will accomplish.

Provide context to the reader that is not in the section heading.

End with a colon or a period.

Use a colon if it immediately precedes the steps.

Use a period if there is more material (such as a note) between the context and the procedure.

Do not provide context for steps with a partial sentence that is completed by the numbered steps.

### Configuration

The context should be given in a paragraph right after the title. It should introduce the features, contextualize what type of configurations the user will encounter, and link to other relevant documentation.

### FAQ

An introductory paragraph on the section and what users can expect from it.

### Concept

Provide a brief description of why users should care about this information.

### Reference

Provide an introductory paragraph to explain how and why a user might utilize the information on this page.

### Tutorial

An introductory paragraph on the user's goal or job-to-be-done and how they'll accomplish that in the tutorial. Consider including the intended audience for the tutorial.

---

# Diagrams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/

## Definition

Images that depict a process, architecture, or some other form of technology.

## Used in

All content types

## Overview

Diagrams explain complex topics in a compelling way and help users visualize a specific solution, process, or interaction between products.

## Template

```md
![Alt text](/link/to/image.svg "Caption to go under the image")

```

## Example

![A simple flow diagram shows interactions between important elements of the design.](~/assets/images/firewall/simple-flow.png "An example flow diagram")

## Additional information

Always try to use SVG images for diagrams. Bitmap formats like PNG and JPEG do not scale well, and often users will zoom into diagrams to explore the details.

The alt (alternative) text on diagrams is used by screen readers and is read out as part of the surrounding content. Ensure the alt text is straightforward and fits in the context of the content.

---

# Resources

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/resources/

## Purpose

The resource groups all of the associated endpoints together.

## Structure

### Required components

**Name**: Name of the resource that serves as a top-level grouping. Short noun phrase.

**Description**: Describes the collective group of endpoints that fall under the resource and provides a high-level description of the endpoints.

## Example

**Name**: Audit logs

**Description**: A log of changes made to your Cloudflare account.

---

# Dynamic lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/dynamic-lists/

## Definition

Dynamic lists automatically add or remove elements based on set criteria.

## Used in

When at all possible, Cloudflare seeks to avoid creating static representations of dynamic options.

## Structure

Potential examples include:

* Exhaustive listing of fields
* Replicating API content in developer docs
* Maintaining lists of potential options in the UI (i.e., Alert types)
* Verified Bots

The preferred approach would be speak more generally to the categories or specific, high-value fields.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/

## Definition

A code sample or line of text that shows the specific structure of a request/response, input/output, or value for UI/API elements

:::note


If you are unsure about when to categorize something as an example or tutorial, remember:

Examples are a component attribute and are typically a snippet of code a user might copy and paste to run a task. Examples should not have multiple steps. A tutorial might contain an example, but an example will not contain a tutorial.

Tutorials are a content type, typically longer form, and contain multiple steps to help users connect products to real-world scenarios.


:::

## Used in

[Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/), [How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/)

## Structure

**Context**

Explain what the code sample does in a short sentence.

**Code blocks or snippets**

These could include:

* Example requests and responses
* Example inputs and outputs
* Field values for UI and/or API

## Additional information

[Code block guidelines](/style-guide/formatting/code-block-guidelines/)

## Requests/feedback

[https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/issues/150](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/issues/150)

---

# Glossary entry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/glossary-entry/

import { GlossaryDefinition, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Definition

A single term and corresponding definition in the glossary.

## Used in

Glossary, documentation pages, tooltips.

## Structure

### Data

The data underlying our glossary lives with YAML files in the [`/src/content/glossary/*`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/tree/production/src/content/glossary) folder.

Each file should be structured similar to the following:

```yaml title="dns.yaml"
---
productName: DNS
entries:
  - term: active zone
    general_definition: |-
      a DNS zone that is active on Cloudflare requires changing its nameservers to Cloudflare's for management.
    associated_products:
      - Cloudflare One

  - term: apex domain
    general_definition: |-
      apex domain is used to refer to a domain that does not contain a subdomain part, such as `example.com` (without `www.`). It is also known as "root domain" or "naked domain".

  - term: DNS over HTTPS
    general_definition: |-
      DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a standard for encrypting DNS traffic, preventing tracking and spoofing of DNS queries.
    associated_products:
      - 1.1.1.1
      - Cloudflare One

  - term: DNS over TLS
    general_definition: |-
      DNS over TLS (DoT) is a standard for encrypting DNS traffic using its own port (853) and TLS encryption.
    associated_products:
      - 1.1.1.1
      - Cloudflare One
```

Relevant values include the following:

- `productName` string required

  - Core product associated with this file. Should always match the same formatting / styling used in `associated_products`.

- `entries` object required

  - `term` string required

    - The glossary term itself.

  - `general_definition` string required

    - Definition of the term. Should be general enough to apply to multiple products. Should also start with a lowercase letter unless starting with a proper noun.

  - `associated_products` array optional

    - If the term is associated with other products. Any names used should correspond to the `productName` of that associated file.

### Usage

Because of the [structured data](#data) associated with our glossaries, we can pull these terms into multiple places.

#### Product-level glossary

A product-level glossary includes all terms associated with a particular product, which will pull in terms directly in that product's glossary file and any terms that include the product in its `associated_products`.

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/dns/glossary.mdx"
---
title: Glossary
pcx_content_type: glossary
---

import { Glossary } from "~/components";

Review the definitions for terms used across Cloudflare's DNS documentation.

<Glossary product="dns" />
```

#### Glossary definition

Pull glossary definitions directly into your Markdown by using the `<GlossaryDefinition>` component.

> <GlossaryDefinition term="active zone" />

Is a quoted definition that comes from:

```mdx
<GlossaryDefinition term="active zone" prepend="An active zone is " />
```

Properties are:

- `term` string required

  - Should match a term within an existing glossary YAML file.

- `prepend` string optional

  - Text to add before a definition.

#### Glossary tooltip

Pull component definitions into a focusable tooltip for a specific phrase by using the `<GlossaryTooltip>` component.

Here's a <GlossaryTooltip term="active zone">tooltip</GlossaryTooltip> example.

```mdx
Here's a <GlossaryTooltip term="active zone">tooltip</GlossaryTooltip> example.
```

Properties are:

- `term` string required

  - Should match a term within an existing glossary YAML file.

- `prepend` string optional

  - Text to add before a definition.

- `link` string optional

  - Wraps the inner text in a markdown link, similar to normal markdown formatting.

Because of space limitations, the tooltip will always default to the short definition of a term, meaning the definition text before the first line break.

---

# Component attributes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Intended audience

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/intended-audience/

## Definition

Summary of who the content is aimed at and what users will learn. When combined with an [Introduction](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/), the purpose is to provide users with an understanding of what the page is about and whether the content is relevant for their role.

## Used in

[Reference architecture](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/), [Design guide](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/design-guide/)

## Structure

Begin with the subtitle **Who is this for?**

Usually 1-3 paragraphs. The first paragraph should describe the type of person this document was written for. If the document relies on existing knowledge, link to 3-5 other resources the reader can consume prior to reading this document. The final paragraph should contain 2-3 specific bullets on what the reader is going to learn from this document.

## Examples

**Who is this for?**

This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization’s existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies important to securing hybrid work, including identity providers (IdPs), user directories, single sign on (SSO), endpoint security or management (EPP, XDR, UEM, MDM), firewalls, routers, and point solutions like packet or content inspection hardware, threat prevention, and data loss prevention technologies.

To build a stronger baseline understanding of Cloudflare, we recommend the following resources:

* What is Cloudflare? | Website (5 minute read) or video (2 minutes)
* Solution Brief: Cloudflare One (3 minute read)
* Whitepaper: Reference Architecture for Internet-Native Transformation (10 minute read)
* Blog: Zero Trust, SASE, and SSE: foundational concepts for your next-generation network (14 minute read)

Those who read this reference architecture will learn:

* How Cloudflare One protects an organization’s employees, devices, applications, data, and networks
* How Cloudflare One fits into your existing infrastructure, and how to approach migration to a SASE architecture
* How to plan for deploying Cloudflare One

While this document examines Cloudflare One at a technical level, it does not offer fine detail about every product in the platform. Instead, it looks at how all the services in Cloudflare One enable networking and network security to be consolidated on one architecture. Visit the developer documentation for further information specific to a product area or use case.

---

# Introduction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/

## Definition

Overview of what the content will cover. Used in lengthier documents to help users understand whether they should invest time in reading the content.

## Used in

[Reference architecture](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/), [Design guide](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/design-guide/)

## Structure

No longer than half a page. Usually 1-3 paragraphs. The first paragraph should quickly and clearly explain the topic and the last paragraph explain what the document contains.

## Example

Cloudflare One is a secure access service edge (SASE) platform that protects enterprise applications, users, devices, and networks. By progressively adopting Cloudflare One, organizations can move away from their patchwork of hardware appliances and other point solutions and instead consolidate security and networking capabilities on one unified control plane. Such network and security transformation helps address key challenges modern businesses face, including:

* Securing access for any user to any resource with Zero Trust practices
* Defending against cyber threats, including multi-channel phishing and ransomware attacks
* Protecting data in order to comply with regulations and prevent leaks
* Simplifying connectivity across offices, data centers, and cloud environments

Cloudflare One is built on Cloudflare’s connectivity cloud, ​​a unified, intelligent platform of programmable cloud-native services that enable any-to-any connectivity between all networks (enterprise and Internet), cloud environments, applications, and users. It is one of the largest global networks, with data centers spanning hundreds of cities worldwide and interconnection with over 12,500 other networks. It also has a greater presence in core Internet exchanges than many other large technology companies.

As a result, Cloudflare operates within \~50 ms of \~95% of the world’s Internet-connected population. And since all Cloudflare services are designed to run across every network location, all traffic is connected, inspected, and filtered close to the source for the best performance and consistent user experience.

This document describes a reference architecture for organizations working towards a SASE architecture, and shows how Cloudflare One enables such security and networking transformation.

---

# Mathematical operations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/mathematical-operations/

## Definition

Expressions that show how to make a particular calculation.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

If an operation occurs inside of a code block, use the formatting associated with that programming language. If an operation occurs in text, either leave the equation in plain text with spaces between operators for readability or use math typesetting.

## Example

| Correct                       | Incorrect         |
| ----------------------------- | ----------------- |
| 25 / 30                       | 25/30             |
| `𝑒(𝑎𝑃,𝑏𝑄)=𝑒(𝑃,𝑄)𝑎𝑏` | e(aP,bQ)=e(P,Q)ab |

---

# Links

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/

## Definition

Reference to data that can be accessed by clicking, tapping, or selecting.

## Used in

All content types

## Overview

Hyperlinks are incredibly useful in online content but should not be overdone.  Excessive hyperlinking inside of paragraphs is often distracting and can deviate the reader's focus from the piece at hand.

## Guidance for inline paragraph links

Avoid non-descriptive link text like: click here and this page; instead, use the actual title of the target page or an abbreviated version of that title. This is also important so that readers see that when they get there, they actually linked to the page they intended to visit.

Use unique link text. Speech recognition software does not handle duplicated link text well.

Use in-paragraph links only if they are internal (those within Cloudflare's websites) and if the material relates directly to what's being described.  In other words, will the content behind the link help the reader make a decision or accomplish something before continuing to read the current document?

Avoid directional language.

## Links for the Related resources section

Use a *Related resources* section at the end of your document for:

* Internal links that loosely relate to the topic or offer a chance for deeper learning
* All external links (not residing in Cloudflare's websites)
* Internal and external links that represent the next logical steps to follow

External links placed in-paragraph are strongly discouraged because Cloudflare has no control over them. For example, if a link no longer resolves, our content feels less reliable. By shifting all external links to the end of the document, the impact of a broken link is less dramatic.

## Links for instructions in documentation

Place links for example requests and API calls in code blocks.

Use placeholders in links with account- or user-specific information. And explain what to replace the referential text with.

* For example, for the link "`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/a0b1c2d3/rulesets`" use "`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNTID>/rulesets`" and add text to say "replace `<ACCOUNTID>` with your Account ID" or similar.

See [angle brackets](/style-guide/formatting/code-conventions-and-format/) in Code Conventions and Formatting.

---

# Next steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/

## Definition

The end result of a procedure and/or actionable steps to take after completing a procedure.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

One to two sentences

It should answer:

* What happens now?
* What was the end result of the procedure?
* What do users do next?

---

# Prerequisites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/

## Definition

Tasks that must be completed or conditions that must be met before a user can complete steps.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

Usually a bulleted list.

If only one prerequisite task or condition, summarize requirements in one sentence.

---

# Notes/tips/warnings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/

## Definition

A colored info box or aside with content (text, images, lists, code blocks) that adds relevant notes that do not fit the text or warns users of specific behavior that can break functionality or impact security.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Configuration](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/), [FAQ](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/), [Concept](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

**Type**: note or warning (defines the background color)

**Aside content**

**(optional) Title/Header**

## Templates

Refer to [Asides](/style-guide/components/asides/) to learn how to build Asides.

## Rendered examples

:::note[Header text]
This is a "note" aside.
:::

:::caution[Header text]
This is a "warning" aside.
:::

:::note
This is a `note` aside without a header.
:::

## Additional information

The aside background color depends on the aside type:

* Aside with "note" type — blue
* Aside with "warning" type — orange

An aside has an optional header displayed at the top (inside the colored box) in **bold**.

The aside can contain a single sentence or additional content (lists, code blocks, images).

## When should I use a note/warning?

Use a note to alert a reader to additional useful information that you cannot integrate into the text.

Use a warning to alert a reader to behavior that could impact the security of a users network or break functionality.

## Recommendations

* **An aside should not contain too much content**, since it breaks the normal text flow. For example, up to 3 paragraphs or bulleted lists up to 3 items. If you need to include more content, consider creating a documentation section "Important notes" or similar.
* **Use asides sparingly.** Each section should not have more than one aside of the same type. The only exception is a possible availability disclaimer right after the heading.
* **Asides inside task step instructions should not have a header.** They take too much space and the background color is enough to distinguish the aside content from regular text.
* **Use a `note` aside to state the restricted availability of a feature** (for example, "Only available for customers on an Enterprise plan.") at the beginning of a page, without a header.

---

# Product descriptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/product-descriptions/

## Definition

Statements about the product and its benefits for customers.

## Used in

[Overview (or Landing Page)](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/), Support home page, Cloudflare Docs home page

## Structure

There are two product descriptions: short and long. Both descriptions are used in the Overview (or Landing page) as part of an introduction to the product.

### Short description

The short description should be a short summary statement about the product. This does not need to be, and ideally should not be, a complete sentence.

**Example**

Cloudflare Registrar: Cloudflare's domain registrar

### Long description

A long product description should summarize the product and the value or benefits it brings customers. It is comprised of two main assertions: 1) what the product does, and 2) how this benefits the customer. This description is used in the [Overview (or Landing page)](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/) as an introduction to the product.

**Intent**: To show what a customer could use this product for. It should not be trying to sell like marketing content, but you can refer to marketing statements as they give good summaries and descriptions. Often times, you can use a the same or similar and change the tone to be more product appropriate.

**Length**: 2-4 sentences (keep sentences readable - 7th grade reading level rule)

**Example**

Cloudflare Registrar: Manage your domain with Cloudflare Registrar and add an additional layer of security to your DNS records for free.

---

# Reference diagram

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/reference-diagram/

## Definition

A single diagram that portrays all or part of Cloudflare's platform and how Cloudflare would align with a customer's infrastructure or use case.

## Used in

[Reference architecture](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/), [Reference architecture diagram](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture-diagram/)

## Structure

A single diagram that shows a complete Cloudflare architecture aligned with a specific infrastructure or use case. Whenever possible, the image should be an SVG. For more information, refer to [Diagrams](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/).

## Examples

![A fully deployed SASE solution with Cloudflare protects every aspect of your business. Ensuring all access to applications is secured and all threats from the Internet mitigated.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-21.svg "A fully deployed SASE solution with Cloudflare")

![Connecting and routing traffic can be created using various methods such as Cloudflare Network Interconnect, IPSEC tunnels, WARP Connector and cloudflared.](~/assets/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-14.svg "Different methods of connecting Cloudflare to your network infrastructure")

---

# Steps/tasks/procedures

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/

## Definition

Action-oriented processes that outline steps to take and the order the steps should be taken.

## Used in

[How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)

## Structure

**Single-step procedures**: When a procedure consists of just one step, add the step into the introductory sentence.

**Sub-steps in numbered procedures**: In a numbered procedure, sub-steps should be lowercase letters, and sub-sub-steps get lowercase Roman numerals.

* When a step has sub-steps, treat the step like an introductory sentence. Put a colon or a period at the end of the step where appropriate.

**Multi-action procedures**: Use one step per action. However, you can combine small actions into one step.

**Multiple procedures for the same task**: If there is more than one way to complete a task, pick one procedure to document that is accessible for all users. If all of the procedures need to be documented, use separate headings or pages or tabs to separate the procedures to make it clear to the reader that this is an alternative way to complete the same task.

The following guidelines can help you choose which procedure to document:

* Choose a procedure that lets readers do all the steps using only a keyboard.
* Choose the shortest procedure.
* Choose a procedure that uses a programming language that the majority of your audience is familiar with.

**Repetitive procedures**: Use concise procedures to avoid repetitiveness and overwhelming the user with a lot of bold UI elements.

[Bullets vs. Numbered Lists](/style-guide/formatting/structure/lists/)

**Post requisites**: Not used at this time. If you feel like you need a post requisites section, consider adding the task as the final step of a procedure or moving the content into Next steps.

## Guidelines for writing procedures

If the user must log in to the dashboard as a first step, consolidate logging in and navigation into the first step. Also, write "log in to" (three words) instead of "log into".

If the user must press **Enter** after a step, then include that instruction as part of the step.

If the user has to turn a setting on or off, use **enable**.

State the purpose of the action before stating the action.

Write in the order that the reader needs to follow. State the location of the action before stating the action. If there are multiple headings associated with a set of procedures, restate the location of the action in the first step of each procedure, even if the location is the same as in the previous procedure.

Do not use "please."

## Additional information

Use complete sentences.

Use parallel structure.

Use second person imperative. Refer to the Style Guide for guidance on when to use certain verbs (click, select, choose, etc).

For an optional step, type (Optional) as the first word of the step.

* For example: (Optional) Type an arbitrary string, to be delivered to the target address with each notification delivered over this channel.

Do not include keyboard shortcuts.

Do not use directional language to orient the reader, such as above, below, or right-hand side. This type of language does not work well for accessibility or for localization. If a UI element is hard to find, provide a screenshot.

Use sentences like "The `<screen/page/card>` displays." wisely.

:::note

Usually, you only need this kind of helper sentence if the user ended up in an unexpected location, or if there was more than one possible target location, depending on the options that the user selected.

As an alternative, consider adding the `<screen/page/card>` mention at the beginning of the next step: "5. In `<screen/page/card>`, select Save." 
:::

---

# Tables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/tables/

Tables make complex information easier to understand by presenting it in a clear structure.

:::caution


Limit tables to three columns (or four if the information is very condensed). Otherwise, mobile users will have a hard time consuming tabular information.


:::

## Use cases

Use tables for:

* Simple mappings of data and values
* Categories of things with examples
* Collections of things with different attributes

## Usage

We use standard Markdown tables for our documentation.

### Example

| Category             | Range                                                                                  |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Not computed**     | Bot scores of 0.                                                                       |
| **Automated**        | Bot scores of 1.                                                                       |
| **Likely automated** | Bot scores of 2 through 29.                                                            |
| **Likely human**     | Bot scores of 30 through 99.                                                           |
| **Verified bot**     | Non-malicious automated traffic (used to power search engines and other applications). |

```txt title="Markdown table"
| Category | Range |
| ---- | ---- |
| **Not computed** | Bot scores of 0. |
| **Automated** | Bot scores of 1. |
| **Likely automated** | Bot scores of 2 through 29. |
| **Likely human** | Bot scores of 30 through 99. |
| **Verified bot** | Non-malicious automated traffic (used to power search engines and other applications). |
```

### Guidelines

When using tables:

* Check whether the tables work for both desktop and mobile users.
* Limit tables to three columns (or four if the information is very condensed).
* Avoid long sentences or information that is so dense that it defeats the purpose of having tabular displays.

### Alternatives

If your information does not fit within the [guidelines](#guidelines), consider using the following methods of presentation:

* Lists
* Subsections
* Tabs

### Large tables

As stated in the [guidelines](#guidelines), we generally avoid large tables in our documentation.

However, if you have a unique use case, use the `{{</*table-wrap*/>}}` shortcode to make your table responsive and scrollable.

<table-wrap>

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | Header 4 |
| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- |
| test     | test     | test     | test     |

</table-wrap>

```txt title="table-wrap example"
{{</*table-wrap*/>}}

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | Header 4 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| test | test | test | test |

{{</*/table-wrap*/>}}
```

---

# Titles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/

## Definition

The first line of text on a page. H1.

## Used in

All content types

[Overview](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/), [How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Configuration](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/), [FAQ](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/), [Changelog](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/), [Concept](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/), [Navigation](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/)

## Structure

Structure varies by content type. Visit a content type page to see its corresponding title guidelines. In all cases, do not use gerund phrases.

## Subtitles

## Definition

The first line of text on a page. H2, H3, etc.

## Used in

All content types

[Overview](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/), [How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), [Configuration](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/),c[FAQ](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/), [Changelog](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/), [Concept](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/), [Reference](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/), [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/), [Navigation](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/)

## Structure

Subtitles are verb or noun phrase that describes the sub-pages in the section. If using verb, do not use the gerund. Write "Install Wrangler", not "Installing Wrangler".

Subtitles should never be a question ("How do I install Wrangler?") or a call to action ("Reach out to us if you have a problem").

---

# 3rd-party integration guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/3rd-party-integration-guide/

## Purpose

The purpose of a 3rd-party integration guide is to explain how to use a 3rd-party product with Cloudflare. Although we want to help our customers as integrations between different products can be a pain point, there is a large risk and maintenance cost associated with specific types of 3rd-party resources.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content_type

`integration-guide`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative that includes the 3rd-party name. Do not use gerund phrases.

If a 3rd-party integration guide is with a specific Cloudflare technology partner, add a Markdown component that indicates `<partner>` after the title.

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/): An introductory paragraph on the following steps and what they will accomplish.

Provide context to the reader that is not in the section heading.

End with a colon or a period. Use a colon if it immediately precedes the steps. Use a period if there is more material (such as a note) between the context and the procedure.

Do not provide context for steps with a partial sentence that is completed by the numbered steps.

Mention any unique considerations between the 3rd-party and Cloudflare.

[**Prerequisites**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Tasks or conditions that must be completed before a user can complete a series of steps.

For 3rd-party integration guides, include information about what you need to interact with the third party for the following steps.

[**Steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Numbered steps that complete a task.

Link out for basic concepts (Regex, JavaScript, web server maintenance).

:::caution

Step-by-step instructions of 3rd-party environments are discouraged generally, but acceptable in certain situations. General preference is to link back to an article that someone else maintains.

They easily become out-of-date, especially if we can not access the 3rd-party product
:::

[**Links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): May be a bulleted list that references the 3rd-party product or in-text links to the 3rd-party process documentation.

Link to reputable sources within reason.

### Optional components

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

**Screenshots**

**Tables**

**Step validation**

:::note

Screenshots of the 3rd-party product are highly discouraged. It has all the problems of video or screenshot maintenance, but with a much greater risk that something changes and we are not aware of it.

It may become a bigger problem if we can not access the 3rd-party product.
:::

## Templates

Single procedure 3rd-party integration guide

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: integration-guide
---

# Second-person imperative verb phrase with 3rd-party name included

Context for procedure

Prerequisites

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
4. ...
```

3rd-party integration guide with multiple procedures that must be completed in order

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: integration-guide
---

# Second-person imperative verb phrase with 3rd-party name included

Context for procedure

Prerequisites

## 1. Second-person imperative verb phrase

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
4. ...

## 2. Second-person imperative verb phrase

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
4. ...

## 3. Second-person imperative verb phrase

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. Step three
4. ...
```

## Examples

**3rd-party integration in the Cloudflare dashboard**:

- [Enable Logpush to Sumo Logic](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/sumo-logic/)
- [Device Posture - Carbon Black](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/carbon-black/)

**Linking to external documentation**:

- [GitHub SMS notifications using Twilio](/workers/tutorials/github-sms-notifications-using-twilio/#sending-a-text-with-twilio)

(Discouraged but acceptable scenario) **How to with instructions in 3rd-party environment and within Cloudflare dashboard**:

- [IDP integration - Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory)](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/)
- [Managed deployment - Partners - Jamf](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/jamf/)

### Additional information

External integration guides are more costly to maintain because we do not control external UI and we do not typically have visibility into changes the same way we do for internal products.

We publish post-sales content. It might be referred to during pre-sales, but we publish use-phase content.

We publish with the expectation of maintenance. If you want to publish something without the expectation of maintenance, write a blog.

### Products where we frequently see 3rd-party information

- [Workers](/workers/tutorials/)
- [Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/)
- [Analytics](/analytics/analytics-integrations/)

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/

## Purpose

The purpose of a changelog is to log or record notable changes.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content_type

`changelog`

## Ownership

Developers and engineers maintain changelogs manually or via an automated process that their team owns. PCX provides a review but should not own creating or writing changelogs.

The structure of the page can differ depending on the frequency or type of page.

:::note

Do not use the following terms: change log (two words), release notes, what's new, or README.

"What's New" is a specific [content type](https://www.cloudflare.com/whats-new/) for marketing communication.
:::

## Structure (single-page)

When creating a changelog, you need an MDX page file and a corresponding YAML file in the [`src/content/changelogs` folder](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/tree/production/src/content/changelogs).

The combination of these files allows us to:

- Render traditional changelog content on an [HTML page](/stream/changelog/).
- Programmatically create an [RSS feed](/stream/changelog/index.xml) with the changelog content.
- Pull all our changelog content into a [Cloudflare-wide changelog](/changelog/).

### Markdown file

Your Markdown file needs to have several special values to pull in the changelog information. These values are highlighted in the sample page.

```mdx title="/src/content/docs/queues/platform/changelog.mdx"
---
pcx_content_type: changelog
title: Changelog
changelog_file_name:
  - queues
sidebar:
  order: 4
---

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/queues.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />
```

### YAML file

The `<ProductChangelog>` component renders data that lives in a file within the [`/src/content/changelogs` folder](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/tree/production/src/content/changelogs).

- `link` string required

  - Relative path to the changelog page, such as `"/queues/changelog/"`.

- `productName` string required

  - Product name to display on the [changelog](/changelog/) product filter list, as well as other areas of the template.

- `productLink` string required

  - Link to top-level docs for your product (helpful for context if someone is landing on the top-level changelog page)

- `productArea` string required

  - Rollup grouping to surface related products together in context.

- `productAreaLink` string required

  - Rollup grouping to surface related products together in context. Helps pull together related RSS feeds.

- `entries` object required

  - `publish_date` date required

    - Date of published change, formatted as `YYYY-MM-DD`.

  - `title` string optional

    - Name of published change. Optional, but highly encouraged.

  - `description` string required

    - Markdown string that also follows YAML conventions. For multi-line strings, start the entry with `|-` and then type on an indented new line.

```yml title="/src/content/changelogs/queues.yaml"
---
link: "/queues/changelog/"
productName: Queues
productLink: "/queues/"
productArea: Developer platform
productAreaLink: /workers/platform/changelog/platform/
entries:
  - publish_date: "2023-03-28"
    title: Consumer concurrency (enabled)
    description:
      Queue consumers will now [automatically scale up](/queues/learning/consumer-concurrency/)
      based on the number of messages being written to the queue. To control or limit
      concurrency, you can explicitly define a [`max_concurrency`](/queues/platform/configuration/#consumer)
      for your consumer.
  - publish_date: "2023-03-15"
    title: Consumer concurrency (upcoming)
    description: |-
      Queue consumers will soon automatically scale up concurrently as a queues' backlog grows in order to keep overall message processing latency down. Concurrency will be enabled on all existing queues by 2023-03-28.

      **To opt-out, or to configure a fixed maximum concurrency**, set `max_concurrency = 1` in your Wrangler file or via [the queues dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/queues).

      **To opt-in, you do not need to take any action**: your consumer will begin to scale out as needed to keep up with your message backlog. It will scale back down as the backlog shrinks, and/or if a consumer starts to generate a higher rate of errors. To learn more about how consumers scale, refer to the [consumer concurrency](/queues/learning/consumer-concurrency/) documentation.
  - publish_date: "2023-03-02"
    title: Explicit acknowledgement (new feature)
    description: |-
      You can now [acknowledge individual messages with a batch](/queues/learning/batching-retries/#explicit-acknowledgement) by calling `.ack()` on a message.

      This allows you to mark a message as delivered as you process it within a batch, and avoids the entire batch from being redelivered if your consumer throws an error during batch processing. This can be particularly useful when you are calling external APIs, writing messages to a database, or otherwise performing non-idempotent actions on individual messages within a batch.
  - publish_date: "2023-03-01"
    title: Higher per-queue throughput
    description:
      The per-queue throughput limit has now been [raised to 400 messages
      per second](/queues/platform/limits/).
  - publish_date: "2022-12-12"
    title: Increased per-account limits
    description:
      Queues now allows developers to create up to 100 queues per account,
      up from the initial beta limit of 10 per account. This limit will continue to
      increase over time.
  - publish_date: "2022-12-13"
    title: sendBatch support
    description:
      The JavaScript API for Queue producers now includes a `sendBatch` method
      which supports sending up to 100 messages at a time.
```

---

## Structure (multi-page)

In some cases, your changelog may have a separate page for each entry. The general structure is the same as the [single-page changelog](#structure-single-page), but with a few small differences.

### Markdown files

#### Top-level pages

For the top-level pages, you need the same frontmatter as the [single-page example](#markdown-file), but do not include any shortcodes in the body of the page.

#### Individual entries

For each entry page, create a regular markdown page. These do not require a separate style of page or any adjustments.

### YAML file

Each individual entry needs an abbreviated entry in the changelog `.yaml` file.

```yml title="/src/content/changelogs/waf.yaml"
---
link: "/waf/change-log/"
productName: WAF
productLink: "/waf/"
productArea: Application security
productAreaLink: /fundamentals/reference/changelog/security/
entries:
  - publish_date: "2023-09-18"
    scheduled_date: "2023-09-25"
    individual_page: true
    scheduled: true
    link: "/waf/change-log/scheduled-changes/"
  - publish_date: "2023-09-18"
    individual_page: true
    link: "/waf/change-log/2023-09-18/"
```

- `publish_date` date required

  - Date when the page was published, formatted as `YYYY-MM-DD`. For pages with scheduled changes, you should update this field when adding/updating entries, so that the changelog item gets placed at the top of the changelog list (and feed). You should _not_ update this date when clearing all scheduled changes due to a release, since this change is not as relevant.

- `individual_page` boolean required

  - Used to pull in the content from the page itself, as opposed to structured data in YAML.

- `link` string required

  - Link to the individual page.

- `scheduled` boolean optional

  - Should be included for scheduled pages. Because this component renders content on the underlying page, you should only have a) one scheduled entry per scheduled entry page and b) only a scheduled entry when the scheduled entry page has content.

- `scheduled_date` date required

  - Should be included for pages with scheduled changes. Helps render the date of the upcoming change in the title, which provides more actionable information to folks scanning titles or the associated RSS feeds.

:::note

If the scheduled date gets pushed for a change, update the `publish_date` and `scheduled_date` fields of the changelog entry. This process makes sure customers will receive notifications via their RSS feeds.

:::

## Examples

- [Stream Changelog](/stream/changelog/)
- [Pages Changelog](/pages/platform/changelog/)
- [WAF Changelog](/waf/change-log/)

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/

## Purpose

The purpose of a configuration is to show examples of specific settings, values, and options.

## Tone

plain, descriptive, straightforward

## content\_type

`configuration`

## When to use

Configurations are useful for parts of the product that are very configuration-intensive; for example, rules.

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): The title should be noun-based, because configurations are not designed to guide users towards achieving a goal – rather, they describe common ways to set up a specific feature depending on the user's needs.

**Context**: The context should be given in a paragraph right after the title. It should introduce the features, contextualize what type of configurations the user will encounter, and link to other relevant documentation.

**Settings and values**: This should be a reference table with a 1:1 correspondence between a setting the user can change, and the value they should input/select in order to reach the goal outlined in the context paragraph.

### Optional components

[**Navigation**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/): When we have many configurations to cover, it's useful to include a navigation list to help the user find what they need.

## Template

```

---
weight: xx  
pcx_content_type: configuration
---

# Title
 
Write an overview of the high-level feature here, not more than 2-3 sentences. Outline what users can achieve with it, and if necessary, link to other parts of the docs.
 
* [Feature 1](/feature-1)
* [Feature 2](/feature-2)
* [Feature 3](/feature-3)
 
## Feature 1
 
(Feature 1) allows you to (placeholder). For example, the following configuration (placeholder).
 
| Setting 1 | Setting 2 | Setting 3 |
 
| - | - | - | 
 
| Value 1 | Value 2 | Value 3 |
 
## Feature 2
 
(Feature 2) allows you to (placeholder). For example, the following configuration (placeholder).
 
| Setting 1 | Setting 2 | Setting 3 |
 
| - | - | - | 
 
| Value 1 | Value 2 | Value 3 |
 
## Feature 3
 
(Feature 3) allows you to (placeholder). For example, the following configuration (placeholder).
 
| Setting 1 | Setting 2 | Setting 3 |
 
| - | - | - | 
 
| Value 1 | Value 2 | Value 3 |
```

## Additional Information

Configurations, also known as use cases, are reference pages with examples of how you might set a product up based on your requirements. If you are creating a configuration and feel yourself wanting to include instructions, consider a [tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/), [how-to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/), or [example](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/) instead.

---

# Concept

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/

## Purpose

The purpose of a concept is to provide conceptual or descriptive information so users understand the background and context of a particular topic.

## Tone

instructional, descriptive, approachable, supportive

## content_type

`concept`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Use "About" for concept pages that describe the functionality of your product. Otherwise, use a short noun phrase (feature name, functionality, Internet concept - Health checks, Status resource protection, CDN)

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/): Provide a brief description of why users should care about this information.

**Explanation**: Explain the page topic. Keep paragraphs short and concise to avoid large blocks of text. Feel free to use bulleted lists, notes, and headings for visual breaks.

## Template

```

---
title: About (for high-level product concept page only - otherwise omit this line)
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: concept
---

# About <product> or noun phrase

Provide a brief description of why users should care about this information.

Explain the page topic. Keep paragraphs short and concise to avoid large blocks of text. Feel free to use bulleted lists, notes, and headings for visual breaks.
```

## Additional information

Do not recreate information that's already available online. Instead, consider why a topic needs to be explained, what Cloudflare's perspective is on that topic, and what users need to understand about the topic in order to successfully use our products.

## Examples

[Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)

[WAF](/waf/)

[Magic Transit](/magic-transit/about/)

---

# Design guide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/design-guide/

## Purpose

Help users understand how to plan and design a solution using Cloudflare. Typically design guides are a subset of a reference architecture.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

`design-guide`

## Examples

[Securely deliver applications with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/design-guides/secure-application-delivery/)

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Introduction**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/): Two to three paragraphs describing the subject matter.

[**Intended audience**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/intended-audience/): Summary of who the content is aimed at and what users will learn.

### Optional components

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

[**Diagrams**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

```

---
title: "Example design guide"
pcx_content_type: design-guide
weight:
meta:
  title: "Design guide: An example"
---

# Design guide title

## Introduction
Provide context to what this guide is going to cover. Ensure you describe the end state of the solution this guide will detail. 

### Who is this for?
This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization’s existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies important to securing hybrid work, including identity providers (IdPs), user directories, single sign on (SSO), endpoint security or management (EPP, XDR, UEM, MDM), firewalls, routers, and point solutions like packet or content inspection hardware, threat prevention, and data loss prevention technologies.

## Heading 1
### Subheading 1

## Heading 2
### Subheading 2

## Heading 3
### Subheading 4

## Summary

```

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/

## Purpose

The purpose of an FAQ is to provide simple answers to common questions.

## Tone

Guiding, straightforward, educational, authoritative

## content_type

`faq`

## Overview

A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page is a priority area for SEO and digital marketing, and can be a simple way to improve navigation for users.

An effective FAQ page should:

- Reflect the audience's need
- Cover a broad range of content
- Receive frequent updates
- Solve problems
- Drive page views
- Showcase expertise, trust, and authority

## What should you include in an FAQ page?

The FAQ should include a list of questions and answers to a particular topic, and should only be used if your page has a list of questions with answers.

Make sure each question includes the entire text of the question.

Make sure the answer includes the entire answer, and a direct response to the question (if the question is phrased in a Yes/No manner).

## Structure

### Smaller FAQ pages (5-10 questions)

Smaller FAQ pages will not need structuring into sections.

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): FAQ

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): an introductory paragraph on the section and what users can expect from it.

Questions, answers

### Medium FAQ pages (10-15 questions)

Medium FAQ pages will need structuring into sections to facilitate readability and discoverability of content.

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): FAQ

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): an introductory paragraph on the section and what users can expect from it.

Navigation menu with a list of section titles

Section titles

Questions, answers

### Large FAQ pages (more than 15 questions)

Large FAQ pages (for product suites like Teams/Cloudflare One) will need structuring into sections, and each section will have its own subpage, to facilitate readability and discoverability of content.

#### Main FAQ page

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): FAQ

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/) (page): an introductory paragraph on the section and what users can expect from it.

Section titles

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/) (section): a one-liner describing what users will find in that sub-section

Button: a button leading to the subpage with the actual questions

#### Child FAQ page

Breadcrumbs back to the main FAQ page

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): corresponds to the section header from the Main FAQ page

Questions, answers

---

## Question types

- **Yes/No**
  - Can I do something?
  - Can the product do something?
- **Procedural**
  - How do I do something?
  - How does something work?
  - How is something measured/counted?
- **Definitions**
  - What (is/are) ...?
- **Scenarios**
  - What if ...?
- **Troubleshooting**
  - I see `<ERROR>`.
  - `<PRODUCT>` fails, shows errors,

## Guidelines

### General

Write the questions from the customer's POV, so use the first person.

✅ Can I use wildcards when creating policies?

❌ Can users use wildcards when creating policies?

### Yes/No

With this question type, users want to inquire about capabilities. Does the product enable them to do something? Can the product do something?

- **Question**
  - Yes/no questions should start with structures like:
    - Can I....
    - (Can/Does) the product...
- **Answer**
  - Start the answer with Yes/No.
    - ✅ Yes. Cloudflare Access supports several providers simultaneously.
    - ❌ Cloudflare Access supports several providers simultaneously.
  - Always follow with a short contextualization. Give the user all the information they need.

### Procedural

This question type addresses doubts regarding how to achieve a goal with the product, or how the product works. They should normally be addressed by either tutorials or how-tos in the main documentation, but it is worth calling out some commonly asked procedural questions in the FAQ too, and linking back to other areas of the documentation.

- **Question**
  - Procedural questions should start with structures like:
    - How do I....
    - How does the product...
    - How does ... work?
- **Answer**
  - Give concise but complete answers
  - **Link out to relevant documentation** (tutorials, how-tos, even blog posts) for more in-depth information

### Definitions

With this question type, users want to know what certain elements are. While this type of question should be addressed by the glossary, it is helpful to call out some basic definitions in the FAQ too (think of definitions for essential, recurring features in the product), and link out to the relevant part of the documentation.

- **Question**
  - Definition questions should start with this structure:
    - What is/are...
- **Answer**
  - Think of a dictionary – short, concise, informational definitions help
  - Link out to the glossary or other relevant documentation if needed

### Scenarios

With this type of question, the user will know how to tie the product to a specific real-life scenario they have had happening, or think will happen. They want to know if the product is fit to help them in those cases, too. While **tutorials** should address this type of questions, it is worth calling out the most basic scenario-related questions in the FAQ too, so as to help the user decide whether the product is a good fit for their needs.

- **Question**
  - Scenario questions should start with this structure:
    - What if...
- **Answer**
  - Give the relevant answer in the first sentence. Does the product work in that scenario?
  - Add brief context in a couple more sentences. If the product works, how?
  - Link out to relevant documentation

### Troubleshooting

This is a peculiar question type, in that the user notices something unexpected with the product and starts by stating what it is; questions can be left implicit: "what is wrong and how do I fix it?"

- **Error**
  - I see...
  - `<Product>` does not work as expected when...
- **Answer**
  - Provide a **reason** why the user is seeing what they are seeing.
  - Provide short, lean, actionable steps to solve the error
  - Link out to tutorials or how-tos for more information.

## Additional Information

If the FAQ includes more than 5-10 questions, revisit the user workflow and determine if any of the content in the FAQ should live elsewhere in the doc set.

Use sections if your product is large or incorporates several other products (like Cloudflare One). Try to limit the number of questions in each example and revisit the user workflow if the number of FAQs grows unwieldy.

---

# Get started page template

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/

## Purpose

The purpose of Get started content is to help users go from not using a product to successfully configuring and setting up.

## content\_type

`get-started`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Should be "Get started"

[**Prerequisites**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Which may include:

* An active zone
* Certain subscription / enabled product / plan
* Other tasks you might need to do to set up other things (your origin) outside of CF
* Do you need to make certain decisions before you start?

[**Steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Steps that lead someone to whatever would be considered Product Adoption.

* Often, these can be partialized files from your How-to pages.
* This is usually the bare minimum (a single Bot Management FW rule) + the most general use case for a product.
* This may at times contradict the flow in the Cloudflare dashboard at times. If it does, consider raising it up to the Product team.

### Optional components

**Next steps**: Point someone towards additional configuration options.

## Template

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: get-started
---

# Get started

Description

## Before you begin

All the things you need to do before you start configuring your product, both within Cloudflare and outside.

## 1. Step description

## 2. Steps until you get to activation

---

## Next steps

Point to more complex setup options.
```

## Example

[Waiting Room: Get started](/waiting-room/get-started/)

---

# How to template

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Purpose

The purpose of a how to is to explain how to complete a task within the product.

<Render file="howto-vs-tutorial" />

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

`how-to`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Numbered steps that complete a task.

[**Next steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/): What users should see as the end result of the steps and/or actionable next steps.

### Optional components

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/): An introductory paragraph on the following steps and what they will accomplish.

Provide context to the reader that is not in the section heading.

End with a colon or a period. Use a colon if it immediately precedes the steps. Use a period if there is more material (such as a note) between the context and the procedure.

Do not provide context for steps with a partial sentence that is completed by the numbered steps.

[**Prerequisites**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Tasks or conditions that must be completed before a user can complete a series of steps.

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

Single procedure how-to

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: how-to
---
 
# Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
Context for procedure (optional)
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...

Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
```

How-to with multiple procedures

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: how-to
---
 
# Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
Context for procedures on page (optional)
 
## Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...
 
Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
 
## Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...

Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
```

How-to with multiple procedures that must be completed in order

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: how-to
---
 
# Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
Context for procedures on page (optional)
 
## 1. Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...
 
Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
 
## 2. Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...
 
Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
 
## 3. Second-person imperative verb phrase
 
1. Step one
1. Step two
1. Step three
1. ...
 
Next steps sentence - what users should see as the end result and/or actionable next steps.
```

---

# Implementation guide template

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/implementation-guide/

## Purpose

Walk the reader through best practices for the implementation of a solution using Cloudflare.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

`implementation-guide`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Numbered steps that complete a task.

[**Next steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/next-steps/): What users should see as the end result of the steps and/or actionable next steps.

### Optional components

[**Prerequisites**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/prerequisites/): Tasks or conditions that must be completed before a user can complete a series of steps.

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

[**Diagrams**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

---

# Content types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/

import { Description } from "~/components"

All new [developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/) products should include the required content sections that are listed in the following table. The other sections are available depending on what information users need to successfully use the product.

<table>
    <tr>
        <th style="width:25%">Content section</th>
        <th>Required?</th>
        <th>Content description</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/">Overview</a></td>
        <td>Yes</td>
        <td>The purpose of a landing page is to welcome users and provide an overview of the product.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/get-started/">Get started</a></td>
        <td>Yes</td>
        <td>The purpose of Get started content is to help users go from not using a product to successfully configuring and setting up.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/">How to</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a how to is to explain how to complete a task within the product.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/concept/">Concept</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a concept is to provide conceptual or descriptive information so users understand the background and context of a particular topic.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/">Reference</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of reference content is to provide supplemental information (a “deep dive”) for further learning on settings, values, or options. While reference information is helpful for users, reference information should not block or prevent users from completing tasks.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/">Reference architecture</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a reference architecture is to provide a high-level view of how all or part of the Cloudflare platform is built and how Cloudflare products would fit into a customer's existing infrastructure.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/">Tutorial</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a tutorial is to guide users and connect products to real-world scenarios.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/api-content-strategy/api-content-types/">API</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>API content lists requirements and tasks users must complete before successfully making their first request.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/troubleshooting/">Troubleshooting</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of Troubleshooting content is to provide guidance for solving common and corner-case problems with the product.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/faq/">FAQ</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of an FAQ is to provide simple answers to common questions.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/3rd-party-integration-guide/">3rd-party integration guide</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a 3rd-party integration guide is to explain how to use a 3rd-party product with Cloudflare.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/">Changelog</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a changelog is to log or record notable changes.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/configuration/">Configuration</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a configuration is to show examples of specific settings, values, and options.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/">Navigation</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of a navigation page is to direct users deeper into the doc set and act as a sub-landing page for a specific area of the docs.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td><a href="/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/support-content/">Support content</a></td>
        <td>No</td>
        <td>The purpose of support content is to provide guidance for solving specific problems with Cloudflare.</td>
    </tr>
</table>

---

# Navigation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/navigation/

## Purpose

The purpose of a navigation page is to direct users deeper into the doc set and act as a sub-landing page for a specific area of the docs.

## content_type

`navigation`

## Structure

Use the `{{</*directory-listing*/>}}` component

**Title**: Verb or noun phrase that describes the sub-pages in the section.

## Template

```mdx
---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: navigation
---

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"
 
# Name of section
 
<DirectoryListing />
```

## Examples

[Logs: Enable destinations](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/)

[Cloudflare Tunnel: Get Started](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/)

---

# Reference architecture diagram

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture-diagram/

## Purpose

To provide a visual reference and explanation of using Cloudflare for a specific solution.

## Tone

instructional, straightforward

## content\_type

`reference-architecture-diagram`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Reference diagram**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/reference-diagram/): A single diagram that reflects the overall reference architecture.

### Optional components

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

```
# Cloudflare Reference Architecture Diagram

Provide a description as to what the diagram below contains.

![Example reference architecture diagram](/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-14.svg "The above is an example reference architecture diagram")

1. Call out
2. Any numbered items
3. In the diagram
4. To explain their meaning/use

Provide some context to the diagram. What it relates to and link to any supporting content.

```

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/overview/

## Purpose

The purpose of a landing page is to welcome users and provide an overview of the product.

## Tone

Accessible, welcoming, conversational, outspoken

## content\_type

`overview`

## Structure

### Required components

**Metadata title**: Overview

**Title**: Name of the product, group of products, or conceptual content area. H1. Usually a noun. Do not add "documentation" to the title. Do not use gerund phrases.

**Intro/overview**: Brief welcoming introductory content. May be combined with product description.

**Product description**: What does this product do? Why would you use it?

**Product availability**: What plan(s) is this available to? Review [available plan types](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/layouts/shortcodes/plan.html#L1).

**Product attributes**: What is included with this product? (Specific actions, protections, etc.)

### Optional components

**Features**: A few main features specific to product. Includes a link to relevant documentation on feature.

**Related products**: Links to documentation for products used or configured together with current product.

**More resources**: External links to related resources, such as plans, pricing. Do not duplicate the information from the footer. Also, if the product is free to use or there are not any useful links, feel free to skip this section. Review [available icons in the source code](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/tree/production/static/icons/resources).

**Visual**: Graphic or image that enhances the landing page. It should be something relatively static that will not require much (if any) updating in the future.

**Integration information**

## Template

```

---
title: Overview
weight: xx
layout: overview
pcx_content_type: overview
---

# Cloudflare <product name> (or {{</*beta*/>}}Cloudflare <product name>{{</*/beta*/>}} for products in beta)

{{</*description*/>}}
Product description - What does this product do? Why would you use it? Short overview of product capability (~10-15 words).
{{</*/description*/>}}

{{</*plan type="<type>"*/>}}

Summary - Brief welcoming introductory content. A few sentences describing the product’s benefits to the customer. Focus on customer benefit but can also include general product information.

Learn how to [get started](/<product>/get-started/).

---

## Features

{{</*feature header="Name of feature" href="/link/to/feature/" cta="Optional message that's different from the name of the feature"*/>}}
Description highlighting capabilities of product feature. This section accepts Markdown lists for multiple attributes.
{{</*/feature*/>}}

---

## Related products

{{</*related header="<Name of product>" href="</link/to/product>" product="<slugified-product-name>"*/>}}
Description of product used together or connected configuration with current product.
{{</*/related*/>}}

---

## More resources

{{</*resource-group*/>}}

{{</*resource header="<Resource name>" href="https://www.cloudflare.com/link-to-resource/" icon="icon-name"*/>}}
Description of external resource related to current product.
{{</*/resource*/>}}

{{</*/resource-group*/>}}

```

## Additional Information

Overview pages are the default "first" page in any nested navigation. In some cases, to ensure good information architecture and navigability, you may need to rename or remove overview pages. 

### When to consider removing an verview page

If the overview acts as a table of contents that provides no additional information or context, consider removing it altogether.

### How to remove an overview page

Deleting the `index.mdx` file in a nested folder is not possible and will result in a build error. To remove the page from the docs, the `index.mdx` file must be hidden using sidebar styling changes. Also, to ensure that users do not accidentally access the overview page, add a redirect.

To hide an overview page, set the `group.hideIndex` property to `true` in the page's frontmatter.

```
---
title: Placeholder
sidebar:
  group:
    hideIndex: true
---
```

## Examples

[Argo Smart Routing documentation](/argo-smart-routing/)

### Many availabilities

[Images](/images/) is an example of a product whose availability is complex, and is not easy to just use one type of plan. To create components for each plan type, insert `{{</*plan type="<PLAN_TYPE>"*/>}}` below each of the feature component, like so:

```
{{</*feature header="<CLOUDFLARE_PRODUCT>" href="/path/to/product"*/>}}

{{</*plan type="PLAN_TYPE"*/>}}

Description of content in this section.

{{</*/feature*/>}}
```

---

# Reference architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture/

## Purpose

The purpose of a reference architecture is to provide a high-level view of how all or part of the Cloudflare platform is built and how Cloudflare products would fit into a customer's existing infrastructure. Reference architectures are designed to show where our platform fits in with a customer's current environment and describe key aspects of a Cloudflare feature/service. Reference architectures should also map customer use cases to Cloudflare solutions.

Reference architectures are typically very detailed. To describe a single architecture without much written content, use a [Reference architecture diagram](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference-architecture-diagram/).

## Tone

guiding, straightforward

## content\_type

`reference-architecture`

## Examples

[Cloudflare Load Balancing Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/load-balancing/)

[Magic Transit Reference Architecture](/reference-architecture/architectures/magic-transit/)

[Evolving to a SASE architecture with Cloudflare](/reference-architecture/architectures/sase/)

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative. Do not use gerund phrases.

[**Introduction**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/introduction/): Two to three paragraphs describing the document subject matter.

[**Intended audience**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/intended-audience/): Description of who the document is written for and what they will learn.

[**Reference diagram**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/reference-diagram/): A single diagram that reflects the overall reference architecture.

### Optional components

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

[**Diagrams**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/diagrams/)

**Screenshots**

[**Related links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/): Bulleted list of links to associated resources.

## Template

```

---
title: Cloudflare Reference Architecture
pcx_content_type: reference-architecture
weight: 1
meta:
    title: "Reference Architecture: An example Cloudflare solution"
---
 
# Cloudflare Reference Architecture
 
## Introduction
Cloudflare provides software as a service solutions (SaaS) solutions for performance, security, reliability, and developer services. This reference architecture focuses on the security of the platform and the network these services are built on, as well as the broad security capabilities the services offer for both public facing and internal facing assets.  

### Who is this document for?
This reference architecture is designed for IT or security professionals with some responsibility over or familiarity with their organization’s existing infrastructure. It is useful to have some experience with technologies important to securing hybrid work, including identity providers (IdPs), user directories, single sign on (SSO), endpoint security or management (EPP, XDR, UEM, MDM), firewalls, routers, and point solutions like packet or content inspection hardware, threat prevention, and data loss prevention technologies.

## Heading 1
### Subheading 1
Start by describing the technology which this architecture refers to. Ideally you open with a diagram that either describes the final architecture, or is a base diagram from which the document will build.

![Example reference architecture diagram](/images/reference-architecture/cloudflare-one-reference-architecture-images/cf1-ref-arch-14.svg "The above is an example reference architecture diagram")

## Heading 2
### Subheading 2
Then introduce how Cloudflare fits in

## Heading 3
### Subheading 4
Start to dig into the details of the technology

## Heading 5
### Subheading 5
End with mapping the architecture to real world use cases. Important to connect the reader to how this architecture is used in their own organization.

## Summary
End the document by summarizing everything so far and provide a list of further reading


```

---

# How to select a content type

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/select-content-type/

As the Cloudflare docs have grown, we've added content types that can be hard to differentiate from each other. The Cloudflare docs team does not expect customers to know the nuances between these content type, but we define similar content types in specific ways for formatting, maintenance, and analytic tracking reasons.

This page explains the differences between some of the commonly conflated content types.

## Should I create a How to, Tutorial, or 3rd-party integration guide?

| Content Type                                                                                                          | Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [How to](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/how-to/)                                           | A set of steps that you complete within a product regardless of who you are or what your application is. The tone is instructional and straightforward, tending toward concise steps with little to no additional context in each step. |
| [Tutorial](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/)                                       | A set of steps tailored to a particular use case or application. The tone is more guiding and may include context or rationale in addition to a concise step.                                                                           |
| [3rd-party integration guide](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/3rd-party-integration-guide/) | A set up steps that explains how to connect Cloudflare and a third-party product. The tone is instructional and straightforward, similar to a how to.                                                                                   |

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/reference/

## Purpose

The purpose of reference content is to provide supplemental information for further learning on settings, values, or options. While reference information is helpful for users, reference information should not block or prevent users from completing tasks.

## Tone

plain, straightforward

## content\_type

`reference`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): For a single Reference page, use "Reference" as the title. For a reference section with child pages, use nouns in the title. For example, [Common Cf-Polished statuses](https://developers.cloudflare.com/images/polish/cf-polished-statuses/).

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/): Provide an introductory paragraph to explain how and why a user might utilize the information on this page.

### Optional components

**Code snippets**: Examples of API responses or commands to run certain tasks.

[**Dynamic Lists**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/dynamic-lists/): Long lists of fields (more than 20).

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/): Code samples that reference a specific configuration or API call.

[**Notes/tips/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/): Relevant information that can help or simplify concepts or warn users of potential impacts.

**Screenshots**: Images of a completed configuration for complicated tasks.

**Tables**: Longer lists of features and an associated number value or terms and their definitions.

## Examples

[Cache: Common Cf-Polished statuses](/images/polish/cf-polished-statuses/)

[Logpush: Logpush API configuration](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/)

## Template

Single reference page

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: reference
---
 
# Reference
 
Write an overview of the reference information on this page. If this section has child pages, add navigation links below using the DirectoryListing snippet to add links for each child page in a bulleted list.
 
<DirectoryListing path="/reference"/>
 
## Concise noun title
 
Brief description of content in this section.
 
## Concise noun title
 
Brief description of content in this section.
```

---

# Support content

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/support-content/

## Purpose

The purpose of support content is to provide guidance for solving specific problems with Cloudflare.

## Tone

Guiding, straightforward, solution-oriented

## content_type

Use the metadata tag for the Content Type you create within the Support tile.

### Required components

**Title**

**Context**

### Optional components

**Steps/Tasks/Procedures**

**Examples**

**Next steps**

## Structure

The structure of a page within the support tile will depend on the purpose that content serves.

## Boundaries

The general guidance is that anything related to a specific product (DNS, Security Center) or platform (Cloudflare One) belongs in a [product](/products/) tile. Anything that is specific to interacting with Cloudflare support or details niche troubleshooting steps belongs in the [support](/support/) tile.

Support content should not duplicate content that already exists in a product tile.

<table>
    <tr>
        <th style="width:50%">Support content examples</th>
        <th>Product content examples</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>How to interact with Cloudflare support</td>
        <td>Product documentation - feature information, functionality, configuration, known limitations</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Niche troubleshooting information (multiple product configurations affecting each other)</td>
        <td>Troubleshooting a specific product or platform</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Third-party integrations and partnerships that are not specific to a product (like WordPress)</td>
        <td>Product-specific integration guides</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Runtime errors when integrating with external products</td>
        <td>Runtime errors specific to a product</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>How Cloudflare charges for specific things (rates, usage)</td>
        <td>Process documentation for how to set up billing information, etc. - no pricing content</td>
    </tr>
</table>

## Additional information

Migrating content from /support/ to other areas of dev docs

When you migrate content from the Support tile to other, relevant product areas:

1. Move over the English version of the page to your desired location.
2. Make edits to bring the content into alignment with our style guide.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/troubleshooting/

This troubleshooting strategy outlines our approach to troubleshooting content that is specific to a product or platform.

## Purpose

The purpose of Troubleshooting content is to provide guidance for solving common and corner-case problems with the product.

## Tone

Guiding, straightforward, solution-oriented

## content\_type

`troubleshooting`

## Structure

### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Troubleshooting name of product or feature

### Optional components

[**Context**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/)

[**Steps/Tasks/Procedures**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

**Next steps**

## Template

```

---
weight: xx
pcx_content_type: troubleshooting
---

# Troubleshooting

An introductory paragraph is not required but may be worthwhile if there is a lot of information on this page.

## Concise noun title

Explanation of how to address this issue.

## Concise noun title

Explanation of how to address this issue.

```

## Additional information

In general, create a unique Troubleshooting section for your product. If the Troubleshooting steps are minimal, include the guidance on one Troubleshooting page.

If there are several Troubleshooting steps, create separate pages for logical groupings of Troubleshooting.

---

# Tutorial

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/tutorial/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components";

<GlossaryDefinition term="tutorial" />

<Render file="howto-vs-tutorial" />

## Template

We have a [tutorial template](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/blob/production/templates/tutorial-template.mdx) that helps you follow our general structure and content guidelines.

## Guidelines

**A tutorial is:**

- User-focused
- Aligned to a user's goal or job-to-be-done
- Descriptive and guiding

**A tutorial can:**

- Describe how to integrate with a third party
- Be delivered in the Cloudflare dashboard
- Describe how to set up multiple products to complete a single job-to-be-done

**A tutorial is not:**

- Product configuration information, how-to (or any of the other content types)
- How to complete a task in the UI or API
- A dumping ground for screenshots
- Content with no end goal or job-to-be-done

### Tone

Guiding, straightforward, educational, authoritative

### content_type

`tutorial`

### Structure

#### Required components

[**Title**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/titles/): Short verb phrase in second-person imperative.

**Context**: An introductory paragraph on the user's goal or job-to-be-done and how they will accomplish that in the tutorial. Consider including the intended audience for the tutorial. Refer to [Context](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/context/) for more information.

**Consider the user story framing**: "As a `___`, I want to `___` so I can `___`."

[**Steps**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/): Numbered steps that complete a task.

#### Optional components

[**Notes/warnings**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/notes-tips-warnings/)

[**Examples**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/examples/)

**Screenshots**

[**Links**](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/links/)

**Boundaries**

## Examples

[Workers Tutorials](/workers/tutorials)

---

# Structure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Links

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/links/

Follow these guidelines for link text.

## Create links

Use the path to the product when creating a link.

- **Do**:
  - `This is a link for Magic WAN's [Get started](/magic-wan/get-started/)`
- **Don't:**
  - `This is a link for Magic WAN's [Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/get-started/)`

**Also not supported:**

- Relative links: ``A link to [`DurableObjectNamespace::get`](./namespace)``
- Using the file extension in links: `This is a link for Magic WAN's [Get started](/magic-wan/get-started.mdx/)`

## Standard text

As much as possible, use text that follows one of these patterns:

- `For more information, refer to [<PAGE_TITLE>](LINK).`
- `To <DO_SOMETHING>, refer to [<SECTION_TITLE>](LINK).`

Do not use the following constructions:

- `Learn more about...`
- `To read more....`
- `For more information, refer the [Merge requests](LINK) page.`
- `For more information, refer the [Merge requests](LINK) documentation.`

## Descriptive link text

The more descriptive your link text, the easier it is for people to navigate your site and for Google to understand what you are linking to.

Practically, this means you should avoid link text like `here`, `this page`, or `read more`.

For example, instead of:

- `For more information, refer to [this page](LINK).`
- `For more information, go [here](LINK).`

Use:

- `For more information, refer to [set up Cloudflare](LINK).`

## Dashboard link text

When directing users to the Cloudflare dashboard, use the following convention:

```text
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
```

---

# Lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/lists/

There are three types of lists:

* Bulleted lists for unordered items
* Numbered lists for ordered items
* Embedded lists for items within a sentence

Here are some tips when creating lists:

* Keep list items parallel
* Start numbered lists with a command (imperative verb)
* Consistently punctuate by using appropriate sentence + punctuation within the list (periods for full sentences, etc.)

## Bullet points

Bullet points help the reader's eye focus on a list of important elements.

However, as with any other aspect of writing, they should be used mindfully. Below is a list of when you should and should not resort to bullet points.

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
        <th>❌ Do not use bullet points</th>
        <th>✅ Use bullet points</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
        <td>To outline <b>processes</b> (prefer numbered lists)</td>
        <td>To list <b>facts</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>To explain your reasoning (it is a blog post, not a list of system requirements)</td>
        <td>To list <b>data</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>-</td>
        <td>To list <b>options</b></td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

## Bulleted lists

Instructions should be numbered steps and not bullet points. See [steps/tasks/procedures](/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/component-attributes/steps-tasks-procedures/) for additional information.

Do not punctuate bullet points unless each item is a full sentence.

If bullet point items are followed by a description, use a colon after the heading and capitalize the description. For example,

* **Item 1**: Description 1
* **Item 2**: Description 2

For bullet points, try to stick to the "six-pack" rule: no more than six bullets, each made up of six words or less.

Refer to [The best way to use bullet points](https://thewritinghabit.blog/2016/08/22/best-way-to-use-bullet-points/) for additional guidance.

### Bulleted list checklist

When you find yourself creating a list of bullet points, go through this checklist:

1. Do all bullet points belong together?
   * Check that all the elements in the list are logically connected.
2. Do I have more three or more bullet points, but less than six?
   * Readers get lost when reading long lists; at the same time, if you have less than three elements to list, is it necessary to use bullet points?
3. Are all bullet points shorter than three lines of text?
   * Bullet points should not be used as section headers. If you have excessively long bullet points, consider breaking up the list into several subsections.
4. Is punctuation consistent?
   * End all elements of a bulleted list with a period if each element is a full sentence; do not add any punctuation if you are just listing nouns or parameters.
5. Do all bullet points start with the most important word we want the reader to remember?
   * Make sure the "head" of your bullet point is not hiding after a long circumlocution.
6. Do all bullet points start with the same part of speech?
   * If your bullet points start with verbs, make sure all verbs are in the same mood/tense.

---

# Paragraphs and line breaks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/paragraphs-and-line-breaks/

## Paragraphs in Markdown

To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line (with no spaces) before adding the new paragraph content.

```txt
This sentence is the first one in this paragraph.
This second sentence also belongs to the first paragraph.

This is the first sentence of the second paragraph.
```

## Line breaks in Markdown

Avoid line breaks when possible. Considering creating a separate paragraph, even inside numbered lists.

If you need to add a line break, use the `<br/>` HTML element.

Example inside a table:

```txt
| Feature                          | Enabled |
|----------------------------------|---------|
| Feature name<br/>Additional info | Yes     |
```

This is how the table looks:

| Feature                          | Enabled |
| -------------------------------- | ------- |
| Feature name<br/>Additional info | Yes     |

:::caution

Do not use two spaces at the end of a sentence to create a forced line break. Although this Markdown syntax is supported, it is not immediately visible and can easily miss these line breaks during peer reviews. 
:::

---

# Tables

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/tables/

Using tables to simplify content and data provides a comprehensive way to arrange design, structure, outlines, pattern, or order. It is a great tool for comparisons, breakdowns, lists, functions, and descriptions.

Here are some tips when creating tables:

* Label column headers.
* Label row headers if appropriate.
* Avoid merged cells. When cells are merged, it impacts how a screen reader navigates the page.
* Avoid too much text.
* Aim for parallelism within the column.
* Keep tables as simple and as small as possible.

## When to use tables

Tables display pieces of information that have some sort of relationship.

Example:

* Dates and descriptions, like a changelog
* A list of products with attributes

## When not to use tables

Do not use tables to format a page.

## Markdown examples

**Add a table**

To add a table, use three or more hyphens (---) to create each column’s header, and use pipes (|) to separate each column. For compatibility, you should also add a pipe on either end of the row.

```
| Syntax      | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header      | Title       |
| Paragraph   | Text        |
```

The rendered output looks like this:

| Syntax    | Description |
| --------- | ----------- |
| Header    | Title       |
| Paragraph | Text        |

Tip: Creating tables with hyphens and pipes can be tedious. To speed up the process, try using the [Markdown Tables Generator](https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables).

## Alignment

You can align text in the columns to the left, right, or center by adding a colon (:) to the left, right, or on both side of the hyphens within the header row.

```
| Syntax      | Description | Test Text     |
| :---        |    :----:   |          ---: |
| Header      | Title       | Here is this  |
| Paragraph   | Text        | And more      |
```

The rendered output looks like this:

| Syntax    | Description |    Test Text |
| :-------- | :---------: | -----------: |
| Header    |    Title    | Here is this |
| Paragraph |     Text    |     And more |

## Formatting text in tables

You can format the text within tables. For example, you can add links, code, and emphasis.

You can’t add headings, blockquotes, lists, horizontal rules, images, or HTML tags.

## Escaping pipe characters in tables

You can display a pipe (|) character in a table by using its HTML character code ("|").

## HTML examples

For complex tables, consider using HTML. The following example is created with HTML:

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th style="width:50%">Field</th>
      <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
   <tr>
      <td valign="top"><code>http.cookie</code><br />`String`</td>
      <td>
         <p>Represents the entire cookie as a string.</p>
         <p>
         Example value:
         <br /><code>session=8521F670545D7865F79C3D7BEDC29CCE;-background=light</code>
         </p>
      </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td valign="top"><code>http.host</code><br />`String`</td>
      <td>
         <p>Represents the hostname used in the full request URI.</p>
         <p>
         Example value:
         <br /><code>www.example.org</code>
         </p>
      </td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

---

# Sentence structure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/formatting/structure/sentence-structure/

Fifteen words or fewer is a good rule of thumb for readability. You can use the [Hemingway App](https://hemingwayapp.com/) to check length and reading level. Break up longer or difficult-to-read sentences into shorter chunks.

In the Cloudflare dashboard, keep only what is necessary to convey the message. For example, complete sentences and certain words ("the," for example) are not always necessary.

## Spaces between sentences

One space between sentences.

---

# Abbreviations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/abbreviations/

Abbreviations include acronyms, initialisms, shortened words, and contractions (in most contexts, the technical distinction between acronyms and initialisms is not relevant; it is fine to use the word *acronym* to refer to both).

## Long and short versions of a word

Some words have a long version and a short version, such as "application" and "app", "demonstration" and "demo", "synchronize" and "sync".

The short versions of the words are not abbreviations, and if you use them, you do not need to put a period after them.

If you are not sure whether a word is an abbreviation or just a short version of a longer word, here is a list of [common abbreviations](https://abbreviations.yourdictionary.com/articles/list-of-commonly-used-abbreviations.html). If that does not settle the issue, use the speaking test: if you speak the short version as a word ("This is a demo version of the product"), you can usually treat it as a word and not an abbreviation.

If a standard term in the Cloudflare dashboard is the long version of a word, use that over the shorter version to maintain consistency and distinctions. For example, customer *applications* on Cloudflare for Teams are not shortened to *apps*. Depending on the use case, application might be the preferred term, especially due to translation.

## When to spell out a term

In general, when an abbreviation is likely to be unfamiliar to the audience, spell out the first mention of the term and immediately follow with the abbreviation, in parentheses. For all subsequent mentions of the abbreviation, use the abbreviation by itself.

If the first mention of a term occurs in a heading or title, you can use the abbreviation and then spell out the abbreviation in the first paragraph that follows the heading or title.

When deciding to spell out a term, consider your audience. If the majority of your audience is likely to recognize and understand the term, then you do not need to spell it out. For example, if you are writing documentation for developers that references an API, you do not need to spell out *application programming interface*. However, if you are explaining the general concept of an API to someone with no programming experience, spelling out the abbreviation can be helpful.

In some cases, spelling out a term does not help the reader understand the term. For example, writing out *portable document format* does not help the reader understand what a PDF document is. In those cases, do not spell out the term.

The following abbreviations rarely need to be spelled out:

* API
* DVD
* File formats such as PDF or XML
* HTML
* PC
* RAM
* REST
* Units of measure such as MB or GB
* URL
* USB

## Abbreviations not to use

Prefer English terms over Latin abbreviations. Do not use i.e. or e.g. Instead, use **that is** or **for example**, respectively.

One exception: avoid both *etc.* and *and so on* wherever possible, but if you really need to use one, use *etc.* Always include the period, even if a comma follows immediately after.

Do not use Internet slang abbreviations such as tl;dr, IMO, FYI, or others.

Use the most common form of a word. If the full spelled-out word is common and easily understandable, use that rather than abbreviating. For example, write approximately instead of approx. and versus instead of vs.

### Periods with abbreviations

Follow these guidelines:

* Do not use periods with acronyms or initialisms.
* Put a period at the end of a shortened word, except for date and time abbreviations.
* If you write or say an abbreviation as a word (for example, app or sync), do not put a period after it.
* Do not use a period with an abbreviation for the name of a country, US state, or the District of Columbia (DC).

## i.e. vs e.g.

While similar, these two Latin abbreviations carry very different meanings.

* **i.e.** stands for **id est**. Quite literally, it means "that is" (that = id, est = is). It can be replaced with "that is" or "in other words".
  * The median compression ratio achieved by Gzip was 0.65% (**i.e.**, the page was reduced to 0.65% of its size).
* **e.g.** stands for **exempli gratia**. Use this when introducing examples for something you have just mentioned. It can be replaced with "for example", or "like".
  * Cloudflare products (**e.g.**, Zero Trust, Magic Transit, etc.) offer network security and reliability.

---

# Acronyms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/acronyms/

**Define new and unfamiliar terms.** Acronyms and abbreviations can have an adverse effect on clarity, voice, and SEO. When writing or editing, some  terms might be unfamiliar to some or all of the audience. When you spot a such an unfamiliar term, take one of the following tactics:

* If the term already exists, link to a good existing explanation.

* If your document is introducing the term, define the term.

* **Do not use periods in acronyms.** Acronyms are usually pronounced as their own word (like “QUIC”); for that reason, we do not place periods  between each letter. Although initialisms are slightly different from acronyms — like “VPN” or “TLS,” they cannot be pronounced as their own word  — we format them in the same way as proper acronyms in order to maintain consistency throughout our written content.

---

# Anthropomorphisms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/anthropomorphisms/

Avoid Anthropomorphisms in product content. Anthropomorphism is attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects. Computers do not think, want, worry, or do other things that are uniquely human.

---

# Capitalization

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/capitalization/

**Capitalize names of Cloudflare products, services, and features.**

Each product, service, and feature should be properly spelled and capitalized when used in any content, both to ensure consistency across all channels and to differentiate common performance and security technologies (for example: load balancing, bot management, and web application firewalls) from specific Cloudflare solutions (for example: Cloudflare Load Balancing, Cloudflare Bot Management, and Cloudflare Web Application Firewall).

| ✅                                                                                                                                                           | ❌                                                                                                                                                | Rationale                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| This interactive demo provides three different scenarios on how to utilize **Cloudflare Rate Limiting** to protect your endpoints from suspicious requests. | This interactive demo provides three different scenarios on how to utilize **rate limiting** to protect your endpoints from suspicious requests. | This demo is specific to a Cloudflare product (Cloudflare Rate Limiting), not a tutorial on utilizing generic rate limiting.                |
| The **Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)** sits on the same anycast network that powers our global CDN, HTTP/2, and web optimization features.       | Our **web application firewall** sits on the same anycast network that powers our global CDN, HTTP/2, and web optimization features.             | Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a specific product we offer and should be capitalized and identified with the Cloudflare name. |

## Example of capitalization and pluralization usage for the Waiting Room

**When to use Waiting Room capitalized and singular:**

* Naming the product: *Waiting Room keeps wait times low by dynamically managing traffic.*
* Page title: *Access Waiting Room*
* Preceded by “Cloudflare”: *Cloudflare Waiting Room allows organizations to…*
* Preceding a feature name: *Waiting Room Event Scheduling*

**When to waiting room(s) lower-case and in singular or plural:**

* Used as an object: *Your waiting room will begin queueing all visitors and will not allow any visitors to the path protected by your waiting room.*
* Capitalize only the first word when at the beginning of a sentence:  *Waiting rooms are enabled on all subpaths, meaning you might be sending more traffic to your waiting room than anticipated.*
* Capitalize only the first word when it is the title of a subsection: *### Waiting room template*

## Common capitalization conventions

<table>
  <tr>
    <th style="width:20%">✅</th>
    <th style="width:20%">❌</th>
    <th>Rationale</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA</td>
    <td>Captcha, captcha, recaptcha, Recaptcha</td>
    <td>A <b>CAPTCHA</b> is a puzzle used to challenge users and ensure they are not bots.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>cloud</td>
    <td>Cloud, "cloud"</td>
    <td>The <b>cloud</b> is a network of remote servers used to store and maintain data. </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>DDoS</td>
    <td>ddos, DDOS</td>
    <td>A <b>DDoS</b> attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt normal traffic of a targeted server.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>denial-of-service (DoS)</td>
    <td>denial of service, Denial-of-Service, Denial-Of-Service, Denial of Service, dos, Dos, DOS</td>
    <td>DDoS is a type of <b>DoS</b> attack.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Enterprise, enterprise</td>
    <td>ent, ENT</td>
    <td>Capitalized - Refers to the official Cloudflare <b>Enterprise</b> Plan or a customer on the <b>Enterprise</b> plan. Sentence-case - All Enterprise customers are enterprise companies, but not all enterprises are Enterprise customers. </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Internet</td>
    <td>internet</td>
    <td>Disabling this option may cause all devices to lose <b>Internet</b> connectivity.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>SSL</td>
    <td>ssl</td>
    <td><b>SSL</b> is an encryption-based Internet security protocol.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>TLS</td>
    <td>tls</td>
    <td><b>TLS</b> is a security protocol designed to facilitate privacy and data security for communications over the Internet..</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>WAF</td>
    <td>waf</td>
    <td><b>WAF</b> is a security system that helps protect web applications by filtering and monitoring HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Zero Trust</td>
    <td>zero trust</td>
    <td><b>Cloudflare</b> Access is a Zero Trust solution that secures inbound connections to your protected applications.</td>
  </tr>
</table>

## Headings

For headings, only the first letter of the first word should be capitalized. Normal capitalization rules still apply to the rest of the sentence.

---

# Compound words

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/compound-words/

## Whitespace

Whitespace is used in our blog posts and product content. For the sake of consistency, follow these conventions when using them:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th style="width:20%">✅</th>
    <th style="width:20%">❌</th>
    <th>Example</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>nameserver</td>
    <td>name servers</td>
    <td>Change your nameservers to Cloudflare's.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>hostname</td>
    <td>host name</td>
    <td>Add a *. SAN (wildcard) to the custom hostname certificate.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>data center</td>
    <td>datacenter</td>
    <td>Cloudflare updates the new setting across all of our data centers around the world.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>checkbox</td>
    <td>check box</td>
    <td>Select the Transfer lock checkbox before continuing the setup.</td>
  </tr>
</table>

When using compound words that have a preposition in them (think log in, or set up), they should be written as two separate words when they are verbs, and as one word when they are nouns.

See these examples:

### Verbs

Now you can **set up** Centrify, OneLogin, and other identity providers with Cloudflare Access.

Learn how to start using SSO to **log in** to the Cloudflare dashboard.

Make sure to **back up** your data.

### Nouns

Having DAGs that can run simultaneously requires an Airflow **setup** that has been built and configured to scale.

Share an account without sharing a **login**.

This allows you to restore your data from the **backup**.

## Hyphenation

Certain expressions should be hyphenated depending on their position and role in the sentence.

As a general rule, when a compound word precedes a noun, it is called a **modifier** and should be hyphenated.
When the same word comes after a verb, it has the role of an adverb and it should not be hyphenated.

Examples:

| Modifiers                                                                                         | Adverbs                                                                                |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Keep **up-to-date** passwords secured and safe.                                                   | Keep passwords safe by staying **up to date**                                          |
| **Day-to-day** maintenance means any daily processes which must be implemented for the equipment. | The duration of a maintenance session will vary from **day to day**.                   |
| This allows us to implement **state-of-the-art** security for our customers.                      | This approach to authentication was the **state of the art** until a couple years ago. |

---

# Contractions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/contractions/

Avoid using contractions such as *don't*, *won't*, and *can't*.

---

# Parts of speech

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Nouns and pronouns

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/nouns-and-pronouns/

Refer to the customer in the second person. Where this is not possible, use gender neutral pronouns. Do not use “one” as a pronoun.

Make sure it is clear who or what pronouns are in reference to. Pronouns act as signposts to the subject of the sentence and should not be used so much that the subject is no longer clear.

## First person

Substitute "we" or "I" with "Cloudflare" if you need to represent Cloudflare.

| ✅                                                           | ❌                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cloudflare recommends you submit image or plain text files. | We recommend closing your files before you restart your computer. |

## Second person

When you give instructions, use the polite command form with the second person "you" or in special cases "they" or "it".

## Referring to people

Use "you" instead of "the user" when the audience is the user of a Cloudflare product.

As a last resort, use passive voice if the subject is obvious or irrelevant.

---

# Prepositions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/prepositions/

You can put a preposition at the end of a sentence, but do not do it often. Your sentences can sound stilted if you try to avoid putting the preposition at the end.

| ✅                                                     | ❌                                                          |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Open the application you are submitting an image for. | Open the application for which you are submitting an icon. |

---

# Possessives

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/possessives/

In general, avoid the 's construction to show possession by an inanimate object as doing so personifies the object.

Example: *the device's address*.

---

# Slang

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/parts-of-speech/slang/

Avoid all slang, especially derogatory or vulgar language.

---

# Ampersands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/ampersands/

Do not use ampersands, except where space is limited in the UI and where they are part of existing proper names.

---

# Colons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/colons/

Use colons to introduce unordered lists, tables, or images. Always precede lists, tables, and images with a full sentence. You can also introduce a list within a sentence.

---

# Commas

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/commas/

Use the Oxford comma in lists of three or more items in a sentence.

Use commas to separate clauses. Break up longer or difficult-to-read sentences into shorter chunks.

Dependent clauses that start a sentence, end with a comma. [(Learn more)](https://www.dailywritingtips.com/subordinate-clauses-and-commas/)

Example: After you open the file, save it to your desktop with a different name.

## Oxford comma

Use the Oxford comma. The Oxford comma should break up lists of three or more items in a sentence.

Example:  Stream for Free, Pro, and Business plans

Without the Oxford comma, readers might misunderstand this header as free streaming for Pro and Business plans.

---

# Dashes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/dashes/

Dashes look like hyphens, but are wider. An em dash is the widest type of dash. Dashes have a different purpose than hyphens. We use two types of dashes:

## Hyphen (-)

**Hyphenate compound modifiers that are placed before the noun.** Compound modifiers that come before the noun require a hyphen to distinguish them from individual modifiers and nouns. Do not hyphenate compound modifiers that come after the noun. Hyphens are used in compound words and to express ranges.

Examples:

* The most up-to-date software can be found here.

* It takes 24-48 hours for the data to upload.

:::note

Never include whitespaces around a hyphen.

:::

Additional examples:

| ✅                                                                                                                    | ❌                                                                                                                    | Rationale                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Protect your Internet property from common vulnerabilities with our enterprise-class Web Application Firewall (WAF). | Protect your Internet property from common vulnerabilities with our enterprise class Web Application Firewall (WAF). | ‘Enterprise-class’ refers to the ability of something to scale with and handle the needs of large enterprises. A hyphen is necessary because the compound modifier comes before the noun. |
| Our WAF is enterprise class.                                                                                         | Our WAF is enterprise-class.                                                                                         | ‘Enterprise class’ modifies ‘WAF.’ A hyphen is not necessary because the compound modifier comes after the noun.                                                                          |

## Em dash (—)

**Use em dashes to break up thoughts within a single sentence.** Em dashes (—) or double dashes (--) with spaces around them may be used to break up thoughts within a sentence. Single dashes (-), or hyphens, are commonly used to write compound words/modifiers and should never be used to break up thoughts in this way.

* Shortcut for Mac users: Hold down Shift and Option keys, then press the Minus key

* Shortcut for PC users: Hold down the Alt key and type 0151

Dashes are used in pairs (in place of parenthesis) or alone (in place of a semicolon or colon).

Examples:

* Cookies provide saved information about a user’s session to establish a “state” — in most cases, identity — as your browser makes a request.

* Embed yourself in the team — the best results will come when trust is built.

:::note

Following AP style guides, and to improve readability, we include whitespaces before and after the em dash.
:::

Additional examples:

| ✅                                                                                                                                                  | ❌                                                                                                                                                | Rationale                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| The app has made security and privacy core to the company’s mission — and that is why it chose Cloudflare to provide an extra layer of protection. | The app has made security and privacy core to the company’s mission—and that is why it chose Cloudflare to provide an extra layer of protection. | An em dash with spaces on both sides is the appropriate way to distinguish the offset phrase at the end of this sentence.                                      |
| ACME has always looked deeply into two sources of traffic -- organic and direct traffic.                                                           | ACME has always looked deeply into two sources of traffic - organic and direct traffic.                                                          | A double dash is the appropriate way to clarify different types of traffic at the end of this sentence. A hyphen should not be used in place of a double dash. |

Additional dash information:

| Punctuation | Character/HTML Code | When to use in Cloudflare documentation                                                                       | Justification                                                                                                                                                    |
| ----------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Hyphen      | \&#45               | Negative numbers, compounding nouns, compound adjectives, removing ambiguity, certain prefixes, certain units | Use a hyphen instead of an en dash.                                                                                                                              |
| Minus       | −                   | Do not use                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Em Dash     | —                   | Empty table cells                                                                                             | Heavy use of the em dash creates choppy sentences that might annoy readers.                                                                                      |
| En Dash     | –                   | Copyright year spans                                                                                          | To avoid possible confusion, the word "to" should be used instead of an en dash in a range of numbers because the en dash can be misinterpreted as a minus sign. |

---

# Exclamation points

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/exclamation-points/

Avoid using exclamation points in most writing!

Exclamation points are appropriate for success messages or screens in the UI.

---

# Punctuation marks and symbols

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Percentages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/percentages/

Use the % symbol for percentages instead of “percent” after the numeral.

---

# Periods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/periods/

Do not use periods in titles or headings. Only use periods for complete sentences in body text.

---

# Quotation marks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/quotation-marks/

In general, avoid the `'s` construction to show possession by an inanimate object. Doing so personifies the object.

Example: the device's address.

## Usage

Do not use `“ ” ‘ ’`, which are double or single typographer's ("curly") quotation marks. Use standard quotation marks instead.

---

# Semicolons

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/grammar/punctuation-marks-and-symbols/semicolons/

Avoid semicolons when possible. Break down long explanations into shorter, simpler sentences.

---

# Customer Incident Management Policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/about-cloudflare/enterprise-documentation/customer-incident-management-policy/

## Purpose

Cloudflare believes that openness and transparency are intrinsic to the delivery of our service, and is dedicated to establishing the trust of our customers and of the Internet community at large.  Cloudflare operates a global network which impacts the lives and prosperity of hundreds of millions of people, and we are therefore extremely mindful of that responsibility.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) defines how Cloudflare deals with all incidents and problems impacting its production environment and the ways in which Cloudflare communicates the nature and impact of these incidents to Enterprise customers, both planned and unplanned, regardless of severity.  This procedure specifies how these efforts are uniformly followed in order to

* maximize environment uptime,
* minimize client impact,
* reduce the time to repair, and
* share information with our customers and the Internet community.

***

## Scope

This SOP applies to Cloudflare customers and customer services as consumed by customers. The SOP is applicable to all customer production environments at Cloudflare including:

* Cloudflare’s public website ([www.cloudflare.com](http://www.cloudflare.com/))
* Cloudflare’s APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
* Outbound third-party interfaces (e.g. credit card authorizations, etc.)
* Network infrastructure owned or managed by Cloudflare for production services
* Vendor software, hardware and services that affect any part of Cloudflare production

***

## Background

Cloudflare wants to build a better Internet. In order to deliver an improved experience to millions of Internet users, Cloudflare’s internal operations must follow excellent service delivery processes and procedures.  Cloudflare’s procedures therefore follow many industry-standard best practices, some of which specifically follow patterns of the Information Library Infrastructure Technology (ITIL).  This SOP follows the best practices of the ITIL Problem Management methodology.

***

## Definitions

Categories of key incident terms:  All events are conditions which can instigate alerts;  some alerts are incidents of note (and some are not);  all incidents must be triaged (sometimes through automation, sometimes through human interaction);  some incidents are problems;  some subset of problems are "major" and instigate Status Page updates;  some major incidents have a high priority (P1) which requires the creation of an Incident Report.

Key terminology:

**Event**

Any identifiable and discrete thing which can be logged by one of Cloudflare’s production applications or systems

**Alert**

An event of potential interest which is identified and communicated via one of Cloudflare’s monitoring systems

**Incident**

A report or alert which has a high probability of affecting Cloudflare’s production systems, or an alert condition which only exists for a short period of time because the affected service is restored to health before a Problem condition is identified

**Problem**

An identified and categorized incident which has a negative impact on the optimal health and/or performance of Cloudflare’s production systems or applications

**Incident Report**

A public report which describes the nature of a service Problem, Cloudflare’s overall response to the Problem, and efforts to reduce or eliminate future impact

**Post Mortem Review**

A review meeting initiated in response to severe and/or critical Problem.  All Post Mortem meetings focus on the details of an Incident Report generated by a Cloudflare engineer with skills or experience appropriately suited to address to the nature of the Problem.

**SRE**

The Systems Reliability Engineers are the group responsible for the first-level support of all incidents

**CSUP**

The Customer Support group is the team responsible for responding to all customer-generated requests, and for all customer communications during any identified Problem.

**JIRA**

Cloudflare ticketing system used for the tracking of incidents, work orders and problems

**Severity / Priority Level**

Value of “P0, P1, P2 or P3” based on the severity of Problem impacting the Cloudflare network and customers

**SLA**

Service Level Agreement – internal or contractual obligation for a specific level of service (usually measured in actions per unit of time)

**SLO**

Service Level Objective – internal or contractual objective for a specific level of service (usually measured in actions per unit of time)

**Incident Commander**

Cloudflare resource responsible for ensuring the Problem is being addressed properly, time is being kept, escalations are being made, clients are being updated, and that resources are being engaged as needed

**The Internet Community**

Cloudflare’s primary stakeholder group.  Cloudflare secures and optimizes over 4,600,000 websites, and the average Internet user interacts with Cloudflare websites over 500 times per week.

**Third Party**

Non-Cloudflare vendor or service provider who partners with CloudFlare in the delivery of systems or services to the client

**Stakeholder**

Person, group or company that is affected by an incident either as the provider (e.g. Cloudflare person, third party) or consumer (client)

**RCA**

Root Cause Analysis – Thorough review of the underlying cause of a problem

**Remediation**

All necessary steps to resolve the root cause of a problem and ensure that it will not happen again

**Status Page**

The primary tool which Cloudflare uses to publicly share information about its service delivery and any Incidents or Problems impacting Cloudflare services: [https://www.cloudflarestatus.com](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/)

The Status Page is hosted by a Third Party ([Statuspage.io](http://statuspage.io/)) which is not dependent on Cloudflare’s services for operation.

***

## Roles and responsibilities

The following roles and responsibilities are associated with the management of incidents within Cloudflare: 

**Cloudflare Management**

Review and approve procedures. Ensure that all staff members are trained on procedures. Notify customers and third parties, as necessary, of their role in procedures. Initiate and oversee Post Mortem Reviews for critical Incident Reports.

**On-call SRE**

One or more SREs who are assigned for on-call shifts to respond to all critical alerts. Identifies and responds to an Incident, assesses and classifies the severity of the Incident, and potentially escalates an impacting Incident as a Problem. Act as escalations and administration of the issue from start to finish.

**On-call Network Engineers**

One or more Network Engineers who are assigned for on-call shifts to respond to critical alerts. Coordinates with the SRE team, who provide the primary Incident Manager during any identified problem.

**On-call CSUP**

One or more CSUP engineers who are assigned for shifts to respond to all customer requests. Responsible for all customer communications during all identified Problems. Responsible for communicating all planned maintenance.

**SRE Team**

The overall Systems Reliability Engineering team who support the efforts of the on-call SREs. Assume the role of Incident Manager during an identified problem. Implement appropriate Cloudflare-supported production changes to resolve issues.

**Cloudflare Engineering Teams (DBA, Network, nginx, Security, etc.)**

Support the Incident Manager during problem resolution. Join bridge calls, if requested. Ensure documentation is captured while diagnosing and correcting issues and proper escalation to other responsible groups is executed. Participate in Post Mortem reviews of some Incident Reports, as requested by Cloudflare Management.

***

## Standard Operating Procedure

This section details the procedures for incident and problem management.  At a high-level, these processes relate as follows:

* Incident Management:  The overall process for observing and responding to alerts, including: assessing the potential impact and severity of an Incident, classifying the Incident as a Problem, assigning a priority to the Problem, or dismissing the Incident as a non-impacting event if a problem condition cannot be identified.

* Problem Management:  The process of identifying the scope and extent of a Problem, assigning an appropriate severity level (P0, P1, P2, P3),  the actions to resolve the Problem and restore the optimal state for production services, and the communication of the Problem to appropriate parties.

* Resolution Management:  The process of investigating the causes and conditions which lead to a problem condition, reporting on the overall manner by which a problem was managed and resolved, and any subsequent analysis of how the conditions and causes of a problem may be prevented in the future. 

***

The primary goal of Incident Management is to identify and react to potential problems as quickly as possible, and thereby minimize impact to production services and provide the best possible levels of service quality and availability.  The best possible levels of service quality and availability would be that all services operated exactly as designed 100% of the time, and were available and accessible 100% of the time.

Because we accept that a combination of forces within our control, and forces beyond our control, will eventually impact service health, we define Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), to describe what degradations in service health are acceptable for various services within Cloudflare’s network.   SLAs and SLOs are expressed as percentages of periods of time (monthly and annually.)

The level of information given about an incident may vary, but the following information must be collected before an incident is classified and prioritized:

* Submitter Source (monitoring alert or alternate source)
* Customer(s) (if applicable)
* System or application (and hostname, if applicable)
* Time of alert
* Scope of impact:  estimated number of systems, users, or regions impacted
* Type of impact:  general scope of service impairment (e.g., loss of all access, degraded performance, dependent applications impacted, observed customer impact)

All Incidents which are classified as Problems, regardless of source, which have a priority of P0 or P1, will be logged within the Cloudflare ticketing system, JIRA.  Some alerts will indicate conditions which may not be immediately impacting to service levels, and as necessary, will be categorized as Problems with a P2 or P3 priority.   

The JIRA system is the system of record for all  incident information, and all other sources of documentation regarding a Problem (e.g. alert history, screen-shots, work logs, chat conversations) are attached to the original JIRA ticket created in response to an Incident.

### Incident Classifications

After acknowledging an alert, SRE immediately triages the alert by correlating it to a category and priority level.  When creating new JIRA tickets for high priority (P0 and P1) Problems, SRE will ensure that each ticket is classified correctly by including its Category and Priority.  

### Priority Level

All tickets will be categorized according to the following 4 levels of priority.  The criteria listed are general guidelines.   Conditions described below should explicitly define a priority level; however at the discretion of SRE or Cloudflare management, problems may be assigned a higher level of priority, as needed:

**P0**

* Complete loss of access to the Cloudflare application or API.
* Degraded access to the Cloudflare application or API (⪯ 98% as measured worldwide or from any major region).
* Complete loss of access to, or major performance degradation to, a Tier-1 Data Center.
* Degraded performance of any Tier-1 global transit provider (⪰ 20% packet loss worldwide or 30% packet loss from any major region).
* Degraded access to or performance of any critical system.

**P1**

* Intermittent or degraded Site-wide performance degradation.
* Loss of an important function such as reporting.
* Loss of access to the Cloudflare application from one of the social media or external CloudFlare websites
* Outage to important outbound third-party interface.
* Inoperability of the site for one of the enterprise clients or distribution partners.
* Corruption or loss of customer data.

**P2**

* Sporadic or localized performance issue.
* System issues with no noticeable client impact yet (e.g. high CPU).
* Single client outage/degradation.

**P3**

* Operational issues, procedural problems or service requests that have little or no effect on end-users and can be handled on an as-available basis.
* The default severity assigned to all tickets that have not yet been reviewed or assigned a severity level.

### Category

For proper tracking and communications, high priority (P0 and P1) problems will be assigned to categories. These categories (ticket labels) correspond to the publicly communicated categories which are listed on Cloudflare’s public Status Page.   

Lower priority (P2 and P3) tickets may be categorized using labels and nomenclature which are specific to various Engineering and Non-engineering teams within Cloudflare.  These various labels and categories are not listed on this document.  

### Security and Privacy Incidents

It is critical to understand that incidents that are classified under the categories of Security and Privacy require special handling and procedures. Customers should report these incidents directly to Cloudflare by [Contacting Cloudflare Support](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172476-Contacting-Cloudflare-Support), who will follow specified incident procedures as defined by the Cloudflare Security & Privacy teams.

### High Severity / Priority Incidents

P0 and P1 incidents obviously have more impact to the business and therefore, have some special upfront requirements to ensure that they are handled in the most expeditious fashion possible.

### Incident Manager

For all P0 and P1 issues, the on-duty Incident Manager should be contacted immediately.  A schedule of incident managers will be posted to ensure that SRE knows who to contact at any given time.  The incident manager is a critical resource responsible for the following:

* Validation of the severity of an issue
* Tracking of the issue from submission to resolution
* Representation of clients’ best interest
* Logging of all actions and times
* Direction of personnel toward the fastest possible resolution
* Ensuring that clients and internal management are notified of status according to pre-determined time periods (or upon change in status)
* Performing client, internal or third-party escalations when time limits are being exceeded or appropriate progress is not being made
* Ensuring that a meaningful explanation is applied to the ticket upon resolution
* Making certain that the initial submitter agrees that the issue is resolved before the ticket is closed 

***

## Incident Communications

External communications during an incident are critical for:

* Notifying the stakeholders that Cloudflare is aware of the issue and is pursuing resolution
* Reassuring clients that the matter is under review and that Cloudflare is looking out for their best interests
* Issues do not drag on unnecessarily and appropriate escalations are being made
* Informing key internal stakeholders of important incidents

Major types of communications during an incident include:

* [StatusPage](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/)
* [Support tickets](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)
* Incident Reports 

Status Page will be created using templates by CSUP team member on-call as soon as an incident is identified.

***

## Post-Mortem reviews

Cloudflare believes that all critical problems should never recur.  To that end, all P0 problems will instigate the publication of an Incident Report (IR), which includes a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of the problem and the overall factors which lead up to the Incident. All IR publications will be followed by a Post Mortem meeting, a meeting in which engineers and managers review and agree upon the details of the IR,  the conclusions of the RCA, and any follow-up remediation steps which will be taken to ensure that the problem condition(s) do not recur.

### Problem Management and Post-Mortem

Problem Management differs from Incident Management in that its main goal is the detection of the underlying causes of an Incident and their subsequent resolution and prevention.

### Root Cause Analysis and Remediation

#### **Problem Ticket**

An RCA is a Root Cause Analysis report.  A Jira Problem ticket is the logging and tracking of events that may warrant an RCA.  This is a process by which the subject matter experts (SME) for an area will review a P0 or P1 issue searching for the underlying cause of the issue.  Once this is determined, the SMEs need to create a remediation plan to address the cause(s).  The ultimate deliverable is a well-documented ticket to track the remediation to completion and, if required, a well-written incident report to be sent to an internal team and/or client.

The above points are still applicable even if it is a third party provider or vendor supplying the RCA.  When the RCA information is received from a third party, we must ensure that the Problem ticket is updated with all relevant information including outstanding remediations to be tracked.  

#### **IR Report**

The Incident Report (“IR”) is the primary method of communication to the client on an issue and may contain some or all parts of what is written within the ticket.  

The person writing the report will vary depending on the severity of the issue and the responsible area.  Upon completion of the draft report, it is critical to ensure that the report is reviewed by Cloudflare management for content, commitments and professional presentation.  Once the report is approved it may be published to the client.

***

## Problem review

The above sections have detailed the handling of the incident and the root cause process for ensuring permanent remediation.  The last part of the incident and problem management process is to ensure that key metrics, trends and reporting are done to ensure that the process is being followed correctly, SLAs are being met and below-the-surface issues are not being missed.

### Reporting

The ticket criteria that need to be reported for both open and closed tickets include the following:

* Severity
* Category/Sub-category
* Responsible Group
* Age/Days Open

Wherever possible, this data should be reported graphically to show visible trends.  These reports should be published to internal Cloudflare managers and area owners.

### Analysis and Accountability

Each area owner for tickets will be responsible for not only ensuring that their tickets are closed within prescribed or reasonable time frames, but also reviewing the reports and looking for trends, concerns and repeat issues.  Based on this analysis, further Problem tickets should be opened to remediate any issues that may not have surfaced via a P0 or P1.  This will allow continuous improvement and should ultimately reduce new ticket counts by further dealing with root causes.

### Incident Management Review Meetings (Post-mortem)

As part of all departmental staff meetings, group managers should be reviewing the ticket open and trending reports with the following objectives:

* Discussion of areas of success or concern
* Review of opportunities for improvement by the area owners
* Agreement on areas that warrant a new Problem ticket to be opened for remediation tracking

---

# Support - Enterprise Documentation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/about-cloudflare/enterprise-documentation/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Support - Enterprise Documentation focused material.

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---

# Cloudflare Billing Policy

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/cloudflare-billing-policy/

## Overview

:::note

The terms subscription and add-on service are used interchangeably in
this support guide. 
:::

Cloudflare plans and add-on services are billed every 30 days for each domain in your account.

Cloudflare also collects sales tax as governed by local laws. Sales taxes are computed based on the nine (9) digit postal code of either the shipping or billing address on file for your Cloudflare account where applicable.

:::note

If you are a US-based customer, you can [file for sales tax
exemption](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/understanding-cloudflare-sales-tax/#filing-for-us-sales-tax-exemption). 
:::

Cloudflare issues a separate invoice for plans and subscriptions (or add-on services) for every domain added to a Cloudflare account.

:::note

Subdomains do not count as billable domains. 
:::

For example, if test1.com and test2.com are added to the same Cloudflare account and upgraded to the Pro plan, you will receive an invoice with two charges. Subdomains such as blog.test1.com or blog.test2.com will not be included as billable domains.

The date you initiate a paid plan or add-on service will be both the start of your billing period and your [invoice date](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/understand-invoices/). For example, If you upgrade your plan on January 10, all future plan charges will be billed on the 10th of every month. Both dates are initialized using the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time zone, and not your local time zone.

When ordering a paid plan, subscription, or add-on service, you must agree to the following:

*By clicking "Enable" you agree that you are purchasing a continuous month-to-month subscription which will automatically renew, and that the price of your selected subscription plan level and/or add on(s) will be billed to your designated payment method monthly as a recurring charge, unless you cancel your subscription(s), through your account dashboard,* ***before*** *the beginning of your next monthly billing period.*

***You will be billed for the full monthly period in which you cancel and no refunds will be given. By purchasing a subscription, you agree to a minimum one month purchase obligation.***

:::note

For more information on renewal terms and cancellation please see our
[Terms of Use](https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/). 
:::

***

## Upgrade or downgrade Cloudflare paid plans

If your domain is on a paid plan (for example, Pro) and you upgrade to a higher-priced plan (for example, Business),

* Your invoice will reflect the prorated cost of the higher-tiered plan, until the end of your billing cycle.
* Cloudflare credits the prorated cost of the lower-priced plan, until the end of the billing cycle.
* At the beginning of the next billing cycle, your invoice will reflect the full cost of the higher-priced plan.
* Your bill cycle start and end dates are calculated using the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time zone, and not your local time zone.

For example, if your billing date is January 1, but you upgrade from Pro to Business, on January 15,

* Your invoice will reflect the prorated Business plan rate for the period of use January 15 - January 30.
* Cloudflare credits the prorated Pro plan cost from January 1 - January 15.
* Your invoice for the billing period of January 1 - January 30 will appear in the Cloudflare dashboard on January 31.

:::note

Account credits are automatically added to your account and can only be
used on recurring monthly charges for Cloudflare plans or add-on
services. Your monthly invoice lists any credits. 
:::

If your domain is on a paid plan (for example, Business) and you downgrade to a lower-priced plan (for example, Pro),

* Your plan type and higher-tiered Cloudflare plan features are downgraded at the end of the current billing service period. 
* You are billed at the lower-tiered plan and feature rate for the next billing service period.

For example, if your billing date is February 1, but you downgrade to Pro from the Business plan on February 15,

* You can access Business plan features and services until March 1.
* Your March plan charges will reflect the downgraded cost.

***

## Billing and payment for Enterprise plans

Enterprise customers work with the Cloudflare account team to customize a plan and service contract to best suit their needs. The Cloudflare accounting team receives and processes Enterprise plan charges.

Enterprise account owners receive invoices directly from the Cloudflare accounting team.

***

## Approved payment methods

Cloudflare only accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, PayPal, and UnionPay. No other payment methods (for example, Maestro) are possible at this time.

:::note

Enterprise customers can use ACH payments for Cloudflare plans and subscriptions. 
:::

Please ensure that you're using a valid payment method before changing your plan type or enabling subscriptions.

:::note

Gift cards and pre-payment cards may not be accepted for payment as they
are not associated with a billing address. 
:::

***

## Account Payment Method Preauthorization

For services subject to usage-based billing, Cloudflare may preauthorize your credit card at any point in a billing period to confirm the payment method on file can cover accrued fees. This is a temporary hold and you will not be charged until the end of your billing period. If your payment method is validated, service will continue normally.

If your payment method fails, we may suspend your access to the usage-based billing services for which we conducted the preauthorization. In the case of [R2](/r2/), you will not be able to access your R2 buckets and requests will return errors, but your data will remain secure. If you do not update your payment method within 30 days, the data related to any usage-based billing service(s) may be deleted.

To regain access, you must settle any outstanding balances and pass preauthorization with a valid payment method. To update your primary payment method, navigate to the **Manage Account** > **Billing** > **Payment** section of your account. Upon validation of your updated payment details, we will promptly reactivate your subscription(s), which will restore access to the relevant data and services.

For assistance, visit our [Support Portal](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us) and submit a Billing request (category: “Payment issue”) to our Support team. They will assist you in verifying your updated payment information.

***

## Related resources

* [Cloudflare Self-Serve Subscription Agreement](https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/)
* [Understanding Cloudflare Invoices](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/understand-invoices/)
* [Understanding Cloudflare sales tax](/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/understanding-cloudflare-sales-tax/)

---

# Billing Cloudflare Plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Billing Cloudflare Plans support-focused material.

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---

# Cloudflare Apps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

:::caution

**Cloudflare Apps is deprecated and will be discontinued August 31, 2024.**

After August 31, 2024, we will be automatically uninstalling installed apps from your Cloudflare zone(s), the only exception being the [Datadome app](https://datadome.co/). This will not impact Cloudflare's first-party services running on your zones.

After December 20, 2024, DataDome will also be uninstalled from your Cloudflare zone(s). We encourage all customers who have configured DataDome through Cloudflare Apps to instead [configure DataDome through the Cloudflare Worker installation](https://docs.datadome.co/docs/cloudflare-worker).

We understand that uninstalling apps might be disruptive. To address any potential issues, please review and [remove](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/removing-cloudflare-apps/) apps installed on your zones through the Cloudflare dashboard.

For any questions about the deprecation or support requests, reach out to apps-marketplace-support@cloudflare.com.

We will be creating a new Apps experience. If you are interested, leave us feedback and sign up in [this form](https://forms.gle/sHxVMoQzZpTtuJak9).

:::

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Cloudflare Apps support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Managing Cloudflare Apps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/managing-cloudflare-apps/

:::caution


**Cloudflare Apps is deprecated and will be discontinued August 31, 2024.**

After August 31, 2024, we will be automatically uninstalling installed apps from your Cloudflare zone(s). This will not impact Cloudflare's first-party services running on your zones.

**The [Datadome app](https://datadome.co/) is the only exception to this.**

We understand that uninstalling apps might be disruptive. To address any potential issues, please review and [remove](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/removing-cloudflare-apps/) apps installed on your zones through the Cloudflare dashboard.

For any questions about the deprecation or support requests, reach out to apps-marketplace-support@cloudflare.com.

We will be creating a new Apps experience. If you’re interested, leave us feedback and sign up [here](https://forms.gle/sHxVMoQzZpTtuJak9).


:::

## Overview

To find and manage Apps:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard.](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login)
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Apps**.

To view apps currently installed on your site, visit the **Installed Apps** tab.

Click "Edit Install" on any app to reenter the Live Preview and make any necessary changes. If you would like to remove the app from your site, click "Uninstall" at the bottom of the preview page.

Removing a paid app from your site will automatically cancel its subscription at the end of the current monthly billing period.

---

# Understanding Cloudflare sales tax

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/billing-cloudflare-plans/understanding-cloudflare-sales-tax/

## Overview

To adhere to tax laws in Russia and certain US states, Cloudflare collects sales tax on sales of our services based on your billing address. 

To avoid unwanted charges, ensure your billing address and payment method are accurate within your Cloudflare account.

:::note

Cloudflare customers in a sponsorship program (i.e., [Project
Athenian](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/360032879131),
[Project
Galileo](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/202312014-Project-Galileo),
[Cloudflare for
Campaigns](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/360038570912)) are
not charged sales tax. 
:::

***

## US State sales tax

In the US, sales tax requirements are computed based on the 9-digit postal code of the address on file for your Cloudflare account.

### Filing for US sales tax exemption

Cloudflare is required by law to maintain documentation of tax-exempt sales. If you or your company are exempt from paying sales tax, email [exemptioncertificates@cloudflare.com](mailto:exemptioncertificates@cloudflare.com) from an email address associated with your Cloudflare account and provide one of the following forms of tax-exempt documentation:

* Resale certificate
* Multi-state tax exemption certificate
* State sales tax exemption certificate
* Partial sales tax exemption certificate

After your exemption is validated, tax-exempt status is added to your Cloudflare account information. Cloudflare invoices do not contain sales tax for the duration your exemption is valid. 

***

## Russia (VAT)

Foreign e-services suppliers are required by law to collect taxes on the supply of e-services to Russian customers. Cloudflare customers with Russian billing addresses are charged a 20% flat tax rate based on their billing address on file.

[Update your billing information](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170236/#12345682) with your Russian VAT ID to include it in your Cloudflare invoices.

:::note

There is no tax exemption for Russian customers. 
:::

***

## Singapore (GST)

Cloudflare adds 9% sales tax for individuals and non-GST registered business customers within Singapore. GST-registered customers are required to self access GST. Refunds are not issued for taxed customers that were missing the GST Registration Number within their Cloudflare account.

Contact [billing@cloudflare.com](mailto:billing@cloudflare.com) with any questions.

***

## Taiwan (VAT)

Cloudflare collects VAT on all pay-as-you-go customers in Taiwan. The eGUI Invoice ID and eGUI Code are shown in the Cloudflare dashboard and are required to retrieve an invoice from the Taiwan government.

***

## Japan (CT)

Cloudflare Inc. is currently registered in Japan as of October 1st, 2023. Due to some constraints, Cloudflare will be only able to start collecting tax from PAYGO customers on April 1st, 2024.

***

## Canada

All **NON-GST Registered** Customers who are located in Canada are required by law to pay tax.

:::note

Anyone who provides a GST ID is exempt, no other exceptions 
:::

***

## Malaysia (VAT)

All customers who are located in Malaysia are required to pay tax. This includes companies located or whose management is located in Malaysia. **Non-Residents of Malaysia are exempt.**

If there is no invoice, there is no VAT. VAT is calculated on the amount billed.

***

## South Africa (VAT)

All customers who are located in South Africa are required to pay tax. This includes companies located or whose management is located in South Africa. **Non-Residents of South Africa are exempt.**

If there is no invoice, there is no VAT. VAT is calculated on the amount billed.

***

## India (GST)

Cloudflare Inc. is registered for Goods and Services Tax (GST) purposes in India as of October 1st, 2023.

An email communication, in both English and Hindi, was shared at the end of October and the beginning of November with all Indian customers to inform and request them to update addresses and GST IDs accordingly.

Make sure that your complete address and GST ID is properly updated on your account to avoid additional charges.

## Kenya (VAT)

Cloudflare will issue tax invoices and add VAT at the 16% standard rate on top of the amounts charged beginning on October 1st, 2023.

You may update your VAT registration number in your account profile.

Reach out to Cloudflare via email [indirect\_tax@cloudflare.com](mailto:indirect_tax@cloudflare.com) if you have any tax related concerns or questions.

---

# Removing Cloudflare Apps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/removing-cloudflare-apps/

:::caution


**Cloudflare Apps is deprecated and will be discontinued August 31, 2024.**

After August 31, 2024, we will be automatically uninstalling installed apps from your Cloudflare zone(s). This will not impact Cloudflare's first-party services running on your zones.

**The [Datadome app](https://datadome.co/) is the only exception to this.**

We understand that uninstalling apps might be disruptive. To address any potential issues, please review and [remove](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-apps/removing-cloudflare-apps/) apps installed on your zones through the Cloudflare dashboard.

For any questions about the deprecation or support requests, reach out to apps-marketplace-support@cloudflare.com.

We will be creating a new Apps experience. If you’re interested, leave us feedback and sign up [here](https://forms.gle/sHxVMoQzZpTtuJak9).


:::

## Overview

To uninstall an app from your site, go to **Apps** in your Cloudflare dashboard > click **Your Installed Apps** > click **Edit Install** on the App you wish to uninstall. From there, you can click **Uninstall** at the bottom of the page.

Please take a moment to provide feedback in the prompt that will appear. Your feedback allows us to help app creators improve their apps over time. Consider searching in Cloudflare Apps for an alternative App, as it is possible there is one available that will better serve you.

---

# Configuring Custom Pages (Error and Challenge)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/

Cloudflare uses a wide range of [error codes](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/) to identify issues in handling request traffic. By default, these error pages mention Cloudflare; however, custom error pages help you provide a consistent brand experience for your users.

If you are on the Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan you can customize and brand these pages for your whole account or for specific domains. You can design custom error pages to appear during a security challenge or when an error occurs.

:::note[Notes]

- Responses with 500, 501, 503, and 505 HTTP status codes do not trigger custom error pages to avoid breaking specific API endpoints and other web applications.
- Your custom error pages are not used if requests do not contain `accept-encoding` headers. In these cases, Cloudflare will show the standard error pages to website visitors.

:::

Alternatively, Enterprise customers can customize 5XX error pages at their origin via **Enable Origin Error Pages** in the **Custom Pages** app in the dashboard.

:::note
Enable Origin Error Pages excludes errors 520 to 527.
:::

---

## Step 1: Create a custom page

Before adding a custom error page to your Cloudflare account, you will need to design, code, and host that page on your own web server.

You can use the following custom error template to start building your page:

```html
<html>
	<head></head>
	<body>
		::[REPLACE WITH CUSTOM ERROR TOKEN NAME]::
	</body>
</html>
```

:::caution[Warnings]

- Your custom error page should include a page-specific custom error token if applicable and cannot exceed 1.43 MB. Also, it must include HTML `<head>` and `</head>` tags.
- Make sure that the `referrer` meta tag is not present in your custom error page's HTML code since it will disrupt [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/): `<meta name="referrer" (...) />`

:::

When published, any additional scripts, images, or stylesheets increase the size of your custom error page source by approximately 50%.

### Custom Page example

Here is sample code for a 5XX custom error page without styling:

```html
<!doctype html>
<html>
	<head>
		<meta charset="utf-8" />
		<title>5XX Level Errors page</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<h1>5XX Level Errors</h1>
		<h2>::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_500S_BOX::</h2>
	</body>
</html>
```

---

## Step 2: Select your custom error tokens

When designing your custom error page, you must include one page-specific custom error token.  Each custom error token provides diagnostic information that appears on the error page.

To display a custom page for each error, create a separate page per error. For example, to create a custom error page for both **IP/Country Block** and **Interactive Challenge**, you must design and publish two separate pages.

The following tables list each custom error token grouped by the applicable custom error page.

| Token           | Available to |
| --------------- | ------------ |
| `::CLIENT_IP::` | All pages    |
| `::RAY_ID::`    | All pages    |

:::caution
Only one page-specific custom error token can be used per page.
:::

| Token                            | Available to                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `::GEO::`                        | IP/Country Block                                                                                                                  |
| `::CAPTCHA_BOX::`                | Interactive Challenge<br/>Country Challenge (Managed Challenge)<br/>Managed Challenge / I'm Under Attack Mode (Interstitial Page) |
| `::IM_UNDER_ATTACK_BOX::`        | JS Challenge                                                                                                                      |
| `::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_500S_BOX::`  | 5XX Errors                                                                                                                        |
| `::CLOUDFLARE_ERROR_1000S_BOX::` | 1XXX Errors                                                                                                                       |

---

## Step 3: Style your custom page

Each custom error token has a default look and feel. However, you can use CSS to stylize each custom error tag using each tag's class ID. If you are familiar with CSS styling, you can customize the look and feel of the error page using each tag's class ID. Please keep in mind that all the external resources like images, CSS, and scripts will be inlined during the process. As such, all external resources need to be available (that is, they must return 200 OK) otherwise an error will be thrown.

---

## Step 4: Preview and Publish your custom page

After customizing your custom error page, there are two options for adding the page to Cloudflare:

- Account level: the custom error page will apply to every domain associated with your account.
- Domain level: the custom error page will apply to only one domain associated with your account.

:::note

If Cloudflare cannot load your site or you have blocked the United States (US) via [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) or WAF custom rules, publishing and previewing the error page will not work.

A common error might look like the following: `Error fetching page: Fetch failed, https://example.com/ipcountryblock.html returned 403 (Code: 1202)`. Make sure that you are serving the custom error page with an `HTTP 200` status code, and that no WAF rule is blocking or challenging your custom error page.

:::

:::note
When publishing the custom error page, the system will ignore query strings. This means that if the custom error page URL contains a query string the address published will remove `?` and anything after that (for example, `https://domain.com/5xx.html?removeimages` -> `https://domain.com/5xx.html`).
:::

### Account-level custom error page

To publish an account level custom error page:

1. Log into your Cloudflare account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. In the left navigation, click **Custom Pages**.
4. Identify your desired custom error page type, then click the **Custom Pages** button. A **Custom Page** dialog will appear.
5. Enter the URL of the custom error page you customized in your origin server, then click **Preview**.
6. Ensure all your styles and images are showing up as desired in the preview.
7. Once you are happy with the page preview, return to the **Custom Page** dialog, and click **Publish**.

### Domain level custom error page

To publish a domain level custom error page:

1. Log into your Cloudflare account.
2. Choose the domain for which you would like to publish a custom error page.
3. Click the **Custom Pages** app.
4. Identify your desired custom error page type, then click the **Custom Pages** button. A **Custom Page** dialog will appear.
5. Enter the URL of the custom error page you customized in your origin server, then click **Preview**.
6. Ensure all your styles and images are showing up as desired in the preview.
7. Once you are happy with the page preview, return to the **Custom Page** dialog, and click **Publish**.

### Update custom error page after publishing

After successfully publishing the custom error page in the **Custom Pages** app, you can remove the page from your origin server.

If in the future, you need to update your custom error page, you must re-publish the page at your origin and in the Cloudflare dashboard, even if the page URL remains unchanged.

---

## Troubleshoot common custom pages issues

### Error pages for blocked requests

If you block countries or IP addresses with an [IP Access rule](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/), affected visitors will get a `1005` error and your **IP/Country Block** custom page.

If you block countries or IP addresses with a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) and you do not configure a [custom response](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for blocked requests in the rule, affected visitors will get your **WAF Block** page.

If you block requests due to a [rate limiting rule](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) and you do not configure a [custom response for blocked requests](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) in the rule, affected visitors will get your **429 Errors** page displaying a Cloudflare `1015` error.

If you block countries or IP addresses with a firewall rule (now deprecated), affected visitors will get your **1000 Class Errors page**.

### 1XXX errors

**1XXX Errors** do not customize the following HTTP errors via the Custom Pages app:

- 1001 - Unable to resolve
- 1003 - Bad Host header
- 1018 - Unable to resolve because of ownership lookup failure
- 1023 - Unable to resolve because of feature lookup failure

### Custom error page size

Your custom error page cannot be blank and cannot exceed 1.43 MB. To avoid exceeding the custom error page limit, preview your page before publishing to test your page size before publishing.

### General troubleshooting advice

- If you encounter errors while attempting to preview or publish your custom error page, use an [HTML validator](https://validator.w3.org/) to ensure that your code resolves properly.
- Make sure that you are serving the custom error page with an HTTP 200 status code.

---

## Related resources

- [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)
- [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/)
- [Troubleshooting Cloudflare errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/)
- [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)
- [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)
- [Firewall rules](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/) (deprecated)

---

# Cloudflare Custom Pages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Cloudflare Custom Pages support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Delivering Videos with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-stream/delivering-videos-with-cloudflare/

## Using Cloudflare's Services

Cloudflare launched in 2010 believing everyone deserves a secure, fast, reliable web presence. We did not think you should have to pay more when you came under cyber attack, so we offered free and fixed-rate pricing for websites. That worked because most websites don’t consume much bandwidth, and so we could provide our services in an affordable way to everyone. From the beginning, we prohibited streaming video content using our bandwidth. While you could embed a video from another provider, we limited your ability to use our services to deliver video bits from our network to your visitors. This is because every second of a typical video requires as much bandwidth as loading a full web page.

Over time we recognized that some of our customers wanted to stream video using our network. To accommodate them, we developed our [Stream](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/) product. Stream delivers great performance at an affordable rate charged based on how much load you place on our network.

Unfortunately, while most people respect these limitations and understand they exist to ensure high quality of service for all Cloudflare customers, some users attempt to misconfigure our service to stream video in violation of our Terms of Service. We want to make sure our service is great for everyone, including public service initiatives we run like [Project Galileo](https://www.cloudflare.com/galileo/), [The Athenian Project](https://www.cloudflare.com/athenian/), and [Project Fair Shot](https://www.cloudflare.com/fair-shot/). A handful of people misusing our service limits our ability to run these initiatives.

The following are some recommendations for using Cloudflare’s services based on what may have brought you to this page.

***

## I’m a website operator and my content was redirected for Terms of Service violations

If you are on a Free, Pro, or Business Plan and your application appears to be serving videos or a disproportionate amount of large files without using the appropriate paid service as described below, Cloudflare may redirect your content or take other actions to protect quality of service. When this happens, you will receive an email notification regarding Cloudflare’s actions and your options.

## Options for web admins to remove redirects 

* **Serve redirected content from a grey-clouded sub-domain**

* **Serve redirected content from a paid service as outlined below**

## Delivering videos with Cloudflare using paid products

Cloudflare permits the delivery of video content with specific paid services. If you are interested in serving video content, there are two recommended options. 

### Option 1: Cloudflare Stream 

[Stream](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/) is a video-on-demand platform for building video applications. Stream encodes, stores, and delivers optimized video formatted for different devices and network connections. 

To get started with Stream, visit **Stream** from your Dashboard or [sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/stream). Your Stream videos are not attached to a domain in your Cloudflare account, and you don't need a domain on Cloudflare to use Stream.

### Option 2: Stream Delivery (Enterprise only)

[Stream Delivery](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/stream-delivery/) offers caching and delivery of video content through Cloudflare data centers around the globe. This CDN feature is only available on the Cloudflare Enterprise Plan. Please [contact sales](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/stream-delivery/#) if you’d like to explore this option.

***

## Getting information on the content you are delivering

If you need more information about the content your zone is serving (e.g. content type), you can use the following tools: 

* Cache Analytics users: Open the **Caching tab** on the Dashboard to filter by content type and identify the type of traffic you are transferring. 
* Users without Cache Analytics: Open the **Analytics tab** on the Dashboard and select the **Performance** section for information about the content you are serving.

![Cache Analytics - Identify type of traffic being transferred](~/assets/images/support/traffic-types.png)

## Still have questions? Contact support

If you have additional questions about redirection (e.g. if you believe your content was redirected in error and have supporting evidence), file a [support ticket](https://dash.cloudflare.com/redirect?account=support) and include the following information: 

* Name of your domain
* Description of the problem
* Description of the content you’re serving through Cloudflare’s network

---

# Cloudflare Stream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-stream/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Cloudflare Stream support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Caching HTML with Drupal

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/caching-html-with-drupal/

## Overview

:::note

Customers in all Cloudflare plans can cache HTML files using Cloudflare Page Rules. However, only customers in the Business and Enterprise plans are able to bypass HTML caching whenever a cookie is sent with a *Bypass Cache on Cookie* setting using Cloudflare Page Rules. 
:::

You can [cache HTML of inactive users](https://blog.cloudflare.com/caching-anonymous-page-views/) and static content including likes, images, scripts, and stylesheets when using Drupal with Cloudflare by using the *Cache Everything* **Page Rule** with **Bypass Cache on Cookie** enabled.

***

## Enable Browser Cache TTL

To avoid browser cache collisions, you must first enable Bypass Cache on Cookie in the Cloudflare dashboard. To do this,

1\. Log in to your Cloudflare account.

2\. Click on the **Caching** app.

3\. Scroll down to **Browser Cache TTL** and choose **Respect Existing Headers**.

Now, you can configure the *Bypass Cache on Cookie* setting using Cloudflare **Page Rules**. 

***

## Set Bypass Cache on Cookie

When the *Bypass Cache on Cookie* page rule matches the criteria we set, Cloudflare will cache static images and other files, without caching HTML. To configure *Bypass Cache on Cookie* using **Page Rules**, 

1\. Log in to your Cloudflare account.

2\. Go to **Rules > Page Rules**.

3\. Click the **Create Page Rule** button and enter your domain. In the example below, the domain is [www.orangeclouded.com](http://www.orangeclouded.com). 

4\. Configure the Page Rules settings as follows:

* use the *\** wildcard operator on the Drupal installation path to match the entire domain
* set the Cache Level to Cache Everything
* text, set *Bypass Cache on Cookie* rule for the Drupal variables. This rule will override the *Cache Everything* rule when a user is logged into Drupal
* set the *Edge Cache TTL* setting to determine how long a Cloudflare cache server should store cached files.

If you use additional cookies in your Drupal site, you must ensure these are in the Regex statement: *SESS.\*|phpsessid=.\**

![The Create a Page Rule dialog with the Cache Level set to Cache Everything, Bypass Cache on Cookie set to Drupal variables, and Edge Cache TTL set to a month.](~/assets/images/support/page_rules_caching_static_HTML_with_drupal.png)

Now, when Cloudflare is serving cached files, a response header `Cf-Cache-Status: HIT` will be sent back to the browser.

***

## Related Resources

* [Caching Cloudflare CDN](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)

---

# Caching Static HTML with WordPressWooCommerce

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/caching-static-html-with-wordpresswoocommerce/

## Overview

:::note

Customers in all Cloudflare plans can configure caching HTML files. However, Business and Enterprise customers can bypass HTML caching when a cookie is sent with a request *Bypass Cache on Cookie* setting using Cloudflare Page Rules. 
:::

This allows for static HTML to be cached at our edge, with no need for it to be regenerated from request to request. 

Enterprise Cloudflare customers can use *Custom Cache Keys* to take their performance further, contact your Customer Success Manager for more details.

***

## Prerequisites

Before starting - be sure that Cloudflare is set to respect `Cache-Control` headers from your origin web server; otherwise, you may find `Cache-Control` headers are overridden by Cloudflare with the value set in the **Browser Cache TTL** option. To set the **Respect Existing Headers** option:

1. Log into your Cloudflare account.
2. Click the **Caching** app.
3. Scroll down to **Browser Cache TTL**, and select the **Respect Existing Headers** value.

***

## Cache Static HTML with Cloudflare Page Rules

1\. Log in to your Cloudflare account.

2\. Go to **Rules >** **Page Rules** and select **Create Page Rule**.

3\. Set the page rule to match your WordPress installation path. If your site is at [https://www.example.com](https://www.example.com), the rule would be [https://www.example.com.](https://www.example.com./)

4\. Select the appropriate settings to cache static HTML:

* *Cache Everything* instructs Cloudflare to cache static HTML.
* When the *Bypass Cache on Cookie* rule matches the criteria you set, Cloudflare won't cache HTML ([though static images and other files will still be cached](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)). Depending on whether you're using raw WordPress, or WooCommerce, you should use one of the configurations below:

:::caution


| WordPress type             | Cookie configuration                                 |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| WordPress (native)         | wp-.\*\|wordpress.\*\|comment\_.\*                   |
| WordPress with WooCommerce | wp-.\*\|wordpress.\*\|comment\_.\*\|woocommerce\_.\* |


:::

* Finally, setting *Edge Cache TTL* will define the maximum period of time Cloudflare should keep cached files before getting them back from the origin web server. Even after setting a long Edge Cache TTL time, you can still [manually clear the cache](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200169246-How-do-I-purge-my-cache-) or use our WordPress plugin to automatically manage cache purging.

5\. Click **Save and Deploy** to finish. 

Additionally, by using the [*Automatic Cache Management* feature of the Cloudflare WordPress plugin](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002708027-What-does-Automatic-Cache-Management-in-the-Cloudflare-Plugin-do-), you are able to automatically purge the cache for your site after your site changes (i.e. changing/customizing your theme or editing, deleting or creating a post, attachment or page).

---

# Can I use WordPress caching plugins like Super Cache or W3 Total Cache (W3TC) with Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/can-i-use-wordpress-caching-plugins-like-super-cache-or-w3-total-cache-w3tc-with-cloudflare/

## Overview

It is possible to cache the HTML of a WordPress site at Cloudflare's Edge using a feature known as "Bypass Cache on Cookie". This can dramatically improve the speed of your website and reduce server load; in cases where the HTML is cached, Cloudflare will not need to make a roundtrip to your web server. In order to utilize this feature, refer to the article: [Caching Static HTML with WordPress/WooCommerce](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/236166048-Caching-Static-HTML-with-WordPress-WooCommerce).

Cloudflare is able to proxy HTTP traffic of any website, including WordPress sites with third-party performance plugins installed, however, please note that these plugins are installed at your own risk.

---

# Cloudflare and Joomla Recommended First Steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/cloudflare-and-joomla-recommended-first-steps/

## Overview

These basic steps will help reduce common areas of confusion for Joomla users that are new to the Cloudflare services. In addition, these steps are very quick and will generally take you only a few minutes of your time to help you make your experience using Cloudflare better.

***

## Restore visitor IP

Restore visitor IP by following the directions in [this article](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/). Since Cloudflare acts as a proxy for sites using our network, Cloudflare's IPs are going to show in your logs, including comments, unless you install something to restore the original visitor IP.

Why should you restore visitor IP?

If you receive a lot of comments or spam on your blog, you may mistakenly believe that Cloudflare is spamming you. Some other Joomla plugins or extensions  may also rely on the original visitor IP for the  services to work properly and reduce false alerts.

:::note

You don't need to worry about this if you activated through a hosting
partner, since they already restore visitor IP addresses on their
servers by default. 
:::

***

## Create a PageRule to exclude Joomla

Create a [PageRule](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200168306-Is-there-a-tutorial-for-Page-Rules-) to exclude the Joomla admin or Joomla login sections from Cloudflare’s caching and performance features. You can access PageRules in your [Cloudflare 'Settings' options](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172336-How-do-I-create-a-PageRule-).

Why do this?

While there is not always an issue, we have seen instances where optional performance features like Rocket Loader may inadvertently break certain functions (editors, etc.) in your Joomla back end.

***

## Allow IP addresses via Cloudflare Threat Control panel

Log in to your Cloudflare Threat Control panel and allow IP addresses you want traffic from or expect traffic from. Some common services you probably want to allow include:

* APIs you’re pulling from
* Monitoring services you use to monitor your site's uptime
* Security services
* IP addresses you frequently login from

Why do this?

If Cloudflare has an IP address with a high threat score going to your site, or if you have [Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall](https://cloudflare.com/waf) turned on, you may get challenged working in your back end and/or services you want to access your site may get challenged. Taking the steps to allow in the beginning will help prevent future surprises on your site.

:::note

We allow all known search engine and social media crawlers in our macro
list. If you decide to block countries in Threat Control, please use
care because you may end up inadvertently blocking their crawlers
(blocking the USA, for example, could mean that their crawler gets
challenged). 
:::

***

## Review your basic security settings

If your site is  frequently the target of spam attacks or botnet attacks, changing your security level to a higher setting will help further reduce the amount of spam you get on your site. We default all users to a medium setting when they first add the domain to Cloudflare.

Why do this?

If you want your site to have less security and protection from various attacks, then you would want to change your settings to a lower level (please keep in mind this makes your site more vulnerable). If you want your site to have higher security, please keep in mind that you may get more false positives from visitors complaining about a challenge page that they have to pass to enter your site.

***

## Ensure requests from Cloudflare's IP ranges aren't blocked or limited

If you are using services like .htaccess, firewalls or server mods to manage access to your site from visitors, it is vitally important to make sure requests from Cloudflare’s IP ranges are not being blocked or limited in any way. The number one cause of site offline issues in our support channel is something blocking or restricting requests from our IPs, so please take the time to make sure that all of Cloudflare’s IPs are allowed on your server.

Why do this?

Prevent false offline messages from appearing on your site to you or visitors.

---

# Cloudflare WordPress Plugin Automatic Cache Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/cloudflare-wordpress-plugin-automatic-cache-management/

## Overview

The Cloudflare WordPress plugin contains a feature called Automatic Cache Management. When a user adds, edits, or deletes a post, page, attachment, or comment - any associated URLs are purged from the Cloudflare cache.

When you switch a theme or customise a theme within the WordPress admin panel, the cache will automatically be cleared too.

Automatic Cache Management uses native hooks built into WordPress. The Cloudflare WordPress plugin purges the following cache URLs:

* deleted\_post
* edit\_post
* delete\_attachment
* autoptimize\_action\_cachepurged (for compatibility with the Autoptimize WordPress plugin)
* switch\_theme
* customize\_save\_after

:::note

This feature works great [when caching HTML on
WordPress](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/236166048) with
the Bypass Cache on Cookie setting. 
:::

***

## Enable Automatic Cache Management

To enable Automatic Cache Management after [installing the WordPress plugin](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/227634427-Using-Cloudflare-with-WordPress),

1. Log in to your WordPress account.
2. Click **Settings** and choose the Cloudflare plugin. The Cloudflare plugin home page appears.
3. Click **Enable** to the right of the **Automatic Cache** feature. A confirmation dialog appears.
4. Click **I'm sure** in the confirmation dialog to confirm.

---

# How do I enable HTTP2 Server Push in WordPress

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/how-do-i-enable-http2-server-push-in-wordpress/

HTTP/2 Server Push allows a website to push content to a browser, without having to wait for the HTML of one page to render first. In conjunction with the concurrency support built into HTTP/2, Server Push is able to dramatically reduce the amount of requests needed to load your website.

![Old URL: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/article\_attachments/115005733367/http2-server-push-2.png
Article IDs: 115002816808 | How do I enable HTTP/2 Server Push in WordPress
](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-http2_server_push_2.png)

Cloudflare supports HTTP/2 Server Push and it can be enabled for stylesheets and scripts using Cloudflare’s WordPress plugin. In order to utilise this feature, you must first ensure you have the Cloudflare WordPress plugin [installed and set-up on your site](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/227634427-Using-Cloudflare-with-WordPress).

Once the plugin is installed, you can enable HTTP/2 Server Push by adding the following line to your `wp-config.php` file:

```php
define('CLOUDFLARE_HTTP2_SERVER_PUSH_ACTIVE', true);
```

You should insert this line above where it says *"/\* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. \*/*", like follows:|

![Old URL: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/article\_attachments/115005733547/Screen\_Shot\_2017-02-09\_at\_16.09.31.png
Article IDs: 115002816808 | How do I enable HTTP/2 Server Push in WordPress
](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-screen_shot_2017_02_09_at_16_09_31.png)

You should then start to see requests coming in which are initiated through Server Push, for example, in the Network tab of Chrome Development Tools you should see some assets have "Push" as the initiator:

![Old URL: https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/article\_attachments/115005787688/Screen-Shot-2016-04-26-at-15-08-59.png
Article IDs: 115002816808 | How do I enable HTTP/2 Server Push in WordPress
](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-screen_shot_2016_04_26_at_15_08_59.png)

---

# Improving web security for content management systems like WordPress

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/improving-web-security-for-content-management-systems-like-wordpress/

Content Management Systems make it easy to create, update, and manage content. However, they can also introduce vulnerabilities that may lead to server compromise and data theft.

There are many Cloudflare features that can be used for preventing such attacks, but they can also disrupt normal administrative processes such as logging in or uploading images. With proper configuration, you can protect your site from attacks without losing important functionality.

***

## Stage One: Improve Site Security

In this stage, you are reinforcing the zone’s security features, which may cause additional disruption to admin features until exceptions can be applied. For that reason, it’s recommended to make these changes with expected administrative downtime.

The following should be considered an overview of some recommended security actions, and not a comprehensive guide. Refer to the developer documentation for specific products or features for more information.

### Cloudflare Managed Rulesets

The [WAF Managed Rulesets](/waf/managed-rules/) are pre-configured rulesets that provide immediate protection against a variety of attacks, and are regularly updated. Many rules are turned on by default, but not all. It is recommended that you browse the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset to find any additional rules tagged for your content management system not enabled, and enable them:

![Dashboard screenshot filtering for WordPress](~/assets/images/support/Wordpress-configure-deployment.png)

### Managed Rulesets on the Free Plan

While the feature to customize these managed rulesets required a paid plan, the [Free Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](https://blog.cloudflare.com/waf-for-everyone/#the-free-cloudflare-managed-ruleset) is automatically deployed on any new Cloudflare zone. This ruleset is specially designed to reduce false positives to a minimum across a very broad range of traffic types. As of today, the ruleset contains the following rules:

* Log4J rules matching payloads in the URI and HTTP headers;
* Shellshock rules;
* Rules matching very common WordPress exploits;

Additionally, you can configure many aspects of the [OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/), including the anomaly threshold, paranoia level, and individual rules. One good practice is to ensure any rules related to XSS and SQL injection are enabled.

***

## Stage Two: Restore Administrative Functions

Using the principle of least privilege, you can run some test actions from the admin panel to audit what is blocked and what is allowed. With this information, you can create precise exceptions. If the behavior doesn’t match your expectations, make sure to check that:

1. The DNS record is proxied
2. You don’t have any Rules that would interfere with the WAF (like a Page Rule that is set to Disable Security)

After generating enough requests to have a good sample logged in your Firewall Events, observe the actions that were taken in the Managed rules section:

![](~/assets/images/support/Screenshot_2022-12-23_at_16.40.29.png)

Next, you can use this information to create a Skip Rule that excludes only the rules that prevent administrative actions:

![](~/assets/images/support/Screenshot_2022-12-22_at_13.49.18.png)

### When incoming requests match…

It is recommended to make this rule as tightly defined as possible, particularly without the additional protections listed below. While the exact content will be site-specific, some possible fields to use are:

* IP Source Address
* AS Num
* Cookie
* User Agent

Make sure to apply the rule *only* to the admin portion of your CMS. With WordPress for example, you can set a condition like '*URI Path contains /wp-admin/*'.

Any of these fields can be spoofed, so this is not a security measure on its own. The purpose is to restore administrative functions only to conditions that may need them, while using other tools and features (including strong passwords on your CMS logins!) to secure access.

### Skip specific rules from a Managed Ruleset

Next, you want to use the information from your Firewall logs to select which rules to skip by [adding an exception](/waf/custom-rules/skip/). For WordPress, I’ve chosen the following:

![](~/assets/images/support/Screenshot_2022-12-23_at_17.08.37.png)

After this is complete, you will want to create a similar rule for any rulesets that prevent you from logging in. In my use case, I only needed to skip “OWASP Core Ruleset 949110.”

**Note:** You may also want to consider adding a rule to skip the CMS-specific rules you enabled for non-CMS sections of your site if they cause any issues. Just follow the steps above, and set it to skip any of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset rules that were enabled above. You can set this based on hostname, URI, or cookie, using the operators **does not equal, does not match,** or **does not contain**.

Make sure to set your Skip rules to be at a higher priority than the Execute rules.

***

## Stage Three: Restrict Access

Now that you’ve elevated your security to protect the publicly accessible parts of your site against attacks and restored necessary administrative capabilities, you can further restrict who can access your admin panel in case of weak or exposed login credentials.

### Zero Trust

[Zero Trust](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/zero-trust-services/) Web Applications is the best way to limit access to your admin panel. You can restrict access based on user instead of device, and it allows for very granular control. Setup of a Self-hosted web application is very easy, for more information refer to the [Self-hosted applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) section of the Zero Trust developer documentation.

After configuring a web application, users will be required to authenticate in some way before they can access the restricted content. The default method is through email multifactor authentication:

![](~/assets/images/support/Screenshot_2022-12-22_at_14.39.21.png)

### WAF custom rules with mTLS

While designed for authenticating appliances that cannot perform a login, you can use mTLS as another method of multifactor authentication (what you know and what you have) to authenticate based on device certificate.

Do the following:

1. [Create a client certificate](/ssl/client-certificates/create-a-client-certificate/) and save both the certificate and key to your device.
2. Import the certificate to your computer’s key storage. With macOS Keychain, you can use the steps listed in [Test in the browser](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#test-in-the-browser).
3. [Enable mTLS](/ssl/client-certificates/enable-mtls/) by adding the correct host.
4. In **SSL/TLS** > **Client Certificates**, select **Create mTLS Rule**.
5. Under **If incoming requests match**, enter a value for thr **URI Path** field to narrow the rule scope to the admin section, otherwise you will block your visitors from accessing the public content.
6. Set the rule to *Block* any requests made to your admin panel if the client certificate is not verified.
7. Select **Deploy**. This creates a WAF custom rule that checks all requests to the admin section for a valid client certificate.

**Note:** If you have issues getting your certificate to verify, try accessing the page in a private window. If it works, the previous successful TLS state may be cached in your browser.

### Rate Limiting

Rate limiting rules can help protect your login page from an attacker trying to guess your account password with a [brute force attack](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/brute-force-attack/). You can define rate limits for requests matching an expression, as well as the action to perform when those rate limits are reached.

Rate Limiting Rules are now available unmetered, on all plans. For more information, refer to the [developer documentation](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).

***

## Resources

* [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/)
* [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/)
* [Configure a custom rule with the Skip action](/waf/custom-rules/skip/)
* [Zero Trust Services](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/zero-trust-services/)
* [Client certificates](/ssl/client-certificates/)
* [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)

---

# Content Management System (CMS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Content Management System (CMS) support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Speed Up WordPress and Improve Performance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/speed-up-wordpress-and-improve-performance/

Cloudflare's CDN services can help cache your content across our giant global network, but performance isn't just about moving static files closer to your visitor. Cloudflare does more than offer a CDN, Cloudflare's optimisation features allow you to enhance the performance of your WordPress site beyond what a traditional CDN can do.

### Caching Anonymous Page Views

![Creating a cache rule for anonymous page views.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-screen_shot_2017_03_09_at_16_54_36_1_.png)

Cloudflare's "[Bypass Cache on Cookie](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/236166048)" functionality allows non-logged-in pages to be fully cached by Cloudflare. This means your server can save time and resources by not having to regenerate pages where the HTML is effectively static, whilst not interfering with dynamic behaviour - as soon as a user logs-in to the WordPress dashboard or adds something to their WooCommerce, the Edge cache is bypassed.

:::note

This feature is available to Business and Enterprise users. Instructions
on configuring this can be found in the article: [Caching Static HTML
with
WordPress/WooCommerce](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/236166048). 
:::

### Optimise Images

Images can be incredibly costly to page load times; fortunately, Cloudflare can dramatically help improve image load times. You can find these features in the Cloudflare dashboard by going to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Image Optimization**.

After enabling [**Polish**](/images/polish/), you can dramatically improve image and web page load times by compressing images and stripping metadata. Lossless will strip most metadata (`EXIF` data, for example) but doesn't change the image detail. Lossy will strip most metadata and compresses images by approximately 48 percent.

If you wish to optimise your site for mobile visitors, enabling [**Mirage**](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/) will allow images to be optimised and delivered based on the end-users network connection and device type:

### Enable HTTP/2

**HTTP/2** allows for a multitude of performance features including multiplexing, header compression. In order to enable HTTP/2 on your WordPress site, ensure that your site is loaded over HTTPS.

After **enabling SSL** you must also ensure that users are redirected to the HTTPS version so that it can be loaded over HTTP/2. You can do this using an *Always use HTTPS* **Page Rule**:

![Create a page rule to ensure your Wordpress website is correctly loaded over HTTP/2](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-screen_shot_2016_09_30_at_15_34_14.png)

Cloudflare's **WordPress plugin** allows you to push necessary assets to your users using HTTP/2 Server Push, dramatically reducing the amount of roundtrips required to load CSS and JavaScript. Refer to [How do I enable HTTP/2 Server Push in WordPress](https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/how-do-i-enable-http2-server-push-in-wordpress/) for a tutorial on setting it up.

### Minify Assets

If you are using Grunt or Gulp as part of a build process, you can implement minification in your builds.

Due to HTTP/2 multiplexing requests, we advise against concatenating CSS or JavaScript files together or installing anything on your server which may do this.

### Advanced Performance Tools

Enterprise users can utilise [Prefetching URLs From HTML Headers](/speed/optimization/content/prefetch-urls/) and [custom cache keys](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/) to enhance caching.

---

# Using Cloudflare and Drupal Five Easy Recommended Steps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/using-cloudflare-and-drupal-five-easy-recommended-steps/

## Overview

These basic steps will help reduce common areas of confusion for Drupal users that are new to using Cloudflare to speed up and protect their sites. In addition, these steps are very quick and will generally take only a few minutes of your time to go through.

**Step #1**

Install the [Cloudflare Drupal plugin](https://drupal.org/project/cloudflare) to restore visitor IP information. Since Cloudflare acts as a proxy for sites using our network, Cloudflare’s IPs are going to show in your logs, including comments, unless you install something to restore the original visitor IP.

Why should you install the plugin?

If you receive a lot of comments or spam on your blog, you may mistakenly believe that Cloudflare is spamming you. Some other Drupal plugins or extensions may also rely on the original visitor IP for the  services to work properly and reduce false alerts.

Note: You don’t need to worry about this if you activated through a certified Cloudflare [certified Cloudflare Hosting partner](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/), since they already [restore visitor IPs](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786) by default.

**Step #2**

Create a [Page Rule](/rules/page-rules/) to exclude the Drupal admin or Drupal login sections from Cloudflare’s caching and performance features. You can access Page Rules in the [Rules app](/rules/page-rules/).

Why do this?

While there is not always an issue, we have seen some optional performance features like Rocket Loader inadvertently breaking certain functions (editors, etc.) in your site's admin area..

**Step #3**

Allow IP addresses you expect traffic from in the Cloudflare **Firewall** App. Some common services you probably want to allow include:

* APIs you’re pulling from
* Monitoring services you use to monitor your site's uptime
* Security services
* IP addresses you frequently login from

Why do this?

If Cloudflare has an IP address with a high threat score going to your site, or if you have [Cloudflare's Web Application Firewall](https://www.cloudflare.com/waf) turned on, you may get challenged working in your back end and/or services you want to access your site may get challenged. Taking the steps to allow in the beginning will help prevent future surprises on your site.

**Note:** We allow all known search engine and social media crawlers in our macro list. If you decide to block countries in Threat Control, please use care because you may end up inadvertently blocking their crawlers (blocking the USA, for example, could mean that a good crawler gets challenged).

**Step #4**

Review your basic security settings

If your site is frequently the target of spam attacks or botnet attacks, changing your security level to a higher level will reduce the amount of spam you get on your site. We default all users to a medium setting when they first add the domain to Cloudflare.

Why do this?

If you want your site to have less security and protection from various attacks, then you would want to [change your settings](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170056) to a lower level (please keep in mind this makes your site more vulnerable). If you want your site to have higher security, please keep in mind that you may get more false positives from visitors complaining about a challenge page that they have to pass to enter your site.

**Step #5**

If you are using services like .htaccess, firewalls or server mods to manage access to your site from visitors, it is vitally important to make sure requests from [Cloudflare’s IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) are not being blocked or limited in any way. The number one cause of site offline issues in our support channel is something blocking or restricting requests from our IPs, so please take the time to make sure that all of Cloudflare’s IPs are allowed on your server and with your hosting provider.

Why do this?

Prevent false offline messages from appearing on your site to you or visitors.

**Note:** You do not need to ask your host to allow our IPs when activating through a hosting partner. You should still make sure any other security services you're running on the site have our IPs allowed.

---

# What settings are applied when I click Optimize Cloudflare for WordPress in Cloudflare's WordPress plugin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/what-settings-are-applied-when-i-click-optimize-cloudflare-for-wordpress-in-cloudflares-wordpress-plugin/

## Overview

If you're using Cloudflare's Wordpress plugin, our "Optimize Cloudflare for WordPress" one-click configuration applies the following settings to your Cloudflare account:

![Cloudflare's one-click configuration Wordpress plugin.](~/assets/images/support/dash-optimize_wordpress.png)

| **Setting**                            | **Value**                          |
| -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Security level                         | Medium                             |
| Caching level                          | Standard                           |
| Browser Cache TTL                      | 4 hours                            |
| Always Online                          | On                                 |
| Development Mode                       | Disabled                           |
| IPV6 Compatibility                     | On                                 |
| WebSockets                             | On                                 |
| IP Geolocation                         | On                                 |
| Email Address Obfuscation              | On                                 |
| Hotlink Protection                     | Off                                |
| Image optimization (Polish and Mirage) | Off (unless on Pro or higher plan) |
| Rocket Loader                          | Off                                |

---

# WordPress Jetpack and Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/wordpress-jetpack-and-cloudflare/

## Overview

Cloudflare and Jetpack for WordPress should require no additional configuration to operate together. However we do have some security features designed to protect your Jetpack installation, read on below to learn more.

### Default Jetpack protection from Cloudflare

The Cloudflare WAF managed rule WP0007 protects the `xmlrpc.php` file on all Cloudflare plans to allow only Jetpack to use the `xmlrpc.php?for=jetpack` query string. Cloudflare does this by only allowing the IP range of Jetpack’s automation systems. As such, any attempt to access `xmlrpc.php?for=jetpack` from an IP that is not a genuine Jetpack IP address will be blocked with a `HTTP 403 Forbidden` message from Cloudflare. This in itself is nothing to worry about and improves the security of your website and does not affect the functionality of Jetpack whatsoever.

For more information about why this was originally implemented, take a look at our blog post on the subject:

[https://blog.cloudflare.com/our-waf-is-keeping-wordpress-jetpack-on-track/](https://blog.cloudflare.com/our-waf-is-keeping-wordpress-jetpack-on-track/)

### Additional WAF managed rules that can impact Jetpack

There is a specific rule in [Web Application Firewall (WAF)](https://www.cloudflare.com/waf/) managed rules that if enabled will block Jetpack’s servers from administering your settings. The WAF managed rule “WP0002 - Block WordPress XML-RPC” rule is disabled by default, but when enabled it completely disables access to the `xmlrpc.php` file. As such, we only recommend enabling this rule as an emergency measure if your `xmlrpc.php` endpoint is being attacked.

For further guidance, please contact our Support team.

---

# Caching Static HTML with Magento (Business and Enterprise only)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/e-commerce/caching-static-html-with-magento-business-and-enterprise-only/

## Overview

:::note

All Cloudflare customers can configure caching HTML files. However, only customers in the Business and Enterprise plans are able to bypass HTML caching when a cookie is sent with Bypass Cache on Cookie request using Cloudflare Page Rules. 
:::

Business and Enterprise customers using Magento can cache anonymous page views with our *Bypass Cache on Cookie* page rule. This setting caches static HTML at the Cloudflare edge with no need for regeneration from request to request.

Before logging in to the Magento admin panel or adding something to a shopping cart, the page view is anonymized and it's possible to cache the requests so that Magento doesn't need to constantly regenerate the HTML at your origin server.

***

## Cache Static HTML with Cloudflare Page Rules

To cache static HTML using Cloudflare Page Rules:

1\. Log in to your Cloudflare account.

2\. Click on the **Caching** app. 

3\. Scroll down to **Browser Cache TTL** option and choose **Respect Existing Headers**.

With this setting in place, you can set the necessary Page Rules to cache anonymize page visits.

4\. Go to **Rules >** **Page Rules**.

5\. Click the **Create Page Rule** button and enter your domain. In the example below, the domain is `www.orangeclouded.com`.

* *Cache Everything* will instruct Cloudflare to cache static HTML.
* When the *Bypass Cache on Cookie* rule matches the criteria we set, Cloudflare won't cache HTML ([though static images and other files will still be cached](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)). Depending on whether you're using Magento 1 or Magento 2, you will need a different rule:

`Magento 1    external_no_cache=.*|PHPSESSID=.*|adminhtml=.* Magento 2    admin=.*|PHPSESSID=.*|private_content_version=.*`

* Finally, setting *Edge Cache TTL* will define the maximum period of time Cloudflare should keep cached files before getting them back from the origin. Even after setting a long Edge Cache TTL time, you can still  before this time expires.

![The Create a Page Rule dialog with settings to instruct Cloudflare to cache static HTML, the Bypass Cache on cookie rule instructing Cloudflare not to cache HTML while static images and other files are still cached, and the Edge Cache TTL set to a month.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-page_rules_caching_static_html_with_magento.png)

6\. Click **Save and Deploy**.

:::note

Enterprise Cloudflare customers can use Custom Cache Keys to take their
performance further, contact your Customer Success Manager if
interested. 
:::

***

## Troubleshooting issues on Magento 1.8.x or 1.9.x

If you setup **Bypass Cache on Cookie** on a Magento 1.8.x site or a 1.9.x site you may notice that the "Add to Cart" functionality doesn't work on a user's first attempt to add an item to a shopping cart.

Magento 1.8.x and 1.9.x introduced [Cross Site Request Forgery checks](https://www.section.io/blog/csrf-and-caching/) (CSRF) across all Magento forms. As this uses cookies, anonymous caching mechanisms can cause issues. There are three ways to fix this issue. We have listed the options based on their security level below.

1. Least Secure: The configuration at *System -> Configuration -> System -> CSRF protection -> Add Secret Key To Url* is set to *Yes* by default. Setting this to *No* will disable CSRF security protection on your entire Magento frontend, you should only use this option if you have a separate mechanism for CSRF protection enabled on your site, we do not recommend this approach. Please note that there is a similarly named configuration for the admin panel at *System -> ADMIN -> System -> CSRF protection -> Add Secret Key To Url*; this configuration should be kept to Yes and **not altered**. This configuration provides security to your admin endpoint and therefore extra caution should be used.

2. Somewhat Secure: A Magento community module exists which allows users to only disable CSRF checks on the "Add to Cart" form, where the security risk is less significant; the [Inovarti\_FixAddToCartMage18](https://github.com/deivisonarthur/Inovarti_FixAddToCartMage18/blob/master/README.md) plugin does this by allowing the "Add to Cart" functionality from CSRF protection. 

3. Most Secure: The best alternative is to use AJAX to dynamically fill in the value of the CSRF token in your Magento site. When a user clicks the button to add something to their cart, some JavaScript jumps in to update the CSRF token in the forms to match the user’s session. This can enable most of the page to be served from cache but will still require a request back to the origin to fetch the token.

This final AJAX mechanism is implemented in a plugin called the [Magento Turpentine extension](https://github.com/nexcess/magento-turpentine). Whilst this plugin was built for performing caching with Varnish, it can also be used with Cloudflare.

There are a couple of options for installing this:

* Download and install the tarball package from the Downloads page on GitHub (note that this is not the "Download as tar.gz" button) and install through Magento Connect Downloader or Magento's *mage* command.
* Install through  with the extension key: `http://connect20.magentocommerce.com/community/Nexcessnet_Turpentine`
* Install with . You would just need to use: `modman clone https://github.com/nexcess/magento-turpentine.git`

After installing the plugin, navigate to *System -> Configuration -> TURPENTINE -> Varnish Options* and find the "Use VCL fix" option, set it to "Disable" and save.

![Use VCL fix option set to Disable.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-use_vcl_fix_magento_cache_static_html.png)

***

## Related resources

* [Understanding Cloudflare's CDN](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/)

---

# WordPress.com and Cloudflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/content-management-system-cms/wordpresscom-and-cloudflare/

## Getting started with WordPress.com and Cloudflare

Cloudflare and WordPress.com are partnering to offer customers Cloudflare's performance and security solutions with WordPress.com's web-hosting platform. Getting started is easy.

1\. Add your WordPress site to Cloudflare. Visit [Creating a Cloudflare account and adding a website](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/201720164) for more information.

During this process, Cloudflare scans your existing WordPress.com DNS records and displays them. The records will look similar to the examples below.

- `A example.com 192.0.78.12`
- `A example.com 192.0.78.13`

WordPress.com does not guarantee the IP address will never change. For maximum uptime, you should complete the following:

2\. Find your `<site>.wordpress.com` domain from the [Manage Domains](https://wordpress.com/domains/manage) page. The domain will look like `examplecom.wordpress.com`, i.e. your domain with non-alphanumeric characters removed.

3\. Enter the domain into your browser's address bar to make sure the domain is correct.

4\. Add the record `CNAME @ examplecom.wordpress.com`.

5\. Remove the A records.

![Example of completed CNAME record setup.](~/assets/images/support/add-cname-wp.png)

Congratulations! Your site is now accelerated and protected by Cloudflare.

---

## Enabling additional Cloudflare products

## **Cloudflare Web Analytics (Free)**

Cloudflare Web Analytics gives web creators the information they need in a simple, clean way that doesn't sacrifice their visitors' privacy. One of the goals of the partnership is to bring a privacy-first analytics solution to WordPress.com sites.

### Cloudflare

1\. [Open your dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select the Account menu > **Account Home**.

2\. On the Account homepage, select **Web Analytics** from the bottom, right of the page.

3\. Enter the hostname to use with Web Analytics. Typically the hostname is your top-level domain, like `example.com`.

4\. Click **Next**.

5\. Select **Click to copy** under **Copy JS Snippet**.

### WordPress

1\. Open WordPress and select your site.

2\. Select **Tools** > **Marketing**.

3\. Locate the Cloudflare section.

4\. Paste the code snippet you copied from Cloudflare into the **Tracking ID** field. The field will extract the Tracking ID from the snippet.

5\. Toggle **Add to Cloudflare** to enable the tracking.

WordPress.com automatically adds the javascript to each page of your site. You can view the new insights from your Cloudflare dashboard under **Web Analytics**.

## **Automatic Platform Optimization for WordPress.com ($5/month, included with Pro and Business plans)**

Cloudflare's [Automatic Platform Optimization](https://www.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/wordpress/) for WordPress.com is the easiest way to drastically speed up your WordPress.com site. With the [APO plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/), Cloudflare accelerates your WordPress.com site by intelligently caching dynamic content, which means fast performance for your visitors no matter where they are. Find out more from our [blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimizations-starting-with-wordpress/) and [support article](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049822312-Understanding-Automatic-Platform-Optimization-APO-with-WordPress).

### **Requirements**

:::caution

The [Automatic Platform Optimization
(APO)](https://www.cloudflare.com/automatic-platform-optimization/wordpress/)
feature requires that you be on a [Full
Setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)
using Cloudflare nameservers.
:::

- Cloudflare free plan + $5/month APO add-on or a Pro or Business plan subscription (includes APO)
- WordPress.com Business plan or above (requires plugins)

### **Install and enable APO**

1\. From WordPress, install the [Cloudflare WordPress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/) on your WordPress website or update to the latest version (3.8.2 or higher).

2\. [Authenticate the plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/#installation) to connect to Cloudflare if you have not already done so.

3\. From the Home screen of the Cloudflare section, turn on Automatic Platform Optimization.

For more details, refer to [Understanding Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) with WordPress](/automatic-platform-optimization/).

---

## Troubleshooting

### **How do I verify that Cloudflare is now my DNS provider on record?**

1\. Visit [https://dnschecker.org](https://dnschecker.org/#A/s-steiner.com).

2\. From the dropdown under **DNS Check, s**elect NS record.

3\. In the text field, enter your domain name and click **Search**.

4\. Verify that your Cloudflare nameservers display.

### **How can I confirm APO is up and running?**

In a terminal, use the following cURL. The header `'accept: text/html'` is important

```sh
curl -svo /dev/null -A "CF" 'https://example.com/' -H 'accept: text/html' 2>&1 | grep 'cf-cache-status\|cf-edge\|cf-apo-via'
```

```sh output
< cf-cache-status: HIT
< cf-apo-via: cache
< cf-edge-cache: cache,platform=wordpress
```

As always, `cf-cache-status` displays if the asset hit the cache or was considered dynamic and served from the origin.

- The `cf-apo-via` header returns the APO status for the given request.
- The `cf-edge-cache` header means the WordPress plugin is installed and enabled.

### How can I verify APO and the WordPress.com integration works?

1\. Publish a change on your WordPress website.

2\. Refresh the page twice.

3\. You should see a change. The page should be cached with `cf-cache-status: HIT` and `cf-apo-via: cache` in a response header.

---

# e-Commerce

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/e-commerce/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for e-Commerce support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Forum Software

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/forum-software/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Forum Software support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Using Cloudflare with various forums

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/forum-software/using-cloudflare-with-various-forums-vbulletin-xenforo-mybb/

## Overview

Many widely used forum platforms are compatible with Cloudflare.

These include:

* [Discourse](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/using-discourse-with-cloudflare-best-practices/602890)
* vBulletin
* Xenforo
* MyBB

If you have a forum using these platforms, you can increase its speed and safety by adding Cloudflare.

***

## Steps

**1**. Cloudflare acts as a reverse proxy, meaning that all visitor IP addresses will become Cloudflare-affiliated IP addresses. If you are using services like **Stopforumspan** or blocking registration by IP address, you need to [restore original visitor IPs](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786).

**2**. To prevent admin functions from being affected by caching or performance features, create a [Page Rule](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/218411427) to exclude the admin section of your site.

**3**. If you want certain services to access your website (APIs or certain IPs), [configure IP access rules](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/217074967).

**4**. Review your DNS records to make sure all your subdomain records are present. If you cannot find a subdomain, [add the DNS record](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/360019093151).

**5**. Review your Cloudflare [performance](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/categories/200275238) and [security settings](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/categories/200275228-Firewall).

---

# Configure Cloudflare and Heroku over HTTPS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/others/configure-cloudflare-and-heroku-over-https/

import { Example } from "~/components";

## Overview

Heroku is a cloud PaaS that supports several pre-configured programming languages. Heroku deals with all your infrastructure so you can focus on your application without having to work at the command line.

This article describes how to configure Heroku with Cloudflare to serve your traffic over HTTPS. For this article, we'll assume that you already have an [active domain on Cloudflare](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/sections/200820158-CloudFlare-101), as well as a running Heroku app.

---

## Step 1 - Add a custom domain to your Heroku app

Follow Heroku's instructions: [Custom Domain Names for Apps](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/custom-domains).

---

## Step 2 - Add a subdomain in Cloudflare DNS

Below, you will need to add DNS records for a subdomain and the apex domain (also known as "root domain"). Learn how to [Managing DNS records in Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

### Step 2a - Add a subdomain

To start, log in to your Cloudflare account, navigate to the **DNS** app and add a 'www' *CNAME* record that points to the custom domain (also known as *DNS target*) that you obtained in Step 1 above for your subdomain.

<Example>

| Type    | Name  | Target                           | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----- | -------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `www` | `{example-domain}.herokudns.com` | Proxied      |

</Example>

### Step 2b - Add your root domain

Adding a root or apex domain on Heroku also requires using a CNAME record pointed from your root. You cannot use A records on Heroku because no IP addresses are exposed for Heroku users to use.

Fortunately, Cloudflare offers [CNAME flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/) to resolve requests for your root domain.

Add a CNAME record for your root and point it to DNS target you obtained in Step 1 above for your domain.

<Example>

| Type    | Name | Target                           | Proxy status |
| ------- | ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `@`  | `{example-domain}.herokudns.com` | Proxied      |

</Example>

---

## Step 3 - Confirm that your domain is routed through Cloudflare

The easiest way to confirm that Cloudflare is working for your domain is to issue a cURL command.

```sh
curl -I www.example.com
```

```sh output
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:51:30 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: public, max-age=0
Last-Modified: Mon, 31 Dec 1979 04:08:00 GMT
X-Powered-By: Express
Server: cloudflare
CF-RAY: 3e1cf1d936f28c52-SFO-DOG
```

You can identify Cloudflare-proxied requests by the *CF-Ray* response header. If either of these two are present, your requests are being proxied by Cloudflare accordingly.

You can repeat the above cURL command for any of the subdomains that you have configured within your DNS settings.

---

## Step 4 - Configure your domain for SSL

### Step 4a - Enable SSL

Cloudflare provides a SANs wildcard certificate with all paid plans, and a SNI wildcard certificate with the Free plan. Full details on SSL [can be found here](https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl).

If you don't know what this means, navigate to the **Overview** tab of the **SSL/TLS** app in your Cloudflare dashboard. Select *Flexible* mode to serve your site over HTTPS to all public visitors.

Once the certificate status changes to **• Active Certificate**, incoming traffic will be served to your site over HTTPS (e.g., visitors will see HTTPS prefixed to your domain name in the browser bar).

### Step 4b - Force all traffic over HTTPS

To ensure all traffic to your site is encrypted, Cloudflare lets you force an automatic HTTPS redirect.  To configure this, consult: [How do I redirect all visitors to HTTPS/SSL?](/ssl/troubleshooting/faq/#how-do-i-redirect-all-visitors-to-httpsssl)

You can then use a cURL command to verify that all requests are being forced over HTTPS.

```sh
curl -I -L example.com
```

```sh output
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2018 23:17:44 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: max-age=3600
Expires: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:17:44 GMT
Location: https://example.com/
Server: cloudflare
CF-RAY: 3e1e77d5c42b8c52-SFO-DOG
```

If SSL was not working for your domain (for example, your SSL certificate has not yet been issued), you would see a [525](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-525-ssl-handshake-failed) or [526](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-526-invalid-ssl-certificate) HTTP response after the redirect.

Please note that the issuing of a Universal SSL certificate typically takes up to 24 hours. Our paid SSL certificates issue within 10-15 minutes.

---

# Others

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/third-party-software/others/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Others support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Troubleshooting Cloudflare Errors support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting Cloudflare 10XXX errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-10xxx-errors/

## Error 10028: The add list items operation contains duplicate items

This error occurs when there are duplicate list items in a single operation to add items to a List (either an IP list or a Bulk Redirect List).

This error can happen when you:

* Add a repeated IP address to an IP list
* Add a repeated source URL to a Bulk Redirect List

### **Resolution**

Remove the duplicate item and try again.

***

## Error 10043: Source URL in redirect is too long

This error occurs when the source URL value of a URL redirect is too long. The maximum length of a source URL is 32,768 characters.

### **Resolution**

Use a shorter URL as the source URL.

***

## Error 10044: Target URL in redirect is too long

This error occurs when the target URL value of a URL redirect is too long. The maximum length of a target URL is 32,768 characters.

### **Resolution**

Use a shorter URL as the target URL.

***

## Error 10045: Invalid redirect source URL

This error occurs when you specify a source URL of a URL redirect that is not a valid URL.

### **Resolution**

Specify a valid URL as the source URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10046: Invalid redirect target URL

This error occurs when you specify a target URL of a URL redirect that is not a valid URL.

### **Resolution**

Specify a valid URL as the target URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect target URLs.

***

## Error 10047: Invalid redirect status code

This error occurs when you specify a URL redirect status code that is not supported. 

### **Resolution**

Use one of the supported status codes in the URL redirect: `301`, `302`, `307`, or `308`.

***

## Error 10048: Preserve path suffix requires subpath matching enabled

This error occurs when you enable the **Preserve path suffix** option in a redirect without enabling the **Subpath matching** option.

The **Preserve path suffix** option of a URL redirect is only applicable when the **Subpath matching** option is also enabled. 

### **Resolution**

Enable **Subpath matching** for the URL redirect with **Preserve path suffix** enabled.

***

## Error 10049: Invalid scheme in redirect source URL

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect has an invalid scheme.

**Resolution**

Review the source URL and ensure that it uses one of the supported schemes: `http`, `https`, or empty (no scheme information, which means that it applies to both schemes).

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10050: Invalid redirect source URL with user info

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect includes a user info component (for example, `https://user:password@example.com`), which is not supported.

### **Resolution**

Remove the user info component from the redirect source URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10051: Missing authority in redirect source URL

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect does not include an authority component (for example, `http:///path`, without a hostname), which is mandatory.

### **Resolution**

Add an authority component to the redirect source URL (for example, include a hostname).

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the required URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10052: Invalid redirect source URL with port

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect includes a port (for example, `https://example.com:8081`), which is not supported.

### **Resolution**

Remove the port from the redirect source URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10053: Invalid redirect source URL with query string

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect includes a query string component, which is not supported.

### **Resolution**

Remove the query string from the redirect source URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10054: Invalid redirect source URL with fragment

This error occurs when the source URL of a URL redirect includes a fragment component (for example, `https://example.com/search/#fragment`).

Fragment components are not part of an HTTP request; they are an indication for the browser to scroll to a specific location once the page has loaded.

### **Resolution**

Remove the fragment from the redirect source URL.

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the supported URL components for redirect source URLs.

***

## Error 10055: Query string settings incompatible with redirect target URL

This error occurs when you enable the **Preserve query string** option of a URL redirect, but also provide a query string in the redirect target URL. In this case, the URL redirect would have conflicting configuration on how to handle the query string of incoming requests.

### **Resolution**

Perform one of the following:

* Disable the **Preserve query string** option in the URL redirect
* Remove the query string component from the redirect target URL

***

## Error 10056: The add list items operation contains different types of list items

This error occurs when there are different types of list items (for example, IP addresses, hostnames, and URL redirects) in a single operation to add items to a list. The error may occur for an IP list, a hostname list, or a Bulk Redirect List.

### **Resolution**

Remove the list items that do not apply to the list type. This means:

* Removing IP addresses from a request to add items to a Bulk Redirect List
* Removing URL redirects from a request to add items to an IP list

***

## Error 10058: List items incompatible with list type

This error occurs when you are adding items to a list (either IP list, hostname list, or Bulk Redirect List) and the list items are incompatible with the list type.

### **Resolution**

Make sure you are adding the items to the correct list:

* Custom lists with IP addresses (IP lists) can only contain IP addresses as list items
* Custom lists with hostnames can only contain hostnames as list items
* Bulk Redirect Lists can only contain URL redirects as list items

***

## Error 10059: Maximum number of repeated URL source paths exceeded

This error occurs when you have more than the maximum number of URL redirects with the same source URL path across all Bulk Redirect Lists in your account, regardless of the URL redirect domain.

### **Resolution**

Review the path of your source URLs so that you do not have more than the maximum number of URL redirects sharing the same URL path in your account, regardless of their domain or the list they belong to.

Refer to [URL redirect parameters](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/) for more information on the current limits.

***

## Error 10060: Missing scheme in redirect target URL

This error occurs when the target URL of a URL redirect does not include a scheme, which is mandatory.

### **Resolution**

Review the target URL of the URL redirect and ensure that it contains a scheme (for example, `https`).

Refer to [Supported URL components in Bulk Redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/) for details on the required URL components for redirect target URLs.

---

# Troubleshooting Cloudflare 1XXX errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

---

## Overview

The errors described in this document might occur when visiting a website proxied by Cloudflare. For Cloudflare API or dashboard errors, review our [Cloudflare API documentation](/api/). HTTP 409, 530, 403, and 429 errors are the HTTP error codes returned in the HTTP status header for a response. 1XXX errors appear in the HTML body of the response.

:::note

Cloudflare **[Custom Error
Pages](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200172706)** allows
customers to change the appearance of the default error pages discussed
in this article.
:::

If the resolutions within each error description below do not resolve the error, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

:::note

Only the site owner may contact Cloudflare for technical support. Lookup
contact information for a domain via the [Whois
database](https://lookup.icann.org/).
:::

:::note

Dedicated email support is available for all Pro, Business, and
Enterprise Plan users. Business and Enterprise plan users also have
access to chat support. If you require additional support, explore [our
plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/).
:::

---

## Error 1000: DNS points to prohibited IP

### Common causes

Cloudflare halted the request for one of the following reasons:

- An A record within your Cloudflare DNS app points to a [Cloudflare IP address](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), or a Load Balancer Origin points to a proxied record.
- Your Cloudflare DNS A or CNAME record references another reverse proxy (such as an nginx web server that uses the proxy_pass function) that then proxies the request to Cloudflare a second time.
- The request X-Forwarded-For header is longer than 100 characters.
- The request includes two X-Forwarded-For headers.
- The request includes a CF-Connecting-IP header.
- A Server Name Indication (SNI) issue or mismatch at the origin.

### Resolution

- If an A record within your Cloudflare DNS app points to a [Cloudflare IP address](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/), update the IP address to your origin web server IP address. Reach out to your hosting provider if you need help obtaining the origin IP address.
- There is a reverse-proxy at your origin that sends the request back through the Cloudflare proxy. Instead of using a reverse-proxy, contact your hosting provider or site administrator to configure an HTTP redirect at your origin.

---

## Error 1001: DNS resolution error

### Common causes

- A web request was sent to a Cloudflare IP address for a non-existent Cloudflare domain.
- An external domain that is not on using Cloudflare has a CNAME record to a domain active on Cloudflare
- The target of the DNS CNAME record does not resolve.
- A CNAME record in your Cloudflare DNS app requires resolution via a DNS provider that is currently offline.
- [Always Online](/cache/how-to/always-online/) is enabled for a [Custom Hostname (Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/)) domain.

### Resolution

A non-Cloudflare domain cannot CNAME to a Cloudflare domain unless the non-Cloudflare domain is added to a Cloudflare account.

Attempting to directly access DNS records used for [Cloudflare CNAME setups](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup) also causes error 1001 (For example: *[www.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net](http://www.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net)*).

Disable [Always Online](/cache/how-to/always-online/#enable-always-online) if using [Custom Hostname (Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/)) domain.

---

## Error 1002: DNS points to Prohibited IP

### Common causes

- A DNS record in your Cloudflare DNS app points to one of [Cloudflare's IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).
- An incorrect target is specified for a CNAME record in your Cloudflare DNS app.
- Your domain is not on Cloudflare but has a CNAME that refers to a Cloudflare domain.

### Resolution

Update your Cloudflare *A* or *CNAME record* to point to your origin IP address instead of a Cloudflare IP address:

1. Contact your hosting provider to confirm your origin IP address or CNAME record target.
2. Log in to your Cloudflare account.
3. Select the domain that generates error 1002.
4. Select the **DNS** app.
5. Click **Value** for the _A_ record to update.
6. Update the _A_ record.

To ensure your origin web server doesn’t proxy its own requests through Cloudflare, configure your origin webserver to resolve your Cloudflare domain to:

- The internal NAT’d IP address, or
- The public IP address of the origin web server.

---

## Error 1002: Restricted

### Common cause

The Cloudflare domain resolves to a local or disallowed IP address or an IP address not associated with the domain.

### Resolution

If you own the website:

1. Confirm your origin web server IP addresses with your hosting provider,
2. Log in to your Cloudflare account, and
3. Update the A records in the Cloudflare DNS app to the IP address confirmed by your hosting provider.

---

## Error 1003 Access Denied: Direct IP Access Not Allowed

### Common cause

A client or browser directly accesses a [Cloudflare IP address](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips).

### Resolution

Browse to the website domain name in your URL instead of the Cloudflare IP address.

---

## Error 1004: Host Not Configured to Serve Web Traffic

### Common causes

- Cloudflare staff disabled proxying for the domain due to abuse or terms of service violations.
- DNS changes have not yet propagated or the site owner’s DNS _A records_ point to [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips).

### Resolution

If the issue persists beyond 5 minutes, [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

---

## Errors 1005 Access Denied: Autonomous System Number (ASN) banned

### Common causes

The owner of the website (e.g. example.com) has banned the autonomous system number (ASN) from accessing the website.

### Resolution

If you are not the website owner, provide the website owner with a screenshot of the 1005 error message you received.

If you are the website owner:

1. Retrieve a screenshot of the 1005 error from your customer
2. Search the [**Security Events log**](/waf/analytics/security-events/) (available at **Security** > **Events**) for the **RayID**, or client IP Address from the visitor’s 1005 error message.

:::note

Convert the UTC timestamp of the 1005 error to your local timezone when
searching in the **Security Events log**.
:::

3\. Assess the cause of the block and ensure the ASN is allowed under the [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) security feature.

---

## Errors 1006, 1007, 1008 or 1106 Access Denied: Your IP address has been banned

### Common causes

A Cloudflare customer blocked traffic from your client or browser.

:::note

Error 1006 also occurs in the Cloudflare **Workers** app under the **Preview** tab when a customer uses **[Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/)** or any other Cloudflare security feature to block the Google Cloud Platform IPs that the **Preview** tab relies upon.
:::

### Resolution

Request the website owner to investigate their Cloudflare security settings or allow your client IP address. Since the website owner blocked your request, Cloudflare support cannot override a customer’s security settings.

---

## Errors 1009 Access Denied: Country or region banned

### Common causes

The owner of the website (e.g. example.com) has banned the country or region your IP address from accessing the website.

### Resolution

Ensure your IP address is allowed under the [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) security feature.

---

## Error 1010: The owner of this website has banned your access based on your browser's signature

### Common cause

A website owner blocked your request based on your client's web browser.

### Resolution

Notify the website owner of the blocking. If you cannot determine how to contact the website owner, lookup contact information for the domain via the [Whois database](https://lookup.icann.org/). Site owners disable **Browser** **Integrity Check** via the **Settings** tab of the **Security** app.

:::note

Since the website owner performed the blocking, Cloudflare support
cannot override a customer's security settings.
:::

---

## Error 1011: Access Denied (Hotlinking Denied)

### Common cause

A request is made for a resource that uses [Cloudflare hotlink protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/).

### Resolution

Notify the website owner of the blocking. If you cannot determine how to contact the website owner, lookup contact information for the domain via the [Whois database](https://lookup.icann.org/).  **Hotlink Protection** is managed via the Cloudflare **Scrape Shield** app.

:::note

Since the website owner performed the blocking, Cloudflare support
cannot override a customer's security settings.
:::

---

## Error 1012: Access Denied

### Common cause

A website owner forbids access based on malicious activity detected from the visitor’s computer or network (ip_address). The most likely cause is a virus or malware infection on the visitor’s computer.

### Resolution

Update your antivirus software and run a full system scan. Cloudflare can not override the security settings the site owner has set for the domain. To request website access, contact the site owner to allow your IP address. If you cannot determine how to contact the website owner, lookup contact information for the domain via the [Whois database](https://lookup.icann.org/).

:::note

Since the website owner performed the blocking, Cloudflare support
cannot override a customer's security settings.
:::

---

## Error 1013: HTTP hostname and TLS SNI hostname mismatch

### Common cause

The hostname sent by the client or browser via <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)">Server Name Indication (SNI)</GlossaryTooltip> does not match the request host header.

### Resolution

Error 1013 is commonly caused by the following:

- your local browser setting the incorrect SNI host header, or
- a network proxying SSL traffic caused a mismatch between SNI and the Host header of the request.

Test for an SNI mismatch via an online tool such as: [SSL Shopper](https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html).

Provide Cloudflare Support the following information:

1. A [HAR file](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/) captured while duplicating the error.

---

## Error 1014: CNAME Cross-User Banned

### Common cause

By default, Cloudflare prohibits a DNS *CNAME record* between domains in different Cloudflare accounts. *CNAME records* are permitted within a domain (*[www.example.com](http://www.example.com)* CNAME to *api.example.com*) and across zones within the same user account (*[www.example.com](http://www.example.com)* CNAME to *[www.example.net](http://www.example.net)*) or using our [Cloudflare for SaaS](https://www.cloudflare.com/saas/) solution.

Another common cause is connecting a custom domain to an R2 bucket, where the domain is an active zone with the [zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/) feature enabled.

:::caution

[Cloudflare Apps](https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/) are not currently
supported by [Cloudflare for
SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/), therefore
any app using a domain configured on our SaaS solution may produce 1014
errors.
:::

### Resolution

- To allow CNAME record resolution to a domain in a different Cloudflare account, the domain owner of the CNAME target must use [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/).
- To allow connecting to a R2 bucket with a custom domain, disable the [zone hold](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/) feature on the custom domain target zone to resolve the 1014 error.

---

## Error 1015: You are being rate limited

### Common cause

The site owner implemented [Rate Limiting](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/) that affects your visitor traffic.

:::note

_Unable to purge_ is another 1015 error code relating to [Cloudflare
cache
purge](/cache/how-to/purge-cache).
Retry the cache purge and contact [Cloudflare
support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) if errors
persist.
:::

### Resolution

- If you are a site visitor, contact the site owner to request exclusion of your IP from rate limiting.
- If you are the site owner, review [Cloudflare Rate Limiting thresholds](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/) and adjust your Rate Limiting configuration.
- If your Rate Limiting blocks requests in a short time period (i.e. 1 second) try increasing the time period to 10 seconds.

:::note

If you expect a new Cloudflare Worker to exceed rate limits, refer to
the [Workers
documentation](/workers/platform/limits)
for guidance.
:::

---

## Error 1016: Origin DNS error

### Common cause

Cloudflare cannot resolve the origin web server’s IP address.

Common causes for Error 1016 are:

- A missing DNS _A record_ that mentions origin IP address.
- A _CNAME record_ in the Cloudflare DNS points to an unresolvable external domain.
- The origin hostnames (CNAMEs) in your Cloudflare [Load Balancer](/load-balancing/) default, region, and fallback pools are unresolvable. Use a fallback pool configured with an origin IP as a backup in case all other pools are unavailable.
- When creating a Spectrum app with a CNAME origin, you need first to create a CNAME on the Cloudflare DNS side that points to the origin. Please see [Spectrum CNAME origins](/spectrum/get-started/#create-a-spectrum-application-using-a-cname-record) for more details
- There is no DNS record for the hostname in the Cloudflare for SaaS target zone
- There is no DNS record for the hostname in the target [Partial (CNAME) setup zone](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) of a Workers subrequest ([Fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/))

### Resolution

To resolve error 1016:

1. Verify your Cloudflare DNS settings include an *A record* that points to a valid IP address that resolves via a [DNS lookup tool](https://dnschecker.org/).
2. For a CNAME record pointing to a different domain, ensure that the target domain resolves via a [DNS lookup tool](https://dnschecker.org/).
3. For a Workers subrequest to a Partial (CNAME) setup zone, ensure that the hostname exists on the Cloudflare zone (and not only at the authoritative DNS)

---

## Error 1018: Could not find host

### Common causes

- The Cloudflare domain was recently activated and there is a delay propagating the domain’s settings to the Cloudflare edge network.
- The Cloudflare domain was created via a Cloudflare partner (e.g., a hosting provider) and the provider's DNS failed.

:::note

Error 1018 is returned via a HTTP 409 response code.
:::

### Resolution

Contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the following details:

1. Your domain name
2. A screenshot of the 1018 error including the **RayID** mentioned in the error message
3. A [HAR file](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/) captured while duplicating the error

---

## Error 1019: Compute server error

### Common cause

A Cloudflare Worker script recursively references itself.

### Resolution

Ensure your Cloudflare Worker does not access a URL that calls the same Workers script.

---

## Error 1020: Access denied

### Common cause

A client or browser is blocked by a Cloudflare customer’s Firewall Rules (deprecated).

### Resolution

If you are not the website owner, provide the website owner with a screenshot of the 1020 error message you received.

If you are the website owner:

1. Retrieve a screenshot of the 1020 error from your customer
2. Search the [**Security Events log**](/waf/analytics/security-events/) (available at **Security** > **Events**) for the **RayID** or client IP Address from the visitor’s 1020 error message.

:::note

Convert the UTC timestamp of the 1020 error to your local timezone when
searching in the **Security Events log**.
:::

3\. Assess the cause of the block and either update the **Firewall Rule** or allow the visitor’s IP address in [**IP Access Rules**](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/).

---

## Error 1023: Could not find host

### Common causes

- If the owner just signed up for Cloudflare it can take a few minutes for the website's information to be distributed to our global network. Something is wrong with the site's configuration.
- Usually, this happens when accounts have been signed up with a partner organization (e.g., hosting provider) and the provider's DNS fails.

:::note

Error 1023 is returned via a HTTP 409 response code.
:::

### Resolution

Contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the following details:

1. Your domain name
2. A screenshot of the 1023 error including the **RayID** mentioned in the error message
3. A [HAR file](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/) captured while duplicating the error
4.

---

## Error 1025: Please check back later

### Common cause

A request is not serviced because the domain has reached [plan limits for Cloudflare Workers](/workers/platform/limits).

### Resolution:

Purchase the Unlimited Workers plan via the [Plans page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/redirect?account=workers/plans) on the Workers dashboard.

---

## Error 1033: Argo Tunnel error

### Common cause

You've requested a page on a website (`tunnel.example.com`) that is on the Cloudflare network. The host (`tunnel.example.com`) is configured as an Argo Tunnel, and Cloudflare is currently unable to resolve it.

### Resolution

- **If you are a visitor of this website**: Please try again in a few minutes.
- **If you are the owner of this website**: Ensure that _cloudflared_ is running and can reach the network. You may wish to enable [load balancing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb) for your tunnel.

---

## Error 1034: Edge IP Restricted

### Common cause

Customers who previously pointed their domains to `1.1.1.1` will now encounter **1034 error**. This is due to a new edge validation check in Cloudflare's systems to prevent misconfiguration and/or potential abuse.

### Resolution

Ensure DNS records are pointed to IP addresses you control, and in the case a placeholder IP address is needed for “originless” setups, use the IPv6 reserved address `100::` or the IPv4 reserved address `192.0.2.0`.

---

## Error 1035: Invalid request rewrite (invalid URI path)

### Common cause

The value or expression of your rewritten URI path is not valid.

This error also occurs when the destination of the URL rewrite is a path under `/cdn-cgi/`.

### Resolution

Make sure that the rewritten URI path is not empty and it starts with a `/` (slash) character.

For example, the following URI path rewrite expression is not valid:

`concat(lower(ip.src.country), http.request.uri.path)`

To fix the expression above, add a `/` prefix:

`concat("/", lower(ip.src.country), http.request.uri.path)`

---

## Error 1036: Invalid request rewrite (maximum length exceeded)

### Common cause

The value or expression of your rewritten URI path or query string is too long.

### Resolution

Use a shorter value or expression for the new URI path/query string value.

---

## Error 1037: Invalid rewrite rule (failed to evaluate expression)

### Common cause

The expression of the rewrite rule could not be evaluated. There are several causes for this error, but it can mean that one expression element contained an undefined value when it was evaluated.

For example, you get a 1037 error when using the following URL rewrite dynamic expression and the `X-Source` header is not included in the request:

`http.request.headers["x-source"][0]`

### Resolution

Make sure that all the elements of your rewrite expression are defined. For example, if you are referring to a header value, ensure the header is set.

---

## Error 1040: Invalid request rewrite (header modification not allowed)

### Common cause

You are trying to modify an HTTP header that HTTP Request Header Modification Rules cannot change.

### Resolution

Make sure you are not trying to modify one of the [reserved HTTP request headers](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/#important-remarks).

---

## Error 1041: Invalid request rewrite (invalid header value)

### Common causes

The added/modified header value is too long or it contains characters that are not allowed.

### Resolution

- Use a shorter value or expression to define the header value.
- Remove the characters that are not allowed. See [Format of HTTP request header names and values](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/header-format/) in Developer Docs for more information on the allowed characters.

---

## Error 1101: Rendering error

### Common cause

A Cloudflare Worker throws a runtime JavaScript exception.

### Resolution:

[Provide appropriate issues details](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to Cloudflare Support.

---

## Error 1102: Rendering error

### Common cause

A Cloudflare Worker exceeds a [CPU time limit](/workers/observability/errors/). CPU time is the time spent executing code (for example, loops, parsing JSON, etc). Time spent on network requests (fetching, responding) does not count towards CPU time.

### Resolution

Contact the developer of your Workers code to optimize code for a reduction in CPU usage in the active Workers scripts.

---

## Error 1104: A variation of this email address is already taken in our system. Only one variation is allowed.

### Common cause

This error can occur if an email has been added with some variation of the email you're trying to add. For example, `my+user@example.com` and `my.user@example.com` will be treated the same in our system.

### Resolution

Log in as the old user and change email to a "throwaway" address, which will free up the new email.

---

## Error 1200: Cache connection limit

### Common cause

There are too many requests queued on Cloudflare's edge that are awaiting process by your origin web server.  This limit protects Cloudflare's systems.

### Resolution

Tune your origin webserver to accept incoming connections faster.  Adjust your caching settings to improve cache-hit rates so that fewer requests reach your origin web server.  Reach out to your hosting provider or web administrator for assistance.

---

## Related resources

- [Customizing Cloudflare error pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/)
- [Contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)

---

# Troubleshooting Cloudflare 5XX errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

When troubleshooting most 5XX errors, the correct course of action is to first contact your hosting provider or site administrator to troubleshoot and gather data.

:::note

Cloudflare Support only assists the domain owner to resolve issues. If you are a site visitor, report the problem to the site owner.

:::

## Required error details for hosting provider

When contacting your hosting provider, give them the following information:

1. Specific 5XX error code and message.
2. Time and timezone the 5XX error occurred.
3. URL that resulted in the HTTP 5XX error (for example: `https://www.example.com/images/icons/image1.png`).

The error cause is not always found in the origin server error logs. Check logs of all load balancers, caches, proxies, or firewalls between Cloudflare and the origin web server.

Additional details to provide to your hosting provider or site administrator are listed within each error description below. Cloudflare [Custom Error Pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/) change the appearance of default error pages discussed in this article.

## Error analytics

Error Analytics per domain are available within [Zone Analytics](/analytics/account-and-zone-analytics/zone-analytics/). Error Analytics allows insight into overall errors by HTTP error code and provides the URLs, source IP addresses, and Cloudflare data centers needed to diagnose and resolve the issue. Error Analytics are based on a 1% traffic sample.

To view Error Analytics:

- Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.
- Click the appropriate Cloudflare **account** for your site, then pick the **domain**.
- Next, click the **Analytics & Logs** app icon.
- Click **Add filter**, select **Edge status code** or **Origin status code** and choose any 5xx error code that you want to diagnose.

---

## Error 500: internal server error

Error 500 generally indicates an issue with your origin web server. _Error establishing database_ _connection_ is a common HTTP 500 error message generated by your origin web server. [Contact your hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to resolve.

**Resolution**

[Provide details to your hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to assist troubleshooting the issue.

However, if the 500 error contains "cloudflare" or "cloudflare-nginx" in the HTML response body, provide [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the following information:

1. Your domain name
2. The time and timezone of the 500 error occurrence
3. The output of `www.example.com/cdn-cgi/trace` from the browser where the 500 error was observed (replace `www.example.com` with your actual domain and hostname)

:::note

If you observe blank or white pages when visiting your website, confirm
whether the issue occurs when [temporarily pausing
Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/)
and contact your hosting provider for assistance.
:::

---

## Error 502 bad gateway or error 504 gateway timeout

An HTTP 502 or 504 error occurs when Cloudflare is unable to establish contact with your origin web server.

There are two possible causes:

- (Most common cause) [502/504 from your origin web server](#502504-from-your-origin-web-server)
- [502/504 from Cloudflare](#502504-from-cloudflare)

You may also see 504 status codes in logs or analytics caused by [cache MISS responses from Early Hints](/cache/advanced-configuration/early-hints/#emit-early-hints).

### 502/504 from your origin web server

Cloudflare returns a Cloudflare-branded HTTP 502 or 504 error when your origin web server responds with a standard HTTP 502 bad gateway or 504 gateway timeout error:

![Example of a Cloudflare-branded error 502.](~/assets/images/support/image1.png)

**Resolution**

Contact your hosting provider to troubleshoot these common causes at your origin web server:

- Ensure the origin server responds to requests for the hostname and domain within the visitor's URL that generated the 502 or 504 error.
- Investigate excessive server loads, crashes, or network failures.
- Identify applications or services that timed out or were blocked.

### 502/504 from Cloudflare

A 502 or 504 error originating from Cloudflare appears as follows:

![Example of an unbranded error 502.](~/assets/images/support/image5.png)

If the error does not mention `cloudflare`, contact your hosting provider for assistance on [502/504 errors from your origin](#502504-from-your-origin-web-server).

This error can be returned in case of a compression issue at the origin, for example the origin server is serving gzip encoded compressed content but is not updating the `content-length` header, or the origin is serving broken gzip compressed content.
You can try to disable compression at your origin to confirm if this is the root cause of the errors.

Otherwise, under certain conditions it is possible a given Data Center observes a sudden increase of traffic.
In these cases our automated processes will move traffic away from such location to a different Data Center making sure there is no impact for our customers.
These traffic adjustments are mostly seamless and take only a few seconds.
Still, it is possible that during this automated process some clients observe added latency and HTTP 502 errors.
You can find more information about our automated traffic management tools [in this blogpost](https://blog.cloudflare.com/meet-traffic-manager).

**Resolution**

If you still need our Support team to help you investigate further, please provide these required details to [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) to avoid delays processing your inquiry:

1. Time and timezone the issue occurred.
2. URL that resulted in the HTTP 502 or 504 response (for example: `https://www.example.com/images/icons/image1.png`).
3. Output from browsing to `<YOUR_DOMAIN>/cdn-cgi/trace`.

---

## Error 503: service temporarily unavailable

HTTP error 503 occurs when your origin web server is overloaded. There are two possible causes discernible by error message:

- Error doesn't contain `cloudflare` or `cloudflare-nginx` in the HTML response body.

**Resolution**: Contact your hosting provider to verify if they rate limit requests to your origin web server.

- Error contains `cloudflare` or `cloudflare-nginx` in the HTML response body.

**Resolution**: A connectivity issue occurred in a Cloudflare data center. Provide [Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the following information:

1. Your domain name
2. The time and timezone of the 503 error occurrence
3. The output of `www.example.com/cdn-cgi/trace` from the browser where the 503 error was observed (replace `www.example.com` with your actual domain and hostname)

You may also see 503 status codes in logs or analytics caused by [unsuccessful prefetches from Speed Brain](/speed/optimization/content/speed-brain/#how-speed-brain-works).

---

## Error 520: web server returns an unknown error

Error 520 occurs when the origin server returns an empty, unknown, or unexpected response to Cloudflare.

**Resolution**

:::note

A quick workaround while further investigating 520 errors is to either
make the record [DNS-only](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records)
in the Cloudflare **DNS** app or [temporarily pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/).
:::

[Contact your hosting provider or site administrator](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) and request a review of your origin web server error logs for crashes and to check for these common causes:

- Origin web server application crashes
- [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) not allowed at your origin
- Headers exceeding 16 KB (typically due to too many cookies)
- An empty response from the origin web server that lacks an HTTP status code or response body
- Missing response headers or origin web server not returning [proper HTTP error responses](https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/http-status-codes.xhtml).

:::note

520 errors are prevalent with certain PHP applications that crash the
origin web server.
:::

If HTTP/2 is enabled at your origin web server, please check and make sure HTTP/2 is correctly configured.
Cloudflare connects to servers who announce support of HTTP/2 connections via [ALPN](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-http2).
If the origin web server accepts the HTTP/2 connection but then doesn't respect or support the protocol, an HTTP Error 520 will be returned.
You can disable the [HTTP/2 to Origin](/speed/optimization/protocol/http2-to-origin/#disable-http2-to-origin) setting on the Cloudflare Dashboard under Speed -> Optimization -> Protocol Optimization and check your origin web server configuration further.

If 520 errors continue after contacting your hosting provider or site administrator, provide the following information to [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/):

- Full URL(s) of the resource requested when the error occurred
- Cloudflare **cf-ray** from the 520 error message
- Output from `http://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/cdn-cgi/trace`
- Two [HAR files](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#generate-a-har-file):
  - one with Cloudflare enabled on your website, and
  - the other with [Cloudflare temporarily disabled](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/).

---

## Error 521: web server is down

Error 521 occurs when the origin web server refuses connections from Cloudflare. Security solutions at your origin may block legitimate connections from certain [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips).

The two most common causes of 521 errors are:

- Offlined origin web server application
- Blocked Cloudflare requests

**Resolution**

[Contact your site administrator or hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to eliminate these common causes:

- Ensure your origin web server is responsive
- Review origin web server error logs to identify web server application crashes or outages.
- Confirm [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) are not blocked or rate limited
- Allow all [Cloudflare IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) in your origin web server's firewall or other security software
- Confirm that — if you have your **SSL/TLS mode** set to **Full** or **Full (Strict**) — you have installed a [Cloudflare Origin Certificate](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca)
- Find additional troubleshooting information on the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-error-521-web-server-is-down/42461).

---

## Error 522: connection timed out

Error 522 occurs when Cloudflare times out contacting the origin web server. Two different timeouts cause HTTP error 522 depending on when they occur between Cloudflare and the origin web server:

1. Before a connection is established, the origin web server does not return a SYN+ACK to Cloudflare within 15 seconds of Cloudflare sending a SYN.
2. After a connection is established, the origin web server doesn't acknowledge (ACK) Cloudflare's resource request within 90 seconds.

**Resolution**

[Contact your hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to check the following common causes at your origin web server:

- (Most common cause) [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) are rate limited or blocked in .htaccess, iptables, or firewalls. Confirm your hosting provider allows Cloudflare IP addresses.
- An overloaded or offline origin web server drops incoming requests.
- [Keepalives](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TCP-Keepalive-HOWTO/overview.html) are disabled at the origin web server.
- The origin IP address in your Cloudflare **DNS** app does not match the IP address currently provisioned to your origin web server by your hosting provider.
- Packets were dropped at your origin web server.

If you are using [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/), verify that you have a custom domain set up and that your CNAME record is pointed to your [custom Pages domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/#add-a-custom-domain).
If you are using [Workers with a Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), performing a `fetch` to its own hostname will cause a 522 error. Consider using a [Route](/workers/configuration/routing/) or target another hostname instead. 

If none of the above leads to a resolution, request the following information from your hosting provider or site administrator before [contacting Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/):

- An [MTR or traceroute](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#perform-a-traceroute) from your origin web server to a [Cloudflare IP address](http://www.cloudflare.com/ips) that most commonly connected to your origin web server before the issue occurred. Identify a connecting Cloudflare IP recorded in the origin web server logs.
- Details from the hosting provider's investigation such as pertinent logs or conversations with the hosting provider.

---

## Error 523: origin is unreachable

Error 523 occurs when Cloudflare cannot contact your origin web server. This typically occurs when a network device between Cloudflare and the origin web server doesn't have a route to the origin's IP address.

**Resolution** [Contact your hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to exclude the following common causes at your origin web server:

- Confirm the correct origin IP address is listed for A or AAAA records within your Cloudflare DNS app.
- Troubleshoot Internet routing issues between your origin and Cloudflare, or with the origin itself.

If none of the above leads to a resolution, request the following information from your hosting provider or site administrator:

- An [MTR or traceroute](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#perform-a-traceroute) from your origin web server to a [Cloudflare IP address](http://www.cloudflare.com/ips) that most commonly connected to your origin web server before the issue occurred. Identify a connecting Cloudflare IP from the logs of the origin web server.

---

## Error 524: a timeout occurred

Error 524 usually indicates that Cloudflare successfully connected to the origin web server, but the origin did not provide an HTTP response before the default 100 seconds [Proxy Read Timeout](/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/). This can happen if the origin server is taking too long because it has too much work to do, for example, a large data query, or because the server is struggling for resources and cannot return any data in time.

Error 524 can also indicate that Cloudflare successfully connected to the origin web server to write data, but the write did not complete before the 30 seconds [Proxy Write Timeout](/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/) (or 6.5 seconds in the case of [Cloudflare Images](/images/)).

:::note

A 524 occurs if the origin web server
acknowledges (_ACK_) the resource request after the connection has been
established, but does not send a timely response.
:::

**Resolution**

Here are the options we'd suggest to work around this issue:

- Implement status polling of large HTTP processes to avoid hitting this error.
- [Contact your hosting provider](#required-error-details-for-hosting-provider) to exclude the following common causes at your origin web server:
  - A long-running process on the origin web server.
  - An overloaded origin web server.

:::note

Logging request response time at your origin web server helps identify
the cause of resource slowness. Contact your hosting provider or site
administrator for assistance in adjusting log formats or search for
related logging documentation for your brand of web server such as
[Apache](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_log_config.html)
or
[Nginx](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_log_module.html#log_format).
:::

- Enterprise customers can increase the 524 timeout up to 6,000 seconds using the [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint (`proxy_read_timeout` setting). If your content can be cached, you may also choose to use a [Cache Rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#proxy-read-timeout-enterprise-only) with the `Proxy Read Timeout` setting selected instead in the Cloudflare Dashboard.

:::note

If the timeouts are on write requests, the [Proxy Write Timeout](/fundamentals/reference/connection-limits/) of 30 seconds cannot be adjusted.
:::

- If you regularly run HTTP requests that take over 100 seconds to complete (for example large data exports), move those processes behind a subdomain not proxied (grey clouded) in the Cloudflare **DNS** app.

:::note

Please note that you may observe a 1 second difference between the timeout you've set and the actual time at which the Error 524 is returned.
This is expected, it's due to the current work on implementing [Pingora, our new proxy](https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-we-built-pingora-the-proxy-that-connects-cloudflare-to-the-internet/).
As a workaround you can simply set the timeout to 1 second more (121 seconds instead of 120 seconds for example).
:::

---

## Error 525: SSL handshake failed

525 errors indicate that the SSL handshake between Cloudflare and the origin web server failed. Error 525 occurs when these two conditions are true:

1. The [SSL handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/) fails between Cloudflare and the origin web server, and
2. [_Full_ or _Full (Strict)_](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes) **SSL** is set in the **Overview** tab of your Cloudflare **SSL/TLS** app.

:::note

If your hosting provider frequently changes your origin web server's IP
address, refer to Cloudflare's documentation on [dynamic DNS
updates](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/managing-dynamic-ip-addresses).
:::

**Resolution**

Contact your hosting provider to exclude the following common causes at your origin web server:

- No valid SSL certificate installed
- Port 443 (or other custom secure port) is not open
- No <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)">SNI</GlossaryTooltip> support
- The [cipher suites](/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/) presented by Cloudflare to the origin do not match the cipher suites supported by the origin web server

:::note

If 525 errors occur intermittently, review the origin web server error
logs to determine the cause. Configure Apache to [log mod_ssl
errors](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HTTPD/DebuggingSSLProblems#Enable_SSL_logging).
Also, nginx includes SSL errors in its standard error log, but may
possibly require [an increased log
level](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/monitoring/logging/).
:::

**Additional checks**

- Check if you have a certificate installed on your origin server. You can check [this article](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#troubleshoot-requests-with-curl) for more details on how to run some tests. In case you don't have any certificate, you can create and install our free [Cloudflare origin CA certificate](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca). Using Origin CA certificates allows you to encrypt traffic between Cloudflare and your origin web server.
- [Review the cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) your server is using to ensure they match what is supported by Cloudflare.
- Check your server's error logs from the timestamps you see 525s to ensure there are errors that could be causing the connection to be reset during the SSL handshake.

---

## Error 526: invalid SSL certificate

Error 526 occurs when these two conditions are true:

1. Cloudflare cannot validate the SSL certificate at your origin web server, and
2. [_Full SSL (Strict)_](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) **SSL** is set in the **Overview** tab of your Cloudflare **SSL/TLS** app.

**Resolution**

:::note

For a potential quick fix, set **SSL** to _Full_ instead of _Full
(strict)_ in the **Overview** tab of your Cloudflare **SSL/TLS** app for
the domain.
:::

Request your server administrator or hosting provider to review the origin web server's SSL certificates and verify that:

- Certificate is not expired
- Certificate is not revoked
- Certificate is signed by a [Certificate Authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority) (not self-signed)
- The requested or target domain name and hostname are in the certificate's **Common Name** or **Subject Alternative Name**
- Your origin web server accepts connections over port SSL port 443
- [Temporarily pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/) and visit [https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=www.example.com](https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=www.example.com) (replace `www.example.com` with your hostname and domain) to verify no issues exists with the origin SSL certificate:

![Screen showing an SSL certificate with no errors.](~/assets/images/support/hc-import-troubleshooting_5xx_errors_sslshopper_output.png)

If the origin server uses a self-signed certificate, configure the domain to use _Full_ _SSL_ instead of _Full SSL (Strict)_. Refer to [recommended SSL settings for your origin](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes).

### Error 526 in the Zero Trust context

When using [Cloudflare Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), an HTTP Error 526 might be returned in the [following cases](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#i-see-error-526-when-browsing-to-a-website):

- **An untrusted certificate is presented from the origin to Gateway.** Gateway will consider a certificate is untrusted if any of these conditions are true:

  - The server certificate issuer is unknown or is not trusted by the service.
  - The server certificate is revoked and fails a CRL check.
  - There is at least one expired certificate in the certificate chain for the server certificate.
  - The common name on the certificate does not match the URL you are trying to reach.
  - The common name on the certificate contains invalid characters (such as underscores). Gateway uses [BoringSSL](https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules/search?SearchMode=Basic&Vendor=Google&CertificateStatus=Active&ValidationYear=0) to validate certificates. Chrome's [validation logic](https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/heads/main/net/cert/x509_certificate.cc#429) allows non-RFC 1305 compliant certificates, which is why the website may load when you turn off WARP.

- **The connection from Gateway to the origin is insecure.** Gateway does not trust origins which:

  - Only offer insecure cipher suites (such as RC4, RC4-MD5, or 3DES). You can use the [SSL Server Test tool](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html) to check which ciphers are supported by the origin.
  - Do not support [FIPS-compliant ciphers](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#cipher-suites) (if you have enabled [FIPS compliance mode](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#fips-compliance)). In order to load the page, you can either disable FIPS mode or create a Do Not Inspect policy for this host (which has the effect of disabling FIPS compliance for this origin).
  - Redirect all HTTPS requests to HTTP.

### Error 526 in the Workers context

Workers subrequests to any hostname outside of your Cloudflare zone that is not proxied by Cloudflare are always made using the **[Full (strict)](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/)** SSL mode, even when the Workers zone is configured otherwise.

As a result, a valid SSL certificate is required at the origin.

## Error 530

An HTTP error 530 is returned when Cloudflare is encountering an issue resolving the origin hostname. 
In this case the body of the response contains an [1XXX error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors) code. 
Please refer to the specific [1XXX error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors) for troubleshooting information.

---

## Related resources

- [Gathering information to troubleshoot site issues](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites)
- [Contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)
- [Customizing Cloudflare error pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/)
- [MTR/Traceroute Diagnosis and Usage](/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/#perform-a-traceroute)
- [Cloudflare Community Tips](https://community.cloudflare.com/tag/communitytip)

---

# Troubleshooting other errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-other-errors/

Some other type of errors might be returned to visitors for proxied requests depending on the origin web server configuration.

:::caution


As the root cause of these errors is not Cloudflare, this document is only designed to provide investigation avenues to help troubleshooting.


:::

:::note


Cloudflare Support only assists the domain owner to resolve issues. If you are a site visitor, report the problem to the site owner.


:::

## ERR\_HTTP2\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR

Requests proxied by Cloudflare may result with an error for the visitors with `ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR` visible in the Developer Tools Console.
These errors are usually due to an issue on the origin web server configuration, but might only materialize when requests are proxied by Cloudflare depending on the client browser's behavior.

* A malformed HTTP response header on the origin web server.

**Resolution**: Make a request directly to your origin web server and take a look at the HTTP response headers and see if you can see anything that looks abnormal.
Make sure that the field values are respecting the following requirements: [RFC 9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#section-5.5), [RFC 9113](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9113.html#section-8.2.1) and [RFC 5234](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5234#appendix-B.1).

* A compression issue, for example the origin web server is serving gzip encoded compressed content but is not updating the `content-length` header, or the origin web server is serving broken gzip compressed content.

**Resolution**: In this case you can try to disable compression at your origin web server and rely on Cloudflare to [compress content](/speed/optimization/content/compression/)
You can also investigate the configuration of your origin server to make sure the compression is working as expected.

---

# Disruptive Maintenance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/disruptive-maintenance/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

## Scheduled Maintenance Windows

Planned maintenances will be published on the status page using a *calendar* that is updated on a daily basis.

During these maintenance windows, customers may experience a slight increase in latency to the edge location which is under maintenance.

:::note

All dates in the calendar are in UTC Timezone. 
:::

### Maintenance Calendar links

[Download iCal](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_83vui762nfm498l9a0ciojbju0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics "Download iCal")
[Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y184M3Z1aTc2Mm5mbTQ5OGw5YTBjaW9qYmp1MEBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t "Add to Google Calendar")

### Notifications

Scheduled maintenances can also be sent out via [Cloudflare Notifications](/notifications/).

<AvailableNotifications product="Cloudflare Status" notificationFilter="Maintenance Notification" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

## Unplanned Maintenance

Cloudflare operates a redundant [anycast network](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/cdn/glossary/anycast-network/) that is capable of automatically removing locations from our network if they require unplanned maintenance or experience an emergency event. In such cases, traffic will be rerouted automatically to alternative locations.

To check for unplanned maintenance, you can confirm at all times if a location was re-routed by verifying if its status is listed as "Re-routed" in our status page [https://www.cloudflarestatus.com](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com). Exceptionally, an incident may be declared for maintenance at a location, in which case updates will be available in our status page at [https://www.cloudflarestatus.com](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com).

## Interconnections at locations under maintenance

If you have a [CNI connection](/network-interconnect/) with Cloudflare at a re-routed location, it may become temporarily unavailable during planned or unplanned maintenance, and regular internet routing may be used instead to reach your network.

In the Magic family of products, the routing is defined explicitly using [static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/) to send traffic to the specified tunnels, with customer-configured priorities. If you have a CNI tunnel, we strongly recommend that you also add routes to an alternative tunnel, such as a fallback Internet tunnel, to make sure your traffic can be routed at all times.

---

# General Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for General Troubleshooting support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Gathering information for troubleshooting sites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/gathering-information-for-troubleshooting-sites/

## Overview

It is important to capture as much information as possible to diagnose an issue and to [provide adequate details to Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/). This article explains how to gather troubleshooting information commonly requested by Cloudflare Support.

:::note

Cloudflare support cannot make configuration changes on behalf of
customers due to security and liability concerns.
:::

---

## Generate a HAR file

A HTTP Archive (HAR) records all web browser requests including the request and response headers, the body content, and the page load time. Be sure to use Incognito Mode or a Private Browsing window.

:::caution

A HAR file can include sensitive details such as passwords, payment
information, and private keys.

Remove sensitive information using a [HAR Sanitizer](https://har-sanitizer.pages.dev/).

:::

Some browsers either require a browser extension or cannot generate a HAR. When installing a browser extension, follow the instructions from the extension provider.

### In Chrome

1. In a browser page viewed in Incognito Mode, right-click anywhere and select **Inspect Element**.

2. The Chrome DevTools appear either at the bottom, or left side of the browser. Click the **Network** tab.

![HAR network tab screenshot from Chrome developer tools](~/assets/images/support/gathering_har_file_network.png)

3. Check **Preserve log**. Please also check **Disable cache** if you are reporting a Cloudflare Cache issue.

4. Click record.

![HAR record button in chrome dev tools.](~/assets/images/support/gathering_har_file_record.png)

5. Browse to the URL that causes issues. Once the issue is experienced, click the "Export HAR" option at the top of DevTools.

![`export HAR` option in Chrome DevTools](~/assets/images/support/export_har_chrome.png).

6. Attach the HAR file to your support ticket.

:::note

As of Chrome 130, this exports a sanitized HAR with redacted cookies and personalised data. To disable this, go to DevTools **Settings** > **Preferences** > **Network** > **Allow to generate HAR with sensitive data**.

:::

### In Firefox

1. While using a Private Window, use the application menu and select **Tools** > **Web Developer** > **Network** or press _Ctrl+Shift+I_ (Windows/Linux) or _Cmd+Option+I_ (OS X).

2. Browse to the URL that causes issues.

3. After duplicating the issue, right-click and choose **Save All As HAR**.

### In Microsoft Edge

1. In a Private window, navigate to **Developer tools** (use `F12` as a shortcut) and select the **Network** tab.

2. Browse to the URL that causes issues.

3. After duplicating the issue, click on **Export as HAR** followed by **Save As...**.

### In Safari

1. In Safari, ensure a **Develop** menu appears at the top of a Private Window in the browser window. Otherwise, go to **Safari** > **Preferences** > **Advanced** and select **Show Develop Menu in menu bar**

2. Navigate to **Develop** > **Show Web Inspector**.

3. Browse to the URL that causes issues.

4. Ctrl + click on a resource within Web Inspector and click **Export HAR**.

### In Mobile

**For Android:**

1. Enable USB Debugging mode on your mobile device.

2. Go to `chrome://inspect/#devices`.

3. If debugging mode is enabled, you will see your device listed below “Remote Target” like the example below:

![Where to find the Inspect Devices when in Debug Mode for Android.](~/assets/images/support/step_1.jpg)

4. Type in the URL, select **Open** and **inspect** to open Chrome’s DevTools.

5. Select the **Network** tab in the DevTools window.

6. Check **Preserve log**. Please also check **_Disable cache_** if you are reporting a Cloudflare Cache issue.

7. Click **record**.

![Where to find the record button in Chrome's dev tools.](~/assets/images/support/step_2_-_better.jpg)

8. Browse to the URL that causes issues. Once the issue is experienced, right-click on any of the items within the **Network** tab and select **Save all as HAR with Content**.

![How to save HAR content. ](~/assets/images/support/step_3.png)

9. Attach the HAR file to your support ticket alongside a screen recording from the affected Samsung device. Instructions on how to do this from Samsung devices can be found in [Samsung's documentation here](https://www.samsung.com/au/support/mobile-devices/screen-recorder/).

---

**For iPhone:**

Refer to [Okta](https://support.okta.com/help/s/article/How-to-generate-a-HAR-capture-on-an-iOS-device?language=en_US) or [Apple's](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/GettingStarted/GettingStarted.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007874-CH2-SW1) support article on how to generate a HAR file from an iOS device. Attach the HAR file to your support ticket alongside a screen recording from the affected iOS device. Apple devices now have [built-in screen recording functionality](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207935).

---

## Export Console Log

In certain situations when request is not issued or cancelled by the browser (for example, due to [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS)), we need to get JS console log output, in addition to the HAR file, to identify the root cause.

### In Chrome

1. Go to the **Console** tab from the DevTools bar.
2. Go to the Console Settings and select **Preserve Log**.
3. Leave the console open and perform the steps that reproduce the issue.
4. Right-click on any of the items within the **Console** tab and select **Save as** log file.
5. Attach the log file to your support ticket.

![How to find the console tab in Chrome's developer tools.](~/assets/images/support/console_snapshot.png)

### In Firefox

1. Go to the **Console** tab from the Web Developer Tools bar.
2. Go to the Console Settings and select **Persist Log** and **Show Timestamps**.
3. Leave the console open and perform the steps that reproduce the issue.
4. Right click, **Select All** messages and **Export Visible Messages to File**.
5. Attach the log file to your support ticket.

### In Microsoft Edge

1. Go to the **Console** tab from the Developer Tools bar.
2. Go to the Console Settings and select **Preserve Log**.
3. Leave the console open and perform the steps that reproduce the issue.
4. Right click on any of the items within the **Console** tab and select **Save as** log file.
5. Attach the log file to your support ticket.

### In Safari

1. Go to the **Console** tab from the Web Inspector bar.
2. Tick the box **Preserve Log**.
3. Leave the console open and perform the steps that reproduce the issue.
4. Select all the messages, right click and **Save Selected** to a log file.
5. Attach the log file to your support ticket.

---

## Capture a NetLog dump

In some cases, in order to further troubleshoot issues related to protocols (errors such as `ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR`, `ERR_HTTP2_PROTOCOL_ERROR`, etc..) our Support team may ask you to provide a [NetLog dump](https://www.chromium.org/for-testers/providing-network-details/).

:::caution

You can only generate a NetLog dump on the Google Chrome, Opera or Microsoft Edge browsers.
:::

1. Open a new tab and enter the following depending on the browser you're using:

- `chrome://net-export`
- `edge://net-export`
- `opera://net-export`

2. Click the **Start Logging To Disk** button.
3. Reproduce the network problem in a different tab.
   (the `chrome://net-export/`, `edge://net-export/` or `opera://net-export` tab needs to stay open otherwise logging will automatically stop)
4. Click **Stop Logging** button.
5. Attach the log file to your support ticket.

---

## Identify the Cloudflare data center serving your request

[A map of our data centers](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-map) is listed on the [Cloudflare status page](https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/), sorted by continent.
The three-letter code in the data center name is the [IATA code](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IATA_airport_code) of the nearest major international airport.
Determine the Cloudflare data center serving requests for your browser by visiting:
`http://``_www.example.com_``/cdn-cgi/trace.`

Replace `www.example.com` with your domain and hostname. Note the `colo` field from the output.

---

## Troubleshoot requests with curl

[curl](https://curl.se/) is a command line tool for sending HTTP/HTTPS requests and is useful for troubleshooting:

- HTTP/HTTPS Performance
- HTTP Error Responses
- HTTP Headers
- APIs
- Comparing Server/Proxy Responses
- SSL Certificates

:::note

If you are using Windows, you can find more details on how to use curl on Windows in our [Making API calls on Windows
](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/#making-api-calls-on-windows) article.
:::

Run the following command to send a standard HTTP GET request to your website (replace `www.example.com` with your hostname):

```
curl -svo /dev/null http://www.example.com/
```

This example curl command returns output detailing the HTTP response and request headers but discards the page body output. curl output confirms the HTTP response and whether Cloudflare is currently proxying traffic for the site.

:::note

Review the [curl command options](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html) for additional functionality.
:::

View the sections below for tips on troubleshooting HTTP errors, performance, caching, and SSL/TLS certificates:

### HTTP errors

When troubleshooting HTTP errors in responses from Cloudflare, test whether your origin caused the errors by sending requests directly to your origin web server. To troubleshoot HTTP errors, run a curl directly to your origin web server IP address (bypassing Cloudflare’s proxy):

```
curl -svo /dev/null http://example.com --connect-to ::203.0.113.34
```

:::note

If you have multiple origin web servers, test each one to ensure there
are no response differences. If you observe the issue when connecting
directly to your origin web server, contact your hosting provider for
assistance.
:::

### Performance

curl measures latency or performance degradation for HTTP/HTTPS requests via the [`-w` or `--write-out` curl option](https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-w). The example curl below measures several performance vectors in the request transaction such as duration of the TLS handshake, DNS lookup, redirects, transfers, etc:

```
curl -svo /dev/null https://example.com/ -w "\nContent Type: %{content_type} \
\nHTTP Code: %{http_code} \
\nHTTP Connect:%{http_connect} \
\nNumber Connects: %{num_connects} \
\nNumber Redirects: %{num_redirects} \
\nRedirect URL: %{redirect_url} \
\nSize Download: %{size_download} \
\nSize Upload: %{size_upload} \
\nSSL Verify: %{ssl_verify_result} \
\nTime Handshake: %{time_appconnect} \
\nTime Connect: %{time_connect} \
\nName Lookup Time: %{time_namelookup} \
\nTime Pretransfer: %{time_pretransfer} \
\nTime Redirect: %{time_redirect} \
\nTime Start Transfer: %{time_starttransfer} \
\nTime Total: %{time_total} \
\nEffective URL: %{url_effective}\n" 2>&1
```

[Explanation of this timing output](https://blog.cloudflare.com/a-question-of-timing/) is found on the Cloudflare blog.

:::note

As demonstrated in the preceding example, cleaner results are achieved
by denoting a new line with `\n` before each variable. Otherwise, all
metrics are displayed together on a single line.
:::

### Caching

cURL helps review the HTTP response headers that influence caching. In particular, review several HTTP headers when troubleshooting Cloudflare caching:

- CF-Cache-Status
- Cache-Control/Pragma
- Expires
- Last-Modified
- s-maxage

:::note

You can refer to the [Cloudflare Cache documentation](/cache/get-started/) for more details.
:::

### SSL/TLS certificates

#### Reviewing Certificates with curl

The following curl command shows the SSL certificate served by Cloudflare during an HTTPS request (replace `www.example.com` with your hostname):

```sh
curl -svo /dev/null https://www.example.com/ 2>&1 | egrep -v "^{.*$|^}.*$|^* http.*$"
```

:::note

`2\*>&1 | egrep -v "^{.*$|^}.*$|^\* http.\*$" \*` cleans and
parses the TLS handshake and certificate information.
:::

To display the origin certificate (assuming one is installed), replace `203.0.113.34` below with the actual IP address of your origin web server and replace `www.example.com` with your domain and hostname:

```sh
curl -svo /dev/null https://www.example.com --connect-to ::203.0.113.34 2>&1 | egrep -v "^{.*$|^}.*$|^* http.*$"
```

#### Testing TLS Versions

If troubleshooting browser support or confirming what TLS versions are supported, curl allows you to test a specific TLS version by adding the [--tlsv1.X](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html#--tlsv10) and [--tls-max](https://curl.se/docs/manpage.html#--tls-max) options to your curl:

- `--tlsv1.0 --tls-max 1.0`
- `--tlsv1.1 --tls-max 1.1`
- `--tlsv1.2 --tls-max 1.2`
- `--tlsv1.3 --tls-max 1.3`

---

## Temporarily pause Cloudflare

For more details, refer to [Pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/).

---

## Perform a traceroute

Traceroute is a network diagnostic tool that measures the route latency of packets across a network. Most operating systems support the `traceroute` command. If you experience connectivity issues with your Cloudflare-proxied website and [ask Cloudflare Support for assistance](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/), ensure to provide output from a traceroute.

:::note

Timeouts are possible for ping results because Cloudflare limits ping
requests.
:::

Review the instructions below for running traceroute on different operating systems. Replace `www.example.com` with your domain and hostname in the examples below:

### Run traceroute on Windows

1. Open the **Start** menu.

2. Click **Run**.

3. To open the command line interface, type **cmd** and then click **OK**.

4. At the command line prompt, type:

For IPv4 -

```sh
tracert www.example.com
```

For IPv6 -

```sh
tracert -6 www.example.com
```

5. Press **Enter**.

6. You can copy the results to save in a file or paste in another program.

### Run traceroute on Linux

1. Open a terminal window.

2. At the command line prompt, type:

For IPv4 -

```sh
traceroute www.example.com
```

For IPv6 -

```sh
traceroute -6 www.example.com
```

3. You can copy the results to save in a file or paste in another program.

### Run traceroute on Mac OS

1. Open the **Network Utility** application.
2. Click the **Traceroute** tab.
3. Type the _domain_ or _IP address_ in the appropriate input field and press **Trace**.
4. You can copy the results to save in a file or paste in another program.

Alternatively, follow the same Linux traceroute instructions above when using the Mac OS terminal program.

---

## Add the CF-RAY header to your logs

The **CF-RAY** header traces a website request through Cloudflare's network. Provide the **CF-RAY** of a web request to Cloudflare support when troubleshooting an issue. You can also add **CF-RAY** to your logs by editing your origin web server configuration with the snippet below that corresponds to your brand of web server:

### For Apache web servers, add `%{CF-Ray}i` to LogFormat

```
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-agent}i\" %{CF-Ray}i" cf_custom
```

### For Nginx web servers, add '$http_cf_ray' to log_format

```
log_format cf_custom '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] '
'"$request" $status $body_bytes_sent '
'"$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" '
'$http_cf_ray';
```

---

## Perform a MTR

Traceroute (MTR) is a tool that combines traceroute and ping, which is another common method for testing network connectivity and speed. In addition to the hops along the network path, MTR shows constantly updating information about the latency and packet loss along the route to the destination. This helps in troubleshooting network issues by allowing you to see what’s happening along the path in real-time.

MTR works by discovering the network path in a similar manner to traceroute, and then regularly sending packets to continue collecting information to provide an updated view into the network’s health and speed.

Like traceroute, MTR can use ICMP or UDP for outgoing packets but relies on ICMP for return (Type 11: Time Exceeded) packets.

:::note

For MacOS users, MTR can be installed through [homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mtr).
For Windows users, see [WinMTR](https://github.com/White-Tiger/WinMTR/releases).
:::

### How do I use MTR to generate network path report?

**Using MTR on NIX based machines**

Generally, we'd use MTR as the following:

```sh
mtr -rw <dest_hostname> e.g.: mtr -rw one.one.one.one
```

or with destination IP:

```sh
mtr -rw <dest_IP> e.g.: mtr -rw 1.1.1.1
```

Please refer to this documentation, which explains more about analysing MTR: [How to read MTR](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-mtr/).

---

## Run Packet Captures

**Why and when do you need Packet Captures?**

Issues that happen at the layers 3/4 occur before requests reaching Cloudflare's logging system, so they do not show up in the HTTP logs. Therefore, troubleshooting issues related to connection resets, packet loss or SSL handshake failures can be tricky without a deep investigation at the packet level.

Some HTTP errors generated by Cloudflare, such as [520s](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-520-web-server-returns-an-unknown-error), [524s](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-524-a-timeout-occurred) and [525s](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-525-ssl-handshake-failed), show underlying issues at layers 3/4, and might require a packet capture for further investigation.

**How to Run a Packet Capture**

:::caution

Please be aware, if you transmit any sensitive information while a
packet capture is running, it will be recorded.
:::

Cloudflare suggests [Wireshark](https://www.wireshark.org/download.html) for running packet captures. For instructions on how to use the _tcpdump_ command line, refer to [this](https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/AppToolstcpdump.html) article.

1. Close all programs/browser tabs that could be sending data in the background to avoid having to use a lot of display filters later.
2. Create your Wireshark capture filter (refer to [this](https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureFilters) article for more information).
3. Select the appropriate interface (e.g. Wi-Fi: en0). If you're not sure which interface to use, Wireshark provides an I/O graph of each interface to give you a hint.
4. Click the blue shark fin icon in the top left-hand corner to start your packet capture.
5. Reproduce the issue while running capture.
6. Click the red square icon in the top left-hand corner to stop your packet capture.
7. Save as a `.pcap` file and attach it to your support ticket.

---

## Related resources

- [Contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/)
- [Troubleshooting Cloudflare HTTP 5XX errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/)
- [Diagnosing network issues with MTR and traceroute](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/learning/network-layer/what-is-mtr/)
- [cURL command line tool](https://curl.haxx.se/)

---

# Troubleshooting crawl errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/general-troubleshooting/troubleshooting-crawl-errors/

## Overview

Cloudflare allows search engine crawlers and bots. If you observe crawl issues or Cloudflare challenges presented to the search engine crawler or bot, [contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) with the information you gather when troubleshooting the crawl errors via the methods outlined in this guide.

***

## Disable Anti-bot modules

Search engine crawlers' requests, when proxied through Cloudflare, can be blocked by anti-bot modules installed on your origin server. Try disabling any anti-bot modules to prevent your origin from blocking these requests.

***

## Adjust Google and Bing crawl rates

To optimize CDN performance, Google and Bing assign special crawl rates to websites that use CDN services in order. Special crawl rates do not negatively affect Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). To change your crawl rates for Bing and Google, follow the guides below:

* Change the Google crawl rate by [reviewing Google’s documentation](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/48620?hl=en).
* Change your Bing crawl rate via guidance from Bing’s documentation:
  * [Bing Crawl Control](https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/?topicid=55a30303)
  * [Crawl Delay and the Bing Crawler](https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/2009/08/10/crawl-delay-and-the-bing-crawler-msnbot)

***

## Prevent crawl errors

Review the following recommendations to prevent crawler errors:

* Monitor the performance and availability of your website using a third-party tool:
  * [StatusCake](http://www.statuscake.com/)
  * [Pingdom](http://www.pingdom.com/)
  * [Monitor.Us](http://www.monitor.us/)
  * [Updown](https://updown.io/)

* Do not block Google crawler IP addresses via **custom rules** or **IP Access rules** within the **Security** app. If you are using [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), make sure they do not apply to the Google crawler.

Confirm an IP address belongs to Google by consulting Google’s documentation on [verifying googlebot IP addresses](https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=80553).

* Do not block the United States via **custom rules** or **IP Access rules** within the **Security** app.
* Do not block or User-Agents in your .htaccess, server configuration, [robots.txt](http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35303), or web application.

Google uses a [variety of User-Agents](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/1061943) to crawl your website. You can [test your robots.txt via Google](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062598?hl=en).

* Do not allow crawling of files in the /cdn-cgi/ directory. This path is used internally by Cloudflare and Google encounters errors when crawling it. Disallow crawls of cdn-cgi via robots.txt:

`Disallow: /cdn-cgi/`

:::note

Errors for cdn-cgi do not impact site rankings. 
:::

* Ensure your [robots.txt file allows the AdSense crawler](http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en\&answer=1061943).
* [Restore original visitor IP addresses](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786) in your server logs.

***

## Troubleshoot crawl errors

Troubleshooting steps for the most commonly reported crawl errors are mentioned below.

### HTTP 4XX Errors

[HTTP 4XX errors](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/4xx-client-error/) are the most common type of crawl error. Cloudflare delivers these errors from your web server to Google. These errors are caused for various reasons such as a missing page on your web server or a malformed link in your HTML. The solution depends upon the problem encountered.

### HTTP 5XX Errors

[HTTP 5XX errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/) indicate that either Cloudflare or your origin web server experienced an internal error. To correlate occurrences of crawl errors with site outages, monitor your origin web server's health. Monitoring your website health both through Cloudflare and directly to your origin web server IPs determines whether errors occurred due to Cloudflare or your origin web server.

### DNS Errors

Troubleshooting steps vary depending on whether your domain is on Cloudflare via a Full or CNAME setup. To verify which setup your domain uses, open a terminal and execute the following command (replace `www.example.com` with your Cloudflare domain):

`dig +short SOA` `www.example.com`

For domains on a [Partial (CNAME) setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), the result response contains cdn.cloudflare.net. For example:

`example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net.`

For domains on a [Full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/), the result response contains the `cloudflare.com` domain in the nameservers listed. For example:

`josh.ns.cloudflare.com. dns.cloudflare.com. 2013050901 10000 2400 604800 3600`

Once you’ve confirmed how your domain was setup with Cloudflare, proceed with the troubleshooting steps appropriate to your domain setup.

**CNAME**

Contact your hosting provider to investigate DNS errors and provide the date Google encountered DNS errors. Additionally, review the [Cloudflare System Status](http://www.cloudflare.com/system-status) page for any network outages on the date the errors were encountered by Google.

**Full**

[Contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) and provide the date and time that Google observed the errors.

### Requesting troubleshooting assistance

If the above troubleshooting steps do not resolve your crawl errors, follow the steps below to export crawler errors as a .csv file from your Google Webmaster Tools Dashboard. Include this .csv file when [contacting Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

1. Log in to your Google Webmaster Tools account and navigate to the **Health** section of the affected domain.
2. Click **Crawl Errors** in the left hand navigation.
3. Click **Download** to export the list of errors as a .csv file.
4. Provide the downloaded .csv file to Cloudflare support.

***

## Related resources

[Google’s documentation on crawl errors and troubleshooting](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203#not_found_404)

---

# 1xx Informational

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/1xx-informational/

The 1xx Informational status codes serve as interim responses that provide connection status updates without completing the request-response cycle. These codes are not intended for final actions but rather to indicate that the request is being processed or additional steps are required.

The requirements the server must follow when sending 1xx Informational status codes in response to a client's request include:

- Responses must be terminated by the first empty line following the status line.
- 1xx responses are not supported by HTTP/1.0; the origin server should never send a 1xx response to an HTTP/1.0 client.

Cloudflare forwards all 1xx responses from origin servers but does not generate them directly.

## 100 Continue

The 100 Continue status indicates that the server has received the request headers and is ready for the client to send the request body. For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

Allows clients to verify if the server will accept their request headers before sending a potentially large or unusable request body, optimizing data flow.

When a client includes the `Expect: 100-continue` header, it is requesting a confirmation before sending the request body, prompting the server to respond immediately with either `100 Continue` to proceed or an appropriate status code (for example, `401 Unauthorized` or `413 Payload Too Large`) if the request is unacceptable.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare uses Keep-Alive connections to maintain persistent communication between clients and servers, making the `100 Continue` response typically unnecessary, as Keep-Alive reduces overhead and eliminates the need for intermediate confirmations.

## 101 Switching Protocols

The 101 Switching Protocols status code indicates that the origin server accepts the client's request to switch protocols. For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

The 101 Switching Protocols status code indicates that the server has accepted the client's request to change protocols, either by including an `Upgrade` header or through a change in the application protocol on the connection. When the `Upgrade` header is used, the server agrees to switch to a protocol higher on the client's priority list and responds with an `Upgrade` header to specify the new protocol(s). This change is assumed to benefit both the client and the server, with WebSockets being the most common use case.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare supports WebSocket connections, which often involve the 101 Switching Protocols status code. The protocol switch allows clients to establish a WebSocket connection for real-time, bidirectional communication. For information about Cloudflare's Websockets, refer to [Cloudflare Now Supports Websockets](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-now-supports-websockets/).

## 102 Processing

102 Processing status code indicates that the server has received the request and is currently processing it, but the final response is not yet ready. This status code is only applicable to HTTP/1.1 and higher. For more information, refer to [RFC 2518](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2518).

### Common use cases

The 102 Processing status code is commonly used in scenarios requiring long-running operations, such as complex database transactions or large file processing. It helps maintain the connection during extended processing times, typically exceeding 20 seconds, ensuring efficient communication between the client and server throughout the operation.

### Cloudflare-specific information

If Cloudflare receives a 102 Processing response, it expects a final response within 100 seconds. Failure to receive this response results in an [Error 522: Connection Timed Out](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-522-connection-timed-out). However, sending interim 102 Processing responses can help prevent [Error 524: A timeout occurred](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-524-a-timeout-occurred), ensuring that the connection remains active while the server processes the request.

---

# 2xx Success

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/2xx-success/

2xx status codes indicate success, meaning that the client's request was received, understood, and accepted by the server.

## 200 OK

A 200 response indicates that the request has succeeded.

### Common use cases

A 200 response is commonly used in the following scenarios:

- GET requests: Returns requested resources such as webpages, images, or API data, along with relevant headers.
- HEAD requests: Retrieves only headers corresponding to the requested resource, such as metadata. For example, file size or last modified date.
- POST requests: Confirms successful processing of submitted data, such as form submissions, often with details about the result in the response body.

A 200 response should ideally include a payload but is not required. Occasionally, an origin server may return a 200 response with zero content length. However, following RFC standards, a 204 response is recommended in such cases (except for the CONNECT method).

### Cloudflare-specific information

By default, 200 responses are cacheable by proxy servers and browsers. If specific [cache controls](/cache/concepts/customize-cache/) are not defined, [static resources](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/) with a 200 response are cached for two hours at Cloudflare's edge.

## 201 Created

A 201 response indicates the successful creation of one or more new resources. The server typically includes the location of the newly created resource in either the `Location` header or the request URI.

### Common use cases

Creating a new resource in response to a POST request. For example, creating a new user, article, or record.

### Cloudlare-specific information

Cloudflare forwards 201 responses without modification.

For further information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.2) for more details about validator headers, like **ETag** and **Last-Modified** in a 201 response.

## 203 Non-authoritative information

A 203 response indicates that the request was successful, but the response did not come directly from the origin server. The response was instead delivered by a proxy or intermediate server.

### Common use cases

Servers use this response to tell a client that the resource was cached by a proxy server.

### Cloudlare-specific information

Cloudflare does not cache 203 responses. For details about how Cloudflare handles 203 responses, refer to [Cloudflare HTTP headers](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/).

## 204 No content

A 204 response indicates that the request was successfully processed, but there is no content to return in the response.

### Common use cases

This response is often used by servers to indicate that a document editor's save action to the origin server was completed successfully.

### Cloudflare-specific information

204 responses never contain payloads, as specified by the HTTP standard, and Cloudflare does not cache these responses.

## 205 Reset content

A 205 response tells the client to return to its previous state after a request.

### Common use cases

This response occurs after a user submits a form or other data and they want to tell the client to refresh the page or allow a new submission.

### Cloudflare-specific information

205 responses must not contain any payloads and Cloudflare does not cache these responses.

## 206 Partial content

A 206 response means that the request was partially successful, often used for serving large files in smaller chunks.

### Common use cases

This response is often used to decrease latency when clients are processing larger files that might require split or interrupted downloads. For instance, for streaming video or serving file ranges for progressive loading.

A 206 response includes either:

- Partial payload that contains a `Content-Range` header specifying the requested range and the data provided in the response.
- Multipart payload that omits the `Content-Range` header at the top level but includes `Content-Type` and `Content-Range` headers for each part of the multipart response body.

For more details, refer to [Section 4.1 of RFC 7233](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7233#page-10).

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare handles 206 responses for range requests, but caching behavior may vary depending on the file type and origin settings.

---

# 3xx Redirection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/3xx-redirection/

3xx codes are a class of responses which indicate that the HTTP client must take another course of action to obtain the complete requested resource.

The redirect location should be specified in one of the following ways:

- In the `Location` header field of the response, which is useful for automatic redirection.
- In the payload of the response, optionally including a hyperlink to the correct location.

## 300 Multiple Choices

The 300 Multiple Choices status indicates that multiple options are available for the requested resource, and the client may select one.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

The status is typically used when a resource is available in multiple representations or formats. For instance:

- Offering multiple versions of a video in different formats (for example, MP4, AVI).
- Providing a list of files with different [extensions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_extensions) or compression types.
- Presenting [word sense disambiguation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_sense_disambiguation) options for a term with multiple meanings.

The response may include a `Location` header pointing to a preferred option or provide a payload with hyperlinks to the available choices, allowing the client to decide.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare generally bypasses the 300 Multiple Choices response for automated redirections to ensure optimal performance and user experience.

## 301 Moved Permanently

The 301 Moved Permanently status indicates that the requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI. All future references to this resource should use one of the enclosed URIs.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This status is commonly used to inform clients that:

- A resource has been permanently relocated to a new URI.
- Search engines should update their indexes to reflect the new URI.
- Bookmarks or other saved references should be updated.

The response typically includes a `Location` header specifying the new URI. This enables automatic redirection by most User-Agents.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare can generate 301 Moved Permanently responses without needing to query the origin server. For more information, refer to [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/).

## 302 Found

The 302 Found status, also referred to as a temporary redirect, indicates that the requested resource is temporarily located at a different URI. Unlike a 301 Moved Permanently status, which denotes a permanent relocation, the 302 Found status is specifically intended for temporary use.

While the User-Agent may follow the `Location` header to retrieve the resource, it should not replace the current URI as it would for a 301 Moved Permanently.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This status is typically used to:

- Temporarily redirect traffic during maintenance or upgrades.
- Direct users to an alternate resource without altering saved references.
- A/B test different versions of a resource without making permanent changes.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare can generate these responses, eliminating the need to send a request to the origin serve. Learn more about how Cloudflare can help generate redirects with [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/).

## 303 See Other (since HTTP/1.1)

The 303 See Other status indicates that the client should retrieve the resource at a different URI using a `GET` request. Unlike a 301 Moved Permanently redirect, the resource at the redirect location is not necessarily equivalent to the originally requested resource.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

The 303 status is typically used in response to a `POST` or `DELETE` request to indicate that the origin server has successfully processed the data and to support proper caching behavior.

Although the initial 303 response is not cacheable, the response to the subsequent `GET` request can be cached, as it is tied to a distinct URI.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare allows for the configuration of 303 redirects through [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/), enabling seamless handling of these responses directly at the edge. This approach improves performance by avoiding unnecessary requests to the origin server.

## 304 Not Modified

The 304 Not Modified status indicates that the requested resource is available and valid in the client's cache. This means that the origin server has not modified the resource since the client's last request, allowing the client to use the cached resource without connecting to the origin server again. Requirements for caches receiving a 304 response are defined in [Section 4.3.4 of RFC 7234](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7234#section-4.3.4).

For more information, refer to [RFC 7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232).

### Common use cases

A 304 Not Modified response is used when the client sends a conditional `GET` or `HEAD` request to validate a cached resource. The server confirms that the cached version is still up to date, allowing the client to use it without re-downloading the resource. This helps reduce unnecessary data transmission and improves efficiency.

A 304 response contains:

- No message body: The 304 response itself does not include the actual resource (like an image or webpage content). Instead, it just confirms that the cached version is valid.
- Required headers: The response includes important metadata (such as `Cache-Control`, `Content-Location`, `Date`, `ETag`, `Expires`, or `Vary`) that tells the client how to manage the cached resource. These headers are the same ones that would accompany the resource if it were sent with a 200 OK response.

### Cloudflare-specific information

When a stale request must be revalidated at the origin, Cloudflare sends a 304 response to confirm that the cached version matches the origin version. The response includes the `CF-Cache-Status: REVALIDATED` header, and Cloudflare validates the version using the `If-Modified-Since` header. For more information, refer to [ETag Headers](/cache/reference/etag-headers/).

## 305 Use Proxy (deprecated)

This status code indicates that the request must be routed through the proxy specified in the `Location` header instead of being sent directly to the origin server. However, due to security concerns, the 305 Use Proxy status code has been deprecated.

## 306 Switch Proxy (deprecated)

This status code indicates that subsequent requests should be sent through the specified proxy. However, the 306 Switch Proxy status code is deprecated and is no longer in use.

## 307 Temporary Redirect

The 307 Temporary Redirect status indicates that a requested resource has been temporarily moved to a different URI, as specified in the `Location` header. Unlike a 302 redirect, the original request method (for example, `GET` or `POST`) must remain unchanged when the redirect is followed automatically. This ensures that temporary changes to a resource's location do not disrupt the intended behavior of the request. User agents may automatically follow the redirect using the `Location` header, but should not replace the original URI for future requests.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

The 307 status is useful for temporarily relocating resources during server maintenance or upgrades while ensuring the original request method is preserved. It is also commonly used to direct traffic to temporary URLs for promotions, campaigns, or special events without altering the original URI for future requests.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare can handle 307 Temporary Redirect responses efficiently, enabling temporary redirects without requiring changes at the origin server. This can be configured using [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/).

## 308 Permanent Redirect

The 308 Permanent Redirect status indicates that the requested resource has been permanently moved to a new URI, as specified in the `Location` header. Unlike a 301 redirect, the original request method (for example, `GET`, `POST`) must remain unchanged when automatically following the redirect. User agents should follow the redirect using the `Location` header and replace the original URI with the new one for subsequent requests.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7538](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7538#section-3).

### Common use cases

The 308 Permanent Redirect status is commonly used for permanent resource relocation, API version upgrades, domain or path migrations, and maintaining method integrity in redirects. Additionally, it helps with SEO by transferring link equity to the new URI.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare can handle 308 Permanent Redirects efficiently, ensuring redirection while maintaining request integrity. These redirects can be configured using [Redirect Rules](/rules/url-forwarding/).

---

# 4xx Client Error

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/4xx-client-error/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

`4xx` codes are error responses that indicate an issue on the client's end, potentially due to a network problem.

- `4xx` codes can be used as a response to any request method.
- The origin server should include an explanation, which should be displayed by the User-Agent, except in the case of a `HEAD` request.
- [Custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) can return any response code in the range of `400–499` on your HTML page if the site owner has created a rule with the _Block_ action and configured a custom response code. For more details, refer to [custom response](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests).

## 400 Bad Request

This error indicates that the client sent a request to the server that could not be understood or processed due to issues with the request itself.

For more information, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

A `400 Bad Request` error occurs due to client-side issues, such as malformed request syntax, invalid request content, message framing problems, or deceptive request routing. For example, if the request contains a special character that is not properly [URL Encoded (or percent-encoded)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding), an `HTTP Error 400` will be returned.

### Cloudflare-specific information

If you encounter an HTTP error while using the [Cloudflare API](/api/), make sure that you are using the correct syntax, parameters, and body for your API call.

## 401 Unauthorized

This error indicates that the request was not sent with the proper authentication credentials. The server requires authentication to process the request.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7235](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235).

### Common use cases

A `401 Unauthorized` error occurs when the client fails to provide valid authentication credentials. The server responds with at least one challenge in the form of a `WWW-Authenticate` header field, as outlined in [section 4.1](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7235#section-4.1).

If the client resends the request with the same credentials and the challenge remains unchanged, the server may return an entity to assist the client in identifying the correct credentials needed.

### Cloudflare-specific information

When encountering a `401` error while using the Cloudflare API, ensure that you are providing the correct authentication credentials (for example, [API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) or [keys](/fundamentals/api/get-started/ca-keys/)). Double-check that the credentials are active and properly formatted. If the error persists, refer to the `WWW-Authenticate` header in the response for guidance on resolving the issue.

## 402 Payment Required

The `402 Payment Required` status code is reserved for future use and is not yet implemented according to the standards outlined in [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

## 403 Forbidden

The `403 Forbidden` status code indicates that the client's request was understood by the server but cannot be fulfilled due to insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

If you encounter a `403` error without the Cloudflare branding, this means that the error is being returned directly by the origin web server, not Cloudflare. This is typically related to permission rules set on your server. Common reasons for this error are:

- Permission rules configured on the origin web server (for example, in an Apache `.htaccess` file).
- Mod_security rules.
- IP deny rules, such as blocking traffic from certain IP ranges. Make sure that [Cloudflare's IP ranges](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) are not being blocked.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare may serve `403` responses in the following scenarios:

- **WAF rules**: The request violated a default WAF managed rule (enabled for all orange-clouded Cloudflare domains) or a custom WAF managed rule specific to your zone. For more information, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/).

- **Security features**: A `403` response with Cloudflare branding in the response body may be triggered by:
  - [WAF Custom or Managed Rules](/waf/) with the challenge or block action.
  - [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/) settings, which default to Medium.
  - [DDoS Protection](/ddos-protection/), which is enabled by default on zones onboarded to Cloudflare, IP applications onboarded to Spectrum, and IP Prefixes onboarded to Magic Transit.
  - Most [1xxx Cloudflare error codes](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/).
  - The [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/).
  - [Validation Checks](/waf/analytics/security-events/additional-information/).

Cloudflare may also serve an unstyled `403` error page in specific cases. These errors are not logged because they occur early in Cloudflare's infrastructure, before domain configuration is loaded. An example is:

- [SNI](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-sni/): A `403` error is returned when the client sends a host that does not match the SNI (Server Name Indication).

## 404 Not Found

The `404 Not Found` status code indicates that the origin server was unable to locate the requested resource. Typically, this means the host server could not find the resource. For a more permanent version of this error, the 410 Gone status code should be used.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

These errors typically occur when someone mistypes a URL on your site, when there is a broken link from another page, when a page that previously existed is moved or removed, or there is an error when a search engine indexes your site.

These errors typically account for approximately 3% of total page views for a typical site. However, they often go untracked by traditional analytics platforms, such as Google Analytics. To improve user experience, website owners usually implement a custom 404 page to be displayed when this error is generated.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `404s` for customer websites, we only proxy the request from the origin server. If you encounter a `404` error on a Cloudflare-powered site, the issue lies with the origin server. In such cases, contact your hosting provider for assistance.

## 405 Method Not Allowed

The 405 Method Not Allowed status code indicates that the origin server recognizes the requested resource but does not support the HTTP method used in the request.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This error typically occurs when the client uses an unsupported HTTP method to interact with a specific resource. The origin server must include an `Allow` header in the response, which lists the HTTP methods supported for that resource.

For example, attempting a `POST` request on a resource that is unchangeable and only supports `GET` requests will result in a `405` error.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not directly generate `405` errors. These errors are returned by the origin server when it does not allow the HTTP method used in the request. If you encounter a `405` error, review the configuration of your origin server to ensure the correct methods are enabled for the resource in question.

## 406 Not Acceptable

The `406 Not Acceptable` status code indicates that the requested resource is not available in a format that adheres to the content negotiation headers specified by the client (for example, `Accept-Charset` or `Accept-Language`).

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

For example, if a client requests content in a specific language or character set that the server does not support, this error will be generated. To avoid returning a `406` error, the server can instead serve the less preferred method to the client's User-Agent, rather than rejecting the request.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `406` errors directly but can proxy these responses from the origin server. If content negotiation issues occur, they are typically related to configurations at the origin server, such as language or character set settings.

## 407 Authentication Required

The `407 Proxy Authentication Required` status code indicates that the client did not provide the necessary authentication credentials to access the requested resource through a proxy server.
For more details, refer to [RFC 7235](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7235).

### Common use cases

This error typically occurs in environments where a proxy server is used as an intermediary between the client and the target server. To resolve this, the client must include the appropriate `Proxy-Authorization` header in the request with valid credentials.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `407` errors but proxies them from the origin server or an upstream proxy. If a `407` error occurs on a Cloudflare-powered site, review the origin server's proxy configuration to ensure authentication requirements are properly set, and verify that the client is providing the required credentials.

## 408 Request Timeout

The `408 Request Timeout` status code indicates that the origin server did not receive the complete request within a reasonable time frame and does not wish to continue waiting for the connection. This response is not commonly used, as servers often prefer to use the "close" connection option to terminate idle connections

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This error typically occurs when a client fails to send a complete request within the server's timeout period. Common scenarios include slow network connections, server overload or client-side delays to complete the request.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `408` errors but may proxy them from the origin server. If a `408` error occurs on a Cloudflare-powered site, it is essential to review the origin server's timeout settings and ensure that the server is not overloaded. Additionally, verify that the client's Internet connection is stable and that the request is being sent promptly.

## 409 Conflict

The `409 Conflict` status code indicates that the request could not be completed due to a conflict with the current state of the target resource.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This error typically happens with a `PUT` request when multiple clients are attempting to edit the same resource. To solve this issue:

    - The server should generate a payload that includes enough information for the client to recognize the source of the conflict.
    - Clients should retry the request again after resolving the conflict.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare will return a 409 response for a [Error 1001: DNS Resolution Error](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1001-dns-resolution-error).

## 410 Gone

When a resource is intentionally and permanently removed, servers use the `410 Gone` status code to inform clients that the resource is no longer available.
In this case:

    - The server suggests that links referencing the resource should be removed.
    - The server is not obligated to use this status code instead of a `404` response, nor is it required to maintain this response for any specific period of time.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This status is commonly applied to deprecated content, such as outdated pages or discontinued products.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `410` for customer websites, we only proxy the request from the origin server. If you encounter a `410` error on a Cloudflare-powered site, the issue lies with the origin server. In such cases, contact your hosting provider for assistance.

## 411 Length Required

The `411 Length Required` status code indicates that the client did not specify the `Content-Length` of the request body in the headers, and this information is required to obtain the resource. The client may resend the request after adding the required header field.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This status code can occur in various scenarios, such as when a client sends an API request without the required `Content-Length` header, when uploading a file where the server needs the header to allocate resources, or when proxies or legacy systems enforce strict HTTP compliance. In each case, the server or intermediary requires the `Content-Length` header to process the request properly.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare does not generate `411` for customer websites, we only proxy the request from the origin server. If you encounter a `411` error on a Cloudflare-powered site, the issue lies with the origin server. In such cases, contact your hosting provider for assistance.

## 412 Precondition Failed

The `412 Precondition Failed` status code indicates that the server denies the request because the resource does not meet the conditions specified by the client.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232).

### Common use cases

One common use case for the `412 Precondition Failed` status code is version control. For example, a client modifying an existing resource may set the `If-Unmodified-Since` header to ensure the resource has not been changed since the client downloaded it for editing. If another client edits the resource after the specified date but before the original client uploads their changes, the server will return a `412` response to prevent overwriting the newer updates.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare may serve this response: for more information please refer to [ETag Headers](/cache/reference/etag-headers/).

## 413 Payload Too Large

The `413 Payload Too Large` status code indicates that the server refuses to process the request because the payload sent by the client exceeds the server's acceptable size limit. The server may optionally close the connection. If this refusal would only happen temporarily, then the server should send a `Retry-After` header to specify when the client should try the request again.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

The `413 Payload Too Large` status code often occurs when clients attempt to upload large files, such as videos or images, or send oversized request bodies, like JSON or XML payloads, that exceed the server's size limits. This can also happen during file transfers or API requests involving large datasets, prompting the server to reject the request.

### Cloudflare-specific information

The upload limit for the Cloudflare API depends on your plan. If you exceed this limit, your API call will receive a `413 Request Entity Too Large` error.

<FeatureTable id="network.max_upload_size" />

If you require a larger upload, break up requests into smaller chunks, change your DNS record to [DNS-only](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records), or [upgrade your plan](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-plan/).

## 414 URI Too Long

The `414 URI Too Long` status code indicates that the server refuses to process the request because the URI provided by the client is excessively long.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

For example, if a client is attempting a `GET` request with an unusually long URI, such as one containing an excessive number of query parameters, after a `POST`, this could be seen as a security risk and a `414` is generated.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare will generate a `414` response if the URI length exceeds 32KB.

## 415 Unsupported Media Type

The `415 Unsupported Media Type` status code indicates that the server refuses to process the request because the format of the payload is not supported. One way to identify and fix this issue would be to look at the `Content-Type` or `Content-Encoding` headers sent in the client's request.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

This may be triggered by submitting a file type or format that the server is not configured to handle, such as uploading an unsupported image or document format, may also trigger this error.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare typically passes this response from the origin server if it encounters an unsupported media type in the client's request payload.

## 416 Range Not Satisfiable

The `416 Range Not Satisfiable` status code indicates that the server cannot fulfill the requested range specified in the `Range` header of the client's request.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7233](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7233).

### Common use cases

This error can happen when a client requests a byte range outside the bounds of the resource, such as a range exceeding the file's total size. It can also happen if the server does not support partial content delivery or if there is a conflict between the requested range and the server's understanding of the resource, often caused by an outdated or invalid cache.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare typically serves this response when the origin server rejects a `Range` header request for a resource. This often occurs if the requested range exceeds the size of the file, as indicated in the `Content-Range` header.

## 417 Expectation Failed

The `417 Expectation Failed` status code indicates that the server could not meet the requirements specified in the `Expect` header of the client's request.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7231](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231).

### Common use cases

Some clients use the `Expect` header, such as `Expect: 100-continue`, to verify if the server is ready to receive a large payload, and if the server cannot fulfill this expectation, it returns a 417 response. Similarly, a server may reject a request with this error if the client includes an `Expect` header with unsupported or invalid values.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare typically forwards this response from the origin server if it encounters an issue related to unsupported or unfulfilled `Expect` headers in the client's request.

## 429 Too Many Requests

The `429 Too Many Requests` status code indicates that the client has sent too many requests in a specified amount of time, as determined by the server's rate-limiting rules. The server may include a `Retry-After` header in the response to specify when the client can try again.

For more details, refer to [RFC 6585](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6585).

### Common use cases

Servers use this status code to prevent excessive API requests from overloading the system. For example, a client making repeated API calls within a short time frame may trigger a 429 response. Websites or services may impose rate limits to manage traffic spikes or prevent abuse, temporarily blocking excessive requests from users.

### Cloudflare-specific information

- **Cloudflare API limits**

<Render file="api-rate-limits" product="fundamentals" />

- **Website end users**

Cloudflare will generate a `429` response when a request is being [rate limited](https://www.cloudflare.com/rate-limiting/). If visitors to your site encounter this error, it will be visible in the [Rate Limiting Analytics](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/#analytics) dashboard.

## 451 Unavailable For Legal Reason

The `451` status code indicates that the server cannot deliver the requested resource due to legal actions or restrictions.

For more details, refer to [RFC 7725](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7725).

### Common use cases

This occurs when access to a resource is blocked due to court orders, copyright claims, or other legal demands. Typically search engines (for example, Google) and ISP (for example, ATT) are the ones affected by this response code, rather than the origin server itself. The server should include an explanation in the response body, detailing the legal demand or reason for the restriction.

### Cloudflare-specific information

Cloudflare may pass through a `451` response from the origin server if the requested resource is legally restricted.

## 499 Client Close Request

The `HTTP 499` error typically occurs when a client terminates the connection before the server is able to respond.

### Common use cases

Examples of `499` errors include situations where a client times out and closes the connection before the server completes processing, such as during large file uploads or long-running requests. They can also occur due to issues in the TCP three-way handshake, where the client terminates the connection prematurely because of its timeout settings.

### Cloudflare-specific information

The `499 Client Closed Request` status code is specific to nginx and indicates that the client closed the connection while the server was still processing the request, preventing the server from sending a status code in response. This status code appears in [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/) and status code analytics for Enterprise customers.

:::note
Since Cloudflare is built on nginx, the 499 HTTP code is also logged in Cloudflare Logs and analytics for connections terminated by clients before Cloudflare has finished processing the request. It is expected to occasionally see these entries in your logs as clients close connections.
:::

To provide more context, a TCP connection must be established between Cloudflare and the website's origin server before any higher protocol (such as HTTP) begins communication. TCP uses a three-way handshake to establish connection:

- **SYN**: Cloudflare sends a SYN packet to the origin server.
- **SYN+ACK**: The origin server responds with a SYN+ACK packet.
- **ACK**: Cloudflare sends an ACK packet back to the origin server.

At this point, the connection is established, and both Cloudflare and the origin server can communicate. However, if the origin server does not send a SYN+ACK back to Cloudflare within 15 seconds, Cloudflare retries once more, with another 15-second timeout.

Depending on the client-side timeout settings, the following scenarios can occur:

- **Shorter client timeout (less than 30 seconds)**: If the client has a shorter timeout, it will abandon the connection before Cloudflare completes processing, and a `499` error will be logged.
- **Successful connection (more than 30 seconds)**: If the client has a longer timeout and the TCP connection is successfully established, the HTTP transaction proceeds normally, and Cloudflare returns a standard status code (`HTTP 200`).
- **Handshake failure**: If the client has a longer timeout but Cloudflare cannot establish the TCP handshake with the origin server, Cloudflare will return an `HTTP 522` status code.

---

# HTTP Status Codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/http-status-codes/

## Overview

The status codes below detail how Cloudflare interprets the Internet standards track protocol for HTTP response codes. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol.

Any HTTP status code that is cacheable by default will also be considered to be cacheable by Cloudflare unless otherwise indicated by the method definition or explicit cache controls. Cloudflare caches HTTP responses similarly to how any request is cached. Cloudflare considers Page Rules, edge TTL, and origin headers when deciding whether to cache.

***

The terms used when describing Cloudflare HTTP status codes are as follows:

### Server

Any party receiving a request and sending a response. Either the origin or intermediate servers.

### Origin/Host server

The final destination server. This server actually hosts the content of the website.

### Proxy server

The server(s) that sit between the origin server and the client. Cloudflare is a proxy server for example.

### Client

The party making the request. Typically an end user accessing the site on a browser, but may also be an API client or anyone requesting resources from the site.

### Backend

The connections not made to or from the client, but between the proxy server(s) and/or the origin server

### User-Agent

The machine used to send the request. Can be a browser or another program making requests (e.g. restful API requests)

### Payload

The response or request data excluding the headers. Also called response/request body.

***

## HTTP Status Codes

* [1xx Informational](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003013892/)
* [2xx Success](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003014192)
* [3xx Redirect](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003011091/)
* [4xx Client Error](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003014512/)
* [5xx Server Error](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003011431/)

***

## Related Resources

* [What Do I Tell Cloudflare What to Cache?](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/202775670-How-Do-I-Tell-CloudFlare-What-to-Cache-)
* [What does edge TTL mean?](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/settings/#edge-ttl)

---

# HTTP Status Codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for HTTP Status Codes support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Restoring Visitor IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Below you will find links to the relevant sections for Restoring Visitor IPs support-focused material.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Workers templates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/reference/workers-templates/

import { ListExamples } from "~/components";

Refer to the templates below to integrate Turnstile with [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/):

<ListExamples directory="turnstile/reference/workers-templates/" />

---

# Restoring original visitor IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/

import { Render } from "~/components";

When your [website traffic is routed through the Cloudflare network](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/205177068), we act as a reverse proxy. This allows Cloudflare to speed up page load time by routing packets more efficiently and caching static resources (images, JavaScript, CSS, etc.). As a result, when responding to requests and logging them, your origin server returns a [Cloudflare IP address](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

For example, if you install applications that depend on the incoming IP address of the original visitor, a Cloudflare IP address is logged by default. The original visitor IP address appears in an appended HTTP header called [`CF-Connecting-IP`](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/). By following our [web server instructions](#web-server-instructions), you can log the original visitor IP address at your origin server. If this HTTP header is not available when requests reach your origin server, check your [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/) and [Managed Transforms](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/) configuration.

:::note

<Render file="pseudo-ipv4-warning" product="fundamentals" />

:::

The diagram below illustrates the different ways that IP addresses are handled with and without Cloudflare.

![The diagram illustrates the different ways that IP addresses are handled with and without Cloudflare.](~/assets/images/support/Restoring_IPs__1_.png)

:::caution

Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
:::

---

## mod_remoteip

Cloudflare no longer updates and supports *mod_cloudflare.* However, if you are using an Apache web server with an operating system such as **Ubuntu Server 18.04** and **Debian 9 Stretch**, you can use *mod_remoteip* to log your visitor’s original IP address.

**As this module was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.**

To install *mod_remoteip* on your Apache web server:

1. Enable *mod_remoteip* by issuing the following command:

```sh
sudo a2enmod remoteip
```

2. Update the site configuration to include *RemoteIPHeader CF-Connecting-IP*, e.g. `/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf`

```
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
ServerName remoteip.andy.support
RemoteIPHeader CF-Connecting-IP
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
```

3. Update combined *LogFormat* entry in `apache.conf`, replacing *%h* with *%a in* `/etc/apache2/apache2.conf.` For example, if your current *LogFormat* appeared as follows

```
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
```

you would update *LogFormat* to the following:

```
LogFormat "%a %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
```

4. Define trusted proxy addresses by creating `/etc/apache2/conf-available/remoteip.conf` by entering the following code and [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/):

```
RemoteIPHeader CF-Connecting-IP
RemoteIPTrustedProxy 192.0.2.1 (example IP address)
RemoteIPTrustedProxy 192.0.2.2 (example IP address)
(repeat for all Cloudflare IPs listed at https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/)
```

5. Enable Apache configuration:

```sh
sudo a2enconf remoteip
```

```sh output
Enabling conf remoteip.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
```

6. Test Apache configuration:

```sh
sudo apache2ctl configtest
```

```sh output
Syntax OK
```

7. Restart Apache:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart apache2
```

:::note

For more information on _mod_remoteip_, refer to the [Apache
documentation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_remoteip.html "Apache Module mod_remoteip").
:::

---

## mod_cloudflare

:::caution

Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
:::

### Installing

There are two methods for installing mod_cloudflare: by downloading the Apache extension from GitHub or by adding code to your origin web server.

#### Downloading packets or scripts from GitHub

If you are using an Apache web server, you can download mod_cloudflare from [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare).

#### Adding code to your origin web server

If you can't install mod_cloudflare, or if there is no Cloudflare plugin available for your content management system platform to restore original visitor IP, add this code to your origin web server in or before the `<body>` tag on any page that needs the original visitor IPs:

```php
<?php if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'])) $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];?>
```

This command will only make the IP address available to scripts that need it. It doesn’t store the IP in your actual server logs.

### Removing

#### Apache

To remove *mod_cloudflare*, you should comment out the Apache config line that loads *mod_cloudflare*.

This varies based on your Linux distribution, but for most people, if you look `in /etc/apache2`, you should be able to search to find the line:

`LoadModule cloudflare_module`

Comment or remove this line, then restart apache, and *mod_cloudflare* should be gone.

If you are running Ubuntu or Debian, you should see.

`file/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/cloudflare.load`

delete this file to remove *mod_cloudflare*, then restart Apache.

#### Nginx

_mod_cloudflare_ is not needed for Nginx. Use the [`ngx_http_realip_module` NGINX module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html) and the configuration parameters described in the [Web server instructions](https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/#web-server-instructions) instead.

---

## Web server instructions

Refer below for instructions on how to configure your web server to log original visitor IPs based on your web server type:

### Apache 2.4

:::caution

Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
:::

1. Make sure the following is installed:
   - Red Hat/Fedora`sudo yum install httpd-devel libtool git`
   - Debian/Ubuntu`sudo apt-get install apache2-dev libtool git`
2. Clone the following for the most recent build of *mod_cloudflare*:
   - Red Hat/Fedora/Debian/Ubuntu:`git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare.git; cd mod_cloudflare`
3. Use the Apache extension tool to convert the .c file into a module:
   - Red Hat/Fedora/Debian/Ubuntu:`apxs -a -i -c mod_cloudflare.c`
4. Restart and verify the module is active:
   - Red Hat/Fedora`service httpd restart; httpd -M|grep cloudflare`
   - Debian/Ubuntu:`sudo apachectl restart; apache2ctl -M|grep cloudflare`
5. If your web server is behind a load balancer, add the following line to your Apache configuration (httpd.conf usually) and replace 123.123.123.123 with your load balancer's IP address:

```
IfModule cloudflare_module
CloudFlareRemoteIPHeader X-Forwarded-For
CloudFlareRemoteIPTrustedProxy [insert your load balancer’s IP address]
DenyAllButCloudFlare
/IfModule
```

### Nginx

Use the [`ngx_http_realip_module` Nginx module](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_realip_module.html) and the following configuration parameters:

```
set_real_ip_from 192.0.2.1 (example IP address)

#use any of the following two

real_ip_header CF-Connecting-IP;
#real_ip_header X-Forwarded-For;
```

That list of prefixes needs to be updated regularly, and we publish the full list in [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips).

:::note

To Include the original visitor IP in your logs, add the variables
$http_cf_connecting_ip and $http_x_forwarded_for in the
log_format directive.
:::

Also refer to: [Cloudflare and NGINX](https://danielmiessler.com/blog/getting-real-ip-addresses-using-cloudflare-nginx-and-varnish/).

### EasyApache and cPanel

:::caution

Cloudflare no longer updates and supports _mod_cloudflare_, starting
with versions **Debian 9** and **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** of the Linux
operating system. We now recommend
[_mod_remoteip_](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV)
for customers using Apache web servers. Customers who are interested in
building the _mod_cloudflare_ package can [download the
codebase](https://github.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare) from GitHub.
:::

1. Run the following script to install mod_cloudflare as part of EasyApache: `bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloudflare/mod_cloudflare/master/EasyApache/installer.sh)`
2. Upon installing, you will need to recompile your Apache with the new mod_cloudflare plugin.
3. To fix this, open up your Apache configuration. This can typically be found in `/etc/apache2/apache2.conf`, `/etc/httpd/httpd.conf`, `/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf` or another location depending on configuration. If you're unsure, ask your hosting provider.
4. At the very end add:`CloudflareRemoteIPTrustedProxy {LOOPBACK_ADDRESS}` So, if your server is located at 127.0.0.1, it will look like:`CloudflareRemoteIPTrustedProxy 127.0.0.1`
5. If you have more than one server to add to the trusted proxy list, you can add them at the end: CloudflareRemoteIPTrustedProxy 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2

### Lighttpd

To have Lighttpd automatically rewrite the server IP for the access logs and for your application, you can follow one of the two solutions below.

1. Open your **lighttpd.conf** file and add *mod_extforward* to the *server.modules* list. It must come **after** *mod_accesslog* to show the real IP in the access logs
2. Add the following code block anywhere in the **lighttpd.conf** file after the server modules list and then restart Lighttpd

```
$HTTP["remoteip"] == "192.2.0.1 (example IP address)"
{
extforward.forwarder = ( "all" => "trust" )
extforward.headers = ("CF-Connecting-IP")
}
```

:::note

If your origin connects to the Internet with IPv6,
**$HTTP\["remoteip"]**, which is required for matching the remote IP
ranges does not work when IPv6 is enabled. Using the above method will
not work when trying to forward IP ranges. Add the following lines to
lighttpd.conf as an alternative solution:
`extforward.forwarder = ( "all" => "trust" ) extforward.headers = ("CF-Connecting-IP")`
:::

### LiteSpeed server

1. Go to your LiteSpeed Web Admin Console.
2. Enable the option Use Client IP in Header in Configuration.
3. Once enabled, your access logs will now show the correct IP addresses, and even PHP's `$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']` variable will contain the client real IP address, instead of a Cloudflare IP address, which in itself will resolve most problems you could hit when enabling Cloudflare on PHP-enabled web sites (like WordPress or vBulletin installs).

### Microsoft IIS

#### For IIS 7 - 8:

Follow the directions in the [Microsoft Community](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/iis-support-blog/how-to-use-x-forwarded-for-header-to-log-actual-client-ip/ba-p/873115).

#### For IIS 8.5 - 10:

From IIS 8.5 onwards, custom logging is a built-in option. Refer to [IIS Enhanced Logging](http://www.iis.net/learn/get-started/whats-new-in-iis-85/enhanced-logging-for-iis85).

1. In IIS Manager, double click on **Logging** in the *Actions* menu of the site you are working on.

2. After this launches, select **W3C** as the format and then click **Select Fields** next to the format drop-down in the *Log File* sub-section.

3. Click on **Add Field** and add in *CF-Connecting-IP* header.

4. Click **Ok**. You should see your new entry reflected under **Custom Fields**. Click on **Apply** when you are back in the *Logging* window.

5. If this is successful, the log file should now have an underscore:You should also see the change in the fields:

6. Restart the site, then W3SVC, then the entire instance if the change doesn’t reflect immediately.When using enhanced logging in IIS 8.5+, it **does not restore** original visitor IP at the application level.

### Tomcat 7

To have Tomcat7 automatically restore the original visitor IP to your access logs and application you will need to add `%{CF-Connecting-IP}i` into your log schema.

As an example, you could add the below block to your `server.xml` file.

```xml
<Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs" prefix="localhost_access_log." suffix=".txt" pattern="%{CF-Connecting-IP}i - %h %u %t - &quot;%r&quot; - %s - %b - %{CF-RAY}i"/>
```

Which would result in your logs looking like this:

`Visitor IP - Cloudflare IP - [04/Dec/2014:23:18:15 -0500] - "GET / HTTP/1.1" - 200 - 1895 - 193d704b85200296-SJC`

### Magento

Refer to this third-party tutorial on restoring original visitor IP with [Magento and Cloudflare](https://tall-paul.co.uk/2012/03/02/magento-show-remote-ip-when-using-cloudflare/).

Similarly, Cloudflare did not write this [Magento extension](https://marketplace.magento.com/), but some of our customers have found it helpful.

As this plugin was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.

### IPB (Invision Power Board)

To enable correct IP matching when running an Invision Power Board 3 installation through Cloudflare, follow these directions:

Log into your IPB installation's ACP.

1. Click **System**.
2. Under Overview, click **Security**.
3. Under Security Center, click **Security Settings**.Check that *Trust IP addresses provided by proxies?* is green.

#### IPB4 description of *Trust IP addresses provided by proxies?*

If your network environment means requests are handled through a proxy (such as in an intranet situation in an office or university, or on a load-balanced server cluster), you may need to enable this setting so that the correct IP address is used. However, when enabled, a malicious user can abuse the system to provide a fake IP address. In most environments, this setting should be left off.

### PHPBB

If you are using an Apache server, then we would recommend installing [mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) to restore the visitor IP back to your logs.

If you do not have access to your server to install a mod, then you may be able to [modify the core](https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=13936406#p13936406).

### MyBB forums

More recent versions of MyBB include a Scrutinize User's IP address option.

`Admin CP > Configuration > Server and Optimization Options > Scrutinize User's IP address? > Yes`

Alternatively, you may install the [Cloudflare management plugin](https://mods.mybb.com/view/antoligy-mybb-cloudflare-management-plugin) available for MyBB 1.6.

#### MyBB 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, or 1.6.3

1. Navigate to `./inc/functions.php`.
2. Go to line 2790.
3. Replace:`if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))`With:`if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP']))`
4. Then, replace:`$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];`With:`$ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];`

### Vanilla forums

A member of the Vanilla team has written a [Cloudflare plugin for Vanilla](https://open.vanillaforums.com/addon/cloudflaresupport-plugin) to restore original visitor IP to the log files for self-hosted sites.

As this plugin was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.MediaWiki

1. Open `includes/GlobalFunctions.php`. At approximately line 370, change the following:`$forward = "\t(proxied via {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}{$forward})";`to`$forward = "\t(proxied via {$_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP']}{$forward})";`
2. Open `includes/ProxyTools.php`. At approximately line 79, find:`if ( isset( $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] ) ){`and replace with:`if ( isset( $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] ) ){`The second step only applies to MediaWiki versions 1.18.0 and older. Newer versions of MediaWiki have completely rewritten ProxyTools.php and the following code is no longer present.
3. Find at approximately line 80:`$ipchain = array( IP::canonicalize($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) );`Save and upload to your origin web server.

#### For versions around 1.27.1:

1. Go to line 1232 in `GlobalFunctions.php`, change `REMOTE_ADDR` to `HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP`.
2. Next, go to `WebRequest.php`, in lines 1151 to line 1159, change `REMOTE_ADDR` to `HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP`.

### XenForo

A XenForo user has created a [plugin for Cloudflare](https://xenforo.com/community/resources/solidmean-cloudflare-detect.1595/).

As this plugin was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.

1. Open `library/config.php`.
2. At the end, add:`if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'])) { $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'];}`
3. Upload and overwrite.

### PunBB

An outside party has created a [module for Cloudflare and PunBB](http://punbb.informer.com/forums/post/147539/#p147539) that will restore original visitor IP.

As this plugin was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.Cherokee server

1. Launch `cherokee-admin` on your server.
2. Navigate to the **Cherokee Administration interface** in your web browser.
3. Select the **Virtual Server** for the domain that is being serviced by Cloudflare.
4. On the *Logging* tab for your selected **Virtual Server**, enable Accept Forwarded IPs.
5. In the *Accept from Hosts* box, enter [Cloudflare's IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

### Livezilla

You can fix the IP address by changing the `PHP IP Server Param` field on the Livezilla server configuration to `HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP`.

### Datalife Engine

To restore visitor IP to DataLife Engine:

1. Open:/engine/inc/include/functions.inc.phpFind:`$db_ip_split = explode( ".", $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] );`Change to:`$db_ip_split = explode(".", $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] );`
2. Find:`$ip_split = explode( ".", $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] );`Change to:`$ip_split = explode(".", $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] );`
3. Open:/engine/modules/addcomments.phpFind:`$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'],`Change to:`$_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'],`
4. Find:`$db_ip_split = explode( ".", $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] );`Change to:`$db_ip_split = explode( ".", $_SERVER['HTTP_CF_CONNECTING_IP'] );`

### TYPO3

An outside developer has created a [Cloudflare extension for TYPO3](https://extensions.typo3.org/extension/cloudflare/) that will restore original visitor IP to your logs. The extension will also give the ability to clear your Cloudflare cache.

As this plugin was created by an outside party, we can't provide technical support for issues related to the plugin.

### VestaCP

If you use the hosting control panel VestaCP, you have both Nginx and Apache running on your server. Requests are proxied through Nginx before going to Apache.

Because of this Nginx proxy, you actually need to the instructions to configure Nginx to return the real visitor IP address. [Mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) for Apache is not needed unless you disable the Nginx server for some requests. Adding [mod_remoteip](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/articles/200170786#C5XWe97z77b3XZV) to Apache will not conflict with the Nginx server configuration.

### node.js

An outside developer has created a module to restore visitor IP called [node_cloudflare.](https://github.com/keverw/node_CloudFlare)

### HAProxy

In order to extract the original client IP in the X_FORWARDED_FOR header, you need to use the following configuration in HAProxy:

1. Create a text file `CF_ips.lst` containing all IP ranges from [https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/ips/](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-gb/ips/)
2. Ensure to disable `option forwardfor` in HAProxy

HAProxy config:

```
acl from_cf src -f /path/to/CF_ips.lst
acl cf_ip_hdr req.hdr(CF-Connecting-IP) -m found
http-request set-header X-Forwarded-For %[req.hdr(CF-Connecting-IP)] if from_cf cf_ip_hdr
```

### Envoy Gateway

To extract the original client IP for your Envoy Gateway, set a [Client Traffic Policy](https://gateway.envoyproxy.io/latest/tasks/traffic/client-traffic-policy/#configure-client-ip-detection) to look for the custom [`CF-Connecting-IP` header](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-connecting-ip).

```txt title="Truncated Client Traffic Policy example"
clientIPDetection:
    customHeader:
        name: CF-Connecting-IP
        failClosed: true
```

For more details, refer to [Custom header original IP detection extension](https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-v3/extensions/http/original_ip_detection/custom_header/v3/custom_header.proto).

---

## Related Resources

- [Cloudflare HTTP headers](/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/)
- [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/)

---

# Price scraping

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/reference/workers-templates/price-scraping/

import { Tabs } from "~/components"

## Worker scripts

The script below is applied on the root path `<YOUR-HOSTNAME-HERE>/ }}` and serves a page where the Turnstile widget will be embedded.

<Tabs>

```js
const someHTML = `
<head>
   <title>Turnstile Price Scraping Demo</title>
   <script src="https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js?onload=onloadTurnstileCallback" async defer></script>
   <script src="<YOUR-HOSTNAME-HERE>/pricing.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
   <h3>Pricing:</h3>
   <div id="price-box"></div>
   <div class="cf-turnstile" id="price-widget"></div>
</body>
`

export default {
 async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
   let returnHTMLResponse = new Response(someHTML);
   returnHTMLResponse.headers.set('content-type','text/html')
   return returnHTMLResponse
 },
};
```

</Tabs>

The script below is applied on the route `<YOUR-HOSTNAME-HERE>/pricing.js` and returns a client script which embeds the Turnstile widget.

<Tabs>

```js
const clientScript = `
async function getPrice(token){
   // the endpoint for retrieving pricing information
   const priceInfoURL = "/get-price"
   // the element id we are appending our price information
   const priceBox = document.getElementById('price-box');

   // await response from pricing endpoint protected by Turnstile Server-Side Validation
   const response = await fetch(
       priceInfoURL, {
           headers : {
               'cf-token' : token
           }
       }
   );
   // await price information from pricing endpoint
   const price = await response.json();
   // set the pricing information to what’s returned in the callback
   priceBox.innerText = price.pricing
}
function init(){
   window.onloadTurnstileCallback = function () {
       turnstile.render('#price-widget', {
           sitekey: '<YOUR-SITEKEY-GOES-HERE>',
           callback: function(token) {
               getPrice(token)
           },
       });
   };
}
window.addEventListener ?
window.addEventListener("load", init, false) :
window.attachEvent && window.attachEvent("onload", init)
`
 export default {
   async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
       if(clientScript == null || undefined){
           let response = new Response("// sorry no script available!")
           const { headers } = response;
           headers.append('content-type', 'application/javascript');
           return response;
       } else {
           let response = new Response(clientScript);
           const { headers } = response;
           headers.append('content-type', 'application/javascript');
           return response;


       }

   }

};
```

</Tabs>

The script below is applied on the route `<YOUR-HOSTNAME-HERE>/get-price`, and verifies the Turnstile token and returns an API or JSON pricing response.

<Tabs>

```js
// This is the demo secret key. In production, we recommend
// you store your secret key(s) safely.
const SECRET_KEY = '<SECRET-KEY>';

async function handlePost(request) {

   const token = request.headers.get('cf-token');
   const ip = request.headers.get('CF-Connecting-IP');

   // Validate the token by calling the
   // "/siteverify" API endpoint.
   let formData = new FormData();
   formData.append('secret', SECRET_KEY);
   formData.append('response', token);
   formData.append('remoteip', ip);

   const url = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify';
   const result = await fetch(url, {
       body: formData,
       method: 'POST'
   });

   const outcome = await result.json();

   // this is the conditional block that you can customize to fit your specific use-case
   if (outcome.success) {

       // successful token validation logic

       // this example uses a static variable, but using KV you could reference a catalog listing
       let response = new Response('{"pricing":"$99.99"}');
       response.headers.append("content-type", "application/json");
       return response;

   } else {

       // unsuccessful token validation logic

       let response = new Response('{"pricing":"$XX.XX"}')
       response.headers.append("content-type", "application/json");
       return response;

   }

}

export default {
 async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
   try {
     return await handlePost(request)
   } catch(error){
     return new Response(`{"err":"${error}"}`);
   }
 },
};
```

</Tabs>

---

# Error codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/client-side-errors/error-codes/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

An error callback will retrieve an error code as its first parameter. Error codes are separated by the first three numbers into `error-code` families.

:::note

When an error code is marked with `***`, it means that the remaining numbers can be ignored and are for internal use. 
:::

| <div style="width:130px">Error code</div>       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Retry | Troubleshooting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `100***`                                        | Initialization Problems: There was a problem initializing Turnstile before a challenge could be started.                                                                                                                    | No    | This could be caused by an old instance of the challenge that was solved. It is advised to reload the page and restart Turnstile. On continuous failures, this is indicative of an automated device.                                                                      |
| `102***`                                        | Invalid Parameters: The visitor sent an invalid parameter as part of the challenge towards Turnstile.                                                                                                                       | Yes   | It is advised to retry the challenge. On continuous failures, this is indicative of an automated device.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `102***`<br/>`103***`<br/>`104***`<br/>`106***` | Invalid Parameters: The visitor sent an invalid parameter as part of the challenge towards Turnstile.                                                                                                                       | Yes   | It is advised to retry the challenge. On continuous failures, this is indicative of an automated device and you must verify the visitor’s authenticity by other means.                                                                                                    |
| `105***`                                        | Turnstile API Compatibility: Turnstile was invoked in a deprecated or invalid way.                                                                                                                                          | No    | It is advised to refer to the [Turnstile documentation](/turnstile/) again and refresh the page to obtain the most recent Turnstile version.                                                                                                                              |
| `110100` <br/> `110110`                         | Invalid <GlossaryTooltip term="sitekey">sitekey</GlossaryTooltip>: Turnstile was invoked with an invalid sitekey or a sitekey that is no longer active.                                                                     | No    | Verify if the sitekey provided is still active via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).                                                                                                                                                              |
| `110200`                                        | Unknown domain: Domain not allowed.                                                                                                                                                                                         | No    | Turnstile was used on a domain that was not allowed for this widget to be used on. Ensure that the domain is allowed in the widget configuration via the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).                                                            |
| `110420`                                        | Invalid action: This error occurs when an unsupported or incorrectly formatted action is submitted.                                                                                                                         | No    | Ensure that the action conforms to the specified structure and contains only valid characters and adheres to the documented length limitations. Refer to [client-side configurations](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#configurations) for more information. |
| `110430`                                        | Invalid cData: This error in Turnstile refers to an issue encountered when processing Custom Data (cData). This error occurs when the cData provided does not adhere to the expected format or contains invalid characters. | No    | Ensure that the cData conforms to the specified structure and contains only valid characters and adheres to the documented length limitations. Refer to [client-side configurations](/turnstile/get-started/client-side-rendering/#configurations) for more information.  |
| `110500`                                        | Unsupported browser: The visitor is using an unsupported browser.                                                                                                                                                           | No    | Encourage the visitor to upgrade their browser or verify otherwise. Refer to [supported browsers](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#browser-support) for more information.                                                                                            |
| `110510`                                        | Inconsistent user-agent: The visitor provided an inconsistent user-agent throughout the process of solving Turnstile.                                                                                                       | No    | The visitor may have browser extensions or settings enabled to spoof their user-agent and should disable them to proceed.                                                                                                                                                 |
| `11060*`                                        | Challenge timed out: The visitor took too long to solve the challenge and the challenge timed out.                                                                                                                          | Yes   | Retry the challenge. The visitor also may have a system clock set to a wrong date.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `11062*`                                        | Challenge timed out: This error is for visible mode only. The visitor took too long to solve the interactive challenge and the challenge became outdated.                                                                   | Yes   | Reset the widget and re-initialize it to give the visitor the chance to solve the widget again.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `120***`                                        | Internal Errors for Cloudflare Employees.                                                                                                                                                                                   | No    | Only encountered by Cloudflare Support Engineers while debugging.                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `200010`                                        | Invalid caching: Some portion of Turnstile was accidentally cached.                                                                                                                                                         | No    | Encourage the visitor to clear their cache.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `200100`                                        | Time problem: The visitor's clock is incorrect.                                                                                                                                                                             | No    | Encourage the visitor to set their clock to the correct time.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `300***`                                        | Generic client execution error: An unspecified error occurred in the visitor while they were solving a challenge.                                                                                                           | Yes   | Potentially an automated visitor. Retry the challenge. Upon multiple subsequent failures, verify the visitor otherwise.                                                                                                                                                   |
| `600***`                                        | Challenge execution failure: A visitor failed to solve a Turnstile Challenge. Also used by [failing testing sitekey](/turnstile/troubleshooting/testing/).                                                                  | Yes   | Potentially an automated visitor. Retry the challenge. Upon multiple subsequent failures, verify the visitor otherwise.                                                                                                                                                   |

## Error code `300***` and `600***`

Error code family `300***` and `600***` (e.g. "`600010: The generic_challenge_failure`") is a response generated by the Turnstile in situations where a potential bot or unusual visitor behavior is detected.

You can troubleshoot these error codes using the following recommendations:

<Render file="troubleshooting-steps" />

---

# Client-side errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/troubleshooting/client-side-errors/

There are instances where Turnstile may encounter problems, invoking `error-callback`. Refer to the list of [common error codes](/turnstile/troubleshooting/client-side-errors/error-codes/) for troubleshooting steps to address them.

## Error handling

The `error-callback` option for explicitly rendering widgets and the `data-error-callback` attribute on implicit rendering provides a JavaScript callback to handle potential errors that occur.

Specifying an error callback is optional. If no error callback is set, Turnstile will throw a JavaScript exception upon error.

If an error callback returns with a non-falsy result, Turnstile will assume that the error callback handled the error accordingly.

If the error callback returns with a `no` or a falsy result, Turnstile will log a warning to the JavaScript console containing the error code.

An error callback will retrieve an error code as its first parameter.

## Retry

By default, Turnstile will automatically retry upon encountering a problem. When subsequent failures due to retries are observed, the error callback can be invoked multiple times.

You can adjust the retry behavior by setting the `retry` value to `never` instead of the default `auto`. This will result in Turnstile not automatically retrying. If there is any issue or error verifying the visitor, the widget will not retry and will remain in the respective failure state.

An implementation may call `turnstile.reset()` in the corresponding `error-callback` to manually trigger a retry.

The interval in between retries of Turnstile can be configured by the `retry-interval` option.

## Interactivity

If the user fails to engage with an interactive challenge within a reasonable timeframe, the timeout callback function is triggered.

For instance, in a scenario where the Turnstile widget is implemented within a lengthy form that may require several minutes to complete, the interactive challenge within the widget becomes outdated if it remains unaddressed for an extended period.

In such instances, the `timeout-callback` of the widget is activated, enabling the widget to reset itself as needed.

---

# Create a custom ruleset using the API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/custom-rulesets/create-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

To deploy custom rules at the account level, you must create a custom ruleset with one or more rules. Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to work with custom rulesets using the API.

## Procedure

To deploy a custom ruleset in your account, follow these general steps:

1. Create a custom ruleset in the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase with one or more rules.
2. Deploy the ruleset to the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase at the account level.

Currently, you can only deploy WAF custom rulesets at the account level.

### 1. Create a custom ruleset

The following example creates a custom ruleset with a single rule in the `rules` array.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "",
  "kind": "custom",
  "name": "My custom ruleset",
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "Challenge web traffic (not /api)",
      "expression": "not starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/api/\")",
      "action": "managed_challenge"
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
}'
```

Save the ruleset ID in the response for the next step.

### 2. Deploy the custom ruleset

To deploy the custom ruleset, add a rule with `"action": "execute"` to the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase entry point ruleset at the account level.

1.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step1-get-entrypoint"
    	params={{ phaseName: "http_request_firewall_custom" }}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_custom/entrypoint" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {4}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"description": "Account-level phase entry point",
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"kind": "root",
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-16T15:40:08.202335Z",
    		"name": "root",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom",
    		"rules": [
    			// ...
    		],
    		"version": "9"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

2.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step2-create-rule"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem: "custom ruleset",
    	}}
    />

    The following request creates a rule that executes the custom ruleset with ID `<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>` for all Enterprise zones in the account:

    ```bash
    curl "https://dash.cloudflare.com/api/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "description": "Execute custom ruleset",
      "expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>"
      },
      "enabled": true
    }'
    ```

    :::caution
    You can only apply custom rulesets to incoming traffic of zones on an Enterprise plan. To enforce this requirement, you must include `cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` in the expression of the `execute` rule deploying the custom ruleset.
    :::

3.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step3-create-ruleset"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem: "custom ruleset",
    		scope: "all incoming requests of Enterprise zones in your account",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "description": "",
      "kind": "root",
      "name": "Account-level phase entry point",
      "rules": [
        {
          "action": "execute",
          "expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
          "action_parameters": {
            "id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>"
          }
        }
      ],
      "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
    }'
    ```

## Next steps

Use the different operations in the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to work with the custom ruleset you just created and deployed. The following table has a list of common tasks for working with custom rulesets at the account level:

| Task                               | Procedure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Get list of custom rulesets        | <p>Use the [List account rulesets][1] operation and search for rulesets with `"kind": "custom"` and `"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"`. The response will include the ruleset IDs.</p><p>For more information, refer to [List existing rulesets][2].</p> |
| List all rules in a custom ruleset | <p>Use the [Get an account ruleset][3] operation with the custom ruleset ID to obtain the list of configured rules and their IDs.</p><p>For more information, refer to [View a specific ruleset][4].</p>                                                        |
| Update a custom rule               | <p>Use the [Update an account ruleset rule][5] operation. You will need to provide the custom ruleset ID and the rule ID.</p><p>For more information, refer to [Update a rule in a ruleset][6].</p>                                                             |
| Delete a custom rule               | <p>Use the [Delete an account ruleset rule][7] operation. You will need to provide the custom ruleset ID and the rule ID.</p><p>For more information, refer to [Delete a rule in a ruleset][8].</p>                                                             |

[1]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/
[2]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-existing-rulesets
[3]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/
[4]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#view-a-specific-ruleset
[5]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/edit/
[6]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/
[7]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/delete/
[8]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete-rule/

## More resources

For more information on working with custom rulesets, refer to [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Work with custom rulesets in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/custom-rulesets/create-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

Custom rulesets are configured at the account level. To work with custom rulesets, go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Custom rulesets**.

## Create and deploy a custom ruleset

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Custom rulesets**.

   ![Custom rulesets page in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/account/custom-rulesets-dashboard.png)

3. To create a new empty ruleset, select **Create ruleset**. To duplicate an existing ruleset, select the three dots next to it > **Duplicate**.

4. In the page that displays, enter a name and (optionally) a description for the custom ruleset.

5. Under **Scope**, define when the custom ruleset should run.

   - Select **All incoming requests** to apply the custom ruleset to all incoming requests for all your zones on an Enterprise plan.
   - Select **Custom filter expression** to define a custom expression that defines when to execute the custom ruleset. Use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**. Alternatively, select **Edit expression** to define your expression using the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor).

   :::caution
   Deployed custom rulesets will only apply to incoming traffic of Enterprise domains. The Expression Builder will automatically include this filter. If you define a custom expression for the ruleset using the Expression Editor, you must use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions and end your expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` so that the rule only applies to domains on an Enterprise plan.
   :::

6. To create a new rule, select **Add rule**.

7. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

8. Under **When incoming requests match**, use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**. Alternatively, select **Edit expression** to define your expression using the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor).

9. Select the rule action from the **Choose action** drop-down list. For example, selecting _Block_ tells Cloudflare to refuse requests that match the conditions you specified.

10. (Optional) If you selected the _Block_ action, you can [configure a custom response](#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests).

11. Select **Deploy**.

12. Add other rules to the custom ruleset, if needed. You can also duplicate an existing rule in the custom ruleset.

13. Select **Create**.

## Edit a custom ruleset

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Custom rulesets**.

   ![Custom rulesets page in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/account/custom-rulesets-dashboard.png)

3. To edit a custom ruleset, select the three dots next to it > **Edit**.

4. Make any desired changes to the ruleset by selecting **Edit** next to the items you want to change.

5. When you are done, select **Back to rulesets list**.

:::caution
Deployed custom rulesets will only apply to incoming traffic of Enterprise domains. The Expression Builder will automatically include this filter. If you define a custom expression for the ruleset using the Expression Editor, you must use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions and end your expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` so that the rule only applies to domains on an Enterprise plan.
:::

## Delete a custom ruleset

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Custom rulesets**.
3. To delete a custom ruleset, select the three dots next to it > **Delete**.
4. To confirm the delete operation, select **Delete**.

## Configure a custom response for blocked requests

<Render
	file="custom-response-blocked-requests"
	params={{ one: "WAF block", two: "403", three: "2 KB" }}
/>

---

# Custom rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/custom-rulesets/

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

Custom rulesets are collections of custom rules that you can deploy at the account level.

Like [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) at the zone level, custom rulesets allow you to control incoming traffic by filtering requests. You can apply a custom ruleset to all incoming traffic of your Enterprise domains or to a subset of incoming requests.

Refer to the following pages for more information on working with custom rulesets:

- [Work with custom rulesets in the dashboard](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/create-dashboard/)
- [Work with custom rulesets using the API](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/create-api/)

For Terraform examples, refer to [WAF custom rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/#create-and-deploy-a-custom-ruleset).

---

# Deploy a WAF managed ruleset via API (account)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to deploy a WAF managed ruleset to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase at the account level.

The [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) page includes the IDs of the different WAF managed rulesets. You will need this information when deploying rulesets via API.

## Example

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-account-example" />

## Next steps

To customize the behavior of the rules included in a managed ruleset, [create an override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

To skip the execution of WAF managed rulesets or some of their rules, [create an exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/) (also called a skip rule).

Exceptions have priority over overrides.

## More resources

For more information on working with managed rulesets via API, refer to [Work with managed rulesets](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Deploy a WAF managed ruleset in the dashboard (account)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

You deploy managed rulesets for an account in Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.

![Example WAF Managed Rules configuration in the Managed rulesets tab under Account Home > WAF.](~/assets/images/waf/account/managed-rulesets-dashboard.png)

To deploy a managed ruleset for a single zone, refer to [Deploy a managed ruleset in the dashboard for a zone](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/).

## Deploy a managed ruleset

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.

3. Select **Deploy** > **Deploy managed ruleset**.

4. Next to the managed ruleset you want to deploy, select **Select ruleset**.

5. Give a name to the rule deploying the ruleset in **Execution name**.

6. (Optional) To execute the managed ruleset for a subset of incoming requests, select **Edit scope** and [configure the expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/) that will determine the scope of the current rule deploying the managed ruleset.

   :::caution
   Deployed rulesets will only apply to incoming traffic of Enterprise domains on your account. The Expression Builder will automatically include this filter. If you define a custom expression using the Expression Editor, use parentheses to enclose any custom conditions and end your expression with `and cf.zone.plan eq "ENT"` so that the rule only applies to domains on an Enterprise plan.
   :::

7. (Optional) You can customize the behavior of the managed ruleset in the following ways:

   - [Configure the entire ruleset](#configure-field-values-for-all-the-rules) (affects all the rules)
   - [Configure several rules or rules with specific tags](#configure-rules-in-bulk-in-a-managed-ruleset)
   - [Configure a single rule](#configure-a-single-rule-in-a-managed-ruleset)

8. To deploy the managed ruleset immediately, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy, select **Save as Draft**.

The **Deployed managed rulesets** list will show an _Execute_ rule for the managed ruleset you deployed.

## Turn on or off a managed ruleset

Select the **Enabled** toggle next to a deployed managed ruleset to turn it on or off.

## Configure a managed ruleset

Configure a managed ruleset to define specific field values for one or more rules (for example, configure a rule with an action different from the action configured by Cloudflare). You can also turn off specific rules.

To skip one or more rules — or even entire WAF managed rulesets — for specific incoming requests, [add an exception](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/). Exceptions, also called skip rules, are shown as _Skip_ rules in the **Deployed managed rulesets** list.

:::note

Some managed rulesets may not allow custom configuration, depending on your Cloudflare plan.
:::

### Configure field values for all the rules

To configure an entire managed ruleset:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.

3. Select the rule description of the _Execute_ rule that deploys the managed ruleset you want to configure. Alternatively, select the three dots > **Edit**.

   If you have not deployed the managed ruleset yet, do the following:

   1. Select **Deploy** > **Deploy managed ruleset**.
   2. Next to the managed ruleset you want to deploy and configure, select **Select ruleset**.

4. In the ruleset configuration section, set one or more rule fields from the available values in the drop-down lists. The exact options vary according to the managed ruleset you are configuring.

   For example, select the action to perform for all the rules in the ruleset from the **Ruleset action** drop-down list.

   ![The Configure deployment page displaying the available options to override all the rules in the ruleset. In the displayed managed ruleset you can override the ruleset action.](~/assets/images/waf/account/waf-configure-ruleset-account.png)

5. If you are editing a deployed managed ruleset, select **Save**. If you have not deployed the managed ruleset yet, select **Deploy** to deploy the ruleset immediately, or **Save as Draft** to save your deployment settings for later.

### Configure rules in bulk in a managed ruleset

<Render file="managed-rules-browse-account" />

<Render file="managed-ruleset-configure-rules-in-bulk" />

### Configure a single rule in a managed ruleset

<Render file="managed-rules-browse-account" />

<Render file="managed-ruleset-configure-single-rule" />

### Browse the rules of a managed ruleset

You can browse the available rules in a managed ruleset and search for individual rules or tags.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.

3. Select the rule description of the _Execute_ rule that deploys the managed ruleset you want to configure. Alternatively, select the three dots > **Edit**.

   If you have not deployed the managed ruleset yet, do the following:

   1. Select **Deploy** > **Deploy managed ruleset**.
   2. Next to the managed ruleset you want to browse, select **Select ruleset**.

4. Select **Browse rules**.

   ![The Browse rules page displaying the list of rules in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](~/assets/images/waf/waf-browse-rules.png)

### Delete a managed ruleset deployment rule or an exception

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.
3. Under **Deployed managed rulesets** and next to the rule you want to delete, select the three dots > **Delete** and confirm the operation.

---

# Managed rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/managed-rulesets/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem, Details } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

<Render file="waf-managed-rules-intro" />

## Account-level deployment

At the account level, you can deploy each [WAF managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) more than once. This means that you can apply the same managed ruleset with different configurations to different subsets of incoming traffic for the Enterprise zones in your account.

For example, you could deploy the [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/) multiple times with different paranoia levels and a different action (_Managed Challenge_ action for PL3 and _Log_ action for PL4).

<Details header="Example: Deploy OWASP with two different configurations">

The following example deploys the [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/) multiple times at the account level through the following execute rules:

- First execute rule: Enable OWASP rules up to paranoia level 3 (PL3) and set the action to _Managed Challenge_.
- Second execute rule: Enable OWASP rules up to PL4 and set the action to _Log_.

This configuration gives you additional protection by enabling PL3 rules, but without blocking the requests, since higher paranoia levels are more prone to false positives.

The second rule logs any matches for PL4 rules, the most strict set of rules in the ruleset, so that it does not affect live traffic. You could use this configuration to understand which traffic would be affected by PL4 rules.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Deploy the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset by following the [dashboard instructions](/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/#deploy-a-managed-ruleset), customizing the ruleset behavior using these settings:

   - **OWASP Anomaly Score Threshold**: _Medium - 40 and higher_
   - **OWASP Paranoia Level**: _PL3_
   - **OWASP Action**: _Managed Challenge_

2. Select **Deploy**.

3. Repeat the deployment procedure for the OWASP ruleset, but with following ruleset configuration:

   - **OWASP Anomaly Score Threshold**: _Medium - 40 and higher_
   - **OWASP Paranoia Level**: _PL4_
   - **OWASP Action**: _Log_

Once you finish your configuration, the **Deployed managed rulesets** list will show two _Execute_ rules for the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

The following `POST` request for the [Create an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation creates an [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase at the account level. The ruleset includes two rules deploying the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset twice with different configurations.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "My ruleset",
  "description": "Entry point ruleset for WAF managed rulesets (account)",
  "kind": "root",
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_managed",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
        "overrides": {
          "categories": [
            {
              "category": "paranoia-level-4",
              "enabled": false
            }
          ],
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c",
              "action": "managed_challenge"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "expression": "cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "description": "Execute OWASP ruleset at PL3 with Managed Challenge action"
    },
    {
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
        "overrides": {
          "rules": [
            {
              "id": "6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c",
              "action": "log"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "expression": "cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\"",
      "description": "Execute OWASP ruleset at PL4 with Log action"
    }
  ]
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

</Details>

<Render
	file="managed-ruleset-config-options"
	params={{
		overridesUrl:
			"/waf/account/managed-rulesets/deploy-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset",
	}}
/>

---

# Create a rate limiting ruleset via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/create-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

To deploy rate limiting rules at the account level, you must create a rate limiting ruleset with one or more rules. Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to create and deploy rate limiting rulesets via API.

:::note
At the API level, a rate limiting ruleset is a regular [custom ruleset](/waf/account/custom-rulesets/) with one or more rate limiting rules that you create in the `http_ratelimit` phase. The concept of custom rate limiting ruleset exists in the Cloudflare dashboard to make it clear that you are configuring and deploying rate limiting rules at the account level. This page with API instructions uses the same terminology.
:::

Each rate limiting rule contains a `ratelimit` object with the rate limiting configuration. Refer to [Rate limiting parameters](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/) for more information on this object and its parameters.

## Procedure

To deploy a rate limiting ruleset in your account, follow these general steps:

1. Create a rate limiting ruleset (that is, a custom ruleset in the `http_ratelimit` phase ) with one or more rate limiting rules.
2. Deploy the ruleset to the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_ratelimit` phase at the account level.

### 1. Create a rate limiting ruleset

The following example creates a rate limiting ruleset with a single rate limiting rule in the `rules` array.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/api/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "description": "",
  "kind": "custom",
  "name": "My rate limiting ruleset",
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "Rate limit API requests",
      "expression": "(starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/my-api/\"))",
      "ratelimit": {
        "characteristics": ["ip.src", "cf.colo.id"],
        "requests_to_origin": false,
        "requests_per_period": 30,
        "period": 60,
        "mitigation_timeout": 120
      },
      "action": "block",
      "action_parameters": {
        "response": {
          "status_code": 429,
          "content_type": "application/json",
          "content": "{ \"error\": \"Your API requests have been rate limited. Wait a couple of minutes and try again.\" }"
        }
      },
      "enabled": true
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_ratelimit"
}'
```

The available characteristics depend on your Cloudflare plan and product subscriptions. Refer to [Availability](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability) for more information.

Save the ruleset ID in the response for the next step.

### 2. Deploy the rate limiting ruleset

To deploy the rate limiting ruleset, add a rule with `"action": "execute"` to the `http_ratelimit` phase entry point ruleset at the account level.

1.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step1-get-entrypoint"
    	params={{ phaseName: "http_ratelimit" }}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/phases/http_ratelimit/entrypoint" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {4}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"description": "Account-level phase entry point",
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"kind": "root",
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-16T15:40:08.202335Z",
    		"name": "root",
    		"phase": "http_ratelimit",
    		"rules": [
    			// ...
    		],
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"version": "10"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

2.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step2-create-rule"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem: "rate limiting ruleset",
    	}}
    />

    The following request creates a rule that executes the rate limiting ruleset with ID `<RATE_LIMITING_RULESET_ID>` for all Enterprise zones in the account:

    ```bash
    curl "https://dash.cloudflare.com/api/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "description": "Execute rate limiting ruleset",
      "expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
      "action": "execute",
      "action_parameters": {
        "id": "<RATE_LIMITING_RULESET_ID>"
      },
      "enabled": true
    }'
    ```

    <Render file="account-enterprise-zones-only-api" />

3.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-account/step3-create-ruleset"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem: "rate limiting ruleset",
    		scope: "all incoming requests of Enterprise zones in your account",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "description": "",
      "kind": "root",
      "name": "Account-level phase entry point",
      "rules": [
        {
          "action": "execute",
          "expression": "(cf.zone.plan eq \"ENT\")",
          "action_parameters": {
            "id": "<RATE_LIMITING_RULESET_ID>"
          }
        }
      ],
      "phase": "http_ratelimit"
    }'
    ```

For examples of rate limiting rule definitions for the API, refer to the [zone-level API documentation](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/create-api/).

---

## Next steps

Use the different operations in the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to work with the ruleset you just created and deployed. The following table has a list of common tasks for working with rate limiting rulesets at the account level:

| Task                                      | Procedure                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Get list of rate limiting rulesets        | <p>Use the [List account rulesets][1] operation and search for rulesets with `"kind": "custom"` and `"phase": "http_ratelimit"`. The response will include the ruleset IDs.</p><p>For more information, refer to [List existing rulesets][2].</p> |
| List all rules in a rate limiting ruleset | <p>Use the [Get an account ruleset][3] operation with the rate limiting ruleset ID to obtain the list of configured rate limiting rules and their IDs.</p><p>For more information, refer to [View a specific ruleset][4].</p>                     |
| Update a rate limiting rule               | <p>Use the [Update an account ruleset rule][5] operation. You will need to provide the rate limiting ruleset ID and the rule ID.</p><p>For more information, refer to [Update a rule in a ruleset][6].</p>                                        |
| Delete a rate limiting rule               | <p>Use the [Delete an account ruleset rule][7] operation. You will need to provide the rate limiting ruleset ID and the rule ID.</p><p>For more information, refer to [Delete a rule in a ruleset][8].</p>                                        |

[1]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/
[2]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#list-existing-rulesets
[3]: /api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/
[4]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/#view-a-specific-ruleset
[5]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/edit/
[6]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update-rule/
[7]: /api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/delete/
[8]: /ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/delete-rule/

## More resources

For more information on the different rate limiting parameters you can configure in your rate limiting rules, refer to [Rate limiting parameters](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/).

---

# Create a rate limiting ruleset in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/create-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

At the account level, rate limiting rules are grouped into rate limiting rulesets. You must first create a custom ruleset with one or more rate limiting rules, and then deploy it to one or more zones on an Enterprise plan.

## 1. Create a custom rate limiting ruleset

To create a new custom rate limiting ruleset:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rulesets**.

3. To create a new empty ruleset, select **Create ruleset**. To duplicate an existing ruleset, select the three dots next to it > **Duplicate**.

4. Enter a name for the ruleset and (optionally) a description.

5. In the ruleset creation page, select **Create rule**.

6. In the rule creation page, enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.

   ![Create rate limiting rule at the account level in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/rate-limiting-create-account.png)

7. Under **When incoming requests match**, use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**.

8. (Optional) Under **Cache status**, disable **Also apply rate limiting to cached assets** to consider only the requests that reach the origin when determining the rate.

9. Under **With the same characteristics**, configure the characteristics that will define the request counters for rate limiting purposes. Each value combination will have its own counter to determine the rate. Refer to [How Cloudflare determines the request rate](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/request-rate/) for more information.

   The available characteristics depend on your Cloudflare plan and product subscriptions.

10. (Optional) To define an expression that specifies the conditions for incrementing the rate counter, enable **Use custom counting expression** and set the expression. By default, the counting expression is the same as the rule expression. The counting expression can include [response fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/).

11. Under **When rate exceeds**, define the maximum number of requests and the time period to consider when determining the rate.

12. Under **Then take action**, select the rule action from the **Choose an action** drop-down list. For example, selecting _Block_ tells Cloudflare to refuse requests in the conditions you specified when the request limit is reached.

13. (Optional) If you selected the _Block_ action, you can [configure a custom response](#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for requests exceeding the configured rate limit.

14. Select the mitigation timeout in the **Duration** dropdown. This is the time period during which Cloudflare applies the select action once the rate is reached.

    Enterprise customers with a paid add-on can [throttle requests](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/parameters/#with-the-following-behavior) instead of applying the configured action for a selected duration. To throttle requests, under **With the following behavior** select _Throttle requests over the maximum configured rate_.

15. Select **Add rule**.

16. Create additional rate limiting rules as needed, and then select **Create** to create the ruleset.

## 2. Deploy the custom rate limiting ruleset

To deploy a custom rate limiting ruleset to one or more zones on an Enterprise plan:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rulesets**.

3. Under **Your custom rate limiting rulesets** and next to the rate limiting ruleset you wish to deploy, select **Deploy**.

4. In the ruleset deployment page, enter a descriptive name for the rule deploying the ruleset in **Execution name**.

5. Under **Execution scope**, review the scope of the rate limiting ruleset to deploy. If necessary, select **Edit scope** and configure the expression that will determine the scope of the current rule.

   :::caution
   Deployed custom rate limiting rulesets will only apply to incoming traffic of zones on an Enterprise plan. The Expression Builder will automatically include this filter. If you define a custom expression using the Expression Editor, you must include `AND zone.level eq "ENT"` in your expression so that the rule only applies to zones on an Enterprise plan.
   :::

6. To deploy your rule immediately, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

The **Deployed custom rate limiting rulesets** list will show a rule for each deployed custom rate limiting ruleset.

## Configure a custom response for blocked requests

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	file="custom-response-blocked-requests"
	params={{ one: "rate limiting", two: "429", three: "30 KB" }}
/>

---

# Rate limiting rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

A rate limiting rule defines a <GlossaryTooltip term="rate limiting">rate limit</GlossaryTooltip> for requests matching an expression, and the action to perform when that rate limit is reached. At the account level, rate limiting rules are always grouped into rate limiting rulesets, which you then deploy.

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

To apply a rate limiting ruleset at the account level, create a custom rate limiting ruleset with one or more rate limiting rules and then deploy it to one or more zones on an Enterprise plan.

## Next steps

For instructions on creating and deploying a rate limiting ruleset, refer to the following pages:

- [Create a rate limiting ruleset in the dashboard](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/create-dashboard/)
- [Create a rate limiting ruleset using the API](/waf/account/rate-limiting-rulesets/create-api/)

For Terraform examples, refer to [Rate limiting rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/rate-limiting-rules/).

---

# Free plan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-events/free-plan/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Security Events is available for your zone in **Security** > **Events**.

## Adjusting displayed data

You can apply multiple filters and exclusions to narrow the scope of Security Events and adjust the report duration. Modifying the duration, filters, or exclusions affects the analytics data displayed in the **Activity Log**.

![Example of adding a new filter in Security Events for the Allow action](~/assets/images/waf/events-add-filter-free.png)

<Render file="analytics-filter-report-duration" />

## Create custom rule from current filters

<Render file="analytics-create-firewall-rule" />

## Activity log

<Render file="analytics-activity-log" />

## Share Security Events filters

<Render file="analytics-share-url" />

---

# Additional information

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-events/additional-information/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

## Validation checks

Cloudflare performs a validation check for every request. The Validation component executes prior to all other WAF features like custom rules or WAF Managed Rules. The validation check blocks malformed requests like Shellshock attacks and requests with certain attack patterns in their HTTP headers before any <GlossaryTooltip term="allowlist">allowlist</GlossaryTooltip> logic occurs. Actions performed by the Validation component appear in the **Activity log** associated with the `Validation` service and without a rule ID. Security events downloaded from the API show source as `Validation` and action as `drop` when this behavior occurs.

The following example shows a request blocked by the Validation component due to a malformed `User-Agent` HTTP request header:

![Activity log displaying an example of a validation check event](~/assets/images/waf/validation-service.png)

In the downloaded JSON file for the event, the `ruleId` value indicates the detected issue — in this case, it was a Shellshock attack.

```json null {3}
{
	"action": "drop",
	"ruleId": "sanity-shellshock",
	"source": "sanitycheck",
	"userAgent": "() { :;}; printf \\\\\"detection[%s]string\\\\\" \\\\\"TjcLLwVzBtLzvbN\\\\"
	//...
}
```

:::note
Currently, you cannot disable validation checks. They run early in Cloudflare's infrastructure before the configuration for domains has been loaded.
:::

---

# Security Events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-events/

import { FeatureTable, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Security Events allows you to review <GlossaryTooltip term="mitigated request">mitigated requests</GlossaryTooltip> and helps you tailor your security configurations.

Users on a Free plan can view summarized security events by date in the **Activity log**. Customers on paid plans have access to additional graphs and dashboards that summarize the most relevant information about the current behavior of Cloudflare's security features on your zone.

## Main features

* **Events summary**: Provides the number of security events on traffic during the selected time period, grouped according to the selected dimension (for example, Action, Host, Country).
* **Events by service**: Lists the security-related activity per security feature (for example, WAF, API Shield).
* **Top events by source**: Provides details of the traffic flagged or actioned by a Cloudflare security feature (for example, IP addresses, User Agents, Paths, Countries, Hosts, ASNs).
* **Activity log**: Summarizes security events by date to show the action taken and the applied Cloudflare security product.

Security Events displays information about requests actioned or flagged by Cloudflare security products, including features such as [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/). Each incoming HTTP request might generate one or more security events. The Security Events dashboard only shows these events, not the HTTP requests themselves.

## Availability

The available features vary according to your Cloudflare plan:

<FeatureTable id="security.security_events" />

## Known limitations

Security Events currently has these limitations:

* Security Events may use sampled data to improve performance. If your search uses sampled data, Security Events might not display all events and filters might not return the expected results. To display more events, select a smaller time frame.

* The Cloudflare dashboard may show an inaccurate number of events per page. Data queries are highly optimized, but this means that pagination may not always work because the source data may have been sampled. The GraphQL Analytics API does not have this pagination issue.

* Triggered OWASP rules appear in the Security Events page under **Additional logs**, but they are not included in exported JSON files.

---

# Paid plans

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Security Events is available for your zone in **Security** > **Events**.

Additionally, Enterprise customers have access to the account-level dashboard in Account Home > **Security Center** > **Security Events**.

## Adjusting displayed data

You can apply multiple filters and exclusions to narrow the scope of Security Events and adjust the report duration. Modifying the duration, filters, or exclusions affects the analytics data displayed on the entire page including the **Activity Log** and all graphs.

![Example of adding a new filter in Security Events for the Allow action](~/assets/images/waf/events-add-filter.png)

<Render file="analytics-filter-report-duration" />

## Create custom rule from current filters

<Render file="analytics-create-firewall-rule" />

## Events summary

The **Events summary** section provides the number of security events on traffic during the selected time period, grouped according to the selected dimension (for example, **Action**, **Host**, **Country**, or **ASN**).

![Filter by action by selecting Filter when hovering the desired action in Events summary](~/assets/images/waf/events-summary.png)

You can adjust the displayed data according to one of the values by selecting **Filter** or **Exclude** when hovering the legend.

## Events by service

The **Events by service** section lists the activity per Cloudflare security feature (for example, **Managed rules** or **API Shield**).

You can adjust the scope of Security Events to one of the displayed services by selecting **Filter** or **Exclude** when hovering the legend or by selecting the corresponding graph bar.

## Top events by source

In **Top events by source** you can find details of the traffic flagged or actioned by a security feature — for example, **IP Addresses**, **User Agents**, **Paths**, and **Countries**.

You can adjust the scope of Security Events to one of the listed source values by selecting **Filter** or **Exclude** when hovering the value.

:::note


A deleted custom/firewall rule or rate limiting rule will show as `Rule unavailable` under **Firewall rules** or **Rate limit rules**. To check the changes made within your Cloudflare account, review your [Audit logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/).


:::

## Activity log

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<Render file="analytics-export-data" />

## Share Security Events filters

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## Print or download PDF report

To print or download a snapshot report from your security events dashboard, select **Print report** in **Security Events**. Your web browser's printing interface will present you with options for printing or downloading the PDF report.

The generated report will reflect all applied filters.

---

# API examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/skip/api-examples/

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to configure custom rules via API.

The `skip` action supports different [skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/), according to the security features or products that you wish to skip.

## Before you continue

This page contains examples of different skip rule scenarios for custom rules. Take the following into account:

- The `{zone_id}` value is the [ID of the zone](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) where you want to add the rule.

- The `{ruleset_id}` value is the ID of the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase. For details on obtaining this ruleset ID, refer to [List and view rulesets](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/view/). The API examples in this page add a skip rule to an existing ruleset using the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation.

  However, the entry point ruleset may not exist yet. In this case, invoke the [Create a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/create/) operation to create the entry point ruleset with a skip rule. Refer to [Create ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/create/#example---create-a-zone-level-phase-entry-point-ruleset) for an example.

- Although each example only includes one action parameter, you can use several skip options in the same rule by specifying the `ruleset`, `phases`, and `products` action parameters simultaneously.

## Skip the remaining rules in the current ruleset

This example invokes the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation to add a skip rule to the existing `http_request_firewall_custom` phase entry point ruleset with ID `{ruleset_id}`. The rule will skip all remaining rules in the current ruleset for requests matching the rule expression:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "ruleset": "current"
  },
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/skip-current-ruleset/\"",
  "description": ""
}'
```

## Skip a phase

This example invokes the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation to add a rule to the existing `http_request_firewall_custom` phase entry point ruleset with ID `{ruleset_id}`. The rule will skip the `http_ratelimit` phase for requests matching the rule expression:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "phases": [
      "http_ratelimit"
    ]
  },
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/skip-phase/\"",
  "description": ""
}'
```

Refer to [Available skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/) for the list of phases you can skip.

## Skip a phase and do not log matching requests

This example invokes the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation to add a rule that:

- Skips the `http_ratelimit` phase
- Disables event logging for the current rule

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "phases": [
      "http_ratelimit"
    ]
  },
  "logging": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/disable-logging/\"",
  "description": ""
}'
```

Refer to [Available skip options: Logging](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/#logging) for more information on disabling logging for requests that match a skip rule.

## Skip security products

This example uses the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation to add a rule that skips the [Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/) and [User Agent Blocking](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/) products for requests matching the rule expression:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "skip",
  "action_parameters": {
    "products": [
      "zoneLockdown",
      "uaBlock"
    ]
  },
  "expression": "http.request.uri.path contains \"/skip-products/\"",
  "description": ""
}'
```

Refer to [Available skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/) for the list of products you can skip.

---

# Configure a rule with the Skip action

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/skip/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Use the _Skip_ action in a custom rule to skip one or more security features. A rule configured with the _Skip_ action is also known as a skip rule.

For more information on the available options, refer to [Available skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.

3. [Create a custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) by selecting **Create rule**, or edit an existing custom rule.

4. Define the rule name and the rule expression.

5. Under **Choose action**, select _Skip_ from the dropdown.

   ![Available Skip action options when configuring a custom rule](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/skip-action-options.png)

6. Configure the desired [skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/).

7. Save your changes.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to configure custom rules via API.

Refer to [API examples](/waf/custom-rules/skip/api-examples/) for examples of creating skip rules.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Available skip options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/

The available skip options in custom rules are the following:

- **Skip the remaining custom rules (current ruleset)**

  - Dashboard option: **All remaining custom rules**.
  - API action parameter: `ruleset`.
  - Skips the remaining rules in the current ruleset.

- **Skip phases**

  - Dashboard options: **All rate limiting rules**, **All Super Bot Fight Mode rules**, and **All managed rules**.

  - API action parameter: `phases`.

  - Skips the execution of one or more phases. Based on the phases you can skip, this option effectively allows you to skip [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), [Super Bot Fight Mode rules](/bots/get-started/pro/), and/or [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/). When skipping a phase, both the account and zone-level entry point rulesets of the phase will be skipped.

  - The phases you can skip are the following:

    - `http_ratelimit`
    - `http_request_sbfm`
    - `http_request_firewall_managed`

  - Refer to [Phases](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/) for more information.

- **Skip products**

  - API action parameter: `products`.

  - Skips specific security products that are not based on the Ruleset Engine. The products you can skip are the following:

  - | Product name in the dashboard                                                        | API value       |
    | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- |
    | [Zone Lockdown](/waf/tools/zone-lockdown/)                                           | `zoneLockdown`  |
    | [User Agent Blocking](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/)                               | `uaBlock`       |
    | [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/)                       | `bic`           |
    | [Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/)                   | `hot`           |
    | [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/)                                         | `securityLevel` |
    | [Rate Limiting (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/)         | `rateLimit`     |
    | [WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/) | `waf`           |

  - The API values are case sensitive.

:::note
Currently, you cannot skip [Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/free/), only Super Bot Fight Mode (refer to Skip phases above).
:::

## Logging

- **Log requests matching the skip rule**

  - Dashboard option: **Log matching requests**.
  - API action parameter: `logging` > `enabled` (boolean, optional).
  - When disabled, Cloudflare will not log any requests matching the current skip rule, and these requests will not appear in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/).
  - If you do not specify this option in the API, the default value is `true` for custom rules with the skip action (logs requests matching the skip rule).

---

# Allow traffic from IP addresses in allowlist only

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-ips-in-allowlist/

This example skips WAF rules for requests from IP addresses in an allowlist (defined using an [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists)).

1.  [Create an IP list](/waf/tools/lists/create-dashboard/) with the IP addresses for which you want to allow access.<br/>
    For example, create an IP list named `allowed_ips` with one or more IP addresses. For more information on the accepted IP address formats, refer to [IP lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists).

2.  Create a custom rule skipping all rules for any request from the IPs in the list you created (`allowed_ips` in the current example).

    - **Expression**: `(ip.src in $allowed_ips)`
    - **Action**: _Skip:_
      - _All remaining custom rules_
      - _Skip phases_:
        - _All rate limiting rules_
        - _All Super Bot Fight Mode rules_
        - _All managed rules_

Make sure the new rule appears before any other custom rules in the rules list.

## Other resources

- [Use case: Require known IP addresses in site admin area](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/site-admin-only-known-ips/)
- [Available skip options](/waf/custom-rules/skip/options/)

---

# Allow traffic from search engine bots

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-verified-bots/

This example challenges requests from a list of countries, but allows traffic from search engine bots — such as Googlebot and Bingbot — and from other [verified bots](/bots/concepts/bot/#verified-bots).

The rule expression uses the [`cf.client.bot`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.client.bot/) field to determine if the request originated from a known good bot or crawler.

- **Expression**: `(ip.src.country in {"US" "MX"} and not cf.client.bot)`
- **Action**: _Managed Challenge_

## Other resources

- [Use case: Challenge bad bots](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/)
- [Cloudflare bot solutions](/bots/)
- [Troubleshooting: Bing's Site Scan blocked by a WAF managed rule](/waf/troubleshooting/blocked-bing-site-scans/)
- [Learning Center: What is a web crawler?](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-a-web-crawler/)

---

# Allow traffic from specific countries only

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-specific-countries/

This example blocks requests based on country code using the [`ip.src.country`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.country/) field, only allowing requests from two countries: United States and Mexico.

- **Expression**: `(not ip.src.country in {"US" "MX"})`
- **Action**: _Block_

## Other resources

- [Use case: Block traffic from specific countries](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/block-traffic-from-specific-countries/)

---

# Block traffic from specific countries

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/block-traffic-from-specific-countries/

This example blocks requests based on country code using the [`ip.src.country`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.country/) field.

- **Expression**: `(ip.src.country in {"KN" "SY"})`
- **Action**: _Block_

## Other resources

- [Use case: Allow traffic from specific countries only](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-specific-countries/)

---

# Block requests by Threat Score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/block-ip-reputation/

import { GlossaryDefinition } from "~/components";

<GlossaryDefinition term="threat score" />

This example blocks requests based on country code ([ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) format), from IP addresses that score greater than 0. This is equivalent to setting the Security Level in **Security** > **Settings** to _High_. For more information, refer to [Security Level](/waf/tools/security-level/).

- **Expression**: `(ip.src.country in {"CN" "TW" "US" "GB"} and cf.threat_score gt 0)`
- **Action**: _Block_

---

# Issue challenge for admin user in JWT claim based on attack score

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/check-jwt-claim-to-protect-admin-user/

:::note
To use claims inside a JSON Web Token (JWT), you must first set up a [token validation configuration](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/) in API Shield.
:::

This example configures additional protection for requests with a JSON Web Token (JWT) with a user claim of `admin`, based on the request's [attack score](/waf/detections/attack-score/).

Create a custom rule that issues a Managed Challenge if the user claim in a JWT is `admin` and the attack score is below 40.

- **Expression**: `(lookup_json_string(http.request.jwt.claims["<TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID>"][0], "user") eq "admin" and cf.waf.score < 40)`
- **Action**: _Managed Challenge_

In this example, `<TOKEN_CONFIGURATION_ID>` is your [token configuration ID](/api-shield/security/jwt-validation/configure/) found in JWT Validation and `user` is the JWT claim.

---

# Block Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/block-ms-exchange-autodiscover/

In some cases, Microsoft Exchange Autodiscover service requests can be "noisy", triggering large numbers of `HTTP 404` (`Not found`) errors.

This example blocks requests for `autodiscover.xml` and `autodiscover.src`:

- **Expression**: `(ends_with(http.request.uri.path, "/autodiscover.xml") or ends_with(http.request.uri.path, "/autodiscover.src"))`
- **Action**: _Block_

Alternatively, customers on a Business or Enterprise plan can use the `matches` [comparison operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) for the same purpose. For this example, the expression would be the following:

```txt
(http.request.uri.path matches "/autodiscover.(xml|src)$")
```

---

# Challenge bad bots

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/challenge-bad-bots/

Cloudflare’s Bot Management feature scores the likelihood that a request originates from a bot.

:::note
Access to [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) requires a Cloudflare Enterprise plan with Bot Management enabled.
:::

Bot score ranges from 1 through 99. A low score indicates the request comes from a script, API service, or an automated agent. A high score indicates that a human issued the request from a standard desktop or mobile web browser.

These examples use:

- [`cf.bot_management.score`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.score/) to target requests from bots
- [`cf.bot_management.verified_bot`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.verified_bot/) to identify requests from [known good bots](https://radar.cloudflare.com/verified-bots)
- [`cf.bot_management.ja3_hash`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.ja3_hash/) to target specific [JA3 Fingerprints](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/)

## Suggested rules

For best results:

- Use [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/bm-subscription/) to learn about your traffic before applying rules.
- Start small and increase your bot threshold over time.

Your rules may also vary based on the [nature of your site](/bots/get-started/bm-subscription/) and your tolerance for false positives.

### General protection

The following three rules provide baseline protection against malicious bots:

**Rule 1:**

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.verified_bot)`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

**Rule 2:**

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score eq 1)`
- **Action**: _Block_

**Rule 3:**

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score gt 1 and cf.bot_management.score lt 30)`
- **Action**: _Managed Challenge_

### Specific protection for browser, API, and mobile traffic

#### Protect browser endpoints

When a request is definitely automated (score of 1) or likely automated (scores 2 through 29) and is _not_ on the list of known good bots, Cloudflare blocks the request.

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score lt 30 and not cf.bot_management.verified_bot)`
- **Action**: _Block_

#### Exempt API traffic

Since Bot Management detects automated users, you need to explicitly allow your **good** automated traffic⁠ — this includes your [APIs](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/api/what-is-an-api/) and partner APIs.

This example offers the same protection as the browser-only rule, but allows automated traffic to your API.

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score lt 30 and not cf.bot_management.verified_bot and not starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/api"))`
- **Action**: _Block_

#### Adjust for mobile traffic

Since Bot Management can be more sensitive to mobile traffic, you may want to add in additional logic to avoid blocking legitimate requests.

If you are handling requests from your own mobile application, you could potentially allow it based on its specific [JA3 fingerprint](/bots/concepts/ja3-ja4-fingerprint/).

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.ja3_hash eq "df669e7ea913f1ac0c0cce9a201a2ec1")`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

Otherwise, you could set lower thresholds for mobile traffic. The following rules would block definitely automated mobile traffic and challenge likely automated traffic.

**Rule 1:**

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score lt 2 and http.user_agent contains "App_Name 2.0")`
- **Action**: _Block_

**Rule 2:**

- **Expression**: `(cf.bot_management.score lt 30 and http.user_agent contains "App_Name 2.0")`
- **Action**: _Managed Challenge_

#### Combine the different rules

If your domain handles mobile, browser, and API traffic, you would want to arrange these example rules in the following order:

- Rule for [API traffic](#exempt-api-traffic)
- Rule(s) for [mobile traffic](#adjust-for-mobile-traffic)
- Rule for [browser traffic](#protect-browser-endpoints)

### Static resource protection

Static resources are protected by default when you create custom rules using the `cf.bot_management.score` field.

To exclude static resources, include `not (cf.bot_management.static_resource)` in your rule expression. For details, refer to [Static resource protection](/bots/reference/static-resources/).

### Additional considerations

From there, you could customize your custom rules based on specific request paths (`/login` or `/signup`), common traffic patterns, or many other characteristics.

Make sure you review [Bot Analytics](/bots/bot-analytics/bm-subscription/) and [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) to check if your rules need more tuning.

---

## Other resources

- [Use case: Allow traffic from verified bots](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-verified-bots/)
- [Tutorial: Integrate Turnstile, WAF, and Bot Management](/turnstile/tutorials/integrating-turnstile-waf-and-bot-management/)

---

# Configure token authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/configure-token-authentication/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Token authentication allows you to restrict access to documents, files, and media to select users without requiring them to register. This helps protect paid/restricted content from leeching and unauthorized sharing.

There are two options to configure token authentication: via Cloudflare Workers or via WAF custom rules.

## Option 1: Configure using Cloudflare Workers

Refer to the following Cloudflare Workers resources for two different implementations of token authentication:

- The [Sign requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/) example.
- The [Auth with headers](/workers/examples/auth-with-headers/) template.

To get started with Workers, refer to [Configure a Worker](/workers/get-started/quickstarts/).

:::note

The code provided in the [Sign requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/) example is compatible with the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function used in [Option 2](#option-2-configure-using-waf-custom-rules). This means that you can verify requests signed by the example Worker script using a WAF custom rule.
:::

## Option 2: Configure using WAF custom rules

Use the Rules language [`is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation) HMAC validation function to validate hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) tokens in a custom rule expression.

:::note
Access to the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` HMAC validation function requires a Cloudflare Pro, Business, or Enterprise plan.
:::

To validate token authentication:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.
3. Select **Create rule**.
4. Select **Edit expression** to switch to the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor).
5. Enter the rule expression, making sure you include a call to the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function.
6. Under **Then take action**, select an action such as _Block_.
7. To save and deploy your rule, select **Deploy**.

### Example rule

This example illustrates a rule that blocks any visitor that does not pass HMAC key validation on a specific hostname and URL path. Details required for token authentication include:

- The secret key for generating and validating the HMAC (for example, `mysecrettoken`)
- The path you wish to authenticate (for example, `downloads.example.com/images/cat.jpg`)
- The name of the query string parameter containing the token (for example, `verify`)
- The token lifetime in seconds (for example, 3 hours = 10,800 seconds)

Consider the following example URL:

```txt
downloads.example.com/images/cat.jpg?verify=1484063787-9JQB8vP1z0yc5DEBnH6JGWM3mBmvIeMrnnxFi3WtJLE%3D
```

Where:

- `/images/cat.jpg` represents the path to the asset — the HMAC message to authenticate.
- `?verify=` is the separator between the path to the asset and the timestamp when the HMAC token was issued.
- `1484063787` represents the timestamp when the token was issued, expressed as UNIX time in seconds.
- `9JQB8vP1z0yc5DEBnH6JGWM3mBmvIeMrnnxFi3WtJLE%3D` is a Base64-encoded MAC.

:::caution
When you do not use the optional `flags` argument for `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()`, you must URL encode the Base64-encoded MAC value. For more information, refer to [HMAC validation](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation).
:::

The expression for the custom rule would be similar to the following:

```txt
(http.host eq "downloads.example.com" and not is_timed_hmac_valid_v0("mysecrettoken", http.request.uri, 10800, http.request.timestamp.sec, 8))
```

The components of this example custom rule (using the previous example URL) include:

- Token secret key = `mysecrettoken`
- Token lifetime = `10800` (10,800 seconds = 3 hours)
- `http.request.uri` = `/images/cat.jpg?verify=1484063787-9JQB8vP1z0yc5DEBnH6JGWM3mBmvIeMrnnxFi3WtJLE%3D`
- `http.request.timestamp.sec` = `1484071925` (for example)
- Separator length: `len("?verify=")` = `8`

The [`is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#hmac-validation) function compares the value of a MAC generated using the `mysecrettoken` secret key to the value encoded in `http.request.uri`.

If the MAC values match and if the token has not expired yet, according to the following formula:

```txt
http.request.timestamp.sec < (<TIMESTAMP_ISSUED> + 10800)
```

Then the token is valid and the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function returns `true`.

---

## HMAC token generation

The following examples show how you could generate tokens at your origin server for the path validated using the WAF custom rule described in the previous section:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="python 3.8">

```python
import hmac
import base64
import time
import urllib.parse
from hashlib import sha256

message = "/images/cat.jpg"
secret = "mysecrettoken"
separator = "verify"
timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
digest = hmac.new((secret).encode('utf8'), "{}{}".format(message, timestamp).encode('utf8'), sha256)
token = urllib.parse.quote_plus(base64.b64encode(digest.digest()))
print("{}={}-{}".format(separator, timestamp, token))
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="python 2.7">

```python
import hmac
import base64
import time
import urllib
from hashlib import sha256

message = "/images/cat.jpg"
secret = "mysecrettoken"
separator = "verify"
timestamp = str(int(time.time()))
digest = hmac.new(secret, message + timestamp, sha256)
param = urllib.urlencode({separator: '%s-%s' % (timestamp, base64.b64encode(digest.digest()))})
print(param)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="php">

```php
<?php
$message = "/images/cat.jpg";
$secret = "mysecrettoken";
$separator = "verify";
$timestamp = time();
$token = urlencode(base64_encode(hash_hmac("sha256", $message . $timestamp, $secret, true)));
echo("{$separator}={$timestamp}-{$token}");
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="workers">

For a full example in JavaScript (JS) or TypeScript (TS), refer to the [Sign requests](/workers/examples/signing-requests/) example in the Workers documentation.

Since the example JS/TS implementation is compatible with `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function, requests authenticated using the provided source code can be verified with a WAF custom rule and the `is_timed_hmac_valid_v0()` function.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This will generate a URL parameter such as the following:

```txt
verify=1484063787-9JQB8vP1z0yc5DEBnH6JGWM3mBmvIeMrnnxFi3WtJLE%3D
```

You will need to append this parameter to the URL you are protecting:

```txt
/images/cat.jpg?verify=1484063787-9JQB8vP1z0yc5DEBnH6JGWM3mBmvIeMrnnxFi3WtJLE%3D
```

:::caution
The authentication token parameter (`verify=<VALUE>` in the example) must be the last parameter in the query string.
:::

### Testing the generated token parameter

If you are on an Enterprise plan, you can test if URLs are being generated correctly on the origin server by doing the following:

1. Set the WAF custom rule action to _Log_.
2. Check the activity log in **Security** > **Events**.

---

## Protecting several paths using the same secret

You can use the same secret key to protect several URI paths.

This is illustrated in the previous example, where `http.request.uri` is passed as the [`MessageMAC`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#messagemac) argument to the validation function.

Since `http.request.uri` includes the path to the asset and that value is extracted for each request, the validation function evaluates all request URIs to `downloads.example.com` using the same secret key.

Note that while you can use the same secret key to authenticate several paths, you must generate an HMAC token for each unique message you want to authenticate.

---

# Exempt partners from Hotlink Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/exempt-partners-hotlink-protection/

When enabled, [Cloudflare Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/) blocks all HTTP referrers that are not part of your domain or zone. That presents a problem if you allow partners to use inline links to your assets.

## Allow requests from partners using custom rules

You can use custom rules to protect against hotlinking while allowing inline links from your partners. In this case, you will need to disable [Hotlink Protection](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/) within the **Scrape Shield** app so that partner referrals are not blocked by that feature.

This example uses the [`http.referer`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.referer/) field to target HTTP referrals from partner sites.

The `not` operator matches HTTP referrals that are not from partner sites, and the action blocks them:

- **Expression**: `not (http.referer contains "example.com" or http.referer eq "www.example.net" or http.referer eq "www.cloudflare.com")`
- **Action**: _Block_

## Allow requests from partners using Configuration Rules

Alternatively, you can create a [configuration rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to exclude HTTP referrals from partner sites from Hotlink Protection. In this case, you would keep the Hotlink Protection feature enabled.

---

# Common use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The following common use cases illustrate how to secure web traffic to your sites and applications with custom rules:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Require a specific cookie

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/require-specific-cookie/

To secure a sensitive area such as a development area, you can share a cookie with trusted individuals and then filter requests so that only users with that cookie can access your site.

Use the [`http.cookie`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.cookie/) field to target requests based on the presence of a specific cookie.

This example comprises two rules:

- The first rule targets requests to `dev.www.example.com` that have a specific cookie key, `devaccess`. As long as the value of the cookie key contains one of three authorized users — `james`, `matt`, or `michael` — the expression matches and the request is allowed, skipping all other custom rules.
- The second rule blocks all access to `dev.www.example.com`.

Since custom rules are evaluated in order, Cloudflare grants access to requests that satisfy rule 1 and blocks all other requests to `dev.www.example.com`:

**Rule 1:**

- **Expression**: `(http.cookie contains "devaccess=james" or http.cookie contains "devaccess=matt" or http.cookie contains "devaccess=michael") and http.host eq "dev.www.example.com"`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

**Rule 2:**

- **Expression**: `(http.host eq "dev.www.example.com")`
- **Action**: _Block_

---

# Require specific HTTP headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/require-specific-headers/

Many organizations qualify traffic based on the presence of specific HTTP request headers. Use the Rules language [HTTP request header fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) to target requests with specific headers.

This example uses the `http.headers.names` field to look for the presence of an `X-CSRF-Token` header. The [`lower()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lower) transformation function converts the value to lowercase so that the expression is case insensitive.

When the `X-CSRF-Token` header is missing, Cloudflare blocks the request:

- **Expression**: `not any(lower(http.request.headers.names[*])[*] eq "x-csrf-token") and (http.request.full_uri eq "https://www.example.com/somepath")`
- **Action**: _Block_

---

# Require specific HTTP ports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/require-specific-http-ports/

import { Render } from "~/components";

By default, Cloudflare allows requests on a [number of different HTTP ports](/fundamentals/reference/network-ports/).

You can target requests based on their HTTP port with the [`cf.edge.server_port`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.edge.server_port/) field. Use the `in` [comparison operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) to target a set of ports.

This example blocks requests to `www.example.com` that are not on ports `80` or `443`:

- **Expression**: `(http.host eq "www.example.com" and not cf.edge.server_port in {80 443})`
- **Action**: _Block_

:::note[Open server ports and blocked traffic]

<Render file="open-ports-blocked-traffic" />

Custom rules and WAF Managed Rules can block traffic at the application layer (layer 7 in the [OSI model](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/open-systems-interconnection-model-osi/)), preventing HTTP/HTTPS requests over non-standard ports from reaching the origin server.

:::

---

# Require known IP addresses in site admin area

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/site-admin-only-known-ips/

If an attack compromises the administrative area of your website, the consequences can be severe. With custom rules, you can protect your site’s admin area by blocking requests for access to admin paths that do not come from a known IP address.

The example below limits access to the WordPress admin area, `/wp-admin/`, by blocking requests that do not originate from a specified set of IP addresses.

To prevent attackers from successfully using a permutation of `/wp-admin/` such as `/wP-AdMiN/`, use the [`lower()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lower) transformation function to convert the URI path to lowercase:

- **Expression**: `(not ip.src in {10.20.30.40 192.168.1.0/24} and starts_with(lower(http.request.uri.path), "/wp-admin"))`
- **Action**: _Block_

## Other resources

- [Use case: Allow traffic from IP addresses in allowlist only](/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/allow-traffic-from-ips-in-allowlist/)

---

# Stop R-U-Dead-Yet? (R.U.D.Y.) attacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/stop-rudy-attacks/

R-U-Dead-Yet (R.U.D.Y.) attacks accomplish denial of service (DoS) by submitting long form fields. Use custom rules to stop these attacks by blocking requests that do not have a legitimate session cookie.

This example combines three expressions to target HTTP `POST` requests that do not contain a legitimate authenticated session cookie:

- The first expression uses the [`http.request.uri.path`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.path/) field to target the paths to secure from R.U.D.Y.:

  ```txt
  http.request.uri.path matches "(comment|conversation|event|poll)/create"
  ```

- The second uses a regular expression to match the format of a legitimate `auth_session` cookie. The `not` operator targets requests where that cookie is not formatted correctly:

  ```txt
  not http.cookie matches "auth_session=[0-9a-zA-Z]{32}-[0-9]{10}-[0-9a-z]{6}"
  ```

- The third expression targets HTTP `POST` requests:

  ```txt
  http.request.method eq "POST"
  ```

The three expressions are combined into a compound expression using the `and` operator. When an HTTP `POST` request to any of the specified URIs does not contain a properly formatted `auth_session` cookie, Cloudflare blocks the request:

- **Expression**: `(http.request.method eq "POST" and http.request.uri.path matches "(comment|conversation|event|poll)/create" and not http.cookie matches "auth_session=[0-9a-zA-Z]{32}-[0-9]{10}-[0-9a-z]{6}")`
- **Action**: _Block_

:::note
The [`matches`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) operator requires a Cloudflare Business or Enterprise plan.
:::

---

# Common API calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/api-calls/

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage the leaked credentials detection and custom detection locations must have one of the following [permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/):

- Zone WAF Edit
- Account WAF Edit

---

## General operations

The following API examples cover basic operations such as enabling and disabling the leaked credentials detection.

### Turn on leaked credentials detection

To turn on leaked credentials detection, use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "enabled": true }'
```

### Turn off leaked credentials detection

To turn off leaked credentials detection, use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "enabled": false }'
```

### Get status of leaked credentials detection

To obtain the current status of the leaked credentials detection, use a `GET` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": {
		"enabled": true
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Custom detection location operations

The following API examples cover operations on custom detection locations for leaked credentials detection.

### Add a custom detection location

Use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks/detections" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "username": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"user\")",
  "password": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"secret\")"
}'
```

### Get existing custom detection locations

To get a list of existing custom detection locations, use a `GET` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks/detections" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<ITEM_ID>",
			"username": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"user\")",
			"password": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"secret\")"
		}
		// (...)
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Delete a custom detection location

Use a `DELETE` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks/detections/{item_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

---

# Update custom rules for customers or partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/custom-rules/use-cases/update-rules-customers-partners/

You may want to adjust your custom rules to increase access by customers or partners.

Potential examples include:

- Removing rate limiting for an API
- Sharing brand assets and marketing materials

:::caution
The example rules in this page can bypass Cloudflare's security features and are generally not recommended. Use with caution.
:::

## Use ASN in custom rules

If a customer or partner is large enough, you could set up a custom rule based on an [autonomous system number (ASN)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/).

### Allow traffic by ASN

This example uses:

- The [`ip.src.asnum`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.asnum/) field to specify the general region.
- The [`cf.bot_management.score`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.score/) field to ensure partner traffic does not come from bots.

Example rule:

- **Expression**: `(ip.src.asnum eq 64496 and cf.bot_management.score gt 30)`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

:::note
Access to [Bot Management](/bots/plans/bm-subscription/) requires a Cloudflare Enterprise plan with Bot Management.
:::

### Adjust rules by ASN

This example uses:

- The [`ip.src.asnum`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/ip.src.asnum/) field to specify the general region.
- The [`cf.threat_score`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.threat_score/) dynamic field to ensure requests are not high-risk traffic.

If a request meets these criteria, your custom rule skips [User Agent Blocking](/waf/tools/user-agent-blocking/) rules.

- **Expression**: `(ip.src.asnum eq 64496 and cf.threat_score lt 14)`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _User Agent Blocking_

## Use IP addresses in custom rules

For smaller organizations, you could set up custom rules based on IP addresses.

### Allow traffic by IP address

This example:

- Specifies the source IP address and the host.
- Uses the [`cf.bot_management.score`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.bot_management.score/) field to ensure requests are not high-risk traffic.

Example rule:

- **Expression**: `(ip.src eq 203.0.113.1 and http.host eq "example.com" and cf.bot_management.score gt 30)`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

### Adjust rules by IP address

This example specifies the source IP address and the host.

If a request meets these criteria, it will skip [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/).

- **Expression**: `(ip.src eq 203.0.113.1 and http.host eq "example.com")`
- **Action**: _Skip:_
  - _All remaining custom rules_

---

# Mitigation examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/examples/

import { Example } from "~/components";

## Rate limit suspicious logins with leaked credentials

:::note
Access to the `cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked` field requires a Pro plan or above.
:::

Create a [rate limiting rule](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) using [account takeover (ATO) detection](/bots/concepts/detection-ids/#account-takeover-detections) and leaked credentials fields to limit volumetric attacks from particular IP addresses, JA4 Fingerprints, or countries.

The following example rule applies rate limiting to requests with a specific [ATO detection ID](/bots/concepts/detection-ids/#account-takeover-detections) (corresponding to `Observes all login traffic to the zone`) that contain a previously leaked username and password:

<Example>

**When incoming requests match**:<br/>
`(any(cf.bot_management.detection_ids[*] eq 201326593 and cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked))`

**With the same characteristics**: _IP_

When rate exceeds:

- **Requests**: `5`
- **Period**: _1 minute_

</Example>

## Challenge requests containing leaked credentials

:::note
Access to the _User and Password Leaked_ (`cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked`) field requires a Pro plan or above.
:::

Create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that challenges requests containing a previously leaked set of credentials (username and password).

- **Expression**: If you use the Expression Builder, configure the following expression:

  | Field                    | Operator | Value |
  | ------------------------ | -------- | ----- |
  | User and Password Leaked | equals   | True  |

  If you use the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:

  ```txt
  (cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked)
  ```

- **Action**: _Managed Challenge_

---

## More resources

- [Terraform example: Add a custom rule challenging requests with leaked credentials](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/#add-a-custom-rule-challenging-requests-with-leaked-credentials)

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/get-started/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, Details } from "~/components";

## 1. Turn on the detection

<Render file="leaked-credentials-detection-enable" />

:::note
To achieve optimal latency performance, Cloudflare recommends that you turn off [Exposed Credentials Checks](/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/) (a previous implementation) after turning on leaked credentials detection and setting up your mitigation strategy as described in the next steps.
:::

## 2. Validate the leaked credentials detection behavior

Use [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) and HTTP logs to validate that the WAF is correctly detecting leaked credentials in incoming requests.

Refer to [Test your configuration](#test-your-configuration) for more information on the test credentials you can use to validate your configuration.

Alternatively, create a WAF custom rule like the one described in the next step using a _Log_ action (only available to Enterprise customers). This rule will generate firewall events (available in **Security** > **Events**) that will allow you to validate your configuration.

## 3. Mitigate requests with leaked credentials

If you are on a Free plan, deploy the suggested [rate limiting rule](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) template available in **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**. When you deploy a rule using this template, you get instant protection against IPs attempting to access your application with a leaked password more than five times per 10 seconds. This rule can delay attacks by blocking them for a period of time. Alternatively, you can create a custom rule.

Paid plans have access to more granular controls when creating a WAF rule. If you are on a paid plan, create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that challenges requests containing leaked credentials:

| Field                    | Operator | Value |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----- |
| User and Password Leaked | equals   | True  |

If you use the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:

```txt
(cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked)
```

Rule action: _Managed Challenge_

This rule will match requests where the WAF detects a previously leaked set of credentials (username and password). For a list of fields provided by leaked credentials detection, refer to [Leaked credentials fields](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/#leaked-credentials-fields).

<Details header="Combine with other Rules language fields">

You can combine the previous expression with other [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) and [functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/) of the Rules language. This allows you to customize the rule scope or combine leaked credential checking with other security features. For example:

- The following expression will match requests containing leaked credentials addressed at an authentication endpoint:

  | Field                    | Operator | Value              | Logic |
  | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------ | ----- |
  | User and Password Leaked | equals   | True               | And   |
  | URI Path                 | contains | `/admin/login.php` |       |

  Expression when using the editor: <br/>
  `(cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked and http.request.uri.path contains "/admin/login.php")`

- The following expression will match requests coming from bots that include authentication credentials:

  | Field                   | Operator  | Value | Logic |
  | ----------------------- | --------- | ----- | ----- |
  | Authentication detected | equals    | True  | And   |
  | Bot Score               | less than | `10`  |       |

  Expression when using the editor: <br/>
  `(cf.waf.auth_detected and cf.bot_management.score lt 10)`

</Details>

For additional examples, refer to [Mitigation examples](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/examples/).

### Handle detected leaked credentials at the origin server

Additionally, you may want to handle leaked credentials detected by Cloudflare at your [origin server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/).

1. Turn on the [**Add Leaked Credentials Checks Header** managed transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-leaked-credentials-checks-header).

2. For requests received at your origin server containing the `Exposed-Credential-Check` header, you could redirect your end users to your reset password page when detecting previously leaked credentials.

## 4. (Optional) Configure a custom detection location

To check for leaked credentials in a way that is not covered by the default configuration, add a custom detection location.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Incoming traffic detections**, select **Leaked credentials** and then select **Add custom username and password location**.
4. In **Username location** and **Password location** (optional), enter expressions for obtaining the username and the password from the HTTP request. Refer to the following example expressions:

   | Request type     | Username location / Password location                                                                           |
   | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | JSON body        | `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "user")`<br/>`lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "secret")`   |
   | URL-encoded form | `url_decode(http.request.body.form["user"][0])`<br/>`url_decode(http.request.body.form["secret"][0])`           |
   | Multipart form   | `url_decode(http.request.body.multipart["user"][0])`<br/>`url_decode(http.request.body.multipart["secret"][0])` |

   Refer to the [`lookup_json_string()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string) and [`url_decode()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#url_decode) documentation for more information on these functions.

5. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/leaked-credential-checks/detections" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "username": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"user\")",
  "password": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"secret\")"
}'
```

This pair of lookup expressions (for username and password) will scan incoming HTTP requests containing a JSON body with a structure similar to the following:

```js
{"user": "<username>", "secret": "<password>"}
```

Refer to the [`lookup_json_string()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string) documentation for more information on this function.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

Use the `cloudflare_leaked_credential_check_rule` resource to add a custom detection location. For example:

```terraform
resource "cloudflare_leaked_credential_check_rule" "custom_location_example" {
	zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
	username = "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"user\")"
	password = "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"secret\")"
}
```

For more information, refer to the [Terraform Cloudflare provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

You only need to provide an expression for the username in custom detection locations.

---

## Test your configuration

Cloudflare provides a special set of case-sensitive credentials for testing the configuration of the leaked credentials detection.

After enabling and configuring the detection, you can use the credentials mentioned in this section in your test HTTP requests.

Test credentials for users on a Free plan (will also work in paid plans):

- Username: `CF_LEAKED_USERNAME_FREE`
- Password: `CF_LEAKED_PASSWORD`

Test credentials for users on paid plans (will not work on Free plans):

- Username: `CF_EXPOSED_USERNAME` or `CF_EXPOSED_USERNAME@example.com`
- Password: `CF_EXPOSED_PASSWORD`

The Cloudflare WAF considers these specific credentials as having been previously leaked. Use them in your tests to check the behavior of your current configuration.

---

# Leaked credentials detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/

The leaked credentials [traffic detection](/waf/detections/) scans incoming requests for previously leaked credentials (usernames and passwords) previously leaked from [data breaches](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-a-data-breach/).

:::note
If you are currently using [Exposed Credentials Check](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/) (a previous implementation) and want to upgrade to leaked credentials detection, refer to our [upgrade guide](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/upgrade-to-leaked-credentials-detection/).
:::

## How it works

Once enabled, leaked credentials detection will scan incoming HTTP requests for known authentication patterns from common web apps and any custom detection locations you configure.

If Cloudflare detects authentication credentials in the request, those credentials are checked against a list of known leaked credentials. This list of credentials consists of Cloudflare-collected credentials, in addition to the [Have I been Pwned (HIBP)](https://haveibeenpwned.com) matched passwords dataset.

Cloudflare will populate the existing [leaked credentials fields](#leaked-credentials-fields) based on the scan results. You can check these results in the [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) dashboard, and use these fields in rule expressions ([custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) or [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/)) to protect your application against the usage of compromised credentials by your end users, and also against leaked credential attacks.

In addition, leaked credentials detection provides a [managed transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-leaked-credentials-checks-header) that adds an `Exposed-Credential-Check` request header with a value indicating which field was leaked. For example, if both username and password were previously leaked, the header value will be `1`; if only the password was leaked, the value will be `4`.

One common approach used in web applications when detecting the use of stolen credentials is to warn end users about the situation and ask them to update their password. You can do this based on the managed header received at your origin server.

:::note
Cloudflare may detect leaked credentials either because an attacker is performing a [credential stuffing](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-credential-stuffing/) attack or because a legitimate end user is reusing a previously leaked password.
:::

## Availability

For details on available features per plan, refer to [Availability](/waf/detections/#availability) in the traffic detections page.

## Default scan locations

Leaked credentials detection includes rules for identifying credentials in HTTP requests for the following well-known web applications:

- Drupal
- Joomla
- Ghost
- Magento
- Plone
- WordPress
- Microsoft Exchange OWA

Additionally, the scan includes generic rules for other common web authentication patterns.

You can also configure custom detection locations to address the specific authentication mechanism used in your web applications. A custom detection location tells the Cloudflare WAF where to find usernames and passwords in HTTP requests of your web application.

## Custom detection locations

:::note
Only available for Enterprise customers.
:::

Sometimes, you may wish to specify where to find credentials in HTTP requests for the specific case of your web applications.

For example, if the JSON body of an HTTP authenticating a user looked like the following in your web application:

```json
{ "user": "<username>", "secret": "<password>" }
```

You could configure a custom detection location with the following settings:

- Custom location for username:<br/>
  `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "user")`
- Custom location for password:<br/>
  `lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "secret")`

When specifying a custom detection location, only the location of the username field is required.

Expressions used to specify custom detection locations can include the following fields and functions:

- Fields:
  - [`http.request.body.form`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.form/)
  - [`http.request.body.multipart`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.multipart/)
  - [`http.request.body.raw`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.body.raw/)
  - [`http.request.headers`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.headers/)
  - [`http.request.uri.query`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.request.uri.query/)
- Functions:
  - [`lookup_json_string()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string)
  - [`url_decode()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#url_decode)

For instructions on configuring a custom detection location, refer to [Get started](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/get-started/#4-optional-configure-a-custom-detection-location).

## Leaked credentials fields

| Field name in the dashboard | Field                                                       | Availability       |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Password Leaked             | [`cf.waf.credential_check.password_leaked`][1]              | All plans          |
| User and Password Leaked    | [`cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked`][2] | Pro plan and above |
| Username Leaked             | [`cf.waf.credential_check.username_leaked`][3]              | Enterprise plan    |
| Similar Password Leaked     | [`cf.waf.credential_check.username_password_similar`][4]    | Enterprise plan    |
| Authentication detected     | [`cf.waf.auth_detected`][5]                                 | Enterprise plan    |

[1]: /ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.credential_check.password_leaked/
[2]: /ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked/
[3]: /ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.credential_check.username_leaked/
[4]: /ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.credential_check.username_password_similar/
[5]: /ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.auth_detected/

---

# Example rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/example-rules/

## Log requests with an uploaded content object

This [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) example logs all requests with at least one uploaded content object:

- Expression: `cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj`
- Action: _Log_

## Block requests to URI path with a malicious content object

This custom rule example blocks requests addressed at `/upload.php` that contain at least one uploaded content object considered malicious:

- Expression: `cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj and http.request.uri.path eq "/upload.php"`
- Action: _Block_

## Block requests with non-PDF file uploads

This custom rule example blocks requests addressed at `/upload` with uploaded content objects that are not PDF files:

- Expression: `any(cf.waf.content_scan.obj_types[*] != "application/pdf") and http.request.uri.path eq "/upload"`
- Action: _Block_

## Block requests with uploaded files over 500 KB

This custom rule example blocks requests addressed at `/upload` with uploaded content objects over 500 KB in size:

- Expression: `any(cf.waf.content_scan.obj_sizes[*] > 500000) and http.request.uri.path eq "/upload"`
- Action: _Block_

## Block requests with uploaded files over the content scanning limit (15 MB)

This custom rule example blocks requests with uploaded content objects over 15 MB in size (the current content scanning limit):

- Expression: `any(cf.waf.content_scan.obj_sizes[*] >= 15000000)`
- Action: _Block_

In this example, you must also test for equality because currently any file over 15 MB will be handled internally as if it had a size of 15 MB. This means that using the `>` (greater than) [comparison operator](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/#comparison-operators) would not work for this particular rule — you should use `>=` (greater than or equal) instead.

---

## More resources

- [Terraform example: Add a custom rule blocking malicious uploads](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/#add-a-custom-rule-blocking-malicious-uploads)

---

# Common API calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/api-calls/

## Required API token permissions

The API token used in API requests to manage WAF content scanning and custom scan expressions must have one of the following [permissions](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/):

- Zone WAF Edit
- Account WAF Edit

---

## General operations

The following API examples cover basic operations such as enabling and disabling WAF content scanning.

### Enable WAF content scanning

To enable content scanning, use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request POST \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/enable" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

### Disable WAF content scanning

To disable content scanning, use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request POST \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/disable" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

### Get WAF content scanning status

To obtain the current status of the content scanning feature, use a `GET` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/settings" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

## Custom expression operations

The following API examples cover operations on custom scan expressions for content scanning.

### Get existing custom scan expressions

To get a list of existing custom scan expressions, use a `GET` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/payloads" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output
{
	"result": [
		{
			"id": "<EXPRESSION_ID>",
			"payload": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"file\")"
		}
	],
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

### Add a custom scan expression

Use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/payloads" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "payload": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"file\")"
  }
]'
```

### Delete a custom scan expression

Use a `DELETE` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/payloads/{expression_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/get-started/

import { Details, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note
WAF content scanning is available to customers on an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

## 1. Turn on the detection

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.
3. Under **Incoming traffic detections**, turn on **Malicious uploads**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Enable the feature using a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl --request POST \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/enable" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

Use the `cloudflare_content_scanning` resource to enable malicious uploads detection for a zone. For example:

```terraform
resource "cloudflare_content_scanning" "zone_malicious_uploads_example" {
	zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
	enabled = true
}
```

For more information, refer to the [Terraform Cloudflare provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Validate the content scanning behavior

Use [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/) and HTTP logs to validate that malicious content objects are being detected correctly.

You can use the [EICAR anti-malware test file](https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/) to test content scanning (select the ZIP format).

Alternatively, create a WAF custom rule like described in the next step using a _Log_ action instead of a mitigation action like _Block_. This rule will generate security events (available in **Security** > **Events**) that will allow you to validate your configuration.

## 3. Create a WAF custom rule

Create a WAF [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) that blocks detected malicious content objects uploaded to your application.

For example, create a custom rule with the _Block_ action and the following expression:

| Field                        | Operator | Value |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ----- |
| Has malicious content object | equals   | True  |

If you use the Expression Editor, enter the following expression:

```txt
(cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj)
```

This rule will match requests where the WAF detects a suspicious or malicious content object. For a list of fields provided by WAF content scanning, refer to [Content scanning fields](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/#content-scanning-fields).

<Details header="Optional: Combine with other Rules language fields">

You can combine the previous expression with other [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/) and [functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/) of the Rules language. This allows you to customize the rule scope or combine content scanning with other security features. For example:

- The following expression will match requests with malicious content objects uploaded to a specific endpoint:

  | Field                        | Operator | Value        | Logic |
  | ---------------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ----- |
  | Has malicious content object | equals   | True         | And   |
  | URI Path                     | contains | `upload.php` |       |

  Expression when using the editor:

  ```txt
  (cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj and http.request.uri.path contains "upload.php")
  ```

- The following expression will match requests from bots uploading content objects:

  | Field              | Operator  | Value | Logic |
  | ------------------ | --------- | ----- | ----- |
  | Has content object | equals    | True  | And   |
  | Bot Score          | less than | `10`  |       |

  Expression when using the editor:

  ```txt
  (cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj and cf.bot_management.score lt 10)
  ```

</Details>

For additional examples, refer to [Example rules](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/example-rules/).

## 4. (Optional) Configure a custom scan expression

To check uploaded content in a way that is not covered by the default configuration, add a [custom scan expression](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/#custom-scan-expressions).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **Settings**.

3. Under **Incoming traffic detections**, select **Malicious uploads**.

4. Select **Add content object location**.

5. In **Content location**, enter your custom scan expression. For example:

   ```txt
   lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "file")
   ```

6. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use a `POST` request similar to the following:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/content-upload-scan/payloads" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "payload": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"file\")"
  }
]'
```

The above request will add the following expression to the current list of custom scan expressions:

```txt
lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, "file")
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Terraform">

Use the `cloudflare_content_scanning_expression` resource to add a custom scan expression. For example:

```terraform
resource "cloudflare_content_scanning_expression" "my_custom_scan_expression" {
  zone_id = <ZONE_ID>
  payload = "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"file\")"
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The custom scan expression will scan any string found in an HTTP body with the following JSON string:

```json
{ "file": "<BASE64_ENCODED_STRING>" }
```

Refer to the [`lookup_json_string()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string) documentation for more information and additional examples of looking up fields in nested JSON payloads.

:::note
The content scanner will automatically decode Base64 strings.
:::

---

# Malicious uploads detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The malicious uploads detection, also called uploaded content scanning, is a WAF [traffic detection](/waf/concepts/#detection-versus-mitigation) that scans content being uploaded to your application.

When enabled, content scanning attempts to detect content objects, such as uploaded files, and scans them for malicious signatures like malware. The scan results, along with additional metadata, are exposed as fields available in WAF [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), allowing you to implement fine-grained mitigation rules.

:::note
This feature is available to customers on an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

## How it works

Once enabled, content scanning will run for all incoming traffic, identifying <GlossaryTooltip term="content object" link="#what-is-a-content-object">content objects</GlossaryTooltip> automatically.

For every request with one or more detected content objects, the content scanner connects to an antivirus (AV) scanner to perform a thorough analysis of the content objects. Using the results of the scan, the WAF will populate several fields you can use in rule expressions. For example, you can create a basic rule to block requests containing malicious files, or a more complex rule where the expression matches specific file sizes, file types, or URI paths.

Cloudflare uses the same [anti-virus (AV) scanner used in Cloudflare Zero Trust](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/) for WAF content scanning.

:::caution

Content scanning will not apply any mitigation actions to requests with content objects considered malicious. It only provides a signal that you can use to define your attack mitigation strategy. You must create rules — [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) or [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) — to perform actions based on detected signals.

For more information on detection versus mitigation, refer to [Concepts](/waf/concepts/#detection-versus-mitigation).

:::

## What is a content object?

A content object is any request payload detected by heuristics that does not match any of the following types: `text/html`, `text/x-shellscript`, `application/json`, `text/csv`, and `text/xml`. All other content types are considered a content object, such as the following:

- Executable files (for example, `.exe`, `.bat`, `.dll`, and `.wasm`)
- Documents (for example, `.doc`, `.docx`, `.pdf`, `.ppt`, and `.xls`)
- Compressed files (for example, `.gz`, `.zip`, and `.rar`)
- Image files (for example, `.jpg`, `.png`, `.gif`, `.webp`, and `.tif`)
- Video and audio files

Content scanning does not take the request's `Content-Type` header into account, since this header can be manipulated. If the system detects a malicious object but cannot determine its exact content type, it reports the malicious content object as having an `application/octet-stream` content type.

## Scanned content

Content scanning can check the following content objects for malicious content:

- Uploaded files in a request
- Portions of the request body for multipart requests encoded as `multipart/form-data` or `multipart/mixed`
- Specific JSON properties in the request body (containing, for example, files encoded in Base64) according to the [custom scan expressions](#custom-scan-expressions) you provide

All content objects in an incoming request will be checked, namely for requests with multiple uploaded files (for example, a submitted HTML form with several file inputs).

The content scanner will fully check content objects with a size up to 15 MB. For larger content objects, the scanner will analyze the first 15 MB and provide scan results based on that portion of the object.

:::caution
The AV scanner will not scan some particular types of files, namely encrypted or password-protected files. Refer to [Non-scannable files](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/#non-scannable-files) for a list of AV scanning limitations.
:::

## Custom scan expressions

Sometimes, you may wish to specify where to find the content objects, such as when the content is a Base64-encoded string within a JSON payload. For example:

```json
{ "file": "<BASE64_ENCODED_STRING>" }
```

In these situations, configure a custom scan expression to tell the content scanner where to find the content objects. For more information, refer to [Configure a custom scan expression](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/get-started/#4-optional-configure-a-custom-scan-expression).

## Content scanning fields

When content scanning is enabled, you can use the following fields in WAF rules:

| Field name in the dashboard                                                                | Field name in expressions                                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Has content object                                                                         | [`cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_obj/)                     |
| Has malicious content object                                                               | [`cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_malicious_obj/) |
| Number of malicious content objects                                                        | [`cf.waf.content_scan.num_malicious_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.num_malicious_obj/) |
| Content scan has failed                                                                    | [`cf.waf.content_scan.has_failed`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.has_failed/)               |
| Number of content objects                                                                  | [`cf.waf.content_scan.num_obj`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.num_obj/)                     |
| Content object size (in bytes)                                                             | [`cf.waf.content_scan.obj_sizes`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.obj_sizes/)                 |
| Content object type                                                                        | [`cf.waf.content_scan.obj_types`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.obj_types/)                 |
| Content object result<br/>Values: `clean`, `suspicious`,<br/>`infected`, and `not scanned` | [`cf.waf.content_scan.obj_results`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/cf.waf.content_scan.obj_results/)             |

For examples of rule expressions using these fields, refer to [Example rules](/waf/detections/malicious-uploads/example-rules/).

---

# Configure via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/configure-api/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Configure exposed credentials checks using the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/). You can do the following:

- [Deploy the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/#configure-via-api).
- Create custom rules that check for exposed credentials.

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## Create a custom rule checking for exposed credentials

:::note
This feature requires account-level WAF, which is available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

You can create rules that check for exposed credentials using the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/). Include these rules in a custom ruleset, which you must create at the account level, and then deploy the custom ruleset to a phase.

A rule checking for exposed credentials has a match when both the rule expression and the result from the exposed credentials check are true.

To check for exposed credentials in a custom rule, include the `exposed_credential_check` object in the rule definition. This object must have the following properties:

- `username_expression` — Expression that selects the user ID used in the credentials check. This property can have up to 1024 characters.
- `password_expression` — Expression that selects the password used in the credentials check. This property can have up to 1024 characters.

:::note

These properties have additional requirements:

- Each expression must evaluate to a string.
- You can only use the [`upper()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#upper), [`lower()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lower), [`url_decode()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#url_decode), and [`lookup_json_string()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#lookup_json_string) functions, and you cannot nest these functions.

:::

You can use the `exposed_credential_check` object in rules with one of the following actions: `rewrite`, `log`, `block`, `challenge`, or `js_challenge`. Cloudflare recommends that you only use exposed credentials checks with the following actions: `rewrite` and `log`.

To create and deploy a custom ruleset, follow the workflow described in [Work with custom rulesets](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/).

### Example A

This `POST` request example creates a new custom ruleset with a rule that checks for exposed credentials. The rule has a match if both the rule expression and the `exposed_credential_check` result are `true`. When there is a match, the rule will log the request with exposed credentials in the Cloudflare logs.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Custom Ruleset A",
  "kind": "custom",
  "description": "This ruleset includes a rule checking for exposed credentials.",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "log",
      "description": "Exposed credentials check on login.php page",
      "expression": "http.request.method == \"POST\" && http.request.uri == \"/login.php\"",
      "exposed_credential_check": {
        "username_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"username\"][0])",
        "password_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"password\"][0])"
      }
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
}'
```

The response returns the created ruleset. Note the presence of the `exposed_credential_check` object on the rule definition.

```json null {15-18}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset A",
		"description": "This ruleset includes a rule checking for exposed credentials.",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "log",
				"description": "Exposed credentials check on login.php page",
				"expression": "http.request.method == \"POST\" && http.request.uri == \"/login.php\"",
				"exposed_credential_check": {
					"username_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"username\"][0])",
					"password_expression": "url_decode(http.request.body.form[\"password\"][0])"
				},
				"last_updated": "2021-03-19T10:48:04.057775Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2021-03-19T10:48:04.057775Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

The example uses the `url_decode()` function because fields in the request body (available in `http.request.body.form`) are URL-encoded when the content type is `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.

After creating a custom ruleset, deploy it to a phase so that it executes. Refer to [Deploy a custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/deploy-custom-ruleset/) for more information.

### Example B

This `POST` request example creates a new custom ruleset with a rule that checks for exposed credentials in JSON responses. The rule has a match if both the rule expression and the `exposed_credential_check` result are `true`. When there is a match, the rule will add an `Exposed-Credential-Check` HTTP header to the request with value `1`.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "Custom Ruleset B",
  "kind": "custom",
  "description": "This ruleset includes a rule checking for exposed credentials.",
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "rewrite",
      "action_parameters": {
        "headers": {
          "Exposed-Credential-Check": {
            "operation": "set",
            "value": "1"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Exposed credentials check on login endpoint with JSON body",
      "expression": "http.request.method == \"POST\" && http.request.uri == \"/login.php\" && any(http.request.headers[\"content-type\"][*] == \"application/json\")",
      "exposed_credential_check": {
        "username_expression": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"username\")",
        "password_expression": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"password\")"
      }
    }
  ],
  "phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
}'
```

The response returns the created ruleset. Note the presence of the following elements in the rule definition:

- The `rewrite` action.
- The `action_parameters` object configuring the HTTP header added to requests with exposed credentials.
- The `exposed_credential_check` object.

```json null {12-20,23-26}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "<CUSTOM_RULESET_ID>",
		"name": "Custom Ruleset B",
		"description": "This ruleset includes a rule checking for exposed credentials.",
		"kind": "custom",
		"version": "1",
		"rules": [
			{
				"id": "<CUSTOM_RULE_ID>",
				"version": "1",
				"action": "rewrite",
				"action_parameters": {
					"headers": {
						"Exposed-Credential-Check": {
							"operation": "set",
							"value": "1"
						}
					}
				},
				"description": "Exposed credentials check on login endpoint with JSON body",
				"expression": "http.request.method == \"POST\" && http.request.uri == \"/login.php\" && any(http.request.headers[\"content-type\"][*] == \"application/json\")",
				"exposed_credential_check": {
					"username_expression": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"username\")",
					"password_expression": "lookup_json_string(http.request.body.raw, \"password\")"
				},
				"last_updated": "2022-03-19T12:48:04.057775Z",
				"ref": "<CUSTOM_RULE_REF>",
				"enabled": true
			}
		],
		"last_updated": "2022-03-19T12:48:04.057775Z",
		"phase": "http_request_firewall_custom"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

## Next steps

After creating a custom ruleset, deploy it to the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase at the account level so that it executes. You will need the ruleset ID to deploy the custom ruleset. For more information, refer to [Deploy a custom ruleset](/ruleset-engine/custom-rulesets/deploy-custom-ruleset/).

---

# How it works

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/how-checks-work/

import { Render, Example } from "~/components";

WAF rules can include a check for exposed credentials. When enabled in a given rule, exposed credentials checking happens when there is a match for the rule expression (that is, the rule expression evaluates to `true`).

At this point, the WAF looks up the username/password pair in the request against a database of publicly available stolen credentials. When both the rule expression and the exposed credentials check are true, there is a rule match, and Cloudflare performs the action configured in the rule.

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## Example

For example, the following rule matches `POST` requests to the `/login.php` URI when Cloudflare identifies the submitted credentials as previously exposed:

<Example>

**Rule #1**

Rule expression:<br/>
`http.request.method == "POST" and http.request.uri == "/login.php"`

Exposed credentials check with the following configuration:

- Username expression: `http.request.body.form["user_id"]`
- Password expression: `http.request.body.form["password"]`

Action: _Interactive Challenge_

</Example>

When there is a match for the rule above and Cloudflare detects exposed credentials, the WAF presents the user with a challenge.

---

# Check for exposed credentials

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Many web applications have suffered <GlossaryTooltip term="credential stuffing" link="https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/what-is-credential-stuffing/">credential stuffing</GlossaryTooltip> attacks in the recent past. In these attacks there is a massive number of login attempts using username/password pairs from databases of <GlossaryTooltip term="leaked credentials">exposed credentials</GlossaryTooltip>.

Cloudflare offers you automated checks for exposed credentials using Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF).

<Render file="leaked-credentials-recommend-detection" />

The WAF provides two mechanisms for this check:

- The [Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/), which contains predefined rules for popular CMS applications. By enabling this ruleset for a given zone, you immediately enable checks for exposed credentials for these well-known applications. The managed ruleset is available to all paid plans.

- The ability to [write custom rules](#exposed-credentials-checks-in-custom-rules) at the account level that check for exposed credentials according to your criteria. This configuration option is available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.

Cloudflare updates the databases of exposed credentials supporting the exposed credentials check feature on a regular basis.

The username and password credentials in clear text never leave the Cloudflare network. The WAF only uses an anonymized version of the username and password when determining if there are previously exposed credentials. Cloudflare follows the approach based on the _k_-Anonymity mathematical property described in the following blog post: [Validating Leaked Passwords with k-Anonymity](https://blog.cloudflare.com/validating-leaked-passwords-with-k-anonymity/).

## Available actions

The WAF can perform one of the following actions when it detects exposed credentials:

- **Exposed-Credential-Check Header**: Adds a new HTTP header to HTTP requests with exposed credentials. Your application at the origin can then force a password reset, start a two-factor authentication process, or perform any other action. The name of the added HTTP header is `Exposed-Credential-Check` and its value is `1`. The action name is `Rewrite` in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/).

  :::caution
  While the header name is the same as when using the [**Add Leaked Credentials Checks Header** managed transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-leaked-credentials-checks-header), the header can have different values when using the managed transform (from `1` to `4`), depending on your Cloudflare plan.
  :::

- **Managed Challenge**: Helps reduce the lifetimes of human time spent solving CAPTCHAs across the Internet. Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will dynamically choose the appropriate type of challenge based on specific criteria.
- **Block**: Blocks HTTP requests containing exposed credentials.
- **JS Challenge**: Presents a non-interactive challenge to the clients making HTTP requests with exposed credentials.
- **Log**: Only available on Enterprise plans. Logs requests with exposed credentials in the Cloudflare logs. Recommended for validating a rule before committing to a more severe action.
- **Interactive Challenge**: Presents an interactive challenge to the clients making HTTP requests with exposed credentials.

The default action for the rules in the Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset is _Exposed-Credential-Check Header_ (named `rewrite` in the API).

Cloudflare recommends that you only use the following actions: _Exposed-Credential-Check Header_ (named `rewrite` in the API) and _Log_ (`log`).

## Exposed credentials checks in custom rules

:::note
Exposed credentials checks in custom rules are only available via API and require account-level WAF, which is available to Enterprise customers with a paid add-on.
:::

Besides enabling the [Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/), you can also check for exposed credentials in [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). One common use case is to create custom rules on the end user authentication endpoints of your application to check for exposed credentials. Rules that check for exposed credentials run before rate limiting rules.

To check for exposed credentials in a custom rule, include the exposed credentials check in the rule definition at the account level and specify how to obtain the username and password values from the HTTP request. For more information, refer to [Create a custom rule checking for exposed credentials](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/configure-api/#create-a-custom-rule-checking-for-exposed-credentials).

---

# Monitor exposed credentials events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/monitor-events/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The **Activity log** in Security Events shows entries for requests with exposed credentials identified by rules with the _Log_ action.

Check for exposed credentials events in the Security Events dashboard (**Security** > **Events** tab), filtering by a specific Rule ID. For more information on filtering security events, refer to [Adjusting displayed data](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#adjusting-displayed-data).

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## Important notes

Exposed credentials events are only logged after you activate the Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset or create a custom rule checking for exposed credentials.

The log entries will not contain the values of the exposed credentials (username, email, or password). However, if [matched payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/) is enabled, the log entries will contain the values of the fields in the rule expression that triggered the rule. These values might be the values of credential fields, depending on your rule configuration.

---

# Test your configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/test-configuration/

import { Render } from "~/components";

After enabling and configuring exposed credentials checks, you may want to test if the checks are working properly.

<Render file="leaked-credentials-recommend-detection" />

Cloudflare provides a special set of case-sensitive credentials for this purpose:

<Render file="exposed-creds-test-credentials" />

The WAF always considers these specific credentials as having been previously exposed. Use them to force an "exposed credentials" event, which allows you to check the behavior of your current configuration.

---

# Upgrade to leaked credentials detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/upgrade-to-leaked-credentials-detection/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This guide describes the general steps to upgrade your [Exposed Credentials Check](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/) configuration to the new [leaked credentials detection](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/).

Cloudflare recommends that customers update their configuration to use the new leaked credentials detection, which offers the following advantages:

- Uses a comprehensive database of leaked credentials, containing over 15 billion passwords.
- After enabling the detection, you can review the amount of incoming requests containing leaked credentials in Security Analytics, even before creating any mitigation rules.
- You can take action on the requests containing leaked credentials using WAF features like rate limiting rules or custom rules.

:::note
This upgrade guide applies to customers changing from Exposed Credentials Check at the zone level.
:::

## 1. Turn off Exposed Credentials Check

If you had deployed the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check managed ruleset:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.
3. Under **Managed rules**, edit the rule that executes the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Ruleset and take note of the current configuration (namely the performed action). Next, delete (or turn off) that rule.

:::note
While Exposed Credentials Check and leaked credentials detection can work side by side, enabling both features will increase the latency on incoming requests related to authentication.
:::

## 2. Turn on leaked credentials detection

<Render file="leaked-credentials-detection-enable" />

## 3. Configure the actions to take

Based on your previous configuration, do one of the following:

- If you were using the [default action](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/#available-actions) in Exposed Credentials Check: Turn on the [**Add Leaked Credentials Checks Header** managed transform](/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-leaked-credentials-checks-header) that adds the `Exposed-Credential-Check` header to incoming requests containing leaked credentials. Even though the header name is the same as in Exposed Credentials Check, the header values in the new implementation will vary between `1` and `4`.

- If you were using a different action: Create a [custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/) with an action equivalent to the one you were using. The rule should match `User and password leaked is true` (if you are using the expression editor, enter `(cf.waf.credential_check.username_and_password_leaked)`).

---

## More resources

- Check for the results of leaked credentials detection in [Security Analytics](/waf/analytics/security-analytics/).
- Refer to [Mitigation examples](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/examples/) for example mitigation strategies you can use when detecting leaked credentials.

---

# Configure payload logging via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure-api/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

Use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to configure payload logging for a managed ruleset via API.

## Configure and enable payload logging

1. Use the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation to obtain the following IDs:

   - The ID of the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_firewall_managed` [phase](/ruleset-engine/about/phases/).
   - The ID of the rule deploying the WAF managed ruleset (an `execute` rule) for which you want to configure payload logging.

2. Use the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation to update the rule you identified in the previous step.

   Include a `matched_data` object in the rule's `action_parameters` object to configure payload logging. The `matched_data` object has the following structure:

   ```json null {3-5}
   "action_parameters": {
     // ...
     "matched_data": {
       "public_key": "<PUBLIC_KEY_VALUE>"
     }
   }
   ```

   Replace `<PUBLIC_KEY_VALUE>` with the public key you want to use for payload logging. You can generate a public key [in the command line](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/generate-key-pair/) or [in the Cloudflare dashboard](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/).

:::note[Account-level configuration]

To configure payload logging for a managed ruleset deployed at the account level (only available in Enterprise plans with a paid add-on), use the following API operations instead:

- In step 1: [Get an account entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/)
- In step 2: [Update an account ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/edit/)

:::

### Example

This example configures payload logging for the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/), which is already deployed for a zone with ID `{zone_id}`.

1. Invoke the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation (a `GET` request) to obtain the rules currently configured in the entry point ruleset of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

   ```bash title="Request"
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   ```json title="Example response" {3,12,20}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c", // entry point ruleset ID
   		"name": "default",
   		"description": "",
   		"source": "firewall_managed",
   		"kind": "zone",
   		"version": "3",
   		"rules": [
   			// (...)
   			{
   				"id": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7", // `execute` rule ID
   				"version": "1",
   				"action": "execute",
   				"expression": "true",
   				"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:21:28.643979Z",
   				"ref": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7",
   				"enabled": true,
   				"action_parameters": {
   					"id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee", // "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset" ID
   					"version": "latest"
   				}
   			}
   			// (...)
   		],
   		"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:29:00.190643Z",
   		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

2. Save the following IDs for the next step:

   - The ID of the entry point ruleset: `060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c`
   - The ID of the `execute` rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset: `1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7`

   To find the correct rule in the `rules` array, search for an `execute` rule containing the ID of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (<RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" />) in `action_parameters` > `id`.

   :::note

   To get the IDs of existing WAF managed rulesets, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) or use the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation.
   :::

3. Invoke the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation (a `PATCH` request) to update the configuration of the rule you identified. The rule will now include the payload logging configuration (`matched_data` object).

   ```bash title="Request" {9-11}
   curl --request PATCH \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c/rules/1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "action": "execute",
     "action_parameters": {
       "id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee",
       "matched_data": {
         "public_key": "Ycig/Zr/pZmklmFUN99nr+taURlYItL91g+NcHGYpB8="
       }
     },
     "expression": "true"
   }'
   ```

   The response will include the complete ruleset after updating the rule.

For more information on deploying managed rulesets via API, refer to [Deploy a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

## Disable payload logging

To disable payload logging for a managed ruleset:

1. Use the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation (a `PATCH` request) to update the rule deploying the managed ruleset (an `execute` rule).

2. Modify the rule definition so that there is no `matched_data` object in `action_parameters`.

For example, the following `PATCH` request updates rule with ID `{rule_id}` deploying the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) so that payload logging is disabled:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entrypoint_ruleset_id}/rules/{rule_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "action": "execute",
  "action_parameters": {
    "id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
  },
  "expression": "true"
}'
```

For details on obtaining the entry point ruleset ID and the ID of the rule to update, refer to [Configure and enable payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure-api/#configure-and-enable-payload-logging).

---

# Configure payload logging in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/

Configure payload logging for a ruleset in the ruleset configuration page.

:::note

Only users with the [Super Administrator role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) can configure payload logging and decrypt payloads in the Cloudflare dashboard. Other users can decrypt payloads if they have access to the logs and to the private key.
:::

Do the following:

1. Open **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.

   ![Example Managed Rules configuration in the Managed rules tab under Security > WAF](~/assets/images/waf/waf-managed-rules-tab.png)

2. To configure payload logging for a ruleset you had already deployed in the WAF, select the managed ruleset name.

3. At the bottom of the page, select **Configure payload logging**.

4. After reading and understanding the implications of enabling payload logging, select one of the available options:

   - **Generate key pair using your web browser**: Generates a key pair (a private and a public key) in your browser and configures payload logging with the generated public key.

   - **Use my own public key**: Enter a public key [generated by the `matched-data-cli` command-line tool](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/generate-key-pair/).

5. Select **Next**.

6. If you generated a key pair in the browser, copy the displayed private key and **store it safely**. You will use this private key later to [view the decrypted payload content](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/view/).

7. Select **Done**.

8. If you are deploying the managed ruleset where you configured payload logging, select **Deploy**. If you configured payload logging for a ruleset you had already deployed, select **Save**.

---

# Store decrypted matched payloads in logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/decrypt-in-logs/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

You can include the encrypted matched payload in your [Logpush](/logs/about/) jobs by adding the **General** > [**Metadata**](/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/firewall_events/#metadata) field from the Firewall Events dataset to your job.

The payload, in its encrypted form, is available in the `encrypted_matched_data` property of the `Metadata` field.

However, you may want to decrypt the matched payload before storing the logs in your <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM system</GlossaryTooltip> of choice. Cloudflare provides a [sample Worker project](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-worker) on GitHub that does the following:

1. Behaves as an S3-compatible storage to receive logs from Logpush. These logs will contain encrypted matched payload data.
2. Decrypts matched payload data using your private key.
3. Sends the logs to the final log storage system with decrypted payload data.

You will need to make some changes to the sample project to push the logs containing decrypted payload data to your log storage system.

Refer to the Worker project's [README](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-worker/blob/main/README.md) for more information on configuring and deploying this Worker project.

---

# Log the payload of matched rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

The WAF allows you to log the request information that triggered a specific rule of a managed ruleset. This information is known as the payload. Payload logging is especially useful when diagnosing the behavior of WAF rules. Since the values that triggered a rule may contain sensitive data, they are encrypted with a customer-provided public key so that only you can examine them later.

:::note

This feature is only available for customers on an Enterprise plan.

:::

## Turn on payload logging

Each managed ruleset has its own payload logging configuration. To turn on payload logging, configure a public key to encrypt the logged payload by doing one of the following:

- Generate a key pair directly in the Cloudflare dashboard
- Use your own public key

Once enabled, the WAF saves the payload of any rule matches for the managed ruleset configured with payload logging, encrypting the payload with your public key.

For more information, refer to [Configure payload logging in the dashboard](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/) or [Configure payload logging via API](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure-api/).

:::caution[Important]
When you generate a key pair in the dashboard, Cloudflare will only save the generated public key, not the private key. You must store your private key safely.
:::

## View payload content

To view the content of the payload in clear text, do one of the following:

- In the Security Events page (**Security** > **Events**), enter your private key to decrypt the payload of a log entry directly in the browser. Refer to [View the payload content in the dashboard](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/view/) for details.

- Decrypt the payload in the command line using the `matched-data-cli` tool. Refer to [Decrypt the payload content in the command line](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/decrypt-payload/) for details.

- Decrypt the matched payload in your [Logpush](/logs/about/) job using a Worker before storing the logs in your <GlossaryTooltip term="SIEM">SIEM system</GlossaryTooltip>. Refer to [Store decrypted matched payloads in logs](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/decrypt-in-logs/) for details.

:::caution[Important]

All Cloudflare logs are encrypted at rest. Encrypting the payload content adds a second layer of encryption for the matched values that triggered a WAF rule.

Make sure you store your private key safely. If you lose the private key, configure payload logging with a new public key. The payload of new requests will be encrypted with the new public key.

Cloudflare cannot decrypt encrypted payloads, since this operation requires your private key. Cloudflare staff will never ask for the private key.

:::

## User role requirements

Only users with the [Super Administrator role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) can enable payload logging or edit the payload logging configuration.

---

# View the payload content in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/view/

View the content of the matched rule payload in the dashboard by entering your private key.

1. Open **Security** > **Events**.

2. Under **Activity log**, expand the details of an event triggered by a rule whose managed ruleset has payload logging enabled.

3. Under **Payload match**, select **Decrypt payload log**.

   ![Example of a firewall event with available payload match data (still encrypted)](~/assets/images/waf/transform-rules/payload-logging-example.png)

   The **Payload match** section is not available if the action taken by the matched rule is _Log_.

4. Enter your private key in the pop-up window and select **Decrypt**.

   :::note
   The private key is not sent to a Cloudflare server. The decryption occurs entirely in the browser.
   :::

If the private key you entered decrypts the encrypted payload successfully, the **Payload match** card displays the payload content in clear text.

![Viewing the decrypted payload match data after entering your private key in the dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/transform-rules/payload-decrypted.png)

---

# Cloudflare Managed Ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset provides fast and effective protection for all of your applications. The ruleset is updated frequently to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives.

Cloudflare recommends that you enable the rules whose tags correspond to your technology stack. For example, if you use WordPress, enable the rules tagged with `wordpress`.

Cloudflare’s [WAF changelog](/waf/change-log/) allows you to monitor ongoing changes to the WAF's managed rulesets.

:::note

Some rules in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset are disabled by default, intending to strike a balance between providing the right protection and reducing the number of false positives.

It is not recommended that you enable all the available rules using overrides, since it may affect legitimate traffic, unless you are running a proof of concept (PoC) to understand what kind of requests the WAF can block.

:::

## Configure in the dashboard

You can configure the following settings of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset in the Cloudflare dashboard:

- **Set the action to perform.** When you define an action for the ruleset, you override the default action defined for each rule. The available actions are: _Managed Challenge_, _Block_, _JS Challenge_, _Log_, and _Interactive Challenge_. To remove the action override, set the ruleset action to _Default_.
- **Override the action performed by individual rules or rules with specific tags.** The available actions are: _Managed Challenge_, _Block_, _JS Challenge_, _Log_, and _Interactive Challenge_.
- **Disable specific rules or rules with specific tags.**
- **Customize the filter expression.** With a custom expression, the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset applies only to a subset of the incoming requests.
- **Configure [payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/)**.

For details on configuring a managed ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset).

## Configure via API

To enable the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for a given zone via API, create a rule with `execute` action in the entry point ruleset for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

### Example

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-zone-example" />

<Render
	file="managed-rulesets/api-next-steps"
	params={{ rulesetName: "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset" }}
/>

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-more-resources" />

---

# Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/exposed-credentials-check/

import { Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset is a set of pre-configured rules for well-known CMS applications that perform a lookup against a public database of stolen credentials.

<Render file="leaked-credentials-recommend-detection" />

The managed ruleset includes rules for the following CMS applications:

- WordPress
- Joomla
- Drupal
- Ghost
- Plone
- Magento

Additionally, this managed ruleset also includes generic rules for other common patterns:

- Check forms submitted using a `POST` request containing `username` and `password` arguments
- Check credentials sent as JSON with `email` and `password` keys
- Check credentials sent as JSON with `username` and `password` keys

The default action for the rules in managed ruleset is _Exposed-Credential-Check Header_ (named `rewrite` in the API and in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log)).

The managed ruleset also contains a rule that blocks HTTP requests already containing the `Exposed-Credential-Check` HTTP header used by the _Exposed-Credential-Check Header_ action. These requests could be used to trick the origin into believing that a request contained (or did not contain) exposed credentials.

For more information on exposed credential checks, refer to [Check for exposed credentials](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/).

## Configure in the dashboard

You can configure the following settings of the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset in the dashboard:

- **Set the action to perform.** When you define an action for the ruleset, you override the default action defined for each rule. The available actions are: _Managed Challenge_, _Block_, _JS Challenge_, _Log_, and _Interactive Challenge_. To remove the action override, set the ruleset action to _Default_.
- **Override the action performed by individual rules.** The available actions are: _Exposed-Credential-Check Header_, _Managed Challenge_, _Block_, _JS Challenge_, _Log_, and _Interactive Challenge_. For more information, refer to [Available actions](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/#available-actions).
- **Disable specific rules.**
- **Customize the filter expression.** With a custom expression, the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset applies only to a subset of the incoming requests.
- **Configure [payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/)**.

For details on configuring a managed ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset).

## Configure via API

To enable the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset for a given zone via API, create a rule with `execute` action in the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

### Example

This example deploys the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset to the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase of a given zone (`{zone_id}`) by creating a rule that executes the managed ruleset. The rules in the managed ruleset are executed for all incoming requests.

1.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step1-get-entrypoint"
    	params={{ phaseName: "http_request_firewall_managed" }}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {4}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"description": "Zone-level phase entry point",
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-16T15:40:08.202335Z",
    		"name": "zone",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed",
    		"rules": [
    			// ...
    		],
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"version": "10"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

2.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step2-create-rule"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem:
    			"Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset (with ID `c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605`)",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
    	"action": "execute",
    	"action_parameters": {
    		"id": "c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605"
    	},
    	"expression": "true",
    	"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset"
    }'
    ```

    ```json output
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point",
    		"description": "",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "11",
    		"rules": [
    			// ... any existing rules
    			{
    				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
    				"version": "1",
    				"action": "execute",
    				"action_parameters": {
    					"id": "c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605",
    					"version": "latest"
    				},
    				"expression": "true",
    				"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset",
    				"last_updated": "2024-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
    				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
    				"enabled": true
    			}
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

3.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step3-create-ruleset"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem:
    			"Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset (with ID `c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605`)",
    		scope: "all incoming requests in the zone",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "name": "My ruleset",
      "description": "Entry point ruleset for WAF managed rulesets",
      "kind": "zone",
      "phase": "http_request_firewall_managed",
      "rules": [
        {
    			"action": "execute",
    			"action_parameters": {
    				"id": "c2e184081120413c86c3ab7e14069605"
    			},
    			"expression": "true",
    			"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset"
    		}
      ]
    }'
    ```

<Render
	file="managed-rulesets/api-next-steps"
	params={{ rulesetName: "Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset" }}
/>

:::note[Checking for exposed credentials in custom rules]

Besides activating the Exposed Credentials Check Managed Ruleset, you can also check for exposed credentials in custom rules. One common use case is to create custom rules on the end user authentication endpoints of your application to check for exposed credentials.

For more information, refer to [Create a custom rule checking for exposed credentials](/waf/managed-rules/check-for-exposed-credentials/configure-api/#create-a-custom-rule-checking-for-exposed-credentials).

:::

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-more-resources" />

---

# Rulesets reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/sensitive-data-detection/

import { Render, RuleID } from "~/components";

:::note
This feature requires an Enterprise plan with a paid add-on.
:::

The Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset helps identify data leaks generated by your origin servers. Its rules run on the body of the response looking for patterns of common sensitive data, including:

- [Personally identifiable information](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/privacy/what-is-pii/) (PII) — For example, passport numbers.
- Financial information — For example, credit card numbers.
- Secrets — For example, API keys.

Turning on Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection will not introduce additional latency, since the detection occurs outside the response path. For this reason, rules are always deployed with the _Log_ action (you cannot block a response that was already sent), providing you with visibility on the sensitive data leaving your origin servers.

Some rules in the Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset are disabled by default, to prevent false positives and a large number of logged events. You should review the PII and sensitive data relevant to your application and turn on the appropriate rules in the managed ruleset, according to the instructions in the following sections.

## Additional remarks

When turned on, Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection will check all responses sent to visitors (according to your custom filter expression, if defined), including responses from cache and responses handled by [Workers](/workers/).

The detection will handle text, HTML, JSON, and XML content in the response up to 1 MB.

---

## Configure in the dashboard

To configure Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection in the Cloudflare dashboard, go to **Security** > **Sensitive Data**.

You can turn the managed ruleset on or off, and configure the following settings:

- Turn on or off specific rules or rules with specific tags.
- Customize the filter expression. With a custom expression, Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection applies only to a subset of the incoming requests.

For details on configuring a managed ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset).

## Configure via API

To enable Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection for a given zone using the API, create a rule with `execute` action in the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) for the `http_response_firewall_managed` phase.

### Example

This example deploys the Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset to the `http_response_firewall_managed` phase of a given zone (`{zone_id}`) by creating a rule that executes the managed ruleset. The rules in the managed ruleset are executed for all incoming requests.

1.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step1-get-entrypoint"
    	params={{ phaseName: "http_response_firewall_managed" }}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_response_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {4}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"description": "Zone-level phase entry point (response)",
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-16T15:40:08.202335Z",
    		"name": "zone",
    		"phase": "http_response_firewall_managed",
    		"rules": [
    			// ...
    		],
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"version": "10"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

2.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step2-create-rule"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem:
    			"Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset (with ID `e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e`)",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
    	"action": "execute",
    	"action_parameters": {
    		"id": "e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e"
    	},
    	"expression": "true",
    	"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset"
    }'
    ```

    ```json output
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "<RULESET_ID>",
    		"name": "Zone-level phase entry point (response)",
    		"description": "",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "11",
    		"rules": [
    			// ... any existing rules
    			{
    				"id": "<RULE_ID>",
    				"version": "1",
    				"action": "execute",
    				"action_parameters": {
    					"id": "e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e",
    					"version": "latest"
    				},
    				"expression": "true",
    				"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset",
    				"last_updated": "2024-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
    				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
    				"enabled": true
    			}
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-03-18T18:08:14.003361Z",
    		"phase": "http_response_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

3.  <Render
    	file="rulesets/api-zone/step3-create-ruleset"
    	params={{
    		deploymentItem:
    			"Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset (with ID `e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e`)",
    		scope: "all incoming requests in the zone",
    	}}
    />

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "name": "My ruleset",
      "description": "Entry point ruleset for WAF managed rulesets (response)",
      "kind": "zone",
      "phase": "http_response_firewall_managed",
      "rules": [
        {
    			"action": "execute",
    			"action_parameters": {
    				"id": "e22d83c647c64a3eae91b71b499d988e"
    			},
    			"expression": "true",
    			"description": "Execute the Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset"
    		}
      ]
    }'
    ```

<Render
	file="managed-rulesets/api-next-steps"
	params={{
		rulesetName: "Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection managed ruleset",
	}}
/>

<Render file="managed-rulesets/api-more-resources" />

## Review detected leaks

To check for any data leaks detected by Cloudflare Sensitive Data Detection, you can do the following:

- Regularly check [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) for any events generated by the managed ruleset.
- Configure [WAF alerts](/waf/reference/alerts/) to be alerted of any spike of WAF events. For the Advanced Security Events Alert, you can filter by one or more domains on Enterprise plans and by the `Data Loss Protection` service to receive specific alerts about Sensitive Data Detection.

---

# Add an exception via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

To add a managed rules exception using the API, create a rule with `skip` action in a [phase entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase. You can define exceptions at the account level and at the zone level. Exceptions are also called skip rules.

To configure the exception, define the `action_parameters` object according to the exception type. Refer to the following examples:

- [Skip all remaining rules](#skip-all-remaining-rules)
- [Skip the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](#skip-the-cloudflare-managed-ruleset)
- [Skip one or more rules of WAF managed rulesets](#skip-one-or-more-rules-of-waf-managed-rulesets)

For more information on creating exceptions using the API, refer to [Create an exception](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

:::note[Rule execution order]
Rules with `skip` action only apply to rules with `execute` action listed **after** them. If you add a rule with `skip` action at the end of the rules list, nothing will be skipped.
:::

## Examples

### Skip all remaining rules

The following example adds a rule that skips all remaining rules in the entry point ruleset for requests matching the `dev.example.com` hostname.

1.  Invoke the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation to obtain the current configuration of the entry point ruleset of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {3}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c", // entry point ruleset ID
    		"name": "default",
    		"description": "",
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "3",
    		"rules": [
    			// (...)
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:29:00.190643Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

    Save the entry point ruleset ID (`060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c`) for the next step.

2.  Invoke the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation (a `POST` request) to add an exception (or skip rule) at the beginning of the rules list, since a skip rule applies only to rules listed after it. The exact rule location is defined in the [`position` object](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/#define-the-rule-position-in-the-ruleset).

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entry_point_ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"dev.example.com\")",
      "description": "Skip managed rules for dev.example.com",
      "action": "skip",
      "action_parameters": {
        "ruleset": "current"
      },
      "position": {
        "before": ""
      }
    }'
    ```

For more information on skipping all remaining rules via API, refer to [Create an exception](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/#skip-all-remaining-rules) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

### Skip the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset

The following example adds a rule that skips the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) for requests matching the `dev.example.com` hostname.

1.  Invoke the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation to obtain the current configuration of the entry point ruleset of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {3,12,20}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c", // entry point ruleset ID
    		"name": "default",
    		"description": "",
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "3",
    		"rules": [
    			// (...)
    			{
    				"id": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7", // `execute` rule ID
    				"version": "1",
    				"action": "execute",
    				"expression": "true",
    				"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:21:28.643979Z",
    				"ref": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7",
    				"enabled": true,
    				"action_parameters": {
    					"id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee", // "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset" ID
    					"version": "latest"
    				}
    			}
    			// (...)
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:29:00.190643Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

    Identify the rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset by searching for an `execute` rule with `action_parameters` > `id` equal to <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" /> (the managed ruleset ID).

    :::note
    To get the IDs of existing WAF managed rulesets, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) or use the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation.
    :::

    Save the following IDs for the next step:

    - The ID of the entry point ruleset (`060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c` in this example)
    - The ID of the `execute` rule deployment the managed ruleset (`1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7` in this example)

2.  Invoke the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation (a `POST` request) to add an exception (or skip rule) immediately before the `execute` rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, since a skip rule applies only to rules listed after it. The exact rule location is defined in the [`position` object](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/#define-the-rule-position-in-the-ruleset).

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entry_point_ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
      "expression": "(http.host eq \"dev.example.com\")",
      "description": "Skip the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset for dev.example.com",
      "action": "skip",
      "action_parameters": {
        "rulesets": [
          "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee"
        ]
      },
      "position": {
        "before": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7"
      }
    }'
    ```

For more information on skipping one or more managed rulesets via API, refer to [Create an exception](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/#skip-one-or-more-managed-rulesets) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

### Skip one or more rules of WAF managed rulesets

The following example adds a rule that skips a particular rule of the [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/cloudflare-managed-ruleset/) for requests matching the `dev.example.com` hostname.

1.  Invoke the [Get a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/) operation to obtain a list of rules in the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (ruleset ID <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" />).<br/>
    You can get the managed ruleset details using the account-level endpoint ([Get an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/)) or the zone-level endpoint ([Get a zone ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/)).

    :::note

    To get the IDs of existing WAF managed rulesets, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) or use the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation.
    :::

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {12}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee",
    		"name": "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset",
    		"description": "Created by the Cloudflare security team, this ruleset is designed to provide fast and effective protection for all your applications. It is frequently updated to cover new vulnerabilities and reduce false positives.",
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"kind": "managed",
    		"version": "180",
    		"rules": [
    			// (...)
    			{
    				"id": "d9e350f1b72d4730899c8a420e48a85d", // ID of rule to skip
    				"version": "180",
    				"action": "block",
    				"categories": ["file-inclusion", "october-cms"],
    				"description": "October CMS - File Inclusion",
    				"last_updated": "2024-02-05T07:12:54.565276Z",
    				"ref": "adb550873eb92d32372ed08514d33241",
    				"enabled": true
    			}
    			// (...)
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-02-05T07:12:54.565276Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

    Take note of the ID of the rule you want to skip (<RuleID id="d9e350f1b72d4730899c8a420e48a85d" /> in this example).

2.  Invoke the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) operation to obtain the current configuration of the [entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/about/rulesets/#entry-point-ruleset) of the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {3,12,20}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c", // entry point ruleset ID
    		"name": "default",
    		"description": "",
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "3",
    		"rules": [
    			// (...)
    			{
    				"id": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7", // `execute` rule ID
    				"version": "1",
    				"action": "execute",
    				"expression": "true",
    				"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:21:28.643979Z",
    				"ref": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7",
    				"enabled": true,
    				"action_parameters": {
    					"id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee", // "Cloudflare Managed Ruleset" ID
    					"version": "latest"
    				}
    			}
    			// (...)
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2024-01-20T14:29:00.190643Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

    Identify the rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset by searching for an `execute` rule with `action_parameters` > `id` equal to <RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" /> (the managed ruleset ID).

    :::note
    To get the IDs of existing WAF managed rulesets, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/#managed-rulesets) or use the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) operation.
    :::

    Save the following IDs for the next step:

    - The ID of the entry point ruleset (`060013b1eeb14c93b0dcd896537e0d2c` in this example)
    - The ID of the `execute` rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (`1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7` in this example)

    You will also use the following IDs:

    - The ID of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (<RuleID id="efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee" />)
    - The ID of the rule to skip (<RuleID id="d9e350f1b72d4730899c8a420e48a85d" /> in this example)

3.  Invoke the [Create a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/rules/methods/create/) operation (a `POST` request) to add an exception (or skip rule) immediately before the `execute` rule deploying the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, since a skip rule applies only to rules listed after it.

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entry_point_ruleset_id}/rules" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
    	"expression": "(http.host eq \"dev.example.com\")",
    	"description": "Skip a single rule for dev.example.com",
    	"action": "skip",
    	"action_parameters": {
    		"rules": {
    			"efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee": [
    				"d9e350f1b72d4730899c8a420e48a85d"
    			]
    		}
    	},
    	"position": {
    		"before": "1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7"
    	}
    }'
    ```

The `action_parameters` > `rules` object contains the ID of the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset with an associated list of rule IDs to skip (in this case, only one rule). The [`position` object](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/add-rule/#define-the-rule-position-in-the-ruleset) defines the exact rule placement in the entry point ruleset (before rule `1bdb49371c1f46958fc8b985efcb79e7`).

For more information on skipping one or more rules of managed rulesets via API, refer to [Create an exception](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/#skip-one-or-more-rules-of-managed-rulesets) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Add an exception in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-dashboard/

## 1. Go to the zone or account dashboard page

To add an exception at the zone level:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.
3. Select **Add exception**.

To add an exception at the account level (Enterprise plans only):

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.
2. Go to Account Home > **WAF** > **Managed rulesets**.
3. Select **Deploy** > **Deploy managed exception**.

## 2. Define basic exception parameters

1. In **Exception name**, enter a name for the exception.

   ![The Add exception page in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/waf/waf-exception-create.png)

2. In **When incoming requests match**, specify a filter expression that defines the conditions for applying the exception. When the expression matches, the WAF will evaluate the exception skipping one or more rules of WAF managed rulesets. The filter expression uses the [Rules language](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/).

## 3. Select the rules to skip

1. In **Then**, select the [exception type](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/#types-of-exceptions) that determines which rules to skip:

   * **Skip all remaining rules**: Skips all remaining rules of WAF managed rulesets. If you select this option, proceed to [4. Create the exception](#4-create-the-exception).
   * **Skip specific rules from a Managed Ruleset**: Skips one or more rules of a managed ruleset.

2. Select **Select ruleset**.

3. Next to the ruleset containing the rule(s) you wish to skip, select **Select rules**.

4. **A) To skip one or more rules in the ruleset:**

   1. Search for a rule using the available filters. You can search by description, rule ID, or tag. For example, in the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset you can search for `920460` to find the rule `920460: Abnormal character escapes in request`.
   2. Select the checkbox next to the rule(s) you wish to skip.
   3. If required, search for other rules and select them. The dashboard keeps a list of the rules you selected between searches.

   **B) To skip all the rules in the ruleset:**

   1. Select all the rules in the current page by selecting the checkbox in the table header, near **Description/Rule ID**. The table header will display `10 rules selected (of <TOTAL> rules)`.

      ![Rule selection page showing the option to select all the rules in the ruleset](~/assets/images/waf/waf-exception-select-all-rules.png)

   2. Select **Select all \<TOTAL> rules** in the table header to select all the rules across all pages.

5. Select **Next**.

## 4. Create the exception

1. (Optional) To disable logging for requests matching the exception, disable **Log matching requests**.

2. To save and deploy your exception, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your exception, select **Save as Draft**.

:::note

Exceptions only apply to rules executing a managed ruleset listed after them. For example, if you are skipping a rule belonging to the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset, make sure the exception is listed in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules** *before* the execute rule deploying this managed ruleset. 
:::

---

# Create exceptions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/

Create an exception to skip the execution of WAF managed rulesets or some of their rules. The exception configuration includes an expression that defines the skip conditions, and the rules or rulesets to skip under those conditions.

## Types of exceptions

An exception can have one of the following behaviors (from highest to lowest priority):

* Skip all remaining rules (belonging to WAF managed rulesets)
* Skip one or more WAF managed rulesets
* Skip one or more rules of WAF managed rulesets

For more information on exceptions, refer to [Create an exception](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/create-exception/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

## Next steps

Add exceptions [in the Cloudflare dashboard](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-dashboard/) or [via API](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/define-api/).

---

# Legacy features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Refer to the following pages for more information on legacy features that have been deprecated:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Firewall Rules to WAF custom rules migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/migration-guides/firewall-rules-to-custom-rules/

Cloudflare converted existing [firewall rules](/firewall/) into [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/). With custom rules, you get the same level of protection and a few additional features. Custom rules are available in the Cloudflare dashboard at **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.

:::caution[Deprecation notice]

**Cloudflare Firewall Rules is now deprecated.** The Firewall Rules API and Filters API, as well as the `cloudflare_firewall_rule` and `cloudflare_filter` Terraform resources, will only be available until 2025-06-15. If you have any automation based on these APIs and resources, you must migrate to the new APIs and resources before 2025-06-15 to avoid any issues.

On 2025-06-15, the APIs and resources mentioned above will stop working. Any remaining active firewall rules will be disabled, and the **Firewall rules** tab in the dashboard will be removed.

If you have not migrated to WAF custom rules yet, you may have some invalid configuration that prevents the migration from happening. In this case, contact your account team to get help with the migration to WAF custom rules.

:::

## Main differences

The main differences between firewall rules and WAF custom rules are the following:

- [Improved response for Block action](#improved-response-for-block-action)
- [Different error page for blocked requests](#different-error-page-for-blocked-requests)
- [New Skip action replacing both Allow and Bypass actions](#new-skip-action-replacing-both-allow-and-bypass-actions)
- [Custom rules are evaluated in order](#custom-rules-are-evaluated-in-order)
- [Logs and events](#logs-and-events)
- [New API and Terraform resources](#new-api-and-terraform-resources)

### Improved response for Block action

In WAF custom rules you can [customize the response of the _Block_ action](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests).

The default block response is a Cloudflare standard HTML page. If you need to send a custom response for _Block_ actions, configure the custom rule to return a fixed response with a custom response code (403, by default) and a custom body (HTML, JSON, XML, or plain text).

To define a custom response for a single rule, go to **Security** > **WAF** > [**Custom rules**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/security/waf/custom-rules), edit the custom rule, and fill in the block-related options.

:::note

Custom block response configurations will not be returned by the Firewall Rules API. You must use the [Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/#example-b) to manage this new feature.
:::

### Different error page for blocked requests

Requests blocked by a firewall rule with a _Block_ action would get a Cloudflare [1020 error code](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/#error-1020-access-denied) response. Cloudflare users could customize this error page in **Custom Pages** > **1000 Class Errors**.

Requests blocked by a WAF custom rule will get a different response: the WAF block response. To customize the default block response, you can either:

- Define a custom WAF block response for your entire zone in [**Custom Pages**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/custom-pages) > **WAF Block**. This custom page will always have an HTML content type.
- [Define a custom response](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/#configure-a-custom-response-for-blocked-requests) for requests blocked by a specific WAF custom rule. This custom response supports other content types besides HTML.

If you have customized your 1xxx error page in Custom Pages for requests blocked by firewall rules, you will need to create a new response page for blocked requests using one of the above methods.

For more information on Custom Pages, refer to [Configuring Custom Pages](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/).

### New Skip action replacing both Allow and Bypass actions

Firewall Rules supported the _Allow_ and _Bypass_ actions, often used together. These actions were commonly used for handling known legitimate requests — for example, requests coming from trusted IP addresses.

When a request triggered _Allow_, all remaining firewall rules were not evaluated, effectively allowing the request to continue to the next security product. The _Bypass_ action was designed to specify which security products (such as WAF managed rules, rate limiting rules, and User Agent Blocking) should not run on the request triggering the action.

With Firewall Rules, if you wanted to stop running all security products for a given request, you would create two rules:

- One rule with _Bypass_ action (selecting all security products).
- One rule with _Allow_ action (to stop executing other firewall rules).

The requirement of having two rules to address this common scenario no longer applies to WAF custom rules. You should now [use the _Skip_ action](/waf/custom-rules/skip/), which combines the _Allow_ and _Bypass_ actions. The _Skip_ action fully replaces the _Allow_ and _Bypass_ actions, which are not supported in WAF custom rules.

With the _Skip_ action you can do the following:

- Stop running all the remaining custom rules (equivalent to the _Allow_ action)
- Avoid running other security products (equivalent to the _Bypass_ action)
- A combination of the above.

You can also select whether you want to log events matching the custom rule with the _Skip_ action or not. This is especially useful when creating a positive security model to avoid logging large amounts of legitimate traffic.

:::note

The Firewall Rules API does not support the _Skip_ action. When you create a custom rule with _Skip_ action, it is translated to _Allow_ and _Bypass_ in the Firewall Rules API. You must use the [Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/skip/api-examples/) to fully use the new _Skip_ action functionality.
:::

### Custom rules are evaluated in order

Firewall rules actions had a specific [order of precedence](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) when using [priority ordering](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/order-priority/#managing-rule-evaluation-by-priority-order). In contrast, custom rules actions do not have such an order. Custom rules are always evaluated in order, and some actions like _Block_ will stop the evaluation of other rules.

For example, if you were using priority ordering and had the following firewall rules with the same priority both matching an incoming request:

- Firewall rule #1 — Priority: 2 / Action: _Block_
- Firewall rule #2 — Priority: 2 / Action: _Allow_

The request would be allowed, since the _Allow_ action in Firewall Rules would have precedence over the _Block_ action.

In contrast, if you create two custom rules where both rules match an incoming request:

- Custom rule #1 — Action: _Block_
- Custom rule #2 — Action: _Skip_ (configured to skip all remaining custom rules)

The request would be blocked, since custom rules are evaluated in order and the _Block_ action will stop the evaluation of other rules.

:::note

For the custom rules converted from your existing firewall rules, Cloudflare will preserve your current order of execution.
:::

### Logs and events

Events logged by custom rules are shown in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/), available at **Security** > **Events**, with `Custom Rules` as their source.

You may still find events generated by Firewall Rules in the Security Events page when you select a time frame including the days when the transition to custom rules occurred. Similarly, you may still find events with both _Skip_ and _Allow_ actions in the same view during the transition period.

### New API and Terraform resources

The preferred API for managing WAF custom rules is the [Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/). The Rulesets API is used on all recent Cloudflare security products to provide a uniform user experience when interacting with our API. For more information on migrating to the Rulesets API, refer to [Relevant changes for API users](#relevant-changes-for-api-users).

The Firewall Rules API and Filters API will still work until 2025-06-15. There will be a single list of rules for both firewall rules and WAF custom rules, and this list contains WAF custom rules. Thanks to an internal conversion process, the Firewall Rules API and Filters API will return firewall rules/filters converted from these WAF custom rules.

If you are using Terraform, the preferred way of configuring WAF custom rules is using [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) resources configured with the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase. For more information on updating your Terraform configuration, refer to [Relevant changes for Terraform users](#relevant-changes-for-terraform-users).

## Relevant changes for dashboard users

**The Firewall Rules tab in the Cloudflare dashboard is now deprecated**. Firewall rules are displayed as WAF custom rules in the Cloudflare dashboard at **Security** > **WAF** > **Custom rules**.

![The Custom rules tab, available in the Cloudflare dashboard under Security > WAF.](~/assets/images/waf/custom-rules/custom-rules-tab.png)

For users that still have access to both products, the **Firewall rules** tab will only be available until 2025-06-15.

## Relevant changes for API users

**The [Firewall Rules API](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/) and the associated [Cloudflare Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/) are now deprecated.** These APIs will stop working on 2025-06-15. You must migrate any automation based on the Firewall Rules API or Cloudflare Filters API to the [Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/) before this date to prevent any issues. Rule IDs are different between firewall rules and custom rules, which may affect automated processes dealing with specific rule IDs.

For the time being, all three APIs will be available (Firewall Rules API, Filters API, and Rulesets API). Cloudflare will internally convert your [Firewall Rules API](/firewall/api/cf-firewall-rules/) and [Filters API](/firewall/api/cf-filters/) calls into the corresponding [Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/) calls. The converted API calls between the Firewall Rules API/Filters API and the Rulesets API appear in audit logs as generated by Cloudflare and not by the actual user making the requests. There will be a single list of rules for both firewall rules and WAF custom rules.

Some new features of WAF custom rules, like custom responses for blocked requests and the _Skip_ action, are not supported in the Firewall Rules API. To take advantage of these features, Cloudflare recommends that you use the custom rules page in the Cloudflare dashboard or the Rulesets API.

Refer to the WAF documentation for [examples of managing WAF custom rules using the Rulesets API](/waf/custom-rules/create-api/).

## Relevant changes for Terraform users

**The following Terraform resources from the Cloudflare provider are now deprecated:**

- [`cloudflare_firewall_rule`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/firewall_rule)
- [`cloudflare_filter`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/filter)

These resources will stop working on 2025-06-15. If you are currently using these resources to manage your Firewall Rules configuration, you must manually migrate any Terraform configuration to [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) resources before this date to prevent any issues.

For the time being, all three Terraform resources will be available (`cloudflare_firewall_rule`, `cloudflare_filter`, and `cloudflare_ruleset`). There will be a single list of rules for both firewall rules and WAF custom rules.

Some new features of WAF custom rules are not supported in the deprecated Terraform resources. To take advantage of these features, Cloudflare recommends that you use the `cloudflare_ruleset` resource.

Refer to the documentation about Terraform for [examples of configuring WAF custom rules using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-custom-rules/).

### Replace your configuration using `cf-terraforming`

You can use the [`cf-terraforming`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming) tool to generate the Terraform configuration for your current WAF custom rules (converted by Cloudflare from your firewall rules). Then, import the new resources to Terraform state.

The recommended steps for replacing your firewall rules (and filters) configuration in Terraform with a new ruleset configuration are the following.

1. Run the following command to generate all ruleset configurations for a zone:

   ```sh null {3,6}
   cf-terraforming generate --zone <ZONE_ID> --resource-type "cloudflare_ruleset"

   resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31" {
     kind    = "zone"
     name    = "default"
     phase   = "http_request_firewall_custom"
     zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
     rules {
       [...]
     }
     [...]
   }
   [...]
   ```

2. The previous command may return additional ruleset configurations for other Cloudflare products also based on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). Since you are migrating firewall rules to custom rules, keep only the Terraform resource for the `http_request_firewall_custom` phase and save it to a `.tf` configuration file. You will need the full resource name in the next step.

3. Import the `cloudflare_ruleset` resource you previously identified into Terraform state using the `terraform import` command. For example:

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31 zone/<ZONE_ID>/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31
```

```sh output
cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Importing from ID "zone/<ZONE_ID>/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31"...
cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Import prepared!
  Prepared cloudflare_ruleset for import
cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]

Import successful!

The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

4. Run `terraform plan` to validate that Terraform now checks the state of the new `cloudflare_ruleset` resource, in addition to other existing resources already managed by Terraform. For example:

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

   ```sh output

   cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]
   [...]
   cloudflare_filter.my_filter: Refreshing state... [id=14a2524fd75c419f8d273116815b6349]
   cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule: Refreshing state... [id=0580eb5d92e344ddb2374979f74c3ddf]
   [...]
   ```

5. Remove any state related to firewall rules and filters from your Terraform state:

   :::caution
   You must remove firewall rules and filters from Terraform state before deleting their configuration from `.tf` configuration files to prevent issues.
   :::

   1. Run the following command to find all resources related to firewall rules and filters:

      ```sh
      terraform state list | grep -E '^cloudflare_(filter|firewall_rule)\.'
      ```

      ```sh output
      cloudflare_filter.my_filter
      cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule
      ```

   2. Run the `terraform state rm ...` command in dry-run mode to understand the impact of removing those resources without performing any changes:

      ```sh
      terraform state rm -dry-run cloudflare_filter.my_filter cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule
      ```

      ```sh output
      Would remove cloudflare_filter.my_filter
      Would remove cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule
      ```

   3. If the impact looks correct, run the same command without the `-dry-run` parameter to actually remove the resources from Terraform state:

      ```sh
      terraform state rm cloudflare_filter.my_filter cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule
      ```

      ```sh output
      Removed cloudflare_filter.my_filter
      Removed cloudflare_firewall_rule.my_firewall_rule
      Successfully removed 2 resource instance(s).
      ```

6. After removing firewall rules and filters resources from Terraform state, delete `cloudflare_filter` and `cloudflare_firewall_rule` resources from `.tf` configuration files.

7. Run `terraform plan` to verify that the resources you deleted from configuration files no longer appear. You should not have any pending changes.

```sh
terraform plan
```

```sh output
cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]
[...]

No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration.

Terraform has compared your real infrastructure against your configuration and found no differences, so no changes are needed.
```

For details on importing Cloudflare resources to Terraform and using the `cf-terraforming` tool, refer to the following resources:

- [Import Cloudflare resources](/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/)
- [`cf-terraforming` GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming)

---

# Rate limiting (previous version) deprecation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/migration-guides/old-rate-limiting-deprecation/

**The [previous version of rate limiting rules](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/) is now deprecated.** If you have rules in the previous version, the Cloudflare dashboard will show the configuration for both new (**A**) and old (**B**) rate limiting rules in **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**. The rate limiting rules interface for the previous version will only be available in the dashboard until 2025-06-15. After this date all remaining active rules will stop working.

![The Cloudflare dashboard showing both versions of rate limiting rules under WAF.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/rate-limiting-both-versions.png)

Cloudflare recommends that you create new rate limiting rules (**A**) in the Cloudflare dashboard to replace any existing rate limiting rules you may have configured in the previous version of the feature (**B**). Refer to [Migrate to the new rate limiting rules](#migrate-to-the-new-rate-limiting-rules) for details.

The old and new implementation of rate limiting rules have separate rules lists, since the two implementations do not offer the same set of features. You will need to recreate your rate limiting configuration (in the previous version) using the new rate limiting rules, either using the Cloudflare dashboard, the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/), or a different Terraform resource ([`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset)).

For more information on the new rate limiting implementation, including the available features in each Cloudflare plan, refer to [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) in the developer documentation.

Cloudflare also offers an Advanced version of Rate Limiting, which is available to Enterprise customers. For more information, refer to the [Introducing Advanced Rate Limiting](https://blog.cloudflare.com/advanced-rate-limiting/) blog post.

To learn more about what you can do with the new rate limiting, refer to [Rate limiting best practices](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/best-practices/).

## Main differences

- **Billing model:** The previous version of Rate Limiting was billed based on usage and it was available as an add-on on all plans, while the new version is included in Cloudflare plans. For Enterprise plans, Rate Limiting is priced based on total contracted HTTP traffic. The new rate limiting rules offer all the capabilities available on the previous version of rate limiting along with several additional features.

- **Advanced scope expressions:** The previous version of Rate Limiting allowed you to scope the rules based on a single path and method of the request. In the new version, you can write rules similar to [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), combining multiple parameters of the HTTP request.

- **Separate counting and mitigation expressions:** In the new version of Rate Limiting, counting and mitigation expressions are separate (for Business and Enterprise customers). The counting expression defines which requests are used to compute the rate. The mitigation expression defines which requests are mitigated once the threshold has been reached. Using these separate expressions, you can track the rate of requests on a specific path such as `/login` and, when an IP exceeds the threshold, block every request from the same IP addressed at your domain.

- **Additional counting dimensions (Advanced Rate Limiting only):** Like in the previous version of Rate Limiting, customers with the new Rate Limiting get IP-based rate limiting, where Cloudflare counts requests based on the source IP address of incoming requests. In addition to IP-based rate limiting, customers with the new Rate Limiting who subscribe to Advanced Rate Limiting can group requests based on other characteristics, such as the value of API keys, cookies, session headers, ASN, query parameters, or a specific JSON body field. Refer to [Rate limiting best practices](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/best-practices/) for examples.

- **Number of rules per plan**: Besides the exact features per Cloudflare plan, the number of rules per plan is different in the new version of Rate Limiting (for information on the new version limits, refer to [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/#availability)):

  | Product                          | Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise with RL add-on,<br/> or equivalent plan |
  | -------------------------------- | :--: | :-: | :------: | :------------------------------------------------: |
  | Rate Limiting (previous version) |  1   | 10  |    15    |                        100                         |
  | Rate Limiting (new version)\*    |  1   |  2  |    5     |                        100                         |

  \* Enterprise customers must have application security on their contract to get access to rate limiting rules.

For more details on the differences between old and new rate limiting rules, refer to [our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/unmetered-ratelimiting/).

### Relevant changes in the dashboard

If you had access to the previous version of Cloudflare Rate Limiting, you will find both rate limiting products, old and new, in the Cloudflare dashboard in **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**. The previous version (left) allows you to filter traffic for one URL. The new version (right) allows you to combine different fields, similar to the functionality of WAF custom rules.

![Comparison between rate limiting rule creation pages (old and new version)](~/assets/images/waf/reference/rate-limiting-compare-creation-page.png)

### Relevant changes for API users

The new rate limiting rules are based on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). To configure rate limiting rules via the API, you must use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/). The Rulesets API is used on all recent Cloudflare security products to provide a uniform user experience when interacting with the Cloudflare API.

**The [previous Rate Limiting API](/api/resources/rate_limits/methods/list/) is now deprecated.** You will not be able to perform any API calls after 2025-06-15.

### Relevant changes for Terraform users

To configure the new rate limiting rules with Terraform, you must use the [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) Terraform resource. Refer to the Terraform documentation for [examples of configuring the new rate limiting rules using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/rate-limiting-rules/).

**The [`cloudflare_rate_limit`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/rate_limit) Terraform resource is now deprecated.** You will not be able to perform configuration updates via Terraform using this resource after 2025-06-15.

## Migrate to the new rate limiting rules

Cloudflare recommends that you migrate your rules to the new system. Migration must be done manually. Since the new version of rate limiting rules is more powerful and offers additional controls, we encourage customers to reevaluate their rate limiting logic considering all the capabilities of the new Cloudflare rate limiting rules.

### Free, Professional, and Business customers

If you are a new customer, the Cloudflare dashboard will not show the interface for configuring the previous version of rate limiting rules.

If you were using the previous version of rate limiting rules, you will have access to both products and they will both apply to your incoming traffic. You will have the same amount of rules granted in the new system as you had on September 20, 2022 or 5 rules, whichever is the largest value.

The previous version of Rate Limiting was billed based on usage ($5 per million requests) while the new rate limiting rules are included in your plan and you will not have additional charges for using this feature.

If you have any rules configured in the previous version of rate limiting rules, these rules will continue to run and you will still be charged based on usage. You should migrate your rules to the new system before 2025-06-15.

Once you have deleted all rules from the previous version of rate limiting rules, the Cloudflare dashboard will only show the new version.

### Enterprise customers

Enterprise contracts that included the previous version of Cloudflare Rate Limiting were based on the good requests model, where customers were billed based on the predicted usage of the feature. If you were using the previous version of Cloudflare Rate Limiting, you will have access to both versions of the product with the same number of rules at no additional cost, and they will both apply to your incoming traffic (in this case, the new Rate Limiting will run first).

You should migrate your rules to the new system before 2025-06-15. Once you have deleted all rules from the previous version of rate limiting rules, the Cloudflare dashboard will only show the new version.

As an Enterprise customer, you can also upgrade to [Advanced Rate Limiting](https://blog.cloudflare.com/advanced-rate-limiting/), a more feature-rich version of the new Rate Limiting implementation. Contact your account team to learn more about Advanced Rate Limiting.

---

# Migration guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/migration-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Refer to the following pages for more information on migrating from older features to new implementations in the Cloudflare WAF:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/actions/

An IP Access rule can perform one of the following actions:

* **Block**: Prevents a visitor from visiting your site.

* **Allow**: Excludes visitors from all security checks, including [Browser Integrity Check](/waf/tools/browser-integrity-check/), [I'm Under Attack Mode](/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/), and the WAF. Use this option when a trusted visitor is being blocked by Cloudflare's default security features. The *Allow* action takes precedence over the *Block* action. Note that allowing a given country code will not bypass WAF managed rules (previous and new versions).

* **Managed Challenge**: Depending on the characteristics of a request, Cloudflare will dynamically choose the appropriate type of challenge from a list of possible actions. For more information, refer to [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/#managed-challenge-recommended).

* **JavaScript Challenge**: Presents the [I'm Under Attack Mode](/fundamentals/reference/under-attack-mode/) interstitial page to visitors. The visitor or client must support JavaScript. Useful for blocking DDoS attacks with minimal impact to legitimate visitors.

* **Interactive Challenge**: Requires the visitor to complete an interactive challenge before visiting your site. Prevents bots from accessing the site.

---

# WAF Managed Rules migration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/migration-guides/waf-managed-rules-migration/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

On 2022-05-04, Cloudflare started the WAF migration from the [previous version of WAF managed rules](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/) to the new [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/), allowing a first set of eligible zones to migrate. Currently, all zones can migrate to WAF Managed Rules, including partner accounts.

You can start the update process for a zone in the Cloudflare dashboard or via API. Currently, the update process is always started by you. **The migration is irreversible** — once you update to the new WAF Managed Rules, you cannot go back to using WAF managed rules.

Once the migration finishes, the **Managed rules** tab in the Cloudflare dashboard (available in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**) will display a new interface, and the WAF managed rules APIs will stop working.

:::caution[Deprecation notice]

**The previous version of WAF managed rules is now deprecated.** The [APIs for managing the previous version of WAF managed rules](#api-changes) will stop working on 2025-06-15. The same applies to [Terraform resources](#terraform-changes) related to the previous version of WAF managed rules. You must migrate before this date to avoid any issues.

Refer to [Possible migration errors](#possible-migration-errors) if you are having issues migrating.

:::

## Main benefits

The new version of WAF Managed Rules provides the following benefits over the previous version:

- **New matching engine** – WAF Managed Rules are powered by the Ruleset Engine, which allows faster managed rule deployments and the ability to check even more traffic without scaling issues. The rules follow the same syntax used in other Cloudflare security products like WAF custom rules.

- **Updated Managed Rulesets** – The Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset, one of WAF's Managed Rulesets, is based on the latest version of the OWASP Core Ruleset (v3.x), which adds <GlossaryTooltip term="paranoia level">paranoia levels</GlossaryTooltip> and improves false positives rates compared to the version used in WAF managed rules (2.x). You also have more control over the sensitivity score, with a clear indication of how much each rule contributes to the score and what was the total score of a triggered request.

- **Better rule browsing and configuration** – Deploy Managed Rulesets with a single click to get immediate protection. Override the behavior of entire rulesets, or customize a single rule. Apply overrides to all rules with a specific tag to adjust rules applicable to a given software or attack vector. You can deploy configurations like the following:

  - Deploy the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset across all my zones.
  - Deploy the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset on all traffic that does not contain `/api/*` in the path.
  - Disable Managed Rulesets across my account for traffic coming from my IP.

For more information on the benefits of WAF Managed Rules, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/new-cloudflare-waf/).

---

## Migration impact

You will be able to migrate all your zones that do not have URI-based WAF overrides. The same protection will apply to your zone once you move to the new WAF.

Most configuration settings from the previous version of WAF managed rules will be migrated to the new version, but some specific configurations originally defined in the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set will be lost — you will have to create these configurations in the new WAF Managed Rules, if needed.

For API users, the APIs for managing the previous version of WAF managed rules will stop working once you migrate. You must use the Rulesets API to manage the new WAF Managed Rules.

### Configurations that will be migrated

The update process will create an equivalent configuration for the following settings of WAF managed rules:

- Firewall rules configured with _Bypass_ > _WAF Managed Rules_.
- Page Rules configured with _Disable Security_.
- Page Rules configured with _Web Application Firewall: Off_ or _Web Application Firewall: On_.

The OWASP ruleset configuration will be partially migrated. Refer to the next section for details.

### Configurations that will be lost in the update process

The update process will partially migrate the settings of the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set available in the previous version of WAF managed rules.

The following OWASP settings will be migrated:

- **Sensitivity**: The [old sensitivity values](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/#owasp-modsecurity-core-rule-set) will be migrated to the following [paranoia level](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#paranoia-level) (PL) and [score threshold](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#score-threshold) combinations in the new OWASP ruleset:

  | Old sensitivity | PL in new OWASP | Score threshold in new OWASP |
  | --------------- | --------------- | ---------------------------- |
  | High            | PL2             | Medium – 40 or higher        |
  | Medium          | PL1             | High – 25 or higher          |
  | Low             | PL1             | Medium – 40 or higher        |
  | Default         | PL2             | Medium – 40 or higher        |

- **Action**: The action in the previous OWASP ruleset has an almost direct mapping in the new OWASP managed ruleset, except for the _Simulate_ action which will be migrated to _Log_.

The following OWASP settings will **not** be migrated, since there is no direct equivalence between rules in the two versions:

- OWASP group overrides
- OWASP rule overrides

To replace these settings you will need to configure the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset in WAF Managed Rules again according to your needs, namely any tag/rule overrides. For more information on configuring the new OWASP Core Ruleset, refer to [Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/).

### Configurations that will prevent you from updating

If a zone has [URI-based WAF overrides](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/overrides/methods/list/) (only available via API), you will not have the option to migrate to WAF Managed Rules. To update to WAF Managed Rules you must:

1. Delete any existing URI-based WAF overrides using the [Delete a WAF override](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/overrides/methods/delete/) operation.
2. Follow the update process described below.

### Cloudflare dashboard changes

After the update process is complete, the Cloudflare dashboard will display the new WAF Managed Rules interface in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**, where you can deploy managed rulesets and adjust their configuration.

![After migrating to WAF Managed Rules, the Cloudflare dashboard will display a new interface where you can deploy managed rulesets to your zone.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/waf-migration-dashboard-differences.png)

Unlike the WAF managed rules, there is no global on/off setting to enable the WAF in the new interface. Instead, you deploy each managed ruleset individually in your zone.

For more information about configuring WAF Managed Rules in the dashboard, refer to [Deploy Managed Rulesets for a zone in the dashboard](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/).

### API changes

Once the migration is complete, the APIs for interacting with WAF managed rules **will stop working**. These APIs are the following:

- [WAF packages](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/packages/methods/list/)
- [WAF rule groups](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/packages/subresources/groups/methods/list/)
- [WAF rules](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/packages/subresources/rules/methods/list/)

:::caution
If you have any integrations using the WAF managed rules APIs stated above, you must update them before migrating to the new WAF Managed Rules.
:::

To work with WAF Managed Rules you must use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/). For more information on deploying WAF Managed Rules via API, refer to [Deploy managed rulesets via API](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-api/).

### Terraform changes

Once the migration is complete, the following Terraform resources for configuring WAF managed rules **will stop working**:

- [`cloudflare_waf_package`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/3.35.0/docs/resources/waf_package)
- [`cloudflare_waf_group`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/3.35.0/docs/resources/waf_group)
- [`cloudflare_waf_rule`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/3.35.0/docs/resources/waf_rule)

These resources were only supported in the Terraform Cloudflare provider up to version 3.35. Version 4.x [no longer supports these resources](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/guides/version-4-upgrade#resources-1).

To manage the configuration of the new WAF Managed Rules using Terraform, you must use [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) resources.

---

## Eligible zones

### Phase 2 (since 2022-09-19)

:::note[Update notice]
On 2023-08-18, Cloudflare added support for migrating partner accounts to the new WAF Managed Rules.
:::

In phase 2 all zones are eligible for migration. The exact migration procedure varies according to your Cloudflare plan.

- **Pro** and **Business** customers can update to the new WAF Managed Rules in the Cloudflare dashboard or via API. Once the new version is enabled, the previous version of WAF managed rules will be automatically disabled.

- **Enterprise** customers can enable the new WAF Managed Rules configuration while keeping the previous version of WAF managed rules enabled, allowing them to check the impact of the new WAF configuration. After reviewing the behavior of the new configuration and making any required adjustments to specific managed rules, Enterprise users can then finish the migration, which will disable the previous version of WAF managed rules.

**Note:** Zones that have [URI-based WAF overrides](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/overrides/methods/list/), which you could only manage via API, will not be able to migrate immediately to the new WAF Managed Rules. You must delete these overrides before migrating.

### Phase 1 (since 2022-05-04)

In phase 1 the migration became available to a subset of eligible zones, which had to meet the following requirements:

- The zone has:

  - WAF disabled, or
  - WAF enabled and only the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset is enabled (the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set must be disabled).

- The zone has no [firewall rules](/firewall/cf-dashboard/) or [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/) bypassing, enabling, or disabling WAF managed rules:

  - Firewall rules configured with _Bypass_ > _WAF Managed Rules_.
  - Page Rules configured with _Disable Security_.
  - Page Rules configured with _Web Application Firewall: Off_ or _Web Application Firewall: On._

- The zone has no [URI-based WAF overrides](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/waf/subresources/overrides/methods/list/) (only available via API).

---

## Starting the migration

You can start the WAF update in the Cloudflare dashboard or via API.

### Using the dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and zone.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**.

   If you are an Enterprise customer, the dashboard will show the following banner:

   ![The migration banner displayed to Enterprise customers in WAF > Managed rules.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/waf-migration-ent-banner.png)

   If you are a Professional/Business customer, the dashboard will show the following banner:

   ![The migration banner displayed to Pro/Business customers in WAF > Managed rules.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/waf-migration-biz-banner.png)

3. In the update banner, select **Review configuration**. This banner is only displayed in eligible zones.

4. Review the proposed WAF configuration rules. You can make adjustments to the proposed configuration, like [editing the WAF Managed Rules configuration](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset) or creating [exceptions](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) to skip the execution of rulesets or specific rules.

5. When you are done reviewing, select **Deploy** to deploy the new WAF Managed Rules configuration.

   If you are a Professional/Business customer, Cloudflare will deploy the new WAF configuration and then disable the previous WAF version. The migration process may take a couple of minutes. When the migration finishes, the dashboard will display the new WAF Managed Rules interface in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**. To check if the migration has finished, refresh the dashboard.

   If you are an Enterprise customer, both WAF implementations will be enabled simultaneously when you select Deploy, so that you can validate your new configuration. Refer to the steps in the next section for additional guidance.

#### Validate your new WAF configuration and finish the upgrade (Enterprise customers only)

If you are an Enterprise customer, after deploying your new WAF configuration both WAF implementations will be enabled simultaneously. During this stage (called validation mode), the Cloudflare dashboard will display both WAF Managed Rules, old and new, in the **Managed rules** tab. The new WAF Managed Rules will run before the previous version.

1. Use the current validation mode to check the behavior of the new WAF configuration in Security Events (**Security** > **Events**). For more information, refer to [Analyzing the new WAF behavior in Security Events](#analyzing-the-new-waf-behavior-in-security-events).

2. When you are done reviewing your configuration with both WAFs enabled, select **Ready to update** in the update banner, and then select **Turn off previous version**. This operation will complete the migration and disable the previous WAF version.

When the migration finishes, the dashboard will only display the new WAF Managed Rules interface in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**. To check if the migration has finished, refresh the dashboard.

:::note
The update process can take up to an hour. During this period you may observe security events from both versions of WAF managed rules.
:::

### Using the API

1. Use the [Check WAF update compatibility](#api-operations) operation to determine if the zone can update to the new WAF, given its current configuration:

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waf_migration/check?phase_two=1" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   Example response:

   ```json null {3}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"compatible": true,
   		"migration_state": "start"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

   If the response includes `"compatible": true`, this means that the zone can update to the new WAF and you can proceed with the update process. If the response includes `"compatible": false`, this means that your zone is not eligible for the update, given its current configuration. Refer to [Eligible zones](#eligible-zones) for details.

2. To get the new WAF configuration corresponding to your current configuration, use the [Get new WAF configuration](#api-operations) operation:

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waf_migration/config?phase_two=1" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   Example response:

   ```json
   {
   	"result": {
   		"name": "default",
   		"rules": [
   			{
   				"id": "",
   				"version": "",
   				"action": "execute",
   				"expression": "true",
   				"description": "",
   				"ref": "",
   				"enabled": true,
   				"action_parameters": {
   					"id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee",
   					"overrides": {
   						"rules": [
   							{
   								"id": "23ee7cebe6e8443e99ecf932ab579455",
   								"action": "log",
   								"enabled": false
   							}
   						]
   					}
   				}
   			}
   		]
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

The returned configuration in the example above, which would match the existing configuration for the previous WAF version, contains:

- A rule that executes the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset (ruleset ID efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee).
- A single override for the rule `Apache Struts - Open Redirect - CVE:CVE-2013-2248` (rule ID 23ee7cebe6e8443e99ecf932ab579455) in the same ruleset, setting the action to `log` and disabling the rule.

3. (Optional, for Enterprise customers only) If you are migrating an Enterprise zone to WAF Managed Rules, you can enter validation mode before finishing the migration. In this mode, both WAF implementations will be enabled. Use the [Update a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/update/) operation, making sure you include the `waf_migration=validation&phase_two=1` query string parameters:

   ```bash
   curl --request PUT \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint?waf_migration=validation&phase_two=1" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "name": "default",
     "rules": [
       {
         "action": "execute",
         "expression": "true",
         "description": "",
         "enabled": true,
         "action_parameters": {
           "id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee",
           "overrides": {
             "rules": [
               {
                 "id": "23ee7cebe6e8443e99ecf932ab579455",
                 "action": "log",
                 "enabled": false
               }
             ]
           }
         }
       }
     ]
   }'
   ```

   After invoking this API endpoint, both WAF managed rules and WAF Managed Rules will be enabled. Check the [Activity log](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) in Security Events for any legitimate traffic getting blocked, and perform any required adjustments to the WAF Managed Rules configuration. For example, you can [add an override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) for a single rule that disables it or changes its action.

4. To finish the migration and disable WAF managed rules, set the configuration for the new WAF using the settings you obtained in step 2 and possibly adjusted in step 3. Make sure you include the `waf_migration=pending&phase_two=1` query string parameters.

   ```bash
   curl --request PUT \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint?waf_migration=pending&phase_two=1" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
     "name": "default",
     "rules": [
       {
         "id": "",
         "version": "",
         "action": "execute",
         "expression": "true",
         "description": "",
         "ref": "",
         "enabled": true,
         "action_parameters": {
           "id": "efb7b8c949ac4650a09736fc376e9aee",
           "overrides": {
             "rules": [
               {
                 "id": "23ee7cebe6e8443e99ecf932ab579455",
                 "action": "log",
                 "enabled": false
               }
             ]
           }
         }
       }
     ]
   }'
   ```

Once the provided configuration is saved and the new WAF Managed Rules are enabled, the previous version of the WAF managed rules will be automatically disabled, due to the presence of the `waf_migration=pending&phase_two=1` parameters. This will make sure that your zone stays protected by one of the WAF versions during the update process.

:::note
Pro and Business customers, which do not have access to the validation mode described in step 3, can update the rules (and overrides) in their zone entry point ruleset without triggering the migration by omitting the `waf_migration=pending&phase_two=1` parameters. However, all the rules in their configuration must be disabled (`"enabled": false`). Only Enterprise customers can configure (enabled) rules deploying Managed Rulesets without triggering the migration.
:::

---

## Analyzing the new WAF behavior in Security Events

### For Enterprise customers

If you are an Enterprise customer, use the **validation mode** of the WAF migration process to check the behavior of the new WAF Managed Rules configuration. Cloudflare enables validation mode after you deploy the new WAF configuration. In this mode, the previous WAF version is still enabled, so that you can validate the behavior of your new configuration during the migration process. The new WAF Managed Rules will run before the previous version.

Go to the [Activity log](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) in Security Events during validation mode and check the following:

- Look for any requests allowed by the new WAF that are being handled by the previous WAF version (for example, by a challenge or block action). If this happens, consider writing a [firewall rule](/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/#create-a-firewall-rule) or a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) to handle the requests you previously identified.

- Look for legitimate requests being blocked by the new WAF. In this situation, edit the WAF managed rule that is blocking these requests, changing the performed action or disabling the rule. For more information, refer to [Configure a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset).

### For Business/Professional customers

Business and Professional customers do not have access to validation mode, which means that they will be able to check the new WAF behavior after they migrate to the new WAF Managed Rules.

In the days following the migration, check the [Activity log](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) in Security Events looking for any legitimate requests being blocked by WAF Managed Rules. If you identify any incorrectly blocked requests, adjust the corresponding WAF rule action to Log. For more information on changing the action of a managed ruleset rule, refer to [Configure a single rule in a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-single-rule-in-a-managed-ruleset).

Additionally, check for requests that should have been blocked. In this situation, consider creating a [firewall rule](/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/#create-a-firewall-rule) or a [WAF custom rule](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) to block these requests.

---

## API operations

Updating to the new WAF Managed Rules via API requires invoking the following API operations:

| Name                                                                        | Method + Endpoint                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Check WAF<br/>update compatibility                                          | `GET` `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/waf_migration/check?phase_two=1`                                                               | Checks if the current zone can be updated to the new WAF, given its current configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Get new WAF<br/>configuration                                               | `GET` `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/waf_migration/config?phase_two=1`                                                              | Obtains the new WAF Managed Rules configuration that is equivalent to the current configuration (previous version of WAF managed rules).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Update zone<br/>entry point ruleset](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/update/) | `PUT` `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/rulesets/` `phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint?waf_migration=<VALUE>&phase_two=1` | Updates the configuration of the zone entry point ruleset for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase.<br/>Available values for the `waf_migration` query string parameter:<br/>– `pending` / `1`: Defines the new WAF Managed Rules configuration and disables the previous version of WAF managed rules as soon as the provided configuration is saved and the new WAF is enabled.<br/>– `validation` / `2`: (Enterprise zones only) Defines the new WAF Managed Rules configuration and enables the new WAF Managed Rules side by side with the previous version, entering validation mode. To exit validation mode and finish the migration, invoke the same API endpoint with `waf_migration=pending`. |
| Get WAF status                                                              | `GET` `/zones/<ZONE_ID>/waf_migration/status`                                                                          | Obtains the status of old and new WAF managed rules for a zone (enabled/disabled). The response also includes the current migration state (or mode).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

You must prepend the Cloudflare API base URL to the endpoints listed above to obtain the full endpoint:

`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4`

---

## Possible migration errors

Contact Cloudflare Support to get help with the following errors:

- The number of firewall rules to migrate exceeds 200.
- The length of a firewall rule expression is longer than 4 KB.

---

## Additional resources

### Configuring the new WAF Managed Rules using the Cloudflare API

Instead of using the previous APIs for managing WAF packages, rule groups, and rules, you must now use the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) to programmatically configure WAF Managed Rules.

You can also create [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) to specify changes to be executed on top of the default WAF Managed Rules configuration. These changes will take precedence over the managed ruleset’s default behavior.

For more information, refer to the following resources:

- [Deploy a managed ruleset to a phase at the zone level](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/#deploy-a-managed-ruleset-to-a-phase-at-the-zone-level)
- [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/)

### Configuring the new WAF Managed Rules using Terraform

Instead of using the previous resources for managing WAF packages, rule groups, and rules, you must now use the [`cloudflare_ruleset`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs/resources/ruleset) Terraform resource to configure WAF Managed Rules. For configuration examples, refer to [WAF Managed Rules configuration using Terraform](/terraform/additional-configurations/waf-managed-rulesets/).

#### Replace your configuration using `cf-terraforming`

You can use the [`cf-terraforming`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming) tool to generate the Terraform configuration for your new WAF Managed Rules configuration after you migrate. Then, import the new resources to Terraform state.

The recommended steps for replacing your old WAF managed rules configuration in Terraform with a new ruleset-based configuration for the new WAF Managed Rules are the following:

1. Run the following command to generate all ruleset configurations for a zone:

   ```sh null {3,6}
   cf-terraforming generate --zone <ZONE_ID> --resource-type "cloudflare_ruleset"

   resource "cloudflare_ruleset" "terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31" {
     kind    = "zone"
     name    = "default"
     phase   = "http_request_firewall_managed"
     zone_id = "<ZONE_ID>"
     rules {
       [...]
     }
     [...]
   }
   [...]
   ```

2. The previous command may return additional ruleset configurations for other Cloudflare products also based on the [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/). Since you are looking for the WAF Managed Rules configuration, keep only the Terraform resource for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase and save it to a `.tf` configuration file. You will need the full resource name in the next step.

3. Import the `cloudflare_ruleset` resource you previously identified into Terraform state using the `terraform import` command. For example:

```sh
terraform import cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31 zone/<ZONE_ID>/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31
```

```sh output
 cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Importing from ID "zone/<ZONE_ID>/3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31"...
 cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Import prepared!
   Prepared cloudflare_ruleset for import
 cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]

 Import successful!

 The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
 your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.
```

4. Run `terraform plan` to validate that Terraform now checks the state of the new `cloudflare_ruleset` resource, in addition to other existing resources already managed by Terraform. For example:

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

   ```sh output

   cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]
   [...]
   cloudflare_waf_package.my_package: Refreshing state... [id=14a2524fd75c419f8d273116815b6349]
   cloudflare_waf_group.my_group: Refreshing state... [id=0580eb5d92e344ddb2374979f74c3ddf]
   [...]
   ```

5. Remove any state related to the previous version of WAF managed rules from your Terraform state:

   :::caution
   You must remove WAF packages, groups, and rules from Terraform state before deleting their configuration from `.tf` configuration files to prevent issues.
   :::

   1. Run the following command to find all resources related to the previous version of WAF managed rules:

      ```sh
      terraform state list | grep -E '^cloudflare_waf_(package|group|rule)\.'
      ```

      ```sh output
      cloudflare_waf_package.my_package
      cloudflare_waf_group.my_group
      ```

   2. Run the `terraform state rm ...` command in dry-run mode to understand the impact of removing those resources without performing any changes:

      ```sh
      terraform state rm -dry-run cloudflare_waf_package.my_package cloudflare_waf_group.my_group
      ```

      ```sh output
      Would remove cloudflare_waf_package.my_package
      Would remove cloudflare_waf_group.my_group
      ```

   3. If the impact looks correct, run the same command without the `-dry-run` parameter to actually remove the resources from Terraform state:

      ```sh
      terraform state rm cloudflare_waf_package.my_package cloudflare_waf_group.my_group
      ```

      ```sh output
      Removed cloudflare_waf_package.my_package
      Removed cloudflare_waf_group.my_group
      Successfully removed 2 resource instance(s).
      ```

6. After removing WAF package, group, and rule resources from Terraform state, delete `cloudflare_waf_package`, `cloudflare_waf_group`, and `cloudflare_waf_rule` resources from `.tf` configuration files.

7. Run `terraform plan` to verify that the resources you deleted from configuration files no longer appear. You should not have any pending changes.

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

   ```sh output
   cloudflare_ruleset.terraform_managed_resource_3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31: Refreshing state... [id=3c0b456bc2aa443089c5f40f45f51b31]
   [...]

   No changes. Your infrastructure matches the configuration.

   Terraform has compared your real infrastructure against your configuration and found no differences, so no changes are needed.
   ```

For details on importing Cloudflare resources to Terraform and using the `cf-terraforming` tool, refer to the following resources:

- [Import Cloudflare resources](/terraform/advanced-topics/import-cloudflare-resources/)
- [`cf-terraforming` GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cf-terraforming)

---

## Final remarks

The concept of <GlossaryTooltip term="paranoia level">paranoia level</GlossaryTooltip> did not exist in the OWASP version (2.x) used in WAF managed rules. Based on the OWASP guide recommendations, the WAF migration process will set the paranoia level of the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset to _PL2_.

You cannot disable the new version of WAF Managed Rules using [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/), since the _Web Application Firewall: Off_ setting in Page Rules only applies to the previous version of WAF managed rules. To disable the new WAF Managed Rules you must configure [exceptions](/waf/managed-rules/waf-exceptions/) (also known as skip rules).

---

# Create a rule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/create/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Tools**.

3. Under **IP Access Rules**, enter the following details:

   1. For **Value**, enter an IP address, IP range, country code/name, or Autonomous System Number (ASN). For details, refer to [Parameters](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/parameters/).
   2. Select an [action](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/actions/).
   3. For **Zone**, select whether the rule applies to the current website only or to all websites in the account.
   4. (Optional) Enter a note for the rule (for example, `Payment Gateway`).

4. Select **Add**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the Cloudflare API to programmatically create IP Access rules. For more information, refer to [Get IP Access rules](/api/resources/firewall/subresources/access_rules/methods/create/).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# IP Access rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Use IP Access rules to <GlossaryTooltip term="allowlist">allowlist</GlossaryTooltip>, block, and challenge traffic based on the visitor's IP address, country, or Autonomous System Number (ASN).

IP Access rules are commonly used to block or challenge suspected malicious traffic. Another common use of IP Access rules is to allow services that regularly access your site, such as APIs, crawlers, and payment providers.

:::caution

- Allowing an IP, ASN, or country will bypass any configured [custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), and firewall rules (deprecated).
- Allowing a country will **not** bypass [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/) or [WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/).

:::

## Recommendation: Use WAF custom rules instead

Cloudflare recommends that you create [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/) instead of IP Access rules to perform IP-based or geography-based blocking (geoblocking):

- For IP-based blocking, use an [IP list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) in the custom rule expression.
- For geoblocking, use fields such as _AS Num_, _Country_, and _Continent_ in the custom rule expression.

---

## Availability

IP Access rules are available to all customers.

Each Cloudflare account can have a maximum of 50,000 rules. If you are an Enterprise customer and need more rules, contact your account team.

Block by country is only available on the Enterprise plan. Other customers may perform country blocking using [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/).

## Final remarks

- By design, IP Access rules configured to _Allow_ traffic do not show up in [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/).

- Requests containing certain attack patterns in the `User-Agent` field are checked before being processed by the general firewall pipeline. Therefore, such requests are blocked before any allowlist logic takes place. When this occurs, security events downloaded from the API show `rule_id` as `security_level` and action as `drop`.

- Cloudflare supports use of `fail2ban` to block IPs on your server. However, to prevent `fail2ban` from inadvertently blocking Cloudflare IPs and causing errors for some visitors, ensure you restore original visitor IP in your origin server logs. For details, refer to [Restoring original visitor IPs](/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/).

## Related resources

To learn more about protection options provided by Cloudflare to protect your website against malicious traffic and bad actors, refer to [Secure your website](/learning-paths/application-security/account-security/).

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/parameters/

An IP Access rule will apply a certain action to incoming traffic based on the visitor's IP address, IP range, country, or Autonomous System Number (ASN).

## IP address

| Type         | Example value |
| ------------ | ------------- |
| IPv4 address | `192.0.2.3`   |
| IPv6 address | `2001:db8::`  |

## IP range

| Type             | Example value    | Start of range | End of range                             |                    Number of addresses |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------: |
| IPv4 `/24` range | `192.0.2.0/24`   | `192.0.2.0`    | `192.0.2.255`                            |                                    256 |
| IPv4 `/16` range | `192.168.0.0/16` | `192.168.0.0`  | `192.168.255.255`                        |                                 65,536 |
| IPv6 `/64` range | `2001:db8::/64`  | `2001:db8::`   | `2001:db8:0000:0000:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff` |             18,446,744,073,709,551,616 |
| IPv6 `/48` range | `2001:db8::/48`  | `2001:db8::`   | `2001:db8:0000:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff` |      1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 |
| IPv6 `/32` range | `2001:db8::/32`  | `2001:db8::`   | `2001:db8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff` | 79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,950,336 |

## Country

Specify a country using two-letter [ISO-3166-1 alpha-2 codes](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html). Additionally, the Cloudflare dashboard accepts country names. For example:

- `US`
- `CN`
- `germany` (dashboard only)

Cloudflare uses the following special country alpha-2 codes that are not part of the ISO:

- `T1`: [Tor exit nodes](/network/onion-routing/) (country name: `Tor`)
- `XX`: Unknown/reserved

:::note[Notes about country blocking]

- Block by country is only available on Enterprise plans.
- IP addresses globally allowed by Cloudflare will override an IP Access rule country block, but they will not override a country block via [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/).

:::

## Autonomous System Number (ASN)

| Type | Example value |
| ---- | ------------- |
| ASN  | `AS13335`     |

---

# Create in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/create-dashboard/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To create a list, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.

2. Go to Account Home > **Manage Account** > **Configurations**, and then select **Lists**.

3. Select **Create new list**.

4. Enter a name for your list, observing the [list name guidelines](/waf/tools/lists/#list-names).

5. (Optional) Enter a description for the list, with a maximum length of 500 characters.

6. For **Content type**, select the [type of list](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/) you are creating.

7. Select **Create**.

8. Follow the instructions in the next section to add items to the list.

## Add items to a list

1. (Optional) If you wish to add items to an existing list:

   1. Go to Account Home > **Manage Account** > **Configurations** > **Lists**.
   2. Select **Edit** next to the list you want to edit.

2. Select **Add items**.

3. To [add items to the list manually](#add-items-to-a-list-manually), use the available text inputs on the page.

4. To [add items using a CSV file](#add-items-using-a-csv-file), select **Upload CSV**.

:::note[Notes]
 <Render file="lists-import-notes" product="fundamentals" /> 
:::

### Add items to a list manually

1. In the **Add items to list** page, enter values for the different fields (the exact fields depend on the list type).

   As you enter information into a text input, a new row of inputs displays below the current one. To delete any of the items that you have entered, select **X**.

2. Select **Add to list**.

### Add items using a CSV file

To add items to a list by uploading a CSV file:

1. In the **Add items to list** page, select **Upload CSV**.

2. Browse to the location of the CSV file, select the file, and then select **Open**. The displayed items in the page will include the items loaded from the CSV file.

   The exact CSV file format depends on the list type. Refer to [Custom list types](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/#custom-list-types) for details.

3. You can continue to edit the items in the list before adding them:

   * To delete any of the items you have entered, select **X**.
   * To add extra items manually, enter the information in the text inputs.

4. Select **Add to list**.

---

# Custom lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/

import { Details } from "~/components";

A custom list contains one or more items of the same type (for example, IP addresses, hostnames, or ASNs) that you can reference collectively, by name, in rule expressions.

Cloudflare supports the following custom list types:

- [Lists with IP addresses](#lists-with-ip-addresses-ip-lists) (also known as IP lists)
- [Lists with hostnames](#lists-with-hostnames)
- [Lists with ASNs](#lists-with-asns) ([autonomous system](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/) numbers)

:::note

Lists with hostnames and ASNs are only available to Enterprise customers. Refer to [Availability](/waf/tools/lists/#availability) for details.
:::

Each type has its own properties and CSV file format. Refer to the following sections for details.

For more information on lists managed by Cloudflare, such as Managed IP Lists, refer to [Managed Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/).

## Create a custom list

Refer to [Create a list in the dashboard](/waf/tools/lists/create-dashboard/) or to the [Lists API](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/) page.

## Use a custom list

Use custom lists in rule [expressions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) with the `in` operator and with a field supported by the custom list:

```txt
<FIELD> in $<LIST_NAME>
```

The fields you can use vary according to the list item type:

| List item type | Available fields                                                                                                 |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| IP address     | Fields with type `IP address` listed in the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) |
| Hostname       | `http.host`                                                                                                      |
| ASN            | `ip.src.asnum`                                                                                                   |

For more information and examples, refer to [Use lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/).

---

## Custom list types

### Lists with IP addresses (IP lists)

List items in custom lists with IP addresses must be in one of the following formats:

- Individual IPv4 addresses
- IPv4 CIDR ranges with a prefix from `/8` to `/32`
- IPv6 CIDR ranges with a prefix from `/12` to `/64`

You can combine individual addresses and CIDR ranges in the same list.

:::note

To specify an IPv6 address, enter it as a CIDR range with a `/64` prefix, the largest supported prefix for IPv6 CIDR ranges.

For example, instead of `2001:db8:6a0b:1a01:d423:43b9:13c5:2e8f`, enter one of the following:

- `2001:db8:6a0b:1a01:0000:0000:0000:0000/64`
- `2001:db8:6a0b:1a01::/64` (using the [double colon notation](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5952#section-4.2))

The IPv6 address topology describes the last 64 bits as the host identifier. Matching on a `/128` prefix would identify a specific IPv6 address, but not the host in general. It would be possible for an attacker to change their specific IPv6 address from a single machine.

:::

You can use uppercase or lowercase characters for IPv6 addresses in lists. However, when you save the list, uppercase characters are converted to lowercase.

<Details header="CSV file format">

When uploading items to a custom list with IP addresses via CSV file, use the following file format (enter one item per line):

```txt
<IP_ADDRESS_1>,<DESCRIPTION>
<IP_ADDRESS_2>
```

The `<DESCRIPTION>` field is optional.

</Details>

### Lists with hostnames

:::note

Available to Enterprise customers.
:::

List items in custom lists with hostnames must be Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs). An item may contain a `*` prefix/subdomain wildcard, which must be followed by a `.` (period). An item cannot include a scheme (for example, `https://`) or a URL path.

For example, the following entries would be valid for a custom list with hostnames:

- `example.com`
- `api.example.com`
- `*.example.com`

However, `example.com/path/subfolder` would not be a valid entry.

You can add any valid hostname (a valid FQDN) to a custom list with hostnames. The hostnames do not need to belong to the current Cloudflare account.

<Details header="CSV file format">

When uploading items to a custom list with hostnames via CSV file, use the following file format:

```txt
<HOSTNAME_1>,<DESCRIPTION>
<HOSTNAME_2>
```

The `<DESCRIPTION>` field is optional.

</Details>

### Lists with ASNs

:::note

Available to Enterprise customers.
:::

List items in custom lists with autonomous system numbers (ASNs) must be integer values.

For example, the following entries would be valid for a list with ASNs:

- `1`
- `13335`
- `64512`

<Details header="CSV file format">

When uploading items to a custom list with ASNs via CSV file, use the following file format:

```txt
<ASN_1>,<DESCRIPTION>
<ASN_2>
```

The `<DESCRIPTION>` field is optional.

</Details>

---

# Lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/

import { FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components";

Use lists to refer to a group of items (such as IP addresses) collectively, by name, in rule expressions of Cloudflare products. You can create your own custom lists or use lists managed by Cloudflare, such as [Managed IP Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists).

Lists have the following advantages:

<Render file="list-advantages" product="waf" />

## Supported lists

Cloudflare supports the following lists:

- [Custom lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/): Includes custom IP lists, hostname lists, and ASN lists.
- [Managed Lists](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/): Lists managed and updated by Cloudflare, such as Managed IP Lists.

Refer to each page for details.

:::note
Bulk Redirects use [Bulk Redirect Lists](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#bulk-redirect-lists), a different type of list covered in the Rules documentation.
:::

## List names

The name of a list must comply with the following requirements:

- The name uses only lowercase letters, numbers, and the underscore (`_`) character in the name. A valid name satisfies this regular expression: `^[a-z0-9_]+$`.
- The maximum length of a list name is 50 characters.

## Work with lists

### Create and edit lists

You can [create lists in the Cloudflare dashboard](/waf/tools/lists/create-dashboard/) or using the [Lists API](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/).

After creating a list, you can add and remove items from the list, but you cannot change the list name or type.

### Use lists in expressions

Both the Cloudflare dashboard and the Cloudflare API support lists:

- To use lists in an expression from the Cloudflare dashboard, refer to [Use lists in expressions](/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/).
- To reference a list in an API expression, refer to [Values: Lists](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#lists) in the Rules language reference.

:::caution
Currently, not all Cloudflare products support lists in their expressions. Refer to the documentation of each [individual product](/products/) for details on list support.
:::

### Search list items

You can search for list items in the dashboard or [via API](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/list/).

For IP Lists, Cloudflare will return IP addresses/ranges that start with your search query (search by prefix). Currently, you cannot search for an IP address contained in a CIDR range of an IP List.

For Bulk Redirect Lists, Cloudflare will return the URL redirects in the list where the source URL or target URL contain your search query (search by substring).

## Availability

List availability varies according to the list type and your Cloudflare plan and subscriptions.

<FeatureTable id="global_configurations.lists" />

Notes:

<Render file="lists-notes" product="waf" />

---

## User role requirements

The following user roles have access to the list management functionality:

- Super Administrator
- Administrator
- Firewall

## Final remarks

You can only delete a list when there are no rules (enabled or disabled) that reference that list.<br/>

<Render file="lists-import-notes" product="fundamentals" />

To replace the entire contents of a list, format the data as an array and use the [Update all list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/update/) operation in the [Lists API](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/endpoints/).

You cannot download a list in CSV format from the Cloudflare dashboard. If you need to download the contents of a list, use the [Get list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/list/) operation to fetch the list items.

---

# Managed Lists

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare provides Managed Lists you can use in rule expressions. These lists are regularly updated.

:::note
The available Managed Lists depend on your Cloudflare plan and product subscriptions. Refer to [Availability](/waf/tools/lists/#availability) for details.
:::

## Managed IP Lists

Use Managed IP Lists to access Cloudflare's IP threat intelligence.

Cloudflare provides the following Managed IP Lists:

<Render file="managed-lists" product="waf" />

---

# Use lists in expressions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/use-in-expressions/

## Expression Builder

To use a list in the [Expression Builder](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-builder):

1. Select *is in list* or *is not in list* from the **Operator** drop-down list.

   ![Selecting an IP list from the Value drop-down list when configuring the expression of a WAF custom rule](~/assets/images/fundamentals/lists/cf-open-proxies-list.png)

2. Select a list from the **Value** drop-down list. Depending on your plan, you may be able to select a [Managed IP List](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists).

3. To commit your changes and enable the rule, select **Deploy**. If you are not ready to enable the rule, select **Save as Draft**.

## Expression Editor

To use a list in the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor), specify the `in` operator and use `$<list_name>` to specify the name of the list.

Examples:

* Expression matching requests from IP addresses that are in an IP list named `office_network`:

  ```txt
  ip.src in $office_network
  ```

* Expression matching requests with a source IP address different from IP addresses in the `office_network` IP list:

  ```txt
  not ip.src in $office_network
  ```

* Expression matching requests from IP addresses in the Cloudflare Open Proxies [Managed IP List](/waf/tools/lists/managed-lists/#managed-ip-lists):

  ```txt
  ip.src in $cf.open_proxies
  ```

---

# Email Address Obfuscation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

By enabling Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation, email addresses on your web page will be hidden from bots, while keeping them visible to humans. In fact, there are no visible changes to your website for visitors.

## Background

Email harvesters and other bots roam the Internet looking for email addresses to add to lists that target recipients for spam. This trend results in an increasing amount of unwanted email.

Web administrators have come up with clever ways to protect against this by writing out email addresses, such as `help [at] cloudflare [dot] com` or by using embedded images of the email address. However, you lose the convenience of clicking on the email address to automatically send an email. By enabling Cloudflare Email Address Obfuscation, email addresses on your web page will be obfuscated (hidden) from bots, while keeping them visible to humans. In fact, there are no visible changes to your website for visitors.

## Change Email Address Obfuscation setting

Cloudflare enables email address obfuscation automatically when you sign up.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To disable **Email Address Obfuscation** in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Scrape Shield**.
4. For **Email Address Obfuscation**, switch the toggle to **Off**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To disable **Email Address Obfuscation** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `email_obfuscation` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"off"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

## Prevent Cloudflare from obfuscating email

To prevent Cloudflare from obfuscating specific email addresses, you can:

- Add the following comment in the page HTML code:

  ```
  <!--email_off-->contact@example.com<!--/email_off-->
  ```

- Return email addresses in JSON format for AJAX calls, making sure your web server returns a content type of `application/json`.

- Disable the Email Obfuscation feature by creating a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to be applied on a specific endpoint.

---

## Troubleshoot email obfuscation

To prevent unexpected website behavior, email addresses are not obfuscated when they appear in:

- Any HTML tag attribute, except for the _href_ attribute of the _a_ tag.
- Other HTML tags:
  - _script_ tags: `<script></script>`
  - _noscript_ tags: `<noscript></noscript>`
  - _textarea_ tags: `<textarea></textarea>`
  - _xmp_ tags: `<xmp></xmp>`
  - _head_ tags: `<head></head>`
- Any page that does not have a MIME type of `text/html` or `application/xhtml+xml`.

:::caution

Email Obfuscation will not apply in the following cases:

- You are using the `Cache-Control: no-transform` header.
- The HTML/JS code is specifically added by a [Worker](/workers/).

:::

---

# Hotlink Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/scrape-shield/hotlink-protection/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Hotlink Protection prevents your images from being used by other sites, which can reduce the bandwidth consumed by your [origin server](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/cdn/glossary/origin-server/).

:::note

The supported file extensions are `gif`, `ico`, `jpg`, `jpeg`, and `png`.

:::

## Background

When Cloudflare receives an image request for your site, we check to ensure the request did not originate from visitors on another site. Visitors to your domain will still be able to download and view images.

Technically, this means that Hotlink Protection denies access to requests when the HTTP referer
does not include your website domain name (and is not blank).

Hotlink protection has no impact on crawling, but it will prevent the images from being displayed on sites such as Google images, Pinterest, and Facebook.

## Enable Hotlink Protection

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable **Hotlink Protection** in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and website.
3. Go to **Scrape Shield**.
4. For **Hotlink Protection**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable **Hotlink Protection** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `hotlink_protection` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

## Allow hotlinking to specific images

You may want certain images to be hotlinked to, whether by external websites (like Google) or certain situations like when using an RSS feed.

### Configuration rules

To disable Hotlink Protection selectively, create a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) covering the path of an image folder.

### hotlink-ok directory

You can allow certain images to be hotlinked by placing them in a directory named `hotlink-ok`. The `hotlink-ok` directory can be placed anywhere on your website.

To allow another website to use `logo.png` from `example.com`, put `logo.png` in a new folder called `hotlink-ok`.

Some examples of URLs that will not be checked for hotlinking:

- `http://example.com/hotlink-ok/pic.jpg`
- `http://example.com/images/hotlink-ok/pic.jpg`
- `http://example.com/hotlink-ok/images/pic.jpg`
- `http://example.com/images/main-site/hotlink-ok/pic.jpg`

---

# Scrape Shield

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/scrape-shield/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Scrape Shield is a collection of settings meant to protect your site's content.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Waiting Room Bypass Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/waiting-room-rules/bypass-rules/

import { Details } from "~/components"

A Waiting Room Bypass Rule is a type of Waiting Room Rule built on Cloudflare’s Ruleset Engine and managed via the Waiting Room API. A Waiting Room Bypass Rule allows you to indicate specific traffic or areas of your site or application that you do not want a waiting room to apply to. Each bypass rule is created and managed at the individual waiting room level for precise control over your waiting room traffic.

To indicate where you want your bypass rules to apply, write [custom logic](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/) using the [fields](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) available via the Cloudflare Ruleset Engine, except the following:

- `cf.threat_score` and fields starting with `cf.bot_management`
- HTTP response fields

Please be advised that the waiting room will not apply to all the traffic that matches the expressions written for bypass rules and will not be counted as active users. No Waiting Room features, including but not limited to, Event pre-queueing, Reject queueing method, or Queue-all will apply to this traffic. Be mindful of this when creating and enabling Bypass Waiting Room rules. Only use bypass rules for traffic you are confident will not overwhelm your origin or cause significant traffic surges.

:::note
Only some customers can create Waiting Room rules. For more details, refer to our [Plans](/waiting-room/plans/) page.
:::

## Common Use Cases

* **Path/URL Exclusion**: Bypass specific paths or URLs under the path you have configured for your waiting room, if you do not want your waiting room to apply to these paths.
* **Administrative Bypass**: Allow internal site administrators to always bypass the waiting room, commonly identified by IP addresses.
* **Geo-targeting**: Exclude certain countries from being queued.
* **Query String Exclusion**: Exclude specific query strings under the path you have configured for your waiting room.
* **Exclude file extensions**: Prevent waiting room from applying to certain file extensions, such as `.js` that you utilize on your waiting room HTML template so that they render properly.

### A note on subrequests

Along with the query string(s) or paths you would like to exclude, make sure to include in your expression any paths or file types that subrequests may be hitting so that these assets or paths do not have waiting room applied as well. Otherwise, these subrequests will be getting the waiting room cookie since they are still covered by the waiting room.

These could include anything like images, JavaScript files, CSS files, etc. You can also configure the rule to bypass the waiting room for any paths of a file type by bypassing if a request ends with `.js`, `.css`, `.png`, etc., so you do not have to manually configure each path those assets may be stored under.

Example condition: `ends_with(http.request.uri.path, ".js")`

## Create Waiting Room Bypass Rules in the dashboard

To create a new bypass rule:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account and domain.
2. Within your application, go to **Traffic** > **Waiting Room**.
3. Expand a waiting room and select **Manage rules**.
4. Select **Create new bypass rule**.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule name**.
6. Under **When incoming requests match**, define the rule expression. Use the **Field** drop-down list to choose an HTTP property. For each request, the value of the property you choose for **Field** is compared to the value you specify for **Value** using the operator selected in **Operator**.
7. Under **Then**, the Bypass Waiting Room action is automatically selected. Before saving, review your expression and ensure that the traffic that matches your expression is the traffic that you do not want the waiting room to apply to.
8. To save and deploy your rule, select **Save and Deploy**. If you are not ready to deploy your rule, select **Save as Draft**.

### Operators and grouping symbols

* Comparison operators specify how values defined in an expression must relate to the actual HTTP request value for the expression to return true.
* Logical operators combine two expressions to form a compound expression and use order of precedence to determine how an expression is evaluated.
* Grouping symbols allows you to organize expressions, enforce operator precedence, and nest expressions.

For examples and usage, refer to [Operators and grouping symbols](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/operators/) in the Rules language documentation.

## Manage Rules via the Waiting Room API

You can manage, delete, and create bypass rules for your waiting room via the [Waiting Room API’s](/api/resources/waiting_rooms/subresources/rules/methods/get/). A bypass rule is a Waiting Room Rule that utilizes the `bypass_waiting_room` action.

When creating a Bypass Waiting Room Rule via API, make sure you:

* Have already created and saved a waiting room you want the rule to apply to.
* Define the expression to indicate which traffic you would like to bypass your waiting room.
* Set the rule action to `bypass_waiting_room`.

Create a waiting room rule by appending the following endpoint in the Waiting Room API to the Cloudflare API base URL. New waiting room rules will be added after any existing rules.

```txt
POST zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/{room_id}/rules
```

Configure your bypass rule with the following required and optional parameters:

* **Description** (optional) - Give your rule a description to help keep a record of the purpose of this bypass rule.
* **Expression** (required) - Define the rule expression indicating which traffic to apply the bypass rule to.
* **Action** (required) - Define the action to take when expression evaluates to true. Set this to `bypass_waiting_room`.
* **Enabled** (optional) - This will default to true. If you do not wish to deploy your rule, you must set this to false.

### ​​API Examples


<Details header="Bypass a path under your waiting room and all of its subpaths">

If your waiting room is configured at `example.com/` and you would like all traffic visiting `example.com/bypassme` and all of its subpaths. In this example, we also want to ensure any subrequests of `js`, `css`, or `png` from also bypass the waiting room to ensure all assets are loaded properly on the paths being bypassed. Note that in this example, all requests ending in `js`, `css` or `png` will bypass the waiting room regardless of the subpath. If this is not your intended use case, please alter the expression to suit your specific requirements and site architecture.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/{room_id}/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "description": "subpath bypass",
  "expression": "starts_with(http.request.uri.path, \"/bypassme\") or ends_with(http.request.uri.path, \".js\") or ends_with(http.request.uri.path, \".css\") or ends_with(http.request.uri.path, \".png\")",
  "action": "bypass_waiting_room"
}'
```


</Details>


<Details header="Allow a defined list of IPs to bypass the waiting room">

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/waiting_rooms/{room_id}/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "description": "ip list bypass",
  "expression": "ip.src in $bypass_ip_list",
  "action": "bypass_waiting_room"
}'
```


</Details>

### Other API options for managing bypass rules

Through the Waiting Room API, you can also do the following to manage bypass rules by using the Waiting Room rules API calls:

* **List Waiting Room Rules**:  Lists rules for a waiting room.
* **Replace Waiting Room Rules**:  Replaces all rules for a waiting room.
* **Patch Waiting Room Rules**:  Updates a rule for a waiting room.
* **Delete Waiting Room Rules**: Deletes a rule for a waiting room.

---

# Waiting Room Rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waiting-room/additional-options/waiting-room-rules/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

In this section, we will list the Waiting Room rules available.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Ethereum network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/concepts/ethereum/

The Ethereum network is a distributed consensus platform that allows users to
write and compute smart contracts in a distributed manner. Smart contracts are
essentially Turing complete programs that are available at a unique address of
the network. When the smart contract is run as part of a transaction, the result
and the current state of the contract are stored in a verifiable consensus that
is agreed upon by the entire network of nodes.

## Smart contracts

When a user wants to run a smart contract on some desired inputs, they provide
currency known as ETH with their command. This currency is allocated to a
specific set of nodes that contribute to adding the transaction to the
distributed consensus.

If the smart contract involves moving monetary amounts to different individuals
in the network then this is also recorded in the consensus. As such, this
consensus represents the current state of the network along with exactly how
much Ethereum currency is owned by each individual.

## Addressing

All transactions on the network are stored in 'blocks' that make up the entire
consensus. In brief, the consensus is a single sequence of blocks with
increasing unique identifiers that represent all the transactions in the entire
history of the Ethereum platform.

Each block also has a unique hash identifier (a long hexadecimal string like
`0xd4e56740f876aef8c010b86a40d5f56745a118d0906a34e69aec8c0db1cb8fa3q`) that can
be used to retrieve and inspect the block. Each transaction within a block also
has a unique hash identifier that can be used to retrieve individual
transactions. When any new transaction is uploaded to the consensus as part of a
block, this update is sent around the entire network and anyone can read the
nature of the transaction that took place. This makes the entire state of the
network accountable.

## Read and write content

To read content, a user needs to interact with a working Ethereum node. Such
nodes can be run locally on a user's machine as daemons (such as:
[https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/](https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/)). When the user access to such a node
it can use the official JSONRPC API to send queries to the network, and learn
about specific aspects of the consensus.

Writing content is just as simple, and can be done using a [single JSON
command](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC#eth_sendrawtransaction).
However, writing transactions also requires supplying a certain amount of
currency along with a secret key for an [Ethereum
wallet](https://www.ethereum.org/use/#_3-what-is-a-wallet-and-which-one-should-i-use)
that holds that currency. If this can be provided, then the write transaction is
sent to the wider network and added to the consensus.

## Connect your website to the gateway

If you want to be able to access the Ethereum network accessible from a custom
domain name, you can do that by [creating a new Ethereum Gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway).

## Related resources

If you’re interested in learning more, you can read the official [RPC
documentation](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/JSON-RPC), along with the
official documentation [provided by Ethereum](https://www.ethereum.org/use/).

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

As you get started with Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway, you may want to read through the following concepts.

<DirectoryListing />

:::note

For help with additional concepts, refer to the [Ethereum documentation](https://ethereum.org/). 
:::

---

# Node types

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/concepts/node-types/

There are three widely known Ethereum nodes that are used: Full nodes, Archive nodes, and Light nodes.

## Full nodes

Full nodes store all the blockchain’s data and participate in block validation. Validating the blockchain includes keeping track of new blocks and computing and maintaining state changes. Full nodes, once fully synced with the network, can query all Ethereum blockchain data.

## Light nodes

A light node is much smaller than a full node and does not participate in block validation in the same way. The node can query the Ethereum network but does not store the state of the chain. Because of this limitation, it relies on peering with full nodes to get accurate chain data.

## Archive nodes

An archive node is a full node that additionally maintains storage of historical blockchain states. While a full node can calculate a historical state, an archive node readily has the information in local storage and has better performance for these types of requests.

## Nodes at Cloudflare

Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway provides access to full and archive nodes.

The archive nodes serve requests for the following [RPC state methods](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#state_methods) when the block number parameter is before the most recent 128 blocks or the default block parameter is set to “earliest”:

* [eth\_getBalance](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getbalance)
* [eth\_getCode](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getcode)
* [eth\_getTransactionCount](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactioncount)
* [eth\_getStorageAt](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getstorageat)
* [eth\_call](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_call)

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rinkeby deprecation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/rinkeby-deprecation/

Though Cloudflare's Ethereum Gateway launched with support for the Rinkeby testnet, Rinkeby did not run through [The Merge](https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/) and - as a result - will no longer be a reliable staging environment for mainnet.

Cloudflare will be deprecating support for Rinkeby on January 30, 2023.

## Migration

To avoid any issues with your Web3 development or debugging, you should switch over to the [Sepolia testnet](/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-networks/), which is fully supported with your Ethereum Gateway.

To migrate, you should update the endpoints you use when [reading from or writing to](/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway/) the Ethereum network.

For example, you might have been using the previous endpoints to interact with your Ethereum Gateway.

```bash title="Previous curl" {1}
curl https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/rinkeby \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": ["0x2244", true],
  "id": 1
}'
```

```js title="Previous JS Fetch API" {2}
await fetch(
  new Request('https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/rinkeby', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: JSON.stringify({
      jsonrpc: '2.0',
      method: 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
      params: ['0x2244', true],
      id: 1,
    }),
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
  })
).then(resp => {
  return resp.json();
});
```

To migrate away from Rinkeby, change the end of your endpoint to use another testnet.

```bash title="New curl" {1}
curl https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/sepolia \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_getBlockByNumber",
  "params": ["0x2244", true],
  "id": 1
}'
```

```js title="New JS Fetch API" {2}
await fetch(
  new Request('https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/sepolia', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: JSON.stringify({
      jsonrpc: '2.0',
      method: 'eth_getBlockByNumber',
      params: ['0x2244', true],
      id: 1,
    }),
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
  })
).then(resp => {
  return resp.json();
});
```

---

# Kill Switches

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/kill-switches/

When writing contracts, be especially careful to write secure code and include a
kill switch to ensure that if any bugs do reside in the code, they can be
squashed. If you do not include a kill switch and there are vulnerabilities in
the smart contract that can be exploited, this can lead to the theft of
resources from the smart contract or from other individuals.

This was brought into sharp focus during the [infamous DAO
incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DAO_\(organization\)). The DAO smart
contract acted as a complex, decentralized venture capital fund and held Ether
worth $250 million at its peak collected from a group of investors. Hackers
exploited vulnerabilities in the smart contract, stealing $50 million worth of
Ether.

Because there is no way to undo transactions in Ether, there was a highly
controversial “hard fork," where the majority of the community agreed to accept
a block that contained an *irregular state change* that essentially drained all
DAO funds into a special “WithdrawDAO” recovery contract. By convincing enough
miners to accept this irregular block as valid, the DAO was able to return
investors funds. However, not everyone agreed with the chain, with those who
disagreed rejecting the irregular block and forming the Ethereum Classic
network, each blockchain grew independently.

## Limitations

Kill switches can cause their own problems. Like if a contract that is a
library has its kill switch flipped. All contracts relying on this contract
can't operate as intended even though the underlying library code is immutable.
Recently, an attacker triggered a kill switch in an underlying library function
that caused over 500,000 Ether to get [stuck in multi-signature
wallets](https://www.parity.io/security-alert-2/). Users of the multi-signature
library assumed the immutability of the code meant that the library would always
operate as anticipated, and accepted the block. In the wake of this, there are
many tools that check smart contracts for bugs or enable bug bounties.

> Smart contracts interacting with the blockchain are only deterministic when
> accounting for the state of the blockchain.

## How is this different?

This is a radically different approach for providing transparency and
accountability. Because all contracts and transactions are public and verified
by **consensus**, trust is distributed amongst the people, rather than
centralized in a few big institutions.

The trust given to institutions is historic. This history builds
trustworthiness.

The trust placed in consensus-based algorithms is based on the assumption that
most people are honest, or more accurately that no sufficiently large subset of
people can be made to collude to produce a malicious outcome. This is the
*democratisation of trust*. In the DAO attack, a majority of nodes agreed to
accept an irregular state transition. This effectively undid the damage of the
attack, and shows how, at least in the world of blockchain, perception is
reality. Because most people “believed" -- accepted this irregular block, it
became a “real” -- valid block.

---

# Supported API methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-api-methods/

The full list of API methods that are supported by an Ethereum Gateway
is given below. The gateway returns a `403` if a method is specified that is not
supported.

For a full list of JSON-RPC API methods, refer to the [JSON-RPC specification](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis).

| JSON-RPC method                                                                                                                           | Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway support |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------: |
| [web3_clientVersion](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#web3_clientversion)                                           |                 ✅                  |
| [web3_sha3](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#web3_sha3)                                                             |                 ✅                  |
| [net_version](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#net_version)                                                         |                 ✅                  |
| [net_listening](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#net_listening)                                                     |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_syncing](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_syncing)                                                         |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_mining](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_mining)                                                           |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_gasPrice](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gasprice)                                                       |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_feeHistory](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis)[^2]                                                                          |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_blockNumber](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_blocknumber)                                                 |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_chainId](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-apis)                                                                                 |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getBalance](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getbalance)                                                   |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getStorageAt](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getstorageat)                                               |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getTransactionCount](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactioncount)                                 |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getblocktransactioncountbyhash)           |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getblocktransactioncountbynumber)       |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getunclecountbyblockhash)                       |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getunclecountbyblocknumber)                   |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getCode](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getcode)                                                         |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_sendRawTransaction](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_sendrawtransaction)                                   |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_call](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_call)                                                               |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_estimateGas](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_estimategas)                                                 |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getBlockByHash](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getblockbyhash)                                           |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getBlockByNumber](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getblockbynumber)                                       |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getTransactionByHash](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactionbyhash)                               |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactionbyblockhashandindex)     |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactionbyblocknumberandindex) |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getTransactionReceipt](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_gettransactionreceipt)                             |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getUncleByBlockHashAndIndex](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getunclebyblockhashandindex)                 |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getunclebyblocknumberandindex)             |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getLogs](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getlogs)[^1]                                                     |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getWork](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getwork)                                                         |                 ✅                  |
| [eth_getProof](https://ethereum.github.io/execution-apis/api-documentation/)                                                              |                 ✅                  |
| [net_peerCount](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#net_peercount)                                                     |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_protocolVersion](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_protocolversion)                                         |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_coinbase](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_coinbase)                                                       |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_hashrate](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_hashrate)                                                       |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_accounts](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_accounts)                                                       |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_sign](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_sign)                                                               |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_sendTransaction](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_sendtransaction)                                         |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_getCompilers](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getcompilers)                                               |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_compileLLL](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_compilelll)                                                   |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_compileSolidity](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_compile_solidity)                                        |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_compileSerpent](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_compileserpent)                                           |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_newFilter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_newfilter)                                                     |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_newBlockFilter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_newblockfilter)                                           |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_newPendingTransactionFilter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_newpendingtransactionfilter)                 |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_uninstallFilter](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_uninstallfilter)                                         |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_getFilterChanges](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getfilterchanges)                                       |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_getFilterLogs](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_getfilterlogs)                                             |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_submitWork](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_submitwork)                                                   |                 ❌                  |
| [eth_submitHashrate](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/#eth_submithashrate)                                           |                 ❌                  |

[^1]: **Limitations**: Max block range of 800 blocks.

[^2]: **Limitations**: Max block count of 10.

## Trace methods

EVM traces are a way to track the execution of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. It records all the steps taken by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) as it runs the smart contract. This includes information like the specific operation that was executed, how much gas it cost, and any changes made to the blockchain as a result. The trace module is a tool that allows developers to access and analyze these traces, which can be useful for debugging, testing, and monitoring smart contracts. It can be used to identify and fix errors, optimize performance, and gain insight into how the smart contract is interacting with the blockchain.

### trace_filter

The `trace_filter` method retrieves the traces of multiple transactions in a single request. This method is particularly useful for debugging and monitoring specific addresses on the Ethereum blockchain.

#### Request Parameters

- `fromBlock`: `Quantity` or `Tag` - (optional) The block number to start receiving traces from.
- `toBlock`: `Quantity` or `Tag` - (optional) The block number to stop receiving traces at.
- `fromAddress`: `Array` - (optional) An array of addresses to start receiving traces from.
- `toAddress`: `Address` - (optional) An array of addresses to stop retrieving traces at.
- `after`: `Quantity` - (optional) The offset trace number
- `count`: `Quantity` - (optional) The amount of traces to return.

#### Returns

This method returns an `Array` of traces matching the given filter.

#### Example

```sh title="trace_filter Request" {1}
curl https://web3-trial.cloudflare-eth.com/v1/mainnet \
-X POST \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "method":"trace_filter",
    "params":[
        {
            "count": 200,
            "fromBlock": "0xccb943",
            "toBlock": "0xccbc62",
            "fromAddress": [
                "0xEdC763b3e418cD14767b3Be02b667619a6374076"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "id":1
    }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
	"jsonrpc": "2.0",
	"result": [
		{
			"action": {
				"from": "0xedc763b3e418cd14767b3be02b667619a6374076",
				"callType": "call",
				"gas": "0x8462",
				"input": "0x095ea7b30000000000000000000000007a250d5630b4cf539739df2c5dacb4c659f2488dffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff",
				"to": "0x7ff4169a6b5122b664c51c95727d87750ec07c84",
				"value": "0x0"
			},
			"blockHash": "0x351e7c06ec010c8f7e7358eb580238dd23e1e129be96822aa93ebb6da08558e6",
			"blockNumber": 13416771,
			"result": {
				"gasUsed": "0x6009",
				"output": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"
			},
			"subtraces": 0,
			"traceAddress": [],
			"transactionHash": "0x054bbb9fbb855bf23f755e548c7409f45fc5eff8a824b2ad06380bc038d7b049",
			"transactionPosition": 54,
			"type": "call"
		}
	],
	"id": 1
}
```

### Limitations

The `trace_filter` method has some limitations to ensure that our nodes are not overloaded.

- The block range for the `trace_filter` method is limited to 800 blocks.
- The trace `count` is limited to 200

---

# Supported networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ethereum-gateway/reference/supported-networks/

Currently, Cloudflare Ethereum gateways support [interacting with](/web3/how-to/use-ethereum-gateway/) the following networks.

| Network                                                 | Usage                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| [Ethereum Mainnet](https://ethereum.org/en/enterprise/) | Append `/v1/mainnet` to calls to your gateway or the Cloudflare public gateway (`cloudflare-eth.com`). |
| [Sepolia Testnet](https://sepolia.dev/)                 | Append `/v1/sepolia` to calls to your gateway.                                                         |

---

# DNSLink gateways

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/

When you set up a gateway with a DNSLink record, that gateway is restricted to a particular piece of content (either a specific Content Identifier (CID) or an Interplanetary Name Service (IPNS) hostname).

A gateway with a DNSLink - otherwise known as a *restricted gateway* - differs from a [universal gateway](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/universal-gateway/), which allows users to access any content hosted on the IPFS network.

## What is it?

When you import anything to the [IPFS](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/ipfs/), that item gets a unique content identifier ([CID](https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/glossary/#cid)) similar to `bafybeiaysi4s6lnjev27ln5icwm6tueaw2vdykrtjkwiphwekaywqhcjze`.

Such a long CID can cause issues when you want others to be able to access a website hosted on IPFS (`https://cf-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafybeiaysi4s6lnjev27ln5icwm6tueaw2vdykrtjkwiphwekaywqhcjze`). It is a similar problem to websites in general, where end users would have difficulty remembering an IP address (`192.0.2.1`) instead of a domain name (`google.com`).

The problem is solved the same way, via a DNS record. To make a website hosted on IPFS more accessible, you can put your entire website inside of a directory and create a **DNSLink** record for that CID. End users can then make requests to a Universal Gateway URL like `https://cf-ipfs.com/ipns/en.wikipedia-on-ipfs.org/` and have their requests translated to the correct CID in the background.

DNSLink records also help with content maintenance. When a new version of your website is ready to be published, you can update your DNSLink DNS record to point to the new CID and the gateway will start serving the new version automatically.

:::note

For additional details, refer to the official [IPFS documentation](https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/dnslink/). 
:::

## How is it used with Cloudflare?

You have the option to specify the DNSLink when you [create an IPFS gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#create-a-gateway), which serves as a custom hostname that directs users to a website already hosted on IPFS.

By default, your DNSLink path is `/ipns/onboarding.ipfs.cloudflare.com`. If you choose to put your website in a different content folder hosted at your own IPFS node or with a pinning service, you will need to specify that value.

For example, the default DNSLink record for `www.example.com` would look like this:

| Record type | Name                       | Content                                        |
| ----------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| TXT         | `_dnslink.www.example.com` | `dnslink=/ipns/onboarding.ipfs.cloudflare.com` |

For more details about the DNS records created by the IPFS gateway, refer to [Gateway DNS records](/web3/reference/gateway-dns-records/).

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

As you get started with Cloudflare's IPFS Gateway, you may want to read through the following concepts.

<DirectoryListing />

:::note

For help with additional concepts, refer to the [IPFS documentation](https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/). 
:::

---

# Interplanetary File System (IPFS)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/ipfs/

The Interplanetary File System (IPFS) is a distributed file storage protocol that allows computers all over the globe to store and serve files as part of a giant peer-to-peer network.

Any computer, anywhere in the world, can download the IPFS software and start hosting and serving files.

If someone runs IPFS on their computer and uploads a file to the IPFS network, that file can be viewed and downloaded by anyone else in the world who is also running IPFS.

## Content Identifiers

Every file added to IPFS is given a unique address derived from a hash of the file's content. This address is called a Content Identifier (CID) and it combines the hash of the file and a unique identifier for the hash algorithm used into a single string.

IPFS currently uses [SHA-256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-2) by default, which produces a 256 bit (32 byte) output, and that output is encoded with [Base58](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base58). Base58 is a binary-to-text encoding scheme originally developed for Bitcoin and has the advantage that letters that might be mistaken for each other in certain fonts (like zero and the capital letter O) are not included.

A CID will typically look something like `QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco`.

However, the same hash could be encoded with [Base32](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base32) or other supported hash algorithms including [SHA-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHA-3) and [BLAKE2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAKE_\(hash_function\)).

## Uploading to IPFS

IPFS is fundamentally a [Distributed Hash Table
(DHT)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table) which maps from CIDs to people who have the content addressed by that CID. The hash
table is distributed because no single node in the network holds the entire
table. Instead, each node stores a subset of the hash table, as well as
information about which nodes are storing other relevant sections.

When someone talks about 'uploading' content to IPFS, what they really mean
(usually) is that they are announcing to the network that they have some content by adding an entry to the DHT that maps from CID to their IP address. Somebody else who wants to download their data would look up the CID in the DHT, find the person's IP address, and download the data directly from them.

The speed and reliability advantages of IPFS come from the fact that many people can upload the same data, and then downloads will be spread between all of them. If any one of them goes offline or decides to stop hosting the data, the others can pick up the slack.

## Directories

You can upload more than just individual files. For example, consider a folder called `example`, which has exactly one file, `example_text.txt`, containing the string `I'm trying out IPFS`.

If that folder were uploaded with the command `ipfs add -r ./example`, both the folder and the file it contains would have their own CID. In this case, the folder would have the CID `QmdbaSQbGU6Wo9i5LyWWVLuU8g6WrYpWh2K4Li4QuuE8Fr` while the file would have the CID `QmXnnyufdzAWL5CqZ2RnSNgPbvCc1ALT73s6epPrRnZ1Xy`.

You could then access the file in two ways:

* Requesting the file directly:<br />
  `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmXnnyufdzAWL5CqZ2RnSNgPbvCc1ALT73s6epPrRnZ1Xy`
* Requesting the file by name, from the directory:<br />
  `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmdbaSQbGU6Wo9i5LyWWVLuU8g6WrYpWh2K4Li4QuuE8Fr/example_text.txt`

While the CID of a file will only change if the file itself changes, the CID of a directory changes any time **any** of the files in it change, or if any files are added/removed.

Directories make it possible to address an entire static website with a single CID and access different pages of the website by requesting different files in the directory.

## Related resources

For help with additional concepts, refer to the [IPFS](https://docs.ipfs.tech/concepts/) documentation.

---

# Universal Path gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/universal-gateway/

When you set up a Universal Path gateway — a gateway without a *DNSLink* record — you are creating an unrestricted gateway that allows users to access any content hosted on the IPFS network.

This differs from a [restricted gateway](/web3/ipfs-gateway/concepts/dnslink/), which restricts the gateway to a particular piece of content (either a specific Content Identifier (CID) or an Interplanetary Name Service (IPNS) hostname).

## How is it used with Cloudflare?

You can add a Universal Path gateway just as you would [create any gateway](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/).

Likely, you will also want to add items to the [gateway blocklist](/web3/how-to/manage-gateways/#update-blocklist), which allows you to block content access through the Universal Path gateway for one or more:

* CIDs (`QmPZ9gcCEpqKTo6aq61g2nXGUhM4iCL3ewB6LDXZCtioEB`)
* IPFS content (`/ipfs/QmYwAPJzv5CZsnA625s3Xf2nemtYgPpHdWEz79ojWnPbdG/readme`)
* IPNS content paths (`/ipns/example.com`)

:::note


This feature is limited to specific plans. For more detail, refer to [Limits](/web3/reference/limits/).


:::

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Automated deployments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/reference/automated-deployment/

Static sites are easy to deploy automatically. The code of the site is usually kept in a Git repository and deployed by pushing the latest commit to a repository that's connected to a Continuous Integration service like [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/), or by pushing to a repository directly on the server and activating a post-receive hook. Either way, the production version of the site is built and then copied into the serving path of an Apache or NGINX instance.

IPFS usually fits into these systems: instead of copying the production version of a website into the serving path of an HTTP server, you would upload the same files to an IPFS node and update your DNS records with the new hash. There are several tools that help with different parts of this:

* [ipfs-deploy](https://github.com/agentofuser/ipfs-deploy) helps upload data to a third-party pinning providers and automatically update Cloudflare-managed DNS records.
* [dnslink-cloudflare](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/dnslink-cloudflare) is a script to programmatically update DNSLink records. This can be run with the `-Q` flag of `ipfs add` that only outputs the top-level hash.
* [Fission's IPFS support](https://guide.fission.codes/developers/custom-domains/using-cloudflare-ipfs-gateway) lets you use the Fission IPFS app publishing system from the CLI or from GitHub Actions, while using Cloudflare-managed DNS and gateway.

---

# Peering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/reference/peering-with-content-providers/

If you are running an IPFS node that serves many requests - like a public HTTP gateway - you may be able to speed up queries by maintaining long-lived connections to nodes that provide a large volume of data.

This process is known as **Peering** and you can tell IPFS to prioritize Cloudflare's peers by editing the Peering configuration in your IPFS config file.

```json
{
  "Peering": {
    "Peers": [
      {
        "ID": "QmcFf2FH3CEgTNHeMRGhN7HNHU1EXAxoEk6EFuSyXCsvRE",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-1.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcFmLd5ySfk2WZuJ1mfSWLDjdmHZq7rSAua4GoeSQfs1z",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-2.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfFmzSDVbwexQ9Au2pt5YEXHK5xajwgaU6PpkbLWerMa",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-3.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfJeB3Js1FG7T8YaZATEiaHqNKVdQfybYYkbT1knUswx",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-4.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfVvzK4tMdFmpJjEKDUoqRgP4W9FnmJoziYX5GXJJ8eZ",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-5.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfZD3VKrUxyP9BbyUnZDpbqDnT7cQ4WjPP8TRLXaoE7G",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-6.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfZP2LuW4jxviTeG8fi28qjnZScACb8PEgHAc17ZEri3",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-7.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfgsJsMtx6qJb74akCw1M24X1zFwgGo11h1cuhwQjtJP",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-8.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "Qmcfr2FC7pFzJbTSDfYaSy1J8Uuy8ccGLeLyqJCKJvTHMi",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-9.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfR3V5YAtHBzxVACWCzXTt26SyEkxdwhGJ6875A8BuWx",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-10.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "Qmcfuo1TM9uUiJp6dTbm915Rf1aTqm3a3dnmCdDQLHgvL5",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-11.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      },
      {
        "ID": "QmcfV2sg9zaq7UUHVCGuSvT2M2rnLBAPsiE79vVyK3Cuev",
        "Addrs": [
          "/dnsaddr/node-12.ingress.cloudflare-ipfs.com"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

---

# Using IPFS with your website

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/web3/ipfs-gateway/reference/updating-for-ipfs/

Though it is not required, it is strongly recommended that websites hosted on IPFS use only relative links, unless linking to a different domain. This is because data can be accessed in many different (but ultimately equivalent) ways:

* From your custom domain: `https://ipfs.tech/index.html`
* From a gateway: `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/ipfs.tech/index.html`
* By immutable hash: `https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmNksJqvwHzNtAtYZVqFZFfdCVciY4ojTU2oFZQSFG9U7B/index.html`

Using only relative links within a web application supports all of these at once, and gives the most flexibility to the user. The exact method for switching to relative links, if you do not use them already, depends on the framework you use.

## Angular, React, Vue

These popular JavaScript frameworks are covered in a [blog post](https://medium.com/pinata/how-to-easily-host-a-website-on-ipfs-9d842b5d6a01) from [Pinata](https://pinata.cloud/). They are fixed with minor config changes.

## Gatsby

Gatsby is a JavaScript framework based on React. There is a [plugin](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/packages/gatsby-plugin-ipfs/) for it that ensures links are relative.

## Jekyll

Add a file `_includes/base.html` with the contents:

```
{% assign base = '' %}
{% assign depth = page.url | split: '/' | size | minus: 1 %}
{% if    depth <= 1 %}{% assign base = '.' %}
{% elsif depth == 2 %}{% assign base = '..' %}
{% elsif depth == 3 %}{% assign base = '../..' %}
{% elsif depth == 4 %}{% assign base = '../../..' %}{% endif %}
```

This snippet computes the relative path back to the root of the website from the current page. Update any pages that need to link to the root by adding this at the top:

```
{%- include base.html -%}
```

This snippet also prefixing any links with `{{base}}`. So for example, we would change
`href="/css/main.css"` to be `href="{{base}}/css/main.css"`

## Generic

For other frameworks, or if a framework was not used, there's a script called [make-relative](https://github.com/tmcw/make-relative) that will parse the HTML of a website and automatically rewrite links and images to be relative.

---

# Advanced setups

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/

## Monorepos

To set up a monorepo workflow:

1. Find the Workers associated with your project in the [Workers & Pages Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Connect your monorepo to each Worker in the repository.
3. Set the root directory for each Worker to specify the location of its `wrangler.toml` and where build and deploy commands should run.
4. Optionally, configure unique build and deploy commands for each Worker.
5. Optionally, configure [build watch paths](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/) for each Worker to monitor specific paths for changes.

When a new commit is made to the monorepo, a new build and deploy will trigger for each Worker if the change is within each of its included watch paths. You can also check on the status of each build associated with your repository within GitHub with [check runs](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/#check-run) or within GitLab with [commit statuses](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#commit-status).

### Example

In the example `ecommerce-monorepo`, a Workers project should be created for `product-service`, `order-service`, and `notification-service`.

A Git connection to `ecommerce-monorepo` should be added in all of the Workers projects. If you are using a monorepo tool, such as [Turborepo](https://turbo.build/), you can configure a different deploy command for each Worker, for example, `turbo deploy -F product-service`.

Set the root directory of each Worker to where its wrangler.toml is located. For example, for `product-service`, the root directory should be `/workers/product-service/`. Optionally, you can add [build watch paths](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/) to optimize your builds.

When a new commit is made to `ecommerce-monorepo`, a build and deploy will be triggered for each of the Workers if the change is within its included watch paths using the configured commands for that Worker.

```
ecommerce-monorepo/
│
├── workers/
│ ├── product-service/
│ │ ├── src/
│ │ └── wrangler.toml
│ ├── order-service/
│ │ ├── src/
│ │ └── wrangler.toml
│ └── notification-service/
│ ├── src/
│ └── wrangler.toml
├── shared/
│ └── utils/
└── README.md
```

## Wrangler Environments

You can use [Wrangler Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) with Workers Builds by completing the following steps:

1. [Deploy via Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) to create the Workers for your environments on the Dashboard, if you do not already have them.
2. Find the Workers for your environments. They are typically named `[name of Worker] - [environment name]`.
3. Connect your repository to each of the Workers for your environment.
4. In each of the Workers, edit your Wrangler deploy command to include the flag `--env: <environment name>` in the build configurations.

When a new commit is detected in the repository, a new build/deploy will trigger for each associated Worker.

### Example

Imagine you have a Worker named `my-worker`, and you want to set up two environments `staging` and `production` set in the `wrangler.toml`. If you have not already, you can deploy `my-worker` for each environment using the commands `wrangler deploy --env staging` and `wrangler deploy --env production`.

In your Cloudflare Dashboard, you should find the two Workers `my-worker-staging` and `my-worker-production`. Then, connect the Git repository for the Worker, `my-worker`, to both of the environment Workers. In the build configurations of each environment Worker, edit the deploy commands to be `npx wrangler deploy --env staging` and `npx wrangler deploy --env production` respectively.

---

# Build caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-caching/

Improve Workers build times by caching dependencies and build output between builds with a project-wide shared cache.

The first build to occur after enabling build caching on your Workers project will save relevant artifacts to cache. Every subsequent build will restore from cache unless configured otherwise.

## About build cache

When enabled, build caching will automatically detect which package manager and framework the project is using from its `package.json` and cache data accordingly for the build.

The following shows which package managers and frameworks are supported for dependency and build output caching respectively.

### Package managers

Workers build cache will cache the global cache directories of the following package managers:

| Package Manager               | Directories cached   |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------- |
| [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) | `.npm`               |
| [yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/)  | `.cache/yarn`        |
| [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/)      | `.pnpm-store`        |
| [bun](https://bun.sh/)        | `.bun/install/cache` |

### Frameworks

Some frameworks provide a cache directory that is typically populated by the framework with intermediate build outputs or dependencies during build time. Workers Builds will automatically detect the framework you are using and cache this directory for reuse in subsequent builds.

The following frameworks support build output caching:

| Framework  | Directories cached                            |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Astro      | `node_modules/.astro`                         |
| Docusaurus | `node_modules/.cache`, `.docusaurus`, `build` |
| Eleventy   | `.cache`                                      |
| Gatsby     | `.cache`, `public`                            |
| Next.js    | `.next/cache`                                 |
| Nuxt       | `node_modules/.cache/nuxt`                    |

:::note
[Static assets](/workers/static-assets/) and [frameworks](/workers/frameworks/) are now supported in Cloudflare Workers.
:::

### Limits

The following limits are imposed for build caching:

- **Retention**: Cache is purged 7 days after its last read date. Unread cache artifacts are purged 7 days after creation.
- **Storage**: Every project is allocated 10 GB. If the project cache exceeds this limit, the project will automatically start deleting artifacts that were read least recently.

## Enable build cache

To enable build caching:

1. Navigate to [Workers & Pages Overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) on the Dashboard.
2. Find your Workers project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build cache**.
4. Select **Enable** to turn on build caching.

## Clear build cache

The build cache can be cleared for a project when needed, such as when debugging build issues. To clear the build cache:

1. Navigate to [Workers & Pages Overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) on the Dashboard.
2. Find your Workers project.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build cache**.
4. Select **Clear Cache** to clear the build cache.

---

# Build image

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-image/

Workers Builds uses a build image with support for a variety of languages and tools such as Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, and Go.

## Supported Languages and Tools

In the following table, review the preinstalled versions for languages and tools included in the Cloudflare Workers' build image, and the environment variables and/or files available for [overriding the preinstalled version](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-image/#overriding-default-versions):

| Tool        | Default version  | Environment variable | File                         |
| ----------- | ---------------- | -------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| **Go**      | 1.23.0           | `GO_VERSION`         |                              |
| **Node.js** | 22               | `NODE_VERSION`       | .nvmrc, .node-version        |
| **Python**  | 3.12.5           | `PYTHON_VERSION`     | .python-version, runtime.txt |
| **Ruby**    | 3.3.5            | `RUBY_VERSION`       | .ruby-version                |
| **Bun**     | 1.1.28           | `BUN_VERSION`        |                              |
| **Hugo**    | extended_0.134.3 | `HUGO_VERSION`       |                              |

The default versions will be updated regularly to the latest minor version. No major version updates will be made without notice. If you need a specific minor version, please specify it by overriding the default version.

### Overriding Default Versions

If you need to override a [specific version](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-image/#overriding-default-versions) of a language or tool within the image, you can specify it as a [build environment variable](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings), or set the relevant file in your source code as shown above.

To set the version using a build environment variables, you can:

1. Find the environment variable name for the language or tool and desired version (e.g. `NODE_VERSION = 22`)
2. Add and save the environment variable on the dashboard by going to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build Variables and Secrets** in your Workers project

Or, to set the version by adding a file to your project, you can:

1. Find the filename for the language or tool (e.g. `.nvmrc`)
2. Add the specified file name to the root directory and set the desired version number as the file's content. For example, if the version number is 22, the file should contain '22'.

## Pre-installed Packages

In the following table, review the pre-installed packages in the build image. The packages are installed with `apt`, a package manager for Linux distributions.

|                   |                   |                   |
| ----------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| `curl`            | `libbz2-dev`      | `libreadline-dev` |
| `git`             | `libc++1`         | `libssl-dev`      |
| `git-lfs`         | `libdb-dev`       | `libvips-dev`     |
| `unzip`           | `libgdbm-dev`     | `libyaml-dev`     |
| `autoconf`        | `libgdbm6`        | `tzdata`          |
| `build-essential` | `libgbm1`         | `wget`            |
| `bzip2`           | `libgmp-dev`      | `zlib1g-dev`      |
| `gnupg`           | `liblzma-dev`     | `zstd`            |
| `libffi-dev`      | `libncurses5-dev` |                   |

## Build Environment

Workers Builds are run in the following environment:

|                       |              |
| --------------------- | ------------ |
| **Build Environment** | Ubuntu 24.04 |
| **Architecture**      | x86_64       |

---

# Build watch paths

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/

When you connect a git repository to Workers, by default a change to any file in the repository will trigger a build. You can configure Workers to include or exclude specific paths to specify if Workers should skip a build for a given path. This can be especially helpful if you are using a monorepo project structure and want to limit the amount of builds being kicked off.

## Configure Paths

To configure which paths are included and excluded:

1. In **Overview**, select your Workers project.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build watch paths**. Workers will default to setting your project’s includes paths to everything (\[\*]) and excludes paths to nothing (`[]`).

The configuration fields can be filled in two ways:

- **Static filepaths**: Enter the precise name of the file you are looking to include or exclude (for example, `docs/README.md`).
- **Wildcard syntax:** Use wildcards to match multiple path directories. You can specify wildcards at the start or end of your rule.

:::note[Wildcard syntax]

A wildcard (`*`) is a character that is used within rules. It can be placed alone to match anything or placed at the start or end of a rule to allow for better control over branch configuration. A wildcard will match zero or more characters.For example, if you wanted to match all branches that started with `fix/` then you would create the rule `fix/*` to match strings like `fix/1`, `fix/bugs`or `fix/`.

:::

For each path in a push event, build watch paths will be evaluated as follows:

- Paths satisfying excludes conditions are ignored first
- Any remaining paths are checked against includes conditions
- If any matching path is found, a build is triggered. Otherwise the build is skipped

Workers will bypass the path matching for a push event and default to building the project if:

- A push event contains 0 file changes, in case a user pushes a empty push event to trigger a build
- A push event contains 3000+ file changes or 20+ commits

## Examples

### Example 1

If you want to trigger a build from all changes within a set of directories, such as all changes in the folders `project-a/` and `packages/`

- Include paths: `project-a/*, packages/*`
- Exclude paths: \`\`

### Example 2

If you want to trigger a build for any changes, but want to exclude changes to a certain directory, such as all changes in a docs/ directory

- Include paths: `*`
- Exclude paths: `docs/*`

### Example 3

If you want to trigger a build for a specific file or specific filetype, for example all files ending in `.md`.

- Include paths: `*.md`
- Exclude paths: \`\`

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

When connecting your Git repository to your Worker, you can customize the configurations needed to build and deploy your Worker.

## Build settings

Build settings can be found by navigating to **Settings** > **Build** within your Worker.

Note that when you update and save build settings, the updated settings will be applied to your _next_ build. When you _retry_ a build, the build configurations that exist when the build is retried will be applied.

### Overview

| Setting                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Git account**                                                              | Select the Git account you would like to use. After the initial connection, you can continue to use this Git account for future projects.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Git repository**                                                           | Choose the Git repository you would like to connect your Worker to.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Git branch**                                                               | Select the branch you would like Cloudflare to listen to for new commits. This will be defaulted to `main`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Build command** _(Optional)_                                               | Set a build command if your project requires a build step (e.g. `npm run build`). This is necessary, for example, when using a [front-end framework](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#framework-support) such as Next.js or Remix.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **[Deploy command](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#deploy-command)**    | The deploy command lets you set the [specific Wrangler command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) used to deploy your Worker. Your deploy command will default to `npx wrangler deploy` but you may customize this command. Workers Builds will use the Wrangler version set in your `package json`.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Root directory** _(Optional)_                                              | Specify the path to your project. The root directory defines where the build command will be run and can be helpful in [monorepos](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#monorepos) to isolate a specific project within the repository for builds.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **[API token](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#api-token)** _(Optional)_ | The API token is used to authenticate your build request and authorize the upload and deployment of your Worker to Cloudflare. By default, Cloudflare will automatically generate an API token for your account when using Workers Builds, and continue to use this API token for all subsequent builds. Alternatively, you can [create your own API token](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/authentication/#generate-tokens), or select one that you already own. |
| **Build variables and secrets** _(Optional)_                                 | Add environment variables and secrets accessible only to your build. Build variables will not be accessible at runtime. If you would like to configure runtime variables you can do so in **Settings** > **Variables & Secrets**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

:::note
Currently, Workers Builds does not honor the configurations set in [Custom Builds](/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/) within your wrangler.toml file.
:::

### Deploy command

You can run your deploy command using the package manager of your choice.

If you have added a Wrangler deploy command as a script in your `package.json`, then you can run it by setting it as your deploy command. For example, `npm run deploy`.

Examples of other deploy commands you can set include:

| Example Command                          | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `npx wrangler versions upload`           | Upload a [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/) of your Worker without deploying it as the Active Deployment.                                                                                                                                              |
| `npx wrangler deploy --assets ./public/` | Deploy your Worker along with static assets from the specified directory. Alternatively, you can use the [assets binding](/workers/static-assets/binding/).                                                                                                                     |
| `npx wrangler deploy --env staging`      | If you have a [Wrangler environment](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#wrangler-environments) Worker, you should set your deploy command with the environment flag. For more details, see [Advanced Setups](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#wrangler-environments). |

### API token

When you select **Create new token**, a new API token will be created automatically with the following permissions:

- **Account:** Account Settings (read), Workers Scripts (edit), Workers KV Storage (edit), Workers R2 Storage (edit)
- **Zone:** Workers Routes (edit) for all zones on the account
- **User:** User Details (read), Memberships (read)

You can configure the permissions of this API token by navigating to **My Profile** > **API Tokens** for user tokens.

It is recommended to consistently use the same API token across all uploads and deployments of your Worker to maintain consistent access permissions.

## Framework support

[Static assets](/workers/static-assets/) and [frameworks](/workers/frameworks/) are now supported in Cloudflare Workers. Learn to set up Workers projects and the commands for each framework in the framework guides:

<DirectoryListing folder="workers/frameworks/framework-guides" />

---

# Builds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/

Workers Builds allows you to connect an _existing Worker_ to its GitHub or GitLab repository, enabling automated builds and deployments for your project on push.

Support for creating a _new Worker_ from importing a Git repository is coming soon.

## Get started

If you have an existing Worker and have pushed the project to a Git repository, you can now connect the repository to your Worker, enabling automatic builds and deployments.

To set up builds for your Worker:

1. Select your Worker in the [Workers & Pages Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and navigate to **Settings > Build**.
2. Select the Git provider you would like to connect to or select **Connect** and follow the prompts to install the Cloudflare [Git integration](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/) on your Git account.
3. Configure your [build settings](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/) by selecting your desired Git repository, branch, and configure commands for your build.
4. Push a commit to your Git repository to trigger a build and deploy for your Worker.

:::caution

When connecting a repository to a Workers project, the Worker name in the Cloudflare dashboard must match the `name` in the wrangler.toml file in the specified root directory, or the build will fail. This ensures that the Worker deployed from the repository is consistent with the Worker registered in the Cloudflare dashboard. For details, see [Workers name requirement](/workers/ci-cd/builds/troubleshoot/#workers-name-requirement).

:::

## View build and preview URL

You can monitor a build's status and its build logs by navigating to **View build history** at the bottom of the **Deployments** tab of your Worker.

If the build is successful, you can view the build details by selecting **View build** in the associated new [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/) created under Version History. There you will also find the [preview URL](/workers/configuration/previews/) generated by the version under Version ID.

:::note[Builds, versions, deployments]

If a build succeeds, it is uploaded as a version. If the build is configured to deploy (for example, with `wrangler deploy` set as the deploy command), the uploaded version will be automatically promoted to the Active Deployment.

:::

## Disconnecting builds

To disable automatic builds and deployments from your Git repository, go to **Settings** > **Builds** and select **Disconnect** under **Git Repositories**. If you want to switch to a different repository for your Worker, you must first disable builds, then reconnect to select the new repository.

To disable automatic deployments while still allowing builds to run automatically and save as [versions](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/) (without promoting them to an active deployment), update your deploy command to: `npx wrangler versions upload`.

---

# Limits & pricing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/limits-and-pricing/

## Limits

While in open beta, the following limits are applicable for Workers Builds. Please note, these are subject to change while in beta.

| Metric                | Description                                                            | Limit     |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| **Build Minutes**     | The amount of minutes that it takes to build a project.                | Unlimited |
| **Concurrent Builds** | Number of builds that run in parallel across an account.               | 1         |
| **Build Timeout**     | The amount of minutes that a build can be run before it is terminated. | 20 mins   |
| **CPU**               | Number of CPU cores available to your build                            | 2 CPUs    |
| **Memory**            | Amount of memory available to the build.                               | 8GB       |
| **Disk space**        | Disk space available to your build                                     | 8GB       |

## Future pricing

During the beta, Workers Builds will be free to try with the limits stated above.

In the future, once Workers Builds becomes generally available, you can expect the following updates to the limits and pricing structure.

| Metric                    | Workers Free  | Paid                               |
| ------------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Build Minutes / Month** | 3,000 minutes | 6,000 minutes (then +$0.005 / min) |
| **Concurrent Builds**     | 1             | 6                                  |

---

# Troubleshooting builds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/troubleshoot/

This guide explains how to identify and resolve build errors, as well as troubleshoot common issues in the Workers Builds deployment process.

To view your build history, go to your Worker project in the Cloudflare dashboard, select **Deployment**, select **View Build History** at the bottom of the page, and select the build you want to view. To retry a build, select the ellipses next to the build and select **Retry build**. Alternatively, you can select **Retry build** on the Build Details page.

## Known issues or limitations

Here are some common build errors that may surface in the build logs or general issues and how you can resolve them.

### Workers name requirement

`✘ [ERROR] The name in your wrangler.toml file (<Worker name>) must match the name of your Worker. Please update the name field in your wrangler.toml file.`

When connecting a Git repository to your Workers project, the specified name for the Worker on the Cloudflare dashboard must match the `name` argument in the wrangler.toml file located in the specified root directory. If it does not match, update the name field in your wrangler.toml file to match the name of the Worker on the dashboard.

The build system uses the `name` argument in the wrangler.toml to determine which Worker to deploy to Cloudflare's global network. This requirement ensures consistency between the Worker's name on the dashboard and the deployed Worker.

:::note
This does not apply to [Wrangler Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) if the Worker name before the `-<env_name>` suffix matches the name in wrangler.toml.

For example, a Worker named `my-worker-staging` on the dashboard can be deployed from a repository that contains a wrangler.toml with the arguments `name = my-worker` and `[env.staging]` using the deploy command `npx wrangler deploy --env staging`.
:::

### Missing wrangler.toml

`✘ [ERROR] Missing entry-point: The entry-point should be specified via the command line (e.g. wrangler deploy path/to/script) or the main config field.`

If you see this error, a wrangler.toml is likely missing from the root directory. Navigate to **Settings** > **Build** > **Build Configuration** to update the root directory, or add a [wrangler.toml](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) to the specified directory.

### Incorrect account_id

`Could not route to /client/v4/accounts/<Account ID>/workers/services/<Worker name>, perhaps your object identifier is invalid? [code: 7003]`

If you see this error, the wrangler.toml likely has an `account_id` for a different account. Remove the `account_id` argument or update it with your account's `account_id`, available in **Workers & Pages Overview** under **Account Details**.

### Stale API token

`	Failed: The build token selected for this build has been deleted or rolled and cannot be used for this build. Please update your build token in the Worker Builds settings and retry the build.`

The API Token dropdown in Build Configuration settings may show stale tokens that were edited, deleted, or rolled. If you encounter an error due to a stale token, create a new API Token and select it for the build.

### Build timed out

`Build was timed out`

There is a maximum build duration of 20 minutes. If a build exceeds this time, then the build will be terminated and the above error log is shown. For more details, see [Workers Builds limits](/workers/ci-cd/builds/limits-and-pricing/).

### Git integration issues

If you are running into errors associated with your Git integration, you can try removing access to your [GitHub](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/#removing-access) or [GitLab](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#removing-access) integration from Cloudflare, then reinstalling the [GitHub](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/#reinstall-a-git-integration) or [GitLab](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#reinstall-a-git-integration) integration.

## For additional support

If you discover additional issues or would like to provide feedback, reach out to us in the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1052656806058528849).

---

# GitHub Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/github-actions/

You can deploy Workers with [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/deploy-to-cloudflare-workers-with-wrangler). Here is how you can set up your GitHub Actions workflow.

## 1. Authentication

When running Wrangler locally, authentication to the Cloudflare API happens via the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) command, which initiates an interactive authentication flow. Since CI/CD environments are non-interactive, Wrangler requires a [Cloudflare API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) and [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) to authenticate with the Cloudflare API.

### Cloudflare account ID

To find your Cloudflare account ID, refer to [Find account and zone IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

### API token

To create an API token to authenticate Wrangler in your CI job:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select **My Profile** > **API Tokens**.
3. Select **Create Token** > find **Edit Cloudflare Workers** > select **Use Template**.
4. Customize your token name.
5. Scope your token.

You will need to choose the account and zone resources that the generated API token will have access to. We recommend scoping these down as much as possible to limit the access of your token. For example, if you have access to three different Cloudflare accounts, you should restrict the generated API token to only the account on which you will be deploying a Worker.

## 2. Set up CI/CD

The method for running Wrangler in your CI/CD environment will depend on the specific setup for your project (whether you use GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab or something else entirely).

To set up your CI/CD:

1. Go to your CI/CD platform and add the following as secrets:

- `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID`: Set to the [Cloudflare account ID](#cloudflare-account-id) for the account on which you want to deploy your Worker.
- `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`: Set to the [Cloudflare API token you generated](#api-token).

:::caution

Don't store the value of `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` in your repository, as it gives access to deploy Workers on your account. Instead, you should utilize your CI/CD provider's support for storing secrets.
:::

2. Create a workflow that will be responsible for deploying the Worker. This workflow should run `wrangler deploy`. Review an example [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/about-workflows) workflow in the follow section.

### GitHub Actions

Cloudflare provides [an official action](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-action) for deploying Workers. Refer to the following example workflow which deploys your Worker on push to the `main` branch.

```yaml
name: Deploy Worker
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    needs: test
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build & Deploy Worker
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@v3
        with:
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID }}
```

---

# GitLab CI/CD

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/gitlab-cicd/

You can deploy Workers with [GitLab CI/CD](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/index.html). Here is how you can set up your GitHub Actions workflow.

## 1. Authentication

When running Wrangler locally, authentication to the Cloudflare API happens via the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) command, which initiates an interactive authentication flow. Since CI/CD environments are non-interactive, Wrangler requires a [Cloudflare API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) and [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) to authenticate with the Cloudflare API.

### Cloudflare account ID

To find your Cloudflare account ID, refer to [Find account and zone IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

### API token

To create an API token to authenticate Wrangler in your CI job:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select **My Profile** > **API Tokens**.
3. Select **Create Token** > find **Edit Cloudflare Workers** > select **Use Template**.
4. Customize your token name.
5. Scope your token.

You will need to choose the account and zone resources that the generated API token will have access to. We recommend scoping these down as much as possible to limit the access of your token. For example, if you have access to three different Cloudflare accounts, you should restrict the generated API token to only the account on which you will be deploying a Worker.

## 2. Set up CI

The method for running Wrangler in your CI/CD environment will depend on the specific setup for your project (whether you use GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab or something else entirely).

To set up your CI:

1. Go to your CI platform and add the following as secrets:

- `CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID`: Set to the [Cloudflare account ID](#cloudflare-account-id) for the account on which you want to deploy your Worker.
- `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN`: Set to the [Cloudflare API token you generated](#api-token).

:::caution

Don't store the value of `CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN` in your repository, as it gives access to deploy Workers on your account. Instead, you should utilize your CI/CD provider's support for storing secrets.
:::

2. Create a workflow that will be responsible for deploying the Worker. This workflow should run `wrangler deploy`. Review an example [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/about-workflows) workflow in the follow section.

### GitLab Pipelines

Refer to [GitLab's blog](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2022/11/21/deploy-remix-with-gitlab-and-cloudflare/) for an example pipeline. Under the `script` key, replace `npm run deploy` with [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy).

---

# External CI/CD

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/

Deploying Cloudflare Workers with CI/CD ensures reliable, automated deployments for every code change.

If you prefer to use your existing CI/CD provider instead of [Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds/), this section offers guides for popular providers:

- [**GitHub Actions**](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/github-actions/)
- [**GitLab CI/CD**](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/gitlab-cicd/)

Other CI/CD options including but not limited to Terraform, CircleCI, Jenkins, and more, can also be used to deploy Workers following a similar set up process.

---

# APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/integrations/apis/

To integrate with third party APIs from Cloudflare Workers, use the [fetch API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) to make HTTP requests to the API endpoint. Then use the response data to modify or manipulate your content as needed.

For example, if you want to integrate with a weather API, make a fetch request to the API endpoint and retrieve the current weather data. Then use this data to display the current weather conditions on your website.

To make the `fetch()` request, add the following code to your project's `src/index.js` file:

```js
async function handleRequest(request) {
	// Make the fetch request to the third party API endpoint
	const response = await fetch("https://weather-api.com/endpoint", {
		method: "GET",
		headers: {
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		},
	});

	// Retrieve the data from the response
	const data = await response.json();

	// Use the data to modify or manipulate your content as needed
	return new Response(data);
}
```

## Authentication

If your API requires authentication, use Wrangler secrets to securely store your credentials. To do this, create a secret in your Cloudflare Workers project using the following [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command:

```sh
wrangler secret put SECRET_NAME
```

Then, retrieve the secret value in your code using the following code snippet:

```js
const secretValue = env.SECRET_NAME;
```

Then use the secret value to authenticate with the external service. For example, if the external service requires an API key for authentication, include it in your request headers.

For services that require mTLS authentication, use [mTLS certificates](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls) to present a client certificate.

## Tips

- Use the Cache API to cache data from the third party API. This allows you to optimize cacheable requests made to the API. Integrating with third party APIs from Cloudflare Workers adds additional functionality and features to your application.

- Use [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) when communicating with external APIs, which treat your Worker as your core application.

---

# External Services

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/integrations/external-services/

Many external services provide libraries and SDKs to interact with their APIs. While many Node-compatible libraries work on Workers right out of the box, some, which implement `fs`, `http/net`, or access the browser `window` do not directly translate to the Workers runtime, which is v8-based.

## Authentication

If your service requires authentication, use Wrangler secrets to securely store your credentials. To do this, create a secret in your Cloudflare Workers project using the following [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command:

```sh
wrangler secret put SECRET_NAME
```

Then, retrieve the secret value in your code using the following code snippet:

```js
const secretValue = env.SECRET_NAME;
```

Then use the secret value to authenticate with the external service. For example, if the external service requires an API key for authentication, include the secret in your library's configuration.

For services that require mTLS authentication, use [mTLS certificates](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls) to present a client certificate.

Use [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) when communicating with external APIs, which treat your Worker as your core application.

---

# Integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/integrations/

One of the key features of Cloudflare Workers is the ability to integrate with other services and products. In this document, we will explain the types of integrations available with Cloudflare Workers and provide step-by-step instructions for using them.

## Types of integrations

Cloudflare Workers offers several types of integrations, including:

* [Databases](/workers/databases/): Cloudflare Workers can be integrated with a variety of databases, including SQL and NoSQL databases. This allows you to store and retrieve data from your databases directly from your Cloudflare Workers code.
* [APIs](/workers/configuration/integrations/apis/): Cloudflare Workers can be used to integrate with external APIs, allowing you to access and use the data and functionality exposed by those APIs in your own code.
* [Third-party services](/workers/configuration/integrations/external-services/): Cloudflare Workers can be used to integrate with a wide range of third-party services, such as payment gateways, authentication providers, and more. This makes it possible to use these services in your Cloudflare Workers code.

## How to use integrations

To use any of the available integrations:

* Determine which integration you want to use and make sure you have the necessary accounts and credentials for it.
* In your Cloudflare Workers code, import the necessary libraries or modules for the integration.
* Use the provided APIs and functions to connect to the integration and access its data or functionality.
* Store necessary secrets and keys using secrets via [`wrangler secret put <KEY>`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret).

## Tips and best practices

To help you get the most out of using integrations with Cloudflare Workers:

* Secure your integrations and protect sensitive data. Ensure you use secure authentication and authorization where possible, and ensure the validity of libraries you import.
* Use [caching](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works) to improve performance and reduce the load on an external service.
* Split your Workers into service-oriented architecture using [Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to make your application more modular, easier to maintain, and more performant.
* Use [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) when communicating with external APIs and services, which create a DNS record on your behalf and treat your Worker as an application instead of a proxy.

---

# Momento

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/integrations/momento/

[Momento](https://gomomento.com/) is a truly serverless caching service. It automatically optimizes, scales, and manages your cache for you.

This integration allows you to connect to Momento from your Worker by getting Momento cache configuration and adding it as [secrets](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) to your Worker.

## Momento Cache

To set up an integration with Momento Cache:

1. You need to have an existing Momento cache to connect to or create a new cache through the [Momento console](https://console.gomomento.com/).

2. If you do not have an existing cache, create one and assign `user-profiles` as the cache name.

3. Add the Momento database integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Momento**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, review and grant permissions needed to add secrets to your Worker.
   6. Next, connect to Momento.
   7. Select a preferred region.
   8. Click **Add integration**.

4. The following example code show how to set an item in your cache, get it, and return it as a JSON object. The credentials needed to connect to Momento Cache have been automatically added as [secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to your Worker through the integration.

   ```ts
   export default {
     async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
       const client = new MomentoFetcher(env.MOMENTO_API_KEY, env.MOMENTO_REST_ENDPOINT);
       const cache = env.MOMENTO_CACHE_NAME;
       const key = 'user';
       const f_name = 'mo';
       const l_name = 'squirrel';
       const value = `${f_name}_${l_name}`;

       // set a value into cache
       const setResponse = await client.set(cache, key, value);
       console.log('setResponse', setResponse);

       // read a value from cache
       const getResponse = await client.get(cache, key);
       console.log('getResponse', getResponse);

       return new Response(JSON.stringify({
         response: getResponse
       }));
     },
   } satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
   ```

To learn more about Momento, refer to [Momento's official documentation](https://docs.momentohq.com/getting-started).

---

# Custom Domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Background

Custom Domains allow you to connect your Worker to a domain or subdomain, without having to make changes to your DNS settings or perform any certificate management. After you set up a Custom Domain for your Worker, Cloudflare will create DNS records and issue necessary certificates on your behalf. The created DNS records will point directly to your Worker. Unlike [Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#set-up-a-route), Custom Domains point all paths of a domain or subdomain to your Worker.

Custom Domains are routes to a domain or subdomain (such as `example.com` or `shop.example.com`) within a Cloudflare zone where the Worker is the origin.

Custom Domains are recommended if you want to connect your Worker to the Internet and do not have an application server that you want to always communicate with.  If you do have external dependencies, you can create a `Request` object with the target URI, and use `fetch()` to reach out.

Custom Domains can stack on top of each other. For example, if you have Worker A attached to `app.example.com` and Worker B attached to `api.example.com`, Worker A can call `fetch()` on `api.example.com` and invoke Worker B.

![Custom Domains can stack on top of each other, like any external dependencies](~/assets/images/workers/learning/custom-domains-subrequest.png)

Custom Domains can also be invoked within the same zone via `fetch()`, unlike Routes.

## Add a Custom Domain

To add a Custom Domain, you must have:

1. An [active Cloudflare zone](/dns/zone-setups/).
2. A Worker to invoke.

Custom Domains can be attached to your Worker via the [Cloudflare dashboard](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/#set-up-a-custom-domain-in-the-dashboard), [Wrangler](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/#set-up-a-custom-domain-in-your-wranglertoml) or the [API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/domains/methods/list/).

:::caution


You cannot create a Custom Domain on a hostname with an existing CNAME DNS record or on a zone you do not own.


:::

### Set up a Custom Domain in the dashboard

To set up a Custom Domain in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select your Worker.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Domains & Routes** > **Add** > **Custom Domain**.
4. Enter the domain you want to configure for your Worker.
5. Select **Add Custom Domain**.

After you have added the domain or subdomain, Cloudflare will create a new DNS record for you. You can add multiple Custom Domains.

### Set up a Custom Domain in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

To configure a Custom Domain in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, add the `custom_domain=true` option on each pattern under `routes`. For example, to configure a Custom Domain:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "shop.example.com", custom_domain = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

To configure multiple Custom Domains:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "shop.example.com", custom_domain = true },
	{ pattern = "shop-two.example.com", custom_domain = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Worker to Worker communication

On the same zone, the only way for a Worker to communicate with another Worker running on a [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#set-up-a-route), or on a [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#routes-with-workersdev) subdomain, is via [service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).

On the same zone, if a Worker is attempting to communicate with a target Worker running on a Custom Domain rather than a route, the limitation is removed. Fetch requests sent on the same zone from one Worker to another Worker running on a Custom Domain will succeed without a service binding.

For example, consider the following scenario, where both Workers are running on the `example.com` Cloudflare zone:

* `worker-a` running on the [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#set-up-a-route) `auth.example.com/*`.
* `worker-b` running on the [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#set-up-a-route) `shop.example.com/*`.

If `worker-a` sends a fetch request to `worker-b`, the request will fail, because of the limitation on same-zone fetch requests. `worker-a` must have a service binding to `worker-b` for this request to resolve.

```js title="worker-a" {4}
export default {
	fetch(request) {
		// This will fail
		return fetch("https://shop.example.com")
	}
}
```

However, if `worker-b` was instead set up to run on the Custom Domain `shop.example.com`, the fetch request would succeed.

## Request matching behaviour

Custom Domains do not support [wildcard DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/wildcard-dns-records/). An incoming request must exactly match the domain or subdomain your Custom Domain is registered to. Other parts (path, query parameters) of the URL are not considered when executing this matching logic. For example, if you create a Custom Domain on `api.example.com` attached to your `api-gateway` Worker, a request to either `api.example.com/login` or `api.example.com/user` would invoke the same `api-gateway` Worker.

![Custom Domains follow standard DNS ordering and matching logic](~/assets/images/workers/platform/triggers/custom-domains-api-gateway.png)

## Interaction with Routes

A Worker running on a Custom Domain is treated as an origin. Any Workers running on routes before your Custom Domain can optionally call the Worker registered on your Custom Domain by issuing `fetch(request)` with the incoming `Request` object. That means that you are able to set up Workers to run before a request gets to your Custom Domain Worker. In other words, you can chain together two Workers in the same request.

For example, consider the following workflow:

1. A Custom Domain for `api.example.com` points to your `api-worker` Worker.
2. A route added to `api.example.com/auth` points to your `auth-worker` Worker.
3. A request to `api.example.com/auth` will trigger your `auth-worker` Worker.
4. Using `fetch(request)` within the `auth-worker` Worker will invoke the `api-worker` Worker, as if it was a normal application server.

```js title="auth-worker" {8}
export default {
	fetch(request) {
		const url = new URL(request.url)
		if(url.searchParams.get("auth") !== "SECRET_TOKEN") {
			return new Response(null, { status: 401 })
		} else {
			// This will invoke `api-worker`
			return fetch(request)
		}
	}
}
```

## Certificates

Creating a Custom Domain will also generate an [Advanced Certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) on your target zone for your target hostname.

These certificates are generated with default settings. To override these settings, delete the generated certificate and create your own certificate in the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to [Manage advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/) for instructions.

## Migrate from Routes

If you are currently invoking a Worker using a [route](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) with `/*`, and you have a CNAME record pointing to `100::` or similar, a Custom Domain is a recommended replacement.

### Migrate from Routes via the dashboard

To migrate the route `example.com/*`:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **DNS** and delete the CNAME record for `example.com`.
3. Go to **Account Home** > **Workers & Pages**.
4. In **Overview**, select your Worker > **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.
5. Select **Add** > **Custom domain** and add `example.com`.
6. Delete the route `example.com/*` located in your Worker > **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.

### Migrate from Routes via Wrangler

To migrate the route `example.com/*` in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **DNS** and delete the CNAME record for `example.com`.
3. Add the following to your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "example.com", custom_domain = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

4. Run `npx  wrangler deploy` to create the Custom Domain your Worker will run on.

---

# Routes and domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/

To allow a Worker to receive inbound HTTP requests, you must connect it to an external endpoint such that it can be accessed by the Internet.

There are three types of routes:

- [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains): Routes to a domain or subdomain (such as `example.com` or `shop.example.com`) within a Cloudflare zone where the Worker is the origin.

- [Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/): Routes that are set within a Cloudflare zone where your origin server, if you have one, is behind a Worker that the Worker can communicate with.

- [`workers.dev`](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/): A `workers.dev` subdomain route is automatically created for each Worker to help you getting started quickly. You may choose to [disable](/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/) your `workers.dev` subdomain.

## What is best for me?

It's recommended to run production Workers on a [Workers route or custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/), rather than on your `workers.dev` subdomain. Your `workers.dev` subdomain is treated as a [Free website](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/) and is intended for personal or hobby projects that aren't business-critical.

Custom Domains are recommended for use cases where your Worker is your application's origin server. Custom Domains can also be invoked within the same zone via `fetch()`, unlike Routes.

Routes are recommended for use cases where your application's origin server is external to Cloudflare. Note that Routes cannot be the target of a same-zone `fetch()` call.

---

# Routes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/routes/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## Background

Routes allow users to map a URL pattern to a Worker. When a request comes in to the Cloudflare network that matches the specified URL pattern, your Worker will execute on that route.

Routes are a set of rules that evaluate against a request's URL. Routes are recommended for you if you have a designated application server you always need to communicate with. Calling `fetch()` on the incoming `Request` object will trigger a subrequest to your application server, as defined in the **DNS** settings of your Cloudflare zone.

Routes add Workers functionality to your existing proxied hostnames, in front of your application server. These allow your Workers to act as a proxy and perform any necessary work before reaching out to an application server behind Cloudflare.

![Routes work with your applications defined in Cloudflare DNS](~/assets/images/workers/learning/routes-diagram.png)

Routes can `fetch()` Custom Domains and take precedence if configured on the same hostname. If you would like to run a logging Worker in front of your application, for example, you can create a Custom Domain on your application Worker for `app.example.com`, and create a Route for your logging Worker at `app.example.com/*`. Calling `fetch()` will invoke the application Worker on your Custom Domain. Note that Routes cannot be the target of a same-zone `fetch()` call.

## Set up a route

To add a route, you must have:

1. An [active Cloudflare zone](/dns/zone-setups/).
2. A Worker to invoke.
3. A DNS record set up for the [domain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/) or [subdomain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/) proxied by Cloudflare (also known as orange-clouded) you would like to route to.

:::caution

Route setup will differ depending on if your application's origin is a Worker or not. If your Worker is your application's origin, use [Custom Domains](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/).
:::

If your Worker is not your application's origin, follow the instructions below to set up a route.

:::note

Routes can also be created via the API. Refer to the [Workers Routes API documentation](/api/resources/workers/subresources/routes/methods/create/) for more information.
:::

### Set up a route in the dashboard

Before you set up a route, make sure you have a DNS record set up for the [domain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/) or [subdomain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/) you would like to route to.

To set up a route in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select your Worker.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Domains & Routes** > **Add** > **Route**.
4. Select the zone and enter the route pattern.
5. Select **Add route**.

### Set up a route in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

Before you set up a route, make sure you have a DNS record set up for the [domain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-zone-apex/) or [subdomain](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/) you would like to route to.

To configure a route using your Wrangler file, refer to the following example.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com/*", zone_name = "example.com" },
	# or
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com/*", zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Add the `zone_name` or `zone_id` option after each route. The `zone_name` and `zone_id` options are interchangeable. If using `zone_id`, find your zone ID by logging in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) > select your account > select your website > find the **Zone ID** in the lefthand side of **Overview**.

To add multiple routes:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com/*", zone_name = "example.com" },
	{ pattern = "subdomain-two.example.com/example", zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note

The `zone_id` and `zone_name` options are interchangeable. However, if using Cloudflare for SaaS with a `*/*` pattern, use the `zone_name` option to avoid errors. Currently, [publishing `*/*` routes with a `zone_id` option fails with an `Invalid URL` error](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/2953).
:::

## Matching behavior

Route patterns look like this:

```txt
https://*.example.com/images/*
```

This pattern would match all HTTPS requests destined for a subhost of
example.com and whose paths are prefixed by `/images/`.

A pattern to match all requests looks like this:

```txt
*example.com/*
```

While they look similar to a [regex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression) pattern, route patterns follow specific rules:

- The only supported operator is the wildcard (`*`), which matches zero or more of any character.

- Route patterns may not contain infix wildcards or query parameters. For example, neither `example.com/*.jpg` nor `example.com/?foo=*` are valid route patterns.

- When more than one route pattern could match a request URL, the most specific route pattern wins. For example, the pattern `www.example.com/*` would take precedence over `*.example.com/*` when matching a request for `https://www.example.com/`. The pattern `example.com/hello/*` would take precedence over `example.com/*` when matching a request for `example.com/hello/world`.

- Route pattern matching considers the entire request URL, including the query parameter string. Since route patterns may not contain query parameters, the only way to have a route pattern match URLs with query parameters is to terminate it with a wildcard, `*`.

- The path component of route patterns is case sensitive, for example, `example.com/Images/*` and `example.com/images/*` are two distinct routes.

- For routes created before October 15th, 2023, the host component of route patterns is case sensitive, for example, `example.com/*` and `Example.com/*` are two distinct routes.

- For routes created on or after October 15th, 2023, the host component of route patterns is not case sensitive, for example, `example.com/*` and `Example.com/*` are equivalent routes.

A route can be specified without being associated with a Worker. This will act to negate any less specific patterns. For example, consider this pair of route patterns, one with a Workers script and one without:

```txt
*example.com/images/cat.png -> <no script>
*example.com/images/*       -> worker-script
```

In this example, all requests destined for example.com and whose paths are prefixed by `/images/` would be routed to `worker-script`, _except_ for `/images/cat.png`, which would bypass Workers completely. Requests with a path of `/images/cat.png?foo=bar` would be routed to `worker-script`, due to the presence of the query string.

## Validity

The following set of rules govern route pattern validity.

#### Route patterns must include your zone

If your zone is `example.com`, then the simplest possible route pattern you can have is `example.com`, which would match `http://example.com/` and `https://example.com/`, and nothing else. As with a URL, there is an implied path of `/` if you do not specify one.

#### Route patterns may not contain any query parameters

For example, `https://example.com/?anything` is not a valid route pattern.

#### Route patterns may optionally begin with `http://` or `https://`

If you omit a scheme in your route pattern, it will match both `http://` and `https://` URLs. If you include `http://` or `https://`, it will only match HTTP or HTTPS requests, respectively.

- `https://*.example.com/` matches `https://www.example.com/` but not `http://www.example.com/`.

- `*.example.com/` matches both `https://www.example.com/` and `http://www.example.com/`.

#### Hostnames may optionally begin with `*`

If a route pattern hostname begins with `*`, then it matches the host and all subhosts. If a route pattern hostname begins with `*.`, then it only matches all subhosts.

- `*example.com/` matches `https://example.com/` and `https://www.example.com/`.

- `*.example.com/` matches `https://www.example.com/` but not `https://example.com/`.

#### Paths may optionally end with `*`

If a route pattern path ends with `*`, then it matches all suffixes of that path.

- `https://example.com/path*` matches `https://example.com/path` and `https://example.com/path2` and `https://example.com/path/readme.txt`

:::caution

There is a well-known bug associated with path matching concerning wildcards (`*`) and forward slashes (`/`) that is documented in [Known issues](/workers/platform/known-issues/).

:::

#### Domains and subdomains must have a DNS Record

All domains and subdomains must have a [DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) to be proxied on Cloudflare and used to invoke a Worker. For example, if you want to put a Worker on `myname.example.com`, and you have added `example.com` to Cloudflare but have not added any DNS records for `myname.example.com`, any request to `myname.example.com` will result in the error `ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED`.

:::caution

If you have previously used the Cloudflare dashboard to add an `AAAA` record for `myname` to `example.com`, pointing to `100::` (the [reserved IPv6 discard prefix](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6666)), Cloudflare recommends creating a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) pointing to your Worker instead.

:::

---

# workers.dev

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/routing/workers-dev/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Workers accounts come with a `workers.dev` subdomain that is configurable in the Cloudflare dashboard. Your `workers.dev` subdomain allows you getting started quickly by deploying Workers without first onboarding your custom domain to Cloudflare.

It's recommended to run production Workers on a [Workers route or custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/), rather than on your `workers.dev` subdomain. Your `workers.dev` subdomain is treated as a [Free website](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/) and is intended for personal or hobby projects that aren't business-critical.

## Configure `workers.dev`

`workers.dev` subdomains take the format: `<YOUR_ACCOUNT_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. To change your `workers.dev` subdomain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Change** next to **Your subdomain**.

All Workers are assigned a `workers.dev` route when they are created or renamed following the syntax `<YOUR_WORKER_NAME>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. The [`name`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#inheritable-keys) field in your Worker configuration is used as the subdomain for the deployed Worker.

## Disabling `workers.dev`

### Disabling `workers.dev` in the dashboard

To disable the `workers.dev` route for a Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** and in **Overview**, select your Worker.
3. Go to **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.
4. On `workers.dev` click "Disable".
5. Confirm you want to disable.

### Disabling `workers.dev` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file

To disable the `workers.dev` route for a Worker, include the following in your Worker's Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
workers_dev = false
```

</WranglerConfig>

When you redeploy your Worker with this change, the `workers.dev` route will be disabled. Disabling your `workers.dev` route does not disable Preview URLs. Learn how to [disable Preview URLs](/workers/configuration/previews/#disabling-preview-urls).

If you do not specify `workers_dev = false` but add a [`routes` component](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#routes) to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, the value of `workers_dev` will be inferred as `false` on the next deploy.

:::caution

If you disable your `workers.dev` route in the Cloudflare dashboard but do not update your Worker's Wrangler file with `workers_dev = false`, the `workers.dev` route will be re-enabled the next time you deploy your Worker with Wrangler.
:::

## Limitations

- You cannot currently secure `workers.dev` URLs behind [Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). This is a temporary limitation, we are working to remove it.

## Related resources

- [Announcing `workers.dev`](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-workers-dev)
- [Wrangler routes configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#types-of-routes)

---

# Workers Sites configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/sites/configuration/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="workers_sites" />

Workers Sites require the latest version of [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler).

## Wrangler configuration file

There are a few specific configuration settings for Workers Sites in your Wrangler file:



* `bucket` required

  * The directory containing your static assets, path relative to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Example: `bucket = "./public"`.

* `include` optional

  * A list of gitignore-style patterns for files or directories in `bucket` you exclusively want to upload. Example: `include = ["upload_dir"]`.

* `exclude` optional
  * A list of gitignore-style patterns for files or directories in `bucket` you want to exclude from uploads. Example: `exclude = ["ignore_dir"]`.



To learn more about the optional `include` and `exclude` fields, refer to [Ignoring subsets of static assets](#ignoring-subsets-of-static-assets).

:::note


If your project uses [environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/), make sure to place `site` above any environment-specific configuration blocks.


:::

Example of a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "docs-site-blah"

[site]
bucket = "./public"

[env.production]
name = "docs-site"
route = "https://example.com/docs*"

[env.staging]
name = "docs-site-staging"
route = "https://staging.example.com/docs*"
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Storage limits

For very exceptionally large pages, Workers Sites might not work for you. There is a 25 MiB limit per page or file.

## Ignoring subsets of static assets

Workers Sites require [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler) - make sure to use the [latest version](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler).

There are cases where users may not want to upload certain static assets to their Workers Sites.
In this case, Workers Sites can also be configured to ignore certain files or directories using logic
similar to [Cargo's optional include and exclude fields](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html#the-exclude-and-include-fields-optional).

This means that you should use gitignore semantics when declaring which directory entries to include or ignore in uploads.

### Exclusively including files/directories

If you want to include only a certain set of files or directories in your `bucket`, you can add an `include` field to your `[site]` section of your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[site]
bucket = "./public"
include = ["included_dir"] # must be an array.
```

</WranglerConfig>

Wrangler will only upload files or directories matching the patterns in the `include` array.

### Excluding files/directories

If you want to exclude files or directories in your `bucket`, you can add an `exclude` field to your `[site]` section of your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[site]
bucket = "./public"
exclude = ["excluded_dir"] # must be an array.
```

</WranglerConfig>

Wrangler will ignore files or directories matching the patterns in the `exclude` array when uploading assets to Workers KV.

### Include > exclude

If you provide both `include` and `exclude` fields, the `include` field will be used and the `exclude` field will be ignored.

### Default ignored entries

Wrangler will always ignore:

* `node_modules`
* Hidden files and directories
* Symlinks

#### More about include/exclude patterns

Learn more about the standard patterns used for include and exclude in the [gitignore documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore).

---

# Workers Sites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/sites/

import { Render } from "~/components"
import { LinkButton } from "~/components"

<Render file="workers_sites" />

Workers Sites enables developers to deploy static applications directly to Workers. It can be used for deploying applications built with static site generators like [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) and [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org), or front-end frameworks like [Vue](https://vuejs.org) and [React](https://reactjs.org).

To deploy with Workers Sites, select from one of these three approaches depending on the state of your target project:

***

## 1. Start from scratch

If you are ready to start a brand new project, this quick start guide will help you set up the infrastructure to deploy a HTML website to Workers.

<LinkButton href="/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch/">Start from scratch</LinkButton>

***

## 2. Deploy an existing static site

If you have an existing project or static assets that you want to deploy with Workers, this quick start guide will help you install Wrangler and configure Workers Sites for your project.

<LinkButton href="/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-existing/">Start from an existing static site</LinkButton>

***

## 3. Add static assets to an existing Workers project

If you already have a Worker deployed to Cloudflare, this quick start guide will show you how to configure the existing codebase to use Workers Sites.

<LinkButton href="/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-worker/">Start from an existing Worker</LinkButton>

:::note


Workers Sites is built on Workers KV, and usage rates may apply. Refer to [Pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/) to learn more.


:::

---

# Start from existing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-existing/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="workers_sites" />

Workers Sites require [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler) — make sure to use the [latest version](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler).

To deploy a pre-existing static site project, start with a pre-generated site. Workers Sites works with all static site generators, for example:

- [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/)
- [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/quick-start/), requires Node
- [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/), requires Ruby
- [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.io/#quick-start), requires Node
- [WordPress](https://wordpress.org) (refer to the tutorial on [deploying static WordPress sites with Pages](/pages/how-to/deploy-a-wordpress-site/))

## Getting started

1. Run the `wrangler init` command in the root of your project's directory to generate a basic Worker:

   ```sh
   wrangler init -y
   ```

   This command adds/update the following files:

   - `wrangler.json`: The file containing project configuration.
   - `package.json`: Wrangler `devDependencies` are added.
   - `tsconfig.json`: Added if not already there to support writing the Worker in TypeScript.
   - `src/index.ts`: A basic Cloudflare Worker, written in TypeScript.

2. Add your site's build/output directory to the Wrangler file:

   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   [site]
   bucket = "./public" # <-- Add your build directory name here.
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

   The default directories for the most popular static site generators are listed below:

   - Hugo: `public`
   - Gatsby: `public`
   - Jekyll: `_site`
   - Eleventy: `_site`

3. Install the `@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler` package in your project:

   ```sh
   npm i -D @cloudflare/kv-asset-handler
   ```

4. Replace the contents of `src/index.ts` with the following code snippet:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { getAssetFromKV } from "@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler";
import manifestJSON from "__STATIC_CONTENT_MANIFEST";
const assetManifest = JSON.parse(manifestJSON);

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			// Add logic to decide whether to serve an asset or run your original Worker code
			return await getAssetFromKV(
				{
					request,
					waitUntil: ctx.waitUntil.bind(ctx),
				},
				{
					ASSET_NAMESPACE: env.__STATIC_CONTENT,
					ASSET_MANIFEST: assetManifest,
				},
			);
		} catch (e) {
			let pathname = new URL(request.url).pathname;
			return new Response(`"${pathname}" not found`, {
				status: 404,
				statusText: "not found",
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { getAssetFromKV } from "@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler";

addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.respondWith(handleEvent(event));
});

async function handleEvent(event) {
	try {
		// Add logic to decide whether to serve an asset or run your original Worker code
		return await getAssetFromKV(event);
	} catch (e) {
		let pathname = new URL(event.request.url).pathname;
		return new Response(`"${pathname}" not found`, {
			status: 404,
			statusText: "not found",
		});
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

5. Run `wrangler dev` or `npx wrangler deploy` to preview or deploy your site on Cloudflare.
   Wrangler will automatically upload the assets found in the configured directory.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

6. Deploy your site to a [custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) that you own and have already attached as a Cloudflare zone. Add a `route` property to the Wrangler file.



   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   route = "https://example.com/*"
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

   :::note

   Refer to the documentation on [Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) to configure a `route` properly.
   :::

Learn more about [configuring your project](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

---

# Start from scratch

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="workers_sites" />

This guide shows how to quickly start a new Workers Sites project from scratch.

## Getting started

1. Ensure you have the latest version of [git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) installed.

2. In your terminal, clone the `worker-sites-template` starter repository.
   The following example creates a project called `my-site`:

   ```sh
   git clone --depth=1 --branch=wrangler2 https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-sites-template my-site
   ```

3. Run `npm install` to install all dependencies.

4. You can preview your site by running the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command:

   ```sh
   wrangler dev
   ```

5. Deploy your site to Cloudflare:

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

## Project layout

The template project contains the following files and directories:

- `public`: The static assets for your project. By default it contains an `index.html` and a `favicon.ico`.
- `src`: The Worker configured for serving your assets. You do not need to edit this but if you want to see how it works or add more functionality to your Worker, you can edit `src/index.ts`.
- `wrangler.json`: The file containing project configuration.
  The `bucket` property tells Wrangler where to find the static assets (e.g. `site = { bucket = "./public" }`).
- `package.json`/`package-lock.json`: define the required Node.js dependencies.

## Customize the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

- Change the `name` property to the name of your project:

  <WranglerConfig>

  ```toml
  name = "my-site"
  ```

  </WranglerConfig>

- Consider updating`compatibility_date` to today's date to get access to the most recent Workers features:



  <WranglerConfig>

  ```toml
  compatibility_date = "yyyy-mm-dd"
  ```

  </WranglerConfig>

- Deploy your site to a [custom domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) that you own and have already attached as a Cloudflare zone:



  <WranglerConfig>

  ```toml
  route = "https://example.com/*"
  ```

  </WranglerConfig>

  :::note

  Refer to the documentation on [Routes](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/) to configure a `route` properly.
  :::

Learn more about [configuring your project](/workers/wrangler/configuration/).

---

# Start from Worker

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-worker/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="workers_sites" />

Workers Sites require [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/wrangler) — make sure to use the [latest version](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler).

If you have a pre-existing Worker project, you can use Workers Sites to serve static assets to the Worker.

## Getting started

1. Create a directory that will contain the assets in the root of your project (for example, `./public`)

2. Add configuration to your Wrangler file to point to it.

   <WranglerConfig>

   ```toml
   [site]
   bucket = "./public" # Add the directory with your static assets!
   ```

   </WranglerConfig>

3. Install the `@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler` package in your project:

   ```sh
   npm i -D @cloudflare/kv-asset-handler
   ```

4. Import the `getAssetFromKV()` function into your Worker entry point and use it to respond with static assets.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { getAssetFromKV } from "@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler";
import manifestJSON from "__STATIC_CONTENT_MANIFEST";
const assetManifest = JSON.parse(manifestJSON);

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			// Add logic to decide whether to serve an asset or run your original Worker code
			return await getAssetFromKV(
				{
					request,
					waitUntil: ctx.waitUntil.bind(ctx),
				},
				{
					ASSET_NAMESPACE: env.__STATIC_CONTENT,
					ASSET_MANIFEST: assetManifest,
				},
			);
		} catch (e) {
			let pathname = new URL(request.url).pathname;
			return new Response(`"${pathname}" not found`, {
				status: 404,
				statusText: "not found",
			});
		}
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import { getAssetFromKV } from "@cloudflare/kv-asset-handler";

addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.respondWith(handleEvent(event));
});

async function handleEvent(event) {
	try {
		// Add logic to decide whether to serve an asset or run your original Worker code
		return await getAssetFromKV(event);
	} catch (e) {
		let pathname = new URL(event.request.url).pathname;
		return new Response(`"${pathname}" not found`, {
			status: 404,
			statusText: "not found",
		});
	}
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

For more information on the configurable options of `getAssetFromKV()` refer to [kv-asset-handler docs](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/kv-asset-handler).

5. Run `wrangler deploy` or `npx wrangler deploy` as you would normally with your Worker project.
   Wrangler will automatically upload the assets found in the configured directory.

   ```sh
   npx wrangler deploy
   ```

---

# Gradual deployments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/

import { Example } from "~/components";

Gradual Deployments give you the ability to incrementally deploy new [versions](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of Workers by splitting traffic across versions.

![Gradual Deployments](~/assets/images/workers/platform/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments.png)

Using gradual deployments, you can:

- Gradually shift traffic to a newer version of your Worker.
- Monitor error rates and exceptions across versions using [analytics and logs](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#observability) tooling.
- [Roll back](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/rollbacks/) to a previously stable version if you notice issues when deploying a new version.

## Use gradual deployments

The following section guides you through an example usage of gradual deployments. You will choose to use either [Wrangler](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#via-wrangler) or the [Cloudflare dashboard](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#via-the-cloudflare-dashboard) to:

- Create a new Worker.
- Publish a new version of that Worker without deploying it.
- Create a gradual deployment between the two versions.
- Progress the deployment of the new version to 100% of traffic.

### Via Wrangler

:::note

Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.40.0. Versions before 3.73.0 require you to specify a `--x-versions` flag.

:::

#### 1. Create and deploy a new Worker

Create a new `"Hello World"` Worker using the [`create-cloudflare` CLI (C3)](/pages/get-started/c3/) and deploy it.

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest <NAME> -- --type=hello-world
```

Answer `yes` or `no` to using TypeScript. Answer `yes` to deploying your application. This is the first version of your Worker.

#### 2. Create a new version of the Worker

To create a new version of the Worker, edit the Worker code by changing the `Response` content to your desired text and upload the Worker by using the [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload) command.

```sh
npx wrangler versions upload
```

This will create a new version of the Worker that is not automatically deployed.

#### 3. Create a new deployment

Use the [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2) command to
create a new deployment that splits traffic between two versions of the Worker. Follow the interactive prompts to create a deployment with the versions uploaded in [step #1](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#1-create-and-deploy-a-new-worker) and [step #2](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#2-create-a-new-version-of-the-worker). Select your desired percentages for each version.

```sh
npx wrangler versions deploy
```

#### 4. Test the split deployment

Run a cURL command on your Worker to test the split deployment.

```bash
for j in {0..10}
do
    curl -s https://$WORKER_NAME.$SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev
done
```

You should see 10 responses. Responses will reflect the content returned by the versions in your deployment. Responses will vary depending on the percentages configured in [step #3](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#3-create-a-new-deployment).

You can test also target a specific version using [version overrides](#version-overrides).

#### 5. Set your new version to 100% deployment

Run `wrangler versions deploy` again and follow the interactive prompts. Select the version uploaded in [step 2](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/#2-create-a-new-version-of-the-worker) and set it to 100% deployment.

```sh
npx wrangler versions deploy
```

### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select **Create application** > **Hello World** template > deploy your Worker.
4. Once the Worker is deployed, go to the online code editor through **Edit code**. Edit the Worker code (change the `Response` content) and upload the Worker.
5. To save changes, select the **down arrow** next to **Deploy** > **Save**. This will create a new version of your Worker.
6. Create a new deployment that splits traffic between the two versions created in step 3 and 5 by going to **Deployments** and selecting **Deploy Version**.
7. cURL your Worker to test the split deployment.

```bash
for j in {0..10}
do
    curl -s https://$WORKER_NAME.$SUBDOMAIN.workers.dev
done
```

You should see 10 responses. Responses will reflect the content returned by the versions in your deployment. Responses will vary depending on the percentages configured in step #6.

## Version affinity

By default, the percentages configured when using gradual deployments operate on a per-request basis — a request has a X% probability of invoking one of two versions of the Worker in the [deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments).

You may want requests associated with a particular identifier (such as user, session, or any unique ID) to be handled by a consistent version of your Worker to prevent version skew. Version skew occurs when there are multiple versions of an application deployed that are not forwards/backwards compatible. You can configure version affinity to prevent the Worker's version from changing back and forth on a per-request basis.

You can do this by setting the `Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Key` header on the incoming request to your Worker. For example:

```sh
curl -s https://example.com -H 'Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Key: foo'
```

For a given [deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments), all requests with a version key set to `foo` will be handled by the same version of your Worker. The specific version of your Worker that the version key `foo` corresponds to is determined by the percentages you have configured for each Worker version in your deployment.

You can set the `Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Key` header both when making an external request from the Internet to your Worker, as well as when making a subrequest from one Worker to another Worker using a [service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/).

### Setting `Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Key` using Ruleset Engine

You may want to extract a version key from certain properties of your request such as the URL, headers or cookies. You can configure a [Ruleset Engine](/ruleset-engine/) rule on your zone to do this. This allows you to specify version affinity based on these properties without having to modify the external client that makes the request.

For example, if your worker serves video assets under the URI path `/assets/` and you wanted requests to each unique asset to be handled by a consistent version, you could define the following [request header modification](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/) rule:

<Example>

Text in **Expression Editor**:

```txt
starts_with(http.request.uri.path, "/asset/")
```

Selected operation under **Modify request header**: _Set dynamic_

**Header name**: `Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Key`

**Value**: `regex_replace(http.request.uri.path, "/asset/(.*)", "${1}")`

</Example>

## Version overrides

You can use version overrides to send a request to a specific version of your Worker in your gradual deployment.

To specify a version override in your request, you can set the `Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Overrides` header on the request to your Worker. For example:

```sh
curl -s https://example.com -H 'Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Overrides: my-worker-name="dc8dcd28-271b-4367-9840-6c244f84cb40"'
```

`Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Overrides` is a [Dictionary Structured Header](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8941#name-dictionaries).

The dictionary can contain multiple key-value pairs. Each key indicates the name of the Worker the override should be applied to. The value indicates the version ID that should be used and must be a [String](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8941#name-strings).

A version override will only be applied if the specified version is in the current deployment. The versions in the current deployment can be found using the [`wrangler deployments list`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#list-5) command or on the [Workers Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers) under Worker > Deployments > Active Deployment.

:::note[Verifying that the version override was applied]

There are a number of reasons why a request's version override may not be applied. For example:

- The deployment containing the specified version may not have propagated yet.
- The header value may not be a valid [Dictionary](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8941#name-dictionaries).

In the case that a request's version override is not applied, the request will be routed according to the percentages set in the gradual deployment configuration.

To make sure that the request's version override was applied correctly, you can [observe](#observability) the version of your Worker that was invoked. You could even automate this check by using the [runtime binding](#runtime-binding) to return the version in the Worker's response.

:::

### Example

You may want to test a new version in production before gradually deploying it to an increasing proportion of external traffic.

In this example, your deployment is initially configured to route all traffic to a single version:

|              Version ID              | Percentage |
| :----------------------------------: | :--------: |
| db7cd8d3-4425-4fe7-8c81-01bf963b6067 |    100%    |

Create a new deployment using [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2) and specify 0% for the new version whilst keeping the previous version at 100%.

|              Version ID              | Percentage |
| :----------------------------------: | :--------: |
| dc8dcd28-271b-4367-9840-6c244f84cb40 |     0%     |
| db7cd8d3-4425-4fe7-8c81-01bf963b6067 |    100%    |

Now test the new version with a version override before gradually progressing the new version to 100%:

```sh
curl -s https://example.com -H 'Cloudflare-Workers-Version-Overrides: my-worker-name="dc8dcd28-271b-4367-9840-6c244f84cb40"'
```

## Gradual deployments for Durable Objects

Due to [global uniqueness](/durable-objects/platform/known-issues/#global-uniqueness), only one version of each [Durable Object](/durable-objects/) can run at a time. This means that gradual deployments work slightly differently for Durable Objects.

When you create a new gradual deployment for a Durable Object Worker, each Durable Object is assigned a Worker version based on the percentages you configured in your [deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments). This version will not change until you create a new deployment.

![Gradual Deployments Durable Objects](~/assets/images/workers/platform/versions-and-deployments/durable-objects.png)

### Example

This example assumes that you have previously created 3 Durable Objects and [derived their IDs from the names](/durable-objects/api/namespace/#idfromname) "foo", "bar" and "baz".

Your Worker is currently on a version that we will call version "A" and you want to gradually deploy a new version "B" of your Worker.

Here is how the versions of your Durable Objects might change as you progress your gradual deployment:

|          Deployment config          | "foo" | "bar" | "baz" |
| :---------------------------------: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
|        Version A: 100% <br/>        |   A   |   A   |   A   |
| Version B: 20% <br/> Version A: 80% |   B   |   A   |   A   |
| Version B: 50% <br/> Version A: 50% |   B   |   B   |   A   |
|        Version B: 100% <br/>        |   B   |   B   |   B   |

This is only an example, so the versions assigned to your Durable Objects may be different. However, the following is guaranteed:

- For a given deployment, requests to each Durable Object will always use the same Worker version.
- When you specify each version in the same order as the previous deployment and increase the percentage of a version, Durable Objects which were previously assigned that version will not be assigned a different version. In this example, Durable Object "foo" would never revert from version "B" to version "A".
- The Durable Object will only be [reset](/durable-objects/observability/troubleshooting/#durable-object-reset-because-its-code-was-updated) when it is assigned a different version, so each Durable Object will only be reset once in this example.

:::note

Typically, your Durable Object Worker will define both your Durable Object class and the Worker that interacts with it. In this case, you cannot deploy changes to your Durable Object and its Worker independently.

You should ensure that API changes between your Durable Object and its Worker are [forwards and backwards compatible](/durable-objects/platform/known-issues/#code-updates) whether you are using gradual deployments or not. However, using gradual deployments will make it even more likely that different versions of your Durable Objects and its Worker will interact with each other.

:::

## Observability

When using gradual deployments, you may want to attribute Workers invocations to a specific version in order to get visibility into the impact of deploying new versions.

### Logpush

A new `ScriptVersion` object is available in [Workers Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/). `ScriptVersion` can only be added through the Logpush API right now. Sample API call:

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/logpush/jobs' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"name": "workers-logpush",
"output_options": {
    "field_names": ["Event", "EventTimestampMs", "Outcome", "Logs", "ScriptName", "ScriptVersion"],
},
"destination_conf": "<DESTINATION_URL>",
"dataset": "workers_trace_events",
"enabled": true
}'| jq .
```

`ScriptVersion` is an object with the following structure:

```json
scriptVersion: {
    id: "<UUID>",
    message: "<MESSAGE>",
    tag: "<TAG>"
}
```

### Runtime binding

Use the [Version metadata binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/version-metadata/) in to access version ID or version tag in your Worker.

## Limits

### Deployments limit

You can only create a new deployment with the last 10 uploaded versions of your Worker.

---

# Versions & Deployments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/

Versions track changes to your Worker. Deployments configure how those changes are deployed to your traffic.

You can upload changes (versions) to your Worker independent of changing the version that is actively serving traffic (deployment).

![Versions and Deployments](~/assets/images/workers/platform/versions-and-deployments/versions-and-deployments.png)

Using versions and deployments is useful if:

- You are running critical applications on Workers and want to reduce risk when deploying new versions of your Worker using a rolling deployment strategy.
- You want to monitor for performance differences when deploying new versions of your Worker.
- You have a CI/CD pipeline configured for Workers but want to cut manual releases.

## Versions

A version is defined by the state of code as well as the state of configuration in a Worker's [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) file. Versions track historical changes to [bundled code](/workers/wrangler/bundling/), [static assets](/workers/static-assets/) and changes to configuration like [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) and [compatibility date and compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) over time.

Versions also track metadata associated with a version, including: the version ID, the user that created the version, deploy source, and timestamp. Optionally, a version message and version tag can be configured on version upload.

:::note
State changes for associated Workers [storage resources](/workers/platform/storage-options/) such as [KV](/kv/), [R2](/r2/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) and [D1](/d1/) are not tracked with versions.
:::

## Deployments

Deployments track the version(s) of your Worker that are actively serving traffic. A deployment can consist of one or two versions of a Worker.

By default, Workers supports an all-at-once deployment model where traffic is immediately shifted from one version to the newly deployed version automatically. Alternatively, you can use [gradual deployments](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/gradual-deployments/) to create a rolling deployment strategy.

You can also track metadata associated with a deployment, including: the user that created the deployment, deploy source, timestamp and the version(s) in the deployment. Optionally, you can configure a deployment message when you create a deployment.

## Use versions and deployments

### Create a new version

Review the different ways you can create versions of your Worker and deploy them.

#### Upload a new version and deploy it immediately

A new version that is automatically deployed to 100% of traffic when:

- Changes are uploaded with [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) via the Cloudflare Dashboard
- Changes are deployed with the command [`npx wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) via [Workers Builds](/workers/ci-cd/builds)
- Changes are uploaded with the [Workers Script Upload API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/scripts/methods/update/)

#### Upload a new version to be gradually deployed or deployed at a later time

:::note

Wrangler versions before 3.73.0 require you to specify a `--x-versions` flag.

:::

To create a new version of your Worker that is not deployed immediately, use the [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload) command or create a new version via the Cloudflare dashboard using the **Save** button. You can find the **Save** option under the down arrow beside the "Deploy" button.

Versions created in this way can then be deployed all at once or gradually deployed using the [`wrangler versions deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy-2) command or via the Cloudflare dashboard under the **Deployments** tab.

:::note
When using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), changes made to a Worker's triggers [routes, domains](/workers/configuration/routing/) or [cron triggers](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) need to be applied with the command [`wrangler triggers deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#triggers).
:::

:::note
New versions are not created when you make changes to [resources connected to your Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). For example, if two Workers (Worker A and Worker B) are connected via a [service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/), changing the code of Worker B will not create a new version of Worker A. Changing the code of Worker B will only create a new version of Worker B. Changes to the service binding (such as, deleting the binding or updating the [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) it points to) on Worker A will also not create a new version of Worker B.
:::

### View versions and deployments

#### Via Wrangler

Wrangler allows you to view the 10 most recent versions and deployments. Refer to the [`versions list`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#list-4) and [`deployments`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#list-5) documentation to view the commands.

#### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

To view your deployments in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. Select your Worker > **Deployments**.

## Limits

### First upload

You must use [C3](/workers/get-started/guide/#1-create-a-new-worker-project) or [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) the first time you create a new Workers project. Using [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload) the first time you upload a Worker will fail.

### Service worker syntax

Service worker syntax is not supported for versions that are uploaded through [`wrangler versions upload`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#upload). You must use ES modules format.

Refer to [Migrate from Service Workers to ES modules](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/#advantages-of-migrating) to learn how to migrate your Workers from the service worker format to the ES modules format.

### Durable Object migrations

Uploading a version with [Durable Object migrations](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) is not supported. Use [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) if you are applying a [Durable Object migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/).

This will be supported in the near future.

---

# Rollbacks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/rollbacks/

You can roll back to a previously deployed [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) of your Worker using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/commands/#rollback) or the Cloudflare dashboard. Rolling back to a previous version of your Worker will immediately create a new [deployment](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#deployments) with the version specified and become the active deployment across all your deployed routes and domains.

## Via Wrangler

To roll back to a specified version of your Worker via Wrangler, use the [`wrangler rollback`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#rollback) command.

## Via the Cloudflare Dashboard

To roll back to a specified version of your Worker via the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers) and select your account.
2. Go to **Workers & Pages** > select your Worker > **Deployments**.
3. Select the three dot icon on the right of the version you would like to roll back to and select **Rollback**.

:::caution

**[Resources connected to your Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) will not be changed during a rollback.**

Errors could occur if using code for a prior version if the structure of data has changed between the version in the active deployment and the version selected to rollback to.

:::

## Limits

### Rollbacks limit

You can only roll back to the 10 most recently published versions.

### Bindings

You cannot roll back to a previous version of your Worker if the [Cloudflare Developer Platform resources](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) (such as [KV](/kv/) and [D1](/d1/)) have been deleted or modified between the version selected to roll back to and the version in the active deployment. Specifically, rollbacks will not be allowed if:

* A [Durable Object migration](/durable-objects/reference/durable-objects-migrations/) has occurred between the version in the active deployment and the version selected to roll back to.
* If the target deployment has a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to an R2 bucket, KV namespace, or queue that no longer exists.

---

# Fauna

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/fauna/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Fauna](https://fauna.com/) is a true serverless database that combines document flexibility with native relational capabilities, offering auto-scaling, multi-active replication, and HTTPS connectivity.

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## Set up an integration with Fauna

To set up an integration with Fauna:

1. You need to have an existing Fauna database to connect to. [Create a Fauna database with demo data](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/get-started/quick-start/?lang=javascript#create-a-database).

2. Once your database is created with demo data, you can query it directly using the Shell tab in the Fauna dashboard:

   ```sh
   Customer.all()
   ```

3. Add the Fauna database integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Fauna**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

4. In your Worker, install the `fauna` driver to connect to your database and start manipulating data:

   ```sh
   npm install fauna
   ```

5. The following example shows how to make a query to your Fauna database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Fauna have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

   ```javascript
   import { Client, fql } from "fauna";

   export default {
   	async fetch(request, env) {
   		const fauna = new Client({
   			secret: env.FAUNA_SECRET,
   		});
   		const query = fql`Customer.all()`;
   		const result = await fauna.query(query);
   		return Response.json(result.data);
   	},
   };
   ```

6. You can manage the Cloudflare Fauna integration from the [Fauna Dashboard](https://dashboard.fauna.com/):

   - To view Fauna keys for an integrated Cloudflare Worker, select your database and click the **Keys** tab.

     Keys for a Cloudflare Worker integration are prepended with `_cloudflare_key_`.

     You can delete the key to disable the integration.

   - When you connect a Cloudflare Worker to your database, Fauna creates an OAuth client app in your Fauna account.

     To view your account's OAuth apps, go to **Account Settings > OAuth Apps** in the Fauna Dashboard.

     ![OAuth apps in Fauna](~/assets/images/workers/databases/native-integrations/fauna_oauth.png)

     You can delete the app to disable the integration.

To learn more about Fauna, refer to [Fauna's official documentation](https://docs.fauna.com/).

---

# Database Integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

## Background

Connect to databases using the new Database Integrations (beta) experience. Enable Database Integrations in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com). With Database Integrations, Cloudflare automatically handles the process of creating a connection string and adding it as secrets to your Worker.

:::note[Making multiple round trip calls to a centralized database from a Worker?]


If your Worker is making multiple round trip calls to a centralized database, your Worker may be a good fit for Smart Placement. Smart Placement speeds up applications by automatically running your Worker closer to your back-end infrastructure rather than the end user. Learn more about [how Smart Placement works](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/).
:::

## Database credentials

If you rotate or delete database credentials, you must delete the integration and go through the setup flow again.

## Database limits

At this time, Database Integrations only support access to one database per provider. To add multiple, you must manually configure [secrets](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/).

## Supported platforms

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Neon

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/neon/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Neon](https://neon.tech/) is a fully managed serverless PostgreSQL. It separates storage and compute to offer modern developer features, such as serverless, branching, and bottomless storage.

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## Set up an integration with Neon

To set up an integration with Neon:

1. You need to have an existing Neon database to connect to. [Create a Neon database](https://neon.tech/docs/postgres/tutorial-createdb#create-a-table) or [load data from an existing database to Neon](https://neon.tech/docs/import/import-from-postgres).

2. Create an `elements` table using the Neon SQL editor. The SQL Editor allows you to query your databases directly from the Neon Console.

   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE elements (
     id INTEGER NOT NULL,
     elementName TEXT NOT NULL,
     atomicNumber INTEGER NOT NULL,
     symbol TEXT NOT NULL
   );
   ```

3. Insert some data into your newly created table.

   ```sql
   INSERT INTO elements (id, elementName, atomicNumber, symbol)
   VALUES
     (1, 'Hydrogen', 1, 'H'),
     (2, 'Helium', 2, 'He'),
     (3, 'Lithium', 3, 'Li'),
     (4, 'Beryllium', 4, 'Be'),
     (5, 'Boron', 5, 'B'),
     (6, 'Carbon', 6, 'C'),
     (7, 'Nitrogen', 7, 'N'),
     (8, 'Oxygen', 8, 'O'),
     (9, 'Fluorine', 9, 'F'),
     (10, 'Neon', 10, 'Ne');
   ```

4. Add the Neon database integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Neon**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

5. In your Worker, install the `@neondatabase/serverless` driver to connect to your database and start manipulating data:

   ```sh
   npm install @neondatabase/serverless
   ```

6. The following example shows how to make a query to your Neon database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Neon have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

   ```sql
   import { Client } from '@neondatabase/serverless';

   export default {
     async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
       const client = new Client(env.DATABASE_URL);
       await client.connect();
       const { rows } = await client.query('SELECT * FROM elements');
       ctx.waitUntil(client.end());  // this doesn’t hold up the response

       return new Response(JSON.stringify(rows));
     }
   }
   ```

To learn more about Neon, refer to [Neon's official documentation](https://neon.tech/docs/introduction).

---

# PlanetScale

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/planetscale/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/) is a MySQL-compatible platform that makes databases infinitely scalable, easier and safer to manage.

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## Set up an integration with PlanetScale

To set up an integration with PlanetScale:

1. You need to have an existing PlanetScale database to connect to. [Create a PlanetScale database](https://planetscale.com/docs/tutorials/planetscale-quick-start-guide#create-a-database) or [import an existing database to PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/docs/imports/database-imports#overview).

2. From the [PlanetScale web console](https://planetscale.com/docs/concepts/web-console#get-started), create a `products` table with the following query:

   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE products (
     id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
     name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
     image_url varchar(255),
     category_id INT,
     KEY category_id_idx (category_id)
   );
   ```

3. Insert some data in your newly created table. Run the following command to add a product and category to your table:

   ```sql
   INSERT INTO products (name, image_url, category_id)
   VALUES ('Ballpoint pen', 'https://example.com/500x500', '1');
   ```

4. Add the PlanetScale integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **PlanetScale**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

5. In your Worker, install the `@planetscale/database` driver to connect to your PlanetScale database and start manipulating data:

   ```sh
   npm install @planetscale/database
   ```

6. The following example shows how to make a query to your PlanetScale database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to PlanetScale have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

   ```js
   import { connect } from "@planetscale/database";

   export default {
   	async fetch(request, env) {
   		const config = {
   			host: env.DATABASE_HOST,
   			username: env.DATABASE_USERNAME,
   			password: env.DATABASE_PASSWORD,
   			// see https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/issues/698
   			fetch: (url, init) => {
   				delete init["cache"];
   				return fetch(url, init);
   			},
   		};

   		const conn = connect(config);
   		const data = await conn.execute("SELECT * FROM products;");
   		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data.rows), {
   			status: 200,
   			headers: {
   				"Content-Type": "application/json",
   			},
   		});
   	},
   };
   ```

To learn more about PlanetScale, refer to [PlanetScale's official documentation](https://docs.planetscale.com/).

---

# Supabase

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/supabase/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Supabase](https://supabase.com/) is an open source Firebase alternative and a PostgreSQL database service that offers real-time functionality, database backups, and extensions. With Supabase, developers can quickly set up a PostgreSQL database and build applications.

<Render file="database_integrations_definition" />

## Set up an integration with Supabase

To set up an integration with Supabase:

1. You need to have an existing Supabase database to connect to. [Create a Supabase database](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/tables#creating-tables) or [have an existing database to connect to Supabase and load data from](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/tables#loading-data).

2. Create a `countries` table with the following query. You can create a table in your Supabase dashboard in two ways:

   - Use the table editor, which allows you to set up Postgres similar to a spreadsheet.
   - Alternatively, use the [SQL editor](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/database/overview#the-sql-editor):

   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE countries (
   id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
   name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
   );
   ```

3. Insert some data in your newly created table. Run the following commands to add countries to your table:

   ```sql
   INSERT INTO countries (name) VALUES ('United States');
   INSERT INTO countries (name) VALUES ('Canada');
   INSERT INTO countries (name) VALUES ('The Netherlands');
   ```

4. Add the Supabase database integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Supabase**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

5. In your Worker, install the `@supabase/supabase-js` driver to connect to your database and start manipulating data:

   ```sh
   npm install @supabase/supabase-js
   ```

6. The following example shows how to make a query to your Supabase database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Supabase have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

   ```sql
   import { createClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';

   export default {
     async fetch(request, env) {
       const supabase = createClient(env.SUPABASE_URL, env.SUPABASE_KEY);
       const { data, error } = await supabase.from("countries").select('*');
       if (error) throw error;
       return new Response(JSON.stringify(data), {
         headers: {
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
         },
       });
     },
   };
   ```

To learn more about Supabase, refer to [Supabase's official documentation](https://supabase.com/docs).

---

# Turso

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/turso/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Turso](https://turso.tech/) is an edge-hosted, distributed database based on [libSQL](https://libsql.org/), an open-source fork of SQLite. Turso was designed to minimize query latency for applications where queries comes from anywhere in the world.

<Render file="database_integrations_definition" />

## Set up an integration with Turso

To set up an integration with Turso:

1. You need to install Turso CLI to create and populate a database. Use one of the following two commands in your terminal to install the Turso CLI:

```sh
# On macOS and linux with homebrew
brew install tursodatabase/tap/turso

# Manual scripted installation
curl -sSfL https://get.tur.so/install.sh | bash
```

Next, run the following command to make sure the Turso CLI is installed:

```sh
turso --version
```

2. Before you create your first Turso database, you have to authenticate with your GitHub account by running:

```sh
turso auth login
```

```sh output
Waiting for authentication...
✔  Success! Logged in as <YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME>
```

After you have authenticated, you can create a database using the command `turso db create <DATABASE_NAME>`. Turso will create a database and automatically choose a location closest to you.

```sh
turso db create my-db
```

```sh output

# Example:
Creating database my-db in Amsterdam, Netherlands (ams)

# Once succeeded:
Created database my-db in Amsterdam, Netherlands (ams) in 13 seconds.
```

With the first database created, you can now connect to it directly and execute SQL queries against it.

```sh
turso db shell my-db
```

3. Copy the following SQL query into the shell you just opened:

   ```sql
   CREATE TABLE elements (
     id INTEGER NOT NULL,
     elementName TEXT NOT NULL,
     atomicNumber INTEGER NOT NULL,
     symbol TEXT NOT NULL
   );

   INSERT INTO elements (id, elementName, atomicNumber, symbol)
   VALUES (1, 'Hydrogen', 1, 'H'),
     (2, 'Helium', 2, 'He'),
     (3, 'Lithium', 3, 'Li'),
     (4, 'Beryllium', 4, 'Be'),
     (5, 'Boron', 5, 'B'),
     (6, 'Carbon', 6, 'C'),
     (7, 'Nitrogen', 7, 'N'),
     (8, 'Oxygen', 8, 'O'),
     (9, 'Fluorine', 9, 'F'),
     (10, 'Neon', 10, 'Ne');
   ```

4. Add the Turso database integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Turso**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

5. In your Worker, install the Turso client library:

```sh
npm install @libsql/client
```

6. The following example shows how to make a query to your Turso database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Turso have been automatically added as [secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to your Worker through the integration.

```ts
import { Client as LibsqlClient, createClient } from "@libsql/client/web";

export interface Env {
	TURSO_URL?: string;
	TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN?: string;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const client = buildLibsqlClient(env);

		try {
			const res = await client.execute("SELECT * FROM elements");
			return new Response(JSON.stringify(res), {
				status: 200,
				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			});
		} catch (error) {
			console.error("Error executing SQL query:", error);
			return new Response(JSON.stringify({ error: "Internal Server Error" }), {
				status: 500,
			});
		}
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

function buildLibsqlClient(env: Env): LibsqlClient {
	const url = env.TURSO_URL?.trim();
	if (url === undefined) {
		throw new Error("TURSO_URL env var is not defined");
	}

	const authToken = env.TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN?.trim();
	if (authToken == undefined) {
		throw new Error("TURSO_AUTH_TOKEN env var is not defined");
	}

	return createClient({ url, authToken });
}
```

- The libSQL client library import `@libsql/client/web` must be imported exactly as shown when working with Cloudflare Workers. The non-web import will not work in the Workers environment.
- The `Env` interface contains the [environment variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) and [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) defined when you added the Turso integration in step 4.
- The `Env` interface also caches the libSQL client object and router, which was created on the first request to the Worker.
- The Worker uses `buildLibsqlClient` to query the `elements` database and returns the response as a JSON object.

With your environment configured and your code ready, you can now test your Worker locally before you deploy.

To learn more about Turso, refer to [Turso's official documentation](https://docs.turso.tech).

---

# Upstash

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/upstash/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Upstash](https://upstash.com/) is a serverless database with Redis\* and Kafka API. Upstash also offers QStash, a task queue/scheduler designed for the serverless.

<Render file="database_integrations_definition" />

## Upstash for Redis

To set up an integration with Upstash:

1. You need an existing Upstash database to connect to. [Create an Upstash database](https://docs.upstash.com/redis#create-a-database) or [load data from an existing database to Upstash](https://docs.upstash.com/redis/howto/connectclient).

2. Insert some data to your Upstash database. You can add data to your Upstash database in two ways:

   - Use the CLI directly from your Upstash console.
   - Alternatively, install [redis-cli](https://redis.io/docs/getting-started/installation/) locally and run the following commands.

   ```sh
   set GB "Ey up?"
   ```

   ```sh output
   OK
   ```

   ```sh
   set US "Yo, what’s up?"
   ```

   ```sh output
   OK
   ```

   ```sh
   set NL "Hoi, hoe gaat het?"
   ```

   ```sh output
   OK
   ```

3. Add the Upstash Redis integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Settings** > **Integrations** > **Upstash Redis**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

4. In your Worker, install the `@upstash/redis`, a HTTP client to connect to your database and start manipulating data:

   ```sh
   npm install @upstash/redis
   ```

5. The following example shows how to make a query to your Upstash database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Upstash have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

```js
import { Redis } from "@upstash/redis/cloudflare";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const redis = Redis.fromEnv(env);

		const country = request.headers.get("cf-ipcountry");
		if (country) {
			const greeting = await redis.get(country);
			if (greeting) {
				return new Response(greeting);
			}
		}

		return new Response("Hello What's up!");
	},
};
```

:::note

`Redis.fromEnv(env)` automatically picks up the default `url` and `token` names created in the integration.

If you have renamed the secrets, you must declare them explicitly like in the [Upstash basic example](https://docs.upstash.com/redis/sdks/redis-ts/getstarted#basic-usage).

:::

To learn more about Upstash, refer to the [Upstash documentation](https://docs.upstash.com/redis).

## Upstash Kafka

To set up an integration with Upstash Kafka:

1. Create a [Kafka cluster and topic](https://docs.upstash.com/kafka).

2. Add the Upstash Kafka integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Settings** > **Integrations** > **Upstash Kafka**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the cluster and topic.

3. In your Worker, install `@upstash/kafka`, a HTTP/REST based Kafka client:

   ```sh
   npm install @upstash/kafka
   ```

4. Use the [upstash-kafka](https://github.com/upstash/upstash-kafka/blob/main/README.md) JavaScript SDK to send data to Kafka.

Refer to [Upstash documentation on Kafka setup with Workers](https://docs.upstash.com/kafka/real-time-analytics/realtime_analytics_serverless_kafka_setup#option-1-cloudflare-workers) for more information. Replace `url`, `username` and `password` with the variables set by the integration.

## Upstash QStash

To set up an integration with Upstash QStash:

1. Configure the [publicly available HTTP endpoint](https://docs.upstash.com/qstash#1-public-api) that you want to send your messages to.

2. Add the Upstash QStash integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Upstash QStash**.
   5. Follow the setup flow.

3. In your Worker, install the `@upstash/qstash`, a HTTP client to connect to your database QStash endpoint:

   ```sh
   npm install @upstash/qstash
   ```

4. Refer to the [Upstash documentation on how to receive webhooks from QStash in your Cloudflare Worker](https://docs.upstash.com/qstash/quickstarts/cloudflare-workers#3-use-qstash-in-your-handler).

\* Redis is a trademark of Redis Ltd. Any rights therein are reserved to Redis Ltd. Any use by Upstash is for referential purposes only and does not indicate any sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation between Redis and Upstash.

---

# Xata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/databases/native-integrations/xata/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Xata](https://xata.io) is a serverless data platform powered by PostgreSQL. Xata uniquely combines multiple types of stores (relational databases, search engines, analytics engines) into a single service, accessible through a consistent REST API.

<Render file="database_integrations_definition" />

## Set up an integration with Xata

To set up an integration with Xata:

1. You need to have an existing Xata database to connect to or create a new database from your Xata workspace [Create a Database](https://app.xata.io/workspaces).

2. In your database, you have several options for creating a table: you can start from scratch, use a template filled with sample data, or import data from a CSV file. For this guide, choose **Start with sample data**. This option automatically populates your database with two sample tables: `Posts` and `Users`.

3. Add the Xata integration to your Worker:

   1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
   2. In **Account Home**, select **Workers & Pages**.
   3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
   4. Select **Integrations** > **Xata**.
   5. Follow the setup flow, selecting the database created in step 1.

4. Install the [Xata CLI](https://xata.io/docs/getting-started/installation) and authenticate the CLI by running the following commands:

   ```sh
   npm install -g @xata.io/cli

   xata auth login
   ```

5. Once you have the CLI set up, In your Worker, run the following code in the root directory of your project:

   ```sh
   xata init
   ```

   Accept the default settings during the configuration process. After completion, a `.env` and `.xatarc` file will be generated in your project folder.

6. To enable Cloudflare access the secret values generated when running in development mode, create a `.dev.vars` file in your project's root directory and add the following content, replacing placeholders with the specific values:

   ```txt
   XATA_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>
   XATA_BRANCH=<YOUR_BRANCH_HERE>
   XATA_DATABASE_URL=<YOUR_DATABASE_URL_HERE>
   ```

7. The following example shows how to make a query to your Xata database in a Worker. The credentials needed to connect to Xata have been automatically added as secrets to your Worker through the integration.

   ```ts
   export default {
   	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
   		const xata = new XataClient({
   			apiKey: env.XATA_API_KEY,
   			branch: env.XATA_BRANCH,
   			databaseURL: env.XATA_DATABASE_URL,
   		});

   		const records = await xata.db.Posts.select([
   			"id",
   			"title",
   			"author.name",
   			"author.email",
   			"author.bio",
   		]).getAll();

   		return Response.json(records);
   	},
   } satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
   ```

To learn more about Xata, refer to [Xata's official documentation](https://xata.io/docs).

---

# Angular

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/angular/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Angular](https://angular.dev/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Angular's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Angular project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-angular-app"
	args={"--framework=angular --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Angular",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-angular-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Angular application by placing them in [the `./public/` directory](https://angular.dev/reference/configs/file-structure#workspace-configuration-files). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Astro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/astro/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Astro](https://astro.build/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Astro's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Astro project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-astro-app"
	args={"--framework=astro --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Astro",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-astro-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Astro application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Astro documentation](https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/cloudflare/#cloudflare-runtime) provides information about configuring bindings and how you can access them in your `locals`.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Astro application by placing them in [the `./public/` directory](https://docs.astro.build/en/basics/project-structure/#public). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Docusaurus

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/docusaurus/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Docusaurus](https://docusaurus.io/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Docusaurus' official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Docusaurus project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-docusaurus-app"
	args={"--framework=docusaurus --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Docusaurus",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-docusaurus-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Docusaurus application by placing them in [the `./static/` directory](https://docusaurus.io/docs/static-assets). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

---

# Gatsby

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/gatsby/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Gatsby's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Gatsby project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-gatsby-app"
	args={"--framework=gatsby --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Gatsby",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-gatsby-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Gatsby application by placing them in [the `./static/` directory](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/images-and-media/static-folder/). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

---

# Next.js

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/nextjs/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
	Stream,
	WranglerConfig
} from "~/components";

## New apps

To create a new Next.js app, pre-configured to run on Cloudflare using [`@opennextjs/cloudflare`](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare), run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-next-app"
	args={"--framework=next --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Next.js",
	}}
/>

## Existing Next.js apps

:::note[Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.78.10.]

Check your version by running `wrangler --version`. To update Wrangler, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).

:::

### 1. Install @opennextjs/cloudflare

First, install [@opennextjs/cloudflare](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opennextjs/cloudflare):

```sh
npm install --save-dev @opennextjs/cloudflare
```

### 2. Add a Wrangler file

Then, add a [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) to the root directory of your Next.js app:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = ".open-next/worker.js"
name = "my-app"
compatibility_date = "2024-09-23"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]
assets = { directory = ".open-next/assets", binding = "ASSETS" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note
As shown above, you must enable the [`nodejs_compat` compatibility flag](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) _and_ set your [compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) to `2024-09-23` or later for your Next.js app to work with @opennextjs/cloudflare.
:::

You configure your Worker and define what resources it can access via [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

### 3. Update `package.json`

Add the following to the scripts field of your `package.json` file:

```json
"build:worker": "opennextjs-cloudflare",
"dev:worker": "wrangler dev --port 8771",
"preview:worker": "npm run build:worker && npm run dev:worker",
"deploy:worker": "npm run build:worker && wrangler deploy"
```

- `npm run build:worker`: Runs the [@opennextjs/cloudflare](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@opennextjs/cloudflare) adapter. This first builds your app by running `next build` behind the scenes, and then transforms the build output to a format that you can run locally using [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) and deploy to Cloudflare.
- `npm run dev:worker`: Takes the output generated by `build:worker` and runs it locally in [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), the open-source Workers Runtime, allowing you to run the app locally in the same environment that it will run in production. If you instead run `next dev`, your app will run in Node.js, which is a different JavaScript runtime from the Workers runtime, with differences in behavior and APIs.
- `npm run preview:worker`: Runs `build:worker` and then `dev:worker`, allowing you to quickly preview your app running locally in the Workers runtime, via a single command.
- `npm run deploy:worker`: Builds your app, and then deploys it to Cloudflare

### 4. Add caching with Workers KV

`opennextjs/cloudflare` uses [Workers KV](/kv/) as the cache for your Next.js app. Workers KV is [fast](https://blog.cloudflare.com/faster-workers-kv) and uses Cloudflare's [Tiered Cache](/cache/how-to/tiered-cache/) to increase cache hit rates. When you write cached data to Workers KV, you write to storage that can be read by any Cloudflare location. This means your app can fetch data, cache it in KV, and then be read by subsequent requests from this cache anywhere in the world.

To enable caching, you must:

#### Create a KV namespace

```sh
npx wrangler@latest kv namespace create NEXT_CACHE_WORKERS_KV
```

#### Add the KV namespace to your Worker

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "NEXT_CACHE_WORKERS_KV"
id = "<YOUR_NAMESPACE_ID>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

#### Set the name of the binding to `NEXT_CACHE_WORKERS_KV`

As shown above, the name of the binding that you configure for the KV namespace must be set to `NEXT_CACHE_WORKERS_KV`.

### 5. Develop locally

You can continue to run `next dev` when developing locally.

### 6. Preview locally your application and create an OpenNext config file

In step 3, we also added the `npm run preview:worker`, which allows you to quickly preview your app running locally in the Workers runtime, rather than in Node.js.
This allows you to test changes in the same runtime that your app runs in, when deployed to Cloudflare.

To preview your application in such way run:

```sh
npm run preview:worker
```

This command will build your OpenNext application, also creating, if not already present, an `open-next.configs.ts` file for you.
This is necessary if you want to deploy your application with a GibHub/GitLab integration as presented in the next step.

### 7. Deploy to Cloudflare Workers

Either deploy via the command line:

```sh
npm run deploy:worker
```

Or [connect a GitHub or GitLab repository](/workers/ci-cd/), and Cloudflare will automatically build and deploy each pull request you merge to your production branch.

---

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Next.js application by placing them in the `./public/` directory. This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Nuxt

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/nuxt/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Nuxt](https://nuxt.com/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Nuxt's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Nuxt project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-nuxt-app"
	args={"--framework=nuxt --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Nuxt",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-nuxt-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Nuxt application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Nuxt documentation](https://nitro.unjs.io/deploy/providers/cloudflare#direct-access-to-cloudflare-bindings) provides information about configuring bindings and how you can access them in your Nuxt event handlers.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Nuxt application by placing them in [the `./public/` directory](https://nuxt.com/docs/guide/directory-structure/public). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Qwik

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/qwik/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Qwik](https://qwik.dev/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Qwik's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Qwik project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-qwik-app"
	args={"--framework=qwik --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Qwik",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-qwik-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Qwik application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Qwik documentation](https://qwik.dev/docs/deployments/cloudflare-pages/#context) provides information about configuring bindings and how you can access them in your Qwik endpoint methods.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Qwik application by placing them in [the `./public/` directory](https://qwik.dev/docs/advanced/static-assets/). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Remix

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/remix/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Remix](https://remix.run/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Remix's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Remix project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-remix-app"
	args={"--framework=remix --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Remix",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-remix-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Remix application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Remix documentation](https://remix.run/docs/en/main/guides/vite#bindings) provides information about configuring bindings and how you can access them in your Remix page loaders.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Remix application by placing them in the `./public/` directory. This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Solid

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/solid/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Solid](https://www.solidjs.com/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Solid's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Solid project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-solid-app"
	args={"--framework=solid --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Solid",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-solid-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Solid application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Solid documentation](https://docs.solidjs.com/reference/server-utilities/get-request-event) provides information about how to access platform primitives, including bindings. Specifically, for Cloudflare, you can use [`getRequestEnv().nativeEvent.context.cloudflare.env`](https://docs.solidjs.com/solid-start/advanced/request-events#nativeevent) to access bindings.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Solid application by placing them in [the `./public/` directory](https://docs.solidjs.com/solid-start/building-your-application/static-assets). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# Svelte

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/svelte/

import {
	Badge,
	Description,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	PackageManagers,
} from "~/components";

In this guide, you will create a new [Svelte](https://svelte.dev/) application and deploy to Cloudflare Workers (with the new [<InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets](/workers/static-assets/)).

## 1. Set up a new project

Use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI (C3) to set up a new project. C3 will create a new project directory, initiate Svelte's official setup tool, and provide the option to deploy instantly.

To use `create-cloudflare` to create a new Svelte project with <InlineBadge preset="beta" /> Workers Assets, run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest my-svelte-app"
	args={"--framework=svelte --experimental"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "web-framework",
		framework: "Svelte",
	}}
/>

After setting up your project, change your directory by running the following command:

```sh
cd my-svelte-app
```

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your project, run the following command in the project directory to start a local server. This will allow you to preview your project locally during development.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"dev"} />

## 3. Deploy your Project

Your project can be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), from your own machine or from any CI/CD system, including [Cloudflare's own](/workers/ci-cd/builds/).

The following command will build and deploy your project. If you're using CI, ensure you update your ["deploy command"](/workers/ci-cd/builds/configuration/#build-settings) configuration appropriately.

<PackageManagers type="run" args={"deploy"} />

---

## Bindings

Your Svelte application can be fully integrated with the Cloudflare Developer Platform, in both local development and in production, by using product bindings. The [Svelte documentation](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/adapter-cloudflare#runtime-apis) provides information about configuring bindings and how you can access them in your Svelte hooks and endpoints.

## Static assets

You can serve static assets your Svelte application by placing them in [the `./static/` directory](https://kit.svelte.dev/docs/project-structure#project-files-static). This can be useful for resource files such as images, stylesheets, fonts, and manifests.

<Render file="workers-assets-routing-summary" />

---

# JavaScript

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/javascript/

## JavaScript

The Workers platform is designed to be [JavaScript standards compliant](https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-262/) and web-interoperable, and supports JavaScript standards, as defined by [TC39](https://tc39.es/) (ECMAScript). Wherever possible, it uses web platform APIs, so that code can be reused across client and server, as well as across [WinterCG](https://wintercg.org/) JavaScript runtimes.

Refer to [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/) for more information on specific JavaScript APIs available in Workers.

### Resources

* [Getting Started](/workers/get-started/guide/)
* [Quickstarts](/workers/get-started/quickstarts/) – More example repos to use as a basis for your projects
* [TypeScript type definitions](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-types)
* [JavaScript and web standard APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/web-standards/)
* [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/)
* [Examples](/workers/examples/?languages=JavaScript)

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/examples/

Cloudflare has a wide range of Python examples in the [Workers Example gallery](/workers/examples/?languages=Python).

In addition to those examples, consider the following ones that illustrate Python-specific behavior.

## Parse an incoming request URL

```python
from js import Response
from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    # Parse the incoming request URL
    url = urlparse(request.url)
    # Parse the query parameters into a Python dictionary
    params = parse_qs(url.query)

    if "name" in params:
        greeting = "Hello there, {name}".format(name=params["name"][0])
        return Response.new(greeting)


    if url.path == "/favicon.ico":
      return Response.new("")

    return Response.new("Hello world!")
```

## Parse JSON from the incoming request

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request):
    name = (await request.json()).name
    return Response.new("Hello, {name}".format(name=name))
```

## Emit logs from your Python Worker

```python
# To use the JavaScript console APIs
from js import console, Response
# To use the native Python logging
import logging

async def on_fetch(request):
    # Use the console APIs from JavaScript
    # https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console
    console.log("console.log from Python!")

    # Alternatively, use the native Python logger
    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

    # The default level is warning. We can change that to info.
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

    logger.error("error from Python!")
    logger.info("info log from Python!")

    # Or just use print()
    print("print() from Python!")

    return Response.new("We're testing logging!")
```

## Publish to a Queue

```python
from js import Response, Object
from pyodide.ffi import to_js as _to_js

# to_js converts between Python dictionaries and JavaScript Objects
def to_js(obj):
   return _to_js(obj, dict_converter=Object.fromEntries)

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    # Bindings are available on the 'env' parameter
    # https://developers.cloudflare.com/queues/

    # The default contentType is "json"
    # We can also pass plain text strings
    await env.QUEUE.send("hello", contentType="text")
    # Send a JSON payload
    await env.QUEUE.send(to_js({"hello": "world"}))

    # Return a response
    return Response.json(to_js({"write": "success"}))
```

## Query a D1 Database

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    results = await env.DB.prepare("PRAGMA table_list").all()
    # Return a JSON response
    return Response.json(results)
```

Refer to [Query D1 from Python Workers](/d1/examples/query-d1-from-python-workers/) for a more in-depth tutorial that covers how to create a new D1 database and configure bindings to D1.

## Next steps

* If you're new to Workers and Python, refer to the [get started](/workers/languages/python/) guide
* Learn more about [calling JavaScript methods and accessing JavaScript objects](/workers/languages/python/ffi/) from Python
* Understand the [supported packages and versions](/workers/languages/python/packages/) currently available to Python Workers.

---

# Foreign Function Interface (FFI)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/ffi/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Via [Pyodide](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/), Python Workers provide a [Foreign Function Interface (FFI)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_function_interface) to JavaScript. This allows you to:

* Use [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to resources on Cloudflare, including [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), [Vectorize](/vectorize/), [R2](/r2/), [KV](/kv/), [D1](/d1/), [Queues](/queues/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) and more.
* Use JavaScript globals, like [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/), and [`fetch()`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).
* Use the full feature set of Cloudflare Workers — if an API is accessible in JavaScript, you can also access it in a Python Worker, writing exclusively Python code.

The details of Pyodide's Foreign Function Interface are documented [here](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/usage/type-conversions.html), and Workers written in Python are able to take full advantage of this.

## Using Bindings from Python Workers

Bindings allow your Worker to interact with resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform. When you declare a binding on your Worker, you grant it a specific capability, such as being able to read and write files to an [R2](/r2/) bucket.

For example, to access a [KV](/kv) namespace from a Python Worker, you would declare the following in your Worker's [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/):

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = "./src/index.py"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "FOO", id = "<YOUR_KV_NAMESPACE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

...and then call `.get()` on the binding object that is exposed on `env`:

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    await env.FOO.put("bar", "baz")
    bar = await env.FOO.get("bar")
    return Response.new(bar) # returns "baz"
```

Under the hood, `env` is actually a JavaScript object. When you call `.FOO`, you are accessing this property via a [`JsProxy`](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/usage/api/python-api/ffi.html#pyodide.ffi.JsProxy) — special proxy object that makes a JavaScript object behave like a Python object.

## Using JavaScript globals from Python Workers

When writing Workers in Python, you can access JavaScript globals by importing them from the `js` module. For example, note how `Response` is imported from `js` in the example below:

```python
from js import Response

def on_fetch(request):
    return Response.new("Hello World!")
```

Refer to the [Python examples](/workers/languages/python/examples/) to learn how to call into JavaScript functions from Python, including `console.log` and logging, providing options to `Response`, and parsing JSON.

---

# How Python Workers Work

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/how-python-workers-work/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

Workers written in Python are executed by [Pyodide](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/index.html). Pyodide is a port of [CPython](https://github.com/python) (the reference implementation of Python — commonly referred to as just "Python") to WebAssembly.

When you write a Python Worker, your code is interpreted directly by Pyodide, within a V8 isolate. Refer to [How Workers works](/workers/reference/how-workers-works/) to learn more.

## Local Development Lifecycle

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    return Response.new("Hello world!")
```

…with a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file that points to a .py file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "hello-world-python-worker"
main = "src/entry.py"
compatibility_date = "2024-04-01"
```

</WranglerConfig>

When you run `npx wrangler@latest dev` in local dev, the Workers runtime will:

1. Determine which version of Pyodide is required, based on your compatibility date
2. Create a new v8 isolate for your Worker, and automatically inject Pyodide
3. Serve your Python code using Pyodide

There no extra toolchain or precompilation steps needed. The Python execution environment is provided directly by the Workers runtime, mirroring how Workers written in JavaScript work.

Refer to the [Python examples](/workers/languages/python/examples/) to learn how to use Python within Workers.

## Deployment Lifecycle

To reduce cold start times, when you deploy a Python Worker, Cloudflare performs as much of the expensive work as possible upfront, at deploy time. When you run npx `wrangler@latest deploy`, the following happens:

1. Wrangler uploads your Python code and your `requirements.txt` file to the Workers API.
2. Cloudflare sends your Python code, and your `requirements.txt` file to the Workers runtime to be validated.
3. Cloudflare creates a new v8 isolate for your Worker, and automatically injects Pyodide plus any packages you’ve specified in your `requirements.txt` file.
4. Cloudflare scans the Worker’s code for import statements, execute them, and then take a snapshot of the Worker’s WebAssembly linear memory. Effectively, we perform the expensive work of importing packages at deploy time, rather than at runtime.
5. Cloudflare deploys this snapshot alongside your Worker’s Python code to the Cloudflare network.

<Render file="python-workers-beta-packages" product="workers" />

When a request comes in to your Worker, we load this snapshot and use it to bootstrap your Worker in an isolate, avoiding expensive initialization time:

![Diagram of how Python Workers are deployed to Cloudflare](~/assets/images/workers/languages/python/python-workers-deployment.png)

Refer to the [blog post introducing Python Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/python-workers) for more detail about performance optimizations and how the Workers runtime will reduce cold starts for Python Workers.

## Pyodide and Python versions

A new version of Python is released every year in August, and a new version of Pyodide is released six (6) months later. When this new version of Pyodide is published, we will add it to Workers by gating it behind a Compatibility Flag, which is only enabled after a specified Compatibility Date. This lets us continually provide updates, without risk of breaking changes, extending the commitment we’ve made for JavaScript to Python.

Each Python release has a [five (5) year support window](https://devguide.python.org/versions/). Once this support window has passed for a given version of Python, security patches are no longer applied, making this version unsafe to rely on. To mitigate this risk, while still trying to hold as true as possible to our commitment of stability and long-term support, after five years any Python Worker still on a Python release that is outside of the support window will be automatically moved forward to the next oldest Python release. Python is a mature and stable language, so we expect that in most cases, your Python Worker will continue running without issue. But we recommend updating the compatibility date of your Worker regularly, to stay within the support window.

---

# Python

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Workers provides first-class support for Python, including support for:

- The majority of Python's [Standard library](/workers/languages/python/stdlib/)
- All [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), including [Workers AI](/workers-ai/), [Vectorize](/vectorize), [R2](/r2), [KV](/kv), [D1](/d1), [Queues](/queues/), [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) and more.
- [Environment Variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/), and [Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/)
- A robust [foreign function interface (FFI)](/workers/languages/python/ffi) that lets you use JavaScript objects and functions directly from Python — including all [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/)
- [Built-in packages](/workers/languages/python/packages), including [FastAPI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/), [Langchain](https://pypi.org/project/langchain/), [httpx](https://www.python-httpx.org/) and more.

:::caution[Python Workers are in beta. Packages do not run in production.]

Currently, you can only deploy Python Workers that use the standard library. [Packages](/workers/languages/python/packages/#supported-packages) **cannot be deployed** and will only work in local development for the time being.

You must add the `python_workers` compatibility flag to your Worker, while Python Workers are in open beta.

We'd love your feedback. Join the #python-workers channel in the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com/) and let us know what you'd like to see next.
:::

## Get started

```bash
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/python-workers-examples
cd python-workers-examples/01-hello
npx wrangler@latest dev
```

A Python Worker can be as simple as three lines of code:

```python
from js import Response

def on_fetch(request):
    return Response.new("Hello World!")
```

Similar to Workers written in [JavaScript](/workers/languages/javascript), [TypeScript](/workers/languages/typescript), or [Rust](/workers/languages/rust/), the main entry point for a Python worker is the [`fetch` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch). In a Python Worker, this handler is named `on_fetch`.

To run a Python Worker locally, you use [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/), the CLI for Cloudflare Workers:

```bash
npx wrangler@latest dev
```

To deploy a Python Worker to Cloudflare, run [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy):

```bash
npx wrangler@latest deploy
```

## Modules

Python workers can be split across multiple files. Let's create a new Python file, called `src/hello.py`:

```python
def hello(name):
    return "Hello, " + name + "!"
```

Now, we can modify `src/entry.py` to make use of the new module.

```python
from hello import hello
from js import Response

def on_fetch(request):
    return Response.new(hello("World"))
```

Once you edit `src/entry.py`, Wrangler will automatically detect the change and
reload your Worker.

## The `Request` Interface

The `request` parameter passed to your `fetch` handler is a JavaScript Request object, exposed via the foreign function interface, allowing you to access it directly from your Python code.

Let's try editing the worker to accept a POST request. We know from the
[documentation for `Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request) that we can call
`await request.json()` within an `async` function to parse the request body as
JSON. In a Python Worker, you would write:

```python
from js import Response
from hello import hello

async def on_fetch(request):
    name = (await request.json()).name
    return Response.new(hello(name))
```

Once you edit the `src/entry.py`, Wrangler should automatically restart the local
development server. Now, if you send a POST request with the appropriate body,
your Worker should respond with a personalized message.

```bash
curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"name": "Python"}' http://localhost:8787
```

```bash output
Hello, Python!
```

## The `env` Parameter

In addition to the `request` parameter, the `env` parameter is also passed to
the Python `fetch` handler and can be used to access
[environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/),
[secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/),and
[bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).

For example, let us try setting and using an environment variable in a Python Worker. First, add the environment variable to your Worker's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "hello-python-worker"
main = "src/entry.py"
compatibility_flags = ["python_workers"]
compatibility_date = "2024-03-20"

[vars]
API_HOST = "example.com"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Then, you can access the `API_HOST` environment variable via the `env` parameter:

```python
from js import Response

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    return Response.new(env.API_HOST)
```

## Further Reading

- Understand which parts of the [Python Standard Library](/workers/languages/python/stdlib) are supported in Python Workers.
- Learn about Python Workers' [foreign function interface (FFI)](/workers/languages/python/ffi), and how to use it to work with [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) and [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/).
- Explore the [Built-in Python packages](/workers/languages/python/packages) that the Workers runtime provides.

---

# Standard Library

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/stdlib/

Workers written in Python are executed by [Pyodide](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/index.html).

Pyodide is a port of CPython to WebAssembly — for the most part it behaves identically to [CPython](https://github.com/python) (the reference implementation of Python — commonly referred to as just "Python"). The majority of the CPython test suite passes when run against Pyodide. For the most part, you shouldn't need to worry about differences in behavior.

The full [Python Standard Library](https://docs.python.org/3/library/index.html) is available in Python Workers, with the following exceptions:

## Modules with limited functionality

* `hashlib`: Hash algorithms that depend on OpenSSL are not available by default.
* `decimal`: The decimal module has C (\_decimal) and Python (\_pydecimal) implementations
  with the same functionality. Only the C implementation is available (compiled to WebAssembly)
* `pydoc`: Help messages for Python builtins are not available
* `webbrowser`: The original webbrowser module is not available.

## Excluded modules

The following modules are not available in Python Workers:

* curses
* dbm
* ensurepip
* fcntl
* grp
* idlelib
* lib2to3
* msvcrt
* pwd
* resource
* syslog
* termios
* tkinter
* turtle.py
* turtledemo
* venv
* winreg
* winsound

The following modules can be imported, but are not functional due to the limitations of the WebAssembly VM.

* multiprocessing
* threading
* sockets

The following are present but cannot be imported due to a dependency on the termios package which has been removed:

* pty
* tty

---

# Supported crates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/rust/crates/

## Background

Learn about popular Rust crates which have been confirmed to work on Workers when using [`workers-rs`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs) (or in some cases just `wasm-bindgen`), to write Workers in WebAssembly.
Each Rust crate example includes any custom configuration that is required.

This is not an exhaustive list, many Rust crates can be compiled to the [`wasm32-unknown-unknown`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/platform-support/wasm64-unknown-unknown.html) target that is supported by Workers.
In some cases, this may require disabling default features or enabling a Wasm-specific feature. It is important to consider the addition of new dependencies, as this can significantly increase the [size](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-size) of your Worker.

## `time`

Many crates which have been made Wasm-friendly, will use the `time` crate instead of `std::time`. For the `time` crate to work in Wasm, the `wasm-bindgen` feature must be enabled to obtain timing information from JavaScript.

## `tracing`

Tracing can be enabled by using the `tracing-web` crate and the `time` feature for `tracing-subscriber`.
Due to [timing limitations](/workers/reference/security-model/#step-1-disallow-timers-and-multi-threading) on Workers, spans will have identical start and end times unless they encompass I/O.

[Refer to the `tracing` example](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/tree/main/examples/tracing) for more information.

## `reqwest`

The [`reqwest` library](https://docs.rs/reqwest/latest/reqwest/) can be compiled to Wasm, and hooks into the JavaScript `fetch` API automatically using `wasm-bindgen`.

## `tokio-postgres`

`tokio-postgres` can be compiled to Wasm. It must be configured to use a `Socket` from `workers-rs`:

[Refer to the `tokio-postgres` example](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/tree/main/examples/tokio-postgres) for more information.

## `hyper`

The `hyper` crate contains two HTTP clients, the lower-level `conn` module and the higher-level `Client`.
The `conn` module can be used with Workers `Socket`, however `Client` requires timing dependencies which are
not yet Wasm friendly.

[Refer to the `hyper` example](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/tree/main/examples/hyper) for more information.

---

# Rust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/rust/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Workers provides support for Rust via the [`workers-rs` crate](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs), which makes [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis) and [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) to developer platform products, such as [Workers KV](/kv/concepts/how-kv-works/), [R2](/r2/), and [Queues](/queues/), available directly from your Rust code.

By following this guide, you will learn how to build a Worker entirely in the Rust programming language.

## Prerequisites

Before starting this guide, make sure you have:

- A recent version of [`Rust`](https://rustup.rs/)
- [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started)
- The Rust `wasm32-unknown-unknown` toolchain:

```sh
rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
```

- And `cargo-generate` sub-command by running:

```sh
cargo install cargo-generate
```

## 1. Create a new project with Wrangler

Open a terminal window, and run the following command to generate a Worker project template in Rust:

```sh
cargo generate cloudflare/workers-rs
```

Your project will be created in a new directory that you named, in which you will find the following files and folders:

- `Cargo.toml` - The standard project configuration file for Rust's [`Cargo`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/) package manager. The template pre-populates some best-practice settings for building for Wasm on Workers.
- `wrangler.json` - Wrangler configuration, pre-populated with a custom build command to invoke `worker-build` (Refer to [Wrangler Bundling](/workers/languages/rust/#bundling-worker-build)).
- `src` - Rust source directory, pre-populated with Hello World Worker.

## 2. Develop locally

After you have created your first Worker, run the [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command to start a local server for developing your Worker. This will allow you to test your Worker in development.

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

If you have not used Wrangler before, it will try to open your web browser to login with your Cloudflare account.

:::note
If you have issues with this step or you do not have access to a browser interface, refer to the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) documentation for more information.
:::

Go to [http://localhost:8787](http://localhost:8787) to review your Worker running. Any changes you make to your code will trigger a rebuild, and reloading the page will show you the up-to-date output of your Worker.

## 3. Write your Worker code

With your new project generated, write your Worker code. Find the entrypoint to your Worker in `src/lib.rs`:

```rust
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    Response::ok("Hello, World!")
}
```

:::note

There is some counterintuitive behavior going on here:

1. `workers-rs` provides an `event` macro which expects a handler function signature identical to those seen in JavaScript Workers.
2. `async` is not generally supported by Wasm, but you are able to use `async` in a `workers-rs` project (refer to [`async`](/workers/languages/rust/#async-wasm-bindgen-futures)).
   :::

### Related runtime APIs

`workers-rs` provides a runtime API which closely matches Worker's JavaScript API, and enables integration with Worker's platform features. For detailed documentation of the API, refer to [`docs.rs/worker`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/).

#### `event` macro

This macro allows you to define entrypoints to your Worker. The `event` macro supports the following events:

- `fetch` - Invoked by an incoming HTTP request.
- `scheduled` - Invoked by [`Cron Triggers`](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/).
- `queue` - Invoked by incoming message batches from [Queues](/queues/) (Requires `queue` feature in `Cargo.toml`, refer to the [`workers-rs` GitHub repository and `queues` feature flag](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs#queues)).
- `start` - Invoked when the Worker is first launched (such as, to install panic hooks).

#### `fetch` parameters

The `fetch` handler provides three arguments which match the JavaScript API:

1. **[`Request`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Request.html)**

An object representing the incoming request. This includes methods for accessing headers, method, path, Cloudflare properties, and body (with support for asynchronous streaming and JSON deserialization with [Serde](https://serde.rs/)).

2. **[`Env`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Env.html)**

Provides access to Worker [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).

- [`Secret`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/blob/e15f88110d814c2d7759b2368df688433f807694/worker/src/env.rs#L92) - Secret value configured in Cloudflare dashboard or using `wrangler secret put`.
- [`Var`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/blob/e15f88110d814c2d7759b2368df688433f807694/worker/src/env.rs#L92) - Environment variable defined in `wrangler.json`.
- [`KvStore`](https://docs.rs/worker-kv/latest/worker_kv/struct.KvStore.html) - Workers [KV](/kv/api/) namespace binding.
- [`ObjectNamespace`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/durable/struct.ObjectNamespace.html) - [Durable Object](/durable-objects/) binding.
- [`Fetcher`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Fetcher.html) - [Service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to another Worker.
- [`Bucket`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Bucket.html) - [R2](/r2/) Bucket binding.

3. **[`Context`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Context.html)**

Provides access to [`waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil) (deferred asynchronous tasks) and [`passThroughOnException`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#passthroughonexception) (fail open) functionality.

#### [`Response`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Response.html)

The `fetch` handler expects a [`Response`](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Response.html) return type, which includes support for streaming responses to the client asynchronously. This is also the return type of any subrequests made from your Worker. There are methods for accessing status code and headers, as well as streaming the body asynchronously or deserializing from JSON using [Serde](https://serde.rs/).

#### `Router`

Implements convenient [routing API](https://docs.rs/worker/latest/worker/struct.Router.html) to serve multiple paths from one Worker. Refer to the [`Router` example in the `worker-rs` GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs#or-use-the-router).

## 4. Deploy your Worker project

With your project configured, you can now deploy your Worker, to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain, or a [Custom Domain](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/), if you have one configured. If you have not configured any subdomain or domain, Wrangler will prompt you during the deployment process to set one up.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Preview your Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

:::note

When pushing to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain for the first time, you may see [`523` errors](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-5xx-errors/#error-523-origin-is-unreachable) while DNS is propagating. These errors should resolve themselves after a minute or so.

:::

After completing these steps, you will have a basic Rust-based Worker deployed. From here, you can add crate
dependencies and write code in Rust to implement your Worker application. If you would like to know more about the inner workings of how Rust compiled to Wasm is supported by Workers, the next section outlines the libraries and tools involved.

## How this deployment works

Wasm Workers are invoked from a JavaScript entrypoint script which is created automatically for you when using `workers-rs`.

### JavaScript Plumbing (`wasm-bindgen`)

To access platform features such as bindings, Wasm Workers must be able to access methods from the JavaScript runtime API.

This interoperability is achieved using [`wasm-bindgen`](https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/), which provides the glue code needed to import runtime APIs to, and export event handlers from, the Wasm module. `wasm-bindgen` also provides [`js-sys`](https://docs.rs/js-sys/latest/js_sys/), which implements types for interacting with JavaScript objects. In practice, this is an implementation detail, as `workers-rs`'s API handles conversion to and from JavaScript objects, and interaction with imported JavaScript runtime APIs for you.

:::note

If you are using `wasm-bindgen` without `workers-rs` / `worker-build`, then you will need to patch the JavaScript that it emits. This is because when you import a `wasm` file in Workers, you get a `WebAssembly.Module` instead of a `WebAssembly.Instance` for performance and security reasons.

To patch the JavaScript that `wasm-bindgen` emits:

1. Run `wasm-pack build --target bundler` as you normally would.
2. Patch the JavaScript file that it produces (the following code block assumes the file is called `mywasmlib.js`):

```js
import * as imports from "./mywasmlib_bg.js";

// switch between both syntax for node and for workerd
import wkmod from "./mywasmlib_bg.wasm";
import * as nodemod from "./mywasmlib_bg.wasm";
if (typeof process !== "undefined" && process.release.name === "node") {
	imports.__wbg_set_wasm(nodemod);
} else {
	const instance = new WebAssembly.Instance(wkmod, {
		"./mywasmlib_bg.js": imports,
	});
	imports.__wbg_set_wasm(instance.exports);
}

export * from "./mywasmlib_bg.js";
```

3. In your Worker entrypoint, import the function and use it directly:

```js
import { myFunction } from "path/to/mylib.js";
```

:::

### Async (`wasm-bindgen-futures`)

[`wasm-bindgen-futures`](https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/api/wasm_bindgen_futures/) (part of the `wasm-bindgen` project) provides interoperability between Rust
Futures and JavaScript Promises. `workers-rs` invokes the entire event handler function using `spawn_local`, meaning that you can program using async Rust, which is turned
into a single JavaScript Promise and run on the JavaScript event loop. Calls to imported JavaScript runtime APIs are automatically converted to Rust Futures that can be invoked from async Rust functions.

### Bundling (`worker-build`)

To run the resulting Wasm binary on Workers, `workers-rs` includes a build tool called [`worker-build`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs/tree/main/worker-build) which:

1. Creates a JavaScript entrypoint script that properly invokes the module using `wasm-bindgen`'s JavaScript API.
2. Invokes `web-pack` to minify and bundle the JavaScript code.
3. Outputs a directory structure that Wrangler can use to bundle and deploy the final Worker.

`worker-build` is invoked by default in the template project using a custom build command specified in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

### Binary Size (`wasm-opt`)

Unoptimized Rust Wasm binaries can be large and may exceed Worker bundle size limits or experience long startup times. The template project pre-configures several useful size optimizations in your `Cargo.toml` file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[profile.release]
lto = true
strip = true
codegen-units = 1
```

</WranglerConfig>

Finally, `worker-bundle` automatically invokes [`wasm-opt`](https://github.com/brson/wasm-opt-rs) to further optimize binary size before upload.

## Related resources

- [Rust Wasm Book](https://rustwasm.github.io/docs/book/)

---

# TypeScript

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/typescript/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

## TypeScript

TypeScript is a first-class language on Cloudflare Workers. Cloudflare publishes type definitions to [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-types) and [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types) (`npm install -D @cloudflare/workers-types`). All APIs provided in Workers are fully typed, and type definitions are generated directly from [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), the open-source Workers runtime.

### Generate types that match your Worker's configuration (experimental)

Cloudflare continuously improves [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), the open-source Workers runtime.
Changes in workerd can introduce JavaScript API changes, thus changing the respective TypeScript types. For example, the [`urlsearchparams_delete_has_value_arg`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#urlsearchparams-delete-and-has-value-argument) compatibility flag adds optional arguments to some methods, in order to support new additions to the WHATWG URL standard API.

This means the correct TypeScript types for your Worker depend on:

1. Your Worker's [Compatibility Date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/).
2. Your Worker's [Compatibility Flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/).

For example, if you have `compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_als"]` in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, then the runtime will allow you to use the [`AsyncLocalStorage`](https://nodejs.org/api/async_context.html#class-asynclocalstorage) class in your worker code, but you will not see this reflected in the type definitions in `@cloudflare/workers-types`.

In order to solve this issue, and to ensure that your type definitions are always up-to-date with your compatibility settings, you can dynamically generate the runtime types (as of `wrangler 3.66.0`):

```bash
npx wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime
```

This will generate a `d.ts` file and (by default) save it to `.wrangler/types/runtime.d.ts`. You will be prompted in the command's output to add that file to your `tsconfig.json`'s `compilerOptions.types` array.

If you would like to commit the file to git, you can provide a custom path. Here, for instance, the `runtime.d.ts` file will be saved to the root of your project:

```bash
npx wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime="./runtime.d.ts"
```

**Note: To ensure that your types are always up-to-date, make sure to run `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` after any changes to your config file.**

See [the full list of available flags](/workers/wrangler/commands/#types) for more details.

#### Migrating from `@cloudflare/workers-types` to `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime`

The `@cloudflare/workers-types` package provides runtime types for each distinct [compatibility date](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/tree/main/npm/workers-types#compatibility-dates), which is specified by the user in their `tsconfig.json`. But this package is superseded by the `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` command.

Here are the steps to switch from `@cloudflare/workers-types` to using `wrangler types` with the experimental runtime inclusion:

##### Uninstall `@cloudflare/workers-types`

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm uninstall @cloudflare/workers-types
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn remove @cloudflare/workers-types
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm uninstall @cloudflare/workers-types
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="bun">

```sh
bun remove @cloudflare/workers-types
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

##### Generate runtime types using wrangler

```bash
npx wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime
```

This will generate a `.d.ts` file, saved to `.wrangler/types/runtime.d.ts` by default.

##### Update your `tsconfig.json` to include the generated types

```json
{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"types": ["./.wrangler/types/runtime"]
	}
}
```

Note that if you have specified a custom path for the runtime types file, you should use that in your `compilerOptions.types` array instead of the default path.

##### Update your scripts and CI pipelines

When switching to `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime`, you'll want to ensure that your development process always uses the most up-to-date types. The main thing to remember here is that - regardless of your specific framework or build tools - you should run the `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` command before any development tasks that rely on TypeScript. This ensures your editor and build tools always have access to the latest types.

Most projects will have existing build and development scripts, as well as some type-checking. In the example below, we're adding the `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` before the type-checking script in the project:

```json
{
	"scripts": {
		"dev": "existing-dev-command",
		"build": "-existing-build-command",
		"type-check": "wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime && tsc"
	}
}
```

In CI, you may have separate build and test commands. It is best practice to run `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` before other CI commands. For example:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```yaml
- run: npm run generate-types
- run: npm run build
- run: npm test
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```yaml
- run: yarn generate-types
- run: yarn build
- run: yarn test
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```yaml
- run: pnpm run generate-types
- run: pnpm run build
- run: pnpm test
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="bun">

```yaml
- run: bun run generate-types
- run: bun run build
- run: bun test
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

By integrating the `wrangler types --experimental-include-runtime` command into your workflow this way, you ensure that your development environment, builds, and CI processes always use the most accurate and up-to-date types for your Cloudflare Worker, regardless of your specific framework or tooling choices.

### Known issues

#### Transitive loading of `@types/node` overrides `@cloudflare/workers-types`

Your project's dependencies may load the `@types/node` package on their own. As of `@types/node@20.8.4` that package now overrides `Request`, `Response` and `fetch` types (possibly others) specified by `@cloudflare/workers-types` causing type errors.

The way to get around this issue currently is to pin the version of `@types/node` to `20.8.3` in your `package.json` like this:

```json
{
	"overrides": {
		"@types/node": "20.8.3"
	}
}
```

For more information, refer to [this GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/issues/1298).

### Resources

- [TypeScript template](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare/templates/hello-world/ts)
- [@cloudflare/workers-types](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-types)
- [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/)
- [TypeScript Examples](/workers/examples/?languages=TypeScript)

---

# Breakpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/dev-tools/breakpoints/

## Debug via breakpoints

As of Wrangler 3.9.0, you can debug via breakpoints in your Worker. Breakpoints provide the ability to review what is happening at a given point in the execution of your Worker. Breakpoint functionality exists in both DevTools and VS Code.

For more information on breakpoint debugging via Chrome's DevTools, refer to [Chrome's article on breakpoints](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/javascript/breakpoints/).

### Setup VS Code to use breakpoints

To setup VS Code for breakpoint debugging in your Worker project:

1. Create a `.vscode` folder in your project's root folder if one does not exist.
2. Within that folder, create a `launch.json` file with the following content:

```json
{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Wrangler",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "attach",
      "port": 9229,
      "cwd": "/",
      "resolveSourceMapLocations": null,
      "attachExistingChildren": false,
      "autoAttachChildProcesses": false,
      "sourceMaps": true // works with or without this line
    }
  ]
}
```

3. Open your project in VS Code, open a new terminal window from VS Code, and run `npx wrangler dev` to start the local dev server.

4. At the top of the **Run & Debug** panel, you should see an option to select a configuration. Choose **Wrangler**, and select the play icon. **Wrangler: Remote Process \[0]** should show up in the Call Stack panel on the left.

5. Go back to a `.js` or `.ts` file in your project and add at least one breakpoint.

6. Open your browser and go to the Worker's local URL (default `http://127.0.0.1:8787`). The breakpoint should be hit, and you should be able to review details about your code at the specified line.

:::caution

Breakpoint debugging in `wrangler dev` using `--remote` could extend Worker CPU time and incur additional costs since you are testing against actual resources that count against usage limits. It is recommended to use `wrangler dev` without the `--remote` option. This ensures you are developing locally.

:::

:::note

The `.vscode/launch.json` file only applies to a single workspace. If you prefer, you can add the above launch configuration to your User Settings (per the [official VS Code documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging#_global-launch-configuration)) to have it available for all your workspaces.

:::

## Related resources

- [Local Development](/workers/testing/local-development/) - Develop your Workers and connected resources locally via Wrangler and [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), for a fast, accurate feedback loop.

---

# Profiling CPU usage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/dev-tools/cpu-usage/

If a Worker spends too much time performing CPU-intensive tasks, responses may be slow or the Worker might
fail to startup due to [time limits](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-startup-time).

Profiling in DevTools can help you identify and fix code that uses too much CPU.

Measuring execution time of specific functions in production can be difficult because Workers
[only increment timers on I/O](/workers/reference/security-model/#step-1-disallow-timers-and-multi-threading)
for security purposes. However, measuring CPU execution times is possible in local development with DevTools.

When using DevTools to monitor CPU usage, it may be difficult to replicate specific behavior you are
seeing in production. To mimic production behavior, make sure the requests you send to the local Worker
are similar to requests in production. This might mean sending a large volume of requests, making requests
to specific routes, or using production-like data with the [--remote flag](/workers/testing/local-development/#develop-using-remote-resources-and-bindings).

## Taking a profile

To generate a CPU profile:

- Run `wrangler dev` to start your Worker
- Press the `D` key from your terminal to open DevTools
- Select the "Profiler" tab
- Select `Start` to begin recording CPU usage
- Send requests to your Worker from a new tab
- Select `Stop`

You now have a CPU profile.

## An Example Profile

Let's look at an example to learn how to read a CPU profile. Imagine you have the following Worker:

```js title="index.js"
const addNumbers = (body) => {
	for (let i = 0; i < 5000; ++i) {
		body = body + " " + i;
	}
	return body;
};

const moreAddition = (body) => {
	for (let i = 5001; i < 15000; ++i) {
		body = body + " " + i;
	}
	return body;
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		let body = "Hello Profiler! - ";
		body = addNumbers(body);
		body = moreAddition(body);
		return new Response(body);
	},
};
```

You want to find which part of the code causes slow response times. How do you use DevTool profiling to identify the
CPU-heavy code and fix the issue?

First, as mentioned above, you open DevTools by pressing the `D` key after running `wrangler dev`. Then, you
navigate to the "Profiler" tab and take a profile by pressing `Start` and sending a request.

![CPU Profile](~/assets/images/workers/observability/profile.png)

The top chart in this image shows a timeline of the profile, and you can use it to zoom in on a specific request.

The chart below shows the CPU time used for operations run during the request. In this screenshot, you can see
"fetch" time at the top and the subscomponents of fetch beneath, including the two functions `addNumbers` and
`moreAdditions`. By hovering over each box, you get more information, and by clicking the box, you navigate
to the function's source code.

Using this graph, you can answer the question of "what is taking CPU time?". The `addNumbers` function has
a very small box, representing 0.3ms of CPU time. The `moreAdditions` box is larger, representing 2.2ms of CPU time.

Therefore, if you want to make response times faster, you need to optimize `moreAdditions`.

You can also change the visualization from ‘Chart’ to ‘Heavy (Bottom Up)’ for an alternative view.

![CPU Profile](~/assets/images/workers/observability/heavy.png)

This shows the relative times allocated to each function. At the top of the list, `moreAdditions` is clearly the
slowest portion of your Worker. You can see that garbage collection also represents a large percentage of time, so
memory optimization could be useful.

## Additional Resources

To learn more about how to use the CPU profiler, see [Google's documentation on Profiling the CPU in DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/performance/nodejs#profile).

To learn how to use DevTools to gain insight into memory, see the [Memory Usage Documentation](/workers/observability/dev-tools/memory-usage/).

---

# DevTools

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/dev-tools/

## Using DevTools

When running your Worker locally using `wrangler dev`, you automatically have access to [Cloudflare's implementation](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/chrome-devtools-patches) of [Chrome's DevTools](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/overview).
DevTools help you debug and optimize your Workers.

:::note
You may have experience using Chrome's DevTools for frontend development. Notably, Worker DevTools are used for backend code and _not_ client-side JavaScript.
:::

## Opening DevTools

To get started, run your Worker in development mode with `wrangler dev`, then open the DevTools in the browser by pressing the `D` key from your terminal. Now when you access this worker locally, it can be debugged and profiled with this DevTools instance.

Alternatively, both the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and the [Worker's Playground](https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground) include DevTools in their UI.

## DevTool use cases

DevTools can be used in a variety of situations. For more information, see the documentation:

- [Debugging code via breakpoints and logging](/workers/observability/dev-tools/breakpoints/)
- [Profiling CPU usage](/workers/observability/dev-tools/cpu-usage/)
- [Addressing out of memory (OOM) errors](/workers/observability/dev-tools/memory-usage/)

## Related resources

- [Local development](/workers/testing/local-development/) - Develop your Workers and connected resources locally via Wrangler and workerd, for a fast, accurate feedback loop.

---

# Profiling Memory

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/dev-tools/memory-usage/

Understanding Worker memory usage can help you optimize performance, avoid Out of Memory (OOM) errors
when hitting [Worker memory limits](/workers/platform/limits/#memory), and fix memory leaks.

You can profile memory usage with snapshots in DevTools. Memory snapshots let you view a summary of
memory usage, see how much memory is allocated to different data types, and get details on specific
objects in memory.

When using DevTools to profile memory, it may be difficult to replicate specific behavior you are
seeing in production. To mimic production behavior, make sure the requests you send to the local Worker
are similar to requests in production. This might mean sending a large volume of requests, making requests
to specific routes, or using production-like data with the [--remote flag](/workers/testing/local-development/#develop-using-remote-resources-and-bindings).

## Taking a snapshot

To generate a memory snapshot:

- Run `wrangler dev` to start your Worker
- Press the `D` from your terminal to open DevTools
- Select on the "Memory" tab
- Send requests to your Worker to start allocating memory
  - Optionally include a debugger to make sure you can pause execution at the proper time
- Select `Take snapshot`

You can now inspect Worker memory.

## An Example Snapshot

Let's look at an example to learn how to read a memory snapshot. Imagine you have the following Worker:

```js title="index.js"
let responseText = "Hello world!";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		let now = new Date().toISOString();
		responseText = responseText + ` (Requested at: ${now})`;
		return new Response(responseText.slice(0, 53));
	},
};
```

While this code worked well initially, over time you notice slower responses and
Out of Memory errors. Using DevTools, you can find out if this is a memory leak.

First, as mentioned above, you open DevTools by pressing the `D` key after running `wrangler dev`.
Then, you navigate to the "Memory" tab.

Next, generate a large volume of traffic to the Worker by sending requests. You can do this with `curl` or by
repeatedly reloading the browser. Note that other Workers may require more specific requests to reproduce
a memory leak.

Then, click the "Take Snapshot" button and view the results.

First, navigate to "Statistics" in the dropdown to get a general sense of what takes up memory.

![Memory Statistics](~/assets/images/workers/observability/memory-stats.png)

Looking at these statistics, you can see that a lot of memory is dedicated to strings at 67 kB. This is
likely the source of the memory leak. If you make more requests and take another snapshot, you would see
this number grow.

![Memory Summary](~/assets/images/workers/observability/memory-summary.png)

The memory summary lists data types by the amount of memory they take up. When you click into "(string)", you can see
a string that is far larger than the rest. The text shows that you are appending "Requested at" and a date repeatedly,
inadvertently overwriting the global variable with an increasingly large string:

```js
responseText = responseText + ` (Requested at: ${now})`;
```

Using Memory Snapshotting in DevTools, you've identified the object and line of code causing the memory leak.
You can now fix it with a small code change.

## Additional Resources

To learn more about how to use Memory Snapshotting, see [Google's documentation on Memory Heap Snapshots](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/memory-problems/heap-snapshots).

To learn how to use DevTools to gain insight into CPU usage, see the [CPU Profiling Documentation](/workers/observability/dev-tools/cpu-usage/).

---

# Baselime integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/integrations/baselime-integration/

import { Render } from "~/components"

[Baselime](https://baselime.io/) is an observability solution built for modern cloud-native environments. It combines logs, metrics, and distributed traces to give you full visibility across your microservices at scale.

This integration allows you to connect to a Baselime environment from your Worker to automatically send errors and logs to Baselime with no code changes needed in the Workers application.

:::note


Baselime integration is available to all Enterprise customers and Free, Pro, and Business customers on the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/).


:::

## How it works

This integration adds a [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers) to your application Worker. The Tail Worker automatically sends errors and uncaught exceptions to the Baselime environment you have configured.

This integration supports the following Baselime features:

* **[Logging](https://baselime.io/docs/analysing-data/overview/)**: Request info, logs, and exceptions are all available to be searched for and analyzed.
* **[Error tracking](https://baselime.io/docs/analysing-data/errors/)**: Actively find and be notified of new errors and track their resolution.

:::note

If there are more configuration options that you would like to see, leave us feedback on the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) (channel name: integrations).
:::

## Set up an integration with Baselime

To set up an integration with Baselime, you need to have a Baselime environment to connect to. If this is your first time using Baselime, you will be prompted to create an account and an environment during the integration setup.

To add the Baselime integration to your Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
4. Select **Integrations** > **Baselime**.
5. Follow the setup flow.

Once installed, the integration will automatically start forwarding events to Baselime. To learn more about Baselime, refer to [Baselime's official documentation](https://baselime.io/docs/).

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:::caution


Note that automatic distributed tracing is not yet supported via the Baselime integration. To add tracing, follow the [Baselime documentation](https://baselime.io/docs/sending-data/platforms/cloudflare/traces/).


:::

---

# Integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/integrations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Send your telemetry data to third parties.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Sentry

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/integrations/sentry/

import { Render } from "~/components"

[Sentry](https://sentry.io/welcome/) is an error tracking and performance monitoring platform that allows developers to diagnose, fix, and optimize the performance of their code.

This integration allows you to connect to a Sentry project from your Worker to automatically send errors and uncaught exceptions to Sentry with no code changes needed in the Workers application.

:::note


Sentry integration is available to all Enterprise customers and Free, Pro, and Business customers on the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/).


:::

:::caution


This integration is not supported for Pages projects. Pages does not support [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/), and the Sentry integration relies on adding a Tail Worker to your Worker.


:::

## How it works

This integration adds a [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers) to your application Worker. The Tail Worker automatically sends errors and uncaught exceptions to the Sentry project you have configured.

This integration supports the following Sentry features:

* **[Data Handling](https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/data-handling/)**: As a best practice, do not include PII or other sensitive data in the payload sent to Sentry. HTTP headers (for example, `Authorization` or `Cookie`) can be removed before events are forwarded to Sentry.
* **[Sampling](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/javascript/configuration/sampling/#configuring-the-transaction-sample-rate)**: Sampling can be configured to manage the number and type of events sent to Sentry. Sampling rates can be configured based on the HTTP status code returned by the Worker and for uncaught exceptions. Setting the sampling rate to 100% sends all events to Sentry or setting it to 30% sends approximately 30% of events to Sentry.
* **[Breadcrumbs](https://docs.sentry.io/product/issues/issue-details/breadcrumbs/)**: Breadcrumbs create a trail of events that happened prior to an issue. Breadcrumbs are automatically forwarded to Sentry in the case of an error or exception. These events consist of the `console.log()` from the Worker before the error or exception occurred.

:::note

If there are more configuration options that you would like to see, leave us feedback on the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) (channel name: integrations).
:::

## Set up an integration with Sentry

To set up an integration with Sentry, you need to have an existing Sentry project to connect to. [Create a Sentry project](https://docs.sentry.io/product/sentry-basics/integrate-frontend/create-new-project), or use an existing project for this integration. Then add the Sentry integration to your Worker.

To add the Sentry integration to your Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
4. Select **Integrations** > **Sentry**.
5. Follow the setup flow.

Once installed, the integration will automatically start forwarding matching events to Sentry. To learn more about Sentry, refer to [Sentry's official documentation](https://docs.sentry.io/).

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:::caution


Each Cloudflare account can only be linked to one Sentry organization. Use the [Sentry SDK](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-javascript) in order to send events to projects in more than one Sentry organization.


:::

---

# Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logs/

import { Badge, Stream } from "~/components";

Logs are an important component of a developer's toolkit to troubleshoot and diagnose application issues and maintaining system health. The Cloudflare Developer Platform offers many tools to help developers manage their application's logs.

## [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs) <Badge text="New" variant="tip" size="large" />

Automatically ingest, filter, and analyze logs emitted from Cloudflare Workers in the Cloudflare dashboard.

## [Real-time logs](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs)

Access log events in near real-time. Real-time logs provide immediate feedback and visibility into the health of your Cloudflare Worker.

## [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers) <Badge text="Beta" size="large"/>

Tail Workers allow developers to apply custom filtering, sampling, and transformation logic to telemetry data.

## [Workers Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush)

Send Workers Trace Event Logs to a supported destination. Workers Logpush includes metadata about requests and responses, unstructured `console.log()` messages and any uncaught exceptions.

## Video Tutorial

<Stream videoId="8a29e0b3ee30140431df06c0ec935c60" videoTitle="Workers Observability" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

---

# Workers Logpush

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logs/logpush/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

[Cloudflare Logpush](/logs/about/) supports the ability to send [Workers Trace Event Logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/workers_trace_events/) to a [supported destination](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/). Worker’s Trace Events Logpush includes metadata about requests and responses, unstructured `console.log()` messages and any uncaught exceptions. This product is available on the Workers Paid plan. For pricing information, refer to [Pricing](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers-trace-events-logpush).

:::caution


Workers Trace Events Logpush is not available for zones on the [Cloudflare China Network](/china-network/).


:::

## Verify your Logpush access

:::note[Wrangler version]
Minimum required Wrangler version: 2.2.0. Check your version by running `wrangler version`. To update Wrangler, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
:::

To configure a Logpush job, verify that your Cloudflare account role can use Logpush. To check your role:

1. Log in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and scroll down to **Manage Account** > **Members**.
3. Check your account permissions. Roles with Logpush configuration access are different than Workers permissions. Super Administrators, Administrators, and the Log Share roles have full access to Logpush.

Alternatively, create a new [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) scoped at the Account level with Logs Edit permissions.

## Create a Logpush job

### Via the Cloudflare dashboard

To create a Logpush job in the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com), and select your account.
2. Select **Analytics & Logs** > **Logs**.
3. Select **Add Logpush job**.
4. Select **Workers trace events** as the data set > **Next**.
5. If needed, customize your data fields. Otherwise, select **Next**.

6. Follow the instructions on the dashboard to verify ownership of your data's destination and complete job creation.

### Via cURL

The following example sends Workers logs to R2. For more configuration options, refer to [Enable destinations](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) and [API configuration](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/) in the Logs documentation.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/logpush/jobs" \
--header 'X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>' \
--header 'X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "name": "workers-logpush",
  "output_options": {
    "field_names": ["Event", "EventTimestampMs", "Outcome", "Exceptions", "Logs", "ScriptName"],
  },
  "destination_conf": "r2://<BUCKET_PATH>/{DATE}?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&access-key-id=<R2_ACCESS_KEY_ID>&secret-access-key=<R2_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>",
  "dataset": "workers_trace_events",
  "enabled": true
}' | jq .
```

In Logpush, you can configure [filters](/logs/reference/filters/) and a [sampling rate](/logs/get-started/api-configuration/#sampling-rate) to have more control of the volume of data that is sent to your configured destination. For example, if you only want to receive logs for requests that did not result in an exception, add the following `filter` JSON property below `output_options`:

`"filter":"{\"where\": {\"key\":\"Outcome\",\"operator\":\"!eq\",\"value\":\"exception\"}}"`

## Enable logging on your Worker

Enable logging on your Worker by adding a new property, `logpush = true`, to your Wrangler file. This can be added either in the top-level configuration or under an [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/). Any new Workers with this property will automatically get picked up by the Logpush job.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Top-level configuration

name = "my-worker"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2022-07-12"

workers_dev = false
logpush = true
route = { pattern = "example.org/*", zone_name = "example.org" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

Configure via multipart script upload API:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/workers/scripts/{script_name}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--form 'metadata={"main_module": "my-worker.js", "logpush": true}' \
--form '"my-worker.js"=@./my-worker.js;type=application/javascript+module'
```

## Limits

The `logs` and `exceptions` fields have a combined limit of 16,384 characters before fields will start being truncated. Characters are counted in the order of all `exception.name`s, `exception.message`s, and then `log.message`s.

Once that character limit is reached all fields will be truncated with `"<<<Logpush: *field* truncated>>>"` for one message before dropping logs or exceptions.

### Example

To illustrate this, suppose our Logpush event looks like the JSON below and the limit is 50 characters (rather than the actual limit of 16,384). The algorithm will:

1. Count the characters in `exception.names`:
   1. `"SampleError"` and `"AuthError"` as 20 characters.
2. Count the characters in `exception.message`:
   1. `"something went wrong"` counted as 20 characters leaving 10 characters remaining.
   2. The first 10 characters of `"unable to process request authentication from client"` will be taken and counted before being truncated to `"unable to <<<Logpush: exception messages truncated>>>"`.
3. Count the characters in `log.message`:
   1. We've already begun truncation, so `"Hello "` will be replaced with `"<<<Logpush: messages truncated>>>"` and `"World!"` will be dropped.

#### Sample Input

```json
{
  "Exceptions": [
    {
      "Name": "SampleError",
      "Message": "something went wrong",
      "TimestampMs": 0
    },
    {
      "Name": "AuthError",
      "Message": "unable to process request authentication from client",
      "TimestampMs": 1
    },
  ],
  "Logs": [
    {
      "Level": "log",
      "Message": ["Hello "],
      "TimestampMs": 0
    },
    {
      "Level": "log",
      "Message": ["World!"],
      "TimestampMs": 0
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Sample Output

```json
{
  "Exceptions": [
    {
      "name": "SampleError",
      "message": "something went wrong",
      "TimestampMs": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "AuthError",
      "message": "unable to <<<Logpush: exception messages truncated>>>",
      "TimestampMs": 1
    },
  ],
  "Logs": [
    {
      "Level": "log",
      "Message": ["<<<Logpush: messages truncated>>>"],
      "TimestampMs": 0
    }
  ]
}
```

---

# Real-time logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Steps } from "~/components";

With Real-time logs, access all your log events in near real-time for log events happening globally. Real-time logs is helpful for immediate feedback, such as the status of a new deployment.

Real-time logs captures [execution logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#execution-logs), [custom logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#custom-logs), errors, and uncaught exceptions. For high-traffic applications, real-time logs may enter sampling mode, which means some messages will be dropped and a warning will appear in your logs.

:::caution

Real-time logs are not available for zones on the [Cloudflare China Network](/china-network/).

:::

## View logs from the dashboard

To view real-time logs associated with any deployed Worker using the Cloudflare dashboard:

<Steps>
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your **Worker**.
4. Select **Logs**. 
5. In the right-hand navigation bar, select **Live**.
</Steps>

## View logs using `wrangler tail`

To view real-time logs associated with any deployed Worker using Wrangler:

1. Go to your Worker project directory.
2. Run [`npx wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail).

This will log any incoming requests to your application available in your local terminal.

The output of each `wrangler tail` log is a structured JSON object:

```json
{
	"outcome": "ok",
	"scriptName": null,
	"exceptions": [],
	"logs": [],
	"eventTimestamp": 1590680082349,
	"event": {
		"request": {
			"url": "https://www.bytesized.xyz/",
			"method": "GET",
			"headers": {},
			"cf": {}
		}
	}
}
```

By piping the output to tools like [`jq`](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/), you can query and manipulate the requests to look for specific information:

```sh
npx wrangler tail | jq .event.request.url
```

```sh output
"https://www.bytesized.xyz/"
"https://www.bytesized.xyz/component---src-pages-index-js-a77e385e3bde5b78dbf6.js"
"https://www.bytesized.xyz/page-data/app-data.json"
```

You can customize how `wrangler tail` works to fit your needs. Refer to [the `wrangler tail` documentation](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail) for available configuration options.

## Limits

:::note

You can filter real-time logs in the dashboard or using [`wrangler tail`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#tail). If your Worker has a high volume of messages, filtering real-time logs can help mitgate messages from being dropped.

:::

Note that:

- Real-time logs does not store Workers Logs. To store logs, use [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs).
- If your Worker has a high volume of traffic, the real-time logs might enter sampling mode. This will cause some of your messages to be dropped and a warning to appear in your logs.
- Logs from any [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/) your Worker is using will show up in the dashboard.
- A maximum of 10 clients can view a Worker's logs at one time. This can be a combination of either dashboard sessions or `wrangler tail` calls.

## Persist logs

Logs can be persisted, filtered, and analyzed with [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs). To send logs to a third party, use [Workers Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) or [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

## Related resources

- [Errors and exceptions](/workers/observability/errors/) - Review common Workers errors.
- [Local development and testing](/workers/testing/local-development/) - Develop and test you Workers locally.
- [Workers Logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs) - Collect, store, filter and analyze logging data emitted from Cloudflare Workers.
- [Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) - Learn how to push Workers Trace Event Logs to supported destinations.
- [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) - Learn how to attach Tail Workers to transform your logs and send them to HTTP endpoints.
- [Source maps and stack traces](/workers/observability/source-maps) - Learn how to enable source maps and generate stack traces for Workers.

---

# Tail Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

A Tail Worker receives information about the execution of other Workers (known as producer Workers), such as HTTP statuses, data passed to `console.log()` or uncaught exceptions. Tail Workers can process logs for alerts, debugging, or analytics.

Tail Workers are available to all customers on the Workers Paid and Enterprise tiers. Tail Workers are billed by [CPU time](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers), not by the number of requests.

![Tail Worker diagram](~/assets/images/workers/platform/tail-workers.png)

A Tail Worker is automatically invoked after the invocation of a producer Worker (the Worker the Tail Worker will track) that contains the application logic. It captures events after the producer has finished executing. Events throughout the request lifecycle, including potential sub-requests via [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) and [Dynamic Dispatch](/cloudflare-for-platforms/workers-for-platforms/get-started/configuration/), will be included. You can filter, change the format of the data, and send events to any HTTP endpoint. For quick debugging, Tail Workers can be used to send logs to [KV](/kv/api/) or any database.

## Configure Tail Workers

To configure a Tail Worker:

1. [Create a Worker](/workers/get-started/guide) to serve as the Tail Worker.
2. Add a [`tail()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/) handler to your Worker. The `tail()` handler is invoked every time the producer Worker a Tail Worker is connected to is invoked. The following Worker code is a Tail Worker that sends its data to an HTTP endpoint:

```js
export default {
  async tail(events) {
    fetch("https://example.com/endpoint", {
      method: "POST",
      body: JSON.stringify(events),
    })
  }
}
```

The following Worker code is an example of what the `events` object may look like:

```json
[
  {
    "scriptName": "Example script",
    "outcome": "exception",
    "eventTimestamp": 1587058642005,
    "event": {
      "request": {
        "url": "https://example.com/some/requested/url",
        "method": "GET",
        "headers": {
          "cf-ray": "57d55f210d7b95f3",
          "x-custom-header-name": "my-header-value"
        },
        "cf": {
          "colo": "SJC"
        }
      }
    },
    "logs": [
      {
        "message": ["string passed to console.log()"],
        "level": "log",
        "timestamp": 1587058642005
      }
    ],
    "exceptions": [
      {
        "name": "Error",
        "message": "Threw a sample exception",
        "timestamp": 1587058642005
      }
    ],
    "diagnosticsChannelEvents": [
      {
        "channel": "foo",
        "message": "The diagnostic channel message",
        "timestamp": 1587058642005
      }
    ]
  }
]
```

3. Add the following to the Wrangler file of the producer Worker:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
tail_consumers = [{service = "<TAIL_WORKER_NAME>"}]
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note

The Worker that you add a `tail_consumers` binding to must have a `tail()` handler defined.
:::

## Related resources

* [`tail()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/) Handler API docs - Learn how to set up a `tail()` handler in your Worker.

- [Errors and exceptions](/workers/observability/errors/) - Review common Workers errors.
- [Local development and testing](/workers/testing/local-development/) - Develop and test you Workers locally.
- [Source maps and stack traces](/workers/observability/source-maps) - Learn how to enable source maps and generate stack traces for Workers.

---

# Workers Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Steps, Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

Workers Logs lets you automatically collect, store, filter, and analyze logging data emitted from Cloudflare Workers. Data is written to your Cloudflare Account, and you can query it in the dashboard for each of your Workers. All newly created Workers will come with the observability setting enabled by default.

Logs include [invocation logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#invocation-logs), [custom logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#custom-logs), errors, and uncaught exceptions.

![Example showing the Workers Logs Dashboard](~/assets/images/workers-observability/preview.png)

To send logs to a third party, use [Workers Logpush](/workers/observability/logs/logpush/) or [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

## Enable Workers Logs

:::note[Wrangler version]
Minimum required Wrangler version: 3.78.6. Check your version by running `wrangler version`. To update Wrangler, refer to [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/).
:::

You must add the observability setting for your Worker to write logs to Workers Logs. Add the following setting to your Worker's Wrangler file and redeploy your Worker.

<WranglerConfig>

	```toml
	[observability]
	enabled = true
	head_sampling_rate = 1 # optional. default = 1.
	```

</WranglerConfig>

[Head-based sampling](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#head-based-sampling) allows you set the percentage of Workers requests that are logged.

### Enabling with environments

[Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) allow you to deploy the same Worker application with different configurations. For example, you may want to configure a different `head_sampling_rate` to staging and production. To configure observability for an environment named `staging`:
	1. Add the following configuration below `[env.staging]`


	<WranglerConfig>

	```toml
	[env.staging.observability]
	enabled = true
	head_sampling_rate = 1 # optional
	```

	</WranglerConfig>

	2. Deploy your Worker with `npx wrangler deploy -e staging`
	3. Repeat step 1 and 2 for each environment.

## View logs from the dashboard

Access logs for your Worker from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/services/view/:worker/production/observability/logs/).

<Steps>
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/workers/services/view/:worker/production/observability/logs/) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, go to **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your **Worker**.
4. Select **Logs**.
</Steps>

## Best Practices

### Logging structured JSON objects

To get the most out of Workers Logs, it is recommended you log in JSON format. Workers Logs automatically extracts the fields and indexes them intelligently in the database. The benefit of this structured logging technique is in how it allows you to easily segment data across any dimension for fields with unlimited cardinality. Consider the following scenarios:

| Scenario | Logging Code                                               | Event Log (Partial)                           |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
|    1     | `console.log("user_id: " + 123)`                           | `{message: "user_id: 123"}`                   |
|    2     | `console.log({user_id: 123})`                              | `{user_id: 123}`                              |
|    3     | `console.log({user_id: 123, user_email: "a@example.com"})` | `{user_id: 123, user_email: "a@example.com"}` |

The difference between these examples is in how you index your logs to enable faster queries. In scenario 1, the `user_id` is embedded within a message. To find all logs relating to a particular user_id, you would have to run a text match. In scenarios 2 and 3, your logs can be filtered against the keys `user_id` and `user_email`.

## Features

### Invocation Logs

Each Workers invocation returns a single invocation log that contains details such as the Request, Response, and related metadata. These invocation logs can be identified by the field `$cloudflare.$metadata.type = "cf-worker-event"`. Each invocation log is enriched with information available to Cloudflare in the context of the invocation.

In the Workers Logs UI, logs are presented with a localized timestamp and a message. The message is dependent on the invocation handler. For example, Fetch requests will have a message describing the request method and the request URL, while cron events will be listed as cron. Below is a list of invocation handlers along with their invocation message.

Invocation logs can be disabled in wrangler by adding the `invocation_logs = false` configuration.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[observability.logs]
invocation_logs = false
```

</WranglerConfig>

| Invocation Handler                                              | Invocation Message         |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| [Alarm](/durable-objects/api/alarms/)                           | \<Scheduled Time\>         |
| [Email](/email-routing/email-workers/runtime-api/)              | \<Email Recipient\>        |
| [Fetch](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)                  | \<Method\> \<URL\>         |
| [Queue](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer)        | \<Queue Name\>             |
| [Cron](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/)               | \<UNIX-cron schedule\>     |
| [Tail](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/)                    | tail                       |
| [RPC](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/)                               | \<RPC method\>             |
| [WebSocket](/workers/examples/websockets/)                      | \<WebSocket Event Type\>   |

### Custom logs

By default a Worker will emit [invocation logs](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#invocation-logs) containing details about the request, response and related metadata.

You can also add custom logs throughout your code. Any `console.log` statements within your Worker will be visible in Workers Logs. The following example demonstrates a custom `console.log` within a Worker request handler.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
        async fetch(request) {
                const { cf } = request;
                const { city, country } = cf;

                console.log(`Request came from city: ${city} in country: ${country}`);

                return new Response("Hello worker!", {
                        headers: { "content-type": "text/plain" },
                });
        },
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
        event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request));
});

/**
 * Respond with hello worker text
 * @param {Request} request
 */
async function handleRequest(request) {
        const { cf } = request;
        const { city, country } = cf;

        console.log(`Request came from city: ${city} in country: ${country}`);

        return new Response("Hello worker!", {
                headers: { "content-type": "text/plain" },
        });
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

After you deploy the code above, view your Worker's logs in [the dashboard](/workers/observability/logs/workers-logs/#view-logs-from-the-dashboard) or with [real-time logs](/workers/observability/logs/real-time-logs/).

### Head-based sampling

Head-based sampling allows you to log a percentage of incoming requests to your Cloudflare Worker. Especially for high-traffic applications, this helps reduce log volume and manage costs, while still providing meaningful insights into your application's performance. When you configure a head-based sampling rate, you can control the percentage of requests that get logged. All logs within the context of the request are collected.

To enable head-based sampling, set `head_sampling_rate` within the observability configuration. The valid range is from 0 to 1, where 0 indicates zero out of one hundred requests are logged, and 1 indicates every request is logged. If `head_sampling_rate` is unspecified, it is configured to a default value of 1 (100%). In the example below, `head_sampling_rate` is set to 0.01, which means one out of every one hundred requests is logged.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[observability]
enabled = true
head_sampling_rate = 0.01 # 1% sampling rate
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Limits

| Description                                                        | Retention  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- |
| Maximum log retention period                                       | 7 Days     |
| Maximum logs per account per day<sup>1</sup>                       | 5 Billion  |
| Maximum log size<sup>2</sup>                                       | 128 KB     |

<sup>1</sup> While Workers Logs is in open beta, there is a daily limit of 5 billion logs per account per day. After the limit is exceed, a 1% head-based sample will be applied for the remainder of the day.

<sup>2</sup> A single log has a maximum size limit of [128 KB](/workers/platform/limits/#log-size). Logs exceeding that size will be truncated and the log's `$cloudflare.truncated` field will be set to true.

## Pricing

:::note[Billing start date]
Workers Logs billing will begin on November 1, 2024.
:::
<Render file="workers_logs_pricing" />

### Examples

#### Example 1

A Worker serves 15 million requests per month. Each request emits 1 invocation log and 1 `console.log`. `head_sampling_rate` is configured to 1.

|            | Monthly Costs     | Formula                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Logs**   | $6.00             | ((15,000,000 requests per month \* 2 logs per request \* 100% sample) - 20,000,000 included logs) / 1,000,000 \* $0.60    |
| **Total**  | $6.00             |                                                                                                                        |

#### Example 2

A Worker serves 1 billion requests per month. Each request emits 1 invocation log and 1 `console.log`. `head_sampling_rate` is configured to 0.1.

|            | Monthly Costs     | Formula                                                                                                                |
| ---------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Logs**   | $108.00           | ((1,000,000,000 requests per month \* 2 logs per request \* 10% sample) - 20,000,000 included logs) / 1,000,000 \* $0.60 |
| **Total**  | $108.00           |                                                                                                                        |

---

# Workers (Historic)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/changelog/historical-changelog/

This page tracks changes made to Cloudflare Workers before 2023. For a view of more recent updates, refer to the [current changelog](/workers/platform/changelog/).

## 2022-12-16

* Conditional `PUT` requests have been fixed in the R2 bindings API.

## 2022-12-02

* Queues no longer support calling `send()` with an undefined JavaScript value as the message.

## 2022-11-30

* The DOMException constructor has been updated to align better with the standard specification. Specifically, the message and name arguments can now be any JavaScript value that is coercible into a string (previously, passing non-string values would throw).
* Extended the R2 binding API to include support for multipart uploads.

## 2022-11-17

* V8 update: 10.6 → 10.8

## 2022-11-02

* Implemented `toJSON()` for R2Checksums so that it is usable with `JSON.stringify()`.

## 2022-10-21

* The alarm retry limit will no longer apply to errors that are our fault.
* Compatibility dates have been added for multiple flags including the new streams implementation.
* `DurableObjectStorage` has a new method `sync()` that provides a way for a Worker to wait for its writes (including those performed with `allowUnconfirmed`) to be synchronized with storage.

## 2022-10-10

* Fixed a bug where if an ES-modules-syntax script exported an array-typed value from the top-level module, the upload API would refuse it with a [`500` error](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/community-tip-fixing-error-500-internal-server-error/44453).
* `console.log` now prints more information about certain objects, for example Promises.
* The Workers Runtime is now built from the Open Source code in: [GitHub - cloudflare/workerd: The JavaScript / Wasm runtime that powers Cloudflare Workers](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd).

## 2022-09-16

* R2 `put` bindings options can now have an `onlyIf` field similar to `get` that does a conditional upload.
* Allow deleting multiple keys at once in R2 bindings.
* Added support for SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512 checksums in R2 `put` options.
* User-specified object checksums will now be available in the R2 `get/head` bindings response. MD5 is included by default for non-multipart uploaded objects.
* Updated V8 to 10.6.

## 2022-08-12

* A `Headers` object with the `range` header can now be used for range within `R2GetOptions` for the `get` R2 binding.
* When headers are used for `onlyIf` within `R2GetOptions` for the `get` R2 binding, they now correctly compare against the second granularity. This allows correctly round-tripping to the browser and back. Additionally, `secondsGranularity` is now an option that can be passed into options constructed by hand to specify this when constructing outside Headers for the same effect.
* Fixed the TypeScript type of `DurableObjectState.id` in [@cloudflare/workers-types](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-types) to always be a `DurableObjectId`.
* Validation errors during Worker upload for module scripts now include correct line and column numbers.
* Bugfix, Profiling tools and flame graphs via Chrome’s debug tools now properly report information.

## 2022-07-08

* Workers Usage Report and Workers Weekly Summary have been disabled due to scaling issues with the service.

## 2022-06-24

* `wrangler dev` in global network preview mode now supports scheduling alarms.
* R2 GET requests made with the `range` option now contain the returned range in the `GetObject`’s `range` parameter.
* Some Web Cryptography API error messages include more information now.
* Updated V8 from 10.2 to 10.3.

## 2022-06-18

* Cron trigger events on Worker scripts using the old `addEventListener` syntax are now treated as failing if there is no event listener registered for `scheduled` events.
* The `durable_object_alarms` flag no longer needs to be explicitly provided to use DO alarms.

## 2022-06-09

* No externally-visible changes.

## 2022-06-03

* It is now possible to create standard `TransformStream` instances that can perform transformations on the data. Because this changes the behavior of the default `new TransformStream()` with no arguments, the `transformstream_enable_standard_constructor` compatibility flag is required to enable.
* Preview in Quick Edit now correctly uses the correct R2 bindings.
* Updated V8 from 10.1 to 10.2.

## 2022-05-26

* The static `Response.json()` method can be used to initialize a Response object with a JSON-serialized payload (refer to [whatwg/fetch #1392](https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/pull/1392)).
* R2 exceptions being thrown now have the `error` code appended in the message in parenthesis. This is a stop-gap until we are able to explicitly add the code property on the thrown `Error` object.

## 2022-05-19

* R2 bindings: `contentEncoding`, `contentLanguage`, and `cacheControl` are now correctly rendered.
* ReadableStream `pipeTo` and `pipeThrough` now support cancellation using `AbortSignal`.
* Calling `setAlarm()` in a DO with no `alarm()` handler implemented will now throw instead of failing silently. Calling `getAlarm()` when no `alarm()` handler is currently implemented will return null, even if an alarm was previously set on an old version of the DO class, as no execution will take place.
* R2: Better runtime support for additional ranges.
* R2 bindings now support ranges that have an `offset` and an optional `length`, a `length` and an optional `offset`, or a `suffix` (returns the last `N` bytes of a file).

## 2022-05-12

* Fix R2 bindings saving cache-control under content-language and rendering cache-control under content-language.
* Fix R2 bindings list without options to use the default list limit instead of never returning any results.
* Fix R2 bindings which did not correctly handle error messages from R2, resulting in `internal error` being thrown. Also fix behavior for get throwing an exception on a non-existent key instead of returning null. `R2Error` is removed for the time being and will be reinstated at some future time TBD.
* R2 bindings: if the onlyIf condition results in a precondition failure or a not modified result, the object is returned without a body instead of returning null.
* R2 bindings: sha1 is removed as an option because it was not actually hooked up to anything. TBD on additional checksum options beyond md5.
* Added `startAfter` option to the `list()` method in the Durable Object storage API.

## 2022-05-05

* `Response.redirect(url)` will no longer coalesce multiple consecutive slash characters appearing in the URL’s path.
* Fix generated types for Date.
* Fix R2 bindings list without options to use the default list limit instead of never returning any results.
* Fix R2 bindings did not correctly handle error messages from R2, resulting in internal error being thrown. Also fix behavior for get throwing an exception on a non-existent key instead of returning null. `R2Error` is removed for the time being and will be reinstated at some future time TBD.

## 2022-04-29

* Minor V8 update: 10.0 → 10.1.
* R2 public beta bindings are the default regardless of compat date or flags. Internal beta bindings customers should transition to public beta bindings as soon as possible. A back compatibility flag is available if this is not immediately possible. After some lag, new scripts carrying the `r2_public_beta_bindings` compatibility flag will stop accepting to be published until that flag is removed.

## 2022-04-22

* Major V8 update: 9.9 → 10.0.

## 2022-04-14

* Performance and stability improvements.

## 2022-04-08

* The AES-GCM implementation that is part of the Web Cryptography API now returns a friendlier error explaining that 0-length IVs are not allowed.
* R2 error responses now include better details.

## 2022-03-24

* A new compatibility flag has been introduced, `minimal_subrequests` , which removes some features that were unintentionally being applied to same-zone `fetch()` calls. The flag will default to enabled on Tuesday, 2022-04-05, and is described in [Workers `minimal_subrequests` compatibility flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#minimal-subrequests).
* When creating a `Response` with JavaScript-backed ReadableStreams, the `Body` mixin functions (e.g. `await response.text()` ) are now implemented.
* The `IdentityTransformStream` creates a byte-oriented `TransformStream` implementation that simply passes bytes through unmodified. The readable half of the `TransformStream` supports BYOB-reads. It is important to note that `IdentityTransformStream` is identical to the current non-spec compliant `TransformStream` implementation, which will be updated soon to conform to the WHATWG Stream Standard. All current uses of `new TransformStream()` should be replaced with `new IdentityTransformStream()` to avoid potentially breaking changes later.

## 2022-03-17

* The standard [ByteLengthQueuingStrategy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ByteLengthQueuingStrategy) and [CountQueuingStrategy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CountQueuingStrategy) classes are now available.
* When the `capture_async_api_throws` flag is set, built-in Cloudflare-specific and Web Platform Standard APIs that return Promises will no longer throw errors synchronously and will instead return rejected promises. Exception is given with fatal errors such as out of memory errors.
* Fix R2 publish date rendering.
* Fix R2 bucket binding .get populating contentRange with garbage. contentRange is now undefined as intended.
* When using JavaScript-backed `ReadableStream`, it is now possible to use those streams with `new Response()`.

## 2022-03-11

* Fixed a bug where the key size was not counted when determining how many write units to charge for a Durable Object single-key `put()`. This may result in future writes costing one write unit more than past writes when the key is large enough to bump the total write size up above the next billing unit threshold of 4096 bytes. Multi-key `put()` operations have always properly counted the key size when determining billable write units.
* Implementations of `CompressionStream` and `DecompressionStream` are now available.

## 2022-03-04

* Initial pipeTo/pipeThrough support on ReadableStreams constructed using the new `ReadableStream()` constructor is now available.
* With the `global_navigator` compatibility flag set, the `navigator.userAgent` property can be used to detect when code is running within the Workers environment.
* A bug in the new URL implementation was fixed when setting the value of a `URLSearchParam`.
* The global `addEventListener` and dispatchEvent APIs are now available when using module syntax.
* An implementation of `URLPattern` is now available.

## 2022-02-25

* The `TextDecoder` class now supports the full range of text encodings defined by the WHATWG Encoding Standard.
* Both global `fetch()` and durable object `fetch()` now throw a TypeError when they receive a WebSocket in response to a request without the “Upgrade: websocket” header.
* Durable Objects users may now store up to 50 GB of data across the objects in their account by default. As before, if you need more storage than that you can contact us for an increase.

## 2022-02-18

* `TextDecoder` now supports Windows-1252 labels (aka ASCII): [Encoding API Encodings - Web APIs | MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Encoding_API/Encodings).

## 2022-02-11

* WebSocket message sends were erroneously not respecting Durable Object output gates as described in the [I/O gate blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/). That bug has now been fixed, meaning that WebSockets will now never send a message under the assumption that a storage write has succeeded unless that write actually has succeeded.

## 2022-02-05

* Fixed bug causing WebSockets to Durable Objects to occasionally hang when the script implementing both a Worker and a Durable Object is re-deployed with new code.
* `crypto.getRandomValues` now supports BigInt64Array and BigUint64Array.
* A new implementation of the standard URL implementation is available. Use `url_standard` feature flag to enable the spec-compliant URL API implementation.

## 2022-01-28

* No user-visible changes.

## 2022-01-20

* Updated V8: 9.7 → 9.8.

## 2022-01-17

* `HTMLRewriter` now supports inspecting and modifying end tags, not just start tags.
* Fixed bug where Durable Objects experiencing a transient CPU overload condition would cause in-progress requests to be unable to return a response (appearing as an indefinite hang from the client side), even after the overload condition clears.

## 2022-01-07

* The `workers_api_getters_setters_on_prototype` configuration flag corrects the way Workers attaches property getters and setters to API objects so that they can be properly subclassed.

## 2021-12-22

* Async iteration (using `for` and `await`) on instances of `ReadableStream` is now available.

## 2021-12-10

* Raised the max value size in Durable Object storage from 32 KiB to 128 KiB.
* `AbortSignal.timeout(delay)` returns an `AbortSignal` that will be triggered after the given number of milliseconds.
* Preview implementations of the new `ReadableStream` and new `WritableStream` constructors are available behind the `streams_enable_constructors` feature flag.
* `crypto.DigestStream` is a non-standard extension to the crypto API that supports generating a hash digest from streaming data. The `DigestStream` itself is a `WritableStream` that does not retain the data written into it; instead, it generates a digest hash automatically when the flow of data has ended. The same hash algorithms supported by `crypto.subtle.digest()` are supported by the `crypto.DigestStream`.
* Added early support for the `scheduler.wait()` API, which is [going through the WICG standardization process](https://github.com/WICG/scheduling-apis), to provide an `await`-able alternative to `setTimeout()`.
* Fixed bug in `deleteAll` in Durable Objects containing more than 10000 keys that could sometimes cause incomplete data deletion and/or hangs.

## 2021-12-02

* The Streams spec requires that methods returning promises must not throw synchronous errors. As part of the effort of making the Streams implementation more spec compliant, we are converting a number of sync throws to async rejections.
* Major V8 update: 9.6 → 9.7. See [V8 release v9.7 · V8](https://v8.dev/blog/v8-release-97) for more details.

## 2021-11-19

* Durable Object stubs that receive an overload exception will be permanently broken to match the behavior of other exception types.
* Fixed issue where preview service claimed Let’s Encrypt certificates were expired.
* [`structuredClone()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/structuredClone) is now supported.

## 2021-11-12

* The `AbortSignal` object has a new `reason` property indicating the reason for the cancellation. The reason can be specified when the `AbortSignal` is triggered or created.
* Unhandled rejection warnings will be printed to the inspector console.

## 2021-11-05

* Upgrade to V8 9.6. This adds support for WebAssembly reference types. Refer to the [V8 release v9.6 · V8](https://v8.dev/blog/v8-release-96) for more details.
* Streams: When using the BYOB reader, the `ArrayBuffer` of the provided TypedArray should be detached, per the Streams spec. Because Workers was not previously enforcing that rule, and changing to comply with the spec could breaking existing code, a new compatibility flag, [streams\_byob\_reader\_detaches\_buffer](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-docs/pull/2644), has been introduced that will be enabled by default on 2021-11-10. User code should never try to reuse an `ArrayBuffer` that has been passed in to a BYOB readers `read()` method. The more recently added extension method `readAtLeast()` will always detach the `ArrayBuffer` and is unaffected by the compatibility flag setting.

## 2021-10-21

* Added support for the `signal` option in `EventTarget.addEventListener()`, to remove an event listener in response to an `AbortSignal`.
* The `unhandledrejection` and `rejectionhandled` events are now supported.
* The `ReadableStreamDefaultReader` and `ReadableStreamBYOBReader` constructors are now supported.
* Added non-standard `ReadableStreamBYOBReader` method `.readAtLeast(size, buffer)` that can be used to return a buffer with at least `size` bytes. The `buffer` parameter must be an `ArrayBufferView`. Behavior is identical to `.read()` except that at least `size` bytes are read, only returning fewer if EOF is encountered. One final call to `.readAtLeast()` is still needed to get back a `done = true` value.
* The compatibility flags `formdata_parser_supports_files`, `fetch_refuses_unknown_protocols`, and `durable_object_fetch_requires_full_url` have been scheduled to be turned on by default as of 2021-11-03, 2021-11-10, and 2021-11-10, respectively. For more details, refer to [Compatibility Dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/)

## 2021-10-14

* `request.signal` will always return an `AbortSignal`.
* Cloudflare Workers’ integration with Chrome DevTools profiling now more accurately reports the line numbers and time elapsed. Previously, the line numbers were shown as one line later then the actual code, and the time shown would be proportional but much longer than the actual time used.
* Upgrade to v8 9.5. Refer to [V8 release v9.5 · V8](https://v8.dev/blog/v8-release-95) for more details.

## 2021-09-24

* The `AbortController` and `AbortSignal` objects are now available.
* The Web Platform `queueMicrotask` API is now available.
* It is now possible to use new `EventTarget()` and to create custom `EventTarget` subclasses.
* The `once` option is now supported on `addEventTarget` to register event handlers that will be invoked only once.
* Per the HTML specification, a listener passed in to the `addEventListener` function is allowed to either be a function or an object with a `handleEvent` member function. Previously, Workers only supported the function option, now it supports both.
* The `Event` object now supports most standard methods and properties.
* V8 updated from 9.3 to 9.4.

## 2021-09-03

* The `crypto.randomUUID()` method can be used to generate a new random version 4 UUID.
* Durable Objects are now scheduled more evenly around a colocation (colo).

## 2021-08-05

* No user-facing changes. Just bug fixes & internal maintenance.

## 2021-07-30

* Fixed a hang in Durable Objects when reading more than 16MB of data at once (for example, with a large `list()` operation).
* Added a new compatibility flag `html_rewriter_treats_esi_include_as_void_tag` which causes `HTMLRewriter` to treat `<esi:include>` and `<esi:comment>` as void tags, such that they are considered to have neither an end tag nor nested content. To opt a worker into the new behavior, you must use Wrangler v1.19.0 or newer and specify the flag in `wrangler.toml`. Refer to the [Wrangler compatibility flag notes](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy/pull/2009) for details.

## 2021-07-23

* Performance and stability improvements.

## 2021-07-16

* Workers can now make up to 1000 subrequests to Durable Objects from a within a single request invocation, up from the prior limit of 50.
* Major changes to Durable Objects implementation, the details of which will be the subject of an upcoming blog post. In theory, the changes should not harm existing apps, except to make them faster. Let your account team know if you observe anything unusual or report your issue in the [Workers Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).
* Durable Object constructors may now initiate I/O, such as `fetch()` calls.
* Added Durable Objects `state.blockConcurrencyWhile()` API useful for delaying delivery of requests and other events while performing some critical state-affecting task. For example, this can be used to perform start-up initialization in an object’s constructor.
* In Durable Objects, the callback passed to `storage.transaction()` can now return a value, which will be propagated as the return value of the `transaction()` call.

## 2021-07-13

* The preview service now prints a warning in the devtools console when a script uses `Response/Request.clone()` but does not read one of the cloned bodies. Such a situation forces the runtime to buffer the entire message body in memory, which reduces performance. [Find an example here](https://cloudflareworkers.com/#823fbe463bfafd5a06bcfeabbdf5eeae:https://tutorial.cloudflareworkers.com).

## 2021-07-01

* Fixed bug where registering the same exact event listener method twice on the same event type threw an internal error.
* Add support for the `.forEach()` method for `Headers`, `URLSearchParameters`, and `FormData`.

## 2021-06-27

* WebCrypto: Implemented non-standard Ed25519 operation (algorithm NODE-ED25519, curve name NODE-ED25519). The Ed25519 implementation differs from NodeJS’s in that raw import/export of private keys is disallowed, per parity with ECDSA/ECDH.

## 2021-06-17

Changes this week:

* Updated V8 from 9.1 to 9.2.
* `wrangler tail` now works on Durable Objects. Note that logs from long-lived WebSockets will not be visible until the WebSocket is closed.

## 2021-06-11

Changes this week:

* Turn on V8 Sparkplug compiler.
* Durable Objects that are finishing up existing requests after their code is updated will be disconnected from the persistent storage API, to maintain the invariant that only a single instance ever has access to persistent storage for a given Durable Object.

## 2021-06-04

Changes this week:

* WebCrypto: We now support the “raw” import/export format for ECDSA/ECDH public keys.
* `request.cf` is no longer missing when writing Workers using modules syntax.

## 2021-05-14

Changes this week:

* Improve error messages coming from the WebCrypto API.
* Updated V8: 9.0 → 9.1

Changes in an earlier release:

* WebCrypto: Implement JWK export for RSA, ECDSA, & ECDH.
* WebCrypto: Add support for RSA-OAEP
* WebCrypto: HKDF implemented.
* Fix recently-introduced backwards clock jumps in Durable Objects.
* `WebCrypto.generateKey()`, when asked to generate a key pair with algorithm RSA-PSS, would instead return a key pair using algorithm RSASSA-PKCS1-v1\_5. Although the key structure is the same, the signature algorithms differ, and therefore, signatures generated using the key would not be accepted by a correct implementation of RSA-PSS, and vice versa. Since this would be a pretty obvious problem, but no one ever reported it to us, we guess that currently, no one is using this functionality on Workers.

## 2021-04-29

Changes this week:

* WebCrypto: Implemented `wrapKey()` / `unwrapKey()` for AES algorithms.
* The arguments to `WebSocket.close()` are now optional, as the standard says they should be.

## 2021-04-23

Changes this week:

* In the WebCrypto API, encrypt and decrypt operations are now supported for the “AES-CTR” encryption algorithm.
* For Durable Objects, CPU time limits are now enforced on the object level rather than the request level. Each time a new request arrives, the time limit is “topped up” to 500ms. After the (free) beta period ends and Durable Objects becomes generally available, we will increase this to 30 seconds.
* When a Durable Object exceeds its CPU time limit, the entire object will be discarded and recreated. Previously, we allowed subrequest requests to continue using the same object, but this was dangerous because hitting the CPU time limit can leave the object in an inconsistent state.
* Long running Durable Objects are given more subrequest quota as additional WebSocket messages are sent to them, to avoid the problem of a long-running Object being unable to make any more subrequests after it has been held open by a particular WebSocket for a while.
* When a Durable Object’s code is updated, or when its isolate is reset due to exceeding the memory limit, all stubs pointing to the object will become invalidated and have to be recreated. This is consistent with what happens when the CPU time is exceeded, or when stubs become disconnected due to random network errors. This behavior is useful, as apps can now assume that two messages sent to the same stub will be delivered to exactly the same live instance (if they are delivered at all). Apps which do not care about this property should recreate their stubs for every request; there is no performance penalty from doing so.
* When a Durable Object’s isolate exceeds its memory limit, an exception with an explanatory message will now be thrown to the caller, instead of “internal error”.
* When a Durable Object exceeds its CPU time limit, an exception with an explanatory message will now be thrown to the caller, instead of “internal error”.
* `wrangler tail` now reports CPU-time-exceeded exceptions with an explanatory message instead of “internal error”.

## 2021-04-19

Changes since the last post on 3/26:

* Cron Triggers now have a 15 minute wall time limit, in addition to the existing CPU time limit. (Previously, there was no limit, so a cron trigger that spent all its time waiting for I/O could hang forever.)
* Our WebCrypto implementation now supports importing and exporting HMAC and AES keys in JWK format.
* Our WebCrypto implementation now supports AES key generation for CTR, CBC, and KW modes. AES-CTR encrypt/decrypt and AES-KW key wrapping/unwrapping support will land in a later release.
* Fixed bug where `crypto.subtle.encrypt()` on zero-length inputs would sometimes throw an exception.
* Errors on script upload will now be properly reported for module-based scripts, instead of appearing as a ReferenceError.
* WebCrypto: Key derivation for ECDH.
* WebCrypto: Support ECDH key generation & import.
* WebCrypto: Support ECDSA key generation.
* Fixed bug where `crypto.subtle.encrypt()` on zero-length inputs would sometimes throw an exception.
* Improved exception messages thrown by the WebCrypto API somewhat.
* `waitUntil` is now supported for module Workers. An additional argument called ‘ctx’ is passed after ‘env’, and `waitUntil` is a method on ‘ctx’.
* `passThroughOnException` is now available under the ctx argument to module handlers
* Reliability improvements for Durable Objects
* Reliability improvements for Durable Objects persistent storage API
* `ScheduledEvent.cron` is now set to the original cron string that the event was scheduled for.

## 2021-03-26

Changes this week:

* Existing WebSocket connections to Durable Objects will now be forcibly disconnected on code updates, in order to force clients to connect to the instance running the new code.

## 2021-03-11

New this week:

* When the Workers Runtime itself reloads due to us deploying a new version or config change, we now preload high-traffic Workers in the new instance of the runtime before traffic cuts over. This ensures that users do not observe cold starts for these Workers due to the upgrade, and also fixes a low rate of spurious 503 errors that we had previously been seeing due to overload during such reloads.

(It looks like no release notes were posted the last few weeks, but there were no new user-visible changes to report.)

## 2021-02-11

Changes this week:

* In the preview mode of the dashboard, a Worker that fails during startup will now return a 500 response, rather than getting the default passthrough behavior, which was making it harder to notice when a Worker was failing.
* A Durable Object’s ID is now provided to it in its constructor. It can be accessed off of the `state` provided as the constructor’s first argument, as in `state.id`.

## 2021-02-05

New this week:

* V8 has been updated from 8.8 to 8.9.
* During a `fetch()`, if the destination server commits certain HTTP protocol errors, such as returning invalid (unparsable) headers, we now throw an exception whose description explains the problem, rather than an “internal error”.

New last week (forgot to post):

* Added support for `waitUntil()` in Durable Objects. It is a method on the state object passed to the Durable Object class’s constructor.

## 2021-01-22

New in the past week:

* Fixed a bug which caused scripts with WebAssembly modules to hang when using devtools in the preview service.

## 2021-01-14

Changes this week:

* Implemented File and Blob APIs, which can be used when constructing FormData in outgoing requests. Unfortunately, FormData from incoming requests at this time will still use strings even when file metadata was present, in order to avoid breaking existing deployed Workers. We will find a way to fix that in the future.

## 2021-01-07

Changes this week:

* No user-visible changes.

Changes in the prior release:

* Fixed delivery of WebSocket “error” events.
* Fixed a rare bug where a WritableStream could be garbage collected while it still had writes queued, causing those writes to be lost.

## 2020-12-10

Changes this week:

* Major V8 update: 8.7.220.29 -> 8.8.278.8

## 2019-09-19

Changes this week:

* Unannounced new feature. (Stay tuned.)
* Enforced new limit on concurrent subrequests (see below).
* Stability improvements.

**Concurrent Subrequest Limit**

As of this release, we impose a limit on the number of outgoing HTTP requests that a Worker can make simultaneously. **For each incoming request**, a Worker can make up to 6 concurrent outgoing `fetch()` requests.

If a Worker’s request handler attempts to call `fetch()` more than six times (on behalf of a single incoming request) without waiting for previous fetches to complete, then fetches after the sixth will be delayed until previous fetches have finished. A Worker is still allowed to make up to 50 total subrequests per incoming request, as before; the new limit is only on how many can execute simultaneously.

**Automatic deadlock avoidance**

Our implementation automatically detects if delaying a fetch would cause the Worker to deadlock, and prevents the deadlock by cancelling the least-recently-used request. For example, imagine a Worker that starts 10 requests and waits to receive all the responses without reading the response bodies. A fetch is not considered complete until the response body is fully-consumed (for example, by calling `response.text()` or `response.json()`, or by reading from `response.body`). Therefore, in this scenario, the first six requests will run and their response objects would be returned, but the remaining four requests would not start until the earlier responses are consumed. If the Worker fails to actually read the earlier response bodies and is still waiting for the last four requests, then the Workers Runtime will automatically cancel the first four requests so that the remaining ones can complete. If the Worker later goes back and tries to read the response bodies, exceptions will be thrown.

**Most Workers are Not Affected**

The vast majority of Workers make fewer than six outgoing requests per incoming request. Such Workers are totally unaffected by this change.

Of Workers that do make more than six outgoing requests concurrently for a single incoming request, the vast majority either read the response bodies immediately upon each response returning, or never read the response bodies at all. In either case, these Workers will still work as intended – although they may be a little slower due to outgoing requests after the sixth being delayed.

A very small number of deployed Workers (about 20 total) make more than 6 requests concurrently, wait for all responses to return, and then go back to read the response bodies later. For all known Workers that do this, we have temporarily grandfathered your zone into the old behavior, so that your Workers will continue to operate. However, we will be communicating with customers one-by-one to request that you update your code to proactively read request bodies, so that it works correctly under the new limit.

**Why did we do this?**

Cloudflare communicates with origin servers using HTTP/1.1, not HTTP/2. Under HTTP/1.1, each concurrent request requires a separate connection. So, Workers that make many requests concurrently could force the creation of an excessive number of connections to origin servers. In some cases, this caused resource exhaustion problems either at the origin server or within our own stack.

On investigating the use cases for such Workers, every case we looked at turned out to be a mistake or otherwise unnecessary. Often, developers were making requests and receiving responses, but they only cared about the response status and headers but not the body. So, they threw away the response objects without reading the body, essentially leaking connections. In some other cases, developers had simply accidentally written code that made excessive requests in a loop for no good reason at all. Both of these cases should now cause no problems under the new behavior.

We chose the limit of 6 concurrent connections based on the fact that Chrome enforces the same limit on web sites in the browser.

## 2020-12-04

Changes this week:

* Durable Objects storage API now supports listing keys by prefix.
* Improved error message when a single request performs more than 1000 KV operations to make clear that a per-request limit was reached, not a global rate limit.
* `wrangler dev` previews should now honor non-default resource limits, for example, longer CPU limits for those in the Workers Unbound beta.
* Fixed off-by-one line numbers in Worker exceptions.
* Exceptions thrown in a Durable Object’s `fetch()` method are now tunneled to its caller.
* Fixed a bug where a large Durable Object response body could cause the Durable Object to become unresponsive.

## 2020-11-13

Changes over the past week:

* `ReadableStream.cancel()` and `ReadableStream.getReader().cancel()` now take an optional, instead of a mandatory, argument, to conform with the Streams spec.
* Fixed an error that occurred when a WASM module declared that it wanted to grow larger than 128MB. Instead, the actual memory usage of the module is monitored and an error is thrown if it exceeds 128MB used.

## 2020-11-05

Changes this week:

* Major V8 update: 8.6 -> 8.7
* Limit the maximum number of Durable Objects keys that can be changed in a single transaction to 128.

## 2020-10-05

We had our usual weekly release last week, but:

* No user-visible changes.

## 2020-09-24

Changes this week:

* Internal changes to support upcoming features.

Also, a change from the 2020-09-08 release that it seems we forgot to post:

* V8 major update: 8.5 -> 8.6

## 2020-08-03

Changes last week:

* Fixed a regression which could cause `HTMLRewriter.transform()` to throw spurious “The parser has stopped.” errors.
* Upgraded V8 from 8.4 to 8.5.

## 2020-07-09

Changes this week:

* Fixed a regression in HTMLRewriter: [https://github.com/cloudflare/lol-html/issues/50](https://github.com/cloudflare/lol-html/issues/50)
* Common HTTP method names passed to `fetch()` or `new Request()` are now case-insensitive as required by the Fetch API spec.

Changes last week (… forgot to post):

* `setTimeout`/`setInterval` can now take additional arguments which will be passed on to the callback, as required by the spec. (Few people use this feature today because it’s usually much easier to use lambda captures.)

Changes the week before last (… also… forgot to post… we really need to code up a bot for this):

* The HTMLRewriter now supports the `:nth-child` , `:first-child` , `:nth-of-type` , and `:first-of-type` selectors.

## 2020-05-15

Changes this week:

* Implemented API for yet-to-be-announced new feature.

## 2020-04-20

Looks like we forgot to post release notes for a couple weeks. Releases still are happening weekly as always, but the “post to the community” step is insufficiently automated…
4/2 release:

* Fixed a source of long garbage collection paused in memory limit enforcement.

4/9 release:

* No publicly-visible changes.

4/16 release:

* In preview, we now log a warning when attempting to construct a `Request` or `Response` whose body is of type `FormData` but with the `Content-Type` header overridden. Such bodies would not be parseable by the receiver.

## 2020-03-26

New this week:

* Certain “internal errors” that could be thrown when using the Cache API are now reported with human-friendly error messages. For example, `caches.default.match("not a URL")` now throws a TypeError.

## 2020-02-28

New from the past two weeks:

* Fixed a bug in the preview service where the CPU time limiter was overly lenient for the first several requests handled by a newly-started worker. The same bug actually exists in production as well, but we are much more cautious about fixing it there, since doing so might break live sites. If you find your worker now exceeds CPU time limits in preview, then it is likely exceeding time limits in production as well, but only appearing to work because the limits are too lenient for the first few requests. Such Workers will eventually fail in production, too (and always have), so it is best to fix the problem in preview before deploying.
* Major V8 update: 8.0 -> 8.1
* Minor bug fixes.

## 2020-02-13

Changes over the last couple weeks:

* Fixed a bug where if two differently-named scripts within the same account had identical content and were deployed to the same zone, they would be treated as the “same Worker”, meaning they would share the same isolate and global variables. This only applied between Workers on the same zone, so was not a security threat, but it caused confusion. Now, two differently-named Worker scripts will never be considered the same Worker even if they have identical content.
* Performance and stability improvements.

## 2020-01-24

It has been a while since we posted release notes, partly due to the holidays. Here is what is new over the past month:

* Performance and stability improvements.
* A rare source of `daemonDown` errors when processing bursty traffic over HTTP/2 has been eliminated.
* Updated V8 7.9 -> 8.0.

## 2019-12-12

New this week:

* We now pass correct line and column numbers more often when reporting exceptions to the V8 inspector. There remain some cases where the reported line and column numbers will be wrong.
* Fixed a significant source of daemonDown (1105) errors.

## 2019-12-06

Runtime release notes covering the past few weeks:

* Increased total per-request `Cache.put()` limit to 5GiB.
* Increased individual `Cache.put()` limits to the lesser of 5GiB or the zone’s normal [cache limits](/cache/concepts/default-cache-behavior/).
* Added a helpful error message explaining AES decryption failures.
* Some overload errors were erroneously being reported as daemonDown (1105) errors. They have been changed to exceededCpu (1102) errors, which better describes their cause.
* More “internal errors” were converted to useful user-facing errors.
* Stability improvements and bug fixes.

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/changelog/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

This changelog details meaningful changes made to Workers across the Cloudflare dashboard, Wrangler, the API, and the workerd runtime. These changes are not configurable.

This is *different* from [compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) and [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/), which let you explicitly opt-in to or opt-out of specific changes to the Workers Runtime.

{/* <!-- Actual content lives in /src/content/changelogs/workers.yaml. Update the file there for new entries to appear here. For more details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/style-guide/documentation-content-strategy/content-types/changelog/#yaml-file --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Changelog

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/changelog/platform/

{/* <!-- All changelog entries live in associated /src/content/changelogs/{productName}.yaml. This page needs to exist in order to house the associated RSS feed. --> */}

---

# Wrangler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/changelog/wrangler/

import { ProductChangelog } from "~/components";

{/* <!-- All changelog entries are pulled directly from https://api.github.com/repos/cloudflare/workers-sdk/releases and manipulated in the src/util/changelogs.ts file (getWranglerChangelog() function). This is unique compared to other changelog entries. --> */}

<ProductChangelog />

---

# Bindings (env)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/

import { DirectoryListing, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

Bindings allow your Worker to interact with resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform.

The following bindings available today:

<DirectoryListing />

## What is a binding?

When you declare a binding on your Worker, you grant it a specific capability, such as being able to read and write files to an [R2](/r2/) bucket. For example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = "./src/index.js"
r2_buckets = [
  { binding = "MY_BUCKET", bucket_name = "<MY_BUCKET_NAME>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const key = url.pathname.slice(1);
    await env.MY_BUCKET.put(key, request.body);
    return new Response(`Put ${key} successfully!`);
  }
}
```

You can think of a binding as a permission and an API in one piece. With bindings, you never have to add secret keys or tokens to your Worker in order to access resources on your Cloudflare account — the permission is embedded within the API itself. The underlying secret is never exposed to your Worker's code, and therefore can't be accidentally leaked.

## Making changes to bindings

When you deploy a change to your Worker, and only change its bindings (i.e. you don't change the Worker's code), Cloudflare may reuse existing isolates that are already running your Worker. This improves performance — you can change an environment variable or other binding without unnecessarily reloading your code.

As a result, you must be careful when "polluting" global scope with derivatives of your bindings. Anything you create there might continue to exist despite making changes to any underlying bindings. Consider an external client instance which uses a secret API key accessed from `env`: if you put this client instance in global scope and then make changes to the secret, a client instance using the original value might continue to exist. The correct approach would be to create a new client instance for each request.

The following is a good approach:

```ts
export default {
  fetch(request, env) {
    let client = new Client(env.MY_SECRET); // `client` is guaranteed to be up-to-date with the latest value of `env.MY_SECRET` since a new instance is constructed with every incoming request

    // ... do things with `client`
  }
}
```

Compared to this alternative, which might have surprising and unwanted behavior:

```ts
let client = undefined;

export default {
  fetch(request, env) {
    client ??= new Client(env.MY_SECRET); // `client` here might not be updated when `env.MY_SECRET` changes, since it may already exist in global scope

    // ... do things with `client`
  }
}
```

If you have more advanced needs, explore the [AsyncLocalStorage API](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/asynclocalstorage/), which provides a mechanism for exposing values down to child execution handlers.

---

# mTLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/mtls/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

When using [HTTPS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-is-https/), a server presents a certificate for the client to authenticate in order to prove their identity. For even tighter security, some services require that the client also present a certificate.

This process - known as [mTLS](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) - moves authentication to the protocol of TLS, rather than managing it in application code. Connections from unauthorized clients are rejected during the TLS handshake instead.

To present a client certificate when communicating with a service, create a mTLS certificate [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in your Worker project's Wrangler file. This will allow your Worker to present a client certificate to a service on your behalf.

:::caution

Currently, mTLS for Workers cannot be used for requests made to a service that is a [proxied zone](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) on Cloudflare. If your Worker presents a client certificate to a service proxied by Cloudflare, Cloudflare will return a `520` error.

:::

First, upload a certificate and its private key to your account using the [`wrangler mtls-certificate`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#mtls-certificate) command:

:::caution

The `wrangler mtls-certificate upload` command requires the [SSL and Certificates Edit API token scope](/fundamentals/api/reference/permissions/). If you are using the OAuth flow triggered by `wrangler login`, the correct scope is set automatically. If you are using API tokens, refer to [Create an API token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) to set the right scope for your API token.
:::

```sh
npx wrangler mtls-certificate upload --cert cert.pem --key key.pem --name my-client-cert
```

Then, update your Worker project's Wrangler file to create an mTLS certificate binding:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
mtls_certificates = [
  { binding = "MY_CERT", certificate_id = "<CERTIFICATE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note

Certificate IDs are displayed after uploading, and can also be viewed with the command `wrangler mtls-certificate list`.
:::

Adding an mTLS certificate binding includes a variable in the Worker's environment on which the `fetch()` method is available. This `fetch()` method uses the standard [Fetch](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) API and has the exact same signature as the global `fetch`, but always presents the client certificate when establishing the TLS connection.

:::note

mTLS certificate bindings present an API similar to [service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings).
:::

### Interface

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, environment) {
		return await environment.MY_CERT.fetch("https://a-secured-origin.com");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```js
interface Env {
  MY_CERT: Fetcher;
}

export default {
    async fetch(request, environment): Promise<Response> {
        return await environment.MY_CERT.fetch("https://a-secured-origin.com")
    }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Rate Limiting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/rate-limit/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

The Rate Limiting API lets you define rate limits and write code around them in your Worker.

You can use it to enforce:

* Rate limits that are applied after your Worker starts, only once a specific part of your code is reached
* Different rate limits for different types of customers or users (ex: free vs. paid)
* Resource-specific or path-specific limits (ex: limit per API route)
* Any combination of the above

The Rate Limiting API is backed by the same infrastructure that serves the [Rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/) that are built into the [Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/).

:::caution[The Rate Limiting API is in open beta]


* You must use version 3.45.0 or later of the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler)

We want your feedback. Tell us what you'd like to see in the [#workers-discussions](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/779390076219686943) or [#workers-help](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1052656806058528849) channels of the [Cloudflare Developers Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com/). You can find the an archive of the previous discussion in [#rate-limiting-beta](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/1225429769219211436)


:::

## Get started

First, add a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) to your Worker that gives it access to the Rate Limiting API:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = "src/index.js"

# The rate limiting API is in open beta.
[[unsafe.bindings]]
name = "MY_RATE_LIMITER"
type = "ratelimit"
# An identifier you define, that is unique to your Cloudflare account.
# Must be an integer.
namespace_id = "1001"

# Limit: the number of tokens allowed within a given period in a single
# Cloudflare location
# Period: the duration of the period, in seconds. Must be either 10 or 60
simple = { limit = 100, period = 60 }
```

</WranglerConfig>

This binding makes the `MY_RATE_LIMITER` binding available, which provides a `limit()` method:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```javascript
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const { pathname } = new URL(request.url)

    const { success } = await env.MY_RATE_LIMITER.limit({ key: pathname }) // key can be any string of your choosing
    if (!success) {
      return new Response(`429 Failure – rate limit exceeded for ${pathname}`, { status: 429 })
    }

    return new Response(`Success!`)
  }
}
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Env {
  MY_RATE_LIMITER: any;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
    const { pathname } = new URL(request.url)

    const { success } = await env.MY_RATE_LIMITER.limit({ key: pathname }) // key can be any string of your choosing
    if (!success) {
      return new Response(`429 Failure – rate limit exceeded for ${pathname}`, { status: 429 })
    }

    return new Response(`Success!`)
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The `limit()` API accepts a single argument — a configuration object with the `key` field.

* The key you provide can be any `string` value.
* A common pattern is to define your key by combining a string that uniquely identifies the actor initiating the request (ex: a user ID or customer ID) and a string that identifies a specific resource (ex: a particular API route).

You can define and configure multiple rate limiting configurations per Worker, which allows you to define different limits against incoming request and/or user parameters as needed to protect your application or upstream APIs.

For example, here is how you can define two rate limiting configurations for free and paid tier users:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = "src/index.js"

# Free user rate limiting
[[unsafe.bindings]]
name = "FREE_USER_RATE_LIMITER"
type = "ratelimit"
namespace_id = "1001"
simple = { limit = 100, period = 60 }

# Paid user rate limiting
[[unsafe.bindings]]
name = "PAID_USER_RATE_LIMITER"
type = "ratelimit"
namespace_id = "1002"
simple = { limit = 1000, period = 60 }
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Configuration

A rate limiting binding has three settings:

1. `namespace_id` (number) - a positive integer that uniquely defines this rate limiting configuration - e.g. `namespace_id = "999"`.
2. `limit` (number) - the limit (number of requests, number of API calls) to be applied. This is incremented when you call the `limit()` function in your Worker.
3. `period` (seconds) - must be `10` or `60`. The period to measure increments to the `limit` over, in seconds.

For example, to apply a rate limit of 1500 requests per minute, you would define a rate limiting configuration as follows:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[unsafe.bindings]]
name = "MY_RATE_LIMITER"
type = "ratelimit"
namespace_id = "1001"

# 1500 requests - calls to limit() increment this
simple = { limit = 1500, period = 60 }
```

</WranglerConfig>

## Best practices

The `key` passed to the `limit` function, that determines what to rate limit on, should represent a unique characteristic of a user or class of user that you wish to rate limit.

* Good choices include API keys in `Authorization` HTTP headers, URL paths or routes, specific query parameters used by your application, and/or user IDs and tenant IDs. These are all stable identifiers and are unlikely to change from request-to-request.
* It is not recommended to use IP addresses or locations (regions or countries), since these can be shared by many users in many valid cases. You may find yourself unintentionally rate limiting a wider group of users than you intended by rate limiting on these keys.

```ts
// Recommended: use a key that represents a specific user or class of user
const url = new URL(req.url)
const userId = url.searchParams.get("userId") || ""
const { success } = await env.MY_RATE_LIMITER.limit({ key: userId })

// Not recommended:  many users may share a single IP, especially on mobile networks
// or when using privacy-enabling proxies
const ipAddress = req.headers.get("cf-connecting-ip") || ""
const { success } = await env.MY_RATE_LIMITER.limit({ key: ipAddress })
```

## Locality

Rate limits that you define and enforce in your Worker are local to the [Cloudflare location](https://www.cloudflare.com/network/) that your Worker runs in.

For example, if a request comes in from Sydney, Australia, to the Worker shown above, after 100 requests in a 60 second window, any further requests for a particular path would be rejected, and a 429 HTTP status code returned. But this would only apply to requests served in Sydney. For each unique key you pass to your rate limiting binding, there is a unique limit per Cloudflare location.

## Performance

The Rate Limiting API in Workers is designed to be fast.

The underlying counters are cached on the same machine that your Worker runs in, and updated asynchronously in the background by communicating with a backing store that is within the same Cloudflare location.

This means that while in your code you `await` a call to the `limit()` method:

```javascript
const { success } = await env.MY_RATE_LIMITER.limit({ key: customerId })
```

You are not waiting on a network request. You can use the Rate Limiting API without introducing any meaningful latency to your Worker.

## Accuracy

The above also means that the Rate Limiting API is permissive, eventually consistent, and intentionally designed to not be used as an accurate accounting system.

For example, if many requests come in to your Worker in a single Cloudflare location, all rate limited on the same key, the [isolate](/workers/reference/how-workers-works) that serves each request will check against its locally cached value of the rate limit. Very quickly, but not immediately, these requests will count towards the rate limit within that Cloudflare location.

## Examples

* [`@elithrar/workers-hono-rate-limit`](https://github.com/elithrar/workers-hono-rate-limit) — Middleware that lets you easily add rate limits to routes in your [Hono](https://hono.dev/) application.
* [`@hono-rate-limiter/cloudflare`](https://github.com/rhinobase/hono-rate-limiter) — Middleware that lets you easily add rate limits to routes in your [Hono](https://hono.dev/) application, with multiple data stores to choose from.

---

# Version metadata

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/version-metadata/

import { TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

The version metadata binding can be used to access metadata associated with a [version](/workers/configuration/versions-and-deployments/#versions) from inside the Workers runtime.

Worker version ID, version tag and timestamp of when the version was created are available through the version metadata binding. They can be used in events sent to [Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/) or to any third-party analytics/metrics service in order to aggregate by Worker version.

To use the version metadata binding, update your Worker's Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
[version_metadata]
binding = "CF_VERSION_METADATA"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Interface

An example of how to access the version ID and version tag from within a Worker to send events to [Workers Analytics Engine](/analytics/analytics-engine/):

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const { id: versionId, tag: versionTag, timestamp: versionTimestamp } = env.CF_VERSION_METADATA;
    env.WAE.writeDataPoint({
      indexes: [versionId],
      blobs: [versionTag, versionTimestamp],
      //...
    });
    //...
  },
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
interface Environment {
  CF_VERSION_METADATA: WorkerVersionMetadata;
  WAE: AnalyticsEngineDataset;
}

export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const { id: versionId, tag: versionTag } = env.CF_VERSION_METADATA;
    env.WAE.writeDataPoint({
      indexes: [versionId],
      blobs: [versionTag],
      //...
    });
    //...
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Fetch Handler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/

## Background

Incoming HTTP requests to a Worker are passed to the `fetch()` handler as a [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object. To respond to the request with a response, return a [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) object:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response('Hello World!');
	},
};
```

:::note


The Workers runtime does not support `XMLHttpRequest` (XHR). Learn the difference between `XMLHttpRequest` and `fetch()` in the [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest) documentation.


:::

### Parameters



* `request` Request

  * The incoming HTTP request.

* `env` object

  * The [bindings](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) available to the Worker. As long as the [environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) has not changed, the same object (equal by identity) may be passed to multiple requests.

* <code>ctx.waitUntil(promisePromise)</code> : void

  * Refer to [`waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil).

* <code>ctx.passThroughOnException()</code> : void

  * Refer to [`passThroughOnException`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#passthroughonexception).

---

# Handlers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Handlers are methods on Workers that can receive and process external inputs, and can be invoked from outside your Worker. For example, the `fetch()` handler receives an HTTP request, and can return a response:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response('Hello World!');
	},
};
```

The following handlers are available within Workers:

<DirectoryListing />

## Handlers in Python Workers

When you [write Workers in Python](/workers/languages/python/), handlers are prefixed with `on_`. For example, `on_fetch` or `on_scheduled`.

---

# Tail Handler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/

## Background

The `tail()` handler is the handler you implement when writing a [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/). Tail Workers can be used to process logs in real-time and send them to a logging or analytics service.

The `tail()` handler is called once each time the connected producer Worker is invoked.

To configure a Tail Worker, refer to [Tail Workers documentation](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/).

## Syntax

```js
export default {
  async tail(events, env, ctx) {
    fetch("<YOUR_ENDPOINT>", {
      method: "POST",
      body: JSON.stringify(events),
    })
  }
}
```

### Parameters



* `events` array

  * An array of [`TailItems`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#tailitems). One `TailItem` is collected for each event that triggers a Worker. For Workers for Platforms customers with a Tail Worker installed on the dynamic dispatch Worker, `events` will contain two elements: one for the dynamic dispatch Worker and one for the User Worker.

* `env` object

  * An object containing the bindings associated with your Worker using [ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/), such as KV namespaces and Durable Objects.

* `ctx` object
  * An object containing the context associated with your Worker using [ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/). Currently, this object just contains the `waitUntil` function.



### Properties



* `event.type` string

  * The type of event. This will always return `"tail"`.

* `event.traces` array

  * An array of [`TailItems`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#tailitems). One `TailItem` is collected for each event that triggers a Worker. For Workers for Platforms customers with a Tail Worker installed on the dynamic dispatch Worker, `events` will contain two elements: one for the dynamic dispatch Worker and one for the user Worker.

* <code>event.waitUntil(promisePromise)</code> : void

  * Refer to [`waitUntil`](/workers/runtime-apis/context/#waituntil). Note that unlike fetch event handlers, tail handlers do not return a value, so this is the only way for trace Workers to do asynchronous work.



### `TailItems`

#### Properties



* `scriptName` string

  * The name of the producer script.

* `event` object

  * Contains information about the Worker’s triggering event.
    * For fetch events: a [`FetchEventInfo` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#fetcheventinfo)
    * For other event types: `null`, currently.

* `eventTimestamp` number

  * Measured in epoch time.

* `logs` array

  * An array of [TailLogs](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#taillog).

* `exceptions` array

  * An array of [`TailExceptions`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#tailexception). A single Worker invocation might result in multiple unhandled exceptions, since a Worker can register multiple asynchronous tasks.

* `outcome` string

  * The outcome of the Worker invocation, one of:
    * `unknown`: outcome status was not set.
    * `ok`: The worker invocation succeeded.
    * `exception`: An unhandled exception was thrown.  This can happen for many reasons, including:
      * An uncaught JavaScript exception.
      * A fetch handler that does not result in a Response.
      * An internal error.
    * `exceededCpu`: The Worker invocation exceeded either its CPU limits.
    * `exceededMemory`: The Worker invocation exceeded memory limits.
    * `scriptNotFound`: An internal error from difficulty retrieving the Worker script.
    * `canceled`: The worker invocation was canceled before it completed. Commonly because the client disconnected before a response could be sent.



:::note[Outcome is not the same as HTTP status.]

Outcome is equivalent to the exit status of a script and an indicator of whether it has fully run to completion. A Worker outcome may differ from a response code if, for example:

* a script successfully processes a request but is logically designed to return a `4xx`/`5xx` response.
* a script sends a successful `200` response but an asynchronous task registered via `waitUntil()` later exceeds CPU or memory limits. 
  :::

### `FetchEventInfo`

#### Properties



* `request` object

  * A [`TailRequest` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#tailrequest).

* `response` object

  * A [`TailResponse` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/tail/#tailresponse).


### `TailRequest`

#### Properties



* `cf` object

  * Contains the data from [`IncomingRequestCfProperties`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties).

* `headers` object

  * Header name/value entries (redacted by default). Header names are lowercased, and the values associated with duplicate header names are concatenated, with the string `", "` (comma space) interleaved, similar to [the Fetch standard](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-header-list-get).

* `method` string

  * The HTTP request method.

* `url` string

  * The HTTP request URL (redacted by default).



#### Methods



* `getUnredacted()` object

  * Returns a TailRequest object with unredacted properties



Some of the properties of `TailRequest` are redacted by default to make it harder to accidentally record sensitive information, like user credentials or API tokens. The redactions use heuristic rules, so they are subject to false positives and negatives. Clients can call `getUnredacted()` to bypass redaction, but they should always be careful about what information is retained, whether using the redaction or not.

* Header redaction: The header value will be the string `“REDACTED”` when the (case-insensitive) header name is `cookie`/`set-cookie` or contains a substring `"auth”`, `“key”`, `“secret”`, `“token”`, or `"jwt"`.
* URL redaction: For each greedily matched substring of ID characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '+', '-', '\_') in the URL, if it meets the following criteria for a hex or base-64 ID, the substring will be replaced with the string `“REDACTED”`.
* Hex ID: Contains 32 or more hex digits, and contains only hex digits and separators ('+', '-', '\_')
* Base-64 ID: Contains 21 or more characters, and contains at least two uppercase, two lowercase, and two digits.

### `TailResponse`

#### Properties



* `status` number

  * The HTTP status code.



### `TailLog`

Records information sent to console functions.

#### Properties



* `timestamp` number

  * Measured in epoch time.

* `level` string

  * A string indicating the console function that was called. One of: `debug`, `info`, `log`, `warn`, `error`.

* `message` object

  * The array of parameters passed to the console function.


### `TailException`

Records an unhandled exception that occurred during the Worker invocation.

#### Properties



* `timestamp` number

  * Measured in epoch time.

* `name` string

  * The error type (For example,`Error`, `TypeError`, etc.).

* `message` object

  * The error description (For example, `"x" is not a function`).



## Related resources

* [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/) - Configure a Tail Worker to receive information about the execution of other Workers.

---

# Scheduled Handler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/

## Background

When a Worker is invoked via a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/), the `scheduled()` handler handles the invocation.

:::note[Testing scheduled() handlers in local development]

You can test the behavior of your `scheduled()` handler in local development using Wrangler.

Cron Triggers can be tested using `Wrangler` by passing in the `--test-scheduled` flag to [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev). This will expose a `/__scheduled` route which can be used to test using a http request. To simulate different cron patterns, a `cron` query parameter can be passed in.

```sh
npx wrangler dev --test-scheduled

curl "http://localhost:8787/__scheduled?cron=*+*+*+*+*"
```

:::

---

## Syntax

```js
export default {
	async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
		ctx.waitUntil(doSomeTaskOnASchedule());
	},
};
```

### Properties

- `event.cron` string

  - The value of the [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) that started the `ScheduledEvent`.

- `event.type` string

  - The type of event. This will always return `"scheduled"`.

- `event.scheduledTime` number

  - The time the `ScheduledEvent` was scheduled to be executed in milliseconds since January 1, 1970, UTC. It can be parsed as <code>new Date(event.scheduledTime)</code>.

- `env` object

  - An object containing the bindings associated with your Worker using ES modules format, such as KV namespaces and Durable Objects.

- `ctx` object
  - An object containing the context associated with your Worker using ES modules format. Currently, this object just contains the `waitUntil` function.

### Methods

When a Workers script is invoked by a [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/), the Workers runtime starts a `ScheduledEvent` which will be handled by the `scheduled` function in your Workers Module class. The `ctx` argument represents the context your function runs in, and contains the following methods to control what happens next:

- <code>ctx.waitUntil(promisePromise)</code> : void

  - Use this method to notify the runtime to wait for asynchronous tasks (for example, logging, analytics to third-party services, streaming and caching). The first `ctx.waitUntil` to fail will be observed and recorded as the status in the [Cron Trigger](/workers/configuration/cron-triggers/) Past Events table. Otherwise, it will be reported as a success.

---

# EventEmitter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/eventemitter/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

An `EventEmitter` is an object that emits named events that cause listeners to be called.

```js
import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';

const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.on('hello', (...args) => {
  console.log(...args);
});

emitter.emit('hello', 1, 2, 3);
```

The implementation in the Workers runtime fully supports the entire Node.js `EventEmitter` API. This includes the `captureRejections` option that allows improved handling of async functions as event handlers:

```js
const emitter = new EventEmitter({ captureRejections: true });
emitter.on('hello', async (...args) => {
  throw new Error('boom');
});
emitter.on('error', (err) => {
  // the async promise rejection is emitted here!
});
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `EventEmitter`](https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#class-eventemitter) for more information.

---

# assert

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/assert/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The `assert` module in Node.js provides a number of useful assertions that are useful when building tests.

```js
import { strictEqual, deepStrictEqual, ok, doesNotReject } from "node:assert";

strictEqual(1, 1); // ok!
strictEqual(1, "1"); // fails! throws AssertionError

deepStrictEqual({ a: { b: 1 } }, { a: { b: 1 } }); // ok!
deepStrictEqual({ a: { b: 1 } }, { a: { b: 2 } }); // fails! throws AssertionError

ok(true); // ok!
ok(false); // fails! throws AssertionError

await doesNotReject(async () => {}); // ok!
await doesNotReject(async () => {
	throw new Error("boom");
}); // fails! throws AssertionError
```

:::note

In the Workers implementation of `assert`, all assertions run in, what Node.js calls, the strict assertion mode. In strict assertion mode, non-strict methods behave like their corresponding strict methods. For example, `deepEqual()` will behave like `deepStrictEqual()`.
:::

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `assert`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/assert.html) for more information.

---

# AsyncLocalStorage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/asynclocalstorage/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Background

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Cloudflare Workers provides an implementation of a subset of the Node.js [`AsyncLocalStorage`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/docs/api/async_context.html#class-asynclocalstorage) API for creating in-memory stores that remain coherent through asynchronous operations.

## Constructor

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const asyncLocalStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage();
```



* <code>new AsyncLocalStorage()</code> : AsyncLocalStorage

  * Returns a new `AsyncLocalStorage` instance.



## Methods



* `getStore()` : any

  * Returns the current store. If called outside of an asynchronous context initialized by calling `asyncLocalStorage.run()`, it returns `undefined`.

* <code>run(storeany, callbackfunction, ...argsarguments)</code> : any

  * Runs a function synchronously within a context and returns its return value. The store is not accessible outside of the callback function. The store is accessible to any asynchronous operations created within the callback. The optional `args` are passed to the callback function. If the callback function throws an error, the error is thrown by `run()` also.

* <code>exit(callbackfunction, ...argsarguments)</code> : any

  * Runs a function synchronously outside of a context and returns its return value. This method is equivalent to calling `run()` with the `store` value set to `undefined`.



## Static Methods



* `AsyncLocalStorage.bind(fn)` : function

  * Captures the asynchronous context that is current when `bind()` is called and returns a function that enters that context before calling the passed in function.

* `AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot()` : function

  * Captures the asynchronous context that is current when `snapshot()` is called and returns a function that enters that context before calling a given function.



## Examples

### Fetch Listener

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const asyncLocalStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage();
let idSeq = 0;

export default {
  async fetch(req) {
    return asyncLocalStorage.run(idSeq++, () => {
      // Simulate some async activity...
      await scheduler.wait(1000);
      return new Response(asyncLocalStorage.getStore());
    });
  }
};
```

### Multiple stores

The API supports multiple `AsyncLocalStorage` instances to be used concurrently.

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const als1 = new AsyncLocalStorage();
const als2 = new AsyncLocalStorage();

export default {
  async fetch(req) {
    return als1.run(123, () => {
      return als2.run(321, () => {
        // Simulate some async activity...
        await scheduler.wait(1000);
        return new Response(`${als1.getStore()}-${als2.getStore()}`);
      });
    });
  }
};
```

### Unhandled Rejections

When a `Promise` rejects and the rejection is unhandled, the async context propagates to the `'unhandledrejection'` event handler:

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const asyncLocalStorage = new AsyncLocalStorage();
let idSeq = 0;

addEventListener('unhandledrejection', (event) => {
  console.log(asyncLocalStorage.getStore(), 'unhandled rejection!');
});

export default {
  async fetch(req) {
    return asyncLocalStorage.run(idSeq++, () => {
      // Cause an unhandled rejection!
      throw new Error('boom');
    });
  }
};
```

### `AsyncLocalStorage.bind()` and `AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot()`

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const als = new AsyncLocalStorage();

function foo() { console.log(als.getStore()); }
function bar() { console.log(als.getStore()); }

const oneFoo = als.run(123, () => AsyncLocalStorage.bind(foo));
oneFoo(); // prints 123

const snapshot = als.run('abc', () => AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot());
snapshot(foo); // prints 'abc'
snapshot(bar); // prints 'abc'
```

```js
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const als = new AsyncLocalStorage();

class MyResource {
  #runInAsyncScope = AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot();

  doSomething() {
    this.#runInAsyncScope(() => {
      return als.getStore();
    });
  }
};

const myResource = als.run(123, () => new MyResource());
console.log(myResource.doSomething()); // prints 123
```

## `AsyncResource`

The [`AsyncResource`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/docs/api/async_context.html#class-asyncresource) class is a component of Node.js' async context tracking API that allows users to create their own async contexts. Objects that extend from `AsyncResource` are capable of propagating the async context in much the same way as promises.

Note that `AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot()` and `AsyncLocalStorage.bind()` provide a better approach. `AsyncResource` is provided solely for backwards compatibility with Node.js.

### Constructor

```js
import { AsyncResource, AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';

const als = new AsyncLocalStorage();

class MyResource extends AsyncResource {
  constructor() {
    // The type string is required by Node.js but unused in Workers.
    super('MyResource');
  }

  doSomething() {
    this.runInAsyncScope(() => {
      return als.getStore();
    });
  }
};

const myResource = als.run(123, () => new MyResource());
console.log(myResource.doSomething()); // prints 123
```



* <code>new AsyncResource(typestring, optionsAsyncResourceOptions)</code> : AsyncResource

  * Returns a new `AsyncResource`. Importantly, while the constructor arguments are required in Node.js' implementation of `AsyncResource`, they are not used in Workers.

* <code>AsyncResource.bind(fnfunction, typestring, thisArgany)</code>

  * Binds the given function to the current async context.



### Methods



* <code>asyncResource.bind(fnfunction, thisArgany)</code>

  * Binds the given function to the async context associated with this `AsyncResource`.

* <code>asyncResource.runInAsyncScope(fnfunction, thisArgany, ...argsarguments)</code>

  * Call the provided function with the given arguments in the async context associated with this `AsyncResource`.



## Caveats

* The `AsyncLocalStorage` implementation provided by Workers intentionally omits support for the [`asyncLocalStorage.enterWith()`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/docs/api/async_context.html#asynclocalstorageenterwithstore) and [`asyncLocalStorage.disable()`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/docs/api/async_context.html#asynclocalstoragedisable) methods.

* Workers does not implement the full [`async_hooks`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v18.x/docs/api/async_hooks.html) API upon which Node.js' implementation of `AsyncLocalStorage` is built.

* Workers does not implement the ability to create an `AsyncResource` with an explicitly identified trigger context as allowed by Node.js. This means that a new `AsyncResource` will always be bound to the async context in which it was created.

* Thenables (non-Promise objects that expose a `then()` method) are not fully supported when using `AsyncLocalStorage`. When working with thenables, instead use [`AsyncLocalStorage.snapshot()`](https://nodejs.org/api/async_context.html#static-method-asynclocalstoragesnapshot) to capture a snapshot of the current context.

---

# Buffer

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/buffer/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The `Buffer` API in Node.js is one of the most commonly used Node.js APIs for manipulating binary data. Every `Buffer` instance extends from the standard [`Uint8Array`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Uint8Array) class, but adds a range of unique capabilities such as built-in base64 and hex encoding/decoding, byte-order manipulation, and encoding-aware substring searching.

```js
import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';

const buf = Buffer.from('hello world', 'utf8');

console.log(buf.toString('hex'));
// Prints: 68656c6c6f20776f726c64
console.log(buf.toString('base64'));
// Prints: aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=
```

A Buffer extends from `Uint8Array`. Therefore, it can be used in any Workers API that currently accepts `Uint8Array`, such as creating a new Response:

```js
const response = new Response(Buffer.from("hello world"));
```

You can also use the `Buffer` API when interacting with streams:

```js
const writable = getWritableStreamSomehow();
const writer = writable.getWriter();
writer.write(Buffer.from("hello world"));
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `Buffer`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/buffer.html) for more information.

---

# Crypto

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/crypto/

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The `node:crypto` module provides cryptographic functionality that includes a set of wrappers for OpenSSL's hash, HMAC, cipher, decipher, sign, and verify functions.

A subset of the `node:crypto` module is available in Workers. All APIs in the tables below with a ✅ are supported, and unless otherwise noted, work the same way as the implementations in Node.js.

The [WebCrypto API](/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto/) is also available within Cloudflare Workers.

## Classes

| API                                                                               | Supported? | Notes |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [Certificate](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-certificate)               | ✅         |       |
| [Cipher](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-cipher)                         |            |       |
| [Decipher](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-decipher)                     |            |       |
| [DiffieHellman](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-diffiehellman)           | ✅         |       |
| [DiffieHellmanGroup](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-diffiehellmangroup) | ✅         |       |
| [ECDH](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-ecdh)                             |            |       |
| [Hash](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-hash)                             | ✅         |       |
| [Hmac](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-hmac)                             | ✅         |       |
| [KeyObject](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-keyobject)                   |            |       |
| [Sign](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-sign)                             |            |       |
| [Verify](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-verify)                         |            |       |
| [X509Certificate](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#class-x509certificate)       | ✅         |       |
| [constants](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoconstants)                   |            |       |

## Primes

| API                                                                                          | Supported? | Notes |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [checkPrime](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocheckprimecandidate-options-callback)  | ✅         |       |
| [checkPrimeSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocheckprimesynccandidate-options)   | ✅         |       |
| [generatePrime](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogenerateprimesize-options-callback) | ✅         |       |
| [generatePrimeSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogenerateprimesyncsize-options)  | ✅         |       |

## Ciphers

| API                                                                                                   | Supported? | Notes                                      |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| [createCipher](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatecipheralgorithm-password-options)       |            | Deprecated, use `createCipheriv` instead   |
| [createCipheriv](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatecipherivalgorithm-key-iv-options)     |            |                                            |
| [createDecipher](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatedecipheralgorithm-password-options)   |            | Deprecated, use `createDecipheriv` instead |
| [createDecipheriv](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatedecipherivalgorithm-key-iv-options) |            |                                            |
| [privateDecrypt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoprivatedecryptprivatekey-buffer)            |            |                                            |
| [privateEncrypt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoprivateencryptprivatekey-buffer)            |            |                                            |
| [publicDecrypt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptopublicdecryptkey-buffer)                     |            |                                            |
| [publicEncrypt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptopublicencryptkey-buffer)                     |            |                                            |

## DiffieHellman

| API                                                                                                                                       | Supported? | Notes |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [createDiffieHellman(prime)](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatediffiehellmanprime-primeencoding-generator-generatorencoding) | ✅         |       |
| [createDiffieHellman(primeLength)](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatediffiehellmanprimelength-generator)                     | ✅         |       |
| [createDiffieHellmanGroup](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatediffiehellmangroupname)                                         | ✅         |       |
| [createECDH](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreateecdhcurvename)                                                                |            |       |
| [diffieHellman](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptodiffiehellmanoptions)                                                            |            |       |
| [getDiffieHellman](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetdiffiehellmangroupname)                                                    | ✅         |       |

## Hash

| API                                                                                    | Supported? | Notes |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [createHash](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatehashalgorithm-options)     | ✅         |       |
| [createHmac](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatehmacalgorithm-key-options) | ✅         |       |
| [getHashes](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogethashes)                        | ✅         |       |

## Keys

| API                                                                                              | Supported? | Notes |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ----- |
| [createPrivateKey](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreateprivatekeykey)                 |            |       |
| [createPublicKey](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatepublickeykey)                   |            |       |
| [createSecretKey](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatesecretkeykey-encoding)          |            |       |
| [generateKey](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogeneratekeytype-options-callback)         |            |       |
| [generateKeyPair](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogeneratekeypairtype-options-callback) |            |       |
| [generateKeyPairSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogeneratekeypairsynctype-options)  |            |       |
| [generateKeySync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogeneratekeysynctype-options)          |            |       |

## Sign/Verify

| API                                                                                            | Supported? | Notes |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [createSign](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreatesignalgorithm-options)             |            |       |
| [createVerify](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptocreateverifyalgorithm-options)         |            |       |
| [sign](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptosignalgorithm-data-key-callback)               |            |       |
| [verify](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoverifyalgorithm-data-key-signature-callback) |            |       |

## Misc

| API                                                                                      | Supported? | Notes |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [getCipherInfo](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetcipherinfonameornid-options) |            |       |
| [getCiphers](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetciphers)                        | ✅         |       |
| [getCurves](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetcurves)                          | ✅         |       |
| [secureHeapUsed](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptosecureheapused)                | ✅         |       |
| [setEngine](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptosetengineengine-flags)              | ✅         |       |
| [timingSafeEqual](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptotimingsafeequala-b)           | ✅         |       |

## Fips

| API                                                             | Supported? | Notes                               |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- |
| [getFips](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetfips)     | ✅         |                                     |
| [fips](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptofips)           | ✅         | Deprecated, use `getFips()` instead |
| [setFips](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptosetfipsbool) | ✅         |                                     |

## Random

| API                                                                                          | Supported? | Notes |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [getRandomValues](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptogetrandomvaluestypedarray)        | ✅         |       |
| [randomBytes](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptorandombytessize-callback)             | ✅         |       |
| [randomFillSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptorandomfillsyncbuffer-offset-size)  | ✅         |       |
| [randomFill](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptorandomfillbuffer-offset-size-callback) | ✅         |       |
| [randomInt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptorandomintmin-max-callback)              | ✅         |       |
| [randomUUID](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptorandomuuidoptions)                     | ✅         |       |

## Key Derivation

| API                                                                                                          | Supported? | Notes                          |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------------ |
| [hkdf](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptohkdfdigest-ikm-salt-info-keylen-callback)                    | ✅         | Does not yet support KeyObject |
| [hkdfSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptohkdfsyncdigest-ikm-salt-info-keylen)                     | ✅         | Does not yet support KeyObject |
| [pbkdf2](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptopbkdf2password-salt-iterations-keylen-digest-callback)     | ✅         |                                |
| [pbkdf2Sync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptopbkdf2password-salt-iterations-keylen-digest-callback) | ✅         |                                |
| [scrypt](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoscryptpassword-salt-keylen-options-callback)               | ✅         |                                |
| [scryptSync](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptoscryptsyncpassword-salt-keylen-options)                | ✅         |                                |

## WebCrypto

| API                                                       | Supported? | Notes |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----- |
| [subtle](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#cryptosubtle) | ✅         |       |
| [webcrypto](https://nodejs.org/api/crypto.html#)          | ✅         |       |

---

# dns

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/dns/

import { Render, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

You can use [`node:dns`](https://nodejs.org/api/dns.html) for name resolution via [DNS over HTTPS](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/) using
[Cloudflare DNS](https://www.cloudflare.com/application-services/products/dns/) at 1.1.1.1.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
import dns from 'node:dns';

let responese = await dns.promises.resolve4('cloudflare.com', 'NS');
```
</TypeScriptExample>

All `node:dns` functions are available, except `lookup`, `lookupService`, and `resolve` which throw "Not implemented" errors when called.

:::note

DNS requests will execute a subrequest, counts for your [Worker's subrequest limit](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests).

:::

The full `node:dns` API is documented in the [Node.js documentation for `node:dns`](https://nodejs.org/api/dns.html).

---

# Diagnostics Channel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/diagnostics-channel/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The [`diagnostics_channel`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/docs/api/diagnostics_channel.html) module provides an API to create named channels to report arbitrary message data for diagnostics purposes. The API is essentially a simple event pub/sub model that is specifically designed to support low-overhead diagnostics reporting.

```js
import {
  channel,
  hasSubscribers,
  subscribe,
  unsubscribe,
  tracingChannel,
} from 'node:diagnostics_channel';

// For publishing messages to a channel, acquire a channel object:
const myChannel = channel('my-channel');

// Any JS value can be published to a channel.
myChannel.publish({ foo: 'bar' });

// For receiving messages on a channel, use subscribe:

subscribe('my-channel', (message) => {
  console.log(message);
});
```

All `Channel` instances are singletons per each Isolate/context (for example, the same entry point). Subscribers are always invoked synchronously and in the order they were registered, much like an `EventTarget` or Node.js `EventEmitter` class.

## Integration with Tail Workers

When using [Tail Workers](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/), all messages published to any channel will be forwarded also to the [Tail Worker](/workers/observability/logs/tail-workers/). Within the Tail Worker, the diagnostic channel messages can be accessed via the `diagnosticsChannelEvents` property:

```js
export default {
  async tail(events) {
    for (const event of events) {
      for (const messageData of event.diagnosticsChannelEvents) {
        console.log(messageData.timestamp, messageData.channel, messageData.message);
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Note that message published to the tail worker is passed through the [structured clone algorithm](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm) (same mechanism as the [`structuredClone()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/structuredClone) API) so only values that can be successfully cloned are supported.

## `TracingChannel`

Per the Node.js documentation, "[`TracingChannel`](https://nodejs.org/api/diagnostics_channel.html#class-tracingchannel) is a collection of \[Channels] which together express a single traceable action. `TracingChannel` is used to formalize and simplify the process of producing events for tracing application flow."

```js
import { tracingChannel } from 'node:diagnostics_channel';
import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks'

const channels = tracingChannel('my-channel');
const requestId = new AsyncLocalStorage();
channels.start.bindStore(requestId);

channels.subscribe({
  start(message) {
    console.log(requestId.getStore());  // { requestId: '123' }
    // Handle start message
  },
  end(message) {
    console.log(requestId.getStore());  // { requestId: '123' }
    // Handle end message
  },
  asyncStart(message) {
    console.log(requestId.getStore());  // { requestId: '123' }
    // Handle asyncStart message
  },
  asyncEnd(message) {
    console.log(requestId.getStore());  // { requestId: '123' }
    // Handle asyncEnd message
  },
  error(message) {
    console.log(requestId.getStore());  // { requestId: '123' }
    // Handle error message
  },
});

// The subscriber handlers will be invoked while tracing the execution of the async
// function passed into `channel.tracePromise`...
channel.tracePromise(async () => {
  // Perform some asynchronous work...
}, { requestId: '123' });
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `diagnostics_channel`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/docs/api/diagnostics_channel.html) for more information.

---

# Node.js compatibility

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/

import { DirectoryListing, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

When you write a Worker, you may need to import packages from [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/). Many npm packages rely on APIs from the [Node.js runtime](https://nodejs.org/en/about), and will not work unless these Node.js APIs are available.

Cloudflare Workers provides a subset of Node.js APIs in two forms:

1. As built-in APIs provided by the Workers Runtime
2. As polyfills that [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) adds to your Worker's code

You can view which APIs are supported using the [Node.js compatibility matrix](https://workers-nodejs-compat-matrix.pages.dev).

## Get Started

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs_compat" product="workers" />

## Built-in Node.js Runtime APIs

The following APIs from Node.js are provided directly by the Workers Runtime when either `nodejs_compat` or `nodejs_compat_v2` are enabled:

<DirectoryListing />

Unless otherwise specified, implementations of Node.js APIs in Workers are intended to match the implementation in the [Current release of Node.js](https://github.com/nodejs/release#release-schedule).

## Node.js API Polyfills

When you enable the `nodejs_compat` compatibility flag and set your compatibility date to `2024-09-23` or later, in addition to enabling Node.js APIs in the Workers Runtime, [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) will use [unenv](https://github.com/unjs/unenv) to automatically detect uses of Node.js APIs, and add polyfills where relevant.

Adding polyfills maximizes compatibility with existing npm packages, while recognizing that not all APIs from Node.js make sense in the context of serverless functions.

Where it is possible to provide a fully functional polyfill of the relevant Node.js API, unenv will do so.
In cases where this is not possible, such as the [`fs`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html), unenv adds a module with mocked methods.
Calling these mocked methods will either noop or will throw an error with a message like:

```
[unenv] <method name> is not implemented yet!
```

This allows you to import packages that use these Node.js modules, even if certain methods are not supported.

For a full list of APIs supported, including information on which are mocked, see the [Node.js compatibility matrix](https://workers-nodejs-compat-matrix.pages.dev).

If an API you wish to use is missing and you want to suggest that Workers support it, please add a post or comment in the
[Node.js APIs discussions category](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/discussions/categories/node-js-apis) on GitHub.

## Enable only AsyncLocalStorage

To enable only the Node.js `AsyncLocalStorage` API, use the `nodejs_als` compatibility flag.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_als" ]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# net

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/net/

import { Render, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

You can use [`node:net`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html) to create a direct connection to servers via a TCP sockets
with [`net.Socket`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#class-netsocket).

These functions use [`connect`](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/#connect) functionality from the built-in `cloudflare:sockets` module.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
import net from "node:net";

const exampleIP = "127.0.0.1";

export default {
  async fetch(req): Promise<Response> {
    const socket = new net.Socket();
    socket.connect(4000, exampleIP, function () {
      console.log("Connected");
    });

    socket.write("Hello, Server!");
    socket.end();

    return new Response("Wrote to server", { status: 200 });
  },
} satisfies ExportedHandler;

```
</TypeScriptExample>

Additionally, other APIs such as [`net.BlockList`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#class-netblocklist)
and [`net.SocketAddress`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#class-netsocketaddress) are available.

Note that the [`net.Server`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html#class-netserver) class is not supported by Workers.

The full `node:net` API is documented in the [Node.js documentation for `node:net`](https://nodejs.org/api/net.html).

---

# path

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/path/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The [`node:path`](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html) module provides utilities for working with file and directory paths. The `node:path` module can be accessed using:

```js
import path from "node:path";
path.join("/foo", "bar", "baz/asdf", "quux", "..");
// Returns: '/foo/bar/baz/asdf'
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `path`](https://nodejs.org/api/path.html) for more information.

---

# process

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/process/

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The [`process`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/process.html) module in Node.js provides a number of useful APIs related to the current process. Within a serverless environment like Workers, most of these APIs are not relevant or meaningful, but some are useful for cross-runtime compatibility. Within Workers, the following APIs are available:

```js
import {
  env,
  nextTick,
} from 'node:process';

env['FOO'] = 'bar';
console.log(env['FOO']); // Prints: bar

nextTick(() => {
  console.log('next tick');
});
```

## `process.env`

In the Node.js implementation of `process.env`, the `env` object is a copy of the environment variables at the time the process was started. In the Workers implementation, there is no process-level environment, so `env` is an empty object. You can still set and get values from `env`, and those will be globally persistent for all Workers running in the same isolate and context (for example, the same Workers entry point).

### Relationship to per-request `env` argument in `fetch()` handlers

Workers do have a concept of [environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) that are applied on a per-Worker and per-request basis. These are not accessible automatically via the `process.env` API. It is possible to manually copy these values into `process.env` if you need to. Be aware, however, that setting any value on `process.env` will coerce that value into a string.

```js
import * as process from 'node:process';

export default {
  fetch(req, env) {
    // Set process.env.FOO to the value of env.FOO if process.env.FOO is not already set
    // and env.FOO is a string.
    process.env.FOO ??= (() => {
      if (typeof env.FOO === 'string') {
        return env.FOO;
      }
    })();
  }
};
```

It is strongly recommended that you *do not* replace the entire `process.env` object with the request `env` object. Doing so will cause you to lose any environment variables that were set previously and will cause unexpected behavior for other Workers running in the same isolate. Specifically, it would cause inconsistency with the `process.env` object when accessed via named imports.

```js
import * as process from 'node:process';
import { env } from 'node:process';

process.env === env; // true! they are the same object
process.env = {}; // replace the object! Do not do this!
process.env === env; // false! they are no longer the same object

// From this point forward, any changes to process.env will not be reflected in env,
// and vice versa!
```

## `process.nextTick()`

The Workers implementation of `process.nextTick()` is a wrapper for the standard Web Platform API [`queueMicrotask()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowOrWorkerGlobalScope/queueMicrotask).

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `process`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/process.html) for more information.

---

# Streams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/streams/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The [Node.js streams API](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html) is the original API for working with streaming data in JavaScript, predating the [WHATWG ReadableStream standard](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/). A stream is an abstract interface for working with streaming data in Node.js. Streams can be readable, writable, or both. All streams are instances of [EventEmitter](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/eventemitter/).

Where possible, you should use the [WHATWG standard "Web Streams" API](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/), which is [supported in Workers](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/).

```js
import {
  Readable,
  Transform,
} from 'node:stream';

import {
  text,
} from 'node:stream/consumers';

import {
  pipeline,
} from 'node:stream/promises';

// A Node.js-style Transform that converts data to uppercase
// and appends a newline to the end of the output.
class MyTransform extends Transform {
  constructor() {
    super({ encoding: 'utf8' });
  }
  _transform(chunk, _, cb) {
    this.push(chunk.toString().toUpperCase());
    cb();
  }
  _flush(cb) {
    this.push('\n');
    cb();
  }
}

export default {
  async fetch() {
    const chunks = [
      "hello ",
      "from ",
      "the ",
      "wonderful ",
      "world ",
      "of ",
      "node.js ",
      "streams!"
    ];

    function nextChunk(readable) {
      readable.push(chunks.shift());
      if (chunks.length === 0) readable.push(null);
      else queueMicrotask(() => nextChunk(readable));
    }

    // A Node.js-style Readable that emits chunks from the
    // array...
    const readable = new Readable({
      encoding: 'utf8',
      read() { nextChunk(readable); }
    });

    const transform = new MyTransform();
    await pipeline(readable, transform);
    return new Response(await text(transform));
  }
};
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `stream`](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html) for more information.

---

# StringDecoder

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/string-decoder/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The [`node:string_decoder`](https://nodejs.org/api/string_decoder.html) is a legacy utility module that predates the WHATWG standard [TextEncoder](/workers/runtime-apis/encoding/#textencoder) and [TextDecoder](/workers/runtime-apis/encoding/#textdecoder) API. In most cases, you should use `TextEncoder` and `TextDecoder` instead. `StringDecoder` is available in the Workers runtime primarily for compatibility with existing npm packages that rely on it. `StringDecoder` can be accessed using:

```js
const { StringDecoder } = require('node:string_decoder'); 
const decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');

const cent = Buffer.from([0xC2, 0xA2]);
console.log(decoder.write(cent));

const euro = Buffer.from([0xE2, 0x82, 0xAC]);
console.log(decoder.write(euro));
```

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `string_decoder`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v20.x/docs/api/string_decoder.html) for more information.

---

# test

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/test/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

## `MockTracker`

The `MockTracker` API in Node.js provides a means of tracking and managing mock objects in a test
environment.

```js
import { mock } from 'node:test';

const fn = mock.fn();
fn(1,2,3);  // does nothing... but

console.log(fn.mock.callCount());  // Records how many times it was called
console.log(fn.mock.calls[0].arguments));  // Recoreds the arguments that were passed each call
```

The full `MockTracker` API is documented in the [Node.js documentation for `MockTracker`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/test.html#class-mocktracker).

The Workers implementation of `MockTracker` currently does not include an implementation of the [Node.js mock timers API](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/test.html#class-mocktimers).

---

# timers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/timers/

import { Render, TypeScriptExample } from "~/components";

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

Use [`node:timers`](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html) APIs to schedule functions to be executed later.

This includes [`setTimeout`](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html#settimeoutcallback-delay-args) for calling a function after a delay,
[`setInterval`](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html#clearintervaltimeout) for calling a function repeatedly,
and [`setImmediate`](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html#setimmediatecallback-args) for calling a function in the next iteration of the event loop.

<TypeScriptExample filename="index.ts">
```ts
import timers from "node:timers";

console.log("first");
timers.setTimeout(() => {
  console.log("last");
}, 10);

timers.setTimeout(() => {
  console.log("next");
});
```
</TypeScriptExample>

:::note
Due to [security-based restrictions on timers](/workers/reference/security-model/#step-1-disallow-timers-and-multi-threading) in Workers,
timers are limited to returning the time of the last I/O. This means that while setTimeout, setInterval, and setImmediate will defer your function execution
until after other events have run, they will not delay them for the full time specified.
:::

:::note
When called from a global level (on [`globalThis`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/globalThis)),
functions such as `clearTimeout` and `setTimeout` will respect web standards rather than Node.js-specific functionality. For complete Node.js
compatibility, you must call functions from the `node:timers` module.
:::

The full `node:timers` API is documented in the [Node.js documentation for `node:timers`](https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html).

---

# url

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/url/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

## domainToASCII

Returns the Punycode ASCII serialization of the domain. If domain is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned.

```js
import { domainToASCII } from 'node:url';

console.log(domainToASCII('español.com'));
// Prints xn--espaol-zwa.com
console.log(domainToASCII('中文.com'));
// Prints xn--fiq228c.com
console.log(domainToASCII('xn--iñvalid.com'));
// Prints an empty string
```

## domainToUnicode

Returns the Unicode serialization of the domain. If domain is an invalid domain, the empty string is returned.

It performs the inverse operation to `domainToASCII()`.

```js
import { domainToUnicode } from 'node:url';

console.log(domainToUnicode('xn--espaol-zwa.com'));
// Prints español.com
console.log(domainToUnicode('xn--fiq228c.com'));
// Prints 中文.com
console.log(domainToUnicode('xn--iñvalid.com'));
// Prints an empty string
```

---

# util

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/util/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

## promisify/callbackify

The `promisify` and `callbackify` APIs in Node.js provide a means of bridging between a Promise-based programming model and a callback-based model.

The `promisify` method allows taking a Node.js-style callback function and converting it into a Promise-returning async function:

```js
import { promisify } from 'node:util';

function foo(args, callback) {
  try {
    callback(null, 1);
  } catch (err) {
    // Errors are emitted to the callback via the first argument.
    callback(err);
  }
}

const promisifiedFoo = promisify(foo);
await promisifiedFoo(args);
```

Similarly to `promisify`, `callbackify` converts a Promise-returning async function into a Node.js-style callback function:

```js
import { callbackify } from 'node:util';

async function foo(args) {
  throw new Error('boom');
}

const callbackifiedFoo = callbackify(foo);

callbackifiedFoo(args, (err, value) => {
  If (err) throw err;
});
```

`callbackify` and `promisify` make it easy to handle all of the challenges that come with bridging between callbacks and promises.

Refer to the [Node.js documentation for `callbackify`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/util.html#utilcallbackifyoriginal) and [Node.js documentation for `promisify`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/util.html#utilpromisifyoriginal) for more information.

## util.types

The `util.types` API provides a reliable and efficient way of checking that values are instances of various built-in types.

```js
import { types } from 'node:util';

types.isAnyArrayBuffer(new ArrayBuffer());  // Returns true
types.isAnyArrayBuffer(new SharedArrayBuffer());  // Returns true
types.isArrayBufferView(new Int8Array());  // true
types.isArrayBufferView(Buffer.from('hello world')); // true
types.isArrayBufferView(new DataView(new ArrayBuffer(16)));  // true
types.isArrayBufferView(new ArrayBuffer());  // false
function foo() {
  types.isArgumentsObject(arguments);  // Returns true
}
types.isAsyncFunction(function foo() {});  // Returns false
types.isAsyncFunction(async function foo() {});  // Returns true
// .. and so on
```

:::caution

The Workers implementation currently does not provide implementations of the `util.types.isExternal()`, `util.types.isProxy()`, `util.types.isKeyObject()`, or `util.type.isWebAssemblyCompiledModule()` APIs. 
:::

For more about `util.types`, refer to the [Node.js documentation for `util.types`](https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v19.x/docs/api/util.html#utiltypes).

## util.MIMEType

`util.MIMEType` provides convenience methods that allow you to more easily work with and manipulate [MIME types](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types). For example:

```js
import { MIMEType } from 'node:util';

const myMIME = new MIMEType('text/javascript;key=value');

console.log(myMIME.type);
// Prints: text

console.log(myMIME.essence);
// Prints: text/javascript

console.log(myMIME.subtype);
// Prints: javascript

console.log(String(myMIME));
// Prints: application/javascript;key=value
```

For more about `util.MIMEType`, refer to the [Node.js documentation for `util.MIMEType`](https://nodejs.org/api/util.html#class-utilmimetype).

---

# zlib

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/zlib/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="nodejs-compat-howto" />

The node:zlib module provides compression functionality implemented using Gzip, Deflate/Inflate, and Brotli.
To access it:

```js
import zlib from 'node:zlib';
```

The full `node:zlib` API is documented in the [Node.js documentation for `node:zlib`](https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html).

---

# Error handling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/error-handling/

## Exceptions

An exception thrown by an RPC method implementation will propagate to the caller. If it is one of the standard JavaScript Error types, the `message` and prototype's `name` will be retained, though the stack trace is not.

### Unsupported error types

* If an [`AggregateError`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/AggregateError) is thrown by an RPC method, it is not propagated back to the caller.
* The [`SuppressedError`](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-explicit-resource-management?tab=readme-ov-file#the-suppressederror-error) type from the Explicit Resource Management proposal is not currently implemented or supported in Workers.
* Own properties of error objects, such as the [`cause`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Error/cause) property, are not propagated back to the caller

## Additional properties

For some remote exceptions, the runtime may set properties on the propagated exception to provide more information about the error; see [Durable Object error handling](/durable-objects/best-practices/error-handling) for more details.

---

# Remote-procedure call (RPC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/

import { DirectoryListing, Render, Stream, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

:::note
To use RPC, [define a compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates) of `2024-04-03` or higher, or include `rpc` in your [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag).
:::

Workers provide a built-in, JavaScript-native [RPC (Remote Procedure Call)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call) system, allowing you to:

* Define public methods on your Worker that can be called by other Workers on the same Cloudflare account, via [Service Bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc)
* Define public methods on [Durable Objects](/durable-objects) that can be called by other workers on the same Cloudflare account that declare a binding to it.

The RPC system is designed to feel as similar as possible to calling a JavaScript function in the same Worker. In most cases, you should be able to write code in the same way you would if everything was in a single Worker.

## Example

<Render file="service-binding-rpc-example" product="workers" />

The client, in this case Worker A, calls Worker B and tells it to execute a specific procedure using specific arguments that the client provides. This is accomplished with standard JavaScript classes.

## All calls are asynchronous

Whether or not the method you are calling was declared asynchronous on the server side, it will behave as such on the client side. You must `await` the result.

Note that RPC calls do not actually return `Promise`s, but they return a type that behaves like a `Promise`. The type is a "custom thenable", in that it implements the method `then()`. JavaScript supports awaiting any "thenable" type, so, for the most part, you can treat the return value like a Promise.

(We'll see why the type is not actually a Promise a bit later.)

## Structured clonable types, and more

Nearly all types that are [Structured Cloneable](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm#supported_types) can be used as a parameter or return value of an RPC method. This includes, most basic "value" types in JavaScript, including objects, arrays, strings and numbers.

As an exception to Structured Clone, application-defined classes (or objects with custom prototypes) cannot be passed over RPC, except as described below.

The RPC system also supports a number of types that are not Structured Cloneable, including:

* Functions, which are replaced by stubs that call back to the sender.
* Application-defined classes that extend `RpcTarget`, which are similarly replaced by stubs.
* [ReadableStream](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/) and [WriteableStream](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/), with automatic streaming flow control.
* [Request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) and [Response](/workers/runtime-apis/response/), for conveniently representing HTTP messages.
* RPC stubs themselves, even if the stub was received from a third Worker.

## Functions

You can send a function over RPC. When you do so, the function is replaced by a "stub". The recipient can call the stub like a function, but doing so makes a new RPC back to the place where the function originated.

### Return functions from RPC methods

<Render file="service-binding-rpc-functions-example" product="workers" />

### Send functions as parameters of RPC methods

You can also send a function in the parameters of an RPC. This enables the "server" to call back to the "client", reversing the direction of the relationship.

Because of this, the words "client" and "server" can be ambiguous when talking about RPC. The "server" is a Durable Object or WorkerEntrypoint, and the "client" is the Worker that invoked the server via a binding. But, RPCs can flow both ways between the two. When talking about an individual RPC, we recommend instead using the words "caller" and "callee".

## Class Instances

To use an instance of a class that you define as a parameter or return value of an RPC method, you must extend the built-in `RpcTarget` class.

Consider the following example:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "counter"
main = "./src/counter.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint, RpcTarget } from "cloudflare:workers";

class Counter extends RpcTarget {
  #value = 0;

  increment(amount) {
    this.#value += amount;
    return this.#value;
  }

  get value() {
    return this.#value;
  }
}

export class CounterService extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async newCounter() {
    return new Counter();
  }
}

export default {
  fetch() {
    return new Response("ok")
  }
}
```

The method `increment` can be called directly by the client, as can the public property `value`:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "client-worker"
main = "./src/clientWorker.js"
services = [
  { binding = "COUNTER_SERVICE", service = "counter", entrypoint = "CounterService" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    using counter = await env.COUNTER_SERVICE.newCounter();

    await counter.increment(2);   // returns 2
    await counter.increment(1);   // returns 3
    await counter.increment(-5);  // returns -2

    const count = await counter.value;  // returns -2

    return new Response(count);
  }
}
```

:::note

Refer to [Explicit Resource Management](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle) to learn more about the `using` declaration shown in the example above.
:::

Classes that extend `RpcTarget` work a lot like functions: the object itself is not serialized, but is instead replaced by a stub. In this case, the stub itself is not callable, but its methods are. Calling any method on the stub actually makes an RPC back to the original object, where it was created.

As shown above, you can also access properties of classes. Properties behave like RPC methods that don't take any arguments — you await the property to asynchronously fetch its current value. Note that the act of awaiting the property (which, behind the scenes, calls `.then()` on it) is what causes the property to be fetched. If you do not use `await` when accessing the property, it will not be fetched.

:::note

While it's possible to define a similar interface to the caller using an object that contains many functions, this is less efficient. If you return an object that contains five functions, then you are creating five stubs. If you return a class instance, where the class declares five methods, you are only returning a single stub. Returning a single stub is often more efficient and easier to reason about. Moreover, when returning a plain object (not a class), non-function properties of the object will be transmitted at the time the object itself is transmitted; they cannot be fetched asynchronously on-demand.
:::

:::note

Classes which do not inherit `RpcTarget` cannot be sent over RPC at all. This differs from Structured Clone, which defines application-defined classes as clonable. Why the difference? By default, the Structured Clone algorithm simply ignores an object's class entirely. So, the recipient receives a plain object, containing the original object's instance properties but entirely missing its original type. This behavior is rarely useful in practice, and could be confusing if the developer had intended the class to be treated as an `RpcTarget`. So, Workers RPC has chosen to disallow classes that are not `RpcTarget`s, to avoid any confusion.
:::

### Promise pipelining

When you call an RPC method and get back an object, it's common to immediately call a method on the object:

```js
// Two round trips.
using counter = await env.COUNTER_SERVICE.getCounter();
await counter.increment();
```

But consider the case where the Worker service that you are calling may be far away across the network, as in the case of [Smart Placement](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/#smart-placement) or [Durable Objects](/durable-objects). The code above makes two round trips, once when calling `getCounter()`, and again when calling `.increment()`. We'd like to avoid this.

With most RPC systems, the only way to avoid the problem would be to combine the two calls into a single "batch" call, perhaps called `getCounterAndIncrement()`. However, this makes the interface worse. You wouldn't design a local interface this way.

Workers RPC allows a different approach: You can simply omit the first `await`:

```js
// Only one round trip! Note the missing `await`.
using promiseForCounter = env.COUNTER_SERVICE.getCounter();
await promiseForCounter.increment();
```

In this code, `getCounter()` returns a promise for a counter. Normally, the only thing you would do with a promise is `await` it. However, Workers RPC promises are special: they also allow you to initiate speculative calls on the future result of the promise. These calls are sent to the server immediately, without waiting for the initial call to complete. Thus, multiple chained calls can be completed in a single round trip.

How does this work? The promise returned by an RPC is not a real JavaScript `Promise`. Instead, it is a custom ["Thenable"](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise#thenables). It has a `.then()` method like `Promise`, which allows it to be used in all the places where you'd use a normal `Promise`. For instance, you can `await` it. But, in addition to that, an RPC promise also acts like a stub. Calling any method name on the promise forms a speculative call on the promise's eventual result. This is known as "promise pipelining".

This works when calling properties of objects returned by RPC methods as well. For example:

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class MyService extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async foo() {
    return {
      bar: {
        baz: () => "qux"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    using foo = env.MY_SERVICE.foo();
    let baz = await foo.bar.baz();
    return new Response(baz);
  }
}
```

If the initial RPC ends up throwing an exception, then any pipelined calls will also fail with the same exception

## ReadableStream, WriteableStream, Request and Response

You can send and receive [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/), [`WriteableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/), [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), and [`Response`](/workers/runtime-apis/response/) using RPC methods. When doing so, bytes in the body are automatically streamed with appropriate flow control.

Only [byte-oriented streams](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API/Using_readable_byte_streams) (streams with an underlying byte source of `type: "bytes"`) are supported.

In all cases, ownership of the stream is transferred to the recipient. The sender can no longer read/write the stream after sending it. If the sender wishes to keep its own copy, it can use the [`tee()` method of `ReadableStream`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream/tee) or the [`clone()` method of `Request` or `Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response/clone). Keep in mind that doing this may force the system to buffer bytes and lose the benefits of flow control.

## Forwarding RPC stubs

A stub received over RPC from one Worker can be forwarded over RPC to another Worker.

```js
using counter = env.COUNTER_SERVICE.getCounter();
await env.ANOTHER_SERVICE.useCounter(counter);
```

Here, three different workers are involved:

1. The calling Worker (we'll call this the "introducer")
2. `COUNTER_SERVICE`
3. `ANOTHER_SERVICE`

When `ANOTHER_SERVICE` calls a method on the `counter` that is passed to it, this call will automatically be proxied through the introducer and on to the [`RpcTarget`](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) class implemented by `COUNTER_SERVICE`.

In this way, the introducer Worker can connect two Workers that did not otherwise have any ability to form direct connections to each other.

Currently, this proxying only lasts until the end of the Workers' execution contexts. A proxy connection cannot be persisted for later use.

## Video Tutorial

In this video, we explore how Cloudflare Workers support Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) to simplify communication between Workers. Learn how to implement RPC in your JavaScript applications and build serverless solutions with ease. Whether you're managing microservices or optimizing web architecture, this tutorial will show you how to quickly set up and use Cloudflare Workers for RPC calls. By the end of this video, you'll understand how to call functions between Workers, pass functions as arguments, and implement user authentication with Cloudflare Workers.

<Stream videoId="d506935b6767fd07626adbec46d41e6d" videoTitle="Introduction to Workers RPC" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" />

## More Details

<DirectoryListing />

## Limitations

* [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/) is currently ignored when making RPC calls. If Smart Placement is enabled for Worker A, and Worker B declares a [Service Binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) to it, when Worker B calls Worker A via RPC, Worker A will run locally, on the same machine.
* The maximum serialized RPC limit is 1 MB. Consider using [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/) when returning more data.

---

# Lifecycle

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle/

## Lifetimes, Memory and Resource Management

When you call another Worker over RPC using a Service binding, you are using memory in the Worker you are calling. Consider the following example:

```js
let user = await env.USER_SERVICE.findUser(id);
```

Assume that `findUser()` on the server side returns an object extending `RpcTarget`, thus `user` on the client side ends up being a stub pointing to that remote object.

As long as the stub still exists on the client, the corresponding object on the server cannot be garbage collected. But, each isolate has its own garbage collector which cannot see into other isolates. So, in order for the server's isolate to know that the object can be collected, the calling isolate must send it an explicit signal saying so, called "disposing" the stub.

In many cases (described below), the system will automatically realize when a stub is no longer needed, and will dispose it automatically. However, for best performance, your code should dispose stubs explicitly when it is done with them.

## Explicit Resource Management

To ensure resources are properly disposed of, you should use [Explicit Resource Management](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-explicit-resource-management), a new JavaScript language feature that allows you to explicitly signal when resources can be disposed of. Explicit Resource Management is a Stage 3 TC39 proposal — it is [coming to V8 soon](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=13559).

Explicit Resource Management adds the following language features:

- The [`using` declaration](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-explicit-resource-management?tab=readme-ov-file#using-declarations)
- [`Symbol.dispose` and `Symbol.asyncDispose`](https://github.com/tc39/proposal-explicit-resource-management?tab=readme-ov-file#additions-to-symbol)

If a variable is declared with `using`, when the variable is no longer in scope, the variable's disposer will be invoked. For example:

```js
function sendEmail(id, message) {
  using user = await env.USER_SERVICE.findUser(id);
  await user.sendEmail(message);

  // user[Symbol.dispose]() is implicitly called at the end of the scope.
}
```

`using` declarations are useful to make sure you can't forget to dispose stubs — even if your code is interrupted by an exception.

### How to use the `using` declaration in your Worker

Because it has not yet landed in V8, the `using` keyword is not yet available directly in the Workers runtime. To use it in your code, you must use a prerelease version of the [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/) to run and deploy your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler@using-keyword-experimental dev
```

This version of Wrangler will transpile `using` into direct calls to `Symbol.dispose()`, before running your code or deploying it to Cloudflare.

The following code:

```js
{
	using counter = await env.COUNTER_SERVICE.newCounter();
	await counter.increment(2);
	await counter.increment(4);
}
```

...is equivalent to:

```js
{
	const counter = await env.COUNTER_SERVICE.newCounter();
	try {
		await counter.increment(2);
		await counter.increment(4);
	} finally {
		counter[Symbol.dispose]();
	}
}
```

## Automatic disposal and execution contexts

The RPC system automatically disposes of stubs in the following cases:

### End of event handler / execution context

When an event handler is "done", any stubs created as part of the event are automatically disposed.

For example, consider a [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch) which handles incoming HTTP events. The handler may make outgoing RPCs as part of handling the event, and those may return stubs. When the final HTTP response is sent, the handler is "done", and all stubs are immediately disposed.

More precisely, the event has an "execution context", which begins when the handler is first invoked, and ends when the HTTP response is sent. The execution context may also end early if the client disconnects before receiving a response, or it can be extended past its normal end point by calling [`ctx.waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/context).

For example, the Worker below does not make use of the `using` declaration, but stubs will be disposed of once the `fetch()` handler returns a response:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		let authResult = await env.AUTH_SERVICE.checkCookie(
			req.headers.get("Cookie"),
		);
		if (!authResult.authorized) {
			return new Response("Not authorized", { status: 403 });
		}
		let profile = await authResult.user.getProfile();

		return new Response(`Hello, ${profile.name}!`);
	},
};
```

A Worker invoked via RPC also has an execution context. The context begins when an RPC method on a `WorkerEntrypoint` is invoked. If no stubs are passed in the parameters or results of this RPC, the context ends (the event is "done") when the RPC returns. However, if any stubs are passed, then the execution context is implicitly extended until all such stubs are disposed (and all calls made through them have returned). As with HTTP, if the client disconnects, the server's execution context is canceled immediately, regardless of whether stubs still exist. A client that is itself another Worker is considered to have disconnected when its own execution context ends. Again, the context can be extended with [`ctx.waitUntil()`](/workers/runtime-apis/context).

### Stubs received as parameters in an RPC call

When stubs are received in the parameters of an RPC, those stubs are automatically disposed when the call returns. If you wish to keep the stubs longer than that, you must call the `dup()` method on them.

### Disposing RPC objects disposes stubs that are part of that object

When an RPC returns any kind of object, that object will have a disposer added by the system. Disposing it will dispose all stubs returned by the call. For instance, if an RPC returns an array of four stubs, the array itself will have a disposer that disposes all four stubs. The only time the value returned by an RPC does not have a disposer is when it is a primitive value, such as a number or string. These types cannot have disposers added to them, but because these types cannot themselves contain stubs, there is no need for a disposer in this case.

This means you should almost always store the result of an RPC into a `using` declaration:

```js
using result = stub.foo();
```

This way, if the result contains any stubs, they will be disposed of. Even if you don't expect the RPC to return stubs, if it returns any kind of an object, it is a good idea to store it into a `using` declaration. This way, if the RPC is extended in the future to return stubs, your code is ready.

If you decide you want to keep a returned stub beyond the scope of the `using` declaration, you can call `dup()` on the stub before the end of the scope. (Remember to explicitly dispose the duplicate later.)

## Disposers and `RpcTarget` classes

A class that extends [`RpcTarget`](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) can optionally implement a disposer:

```js
class Foo extends RpcTarget {
	[Symbol.dispose]() {
		// ...
	}
}
```

The RpcTarget's disposer runs after the last stub is disposed. Note that the client-side call to the stub's disposer does not wait for the server-side disposer to be called; the server's disposer is called later on. Because of this, any exceptions thrown by the disposer do not propagate to the client; instead, they are reported as uncaught exceptions. Note that an `RpcTarget`'s disposer must be declared as `Symbol.dispose`. `Symbol.asyncDispose` is not supported.

## The `dup()` method

Sometimes, you need to pass a stub to a function which will dispose the stub when it is done, but you also want to keep the stub for later use. To solve this problem, you can "dup" the stub:

```js
let stub = await env.SOME_SERVICE.getThing();

// Create a duplicate.
let stub2 = stub.dup();

// Call some function that will dispose the stub.
await func(stub);

// stub2 is still valid
```

You can think of `dup()` like the [Unix system call of the same name](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/dup.2.html): it creates a new handle pointing at the same target, which must be independently closed (disposed).

If the instance of the [`RpcTarget` class](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) that the stubs point to has a disposer, the disposer will only be invoked when all duplicates have been disposed. However, this only applies to duplicates that originate from the same stub. If the same instance of `RpcTarget` is passed over RPC multiple times, a new stub is created each time, and these are not considered duplicates of each other. Thus, the disposer will be invoked once for each time the `RpcTarget` was sent.

In order to avoid this situation, you can manually create a stub locally, and then pass the stub across RPC multiple times. When passing a stub over RPC, ownership of the stub transfers to the recipient, so you must make a `dup()` for each time you send it:

```js
import { RpcTarget, RpcStub } from "cloudflare:workers";

class Foo extends RpcTarget {
	// ...
}

let obj = new Foo();
let stub = new RpcStub(obj);
await rpc1(stub.dup()); // sends a dup of `stub`
await rpc2(stub.dup()); // sends another dup of `stub`
stub[Symbol.dispose](); // disposes the original stub

// obj's disposer will be called when the other two stubs
// are disposed remotely.
```

---

# Reserved Methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/reserved-methods/

Some method names are reserved or have special semantics.

## Special Methods

For backwards compatibility, when extending `WorkerEntrypoint` or `DurableObject`, the following method names have special semantics. Note that this does *not* apply to `RpcTarget`. On `RpcTarget`, these methods work like any other RPC method.

### `fetch()`

The `fetch()` method is treated specially — it can only be used to handle an HTTP request — equivalent to the [fetch handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/).

You may implement a `fetch()` method in your class that extends `WorkerEntrypoint` — but it must accept only one parameter of type [`Request`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Request), and must return an instance of [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response), or a [Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise) of one.

On the client side, `fetch()` called on a service binding or Durable Object stub works like the standard global `fetch()`. That is, the caller may pass one or two parameters to `fetch()`. If the caller does not simply pass a single `Request` object, then a new `Request` is implicitly constructed, passing the parameters to its constructor, and that request is what is actually sent to the server.

Some properties of `Request` control the behavior of `fetch()` on the client side and are not actually sent to the server. For example, the property `redirect: "auto"` (which is the default) instructs `fetch()` that if the server returns a redirect response, it should automatically be followed, resulting in an HTTP request to the public internet. Again, this behavior is according to the Fetch API standard. In short, `fetch()` doesn't have RPC semantics, it has Fetch API semantics.

### `connect()`

The `connect()` method of the `WorkerEntrypoint` class is reserved for opening a socket-like connection to your Worker. This is currently not implemented or supported — though you can [open a TCP socket from a Worker](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) or connect directly to databases over a TCP socket with [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/get-started/).

## Disallowed Method Names

The following method (or property) names may not be used as RPC methods on any RPC type (including `WorkerEntrypoint`, `DurableObject`, and `RpcTarget`):

* `dup`: This is reserved for duplicating a stub. Refer to the [RPC Lifecycle](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle) docs to learn more about `dup()`.
* `constructor`: This name has special meaning for JavaScript classes. It is not intended to be called as a method, so it is not allowed over RPC.

The following methods are disallowed only on `WorkerEntrypoint` and `DurableObject`, but allowed on `RpcTarget`. These methods have historically had special meaning to Durable Objects, where they are used to handle certain system-generated events.

* `alarm`
* `webSocketMessage`
* `webSocketClose`
* `webSocketError`

---

# TypeScript

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/typescript/

The [`@cloudflare/workers-types`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types) package provides the `Service` and `DurableObjectNamespace` types, each of which accepts a single type parameter for the server-side [`WorkerEntrypoint`](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc) or [`DurableObject`](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/#call-rpc-methods) types.

Using higher-order types, we automatically generate client-side stub types (e.g., forcing all methods to be async).

For example:

```ts
interface Env {
  SUM_SERVICE: Service<SumService>;
  COUNTER_OBJECT: DurableObjectNamespace<Counter>
}

export default {
  async fetch(req, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
    const result = await env.SUM_SERVICE.sum(1, 2);
    return new Response(result.toString());
  }
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

---

# Visibility and Security Model

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/visibility/

## Security Model

The Workers RPC system is intended to allow safe communications between Workers that do not trust each other. The system does not allow either side of an RPC session to access arbitrary objects on the other side, much less invoke arbitrary code. Instead, each side can only invoke the objects and functions for which they have explicitly received stubs via previous calls.

This security model is commonly known as Object Capabilities, or Capability-Based Security. Workers RPC is built on [Cap'n Proto RPC](https://capnproto.org/rpc.html), which in turn is based on CapTP, the object transport protocol used by the [distributed programming language E](https://www.crockford.com/ec/etut.html).

## Visibility of Methods and Properties

### Private properties

[Private properties](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes/Private_properties) of classes are not directly exposed over RPC.

### Class instance properties

When you send an instance of an application-defined class, the recipient can only access methods and properties declared on the class, not properties of the instance. For example:

```js
class Foo extends RpcTarget {
  constructor() {
    super();

    // i CANNOT be accessed over RPC
    this.i = 0;

    // funcProp CANNOT be called over RPC
    this.funcProp = () => {}
  }

  // value CAN be accessed over RPC
  get value() {
    return this.i;
  }

  // method CAN be called over RPC
  method() {}
}
```

This behavior is intentional — it is intended to protect you from accidentally exposing private class internals. Generally, instance properties should be declared private, [by prefixing them with `#`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes/Private_properties). However, private properties are a relatively new feature of JavaScript, and are not yet widely used in the ecosystem.

Since the RPC interface between two of your Workers may be a security boundary, we need to be extra-careful, so instance properties are always private when communicating between Workers using RPC, whether or not they have the `#` prefix. You can always declare an explicit getter at the class level if you wish to expose the property, as shown above.

These visibility rules apply only to objects that extend `RpcTarget`, `WorkerEntrypoint`, or `DurableObject`, and do not apply to plain objects. Plain objects are passed "by value", sending all of their "own" properties.

### "Own" properties of functions

When you pass a function over RPC, the caller can access the "own" properties of the function object itself.

```js
someRpcMethod() {
  let func = () => {};
  func.prop = 123;  // `prop` is visible over RPC
  return func;
}
```

Such properties on a function are accessed asynchronously, like class properties of an RpcTarget. But, unlike the `RpcTarget` example above, the function's instance properties that are accessible to the caller. In practice, properties are rarely added to functions.

---

# Streams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/

import { DirectoryListing, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The [Streams API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API) is a web standard API that allows JavaScript to programmatically access and process streams of data.

<DirectoryListing />

Workers do not need to prepare an entire response body before returning a `Response`. You can use a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/) to stream a response body after sending the front matter (that is, HTTP status line and headers). This allows you to minimize:

- The visitor's time-to-first-byte.
- The buffering done in the Worker.

Minimizing buffering is especially important for processing or transforming response bodies larger than the Worker's memory limit. For these cases, streaming is the only implementation strategy.

:::note

By default, Cloudflare Workers is capable of streaming responses using the [Streams APIs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API). To maintain the streaming behavior, you should only modify the response body using the methods in the Streams APIs. If your Worker only forwards subrequest responses to the client verbatim without reading their body text, then its body handling is already optimal and you do not have to use these APIs.

:::

The worker can create a `Response` object using a `ReadableStream` as the body. Any data provided through the
`ReadableStream` will be streamed to the client as it becomes available.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Fetch from origin server.
		const response = await fetch(request);

		// ... and deliver our Response while that’s running.
		return new Response(response.body, response);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.respondWith(fetchAndStream(event.request));
});

async function fetchAndStream(request) {
	// Fetch from origin server.
	const response = await fetch(request);

	// ... and deliver our Response while that’s running.
	return new Response(readable.body, response);
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

A [`TransformStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/) and the [`ReadableStream.pipeTo()`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/#methods) method can be used to modify the response body as it is being streamed:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Module Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Fetch from origin server.
		const response = await fetch(request);

		const { readable, writable } = new TransformStream({
			transform(chunk, controller) {
				controller.enqueue(modifyChunkSomehow(chunk));
			},
		});

		// Start pumping the body. NOTE: No await!
		response.body.pipeTo(writable);

		// ... and deliver our Response while that’s running.
		return new Response(readable, response);
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Service Worker" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
	event.respondWith(fetchAndStream(event.request));
});

async function fetchAndStream(request) {
	// Fetch from origin server.
	const response = await fetch(request);

	const { readable, writable } = new TransformStream({
		transform(chunk, controller) {
			controller.enqueue(modifyChunkSomehow(chunk));
		},
	});

	// Start pumping the body. NOTE: No await!
	response.body.pipeTo(writable);

	// ... and deliver our Response while that’s running.
	return new Response(readable, response);
}
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This example calls `response.body.pipeTo(writable)` but does not `await` it. This is so it does not block the forward progress of the remainder of the `fetchAndStream()` function. It continues to run asynchronously until the response is complete or the client disconnects.

The runtime can continue running a function (`response.body.pipeTo(writable)`) after a response is returned to the client. This example pumps the subrequest response body to the final response body. However, you can use more complicated logic, such as adding a prefix or a suffix to the body or to process it somehow.

---

## Common issues

:::caution[Warning]

The Streams API is only available inside of the [Request context](/workers/runtime-apis/request/), inside the `fetch` event listener callback.

:::

---

## Related resources

- [MDN's Streams API documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Streams_API)
- [Streams API spec](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/)
- Write your Worker code in [ES modules syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) for an optimized experience.

---

# ReadableStream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/

## Background

A `ReadableStream` is returned by the `readable` property inside [`TransformStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/).

## Properties



* `locked` boolean
  * A Boolean value that indicates if the readable stream is locked to a reader.



## Methods



* <code>pipeTo(destinationWritableStream, optionsPipeToOptions)</code> : Promise\<void>

  * Pipes the readable stream to a given writable stream `destination` and returns a promise that is fulfilled when the `write` operation succeeds or rejects it if the operation fails.

* <code>getReader(optionsObject)</code> : ReadableStreamDefaultReader

  * Gets an instance of `ReadableStreamDefaultReader` and locks the `ReadableStream` to that reader instance. This method accepts an object argument indicating options. The only supported option is `mode`, which can be set to `byob` to create a [`ReadableStreamBYOBReader`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestreambyobreader/), as shown here:

```js
let reader = readable.getReader({ mode: 'byob' });
```



### `PipeToOptions`



* `preventClose` bool

  * When `true`, closure of the source `ReadableStream` will not cause the destination `WritableStream` to be closed.

* `preventAbort` bool

  * When `true`, errors in the source `ReadableStream` will no longer abort the destination `WritableStream`. `pipeTo` will return a rejected promise with the error from the source or any error that occurred while aborting the destination.



***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Readable streams in the WHATWG Streams API specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#rs-model)
* [MDN’s `ReadableStream` documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStream)

---

# ReadableStream DefaultReader

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestreamdefaultreader/

{/* <!-- The space in the title was introduced to create a pleasing line-break in the title in the sidebar. --> */}

## Background

A reader is used when you want to read from a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/), rather than piping its output to a [`WritableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/).

A `ReadableStreamDefaultReader` is not instantiated via its constructor. Rather, it is retrieved from a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/):

```js
const { readable, writable } = new TransformStream();
const reader = readable.getReader();
```

***

## Properties



* `reader.closed` : Promise

  * A promise indicating if the reader is closed. The promise is fulfilled when the reader stream closes and is rejected if there is an error in the stream.



## Methods



* `read()` : Promise

  * A promise that returns the next available chunk of data being passed through the reader queue.

* <code>cancel(reasonstringoptional)</code> : void

  * Cancels the stream. `reason` is an optional human-readable string indicating the reason for cancellation. `reason` will be passed to the underlying source’s cancel algorithm -- if this readable stream is one side of a [`TransformStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/), then its cancel algorithm causes the transform’s writable side to become errored with `reason`.

  :::caution[Warning]

  Any data not yet read is lost. 
  :::

* `releaseLock()` : void

  * Releases the lock on the readable stream. A lock cannot be released if the reader has pending read operations. A `TypeError` is thrown and the reader remains locked.



***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Readable streams in the WHATWG Streams API specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#rs-model)

---

# ReadableStream BYOBReader

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestreambyobreader/

{/* <!-- The space in the title was introduced to create a pleasing line-break in the title in the sidebar. --> */}

{/* <!-- TODO: See EW-2105. Should we document this if it isn’t effectively using buffer space? --> */}

## Background

`BYOB` is an abbreviation of bring your own buffer. A `ReadableStreamBYOBReader` allows reading into a developer-supplied buffer, thus minimizing copies.

An instance of `ReadableStreamBYOBReader` is functionally identical to [`ReadableStreamDefaultReader`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestreamdefaultreader/) with the exception of the `read` method.

A `ReadableStreamBYOBReader` is not instantiated via its constructor. Rather, it is retrieved from a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/):

```js
const { readable, writable } = new TransformStream();
const reader = readable.getReader({ mode: 'byob' });
```

***

## Methods



* <code>read(bufferArrayBufferView)</code> : Promise\<ReadableStreamBYOBReadResult>

  * Returns a promise with the next available chunk of data read into a passed-in buffer.

* <code>readAtLeast(minBytes, bufferArrayBufferView)</code> : Promise\<ReadableStreamBYOBReadResult>

  * Returns a promise with the next available chunk of data read into a passed-in buffer. The promise will not resolve until at least `minBytes` have been read.



***

## Common issues

:::caution[Warning]


`read` provides no control over the minimum number of bytes that should be read into the buffer. Even if you allocate a 1 MiB buffer, the kernel is perfectly within its rights to fulfill this read with a single byte, whether or not an EOF immediately follows.

In practice, the Workers team has found that `read` typically fills only 1% of the provided buffer.

`readAtLeast` is a non-standard extension to the Streams API which allows users to specify that at least `minBytes` bytes must be read into the buffer before resolving the read.


:::

***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Background about BYOB readers in the Streams API WHATWG specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#byob-readers)

---

# WritableStream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/

## Background

A `WritableStream` is the `writable` property of a [`TransformStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/). On the Workers platform, `WritableStream` cannot be directly created using the `WritableStream` constructor.

A typical way to write to a `WritableStream` is to pipe a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/) to it.

```js
readableStream
  .pipeTo(writableStream)
  .then(() => console.log('All data successfully written!'))
  .catch(e => console.error('Something went wrong!', e));
```

To write to a `WritableStream` directly, you must use its writer.

```js
const writer = writableStream.getWriter();
writer.write(data);
```

Refer to the [WritableStreamDefaultWriter](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestreamdefaultwriter/) documentation for further detail.

## Properties



* `locked` boolean

  * A Boolean value to indicate if the writable stream is locked to a writer.



## Methods



* <code>abort(reasonstringoptional)</code> : Promise\<void>

  * Aborts the stream. This method returns a promise that fulfills with a response `undefined`. `reason` is an optional human-readable string indicating the reason for cancellation. `reason` will be passed to the underlying sink’s abort algorithm. If this writable stream is one side of a [TransformStream](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/), then its abort algorithm causes the transform’s readable side to become errored with `reason`.

  :::caution[Warning]

  Any data not yet written is lost upon abort. 
  :::

* `getWriter()` : WritableStreamDefaultWriter

  * Gets an instance of `WritableStreamDefaultWriter` and locks the `WritableStream` to that writer instance.



***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Writable streams in the WHATWG Streams API specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#ws-model)

---

# TransformStream

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/

## Background

A transform stream consists of a pair of streams: a writable stream, known as its writable side, and a readable stream, known as its readable side. Writes to the writable side result in new data being made available for reading from the readable side.

Workers currently only implements an identity transform stream, a type of transform stream which forwards all chunks written to its writable side to its readable side, without any changes.

***

## Constructor

```js
let { readable, writable } = new TransformStream();
```



* `TransformStream()` TransformStream

  * Returns a new identity transform stream.



## Properties



* `readable` ReadableStream
  * An instance of a `ReadableStream`.
* `writable` WritableStream
  * An instance of a `WritableStream`.



***

## `IdentityTransformStream`

The current implementation of `TransformStream` in the Workers platform is not current compliant with the [Streams Standard](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#transform-stream) and we will soon be making changes to the implementation to make it conform with the specification. In preparation for doing so, we have introduced the `IdentityTransformStream` class that implements behavior identical to the current `TransformStream` class. This type of stream forwards all chunks of byte data (in the form of `TypedArray`s) written to its writable side to its readable side, without any changes.

The `IdentityTransformStream` readable side supports [bring your own buffer (BYOB) reads](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ReadableStreamBYOBReader).

### Constructor

```js
let { readable, writable } = new IdentityTransformStream();
```



* `IdentityTransformStream()` IdentityTransformStream

  * Returns a new identity transform stream.



### Properties



* `readable` ReadableStream
  * An instance of a `ReadableStream`.
* `writable` WritableStream
  * An instance of a `WritableStream`.



***

## `FixedLengthStream`

The `FixedLengthStream` is a specialization of `IdentityTransformStream` that limits the total number of bytes that the stream will passthrough. It is useful primarily because, when using `FixedLengthStream` to produce either a `Response` or `Request`, the fixed length of the stream will be used as the `Content-Length` header value as opposed to use chunked encoding when using any other type of stream. An error will occur if too many, or too few bytes are written through the stream.

### Constructor

```js
let { readable, writable } = new FixedLengthStream(1000);
```



* `FixedLengthStream(length)` FixedLengthStream

  * Returns a new identity transform stream.
  * `length` maybe a `number` or `bigint` with a maximum value of `2^53 - 1`.



### Properties



* `readable` ReadableStream
  * An instance of a `ReadableStream`.
* `writable` WritableStream
  * An instance of a `WritableStream`.



***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Transform Streams in the WHATWG Streams API specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#transform-stream)

---

# WritableStream DefaultWriter

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestreamdefaultwriter/

{/* <!-- The space in the title was introduced to create a pleasing line-break in the title in the sidebar. --> */}

## Background

A writer is used when you want to write directly to a [`WritableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/writablestream/), rather than piping data to it from a [`ReadableStream`](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/readablestream/). For example:

```js
function writeArrayToStream(array, writableStream) {
  const writer = writableStream.getWriter();
  array.forEach(chunk => writer.write(chunk).catch(() => {}));

  return writer.close();
}

writeArrayToStream([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], writableStream)
  .then(() => console.log('All done!'))
  .catch(e => console.error('Error with the stream: ' + e));
```

## Properties



* `writer.desiredSize` int

  * The size needed to fill the stream’s internal queue, as an integer. Always returns 1, 0 (if the stream is closed), or `null` (if the stream has errors).

* `writer.closed` Promise\<void>

  * A promise that indicates if the writer is closed. The promise is fulfilled when the writer stream is closed and rejected if there is an error in the stream.



## Methods



* <code>abort(reasonstringoptional)</code> : Promise\<void>

  * Aborts the stream. This method returns a promise that fulfills with a response `undefined`. `reason` is an optional human-readable string indicating the reason for cancellation. `reason` will be passed to the underlying sink’s abort algorithm. If this writable stream is one side of a [TransformStream](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/transformstream/), then its abort algorithm causes the transform’s readable side to become errored with `reason`.

  :::caution[Warning]

  Any data not yet written is lost upon abort. 
  :::

* `close()` : Promise\<void>

  * Attempts to close the writer. Remaining writes finish processing before the writer is closed. This method returns a promise fulfilled with `undefined` if the writer successfully closes and processes the remaining writes, or rejected on any error.

* `releaseLock()` : void

  * Releases the writer’s lock on the stream. Once released, the writer is no longer active. You can call this method before all pending `write(chunk)` calls are resolved. This allows you to queue a `write` operation, release the lock, and begin piping into the writable stream from another source, as shown in the example below.

```js
let writer = writable.getWriter();
// Write a preamble.
writer.write(new TextEncoder().encode('foo bar'));
// While that’s still writing, pipe the rest of the body from somewhere else.
writer.releaseLock();
await someResponse.body.pipeTo(writable);
```

* <code>write(chunkany)</code> : Promise\<void>

  * Writes a chunk of data to the writer and returns a promise that resolves if the operation succeeds.
  * The underlying stream may accept fewer kinds of type than `any`, it will throw an exception when encountering an unexpected type.



***

## Related resources

* [Streams](/workers/runtime-apis/streams/)
* [Writable streams in the WHATWG Streams API specification](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#ws-model)

---

# WebAssembly (Wasm)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/webassembly/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

[WebAssembly](https://webassembly.org/) (abbreviated Wasm) allows you to compile languages like [Rust](/workers/languages/rust/), Go, or C to a binary format that can run in a wide variety of environments, including [web browsers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly#browser_compatibility), Cloudflare Workers, and other WebAssembly runtimes.

On Workers and in [Cloudflare Pages Functions](https://blog.cloudflare.com/pages-functions-with-webassembly/), you can use WebAssembly to:

* Execute code written in a language other than JavaScript, via `WebAssembly.instantiate()`.
* Write an entire Cloudflare Worker in Rust, using bindings that make Workers' JavaScript APIs available directly from your Rust code.

Most programming languages can be compiled to Wasm, although support varies across languages and compilers. Guides are available for the following languages:

<DirectoryListing />

## Supported proposals

WebAssembly is a rapidly evolving set of standards, with [many proposed APIs](https://webassembly.org/roadmap/) which are in various stages of development. In general, Workers supports the same set of features that are available in Google Chrome.

### SIMD

SIMD is supported on Workers. For more information on using SIMD in WebAssembly, refer to [Fast, parallel applications with WebAssembly SIMD](https://v8.dev/features/simd).

### Threading

Threading is not possible in Workers. Each Worker runs in a single thread, and the [Web Worker](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API) API is not supported.

## Binary size

Compiling to WebAssembly often requires including additional runtime dependencies. As a result, Workers that use WebAssembly are typically larger than an equivalent Worker written in JavaScript. The larger your Worker is, the longer it may take your Worker to start. Refer to [Worker startup time](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/platform/limits/#worker-startup-time) for more information. We recommend using tools like [`wasm-opt`](https://github.com/brson/wasm-opt-rs) to optimize the size of your Wasm binary.

## WebAssembly System Interface (WASI)

The [WebAssembly System Interface](https://wasi.dev/) (abbreviated WASI) is a modular system interface for WebAssembly that standardizes a set of underlying system calls for networking, file system access, and more. Applications can depend on the WebAssembly System Interface to behave identically across host environments and operating systems.

WASI is an earlier and more rapidly evolving set of standards than Wasm. WASI support is experimental on Cloudflare Workers, with only some syscalls implemented. Refer to our [open source implementation of WASI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-wasi), and [blog post about WASI on Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/announcing-wasi-on-workers/) demonstrating its use.

### Resources on WebAssembly

* [Serverless Rust with Cloudflare Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-workers-as-a-serverless-rust-platform/)
* [WebAssembly on Cloudflare Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/webassembly-on-cloudflare-workers/)

---

# Wasm in JavaScript

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/webassembly/javascript/

Wasm can be used from within a Worker written in JavaScript or TypeScript by importing a Wasm module,
and instantiating an instance of this module using [`WebAssembly.instantiate()`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/JavaScript_interface/instantiate). This can be used to accelerate computationally intensive operations which do not involve significant I/O.

This guide demonstrates the basics of Wasm and JavaScript interoperability.

## Simple Wasm Module

In this guide, you will use the WebAssembly Text Format to create a simple Wasm module to understand how imports and exports work. In practice, you would not write code in this format. You would instead use the programming language of your choice and compile directly to WebAssembly Binary Format (`.wasm`).

Review the following example module (`;;` denotes a comment):

```txt
;; src/simple.wat
(module
  ;; Import a function from JavaScript named `imported_func`
  ;; which takes a single i32 argument and assign to
  ;; variable $i
  (func $i (import "imports" "imported_func") (param i32))
  ;; Export a function named `exported_func` which takes a
  ;; single i32 argument and returns an i32
  (func (export "exported_func") (param $input i32) (result i32)
    ;; Invoke `imported_func` with $input as argument
    local.get $input
    call $i
    ;; Return $input
    local.get $input
    return
  )
)
```

Using [`wat2wasm`](https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt), convert the WAT format to WebAssembly Binary Format:

```sh
wat2wasm src/simple.wat -o src/simple.wasm
```

## Bundling

Wrangler will bundle any Wasm module that ends in `.wasm` or `.wasm?module`, so that it is available at runtime within your Worker. This is done using a default bundling rule which can be customized in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. Refer to [Wrangler Bundling](/workers/wrangler/bundling/) for more information.

## Use from JavaScript

After you have converted the WAT format to WebAssembly Binary Format, import and use the Wasm module in your existing JavaScript or TypeScript Worker:

```typescript
import mod from "./simple.wasm";

// Define imports available to Wasm instance.
const importObject = {
	imports: {
		imported_func: (arg: number) => {
			console.log(`Hello from JavaScript: ${arg}`);
		},
	},
};

// Create instance of WebAssembly Module `mod`, supplying
// the expected imports in `importObject`. This should be
// done at the top level of the script to avoid instantiation on every request.
const instance = await WebAssembly.instantiate(mod, importObject);

export default {
	async fetch() {
		// Invoke the `exported_func` from our Wasm Instance with
		// an argument.
		const retval = instance.exports.exported_func(42);
		// Return the return value!
		return new Response(`Success: ${retval}`);
	},
};
```

When invoked, this Worker should log `Hello from JavaScript: 42` and return `Success: 42`, demonstrating the ability to invoke Wasm methods with arguments from JavaScript and vice versa.

## Next steps

In practice, you will likely compile a language of your choice (such as Rust) to WebAssembly binaries. Many languages provide a `bindgen` to simplify the interaction between JavaScript and Wasm. These tools may integrate with your JavaScript bundler, and provide an API other than the WebAssembly API for initializing and invoking your Wasm module. As an example, refer to the [Rust `wasm-bindgen` documentation](https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-bindgen/examples/without-a-bundler.html).

Alternatively, to write your entire Worker in Rust, Workers provides many of the same [Runtime APIs](/workers/runtime-apis) and [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) when using the `workers-rs` crate. For more information, refer to the [Workers Rust guide](/workers/languages/rust/).

---

# Get Started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/get-started/

The Miniflare API allows you to dispatch events to workers without making actual HTTP requests, simulate connections between Workers, and interact with local emulations of storage products like [KV](/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/kv), [R2](/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/r2), and [Durable Objects](/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/durable-objects). This makes it great for writing tests, or other advanced use cases where you need finer-grained control.

## Installation

Miniflare is installed using `npm` as a dev dependency:

```sh
$ npm install -D miniflare
```

## Usage

In all future examples, we'll assume Node.js is running in ES module mode. You
can do this by setting the `type` field in your `package.json`:

```json title=package.json
{
	...
	"type": "module"
	...
}
```

To initialise Miniflare, import the `Miniflare` class from `miniflare`:

```js
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      return new Response("Hello Miniflare!");
    }
  }
  `,
});

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.text()); // Hello Miniflare!
await mf.dispose();
```

The [rest of these docs](/workers/testing/miniflare/core/fetch) go into more detail on configuring
specific features.

### String and File Scripts

Note in the above example we're specifying `script` as a string. We could've
equally put the script in a file such as `worker.js`, then used the `scriptPath`
property instead:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	scriptPath: "worker.js",
});
```

### Watching, Reloading and Disposing

Miniflare's API is primarily intended for testing use cases, where file watching isn't usually required. If you need to watch files, consider using a separate file watcher like [fs.watch()](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fswatchfilename-options-listener) or [chokidar](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar), and calling setOptions() with your original configuration on change.

To cleanup and stop listening for requests, you should `dispose()` your instances:

```js
await mf.dispose();
```

You can also manually reload scripts (main and Durable Objects') and options by calling `setOptions()` with the original configuration object.

### Updating Options and the Global Scope

You can use the `setOptions` method to update the options of an existing
`Miniflare` instance. This accepts the same options object as the
`new Miniflare` constructor, applies those options, then reloads the worker.

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	script: "...",
	kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE"],
	bindings: { KEY: "value1" },
});

await mf.setOptions({
	script: "...",
	kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE"],
	bindings: { KEY: "value2" },
});
```

### Dispatching Events

`getWorker` dispatches `fetch`, `queues`, and `scheduled` events
to workers respectively:

```js
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	script: `
  export default {
    let lastScheduledController;
    let lastQueueBatch;
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);
      if (pathname === "/scheduled") {
        return Response.json({
          scheduledTime: lastScheduledController?.scheduledTime,
          cron: lastScheduledController?.cron,
        });
      } else if (pathname === "/queue") {
        return Response.json({
          queue: lastQueueBatch.queue,
          messages: lastQueueBatch.messages.map((message) => ({
            id: message.id,
            timestamp: message.timestamp.getTime(),
            body: message.body,
            bodyType: message.body.constructor.name,
          })),
        });
      } else if (pathname === "/get-url") {
        return new Response(request.url);
      } else {
        return new Response(null, { status: 404 });
      }
    },
    async scheduled(controller, env, ctx) {
      lastScheduledController = controller;
      if (controller.cron === "* * * * *") controller.noRetry();
    },
    async queue(batch, env, ctx) {
      lastQueueBatch = batch;
      if (batch.queue === "needy") batch.retryAll();
      for (const message of batch.messages) {
        if (message.id === "perfect") message.ack();
      }
    }
  }
  `,
});

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/", {
	headers: { "X-Message": "Hello Miniflare!" },
});
console.log(await res.text()); // Hello Miniflare!

const scheduledResult = await worker.scheduled({
	cron: "* * * * *",
});
console.log(scheduledResult); // { outcome: "ok", noRetry: true });

const queueResult = await worker.queue("needy", [
	{ id: "a", timestamp: new Date(1000), body: "a" },
	{ id: "b", timestamp: new Date(2000), body: { b: 1 } },
]);
console.log(queueResult); // { outcome: "ok", retryAll: true, ackAll: false, explicitRetries: [], explicitAcks: []}
```

See [📨 Fetch Events](/workers/testing/miniflare/core/fetch) and [⏰ Scheduled Events](/workers/testing/miniflare/core/scheduled)
for more details.

### HTTP Server

Miniflare starts an HTTP server automatically. To wait for it to be ready, `await` the `ready` property:

```js {11}
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      return new Response("Hello Miniflare!");
    })
  }
  `,
	port: 5000,
});
await mf.ready;
console.log("Listening on :5000");
```

#### `Request#cf` Object

By default, Miniflare will fetch the `Request#cf` object from a trusted
Cloudflare endpoint. You can disable this behaviour, using the `cf` option:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	cf: false,
});
```

You can also provide a custom cf object via a filepath:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	cf: "cf.json",
});
```

### HTTPS Server

To start an HTTPS server instead, set the `https` option. To use the [default shared self-signed certificate](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare/src/http/cert.ts), set `https` to `true`:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	https: true,
});
```

To load an existing certificate from the file system:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	// These are all optional, you don't need to include them all
	httpsKeyPath: "./key.pem",
	httpsCertPath: "./cert.pem",
});
```

To load an existing certificate from strings instead:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	// These are all optional, you don't need to include them all
	httpsKey: "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----...",
	httpsCert: "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----...",
});
```

If both a string and path are specified for an option (e.g. `httpsKey` and
`httpsKeyPath`), the string will be preferred.

### Logging

By default, `[mf:*]` logs are disabled when using the API. To
enable these, set the `log` property to an instance of the `Log` class. Its only
parameter is a log level indicating which messages should be logged:

```js {5}
import { Miniflare, Log, LogLevel } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	scriptPath: "worker.js",
	log: new Log(LogLevel.DEBUG), // Enable debug messages
});
```

## Reference

```js
import { Miniflare, Log, LogLevel } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
  // All options are optional, but one of script or scriptPath is required

  log: new Log(LogLevel.INFO), // Logger Miniflare uses for debugging

  script: `
    export default {
      async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
        return new Response("Hello Miniflare!");
      }
    }
  `,
  scriptPath: "./index.js",

  modules: true, // Enable modules
  modulesRules: [
    // Modules import rule
    { type: "ESModule", include: ["**/*.js"], fallthrough: true },
    { type: "Text", include: ["**/*.text"] },
  ],
  compatibilityDate: "2021-11-23", // Opt into backwards-incompatible changes from
  compatibilityFlags: ["formdata_parser_supports_files"], // Control specific backwards-incompatible changes
  upstream: "https://miniflare.dev", // URL of upstream origin
  workers: [{
    // reference additional named workers
    name: "worker2",
    kvNamespaces: { COUNTS: "counts" },
    serviceBindings: {
      INCREMENTER: "incrementer",
      // Service bindings can also be defined as custom functions, with access
      // to anything defined outside Miniflare.
      async CUSTOM(request) {
        // `request` is the incoming `Request` object.
        return new Response(message);
      },
    },
    modules: true,
    script: `export default {
        async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
          // Get the message defined outside
          const response = await env.CUSTOM.fetch("http://host/");
          const message = await response.text();

          // Increment the count 3 times
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          const count = await env.COUNTS.get("count");

          return new Response(message + count);
        }
      }`,
    },
  }],
  name: "worker", // Name of service
  routes: ["*site.mf/worker"],


  host: "127.0.0.1", // Host for HTTP(S) server to listen on
  port: 8787, // Port for HTTP(S) server to listen on
  https: true, // Enable self-signed HTTPS (with optional cert path)
  httpsKey: "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----...",
  httpsKeyPath: "./key.pem", // Path to PEM SSL key
  httpsCert: "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----...",
  httpsCertPath: "./cert.pem", // Path to PEM SSL cert chain
  cf: "./node_modules/.mf/cf.json", // Path for cached Request cf object from Cloudflare
  liveReload: true, // Reload HTML pages whenever worker is reloaded



  kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE"], // KV namespace to bind
  kvPersist: "./kv-data", // Persist KV data (to optional path)

  r2Buckets: ["BUCKET"], // R2 bucket to bind
  r2Persist: "./r2-data", // Persist R2 data (to optional path)

  durableObjects: {
    // Durable Object to bind
    TEST_OBJECT: "TestObject", // className
    API_OBJECT: { className: "ApiObject", scriptName: "api" },
  },
  durableObjectsPersist: "./durable-objects-data", // Persist Durable Object data (to optional path)

  cache: false, // Enable default/named caches (enabled by default)
  cachePersist: "./cache-data", // Persist cached data (to optional path)
  cacheWarnUsage: true, // Warn on cache usage, for workers.dev subdomains

  sitePath: "./site", // Path to serve Workers Site files from
  siteInclude: ["**/*.html", "**/*.css", "**/*.js"], // Glob pattern of site files to serve
  siteExclude: ["node_modules"], // Glob pattern of site files not to serve


  bindings: { SECRET: "sssh" }, // Binds variable/secret to environment
  wasmBindings: { ADD_MODULE: "./add.wasm" }, // WASM module to bind
  textBlobBindings: { TEXT: "./text.txt" }, // Text blob to bind
  dataBlobBindings: { DATA: "./data.bin" }, // Data blob to bind
});

await mf.setOptions({ kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE2"] }); // Apply options and reload

const bindings = await mf.getBindings(); // Get bindings (KV/Durable Object namespaces, variables, etc)

// Dispatch "fetch" event to worker
const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer ..." },
});
const text = await res.text();

// Dispatch "scheduled" event to worker
const scheduledResult = await worker.scheduled({ cron: "30 * * * *" })

const TEST_NAMESPACE = await mf.getKVNamespace("TEST_NAMESPACE");

const BUCKET = await mf.getR2Bucket("BUCKET");

const caches = await mf.getCaches(); // Get global `CacheStorage` instance
const defaultCache = caches.default;
const namedCache = await caches.open("name");

// Get Durable Object namespace and storage for ID
const TEST_OBJECT = await mf.getDurableObjectNamespace("TEST_OBJECT");
const id = TEST_OBJECT.newUniqueId();
const storage = await mf.getDurableObjectStorage(id);

// Get Queue Producer
const producer = await mf.getQueueProducer("QUEUE_BINDING");

// Get D1 Database
const db = await mf.getD1Database("D1_BINDING")

await mf.dispose(); // Cleanup storage database connections and watcher
```

---

# Miniflare

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/

import { DirectoryListing, LinkButton } from "~/components";

:::caution
This documentation describes the Miniflare API, which is only relevant for advanced use cases. Instead, most users should use [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler) to build, run & deploy their Workers locally
:::

**Miniflare** is a simulator for developing and testing
[**Cloudflare Workers**](https://workers.cloudflare.com/). It's written in
TypeScript, and runs your code in a sandbox implementing Workers' runtime APIs.

- 🎉 **Fun:** develop Workers easily with detailed logging, file watching and
  pretty error pages supporting source maps.
- 🔋 **Full-featured:** supports most Workers features, including KV, Durable
  Objects, WebSockets, modules and more.
- ⚡ **Fully-local:** test and develop Workers without an Internet connection.
  Reload code on change quickly.

<LinkButton href="/workers/testing/miniflare/get-started">
	Get Started
</LinkButton>
<LinkButton
	variant="secondary"
	href="https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare"
>
	GitHub
</LinkButton>
<LinkButton variant="secondary" href="https://npmjs.com/package/miniflare">
	NPM
</LinkButton>

---

These docs primarily cover Miniflare specific things. For more information on
runtime APIs, refer to the
[Cloudflare Workers docs](/workers).

If you find something that doesn't behave as it does in the production Workers
environment (and this difference isn't documented), or something's wrong in
these docs, please
[open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose).

<DirectoryListing descriptions />

---

# Vitest integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

Information about the Workers Vitest integration - the recommended package for writing unit and integration tests for Workers.

<DirectoryListing />

<Render file="testing-pages-functions" product="workers" />

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/

import { Details } from "~/components"

The Workers Vitest integration provides additional configuration on top of Vitest's usual options. To configure the Workers Vitest integration, use the `poolOptions.workers` key. Use the [`defineWorkersConfig()`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/#functions) function from the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config` module for type checking and completions.

An example configuration would be:

```ts
import { defineWorkersConfig } from "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config";

export default defineWorkersConfig({
  test: {
    poolOptions: {
      workers: {
        wrangler: {
          configPath: "./wrangler.toml"
        },
      },
    },
  },
});
```

:::note


Use [Vitest Workspaces](https://vitest.dev/guide/workspace) to only use the Workers Vitest integration for certain tests.


:::

:::caution


Custom Vitest `environment`s or `runner`s are not supported when using the Workers Vitest integration.


:::

## Functions

The following functions are exported from the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config` module.



* `defineWorkersConfig(options:UserConfig & { test?: { poolOptions?: { workers?: WorkersPoolOptions | ((ctx: WorkerPoolOptionsContext) => Awaitable\<WorkersPoolOptions>) } } })`

  * Ensures Vitest is configured to use the Workers integration with the correct module resolution settings, and provides type checking for `WorkersPoolOptions`. This should be used in place of the [`defineConfig()`](https://vitest.dev/config/file.html) function from Vitest. The `defineWorkersConfig()` function also accepts a `Promise` of `options`, or an optionally-`async` function returning `options`.

* `defineWorkersProject(options:UserWorkspaceConfig & { test?: { poolOptions?: { workers?: WorkersPoolOptions | ((ctx: WorkerPoolOptionsContext) => Awaitable\<WorkersPoolOptions>) } } })`

  * Ensures Vitest is configured to use the Workers integration with the correct module resolution settings, and provides type checking for `WorkersPoolOptions`. This should be used in place of the [`defineProject()`](https://vitest.dev/guide/workspace) function from Vitest. The `defineWorkersProject()` function also accepts a `Promise` of `options`, or an optionally-`async` function returning `options`.

* `readD1Migrations(migrationsPath:string)`: `D1Migration[]`

  * Reads all [D1 migrations](/d1/reference/migrations/) stored at `migrationsPath` and returns them ordered by migration number. Each migration will have its contents split into an array of individual SQL queries. Call the [`applyD1Migrations()`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/#d1) function inside a test or [setup file](https://vitest.dev/config/#setupfiles) to apply migrations. Refer to the [D1 recipe](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/d1) for an example project using migrations.



## `WorkersPoolOptions`



* `main`: stringoptional

  * Entry point to Worker run in the same isolate/context as tests. This option is required to use `import { SELF } from "cloudflare:test"` for integration tests, or Durable Objects without an explicit `scriptName` if classes are defined in the same Worker. This file goes through Vite transforms and can be TypeScript. Note that `import module from "<path-to-main>"` inside tests gives exactly the same `module` instance as is used internally for the `SELF` and Durable Object bindings. If `wrangler.configPath` is defined and this option is not, it will be read from the `main` field in that configuration file.

* `isolatedStorage`: booleanoptional

  * Enables per-test isolated storage. If enabled, any writes to storage performed in a test will be undone at the end of the test. The test's storage environment is copied from the containing suite, meaning `beforeAll()` hooks can be used to seed data. If this option is disabled, all tests will share the same storage. `.concurrent` tests are not supported when isolated storage is enabled. Refer to [Isolation and concurrency](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/isolation-and-concurrency/) for more information on the isolation model.

  * Defaults to `true`.

    <Details header="Illustrative example">

    ```ts
    import { env } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, test, expect } from "vitest";

    // Get the current list stored in a KV namespace
    async function get(): Promise<string[]> {
      return await env.NAMESPACE.get("list", "json") ?? [];
    }
    // Add an item to the end of the list
    async function append(item: string) {
      const value = await get();
      value.push(item);
      await env.NAMESPACE.put("list", JSON.stringify(value));
    }

    beforeAll(() => append("all"));
    beforeEach(() => append("each"));

    test("one", async () => {
      // Each test gets its own storage environment copied from the parent
      await append("one");
      expect(await get()).toStrictEqual(["all", "each", "one"]);
    });
    // `append("each")` and `append("one")` undone
    test("two", async () => {
      await append("two");
      expect(await get()).toStrictEqual(["all", "each", "two"]);
    });
    // `append("each")` and `append("two")` undone

    describe("describe", async () => {
      beforeAll(() => append("describe all"));
      beforeEach(() => append("describe each"));

      test("three", async () => {
        await append("three");
        expect(await get()).toStrictEqual([
          // All `beforeAll()`s run before `beforeEach()`s
          "all", "describe all", "each", "describe each", "three"
        ]);
      });
      // `append("each")`, `append("describe each")` and `append("three")` undone
      test("four", async () => {
        await append("four");
        expect(await get()).toStrictEqual([
          "all", "describe all", "each", "describe each", "four"
        ]);
      });
      // `append("each")`, `append("describe each")` and `append("four")` undone
    });
    ```


    </Details>

* `singleWorker`: booleanoptional

  * Runs all tests in this project serially in the same Worker, using the same module cache. This can significantly speed up execution if you have lots of small test files. Refer to the [Isolation and concurrency](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/isolation-and-concurrency/) page for more information on the isolation model.

  * Defaults to `false`.

* `miniflare`: `SourcelessWorkerOptions & { workers?: WorkerOptions\[]; }` optional

  * Use this to provide configuration information that is typically stored within the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, such as [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/), [compatibility dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/), and [compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/). The `WorkerOptions` interface is defined [here](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare#interface-workeroptions). Use the `main` option above to configure the entry point, instead of the Miniflare `script`, `scriptPath`, or `modules` options.

  * If your project makes use of multiple Workers, you can configure auxiliary Workers that run in the same `workerd` process as your tests and can be bound to. Auxiliary Workers are configured using the `workers` array, containing regular Miniflare [`WorkerOptions`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare#interface-workeroptions) objects. Note that unlike the `main` Worker, auxiliary Workers:
    * Cannot have TypeScript entrypoints. You must compile auxiliary Workers to JavaScript first. You can use the [`wrangler deploy --dry-run --outdir dist`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command for this.
    * Use regular Workers module resolution semantics. Refer to the [Isolation and concurrency](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/isolation-and-concurrency/#modules) page for more information.
    * Cannot access the [`cloudflare:test`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/) module.
    * Do not require specific compatibility dates or flags.
    * Can be written with the [Service Worker syntax](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/#service-worker-syntax).
    * Are not affected by global mocks defined in your tests.

* `wrangler`: `{ configPath?: string; environment?: string; }` optional

  * Path to `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to load `main`, [compatibility settings](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) and [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) from. These options will be merged with the `miniflare` option above, with `miniflare` values taking precedence. For example, if your Wrangler configuration defined a [service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) named `SERVICE` to a Worker named `service`, but you included `serviceBindings: { SERVICE(request) { return new Response("body"); } }` in the `miniflare` option, all requests to `SERVICE` in tests would return `body`. Note `configPath` accepts both `.toml` and `.json` files.

  * The environment option can be used to specify the [Wrangler environment](/workers/wrangler/environments/) to pick up bindings and variables from.



:::caution


You must define a compatibility date of `2022-10-31` or higher, and include [`nodejs_compat` in your compatibility flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag) to use the Workers Vitest integration.


:::

## `WorkersPoolOptionsContext`



* `inject`: typeof import("vitest").inject

  * The same `inject()` function usually imported from the `vitest` module inside tests. This allows you to define `miniflare` configuration based on injected values from [`globalSetup`](https://vitest.dev/config/#globalsetup) scripts. Use this if you have a value in your configuration that is dynamically generated and only known at runtime of your tests. For example, a global setup script might start an upstream server on a random port. This port could be `provide()`d and then `inject()`ed in the configuration for an external service binding or [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/). Refer to the [Hyperdrive recipe](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/hyperdrive) for an example project using this provide/inject approach.

    <Details header="Illustrative example">

    ```ts
    // env.d.ts
    declare module "vitest" {
      interface ProvidedContext {
        port: number;
      }
    }

    // global-setup.ts
    import type { GlobalSetupContext } from "vitest/node";
    export default function ({ provide }: GlobalSetupContext) {
      // Runs inside Node.js, could start server here...
      provide("port", 1337);
      return () => { /* ...then teardown here */ };
    }

    // vitest.config.ts
    import { defineWorkersConfig } from "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config";
    export default defineWorkersConfig({
      test: {
        globalSetup: ["./global-setup.ts"],
        pool: "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers",
        poolOptions: {
          workers: ({ inject }) => ({
            miniflare: {
              hyperdrives: {
                DATABASE: `postgres://user:pass@example.com:${inject("port")}/db`,
              },
            },
          }),
        },
      },
    });
    ```


    </Details>



## `SourcelessWorkerOptions`

Sourceless `WorkerOptions` type without `script`, `scriptPath`, or `modules` properties. Refer to the Miniflare [`WorkerOptions`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare#interface-workeroptions) type for more details.

```ts
type SourcelessWorkerOptions = Omit<
	WorkerOptions,
	"script" | "scriptPath" | "modules" | "modulesRoot"
>;
```

---

# Isolation and concurrency

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/isolation-and-concurrency/

Review how the Workers Vitest integration runs your tests, how it isolates tests from each other, and how it imports modules.

## Run tests

When you run your tests with the Workers Vitest integration, Vitest will:

1. Read and evaluate your configuration file using Node.js.
2. Run any [`globalSetup`](https://vitest.dev/config/#globalsetup) files using Node.js.
3. Collect and sequence test files.
4. For each Vitest project, depending on its configured isolation and concurrency, start one or more [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) processes, each running one or more Workers.
5. Run [`setupFiles`](https://vitest.dev/config/#setupfiles) and test files in `workerd` using the appropriate Workers.
6. Watch for changes and re-run test files using the same Workers if the configuration has not changed.

## Isolation and concurrency models

The [`isolatedStorage` and `singleWorker`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/#workerspooloptions) configuration options both control isolation and concurrency. The Workers Vitest integration tries to minimise the number of `workerd` processes it starts, reusing Workers and their module caches between test runs where possible. The current implementation of isolated storage requires each `workerd` process to run one test file at a time, and does not support `.concurrent` tests. A copy of all auxiliary `workers` exists in each `workerd` process.

By default, the `isolatedStorage` option is enabled. We recommend you enable the `singleWorker: true` option if you have lots of small test files.

### `isolatedStorage: true, singleWorker: false` (Default)

In this model, a `workerd` process is started for each test file. Test files are executed concurrently but `.concurrent` tests are not supported. Each test will read/write from an isolated storage environment, and bind to its own set of auxiliary `workers`.

![Isolation Model: Isolated Storage & No Single Worker](~/assets/images/workers/testing/vitest/isolation-model-3-isolated-storage-no-single-worker.svg)

### `isolatedStorage: true, singleWorker: true`

In this model, a single `workerd` process is started with a single Worker for all test files. Test files are executed in serial and `.concurrent` tests are not supported. Each test will read/write from an isolated storage environment, and bind to the same auxiliary `workers`.

![Isolation Model: Isolated Storage & Single Worker](~/assets/images/workers/testing/vitest/isolation-model-4-isolated-storage-single-worker.svg)

### `isolatedStorage: false, singleWorker: false`

In this model, a single `workerd` process is started with a Worker for each test file. Tests files are executed concurrently and `.concurrent` tests are supported. Every test will read/write from the same shared storage, and bind to the same auxiliary `workers`.

![Isolation Model: No Isolated Storage & No Single Worker](~/assets/images/workers/testing/vitest/isolation-model-1-no-isolated-storage-no-single-worker.svg)

### `isolatedStorage: false, singleWorker: true`

In this model, a single `workerd` process is started with a single Worker for all test files. Test files are executed in serial but `.concurrent` tests are supported. Every test will read/write from the same shared storage, and bind to the same auxiliary `workers`.

![Isolation Model: No Isolated Storage & Single Worker](~/assets/images/workers/testing/vitest/isolation-model-2-no-isolated-storage-single-worker.svg)

## Modules

Each Worker has its own module cache. As Workers are reused between test runs, their module caches are also reused. Vitest invalidates parts of the module cache at the start of each test run based on changed files.

The Workers Vitest pool works by running code inside a Cloudflare Worker that Vitest would usually run inside a [Node.js Worker thread](https://nodejs.org/api/worker_threads.html). To make this possible, the pool **automatically injects** the [`nodejs_compat`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag), [`no_nodejs_compat_v2`] and [`export_commonjs_default`](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#commonjs-modules-do-not-export-a-module-namespace) compatibility flags. This is the minimal compatibility setup that still allows Vitest to run correctly, but without pulling in polyfills and globals that aren't required. If you already have a Node.js compatibility flag defined in your configuration, Vitest Pool Workers will not try to add those flags.

:::caution


Using Vitest Pool Workers may cause your Worker to behave differently when deployed than during testing as the `nodejs_compat` flag is enabled by default. This means that Node.js-specific APIs and modules are available when running your tests. However, Cloudflare Workers do not support these Node.js APIs in the production environment unless you specify this flag in your Worker configuration.

If you do not have a `nodejs_compat` or `nodejs_compat_v2` flag in your configuration and you import a Node.js module in your Worker code, your tests may pass, but you will find that you will not be able to deploy this Worker, as the upload call (either via the REST API or via Wrangler) will throw an error.

However, if you use Node.js globals that are not supported by the runtime, your Worker upload will be successful, but you may see errors in production code. Let's create a contrived example to illustrate the issue.

The `wrangler.toml` does not specify either `nodejs_compat` or `nodejs_compat_v2`:

```toml
name = "test"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-12-16"
# no nodejs_compat flags here
```

In our `src/index.ts` file, we use the `process` object, which is a Node.js global, unavailable in the Workerd runtime:

```typescript
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		process.env.TEST = 'test';
		return new Response(process.env.TEST);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The test is a simple assertion that the Worker managed to use `process`.

```typescript
it('responds with "test"', async () => {
	const response = await SELF.fetch('https://example.com/');
	expect(await response.text()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"test"`);
});
```

Now, if we run `npm run test`, we see that the tests will _pass_:

```
 ✓ test/index.spec.ts (1)
   ✓ responds with "test"

 Test Files  1 passed (1)
      Tests  1 passed (1)
```

And we can run `wrangler dev` and `wrangler deploy` without issues. It _looks like_ our code is fine. However, this code will fail in production as `process` is not available in the Workerd runtime.

To fix the issue, we either need to avoid using Node.js APIs, or add the `nodejs_compat` flag to our Wrangler configuration.

:::

---

# Known issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/known-issues/

The Workers Vitest pool is currently in open beta. The following are issues Cloudflare is aware of and fixing:

### Coverage

Native code coverage via [V8](https://v8.dev/blog/javascript-code-coverage) is not supported. You must use instrumented code coverage via [Istanbul](https://istanbul.js.org/) instead. Refer to the [Vitest Coverage documentation](https://vitest.dev/guide/coverage) for setup instructions.

### Fake timers

Vitest's [fake timers](https://vitest.dev/guide/mocking.html#timers) do not apply to KV, R2 and cache simulators. For example, you cannot expire a KV key by advancing fake time.

### Dynamic `import()` statements with `SELF` and Durable Objects

Dynamic `import()` statements do not work inside `export default { ... }` handlers when writing integration tests with `SELF`, or inside Durable Object event handlers. You must import and call your handlers directly, or use static `import` statements in the global scope.

### Durable Object alarms

Durable Object alarms are not reset between test runs and do not respect isolated storage. Ensure you delete or run all alarms with [`runDurableObjectAlarm()`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/#durable-objects) scheduled in each test before finishing the test.

### Durable Objects and `isolatedStorage`

Using WebSockets with Durable Objects with the [`isolatedStorage`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/isolation-and-concurrency) flag turned on is not supported. You must set `isolatedStorage: false` in your `vitest.config.ts` file.

### Returning non-primitive values from RPC methods

In order to return non-primitive values (objects or classes extending `RpcTarget`, for instance) from RPC methods, you must use the `using` keyword. Refer to [https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle#explicit-resource-management](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle#explicit-resource-management) for more details. An [example test](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/rpc/test/unit.test.ts#L155) is included in the `workers-sdk` repository.

---

# Recipes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/recipes/

Recipes are examples that help demonstrate how to write unit tests and integration tests for Workers projects using the [`@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers) package.

- [Basic unit and integration tests using `SELF`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/basics-unit-integration-self)
- [Basic integration tests using an auxiliary Worker](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/basics-integration-auxiliary)
- [Isolated tests using KV, R2 and the Cache API](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/kv-r2-caches)
- [Isolated tests using D1 with migrations](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/d1)
- [Isolated tests using Durable Objects with direct access](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/durable-objects)
- [Tests using Queue producers and consumers](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/queues)
- [Tests using Hyperdrive with a Vitest managed TCP server](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/hyperdrive)
- [Tests using declarative/imperative outbound request mocks](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/request-mocking)
- [Tests using multiple auxiliary Workers and request mocks](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/multiple-workers)
- [Tests importing WebAssembly modules](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/web-assembly)
- [Tests using JSRPC with entrypoints and Durable Objects](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/rpc)
- [Basic integration test for a Worker with static assets](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/workers-assets)
- [Integration test with static assets and Puppeteer](https://github.com/GregBrimble/puppeteer-vitest-workers-assets)

---

# Test APIs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/

The Workers Vitest integration provides runtime helpers for writing tests in the `cloudflare:test` module. The `cloudflare:test` module is provided by the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package, but can only be imported from test files that execute in the Workers runtime.

## `cloudflare:test` module definition



* <code>env</code>: import("cloudflare:test").ProvidedEnv

  * Exposes the [`env` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters) for use as the second argument passed to ES modules format exported handlers. This provides access to [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) that you have defined in your [Vitest configuration file](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/).

    <br/>

    ```js
    import { env } from "cloudflare:test";

    it("uses binding", async () => {
      await env.KV_NAMESPACE.put("key", "value");
      expect(await env.KV_NAMESPACE.get("key")).toBe("value");
    });
    ```

    To configure the type of this value, use an ambient module type:

    ```ts
    declare module "cloudflare:test" {
      interface ProvidedEnv {
        KV_NAMESPACE: KVNamespace;
      }
      // ...or if you have an existing `Env` type...
      interface ProvidedEnv extends Env {}
    }
    ```

* <code>SELF</code>: Fetcher

  * [Service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to the default export defined in the `main` Worker. Use this to write integration tests against your Worker. The `main` Worker runs in the same isolate/context as tests so any global mocks will apply to it too.

    <br/>

    ```js
    import { SELF } from "cloudflare:test";

    it("dispatches fetch event", async () => {
      const response = await SELF.fetch("https://example.com");
      expect(await response.text()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(...);
    });
    ```

* <code>fetchMock</code>: import("undici").MockAgent

  * Declarative interface for mocking outbound `fetch()` requests. Deactivated by default and reset before running each test file. Refer to [`undici`'s `MockAgent` documentation](https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockAgent) for more information. Note this only mocks `fetch()` requests for the current test runner Worker. Auxiliary Workers should mock `fetch()`es using the Miniflare `fetchMock`/`outboundService` options. Refer to [Configuration](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/#workerspooloptions) for more information.

    <br/>

    ```js
    import { fetchMock } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { beforeAll, afterEach, it, expect } from "vitest";

    beforeAll(() => {
      // Enable outbound request mocking...
      fetchMock.activate();
      // ...and throw errors if an outbound request isn't mocked
      fetchMock.disableNetConnect();
    });
    // Ensure we matched every mock we defined
    afterEach(() => fetchMock.assertNoPendingInterceptors());

    it("mocks requests", async () => {
      // Mock the first request to `https://example.com`
      fetchMock
        .get("https://example.com")
        .intercept({ path: "/" })
        .reply(200, "body");

      const response = await fetch("https://example.com/");
      expect(await response.text()).toBe("body");
    });
    ```



### Events



* <code>createExecutionContext()</code>: ExecutionContext

  * Creates an instance of the [`context` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#parameters) for use as the third argument to ES modules format exported handlers.

* <code>waitOnExecutionContext(ctx:ExecutionContext)</code>: Promise\<void>

  * Use this to wait for all Promises passed to `ctx.waitUntil()` to settle, before running test assertions on any side effects. Only accepts instances of `ExecutionContext` returned by `createExecutionContext()`.

    <br/>

    ```ts
    import { env, createExecutionContext, waitOnExecutionContext } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { it, expect } from "vitest";
    import worker from "./index.mjs";

    it("calls fetch handler", async () => {
      const request = new Request("https://example.com");
      const ctx = createExecutionContext();
      const response = await worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
      await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
      expect(await response.text()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(...);
    });
    ```

* <code>createScheduledController(options?:FetcherScheduledOptions)</code>: ScheduledController

  * Creates an instance of `ScheduledController` for use as the first argument to modules-format [`scheduled()`](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/) exported handlers.

    <br/>

    ```ts
    import { env, createScheduledController, createExecutionContext, waitOnExecutionContext } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { it, expect } from "vitest";
    import worker from "./index.mjs";

    it("calls scheduled handler", async () => {
      const ctrl = createScheduledController({
        scheduledTime: new Date(1000),
        cron: "30 * * * *"
      });
      const ctx = createExecutionContext();
      await worker.scheduled(ctrl, env, ctx);
      await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
    });
    ```

* <code>createMessageBatch(queueName:string, messages:ServiceBindingQueueMessage\[])</code>: MessageBatch

  * Creates an instance of `MessageBatch` for use as the first argument to modules-format [`queue()`](/queues/configuration/javascript-apis/#consumer) exported handlers.

* <code>getQueueResult(batch:MessageBatch, ctx:ExecutionContext)</code>: Promise\<FetcherQueueResult>

  * Gets the acknowledged/retry state of messages in the `MessageBatch`, and waits for all `ExecutionContext#waitUntil()`ed `Promise`s to settle. Only accepts instances of `MessageBatch` returned by `createMessageBatch()`, and instances of `ExecutionContext` returned by `createExecutionContext()`.

    <br/>

    ```ts
    import { env, createMessageBatch, createExecutionContext, getQueueResult } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { it, expect } from "vitest";
    import worker from "./index.mjs";

    it("calls queue handler", async () => {
      const batch = createMessageBatch("my-queue", [
        {
          id: "message-1",
          timestamp: new Date(1000),
          body: "body-1"
        }
      ]);
      const ctx = createExecutionContext();
      await worker.queue(batch, env, ctx);
      const result = await getQueueResult(batch, ctx);
      expect(result.ackAll).toBe(false);
      expect(result.retryBatch).toMatchObject({ retry: false });
      expect(result.explicitAcks).toStrictEqual(["message-1"]);
      expect(result.retryMessages).toStrictEqual([]);
    });
    ```



### Durable Objects



* <code>runInDurableObject\<O extends DurableObject, R>(stub:DurableObjectStub, callback:(instance: O, state: DurableObjectState) => R | Promise\<R>)</code>: Promise\<R>

  * Runs the provided `callback` inside the Durable Object that corresponds to the provided `stub`.

    <br/>

    This temporarily replaces your Durable Object's `fetch()` handler with `callback`, then sends a request to it, returning the result. This can be used to call/spy-on Durable Object methods or seed/get persisted data. Note this can only be used with `stub`s pointing to Durable Objects defined in the `main` Worker.

    <br/>

    ```ts
    export class Counter {
      constructor(readonly state: DurableObjectState) {}

      async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
        let count = (await this.state.storage.get<number>("count")) ?? 0;
        void this.state.storage.put("count", ++count);
        return new Response(count.toString());
    	}
    }
    ```

    ```ts
    import { env, runInDurableObject } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { it, expect } from "vitest";
    import { Counter } from "./index.ts";

    it("increments count", async () => {
      const id = env.COUNTER.newUniqueId();
      const stub = env.COUNTER.get(id);
      let response = await stub.fetch("https://example.com");
      expect(await response.text()).toBe("1");

      response = await runInDurableObject(stub, async (instance: Counter, state) => {
        expect(instance).toBeInstanceOf(Counter);
        expect(await state.storage.get<number>("count")).toBe(1);

        const request = new Request("https://example.com");
        return instance.fetch(request);
      });
      expect(await response.text()).toBe("2");
    });
    ```

* <code>runDurableObjectAlarm(stub:DurableObjectStub)</code>: Promise\<boolean>

  * Immediately runs and removes the Durable Object pointed to by `stub`'s alarm if one is scheduled. Returns `true` if an alarm ran, and `false` otherwise. Note this can only be used with `stub`s pointing to Durable Objects defined in the `main` Worker.

* <code>listDurableObjectIds(namespace:DurableObjectNamespace)</code>: Promise\<DurableObjectId\[]>

  * Gets the IDs of all objects that have been created in the `namespace`. Respects `isolatedStorage` if enabled, meaning objects created in a different test will not be returned.

    <br/>

    ```ts
    import { env, listDurableObjectIds } from "cloudflare:test";
    import { it, expect } from "vitest";

    it("increments count", async () => {
      const id = env.COUNTER.newUniqueId();
      const stub = env.COUNTER.get(id);
      const response = await stub.fetch("https://example.com");
      expect(await response.text()).toBe("1");

      const ids = await listDurableObjectIds(env.COUNTER);
      expect(ids.length).toBe(1);
      expect(ids[0].equals(id)).toBe(true);
    });
    ```



### D1



* <code>applyD1Migrations(db:D1Database, migrations:D1Migration\[], migrationTableName?:string)</code>: Promise\<void>

  * Applies all un-applied [D1 migrations](/d1/reference/migrations/) stored in the `migrations` array to database `db`, recording migrations state in the `migrationsTableName` table. `migrationsTableName` defaults to `d1_migrations`. Call the [`readD1Migrations()`](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/#functions) function from the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config` package inside Node.js to get the `migrations` array. Refer to the [D1 recipe](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples/d1) for an example project using migrations.

---

# Automate analytics reporting with Cloudflare Workers and email routing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/automated-analytics-reporting/

import { Render, PackageManagers, TabItem, Tabs, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will create a [Cloudflare Worker](https://workers.cloudflare.com/) that fetches analytics data about your account from Cloudflare's [GraphQL Analytics API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/). You will be able to view the account analytics data in your browser and receive a scheduled email report.

You will learn:

1. How to create a Worker using the `c3` CLI.
2. How to fetch analytics data from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API.
3. How to send an email with a Worker.
4. How to schedule the Worker to run at a specific time.
5. How to store secrets and environment variables in your Worker.
6. How to test the Worker locally.
7. How to deploy the Worker to Cloudflare's edge network.

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you:

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

3. [Add a domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to your Cloudflare account.
4. [Enable Email Routing](/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/) for your domain.
5. Create Cloudflare's [Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/).

## 1. Create a Worker

While you can create a Worker using the Cloudflare dashboard, creating a Worker using the `c3` CLI is recommended as it provides a more streamlined development experience and allows you to test your Worker locally.

First, use the `c3` CLI to create a new Cloudflare Workers project.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"account-analytics"}
/>

In this tutorial, name your Worker as `account-analytics`.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Now, the Worker is set up. Move into your project directory:

```sh
cd account-analytics
```

To continue with this tutorial, install the [`mimetext`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mimetext) package:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm install mimetext
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm install mimetext
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn add mimetext
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Update Wrangler configuration file

[`wrangler.json`](/workers/wrangler/configuration/) contains the configuration for your Worker. It was created when you ran `c3` CLI. Open `wrangler.json` in your code editor and update it with the following configuration:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml
name = "account-analytics"
main = "src/index.js"

compatibility_date = "2024-11-01"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

# Set destination_address to the email address where you want to receive the report
send_email = [
    {name = "ANALYTICS_EMAIL", destination_address = "<>"}
]

# Schedule the Worker to run every day at 10:00 AM
[triggers]
crons = ["0 10 * * *"]

# Enable observability to view Worker logs
[observability]
enabled = true

[vars]
# This value shows the name of the sender in the email
SENDER_NAME = "Cloudflare Analytics Worker"

# This email address will be used as the sender of the email
SENDER_EMAIL = "<>"

# This email address will be used as the recipient of the email
RECIPIENT_EMAIL = "<>"

# This value will be used as the subject of the email
EMAIL_SUBJECT = "Cloudflare Analytics Report"
```
</WranglerConfig>

Before you continue, update the following:

1. `destination_address`: Enter the email address where you want to receive the analytics report.
2. `[VARS]`: Enter the environment variable values you want to use in your Worker.

:::note[IMPORTANT]
`destination_address` and `RECIPIENT_EMAIL` **must** contain [Email Routing verified email](/email-routing/get-started/enable-email-routing/) address.

`SENDER_EMAIL` **must** be an email address on a domain that is added to your Cloudflare domain and has Email Routing enabled.

:::

## 3. Update the Worker code

You will now add the code step by step to the `src/index.js` file. This tutorial will explain each part of the code.

### Add the required modules and Handlers

While you are in your project directory, open `src/index.js` in your code editor and update it with the following code:

```js
// Import required modules for email handling
import { EmailMessage } from "cloudflare:email";
import { createMimeMessage } from "mimetext";

export default {
	// HTTP request handler - This Handler is invoked when the Worker is accessed via HTTP
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		try {
			const analyticsData = await fetchAnalytics(env);
			const formattedContent = formatContent(
				analyticsData.data,
				analyticsData.formattedDate,
			);
			return new Response(formattedContent, {
				headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain" },
			});
		} catch (error) {
			console.error("Error:", error);
			return new Response(`Error: ${error.message}`, {
				status: 500,
				headers: { "Content-Type": "text/plain" },
			});
		}
	},

	// Scheduled task handler - This Handler is invoked via a Cron Trigger
	async scheduled(event, env, ctx) {
		try {
			const analyticsData = await fetchAnalytics(env);
			const formattedContent = formatContent(
				analyticsData.data,
				analyticsData.formattedDate,
			);
			await sendEmail(env, formattedContent);
			console.log("Analytics email sent successfully");
		} catch (error) {
			console.error("Failed to send analytics email:", error);
		}
	},
};
```

The code above defines two [Worker Handlers](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/):

- `fetch`: This Handler executes when the Worker is accessed via HTTP. It fetches the analytics data, formats it and returns it as a response.
- `scheduled`: This Handler executes at the scheduled time. It fetches the analytics data, formats it and sends an email with the analytics data.

### Add the analytics fetching function

Add the following function to the `src/index.js` file, below the Handlers:

```js
async function fetchAnalytics(env) {
	// Calculate yesterday's date for the report and format it for display
	const yesterday = new Date();
	yesterday.setDate(yesterday.getDate() - 1);
	const dateString = yesterday.toISOString().split("T")[0];
	const formattedDate = yesterday.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
		weekday: "long",
		year: "numeric",
		month: "long",
		day: "numeric",
	});

	// Fetch analytics data from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API
	const response = await fetch(`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql`, {
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Bearer ${env.CF_API_TOKEN}`,
			"Content-Type": "application/json",
		},
		body: JSON.stringify({
			query: `
                query GetAnalytics($accountTag: String!, $date: String!) {
                    viewer {
                        accounts(filter: { accountTag: $accountTag }) {
                            httpRequests1dGroups(limit: 1, filter: { date: $date }) {
                                sum {
                                    requests
                                    pageViews
                                    bytes
                                    encryptedRequests
                                    encryptedBytes
                                    cachedRequests
                                    cachedBytes
                                    threats
                                    browserMap {
                                        pageViews
                                        uaBrowserFamily
                                    }
                                    responseStatusMap {
                                        requests
                                        edgeResponseStatus
                                    }
                                    clientHTTPVersionMap {
                                        requests
                                        clientHTTPProtocol
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            `,
			variables: {
				accountTag: env.CF_ACCOUNT_ID,
				date: dateString,
			},
		}),
	});

	const data = await response.json();
	if (data.errors) {
		throw new Error(`GraphQL Error: ${JSON.stringify(data.errors)}`);
	}

	return { data, formattedDate };
}
```

In the code above, the `fetchAnalytics` function fetches analytics data from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API. The `fetchAnalytics` function calculates yesterday's date, formats the date for display, and sends a GraphQL query to the Analytics API to fetch the analytics data.

:::note
`env.CF_API_TOKEN` and `env.CF_ACCOUNT_ID` are [Worker Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/). These variables are used to authenticate the request and fetch the analytics data for the specified account. You will add these secrets to your Worker after the code is complete.
:::

This function returns the **raw** data for the previous day, including:

- Traffic overview data (Total requests, Page views and Blocked threats)
- Bandwidth data (Total bandwidth, Encrypted bandwidth and Cached bandwidth)
- Caching and Encryption data (Encrypted requests, Cached requests, Encryption rate and Cache rate)
- Browser data (Page views by browser)
- HTTP status code data (Requests by status code)
- HTTP version data (Requests by HTTP version)

This data will be used to generate the analytics report. In the following step, you will add the function that formats this data.

### Add the data formatting function

Add the following function to the `src/index.js` file, below the `fetchAnalytics` function:

```js
function formatContent(analyticsData, formattedDate) {
	const stats =
		analyticsData.data.viewer.accounts[0].httpRequests1dGroups[0].sum;

	// Helper function to format bytes into human-readable format
	const formatBytes = (bytes) => {
		if (bytes === 0) return "0 Bytes";
		const k = 1024;
		const sizes = ["Bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB"];
		const i = Math.floor(Math.log(bytes) / Math.log(k));
		return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(2)) + " " + sizes[i];
	};

	// Format browser statistics
	const browserData = stats.browserMap
		.sort((a, b) => b.pageViews - a.pageViews)
		.map((b) => `    ${b.uaBrowserFamily}: ${b.pageViews} views`)
		.join("\n");

	// Format HTTP status code statistics
	const statusData = stats.responseStatusMap
		.sort((a, b) => b.requests - a.requests)
		.map((s) => `    ${s.edgeResponseStatus}: ${s.requests} requests`)
		.join("\n");

	// Format HTTP version statistics
	const httpVersionData = stats.clientHTTPVersionMap
		.sort((a, b) => b.requests - a.requests)
		.map((h) => `    ${h.clientHTTPProtocol}: ${h.requests} requests`)
		.join("\n");

	// Return formatted report
	return `
CLOUDFLARE ANALYTICS REPORT
==========================
Generated for: ${formattedDate}

TRAFFIC OVERVIEW
---------------
    Total Requests: ${stats.requests.toLocaleString()}
    Page Views: ${stats.pageViews.toLocaleString()}
    Security Threats Blocked: ${stats.threats.toLocaleString()}

BANDWIDTH
---------
    Total Bandwidth: ${formatBytes(stats.bytes)}
    Encrypted Bandwidth: ${formatBytes(stats.encryptedBytes)}
    Cached Bandwidth: ${formatBytes(stats.cachedBytes)}

CACHING & ENCRYPTION
-------------------
    Total Requests: ${stats.requests.toLocaleString()}
    Encrypted Requests: ${stats.encryptedRequests.toLocaleString()}
    Cached Requests: ${stats.cachedRequests.toLocaleString()}
    Encryption Rate: ${((stats.encryptedRequests / stats.requests) * 100).toFixed(1)}%
    Cache Rate: ${((stats.cachedRequests / stats.requests) * 100).toFixed(1)}%

BROWSERS
--------
${browserData}

HTTP STATUS CODES
---------------
${statusData}

HTTP VERSIONS
------------
${httpVersionData}
`;
}
```

At this point, you have defined the `fetchAnalytics` function that fetches raw analytics data from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API and the `formatContent` function that formats the analytics data into a human-readable report.

### Add the email sending function

Add the following function to the `src/index.js` file, below the `formatContent` function:

```js
async function sendEmail(env, content) {
	// Create and configure email message
	const msg = createMimeMessage();

	msg.setSender({
		name: env.SENDER_NAME,
		addr: env.SENDER_EMAIL,
	});

	msg.setRecipient(env.RECIPIENT_EMAIL);
	msg.setSubject(env.EMAIL_SUBJECT);

	msg.addMessage({
		contentType: "text/plain",
		data: content,
	});

	// Send email using Cloudflare Email Routing service
	const message = new EmailMessage(
		env.SENDER_EMAIL,
		env.RECIPIENT_EMAIL,
		msg.asRaw(),
	);

	try {
		await env.ANALYTICS_EMAIL.send(message);
	} catch (error) {
		throw new Error(`Failed to send email: ${error.message}`);
	}
}
```

This function sends an email with the formatted analytics data to the specified recipient email address using Cloudflare's Email Routing service.

:::note
`sendEmail` function uses multiple environment variables that are set in the Wrangler file.
:::

## 4. Test the Worker

Now that you have updated the Worker code, you can test it locally using the `wrangler dev` command. This command starts a local server that runs your Worker code.

Before you run the Worker, you need to add two Worker secrets:

- `CF_API_TOKEN`: Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API token you created earlier.
- `CF_ACCOUNT_ID`: Your Cloudflare account ID. You can find your account ID in the Cloudflare dashboard under the **Workers & Pages** Overview tab.

Create a `.dev.vars` file in the root of your project directory and add the following:

```sh
CF_API_TOKEN=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN
CF_ACCOUNT_ID=YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID
```

Now, run the Worker locally:

```sh
npx wrangler dev --remote
```

Open the `http://localhost:8787` URL on your browser. The browser will display analytics data.

## 5. Deploy the Worker and Worker secrets

Once you have tested the Worker locally, you can deploy your Worker to Cloudflare's edge network:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

CLI command will output the URL where your Worker is deployed. Before you can use this URL in your browser to view the analytics data, you need to add two Worker secrets you already have locally to your deployed Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put <secret>
```

Replace `<secret>` with the name of the secret you want to add. Repeat this command for `CF_API_TOKEN` and `CF_ACCOUNT_ID` secrets.

Once you put the secrets, preview your analytics data at `account-analytics.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. You will also receive an email report to the specified recipient email address every day at 10:00 AM.

If you want to disable a public URL for your Worker, you can do so by following these steps:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**, then select `account-analytics` Worker.

3. Go to **Settings** > **Domains & Routes**.

4. Select **Disable** to disable the public `account-analytics.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev` URL.

You have successfully created, tested and deployed a Worker that fetches analytics data from Cloudflare's GraphQL Analytics API and sends an email report via Email Routing.

## Related resources

To build more with Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with other developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Build a todo list Jamstack application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/build-a-jamstack-app/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a todo list application using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The application data will be stored in [Workers KV](/kv/api/).

![Preview of a finished todo list. Continue reading for instructions on how to set up a todo list.](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/jamstack/finished.png)

Before starting this project, you should have some experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You will learn:

1. How building with Workers makes allows you to focus on writing code and ship finished products.
2. How the addition of Workers KV makes this tutorial a great introduction to building full, data-driven applications.

If you would like to see the finished code for this project, find the [project on GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/cloudflare-workers-todos) and refer to the [live demo](https://todos.examples.workers.dev/) to review what you will be building.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## 1. Create a new Workers project

First, use the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) CLI tool to create a new Cloudflare Workers project named `todos`. In this tutorial, you will use the default `Hello World` template to create a Workers project.

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"todos"} />

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd todos
```

Inside of your new `todos` Worker project directory, `index.js` represents the entry point to your Cloudflare Workers application.

All incoming HTTP requests to a Worker are passed to the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/) as a [request](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object. After a request is received by the Worker, the response your application constructs will be returned to the user. This tutorial will guide you through understanding how the request/response pattern works and how you can use it to build fully featured applications.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

In your default `index.js` file, you can see that request/response pattern in action. The `fetch` constructs a new `Response` with the body text `'Hello World!'`.

When a Worker receives a `request`, the Worker returns the newly constructed response to the client. Your Worker will serve new responses directly from [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network) instead of continuing to your origin server. A standard server would accept requests and return responses. Cloudflare Workers allows you to respond by constructing responses directly on the Cloudflare global network.

## 2. Review project details

Any project you deploy to Cloudflare Workers can make use of modern JavaScript tooling like [ES modules](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/), `npm` packages, and [`async`/`await`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function) functions to build your application. In addition to writing Workers, you can use Workers to [build full applications](/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot/) using the same tooling and process as in this tutorial.

In this tutorial, you will build a todo list application running on Workers that allows reading data from a [KV](/kv/) store and using the data to populate an HTML response to send to the client.

The work needed to create this application is split into three tasks:

1. Write data to KV.
2. Rendering data from KV.
3. Adding todos from the application UI.

For the remainder of this tutorial you will complete each task, iterating on your application, and then publish it to your own domain.

## 3. Write data to KV

To begin, you need to understand how to populate your todo list with actual data. To do this, use [Cloudflare Workers KV](/kv/) — a key-value store that you can access inside of your Worker to read and write data.

To get started with KV, set up a namespace. All of your cached data will be stored inside that namespace and, with configuration, you can access that namespace inside the Worker with a predefined variable. Use Wrangler to create a new namespace called `TODOS` with the [`kv:namespace create` command](/workers/wrangler/commands/#kv-namespace-create) and get the associated namespace ID by running the following command in your terminal:

```sh title="Create a new KV namespace"
npx wrangler kv:namespace create "TODOS" --preview
```

The associated namespace can be combined with a `--preview` flag to interact with a preview namespace instead of a production namespace. Namespaces can be added to your application by defining them inside your Wrangler configuration. Copy your newly created namespace ID, and in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, define a `kv_namespaces` key to set up your namespace:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
kv_namespaces = [
  {binding = "TODOS", id = "<YOUR_ID>", preview_id = "<YOUR_PREVIEW_ID>"}
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

The defined namespace, `TODOS`, will now be available inside of your codebase. With that, it is time to understand the [KV API](/kv/api/). A KV namespace has three primary methods you can use to interface with your cache: `get`, `put`, and `delete`.

Start storing data by defining an initial set of data, which you will put inside of the cache using the `put` method. The following example defines a `defaultData` object instead of an array of todo items. You may want to store metadata and other information inside of this cache object later on. Given that data object, use `JSON.stringify` to add a string into the cache:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const defaultData = {
			todos: [
				{
					id: 1,
					name: "Finish the Cloudflare Workers blog post",
					completed: false,
				},
			],
		};
		await env.TODOS.put("data", JSON.stringify(defaultData));
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

Workers KV is an eventually consistent, global datastore. Any writes within a region are immediately reflected within that same region but will not be immediately available in other regions. However, those writes will eventually be available everywhere and, at that point, Workers KV guarantees that data within each region will be consistent.

Given the presence of data in the cache and the assumption that your cache is eventually consistent, this code needs a slight adjustment: the application should check the cache and use its value, if the key exists. If it does not, you will use `defaultData` as the data source for now (it should be set in the future) and write it to the cache for future use. After breaking out the code into a few functions for simplicity, the result looks like this:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const defaultData = {
			todos: [
				{
					id: 1,
					name: "Finish the Cloudflare Workers blog post",
					completed: false,
				},
			],
		};
		const setCache = (data) => env.TODOS.put("data", data);
		const getCache = () => env.TODOS.get("data");

		let data;

		const cache = await getCache();
		if (!cache) {
			await setCache(JSON.stringify(defaultData));
			data = defaultData;
		} else {
			data = JSON.parse(cache);
		}

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(data));
	},
};
```

## Render data from KV

Given the presence of data in your code, which is the cached data object for your application, you should take this data and render it in a user interface.

To do this, make a new `html` variable in your Workers script and use it to build up a static HTML template that you can serve to the client. In `fetch`, construct a new `Response` with a `Content-Type: text/html` header and serve it to the client:

```js
const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
    <title>Todos</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Todos</h1>
  </body>
</html>
`;

async fetch (request, env, ctx) {
  // previous code
  return new Response(html, {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/html'
      }
    });
}
```

You have a static HTML site being rendered and you can begin populating it with data. In the body, add a `div` tag with an `id` of `todos`:

```js null {10}
const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
    <title>Todos</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Todos</h1>
    <div id="todos"></div>
  </body>
</html>
`;
```

Add a `<script>` element at the end of the body content that takes a `todos` array. For each `todo` in the array, create a `div` element and appends it to the `todos` HTML element:

```js null {12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}
const html = `<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
    <title>Todos</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Todos</h1>
    <div id="todos"></div>
  </body>
  <script>
    window.todos = []
    var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
    window.todos.forEach(todo => {
      var el = document.createElement("div")
      el.textContent = todo.name
      todoContainer.appendChild(el)
    })
  </script>
</html>
`;
```

Your static page can take in `window.todos` and render HTML based on it, but you have not actually passed in any data from KV. To do this, you will need to make a few changes.

First, your `html` variable will change to a function. The function will take in a `todos` argument, which will populate the `window.todos` variable in the above code sample:

```js null {1,6}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    window.todos = ${todos}
    var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
    // ...
  <script>
</html>
`;
```

In `fetch`, use the retrieved KV data to call the `html` function and generate a `Response` based on it:

```js null {2}
async fetch (request, env, ctx) {
  const body = html(JSON.stringify(data.todos).replace(/</g, '\\u003c'));
  return new Response(body, {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/html' },
  });
}
```

## 4. Add todos from the user interface (UI)

At this point, you have built a Cloudflare Worker that takes data from Cloudflare KV and renders a static page based on that Worker. That static page reads data and generates a todo list based on that data. The remaining task is creating todos from inside the application UI. You can add todos using the KV API — update the cache by running `env.TODOS.put(newData)`.

To update a todo item, you will add a second handler in your Workers script, designed to watch for `PUT` requests to `/`. When a request body is received at that URL, the Worker will send the new todo data to your KV store.

Add this new functionality in `fetch`: if the request method is a PUT, it will take the request body and update the cache.

```js null {5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const setCache = (data) => env.TODOS.put("data", data);

		if (request.method === "PUT") {
			const body = await request.text();
			try {
				JSON.parse(body);
				await setCache(body);
				return new Response(body, { status: 200 });
			} catch (err) {
				return new Response(err, { status: 500 });
			}
		}
		// previous code
	},
};
```

Check that the request is a `PUT` and wrap the remainder of the code in a `try/catch` block. First, parse the body of the request coming in, ensuring that it is JSON, before you update the cache with the new data and return it to the user. If anything goes wrong, return a `500` status code. If the route is hit with an HTTP method other than `PUT` — for example, `POST` or `DELETE` — return a `404` error.

With this script, you can now add some dynamic functionality to your HTML page to actually hit this route. First, create an input for your todo name and a button for submitting the todo.

```js null {5,6,7,8}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <div>
    <input type="text" name="name" placeholder="A new todo"></input>
    <button id="create">Create</button>
  </div>
  <!-- existing script -->
</html>
`;
```

Given that input and button, add a corresponding JavaScript function to watch for clicks on the button — once the button is clicked, the browser will `PUT` to `/` and submit the todo.

```js null {8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    // Existing JavaScript code

    var createTodo = function() {
      var input = document.querySelector("input[name=name]")
      if (input.value.length) {
        todos = [].concat(todos, {
          id: todos.length + 1,
          name: input.value,
          completed: false,
        })
        fetch("/", {
          method: "PUT",
          body: JSON.stringify({ todos: todos }),
        })
      }
    }

    document.querySelector("#create").addEventListener("click", createTodo)
  </script>
</html>
`;
```

This code updates the cache. Remember that the KV cache is eventually consistent — even if you were to update your Worker to read from the cache and return it, you have no guarantees it will actually be up to date. Instead, update the list of todos locally, by taking your original code for rendering the todo list, making it a reusable function called `populateTodos`, and calling it when the page loads and when the cache request has finished:

```js null {6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    var populateTodos = function() {
      var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
      todoContainer.innerHTML = null
      window.todos.forEach(todo => {
        var el = document.createElement("div")
        el.textContent = todo.name
        todoContainer.appendChild(el)
      })
    }

    populateTodos()

    var createTodo = function() {
      var input = document.querySelector("input[name=name]")
      if (input.value.length) {
        todos = [].concat(todos, {
          id: todos.length + 1,
          name: input.value,
          completed: false,
        })
        fetch("/", {
          method: "PUT",
          body: JSON.stringify({ todos: todos }),
        })
        populateTodos()
        input.value = ""
      }
    }

    document.querySelector("#create").addEventListener("click", createTodo)
  </script>
`;
```

With the client-side code in place, deploying the new version of the function should put all these pieces together. The result is an actual dynamic todo list.

## 5. Update todos from the application UI

For the final piece of your todo list, you need to be able to update todos — specifically, marking them as completed.

Luckily, a great deal of the infrastructure for this work is already in place. You can update the todo list data in the cache, as evidenced by your `createTodo` function. Performing updates on a todo is more of a client-side task than a Worker-side one.

To start, the `populateTodos` function can be updated to generate a `div` for each todo. In addition, move the name of the todo into a child element of that `div`:

```js null {11,12,13}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    var populateTodos = function() {
      var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
      todoContainer.innerHTML = null
      window.todos.forEach(todo => {
        var el = document.createElement("div")
        var name = document.createElement("span")
        name.textContent = todo.name
        el.appendChild(name)
        todoContainer.appendChild(el)
      })
    }
  </script>
`;
```

You have designed the client-side part of this code to handle an array of todos and render a list of HTML elements. There is a number of things that you have been doing that you have not quite had a use for yet – specifically, the inclusion of IDs and updating the todo's completed state. These things work well together to actually support updating todos in the application UI.

To start, it would be useful to attach the ID of each todo in the HTML. By doing this, you can then refer to the element later in order to correspond it to the todo in the JavaScript part of your code. Data attributes and the corresponding `dataset` method in JavaScript are a perfect way to implement this. When you generate your `div` element for each todo, you can attach a data attribute called todo to each `div`:

```js null {11}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    var populateTodos = function() {
      var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
      todoContainer.innerHTML = null
      window.todos.forEach(todo => {
        var el = document.createElement("div")
        el.dataset.todo = todo.id

        var name = document.createElement("span")
        name.textContent = todo.name

        el.appendChild(name)
        todoContainer.appendChild(el)
      })
    }
  </script>
`;
```

Inside your HTML, each `div` for a todo now has an attached data attribute, which looks like:

```html
<div data-todo="1"></div>
<div data-todo="2"></div>
```

You can now generate a checkbox for each todo element. This checkbox will default to unchecked for new todos but you can mark it as checked as the element is rendered in the window:

```js null {13,14,15,17}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    window.todos.forEach(todo => {
      var el = document.createElement("div")
      el.dataset.todo = todo.id

      var name = document.createElement("span")
      name.textContent = todo.name

      var checkbox = document.createElement("input")
      checkbox.type = "checkbox"
      checkbox.checked = todo.completed ? 1 : 0

      el.appendChild(checkbox)
      el.appendChild(name)
      todoContainer.appendChild(el)
    })
  </script>
`;
```

The checkbox is set up to correctly reflect the value of completed on each todo but it does not yet update when you actually check the box. To do this, attach the `completeTodo` function as an event listener on the `click` event. Inside the function, inspect the checkbox element, find its parent (the todo `div`), and use its `todo` data attribute to find the corresponding todo in the data array. You can toggle the completed status, update its properties, and rerender the UI:

```js null {9,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22}
const html = (todos) => `
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <!-- existing content -->
  <script>
    var populateTodos = function() {
      window.todos.forEach(todo => {
        // Existing todo element set up code
        checkbox.addEventListener("click", completeTodo)
      })
    }

    var completeTodo = function(evt) {
      var checkbox = evt.target
      var todoElement = checkbox.parentNode

      var newTodoSet = [].concat(window.todos)
      var todo = newTodoSet.find(t => t.id == todoElement.dataset.todo)
      todo.completed = !todo.completed
      todos = newTodoSet
      updateTodos()
    }
  </script>
`;
```

The final result of your code is a system that checks the `todos` variable, updates your Cloudflare KV cache with that value, and then does a re-render of the UI based on the data it has locally.

## 6. Conclusion and next steps

By completing this tutorial, you have built a static HTML, CSS, and JavaScript application that is transparently powered by Workers and Workers KV, which take full advantage of Cloudflare's global network.

If you would like to keep improving on your project, you can implement a better design (you can refer to a live version available at [todos.signalnerve.workers.dev](https://todos.signalnerve.workers.dev/)), or make additional improvements to security and speed.

You may also want to add user-specific caching. Right now, the cache key is always `data` – this means that any visitor to the site will share the same todo list with other visitors. Within your Worker, you could use values from the client request to create and maintain user-specific lists. For example, you may generate a cache key based on the requesting IP:

```js null {15,16,22,33}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const defaultData = {
			todos: [
				{
					id: 1,
					name: "Finish the Cloudflare Workers blog post",
					completed: false,
				},
			],
		};
		const setCache = (key, data) => env.TODOS.put(key, data);
		const getCache = (key) => env.TODOS.get(key);

		const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
		const myKey = `data-${ip}`;

		if (request.method === "PUT") {
			const body = await request.text();
			try {
				JSON.parse(body);
				await setCache(myKey, body);
				return new Response(body, { status: 200 });
			} catch (err) {
				return new Response(err, { status: 500 });
			}
		}

		let data;

		const cache = await getCache();
		if (!cache) {
			await setCache(myKey, JSON.stringify(defaultData));
			data = defaultData;
		} else {
			data = JSON.parse(cache);
		}

		const body = html(JSON.stringify(data.todos).replace(/</g, "\\u003c"));

		return new Response(body, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/html",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

After making these changes and deploying the Worker one more time, your todo list application now includes per-user functionality while still taking full advantage of Cloudflare's global network.

The final version of your Worker script should look like this:

```js
const html = (todos) => `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
    <title>Todos</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tailwindcss/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
  </head>

  <body class="bg-blue-100">
    <div class="w-full h-full flex content-center justify-center mt-8">
      <div class="bg-white shadow-md rounded px-8 pt-6 py-8 mb-4">
        <h1 class="block text-grey-800 text-md font-bold mb-2">Todos</h1>
        <div class="flex">
          <input class="shadow appearance-none border rounded w-full py-2 px-3 text-grey-800 leading-tight focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" type="text" name="name" placeholder="A new todo"></input>
          <button class="bg-blue-500 hover:bg-blue-800 text-white font-bold ml-2 py-2 px-4 rounded focus:outline-none focus:shadow-outline" id="create" type="submit">Create</button>
        </div>
        <div class="mt-4" id="todos"></div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </body>

  <script>
    window.todos = ${todos}

    var updateTodos = function() {
      fetch("/", { method: "PUT", body: JSON.stringify({ todos: window.todos }) })
      populateTodos()
    }

    var completeTodo = function(evt) {
      var checkbox = evt.target
      var todoElement = checkbox.parentNode
      var newTodoSet = [].concat(window.todos)
      var todo = newTodoSet.find(t => t.id == todoElement.dataset.todo)
      todo.completed = !todo.completed
      window.todos = newTodoSet
      updateTodos()
    }

    var populateTodos = function() {
      var todoContainer = document.querySelector("#todos")
      todoContainer.innerHTML = null

      window.todos.forEach(todo => {
        var el = document.createElement("div")
        el.className = "border-t py-4"
        el.dataset.todo = todo.id

        var name = document.createElement("span")
        name.className = todo.completed ? "line-through" : ""
        name.textContent = todo.name

        var checkbox = document.createElement("input")
        checkbox.className = "mx-4"
        checkbox.type = "checkbox"
        checkbox.checked = todo.completed ? 1 : 0
        checkbox.addEventListener("click", completeTodo)

        el.appendChild(checkbox)
        el.appendChild(name)
        todoContainer.appendChild(el)
      })
    }

    populateTodos()

    var createTodo = function() {
      var input = document.querySelector("input[name=name]")
      if (input.value.length) {
        window.todos = [].concat(todos, { id: window.todos.length + 1, name: input.value, completed: false })
        input.value = ""
        updateTodos()
      }
    }

    document.querySelector("#create").addEventListener("click", createTodo)
  </script>
</html>
`;

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const defaultData = {
			todos: [
				{
					id: 1,
					name: "Finish the Cloudflare Workers blog post",
					completed: false,
				},
			],
		};
		const setCache = (key, data) => env.TODOS.put(key, data);
		const getCache = (key) => env.TODOS.get(key);

		const ip = request.headers.get("CF-Connecting-IP");
		const myKey = `data-${ip}`;

		if (request.method === "PUT") {
			const body = await request.text();
			try {
				JSON.parse(body);
				await setCache(myKey, body);
				return new Response(body, { status: 200 });
			} catch (err) {
				return new Response(err, { status: 500 });
			}
		}

		let data;

		const cache = await getCache();
		if (!cache) {
			await setCache(myKey, JSON.stringify(defaultData));
			data = defaultData;
		} else {
			data = JSON.parse(cache);
		}

		const body = html(JSON.stringify(data.todos).replace(/</g, "\\u003c"));

		return new Response(body, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/html",
			},
		});
	},
};
```

You can find the source code for this project, as well as a README with deployment instructions, [on GitHub](https://github.com/lauragift21/cloudflare-workers-todos).

---

# Build a QR code generator

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/build-a-qr-code-generator/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build and publish a Worker application that generates QR codes.

If you would like to review the code for this tutorial, the final version of the codebase is [available on GitHub](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/workers-qr-code-generator). You can take the code provided in the example repository, customize it, and deploy it for use in your own projects.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## 1. Create a new Workers project

First, use the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](/pages/get-started/c3) to create a new Cloudflare Workers project. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"qr-code-generator"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd qr-code-generator
```

Inside of your new `qr-code-generator` Worker project directory, `index.js` represents the entry point to your Cloudflare Workers application.

All Cloudflare Workers applications start by listening for `fetch` events, which are triggered when a client makes a request to a Workers route. After a request is received by the Worker, the response your application constructs will be returned to the user. This tutorial will guide you through understanding how the request/response pattern works and how you can use it to build fully featured applications.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello Worker!");
	},
};
```

In your default `index.js` file, you can see that request/response pattern in action. The `fetch` constructs a new `Response` with the body text `'Hello Worker!'`.

When a Worker receives a `fetch` event, the Worker returns the newly constructed response to the client. Your Worker will serve new responses directly from [Cloudflare's global network](https://www.cloudflare.com/network) instead of continuing to your origin server. A standard server would accept requests and return responses. Cloudflare Workers allows you to respond quickly by constructing responses directly on the Cloudflare global network.

## 2. Handle Incoming Request

Any project you publish to Cloudflare Workers can make use of modern JavaScript tooling like ES modules, `npm` packages, and [`async`/`await`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function) functions to build your application. In addition to writing Workers, you can use Workers to [build full applications](/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot/) using the same tooling and process as in this tutorial.

The QR code generator you will build in this tutorial will be a Worker that runs on a single route and receives requests. Each request will contain a text message (a URL, for example), which the function will encode into a QR code. The function will then respond with the QR code in PNG image format.

At this point in the tutorial, your Worker function can receive requests and return a simple response with the text `"Hello Worker!"`. To handle data coming into your Worker, check if the incoming request is a `POST` request:

```js null {2,3,4}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return new Response("Hello Worker!");
		}
	},
};
```

Currently, if an incoming request is not a `POST`, the function will return `undefined`. However, a Worker always needs to return a `Response`. Since the function should only accept incoming `POST` requests, return a new `Response` with a [`405` status code](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/405) if the incoming request is not a `POST`:

```js null {7,8}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return new Response("Hello Worker!");
		}

		return new Response("Expected POST request", {
			status: 405,
		});
	},
};
```

You have established the basic flow of the request. You will now set up a response to incoming valid requests. If a `POST` request comes in, the function should generate a QR code. To start, move the `"Hello Worker!"` response into a new function, `generateQRCode`, which will ultimately contain the bulk of your function’s logic:

```js null {7,8,9,10}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
		}
	},
};

async function generateQRCode(request) {
	// TODO: Include QR code generation
	return new Response("Hello worker!");
}
```

With the `generateQRCode` function filled out, call it within `fetch` function and return its result directly to the client:

```js null {4}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return generateQRCode(request);
		}
	},
};
```

## 3. Build a QR code generator

All projects deployed to Cloudflare Workers support npm packages. This support makes it easy to rapidly build out functionality in your Workers. The ['qrcode-svg'](https://github.com/papnkukn/qrcode-svg) package is a great way to take text and encode it into a QR code. In the command line, install and save 'qrcode-svg' to your project’s 'package.json':

```sh title="Installing the qr-image package"
npm install --save qrcode-svg
```

In `index.js`, import the `qrcode-svg` package as the variable `QRCode`. In the `generateQRCode` function, parse the incoming request as JSON using `request.json`, and generate a new QR code using the `qrcode-svg` package. The QR code is generated as an SVG. Construct a new instance of `Response`, passing in the SVG data as the body, and a `Content-Type` header of `image/svg+xml`. This will allow browsers to properly parse the data coming back from your Worker as an image:

```js null {1,2,3,4,5,6}
import QRCode from "qrcode-svg";

async function generateQRCode(request) {
	const { text } = await request.json();
	const qr = new QRCode({ content: text || "https://workers.dev" });
	return new Response(qr.svg(), { headers: { "Content-Type": "image/svg+xml" } });
}
```

## 4. Test in an application UI

The Worker will execute when a user sends a `POST` request to a route, but it is best practice to also provide a proper interface for testing the function. At this point in the tutorial, if any request is received by your function that is not a `POST`, a `405` response is returned. The new version of `fetch` should return a new `Response` with a static HTML document instead of the `405` error:

```js null {23-54}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return generateQRCode(request);
		}

		return new Response(landing, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/html",
			},
		});
	},
};

async function generateQRCode(request) {
	const { text } = await request.json();
	const qr = new QRCode({ content: text || "https://workers.dev" });
	return new Response(qr.svg(), { headers: { "Content-Type": "image/svg+xml" } });
}

const landing = `
<h1>QR Generator</h1>
<p>Click the below button to generate a new QR code. This will make a request to your Worker.</p>
<input type="text" id="text" value="https://workers.dev"></input>
<button onclick="generate()">Generate QR Code</button>
<p>Generated QR Code Image</p>
<img id="qr" src="#" />
<script>
	function generate() {
		fetch(window.location.pathname, {
			method: "POST",
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			body: JSON.stringify({ text: document.querySelector("#text").value })
		})
		.then(response => response.blob())
		.then(blob => {
			const reader = new FileReader();
			reader.onloadend = function () {
				document.querySelector("#qr").src = reader.result; // Update the image source with the newly generated QR code
			}
			reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
		})
	}
</script>
`;
```

The `landing` variable, which is a static HTML string, sets up an `input` tag and a corresponding `button`, which calls the `generateQRCode` function. This function will make an HTTP `POST` request back to your Worker, allowing you to see the corresponding QR code image returned on the page.

With the above steps complete, your Worker is ready. The full version of the code looks like this:

```js
const QRCode = require("qrcode-svg");

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method === "POST") {
			return generateQRCode(request);
		}

		return new Response(landing, {
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "text/html",
			},
		});
	},
};

async function generateQRCode(request) {
	const { text } = await request.json();
	const qr = new QRCode({ content: text || "https://workers.dev" });
	return new Response(qr.svg(), { headers: { "Content-Type": "image/svg+xml" } });
}

const landing = `
<h1>QR Generator</h1>
<p>Click the below button to generate a new QR code. This will make a request to your Worker.</p>
<input type="text" id="text" value="https://workers.dev"></input>
<button onclick="generate()">Generate QR Code</button>
<p>Generated QR Code Image</p>
<img id="qr" src="#" />
<script>
	function generate() {
		fetch(window.location.pathname, {
			method: "POST",
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			body: JSON.stringify({ text: document.querySelector("#text").value })
		})
		.then(response => response.blob())
		.then(blob => {
			const reader = new FileReader();
			reader.onloadend = function () {
				document.querySelector("#qr").src = reader.result; // Update the image source with the newly generated QR code
			}
			reader.readAsDataURL(blob);
		})
	}
</script>
`;
```

## 5. Deploy your Worker

With all the above steps complete, you have written the code for a QR code generator on Cloudflare Workers.

Wrangler has built-in support for bundling, uploading, and releasing your Cloudflare Workers application. To do this, run `npx wrangler deploy`, which will build and deploy your code.

```sh title="Deploy your Worker project"
npx wrangler deploy
```

## Related resources

In this tutorial, you built and deployed a Worker application for generating QR codes. If you would like to see the full source code for this application, you can find it [on GitHub](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/workers-qr-code-generator).

If you want to get started building your own projects, review the existing list of [Quickstart templates](/workers/get-started/quickstarts/).

---

# Build a Slackbot

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a [Slack](https://slack.com) bot using [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/). Your bot will make use of GitHub webhooks to send messages to a Slack channel when issues are updated or created, and allow users to write a command to look up GitHub issues from inside Slack.

![After following this tutorial, you will be able to create a Slackbot like the one in this example. Continue reading to build your Slackbot.](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/issue-command.png)

This tutorial is recommended for people who are familiar with writing web applications. You will use TypeScript as the programming language and [Hono](https://hono.dev/) as the web framework. If you have built an application with tools like [Node](https://nodejs.org) and [Express](https://expressjs.com), this project will feel very familiar to you. If you are new to writing web applications or have wanted to build something like a Slack bot in the past, but were intimidated by deployment or configuration, Workers will be a way for you to focus on writing code and shipping projects.

If you would like to review the code or how the bot works in an actual Slack channel before proceeding with this tutorial, you can access the final version of the codebase [on GitHub](https://github.com/yusukebe/workers-slack-bot). From GitHub, you can add your own Slack API keys and deploy it to your own Slack channels for testing.

---

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Set up Slack

This tutorial assumes that you already have a Slack account, and the ability to create and manage Slack applications.

### Configure a Slack application

To post messages from your Cloudflare Worker into a Slack channel, you will need to create an application in Slack’s UI. To do this, go to Slack’s API section, at [api.slack.com/apps](https://api.slack.com/apps), and select **Create New App**.

![To create a Slackbot, first create a Slack App](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/create-a-slack-app.png)

Slack applications have many features. You will make use of two of them, Incoming Webhooks and Slash Commands, to build your Worker-powered Slack bot.

#### Incoming Webhook

Incoming Webhooks are URLs that you can use to send messages to your Slack channels. Your incoming webhook will be paired with GitHub’s webhook support to send messages to a Slack channel whenever there are updates to issues in a given repository. You will see the code in more detail as you build your application. First, create a Slack webhook:

1. On the sidebar of Slack's UI, select **Incoming Webhooks**.
2. In **Webhook URLs for your Workspace**, select **Add New Webhook to Workspace**.
3. On the following screen, select the channel that you want your webhook to send messages to (you can select a room, like #general or #code, or be messaged directly by your Slack bot when the webhook is called.)
4. Authorize the new webhook URL.

After authorizing your webhook URL, you will be returned to the **Incoming Webhooks** page and can view your new webhook URL. You will add this into your Workers code later. Next, you will add the second component to your Slack bot: a Slash Command.

![Select Add New Webhook to Workspace to add a new Webhook URL in Slack's dashboard](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/slack-incoming-webhook.png)

#### Slash Command

A Slash Command in Slack is a custom-configured command that can be attached to a URL request. For example, if you configured `/weather <zip>`, Slack would make an HTTP POST request to a configured URL, passing the text `<zip>` to get the weather for a specified zip code. In your application, you will use the `/issue` command to look up GitHub issues using the [GitHub API](https://developer.github.com). Typing `/issue cloudflare/wrangler#1` will send the text `cloudflare/wrangler#1` in a HTTP POST request to your application, which the application will use to find the [relevant GitHub issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy/issues/1).

1. On the Slack sidebar, select **Slash Commands**.
2. Create your first slash command.

For this tutorial, you will use the command `/issue`. The request URL should be the `/lookup` path on your application URL: for example, if your application will be hosted at `https://myworkerurl.com`, the Request URL should be `https://myworkerurl.com/lookup`.

![You must create a Slash Command in Slack's dashboard and attach it to a Request URL](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/create-slack-command.png)

### Configure your GitHub Webhooks

Your Cloudflare Workers application will be able to handle incoming requests from Slack. It should also be able to receive events directly from GitHub. If a GitHub issue is created or updated, you can make use of GitHub webhooks to send that event to your Workers application and post a corresponding message in Slack.

To configure a webhook:

1. Go to your GitHub repository's **Settings** > **Webhooks** > **Add webhook**.

If you have a repository like `https://github.com/user/repo`, you can access the **Webhooks** page directly at `https://github.com/user/repo/settings/hooks`.

2. Set the Payload URL to the `/webhook` path on your Worker URL.

For example, if your Worker will be hosted at `https://myworkerurl.com`, the Payload URL should be `https://myworkerurl.com/webhook`.

3. In the **Content type** dropdown, select **application/json**.

The **Content type** for your payload can either be a URL-encoded payload (`application/x-www-form-urlencoded`) or JSON (`application/json`). For the purpose of this tutorial and to make parsing the payload sent to your application, select JSON.

4. In **Which events would you like to trigger this webhook?**, select **Let me select individual events**.

GitHub webhooks allow you to specify which events you would like to have sent to your webhook. By default, the webhook will send `push` events from your repository. For the purpose of this tutorial, you will choose **Let me select individual events**.

5. Select the **Issues** event type.

There are many different event types that can be enabled for your webhook. Selecting **Issues** will send every issue-related event to your webhook, including when issues are opened, edited, deleted, and more. If you would like to expand your Slack bot application in the future, you can select more of these events after the tutorial.

6. Select **Add webhook**.

![Create a GitHub Webhook in the GitHub dashboard](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/new-github-webhook.png)

When your webhook is created, it will attempt to send a test payload to your application. Since your application is not actually deployed yet, leave the configuration as it is. You will later return to your repository to create, edit, and close some issues to ensure that the webhook is working once your application is deployed.

## Init

To initiate the project, use the command line interface [C3 (create-cloudflare-cli)](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare).

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"slack-bot"} />

Follow these steps to create a Hono project.

- For _What would you like to start with_?, select `Framework Starter`.
- For _Which development framework do you want to use?_, select `Hono`.
- For, _Do you want to deploy your application?_, select `No`.

Go to the `slack-bot` directory:

```sh
cd slack-bot
```

Open `src/index.ts` in an editor to find the following code.

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";

type Bindings = {
	[key in keyof CloudflareBindings]: CloudflareBindings[key];
};

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

app.get("/", (c) => {
	return c.text("Hello Hono!");
});

export default app;
```

This is a minimal application using Hono. If a GET access comes in on the path `/`, it will return a response with the text `Hello Hono!`. It also returns a message `404 Not Found` with status code 404 if any other path or method is accessed.

To run the application on your local machine, execute the following command.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Run your application locally"
npm run dev
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Run your application locally"
yarn dev
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Access to `http://localhost:8787` in your browser after the server has been started, and you can see the message.

Hono helps you to create your Workers application easily and quickly.

## Build

Now, let's create a Slack bot on Cloudflare Workers.

### Separating files

You can create your application in several files instead of writing all endpoints and functions in one file. With Hono, it is able to add routing of child applications to the parent application using the function `app.route()`.

For example, imagine the following Web API application.

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono();

app.get("/posts", (c) => c.text("Posts!"));
app.post("/posts", (c) => c.text("Created!", 201));

export default app;
```

You can add the routes under `/api/v1`.

```ts null {2,6}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import api from "./api";

const app = new Hono();

app.route("/api/v1", api);

export default app;
```

It will return `Posts!` when accessing `GET /api/v1/posts`.

The Slack bot will have two child applications called "route" each.

1. `lookup` route will take requests from Slack (sent when a user uses the `/issue` command), and look up the corresponding issue using the GitHub API. This application will be added to `/lookup` in the main application.

2. `webhook` route will be called when an issue changes on GitHub, via a configured webhook. This application will be add to `/webhook` in the main application.

Create the route files in a directory named `routes`.

```sh title="Create new folders and files"
mkdir -p src/routes
touch src/routes/lookup.ts
touch src/routes/webhook.ts
```

Then update the main application.

```ts null {2,3,7,8}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import lookup from "./routes/lookup";
import webhook from "./routes/webhook";

const app = new Hono();

app.route("/lookup", lookup);
app.route("/webhook", webhook);

export default app;
```

### Defining TypeScript types

Before implementing the actual functions, you need to define the TypeScript types you will use in this project. Create a new file in the application at `src/types.ts` and write the code. `Bindings` is a type that describes the Cloudflare Workers environment variables. `Issue` is a type for a GitHub issue and `User` is a type for a GitHub user. You will need these later.

```ts
export type Bindings = {
	SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: string;
};

export type Issue = {
	html_url: string;
	title: string;
	body: string;
	state: string;
	created_at: string;
	number: number;
	user: User;
};

type User = {
	html_url: string;
	login: string;
	avatar_url: string;
};
```

### Creating the lookup route

Start creating the lookup route in `src/routes/lookup.ts`.

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono();

export default app;
```

To understand how you should design this function, you need to understand how Slack slash commands send data to URLs.

According to the [documentation for Slack slash commands](https://api.slack.com/interactivity/slash-commands), Slack sends an HTTP POST request to your specified URL, with a `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` content type. For example, if someone were to type `/issue cloudflare/wrangler#1`, you could expect a data payload in the format:

```txt
token=gIkuvaNzQIHg97ATvDxqgjtO
&team_id=T0001
&team_domain=example
&enterprise_id=E0001
&enterprise_name=Globular%20Construct%20Inc
&channel_id=C2147483705
&channel_name=test
&user_id=U2147483697
&user_name=Steve
&command=/issue
&text=cloudflare/wrangler#1
&response_url=https://hooks.slack.com/commands/1234/5678
&trigger_id=13345224609.738474920.8088930838d88f008e0
```

Given this payload body, you need to parse it, and get the value of the `text` key. With that `text`, for example, `cloudflare/wrangler#1`, you can parse that string into known piece of data (`owner`, `repo`, and `issue_number`), and use it to make a request to GitHub’s API, to retrieve the issue data.

With Slack slash commands, you can respond to a slash command by returning structured data as the response to the incoming slash command. In this case, you should use the response from GitHub’s API to present a formatted version of the GitHub issue, including pieces of data like the title of the issue, who created it, and the date it was created. Slack’s new [Block Kit](https://api.slack.com/block-kit) framework will allow you to return a detailed message response, by constructing text and image blocks with the data from GitHub’s API.

#### Parsing slash commands

To begin, the `lookup` route should parse the messages coming from Slack. As previously mentioned, the Slack API sends an HTTP POST in URL Encoded format. You can get the variable `text` by parsing it with `c.req.json()`.

```ts null {5,6,7,8,9,10}
import { Hono } from "hono";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.parseBody();
	if (typeof text !== "string") {
		return c.notFound();
	}
});

export default app;
```

Given a `text` variable, that contains text like `cloudflare/wrangler#1`, you should parse that text, and get the individual parts from it for use with GitHub’s API: `owner`, `repo`, and `issue_number`.

To do this, create a new file in your application, at `src/utils/github.ts`. This file will contain a number of “utility” functions for working with GitHub’s API. The first of these will be a string parser, called `parseGhIssueString`:

```ts
const ghIssueRegex =
	/(?<owner>[\w.-]*)\/(?<repo>[\w.-]*)\#(?<issue_number>\d*)/;

export const parseGhIssueString = (text: string) => {
	const match = text.match(ghIssueRegex);
	return match ? (match.groups ?? {}) : {};
};
```

`parseGhIssueString` takes in a `text` input, matches it against `ghIssueRegex`, and if a match is found, returns the `groups` object from that match, making use of the `owner`, `repo`, and `issue_number` capture groups defined in the regex. By exporting this function from `src/utils/github.ts`, you can make use of it back in `src/handlers/lookup.ts`:

```ts null {2,12}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { parseGhIssueString } from "../utils/github";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.parseBody();
	if (typeof text !== "string") {
		return c.notFound();
	}

	const { owner, repo, issue_number } = parseGhIssueString(text);
});

export default app;
```

#### Making requests to GitHub’s API

With this data, you can make your first API lookup to GitHub. Again, make a new function in `src/utils/github.ts`, to make a `fetch` request to the GitHub API for the issue data:

```ts null {8,9,10,11,12}
const ghIssueRegex =
	/(?<owner>[\w.-]*)\/(?<repo>[\w.-]*)\#(?<issue_number>\d*)/;

export const parseGhIssueString = (text: string) => {
	const match = text.match(ghIssueRegex);
	return match ? (match.groups ?? {}) : {};
};

export const fetchGithubIssue = (
	owner: string,
	repo: string,
	issue_number: string,
) => {
	const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/issues/${issue_number}`;
	const headers = { "User-Agent": "simple-worker-slack-bot" };
	return fetch(url, { headers });
};
```

Back in `src/handlers/lookup.ts`, use `fetchGitHubIssue` to make a request to GitHub’s API, and parse the response:

```ts null {2,3,14,15}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { fetchGithubIssue, parseGhIssueString } from "../utils/github";
import { Issue } from "../types";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.parseBody();
	if (typeof text !== "string") {
		return c.notFound();
	}

	const { owner, repo, issue_number } = parseGhIssueString(text);
	const response = await fetchGithubIssue(owner, repo, issue_number);
	const issue = await response.json<Issue>();
});

export default app;
```

#### Constructing a Slack message

After you have received a response back from GitHub’s API, the final step is to construct a Slack message with the issue data, and return it to the user. The final result will look something like this:

![A successful Slack Message will have the components listed below](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/issue-slack-message.png)

You can see four different pieces in the above screenshot:

1. The first line (bolded) links to the issue, and shows the issue title
2. The following lines (including code snippets) are the issue body
3. The last line of text shows the issue status, the issue creator (with a link to the user’s GitHub profile), and the creation date for the issue
4. The profile picture of the issue creator, on the right-hand side

The previously mentioned [Block Kit](https://api.slack.com/block-kit) framework will help take the issue data (in the structure lined out in [GitHub’s REST API documentation](https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/)) and format it into something like the above screenshot.

Create another file, `src/utils/slack.ts`, to contain the function `constructGhIssueSlackMessage`, a function for taking issue data, and turning it into a collection of blocks. Blocks are JavaScript objects that Slack will use to format the message:

```ts
import { Issue } from "../types";

export const constructGhIssueSlackMessage = (
	issue: Issue,
	issue_string: string,
	prefix_text?: string,
) => {
	const issue_link = `<${issue.html_url}|${issue_string}>`;
	const user_link = `<${issue.user.html_url}|${issue.user.login}>`;
	const date = new Date(Date.parse(issue.created_at)).toLocaleDateString();

	const text_lines = [
		prefix_text,
		`*${issue.title} - ${issue_link}*`,
		issue.body,
		`*${issue.state}* - Created by ${user_link} on ${date}`,
	];
};
```

Slack messages accept a variant of Markdown, which supports bold text via asterisks (`*bolded text*`), and links in the format `<https://yoururl.com|Display Text>`.

Given that format, construct `issue_link`, which takes the `html_url` property from the GitHub API `issue` data (in format `https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy/issues/1`), and the `issue_string` sent from the Slack slash command, and combines them into a clickable link in the Slack message.

`user_link` is similar, using `issue.user.html_url` (in the format `https://github.com/signalnerve`, a GitHub user) and the user’s GitHub username (`issue.user.login`), to construct a clickable link to the GitHub user.

Finally, parse `issue.created_at`, an ISO 8601 string, convert it into an instance of a JavaScript `Date`, and turn it into a formatted string, in the format `MM/DD/YY`.

With those variables in place, `text_lines` is an array of each line of text for the Slack message. The first line is the **issue title** and the **issue link**, the second is the **issue body**, and the final line is the **issue state** (for example, open or closed), the **user link**, and the **creation date**.

With the text constructed, you can finally construct your Slack message, returning an array of blocks for Slack’s [Block Kit](https://api.slack.com/block-kit). In this case, there is only have one block: a [section](https://api.slack.com/reference/messaging/blocks#section) block with Markdown text, and an accessory image of the user who created the issue. Return that single block inside of an array, to complete the `constructGhIssueSlackMessage` function:

```ts null {15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28}
import { Issue } from "../types";

export const constructGhIssueSlackMessage = (
	issue: Issue,
	issue_string: string,
	prefix_text?: string,
) => {
	const issue_link = `<${issue.html_url}|${issue_string}>`;
	const user_link = `<${issue.user.html_url}|${issue.user.login}>`;
	const date = new Date(Date.parse(issue.created_at)).toLocaleDateString();

	const text_lines = [
		prefix_text,
		`*${issue.title} - ${issue_link}*`,
		issue.body,
		`*${issue.state}* - Created by ${user_link} on ${date}`,
	];

	return [
		{
			type: "section",
			text: {
				type: "mrkdwn",
				text: text_lines.join("\n"),
			},
			accessory: {
				type: "image",
				image_url: issue.user.avatar_url,
				alt_text: issue.user.login,
			},
		},
	];
};
```

#### Finishing the lookup route

In `src/handlers/lookup.ts`, use `constructGhIssueSlackMessage` to construct `blocks`, and return them as a new response with `c.json()` when the slash command is called:

```ts null {3,17,18,19,20,21,22}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { fetchGithubIssue, parseGhIssueString } from "../utils/github";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";
import { Issue } from "../types";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.parseBody();
	if (typeof text !== "string") {
		return c.notFound();
	}

	const { owner, repo, issue_number } = parseGhIssueString(text);
	const response = await fetchGithubIssue(owner, repo, issue_number);
	const issue = await response.json<Issue>();
	const blocks = constructGhIssueSlackMessage(issue, text);

	return c.json({
		blocks,
		response_type: "in_channel",
	});
});

export default app;
```

One additional parameter passed into the response is `response_type`. By default, responses to slash commands are ephemeral, meaning that they are only seen by the user who writes the slash command. Passing a `response_type` of `in_channel`, as seen above, will cause the response to appear for all users in the channel.

If you would like the messages to remain private, remove the `response_type` line. This will cause `response_type` to default to `ephemeral`.

#### Handling errors

The `lookup` route is almost complete, but there are a number of errors that can occur in the route, such as parsing the body from Slack, getting the issue from GitHub, or constructing the Slack message itself. Although Hono applications can handle errors without having to do anything, you can customize the response returned in the following way.

```ts null {25,26,27,28,29,30}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { fetchGithubIssue, parseGhIssueString } from "../utils/github";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";
import { Issue } from "../types";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { text } = await c.req.parseBody();
	if (typeof text !== "string") {
		return c.notFound();
	}

	const { owner, repo, issue_number } = parseGhIssueString(text);
	const response = await fetchGithubIssue(owner, repo, issue_number);
	const issue = await response.json<Issue>();
	const blocks = constructGhIssueSlackMessage(issue, text);

	return c.json({
		blocks,
		response_type: "in_channel",
	});
});

app.onError((_e, c) => {
	return c.text(
		"Uh-oh! We couldn't find the issue you provided. " +
			"We can only find public issues in the following format: `owner/repo#issue_number`.",
	);
});

export default app;
```

### Creating the webhook route

You are now halfway through implementing the routes for your Workers application. In implementing the next route, `src/routes/webhook.ts`, you will re-use a lot of the code that you have already written for the lookup route.

At the beginning of this tutorial, you configured a GitHub webhook to track any events related to issues in your repository. When an issue is opened, for example, the function corresponding to the path `/webhook` on your Workers application should take the data sent to it from GitHub, and post a new message in the configured Slack channel.

In `src/routes/webhook.ts`, define a blank Hono application. The difference from the `lookup` route is that the `Bindings` is passed as a generics for the `new Hono()`. This is necessary to give the appropriate TypeScript type to `SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL` which will be used later.

```ts
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { Bindings } from "../types";

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

export default app;
```

Much like with the `lookup` route, you will need to parse the incoming payload inside of `request`, get the relevant issue data from it (refer to [the GitHub API documentation on `IssueEvent`](https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/types/#issuesevent) for the full payload schema), and send a formatted message to Slack to indicate what has changed. The final version will look something like this:

![A successful Webhook Message example](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/webhook_example.png)

Compare this message format to the format returned when a user uses the `/issue` slash command. You will see that there is only one actual difference between the two: the addition of an action text on the first line, in the format `An issue was $action:`. This action, which is sent as part of the `IssueEvent` from GitHub, will be used as you construct a very familiar looking collection of blocks using Slack’s Block Kit.

#### Parsing event data

To start filling out the route, parse the request body formatted JSON into an object and construct some helper variables:

```ts null {2,6,7,8,9,10}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { action, issue, repository } = await c.req.json();
	const prefix_text = `An issue was ${action}:`;
	const issue_string = `${repository.owner.login}/${repository.name}#${issue.number}`;
});

export default app;
```

An `IssueEvent`, the payload sent from GitHub as part of your webhook configuration, includes an `action` (what happened to the issue: for example, it was opened, closed, locked, etc.), the `issue` itself, and the `repository`, among other things.

Use `c.req.json()` to convert the payload body of the request from JSON into a plain JS object. Use ES6 destructuring to set `action`, `issue` and `repository` as variables you can use in your code. `prefix_text` is a string indicating what happened to the issue, and `issue_string` is the familiar string `owner/repo#issue_number` that you have seen before: while the `lookup` route directly used the text sent from Slack to fill in `issue_string`, you will construct it directly based on the data passed in the JSON payload.

#### Constructing and sending a Slack message

The messages your Slack bot sends back to your Slack channel from the `lookup` and `webhook` routes are incredibly similar. Because of this, you can re-use the existing `constructGhIssueSlackMessage` to continue populating `src/handlers/webhook.ts`. Import the function from `src/utils/slack.ts`, and pass the issue data into it:

```ts null {10}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { action, issue, repository } = await c.req.json();
	const prefix_text = `An issue was ${action}:`;
	const issue_string = `${repository.owner.login}/${repository.name}#${issue.number}`;
	const blocks = constructGhIssueSlackMessage(issue, issue_string, prefix_text);
});

export default app;
```

Importantly, the usage of `constructGhIssueSlackMessage` in this handler adds one additional argument to the function, `prefix_text`. Update the corresponding function inside of `src/utils/slack.ts`, adding `prefix_text` to the collection of `text_lines` in the message block, if it has been passed in to the function.

Add a utility function, `compact`, which takes an array, and filters out any `null` or `undefined` values from it. This function will be used to remove `prefix_text` from `text_lines` if it has not actually been passed in to the function, such as when called from `src/handlers/lookup.ts`. The full (and final) version of the `src/utils/slack.ts` looks like this:

```ts null {3,26}
import { Issue } from "../types";

const compact = (array: unknown[]) => array.filter((el) => el);

export const constructGhIssueSlackMessage = (
	issue: Issue,
	issue_string: string,
	prefix_text?: string,
) => {
	const issue_link = `<${issue.html_url}|${issue_string}>`;
	const user_link = `<${issue.user.html_url}|${issue.user.login}>`;
	const date = new Date(Date.parse(issue.created_at)).toLocaleDateString();

	const text_lines = [
		prefix_text,
		`*${issue.title} - ${issue_link}*`,
		issue.body,
		`*${issue.state}* - Created by ${user_link} on ${date}`,
	];

	return [
		{
			type: "section",
			text: {
				type: "mrkdwn",
				text: compact(text_lines).join("\n"),
			},
			accessory: {
				type: "image",
				image_url: issue.user.avatar_url,
				alt_text: issue.user.login,
			},
		},
	];
};
```

Back in `src/handlers/webhook.ts`, the `blocks` that are returned from `constructGhIssueSlackMessage` become the body in a new `fetch` request, an HTTP POST request to a Slack webhook URL. Once that request completes, return a response with status code `200`, and the body text `"OK"`:

```ts null {13,14,15,16,17,18,19}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";
import { Bindings } from "../types";

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { action, issue, repository } = await c.req.json();
	const prefix_text = `An issue was ${action}:`;
	const issue_string = `${repository.owner.login}/${repository.name}#${issue.number}`;
	const blocks = constructGhIssueSlackMessage(issue, issue_string, prefix_text);

	const fetchResponse = await fetch(c.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL, {
		body: JSON.stringify({ blocks }),
		method: "POST",
		headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
	});

	return c.text("OK");
});

export default app;
```

The constant `SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL` represents the Slack Webhook URL that you created all the way back in the [Incoming Webhook](/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot/#incoming-webhook) section of this tutorial.

:::caution

Since this webhook allows developers to post directly to your Slack channel, keep it secret.

:::

To use this constant inside of your codebase, use the [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command:

```sh title="Set the SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL secret"
npx wrangler secret put SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL
```

```sh output
Enter a secret value: https://hooks.slack.com/services/abc123
```

#### Handling errors

Similarly to the `lookup` route, the `webhook` route should include some basic error handling. Unlike `lookup`, which sends responses directly back into Slack, if something goes wrong with your webhook, it may be useful to actually generate an erroneous response, and return it to GitHub.

To do this, write the custom error handler with `app.onError()` and return a new response with a status code of `500`. The final version of `src/routes/webhook.ts` looks like this:

```ts null {24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31}
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { constructGhIssueSlackMessage } from "../utils/slack";
import { Bindings } from "../types";

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings }>();

app.post("/", async (c) => {
	const { action, issue, repository } = await c.req.json();
	const prefix_text = `An issue was ${action}:`;
	const issue_string = `${repository.owner.login}/${repository.name}#${issue.number}`;
	const blocks = constructGhIssueSlackMessage(issue, issue_string, prefix_text);

	const fetchResponse = await fetch(c.env.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL, {
		body: JSON.stringify({ blocks }),
		method: "POST",
		headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
	});

	if (!fetchResponse.ok) throw new Error();

	return c.text("OK");
});

app.onError((_e, c) => {
	return c.json(
		{
			message: "Unable to handle webhook",
		},
		500,
	);
});

export default app;
```

## Deploy

By completing the preceding steps, you have finished writing the code for your Slack bot. You can now deploy your application.

Wrangler has built-in support for bundling, uploading, and releasing your Cloudflare Workers application. To do this, run the following command which will build and deploy your code.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Deploy your application"
npm run deploy
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Deploy your application"
yarn deploy
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Deploying your Workers application should now cause issue updates to start appearing in your Slack channel, as the GitHub webhook can now successfully reach your Workers webhook route:

![When you create new issue, a Slackbot will now appear in your Slack channel](/images/workers/tutorials/slackbot/create-new-issue.gif)

## Related resources

In this tutorial, you built and deployed a Cloudflare Workers application that can respond to GitHub webhook events, and allow GitHub API lookups within Slack. If you would like to review the full source code for this application, you can find the repository [on GitHub](https://github.com/yusukebe/workers-slack-bot).

If you want to get started building your own projects, review the existing list of [Quickstart templates](/workers/get-started/quickstarts/).

---

# Connect to and query your Turso database using Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/connect-to-turso-using-workers/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial will guide you on how to build globally distributed applications with Cloudflare Workers, and [Turso](https://chiselstrike.com/), an edge-hosted distributed database based on libSQL. By using Workers and Turso, you can create applications that are close to your end users without having to maintain or operate infrastructure in tens or hundreds of regions.

:::note

For a more seamless experience, refer to the [Turso Database Integration guide](/workers/databases/native-integrations/turso/). The Turso Database Integration will connect your Worker to a Turso database by getting the right configuration from Turso and adding it as [secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to your Worker.

:::

## Prerequisites

Before continuing with this tutorial, you should have:

- Successfully [created up your first Cloudflare Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/) and/or have deployed a Cloudflare Worker before.
- Installed [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), a command-line tool for building Cloudflare Workers.
- A [GitHub account](https://github.com/), required for authenticating to Turso.
- A basic familiarity with installing and using command-line interface (CLI) applications.

## Install the Turso CLI

You will need the Turso CLI to create and populate a database. Run either of the following two commands in your terminal to install the Turso CLI:

```sh
# On macOS or Linux with Homebrew
brew install chiselstrike/tap/turso

# Manual scripted installation
curl -sSfL <https://get.tur.so/install.sh> | bash
```

After you have installed the Turso CLI, verify that the CLI is in your shell path:

```sh
turso --version
```

```sh output
# This should output your current Turso CLI version (your installed version may be higher):
turso version v0.51.0
```

## Create and populate a database

Before you create your first Turso database, you need to log in to the CLI using your GitHub account by running:

```sh
turso auth login
```

```sh output

Waiting for authentication...
✔  Success! Logged in as <your GitHub username>
```

`turso auth login` will open a browser window and ask you to sign into your GitHub account, if you are not already logged in. The first time you do this, you will need to give the Turso application permission to use your account. Select **Approve** to grant Turso the permissions needed.

After you have authenticated, you can create a database by running `turso db create <DATABASE_NAME>`. Turso will automatically choose a location closest to you.

```sh
turso db create my-db
```

```sh output
# Example:
[===>                ]
Creating database my-db in Los Angeles, California (US) (lax)
# Once succeeded:
Created database my-db in Los Angeles, California (US) (lax) in 34 seconds.
```

With your first database created, you can now connect to it directly and execute SQL against it:

```sh
turso db shell my-db
```

To get started with your database, create and define a schema for your first table. In this example, you will create a `example_users` table with one column: `email` (of type `text`) and then populate it with one email address.

In the shell you just opened, paste in the following SQL:

```sql
create table example_users (email text);
insert into example_users values ("foo@bar.com");
```

If the SQL statements succeeded, there will be no output. Note that the trailing semi-colons (`;`) are necessary to terminate each SQL statement.

Type `.quit` to exit the shell.

## Use Wrangler to create a Workers project

The Workers command-line interface, [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/), allows you to create, locally develop, and deploy your Workers projects.

To create a new Workers project (named `worker-turso-ts`), run the following:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"worker-turso-ts"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

To start developing your Worker, `cd` into your new project directory:

```sh
cd worker-turso-ts
```

In your project directory, you now have the following files:

- `wrangler.json`: your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- `src/index.ts`: A minimal Hello World Worker written in TypeScript
- `package.json`: A minimal Node dependencies configuration file.
- `tsconfig.json`: TypeScript configuration that includes Workers types. Only generated if indicated.

For this tutorial, only the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file and `src/index.ts` file are relevant. You will not need to edit the other files, and they should be left as is.

## Configure your Worker for your Turso database

The Turso client library requires two pieces of information to make a connection:

1. `LIBSQL_DB_URL` - The connection string for your Turso database.
2. `LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN` - The authentication token for your Turso database. This should be kept a secret, and not committed to source code.

To get the URL for your database, run the following Turso CLI command, and copy the result:

```sh
turso db show my-db --url
```

```sh output
libsql://my-db-<your-github-username>.turso.io
```

Open the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file in your editor and at the bottom of the file, create a new `[vars]` section representing the [environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) for your project:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[vars]
LIBSQL_DB_URL = "paste-your-url-here"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Save the changes to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

Next, create a long-lived authentication token for your Worker to use when connecting to your database. Run the following Turso CLI command, and copy the output to your clipboard:

```sh
turso db tokens create my-db -e none
# Will output a long text string (an encoded JSON Web Token)
```

To keep this token secret:

1. You will create a `.dev.vars` file for local development. Do not commit this file to source control. You should add `.dev.vars to your `.gitignore\` file if you are using Git.

- You will also create a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) to keep your authentication token confidential.

First, create a new file called `.dev.vars` with the following structure. Paste your authentication token in the quotation marks:

```
LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN="<YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN>"
```

Save your changes to `.dev.vars`. Next, store the authentication token as a secret for your production Worker to reference. Run the following `wrangler secret` command to create a Secret with your token:

```sh
# Ensure you specify the secret name exactly: your Worker will need to reference it later.
npx wrangler secret put LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN
```

```sh output
? Enter a secret value: › <paste your token here>
```

Select `<Enter>` on your keyboard to save the token as a secret. Both `LIBSQL_DB_URL` and `LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN` will be available in your Worker's environment at runtime.

## Install extra libraries

Install the Turso client library and a router:

```sh
npm install @libsql/client itty-router
```

The `@libsql/client` library allows you to query a Turso database. The `itty-router` library is a lightweight router you will use to help handle incoming requests to the worker.

## Write your Worker

You will now write a Worker that will:

1. Handle an HTTP request.
2. Route it to a specific handler to either list all users in our database or add a new user.
3. Return the results and/or success.

Open `src/index.ts` and delete the existing template. Copy the below code exactly as is and paste it into the file:

```ts
import { Client as LibsqlClient, createClient } from "@libsql/client/web";
import { Router, RouterType } from "itty-router";

export interface Env {
	// The environment variable containing your the URL for your Turso database.
	LIBSQL_DB_URL?: string;
	// The Secret that contains the authentication token for your Turso database.
	LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN?: string;

	// These objects are created before first use, then stashed here
	// for future use
	router?: RouterType;
}

export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		if (env.router === undefined) {
			env.router = buildRouter(env);
		}

		return env.router.fetch(request);
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

function buildLibsqlClient(env: Env): LibsqlClient {
	const url = env.LIBSQL_DB_URL?.trim();
	if (url === undefined) {
		throw new Error("LIBSQL_DB_URL env var is not defined");
	}

	const authToken = env.LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN?.trim();
	if (authToken === undefined) {
		throw new Error("LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN env var is not defined");
	}

	return createClient({ url, authToken });
}

function buildRouter(env: Env): RouterType {
	const router = Router();

	router.get("/users", async () => {
		const client = buildLibsqlClient(env);
		const rs = await client.execute("select * from example_users");
		return Response.json(rs);
	});

	router.get("/add-user", async (request) => {
		const client = buildLibsqlClient(env);
		const email = request.query.email;
		if (email === undefined) {
			return new Response("Missing email", { status: 400 });
		}
		if (typeof email !== "string") {
			return new Response("email must be a single string", { status: 400 });
		}
		if (email.length === 0) {
			return new Response("email length must be > 0", { status: 400 });
		}

		try {
			await client.execute({
				sql: "insert into example_users values (?)",
				args: [email],
			});
		} catch (e) {
			console.error(e);
			return new Response("database insert failed");
		}

		return new Response("Added");
	});

	router.all("*", () => new Response("Not Found.", { status: 404 }));

	return router;
}
```

Save your `src/index.ts` file with your changes.

Note:

- The libSQL client library import '@libsql/client/web' must be imported exactly as shown when working with Cloudflare workers. The non-web import will not work in the Workers environment.
- The `Env` interface contains the environment variable and secret you defined earlier.
- The `Env` interface also caches the libSQL client object and router, which are created on the first request to the Worker.
- The `/users` route fetches all rows from the `example_users` table you created in the Turso shell. It simply serializes the `ResultSet` object as JSON directly to the caller.
- The `/add-user` route inserts a new row using a value provided in the query string.

With your environment configured and your code ready, you will now test your Worker locally before you deploy.

## Run the Worker locally with Wrangler

To run a local instance of our Worker (entirely on your machine), run the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

You should be able to review output similar to the following:

```txt
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Vars:
  - LIBSQL_DB_URL: "your-url"
⎔ Starting a local server...
╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ [b] open a browser, [d] open Devtools, [l] turn off local mode, [c] clear console, [x] to exit                                                                  	│
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:61918/1064babd-bc9d-4bed-b171-b35dab3b7680
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Debugger attached.
[mf:inf] Worker reloaded! (40.25KiB)
[mf:inf] Listening on 0.0.0.0:8787
[mf:inf] - http://127.0.0.1:8787
[mf:inf] - http://192.168.1.136:8787
[mf:inf] Updated `Request.cf` object cache!
```

The localhost address — the one with `127.0.0.1` in it — is a web-server running locally on your machine.

Connect to it and validate your Worker returns the email address you inserted when you created your `example_users` table by visiting the `/users` route in your browser: [http://127.0.0.1:8787/users](http://127.0.0.1:8787/users).

You should see JSON similar to the following containing the data from the `example_users` table:

```json
{
	"columns": ["email"],
	"rows": [{ "email": "foo@bar.com" }],
	"rowsAffected": 0
}
```

:::caution

If you see an error instead of a list of users, double check that:

- You have entered the correct value for your `LIBSQL_DB_URL` in the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.
- You have set a secret called `LIBSQL_DB_AUTH_TOKEN` with your database authentication token.

Both of these need to be present and match the variable names in your Worker's code.
:::

Test the `/add-users` route and pass it an email address to insert: [http://127.0.0.1:8787/add-user?email=test@test.com](http://127.0.0.1:8787/add-user?email=test@test.com.)

You should see the text `“Added”`. If you load the first URL with the `/users` route again ([http://127.0.0.1:8787/users](http://127.0.0.1:8787/users)), it will show the newly added row. You can repeat this as many times as you like. Note that due to its design, your application will not stop you from adding duplicate email addresses.

Quit Wrangler by typing `q` into the shell where it was started.

## Deploy to Cloudflare

After you have validated that your Worker can connect to your Turso database, deploy your Worker. Run the following Wrangler command to deploy your Worker to the Cloudflare global network:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

The first time you run this command, it will launch a browser, ask you to sign in with your Cloudflare account, and grant permissions to Wrangler.

The `deploy` command will output the following:

```txt
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Vars:
  - LIBSQL_DB_URL: "your-url"
...
Published worker-turso-ts (0.19 sec)
  https://worker-turso-ts.<your-Workers-subdomain>.workers.dev
Current Deployment ID: f9e6b48f-5aac-40bd-8f44-8a40be2212ff
```

You have now deployed a Worker that can connect to your Turso database, query it, and insert new data.

## Optional: Clean up

To clean up the resources you created as part of this tutorial:

- If you do not want to keep this Worker, run `npx wrangler delete worker-turso-ts` to delete the deployed Worker.
- You can also delete your Turso database via `turso db destroy my-db`.

## Related resources

- Find the [complete project source code on GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-turso-ts/).
- Understand how to [debug your Cloudflare Worker](/workers/observability/).
- Join the [Cloudflare Developer Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com).
- Join the [ChiselStrike (Turso) Discord](https://discord.com/invite/4B5D7hYwub).

---

# Deploy a real-time chat application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/deploy-a-realtime-chat-app/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will deploy a serverless, real-time chat application that runs using [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/).

This chat application uses a Durable Object to control each chat room. Users connect to the Object using WebSockets. Messages from one user are broadcast to all the other users. The chat history is also stored in durable storage. Real-time messages are relayed directly from one user to others without going through the storage layer.

To continue with this tutorial, you must purchase the [Workers Paid plan](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) and enable Durable Objects by logging into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) > **Workers & Pages** > select your Worker > **Durable Objects**.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Clone the chat application repository

Open your terminal and clone the [workers-chat-demo](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-chat-demo) repository:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-chat-demo.git
```

## Authenticate Wrangler

After you have cloned the repository, authenticate Wrangler by running:

```sh
npx wrangler login
```

## Deploy your project

When you are ready to deploy your application, run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your application will be deployed to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain.

To deploy your application to a custom domain within the Cloudflare dashboard, go to your Worker > **Triggers** > **Add Custom Domain**.

To deploy your application to a custom domain using Wrangler, open your project's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

To configure a route in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, add the following to your environment:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
    { pattern = "example.com/about", zone_id = "<YOUR_ZONE_ID>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

If you have specified your zone ID in the environment of your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, you will not need to write it again in object form.

To configure a subdomain in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, add the following to your environment:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
routes = [
	{ pattern = "subdomain.example.com", custom_domain = true }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

To test your live application:

1. Open your `edge-chat-demo.<SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev` subdomain. Your subdomain can be found in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) > **Workers & Pages** > your Worker > **Triggers** > **Routes** > select the `edge-chat-demo.<SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev` route.
2. Enter a name in the **your name** field.
3. Choose whether to enter a public room or create a private room.
4. Send the link to other participants. You will be able to view room participants on the right side of the screen.

## Uninstall your application

To uninstall your chat application, modify your Wrangler file to remove the `durable_objects` bindings and add a `deleted_classes` migration:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[durable_objects]
bindings = [
]

# Indicate that you want the ChatRoom and RateLimiter classes to be callable as Durable Objects.
[[migrations]]
tag = "v1" # Should be unique for each entry
new_classes = ["ChatRoom", "RateLimiter"]

[[migrations]]
tag = "v2"
deleted_classes = ["ChatRoom", "RateLimiter"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Then run `npx wrangler deploy`.

To delete your Worker:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. In Account Home, select **Workers & Pages**.
3. In **Overview**, select your Worker.
4. Select **Manage Service** > **Delete**. For complete instructions on set up and deletion, refer to the `README.md` in your cloned repository.

By completing this tutorial, you have deployed a real-time chat application with Durable Objects and Cloudflare Workers.

## Related resources

Continue building with other Cloudflare Workers tutorials below.

- [Build a Slackbot](/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot/)
- [Create SMS notifications for your GitHub repository using Twilio](/workers/tutorials/github-sms-notifications-using-twilio/)
- [Build a QR code generator](/workers/tutorials/build-a-qr-code-generator/)

---

# Create a fine-tuned OpenAI model with R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/create-finetuned-chatgpt-ai-models-with-r2/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will use the [OpenAI](https://openai.com) API and [Cloudflare R2](/r2) to create a [fine-tuned model](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/fine-tuning).

This feature in OpenAI's API allows you to derive a custom model from OpenAI's various large language models based on a set of custom instructions and example answers. These instructions and example answers are written in a document, known as a fine-tune document. This document will be stored in R2 and dynamically provided to OpenAI's APIs when creating a new fine-tune model.

In order to use this feature, you will do the following tasks:

1. Upload a fine-tune document to R2.
2. Read the R2 file and upload it to OpenAI.
3. Create a new fine-tuned model based on the document.

![Demo](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/finetune/finetune-example.png)

To review the completed code for this application, refer to the [GitHub repository for this tutorial](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/openai-finetune-r2-example).

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have:

- A Cloudflare account with access to R2. If you do not have a Cloudflare account, [sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) before continuing. Then purchase R2 from your Cloudflare dashboard.
- An OpenAI API key.
- A fine-tune document, structured as [JSON Lines](https://jsonlines.org/). Use the [example document](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/openai-finetune-r2-example/blob/16ca53ca9c8589834abe317487eeedb8a24c7643/example_data.jsonl) in the source code.

## 1. Create a Worker application

First, use the `c3` CLI to create a new Cloudflare Workers project.

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"finetune-chatgpt-model"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

The above options will create the "Hello World" TypeScript project.

Move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd finetune-chatgpt-model
```

## 2. Upload a fine-tune document to R2

Next, upload the fine-tune document to R2. R2 is a key-value store that allows you to store and retrieve files from within your Workers application. You will use [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler) to create a new R2 bucket.

To create a new R2 bucket use the [`wrangler r2 bucket create`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-create) command. Note that you are logged in with your Cloudflare account. If not logged in via Wrangler, use the [`wrangler login`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#login) command.

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <BUCKET_NAME>
```

Replace `<BUCKET_NAME>` with your desired bucket name. Note that bucket names must be lowercase and can only contain dashes.

Next, upload a file using the [`wrangler r2 object put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-object-put) command.

```sh
npx wrangler r2 object put <PATH> -f <FILE_NAME>
```

`<PATH>` is the combined bucket and file path of the file you want to upload -- for example, `fine-tune-ai/finetune.jsonl`, where `fine-tune-ai` is the bucket name. Replace `<FILE_NAME>` with the local filename of your fine-tune document.

## 3. Bind your bucket to the Worker

A binding is how your Worker interacts with external resources such as the R2 bucket.

To bind the R2 bucket to your Worker, add the following to your Wrangler file. Update the binding property to a valid JavaScript variable identifier. Replace `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name of the bucket you created in [step 2](#2-upload-a-fine-tune-document-to-r2):

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = 'MY_BUCKET' # <~ valid JavaScript variable name
bucket_name = '<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>'
```

</WranglerConfig>

## 4. Initialize your Worker application

You will use [Hono](https://hono.dev/), a lightweight framework for building Cloudflare Workers applications. Hono provides an interface for defining routes and middleware functions. Inside your project directory, run the following command to install Hono:

```sh
npm install hono
```

You also need to install the [OpenAI Node API library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/openai). This library provides convenient access to the OpenAI REST API in a Node.js project. To install the library, execute the following command:

```sh
npm install openai
```

Next, open the `src/index.ts` file and replace the default code with the below code. Replace `<MY_BUCKET>` with the binding name you set in Wrangler file.

```typescript
import { Context, Hono } from "hono";
import OpenAI from "openai";

type Bindings = {
	<MY_BUCKET>: R2Bucket
	OPENAI_API_KEY: string
}

type Variables = {
	openai: OpenAI
}

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings, Variables: Variables }>()

app.use('*', async (c, next) => {
	const openai = new OpenAI({
		apiKey: c.env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
	})
	c.set("openai", openai)
	await next()
})

app.onError((err, c) => {
	return c.text(err.message, 500)
})

export default app;
```

In the above code, you first import the required packages and define the types. Then, you initialize `app` as a new Hono instance. Using the `use` middleware function, you add the OpenAI API client to the context of all routes. This middleware function allows you to access the client from within any route handler. `onError()` defines an error handler to return any errors as a JSON response.

## 5. Read R2 files and upload them to OpenAI

In this section, you will define the route and function responsible for handling file uploads.

In `createFile`, your Worker reads the file from R2 and converts it to a `File` object. Your Worker then uses the OpenAI API to upload the file and return the response.

The `GET /files` route listens for `GET` requests with a query parameter `file`, representing a filename of an uploaded fine-tune document in R2. The function uses the `createFile` function to manage the file upload process.

Replace `<MY_BUCKET>` with the binding name you set in Wrangler file.

```typescript
// New import added at beginning of file
import { toFile } from 'openai/uploads'

const createFile = async (c: Context, r2Object: R2ObjectBody) => {
	const openai: OpenAI = c.get("openai")

	const blob = await r2Object.blob()
	const file = await toFile(blob, r2Object.key)

	const uploadedFile = await openai.files.create({
		file,
		purpose: "fine-tune",
	})

	return uploadedFile
}

app.get('/files', async c => {
	const fileQueryParam = c.req.query("file")
	if (!fileQueryParam) return c.text("Missing file query param", 400)

	const file = await c.env.<MY_BUCKET>.get(fileQueryParam)
	if (!file) return c.text("Couldn't find file", 400)

	const uploadedFile = await createFile(c, file)
	return c.json(uploadedFile)
})
```

## 6. Create fine-tuned models

This section includes the `GET /models` route and the `createModel` function. The function `createModel` takes care of specifying the details and initiating the fine-tuning process with OpenAI. The route handles incoming requests for creating a new fine-tuned model.

```typescript
const createModel = async (c: Context, fileId: string) => {
	const openai: OpenAI = c.get("openai");

	const body = {
		training_file: fileId,
		model: "gpt-4o-mini",
	};

	return openai.fineTuning.jobs.create(body);
};

app.get("/models", async (c) => {
	const fileId = c.req.query("file_id");
	if (!fileId) return c.text("Missing file ID query param", 400);

	const model = await createModel(c, fileId);
	return c.json(model);
});
```

## 7. List all fine-tune jobs

This section describes the `GET /jobs` route and the corresponding `getJobs` function. The function interacts with OpenAI's API to fetch a list of all fine-tuning jobs. The route provides an interface for retrieving this information.

```typescript
const getJobs = async (c: Context) => {
	const openai: OpenAI = c.get("openai");
	const resp = await openai.fineTuning.jobs.list();
	return resp.data;
};

app.get("/jobs", async (c) => {
	const jobs = await getJobs(c);
	return c.json(jobs);
});
```

## 8. Deploy your application

After you have created your Worker application and added the required functions, deploy the application.

Before you deploy, you must set the `OPENAI_API_KEY` [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) for your application. Do this by running the [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put) command:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put OPENAI_API_KEY
```

To deploy your Worker application to the Cloudflare global network:

1. Make sure you are in your Worker project's directory, then run the [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

2. Wrangler will package and upload your code.

3. After your application is deployed, Wrangler will provide you with your Worker's URL.

## 9. View the fine-tune job status and use the model

To use your application, create a new fine-tune job by making a request to the `/files` with a `file` query param matching the filename you uploaded earlier:

```sh
curl https://your-worker-url.com/files?file=finetune.jsonl
```

When the file is uploaded, issue another request to `/models`, passing the `file_id` query parameter. This should match the `id` returned as JSON from the `/files` route:

```sh
curl https://your-worker-url.com/models?file_id=file-abc123
```

Finally, visit `/jobs` to see the status of your fine-tune jobs in OpenAI. Once the fine-tune job has completed, you can see the `fine_tuned_model` value, indicating a fine-tuned model has been created.

![Jobs](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/finetune/finetune-jobs.png)

Visit the [OpenAI Playground](https://platform.openai.com/playground) in order to use your fine-tune model. Select your fine-tune model from the top-left dropdown of the interface.

![Demo](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/finetune/finetune-example.png)

Use it in any API requests you make to OpenAI's chat completions endpoints. For instance, in the below code example:

```javascript
openai.chat.completions.create({
	messages: [{ role: "system", content: "You are a helpful assistant." }],
	model: "ft:gpt-4o-mini:my-org:custom_suffix:id",
});
```

## Next steps

To build more with Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with other developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Create a deploy button with GitHub Actions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/deploy-button/

Deploy buttons let you deploy applications to Cloudflare's global network in under five minutes. The deploy buttons use Wrangler to deploy a Worker using the [Wrangler GitHub Action](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/deploy-to-cloudflare-workers-with-wrangler). You can deploy an application from a set of ready-made Cloudflare templates, or make deploy buttons for your own applications to make sharing your work easier.

Try the deploy button below to deploy a GraphQL server:

[![Select Deploy with Workers to deploy a GraphQL server](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/button)](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/?url=https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-graphql-server)

Refer to [deploy.workers.cloudflare.com](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/) for additional projects to deploy.

## Create a deploy button for your project

1. Add a GitHub Actions workflow to your project.

Add a new file to `.github/workflows`, such as `.github/workflows/deploy.yml`, and create a GitHub workflow for deploying your project. It should include a set of `on` events, including at least `repository_dispatch`, but probably `push` and maybe `schedule` as well. Add a step for publishing your project using [wrangler-action](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-action):

```yaml
name: Deploy Worker
on:
  push:
  pull_request:
  repository_dispatch:
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 60
    needs: test
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Build & Deploy Worker
        uses: cloudflare/wrangler-action@v3
        with:
          apiToken: ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}
          accountId: ${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}
```

2. Add the Markdown code for your button to your project's README, replacing the example `url` parameter with your repository URL.

```md
[![Deploy to Cloudflare Workers](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/button)](https://deploy.workers.cloudflare.com/?url=https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/YOURREPO)
```

3. With your button configured, anyone can use the **Deploy with Workers** button in your repository README, and deploy their own copy of your application to Cloudflare's global network.

---

# Generate Dynamic OG Images using Cloudflare Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/generate-dynamic-og-images-using-workers/

import { PackageManagers, Render, Tabs, TabItem, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Social media thrives on compelling visuals. With Cloudflare Workers, you can effortlessly generate dynamic Open Graph (OG) images that grab attention and boost platform performance. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a customizable OG image generator powered by serverless edge computing. Cloudflare Workers enable you to deliver blazing-fast visuals globally, ensuring a seamless experience for your users. Let's dive in to see how you can take your OG images to the next level with Cloudflare Workers.

What you will accomplish:

    - Dynamically create stunning OG images using React and Tailwind CSS.
    - Optimize performance with built-in caching.
    - Customize visuals with flexible fonts and design options.

By the end, you will have a robust solution to enhance your social media presence.

GitHub repository: [Generate Dynamic OG Images using Cloudflare Workers](https://github.com/mohdlatif/og-image-generator-cloudflare-worker)

## Why use Cloudflare Workers?

Building OG image generators can be challenging, especially when it comes to ensuring global performance, scalability, and speed. This is where Cloudflare Workers excel.

- Global Reach: Deliver your images with ultra-low latency, no matter where your users are located.
- Serverless Simplicity: Focus on building features, not managing infrastructure.
- Unparalleled Performance: Process and serve requests at the edge for blazing-fast load times.

By leveraging Cloudflare Workers, you get a serverless edge-computing environment that is not only cost-efficient but also perfectly optimized for modern web applications.

## Workflow overview

When a user requests an OG image, the following happens:

1. Request Received: A URL with parameters is sent to a Cloudflare Worker.
2. Content Processed: The Worker extracts text, style, and font configurations from the URL.
3. Font Loaded: Fonts are retrieved using one of four methods, like Google Fonts or local files.
4. Image Generated: The image is built using React components styled with Tailwind CSS.
5. Response Cached: The final image is returned and cached for future requests.

Here is how the process flows:

```mermaid
graph TD
    A[User Request] -->|URL Parameters| B[Cloudflare Worker]
    B --> C[Process Content]
    C --> D[Load Fonts]
    D --> E[Generate Image]
    E --> F[Cache and Respond]
```

### Key benefits

- **Edge computing**: Generates images at the edge using Cloudflare Workers
- **Modern rendering**: Utilizes Vercel's Satori library for high-quality image generation
- **Flexible styling**: Supports both Tailwind CSS and inline styles
- **Font versatility**: Multiple font loading strategies for different use cases
- **Performance optimized**: Built-in caching and optimization
- **Customizable**: Easy to extend with new styles and font configurations
- **Developer friendly**: TypeScript support and modular architecture

## Before you begin

<Render file="prereqs" product="workers" />

3. Install [Bun](https://bun.sh/) on your machine.

You should also have:

- Basic familiarity with TypeScript and React.
- A text editor or IDE of your choice.

## 1. Set up your development environment

Create a new Cloudflare Workers project using the Hono framework:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="og-image-generator --template cloudflare-workers --pm bun"
/>

Navigate to the project directory:

```bash
cd og-image-generator
```

## 2. Install required dependencies

Add the necessary packages to your project:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="bun">

```sh
bun add @cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og autoprefixer postcss-cli react react-dom tailwindcss
bun add -d @cloudflare/workers-types @types/bun @types/react @types/react-dom @vercel/og wrangler
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og autoprefixer postcss-cli react react-dom tailwindcss
npm install -d @cloudflare/workers-types @types/bun @types/react @types/react-dom @vercel/og
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh
yarn add @cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og autoprefixer postcss-cli react react-dom tailwindcss
yarn add -d @cloudflare/workers-types @types/bun @types/react @types/react-dom @vercel/og
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

```sh
pnpm add @cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og autoprefixer postcss-cli react react-dom tailwindcss
pnpm add -d @cloudflare/workers-types @types/bun @types/react @types/react-dom @vercel/og
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Configure project settings

### Update package.json

Update the `package.json` file to include the type module and deployment scripts:

```json title="package.json"
{
	"name": "og-image-generator-cloudlfare-worker",
	"module": "index.ts",
	"version": "1.0.0",
	"type": "module",
	"scripts": {
		"dev": "wrangler dev src/index.ts",
		"deploy": "wrangler deploy --minify src/index.ts"
	}
	// ...
}
```

The `type: "module"` field enables ES modules support, and the `--minify` flag in the deploy script ensures your Worker code is optimized for production.

### Configure TypeScript

Update the `tsconfig.json` file with the following configuration:

```json title="tsconfig.json"
{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"target": "ESNext",
		"lib": ["ESNext"],
		"moduleDetection": "force",
		"jsx": "react-jsx",
		"module": "ESNext",
		"moduleResolution": "bundler",
		"types": ["bun-types", "hono", "@cloudflare/workers-types/2023-07-01"],
		"resolveJsonModule": true,
		"esModuleInterop": true,
		"allowJs": true,
		"checkJs": false,
		"noEmit": true,
		"isolatedModules": true,
		"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
		"strict": true,
		"skipLibCheck": true,
		"noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
		"noUnusedLocals": false,
		"noUnusedParameters": false,
		"noPropertyAccessFromIndexSignature": false
	},
	"baseUrl": "./",
	"paths": {
		"@/*": ["./src/*"]
	}
}
```

Key TypeScript configuration features:

- React JSX support with `jsx: "react-jsx"`
- ES modules configuration with `module: "ESNext"`
- Cloudflare Workers types integration
- Path aliases for cleaner imports
- Strict type checking enabled
- Modern JavaScript features support

### Configure Wrangler for runtime compatibility and static assets

Before starting, ensure your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file includes these essential configurations:

<WranglerConfig>
```toml title="wrangler.toml"
compatibility_date = "2024-11-06"
compatibility_flags = [ "nodejs_compat_v2" ]
assets = { directory = "public",  binding = "ASSETS" }
minify = true
[build]
watch_dir = "public"
```
</WranglerConfig>

[The `nodejs_compat` flag](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/#nodejs-compatibility-flag) enables runtime compatibility features required by the OG image generation library, even when using Bun. While we're using Bun as our development runtime, this flag ensures all necessary APIs are available in the Workers environment. The `assets` configuration maps your Worker's public directory, allowing direct access to static files like fonts, images, and favicons through URL paths (for example, `/fonts/Inter.ttf`, `/images/logo.png`).

## 4. Configure font loading strategies

The generator supports four different font loading strategies, each with its own benefits:

1. **Google Fonts API** (Recommended for web fonts)

   - Best for popular web fonts with dynamic text
   - Pros: Optimized delivery, wide font selection
   - Cons: Makes HTTP requests to Google Fonts API for each image generation

2. **GitHub-hosted fonts** (Alternative for Google Fonts)

   - Best for stable, version-controlled fonts
   - Pros: Direct access to font files
   - Cons: Manual updates needed

3. **Direct URL fonts** (For custom hosted fonts)

   - Best for self-hosted or third-party fonts
   - Pros: Complete control over font sources
   - Cons: Requires hosting infrastructure

4. **Local font files** (For offline/private fonts)
   - Best for custom or licensed fonts
   - Pros: No external dependencies
   - Cons: Increases Worker bundle size

Choose your strategy based on:

- Font licensing requirements
- Performance needs
- Hosting preferences
- Update frequency

Create a `fonts` directory inside your `public` folder to store any local font files:

```bash
mkdir -p public/fonts
```

This directory will store any font files (like `.ttf`, `.otf`) that you want to serve directly from your Worker.

Create a new file for handling different font loading methods:

```typescript title="src/getFonts.ts"
// Example of Google Fonts loading strategy
export async function googleFont(
	text: string,
	font: string,
	weight: Weight = 400,
	style: Style = "normal",
): Promise<{ data: ArrayBuffer; name: string; style: Style; weight: Weight }> {
	const fontFamilyFetchName = font.replace(/ /g, "+");
	const API = `https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=${fontFamilyFetchName}:ital,wght@${
		style === "italic" ? "1" : "0"
	},${weight}&text=${encodeURIComponent(text)}`;

	// Fetch the CSS containing the font URL
	const css = await (
		await fetch(API, {
			headers: {
				"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 ...", // User agent string
			},
		})
	).text();

	// Extract the font file URL from the CSS
	const resource = css.match(
		/src: url\((.+)\) format\('(opentype|truetype)'\)/,
	);
	if (!resource) {
		throw new Error("Failed to fetch font");
	}

	// Fetch and return the actual font data
	const res = await fetch(resource[1]);
	const data = await res.arrayBuffer();

	return { data, name: font, style, weight };
}

// ... other font loading strategies available in the full source code
```

:::note
The font loading system supports multiple strategies including Google Fonts, GitHub-hosted fonts, direct URL fonts, and local fonts. Choose the strategy that best fits your needs.
:::

## 5. Configure image loading

The generator supports loading images from your Worker's assets. Create an `images` directory inside your `public` folder to store any image files:

```bash
mkdir -p public/images
```

Create a new file for handling image loading:

```typescript title="src/loadImage.ts"
import { Context } from "hono";

export async function loadImage(
	c: Context,
	imagePath: string,
): Promise<string | null> {
	try {
		if (!c.env?.ASSETS) {
			throw new Error("ASSETS binding is not configured");
		}

		const imageUrl = new URL(imagePath, c.req.url).toString();
		const imageData = await c.env.ASSETS.fetch(imageUrl);

		// Get content-type from response
		const contentType = imageData.headers.get("content-type") || "image/png";

		const arrayBuffer = await imageData.arrayBuffer();
		const base64Image = Buffer.from(arrayBuffer).toString("base64");
		return `data:${contentType};base64,${base64Image}`;
	} catch (error) {
		console.warn(`Failed to load image ${imagePath}:`, error);
		return null;
	}
}
```

This utility function:

- Loads images from your Worker's assets
- Automatically detects image content type
- Converts images to base64 for use in OG images
- Provides fallback handling if image loading fails

Use it in your templates like this:

```typescript
const logoImage = await loadImage(c, "/images/your-logo.png");
```

:::note
Make sure your images are stored in the `public/images` directory and referenced with paths starting with `/images/`.
:::

## 6. Implement the OG image generator

Create the main image generation handler:

```typescript title="src/og.tsx"
import { Hono } from "hono";

import { ImageResponse } from "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og/api";

const app = new Hono();

export default app.get("/", async (c) => {
	const { mainText, description, footerText } = c.req.query(); // Implementation details
});
```

## 7. Add visual styles

The OG image generator includes four distinct styles that can be selected via the `style` query parameter. The style selection is handled through a simple query parameter in the URL:

```typescript
style = 1; // Default professional style
style = 2; // Eco-tech theme
style = 3; // Corporate brand style
style = 4; // GitHub profile style
```

If no style parameter is provided or an invalid value is used, the generator defaults to Style 1. Here's how to use each style:

### Style 1: Professional (Default)

![Style 1 Preview](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/dynamic-og-images/style-1.png)

```txt
/og?style=1&mainText=Building%20the%20Future&description=Modern%20web%20development
```

Features:

- Blue gradient background
- Frosted glass card effect
- Perfect for blog posts and articles

### Style 2: Eco-Tech

![Style 2 Preview](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/dynamic-og-images/style-2.png)

```txt
/og?style=2&mainText=Green%20Summit&description=Sustainable%20Innovation
```

Features:

- Green gradient theme
- Semi-transparent overlay
- Ideal for environmental or sustainability content

### Style 3: Corporate

![Style 3 Preview](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/dynamic-og-images/style-3.png)

```txt
/og?style=3&mainText=Company%20Update&description=Q4%20Results
```

Features:

- Warm gradient background
- Logo integration
- Professional corporate layout

### Style 4: GitHub Profile

![Style 4 Preview](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/dynamic-og-images/style-4.png)

```txt
/og?style=4
```

Features:

- Minimal design
- GitHub avatar integration
- Perfect for developer profiles

:::tip
You can combine any style with other parameters like `mainText`, `description`, and `footerText` to customize the output further.
:::

The style selection is implemented using a ternary chain in the code:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
const SocialCardTemplate =
	c.req.query("style") === "2"
		? Style2()
		: c.req.query("style") === "3"
			? Style3()
			: c.req.query("style") === "4"
				? Style4()
				: Style1();
```

This implementation allows for easy addition of new styles in the future by simply adding new conditions to the chain and corresponding style components.

```typescript title="src/og.tsx"
function Style1() {
  return (
    <div tw="flex flex-col w-full h-full p-12 bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-900 to-indigo-700">
      {/* Style implementation */}
    </div>
  );
}
```

## 8. Configure caching

Enable caching to:

- Reduce computation costs
- Improve response times
- Decrease origin server load
- Provide consistent performance

Here's how to implement caching with customizable durations:

```typescript title="src/index.ts"
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { cache } from "hono/cache";

const app = new Hono()
	.use(
		"*",
		cache({
			cacheName: async (c) => {
				const url = new URL(c.req.url);
				return `${c.req.method} ${url.pathname}${url.searchParams}`;
			},
			cacheControl: "max-age=86400",
		}),
	)
	.route("og", og);
```

:::caution
Make sure to configure appropriate cache durations based on your application's needs. The example uses a 24-hour cache duration.
:::

## Set up TypeScript type definitions

Let's create our type definitions to ensure smooth TypeScript integration. Create a new file `src/type.d.ts`:

```typescript title="src/type.d.ts"
interface CacheStorage {
	default: Cache;
}

declare module "@cloudflare/pages-plugin-vercel-og/api" {
	import { ImageResponse as VercelImageResponse } from "@vercel/og";
	export declare class ImageResponse extends Response {
		constructor(...args: ConstructorParameters<typeof VercelImageResponse>);
	}
}

declare module "*.woff2" {
	const content: ArrayBuffer;
	export default content;
}

declare module "*.woff" {
	const content: ArrayBuffer;
	export default content;
}

declare module "*.ttf" {
	const content: ArrayBuffer;
	export default content;
}
```

These type definitions are crucial for our project because they:

- Enable TypeScript to understand Cloudflare's cache storage
- Add proper typing for the Vercel OG image response
- Allow direct importing of font files (`.woff2`, `.woff`, `.ttf`)

With these definitions in place, you will get full TypeScript support and autocompletion throughout your project. This makes development smoother and helps catch potential issues early.

## 9. Deploy your Worker

Deploy the application to Cloudflare Workers:

```bash
bun run deploy
```

## Usage examples

Generate OG images by making `GET` requests:

```txt
https://your-worker.workers.dev/og?mainText=Hello%20World&description=A%20dynamic%20OG%20image&style=1
```

You can customize the image by adjusting query parameters:

- `mainText`: Main heading
- `description`: Detailed description
- `footerText`: Footer content
- `style`: Visual style (1-4)

## Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully harnessed the power of Cloudflare Workers to build a dynamic OG image generator. By leveraging the global edge network and serverless architecture, your application now delivers high-performance visuals with ease. Whether you are scaling for millions of users or iterating on design tweaks, Cloudflare Workers ensure your images are always fast, reliable, and stunning.

This solution provides:

- Fast generation times through edge computing
- Multiple font loading options
- Pre-designed visual styles
- Built-in caching support

The complete source code is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/mohdlatif/og-image-generator-cloudflare-worker).

## Related resources

- [Cloudflare Workers documentation](/workers/)
- [Hono framework](https://hono.dev/)
- [Vercel OG Image Generation](https://vercel.com/docs/functions/og-image-generation)
- [Cloudflare page plugin vercel/og](/pages/functions/plugins/vercel-og/)
- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)

---

# Generate YouTube thumbnails with Workers and Cloudflare Image Resizing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/generate-youtube-thumbnails-with-workers-and-images/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to programmatically generate a custom YouTube thumbnail using Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare Image Resizing. You may want to generate a custom YouTube thumbnail to customize the thumbnail's design, call-to-actions and images used to encourage more viewers to watch your video.

This tutorial will help you understand how to work with [Images](/images/),[Image Resizing](/images/transform-images/) and [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

To follow this tutorial, make sure you have Node, Cargo, and [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) installed on your machine.

## Learning goals

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

- Upload Images to Cloudflare with the Cloudflare dashboard or API.
- Set up a Worker project with Wrangler.
- Manipulate images with image transformations in your Worker.

## Upload your image

To generate a custom thumbnail image, you first need to upload a background image to Cloudflare Images. This will serve as the image you use for transformations to generate the thumbnails.

Cloudflare Images allows you to store, resize, optimize and deliver images in a fast and secure manner. To get started, upload your images to the Cloudflare dashboard or use the Upload API.

### Upload with the dashboard

To upload an image using the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare Dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Select **Images**.
3. Use **Quick Upload** to either drag and drop an image or click to browse and choose a file from your local files.
4. After the image is uploaded, view it using the generated URL.

### Upload with the API

To upload your image with the [Upload via URL](/images/upload-images/upload-url/) API, refer to the example below:

```sh
curl --request POST \
 --url https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/images/v1 \
 --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
 --form 'url=<PATH_TO_IMAGE>' \
 --form 'metadata={"key":"value"}' \
 --form 'requireSignedURLs=false'

```

- `ACCOUNT_ID`: The current user's account id which can be found in your account settings.
- `API_TOKEN`: Needs to be generated to scoping Images permission.
- `PATH_TO_IMAGE`: Indicates the URL for the image you want to upload.

You will then receive a response similar to this:

```json
{
	"result": {
		"id": "2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901",
		"filename": "image.jpeg",
		"metadata": {
			"key": "value"
		},
		"uploaded": "2022-01-31T16:39:28.458Z",
		"requireSignedURLs": false,
		"variants": [
			"https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/public",
			"https://imagedelivery.net/Vi7wi5KSItxGFsWRG2Us6Q/2cdc28f0-017a-49c4-9ed7-87056c83901/thumbnail"
		]
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

Now that you have uploaded your image, you will use it as the background image for your video's thumbnail.

## Create a Worker to transform text to image

After uploading your image, create a Worker that will enable you to transform text to image. This image can be used as an overlay on the background image you uploaded. Use the [rustwasm-worker-template](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-rust).

You will need the following before you begin:

- A recent version of [Rust](https://rustup.rs/).
- Access to the `cargo-generate` subcommand:

  ```sh
  cargo install cargo-generate
  ```

Create a new Worker project using the `worker-rust` template:

```sh
cargo generate https://github.com/cloudflare/rustwasm-worker-template
```

You will now make a few changes to the files in your project directory.

1. In the `lib.rs` file, add the following code block:

```rs
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

   let router = Router::new();
   router
       .get("/", |_, _| Response::ok("Hello from Workers!"))
       .run(req, env)
       .await
}
```

2. Update the `Cargo.toml` file in your `worker-to-text` project directory to use [text-to-png](https://github.com/RookAndPawn/text-to-png), a Rust package for rendering text to PNG. Add the package as a dependency by running:

```sh
cargo add text-to-png@0.2.0
```

3. Import the `text_to_png` library into your `worker-to-text` project's `lib.rs` file.

```rs null {1}
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

   let router = Router::new();
   router
       .get("/", |_, _| Response::ok("Hello from Workers!"))
       .run(req, env)
       .await
}
```

4. Update `lib.rs` to create a `handle-slash` function that will activate the image transformation based on the text passed to the URL as a query parameter.

```rs null {17}
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

   let router = Router::new();
   router
       .get("/", |_, _| Response::ok("Hello from Workers!"))
       .run(req, env)
       .await
}

async fn handle_slash(text: String) -> Result<Response> {}
```

5. In the `handle-slash` function, call the `TextRenderer` by assigning it to a renderer value, specifying that you want to use a custom font. Then, use the `render_text_to_png_data` method to transform the text into image format. In this example, the custom font (`Inter-Bold.ttf`) is located in an `/assets` folder at the root of the project which will be used for generating the thumbnail. You must update this portion of the code to point to your custom font file.

```rs null {17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24}
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

   let router = Router::new();
   router
       .get("/", |_, _| Response::ok("Hello from Workers!"))
       .run(req, env)
       .await
}

async fn handle_slash(text: String) -> Result<Response> {
  let renderer = TextRenderer::try_new_with_ttf_font_data(include_bytes!("../assets/Inter-Bold.ttf"))
    .expect("Example font is definitely loadable");

  let text_png: TextPng = renderer.render_text_to_png_data(text.replace("+", " "), 60, "003682").unwrap();
}
```

6. Rewrite the `Router` function to call `handle_slash` when a query is passed in the URL, otherwise return the `"Hello Worker!"` as the response.

```rs null {11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20}
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

  let router = Router::new();
    router
      .get_async("/", |req, _| async move {
        if let Some(text) = req.url()?.query() {
          handle_slash(text.into()).await
        } else {
          handle_slash("Hello Worker!".into()).await
        }
      })
      .run(req, env)
        .await
}

async fn handle_slash(text: String) -> Result<Response> {
  let renderer = TextRenderer::try_new_with_ttf_font_data(include_bytes!("../assets/Inter-Bold.ttf"))
    .expect("Example font is definitely loadable");

  let text_png: TextPng = renderer.render_text_to_png_data(text.replace("+", " "), 60, "003682").unwrap();
}
```

7. In your `lib.rs` file, set the headers to `content-type: image/png` so that the response is correctly rendered as a PNG image.

```rs null {29,30,31,32}
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;
mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
   // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
   utils::set_panic_hook();

   let router = Router::new();
    router
      .get_async("/", |req, _| async move {
        if let Some(text) = req.url()?.query() {
          handle_slash(text.into()).await
        } else {
          handle_slash("Hello Worker!".into()).await
        }
      })
      .run(req, env)
        .await
}

async fn handle_slash(text: String) -> Result<Response> {
  let renderer = TextRenderer::try_new_with_ttf_font_data(include_bytes!("../assets/Inter-Bold.ttf"))
    .expect("Example font is definitely loadable");

  let text_png: TextPng = renderer.render_text_to_png_data(text.replace("+", " "), 60, "003682").unwrap();

  let mut headers = Headers::new();
  headers.set("content-type", "image/png")?;

  Ok(Response::from_bytes(text_png.data)?.with_headers(headers))
}
```

The final `lib.rs` file should look as follows. Find the full code as an example repository on [GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/examples/worker-to-text).

```rs
use text_to_png::{TextPng, TextRenderer};
use worker::*;

mod utils;

#[event(fetch)]
pub async fn main(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: worker::Context) -> Result<Response> {
    // Optionally, get more helpful error messages written to the console in the case of a panic.
    utils::set_panic_hook();

    let router = Router::new();

    router
        .get_async("/", |req, _| async move {
            if let Some(text) = req.url()?.query() {
                handle_slash(text.into()).await
            } else {
                handle_slash("Hello Worker!".into()).await
            }
        })
        .run(req, env)
        .await
}

async fn handle_slash(text: String) -> Result<Response> {
    let renderer = TextRenderer::try_new_with_ttf_font_data(include_bytes!("../assets/Inter-Bold.ttf"))
    .expect("Example font is definitely loadable");

    let text = if text.len() > 128 {
        "Nope".into()
    } else {
        text
    };

    let text = urlencoding::decode(&text).map_err(|_| worker::Error::BadEncoding)?;

    let text_png: TextPng = renderer.render_text_to_png_data(text.replace("+", " "), 60, "003682").unwrap();

    let mut headers = Headers::new();
    headers.set("content-type", "image/png")?;

    Ok(Response::from_bytes(text_png.data)?.with_headers(headers))
}
```

After you have finished updating your project, start a local server for developing your Worker by running:

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

This should spin up a `localhost` instance with the image displayed:

![Run wrangler dev to start a local server for your Worker](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/youtube-thumbnails/hello-worker.png)

Adding a query parameter with custom text, you should receive:

![Follow the instructions above to receive an output image](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/youtube-thumbnails/build-serverles.png)

To deploy your Worker, open your Wrangler file and update the `name` key with your project's name. Below is an example with this tutorial's project name:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker-to-text"

```

</WranglerConfig>

Then run the `npx wrangler deploy` command to deploy your Worker.

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

A `.workers.dev` domain will be generated for your Worker after running `wrangler deploy`. You will use this domain in the main thumbnail image.

## Create a Worker to display the original image

Create a Worker to serve the image you uploaded to Images by running:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"thumbnail-image"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

To start developing your Worker, `cd` into your new project directory:

```sh
cd thumbnail-image
```

This will create a new Worker project named `thumbnail-image`. In the `src/index.js` file, add the following code block:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname === "/original-image") {
			const image = await fetch(
				`https://imagedelivery.net/${env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_HASH}/${IMAGE_ID}/public`,
			);
			return image;
		}
		return new Response("Image Resizing with a Worker");
	},
};
```

Update `env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_HASH` with your [Cloudflare account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/). Update `env.IMAGE_ID` with your [image ID](/images/get-started/).

Run your Worker and go to the `/original-image` route to review your image.

## Add custom text on your image

You will now use [Cloudflare image transformations](/images/transform-images/), with the `fetch` method, to add your dynamic text image as an overlay on top of your background image. Start by displaying the resulting image on a different route. Call the new route `/thumbnail`.

```js null {11}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname === "/original-image") {
			const image = await fetch(
				`https://imagedelivery.net/${env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_HASH}/${IMAGE_ID}/public`,
			);
			return image;
		}

		if (url.pathname === "/thumbnail") {
		}

		return new Response("Image Resizing with a Worker");
	},
};
```

Next, use the `fetch` method to apply the image transformation changes on top of the background image. The overlay options are nested in `options.cf.image`.

```js null {12,13,14,15,16,17,18}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);

		if (url.pathname === "/original-image") {
			const image = await fetch(
				`https://imagedelivery.net/${env.CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_HASH}/${IMAGE_ID}/public`,
			);
			return image;
		}

		if (url.pathname === "/thumbnail") {
			fetch(imageURL, {
				cf: {
					image: {},
				},
			});
		}

		return new Response("Image Resizing with a Worker");
	},
};
```

The `imageURL` is the URL of the image you want to use as a background image. In the `cf.image` object, specify the options you want to apply to the background image.

:::note

At time of publication, Cloudflare image transformations do not allow resizing images in a Worker that is stored in Cloudflare Images. Instead of using the image you served on the `/original-image` route, you will use the same image from a different source.

:::

Add your background image to an assets directory on GitHub and push your changes to GitHub. Copy the URL of the image upload by performing a left click on the image and selecting the **Copy Remote File Url** option.

Replace the `imageURL` value with the copied remote URL.

```js null {2,3}
if (url.pathname === "/thumbnail") {
	const imageURL =
		"https://github.com/lauragift21/social-image-demo/blob/1ed9044463b891561b7438ecdecbdd9da48cdb03/assets/cover.png?raw=true";
	fetch(imageURL, {
		cf: {
			image: {},
		},
	});
}
```

Next, add overlay options in the image object. Resize the image to the preferred width and height for YouTube thumbnails and use the [draw](/images/transform-images/draw-overlays/) option to add overlay text using the deployed URL of your `text-to-image` Worker.

```js null {3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12}
fetch(imageURL, {
	cf: {
		image: {
			width: 1280,
			height: 720,
			draw: [
				{
					url: "https://text-to-image.examples.workers.dev",
					left: 40,
				},
			],
		},
	},
});
```

Image transformations can only be tested when you deploy your Worker.

To deploy your Worker, open your Wrangler file and update the `name` key with your project's name. Below is an example with this tutorial's project name:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "thumbnail-image"

```

</WranglerConfig>

Deploy your Worker by running:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

The command deploys your Worker to custom `workers.dev` subdomain. Go to your `.workers.dev` subdomain and go to the `/thumbnail` route.

You should see the resized image with the text `Hello Workers!`.

![Follow the steps above to generate your resized image.](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/youtube-thumbnails/thumbnail.png)

You will now make text applied dynamic. Making your text dynamic will allow you change the text and have it update on the image automatically.

To add dynamic text, append any text attached to the `/thumbnail` URL using query parameters and pass it down to the `text-to-image` Worker URL as a parameter.

```js
for (const title of url.searchParams.values()) {
	try {
		const editedImage = await fetch(imageURL, {
			cf: {
				image: {
					width: 1280,
					height: 720,
					draw: [
						{
							url: `https://text-to-image.examples.workers.dev/?${title}`,
							left: 50,
						},
					],
				},
			},
		});
		return editedImage;
	} catch (error) {
		console.log(error);
	}
}
```

This will always return the text you pass as a query string in the generated image. This example URL, [https://socialcard.cdnuptime.com/thumbnail?Getting%20Started%20With%20Cloudflare%20Images](https://socialcard.cdnuptime.com/thumbnail?Getting%20Started%20With%20Cloudflare%20Images), will generate the following image:

![An example thumbnail.](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/youtube-thumbnails/thumbnail2.png)

By completing this tutorial, you have successfully made a custom YouTube thumbnail generator.

## Related resources

In this tutorial, you learned how to use Cloudflare Workers and Cloudflare image transformations to generate custom YouTube thumbnails. To learn more about Cloudflare Workers and image transformations, refer to [Resize an image with a Worker](/images/transform-images/transform-via-workers/).

---

# GitHub SMS notifications using Twilio

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/github-sms-notifications-using-twilio/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn to build an SMS notification system on Workers to receive updates on a GitHub repository. Your Worker will send you a text update using Twilio when there is new activity on your repository.

You will learn how to:

- Build webhooks using Workers.
- Integrate Workers with GitHub and Twilio.
- Use Worker secrets with Wrangler.

![Animated gif of receiving a text message on your phone after pushing changes to a repository](/images/workers/tutorials/github-sms/video-of-receiving-a-text-after-pushing-to-a-repo.gif)

---

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Create a Worker project

Start by using `npm create cloudflare@latest` to create a Worker project in the command line:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"github-twilio-notifications"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Make note of the URL that your application was deployed to. You will be using it when you configure your GitHub webhook.

```sh
cd github-twilio-notifications
```

Inside of your new `github-sms-notifications` directory, `src/index.js` represents the entry point to your Cloudflare Workers application. You will configure this file for most of the tutorial.

You will also need a GitHub account and a repository for this tutorial. If you do not have either setup, [create a new GitHub account](https://github.com/join) and [create a new repository](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/create-a-repo) to continue with this tutorial.

First, create a webhook for your repository to post updates to your Worker. Inside of your Worker, you will then parse the updates. Finally, you will send a `POST` request to Twilio to send a text message to you.

You can reference the finished code at this [GitHub repository](https://github.com/rickyrobinett/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/examples/github-sms-notifications-using-twilio).

---

## Configure GitHub

To start, configure a GitHub webhook to post to your Worker when there is an update to the repository:

1. Go to your GitHub repository's **Settings** > **Webhooks** > **Add webhook**.

2. Set the Payload URL to the `/webhook` path on the Worker URL that you made note of when your application was first deployed.

3. In the **Content type** dropdown, select _application/json_.

4. In the **Secret** field, input a secret key of your choice.

5. In **Which events would you like to trigger this webhook?**, select **Let me select individual events**. Select the events you want to get notifications for (such as **Pull requests**, **Pushes**, and **Branch or tag creation**).

6. Select **Add webhook** to finish configuration.

![Following instructions to set up your webhook in the GitHub webhooks settings dashboard](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/github-sms/github-config-screenshot.png)

---

## Parsing the response

With your local environment set up, parse the repository update with your Worker.

Initially, your generated `index.js` should look like this:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

Use the `request.method` property of [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) to check if the request coming to your application is a `POST` request, and send an error response if the request is not a `POST` request.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		if (request.method !== "POST") {
			return new Response("Please send a POST request!");
		}
	},
};
```

Next, validate that the request is sent with the right secret key. GitHub attaches a hash signature for [each payload using the secret key](https://docs.github.com/en/developers/webhooks-and-events/webhooks/securing-your-webhooks). Use a helper function called `checkSignature` on the request to ensure the hash is correct. Then, you can access data from the webhook by parsing the request as JSON.

```js
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
  if(request.method !== 'POST') {
    return new Response('Please send a POST request!');
  }
  try {
    const rawBody = await request.text();

    if (!checkSignature(rawBody, request.headers, env.GITHUB_SECRET_TOKEN)) {
      return new Response("Wrong password, try again", {status: 403});
    }
  } catch (e) {
    return new Response(`Error:  ${e}`);
  }
},
```

The `checkSignature` function will use the Node.js crypto library to hash the received payload with your known secret key to ensure it matches the request hash. GitHub uses an HMAC hexdigest to compute the hash in the SHA-256 format. You will place this function at the top of your `index.js` file, before your export.

```js
import { createHmac, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";
import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";

function checkSignature(text, headers, githubSecretToken) {
	const hmac = createHmac("sha256", githubSecretToken);
	hmac.update(text);
	const expectedSignature = hmac.digest("hex");
	const actualSignature = headers.get("x-hub-signature-256");

	const trusted = Buffer.from(`sha256=${expectedSignature}`, "ascii");
	const untrusted = Buffer.from(actualSignature, "ascii");

	return (
		trusted.byteLength == untrusted.byteLength &&
		timingSafeEqual(trusted, untrusted)
	);
}
```

To make this work, you need to use [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put) to set your `GITHUB_SECRET_TOKEN`. This token is the secret you picked earlier when configuring you GitHub webhook:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put GITHUB_SECRET_TOKEN
```

Add the nodejs_compat flag to your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

## Sending a text with Twilio

You will send a text message to you about your repository activity using Twilio. You need a Twilio account and a phone number that can receive text messages. [Refer to the Twilio guide to get set up](https://www.twilio.com/messaging/sms). (If you are new to Twilio, they have [an interactive game](https://www.twilio.com/quest) where you can learn how to use their platform and get some free credits for beginners to the service.)

You can then create a helper function to send text messages by sending a `POST` request to the Twilio API endpoint. [Refer to the Twilio reference](https://www.twilio.com/docs/sms/api/message-resource#create-a-message-resource) to learn more about this endpoint.

Create a new function called `sendText()` that will handle making the request to Twilio:

```js
async function sendText(accountSid, authToken, message) {
	const endpoint = `https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/${accountSid}/Messages.json`;

	const encoded = new URLSearchParams({
		To: "%YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER%",
		From: "%YOUR_TWILIO_NUMBER%",
		Body: message,
	});

	const token = btoa(`${accountSid}:${authToken}`);

	const request = {
		body: encoded,
		method: "POST",
		headers: {
			Authorization: `Basic ${token}`,
			"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
		},
	};

	const response = await fetch(endpoint, request);
	const result = await response.json();

	return Response.json(result);
}
```

To make this work, you need to set some secrets to hide your `ACCOUNT_SID` and `AUTH_TOKEN` from the source code. You can set secrets with [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put) in your command line.

```sh
npx wrangler secret put TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID
npx wrangler secret put TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN
```

Modify your `githubWebhookHandler` to send a text message using the `sendText` function you just made.

```js
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
  if(request.method !== 'POST') {
    return new Response('Please send a POST request!');
  }
  try {
    const rawBody = await request.text();
    if (!checkSignature(rawBody, request.headers, env.GITHUB_SECRET_TOKEN)) {
      return new Response('Wrong password, try again', {status: 403});
    }

    const action = request.headers.get('X-GitHub-Event');
    const json = JSON.parse(rawBody);
    const repoName = json.repository.full_name;
    const senderName = json.sender.login;

    return await sendText(
      env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID,
      env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN,
      `${senderName} completed ${action} onto your repo ${repoName}`
    );
  } catch (e) {
    return new Response(`Error:  ${e}`);
  }
};
```

Run the `npx wrangler publish` command to redeploy your Worker project:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

![Video of receiving a text after pushing to a repo](/images/workers/tutorials/github-sms/video-of-receiving-a-text-after-pushing-to-a-repo.gif)

Now when you make an update (that you configured in the GitHub **Webhook** settings) to your repository, you will get a text soon after. If you have never used Git before, refer to the [GIT Push and Pull Tutorial](https://www.datacamp.com/tutorial/git-push-pull) for pushing to your repository.

Reference the finished code [on GitHub](https://github.com/rickyrobinett/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/examples/github-sms-notifications-using-twilio).

By completing this tutorial, you have learned how to build webhooks using Workers, integrate Workers with GitHub and Twilio, and use Worker secrets with Wrangler.

## Related resources

{/* <!-- - [Authorize users with Auth0](/workers/tutorials/authorize-users-with-auth0/) --> */}

- [Build a JAMStack app](/workers/tutorials/build-a-jamstack-app/)
- [Build a QR code generator](/workers/tutorials/build-a-qr-code-generator/)

---

# Handle form submissions with Airtable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/handle-form-submissions-with-airtable/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will use [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/) and [Airtable](https://airtable.com) to persist form submissions from a front-end user interface. Airtable is a free-to-use spreadsheet solution that has an approachable API for developers. Workers will handle incoming form submissions and use Airtable's [REST API](https://airtable.com/api) to asynchronously persist the data in an Airtable base (Airtable's term for a spreadsheet) for later reference.

![GIF of a complete Airtable and serverless function integration](/images/workers/tutorials/airtable/example.gif)

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## 1. Create a form

For this tutorial, you will be building a Workers function that handles input from a contact form. The form this tutorial references will collect a first name, last name, email address, phone number, message subject, and a message.

:::note[Build a form]

If this is your first time building a form and you would like to follow a tutorial to create a form with Cloudflare Pages, refer to the [HTML forms](/pages/tutorials/forms) tutorial.
:::

Review a simplified example of the form used in this tuttorial. Note that the `action` parameter of the `<form>` tag should point to the deployed Workers application that you will build in this tutorial.

```html title="Your front-end code" {1}
<form action="https://workers-airtable-form.signalnerve.workers.dev/submit" method="POST">
  <div>
    <label for="first_name">First name</label>
    <input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" autocomplete="given-name" placeholder="Ellen" required />
  </div>

  <div>
    <label for="last_name">Last name</label>
    <input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" autocomplete="family-name" placeholder="Ripley" required />
  </div>

  <div>
    <label for="email">Email</label>
      <input id="email" name="email" type="email" autocomplete="email" placeholder="eripley@nostromo.com" required />
    </div>
  </div>

  <div>
    <label for="phone">
      Phone
      <span>Optional</span>
    </label>
    <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" autocomplete="tel" placeholder="+1 (123) 456-7890" />
  </div>

  <div>
    <label for="subject">Subject</label>
    <input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" placeholder="Your example subject" required />
  </div>

  <div>
    <label for="message">
      Message
      <span>Max 500 characters</span>
    </label>
    <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="4" placeholder="Tenetur quaerat expedita vero et illo. Tenetur explicabo dolor voluptatem eveniet. Commodi est beatae id voluptatum porro laudantium. Quam placeat accusamus vel officiis vel. Et perferendis dicta ut perspiciatis quos iste. Tempore autem molestias voluptates in sapiente enim doloremque." required></textarea>
  </div>

  <div>
    <button type="submit">
      Submit
    </button>
  </div>
</form>
```

## 2. Create a Worker project

To handle the form submission, create and deploy a Worker that parses the incoming form data and prepares it for submission to Airtable.

Create a new `airtable-form-handler` Worker project:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"airtable-form-handler"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Then, move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd airtable-form-handler
```

## 3. Configure an Airtable base

When your Worker is complete, it will send data up to an Airtable base via Airtable's REST API.

If you do not have an Airtable account, create one (the free plan is sufficient to complete this tutorial). In Airtable's dashboard, create a new base by selecting **Start from scratch**.

After you have created a new base, set it up for use with the front-end form. Delete the existing columns, and create six columns, with the following field types:

| Field name   | Airtable field type |
| ------------ | ------------------- |
| First Name   | "Single line text"  |
| Last Name    | "Single line text"  |
| Email        | "Email"             |
| Phone Number | "Phone number"      |
| Subject      | "Single line text"  |
| Message      | "Long text"         |

Note that the field names are case-sensitive. If you change the field names, you will need to exactly match your new field names in the API request you make to Airtable later in the tutorial. Finally, you can optionally rename your table -- by defaulte it will have a name like Table 1. In the below code, we assume the table has been renamed with a more descriptive name, like `Form Submissions`.

Next, navigate to [Airtable's API page](https://airtable.com/api) and select your new base. Note that you must be logged into Airtable to see your base information. In the API documentation page, find your **Airtable base ID**.

You will also need to create a **Personal access token** that you'll use to access your Airtable base. You can do so by visiting the [Personal access tokens](https://airtable.com/create/tokens) page on Airtable's website and creating a new token. Make sure that you configure the token in the following way:

- Scope: the `data.records:write` scope must be set on the token
- Access: access should be granted to the base you have been working with in this tutorial

The results access token should now be set in your application. To make the token available in your codebase, use the [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command. The `secret` command encrypts and stores environment variables for use in your function, without revealing them to users.

Run `wrangler secret put`, passing `AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN` as the name of your secret:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN
```

```sh output
Enter the secret text you would like assigned to the variable AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN on the script named airtable-form-handler:
******
🌀  Creating the secret for script name airtable-form-handler
✨  Success! Uploaded secret AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN.
```

Before you continue, review the keys that you should have from Airtable:

1. **Airtable Table Name**: The name for your table, like Form Submissions.
2. **Airtable Base ID**: The alphanumeric base ID found at the top of your base's API page.
3. **Airtable Access Token**: A Personal Access Token created by the user to access information about your new Airtable base.

## 4. Submit data to Airtable

With your Airtable base set up, and the keys and IDs you need to communicate with the API ready, you will now set up your Worker to persist data from your form into Airtable.

In your Worker project's `index.js` file, replace the default code with a Workers fetch handler that can respond to requests. When the URL requested has a pathname of `/submit`, you will handle a new form submission, otherwise, you will return a `404 Not Found` response.

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (url.pathname === "/submit") {
			await submitHandler(request, env);
		}
		return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
	},
};
```

The `submitHandler` has two functions. First, it will parse the form data coming from your HTML5 form. Once the data is parsed, use the Airtable API to persist a new row (a new form submission) to your table:

```js
async function submitHandler(request, env) {
	if (request.method !== "POST") {
		return new Response("Method Not Allowed", {
			status: 405,
		});
	}
	const body = await request.formData();

	const { first_name, last_name, email, phone, subject, message } =
		Object.fromEntries(body);

	// The keys in "fields" are case-sensitive, and
	// should exactly match the field names you set up
	// in your Airtable table, such as "First Name".
	const reqBody = {
		fields: {
			"First Name": first_name,
			"Last Name": last_name,
			Email: email,
			"Phone Number": phone,
			Subject: subject,
			Message: message,
		},
	};
	await createAirtableRecord(env, reqBody);
}

// Existing code
// export default ...
```

While the majority of this function is concerned with parsing the request body (the data being sent as part of the request), there are two important things to note. First, if the HTTP method sent to this function is not `POST`, you will return a new response with the status code of [`405 Method Not Allowed`](https://httpstatuses.com/405).

The variable `reqBody` represents a collection of fields, which are key-value pairs for each column in your Airtable table. By formatting `reqBody` as an object with a collection of fields, you are creating a new record in your table with a value for each field.

Then you call `createAirtableRecord` (the function you will define next). The `createAirtableRecord` function accepts a `body` parameter, which conforms to the Airtable API's required format — namely, a JavaScript object containing key-value pairs under `fields`, representing a single record to be created on your table:

```js
async function createAirtableRecord(env, body) {
	try {
		const result = fetch(
			`https://api.airtable.com/v0/${env.AIRTABLE_BASE_ID}/${encodeURIComponent(env.AIRTABLE_TABLE_NAME)}`,
			{
				method: "POST",
				body: JSON.stringify(body),
				headers: {
					Authorization: `Bearer ${env.AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
					"Content-Type": "application/json",
				},
			},
		);
		return result;
	} catch (error) {
		console.error(error);
	}
}

// Existing code
// async function submitHandler
// export default ...
```

To make an authenticated request to Airtable, you need to provide four constants that represent data about your Airtable account, base, and table name. You have already set `AIRTABLE_ACCESS_TOKEN` using `wrangler secret`, since it is a value that should be encrypted. The **Airtable base ID** and **table name**, and `FORM_URL` are values that can be publicly shared in places like GitHub. Use Wrangler's [`vars`](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#vars) feature to pass public environment variables from your Wrangler file.

Add a `vars` table at the end of your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml null {7}
name = "workers-airtable-form"
main = "src/index.js"
compatibility_date = "2023-06-13"

[vars]
AIRTABLE_BASE_ID = "exampleBaseId"
AIRTABLE_TABLE_NAME = "Form Submissions"
```

</WranglerConfig>

With all these fields submitted, it is time to deploy your Workers serverless function and get your form communicating with it. First, publish your Worker:

```sh title="Deploy your Worker"
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your Worker project will deploy to a unique URL — for example, `https://workers-airtable-form.cloudflare.workers.dev`. This represents the first part of your front-end form's `action` attribute — the second part is the path for your form handler, which is `/submit`. In your front-end UI, configure your `form` tag as seen below:

```html
<form
	action="https://workers-airtable-form.cloudflare.workers.dev/submit"
	method="POST"
	class="..."
>
	<!-- The rest of your HTML form -->
</form>
```

After you have deployed your new form (refer to the [HTML forms](/pages/tutorials/forms) tutorial if you need help creating a form), you should be able to submit a new form submission and see the value show up immediately in Airtable:

![Example GIF of complete Airtable and serverless function integration](/images/workers/tutorials/airtable/example.gif)

## Conclusion

With this tutorial completed, you have created a Worker that can accept form submissions and persist them to Airtable. You have learned how to parse form data, set up environment variables, and use the `fetch` API to make requests to external services outside of your Worker.

## Related resources

- [Build a Slackbot](/workers/tutorials/build-a-slackbot)
- [Build a To-Do List Jamstack App](/workers/tutorials/build-a-jamstack-app)
- [Build a blog using Nuxt.js and Sanity.io on Cloudflare Pages](/pages/tutorials/build-a-blog-using-nuxt-and-sanity)
- [James Quick's video on building a Cloudflare Workers + Airtable integration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFQ2kbiu1K4)

---

# Build Live Cursors with Next.js, RPC and Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/live-cursors-with-nextjs-rpc-do/

import { Render, PackageManagers, Steps, TabItem, Tabs, Details } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a real-time [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) app that displays the live cursor location of each connected user using [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/), the Workers' built-in [RPC (Remote Procedure Call)](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/) system, and the [OpenNext](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) Cloudflare adapter.

The application works like this:
- An ID is generated for each user that navigates to the application, which is used for identifying the WebSocket connection in the Durable Object.
- Once the WebSocket connection is established, the application sends a message to the WebSocket Durable Object to determine the current number of connected users.
- A user can close all active WebSocket connections via a Next.js server action that uses an RPC method.
- It handles WebSocket and mouse movement events to update the location of other users' cursors in the UI and to send updates about the user's own cursor, as well as join and leave WebSocket events.

![Animated gif of real-time Next.js app for visualizing live cursors](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/live-cursors-nextjs/demo-live-cursors-nextjs-do.gif)

---

## 1. Create a Next.js Workers Project

<Steps>

1. Run the following command to create your Next.js Worker named `next-rpc`:

	<PackageManagers
		type="create"
		pkg="cloudflare@latest"
		args={"next-rpc --framework=next --experimental"}
	/>

	<Render
		file="c3-post-run-steps"
		product="workers"
		params={{
			category: "web-framework",
			framework: "Next.js",
		}}
	/>

2. Change into your new directory:

	```sh
	cd next-rpc
	```

3. Install [nanoid](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nanoid) so that string IDs can be generated for clients:
	<PackageManagers type="add" pkg="nanoid" frame="none" />

4. Install [perfect-cursors](https://www.npmjs.com/package/perfect-cursors) to interpolate cursor positions:
	<PackageManagers type="add" pkg="perfect-cursors" frame="none" />

5. Define workspaces for each Worker:

	<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

	Update your `package.json` file.


	```json title="package.json" ins={14-17}
	{
		"name": "next-rpc",
		"version": "0.1.0",
		"private": true,
		"scripts": {
			"dev": "next dev",
			"build": "next build",
			"start": "next start",
			"lint": "next lint",
			"deploy": "cloudflare && wrangler deploy",
			"preview": "cloudflare && wrangler dev",
			"cf-typegen": "wrangler types --env-interface CloudflareEnv env.d.ts"
		},
		"workspaces": [
			".",
			"worker"
		],
		// ...
	}
	```

	</TabItem> <TabItem label="pnpm">

	Create a new file `pnpm-workspace.yaml`.

	```yaml title="pnpm-workspace.yaml"
	packages:
		- "worker"
		- "."
	```
	</TabItem> </Tabs>

</Steps>

## 2. Create a Durable Object Worker

This Worker will manage the Durable Object and also have internal APIs
that will be made available to the Next.js Worker using a [`WorkerEntrypoint`](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/) class.

<Steps>
1. Create another Worker named `worker` inside the Next.js directory:

	<PackageManagers
		type="create"
		pkg="cloudflare@latest"
		args={"worker"}
	/>

	<Render
		file="c3-post-run-steps"
		product="workers"
		params={{
			category: "hello-world",
			type: "Hello World Worker using Durable Objects",
			lang: "TypeScript",
		}}
	/>
</Steps>

## 3. Build Durable Object Worker functionality
<Steps>
1. In your `worker/wrangler.toml` file, update the Durable Object binding:
	```toml {4,5,9} title="worker/wrangler.toml"
	# ... Other wrangler configuration settings

	[[durable_objects.bindings]]
	name = "CURSOR_SESSIONS"
	class_name = "CursorSessions"

	[[migrations]]
	tag = "v1"
	new_classes = ["CursorSessions"]
	```
2. Initialize the main methods for the Durable Object and define types for WebSocket messages and cursor sessions in your `worker/src/index.ts`
	to support type-safe interaction:
	- `WsMessage`. Specifies the structure of WebSocket messages handled by the Durable Object.
	- `Session`. Represents the connected user's ID and current cursor coordinates.

	```ts title="worker/src/index.ts"
	import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers';

	export type WsMessage =
		| { type: "message"; data: string }
		| { type: "quit"; id: string }
		| { type: "join"; id: string }
		| { type: "move"; id: string; x: number; y: number }
		| { type: "get-cursors" }
		| { type: "get-cursors-response"; sessions: Session[] };

	export type Session = { id: string; x: number; y: number };

	export class CursorSessions extends DurableObject<Env> {
		constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {}
		broadcast(message: WsMessage, self?: string) {}
		async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, message: string) {}
		async webSocketClose(ws: WebSocket, code: number) {}
		closeSessions() {}
		async fetch(request: Request) {
			return new Response("Hello");
		}
	}

	export default {
		async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
			return new Response("Ok");
		},
	} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
	```

	Now update `worker-configuration.d.ts` by running:

	```sh
	cd worker && npm run cf-typegen
	```


3. Update the Durable Object to manage WebSockets:
	```ts title="worker/src/index.ts" {29-34,36-43,56,79,89-100}
	// Rest of the code

	export class CursorSessions extends DurableObject<Env> {
		sessions: Map<WebSocket, Session>;

		constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {
			super(ctx, env);
			this.sessions = new Map();
			this.ctx.getWebSockets().forEach((ws) => {
				const meta = ws.deserializeAttachment();
				this.sessions.set(ws, { ...meta });
			});
		}

		broadcast(message: WsMessage, self?: string) {
			this.ctx.getWebSockets().forEach((ws) => {
				const { id } = ws.deserializeAttachment();
				if (id !== self) ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));
			});
		}

		async webSocketMessage(ws: WebSocket, message: string) {
			if (typeof message !== "string") return;
			const parsedMsg: WsMessage = JSON.parse(message);
			const session = this.sessions.get(ws);
			if (!session) return;

			switch (parsedMsg.type) {
				case "move":
					session.x = parsedMsg.x;
					session.y = parsedMsg.y;
					ws.serializeAttachment(session);
					this.broadcast(parsedMsg, session.id);
					break;

				case "get-cursors":
					const sessions: Session[] = [];
					this.sessions.forEach((session) => {
						sessions.push(session);
					});
					const wsMessage: WsMessage = { type: "get-cursors-response", sessions };
					ws.send(JSON.stringify(wsMessage));
					break;

				case "message":
					this.broadcast(parsedMsg);
					break;

				default:
					break;
			}
		}

		async webSocketClose(ws: WebSocket, code: number) {
			const id = this.sessions.get(ws)?.id;
			id && this.broadcast({ type: 'quit', id });
			this.sessions.delete(ws);
			ws.close();
		}

		closeSessions() {
			this.ctx.getWebSockets().forEach((ws) => ws.close());
		}

		async fetch(request: Request) {
			const url = new URL(request.url);
			const webSocketPair = new WebSocketPair();
			const [client, server] = Object.values(webSocketPair);
			this.ctx.acceptWebSocket(server);
			const id = url.searchParams.get("id");
			if (!id) {
				return new Response("Missing id", { status: 400 });
			}

			// Set Id and Default Position
			const sessionInitialData: Session = { id, x: -1, y: -1 };
			server.serializeAttachment(sessionInitialData);
			this.sessions.set(server, sessionInitialData);
			this.broadcast({ type: "join", id }, id);

			return new Response(null, {
				status: 101,
				webSocket: client,
			});
		}
	}

	export default {
		async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
			if (request.url.match("/ws")) {
				const upgradeHeader = request.headers.get("Upgrade");
				if (!upgradeHeader || upgradeHeader !== "websocket") {
					return new Response("Durable Object expected Upgrade: websocket", {
						status: 426,
					});
				}
				const id = env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.idFromName("globalRoom");
				const stub = env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.get(id);
				return stub.fetch(request);
			}
			return new Response(null, {
				status: 400,
				statusText: "Bad Request",
				headers: {
					"Content-Type": "text/plain",
				},
			});
		},
	} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

	```
	- The main `fetch` handler routes requests with a `/ws` URL to the `CursorSessions` Durable Object where a WebSocket connection is established.
	- The `CursorSessions` class manages WebSocket connections, session states, and broadcasts messages to other connected clients.
		- When a new WebSocket connection is established, the Durable Object broadcasts a `join` message to all connected clients; similarly, a `quit` message is broadcast when a client disconnects.
		- It tracks each WebSocket client's last cursor position under the `move` message, which is broadcasted to all active clients.
		- When a `get-cursors` message is received, it sends the number of currently active clients to the specific client that requested it.


4. Extend the `WorkerEntrypoint` class for RPC:
	:::note[Note]
	A service binding to `SessionsRPC` is used here because Durable Object RPC is not yet supported in multiple `wrangler dev` sessions. In this case, two `wrangler dev` sessions are used: one for the Next.js Worker and one for the Durable Object Worker. In production, however, Durable Object RPC is not an issue. For convenience in local development, a service binding is used instead of directly invoking the Durable Object RPC method.
	:::


	```ts title="worker/src/index.ts" ins={2,5-12} del={1}
	import { DurableObject } from 'cloudflare:workers';
	import { DurableObject, WorkerEntrypoint } from 'cloudflare:workers';
	// ... rest of the code

	export class SessionsRPC extends WorkerEntrypoint<Env> {
		async closeSessions() {
			const id = this.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.idFromName("globalRoom");
			const stub = this.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.get(id);
			// Invoking Durable Object RPC method. Same `wrangler dev` session.
			await stub.closeSessions();
		}
	}

	export default {
		async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
			if (request.url.match("/ws")) {
	// ...
	```

5. Leave the Durable Object Worker running. It's used for RPC and serves as a local WebSocket server:
	<PackageManagers type="run" pkg="dev" frame="none" />

6. Use the resulting address from the previous step to set the Worker host as a public environment variable in your Next.js project:
	```text title="next-rpc/.env.local" ins={1}
	NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST=localhost:8787
	```

</Steps>

## 4. Build Next.js Worker functionality
<Steps>
1. In your Next.js Wrangler file, declare the external Durable Object binding and the Service binding to `SessionsRPC`:

	```toml title="next-rpc/wrangler.toml" ins={10-18}
	# ... rest of the configuration
	compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

	# Minification helps to keep the Worker bundle size down and improve start up time.
	minify = true

	# Use the new Workers + Assets to host the static frontend files
	assets = { directory = ".worker-next/assets", binding = "ASSETS" }

	[[durable_objects.bindings]]
	name = "CURSOR_SESSIONS"
	class_name = "CursorSessions"
	script_name = "worker"

	[[services]]
	binding = "RPC_SERVICE"
	service = "worker"
	entrypoint = "SessionsRPC"
	```

2. Update your `env.d.ts` file for type-safety:
	```ts title="next-rpc/env.d.ts" {2-5}
	interface CloudflareEnv {
		CURSOR_SESSIONS: DurableObjectNamespace<
			import("./worker/src/index").CursorSessions
		>;
		RPC_SERVICE: Service<import("./worker/src/index").SessionsRPC>;
		ASSETS: Fetcher;
	}
	```
3. Include Next.js server side logic:
	- Add a server action to close all active WebSocket connections.
	- Use the RPC method `closeSessions` from the `RPC_SERVICE` Service binding instead of invoking the Durable Object RPC method because of the limitation mentioned in the note above.
	- The server component generates unique IDs using `nanoid` to identify the WebSocket connection within the Durable Object.
	- Set the [`dynamic`](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/route-segment-config) value to `force-dynamic` to ensure unique ID generation and avoid static rendering

	```tsx title="src/app/page.tsx" {5,9-10,19,25-27,33}
	import { getCloudflareContext } from "@opennextjs/cloudflare";
	import { Cursors } from "./cursor";
	import { nanoid } from "nanoid";

	export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";

	async function closeSessions() {
		"use server";
		const cf = await getCloudflareContext();
		await cf.env.RPC_SERVICE.closeSessions();

		// Note: Not supported in `wrangler dev`
		// const id = cf.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.idFromName("globalRoom");
		// const stub = cf.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.get(id);
		// await stub.closeSessions();
	}

	export default function Home() {
		const id = `ws_${nanoid(50)}`;
		return (
			<main className="flex min-h-screen flex-col items-center p-24 justify-center">
				<div className="border border-dashed w-full">
					<p className="pt-2 px-2">Server Actions</p>
					<div className="p-2">
						<form action={closeSessions}>
							<button className="border px-2 py-1">Close WebSockets</button>
						</form>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div className="border border-dashed w-full mt-2.5">
					<p className="py-2 px-2">Live Cursors</p>
					<div className="px-2 space-y-2">
						<Cursors id={id}></Cursors>
					</div>
				</div>
			</main>
		);
	}
	```

4. Create a client component to manage WebSocket and mouse movement events:

	<Details header="src/app/cursor.tsx">
	```tsx title="src/app/cursor.tsx"
	"use client";
	import { useCallback, useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useReducer, useRef, useState } from "react";
	import type { Session, WsMessage } from "../../worker/src/index";
	import { PerfectCursor } from "perfect-cursors";

	const INTERVAL = 55;

	export function Cursors(props: { id: string }) {
		const wsRef = useRef<WebSocket | null>(null);
		const [cursors, setCursors] = useState<Map<string, Session>>(new Map());
		const lastSentTimestamp = useRef(0);
		const [messageState, dispatchMessage] = useReducer(messageReducer, {
			in: "",
			out: "",
		});
		const [highlightedIn, highlightIn] = useHighlight();
		const [highlightedOut, highlightOut] = useHighlight();

		function startWebSocket() {
			const wsProtocol = window.location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss" : "ws";
			const ws = new WebSocket(
				`${wsProtocol}://${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST}/ws?id=${props.id}`,
			);
			ws.onopen = () => {
				highlightOut();
				dispatchMessage({ type: "out", message: "get-cursors" });
				const message: WsMessage = { type: "get-cursors" };
				ws.send(JSON.stringify(message));
			};
			ws.onmessage = (message) => {
				const messageData: WsMessage = JSON.parse(message.data);
				highlightIn();
				dispatchMessage({ type: "in", message: messageData.type });
				switch (messageData.type) {
					case "quit":
						setCursors((prev) => {
							const updated = new Map(prev);
							updated.delete(messageData.id);
							return updated;
						});
						break;
					case "join":
						setCursors((prev) => {
							const updated = new Map(prev);
							if (!updated.has(messageData.id)) {
								updated.set(messageData.id, { id: messageData.id, x: -1, y: -1 });
							}
							return updated;
						});
						break;
					case "move":
						setCursors((prev) => {
							const updated = new Map(prev);
							const session = updated.get(messageData.id);
							if (session) {
								session.x = messageData.x;
								session.y = messageData.y;
							} else {
								updated.set(messageData.id, messageData);
							}
							return updated;
						});
						break;
					case "get-cursors-response":
						setCursors(
							new Map(
								messageData.sessions.map((session) => [session.id, session]),
							),
						);
						break;
					default:
						break;
				}
			};
			ws.onclose = () => setCursors(new Map());
			return ws;
		}

		useEffect(() => {
			const abortController = new AbortController();
			document.addEventListener(
				"mousemove",
				(ev) => {
					const x = ev.pageX / window.innerWidth,
						y = ev.pageY / window.innerHeight;
					const now = Date.now();
					if (
						now - lastSentTimestamp.current > INTERVAL &&
						wsRef.current?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN
					) {
						const message: WsMessage = { type: "move", id: props.id, x, y };
						wsRef.current.send(JSON.stringify(message));
						lastSentTimestamp.current = now;
						highlightOut();
						dispatchMessage({ type: "out", message: "move" });
					}
				},
				{
					signal: abortController.signal,
				},
			);
			return () => abortController.abort();
			// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
		}, []);

		useEffect(() => {
			wsRef.current = startWebSocket();
			return () => wsRef.current?.close();
			// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
		}, [props.id]);

		function sendMessage() {
			highlightOut();
			dispatchMessage({ type: "out", message: "message" });
			wsRef.current?.send(
				JSON.stringify({ type: "message", data: "Ping" } satisfies WsMessage),
			);
		}

		const otherCursors = Array.from(cursors.values()).filter(
			({ id, x, y }) => id !== props.id && x !== -1 && y !== -1,
		);

		return (
			<>
				<div className="flex border">
					<div className="px-2 py-1 border-r">WebSocket Connections</div>
					<div className="px-2 py-1"> {cursors.size} </div>
				</div>
				<div className="flex border">
					<div className="px-2 py-1 border-r">Messages</div>
					<div className="flex flex-1">
						<div className="px-2 py-1 border-r">↓</div>
						<div
							className="w-full px-2 py-1 [word-break:break-word] transition-colors duration-500"
							style={{
								backgroundColor: highlightedIn ? "#ef4444" : "transparent",
							}}
						>
							{messageState.in}
						</div>
					</div>
					<div className="flex flex-1">
						<div className="px-2 py-1 border-x">↑</div>
						<div
							className="w-full px-2 py-1 [word-break:break-word] transition-colors duration-500"
							style={{
								backgroundColor: highlightedOut ? "#60a5fa" : "transparent",
							}}
						>
							{messageState.out}
						</div>
					</div>
				</div>
				<div className="flex gap-2">
					<button onClick={sendMessage} className="border px-2 py-1">
						ws message
					</button>
					<button
						className="border px-2 py-1 disabled:opacity-80"
						onClick={() => {
							wsRef.current?.close();
							wsRef.current = startWebSocket();
						}}
					>
						ws reconnect
					</button>
					<button
						className="border px-2 py-1"
						onClick={() => wsRef.current?.close()}
					>
						ws close
					</button>
				</div>
				<div>
					{otherCursors.map((session) => (
						<SvgCursor
							key={session.id}
							point={[
								session.x * window.innerWidth,
								session.y * window.innerHeight,
							]}
						/>
					))}
				</div>
			</>
		);
	}

	function SvgCursor({ point }: { point: number[] }) {
		const refSvg = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null);
		const animateCursor = useCallback((point: number[]) => {
			refSvg.current?.style.setProperty(
				"transform",
				`translate(${point[0]}px, ${point[1]}px)`,
			);
		}, []);
		const onPointMove = usePerfectCursor(animateCursor);
		useLayoutEffect(() => onPointMove(point), [onPointMove, point]);
		const [randomColor] = useState(
			`#${Math.floor(Math.random() * 16777215)
				.toString(16)
				.padStart(6, "0")}`,
		);
		return (
			<svg
				ref={refSvg}
				height="32"
				width="32"
				viewBox="0 0 32 32"
				xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
				className={"absolute -top-[12px] -left-[12px] pointer-events-none"}
			>
				<defs>
					<filter id="shadow" x="-40%" y="-40%" width="180%" height="180%">
						<feDropShadow dx="1" dy="1" stdDeviation="1.2" floodOpacity="0.5" />
					</filter>
				</defs>
				<g fill="none" transform="rotate(0 16 16)" filter="url(#shadow)">
					<path
						d="M12 24.4219V8.4069L23.591 20.0259H16.81l-.411.124z"
						fill="white"
					/>
					<path
						d="M21.0845 25.0962L17.4795 26.6312L12.7975 15.5422L16.4835 13.9892z"
						fill="white"
					/>
					<path
						d="M19.751 24.4155L17.907 25.1895L14.807 17.8155L16.648 17.04z"
						fill={randomColor}
					/>
					<path
						d="M13 10.814V22.002L15.969 19.136l.428-.139h4.768z"
						fill={randomColor}
					/>
				</g>
			</svg>
		);
	}

	function usePerfectCursor(cb: (point: number[]) => void, point?: number[]) {
		const [pc] = useState(() => new PerfectCursor(cb));

		useLayoutEffect(() => {
			if (point) pc.addPoint(point);
			return () => pc.dispose();
			// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
		}, [pc]);

		useLayoutEffect(() => {
			PerfectCursor.MAX_INTERVAL = 58;
		}, []);

		const onPointChange = useCallback(
			(point: number[]) => pc.addPoint(point),
			[pc],
		);

		return onPointChange;
	}

	type MessageState = { in: string; out: string };
	type MessageAction = { type: "in" | "out"; message: string };
	function messageReducer(state: MessageState, action: MessageAction) {
		switch (action.type) {
			case "in":
				return { ...state, in: action.message };
			case "out":
				return { ...state, out: action.message };
			default:
				return state;
		}
	}

	function useHighlight(duration = 250) {
		const timestampRef = useRef(0);
		const [highlighted, setHighlighted] = useState(false);
		function highlight() {
			timestampRef.current = Date.now();
			setHighlighted(true);
			setTimeout(() => {
				const now = Date.now();
				if (now - timestampRef.current >= duration) {
					setHighlighted(false);
				}
			}, duration);
		}
		return [highlighted, highlight] as const;
	}
	```
	</Details>
	The generated ID is used here and passed as a parameter to the WebSocket server:

	```ts
	const ws = new WebSocket(
		`${wsProtocol}://${process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST}/ws?id=${props.id}`,
	);
	```

	The component starts the WebSocket connection and handles 4 types of WebSocket messages, which trigger updates to React's state:
		- `join`. Received when a new WebSocket connection is established.
		- `quit`. Received when a WebSocket connection is closed.
		- `move`. Received when a user's cursor moves.
		- `get-cursors-response`. Received	when a client sends a `get-cursors` message, which is triggered once the WebSocket connection is open.

	It sends the user's cursor coordinates to the WebSocket server during the [`mousemove`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/mousemove_event) event, which then broadcasts them to all active WebSocket clients.

	Although there are multiple strategies you can use together for real-time cursor synchronization (e.g., batching, interpolation, etc.), in this tutorial throttling, spline interpolation and position normalization are used:

	```ts {4-5,8-9}
	document.addEventListener(
		"mousemove",
		(ev) => {
			const x = ev.pageX / window.innerWidth,
				y = ev.pageY / window.innerHeight;
			const now = Date.now();
			if (
					now - lastSentTimestamp.current > INTERVAL &&
					wsRef.current?.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN
			) {
				const message: WsMessage = { type: "move", id: props.id, x, y };
				wsRef.current.send(JSON.stringify(message));
				lastSentTimestamp.current = now;
				// ...
			}
		}
	);
	```

	Each animated cursor is controlled by a `PerfectCursor` instance, which animates its position along a spline curve defined by the cursor's latest positions:
	```ts {9-11}
	// SvgCursor react component
	const refSvg = useRef<SVGSVGElement>(null);
	const animateCursor = useCallback((point: number[]) => {
		refSvg.current?.style.setProperty(
			"transform",
			`translate(${point[0]}px, ${point[1]}px)`,
		);
	}, []);
	const onPointMove = usePerfectCursor(animateCursor);
	// A `point` is added to the path whenever its vule updates;
	useLayoutEffect(() => onPointMove(point), [onPointMove, point]);
	// ...
	```


5. Run Next.js development server:
	:::note[Note]
	The Durable Object Worker must also be running.
	:::
	<PackageManagers type="run" pkg="dev" frame="none" />

6. Open the App in the browser.

</Steps>


## 5. Deploy the project

<Steps>
1. Change into your Durable Object Worker directory:
	```sh
	cd worker
	```

	Deploy the Worker:
	<PackageManagers type="run" pkg="deploy" frame="none" />

	Copy only the host from the generated Worker URL, excluding the protocol, and set `NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST` in `.env.local` to this value (e.g., `worker-unique-identifier.workers.dev`).

	```txt title="next-rpc/.env.local" ins={2} del={1}
	NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST=localhost:8787
	NEXT_PUBLIC_WS_HOST=worker-unique-identifier.workers.dev
	```

2. Change into your root directory and deploy your Next.js app:
	:::note[Optional Step]
	Invoking Durable Object RPC methods between separate workers are fully supported in Cloudflare deployments. You can opt to use them instead of Service Bindings RPC:
	```ts title="src/app/page.tsx" ins={7-9} del={4}
	async function closeSessions() {
		"use server";
		const cf = await getCloudflareContext();
		await cf.env.RPC_SERVICE.closeSessions();

		// Note: Not supported in `wrangler dev`
		const id = cf.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.idFromName("globalRoom");
		const stub = cf.env.CURSOR_SESSIONS.get(id);
		await stub.closeSessions();
	}
	```
	:::

	<PackageManagers type="run" pkg="deploy" frame="none" />


</Steps>


## Summary

In this tutorial, you learned how to integrate Next.js with Durable Objects to build a real-time application to visualize cursors. You also learned how to use Workers' built-in RPC system alongside Next.js server actions. The complete code for this tutorial is available on [GitHub](https://github.com/exectx/next-live-cursors-do-rpc).

## Related resources

You can check other Cloudflare tutorials or related resources:

- [Workers RPC](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/).
- [Next.js and Workers Static Assets](/workers/frameworks/framework-guides/nextjs/).
- [Build a seat booking app with SQLite in Durable Objects](/durable-objects/tutorials/build-a-seat-booking-app/).

---

# OpenAI GPT function calling with JavaScript and Cloudflare Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/openai-function-calls-workers/

import { Render, PackageManagers } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will build a project that leverages [OpenAI's function calling](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/function-calling) feature, available in OpenAI's latest Chat Completions API models.

The function calling feature allows the AI model to intelligently decide when to call a function based on the input, and respond in JSON format to match the function's signature. You will use the function calling feature to request for the model to determine a website URL which contains information relevant to a message from the user, retrieve the text content of the site, and, finally, return a final response from the model informed by real-time web data.

## What you will learn

- How to use OpenAI's function calling feature.
- Integrating OpenAI's API in a Cloudflare Worker.
- Fetching and processing website content using Cheerio.
- Handling API responses and function calls in JavaScript.
- Storing API keys as secrets with Wrangler.

---

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## 1. Create a new Worker project

Create a Worker project in the command line:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"openai-function-calling-workers"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "JavaScript",
	}}
/>

Go to your new `openai-function-calling-workers` Worker project:

```sh
cd openai-function-calling-workers
```

Inside of your new `openai-function-calling-workers` directory, find the `src/index.js` file. You will configure this file for most of the tutorial.

You will also need an OpenAI account and API key for this tutorial. If you do not have one, [create a new OpenAI account](https://platform.openai.com/signup) and [create an API key](https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys) to continue with this tutorial. Make sure to store you API key somewhere safe so you can use it later.

## 2. Make a request to OpenAI

With your Worker project created, make your first request to OpenAI. You will use the OpenAI node library to interact with the OpenAI API. In this project, you will also use the Cheerio library to handle processing the HTML content of websites

```sh
npm install openai cheerio
```

Now, define the structure of your Worker in `index.js`:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Initialize OpenAI API
		// Handle incoming requests
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

Above `export default`, add the imports for `openai` and `cheerio`:

```js
import OpenAI from "openai";
import * as cheerio from "cheerio";
```

Within your `fetch` function, instantiate your `OpenAI` client:

```js
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
  const openai = new OpenAI({
    apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
  });

  // Handle incoming requests
  return new Response('Hello World!');
},
```

Use [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#put) to set `OPENAI_API_KEY`. This [secret's](/workers/configuration/secrets/) value is the API key you created earlier in the OpenAI dashboard:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put <OPENAI_API_KEY>
```

For local development, create a new file `.dev.vars` in your Worker project and add this line. Make sure to replace `OPENAI_API_KEY` with your own OpenAI API key:

```txt
OPENAI_API_KEY = "<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>"
```

Now, make a request to the OpenAI [Chat Completions API](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/gpt/chat-completions-api):

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const openai = new OpenAI({
			apiKey: env.OPENAI_API_KEY,
		});

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const message = url.searchParams.get("message");

		const messages = [
			{
				role: "user",
				content: message ? message : "What's in the news today?",
			},
		];

		const tools = [
			{
				type: "function",
				function: {
					name: "read_website_content",
					description: "Read the content on a given website",
					parameters: {
						type: "object",
						properties: {
							url: {
								type: "string",
								description: "The URL to the website to read",
							},
						},
						required: ["url"],
					},
				},
			},
		];

		const chatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
			model: "gpt-4o-mini",
			messages: messages,
			tools: tools,
			tool_choice: "auto",
		});

		const assistantMessage = chatCompletion.choices[0].message;
		console.log(assistantMessage);

		//Later you will continue handling the assistant's response here
		return new Response(assistantMessage.content);
	},
};
```

Review the arguments you are passing to OpenAI:

- **model**: This is the model you want OpenAI to use for your request. In this case, you are using `gpt-4o-mini`.
- **messages**: This is an array containing all messages that are part of the conversation. Initially you provide a message from the user, and we later add the response from the model. The content of the user message is either the `message` query parameter from the request URL or the default "What's in the news today?".
- **tools**: An array containing the actions available to the AI model. In this example you only have one tool, `read_website_content`, which reads the content on a given website.
  - **name**: The name of your function. In this case, it is `read_website_content`.
  - **description**: A short description that lets the model know the purpose of the function. This is optional but helps the model know when to select the tool.
  - **parameters**: A JSON Schema object which describes the function. In this case we request a response containing an object with the required property `url`.
- **tool_choice**: This argument is technically optional as `auto` is the default. This argument indicates that either a function call or a normal message response can be returned by OpenAI.

## 3. Building your `read_website_content()` function

You will now need to define the `read_website_content` function, which is referenced in the `tools` array. The `read_website_content` function fetches the content of a given URL and extracts the text from `<p>` tags using the `cheerio` library:

Add this code above the `export default` block in your `index.js` file:

```js
async function read_website_content(url) {
	console.log("reading website content");

	const response = await fetch(url);
	const body = await response.text();
	let cheerioBody = cheerio.load(body);
	const resp = {
		website_body: cheerioBody("p").text(),
		url: url,
	};
	return JSON.stringify(resp);
}
```

In this function, you take the URL that you received from OpenAI and use JavaScript's [`Fetch API`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/Using_Fetch) to pull the content of the website and extract the paragraph text. Now we need to determine when to call this function.

## 4. Process the Assistant's Messages

Next, we need to process the response from the OpenAI API to check if it includes any function calls. If a function call is present, you should execute the corresponding function in your Worker. Note that the assistant may request multiple function calls.

Modify the fetch method within the `export default` block as follows:

```js
// ... your previous code ...

if (assistantMessage.tool_calls) {
	for (const toolCall of assistantMessage.tool_calls) {
		if (toolCall.function.name === "read_website_content") {
			const url = JSON.parse(toolCall.function.arguments).url;
			const websiteContent = await read_website_content(url);
			messages.push({
				role: "tool",
				tool_call_id: toolCall.id,
				name: toolCall.function.name,
				content: websiteContent,
			});
		}
	}

	const secondChatCompletion = await openai.chat.completions.create({
		model: "gpt-4o-mini",
		messages: messages,
	});

	return new Response(secondChatCompletion.choices[0].message.content);
} else {
	// this is your existing return statement
	return new Response(assistantMessage.content);
}
```

Check if the assistant message contains any function calls by checking for the `tool_calls` property. Because the AI model can call multiple functions by default, you need to loop through any potential function calls and add them to the `messages` array. Each `read_website_content` call will invoke the `read_website_content` function you defined earlier and pass the URL generated by OpenAI as an argument. \`

The `secondChatCompletion` is needed to provide a response informed by the data you retrieved from each function call. Now, the last step is to deploy your Worker.

Test your code by running `npx wrangler dev` and open the provided url in your browser. This will now show you OpenAI’s response using real-time information from the retrieved web data.

## 5. Deploy your Worker application

To deploy your application, run the `npx wrangler deploy` command to deploy your Worker application:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You can now preview your Worker at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`. Going to this URL will display the response from OpenAI. Optionally, add the `message` URL parameter to write a custom message: for example, `https://<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev/?message=What is the weather in NYC today?`.

## 6. Next steps

Reference the [finished code for this tutorial on GitHub](https://github.com/LoganGrasby/Cloudflare-OpenAI-Functions-Demo/blob/main/src/worker.js).

To continue working with Workers and AI, refer to [the guide on using LangChain and Cloudflare Workers together](https://blog.cloudflare.com/langchain-and-cloudflare/) or [how to build a ChatGPT plugin with Cloudflare Workers](https://blog.cloudflare.com/magic-in-minutes-how-to-build-a-chatgpt-plugin-with-cloudflare-workers/).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with fellow developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Connect to a PostgreSQL database with Cloudflare Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/postgres/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a Cloudflare Workers application and connect it to a PostgreSQL database using [TCP Sockets](/workers/runtime-apis/tcp-sockets/) and [Hyperdrive](/hyperdrive/). The Workers application you create in this tutorial will interact with a product database inside of PostgreSQL.

## Prerequisites

To continue:

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.
2. Install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
3. Install [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/). Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.
4. Make sure you have access to a PostgreSQL database.

## 1. Create a Worker application

First, use the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) to create a new Worker application. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"postgres-tutorial"}
/>

This will prompt you to install the [`create-cloudflare`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-cloudflare) package and lead you through a setup wizard.

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

If you choose to deploy, you will be asked to authenticate (if not logged in already), and your project will be deployed. If you deploy, you can still modify your Worker code and deploy again at the end of this tutorial.

Now, move into the newly created directory:

```sh
cd postgres-tutorial
```

### Enable Node.js compatibility

[Node.js compatibility](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) is required for database drivers, including Postgres.js, and needs to be configured for your Workers project.

<Render file="nodejs_compat" product="workers" />

## 2. Add the PostgreSQL connection library

To connect to a PostgreSQL database, you will need the `postgres` library. In your Worker application directory, run the following command to install the library:

```sh
npm install postgres
```

Make sure you are using `postgres` (`Postgres.js`) version `3.4.4` or higher. `Postgres.js` is compatible with both Pages and Workers.

## 3. Configure the connection to the PostgreSQL database

Choose one of the two methods to connect to your PostgreSQL database:

1. [Use a connection string](#use-a-connection-string).
2. [Set explicit parameters](#set-explicit-parameters).

### Use a connection string

A connection string contains all the information needed to connect to a database. It is a URL that contains the following information:

```
postgresql://username:password@host:port/database
```

Replace `username`, `password`, `host`, `port`, and `database` with the appropriate values for your PostgreSQL database.

Set your connection string as a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) so that it is not stored as plain text. Use [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) with the example variable name `DB_URL`:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put DB_URL
```

```sh output
➜  wrangler secret put DB_URL
-------------------------------------------------------
? Enter a secret value: › ********************
✨ Success! Uploaded secret DB_URL
```

Set your `DB_URL` secret locally in a `.dev.vars` file as documented in [Local Development with Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
DB_URL="<ENTER YOUR POSTGRESQL CONNECTION STRING>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Set explicit parameters

Configure each database parameter as an [environment variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) via the [Cloudflare dashboard](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/#add-environment-variables-via-the-dashboard) or in your Wrangler file. Refer to an example of aWrangler file configuration:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[vars]
DB_USERNAME = "postgres"
# Set your password by creating a secret so it is not stored as plain text
DB_HOST = "ep-aged-sound-175961.us-east-2.aws.neon.tech"
DB_PORT = "5432"
DB_NAME = "productsdb"
```

</WranglerConfig>

To set your password as a [secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/) so that it is not stored as plain text, use [`wrangler secret put`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret). `DB_PASSWORD` is an example variable name for this secret to be accessed in your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put DB_PASSWORD
```

```sh output
-------------------------------------------------------
? Enter a secret value: › ********************
✨ Success! Uploaded secret DB_PASSWORD
```

## 4. Connect to the PostgreSQL database in the Worker

Open your Worker's main file (for example, `worker.ts`) and import the `Client` class from the `pg` library:

```typescript
import postgres from "postgres";
```

In the `fetch` event handler, connect to the PostgreSQL database using your chosen method, either the connection string or the explicit parameters.

### Use a connection string

```typescript
const sql = postgres(env.DB_URL);
```

### Set explicit parameters

```typescript
const sql = postgres({
	username: env.DB_USERNAME,
	password: env.DB_PASSWORD,
	host: env.DB_HOST,
	port: env.DB_PORT,
	database: env.DB_NAME,
});
```

## 5. Interact with the products database

To demonstrate how to interact with the products database, you will fetch data from the `products` table by querying the table when a request is received.

:::note

If you are following along in your own PostgreSQL instance, set up the `products` using the following SQL `CREATE TABLE` statement. This statement defines the columns and their respective data types for the `products` table:

```sql
CREATE TABLE products (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  name VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  description TEXT,
  price DECIMAL(10, 2) NOT NULL
);
```

:::

Replace the existing code in your `worker.ts` file with the following code:

```typescript
import postgres from "postgres";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const sql = postgres(env.DB_URL);

		// Query the products table
		const result = await sql`SELECT * FROM products;`;

		// Return the result as JSON
		const resp = new Response(JSON.stringify(result), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});

		return resp;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This code establishes a connection to the PostgreSQL database within your Worker application and queries the `products` table, returning the results as a JSON response.

## 6. Deploy your Worker

Run the following command to deploy your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your application is now live and accessible at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

After deploying, you can interact with your PostgreSQL products database using your Cloudflare Worker. Whenever a request is made to your Worker's URL, it will fetch data from the `products` table and return it as a JSON response. You can modify the query as needed to retrieve the desired data from your products database.

## 7. Insert a new row into the products database

To insert a new row into the `products` table, create a new API endpoint in your Worker that handles a `POST` request. When a `POST` request is received with a JSON payload, the Worker will insert a new row into the `products` table with the provided data.

Assume the `products` table has the following columns: `id`, `name`, `description`, and `price`.

Add the following code snippet inside the `fetch` event handler in your `worker.ts` file, before the existing query code:

```typescript {9-32}
import postgres from "postgres";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const sql = postgres(env.DB_URL);

		const url = new URL(request.url);
		if (request.method === "POST" && url.pathname === "/products") {
			// Parse the request's JSON payload
			const productData = await request.json();

			// Insert the new product into the database
			const values = {
				name: productData.name,
				description: productData.description,
				price: productData.price,
			};
			const insertResult = await sql`
				INSERT INTO products ${sql(values)}
				RETURNING *
			`;

			// Return the inserted row as JSON
			const insertResp = new Response(JSON.stringify(insertResult), {
				headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
			});

			// Clean up the client
			return insertResp;
		}

		// Query the products table
		const result = await sql`SELECT * FROM products;`;

		// Return the result as JSON
		const resp = new Response(JSON.stringify(result), {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
		});

		return resp;
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This code snippet does the following:

1. Checks if the request is a `POST` request and the URL path is `/products`.
2. Parses the JSON payload from the request.
3. Constructs an `INSERT` SQL query using the provided product data.
4. Executes the query, inserting the new row into the `products` table.
5. Returns the inserted row as a JSON response.

Now, when you send a `POST` request to your Worker's URL with the `/products` path and a JSON payload, the Worker will insert a new row into the `products` table with the provided data. When a request to `/` is made, the Worker will return all products in the database.

After making these changes, deploy the Worker again by running:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

You can now use your Cloudflare Worker to insert new rows into the `products` table. To test this functionality, send a `POST` request to your Worker's URL with the `/products` path, along with a JSON payload containing the new product data:

```json
{
	"name": "Sample Product",
	"description": "This is a sample product",
	"price": 19.99
}
```

You have successfully created a Cloudflare Worker that connects to a PostgreSQL database and handles fetching data and inserting new rows into a products table.

## 8. Use Hyperdrive to accelerate queries

Create a Hyperdrive configuration using the connection string for your PostgreSQL database.

```bash
npx wrangler hyperdrive create <NAME_OF_HYPERDRIVE_CONFIG> --connection-string="postgres://user:password@HOSTNAME_OR_IP_ADDRESS:PORT/database_name"
```

You can also use explicit parameters by following the [wrangler documentation for Hyperdrive](/workers/wrangler/commands/#r2-bucket-create).

This command outputs the Hyperdrive configuration `id` that will be used for your Hyperdrive [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). Set up your binding by specifying the `id` in the Wrangler file.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml {7-9}
name = "hyperdrive-example"
main = "src/index.ts"
compatibility_date = "2024-08-21"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]

# Pasted from the output of `wrangler hyperdrive create <NAME_OF_HYPERDRIVE_CONFIG> --connection-string=[...]` above.
[[hyperdrive]]
binding = "HYPERDRIVE"
id = "<ID OF THE CREATED HYPERDRIVE CONFIGURATION>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Create the types for your Hyperdrive binding using the following command:

```bash
npx wrangler types
```

Replace your existing connection string in your Worker code with the Hyperdrive connection string.

```js {3-3}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const sql = postgres(env.HYPERDRIVE.connectionString)

		const url = new URL(request.url);

		//rest of the routes and database queries
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

```

## 9. Redeploy your Worker

Run the following command to deploy your Worker:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your Worker application is now live and accessible at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`, using Hyperdrive. Hyperdrive accelerates database queries by pooling your connections and caching your requests across the globe.

## Next steps

To build more with databases and Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials) and explore the [Databases documentation](/workers/databases).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with fellow developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Send Emails With Postmark

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/send-emails-with-postmark/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to send transactional emails from Workers using [Postmark](https://postmarkapp.com/). At the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to:

- Create a Worker to send emails.
- Sign up and add a Cloudflare domain to Postmark.
- Send emails from your Worker using Postmark.
- Store API keys securely with secrets.

## Prerequisites

To continue with this tutorial, you’ll need:

- A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages), if you don’t already have one.
- A [registered](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/) domain.
- Installed [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
- A [Postmark account](https://account.postmarkapp.com/sign_up).

## Create a Worker project

Start by using [C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) to create a Worker project in the command line, then, answer the prompts:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest
```

Alternatively, you can use CLI arguments to speed things up:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest email-with-postmark -- --type=hello-world --ts=false --git=true --deploy=false
```

This creates a simple hello-world Worker having the following content:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

## Add your domain to Postmark

If you don’t already have a Postmark account, you can sign up for a [free account here](https://account.postmarkapp.com/sign_up). After signing up, check your inbox for a link to confirm your sender signature. This verifies and enables you to send emails from your registered email address.

To enable email sending from other addresses on your domain, navigate to `Sender Signatures` on the Postmark dashboard, `Add Domain or Signature` > `Add Domain`, then type in your domain and click on `Verify Domain`.

Next, you’re presented with a list of DNS records to add to your Cloudflare domain. On your Cloudflare dashboard, select the domain you entered earlier and navigate to `DNS` > `Records`. Copy/paste the DNS records (DKIM, and Return-Path) from Postmark to your Cloudflare domain.

![Image of adding DNS records to a Cloudflare domain](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/postmarkapp/add_dns_records.png)

:::note

If you need more help adding DNS records in Cloudflare, refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

:::

When that’s done, head back to Postmark and click on the `Verify` buttons. If all records are properly configured, your domain status should be updated to `Verified`.

![Image of domain verification on the Postmark dashboard](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/postmarkapp/verified_domain.png)

To grab your API token, navigate to the `Servers` tab, then `My First Server` > `API Tokens`, then copy your API key to a safe place.

## Send emails from your Worker

The final step is putting it all together in a Worker. In your Worker, make a post request with `fetch` to Postmark’s email API and include your token and message body:

:::note

[Postmark’s JavaScript library](https://www.npmjs.com/package/postmark) is currently not supported on Workers. Use the [email API](https://postmarkapp.com/developer/user-guide/send-email-with-api) instead.

:::

```jsx
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return await fetch("https://api.postmarkapp.com/email", {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
				"X-Postmark-Server-Token": "your_postmark_api_token_here",
			},
			body: JSON.stringify({
				From: "hello@example.com",
				To: "someone@example.com",
				Subject: "Hello World",
				HtmlBody: "<p>Hello from Workers</p>",
			}),
		});
	},
};
```

To test your code locally, run the following command and navigate to [http://localhost:8787/](http://localhost:8787/) in a browser:

```sh
npm start
```

Deploy your Worker with `npm run deploy`.

## Move API token to Secrets

Sensitive information such as API keys and token should always be stored in secrets. All secrets are encrypted to add an extra layer of protection. That said, it’s a good idea to move your API token to a secret and access it from the environment of your Worker.

To add secrets for local development, create a `.dev.vars` file which works exactly like a `.env` file:

```txt
POSTMARK_API_TOKEN=your_postmark_api_token_here
```

Also ensure the secret is added to your deployed worker by running:

```sh title="Add secret to deployed Worker"
npx wrangler secret put POSTMARK_API_TOKEN
```

The added secret can be accessed on via the `env` parameter passed to your Worker’s fetch event handler:

```jsx
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return await fetch("https://api.postmarkapp.com/email", {
			method: "POST",
			headers: {
				"Content-Type": "application/json",
				"X-Postmark-Server-Token": env.POSTMARK_API_TOKEN,
			},
			body: JSON.stringify({
				From: "hello@example.com",
				To: "someone@example.com",
				Subject: "Hello World",
				HtmlBody: "<p>Hello from Workers</p>",
			}),
		});
	},
};
```

And finally, deploy this update with `npm run deploy`.

## Related resources

- [Storing API keys and tokens with Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).
- [Transferring your domain to Cloudflare](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/).
- [Send emails from Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/)

---

# Send Emails With Resend

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/send-emails-with-resend/

In this tutorial, you will learn how to send transactional emails from Workers using [Resend](https://resend.com/). At the end of this tutorial, you’ll be able to:

- Create a Worker to send emails.
- Sign up and add a Cloudflare domain to Resend.
- Send emails from your Worker using Resend.
- Store API keys securely with secrets.

## Prerequisites

To continue with this tutorial, you’ll need:

- A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages), if you don’t already have one.
- A [registered](/registrar/get-started/register-domain/) domain.
- Installed [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
- A [Resend account](https://resend.com/signup).

## Create a Worker project

Start by using [C3](/pages/get-started/c3/) to create a Worker project in the command line, then, answer the prompts:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest
```

Alternatively, you can use CLI arguments to speed things up:

```sh
npm create cloudflare@latest email-with-resend -- --type=hello-world --ts=false --git=true --deploy=false
```

This creates a simple hello-world Worker having the following content:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

## Add your domain to Resend

If you don’t already have a Resend account, you can sign up for a [free account here](https://resend.com/signup). After signing up, go to `Domains` using the side menu, and click the button to add a new domain. On the modal, enter the domain you want to add and then select a region.

Next, you’re presented with a list of DNS records to add to your Cloudflare domain. On your Cloudflare dashboard, select the domain you entered earlier and navigate to `DNS` > `Records`. Copy/paste the DNS records (DKIM, SPF, and DMARC records) from Resend to your Cloudflare domain.

![Image of adding DNS records to a Cloudflare domain](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/resend/add_dns_records.png)

:::note

If you need more help adding DNS records in Cloudflare, refer to [Manage DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/).

:::

When that’s done, head back to Resend and click on the `Verify DNS Records` button. If all records are properly configured, your domain status should be updated to `Verified`.

![Image of domain verification on the Resend dashboard](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/resend/verified_domain.png)

Lastly, navigate to `API Keys` with the side menu, to create an API key. Give your key a descriptive name and the appropriate permissions. Click the button to add your key and then copy your API key to a safe location.

## Send emails from your Worker

The final step is putting it all together in a Worker. Open up a terminal in the directory of the Worker you created earlier. Then, install the Resend SDK:

```sh
npm i resend
```

In your Worker, import and use the Resend library like so:

```jsx
import { Resend } from "resend";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const resend = new Resend("your_resend_api_key");

		const { data, error } = await resend.emails.send({
			from: "hello@example.com",
			to: "someone@example.com",
			subject: "Hello World",
			html: "<p>Hello from Workers</p>",
		});

		return Response.json({ data, error });
	},
};
```

To test your code locally, run the following command and navigate to [http://localhost:8787/](http://localhost:8787/) in a browser:

```sh
npm start
```

Deploy your Worker with `npm run deploy`.

## Move API keys to Secrets

Sensitive information such as API keys and token should always be stored in secrets. All secrets are encrypted to add an extra layer of protection. That said, it’s a good idea to move your API key to a secret and access it from the environment of your Worker.

To add secrets for local development, create a `.dev.vars` file which works exactly like a `.env` file:

```txt
RESEND_API_KEY=your_resend_api_key
```

Also ensure the secret is added to your deployed worker by running:

```sh title="Add secret to deployed Worker"
npx wrangler secret put RESEND_API_KEY
```

The added secret can be accessed on via the `env` parameter passed to your Worker’s fetch event handler:

```jsx
import { Resend } from "resend";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const resend = new Resend(env.RESEND_API_KEY);

		const { data, error } = await resend.emails.send({
			from: "hello@example.com",
			to: "someone@example.com",
			subject: "Hello World",
			html: "<p>Hello from Workers</p>",
		});

		return Response.json({ data, error });
	},
};
```

And finally, deploy this update with `npm run deploy`.

## Related resources

- [Storing API keys and tokens with Secrets](/workers/configuration/secrets/).
- [Transferring your domain to Cloudflare](/registrar/get-started/transfer-domain-to-cloudflare/).
- [Send emails from Workers](/email-routing/email-workers/send-email-workers/)

---

# Create a serverless, globally distributed REST API with Fauna

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/store-data-with-fauna/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

In this tutorial, you learn how to store and retrieve data in your Cloudflare Workers applications by building a REST API that manages an inventory catalog using [Fauna](https://fauna.com/) as its data layer.

## Learning goals

- How to store and retrieve data from Fauna in Workers.
- How to use Wrangler to store secrets securely.
- How to use [Hono](https://hono.dev) as a web framework for your Workers.

Building with Fauna, Workers, and Hono enables you to create a globally distributed, strongly consistent, fully serverless REST API in a single repository.

Fauna is a document-based database with a flexible schema. This allows you to define the structure of your data – whatever it may be – and store documents that adhere to that structure. In this tutorial, you will build a product inventory, where each `product` document must contain the following properties:

- **title** - A human-friendly string that represents the title or name of a product.
- **serialNumber** - A machine-friendly string that uniquely identifies the product.
- **weightLbs** - A floating point number that represents the weight in pounds of the product.
- **quantity** - A non-negative integer that represents how many items of a particular product there are in the inventory.

Documents are stored in a [collection](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/reference/schema_entities/collection/). Collections in document databases are groups of related documents.

For this tutorial, all API endpoints are public. However, Fauna also offers multiple avenues for securing endpoints and collections. Refer to [Choosing an authentication strategy with Fauna](https://fauna.com/blog/choosing-an-authentication-strategy-with-fauna) for more information on authenticating users to your applications with Fauna.

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Set up Fauna

### Create your database

To create a database, log in to the [Fauna Dashboard](https://dashboard.fauna.com/) and click **Create Database**. When prompted, select your preferred [Fauna region group](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/manage/region-groups/) and other database settings.

:::note[Fauna Account]

If you do not have a Fauna account, [sign up](https://dashboard.fauna.com/register) and deploy this template using the free tier.

:::

### Create a collection

Create a `Products` collection for the database with the following query. To run the query in the Fauna Dashboard, select your database and click the **Shell** tab:

```js title="Create a new collection"
Collection.create({ name: "Products" });
```

The query outputs a result similar to the following:

```js title="Output"
{
	name: "Products",
	coll: Collection,
	ts: Time("2099-08-28T15:03:53.773Z"),
	history_days: 0,
	indexes: {},
	constraints: []
}
```

### Create a secret key

In production, the Worker will use the Cloudflare Fauna integration to automatically connect to Fauna. The integration creates any credentials needed for authentication with Fauna.

For local development, you must manually create a [Fauna authentication key](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/learn/security/keys/) and pass the key's secret to your Worker as a [development secret](#add-your-fauna-database-key-for-local-development).

To create a Fauna authentication key:

1. In the upper left pane of Fauna Dashboard’s Explorer page, select your database, and click the **Keys** tab.

2. Click **Create Key**.

3. Choose a **Role** of **Server**.

4. Click **Save**.

5. Copy the **Key Secret**. The secret is scoped to the database.

:::caution[Protect your keys]

Server keys can read and write all documents in all collections and can call all [user-defined functions](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/cookbook/data_model/user_defined_functions) (UDFs). Protect server keys and do not commit them to source control repositories.

:::

## Manage your inventory with Workers

### Create a new Worker project

Create a new project by using [C3](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare).

<PackageManagers type="create" pkg="cloudflare@latest" args={"fauna-workers"} />

To continue with this guide:

- For _What would you like to start with_?, select `Framework Starter`.
- For _Which development framework do you want to use?_, select `Hono`.
- For, _Do you want to deploy your application?_, select `No`.

Then, move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd fauna-workers
```

Update the Wrangler file to set the name for the Worker.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml title="wrangler.toml"
name = "fauna-workers"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Add your Fauna database key for local development

For local development, add a `.dev.vars` file on the project root and add your Fauna key's secret as a [development secret](/workers/configuration/secrets/#local-development-with-secrets):

```plain title=".dev.vars"
DATABASE_KEY=<FAUNA_SECRET>
```

### Add the Fauna integration

Deploy your Worker to Cloudflare to ensure that everything is set up correctly:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

1.  Login to your [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

2.  Select the **Integrations** tab and click on the **Fauna** integration.

        ![Selecting the fauna integration](~/assets/images/workers/tutorials/store-data-with-fauna/integrate_fauna.png)

3.  Login to your Fauna account.

4.  Select the Fauna database you created earlier.

5.  Select `server` role as your database role.

6.  Enter `DATABASE_KEY` as the **Secret Name**.

7.  Select **Finish**.

8.  Navigate to **Settings** tab and select **Variables**. Notice that a new variable `DATABASE_KEY`
    is added to your Worker.

The integration creates a new Fauna authentication key and stores the key's secret in the Worker's `DATABASE_KEY` secret. The deployed Worker uses this key.

:::note

You can manage the generated Fauna key in the Fauna Dashboard. See the [Clouflare Fauna integration docs](/workers/databases/native-integrations/fauna).

:::

### Install dependencies

Install [the Fauna JavaScript driver](https://github.com/fauna/fauna-js) in your newly created Worker project.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Install the Fauna driver"
npm install fauna
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Install the Fauna driver"
yarn add fauna
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Base inventory logic

Replace the contents of your `src/index.ts` file with the skeleton of your API:

```ts title="src/index.ts"
import { Hono } from "hono";
import { Client, fql, ServiceError } from "fauna";

type Bindings = {
	DATABASE_KEY: string;
};

type Variables = {
	faunaClient: Client;
};

type Product = {
	id: string;
	serialNumber: number;
	title: string;
	weightLbs: number;
	quantity: number;
};

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings; Variables: Variables }>();

app.use("*", async (c, next) => {
	const faunaClient = new Client({
		secret: c.env.DATABASE_KEY,
	});
	c.set("faunaClient", faunaClient);
	await next();
});

app.get("/", (c) => {
	return c.text("Hello World");
});

export default app;
```

This is custom middleware to initialize the Fauna client and set the instance with `c.set()` for later use in another handler:

```js title="Custom middleware for the Fauna Client"
app.use("*", async (c, next) => {
	const faunaClient = new Client({
		secret: c.env.DATABASE_KEY,
	});
	c.set("faunaClient", faunaClient);
	await next();
});
```

You can access the `DATABASE_KEY` environment variable from `c.env.DATABASE_KEY`. Workers run on a [custom JavaScript runtime](/workers/runtime-apis/) instead of Node.js, so you cannot use `process.env` to access your environment variables.

### Create product documents

Add your first Hono handler to the `src/index.ts` file. This route accepts `POST` requests to the `/products` endpoint:

```ts title="Create product documents"
app.post("/products", async (c) => {
	const { serialNumber, title, weightLbs } =
		await c.req.json<Omit<Product, "id">>();
	const query = fql`Products.create({
    serialNumber: ${serialNumber},
    title: ${title},
    weightLbs: ${weightLbs},
    quantity: 0
  })`;
	const result = await c.var.faunaClient.query<Product>(query);
	return c.json(result.data);
});
```

:::caution[Handler order]

In Hono, you should place your handler below the custom middleware.
This is because middleware and handlers are executed in sequence from top to bottom.
If you place the handler first, you cannot retrieve the instance of the Fauna client using `c.var.faunaClient`.

:::

This route applied an FQL query in the `fql` function that creates a new document in the **Products** collection:

```js title="Create query in FQL inside JavaScript"
fql`Products.create({
  serialNumber: ${serialNumber},
  title: ${title},
  weightLbs: ${weightLbs},
  quantity: 0
})`;
```

To review what a document looks like, run the following query. In the Fauna dashboard, go to **Explorer** > Region name > Database name like a `cloudflare_rest_api` > the **SHELL** window:

```js title="Create query in pure FQL"
Products.create({
	serialNumber: "A48432348",
	title: "Gaming Console",
	weightLbs: 5,
	quantity: 0,
});
```

Fauna returns the created document:

```js title="Newly created document"
{
  id: "<document_id>",
  coll: Products,
  ts: "<timestamp>",
  serialNumber: "A48432348",
  title: "Gaming Console",
  weightLbs: 5,
  quantity: 0
}
```

Examining the route you create, when the query is successful, the data newly created document is returned in the response body:

```js title="Return the new document data"
return c.json({
	productId: result.data,
});
```

### Error handling

If Fauna returns any error, an exception is raised by the client. You can catch this exception in `app.onError()`, then retrieve and respond with the result from the instance of `ServiceError`.

```ts title="Handle errors"
app.onError((e, c) => {
	if (e instanceof ServiceError) {
		return c.json(
			{
				status: e.httpStatus,
				code: e.code,
				message: e.message,
			},
			e.httpStatus,
		);
	}
	console.trace(e);
	return c.text("Internal Server Error", 500);
});
```

### Retrieve product documents

Next, create a route that reads a single document from the **Products** collection.

Add the following handler to your `src/index.ts` file. This route accepts `GET` requests at the `/products/:productId` endpoint:

```ts title="Retrieve product documents"
app.get("/products/:productId", async (c) => {
	const productId = c.req.param("productId");
	const query = fql`Products.byId(${productId})`;
	const result = await c.var.faunaClient.query<Product>(query);
	return c.json(result.data);
});
```

The FQL query uses the [`byId()`](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/reference/schema_entities/collection/instance-byid) method to retrieve a full document from the **Productions** collection:

```js title="Retrieve a document by ID in FQL inside JavaScript"
fql`Products.byId(productId)`;
```

If the document exists, return it in the response body:

```ts title="Return the document in the response body"
return c.json(result.data);
```

If not, an error is returned.

### Delete product documents

The logic to delete product documents is similar to the logic for retrieving products. Add the following route to your `src/index.ts` file:

```ts title="Delete product documents"
app.delete("/products/:productId", async (c) => {
	const productId = c.req.param("productId");
	const query = fql`Products.byId(${productId})!.delete()`;
	const result = await c.var.faunaClient.query<Product>(query);
	return c.json(result.data);
});
```

The only difference from the previous route is that you use the [`delete()`](https://docs.fauna.com/fauna/current/reference/auth/key/delete) method, combined with the `byId()` method, to delete a document.

When the delete operation is successful, Fauna returns the deleted document and the route forwards the deleted document in the response's body. If not, an error is returned.

## Test and deploy your Worker

Before deploying your Worker, test it locally by using Wrangler's [`dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Develop your Worker"
npm run dev
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Develop your Worker"
yarn dev
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Once the development server is up and running, start making HTTP requests to your Worker.

First, create a new product:

```sh title="Create a new product"
curl \
    --data '{"serialNumber": "H56N33834", "title": "Bluetooth Headphones", "weightLbs": 0.5}' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --request POST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8787/products
```

You should receive a `200` response similar to the following:

```json title="Create product response"
{
	"productId": "<document_id>"
}
```

:::note

Copy the `productId` value for use in the remaining test queries.

:::

Next, read the document you created:

```sh title="Read a document"
curl \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --request GET \
    http://127.0.0.1:8787/products/<document_id>
```

The response should be the new document serialized to JSON:

```json title="Read product response"
{
	"coll": {
		"name": "Products"
	},
	"id": "<document_id>",
	"ts": {
		"isoString": "<timestamp>"
	},
	"serialNumber": "H56N33834",
	"title": "Bluetooth Headphones",
	"weightLbs": 0.5,
	"quantity": 0
}
```

Finally, deploy your Worker using the [`wrangler deploy`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy) command:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Deploy your Worker"
npm run deploy
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Deploy your Worker"
yarn deploy
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This publishes the Worker to your `*.workers.dev` subdomain.

## Update inventory quantity

As the last step, implement a route to update the quantity of a product in your inventory, which is `0` by default.

This will present a problem. To calculate the total quantity of a product, you first need to determine how many items there currently are in your inventory. If you solve this in two queries, first reading the quantity and then updating it, the original data might change.

Add the following route to your `src/index.ts` file. This route responds to HTTP `PATCH` requests on the `/products/:productId/add-quantity` URL endpoint:

```ts title="Update inventory quantity"
app.patch("/products/:productId/add-quantity", async (c) => {
	const productId = c.req.param("productId");
	const { quantity } = await c.req.json<Pick<Product, "quantity">>();
	const query = fql`Products.byId(${productId}){ quantity : .quantity + ${quantity}}`;
	const result =
		await c.var.faunaClient.query<Pick<Product, "quantity">>(query);
	return c.json(result.data);
});
```

Examine the FQL query in more detail:

```js title="Update query in FQL inside JavaScript"
fql`Products.byId(${productId}){ quantity : .quantity + ${quantity}}`;
```

:::note[Consistency guarantees in Fauna]

Even if multiple Workers update this quantity from different parts of the world, Fauna guarantees the consistency of the data across all Fauna regions. This article on [consistency](https://fauna.com/blog/consistency-without-clocks-faunadb-transaction-protocol?utm_source=Cloudflare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Q4_CF_2021) explains how Fauna's distributed protocol works without the need for atomic clocks.

:::

Test your update route:

```sh title="Update product inventory"
curl \
    --data '{"quantity": 5}' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --request PATCH \
    http://127.0.0.1:8787/products/<document_id>/add-quantity
```

The response should be the entire updated document with five additional items in the quantity:

```json title="Update product response"
{
	"quantity": 5
}
```

Update your Worker by deploying it to Cloudflare.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="npm">

```sh title="Update your Worker in Cloudflare"
npm run deploy
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="yarn">

```sh title="Update your Worker in Cloudflare"
yarn deploy
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Securely access and upload assets with Cloudflare R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/upload-assets-with-r2/

import { Render, PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial explains how to create a TypeScript-based Cloudflare Workers project that can securely access files from and upload files to a [Cloudflare R2](/r2/) bucket. Cloudflare R2 allows developers to store large amounts of unstructured data without the costly egress bandwidth fees associated with typical cloud storage services.

## Prerequisites

To continue:

1. Sign up for a [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up/workers-and-pages) if you have not already.
2. Install [`npm`](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started).
3. Install [`Node.js`](https://nodejs.org/en/). Use a Node version manager like [Volta](https://volta.sh/) or [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to avoid permission issues and change Node.js versions. [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/) requires a Node version of `16.17.0` or later.

## Create a Worker application

First, use the [`create-cloudflare` CLI](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/create-cloudflare) to create a new Worker. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args={"upload-r2-assets"}
/>

<Render
	file="c3-post-run-steps"
	product="workers"
	params={{
		category: "hello-world",
		type: "Hello World Worker",
		lang: "TypeScript",
	}}
/>

Move into your newly created directory:

```sh
cd upload-r2-assets
```

## Create an R2 bucket

Before you integrate R2 bucket access into your Worker application, an R2 bucket must be created:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket create <YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>
```

Replace `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name you want to assign to your bucket. List your account's R2 buckets to verify that a new bucket has been added:

```sh
npx wrangler r2 bucket list
```

## Configure access to an R2 bucket

After your new R2 bucket is ready, use it inside your Worker application.

Use your R2 bucket inside your Worker project by modifying the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file to include an R2 bucket [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/). Add the following R2 bucket binding to your Wrangler file:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[r2_buckets]]
binding = 'MY_BUCKET'
bucket_name = '<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>'
```

</WranglerConfig>

Give your R2 bucket binding name. Replace `<YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>` with the name of the R2 bucket you created earlier.

Your Worker application can now access your R2 bucket using the `MY_BUCKET` variable. You can now perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations on the contents of the bucket.

## Fetch from an R2 bucket

After setting up an R2 bucket binding, you will implement the functionalities for the Worker to interact with the R2 bucket, such as, fetching files from the bucket and uploading files to the bucket.

To fetch files from the R2 bucket, use the `BINDING.get` function. In the below example, the R2 bucket binding is called `MY_BUCKET`. Using `.get(key)`, you can retrieve an asset based on the URL pathname as the key. In this example, the URL pathname is `/image.png`, and the asset key is `image.png`.

```ts
interface Env {
	MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		// For example, the request URL my-worker.account.workers.dev/image.png
		const url = new URL(request.url);
		const key = url.pathname.slice(1);
		// Retrieve the key "image.png"
		const object = await env.MY_BUCKET.get(key);

		if (object === null) {
			return new Response("Object Not Found", { status: 404 });
		}

		const headers = new Headers();
		object.writeHttpMetadata(headers);
		headers.set("etag", object.httpEtag);

		return new Response(object.body, {
			headers,
		});
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

The code written above fetches and returns data from the R2 bucket when a `GET` request is made to the Worker application using a specific URL path.

## Upload securely to an R2 bucket

Next, you will add the ability to upload to your R2 bucket using authentication. To securely authenticate your upload requests, use [Wrangler's secret capability](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret). Wrangler was installed when you ran the `create cloudflare@latest` command.

Create a secret value of your choice -- for instance, a random string or password. Using the Wrangler CLI, add the secret to your project as `AUTH_SECRET`:

```sh
npx wrangler secret put AUTH_SECRET
```

Now, add a new code path that handles a `PUT` HTTP request. This new code will check that the previously uploaded secret is correctly used for authentication, and then upload to R2 using `MY_BUCKET.put(key, data)`:

```ts
interface Env {
	MY_BUCKET: R2Bucket;
	AUTH_SECRET: string;
}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env): Promise<Response> {
		if (request.method === "PUT") {
			// Note that you could require authentication for all requests
			// by moving this code to the top of the fetch function.
			const auth = request.headers.get("Authorization");
			const expectedAuth = `Bearer ${env.AUTH_SECRET}`;

			if (!auth || auth !== expectedAuth) {
				return new Response("Unauthorized", { status: 401 });
			}

			const url = new URL(request.url);
			const key = url.pathname.slice(1);
			await env.MY_BUCKET.put(key, request.body);
			return new Response(`Object ${key} uploaded successfully!`);
		}

		// include the previous code here...
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This approach ensures that only clients who provide a valid bearer token, via the `Authorization` header equal to the `AUTH_SECRET` value, will be permitted to upload to the R2 bucket. If you used a different binding name than `AUTH_SECRET`, replace it in the code above.

## Deploy your Worker application

After completing your Cloudflare Worker project, deploy it to Cloudflare. Make sure you are in your Worker application directory that you created for this tutorial, then run:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

Your application is now live and accessible at `<YOUR_WORKER>.<YOUR_SUBDOMAIN>.workers.dev`.

You have successfully created a Cloudflare Worker that allows you to interact with an R2 bucket to accomplish tasks such as uploading and downloading files. You can now use this as a starting point for your own projects.

## Next steps

To build more with R2 and Workers, refer to [Tutorials](/workers/tutorials/) and the [R2 documentation](/r2/).

If you have any questions, need assistance, or would like to share your project, join the Cloudflare Developer community on [Discord](https://discord.cloudflare.com) to connect with fellow developers and the Cloudflare team.

---

# Use Workers KV directly from Rust

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/tutorials/workers-kv-from-rust/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This tutorial will teach you how to read and write to KV directly from Rust
using [workers-rs](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-rs).

<Render file="tutorials-before-you-start" />

## Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

- [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).
- [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/) CLI.
- The [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) toolchain.
- And `cargo-generate` sub-command by running:

```sh
cargo install cargo-generate
```

## 1. Create your Worker project in Rust

Open a terminal window, and run the following command to generate a Worker project template in Rust:

```sh
cargo generate cloudflare/workers-rs
```

Then select `template/hello-world-http` template, give your project a descriptive name and select enter. A new project should be created in your directory. Open the project in your editor and run `npx wrangler dev` to compile and run your project.

In this tutorial, you will use Workers KV from Rust to build an app to store and retrieve cities by a given country name.

## 2. Create a KV namespace

In the terminal, use Wrangler to create a KV namespace for `cities`. This generates a configuration to be added to the project:

```sh
npx wrangler kv:namespace create cities
```

To add this configuration to your project, open the Wrangler file and create an entry for `kv_namespaces` above the build command:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "cities", id = "e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8" }
]

# build command...
```

</WranglerConfig>

With this configured, you can access the KV namespace with the binding `"cities"` from Rust.

## 3. Write data to KV

For this app, you will create two routes: A `POST` route to receive and store the city in KV, and a `GET` route to retrieve the city of a given country. For example, a `POST` request to `/France` with a body of `{"city": "Paris"}` should create an entry of Paris as a city in France. A `GET` request to `/France` should retrieve from KV and respond with Paris.

Install [Serde](https://serde.rs/) as a project dependency to handle JSON `cargo add serde`. Then create an app router and a struct for `Country` in `src/lib.rs`:

```rust null {1,6,8,9,10,11,15,17}
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let router = Router::new();

    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
    struct Country {
        city: String,
    }

    router
        // TODO:
        .post_async("/:country", |_, _| async move { Response::empty() })
        // TODO:
        .get_async("/:country", |_, _| async move { Response::empty() })
        .run(req, env)
        .await
}

```

For the post handler, you will retrieve the country name from the path and the city name from the request body. Then, you will save this in KV with the country as key and the city as value. Finally, the app will respond with the city name:

```rust
.post_async("/:country", |mut req, ctx| async move {
    let country = ctx.param("country").unwrap();
    let city = match req.json::<Country>().await {
        Ok(c) => c.city,
        Err(_) => String::from(""),
    };
    if city.is_empty() {
        return Response::error("Bad Request", 400);
    };
    return match ctx.kv("cities")?.put(country, &city)?.execute().await {
        Ok(_) => Response::ok(city),
        Err(_) => Response::error("Bad Request", 400),
    };
})
```

Save the file and make a `POST` request to test this endpoint:

```sh
curl --json '{"city": "Paris"}' http://localhost:8787/France
```

## 4. Read data from KV

To retrieve cities stored in KV, write a `GET` route that pulls the country name from the path and searches KV. You also need some error handling if the country is not found:

```rust
.get_async("/:country", |_req, ctx| async move {
    if let Some(country) = ctx.param("country") {
        return match ctx.kv("cities")?.get(country).text().await? {
            Some(city) => Response::ok(city),
            None => Response::error("Country not found", 404),
        };
    }
    Response::error("Bad Request", 400)
})
```

Save and make a curl request to test the endpoint:

```sh
curl http://localhost:8787/France
```

## 5. Deploy your project

The source code for the completed app should include the following:

```rust
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
use worker::*;

#[event(fetch)]
async fn fetch(req: Request, env: Env, _ctx: Context) -> Result<Response> {
    let router = Router::new();

    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
    struct Country {
        city: String,
    }

    router
        .post_async("/:country", |mut req, ctx| async move {
            let country = ctx.param("country").unwrap();
            let city = match req.json::<Country>().await {
                Ok(c) => c.city,
                Err(_) => String::from(""),
            };
            if city.is_empty() {
                return Response::error("Bad Request", 400);
            };
            return match ctx.kv("cities")?.put(country, &city)?.execute().await {
                Ok(_) => Response::ok(city),
                Err(_) => Response::error("Bad Request", 400),
            };
        })
        .get_async("/:country", |_req, ctx| async move {
            if let Some(country) = ctx.param("country") {
                return match ctx.kv("cities")?.get(country).text().await? {
                    Some(city) => Response::ok(city),
                    None => Response::error("Country not found", 404),
                };
            }
            Response::error("Bad Request", 400)
        })
        .run(req, env)
        .await
}
```

To deploy your Worker, run the following command:

```sh
npx wrangler deploy
```

## Related resources

- [Rust support in Workers](/workers/languages/rust/).
- [Using KV in Workers](/kv/get-started/).

---

# Migrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrate from Wrangler v2 to v3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/update-v2-to-v3/

There are no special instructions for migrating from Wrangler v2 to v3. You should be able to update Wrangler by following the instructions in [Install/Update Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/install-and-update/#update-wrangler). You should experience no disruption to your workflow.

:::caution


If you tried to update to Wrangler v3 prior to v3.3, you may have experienced some compatibility issues with older operating systems. Please try again with the latest v3 where those have been resolved.


:::

## Deprecations

Refer to [Deprecations](/workers/wrangler/deprecations/#wrangler-v3) for more details on what is no longer supported in v3.

## Additional assistance

If you do have an issue or need further assistance, [file an issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose) in the `workers-sdk` repo on GitHub.

---

# API Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/api-reference/

Learn more about the API reference for [embedded function calling](/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded).

## runWithTools

This wrapper method enables you to do embedded function calling. You pass it the AI binding, model, inputs (`messages` array and `tools` array), and optional configurations.



* `AI Binding`Ai
  * The AI binding, such as `env.AI`.
* `model`BaseAiTextGenerationModels 
  * The ID of the model that supports function calling. For example, `@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b`.
* `input`Object 
  * `messages`RoleScopedChatInput\[] 
  * `tools`AiTextGenerationToolInputWithFunction\[] 
* `config`Object 
  * `streamFinalResponse`boolean  optional 
  * `maxRecursiveToolRuns`number  optional 
  * `strictValidation`boolean  optional 
  * `verbose`boolean  optional 
  * `trimFunction`boolean  optional  - For the `trimFunction`, you can pass it `autoTrimTools`, which is another helper method we've devised to automatically choose the correct tools (using an LLM) before sending it off for inference. This means that your final inference call will have fewer input tokens.


## createToolsFromOpenAPISpec

This method lets you automatically create tool schemas based on OpenAPI specs, so you don't have to manually write or hardcode the tool schemas. You can pass the OpenAPI spec for any API in JSON or YAML format.

`createToolsFromOpenAPISpec` has a config input that allows you to perform overrides if you need to provide headers like Authentication or User-Agent.



* `spec`string 
  * The OpenAPI specification in either JSON or YAML format, or a URL to a remote OpenAPI specification.
* `config`Config  optional  - Configuration options for the createToolsFromOpenAPISpec function
  * `overrides`ConfigRule\[]  optional 
  * `matchPatterns`RegExp\[]  optional 
  * `options` Object  optional  \{
      `verbose` boolean  optional
    \}

---

# Get Started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/get-started/

This guide will instruct you through setting up and deploying your first Workers AI project with embedded function calling. You will use Workers, a Workers AI binding, the [`ai-utils package`](https://github.com/cloudflare/ai-utils), and a large language model (LLM) to deploy your first AI-powered application on the Cloudflare global network with embedded function calling.

## 1. Create a Worker project with Workers AI

Follow the [Workers AI Get Started Guide](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/) until step 2.

## 2. Install additional npm package

Next, run the following command in your project repository to install the Worker AI utilities package.

```sh
npm install @cloudflare/ai-utils --save
```

## 3. Add Workers AI Embedded function calling

Update the `index.ts` file in your application directory with the following code:

```ts title="Embedded function calling example"
import { runWithTools } from "@cloudflare/ai-utils";

type Env = {
	AI: Ai;
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Define function
		const sum = (args: { a: number; b: number }): Promise<string> => {
			const { a, b } = args;
			return Promise.resolve((a + b).toString());
		};
		// Run AI inference with function calling
		const response = await runWithTools(
			env.AI,
			// Model with function calling support
			"@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
			{
				// Messages
				messages: [
					{
						role: "user",
						content: "What the result of 123123123 + 10343030?",
					},
				],
				// Definition of available tools the AI model can leverage
				tools: [
					{
						name: "sum",
						description: "Sum up two numbers and returns the result",
						parameters: {
							type: "object",
							properties: {
								a: { type: "number", description: "the first number" },
								b: { type: "number", description: "the second number" },
							},
							required: ["a", "b"],
						},
						// reference to previously defined function
						function: sum,
					},
				],
			},
		);
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

This example imports the utils with `import { runWithTools} from "@cloudflare/ai-utils"` and follows the API reference below.

Moreover, in this example we define and describe a list of tools that the LLM can leverage to respond to the user query. Here, the list contains of only one tool, the `sum` function.

Abstracted by the `runWithTools` function, the following steps occur:

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant Worker as Worker
    participant WorkersAI as Workers AI

    Worker->>+WorkersAI: Send messages, function calling prompt, and available tools
    WorkersAI->>+Worker: Select tools and arguments for function calling
    Worker-->>-Worker: Execute function
    Worker-->>+WorkersAI: Send messages, function calling prompt and function result
    WorkersAI-->>-Worker: Send response incorporating function output
```

The `ai-utils package` is also open-sourced on [Github](https://github.com/cloudflare/ai-utils).

## 4. Local development & deployment

Follow steps 4 and 5 of the [Workers AI Get Started Guide](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/) for local development and deployment.

:::note[Workers AI Embedded Function Calling charges]

Embedded function calling runs Workers AI inference requests. Standard charges for inference (e.g. tokens) usage will be charged.
Resources consumed (e.g. CPU time) during embedded functions' code execution will be charged just as any other Worker's code execution.

:::

## API reference

For more details, refer to [API reference](/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/api-reference/).

---

# Embedded

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare has a unique [embedded function calling](https://blog.cloudflare.com/embedded-function-calling) feature that allows you to execute function code alongside your tool call inference. Our npm package [`@cloudflare/ai-utils`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/ai-utils) is the developer toolkit to get started.

Embedded function calling can be used to easily make complex agents that interact with websites and APIs, like using natural language to create meetings on Google Calendar, saving data to Notion, automatically routing requests to other APIs, saving data to an R2 bucket - or all of this at the same time. All you need is a prompt and an OpenAPI spec to get started.

:::caution[REST API support]


Embedded function calling depends on features native to the Workers platform. This means that embedded function calling is only supported via [Cloudflare Workers](/workers-ai/get-started/workers-wrangler/), not via the [REST API](/workers-ai/get-started/rest-api/).


:::

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/troubleshooting/

This section will describe tools for troubleshooting and address common errors.

## Logging

General [logging](/workers/observability/logs/) capabilities for Workers also apply to embedded function calling.

### Function invocations

The invocations of tools can be logged as in any Worker using `console.log()`:

```ts title="Logging tool invocations" {6}
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const sum = (args: { a: number; b: number }): Promise<string> => {
			const { a, b } = args;
      // Logging from within embedded function invocations
      console.log(`The sum function has been invoked with the arguments a: ${a} and b: ${b}`)
			return Promise.resolve((a + b).toString());
		};
    ...
  }
}
```

### Logging within `runWithTools`

The `runWithTools` function has a `verbose` mode that emits helpful logs for debugging of function calls as well input and output statistics.

```ts title="Enabled verbose mode" {13}
const response = await runWithTools(
  env.AI,
  '@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b',
  {
    messages: [
      ...
    ],
    tools: [
      ...
    ],
  },
  // Enable verbose mode
  { verbose: true }
);
```

## Performance

To respond to a LLM prompt with embedded function, potentially multiple AI inference requests and function invocations are needed, which can have an impact on user experience.

Consider the following to improve performance:

* Shorten prompts (to reduce time for input processing)
* Reduce number of tools provided
* Stream the final response to the end user (to minimize the time to interaction). See example below:

```ts title="Streamed response example" {15}
async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
  const response = (await runWithTools(
    env.AI,
    '@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b',
    {
      messages: [
        ...
      ],
      tools: [
        ...
      ],
    },
    {
      // Enable response streaming
      streamFinalResponse: true,
    }
  )) as ReadableStream;

  // Set response headers for streaming
  return new Response(response, {
    headers: {
      'content-type': 'text/event-stream',
    },
  });
}
```

## Common Errors

If you are getting a `BadInput` error, your inputs may exceed our current context window for our models. Try reducing input tokens to resolve this error.

---

# Add New AI Models to your Playground (Part 2)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground/image-generator-flux-newmodels/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components"

In part 2, Kristian expands upon the existing environment built in part 1, by showing you how to integrate new AI models and introduce new parameters that allow you to customize how images are generated. 

<Stream videoId="167ba3a7a86f966650f3315e6cb02e0d" videoTitle="Add New AI Models to your Playground (Part 2)" thumbnailTimeOrURL="13.5s" moreVideosLink="false" />

Refer to the AI Image Playground [GitHub repository](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/workers-ai-image-playground) to follow along locally.

<Details header="Video series" open>

<DirectoryListing folder="workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground" />

</Details>

---

# Build an AI Image Generator Playground (Part 1)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground/image-generator-flux/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components"

The new flux models on Workers AI are our most powerful text-to-image AI models yet. In this video, we show you how to deploy your own Workers AI Image Playground in just a few minutes.

There are many businesses being built on top of AI image generation models. Using Workers AI, you can get access to the best models in the industry without having to worry about inference, ops, or deployment. We provide the API for AI image generation, and in a couple of seconds get an image back.

<Stream videoId="aeafae151e84a81be19c52c2348e9bab" videoTitle="Build an AI Image Generator Playground (Part 1)" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" moreVideosLink="false" />

Refer to the AI Image Playground [GitHub repository](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/workers-ai-image-playground) to follow along locally.

<Details header="Video series" open>

<DirectoryListing folder="workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground" />

</Details>

---

# Store and Catalog AI Generated Images with R2 (Part 3)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground/image-generator-store-and-catalog/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components"

In the final part of the AI Image Playground series, Kristian teaches how to utilize Cloudflare's [R2](/r2) object storage in order to maintain and keep track of each AI generated image.

<Stream videoId="86488269da24984c76fb10f69f4abb44" videoTitle="Store and Catalog AI Generated Images (Part 3)" thumbnailTimeOrURL="2.5s" moreVideosLink="false" />

Refer to the AI Image Playground [GitHub repository](https://github.com/kristianfreeman/workers-ai-image-playground) to follow along locally.

<Details header="Video series" open>

<DirectoryListing folder="workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground" />

</Details>

---

# How to Build an Image Generator using Workers AI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground/

import { Details, DirectoryListing, Stream } from "~/components"

In this series of videos, Kristian Freeman builds an AI Image Playground. To get started, click on part 1 below.

<Details header="Video Series" open>

<DirectoryListing folder="workers-ai/tutorials/image-generation-playground" />

</Details>

---

# Using JSON

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/dns-json/

Cloudflare's DNS over HTTPS endpoint also supports JSON format for querying DNS data. For lack of an agreed upon JSON schema for DNS over HTTPS in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), Cloudflare has chosen to follow the same schema as Google's DNS over HTTPS resolver.

JSON formatted queries are sent using a `GET` request. When making requests using `GET`, the DNS query is encoded into the URL. The client should include an HTTP `Accept` request header field with a MIME type of `application/dns-json` to indicate that the client is able to accept a JSON response from the DNS over HTTPS resolver.

## Supported parameters

| Field  | Required? | Description                                                                                                                           | Default |
| ------ | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `name` | Yes       | Query name.                                                                                                                           | -       |
| `type` | No        | Query type (either a [numeric value or text](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4)). | `A`     |
| `do`   | No        | `DO` bit - whether the client wants DNSSEC data (either empty or one of `0`, `false`, `1`, or `true`).                                | `false` |
| `cd`   | No        | `CD` bit - disable validation (either empty or one of `0`, `false`, `1`, or `true`).                                                  | `false` |

## Examples

Example request and response:

```sh
curl --header "accept: application/dns-json" "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=example.com&type=AAAA"
```

```json output
{
	"Status": 0,
	"TC": false,
	"RD": true,
	"RA": true,
	"AD": true,
	"CD": false,
	"Question": [
		{
			"name": "example.com.",
			"type": 28
		}
	],
	"Answer": [
		{
			"name": "example.com.",
			"type": 28,
			"TTL": 1726,
			"data": "2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946"
		}
	]
}
```

In the case of an invalid request a `400 Bad Request` error is returned:

```sh
curl --header "accept: application/dns-json" "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=example.com&cd=2"
```

```json output
{
	"error": "Invalid CD flag `2`. Expected to be empty or one of `0`, `false`, `1`, or `true`."
}
```

## Response fields

The following tables have more information on each response field.

### Successful response

| Field              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Status`           | The Response Code of the DNS Query. These are defined here: [https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6).   |
| `TC`               | If true, it means the truncated bit was set. This happens when the DNS answer is larger than a single UDP or TCP packet. TC will almost always be false with Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS because Cloudflare supports the maximum response size. |
| `RD`               | If true, it means the Recursive Desired bit was set. This is always set to true for Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS.                                                                                                                                |
| `RA`               | If true, it means the Recursion Available bit was set. This is always set to true for Cloudflare DNS over HTTPS.                                                                                                                              |
| `AD`               | If true, it means that every record in the answer was verified with DNSSEC.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `CD`               | If true, the client asked to disable DNSSEC validation. In this case, Cloudflare will still fetch the DNSSEC-related records, but it will not attempt to validate the records.                                                                |
| `Question: name`   | The record name requested.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `Question: type`   | The type of DNS record requested. These are defined here: [https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).     |
| `Answer: name`     | The record owner.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `Answer: type`     | The type of DNS record. These are defined here: [https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).               |
| `Answer: TTL`      | The number of seconds the answer can be stored in cache before it is considered stale.                                                                                                                                                        |
| `Answer: data`     | The value of the DNS record for the given name and type. The data will be in text for standardized record types and in hex for unknown types.                                                                                                 |
| `Authority: name`  | The record owner.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `Authority: type`  | The type of DNS record. These are defined here: [https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).               |
| `Authority: TTL`   | The number of seconds the answer can be stored in cache before it is considered stale.                                                                                                                                                        |
| `Authority: data`  | The value of the DNS record for the given name and type. The data will be in text for standardized record types and in hex for unknown types.                                                                                                 |
| `Additional: name` | The record owner.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `Additional: type` | The type of DNS record. These are defined here: [https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).               |
| `Additional: TTL`  | The number of seconds the answer can be stored in cache before it is considered stale.                                                                                                                                                        |
| `Additional: data` | The value of the DNS record for the given name and type. The data will be in text for standardized record types and in hex for unknown types.                                                                                                 |
| `Comment`          | List of EDE messages. Refer to [Extended DNS error codes](/1.1.1.1/infrastructure/extended-dns-error-codes/) for more information.                                                                                                            |

### Error response

| Field   | Description                                |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `error` | An explanation of the error that occurred. |

---

# DNS Wireformat

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/dns-wireformat/

Cloudflare respects DNS wireformat as defined in [RFC 1035](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1035).

To send queries using DNS wireformat, set the header `accept: application/dns-message`, or `content-type: application/dns-message` if using `POST` to signalize the media type of the query.

Queries using DNS wireformat can be sent using `POST` or `GET`.

## Using POST

When making requests using `POST`, the DNS query is included as the message body of the HTTP request, and the MIME type (see below) is included in the `Content-Type` request header. Cloudflare will use the message body of the HTTP request as sent by the client, so the message body should not be encoded.

The following is an example request. The same DNS query for `www.example.com`, using the POST method would be:

```txt
:method = POST
:scheme = https
:authority = cloudflare-dns.com
:path = /dns-query
accept = application/dns-message
content-type = application/dns-message
content-length = 33

<33 bytes represented by the following hex encoding>
00 00 01 00 00 01 00 00  00 00 00 00 03 77 77 77
07 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65  03 63 6f 6d 00 00 01 00
01
```

And would return the answer in wireformat:

```txt
:status = 200
content-type = application/dns-message
content-length = 64
cache-control = max-age=128

<64 bytes represented by the following hex encoding>
00 00 81 80 00 01 00 01  00 00 00 00 03 77 77 77
07 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65  03 63 6f 6d 00 00 01 00
01 03 77 77 77 07 65 78  61 6d 70 6c 65 03 63 6f
6d 00 00 01 00 01 00 00  00 80 00 04 C0 00 02 01
```

To try this using cURL, write:

```sh
echo -n 'q80BAAABAAAAAAAAA3d3dwdleGFtcGxlA2NvbQAAAQAB' | base64 --decode | curl --header 'content-type: application/dns-message' --data-binary @- https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query --output - | hexdump
```

## Using GET

When making requests using `GET`, the DNS query is encoded into the URL. The `accept` header can be used to indicate the MIME type (default: `application/dns-message`).

Example request:

```sh
curl --header 'accept: application/dns-message' --verbose 'https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?dns=q80BAAABAAAAAAAAA3d3dwdleGFtcGxlA2NvbQAAAQAB' | hexdump
```

```sh output
* Using HTTP2, server supports multi-use
* Connection state changed (HTTP/2 confirmed)
* Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0
* Using Stream ID: 1 (easy handle 0x7f968700a400)
GET /dns-query?dns=q80BAAABAAAAAAAAA3d3dwdleGFtcGxlA2NvbQAAAQAB HTTP/2
Host: cloudflare-dns.com
User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
accept: application/dns-message

* Connection state changed (MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS updated)!
HTTP/2 200
date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:14:02 GMT
content-type: application/dns-message
content-length: 49
cache-control: max-age=0
set-cookie: \__cfduid=dd1fb65f0185fadf50bbb6cd14ecbc5b01521782042; expires=Sat, 23-Mar-19 05:14:02 GMT; path=/; domain=.cloudflare.com; HttpOnly
server: cloudflare-nginx
cf-ray: 3ffe69838a418c4c-SFO-DOG

{ [49 bytes data]
100    49  100    49    0     0    493      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   494
* Connection #0 to host cloudflare-dns.com left intact
0000000 ab cd 81 80 00 01 00 01 00 00 00 00 03 77 77 77
0000010 07 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 03 63 6f 6d 00 00 01 00
0000020 01 c0 0c 00 01 00 01 00 00 0a 8b 00 04 5d b8 d8
0000030 22
0000031
```

---

# Make API requests to 1.1.1.1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/

Cloudflare offers a DNS over HTTPS resolver at:

```txt
https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query
```

## HTTP method

Cloudflare's DNS-over-HTTPS (DOH) endpoint supports `POST` and `GET` for DNS wireformat, and `GET` for JSON format.

When making requests using `POST`, the DNS query is included as the message body of the HTTP request, and the MIME type (`application/dns-message`) is sent in the `Content-Type` request header. Cloudflare will use the message body of the HTTP request as sent by the client, so the message body should not be encoded.

When making requests using `GET`, the DNS query is encoded into the URL.

## Valid MIME types

If you use JSON format, set `application/dns-json`, and if you use DNS wireformat, use `application/dns-message`.

Refer to [DNS wireformat](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/dns-wireformat/) and [JSON](/1.1.1.1/encryption/dns-over-https/make-api-requests/dns-json/) for cURL examples.

## Send multiple questions in a query

Sending more than one question when making requests depends on the HTTP version used, as each DNS query maps to exactly one HTTP request. HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 have multiplexing, and you can start multiple requests concurrently. HTTP/2 is, in fact, the minimum recommended version of HTTP for use with DNS over HTTPS (DoH). This is not specific to 1.1.1.1, but rather how DoH works.

You can learn more about how DoH works in RFC 8484, more specifically [the HTTP layer requirements](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8484#section-5.2).

Example request:

```sh
curl --http2 --header "accept: application/dns-json" "https://1.1.1.1/dns-query?name=cloudflare.com" --next --http2 --header "accept: application/dns-json" "https://1.1.1.1/dns-query?name=example.com"
```

## Authentication

No authentication is required to send requests to this API.

## Supported TLS versions

Cloudflare's DNS over HTTPS resolver supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3.

## Return codes

| HTTP Status | Meaning                                                    |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| `400`       | DNS query not specified or too small.                      |
| `413`       | DNS query is larger than maximum allowed DNS message size. |
| `415`       | Unsupported content type.                                  |
| `504`       | Resolver timeout while waiting for the query response.     |

---

# Discovery

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/

GraphQL API supports [introspection][1] to explore nodes and provides a way to
retrieve the user's [limits][2] for every node.

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/settings/

---

# Introspection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

Cloudflare GraphQL API has a dynamic schema and exposes more than 70 datasets
across zone and account scopes. We constantly expand the list and replace
existing ones with more capable alternatives.

To tackle the schema question, GraphQL provides an [introspection][1] mechanism.
It is part of the GraphQL specification and allows you to explore the graph of
the datasets and fields.

The introspection results provide an overview of ALL available nodes and fields,
their descriptions and deprecation status.

Although GraphQL has `query`, `subscription`, and `mutation` operations,
Cloudflare GraphQL API only supports `query` operation.

## Description and Beta mode

With details on data exposed by a given node or a field, descriptions also
indicate whether it is in Beta mode. Beta nodes (or fields) are for testing and
exploration and are usually available for customers on more extensive plans.
Please do not rely on beta data nodes since they are subject to change or
removal without notice.

## Deprecation

Introspection provides information about deprecation status. Cloudflare uses it
as a notification about replacement plans. If the sunset date is provided,
please migrate to a replacement node(s) before that date to avoid any
disruption.

## Availability

Some of the nodes might only be available to query for some users. Please refer
to the [settings][2] node for more details about availability and personal
limits on a given node.

## Explore documentation

The most convenient way to introspect the schema is to use a documentation
[explorer][3] that usually is a part of a GraphQL client (like GraphiQL, Altair,
etc).

Alternatively, you can also do it manually by using `__schema` node with the
needed directives.

```graphql title="A typical introspection query"
{
  __schema {
    queryType { name }
    mutationType { name }
    subscriptionType { name }
    types {
        ...FullType
    }
    directives {
      name
      description
      locations
      args {
        ...InputValue
      }
    }
  }
}
fragment TypeRef on __Type {
  kind
  name
  ofType {
    kind
    name
    ofType {
      kind
      name
      ofType {
        kind
        name
        ofType {
          kind
          name
          ofType {
            kind
            name
            ofType {
              kind
              name
              ofType {
                kind
                name
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
fragment InputValue on __InputValue {
  name
  description
  type { ...TypeRef }
  defaultValue
}
fragment FullType on __Type {
  kind
  name
  description
  fields(includeDeprecated: true) {
    name
    description
    args {
      ...InputValue
    }
    type {
      ...TypeRef
    }
    isDeprecated
    deprecationReason
  }
  inputFields {
    ...InputValue
  }
  interfaces {
    ...TypeRef
  }
  enumValues(includeDeprecated: true) {
    name
    description
    isDeprecated
    deprecationReason
  }
  possibleTypes {
    ...TypeRef
  }
}
```

For more details on how to send a GraphQL request with curl, please refer to
[this guide][4].

[1]: https://graphql.org/learn/introspection/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/settings/

[3]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/explore-graphql-schema/

[4]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/execute-graphql-query/

---

# Settings node

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/settings/

Cloudflare GraphQL API exposes more than 70 datasets to its customers. These
datasets represent different Cloudflare products with very different data
shapes; thus, each has its configuration of [limits][1].

Although we allow access to ALL plans for the essential datasets (like
`httpRequestsAdaptiveGroups`, `firewallEventsAdaptive`, etc), users on larger
plans benefit from an extended set of datasets and wider query limits.

In addition to [introspection][2], users can use the Settings node that is
available for both zones and accounts scopes.

## Format

`Settings` node has all datasets from `zones` and `accounts` as fields.

```graphql title="Using a settings node on accounts nodes"
{
  viewer {
    accounts(filter: { accountTag : $accountTag }) {
      settings {
        # any dataset(s) from accounts
      }
    }
    zones(filter: { zoneTag : $zoneTag }) {
      settings {
        # any dataset(s) from zones
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Every subnode of `settings` node could consist of these fields:

* `enabled` - shows whether the node is available for a requester or not;
* `availableFields` - shows the list of fields available for a requester. If
  it's a nested field, the path will be returned, like `sum_requests`;
* `maxPageSize` - retrieves the maximum number of records that can be returned
* `maxNumberOfFields` - answers on how many fields could be used in a single
  query for that node;
* `notOlderThan` - returns a number of seconds on how far back in time a query
  can read;
* `maxDuration` - shows how wide the requested time range could be.

## A sample query

```graphql title="Get boundaries of firewallEventsAdaptive node"
{
  viewer {
    zones(filter: { zoneTag: $zoneTag }) {
      settings {
        firewallEventsAdaptive {
          enabled
          maxDuration
          maxNumberOfFields
          maxPageSize
          notOlderThan
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```json title="firewallEventsAdaptive limits for a given user"
{
  "data": {
    "viewer": {
      "zones": [
        {
          "settings": {
            "firewallEventsAdaptive": {
              "enabled": true,
              "maxDuration": 259200,
              "maxNumberOfFields": 30,
              "maxPageSize": 10000,
              "notOlderThan": 2678400
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "errors": null
}
```

To get more details on how to execute queries, please refer to our how to get
started [guides][3].

[1]: /analytics/graphql-api/limits/

[2]: /analytics/graphql-api/features/discovery/introspection/

[3]: /analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/

---

# Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-key-auth/

API keys are unique to each Cloudflare user and used only for authentication. An API key does not authorize access to accounts or zones. To ensure that the GraphQL Analytics API authenticates your queries, retrieve your Cloudflare Global API Key.

Learn how to [retrieve your API Key in the Cloudflare dashboard](/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/).

---

# Configure an Analytics API token

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/

Cloudflare recommends API tokens as the preferred authentication method with Cloudflare APIs. This article walks through creating API tokens for authentication to the GraphQL Analytics API.

For more details on API tokens and the full range of supported options, refer to [Creating API tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

To create an API token for authentication to the GraphQL Analytics API, use this workflow:

- [Access the Create API Token page](#access-the-create-api-token-page)
- [Configure a custom API token](#configure-a-custom-api-token)
- [Review and create your API token](#review-and-create-your-api-token)
- [Copy and test your API token](#copy-and-test-your-api-token)

## Access the Create API Token page

To access the **Create Custom Token** page, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Cloudflare account and select _My Profile_ from the user account drop-down list.

![User account drop-down menu](~/assets/images/analytics/account-profile.png)

2. In your user profile page, select the **API Tokens** tab.

3. In the **API Tokens** page, select **Create Token**.

![API Tokens tab](~/assets/images/analytics/user-profile-api-tokens-tab.png)

The **Create API Token** page displays.

![Clicking Get started in the Create API Token page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-api-token-page-display.png)

The next section of this walkthrough shows you how to configure a custom token for access to the GraphQL Analytics API.

## Configure a custom API token

To configure a custom token, follow these steps:

1. Select **Get started** in the **Custom token** section of the **Create API Token** page:

![Clicking Get started in the Create API Token page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-api-token-get-started.png)

The **Create Custom Token** page displays:

![Create Custom Token page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-custom-api-token.png)

2. Enter a descriptive name for your token in the **Token name** text input field.

3. To configure access to the GraphQL Analytics API, use the **Permissions** drop-down lists.

4. To set permissions for the GraphQL Analytics API, select _Account_ in the first drop-down list, _Account Analytics_ from the second drop-down list, and _Read_ from the third.

This example scopes account-level permissions for read access to the Analytics API:

![Permissions configuration page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-custom-token-permissions.png)

5. To configure the specific zones to which the token grants access, use the **Zone Resources** drop-down lists. In this example, the token is set to grant access to all zones:

![Resources configuration page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-custom-token-zone-resources.png)

6. To restrict the API token to specific IP addresses, use the **Client IP Address Filtering** controls.

![IP Address Filtering configuration page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-custom-token-ip-address-filtering.png)

7. To define how long the token is valid, select the **TTL** (time-to-live) start/end date.

![TTL configuration page](~/assets/images/analytics/create-custom-token-ttl.png)

8. Select **Continue to summary**.

The next section of this walkthrough covers how to review and test your API token.

## Review and create your API token

Once you select **Continue to summary**, the **API Token Summary** page displays.

Use the **API Token Summary** to confirm that you have scoped the API Token to the desired permissions and resources before creating it.

![API Token Summary page](~/assets/images/analytics/api-token-summary.png)

Once you have validated your API token configuration, select **Create Token**.

## Copy and test your API token

When you create a new token, a confirmation page displays that includes your token and a custom `curl` command.

![Page displaying your API token and the curlcommand to test your token](~/assets/images/fundamentals/api/token-complete.png)

To copy the token to your device's clipboard, select the **Copy** button.

:::caution[Warning]

The token displays only on the confirmation page, so copy the token and store it safely, since anyone who has the token can use it to access your data.

If you lose the token, you can [regenerate it from the API Tokens page](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/), so that you do not have to configure all the permissions again.

:::

To test your token, copy the `curl` command and paste it into a terminal.

When you have finished, select **View all API tokens**.

---

# Configure GraphQL client endpoint and HTTP headers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/graphql-client-headers/

1. Launch [GraphiQL](https://www.gatsbyjs.com/docs/how-to/querying-data/running-queries-with-graphiql/).

2. Select **Edit HTTP Headers**.
   ![Clicking Edit HTTP Headers](~/assets/images/analytics/GraphiQL-edit-http-headers.png)
   The **Edit HTTP Headers** window appears.
   ![Editing HTTP Headers Window](~/assets/images/analytics/GraphiQL-edit-http-headers-window.png)

3. Select **Add Header** to configure authentication. You can use Cloudflare Analytics API token authentication (recommended) or Cloudflare API key authentication.
   * **Token authentication**:

     Enter **Authorization** in the **Header Name** field, and enter `Bearer {your-analytics-token}` in the **Header value** field, then select **Save**.

     ![Editing HTTP Headers](~/assets/images/analytics/GraphiQL-edit-http-headers-token.png)

   * **Key authentication**:

     Enter `X-AUTH-EMAIL` in the **Header name** field and your email address registered with Cloudflare in the **Header value** field, and select **Save**.<br/>

     Select **Add Header** to add a second header. Enter `X-AUTH-KEY` in the **Header Name** field, and paste your Global API Key in the **Header value** field, then select **Save**.<br/>

4. Select anywhere outside the **Edit HTTP Headers** window in GraphiQL to close it and return to the main GraphiQL display.

5. Enter `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/graphql` in the **GraphQL Endpoint** field.
   ![Editing GraphQL Endpoint](~/assets/images/analytics/GraphiQL-response-pane.png)

:::note[Note]


The right-side response pane is empty when you enter your information correctly. An error displays when there are problems with your header credentials.


:::

Now that you have configured authentication, you are ready to run queries using GraphiQL.

---

# Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/

Cloudflare separates service configuration by zone. When there are multiple accounts, each with many zones, it is important to restrict GraphQL Analytics API access to only those account and zone resources that are relevant for the task at hand.

To secure access to your GraphQL Analytics data, use a Cloudflare API key or token to authenticate an API request.

This table outlines the differences between Cloudflare API keys and tokens:



<table>
  <thead>
      <tr>
          <th>Authentication Method</th>
          <th>Description</th>
      </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td><a href='/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/'>API Tokens</a></td>
        <td>Cloudflare recommends API Tokens as the preferred way to interact with Cloudflare APIs. You can configure the scope of tokens to limit access to account and zone resources, and you can define the Cloudflare APIs to which the token authorizes access.</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><a href='/fundamentals/api/get-started/keys/'>API Keys</a></td>
        <td><p>Unique to each Cloudflare user and used only for authentication. API keys do not authorize access to accounts or zones.</p>
        <p>Use the Global API Key for authentication.</p></td>
      </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>



To create and configure GraphQL Analytics API tokens, refer to [Configure an Analytics API token](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-token-auth/).

To find and retrieve API keys, as well as edit HTTP headers for authentication in GraphiQL, refer to [Authenticate with a Cloudflare API key](/analytics/graphql-api/getting-started/authentication/api-key-auth/).

---

# Main differences

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/differences/

## Aggregated roll-ups versus Adaptive Bit Rate

In Network Analytics v1 (NAv1), the data is rolled up into one minute roll-up tables, then one hour roll-ups, and finally one day roll-ups. Users can then query either the `ipFlows1mGroups` node for high-resolution data on traffic and attacks in the past 30 days, or query the `ipFlows1hGroups` or `ipFlows1dGroups` nodes for historical data. However, the data available through these nodes is aggregate data, and that means that the accuracy and cardinality of the results are limited. For example, short traffic spikes will not be visible in the data obtained from these nodes due to the aggregation of samples in the roll-ups.

On the other hand, Network Analytics v2 (NAv2) uses [Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR)](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/#adaptive-bit-rate-sampling) sampling. This means that users do not need to choose a node based on their query timeframe. Furthermore, the cardinality and accuracy is preserved even for historical data. Depending on the size of the query, the ABR mechanism will choose the best sampling rate and fetch a response from one of the sample tables encapsulated behind each node.

## Sampling improvements

Network Analytics v2 provides more accurate data due to the better sample rate and [Edge Sample Enrichment](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/#edge-sample-enrichment). NAv1 samples 1/8,192 packets (that is, one in every 8,192 packets), while NAv2 sample rates vary depending on the mitigation service. For example:

* The sample rate for `dosd` changes dynamically from 1/100 to 1/10,000 packets based on the volume of packets.
* The sample rate for Magic Firewall events changes dynamically from 1/100 to 1/1,000,000 packets based on the number of packets.
* The sample rate for `flowtrackd` is 1/10,000 packets.

The NAv2 data pipeline is also more resilient compared to NAv1. NAv1 uses Core Sample Enrichment, where raw packet samples are sent from all of Cloudflare's edge data centers to the Core data centers. In the Core data centers, the packet samples are cross-referenced with additional databases and infused with the associated customer account ID, attack ID, attack type, and other metadata. Then, the packet samples are inserted into storage. One of the main shortcomings of this method is the potential congestion of samples when cross-referencing information, which could, in rare cases, cause temporary data lag.

To eliminate this potential data lag, NAv2 uses a new data logging pipeline which relies on Edge Sample Enrichment. By delegating the packet sample enrichment and cross-referencing to the edge data centers, we improve the data pipeline's resilience and tolerance against congestion. Using this method, enriched packet samples are immediately stored in Cloudflare's core data centers as soon as they arrive.

---

# Network Analytics v1 to Network Analytics v2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In early 2020, Cloudflare released the first version of the Network Analytics dashboard and its corresponding API. The second version (Network Analytics v2) was made available on 2021-09-13.

:::caution
 <Render file="network-analytics-v1-deprecation" /> 
:::

## Before you start

Learn more about the [concepts introduced in Network Analytics v2](/analytics/network-analytics/understand/concepts/).

## Feature comparison

The following table compares the features of NAv1 and NAv2:



| Feature                          | NAv1                                                                                                         | NAv2                                                                                    |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Sampling rate                    | 1/8,192 packets                                                                                              | Varies between 1/100 and 1/1,000,000 packets,<br/> depending on the mitigation service. |
| Sampling method                  | Core Sample Enrichment                                                                                       | Edge Sample Enrichment                                                                  |
| Historical data retention method | Aggregated roll-ups                                                                                          | Adaptive Bit Rate                                                                       |
| Retention period                 | 1-min roll-ups: 30 days<br/>1-hour roll-ups: 6 months<br/>1-day roll-ups: 1 year<br/>Attack roll-ups: 1 year | All nodes: 16 weeks                                                                     |
| Attack mitigation systems        | `dosd`                                                                                                       | `dosd`, `flowtrackd`\*, and Magic Firewall\*                                            |
| Examples of new fields           | n/a                                                                                                          | Rule ID<br/>GRE tunnel ID<br/>Packet size                                               |



\* *Applicable only for Magic Transit customers.*

For more information on the differences in terms of sampling method and historical data retention, refer to [Main differences between Network Analytics v1 and v2](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/differences/).

:::note[Note]


The `attackId` field value may be different between NAv1 and NAv2 for the same attack.


:::

## Node comparison

NAv2 uses the same API endpoint but makes use of new nodes. While NAv1 has three nodes for aggregated roll-ups for all traffic and attacks, and one node for attacks, NAv2 has one node for all traffic and attacks, and four separate nodes for attacks that vary based on the mitigation system.



| Node type      | NAv1                                                          | NAv2 for Magic Transit                                                                                                                                                   | NAv2 for Spectrum                                                     |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Main node(s)   | `ipFlows1mGroups`<br/>`ipFlows1hGroups`<br/>`ipFlows1dGroups` | `magicTransitNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`                                                                                                                             | `spectrumNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`                              |
| Attack node(s) | `ipFlows1mAttacksGroups`                                      | `dosdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`<br/> `dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups`<br/> `flowtrackdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`<br/> `magicFirewallNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` | `dosdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`<br/> `dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups` |



Each row represents one packet sample. The data is sampled at Cloudflare’s edge at [various rates](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/). You can also query the sample rate from the nodes using the `sample_interval` field.

For reference information on NAv2 nodes, refer to the [NAv2 node reference](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/).

:::note[Obtaining data for ingress traffic only]

All the NAv2 `*AnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` nodes include data for ingress and egress traffic. To obtain data about ingress traffic only, include `direction: "ingress"` in your [GraphQL query filter](/analytics/graphql-api/features/filtering/). 
:::

## Schema comparison

Refer to [NAv1 to NAv2 schema map](/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/schema-map/) for a mapping of schema fields from NAv1 nodes to NAv2 nodes. Follow this recommended mapping when migrating to NAv2.

## Example

The following example queries the top 20 logs of traffic dropped by mitigation systems different from Magic Firewall within a given time range, ordered by destination IP address.

```graphql
{
  viewer
  {
    accounts(filter: {accountTag: "<REDACTED>"})
    {
      magicTransitNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups(
        filter: {
          datetime_gt: "2021-10-01T00:00:00Z",
          datetime_lt: "2021-10-05T00:00:00Z",
          outcome_like: "drop",
          mitigationSystem_neq: "magic-firewall"
        },
        limit: 20,
        orderBy: [ipDestinationAddress_ASC])
      {
        dimensions {
          outcome
          mitigationSystem
          ipSourceAddress
          ipDestinationAddress
          ipProtocol
          destinationPort
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Final remarks

The `mitigationSystem` field can take one the following values:

* `dosd` for [DDoS managed rulesets](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/) (Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection or HTTP DDoS Attack Protection).
* `flowtrackd` for [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/).
* `magic-firewall` for [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/).
* Empty string for unmitigated traffic.

---

# NAv2 node reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/node-reference/

## Main nodes

Main nodes provide deep packet-level information about traffic and attacks for Spectrum customers and Magic Transit customers.

Use the main node to query traffic and attacks at a high level, as seen at the Cloudflare edge:

| Product       | Main node                                    |
| ------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Spectrum      | `spectrumNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`     |
| Magic Transit | `magicTransitNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups` |

To query more specific details about attacks, use the [attack nodes](#attack-nodes).

Each row represents a packet sample. The sample rate of main nodes is 1/10,000 packets.

If you are using both Magic Transit and Spectrum for IP addresses that overlap, you can use only the Magic Transit node.

## Attack nodes

### `dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups`

This node provides information about DDoS attacks detected and mitigated by Cloudflare's main DDoS protection system, the denial of service daemon (`dosd`). This node includes attack metadata such as:

* `startDatetime`
* `endDatetime`
* `attackType`
* `sourceIp`

Each row represents an attack event. Each attack has a unique ID.

The sample rate is dynamic and based on the volume of packets, ranging from 1/100 to 1/10,000 packets.

:::note[Adjusting attack mitigation]


To adjust mitigation sensitivities and actions, or to define expression filters that exclude or include traffic from mitigation actions, customize the [Network-layer DDoS Attack Protection managed ruleset](/ddos-protection/managed-rulesets/network/).


:::

### `dosdNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`

This node complements the information in the `dosdAttackAnalyticsGroups` node. Provides deep packet-level information about DDoS attack packets mitigated by `dosd`, including fields such as:

* `ipProtocol`
* `ipv4Checksum`
* `ipv4Options`
* `tcpSequenceNumber`
* `tcpChecksum`
* `icmpCode`
* `ruleId`
* `ruleName`
* `attackVector`

Each row represents a packet sample. The sample rate is 1/10,000 packets.

### `advancedTcpProtectionNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`

This node is only available to Magic Transit customers. Provides metadata about out-of-state TCP DDoS attacks mitigated by Cloudflare's [Advanced TCP Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-tcp-protection/) system.

Advanced TCP Protection does not use the following ID fields: attack ID, rule ID, and ruleset ID.

The sample rate is 1/1,000 packets.

### `advancedDnsProtectionNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`

This node is only available to Magic Transit customers. Provides metadata about DNS-based DDoS attacks mitigated by Cloudflare's [Advanced DNS Protection](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/overview/advanced-dns-protection/) system. 

Samples include information about the following DNS header fields:

- `dnsQueryName`
- `dnsQueryType`

Advanced DNS Protection does not use the following ID fields: attack ID, rule ID, and ruleset ID.

The sample rate is 1/1,000 packets.

### `magicFirewallNetworkAnalyticsAdaptiveGroups`

This node is only available to Magic Transit customers. Provides information about packets that were matched against customer-configured [Magic Firewall](/magic-firewall/) rules.

Each row represents a packet sample that matches a Magic Firewall rule.

Magic Firewall does not use attack IDs, only rule IDs and ruleset IDs.

The sample rate is dynamic and based on the volume of packets, ranging from 1/100 to 1/1,000,000 packets.

---

# NAv1 to NAv2 schema map

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/analytics/graphql-api/migration-guides/network-analytics-v2/schema-map/

The following table lists direct mappings between NAv1 and NAv2 fields, when available, and provides related fields when there is no direct mapping available.



<table style="width:100%; font-size: 85%">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>ipFlows1mGroups</th>
      <th>magicTransitNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups /<br/>spectrumNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>dosdNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>dosdAttackAnalytics-Groups</th>
      <th>flowtrackdNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>magicFirewallNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>date</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related fields:</em>
        <br />
        <code>datetime</code>
        <br />
        <code>datetimeTenSeconds</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related fields:</em>
        <br />
        <code>datetime</code>
        <br />
        <code>datetimeTenSeconds</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <em>Related fields:</em>
        <br />
        <code>datetime</code>
        <br />
        <code>datetimeTenSeconds</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related fields:</em>
        <br />
        <code>datetime</code>
        <br />
        <code>datetimeTenSeconds</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeMinute</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeMinute</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeMinute</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeMinute</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeMinute</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFiveMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFiveMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFiveMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFiveMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFiveMinutes</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFifteenMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFifteenMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFifteenMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFifteenMinutes</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeFifteenMinutes</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeHour</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeHour</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeHour</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeHour</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>datetimeHour</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>attackId</code>*
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>attackId</code>*
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>attackId</code>*
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>attackType</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>attackType</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>attackMitigationType</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>mitigationType</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>sourceIPCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceCountry</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>sourceIPAsn</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceAsn</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceAsn</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceAsn</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceAsn</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>sourceIPASNDescription</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>sourceGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>sourceGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>sourceGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>sourceGeohash</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>coloCode</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCode</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCode</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCode</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCode</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>coloCity</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCity</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCity</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCity</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCity</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>coloCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCountry</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>coloCountry</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>coloRegion</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>coloGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>coloGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>coloGeohash</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>Related field:</em>
        <br />
        <code>coloGeohash</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <th>ipFlows1mGroups</th>
      <th>magicTransitNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups /<br/>spectrumNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>dosdNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>dosdAttackAnalytics-Groups</th>
      <th>flowtrackdNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
      <th>magicFirewallNetworkAnalytics-AdaptiveGroups</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>ipVersion</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ethertype</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ethertype</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>ethertype</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ethertype</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>bits</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipTotalLength</code><br/>
        (<code>bits</code> divided by 8)
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipTotalLength</code><br/>
        (<code>bits</code> divided by 8)
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>bits</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipTotalLength</code><br/>
        (<code>bits</code> divided by 8)
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipTotalLength</code><br/>
        (<code>bits</code> divided by 8)
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>packets</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>packets</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipProtocol</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>sourceIP</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipSourceAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipSourceAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourceIp</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipSourceAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipSourceAddress</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>destinationIP</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationIp</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationAddress</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationAddress</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>destinationIPv4Range24</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationSubnet</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationSubnet</code>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationSubnet</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>ipDestinationSubnet</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>destinationIPv4Range23</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td></td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
      <td>
        <em>n/a</em>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>sourcePort</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>destinationPort</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
      <td>
        <code>tcpFlags</code>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>



\* The `attackId` field value may be different between NAv1 and NAv2 for the same attack.

---

# Browser Cache TTL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/browser-cache-ttl/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust browser cache TTL for caching resources in the browser to one day for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Browser TTL**: Override origin and use this TTL
  * **Input time-to-live (TTL)**: *1 day*

</Example>

---

# Bypass Cache on Cookie

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/bypass-cache-on-cookie/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to bypass cache for requests containing cookie `test_cookie` for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com" AND Cookie contains "test-cookie"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com" and http.cookie contains "test-cookie")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Bypass cache

</Example>

---

# Cache by Device Type

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-device-type/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to cache content based on user agent or device type for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Cache key
    * **Cache by device type**: On

</Example>

---

# Cache Deception Armor

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-deception-armor/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to protect against cache deception attacks for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Cache key
    * **Cache deception armor**: On

</Example>

---

# Cache Everything while ignoring query strings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-everything-ignore-query-strings/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust cache level for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Cache key
    * **Query string**: Ignore query string

</Example>

---

# Cache Level (Cache Everything)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-everything/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust cache level for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache

</Example>

:::caution

This option caches all HTML regardless of the presence of dynamic content. If you use this approach to cache pages containing dynamic content, visitors may receive information not intended for them. To avoid caching dynamic content, you can add a condition to the rule's matching criteria to prevent it from matching that content. Some examples include:
- Checking for the presence of a cookie.
- Negative matching against known dynamic content file paths.
- Negative matching against dynamic content extensions (or lack of an extension).
:::

---

# Cache TTL by status code

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/cache-ttl-by-status-code/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to cache responses with status code between `200` and `599` for one day for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Edge TTL
    * Use cache-control header if present, use default Cloudflare caching behavior if not
    * **Status code TTL**:
      * **Scope**: *Range*
      * **From**: *200*
      * **To**: *599*
      * **Duration**: *1 day*

</Example>

---

# Custom Cache Key

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/custom-cache-key/

import { Example, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="page-rules-migration" />

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to set a custom cache key for all query string parameters, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Cache key
    * **Query string**: All query string parameters

</Example>

Refer to [cache keys](/cache/how-to/cache-keys/) for more information on possible settings when configuring a custom cache key.

---

# Edge Cache TTL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/edge-ttl/

import { Example } from "~/components"

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to adjust edge cache TTL for caching resources on Cloudflare edge to one day, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Edge TTL
    * Ignore cache-control header and use this TTL
      * **Input time-to-live (TTL)**: *1 day*

</Example>

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

In the following sections, you can find common cache rules examples.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Origin Cache Control

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/origin-cache-control/

import { Example } from "~/components"

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to determine edge cache behavior for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Origin Cache Control
    * **Enable Origin Cache Control**: Off

</Example>

---

# Respect Strong ETags

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/respect-strong-etags/

import { Example } from "~/components"

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to respect strong ETags for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Respect strong ETags
    * **Use strong ETag headers**: On

</Example>

---

# Query String Sort

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cache/how-to/cache-rules/examples/query-string-sort/

import { Example } from "~/components"

[Create a cache rule](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/create-dashboard/) to sort query string parameters for caching purposes, for any hostname containing `example.com`:

<Example>

* **When incoming requests match**: Custom filter expression
  * Using the Expression Builder:<br/>
    `Hostname contains "example.com"`
  * Using the Expression Editor:<br/>
    `(http.host contains "example.com")`

* **Then**:
  * **Cache eligibility**: Eligible for cache
  * **Setting**: Cache key
    * **Sort query string**: On

</Example>

---

# Backoff schedule

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/backoff-schedule/

After you create a custom hostname, Cloudflare has to [validate that hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/).

Attempts to validate a Custom Hostname are distributed over 7 days (a total of 75 retries). At the end of this schedule, if the validation is unsuccessful, the custom hostname will be deleted. The function that determines the next check varies based on the number of attempts:

* For the first 10 attempts:

```txt
now() + min((floor(60 * pow(1.05, retry_attempt)) * INTERVAL '1 second'), INTERVAL '4 hours')
```

* For the remaining 65 attempts:

```txt
now() + min((floor(60 * pow(1.15, retry_attempt)) * INTERVAL '1 second'), INTERVAL '4 hours')
```

The first 10 checks complete within 2 minutes and most checks complete in the first 4 hours. The check back off is capped to a maximum of 4 hours to avoid exponential growth. The back off behavior causes larger gaps between check intervals towards the end of the back off schedule:

| Retry Attempt | In Seconds | In Minutes | In Hours |
| ------------- | ---------- | ---------- | -------- |
| 0             | 60         | 1          | 0.016667 |
| 1             | 63         | 1.05       | 0.0175   |
| 2             | 66         | 1.1        | 0.018333 |
| 3             | 69         | 1.15       | 0.019167 |
| 4             | 72         | 1.2        | 0.02     |
| 5             | 76         | 1.266667   | 0.021111 |
| 6             | 80         | 1.333333   | 0.022222 |
| 7             | 84         | 1.4        | 0.023333 |
| 8             | 88         | 1.466667   | 0.024444 |
| 9             | 93         | 1.55       | 0.025833 |
| 10            | 242        | 4.033333   | 0.067222 |
| 11            | 279        | 4.65       | 0.0775   |
| 12            | 321        | 5.35       | 0.089167 |
| 13            | 369        | 6.15       | 0.1025   |
| 14            | 424        | 7.066667   | 0.117778 |
| 15            | 488        | 8.133333   | 0.135556 |
| 16            | 561        | 9.35       | 0.155833 |
| 17            | 645        | 10.75      | 0.179167 |
| 18            | 742        | 12.366667  | 0.206111 |
| 19            | 853        | 14.216667  | 0.236944 |
| 20            | 981        | 16.35      | 0.2725   |
| 21            | 1129       | 18.816667  | 0.313611 |
| 22            | 1298       | 21.633333  | 0.360556 |
| 23            | 1493       | 24.883333  | 0.414722 |
| 24            | 1717       | 28.616667  | 0.476944 |
| 25            | 1975       | 32.916667  | 0.548611 |
| 26            | 2271       | 37.85      | 0.630833 |
| 27            | 2612       | 43.533333  | 0.725556 |
| 28            | 3003       | 50.05      | 0.834167 |
| 29            | 3454       | 57.566667  | 0.959444 |
| 30            | 3972       | 66.2       | 1.103333 |
| 31            | 4568       | 76.133333  | 1.268889 |
| 32            | 5253       | 87.55      | 1.459167 |
| 33            | 6041       | 100.683333 | 1.678056 |
| 34            | 6948       | 115.8      | 1.93     |
| 35            | 7990       | 133.166667 | 2.219444 |
| 36            | 9189       | 153.15     | 2.5525   |
| 37            | 10567      | 176.116667 | 2.935278 |
| 38            | 12152      | 202.533333 | 3.375556 |
| 39            | 13975      | 232.916667 | 3.881944 |
| 40            | 14400      | 240        | 4        |
| 41            | 14400      | 240        | 4        |
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| 75            | 14400      | 240        | 4        |

---

# Error codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/error-codes/

When you [validate a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/), you might encounter the following error codes.

| Error                                                                                                                       | Cause                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Zone does not have a fallback origin set.                                                                                   | Fallback is not active.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Fallback origin is in a status of `initializing`, `pending_deployment`, `pending_deletion`, or `deleted`.                   | Fallback is not active.                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Custom hostname does not `CNAME` to this zone.                                                                              | Zone does not have [apex proxying entitlement](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/) and custom hostname does not CNAME to zone.                          |
| None of the `A` or `AAAA` records are owned by this account and the pre-generated ownership validation token was not found. | Account has [apex proxying enabled](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/) but the custom hostname failed the hostname validation check on the `A` record. |
| This account and the pre-generated ownership validation token was not found.                                                | Hostname does not `CNAME` to zone or none of the `A`/`AAAA` records match reserved IPs for zone.                                                                                                          |

---

# Hostname validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/

Before Cloudflare can proxy traffic through a custom hostname, we need to verify your customer's ownership of that hostname.

:::note


If a custom hostname is already on Cloudflare, using the [pre-validation methods](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/pre-validation/) will not shift the traffic to the SaaS zone. That will only happen once the [DNS target](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#3-have-customer-create-cname-record) of the custom hostnames changes to point to the SaaS zone.


:::

## Options

If minimizing downtime is more important to you, refer to our [pre-validation methods](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/pre-validation/).

If ease of use for your customers is more important, review our [real-time validation methods](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/realtime-validation/).

## Other resources

* [Hostname validation statuses](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/validation-status/)
* [Error codes](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/error-codes/)

---

# Pre-validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/pre-validation/

Pre-validation methods help verify domain ownership before your customer's traffic is proxying through Cloudflare.

## Use when

Use pre-validation methods when your customers cannot tolerate any downtime, which often occurs with production domains.

The downside is that these methods require an additional setup step for your customers. Especially if you already need them to add something to their domain for [certificate validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/), pre-validation might make their onboarding more complicated.

If your customers can tolerate a bit of downtime and you want their setup to be simpler, review our [real-time validation methods](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/realtime-validation/).

## How to

### TXT records

TXT validation is when your customer adds a `TXT` record to their authoritative DNS to verify domain ownership.

:::note


If your customer cannot update their authoritative DNS, you could also use [HTTP validation](#http-tokens).


:::

To set up `TXT` validation:

1. When you [create a custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/), save the `ownership_verification` information.

   ```json null {11-12}
   {
   "result": [
       {
       "id": "3537a672-e4d8-4d89-aab9-26cb622918a1",
       "hostname": "app.example.com",
       // ...
       "status": "pending",
       "verification_errors": ["custom hostname does not CNAME to this zone."],
       "ownership_verification": {
           "type": "txt",
           "name": "_cf-custom-hostname.app.example.com",
           "value": "0e2d5a7f-1548-4f27-8c05-b577cb14f4ec"
       },
       "created_at": "2020-03-04T19:04:02.705068Z"
       }
   ]
   }
   ```

2. Have your customer add a `TXT` record with that `name` and `value` at their authoritative DNS provider.

3. After a few minutes, you will see the hostname status become **Active** in the UI.

4. Once you activate the custom hostname, your customer can remove the `TXT` record.

### HTTP tokens

HTTP validation is when you or your customer places an HTTP token on their origin server to verify domain ownership.

To set up HTTP validation:

When you [create a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/issue-certificates/) using the API, Cloudflare provides an HTTP `ownership_verification` record in the response.

To get and use the `ownership_verification` record:

1. Make an API call to [create a Custom Hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/).

2. In the response, copy the `http_url` and `http_body` from the `ownership_verification_http` object:

   ```json title="Example response (truncated)" {8-9}
   {
     "result": [
       {
         "id": "24c8c68e-bec2-49b6-868e-f06373780630",
         "hostname": "app.example.com",
         // ...
         "ownership_verification_http": {
             "http_url": "http://app.example.com/.well-known/cf-custom-hostname-challenge/24c8c68e-bec2-49b6-868e-f06373780630",
             "http_body": "48b409f6-c886-406b-8cbc-0fbf59983555"
         },
         "created_at": "2020-03-04T20:06:04.117122Z"
       }
     ]
   }
   ```

3. Have your customer place the `http_url` and `http_body` on their origin web server.

   ```txt title="Example response (truncated)"
   location "/.well-known/cf-custom-hostname-challenge/24c8c68e-bec2-49b6-868e-f06373780630" {
       return 200 "48b409f6-c886-406b-8cbc-0fbf59983555\n";
   }
   ```

   Cloudflare will access this token by sending `GET` requests to the `http_url` using `User-Agent: Cloudflare Custom Hostname Verification`.

   :::note
   If you can serve these tokens on behalf of your customers, you can simplify their overall setup.
   :::

4. After a few minutes, you will see the hostname status become **Active** in the UI.

5. Once the hostname is active, your customer can remove the token from their origin server.

---

# Real-time validation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/realtime-validation/

import { Render } from "~/components"

When you use a real-time validation method, Cloudflare verifies your customer's hostname when your customers adds their [DNS routing record](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#3-have-customer-create-cname-record) to their authoritative DNS.

## Use when

Real-time validation methods put less burden on your customers because it does not require any additional actions.

However, it may cause some downtime since Cloudflare takes a few seconds to iterate over DNS records. This downtime also can increase - due to the increasing [validation backoff schedule](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/backoff-schedule/) - if your customer takes additional time to add their DNS routing record.

To minimize this downtime, you can continually send no-change [`PATCH` requests](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) for the specific custom hostname until it validates (which resets the validation backoff schedule).

To avoid any chance of downtime, use a [pre-validation method](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/pre-validation/)

## How to

Real-time validation occurs automatically when your customer adds their [DNS routing record](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#3-have-customer-create-cname-record).

The exact record depends on your Cloudflare for SaaS setup.

### Normal setup (CNAME target)

<Render file="cname-target-process" />

### Apex proxying

<Render file="apex-proxying-process" />

---

# Validation status

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/validation-status/

When you [validate a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/), that hostname can be in several different statuses.

| Status              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Pending             | Custom hostname is pending hostname validation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Active              | Custom hostname has completed hostname validation and is active.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Active re-deploying | Customer hostname is active and the changes have been processed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Blocked             | Custom hostname cannot be added to Cloudflare at this time. Custom hostname was likely associated with Cloudflare previously and flagged for abuse.<br/><br/>If you are an Enterprise customer, contact your Customer Success Manager. Otherwise, email `abusereply@cloudflare.com` with the name of the web property and a detailed explanation of your association with this web property. |
| Moved               | Custom hostname is not active after **Pending** for the entirety of the [Validation Backoff Schedule](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/backoff-schedule/) or it no longer points to the fallback origin.                                                                                                                                     |
| Deleted             | Custom hostname was deleted from the zone. Occurs when status is **Moved** for more than seven days.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |

---

# Custom CSRs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/status-codes/custom-csrs/

## Success codes

| Endpoint                                            | Method | HTTP Status Code |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |
| `/api/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_csrs`                | POST   | 201 Created      |
| `/api/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_csrs`                | GET    | 200 OK           |
| `/api/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_csrs/:custom_csr_id` | GET    | 200 OK           |
| `/api/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_csrs/:custom_csr_id` | DELETE | 200 OK           |

## Error codes

| HTTP Status Code | API Error Code | Error Message                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ---------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 400              | 1400           | Unable to decode the JSON request body. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 400              | 1401           | Zone ID is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 400              | 1402           | The request has no Authorization header. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 400              | 1405           | Country field is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 400              | 1406           | State field is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 400              | 1407           | Locality field is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 400              | 1408           | Organization field is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 400              | 1409           | Common Name field is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 400              | 1410           | The specified Common Name is too long. Maximum allowed length is %d characters. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 400              | 1411           | At least one subject alternative name (SAN) is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 400              | 1412           | Invalid subject alternative name(s) (SAN). SANs have to be smaller than 256 characters in length, cannot be IP addresses, cannot contain any special characters such as ~`!@#$%^&*()=+{}[]                                                                                                                                       |
| 400              | 1413           | Subject Alternative Names (SANs) with non-ASCII characters are not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 400              | 1414           | Reserved top domain subject alternative names (SAN), such as 'test', 'example', 'invalid' or 'localhost', is not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 400              | 1415           | Unable to parse subject alternative name(s) (SAN) - :reason. Check your input and try again. Reasons: publicsuffix: cannot derive eTLD+1 for domain %q; publicsuffix: invalid public suffix %q for domain %q;                                                                                                                        |
| 400              | 1416           | Subject Alternative Names (SANs) ending in example.com, example.net, or example.org are prohibited. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1417           | Invalid key type. Only 'rsa2048' or 'p256v1' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1418           | The custom CSR ID is invalid. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 401              | 1000           | Unable to extract bearer token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 401              | 1001           | Unable to parse JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 401              | 1002           | Bad JWT header                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 401              | 1003           | Failed to verify JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 401              | 1004           | Failed to get claims from JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 401              | 1005           | JWT token does not have required claims                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 403              | 1403           | No quota has been allocated for this zone. If you are already a paid Cloudflare for SaaS customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will contact you.                   |
| 403              | 1404           | Access to generating CSRs has not been granted for this zone. If you are already a paid Cloudflare for SaaS customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will contact you. |
| 404              | 1419           | The custom CSR was not found.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 409              | 1420           | The custom CSR is associated with an active certificate pack. You will need to delete all associated active certificate packs before you can delete the custom CSR.                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 500              | 1500           | Internal Server Error                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

---

# Custom hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/status-codes/custom-hostnames/

***

## Success codes

| Endpoint                                                  | Method | Code         |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------ |
| `/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_hostnames`                     | POST   | 201 Created  |
| `/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_hostnames/:custom_hostname_id` | GET    | 200 OK       |
| `/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_hostnames`                     | GET    | 200 OK       |
| `/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_hostnames/:custom_hostname_id` | DELETE | 200 OK       |
| `/v4/zones/:zone_id/custom_hostnames/:custom_hostname_id` | PATCH  | 202 Accepted |

***

## Error codes

| HTTP Status Code | API Error Code | Error Message                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------- | -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 400              | 1400           | Unable to decode the JSON request body. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 400              | 1401           | Unable to encode the Custom Metadata as JSON. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1402           | Zone ID is required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 400              | 1403           | The request has no Authorization header. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 400              | 1407           | Invalid custom hostname. Custom hostnames have to be smaller than 256 characters in length, cannot be IP addresses, cannot contain any special characters such as \`\`\~\`!@#$%^&\*()=+{}\[]\\                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 400              | 1408           | Custom hostnames with non-ASCII characters are not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1409           | Reserved top domain custom hostnames, such as 'test', 'example', 'invalid' or 'localhost', is not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 400              | 1410           | Unable to parse custom hostname - `:reason`. Check your input and try again. <br/> **Reasons:** <br/> publicsuffix: cannot derive eTLD+1 for domain `:domain` <br/> publicsuffix: invalid public suffix `:suffix` for domain `:domain`                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 400              | 1411           | Custom hostnames ending in example.com, example.net, or example.org are prohibited. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1412           | Custom metadata for wildcard custom hostnames is not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 400              | 1415           | Invalid custom origin hostname. Custom origin hostnames have to be smaller than 256 characters in length, cannot be IP addresses, cannot contain any special characters such as ~~\`\`~~\`!@#$%^&\*()=+{}\[]\\                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 400              | 1416           | Custom origin hostnames with non-ASCII characters are not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| 400              | 1417           | Reserved top domain custom origin hostnames, such as 'test', 'example', 'invalid' or 'localhost', is not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1418           | Unable to parse custom origin hostname - `:reason`. Check your input and try again. <br/> **Reasons:** <br/> publicsuffix: cannot derive eTLD+1 for domain `:domain`<br/> publicsuffix: invalid public suffix`:suffix`for domain`:domain`                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 400              | 1419           | Custom origin hostnames ending in example.com, example.net, or example.org are prohibited. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 400              | 1420           | Wildcard custom origin hostnames are not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1421           | The custom origin hostname you specified does not exist on Cloudflare as a DNS record (A, AAAA or CNAME) in your zone:`:zone\_tag`. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1422           | Invalid `http2`setting. Only 'on' or 'off' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 400              | 1423           | Invalid`tls\_1\_2\_only`setting. Only 'on' or 'off' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 400              | 1424           | Invalid`tls\_1\_3`setting. Only 'on' or 'off' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 400              | 1425           | Invalid`min\_tls\_version`setting. Only '1.0','1.1','1.2' or '1.3' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 400              | 1426           | The certificate that you uploaded cannot be parsed. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1427           | The certificate that you uploaded is empty. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 400              | 1428           | The private key you uploaded cannot be parsed. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 400              | 1429           | The private key you uploaded does not match the certificate. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 400              | 1430           | The custom CSR ID is invalid. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 404              | 1431           | The custom CSR was not found.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1432           | The validation method is not supported. Only`http`, `email`, or `txt` are accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1433           | The validation type is not supported. Only 'dv' is accepted. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 400              | 1434           | The SSL attribute is invalid. Refer to the API documentation, check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1435           | The custom hostname ID is invalid. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 404              | 1436           | The custom hostname was not found.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 400              | 1437           | Invalid hostname.contain query parameter. The hostname.contain query parameter has to be smaller than 256 characters in length, cannot be IP addresses, cannot contain any special characters such as \`\`\~\`!@#$%^&\*()=+{}\[]\\                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 400              | 1438           | Cannot specify other filter parameters in addition to `id`. Only one must be specified. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 409              | 1439           | Modifying the custom hostname is not supported. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 400              | 1440           | Both validation type and validation method are required. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 400              | 1441           | The certificate that you uploaded is having trouble bundling against the public trust store. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 400              | 1442           | Invalid `ciphers` setting. Refer to the documentation for the list of accepted cipher suites. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1443           | Cipher suite selection is not supported for a minimum TLS version of 1.3. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 400              | 1444           | The certificate chain that you uploaded has multiple leaf certificates. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 400              | 1445           | The certificate chain that you uploaded has no leaf certificates. Check your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 400              | 1446           | The certificate that you uploaded does not include the custom hostname - `:custom_hostname`. Review your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 400              | 1447           | The certificate that you uploaded does not use a supported signature algorithm. Only SHA-256/ECDSA, SHA-256/RSA, and SHA-1/RSA signature algorithms are supported. Review your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 400              | 1448           | Custom hostnames with wildcards are not supported for certificates managed by Cloudflare. Review your input and try again.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 400              | 1449           | The request input `bundle_method` must be one of: ubiquitous, optimal, force.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 401              | 1000           | Unable to extract bearer token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 401              | 1001           | Unable to parse JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 401              | 1002           | Bad JWT header                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 401              | 1003           | Failed to verify JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 401              | 1004           | Failed to get claims from JWT token                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 401              | 1005           | JWT token does not have required claims                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| 403              | 1404           | No quota has been allocated for this zone. If you are already a paid Cloudflare for SaaS customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will reach out to you.                                                                                |
| 403              | 1405           | Quota exceeded. If you are already a paid Cloudflare for SaaS customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will reach out to you.                                                                                                           |
| 403              | 1413           | No [custom metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/) access has been allocated for this zone. If you are already a paid  customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will reach out to you. |
| 403              | 1414           | Access to setting a custom origin server has not been granted for this zone. If you are already a paid Cloudflare for SaaS customer, contact your Customer Success Manager for additional provisioning. If you are not yet enrolled, [fill out this contact form](https://www.cloudflare.com/plans/enterprise/contact/) and our sales team will reach out to you.                                              |
| 409              | 1406           | Duplicate custom hostname found.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 500              | 1500           | Internal Server Error                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

---

# Status codes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/status-codes/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Cloudflare uses many different status codes for Cloudflare for SaaS. They can be related to:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# BigCommerce

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/bigcommerce/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="provider-guide-intro" params={{ one: "BigCommerce" }} />

## Benefits

<Render file="provider-guide-benefits" params={{ one: "BigCommerce" }} />

## How it works

For more details about how O2O is different than other Cloudflare setups, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

BigCommerce customers can enable O2O on any Cloudflare zone plan.

To enable O2O on your account, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a `CNAME` DNS record.

| Type    | Name              | Target                    | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----------------- | ------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` | `shops.mybigcommerce.com` | Proxied      |

:::note


For more details about a BigCommerce setup, refer to their [support guide](https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/Cloudflare-for-Performance-and-Security?language=en_US#orange-to-orange).

If you cannot activate your domain using [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), reach out to your account team.


:::

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render file="provider-guide-help" params={{ one: "BigCommerce" }} />

---

# HubSpot

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/hubspot/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="provider-guide-intro" params={{ one: "HubSpot" }} />

## Benefits

<Render file="provider-guide-benefits" params={{ one: "HubSpot" }} />

## How it works

For more details about how O2O is different than other Cloudflare setups, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

O2O is enabled per hostname, so to enable O2O for a specific hostname within your Cloudflare zone, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a Proxied `CNAME` DNS record with a target of your corresponding HubSpot CNAME. Which HubSpot CNAME is targeted will depend on your current [HubSpot proxy settings](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/developer-reference/reverse-proxy-support#configure-the-proxy).

| Type    | Name              | Target                                 | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` | `<HUBID>.sites-proxy.hscoscdn<##>.net` | Proxied      |

:::note


For questions about your HubSpot setup, refer to [HubSpot's reverse proxy support guide](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/cms/developer-reference/reverse-proxy-support).


:::

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render file="provider-guide-help" params={{ one: "HubSpot" }} />

---

# Provider guides

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Kinsta

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/kinsta/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="provider-guide-intro" params={{ one: "Kinsta" }} />

## Benefits

<Render file="provider-guide-benefits" params={{ one: "Kinsta" }} />

## How it works

For additional detail about how traffic routes when O2O is enabled, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

Kinsta customers can enable O2O on any Cloudflare zone plan.

To enable O2O for a specific hostname within a Cloudflare zone, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a Proxied `CNAME` DNS record with your Kinsta site name as the target. Kinsta’s domain addition setup will walk you through other validation steps.

| Type    | Name              | Target                          | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` | `sitename.hosting.kinsta.cloud` | Proxied      |

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render file="provider-guide-help" params={{ one: "Kinsta" }} />

### Resolving SSL errors using Cloudflare Managed Certificates

If you encounter SSL errors when attempting to activate a Cloudflare Managed Certificate, verify if you have a `CAA` record on your domain name with command `dig +short example.com CAA`.

If you do have a `CAA` record, verify that it permits SSL certificates to be issued by the [certificate authorities supported by Cloudflare](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

---

# Salesforce Commerce Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/salesforce-commerce-cloud/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="provider-guide-intro"
	params={{ one: "Salesforce Commerce Cloud" }}
/>

## Benefits

<Render
	file="provider-guide-benefits"
	params={{ one: "Salesforce Commerce Cloud" }}
/>

## How it works

For additional detail about how traffic routes when O2O is enabled, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

To enable O2O requires the following:

1. Your SFCC environment must be configured as an "SFCC Proxy Zone". If you currently have an "SFCC Legacy Zone", you cannot enable O2O. More details on the different types of SFCC configurations can be found in the [Salesforce FAQ on SFCC Proxy Zones](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=cc.b2c_ecdn_proxy_zone_faq.htm&type=5).
2. Your own Cloudflare zone on an Enterprise plan.

If you meet the above requirements, O2O can then be enabled per hostname. To enable O2O for a specific hostname within your Cloudflare zone, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a Proxied CNAME DNS record with a target of the CNAME provided by SFCC Business Manager, which is the dashboard used by SFCC customers to configure their storefront environment.

The CNAME provided by SFCC Business Manager will resemble `commcloud.prod-abcd-example-com.cc-ecdn.net` and contains 3 distinct parts. For each hostname routing traffic to SFCC, be sure to update each part of the example CNAME to match your SFCC environment:

1. **Environment**: `prod` should be changed to `prod` or `dev` or `stg`.
2. **Realm**: `abcd` should be changed to the Realm ID assigned to you by SFCC.
3. **Domain Name**: `example-com` should be changed to match your domain name in a hyphenated format.

| Type    | Name              | Target                                        | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` | `commcloud.prod-abcd-example-com.cc-ecdn.net` | Proxied      |

For O2O to be configured properly, make sure your Proxied DNS record targets your SFCC CNAME **directly**. Do not indirectly target the SFCC CNAME by targeting another Proxied DNS record in your Cloudflare zone which targets the SFCC CNAME.

<Details header="Correct configuration">

For example, if the hostnames routing traffic to SFCC are `www.example.com` and `preview.example.com`, the following is a **correct** configuration in your Cloudflare zone:

| Type    | Name                  | Target                                        | Proxy status |
| ------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `www.example.com`     | `commcloud.prod-abcd-example-com.cc-ecdn.net` | Proxied      |
| `CNAME` | `preview.example.com` | `commcloud.prod-abcd-example-com.cc-ecdn.net` | Proxied      |

</Details>

<Details header="Incorrect configuration">

And, the following is an **incorrect** configuration because `preview.example.com` indirectly targets the SFCC CNAME via the `www.example.com` Proxied DNS record, which means O2O will not be properly enabled for hostname `preview.example.com`:

| Type    | Name                  | Target                                        | Proxy status |
| ------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `www.example.com`     | `commcloud.prod-abcd-example-com.cc-ecdn.net` | Proxied      |
| `CNAME` | `preview.example.com` | `www.example.com`                             | Proxied      |

</Details>

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render
	file="provider-guide-help"
	params={{ one: "Salesforce Commerce Cloud" }}
/>

### Resolving SSL errors using Cloudflare Managed Certificates

If you encounter SSL errors when attempting to activate a Cloudflare Managed Certificate, verify if you have a `CAA` record on your domain name with command `dig +short example.com CAA`.

If you do have a `CAA` record, verify that it permits SSL certificates to be issued by the [certificate authorities supported by Cloudflare](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

### Best practice Zone-level configuration

1. Set **Minimum TLS version** to **TLS 1.2**
   1. Navigate to **SSL/TLS > Edge Certificates**, scroll down the page to find **Minimum TLS Version**, and set it to _TLS 1.2_. This setting applies to every Proxied DNS record in your Zone.
2. Match the **Security Level** set in **SFCC Business Manager**
   1. _Option 1: Zone-level_ - Navigate to **Security > Settings**, find **Security Level** and set **Security Level** to match what is configured in **SFCC Business Manager**. This setting applies to every Proxied DNS record in your Cloudflare zone.
   2. _Option 2: Per Proxied DNS record_ - If the **Security Level** differs between the Proxied DNS records targeting your SFCC environment and other Proxied DNS records in your Cloudflare zone, use a **Configuration Rule** to set the **Security Level** specifically for the Proxied DNS records targeting your SFCC environment. For example:
      1. Create a new **Configuration Rule** by navigating to **Rules** > **Overview** and selecting **Create rule** next to **Configuration Rules**:
         1. **Rule name:** `Match Security Level on SFCC hostnames`
         2. **Field:** _Hostname_
         3. **Operator:** _is in_ (this will match against multiple hostnames specified in the **Value** field)
         4. **Value:** `www.example.com` `dev.example.com`
         5. Scroll down to **Security Level** and click **+ Add**
            1. **Select Security Level:** _Medium_ (this should match the **Security Level** set in **SFCC Business Manager**)
         6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Deploy**
3. Disable **Browser Integrity Check**
   1. _Option 1: Zone-level_ - Navigate to **Security > Settings**, find **Browser Integrity Check** and toggle it off to disable it. This setting applies to every Proxied DNS record in your Cloudflare zone.
   2. _Option 2: Per Proxied DNS record_ - If you want to keep **Browser Integrity Check** enabled for other Proxied DNS records in your Cloudflare zone but want to disable it on Proxied DNS records targeting your SFCC environment, keep the Zone-level **Browser Integrity Check** feature enabled and use a **Configuration Rule** to disable **Browser Integrity Check** specifically for the hostnames targeting your SFCC environment. For example:
      1. Create a new **Configuration Rule** by navigating to **Rules** > **Overview** and selecting **Create rule** next to **Configuration Rules**:
         1. **Rule name:** `Disable Browser Integrity Check on SFCC hostnames`
         2. **Field:** _Hostname_
         3. **Operator:** _is in_ (this will match against multiple hostnames specified in the **Value** field)
         4. **Value:** `www.example.com` `dev.example.com`
         5. Scroll down to **Browser Integrity Check** and click the **+ Add** button:
            1. Set the toggle to **Off** (a grey X will be displayed)
         6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click **Deploy**
4. Bypass **Cache** on Proxied DNS records targeting your SFCC environment
   1. Your SFCC environment, also called a **Realm**, will contain one to many SFCC Proxy Zones, which is where caching will always occur. In the corresponding SFCC Proxy Zone for your domain, SFCC performs their own cache optimization, so it is recommended to bypass the cache on the Proxied DNS records in your Cloudflare zone which target your SFCC environment to prevent a "double caching" scenario. This can be accomplished with a **Cache Rule**.
   2. If the **Cache Rule** is not created, caching will occur in both your Cloudflare zone and your corresponding SFCC Proxy Zone, which can cause issues if and when the cache is invalidated or purged in your SFCC environment.
      1. Additional information on caching in your SFCC environment can be found in [SFCC's Content Cache Documentation](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/commerce/b2c-commerce/guide/b2c-content-cache.html)
   3. Create a new **Cache Rule** by navigating to **Rules** > **Overview** and selecting **Create rule** next to **Cache Rules**:
      1. **Rule name:** `Bypass cache on SFCC hostnames`
      2. **Field:** _Hostname_
      3. **Operator:** _is in_ (this will match against multiple hostnames specified in the **Value** field)
      4. **Value:** `www.example.com` `dev.example.com`
      5. **Cache eligibility:** Select **Bypass cache**.
      6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select **Deploy**.
5. _Optional_ - Upload your Custom Certificate from **SFCC Business Manager** to your Cloudflare zone:
   1. The Custom Certificate you uploaded via **SFCC Business Manager** or **SFCC CDN-API**, which exists within your corresponding SFCC Proxy Zone, will terminate TLS connections for your SFCC storefront hostnames. Because of that, it is optional if you want to upload the same Custom Certificate to your own Cloudflare zone. Doing so will allow Cloudflare users with specific roles in your Cloudflare account to receive expiration notifications for your Custom Certificates. Please read [renew custom certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/renewing/#renew-custom-certificates) for further details.
   2. Additionally, since you now have your own Cloudflare zone, you have access to Cloudflare's various edge certificate products which means you could have more than one certificate covering the same SANs. In that scenario, a certificate priority process occurs to determine which certificate to serve at the Cloudflare edge. If you find your SFCC storefront hostnames are presenting a different certificate compared to what you uploaded via **SFCC Business Manager** or **SFCC CDN-API**, the certificate priority process is likely the reason. Please read [certificate priority](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/#certificate-deployment) for further details.

---

# Shopify

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/shopify/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="provider-guide-intro" params={{ one: "Shopify" }} />

## Benefits

O2O routing also enables you to take advantage of Cloudflare zones specifically customized for Shopify traffic.

## How it works

For more details about how O2O is different than other Cloudflare setups, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

You can enable O2O on any Cloudflare zone plan.

To enable O2O on your account, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a `CNAME` DNS record.

| Type    | Name                 | Target                | Proxy status |
| ------- | -------------------- | --------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_SHOP_DOMAIN>` | `shops.myshopify.com` | Proxied      |

:::note


For questions about Shopify setup, refer to their [support guide](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/domains/add-a-domain/connecting-domains/connect-domain-manual).

If you cannot activate your domain using [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), reach out to your account team or the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com).


:::

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render file="provider-guide-help" params={{ one: "Shopify" }} />

### DNS CAA records

Shopify issues SSL/TLS certificates for merchant domains using Let’s Encrypt. If you add any DNS CAA records, you must select Let’s Encrypt as the Certificate Authority (CA) or HTTPS connections may fail.

For more details, refer to [CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/#caa-records-added-by-cloudflare).

---

# WP Engine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/provider-guides/wpengine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="provider-guide-intro" params={{ one: "WP Engine" }} />

## Benefits

<Render file="provider-guide-benefits" params={{ one: "WP Engine" }} />

## How it works

For more details about how O2O is different than other Cloudflare setups, refer to [How O2O works](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/saas-customers/how-it-works/).

## Enable

WP Engine customers can enable O2O on any Cloudflare zone plan.

To enable O2O for a specific hostname within a Cloudflare zone, [create](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) a Proxied `CNAME` DNS record with a target of one of the following WP Engine CNAMEs. Which WP Engine CNAME is used will depend on your current [WP Engine network type](https://wpengine.com/support/network/).

| Type    | Name              | Target                                                                                        | Proxy status |
| ------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| `CNAME` | `<YOUR_HOSTNAME>` | `wp.wpewaf.com` (Global Edge Security)<br/>or<br/>`wp.wpenginepowered.com` (Advanced Network) | Proxied      |

:::note


For questions about WP Engine setup, refer to their [support guide](https://wpengine.com/support/wordpress-best-practice-configuring-dns-for-wp-engine/#Point_DNS_Using_CNAME_Flattening).

If you cannot activate your domain using [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/), reach out to your account team.


:::

## Product compatibility

<Render file="provider-guide-compatibility" />

## Additional support

<Render file="provider-guide-help" params={{ one: "WP Engine" }} />

### Resolving SSL errors

If you encounter SSL errors, check if you have a `CAA` record.

If you do have a `CAA` record, check that it permits SSL certificates to be issued by `letsencrypt.org`.

For more details, refer to [CAA records](/ssl/edge-certificates/troubleshooting/caa-records/#what-caa-records-are-added-by-cloudflare).

---

# Certificate management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Cloudflare for SaaS takes away the burden of certificate issuance and management from you, as the SaaS provider, by proxying traffic through Cloudflare's edge. You can choose between Cloudflare managing all the certificate issuance and renewals on your behalf, or maintain control over your TLS private keys by uploading your customers' own certificates.

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# TLS Management

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/enforce-mtls/

import { AvailableNotifications, Details, Render } from "~/components"

[Mutual TLS (mTLS)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) adds an extra layer of protection to application connections by validating certificates on the server and the client. When building a SaaS application, you may want to enforce mTLS to protect sensitive endpoints related to payment processing, database updates, and more.

[Minimum TLS Version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) allows you to choose a cryptographic standard per custom hostname. Cloudflare recommends TLS 1.2 to comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council.

[Cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) are a combination of ciphers used to negotiate security settings during the [SSL/TLS handshake](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/). As a SaaS provider, you can [specify configurations for cipher suites](#cipher-suites) on your zone as a whole and cipher suites on individual custom hostnames via the API.


:::caution
When you [issue a custom hostname certificate](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/) with wildcards enabled, any cipher suites or Minimum TLS settings applied to that hostname will only apply to the direct hostname.

However, if you want to update the Minimum TLS settings for all wildcard hostnames, you can change Minimum TLS version at the [zone level](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/).
:::

## Enable mTLS

Once you have [added a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/), you can enable mTLS by using Cloudflare Access. Go to [Cloudflare Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and [add mTLS authentication](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/) with a few clicks.

:::note


Currently, you cannot add mTLS policies for custom hostnames using [API Shield](/api-shield/security/mtls/).


:::

## Enable Minimum TLS Version

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and navigate to your account and website.

2. Select **SSL/TLS** > **Custom Hostnames**.

3. Find the hostname to which you want to apply Minimum TLS Version. Select **Edit**.

4. Choose the desired TLS version under **Minimum TLS Version** and click **Save**.

:::note

While TLS 1.3 is the most recent and secure version, it is not supported by some older devices. Refer to Cloudflare's recommendations when [deciding what version to use](/ssl/reference/protocols/#decide-which-version-to-use).
:::

## Cipher suites

For security and regulatory reasons, you may want to only allow connections from certain cipher suites. Cloudflare provides recommended values and full cipher suite reference in our [Cipher suites documentation](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/).


<Details header="Restrict cipher suites for zone">

Refer to [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) and use `ciphers` as the setting name in the URI path.


</Details>


<Details header="Restrict cipher suites for custom hostname">

Refer to [SSL properties of a custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/).

<Render file="edit-custom-hostname-api" params={{ one: "When making the request," }} />


</Details>

## Alerts for mutual TLS certificates

You can configure alerts to receive notifications before your mutual TLS certificates expire.

<AvailableNotifications product="SSL/TLS" notificationFilter="Access mTLS Certificate Expiration Alert" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# WAF for SaaS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/

[Web Application Firewall (WAF)](/waf/) allows you to create additional security measures through Cloudflare. As a SaaS provider, you can link custom rules, rate limiting rules, and managed rules to your custom hostnames. This provides more control to keep your domains safe from malicious traffic.

As a SaaS provider, you may want to apply different security measures to different custom hostnames. With WAF for SaaS, you can create multiple WAF configuration that you can apply to different sets of custom hostnames. This added flexibility and security leads to optimal protection across the domains of your end customers.

---

## Prerequisites

Before you can use WAF for SaaS, you need to create a custom hostname. Review [Get started with Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) if you have not already done so.

You can also create a custom hostname through the API:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"Hostname":"example.com"}, "Ssl":{wildcard:false}}'
```

## 1. Associate custom metadata to a custom hostname

To apply WAF to your custom hostname, you need to create an association between your customer's domain and the WAF configuration that you would like to attach to it. Cloudflare's product, [custom metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/) allows you to do this via the API.

1. [Locate your zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/), available in the Cloudflare dashboard.

2. Locate your Authentication Key by selecting **My Profile** > **API tokens** > **Global API Key**.

3. Locate your custom hostname ID by making a `GET` call in the API:

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

4. Plan your [custom metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/). It is fully customizable. In the example below, we have chosen the tag `"security_level"` to which we expect to assign three values (low, medium, and high).

:::note

One instance of low, medium, and high rules could be rate limiting. You can specify three different thresholds: low - 100 requests/minute, medium - 85 requests/minute, high - 50 requests/minute, for example. Another possibility is a WAF custom rule in which low challenges requests and high blocks them.

:::

5. Make an API call in the format below using your Cloudflare email and the IDs gathered above:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_hostnames/{custom_hostname_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>"
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "custom_metadata": {
    "customer_id": "12345",
    "security_level": "low"
  }
}'
```

This assigns custom metadata to your custom hostname so that it has a security tag associated with its ID.

## 2. Trigger security products based on tags

1. Locate the custom metadata field in the Ruleset Engine where the WAF runs. This can be used to trigger different configurations of products such as [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/), and [Transform Rules](/rules/transform/).

2. Build your rules either [through the dashboard](/waf/custom-rules/create-dashboard/) or via the API. An example rate limiting rule, corresponding to `"security_level"` low, is shown below as an API call.

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_ratelimit/entrypoint" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "rules": [
    {
      "action": "block",
      "ratelimit": {
        "characteristics": [
          "cf.colo.id",
          "ip.src"
        ],
        "period": 10,
        "requests_per_period": 2,
        "mitigation_timeout": 60
      },
      "expression": "lookup_json_string(cf.hostname.metadata, \"security_level\") eq \"low\" and http.request.uri contains \"login\""
    }
  ]
}'
```

To build rules through the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and navigate to your account and website.

2. Select **Security** > **WAF**.

3. Follow the instructions on the dashboard specific to custom rules, rate limiting rules, or managed rules, depending on your security goal.

4. Once the rule is active, you should see it under the applicable tab (custom rules, rate limiting, or managed rules).

![Rule Active](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/active-rule.png)

---

# Managed Rulesets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/managed-rulesets/

If you are interested in [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/) but unsure of where to start, Cloudflare recommends using WAF Managed Rules. The Cloudflare security team creates and manages a variety of rules designed to detect common attack vectors and protect applications from vulnerabilities. These rules are offered in [managed rulesets](/waf/managed-rules/), like Cloudflare Managed and OWASP, which can be deployed with different settings and sensitivity levels.

***

## Prerequisites

WAF for SaaS is available for customers on an Enterprise plan.

If you would like to deploy a managed ruleset at the account level, refer to the [Ruleset Engine documentation](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/).

Ensure you have reviewed [Get Started with Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) and familiarize yourself with [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/).

Customers can automate the [custom metadata](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/custom-metadata/) tagging by adding it to the custom hostnames at creation. For more information on tagging a custom hostname with custom metadata, refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/).

***

## 1. Choose security tagging system

1. Outline `security_tag` buckets. These are fully customizable with no strict limit on quantity. For example, you can set `security_tag` to `low`,`medium`, and `high` as a default, with one tag per custom hostname.

2. If you have not already done so, [associate your custom metadata to custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/#1-associate-custom-metadata-to-a-custom-hostname) by including the `security_tag`in the custom metadata associated with the custom hostname. The JSON blob associated with the custom hostname is fully customizable.

:::note


After the association is complete, the JSON blob is added to the defined custom hostname. This blob is then associated to every incoming request and exposed in the WAF through the new field `cf.hostname.metadata`. In the rule, you can access `cf.hostname.metadata` and get whatever data you need from that blob.


:::

***

## 2. Deploy Rulesets

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and navigate to your account.

2. Select Account Home > **WAF**.

:::note


**WAF** at the account level will only be visible on Enterprise plans. If you do not see this option, contact your account manager.


:::

3. Select **Deploy a managed ruleset**.

4. Under **Field**, Select *Hostname*. Set the operator as *equals*. The complete expression should look like this, plus any logic you would like to add:

![Rule expression](~/assets/images/cloudflare-for-platforms/rule-expression.png)

5. Beneath **Value**, add the custom hostname.

6. Select **Next**.

7. Find the **Cloudflare Managed Ruleset** card and select **Use this Ruleset**.

8. Click the checkbox next to each rule you want to deploy.

9. Toggle the **Status** button next to each rule to enable or disable it. Then select **Next**.

10. On the review page, give your rule a descriptive name. You can modify the ruleset configuration by changing, for example, what rules are enabled or what action should be the default.

11. Select **Deploy**.

:::note


While this tutorial uses Cloudflare Managed Rulesets, you can also create a custom ruleset and deploy on your custom hostnames. To do this, select **Browse Rulesets** > **Create new ruleset**. For examples of a low/medium/high ruleset, refer to [WAF for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/waf-for-saas/).


:::

---

# Webhook definitions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/webhook-definitions/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

When you [create a webhook notification](/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/) for **SSL for SaaS Custom Hostnames**, you may want to automate responses to specific events (certificate issuance, failed validation, etc.).

The following section details the data Cloudflare sends to a webhook destination.

## Certificate validation

Before a Certificate Authority will issue a certificate for a domain, the requester must prove they have control over that domain. This process is known as [domain control validation (DCV)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/).

### Validation succeeded

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `pending_validation` to `pending_issuance`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.validation.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_issuance",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Validation failed

Cloudflare sends this alert each time a certificate remains in a `pending_validation` status during [DCV retries](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/).

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.validation.failed",
      "created_at": "2018-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_validation",
      "cname": "_ca3-64ce913ebfe74edeb2e8813e3928e359.app.example2.com",
      "cname_target": "dcv.digicert.com",
      "validation_errors": [
        {
          "message": "blog.example.com reported as potential risk: google_safe_browsing"
        }
      ],
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

***

## Certificate issuance

Once validated, certificates are issued by Cloudflare in conjunction with your chosen [certificate authority](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/).

### Issuance succeeded

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `pending_validation` or `pending_issuance` to `pending_deployment`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.issuance.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_deployment",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Issuance failed

Cloudflare sends this alert each time a certificate remains in a status of `pending_issuance` during [DCV retries](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/).

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.issuance.failed",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_issuance",
      "cname": "_ca3-64ce913ebfe74edeb2e8813e3928e359.app.example2.com",
      "cname_target": "dcv.digicert.com",
      "validation_errors": [
        {
          "message": "caa_error: blog.example.com"
        }
      ],
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

***

## Certificate deployment

Once issued, certificates are deployed to Cloudflare's global edge network.

### Deployment succeeded

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `pending_deployment` to `active`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.deployment.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "active",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Deployment failed

Cloudflare sends this alert each time a certificate remains in a status of `pending_deployment` during [DCV retries](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/).

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.deployment.failed",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_deployment",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

***

## Certificate deletion

### Deletion succeeded

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `pending_deletion` to `deleted`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.deletion.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "deleted"
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Deletion failed

Cloudflare sends this alert each time a certificate remains in status of `pending_deletion` during [DCV retries](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/).

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.deletion.failed",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_deletion"
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

***

## Certificate renewal

Once issued, certificates are valid for a period of time depending on the [certificate authority](/ssl/reference/certificate-validity-periods/).

The actions that you need to perform to renew certificates depend on your [validation method](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/renew-certificates/).

### Upcoming renewal

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.renewal.upcoming_certificate_expiration_notification",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "status": "active",
      "hosts": ["blog.example.com"],
      "issuer": "DigiCertInc",
      "serial_number": "1001172778337169491",
      "signature": "ECDSAWithSHA256",
      "uploaded_on": "2021-11-17T04:33:54.561747Z",
      "expires_on": "2022-11-21T12:00:00Z",
      "custom_csr_id": "7b163417-1d2b-4c84-a38a-2fb7a0cd7752",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Renewal succeeded

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `active` to `pending_deployment`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.renewal.succeeded",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_deployment",
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

### Renewal failed

Cloudflare sends this alert when certificates move from a status of `active` to `pending_issuance`.

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "event": {
      "id": "<<WEBHOOK_ID>",
      "type": "ssl.custom_hostname_certificate.renewal.failed",
      "created_at": "2022-02-09T00:03:28.385080Z"
    },
    "account": {
      "id": "<<ACCOUNT_ID>"
    },
    "zone": {
      "id": "<<ZONE_ID>"
    }
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>",
    "hostname": "blog.com",
    "ssl": {
      "id": "<<CERTIFICATE_ID>",
      "type": "dv",
      "method": "cname",
      "status": "pending_issuance",
      "cname": "_ca3-64ce913ebfe74edeb2e8813e3928e359.app.example2.com",
      "cname_target": "dcv.digicert.com",
      "validation_errors": [
        {
          "message": "caa_error: blog.example.com"
        }
      ],
      "settings": {
        "min_tls_version": "1.2",
        "http2": "on"
      }
    },
    "custom_metadata": {
      "key1": "value1",
      "key2": "value2"
    },
    "custom_origin_server": "0001.blog.com"
  }
}
```

## Troubleshooting

Occasionally, you may see webhook notifications that do not include a corresponding `<<CUSTOM_HOSTNAME_ID>>` and `hostname` values.

This behavior is because each custom hostname can only have one certificate attached to it. Previously attached certificates can still emit webhook events but will not include the associated hostname and ID values.

## Alerts

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in your custom hostname certificates.

<AvailableNotifications product="SSL/TLS" notificationFilter="SSL for SaaS Custom Hostnames Alert" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Custom origin server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/custom-origin/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="custom-origin-server-definition" />

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-plan-limitation" />

## Requirements

To use a custom origin server, you need to meet the following requirements:

* You have purchased the [Cloudflare for SaaS Enterprise plan](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/plans/) and the feature is properly entitled to your account.
* Each custom origin needs to be a valid hostname with a proxied (orange-clouded) A, AAAA, or CNAME record in your account's DNS. You cannot use an IP address.
* The DNS record for the custom origin server does not currently support wildcard values.

## Use a custom origin

To use a custom origin, select that option when [creating a new custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/) in the dashboard or include the `"custom_origin_server": your_custom_origin_server` parameter when using the API [POST command](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/).

## SNI rewrites

When Cloudflare establishes a connection to your default origin server, the `Host` header and <GlossaryTooltip term="Server Name Indication (SNI)">SNI</GlossaryTooltip> will both be the value of the original custom hostname.

However, if you configure that custom hostname with a custom origin, the value of the SNI will be that of the custom origin and the `Host` header will be the original custom hostname. Since these values will not match, you will not be able to use the [Full (strict)](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/full-strict/) on your origins.

To solve this problem, you can contact your account team to request an entitlement for **SNI rewrites**.

### SNI rewrite options

Choose how your custom hostname populates the SNI value with SNI rewrites:

* **Origin server name** (default): Set SNI to the custom origin

  * If custom origin is `custom-origin.example.com`, then the SNI is `custom-origin.example.com`.

* **Host header**: Set SNI to the host header (or a host header override)

  * If wildcards are not enabled and the hostname is `example.com`, then the SNI is `example.com`.
  * If wildcards are enabled, the hostname is `example.com`, and a request comes to `www.example.com`, then the SNI is `www.example.com`.

* **Subdomain of zone**: Choose what to set as the SNI value (custom hostname or any subdomain)
  * If wildcards are not enabled and a request comes to `example.com`, choose whether to set the SNI as `example.com` or `www.example.com`.
  * If wildcards are enabled, you set the SNI to `example.com`, and a request comes to `www.example.com`, then the SNI is `example.com`.

:::caution[Important]


* Currently, SNI Rewrite is not supported for wildcard custom hostnames. Subdomains covered by a wildcard custom hostname send the custom origin server name as the SNI value.

* SNI overrides defined in an [Origin Rule](/rules/origin-rules/) will take precedence over SNI rewrites.

* SNI Rewrite usage is subject to the [Service-Specific Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/service-specific-terms-application-services/#ssl-for-saas-terms).


:::

### Set an SNI rewrite

To set an SNI rewrite in the dashboard, choose your preferred option from **Origin SNI value** when [creating a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/).

To set an SNI rewrite via the API, set the `custom_origin_sni` parameter when [creating a custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/):

* **Custom origin name** (default): Applies if you do not set the parameter
* **Host header**: Specify `":request_host_header:"`
* **Subdomain of zone**: Set to `"example.com"` or another subdomain of the custom hostname

---

# Advanced Settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Workers as your fallback origin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/worker-as-origin/

If you are building your application on [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), you can use a Worker as the origin for your SaaS zone (also known as your fallback origin).

1. In your SaaS zone, [create and set a fallback origin](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#1-create-fallback-origin). Ensure the fallback origin only has an [originless DNS record](/dns/troubleshooting/faq/#what-ip-should-i-use-for-parked-domain--redirect-only--originless-setup):

   * **Example**: `service.example.com AAAA 100::`

2. In that same zone, navigate to **Workers Routes**.

3. Click **Add route**.

4. Decide whether you want traffic bound for your SaaS zone (`example.com`) to go to that Worker:

   * If *yes*, set the following values:

     * **Route**: `*/*` (routes everything — including custom hostnames — to the Worker).
     * **Worker**: Select the Worker used for your SaaS application.

   * If *no*, set the following values:

     * **Route**: `*.<zonename>.com/*` (only routes custom hostname traffic to the Worker)
     * **Worker**: **None**

5. Click **Save**.

---

# Atlassian Confluence

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/atlassian-confluence/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{
    one: "Atlassian Confluence",
    two: "Atlassian Confluence Cloud account",
  }}
/>

:::note

At this time, the CASB integration for Confluence is only compatible with Confluence Cloud accounts. Support for Confluence Data Center will come at a future date.
:::

## Integration prerequisites

- A Confluence Cloud plan (Free, Standard, Premium, Enterprise)

- Access to a Confluence Cloud account with Site admin and/or Organization admin permissions

## Integration permissions

For the Confluence Cloud integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following permissions via an OAuth 2.0 app:

- `read:confluence-space.summary`
- `read:confluence-props`
- `read:confluence-content.all`
- `read:confluence-content.summary`
- `read:confluence-content.permission`
- `read:confluence-user`
- `read:confluence-groups`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Atlassian scopes documentation](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/scopes-for-oauth-2-3LO-and-forge-apps/).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Atlassian Confluence", two: "atlassian-confluence" }}
/>

### Access security

Flag user and third-party app access issues, including account misuse, sharing security, and users not following best practices.

| Finding type                                                      | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Confluence: Unknown or anonymous user with edit access to content | `d5ad6f5e-3e7a-4409-a9dc-9707caca047e` | Critical |
| Confluence: Unknown or anonymous user with edit access to space   | `a531c40f-76f5-404e-9c9b-3b21a6da7b98` | High     |
| Confluence: Third-party app with edit access to space             | `aac0ac18-25ad-442a-9a24-01ecd85b0b2b` | Medium   |
| Confluence: Third-party app with edit access to content           | `8214431e-b708-49c9-b28b-3214f1b491d8` | Medium   |
| Confluence: Unknown or anonymous user with access                 | `a1d0d098-2602-4312-85a8-a62d3bc56aca` | Low      |
| Confluence: Third-party app with content access                   | `5ccf7326-386d-4afb-867a-fbf25978c33a` | Low      |

---

# Atlassian Jira

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/atlassian-jira/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Atlassian Jira", two: "Atlassian Jira Cloud account" }}
/>

:::note

At this time, the CASB integration for Jira is only compatible with Jira Cloud accounts. Support for Jira Data Center will come at a future date.
:::

## Integration prerequisites

- A Jira Cloud plan (Free, Standard, Premium, Enterprise)

- Access to a Jira Cloud account with Site admin and/or Organization admin permissions

## Integration permissions

For the Jira Cloud integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following permissions via an OAuth 2.0 app:

- `read:jira-work`
- `read:jira-user`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Atlassian scopes documentation](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/scopes-for-oauth-2-3LO-and-forge-apps/).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Jira Cloud", two: "atlassian-jira" }}
/>

### Access security

Flag user and third-party app access issues, including account misuse and users not following best practices.

| Finding type                                | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Jira: Active user with unknown account type | `8dfd390d-911e-47bb-9ded-cb75fd91e793` | Low      |
| Jira: Active third-party app with access    | `01118135-a4ab-4b8f-887d-c814358da217` | Low      |
| Jira: Inactive third-party app with access  | `36f7de49-2938-4a54-b212-b4da74145a58` | Low      |
| Jira: Inactive user                         | `1e1a085c-1ef3-4199-bea5-ff52ccbd6d2d` | Low      |

### File security

Identify files that could be potentially problematic and worth deeper investigation.

| Finding type                              | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Jira: Issue attachment larger than 512 MB | `1e5473b7-588e-4954-b97d-a5a20b4f8c5a` | Medium   |

---

# Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/aws-s3/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="casb/integration-description"
	params={{ one: "Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3", two: "AWS account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- An AWS account using AWS S3 (Simple Storage Service)
- For initial setup, access to the AWS account with permission to create a new IAM Role with the scopes listed below.

## Integration permissions

For the AWS S3 integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following access scopes via an IAM Role with cross-account access:

- `s3:PutBucketNotification`
- `s3:GetObject`
- `s3:ListBucket`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission scope, refer to the [AWS S3 Permissions documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/using-with-s3-policy-actions.html).

## Compute account

You can connect an AWS compute account to your CASB integration to perform [Data Loss Prevention](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) scans within your S3 bucket and avoid data egress. CASB will scan any objects that exist in the bucket at the time of configuration.

### Add a compute account

To connect a compute account to your AWS integration:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Find and select your AWS integration.
3. Select **Open connection instructions**.
4. Follow the instructions provided to connect a new compute account.
5. Select **Refresh**.

You can only connect one computer account to an integration. To remove a compute account, select **Manage compute accounts**.

### Configure compute account scanning

Once your AWS compute account has successfully connected to your CASB integration, you can configure where and how to scan for sensitive data:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **CASB** > **Integrations**.
2. Find and select your AWS integration.
3. Select **Create new configuration**.
4. In **Resources**, choose the buckets you want to scan. Select **Continue**.
5. Choose the file types, sampling percentage, and [DLP profiles](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/) to scan for.
6. (Optional) Configure additional settings, such as the limit of API calls over time for CASB to adhere to.
7. Select **Continue**.
8. Review the details of the scan, then select **Start scan**.

CASB will take up to an hour to begin scanning. To view the scan results, go to **CASB** > **Content** > **Cloud**.

To manage your resources, go to **CASB** > **Integrations**, then find and select your AWS integration. From here, you can pause all or individual scans, add or remove resources, and change scan settings.

For more information, refer to [Content findings](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/manage-findings/#content-findings).

## Security findings

<Render
	file="casb/security-findings"
	params={{ one: "AWS S3", two: "aws-s3" }}
/>

### S3 Bucket security

Flag security issues in S3 Buckets, including overpermissioning, access policies, and user security best practices.

| Finding type                                             | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Any Authenticated User to Write     | `09bc7d1f-e682-43bc-a4ce-e6e03b408244` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Any Authenticated User to Write ACP | `9392a460-c566-4e0d-b06b-01d87dc84d7c` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Public ACP Write                    | `5b792c7f-2546-4fcd-96dc-a58a53fea7e0` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Public Write                        | `f50ae197-fa0a-4caa-be95-79aed91eed63` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Any Authenticated User to Write  | `70fe0596-28bc-41dd-a2c3-1486fb0fb1dd` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Public Write                     | `5e2aac4b-d8be-43dc-b324-84fdf63f760e` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket Publicly Accessible                            | `6b1276e3-88e8-4150-a4d5-1b8273f11078` | Critical |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Any Authenticated User to Read      | `fda31c4d-24dc-43d4-8a84-a1a9e1df01a1` | High     |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Any Authenticated User to Read ACP  | `7232e46b-3539-4080-b905-022f1091556c` | High     |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Public ACP Read                     | `e324242c-5feb-41a3-8d91-f70611471fad` | High     |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Public Read                         | `f8c9f979-29f0-4ada-b09e-a149937a55d4` | High     |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Any Authenticated User to Read   | `c6b3a745-b535-45ea-b2c0-ba8a139ca634` | High     |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Public Read                      | `f3915412-eef9-47d9-8448-e04462de8ba2` | High     |
| S3 Bucket Without MFA Delete Enabled                     | `f108bd28-9870-453f-a439-01818e85bdc7` | High     |
| S3 Bucket Without Server-Side Encryption (SSE)           | `7817b383-79c3-44ca-8d5d-e01748afe75b` | High     |
| S3 Bucket Encryption in Transit Disabled                 | `0b3227dd-63d3-46bc-97b3-e62d9c11567a` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket MFA Delete Disabled                            | `518697ff-3f7e-463e-acf3-79d106599f0e` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket ACL Allows Public List                         | `e3c8a170-7817-4151-bd01-55442f4416ea` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Objects Can Be Public                          | `0ff170dc-be6b-46fa-a1cf-95ca7d067f4b` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Any Authenticated AWS User       | `264be783-7fe1-4f50-aee7-d8df370b7b77` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Any Authenticated User to Delete | `4431eaeb-63e3-43c1-a4bc-029f09da66fd` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Any Authenticated User to List   | `319c9715-b86d-4215-bdfa-c5d9b3a5cc83` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Public Delete                    | `bbbeacbc-6692-4121-a785-d634da1e5c56` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Policy Allows Public List                      | `f7ae03e3-1303-4404-b6f5-a7f97e52105e` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Server Side Encryption Disabled                | `d69ab398-fba8-4e71-bf49-60af48d00cbc` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Access Logging                         | `67d0995d-7b4a-40c5-a43f-7a98d20faac6` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without AWS CloudTrail Logging                 | `89366ebe-ca0b-45fc-a9cb-135674e0a49b` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Cross-Region Replication               | `d4e5c815-33e3-4a01-b852-fe040d51ee55` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Default Encryption                     | `fb7a41af-294c-4e9b-a6ca-a1fed35542d6` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Lifecycle Policies                     | `2df6f1b8-e41c-4ab5-a466-992ce485a367` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Object-Level Logging                   | `9af2594c-3999-49c9-bd3d-2f4b091f99c0` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Replication Enabled                    | `cb61ef18-a498-456c-985c-78a45e19f4fe` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Without Versioning Enabled                     | `95e1284f-a514-4396-bf64-cd003818790c` | Medium   |
| S3 Bucket Access Logging Disabled                        | `84ba76fa-4703-490e-ab75-1b554993c054` | Low      |
| S3 Bucket Lifecycle Disabled                             | `970d2ca8-e189-42a8-8e86-9f674fcb1aea` | Low      |
| S3 Bucket Policy Not Existent                            | `3e1d0535-d82f-4ed1-9664-d2c50905db17` | Low      |
| S3 Bucket Versioning Disabled                            | `4e976e0d-b545-4c4a-99c5-a2f5d9a6f3d8` | Low      |

### IAM Policies

Identify AWS IAM-related security issues that could affect S3 Bucket and Object security.

| Finding type                                                    | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| IAM Account Password Policy Does Not Exist                      | `e39ee4da-eed5-49d0-95f7-b423884b858c` | Critical |
| IAM Account Password Policy Doesn't Require Lowercase Letters   | `9278444b-0c38-4ed0-8127-f3f25444811c` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Doesn't Require Passwords to Expire | `5be79a96-4570-45cf-8ba3-1abe62802d16` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Doesn't Require Symbols             | `dd17afa3-4d4c-49e4-84c3-e829af9fff97` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Doesn't Require Uppercase Letters   | `e4976e53-bab5-4276-a1d3-1d85ebfd4d57` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Max Age is greater than 90 days     | `4e1092a0-7092-405f-a991-537d8c371440` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Minimum Length is less than 8       | `2a2fa181-7beb-48ba-bc8d-8f1170c6062c` | High     |
| IAM Account Password Policy Re-use Prevention is less than 5    | `a4791a20-373f-44d3-9f6e-e61f1685fe05` | High     |
| IAM Role with Cross-Account Access                              | `8de72710-b23a-4d94-915e-26ef7249d21e` | High     |
| IAM Access Key Inactive over 90 Days                            | `37d1adb1-8e37-4708-a849-e06945c60802` | Medium   |
| IAM Access Key Not Rotated over 90 Days                         | `d2caf571-4c99-4da7-a21c-4384f8cb4e5c` | Medium   |
| IAM User Console Login Inactive Over 90 Days                    | `82b50a4d-8582-4766-9bad-f41b441bf336` | Medium   |
| IAM User MFA Disabled                                           | `4679563f-5975-4c68-9dbf-896810ec8de9` | Medium   |
| IAM User Password Older Than 90 Days                            | `c5376384-e4e4-4b2c-af84-12d6740939f0` | Medium   |
| IAM Account Password Policy Doesn't Require Numbers             | `15c65813-c7e6-4b22-95b3-b3942c8b8924` | Low      |

### Root User Management

Detect security issues related to the use of an IAM Root User, which has the ability to access and configure important settings.

| Finding type                                      | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| AWS Root User Access Key Used within Last 90 Days | `9d23c002-aece-42b5-b082-2b51fab8d7c1` | Critical |
| AWS Root User has Access Keys                     | `1b788d31-ed56-4008-b136-6993f38e4d1c` | Critical |
| AWS Root User Logged in within Last 90 Days       | `e9959d6e-edc9-4ea3-9113-3c30b02a811e` | Critical |
| AWS Root User MFA Disabled                        | `19abe0ee-e8bd-4e3b-9ee9-ea5c64fe769c` | Critical |

### Certificates

Catch certificate-related issues and risks to prevent malicious compromise of internal resources.

| Finding type                           | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ACM Certificate Expired                | `30ce0a22-eb3d-457d-bc59-6468f9bb4c4f` | Critical |
| ACM Certificate Has Domain Wildcard    | `d313bc0c-a2fb-41d8-b5a8-ef2704bb5570` | High     |
| ACM Certificate Expires within 30 days | `cd93f2c1-9b07-4e6c-964c-79f3a64d56ac` | Medium   |

---

# Box

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/box/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Box", two: "Box account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- A Box account on a Business plan (Business, Business Plus, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus)

- Access to a Box Business account with Admin permission

## Integration permissions

For the Box integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following Box permissions via an OAuth 2.0 app:

- `Read all files and folders stored in Box`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about the permission, refer to the [Box Scopes documentation](https://developer.box.com/guides/api-calls/permissions-and-errors/scopes/#read-all-files-and-folders).

## Security findings

<Render file="casb/security-findings" params={{ one: "Box", two: "box" }} />

### File sharing

Identify files and folders that have been shared in a potentially insecure fashion.

<Render file="casb/shared-links" />

| Finding type                                             | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Box: File publicly accessible with edit access           | `fa0532dd-9d13-4c21-8227-62b8bd8be275` | Critical |
| Box: File publicly accessible with high download count   | `97c0845a-754b-4269-b548-85026867da64` | High     |
| Box: Folder publicly accessible with edit access         | `154eabed-19a7-4a07-9dfd-d08f5e839aed` | High     |
| Box: File shared company-wide with edit access           | `8df801de-327b-4d71-9f36-fc6f3e2c18da` | High     |
| Box: File publicly accessible with view access           | `ecca7eeb-3c04-46b2-a509-40393ada32ec` | High     |
| Box: Folder shared company-wide with high download count | `21bed8a9-b587-4a8b-b38f-8c9492b1d132` | Medium   |
| Box: File publicly accessible with high view count       | `540ab1db-5a9e-4968-b669-100e2b97fa85` | Medium   |
| Box: Folder that can be shared by anyone                 | `c56757c6-72e4-456c-8cb9-a5b0fd6ceb4a` | Medium   |
| Box: Folder shared company-wide with edit access         | `61082e41-3205-44a0-bb7e-34c02abd5137` | Medium   |
| Box: File shared company-wide with view access           | `5afdbe74-0311-4da8-a64e-6f25c3d4a2b7` | Medium   |
| Box: File shared company-wide with high download count   | `3cd0d8dd-d92b-4a46-b88f-076a17e11837` | Medium   |
| Box: Folder publicly accessible with view access         | `2e9d5774-3a22-4d45-9307-bb24207af3d7` | Medium   |
| Box: Folder shared company-wide with high view count     | `fd303606-a513-4bb5-9a87-b1c836f6e993` | Low      |
| Box: File larger than 2 GB                               | `ef889ceb-4cad-4d25-8845-d350a599825e` | Low      |
| Box: Folder with external email upload access            | `90f9b277-0846-4918-aac2-2e63fed576b5` | Low      |
| Box: Folder shared company-wide with view access         | `1bb68e90-9c1d-44ef-91a9-2ed4eb2eb5b2` | Low      |
| Box: File shared company-wide with high view count       | `22bf3a7b-1fd1-4eb6-b8f5-1b2e772b3484` | Low      |

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

| Finding type                                                        | Severity | Description                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Box: File Publicly Accessible Read and Write with DLP Profile match | Critical | A Box file contains sensitive data that anyone on the Internet can read or write. |
| Box: File Publicly Accessible Read Only with DLP Profile match      | Critical | A Box file contains sensitive data that anyone on the Internet can read.          |
| Box: File Shared Company Wide Read and Write with DLP Profile match | Medium   | A Box file is shared with the entire company with read and write permissions.     |
| Box: File Shared Company Wide Read Only with DLP Profile match      | Medium   | A Box file is shared with the entire company with read permissions.               |

### User access

Flag user access issues, including account misuse and users not following best practices.

| Finding type                                             | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Box: Admin not required to use two-factor authentication | `40f33ef2-3eab-4855-b171-a71463f8fc96` | High     |
| Box: User not required to use two-factor authentication  | `a8f9e55a-cb7c-4e35-8dc0-fdf569919a97` | Medium   |
| Box: Inactive admin user                                 | `e6b82aa9-7d0d-4c85-a582-a377684ace47` | Medium   |
| Box: User with unconfirmed notification email            | `15b70c97-68f6-4ef0-afd1-891971162114` | Low      |
| Box: User with email alias configured                    | `085164ed-c555-40ed-9374-358a892e49ef` | Low      |
| Box: User allowed to collaborate with external users     | `01ed4b90-c470-4ea1-961a-7e64c2fec525` | Low      |
| Box: Inactive user                                       | `d709ccb3-9b9d-4a3c-a3af-a1def54c9a2e` | Low      |

### Account misconfigurations

Discover account and admin-level settings that have been configured in a potentially insecure way.

| Finding type        | Severity |
| ------------------- | -------- |
| Box: Active Webhook | Low      |

---

# Bitbucket Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/bitbucket-cloud/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Bitbucket Cloud", two: "Bitbucket Cloud Cloud account" }}
/>

:::note

Currently, the CASB integration for Bitbucket is only compatible with Bitbucket Cloud accounts. Support for Bitbucket Data Center will come at a future date.

:::

## Integration prerequisites

- A Bitbucket Cloud plan (Free, Standard, Premium, Enterprise)
- Access to a Bitbucket Cloud account with Site admin and/or Organization admin permissions

## Integration permissions

For the Bitbucket Cloud integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following permission scopes via an OAuth 2.0 app:

- `account`
- `email`
- `issue`
- `pipeline`
- `project`
- `project:admin`
- `pullrequest`
- `repository`
- `repository:admin`
- `runner`
- `snippet`
- `webhook`
- `wiki`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission scope, refer to the [Atlassian scopes documentation](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/intro/#oauth-2-0).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Bitbucket Cloud", two: "bitbucket-cloud" }}
/>

### Repository security

Flag repository issues, including branch protection, access, and update frequency.

| Finding type                                                                                              | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository is publicly accessible                                                        | `be273f0a-678e-49af-b9f8-8f3913acef97` | Critical |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have PR Review Required                    | `6ad95c13-0d13-4595-bc76-bd86f4eba4b9` | High     |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository has no Default Branch Protection                                              | `324f2014-4d4b-4aa6-89a8-72a6c7da09d7` | Medium   |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository not updated in 12+ months                                                     | `a1bd3076-a68d-492e-9947-a01e15a4d1b3` | Medium   |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not disable direct pushes for all users/groups | `c60a7b00-1592-429a-8a32-d58101e4551f` | Medium   |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Stale PR Approvals Disabled           | `738c9839-5e1e-4048-85a3-7935ec4c647a` | Medium   |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Force Pushes Disabled                 | `4c52f441-0c24-4dbd-8f5e-0e5b829ee8e2` | Medium   |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not require passing builds to merge            | `afe4a27e-ee01-4ebe-914c-d480ac49a5c2` | Low      |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection allows branch deletion                              | `86411562-4b85-4677-b048-7887cc5b1567` | Low      |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Repository Default Branch Protection does not enforce merge checks                       | `64440d40-91de-4d13-9280-d5afa418ccf0` | Low      |
| Bitbucket Cloud: Key is older than 180 days                                                               | `0a135600-a109-434f-877c-1a6594dcd76d` | Low      |

---

# Dropbox

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/dropbox/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Dropbox", two: "Dropbox account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- A Dropbox Business plan (Standard, Advanced, Enterprise, or Education)
- Access to a Dropbox Business account with Team admin permissions

## Integration permissions

For the Dropbox integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following Dropbox permissions via an OAuth 2.0 app:

- `account_info.read`
- `files.metadata.read`
- `files.content.read`
- `sharing.read`
- `team_info.read`
- `team_data.member`
- `team_data.governance.write`
- `team_data.governance.read`
- `files.team_metadata.read`
- `members.read`
- `groups.read`
- `sessions.list`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Dropbox API Permissions documentation](https://developers.dropbox.com/oauth-guide#dropbox-api-permissions).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Dropbox", two: "dropbox" }}
/>

### File and folder sharing

Identify files and folders that have been shared in a potentially insecure fashion.

| Finding type                                                           | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Dropbox: File publicly accessible with edit access                     | `7fefad57-371b-4f27-b1f0-7d500c863bd0` | Critical |
| Dropbox: File shared company-wide with edit access                     | `265ed167-435c-4626-99ba-2fafd766c096` | High     |
| Dropbox: File publicly accessible with view access                     | `e8c057e4-d6ce-431b-9d03-d9aadff610d4` | High     |
| Dropbox: Shared link create policy set to default 'Public'             | `0afabc9a-3a98-4a67-941a-d1f0ce0cfbfe` | High     |
| Dropbox: File shared company-wide with view access                     | `02a14d67-27fa-4621-a280-1a25925d506f` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Folder shared company-wide with edit access                   | `ac4da5b9-ddb0-4285-ba52-2ba4de43b530` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Shared folder policy set to default 'Anyone'                  | `5d479ad5-d0f1-4c8f-b439-a39b399fe6c5` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Group creation policy set to 'Admins and Members'             | `6f54b5eb-6867-490e-b823-08e91878eb40` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Folder join policy set to 'Can join folders shared by Anyone' | `e5ffaecc-f61a-4019-a54f-2e5ac882d3f3` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Folder member policy set to 'Can share folders with Anyone'   | `99d4a2af-12ec-43a1-9630-27ac4adf625c` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Shared link create policy set to default 'Team-wide'          | `a3d02f04-4372-4ae3-99f9-e2caccee6e76` | Low      |

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

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| Finding type                                                   | Severity | Description                                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| File Publicly Accessible Read and Write with DLP Profile match | Critical | A Dropbox file contains sensitive data that anyone on the Internet can read or write. |
| File Publicly Accessible Read Only with DLP Profile match      | Critical | A Dropbox file contains sensitive data that anyone on the Internet can read.          |
| File Shared Company Wide Read and Write with DLP Profile match | Medium   | A Dropbox file is shared with the entire company with read and write permissions.     |
| File Shared Company Wide Read Only with DLP Profile match      | Medium   | A Dropbox file is shared with the entire company with read permissions.               |

### Suspicious applications

Detect when suspicious Dropbox applications are linked by members.

| Finding type                                     | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Dropbox: Suspicious application linked by member | `8384c58c-1fc2-4caa-9836-c8ede7ca440d` | High     |

### User access and account misconfigurations

Flag user access issues, including users misusing accounts or not following best practices.

| Finding type                                         | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Dropbox: Admin user with unverified secondary email  | `cebb4104-1235-4049-a664-9fcd003ece71` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Admin user with restricted directory access | `19378bb3-a3b7-4ee5-8ea7-39eec0a2ca7c` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: User with unverified email                  | `2b5804f7-4888-4872-a85a-a64805d10654` | Medium   |
| Dropbox: Invited user                                | `44d34aab-82fb-4a60-8e35-d7a75cfc789c` | Low      |
| Dropbox: Suspended user                              | `e356cfe6-97e6-4e30-9cb9-4a42a387844e` | Low      |
| Dropbox: User with secondary email configured        | `4bbb795a-cd34-41ba-865d-9bf9de61a592` | Low      |

---

# GitHub

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/github/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "GitHub", two: "GitHub Organization" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- A GitHub account with a Free, Pro, or Enterprise plan
- Membership to a GitHub Organization with Owner or GitHub App manager permissions

## Integration permissions

For the GitHub integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following GitHub API permissions:

| Permission                  | Access      | Description                                                                                             |
| --------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Administration              | `Read-only` | View basic administrative information from the account.                                                 |
| Members                     | `Read-only` | View metadata on organization members                                                                   |
| Metadata                    | `Read-only` | View metadata surrounding an organization's assets, excluding sensitive private repository information. |
| Organization administration | `Read-only` | View information on organization settings                                                               |

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [GitHub App permissions reference](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/permissions-required-for-github-apps).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "GitHub", two: "github" }}
/>

### Branches and merges

| Finding type                                                                           | FindingTypeID                          | Severity | Description                                                                                                              |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| GitHub: Repository has no Default Branch Protection                                    | `5a0428fa-5c13-44b8-a028-9351c1d10a91` | Medium   | A repository's default branch does not have any branch protection rules enabled.                                         |
| GitHub: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have PR Review Required          | `edd3f193-af01-421d-9a50-cb1d147bf3a6` | Medium   | A repository's default branch does not have a **Require pull request reviews before merging** rule.                      |
| GitHub: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Force Pushes Disabled       | `efc3e582-ef39-4316-b1f3-d4717ef30867` | Medium   | A repository's default branch has enabled **Allow force pushes**.                                                        |
| GitHub: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Stale PR Approvals Disabled | `7dc170d7-b1ef-4138-95fb-403d16e7ed43` | Medium   | A repository's default branch does not have a **Dismiss stale pull request approvals when new commits are pushed** rule. |
| GitHub: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Admin Restrictions          | `4e4aec5b-e763-41ac-9099-af874606959b` | Medium   | A repository's default branch does not have a **Do not allow bypassing the above settings** rule for administrators.     |
| GitHub: Repository Default Branch Protection does not have Status Checks               | `1eba1aeb-9827-4a03-9c47-8290bd3a83d5` | Medium   | A repository's default branch does not have a **Require status checks to pass before merging** rule.                     |
| GitHub: Organization repository has default WRITE permission                           | `fc074da0-1e1c-4982-8673-0852d70bf80c` | Medium   | A repository's default write protection settings were not changed.                                                       |
| GitHub: Repository not updated in 12+ months                                           | `68b6ef6d-7e00-4761-b3f1-fcf323dc9c26` | Medium   | No changes were made to a repository in at least a year.                                                                 |

Learn more about [GitHub branch protection rules](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/defining-the-mergeability-of-pull-requests/managing-a-branch-protection-rule).

### User accounts

| Finding type                                                 | FindingTypeID                          | Severity | Description                                                                                              |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| GitHub: Organization two-factor authentication disabled      | `47d01030-0ed8-496d-9484-f77899b21d59` | High     | An organization does not have its organization-wide two-factor authentication (2FA) requirement enabled. |
| GitHub: Organization user two-factor authentication disabled | `dfed92b2-a45e-46ed-a86b-8c7e3db01f3c` | High     | A member of the organization does not have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.                      |

---

# Available integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/

You can integrate the following SaaS applications and cloud environments with Cloudflare CASB:

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/aws-s3/)
- [Atlassian Confluence](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/atlassian-confluence/)
- [Atlassian Jira](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/atlassian-jira/)
- [Bitbucket Cloud](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/bitbucket-cloud/)
- [Box](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/box/)
- [Dropbox](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/dropbox/)
- [GitHub](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/github/)
- [Google Workspace](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/)
  - [Google Drive](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-drive/)
  - [Gmail](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/gmail/)
  - [Google Admin](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-admin/)
  - [Google Calendar](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-calendar/)
- [Microsoft 365](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/)
  - [Admin Center](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/admin-center/)
  - [OneDrive](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/onedrive/)
  - [SharePoint](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/sharepoint/)
  - [Outlook](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/outlook/)
- [Salesforce](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/salesforce/)
- [ServiceNow](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/servicenow/)
- [Slack](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/slack/)

---

# Salesforce

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/salesforce/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Salesforce", two: "Salesforce environment" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- A Salesforce environment (most editions are compatible)
- Permissions to a Salesforce organization with either:

  - System Administrator permission
  - Permissions for View Setup and Configuration, Customize Applications, and Modify All Data

## Integration permissions

For the Salesforce integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following Salesforce permissions via a Connected App:

- `Manage user data via APIs (api)`
- `Manage user data via Web browsers (web)`
- `Perform requests at any time (refresh_token, offline_access)`
- `Access unique user identifiers (openid)`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Salesforce OAuth Tokens and Scopes documentation](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.remoteaccess_oauth_tokens_scopes.htm).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Salesforce", two: "salesforce" }}
/>

### File sharing

Identify uploaded content, files, and attachments that have been shared in a potentially insecure fashion.

| Finding type                                                                        | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Salesforce: Content Document publicly accessible without a password                 | `4cde56ed-19db-4cdb-a6c6-3aede5e17785` | Critical |
| Salesforce: Content Document publicly accessible with weak password                 | `68c43ab8-733d-4798-b25f-202f6fcf435f` | High     |
| Salesforce: Content Document publicly accessible and password protected             | `75194f6b-5a95-48fa-b485-37181d2d19c8` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Content Document shared and not viewed in 12+ months (stale permission) | `7125e209-234a-4f10-89d2-1af0601c277f` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Content Document larger than 2 GB                                       | `3d21de13-4b9f-483c-921a-44cdef7a58c5` | Medium   |

### Account misconfigurations

Discover account and admin-level settings that have been configured in an insecure way.

| Finding type                                              | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Salesforce: Domain without HTTPS                          | `20916e32-442e-4622-9e54-e1f37eb7d79f` | High     |
| Salesforce: Default Account record access allows edit     | `316f1d9a-447e-432c-add7-7adde67c4f19` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Default Case record access allows edit        | `a7c8eb3e-b5be-4bfc-969a-358186bf927a` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Default Contact record access allows edit     | `e7be14f0-24d6-4d6c-9e12-ca3f23d34ba9` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Default Lead record access allows edit        | `12fde974-45e8-4449-8bf4-dc319370d5ca` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Default Opportunity record access allows edit | `2ab78d14-e804-4334-9d46-213d8798dd2a` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Organization with active compliance BCC email | `43e5fd20-1cba-4f1d-aa39-90c7ce2e088a` | Low      |

### User access

Flag user access issues, including account misuse and users not following best practices.

| Finding type                                                | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Salesforce: User sending email with different email address | `a2790c4f-03f5-449f-b209-5f4447f417af` | Medium   |
| Salesforce: Inactive user                                   | `57e44995-c7ad-46fe-9c55-59706e663adf` | Low      |
| Salesforce: User has never logged in                        | `a0bf74df-c796-4574-ac1c-0f239ea8c9ac` | Low      |
| Salesforce: User has not logged in for 90+ days             | `8395c824-bc44-4c12-b300-40f2477384d4` | Low      |

---

# ServiceNow

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/servicenow/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "ServiceNow", two: "ServiceNow instance" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- `admin` access to a ServiceNow instance
- Ability to [create an OAuth API endpoint for external clients](https://docs.servicenow.com/csh?topicname=t_CreateEndpointforExternalClients)

## Integration permissions

For the ServiceNow integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following permissions:

- `Global` application scope

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [ServiceNow Application scope documentation](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/utah-application-development/page/build/applications/concept/c_GlobalScope.html).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "ServiceNow", two: "servicenow" }}
/>

### Instance security

Identify security risks related to the ServiceNow instance itself.

| Finding type                                                           | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ServiceNow: Production instance with exposed admin credentials         | `6c75c56f-df42-454d-85ee-c919bba70191` | Critical |
| ServiceNow: Production instance with exposed database user credentials | `37652a12-93d3-453f-961b-de32f419ed33` | High     |
| ServiceNow: Instance with exposed admin credentials                    | `8235e0a2-6a53-4596-adff-632203c60ab2` | High     |
| ServiceNow: Instance with exposed database user credentials            | `4f8bf0e4-fa79-44fc-b171-84926cbc73c7` | Medium   |

### User security

Flag user-related security risks and misconfigurations.

| Finding type                                                 | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ServiceNow: User with pending password reset                 | `42097604-73db-46b3-9a5c-c3e0d2629531` | High     |
| ServiceNow: User with 3+ failed login attempts               | `49079a4b-5280-4c9c-bf61-a45b53c2fd9f` | Medium   |
| ServiceNow: User with locked account                         | `344f5a37-7df5-4a26-a0fe-4d3c4215df61` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: User without multi-factor authentication enabled | `4efbe128-608d-4b19-b7c8-10c312e4cd9f` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: User with no assigned roles                      | `8b5ca10d-951c-46d8-b786-223756b39165` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: Inactive user                                    | `a3ee8ec7-85de-480c-bd98-6bc9581bacf9` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: User with no recent activity                     | `2477faf4-1887-44bc-b663-94373afb03d7` | Low      |

### Incident management

Identify issues related to ServiceNow incidents.

| Finding type                                             | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ServiceNow: High priority incident with no assigned user | `8bd04e4e-4f2f-4b44-9c6c-df6341822521` | High     |
| ServiceNow: Incident with no assigned user               | `0ea6e2dc-4748-436f-9407-bf24997ae574` | Medium   |

### Knowledge management

Highlight potential misconfigurations in ServiceNow knowledge articles.

| Finding type                                          | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ServiceNow: Knowledge article without expiration date | `0bd59519-a5ec-4327-92ec-c74f26184a5c` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: Knowledge article without any roles       | `3caf029c-9840-43e4-a024-6d4af9f3d57e` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: Knowledge article with flagged status     | `12bd46d5-e627-4bba-8644-59e01cca6646` | Low      |

### Integration and access

Detect issues related to ServiceNow integrations and access controls.

| Finding type                             | FindingTypeID                          | Severity |
| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ServiceNow: Internal Integration user    | `fa63799a-24ce-4f5f-8e88-09dbf87a6fb9` | Low      |
| ServiceNow: Web Service Access only user | `3523fbb4-8725-4ffc-b200-9aef44bbbe98` | Low      |

---

# Adobe Acrobat Sign

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/adobe-sign-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Adobe Acrobat Sign](https://helpx.adobe.com/sign/using/enable-saml-single-sign-on.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Adobe Acrobat Sign account
* A [claimed domain](https://helpx.adobe.com/sign/using/claim-domain-names.html) in Adobe Acrobat Sign

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Adobe Sign` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Copy the **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, **Public key**, and **SSO endpoint**.
7. Keep this window open without selecting **Select configuration**. You will finish this configuration in step [3. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust](#3-finish-adding-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider to Adobe Sign

1. In Adobe Acrobat Sign, select your profile picture > your name > **Account Settings** > **SAML Settings**.
2. Turn **SAML Allowed** on.
3. Enter a hostname (for example, `yourcompanyname`). Users can use this URL or `https://secure.adobesign.com/public/login` to sign in via SSO.
4. (Optional) For **Single Sign On Login Message**, enter a custom message (for example, `Log in via SSO`). The default message is **Sign in using your corporate credentials**.
5. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID/Issuer URL**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Login URL/SSO Endpoint**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **IdP Certificate**: Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
6. Copy the **Entity ID/SAML Audience** and **Assertion Consumer URL**.
7. Select **Save**.

## 3. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In your open Zero Trust window, fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: Entity ID/SAML Audience from Adobe Acrobat Sign SAML SSO configuration.
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: Assertion Consumer URL from Adobe Acrobat Sign SAML SSO configuration.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
2. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
3. Save the application.

## 4. Test the integration and finalize configuration

1. Open an incognito browser window and go to your Adobe Sign hostname URL or `https://secure.adobesign.com/public/login`. Select the option to sign in via SSO (**Sign in using your corporate credentials** if you have not configured a custom message). You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

:::note


If you receive an error while testing SSO integration, go to your profile picture > your name > **Account Settings** > **SAML Errors** for more information.


:::

2. Once this is successful, you can make sign in via SSO mandatory. Select your profile picture > your name > **Account Settings** > **SAML Settings**, and then turn on **SAML Mandatory**. Keeping **Allow Acrobat Sign Account Administrators to log in using their Acrobat Sign Credentials** turned on will allow administrators to log in even if your account experiences SSO issues.

---

# Slack

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/slack/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Slack", two: "Slack Workspace" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

- A Slack user account
- Membership in a Slack Workspace (Free, Pro, Business+, or Enterprise Grid)
- If you are not the Workspace Owner and the `Require App Approval` setting is enabled for the Workspace, [request permission](https://slack.com/help/articles/202035138-Add-apps-to-your-Slack-workspace) to install apps.

## Integration permissions

For the Slack integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following Slack API permissions:

- `channels:read`
- `files:read`
- `groups:read`
- `users:read`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Slack Permission scopes reference](https://api.slack.com/scopes).

## Security findings

<Render file="casb/security-findings" params={{ one: "Slack", two: "slack" }} />

### User account settings

| Finding type                                        | FindingTypeID                          | Severity | Description                                                                                            |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Slack: User with two-factor authentication disabled | `d1cc8596-d22c-435c-9f94-3ba068f019cd` | Critical | A user in the Slack Workspace does not have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled for their account. |
| Slack: User with unverified email                   | `9fa4ae7c-07f0-453a-b232-e734b0f8877c` | High     | A user in the Slack Workspace has not verified the email they use to sign in.                          |

### Channel sharing

| Finding type                     | FindingTypeID                          | Severity | Description                                                                                       |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Slack: Channel shared externally | `d298ba64-f013-4e28-b68a-63f758380355` | High     | A channel in the Slack Workspace has been shared with users who are not members of the Workspace. |

### File sharing

| Finding type                                     | FindingTypeID                          | Severity | Description                                                                   |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Slack: File publicly accessible with view access | `9d96d3a2-696b-4802-98aa-c6c8572e806e` | Medium   | An external link has been created for a file uploaded to the Slack Workspace. |
| Slack: File larger than 2 GB                     | `c16d64a8-9f78-4f24-99ff-de7fcdc6871b` | Low      | A file ≥ 2 GB has been uploaded to the Slack Workspace.                       |

---

# Area 1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/area-1/

[Cloudflare Area 1](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/zero-trust/email-security/) is an email security platform that protects your organization's inbox from phishing, spam, and other malicious messages. This guide covers how to configure Area 1 as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to your Area 1 account
* Your user's email in Area 1 matches their email in Zero Trust

## 1. Add Area 1 to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **SaaS**.

4. In the **Application** field, enter `Area 1` and select **Area 1**. (Area 1 is not currently listed in the default drop-down menu.)

5. Enter the following values for your application configuration:
   |                                    |                                                    |
   | ---------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
   | **Entity ID**                      | `https://horizon.area1security.com`                |
   | **Assertion Consumer Service URL** | `https://horizon.area1security.com/api/users/saml` |
   | **Name ID Format**                 | *Email*                                            |

6. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.

7. Save the application.

## 2. Configure SSO for Area 1

Finally, you will need to configure Area 1 to allow users to log in through Cloudflare Access.

1. In your [Area 1 portal](https://horizon.area1security.com/), go to **Settings** > **SSO**.

2. Turn on **Single Sign On**.

3. (Optional) To require users to sign in through Access, set **SSO Enforcement** to *All*. When SSO is enforced, users will no longer be able to sign in with their Area 1 credentials.

4. In **SAML SSO Domain**, enter `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`.

5. Get your Metadata XML file:

   1. In Zero Trust, copy the **SSO Endpoint** for your application.

      ![Copy SSO settings for a SaaS application from Zero Trust](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/saas-sso-endpoint.png)

   2. In a new browser tab, paste the **SSO Endpoint** and append `/saml-metadata` to the end of the URL. For example, `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/saml/<app-id>/saml-metadata`.

   3. Copy the resulting metadata.

6. Return to the Area 1 portal and paste the metadata into **Metadata XML**.

   ![Configure SSO in the Area 1 portal](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/area1-sso-config.png)

7. Select **Update Settings**.

If you added the application to your App Launcher, you can test the integration by going to `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`.

---

# Asana

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/asana-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Asana](https://help.asana.com/hc/en-us/articles/14075208738587-Authentication-and-access-management-options-for-paid-plans#gl-saml) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Super admin access to an Asana Enterprise, Enterprise+, or Legacy Enterprise account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, select *Asana*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://app.asana.com/`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://app.asana.com/-/saml/consume`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider to Asana

1. In Asana, select your profile picture > **Admin console** > **Security** > **SAML authentication**.
2. Under **SAML options**, select *Optional*.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * Sign-in page URL: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * X.509 certificate: Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust. Wrap the public key in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
4. Select **Save changes**.

## 3. Test the integration and require SSO

1. Open an incognito browser window and go to your Asana URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

2. After this is successful, you may want to require users to log in via SSO. In Asana, select your profile picture > **Admin console** > **Security** > **SAML authentication**. Under **SAML options**, select **Required for all members, except guest accounts**.

---

# Atlassian Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/atlassian-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Atlassian Cloud](https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/configure-saml-single-sign-on-with-an-identity-provider/) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to an Atlassian Cloud account
* Atlassian Guard Standard subscription
* A [domain](https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/verify-a-domain-to-manage-accounts/) verified in Atlassian Cloud

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Atlassian*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Copy the **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, **Public key**, and **SSO endpoint**.
7. Keep this window open. You will finish this configuration in step [4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust](#4-finish-adding-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).

## 2. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

## 3. Configure an identity provider and SAML SSO in Atlassian Cloud

1. In Atlassian Cloud, go to **Security** > **Identity providers**.
2. Select **Other provider** > **Choose**.
3. For **Directory name**, enter your desired name. For example, you could enter `Cloudflare Access`.
4. Select **Add** > **Set up SAML single sign-on** > **Next**.

		:::note
		This screen will advise you to create an authentication policy before proceeding. You will do this in step [5. Create an application policy to test integration](#5-create-an-authentication-policy-to-test-integration).
		:::

5. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Identity provider Entity ID**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Identity provider SSO URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Public x509 certificate**: Paste the entire x.509 certificate from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).
6. Select **Next**.
7. Copy the **Service provider entity URL** and **Service provider assertion consumer service URL**.
8. Select **Next**.
9. Under **Link domain**, select the domain you want to use with SAML SSO.
10. Select **Next** > **Stop and save SAML**.

## 4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In your open Zero Trust window, fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: Service provider entity URL from Atlassian Cloud SAML SSO set-up.
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: Service provider assertion consumer service URL from Atlassian Cloud SAML SSO set-up.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
2. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
3. Save the application.

## 5. Create an authentication policy to test integration

To enable SSO for users in Atlassian Cloud, create an [Atlassian authentication policy](https://support.atlassian.com/security-and-access-policies/docs/configure-authentication-policies-for-your-organization/):

1. In Atlassian Cloud, go to **Security** > **Authentication policies**.
2. Select **Add policy**.
3. Under **Directory**, select the identity provider you used to configure SAML SSO.
4. For **Policy name**, enter your desired name.
5. Select **Add**.
6. In **Settings**, turn on **Enforce single sign-on**.
7. In **Members**, select **Add members**.
8. In **Individual Users**, select your desired test user(s) in the dropdown, and select **Add members**.
9. In **Settings**, select **Update** > **Update**.

## 6. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and log in with the credentials of the test user you added to the test authentication policy. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider. When this is successful, turn on **Enforce single sign-on** in your desired authentication policy, or add the desired users to the application policy created in step [5. Create an Application Policy to test Integration](#5-create-an-authentication-policy-to-test-integration).

---

# AWS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/aws-sso-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/manage-your-identity-source-idp.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to an AWS account

## 1. Get AWS URLs

1. In the AWS admin panel, search for `IAM Identity Center`.
2. Go to **IAM Identity Center** > **Settings**.
3. In the **Identity source** tab, select the **Actions** dropdown and select *Change identity source*.
4. Change the identity source to **External identity provider**.
5. Copy the values shown in **Service provider metadata**. You will need these values when configuring the SaaS application in Zero Trust.

Next, we will obtain **Identity provider metadata** from Zero Trust.

## 2. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In a separate tab or window, open [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com) and go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Amazon AWS*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: IAM Identity Center issuer URL
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: IAM Identity Center Assertion Consumer Service (ACS) URL
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. (Optional) Additional SAML attribute statements can be passed from your IdP to AWS SSO. To learn more about AWS Attribute mapping, refer to [Attribute mappings - AWS Single Sign-On](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/attributemappingsconcept.html#supportedidpattributes).
8. AWS supports uploading a metadata XML file. To download your SAML metadata from Access:
   1. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
   2. In a separate browser window, go to the SAML Metadata endpoint (`https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/saml/xxx/saml-metadata`).
   3. Save the page as `access_saml_metadata.xml`.
9. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
10. Save the application.

## 3. Complete AWS configuration

1. Return to the **IAM Identity Center** > **Settings** > **Change identity source** tab.

2. Under **IdP SAML metadata**, upload your `access_saml_metadata.xml` file.

3. Select **Next** to review settings, type **ACCEPT** and select **Change identity source** to confirm changes.

4. Confirm that **Provisioning** is set to *Manual*.

:::caution[Important]

Access for SaaS does not currently support [SCIM provisioning](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/). Make sure that:

1. Users are created in both your identity provider and AWS.
2. Users have matching usernames in your identity provider and AWS.
3. Usernames are email addresses. This is the only format AWS supports with third-party SSO providers.
   :::

## 4. Test the integration

To test the connection, go to your **AWS access portal URL**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Braintree

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/braintree-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Braintree](https://developer.paypal.com/braintree/articles/guides/single-sign-on-sso) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Braintree production or sandbox account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Braintree` and select the textbox that appears below.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields with temporary values:
   * **Entity ID**: `placeholder`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://www.placeholder.com`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Enable SSO Configuration in Braintree

1. In Braintree, create a [support ticket](https://developer.paypal.com/braintree/help).
2. In **Search Issues**, enter `Login and password issues` and select the corresponding value.
3. In **Issue Details**, fill in the following:
   * **Merchant ID**: Your Braintree Merchant ID. This is the 16-digit value that follows `/merchants/`in your Braintree Control Panel URL.
   * **Email domain(s) to be used in user IDs**: The email domain(s) that should be allowed to sign in to your account via SSO.
   * **Single Sign-on HTTP POST Binding URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Certificate for validation**: Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
4. Select whether you are using a **Production** or **Sandbox** account.
5. Fill out the **Your contact information** fields and select **Submit a help request**.
6. When you receive an email stating SSO has been successfully configured for your account, you can proceed to the next step.

## 3. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Braintree** > **Edit** > **Overview**.
3. Replace the temporary values for **Entity ID** and **Assertion Consumer Service URL** with the link provided in the successful SSO configuration email from Braintree support. You will use the same link for both values.
4. Select **Save Application**.

## 4. Test the integration and add SSO users

1. In your Braintree Control Panel, select the **settings** icon > **Team**.
2. Select your desired test user.
3. Under **Single Sign-On**, select **Enable**.
4. Open an incognito browser window. In the address bar, paste `https://id.sandbox.braintreegateway.com` for a sandbox account or
   `https://id.braintreegateway.com` for a production account.
5. In **Your corporate email address** field, type your test user's email. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
6. Upon successful sign-in, you can enable SSO for other users using steps 4.1 - 4.3.

---

# Coupa

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/coupa-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Coupa](https://compass.coupa.com/en-us/products/product-documentation/integration-technical-documentation/coupa-core-user-authentication/coupa-saml-sso-setup) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Coupa Stage or Production account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Coupa` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**:
     `sso-stg1.coupahost.com` for a stage account or `sso-prd1.coupahost.com` for a production account
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://sso-stg1.coupahost.com/sp/ACS.saml2` for a stage account or `https://sso-prd1.coupahost.com/sp/ACS.saml2` for a production account
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **Access Entity ID or Issuer** and **SAML Metadata Endpoint**.
8. In **Default relay state**, enter `https://<your-subdomain>.coupahost.com/sessions/saml_post`.
9. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
10. Save the application.

## 2. Download the metadata file

1. Paste the SAML metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in a web browser.
2. Follow your browser-specific steps to download the URL's contents as an `.xml` file.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider in Coupa

1. In Coupa, go to **Setup** > **Company Setup** > **Security Controls**.
2. Under **Sign in using SAML**, turn on **Sign in using SAML**.
3. In **Upload IdP metadata**, select **Choose File**, and upload the `.xml` file you downloaded in step [2. Download the metadata file](#2-download-the-metadata-file).
4. Turn on **Advanced Options**.
5. For **Sign in page URL** and **Timeout URL**, enter `https://sso-stg1.coupahost.com/sp/startSSO.ping?PartnerIdpId=<access-entity-id-or-issuer>&TARGET=https://<your-subdomain>.coupahost.com/sessions/saml_post` using the Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
6. Select **Save**.

## 3. Create a test user and test the integration

1. In Coupa, go to **Setup** > **Company Setup** > **Users**.
2. Select **Create**, then enter the user details for your test user. For **Login** and **Single Sign-On ID**, enter the user's email address.
3. Select **Save**.
4. Open an incognito browser window and go to your Coupa URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
5. Once the login is successful, you can configure other users for SSO by adding their email to the **Single Sign-On ID** field in **Setup** > **Company Setup** > **Users** > user's name.

:::note


You can use the following URL to bypass SSO and login via a username and password: `https://<your-subdomain>.coupahost.com/sessions/support_login`.


:::

---

# Digicert

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/digicert-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Digicert](https://docs.digicert.com/en/certcentral/manage-account/saml-admin-single-sign-on-guide/configure-saml-single-sign-on.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Digicert account
* [SAML](https://docs.digicert.com/en/certcentral/manage-account/saml-admin-single-sign-on-guide/saml-single-sign-on-prerequisites.html) enabled in your Digicert account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Digicert` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://www.digicert.com/account/sso/metadata`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://www.digicert.com/account/sso/`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider in Digicert

1. In Digicert, select **Settings** > **Single Sign-On** > **Set up SAML**.
2. Under **How will you send data from your IDP?**, turn on **Use a dynamic URL**.
3. Under **Use a dynamic URL**, paste the SAML Metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
4. Under **How will you identify a user?**, turn on **NameID**.
5. Under **Federation Name**, enter a name (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Your users will select this name when signing in.
6. Select **Save SAML Settings**.

## 3. Test and Enable SSO in Digicert

1. In Digicert, select **Settings** > **Single Sign-On**.
2. Copy the **SP Initiated Custom SSO URL**.
3. Paste the URL into an incognito browser window and sign in. Upon successful sign in, SAML SSO is fully enabled.
4. (Optional)  By default, users can choose to sign in directly or with SSO. To require SSO sign in, go to **Account** > **Users**. Turn on  **Only allow this user to log in through SAML/OIDC SSO** in the user details of the desired user.

:::note


Users can sign in using service provider initiated SSO by using the **SP Initiated Custom SSO URL**. Alternatively, users can go to `www.digicert.com/account`, select **Sign in with SSO**, and enter the name of the identity provider configured in step [2. Add a SAML SSO provider in Digicert](#2-add-a-saml-sso-provider-in-digicert).


:::

---

# DocuSign

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/docusign-access/

This guide covers how to configure [Docusign](https://support.docusign.com/s/document-item?bundleId=rrf1583359212854&topicId=ozd1583359139126.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

- An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
- Admin access to a Docusign account that has Single Sign-On available
- A [domain](https://support.docusign.com/s/document-item?bundleId=rrf1583359212854&topicId=gso1583359141256.html) verified in Docusign

## 1. Create the Access for SaaS application

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an Application**.

3. Select **SaaS**.

4. Use the following configuration:

   - Set the **Application** to _DocuSign_.
   - Put placeholder values in **EntityID** and **Assertion Consumer Service URL** (e.g. `https://example.com`). We'll come back and update these.
   - Set **Name ID Format** to: _Unique ID_.

5. DocuSign requires SAML attributes to do Just In Time user provisioning. Ensure you are collecting SAML attributes from your IdP:

   - Group
   - username
   - department
   - firstName
   - lastName
   - phone

6. These IdP SAML values can then be mapped to the following DocuSign SAML attributes:

   - Email
   - Surname
   - Givenname

7. Set an Access policy (for example, create a policy based on _Emails ending in @example.com_).

8. Copy and save the **SSO Endpoint**, **Entity ID** and **Public Key**.

9. Transform the **Public Key** into a fingerprint:

		1. Copy the **Public Key** Value.

		2. Paste the **Public Key** into VIM or another code editor.

		3. Wrap the value in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

		4. Set the file extension to `.crt` and save.

## 2. Configure your DocuSign SSO instance

1. Ensure you have a domain claimed in Zendesk.

2. From the DocuSign Admin dashboard, select **Identity Providers**.

3. On the Identity Providers page, select **ADD IDENTITY PROVIDER**. Use the following mappings from the saved Access Application values:

   - **Name**: Pick your desired name.
   - **Identity Provider Issuer**: Entity ID.
   - **Identity Provider Login URL**: Assertion Consumer Service URL.

4. Save the Identity Provider.

5. Upload your certificate to the _DocuSign Identity Provider_ menu.

6. Configure your SAML Attribute mappings. The Attribute Names should match the values in **IdP Value** in your Access application.

7. Go back to the Identity Provider's screen and select **Actions** > **Endpoints**. Copy and save the following:
   - Service Provider Issuer URL.
   - Service Provider Assertion Consumer Service URL.

## 3. Finalize your Cloudflare configuration

1. Go back to your DocuSign application under **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Edit**.
3. Use the following mappings:
   - EntityID->Service Provider Issuer URL.
   - Assertion Consumer Service URL -> Service Provider Assertion Consumer Service URL.
4. Save the application.

When ready, enable the SSO for your DocuSign account and you will be able to login to DocuSign via Cloudflare SSO and your Identity Provider.

---

# Dropbox

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/dropbox-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Dropbox](https://help.dropbox.com/security/sso-admin) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Dropbox  Advanced, Business Plus, or Enterprise account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, select `Dropbox`.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `Dropbox`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://www.dropbox.com/saml_login`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a certificate file

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
3. Set the file extension as `.pem` and save.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Dropbox

1. In Dropbox, go to your profile picture > **Settings** > **Admin Console** > **Security** > **Single sign-on**.
2. For **Single sign-on**, select *Optional*.
3. Select **Add Identity provider sign-in URL**.
4. Paste the SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust and select **Done**.
5. Select **Add X.509 certificate** and upload the `.pem` file from step [2. Create a certificate file](#2-create-a-certificate-file).
6. Copy **SSO sign-in URL**. This is your custom Dropbox SSO URL.
7. Select **Save**.

## 3. Test the integration and require SSO

1. Open an incognito browser window and go to your custom Dropbox SSO URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

2. After this is successful, you may want to require users to log in via SSO. Go to your profile picture > **Settings** > **Admin Console** > **Security** > **Single sign-on**. For **Single sign-on**, select *Required*. Dropbox will send an email to your users notifying them of the change.

---

# Generic OIDC application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/generic-oidc-saas/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This page provides generic instructions for setting up a SaaS application in Cloudflare Access using the OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication protocol.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to the account of the SaaS application

## 1. Get SaaS application URL

In your SaaS application account, obtain the **Redirect URL** (also known as the callback URL). This is the SaaS endpoint where users are redirected to after they authenticate with Cloudflare Access.

Some SaaS applications provide the Redirect URL after you [configure the SSO provider](#4-configure-sso-in-your-saas-application).

## 2. Add your application to Access

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **SaaS**.

4. Select your **Application** from the drop-down menu. If your application is not listed, enter a custom name in the **Application** field and select the textbox that appears below.

5. Select **OIDC**.

6. Select **Add application**.

7. In **Scopes**, select the attributes that you want Access to send in the ID token.

   | Scope     | Description                                          |
   | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
   | `openid`  | Include a unique identifier for the user (required). |
   | `email`   | Include the user's email address.                    |
   | `profile` | Include all custom OIDC claims from the IdP.         |
   | `groups`  | Include the user's IdP group membership.             |

8. In **Redirect URLs**, enter the callback URL obtained from the SaaS application.

9. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.

10. Copy the following values to input into your SaaS application. Different SaaS applications may require different sets of input values.
    | Field                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
    | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | Client secret          | Credential used to authorize Access as an SSO provider                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
    | Client ID              | Unique identifier for this Access application                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
    | Configuration endpoint | If supported by your SaaS application, you can configure OIDC using this endpoint instead of manually entering the URLs listed below. <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>/.well-known/openid-configuration` |
    | Issuer                 | Base URL for this OIDC integration <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>`                                                                                                                                     |
    | Token endpoint         | Returns the user's ID token <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>/token`                                                                                                                                      |
    | Authorization endpoint | URL where users authenticate with Access <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>/authorization`                                                                                                                 |
    | Key endpoint           | Returns the current public keys used to [verify the Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>/jwks`                                   |
    | User info endpoint     | Returns all user claims in JSON format <br/> `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<client-id>/userinfo`                                                                                                                        |

11. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can connect to your application. All Access applications are deny by default -- a user must match an Allow policy before they are granted access.

12. <Render file="access/access-choose-idps" product="cloudflare-one" />

13. Select **Next**.

14. (Optional) Configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) for the application.

15. <Render file="access/access-block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

16. Select **Save application**.

## 3. Configure SSO in your SaaS application

Next, configure your SaaS application to require users to log in through Cloudflare Access. Refer to your SaaS application documentation for instructions on how to configure a third-party OIDC SSO provider.

## 4. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and go to the SaaS application's login URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# GitHub Enterprise Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/github-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [GitHub Enterprise Cloud](https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/managing-iam/using-saml-for-enterprise-iam/configuring-saml-single-sign-on-for-your-enterprise) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* A GitHub Enterprise Cloud subscription
* Access to a GitHub account as an organization owner

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, select *Github*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://github.com/orgs/<your-organization>`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://github.com/orgs/<your-organization>/saml/consume`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

## 3. Configure an identity provider and SAML SSO in GitHub Enterprise Cloud

1. In your Github organization page, go to **Settings** > **Authentication security**.
2. Under **SAML single sign-on**, turn on **Enable SAML authentication**.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Sign on URL**:  SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Issuer**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Public certificate**: Paste the entire x.509 certificate from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).

## 4. Test the integration

Select **Test SAML configuration**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
When this is successful, select **Save**.

You can also turn on **Require SAML SSO authentication for all members of your organization** if you want to enforce SSO login with Cloudflare Access.

---

# Generic SAML application

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/generic-saml-saas/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This page provides generic instructions for setting up a SaaS application in Cloudflare Access using the SAML authentication protocol.

## Prerequisites

- An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
- Admin access to the account of the SaaS application

## 1. Get SaaS application URLs

Obtain the following URLs from your SaaS application account:

- **Entity ID**: A unique URL issued for your SaaS application, for example `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com`.
- **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: The service provider's endpoint for receiving and parsing SAML assertions.

## 2. Add your application to Access

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **Add an application**.

3. Select **SaaS**.

4. Select your **Application** from the drop-down menu. If your application is not listed, enter a custom name in the **Application** field and select the textbox that appears below.

5. Select **SAML**.

6. Select **Add application**.

7. Enter the **Entity ID** and **Assertion Consumer Service URL** obtained from your SaaS application account.

8. Select the **Name ID Format** expected by your SaaS application (usually _Email_).

9. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**.

10. If your SaaS application requires additional **SAML attribute statements**, add the mapping of your IdP's attributes you would like to include in the SAML statement sent to the SaaS application.

:::note[IdP groups]

If you are using Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), Google Workspace, or GitHub as your IdP, Access will automatically send a SAML attribute titled `groups` with all of the user's associated groups as attribute values.
:::

11. Add [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can connect to your application. All Access applications are deny by default -- a user must match an Allow policy before they are granted access.

12. <Render file="access/access-choose-idps" product="cloudflare-one" />

13. Select **Next**.

14. (Optional) Configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) for the application.

15. <Render file="access/access-block-page" product="cloudflare-one" />

16. Select **Save application**.

## 3. Configure SSO in your SaaS application

Next, configure your SaaS application to require users to log in through Cloudflare Access. Refer to your SaaS application documentation for instructions on how to configure a third-party SAML SSO provider. You will need the following values from the Zero Trust dashboard:

- **SSO endpoint**
- **Access Entity ID or Issuer**
- **Public key**

You can either manually enter this data into your SaaS application or upload a metadata XML file. The metadata is available at the URL: `<SSO endpoint>/saml-metadata`.

### Validate SAML Response

When acting as a SAML identity provider, Cloudflare will sign both the SAML Response and the SAML Assertion using the SHA-256 algorithm. The SaaS application can validate this signature using the **Public key** that you upload to the SaaS application.

## 4. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and go to the SaaS application's login URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Google Workspace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/google-workspace-saas/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to configure [Google Workspace](https://support.google.com/a/topic/7579248?ref_topic=7556686&sjid=14539485562330725560-NA) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

:::note

The integration of Access as a single sign-on provider for your Google Workspace account does not work for Google super admins. It will work for other users.

:::

## Prerequisites

- An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
- Admin access to a Google Workspace account

## 1. Create an application in Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Select **SaaS application**.

3. Fill in the following information:
   - **Application**: _Google_.
   - **Entity ID**: `google.com`
   - **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://www.google.com/a/<your_domain.com>/acs`, where `<your_domain.com>` is your Google Workspace domain.
   - **Name ID Format**: _Email_.

:::caution

When you put your Google Workspace behind Access, users will not be able to log in using [Google](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/google/) or [Google Workspace](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/gsuite/) as an identity provider.
:::

4. [Create an Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for your application. For example, you could allow users with an `@your_domain.com` email address.

5. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**. These values will be used to configure Google Workspace.

6. Save the application.

## 2. Create a certificate from your public key

1. Copy and then paste your **Public key** into a text editor.

2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`. For example,

   ```txt
   -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
   <PUBLIC_KEY>
   -----END CERTIFICATE-----
   ```

3. Set the file extension as `.crt` and save.

## 3. Create an SSO provider in Google Workspace

1. Log in to your [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com/).
2. Go to **Security** > **Authentication** > **SSO with third party IdP**.
3. Select **Third-party SSO profile for your organization**.
4. Enable **Set up SSO with third-party identity provider**.
5. Fill in the following information:
   - **Sign-in page URL**: Copy and then paste your **SSO endpoint** from Zero Trust.
   - **Sign-out page URL**: `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/logout`, where `<team-name>` is your Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.
   - **Verification certificate**: Upload the certificate file containing your public key.
6. (Optional) Enable **Use a domain specific issuer**. If you select this option, Google will send an issuer specific to your Google Workspace domain (`google.com/a/<your_domain.com>` instead of the standard `google.com`).

## 4. Test the integration

1. In your [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com/), go to **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail** > **Setup**.
2. Copy your Gmail **Web address**.
3. Open an incognito browser window and go to your Gmail web address (for example, `https://mail.google.com/a/<your_domain.com>`).

An Access login screen should appear.

## Troubleshooting

`Error: "G Suite - This account cannot be accessed because the login credentials could not be verified."`

If you see this error, it is likely that the public key and private key do not match. Confirm that your certificate file includes the correct public key.

---

# Google Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/google-cloud-saas/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to configure [Google Cloud](https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/topic/7558767) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

:::caution

When configuring Google Cloud with Access, the following limitations apply:

- Users will not be able to log in using [Google](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/google/) or [Google Workspace](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/gsuite/) as an identity provider after Google Cloud is configured with Access.

- The integration of Access as a single sign-on provider for your Google Cloud account does not work for Google super admins. It will work for other users.
  :::

## Prerequisites

- An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
- Admin access to a Google Workspace account
- [Cloud Identity Free or Premium](https://support.google.com/cloudidentity/answer/7389973) set up in your organization's Google Cloud account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, select _Google Cloud_.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   - **Entity ID**: `google.com`
   - **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://www.google.com/a/<your_domain.com>/acs`
   - **Name ID format**: _Email_
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust into a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
3. Set the file extension as `.crt` and save.

## 3. Create an SSO provider in Google Cloud

1. In your [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com/), go to **Security** > **Authentication** > **SSO with third party IdP**.
2. Select **Third-party SSO profile for your organization** > **Add SSO Profile**.
3. Turn on **Set up SSO with third-party identity provider**.
4. Fill in the following information:
   - **Sign-in page URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   - **Sign-out page URL**: `https://<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/logout`, where `<team-name>` is your Zero Trust <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.
   - **Verification certificate**: Upload the `.crt` certificate file from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).
5. (Optional) Turn on **Use a domain specific issuer**. If you select this option, Google will send an issuer specific to your Google Cloud domain (`google.com/a/<your_domain.com>` instead of the standard `google.com`).

## 4. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and go to your Google Cloud URL (`https://console.cloud.google.com/a/<your_domain.com>`). Sign in using credentials that do not belong to a super admin account.

## Troubleshooting

`Error: "G Suite - This account cannot be accessed because the login credentials could not be verified."`

If you see this error, it is likely that the public key and private key do not match. Confirm that your certificate file includes the correct public key.

---

# Grafana Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/grafana-cloud-saas-oidc/

This guide covers how to configure [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/account-management/authentication-and-permissions/authorization/#configure-oauth-20-with-generic-oauth) as an OIDC application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Grafana Cloud account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Grafana Cloud` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **OIDC**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. In **Scopes**, select the attributes that you want Access to send in the ID token.
7. In **Redirect URLs**, enter `https://<your-grafana-domain>/login/generic_oauth`.
8. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.
9. Copy the **Client secret**, **Client ID**, **Token endpoint**, and **Authorization endpoint**.
10. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
11. (Optional) In **Experience settings**, configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) by turning on **Enable App in App Launcher** and, in **App Launcher URL**, entering `https://<your-grafana-domain>/login`.
12. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SSO provider to Grafana Cloud

1. In Grafana Cloud, select the **menu** icon > **Administration** > **Authentication** > **Generic OAuth**.
2. (Optional) For **Display name**, enter a new display name (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Users will select **Sign in with (display name)** when signing in via SSO.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Client Id**: Client ID from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Client secret**: Client secret from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Scopes**: Delete `user:email` and enter the scopes configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Auth URL**: Authorization endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Token URL**: Token endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
4. Select **Save**.

## 3. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and go to your Grafana domain (`https://<your-grafana-domain>/login`). Select **Sign in with (display name)**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Grafana

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/grafana-saas-oidc/

This guide covers how to configure [Grafana](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/generic-oauth/) as an OIDC application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Grafana account

:::note
You can also configure OIDC SSO for Grafana using a [configuration file](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/setup-grafana/configure-security/configure-authentication/generic-oauth/#configure-generic-oauth-authentication-client-using-the-grafana-configuration-file) instead of using Grafana's user interface (UI), as documented in this guide.
:::

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Grafana*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **OIDC**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. In **Scopes**, select the attributes that you want Access to send in the ID token.
7. In **Redirect URLs**, enter `https://<your-grafana-domain>/login/generic_oauth`.
8. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.
9. Copy the **Client secret**, **Client ID**, **Token endpoint**, and **Authorization endpoint**.
10. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
11. (Optional) In **Experience settings**, configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) by turning on **Enable App in App Launcher** and, in **App Launcher URL**, entering `https://<your-grafana-domain>/login`.
12. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SSO provider to Grafana

1. In Grafana, select the **menu** icon > **Administration** > **Authentication** > **Generic OAuth**.
2. (Optional) For **Display name**, enter a new display name (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Users will select **Sign in with (display name)** when signing in via SSO.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Client Id**: Client ID from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Client secret**: Client secret from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Scopes**: Delete `user:email` and enter the scopes configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Auth URL**: Authorization endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Token URL**: Token endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
4. Select **Save**.

## 3. Test the integration

Log out, then select **Sign in with (display name)**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Greenhouse Recruiting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/greenhouse-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Greenhouse Recruiting](https://support.greenhouse.io/hc/en-us/articles/360040753811-Configure-single-sign-on-SSO-for-Greenhouse-Recruiting) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to an Advanced or Expert Greenhouse Recruiting site

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Greenhouse` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
7. Keep this window open. You will finish this configuration in step [4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust](#4-finish-adding-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).

## 2. Download the metadata file

1. Paste the SAML Metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in a web browser.
2. Follow your browser-specific steps to download the URL's contents as an `.xml` file.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Greenhouse

1. In Greenhouse Recruiting, go to the **Configure** icon > **Dev Center** > **Single sign-on**.
2. Copy the **SSO Assertion Consumer URL**.
3. Under **Upload XML file**, select **Choose a file**, and upload the `.xml` file created in step [2. Download the metadata file](#2-download-the-metadata-file).
4. Change the **Entity ID** to `greenhouse.io`.
5. Keep this window open without selecting **Begin testing**. You will finish this configuration in step [5. Test the integration and finalize configuration](#5-test-the-integration-and-finalize-configuration).

## 4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In your open Zero Trust window, fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `greenhouse.io`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: SSO Assertion Consumer URL from SSO configuration in Greenhouse Recruiting.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
2. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
3. Save the application.

## 5. Test the integration and finalize configuration

1. In your open Greenhouse Recruiting window, select **Begin Testing** > **Proceed**.
2. Open an incognito browser window and go to your Greenhouse Recruiting URL. Choose the SSO login option. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
3. Once SSO sign in is successful, go to the **Configure** icon > **Dev Center** > **Single sign-on**.
4. Select **Finalize Configuration**.
5. In the text field, enter `CONFIGURE`.
6. Select **Finalize**. Now, users will only be able to sign in with SSO.

---

# Hubspot

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/hubspot-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Hubspot](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/account-security/set-up-single-sign-on-sso) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Hubspot Enterprise plan account

## 1. Configure Hubspot

1. Go to **Settings** > **Account**, then go to **Defaults** > **Security**.
2. Select *Single Sign-on*.
3. Copy the values for *Audience URI* and *Sign on URL*.

## 2. Configure Cloudflare Access

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Access** > **Applications** and create a SaaS application.

2. Set the **Application type** to *Hubspot*.

3. Use the following Hubspot field mappings:

   | Hubspot values | Cloudflare values              |
   | -------------- | ------------------------------ |
   | Audience URI   | Entity ID                       |
   | Sign On URL    | Assertion Consumer Service URL |

4. Set **NameID** to *Email*.

5. Add any desired [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to your application.

6. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Access Entity ID**.

7. Save the application.

## 3. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

## 4. Finalize Hubspot configuration

1. Use the following field mappings:

   | Cloudflare value | Hubspot value                        |
   | ---------------- | ------------------------------------ |
   | SSO endpoint     | Identity Provider Single Sign-on URL |
   | Entity ID        | Identity Provider Identifier         |
   | Public key       | Certificate                          |

2. Select **Verify** to validate the integration.

Your configuration is now complete. Hubspot SSO can be switched on for specific users or the entire account.

---

# SaaS applications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Access allows you to add an additional authentication layer to your SaaS applications. When you integrate a SaaS application with Access, users log in to the application with Cloudflare as the Single Sign-On provider. The user is then redirected to the configured identity providers for that application and are only granted access if they pass your Access policies.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Jamf Pro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/jamf-pro-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Jamf Pro](https://learn.jamf.com/en-US/bundle/jamf-pro-documentation-current/page/Single_Sign-On.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Jamf Pro account

## 1. Collect Jamf Pro information

1. In Jamf Pro, go to **Settings** > **Systems** > **Single Sign-On** > **Edit**.
2. Copy the pre-populated URL in **Entity ID**.
3. Paste the URL in a web browser to download the Jamf metadata file.
4. Open the `metadata.xml` file in a text editor, and copy the values for **Entity ID** and **Assertion Consumer Service**.

## 2. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Jamf`  or `Jamf Pro` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: Entity ID value from Jamf Pro metadata file.
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: Assertion Consumer Service value from Jamf Pro metadata file.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 3. Edit Access SAML Metadata

1. Paste the **SAML Metadata endpoint** from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust into a browser.
2. Copy the file and paste it into a text editor.
3. Change `WantAuthnRequestsSigned="true"` to `WantAuthnRequestsSigned="false"`.
4. Set the file extension as `.xml` and save.

## 4. Add a SAML SSO provider to Jamf Pro

1. In Jamf Pro, go to **Settings** > **Single Sign-On** > **Edit**.
2. In Identity Provider menu, select **Other**.
3. Label **Other provider** as `Cloudflare`.
4. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: Entity ID from Jamf Pro metadata file.
   * **Identity Provider Metadata Source**: Select **Metadata File** and upload the `.xml` file from step [2. Edit Access SAML Metadata](#2-add-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).
   * **Identity Provider User Mapping**: *Name ID*
   * **Jamf Pro User Mapping**: *Email*
5. Turn on **Single Sign On**.

:::note
The Failover Login URL located on this page can be used to log in if your SSO does not work.
:::

## 5. Test the Integration

Log out of Jamf Pro and open an incognito browser window. Go to your Jamf Pro URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Ironclad

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/ironclad-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Ironclad](https://support.ironcladapp.com/hc/articles/12286012625559-Set-Up-Generic-SSO-SAML-Integration) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Ironclad site

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Ironclad` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Copy the **SSO Endpoint** and **Public key**.
7. Keep this window open. You will finish this configuration in step [3. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust](#3-finish-adding-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider to Ironclad

1. In Ironclad, select your profile picture > **Company settings** > **Integrations** > **SAML**.
2. Select **Add SAML Configuration** > **Show Additional IdP Settings**.
3. Copy the **Callback** value.
4. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entry Point**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Identity Provider Certificate**: Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.  The key will automatically be wrapped in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
5. Select **Save**.

## 3. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In your open Zero Trust window, fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `ironcladapp.com`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: Callback from Ironclad SAML SSO set-up.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
2. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
3. Save the application.

## 4. Add a test user to Ironclad and test the integration

1. In Ironclad, select your profile picture > **Company settings** > **Users & Groups**.
2. Select **Invite User**.
3. For **Email addresses**, add your desired email address for your test user.
4. For **Sign-in Method**, ensure **Sign in with (your-team-domain.cloudflareaccess.com)** is selected
5. Select **Invite**.
6. In the invitation email sent to the test user, select **Join now**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
7. Once this is successful, you can contact your LE, CSM POC, or `support@ironcladapp.com` to migrate existing users to SSO login.

---

# Miro

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/miro-saas/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

This guide covers how to configure [Miro](https://help.miro.com/hc/articles/360017571414-Single-sign-on-SSO) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Miro Business or Enterprise plan account
* A [verified domain](https://help.miro.com/hc/articles/360034831793-Domain-control) added to your Miro account (Enterprise plan), or be prepared to do so during SSO configuration (Business or Enterprise plan)

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Miro` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://miro.com/`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://miro.com/sso/saml`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider to Miro

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<Render file="access/saas-apps/miro-sso" params={{ one: "**Security and Compliance** > **Authentication** > **Single sign-on**", two: "If you have not previously [verified the domain](https://help.miro.com/hc/articles/360034831793-Domain-control), enter" }} />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Test the integration

In the Miro SAML/SSO configuration page, select **Test SSO Configuration**.  You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider. If the login is successful, you will receive a **SSO configuration test was successful** message.

:::note
When testing the integration, you do not have to use an email from a domain you have configured for SSO or a user configured in Miro. The only requirement is that the user is already configured in your identity provider.
:::

---

# PagerDuty

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/pagerduty-saml-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [PagerDuty](https://support.pagerduty.com/docs/sso) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a PagerDuty site

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Pagerduty*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://<your-subdomain>.pagerduty.com`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: ` https://<your-subdomain>.pagerduty.com/sso/saml/consume`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint** and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Amend the public key so each row is a maxiumum of 64 characters long. Originally, each full row of the public key is 65 characters long.
3. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to PagerDuty

1. In PagerDuty, select your profile picture and go to **Account Settings** > **Single Sign-on**.
2. Turn on **SAML**.
3. In **X.509 Certificate**, paste the entire x.509 certificate from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).
4. In **Login URL**, paste the SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
5. Select **Save Changes**.

## 4. Test the integration and finalize SSO configuration

1. Open an incognito window and paste your PagerDuty URL into the address bar. Select **Sign Ian With Single Sign-On**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
2. In an incognito window, paste your PagerDuty URL and select **Sign In With Single Sign-On**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
3. Once SSO sign in is successful, select your profile picture and go to **Account Settings** > **Single Sign-on**.
4. Turn off **Allow username/password login** and select **Save Changes**. Now, users will only be able to sign in with SSO.

---

# Pingboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/pingboard-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Pingboard](https://support.pingboard.com/hc/en-us/articles/360046585994-Set-Up-a-Custom-SSO-Solution) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Pingboard account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Pingboard` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `http://app.pingboard.com/sp`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://sso-demo.pingboard.com/auth/saml/consume`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider to Pingboard

1. In Pingboard, go to **Account** > **Add-Ons**.
2. Under **Third-Party Integrations**, select **Custom SSO**.
3. In a web browser, paste the SAML Metadata endpoint you copied from the application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust. Next, copy the contents of the displayed page.
4. In Pingboard, under **IdP Metadata**, paste the contents from the SAML Metadata endpoint.
5. (Optional) Under **Sign in with**, enter a name (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Your users will select this name when signing in.

## 3. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window and go to your Pingboard URL. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

---

# Salesforce (OIDC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/salesforce-saas-oidc/

import { Render } from "~/components"

This guide covers how to configure [Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.sso_provider_openid_connect.htm\&type=5) as an OpenID Connect (OIDC) application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Salesforce account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Salesforce*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **OIDC**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. In **Scopes**, select the attributes that you want Access to send in the ID token.
7. In **Redirect URLs**, enter the callback URL obtained from Salesforce (`https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com/services/authcallback/<URL Suffix>`). Refer to [Add a SSO provider to Salesforce](#2-add-a-sso-provider-to-salesforce) for instructions on obtaining this value.
8. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.
9. Copy the following values:
   * **Client ID**
   * **Client Secret**
   * **Authorization endpoint**
   * **Token endpoint**
   * **User info endpoint**
10. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
11. (Optional) In **Experience settings**, configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) by turning on **Enable App in App Launcher** and, in **App Launcher URL**, entering `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com`.
12. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SSO provider to Salesforce

1. In Salesforce, go to **Setup**.
2. In the **Quick Find** box, enter `auth` and select **Auth providers**.
3. Select **New**.
4. For the provider type, select **OpenID Connect**.
5. Enter a name for the SSO provider (for example, `Cloudflare Access`).
6. Fill in the following fields with values obtained from Cloudflare Access:
   * **Consumer Key**: Client ID
   * **Consumer Secret**: Client Secret
   * **Authorize Endpoint URL**: Authorization endpoint
   * **Token endpoint URL**: Token endpoint
   * **User Info Endpoint URL**: User info endpoint
   * **Token Issuer**: Issuer
7. (Optional) Enable **Use Proof Key for Code Exchange** if you enabled it in Access.
8. In **Default Scopes**, enter a space-separated list of the scopes you configured in Access (for example, `openid email profile groups`).
9. Select **Save**.
10. Copy the **Callback URL**:
    ```txt
    https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com/services/authcallback/<URL Suffix>
    ```
11. In Zero Trust, paste the Callback URL into the **Redirect URL** field.

To test the integration, open an incognito browser window and go to the **Test-Only Initialization URL** (   `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com/services/auth/test/<URL Suffix>`)

## 3. Enable Single Sign-On in Salesforce

1. <Render file="access/saas-apps/salesforce-sso" />
2. (Optional) To require users to login with Cloudflare Access:
   1. In the **Quick Find** box, enter `single sign-on` and select **Single Sign-On Settings**.
   2. Turn on **Disable login with Salesforce credentials**.

To test, open an incognito browser window and go to your Salesforce domain (`https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com`).

---

# Salesforce (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/salesforce-saas-saml/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

This guide covers how to configure [Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.sso_saml.htm\&type=5) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Salesforce account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Salesforce*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com` or `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com?so=<your-salesforce-org-id>`, if your account was created before summer 2019 or does not have a My Domain subdomain.
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com` or `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com?so=<your-salesforce-org-id>`, if your account was created before summer 2019 or does not have a My Domain subdomain.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*

:::note
If you are unsure of which URL to use in the **Entity ID** and **Assertion Consumer Service URL** fields, you can check your Salesforce account's metadata. In Salesforce, go to the **Single Sign-On Settings** page and select **Download Metadata**. In this file, you will find the correct URLs to use.
:::

7. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Public key**, and **Access Entity ID or Issuer**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a certificate file

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.
3. Set the file extension as `.crt` and save.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Salesforce

1. In Salesforce, go to **Setup**.
2. In the **Quick Find** box, enter `single sign-on` and select **Single Sign-On Settings**.
3. In **SAML Single Sign-On Settings**, select **New**.
4. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Name:** Name of the SSO provider (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Users will select this name when signing in to Salesforce.
   * **API name:** (this will pre-populate)
   * **Issuer:** Paste the Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Identity Provider Certificate**: Upload the `.crt` certificate file from [2. Create a certificate file](#2-create-a-certificate-file).
   * **Entity ID**: `https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com`
   * **SAML Identity type:** If the user's Salesforce username is their email address, select *Assertion contains the User's Salesforce username*. Otherwise, select *Assertion contains the Federation ID from the User object* and make sure the user's Federation ID matches their email address.
   <Details header="Configure Federation IDs">
   1. In the **Quick Find** box, enter `users` and select **Users**.
   2. Select the user.
   3. Verify that the user's **Federation ID** matches the email address used to authenticate to Cloudflare Access.
   </Details>
   * **Identity Provider Login URL**: SSO endpoint provided in Cloudflare Zero Trust for this application.
5. Select **Save**.

## 4. Enable Single Sign-On in Salesforce

1. Configure Single Sign-On settings:
   1. In the **Quick Find** box, enter `single sign-on` and select **Single Sign-On Settings**.
   2. (Optional) To require users to login with Cloudflare Access, turn on **Disable login with Salesforce credentials**.
   3. Turn on **SAML Enabled**.
   4. Turn on **Make federation ID case-insensitive**.
2. <Render file="access/saas-apps/salesforce-sso" />

To test, open an incognito browser window and go to your Salesforce domain (`https://<your-domain>.my.salesforce.com`).

---

# ServiceNow (OIDC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/servicenow-saas-oidc/

This guide covers how to configure [ServiceNow](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-platform-security/page/integrate/single-sign-on/task/create-OIDC-configuration-SSO.html) as an OIDC application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a ServiceNow account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, enter `ServiceNow` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **OIDC**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. In **Scopes**, select the attributes that you want Access to send in the ID token.
7. In **Redirect URLs**, enter `https://<INSTANCE-NAME>.service-now.com/navpage.do`.
8. (Optional) Enable [Proof of Key Exchange (PKCE)](https://www.oauth.com/oauth2-servers/pkce/) if the protocol is supported by your IdP. PKCE will be performed on all login attempts.
9. Copy the **Client secret** and **Client ID**.
10. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
11. (Optional) In **Experience settings**, configure [App Launcher settings](/cloudflare-one/applications/app-launcher/) by turning on **Enable App in App Launcher** and, in **App Launcher URL**, entering `https://<INSTANCE-NAME>.service-now.com`.
12. Save the application.
## 2. Add the Multiple Provider Single Sign-On Installer Plugin to ServiceNow

1. In ServiceNow, select **All**.
2. In the search bar, enter `System Applications`, and under **All Available Applications**, select **All**.
3. In the search bar, enter `Integration - Multiple Provider Single Sign-On Installer`.
4. Select **Install**.
5. Ensure that **Install now** is selected, and select **Install**.

## 3. Add and Test an OIDC SSO provider in ServiceNow

1. Select **All**.
2. In the search bar enter `Multi-Provider SSO`, and select **Identity Providers**.
3. Select **New** > **OpenID Connect**.
4. In the pop-up, fill in the following fields:
   * **Name**: Name of the SSO (for example, `Cloudflare Access`). Unless otherwise configured, users will select this name when signing in to ServiceNow.
   * **Client ID**: **Client ID** from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Client Secret**: **Client Secret** from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Well Known Configuration URL**: `https://<TEAM-DOMAIN>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/sso/oidc/<CLIENT-ID>/.well-known/openid-configuration`.
5. Select **Import**.
6. Ensure **Active** is turned on
7. Turn on **Show as Login option**, and for **SSO label** enter a label for the user login screen, if desired.
8. Select **Update**.

## 4. Test the integration

For SSO to appear on the login screen, you must have [account recovery](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-platform-security/page/integrate/single-sign-on/concept/sso-acct-recovery.html) enabled and configured for at least one admin account. After account recovery is configured, log out of ServiceNow and open an incognito browser window. Go to your ServiceNow URL. Select the SSO name you just configured, which will prompt you to sign in with your identity provider. When the integration is successful, you can go back to the OIDC configuration screen to turn on **Default** and/or **Auto Redirect IDP**.

---

# ServiceNow (SAML)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/servicenow-saas-saml/

This guide covers how to configure [ServiceNow](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-platform-security/page/integrate/single-sign-on/task/t_CreateASAML2Upd1SSOConfigMultiSSO.html) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a ServiceNow account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `ServiceNow` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://<INSTANCE-NAME>.service-now.com`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://<INSTANCE-NAME>.service-now.com/navpage.do`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add the Multiple Provider Single Sign-On Installer Plugin to ServiceNow

1. In ServiceNow, select **All**.
2. In the search bar, enter `System Applications`, and under **All Available Applications**, select **All**.
3. In the search bar, enter `Integration - Multiple Provider Single Sign-On Installer`.
4. Select **Install**.
5. Ensure that **Install now** is selected, and select **Install**.

## 3. Add and Test a SAML SSO provider in ServiceNow

1. Select **All**.
2. In the search bar enter `Multi-Provider SSO`, and select **Identity Providers**.
3. Select **New** > **SAML**.
4. In the pop-up, ensure that **URL** is selected.
5. Paste the **SAML Metadata endpoint** from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in the empty field.
6. Select **Import**.
7. (Optional) Change the **Name** field to a more recognizable name.
8. Turn off **sign AuthenRequest**.
9. Select **Update**.
10. In the pop-up, select **Cancel** and then **>**.
11. Select the **Name** of the configuration you just completed.
12. Select **Test Connection**.
13. If the test succeeds, select **Activate**.

---

# Slack

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/slack-saas/

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This guide covers how to configure [Slack](https://slack.com/help/articles/203772216-SAML-single-sign-on) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Slack Business+ or Enterprise Grid plan account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Slack*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `https://slack.com`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>.slack.com/sso/saml`
   * **Name ID format**: The format expected by Slack, usually *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create a x.509 certificate

1. Paste the **Public key** in a text editor.
2. Wrap the certificate in `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Slack

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1. In Slack, go to **Settings & administrations** > **Workspace settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Select **Configure**.
3. Turn on **Test**. Configuration changes will not apply until **Configure** is turned on.
4. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Service Provider Issuer URL**: Ensure set to `https://slack.com`.
   * **SAML SSO URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Identity Provider Issuer**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Public Certificate**: Paste the entire x.509 certificate from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).
5. Under **Advanced Options**, select **Expand**.
6. For **AuthnContextClassRef**, ensure *urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport* is selected.
7. Ensure **Sign the AuthnRequest** is turned off.
8. For **SAML Response Signing**, turn on **Sign the Response** and **Sign the Assertion**.
9. In the main configuration page under **Settings**, choose whether SSO is *required*, *partially required*, or *optional* for workspace members.
10. (Optional) Under **Customize**, enter a **Sign in Button Label**.
11. Test your set-up. If all works well, turn **Test** to **Configure**.

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1. In Slack, go to **Settings & administration** > **Organization settings** > **Security** > **SSO Settings**.
2. For **SSO name**, enter your desired name.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **SAML 2.0 Endpoint URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Identity Provider Issuer URL**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
   * **Service Provider Issuer URL**: Ensure set to `https://slack.com`.
   * **x.509 Certificate**: Paste the entire x.509 certificate from step [2. Create a x.509 certificate](#2-create-a-x509-certificate).
4. For **AuthnContextClassRef**, ensure *urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport* is selected.
5. Ensure **Sign the AuthnRequest** is turned off.
6. For **SAML Response Signing**, turn on **Sign the Response** and **Sign the Assertion**.
7. Select **Test Configuration**.
8. If all works well, select **Turn on SSO** or **Add SSO**.

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# SparkPost

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/sparkpost-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [SparkPost or SparkPost EU](https://support.sparkpost.com/docs/my-account-and-profile/sso) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a SparkPost or SparkPost EU account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `SparkPost` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**:
     * `https://api.sparkpost.com` for SparkPost accounts
     * `https://api.eu.sparkpost.com` for SparkPost EU accounts
     * `https://<api-host>` for SparkPost accounts with dedicated tenants
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**:
     * `https://api.sparkpost.com/api/v1/users/saml/consume` for SparkPost accounts
     * `https://api.eu.sparkpost.com/api/v1/users/saml/consume` for SparkPost EU accounts
     * `https://<api-host>/api/v1/users/saml/consume` for SparkPost accounts with dedicated tenants
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Download the metadata file

1. Paste the SAML metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in a web browser.
2. Follow your browser-specific steps to download the URL's contents as an `.xml` file.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to SparkPost

1. In SparkPost, select your profile picture > **Account Settings**.
2. Under **Single Sign-On**, select **Provision SSO**.
3. Under **Upload your Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)**, select **select a file** and upload the `.xml` file you created in step [2. Download the metadata file](#2-download-the-metadata-file).
4. Select **Provision SSO**.
5. Select **Enable SSO**.

## 4. Add a test user and test the integration

1. In SparkPost, current users must be deleted and re-invited to use SSO. To create a test user, select your profile picture > **Users** > name of the user > **Delete User**. Then, select **Invite User** and fill in the necessary information. Alternatively, invite a new user. An invitation email will be sent.
2. Go to the link sent in the invitation email. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
3. Once SSO is successful, you can turn on SSO for the rest of your current users by deleting and then re-inviting them.

:::note

The SparkPost SSO login link is `https://app.sparkpost.com/auth/sso`. Alternatively, you can go to the usual sign in page and select **Log in with Single Sign-On**.
:::

---

# Smartsheet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/smartsheet-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Smartsheet](https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2483123-domain-level-saml-configuration) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Smartsheet Enterprise account
* A [domain](https://help.smartsheet.com/articles/2483051-domain-management) verified in Smartsheet

:::note
In Smartsheet, SSO is configured for a domain. If you have multiple plans using the same domain, the SSO configuration will apply to all Smartsheet users in that domain, regardless of their plan type.
:::

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Smartsheet` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `urn:amazon:cognito:sp:us-east-1_xww1cbP43`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://saml.authn.smartsheet.com/saml2/idpresponse`
   * **Name ID format**: *Unique ID*
7. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Create and test a SAML SSO provider in Smartsheet

1. In your Smartsheet Admin Center, go to **Settings** > **Authentication** > **Add a SAML IdP**.
2. In **Other IdP (Customize)**, select **Configure**.
3. Select **Next**.
4. Under **XML URL**, paste the SAML Metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
5. Under **Name SAML IdP**, enter a name (for example, `Cloudflare Access`).
6. Select **Save & Next**.
7. Select **Verify connection** and sign in via Access. If validation is successful, you will see a **SAML IdP Successfully Connected!** message. Close the configuration verification page.
8. Turn on **I have successfully verified the connection**.
9. Select **Save & Next**.
10. Under **Assign domains to SAML IdP**, select your desired domain.
11. Select **Save and Next** and then **Finish**.

---

# Tableau Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/tableau-saml-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Tableau Cloud](https://help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/saml_config_site.htm) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Tableau Cloud site

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS**.
3. For **Application**, select *Tableau*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Copy the **SAML Metadata endpoint**.
7. Keep this window open. You will finish this configuration in step [4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust](#4-finish-adding-a-saas-application-to-cloudflare-zero-trust).

## 2. Download the metadata file

1. Paste the SAML Metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in a web browser.
2. Follow your browser-specific steps to download the URL's contents as an `.xml` file.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Tableau Cloud

1. In Tableau Cloud, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Turn on **Enable an additional authentication method**. For **select authentication type**, select *SAML*.
3. Under **1. Get Tableau Cloud metadata**, copy the **Tableau Cloud entity ID** and **Tableau Cloud ACS URL**.
4. Under **4. Upload metadata to Tableau**, select **Choose a file**, and upload the `.xml` file created in step [2. Download the metadata file](#2-download-the-metadata-file)
5. Under **5. Map attributes**, turn on **Full name**. For **Name (full name)**, enter `name`.
6. (Optional) Choose whether users who are accessing embedded views will **Authenticate in a separate pop-up window** or **Authenticate using an inline frame**.
7. Select **Save Changes**.

## 4. Finish adding a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In your open Zero Trust window, fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: Tableau Cloud entity ID from Tableau Cloud SAML SSO set-up.
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: Tableau Cloud ACS URL from Tableau Cloud SAML SSO set-up.
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
2. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
3. Save the application.

## 5. Test the integration and set default authentication type

1. In Tableau Cloud, go to **Settings** > **Authentication**.
2. Under **7. Test Configuration**, select **Test Configuration**.
3. Sign in. If your sign-in is successful, **You are now signed in as (username)** will appear at the top of the page.
4. Close the pop-up window.
5. (Optional) Under **Default Authentication Type for Embedded Views**, turn on **cloudflareaccess.com (SAML)**. You can also configure the default authentication type for individual users under **Users** > **Actions** > **Authentication**.

---

# Zendesk

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/zendesk-sso-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Zendesk](https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408887505690-Enabling-SAML-single-sign-on#topic_u54_wc3_z2b) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

- An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
- Admin access to your Zendesk account

## Configure Zendesk and Cloudflare

1. Go to your Zendesk administrator dashboard, typically available at `<yourdomain>.zendesk.com/admin/security/sso`.

2. In a separate tab or window, open [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), select your account, and go to **Access** > **Applications**.

3. Select **Add an application**, then choose _SaaS_.

4. Input the following values in the Zero Trust application configuration:

   | Zero Trust field                   | Value                                           |
   | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
   | **Entity ID**                      | `https://<yoursubdomain>.zendesk.com`           |
   | **Assertion Consumer Service URL** | contents of **SAML SSO URL** in Zendesk account |
   | **Name ID Format**                 | _Email_                                         |

5. (Optional) Configure these Attribute Statements to include a user's first and last name:

   | Cloudflare attribute name | IdP attribute value                                               |
   | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
   | `<first name>`            | `http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/givenname` |
   | `<last name>`             | `http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims/surname`   |

   Zendesk will [use the user's email address as their name](https://support.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203663676#topic_dzb_gl5_2v) if the name is not provided.

6. To determine who can access Zendesk, [create an Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

7. Copy the **SSO Endpoint** and **Public Key**.

8. Transform the public key into a fingerprint:

	1. Open a [fingerprint calculator](https://www.samltool.com/fingerprint.php).

	2. Paste the **Public Key** into **X.509 cert**.

	3. Wrap the value with `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----` and `-----END CERTIFICATE-----`.

	4. Set **Algorithm** to _SHA256_ and select **Calculate Fingerprint**.

	5. Copy the **Formatted FingerPrint** value.

9. Add the Cloudflare values to the following Zendesk fields:

   | Cloudflare IdP field                        | Zendesk field               |
   | ------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
   | **SSO Endpoint**                            | **SAML SSO URL**            |
   | **Public Key** (transformed to fingerprint) | **Certificate Fingerprint** |

10. Go to `https://<yourdomain>.zendesk.com/admin/security/staff_members` and enable **External Authentication** > **Single Sign On**.

Users should now be able to log in to Zendesk if their Email address exists in the Zendesk user list.

---

# Workday

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/workday-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Workday](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/authentication-and-security/authentication/saml/dan1370796470811.html?toc=1.5.1) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Workday account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, enter `Workday` and select the corresponding textbox that appears.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: `http://www.workday.com`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://<your-environment>.myworkday.com/<your-tenant>/login-saml.flex` for a production account or `https://<your-environment>-impl.myworkday.com/<your-tenant>/login-saml.flex` for a preview sandbox account
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **SSO endpoint**, **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, and **Public key**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Download the metadata file

1. Paste the SAML Metadata endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust in a web browser.
2. Follow your browser-specific steps to download the URL's contents as an `.xml` file.

## 3. Add a SAML SSO provider to Workday

1. In Workday, go to **Account Administration** > **Actions** > **Edit Tenant Setup - Security**.
2. Under **SAML Setup**, turn on **Enable SAML Authentication**.
3. In the **SAML Identity Providers** table, select **+**.
4. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Identity Provider Name**: Your desired name for the identity provider (for example, `Cloudflare Access`)
   * **Issuer**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **IdP SSO Service URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
5. Under **x509 Certificate**, select the menu icon > **Create x509 Public Key**.
6. Under **Name**, enter a unique name (for example, `access`).
7. Under **Certificate**, paste the Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust.
8. Select **OK**.
9. If you want to enable SP-initiated login (login initiated by going to your Workday URL), fill in the following fields:
   * **SP Initiated**: Turn on.
   * **Service Provider ID**: `http://www.workday.com`
   * **Sign SP-initiated request**: Turn off.
10. Under **Single Sign-On**, add one or both of the following entries to the **Redirection URLs** grid. For each entry, if your user groups will use the same authentication option to sign in, select **Single URL**. If they will use different authentication options, select **Authentication selector**.
    * IdP-initiated SSO: Under **Login Redirect URL**, enter `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`.
    * SP-initiated SSO: Under **Login Redirect URL**, enter `https://<your-environment>/<your-tenant/login-saml2.htmld`.

## 4. Test the integration

:::note
If you encounter a situation where one or more users get locked out of Workday, the user can use this backup URL provided by Workday to sign in with their username and password: `https://<your-workday-url>/login.flex?redirect=n`.
:::

1. In Workday, create an [authentication rule](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/authentication-and-security/authentication/authentication-policies/dan1370796466772.html).
2. Under **Authentication Conditions**, add conditions that will apply only to your test user.
3. Under **Allowed Authentication Types**, select **Specific**, then **SAML**.
4. Select **Done**.
5. Complete the following step:
   * **If you have enabled SP-initiated login**: Open an incognito browser window, go to your Workday URL, and enter your test user's email. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
   * **If you have not enabled SP-initiated login**: Go to your App Launcher at `https://<cloudflare-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`. Select the **Workday** tile. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.
6. Once login is successful, you can configure your security settings further, such as adding [user groups](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/authentication-and-security/configurable-security/security-groups/user-based-security-groups/dan1370796695367.html?toc=2.2.12.0) or [authentication rules](https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/authentication-and-security/authentication/authentication-policies/dan1370796466772.html) to configure different login rules for different groups of users.

---

# Zoom

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/saas-apps/zoom-saas/

This guide covers how to configure [Zoom](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb\&sysparm_article=KB0060673) as a SAML application in Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* An [identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) configured in Cloudflare Zero Trust
* Admin access to a Zoom Business, Education, or Enterprise account
* An [associated domain](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb\&sysparm_article=KB0066259) configured in your Zoom account
* A [vanity URL](https://support.zoom.com/hc/en/article?id=zm_kb\&sysparm_article=KB0061540) configured in your Zoom account

## 1. Add a SaaS application to Cloudflare Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Add an application** > **SaaS** > **Select**.
3. For **Application**, select *Zoom*.
4. For the authentication protocol, select **SAML**.
5. Select **Add application**.
6. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Entity ID**: ` https://<your-vanity-url>.zoom.us`
   * **Assertion Consumer Service URL**: `https://<your-vanity-url>.zoom.us/saml/SSO`
   * **Name ID format**: *Email*
7. Copy the **Access Entity ID or Issuer**, **Public key**, and **SSO endpoint**.
8. Configure [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) for the application.
9. Save the application.

## 2. Add a SAML SSO provider in Zoom

1. In Zoom, go to **Advanced** > **Single Sign-On**.
2. For **Vanity URL**, select the vanity URL you want to configure SSO for.
3. Fill out the following fields:
   * **Sign in page URL**: SSO endpoint from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Identity Provider Certificate**: Public key from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
   * **Service Provider (SP) Entity ID**: `yourvanityurl.zoom.us` (no `https://`)
   * **Issuer (DP Entity ID)**: Access Entity ID or Issuer from application configuration in Cloudflare Zero Trust
4. For **Binding**, select *http-redirect*.
5. For **Signature Hash Algorithm**, ensure **SHA-256** is selected.
6. Under **Security**, turn off **Sign SAML request** and **Sign SAML logout request**.
7. Select **Save Changes**.
8. Go to **Advanced** > **Security**.
9. Under **Sign-in Methods**, ensure **Allow users to sign in with Single Sign-On (SSO)** is turned on.

## 3. Test the integration

Open an incognito browser window, go to your Zoom vanity URL, and select **Sign in**. You will be redirected to the Cloudflare Access login screen and prompted to sign in with your identity provider.

Once this is successful, you can require SSO for users in your associated domain(s) by completing the following steps:

1. In Zoom, go to **Advanced** > **Security**.
2. Under **Sign-in Methods**, turn on **Require users to sign in with SSO if their e-mail address belongs to one of the domains below**.
3. Under **Select Domains**, turn on the domains that you want to require SSO for.
4. (Optional) Under **Specify users who can bypass SSO sign-in**, add your desired users.
5. Select **Save**.

---

# Arbitrary TCP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/arbitrary-tcp/

Cloudflare Access provides a mechanism for end users to authenticate with their single sign-on (SSO) provider and connect to resources over arbitrary TCP without being on a virtual private network (VPN).

## Requirements

- A Cloudflare account
- A site active on Cloudflare
- The `cloudflared` daemon installed on the host and client machines

> Cloudflare Access requires you to first [add a site](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) to Cloudflare. You can use any site you have registered; the site does not need to be the same one you use for customer traffic and it does not need to match sites in your internal DNS.
>
> Adding the site to Cloudflare requires changing your domain's authoritative DNS to point to Cloudflare's nameservers. Once configured, all requests to that hostname will be sent to Cloudflare's network first, where Access policies can be applied.

## **Connect the host to Cloudflare**

### 1. Install the Cloudflare daemon on the host machine

The Cloudflare daemon, `cloudflared`, will maintain a secure, persistent, outbound-only connection from the machine to Cloudflare. Arbitrary TCP traffic will be proxied over this connection using [Cloudflare Tunnel](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/tunnel/).

Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) to download and install `cloudflared` on the machine hosting the resource.

### 2. Authenticate the Cloudflare daemon

Run the following command to authenticate `cloudflared` into your Cloudflare account.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel login
```

`cloudflared` will open a browser window and prompt you to login to your Cloudflare account. If you are working on a machine that does not have a browser, or a browser window does not launch, you can copy the URL from the command-line output and visit the URL in a browser on any machine.

Once you login, Cloudflare will display the sites that you added to your account. Select the site where you will create a subdomain to represent the resource. For example, if you plan to share the service at `tcp.site.com` select `site.com` from the list.

Once selected, `cloudflared` will download a wildcard certificate for the site. This certificate will allow `cloudflared` to create a DNS record for a subdomain of the site.

### 3. Secure the subdomain with Cloudflare Access

Next, protect the subdomain you plan to register with a Cloudflare Access policy. Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to build a new policy to control who can connect to the resource.

For example, if you share the resource at `tcp.site.com`, build a policy to only allow your team members to connect to that subdomain.

### 4. Connect the resource to Cloudflare

`cloudflared` can proxy connections to nonstandard ports.

Run the following command to connect the resource to Cloudflare, replacing the `tcp.site.com` and `7870` values with your site and port.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --hostname tcp.site.com --url tcp://localhost:7870
```

`cloudflared` will confirm that the connection has been established. The process needs to be configured to stay alive and autostart. If the process is terminated, end users will not be able to connect.

## **Connect from a client machine**

### 1. Install the Cloudflare daemon on the client machine

Follow the same steps above to download and install `cloudflared` on the client desktop that will connect to the resource. `cloudflared` will need to be installed on each user device that will connect.

### 2. Connect to the resource

Run the following command to create a connection from the device to Cloudflare. Any available port can be specified.

```sh
cloudflared access tcp --hostname tcp.site.com --url localhost:9210
```

This command can be wrapped as a desktop shortcut so that end users do not need to use the command line.

Point the client application to the selected port.

When the client launches, `cloudflared` will launch a browser window and prompt the user to authenticate with your SSO provider.

**Common issues**

- Ensure that the machine's firewall permits egress on ports 80 and 443, otherwise `cloudflared` will return an error.

---

# Enable automatic cloudflared authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/automatic-cloudflared-authentication/

When users connect to an Access application through `cloudflared`, the browser prompts them to allow access by displaying this page:

![Access request prompt page displayed after logging in with cloudflared.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/access-screen.png)

Automatic `cloudflared` authentication allows users to skip this login page if they already have an active IdP session.

To enable automatic `cloudflared` authentication:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.
2. Locate your application and select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Advanced settings** > **Browser rendering settings**.
4. Turn on **Enable automatic cloudflared authentication**.
5. Select **Save application**.

This option will still prompt a browser window in the background, but authentication will now happen automatically.

---

# Client-side cloudflared

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, users can connect to non-HTTP applications via a public hostname without installing the WARP client. This method requires you to onboard a domain to Cloudflare and install `cloudflared` on both the server and the user's device.

Users log in to the application by running a `cloudflared access` command in their terminal. `cloudflared` will launch a browser window and prompt the user to authenticate with your identity provider.

:::note

Automated services should only authenticate with `cloudflared` if they cannot use a [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/). Cloudflared authentication relies on WebSockets to establish a connection. WebSockets have a known limitation where persistent connections may close unexpectedly. We recommend either a [Service Auth policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/#service-auth) or using [Warp to Tunnel routing](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/) in these instances.
:::

For examples of how to connect to Access applications with client-side `cloudflared`, refer to these tutorials:

* [Connect through Access using a CLI](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/cli/)
* [Connect through Access using kubectl](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/kubectl/)
* [Connect over SSH with cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-cloudflared-authentication/) (legacy) -- SSH connections are now managed through [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/).
* [Connect over RDP with cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/#connect-to-rdp-server-with-cloudflared-access)
* [Connect over SMB with cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/smb/)
* [Connect over arbitrary TCP with cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/cloudflared-authentication/arbitrary-tcp/)

---

# Agentless options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/

If you are unable to install the WARP client on your devices (for example, Windows Server does not support the WARP client), you can use agentless options to enable a subset of Zero Trust features.

- **[Gateway DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/)**
- **[Gateway HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/)** without user identity and device posture
- **[Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/)** without device posture for [web applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/) and [browser-rendered](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/) SSH and VNC connections
- **[Remote Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/)** via an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/), [prefixed URLs](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/), or a [non-identity on-ramp](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/non-identity/)
- **[Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/)**
- **[Data Loss Prevention (DLP)](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/)** for SaaS applications integrated with Cloudflare CASB

---

# HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/

import { Details, GlossaryDefinition, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

You can apply Gateway HTTP and DNS policies at the browser level by configuring a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file.

<GlossaryDefinition term="PAC file" prepend="A PAC file is " />

When end users visit a website, their browser will send the request to a Cloudflare proxy server associated with your account to be filtered by Gateway. Note that Gateway [cannot filter every type of HTTP traffic](#limitations) proxied using PAC files.

## Prerequisites

Install a [Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your device.

## 1. Generate a proxy endpoint

You can generate a proxy endpoint on the Zero Trust dashboard or through the Cloudflare API.

:::caution
All devices you add to the proxy endpoint will be able to access your Cloudflare Tunnel applications and services. If you only want to proxy web traffic, you can build a network policy that blocks those source IPs from connecting to your internal resources.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">

<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Proxy endpoints**.

2. Select **Create endpoint**.

3. Give your endpoint any name.

4. Enter the public source IP address of your device(s) in CIDR notation. For example:

   - **IPv4**: `192.0.2.0/8`
   - **IPv6**: `2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:1234:5678:0000/109`

   :::note
   Gateway limits the prefix length of source networks for proxy endpoints to `/8` for IPv4 networks and `/32` for IPv6 networks.
   :::

5. Select **Save endpoint** and confirm the endpoint creation.

Your Cloudflare proxy server domain is of the form:

```txt
https://<SUBDOMAIN>.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. [Create a proxy endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/proxy_endpoints/methods/create/) with the following call:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<ACCOUNT_ID>/gateway/proxy_endpoints \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{"name": "any_name", "ips": ["<PUBLIC_IP>", "<PUBLIC_IP2>", "<PUBLIC_IP3>"]}'
   ```

   Replace `<PUBLIC_IP>` with the source IP address of your device in CIDR notation. For example:

   - **IPv4**: `192.0.2.0/8`
   - **IPv6**: `2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:1234:5678:0000/32`

   :::note
   Gateway limits the prefix length of source networks for proxy endpoints to `/8` for IPv4 networks and `/32` for IPv6 networks.
   :::

2. After running the call, you should see an output similar to

   ```json title="Example output" {10}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "d969d7bf-ec28-4291-9af0-86825f472c21",
   		"name": "test",
   		"created_at": "2022-03-02T10:57:18.094789Z",
   		"updated_at": "2022-03-02T10:57:18.094789Z",
   		"ips": ["90.90.241.229/8"],
   		"subdomain": "3ele0ss56t"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

   Note the `subdomain` value returned by the API. Your Cloudflare proxy server domain is of the form:

   ```txt
   <SUBDOMAIN>.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com
   ```

   In the example above, the subdomain is `3ele0ss56t` and the proxy server domain is `3ele0ss56t.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com`.

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

## 2. Test your proxy server

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), create an [HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) for testing purposes. For example:

   | Selector | Operator | Value         | Action |
   | -------- | -------- | ------------- | ------ |
   | Domain   | in       | `example.com` | Block  |

2. Verify that nothing is returned by a `curl` command:

   ```sh
   curl --ipv4 --proxytunnel --proxy https://3ele0ss56t.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com https://example.com
   ```

If `curl` returns a `403` code, it means the public IP of your device does not match the one used to generate the proxy server. Make sure that WARP is turned off on your device and double-check that `curl` is not using IPv6 (use the `-4` option to force IPv4).

## 3. Create a PAC file

A PAC file is a text file that specifies which traffic should redirect to the proxy server.

Below is the default PAC file. You can [customize the file](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Proxy_servers_and_tunneling/Proxy_Auto-Configuration_PAC_file) and host it somewhere your browser can access, such as on an internal web server or on [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/).

```js
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
	// No proxy for private (RFC 1918) IP addresses (intranet sites)
	if (
		isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "10.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0") ||
		isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "172.16.0.0", "255.240.0.0") ||
		isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "192.168.0.0", "255.255.0.0")
	) {
		return "DIRECT";
	}

	// No proxy for localhost
	if (isInNet(dnsResolve(host), "127.0.0.0", "255.0.0.0")) {
		return "DIRECT";
	}

	// Proxy all
	return "HTTPS 3ele0ss56t.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com:443";
}
```

:::note

- Make sure the directive used for the endpoint is `HTTPS` and not `PROXY`.
- You must use a PAC file instead of configuring the endpoint directly in the proxy configuration of the browser. This is because modern browsers still do not support HTTPS proxies without PAC files.
- Use a proper text editor such as VS Code to avoid added characters.
  :::

## 4. Configure your devices

All major browsers support PAC files. You can configure individual browsers, or you can configure system settings that apply to all browsers on the device. Multiple devices can call the same PAC file as long as their source IP addresses were included in the proxy endpoint configuration.

<Details header="Chromium-based browsers">

Chromium-based browsers (such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Brave) rely on your operating system's proxy server settings. To configure your browser to use Gateway with PAC files, refer to the [macOS](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp2591/mac) or [Windows](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/use-a-proxy-server-in-windows-03096c53-0554-4ffe-b6ab-8b1deee8dae1) documentation.

</Details>

<Details header="Mozilla Firefox">

1. In Firefox, go to **Settings** and scroll down to **Network Settings**.
2. Select **Settings**.
3. Select **Automatic proxy configuration URL**.
4. Enter the URL where your PAC file is hosted, for example `https://proxy-pac.cflr.workers.dev/3ele0ss56t.pac`.
5. Select **OK**. HTTP traffic from Firefox is now being filtered by Gateway.

</Details>

<Details header="Safari">

Safari relies on your operating system's proxy server settings. To configure your browser to use Gateway with PAC files, refer to the [macOS documentation](https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchlp2591/mac).

</Details>

## 5. Test your HTTP policy

To test your configuration, you can test any [supported HTTP policy](#limitations), such as the example policy created in [Step 2](#2-test-your-proxy-server). When you go to `https://example.com` in your browser, you should see the Gateway block page.

You can now use the Proxy Endpoint selector in [network](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#proxy-endpoint) and [HTTP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#proxy-endpoint) policies to filter traffic proxied via PAC files.

## Configure firewall

You may need to configure your organization's firewall to allow your users to connect to a proxy endpoint. Depending on your firewall, you will need to create a rule using either your proxy endpoint's domain or IP addresses.

To get the domain of a proxy endpoint:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">

<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Proxy endpoints**.
2. Choose the proxy endpoint. Select **Edit**.
3. In **Proxy Endpoint**, copy the domain.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. Use the [List proxy endpoints](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/proxy_endpoints/methods/list/) operation to get a list of your proxy endpoints and their details. For example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/proxy_endpoints \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   ```json {8} output
   {
   	"success": true,
   	"result": {
   		"id": "ed35569b41ce4d1facfe683550f54086",
   		"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"ips": ["192.0.2.1/32"],
   		"name": "DevOps team",
   		"subdomain": "oli3n9zkz5.proxy.cloudflare-gateway.com",
   		"updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
   	}
   }
   ```

2. Find the proxy endpoint you want to use.
3. Copy the value of the `subdomain` key.

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

Using your proxy endpoint's domain, you can get the IP addresses assigned to the proxy endpoint:

<Tabs>

<TabItem label="macOS and Linux">

1. Open a terminal.
2. Run `dig` on your proxy endpoint's A records to get its IPv4 addresses. For example:

   ```bash
   dig A example.cloudflare-gateway.com +short
   ```

   ```txt output
   162.159.36.5
   162.159.36.20
   ```

3. Run `dig` on your proxy endpoint's AAAA records to get its IPv6 addresses. For example:

   ```bash
   dig AAAA example.cloudflare-gateway.com +short
   ```

   ```txt output
   2606:4700:54::a29f:2407
   2606:4700:5c::a29f:2e07
   ```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows">

1. Open a PowerShell terminal.
2. Run `Resolve-DnsName` on your proxy endpoint's A records. Your proxy endpoint's IPv4 addresses will appear under `IPAddress`. For example:

   ```powershell
   Resolve-DnsName -Name example.cloudflare-gateway.com -Type A
   ```

   ```txt output
   Name                                           Type   TTL   Section    IPAddress
   ----                                           ----   ---   -------    ---------
   example.cloudflare-gateway.com                 A      300   Answer     162.159.36.5
   example.cloudflare-gateway.com                 A      300   Answer     162.159.36.20
   ```

3. Run `Resolve-DnsName` on your proxy endpoint's AAAA records. Your proxy endpoint's IPv6 addresses will appear under `IPAddress`. For example:

   ```powershell
   Resolve-DnsName -Name example.cloudflare-gateway.com -Type AAAA
   ```

   ```txt output
   Name                                           Type   TTL   Section    IPAddress
   ----                                           ----   ---   -------    ---------
   example.cloudflare-gateway.com                 AAAA   300   Answer     2606:4700:5c::a29f:2e07
   example.cloudflare-gateway.com                 AAAA   300   Answer     2606:4700:54::a29f:2407
   ```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

## Limitations

### Traffic limitations

The agentless HTTP proxy does not support [identity-based policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/) or mTLS authentication.

To enforce HTTP policies for UDP traffic, you must turn on the [Gateway proxy for UDP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/#enable-http3-inspection).

### Gateway DNS and resolver policies

Gateway DNS and resolver policies will always apply to traffic proxied via PAC files, regardless of device configuration.

---

# Install certificate using WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/

import { Details } from "~/components";

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All modes                                                                                 | All plans                                                     |

| System              | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| ------------------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows             | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| macOS               | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| Linux <sup>\*</sup> | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| iOS                 | ❌           |                      |
| Android             | ❌           |                      |
| ChromeOS            | ❌           |                      |

<sup>*</sup> Only supported on Debian-based systems.
</Details>

The [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) can automatically install a Cloudflare certificate or [custom root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) on Windows, macOS, and Debian/Ubuntu Linux devices. On mobile devices and Red Hat-based systems, you will need to [install the certificate manually](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/).

The certificate is required if you want to [apply HTTP policies to encrypted websites](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/), display custom [block pages](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/), and more.

## Install a certificate using WARP

:::caution[Out of date certificates]
WARP versions prior to 2024.12.554.0 will only install the certificate set to **In-Use** and automatically remove any other WARP-installed certificates from your users' devices. To ensure your users' devices have all of your available certificates installed, [update WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/update-warp/#how-to-update-warp).
:::

To configure WARP to install a root certificate on your organization's devices:

1. (Optional) [Upload](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) a custom root certificate to Cloudflare.
2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
3. Turn on [**Install CA to system certificate store**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#install-ca-to-system-certificate-store).
4. [Install](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) the WARP client on the device.
5. [Enroll the device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) in your Zero Trust organization.
6. (Optional) If the device is running macOS Big Sur or newer, [manually trust the certificate](#manually-trust-the-certificate).

WARP will now download any [certificates set to **Available**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#activate-a-root-certificate). It may take up to 24 hours for newly available certificates to download to your users' devices.

After download, WARP will add the certificates to the device's system certificate store in `installed_certs/<certificate_id>.pem` and append the contents to the `installed_cert.pem` file. If you have any scripts using `installed_cert.pem`, Cloudflare recommends you set them to use the individual files in the `installed_certs/` directory instead. `installed_certs.pem` will be deprecated by 2025-06-31.

WARP does not install certificates to individual applications. You will need to [manually add certificates](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#add-the-certificate-to-applications) to applications that rely on their own certificate store instead of the system certificate store.

## Access the installed certificate

After installing the certificate using WARP, you can verify successful installation by accessing the device's system certificate store.

### macOS

To access the installed certificate in macOS:

1. Open Keychain Access.
2. In **System Keychains**, go to **System** > **Certificates**.
3. Open your certificate. The default Cloudflare certificate name is **Gateway CA - Cloudflare Managed G1**.
4. If the certificate is trusted by all users, Keychain Access will display **This certificate is marked as trusted for all users**.

The WARP client will also place the certificate in `/Library/Application Support/Cloudflare/installed_cert.pem` for reference by scripts or tools.

#### Manually trust the certificate

macOS Big Sur and newer do not allow WARP to automatically trust the certificate. To manually trust the certificate:

1. In Keychain Access, [find and open the certificate](#macos).
2. Open **Trust**.
3. Set **When using this certificate** to _Always Trust_.
4. (Optional) Restart the device to reset connections to Zero Trust.

Alternatively, you can configure your mobile device management (MDM) to automatically trust the certificate on all of your organization's devices.

### Windows

To access the installed certificate in Windows:

1. Open the Start menu and select **Run**.
2. Enter `certlm.msc`.
3. Go to **Trusted Root Certification Authority** > **Certificates**. The default Cloudflare certificate name is **Gateway CA - Cloudflare Managed G1**.

The WARP client will also place the certificate in `%PROGRAMDATA%\Cloudflare\installed_cert.pem` for reference by scripts or tools.

### Debian-based Linux distributions

On Debian-based Linux distributions, the certificate is stored in `/usr/local/share/ca-certificates`. The default installed Cloudflare certificate name is `managed-warp.pem`. The WARP client will create a symbolic link named `managed-warp.crt` to use as its root certificate. If your system is not using `managed-warp.crt`, run the following commands to update the system store:

1. Update your list of custom CA certificates.

   ```sh
   sudo update-ca-certificates
   ```

2. Go to the system certificate store.

   ```sh
   cd /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
   ```

3. Verify your system has both the `managed-warp.pem` file and the `managed-warp.crt` symbolic link. For example:

   ```sh
   ls -l
   ```

   ```sh output
   lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   49 Jan  3 21:46 managed-warp.crt -> /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/managed-warp.pem
   -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139 Jan  3 21:46 managed-warp.pem
   ```

The WARP client will also place the certificate in `/var/lib/cloudflare-warp/installed_cert.pem` for reference by scripts or tools.

## Uninstall the certificate

If the certificate was installed by the WARP client, it is automatically removed when you turn on another certificate for inspection in Zero Trust, turn off **Install CA to system certificate store**, or [uninstall WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/remove-warp/). WARP does not remove certificates that were installed manually (for example, certificates added to third-party applications).

To manually remove the certificate, refer to the instructions supplied by your operating system or the third-party application.

---

# Deploy custom certificate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Enterprise customers who do not wish to install a [Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/) have the option to upload their own root certificate to Cloudflare. This feature is sometimes referred to as Bring Your Own Public Key Infrastructure (BYOPKI). Gateway will use your uploaded certificate to encrypt all sessions between the end user and Gateway, enabling all HTTPS inspection features that previously required a Cloudflare certificate. You can upload multiple certificates to your account, but only one can be active at any given time. You also need to upload a private key to intercept domains with JIT certificates and to enable the [block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/).

You can upload up to five custom root certificates. If your organization requires more than five certificates, contact your account team.

:::caution
Custom certificates are limited to use between your users and the Gateway proxy. Connections between Gateway and the origin server will use a Cloudflare certificate.
:::

## Generate a custom root CA

Before you generate a custom root CA, make sure you have [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/) installed.

1. Open a terminal.

2. Create a directory for the root CA and change into it.

   ```sh
   mkdir -p /root/customca
   cd /root/customca
   ```

3. Generate a private key for the root CA.

   ```sh
   openssl genrsa -out <CUSTOM-ROOT-PRIVATE-KEY>.pem 2048
   ```

4. Generate a self-signed root certificate.

   ```sh
   openssl req -x509 -sha256 -new -nodes -key <CUSTOM-ROOT-PRIVATE-KEY>.pem -days 365 -out <CUSTOM-ROOT-CERT>.pem
   ```

When preparing your certificate and private key for upload, be sure to remove any unwanted characters, such as mismatching subdomains in the certificate's common name. To review the private key, run the following command:

```sh
openssl rsa -in <CUSTOM-ROOT-PRIVATE-KEY>.pem -text
```

To review the certificate, run the following command:

```sh
openssl x509 -in <CUSTOM-ROOT-CERT>.pem -text
```

## Deploy a custom root certificate

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">

<TabItem label="Dashboard">
1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**.
2. In **Certificates**, select **Manage**.
3. Select **Upload certificate**.
4. Enter the private key and SSL certificate you generated or select **Paste certificate from file** to upload them from a file.
5. Select **Generate certificate**.

    You can now [use the generated custom root certificate](#use-a-custom-root-certificate) for inspection.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

1. <Render file="upload-mtls-cert" params={{ one: " " }} />

2. Set the certificate as available for use in inspection with the [Activate a Zero Trust certificate endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/certificates/methods/activate/). This will deploy the certificate across the Cloudflare global network.

   ```sh
   curl --request POST \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/certificates/$CERTIFICATE_ID/activate" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
   ```

   The response will return the certificate and a `pending_deployment` binding status. For example:

   ```json {12}
   {
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": [],
   	"success": true,
   	"result": {
   		"in_use": false,
   		"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
   		"certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\\n ... \\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\\n",
   		"issuer_org": "Example Inc.",
   		"issuer_raw": "O=Example Inc.,L=California,ST=San Francisco,C=US",
   		"fingerprint": "E9:19:49:AA:DD:D8:1E:C1:20:2A:D8:22:BF:A5:F8:FC:1A:F7:10:9F:C7:5B:69:AB:0:31:91:8B:61:B4:BF:1C",
   		"binding_status": "pending_deployment",
   		"type": "custom",
   		"updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"uploaded_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"expires_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
   	}
   }
   ```

3. Use the [Get Zero Trust certificate details endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/certificates/methods/get/) to verify the certificate's binding status is set to `available`.

   ```sh
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/certificates/$CERTIFICATE_ID \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
   ```

   ```json {12}
   {
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": [],
   	"success": true,
   	"result": {
   		"in_use": false,
   		"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
   		"certificate": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\\n ... \\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\\n",
   		"issuer_org": "Example Inc.",
   		"issuer_raw": "O=Example Inc.,L=California,ST=San Francisco,C=US",
   		"fingerprint": "E9:19:49:AA:DD:D8:1E:C1:20:2A:D8:22:BF:A5:F8:FC:1A:F7:10:9F:C7:5B:69:AB:0:31:91:8B:61:B4:BF:1C",
   		"binding_status": "available",
   		"type": "custom",
   		"updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"uploaded_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
   		"expires_on": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
   	}
   }
   ```

4. (Optional) Verify the certificate is installed on your user's devices either [with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) or [manually](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/).

5. Use the [Patch Zero Trust account configuration endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/configurations/methods/edit/) to turn on the certificate for use in inspection. For example:

   ```sh {9}
   curl --request PATCH \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/configuration" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
   	"settings": {
   		"certificate": {
   			"id": "$CERTIFICATE_ID",
        "in_use": true
   		}
   	}
   }'
   ```

Once `in-use` is set to `true`, Gateway will sign your traffic using the custom root certificate and private key. If you turn off or deactivate the custom certificate, Gateway will revert to the next available Cloudflare certificate generated for your Zero Trust account.

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

:::caution[Private key visibility]
When you upload a private key to Zero Trust, Cloudflare encrypts the key and stores it at rest. Only your delegated apps have the necessary decryption keys to decrypt the private key. You will not be able to retrieve the private key after upload.
:::

## Use a custom root certificate

To use a custom root certificate you generated and uploaded to Cloudflare, refer to [Activate a root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#activate-a-root-certificate).

## Troubleshoot HTTP errors

If Gateway returns an **HTTP Response Code: 526** after deploying a custom certificate, you can [troubleshoot errors with our FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#i-see-error-526-when-browsing-to-a-website).

---

# User-side certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

Advanced security features such as [HTTPS traffic inspection](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/), [Data Loss Prevention](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/), [anti-virus scanning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/), [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/), and [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) require users to install and trust a root certificate on their device. You can either install the certificate provided by Cloudflare (default option), or generate your own custom certificate and upload it to Cloudflare.

Zero Trust [generates a unique root CA](#generate-a-cloudflare-root-certificate) for each account and deploys it across the Cloudflare global network. Alternatively, Enterprise users can upload and deploy their own [custom certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/).

:::caution[Default WARP certificate expired on 2025-02-02]
The default Cloudflare certificate expired on 2025-02-02 at 16:05 UTC.

Review how this change impacts certificate propagation to your end-user devices and how to address browser issues in [Troubleshooting](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#as-of-february-2-2025-my-end-user-devices-browser-is-returning-a-your-connection-is-not-private-warning).
:::

## Certificate status

Zero Trust will indicate if a certificate is ready for use in inspection based on its deployment status:

| Deployment status    | Description                                                                                                                                                      |
| -------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Inactive             | The certificate has been generated by or uploaded to Cloudflare but is not deployed across the global network.                                                   |
| Pending              | The certificate is being activated or deactivated for use.                                                                                                       |
| Available            | The certificate is deployed across the Cloudflare global network and ready to be turned on. The WARP client will install the certificate on your users' devices. |
| Available and In-Use | The certificate is turned on. Gateway will use the certificate for inspection.                                                                                   |

## Generate a Cloudflare root certificate

To generate a new Cloudflare root certificate for your Zero Trust organization:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**.
2. In **Certificates**, select **Manage**.
3. Select **Generate certificate**.
4. Choose a duration of time before the certificate expires. Cloudflare recommends expiration after five years. Alternatively, choose _Custom_ and enter a custom amount in days.
5. Select **Generate certificate**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

Send a `POST` request to the [Create Zero Trust certificate](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/certificates/methods/create/) endpoint.

```sh
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/certificates \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

The API will respond with the ID and contents of the new certificate.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The certificate will appear in your list of certificates as **Inactive**. To download a generated certificate, select it, then choose **Download .pem** and/or **Download .crt**. To deploy your certificate and turn it on for inspection, you need to [activate the certificate](#activate-a-root-certificate).

Each Zero Trust account can generate a new root certificate a maximum of three times per day.

## Activate a root certificate

:::note
Zero Trust accounts using the default Cloudflare certificate prior to 2024-10-17 will need to redeploy and activate the newly generated certificate. Zero Trust accounts created during or after 2024-10-17 will use an available certificate by default.
:::

Once a certificate is generated in or uploaded to Zero Trust, you need to activate it. Activating a certificate deploys it across the Cloudflare network and sets its status to **Available**. You can have up to 10 available certificates at once.

To activate your root certificate:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**.
2. In **Certificates**, select **Manage**.
3. Select the certificate you want to activate.
4. Select **Activate**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

Send a `POST` request to the [Activate a Zero Trust certificate](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/certificates/methods/activate/) endpoint.

```sh
curl --request POST \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/certificates/$CERTIFICATE_ID/activate \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The status of the certificate will change to **Pending** while it deploys. Once the status of your certificate is **Available**, you can install it on your user's devices either [with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) or [manually](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/).

Once you deploy and install your certificate, you can turn it on for use in inspection:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**.
2. In **Certificates**, select **Manage**.
3. Select the certificate you want to turn on.
4. In **Basic information**, select **Confirm and turn on certificate**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

Send a `PUT` request to the [Update Zero Trust account configuration](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/configurations/methods/update/) endpoint. For example:

```sh
curl --request PUT \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/configuration' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "settings": {
    "certificate": {
      "id": "$CERTIFICATE_ID",
      "in_use": true
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

You can set multiple certificates to **Available**, but you can only turn on one certificate for use in inspection at a time. Setting a certificate as **In-Use** will set any other in-use certificates as **Available** only and prevent them from being used for inspection until turned on again.

---

# Install certificate manually

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/

import { Details, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

:::note
This procedure is only required to enable specific Cloudflare Zero Trust features, and should only be done at the direction of your IT department. This procedure is not required to enable the WARP client for consumers.
:::

If your device does not support [certificate installation via WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/), you can manually install a Cloudflare certificate. You must add the certificate to both the [system keychain](#add-the-certificate-to-operating-systems) and to [individual application stores](#add-the-certificate-to-applications). These steps must be performed on each new device that is to be subject to HTTP filtering.

Zero Trust will only inspect traffic using installed certificates set to [**Available** and **In-Use**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#activate-a-root-certificate).

## Download the Cloudflare root certificate

:::note[Download limitation]
You can only download Cloudflare-generated certificates from the Zero Trust dashboard or with WARP.
:::

First, [generate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/#generate-a-cloudflare-root-certificate) and download a Cloudflare certificate. The certificate is available in both `.pem` and `.crt` file format. Certain applications require the certificate to be in a specific file type, so ensure you download the most appropriate file for your use case.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Resources**.
2. In **Certificates**, select **Manage**.
3. Select the certificate you want to download.
4. Depending on which format you want, choose **Download .pem** and/or **Download .crt**.

Alternatively, you can download and install a certificate [using WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/#install-a-certificate-using-warp). WARP will add the certificates to the device's system certificate store in `installed_certs/<certificate_id>.pem`.

### Verify the downloaded certificate

To verify your download, use a terminal to check that the downloaded certificate's hash matches the thumbprint listed under **Certificate thumbprint**. For example:

#### SHA1

```sh title="SHA1 .crt example"
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha1 -inform der -in <certificate.crt>
```

```sh output
SHA1 Fingerprint=BB:2D:B6:3D:6B:DE:DA:06:4E:CA:CB:40:F6:F2:61:40:B7:10:F0:6C
```

```sh title="SHA1 .pem example"
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha1 -inform pem -in <certificate.pem>
```

```sh output
SHA1 Fingerprint=BB:2D:B6:3D:6B:DE:DA:06:4E:CA:CB:40:F6:F2:61:40:B7:10:F0:6C
```

#### SHA256

```sh title="SHA256 .crt example"
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 -inform der -in <certificate.crt>
```

```sh output
sha256 Fingerprint=F5:E1:56:C4:89:78:77:AD:79:3A:1E:83:FA:77:83:F1:9C:B0:C6:1B:58:2C:2F:50:11:B3:37:72:7C:62:3D:EF
```

```sh title="SHA256 .pem example"
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 -inform pem -in <certificate.pem>
```

```sh output
sha256 Fingerprint=F5:E1:56:C4:89:78:77:AD:79:3A:1E:83:FA:77:83:F1:9C:B0:C6:1B:58:2C:2F:50:11:B3:37:72:7C:62:3D:EF
```

### Convert the certificate

Some applications require a certificate formatted in the `.cer` file type. You can convert your downloaded certificate using [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/):

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="macOS and Linux" icon="seti:shell">

1. [Install OpenSSL](https://wiki.openssl.org/index.php/Compilation_and_Installation).
2. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
3. In a terminal, convert the certificate to DER format with the `.cer` file type:
   ```sh
   openssl x509 -inform PEM -in ~/Downloads/certificate.pem -outform DER -out ~/Downloads/certificate.cer
   ```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows" icon="seti:windows">

1. [Install OpenSSL for Windows](https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html).
2. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
3. In a PowerShell terminal, convert the certificate to DER format with the `.cer` file type:
   ```powershell
   openssl x509 -inform PEM -in "$HOME\Downloads\certificate.pem" -outform DER -out "$HOME\Downloads\certificate.cer"
   ```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Add the certificate to operating systems

### macOS

In macOS, you can choose the keychain in which you want to install the certificate. Each keychain impacts which users will be affected by trusting the root certificate.

| Keychain    | Access scope                                 |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| login       | The logged in user                           |
| Local Items | Users with access to cached iCloud passwords |
| System      | All users on the system                      |

To install a Cloudflare certificate in macOS, you can use either the Keychain Access application or a terminal. Both methods require you to [download a certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.crt` format.

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="Keychain Access">

1. Download a Cloudflare certificate.
2. Open the `.crt` file in Keychain Access. If prompted, enter your local password.
3. In **Keychain**, choose the access option that suits your needs and select **Add**.
4. In the list of certificates, locate the newly installed certificate. Keychain Access will mark this certificate as not trusted. Right-click the certificate and select **Get Info**.
5. Select **Trust**. Under **When using this certificate**, select _Always Trust_.

The root certificate is now installed and ready to be used.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Terminal">

1. Download a Cloudflare certificate.
2. Open Terminal.
3. Add the certificate to your keychain:

```sh
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain <path-to-certificate.crt>
```

This keychain will allow all users on the system access to the certificate. If you want to install the certificate to a different keychain, replace `System.keychain` with the name of that keychain.

4. Update the OpenSSL CA Store to include the Cloudflare certificate:

```sh
echo | sudo tee -a /etc/ssl/cert.pem < certificate.pem
```

The root certificate is now installed and ready to be used.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

:::note[Change certificate access scope]
If you want to change user access to the Cloudflare certificate, you can open Keychain Access and move the certificate to a different keychain on the left sidebar.
:::

### Windows

Windows offers two locations to install the certificate, each impacting which users will be affected by trusting the root certificate.

| Store location      | Access scope            |
| ------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Current User Store  | The logged in user      |
| Local Machine Store | All users on the system |

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).
2. Right-click the certificate file.
3. Select **Open**. If a security warning appears, choose **Open** to proceed.
4. The **Certificate** window will appear. Select **Install Certificate**.
5. Now choose a Store Location. If a security warning appears, choose **Yes** to proceed.
6. On the next screen, select **Browse**.
7. In the list, choose the _Trusted Root Certification Authorities_ store.
8. Select **OK**, then select **Finish**.

The root certificate is now installed and ready to be used.

### Linux

The location where the root certificate should be installed is different depending on your Linux distribution. Follow the specific instructions for your distribution.

#### Debian-based distributions

The following procedure applies to Debian-based systems, such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Kali Linux.

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. Install the `ca-certificates` package.

   ```sh
   sudo apt-get install ca-certificates
   ```

3. Copy the certificate to the system, changing the file extension to `.crt`.

   ```sh
   sudo cp certificate.pem /usr/share/ca-certificates/certificate.crt
   ```

4. Import the certificate.

   ```sh
   sudo dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates
   ```

#### Red Hat-based distributions

The following procedure applies to Red Hat-based systems, such as CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in both `.crt` and `.pem` format.
2. Install the `ca-certificates` package.

   ```sh
   sudo dnf install ca-certificates
   ```

3. Copy both certificates to the trust store.

   ```sh
   sudo cp certificate.crt certificate.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors
   ```

4. Import the certificate.

   ```sh
   sudo update-ca-trust
   ```

#### NixOS

NixOS does not use the system certificate store for self updating and instead relies on the certificates found in `~/.nix-profile/etc/ssl/certs` or provided by `NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE` at runtime.

### iOS

1. In Safari, [download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. Open Files and go to **Recents**.
3. Find and open the downloaded certificate file. A message will appear confirming the profile was downloaded. Select **Close**.
4. Open Settings. Select the **Profile Downloaded** section beneath your Apple Account info. Alternatively, go to **General** > **VPN & Device Management** and select the **Gateway CA - Cloudflare Managed G1** profile.
5. Select **Install**. If the iOS device is passcode-protected, you will be prompted to enter the passcode.
6. A certificate warning will appear. Select **Install**. If a second prompt appears, select **Install** again.
7. The Profile Installed screen will appear. Select **Done**. The certificate is now installed. However, before it can be used, it must be trusted by the device.
8. In Settings, go to **General** > **About** > **Certificate Trust Settings**. The installed root certificates will be displayed under Enable full trust for root certificates.
9. Turn on the Cloudflare certificate.
10. A security warning message will appear. Choose **Continue**.

The root certificate is now installed and ready to be used.

### Android

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).
2. In Settings, go to **Security** > **Advanced** > **Encryption & credentials** > **Install a certificate**.
3. Select **CA certificate**.
4. Select **Install anyway**.
5. Verify your identity.
6. Choose the certificate file you want to install.

The root certificate is now installed and ready to be used.

### ChromeOS

ChromeOS devices use different methods to store and deploy root certificates. Certificates may fall under the **VPN and apps** or **CA certificate** settings. Follow the procedure that corresponds with your device.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="VPN and apps">

<Render
	file="chromeos-cert-settings"
	params={{ one: "Install from SD card" }}
/>

5. In the file open dialog, choose the `certificate.crt` file you downloaded. Select **Open**.
6. Enter a name to identify the certificate. Ensure **Credential use** is set to _VPN and apps_.
7. Select **OK**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="CA certificate">

<Render
	file="chromeos-cert-settings"
	params={{ one: "Install a certificate > CA certificate" }}
/>

5. When prompted with a privacy warning, select **Install anyway**.
6. In the file open dialog, choose the `certificate.crt` file you downloaded. Select **Open**.
7. To verify the certificate is installed and trusted, go to **Settings** > **Apps** > **Google Play Store** > **Manage Android Preferences** > **Security** > **Credentials** > **Trusted credentials** > **User**.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

After adding the Cloudflare certificate to ChromeOS, you may also have to [install the certificate in your browser](#browsers).

## Add the certificate to applications

Some packages, development tools, and other applications provide options to trust root certificates that will allow for the traffic inspection features of Gateway to work without breaking the application.

All of the applications below first require downloading a Cloudflare certificate with the instructions above. On macOS, the default path to the system keychain database file is `/Library/Keychains/System.keychain`. On Windows, the default path is `\Cert:\CurrentUser\Root`.

:::note
Some applications require the use of a publicly trusted certificate — they do not trust the system certificate, nor do they have a configurable private store. For these applications to function, you must add a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) for the domains or IPs that the application relies on.
:::

### Browsers

#### Chrome

Versions of Chrome before Chrome 113 use the [operating system root store](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95617?visit_id=638297158670039236-3119581239&p=root_store&rd=1#zippy=%2Cmanage-device-certificates-on-mac-windows) on macOS and Windows. Chrome 113 and newer on macOS and Windows -- and all versions on Linux and ChromeOS -- use the [Chrome internal trust store](https://www.chromium.org/Home/chromium-security/root-ca-policy/#introduction).

To install a Cloudflare certificate to Chrome manually:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In Chrome, go to **Settings** > **Privacy and security** > **Security**.
3. Select **Manage certificates**.
4. Go to **Authorities**. Select **Import**.
5. In the file open dialog, choose the `certificate.pem` file you downloaded.
6. In the dialog box, turn on _Trust this certificate for identifying websites_, _Trust this certificate for identifying email users_, and _Trust this certificate for identifying software makers_. Select **OK**.
7. To verify the certificate was installed and trusted, locate it in **Authorities**.

For information on installing a Cloudflare certificate for organizations, refer to [Google's Chrome Enterprise and Education documentation](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3505249).

#### Firefox

To install a Cloudflare certificate to Firefox manually:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In Firefox, go to **Settings** > **Privacy & Security**.
3. In **Security**, select **Certificates** > **View Certificates**.
4. In **Authorities**, select **Import**.
5. In the file open dialog, choose the `certificate.pem` file you downloaded.
6. In the dialog box, turn on _Trust this CA to identify websites_ and _Trust this CA to identify email users_. Select **OK**.
7. To verify the certificate was installed and trusted, locate it in the table under **Cloudflare**.

For information on installing a Cloudflare certificate for organizations, refer to this [Mozilla support article](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/setting-certificate-authorities-firefox).

### Mobile device management (MDM) software

Zero Trust integrates with several [mobile device management (MDM) software partners](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/) to deploy WARP across devices.

#### Microsoft Intune

To upload and deploy a Cloudflare certificate in Microsoft Intune:

1. [Download and convert a Cloudflare certificate](#convert-the-certificate) to DER format with the `.cer` file type.
2. In Microsoft Intune, [create a trusted certificate profile](https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/intune/protect/certificates-trusted-root#to-create-a-trusted-certificate-profile) with your converted certificate.

For more information, refer to the [Microsoft documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/mem/intune/protect/certificates-trusted-root).

#### Jamf Pro

To upload and deploy a Cloudflare certificate in Jamf Pro:

1. [Download and convert a Cloudflare certificate](#convert-the-certificate) to DER format with the `.cer` file type.
2. In Jamf Pro, go to **Computers** > **Configuration Profiles** to create a computer configuration profile, or go to **Devices** > **Configuration Profiles** to create a mobile device configuration profile. Select **New**.
3. Add a name and description for the profile.
4. Choose whether you would like Jamf to install the certificate automatically or with self-service, and whether you would like to install the certificate for a single user or all users on the device.
5. Select **Add** > **Certificate**. Choose the certificate file.
6. Uncheck **Allow export from keychain**.
7. Select **Scope**, then choose which devices or groups to deploy the certificate to.
8. Select **Save**.

For more information, refer to the [Jamf Pro documentation](https://learn.jamf.com/bundle/jamf-pro-documentation-current/page/PKI_Certificates.html).

#### Kandji

To upload and deploy a Cloudflare certificate in Kandji:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.crt` format.
2. In Kandji, [upload the certificate](https://support.kandji.io/support/solutions/articles/72000558739-certificate-profile) as a PKCS #1-formatted certificate.

#### Hexnode

To upload and deploy a Cloudflare certificate in Hexnode:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In Hexnode, follow the directions for adding the certificate to [macOS](https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/how-to-add-certificates-for-mac-devices-with-hexnode-mdm/), [iOS](https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/add-certificates-for-ios-devices-with-hexnode-mdm/), and/or [Android](https://www.hexnode.com/mobile-device-management/help/how-to-add-certificates-for-android-devices-using-hexnode-mdm/) devices.

#### JumpCloud

To upload and deploy a Cloudflare certificate in JumpCloud:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In JumpCloud, [upload the certificate](https://jumpcloud.com/support/manage-device-trust-certificates#distributing-global-device-certificates-).
3. [Configure a conditional access policy](https://jumpcloud.com/support/configure-a-conditional-access-policy) to deploy the certificate across devices.

### Python

Depending on which version of Python you have installed and your configuration, you may need to use either the `python` or `python3` command. If you use [virtual environments](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html), you will need to repeat the following steps within each virtual environment.

#### Python on Windows

The command to install the certificate with Python on Windows automatically includes `pip` and `certifi` (the default certificate bundle for certificate validation).

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.crt` format.
2. In a PowerShell terminal, install the `certifi` package:
   ```powershell
   python -m pip install certifi
   ```
3. Identify the Python CA store:
   ```powershell
   $CERT_PATH = python -c "import certifi; print(certifi.where())"
   ```
4. Update the bundle to include the Cloudflare certificate:
   ```powershell
   gc "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\certificate.crt" | ac $CERT_PATH
   ```
5. (Optional) Configure your system variables to point to the CA store by adding them to PowerShell's configuration file:
   ```powershell
   [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('CERT_PATH', $CERT_PATH, 'Machine')
   [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('SSL_CERT_FILE', $CERT_PATH, 'Machine')
   [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE', $CERT_PATH, 'Machine')
   ```
6. Restart your terminal.

#### Python on Mac and Linux

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In a terminal, install the `certifi` package:
   ```sh
   python -m pip install certifi
   ```
3. Append the Cloudflare certificate to this CA store by running:
   ```sh
   echo | cat - certificate.pem >> $(python -m certifi)
   ```
4. (Optional) Configure your system variables to point to the CA store by adding them to your shell's configuration file (such as `~/.zshrc` or `~/.bash_profile`). For example:
   ```sh
   echo 'export CERT_PATH=$(python -c "import certifi; print(certifi.where())")
   export SSL_CERT_FILE=${CERT_PATH}
   export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=${CERT_PATH}' >> ~/.zshrc
   ```
5. Restart your terminal.

### Git

#### Git on Windows

1. Open PowerShell.

2. Run the following command:

   ```powershell
   git config -l
   ```

   This command will output:

   ```txt
   core.symlinks=false
   core.autocrlf=true
   core.fscache=true
   color.diff=auto
   color.status=auto
   color.branch=auto
   color.interactive=true
   help.format=html
   rebase.autosquash=true
   http.sslcainfo=C:/Program Files/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
   http.sslbackend=openssl
   diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain
   filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f
   filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f
   filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process
   filter.lfs.required=true
   credential.helper=manager
   ```

3. The `http.sslcainfo` defines the CA Certificate store. To append the Cloudflare certificate to the CA bundle, update `http.sslcainfo`.

   ```powershell
   gc .\certificate.pem | ac $(git config --get http.sslcainfo)
   ```

#### Git on Mac and Linux

To configure Git to trust a Cloudflare certificate, run the following command:

```sh
git config --global http.sslcainfo [PATH_TO_CLOUDFLARE_CERT]
```

### npm

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. Set the `cafile` configuration to use the Cloudflare certificate:
   ```sh
   npm config set cafile [PATH_TO_CLOUDFLARE_CERT.pem]
   ```

On some systems you may need to set the following in your path/export list:

```sh
export NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS='[PATH_TO_CLOUDFLARE_CERT.pem]'
```

### Docker

To install a certificate for use in a Docker container:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. Create a directory for certificates in your Docker project:

   ```sh
   cd docker-project
   mkdir certs
   mv /path/to/downloaded/certificate.pem certs/
   ```

3. Verify the certificate was moved to the directory correctly. Your project should have the following structure:

   ```sh
   docker-project/
   ├── Dockerfile
   └── certs/
       └── certificate.pem
   ```

4. Add the certificate to your Docker image:

   <Tabs> <TabItem label="During build process">

   To add the certificate to your Dockerfile to install it during the build process:

   1. Add the certificate install directions to your Dockerfile. For example:

      ```docker title="Red Hat-based images"
      FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest
      # Or FROM centos:7 or FROM fedora:38

      # Install necessary certificates package
      RUN dnf install -y ca-certificates

      # Copy and add Cloudflare root certificate
      COPY certs/certificate.pem /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/certificate.crt
      RUN update-ca-trust extract
      ```

      ```docker title="Debian-based images"
      FROM debian:12
      # Or FROM ubuntu:22.04

      # Install necessary certificates package
      RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates

      # Copy and add Cloudflare root certificate
      COPY certs/certificate.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/certificate.crt
      RUN update-ca-certificates
      ```

      ```docker title="Alpine-based images"
      FROM alpine:3.18

      # Install necessary certificates package
      RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates

      # Copy and add Cloudflare root certificate
      COPY certs/certificate.pem /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/certificate.crt
      RUN update-ca-certificates
      ```

   2. Build the Docker image:

      ```sh
      docker build -t <your-container-name> .
      ```

   3. Verify the certificate was installed:

      ```sh title="Red Hat-based images"
      docker run --rm your-image-name sh -c "cat /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem | grep Cloudflare"
      ```

      ```sh title="Debian and Alpine-based images"
      docker run --rm your-image-name sh -c "cat /etc/ssl/certs/certificate.pem"
      ```

   </TabItem>

   <TabItem label="During runtime">

   To add the certificate to your Docker Compose file to install it during runtime:

   1. Add the certificate install directions to your `docker-compose.yml` file. For example:

      ```yaml title="Red Hat-based containers"
      version: '3'
      services:
      	redhat-app:
      		image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi:latest
       		volumes:
       			- certs/certificate.pem:/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/certificate.pem
       		entrypoint: /bin/sh -c "dnf install -y ca-certificates && update-ca-trust extract && app start"
      ```

      ```yaml title="Debian-based containers"
      version: '3'
      services:
      	debian-app:
      		image: debian:12
       		volumes:
       			- certs/certificate.pem:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/certificate.crt
       		entrypoint: /bin/sh -c "apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates && update-ca-certificates && app start"
      ```

      ```yaml title="Alpine-based containers"
      version: '3'
      services:
      	alpine-app:
      		image: alpine:3.18
       		volumes:
       			- certs/certificate.pem:/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/certificate.pem
       		entrypoint: /bin/sh -c "apk add --no-cache ca-certificates && update-ca-certificates && app start"
      ```

   2. Run the container:

      ```sh
      docker-compose up
      ```

   3. Verify the certificate was installed:

      ```sh title="Red Hat-based containers"
      docker exec -it <container-name> sh -c "cat /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem | grep Cloudflare"
      ```

      ```sh title="Debian and Alpine-based containers"
      docker exec -it <container-name> sh -c "cat /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt | grep Cloudflare"
      ```

   </TabItem> </Tabs>

### Java

Java may have multiple certificate keystore locations depending on different installations or applications that include Java. Depending on your Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installation, you may need to install the certificate for each instance. You may also need to manually configure each Java application to use and trust the certificate.

To install a Cloudflare root certificate in the system JVM, follow the procedure for your operating system. These steps require you to [download a `.pem` certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="macOS and Linux" icon="seti:shell">

1. Install [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/).

2. In a terminal, format the Cloudflare certificate for Java.

   ```sh
   openssl x509 -in Cloudflare_CA.pem -inform pem -out Cloudflare_CA.der -outform der
   ```

3. Import the converted certificate into the Java keystore.

   ```sh
   sudo $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias 'Cloudflare Root CA' -file Cloudflare_CA.der -keystore $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/security/cacerts -storepass changeit -noprompt 2>&1
   ```

4. Restart any instances of Java.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows" icon="seti:windows">

1. Install [OpenSSL for Windows](https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html).

2. In an administrator PowerShell terminal, format the Cloudflare certificate for Java.

   ```powershell
   openssl x509 -in Cloudflare_CA.pem -inform pem -out Cloudflare_CA.der -outform der
   ```

3. Import the converted certificate into the Java keystore.

   ```powershell
   "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool" -import -trustcacerts -alias "Cloudflare Root CA" -file Cloudflare_CA.der -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%\jre\lib\security\cacerts" -storepass changeit -noprompt
   ```

4. Restart any instances of Java.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Google Cloud

#### Google Cloud SDK

The commands below will set the Google Cloud SDK to use a Cloudflare certificate. For more information on configuring the Google Cloud SDK, refer to the [Google Cloud documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/proxy-settings).

1. Get curl's `cacert` bundle.

   ```sh
   curl --remote-name https://curl.se/ca/cacert.pem
   ```

2. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
3. Combine the certs into a single `.pem` file.

   ```sh
   cat cacert.pem certificate.pem > ~/ca.pem
   ```

4. Configure Google Cloud to use the combined `.pem`.

   ```sh
   gcloud config set core/custom_ca_certs_file ~/ca.pem
   ```

:::note

The file at `~/ca.pem` needs to remain in place in order for the `gcloud` utility to leverage it. If the file is moved, then you must re-run step 3 to point `gcloud` to the file's new location.
:::

##### Kaniko

If you use Kaniko with Google Cloud SDK, you must install a Cloudflare certificate in the [Kaniko CA store](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/docker/using_kaniko.html#using-a-registry-with-a-custom-certificate). For more information, refer to the [`gcloud` documentation](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/builds/submit).

#### Google Drive for desktop

To trust a Cloudflare root certificate in the Google Drive desktop application, follow the procedure for your operating system. These steps require you to [download a `.pem` certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="macOS" icon="apple">

1. In a terminal, copy the contents of the Google Drive certificate file to a new certificate file in a permanent location, such as your Documents folder. For example:

   ```sh
   cat /Applications/"Google Drive.app"/Contents/Resources/roots.pem > ~/Documents/gdrivecerts.pem
   ```

2. Append the contents of the downloaded certificate to the end of the new file. For example:

   ```sh
   cat ~/Downloads/certificate.pem >> ~/Documents/gdrivecerts.pem
   ```

3. Apply the newly created root certificate to your Google Drive application. For example:

   ```sh
   sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.google.drivefs.settings TrustedRootCertsFile "/Users/$(whoami)/Documents/gdrivecerts.pem"
   ```

You can verify the update with the following command.

```sh
defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.google.drivefs.settings
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows" icon="seti:windows">

1. In an administrator PowerShell terminal, copy the contents of the Google Drive certificate file to a new certificate file in a permanent location, such as your Documents folder. For example:

   ```powershell
   Get-Content "C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\roots.pem" | Set-Content "$HOME\Documents\gdrivecerts.pem"
   ```

2. Append the contents of the downloaded certificate to the end of the new file. For example:

   ```powershell
   Get-Content "$HOME\Downloads\certificate.pem" | Add-Content "$HOME\Documents\gdrivecerts.pem"
   ```

3. Apply the newly created root certificate to your Google Drive application. For example:

   ```powershell
   Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Google\DriveFS" -Name "TrustedRootCertsFile" -Value "$HOME\Documents\gdrivecerts.pem"
   ```

You can verify the update with the following command.

```powershell
Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Google\DriveFS" | Select-Object TrustedRootCertsFile
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

For more information, refer to the [Google documentation](https://support.google.com/a/answer/7644837) for the `TrustedRootCertsFile` setting.

#### Google Apps Manager (GAM)

Google Apps Manager (GAM) uses its own certificate store. To add a Cloudflare certificate to GAM, refer to the [GAM documentation](https://github.com/GAM-team/GAM/wiki/#using-gam-with-ssl--tls-mitm-inspection).

### AWS CLI

To use a Cloudflare root certificate with AWS CLI, configure it in your AWS configuration files:

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="Global config">

To persistently set the location of the certificate:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. Locate and open your [AWS configuration file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/v1/userguide/cli-configure-files.html#cli-configure-files-where).
3. Configure the [`ca_bundle` setting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/v1/userguide/cli-configure-files.html#cli-configure-files-settings) with the location of your certificate. For example:

   ```diff lang="ini" title=".aws\config"
   [default]
   region = us-west-1

   +ca_bundle = C:\certificate.pem
   ```

4. Restart your terminal.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="Environment variable">

To set the location of the certificate for use as an environment variable:

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in `.pem` format.
2. In a terminal, set the [`AWS_CA_BUNDLE` environment variable](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-envvars.html) to the location of your certificate depending on your operating system.
3. Restart your terminal.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### PHP Composer

The command below will set the [`cafile`](https://getcomposer.org/doc/06-config.md#cafile) configuration inside of `composer.json` to use the Cloudflare root certificate. Make sure to [download a certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate) in the `.pem` file type.

```sh
composer config cafile [PATH_TO_CLOUDFLARE_CERT.pem]
```

Alternatively, you can add this manually to your `composer.json` file under the `config` key.

### JetBrains

To install a Cloudflare root certificate on JetBrains products, refer to the links below:

- [AppCode](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/objc/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [CLion](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/clion/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [DataGrip](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/datagrip/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [DataSpell](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/dataspell/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [GoLand](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/go/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [PhpStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [PyCharm](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)
- [Rider](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/rider/Settings_Tools_Server_Certificates.html)
- [WebStorm](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/webstorm/settings-tools-server-certificates.html)

### Eclipse

To install a Cloudflare root certificate on Eclipse IDE for Java Developers, you must add the certificate to the Java virtual machine (JVM) used by Eclipse.

1. [Download a Cloudflare certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).

2. Find the `java.home` value for your Eclipse installation.

   1. In Eclipse, go to **Eclipse** > **About Eclipse** (or **Help** > **About Eclipse IDE** on Windows and Linux)
   2. Select **Installation Details**, then go to **Configuration**.
   3. Search for `java.home`, then locate the value. For example:

   ```txt null {2}
   *** System properties:
   java.home=/Users/<username>/.p2/pool/plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.macosx.aarch64_17.0.8.v20230831-1047/jre
   ```

   4. Copy the full path after `java.home=`.

3. Add the Cloudflare certificate to Eclipse's JVM:

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="macOS and Linux" icon="seti:shell">

1. In a terminal, add the `java.home` value you copied as an environment variable.

   ```sh
   export JAVA_HOME=$(echo /path/to/java.home)
   ```

2. Run `keytool` to install and trust the Cloudflare certificate.

   ```sh
   "$JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool" -import -file ~/Downloads/certificate.crt -alias CloudflareRootCA -keystore "$JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts" -storepass changeit -trustcacerts -noprompt
   ```

3. Restart Eclipse.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows" icon="seti:windows">

1. In a terminal, add the `java.home` value you copied as an environment variable.

   ```powershell
   set JAVA_HOME="\path\to\java.home"
   ```

2. Run `keytool` to install and trust the Cloudflare certificate.

   ```powershell
   "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\keytool.exe" -import -file "%UserProfile%\Downloads\Cloudflare_CA.crt" -alias CloudflareRootCA -keystore "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\security\cacerts" -storepass changeit -trustcacerts -noprompt
   ```

3. Restart Eclipse.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

For more information on adding certificates to Eclipse with `keytool`, refer to [IBM's documentation](https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ram/7.5.4?topic=client-adding-server-public-certificate-eclipse).

### RubyGems

To trust a Cloudflare root certificate in RubyGems, follow the procedure for your operating system. These steps require you to [download a `.pem` certificate](#download-the-cloudflare-root-certificate).

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="macOS and Linux" icon="seti:shell">

1. Install [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org/).

2. In a terminal, format the Cloudflare certificate for Ruby.

   ```sh
   openssl x509 -in ~/Downloads/certificate.pem -out ~/Downloads/ruby-root-ca.crt
   ```

3. Create a RubyGems certificate directory in your home folder.

   ```sh
   mkdir -p ~/.gem/ssl
   ```

4. Copy the Cloudflare certificate to your RubyGems certificate store.

   ```sh
   cp ~/Downloads/ruby-root-ca.crt ~/.gem/ssl/rubygems.org.pem
   ```

5. Configure RubyGems to use the certificate.

   ```sh
   gem sources --add-trusted-cert ~/.gem/ssl/rubygems.org.pem
   ```

   Alternatively, add the following line to your RubyGems configuration file located in `~/.gemrc` file to globally trust the certificate:

   ```yaml
   :ssl_cert: ~/.gem/ssl/rubygems.org.pem
   ```

6. Restart any terminal sessions.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows" icon="seti:windows">

1. Install [OpenSSL for Windows](https://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html).

2. In a PowerShell terminal, format the Cloudflare certificate for Ruby.

   ```powershell
   openssl x509 -in %UserProfile%\Downloads\certificate.pem -out %UserProfile%\Downloads\ruby-root-ca.crt
   ```

3. Create a RubyGems certificate directory in your home folder.

   ```powershell
   mkdir -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.gem\ssl"
   ```

4. Copy the Cloudflare certificate to your RubyGems certificate store.

   ```powershell
   Copy-Item "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\ruby-root-ca.crt" "$env:USERPROFILE\.gem\ssl\rubygems.org.pem"
   ```

5. Configure RubyGems to use the certificate.

   ```powershell
   gem sources --add-trusted-cert "$env:USERPROFILE\.gem\ssl\rubygems.org.pem"
   ```

   Alternatively, add the following line to your RubyGems configuration file located in `$HOME\.gemrc` to globally trust the certificate:

   ```yaml
   :ssl_cert: C:/Users/<username>/.gem/ssl/rubygems.org.pem
   ```

6. Restart any terminal sessions.

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Minikube

To trust a Cloudflare root certificate in Minikube, refer to [x509: certificate signed by unknown authority](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/vpn_and_proxy/#x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority).

---

# WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/

The Cloudflare WARP client allows you to protect corporate devices by securely and privately sending traffic from those devices to Cloudflare's global network, where Cloudflare Gateway can apply advanced web filtering. The WARP client also makes it possible to apply advanced Zero Trust policies that check for a device's health before it connects to corporate applications.

Downloading and deploying the WARP client to your devices enhances the protection Cloudflare Zero Trust can provide to your users and data, wherever they are.

Here are a few ways in which the WARP client provides in-depth protection for your organization:

- **WARP lets you enforce security policies anywhere**. With the WARP client deployed in the Gateway with WARP mode, Gateway policies are not location-dependent — they can be enforced anywhere.
- **WARP lets you enforce HTTP filtering and user-based policies**. Download and install the WARP client to enable Gateway features such as [Anti-Virus scanning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/), [HTTP filtering](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/), [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#isolate), and [identity-based policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/).
- **WARP lets you have in-depth, application-specific insights**. With WARP installed on your corporate devices, you can populate the [Zero Trust Shadow IT Discovery](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/shadow-it-discovery/) page with visibility down to the application and user level. This makes it easy to discover, analyze, and take action on any shadow IT your users may be using every day.
- **WARP allows you to build rich device posture rules.** The WARP client provides advanced Zero Trust protection by making it possible to check for [device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/). By setting up device posture checks, you can build Zero Trust policies that check for a device's location, disk encryption status, OS version, and more.

---

# Remove WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/remove-warp/

The following procedures will uninstall the WARP client from your device. If you used the WARP client to deploy a root certificate, the certificate will also be removed.

## Windows

1. Go to Windows Settings (Windows Key + I).
2. Select **Apps**.
3. Select **App & Features**.
4. Scroll to find the Cloudflare WARP application and select **Uninstall**.

## macOS

We include an uninstall script as part of the macOS package that you originally used.

1. To find and run the uninstall script, run the following commands:

```sh
cd /Applications/Cloudflare\ WARP.app/Contents/Resources
./uninstall.sh
```

2. If prompted, enter your admin credentials to proceed with the uninstall.

:::note

You can bypass the **Are you sure** prompt by passing `-f` as a parameter to the macOS uninstall command.

:::

## Linux

On CentOS 8, RHEL 8:

```sh
sudo yum remove cloudflare-warp
```

On Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 9, Debian 10, Debian 11:

```sh
sudo apt remove cloudflare-warp
```

## iOS and Android

1. Find the Cloudflare One Agent application (or the legacy 1.1.1.1 application) on the home screen.
2. Select and hold the application tile, and then select **Remove App**.
3. Select **Delete App**.

:::note

If you [manually deployed a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/), remember to manually delete the certificate from the device.
:::

---

# First-time setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/set-up-warp/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

This is a high-level, step-by-step walkthrough on how to get started with WARP in your organization. From downloading the client to sending the first queries to Cloudflare's edge, here is a guide on how to do it for the first time.

## Gateway with WARP (default)

This mode enables our complete suite of [device security features](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes).

### 1. Create a Cloudflare Zero Trust account.

The [Cloudflare Zero Trust home](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) will be your go-to place to check device connectivity data, as well as create Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust policies for your organization.

As you complete the [Cloudflare Zero Trust onboarding](/cloudflare-one/setup/), you will be asked to create a <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip> for your organization. You will need the team name when you deploy the WARP client on your devices; it will allow your users to connect to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance.

### 2. Set up a login method.

Configure [One-time PIN](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) or connect a [third-party identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) in Zero Trust. This is the login method your users will utilize when authenticating to add a new device to your Cloudflare Zero Trust setup.

### 3. Next, define device enrollment permissions.

Create [device enrollment rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to define which users in your organization should be able to connect devices to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust setup. As you create your rule, you will be asked to select which login method you would like users to authenticate with.

### 4. Install the Cloudflare root certificate on your devices.

Advanced security features including HTTP traffic inspection require users to install and trust the [Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on their machine or device. If you are installing certificates manually on all your devices, these steps will need to be performed on each new device that is to be subject to HTTP filtering.

### 5. Download and deploy the WARP client to your devices.

Choose one of the [different ways](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to deploy the WARP client, depending on what works best for your organization.

### 6. Log in to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance from your devices.

Once the WARP client is installed on the device, [log in to your Zero Trust organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/). If you have already set up an identity provider in Cloudflare Access, the user will be prompted to authenticate using this method. If you have not set up an identity provider, the user can authenticate with a [one-time pin](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) which is enabled by default.

Next, build [Secure Web Gateway policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) to filter DNS, HTTP, and Network traffic on your devices.

## Gateway with DoH

This mode is best suited for organizations that only want to apply DNS filtering to outbound traffic from their company devices. It does not enable advanced HTTP filtering features such as HTTP policies, identity-based policies, device posture checks, or Browser Isolation.

### 1. Create a Cloudflare Zero Trust account.

Zero Trust will be your go-to place to check device connectivity data, as well as create Secure Web Gateway and Zero Trust policies for your organization.

As you complete the [Cloudflare Zero Trust onboarding](/cloudflare-one/setup/), you will be asked to create a <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip> for your organization. You will need the team name when you deploy the WARP client on your devices; it will allow your users to connect to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance.

### 2. Set up a login method.

Configure [One-time PIN](/cloudflare-one/identity/one-time-pin/) or connect a [third-party identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) in Zero Trust. This is the login method your users will utilize when authenticating to add a new device to your Cloudflare Zero Trust setup.

### 3. Next, define device enrollment permissions.

Create [device enrollment rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to define which users in your organization should be able to connect devices to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust setup. As you create your rule, you will be asked to select which login method you would like users to authenticate with.

### 4. (optional) Add a DNS location to Gateway.

The WARP client will direct DoH queries to a default DNS endpoint when enrolled to your Zero Trust organization. If you need to direct these queries to a separate DNS endpoint, [add a DNS location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) to Gateway. Gateway will assign a <GlossaryTooltip term="DoH subdomain">DoH subdomain</GlossaryTooltip> to that location, which you can add when deploying the WARP client to your devices.

### 5. Download and deploy the WARP client to your devices.

Choose one of the [different ways](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to deploy the WARP client, depending on what works best for your organization.

Next, create [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) to control how DNS queries from your devices get resolved.

---

# Configure a tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Origin configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/

Origin configuration parameters determine how `cloudflared` proxies traffic to your origin server. You can configure these settings [in the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/#update-origin-configuration) for remotely-managed tunnels, or add them to your [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#origin-configuration) for locally-managed tunnels.

## TLS settings

### originServerName

| Default | UI name            |
| ------- | ------------------ |
| `""`    | Origin Server Name |

Hostname that `cloudflared` should expect from your origin server certificate. If null, the expected hostname is the service URL, for example `localhost` if the service is `https://localhost:443`.

### caPool

| Default | UI name                    |
| ------- | -------------------------- |
| `""`    | Certificate Authority Pool |

Local file path to the certificate authority (CA) for your origin server certificate (for example, `/root/certs/ca.pem`). The path should point to a certificate store file or a bundle file in `.pem` or `.crt` format that contains one or more trusted root CA certificates. You should only configure this setting if your certificate is not signed by Cloudflare.

### noTLSVerify

| Default | UI name       |
| ------- | ------------- |
| `false` | No TLS Verify |

When `false`, TLS verification is performed on the certificate presented by your origin.

When `true`, TLS verification is disabled. This will allow any certificate from the origin to be accepted.

### tlsTimeout

| Default | UI name     |
| ------- | ----------- |
| `10s`   | TLS Timeout |

Timeout for completing a TLS handshake to your origin server, if you have chosen to connect Tunnel to an HTTPS server.

### http2Origin

| Default | UI name          |
| ------- | ---------------- |
| `false` | HTTP2 connection |

When `false`, `cloudflared` will connect to your origin with HTTP/1.1.

When `true`, `cloudflared` will attempt to connect to your origin server using HTTP/2.0 instead of HTTP/1.1. HTTP/2.0 is a faster protocol for high traffic origins but requires you to deploy an SSL certificate on the origin. We recommend using this setting in conjunction with [noTLSVerify](#notlsverify) so that you can use a self-signed certificate.

## HTTP settings

### httpHostHeader

| Default | UI name          |
| ------- | ---------------- |
| `""`    | HTTP Host Header |

Sets the HTTP `Host` header on requests sent to the local service.

### disableChunkedEncoding

| Default | UI name                  |
| ------- | ------------------------ |
| `false` | Disable Chunked Encoding |

When `false`, `cloudflared` performs chunked transfer encoding when transferring data over HTTP/1.1.

When `true`, chunked transfer encoding is disabled. This is useful if you are running a Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) server.

## Connection settings

### connectTimeout

| Default | UI name         |
| ------- | --------------- |
| `30s`   | Connect Timeout |

Timeout for establishing a new TCP connection to your origin server. This excludes the time taken to
establish TLS, which is controlled by tlsTimeout.

### noHappyEyeballs

| Default | UI name           |
| ------- | ----------------- |
| `false` | No Happy Eyeballs |

When `false`, `cloudflared` uses the Happy Eyeballs algorithm for IPv4/IPv6 fallback if your local network has misconfigured one of the protocols.

When `true`, Happy Eyeballs is disabled.

### proxyType

| Default | UI name    |
| ------- | ---------- |
| `""`    | Proxy Type |

`cloudflared` starts a proxy server to translate HTTP traffic into TCP when proxying, for example, SSH or RDP.
This configures what type of proxy will be started. Valid options are:

* `""` for the regular proxy
* `"socks"` for a SOCKS5 proxy. Refer to the [tutorial on connecting through Cloudflare Access using kubectl](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/kubectl/) for more information.

### proxyAddress

:::note

For locally-managed tunnels only. 
:::

| Default     | UI name |
| ----------- | ------- |
| `127.0.0.1` | --      |

`cloudflared` starts a proxy server to translate HTTP traffic into TCP when proxying, for example, SSH or RDP.
This configures the listen address for that proxy.

### proxyPort

:::note

For locally-managed tunnels only. 
:::

| Default | UI name |
| ------- | ------- |
| `0`     | --      |

`cloudflared` starts a proxy server to translate HTTP traffic into TCP when proxying, for example, SSH or RDP.
This configures the listen port for that proxy. If set to zero, an unused port will randomly be chosen.

### keepAliveTimeout

| Default | UI name                         |
| ------- | ------------------------------- |
| `1m30s` | Idle Connection Expiration Time |

Timeout after which an idle keepalive connection can be discarded.

### keepAliveConnections

| Default | UI name                |
| ------- | ---------------------- |
| `100`   | Keep Alive Connections |

Default: `100`

Maximum number of idle keepalive connections between Cloudflare and your origin. This does not restrict the total number of concurrent connections.

### tcpKeepAlive

| Default | UI name                 |
| ------- | ----------------------- |
| `30s`   | TCP Keep Alive Interval |

Default: `30s`

The timeout after which a TCP keepalive packet is sent on a connection between Cloudflare and the origin server.

## Access settings

### access

| Default | UI name             |
| ------- | ------------------- |
| `""`    | Protect with Access |

Requires `cloudflared` to validate the [Cloudflare Access JWT](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) prior to proxying traffic to your origin. You can enforce this check on public hostname routes that are protected by an Access application. For all L7 requests to these hostnames, Access will send the JWT to `cloudflared` as a `Cf-Access-Jwt-Assertion` request header.

To enable this security control in a [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#origin-configuration), [get the AUD tag](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/#get-your-aud-tag) for your Access application and add the following rule to `originRequest`:

```yml
access:
  required: true
  teamName: <your-team-name>
  audTag:
    - <Access-application-audience-tag>
    - <Optional-additional-tags>
```

---

# Tunnel run parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/

This page lists general-purpose configuration options for a Cloudflare Tunnel. You can add these flags to the `cloudflared tunnel run` command for [remotely-managed](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/) and [locally-managed](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/) tunnels. These flags can also be added as key/value pairs to your [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/).

## `autoupdate-freq`

| Syntax                                                           | Default |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --autoupdate-freq <FREQ> run <UUID or NAME>` | `24h`   |

Configures the frequency of `cloudflared` updates.

By default, `cloudflared` will periodically check for updates and restart with the new version. Restarts are performed by spawning a new process that connects to the Cloudflare global network. On successful connection, the old process will gracefully shut down after handling all outstanding requests. See also: [`no-autoupdate`](#no-autoupdate).

## `config`

:::note

For locally-managed tunnels only.
:::

| Syntax                                                  | Default                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --config <PATH> run <UUID or NAME>` | `~/.cloudflared/config.yml` |

Specifies the path to a [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) in YAML format.

## `edge-bind-address`

| Syntax                                                           | Environment Variable       |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --edge-bind-address <IP> run <UUID or NAME>` | `TUNNEL_EDGE_BIND_ADDRESS` |

Specifies the outgoing IP address used to establish a connection between `cloudflared` and the Cloudflare global network.

By default, `cloudflared` lets the operating system decide which IP address to use. This option is useful if you have multiple network interfaces available and want to prefer a specific interface.

The IP version of `edge-bind-address` will override [`edge-ip-version`](#edge-ip-version) (if provided). For example, if you enter an IPv6 source address, `cloudflared` will always connect to an IPv6 destination.

## `edge-ip-version`

| Syntax                                                              | Default | Environment Variable     |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| `cloudflared tunnel --edge-ip-version <VERSION> run <UUID or NAME>` | `4`  | `TUNNEL_EDGE_IP_VERSION` |

Specifies the IP address version (IPv4 or IPv6) used to establish a connection between `cloudflared` and the Cloudflare global network. Available values are `auto`, `4`, and `6`.

The value `auto` relies on the host operating system to determine which IP version to select. The first IP version returned from the DNS resolution of the region lookup will be used as the primary set. In dual IPv6 and IPv4 network setups, `cloudflared` will separate the IP versions into two address sets that will be used to fallback in connectivity failure scenarios.

## `grace-period`

| Syntax                                                          | Default | Environment Variable  |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --grace-period <PERIOD> run <UUID or NAME>` | `30s`   | `TUNNEL_GRACE_PERIOD` |

When `cloudflared` receives SIGINT/SIGTERM it will stop accepting new requests, wait for in-progress requests to terminate, then shut down. Waiting for in-progress requests will timeout after this grace period, or when a second SIGTERM/SIGINT is received.

## `logfile`

| Syntax                                                   | Environment Variable |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --logfile <PATH> run <UUID or NAME>` | `TUNNEL_LOGFILE`     |

Saves application log to this file. Mainly useful for reporting issues. For more details on what information you need when contacting Cloudflare support, refer to [this guide](/cloudflare-one/faq/cloudflare-tunnels-faq/).

## `loglevel`

| Syntax                                                     | Default | Environment Variable |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --loglevel <VALUE> run <UUID or NAME>` | `info`  | `TUNNEL_LOGLEVEL`    |

Specifies the verbosity of logging for the local `cloudflared` instance. Available values are `debug`, `info` (default), `warn`, `error`, and `fatal`. At the `debug` level, `cloudflared` will log and display the request URL, method, protocol, content length, as well as all request and response headers. However, note that this can expose sensitive information in your logs.

## `metrics`

| Syntax                                                      | Default      | Environment Variable |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --metrics <IP:PORT> run <UUID or NAME>` | Refer to [Tunnel metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/)| `TUNNEL_METRICS`     |

Exposes a Prometheus endpoint on the specified IP address and port, which you can then query for [usage metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/).

## `no-autoupdate`

| Syntax                                                  | Environment Variable |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --no-autoupdate run <UUID or NAME>` | `NO_AUTOUPDATE`      |

Disables automatic `cloudflared` updates. See also: [`autoupdate-freq`](#autoupdate-freq).

## `origincert`

:::note

For locally-managed tunnels only.
:::

| Syntax                                                      | Default                   | Environment Variable |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --origincert <PATH> run <UUID or NAME>` | `~/.cloudflared/cert.pem` | `TUNNEL_ORIGIN_CERT` |

Specifies the [account certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/tunnel-permissions/) for one of your zones, authorizing the client to serve as an origin for that zone. You can obtain a certificate by using the `cloudflared tunnel login` command or by visiting `https://dash.cloudflare.com/argotunnel`.

## `pidfile`

| Syntax                                                   | Environment Variable |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --pidfile <PATH> run <UUID or NAME>` | `TUNNEL_PIDFILE`     |

Writes the application's process identifier (PID) to this file after the first successful connection. Mainly useful for scripting and service integration.

## `protocol`

| Syntax                                                     | Default | Environment Variable        |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --protocol <VALUE> run <UUID or NAME>` | `auto`  | `TUNNEL_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL` |

Specifies the protocol used to establish a connection between `cloudflared` and the Cloudflare global network. Available values are `auto`, `http2`, and `quic`.

The `auto` value will automatically configure the `quic` protocol. If `cloudflared` is unable to establish UDP connections, it will fallback to using the `http2` protocol.

## `region`

| Syntax                                                   | Environment Variable |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --region <VALUE> run <UUID or NAME>` | `TUNNEL_REGION`      |

Allows you to choose the regions to which connections are established. Currently the only available value is `us`, which routes all connections through data centers in the United States. Omit or leave empty to connect to the global region.

## `retries`

| Syntax                                                    | Default | Environment Variable |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --retries <VALUE> run <UUID or NAME>` | `5`     | `TUNNEL_RETRIES`     |

Specifies the maximum number of retries for connection/protocol errors. Retries use exponential backoff (retrying at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 seconds by default), so it is not recommended that you increase this value significantly.

## `tag`

| Syntax                                                  | Environment Variable |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel --tag <KEY=VAL> run <UUID or NAME>` | `TUNNEL_TAG`         |

Specifies custom tags used to identify this tunnel. Multiple tags may be specified by adding additional `--tag <KEY=VAL>` flags to the command. If entering multiple tags into a configuration file, delimit with commas: `tag: {KEY1=VALUE1, KEY2=VALUE2}`.

## `token`

:::note

For remotely-managed tunnels only.
:::

| Syntax                                          | Environment Variable |
| ----------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel run --token <TUNNEL_TOKEN>` | `TUNNEL_TOKEN`       |

Associates the `cloudflared` instance with a specific tunnel. The tunnel's token is shown in the dashboard when you first [create the tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). You can also retrieve the token using the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/tunnels/subresources/token/methods/get/).

---

# Remotely-managed tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/

import { TabItem, Tabs, Render } from "~/components";

If you created a Cloudflare Tunnel [from the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/), the tunnel runs as a service on your OS.

## Add tunnel run parameters

You can modify the Cloudflare Tunnel service with one or more [general-purpose tunnel parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/).

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Linux">

On Linux, Cloudflare Tunnel installs itself as a system service using `systemctl`. By default, the service will be named `cloudflared.service`. To configure your tunnel on Linux:

1. Open `cloudflared.service`.

   ```sh
   sudo systemctl edit --full cloudflared.service
   ```

2. Modify the `cloudflared tunnel run` command with the desired configuration flag. For example,

   ```txt null {8}
   [Unit]
   Description=Cloudflare Tunnel
   After=network.target

   [Service]
   TimeoutStartSec=0
   Type=notify
   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/cloudflared tunnel --loglevel debug --logfile /var/log/cloudflared/cloudflared.log run --token <TOKEN VALUE>
   Restart=on-failure
   RestartSec=5s

   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   ```

3. Restart `cloudflared.service`:

   ```sh
   sudo systemctl restart cloudflared
   ```

4. To verify the new configuration, check the service status:

	```sh
	sudo systemctl status cloudflared
	```
	```sh output
	● cloudflared.service - cloudflared
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/cloudflared.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: active (running) since Wed 2024-10-09 20:02:59 UTC; 2s ago
   Main PID: 2157 (cloudflared)
      Tasks: 8 (limit: 1136)
     Memory: 16.3M
        CPU: 136ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/cloudflared.service
             └─2157 /usr/bin/cloudflared tunnel --loglevel debug --logfile /var/log/cloudflared/cloudflared.log run --token eyJhIjoi...
	```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

On macOS, Cloudflare Tunnel installs itself as a launch agent using `launchctl`. By default, the agent will be called `com.cloudflare.cloudflared`. To configure your tunnel on macOS:

1. Stop the `cloudflared` service.

   ```sh
   sudo launchctl stop com.cloudflare.cloudflared
   ```

2. Unload the configuration file.

   ```sh
   sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.plist
   ```

3. Open `/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.plist` in a text editor.

4. Modify the `ProgramArguments` key with the desired configuration flag. For example,

   ```txt
   <plist version="1.0">
       <dict>
           <key>Label</key>
           <string>com.cloudflare.cloudflared</string>
           <key>ProgramArguments</key>
           <array>
               <string>/opt/homebrew/bin/cloudflared</string>
               <string>tunnel</string>
               <string>--logfile</string>
               <string><PATH></string>
               <string>--loglevel</string>
               <string>debug</string>
               <string>run</string>
               <string>--token</string>
               <string><TOKEN VALUE> </string>
           </array>
   ```

5. Load the updated configuration file.

   ```sh
   sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.plist
   ```

6. Start the `cloudflared` service.

   ```sh
   sudo launchctl start com.cloudflare.cloudflared
   ```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

On Windows, Cloudflare Tunnel installs itself as a system service using the Registry Editor. By default, the service will be named `cloudflared`. To configure your tunnel on Windows:

1. Open the Registry Editor.

2. Go to **HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE** > **SYSTEM** > **CurrentControlSet** > **Services** > **cloudflared**.

3. Double-click **ImagePath**.

4. Modify **Value data** with the desired configuration flag. For example,

   ```txt
   C:\Program Files (x86)\cloudflared\.\cloudflared.exe tunnel --loglevel debug --logfile <PATH> run --token <TOKEN VALUE>
   ```

![Modify cloudflared service in the Registry Editor](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/remote-management-windows.png)

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Update origin configuration

To configure how `cloudflared` sends requests to your [public hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) services:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Choose a tunnel and select **Configure**.
3. Select the **Public Hostname** tab.
4. Choose a route and select **Edit**.
5. Under **Additional application settings**, modify one or more [origin configuration parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/).
6. Select **Save hostname**.

## Tunnel permissions

A remotely-managed tunnel only requires the tunnel token to run. Anyone with access to the token will be able to run the tunnel.

### View the tunnel token

To get the token for a remotely-managed tunnel:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
<TabItem label="Dashboard">
1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Select a `cloudflared` tunnel and select **Edit**.
3. Copy `cloudflared` installation command.
4. Paste the installation command into any text editor. The token value is of the form `eyJhIjoiNWFiNGU5Z...`

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

Make a `GET` request to the [Cloudflare Tunnel token](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/tunnels/subresources/token/methods/get/) endpoint. The token value can be found in the `result`:

```sh output
{
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": "eyJhIjoiNWFiNGU5Z..."
}
```

</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### Rotate a token without service disruption

Cloudflare recommends rotating the tunnel token at a regular cadence to reduce the risk of token compromise. You can rotate a token with minimal disruption to users as long as the tunnel is served by at least two [`cloudflared` replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/). To ensure service availability, we recommend performing token rotations outside of working hours or in a maintenance window.

To rotate a tunnel token:

1. Refresh the token on Cloudflare:

	<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI">
	<TabItem label="Dashboard">
	1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
	2. Select a `cloudflared` tunnel and select **Edit**.
	3. Select **Refresh token**.
	4. Copy the `cloudflared` installation command for your operating system. This command contains the new token.

	</TabItem>
	<TabItem label="API">

	1. Generate a random base64 string (minimum size 32 bytes) to use as a tunnel secret:

		```sh
		openssl rand -base64 32
		```

		```sh output
		AQIDBAUGBwgBAgMEBQYHCAECAwQFBgcIAQIDBAUGBwg=
		```

	2. Make a `PATCH` request to the [Cloudflare Tunnel](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/tunnels/methods/edit/) endpoint:
		```sh
		curl --request PATCH \
		https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/cfd_tunnel/{tunnel_id} \
		--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
		--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
		--data '{
			"name": "Example tunnel",
			"tunnel_secret": "AQIDBAUGBwgBAgMEBQYHCAECAwQFBgcIAQIDBAUGBwg="
		}'
		```

		```sh output {18}
		{
			"success": true,
			"errors": [],
			"messages": [],
			"result": {
				"id": "f70ff985-a4ef-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
				"account_tag": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
				"created_at": "2024-12-04T22:03:26.291225Z",
				"deleted_at": null,
				"name": "Example tunnel",
				"connections": [],
				"conns_active_at": null,
				"conns_inactive_at": "2024-12-04T22:03:26.291225Z",
				"tun_type": "cfd_tunnel",
				"metadata": {},
				"status": "inactive",
				"remote_config": true,
				"token": "eyJhIjoiNWFiNGU5Z..."
			}
		}
		```
	3. Copy the `token` value shown in the output.

	</TabItem>
	</Tabs>

	After refreshing the token, `cloudflared` can no longer establish new connections to Cloudflare using the old token. However, existing connectors will remain active and the tunnel will continue serving traffic.

2. On half of your `cloudflared` replicas, update `cloudflared` to use the new token. For example, on a Linux host:

	```sh
	sudo cloudflared service install <TOKEN>
	```

3. Restart `cloudflared`:

	```sh
	sudo systemctl restart cloudflared.service
	```

4. Confirm that the service started correctly:
	```sh
	sudo systemctl status cloudflared
	```

	While these replicas are connecting to Cloudflare with the new token, traffic will automatically route through the other replicas.

5. Wait 10 minutes for traffic to route through the new connectors.

6. Repeat steps 2, 3, and 4 for the second half of the replicas.

The tunnel token is now fully rotated. The old token is no longer in use.

### Rotate a compromised token

If your tunnel token is compromised, we recommend taking the following steps:

1. Refresh the token using the dashboard or API. Refer to Step 1 of [Rotate a token without service disruption](#rotate-a-token-without-service-disruption).
2. [Delete all connections](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/tunnels/subresources/connections/methods/delete/) between `cloudflared` and Cloudflare:
	```sh
	curl --request DELETE \
	https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/cfd_tunnel/{tunnel_id}/connections \
	--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
	```

	This will clean up any unauthorized connections and prevent users from connecting to your network.

3. On each `cloudflared` replica, update `cloudflared` to use the new token. For example, on a Linux host:

	```sh
	sudo cloudflared service install <TOKEN>
	```
4. Restart `cloudflared`:

	```sh
	sudo systemctl restart cloudflared.service
	```

5. Confirm that the service started correctly:
	```sh
	sudo systemctl status cloudflared
	```

The tunnel token is now fully rotated. The old token is no longer in use.

### Account-scoped roles

<Render file="tunnel/account-scoped-roles" />

---

# Deploy a tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tunnel availability and failover

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

Our lightweight and open-source connector, [`cloudflared`](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared), was built to be highly available without any additional configuration requirements. When you run a tunnel, `cloudflared` establishes four outbound-only connections between the origin server and the Cloudflare network. These four connections are made to four different servers spread across at least two distinct data centers. This model ensures high availability and mitigates the risk of individual connection failures. This means in event a single connection, server, or data center goes offline, your resources will remain available.

## `cloudflared` replicas

Cloudflare Tunnel also allows users to deploy additional instances of our connector, `cloudflared`, for availability and failover scenarios. We refer to these unique instances as replicas. Each replica establishes four new connections which serve as additional points of ingress to your origin, should you need them. Each of the replicas will point to the same tunnel. This ensures that your network remains up in the event a single host running `cloudflared` goes down.

By design, replicas do not offer any level of traffic steering (random, hash, or round-robin). Instead, when a request arrives to Cloudflare, it will be forwarded to the replica that is geographically closest. If that distance calculation is unsuccessful or the connection fails, we will retry others, but there is no guarantee about which connection is chosen.

### When to use `cloudflared` replicas

- To provide additional points of availability for a single tunnel.
- To allocate failover nodes within your network.
- To update the configuration of a tunnel without downtime.

### Deploy `cloudflared` replicas

To deploy multiple instances of `cloudflared`, you can create and configure one tunnel and run it on multiple hosts. If your tunnel runs as a service, only one `cloudflared` instance is allowed per host.

<Details header="Via the dashboard">

1. To create a remotely-managed tunnel, follow the [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/).
2. On the **Tunnels** page, select your newly created tunnel. The **Connectors** section shows all of the `cloudflared` instances for that tunnel.
3. Select **Configure**.
4. Select the operating system of the host where you want to deploy a replica.
5. Copy the installation command and run it on the host.

The new replica will appear on the **Connectors** list for the tunnel.

</Details>

<Details header="Via the command line">

1. To create a locally-managed tunnel, complete Steps 1 through 5 in the [CLI setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/).

2. Next, run your newly created tunnel.

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel run <NAME>
   ```

   This will start a `cloudflared` instance and generate a unique `connector_id`.

3. In a separate window or on another host, run the same command again:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel run <NAME>
   ```

   This will initialize another `cloudflared` instance and generate another `connector_id`.

4. Next, run `tunnel info` to show each `cloudflared` instance running your tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel info <NAME>
   ```

This will output your tunnel UUID as well as two Connector IDs, one for each `cloudflared` process running your tunnel. With this command, you can also see that your tunnel is now being served by eight connections.

</Details>

You can run the same tunnel across various `cloudflared` processes for up to 100 connections (25 replicas) per tunnel. Cloudflare Load Balancers and DNS records can still point to the tunnel and its UUID. Traffic will be sent to all `cloudflared` processes associated with the tunnel.

:::note[Deploy replicas with Kubernetes]

For information about running `cloudflared` instances in a Kubernetes deployment, refer to our guides for tunnels managed [remotely via the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/kubernetes/) or [locally via the CLI](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/many-cfd-one-tunnel/).

:::

## Cloudflare Load Balancers

[Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/) allows users to proactively steer traffic away from unhealthy origins (or other <GlossaryTooltip term="endpoint" link="/glossary/?term=endpoint">endpoints</GlossaryTooltip>) and intelligently distribute the traffic load based on a multitude of steering algorithms. This process ensures that errors are not served to end users and empowers businesses to tightly couple overall business objectives to their traffic behavior.

In this model, more than one tunnel is required with identical configurations. The DNS record (`UUID.cfargotunnel.com`) for each Cloudflare Tunnel can be used at the origin within the load balancer. You can then define traffic steering policies to determine how traffic should be routed to each tunnel.

### When to use load balancers

- To intelligently steer traffic based on latency, geolocation, or other signals.
- To implement failover logic if a tunnel reaches an inactive state.
- To get alerted when a tunnel reaches an inactive state.
- To distribute traffic more evenly across your Cloudflare Tunnel-accessible origins or endpoints.

### Deploy a load balancer

Refer to the [Load Balancer page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) for more information.

---

# System requirements

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/system-requirements/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs, TunnelCalculator } from "~/components";

Our connector, `cloudflared`, was designed to be lightweight and flexible enough to be effectively deployed on Raspberry Pi, your laptop or a server in a data center. <Render file="tunnel/tunnel-capacity-intro" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Recommendations

For most use cases, we recommend the following baseline configuration:

- Run a [`cloudflared` replica](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/#cloudflared-replicas) on two dedicated host machines per network location. Using two hosts enables server-side redundancy and traffic balancing.
- Size each host with minimum 4GB of RAM and 4 CPU cores.
- Allocate 50,000 [ports](#number-of-ports) to the `cloudflared` process on each host.

This setup is usually sufficient to handle traffic from 8,000 WARP users (4,000 per host). The actual amount of resources used by `cloudflared` will depend on many variables, including the number of requests per second, bandwidth, network path and hardware. As additional users are onboarded, or if network traffic increases beyond your existing [tunnel capacity](#estimated-throughput), you can scale your tunnel by adding an additional `cloudflared` host in that location.

### Number of ports

When `cloudflared` receives a request from a WARP device, it uses the ports on the host machine to evaluate and forward the request to your origin service. Every machine by system design is hardware-limited to a maximum 65,535 ports. Additionally, each service on the machine has a limited number of ports that it can consume. For this reason, we recommend the following deployment model:

- `cloudflared` should be deployed on a dedicated host machine. This model is typically appropriate, but there may be serverless or clustered workflows where a dedicated host is not possible.
- The host machine should allocate 50,000 ports to be available for use by the `cloudflared` service. The remaining ports are reserved for system administrative processes.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Linux">

To increase the number of ports available to `cloudflared` on Linux:

If your machine has a `/etc/sysctl.d/` directory:

```sh
echo 'net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 11000 60999' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-cloudflared.conf
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-cloudflared.conf
```

Otherwise:

```sh
echo 'net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 11000 60999' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

To increase the number of ports available to `cloudflared` on Windows, set the [dynamic port range](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/networking/tcp-ip-port-exhaustion-troubleshooting) for TCP and UDP:

```txt
netsh int ipv4 set dynamicport tcp start=11000 num=50000
netsh int ipv4 set dynamicport udp start=11000 num=50000
netsh int ipv6 set dynamicport tcp start=11000 num=50000
netsh int ipv6 set dynamicport udp start=11000 num=50000
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### ulimits

On Linux and macOS, `ulimit` settings determine the system resources available to a logged-in user. We recommend configuring the following ulimits on the `cloudflared` server:

| ulimit | Description                                      | Value    |
| ------ | ------------------------------------------------ | -------- |
| `-n`   | Maximum number of open files or file descriptors | ≥ 70,000 |

To view your current ulimits, open a terminal and run:

```sh
ulimit -a
```

To set the open files `ulimit`:

```sh
ulimit -n 70000
```

## Estimated throughput

Most private network traffic proxied by `cloudflared` falls in one of two categories:

- TCP requests (more common, less resource intensive)
- UDP requests (less common, more resource intensive)

TCP traffic uses and releases ports almost instantaneously. This means that in order to overload a `cloudflared` instance with 50,000 available ports, your organization would need to continuously generate 50,001 TCP requests per second.

UDP traffic is more unique. DNS queries - usually the bulk of UDP traffic - are held by ports in `cloudflared` for five seconds. Non-DNS UDP traffic holds each port for the duration of the connection, which can be any amount of time. This means that in order to overload a `cloudflared` instance with 50,000 available ports, you would need to continuously generate either 10,000 DNS queries to your private resolver per second, or a cumulative 50,000 non-DNS UDP requests over a shorter time than your connection reset rate.

### Calculate your tunnel capacity

Our [baseline recommendations](#recommendations) serve as a starting point for a Cloudflare Tunnel deployment. Once you have a representative population of users engaging with your network for at least a week, you can customize tunnel sizing according to your own traffic patterns.

To calculate your tunnel capacity:

1. Set up a [metrics service](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/grafana/) when you run the tunnel.
2. After a week or so, query the following [tunnel metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#cloudflared-metrics):
   - `cloudflared_tcp_total_sessions`
   - `cloudflared_udp_total_sessions`
3. Compute the average **TCP requests per second** and **Non-DNS UDP requests per second** by dividing total sessions by total time.
4. In your private DNS resolver, obtain the average **Private DNS requests per second**.
5. Input your values into our sizing calculator:

<TunnelCalculator />

You can use these results to determine if your tunnel is appropriately sized. To increase your tunnel capacity, add identical host machines running [`cloudflared` replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/#cloudflared-replicas).

---

# Tunnel with firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/

You can implement a positive security model with Cloudflare Tunnel by blocking all ingress traffic and allowing only egress traffic from `cloudflared`. Only the services specified in your tunnel configuration will be exposed to the outside world.

## Ports

The parameters below can be configured for egress traffic inside of a firewall.

### Required for tunnel operation

`cloudflared` connects to Cloudflare's global network on port `7844`. To use Cloudflare Tunnel, your firewall must allow outbound connections to the following destinations on port `7844` (via UDP if using the `quic` protocol or TCP if using the `http2` protocol).

| Domain                          | IPv4                                                                                                                                                                                                            | IPv6                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Port | Protocols                |
| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------------------------ |
| `region1.v2.argotunnel.com`     | `198.41.192.167`<br/> `198.41.192.67`<br/> `198.41.192.57`<br/> `198.41.192.107`<br/> `198.41.192.27`<br/> `198.41.192.7`<br/> `198.41.192.227`<br/> `198.41.192.47`<br/> `198.41.192.37`<br/> `198.41.192.77`  | `2606:4700:a0::1`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::2`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::3`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::4`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::5`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::6`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::7`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::8`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::9`<br/> `2606:4700:a0::10` | 7844 | TCP/UDP (`http2`/`quic`) |
| `region2.v2.argotunnel.com`     | `198.41.200.13`<br/> `198.41.200.193`<br/> `198.41.200.33`<br/> `198.41.200.233`<br/> `198.41.200.53`<br/> `198.41.200.63`<br/> `198.41.200.113`<br/> `198.41.200.73`<br/> `198.41.200.43`<br/> `198.41.200.23` | `2606:4700:a8::1`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::2`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::3`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::4`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::5`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::6`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::7`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::8`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::9`<br/> `2606:4700:a8::10` | 7844 | TCP/UDP (`http2`/`quic`) |
| `_v2-origintunneld._tcp.argotunnel.com`<sup>1</sup> | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7844 | TCP (`http2`)             |
| `cftunnel.com`<sup>1</sup>      | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7844 | TCP/UDP (`http2`/`quic`) |
| `h2.cftunnel.com`<sup>1</sup>   | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7844 | TCP (`http2`)            |
| `quic.cftunnel.com`<sup>1</sup> | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Not applicable                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 7844 | UDP (`quic`)             |

<sup>1</sup> This rule is only required for firewalls that enforce SNI.

### Optional

Opening port 443 enables some optional features. Failure to allow these connections may prompt a log error, but `cloudflared` will still run correctly.

| Domain                                         | IPv4                                                                                                                               | IPv6                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Port | Protocols   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `api.cloudflare.com`                           | `104.19.192.29` <br/> `104.19.192.177` <br/>`104.19.192.175` <br/> `104.19.193.29` <br/> `104.19.192.174` <br/> `104.19.192.176`   | `2606:4700:300a::6813:c0af` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c01d` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c0ae` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c11d` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c0b0` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c0b1` | 443  | TCP (HTTPS) | Allows `cloudflared` to query if software updates are available.                                                                                                                                  |
| `update.argotunnel.com`                        | `104.18.25.129` <br/> `104.18.24.129`                                                                                              | `2606:4700::6812:1881` <br/> `2606:4700::6812:1981`                                                                                                                                                   | 443  | TCP (HTTPS) | Allows `cloudflared` to query if software updates are available.                                                                                                                                  |
| `github.com`                                   | [GitHub's IP addresses](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses) | [GitHub's IP addresses](https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/about-githubs-ip-addresses)                                                                    | 443  | TCP (HTTPS) | Allows `cloudflared` to download the latest release and perform a software update.                                                                                                                |
| `<your-team-name>.`<br/>`cloudflareaccess.com` | `104.19.194.29` <br/> `104.19.195.29`                                                                                              | `2606:4700:300a::6813:c31d` <br/> `2606:4700:300a::6813:c21d`                                                                                                                                         | 443  | TCP (HTTPS) | Allows `cloudflared` to validate the Access JWT. Only required if the [`access`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#access) setting is enabled. |
| `pqtunnels.`<br/>`cloudflareresearch.com`      | `104.18.4.64` <br/> `104.18.5.64`                                                                                                  | `2606:4700::6812:540` <br/> `2606:4700::6812:440`                                                                                                                                                     | 443  | TCP (HTTPS) | Allows `cloudflared` to report [post-quantum key exchange](https://blog.cloudflare.com/post-quantum-tunnel/) errors to Cloudflare.                                                                |

## Firewall configuration

### Cloud VM firewall

If you host your services on a virtual machine (VM) instance in a cloud provider, you may set up instance-level firewall rules to block all ingress traffic and allow only egress traffic. For example, on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), you may delete all ingress rules, leaving only the relevant egress rules. This is because GCP's firewall denies ingress traffic unless it matches an explicit rule.

### OS firewall

Alternatively, you may use operating system (OS)-level firewall rules to block all ingress traffic and allow only egress traffic. For example, if your server runs on Linux, you may use `iptables` to set up firewall rules:

1. Check your current firewall rules.

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -L
   ```

2. Allow `localhost` to communicate with itself.

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
   ```

3. Allow already established connection and related traffic.

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
   ```

4. Allow new SSH connections.

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT
   ```

5. Drop all other ingress traffic.
   :::caution[Warning]

   Be very careful with the following command. If you did not preserve the current SSH connection or allow new SSH connections, you would be logged out and unable to SSH back into the system again.
   :::

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -A INPUT -j DROP
   ```

6. After setting the firewall rules, use this command to check the current `iptables` settings:

   ```sh
   sudo iptables -L
   ```

Run your tunnel and check that all configured services are still accessible to the outside world via the tunnel, but not via the external IP address of the server.

You can also [secure your application with Cloudflare Access](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/).

## Test connectivity

### Test with dig

To test your connectivity to Cloudflare, you can use the `dig` command to query the hostnames listed above. Note that `cloudflared` defaults to connecting with IPv4.

```sh
dig A region1.v2.argotunnel.com
```

```sh output
;; ANSWER SECTION:
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.167
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.67
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.57
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.107
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.27
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.7
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.227
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.47
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.37
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.192.77
...
```

```sh
dig AAAA region1.v2.argotunnel.com
```

```sh output
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::1
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::2
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::3
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::4
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::5
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::6
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::7
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::8
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::9
region1.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a0::10
...
```

```sh
dig A region2.v2.argotunnel.com
```

```sh output
;; ANSWER SECTION:
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.13
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.193
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.33
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.233
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.53
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.63
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.113
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.73
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.43
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	A	198.41.200.23
...
```

```sh
dig AAAA region2.v2.argotunnel.com
```

```sh output
...
;; ANSWER SECTION:
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::1
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::2
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::3
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::4
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::5
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::6
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::7
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::8
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::9
region2.v2.argotunnel.com. 86400 IN	AAAA	2606:4700:a8::10
...
```

### Test with PowerShell

On Windows, you can use PowerShell commands if `dig` is not available.

To test DNS:

```powershell
Resolve-DnsName -Name _v2-origintunneld._tcp.argotunnel.com SRV
```

```txt output
Name                                     Type   TTL   Section    NameTarget                     Priority Weight Port
----                                     ----   ---   -------    ----------                     -------- ------ ----
_v2-origintunneld._tcp.argotunnel.com       SRV    112   Answer     region2.v2.argotunnel.com         2        1      7844
_v2-origintunneld._tcp.argotunnel.com       SRV    112   Answer     region1.v2.argotunnel.com         1        1      7844
```

To test ports:

```powershell
tnc region1.v2.argotunnel.com -port 443
```

```txt output
ComputerName     : region1.v2.argotunnel.com
RemoteAddress    : 198.41.192.227
RemotePort       : 443
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet
SourceAddress    : 10.0.2.15
TcpTestSucceeded : True
```

```powershell
tnc region1.v2.argotunnel.com -port 7844
```

```txt output
ComputerName     : region1.v2.argotunnel.com
RemoteAddress    : 198.41.192.227
RemotePort       : 7844
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet
SourceAddress    : 10.0.2.15
TcpTestSucceeded : True
```

---

# Do more with Tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Migrate legacy tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/migrate-legacy-tunnels/

Originally, a Cloudflare Tunnel connection corresponded to a DNS record in your account. Requests to that hostname hit Cloudflare's network first and our edge sends those requests over the tunnel to your origin. However, fitting an outbound-only connection into a reverse proxy creates some ergonomic and stability hurdles. The original Cloudflare Tunnel architecture attempted to both manage DNS records and create connections. When connections became disrupted, Tunnel would recreate the entire deployment. Additionally, Argo Tunnel connections could not be treated like regular origin servers in Cloudflare's control plane and had to be managed directly from the server-side software.

Today, Cloudflare Tunnel's architecture distinguishes between the persistent objects (DNS records, `cloudflared`) and the ephemeral objects (the connections). To do that, it assigns permanent names and UUIDs to tunnels, which makes them more stable and easier to use. Since the name and UUID for a tunnel do not change, your DNS record never needs to be cleaned up or recreated when Cloudflare Tunnel restarts. In the event of a restart, the enrolled instance of `cloudflared` connects back to that UUID address.

## Check for legacy tunnels

To check if you still have legacy tunnels:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select a zone. Legacy Tunnels are associated with a zone and not by account.
2. Go to **Traffic** > **Cloudflare Tunnel**.

If nothing appears, this indicates there are no legacy tunnels associated with the zone. If legacy tunnels appear, follow the migration instructions below.

:::note

Named tunnels will only appear in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) under **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
:::

## Migrate legacy tunnels

To migrate your legacy tunnels to the named tunnels architecture:

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) the latest version of `cloudflared`.

2. Obtain a new origin certificate by running `cloudflared login`. While named tunnels are scoped to an account, for legacy reasons the login page requires selecting a zone.

3. [Create a tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#3-create-a-tunnel-and-give-it-a-name).

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel create <TUNNEL-NAME>
   ```

4. [Route traffic](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) to your tunnel to create routes that your tunnel will serve.

   - If your legacy tunnel was serving `tunnel.example.com`, run this command to configure your named tunnel to also serve `tunnel.example.com`. For more information, refer to the [DNS Record routing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) section.

     ```sh
     cloudflared tunnel route dns <TUNNEL-NAME> tunnel.example.com
     ```

   - If you used to run your legacy tunnel with the `--lb-pool` flag, run this command to set up your named tunnel as a load balancer origin. For more information, refer to the [Load Balancers routing](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) section.

     ```sh
     cloudflared tunnel route lb <TUNNEL-NAME> <LOAD-BALANCER-NAME> <LOAD-BALANCER-POOL>
     ```

5. Next, create a [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) with ingress rules. The ingress rules describe how to dispatch requests to your origins based on hostname and path. For example, if in the past you used to run `cloudflared tunnel --hostname tunnel.example.com --url https://localhost:3000`, you should add an equivalent ingress rule to your configuration file:

   ```yml
   ingress:
     - hostname: tunnel.example.com
       service: https://localhost:3000
     - service: http_status:404
   # Note that the last rule is the catch-all rule and is required.
   ```

6. [Run your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#6-run-the-tunnel).

## Make sure everything works

Once your migration is done, validate your new named tunnel:

1. Make sure the resource behind the tunnel is accessible.
2. Run `cloudflared tunnel info <NAME-or-UUID>` to confirm that the named tunnel exists.

---

# Copyrights

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   the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer,
   and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
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   of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
   defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
   incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
   of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.

```
  To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
  boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "{}"
  replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
  the brackets!)  The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
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  same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
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```

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

```
   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
```

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

***

[https://github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir](https://github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir)

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 Mitchell Hashimoto

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

***

[https://github.com/pkg/errors](https://github.com/pkg/errors)

Copyright (c) 2015, Dave Cheney [dave@cheney.net](mailto:dave@cheney.net)
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

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  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

***

[https://github.com/prometheus/client\_golang](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang)
[https://github.com/prometheus/client\_model](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model)
[https://github.com/prometheus/common](https://github.com/prometheus/common)
[https://github.com/prometheus/procfs](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs)

```
                             Apache License
                       Version 2.0, January 2004
                    http://www.apache.org/licenses/
```

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   with Licensor regarding such Contributions.

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   Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill,
   work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all
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   has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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   and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
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   of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
   defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
   incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
   of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.

```
  To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
  boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "[]"
  replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
  the brackets!)  The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
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  same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
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```

Copyright \[yyyy] \[name of copyright owner]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

```
   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
```

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

***

[https://github.com/urfave/cli](https://github.com/urfave/cli)

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2016 Jeremy Saenz & Contributors

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

***

[https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml)

```
                             Apache License
                       Version 2.0, January 2004
                    http://www.apache.org/licenses/
```

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1. Definitions.

   "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
   and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.

   "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
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   "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
   Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
   copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
   (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

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   form, that is based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the
   editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
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   submitted to Licensor for inclusion in the Work by the copyright owner
   or by an individual or Legal Entity authorized to submit on behalf of
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   designated in writing by the copyright owner as "Not a Contribution."

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   by such Contributor that are necessarily infringed by their
   Contribution(s) alone or by combination of their Contribution(s)
   with the Work to which such Contribution(s) was submitted. If You
   institute patent litigation against any entity (including a
   cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Work
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   or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses
   granted to You under this License for that Work shall terminate
   as of the date such litigation is filed.

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   Work or Derivative Works thereof in any medium, with or without
   modifications, and in Source or Object form, provided that You
   meet the following conditions:

   (a) You must give any other recipients of the Work or
   Derivative Works a copy of this License; and

   (b) You must cause any modified files to carry prominent notices
   stating that You changed the files; and

   (c) You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works
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   attribution notices from the Source form of the Work,
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   the Derivative Works; and

   (d) If the Work includes a "NOTICE" text file as part of its
   distribution, then any Derivative Works that You distribute must
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   pertain to any part of the Derivative Works, in at least one
   of the following places: within a NOTICE text file distributed
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   do not modify the License. You may add Your own attribution
   notices within Derivative Works that You distribute, alongside
   or as an addendum to the NOTICE text from the Work, provided
   that such additional attribution notices cannot be construed
   as modifying the License.

   You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and
   may provide additional or different license terms and conditions
   for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or
   for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use,
   reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with
   the conditions stated in this License.

5. Submission of Contributions. Unless You explicitly state otherwise,
   any Contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the Work
   by You to the Licensor shall be under the terms and conditions of
   this License, without any additional terms or conditions.
   Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall supersede or modify
   the terms of any separate license agreement you may have executed
   with Licensor regarding such Contributions.

6. Trademarks. This License does not grant permission to use the trade
   names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor,
   except as required for reasonable and customary use in describing the
   origin of the Work and reproducing the content of the NOTICE file.

7. Disclaimer of Warranty. Unless required by applicable law or
   agreed to in writing, Licensor provides the Work (and each
   Contributor provides its Contributions) on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
   implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions
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   PARTICULAR PURPOSE. You are solely responsible for determining the
   appropriateness of using or redistributing the Work and assume any
   risks associated with Your exercise of permissions under this License.

8. Limitation of Liability. In no event and under no legal theory,
   whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise,
   unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly
   negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be
   liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special,
   incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a
   result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the
   Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill,
   work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all
   other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor
   has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

9. Accepting Warranty or Additional Liability. While redistributing
   the Work or Derivative Works thereof, You may choose to offer,
   and charge a fee for, acceptance of support, warranty, indemnity,
   or other liability obligations and/or rights consistent with this
   License. However, in accepting such obligations, You may act only
   on Your own behalf and on Your sole responsibility, not on behalf
   of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
   defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
   incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
   of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.

```
  To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following
  boilerplate notice, with the fields enclosed by brackets "{}"
  replaced with your own identifying information. (Don't include
  the brackets!)  The text should be enclosed in the appropriate
  comment syntax for the file format. We also recommend that a
  file or class name and description of purpose be included on the
  same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
  identification within third-party archives.
```

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

```
   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
```

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

***

[https://zombiezen.com/go/capnproto2](https://zombiezen.com/go/capnproto2)

go-capnproto is licensed under the terms of the MIT license reproduced below.

\===============================================================================

Copyright (C) 2014 the go-capnproto authors and contributors.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.

\===============================================================================

---

# Quick Tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/trycloudflare/

Developers can use the TryCloudflare tool to experiment with Cloudflare Tunnel without adding a site to Cloudflare's DNS. TryCloudflare will launch a process that generates a random subdomain on `trycloudflare.com`. Requests to that subdomain will be proxied through the Cloudflare network to your web server running on localhost.

## Use TryCloudflare

1. Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) to install `cloudflared`. If you have an older copy, update to 2020.5.1 or later.
2. Launch a web server that is available over localhost to `cloudflared`.
3. Run the following terminal command to start a free tunnel.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8080
```

`cloudflared` will generate a random subdomain when connecting to the Cloudflare network and print it in the terminal for you to use and share. The output will serve traffic from the server on your local machine to the public Internet, using Cloudflare's Argo Smart Routing, at a public URL.

:::note

TryCloudflare quick tunnels are currently not supported if a `config.yaml` configuration file is present in the `.cloudflared` directory. It may be necessary to rename that file temporarily to use the feature.
:::

## FAQ

### What are some example use cases for TryCloudflare?

- Create a web server for a project on your laptop that you want to share with others on different networks
- Test browser compatibility for a new site by creating a free Tunnel and testing the link in different browsers
- Run speed tests from different regions by using a tool like Pingdom or WebPageTest to connect to the randomly-generated subdomain created by TryCloudflare

### Why does Cloudflare provide this service for free?

- We want more users to experience the speed and security improvements of Cloudflare Tunnel (and Argo Smart Routing). We hope you test it with TryCloudflare and decide to add it to your production sites.
- Cloudflare's features historically require you to own a domain, set that domain's DNS to Cloudflare's nameservers, and configure its DNS records before you can begin to use any services. We hope to make more and more of our products available to trial without that burden.
- We don't guarantee any SLA or uptime of TryCloudflare - we plan to test new Cloudflare Tunnel features and improvements on these free tunnels. This provides us with a group of connections to test before we deploy to production customers. Free tunnels are meant to be used for testing and development, not for deploying a production website.

### Limits

Quick Tunnels are subject to a hard limit on the number of concurrent requests that can be proxied at any point in time. Currently, this limit is 200 in-flight requests. If a Quick Tunnel hits this limit, the HTTP response will return a `429` status code.

This limit only applies to Quick Tunnels. To avoid this limit, [sign up](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up) for a Cloudflare account and [create a Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/).

### Legal

Your installation of cloudflared software constitutes a symbol of your signature indicating that you accept the terms of the [Cloudflare License](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/license/), [Terms](https://www.cloudflare.com/terms/) and [Privacy Policy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).

---

# Downloads

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/

Cloudflare Tunnel requires the installation of a lightweight server-side daemon, `cloudflared`, to connect your infrastructure to Cloudflare. If you are [creating a tunnel through the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/), you can simply copy-paste the installation command shown in the dashboard.

To download and install `cloudflared` manually, use one of the following links.

## GitHub repository

`cloudflared` is an [open source project](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared) maintained by Cloudflare.

- [All releases](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases)

- [Release notes](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/blob/master/RELEASE_NOTES)

## Latest release

### Linux

You can download and install `cloudflared` via the [Cloudflare Package Repository](https://pkg.cloudflare.com/).

Alternatively, download the latest release directly:

| Type   | amd64 / x86-64                                                                                              | x86 (32-bit)                                                                                             | ARM                                                                                                      | ARM64                                                                                                        |
| ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Binary | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64)      | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-386)     | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-arm)     | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-arm64)       |
| .deb   | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb)  | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-386.deb) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-arm.deb) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-arm64.deb)   |
| .rpm   | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-x86_64.rpm) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-386.rpm) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-arm.rpm) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-aarch64.rpm) |

### macOS

Download and install `cloudflared` via Homebrew:

```sh
brew install cloudflared
```

Alternatively, download the [latest Darwin arm64 release](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-darwin-arm64.tgz) or [latest Darwin amd64 release](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-darwin-amd64.tgz) directly.

### Windows

Download and install `cloudflared` via [winget](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/):

```bash
winget install --id Cloudflare.cloudflared
```

Alternatively, download the latest release directly:

| Type       | 32-bit                                                                                                     | 64-bit                                                                                                       |
| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Executable | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-386.exe) | [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe) |

:::note

Instances of `cloudflared` do not automatically update on Windows. You will need to perform manual updates.

:::

### Docker

A Docker image of `cloudflared` is [available on DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/cloudflare/cloudflared).

## Deprecated releases

Cloudflare supports versions of `cloudflared` that are within one year of the most recent release. Breaking changes unrelated to feature availability may be introduced that will impact versions released more than one year ago. For example, as of January 2023 Cloudflare will support `cloudflared` version 2023.1.1 to cloudflared 2022.1.1.

To update `cloudflared`, refer to [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/).

---

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# Create a locally-managed tunnel (CLI)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Follow this step-by-step guide to get your first tunnel up and running using the CLI.

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you:

- [Add a website to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).
- [Change your domain nameservers to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/).

## 1. Download and install `cloudflared`

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Windows">

1. Download `cloudflared` on your machine. Visit the [downloads](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) page to find the right package for your OS.

2. Rename the executable to `cloudflared.exe`

3. In PowerShell, change directory to your Downloads folder and run `.\cloudflared.exe --version`. It should output the version of `cloudflared`. Note that `cloudflared.exe` could be `cloudflared-windows-amd64.exe` or `cloudflared-windows-386.exe` if you have not renamed it.

```powershell
PS C:\Users\Administrator\Downloads\cloudflared-stable-windows-amd64> .\cloudflared.exe --version
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

To download and install `cloudflared`:

```sh
brew install cloudflared
```

Alternatively, you can [download the latest Darwin amd64 release](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) directly.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Linux">

**Debian and Ubuntu APT**

Use the apt package manager to install `cloudflared` on compatible machines.

<Render file="tunnel/cloudflared-debian-install" />

**RHEL RPM**

Use the rpm package manager to install `cloudflared` on compatible machines.

1. Add Cloudflare's repository:

```sh
curl -fsSL https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflared-ascii.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudflared.repo
```

2. Update repositories and install cloudflared:

```sh
sudo yum update && sudo yum install cloudflared
```

**Arch Linux**

`cloudflared` is in the Arch Linux [`community` repository](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/official_repositories#community).
Use `pacman` to install `cloudflared` on compatible machines.

```sh
pacman -Syu cloudflared
```

**Other**

Alternatively you can download the `cloudflared` binary or the linux packages to your machine and install manually. Visit the [downloads](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) page to find the right package for your OS.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="build from source">

To build the latest version of `cloudflared` from source:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared.git
cd cloudflared
make cloudflared
go install github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/cmd/cloudflared
```

Depending on where you installed `cloudflared`, you can move it to a known path as well.

```sh
mv /root/cloudflared/cloudflared /usr/bin/cloudflared
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Authenticate `cloudflared`

```sh
cloudflared tunnel login
```

Running this command will:

- Open a browser window and prompt you to log in to your Cloudflare account. After logging in to your account, select your hostname.
- Generate an account certificate, the [cert.pem file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#certpem), in the [default `cloudflared` directory](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#default-cloudflared-directory).

## 3. Create a tunnel and give it a name

```sh
cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>
```

Running this command will:

- Create a tunnel by establishing a persistent relationship between the [name you provide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#tunnel-name) and a [UUID](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#tunnel-uuid) for your tunnel. At this point, no connection is active within the tunnel yet.
- Generate a [tunnel credentials file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#credentials-file) in the [default `cloudflared` directory](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#default-cloudflared-directory).
- Create a subdomain of `.cfargotunnel.com`.

From the output of the command, take note of the tunnel's UUID and the path to your tunnel's credentials file.

Confirm that the tunnel has been successfully created by running:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel list
```

## 4. Create a configuration file

1. In your `.cloudflared` directory, create a [`config.yml` file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) using any text editor. This file will configure the tunnel to route traffic from a given origin to the hostname of your choice.

2. Add the following fields to the file:

**If you are connecting an application:**

```yml
url: http://localhost:8000
tunnel: <Tunnel-UUID>
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/<Tunnel-UUID>.json
```

**If you are connecting a private network:**

```yml
tunnel: <Tunnel-UUID>
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/<Tunnel-UUID>.json
warp-routing:
  enabled: true
```

3. Confirm that the configuration file has been successfully created by running:

   ```sh
   cat config.yml
   ```

## 5. Start routing traffic

1. Now assign a `CNAME` record that points traffic to your tunnel subdomain:

   - If you are connecting an application, route the service to a [public hostname](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/):

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel route dns <UUID or NAME> <hostname>
   ```

   - If you are connecting a [private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/), route an IP address or CIDR through the tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel route ip add <IP/CIDR> <UUID or NAME>
   ```

2. Confirm that the route has been successfully established:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel route ip show
   ```

## 6. Run the tunnel

Run the tunnel to proxy incoming traffic from the tunnel to any number of services running locally on your origin.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel run <UUID or NAME>
```

If your configuration file has a custom name or is not in the `.cloudflared` directory, add the `--config` flag and specify the path.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --config /path/your-config-file.yml run <UUID or NAME>
```

:::note

Cloudflare Tunnel can install itself as a system service on Linux and Windows and as a launch agent on macOS. For more information, refer to [run as a service](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/).

:::

## 7. Check the tunnel

Your tunnel configuration is complete! If you want to get information on the tunnel you just created, you can run:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel info <UUID or NAME>
```

You can now [route traffic](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/) to your tunnel using Cloudflare DNS or [determine who can reach your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) with Cloudflare Access.

<Render file="access/secure-tunnel-with-access" />

---

# Update cloudflared

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Updates will cause `cloudflared` to restart which will impact traffic currently being served. You can perform zero-downtime upgrades by using Cloudflare's [Load Balancer product](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/#update-with-cloudflare-load-balancer) or by using [multiple `cloudflared` instances](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/#update-with-multiple-cloudflared-instances).

## Remotely-managed tunnels

To update `cloudflared` for a tunnel [created through the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/):

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Windows">

Run the following command:

```powershell
cloudflared update
```

This updates `cloudflared` and automatically restarts the service.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

1. Update the `cloudflared` package:

```sh
brew upgrade cloudflared
```

2. Restart the service:

```sh
sudo launchctl stop com.cloudflare.cloudflared
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.plist
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.plist
sudo launchctl start com.cloudflare.cloudflared
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Debian">

**If installed via apt:**

1. Update the `cloudflared` package:

```sh
sudo apt-get upgrade cloudflared
```

2. Restart the service:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart cloudflared.service
```

**If installed manually via `dpkg -i`:**

You can check if `cloudflared` was installed by a package manager by running `ls -la /usr/local/etc/cloudflared/` and looking for `.installedFromPackageManager` in the output.

1. Update the `cloudflared` package:

```sh
curl --location --output cloudflared.deb https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i cloudflared.deb
```

2. Restart the service:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart cloudflared.service
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Red Hat">

1. Update the `cloudflared` package:

```sh
sudo yum update cloudflared
```

2. Restart the service:

```sh
sudo systemctl restart cloudflared.service
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Docker">

1. In Zero Trust, go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
2. Select your tunnel and select **Configure**.
3. Select **Docker** and copy the installation command shown in the dashboard.
4. Paste this command into a terminal window.

This creates a new container from the latest `cloudflared` image. You can now delete the old container.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Other">

If you installed `cloudflared` from GitHub-provided binaries or from source, run the following command:

```sh
cloudflared update
```

If you installed `cloudflared` with a package manager, you must update it using the same package manager. You can check if `cloudflared` was installed by a package manager by running `ls -la /usr/local/etc/cloudflared/` and looking for `.installedFromPackageManager` in the output.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Update with Cloudflare Load Balancer

You can update `cloudflared` without downtime by using Cloudflare's Load Balancer product with your Cloudflare Tunnel deployment.

1. Install a new instance of `cloudflared` and [create](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/) a new Tunnel.
2. Configure the instance to point traffic to the same locally-available service as your current, active instance of `cloudflared`.
3. [Add the address](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) of the new instance of `cloudflared` into your Load Balancer pool as priority 2.
4. Swap the priority such that the new instance is now priority 1 and monitor to confirm traffic is being served.
5. Once confirmed, you can remove the older version from the Load Balancer pool.

## Update with multiple `cloudflared` instances

If you are not using Cloudflare's Load Balancer, you can use multiple instances of `cloudflared` to update without the risk of downtime.

1. Install a new instance of `cloudflared` and [create](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/) a new Tunnel.
2. Configure the instance to point traffic to the same locally-available service as your current, active instance of `cloudflared`.
3. In the Cloudflare DNS dashboard, [replace](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) the address of the current instance of `cloudflared` with the address of the new instance. Save the record.
4. Remove the now-inactive instance of `cloudflared`.

:::note[Traffic handling]

When the old replica is stopped, it will drop long-lived HTTP requests (for example, WebSocket) and TCP connections (for example, SSH). UDP flows will also be dropped, as they are modeled based on timeouts. When the new replica connects, it will handle all new traffic, including new HTTP requests, TCP connections, and UDP flows.

:::

### Run multiple instances in Windows

Windows systems require services to have a unique name and display name. You can run multiple instances of `cloudflared` by creating `cloudflared` services with unique names.

1. Install and configure `cloudflared`.
2. Next, create a service with a unique name and point to the `cloudflared` executable and configuration file.

```powershell
sc.exe create <unique-name> binPath='<path-to-exe>' --config '<path-to-config>' displayname="Unique Name"
```

3. Proceed to create additional services with unique names.

4. You can now start each unique service.

```powershell
sc.exe start <unique-name>
```

---

# Create a remotely-managed tunnel (dashboard)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Follow this step-by-step guide to get your first tunnel up and running using Zero Trust.

## 1. Create a tunnel

<Render file="tunnel/create-tunnel" product="cloudflare-one" />

The next steps depend on whether you want to [connect an application](#2a-connect-an-application) or [connect a network](#2b-connect-a-network).

## 2a. Connect an application

Before you connect an application through your tunnel, you must:

- [Add a website to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).
- [Change your domain nameservers to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/).

Follow these steps to connect an application through your tunnel. If you are looking to connect a network, skip to the [Connect a network section](#2b-connect-a-network).

<Render file="tunnel/add-public-hostname" product="cloudflare-one" />

If you add a multi-level subdomain (more than one level of subdomain), you must [order an Advanced Certificate for the hostname](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#i-see-this-site-cant-provide-a-secure-connection).

The application is now publicly available on the Internet. To allow or block specific users, [create an Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/).

## 2b. Connect a network

Follow these steps to connect a private network through your tunnel.

1. In the **Private Networks** tab, add an IP or CIDR.

2. Select **Save tunnel**.

To configure Zero Trust policies and connect as a user, refer to [Connect private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/).

## 3. View your tunnel

After saving the tunnel, you will be redirected to the **Tunnels** page. Look for your new tunnel to be listed along with its active connector.

![Tunnel appearing in the Tunnels table](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/tunnel-table.png)

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

To create and manage tunnels, you will need to install and authenticate <GlossaryTooltip term="cloudflared"><code>cloudflared</code></GlossaryTooltip> on your origin server. `cloudflared` is what connects your server to Cloudflare's global network.

You have the option of creating a tunnel [via the dashboard](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/) or [via the command line](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/). We recommend getting started with the dashboard, since it will allow you to manage the tunnel from any machine.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Useful terms

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/

Review terminology for Cloudflare Tunnels.

## Tunnel

A tunnel is a secure, outbound-only pathway you can establish between your origin and Cloudflare's global network. Each tunnel you create will be assigned a [name](#tunnel-name) and a [UUID](#tunnel-uuid).

## Tunnel UUID

A tunnel UUID is an alphanumeric, unique ID assigned to a tunnel. The tunnel UUID can be used whenever you need to reference a specific tunnel.

## Tunnel name

A tunnel name is a unique, user-friendly identifier that you choose for a tunnel. Since a tunnel can proxy traffic to multiple services, tunnel names do not need to be hostnames. For example, you can assign your tunnel a name that represents your application/network, a particular server, or the cloud environment where it runs.

## Connector

The connector, referred to as `cloudflared`, establishes connectivity from your origin server to the Cloudflare global network. Our connector offers high availability by creating four long-lived connections to two distinct data centers within Cloudflare's global network. This built-in redundancy means that if an individual connection, server, or data center goes down, your origin remains available.

## Replica

You can create and configure a tunnel once and run that tunnel through multiple, unique instances of the connector, `cloudflared`. These instances are known as replicas. DNS records and Cloudflare Load Balancers will still point to the tunnel and its DNS Record (`UUID.cfargotunnel.com`), while that tunnel sends traffic to the multiple instances of `cloudflared` that run through it. Today, there is no guarantee about which replica will be chosen. Replicas are often deployed to provide tunnels with high availability in the event a given host running `cloudflared` is interrupted or taken offline.

## Remotely-managed tunnel

A remotely-managed tunnel is a [tunnel](#tunnel) that was created in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) under **Networks** > **Tunnels**. Tunnel configuration is stored in Cloudflare, which allows you to manage the tunnel from the dashboard or using the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/tunnels/subresources/configurations/methods/get/).

## Locally-managed tunnel

A locally-managed tunnel is a [tunnel](#tunnel) that was created by running `cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>` on the command line. Tunnel configuration is stored in your local [cloudflared directory](#default-cloudflared-directory).

### Default `cloudflared` directory

`cloudflared` uses a default directory when storing credentials files for your tunnels, as well as the `cert.pem` file it generates when you run `cloudflared login`. The default directory is also where `cloudflared` will look for a [configuration file](#configuration-file) if no other file path is specified when running a tunnel.

| OS                          | Path to default directory                                                              |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Windows                     | `%USERPROFILE%\.cloudflared`                                                           |
| macOS and Unix-like systems | `~/.cloudflared`, `/etc/cloudflared`, and `/usr/local/etc/cloudflared`, in this order. |

### Configuration file

This is a YAML file that functions as the operating manual for `cloudflared`. `cloudflared` will automatically look for the configuration file in the [default `cloudflared` directory](#default-cloudflared-directory), but you can store your configuration file in any directory. It is recommended to always specify the file path for your configuration file whenever you reference it. By creating a configuration file, you can have fine-grained control over how their instance of `cloudflared` will operate. This includes operations like what you want `cloudflared` to do with traffic (for example, proxy websockets to port `xxxx` or SSH to port `yyyy`), where `cloudflared` should search for authorization (credentials file, tunnel token), and what mode it should run in (for example, [`warp-routing`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/)). In the absence of a configuration file, cloudflared will proxy outbound traffic through port `8080`. For more information on how to create, store, and structure a configuration file, refer to the [dedicated instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/).

### Cert.pem

This is the certificate file issued by Cloudflare when you run `cloudflared tunnel login`. This file uses a certificate to authenticate your instance of `cloudflared` and it is required when you create new tunnels, delete existing tunnels, change DNS records, or configure tunnel routing from cloudflared. This file is not required to perform actions such as running an existing tunnel or managing tunnel routing from the Cloudflare dashboard. Refer to the [Tunnel permissions page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/tunnel-permissions/) for more details on when this file is needed.

The `cert.pem` origin certificate is valid for at least 10 years, and the service token it contains is valid until revoked.

### Credentials file

This file is created when you run `cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>`. It stores your tunnel's credentials in JSON format, and is unique to each tunnel. This file functions as a token authenticating the tunnel it is associated with. Refer to the [Tunnel permissions page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/tunnel-permissions/) for more details on when this file is needed.

### Ingress rule

Ingress rules let you specify which local services traffic should be proxied to. If a rule does not specify a path, all paths will be matched. Ingress rules can be listed in your [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) or when running `cloudflared tunnel ingress`.

## Quick tunnels

Quick tunnels, when run, will generate a URL that consists of a random subdomain of the website `trycloudflare.com`, and point traffic to localhost on port `8080`. If you have a web service running at that address, users who visit the generated subdomain will be able to visit your web service through Cloudflare's network. Refer to [TryCloudflare](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/trycloudflare/) for more information on how to run quick tunnels.

## Virtual networks

A [virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) is a software abstraction that allows you to logically segregate resources on your private network. Virtual networks are especially useful for exposing resources which have overlapping IP routes. To connect to a resource, end users would select a virtual network in their WARP client settings before entering the destination IP.

---

# Monitor tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Metrics

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/

Tunnel metrics show a Cloudflare Tunnel's throughput and resource usage over time. When you run a tunnel, `cloudflared` will spin up a Prometheus metrics endpoint — an HTTP server that exposes metrics in [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/) format. You can use the Prometheus toolkit on a remote machine to scrape metrics data from the `cloudflared` server.

## Default metrics server address

In non-containerized environments, `cloudflared` starts the metrics server on `127.0.0.1:<PORT>/metrics`, where `<PORT>` is the first available port in the range `20241` to `20245`. In case of all ports being unavailable then the fallback is to bind to a random port. In containerized environments such as Docker and Kubernetes, the default address is `0.0.0.0:<PORT>/metrics`.

To determine the default port being used by a `cloudflared` instance, you can check your [Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/) around the time when the tunnel started. For example:

```text
2024-12-19T21:17:58Z INF Starting metrics server on 127.0.0.1:20241/metrics
```

## Configure the metrics server address

To serve metrics on a custom IP address and port, perform these steps on the `cloudflared` host:

1. Run the tunnel using the [--metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#metrics) flag. Here is an example command for a locally-managed tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel --metrics 127.0.0.1:60123 run my-tunnel
   ```

   To learn how to add the `--metrics` flag to a remotely-managed tunnel, refer to [Configure a remotely-managed tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/#add-tunnel-run-parameters).

		:::note
		If you plan to fetch metrics from another machine on the local network, replace `127.0.0.1` with the internal IP of the `cloudflared` server (for example, `198.168.x.x`). To serve metrics on all available network interfaces, use `0.0.0.0`.
		:::

2. Verify that the metrics server is running by going to `http://localhost:60123/metrics`. This will only work if you configured a localhost IP (`127.0.0.1` or `0.0.0.0`).

You can now export the metrics to Prometheus and Grafana in order to visualize and query the data. Refer to our [tutorial](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/grafana/) for instructions on getting started with these tools.

## Available metrics

### cloudflared metrics

| Name                                                | Description                                                                                                | Type    | Labels                                     |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `build_info`                                        | Build and version information.                                                                             | GAUGE   | `goversion`, `revision`, `type`, `version` |
| `cloudflared_config_local_config_pushes`            | Number of local configuration pushes to Cloudflare.                                                        | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_config_local_config_pushes_errors`     | Number of errors that occurred during local configuration pushes.                                          | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_orchestration_config_version`          | Configuration version.                                                                                     | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tcp_active_sessions`                   | Concurrent number of TCP sessions that are being proxied to any origin.                                    | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tcp_total_sessions`                    | Total number of TCP sessions that have been proxied to any origin.                                         | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_active_streams`                 | Total number of active streams.                                                                            | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_concurrent_requests_per_tunnel` | Concurrent number of requests proxied through each tunnel.                                                 | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_ha_connections`                 | Number of active HA connections.                                                                           | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_request_errors`                 | Number of errors proxying to origin.                                                                       | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_server_locations`               | Where each tunnel is connected to. `1` means current location, `0` means previous locations.               | GAUGE   | `connection_id`, `edge_location`           |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_timer_retries`                  | Unacknowledged heart beats count.                                                                          | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_total_requests`                 | Number of requests proxied through all tunnels.                                                            | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_tunnel_authenticate_success`    | Number of successful tunnel authentication events.                                                         | COUNTER |                                            |
| `cloudflared_tunnel_tunnel_register_success`        | Number of successful tunnel registrations.                                                                 | COUNTER | `rpcName`                                  |
| `cloudflared_udp_active_sessions`                   | Concurrent number of UDP sessions that are being proxied to any origin.                                    | GAUGE   |                                            |
| `cloudflared_udp_total_sessions`                    | Total number of UDP sessions that have been proxied to any origin.                                         | COUNTER   |                                            |
| `coredns_panics_total`                              | Number of panics.                                                                                          | COUNTER |                                            |
| `quic_client_closed_connections`                    | Number of connections that have been closed.                                                               | COUNTER |                                            |
| `quic_client_latest_rtt`                            | Latest round-trip time (RTT) measured on a connection.                                                     | GAUGE   | `conn_index`                               |
| `quic_client_lost_packets`                          | Number of packets that have been lost from a connection.                                                   | COUNTER | `conn_index`, `reason`                     |
| `quic_client_min_rtt`                               | Lowest RTT measured on a connection in ms.                                                                 | GAUGE   | `conn_index`                               |
| `quic_client_packet_too_big_dropped`                | Number of packets received from origin that are too big to send to Cloudflare and are dropped as a result. | COUNTER |                                            |
| `quic_client_smoothed_rtt`                          | Smoothed RTT calculated for a connection in ms.                                                            | GAUGE   | `conn_index`                               |
| `quic_client_total_connections`                     | Number of connections initiated. For all QUIC metrics, client means the side initiating the connection.    | COUNTER |                                            |

### Prometheus metrics

| Name                                         | Description                                  | Type    | Labels |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ |
| `promhttp_metric_handler_requests_in_flight` | Current number of scrapes being served.      | GAUGE   |        |
| `promhttp_metric_handler_requests_total`     | Total number of scrapes by HTTP status code. | COUNTER | `code` |
|                                              |                                              |         |        |

### Go runtime metrics

| Name                               | Description                                                        | Type    | Labels    |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------- |
| `go_gc_duration_seconds`           | A summary of the pause duration of garbage collection cycles.      | SUMMARY |           |
| `go_goroutines`                    | Number of goroutines that currently exist.                         | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_info`                          | Information about the Go environment.                              | GAUGE   | `version` |
| `go_memstats_alloc_bytes`          | Number of bytes allocated and still in use.                        | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total`    | Total number of bytes allocated, even if freed.                    | COUNTER |           |
| `go_memstats_buck_hash_sys_bytes`  | Number of bytes used by the profiling bucket hash table.           | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_frees_total`          | Total number of frees.                                             | COUNTER |           |
| `go_memstats_gc_sys_bytes`         | Number of bytes used for garbage collection system metadata.       | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_alloc_bytes`     | Number of heap bytes allocated and still in use.                   | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_idle_bytes`      | Number of heap bytes waiting to be used.                           | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes`     | Number of heap bytes that are in use.                              | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_objects`         | Number of allocated objects.                                       | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_released_bytes`  | Number of heap bytes released to OS.                               | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_heap_sys_bytes`       | Number of heap bytes obtained from system.                         | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_last_gc_time_seconds` | Number of seconds since 1970 of last garbage collection.           | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_lookups_total`        | Total number of pointer lookups.                                   | COUNTER |           |
| `go_memstats_mallocs_total`        | Total number of mallocs.                                           | COUNTER |           |
| `go_memstats_mcache_inuse_bytes`   | Number of bytes in use by mcache structures.                       | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_mcache_sys_bytes`     | Number of bytes used for mcache structures obtained from system.   | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_mspan_inuse_bytes`    | Number of bytes in use by mspan structures.                        | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_mspan_sys_bytes`      | Number of bytes used for mspan structures obtained from system.    | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_next_gc_bytes`        | Number of heap bytes when next garbage collection will take place. | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_other_sys_bytes`      | Number of bytes used for other system allocations.                 | GAUGE   |           |
| `go_memstats_stack_inuse_bytes`    | Number of bytes in use by the stack allocator.                     | GAUGE   |           |
|                                    |                                                                    |         |           |

---

# Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/notifications/

import { AvailableNotifications } from "~/components"

Administrators can receive an alert when Cloudflare Tunnels in an account change their health or deployment status. Notifications can be delivered via email, webhook, and third-party services.

## Manage notifications

Tunnel notifications are configured on the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/). For more information, refer to [Create a notification](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification).

## Available notifications

<AvailableNotifications product="Tunnel" />

---

# Log streams

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/

Tunnel logs record all activity between a `cloudflared` instance and Cloudflare's global network, as well as all activity between `cloudflared` and your origin server. These logs allow you to investigate connectivity or performance issues with a Cloudflare Tunnel. You can configure your server to store persistent logs, or you can stream real-time logs from any client machine.

## View logs on the server

If you have access to the origin server, you can use the [`--loglevel` flag](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#loglevel) to enable logging when you start the tunnel. By default, `cloudflared` prints logs to stdout and does not store logs on the server. You can optionally use the [`--logfile` flag](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#logfile) to write your logs to a file.

To enable logs for a locally-managed tunnel:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel --loglevel debug --logfile cloudflared.log run <UUID>
```

To enable logs for a remotely-managed tunnel, add `--loglevel debug` and `--logfile <PATH>` to your system service as shown in [Add tunnel run parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/remote-management/#add-tunnel-run-parameters).

## View logs on your local machine

You can view real-time logs for a Cloudflare Tunnel via the dashboard or from any machine that has `cloudflared` installed. With remote log streams, you do not need to SSH into the server that is running the tunnel. To get remote logs, the tunnel must be active and able to receive requests.

### Dashboard

Dashboard log streams are only available for remotely-managed tunnels. To view logs from the dashboard:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels** and select a remotely-managed tunnel.
2. In the sidebar, select the **Connector ID** for the `cloudflared` instance you want to view.
3. Select **Begin log stream**.

### CLI

The `cloudflared` daemon can stream logs from any tunnel in your account to the local command line. `cloudflared` must be installed on both your local machine and the origin server.

#### View logs

1. On your local machine, authenticate `cloudflared` to your Zero Trust account:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel login
   ```

2. Run `cloudflared tail` for a specific tunnel:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tail <UUID>
   ```

   For a more structured view of the JSON message, you can pipe the output to tools like [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/):

   ```sh
   cloudflared tail --output=json <UUID> | jq .
   ```

#### Filter logs

You can filter logs by event type (`--event`), event level (`--level`), or sampling rate (`-sampling`) to reduce the volume of logs streamed from the origin. This helps mitigate the performance impact on the origin, especially when the origin is normally under high load. For example:

```sh
cloudflared tail --level debug <UUID>
```

| Flag         | Description                                                                                                                                                                                           | Allowed values                            | Default value |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `--event`    | Filter by the type of event / request.                                                                                                                                                                | `cloudflared`, `http`, `tcp`, `udp`       | All events    |
| `--level`    | Return logs at this level and above. Works independently of the [`--loglevel`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#loglevel) setting on the server. | `debug`, `info`, `warn`, `error`, `fatal` | `debug`       |
| `--sampling` | Sample a fraction of the total logs.                                                                                                                                                                  | Number from `0.0` to `1.0`                | `1.0`         |
|              |                                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                           |               |

#### View logs for a replica

If you are running multiple `cloudflared` instances for the same tunnel (also known as [replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/)), you must specify an individual instance to stream logs from:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels** and select your tunnel.
2. Find the **Connector ID** for the `cloudflared` instance you want to view.
3. Specify the Connector ID in `cloudflared tail`:
   ```sh
   cloudflared tail --connector-id <CONNECTOR ID> <UUID>
   ```

### Performance considerations

- The logging session will only be held open for one hour. All logging systems introduce some level of performance overhead, and this limit helps prevent longterm impact to your tunnel's end-to-end latencies.
- When streaming logs for a high throughput tunnel, Cloudflare intentionally prioritizes service stability over log delivery. To reduce the number of dropped logs, try [requesting fewer logs](#filter-logs). To ensure that you are seeing all logs, [view logs on the server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/#view-logs-on-the-server) instead of streaming the logs remotely.

---

# Private networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can connect private networks and the services running in those networks to Cloudflare's global network. This involves installing a [connector](#connectors) on the private network, and then [setting up routes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/#2b-connect-a-network) which define the IP addresses available in that environment. Unlike [public hostname routes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/), private network routes can expose both HTTP and non-HTTP resources.

To reach private network IPs, end users must connect their device to Cloudflare and enroll in your Zero Trust organization. The most common method is to install the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) on their device, or you can onboard their network traffic to Cloudflare using our [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/) or [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/).

Administrators can optionally set [Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) to control access to services based on user identity and device posture.

## Connectors

Here are the different ways you can connect your private network to Cloudflare:

- [**cloudflared**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) installs on a server in your private network to create a secure, outbound tunnel to Cloudflare. Cloudflare Tunnel using `cloudflared` only proxies traffic initiated from a user to a server. Any service or application running behind the tunnel will use the server's default routing table for server-initiated connectivity.
- [**WARP-to-WARP**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-to-warp/) uses the [Cloudflare WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) to establish peer-to-peer connectivity between two or more devices. Each device running WARP can access services on any other device running WARP via an assigned virtual IP address.
- [**WARP Connector**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/) installs on a Linux server in your private network to establish site-to-site, bidirectional, and mesh networking connectivity. The WARP Connector acts as a subnet router to relay client-initiated and server-initiated traffic between all devices on a private network and Cloudflare.
- [**Magic WAN**](/magic-wan/) relies on configuring legacy networking equipment to establish anycast GRE or IPsec tunnels between an entire network location and Cloudflare.

---

# Peer-to-peer connectivity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-to-warp/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can create a private network between any two or more devices running Cloudflare WARP. This means that you can have a private network between your phone and laptop without ever needing to be connected to the same physical network. If you already have an existing Zero Trust deployment, you can also enable this feature to add device-to-device connectivity to your private network with the press of a button. This will allow you to connect to any service that relies on TCP, UDP, or ICMP-based protocols through Cloudflare's network.

Users in your organization can reach these services by enrolling into your organization's Zero Trust account. Once enrolled, each device is assigned a virtual IP address in the `100.96.0.0/12` range which will allow users or systems to address these devices directly. Administrators will then be able to build Zero Trust policies to determine who within your organization can reach those virtual IPs.

This guide covers how to:

- Enable WARP-to-WARP connectivity to establish a private network between your devices.
- Manage Split Tunnel preferences for the WARP client to determine what traffic should be routed to the Cloudflare global network.
- Create Zero Trust security policies to restrict access.
- Connect to virtual IP spaces from WARP devices without any client-side configuration changes.

## Prerequisites

- [Install the Cloudflare WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your devices.
- [Define device enrollment permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/).
- [Enroll your devices](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) in your Zero Trust organization.​​

## Enable WARP-to-WARP

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. Enable **Proxy**.
3. Enable **Warp-to-Warp**. This allows Cloudflare to route traffic to the <GlossaryTooltip term="CGNAT IP">CGNAT IP</GlossaryTooltip> space.
4. In your [Split Tunnel configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/), ensure that traffic to `100.96.0.0/12` is going through WARP:

- If using **Exclude** mode, delete `100.64.0.0/10` from the list and re-add `100.64.0.0/11` and `100.112.0.0/12`.
- If using **Include** mode, add `100.96.0.0/12` to your list.

This will instruct WARP to begin proxying any traffic destined for a `100.96.0.0/12` IP address to Cloudflare for routing and policy enforcement.

## Connect via WARP

Once enrolled, your users and services will be able to connect to the virtual IPs configured for TCP, UDP, or ICMP-based traffic. You can optionally create [Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) to define the users and devices that can access the `100.96.0.0/12` IP space.

---

# DNS records

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel/dns-record"
	product="cloudflare-one"
	params={{ one: "an origin target", two: "a DNS record" }}
/>

## Create a DNS record for the tunnel

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a new DNS record for your tunnel:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Records**.
3. Select **Add record**.
4. Input the following information:
   - **Type**: _CNAME_
   - **Name**: Subdomain of your application
   - **Target**: `<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`
5. Select **Save**.

![Example of fields completed to create a new CNAME record.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/dns/dns-record.png)

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="cli">

You can create a new DNS record directly from `cloudflared`:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel route dns <UUID or NAME> www.app.com
```

This command create a `CNAME` record that points to the tunnel subdomain, but will not proxy traffic if the tunnel is not currently running.

:::note

To create DNS records using `cloudflared`, the [`cert.pem`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#certpem) file must be installed on your system.
:::

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

The DNS record is distinct from the state of the tunnel. You can create DNS records that point to a tunnel that is not currently running. If the tunnel stops running, the DNS record will not be deleted. If you point the DNS record to a tunnel not currently running, visitors will see a `1016` error message.

Additionally, you can create multiple DNS records that point to the same tunnel subdomain. If you are routing traffic from multiple hostnames to multiple services, you will need to create a `CNAME` entry for each hostname. The CNAME entries will share the same target.

## Optional Cloudflare settings

The application will default to the Cloudflare settings of the hostname in your account that includes the Cloudflare Tunnel DNS record, including [cache rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) and [firewall policies](/firewall/). You can changes these settings for your hostname in Cloudflare's dashboard.

---

# Public hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/

With Cloudflare Tunnel, you can expose your HTTP resources to the Internet via a public hostname. For example, you can add a route that points `docs.example.com` to `localhost:8080`. Anyone can now view your local application by going to `docs.example.com` in their web browser.

Cloudflare can route traffic to your Cloudflare Tunnel connection using a [DNS record](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/dns/) or [Cloudflare Load Balancer](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/). You can configure either option from the Cloudflare dashboard by pointing a DNS `CNAME` record or a load balancer pool to the Cloudflare Tunnel subdomain for your connection. You can also associate these records with your tunnel from `cloudflared` directly.

---

# Load balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel/dns-record"
	product="cloudflare-one"
	params={{ one: "a Load Balancing endpoint", two: "a load balancer pool" }}
/>

## Add a tunnel to a load balancer pool

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a load balancer, refer to the [Load Balancing documentation](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/). The endpoint address is the subdomain of your tunnel, `<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`.

If you want to add a [monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/) to your load balancer pool, you will need to add a host header to **Advanced health check settings**. The header will be similar to `Header Name: Host` and `Value: www.your-zone.com`. The monitor will not work without the host header if you are using a config file that defines the `ingress` field, as shown in [this example](https://github.com/cloudflare/argo-tunnel-examples/blob/adb44da43ec0aa65f7928613b762a47ae0d9b2b0/named-tunnel-k8s/cloudflared.yaml#L90).

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="cli">

You can add Cloudflare Tunnel to an existing load balancer pool directly from `cloudflared`:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel route lb <tunnel name/uuid> <hostname> <load balancer pool>
```

- `<hostname>`: the DNS hostname of the load balancer, for example `lb.example.com`.

- `<load balancer pool>`: the name of the [pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#create-a-pool) that will contain the tunnel subdomain.

This command creates an LB DNS record that points the specified hostname to the subdomain of your tunnel (`<UUID>.cfargotunnel.com`). Traffic will not be proxied unless the tunnel is running.

:::note

To create DNS records using `cloudflared`, the [`cert.pem`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#certpem) file must be installed on your system.
:::

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

## Optional Cloudflare settings

The application will default to the Cloudflare settings for the load balancer hostname, including [cache rules](/cache/how-to/cache-rules/) and [firewall policies](/firewall/). You can change the settings for your hostname in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).

## Known limitations

### Monitors and TCP Tunnel origins

If you have a tunnel to a port or SSH port, do not run a TCP health check.

Instead, set up a health check endpoint in `cloudflared` — for example, an [ingress entry rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/#file-structure-for-public-hostnames) that returns a fixed HTTP status response — and create an **HTTP** [monitor](/load-balancing/monitors/) for that endpoint. The monitor will only verify that your server is reachable. It does not check whether the server is running and accepting requests.

### Session affinity and replicas

The load balancer does not distinguish between [replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) of the same tunnel. If you run the same tunnel UUID on two separate hosts, the load balancer treats both hosts as a single endpoint. To maintain [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) between a client and a particular host, you will need to connect each host to Cloudflare using a different tunnel UUID.

### Local connection preference

If you notice traffic imbalances across endpoints in different locations, you may have to adjust your load balancer setup.

`cloudflared` connections give preference to tunnels that terminate in the same Cloudflare data center. This behavior can impact how connections are weighted and traffic is distributed.

The solution depends on the type of tunnel being used. If running [legacy tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/do-more-with-tunnels/migrate-legacy-tunnels/), put your origins in different pools. If running [Cloudflare tunnel replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) (using a shared ID), switch to separate Cloudflare tunnels as distinct origins.

---

# Common errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/troubleshoot-tunnels/common-errors/

import { Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

This section covers the most common errors you might encounter when connecting resources with Cloudflare Tunnel. If you do not see your issue listed below, refer to the [troubleshooting FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/), view your [Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/), or [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

## I see `cloudflared service is already installed`.

If you see this error when installing a remotely-managed tunnel, ensure that no other `cloudflared` instances are running as a service on this machine. Only a single instance of `cloudflared` may run as a service on any given machine. Instead, we recommend adding additional routes to your existing tunnel. Alternatively, you can run `sudo cloudflared service uninstall` to uninstall `cloudflared`.

## I see `An A, AAAA, or CNAME record with that host already exists`.

If you are unable to save your tunnel's public hostname, choose a different hostname or delete the existing DNS record. [Check the DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for your domain from the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

## Tunnel credentials file doesn't exist or is not a file.

If you encounter the following error when running a tunnel, double check your `config.yml` file and ensure that the `credentials-file` points to the correct location. You may need to change `/root/` to your home directory.

```sh
cloudflared tunnel run
```

```sh output
2021-06-04T06:21:16Z INF Starting tunnel tunnelID=928655cc-7f95-43f2-8539-2aba6cf3592d
Tunnel credentials file '/root/.cloudflared/928655cc-7f95-43f2-8539-2aba6cf3592d.json' doesn't exist or is not a file
```

## My tunnel fails to authenticate.

To start using Cloudflare Tunnel, a super administrator in the Cloudflare account must first log in through `cloudflared login`. The client will launch a browser window and prompt the user to select a hostname in their Cloudflare account. Once selected, Cloudflare generates a certificate that consists of three components:

- The public key of the origin certificate for that hostname
- The private key of the origin certificate for that domain
- A token that is unique to Cloudflare Tunnel

Those three components are bundled into a single PEM file that is downloaded one time during that login flow. The host certificate is valid for the root domain and any subdomain one-level deep. Cloudflare uses that certificate file to authenticate `cloudflared` to create DNS records for your domain in Cloudflare.

The third component, the token, consists of the zone ID (for the selected domain) and an API token scoped to the user who first authenticated with the login command. When user permissions change (if that user is removed from the account or becomes an admin of another account, for example), Cloudflare rolls the user's API key. However, the certificate file downloaded through `cloudflared` retains the older API key and can cause authentication failures. The user will need to login once more through `cloudflared` to regenerate the certificate. Alternatively, the administrator can create a dedicated service user to authenticate.

## I see an error: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority.

This means the origin is using a certificate that `cloudflared` does not trust. For example, you may get this error if you are using SSL/TLS inspection in a proxy between your server and Cloudflare. To solve this:

- Add the certificate to the system certificate pool.
- Use the `--origin-ca-pool` flag and specify the path to the certificate.
- Use the `--no-tls-verify` flag to stop `cloudflared` checking the certificate for a trust chain.

## I see an error 1033 when attempting to run a tunnel.

An error 1033 indicates your tunnel is not connected to Cloudflare's edge. First, run `cloudflared tunnel list` to see whether your tunnel is listed as active. If it isn't, check the following:

1. Make sure you correctly routed traffic to your tunnel (step 5 in the [Tunnel guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#5-start-routing-traffic)) by assigning a CNAME record to point traffic to your tunnel. Alternatively, check [this guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/lb/) to route traffic to your tunnel using load balancers.
2. Make sure you run your tunnel (step 6 in the [Tunnel guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#6-run-the-tunnel)).

For more information, here is a [comprehensive list](/support/troubleshooting/cloudflare-errors/troubleshooting-cloudflare-1xxx-errors/) of Cloudflare 1xxx errors.

## I see `ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS` when attempting to connect to an Access self-hosted app.

This error occurs when `cloudflared` does not recognize the SSL/TLS certificate presented by your origin. To resolve the issue, set the [origin server name](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/#originservername) parameter to the hostname on your origin certificate. Here is an example of a locally-managed tunnel configuration:

```txt
ingress:
  - hostname: test.example.com
    service: https://localhost:443
    originRequest:
      originServerName: test.example.com
```

## `cloudflared access` shows an error `websocket: bad handshake`.

This means that your `cloudflared access` client is unable to reach your `cloudflared tunnel` origin.
To diagnose this, you should look at the `cloudflared tunnel` logs. A very often root cause is that the `cloudflared tunnel` is unable to proxy to your origin (e.g. because the ingress is mis-configured, or the origin is down, or because the origin HTTPS certificate cannot be validated by `cloudflared tunnel`).
If `cloudflared tunnel` has no logs, it means Cloudflare Edge is not even able to route the websocket traffic to it.

There are a few different possible root causes behind the `websocket: bad handshake` error:

- Your `cloudflared tunnel` is either not running or not connected to Cloudflare Edge.

- WebSockets are not enabled. To enable them, go to `dash.cloudflare.com` > **Network**.

- Your Cloudflare account has Universal SSL enabled but your SSL/TLS encryption mode is set to **Off (not secure)**. To resolve:

  1. On the Cloudflare dashboard for your zone, go to **SSL/TLS** > **Overview**.
  2. Ensure that your SSL/TLS encryption mode is set to either **Flexible**, **Full** or **Full (strict)**.

- Your requests are blocked by [Super Bot Fight Mode](/bots/get-started/pro/). To resolve, make sure you set **Definitely automated** to _Allow_ in the bot fight mode settings.

- Your SSH or RDP Access application has the [Binding Cookie](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/#binding-cookie) enabled. To disable the cookie, go to **Access** > **Applications** and edit the application settings.

## My tunnel randomly disconnects.

Long-lived connections initiated through the Cloudflare Zero Trust platform, such as SSH sessions, can last up to eight hours. However, disruptions along the service path may result in more frequent disconnects. Often, these disconnects are caused by regularly scheduled maintenance events such as data center, server, or service updates and restarts. If you believe these events are not the cause of disconnects in your environment, collect the relevant [WARP logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/) and [Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/) and contact Support.

## Tunnel connections fail with SSL error.

If `cloudflared` returns error `error="remote error: tls: handshake failure"`, check to make sure the hostname in question is covered by a SSL certificate. If using a multi-level subdomain, an advanced certificate may be required as the Universal SSL will not cover more than one level of subdomain. This may surface in the browser as `ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH`.

## Tunnel connections fail with `Too many open files` error.

If your [Cloudflare Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/) returns a `socket: too many open files` error, it means that `cloudflared` has exhausted the open files limit on your machine. The maximum number of open files, or file descriptors, is an operating system setting that determines how many files a process is allowed to open. To increase the open file limit, you will need to [configure ulimit settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/system-requirements/#ulimits) on the machine running `cloudflared`.

## I see `failed to sufficiently increase receive buffer size` in my cloudflared logs.

This buffer size increase is reported by the [quic-go library](https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go) leveraged by [cloudflared](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared). You can learn more about the log message in the [quic-go repository](https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/wiki/UDP-Buffer-Sizes). This log message is generally not impactful and can be safely ignored when troubleshooting. However, if you have deployed `cloudflared` within a unique, high-bandwidth environment then buffer size can be manually overridden for testing purposes.

To set the maximum receive buffer size on Linux:

1. Create a new file under `/etc/sysctl.d/`:

```sh
sudo vi 98-core-rmem-max.conf
```

2. In the file, define the desired buffer size:

```txt
net.core.rmem_max=2500000
```

3. Reboot the host machine running `cloudflared`.

4. To validate that these changes have taken effect, use the `grep` command:

```sh
sudo sysctl -a | grep net.core.rmem_max
```

```sh output
net.core.rmem_max = 2500000
```

## `ping` and `traceroute` commands do not work.

To ping an IP address behind Cloudflare Tunnel, your system must allow ICMP traffic through `cloudflared`:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Linux" icon="linux">

1. Ensure that `ping_group_range` includes the Group ID (GID) of the user running `cloudflared`.

   1. To get the Group ID of the user, run `id -g`.
   2. To verify the Group IDs that are allowed to use ICMP:

   ```sh
   sudo sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range
   ```

   ```sh output
   net.ipv4.ping_group_range= 0 10000
   ```

   3. Either add the user to a group within that range, or update the range to encompass a group the user is already in. To update `ping_group_range`:

   ```sh
   echo 0 10001 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range
   ```

2. If you are running multiple network interfaces (for example, `eth0` and `eth1`), configure `cloudflared` to use the external Internet-facing interface:

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel run --icmpv4-src <IP of primary interface>
   ```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Docker" icon="seti:docker">

In your environment, modify the `ping_group_range` parameter to include the Group ID (GID) of the user running `cloudflared`.

By default the [`cloudflared` Docker container](https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/blob/master/Dockerfile#L29C6-L29C13) executes as a user called `nonroot` inside of the container. `nonroot` is a specific user that exists in the [base image](https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless/blob/859eeea1f9b3b7d59bdcd7e24a977f721e4a406c/base/base.bzl#L8) we use, and its Group ID is hardcoded to 65532.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Tunnel diagnostic logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/troubleshoot-tunnels/diag-logs/

import {Details} from "~/components";

Cloudflare Tunnel generates a set of diagnostic logs that can be used to troubleshoot issues with `cloudflared`. A diagnostic report collects data from a single instance of `cloudflared` running on the local machine.

## Get diagnostic logs

The steps for getting diagnostic logs depend on your `cloudflared` deployment environment.

### Prerequisites

- `cloudflared` version 2024.12.2 or later installed on the host

### Host environment

These instructions apply to remotely-managed and locally-managed tunnels running directly on the host machine.

1. (Linux only) To include network diagnostics in the logs, allow the `cloudflared` user to create RAW and PACKET sockets without root permissions:

		```sh
		sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/bin/traceroute && sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/bin/traceroute
		```

		If you do not set `cap_net_raw`, then traceroute data will be unavailable.

2. Get diagnostic logs:

		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag
		```

		If multiple instances of `cloudflared` are running on the same host, specify the [metrics server IP and port](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#check-the-metrics-server-address) for the instance you want to diagnose. For example:

		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag --metrics 127.0.0.1:20241
		```

This command will output the status of each diagnostic task and place a `cloudflared-diag-YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss.zip` file in your working directory.

### Docker

`cloudflared` reads diagnostic data from the [tunnel metrics server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/). To get diagnostic logs, the metrics server must be exposed from the Docker container and reachable from the host machine.

1. Determine the [metrics server port](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#default-metrics-server-address) for the `cloudflared` instance running in Docker.

2. Ensure the container is deployed with port forwarding enabled. The diagnostic feature will request information from the Docker instance using local port `20241`, therefore you should forward port `20241` to the container port obtained in Step 1:

		```sh
		docker run -d -p 20241:<metrics_port> docker.io/cloudflare/cloudflared tunnel ...
		```

3. Verify that you can reach the metrics server address from the Docker host environment:

		```sh
		curl localhost:20241/diag/tunnel
		```

		This command should return a JSON:
		```json
		{
			"tunnelID": "ef96b330-a7f5-4bce-a00e-827ce5be077f",
			"connectorID": "d236670a-9f74-422f-adf1-030f5c5f0523",
			"connections": [
				{ "isConnected": true, "protocol": 1, "edgeAddress": "198.41.192.167"},
				{"isConnected": true, "protocol": 1, "edgeAddress": "198.41.200.113", "index": 1},
				{"isConnected": true, "protocol": 1, "edgeAddress": "198.41.192.47", "index": 2},
				{"isConnected": true, "protocol": 1, "edgeAddress": "198.41.200.73", "index": 3}
			],
			"icmp_sources": ["192.168.1.243", "fe80::c59:bd4a:e815:ed6"]
		}
		```

4. Run the diagnostic using the Docker container ID:

		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag --diag-container-id=<containerID>
		```

		Alternatively, you can specify the container's name instead of its ID:
		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag --diag-container-id=<containerName>
		```

		Running the diagnostic command with the container ID allows `cloudflared` to collect information from the Docker environment such as logs and container details.

This command will output the status of each diagnostic task and place a `cloudflared-diag-YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss.zip` file in your working directory.

### Kubernetes

The diagnostic feature will request data from the [tunnel metrics server](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/) using ports `20241` to `20245`. You will need to use port forwarding to allow the local `cloudflared` instance to connect to the metrics server on one of these ports.

1. Determine the tunnel's [metrics server port](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#default-metrics-server-address).

2. Enable port forwarding:

		```sh
		kubectl port-forward <pod> <diagnostic_port>:<metrics_port>
		```

		- `<pod>`: Name of the pod where the tunnel is running
		- `<diagnostic_port>` is any local port in the range `20241` to `20245`.
		- `<metrics_port>` is the Kubernetes pod port for the `cloudflared` instance you want to diagnose (obtained in Step 1).

		For example, if you set the metrics server address to `0.0.0.0:12345`:

		```sh
		kubectl port-forward cloudflared-6d4897585b-r8kfz 20244:12345
		```
		Connections made to local port `20244` are forwarded to port `12345` of the pod that is running the tunnel.

3. Run the diagnostic:

		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag --diag-pod-id=<podID>
		```

		If the pod has multiple applications/services running and `cloudflared` is not the first in the pod, you must specify either the container ID or name:

		```sh
		cloudflared tunnel diag --diag-pod-id=<podID> --diag-container-id=<containerName>
		```

This command will output the status of each diagnostic task and place a `cloudflared-diag-YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss.zip` file in your working directory.

## cloudflared-diag files

The `cloudflared-diag-YYYY-MM-DDThh-mm-ss.zip` archive contains the files listed below. The data in a file either applies to the `cloudflared` instance being diagnosed (`diagnosee`) or the instance that triggered the diagnosis (`diagnoser`). For example, if your tunnel is running in a Docker container, the diagnosee is the Docker instance and the diagnoser is the host instance.

| File name  | Description | Instance |
| -| - | - |
| `cli-configuration.json`| [Tunnel run parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/) used when starting the tunnel | diagnosee|
| `cloudflared_logs.txt` | [Tunnel log file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/)[^1]  | diagnosee|
| `configuration.json` | Tunnel configuration parameters | diagnosee|
| `goroutine.pprof` | goroutine profile made available by `pprof` | diagnosee|
| `heap.pprof` | 	heap profile made available by `pprof`| diagnosee|
| `metrics.txt` | Snapshot of [Tunnel metrics](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/metrics/#available-metrics) at the time of diagnosis | diagnosee|
| `network.txt` | JSON traceroutes to Cloudflare's global network using IPv4 and IPv6 | diagnoser|
| `raw-network.txt` | Raw traceroutes to Cloudflare's global network using IPv4 and IPv6 | diagnoser|
| `systeminformation.json` | Operating system information and resource usage | diagnosee|
| `task-result.json` | Result of each diagnostic task | diagnoser |
| `tunnelstate.json` | Tunnel connections at the time of diagnosis| diagnosee|

[^1]: If the log file is blank, you may need to [set `--loglevel` to `debug`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/#view-logs-on-the-server) when you start the tunnel. The `--loglevel` parameter is only required if you ran the tunnel from the CLI using a `cloudflared tunnel run` command. It is not necessary if the tunnel runs as a Linux/macOS service or runs in Docker/Kubernetes.

---

# Troubleshoot tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/troubleshoot-tunnels/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# gRPC

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/grpc/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

gRPC is a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) framework that allows client applications to call methods on a remote server as if they were running on the same local machine. You can connect gRPC servers and clients to Cloudflare's global network, making it easier to build applications that use services across different data centers and environments.

<Render file="tunnel/grpc-support" /> <br /> <br />
In this example, we will connect a gRPC server to Cloudflare using the
`cloudflared` <GlossaryTooltip term="daemon">daemon</GlossaryTooltip>, secure
the server with Gateway policies, and open a gRPC channel to the server using
the Cloudflare WARP client.

## 1. Set up a gRPC server

1. To set up a gRPC Python application, follow this [quick start guide](https://grpc.io/docs/languages/python/quickstart/).

2. Start the server:

```sh
~/grpc/examples/python/helloworld $ python3 greeter_server.py
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
I0000 00:00:1721770418.373806    3677 config.cc:230] gRPC experiments enabled: call_status_override_on_cancellation, event_engine_dns, event_engine_listener, http2_stats_fix, monitoring_experiment, pick_first_new, trace_record_callops, work_serializer_clears_time_cache
Server started, listening on 50051
```

## 2. Connect the server to Cloudflare

To establish a secure, outbound-only connection to Cloudflare:

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel for your server by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). You can skip the connect an application step and go straight to connecting a network.

2. In the **Private Networks** tab for the tunnel, enter the private IP address of your server (or a range that includes the server IP).

## 3. Route private network IPs through WARP

<Render file="tunnel/warp-to-tunnel-route-ips" params={{ one: "private network"}} />

## 4. (Recommended) Create a Gateway policy

You can configure [Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) to either block or allow access to the gRPC server. The following example consists of two policies: the first allows gRPC connections from devices that pass [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/), and the second blocks all other traffic. Make sure that the Allow policy has higher [priority](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence).

### 1. Allow secured devices

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                                     | Logic | Action |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination Port             | is       | `50051`                                   | And   | Allow  |
| Destination IP               | is       | `172.31.0.133`                            | And   |        |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | is       | `macOS firewall (Firewall)`               | And   |        |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | is       | `macOS disk encryption (Disk encryption)` |       |        |

### 2. Block everything else

| Selector       | Operator | Value           | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | --------------- | ------ |
| Destination IP | in       | `172.31.0.0/16` | Block  |

For more details on setting up the Gateway proxy, refer to [Filter network traffic with Gateway](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#4-recommended-filter-network-traffic-with-gateway).

## 5. Set up the client

gRPC clients can connect to the server by installing Cloudflare WARP on the device and enrolling in your Zero Trust organization. When the client makes a request to a private IP exposed through Cloudflare Tunnel, WARP routes the connection through Cloudflare's network to the corresponding tunnel.

To set up the gRPC client:

1. [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your device in Gateway with WARP mode.
2. [Create device enrollment rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to determine which devices can enroll to your Zero Trust organization.
3. Install gRPC on the device by following this [quick start guide](https://grpc.io/docs/languages/python/quickstart/).
4. Modify `greeter.py` to point to the private IP of your gRPC server. This is the same private IP configured in your [Cloudflare Tunnel routes](#2-connect-the-server-to-cloudflare). For example,

```python null {6}
def run():
    # NOTE(gRPC Python Team): .close() is possible on a channel and should be
    # used in circumstances in which the with statement does not fit the needs
    # of the code.
    print("Will try to greet world ...")
    with grpc.insecure_channel("172.31.0.133:50051") as channel:
        stub = helloworld_pb2_grpc.GreeterStub(channel)
        response = stub.SayHello(helloworld_pb2.HelloRequest(name="you"))
    print("Greeter client received: " + response.message)
```

## 6. Test the connection

1. On the client device, ensure that WARP is `Connected`.
2. Run the gRPC client application:

```sh
~/grpc/examples/python/helloworld $ python3 greeter_client.py
Will try to greet world ...
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
I0000 00:00:1721771484.489711 4414247 config.cc:230] gRPC experiments enabled: call_status_override_on_cancellation, event_engine_dns, event_engine_listener, http2_stats_fix, monitoring_experiment, pick_first_new, trace_record_callops, work_serializer_clears_time_cache
Greeter client received: Hello, you!
```

You can view [Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/#view-logs-on-your-local-machine) to validate that requests are coming into the tunnel and reaching the gRPC server as intended.

---

# Private network connectivity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/troubleshoot-tunnels/private-networks/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="tunnel/troubleshoot-private-networks" />

---

# Use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/

Cloudflare Tunnel creates a secure, outbound-only connection between your services and Cloudflare by deploying a lightweight connector in your environment. Here is how to use tunnels with some specific services:

* [SSH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/)
* [RDP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/)
* [SMB](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/smb/)
* [gRPC](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/grpc/)

---

# RDP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) provides a graphical interface for users to connect to a computer remotely. RDP is most commonly used to facilitate simple remote access to machines or workstations which users cannot physically access. However, this also makes RDP connections the frequent subject of attacks, since a misconfiguration can inadvertently allow unauthorized access to the machine.

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can enjoy the convenience of making your RDP server available over the Internet without the risk of opening any inbound ports on your local server.

Cloudflare Zero Trust offers two solutions to provide secure access to RDP servers:

- [Private subnet routing with Cloudflare WARP to Tunnel](#connect-to-rdp-server-with-warp-to-tunnel)
- [Public hostname routing with `cloudflared access`](#connect-to-rdp-server-with-cloudflared-access)

## Set up an RDP server in GCP

This example walks through how to set up an RDP server on a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) virtual machine (VM), but you can use any machine that supports RDP connections.

1. In your [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/), [create a new project](https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-project).
2. Go to **Compute Engine** > **VM instances**.
3. Select **Create instance**.
4. Name your VM instance, for example `windows-rdp-server`.
5. Configure your VM instance:
   1. Scroll down to **Boot Disk** and select **Change**.
   2. For **Operating system**, select _Windows Server_.
   3. Choose a **Version** with Desktop Experience, for example _Windows Server 2016 Datacenter_.
6. Once your VM is running, open the dropdown next to **RDP** and select _View gcloud command to reset password_.
7. Select **Run in Cloud Shell**.
8. Run the command in the Cloud Shell terminal. You will be asked to confirm the password reset.
9. Copy the auto-generated password and username to a safe place.

## Install Microsoft Remote Desktop

You can use any RDP client to access and configure the RDP server.

To access the server through Microsoft Remote Desktop:

1. Download and install [Microsoft Remote Desktop](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/microsoft-remote-desktop/9WZDNCRFJ3PS).
2. Once downloaded, open Microsoft Remote Desktop and select **Add a PC**.
3. For **PC name**, enter the public IP address of your RDP server. In GCP, this is the **External IP** of the VM instance.
4. For **User account**, select **Add User Account** and enter your auto-generated password and username.
5. Select **Add**. The PC will display in Microsoft Remote Desktop.
6. To test basic connectivity, double-click the newly added PC.
7. When asked if you want to continue, select **Continue**.

You can now remotely access and configure your RDP server.

:::note

By default, Internet Explorer will be installed and configured in [Enhanced Security mode](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/developer/browsers/security-privacy/enhanced-security-configuration-faq#internet-explorer-enhanced-security-configuration). If the browser is slow or unable to load, you can turn off Enhanced Security and install an alternate browser such as Google Chrome.
:::

## Connect to RDP server with WARP to Tunnel

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### 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

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### 2. Set up the client

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### 3. Route private network IPs through WARP

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### 4. Connect as a user

Once the WARP client is configured, you can use your RDP client to connect to the server's private IP address (instead of the public IP address used initially).

To connect in Microsoft Remote Desktop:

1. Open Microsoft Remote Desktop and select **Add a PC**.
2. For **PC name**, enter the private IP address of your RDP server. In GCP, this is the **Internal IP** of the VM instance.
3. For **User account**, enter your RDP server username and password.
4. To test Zero Trust connectivity, double-click the newly added PC.
5. When asked if you want to continue, select **Continue**.

You now have secure, remote access to the RDP server.

## Connect to RDP server with `cloudflared access`

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### 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/).

2. In the **Public Hostnames** tab, choose a domain from the drop-down menu and specify any subdomain (for example, `rdp.example.com`).

3. For **Service**, select _RDP_ and enter the [RDP listening port](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/change-listening-port) of your server (for example, `localhost:3389`). It will likely be port `3389`.

4. Select **Save hostname**.

5. (Recommended) Add a [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to Cloudflare Access in order to manage access to your server.

### 2. Connect as a user

1. [Install `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) on the client machine.
2. Run this command to open an RDP listening port:

   ```sh
   cloudflared access rdp --hostname rdp.example.com --url rdp://localhost:3389
   ```

   This process will need to be configured to stay alive and autostart. If the process is killed, users will not be able to connect.

:::note

If the client machine is running Windows, port `3389` may already be consumed locally. Select an alternative port to `3389` that is not being used.
:::

3. While `cloudflared access` is running, connect from an RDP client such as Microsoft Remote Desktop:
   1. Open Microsoft Remote Desktop and select **Add a PC**.
   2. For **PC name**, enter `localhost:3389`.
   3. For **User account**, enter your RDP server username and password.
   4. Double-click the newly added PC.
   5. When asked if you want to continue, select **Continue**.

When the client launches, a browser window will open and prompt the user to authenticate themselves.

---

# Manage Microsoft directories

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/

To manage a Microsoft directory:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email security**.
3. Select **Directories**.
4. Under **Directory name**, select **MS directory**.
5. From here, you can manage **Groups** or **Users** directories.

---

# SMB

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/smb/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Server Message Block (SMB) protocol allows users to read, write, and access shared resources on a network. Due to security risks, firewalls and ISPs usually block public connections to an SMB file share. With Cloudflare Tunnel, you can provide secure and simple SMB access to users outside of your network.

Cloudflare Zero Trust offers two solutions for connecting to SMB servers:

- [Private subnet routing with Cloudflare WARP to Tunnel](#connect-to-smb-server-with-warp-to-tunnel)
- [Public hostname routing with `cloudflared access`](#connect-to-smb-server-with-cloudflared-access)

## Set up an SMB server on Linux

While SMB was developed for Microsoft Windows, Samba provides SMB connectivity from UNIX-like and BSD systems. A Samba server can be set up using this [guide](https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-samba#1-overview) on an Ubuntu machine.

## Connect to SMB server with WARP to Tunnel

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### 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel for your server by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). You can skip the connect an application step and go straight to connecting a network.

2. In the **Private Networks** tab for the tunnel, enter the private IP address of your server (or a range that includes the server IP).

3. (Optional) [Set up Zero Trust policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#4-recommended-filter-network-traffic-with-gateway) to fine-tune access to your server.

### 2. Set up the client

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### 3. Route private network IPs through WARP

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### 4. Connect as a user

#### macOS

1. In the Finder menu, select **Go** > **Connect to Server**.

2. Enter `smb://<smb-server-ip-address>/sambashare`.

   ![Connect to SMB server in macOS](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/use-cases/smb-connect.png)

3. Sign in with the username and password created while setting up the server.

#### Windows

1. Open File Explorer and right-click **Network** > **Map Network Drive**.
2. For **Folder**, enter `\\<server-private-ip>\sambashare`.
3. Select **Connect using different credentials**.
4. Select **Finish**.
5. Sign in with the username and password created while setting up the server.

## Connect to SMB server with `cloudflared access`

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### 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/).

2. In the **Public Hostnames** tab, choose a domain from the drop-down menu and specify any subdomain (for example, `smb.example.com`).

3. For **Service**, select _TCP_ and enter the SMB listening port (for example, `localhost:445`). SMB drives listen on port `139` or `445` by default.

4. Select **Save hostname**.

5. (Recommended) Add a [self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) to Cloudflare Access in order to manage access to your server.

### 2. Connect as a user

1. [Install `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) on the client machine.

2. Run the following command to open an SMB listening port. You can specify any available port on the client machine.

   ```sh
   cloudflared access tcp --hostname smb.example.com --url localhost:8445
   ```

   This command can be wrapped as a desktop shortcut so that end users do not need to use the command line.

3. [Open your SMB client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/smb/#4-connect-as-a-user) and configure the client to point to `smb://localhost:8445/sambashare`. Do not input the hostname.

4. Sign in with the username and password created while setting up the server.

#### Windows-specific requirements

If you are using a Windows machine and cannot specify the port for SMB, you might need to disable the local server. The local server on a client machine uses the same default port `445` for CIFS/SMB. By listening on that port, the local server can block the `cloudflare access` connection.

:::caution

The Windows Server service supports share actions over a network like file, print, and named-pipe. Disabling this service can cause those actions to fail to start.
:::

To disable the local server on a Windows machine:

1. Select **Win**+**R** to open the Run window.
2. Type `services.msc` and select **Enter**.
3. Locate the local server process, likely called `Server`.
4. Stop the service and set **Startup type** to _Disabled_.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for `TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper`.

---

# Manage groups in your directory

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/manage-groups-directory/

Email Security allows you to view and manage your groups directory and their [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/). When a group is added to the registry, all members are registered by default. 

To manage your group directory, on the **MS directory** page, select **Groups**.

## Add groups to registry

Email Security allows you to add group names to the registry. 

To add a single group to the registry:

1. Select the group name you want to add.
2. Select the three dots > **Add to registry**.

To add multiple groups to the registry at once:

1. Select the group names you want to add to the registry.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list.
3. Select **Add to registry**.

## Remove groups from registry

Email Security allows you to remove group names from the registry. 

To remove a single group from the registry:

1. Select the group name you want to remove.
2. Select the three dots > **Remove from registry**.

To remove multiple groups from the registry at once:

1. Select the group names you want to remove from registry.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list.
3. Select **Remove from registry**.

## Filter impersonation registry

You can filter the list of group names by registered and unregistered.

A group name is registered when it is part of the [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/). A group name is unregistered when they are not part of the impersonation registry.

To filter the list, under the **Impersonation registry** dropdown, select one of the following:
   - **All**: To view registered and unregistered groups.
   - **Registered**: To view registered groups.
   - **Unregistered**: To view unregistered groups.

---

# Manage users in your directory

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/directories/manage-ms-directories/manage-users-directory/

Email Security allows you to view and manage the [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/) status of your users directory.

On the **MS directory** page, select **Users**.

## Add users to registry

To add a single user to the registry:

1. Select the name you want to add.
2. Select the three dots > **Add to registry**.

To add multiple users to the registry at once:

1. Select the names you want to add to the registry.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list.
3. Select **Add to registry**.

## Remove users from registry

Email Security allows you to remove users from the registry. 

To remove a single user from the registry:

1. Select the name you want to remove.
2. Select the three dots > **Remove from registry**.

To remove multiple users from the registry at once:

1. Select the names you want to remove from the registry.
2. Select the **Action** dropdown list.
3. Select **Remove from registry**.

## Edit a user

To edit a user in the Microsoft directory:

1. Under **Display name**, select the user you want to edit. 
2. Select **Edit**: Enter a **Secondary email**.
3. Select **Save**.


## Filter a user

You can filter the list of users by registered and unregistered.

A user is registered when they are added to the [impersonation registry](/cloudflare-one/email-security/detection-settings/impersonation-registry/). A user is unregistered when they are not part of the impersonation registry.

To filter the impersonation registry:

Select the **Impersonation registry** dropdown, and choose one of the following:
   - **All**: To view registered and unregistered users.
   - **Registered**: To view registered users.
   - **Unregistered**: To view unregistered users.

To filter users:

Select the **Users** dropdown, and choose one of the following:
   - **All**: To view users in groups and not in groups.
   - **Users in groups**: To view users in groups.
   - **Users not in groups**: To view users not in groups.

---

# Post-delivery deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Access integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/

These device posture checks can only be enforced for Cloudflare Access applications. They cannot be used in Gateway network policies.

| Device posture check                                                                            | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Android/ChromeOS | [WARP mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------- | ----- | --- | ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access](/cloudflare-one/tutorials/entra-id-conditional-access/) | ✅    | ✅      | ❌    | ❌  | ❌               | WARP not required                                                                        |
| [Mutual TLS](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/)   | ✅    | ✅      | ✅    | ✅  | ✅               | WARP not required                                                                        |
| [Tanium](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/tanium/)                          | ✅    | ✅      | ✅    | ❌  | ❌               | Gateway with WARP, Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering, or Device Information Only  |

---

# Mutual TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components";

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

[Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/access-management/what-is-mutual-tls/) ensures that traffic is both secure and trusted in both directions between a client and server. It allows requests that do not log in with an identity provider (like IoT devices) to demonstrate that they can reach a given resource. Client certificate authentication is also a second layer of security for team members who both log in with an identity provider (IdP) and present a valid client certificate.

With a root certificate authority (CA) in place, Access only allows requests from devices with a corresponding client certificate. When a request reaches the application, Access responds with a request for the client to present a certificate. If the device fails to present the certificate, the request is not allowed to proceed. If the client does have a certificate, Access completes a key exchange to verify.

![mTLS handshake diagram](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/mtls.png)

## Add mTLS authentication to your Access configuration

:::caution[Important]

The mTLS certificate is used only to verify the client certificate. It does not control the SSL certificate presented during the [server hello](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/what-happens-in-a-tls-handshake/).

mTLS is checked on a per host basis. Access sets a flag for when a client certificate was presented and successfully completed mTLS authentication. However, to actually enforce mTLS, you need an Access policy in place, and Access policies are both host and path specific. If you want to enforce mTLS on a specific path, you need to make sure your Access policies are configured accordingly.

:::

To enforce mTLS authentication from [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com):

1. Go to **Access** > **Service auth** > **Mutual TLS**.

2. Select **Add mTLS Certificate**.

3. Give the Root CA any name.

4. Paste the content of the `ca.pem` file into the **Certificate content** field.

   <Render file="byo-ca-mtls-cert-requirements" product="ssl" />

5. In **Associated hostnames**, enter the fully-qualified domain names (FQDN) that will use this certificate.

   These FQDNs will be the hostnames used for the resources being protected in the [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). You must associate the Root CA with the FQDN that the application being protected uses.

6. Select **Save**.

   If your zone is using an intermediate certificate in addition to the root certificate, upload the entire chain.

7. Next, go to **Access** > **Applications**.

8. Find the application you would like to enforce mTLS on and select **Configure**. The application must be included in the **Associated hostnames** list from Step 5.

9. Create a new (or amend an existing) [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/).

   If this is for a client who does not need to log in through an IdP, set the policy **Action** to _Service Auth_.

10. Add an mTLS authentication rule using the following selectors:

    | Selector              | Description                                                                               |
    | --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | **Common Name**       | Only client certificates with a specific common name will be allowed to proceed.          |
    | **Valid Certificate** | Any client certificate that can authenticate with the Root CA will be allowed to proceed. |

11. Save the policy.

:::caution

Cloudflare Gateway cannot inspect traffic to mTLS-protected domains. If a device has the WARP client turned on and passes HTTP requests through Gateway, access will be blocked unless you [bypass HTTP inspection](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) for the domain.
:::

## Test mTLS using cURL

To test the application protected by an mTLS policy:

1. First, attempt to curl the site without a client certificate.
   This curl command example is for the site `example.com` that has an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) set for `https://auth.example.com`:

   ```sh
   curl -sv https://auth.example.com
   ```

   Without a client certificate in the request, a `403 forbidden` response displays and the site cannot be accessed.

2. Now, add your client certificate information to the request:

   ```sh
   curl -sv https://auth.example.com --cert example.pem --key key.pem
   ```

When the authentication process completes successfully, a `CF_Authorization Set-Cookie` header returns in the response.

## Test mTLS using Cloudflare PKI

You can use Cloudflare's open source tools for private key infrastructure (PKI) to test the mTLS feature in Cloudflare Access. This guide details the process to generate a Root Client Authority (CA), add it to the Cloudflare dashboard, and issue client certificates that can authenticate against the root CA and reach a protected resource.

### 1. Install dependencies

The process requires two packages from Cloudflare's PKI toolkit:

- `cf-ssl`
- `cfssljson`

You can install these packages from the [Cloudflare SSL GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl). You will need a working installation of Go, version 1.12 or later. Alternatively, you can [download the packages](https://github.com/cloudflare/cfssl) directly.
Use the instructions under Installation to install the toolkit, and ensure that you install all of the utility programs in the toolkit.

### 2. Generate the Root CA

1. Create a new directory to store the Root CA.

2. Within that directory, create two new files:

   - **CSR**. Create a file named `ca-csr.json` and add the following JSON blob, then save the file.

     ```json
     {
     	"CN": "Access Testing CA",
     	"key": {
     		"algo": "rsa",
     		"size": 4096
     	},
     	"names": [
     		{
     			"C": "US",
     			"L": "Austin",
     			"O": "Access Testing",
     			"OU": "TX",
     			"ST": "Texas"
     		}
     	]
     }
     ```

   - **config**. Create a file named `ca-config.json` and add the following JSON blob, then save the file.

     ```json
     {
     	"signing": {
     		"default": {
     			"expiry": "8760h"
     		},
     		"profiles": {
     			"server": {
     				"usages": ["signing", "key encipherment", "server auth"],
     				"expiry": "8760h"
     			},
     			"client": {
     				"usages": ["signing", "key encipherment", "client auth"],
     				"expiry": "8760h"
     			}
     		}
     	}
     }
     ```

3. Now, run the following command to generate the Root CA with those files.

   ```sh
   cfssl gencert -initca ca-csr.json | cfssljson -bare ca
   ```

4. Within the directory, check its content to confirm the output was successful.

   ```sh
   ls
   ```

   The output should now return the following content:

   ```sh
   ca-config.json ca-csr.json ca-key.pem ca.csr  ca.pem
   ```

### 3. Generate a client certificate

Returning to the terminal, generate a client certificate that will authenticate against the Root CA uploaded.

1. Create a file named `client-csr.json` and add the following JSON blob:

   ```json
   {
   	"CN": "James Royal",
   	"hosts": [""],
   	"key": {
   		"algo": "rsa",
   		"size": 4096
   	},
   	"names": [
   		{
   			"C": "US",
   			"L": "Austin",
   			"O": "Access",
   			"OU": "Access Admins",
   			"ST": "Texas"
   		}
   	]
   }
   ```

2. Now, use the following command to generate a client certificate with the Cloudflare PKI toolkit:

   ```sh
   cfssl gencert -ca=ca.pem -ca-key=ca-key.pem  -config=ca-config.json -profile=client client-csr.json | cfssljson -bare client
   ```

3. You can now test the client certificate with the following `cURL` command.

   ```sh
   curl -v --cert client.pem --key client-key.pem https://iot.widgetcorp.tech
   ```

### Test in the browser

The instructions here cover usage with a computer running macOS.

1. In the same working directory, run the following command to add the client certificate into the macOS Keychain.

:::caution[Important]

The command adds the client certificate to the trusted store on your device. Only proceed if you are comfortable doing so and intend to keep these testing certificates safeguarded.
:::

```sh
open client.pem
security import client-key.pem -k ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
```

2. Select the certificate in the Keychain list to set the certificate to trusted. Confirm that the certificate is listed in **My Certificates**.

### Create a CRL

You can use the Cloudflare PKI toolkit to generate a certificate revocation list (CRL), as well. This list will contain client certificates that are revoked.

1. Get the serial number from the client certificate generated earlier. Add that serial number, or any others you intend to revoke, in hex format in a text file. This example uses a file named `serials.txt`.

2. Create the CRL with the following command.

   ```sh
   cfssl gencrl serials.txt ../mtls-test/ca.pem ../mtls-test/ca-key.pem | base64 -D > ca.crl
   ```

You will need to add the CRL to your server or enforce the revocation in a Cloudflare Worker. An example Worker Script can be found on the [Cloudflare GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/access-crl-worker-template).

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## Known limitations

mTLS does not currently work for:

- HTTP/3 traffic
- Cloudflare Pages site served on a [custom domain](/pages/configuration/custom-domains/)
- Cloudflare R2 public bucket served on a [custom domain](/r2/buckets/public-buckets/#connect-a-bucket-to-a-custom-domain)

## Set up alerts for mutual TLS certificates

You can configure alerts to receive notifications before your mutual TLS certificates expire.

<AvailableNotifications
	product="SSL/TLS"
	notificationFilter="Access mTLS Certificate Expiration Alert"
/>

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---

# Tanium

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/tanium/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Access can use endpoint data from [Tanium™](https://www.tanium.com/) to determine if a request should be allowed to reach a protected resource. When users attempt to connect to a resource protected by Access with a Tanium rule, Cloudflare Access will validate the user's identity, and the browser will connect to the Tanium agent before making a decision to grant access.

:::caution[Gateway device posture limitation]


The Tanium integration cannot be used with [Gateway device posture policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#device-posture).


:::

## Prerequisites

* Tanium Core Platform version 7.2 or later
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## Integrate Tanium with Cloudflare Access

:::note


The integration does not currently support Safari.


:::

1. Configure your Tanium deployment using the [step-by-step documentation](https://docs.tanium.com/endpoint_identity/endpoint_identity/userguide.html) provided. You will need the public key to integrate your Tanium deployment with Cloudflare Access.

2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

3. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

4. Select **Tanium** from the list of providers.

5. Enter any **Name** for the integration.

6. For **Port**, enter `17472`.

   This is the default port used by the Tanium endpoints to communicate inbound and outbound with Cloudflare Access. You may need to modify it to reflect your organization's deployment.

7. Input the public certificate generated in Step 1.

   Adding the certificate allows Cloudflare to validate that the response from the Tanium agent is valid.

You can now build [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) that check [device posture signals](#tanium-endpoint-signals) from the Tanium endpoint.

## Example Access policy

This example will only grant access to users who are part of your team's email domain and running the Tanium agent.

| Action | Rule type | Selector                | Value       |
| ------ | --------- | ----------------------- | ----------- |
| Allow  | Include   | Emails Ending in        | `@team.com` |
|        | Require   | Device Posture - Tanium | `Managed`   |

The Tanium rule will require that the device connecting is managed in your Tanium deployment and has checked into the Tanium server in the last 7 days.

## Tanium endpoint signals

| Signal  | Value   | Description                                                                 |
| ------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Managed | Boolean | Validates that the device is managed in your organization's Tanium account. |

---

# CrowdStrike

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/crowdstrike/

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## Prerequisites

Device posture with Crowdstrike requires:

* Falcon Enterprise plan or above
* Crowdstrike agent is deployed on the device.
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## Set up CrowdStrike as a service provider

### 1. Obtain CrowdStrike settings

The following CrowdStrike values are needed to set up the CrowdStrike posture check:

* Client ID
* Client Secret
* Base URL
* Customer ID

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your Falcon Dashboard.
2. Go to **Support and resources** > **API Clients and Keys**.
3. Select **Add new API client** and enter any name for the client.
4. Enable the **Read** API Scope for **Zero Trust Assessment**, **Hosts**, **Detections**, **Event Streams**, and **User Management**.
5. Select **Add**.
6. Copy the **Client ID**, **Client Secret**, and **Base URL** to a safe place.
7. Go to **Host setup and management** > **Sensor downloads** and copy your Customer ID.
8. Get an auth token from your CrowdStrike API endpoint:

   ```bash
   curl -X POST "<BASE_URL>/oauth2/token" \
       -H "accept: application/json" \
       -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
       -d "client_id=<CLIENT_ID>&client_secret=<CLIENT_SECRET>"
   ```

   This POST request authorizes Cloudflare Zero Trust to [add CrowdStrike as a service provider](#2-add-crowdstrike-as-a-service-provider). For more information, refer to the Crowdstrike [auth token documentation](https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com/documentation/93/oauth2-auth-token-apis).

### 2. Add CrowdStrike as a service provider

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5. Enter the **Client ID** and **Client secret** you noted down above.
6. Enter your **Rest API URL**.
7. Enter your **Customer ID**.
8. Choose a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query CrowdStrike for information.
9. Select **Save**.

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### 3. Configure the posture check

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## Device posture attributes

Device posture data is gathered from the [CrowdStrike Zero Trust Assessment APIs](https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com/documentation/156/zero-trust-assessment-apis). To learn more about how scores are calculated, refer to the [CrowdStrike Zero Trust Assessment](https://falcon.us-2.crowdstrike.com/documentation/138/zero-trust-assessment) documentation.

| Selector      | Description                                                                                       | Value                                                                                         |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| OS            | OS signal score                                                                                   | `1` to `100`                                                                                  |
| Overall       | Overall ZTA score                                                                                 | `1` to `100`                                                                                  |
| Sensor config | Sensor signal score                                                                               | `1` to `100`                                                                                  |
| Version       | ZTA score version                                                                                 | `2.1.0`                                                                                       |
| State         | Current online status of the device                                                               | *Online*, *Offline*, or *Unknown*                                                             |
| Last seen     | Elapsed time since the device was last seen. Only returned if its state is `online` or `unknown`. | In the last 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, or more than 30 days |

---

# Service providers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/

Service-to-service integrations allow the WARP client to get device posture data from a third-party API. To use this feature, you must [deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to your devices and enable the desired posture checks.

## Supported WARP modes

* Gateway with WARP
* Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering
* Device Information Only

## Supported operating systems

| Device posture check                                                                        | macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS | Android/ChromeOS |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------- | ----- | --- | ---------------- |
| [Custom integration](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/custom/)            | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ✅   | ✅                |
| [Crowdstrike](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/crowdstrike/)              | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Kolide](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/kolide/)                        | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Microsoft Endpoint Manager](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/microsoft/) | ✅     | ✅       | ❌     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [SentinelOne](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/sentinelone/)              | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Tanium](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/taniums2s/)                     | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Uptycs](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/uptycs/)                        | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Workspace ONE](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/workspace-one/)          | ✅     | ✅       | ✅     | ❌   | ❌                |

---

# Custom device posture integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/custom/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to enforce custom device posture checks on your applications. This involves configuring a WARP service-to-service integration that periodically calls the external API of your choice, whether it is a third-party endpoint provider or a home built solution. When called, the API will receive device identifying information from Cloudflare and be expected to return a value between `0` to `100`. You can then set up a device posture check that determines if the returned value counts as a pass or fail; for example, you could allow access to a user only if their device has a posture value greater than `60`.

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant WARP
		participant Cloudflare Access
    participant External API
    WARP->>Cloudflare Access: Client ID and Secret
		Cloudflare Access->>External API: Application token
		WARP->>External API: JSON with user and device identity
    External API-->>WARP: JSON with 0-100 result
```

## External API requirements

The custom service provider integration works with any API service that meets the following specifications. For an example of a custom device posture integration API, refer to our [Cloudflare Workers sample code](https://github.com/cloudflare/custom-device-posture-integration-example-worker).

### Authentication

The WARP client authenticates to the external API through Cloudflare Access. The external API should [validate the application token](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/validating-json/) issued by Cloudflare Access to ensure that any requests which bypass Access (for example, due to a network misconfiguration) are rejected.

### Data passed to external API

Cloudflare will pass the following parameters to the configured API endpoint. You can use this data to identify the device and assign a posture score. For some devices, not all identifying information will apply, in which case the field will be blank. A maximum of 1,000 devices will be sent per a request.

| Field | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| `device_id` | Device UUID assigned by the WARP client |
| `email` | Email address used to authenticate the WARP client |
| `serial_number` | Device serial number |
| `mac_address` | Device MAC address |
| `virtual_ipv4` | Device virtual IPv4 address |
| `hostname` | Device name |

Example request body:
```json
{
  "devices": {
    [
      {
        "device_id": "9ece5fab-7398-488a-a575-e25a9a3dec07",
        "email": "jdoe@mycompany.com",
        "serial_number": "jdR44P3d",
        "mac_address": "74:1d:3e:23:e0:fe",
        "virtual_ipv4": "100.96.0.10",
        "hostname": "string",
      },
      {...},
      {...}
    ]
  }
}
```

### Expected response from external API

For each Cloudflare `device_id`, the API service is expected to return a posture score and optionally a third-party device ID.

| Field | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
| `s2s_id` | Third party device ID (empty string if unavailable) |
| `score` | Integer value between `0` - `100` |

Example response body:
```json
{
  "result": {
    "9ece5fab-7398-488a-a575-e25a9a3dec07": {
      "s2s_id": "",
      "score": 10
    },
    "device_id2": {...},
    "device_id3": {...}
  }
}
```

## Set up custom device posture checks

### 1. Create a service token

WARP uses an Access Client ID and Access Client Secret to securely authenticate to the external API. If you do not already have an Access Client ID and Access Client Secret, [create a new service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/#create-a-service-token).

### 2. Create an Access application

Next, secure the external API behind Cloudflare Access so that WARP can authenticate with the service token. To add the API endpoint to Access:

1. [Create a self-hosted application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/) for your API endpoint.
2. Add the following Access policy to the application. Make sure that **Action** is set to _Service Auth_ (not _Allow_).

	| Action | Rule type | Selector          | Value                                 |
	| ------ | --------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------- |
	| Service Auth | Include  | Service Token | `<TOKEN-NAME>`                       |

### 3. Add a service provider integration

To create a custom service-to-service integration:

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "Custom service provider" }} />
5. In **Access client ID** and **Access client secret**, enter the Access service token used to authenticate to your external API.
6. In **Rest API URL**, enter the external API endpoint that Cloudflare will query for posture information (for example, `https://api.example.com`). For more information, refer to [External API requirements](#external-api-requirements).
7. In **Polling frequency**, choose how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query the external API for information.
8. Select **Test and save**. The test checks if Cloudflare can authenticate to the API URL using the provided Access credentials.

Next, [configure a device posture check](#4-configure-the-posture-check) to determine if a given posture score constitutes a pass or fail.

### 4. Configure the posture check

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## Device posture attributes

| Selector      | Description                                                                                       | Value                                                                                         |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Score            | Posture score returned by external API                                                                                   | `0` to `100`                                                                                  |

---

# Kolide

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/kolide/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="posture/service-provider-intro" params={{ one: "Kolide" }} />

## Prerequisites

* Kolide agent is deployed on the device.
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## Set up Kolide as a service provider

### 1. Create a Client Secret in Kolide

1. Log in to your Kolide dashboard.
2. Select your profile and go to **Settings** > **Developers**.
3. Select **Create New Key**.
4. Enter a **Key Name** and select **Save**.
5. Copy the **Secret token** to a safe place. This will be your Client Secret.

### 2. Add Kolide as a service provider

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "Kolide" }} />
5. Enter the **Client secret** you noted down above.
6. Choose a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query Kolide for information.
7. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

### 3. Configure the posture check

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## Device posture attributes

Device posture data is gathered from the [Kolide K2 API](https://kolidek2.readme.io/reference/get_issues).

| Selector    | Description                                   |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Issue count | Total number of issues detected on the device |

---

# Microsoft Endpoint Manager

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/microsoft/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="posture/service-provider-intro" params={{ one: "Microsoft" }} />

## Prerequisites

Device posture with Microsoft Endpoint Manager requires:

* An Intune license
* Microsoft Endpoint Manager is managing the device.
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## 1. Obtain Microsoft Graph settings

The following values are required:

* Client secret
* Application (client) ID
* Direct (tenant) ID

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your Microsoft Dashboard.
2. Go to **App Registrations** and select **New Registrations**.
3. Copy the `Application (client) ID` value to a safe place. This will be your Client ID.
4. Copy the `Directory (tenant) ID` value to a safe place. This will be your Customer ID.
5. Go to **Certificates & Secrets** and select **New client secret**.
6. Fill in a description and how long the secret should be valid.
7. After completing the form, immediately copy the resulting secret. This will be your Client Secret.
8. Go to **API Permissions** and select **Add permission**.
9. Select **Microsoft Graph**.
10. Select **Application permissions**.
11. Add `DeviceManagementManagedDevices.Read.All`.
12. If the permission status shows **Not granted**, select **Grant admin consent**.

## 2. Add Intune as a service provider

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5. Enter the **Client ID**, **Client secret** and **Customer ID** as you noted down above.
6. Select a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query Microsoft Graph API for information.
7. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

## 3. Configure the posture check

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## Device posture attributes

The Microsoft Endpoint Manager device posture check relies on information from the Microsoft Graph API. Refer to Microsoft's [ComplianceState](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/intune-devices-compliancestate?view=graph-rest-1.0) and [List managedDevices](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/intune-devices-manageddevice-list?view=graph-rest-1.0) documentation for a list of properties returned by the API.

To learn more about how to control ComplianceState, refer to Microsoft's [compliance policies guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/protect/device-compliance-get-started).

---

# SentinelOne

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/sentinelone/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust can integrate with SentinelOne to require that users connect to certain applications from managed devices. Our service-to-service posture check identifies devices based on their serial numbers.

## Prerequisites

* SentinelOne agent is deployed on the device.
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## Set up SentinelOne as a service provider

### 1. Obtain SentinelOne settings

The following SentinelOne values are needed to set up the SentinelOne posture check:

* API Token
* REST API URL

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your SentinelOne Dashboard.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Users** > **Create new Service User**.
3. Select **Create New Service User**.
4. Enter a **Name** and **Expiration Date** and select **Next**.
5. Set **Scope of Access** to *Viewer*.
6. Select **Create User**. SentinelOne will generate an API Token for this user.
7. Copy the **API Token** to a safe location.
8. Select **Close**.
9. Copy the **Rest API URL** from your browser's address bar (for example, `https://<S1-DOMAIN>.sentinelone.net`).

### 2. Add SentinelOne as a service provider

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "SentinelOne" }} />
5. In **Client Secret**, enter your **API Token**.
6. In **Rest API URL**, enter `https://<S1-DOMAIN>.sentinelone.net`.
7. Choose a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query SentinelOne for information.
8. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

### 3. Configure the posture check

<Render file="posture/configure-posture-check" params={{ one: "SentinelOne" }} />

## Device posture attributes

Device posture data is gathered from the SentinelOne Management APIs. For more information, refer to `https://<S1-DOMAIN>.sentinelone.net/api-doc/overview`.

| Selector       | Description                                                           |
| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Infected       | Whether the device is infected                                        |
| Active Threats | Number of active threats on the device                                |
| Is Active      | Whether the SentinelOne Agent is active                               |
| Network status | Whether the SentinelOne Agent is connected to the SentinelOne service |
| Operational State | The [operational state](https://community.sentinelone.com/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2Farticle%2F000005285) of the SentinelOne Agent.|

### Detect user risk behavior

SentinelOne provides endpoint detection and response (EDR) signals to determine [user risk score](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/). User risk scores allow you to detect users that present security risks to your organization. For more information, refer to [Predefined risk behaviors](/cloudflare-one/insights/risk-score/#predefined-risk-behaviors).

---

# Tanium

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/taniums2s/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="posture/service-provider-intro" params={{ one: "Tanium" }} />

## Prerequisites

* Either Tanium Cloud or on-premise installations of Tanium
* Tanium agent is deployed on the device.
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## Set up Tanium as a service provider

### 1. Get Tanium settings

The following Tanium values are needed to set up the Tanium posture check:

* Client Secret
* Rest API URL

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your Tanium instance.
2. Go to **Administration** > **API Tokens**.
3. Select **New API Token**.
4. Set **Expire in days** to an appropriate value for your organization. When this token expires, all device posture results will begin to fail unless updated.
5. Set **Trusted IP addresses** to `0.0.0.0/0`.
6. Select **Save**.
7. Copy the **Client Secret** and **API URL** to a safe place.

### 2. Add Tanium as a service provider

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "Tanium" }} />
5. Enter the **Client Secret** and **Rest API URL** you noted down above.
6. Choose a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query Tanium for information.
7. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

### 3. Configure the posture check

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## Device posture attributes

Device posture data is gathered from [Tanium's EndpointRisk API](https://developer.tanium.com/site/global/apis/graphql/spectaql/index.gsp#definition-EndpointRisk). To learn more about how scores are calculated, refer to the [Tanium risk score documentation](https://help.tanium.com/bundle/ug_benchmark_cloud/page/benchmark/risk_score.html).

| Selector    | Description   | Value |
| ----------- | ------ | --- |
| Total score | `totalScore` of the device. |  `1` to `1000` |
| Risk level | `riskLevel` of the device. | Low, medium, high, or critical |
| EID last seen | Elapsed time since the device was last seen, based on its `datetime` attribute. | In the last 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, or more than 30 days |

---

# Uptycs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/uptycs/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="posture/service-provider-intro" params={{ one: "Uptycs" }} />

## Prerequisites

* Uptycs agent is deployed on the device.
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## 1. Obtain Uptycs Settings

The following Uptycs values are needed to set up the Uptycs posture check:

* Client key
* Client Secret
* Customer ID

To obtain these values:

1. Open your Uptycs console.
2. Go to **Account Settings** > **API Key**.
3. Generate and download your `.json` file. This file will contain your **Client key**, **Client Secret** and **Customer ID**.

## 2. Add Uptycs as a service provider

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "Uptycs" }} />
5. Enter the **Client ID**, **Client secret** and **Customer ID** as you noted down above.
6. Select a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query Uptycs for information.
7. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

## 3. Configure the posture check

<Render file="posture/configure-posture-check" params={{ one: "Uptycs" }} />

## Device posture attributes

| Selector | Description                                       |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| Score    | Zero Trust score assigned to the device by Uptycs |

---

# Workspace ONE

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/workspace-one/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="posture/service-provider-intro" params={{ one: "Workspace ONE" }} />

## Prerequisites

* Workspace ONE agent is deployed on the device.
* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "Service providers", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/service-providers/" }} />

## 1. Obtain Workspace ONE Settings

The following Workspace ONE values are needed to set up the Workspace ONE posture check:

* ClientID
* Client Secret
* REST API URL
* Region-Specific token URL

To retrieve those values:

1. Log in to your Workspace ONE dashboard.
2. Go to **Groups & Settings** > **Configurations**.
3. Enter `OAuth` in the search bar labeled **Enter a name or category**.
4. Select **OAuth Client Management** in the results. The OAuth Client Management screen displays.
5. Select **Add**.
6. Enter values for the **Name**, **Description**, **Organization Group**, and **Role**.
7. Ensure that the **Status** is **Enabled**.
8. Select **Save**.
9. Copy the **Client ID** and **Client Secret** to a safe place.
10. To obtain your REST API URL, gp tp **Groups & Settings** > **All Settings** > **System** > **Advance** > **Site URLs** > **REST API URL**.
11. Retrieve the Region-Specific Token URL from Workspace ONE and copy it to a safe place.

## 2. Add Workspace ONE as a service provider

<Render file="posture/add-service-provider" params={{ provider: "Workspace ONE" }} />
5. Enter the **Client ID** and **Client secret** you noted down above.
6. Select a **Polling frequency** for how often Cloudflare Zero Trust should query Workspace ONE for information.
7. Enter the **Region-specific token URL** and **REST API URL** you noted down above.
8. Select **Save**.

<Render file="posture/test-posture-provider" />

## 3. Configure the posture check

<Render file="posture/configure-posture-check" params={{ one: "Workspace ONE" }} />

## Device posture attributes

Workspace ONE posture checks work with the [Compliance flags](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workspace-ONE-UEM/services/UEM_Managing_Devices/GUID-CompliancePolicies.html) in Workspace ONE. All compliance tests must pass for the device to be considered compliant.

---

# Application check

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Application Check device posture attribute checks that a specific application process is running on a device. You can create multiple application checks for each operating system you need to run it on, or if you need to check for multiple applications.

## Prerequisites

- <Render
  	file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed"
  	params={{
  		name: "WARP Client Checks",
  		link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/",
  	}}
  />

## Configure an application check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

3. Select **Application Check**.

4. You will be prompted for the following information:

   1. **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   2. **Operating system**: Select your operating system.
   3. **Application path**: Enter the file path for the executable that will be running (for example, `C:\Program Files\myfolder\myfile.exe`).

   :::note

   - Be sure to enter the binary file path, not the application launch path. When checking for an application on macOS, a common mistake is to enter `/Applications/ApplicationName.app`. This will not work as `ApplicationName.app` is a folder. The executable file that will be running is located within the folder, for example `ApplicationName.app/Contents/MacOS/ApplicationName`.
   - Some applications change their file path after an update. Ensure that the application is always in a stable location, or use an environment variable to identify a specific folder. For example, Windows provides [recognized environment variables](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/usmt/usmt-recognized-environment-variables) that you can reference in your file path (`%PROGRAMFILES%\myfolder\myfile.exe`).
     :::

5. **Signing certificate thumbprint (recommended)**: Enter the [thumbprint of the publishing certificate](#determine-the-signing-thumbprint) used to sign the binary. Adding this information will enable the check to ensure that the application was signed by the expected software developer.
6. **SHA-256 (optional)**: Enter the [SHA-256 value](#determine-the-sha-256-value) of the binary. This is used to ensure the integrity of the binary file on the device.

7. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the application check is returning the expected results.

## Determine the signing thumbprint

The process to determine the signing thumbprint of an application varies depending on the operating system. This is how you would look up the signing thumbprint of the Cloudflare WARP application on macOS and Windows.

:::note

When setting up new device posture checks, we recommend first testing them without setting certificate thumbprint or SHA256 checksum values.

:::

### macOS

1. Create a directory.

   ```bash
   ~/Desktop $ mkdir tmp

   ~/Desktop $ cd tmp
   ```

2. Run the following command to extract certificates for the WARP application:

   ```sh
   ~/Desktop/tmp $ codesign -d --extract-certificates "/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Resources/CloudflareWARP"
   Executable=/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Resources/CloudflareWARP
   ```

3. Next, run the following command to extract the SHA1 thumbprint:

   ```sh
   ~/Desktop/tmp $ openssl x509 -inform DER -in codesign0 -fingerprint -sha1 -noout | tr -d :
   SHA1 Fingerprint=FE2C359D79D4CEAE6BDF7EFB507326C6B4E2436E
   ```

### Windows

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Use the `Get-AuthenticodeSignature` command to find the thumbprint. For example:

   ```powershell
   Get-AuthenticodeSignature -FilePath c:\myfile.exe
   ```

## Determine the SHA-256 value

The SHA-256 value almost always changes between versions of a file/application.

### macOS

1. Open a Terminal window.
2. Use the `shasum` command to find the SHA256 value of the file. For example:

   ```sh
   shasum -a 256 myfile
   ```

### Windows

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Use the `get-filehash` command to find the SHA256 value of the file. For example:

   ```powershell
   get-filehash -path "C:\myfile.exe" -Algorithm SHA256 | format-list
   ```

## How WARP checks for an application

Learn how the WARP client determines if an application is running on various systems.

### macOS

To get the list of active processes, run the following command:

```sh
ps -eo comm | xargs which | sort | uniq | xargs realpath
```

The application path must appear in the output for the check to pass.

### Linux

The WARP client gets the list of running binaries by following the soft links in `/proc/<pid>/exe`. To view all active processes and their soft links:

```sh
ps -eo pid | awk '{print "/proc/"$1"/exe"}' | xargs readlink -f | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq
```

The application path must appear in the `/proc/<pid>/exe` output for the check to pass.

---

# Carbon Black

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/carbon-black/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust can check if [Carbon Black](https://www.carbonblack.com/) is running on a device to determine if a request should be allowed to reach a protected resource.

## Prerequisites

* Carbon Black agent is deployed on the device.
* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## Configure the Carbon Black check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

3. Select **Carbon Black**.

4. You will be prompted for the following information:

   1. **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   2. **Operating system**: Select your operating system. You will need to configure one posture check per operating system (macOS and Windows currently supported).
   3. **Application Path**: Enter the full path to the Carbon Black process to be checked (for example, `c:\program files\CarbonBlack\CarbonBlack.exe`).
   4. **Signing certificate thumbprint (recommended)**: Enter the thumbprint of the publishing certificate used to sign the binary. This proves the binary came from Carbon Black and is the recommended way to validate the process.
   5. **SHA-256 (optional)**: Enter a SHA-256 value. This is used to validate the SHA256 signature of the binary and ensures the integrity of the binary file on the device. Note: do not fill out this field unless you strictly control updates to Carbon Black, as this will change between versions.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the Carbon Black check is returning the expected results.

---

# Client certificate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/client-certificate/

import { Details, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The Client Certificate device posture attribute checks if the device has a valid certificate signed by a trusted certificate authority (CA). The posture check can be used in Gateway and Access policies to ensure that the user is connecting from a managed device.

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All modes                                                                                 | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version<sup>1</sup> |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.6.415.0                     |
| macOS    | ✅           | 2024.6.416.0                     |
| Linux    | ✅           | 2024.6.497.0                     |
| iOS      | ❌           |                                  |
| Android  | ❌           |                                  |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |                                  |

<sup>1</sup> Client certificate checks that ran on an earlier WARP version will continue to work. To configure a new certificate check, update WARP to the versions listed above.
</Details>

## Prerequisites

- A CA that issues client certificates for your devices. WARP does not evaluate the certificate trust chain; this needs to be the issuing certificate.
- Cloudflare WARP client is [deployed](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on the device.
- A client certificate is [installed and trusted](#how-warp-checks-for-a-client-certificate) on the device.

:::note

You can use the [Cloudflare PKI toolkit](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/#test-mtls-using-cloudflare-pki) to generate a sample root CA for testing.
:::

## Configure the client certificate check

1. <Render
   	file="upload-mtls-cert"
   	params={{
   		one: "The private key is only required if you are using this custom certificate for Gateway HTTPS inspection.",
   	}}
   />

2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

3. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

4. Select **Client certificate**.

5. You will be prompted for the following information:

   1. **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   2. **Operating system**: Select your operating system.
   3. **OS locations**: Specify the location(s) where the client certificate is installed.
      <Details header="Windows">
      	- Local machine trust store - User trust store
      </Details>
      <Details header="macOS">- System keychain</Details>
      <Details header="Linux">
      	- NSSDB (`/etc/pki/nssdb`) - To search a custom location, enter the
      	absolute file path(s) to the certificate and private key (for example
      	`/usr/local/mycompany/certs/client.pem` and
      	`/usr/local/mycompany/certs/client_key.pem`). The certificate and
      	private key must be in `PEM` format. They can either be in two different
      	files or the same file.
      </Details>
   4. **Certificate ID**: Enter the UUID of the root CA.
   5. **Common name**: (Optional) To check for a specific common name on the client certificate, enter a string with optional `${serial_number}` and `${hostname}` variables (for example, `${serial_number}_mycompany`). WARP will search for an exact, case-insensitive match. If you do not specify a common name, WARP will ignore the common name field on the certificate.
   6. **Check for Extended Key Usage**: (Optional) Check whether the client certificate has one or more attributes set. Supported values are **Client authentication** (`1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2`) and/or **Email** (`1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4`).
   7. **Check for private key**: (Recommended) When enabled, WARP checks that the device has a private key associated with the client certificate.

6. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the client certificate check is returning the expected results.

## Troubleshooting

You can use the following commands to check if a client certificate is properly installed and trusted on the device.

<Tabs>

<TabItem label="Windows">

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. To search the local machine trust store for a certificate with a specific common name, run the following command:

```powershell
Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\My\ | where{$_.Subject -like "*<COMMON_NAME>*"}
```

3. To search the user trust store for a certificate with a specific common name, run the following command:

```powershell
Get-ChildItem Cert:\CurrentUser\My\ | where{$_.Subject -like "*<COMMON_NAME>*"}
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="macOS">

1. Open Terminal.
2. To search System Keychain for a certificate with a specific common name, run the following command:

```sh
/usr/bin/security find-certificate -c "<COMMON_NAME>" -p /Library/Keychains/System.keychain
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

1. Open Terminal.
2. To list all client certificates in NSSDB, run the following command:

```sh
certutil -L -d /etc/pki/nssdb
```

```sh output
Certificate Nickname                                         Trust Attributes
                                                             SSL,S/MIME,JAR/XPI

meow                                                         CTu,Cu,Cu
noPrivateKey                                                 CT,,

```

3. Open your desired certificate using its certificate nickname. The common name will appear in the line `Subject: "CN=123456.mycompany"`.

```sh
certutil -L -d /etc/pki/nssdb -n meow
```

```sh output
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 236 (0xec)
        Signature Algorithm: PKCS #1 SHA-256 With RSA Encryption
        Issuer: "CN=123456.mycompany"
        Validity:
            Not Before: Tue Jul 02 17:20:40 2024
            Not After : Sun Jul 02 17:20:40 2034
        Subject: "CN=123456.mycompany"
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: PKCS #1 RSA Encryption
            RSA Public Key:
                Modulus:
                    <redacted>
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
    Signature Algorithm: PKCS #1 SHA-256 With RSA Encryption
    Signature:
        <redacted>
    Fingerprint (SHA-256):
        <redacted>
    Fingerprint (SHA1):
        <redacted>

    Mozilla-CA-Policy: false (attribute missing)
    Certificate Trust Flags:
        SSL Flags:
            Valid CA
            Trusted CA
            User
            Trusted Client CA
        Email Flags:
            Valid CA
            Trusted CA
            User
        Object Signing Flags:
            Valid CA
            Trusted CA
            User
```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

For the posture check to pass, a certificate must appear in the output that validates against the uploaded root CA.

---

# Device UUID

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to build Zero Trust rules based on device UUIDs supplied in an MDM file. You can create these rules so that access to applications is granted only to users connecting from company devices.

## Prerequisites

* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## 1. Assign UUIDs to devices

You will need to use a [managed deployment tool](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/) to assign UUIDs. It is not possible to assign them manually.

1. Generate a unique identifier for each corporate device. For best practices on choosing UUIDs, refer to the [Android documentation](https://developer.android.com/training/articles/user-data-ids#best-practices-android-identifiers).

2. Enter the UUIDs into your MDM configuration file using the [`unique_client_id` key](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/#unique_client_id).

## 2. Create a list of UUIDs

To create rules based on device UUIDs, you first need to create a [Gateway List](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) of UUIDs.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My Team** > **Lists**.

2. Select **Create manual list** or **Upload CSV**. For larger teams, we recommend uploading a CSV or using Cloudflare's [API endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/).

3. Give your list a descriptive name, as this name will appear when configuring your policies.

4. Set **List Type** to *Device IDs*.

5. Enter the UUIDs of the devices your team manages, or upload your CSV file.

6. Select **Save**.

:::note

Hyphens are automatically stripped from UUIDs. For example, the posture check will match `123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000` to `123e4567e89b12d3a456426614174000`. 
:::

## 3. Enable the posture check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

3. Select **Unique Client ID**.

4. You will be prompted for the following information:

   * **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   * **Operating system**: Select the operating system of the device.
   * **List**: Select your [list of UUIDs](#2-create-a-list-of-uuids).

5. Select **Save**.

6. [Verify](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/#2-verify-device-posture-checks) that the posture check is returning the expected results.

You can now create an Access or Gateway device posture policy that checks if the device presents a UUID on your list.

---

# Device serial numbers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/corp-device/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to build Zero Trust rules based on device serial numbers. You can create these rules so that access to applications is granted only to users connecting from company devices.

## Prerequisites

* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## Create a list of serial numbers

To create rules based on device serial numbers, you first need to create a [Gateway List](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) of numbers.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **My Team** > **Lists**.

2. Select **Create manual list** or **Upload CSV**. For larger teams, we recommend uploading a CSV or using Cloudflare's [API endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/).

3. Give your list a descriptive name, as this name will appear when configuring your policies.

4. Set **List Type** to *Serial numbers*.

5. Enter the serial numbers of the devices your team manages, or upload your CSV file.

6. Select **Save**.

You can now create an [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) or a Gateway [network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/common-policies/#enforce-device-posture) that checks if the device presents a serial number on your list. In Access, the serial number check will appear as a *Device Posture - Serial Number List* selector. In Gateway, your serial number list will appear in the **Value** dropdown when you choose the [Passed Device Posture Check](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#device-posture) selector.

## Determine the serial number

### macOS

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Use the `system_profiler` command to check for the value of `SPHardwareDataType` and retrieve the serial number.

   ```txt
   system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Serial Number'
   ```

### Windows

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Use the `Get-CimInstance` command to get the SerialNumber property of the `Win32_BIOS` class.

   ```txt
   Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS
   ```

### Linux

1. Open a Terminal Window
2. Use the `dmidecode` command to get the version property `system-serial-number`.

   ```txt
   sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number
   ```

### iOS, Android and ChromeOS

Serial number checks are not supported on mobile devices. You can identify mobile devices by a [unique client ID](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid) instead of by serial number.

---

# Disk encryption

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/disk-encryption/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Disk Encryption device posture attribute ensures that disks are encrypted on a device.

## Prerequisites

- <Render
  	file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed"
  	params={{
  		name: "WARP Client Checks",
  		link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/",
  	}}
  />

## Enable the disk encryption check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.
3. Select **Disk Encryption**.
4. Enter a descriptive name for the check.
5. Select your operating system.
6. Either enable disk encryption for all volumes, or input the specific volume(s) you want to check for encryption (for example, `C`).
7. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the disk encryption check is returning the expected results.

## How WARP checks for encryption

Operating systems determine disk encryption in various ways. The following information will allow you to understand how the client determines disk encryption status on various systems.

### On macOS

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Run the `/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPStorageDataType` command to return a list of drivers on the system and note the value of **Mount Point**.

   ```sh
   /usr/sbin/system_profiler SPStorageDataType
   ```

   ```sh output
   Storage:

      Data:

        Free: 428.52 GB (428,519,702,528 bytes)
        Capacity: 494.38 GB (494,384,795,648 bytes)
        Mount Point: /System/Volumes/Data
   ```

3. Run the `diskutil info` command for a specific **Mount Point** and look for the value returned for **FileVault**. It must show **Yes** for the disk to be considered encrypted.

   ```sh
   diskutil info /System/Volumes/Data | grep FileVault
   ```

   ```sh output
    FileVault:                 Yes
   ```

### On Windows

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Run the `Get-BitLockerVolume` command to list all volumes detected on the system.
3. **Protection Status** must be set to **On** for the disk to be considered encrypted.

### On Linux

List all hard drives on the system:

```sh
lsblk
```

```sh output
NAME                        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
nvme0n1                     259:0    0 476.9G  0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1                 259:1    0   512M  0 part  /boot/efi
├─nvme0n1p2                 259:2    0   488M  0 part  /boot
└─nvme0n1p3                 259:3    0   476G  0 part
  └─nvme0n1p3_crypt         253:0    0 475.9G  0 crypt
    ├─my--vg-root   253:1            0 474.9G  0 lvm   /
    └─my--vg-swap_1 253:2            0   976M  0 lvm   [SWAP]
```

On Linux, encryption is reported per mounted partition, not physical drive. In the example above, the root and swap partitions are considered encrypted because they are located within a `crypt` container. The `/boot` and `/boot/efi` partitions remain unencrypted.

### On iOS, Android and ChromeOS

These platforms are always encrypted and so no disk encryption check is supported.

---

# Domain joined

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/domain-joined/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Domain Joined device posture attribute ensures that a user is a member of a specific Windows Active Directory domain.

## Prerequisites

- <Render
  	file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed"
  	params={{
  		name: "WARP Client Checks",
  		link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/",
  	}}
  />

## Enable the Domain Joined check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.
3. Select **Domain Joined**.
4. Enter a descriptive name for the check.
5. Select your operating system.
6. Enter the domain you want to check for, such as `example.com`.
7. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the Domain Joined check is returning the expected results.

### Validate the domain value on your Windows device

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Run the `(Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain` command to determine the value of your domain.

   ```txt
   (Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem).Domain
   ```

---

# File check

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/file-check/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The File Check device posture attribute checks for the presence of a file on a device. You can create multiple file checks for each operating system you need to run it on, or if you need to check for multiple files.

## Prerequisites

* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## Configure a file check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

3. Select **File Check**.

4. You will be prompted for the following information:

   1. **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   2. **Operating system**: Select your operating system.
   3. **File Path**: Enter a file path (for example, `c:\my folder\myfile.exe`).
   4. **Signing certificate thumbprint (recommended)**: Enter the [thumbprint](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/#determine-the-signing-thumbprint) of the publishing certificate used to sign the file. Adding this information will enable the check to ensure that the file was signed by the expected software developer.
   5. **SHA-256 (optional)**: Enter the [SHA-256 value](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/#determine-the-sha-256-value) of the file. This is used to ensure the integrity of the file on the device.

5. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the file check is returning the expected results.

---

# Firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/firewall/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The Firewall device posture attribute ensures that a firewall is running on a device.

## Prerequisites

- <Render
  	file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed"
  	params={{
  		name: "WARP Client Checks",
  		link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/",
  	}}
  />

## Enable the firewall check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.
3. Select **Firewall**.
4. Enter a descriptive name for the check.
5. Select your operating system.
6. Turn on **Enable firewall check**.
7. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the firewall check is returning the expected results.

## How WARP checks the firewall status

Operating systems determine firewall configuration in various ways. Follow the steps below to understand how the WARP client determines if the firewall is enabled.

### On macOS

macOS has two firewalls: an application-based firewall and a port-based firewall. The WARP client will report a firewall is enabled if either firewall is running.

#### Application-based firewall

1. Open **System Settings** and go to **Network**.
2. Verify that **Firewall** is `Active`.

#### Port-based firewall

1. Open Terminal and run:

   ```sh
   sudo /sbin/pfctl -s info
   ```

2. Verify that **Status** is `Enabled`.

### On Windows

1. Open PowerShell and run:

   ```powershell
   Get-NetFirewallProfile -PolicyStore ActiveStore -Name Public
   ```

2. Verify that **Enabled** is `True`.

---

# WARP client checks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/

These device posture checks are performed by the [Cloudflare WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/). To use this feature, you must [deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) to your devices and enable the desired posture checks.

## Supported WARP modes

* Gateway with WARP
* Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering
* Device Information Only

## Supported operating systems

| Device posture check                                                                          | macOS | Windows | Linux       | iOS | Android/ChromeOS |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | --- | ---------------- |
| [Application check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/application-check/)   | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Carbon Black](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/carbon-black/)             | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Client certificate](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/client-certificate/) | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Device serial numbers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/corp-device/)     | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Device UUID](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid/)               | ❌     | ❌       | ❌           | ✅   | ✅                |
| [Disk encryption](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/disk-encryption/)       | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Domain joined](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/domain-joined/)           | ❌     | ✅       | ❌           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [File check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/file-check/)                 | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [Firewall](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/firewall/)                     | ✅     | ✅       | ❌           | ❌   | ❌                |
| [OS version](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/)                 | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ✅   | ✅                |
| [Require Gateway](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/require-gateway/)       | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ✅   | ✅                |
| [Require WARP](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/require-warp/)             | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ✅   | ✅                |
| [SentinelOne](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/sentinel-one/)              | ✅     | ✅       | ✅           | ❌   | ❌                |

---

# OS version

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The OS Version device posture attribute checks whether the version of a device's operating system matches, is greater than or lesser than the configured value.

## Prerequisites

- <Render
  	file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed"
  	params={{
  		name: "WARP Client Checks",
  		link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/",
  	}}
  />

## Enable the OS version check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.
3. Select **OS version**.
4. Configure the **Operating system**, **Operator**, and **Version** fields to specify the [OS version](#determine-the-os-version) you want devices to match.
:::note

The OS version must be specified as a valid [Semver](https://semver.org/). For example, if your device is running OS version `1.2`, you must enter `1.2.0`.
:::
5. (Optional) Configure additional OS-specific fields:

		<Tabs> <TabItem label="macOS">

		- **Version extra**: Enter the macOS [Rapid Security Response (RSR)](https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/rapid-security-responses-dep93ff7ea78/web) version you want devices to match (for example, `(a)`). Be sure to include the parenthesis around the letter.

		</TabItem> <TabItem label="iOS">

		- **Version extra**: Enter the iOS [Rapid Security Response (RSR)](https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/rapid-security-responses-dep93ff7ea78/web) version you want devices to match (for example, `(a)`). Be sure to include the parenthesis around the letter.

		</TabItem>

		<TabItem label="Linux">

		- **Distro name** and **Distro revision**: Enter the Linux distribution you want devices to match (for example, `ubuntu 22.04`). The distro version always matches with an equal-to operator (==) regardless of the **Operator** setting.

		- **Version extra**: Enter the [patch version](#linux) of the kernel. For example, if the kernel is `6.50.0-1007-oem`, enter `1007`.

		</TabItem> </Tabs>

6. Select **Save**.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the OS version check is returning the expected results.

## Determine the OS version

Operating systems display version numbers in different ways. This section covers how to retrieve the version number in each OS, in a format matching what the OS version posture check expects.

### macOS

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Use the `defaults` command to check for the value of `SystemVersionStampAsString`.

   ```sh
   defaults read loginwindow SystemVersionStampAsString
   ```

### Windows

1. Open a PowerShell window.
2. Use the `Get-CimInstance` command to get the version property of the `Win32_OperatingSystem` class.

   ```bash
   (Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem).version
   ```

### Linux

#### OS version

The Linux OS version check reads the system kernel version.

1. Open a Terminal window.

2. Run the `uname -r` command to get the complete kernel version. For example,

   ```sh
   $ uname -r
   5.14.0-25.el9.x86_64
   ```

3. **Version** is the first three numbers of the output in SemVer format (`5.14.0`).

4. **Version extra** is the first number after the SemVer (`25`).

#### Distro version

The WARP client reads **Distro name** and **Distro revision** from the `/etc/os-release` file. The name comes from the **ID** field, and the revision comes from the **VERSION_ID** field.

To determine the Linux distro version on your device:

1. Open a Terminal window.

2. Get the OS identification fields that contain `ID`:

   ```sh
   cat /etc/os-release | grep "ID"
   ```

3. If the output of the above command contained `ID=ubuntu` and `VERSION_ID=22.04`, **Distro name** would be `ubuntu` and **Distro revision** would be `22.04`. The WARP client will check these strings for an exact match.

### ChromeOS

ChromeOS version numbers consist of [four parts](https://www.chromium.org/developers/version-numbers/): `MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD.PATCH`. The OS version posture check returns `MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD`.

To determine the ChromeOS version on your device:

1. Open Chrome browser and go to `chrome://system`.
2. Find the following values:
   | Property | OS version component |
   | ----------------------------------- | -------------------- |
   | `CHROMEOS_RELEASE_CHROME_MILESTONE` | `MAJOR` |
   | `CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BUILD_NUMBER` | `MINOR` |
   | `CHROMEOS_RELEASE_BRANCH_NUMBER` | `BUILD` |
3. The OS version in Semver format is `MAJOR.MINOR.BUILD` (for example, `103.14816.131`).

---

# Require Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/require-gateway/

import { Render } from "~/components"

With Require Gateway, you can allow access to your applications only to devices enrolled in your Zero Trust organization. Unlike [Require WARP](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/require-warp/), which will check for any WARP instance (including the consumer version), Require Gateway will only allow requests coming from devices whose traffic is filtered by your organization's Cloudflare Gateway configuration. This policy is best used when you want to protect company-owned assets by only allowing access to employees.

## Prerequisites

* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## 1. Enable the Gateway check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. In **WARP client checks**, select **Add new**.

3. Select **Gateway**, then select **Save**.

## 2. Add the check to an Access application

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Locate the application for which you want to require Gateway. Select **Configure**.

3. In the **Policies** tab, create a new Access policy or edit an existing policy.

4. In the policy builder, add an Include or Require rule which uses the _Gateway_ selector. Save the policy.

5. Save the Access application.

Before granting access to the application, the policy will check that the device is running the WARP client and enrolled in your Zero Trust organization.

---

# Require WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/require-warp/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::note


This device posture attribute will check for all versions of WARP, including the consumer version.


:::

Cloudflare Zero Trust enables you to restrict access to your applications to devices running the Cloudflare WARP client. This allows you to flexibly ensure that a user's traffic is secure and encrypted before allowing access to a resource protected behind Cloudflare Zero Trust.

## Prerequisites

* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## 1. Enable the WARP check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. Ensure that **Proxy** is enabled.
3. Go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
4. In **WARP client checks**, select **Add new**.
5. Select **WARP**, then select **Save**.

## 2. Add the check to an Access policy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Access** > **Applications**.

2. Locate the application for which you want to require WARP. Select **Configure**.

3. In the **Policies** tab, create a new Access policy or edit an existing policy.

4. In the policy builder, add an Include or Require rule which uses the _WARP_ selector. Save the policy.

5. Save the Access application.

Before granting access to the application, the policy will check that the device is running the WARP client.

---

# SentinelOne

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/sentinel-one/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust can check if [SentinelOne](https://www.sentinelone.com/) is running on a device to determine if a request should be allowed to reach a protected resource.

## Prerequisites

* SentinelOne agent is deployed on the device.
* <Render file="posture/prereqs-warp-is-deployed" params={{ name: "WARP Client Checks", link: "/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/" }} />

## Configure the SentinelOne check

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Scroll down to **WARP client checks** and select **Add new**.

3. Select **SentinelOne**.

4. You will be prompted for the following information:

   1. **Name**: Enter a unique name for this device posture check.
   2. **Operating system**: Select your operating system. You will need to configure one posture check per operating system.
   3. **Application Path**: Enter the full path to the SentinelOne process to be checked (for example, `C:\Program Files\SentinelOne\Sentinel Agent 21.7.4.1043\SentinelAgent.exe`). 
      :::note
      The path of the SentinelOne process may change between updates. Make sure to edit **Application Path** to match the new path, or use `%PATH%` variables.
      :::

   4. **Signing certificate thumbprint (recommended)**: Enter the thumbprint of the publishing certificate used to sign the binary. This proves the binary came from SentinelOne and is the recommended way to validate the process.
   5. **SHA-256 (optional)**: Enter a SHA-256 value. This is used to validate the SHA256 signature of the binary and ensures the integrity of the binary file on the device. Note: do not fill out this field unless you strictly control updates to SentinelOne, as this will change between versions.

Next, go to **Logs** > **Posture** and verify that the SentinelOne check is returning the expected results.

---

# HTTP test

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/http/

import { Details } from "~/components"

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/)   | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul> <li> Gateway with WARP </li> <li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS Filtering </li> </ul> | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅            | 2023.3.381           |
| macOS    | ✅            | 2023.3.381           |
| Linux    | ✅            | 2023.3.398           |
| iOS      | ❌            |                      |
| Android  | ✅            | 1.0                  |
| ChromeOS | ✅            | 1.0                  |


</Details>

An HTTP test sends a `GET` request from an end-user device to a specific web application. You can use the response metrics to troubleshoot connectivity issues. For example, you can check whether the application is inaccessible for all users in your organization, or only certain ones.

## Create a test

To set up an HTTP test for an application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DEX** > **Tests**.
2. Select **Add a Test**.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Name**: Enter any name for the test.
   * **Target**: Enter the URL of the website or application that you want to test (for example, `https://jira.site.com`). Both public and private hostnames are supported. If testing a private hostname, ensure that the domain is on your [local domain fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) list.
   * **Source device profiles**: (Optional) Select the [WARP device profiles](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) that you want to run the test on. If no profiles are selected, the test will run on all supported devices connected to your Zero Trust organization.
   * **Test type**: Select *HTTP Get*.
   * **Test frequency**: Specify how often the test will run. Input a minute value between 5 and 60.
4. Select **Add test**.

Next, [view the results](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/view-results/) of your test.

## Test results

An HTTP test measures the following data:

| Data                 | Description                                                                                                                                                             |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Resource fetch time  | Total time of all steps of the request, measured from [`startTime` to `responseEnd`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Performance_API/Resource_timing). |
| Server response time | Round-trip time for the device to receive a response from the target.                                                                                                   |
| DNS response time    | Round-trip time for the DNS query to resolve.                                                                                                                           |
| HTTP status codes    | [Status code](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status) returned by the target.                                                                         |

---

# Tests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

With Digital Experience Monitoring (DEX), you can test if your devices can connect to a private or public endpoint through the WARP client. This tool allows you to monitor availability for a given application and investigate performance issues reported by your end users. DEX tests will only run when the WARP client is turned on, whereas [fleet status](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/fleet-status/) metrics are always available.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Traceroute test

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/traceroute/

import { Details } from "~/components"

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/)   | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul> <li> Gateway with WARP </li> <li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS Filtering </li> </ul> | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅            | 2023.5.587           |
| macOS    | ✅            | 2023.5.589           |
| Linux    | ❌            |                      |
| iOS      | ❌            |                      |
| Android  | ✅            | 1.0                  |
| ChromeOS | ✅            | 1.0                  |


</Details>

A traceroute test measures the network path of an IP packet from an end-user device to a server. You can use the test results to troubleshoot network issues. For example, increased latency may indicate a problem with connectivity along the network path.

## Create a test

To set up a traceroute test for an application:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DEX** > **Tests**.
2. Select **Add a Test**.
3. Fill in the following fields:
   * **Name**: Enter any name for the test.
   * **Target**: Enter the IP address of the server you want to test (for example, `192.0.2.0`). You can test either a public-facing endpoint or a private endpoint you have connected to Cloudflare.
   * **Source device profiles**: (Optional) Select the [WARP device profiles](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) that you want to run the test on. If no profiles are selected, the test will run on all supported devices connected to your Zero Trust organization.
   * **Test type**: Select *Traceroute*.
   * **Test frequency**: Specify how often the test will run. Input a minute value between 5 and 60.
4. Select **Add test**.

Next, [view the results](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/view-results/) of your test.

## Test results

A traceroute test measures the following data:

| Data                              | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Network path                      | IP address, average response time, and packet loss for each hop between the device and the target.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Round trip time                   | Time between sending out a packet and receiving a response from the target.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Number of hops                    | Number of routers encountered between the device and the target.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Packet loss                       | Percentage of IP packets that failed to receive a response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| Availability                      | Percentage of tests where at least one packet reached the destination.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Last seen ISP                     | The Internet Service Provider that is managing the connection from the device to Cloudflare. (Only available on macOS and Windows.) <br/> <br/> DEX looks up the IP address of the ISP in the [MaxMind GeoIP2 database](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip2-services-and-databases) and returns the corresponding [ASO and ASN](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/network-layer/what-is-an-autonomous-system/). If the ASO and ASN are `Unknown`, it means this information is unavailable in MaxMind. |

---

# View test results

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/view-results/

You can use the results of a DEX test to monitor availability and performance for a specific application. DEX will store test results according to our [log retention policy](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/#log-retention).

## Prerequisites

* At least one test has been created under **DEX** > **Tests**.
* Admins must have at least the [Cloudflare Zero Trust Reporting role](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/#zero-trust-roles).

## View results for all devices

To view an overview of test results for all devices:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DEX** > **Monitoring**.
2. Select the **Tests** tab.
3. Under **Application tests**, select a test to view detailed results.

## View results for an individual device

To view analytics on a per-device level:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **My Team** > **Devices**.
2. Select the device you want to view, and then select **View details**.
3. Select the **Tests** tab.
4. Select a test to view detailed results.

---

# Gateway activity logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/

import { Render, GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

:::note[Private source IP substitution]

Gateway logs will only show the public IP address for the **Source IP** field. Private IP addresses are substituted by a public IP address via network address translation (NAT).

:::

Gateway activity logs show the individual DNS queries, Network packets, and HTTP requests inspected by Gateway. You can also download encrypted [SSH command logs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/) for sessions proxied by Gateway.

To view Gateway activity logs, log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Logs** > **Gateway**. Select an individual row to investigate the event in more detail.

Enterprise users can generate more detailed logs with [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

## Selective logging

By default, Gateway logs all events, including DNS queries and HTTP requests that are allowed and not a risk. You can choose to disable logs or only log blocked requests. To customize what type of events are recorded, log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Settings** > **Network**. Under **Activity Logging**, indicate your DNS, Network, and HTTP log preferences.

These settings will only apply to logs displayed in Zero Trust. Logpush data is unaffected.

## DNS logs

### Explanation of the fields

#### Basic information

| Field                 | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Query name**        | Name of the domain that was queried.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **Query ID**          | UUID of the query assigned by Cloudflare.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Email**             | Email address of the user who registered the WARP client where traffic originated from. If a non-identity on-ramp (such as a [proxy endpoint](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/)) or machine-level authentication (such as a [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/)) was used, this value will be `non_identity@<team-domain>.cloudflareaccess.com`. |
| **Action**            | The [Action](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#actions) Gateway applied to the query (such as Allow or Block).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **Time**              | Date and time of the DNS query.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **Resolver decision** | The reason why Gateway applied a particular **Action** to the request. Refer to the [list of resolver decisions](#resolver-decisions).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Resolved IPs**      | Resolved IP addresses in the response.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **CNAMEs**            | `CNAME` records in the query.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

#### Configuration information

| Field                  | Description                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **DNS location**       | [User-configured location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) from where the DNS query was made. |
| **Policy name**        | Name of the matched policy.                                                                                                         |
| **Policy ID**          | ID of the matched policy.                                                                                                           |
| **Policy description** | Description of the matched policy.                                                                                                  |
| **DoH subdomain**      | <GlossaryTooltip term="DoH subdomain">DoH subdomain</GlossaryTooltip> of the DNS location.                                          |
| **Protocol**           | Protocol that was used to make the DNS query (such as `https`).                                                                     |

#### Identities

| Field                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Email**              | Email address of the user who registered the WARP client where traffic originated from.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **User ID**            | UUID of the user. Each unique email address in your organization will have a UUID associated with it.                                                                                                                                                          |
| **Device name**        | Display name of the device returned by the operating system to the WARP client. Typically this is the hostname of a device. Not all devices will have a device name. Device names are not guaranteed to be unique.                                             |
| **Device ID**          | UUID of the device connected with the WARP client. Each unique device in your organization will have a UUID associated with it each time the device is registered for a particular email. The same physical device may have multiple UUIDs associated with it. |
| **Last authenticated** | Date and time the user last authenticated their Zero Trust session.                                                                                                                                                                                            |

#### DNS query details

| Field                                      | Description                                                                                           |
| ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Query ID**                               | UUID of the query assigned by Cloudflare.                                                             |
| **Query type**                             | Type of [DNS query](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types).                          |
| **Initial query domain categories**        | [Content categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/) that the domain belongs to. |
| **Matched categories**                     | Name of the Gateway policy category that match the domain.                                            |
| **Matched indicator feed names**           | Name of the indicator feeds that matched a Gateway policy.                                            |
| **Query indicator feed names**             | Name of the indicator feeds that a matched domain or IP belongs to.                                   |
| **Resolved continent IP geolocation**      | Continent code of the resolved IP address.                                                            |
| **Resolved country IP geolocation**        | Country code of the resolved IP address.                                                              |
| **DoT subdomain**                          | DoT subdomain of the DNS location.                                                                    |
| **Source IP**                              | Public source IP address of the DNS query.                                                            |
| **Source IP continent**                    | Continent code of the source IP address.                                                              |
| **Source IP country**                      | Country code of the source IP address.                                                                |
| **Source internal IP**                     | Private IP address assigned by the user's local network.                                              |
| **Application name**                       | Name of the application that matched the domain.                                                      |
| **Resolver IP**                            | Public IP address of the DNS resolver.                                                                |
| **Port**                                   | Port that was used to make the DNS query.                                                             |
| **Location ID**                            | ID of the DNS location where the query originated.                                                    |
| **Scheduling - Time zone**                 | Time zone of the DNS query source.                                                                    |
| **Scheduling - Time zone inferred method** | Method used to determine the DNS query source's time zone.                                            |

#### DNS response details

| Field                           | Description                                                                              |
| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Resolved CNAME categories**   | Content categories associated with the resolved `CNAME` records in the response.         |
| **Resolved IP categories**      | Content categories associated with the resolved IPs in the response.                     |
| **Resolved IPs**                | Resolved IPs in the response.                                                            |
| **Authoritative nameserver IP** | IP address of the authoritative nameserver answering the DNS query.                      |
| **EDE errors**                  | [Extended DNS error codes](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8914.html) in the response. |

#### Custom resolver

| Field                      | Description                                                  |
| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Address**                | Address of your custom resolver.                             |
| **Policy**                 | Name of the matched resolver policy.                         |
| **Response**               | Status of the custom resolver response.                      |
| **Time (in milliseconds)** | Duration of time it took for the custom resolver to respond. |

### Resolver decisions

| Name                     | Value | Description                                                 |
| ------------------------ | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| `blockedByCategory`      | `3`   | Domain or hostname matched a category in a Block policy.    |
| `allowedOnNoLocation`    | `4`   | Allowed because query did not match a Gateway DNS location. |
| `allowedOnNoPolicyMatch` | `5`   | Allowed because query did not match a policy.               |
| `blockedAlwaysCategory`  | `6`   | Domain or hostname is always blocked by Cloudflare.         |
| `overrideForSafeSearch`  | `7`   | Response was overridden by a Safe Search policy.            |
| `overrideApplied`        | `8`   | Response was overridden by an Override policy.              |
| `blockedRule`            | `9`   | IP address in the response matched a Block policy.          |
| `allowedRule`            | `10`  | IP address in the response matched an Allow policy.         |

## Network logs

:::caution[Failed connection logs]

Gateway will only log failed connections in [network session logs](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/zero_trust_network_sessions/). These logs are available for Enterprise users via [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/) or [GraphQL](/cloudflare-one/insights/analytics/gateway/#graphql-queries).

:::

### Explanation of the fields

#### Basic information

| Field                  | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Source IP**          | IP address of the user sending the packet.                                                                                                        |
| **Source Internal IP** | Private IP address assigned by the user's local network.                                                                                          |
| **Destination IP**     | IP address of the packet's target.                                                                                                                |
| **Action**             | The Gateway [Action](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#actions) taken based on the first rule that matched (such as Allow or Block). |
| **Session ID**         | ID of the unique session.                                                                                                                         |
| **Time**               | Date and time of the session.                                                                                                                     |

#### Matched policies

| Field                  | Description                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **DNS location**       | [User-configured location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) from where the DNS query was made. |
| **Policy name**        | Name of the matched policy.                                                                                                         |
| **Policy ID**          | ID of the policy enforcing the decision Gateway made.                                                                               |
| **Policy description** | Description of the matched policy.                                                                                                  |

#### Identities

| Field                  | Description                                                                         |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Email**              | Email address of the user sending the packet. This is generated by the WARP client. |
| **User ID**            | ID of the user sending the packet. This is generated by the WARP client.            |
| **Device name**        | Name of the device that sent the packet.                                            |
| **Device ID**          | ID of the device that sent the packet. This is generated by the WARP client.        |
| **Last authenticated** | Date and time the user last authenticated with Zero Trust.                          |

#### Network query details

| Field                        | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Source IP**                | IP address of the user sending the packet.                                                                                                        |
| **Source port**              | Source port number for the packet.                                                                                                                |
| **Source country**           | Country code for the packet source.                                                                                                               |
| **Source IP continent**      | Continent code of the source IP address.                                                                                                          |
| **Source IP country**        | Country code of the source IP address.                                                                                                            |
| **Destination IP**           | IP address of the packet's target.                                                                                                                |
| **Destination port**         | Destination port number for the packet.                                                                                                           |
| **Destination IP continent** | Continent code of the IP address for the packet's destination.                                                                                    |
| **Destination IP country**   | Country code of the IP address for the packet's destination.                                                                                      |
| **Transport protocol**       | Protocol over which the packet was sent.                                                                                                          |
| **Detected Protocol**        | The detected [network protocol](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/protocol-detection/).                                           |
| **SNI**                      | Host whose Server Name Indication (SNI) header Gateway will filter traffic against.                                                               |
| **Virtual Network**          | [Virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) that the client is connected to. |
| **Category details**         | Category or categories associated with the packet.                                                                                                |
| **Proxy endpoint**           | [PAC file proxy endpoint](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) Gateway forwarded traffic to, if applicable.          |
| **Application ID**           | ID of the application that matched the domain.                                                                                                    |
| **Application name**         | Name of the application that matched the domain.                                                                                                  |

## HTTP logs

:::note

When an HTTP request results in an error, Gateway logs the first 512 bytes of the request for 30 days for internal troubleshooting. Otherwise, Gateway does not log HTTP bodies.

:::

### Explanation of the fields

#### Basic information

| Field                        | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Host**                     | Hostname in the HTTP header for the HTTP request.                                                                                                 |
| **Email**                    | Email address of the user who made the HTTP request. This is generated by the WARP client.                                                        |
| **Action**                   | The Gateway [Action](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#actions) taken based on the first rule that matched (such as Allow or Block). |
| **Request ID**               | Unique ID of the request.                                                                                                                         |
| **Time**                     | Date and time of the HTTP request.                                                                                                                |
| **Source internal IP**       | Private IP address assigned by the user's local network.                                                                                          |
| **User agent**               | User agent header sent in the request by the originating device.                                                                                  |
| **Policy details**           | Policy corresponding to the decision Gateway made based on the traffic criteria of the request.                                                   |
| **DLP profiles**             | Name of the matched [DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/).                                                   |
| **DLP profile entries**      | Name of the matched entry within the DLP profile.                                                                                                 |
| **Uploaded/downloaded file** | <Render file="gateway/uploaded-downloaded-file" />                                                                                                |

#### Matched policies

| Field                     | Description                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **DNS location**          | [User-configured location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) from where the DNS query was made. |
| **Policy name**           | Name of the matched policy.                                                                                                         |
| **Policy ID**             | ID of the matched policy.                                                                                                           |
| **Policy description**    | Description of the matched policy.                                                                                                  |
| **Matched category ID**   | ID of the category matched in the policy.                                                                                           |
| **Matched category name** | Name of the category matched in the policy.                                                                                         |

#### Identities

| Field                  | Description                                                                                                          |
| ---------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Email**              | Email address of the user who made the HTTP request. This is generated by the WARP client.                           |
| **User ID**            | ID of the user who made the request. This is generated by the WARP client.                                           |
| **Device name**        | Name of the device that made the request.                                                                            |
| **Device ID**          | ID of the device that made the request. This is generated by the WARP client on the device that created the request. |
| **Last authenticated** | Date and time the user last authenticated with Zero Trust.                                                           |

#### HTTP query details

| Field                        | Description                                                                                                                                       |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **HTTP Version**             | HTTP version of the origin that Gateway connected to on behalf of the user.                                                                       |
| **HTTP Method**              | HTTP method used for the request (such as `GET` or `POST`).                                                                                       |
| **HTTP Status Code**         | [HTTP status code](/support/troubleshooting/http-status-codes/http-status-codes/) returned in the response.                                       |
| **URL**                      | Full URL of the HTTP request.                                                                                                                     |
| **Referer**                  | Referer request header containing the address of the page making the request.                                                                     |
| **Source IP**                | Public source IP address of the HTTP request.                                                                                                     |
| **Source Port**              | Port that was used to make the HTTP request.                                                                                                      |
| **Source IP continent**      | Continent code of the HTTP request.                                                                                                               |
| **Source IP country**        | Country code of the HTTP request.                                                                                                                 |
| **Destination IP**           | Public IP address of the destination requested.                                                                                                   |
| **Destination Port**         | Port of the destination requested.                                                                                                                |
| **Destination IP continent** | Continent code of the destination requested.                                                                                                      |
| **Destination IP country**   | Country code of the destination requested.                                                                                                        |
| **Blocked file reason**      | Reason why the file was blocked if a file transfer occurred or was attempted.                                                                     |
| **Category details**         | Detailed information on the category the blocked file belongs to.                                                                                 |
| **Application ID**           | ID of the application that matched the domain.                                                                                                    |
| **Application name**         | Name of the application that matched the domain.                                                                                                  |
| **Categories**               | [Content categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/) that the domain belongs to.                                             |
| **Proxy endpoint**           | [PAC file proxy endpoint](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) Gateway forwarded traffic to, if applicable.          |
| **Virtual Network**          | [Virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/) that the client is connected to. |
| **Sandbox scanned**          | Status of the [file quarantine](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/file-sandboxing/).                                                 |

#### File detection details

| Field            | Description                                        |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name**         | Name of the detected file.                         |
| **Type**         | File type of the detected file.                    |
| **Size**         | Size of the detected file.                         |
| **Hash**         | Hash of the detected file, generated by DLP.       |
| **Content type** | MIME type of the detected file.                    |
| **Direction**    | Upload or download direction of the detected file. |
| **Action**       | The Action Gateway applied to the request.         |

### Enhanced file detection

Enhanced file detection is an optional feature to extract more file information from HTTP traffic. When turned on, Gateway will read file information from the HTTP body rather than the HTTP headers to provide greater accuracy and reliability. This feature may have a minor impact on performance for file-heavy organizations.

To turn on enhanced file detection:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **TLS decryption**.
3. In **Gateway Logging**, turn on **Enable enhanced file detection**.

### Isolate requests

When a user creates an [isolation policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/), Gateway logs the initial request that triggers isolation as an Isolate action. Because this request is not isolated yet, the `is_isolated` field will return `false`. Zero Trust then securely returns the result to the user in an isolated browser. Gateway will log all subsequent requests in the isolated browser with the action (such as Allow or Block), and the `is_isolated` field will return `true`.

## Limitations

Gateway activity logs are not available in the dashboard if you turn on the [Customer Metadata Boundary](/data-localization/metadata-boundary/) within Cloudflare Data Localization Suite (DLS). Enterprise users using CMB can still export logs via [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/). For more information, refer to [DLS product compatibility](/data-localization/compatibility/#zero-trust).

---

# Manage PII

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/manage-pii/

Cloudflare Gateway gives you multiple ways to safely handle your employees' personally identifiable information (PII). You can choose to exclude PII from activity logging, or you can choose to redact PII from everyone except for designated administrators.

## Types of PII

Cloudflare Gateway can log the following types of PII:

- Source IP
- User email
- User ID
- Device ID
- URL
- Referer
- User agent

## Exclude PII

Enabling this setting means Cloudflare Gateway will log activity without storing any employee PII. Changes to this setting will not change PII storage of any previous logs. This means if Exclude PII is enabled and then disabled, there will be no PII data for logs captured while Exclude PII was enabled. The PII data will be unavailable to all roles within your Zero Trust organization, including the Super Admin.

To enable or disable this setting, log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/) and go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Exclude PII**.

## Redact PII

:::note

This feature is only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

PII is by default redacted from Gateway Activity logs for all permission roles except the Super Admin and users with the [Cloudflare Zero Trust PII role](/cloudflare-one/roles-permissions/#cloudflare-zero-trust-pii) assigned to them. Only the Super Admin can assign roles and determine who has permission to view PII. Redacting PII does not affect the way PII is captured in logs — the data is simply hidden and no information is lost.

To add or remove the Cloudflare Zero Trust PII role for a user, refer to our [Account setup](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/) documentation.

---

# Clientless Web Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Clientless Web Isolation allows users to securely browse high risk or sensitive websites in a remote browser without having to install the Cloudflare WARP client on their device.

## Set up Clientless Web Isolation

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3. To configure permissions, select **Manage**. You can add authentication methods and [rules](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to control who can access the remote browser.

## Filter DNS queries

Gateway filters and resolves DNS queries for isolated sessions via [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/). Enterprise users can resolve domains available only through private resolvers by creating [resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/).

Gateway DNS and resolver policies will always apply to Clientless Web Isolation traffic, regardless of device configuration.

## Use the remote browser

Clientless Web Isolation is implemented through a prefixed URL, where `<your-team-name>` is your organization's <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

```txt
https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>
```

For example, to isolate `www.example.com`, users would visit `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://www.example.com/` in their preferred browser.

If `<url>` is not provided, users are presented with a Cloudflare Zero Trust landing page where they can input a target URL or search for a website.

## Optional configurations

### Allow or block websites

When users visit a website through the [Clientless Web Isolation URL](#use-the-remote-browser), the traffic passes through Cloudflare Gateway. This allows you to [apply HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) to control what websites the remote browser can connect to, even if the user's device does not have WARP installed.

For example, if you use a third-party Secure Web Gateway to block `example.com`, users can still access the page in the remote browser by visiting `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://www.example.com/`. To block `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/https://www.example.com/`, create a Cloudflare Gateway HTTP policy to block `example.com`:

| Selector | Operator | Value         | Action |
| -------- | -------- | ------------- | ------ |
| Domain   | in       | `example.com` | Block  |

### Bypass TLS decryption

If [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) is turned on, Gateway will decrypt all sites accessed through the Clientless Web Isolation URL. To connect to sites that are incompatible with TLS decryption, you will need to add a Do Not Inspect HTTP policy for the application or domain.

| Selector | Operator | Value        | Action         |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | -------------- |
| Domain   | is       | `mysite.com` | Do Not Inspect |

### Connect private networks

With Clientless Web Isolation, users can reach any internal web server you have connected through [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/). For more information, refer to [Connect private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/).

For example, if you added `192.168.2.1` to your tunnel, users can connect to your application through the remote browser by going to `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/http://192.168.2.1`. Clientless Web Isolation also supports connecting over private ports, for example `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/http://192.168.2.1:7148`.

:::note

All users with access to your remote browser can access your Cloudflare Tunnel applications unless you create a Gateway HTTP policy to block them.
:::

### Disable remote browser controls

You can configure [remote browser controls](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings) such as disabling copy/paste, printing, or keyboard input. These settings display in the Gateway [HTTP policy builder](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) when you select the Isolate action.

### Sync cookies between local and remote browser

The Cloudflare One Chrome extension allows a user to seamlessly access isolated and non-isolated applications without needing to re-authenticate. The user can log in once to their identity provider (whether through a Clientless Web Isolation link or their local browser) and gain access to all applications behind the SSO login.

:::note
The Chrome extension is available in early access. To install, contact your account team.
:::

## Address bar

Clientless Web Isolation has an embedded address bar. This feature is designed to improve the user's experience while visiting isolated pages with prefixed URLs.

The clientless address bar has three views: hostname notch, full address bar and hidden. The user's selected view is remembered across domains and remote browsing sessions.

### Hostname notch view

By default the isolated domain name appears in the notch positioned at the top and center of an isolated page.

![Viewing hostname of an isolated page in the clientless remote browser](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/rbi-address-bar-notch.png)

Selecting **Expand** or the hostname text will expand the notch to the full address bar view. If isolated page content is obscured by the notch, expanding to the full address bar view will make the content accessible.

### Full address bar view

The full address bar allows users to search and go to isolated websites. Users can jump to the address bar at any time by pressing `CTRL + L` on the keyboard.

![Viewing full address of an isolated page in the clientless remote browser](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/policies/rbi-address-bar-full.png)

### Hidden view

To turn on or off the address bar, users can right-click on any isolated page and select **Show / Hide address bar**.

## Logs

- **Authentication events**: User login events are available in [Access audit logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/audit-logs/).
- **HTTP requests**: Traffic from the remote browser to the Internet is logged in [Gateway activity logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/).
- **DNS queries**: DNS queries from the remote browser are shown in [Gateway activity logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/).

## Redirect traffic to the remote browser

If you want to isolate a website without Cloudflare WARP installed, you will need to redirect traffic to the Clientless Web Isolation [prefixed URL](#use-the-remote-browser). One way to do this is through a third-party Secure Web Gateway. To redirect users to the remote browser, you can implement a custom block page similar to the example shown below.

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Redirecting website to a remote browser</title>
    <script>
      window.location.href =
        "https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>}";
    </script>
    <noscript>
      <meta
        http-equiv="refresh"
        content="0; url=https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>"
      />
    </noscript>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>
      This website is being redirected to a remote browser. Select
      <a href="https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>"
        >here</a
      >
      if you are not automatically redirected.
    </p>
  </body>
</html>
```

---

# Set up Browser Isolation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/

Browser Isolation is enabled through Secure Web Gateway HTTP policies. By default, no traffic is isolated until you have added an Isolate policy to your HTTP policies.

## 1. Connect devices to Cloudflare

Setup instructions vary depending on how you want to connect your devices to Cloudflare. Refer to the links below to view the setup guide for each deployment option.

| Connection                                                                                                  | Mode         | Description                                                                                                          |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/)                                   | In-line      | Apply identity-based HTTP policies to traffic proxied through the WARP client.                                       |
| [Access](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/isolate-application/)                                              | In-line      | Apply identity-based HTTP policies to Access applications that are rendered in a remote browser.                     |
| [Gateway proxy endpoint](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/non-identity/)                    | In-line      | Apply non-identity HTTP policies to traffic forwarded to a proxy endpoint.                                           |
| [Magic WAN](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/non-identity/)                                 | In-line      | Apply non-identity HTTP policies to traffic connected through a GRE or IPsec tunnel.                                 |
| [Clientless remote browser](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/) | Prefixed URL | Render web pages in a remote browser when users go to `https://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/browser/<URL>`. |

## 2. Build an Isolation policy

To configure Browser Isolation policies:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**.
2. Select **Add a policy** and enter a name for the policy.
3. Use the HTTP policy [selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#selectors) and [operators](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#comparison-operators) to specify the websites or content you want to isolate.
4. For **Action**, choose either [_Isolate_](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#isolate) or [_Do not Isolate_](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#do-not-isolate).
5. (Optional) Configure [settings](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#policy-settings) for an Isolate policy.
6. Select **Create policy**.

Next, [verify that your policy is working](#3-check-if-a-web-page-is-isolated).

## 3. Check if a web page is isolated

Users can see if a webpage is isolated by using one of the following methods:

- Select the padlock in the address bar and check for the presence of a Cloudflare Root CA.
- Right-click the web page and view the context menu options.

### Normal browsing

- A non-Cloudflare root certificate indicates that Cloudflare did not proxy this web page.

  ![Website does not present a Cloudflare root certificate](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/rbi/non-cloudflare-root-ca.png)

- The right-click context menu will have all of the normal options.

  ![Normal right-click menu in browser](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/rbi/non-isolated-browser.png)

### Isolated browsing

- A Cloudflare root certificate indicates traffic was proxied through Cloudflare Gateway.

  ![Website presents a Cloudflare root certificate](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/rbi/cloudflare-gateway-root-ca.png)

- The right-click context menu will be simplified.

  ![Simplified right-click menu in browser](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/rbi/isolated-browser.png)

#### Disconnect Browser Isolation

WARP users can temporarily disable remote browsing by [disconnecting the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#lock-warp-switch).
Once WARP is disconnected, a refresh will return the non-isolated page.

---

# Non-identity on-ramps

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/non-identity/

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can isolate HTTP traffic from on-ramps such as [proxy endpoints](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/) or [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/). Since these on-ramps do not require users to log in to Cloudflare WARP, [identity-based policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/) are not supported.

:::note

If you want to apply Isolate policies based on user identity, you will need to either install the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) or manually redirect users to the [Clientless Web Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/setup/clientless-browser-isolation/) URL.
:::

## Set up non-identity browser isolation

1. [Install a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your devices.
2. Connect your infrastructure to Gateway using one of the following on-ramps:
   - Configure your browser to forward traffic to a Gateway proxy endpoint with [PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/).
   - Connect your enterprise site router to Gateway with the [anycast GRE or IPsec tunnel on-ramp to Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/).
3. Enable non-identity browser isolation:
   1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Browser Isolation**.
   2. Turn on **Non-identity on-ramp support**.
4. Build a non-identity [HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/) to isolate websites in a remote browser.

---

# Common policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/common-policies/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

The following in-line DLP policies are commonly used to secure data in uploaded and downloaded files.

## Log uploads/downloads

The **Allow** action functions as an implicit logger, providing visibility into where your sensitive data is going without impacting the end user experience. The following example scans for your enabled Financial Information profile entries when users upload or download data to file sharing apps.

| Selector           | Operator | Value                   | Logic | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| DLP Profile        | in       | _Financial Information_ | And   | Allow  |
| Content Categories | in       | _File Sharing_          |       |        |

## Block file types

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For more information on what file formats DLP can scan, refer to [Supported file types](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/#supported-file-types).

## Block uploads/downloads for specific users

You can configure access on a per-user or group basis by adding [identity-based conditions](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/) to your policies. The following example blocks only contractors from uploading/downloading Financial Information to file sharing apps.

| Selector           | Operator | Value                   | Logic | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| DLP Profile        | in       | _Financial Information_ | And   | Block  |
| Content Categories | in       | _File Sharing_          | And   |        |
| User Group Names   | in       | _Contractors_           |       |        |

## Exclude Android applications

Many Android applications (such as Google Drive) use <GlossaryTooltip term="certificate pinning" link="/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/">certificate pinning</GlossaryTooltip>, which is incompatible with Gateway inspection. If needed, you can create a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) so that the app can continue to function on Android:

1. Set up an [OS version device posture check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/) that checks for the Android operating system.

2. Create the following HTTP policy in Gateway:

   | Selector                     | Operator | Value                | Logic | Action         |
   | ---------------------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ----- | -------------- |
   | Application                  | in       | _Google Drive_       | And   | Do Not Inspect |
   | Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | _OS Version Android_ |       |                |

Android users can now use the app, but the app traffic will bypass DLP scanning.

## Exclude specific sites

In your [DLP logs](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#4-view-dlp-logs), you may find that certain sites are a common source of noise. To exempt these sites from DLP scanning:

1. [Create a list](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) of hostnames or URLs.

2. Exclude the list from your DLP policy as shown in the example below:

   | Selector    | Operator    | Value                   | Logic | Action |
   | ----------- | ----------- | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ |
   | DLP Profile | in          | _Financial Information_ | And   | Block  |
   | Application | in          | _Google Drive_          | And   |        |
   | Domain      | not in list | _Do not DLP - SSN_      |       |        |

---

# Scan HTTP traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/

You can scan HTTP traffic for sensitive data through Secure Web Gateway policies. To perform DLP filtering, first configure a DLP profile with the data patterns you want to detect, and then build a Gateway HTTP policy to allow or block the sensitive data from leaving your organization. Gateway will parse and scan your HTTP traffic for strings matching the keywords or regular expressions (regexes) specified in the DLP profile.

## Prerequisites

- Set up [Gateway HTTP filtering](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/).
  - HTTP filtering requires turning on the [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/#enable-the-gateway-proxy) for TCP traffic.
- Turn on [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#enable-tls-decryption).

## 1. Configure a DLP profile

Refer to [Configure a DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/). We recommend getting started with a predefined profile.

:::caution[Important]

DLP scans will not start until you [create a DLP policy](#2-create-a-dlp-policy).
:::

## 2. Create a DLP policy

DLP Profiles may be used alongside other Zero Trust rules in a [Gateway HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/). To start logging or blocking traffic, create a policy for DLP:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**. Select **HTTP**.

2. Select **Add a policy**.

3. Build an [HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) using the [DLP Profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#dlp-profile) selector. For example, the following policy prevents users from uploading sensitive data to any location other than an approved corporate application:

   | Selector    | Operator | Value                                                    | Logic | Action |
   | ----------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
   | DLP Profile | in       | _Social Security, Insurance, Tax, and Identifer Numbers_ | And   | Block  |
   | HTTP Method | in       | _POST_                                                   | And   |        |
   | Application | not in   | _Workday_                                                |       |        |

4. Select **Create policy**.

DLP scanning is now turned on.

## 3. Test DLP policy

You can test your DLP policy on any device connected to your Zero Trust organization. To perform a basic test:

1. Go to [dlptest.com](http://dlptest.com/http-post/).
2. Enter a text message or upload a file containing the sensitive data.
3. Select **Submit** to send the request.

The request will be allowed or blocked according to your DLP policies. If the data matches a DLP policy, you will see the request in your [DLP logs](#4-view-dlp-logs).

Different sites will send requests in different ways. For example, some sites will split a file upload into multiple requests. Therefore, even if the policy works on `dlptest.com`, it is not guaranteed to work the same way on another site or application.

## 4. View DLP logs

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Logs** > **Gateway** > **HTTP**.
2. Select **Filter**.
3. Choose an item under one of the following filters:
   - **DLP Profiles** shows the requests which matched a specific DLP profile.
   - **Policy** shows the requests which matched a specific DLP policy.

You can expand an individual row to view details about the request. To see the data that triggered the DLP policy, [configure logging options](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/).

### Report false positives

1. Select the log you want to report.
2. Select **Report DLP false positive** under **DLP details**.
3. The information to be sent to Cloudflare will appear. To confirm your report, select **Send report**.

Cloudflare will not respond directly to your report, but reporting false positives helps us improve our products. If you require technical assistance, reach out to [support](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/support).

---

# Logging options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/logging-options/

Data Loss Prevention allows you to capture, store, and view the data that triggered a specific DLP policy for use as forensic evidence. Users on all plans can [log the payload](#log-the-payload-of-matched-rules) of matched HTTP requests in their Cloudflare logs. Additionally, Enterprise users can [configure a Logpush job](#send-http-requests-to-logpush-destination) to send copies of entire matched HTTP requests to storage destinations.

## Log the payload of matched rules

The data that triggers a DLP policy is stored in the portion of the HTTP request known as the payload. Payload logging is especially useful when diagnosing the behavior of DLP policies. Since the values that triggered a rule may contain sensitive data, they are encrypted with a customer-provided public key so that only you can examine them later. The stored data will include a redacted version of the match, plus 75 bytes of additional context on both sides of the match.

### 1. Generate a key pair

Follow [these instructions](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/generate-key-pair/) to generate a public/private key pair in the command line.

### 2. Upload the public key to Cloudflare

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In the **DLP Payload Encryption public key** field, paste your public key.
3. Select **Save**.

:::note
The matching private key is required to view logs. If you lose your private key, you will need to [generate](#1-generate-a-key-pair) and [upload](#2-upload-the-public-key-to-cloudflare) a new public key. The payload of new requests will be encrypted with the new public key.
:::

### 3. Enable payload logging for a DLP policy

You can enable payload logging for any Allow or Block HTTP policy that uses the [DLP Profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#dlp-profile) selector.

1. Go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**.
2. Edit an existing Allow or Block DLP policy, or [create a new policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#2-create-a-dlp-policy).
3. In the policy builder, scroll down to **Configure policy settings** and turn on **Log the payload of matched rules**.
4. Select **Save**.

Data Loss Prevention will now store a portion of the payload for HTTP requests that match this policy.

### 4. View payload logs

1. Go to **Logs** > **Gateway** > **HTTP**.
2. Go to the DLP log you are interested in reviewing and expand the row.
3. Select **Decrypt Payload Log**.
4. Enter your private key and select **Decrypt**.

You will see the [ID of the matched DLP Profile](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/dlp/subresources/profiles/methods/list/) followed by the decrypted payload. Note that DLP currently logs only the first match.

:::note
Neither the key nor the decrypted payload will be stored by Cloudflare.
:::

### Data privacy

- All Cloudflare logs are encrypted at rest. Encrypting the payload content adds a second layer of encryption for the matched values that triggered a DLP rule.
- Cloudflare cannot decrypt encrypted payloads, since this operation requires your private key. Cloudflare staff will never ask for the private key.
- DLP will redact all predefined alphanumeric characters in the log. For example, `123-45-6789` will become `XXX-XX-XXXX`.
  - You can define sensitive data with [Exact Data Match (EDM)](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/datasets/#exact-data-match). EDM match logs will redact your defined strings.

## Send HTTP requests to Logpush destination

:::note[Availability]
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Gateway allows you to send copies of entire HTTP requests matched in DLP policies to storage destinations configured in [Logpush](/logs/about/), including third-party destinations.

To set up the DLP Forensic Copy Logpush job:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Logs** > **Logpush**. Select **Add a Logpush job**.
2. Set up a [Logpush destination](/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/) with the DLP Forensic Copy Logpush job.
3. Return to Zero Trust and go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **HTTP**.
4. Edit an existing Allow or Block DLP policy, or [create a new policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#2-create-a-dlp-policy).
5. In the policy builder, scroll down to **Configure policy settings** and turn on **Send copy to storage**.
6. Select a storage destination. Gateway will list any configured Logpush jobs or integrations that can receive HTTP requests.
7. Select **Save**.

DLP will now send a copy of HTTP requests that match this policy to your Logpush destination.

Logpush supports up to four DLP Forensic Copy Logpush jobs per account. By default, Gateway will send all matched HTTP requests to your configured DLP Forensic Copy jobs. To send specific policy matches to specific jobs, configure [Log filters](/logs/reference/filters/). If the request contains an archive file, DLP will only send up to 100 MB of uncompressed content to your configured storage.

---

# Profile settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/advanced-settings/

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This page lists the advanced settings available when configuring a [predefined](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/) or [custom](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#build-a-custom-profile) DLP profile.

## Match count

Match count refers to the number of times that any enabled entry in the profile can be detected before an action is triggered, such as blocking or logging. For example, if you select a match count of 10, the scanned file or HTTP body must contain 11 or more matching strings. Detections do not have to be unique.

## Confidence levels

Confidence levels indicate how confident Cloudflare DLP is in a DLP detection. DLP determines the confidence by inspecting the content for proximity keywords around the detection.

Confidence level is set on the DLP profile. When you select a confidence level in Zero Trust, you will see which DLP entries will be affected by the confidence level. Entries that do not reflect a confidence level in Zero Trust are not yet supported or are not applicable.

DLP confidence detections consist of Low, Medium, and High confidence levels. DLP will default to Low confidence detections, which are based on regular expressions, require few keywords, and will trigger more often. Medium and High confidence detections require more keywords, will trigger less often, and have a higher likelihood of accuracy.

To change the confidence level of a DLP profile:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **DLP** > **DLP profiles**.
2. Select the profile, then select **Edit**.
3. In **Advanced settings** > **Confidence Level**, choose a new confidence level from the dropdown menu.

Setting the confidence to Low will also consider Medium and High confidence detections as matches. Setting the confidence to Medium or High will filter out lower confidence detections.

### Gateway detections

For inline detections in Gateway, to display Low and Medium confidence detections but block High confidence detections, Cloudflare recommends creating two HTTP policies. The first policy should use a Low confidence DLP profile with an Allow action. The second policy should use a High confidence DLP profile with a Block action. For example:

| Selector    | Operator | Value                       | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | --------------------------- | ------ |
| DLP Profile | in       | _Low Confidence Detections_ | Allow  |

| Selector    | Operator | Value                        | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ---------------------------- | ------ |
| DLP Profile | in       | _High Confidence Detections_ | Block  |

## Optical Character Recognition (OCR) <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" /> {/* optical-character-recognition-ocr */}

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) analyzes and interprets text within image files. When used with DLP profiles, OCR can detect sensitive data within images your users upload.

OCR supports scanning `.jpg`/`.jpeg` and `.png` files between 4 KB and 1 MB in size. Text is encoded in UTF-8 format, including support for non-Latin characters.

## Context analysis <Badge text="Deprecated" variant="caution" size="small" /> {/* context-analysis */}

:::caution
Context analysis has been superseded by [confidence levels](#confidence-levels). DLP will migrate users who had context analysis turned on to confidence levels where applicable.
:::

When it was available, context analysis restricted detections based on proximity keywords to prevent false positives. Proximity keywords had to be detected within a distance of 1000 bytes (~1000 characters) from the original detection to trigger an context-aware detection. For example, the string `123-45-6789` only counted as a detection if in proximity to keywords such as `ssn`.

DLP applied context analysis to traffic and the content of [supported files](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/#supported-file-types). Supported detections included the [Financial Information](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/#financial-information) and [Social Security, Insurance, Tax, and Identifier Numbers](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/#social-security-insurance-tax-and-identifier-numbers) predefined profiles.

### Exclude files from context analysis

You could exclude the content of files from context analysis while still applying context analysis to traffic. For example, if you sent an email containing the string `123-45-6789`, DLP only counted a detection if the string was in proximity to keywords such as `ssn`. If you included a file in an email containing the string `123-45-6789`, DLP matched a detection regardless of keywords.

To exclude file content from context analysis, in **Exclude content type**, choose _Files_.

---

# DLP profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/

import { Render } from "~/components";

A DLP profile is a collection of regular expressions (also known as detection entries) that define the data patterns you want to detect. Cloudflare DLP provides predefined profiles for common detections, or you can build custom DLP profiles specific to your data, organization, and risk tolerance.

## Configure a predefined profile

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You can now use this profile in a [DLP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#2-create-a-dlp-policy) or [CASB integration](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/).

## Build a custom profile

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You can now use this profile in a [DLP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-policies/#2-create-a-dlp-policy) or [CASB integration](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-dlp/).

---

# Integration profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/integration-profiles/

:::note

Integration profiles require [Cloudflare CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/).
:::

Cloudflare DLP integration profiles enable data loss prevention support for third-party data classification providers. Data classification information is retrieved from the third-party platform and populated into a DLP Profile. You can then enable detection entries in the profile and create a DLP policy to allow or block matching data.

Detection entries in integration profiles are managed by the third-party platform and cannot be manually added, edited, or deleted within Cloudflare DLP.

## Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels

Microsoft provides [Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels) to classify and protect sensitive data.

### Setup

To add MIP sensitivity labels to a DLP Profile, simply integrate your Microsoft account with [Cloudflare CASB](/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/). A new integration profile will appear under **DLP** > **DLP profiles**. The profile is named **MIP Sensitivity Labels** followed by the name of the CASB integration.

MIP sensitivity labels can also be added to a [custom DLP profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/#build-a-custom-profile) as an existing entry.

### Syncing

Allow 24 hours for label additions and edits in your Microsoft account to propagate to Cloudflare DLP. At this time, deletions in your Microsoft account will not delete entries in your Cloudflare DLP Profile.

---

# Predefined profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/predefined-profiles/

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Cloudflare Zero Trust provides predefined DLP profiles for common types of sensitive data. Some profiles include built-in validation checks to increase detection granularity. Additionally, you can configure [advanced settings](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/advanced-settings/) for predefined profiles.

## Credentials and Secrets

The following secrets are validated with regex.

- Google Cloud Platform keys
- AWS keys
- Azure API keys
- SSH keys

## Financial Information

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	file="profile-all-plans"
	product="cloudflare-one/data-loss-prevention"
/>

Credit card numbers begin with a six or eight-digit Issuer Identification Number (IIN) and are followed by up to 23 additional digits. Card verification values (CVVs) are not validated.

| Detection entry                  | Notes                                                                             |
| -------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| American Express Card Number     | Validated using [Luhn's algorithm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luhn_algorithm). |
| American Express Text            | Text matching `amex` or `american express`.                                       |
| Diners Club Card Number          | Validated using Luhn's algorithm.                                                 |
| Generic CVV Card Number          | Validated with regex.                                                             |
| Mastercard Card Number           | Validated using Luhn's algorithm.                                                 |
| Mastercard Text                  | Text matching `mastercard`.                                                       |
| Union Pay Card Number            | Validated using Luhn's algorithm.                                                 |
| Union Pay Text                   | Text matching `union pay`.                                                        |
| Visa Card Number                 | Validated using Luhn's algorithm.                                                 |
| Visa Text                        | Text matching `visa`.                                                             |
| United States ABA Routing Number | Validated algorithmically with checksum.                                          |
| IBAN                             | Validated with checksum.                                                          |

## Health Information

The following diagnosis and medication names are checked for surrounding ASCII characters to prevent false positives.

- FDA active ingredients
- FDA drug names
- ICD-10 FY2023 short descriptions

## Social Security, Insurance, Tax, and Identifier Numbers

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	file="profile-all-plans"
	product="cloudflare-one/data-loss-prevention"
/>

The following national identifier detections are validated algorithmically when possible.

| Detection entry                                      | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| United States SSN Numeric Detection                  | Commonly used separators are required to match the detection entry. For example, `000-00-0000` matches but `000000000` does not. Social security numbers do not adhere to algorithmic validation. |
| Social Security Number Text                          | Text matching `ssn` or `social security`.                                                                                                                                                         |
| Australia Tax File Number                            | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Canada Social Insurance Number                       | Validated using Luhn's algorithm.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| France Social Security Number                        | Validated with regex.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Hong Kong Identity Card (HKIC) Number                | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Indonesia Identity Card Number                       | Validated with regex.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Malaysian National Identity Card Number              | Validated with regex.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Philippines Unified Multi-Purpose ID (UMID) Number   | Validated with regex.                                                                                                                                                                             |
| Singapore National Registration Identity Card Number | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Taiwan National Identification Number                | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Thai Identity Card Number                            | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| United Kingdom NHS Number                            | Validated with checksum.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| United Kingdom National Insurance Number             | Validated with regex.                                                                                                                                                                             |

## Source Code

The following programming languages are validated with natural language processing (NLP).

- C
- C++
- C#
- Go
- Haskell
- Java
- JavaScript
- Lua
- Python
- R
- Rust
- Swift

---

# Common policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/common-policies/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

The following policies are commonly used to secure DNS traffic.

Refer to the [DNS policies page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) for a comprehensive list of other selectors, operators, and actions.

## Allow corporate domains

This policy allows users to access official corporate domains. By deploying the policy with high [order of precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence), you ensure that employees can access trusted domains even if they fall under a blocked category like _Newly seen domains_ or _Login pages_.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator | Value             | Action | Precedence |
| -------- | -------- | ----------------- | ------ | ---------- |
| Domain   | in list  | _Allowed domains_ | Allow  | 1          |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Allow corporate domains",
  "description": "Allow any internal corporate domains added to a list",
  "precedence": 0,
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.domains[*] in $<LIST_UUID>)",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your lists, use the [List Zero Trust lists](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block security threats

Block [security categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/#security-categories) such as Command & Control, Botnet and Malware based on Cloudflare's threat intelligence.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="gateway/policies/block-security-categories"
	product="cloudflare-one"
/>

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block security threats",
  "description": "Block all default Cloudflare DNS security categories",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.security_category[*] in {68 178 80 83 176 175 117 131 134 151 153})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block content categories

The categories included in this policy are not always a security threat, but blocking them can help minimize the risk that your organization is exposed to. For more information, refer to [domain categories](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/domain-categories/).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value                                                     | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | _Questionable Content_, _Security Risks_, _Miscellaneous_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block content categories",
  "description": "Block common content categories that may pose a risk",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.content_category[*] in {17 85 87 102 157 135 138 180 162 32 169 177 128 15 115 119 124 141 161})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block unauthorized applications

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<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value                     | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
| Application | in       | _Artificial Intelligence_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block unauthorized applications",
  "description": "Block access to unauthorized AI applications",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.type.ids[*] in {25})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block banned countries

You can implement policies to block websites hosted in countries categorized as high risk. The designation of such countries may result from your organization's customers or through the implementation of regulations including [EAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries), [OFAC](https://orpa.princeton.edu/export-controls/sanctioned-countries), and [ITAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector                        | Operator | Value                                                                                                                                                          | Action |
| ------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| Resolved Country IP Geolocation | in       | _Afghanistan_, _Belarus_, _Congo (Kinshasa)_, _Cuba_, _Iran_, _Iraq_, _Korea, North_, _Myanmar_, _Russian Federation_, _Sudan_, _Syria_, _Ukraine_, _Zimbabwe_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block banned countries",
  "description": "Block access to banned countries",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.dst.geo.country[*] in {\"AF\" \"BY\" \"CD\" \"CU\" \"IR\" \"IQ\" \"KP\" \"MM\" \"RU\" \"SD\" \"SY\" \"UA\" \"ZW\"})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block top-level domains

Blocking [frequently misused](https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/) top-level domains (TLDs) can reduce security risks, especially when there is no discernible advantage to be gained from allowing access. Similarly, restricting access to specific country-level TLDs may be necessary to comply with regulations like [ITAR](https://www.tradecompliance.pitt.edu/embargoed-and-sanctioned-countries) or [OFAC](https://orpa.princeton.edu/export-controls/sanctioned-countries).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator      | Value                                                                 | Logic | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain   | matches regex | `[.](cn\|ru)$`                                                        | Or    | Block  |
| Domain   | matches regex | `[.](rest\|hair\|top\|live\|cfd\|boats\|beauty\|mom\|skin\|okinawa)$` | Or    |        |
| Domain   | matches regex | `[.](zip\|mobi)$`                                                     |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block top-level domains",
  "description": "Block top-level domains that are frequently used for malicious practices",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.domains[*] matches \"[.](cn|ru)$\") or any(dns.domains[*] matches \"[.](rest|hair|top|live|cfd|boats|beauty|mom|skin|okinawa)$\") or any(dns.domains[*] matches \"[.](zip|mobi)$\")",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block phishing attacks

To protect against [sophisticated phishing attacks](https://blog.cloudflare.com/2022-07-sms-phishing-attacks/), you could prevent users from accessing phishing domains that are specifically targeting your organization. The following policy blocks specific keywords associated with an organization or its authentication services (such as _okta_, _2fa_, _cloudflare_ or _sso_), while still allowing access to official corporate domains.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator      | Value                                       | Logic | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Domain   | not in list   | _Corporate Domains_                         | And   | Block  |
| Domain   | matches regex | `.*okta.*\|.*cloudflare.*\|.*mfa.*\|.sso.*` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block phishing attacks",
  "description": "Block attempts to phish specific domains targeting your organization",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "not(any(dns.domains[*] in $<LIST_UUID>)) and any(dns.domains[*] matches \".*okta.*\\|.*cloudflare.*\\|.*mfa.*\\|.sso.*\")",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your lists, use the [List Zero Trust lists](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block online tracking

To safeguard user privacy, some organizations will block tracking domains such as `dig.whatsapp.com` as well as other tracking domains embedded at the OS level. This policy is implemented by creating a custom blocklist. Refer to [this repository](https://github.com/nextdns/native-tracking-domains/tree/28991a0d5b2ab6d35588a74af82162ea7caff420/domains) for a list of widespread tracking domains that you can add to your blocklist.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator | Value                  | Action |
| -------- | -------- | ---------------------- | ------ |
| Domain   | in list  | _Top tracking domains_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block online tracking",
  "description": "Block domains used for tracking at an OS level",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.domains[*] in $<LIST_UUID>)",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your lists, use the [List Zero Trust lists](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block malicious IPs

Block specific IP addresses that are known to be malicious or pose a threat to your organization. This policy is usually implemented by creating custom blocklists or by using blocklists provided by threat intelligence partners or regional Computer Emergency and Response Teams (CERTs).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value     | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | --------- | ------ |
| Resolved IP | in list  | _DShield_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block malicious IPs",
  "description": "Block specific IP addresses that are known to be malicious or pose a threat to your organization",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.resolved_ips[*] in $<LIST_UUID>)",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your lists, use the [List Zero Trust lists](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/lists/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Turn on CIPA filter

The CIPA (Children's Internet Protection Act) Filter is a collection of subcategories that encompass a wide range of topics that could be harmful or inappropriate for minors. It is used as a part of [Project Cybersafe Schools](/fundamentals/reference/policies-compliances/cybersafe/) to block access to unwanted or harmful online content. Upon creating this policy, your organization will have minimum [CIPA compliance](https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act).

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value         | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | _CIPA Filter_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Turn on CIPA filter",
  "description": "Block access to unwanted or harmful online content for children",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.content_category[*] in {182})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Hide explicit search results

SafeSearch is a feature of search engines that helps you filter explicit or offensive content. You can force SafeSearch on search engines like Google, Bing, Yandex, YouTube, and DuckDuckGo:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value            | Action      |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------- | ----------- |
| Content Categories | in       | _Search Engines_ | Safe Search |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Hide explicit search results",
  "description": "Force SafeSearch on search engines to filter explicit or offensive content",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "safesearch",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.content_category[*] in {145})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Check user identity

<Render file="gateway/policies/check-user-identity" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value         | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in       | _Salesforce_  | And   | Block  |
| User Group Names | in       | `Contractors` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Check user identity",
  "description": "Filter traffic based on a user identity group name",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {606})",
  "identity": "any(identity.groups.name[*] in {\"Contractors\"})",
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Restrict access to specific groups

Filter DNS queries to allow only specific users access.

The following example includes two policies. The first policy allows the specified group, while the second policy blocks all other users. To ensure the policies are evaluated properly, place the Allow policy above the Block policy. For more information, refer to the [order of precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence).

### 1. Allow a group

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value             | Logic | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | _Social Networks_ | And   | Allow  |
| User Group Names   | in       | `Marketing`       |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Allow social media for Marketing",
  "description": "Allow access to social media sites for users in the Marketing group",
  "precedence": 1,
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.content_category[*] in {149})",
  "identity": "any(identity.groups.name[*] in {\"Marketing\"})",
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### 2. Block all other users

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value             | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | _Social Networks_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block social media",
  "description": "Block social media for all other users",
  "precedence": 2,
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(dns.content_category[*] in {149})",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Control IP version

Enterprise users can pair these policies with an [egress policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/) to control which IP address is used to egress to the origin server.

:::note
To ensure traffic routes through your preferred IP version, disable **Display block page**.
:::

### Force IPv4

Force users to connect with IPv4 by blocking IPv6 resolution.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector          | Operator | Value         | Logic | Action |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Query Record Type | is       | _AAAA_        | And   | Block  |
| Domain            | is       | `example.com` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Force IPv4",
  "description": "Force users to connect with IPv4 by blocking IPv6 resolution",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "dns.query_rtype == \"AAAA\" and any(dns.domains[*] == \"example.com\")",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Force IPv6

Force users to connect with IPv6 by blocking IPv4 resolution.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector          | Operator | Value         | Logic | Action |
| ----------------- | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Query Record Type | is       | _A_           | And   | Block  |
| Domain            | is       | `example.com` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Force IPv6",
  "description": "Force users to connect with IPv6 by blocking IPv4 resolution",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "dns"
  ],
  "traffic": "dns.query_rtype == \"A\" and any(dns.domains[*] == \"example.com\")",
  "identity": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# DNS policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/

import { Details, InlineBadge, Render } from "~/components";

When a user makes a DNS request to Gateway, Gateway matches the request against the DNS policies you have set up for your organization. If the domain does not belong to any blocked categories, or if it matches an Override policy, the user's client receives the DNS resolution and initiates an HTTP connection.

A DNS policy consists of an **Action** as well as a logical expression that determines the scope of the action. To build an expression, you need to choose a **Selector** and an **Operator**, and enter a value or range of values in the **Value** field. You can use **And** and **Or** logical operators to evaluate multiple conditions.

- [Actions](#actions)
- [Selectors](#selectors)
- [Comparison operators](#comparison-operators)
- [Value](#value)
- [Logical operators](#logical-operators)

When creating a DNS policy, you can select as many security risk categories and content categories as needed to fully secure your network. Unless a more specific selector is configured in a policy (for example, _User Email_ or _Source IP_), then the policy will be evaluated against all DNS queries that reach Gateway from your organization.

<Render
	file="gateway/response"
	params={{ one: "query", two: "Source IP", three: "Resolved IP" }}
/>

## Actions

Just like actions in HTTP policies, actions in DNS policies allow you to choose what to do with a given set of elements. You can assign one action per policy.

These are the action types you can choose from:

- [Allow](#allow)
- [Block](#block)
- [Override](#override)
- [Safe Search](#safe-search)
- [YouTube Restricted Mode](#youtube-restricted-mode)

### Allow

API value: `allow`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Authoritative Nameserver IP](#authoritative-nameserver-ip)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [DNS CNAME Response Value](#dns-cname-record)
- [DNS MX Response Value](#dns-mx-record)
- [DNS PTR Response Value](#dns-ptr-record)
- [DNS Resolver IP](#dns-resolver-ip)
- [DNS TXT Response Value](#dns-txt-record)
- [DOH Subdomain](#doh-subdomain)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Indicator Feeds](#indicator-feeds)
- [Location](#location)
- [Query Record Type](#query-record-type)
- [Resolved Continent IP Geolocation](#resolved-continent)
- [Resolved Country IP Geolocation](#resolved-country)
- [Resolved IP](#resolved-ip)
- [Security Categories](#security-categories)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

</Details>

Policies with Allow actions allow DNS queries to reach destinations you specify within the Selector and Value fields. For example, the following configuration allows DNS queries to reach domains we categorize as belonging to the Education content category:

| Selector           | Operator | Value     | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | --------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | Education | Allow  |

#### Disable DNSSEC validation

When you select **Disable DNSSEC validation**, Gateway will resolve DNS queries even if the cryptographic signature for the DNS record cannot be validated. We do not recommend disabling DNSSEC validation unless you know that the validation failure is due to DNSSEC configuration issues and not malicious attacks.

### Block

API value: `block`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Authoritative Nameserver IP](#authoritative-nameserver-ip)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [DNS CNAME Response Value](#dns-cname-record)
- [DNS MX Response Value](#dns-mx-record)
- [DNS PTR Response Value](#dns-ptr-record)
- [DNS Resolver IP](#dns-resolver-ip)
- [DNS TXT Response Value](#dns-txt-record)
- [DOH Subdomain](#doh-subdomain)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Indicator Feeds](#indicator-feeds)
- [Location](#location)
- [Query Record Type](#query-record-type)
- [Resolved Continent IP Geolocation](#resolved-continent)
- [Resolved Country IP Geolocation](#resolved-country)
- [Resolved IP](#resolved-ip)
- [Security Categories](#security-categories)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

</Details>

Policies with Block actions block DNS queries to reach destinations you specify within the Selector and Value fields. For example, the following configuration blocks DNS queries from reaching domains we categorize as belonging to the Adult Themes content category:

| Selector           | Operator | Value        | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | Adult Themes | Block  |

#### Custom block page

When choosing the Block action, turn on **Display custom block page** to respond to queries with a block page and to specify the message you want to display to users who go to blocked websites. If the block page is disabled, Gateway will respond to blocked queries with an `A` record of `0.0.0.0` for IPv4 destinations, or with an `AAAA` record of `::` for IPv6 destinations. For more information, refer to the dedicated documentation on [customizing the block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/).

#### WARP client block notifications

<Render file="gateway/client-notifications" />

### Override

API value: `override`

<Details header="Available selectors">

The Override action cannot be used with selectors evaluated during or after DNS resolution.

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [DNS Resolver IP](#dns-resolver-ip)
- [DOH Subdomain](#doh-subdomain)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Location](#location)
- [Query Record Type](#query-record-type)
- [Resolved Continent IP Geolocation](#resolved-continent)
- [Resolved Country IP Geolocation](#resolved-country)
- [Security Categories](#security-categories)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

</Details>

Policies with Override actions allow you to respond to all DNS queries for a given domain to another destination. For example, you can provide a custom response IP of `1.2.3.4` for all queries to `www.example.com` with the following policy:

| Selector | Operator | Value             | Action   | Override Hostname |
| -------- | -------- | ----------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| Hostname | is       | `www.example.com` | Override | `1.2.3.4`         |

### Safe Search

API value: `safesearch`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [DNS Resolver IP](#dns-resolver-ip)
- [DOH Subdomain](#doh-subdomain)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Location](#location)
- [Query Record Type](#query-record-type)
- [Resolved Continent IP Geolocation](#resolved-continent)
- [Resolved Country IP Geolocation](#resolved-country)
- [Security Categories](#security-categories)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

</Details>

SafeSearch is a feature of search engines that helps you filter explicit or offensive content. When you enable SafeSearch, the search engine filters explicit or offensive content and returns search results that are safe for children or at work.

You can use Cloudflare Gateway to enable SafeSearch on search engines like Google, Bing, Yandex, YouTube and DuckDuckGo. For example, to enable SafeSearch for Google, you can create the following policy:

| Selector | Operator | Value        | Action      |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | ----------- |
| Domain   | is       | `google.com` | Safe Search |

### YouTube Restricted Mode

API value: `ytrestricted`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [DNS Resolver IP](#dns-resolver-ip)
- [DOH Subdomain](#doh-subdomain)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Location](#location)
- [Query Record Type](#query-record-type)
- [Resolved Continent IP Geolocation](#resolved-continent)
- [Resolved Country IP Geolocation](#resolved-country)
- [Security Categories](#security-categories)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

</Details>

Similarly, you can enforce YouTube Restricted mode by choosing the _YouTube Restricted_ action. YouTube Restricted Mode is an automated filter for adult and offensive content built into YouTube. To enable YouTube Restricted Mode, you could set up a policy like the following:

| Selector   | Operator | Value         | Action             |
| ---------- | -------- | ------------- | ------------------ |
| DNS Domain | is       | `youtube.com` | YouTube Restricted |

This setup ensures users will be blocked from accessing offensive sites using DNS.

## Selectors

Gateway matches DNS queries against the following selectors, or criteria:

### Application

<Render file="gateway/selectors/application" params={{ one: "DNS" }} />

### Authoritative Nameserver IP

Use this selector to match against the IP address of the authoritative nameserver IP address.

| UI name                     | API example                                | Evaluation phase      |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | --------------------- |
| Authoritative Nameserver IP | `dns.authoritative_ns_ips == 198.51.100.0` | During DNS resolution |

### Content Categories

<Render file="gateway/selectors/dns-content-categories" />

<Render file="gateway/selectors/category-options" />

### DNS CNAME Record

Use this selector to filter DNS responses by their `CNAME` records.

| UI name                  | API example                                                   | Evaluation phase     |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| DNS CNAME Response Value | `any(dns.response.cname[*] in {"www.apple.com.edgekey.net"})` | After DNS resolution |

:::note

If one CNAME record points to another CNAME record, each record in the chain will be evaluated. For example, if `abc.example.com` points to `xyz.example.com`, then your DNS policy will evaluate both `abc.example.com` and `xyz.example.com`.
:::

### DNS MX Record

Use this selector to filter DNS responses by their `MX` records.

| UI name               | API example                                                 | Evaluation phase     |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| DNS MX Response Value | `any(dns.response.mx[*] in {"gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"})` | After DNS resolution |

### DNS PTR Record

Use this selector to filter DNS responses by their `PTR` records.

| UI name                | API example                                                | Evaluation phase     |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| DNS PTR Response Value | `any(dns.response.ptr[*] in {"255.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa"})` | After DNS resolution |

### DNS Resolver IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/dns-resolver-ip" />

### DNS TXT Record

Use this selector to filter DNS responses by their `TXT` records.

| UI name                | API example                                 | Evaluation phase     |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| DNS TXT Response Value | `any(dns.response.txt[*] in {"your_text"})` | After DNS resolution |

### DoH Subdomain

<Render file="gateway/selectors/doh-subdomain" />

### Domain

<Render file="gateway/selectors/domain" />

### Host

<Render file="gateway/selectors/host" />

### Indicator Feeds

<Render file="gateway/selectors/indicator-feeds" params={{ one: "dns" }} />

### Location

<Render file="gateway/selectors/location" />

### Query Record Type

<Render file="gateway/selectors/query-record-type" />

### Resolved Continent

Use this selector to filter based on the continent that the query resolves to. Geolocation is determined from the IP address in the response. To specify a continent, enter its two-letter code into the **Value** field:

- AF - Africa
- AN - Antarctica
- AS - Asia
- EU - Europe
- NA - North America
- OC - Oceania
- SA - South America
- T1 - Tor network

| UI name                           | API example                     | Evaluation phase     |
| --------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Resolved Continent IP Geolocation | `dns.dst.geo.continent == "EU"` | After DNS resolution |

### Resolved Country

Use this selector to filter based on the country that the query resolves to. Geolocation is determined from the IP address in the response. To specify a country, enter its [ISO 3166-1 Alpha 2 code](https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search/code/) in the **Value** field.

| UI name                         | API example                   | Evaluation phase     |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Resolved Country IP Geolocation | `dns.dst.geo.country == "RU"` | After DNS resolution |

### Resolved IP

Use this selector to filter based on the IP addresses that the query resolves to.

| UI name     | API example                                | Evaluation phase     |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------- |
| Resolved IP | `any(dns.resolved_ips[*] == 198.51.100.0)` | After DNS resolution |

### Security Categories

<Render file="gateway/selectors/security-categories" />

<Render file="gateway/selectors/category-options" />

### Source Continent

Use this selector to filter based on the continent where the query arrived to Gateway from. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-continent" params={{ one: "dns.src" }} />

### Source Country

Use this selector to filter based on the country where the query arrived to Gateway from. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-country" params={{ one: "dns.src" }} />

### Source IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-ip-dns" />

### Users

<Render file="gateway/selectors/users" />

## Comparison operators

<Render file="gateway/comparison-operators" />

## Value

<Render file="gateway/value" params={{ one: "hostnames", two: "Host" }} />

## Logical operators

<Render file="gateway/logical-operators" params={{ one: "Identity" }} />

## Limitations

### Third-party filtering conflict

<Render file="gateway/third-party-warning" />

### Magic WAN forwarding

To apply DNS policies to queries forwarded through [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-gateway/), you can either point your organization's DNS resolver to an IPv6, DoH, or DoT endpoint or request a dedicated resolver IPv4 address. For more information, refer to [DNS resolver IPs and hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/).

---

# Timed DNS policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/timed-policies/

By default, Cloudflare Gateway policies apply at all times when turned on. Gateway allows you to configure any DNS policy to activate for a specific amount of time, until an end time, or on a regular time interval.

## Time-based policy duration

You can use a time-based policy duration to set a specific time frame for the policy to turn on or configure an exact time for the policy to turn off.

To set a duration for a DNS policy:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **DNS**.
2. Create a new DNS policy or choose an existing policy and select **Edit**.
3. In **Configure policy settings**, turn on **Set a policy duration**.
4. In **Input method**, choose _Duration_ and enter a specific amount of time until the policy turns off or choose _Exact end date_ and enter a specific date and time in your account's time zone for the policy to turn off.
5. Select **Save policy**.

When a policy turns off, it will remain off until you turn it back on.

Policies with a set duration will retain their duration when turned off or on. For example, you can create a policy at 12:00 PM and set it to turn off after six hours. If you turn the policy off at 3:00 PM and turn it back on 4:00 PM, the policy will still turn off at 6:00 PM, six hours after the original time.

### Reset a policy duration

When a policy's time duration expires, you can turn the policy back on for the duration you originally configured. To reset a policy's duration, select the policy and choose **Reset policy duration**.

For policies with an exact end time, you can change the time before the policy turns off. Once the policy reaches its exact end time, you will need to edit the policy and set a new end time. To set a new exact end time:

1. Select the policy.
2. Choose **Edit**.
3. Turn on **Set a policy duration**.
4. In **Input method**, choose _Exact end date_. In **Date and time**, enter a new date and time for the policy to turn off.
5. Select **Save policy**.

## Scheduled policies

You can use the Gateway API to create a new DNS policy with a schedule or add a schedule to an existing policy. To schedule a policy, use the [Create a Zero Trust Gateway rule endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/rules/methods/create/) or [Update a Zero Trust Gateway rule endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/rules/methods/update/) with the `schedule` parameter set to your desired days of the week, times of day, and an optional time zone. The schedule will appear in Zero Trust under **Gateway** > **Firewall policies** > **DNS** when you select the policy.

### How Gateway determines time zone

If you [assign a time zone](#example-fixed-time-zone) to your schedule, Gateway will always use the current time at that time zone regardless of the user's location. This allows you to enable a policy during a certain fixed time period.

If you [do not specify a time zone](#example-users-time-zone), Gateway will enable the DNS policy based on the user's local time zone. The user's time zone is inferred from the IP geolocation of their source IP address. If Gateway is unable to determine the time zone from the source IP, we will fall back to the time zone of the data center where the query was received.

#### Example: Fixed time zone

The following command creates a DNS policy to block `facebook.com` only on weekdays from 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM in the Chicago, USA time zone.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "office-no-facebook-policy",
  "action": "block",
  "traffic": "dns.fqdn == \"facebook.com\"",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "time_zone": "America/Chicago",
    "mon":  "08:00-12:30,13:30-17:00",
    "tue":  "08:00-12:30,13:30-17:00",
    "wed":  "08:00-12:30,13:30-17:00",
    "thu":  "08:00-12:30,13:30-17:00",
    "fri":  "08:00-12:30,13:30-17:00"
  }
}'
```

Refer to [this table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List) for a list of all time zone identifiers.

#### Example: User's time zone

The following command creates a DNS policy to block `clockin.com` only on weekends in the time zone where the user is currently located.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rules" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "clock-in-policy",
  "action": "block",
  "traffic": "dns.fqdn == \"clockin.com\"",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "sat":  "00:00-24:00",
    "sun":  "00:00-24:00"
  }
}'
```

:::note
Gateway will not change the policy's `enabled` status when inside or outside of the time period specified. When enabled, Gateway activates or deactivates the policy according to its schedule. When disabled, the policy is always deactivated.
:::

---

# Test DNS filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/test-dns-filtering/

import { Details } from "~/components";

This section covers how to validate your Gateway DNS configuration.

## Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you are connected to a network that is associated with the [DNS location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) where the policy is applied.

## Test a DNS policy

Once you have created a DNS policy to block a domain, you can use either `dig` or `nslookup` to see if the policy is working as intended.

For example, if you created a policy to block `example.com`, you can do the following to see if Gateway is successfully blocking `example.com`:

1. Open your terminal.

2. Type `dig example.com` (`nslookup example.com` if you are using Windows) and press **Enter**.

3. If the [block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/) is disabled for the policy, you should see `REFUSED` in the answer section:

   ```sh
   dig example.com
   ```

   ```sh {4} output

   ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> example.com
   ;; global options: +cmd
   ;; Got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: REFUSED, id: 6503
   ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

   ;; QUESTION SECTION:
   ;example.com.                   IN      A

   ;; Query time: 46 msec
   ;; SERVER: 172.64.36.1#53(172.64.36.1)
   ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 10 20:22:18 CDT 2020
   ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 29
   ```

   If the [block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/) is enabled for the policy, you should see `NOERROR` in the answer section with `162.159.36.12` and `162.159.46.12` as the answers:

   ```sh null
   dig example.com
   ```

   ```sh {4,13,14} output

   ; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> example.com
   ;; global options: +cmd
   ;; Got answer:
   ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR id: 14531
   ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

   ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
   ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1452
   ;; QUESTION SECTION:
   ;example.com.                   IN      A

   ;;ANSWER SECTION:
   example.com.            60      IN      A                  162.159.36.12
   example.com.            60      IN      A                  162.159.46.12

   ;; Query time: 53 msec
   ;; SERVER: 172.64.36.1#53(172.64.36.1)
   ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 10 20:19:52 CDT 2020
   ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 83
   ```

### Test a security or content category

If you are blocking a [security category](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#security-categories) or a [content category](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#content-categories), you can test that the policy is working by using the [test domain](#common-test-domains) associated with each category.

Once you have configured your Gateway policy to block the category, the test domain will show a block page when you attempt to visit the domain in your browser, or will return `REFUSED` when you perform `dig` using the command-line interface.

#### Test domain format

- **One-word category** — For categories with one-word names (for example, _Malware_), the test domain uses the following format:

  ```txt
  <NAME_OF_CATEGORY>.testcategory.com
  ```

- **Multi-word category** — For categories with multiple words in the name (for example, _Parked & For Sale Domains_), the test domain uses the following format:

  - Remove any spaces between the words
  - Replace `&` with `and`
  - Lowercase all letters

#### Common test domains

| Category                       | Test domain                                   |
| ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------- |
| _Anonymizer_                   | `anonymizer.testcategory.com`                 |
| _Command and Control & Botnet_ | `commandandcontrolandbotnet.testcategory.com` |
| _Cryptomining_                 | `cryptomining.testcategory.com`               |
| _Malware_                      | `malware.testcategory.com`                    |
| _New Domains_                  | `newdomains.testcategory.com`                 |
| _Parked & For Sale Domains_    | `parkedandforsaledomains.testcategory.com`    |
| _Phishing_                     | `phishing.testcategory.com`                   |
| _Private IP Address_           | `privateipaddress.testcategory.com`           |
| _Spam_                         | `spam.testcategory.com`                       |
| _Spyware_                      | `spyware.testcategory.com`                    |
| _Unreachable_                  | `unreachable.testcategory.com`                |

## Test EDNS configuration

If you [enabled EDNS client subnet](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) for your DNS location, you can validate EDNS as follows:

1. Obtain your DNS location's DOH subdomain:

   1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **DNS locations**.
   2. Select the DNS location you are testing.
   3. Note the value of **DNS over HTTPS**.

2. Open a terminal and run the following command:

   ```sh
   curl 'https://<DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query?type=TXT&name=o-o.myaddr.google.com' -H 'Accept: application/dns-json' | json_pp
   ```

   The output should contain your EDNS client subnet:

   ```json null {12}
   {
   	"AD": false,
   	"Answer": [
   		{
   			"TTL": 60,
   			"data": "\"108.162.218.211\"",
   			"name": "o-o.myaddr.google.com",
   			"type": 16
   		},
   		{
   			"TTL": 60,
   			"data": "\"edns0-client-subnet 136.62.0.0/24\"",
   			"name": "o-o.myaddr.google.com",
   			"type": 16
   		}
   	],
   	"CD": false,
   	"Question": [
   		{
   			"name": "o-o.myaddr.google.com",
   			"type": 16
   		}
   	],
   	"RA": true,
   	"RD": true,
   	"Status": 0,
   	"TC": false
   }
   ```

3. To verify your EDNS client subnet, obtain your source IP address:

   ```sh
   curl ifconfig.me
   ```

   ```sh output
   136.62.12.156%
   ```

   The source IP address should fall within the /24 range specified by your EDNS client subnet.

## Clear DNS cache

Modern web browsers and operating systems are designed to cache DNS records for a set amount of time. When a request is made for a DNS record, the browser cache is the first location checked for the requested record. A DNS policy may not appear to work if the response is already cached.

To clear your DNS cache:

<Details header="ChromeOS">

1. Go to `chrome://net-internals/#dns`.
2. Select **Clear host cache**.

</Details>

<Details header="Windows">

1. Open the admin command prompt or PowerShell.
2. Run the following command:

```bash
ipconfig /flushdns
```

</Details>

<Details header="macOS">

1. Open Terminal.
2. Run the following commands:

```sh
sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder
sudo killall mDNSResponderHelper
sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
```

</Details>

---

# Dedicated egress IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/

import { Details } from "~/components";

:::note

Only available as an add-on to Zero Trust Enterprise plans.
:::

Dedicated egress IPs are static IP addresses that can be used to allowlist traffic from your organization. These IPs are unique to your account and are not used by any other customers routing traffic through Cloudflare's network. Each dedicated egress IP consists of an IPv4 address and an IPv6 range that are assigned to a specific Cloudflare data center. At minimum, Cloudflare will provision your account with two dedicated egress IPs corresponding to data centers in two different cities.

An account can have any number of additional dedicated egress IPs. To request additional dedicated egress IPs, contact your account team to schedule a service window.

## Turn on egress IPs

To start routing traffic through dedicated egress IPs:

1. Contact your account team to obtain a dedicated egress IP.
2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
3. In **Firewall**, turn on **Proxy**.
4. Select **TCP**.
5. (Optional) Select **UDP**. This will allow HTTP/3 traffic to egress with your dedicated IPs.

Dedicated egress IPs are now turned on for all network and HTTP traffic proxied by Gateway. To selectively turn on dedicated egress IPs for a subset of your traffic, refer to [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/).

## Verify egress IPs

To check if your device is using the correct dedicated egress IP:

1. Verify that the device is connected to your Zero Trust organization through the WARP client.
2. Determine the source IPv4 address of your device by going to `https://ipv4.icanhazip.com/`.
3. Determine the source IPv6 address of your device by going to `https://ipv6.icanhazip.com/`.
4. Verify that the source IPv4 and IPv6 addresses match your dedicated egress IP.

When testing against another origin, you may see either an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Gateway has no control over whether connections are made over IPv4 or IPv6. Some origins are only available over IPv4, while others are only available over IPv6. When both protocols are supported, the decision is made by the operating system and browser on the client device. For example, Windows will by default [favor IPv6](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/networking/configure-ipv6-in-windows) over IPv4.

## Limitations

### Concurrent connections

Each dedicated egress IP assigned to your organization supports 40,000 concurrent connections per origin. You can configure multiple origins for each combination of dedicated egress IP and source port.

### Unsupported traffic

Dedicated egress IPs do not apply to:

- DNS queries resolved through Gateway
- Private networks connected to Zero Trust via Cloudflare Tunnel
- Traffic destined for private networks connected to Zero Trust via [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/)
- ICMP traffic (such as `ping`)

These origins will see the default shared IPs instead of the dedicated egress IPs. This is because Cloudflare can filter traffic to these origins by identifiers other than source IP.

### Traffic resilience

To improve traffic resilience, assign your dedicated egress IPs to different Cloudflare data center locations. If you have multiple IPs in the same city, choose different data centers within that city. For more information, contact your account team.

When creating egress policies with dedicated egress IPs, set your secondary IPv4 address to either _Default Cloudflare egress_ or a Cloudflare location different from your primary IPv4 address. If the physical location of your primary IPv4 address is not available, traffic will be routed to either the location closest to the user (_Default Cloudflare egress_ option) or another location of your choice.

### IP geolocation

:::note

IP geolocation will take at least six weeks to update across databases.
:::

Your egress traffic will geolocate to the city selected in your [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/). If the traffic does not match an egress policy, IP geolocation defaults to the closest dedicated egress location to the user. We recommend you create a [catch-all egress policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/#catch-all-policy) before dedicated egress IPs are assigned to your account. This will prevent incorrect geolocation for your users' traffic while geolocation databases update.

When you turn on dedicated egress IPs, Gateway will update third-party IP geolocation databases. Other websites, such as Google Search, will check these databases to geolocate a user's source IP. For example, if your users are in India, Google will direct them to the United States Google landing page instead of the India landing page until Google recognizes the updated IP geolocation.

To verify that the IP geolocation has updated, check your dedicated egress IP in one of the supported databases:

<Details header="Supported IP geolocation databases">

- [Google](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geolocation/overview)
- [MaxMind GeoIP](https://www.maxmind.com/en/geoip-databases)
- [TransUnion Neustar TruValidate IP Intelligence](https://www.transunion.com/solution/truvalidate/digital-insights/ip-intelligence)
- [Abstract IP Geolocation API](https://www.abstractapi.com/ip-geolocation-api)
- [DB-IP](https://db-ip.com/)
- [Digital Element](https://www.digitalelement.com/)
- [Geo Targetly](https://geotargetly.com/)
- [IP-API.com](https://ip-api.com/)
- [IP2Location](https://lite.ip2location.com/)
- [IPinfo.io](https://ipinfo.io/)
- [ip2c.org](https://ip2c.org/)
- [ipapi](https://ipapi.com/)
- [ipgeolocation.io](https://ipgeolocation.io/)
- [ipify](https://www.ipify.org/)
- [Ipstack](https://ipstack.com/)

</Details>

### Egress location

Your users' physical egress location will vary depending on whether their connection is over IPv4 or IPv6.

| Destination IP | Destination proxied by Cloudflare | Physical egress location                      |
| -------------- | --------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| IPv4           | No                                | Egresses data center with dedicated egress IP |
| IPv4           | Yes                               | Egresses locally connected data center        |
| IPv6           | No                                | Egresses locally connected data center        |
| IPv6           | Yes                               | Egresses locally connected data center        |

Regardless of egress location, the IP geolocation will match the assigned dedicated egress IP.

#### IPv4

To physically egress from a specific location, traffic must be proxied to Cloudflare via IPv4. The end user connects to the nearest Cloudflare data center, but Cloudflare will internally route their traffic to egress from the dedicated location configured in your [egress policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/). Therefore, the connected data center shown in the user's WARP client preferences may not match their actual egress location.

We are able to offer better IPv4 performance when users visit domains proxied by Cloudflare (also known as an [orange-clouded](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#proxied-records) domain). In this scenario, IPv4 traffic will physically egress from the most performant data center in our network while still appearing to egress from your dedicated location.

For example, assume you have a primary dedicated egress IP in Los Angeles and a secondary dedicated egress IP in New York. A user in Las Vegas would see Las Vegas as their connected data center. If they go to a site not proxied by Cloudflare ([gray-clouded](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/#dns-only-records)), such as `espn.com`, they will egress from Los Angeles (or whichever city is in the matching egress policy). If they go to an orange-clouded site such as `cloudflare.com`, they will physically egress from Las Vegas but use Los Angeles as their IP geolocation.

#### IPv6

Traffic proxied via IPv6, unlike IPv4, will physically egress from the connected data center but logically egress with one of your dedicated IP geolocations. In the example above, the Las Vegas user would egress from Las Vegas but IP geolocate from Los Angeles.

## Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

### Can I provision the same egress IP address to multiple data centers?

No, egress IPs are limited to a single data center.

### Can my users in different locations egress from their closest data center via a single egress IP?

No, traffic will only egress from the data center where the egress IP is provisioned. If you have users in locations far apart, we recommend reserving multiple egress IPs across different data centers and provisioning your users to their closest data centers.

### Can I use dedicated egress IPs with traffic proxied via [PAC files](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/pac-files/)?

Yes, your users will egress via their provisioned IP address.

### What happens when I use dedicated egress IPs with [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/)?

Your users will connect to the nearest data center, where the remote browser session will load. The remote browser will then egress via the data center with their provisioned egress IP.

### Do dedicated egress IPs work on the [Cloudflare China Network](/china-network/)?

No, Gateway does not support dedicated egress IPs on the China Network.

---

# Egress policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note

Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

When your users connect to the Internet through Cloudflare Gateway, by default their traffic is assigned a source IP address that is shared across all Cloudflare WARP users. Enterprise users can purchase [dedicated egress IPs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/) to ensure that egress traffic from your organization is assigned a unique, static IP. These source IPs are dedicated to your account and can be used within allowlists on upstream services.

Egress policies allow you to control which dedicated egress IP is used and when, based on attributes such as identity, IP address, and geolocation. Traffic that does not match an egress policy will default to using the most performant dedicated egress IP.

Cloudflare does not publish WARP egress IP ranges. WARP egress IPs are not documented at [Cloudflare's IP Ranges](https://cloudflare.com/ips). To obtain a dedicated WARP egress IP, contact your account team.

## Force IP version

To control whether only IPv4 or IPv6 is used to egress, ensure you are [filtering DNS traffic](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/), then create a DNS policy to [block AAAA or A records](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/common-policies/#control-ip-version).

## Example policies

The following egress policy configures all traffic destined for a third-party network to use a static source IP:

<Render file="gateway/policies/egress-destination-ip" />

### Catch-all policy

For the best performance, we recommend creating a catch-all policy to route all other users through the default Zero Trust IP range:

| Policy name           | Selector | Operator | Value                    | Egress method                    |
| --------------------- | -------- | -------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
| Default egress policy | Protocol | in       | `All options (Protocol)` | Cloudflare default egress method |

Since Gateway policies evaluate from [top to bottom](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence) in the UI, be sure to place the catch-all policy at the bottom of the list. If you do not include a catch-all policy, all other traffic will use the closest dedicated egress IP location.

## Egress methods

Choose one of the following options for your egress policy:

- **Default Cloudflare egress**: uses the default source IP range shared across all Zero Trust accounts. Ensures the most performant Internet experience as user traffic egresses from the nearest Cloudflare data center.

- **Dedicated Cloudflare egress IPs** uses the primary IPv4 address and IPv6 range selected in the dropdown menus. You can optionally specify a secondary IPv4 address in a different data center. If the primary data center goes down, Gateway will egress from the secondary data center to avoid traffic drops during reroutes. There is no need for a secondary IPv6 because IPv6 traffic can egress from any Cloudflare data center. To learn more about IPv4 and IPv6 egress behavior, refer to [Egress locations](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/egress-policies/dedicated-egress-ips/#egress-location).

## Selectors

Gateway matches egress traffic against the following selectors, or criteria:

### Destination Continent

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-continent"
	params={{ one: "net.dst" }}
/>

### Destination Country

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-country"
	params={{ one: "net.dst" }}
/>

### Destination IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/destination-ip" />

### Destination Port

<Render file="gateway/selectors/destination-port" />

### Device Posture

<Render file="gateway/selectors/device-posture" />

### Protocol

<Render file="gateway/selectors/protocol" />

### Proxy Endpoint

<Render file="gateway/selectors/proxy-endpoint" />

### Source Continent

The continent of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-continent" params={{ one: "net.src" }} />

### Source Country

The country of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-country" params={{ one: "net.src" }} />

### Source Internal IP

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/source-internal-ip"
	params={{ one: "egress", two: "net.src.internal_src_ip" }}
/>

### Source IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-ip-net" />

### Source Port

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-port" />

### Users

<Render file="gateway/selectors/users" />

### Virtual Network

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/virtual-network"
	params={{ one: "net.vnet_id" }}
/>

## Comparison operators

<Render file="gateway/comparison-operators" />

## Value

You can input a single value or use regular expressions to specify a range of values.

Gateway uses Rust to evaluate regular expressions. The Rust implementation is slightly different than regex libraries used elsewhere. To evaluate if your regex matches, you can use [Rustexp](https://rustexp.lpil.uk/).

## Logical operators

<Render
	file="gateway/logical-operators"
	params={{ one: "**Identity** or **Device Posture**" }}
/>

---

# AV scanning

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/

import { Render, Details } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Gateway protects users as they browse the Internet. When users download or upload a file to an origin on the Internet, that file could potentially contain malicious code that may cause their device to perform undesired behavior. To prevent this, Cloudflare Gateway allows admins to turn on anti-virus (AV) scanning of files that are uploaded or downloaded by users as the file passes through Gateway.

In addition to scanning files, Gateway can quarantine files as your users download them. Quarantining files helps protect organizations from zero-day vulnerabilities not yet available in anti-virus databases. For more information, refer to [File sandboxing](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/file-sandboxing/).

## Get started

To turn on AV scanning:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **AV inspection**.
3. Choose whether to scan files for malicious payloads during uploads, downloads, or both. You can also block requests containing [non-scannable files](#non-scannable-files).

When a request is blocked due to the presence of malware, Gateway will log the match as a Block decision in your [HTTP logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#http-logs).

## File scan criteria

If AV scanning is turned on, Gateway will use the following criteria to determine whether a file is present in a request or response, and whether to scan that file. The first match will result in the file being scanned.

- If the `Content-Disposition` HTTP header is `Attachment`
- If the byte signature of the body of the request matches a signature Gateway identifies as one of the following file type categories:
  - **Executable** (for example, `.exe`, `.bat`, `.dll`, and `.wasm`)
  - **Documents** (for example, `.doc`, `.docx`, `.pdf`, `.ppt`, and `.xls`)
  - **Compressed** (for example, `.7z`, `.gz`, `.zip`, and `.rar`)
- If the file name in the `Content-Disposition` header contains a file extension that indicates it is one of the file type categories above

If none of the above conditions trigger a file to be scanned, Gateway will use the origin's `Content-Type` header to determine whether or not to scan the file. Additionally, Gateway will not scan files it determines to be image, video, or audio files.

If a file does not trigger a scan based on the three methods above but also does not match criteria to be exempted from scanning, Gateway will default to scanning the file for malware.

## Opt content out from scanning

When an admin turns on AV scanning for uploads and/or downloads, Gateway will scan every supported file. Admins can selectively choose to disable scanning using HTTP policies. All [HTTP selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#selectors) can opt HTTP traffic out from AV scanning using the **Do Not Scan** action. When traffic matches a Do Not Scan policy, nothing is scanned, regardless of file size or whether the file type is supported or not. For example, to prevent AV scanning of files uploaded to or downloaded from `example.com`, you can create the following policy:

| Selector | Operator      | Value         | Action      |
| -------- | ------------- | ------------- | ----------- |
| Hostname | matches regex | `example.com` | Do Not Scan |

Opting out of AV scanning applies to uploads and/or downloads of files, matching your account's global AV scanning setting. For example, if you have configured Gateway to globally scan uploads only, then opting out of AV scanning will only apply to uploads.

## Compatibility

### Supported compressed file types

In addition to standard object files like PDFs, Zero Trust supports AV scanning for the following archive types:

<Details header="Supported compressed file types">

- 7-Zip
- 7-Zip SFX
- ACE
- ACE SFX
- AutoHotkey
- AutoIt
- BASE64
- BZ2
- CHM Help Files
- CPIO SVR4
- Chrome Extension (CRX) Package Format
- eXtensible ARchive format (XAR)
- GZIP compressed files
- ISO 9660
- Inno Setup
- Indigo Rose Setup Factory
- Java ARchive
- LZH/LHA
- MacBinary
- MIME base64
- MSCOMPRESS
- Microsoft CAB
- Microsoft TNEF
- NSIS Nullsoft Installer
- Office Legacy XML
- PGP signed message, document, etc.
- RPM
- RAR
- SAPCar
- Self-extracting ARJ
- Self-extracting CA
- Self-extracting LZH/LHA
- Self-extracting RAR
- Self-extracting ZIP
- Smart Install Maker
- TAR
- UUE and XXE compressed files
- Windows Imaging File (WIM)
- XE compressed files (UUE and XXE)
- XZ file format
- ZIP
- ZOO

</Details>

Gateway cannot scan [certain archive files](#non-scannable-files) regardless of file type, such as large or encrypted files.

### Non-scannable files

Gateway cannot scan all files for malware. When Gateway encounters a non-scannable file, you can configure AV scanning whether to fail open (allow the file to pass through unscanned) or to fail closed (deny the file transfer).

<Render file="gateway/nonscannable-files" />

- Password protected archives
- Archives with more than three recursion levels
- Archives with more than 300 files

---

# Common policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/common-policies/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

The following policies are commonly used to secure HTTP traffic.

Refer to the [HTTP policies page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) for a comprehensive list of other selectors, operators, and actions.

## Block sites

Block attempts to reach sites by hostname or URL paths. Different approaches may be required based on how a site is organized.

### Block sites by hostname

Block all subdomains that use a host.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator      | Value            | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ------ |
| Host     | matches regex | `.*example\.com` | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block sites by hostname",
  "description": "Block all subdomains that use a specific hostname",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "http.request.host matches \".*example\\.com\"",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Block sites by URL

Block a section of a site without blocking the entire site. For example, you can block a specific subreddit, such as `reddit.com/r/gaming`, without blocking `reddit.com`.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator      | Value       | Action |
| -------- | ------------- | ----------- | ------ |
| URL      | matches regex | `/r/gaming` | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block sites by URL",
  "description": "Block specific parts of a site without blocking the hostname",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "http.request.uri matches \"/r/gaming\"",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block content categories

Block content categories which go against your organization's acceptable use policy.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector           | Operator | Value                      | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | -------------------------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | _Adult Themes_, _Gambling_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block content categories",
  "description": "Block access to unauthorized adult and gambling applications",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {2 67 125 133 99})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block unauthorized applications

<Render file="gateway/policies/block-applications" product="cloudflare-one" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value                     | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
| Application | in       | _Artificial Intelligence_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block unauthorized applications",
  "description": "Block access to unauthorized AI applications",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.type.ids[*] in {25})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Check user identity

<Render file="gateway/policies/check-user-identity" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value         | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in       | _Salesforce_  | And   | Block  |
| User Group Names | in       | _Contractors_ |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Check user identity",
  "description": "Block access to Salesforce by temporary employees and contractors",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {606})",
  "identity": "any(identity.groups.name[*] in {\"Contractors\"})",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Skip inspection for groups of applications

Certain client applications, such as Zoom or Apple services, rely on certificate pinning. The [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/) performed by Cloudflare Gateway will cause errors when users visit those applications. To avoid this behavior, you must add a Do Not Inspect HTTP policy.

Gateway [evaluates Do Not Inspect policies first](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#http-policies). We recommend moving your Do Not Inspect policies to the top of the list to reduce confusion.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value            | Action         |
| ----------- | -------- | ---------------- | -------------- |
| Application | in       | _Do Not Inspect_ | Do Not Inspect |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Bypass incompatible applications",
  "description": "Skip TLS decryption for applications that are incompatible with Gateway",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "off",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.type.ids[*] in {16})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note
You can select either individual applications or the entire Do Not Inspect set, which will update as new applications are added.
:::

## Check device posture

Require devices to have certain software installed or other configuration attributes. For instructions on setting up a device posture check, refer to [Enforce device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/).

### Enforce a minimum OS version

Perform an [OS version check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/) to ensure users are running at least a minimum version.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                | Action |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | -------------------- | ------ |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | _Minimum OS version_ | Allow  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Require OS version",
  "description": "Perform an OS version check for minimum version",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": "any(device_posture.checks.passed[*] in {\"<POSTURE_CHECK_UUID>\"})"
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your device posture checks, use the [List device posture rules](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Check for a specific file

Perform a [file check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/file-check/) to ensure users have a certain file on their device.

Since the file path will be different for each operating system, you can configure a file check for each system and use the **Or** logical operator to only require one of the checks to pass.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector                     | Operator | Value              | Logic | Action |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ------------------ | ----- | ------ |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | _macOS File Check_ | Or    | Allow  |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | _Linux File Check_ |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Check for specific file",
  "description": "Ensure users have a specific file on their device regardless of operating system",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": "any(device_posture.checks.passed[*] in {\"<POSTURE_CHECK_1_UUID>\"}) or any(device_posture.checks.passed[*] in {\"<POSTURE_CHECK_2_UUID>\"})"
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your device posture checks, use the [List device posture rules](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Enforce session duration

[Require users to re-authenticate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/) after a certain amount of time has elapsed.

## Isolate high risk sites in remote browser

If you are using the [Browser Isolation add-on](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/), refer to our list of [common Isolate policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#common-policies).

## Bypass inspection for self-signed certificates

When accessing origin servers with certificates not signed by a public certificate authority, you must bypass TLS decryption.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator | Value                  | Action         |
| -------- | -------- | ---------------------- | -------------- |
| Domain   | in       | `internal.example.com` | Do Not Inspect |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Bypass internal site inspection",
  "description": "Bypass TLS decryption for internal sites with self-signed certificates",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "off",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(http.conn.domains[*] in {\"internal.example.com\"})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Block file types

<Render file="gateway/policies/block-file-types" />

For more information on supported file types, refer to [Download and Upload File Types](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#download-and-upload-file-types).

## Block Google services

To enable Gateway inspection for Google Drive traffic, you must [add a Cloudflare certificate to Google Drive](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#google-drive-for-desktop).

### Block Google Drive downloads

Block file downloads from Google Drive.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator      | Value                      | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ------------- | -------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in            | _Google Drive_             | And   | Block  |
| URL Path & Query | matches regex | `.*(e=download\|export).*` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block Google Drive downloads",
  "description": "Block file downloads from Google Drive",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {554}) and http.request.uri.path_and_query matches \".*(e=download\\|export).*\"",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Block Google Drive uploads

Block file uploads from Google Drive.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator      | Value                                  | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in            | _Google Drive_                         | And   | Block  |
| Upload Mime Type | matches regex | `.*`                                   | And   |        |
| Host             | is not        | `drivefrontend-pa.clients6.google.com` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block Google Drive uploads",
  "description": "Block file uploads to Google Drive",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {554}) and http.upload.mime matches \".*\" and not(http.request.host == \"drivefrontend-pa.clients6.google.com\")",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Block Gmail downloads

Block file downloads from Gmail.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value                                   | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Host             | is       | `mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com` | And   | Block  |
| URL Path & Query | is       | `/attachment/u/0`                       |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block Gmail downloads",
  "description": "Block file downloads from Gmail",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "http"
  ],
  "traffic": "http.request.host == \"mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com\" and http.request.uri.path_and_query matches \"/attachment/u/0\"",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# File sandboxing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/file-sandboxing/

import { Render, Details } from "~/components";

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans. For more information, contact your account team.
:::

In addition to [anti-virus (AV) scanning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/), Gateway can quarantine previously unseen files downloaded by your users into a sandbox and scan them for malware.

If AV scanning does not detect malware in a file download, Gateway will quarantine the file in the sandbox. If the file has not been downloaded before, Gateway will monitor any actions taken by the file and compare them to known malware patterns. During this process, Gateway will display an interstitial page in the user's browser. If the sandbox does not detect malicious activity, Gateway will release the file from quarantine and download it to your user's device. If the sandbox detects malicious activity, Gateway will block the download. For any subsequent downloads of the file, Gateway will remember and apply its allow/block decision.

Gateway will log any file sandbox decisions in your [HTTP logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#http-logs).

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    A(["User starts file download"]) --> B["File sent to AV scanner"]
    B --> C["Malicious file detected?"]
    C -- Yes --> D["Download blocked"]
    C -- No --> G["File sent to sandbox"]
    G --> n1["First time file downloaded?"]
    K["Malicious activity detected?"] -- Yes --> N["Download blocked"]
    K -- No --> n3["Download allowed"]
    n2["Interstitial page displayed for user during scan"] --> n4["File activity monitored"]
    n1 -- Yes --> n2
    n4 --> K
    n1 -- No --> K

    B@{ shape: subproc}
    C@{ shape: hex}
    D@{ shape: terminal}
    n1@{ shape: hex}
    K@{ shape: hex}
    N@{ shape: terminal}
    n3@{ shape: terminal}
    n2@{ shape: display}
    n4@{ shape: rect}
    style D stroke:#D50000
    style N stroke:#D50000
    style n3 stroke:#00C853
```

## Get started

To begin quarantining downloaded files, turn on file sandboxing:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **File sandboxing**.
3. (Optional) To block requests containing [non-scannable files](#non-scannable-files), select **Block requests for files that cannot be scanned**.

You can now create [Quarantine HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#quarantine) to determine what files to scan in the sandbox.

## Create test policy

To test if file sandboxing is working, you can create a Quarantine policy that matches the [Cloudflare Sandbox Test](https://sandbox.cloudflaredemos.com/):

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**, then select **HTTP**.
2. Select **Add a policy**.
3. Add the following expression:

   | Selector | Operator | Value                         | Action     |
   | -------- | -------- | ----------------------------- | ---------- |
   | Host     | is       | `sandbox.cloudflaredemos.com` | Quarantine |

4. In **Sandbox file types**, select _ZIP Archive (zip)_.
5. From a device [connected to your Zero Trust organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/), open a browser and go to the [Cloudflare Sandbox Test](https://sandbox.cloudflaredemos.com/).
6. Select **Download Test File**.

Gateway will quarantine and scan the file, display an interstitial status page in the browser, then release the file for download.

## Compatibility

### Supported file types

<Render file="gateway/sandbox-file-types" />

### Non-scannable files

<Render file="gateway/nonscannable-files" />

---

# HTTP/3 inspection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/

import { Details } from "~/components";

Gateway supports inspection of HTTP/3 traffic, which uses the QUIC protocol over UDP. HTTP/3 inspection requires a [user-side certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) to be deployed and traffic to be proxied over UDP with [TLS version 1.3](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/).

Gateway applies HTTP policies to HTTP/3 traffic last. For more information, refer to the [order of enforcement](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#http3-traffic).

## Enable HTTP/3 inspection

To enable HTTP/3 inspection, turn on the [Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/) for UDP:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. In **Firewall**, turn on **Proxy**.
3. Select **TCP** and **UDP**.
4. Turn on **TLS decryption**.

### Application limitations

Gateway can inspect HTTP/3 traffic from Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge, as well as other HTTP applications, such as cURL.

If the UDP proxy is enabled in Zero Trust, Google Chrome will force all HTTP/3 traffic to fall back to HTTP/2, allowing you to enforce your HTTP policies. If the UDP proxy is not enabled, HTTP/3 traffic from Chrome will bypass inspection.

## Force HTTP/2 traffic

To apply Gateway policies to HTTP traffic without turning on the UDP proxy, you must disable QUIC in your users' browsers to ensure only HTTP/2 traffic reaches Gateway.

<Details header="Google Chrome">

1. Go to `chrome://flags`
2. Disable **Experimental QUIC protocol**.
3. Relaunch Chrome.

</Details>

<Details header="Safari">

1. Go to **Safari** > **Settings** > **Advanced** and enable **Show Develop menu in menu bar**, then relaunch Safari.
2. Go to **Develop** > **Experimental Features** and disable **HTTP/3**.
3. Relaunch Safari.

</Details>

<Details header="Firefox">

1. Go to `about:config`.
2. If you receive a warning, select **Accept the Risk and Continue**.
3. Disable **network.http.http3.enable**.
4. Relaunch Firefox.

</Details>

<Details header="Microsoft Edge">

1. Go to `edge://flags`
2. Disable **Experimental QUIC protocol**.
3. Relaunch Edge.

</Details>

---

# HTTP policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/

import { Details, InlineBadge, Render } from "~/components";

:::note
To use HTTP policies, install the [Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/).
:::

HTTP policies allow you to intercept all HTTP and HTTPS requests and either block, allow, or override specific elements such as websites, IP addresses, and file types. HTTP policies operate on Layer 7 for all TCP (and [optionally UDP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/#1-connect-to-gateway)) traffic sent over ports 80 and 443.

An HTTP policy consists of an **Action** as well as a logical expression that determines the scope of the policy. To build an expression, you need to choose a **Selector** and an **Operator**, and enter a value or range of values in the **Value** field. You can use **And** and **Or** logical operators to evaluate multiple conditions.

- [Actions](#actions)
- [Selectors](#selectors)
- [Comparison operators](#comparison-operators)
- [Value](#value)
- [Logical operators](#logical-operators)

<Render
	file="gateway/response"
	params={{ one: "query", two: "Source IP", three: "Resolved IP" }}
/>

## Actions

Actions in HTTP policies allow you to choose what to do with a given set of elements (domains, IP addresses, file types, and so on). You can assign one action per policy.

### Allow

API value: `allow`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [DLP Profile](#dlp-profile)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Download File Types](#download-and-upload-file-types)
- [Download Mime Type](#download-and-upload-mime-type)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [HTTP Response](#http-response)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Upload File Types](#download-and-upload-file-types)
- [Upload Mime Type](#download-and-upload-mime-type)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

The Allow action allows outbound traffic to reach destinations you specify within the [Selectors](#selectors) and [Value](#value) fields. For example, the following configuration allows traffic to reach all websites we categorize as belonging to the Education content category:

| Selector           | Operator | Value       | Action |
| ------------------ | -------- | ----------- | ------ |
| Content Categories | in       | `Education` | Allow  |

#### Untrusted certificates

:::note
To use this feature, deploy a [custom root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/).
:::

The **Untrusted certificate action** determines how to handle insecure requests.

| Option       | Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Error        | Display Gateway error page. Matches the default behavior when no action is configured.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Block        | Display [block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/) as set in Zero Trust.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Pass through | Bypass insecure connection warnings and seamlessly connect to the upstream. To use this feature, deploy a [custom root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/). For more information on what statuses are bypassed, refer to the [troubleshooting FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/#i-see-error-526-when-browsing-to-a-website). |

### Block

API value: `block`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [DLP Profile](#dlp-profile)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Download File Types](#download-and-upload-file-types)
- [Download Mime Type](#download-and-upload-mime-type)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [HTTP Response](#http-response)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Upload File Types](#download-and-upload-file-types)
- [Upload Mime Type](#download-and-upload-mime-type)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

The Block action blocks outbound traffic from reaching destinations you specify within the [Selectors](#selectors) and [Value](#value) fields. For example, the following configuration blocks users from being able to upload any file type to Google Drive:

| Selector         | Operator      | Value          | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in            | `Google Drive` | And   | Block  |
| Upload Mime Type | matches regex | `.*`           |       |        |

#### WARP client block notifications

<Render file="gateway/client-notifications" />

### Isolate

API value: `isolate`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

The Isolate action serves matched traffic to users via [Cloudflare Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/). For more information on this action, refer to [Isolation policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#isolate).

### Do Not Isolate

API value: `noisolate`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

The Do Not Isolate action turns off browser isolation for matched traffic. For more information on this action, refer to [Isolation policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/isolation-policies/#do-not-isolate).

### Do Not Inspect

API value: `off`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

:::caution[Visibility limitation]

When you create a Do Not Inspect policy for a given hostname, application, or app type, you will lose the ability to log or block HTTP requests, apply DLP policies, and perform AV scanning.

Information contained within HTTPS encryption, such as the full requested URL, will not be visible if it bypasses Gateway inspection. However, you can still apply [network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) to this traffic. For more information, refer to [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/).

:::

Do Not Inspect lets you bypass certain elements from inspection. To prevent Gateway from decrypting and inspecting HTTPS traffic, your policy must match against the Server Name Indicator (SNI) in the TLS header. When accessing a Do Not Inspect site in the browser, your browser may display a **Your connection is not private** warning, which you can proceed through to connect. For more information about applications which may require a Do Not Inspect policy, refer to [TLS decryption limitations](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#inspection-limitations).

All Do Not Inspect rules are evaluated first, before any Allow or Block rules, to determine if inspection should occur. For more information, refer to [Order of enforcement](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#http-policies).

### Do Not Scan

API value: `noscan`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

When an admin enables AV scanning for uploads and/or downloads, Gateway will scan every supported file. Admins can selectively choose to disable scanning by leveraging the HTTP rules. For example, to prevent AV scanning of files uploaded to or downloaded from `example.com`, an admin would configure the following rule:

| Selector | Operator      | Value           | Action      |
| -------- | ------------- | --------------- | ----------- |
| Hostname | matches regex | `.*example.com` | Do Not Scan |

When a Do Not Scan rule matches, nothing is scanned, regardless of file size or whether the file type is supported or not.

### Quarantine

API value: `quarantine`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Domain](#domain)
- [Host](#host)
- [HTTP Method](#http-method)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [URL](#url)
- [URL Path](#url-path)
- [URL Path & Query](#url-path-and-query)
- [URL Query](#url-query)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

The Quarantine action sends files in matching requests to a file sandbox to scan for malware. Gateway will only quarantine files not previously seen in the file sandbox. For more information on this action, refer to [File sandboxing](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/file-sandboxing/).

#### Sandbox file types

In **Sandbox file types**, you can select which file types to quarantine with your policy. You must select at least one file type.

<Render file="gateway/sandbox-file-types" />

## Selectors

:::note
Policies created using the URL selector are case-sensitive.
:::

Gateway matches HTTP traffic against the following selectors, or criteria:

### Application

<Render file="gateway/selectors/application" params={{ one: "HTTP" }} />

:::caution[Multiple API selectors required for Terraform]

When using Terraform to create a policy with the [Do Not Inspect](#do-not-inspect) action, you must use the `app.hosts_ids` and `app.supports_ids` selectors. For example, to create a Do Not Inspect policy for Google Cloud Platform traffic, create a policy with both `any(app.hosts_ids[*] in {1245})` and `any(app.supports_ids[*] in {1245})`.

:::

### Content Categories

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/net-http-content-categories"
	params={{ APIendpoint: "http.conn.content_category" }}
/>

### Destination Continent

:::note
Only applies to traffic sent through the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/set-up-warp/#gateway-with-warp-default).
:::

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-continent"
	params={{ one: "http.dst_ip" }}
/>

### Destination Country

:::note
Only applies to traffic sent through the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/set-up-warp/#gateway-with-warp-default).
:::

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-country"
	params={{ one: "http.dst_ip" }}
/>

### Destination IP

:::note
Only applies to traffic sent through the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/set-up-warp/#gateway-with-warp-default).
:::

| UI name        | API example                        |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Destination IP | `http.conn.dst_ip == "10.0.0.0/8"` |

### Device Posture

<Render file="gateway/selectors/device-posture" />

### Domain

Use this selector to match against a domain and all subdomains -- for example, if you want to block `example.com` and subdomains such as `www.example.com`.

| UI name | API example                                  |
| ------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Domain  | `any(http.conn.domains[*] == "example.com")` |

### Download and Upload File Types

:::caution[Deprecated selectors]
The **Download File Types** and **Upload File Types** selectors supersede the **Download File Type** and **Upload File Type** selectors. Gateway will still evaluate policies with the previous selectors. However, Cloudflare recommends migrating any policies with deprecated selectors to the new corresponding selectors.
:::

These selectors will scan file signatures in the HTTP body. You can select from file categories or specific file types, such as executables, archives and compressed files, Microsoft 365/Office documents, and Adobe files:

<Details header="Supported file types">

**Compressed**

- 7-Zip archive (`.7z`)
- `bzip2` archive (`.bz2`)
- GNU Gzip archive (`.gz`)
- Microsoft Cabinet file (`.cab`)
- Microsoft Compiled HTML Help file (`.chm`)
- RAR archive (`.rar`)
- `xz` archive (`.xz`)
- ZIP archive (`.zip`)

**Documents**

- Microsoft Office/365 files
  - Word document (`.doc`, `.docx`, `.docm`)
  - Excel spreadsheet (`.xls`, `.xlsx`, `.xlsm`)
  - PowerPoint presentation (`.ppt`, `.pptx`, `.pptm`)
- PDF document (`.pdf`)

**Executable**

- Dynamic-link library (DLL) file (`.dll`)
- Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file (`.elf`)
- Java archive (JAR) package (`.jar`)
- Java class file (`.class`)
- Mach object (Mach-O) file (`.macho`)
- Microsoft Windows installer (`.msi`)
- Microsoft Windows executable (`.exe`)

**Image**

- Adobe Photoshop document (`.psd`)
- Bitmap image (`.bmp`)
- GIF image (`.gif`)
- Icon file (`.ico`)
- JPEG image (`.jpg`, `.jpeg`)
- PNG image (`.png`)
- WebP image (`.webp`)

**Other**

- BitTorrent file (`.torrent`)

</Details>

| UI name             | API example                                         |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Download File Types | `any(http.download.file.types[*] in {"docx" "7z"})` |

| UI name           | API example                                        |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Upload File Types | `any(http.upload.file.types[*] in {"compressed"})` |

### Download and Upload Mime Type

These selectors depend on the `Content-Type` header being present in the request (for uploads) or response (for downloads).

| UI name            | API example                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------ |
| Download Mime Type | `http.download.mime == "image/png\"` |

| UI name          | API example                        |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Upload Mime Type | `http.upload.mime == "image/png\"` |

### DLP Profile

Scans HTTP traffic for the presence of social security numbers and other PII. You must configure the DLP Profile before you can use this selector in your policy. For more information, refer to our [DLP Profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/) documentation.

### Host

Use this selector to match only the hostname specified -- for example, if you want to block `test.example.com` but not `example.com` or `www.test.example.com`.

| UI name | API example                                |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Host    | `http.conn.hostname == "test.example.com"` |

:::note
Some hostnames (`example.com`) will invisibly redirect to the www subdomain (`www.example.com`). To match this type of website, use the [Domain](#domain) selector instead of the Host selector.
:::

### HTTP Method

| UI name     | API example                    |
| ----------- | ------------------------------ |
| HTTP Method | `http.request.method == "GET"` |

### HTTP Response

| UI name | API example                          |
| ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| URL     | `http.response.status_code == "200"` |

### Proxy Endpoint

<Render file="gateway/selectors/proxy-endpoint" />

### Security Risks

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/security-risks"
	params={{ APIendpoint: "http.conn.security_category" }}
/>

### Source Continent

The continent of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-continent" params={{ one: "http.src_ip" }} />

### Source Country

The country of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-country" params={{ one: "http.src_ip" }} />

### Source Internal IP

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/source-internal-ip"
	params={{ one: "HTTP", two: "http.conn.internal_src_ip" }}
/>

### Source IP

| UI name   | API example                        |
| --------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Source IP | `http.conn.src_ip == "10.0.0.0/8"` |

### URL

<Render file="gateway/url-slash" />

| UI name | API example                                             |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| URL     | `not(any(http.request.uri.content_category[*] in {1}))` |

### URL Path

| UI name  | API example                             |
| -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| URL Path | `http.request.uri.path == \"/foo/bar\"` |

### URL Path and Query

| UI name            | API example                                                     |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| URL Path and Query | `http.request.uri.path_and_query == \"/foo/bar?ab%242=%2A342\"` |

### URL Query

| UI name   | API example                    |
| --------- | ------------------------------ |
| URL Query | `not(http.request.uri in $%s)` |

### Users

<Render file="gateway/selectors/users" />

### Virtual Network

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/virtual-network"
	params={{ one: "http.conn.vnet_id" }}
/>

## Comparison operators

<Render file="gateway/comparison-operators" />

## Value

<Render file="gateway/value" params={{ one: "hostnames", two: "Host" }} />

## Logical operators

<Render
	file="gateway/logical-operators"
	params={{ one: "**Identity** or **Device Posture**" }}
/>

<Render
	file="gateway/response"
	params={{ one: "request", two: "Source IP", three: "a DLP Profile" }}
/>

---

# Tenant control

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tenant-control/

With Gateway tenant control, you can allow your users access to corporate SaaS applications while blocking access to personal applications. This helps prevent the loss of sensitive or confidential data from a corporate network.

When creating an HTTP policy with an Allow action, you will have the option to configure custom headers. Gateway can use custom headers to control SaaS application access. If a user's HTTP request is headed to your organization's account for the SaaS application, Gateway will approve the request. If the request does not match the information in the header, Gateway will block the request.

## Add custom headers for a SaaS application

To create an HTTP policy with custom headers:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**. Select **HTTP**.
2. Select **Add a policy**.
3. Build an expression to match the SaaS traffic you want to control.
4. In **Action**, select _Allow_. In **Untrusted certificate action**, select _Block_.
5. Under **Add headers to matched requests**, select **Add a header**.
6. Add any custom header names and values corresponding to your [SaaS application](#common-policy-configurations).
7. Select **Create policy**.

Your policy is now displayed in your list of HTTP policies. When your users attempt to authenticate your configured SaaS application with a personal account, authentication will fail.

## Common policy configurations

Depending on which SaaS application your organization needs access to, different tenant control policies are required.

### Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 tenant control requires two policies. When you order your policies, make sure they follow [order of precedence](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/order-of-enforcement/#order-of-precedence).

| Precedence | Selector | Operator | Value            | Action | Untrusted certificate action |
| ---------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| 1          | Domain   | is       | `login.live.com` | Allow  | Block                        |

| Custom header name                  | Custom header value |
| ----------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `Sec-Restrict-Tenant-Access-Policy` | `restrict-msa`      |

| Precedence | Selector    | Operator | Value                 | Action | Untrusted certificate action |
| ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------------------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| 2          | Application | in       | _Microsoft Office365_ | Allow  | Block                        |

| Custom header name                                      | Custom header value        |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `Restrict-Access-To-Tenants`, `Restrict-Access-Context` | Your organization's domain |

For more information, refer to the [Microsoft Entra ID documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/entra/identity/enterprise-apps/tenant-restrictions).

### Google Workspace

| Selector    | Operator | Value              | Action | Untrusted certificate action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------ | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| Application | in       | _Google Workspace_ | Allow  | Block                        |

| Custom header name           | Custom header value        |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------- |
| `X-GooGApps-Allowed-Domains` | Your organization's domain |

For more information, refer to the [Google Workspace documentation](https://support.google.com/a/answer/1668854).

### Slack

| Selector    | Operator | Value   | Action | Untrusted certificate action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| Application | in       | _Slack_ | Allow  | Block                        |

| Custom header name                                                   | Custom header value           |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| `X-Slack-Allowed-Workspaces-Requester`, `X-Slack-Allowed-Workspaces` | Your organization's workspace |

For more information, refer to the [Slack documentation](https://slack.com/help/articles/360024821873-Approve-Slack-workspaces-for-your-network).

### Dropbox

| Selector    | Operator | Value     | Action | Untrusted certificate action |
| ----------- | -------- | --------- | ------ | ---------------------------- |
| Application | in       | _Dropbox_ | Allow  | Block                        |

| Custom header name           | Custom header value    |
| ---------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| `X-Dropbox-allowed-Team-Ids` | Your organization's ID |

For more information, refer to the [Dropbox documentation](https://help.dropbox.com/security/network-control).

## Use tenant control with Browser Isolation

You can configure [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/) to send custom headers. This is useful for implementing tenant control for isolated SaaS applications or sending arbitrary custom request headers to isolated websites.

To use custom headers with Browser Isolation, create two HTTP policies targeting the same domain or application group. For example, you can create policies for [httpbin](https://httpbin.org/), an open-source site for testing HTTP requests:

1. Create an Isolate policy for `httpbin.org`.

   | Selector | Operator | Value         | Action  |
   | -------- | -------- | ------------- | ------- |
   | Domain   | in       | `httpbin.org` | Isolate |

2. Create an Allow policy for `httpbin.org` with a custom header.

   | Selector | Operator | Value         | Action |
   | -------- | -------- | ------------- | ------ |
   | Domain   | in       | `httpbin.org` | Allow  |

   | Custom header name | Custom header value |
   | ------------------ | ------------------- |
   | `Example-Header`   | `example-value`     |

3. Go to [`httpbin.org/anything`](https://httpbin.org/anything). Cloudflare will render the site in an isolated browser. Your custom header will appear in the list of headers.

---

# TLS decryption

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/

import {
	GlossaryDefinition,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	Render,
	TabItem,
	Tabs,
} from "~/components";

Cloudflare Gateway can perform [SSL/TLS decryption](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-https-inspection/) in order to inspect HTTPS traffic for malware and other security risks.

When you enable TLS decryption, Gateway will decrypt all traffic sent over HTTPS, apply your HTTP policies, and then re-encrypt the request with a [user-side certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/). Gateway will decrypt and re-encrypt traffic regardless of HTTP policy action, including [Do Not Inspect](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect).

Cloudflare prevents interference by decrypting, inspecting, and re-encrypting HTTPS requests in its data centers in memory only. Gateway only stores eligible cache content at rest. All cache disks are encrypted at rest. You can configure where TLS decryption takes place with [Regional Services](/data-localization/regional-services/) in the [Cloudflare Data Localization Suite (DLS)](/data-localization/).

Cloudflare supports connections from users to Gateway over TLS 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3.

## Turn on TLS decryption

:::note[Prerequisite]
Before you turn on TLS decryption, ensure you have installed either a [Cloudflare-generated certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) or [custom certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) on your users' devices.
:::

To turn on TLS decryption:

<Render file="gateway/enable-tls-decryption" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Inspection limitations

Gateway does not support TLS decryption for applications which use:

- [Certificate pinning](#incompatible-certificates)
- [Self-signed certificates](#incompatible-certificates)
- [Mutual TLS (mTLS) authentication](#incompatible-certificates)
- [ESNI and ECH handshake encryption](#esni-and-ech)
- [Automatic HTTPS upgrades](#google-chrome-automatic-https-upgrades)

### Incompatible certificates

Applications that use certificate pinning and mTLS authentication do not trust Cloudflare certificates. For example, most mobile applications use <GlossaryTooltip term="certificate pinning" link="/ssl/reference/certificate-pinning/">certificate pinning</GlossaryTooltip>. Cloudflare does not trust applications that use self-signed certificates instead of certificates signed by a public CA.

If you try to perform TLS decryption on an application with an incompatible certificate configuration, the application may return an SSL or trust error and/or fail to load. To resolve this issue, you can:

- Add a [Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#add-the-certificate-to-applications) to supported applications.
- Create a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) to exempt applications from inspection. The [Application selector](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#application) provides a list of trusted applications that are known to use embedded certificates. Note that if you create a Do Not Inspect policy for an application or website, you will lose the ability to log or block HTTP requests, apply DLP policies, and perform AV scanning.
- Configure a [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) in Include mode to ensure Gateway will only inspect traffic destined for your IPs or domains. This is useful for organizations that deploy Zero Trust on users' personal devices or otherwise expect personal applications to be used.

Alternatively, to allow HTTP filtering while accessing a site with an insecure certificate, set your [Untrusted certificate action](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#untrusted-certificates) to _Pass through_.

### Google Chrome automatic HTTPS upgrades

Google Chrome can automatically upgrade HTTP requests to HTTPS requests, even when you select a link that explicitly declares `http://`. When you use Gateway to proxy and filter your traffic, this upgrade can interrupt the connection between your Zero Trust users and Gateway.

You can turn off automatic HTTPS upgrades via a Gateway pass through policy, a Chrome browser flag, or a Chrome Enterprise policy.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Pass through policy">

To disable automatic HTTPS upgrades for a URL across your Zero Trust organization, create a Gateway pass through policy.

1. Deploy a [custom root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/).

2. Create an [HTTP policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/) to match the domain of the URL being automatically upgraded. For example:

   | Selector | Operator | Value         | Action |
   | -------- | -------- | ------------- | ------ |
   | URL      | in       | `example.com` | Allow  |

3. In **Untrusted certificate action**, choose _Pass through_.

4. Select **Create policy**.

The pass through policy will bypass insecure connection upgrades for any device connected to your Zero Trust organization. For more information, refer to [Untrusted certificates](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#untrusted-certificates).

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Chrome browser flag">

To disable automatic HTTPS upgrades on a per-browser basis, go to [Chrome flags](chrome://flags/#https-upgrades) and turn off **HTTPS Upgrades**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Chrome enterprise policy">

Chrome Enterprise users can turn off automatic HTTPS upgrades for all URLs with a [`HttpsUpgradesEnabled` management policy](https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/#HttpsUpgradesEnabled).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### ESNI and ECH

Websites that adhere to [ESNI or ECH standards](https://blog.cloudflare.com/encrypted-client-hello/) encrypt the Server Name Indicator (SNI) during the TLS handshake and are therefore incompatible with HTTP inspection. This is because Gateway relies on the SNI to match an HTTP request to a policy.

You can still apply all [network policy filters](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#selectors) except for SNI and SNI Domain. To restrict ESNI and ECH traffic, an option is to filter out all port `80` and `443` traffic that does not include an SNI header.

## FIPS compliance

By default, TLS decryption can use both TLS version 1.2 and 1.3. However, some environments such as FedRAMP may require cipher suites and TLS versions compliant with FIPS 140-2. FIPS compliance currently requires TLS version 1.2.

### Enable FIPS compliance

<Render file="gateway/enable-tls-decryption" product="cloudflare-one" />

3. Select **Enable only cipher suites and TLS versions compliant with FIPS 140-2**.

### Limitations

When FIPS compliance is enabled, Gateway will only choose [FIPS-compliant cipher suites](#cipher-suites) when connecting to the origin. If the origin does not support FIPS-compliant ciphers, the request will fail.

FIPS-compliant traffic defaults to [HTTP/3](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/). To enforce HTTP policies for UDP traffic, you must turn on the [Gateway proxy for UDP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/http3/#enable-http3-inspection).

### Cipher suites

<GlossaryDefinition term="cipher suite" />

The following table lists the default cipher suites Gateway uses for TLS decryption.

| Name (OpenSSL)                | Name (IANA)                             | FIPS-compliant |
| ----------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 | TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 | ✅             |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 | TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 | ✅             |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256   | TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256   | ✅             |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384   | TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384   | ✅             |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA          | TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256   | ❌             |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384       | TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384   | ✅             |
| AES128-GCM-SHA256             | TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256         | ✅             |
| AES256-GCM-SHA384             | TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384         | ✅             |
| AES128-SHA                    | TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA            | ❌             |
| AES256-SHA                    | TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA            | ❌             |

For more information on cipher suites, refer to [Cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/).

---

# DNS filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/dns/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Secure Web Gateway allows you to inspect DNS traffic and control which websites users can visit.

:::note

For a more detailed guide to filtering DNS queries and other traffic for your organization, refer to the [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/) implementation guide.
:::

## 1. Connect to Gateway

### Connect devices

To filter DNS requests from an individual device such as a laptop or phone:

1. [Install the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your device.
2. In the WARP client Settings, log in to your organization's <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">Zero Trust instance</GlossaryTooltip>.
3. (Optional) If you want to display a [custom block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/), [install a Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your device.

### Connect DNS locations

To filter DNS requests from a location such as an office or data center:

1. [Add the location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) to your Zero Trust settings.
2. On your router, browser, or OS, forward DNS queries to the address shown in the location setup UI.

:::note

Gateway identifies locations differently depending on the DNS query protocol:

- **IPv4 queries** match to the source IP address. Under **Gateway** > **DNS locations**, ensure that the **Source IPv4 Address** parameter is correct for the location you want to apply policies to.
- **IPv6, DOT, or DOH queries** match to the unique DNS forwarding address assigned to the DNS location. Ensure that your DNS resolver is configured for the location you want to apply policies to.
  :::

## 2. Verify device connectivity

To verify your device is connected to Zero Trust:

<Render
	file="gateway/verify-connectivity"
	params={{ one: "DNS", two: "queries" }}
/>

## 3. Create your first DNS policy

<Render file="gateway/get-started/create-dns-policy" />

## 4. Add optional policies

Refer to our list of [common DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/common-policies) for other policies you may want to create.

---

# WebSocket traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/websocket/

Gateway does not inspect or log [WebSocket](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6455) traffic. Instead, Gateway will only log the HTTP details used to make the WebSocket connection, as well as [network session information](/logs/reference/log-fields/account/zero_trust_network_sessions/). To filter your WebSocket traffic, create a policy with the `101` HTTP response code.

| Selector      | Operator | Value                   | Action |
| ------------- | -------- | ----------------------- | ------ |
| HTTP Response | is       | 101 SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS | Allow  |

---

# HTTP filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Secure Web Gateway allows you to inspect HTTP traffic and control which websites users can visit.

:::note

For a more detailed guide to filtering HTTP requests and other traffic for your organization, refer to the [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/) implementation guide.
:::

## 1. Connect to Gateway

To filter HTTP requests from a device:

1. [Install the Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your device.
2. [Install the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your device.
3. In the WARP client Settings, log in to your organization's <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">Zero Trust instance</GlossaryTooltip>.
4. [Enable the Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/#enable-the-gateway-proxy) for TCP. Optionally, you can enable the UDP proxy to inspect all port 443 UDP traffic.
5. To inspect HTTPS traffic, [enable TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#enable-tls-decryption).
6. (Optional) To scan file uploads and downloads for malware, [enable anti-virus scanning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/antivirus-scanning/).

## 2. Verify device connectivity

To verify your device is connected to Zero Trust:

<Render
	file="gateway/verify-connectivity"
	params={{ one: "HTTP", two: "requests" }}
/>

## 3. Create your first HTTP policy

<Render file="gateway/get-started/create-http-policy" />

## 4. Add optional policies

Refer to our list of [common HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/common-policies) for other policies you may want to create.

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

This section covers best practices for setting up the following Gateway policy types:

<DirectoryListing />

For each type of policy, we recommend the following workflow:

1. Connect the devices and/or networks that you want to apply policies to.
2. Verify that Gateway is successfully proxying traffic from your devices.
3. Set up basic security and compatibility policies (recommended for most use cases).
4. Customize your configuration to the unique needs of your organization.

---

# Network filtering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/network/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

Secure Web Gateway allows you to apply policies at the network level (Layers 3 and 4) to control which websites and non-HTTP applications users can access.

:::note

For a more detailed guide to filtering network traffic and more for your organization, refer to the [Secure your Internet traffic and SaaS apps](/learning-paths/secure-internet-traffic/concepts/) implementation guide.
:::

## 1. Connect to Gateway

### Connect devices

To filter network traffic from a device such as a laptop or phone:

1. [Install the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your device.
2. In the WARP client Settings, log in to your organization's <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">Zero Trust instance</GlossaryTooltip>.
3. (Optional) If you want to display a [custom block page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/), [install the Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on your device .
4. [Enable the Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/#enable-the-gateway-proxy) for TCP. Optionally, you can enable the UDP proxy to inspect all port 443 UDP traffic.

### Connect private networks

To filter traffic from private networks, refer to the [Cloudflare Tunnel guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).

## 2. Verify device connectivity

To verify your device is connected to Zero Trust:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network**.
2. Under **Gateway logging**, enable activity logging for all Network logs.
3. On your WARP-enabled device, open a browser and visit any website.
4. Determine the **Source IP** for your device:
   1. Open the WARP client settings.
   2. Go to **Preferences** > **General**.
   3. Note the **Public IP**.
5. In Zero Trust, go to **Logs** > **Gateway** > **Network**. Before building Network policies, make sure you see Network logs from the Source IP assigned to your device.

## 3. Create your first network policy

<Render file="gateway/get-started/create-network-policy" />

## 4. Add optional policies

Refer to our list of [common network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/common-policies) for policies you may want to create.

---

# Common policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/common-policies/

import { Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

The following policies are commonly used to secure network traffic.

Refer to the [network policies page](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) for a comprehensive list of other selectors, operators, and actions.

## Block unauthorized applications

<Render file="gateway/policies/block-applications" product="cloudflare-one" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector    | Operator | Value                     | Action |
| ----------- | -------- | ------------------------- | ------ |
| Application | in       | _Artificial Intelligence_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block unauthorized applications",
  "description": "Block access to unauthorized AI applications",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.type.ids[*] in {25})",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Check user identity

<Render file="gateway/policies/check-user-identity" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value         | Logic | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Application      | in       | _Salesforce_  | And   | Block  |
| User Group Names | in       | _Contractors_ |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Check user identity",
  "description": "Block access to Salesforce by temporary employees and contractors",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(app.ids[*] in {606})",
  "identity": "any(identity.groups.name[*] in {\"Contractors\"})",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Enforce device posture

Require devices to have certain software installed or other configuration attributes. For instructions on enabling a device posture check, refer to the [device posture section](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/). For example, you can use a list of [device serial numbers](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/corp-device/) to ensure users can only access an application if they connect with the WARP client from a company device:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="gateway/policies/enforce-device-posture" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Enforce device posture",
  "description": "Limit access to an internal application to approved organization devices",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "any(net.sni.domains[*] == \"example.com\")",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": "not(any(device_posture.checks.passed[*] in {\"<POSTURE_CHECK_UUID>\"}))"
}'
```

To get the UUIDs of your device posture checks, use the [List device posture rules](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/posture/methods/list/) endpoint.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Enforce session duration

To require users to re-authenticate after a certain amount of time has elapsed, configure [WARP sessions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/).

## Allow only approved traffic

Restrict user access to only the specific sites or applications configured in your [HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/).

### 1. Allow HTTP and HTTPS traffic

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector          | Operator | Value       | Logic | Action |
| ----------------- | -------- | ----------- | ----- | ------ |
| Detected Protocol | is       | _TLS_       | And   | Allow  |
| Destination Port  | in       | `80`, `443` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Allow HTTP and HTTPS traffic",
  "description": "Restrict traffic to HTTP and HTTPS traffic",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "net.detected_protocol == \"tls\" and net.dst.port in {80 443}",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### 2. Block all other traffic

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector | Operator | Value        | Action |
| -------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
| Protocol | in       | _TCP_, _UDP_ | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block all other traffic",
  "description": "Block all other traffic that is not HTTP or HTTPS",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "net.protocol in {\"tcp\" \"udp\"}",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Restrict access to private networks

Restrict access to resources which you have connected through [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/).

The following example consists of two policies: the first allows specific users to reach your application, and the second blocks all other traffic.

### 1. Allow company employees

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector       | Operator      | Value            | Logic | Action |
| -------------- | ------------- | ---------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP | in            | `10.0.0.0/8`     | And   | Allow  |
| User Email     | matches regex | `.*@example.com` |       |        |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Allow company employees",
  "description": "Allow any users with an organization email to reach the application",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "allow",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "net.dst.ip in {10.0.0.0/8}",
  "identity": "identity.email matches \".*@example.com\"",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### 2. Block everyone else

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector       | Operator | Value        | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ |
| Destination IP | in       | `10.0.0.0/8` | Block  |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Block everyone else",
  "description": "Block any other users from accessing the application",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "block",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "net.dst.ip in {10.0.0.0/8}",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": ""
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Override IP address

Override traffic directed toward a specific IP address with a different IP address.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

| Selector         | Operator | Value          | Logic | Action           |
| ---------------- | -------- | -------------- | ----- | ---------------- |
| Destination IP   | in       | `203.0.113.17` | And   | Network Override |
| Destination Port | is       | `80`           |       |                  |

| Override IP | Override Port |
| ----------- | ------------- |
| `1.1.1.1`   | `80`          |

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/rule \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "name": "Override example.com with 1.1.1.1",
  "description": "Override a site'\''s IP address with another IP",
  "enabled": true,
  "action": "l4_override",
  "filters": [
    "l4"
  ],
  "traffic": "net.dst.ip in {203.0.113.17} and net.dst.port == 80",
  "identity": "",
  "device_posture": "",
  "rule_settings": {
    "l4override": {
      "ip": "1.1.1.1",
      "port": 80
    },
    "override_host": "",
    "override_ips": null
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Network policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/

import { Details, InlineBadge, Render } from "~/components";

:::note
To enable this feature, download and deploy the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your devices.
:::

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can configure policies to control network-level traffic leaving your endpoints. Using network selectors like IP addresses and ports, your policies will control access to any network origin. Because Cloudflare Zero Trust [integrates with your identity provider](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/), it also gives you the ability to create identity-based network policies. This means you can now control access to non-HTTP resources on a per-user basis regardless of where they are or what device they access that resource from.

A network policy consists of an **Action** as well as a logical expression that determines the scope of the action. To build an expression, you need to choose a **Selector** and an **Operator**, and enter a value or range of values in the **Value** field. You can use **And** and **Or** logical operators to evaluate multiple conditions.

- [Actions](#actions)
- [Selectors](#selectors)
- [Comparison operators](#comparison-operators)
- [Value](#value)
- [Logical operators](#logical-operators)

<Render
	file="gateway/response"
	params={{ one: "query", two: "Source IP", three: "Resolved IP" }}
/>

## Actions

Like actions in DNS and HTTP policies, actions in network policies define which decision you want to apply to a given set of elements. You can assign one action per policy.

### Allow

API value: `allow`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [All Access Private Apps](#all-access-private-apps)
- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Destination Port](#destination-port)
- [Detected Protocol](#detected-protocol)
- [Protocol](#protocol)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [SNI](#sni)
- [SNI Domain](#sni-domain)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Source Port](#source-port)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

Policies with Allow actions allow network traffic to reach certain IPs or ports. For example, the following configuration allows specific users to reach a given IP address:

| Selector       | Operator | Value           | Logic | Action |
| -------------- | -------- | --------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination IP | in       | `92.100.02.102` | And   | Allow  |
| Email          | in       | `*@example.com` |       |        |

### Audit SSH

API value: `audit_ssh`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Source Port](#source-port)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

Policies with Audit SSH actions allow administrators to log SSH traffic. Gateway will detect SSH traffic over port `22`. For example, the following configuration logs SSH commands sent to a given IP address:

| Selector       | Operator | Value          | Action    |
| -------------- | -------- | -------------- | --------- |
| Destination IP | in       | `203.0.113.83` | Audit SSH |

For more information on SSH logging, refer to [Configure SSH proxy and command logs](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/).

:::note
Gateway only audits SSH traffic over port `22`. Non-standard ports, including those specified with the [Destination Port selector](#destination-port), are not supported.
:::

### Block

API value: `block`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Application](#application)
- [Content Categories](#content-categories)
- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Destination Port](#destination-port)
- [Detected Protocol](#detected-protocol)
- [Protocol](#protocol)
- [Proxy Endpoint](#proxy-endpoint)
- [Security Risks](#security-risks)
- [SNI](#sni)
- [SNI Domain](#sni-domain)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Source Port](#source-port)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

Policies with Block actions block network traffic from reaching certain IPs or ports. For example, the following configuration blocks all traffic directed to port 443:

| Selector         | Operator | Value | Action |
| ---------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ |
| Destination Port | in       | `443` | Block  |

#### WARP client block notifications

<Render file="gateway/client-notifications" />

### Network Override

API value: `l4_override`

<Details header="Available selectors">

**Traffic**

- [Destination Continent IP Geolocation](#destination-continent)
- [Destination Country IP Geolocation](#destination-country)
- [Destination IP](#destination-ip)
- [Destination Port](#destination-port)
- [Protocol](#protocol)
- [SNI](#sni)
- [SNI Domain](#sni-domain)
- [Source Continent IP Geolocation](#source-continent)
- [Source Country IP Geolocation](#source-country)
- [Source Internal IP](#source-internal-ip)
- [Source IP](#source-ip)
- [Source Port](#source-port)
- [Virtual Network](#virtual-network)

**Identity**

- [SAML Attributes](#users)
- [User Email](#users)
- [User Group Emails](#users)
- [User Group IDs](#users)
- [User Group Names](#users)
- [User Name](#users)

**Device Posture**

- [Passed Device Posture Checks](#device-posture)

</Details>

Policies with Network Override actions override traffic directed to or coming from certain IPv4/IPv6 addresses or ports. Destination IPs can be public IPs or private IPs connected to your Zero Trust network. For example, the following configuration overrides traffic sent to a public IP with a private IP based on a user's identity:

| Selector       | Operator | Value           | Logic | Action           |
| -------------- | -------- | --------------- | ----- | ---------------- |
| Destination IP | in       | `95.92.143.151` | And   | Network Override |
| User Email     | in       | `*@example.com` | And   |                  |
| Override IP    |          | `10.0.0.1`      |       |                  |

Gateway will only log successful override connections in your [network logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/#network-logs). If the override destination IP does not exist, Gateway will override the destination IP but will not log the override action.

## Selectors

Gateway matches network traffic against the following selectors, or criteria.

### All Access Private Apps

All destination IPs and hostnames associated with an [Access self-hosted private application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/#modify-order-of-precedence-in-gateway).

| UI name     | API example                |
| ----------- | -------------------------- |
| All Access Private Apps | `access.private_app` |

### Application

<Render file="gateway/selectors/application" params={{ one: "network" }} />

### Content Categories

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/net-http-content-categories"
	params={{ APIendpoint: "net.fqdn.content_category" }}
/>

### Destination Continent

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-continent"
	params={{ one: "net.dst" }}
/>

### Destination Country

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/destination-country"
	params={{ one: "net.dst" }}
/>

### Destination IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/destination-ip" />

### Destination Port

<Render file="gateway/selectors/destination-port" />

### Detected Protocol

<Render file="gateway/selectors/protocol-detection" />

### Device Posture

<Render file="gateway/selectors/device-posture" />

### Protocol

<Render file="gateway/selectors/protocol" />

:::note

To enable Gateway filtering on TCP and UDP, go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Proxy**. Network policies apply to all enabled protocols unless you use the **Protocol** selector within a policy.

:::

### Proxy Endpoint

<Render file="gateway/selectors/proxy-endpoint" />

### Security Risks

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/security-risks"
	params={{ APIendpoint: "net.fqdn.security_category" }}
/>

### SNI

<Render file="gateway/selectors/sni" />

### SNI Domain

<Render file="gateway/selectors/sni-domain" />

### Source Continent

The continent of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-continent" params={{ one: "net.src" }} />

### Source Country

The country of the user making the request. <Render file="gateway/selectors/source-country" params={{ one: "net.src" }} />

### Source Internal IP

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/source-internal-ip"
	params={{ one: "network", two: "net.src.internal_src_ip" }}
/>

### Source IP

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-ip-net" />

### Source Port

<Render file="gateway/selectors/source-port" />

### Users

<Render file="gateway/selectors/users" />

### Virtual Network

<Render
	file="gateway/selectors/virtual-network"
	params={{ one: "net.vnet_id" }}
/>

## Comparison operators

<Render file="gateway/comparison-operators" />

:::note

The _in_ operator allows you to specify IP addresses or networks using CIDR notation.

:::

## Value

<Render file="gateway/value" params={{ one: "SNI hosts", two: "SNI" }} />

## Logical operators

<Render
	file="gateway/logical-operators"
	params={{ one: "**Identity** or **Device Posture**" }}
/>

---

# SSH proxy and command logs (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
Not recommended for new deployments. We recommend using [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) to manage SSH sessions and log SSH commands.
:::

Cloudflare Zero Trust supports SSH proxying and command logging using Secure Web Gateway and the WARP client.

You can create network policies to manage and monitor SSH access to your applications. When a device connects to your origin server over SSH, a session log will be generated showing which user connected, the session duration, and optionally a full replay of all commands run during the session.

## Prerequisites

- [Install the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/set-up-warp/) on end-user devices.
- [Install the Cloudflare root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) on end-user devices.

## 1. Ensure Unix usernames match user SSO identities

Cloudflare Gateway will take the identity from a token and, using short-lived certificates, authorize the user on the target infrastructure.

<Render file="ssh/usernames" />

## 2. Generate a Gateway SSH proxy CA

Instead of traditional SSH keys, Gateway uses short-lived certificates to authenticate traffic between Cloudflare and your origin.

<Render file="ssh/ssh-proxy-ca-note" />

To generate a Gateway SSH proxy CA and get its public key:

<Render file="ssh/ssh-proxy-ca" />

## 3. Save the public key

<Render file="ssh/public-key" />

## 4. Modify your SSHD config

<Render file="ssh/modify-sshd" />

## 5. Check your SSH port number

Cloudflare's SSH proxy only works with servers running on the default port 22. Open the `sshd_config` file and verify that no other `Port` values are specified.

```sh
cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config
```

## 6. Restart your SSH server

<Render file="ssh/restart-server" />

## 7. Create an Audit SSH policy

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Gateway** > **Firewall policies**.

2. In the **Network** tab, create a new network policy.

3. Name the policy and specify the [Destination IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#destination-ip) for your origin server.

   You can enter either a public or private IP. To use a private IP, refer to [Connect private networks](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/).

4. Add any other conditions to your policy. If a user does not meet the criteria, they will be blocked by default.

5. In the **Action** dropdown, select _Audit SSH_.

6. (Optional) Enable **SSH Command Logging**. If you have not already uploaded an SSH encryption public key, follow the steps in [Configure SSH Command Logging](#optional-configure-ssh-command-logging).

7. Save the policy.

## 8. Connect as a user

Users can use any SSH client to connect to the target resource, as long as they are logged into the WARP client on their device. Cloudflare Zero Trust will authenticate, proxy, and optionally encrypt and record all SSH traffic through Gateway.

Users must specify their desired username to connect with as part of the SSH command:

```sh
ssh <username>@<hostname>
```

:::note

If the target resource is already in a user's `.ssh/known_hosts` file, the user must first remove existing SSH keys before attempting to connect:

```sh
ssh-keygen -R <targetIP or hostname>
```

:::

## (Optional) Configure SSH Command Logging

<Render
	file="ssh/upload-ssh-key"
	params={{
		note: "Note that this a different public key from the `ca.pub` file you used to configure the SSH server.",
	}}
/>

## View SSH Logs

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Logs** > **Gateway** > **SSH**.

2. If you enabled the **SSH Command Logging** feature, you can **Download** a session's command log.

3. <Render file="ssh/decrypt-ssh-log" />

## Limitations

SSH Command Logging does not support SFTP since it cannot be inspected and logged.

---

# Protocol detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/protocol-detection/

:::note
Only available on Enterprise plans.
:::

Gateway supports the detection, logging, and filtering of network protocols using packet attributes.

Protocol detection only applies to devices connected to Zero Trust via the WARP client in [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default) mode.

## Turn on protocol detection

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **Network** > **Firewall**.
2. Turn on **Protocol Detection**.

You can now use *Detected Protocol* as a selector in a [Network policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#detected-protocol).

## Supported protocols

Gateway supports detection and filtering of the following protocols:

| Protocol | Notes                                                                                       |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| HTTP     | The policy builder includes separate values for HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2.                        |
| SSH      |                                                                                             |
| TLS      | Gateway detects TLS versions 1.1 through 1.3 with the *TLS* value.                          |
| DCE/RPC  |                                                                                             |
| MQTT     |                                                                                             |
| TPKT     | TPKT commonly initiates RDP sessions, so you can use it to identify and filter RDP traffic. |
| DNP3     |                                                                                             |

## Example network policy

You can create network policies that filter traffic based on protocol detections rather than common ports. For example, you can block all SSH traffic on your network without blocking port 22 or any other non-default ports:

| Selector          | Operator | Value | Action |
| ----------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ |
| Detected Protocol | in       | *SSH* | Block  |

---

# Advanced DNS Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/

Use the [Cloudflare API](/api/) to configure Advanced DNS Protection via API.

For examples of API calls, refer to [Common API calls](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/examples/).

## Endpoints

To obtain the complete endpoint, append the Advanced DNS Protection API endpoints listed below to the Cloudflare API base URL:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

The `{account_id}` argument is the [account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/) (a hexadecimal string). You can find this value in the Cloudflare dashboard.

The following table summarizes the available operations.

| Operation | Verb + Endpoint |
| --- | --- |
| List DNS protection rules | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules`</p>Fetches all DNS protection rules in the account. |
| Add a DNS protection rule | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules`</p>Adds a DNS protection rule to the account. |
| Get a DNS protection rule | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing DNS protection rule in the account. |
| Update a DNS protection rule | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Updates an existing DNS protection rule in the account. |
| Delete a DNS protection rule | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Deletes an existing DNS protection rule from the account. |
| Delete all DNS protection rules | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules`</p>Deletes all existing DNS protection rules from the account. |

---

# Common API calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/examples/

The following sections contain example requests for common API calls. For a list of available API endpoints, refer to [Endpoints](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/#endpoints).

## Get all DNS protection rules

The following example retrieves the currently configured rules for Advanced DNS Protection.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
---
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<RULE_ID>",
      "scope": "<SCOPE>",
      "name": "<NAME>",
      "mode": "<MODE>",
      "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>",
      "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",
      "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",
      "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
      "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
      }
    ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

### Create DNS protection rule

The following example creates an Advanced DNS Protection rule with a global scope.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "scope": "global",
  "name": "global",
  "mode": "<MODE>",
  "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",
  "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",
  "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<RULE_ID>",
    "scope": "global",
    "name": "global",
    "mode": "<MODE>",
    "rate_sensitivity": "<RATE>",
    "burst_sensitivity": "<BURST>",
    "profile_sensitivity": "<SENSITIVITY>",
    "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
    "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

### Update DNS protection rule

The following example updates an existing DNS protection rule with ID `{rule_id}`.

The request body can contain only the fields you want to update (from `mode`, `profile_sensitivity`, `rate_sensitivity`, and `burst_sensitivity`).

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_dns_protection/configs/dns_protection/rules/{rule_id}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--data '{
  "mode": "<NEW_MODE>",
  "profile_sensitivity": "<NEW_SENSITIVITY>",
  "rate_sensitivity": "<NEW_RATE>",
  "burst_sensitivity": "<NEW_BURST>"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<RULE_ID>",
    "scope": "<SCOPE>",
    "name": "<NAME>",
    "mode": "<NEW_MODE>",
    "profile_sensitivity": "<NEW_SENSITIVITY>",
    "rate_sensitivity": "<NEW_RATE>",
    "burst_sensitivity": "<NEW_BURST>",
    "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
    "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

---

# JSON objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/dns-protection/json-objects/

# JSON object

This page contains an example of the DNS protection rule JSON object used in the API.

```json
{
  "id": "31c70c65-9f81-4669-94ed-1e1e041e7b06",
  "scope": "region",
  "name": "WEUR",
  "mode": "monitoring",
  "profile_sensitivity": "medium",
  "rate_sensitivity": "medium",
  "burst_sensitivity": "medium",
  "created_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
  "modified_on": "2023-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00"
}
```

The `scope` field value must be one of `global`, `region`, or `datacenter`. You must provide a region code (or data center code) in the `name` field when specifying a `region` (or `datacenter`) scope.

The `mode` value must be one of `enabled`, `disabled`, or `monitoring`.

The `profile_sensitivity` field value must be one of `low` (default), `medium`, `high`, or `very_high`.

The `rate_sensitivity` and `burst_sensitivity` field values must be one of `low`, `medium`, or `high`.

For more information on the rule settings, refer to [Rule settings](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#rule-settings).

---

# Common API calls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/examples/

The following sections contain example requests for common API calls. For a list of available API endpoints, refer to [Endpoints](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/#endpoints).

## Get Advanced TCP Protection status

This example obtains the current status of Advanced TCP Protection (enabled or disabled).

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_protection_status \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "enabled": false
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Enable Advanced TCP Protection

This example enables Advanced TCP Protection.

```bash title="Request"
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_protection_status \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "enabled": true
}'
```

## Get existing prefixes

This example fetches all existing prefixes in Advanced TCP Protection.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "prefix": "203.0.113/24",
      "comment": "My prefix",
      "excluded": false
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Add prefixes

This example `POST` request adds two prefixes. The second prefix excludes a subset of the first prefix from Advanced TCP Protection.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes/bulk \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '[
  {
    "prefix": "192.0.2.0/24",
    "comment": "Game ranges",
    "excluded": false
  },
  {
    "prefix": "192.0.2.2/26",
    "comment": "Range for a specific game",
    "excluded": true
  }
]'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<PREFIX_1_ID>",
      "prefix": "192.0.2.0/24",
      "excluded": false,
      "comment": "Game ranges",
      "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
      "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
    },
    {
      "id": "<PREFIX_2_ID>",
      "prefix": "192.0.2.2/26",
      "excluded": true,
      "comment": "Range for a specific game",
      "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
      "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Get all prefixes in allowlist

This example fetches all the prefixes in the allowlist.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": [
    {
      "id": "<ALLOWLIST_PREFIX_ID>",
      "prefix": "192.0.2.127",
      "comment": "Single IP address in allowlist",
      "enabled": true,
      "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
      "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Add a prefix to the allowlist

This example `POST` request adds a prefix to the allowlist of the account.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "prefix": "203.0.113.0/26",
  "comment": "Partner range",
  "enabled": true
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<ALLOWLIST_PREFIX_1_ID>",
    "prefix": "203.0.113.0/26",
    "comment": "Partner range",
    "enabled": true,
    "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
    "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

## Create a SYN flood rule

This example `POST` request creates a SYN flood rule with a regional scope (Western Europe) in monitoring mode.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "scope": "region",
  "name": "WEUR",
  "mode": "monitoring",
  "rate_sensitivity": "medium",
  "burst_sensitivity": "medium"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<SYN_FLOOD_RULE_ID>",
    "scope": "region",
    "name": "WEUR",
    "mode": "monitoring",
    "rate_sensitivity": "medium",
    "burst_sensitivity": "medium",
    "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
    "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

## Create an out-of-state TCP rule

This example `POST` request creates an out-of-state TCP rule in monitoring mode, with a regional scope, and with low rate and burst sensitivities.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "scope": "region",
  "name": "WEUR",
  "mode": "monitoring",
  "rate_sensitivity": "low",
  "burst_sensitivity": "low"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<OOS_TCP_RULE_ID>",
    "scope": "region",
    "name": "WEUR",
    "mode": "monitoring",
    "rate_sensitivity": "low",
    "burst_sensitivity": "low",
    "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
    "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

## Create a SYN flood filter

This example `POST` request creates a SYN flood [filter](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#filter), setting SYN flood protection to monitoring mode for a specific range of destination IP addresses.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "expression": "ip.dst in { 192.0.2.0/24 }",
  "mode": "monitoring"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<SYN_FLOOD_FILTER_ID>",
    "expression": "ip.dst in { 192.0.2.0/24 }",
    "mode": "monitoring",
    "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
    "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

## Create an out-of-state TCP filter

This example `POST` request creates an out-of-state TCP [filter](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/concepts/#filter), disabling out-of-state TCP protection for a specific range of destination IP addresses and ports.

```bash title="Request"
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "expression": "ip.dst in { 203.0.113.0/24 } and tcp.dstport in { 8000..8081 }",
  "mode": "disabled"
}'
```

```json title="Example response"
{
  "result": {
    "id": "<OOS_TCP_FILTER_ID>",
    "expression": "ip.dst in { 203.0.113.0/24 } and tcp.dstport in { 8000..8081 }",
    "mode": "disabled",
    "created_on": "<TIMESTAMP>",
    "modified_on": "<TIMESTAMP>"
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

Refer to [JSON objects](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/json-objects/) for more information on the fields in the JSON body.

---

# Advanced TCP Protection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/

You can configure Advanced TCP Protection using the Advanced TCP Protection API.

The Advanced TCP Protection API only supports [API token authentication](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).

For examples of API calls, refer to [Common API calls](/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/examples/).

## Endpoints

To obtain the complete endpoint, append the Advanced TCP Protection API endpoints listed below to the Cloudflare API base URL.

The Cloudflare API base URL is:

```txt
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4
```

The `{account_id}` argument is the account ID (a hexadecimal string). You can find this value in the Cloudflare dashboard.

The tables in the following sections summarize the available operations.

### General operations

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| Get Advanced TCP Protection status | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_protection_status`</p>Gets the global Advanced TCP Protection status (enabled or disabled). |
| Update Advanced TCP Protection status | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_protection_status`</p>Enables or disables Advanced TCP Protection.                        |

### Prefix operations

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List prefixes | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes`</p>Fetches all Advanced TCP Protection prefixes in the account. |
| Add prefixes in bulk | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes/bulk`</p>Adds prefixes in bulk to the account (up to 300 prefixes per request). |
| Get a prefix | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes/{prefix_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing prefix. |
| Update a prefix | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes/{prefix_id}`</p>Updates an existing prefix. |
| Delete a prefix | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes/{prefix_id}`</p>Deletes an existing prefix. |
| Delete all prefixes  | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/prefixes`</p>Deletes all existing prefixes from the account. |

### Allowlist operations

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List allowlisted prefixes | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist`</p>Fetches all prefixes in the account allowlist.                             |
| Add an allowlisted prefix | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist`</p>Adds a prefix to the allowlist.                                           |
| Get an allowlisted prefix | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist/{allowlist_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing prefix in the allowlist. |
| Update an allowlisted prefix | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist/{allowlist_id}`</p>Updates an existing prefix in the allowlist. |
| Delete an allowlisted prefix | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist/{allowlist_id}`</p>Deletes an existing prefix from the allowlist. |
| Delete all allowlisted prefixes | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/allowlist`</p>Deletes all existing prefixes from the allowlist. |

### SYN Flood Protection operations

#### Rules

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List SYN flood rules | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules`</p>Fetches all SYN flood rules in the account. |
| Add a SYN flood rule | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules`</p>Adds a SYN flood rule to the account. |
| Get a SYN flood rule | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing SYN flood rule in the account. |
| Update a SYN flood rule | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Updates an existing SYN flood rule in the account. |
| Delete a SYN flood rule | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Deletes an existing SYN flood rule from the account. |
| Delete all SYN flood rules | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/rules`</p>Deletes all existing SYN flood rules from the account. |

#### Filters

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List SYN flood filters | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters`</p>Fetches all SYN flood filters in the account. |
| Add a SYN flood filter | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters`</p>Adds a SYN flood filter to the account. |
| Get a SYN flood filter | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing SYN flood filter in the account. |
| Update a SYN flood filter | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Updates an existing SYN flood filter in the account. |
| Delete a SYN flood filter | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Deletes an existing SYN flood filter from the account. |
| Delete all SYN flood filters | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/syn_protection/filters`</p>Deletes all existing SYN flood filters from the account. |

### Out-of-state TCP Protection operations

#### Rules

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List out-of-state TCP rules | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules`</p>Fetches all out-of-state TCP rules in the account. |
| Add an out-of-state TCP rule | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules`</p>Adds an out-of-state TCP rule to the account. |
| Get an out-of-state TCP rule | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing out-of-state TCP rule in the account. |
| Update an out-of-state TCP rule | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Updates an existing out-of-state TCP rule in the account. |
| Delete an out-of-state TCP rule | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules/{rule_id}`</p>Deletes an existing out-of-state TCP rule from the account. |
| Delete all out-of-state TCP rules | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/rules`</p>Deletes all existing out-of-state TCP rules from the account. |

#### Filters

| Operation | Method and endpoint / Description |
| --- | --- |
| List out-of-state TCP filters | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters`</p>Fetches all out-of-state TCP filters in the account. |
| Add an out-of-state TCP filter | <p>`POST accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters`</p>Adds an out-of-state TCP filter to the account. |
| Get an out-of-state TCP filter | <p>`GET accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Fetches the details of an existing out-of-state TCP filter in the account. |
| Update an out-of-state TCP filter | <p>`PATCH accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Updates an existing out-of-state TCP filter in the account. |
| Delete an out-of-state TCP filter | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters/{filter_id}`</p>Deletes an existing out-of-state TCP filter from the account. |
| Delete all out-of-state TCP filters | <p>`DELETE accounts/{account_id}/magic/advanced_tcp_protection/configs/tcp_flow_protection/filters`</p>Deletes all existing out-of-state TCP filters from the account. |

## Pagination

The API operations that return a list of items use pagination. For more information on the available pagination query parameters, refer to [Pagination](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/#pagination).

---

# JSON objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ddos-protection/advanced-ddos-systems/api/tcp-protection/json-objects/

This page contains an example of the TCP protection rule JSON object used in the API.

## Prefix

```json
{
  "id": "31c70c65-9f81-4669-94ed-1e1e041e7b06",
  "prefix": "192.0.2.0/24",
  "comment": "Game ranges",
  "excluded": false,
  "created_on": "2022-01-01T13:06:04.721954+01:00",
  "modified_on": "2022-01-01T13:06:04.721954+01:00"
}
```

## Prefix in allowlist

```json
{
  "id": "31c70c65-9f81-4669-94ed-1e1e041e7b06",
  "prefix": "192.0.2.0/24",
  "comment": "Game ranges",
  "enabled": true,
  "created_on": "2021-10-01T13:06:04.721954+01:00",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-01T13:06:04.721954+01:00"
}
```

The `prefix` field can contain an IP address or a CIDR range.

## SYN flood rule or out-of-state TCP rule

```json
{
  "id": "31c70c65-9f81-4669-94ed-1e1e041e7b06",
  "scope": "region",
  "name": "WEUR",
  "rate_sensitivity": "medium",
  "burst_sensitivity": "medium",
  "created_on": "2021-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00"
}
```

The `scope` field value must be one of `global`, `region`, or `datacenter`. You must provide a region code (or data center code) in the `name` field when specifying a `region` (or `datacenter`) scope.

The `rate_sensitivity` and `burst_sensitivity` field values must be one of `low`, `medium`, or `high`.

## Filter

```json
{
  "id": "20b99eb6-8b48-48dd-a5b9-a995a0843b57",
  "expression": "ip.dst in { 192.0.2.0/24 203.0.113.0/24 } and tcp.dstport in { 80 443 10000..65535 }",
  "mode": "enabled",
  "created_on": "2022-11-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00",
  "modified_on": "2022-11-01T13:10:38.762503+01:00"
}
```

The `expression` field is a [Rules language expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) up to 8,192 characters that can include the following fields:

- `ip.src`
- `ip.dst`
- `tcp.srcport`
- `tcp.dstport`

:::note

Expressions of SYN flood protection and out-of-state TCP protection filters do not currently support functions. 
:::

The `mode` value must be one of `enabled`, `disabled`, or `monitoring`.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution

Subdomain setup is only available for Enterprise accounts. If you only want to create a subdomain for your site in Cloudflare, refer to [Create a subdomain record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-subdomain/).
:::

[Subdomain setup](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) relies on a process known as delegation. When, in a parent domain such as `example.com`, an [NS record](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-records/dns-ns-record/) is created for a subdomain `blog.example.com`, this means that DNS management for the subdomain can be done separately, in its own <GlossaryTooltip term="DNS zone" link="/dns/concepts/#zone">DNS zone</GlossaryTooltip>.

```mermaid
    flowchart TD
      accTitle: Example of parent zone and subdomains
      A[<code>example.com</code>] --> B[<code>docs.example.com</code>]
      A[<code>example.com</code>] --> C[<code>blog.example.com</code>]
      subgraph Parent domain
        A
      end
      subgraph Subdomains
        B
        C
      end

```

***

## Available setups

The availability of different setups will depend on both the parent zone setup and the setup used for the child zone. A child zone holds DNS management for a delegated subdomain.

| Parent zone                                                                                                   | Child zone                                                            | Available |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| [Full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) | [Full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)                                  | Yes       |
| [Full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) | [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) | Yes       |
| [Full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/) or [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) | [Partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)                            | No        |
| [Partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)                                                                    | [Full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)                                  | Yes       |
| [Partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)                                                                    | [Secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) | Yes       |
| [Partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)                                                                    | [Partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)\*                          | Yes       |

:::caution[* Subdomain zones in partial setup are not delegated]

Subdomains using a partial setup represent an exception in the sense that delegation does not apply in this context. As explained in the dedicated [Partial (CNAME) setup section](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/), this setup is intended to simply proxy individual subdomains through Cloudflare. For completeness, however, this is listed as an option in this table and the [how-to guide](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/parent-on-partial/) has detailed explanation on how to achieve a subdomain zone using partial setup.
:::

This table assumes zones that are in an [active status](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/). For example, if you need to add the parent zone to Cloudflare when its child zone already exists in a partial setup, you can [convert the parent zone to partial](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#1-convert-your-zone-and-review-dns-records) while it is still in pending status.

***

## How to

Refer to the following guides to learn how to configure a subdomain setup depending on the setup used for the parent zone:

<DirectoryListing />

Although the how-to guides in this documentation are focused on both parent domains and subdomains existing in Cloudflare, it is also possible to achieve a subdomain setup in Cloudflare while the parent domain exists in a different DNS provider.

***

## SSL/TLS certificates

If the parent domain's SSL/TLS certificate explicitly lists the delegated subdomain and is created after the subdomain's SSL/TLS own certificate, the parent domain's certificate will take precedence over the subdomain's certificate.

For instance, if `example.com` [creates an advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/) that directly lists `docs.example.com`, visitors to `docs.example.com` might see the SSL/TLS certificate for `example.com`.

## Access applications

<Render file="subdomain-setup-access-apps" />

---

# Parent zone on full setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/parent-on-full/

When the parent zone is using a [full setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/)[^1], the steps to set up your child zone depend on whether the subdomain already exists in the parent domain.

:::note


The following steps are similar if your Cloudflare parent zone is in a secondary setup, with the only difference that you will use your external primary DNS provider to make any necessary adjustments to DNS records.


:::

## Subdomain does not exist

If you have not yet created DNS records covering your subdomain in the parent zone:

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.

2. Complete the configuration accordingly for [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) setup.

3. Get the nameserver names for the subdomain. These can be found within your newly created child zone in [DNS > Records](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), and will **not** be the same nameservers as the ones used in the parent zone.

4. Within the **DNS** > **Records** of the parent zone, [add](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) two `NS` records for the subdomain you want to delegate.

   For example, if you delegated `www.example.com`, you might add the following records to `example.com`:

   | **Type** | **Name** | **Content**               |
   | -------- | -------- | ------------------------- |
   | `NS`     | www      | john.ns.cloudflare.com    |
   | `NS`     | www      | melinda.ns.cloudflare.com |

5. After a few minutes, the child zone will be active.

6. Create the various DNS records needed for your child zone.

7. (Optional) [Enable DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/dnssec/) on the child zone.

## Subdomain already exists

If you have already created DNS records covering your subdomain in the parent zone:

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.

2. Complete the configuration accordingly for [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) setup.

3. In your child zone, make sure you have all DNS records that relate to the subdomain. This includes all DNS records deeper than the delegated subdomain. For example, if you are delegating `www.example.com`, you should also move over records for `api.www.example.com`.

   :::note
   If your child zone is on a full setup, consider [exporting](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) records from the parent zone, deleting all unnecessary records, and then [importing](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) the records into your new zone.
   :::

4. If the parent zone is on Cloudflare, make sure that you migrate over any settings ([WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Rules](/rules/), [Workers](/workers/), and more) that might be needed for the child zone.

5. In the child zone, [order an advanced SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) that covers the child subdomain and any deeper subdomains (if present).

6. Get the nameserver names for the subdomain. These can be found within your newly created child zone in [DNS > Records](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), and will **not** be the same nameservers as the ones used in the parent zone.

   :::note
   If the parent zone is on Cloudflare, steps 7 and 9 below can be achieved via API. Use the [Batch DNS records](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/batch/) endpoint to delete and create or update DNS records within a single request. Refer to [Batch record changes](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/batch-record-changes/) for further guidance.
   :::

7. Within the **DNS** > **Records** of the parent zone, update existing address records (`A/AAAA`) on your subdomain to `NS` records. If you only have one address record, update the existing one and add a new `NS` record. If you have multiple address records, update any two of them.

   For example, to delegate the subdomain `www.example.com`, the updated records in the parent zone `example.com` should contain `NS` records similar to the following:

   | **Type** | **Name** | **Content**            |
   | -------- | -------- | ---------------------- |
   | `NS`     | www      | john.ns.cloudflare.com |
   | `NS`     | www      | adam.ns.cloudflare.com |

   In this example, `john.ns.cloudflare.com` and `adam.ns.cloudflare.com` represent the subdomain nameservers that you got from step 6.

8. Flush the address records of your subdomain in public resolvers ([1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1/purge-cache/) and [8.8.8.8](https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/cache)).

9. In the **DNS** > **Records** of the parent zone, [delete](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#delete-dns-records) all the remaining records on the delegated subdomain, except the `NS` records that you created in step 7.

   Also delete all DNS records deeper than the delegated subdomain. For example, if you are delegating `www.example.com`, records for `api.www.example.com` should only exist in the new child zone.

10. Within a short period of time, the child zone should be active.

11. (Optional) [Enable DNSSEC](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/dnssec/) on the child zone.

[^1]: Meaning that Cloudflare is your Authoritative DNS provider.

---

# Parent zone on partial setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/setup/parent-on-partial/

import { Details, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

When the parent zone is using a [partial setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/)[^2], the steps to set up your child zone depend on whether the subdomain already exists in the parent domain.

## Subdomain does not exist

If you have not yet created a DNS record covering your subdomain in the parent zone:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="child is full or secondary">

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.
2. Complete the configuration accordingly for [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) setup.
3. After creating the DNS records on the child zone, add the Cloudflare nameservers as `NS` records at your external DNS provider.
4. Within a short period of time, the child zone should be active.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="child is partial">

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.
2. Select either Business or Enterprise as your zone plan and complete the onboarding flow according to your needs.
3. On the [Overview page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone), select **Convert to CNAME DNS Setup**.
4. Confirm that you have created all the [DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) needed for your child zone.
5. On [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), get the **Verification TXT Record** and add it at your authoritative DNS provider.


<Details header="Example verification record">

A verification record for `sub.example.com` might be:

| Type | Name                                | Content             |
| ---- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| TXT  | `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com` | 966215192-518620144 |

If your authoritative DNS provider automatically appends DNS record `name` fields with your domain, make sure to only insert `cloudflare-verify` as the record name. Otherwise, it may result in an incorrect record name, such as `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com.sub.example.com`.

After creating the record, you can use this [Dig Web Interface link](https://digwebinterface.com/?type=TXT\&ns=auth\&nameservers=) to search (`dig`) for `cloudflare-verify.<YOUR DOMAIN>` and validate if it is working.


</Details>

That record must remain in place for as long as your subdomain is active on the partial setup on Cloudflare.

6. Within a short period of time, the child zone should be active.
7. At your authoritative DNS provider, add `CNAME` records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` for the subdomain you have added and any deeper subdomain records you want to proxy through Cloudflare.


<Details header="Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider">

The `CNAME` record for `sub.example.com` would be:

```txt
sub.example.com CNAME sub.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
```


</Details>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Subdomain already exists

If you have already created a DNS record covering your subdomain in the parent zone:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="child is full or secondary">

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.

2. Complete the configuration accordingly for [full](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) or [secondary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) setup.

3. In your child zone, [re-create all DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) that relate to your subdomain. This includes all DNS records deeper than the delegated subdomain, meaning that if you are delegating `www.example.com`, you should also move over records for `api.www.example.com`.

   :::note
   If your child zone is on a full setup, consider [exporting](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) records from the parent zone, deleting all unnecessary records, and then [importing](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) the records into your new zone. 
   :::

4. Make sure that you migrate over any settings ([WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Rules](/rules/), [Workers](/workers/), and more) that might be needed for the child zone.

5. In the child zone, [order an advanced SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) that covers the child subdomain and any deeper subdomains.

6. Get the Cloudflare nameservers for the subdomain and add them as `NS` records at your external DNS provider.

7. Within a short period of time, the child zone should be active.

8. Within the **DNS** > **Records** of the parent zone, [delete](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#delete-dns-records) any `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records referencing the subdomain or any of its deeper subdomains.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="child is partial">

1. Add the subdomain to a Cloudflare account as a new zone. It can be the same account where the parent zone exists or a different one.

2. Select either Business or Enterprise as your zone plan and complete the onboarding flow according to your needs.

3. On the [Overview page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone), select **Convert to CNAME DNS Setup**.

4. In your child zone, [re-create all DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) that relate to your subdomain. This includes all DNS records deeper than the subdomain you used to create the zone - if you are creating a zone for `www.example.com`, you should also move over records for `api.www.example.com`.

   :::note
   Cloudflare recommends [exporting](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#export-records) records from the parent zone, deleting all unnecessary records, and then [importing](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/import-and-export/#import-records) the records into your new zone. 
   :::

5. Make sure that you migrate over any settings ([WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/), [Rules](/rules/), [Workers](/workers/), and more) that might be needed for the child zone.

6. In the child zone, [order an advanced SSL certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) that covers the child subdomain and any deeper subdomains.

7. On [**DNS** > **Records**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/records), get the **Verification TXT Record** and add it at your authoritative DNS provider.


<Details header="Example verification record">

A verification record for `sub.example.com` might be:

| Type | Name                                | Content             |
| ---- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| TXT  | `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com` | 966215192-518620144 |

If your authoritative DNS provider automatically appends DNS record `name` fields with your domain, make sure to only insert `cloudflare-verify` as the record name. Otherwise, it may result in an incorrect record name, such as `cloudflare-verify.sub.example.com.sub.example.com`.

After creating the record, you can use this [Dig Web Interface link](https://digwebinterface.com/?type=TXT\&ns=auth\&nameservers=) to search (`dig`) for `cloudflare-verify.<YOUR DOMAIN>` and validate if it is working.


</Details>

That record must remain in place for as long as your subdomain is active on the partial setup on Cloudflare.

8. Within a short period of time, the child zone should be active.
9. Within the **DNS** > **Records** of the parent zone, [delete](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#delete-dns-records) any previous `A`, `AAAA`, or `CNAME` records referencing the subdomain or any of its deeper subdomains.
10. At your authoritative DNS provider, confirm you have `CNAME` records pointing to `{your-hostname}.cdn.cloudflare.net` for the subdomain you have added and any deeper subdomain records you want to proxy through Cloudflare.


<Details header="Example CNAME record at authoritative DNS provider">

The `CNAME` record for `sub.example.com` would be:

```txt
sub.example.com CNAME sub.example.com.cdn.cloudflare.net
```


</Details>

</TabItem> </Tabs>

[^2]: Meaning that another DNS provider - not Cloudflare - maintains your Authoritative DNS.

---

# Cloudflare IP addresses

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/

Access Control Lists (ACLs) define allowed source IP addresses from where servers accept incoming data or control messages.

When setting up new DNS zone transfers (incoming or outgoing), you will need to update the ACLs at your other DNS provider to prevent communication from Cloudflare from being blocked.

Depending on the setup ([Cloudflare as Primary](#cloudflare-as-primary) or [Cloudflare as Secondary](#cloudflare-as-secondary)), you need to configure slightly different Cloudflare IP addresses at your other DNS provider.

## Cloudflare as Primary

If you are using Cloudflare for Primary DNS — meaning that you are setting up Cloudflare to send [outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/) — you need to update the following settings at your secondary DNS provider.

### Allow range

Cloudflare's NOTIFY messages originate from the following IP prefixes. These ranges need to be allowed at your Secondary DNS servers.

```txt
198.41.144.240/28
198.41.150.240/28
2a06:98c0:3601::/48
2a06:98c0:1401::/48
```

### Transfer IP

Cloudflare will listen to AXFR/IXFR zone transfer requests and SOA queries from your Secondary DNS server on this IP address.

```txt
172.65.64.6
```

## Cloudflare as Secondary

If you are using Cloudflare for Secondary DNS — meaning that you are setting up Cloudflare to receive [incoming zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) — you need to update the following settings at your primary DNS provider.

### Allow range

Cloudflare's AXFR/IXFR zone transfer requests originate from the following IP prefixes. These ranges need to be allowed at your Primary DNS servers.

```txt
198.41.144.240/28
198.41.150.240/28
2a06:98c0:3601::/48
2a06:98c0:1401::/48
```

### Notify IPs

Notify IPs are the IP addresses where you notify Cloudflare's Secondary DNS to initiate a pull of new zone information from your Primary DNS servers:

```txt
172.65.30.82
172.65.50.145
2606:4700:60:0:317:26ee:3bdf:5774
2606:4700:60:0:35a:4be3:4144:c5ee
```

### Bind server configuration

To run a BIND server as a primary, add the following statements to your zone file:

```txt
allow-transfer {198.41.144.240/28;198.41.150.240/28;2a06:98c0:3601::/48;2a06:98c0:1401::/48;}
also-notify { 172.65.30.82;172.65.50.145;2606:4700:60:0:317:26ee:3bdf:5774;2606:4700:60:0:35a:4be3:4144:c5ee;}
```

---

# Create ACL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/create-new-list/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

You need to create an Access Control List (ACL) if Cloudflare is your [secondary DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/). The ACL will specify additional NOTIFY IPs that Cloudflare should listen to.

An ACL is configured at the account level, which means that it will apply to every primary and secondary zone in your account.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a new ACL using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select an account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. Go to **DNS Zone Transfers**.
4. For **ACL**, click **Create**.
5. Enter the following information:
   - **ACL name**: Provide a descriptive name.
   - **IP range**: Enter a range of IPv4 or IPv6 addresses (limited to a maximum of /24 for IPv4 and /64 for IPv6).
6. Click **Create**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a new ACL using the API, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/acls/methods/create/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Access Control Lists (ACLs)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/

Access Control Lists (ACLs) define allowed source IP addresses from where servers accept incoming data or control messages.

When setting up new DNS zone transfers ([incoming](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/) or [outgoing](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/)), you will need to update the ACL at your other DNS provider(s) to allow Cloudflare to communicate with their server(s). You can find the Cloudflare IP addresses you need to allow at your other DNS provider(s) at [Cloudflare IP addresses](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/).

You need to [create a new ACL](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/create-new-list/) in your Cloudflare account in the following situations if you want to specify additional NOTIFY IPs that Cloudflare should listen to (Cloudflare as secondary) or additional IPs Cloudflare should accept zone transfer requests from (Cloudflare as primary).

---

# Set up DNSSEC with Cloudflare as Primary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/dnssec-for-primary/

import { Example } from "~/components";

With [outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/), you keep Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider and use one or more secondary providers for increased availability and fault tolerance.

If you want to use DNSSEC with outgoing zone transfers, you should configure [multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/). After setting up [Cloudflare as primary](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/setup/), follow the steps below to enable DNSSEC.

## Before you begin

Note that:

- This process requires that your other DNS provider(s) also support multi-signer DNSSEC.
- Although you can complete a few steps via the dashboard, currently the whole process can only be completed using the API.
- Enabling **DNSSEC** and **Multi-signer DNSSEC** in [**DNS** > **Settings**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/settings) only replaces the first step below. You still have to follow the rest of this tutorial to complete the setup.

## Steps

1. Use the [Edit DNSSEC Status endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/) to enable DNSSEC and activate multi-signer DNSSEC for your zone. This is done by setting `status` to `active` and `dnssec_multi_signer` to `true`, as in the following example.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "status": "active",
  "dnssec_multi_signer": true
}'
```

2. Add the ZSK(s) of your external provider(s) to Cloudflare by creating a DNSKEY record on your zone.

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_records' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "type": "DNSKEY",
  "name": "<ZONE_NAME>",
  "data": {
    "flags": 256,
    "protocol": 3,
    "algorithm": 13,
    "public_key": "<PUBLIC_KEY>"
  },
  "ttl": 3600
}'
```

3. Once the DNSKEY record is transferred out from Cloudflare to your secondary provider, get Cloudflare's ZSK and manually add it to the DNSKEY record.

   Currently, the ZSK is not automatically transferred out. You can use either the API or a query from one of the assigned Cloudflare nameservers to obtain it.

<Example>

API example:

```bash
curl 'https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec/zsk' \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

Command line query example:

```sh
$ dig <ZONE_NAME> dnskey @<CLOUDFLARE_NAMESERVER> +noall +answer | grep 256
```

</Example>

4. Add DS records to your registrar, one for each provider. You can see your Cloudflare DS record on the [dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns) by going to **DNS** > **Settings** > **DS Record**.

The nameserver settings at your registrar should include the nameservers of all providers you will be using for your multi-signer DNSSEC setup.

---

# Cloudflare as Primary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/

With outgoing zone transfers, you can use Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider and configure one or more peer DNS servers as secondary DNS providers.

When you [make edits](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) to Cloudflare DNS, those DNS records will be transferred from Cloudflare to your secondary provider via zone transfer using [AXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5936) or [IXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1995)

![With Cloudflare as your primary provider in a multi-provider setup, Cloudflare periodically transfers records to your secondary DNS provider.](~/assets/images/dns/cloudflare-as-primary.png)

## How to

* [Set up outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/setup/)

## Availability

Outgoing zone transfers are available to Enterprise customers who are currently using Cloudflare as their [authoritative DNS provider](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/). For more details on activation and pricing, contact your account team.

## Notes

If you use [Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/), only proxied Load Balancer DNS records will be transferred.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/setup/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

With [outgoing zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-primary/), you can keep Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider and use one or more secondary providers for increased availability and fault tolerance.

## Aspects to consider

### DNS-only CNAME records

As explained in [DNS record types](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/dns-record-types/#cname), Cloudflare uses a process called [CNAME flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/) to return the final IP address instead of the CNAME target. CNAME flattening improves performance and is also what allows you to set a CNAME record on the zone apex.

Depending on the [settings](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/) you have, when you use DNS-only CNAME records with outgoing zone transfers, you can expect the following:

- For DNS-only CNAME records on the zone apex, Cloudflare will always transfer out the flattened IP addresses.
- For DNS-only CNAME records on subdomains, Cloudflare will only transfer out flattened IP addresses if the setting [**Flatten all CNAMEs**](/dns/cname-flattening/set-up-cname-flattening/#for-all-cname-records) is enabled.

### Proxied records

For each [proxied DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) in your zone, Cloudflare will transfer out two `A` and two `AAAA` records.

These records correspond to the [Cloudflare IP addresses](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) used for proxying traffic.

## Before you begin

Make sure your account team has enabled your zone for outgoing zone transfers.

Review your [existing DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) to make sure all of them have the desired **Proxy status**.

If using the API, you may also want to [locate your Zone and Account IDs](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/).

---

## 1. Create TSIG (optional)

<Render file="tsig-definition" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="tsig-create-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="tsig-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Create Peer DNS Server (optional)

You only need to create a peer DNS server if you want:

- Your secondary nameservers to receive **NOTIFYs** for changes to your Cloudflare DNS records.
- A **TSIG** to sign zone transfer requests and **NOTIFYs**.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a peer using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. Select **DNS Zone Transfers**.
4. For **Peer DNS servers**, select **Create**.
5. Enter the following information, paying particular attention to:
   - **IP**: If configured, specifies where Cloudflare sends NOTIFY requests to.
   - **Port**: Specifies the IP Port for the NOTIFY IP.
   - **Enable incremental (IXFR) zone transfers**: Does not apply when you are using Cloudflare as your primary DNS provider (Cloudflare zones always accept IXFR requests).
   - **Link an existing TSIG**: If desired, link the TSIG you [previously created](#1-create-tsig-optional).
6. Select **Create**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a peer DNS server using the API, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/peers/methods/create/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Link peer to primary zone (optional)

If you previously [created a peer DNS server](#2-create-peer-dns-server-optional), you should link it to your primary zone.

:::note
<Render file="linked-peers-limit" />
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To link a primary zone to a peer using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
4. For **DNS Zone Transfers**, select **Manage linked peers**.
5. Select a peer.
6. Select **Save**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To link a primary zone to a peer using the API, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/incoming/methods/create/) request with the ID of the peer you [previously created](#2-create-peer-dns-server-optional).

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::caution[Multiple peers and TSIG]
If you link more than one peer to a zone and at least one of them has TSIG configured, all peers are expected to also use the same TSIG.
:::

## 4. Update your secondary DNS provider

Your secondary DNS provider should send zone transfer requests (via AXFR or IXFR) to [this IP](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#transfer-ip) on port 53 and from the IP address specified in your [peer configuration](#2-create-peer-dns-server-optional).

It should also have updated [Access Control Lists (ACLs)](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#allow-range) to prevent NOTIFY messages sent from Cloudflare IP ranges from being blocked.

## 5. Add secondary nameservers within Cloudflare

Using the information from your secondary DNS provider, [create NS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#create-dns-records) on your zone apex listing your secondary nameservers.

By default, Cloudflare ignores NS records added to the zone apex. To modify this behavior, enable [multi-provider DNS](/dns/nameservers/nameserver-options/#multi-provider-dns):

:::note
If your account [zone defaults](/dns/additional-options/dns-zone-defaults/) are already defined to have **Multi-provider DNS** enabled, this step may not be necessary.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
4. Enable **Multi-provider DNS**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Send the following `PATCH` request replacing the placeholders with your zone ID and authentication information:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_settings" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "multi_provider": true
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 6. Enable outgoing zone transfers

When you enable outgoing zone transfers, this will send a DNS NOTIFY message to your secondary DNS provider.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
4. For **Outgoing Zone Transfers**, switch the toggle to **On**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable outgoing zone transfers using the API, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/outgoing/methods/enable/) request.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 7. Add secondary nameservers to registrar

At your registrar, add the nameservers of your secondary DNS provider.

---

# Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/alerts/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

You can configure alerts to receive notifications for changes in your secondary DNS.

<AvailableNotifications product="dns" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# DNSSEC options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

[DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC)](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-security/) increase security by adding cryptographic signatures to DNS records. When you use multiple providers and Cloudflare is secondary, you have a few options to enable DNSSEC for records served by Cloudflare.

- **[Multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/)**: Both Cloudflare and your primary DNS provider know the signing keys of each other and perform their own live-signing of DNS records, in accordance with [RFC 8901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8901.html).
- **[Live signing](#set-up-live-signing-dnssec)**: If your domain is not delegated to your primary provider's nameservers and Cloudflare secondary nameservers are the only nameservers authoritatively responding to DNS queries (hidden primary setup), you can choose this option to allow Cloudflare to perform live-signing of your DNS records.
- **[Pre-signed](#set-up-pre-signed-dnssec)**: Your primary DNS provider signs records and transfers out the signatures. Cloudflare then serves these records and signatures as is, without doing any signing. Cloudflare only supports [NSEC records](https://www.cloudflare.com/dns/dnssec/how-dnssec-works/)(and not NSEC3 records) and this setup does not support [Secondary DNS Overrides](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) nor [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/).

---

## Set up multi-signer DNSSEC

Refer to [Set up multi-signer DNSSEC](/dns/dnssec/multi-signer-dnssec/setup/) and follow the instructions, considering the note about Cloudflare as Secondary.

---

## Set up live signing DNSSEC

If you use Cloudflare secondary nameservers as the only nameservers authoritatively responding to DNS queries (hidden primary setup), you can enable live signing DNSSEC to have Cloudflare sign the records for your zone.

In this setup, DNSSEC on your pirmary DNS provider does not need to be enabled.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and zone.

2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.

3. Under **DNSSEC with Secondary DNS** select **Live signing**. You will then have access to several necessary values to create a **DS** record at your registrar.

4. <Render file="dnssec-registrar-steps" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

1. Use the [Edit DNSSEC Status endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/) and set a `status` of `active` for your zone.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "status": "active"
}'
```

2. Use the [DNSSEC Details endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/get/) to get the necessary values to create a **DS** record at your registrar.

3. <Render file="dnssec-registrar-steps" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

## Set up pre-signed DNSSEC

:::caution[Important: NSEC3 not supported]

If your primary DNS provider uses NSEC3 instead of NSEC, Cloudflare will fail to serve the pre-signed zone. Authenticated denial of existence is an essential part of DNSSEC ([RFC 7129](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7129.html)) and is only supported by Cloudflare through NSEC.
:::

### Prerequisites

- Your secondary zone in Cloudflare already exists and zone transfers from your primary DNS provider are working correctly.
- Your primary DNS provider supports DNSSEC using NSEC records (and not NSEC3).
- Your primary DNS provider transfers out DNSSEC related records, such as RRSIG, DNSKEY, and NSEC.

### Steps

1. Enable DNSSEC at your primary DNS provider.
2. Enable DNSSEC for your zone at Cloudflare, using either the Dashboard or the API.

:::caution

Pre-signed DNSSEC does not support [Secondary DNS Overrides](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/) nor [Load Balancing](/load-balancing/).

:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

a. Select your zone and go to **DNS** > **Settings**.

b. Under **DNSSEC with Secondary DNS** select **Pre-signed**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the [Edit DNSSEC Status endpoint](/api/resources/dns/subresources/dnssec/methods/edit/) and set the `dnssec_presigned` value to `true`.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dnssec \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "dnssec_presigned": true
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

3. Make sure Cloudflare nameservers are added at your registrar. You can see your Cloudflare nameservers on the dashboard by going to **DNS** > **Records**.

4. Make sure there is a DS record added at your registrar. The DS record is obtained from your primary DNS provider (the signer of the zone) and is what indicates to DNS resolvers that your zone has DNSSEC enabled.

---

# Cloudflare as Secondary

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/

With incoming zone transfers, you can keep your primary DNS provider and use Cloudflare as a secondary DNS provider.

When you make edits in your primary DNS provider, those DNS records will be transferred from your primary DNS provider to Cloudflare via zone transfer using [AXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5936) or [IXFR](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1995).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Cloudflare as Secondary DNS
A((Zone Admin)) --DNS record <br /> management--> B[Primary DNS <br /> provider]
B --Zone transfer--> C[Cloudflare <br /> DNS]
B & C <--DNS lookups--> D[Resolver] <--DNS lookups--> E((User))
```

## How to

* [Set up incoming zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/)
* Proxy traffic through Cloudflare with [Secondary DNS Override](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/)

## Availability

Secondary DNS is only available to Enterprise customers. For more details on activation and pricing, contact your account team.

## Limitations

At this time, you cannot convert a secondary zone to a primary zone.

---

# Proxy traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/proxy-traffic/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

When you set up [incoming zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) on a secondary zone, you cannot enable the proxy on any transferred DNS records by default.

With Secondary DNS override, you can use Cloudflare as your secondary DNS provider but still get the [performance and security benefits](/learning-paths/get-started/concepts/how-cloudflare-works/#benefits) of Cloudflare's proxy. Additionally it lets you override any A and AAAA records on your zone apex with a CNAME record.

:::note

Only A, AAAA, and CNAME records can be proxied.

:::

## Prerequisites

Before you set up Secondary DNS override, make sure that you have:

- [Set up a secondary DNS zone](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/) and confirmed your DNS records are transferred correctly.
- Set your [DNSSEC with Secondary DNS](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/dns/settings/) option to either **Unsigned** or **Live Signing**. If set to [Pre-signed](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/dnssec-for-secondary/#set-up-pre-signed-dnssec), Cloudflare will treat all your DNS records as unproxied (DNS only).
- Removed all nameservers from your registrar except for those provided by Cloudflare (highly recommended).

  :::caution

  If you use Secondary DNS override and keep other nameservers at your registrar, DNS responses will be inconsistent across DNS providers, which goes against [official standards](https://www.iana.org/help/nameserver-requirements).

  :::

## Set up Secondary DNS override

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **DNS** > **Settings**.
3. Enable **Secondary DNS override**.
4. On **DNS** > **Records**, for specific A, AAAA, or CNAME records, [change](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/#edit-dns-records) their **Proxy status** to **Proxied**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

1. To enable Secondary DNS override on a zone, use the following PATCH request:

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/dns_settings \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "secondary_overrides": true
}'
```

2. For specific A, AAAA, or CNAME records, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/records/methods/create/) request with the `proxied` status as `true`.
   - Make sure the added record has the same name as the transferred record you intend to proxy. Cloudflare only looks at the name and the proxy status, so the record content does not matter.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Proxied A and AAAA records

After proxying (orange clouding) a Secondary DNS record, any additional records under that hostname transferred from the primary DNS provider are automatically proxied. This applies to all A and AAAA records under that domain.

## CNAME record on the zone apex

You can also add a CNAME record on the zone apex (supported through [CNAME Flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/)) and either proxy that record or keep it on DNS Only.

Once you create a CNAME record at the apex, existing A or AAAA records on the zone apex will be deactivated. You can view those deactivated records by clicking **View Inactive Records**. To re-activate the A or AAAA records at the root, remove the CNAME record.

## Verify that your records are proxied

Query DNS at your assigned Secondary DNS nameserver to confirm the DNS response Cloudflare returns. Records proxied by Cloudflare return [Cloudflare IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/).

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/setup/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

With [incoming zone transfers](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/cloudflare-as-secondary/), you can keep your primary DNS provider and use Cloudflare as a secondary DNS provider.

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## Before you begin

- You should already have a registered domain, set up with your primary DNS provider.
- Make sure you have completed the following tasks at your primary DNS provider and at Cloudflare.

### At your primary DNS provider

Your primary DNS provider should allow traffic from the IP address and port specified in your [peer server configuration](#2-create-peer-server).

It should also have updated [Access Control Lists (ACLs)](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#cloudflare-as-secondary) to prevent zone transfers from being blocked.

We strongly recommend configuring [DNS NOTIFY](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1996) at your primary DNS provider to ensure your secondary zone on Cloudflare is updated with the most recent changes as quickly as possible. In order to do so, set up [Cloudflare NOTIFY IPs](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#notify-ips) at your primary DNS provider.

You will also need the following information from your Primary DNS provider:

- **Primary IP address**: The IP address that Cloudflare sends zone transfer requests to (via AXFR or IXFR).
- **Zone transfer type**: Will zone transfers be full (AXFR) or incremental (IXFR)?
- **TSIG name** (optional): A descriptive name of the TSIG following domain name syntax ([RFC 8945 section 4.2](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8945#section-4.2)). <Render file="tsig-name-match" />
- **TSIG secret** (optional): The secret string used to authenticate zone transfers.
- **TSIG algorithm** (optional): The algorithm used to authenticate zone transfers.

### At Cloudflare

Make sure your account team has enabled your zone for Secondary DNS.

Get the following values from your Cloudflare account:

- [Account ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)
- [Zone ID](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/)
- [Nameserver names](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#get-nameserver-names), which should have **secondary** in the name.

---

## 1. Create TSIG (optional)

<Render file="tsig-definition" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="tsig-create-dash" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="tsig-create-api" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 2. Create Peer Server

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## 3. Create the Secondary Zone

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To create a secondary zone using the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account.
2. In the top navigation bar, click **Add site**.
3. Enter your zone name and choose **Secondary DNS** (if this option is not available, contact your account team).
4. Click **Add site**.
5. Select your plan type.
6. Choose a value for **Zone refresh**, which controls the number of seconds between zone updates from your primary DNS server.
   :::caution
   Cloudflare will not use the REFRESH value inside the SOA record that is served by your primary provider. Instead the value of zone refresh configured for your secondary zone on Cloudflare will be used to determine the interval after which the SOA serial of the primary zone will be checked for changes.
   :::
7. Select the peer server you [previously created](#2-create-peer-server). If needed, you can link more than one peer server to a zone.
   :::note
   <Render file="linked-peers-limit" />
   :::
8. Click **Continue**.
9. Review the list of transferred records and click **Continue**.
   :::note
   If no records appear, you may have misconfigured the TSIG or the IP address of the peer server or the [Access Control List](/dns/zone-setups/zone-transfers/access-control-lists/cloudflare-ip-addresses/#cloudflare-as-secondary) was improperly configured at your primary DNS provider.
   :::
10. Click **Initiate zone transfer**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To create a secondary zone using the API, send a [POST](/api/resources/dns/subresources/zone_transfers/subresources/incoming/methods/create/) request with the `type` parameter set to `"secondary"`.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 4. Update registrar

At your registrar, add the secondary nameservers [specified in the Cloudflare dashboard](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/#get-nameserver-names). Do not remove your primary DNS provider's nameservers.

When you have added the Cloudflare nameservers, go into your new secondary zone and click **Done, check nameservers**.

## 5. Create notifications (optional)

To increase the reliability of your incoming zone transfers, [set up notifications](/notifications/get-started/#create-a-notification) to be notified when your primaries are failing, when records are updated, [and more](/notifications/notification-available/#dns).

## 6. Proxy traffic through Cloudflare (optional)

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---

# Email Retro Scan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/email-retro-scan/

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Email Retro Scan allows you to scan up to 14 days of old messages in your Office 365 (O365) inboxes and check if your current email security solution missed any threats. Contact your account manager to enable this feature.

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## Scan for threats

To scan for threats in your Office 365 inbox:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email Security** > **Retro Scan**.
3. Select **Generate report**.
4. Cloudflare needs authorization to access your O365 messages. Select **Authenticate with Microsoft**, and give Cloudflare the required permissions.
5. Back to Cloudflare dashboard, select **Grant mail access**. Then, select your account and give Cloudflare the required permissions.
6. Select **Grant directory sync access**.
7. Select your account and give Cloudflare the required permissions.
8. Select **Continue**.
9. In **Configure your report**, choose one or more domains to scan.
10. Under **Scan date range**, select the date range to perform the scan from the drop-down menu.
11. Choose your current email security system, from **Current email security system**.
12. Select **Continue**.
13. Select **Done**. Cloudflare will begin the task of analyzing all your emails for the chosen domains. This might take some time depending on the size of the inbox and number of domains chosen. You do not need to wait for the scan to complete. Cloudflare will send you an email alert when the scan is complete. If you decide to wait, select **View report** when the scan finishes.

## Analyze results

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Email Security** > **Retro Scan**.
3. Select **Scan report**. This tab shows the total number of emails scanned, a breakdown of the [threat types](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/) found within the domains selected, the [top targeted employees](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/), and the most common places where threats originate from.
4. To create an offline copy of the threat report, select **Download Report**.
5. Select **View detections** to inspect emails found by Retro Scan. You can filter emails by threat type (for example, malicious).

---

# Exchange BCC setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/exchange-bcc-setup/

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:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

For customers using Microsoft Exchange, setting up Email Security via BCC is quick and easy. You need to configure an inbound rule to send emails to Email Security via BCC for processing and detection of potential <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> attacks. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up a phishing assessment risk for Microsoft Exchange with Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/bcc-exchange-flow.png)

## Configure Inbound Rule

1. Access Exchange's **Management Console**, and go to **Organization Configuration** > **Hub Transport**.

   ![Access Hub transport](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step1.png)

2. On the **Actions** pane, select **New Transport Rule**.

3. Give the transport rule a name and a description and select **Next**.

   ![Give transport rule a name and description](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step3.png)

4. In the **Condition** configuration panel, select the option **from users that are inside or outside the organization** option. In the dropdown that opens, select **Outside the organization**.

   ![Select scope of transport rule](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step4.png)

5. Still in the same **Condition** configuration panel, add a second condition to the transport rule. Select **sent to users that are inside or outside the organization, or partners**. Keep the default value of **Inside the organization**.

   ![Select where to send emails](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step5.png)

6. Select **Next**.

7. In the **Action** configuration panel, select **Blind carbon copy (Bcc) the message to addresses**. Edit the **addresses** variable to add the addresses you want to copy as BCC.

   ![Select BCC and edit email addresses](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step7.png)

8. In **Specify Recipient**, select the **down arrow** next to the **Add** button > **External E-Mail Address**.

   ![Select external e-mail address](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step8.png)

9. Enter the BCC address provided by Area 1. This address is specific to your account.

   ![Enter the BCC address provided by Area 1](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step9.png)

10. Select **OK** > **OK** to return to the main configuration page of the transport rule.

11. At the main configuration page of the transport rule, select **Next** to continue to the Exception configuration panel.

12. You do not need to configure an exception rule. Select **Next**.

    ![You do not need to configure an exception rule](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step12.png)

13. In **Create Rule**, select the **New** button.

    ![Select the new button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step13.png)

14. Select **Finish** to close the transport rule configuration panel. This will return you to the Exchange Management Console.

    ![Select finish](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step14.png)

:::note

If you have multiple rules, you may need to change the order of the BCC rule and move it to the right location in your rule sequence. This is needed so you can send BCC messages to Email Security (formerly Area 1). Usually, the Email Security BCC rule will be at the top of the ruleset. The configured conditions of the Email Security BCC rule will only trigger for inbound messages. 
:::

## Email processing and reports

In BCC mode, all emails are put through automated phishing detections by Email Security. Emails that trigger phishing detections are logged for reporting via product portal, email and Slack. Emails that do not trigger any detections are deleted.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/

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:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


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:::

When you first get started with Email Security (formerly Area 1), you will need to set up a way to connect your current mail environment with Email Security.

## BCC setup

Send messages to Email Security via BCC configurations within your email provider:

* [Google Workspace BCC setup](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/)
* [Microsoft Exchange BCC setup](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/exchange-bcc-setup/)

## Journaling setup

Send messages to Email Security via a Journaling configuration within your email provider:

* [Office 365 journaling setup](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/office365-journaling/)

## Microsoft Graph API

Send messages to Email Security via a Microsoft Graph API configuration within your email provider:

* [Office 365 Microsoft Graph API setup](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/office365-graph-api/)

## Next steps

Regardless of your setup (BCC, journaling or MS Graph API), you may also want to set up either manual or automatic [retraction](/email-security/email-configuration/retract-settings/) to take post-delivery actions against suspicious messages.

---

# Office 365 Graph API setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/office365-graph-api/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]

<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />

:::

For customers using Microsoft Office 365, setting up Email Security via Microsoft Graph API is quick and easy. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up Email Security with the Microsoft Graph API](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/ms-graph/ms-graph.png)

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## User roles

Email Security uses two roles for retraction and directory integration purposes:

* **Privileged authentication administrator**: Users with this role can view the current authentication method information and set or reset non-password credentials for all users, including global administrators. Privileged authentication administrators can force users to re-register against existing non-password credentials (like MFA or FIDO) and revoke the `remember MFA on the device` message prompting for MFA on the next login of all users.
* **Privileged role administrator**: Users with this role can manage role assignments in Azure Active Directory, as well as within Privileged Identity Management. In addition, this role allows management of all aspects of Privileged Identity Management.

Directory Integration requires the use of both roles mentioned above. Email retraction only requires the **Privileged role administrator**. Any Azure administrator with a membership in the required role can perform these authorizations. The authorization process grants the Email Security dashboard access to the Azure environment. This access is performed with the least applicable privileges required to function, as shown in the [table below](#azure-applications).

The Enterprise Applications that Email Security registers are not tied to any administrator account. Inside of the Azure Active Directory admin center you can review the permissions granted to each application in the Enterprise Application section. Refer to [Application management documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/) for more information.

## Set up Microsoft Graph API

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. In **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Domains**, select **New Domain**.

4. In **Domain**, enter the domain you want to onboard.

5. In **Authorize Mail Access**, select **Authorize Access**.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Select Authorize access to give the correct permissions to Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/ms-graph/step5.png)

    </div>

6. In the new tab that opens, choose an Office 365 account you want to authorize, or enter your credentials.

7. Read the permissions, and select **Accept** to continue. You will be directed back to the Email Security dashboard.

8. In **Directory Scanning**, select **Authorize Access**.

9. In the new tab that opens, choose an Office 365 account you want to authorize, or enter your credentials.

10. Read the permissions, and select **Accept** to continue. You will be directed back to the Email Security dashboard.

11. In **Protection Scope**, choose if Email Security should scan only the inbox or all folders. Scanning all folders is useful for situations where the email is automatically routed to other folders that users still have access to:
    1. **Protect Inbox only**: Email Security will only scan the user's inbox.
    2. **Protect all folders**: Email Security will scan all non-hidden email folders.

12. Now that both types of authorizations have been complete, select **Publish Domain**.

Your authorized domain will show up in **Email Configuration** > **Domains & Routing** > **Domains**, with messages about the progress of directory syncing between Office 365 and Email Security.

![Now that both authorizations are complete, select Publish domain](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/ms-graph/domain-sync-state.png)

## Azure applications

### Directory Integration

The following table shows API permissions required for Directory Integration as it appears in Azure Enterprise applications.

<table-wrap style="font-size:90%">

| API Name               | Claim value            | Permission                    | Type        | Granted through | Granted by       |
| ---------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------- | --------------- | ---------------- |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `User.Read`            | Sign in and read user profile | Delegated   | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Group.Read.All`       | Read all groups               | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Directory.Read.All`   | Read directory data           | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `User.Read.All`        | Read all users' full profiles | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `GroupMember.Read.All` | Read all group memberships    | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |

</table-wrap>

### Retraction

The following table shows retractions as they appear in Azure Enterprise applications.

<table-wrap style="font-size:90%">

| API Name               | Claim value             | Permission                           | Type        | Granted through | Granted by       |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------- | --------------- | ---------------- |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Mail.ReadWrite`        | Read and write mail in all mailboxes | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Group.Read.All`        | Read all groups                      | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `User.Read.All`         | Read all users' full profiles        | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Domain.Read.All`       | Read domains                         | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `GroupMember.Read.All`  | Read all group memberships           | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |
| Microsoft <br /> Graph | `Organization.Read.All` | Read organization information        | Application | Admin consent   | An administrator |

</table-wrap>

---

# Office 365 journaling setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/office365-journaling/

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:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


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:::

For customers using Microsoft Office 365, setting up Email Security via journaling is quick and easy. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up a phishing assessment risk for Office 365 with Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/journaling/office365-journaling-flow.png)

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## Journaling

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## Geographic locations

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---

# Egress IPs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/

When you set up Email Security (formerly Area 1) using an [inline deployment](/email-security/deployment/inline/), you need to tell your existing email providers to accept messages coming from Email Security's egress IP addresses.

Refer to this page for reference on what IP subnet mask ranges to use.

:::caution[Additional information for O365]

Office 365 does not support IPv6 addresses nor the following IPv4 subnet mask ranges:

* `104.30.32.0/19`
* `134.195.26.0/23`

If you use Office 365, you will have to use the broken down `/24` subnet mask IP addresses. Refer to [Office 365 `/24` addresses](#office-365-24-addresses) for a list of supported IPv4 addresses.


:::

## United States

For customers in the United States, enter the following IP addresses:

### IPv4

```txt
52.11.209.211
52.89.255.11
52.0.67.109
54.173.50.115
104.30.32.0/19
158.51.64.0/26
158.51.65.0/26
134.195.26.0/23
```

### IPv6

```txt
2405:8100:c400::/38
```

## Europe

For customers in Europe, add all our US IP addresses. Additionally, you need to add the following IP addresses for our European data centers:

```txt
52.58.35.43
35.157.195.63
```

## India

For customers in India, add all our US IP addresses.

## Australia / New Zealand

For customers in Australia and New Zealand, add all our US IP addresses.

## Office 365 `/24` addresses

Use these IPv4 addresses for Office 365, instead of the `/19` and `/23` subnets:

```txt
104.30.32.0/24
104.30.33.0/24
104.30.34.0/24
104.30.35.0/24
104.30.36.0/24
104.30.37.0/24
104.30.38.0/24
104.30.39.0/24
104.30.40.0/24
104.30.41.0/24
104.30.42.0/24
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104.30.44.0/24
104.30.45.0/24
104.30.46.0/24
104.30.47.0/24
104.30.48.0/24
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104.30.50.0/24
104.30.51.0/24
104.30.52.0/24
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104.30.56.0/24
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104.30.60.0/24
104.30.61.0/24
104.30.62.0/24
104.30.63.0/24
134.195.26.0/24
134.195.27.0/24
```

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Cisco - Email Security (formerly Area 1) as MX Record

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/cisco-area1-mx/

import { Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

![A schematic showing where Email Security security is in the life cycle of an email received](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-area1-mx/cisco-area1-mx.png)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Cisco IronPort with Email Security as MX record. This tutorial is broken down into several steps.

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites" />

## 1. Add a Sender Group for Email Security Email Protection IPs

To add a new Sender Group:

1. Go to **Mail Policies** > **HAT Overview**.

2. Select **Add Sender Group**.

3. Configure the new Sender Group as follows:
   * **Name**: `Area1`.
   * **Order**: Order above the existing **WHITELIST** sender group.
   * **Comment**: `Area 1 Email Protection egress IP Addresses`.
   * **Policy**: `TRUSTED` (by default, spam detection is disabled for this mail flow policy).
   * **SBRS**: Leave blank.
   * **DNS Lists**: Leave blank.
   * **Connecting Host DNS Verification**: Leave all options unchecked.

4. Select **Submit and Add Senders** and add the IP addresses mentioned in [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/).

![Sender group](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-area1-mx/step1.png)

## 2. Configure Incoming Relays

You need to configure the Incoming Relays section to tell IronPort to ignore upstream hops, since all the connections are now coming from Email Security. This step is needed so the IronPort can retrieve the original IPs to calculate IP reputation. IronPort also uses this information in the Anti-Spam (IPAS) scoring of messages.

1. To enable the Incoming Relays Feature, select **Network** > **Incoming Relays**.
2. Select **Enable** and commit your changes.
3. Now, you will have to add an Incoming Relay. Select **Network** > **Incoming Relays**.
4. Select **Add Relay** and give your relay a name.
5. Enter the IP address of the MTA, MX, or other machine that connects to the email gateway to relay incoming messages. You can use IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
6. Specify the `Received:` header that will identify the IP address of the original external sender.
7. Commit your changes.

## 3. Disable SPF checks

Make sure you disable Sender Policy Framework (SPF) checks in IronPort. Because Email Security is acting as the MX record, if you do not disable SPF checks, IronPort will block emails due to an SPF failure.

Refer to [Cisco's documentation](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/email-security-appliance/117973-faq-esa-00.html) for more information on how to disable SPF checks.

## 4. Update your domain MX records

Instructions to update your MX records will depend on the DNS provider you are using. In your domain DNS zone, you need to replace your current MX records with the Email Security hosts. This will have to be done for every domain where Email Security will be the primary MX. For example:

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-values" /> <Render file="deployment/mx-geographic-locations" />

DNS changes will reach the major DNS servers in about an hour or follow the TTL value as described in the [Prerequisites section](#prerequisites).

---

# Cisco - Cisco as MX record

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/cisco-cisco-mx/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

![A schematic showing where Email Security is in the life cycle of an email received](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-cisco-mx/cisco-mx.png)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Email Security with Cisco as MX record. This tutorial is broken down into several steps.

## 1. Add a Sender Group for Email Security Email Protection IPs

To add a new Sender Group:

1. Go to **Mail Policies** > **HAT Overview**.

2. Select the **Add Sender Group** button.

3. Configure the new Sender Group as follows:
   * **Name**: `Area1`.
   * **Order**: Order above the existing **WHITELIST** sender group.
   * **Comment**: `Email Security Email Protection egress IP Addresses`.
   * **Policy**: `TRUSTED` (by default, spam detection is disabled for this mail flow policy).
   * **SBRS**: Leave blank.
   * **DNS Lists**: Leave blank.
   * **Connecting Host DNS Verification**: Leave all options unchecked.

4. Select **Submit and Add Senders**, and add the IP addresses mentioned in [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/). If you need to process emails in the EU or India regions for compliance purposes, add those IP addresses as well.

![Sender group](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-cisco-mx/step1.png)

## 2. Add <GlossaryTooltip term="SMTP">SMTP</GlossaryTooltip> route for the Email Security Email Protection Hosts

To add a new SMTP Route:

1. Go to **Network** > **SMTP Routes**.

2. Select **Add Route**.

3. Configure the new SMTP Route as follows:
   * **Receiving Domain**: `a1s.mailstream`
   * In **Destination Hosts**, select **Add Row**, and add the Email Security MX hosts. Refer to the [Geographic locations](#5-geographic-locations) table for more information on what MX hosts to use.

![Edit SMTP route](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-cisco-mx/step2.png)

## 3. Create Incoming Content Filters

To manage the mail flow between Email Security and Cisco ESA, you need two filters:

* One to direct all incoming messages to Email Security.
* One to recognize messages coming back from Email Security to route for normal delivery.

### Incoming Content Filter - To Email Security

To create a new Content Filter:

1. Go to **Mail Policies** > **Incoming Content Filters**.

2. Select **Add Filter** to create a new filter.

3. Configure the new Incoming Content Filter as follows:
   * **Name**: `ESA_to_A1S`
   * **Description**: `Redirect messages to Email Security for anti-phishing inspection`
   * **Order**: This will depend on your other filters.
   * **Condition**: No conditions.
   * **Actions**:
     * For **Action** select **Send to Alternate Destination Host**.
     * For **Mail Host** input `a1s.mailstream` (the SMTP route configured in step 2).

![Content filter](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-cisco-mx/step3-to-area1.png)

### Incoming Content Filter - From Email Security

To create a new Content Filter:

1. Go to **Mail Policies** > **Incoming Content Filters**.

2. Select the **Add Filter** button to create a new filter.

3. Configure the new Incoming Content Filter as follows:
   * **Name**: `A1S_to_ESA`
   * **Description**: `Email Security inspected messages for final delivery`
   * **Order**: This filter must come before the previously created filter.
   * **Conditions**: Add conditions of type **Remote IP/Hostname** with all the IP addresses mentioned in [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/). For example:
     Order | Condition            | Rule
     \----- | -------------------- | ---
     `1`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `52.11.209.211`
     `2`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `52.89.255.11`
     `3`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `52.0.67.109`
     `4`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `54.173.50.115`
     `5`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `104.30.32.0/19`
     `6`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `158.51.64.0/26`
     `7`   | `Remote IP/Hostname` | `158.51.65.0/26`
   * Ensure that the *Apply rule:* dropdown is set to **If one or more conditions match**.
   * **Actions**: Select **Add Action**, and add the following:
     Order | Action          | Rule
     \--- | -------------------- | ---
     1   | `Skip Remaining Content Filters (Final Action)` | `skip-filters()`

![Content filter](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/cisco-cisco-mx/step3-from-area1.png)

## 4. Add the Incoming Content Filter to the Inbound Policy table

Assign the Incoming Content Filters created in [step 3](#3-create-incoming-content-filters) to your primary mail policy in the Incoming Mail Policy table. Then, commit your changes to activate the email redirection.

## 5. Geographic locations

<Render file="deployment/mx-geographic-locations" />

---

# Google Workspace - Email Security (formerly Area 1) as MX Record

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/gsuite-area1-mx/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]


<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />


:::

![A schematic showing where Email Security is in the life cycle of an email received](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/gsuite-area1-mx.png)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Google Workspace with Email Security as MX record. This tutorial is broken down into several steps.

<Render file="outbound-email" />

## Requirements

* Provisioned Email Security account.
* Access to the Google administrator console ([**Google administrator console**](https://admin.google.com) > **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail**).
* Access to the domain nameserver hosting the MX records for the domains that will be processed by Email Security.

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites" />

## 1. Add Email Security IP addresses to the Inbound gateway configuration

When Email Security is deployed as the MX record for Google Workspace, the Inbound gateway needs to be configured such that Google Workspace is aware that it is no longer the MX record for the domain. This is a critical step as it will allow Google Workspace to accept messages from Email Security.

1. Go to the [Google Administrative Console](https://admin.google.com/).

2. Go to **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail**.

   ![Access Gmail](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step2-gmail.png)

3. Select **Spam, Phishing, and Malware** and scroll to **Inbound Gateway configuration**.

   ![Access the spam, phishing and malware setting](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step3-spam.png)

4. Enable **Inbound Gateway**, and configure it with the following details:

   ![Enable inbound gateway](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step4-inbound-gateway.png)

   * In **Gateway IPs**, select the **Add** link, and add the IPs mentioned in [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/).
   * Select **Automatically detect external IP (recommended)**.
   * Select **Require TLS for connections from the email gateways listed above**.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Inbound gateway settings](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step4-inbound-gateway-settings.png)

    </div>

:::note
Do not select **Reject all mail not from gateway IPs** until the MX records have fully propagated. [Refer to step 5](#5-secure-your-email-flow) for more details.
:::

5. Select the **Save** button at the bottom of the dialog box to save the configuration once the details have been entered. Once saved, the administrator console will show the Inbound Gateway as **enabled**.

   ![Inbound gateway on](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step5-inbound-on.png)

## 2. Quarantine malicious detections

This optional step is highly recommended to prevent users from being exposed to malicious messages.

When messages are identified as malicious, Email Security will insert the X-header `X-Area1Security-Disposition` into the message with the corresponding <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">disposition</GlossaryTooltip>. Based on the value of the `X-Area1Security-Disposition`, a content compliance filter can be configured to send malicious detections to an administrative quarantine. This section will outline the steps required to:

* Create an Email Security Malicious quarantine.
* Create the content compliance filter to send malicious messages to quarantine.

### Create Email Security Malicious Quarantine

If you would like to send Email Security malicious detection to a separate quarantine other than the default quarantine, you will need to create a new quarantine.

1. In [Google's administrative console](https://admin.google.com), select the **Manage quarantines** panel.

   ![Select the manage quarantines panel](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step1-manage-quarantines.png)

2. Select **ADD QUARANTINE** to configure the new quarantine. This will bring up a pop-up for the configuration details.

   ![Select the add quarantine button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step2-add-quarantine.png)

3. In the quarantine configuration pop-up, enter the following:

   * **Name**: `Email Security Malicious`.
   * **Description**: `Email Security Malicious`.
   * For the **Inbound denial consequence**, select **Drop Message**.
   * For the **Outbound denial consequence**, select **Drop Message**.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Configure the quarantine settings](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step3-configure-quarantine.png)

    </div>

When you are finished entering these details, select **SAVE**.

1. To access the newly create quarantine, select **GO TO ADMIN QUARANTINE** or access the quarantine directly by pointing your browser to [https://email-quarantine.google.com/adminreview](https://email-quarantine.google.com/adminreview).

   ![Access the quarantine created](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step4-access-quarantine.png)

   Once in the Admin quarantine console, you can access the **Email Security Malicious** quarantine by selecting **Quarantine:ALL** > **Email Security Malicious** in the filter section. Quarantined messages can be released as needed by an administrator.

   ![Access Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step4-area1.png)

### Create a content compliance filter to send malicious messages to quarantine

1. In [Google's administrative console](https://admin.google.com), select **Compliance** to configure the content compliance filter.

   ![Access the compliance configuration](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step1-compliance.png)

2. Go to the **Content compliance** area and select **CONFIGURE** to open the configuration dialog pop-up.

   ![Select the configure button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step2-configure.png)

3. In the **Content compliance filter** configuration, enter the following:

   * **Name**: `Quarantine Email Security Malicious`.
   * In **1. Email message to affect**, select **Inbound**.
   * In **2. Add expression that describe the content you want to search for in each message**:
     * Select **Add** to add the condition.
       * In the *Simple content match* dropdown, select **Advanced content match**.
       * In **Location**, select **Full headers**.
       * In **Match type**, select **Contains text**.
       * In **Content**, enter `X-Area1Security-Disposition: MALICIOUS`.
     * Select **SAVE** to save the condition.
   * In **3. If the above expression match, do the following**, select the *Action* dropdown. Then choose **Quarantine message** and the **Email Security Malicious** quarantine that was created in the previous step.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Configure the compliance filter](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step3-compliance-filter.png)

    </div>

   After you enter this information, select **SAVE**.

4. Once saved, the console will update with the newly configured **content compliance filter**.

   ![After configuration, the console shows the content compliance filter](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/gsuite-area1-mx/step4-compliance-filter.png)

   If you would like to quarantine the other dispositions, repeat the above steps and use the following strings for the other dispositions:

   * `X-Area1Security-Disposition: MALICIOUS`
   * `X-Area1Security-Disposition: SUSPICIOUS`
   * `X-Area1Security-Disposition: SPOOF`
   * `X-Area1Security-Disposition: UCE`

   If desired, you can create a separate quarantine for each of the dispositions.

:::note

Google handles Groups (that is, distributions lists) differently from user mail accounts. The compliance filters actions are limited to the **Users** account type. If you heavily use Google Groups (that is, distribution lists), quarantining malicious messages using the Email Security quarantine is the recommended method to ensure full protection. 
:::

## 3. Add your domain to Email Security

To avoid email loop errors, add your domain to your Email Security dashboard.

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/home).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. In **Email Configuration** > **Domains**, select **New Domain**.
4. Enter the following settings:
   1. **Domain**: Enter the domain you want Email Security to protect.
   2. **Configured as**: Select **MX Records**.
   3. **Forwarding to**: Add `google.com`.
   4. **Quarantine policy**: Select **Malicious** and **Spam**.
5. Select **Publish domain**.

## 4. Update your domain MX records

Instructions to update your MX records will depend on the DNS provider you are using. You need to replace the existing Google MX records with the Email Security hosts. For example:

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-values" /> <Render file="deployment/mx-geographic-locations" />

DNS changes will reach the major DNS servers in about an hour or follow the TTL value as described in the [Prerequisites section](#prerequisites).

## 5. Secure your email flow

After 36 hours, the MX record DNS update will have sufficiently propagated across the Internet. It is now safe to secure your email flow. This will ensure that Google only accepts messages that are first received by Email Security. This step is highly recommended to prevent threat actors from using cached MX entries to bypass Email Security by injecting messages directly into Gmail.

1. Access the [Google Administrative Console](https://admin.google.com/), then select **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail**.

2. Select **Spam, Phishing, and Malware**.

3. Go to **Inbound Gateway configuration** and select **Configure**.

4. Enable **Reject all mail not from gateway IPs** and select **Save**.

5. Select **Save** once more to commit and activate the configuration change in the Gmail advanced configuration console.

## 6. Send Email Security spam to user spam folder (optional)

Unlike the configuration in [step 2](#2-quarantine-malicious-detections) where the message can be sent to an administrative quarantine, this optional step can be configured to send messages that are identified as spam by Email Security to the user’s spam folder.

1. Access [Google's Administrative Console](https://admin.google.com/), then select **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail**.

2. Select **Spam, Phishing, and Malware**.

3. Go to **Inbound Gateway configuration** and select **Configure**.

4. In the **Message Tagging** section, select **Message is considered spam if the following header regexp matches**.

5. In the **Regexp** section, enter the string `X-Area1Security-Disposition: UCE`.

6. Select **SAVE** to save the updated configuration.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For help getting started with an [inline setup](/email-security/deployment/inline/), refer to the following guides:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Google Workspaces directory integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/gworkspaces-directory-guide/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Email Security can integrate with Google to retrieve user and group information. This can be used to enforce the Business Email Compromise configuration to prevent user impersonation.

## 1. Create a service account in Google for Email Security Directory Integration

You need to authorize Email Security to make connections into your Google tenant to retrieve your directory details. Cloudflare recommends that you create a service account for this purpose. This account will require the following following privileges:

* View group subscriptions on your domain.
* View organization units on your domain.
* View groups on your domain.
* See info about users on your domain.

Start by creating a service account. If you already have one, you can skip this step.

1. Access your [Google admin console](https://admin.google.com/), and go to **Account** > **Admin roles**.

   ![Access the admin console in your Google account](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step1-access-gadmin.png)

2. Select **Create new role**, and give it a descriptive name and description. When you are finished, select **Continue**.

3. In **Admin console privileges**, select the following privileges:

   * *Organizational Units > Read*
   * *Users > Read*
   * *Directory Settings > Settings >Google Support Settings*
   * *Directory Sync > Manage Directory Sync Settings > Read Directory Sync Settings*

   ![Select only the privileges mentioned here](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step3-console-privileges.png)

4. When you specify Admin console privileges, you also grant the corresponding Admin API privileges. In any case, make sure the following privileges are selected for **Admin API privileges**:

   * *Organizational Units > Read*
   * *Users > Read*
   * *Groups > Read*

   ![Select only the privileges mentioned here](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step4-api-privileges.png)

5. Select **Continue**.

6. Review your information and select **Create Role**.

## 2. Authorize Email Security for Directory Access with Google

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/), and select **Settings** (the gear icon).

2. Go to **Directories**, and select **Add Directory** to start the authorization process.

   ![Go to Directories in the dashboard of Email Security, and then select Add Directory to start the authorization process](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step2-directories.png)

3. In the Add Directory configuration panel, enter the following details:

   * **Directory Type**: Open the drop-down menu and select **Google**.
   * **Directory Name**: Enter a string that represents the directory. This value will be referenced in the Business Email Compromise List configuration section. For example, `Gmail`.
   * **Sync Frequency**: Update the value to your preference.

   Select **Authorize** when you are done.

4. The Email Security dashboard will redirect you to a Google login page. Select or enter the appropriate account to initiate the authentication process.

5. Once authenticated, the system will show a dialog box with a list of the required permissions. Check all the checkboxes, and select **Continue** to authorize the change.

   ![Select all the settings to authorize Google](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step5-authorize-google.png)

6. Upon authorization, you will be automatically redirected back to the Add Directory configuration panel. Select **Save** to complete the authorization process.

   ![Select Save to complete the authorization process](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step6-save.png)

7. Once saved, your newly configured directory will appear in the configured directories table.

   ![Your directory will appear in the configured directories table](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/gmail/step7-directories.png)

## 3. Configure the Business Email Compromise list

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## 4. Configure secondary email address (if required)

<Render file="bec-directory-guide-secondary-email" />

---

# Business email compromise (BEC)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/

Attackers often try to impersonate executives within an organization when sending malicious emails (with requests about banking information, trade secrets, etc.).

The **Business email compromise (BEC)** feature protects against these attacks by adding [an attribute](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/#attributes) to any spoofed email messages matching these sensitive email addresses. Information about key users you enter in the dashboard is used by Email Security to run enhanced scan techniques and find these spoofed emails.

## Setup

You have several options for adding email addresses to BEC protection.

### Using the dashboard

Using the dashboard, you can add email addresses individually or upload a CSV file:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).
3. On **Email Configuration**, go to **Enhanced Detections**.
4. Select **New Display Name**.
5. Enter an email address manually or upload a CSV file.

#### CSV uploads

You can also upload a CSV file of multiple email addresses. The CSV file must be smaller than 150 KB, start with a header row of all required values, and contain no additional fields.

An example file would look like this:

```txt
Display_Name, Email
Star Phish, star@nophish.com
Phish Ee, phishee@nophish.com
```

### Integrating a directory

If you want your BEC contacts automatically synced, Email Security also supports directory integration for Microsoft and Gmail. Refer to [Office 365 directory guide](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/o365-directory-guide/) and [Google Workspaces directory integration](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/gworkspaces-directory-guide/) for more information.

### Review threats

Email Security's dashboard has at-a-glance insights regarding BEC attacks, such as top email addresses targeted. Refer to [Statistics overview](/email-security/reporting/statistics-overview/) and [Types of malicious detections](/email-security/reporting/types-malicious-detections/) for more information.

---

# Office 365 directory integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/business-email-compromise/o365-directory-guide/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Email Security (formerly Area 1) can integrate with Office 365 to retrieve user and group information. This can be used to enforce the Business Email Compromise configuration to prevent user impersonation.

## 1. Authorize Email Security with Office 365 for Directory Access

You need to authorize Email Security to make connections into your [Office 365 tenant](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/solutions/tenant-management-overview) to retrieve your directory details. The account used to authorize will require the **Privileged authentication admin** and **Privileged role admin** roles.

### How does the authorization work?

The authorization process grants Email Security access to the Azure environment with the least applicable privileges required to function. The Enterprise Application that Email Security registers is not tied to any administrator account. Inside of the Azure Active Directory admin center you can review the permissions granted to the application in the Enterprise Application section.

When assigning user roles in the Office 365 console, you will find these roles in **User permissions** > **Roles configuration** > **Identity admin roles**.

![A list of permissions for Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/permissions.png)

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/), and select **Settings** (the gear icon).

2. Go to **Directories**, and select **Add Directory** to start the authorization process.

   ![Go to Directories in the dashboard of Email Security, and then select Add Directory to start the authorization process](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step2-directories.png)

3. In the Add Directory configuration panel, enter the following details:

   * **Directory Type**: Open the drop-down menu and select **Office 365**.
   * **Directory Name**: Enter a string that represents the directory. This value will be referenced in the Business Email Compromise List configuration section. For example, `Office 365`.
   * **Sync Frequency**: Update the value to your preference.

   Select **Authorize** when you are done.

   ![Add the appropriate details to the configuration panel](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step3-directory-config-panel.png)

4. The Email Security dashboard will redirect you to a Microsoft login page. Select or enter the appropriate account to initiate the authentication process.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select the appropriate Microsoft account to continue](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step4-login.png)

    </div>

5. Once authenticated, the system will show a dialog box with a list of the requested permissions. Select **Accept** to authorize the change.

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![Accept the permissions to continue](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step5-permissions.png)

    </div>

6. Upon authorization, you will be automatically redirected back to the Add Directory configuration panel. Select **Save** to complete the authorization process.

   ![Select Save to complete the authorization process](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step6-save.png)

7. Once saved, your newly configured directory will appear in the configured directories table.

   ![Your directory will appear in the configured directories table](~/assets/images/email-security/bec/o365/step7-directories.png)

## 2. Configure the Business Email Compromise list

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## 3. Configure secondary email address (if required)

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---

# Two-factor authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/

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## Overview

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***

## Enable two-factor authentication for your Cloudflare account

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***

## Configure security key authentication for two-factor Cloudflare login

:::caution

Security keys only work with browsers that support the WebAuthn protocol. 
:::

A security key provides phishing-resistant multifactor authentication to your Cloudflare account using a built-in authenticator (Apple Touch ID, Android fingerprint, or Windows Hello) or an external hardware key (like [YubiKey](https://www.yubico.com/works-with-yubikey/catalog/cloudflare/)) that connects to your computer through USB-A, USB-C, NFC, or Bluetooth.

Cloudflare recommends configuring multiple security keys. With multiple keys, you can still use 2FA if the primary key is unavailable or if you are working on a different device.

After [enabling 2FA on your Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#enable-two-factor-authentication-for-your-cloudflare-account), you can select **Manage** to configure 2FA security key authentication.

### Configure a built-in authenticator (Apple Touch ID, Android fingerprint, or Windows Hello)

1. In **Security Key Authentication**, select **Add**.
2. On the **Add a Security Key**, enter your Cloudflare password and select **Next**.
3. Interact with your built-in authenticator to add it to your Cloudflare account. 
4. Enter a name for the built-in authenticator. If this is the initial setup, you will be prompted to generate backup codes. If not, skip to Step 8.
5. Enter your Cloudflare password. 
6. Select **Next** to review your backup codes. Backup codes can be used to access your user account without your mobile device.
7. Select **Download**, **Print**, or **Copy** to save your backup codes in a secure location.
8. Select **Next** to finish the configuration.

### Configure a security key (YubiKey)

Ensure that your hardware security key is configured and plugged in. On a Windows device, you may need to set up Windows Hello or register your security key to your Microsoft account. Review the Windows documentation for more details.

1. Once your security key is plugged in, go to **Security Key Authentication** and select **Add**.
2. Enter your Cloudflare password on the **Add a Security Key** screen, then select **Next**.
3. Interact with your security key to add it to your Cloudflare account. Ensure that the dialog is for the security key setup. If the Windows Hello dialog appears on a Windows device, select **Cancel**. The security key dialog box will then appear. Depending on your system, you may be required to register a PIN for the security key.
4. Enter a name for the security key. If this is the initial setup, you will be prompted to generate backup codes. If not, skip to Step 8.
5. Enter your Cloudflare password. 
6. Select **Next** to review your backup codes. Backup codes can be used to access your user account without your mobile device.
7. Select **Download**, **Print**, or **Copy** to save your backup codes in a secure location.
8. Select **Next** to finish the configuration. 

***

## Configure TOTP mobile application authentication for two-factor Cloudflare login

1. Under **Mobile App Authentication**, select **Add**.
2. Scan the QR code with your mobile device and enter the code from your authenticator application.
3. Enter your Cloudflare password, then select **Next**. If you cannot scan the QR code, select **Can't scan QR code, Follow alternative steps** to configure your authenticator application manually.

![You can enable 2FA by scanning a QR code with your mobile device.](~/assets/images/fundamentals/2FA_scan_QR_code.png)

4. Enter your Cloudflare password again.
5. Select **Next** to review your backup codes. You can use backup codes to access your account without your mobile device.  
6. Select **Download**, **Print**, or **Copy** to save your backup codes in a secure location.

:::note

You can regenerate your backup codes at any time using the Cloudflare dashboard. 
:::

7. Select **Next** on the backup code page to complete the recovery code setup.

### Reconfigure TOTP mobile application authentication

You may need to reconfigure your mobile application authentication if you join a new organization or lose access to your mobile device. When you reconfigure your mobile application authentication, your previous TOTP codes are invalid.

:::note

Reconfiguring TOTP mobile application authentication does not turn off 2FA. 
:::

To reconfigure, follow [Steps 1-7](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#configure-totp-mobile-application-authentication-for-two-factor-cloudflare-login) as detailed above.

***

## Regenerate backup codes

Each backup code is one-time use only, but you can always request a new set of backup codes using the Cloudflare dashboard. This is useful if you have lost access to or used all of your previous backup codes.

:::note

Regenerating your backup codes will invalidate your previous codes. 
:::

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Select **My Profile**.
3. Select **Authentication**.
4. Select **Regenerate** to generate and save a new set of two-factor backup codes.

***

## Disable two-factor authentication for your Cloudflare account

To disable 2FA for your Cloudflare account, you must delete all security keys and TOTP authenticators from your account.

:::note

If you are not the Super Administrator of an organization with **2FA Enforcement** enabled, you may not have permission to disable 2FA. 
:::

1. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard

2. Select **My Profile**.

3. Select the **Authentication**.

4. To remove your security key: 

   1. Select **Edit** in the **Security Key Authentication** card. A drop-down menu shows more details about your security key.
   2. Select **Delete**.
   3. Enter your Cloudflare password, then select **Remove**.

5. To remove your TOTP mobile application authentication: 

   1. Select **Delete method** in the **Mobile App Authentication** card.
   2. Enter your Cloudflare password, authenticator application code, or a recovery code, then select **Disable**.

![how to disable your TOTP mobile application authentication.](https://developerdocsgifs.cloudflaretraining.com/resampled_5fps_disable_mobile_auth_v2_final.gif)

***

## Use a backup code

If you lose access to a mobile device, security key, or authentication code, you can solve these issues by using a backup code or retrieving a backup code from your preferred authentication app.

Refer to Google's documentation to [transfer Google Authenticator codes from one Android device to another](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid\&hl=en\&oco=0).

When setting up 2FA, you should have saved your backup codes in a secure location. To restore lost access using a Cloudflare backup code:

1. Retrieve the backup code from where you stored it.
2. Go to the [Cloudflare login page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), enter your username and password and select **Log in**.
3. You should see a page titled **Two-Factor Authentication**
   * If it has a text box, enter one of your backup codes and select **Log in**.
   * If instead you see "Insert your security key and touch it", cancel any prompts from your browser that appear and select **try another authentication method or backup code**. Proceed to enter one of your backup codes and select **Log in**.

:::note

Once you use a backup code, it becomes invalid. 
:::

## Recover your account

If you do not have access to your 2FA account or backup codes and cannot currently generate a 2FA code, use a verified device that you have logged in from before to request a temporary access code.

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login).
2. On the **Two-Factor Authentication** page, select **Try recovery** on **Lost all 2FA devices and backup codes?**.
3. Select **Begin recovery**.
4. A 6-digit access code will be sent to the email address associated with your Cloudflare account.
5. Enter the temporary access code into the Cloudflare Dashboard and select **Verify email**.
6. Select **Verify device**. This checks whether you are using a device that has previously logged into your account.
7. If you receive a "Device verification failed" message:

   * If you clear your cookies often or are logging in from a different IP address, you have wiped Cloudflare's memory of your device and will need to use a different device to verify.
   * For security reasons, you must wait three to five days after completing verification to receive your temporary access code.
   * Your browser may be set to clear cookies on exit or after browser or OS upgrades. This interferes with the device verification process.
   * You may be using anti-malware or other software that automatically clears your browser cookies and makes your device unregognizable by Cloudflare's Dashboard.

If you are still unable to verify your device, [contact Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

***

## Related resources

* [Google Authentication documentation](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1066447?hl=en\&ref_topic=2954345\&co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS\&oco=0)
* [YubiKey documentation](https://www.yubico.com/works-with-yubikey/catalog/cloudflare/)
* [Set up multi-user accounts on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/)

---

# Add abuse contact

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/abuse-contact/

Enter an abuse contact email address to ensure you are receiving communications regarding potential abuse on your websites.

To update your abuse contact email address:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com) and select your account.
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. For **Abuse report contact email address**, select **Change email address**.
4. Enter and confirm your new email and select **Save**.

If you choose not to provide an abuse contact email address, communication about abuse will be directed to one of the Super Administrators on your account.

---

# Allow Cloudflare access

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/cloudflare-access/

Occasionally, you may want to allow edit access to your account for Cloudflare Support. A typical use case might be migrating a complex or sensitive domain over to Cloudflare.

By default, Cloudflare Support does not have edit access to your account.

To enable editing access by Cloudflare Support:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select your account (you must be logged in as a **Super Administrator**).
2. Go to **Manage Account** > **Configurations**.
3. For **Editing Permission**, switch the toggle to **On**.
4. Select a duration.
5. Click **Approve**.

:::note


In an emergency, Cloudflare Support can override your **Editing Permissions** and make updates to your account, but your Super Administrator will receive an email and the action will be recorded in your [Audit Logs](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/) with an **Action** of **Break glass**.


:::

---

# Account security

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Leaked Password Notifications

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/leaked-password-notifications/

Cloudflare automatically checks if your password has been compromised when you log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](http://dash.cloudflare.com). Every time you log in to your account, we will securely verify through threat intelligence sources to confirm if your password has been leaked in a past data breach.

Refer to the [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/helping-keep-customers-safe-with-leaked-password-notification/) for more information on how Cloudflare checks for leaked credentials.

:::note[Note]


Cloudflare does not have additional information about the specific breach or Internet service that potentially lost your password.

Popular online tools such as [Have I Been Pwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/) can help you better understand where your external accounts were attacked. If you reused this password in other systems, it is recommended that you reset it in those as well.


:::

If your password is found in a data breach, we will email you information on how to reset your password and prompt you to do so in the Cloudflare dashboard.

Your first three login attempts will warn you of the need to reset your password. After three attempts, you will be required to reset your password to log in to Cloudflare.

Users leveraging [Single Sign-On (SSO)](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/) or [two-factor authentication (2FA)](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/) will not be subject to these requirements given the higher level of security provided by those features.

We encourage you to [enable two-factor authentication](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/) to secure your account.

Cloudflare account Super Administrators can also require that [all members enable 2FA](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/#enable-two-factor-authentication-for-your-cloudflare-account). This functionality can be enabled by going to **Manage Account** > **Members** in the Cloudflare dashboard.

---

# Login and account issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/login-and-account-issues/

## Forgot your email?

### Enterprise plans

If you forget the email address associated with your account, contact your Customer Success Manager.

### Free, Pro, and Business plans

If you forget the email address associated with your application:

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select **Forgot your email?**.
2. Enter your domain name.
3. Cloudflare will send an email to the email address associated with your domain name. If you do not receive an email within 20 minutes, check your spam folder. The message will be sent from `no-reply@cloudflare.com` or `noreply@notify.cloudflare.com`.

:::note

This process does not affect your account or share your email address with anyone. 
:::

If you still cannot access the email address associated with your Cloudflare account, you may need to [move your domain to another account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/).

Cloudflare requires these steps to prevent account hijacking.

***

## Forgot your password?

If you forget your account password:

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login) and select **Forgot your password?**.
2. Enter your email address.
3. Cloudflare will send an email to your email address to reset your password. If you do not receive it within 20 minutes, check your spam folder. The message will be sent from `no-reply@cloudflare.com` or `noreply@notify.cloudflare.com`.
4. Select the password reset link in the email. This link will expire after two hours.

:::note


Cloudflare recommends strong passwords. Minimum requirements are:

* Password must be at least 8 characters.
* Password must contain a digit.
* Password must contain a special character. 
  :::

***

## Email verification issues

Refer to [Verify email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/verify-email-address/).

***

## Change your Cloudflare email address or password

Refer to [Change password or email address](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-password-or-email/).

***

## Secure a compromised account

If you observe suspicious activity within your Cloudflare account, secure your account using [these steps](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/secure-a-compromised-account/).

***

## Sign-in options

You have several sign-in options for the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login):

* **Email and password**: Enter your email address and password to log in.
* **Single sign on (SSO)**: Enter your email address (so long as your admin has [configured SSO](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/dash-sso-apps/) as a sign in option).
* **Sign in with Apple**:
  * *Same Cloudflare account email as Apple ID*: You can either sign in with your email and password or sign in with Apple.
  * *Different Cloudflare account email as Apple ID*: Will create a new Cloudflare account if you sign in with Apple. If you want to log into an existing account, [change your email address](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/login-and-account-issues/) to match the one used for your Apple ID.

:::note

If you login to your Cloudflare user account with Single Sign-On (SSO), you will not be able to sign in with Apple. 
:::

***

## Related resources

* [Move domains between Cloudflare accounts](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/)
* [Secure user access with two-factor authentication (2FA)](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/)
* [Change your domain nameservers to Cloudflare](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup)
* [Manage API keys and tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/)

---

# Manage active sessions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/manage-active-sessions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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## View active sessions

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## Revoke active sessions

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---

# Multi-Factor Email Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/multi-factor-email-authentication/

## Overview

Cloudflare uses a Multi-Factor Email Authentication (MFA) method for increased account security. MFA prevents customer account takeovers when attackers gain unauthorized access to an account due to an exposed or easily guessed password.

Cloudflare will challenge any login attempt if the user provides the correct credentials from an unrecognized IP address.

![Cloudflare will send an email when your account is logged into from an unknown IP address.](~/assets/images/fundamentals/hc-import-account_access_email.png)

Cloudflare challenges the login by sending a one-time code that expires in 30 minutes to the email that we have on file for the account. Once the correct code is provided through the dashboard, your IP will be recorded and further login attempts from that IP address will not be challenged for 90 days.

![When your account is logged into from an unknown IP address, you have to enter an authentication token from an email sent to your email address on file.](~/assets/images/fundamentals/hc-import-login_authentication.png)

:::note

Email MFA can only be disabled by enabling [two-factor authentication](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/). 
:::

***

## Troubleshoot MFA

Cloudflare emails are sometimes flagged as spam by the recipient's email service. If you are expecting an authentication token, you should check the spam folder for any Cloudflare emails and configure a filter to allow Cloudflare emails from *[no-reply@notify.cloudflare.com](mailto:no-reply@notify.cloudflare.com)*\_**.**\_

Other times, emails are rejected by the recipient email service. Cloudflare will try again it will flag your email address after several attempts and no further emails will be sent.

If you still do not receive an email after ensuring your email service is not flagging Cloudflare, contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

***

## Related resources

* [Secure user access with two-factor authentication](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/)

---

# Review audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/review-audit-logs/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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## Access audit logs

### Using the dashboard

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### Using the API

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## Retention

Audit Logs are retained for 18 months before being deleted. Enterprise customers can use [Logpush](/logs/about/) to store Audit Logs for longer periods of time.

---

# Provision with SCIM

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/scim-setup/

Cloudflare supports bulk provisioning of users into the Cloudflare dashboard by using the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) protocol. This allows you to connect your external identity provider (IdP) to Cloudflare and quickly onboard and manage users and their permissions. Cloudflare supports SCIM onboarding with Okta and Microsoft Entra. 

:::note
Cloudflare Zero Trust also supports SCIM for onboarding users to Cloudflare Access. [Learn more](/cloudflare-one/identity/users/scim/)
:::

## Limitations

- If a user is the only Super Administrator on an Enterprise account, they will not be deprovisioned.
- Cloudflare currently only supports [Account-scoped Roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/#account-scoped-roles) and does not support Domain-scoped Roles provisioning via SCIM. 
- Cloudflare does not allow custom user groups.

## Prerequisites

- Cloudflare provisioning with SCIM is only available to Enterprise customers using Okta or Microsoft Entra.
- You must be a [Super Administrator](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) on the account.
- In your identity provider, you must have the ability to create applications and groups.

:::note

Accounts provisioned with SCIM need to verify their email addresses.
:::

---
## Gather the required data

To start, you will need to collect a couple of pieces of data from Cloudflare and set these aside for later use. 

### Get your Account ID


1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), go to the Cloudflare account that you want to configure for SCIM provisioning.
2. Copy your account ID from the account home page.

### Create an API token

1. [Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the following permissions:

   | Type    | Item              | Permission |
   | ------- | ----------------- | ---------- |
   | Account | SCIM Provisioning | Edit       |

   :::note

   Cloudflare recommends using Account Owned API Tokens for SCIM Provisioning. Using user-specific API tokens, while supported, will lead to a broken SCIM connection in the event that the user's policies are revoked from the account with the SCIM integration. Learn more about [account owned tokens](/fundamentals/api/get-started/account-owned-tokens/).
   :::

2. Under **Account Resources**, select the specific account to include or exclude from the dropdown menu, if applicable.

3. Select **Continue to summary**.

4. Validate the permissions and select **Create Token**.

5. Copy the token value.

---

## Provision with Okta

### Set up your Okta SCIM application.

1. In the Okta dashboard, go to **Applications** > **Applications**.
2. Select **Browse App Catalog**.
3. Locate and select **SCIM 2.0 Test App (OAuth Bearer Token)**.
4. Select **Add Integration** and name your integration.
5. Enable the following options:

   * **Do not display application icon to users**
   * **Do not display application icon in the Okta Mobile App**

6. Disable **Automatically log in when user lands on login page**.
7. Select **Next**, then select **Done**.

### Integrate the Cloudflare API.

1. In your integration page, go to **Provisioning** > **Configure API Integration**.
2. Enable **Enable API Integration**.
3. In SCIM 2.0 Base URL, enter: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<accountID>/scim/v2`.
4. In OAuth Bearer Token, enter your API token value.
5. Select **Save**.

### Set up your SCIM users.

1. In **Provisioning to App**, select **Edit**.
2. Enable **Create Users** and **Deactivate Users**. Select **Save**.
3. In the integration page, go to **Assignments** > **Assign** > **Assign to Groups**.
4. Choose the group(s) that you want to provision to Cloudflare. 
5. Select **Done**.

This will provision all of the users in the group(s) affected to your Cloudflare account with "minimal account access."

### Configure user permissions 

There are two options for managing user permissions:

* Manage your user permissions on a per-user basis in the Cloudflare dashboard, API, or using Terraform. 
* Map your IdP groups to a Cloudflare built-in [Role](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/). Groups may only be linked to one role. 

1. Go to your SCIM application in the App Integration Catalog, then select **Provisioning**.
2. Under **To App*, select **Edit**.
3. Enable **Create Users** and **Deactivate Users**. Select **Save**.
4. Go to **Push Groups**.
5. Select **+ Push Groups**, then **Find groups by name**.
6. Enter the name of the group(s) that you want to sync to Cloudflare. 
7. Choose **Link Group**.
8. Cloudflare provisioned user groups are named in the pattern `CF-<accountID> - <Role Name>`. Choose the appropriate group that maps to your target role. 
9. Disable **Rename groups**. Select **Save**.
10. Within the **Push Groups** tab, select **Push Groups**.
11. Add the groups you created.
12. Select **Save**.

Adding any users to these groups will grant them the role. Removing the users from the identity provider will remove them from the associated role.

---

## Provision with Microsoft Entra ID

### Set up the Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise application.

1. Go to your Microsoft Entra ID instance and select **Enterprise Applications**.
2. Select **Create your own application** and name your application.
3. Select **Integrate any other application you don’t find in the gallery (Non-gallery)**.
4. Select **Create**.

### Provision the Microsoft Entra ID Enterprise application.

1. Under **Manage** on the sidebar menu, select **Provisioning**.
2. Select **Automatic** on the dropdown menu for the Provisioning Mode.
3. Enter your API token value and the tenant URL: `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/<your_account_ID>/scim/v2`.
4. Select **Test Connection**, then select **Save**.

### Configure user permissions in Microsoft Entra ID

Currently, groups need to match a specific format to provision specific Cloudflare account-level roles. Cloudflare is in the process of adding Cloudflare Groups, which can take in freeform group names in the future.

These permissions work on an exact string match with the form `CF-<your_account_ID> - <Role_Name>`

Refer to the list of [Roles](/fundamentals/setup/manage-members/roles/) for more details.

1. To ensure that only required groups are provisioned, go to your Microsoft Entra ID instance.
2. Under Manage on the sidebar menu, select **Provisioning**.
3. Select **Provision Entra Groups** in Mappings.
4. Select **All records** under Source Object Scope.
5. Select **Add scoping filter** and create the appropriate filtering criteria to capture only the necessary groups.
6. Save the Attribute Mapping by selecting **OK** and return to the Enterprise Application Provisioning overview page.
7. Select **Start provisioning** to view the new users and groups populated on the Cloudflare dashboard.

:::note
To successfully provision with Microsoft Entra ID, the `user principal name` and `email` fields must match. These values are case-sensitive. 
:::

---

# Secure compromised account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/secure-a-compromised-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If you observe suspicious activity within your Cloudflare account, secure your account with these steps.

## Step 1 - Change your password

For more guidance on changing your password, refer to [Change email address or password](/fundamentals/subscriptions-and-billing/change-password-or-email/).

## Step 2 - Revoke active account sessions

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## Step 3 - Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)

To prevent future compromises, make sure that you have [Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)](/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/2fa/) enabled on your account.

## Step 4 - Change API keys and tokens

### API keys

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### API tokens

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## Step 5 - Review the audit log

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If you notice any settings were changed, you should undo those changes.

---

# Zone holds

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/account-security/zone-holds/

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Zone holds prevent other teams in your organization from adding zones that are already active in another account.

For example, you might already have an active Cloudflare zone for `example.com`. If another team does not realize this, they could add and activate `example.com` in another Cloudflare account, which may cause downtimes or security issues until the original zone could be re-activated.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="account.zone_holds" />

## Enable zone holds

When you enable a zone hold, no one else can [add your zone](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to their Cloudflare account. If they attempt to, they will receive the following message:

*The zone name provided is subject to a hold which disallows the creation of this zone. Please contact the domain owner to have this hold removed.*

To enable a zone hold:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. On the zone homepage, go to **Quick Actions**.
4. For **Zone Hold**, switch the toggle to **On**.

You also have the option to **Also prevent subdomains**, which prevents anyone in your organization from creating subdomains or custom hostnames related to your zone.

## Release zone holds

You may want to temporarily release a zone hold to allow another team to [register a subdomain](/dns/zone-setups/subdomain-setup/) in a separate Cloudflare account, such as `docs.example.com`.

To release a zone hold:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and zone.
3. On the zone homepage, go to **Quick Actions**.
4. For **Zone Hold**, switch the toggle to **Off**.
5. Choose the length of your release.
6. Select **Release hold**.

---

# Account name

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/account-name/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="customize-account-name" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Appearance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/appearance/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="customize-appearance" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Communication preferences

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/communication-preference/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="customize-communication-preferences" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Account customizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

After you [create your Cloudflare account](/fundamentals/setup/account/create-account/), you might want to update the following settings in your account and profile.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Language preference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/setup/account/customize-account/language-preference/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="customize-language-preference" product="fundamentals" />

---

# Hash

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/hash-origin-steering/

**Hash steering** guides Cloudflare to send requests to endpoints based on a combination of [endpoint weights](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights) and previous requests from that IP address. Ensures requests from the same IP address will hit the same endpoint, but actual traffic distribution may differ from endpoint weights.

---

# Local traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="origin-steering-definition" />

## Policies

<Render file="origin-steering-policies" /> <br/>

<DirectoryListing />

## Weights

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-definition" />

### Customize weights

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-process" />

### Limitations

<Render file="origin-steering-weights-limitations" />

---

# Least Outstanding Requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/least-outstanding-requests-pools/

**Least Outstanding Requests steering** allows you to route traffic to endpoints that currently have the lowest number of outstanding requests.

This steering policy selects an endpoint by taking into consideration endpoint weights, as well as each endpoint's number of in-flight requests. Endpoints with more pending requests are weighted proportionately less in relation to others.

Least Outstanding Requests steering is best to use if your endpoints are easily overwhelmed by a spike in concurrent requests. It supports [adaptive routing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/adaptive-routing/) and [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/).

## Configure via the API

```json title="Pools"
{
  "origin_steering": {
    "policy": "least_outstanding_requests"
  }
}
```

Refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/subresources/pools/methods/update/) for more information on the pool configuration.

:::note

Least Outstanding Requests steering can also be configured on a load balancer as a [global traffic steering policy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/least-outstanding-requests/), taking into account outstanding request counts and `random_steering` weights for pools on the load balancer. 
:::

## Limitations

Least Outstanding Requests steering can be configured for pools that are part of [DNS-only load balancers](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/#dns-only-load-balancing), but is only supported in a no-operation form. When endpoint steering logic is applied for a pool on a DNS-only load balancer, all endpoint outstanding request counts are considered to be zero, meaning traffic is served solely based on endpoint weights.

Although it is configurable, it is not recommended to associate pools that use Least Outstanding Requests steering with DNS-only load balancers due to its partial support.

---

# Random

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/random-origin-steering/

**Random steering** sends requests to endpoints purely based on [endpoint weights](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/#weights). Distributes traffic more accurately, but may cause requests from the same IP to hit different endpoints.

---

# Dynamic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/dynamic-steering/

**Dynamic steering** uses health monitor data to identify the fastest pool for a given Cloudflare Region or data center.

Dynamic steering creates Round Trip Time (RTT) profiles based on an exponential weighted moving average (EWMA) of RTT to determine the fastest pool. If there is no current RTT data for your pool in a region or colocation center, Cloudflare directs traffic to the pools in failover order.

RTT values are collected each time a health probe request is made and based on the response from the endpoint to the monitor request. When a request is made, Cloudflare inspects the RTT data and uses it to sort pools by their RTT values.

When enabling Dynamic steering the first time for a pool, allow 10 minutes for the change to take effect while Cloudflare builds an RTT profile for that pool.

For TCP health monitors, calculated latency may not reflect the true latency to the endpoint if you are terminating TCP at a cloud provider edge location.

The diagram below shows how Cloudflare would route traffic to the pool with the lowest EWMA among three regions: Eastern North America, Europe, and Australia. In this case, the ENAM pool is selected because it has the lowest RTT.

![Dynamic steering routes traffic to the fastest available pool](~/assets/images/load-balancing/traffic-steering-2.png)

:::note

To ensure dynamic steering works as expected, the [Health Monitor Region](/load-balancing/monitors/#health-monitor-regions) must be set to **All Regions**.
The Enterprise-only **All Data Centers** option is also a viable alternative.

:::

---

# Geo

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/geo-steering/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

**Geo steering** directs traffic to pools tied to specific countries, regions, or — for Enterprise customers only — data centers.

This option is extremely useful when you want site visitors to access the endpoint closest to them, which improves page-loading performance.

:::note
Custom load balancing rules are incompatible with Geo steering. As a result, any custom rule applied to Geo-steered Load Balancers will not function as expected.
:::

## Pool assignment

You can assign multiple pools to the same area and the load balancer will use them in failover order. Any options not explicitly defined — whether in data centers, countries, or regions — will fall back to using default pools and failover.

### Region steering

Cloudflare has [13 geographic regions](/load-balancing/reference/region-mapping-api/#list-of-load-balancer-regions) that span the world. The region of a client is determined by the region of the Cloudflare data center that answers the client’s DNS query.

:::caution

If you add a pool to a region, you cannot [delete this pool](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#delete-a-pool) until you remove it from the **Geo steering** configuration. The configuration is **not** automatically removed when you change to a different **Traffic Steering** method.
:::

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

When [creating or editing a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/):

1. Go to the **Traffic steering** step.
2. Select **Geo steering**.
3. For **Region**, select a region > **Add Region**.
4. Select **Edit**.
5. Select a pool > **Add Pool**.
6. If adding multiple pools, re-order them into your preferred failback order.
7. (optional) Add more regions if needed.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

Use the `regions_pool` property of the [Update Load Balancers](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/update/) command to specify an array of regions. Specify each region using the [appropriate region code](/load-balancing/reference/region-mapping-api/#list-of-load-balancer-regions) followed by a list of endpoints to use for that region.

In the example below, `WNAM` and `ENAM` represent the West and East Coasts of North America, respectively.

```json title="Request"
// PUT /zones/:zone_id/load_balancers
{
	"description": "Load Balancer for www.example.com",
	"name": "www.example.com",
	"ttl": 30,
	"proxied": true,
	"fallback_pool": "ff02c959d17f7bb2b1184a202e3c0af7",
	"default_pools": [
		"17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4",
		"ff02c959d17f7bb2b1184a202e3c0af7"
	],
	"region_pools": {
		"WNAM": [
			"17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4",
			"ff02c959d17f7bb2b1184a202e3c0af7"
		],
		"ENAM": [
			"17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4",
			"ff02c959d17f7bb2b1184a202e3c0af7"
		],
		"EEU": [
			"ff02c959d17f7bb2b1184a202e3c0af7",
			"17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4"
		]
	}
}
```

If you only define `WNAM`, then traffic from the East Coast will be routed to the `default_pools`. You can test this using a client in each of those locations.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Country steering

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

When [creating or editing a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/):

1. Follow the [create a load balancer procedure](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/#create-a-load-balancer) until you reach the **Traffic steering** step.
2. Select **Geo steering**.
3. For **Country**, select a country > **Add Region**.
4. Select **Edit**.
5. Select a pool > **Add Pool**.
6. If adding multiple pools, re-order them into your preferred failback order.
7. (optional) Add more countries if needed.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

When creating a load balancer [via the API](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/), include the `country_pools` object to map countries to a list of pool IDs (ordered by their failover priority).

To get a list of country codes, use the [Region API](/load-balancing/reference/region-mapping-api/).

Any country not explicitly defined will fall back to using the corresponding `region_pool` mapping (if it exists), then to the associated default pools.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### PoP steering

When creating a load balancer [via the API](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/), include the `pop_pools` object to map Cloudflare data centers to a list of pool IDs (ordered by their failover priority).

For help finding data center identifiers, refer to [this community thread](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-retrieve-cloudflare-pops-list-and-locations-programmatically/234643).

Any data center not explicitly defined will fall back to using the corresponding `country_pool`, then `region_pool` mapping (if it exists), and finally to associated default pools.

:::note
PoP steering is only available to Enterprise customers and only accessible via the API.
:::

### Failover behavior

A fallback pool will be used if there is only one pool in the same region and it is unavailable.
If there are multiple pools in the same region, the order of the pools will be respected. For example, if the first pool is unavailable, the second pool will be used.

---

# Global traffic steering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="traffic-steering-definition" /> <br/>

<DirectoryListing />

## EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) support

<GlossaryTooltip term="EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)">EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)</GlossaryTooltip> support provides customers with more control over location-based steering during gray-clouded DNS resolutions and can be used for proximity or geo (country) steering.

Customers can configure their load balancer using the `location_strategy` parameter, which includes the properties `prefer_ecs` and `mode`.

`prefer_ecs` determines whether the ECS GeoIP should be preferred as the authoritative location.

| Type          | Description                                                                             |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `"always"`    | Always prefers ECS.                                                                     |
| `"never"`     | Never prefers ECS.                                                                      |
| `"proximity"` | Prefers ECS only when `steering_policy="proximity"`.                                    |
| `"geo"`       | Prefers ECS only when `steering_policy="geo"` and only supports country-level steering. |

`mode` determines the authoritative location when ECS is not preferred, does not exist in the request, or its GeoIP lookup is unsuccessful.

| Type            | Description                                                                                                     |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `"pop"`         | Uses the Cloudflare PoP location.                                                                               |
| `"resolver_ip"` | Uses the DNS resolver GeoIP location. If the GeoIP lookup is unsuccessful, it uses the Cloudflare PoP location. |

:::note


ECS support applies to DNS-only load balancers.


:::

---

# Least Outstanding Requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/least-outstanding-requests/

**Least Outstanding Requests steering** allows you to route traffic to pools that currently have the lowest number of outstanding requests.

This steering policy selects a pool by taking into consideration `random_steering` weights, as well as each pool's number of in-flight requests. Pools with more pending requests are weighted proportionately less in relation to others.

Least Outstanding Requests steering is best to use if your pools are easily overwhelmed by a spike in concurrent requests. This steering method lends itself to applications that value server health above latency, geographic alignment, or other metrics. It takes into account the [pool's health status](/load-balancing/understand-basics/health-details/#how-a-pool-becomes-unhealthy), [adaptive routing](/load-balancing/understand-basics/adaptive-routing/), and [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/).

## Configure via the API

```json title="Load Balancers"
{
  "steering_policy": "least_outstanding_requests"
}
```

Refer to the [API documentation](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/update/) for more information on the load balancer configuration.

:::note

Least Outstanding Requests steering can also be configured on a pool as a [local traffic steering policy](/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/origin-level-steering/least-outstanding-requests-pools/), taking into account outstanding request counts and weights for endpoints within the pool. 
:::

## Limitations

Least Outstanding Requests steering can be configured for [DNS-only load balancers](/load-balancing/understand-basics/proxy-modes/#dns-only-load-balancing), but is only supported in a no-operation form. For DNS-only load balancers, all pool outstanding request counts are considered to be zero, meaning traffic is served solely based on `random_steering` weights.

Although it is configurable, it is not recommended to use Least Outstanding Requests steering for DNS-only load balancers due to its partial support.

---

# Proximity

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/proximity-steering/

**Proximity steering** routes visitors or internal services to the closest physical data center.

To use proximity steering on a load balancer, you first need to add GPS coordinates to each pool.

## When to add proximity steering

* For new pools, add GPS coordinates when you create a pool.
* For existing pools, add GPS coordinates when [managing pools](/load-balancing/pools/create-pool/#edit-a-pool) or in the **Add Traffic steering** step of [creating a load balancer](/load-balancing/load-balancers/create-load-balancer/).

## How to add proximity steering

To add coordinates when creating or editing a pool:

1. Click the *Configure coordinates for Proximity Steering* dropdown.
2. Enter the latitude and longitude or drag a marker on the map.
3. Select **Save**.

:::caution[Warning:]


For accurate proximity steering, add GPS coordinates to all pools within the same load balancer.


:::

---

# Standard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/load-balancing/understand-basics/traffic-steering/steering-policies/standard-options/

**Standard steering** policies include **Off - Failover** and **Random**.

These are the only steering policies available to non-Enterprise customers who have not purchased **Traffic steering**.

## Off - Failover

Failover steering uses the pool order to determine failover priority (the failover order).

Failover directs traffic from unhealthy pools — determined by [health monitors](/load-balancing/monitors/) and the **Health Threshold** — to the next healthy pool in the configuration. Customers commonly use this option to set up [active - passive failover](/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/#active---passive-failover).

If all pools are marked unhealthy, Load Balancing will direct traffic to the fallback pool. The default fallback pool is the last pool listed in the Load Balancing configuration.

If no monitors are attached to the load balancer, it will direct traffic to the primary pool exclusively.

### Failback behavior

In an active/standby setup, with two origin pools:

- Traffic always routes to Pool 1 (the primary pool) unless it becomes unhealthy.
- If Pool 1 is marked unhealthy, traffic shifts to Pool 2 (the standby pool).
- Once Pool 1 becomes healthy again, traffic automatically shifts back to Pool 1, assuming no [session affinity](/load-balancing/understand-basics/session-affinity/) or other settings require subsequent requests to stay at Pool 2.

This behavior is known as failback and ensures traffic resumes normal routing when the primary pool recovers.

## Random steering

Choose **Random** to route traffic to a healthy pool at random. Customers can use this option to set up [active - active failover](/load-balancing/load-balancers/common-configurations/#active---active-failover) (also known as round robin), where traffic is split equally between multiple pools.

Similar to setting Weights to direct the amount of traffic going to each endpoint, customers can also set Weights on pools via the [API's](/api/resources/load_balancers/methods/create/) `random_steering` object to determine the percentage of traffic sent to each pool.

---

# Third-party integrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/get-started/enable-destinations/third-party/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Here you can find a list of partners that have developed integrations with Logpush and have instructions documented.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Access requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/access_requests/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `access_requests`.

## Action

Type: `string`

What type of record is this. <em>login</em> \| <em>logout</em>.

## Allowed

Type: `bool`

If request was allowed or denied.

## AppDomain

Type: `string`

The domain of the Application that Access is protecting.

## AppUUID

Type: `string`

Access Application UUID.

## Connection

Type: `string`

Identity provider used for the login.

## Country

Type: `string`

Request's country of origin.

## CreatedAt

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding access request was made (for example, '2021-07-27T00:01:07Z').

## Email

Type: `string`

Email of the user who logged in.

## IPAddress

Type: `string`

The IP address of the client.

## PurposeJustificationPrompt

Type: `string`

Message prompted to the client when accessing the application.

## PurposeJustificationResponse

Type: `string`

Justification given by the client when accessing the application.

## RayID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the request.

## TemporaryAccessApprovers

Type: `array[string]`

List of approvers for this access request.

## TemporaryAccessDuration

Type: `int`

Approved duration for this access request.

## UserUID

Type: `string`

The uid of the user who logged in.

---

# Audit logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/audit_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `audit_logs`.

## ActionResult

Type: `bool`

Whether the action was successful.

## ActionType

Type: `string`

Type of action taken.

## ActorEmail

Type: `string`

Email of the actor.

## ActorID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the actor in Cloudflare's system.

## ActorIP

Type: `string`

Physical network address of the actor.

## ActorType

Type: `string`

Type of user that started the audit trail.

## ID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of an audit log.

## Interface

Type: `string`

Entry point or interface of the audit log.

## Metadata

Type: `object`

Additional audit log-specific information. Metadata is organized in key:value pairs. Key and Value formats can vary by ResourceType.

## NewValue

Type: `object`

Contains the new value for the audited item.

## OldValue

Type: `object`

Contains the old value for the audited item.

## OwnerID

Type: `string`

The identifier of the user that was acting or was acted on behalf of. If a user did the action themselves, this value will be the same as the ActorID.

## ResourceID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the resource within Cloudflare's system.

## ResourceType

Type: `string`

The type of resource that was changed.

## When

Type: `int or string`

When the change happened.

---

# CASB Findings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/casb_findings/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `casb_findings`.

## AssetDisplayName

Type: `string`

Asset display name (for example, 'My File Name.docx').

## AssetExternalID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier for an asset of this type. Format will vary by policy vendor.

## AssetLink

Type: `string`

URL to the asset. This may not be available for some policy vendors and asset types.

## AssetMetadata

Type: `object`

Metadata associated with the asset. Structure will vary by policy vendor.

## DetectedTimestamp

Type: `int or string`

Date and time the finding was first identified (for example, '2021-07-27T00:01:07Z').

## FindingTypeDisplayName

Type: `string`

Human-readable name of the finding type (for example, 'File Publicly Accessible Read Only').

## FindingTypeID

Type: `string`

UUID of the finding type in Cloudflare's system.

## FindingTypeSeverity

Type: `string`

Severity of the finding type (for example, 'High').

## InstanceID

Type: `string`

UUID of the finding in Cloudflare's system.

## IntegrationDisplayName

Type: `string`

Human-readable name of the integration (for example, 'My Google Workspace Integration').

## IntegrationID

Type: `string`

UUID of the integration in Cloudflare's system.

## IntegrationPolicyVendor

Type: `string`

Human-readable vendor name of the integration's policy (for example, 'Google Workspace Standard Policy').

---

# Device posture results

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/device_posture_results/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `device_posture_results`.

## ClientVersion

Type: `string`

The Zero Trust client version at the time of upload.

## DeviceID

Type: `string`

The device ID that performed the posture upload.

## DeviceManufacturer

Type: `string`

The manufacturer of the device that the Zero Trust client is running on.

## DeviceModel

Type: `string`

The model of the device that the Zero Trust client is running on.

## DeviceName

Type: `string`

The name of the device that the Zero Trust client is running on.

## DeviceSerialNumber

Type: `string`

The serial number of the device that the Zero Trust client is running on.

## DeviceType

Type: `string`

The Zero Trust client operating system type.

## Email

Type: `string`

The email used to register the device with the Zero Trust client.

## OSVersion

Type: `string`

The operating system version at the time of upload.

## PolicyID

Type: `string`

The posture check ID associated with this device posture result.

## PostureCheckName

Type: `string`

The name of the posture check associated with this device posture result.

## PostureCheckType

Type: `string`

The type of the Zero Trust client check or service provider check.

## PostureEvaluatedResult

Type: `bool`

Whether this posture upload passes the associated posture check, given the requirements posture check at the time of the timestamp.

## PostureExpectedJSON

Type: `object`

JSON object of what the posture check expects from the Zero Trust client.

## PostureReceivedJSON

Type: `object`

JSON object of what the Zero Trust client actually uploads.

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding device posture upload was performed (for example, '2021-07-27T00:01:07Z'). To specify the timestamp format, refer to [Output types](/logs/reference/log-output-options/#output-types).

## UserUID

Type: `string`

The uid of the user who registered the device.

---

# DLP Forensic Copies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/dlp_forensic_copies/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `dlp_forensic_copies`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account ID.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding HTTP request was made.

## ForensicCopyID

Type: `string`

The unique ID for this particular forensic copy.

## GatewayRequestID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare request ID, as found in Gateway logs.

## Headers

Type: `object`

String key-value pairs for a selection of HTTP headers on the associated request/response.

## Payload

Type: `string`

Captured request/response data, base64-encoded.

## Phase

Type: `string`

Phase of the HTTP request this forensic copy was captured from (i.e. "request" or "response").

## TriggeredRuleID

Type: `string`

The ID of the Gateway firewall rule that triggered this forensic copy.

---

# DNS Firewall Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/dns_firewall_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `dns_firewall_logs`.

## ClientResponseCode

Type: `int`

Integer value of the response code Cloudflare presents to the client. Response code follows [IANA parameters](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6).

## ClusterID

Type: `string`

The ID of the cluster which handled this request.

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

IATA airport code of data center that received the request.

## EDNSSubnet

Type: `string`

IPv4 or IPv6 address information corresponding to the [EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)](/glossary/?term=ecs) forwarded by recursive resolvers. Not all resolvers send this information.

## EDNSSubnetLength

Type: `int`

Size of the [EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)](/glossary/?term=ecs) in bits. For example, if the last octet of an IPv4 address is omitted (`192.0.2.x.`), the subnet length will be 24.

## QueryDO

Type: `bool`

Indicates if the client is capable of handling a signed response (DNSSEC answer OK).

## QueryName

Type: `string`

Name of the query that was sent.

## QueryRD

Type: `bool`

Indicates if the client means a recursive query (Recursion Desired).

## QuerySize

Type: `int`

The size of the query sent from the client in bytes.

## QueryTCP

Type: `bool`

Indicates if the query from the client was made via TCP (if false, then UDP).

## QueryType

Type: `int`

Integer value of query type. For more information refer to [Query type](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).

## ResponseCached

Type: `bool`

Whether the response was cached or not.

## ResponseCachedStale

Type: `bool`

Whether the response was cached stale. In other words, the TTL had expired and the upstream nameserver was not reachable.

## ResponseReason

Type: `string`

Short descriptions with more context around the final DNS Firewall response. Refer to [response reasons](/dns/dns-firewall/analytics/) for more information.

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

IP address of the client (IPv4 or IPv6).

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the query occurred.

## UpstreamIP

Type: `string`

IP of the upstream nameserver (IPv4 or IPv6).

## UpstreamResponseCode

Type: `int`

Integer value of the response code from the upstream nameserver. Response code follows [IANA parameters](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6)

## UpstreamResponseTimeMs

Type: `int`

Upstream response time in milliseconds.

---

# Email Security Alerts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/email_security_alerts/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `email_security_alerts`.

## AlertID

Type: `string`

The canonical ID for an Email Security Alert (for example, '4WtWkr6nlBz9sNH-2024-08-28T15:32:35').

## AlertReasons

Type: `array[string]`

Human-readable list of findings which contributed to this message's final disposition.

## Attachments

Type: `array[object]`

List of objects containing metadata of attachments contained in this message (for example, [{"Md5": "91f073bd208689ddbd248e8989ecae90", "Sha1": "62b77e14e2c43049c45b5725018e78d0f9986930", "Sha256": "3b57505305e7162141fd898ed87d08f92fc42579b5047495859e56b3275a6c06", "Ssdeep": "McAQ8tPlH25e85Q2OiYpD08NvHmjJ97UfPMO47sekO:uN9M553OiiN/OJ9MM+e3", "Name": "attachment.gif", "ContentTypeProvided": "image/gif", "ContentTypeComputed": "application/x-msi", "Encrypted": true, "Decrypted": true]}, ...]).

## CC

Type: `array[string]`

Email address portions of the CC header provided by the sender (for example, 'firstlast@cloudflare.com').

## CCName

Type: `array[string]`

Email address portions of the CC header provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last').

## FinalDisposition

Type: `string`

Final disposition attributed to the message. <br />Possible values are <em>unset</em> \| <em>malicious</em> \| <em>suspicious</em> \| <em>spoof</em> \| <em>spam</em> \| <em>bulk</em>.

## From

Type: `string`

Email address portion of the From header provided by the sender (for example, 'firstlast@cloudflare.com').

## FromName

Type: `string`

Name portion of the From header provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last').

## Links

Type: `array[string]`

List of links detected in this message, benign or otherwise; limited to 100 in total.

## MessageDeliveryMode

Type: `string`

The message's mode of transport to Email Security. <br />Possible values are <em>unset</em> \| <em>api</em> \| <em>direct</em> \| <em>bcc</em> \| <em>journal</em> \| <em>retroScan</em>.

## MessageID

Type: `string`

Value of the Message-ID header provided by the sender.

## Origin

Type: `string`

The origin of the message. <br />Possible values are <em>unset</em> \| <em>internal</em> \| <em>external</em> \| <em>secondPartyInternal</em> \| <em>thirdPartyInternal</em> \| <em>outbound</em>.

## OriginalSender

Type: `string`

The original sender address as determined by Email Security mail processing (for example, 'firstlast@cloudflare.com').

## ReplyTo

Type: `string`

Email address portion of the Reply-To header provided by the sender (for example, 'firstlast@cloudflare.com').

## ReplyToName

Type: `string`

Name portion of the Reply-To header provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last').

## SMTPEnvelopeFrom

Type: `string`

Value of the SMTP MAIL FROM command provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last <firstlast@cloudflare.com>').

## SMTPEnvelopeTo

Type: `array[string]`

Values of the SMTP RCPT TO command provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last <firstlast@cloudflare.com>').

## SMTPHeloServerIP

Type: `string`

IPv4/v6 of the SMTP HELO server.

## SMTPHeloServerIPAsName

Type: `string`

Autonomous System Name of the SMTP HELO server's IP.

## SMTPHeloServerIPAsNumber

Type: `string`

Autonomous System Number of the SMTP HELO server's IP.

## SMTPHeloServerIPGeo

Type: `string`

SMTP HELO server geolocation info (for example, 'US/NV/Las Vegas').

## SMTPHeloServerName

Type: `string`

Hostname provided by the SMTP HELO server.

## Subject

Type: `string`

Value of the Subject header provided by the sender.

## ThreatCategories

Type: `array[string]`

Threat categories attributed by Email Security processing (for example, 'CredentialHarvester', 'Dropper').

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

Start time of message processing (for example, '2024-08-28T15:32:35Z'). To specify the timestamp format, refer to [Output types](/logs/reference/log-output-options/#output-types).

## To

Type: `array[string]`

Email address portions of the To header provided by the sender (for example, 'firstlast@cloudflare.com').

## ToName

Type: `array[string]`

Name portions of the To header provided by the sender (for example, 'First Last').

---

# Gateway DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_dns/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `gateway_dns`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account ID.

## ApplicationID

Type: `int`

ID of the application the domain belongs to (for example, 1, 2). Set to 0 when no ApplicationID is matched.

## ApplicationName

Type: `string`

Name of the application the domain belongs to (for example, 'Cloudflare Dashboard').

## AuthoritativeNameServerIPs

Type: `array[string]`

The IPs of the authoritative nameservers that provided the answers, if any (for example ['203.0.113.1', '203.0.113.2']).

## CNAMECategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of category that the intermediate cname domains belongs to (for example, [7,12,28,122,129,163]).

## CNAMECategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of category that the intermediate cname domains belongs to (for example, ['Photography', 'Weather']).

## CNAMEs

Type: `array[string]`

Resolved intermediate cname domains (for example, ['alias.example.com']).

## CNAMEsReversed

Type: `array[string]`

Resolved intermediate cname domains in reverse (for example, ['com.example.alias']).

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

The name of the colo that received the DNS query (for example, 'SJC', 'MIA', 'IAD').

## ColoID

Type: `int`

The ID of the colo that received the DNS query (for example, 46, 72, 397).

## CustomResolveDurationMs

Type: `int`

The time it took for the custom resolver to respond.

## CustomResolverAddress

Type: `string`

IP and port combo used to resolve the custom dns resolver query, if any.

## CustomResolverPolicyID (deprecated)

Type: `string`

Custom resolver policy UUID, if matched. Deprecated by ResolverPolicyID.

## CustomResolverPolicyName (deprecated)

Type: `string`

Custom resolver policy name, if matched. Deprecated by ResolverPolicyName.

## CustomResolverResponse

Type: `string`

Status of the custom resolver response.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding DNS request was made (for example, '2021-07-27T00:01:07Z').

## DeviceID

Type: `string`

UUID of the device where the HTTP request originated from (for example, 'dad71818-0429-11ec-a0dc-000000000000').

## DeviceName

Type: `string`

The name of the device where the HTTP request originated from (for example, 'Laptop MB810').

## DoHSubdomain

Type: `string`

The destination DoH subdomain the DNS query was made to.

## DoTSubdomain

Type: `string`

The destination DoT subdomain the DNS query was made to.

## DstIP

Type: `string`

The destination IP address the DNS query was made to (for example, '104.16.132.2290').

## DstPort

Type: `int`

The destination port used at the edge. The port changes based on the protocol used by the DNS query (for example, 0).

## EDEErrors

Type: `array[int]`

List of returned Extended DNS Error Codes (for example, [2, 3]).

## Email

Type: `string`

Email used to authenticate the client (for example, 'user@test.com').

## InitialCategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of category that the queried domains belongs to (for example, [7,12,28,122,129,163]).

## InitialCategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of category that the queried domains belongs to (for example, ['Photography', 'Weather']).

## InternalDNSFallbackStrategy

Type: `string`

The fallback strategy applied over the internal DNS response. Empty if no fallback strategy was applied.

## InternalDNSRCode

Type: `int`

The return code sent back by the internal DNS service.

## InternalDNSViewID

Type: `string`

The DNS internal view identifier that was sent to the internal DNS service.

## InternalDNSZoneID

Type: `string`

The DNS zone identifier returned by the internal DNS service.

## IsResponseCached

Type: `bool`

Response comes from cache or not.

## Location

Type: `string`

Name of the location the DNS request is coming from. Location is created by the customer (for example, 'Office NYC').

## LocationID

Type: `string`

UUID of the location the DNS request is coming from. Location is created by the customer (for example, '7bdc7a9c-81d3-4816-8e56-000000000000').

## MatchedCategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of category that the domain was matched with the policy (for example, [7,12,28,122,129,163]).

## MatchedCategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of category that the domain was matched with the policy (for example, ['Photography', 'Weather']).

## MatchedIndicatorFeedIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of indicator feed(s) that the domain was matched with the policy (for example, [7,12]).

## MatchedIndicatorFeedNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of indicator feed(s) that the domain was matched with the policy (for example, ['Vendor Malware Feed', 'Vendor CoC Feed']).

## Policy (deprecated)

Type: `string`

Name of the policy that was applied (if any) (for example, '7bdc7a9c-81d3-4816-8e56-de1acad3dec5').

## PolicyID

Type: `string`

ID of the policy/rule that was applied (if any).

## PolicyName

Type: `string`

Name of the policy that was applied (if any).

## Protocol

Type: `string`

The protocol used for the DNS query by the client (for example, 'udp').

## QueryCategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

Union of all categories; Initial categories + Resolved IP categories + Cname intermediate categories

## QueryCategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Union of all category names; Initial categories + Resolved IP categories + Cname intermediate categories

## QueryID

Type: `string`

Globally unique identifier of the query.

## QueryIndicatorFeedIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of indicator feed(s) that the domain belongs to (for example, [7,12,28]).

## QueryIndicatorFeedNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of indicator feed(s) that the domain belongs to (for example, ['Vendor Malware Feed', 'Vendor CoC Feed', 'Vendor Phishing Feed']).

## QueryName

Type: `string`

The query name (for example, 'example.com'). Cloudflare will surface '.' for root server queries in your logs.

## QueryNameReversed

Type: `string`

Query name in reverse (for example, 'com.example'). Cloudflare will surface '.' for root server queries in your logs.

## QuerySize

Type: `int`

The size of the DNS request in bytes (for example, 151).

## QueryType

Type: `int`

The type of DNS query (for example, 1, 28, 15, or 16).

## QueryTypeName

Type: `string`

The type of DNS query (for example, 'A', 'AAAA', 'MX', or 'TXT').

## RCode

Type: `int`

The return code sent back by the DNS resolver.

## RData (deprecated)

Type: `array[object]`

The rdata objects (for example, [{"type":"5","data":"dns-packet-placeholder..."}]).

## ResolvedIPCategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

ID or IDs of category that the ips in the response belongs to (for example, [7,12,28,122,129,163]).

## ResolvedIPCategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Name or names of category that the ips in the response belongs to (for example, ['Photography', 'Weather']).

## ResolvedIPContinentCodes

Type: `array[string]`

Continent code of each resolved IP, if any (for example ['NA', 'EU']).

## ResolvedIPCountryCodes

Type: `array[string]`

Country code of each resolved IP, if any (for example ['US', 'PT']).

## ResolvedIPs

Type: `array[string]`

The resolved IPs in the response, if any (for example ['203.0.113.1', '203.0.113.2']).

## ResolverDecision

Type: `string`

Result of the DNS query (for example, 'overrideForSafeSearch').

## ResolverPolicyID

Type: `string`

Resolver policy UUID, if any matched.

## ResolverPolicyName

Type: `string`

Resolver policy name, if any matched.

## ResourceRecords

Type: `array[object]`

The rdata objects (for example, [{"type":"5","data":"dns-packet-placeholder..."}]).

## ResourceRecordsJSON

Type: `string`

String that represents the JSON array with the returned resource records (for example, '[{"name": "example.com", "type": "CNAME", "class": "IN", "ttl": 3600, "rdata": "cname.example.com."}]').

## SrcIP

Type: `string`

The source IP address making the DNS query (for example, '104.16.132.229').

## SrcIPContinentCode

Type: `string`

Continent code of the source IP address making the DNS query (for example, 'NA').

## SrcIPCountryCode

Type: `string`

Country code of the source IP address making the DNS query (for example, 'US').

## SrcPort

Type: `int`

The port used by the client when they sent the DNS request (for example, 0).

## TimeZone

Type: `string`

Time zone used to calculate the current time, if a matched rule was scheduled with it.

## TimeZoneInferredMethod

Type: `string`

Method used to pick the time zone for the schedule (from rule/ from user ip/ from local time).

## UserID

Type: `string`

User identity where the HTTP request originated from (for example, '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000').

---

# Gateway HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_http/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `gateway_http`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account tag.

## Action

Type: `string`

Action performed by gateway on the HTTP request.

## ApplicationIDs

Type: `array[int]`

IDs of the applications that matched the HTTP request parameters.

## ApplicationNames

Type: `array[string]`

Names of the applications that matched the HTTP request parameters.

## BlockedFileHash

Type: `string`

Hash of the file blocked in the response, if any.

## BlockedFileName

Type: `string`

File name blocked in the request, if any.

## BlockedFileReason

Type: `string`

Reason file was blocked in the response, if any.

## BlockedFileSize

Type: `int`

File size(bytes) blocked in the response, if any.

## BlockedFileType

Type: `string`

File type blocked in the response eg. exe, bin, if any.

## CategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

IDs of the categories that matched the HTTP request parameters.

## CategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Names of the categories that matched the HTTP request parameters.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding HTTP request was made.

## DestinationIP

Type: `string`

Destination ip of the request.

## DestinationIPContinentCode

Type: `string`

Continent code of the destination IP of the HTTP request (for example, 'NA').

## DestinationIPCountryCode

Type: `string`

Country code of the destination IP of the HTTP request (for example, 'US').

## DestinationPort

Type: `int`

Destination port of the request.

## DeviceID

Type: `string`

UUID of the device where the HTTP request originated from.

## DeviceName

Type: `string`

The name of the device where the HTTP request originated from (for example, 'Laptop MB810').

## DownloadMatchedDlpProfileEntries

Type: `array[string]`

List of matched DLP entries in the HTTP request.

## DownloadMatchedDlpProfiles

Type: `array[string]`

List of matched DLP profiles in the HTTP request.

## DownloadedFileNames

Type: `array[string]`

List of files downloaded in the HTTP request.

## Email

Type: `string`

Email used to authenticate the client.

## FileInfo

Type: `object`

Information about files detected within the HTTP request.

## ForensicCopyStatus

Type: `string`

Status of any associated forensic copies that may have been captured during the request.

## HTTPHost

Type: `string`

Content of the host header in the HTTP request.

## HTTPMethod

Type: `string`

HTTP request method.

## HTTPStatusCode

Type: `int`

HTTP status code gateway returned to the user. Zero if nothing was returned (for example, client disconnected).

## HTTPVersion

Type: `string`

Version name for the HTTP request.

## IsIsolated

Type: `bool`

If the requested was isolated with Cloudflare Browser Isolation or not.

## PolicyID

Type: `string`

The gateway policy UUID applied to the request, if any.

## PolicyName

Type: `string`

The name of the gateway policy applied to the request, if any.

## PrivateAppAUD

Type: `string`

The private app AUD, if any.

## ProxyEndpoint

Type: ``



## Quarantined

Type: `bool`

If the request content was quarantined.

## Referer

Type: `string`

Contents of the referer header in the HTTP request.

## RequestID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare request ID. This might be empty on bypass action.

## SessionID

Type: `string`

Network session ID.

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

Source ip of the request.

## SourceIPContinentCode

Type: `string`

Continent code of the source IP of the request (for example, 'NA').

## SourceIPCountryCode

Type: `string`

Country code of the source IP of the request (for example, 'US').

## SourceInternalIP

Type: `string`

Local LAN IP of the device. Only available when connected via a GRE/IPsec tunnel on-ramp.

## SourcePort

Type: `int`

Source port of the request.

## URL

Type: `string`

HTTP request URL.

## UntrustedCertificateAction

Type: `string`

Action taken when an untrusted origin certificate error occurs (for example, expired certificate, mismatched common name, invalid certificate chain, signed by non-public CA). One of <em>none</em> \| <em>block</em> \| <em>error</em> \| <em>passThrough</em>.

## UploadMatchedDlpProfileEntries

Type: `array[string]`

List of matched DLP entries in the HTTP request.

## UploadMatchedDlpProfiles

Type: `array[string]`

List of matched DLP profiles in the HTTP request.

## UploadedFileNames

Type: `array[string]`

List of files uploaded in the HTTP request.

## UserAgent

Type: `string`

Contents of the user agent header in the HTTP request.

## UserID

Type: `string`

User identity where the HTTP request originated from.

## VirtualNetworkID

Type: `string`

The identifier of the virtual network the device was connected to, if any.

## VirtualNetworkName

Type: `string`

The name of the virtual network the device was connected to, if any.

---

# Gateway Network

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/gateway_network/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `gateway_network`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account tag.

## Action

Type: `string`

Action performed by gateway on the session.

## ApplicationIDs

Type: `array[int]`

IDs of the applications that matched the session parameters.

## ApplicationNames

Type: `array[string]`

Names of the applications that matched the session parameters.

## CategoryIDs

Type: `array[int]`

IDs of the categories that matched the session parameters.

## CategoryNames

Type: `array[string]`

Names of the categories that matched the session parameters.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the corresponding network session was made (for example, '2021-07-27T00:01:07Z').

## DestinationIP

Type: `string`

Destination IP of the network session.

## DestinationIPContinentCode

Type: `string`

Continent code of the destination IP of the network session (for example, 'NA').

## DestinationIPCountryCode

Type: `string`

Country code of the destination IP of the network session (for example, 'US').

## DestinationPort

Type: `int`

Destination port of the network session.

## DetectedProtocol

Type: `string`

Detected traffic protocol of the network session.

## DeviceID

Type: `string`

UUID of the device where the network session originated from.

## DeviceName

Type: `string`

The name of the device where the HTTP request originated from (for example, 'Laptop MB810').

## Email

Type: `string`

Email associated with the user identity where the network session originated from.

## OverrideIP

Type: `string`

Overridden IP of the network session, if any.

## OverridePort

Type: `int`

Overridden port of the network session, if any.

## PolicyID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the policy/rule that was applied, if any.

## PolicyName

Type: `string`

The name of the gateway policy applied to the request, if any.

## ProxyEndpoint

Type: `string`

The proxy endpoint used on this network session, if any.

## SNI

Type: `string`

Content of the SNI for the TLS network session, if any.

## SessionID

Type: `string`

The session identifier of this network session.

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

Source IP of the network session.

## SourceIPContinentCode

Type: `string`

Continent code of the source IP of the network session (for example, 'NA').

## SourceIPCountryCode

Type: `string`

Country code of the source IP of the network session (for example, 'US').

## SourceInternalIP

Type: `string`

Local LAN IP of the device. Only available when connected via a GRE/IPsec tunnel on-ramp.

## SourcePort

Type: `int`

Source port of the network session.

## Transport (deprecated)

Type: `string`

Transport protocol used for this session. <br />Possible values are <em>tcp</em> \| <em>quic</em> \| <em>udp</em>. Deprecated, please use TransportProtocol instead.

## TransportProtocol

Type: `string`

Transport protocol used for this session. <br />Possible values are <em>tcp</em> \| <em>quic</em> \| <em>udp</em>.

## UserID

Type: `string`

User identity where the network session originated from.

## VirtualNetworkID

Type: `string`

The identifier of the virtual network the device was connected to, if any.

## VirtualNetworkName

Type: `string`

The name of the virtual network the device was connected to, if any.

---

# Magic IDS Detections

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/magic_ids_detections/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `magic_ids_detections`.

## Action

Type: `string`

What action was taken on the packet. Possible values are <em>pass</em> \| <em>block</em>.

## ColoCity

Type: `string`

The city where the detection occurred.

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

The IATA airport code corresponding to where the detection occurred.

## DestinationIP

Type: `string`

The destination IP of the packet which triggered the detection.

## DestinationPort

Type: `int`

The destination port of the packet which triggered the detection. It is set to 0 if the protocol field is set to <em>any</em>.

## Protocol

Type: `string`

The layer 4 protocol of the packet which triggered the detection. Possible values are <em>tcp</em> \| <em>udp</em> \| <em>any</em>. Variant <em>any</em> means a detection occurred at a lower layer (such as IP).

## SignatureID

Type: `int`

The signature ID of the detection.

## SignatureMessage

Type: `string`

The signature message of the detection. Describes what the packet is attempting to do.

## SignatureRevision

Type: `int`

The signature revision of the detection.

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

The source IP of packet which triggered the detection.

## SourcePort

Type: `int`

The source port of the packet which triggered the detection. It is set to 0 if the protocol field is set to <em>any</em>.

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

A timestamp of when the detection occurred.

---

# Account-scoped datasets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/

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---

# Network Analytics Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/network_analytics_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `network_analytics_logs`.

## AttackCampaignID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the attack campaign that this packet was a part of, if any.

## AttackID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the mitigation that matched the packet, if any.

## AttackVector

Type: `string`

Descriptive name of the type of attack that this packet was a part of, if any. Only for packets matching rules contained within the Cloudflare L3/4 managed ruleset.

## ColoCity

Type: `string`

The city where the Cloudflare datacenter that received the packet is located.

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

The Cloudflare datacenter that received the packet (nearest IATA airport code).

## ColoCountry

Type: `string`

The country where the Cloudflare datacenter that received the packet is located (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).

## ColoGeoHash

Type: `string`

The latitude and longitude where the colo that received the packet is located (Geohash encoding).

## ColoName

Type: `string`

The unique site identifier of the Cloudflare datacenter that received the packet (for example, 'ams01', 'sjc01', 'lhr01').

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the event occurred at the edge.

## DestinationASN

Type: `int`

The ASN associated with the destination IP of the packet.

## DestinationASNName

Type: `string`

The name of the ASN associated with the destination IP of the packet.

## DestinationCountry

Type: `string`

The country where the destination IP of the packet is located (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).

## DestinationGeoHash

Type: `string`

The latitude and longitude where the destination IP of the packet is located (Geohash encoding).

## DestinationPort

Type: `int`

Value of the Destination Port header field in the TCP or UDP packet.

## Direction

Type: `string`

The direction in relation to customer network. <br />Possible values are <em>ingress</em> \| <em>egress</em>.

## GREChecksum

Type: `int`

Value of the Checksum header field in the GRE packet.

## GREEtherType

Type: `int`

Value of the EtherType header field in the GRE packet.

## GREHeaderLength

Type: `int`

Length of the GRE packet header, in bytes.

## GREKey

Type: `int`

Value of the Key header field in the GRE packet.

## GRESequenceNumber

Type: `int`

Value of the Sequence Number header field in the GRE packet.

## GREVersion

Type: `int`

Value of the Version header field in the GRE packet.

## ICMPChecksum

Type: `int`

Value of the Checksum header field in the ICMP packet.

## ICMPCode

Type: `int`

Value of the Code header field in the ICMP packet.

## ICMPType

Type: `int`

Value of the Type header field in the ICMP packet.

## IPDestinationAddress

Type: `string`

Value of the Destination Address header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPDestinationSubnet

Type: `string`

Computed subnet of the Destination Address header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet (/24 for IPv4; /64 for IPv6).

## IPFragmentOffset

Type: `int`

Value of the Fragment Offset header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPHeaderLength

Type: `int`

Length of the IPv4 or IPv6 packet header, in bytes.

## IPMoreFragments

Type: `int`

Value of the More Fragments header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPProtocol

Type: `int`

Value of the Protocol header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPProtocolName

Type: `string`

Name of the protocol specified by the Protocol header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPSourceAddress

Type: `string`

Value of the Source Address header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet.

## IPSourceSubnet

Type: `string`

Computed subnet of the Source Address header field in the IPv4 or IPv6 packet (/24 for IPv4; /64 for IPv6).

## IPTTL

Type: `int`

Value of the TTL header field in the IPv4 packet or the Hop Limit header field in the IPv6 packet.

## IPTTLBuckets

Type: `int`

Value of the TTL header field in the IPv4 packet or the Hop Limit header field in the IPv6 packet, with the last digit truncated.

## IPTotalLength

Type: `int`

Total length of the IPv4 or IPv6 packet, in bytes.

## IPTotalLengthBuckets

Type: `int`

Total length of the IPv4 or IPv6 packet, in bytes, with the last two digits truncated.

## IPv4Checksum

Type: `int`

Value of the Checksum header field in the IPv4 packet.

## IPv4DSCP

Type: `int`

Value of the Differentiated Services Code Point header field in the IPv4 packet.

## IPv4DontFragment

Type: `int`

Value of the Don't Fragment header field in the IPv4 packet.

## IPv4ECN

Type: `int`

Value of the Explicit Congestion Notification header field in the IPv4 packet.

## IPv4Identification

Type: `int`

Value of the Identification header field in the IPv4 packet.

## IPv4Options

Type: `string`

List of Options numbers included in the IPv4 packet header.

## IPv6DSCP

Type: `int`

Value of the Differentiated Services Code Point header field in the IPv6 packet.

## IPv6ECN

Type: `int`

Value of the Explicit Congestion Notification header field in the IPv6 packet.

## IPv6ExtensionHeaders

Type: `string`

List of Extension Header numbers included in the IPv6 packet header.

## IPv6FlowLabel

Type: `int`

Value of the Flow Label header field in the IPv6 packet.

## IPv6Identification

Type: `int`

Value of the Identification extension header field in the IPv6 packet.

## MitigationReason

Type: `string`

Reason for applying a mitigation to the packet, if any. <br />Possible values are <em>BLOCKED</em> \| <em>RATE_LIMITED</em> \|<em>UNEXPECTED</em> \| <em>CHALLENGE_NEEDED</em> \| <em>CHALLENGE_PASSED</em> \| <em>NOT_FOUND</em> \| <em>OUT_OF_SEQUENCE</em> \| <em>ALREADY_CLOSED</em>.

## MitigationScope

Type: `string`

Whether the packet matched a local or global mitigation, if any. <br />Possible values are <em>local</em> \| <em>global</em>.

## MitigationSystem

Type: `string`

Which Cloudflare system sampled the packet. <br />Possible values are <em>dosd</em> \| <em>flowtrackd</em> \| <em>magic-firewall</em>.

## Outcome

Type: `string`

The action that Cloudflare systems took on the packet. <br />Possible values are <em>pass</em> \| <em>drop</em>.

## ProtocolState

Type: `string`

State of the packet in the context of the protocol, if any. <br />Possible values are <em>OPEN</em> \| <em>NEW</em> \| <em>CLOSING</em> \| <em>CLOSED</em>.

## RuleID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the rule contained within the Cloudflare L3/4 managed ruleset that this packet matched, if any.

## RuleName

Type: `string`

Human-readable name of the rule contained within the Cloudflare L3/4 managed ruleset that this packet matched, if any.

## RulesetID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the Cloudflare L3/4 managed ruleset containing the rule that this packet matched, if any. <br />Possible values are <em>3b64149bfa6e4220bbbc2bd6db589552</em>.

## RulesetOverrideID

Type: `string`

Unique identifier of the rule within the accounts root ddos_l4 phase ruleset which resulted in an override of the default sensitivity or action being applied/evaluated, if any.

## SampleInterval

Type: `int`

The sample interval is the inverse of the sample rate. For example, a sample interval of 1000 means that this packet was randomly sampled from 1 in 1000 packets. Sample rates are dynamic and based on the volume of traffic.

## SourceASN

Type: `int`

The ASN associated with the source IP of the packet.

## SourceASNName

Type: `string`

The name of the ASN associated with the source IP of the packet.

## SourceCountry

Type: `string`

The country where the source IP of the packet is located (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).

## SourceGeoHash

Type: `string`

The latitude and longitude where the source IP of the packet is located (Geohash encoding).

## SourcePort

Type: `int`

Value of the Source Port header field in the TCP or UDP packet.

## TCPAcknowledgementNumber

Type: `int`

Value of the Acknowledgement Number header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPChecksum

Type: `int`

Value of the Checksum header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPDataOffset

Type: `int`

Value of the Data Offset header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPFlags

Type: `int`

Value of the Flags header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPFlagsString

Type: `string`

Human-readable string representation of the Flags header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPMSS

Type: `int`

Value of the MSS option header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPOptions

Type: `string`

List of Options numbers included in the TCP packet header.

## TCPSACKBlocks

Type: `string`

List of the SACK Blocks option header in the TCP packet.

## TCPSACKPermitted

Type: `int`

Value of the SACK Permitted option header in the TCP packet.

## TCPSequenceNumber

Type: `int`

Value of the Sequence Number header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPTimestampECR

Type: `int`

Value of the Timestamp Echo Reply option header in the TCP packet.

## TCPTimestampValue

Type: `int`

Value of the Timestamp option header in the TCP packet.

## TCPUrgentPointer

Type: `int`

Value of the Urgent Pointer header field in the TCP packet.

## TCPWindowScale

Type: `int`

Value of the Window Scale option header in the TCP packet.

## TCPWindowSize

Type: `int`

Value of the Window Size header field in the TCP packet.

## UDPChecksum

Type: `int`

Value of the Checksum header field in the UDP packet.

## UDPPayloadLength

Type: `int`

Value of the Payload Length header field in the UDP packet.

## Verdict

Type: `string`

The action that Cloudflare systems think should be taken on the packet. <br />Possible values are <em>pass</em> \| <em>drop</em>.

---

# Sinkhole HTTP Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/sinkhole_http_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `sinkhole_http_logs`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

The Account ID.

## Body

Type: `string`

The request body.

## BodyLength

Type: `int`

The length of request body.

## DestAddr

Type: `string`

The destination IP address of the request.

## Headers

Type: `string`

The request headers. If a header has multiple values, the values are comma separated. Each header is separated by the escaped newline character (\n).

## Host

Type: `string`

The host the request was sent to.

## Method

Type: `string`

The request method.

## Password

Type: `string`

The request password.

## R2Path

Type: `string`

The path to the object within the R2 bucket linked to this sinkhole that stores overflow body and header data. Blank if neither headers nor body was larger than 256 bytes.

## Referrer

Type: `string`

The referrer of the request.

## SinkholeID

Type: `string`

The ID of the Sinkhole that logged the HTTP Request.

## SrcAddr

Type: `string`

The sender's IP address.

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the sinkhole HTTP request was logged.

## URI

Type: `string`

The request Uniform Resource Identifier.

## URL

Type: `string`

The request Uniform Resource Locator.

## UserAgent

Type: `string`

The request user agent.

## Username

Type: `string`

The request username.

---

# SSH Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/ssh_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `ssh_logs`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account ID.

## ClientAddress

Type: `string`

The source address of the SSH command.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp in UTC of when this message is being sent.

## Error

Type: `string`

An SSH error. Only used if an error has occurred.

## PTY

Type: `string`

This is used by certain programs types to synchronize local and remote SSH terminal state.

## Payload

Type: `string`

The captured request/response data, in asciicast v2 format. This includes the command associated with the 'exec' program type.

## ProgramFinishDatetime

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp in UTC of the SSH program termination. This is empty until the program ends.

## ProgramID

Type: `string`

The SSH program ID. A single SSH session can have multiple programs running.

## ProgramStartDatetime

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp in UTC of the SSH program creation.

## ProgramType

Type: `string`

The SSH program being run. The options are 'shell': opens an interactive terminal, 'exec': execute a single specified command, 'x11': is for an interactive graphical environment, 'direct-tcpip': direct tunneling, 'forwarded-tcpip': reverse tunneling.

## ServerAddress

Type: `string`

The destination address for the SSH session.

## SessionFinishDatetime

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp in UTC of the SSH session termination. This is empty until the session ends.

## SessionID

Type: `string`

SSH session ID.

## SessionStartDatetime

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp in UTC of the SSH session creation.

## TargetID

Type: `string`

The identifier of the target being accessed.

## UserEmail

Type: `string`

User email address.

## UserID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare user ID.

## Username

Type: `string`

The principal user being accessed on SSH server's machine. This will be empty if an error was thrown when establishing the connection.

---

# Workers Trace Events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/workers_trace_events/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `workers_trace_events`.

## DispatchNamespace

Type: `string`

The Cloudflare Worker dispatch namespace.

## Entrypoint

Type: `string`

The name of the entrypoint class in which the Worker began execution.

## Event

Type: `object`

Details about the source event.

## EventTimestampMs

Type: `int`

The timestamp of when the event was received, in milliseconds.

## EventType

Type: `string`

The event type that triggered the invocation. <br />Possible values are <em>fetch</em>.

## Exceptions

Type: `array[object]`

List of uncaught exceptions during the invocation.

## Logs

Type: `array[object]`

List of console messages emitted during the invocation.

## Outcome

Type: `string`

The outcome of the worker script invocation. <br />Possible values are <em>ok</em> \| <em>exception</em>.

## ScriptName

Type: `string`

The Cloudflare Worker script name.

## ScriptTags

Type: `array[string]`

A list of user-defined tags used to categorize the Worker.

## ScriptVersion

Type: `object`

The version of the script that was invoked.

---

# Zero Trust Network Session Logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/account/zero_trust_network_sessions/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `zero_trust_network_sessions`.

## AccountID

Type: `string`

Cloudflare account ID.

## BytesReceived

Type: `int`

The number of bytes sent from the origin to the client during the network session.

## BytesSent

Type: `int`

The number of bytes sent from the client to the origin during the network session.

## ClientTCPHandshakeDurationMs

Type: `int`

Duration of handshaking the TCP connection between the client and Cloudflare in milliseconds.

## ClientTLSCipher

Type: `string`

TLS cipher suite used in the connection between the client and Cloudflare.

## ClientTLSHandshakeDurationMs

Type: `int`

Duration of handshaking the TLS connection between the client and Cloudflare in milliseconds.

## ClientTLSVersion

Type: `string`

TLS protocol version used in the connection between the client and Cloudflare.

## ConnectionCloseReason

Type: `string`

The reason for closing the connection, only applicable for TCP. <br />Possible values are <em>CLIENT_CLOSED</em> \| <em>CLIENT_IDLE_TIMEOUT</em> \| <em>CLIENT_TLS_ERROR</em> \| <em>CLIENT_ERROR</em> \| <em>ORIGIN_CLOSED</em> \| <em>ORIGIN_TLS_ERROR</em> \| <em>ORIGIN_ERROR</em> \| <em>ORIGIN_UNREACHABLE</em> \| <em>ORIGIN_UNROUTABLE</em> \| <em>PROXY_CONN_REFUSED</em> \| <em>UNKNOWN</em> \| <em>MISMATCHED_IP_VERSIONS</em> \| <em>TOO_MANY_ACTIVE_SESSIONS_FOR_ACCOUNT</em> \| <em>TOO_MANY_ACTIVE_SESSIONS_FOR_USER</em> \| <em>TOO_MANY_NEW_SESSIONS_FOR_ACCOUNT</em> \| <em>TOO_MANY_NEW_SESSIONS_FOR_USER</em>.

## ConnectionReuse

Type: `bool`

Whether the TCP connection was reused for multiple HTTP requests.

## DestinationTunnelID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the Cloudflare One connector to which the network session was routed to, if any, such as Cloudflare Tunnel or WARP device.

## DetectedProtocol

Type: `string`

Detected traffic protocol of the network session.

## DeviceID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the client device which initiated the network session, if applicable, (for example, WARP Device ID).

## DeviceName

Type: `string`

Name of the client device which initiated the network session, if applicable, (for example, WARP Device ID).

## EgressColoName

Type: `string`

The name of the Cloudflare colo from which traffic egressed to the origin.

## EgressIP

Type: `string`

Source IP used when egressing traffic from Cloudflare to the origin.

## EgressPort

Type: `int`

Source port used when egressing traffic from Cloudflare to the origin.

## EgressRuleID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the egress rule that was applied by the Secure Web Gateway, if any.

## EgressRuleName

Type: `string`

The name of the egress rule that was applied by the Secure Web Gateway, if any.

## Email

Type: `string`

Email address associated with the user identity which initiated the network session.

## IngressColoName

Type: `string`

The name of the Cloudflare colo to which traffic ingressed.

## Offramp

Type: `string`

The type of destination to which the network session was routed. <br />Possible values are <em>INTERNET</em> \| <em>MAGIC</em> \| <em>CFD_TUNNEL</em> \| <em>WARP</em>.

## OriginIP

Type: `string`

The IP of the destination ("origin") for the network session.

## OriginPort

Type: `int`

The port of the destination origin for the network session.

## OriginTLSCertificateIssuer

Type: `string`

The issuer of the origin TLS certificate.

## OriginTLSCertificateValidationResult

Type: `string`

The result of validating the TLS certificate of the origin. <br />Possible values are <em>VALID</em> \| <em>EXPIRED</em> \| <em>REVOKED</em> \| <em>HOSTNAME_MISMATCH</em> \| <em>NONE</em> \| <em>UNKNOWN</em>.

## OriginTLSCipher

Type: `string`

TLS cipher suite used in the connection between Cloudflare and the origin.

## OriginTLSHandshakeDurationMs

Type: `int`

Duration of handshaking the TLS connection between Cloudflare and the origin in milliseconds.

## OriginTLSVersion

Type: `string`

TLS protocol version used in the connection between Cloudflare and the origin.

## Protocol

Type: `string`

Network protocol used for this network session. <br />Possible values are <em>TCP</em> \| <em>UDP</em> \| <em>ICMP</em> \| <em>ICMPV6</em>.

## RuleEvaluationDurationMs

Type: `int`

The duration taken by Secure Web Gateway applying applicable Network, HTTP, and Egress rules to the network session in milliseconds.

## SessionEndTime

Type: `int or string`

The network session end timestamp with nanosecond precision.

## SessionID

Type: `string`

The identifier of this network session.

## SessionStartTime

Type: `int or string`

The network session start timestamp with nanosecond precision.

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

Source IP of the network session.

## SourceInternalIP

Type: `string`

Local LAN IP of the device. Only available when connected via a GRE/IPsec tunnel on-ramp.

## SourcePort

Type: `int`

Source port of the network session.

## UserID

Type: `string`

User identity where the network session originated from. Only applicable for WARP device clients.

## VirtualNetworkID

Type: `string`

Identifier of the virtual network configured for the client.

---

# DNS logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/dns_logs/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `dns_logs`.

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

IATA airport code of data center that received the request.

## EDNSSubnet

Type: `string`

IPv4 or IPv6 address information corresponding to the [EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)](/glossary/?term=ecs) forwarded by recursive resolvers. Not all resolvers send this information.

## EDNSSubnetLength

Type: `int`

Size of the [EDNS Client Subnet (ECS)](/glossary/?term=ecs) in bits. For example, if the last octet of an IPv4 address is omitted (`192.0.2.x.`), the subnet length will be 24.

## QueryName

Type: `string`

Name of the query that was sent.

## QueryType

Type: `int`

Integer value of query type. For more information refer to [Query type](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-4).

## ResponseCached

Type: `bool`

Whether the response was cached or not.

## ResponseCode

Type: `int`

Integer value of response code. For more information refer to  [Response code](https://www.iana.org/assignments/dns-parameters/dns-parameters.xhtml#dns-parameters-6).

## SourceIP

Type: `string`

IP address of the client (IPv4 or IPv6).

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the query occurred.

---

# Firewall events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/firewall_events/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `firewall_events`.

## Action

Type: `string`

The code of the first-class action the Cloudflare Firewall took on this request. <br />Possible actions are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>allow</em> \| <em>block</em> \| <em>challenge</em> \| <em>jschallenge</em> \| <em>log</em> \| <em>connectionclose</em> \| <em>challengesolved</em> \| <em>challengebypassed</em> \| <em>jschallengesolved</em> \| <em>jschallengebypassed</em> \| <em>bypass</em> \| <em>managedchallenge</em> \| <em>managedchallengenoninteractivesolved</em> \| <em>managedchallengeinteractivesolved</em> \| <em>managedchallengebypassed</em>.

## ClientASN

Type: `int`

The ASN number of the visitor.

## ClientASNDescription

Type: `string`

The ASN of the visitor as string.

## ClientCountry

Type: `string`

Country from which request originated.

## ClientIP

Type: `string`

The visitor's IP address (IPv4 or IPv6).

## ClientIPClass

Type: `string`

The classification of the visitor's IP address, possible values are: <em>unknown</em> \| <em>badHost</em> \| <em>searchEngine</em> \| <em>allowlist</em> \| <em>monitoringService</em> \| <em>noRecord</em> \| <em>scan</em> \| <em>tor</em>.

## ClientRefererHost

Type: `string`

The referer host.

## ClientRefererPath

Type: `string`

The referer path requested by visitor.

## ClientRefererQuery

Type: `string`

The referer query-string was requested by the visitor.

## ClientRefererScheme

Type: `string`

The referer URL scheme requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestHost

Type: `string`

The HTTP hostname requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestMethod

Type: `string`

The HTTP method used by the visitor.

## ClientRequestPath

Type: `string`

The path requested by visitor.

## ClientRequestProtocol

Type: `string`

The version of HTTP protocol requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestQuery

Type: `string`

The query-string was requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestScheme

Type: `string`

The URL scheme requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestUserAgent

Type: `string`

Visitor's user-agent string.

## ContentScanObjResults

Type: `array[string]`

List of content scan results.

## ContentScanObjSizes

Type: `array[int]`

List of content object sizes.

## ContentScanObjTypes

Type: `array[string]`

List of content types.

## Datetime

Type: `int or string`

The date and time the event occurred at the edge.

## Description

Type: `string`

The description of the rule triggered by this request.

## EdgeColoCode

Type: `string`

The airport code of the Cloudflare datacenter that served this request.

## EdgeResponseStatus

Type: `int`

HTTP response status code returned to browser.

## Kind

Type: `string`

The kind of event, currently only possible values are: <em>firewall</em>.

## LeakedCredentialCheckResult

Type: `string`

Result of the check for [leaked credentials](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/). <br />Possible results are: <em>password_leaked</em> \| <em>username_and_password_leaked</em> \| <em>username_password_similar</em> \| <em>username_leaked</em> \| <em>clean</em>.

## MatchIndex

Type: `int`

Rules match index in the chain. The last matching rule will have MatchIndex <em>0</em>. If another rule matched before the last one, it will have MatchIndex <em>1</em>. The same applies to any other matching rules, which will have a MatchIndex value of <em>2</em>, <em>3</em>, and so on.

## Metadata

Type: `object`

Additional product-specific information. Metadata is organized in key:value pairs. Key and Value formats can vary by Cloudflare security product and can change over time.

## OriginResponseStatus

Type: `int`

HTTP origin response status code returned to browser.

## OriginatorRayID

Type: `string`

The RayID of the request that issued the challenge/jschallenge.

## RayID

Type: `string`

The RayID of the request.

## Ref

Type: `string`

The user-defined identifier for the rule triggered by this request. Use refs to label your rules individually alongside the Cloudflare-provided RuleID. You can set refs via the [Rulesets API](/ruleset-engine/rulesets-api/) for some security products.

## RuleID

Type: `string`

The Cloudflare security product-specific RuleID triggered by this request.

## Source

Type: `string`

The Cloudflare security product triggered by this request. <br />Possible sources are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>asn</em> \| <em>country</em> \| <em>ip</em> \| <em>iprange</em> \| <em>securitylevel</em> \| <em>zonelockdown</em> \| <em>waf</em> \| <em>firewallrules</em> \| <em>uablock</em> \| <em>ratelimit</em> \| <em>bic</em> \| <em>hot</em> \| <em>l7ddos</em> \| <em>validation</em> \| <em>botfight</em> \| <em>apishield</em> \| <em>botmanagement</em> \| <em>dlp</em> \| <em>firewallmanaged</em> \| <em>firewallcustom</em> \| <em>apishieldschemavalidation</em> \| <em>apishieldtokenvalidation</em> \| <em>apishieldsequencemitigation</em>.

---

# HTTP requests

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/http_requests/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `http_requests`.

## BotDetectionIDs

Type: `array[int]`

List of IDs that correlate to the Bot Management Heuristic detections made on a request. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## BotDetectionTags

Type: `array[string]`

List of tags that correlate to the Bot Management Heuristic detections made on a request. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## BotScore

Type: `int`

Cloudflare Bot Score. Scores below 30 are commonly associated with automated traffic. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## BotScoreSrc

Type: `string`

Detection engine responsible for generating the Bot Score. <br />Possible values are <em>Not Computed</em> \| <em>Heuristics</em> \| <em>Machine Learning</em> \| <em>Behavioral Analysis</em> \| <em>Verified Bot</em> \| <em>JS Fingerprinting</em> \| <em>Cloudflare Service</em>. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## BotTags

Type: `array[string]`

Type of bot traffic (if available). Refer to [Bot Tags](/bots/concepts/cloudflare-bot-tags/) for the list of potential values. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## CacheCacheStatus

Type: `string`

Cache status. <br />Possible values are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>miss</em> \| <em>expired</em> \| <em>updating</em> \| <em>stale</em> \| <em>hit</em> \| <em>ignored</em> \| <em>bypass</em> \| <em>revalidated</em> \| <em>dynamic</em> \| <em>stream_hit</em> \| <em>deferred</em> <br />"dynamic" means that a request is not eligible for cache. This can mean, for example that it was blocked by the firewall. Refer to [Cloudflare cache responses](/cache/concepts/cache-responses/) for more details.

## CacheReserveUsed

Type: `bool`

Cache Reserve was used to serve this request.

## CacheResponseBytes

Type: `int`

Number of bytes returned by the cache.

## CacheResponseStatus (deprecated)

Type: `int`

HTTP status code returned by the cache to the edge. All requests (including non-cacheable ones) go through the cache. Refer also to CacheCacheStatus field.

## CacheTieredFill

Type: `bool`

Tiered Cache was used to serve this request.

## ClientASN

Type: `int`

Client AS number.

## ClientCity

Type: `string`

Approximate city of the client.

## ClientCountry

Type: `string`

2-letter ISO-3166 country code of the client IP address.

## ClientDeviceType

Type: `string`

Client device type.

## ClientIP

Type: `string`

IP address of the client.

## ClientIPClass

Type: `string`

Client IP class. <br />Possible values are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>badHost</em> \| <em>searchEngine</em> \| <em>allowlist</em> \| <em>monitoringService</em> \| <em>noRecord</em> \| <em>scan</em> \| <em>tor</em>.

## ClientLatitude

Type: `string`

Approximate latitude of the client.

## ClientLongitude

Type: `string`

Approximate longitude of the client.

## ClientMTLSAuthCertFingerprint

Type: `string`

The SHA256 fingerprint of the certificate presented by the client during mTLS authentication. Only populated on the first request on an mTLS connection.

## ClientMTLSAuthStatus

Type: `string`

The status of mTLS authentication. Only populated on the first request on an mTLS connection. <br />Possible values are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>ok</em> \| <em>absent</em> \| <em>untrusted</em> \| <em>notyetvalid</em> \| <em>expired</em>.

## ClientRegionCode

Type: `string`

The ISO-3166-2 region code of the client IP address.

## ClientRequestBytes

Type: `int`

Number of bytes in the client request.

## ClientRequestHost

Type: `string`

Host requested by the client.

## ClientRequestMethod

Type: `string`

HTTP method of client request.

## ClientRequestPath

Type: `string`

URI path requested by the client.

## ClientRequestProtocol

Type: `string`

HTTP protocol of client request.

## ClientRequestReferer

Type: `string`

HTTP request referrer.

## ClientRequestScheme

Type: `string`

The URL scheme requested by the visitor.

## ClientRequestSource

Type: `string`

Identifies requests as coming from an external source or another service within Cloudflare. Refer to [ClientRequestSource field](/logs/reference/clientrequestsource/) for the list of potential values.

## ClientRequestURI

Type: `string`

URI requested by the client.

## ClientRequestUserAgent

Type: `string`

User agent reported by the client.

## ClientSSLCipher

Type: `string`

Client SSL cipher.

## ClientSSLProtocol

Type: `string`

Client SSL (TLS) protocol. The value "none" means that SSL was not used.

## ClientSrcPort

Type: `int`

Client source port.

## ClientTCPRTTMs

Type: `int`

The smoothed average of TCP round-trip time (SRTT). For the initial request on a connection, this is measured only during connection setup. For a subsequent request on the same connection, it is measured over the entire connection lifetime up until the time that request is received.

## ClientXRequestedWith

Type: `string`

X-Requested-With HTTP header.

## ContentScanObjResults

Type: `array[string]`

List of content scan results.

## ContentScanObjSizes

Type: `array[int]`

List of content object sizes.

## ContentScanObjTypes

Type: `array[string]`

List of content types.

## Cookies

Type: `object`

String key-value pairs for Cookies. This field is populated based on [Logpush Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/), which need to be configured.

## EdgeCFConnectingO2O

Type: `bool`

True if the request looped through multiple zones on the Cloudflare edge. This is considered an orange to orange (o2o) request.

## EdgeColoCode

Type: `string`

IATA airport code of data center that received the request.

## EdgeColoID

Type: `int`

Cloudflare edge colo id.

## EdgeEndTimestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the edge finished sending response to the client.

## EdgePathingOp

Type: `string`

Indicates what type of response was issued for this request (unknown = no specific action).

## EdgePathingSrc

Type: `string`

Details how the request was classified based on security checks (unknown = no specific classification).

## EdgePathingStatus

Type: `string`

Indicates what data was used to determine the handling of this request (unknown = no data).

## EdgeRequestHost

Type: `string`

Host header on the request from the edge to the origin.

## EdgeResponseBodyBytes

Type: `int`

Size of the HTTP response body returned to clients.

## EdgeResponseBytes

Type: `int`

Number of bytes returned by the edge to the client.

## EdgeResponseCompressionRatio

Type: `float`

The edge response compression ratio is calculated as the ratio between the sizes of the original and compressed responses.

## EdgeResponseContentType

Type: `string`

Edge response Content-Type header value.

## EdgeResponseStatus

Type: `int`

HTTP status code returned by Cloudflare to the client.

## EdgeServerIP

Type: `string`

IP of the edge server making a request to the origin. Possible responses are string in IPv4 or IPv6 format, or empty string. Empty string means that there was no request made to the origin server.

## EdgeStartTimestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the edge received request from the client.

## EdgeTimeToFirstByteMs

Type: `int`

Total view of Time To First Byte as measured at Cloudflare's edge. Starts after a TCP connection is established and ends when Cloudflare begins returning the first byte of a response to eyeballs. Includes TLS handshake time (for new connections) and origin response time.

## JA3Hash

Type: `string`

The MD5 hash of the JA3 fingerprint used to profile SSL/TLS clients. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## JA4

Type: `string`

The JA4 fingerprint used to profile SSL/TLS clients. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## JA4Signals

Type: `object`

Inter-request statistics computed for this JA4 fingerprint. JA4Signals field is organized in key:value pairs, where values are numbers. Available only for Bot Management customers. To enable this feature, contact your account team.

## LeakedCredentialCheckResult

Type: `string`

Result of the check for [leaked credentials](/waf/detections/leaked-credentials/). <br />Possible results are: <em>password_leaked</em> \| <em>username_and_password_leaked</em> \| <em>username_password_similar</em> \| <em>username_leaked</em> \| <em>clean</em>.

## OriginDNSResponseTimeMs

Type: `int`

Time taken to receive a DNS response for an origin name. Usually takes a few milliseconds, but may be longer if a CNAME record is used.

## OriginIP

Type: `string`

IP of the origin server.

## OriginRequestHeaderSendDurationMs

Type: `int`

Time taken to send request headers to origin after establishing a connection. Note that this value is usually 0.

## OriginResponseBytes (deprecated)

Type: `int`

Number of bytes returned by the origin server.

## OriginResponseDurationMs

Type: `int`

Upstream response time, measured from the first datacenter that receives a request. Includes time taken by Argo Smart Routing and Tiered Cache, plus time to connect and receive a response from origin servers. This field replaces OriginResponseTime.

## OriginResponseHTTPExpires

Type: `string`

Value of the origin 'expires' header in RFC1123 format.

## OriginResponseHTTPLastModified

Type: `string`

Value of the origin 'last-modified' header in RFC1123 format.

## OriginResponseHeaderReceiveDurationMs

Type: `int`

Time taken for origin to return response headers after Cloudflare finishes sending request headers.

## OriginResponseStatus

Type: `int`

Status returned by the upstream server. The value 0 means that there was no request made to the origin server and the response was served by Cloudflare's Edge. However, if the zone has a Worker running on it, the value 0 could be the result of a Workers subrequest made to the origin.

## OriginResponseTime (deprecated)

Type: `int`

Number of nanoseconds it took the origin to return the response to edge.

## OriginSSLProtocol

Type: `string`

SSL (TLS) protocol used to connect to the origin.

## OriginTCPHandshakeDurationMs

Type: `int`

Time taken to complete TCP handshake with origin. This will be 0 if an origin connection is reused.

## OriginTLSHandshakeDurationMs

Type: `int`

Time taken to complete TLS handshake with origin. This will be 0 if an origin connection is reused.

## ParentRayID

Type: `string`

Ray ID of the parent request if this request was made using a Worker script.

## RayID

Type: `string`

ID of the request.

## RequestHeaders

Type: `object`

String key-value pairs for RequestHeaders. This field is populated based on [Logpush Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/), which need to be configured.

## ResponseHeaders

Type: `object`

String key-value pairs for ResponseHeaders. This field is populated based on [Logpush Custom fields](/logs/reference/custom-fields/), which need to be configured.

## SecurityAction

Type: `string`

Action of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any.

## SecurityActions

Type: `array[string]`

Array of actions the Cloudflare security products performed on this request. The individual security products associated with this action can be found in SecuritySources and their respective rule Ids can be found in SecurityRuleIDs. The length of the array is the same as SecurityRuleIDs and SecuritySources. <br />Possible actions are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>allow</em> \| <em>block</em> \| <em>challenge</em> \| <em>jschallenge</em> \| <em>log</em> \| <em>connectionClose</em> \| <em>challengeSolved</em> \| <em>challengeBypassed</em> \| <em>jschallengeSolved</em> \| <em>jschallengeBypassed</em> \| <em>bypass</em> \| <em>managedChallenge</em> \| <em>managedChallengeNonInteractiveSolved</em> \| <em>managedChallengeInteractiveSolved</em> \| <em>managedChallengeBypassed</em> \| <em>rewrite</em> \| <em>forceConnectionClose</em> \| <em>skip</em>.

## SecurityRuleDescription

Type: `string`

Description of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any.

## SecurityRuleID

Type: `string`

Rule ID of the security rule that triggered a terminating action, if any.

## SecurityRuleIDs

Type: `array[string]`

Array of rule IDs of the security product that matched the request. The security product associated with the rule ID can be found in SecuritySources. The length of the array is the same as SecurityActions and SecuritySources.

## SecuritySources

Type: `array[string]`

Array of security products that matched the request. The same product can appear multiple times, which indicates different rules or actions that were activated. The rule IDs can be found in SecurityRuleIDs, and the actions can be found in SecurityActions. The length of the array is the same as SecurityRuleIDs and SecurityActions. <br />Possible sources are <em>unknown</em> \| <em>asn</em> \| <em>country</em> \| <em>ip</em> \| <em>ipRange</em> \| <em>securityLevel</em> \| <em>zoneLockdown</em> \| <em>waf</em> \| <em>firewallRules</em> \| <em>uaBlock</em> \| <em>rateLimit</em> \| <em>bic</em> \| <em>hot</em> \| <em>l7ddos</em> \| <em>validation</em> \| <em>botFight</em> \| <em>apiShield</em> \| <em>botManagement</em> \| <em>dlp</em> \| <em>firewallManaged</em> \| <em>firewallCustom</em> \| <em>apiShieldSchemaValidation</em> \| <em>apiShieldTokenValidation</em> \| <em>apiShieldSequenceMitigation</em>.

## SmartRouteColoID

Type: `int`

The Cloudflare datacenter used to connect to the origin server if Argo Smart Routing is used.

## UpperTierColoID

Type: `int`

The "upper tier" datacenter that was checked for a cached copy if Tiered Cache is used.

## WAFAttackScore

Type: `int`

Overall request score generated by the WAF detection module.

## WAFFlags (deprecated)

Type: `string`

Additional configuration flags: <em>simulate (0x1)</em> \| <em>null</em>.

## WAFMatchedVar (deprecated)

Type: `string`

The full name of the most-recently matched variable.

## WAFRCEAttackScore

Type: `int`

WAF score for an RCE attack.

## WAFSQLiAttackScore

Type: `int`

WAF score for an SQLi attack.

## WAFXSSAttackScore

Type: `int`

WAF score for an XSS attack.

## WorkerCPUTime

Type: `int`

Amount of time in microseconds spent executing a worker, if any.

## WorkerStatus

Type: `string`

Status returned from worker daemon.

## WorkerSubrequest

Type: `bool`

Whether or not this request was a worker subrequest.

## WorkerSubrequestCount

Type: `int`

Number of subrequests issued by a worker when handling this request.

## WorkerWallTimeUs

Type: `int`

The elapsed time in microseconds between the start of a Worker invocation, and when the Workers Runtime determines that no more JavaScript needs to run. Specifically, this measures the wall-clock time that the JavaScript context remained open. For example, when returning a response with a large body, the Workers runtime can, in some cases, determine that no more JavaScript needs to run, and closes the JS context before all the bytes have passed through and been sent. Alternatively, if you use the `waitUntil()` API to perform work without blocking the return of a response, this work may continue executing after the response has been returned, and will be included in `WorkerWallTimeUs`.

## ZoneName

Type: `string`

The human-readable name of the zone (e.g. 'cloudflare.com').

---

# Zone-scoped datasets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Page Shield events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/page_shield_events/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `page_shield_events`.

## Action

Type: `string`

The action which was taken against the violation. <br />Possible values are <em>log</em> \| <em>allow</em>.

## CSPDirective

Type: `string`

The violated directive in the report.

## Host

Type: `string`

The host where the resource was seen on.

## PageURL

Type: `string`

The page URL the violation was seen on.

## PolicyID

Type: `string`

The ID of the policy which was violated.

## ResourceType

Type: `string`

The resource type of the violated directive. Possible values are 'script', 'connection' or 'other' for unmonitored resource types

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

The timestamp of when the report was received.

## URL

Type: `string`

The resource URL.

## URLContainsCDNCGIPath (deprecated)

Type: `bool`

Whether the resource URL contains the CDN-CGI path.

## URLHost

Type: `string`

The domain host of the URL.

---

# NEL reports

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/nel_reports/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `nel_reports`.

## ClientIPASN

Type: `int`

Client ASN.

## ClientIPASNDescription

Type: `string`

Client ASN description.

## ClientIPCountry

Type: `string`

Client country.

## LastKnownGoodColoCode

Type: `string`

IATA airport code of colo client connected to.

## Phase

Type: `string`

The phase of connection the error occurred in; <em>dns</em> \| <em>connection</em> \| <em>application</em> \| <em>unknown</em>.

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp for error report.

## Type

Type: `string`

The type of error in the phase.

---

# Spectrum events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/logs/reference/log-fields/zone/spectrum_events/

The descriptions below detail the fields available for `spectrum_events`.

## Application

Type: `string`

The unique public ID of the application on which the event occurred.

## ClientAsn

Type: `int`

Client AS number.

## ClientBytes

Type: `int`

The number of bytes read from the client by the Spectrum service.

## ClientCountry

Type: `string`

Country of the client IP address.

## ClientIP

Type: `string`

Client IP address.

## ClientMatchedIpFirewall

Type: `string`

Whether the connection matched any IP Firewall rules. UNKNOWN = No match or Firewall not enabled for spectrum; <em>UNKNOWN</em> \| <em>ALLOW</em> \| <em>BLOCK_ERROR</em> \| <em>BLOCK_IP</em> \| <em>BLOCK_COUNTRY</em> \| <em>BLOCK_ASN</em> \| <em>WHITELIST_IP</em> \| <em>WHITELIST_COUNTRY</em> \| <em>WHITELIST_ASN</em>.

## ClientPort

Type: `int`

Client port.

## ClientProto

Type: `string`

Transport protocol used by client; <em>tcp</em> \| <em>udp</em> \| <em>unix</em>.

## ClientTcpRtt

Type: `int`

The TCP round-trip time in nanoseconds between the client and Spectrum.

## ClientTlsCipher

Type: `string`

The cipher negotiated between the client and Spectrum. An unknown cipher is returned as "UNK."

## ClientTlsClientHelloServerName

Type: `string`

The server name in the Client Hello message from client to Spectrum.

## ClientTlsProtocol

Type: `string`

The TLS version negotiated between the client and Spectrum; <em>unknown</em> \| <em>none</em> \| <em>SSLv3</em> \| <em>TLSv1</em> \| <em>TLSv1.1</em> \| <em>TLSv1.2</em> \| <em>TLSv1.3</em>.

## ClientTlsStatus

Type: `string`

Indicates state of TLS session from the client to Spectrum; <em>UNKNOWN</em> \| <em>OK</em> \| <em>INTERNAL_ERROR</em> \| <em>INVALID_CONFIG</em> \| <em>INVALID_SNI</em> \| <em>HANDSHAKE_FAILED</em> \| <em>KEYLESS_RPC</em>.

## ColoCode

Type: `string`

IATA airport code of data center that received the request.

## ConnectTimestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which both legs of the connection (client/edge, edge/origin or nexthop) were established.

## DisconnectTimestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the connection was closed.

## Event

Type: `string`

<em>connect</em> \| <em>disconnect</em> \| <em>clientFiltered</em> \| <em>tlsError</em> \| <em>resolveOrigin</em> \| <em>originError</em>.

## IpFirewall

Type: `bool`

Whether IP Firewall was enabled at time of connection.

## OriginBytes

Type: `int`

The number of bytes read from the origin by Spectrum.

## OriginIP

Type: `string`

Origin IP address.

## OriginPort

Type: `int`

Origin port.

## OriginProto

Type: `string`

Transport protocol used by origin; <em>tcp</em> \| <em>udp</em> \| <em>unix</em>.

## OriginTcpRtt

Type: `int`

The TCP round-trip time in nanoseconds between Spectrum and the origin.

## OriginTlsCipher

Type: `string`

The cipher negotiated between Spectrum and the origin. An unknown cipher is returned as "UNK."

## OriginTlsFingerprint

Type: `string`

SHA256 hash of origin certificate. An unknown SHA256 hash is returned as an empty string.

## OriginTlsMode

Type: `string`

If and how the upstream connection is encrypted; <em>unknown</em> \| <em>off</em> \| <em>flexible</em> \| <em>full</em> \| <em>strict</em>.

## OriginTlsProtocol

Type: `string`

The TLS version negotiated between Spectrum and the origin; <em>unknown</em> \| <em>none</em> \| <em>SSLv3</em> \| <em>TLSv1</em> \| <em>TLSv1.1</em> \| <em>TLSv1.2</em> \| <em>TLSv1.3</em>.

## OriginTlsStatus

Type: `string`

The state of the TLS session from Spectrum to the origin; <em>UNKNOWN</em> \| <em>OK</em> \| <em>INTERNAL_ERROR</em> \| <em>INVALID_CONFIG</em> \| <em>INVALID_SNI</em> \| <em>HANDSHAKE_FAILED</em> \| <em>KEYLESS_RPC</em>.

## ProxyProtocol

Type: `string`

Which form of proxy protocol is applied to the given connection; <em>off</em> \| <em>v1</em> \| <em>v2</em> \| <em>simple</em>.

## Status

Type: `int`

A code indicating reason for connection closure.

## Timestamp

Type: `int or string`

Timestamp at which the event took place.

---

# Configure hardware Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render, Card } from "~/components";

## Prerequisites

You need to purchase [Magic WAN](https://www.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/) before you can purchase and use the Magic WAN Connector. The Magic WAN Connector can function as your primary edge device for your network, or be deployed in-line with existing network gear.

You also need to purchase a Magic WAN Connector before you can start configuring your settings in the Cloudflare dashboard. After buying a Magic WAN Connector, the device will be registered with your Cloudflare account and show up in your Cloudflare dashboard.

Contact your account representative to learn more about purchasing options for the Magic WAN Connector device.

---

## Before you begin

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---

## DHCP vs static IP connections

Magic WAN Connector uses a DHCP connection at first boot to download your settings and go through the activation process. However, if you need to use a static IP in your Connector, and this is a fresh install:
1. Connect Magic WAN Connector to a DHCP port with access to the Internet.
2. Go through the [setup flow](#set-up-cloudflare-dashboard) below and activate your Connector.
3. Refer to [WAN with a static IP address](#wan-with-a-static-ip-address).

---

## Port speeds

The hardware version of the Magic WAN connector includes two [SFP+ ports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Form-factor_Pluggable) that support 10G throughput, as well as six RJ45 ports that support 1G throughput.

Refer to [SFP+ port information](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/sfp-port-information/) for details on this topic.

---

## Set up Cloudflare dashboard

<Render
	file="connector/create-site"
	params={{
		wan: "refers to the physical Magic WAN Connector Ethernet port that you are using for your WAN. The ports are labeled `GE1`, `GE2`, `GE3`, `GE4`, `GE5`, and `GE6`. Choose the number corresponding to the port that you are using in Connector. <br> If you need a throughput higher than 1 Gbps, you can use one of the SFP+ ports. Refer to [SFP+ port information](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/sfp-port-information/) for more information on the hardware supported.",
		lan: "refers to the physical Magic WAN Connector Ethernet port that you are using for your LAN. The ports are labeled `GE1`, `GE2`, `GE3`, `GE4`, `GE5`, and `GE6`. Choose a number corresponding to the port that you are using in Connector. <br> If you need a throughput higher than 1 Gbps, you can use one of the SFP+ ports. Refer to [SFP+ port information](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/sfp-port-information/) for more information on the hardware supported.",
		noConnectorShows:
			"You need to have bought a Connector already for it to show up here. Refer to [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) if no Connector shows up in this list.",
	}}
/>

## Set up your Magic WAN Connector

### Device installation

There are several deployment options for Magic WAN Connector. Connector can act like a DHCP server for your local network, or integrate with your local setup and have static IP addresses assigned to it.

When Connector acts like the WAN router for your site, deployment will be something like this:

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Magic WAN Connector set up as a DHCP server, and connecting to the Internet.
    a(Magic WAN Connector)--> b(Internet) --> c(Cloudflare)

    subgraph Customer site
    d[LAN 1] --> a
    e[LAN 2] --> a
    end

    classDef orange fill:#f48120,color: black
    class a,c orange
```

<br />

In the example below, the Connector sits behind the WAN router in your site, and on-ramps only some of the existing LANs to Cloudflare.

<br />

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: Magic WAN Connector connects to the router in the site, and only some of the LANs connect to Connector.
    a(Magic WAN Connector)--> b((Site's router)) --> c(Internet) --> i(Cloudflare)

    subgraph Customer site
    d[LAN 1] --> a
    e[LAN 2] --> a
    g(LAN 3) --> b
    h(LAN 4) --> b
    end

    classDef orange fill:#f48120,color: black
    class a,i orange
```

Refer to [Magic WAN Connector deployment options](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/magic-wan-connector-deployment/) for a high-level explanation of the deployment options that make sense to most environments, as well as a few advanced use cases.

#### Firewall settings required

If there is a firewall deployed upstream of the Magic WAN Connector, configure the firewall to allow the following traffic:

{/* prettier-ignore */}
| Protocol/port | Destination IP/URL | Purpose |
| --- | --- |--- |
| `UDP/53` | DNS destination IP `1.1.1.1` | Needed to allow DNS traffic to Cloudflare DNS servers. Cloudflare uses this port for DNS lookups of control plane API |
| `TCP/443` | - | The Connector will open outbound HTTPS connections over this port for control plane operations. |
| `UDP/4500` | Destination IP `162.159.64.1` | Needed for Connector's initialization and discovery traffic through outbound connections. |
| `UDP/4500` | Destination IP - Cloudflare anycast IPs | Needed for the Cloudflare <GlossaryTooltip term="anycast" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/">anycast IPs</GlossaryTooltip> assigned to your account for tunnel outbound connections. This traffic is tunnel traffic. |
| `TCP/7844`, `UDP/7844` | Outbound connections | This is for debugging facilities in the Connector. |
| `UDP/123` | `http://time.cloudflare.com/` | Needed for Magic WAN Connector to periodically contact Cloudflare's Time Services. |

## Activate Connector

<Render
	file="connector/activate-connector"
	params={{
		shippedLanguage: "The Magic WAN Connector is shipped to you deactivated",
	}}
/>

---

## WAN with a static IP address

After activating your Connector, you can use it in a network configuration with the WAN interface set to a static IP address — that is, an Internet configuration that is not automatically set by DHCP. To use your Connector on a network configuration with a static IP, follow the steps below.

:::caution
Make sure you complete the setup workflow and activate your Magic WAN Connector before changing the WAN settings to a static IP.
:::

1. Connect Magic WAN Connector to a DHCP port with access to the Internet.
2. [Create a site](#1-create-a-site) in the Cloudflare dashboard.
3. Associate a Connector to it.
4. Create a [DHCP WAN](#2-create-a-wan).
5. [Active](#activate-connector) and power on your Connector.
6. Wait 60 seconds.
7. Make changes to the [WAN settings](#2-create-a-wan) in the Cloudflare dashboard to a static IP set up.
8. Wait 60 seconds again.
9. Magic WAN Connector will go offline. This is normal and expected behavior.
10. Adjust your physical connections as required to match the static configuration.
11. Magic WAN Connector comes back online.

---

<Render
	file="connector/ha-configs"
	params={{
		hardSoftConn: "You need to deploy two Connectors in your premises before you can set up a site in high availability.",
		finalInstructions:
			"Follow the instructions in [Set up your Magic WAN Connector](#set-up-your-magic-wan-connector) and [Activate connector](#activate-connector) to finish setting up your Connectors.",
	}}
/>

---

## IP sec tunnels and static routes

<Render file="connector/ipsec-static-tunnels" />

---

## Next steps

<Render file="connector/next-steps" />

---

# SFP+ port information

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/sfp-port-information/

The hardware version of the Magic WAN connector includes two [SFP+ ports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Form-factor_Pluggable) that support 10G throughput. These ports can be configured as either a WAN or a LAN port, like all of the 1G RJ45 ports in the machine. Because a 10G WAN uplink will often be bottlenecked by IPsec tunnel speeds, the SFP+ ports are most useful for configuring high speed LANs, and for using fiber connections.

:::note[Virtual Connector and SFP+ ports]
Since you decide and set up the hardware where Magic WAN Virtual Connector runs, you can ignore the information on this page.
:::

## Port configuration

SFP+ ports are next to the regular LAN ports. They are represented as follows in the dashboard:

- SFP+ **port 1** is represented by **port 7** in the dashboard
- SFP+ **port 2** is represented by **port 8** in the dashboard

![The left port, SFP+ 1, is port 7. The right port, SFP+ 2, is port 8.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/connector/sfp-ports.png)

_The left port, SFP+ 1, is port 7. The right port, SFP+ 2, is port 8._

## SFP+ module compatibility

The Magic WAN Connector only supports 10Gbps SFP+ modules, including RJ45, DAC, and fiber, among others. Many 1 Gbps modules are incompatible with the Intel driver used internally, and thus are not supported.

Cloudflare supports the following SFP+ inputs:

- 10 Gbps Intel-compatible optics using 10GBase-SR, LR, ER. This includes Intel-compatible active optical cables (AOC) cables at 10 Gbps.
- 10 Gbps DAC Twinax cables, compatible with SFF-8431 v4.1 and SFF-8472 v10.4
- 10GBASE-T RJ45 converter modules

Cloudflare successfully deployed commonly available 10G modules that are also compatible across many vendors:

- StarTech Dell EMC Twinax SFP+ DAC
- Ubiquiti multi-mode, duplex, 10 Gbps fiber transceiver modules

Keep in mind that SFP+ modules/cables have to be compatible at both ends, that is, both sides of the connection should be 10 Gbps, and it should really be the same module/cable that is compatible with both hardware stacks. The choice of module/optic/cable ultimately depends on your specific interoperability needs, and it is much less of a "plug and play" situation as one expects from RJ45.

## Recover from unsupported SFP+ inputs

SFP+ modules should be installed and tested prior to deploying a Connector into production usage.

An unsupported SFP+ input is indicated by the interface failing to come up (that is, the Connector has no status lights), and also by the port (7 or 8) going offline until the hardware is rebooted.

When an unsupported module is plugged, the module should be removed and then the Connector rebooted by removing power for five seconds. The module should not remain plugged during reboot, or the Connector will have to be rebooted again after the module is removed.

---

# Deactivate Magic WAN Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/deactivate-connector/

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration** > **Connectors**.
3. Find the Connector you want to deactivate, select the three dots next to it > **Edit**.
4. In **Status**, select _Deactivated_ from the dropdown.
5. Select **Update**.

---

# Heartbeat

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/heartbeat/

Magic WAN Connector communicates periodically with Cloudflare via HTTPS. This is also known as a heartbeat, and lets Cloudflare know that the Connector in question is connected to the Internet and reachable.

The heartbeat calls are made to `api.cloudflare.com`. Each Connector has a heartbeat frequency of 10 seconds, independently of the number of WAN interfaces you have running on your device.

There are three symbols for the heartbeat signal that allow you to quickly check the status of Magic WAN Connector:

- **Blue `i`**: Magic WAN Connector is contacting Cloudflare as expected.
- **Yellow triangle**: Magic WAN Connector has not yet connected to Cloudflare.
- **Red triangle**: There is a potential problem with Magic WAN Connector.

### Access Magic WAN Connector's heartbeat

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration** > **Connectors**.
3. Find your Connector, and place your cursor over the icon on the **Status** column to check the timestamp. The timestamp shows you the last time Connector successfully contacted Cloudflare.

---

# Maintenance

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Interrupt window

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/maintenance/interrupt-service-window/

The Interrupt window defines when Magic WAN Connector can update its systems. When Magic WAN Connector is updating, this may result in an interruption to existing connections. Set up a time window that minimizes disruption to your sites.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration** > **Connectors**.
3. Select the Connector for which you want to set up the update window > **Edit**.
4. In **Interrupt window**, select the most appropriate time for the Connector to update its systems:
   - **Timezone**: Select the time zone for the Connector to update.
   - **Start time**: Choose an hour for the Connector to start updating. Cloudflare recommends you choose an hour when there is minimal activity in your network, to avoid potential disruptions.
   - **Duration**: Duration indicates the time window during which the Connector is scheduled to update. For example, if you configure your Connector to update at `22:00` and specify a **Duration** of `4 hours`, the Connector will attempt to update within the four-hour period following `22:00`.

---

# Network options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Enable NAT for a subnet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/nat-subnet/

Each subnet (directly-attached or routed) must have a unique address space within your Magic WAN. You can re-use address spaces locally by enabling static network address translation (NAT) for a subnet. NAT is static. This means that inbound connections - from Magic WAN to the site behind the Connector - are allowed, and connections do not have to be initiated by hosts behind the Connector. NAT is also 1:1, that is, the Connector will translate between corresponding addresses in two equal-sized prefixes.

To enable NAT, supply a WAN-facing address prefix the same size as the subnet's prefix, and the Magic WAN Connector will translate between the two.

For example:

- **Prefix**: `192.168.100.0/24`
- **Static NAT prefix**: `10.10.100.0/24`

With the example above, outbound traffic from host `192.168.100.13` in the subnet is translated to `10.10.100.13` in the Connector (and vice versa for incoming traffic).

:::note
Even if NAT is enabled, the local prefix for a subnet must be unique within its LAN. It can, however, be reused on other LANs or other sites. Overlay-facing prefixes - that is, a subnet's NAT prefix if NAT is enabled, and its local prefix otherwise - must always be unique across your whole Magic WAN.
:::

## Create NATs for subnets

For more information on how to a create a NAT for a subnets, refer to **Create a LAN**, either in [Configure hardware Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#3-create-a-lan) or [Configure virtual Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/#3-create-a-lan).

---

# Network segmentation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/network-segmentation/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

You can define policies in your Connector to either allow traffic to flow between your LANs without it leaving your local premises or to forward it via the Cloudflare network where you can add additional security features. The default behavior is to drop all LAN to LAN traffic. These policies can be created for specific subnets, and link two LANs.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: In this example, there are LANs where traffic flows between each other, instead of going to Cloudflare first.
    a(Magic WAN Connector) <---> b(Internet) <---> c(Cloudflare)

    subgraph Customer site
    d[LAN 1] <---> a
    e[LAN 2] <---> a
    g[LAN 3] <---> a
    h[LAN 4] <---> a
    end
    classDef orange fill:#f48120,color: black
    class a,c orange

    linkStyle 0,1,2,3 stroke:#f48120,stroke-width:3px
    linkStyle 4,5 stroke:red,stroke-width:3px
```

_In the above example, the red path shows traffic that stays in the customer's premises (allowing direct communication between LAN 3 and LAN 4), and the orange path shows traffic that goes to Cloudflare before returning to the customer's premises (processing traffic between LAN 1 and LAN 2 in Cloudflare)._

<br />

Creating these policies to segment your network means LAN to LAN traffic can be allowed either locally or via Cloudflare's network. As a best practice for security, we recommend sending all traffic through Cloudflare's network for Zero Trust security filtering. Use these policies with care and only for scenarios where you have a hard requirement for LAN to LAN traffic flows.

Refer to [Magic WAN Connector deployment options](/reference-architecture/diagrams/sase/magic-wan-connector-deployment/) for a high-level explanation of the deployment options for Magic WAN Connector, as well as examples of network segmentation.

The following guide assumes you have already created a site and configured your Connector. To learn how to create a site and configure your Connector, refer to [Configure hardware Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/) or [Configure virtual connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/), depending on the type of Magic WAN Connector you have on your premises.

## Create a policy

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

Follow the steps below to create a new LAN policy to segment your network. Only the fields marked **required** are mandatory.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
3. Select the site you want to configure > **Edit**.
4. Go to **Network**, and scroll down to **LAN configuration**.
5. Select **LAN policies** > **Create Policy**.
6. In **Policy name**, enter a descriptive name for the policy you are creating.
7. From the drop-down menu **LAN 1**, select your origin LAN.
8. (Optional) Specify a subnet for your first LAN in **Subnets**.
9. (Optional) In **Ports** specify the TCP/UDP ports you want to use. Add a comma to separate each of the ports.
10. In **LAN 2**, select the destination LAN and repeat the above process to configure it.
11. (Optional) Select the type of traffic. You can choose **TCP**, **UDP**, and **ICMP**. You can also select **Any** to choose all types of traffic.
12. In **Traffic path**, select **Forwarded via Cloudflare** if you want traffic to be forwarded to Cloudflare to be processed. If you do not select this option, traffic will flow locally, in your premises without passing through Cloudflare.
13. Select **Create policy**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a `POST` request [using the API](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/acls/methods/create/) to create a network policy.

Example:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/acls \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "acl": {
    "description": "<POLICY_DESCRIPTION>",
    "forward_locally": true,
    "lan_1": {
      "lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
      "lan_name": "<LAN_NAME>",
      "ports": [
        1
      ],
      "subnets": [
        "192.0.2.1"
      ]
    },
    "lan_2": {
      "lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
      "lan_name": "<LAN_NAME",
      "ports": [
        1
      ],
      "subnets": [
        "192.0.2.1"
      ]
    },
    "name": "<POLICY_NAME>",
    "protocols": [
      "tcp"
    ]
  }
}'
```

```json output
{
	"errors": [],
	"messages": [],
	"result": {
		"acls": [
			{
				"description": "<POLICY_DESCRIPTION>",
				"forward_locally": true,
				"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
				"lan_1": {
					"lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
					"lan_name": "<LAN_NAME>",
					"ports": [1],
					"subnets": ["192.0.2.1"]
				},
				"lan_2": {
					"lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
					"lan_name": "<LAN_NAME>",
					"ports": [1],
					"subnets": ["192.0.2.1"]
				},
				"name": "<POLICY_NAME>",
				"protocols": ["tcp"]
			}
		]
	},
	"success": true
}
```

Take note of the `id` parameter, as you will need it to edit or delete network policies.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

The new policy will ensure that traffic between the specified LANs flows locally, bypassing Cloudflare.

## Edit a policy

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
3. Select the site you want to configure > **Edit**.
4. Go to **Network**, and scroll down to **LAN configuration**.
5. Select **LAN policies**.
6. Select the policy you need to edit > **Edit**.
7. Make your changes, and select **Update policy**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a `PUT` request [using the API](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/acls/methods/update/) to edit a network policy.

Example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/acls/{acl_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "acl": {
    "description": "<POLICY_DESCRIPTION>",
    "forward_locally": true,
    "lan_1": {
      "lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
      "lan_name": "<LAN_NAME>",
      "ports": [
        1
      ],
      "subnets": [
        "192.0.2.1"
      ]
    },
    "lan_2": {
      "lan_id": "<LAN_ID>",
      "lan_name": "<LAN_NAME>",
      "ports": [
        1
      ],
      "subnets": [
        "192.0.2.1"
      ]
    },
    "name": "<POLICY_NAME>",
    "protocols": [
      "tcp"
    ]
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Delete a policy

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account.
2. Select **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
3. Select the site you want to configure > **Edit**.
4. Go to **Network**, and scroll down to **LAN configuration**.
5. Select **LAN policies**.
6. Select the policy you need to edit > **Edit**.
7. Select **Delete**.
8. Select **I understand that deleting a policy is permanent** in the dialog box > **Delete**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a `DELETE` request [using the API](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/acls/methods/delete/) to delete a network policy.

Example:

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/acls/{acl_identifier} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Routed subnets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/routed-subnets/

Each LAN interface (physical port + VLAN tag) on a Magic WAN Connector is part of a _directly-attached subnet_. When you specify a static address for the LAN interface, you indicate both the interface's address as well as the subnet it attaches to. For example, `192.168.100.13/24` means the LAN interface has the IP address `192.168.100.13`, and is part of the subnet `192.168.100.0/24`.

Some LANs are more complex. In addition to the directly-attached subnet, they might have additional subnets sitting behind L3 routers south of the Magic WAN Connector. We call these _routed subnets_.

Refer to the diagram below for an example of how this might work:

:::note
Blue represents directly-attached subnets, and red represents routed subnets.
:::

```mermaid
flowchart TB
accTitle: Routed subnets
accDescr: Some LANs are complex, and might have additional subnets behind L3 routers.

a((WAN)) --> b

subgraph b [Connector]
direction TB
c(LAN 1)
d(LAN n)
end

c --- e(subnet x):::blue
d --- f(subnet 192.168.100.0/24):::blue

f---|192.168.100.10|g(Layer 3 router)

g --- h(routed subnet y):::red
g --- i(192.168.200.0/24):::red
g --- j(layer 3 router)
j --- k(routed subnet z):::red

classDef blue fill:#add8e6,color: black
classDef red fill:#ff6900,color: black
```

<br/>

To add a routed subnet to your LAN, you need:

- **A prefix**: The subnet's CIDR prefix; Cloudflare will automatically install static routes to this prefix in our global network (to forward packets for this subnet to the right Connector), and in your Connector (to forward packets for this subnet to the right LAN interface). In the figure above, the routed subnet in the center has the prefix `192.168.200.0/24`.
- **A next-hop address**: The address of the L3 router to which the Connector should forward packets for this subnet. In the figure, the routed subnet in the center has the next-hop address `192.168.100.10`.

Optionally, you can also [enable NAT for a subnet](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/nat-subnet/) by providing a static overlay prefix.

## Create routed subnets

For more information on how to create routed subnets, refer to **Create a LAN**, either in [Configure hardware Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-hardware-connector/#3-create-a-lan) or [Configure virtual Connector](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/configure-virtual-connector/#3-create-a-lan).

---

# Configure BGP peering

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/bgp-peering/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render
	file="bgp-peering"
	product="network-interconnect"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		productPath: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		legacyHCs: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/#legacy-bidirectional-health-checks",
		asnProduct: "<br /> Magic WAN customers should also be aware of the following: <br /> <ul><li>The Cloudflare side ASN will be included in the <code>AS_PATH</code> of announced routes to any BGP enabled interconnect.</li><li>The customer chooses their device ASN, which should be different to the Cloudflare-side ASN.</li></ul>",
		mtLimitations: " ",
		productGatewayOrEgress: "Magic WAN with Gateway"
	}}
/>

---

# Configure routes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="static-routes/static-routes1" product="magic-transit" params={{ productName: "Magic WAN", BGPpath: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/bgp-peering/", anycastURL: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/", trafficSteering: "/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/", magicWANecmp: "The maximum number of routes you can have with the same priority is 64." }} />

<Render file="static-routes/static-routes3" product="magic-transit" params={{ createPath: "Magic WAN > Configuration", tunnelEndpoints: "/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/", ipRanges: "<br /> When using Magic WAN and Cloudflare Tunnel together, remember to consider the IP ranges utilized in the static routes of Cloudflare Tunnel when selecting static routes for Magic WAN. For more information, refer to [Cloudflare Tunnel](/magic-wan/zero-trust/cloudflare-tunnel/).<br>" }} />

---

# Configure tunnel endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/tunnel-endpoints"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{ ipRange: "(this address space is also a link-local address)" }}
/>

## Ways to onboard traffic to Cloudflare

### GRE and IPsec tunnels

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/gre-ipsec"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		tunnelsPath: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/",
		ciphersPath:
			"/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters",
	}}
/>

#### Anti-replay protection

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/anti-replay"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		antiReplayPagePath: "/magic-wan/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
	}}
/>

### Network Interconnect (CNI)

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/cni"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		magicName: "Magic WAN",
		cniPath: "Network Interconnect (CNI)",
		productLink: "/magic-wan/network-interconnect/",
	}}
/>

## Add tunnels

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/add-tunnels"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{
		productName: "Magic WAN",
		productPathDash: "Magic WAN > Configuration",
		healthCheck:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/tunnel-health-checks/",
		productPathProbe: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/",
		antiReplayPagePath: "/magic-wan/reference/anti-replay-protection/",
		BiVsUniHealthCheck: "bidirectional",
		tunnelHealthDash:
			"/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/",
	}}
/>

## Bidirectional vs unidirectional health checks

<Render
	file="tunnel-endpoints/bi-uni-health-checks"
	product="magic-transit"
	params={{ productPathProbe: "/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/" }}
/>

### Legacy bidirectional health checks

<Render file="legacy-hc-system" product="magic-transit" />

## Next steps

Now that you have set up your tunnel endpoints, you need to configure <GlossaryTooltip term="static route" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/">static routes</GlossaryTooltip> to route your traffic through Cloudflare.

If you are connecting to Cloudflare through a [Direct CNI connection](/network-interconnect/express-cni/), you can [configure BGP routing](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/bgp-peering/) instead.

---

# How to

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Run traceroute

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/traceroute/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components";

If you have a Magic WAN client connected through <GlossaryTooltip term="GRE tunnel" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/">GRE</GlossaryTooltip>, <GlossaryTooltip term="IPsec tunnel" link="/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/">IPsec</GlossaryTooltip>, [CNI](/network-interconnect/) or [WARP](/magic-wan/zero-trust/warp/) and want to perform a `traceroute` to an endpoint behind a [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/), the following settings must be applied for the command to return useful information.

## Inherited TTL value

On the machine where the `traceroute` client is executed, make sure the tunnel device does not inherit the TTL value of the inner packet. This is the default behavior on Linux and can result in unhelpful `traceroute` results:

```sh
sudo traceroute -s 10.1.0.100 -I 10.3.0.100
```

```sh output
traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  * * *
 3  * * *
 4  * * *
 5  * * *
 6  * * *
 7  * * *
 8  * * *
 9  * * *
10  10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100)  420.505 ms  420.779 ms  420.776 ms
```

Setting the TTL explicitly returns much better results:

```sh
sudo ip link set cf_gre type gre ttl 64
sudo traceroute -s 10.1.0.100 -I 10.3.0.100
```

```sh output
traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  10.0.0.11 (10.0.0.11)  58.947 ms  58.933 ms  58.930 ms
 2  173.245.60.175 (173.245.60.175)  61.138 ms  61.316 ms  61.313 ms
 3  172.68.145.21 (172.68.145.21)  367.448 ms  367.532 ms  367.530 ms
 4  mplat-e2e-vm3.c.magic-transit.internal (10.152.0.20)  370.362 ms  370.440 ms  370.522 ms
 5  10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100)  370.519 ms  370.541 ms  518.152 ms
```

## WARP client

Some Linux distributions default to a very strict setting for [reverse path filtering](https://sysctl-explorer.net/net/ipv4/rp_filter/). This strict setting attempts to drop fake traffic as a security measure. Performing a `traceroute` with this setting on can unintentionally drop `traceroute` packets. If you use WARP on Linux, set a less strict policy before attempting to perform a `traceroute`:

```sh
sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.CloudflareWARP.rp_filter=2
```

```sh output
net.ipv4.conf.CloudflareWARP.rp_filter = 2
```

```sh
sudo traceroute -s 172.16.0.2 -I 10.3.0.100
```

```sh output
traceroute to 10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  169.254.21.171 (169.254.21.171)  48.887 ms  48.894 ms  48.620 ms
 2  173.245.60.175 (173.245.60.175)  49.403 ms  49.519 ms  49.603 ms
 3  172.68.65.7 (172.68.65.7)  357.499 ms  357.519 ms  357.520 ms
 4  mplat-e2e-vm3.c.magic-transit.internal (10.152.0.20)  360.024 ms  360.086 ms  360.078 ms
 5  10.3.0.100 (10.3.0.100)  360.283 ms  360.297 ms  360.489 ms
```

---

# Alibaba Cloud VPN Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/alibaba-cloud/

This tutorial provides information on how to connect Alibaba Cloud infrastructure to Magic WAN through IPsec tunnels. For more information regarding Alibaba Cloud technology, refer to [Alibaba's documentation](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/vpn-gateway).

## Alibaba Cloud

### 1. Create a VPC

1. Log in to your Alibaba Cloud account.
2. Go to **VPC** > **VPN Gateways**, and select **Create VPC** to create a new virtual private cloud.
3. Give your VPC a descriptive name. For example, `Cloudflare-Magic-WAN`.
4. Choose the **Region** that aligns with where your servers are located.
5. In **IPv4 CIDR block**, choose from one of the recommended IP blocks. For example, `192.168.20.0/24`. Take note of the IP block  you choose, as you will need it to create a static route in Magic WAN.

### 2. Create a VPN gateway

1. Still in your Alibaba Cloud account, go to **VPC** > **VPN Gateway**, and select **Create VPN Gateway**.
2. Give your VPN Gateway a descriptive name. For example, `VPN-Gateway-Magic-WAN`.
3. In **Region**, choose the server that is best for your geographic region. For example, **US (Silicon Valley)**.
4. For **Gateway Type**, choose **Standard**.
5. In **Network Type**, choose **Public**.
6. For **Tunnels**, select **Single-tunnel**.
7. In the **VPC** dropdown menu, choose the name of the VPC you created before for Magic WAN. For example, `Cloudflare-Magic-WAN`.
8. In the **VSwitch** dropdown menu, choose the VSwith you created previously. For example, `VSwitch-CF`.
9. For options such as **Maximum Bandwidth**, **Traffic**, and **Duration**, select the options that best suit your use case.
10. In **IPsec-VPN**, select **Enable**.
11. For **SSL-VPN**, select **Disable**.
12. When you are finished configuring your VPN gateway, return to the main VPN Gateway window.
13. Select the VPN gateway you have just created, and then select **Destination-based Routing**.
14. Select **Add Route Entry**, and enter whatever subnets are needed to reach the required destinations. You can, for example, just add a default route to send all traffic through your Magic WAN tunnel.
15. When you are finished, return to the main window.
16. Select **Publish** > **OK** to publish the route.

### 3. Create IPsec connections

1. Go to **VPC** > **Customer Gateways** > **Create Customer Gateway**.
2. Create a customer gateway with the Cloudflare anycast IP address given to you by your account team. Typically starts with `162.xx.xx.xx`.
3. Now, go to **VPC** > **IPsec Connections** > **Create IPsec Connection**.
4. Create an IPsec connection with the following settings:
   1. **Name**: give it a descriptive name, like `CF-Magic-WAN-IPsec`.
   2. **Associate Resource**: **VPN Gateway**.
   3. **VPN Gateway**: From the dropdown menu, choose the VPN gateway you created previously. In our example, `VPN-Gateway-Magic-WAN`.
   4. **Customer Gateway**: Select the customer gateway you created above for Magic WAN.
   5. **Routing Mode**: **Destination Routing Mode**.
   6. **Effective Immediately**: **Yes**.
   7. **Pre-Shared Key**: This is the pre-shared key (PSK) you will have to use in the Magic WAN IPsec tunnel. If you do not specify one here, the Alibaba system will generate a random PSK for you.
5. Go to **Advanced Settings**, and expand the **Encryption Configuration** settings.
6. In **IKE Configurations**, select the following settings to configure the IPsec connection. These settings have to match the supported configuration parameters for [Magic WAN IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters):
   1. **Version**: _ikev2_
   2. **Negotiation Mode**: _main_
   3. **Encryption Algorithm**: _aes256_
   4. **Authentication Algorithm**: _sha256_
   5. **DH Group**: _group20_
   6. **Localid**: This is the customer endpoint. These are generally IP addresses provided by your ISP. For example, `47.xxx.xxx.xxx`.

## Magic WAN

### 1. IPsec tunnels

1. Follow the [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) instructions to create the required IPsec tunnels with the following options:
   1. **Tunnel name**: Give your tunnel a descriptive name, like `Alibaba`.
   2. **Interface address**: Choose from the subnet in your Alibaba Cloud configuration. For example, if your Alibaba default configuration is `169.xx.xx.1/30`, you might want to choose `169.xx.xx.2/30` for your Magic WAN side of the IPsec tunnel.
   3. **Customer endpoint**: This is the IP address you entered for **Locali** in Alibaba's IPsec connection. For example, `47.xxx.xxx.xxx`.
   4. **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the same anycast IP address provided by Cloudflare you have entered for Alibaba's Customer Gateway. Typically starts with `162.xx.xx.xx`.
   5. **Pre-shared key**: Select **Use my own pre-shared key**, and enter the PSK key from your Alibaba Cloud IPsec tunnel.
   6. **Replay protection**: **Enabled**.
2. Select **Add tunnels** when you are done.

### 2. Static route

1. Follow the [Configure static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) instructions to create a static route.
2. In **Prefix**, enter the IP CIDR you used to create your virtual private cloud in the Alibaba Cloud interface. In our example we used `192.168.20.0/24`.

---

# Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/aruba-edgeconnect/

import { Details } from "~/components"

Cloudflare partners with Aruba's EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution to provide users with an integrated solution. The EdgeConnect appliances manage subnets associated with branch offices or retail locations. Anycast tunnels are set up between the EdgeConnect appliances and Cloudflare to securely route traffic.

This tutorial describes how to configure the EdgeConnect device for both east-west (branch to branch) and north-south (Internet-bound) use cases.

:::caution
Note that north-south traffic routed through Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway is an optional add-on feature set and requires a Cloudflare Zero Trust account.
:::

### Prerequisites

Before setting up a connection between EdgeConnect and Cloudflare, you must have:

- A contract that includes Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway.
- Received two Cloudflare endpoints (anycast IP address).
- Determined a private static /31 IP pair to use with each tunnel. The /31 pairs should be from a different private subnet, separate from the private subnets used behind each EdgeConnect appliance.
- The EdgeConnect devices used in this tutorial and on v9.0.

## Example scenario

<Details header="GRE tunnel configuration">

For the purpose of this tutorial, the integration will refer to a scenario with two branch offices, each with distinct subnets.

There are 2 branch offices each with distinct subnets.

- The east branch office has a `10.3.0.0/16` network with an EdgeConnect terminating the anycast GRE tunnel.
- The west branch office has a `10.30.0.0/16` network with an EdgeConnect terminating the anycast GRE tunnel.

![Table of branch subnet information](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/branch-subnets.png)

Below is an example of the **east_branch** deployment on the Orchestrator.

![GCP East deployment configuration](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/east-branch-deployment.png)

The Deployment screenshot displays several different IP addresses and interfaces. From left to right:

- **Next Hop 10.3.0.1**  - This example uses Google Cloud. This IP defines the default gateway IP for the subnet and is built into GCP.
- **IP/Mask (LAN) 10.3.0.2/24** - This defines the LAN0 interface IP of the EdgeConnect appliance.
- **IP/Mask (WAN) 10.2.0.2/24** - This defines the WAN0 interface IP of the EdgeConnect appliance.
- **Next Hop 10.2.0.1**  - This example uses Google Cloud. This IP defines the default gateway IP for the subnet and is built into GCP.

</Details>

<Details header="IPsec tunnel configuration">

For the purpose of this tutorial, the integration will refer to a scenario with two branch offices, each with distinct subnets.

The central branch office has a `10.22.0.0/24` network with an EdgeConnect terminating the anycast IPsec tunnel.

The west branch office has a `10.77.0.0/24` network with an EdgeConnect terminating the anycast IPsec tunnel.

![IPsec tunnel values for east and west branches](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/central-west-branch-ipsec.png)

Below is an example of the **central_branch** deployment on the Orchestrator.

![Values for central branch configuration within Orchestrator](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/orchestrator-ipsec.png)

The Deployment screenshot displays several different IP addresses and interfaces. From left to right:

- **Next Hop 10.22.0.1**  - This example uses Google Cloud. This IP defines the default gateway IP for the subnet and is built into GCP.
- **IP/Mask (LAN) 10.22.0.2/24** - This defines the LAN0 interface IP of the EdgeConnect appliance.
- **IP/Mask (WAN) 10.32.0.2/24** - This defines the WAN0 interface IP of the EdgeConnect appliance.
- **Next Hop 10.32.0.1**  - This example uses Google Cloud. This IP defines the default gateway IP for the subnet and is built into GCP.

</Details>

## 1. Define a common site on the Orchestrator

For all EdgeConnect devices using Cloudflare, modify the devices to put them on the same site. This disables automatic IPsec tunnel creation between the EdgeConnect devices using the same labels for the WAN interfaces in use.

This step is only required if Cloudflare is used for east-west traffic routing.

## 2. Configure overlay policies

We use Aruba Orchestrator's Business Intent Overlays to create intuitive policies which automatically identify and steer application traffic to Cloudflare. Two Business Intent Overlay (BIO) policies are created in this example.

<Details header="GRE tunnel configuration">

Cloudflare's [tunnel health checks](/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/) are ping reply packets encapsulated in GRE packets. The source IP is the Edgeconnect WAN interface used to establish a tunnel, and the destination IP is Cloudflare servers. These packets need to be sent directly from the WAN interface and not through the established tunnels.

To create the overlay policy:

1. Create a compound application, which is a combination of all [Cloudflare public IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) and ICMP packets.

![Application definition screen with IP values](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/app-definition.png)

2. Create a breakout Business Intent Overlay (BIO) to bypass the GRE tunnel as the first policy and use this newly created application as the match criteria.

3. Define at least one additional overlay policy and the traffic you want to send to Cloudflare over the GRE tunnels.

The service name used to send traffic through the tunnel created in the next step is **Cloudflare_GRE**. The example uses **Match Everything** to send all other traffic through the established tunnel (both private east-west traffic & Internet bound north-south traffic through Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway).

![Business Intent Overlay screen with breakout and CF overlays](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/biz-intent-overlay.png)
</Details>

<Details header="IPsec tunnel configuration">

Cloudflare's [tunnel health checks](/magic-transit/reference/tunnel-health-checks/) are ping reply packets encapsulated in IPsec packets. The source IP is the Edgeconnect WAN interface used to establish a tunnel, and the destination IP is Cloudflare servers. These packets need to be sent directly from the WAN interface and not through the established tunnels.

To create the overlay policy:

1. Create a compound application, which is a combination of all [Cloudflare public IPs](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips/) and ICMP packets.

![Application definition screen with IP values](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/app-definition.png)

2. Create a breakout Business Intent Overlay (BIO) to bypass the IPsec tunnel as the first policy and use this newly created application as the match criteria.

3. Define at least one additional overlay policy and the traffic you want to send to Cloudflare over the IPsec tunnels.

The service name used to send traffic through the tunnel created in the next step is **Cloudflare_IPsec**. The example uses **Match Everything** to send all other traffic through the established tunnel (both private east-west traffic and Internet bound north-south traffic through Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway).

![Business Intent Overlay screen with breakout and CF overlays for IPsec](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/biz-intent-overlay-ipsec.png)
</Details>

## 3. Create tunnels on Cloudflare and EdgeConnect

<Details header="GRE tunnel configuration">

![Diagram of GCP, Aruba Orchestratror, and Cloudflare products](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/gcp-edgeconnect-diagram.png)

1. Create a tunnel on the EdgeConnect using Cloudflare's assigned public anycast IP and the service used in the overlay policy in the [previous step](#2-configure-overlay-policies).
2. Create a Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) using the private IP pair shared with CF GRE tunnel endpoint and the passthrough tunnel to match the newly created tunnel alias (**CF_GRE_east** in our example).

![Modify Passthrough Tunnel screen](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/modify-passthrough.png)

![Edit Virtual Tunnel Interface screen](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/edit-vti.png)

3. Define a GRE tunnel on the Cloudflare dashboard using the EdgeConnect appliance's public IP and the private IP pair /31 shared with the appliance.

![GRE tunnels information for each branch](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/gre-tunnels-edgeconnect.png)

</Details>

<Details header="IPsec tunnel configuration">

![Diagram of GCP, Aruba Orchestratror, and Cloudflare products for IPsec tunnels](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/gcp-edgeconnect-diagram-ipsec.png)

For additional information on creating IPsec tunnels, refer to [API documentation for IPsec tunnels](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/ipsec_tunnels/methods/create/).

- `X-Auth-Email`: Your Cloudflare email ID
- `X-Auth-Key`: Seen in the URL (`dash.cloudflare.com/<X-Auth-Key>/....`)
- `Account key`: Global API token in Cloudflare dashboard

1. Test new IPsec tunnel creation

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels?validate_only=true" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "ipsec_tunnels": [
    {
      "name": "EdgeConnect_IPSEC_1",
      "customer_endpoint": "35.188.72.56",
      "cloudflare_endpoint": "172.64.241.205",
      "interface_address": "192.168.10.11/31",
      "description": "Tunnel for EdgeConnect - GCP Central"
    }
  ]
}'
```

2. Create a new IPsec tunnel

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "ipsec_tunnels": [
    {
      "name": "EdgeConnect_IPSEC_1",
      "customer_endpoint": "35.188.72.56",
      "cloudflare_endpoint": "172.64.241.205",
      "interface_address": "192.168.10.11/31",
      "description": "Tunnel for EdgeConnect - GCP Central"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json output
{
  "result": {
    "ipsec_tunnels": [
      {
        "id": "tunnel_id",
        "interface_address": "192.168.10.11/31",
        "created_on": "2022-04-14T19:57:43.938376Z",
        "modified_on": "2022-04-14T19:57:43.938376Z",
        "name": "EdgeConnect_IPSEC_1",
        "cloudflare_endpoint": "172.64.241.205",
        "customer_endpoint": "35.188.72.56",
        "description": "Tunnel for EdgeConnect - GCP Central",
        "health_check": {
          "enabled": true,
          "target": "35.188.72.56",
          "type": "reply"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

3. Generate Pre Shared Key (PSK) for tunnel

Use the tunnel ID from the response in Step 2. Save the pre-shared key generated in this step as you will need it to set up tunnels on the Orchestrator.

```bash
curl --request POST \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels/{tunnel_id}/psk_generate?validate_only=true" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

```json output
{
  "result": {
  "ipsec_id": "<ipsec_id>",
  "ipsec_tunnel_id": "<tunnel_id>",
  "psk": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
  "psk_metadata": {
  "last_generated_on": "2022-04-14T20:05:29.756514071Z"
  }
  },
  "success": true,
  "errors": [],
  "messages": []
}
```

**Create an IPsec tunnel on EdgeConnect**

You can create a tunnel after the Business Intent Overlay policies have been defined. Use the correct policy or service created in [configure overlay policy](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/aruba-edgeconnect/#2-configure-overlay-policies). The local IP is the local WAN interface of the EdgeConnect device, and the remote IP is the Cloudflare public IP assigned as the tunnel endpoint.

![Modify Passthrough Tunnel dialog with General values](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/general-modify-passthrough.png)

![Modify Passthrough Tunnel dialog with IKE values](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/ike-modify-passthrough.png)

![Modify Passthrough Tunnel dialog with IPsec values](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/ipsec-modify-passthrough.png)

**Create a Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI) on the EdgeConnect appliance**

![Values for Edit VTI Interface](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/vti-interface-ipsec.png)

</Details>

## 4. Create static routes on Cloudflare and EdgeConnect

<Details header="GRE tunnel configuration">

1. Define static routes on the Cloudflare dashboard for the LAN subnet(s) attached to the EdgeConnect appliance. Use the private IP pair for the EdgeConnect tunnel endpoint.

   In the example below, the traffic to subnet `10.3.0.0/16` attached to the **east_branch** EdgeConnect appliance has a next hop of `10.40.8.10`.

![Static route information for each branch](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-cf.png)

2. Define static routes on the Orchestrator so Cloudflare can route traffic between sites.

   In the example below, we create a route for the subnet `10.30.0.0/24` on the **west_branch** to be routed via the established GRE tunnel between the EdgeConnect appliance and Cloudflare.

![Static route information for each branch](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-edgeconnect.png)

</Details>

<Details header="IPsec tunnel configuration">

![Static route values from Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-ipsec.png)

**Static routes for central branch on EdgeConnect**

![Static route values from EdgeConnect for central branch](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-central-ipsec.png)

**Static routes for west branch on EdgeConnect**

![Static route values from EdgeConnect for west branch](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-west-ipsec.png)

</Details>

## 5. Validate traffic flow

<Details header="GRE tunnel configuration">

**Validate Secure Web Gateway**

To validate traffic flow from the local subnet through Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway, perform a curl as show in the example below.

![Curl example for validating Secure Web Gateway](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/validate-swg-curl.png)

You can validate the request went through Gateway with the presence of the `Cf-Team` response header, or by looking at the logs in the dashboard under **Logs** > **Gateway** > **HTTP**.

![Dashboard example for validating Secure Web Gateway](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/dash-validate-swg.png)

**Validate east-west traffic**

To validate east-west traffic flow, perform a traceroute as shown in the example.

![Traceroute example for verifying east-west traffic](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/validate-traceroute.png)

The example shows a client in GCP East (`10.3.0.3`), which can ping the private IP of a client in GCP West (`10.30.0.4`).

The traceroute shows the path going from the client (`10.3.0.3`) to:
- the GCP East lan0 IP on the EdgeConnect (`10.3.0.2`)
- the Cloudflare private GRE endpoint IP (`10.4.8.11`)
- the GCP West lan0 IP on the West EdgeConnect (`10.30.0.3`)
- the GCP West client (`10.30.0.4`)

This validates the east-west traffic flow through Cloudflare Magic WAN.

</Details>

<Details header="IPsec tunnel configuration">

**Validate Secure Web Gateway**

To validate traffic flow from the local subnet through Cloudflare's Secure Web Gateway, perform a cURL as shown in the example below.

![cURL example for validating traffic](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/static-routes-west-ipsec.png)

You can validate the request was sent through Secure Web Gateway with the presence of the `Cf-Team` response header or by looking at the logs in the dashboard under **Logs** > **Gateway** > **HTTP**.

![Dashboard example for validating Secure Web Gateway](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/dash-validation-ipsec.png)

**Validate east-west traffic**

To validate east-west traffic flow, perform a traceroute as shown in the example.

![Traceroute example for IPsec validation](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/aruba-edge-connect/traceroute-ipsec.png)

The example shows a client in GCP Central (`10.22.0.9`), which can ping the private IP of a client in GCP West (`10.77.0.10`).

The traceroute shows the path going from the client (`10.22.0.9`) to:
- the GCP Central lan0 IP on the EdgeConnect (`10.22.0.2`)
- the Cloudflare private IPsec endpoint IP (`192.168.10.11`)
- the GCP West EdgeConnect private IPsec endpoint IP (`192.168.15.10`)
- the GCP West client (`10.77.0.10`)

This validates the east-west traffic flow through Cloudflare Magic WAN.

</Details>

## 6. Cloudflare policies

At this point, the GRE or IPsec tunnels should be connected from the EdgeConnect appliances to Cloudflare's global network, and traffic is scoped to route over the tunnels using the EdgeConnect Business Intent Overlays.

To begin filtering traffic and gathering analytics, refer to the [Magic Firewall documentation](/magic-firewall/) to learn how to create filters for east-west inter-branch traffic and the [Secure Web Gateway documentation](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/) to learn how to configure Gateway policies if you decide to send traffic from your local private subnets to the Internet through Cloudflare Gateway.

---

# Amazon AWS Transit Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/aws/

This tutorial provides information and examples of how to configure IPsec VPN between Cloudflare Magic WAN with an AWS Transit Gateway.

## Prerequisites

You need to have an AWS transit gateway created in your AWS account. This is needed to route traffic between your AWS virtual private cloud (VPC) and Cloudflare Magic WAN. Refer to the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/tgw/tgw-getting-started.html) to learn more about creating a transit gateway.

Additionally, you also need to configure the necessary route table entries for the virtual machine (VM) in your AWS virtual private cloud, as well the route table entries for the transit gateway. Otherwise, connectivity between your VM and another VM routed via Magic WAN will not work. Refer to the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/VPC_Route_Tables.html) to learn more about routing tables.

## AWS

### Create AWS transit gateway VPN attachment

1. Go to **Transit gateways** > **Transit gateway attachments**, and select **Create transit gateway attachment**.
2. Select the **Transit gateway ID** that you created previously from the dropdown.
3. For **Attachment type**, select _VPN_.
4. Under VPN attachment, select the following settings (you can leave settings not mentioned here with their default values):
   1. **Customer Gateway**: Select **New**.
   2. **IP Address**: Enter your Cloudflare anycast IP address.
   3. **Routing options**: Select **Static**.
5. Select **Create transit gateway attachment**.

### Configure the VPN connection

1. Select the VPN connection you created > **Download configuration**.

2. This action downloads a text file. Search for the IP range that the AWS Transit Gateway assigned your tunnel. The first IP range should be the one used by the AWS Transit Gateway. Use the second IP range to configure your [Interface address](#ipsec-tunnels) in Magic WAN.

3. Select the VPN connection you created > **Actions** > **Modify VPN tunnel options**.

4. From the **VPN tunnel outside IP address** drop-down menu, choose one of tunnels.

5. Take note of the **IP address** you chose, as this corresponds to the customer endpoint IP that you will need to configure on the Cloudflare side of the IPsec tunnel.

6. The number of options for the VPN connection will expand. Take note of the **Pre-shared key**.  You will need it to create the IPsec tunnel on Cloudflare's side.

7. In **Inside IPv4 CIDR**, AWS enforces that only a `/30` block within the `169.254.0.0/16` range can be used. To accommodate this, Cloudflare supports a subset of this IP block. Namely, Cloudflare supports `169.254.240.0/20` to be assigned as the IPsec tunnel's (internal) interface IPs. This example will use `169.254.244.0/30` as the CIDR block for the IPsec tunnel: `169.254.244.1` for the AWS side of the tunnel, and `169.254.244.2` for the Cloudflare side of the tunnel.

   :::caution
   Make sure you input an IP address supported by Cloudflare. If you do not input a value here, AWS will randomly generate an IP address that might not be supported by Cloudflare.
   :::

8. Configure the following settings for the IPsec tunnel. Note that the **Startup action** needs to be set to **Start**, which means the AWS side will initiate IPsec negotiation. Settings not mentioned here can be left at their default settings:
   - **Phase 1 encryption algorithms**: `AES256-GCM-16`
   - **Phase 2 encryption algorithms**: `AES256-GCM-16`
   - **Phase 1 integrity algorithms**: `SHA2-256`
   - **Phase 2 integrity algorithms**: `SHA2-256`
   - **Phase 1 DH group numbers**: `20`
   - **Phase 2 DH group numbers**: `20`
   - **IKE Version**: `ikev2`
   - **Startup action**: **Start**
   - **DPD timeout action**: `Restart`

9. Select **Save changes**.

10. Repeat the steps above to configure the second VPN connection. Use the second outside IP address, and make the appropriate changes to IP addresses as well when configuring Cloudflare's side of the tunnel.

:::note
ECMP over two VPN tunnels is not supported with a static routing configuration. You will need to configure dynamic routing for the VPN between the transit gateway and the customer gateway device. Refer to [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/tgw/tgw-transit-gateways.html) for more information.
:::

## Magic WAN

After configuring the AWS transit gateway VPN connection and the tunnel as mentioned above, go to the Cloudflare dashboard and create the corresponding IPsec tunnel and static routes on the Magic WAN side.

### IPsec tunnels

1. Refer to [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) to learn how to add an IPsec tunnel. When creating your IPsec tunnel, make sure you define the following settings:
   - **Tunnel name**: `tunnel01`
   - **Interface address**: The `/30`CIDR block enforced by AWS (first usable IP is for the AWS side). For example, `169.254.244.2`.
   - **Customer endpoint**: The IP address from AWS's VPN tunnel outside IP address. For example, `35.xx.xx.xx`.
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the first of your two anycast IPs.
   - **Pre-shared key**: Choose **Use my own pre-shared key**, and enter the PSK you created for the AWS VPN tunnel.
   - **Health check type**: Choose **Request**
   - **Health check direction**: Choose **Bidirectional**
   - **Replay protection**: Select **Enabled**.
2. Select **Save**.
3. Repeat the above steps for `tunnel02`. Chose the same prefix, but select the second IPsec tunnel for **Tunnel/Next hop**.

### Static routes

The static route in Magic WAN should point to the appropriate virtual machine (VM) subnet you created inside your AWS virtual private cloud. For example, if your VM has a subnet of  `192.168.192.0/26`, you should use it as the prefix for your static route.

To create a static route:

1. Refer to [Create a static route](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) to learn how to create one.
2. In **Prefix**, enter the subnet for your VM. For example, `192.xx.xx.xx/24`.
3. For the **Tunnel/Next hop**, choose the IPsec tunnel you created in the previous step.
4. Repeat the steps above for the second IPsec tunnel you created.

---

# Cisco IOS XE

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/cisco-ios-xe/

This tutorial contains a configuration example for setting up an IPsec tunnel between Cisco IOS XE and Cloudflare. For this tutorial, the tested Cisco IOS XE software was version 17.03.07.

You should replace peer addresses with the anycast IP addresses assigned to your account. For example:

- **Anycast 01**: `162.159.###.###`
- **Anycast 02**: `172.64.###.###`

The following is a Cisco IOS XE configuration example:

```txt
crypto ikev2 proposal CF_MAGIC_WAN_IKEV2_PROPOSAL
 encryption aes-cbc-256
 integrity sha512 sha384 sha256
 group 20
!
crypto ikev2 policy CF_MAGIC_WAN_IKEV2_POLICY
 match fvrf any
 proposal CF_MAGIC_WAN_IKEV2_PROPOSAL
!
crypto ikev2 keyring CF_MAGIC_WAN_KEYRING
 peer GCP_CSR_IPSEC01
  address 162.159.###.###
  pre-shared-key hbGnJzFMqwltb###############BapXCOwsGZz2NMg
 !
 peer GCP_CSR_IPSEC02
  address 172.64.###.###
  pre-shared-key 1VscPp0LPFAcZ###############HOdN-1cUgKVduL4
 !
!
!
crypto ikev2 profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
 match identity remote address 162.159.###.### 255.255.255.255
 identity local fqdn ad329f56###############bbe898c0a0.33145236.ipsec.cloudflare.com
 authentication remote pre-share
 authentication local pre-share
 keyring local CF_MAGIC_WAN_KEYRING
 no config-exchange request
!
crypto ikev2 profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
 match identity remote address 172.64.###.### 255.255.255.255
 identity local fqdn 83f9c418###############29b3f97049.33145236.ipsec.cloudflare.com
 authentication remote pre-share
 authentication local pre-share
 keyring local CF_MAGIC_WAN_KEYRING
 no config-exchange request
!
!
!
!
crypto ipsec profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
 set security-association lifetime kilobytes disable
 set security-association replay disable
 set pfs group20
 set ikev2-profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
!
crypto ipsec profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
 set security-association lifetime kilobytes disable
 set security-association replay disable
 set pfs group14
 set ikev2-profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
!
!
!
!
interface Tunnel101
 ip address 10.252.2.35 255.255.255.254
 ip mtu 1450
 ip tcp adjust-mss 1350
 tunnel source 10.141.0.9
 tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
 tunnel destination 162.159.###.###
 tunnel path-mtu-discovery
 tunnel protection ipsec profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
!
interface Tunnel102
 ip address 10.252.2.37 255.255.255.254
 ip mtu 1450
 ip tcp adjust-mss 1350
 tunnel source 10.141.0.9
 tunnel mode ipsec ipv4
 tunnel destination 172.64.###.###
 tunnel path-mtu-discovery
 tunnel protection ipsec profile CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
!
interface GigabitEthernet1
 ip address dhcp
 ip nat outside
 negotiation auto
 no mop enabled
 no mop sysid
!
interface GigabitEthernet2
 ip address 10.10.0.35 255.255.255.0
 negotiation auto
 no mop enabled
 no mop sysid
```

## Diagnostic output: show crypto session detail

```txt
cisco-csr1000v#show crypto session detail
Crypto session current status

Code: C - IKE Configuration mode, D - Dead Peer Detection
K - Keepalives, N - NAT-traversal, T - cTCP encapsulation
X - IKE Extended Authentication, F - IKE Fragmentation
R - IKE Auto Reconnect, U - IKE Dynamic Route Update
S - SIP VPN

Interface: Tunnel101
Profile: CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
Uptime: 00:15:16
Session status: UP-ACTIVE
Peer: 162.159.###.### port 500 fvrf: (none) ivrf: (none)
      Phase1_id: 162.159.###.###
      Desc: (none)
  Session ID: 6
  IKEv2 SA: local 10.141.0.9/500 remote 162.159.###.###/500 Active
          Capabilities:(none) connid:1 lifetime:23:44:44
  IPSEC FLOW: permit ip 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
        Active SAs: 2, origin: crypto map
        Inbound:  #pkts dec'ed 28110 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2684
        Outbound: #pkts enc'ed 0 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2684

Interface: Tunnel102
Profile: CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
Uptime: 00:14:59
Session status: UP-ACTIVE
Peer: 172.64.###.### port 500 fvrf: (none) ivrf: (none)
      Phase1_id: 172.64.###.###
      Desc: (none)
  Session ID: 7
  IKEv2 SA: local 10.141.0.9/500 remote 172.64.###.###/500 Active
          Capabilities:(none) connid:2 lifetime:23:45:01
  IPSEC FLOW: permit ip 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
        Active SAs: 2, origin: crypto map
        Inbound:  #pkts dec'ed 27586 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2701
        Outbound: #pkts enc'ed 0 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2701
```

## Diagnostic output: show crypto session remote `<ANYCAST 01>` detail

```txt
cisco-csr1000v#show crypto session remote 162.159.###.### detail
Crypto session current status

Code: C - IKE Configuration mode, D - Dead Peer Detection
K - Keepalives, N - NAT-traversal, T - cTCP encapsulation
X - IKE Extended Authentication, F - IKE Fragmentation
R - IKE Auto Reconnect, U - IKE Dynamic Route Update
S - SIP VPN

Interface: Tunnel101
Profile: CF_MAGIC_WAN_01
Uptime: 00:15:45
Session status: UP-ACTIVE
Peer: 162.159.###.### port 500 fvrf: (none) ivrf: (none)
      Phase1_id: 162.159.###.###
      Desc: (none)
  Session ID: 6
  IKEv2 SA: local 10.141.0.9/500 remote 162.159.###.###/500 Active
          Capabilities:(none) connid:1 lifetime:23:44:15
  IPSEC FLOW: permit ip 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
        Active SAs: 2, origin: crypto map
        Inbound:  #pkts dec'ed 29000 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2655
        Outbound: #pkts enc'ed 0 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2655
```

## Diagnostic output: show crypto session remote `<ANYCAST 02>` detail

```txt
cisco-csr1000v#show crypto session remote 172.64.###.### detail
Crypto session current status

Code: C - IKE Configuration mode, D - Dead Peer Detection
K - Keepalives, N - NAT-traversal, T - cTCP encapsulation
X - IKE Extended Authentication, F - IKE Fragmentation
R - IKE Auto Reconnect, U - IKE Dynamic Route Update
S - SIP VPN

Interface: Tunnel102
Profile: CF_MAGIC_WAN_02
Uptime: 00:17:10
Session status: UP-ACTIVE
Peer: 172.64.###.### port 500 fvrf: (none) ivrf: (none)
      Phase1_id: 172.64.###.###
      Desc: (none)
  Session ID: 7
  IKEv2 SA: local 10.141.0.9/500 remote 172.64.###.###/500 Active
          Capabilities:(none) connid:2 lifetime:23:42:50
  IPSEC FLOW: permit ip 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
        Active SAs: 2, origin: crypto map
        Inbound:  #pkts dec'ed 31639 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2569
        Outbound: #pkts enc'ed 0 drop 0 life (KB/Sec) KB Vol Rekey Disabled/2569
```

## Troubleshooting

If you notice connectivity issues after rebooting your Cisco router, your IPsec Security Associations (SAs) might be out of sync. Cisco recommends that you enable the Invalid Security Parameter Index (SPI) recovery feature to solve this issue. To do so, add the following lines to your configuration file:

```txt
conf t
crypto isakmp invalid-spi-recovery
exit
```

Refer to [Cisco's documentation](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security-vpn/ipsec-negotiation-ike-protocols/115801-technote-iosvpn-00.html) for more information.

---

# Furukawa Electric FITELnet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/fitelnet/

This tutorial describes how to configure the Furukawa Electric's FITELnet F220 and F70 devices to connect to Cloudflare Magic WAN via IPsec tunnels. The use cases described in this tutorial are for both east-west (branch to branch) and north-south (Internet-bound).

## Testing environment

These configurations were tested on FITELnet F220 and F70 series with the following firmware versions:

- **F220 series**: Version 01.11(00)
- **F70 series**: Version 01.09(00)

## IPsec configuration

### Magic WAN configuration

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration**.
3. From the **Tunnels** tab, select **Create**.
4. For the first IPsec tunnel, ensure the following settings are defined (refer to [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) for information on settings not mentioned here):
   - **Tunnel name**: `FITEL-tunnel-1`
   - **Interface address**: Enter `10.0.0.1/31` for your first tunnel.
   - **Customer endpoint**: This setting is not required unless your router is using an IKE ID of [type `ID_IPV4_ADDR`](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/).
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: The Cloudflare anycast IP assigned to you by your account team.
   - **Pre-shared key**: Create a pre-shared key for your first tunnel.
5. For the second IPsec tunnel, make the same changes as you did for the first tunnel, and ensure these additional setting is defined:
   - **Tunnel name**: `FITEL-tunnel-2`
   - **Interface address**: Enter `10.0.0.3/31` for your second tunnel.
   - **Customer endpoint**: This setting is not required unless your router is using an IKE ID of [type `ID_IPV4_ADDR`](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/).
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: The Cloudflare anycast IP assigned to you by your account team.
   - **Pre-shared key**: Create a pre-shared key for your second tunnel.

### FITELnet router configuration

#### Router 1 settings

Use the CLI to configure these settings:

```txt
interface Tunnel 1
 ip address 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.254
 tunnel mode ipsec map MAP1
 link-state sync-sa
exit
!

crypto ipsec policy IPsec_POLICY
 set security-association always-up
 set security-association lifetime seconds 28800
 set security-association transform-keysize aes 256 256 256
 set security-association transform esp-aes esp-sha256-hmac
 set mtu 1460
 set mss 1350
 set ip df-bit 0
 set ip fragment post
 ! if there is a NAT router between Cloudflare and FITELnet,
 ! add the two udp-encapsulation options below
 set udp-encapsulation nat-t keepalive interval 30 always-send
 set udp-encapsulation-force
exit
!
crypto ipsec selector SELECTOR
 src 1 ipv4 any
 dst 1 ipv4 any
exit
!
crypto isakmp keepalive
crypto isakmp log sa
crypto isakmp log session
crypto isakmp log negotiation-fail
crypto isakmp negotiation always-up-params interval 100 max-initiate 10 max-pending 10 delay 1
crypto ipsec replay-check disable
!
crypto isakmp policy ISAKMP_POLICY
 authentication pre-share
 encryption aes
 encryption-keysize aes 256 256 256
 group 20
 lifetime 86400
 hash sha sha-256
 initiate-mode aggressive
exit
!
crypto isakmp profile PROF1
 ! set the value of FQDN ID for self-identify
 self-identity fqdn <FQDN-ID-TUNNEL01>
 set isakmp-policy ISAKMP_POLICY
 set ipsec-policy IPsec_POLICY
 set peer <CLOUDFLARE-ANYCAST-ADDRESS>
 ike-version 2
 local-key <PRE-SHARED-KEY-TUNNEL01>
exit
!
crypto map MAP1 ipsec-isakmp
 match address SELECTOR
 set isakmp-profile PROF1
exit
!
```

#### Router 2 settings

Use the CLI to configure these settings:

```txt
interface Tunnel 2
 ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.254
 tunnel mode ipsec map MAP1
 link-state sync-sa
exit
!

crypto ipsec policy IPsec_POLICY
 set security-association always-up
 set security-association lifetime seconds 28800
 set security-association transform-keysize aes 256 256 256
 set security-association transform esp-aes esp-sha256-hmac
 set mtu 1460
 set mss 1350
 set ip df-bit 0
 set ip fragment post
 ! if there is a NAT router between Cloudflare and FITELnet,
 ! add the two udp-encapsulation options below
 set udp-encapsulation nat-t keepalive interval 30 always-send
 set udp-encapsulation-force
exit
!
crypto ipsec selector SELECTOR
 src 1 ipv4 any
 dst 1 ipv4 any
exit
!
crypto isakmp keepalive
crypto isakmp log sa
crypto isakmp log session
crypto isakmp log negotiation-fail
crypto isakmp negotiation always-up-params interval 100 max-initiate 10 max-pending 10 delay 1
crypto ipsec replay-check disable
!
crypto isakmp policy ISAKMP_POLICY
 authentication pre-share
 encryption aes
 encryption-keysize aes 256 256 256
 group 20
 lifetime 86400
 hash sha sha-256
 initiate-mode aggressive
exit
!
crypto isakmp profile PROF1
 ! set the value of FQDN ID for self-identify
 self-identity fqdn <FQDN-ID-TUNNEL02>
 set isakmp-policy ISAKMP_POLICY
 set ipsec-policy IPsec_POLICY
 set peer <CLOUDFLARE-ANYCAST-ADDRESS>
 ike-version 2
 local-key <PRE-SHARED-KEY-TUNNEL02>
exit
!
crypto map MAP1 ipsec-isakmp
 match address SELECTOR
 set isakmp-profile PROF1
exit
!
```

## Static route configuration

To configure routes for east-west (branch to branch) connections, refer to the following settings.

### Magic WAN

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration**.
3. From the **Static Routes** tab, select **Create**.
4. For the first route, ensure the following settings are defined (refer to [Configure static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/) to learn about settings not mentioned here):

- **Prefix**: `192.168.0.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: _FITEL-tunnel-1 / 10.0.0.0_

5. For the second route, ensure the following settings are defined:

- **Prefix**: `192.168.1.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: _FITEL-tunnel-2 / 10.0.0.2_

### FITELnet router configuration

#### Router 1

Use the CLI to configure these settings:

```txt
ip route 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 tunnel 1
```

#### Router 2

Use the CLI to configure these settings:

```txt
ip route 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 tunnel 2
```

---

## Connection test

### IPsec status

In the FITELnet router CLI, you can run `show crypto sa` to check the status of the IPsec security associations (SAs). `Total number of ISAKMP/IPSEC SA` shows the number of established SAs.

```txt
show crypto sa

  IKE_SA
    Mode: <I>
    Local IP : <LOCAL_IP>/500
    Local ID : <LOCAL_ID> (ipv4)
    Remote IP : anycast-address/500
    Remote ID : anycast-address (ipv4)
    Local Authentication method : Pre-shared key
    Remote Authentication method : Pre-shared key
    Encryption algorithm : aes256-cbc
    Hash algorithm : hmac-sha256-128
    Diffie-Hellman group : 20
    Initiator Cookie : aaaaaaaa bbbbbbbb
    Responder Cookie : cccccccc dddddddd
    Life time : 6852/14400 sec
    DPD : on

  CHILD_SA <I>
    Selector :
      0.0.0.0/0 ALL ALL <---> 0.0.0.0/0 ALL ALL
    Interface : tunnel 1
    Peer IP : anycast-address/500
    Local IP : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/500
    Encryption algorithm : AES-CBC/256
    Authentication algorithm : HMAC-SHA2-256
    Life time : 22868/28800 sec
    PFS : off ESN : off
    IN
      SPI : eeeeeeee
      Packets       : 0
      Octets        : 0
      Replay error  : 0
      Auth error    : 0
      Padding error : 0
      Rule error    : 0
    OUT
      SPI : ffffffff
      Packets       : 0
      Octets        : 0
      Seq lapped    : 0

  Total number of ISAKMP SA 1
  Total number of IPSEC SA 1
```

### Route Status

In the FITELnet router CLI, you can run `show ip route` to check the route information. A `*` in the route information indicates that the route information is valid.

```txt
show ip route

Codes: K - kernel route, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, O - OSPF,
       B - BGP, T - Tunnel, i - IS-IS, V - VRRP track,
       Iu - ISAKMP SA up, It - ISAKMP tunnel route, Ip - ISAKMP l2tpv2-ppp
       Dc - DHCP-client, L - Local Breakout
       > - selected route, * - FIB route, p - stale info

<snip>
S > * 192.168.1.0/24 [100/0] is directly connected, Tunnel1
<snip>
#
```

---

# Google Cloud VPN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/google/

This tutorial provides information and examples of how to configure IPsec VPN between Cloudflare Magic WAN with a GCP Cloud VPN.

## Prerequisites

You need to have a GCP VPN gateway created in your GCP account. This is needed to route traffic between your GCP virtual private cloud (VPC) and Cloudflare Magic WAN. Refer to the [GCP documentation](https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/how-to/creating-static-vpns) to learn more about creating a Cloud VPN gateway.

A Classic VPN Gateway is required to support static routing. Route tables will also need to be manually configured to allow the routing between the VPN and Cloudflare Magic WAN to work. Refer to [GCP routing options](https://cloud.google.com/network-connectivity/docs/vpn/concepts/choosing-networks-routing#ts-tun-routing) to learn more about GCP VPC routing.

## Google Cloud Platform

### Create a GCP Cloud VPN Gateway

1. Go to **Network Connectivity** > **VPN**.
2. Select the **Cloud VPN Gateways** tab > **Create VPN Gateway**.
3. Give your gateway a descriptive name.
4. Choose the network you want to connect to with this Cloud VPN Gateway (VPC).
5. Select a region where this Cloud VPN Gateway should be located.
6. Choose **IPv4** as the IP traffic type that will flow through this Gateway.

:::note
Cloudflare Magic WAN does not yet support private routing via IPv6.
:::

### Configure the VPN connection

1. Go to **Network Connectivity** > **VPN**.
2. Select the **Cloud VPN Tunnels** tab > **Create VPN Tunnel**.
3. Select the VPN Gateway you have created > **Continue**.
4. Give your tunnel a descriptive name.
5. For **Remote Peer IP Address**, use one of the public anycast Magic WAN IPs given to you by your account team.
6. In **IKE version**, select **IKEv2**.
7. You can generate an IKE pre-shared key, or add one you already own. If you generate one during this set up, keep it somewhere safe since you will need it in other steps to finish setting up Magic WAN and GCP.
8. Choose **Route-based** as routing option.
9. In **Remote network IP range** define the network you are going to expose to GCP via Cloudflare Magic WAN.

:::note
You can add new IP ranges once the VPN object is created. They will need to be created as VPC routes using this VPN connection (refer to the **Static Routes** section).
:::

10. Repeat the same process using your second Cloudflare anycast IP.

### Static Routes

Static routing is necessary to route traffic between your VPN and Cloudflare Magic WAN. Follow these steps to create them for your VPC. Refer to [VPN route documentation](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/routes) to learn more about VPN routing.

1. Go to **VPN Network** > **Routes**.
2. Select **Route Management**.
3. Create a route.
4. Choose the VPC network you want to use for that route.
5. In **Route type** select **Static Routing**.
6. In **IP Version** select **IPv4**.
7. Configure the network you want to expose to your VPN in the **Destination IPv4 Range**.
8. Choose a priority for your static route.
9. (Optional) You can link that route to a specific instance tag, so only impacted instances will use that route.
10. In **Next hop** select the VPN tunnel you created previously.
11. Select **Create**.

## Magic WAN

After configuring the Cloud VPN gateway VPN and the tunnels as mentioned above, go to the Cloudflare dashboard and create the corresponding IPsec tunnels and static routes on the Magic WAN side.

### IPsec tunnels

1. Refer to [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) to learn how to add an IPsec tunnel. When creating your IPsec tunnel, make sure you define the following settings:
   - **Tunnel name**: `tunnel01`
   - **Interface address**: The IPsec tunnel inner `/30`CIDR block. For example, `169.254.244.2`.
   - **Customer endpoint**: The IP address from GCP VPN tunnel outside IP address. For example, `35.xx.xx.xx`.
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the first of your two anycast IPs.
   - **Pre-shared key**: Choose **Use my own pre-shared key**, and enter the PSK you created for the GCP VPN tunnel.
   - **Health check type**: Choose **Reply**
   - **Health check destination**: Choose **custom** and set the IP corresponding to the interface address for the tunnel
   - **Health check direction**: Choose **Bidirectional**
   - **Replay protection**: Select **Enabled**.
2. Select **Save**.
3. Repeat the above steps for `tunnel02`. Chose the same prefix, but select the second IPsec tunnel for **Tunnel/Next hop**.

:::note
Do not forget to create a route in the corresponding GCP VPC covering for the healthcheck configuration of the tunnel. The route subnet should match the interface address CIDR of the Magic WAN tunnel (`169.254.244.2` in the example above).

Refer to the **Static Routes** section for more detail on how to create a VPC route leading to your newly created tunnel.
:::

### Static routes

The static route in Magic WAN should point to the appropriate virtual machine (VM) subnet you created inside your GCP virtual private cloud. For example, if your VM has a subnet of  `192.168.192.0/26`, you should use it as the prefix for your static route.

To create a static route:

1. Refer to [Create a static route](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) to learn how to create one.
2. In **Prefix**, enter the subnet for your VM. For example, `192.xx.xx.xx/24`.
3. For the **Tunnel/Next hop**, choose the IPsec tunnel you created in the previous step.
4. Repeat the steps above for the second IPsec tunnel you created.

---

# Fortinet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/fortinet/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This tutorial provides information and examples of how to configure Cloudflare Magic WAN with IPsec tunnels in conjunction with Fortinet FortiGate firewalls.

The FortiGate configuration settings presented here support [bidirectional health checks](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) as required by Cloudflare Magic WAN. However, they do not factor in any other traffic flows outside of the tunnel health checks. The configuration may need to be adjusted based on your current FortiGate configuration.

## Testing Environment

The FortiGate configuration was tested on two different FortiGate firewalls:

- FortiGate Virtual Appliance version 7.0.8, running on VMware ESXi 6.5
- FortiGate FG80F, version 7.0.12

## Magic WAN configuration

The first step to setting up Magic WAN is to add Magic WAN IPsec tunnels and Magic static routes to your Cloudflare account via the dashboard or API.

Before proceeding, ensure that you have the anycast IPs associated with your account. Check with your Cloudflare account team if you do not yet have them.

### Magic IPsec Tunnels

Cloudflare recommends customers configure two Magic IPsec tunnels per firewall/router - one to each of the two anycast IP addresses.

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration**.
3. From the **Tunnels** tab, select **Create**.
4. Select **IPsec tunnel** > **Next**.
5. When creating your IPsec tunnels:
   - **Health check type**: Change to _Request_.
   - **Replay Protection**: Do not change from the default setting.
   - Set up fields such as **Name**, **Description**, **Interface Address**, **Customer endpoint**, and **Cloudflare endpoint** with settings that work for you. Refer to [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) to learn more.

### Magic static routes

Add two Magic static routes to define the IP address space that exists behind the Magic IPsec tunnels - one to each of the two Magic IPsec tunnels defined in the previous section.

By default, the Magic static routes are defined with the priority set to `100`. Cloudflare leverages [Equal Cost Multipath Routing (ECMP)](/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/#equal-cost-multi-path-routing) and will load balance the traffic equally across the two tunnels. If you prefer to use an Active/Passive model, you can leave the default value for the first route set to `100`, and set the value for the second tunnel to `150` (higher value is a lower priority).

1. Go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.

2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration**.

3. From the **Static Routes** tab, select **Create**.

4. For the first route, ensure the following settings are defined (refer to [Configure static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/) to learn about settings not mentioned here):

   - **Prefix**: Specify the [RFC1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) subnet that exists behind the first Magic IPsec tunnel you have defined in the previous section.
   - **Tunnel/Next hop**: Select your first tunnel (Tunnel 01 of 02).

   ![The first static route should have the values mentioned above.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/fortinet/edit-static-route-01.png)

5. For the second route, ensure the following settings are defined:

   - **Prefix**: Specify the [RFC1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) subnet that exists behind the second Magic IPsec tunnel defined in the previous section.
   - **Tunnel/Next hop**: Select your second tunnel (Tunnel 02 of 02).

   ![The second static route should have the values mentioned above.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/fortinet/edit-static-route-02.png)

## Fortinet FortiGate configuration

### Enable asymmetric routing

To ensure health checks work as expected, enable asymmetric routing for ICMP. This option is required. Otherwise, the tunnel health checks which are critical for proper Magic WAN functionality will not work as designed.

Note that enabling asymmetric routing will affect FortiGate behavior. To learn more, refer to [How FortiGate behaves when asymmetric routing is enabled](https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Note-How-the-FortiGate-behaves-when-asymmetric-routing/ta-p/198575).

```txt
config system settings
    set asymroute-icmp enable
end
```

### Disable anti-replay protection

For route-based IPsec configurations, you will need to disable anti-replay protection. The command below disables anti-replay protection globally, but you can also do this per firewall policy. Refer to Fortinet's documentation on [anti-replay support per policy](https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Technical-Tip-Anti-Replay-option-support-per-policy/ta-p/191435) to learn more.

```txt
config system global
    set anti-replay disable
end
```

### IPsec tunnels

Magic IPsec tunnels leverage a route-based site-to-site VPN model. This model relies on the use of virtual tunnel interfaces and routing to define the traffic that flows across the IPsec tunnels.

Configure two IPsec tunnels using the `phase1-interface` and `phase2-interface` objects.

:::note
Refer to the Cloudflare Magic WAN dashboard to obtain the FQDN ID value when specifying the `localid` attribute/value pair in the `phase1-interface` configuration. To find this value, go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) > **Magic WAN** > **Manage Magic WAN configuration** > **Tunnels**. Then, find your IPsec tunnel and expand it to reveal all the information associated to it.
:::

The following examples assume `wan1` is the external/egress interface of the FortiGate firewall.

#### Add Phase 1 interfaces

`MWAN_IPsec_Tun1` corresponds to Tunnel 01 of 02 added earlier in the Cloudflare section of the configuration. `MWAN_IPsec_Tun2` corresponds to Tunnel 02 of 02 added earlier in the Cloudflare section of the configuration.

```txt
fortigate # config vpn ipsec phase1-interface
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set interface "wan1"
        set ike-version 2
        set keylife 86400
        set peertype any
        set net-device enable
        set proposal aes256gcm-prfsha512 aes256gcm-prfsha384 aes256gcm-prfsha256
        set localid "f1473dXXXXXXX72e33.49561179.ipsec.cloudflare.com"
        set dhgrp 20
        set nattraversal disable
        set remote-gw 162.159.67.210
        set add-gw-route enable
        set psksecret <YOUR_PRE-SHARED_KEY>
    next
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set interface "wan1"
        set ike-version 2
        set keylife 86400
        set peertype any
        set net-device enable
        set proposal aes256gcm-prfsha512 aes256gcm-prfsha384 aes256gcm-prfsha256
        set localid "de91565XXXXXXXfbbd6632.49561179.ipsec.cloudflare.com"
        set dhgrp 20
        set nattraversal disable
        set remote-gw 172.XX.XX.210
        set add-gw-route enable
        set psksecret ENC <YOUR_PRE-SHARED_KEY>
    next
end
```

#### Add Phase 2 interfaces

Add two `phase2-interfaces` - one for each of the two `phase1-interfaces` as follows:

```txt
fortigate # config vpn ipsec phase2-interface
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set phase1name "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set proposal aes256gcm aes128gcm
        set dhgrp 20
        set replay disable
        set keylifeseconds 28800
        set auto-negotiate enable
        set keepalive enable
    next
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set phase1name "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set proposal aes256gcm aes128gcm
        set dhgrp 20
        set replay disable
        set keylifeseconds 28800
        set auto-negotiate enable
        set keepalive enable
    next
end
```

### Network interfaces

#### Virtual tunnel interfaces

Configure the virtual tunnel interfaces that were automatically added when specifying the `set net-device enable` within the `phase1-interface` settings.

These are the only settings that should need to be added to the virtual tunnel interfaces:

- `ip`: The local IP address (specify with a `/32` netmask - `255.255.255.255`).
- `remote-ip`: The value associated with the interface address specified earlier in the Magic IPsec tunnels section (specify with a `/31` netmask - `255.255.255.254`).
- `alias`: This value is optional.

The following examples assume `wan1` is the external/egress interface of the FortiGate firewall.

```txt
fortigate # config system interface
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set vdom "root"
        set ip 10.252.2.91 255.255.255.255
        set allowaccess ping
        set type tunnel
        set remote-ip 10.252.2.90 255.255.255.254
        set alias "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set snmp-index 17
        set interface "wan1"
    next
    edit "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set vdom "root"
        set ip 10.252.2.93 255.255.255.255
        set allowaccess ping
        set type tunnel
        set remote-ip 10.252.2.92 255.255.255.254
        set alias "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set snmp-index 18
        set interface "wan1"
    next
end
```

### Validate communication across virtual tunnel interfaces

Once the virtual tunnel interfaces have been configured, you should be able to ping the IP address associated with the `remote-ip` attribute.

Below you have examples of a successful result from pinging across both of the virtual tunnel interfaces configured in the previous section:

#### MWAN_IPsec_Tun1

```txt
fortigate # execute ping 10.252.2.90
PING 10.252.2.90 (10.252.2.90): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.252.2.90: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=5.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.90: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=5.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.90: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.90: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=5.8 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.90: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=5.7 ms

--- 10.252.2.90 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 5.7/5.7/5.8 ms
```

#### MWAN_IPsec_Tun2

```txt
fortigate # execute ping 10.252.2.92
PING 10.252.2.92 (10.252.2.92): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.252.2.92: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=6.1 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.92: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=6.1 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.92: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=6.1 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.92: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=6.1 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.92: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=6.0 ms

--- 10.252.2.92 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 6.0/6.0/6.1 ms
```

### Zone objects (optional)

This sample configuration assumes there are three zones configured on the FortiGate firewall. These zone objects are used in the policies referenced later in this document:

- `Trust_Zone`: Contains the LAN interface(s).
- `Untrust_Zone`: Contains the WAN interface.
- `Cloudflare_Zone`: Contains both IPsec Tunnel interfaces.

```txt
fortigate # config system zone
    edit "Cloudflare_Zone"
        set intrazone allow
        set interface "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1" "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
    next
    edit "Trust_Zone"
        set intrazone allow
        set interface "internal"
    next
    edit "Untrust_Zone"
        set intrazone allow
        set interface "wan1"
    next
end
```

### Create Address Objects

Create Address Objects to represent the [Cloudflare IPv4 address space](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips) as well as objects for the bidirectional health check anycast IPs:

```txt
config firewall address
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_01"
        set color 9
        set subnet 173.245.48.0 255.255.240.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_02"
        set color 9
        set subnet 103.21.244.0 255.255.252.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_03"
        set color 9
        set subnet 103.22.200.0 255.255.252.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_04"
        set color 9
        set subnet 103.31.4.0 255.255.252.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_05"
        set color 9
        set subnet 141.101.64.0 255.255.192.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_06"
        set color 9
        set subnet 108.162.192.0 255.255.192.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_07"
        set color 9
        set subnet 190.93.240.0 255.255.240.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_08"
        set color 9
        set subnet 188.114.96.0 255.255.240.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_09"
        set color 9
        set subnet 197.234.240.0 255.255.252.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_10"
        set color 9
        set subnet 198.41.128.0 255.255.128.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_11"
        set color 9
        set subnet 162.158.0.0 255.254.0.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_12"
        set color 9
        set subnet 104.16.0.0 255.248.0.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_13"
        set color 9
        set subnet 104.24.0.0 255.252.0.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_14"
        set color 9
        set subnet 172.64.0.0 255.248.0.0
    next
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_15"
        set color 9
        set subnet 131.0.72.0 255.255.252.0
    next
    edit "Bidirect_HC_Endpoint_01"
        set comment "Bidirectional health check endpoint address"
        set color 9
        set subnet 172.64.240.253 255.255.255.255
    next
    edit "Bidirect_HC_Endpoint_02"
        set comment "Bidirectional health check endpoint address"
        set color 9
        set subnet 172.64.240.254 255.255.255.255
    next
end
```

### Configure Address Group Object

Create an Address Object that contains all of the Cloudflare IPv4 subnets as specified in the previous section. You can copy/paste the CLI commands below into an SSH terminal and the objects will get created automatically:

```txt
config firewall addrgrp
    edit "Cloudflare_IPv4_Nets"
        set member "Cloudflare_IPv4_01" "Cloudflare_IPv4_02" "Cloudflare_IPv4_03" "Cloudflare_IPv4_04" "Cloudflare_IPv4_05" "Cloudflare_IPv4_06" "Cloudflare_IPv4_07" "Cloudflare_IPv4_08" "Cloudflare_IPv4_09" "Cloudflare_IPv4_10" "Cloudflare_IPv4_11" "Cloudflare_IPv4_12" "Cloudflare_IPv4_13" "Cloudflare_IPv4_14" "Cloudflare_IPv4_15"
        set color 9
    next
end
```

### Add security policy

Add a firewall rule to permit the ICMP traffic associated with the reply style bidirectional health checks.

:::note
This example assumes this rule is the second rule in the firewall policy (`edit 2`). If you opt to copy/paste the example into an SSH session, edit the numeric value associated with the rule position accordingly.
:::

```txt
fortigate (policy) # show
config firewall policy
    edit 2
        set name "CF_Magic_Health_Checks"
        set uuid 80eb76ce-3033-51ee-c5e5-d5a670dff3b3
        set srcintf "Cloudflare_Zone"
        set action accept
        set srcaddr "Cloudflare_IPv4_Nets"
        set dstaddr "Bidirect_HC_Endpoint_01" "Bidirect_HC_Endpoint_02"
        set schedule "always"
        set service "ALL_ICMP"
        set logtraffic all
    next
end
```

### Policy-based routing

Policy-based routing rules are required to ensure the traffic associated with the bidirectional health checks received over a Magic IPsec tunnel is sent back across the same Magic IPsec tunnel.

Add two policy-based routing rules, one for each of the two Magic IPsec tunnels.

:::note
This example assumes the rules below are the first and second rules respectively (`edit 1` and `edit 2`). If you opt to copy/paste the example into an SSH session, edit the numeric value associated with the rule position accordingly.
:::

```txt
fortigate # config router policy
    edit 1
        set input-device "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
        set srcaddr "all"
        set dstaddr "all"
        set gateway 10.252.2.90
        set output-device "MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
    next
    edit 2
        set input-device "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
        set srcaddr "all"
        set dstaddr "all"
        set gateway 10.252.2.92
        set output-device "MWAN_IPsec_Tun2"
    next
end
```

## Monitor Cloudflare Magic IPsec tunnel health checks

<Render
	file="tunnel-healthchecks-dash"
	params={{
		dashInfo:
			"The dashboard shows the view of tunnel health as measured from each Cloudflare location where your traffic is likely to land.",
		productPath: "**Magic WAN** > **Tunnel health**",
	}}
/>

## Troubleshooting

### Packet Capture

Packet captures allow you to determine whether or not the policy-based routing rules are working as expected.

:::note
Due to the nature of the reply-style tunnel health checks, you will see ICMP Reply packets in both the ingress and egress direction. This is expected behavior.
:::

The expected behavior should look like the examples below - traffic ingressing Tunnel 01 of 02 should egress the same tunnel.

```txt
fortigate # diagnose sniffer packet any 'host 172.64.240.253' 4
interfaces=[any]
filters=[host 172.64.240.253]
0.601569 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 in 172.64.240.253 -> 162.158.176.118: icmp: echo reply
0.601585 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 out 172.64.240.253 -> 162.158.176.118: icmp: echo reply
0.611164 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 in 172.64.240.253 -> 172.71.87.94: icmp: echo reply
0.611178 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 out 172.64.240.253 -> 172.71.87.94: icmp: echo reply
0.617562 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 in 172.64.240.253 -> 172.71.129.214: icmp: echo reply
0.617574 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 out 172.64.240.253 -> 172.71.129.214: icmp: echo reply
0.622042 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 in 172.64.240.253 -> 172.69.61.43: icmp: echo reply
0.622056 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 out 172.64.240.253 -> 172.69.61.43: icmp: echo reply
0.624092 MWAN_IPsec_Tun1 in 172.64.240.253 -> 172.68.9.214: icmp: echo reply
```

Conversely, traffic ingressing Tunnel 02 of 02 should egress the same tunnel:

```txt
fortigate # diagnose sniffer packet any 'host 172.64.240.254' 4
interfaces=[any]
filters=[host 172.64.240.254]
0.912041 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 in 172.64.240.254 -> 172.70.177.56: icmp: echo reply
0.912057 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 out 172.64.240.254 -> 172.70.177.56: icmp: echo reply
0.913579 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 in 172.64.240.254 -> 172.70.221.154: icmp: echo reply
0.913592 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 out 172.64.240.254 -> 172.70.221.154: icmp: echo reply
0.914247 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 in 172.64.240.254 -> 162.158.1.85: icmp: echo reply
0.914260 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 out 172.64.240.254 -> 162.158.1.85: icmp: echo reply
0.918533 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 in 172.64.240.254 -> 172.71.125.75: icmp: echo reply
0.918550 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 out 172.64.240.254 -> 172.71.125.75: icmp: echo reply
0.924465 MWAN_IPsec_Tun2 in 172.64.240.254 -> 172.69.21.134: icmp: echo reply
```

### Flow Debugging

Flow debugging can be helpful when it comes to determining whether or not traffic is ingressing/egressing the firewall via the expected path. It takes steps much further than the sniffer packet captures in the previous section, but it creates a tremendous amount of logging and should only be enabled when absolutely necessary.

Additionally, customers will likely need to contact Fortinet technical support for assistance with interpreting the flow debug logs, as well as to obtain recommendations in terms of how to configure FortiGate to ensure flows are routed correctly based on the application's requirements.

```txt
fortigate # diagnose debug disable
fortigate # diagnose debug flow filter clear
fortigate # diagnose debug reset
fortigate # diagnose debug flow filter addr 172.64.240.253
fortigate # diagnose debug show flow show function-name enable
fortigate # diagnose debug config-error-log timestamps enable
fortigate # diagnose debug flow trace start 999
fortigate # diagnose debug enable
fortigate # 2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=print_pkt_detail line=5844 msg="vd-root:0 received a packet(proto=1, 172.64.240.253:56968->172.70.121.28:0) tun_id=162.159.67.210 from MWAN_IPsec_Tun1. type=0, code=0, id=56968, seq=0."
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=rpdb_srv_match_input line=1036 msg="Match policy routing id=1: to 10.252.2.90 via ifindex-34"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=vf_ip_route_input_common line=2605 msg="find a route: flag=00000000 gw-162.159.67.210 via MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=ipsecdev_hard_start_xmit line=669 msg="enter IPSec interface MWAN_IPsec_Tun1, tun_id=0.0.0.0"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=_do_ipsecdev_hard_start_xmit line=229 msg="output to IPSec tunnel MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=esp_output4 line=844 msg="IPsec encrypt/auth"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2871 func=ipsec_output_finish line=544 msg="send to 172.71.91.34 via intf-wan1"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=print_pkt_detail line=5844 msg="vd-root:0 received a packet(proto=1, 172.64.240.253:18685->162.158.209.64:0) tun_id=162.159.67.210 from MWAN_IPsec_Tun1. type=0, code=0, id=18685, seq=0."
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=rpdb_srv_match_input line=1036 msg="Match policy routing id=1: to 10.252.2.90 via ifindex-34"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=vf_ip_route_input_common line=2605 msg="find a route: flag=00000000 gw-162.159.67.210 via MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=ipsecdev_hard_start_xmit line=669 msg="enter IPSec interface MWAN_IPsec_Tun1, tun_id=0.0.0.0"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=_do_ipsecdev_hard_start_xmit line=229 msg="output to IPSec tunnel MWAN_IPsec_Tun1"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=esp_output4 line=844 msg="IPsec encrypt/auth"
2023-08-01 09:27:26 id=20085 trace_id=2872 func=ipsec_output_finish line=544 msg="send to 172.71.91.34 via intf-wan1"
```

### Disable Flow Debugging

The typical use of `CTR + C` will not stop Flow Debugging.

You can disable Flow Debugging simply by typing the following at any point while the debug logs are scrolling by:

```txt
fortigate # diagnose debug disable
```

---

# Third-party integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Juniper Networks SRX Series Firewalls

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/juniper/

This tutorial provides information and examples of how to configure Juniper Networks SRX Series Firewalls with Magic WAN.

The configuration settings in this document are based on JUNOS 23.4R2.13.

## Prerequisites

Confirm that you have two Cloudflare anycast IPs allocated to your account. You will establish IPsec tunnels to the two anycast IPs irrespective of the location of your Juniper SRX devices (from now on referred to as endpoint) — traffic will be naturally attracted to the closest Cloudflare colocation facility via BGP anycast.

Cloudflare recommends that customers configure two IPsec tunnels (one to each of the two anycast IPs allocated to you Cloudflare account) per Internet service provider per endpoint. This provides tunnel redundancy.

Equal-cost multi-path routing (ECMP) ensures traffic is load-balanced across the tunnels, and you can control traffic steering across the tunnels through route prioritization.

Cloudflare supports route-based site-to-site IPsec tunnels, which require the creation of virtual tunnel interfaces (VTIs). We recommend you select one subnet per Magic IPsec tunnel with either a `/30` or `/31` netmask.

Using a `/31` netmask is a more efficient use of IP addresses as it doubles the number of available subnets compared to a `/30`netmask. This is possible because with a `/31`netmask there is no need to reserve IP addresses for the subnet and broadcast addresses, as there would be if you opt to use a `/30` netmask. Additional details can be found in [RFC 3021 - Using 31-Bit Prefixes on IPv4 Point-to-Point Links](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3021).

## Cloudflare Magic WAN configuration

This section of the document will cover the configuration of:

- Magic IPsec tunnels
- Magic static routes

### Magic WAN topology

This documentation assumes there are two locations connected via Magic WAN:

| Site | Local/Remote | Security Zone | Subnet        |
| ---- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- |
| A    | Local        | trust         | `10.1.20.0/24`  |
| B    | Remote       | Cloudflare    | `10.1.100.0/24` |

### Magic IPsec tunnels

1. Start by [creating the IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) in the Cloudflare dashboard with the following values:
	- **Tunnel name**: Up to 15 characters (no spaces).
	- **Description** (Optional).
	- **Interface address**: This is the Virtual Tunnel Interface (VTI = `st0.x`) RFC 1918 address — the IP address specified in this dialog box is the address on the Cloudflare side of the tunnel.
	- **Customer endpoint**: Specify the Internet IP address on the untrust side of the SRX firewall.
	- **Cloudflare endpoint**: One of the two Cloudflare anycast IP addresses.
	- **Pre-shared key**: Choose **Add pre-shared key later**.
2. Select **Add IPsec Tunnel** and fill in the values for the second tunnel to the same Juniper SRX:
	- Ensure you use a unique RFC 1918 IP address for the Interface Address (`/31` or `/30`).
	- Once again, specify the Internet IP address on the untrust side of the SRX firewall for the **Customer Endpoint**.
	- The **Cloudflare Endpoint** for the second tunnel will be the second Cloudflare anycast IP provisioned for your account.
3. Select **Add Tunnels**. We also recommend selecting **Test Tunnels** to ensure that the settings do not conflict with any other tunnels defined in your account and that you specified the correct anycast IP addresses.
4. You will see a warning indicator next to the tunnel names after creating them because we chose to add a pre-shared key later. This is expected behavior and indicates that a pre-shared key has not been generated yet for the associated tunnel.
5. Select **Edit** next to one of the tunnels to generate a pre-shared key.
6. Select **Generate a new pre-shared key** > **Update and generate a pre-shared key**. Make a note of the pre-shared key and store it somewhere safe.
	:::note
	You can update the pre-shared key at any time by repeating this step. Just make sure to add the new value of the new pre-shared key to the corresponding tunnel configuration on the Juniper device.
	:::
7. Repeat the previous step for the second tunnel.
8. Expand the first tunnel's properties and note the **Tunnel ID** and **FQDN ID** values.
9. Repeat the previous steps for the second tunnel.
	:::note
	The **Tunnel ID** and **FQDN ID** values are unique per tunnel and remain unchanged unless you delete and recreate the tunnel. Generating a new Pre-Shared Key will not change the values.
	:::

### Magic static routes

Refer to the Magic WAN Topology section above for more details on the IP subnet scheme.

[Magic static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/) effectively tell Magic WAN which tunnels to route traffic destined for a given Magic WAN site.

Since two tunnels are configured to each endpoint, it is necessary to configure two static routes.

Cloudflare leverages [equal-cost multi-path](/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/) routing to control traffic steering across the tunnels. The default priority for each route is 100 — traffic will be load-balanced across the two tunnels equally via ECMP. You can modify the priorities as needed, however best practices dictate leaving the default values in place.

1. Create a static route with the following values. Make sure you select the first tunnel in **Tunnel/Next hop**:
	- **Description:** The description for the static route assigned to your first tunnel.
	- **Prefix**: Enter the destination subnet for which this route is intended. For this example, it is `10.1.20.0/24` as stated above.
	- **Tunnel/Next hop**: Choose your first tunnel from the drop-down menu.
	- **Priority**: The default value is `100`.
	- **Region code**: Leave set to **All Regions** unless otherwise specified.
2. Select **Add Static Route** to add a second route for the same subnet. Make sure the second tunnel is selected in **Tunnel/Next hop**.
3. Select **Test Routes** to ensure the settings are accepted, then select **Add Routes**.
4. Confirm the routes were added correctly in **Magic WAN** > **Configuration** > **Static Routes**.

## Juniper SRX configuration

There may be some differences in the syntax of the commands in the version on your SRX devices. However, the principles are the same. Refer to the Juniper product documentation for more information.

The interface naming convention for VTI interfaces (also known as Secure Tunnel Interfaces) in Junos is `st0.x`.

[Secure Tunnel Interface in a Virtual Router - Juniper IPsec VPN User Guide](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/vpn-ipsec/topics/topic-map/security-secure-tunnel-interface-in-a-virtual-router.html)

The following elements will be configured on the Juniper SRX firewall(s):

- Ensure the LAN interface is in the `trust` zone
- Add virtual tunnel Interfaces (`st0.0` and `st0.1`)
- Assign tunnel interfaces to the `cloudflare` security zone
- Allow required protocols to both the tunnel and untrust security zones
- IKE configuration
- IPsec configuration
- Policy-based routing (filter-based forwarding)
- Security policies

### Tunnel interfaces

1. Add two tunnel interfaces:

```txt
set interfaces st0 unit 0 family inet address 10.252.2.21/31
set interfaces st0 unit 1 family inet address 10.252.2.23/31
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration interfaces st0
```
```txt output
unit 0 {
    family inet {
        address 10.252.2.21/31;
    }
}
unit 1 {
    family inet {
        address 10.252.2.23/31;
    }
}
```

### Security Zone (Cloudflare) - tunnel interfaces

Define a security zone and add both tunnel interfaces to it. At a minimum, the interfaces should allow `ping`, but this zone only contains point-to-point connections between the firewall and the customer network namespace. Setting it to `all` for system-services and protocols should be fine.

```txt
set security zones security-zone cloudflare interfaces st0.0 host-inbound-traffic system-services all
set security zones security-zone cloudflare interfaces st0.0 host-inbound-traffic
set security zones security-zone cloudflare interfaces st0.1 host-inbound-traffic system-services all
set security zones security-zone cloudflare interfaces st0.1 host-inbound-traffic
```

```txt
admin@srx220> show configuration security zones security-zone cloudflare
```
```txt output
interfaces {
	st0.0 {
		host-inbound-traffic {
			system-services {
				all;
			}
			protocols {
				all;
			}
		}
	}
	st0.1 {
		host-inbound-traffic {
			system-services {
				all;
			}
			protocols {
				all;
			}
		}
	}
}
```

### Security zone (untrust) - `host-inbound-traffic`

Add `ping` and `ike` to the security zone containing the external interface used to establish the IPsec tunnels to Cloudflare.

```txt
set security zones security-zone untrust interfaces ge-0/0/0.0 host-inbound-traffic system-services ike
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security zones security-zone untrust
```
```txt output
screen untrust-screen;
interfaces {
    ge-0/0/0.0 {
        host-inbound-traffic {
            system-services {
                ike;
            }
        }
    }
}
```

### IKE - Phase 1

#### IKE proposal

Add an IKE proposal that specifies the [Phase 1 Configuration Parameters](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters):

```txt
set security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop authentication-method pre-shared-keys
set security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop dh-group group20
set security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop authentication-algorithm sha-256
set security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop encryption-algorithm aes-256-cbc
set security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop lifetime-seconds 86400
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike proposal cf_magic_wan_ike_prop
```
```txt output
authentication-method pre-shared-keys;
dh-group group20;
authentication-algorithm sha-256;
encryption-algorithm aes-256-cbc;
lifetime-seconds 86400;
```

#### IKE policies

Define two IKE policies - one for each of the two Magic IPsec tunnels:

***Tunnel 1 (SRX300_IPSEC_01)**

```txt
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol mode main
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol proposals cf_magic_wan_ike_prop
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol pre-shared-key ascii-text "$9$GRjPTF<REDACTED>WZUjHPT"
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol
```
```txt output
mode main;
proposals cf_magic_wan_ike_prop;
pre-shared-key ascii-text "$9$GRjPTF<REDACTED>WZUjHPT"; ## SECRET-DATA
```

**Tunnel 2 (SRX300_IPSEC_02)**

```txt
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol mode main
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol proposals cf_magic_wan_ike_prop
set security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol pre-shared-key ascii-text "$9$f536tp<REDACTED>SrH.fT/9Lx7-bY"
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol
```
```txt output
mode main;
proposals cf_magic_wan_ike_prop;
pre-shared-key ascii-text "$9$f536tp<REDACTED>SrH.fT/9Lx7-bY"; ## SECRET-DATA
```

#### IKE gateways

Define two IKE gateways — one for each of the two Magic IPsec tunnels. In the examples below, note the use of the **FQDN ID** value obtained from the Cloudflare dashboard in the `local-identity` hostname setting.

**Tunnel 1 (SRX300_IPSEC_01)**

```txt
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01 ike-policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01 address 162.159.68.68
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01 local-identity hostname 1663e5e70<REDACTED>6555.ipsec.cloudflare.com
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01 external-interface ge-0/0/0.0
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01 version v2-only
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01
```
```txt output
ike-policy cf_magic_wan_tun_01_pol;
address 162.159.68.68;
local-identity hostname 1663e5e70<REDACTED>6555.ipsec.cloudflare.com;
external-interface ge-0/0/0.0;
version v2-only;
```

**Tunnel 2 (SRX300_IPSEC_02)**

```txt
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02 ike-policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02 address 172.64.244.68
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02 local-identity hostname b5ee5303<REDACTED>6555.ipsec.cloudflare.com
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02 external-interface ge-0/0/0.0
set security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02 version v2-only
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02
```
```txt output
ike-policy cf_magic_wan_tun_02_pol;
address 172.64.244.68;
local-identity hostname b5ee5303<REDACTED>6555.ipsec.cloudflare.com;
external-interface ge-0/0/0.0;
version v2-only;
```

### Phase 2 - IPsec

#### IPsec proposal

Add an IPsec proposal that specifies the [Phase 2 Configuration Parameters](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters):

Add an IPsec proposal that specifies the [Phase 2 Configuration Parameters](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-configuration-parameters):

```txt
set security ipsec proposal cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop protocol esp
set security ipsec proposal cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop authentication-algorithm hmac-sha-256-128
set security ipsec proposal cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop encryption-algorithm aes-256-cbc
set security ipsec proposal cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop lifetime-seconds 28800
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ipsec proposal cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop
```
```txt output
protocol esp;
authentication-algorithm hmac-sha-256-128;
encryption-algorithm aes-256-cbc;
lifetime-seconds 28800;
```

#### IPsec Policy

Define one IPsec policy — reference the IPsec proposal created above.

```txt
set security ipsec policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol proposals cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ipsec policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol
```
```txt output
proposals cf_magic_wan_ipsec_prop;
```

#### IPsec VPN tunnels

Define two IPsec policies - one for each of the two Magic IPsec tunnels. It is crucial to ensure that:

- [Anti-replay](/magic-wan/reference/anti-replay-protection/) protection is disabled.
  - Use the [`no-anti-replay`](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/interfaces-adaptive-services/topics/ref/statement/no-anti-replay-edit-services.html) option.
- The SRX is the tunnel initiator:
  - Cloudflare will not instantiate the tunnel
  - If the SRX does not initiate the tunnel, then the tunnel will not be established until there is an attempt to connect to resources through the tunnel
  - Use [`establish-tunnels immediately`](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/interfaces-adaptive-services/topics/ref/statement/establish-tunnels-edit-services-ipsec-vpn.html) to ensure the SRX is the tunnel initiator.

**VPN Tunnel 1 (cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01)**

```txt
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01 bind-interface st0.0
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01 ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01 ike no-anti-replay
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01 ike ipsec-policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01 establish-tunnels immediately
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_01
```
```txt output
bind-interface st0.0;
ike {
    gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_01;
    no-anti-replay;
    ipsec-policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol;
}
establish-tunnels immediately;
```

**VPN Tunnel 2 (cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02)**

```txt
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02 bind-interface st0.1
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02 ike gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02 ike no-anti-replay
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02 ike ipsec-policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol
set security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02 establish-tunnels immediately
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ipsec vpn cf_magic_wan_ipsec_tun_02
```
```txt output
bind-interface st0.1;
ike {
    gateway cf_magic_wan_gw_tun_02;
    no-anti-replay;
    ipsec-policy cf_magic_wan_ipsec_pol;
}
establish-tunnels immediately;
```

### Policy-Based Routing

The SRX platform provides policy-based routing functionality, which Juniper refers to as [filter-based forwarding](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/routing-policy/topics/concept/firewall-filter-option-filter-based-forwarding-overview.html).

Filter-based forwarding is implemented by configuring the following:

1. **Routing Instance**: Specify the routing table(s) to which a packet is forwarded and the destination to which the packet is forwarded at the [edit routing-instances] hierarchy level.
2. **Firewall Filter**: Use a stateless firewall filter to specify the source and destination addresses in conjunction with a routing instance that forwards traffic across the Magic IPsec tunnels, then bind the firewall filter to the ingress interface (trust zone).
3. **RIB Group**: Share interface routes with the forwarding routing instances used in filter-based forwarding (FBF).

:::note
Firewall filters must incorporate at least two terms:

- **Term 1**: Classify the traffic to forward to Magic WAN
- **Term 2**: Permit all other traffic — otherwise, the firewall filters will discard any traffic not intended for Magic WAN destinations.
:::

This configuration only factors in one local site (`10.1.20.0/24`). In this example, we assume devices in the trust zone must route traffic to a remote subnet at another Magic WAN-protected site (`10.1.100.0/24`).

Define a static route on the SRX to route traffic to `10.1.100.0/24` with redundant routes referencing each of the two tunnels.

**Routing Instance:**

[Routing Instances](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/routing-overview/topics/concept/routing-instances-overview.html) effectively add additional routing tables to the SRX platform.

As mentioned earlier, any traffic destined for other Magic WAN protected sites must be routed over the Magic IPsec tunnels.

The example includes two static routes - one to each of the two VTIs on the Cloudflare side of the  Magic IPsec Tunnels (`10.252.2.20` and `10.252.2.22`).

While it is possible to be more prescriptive in terms of the destination subnets, we simply use `0.0.0.0/0` as the firewall filter ensures only traffic destined for `10.1.100.0/24` will be forwarded to the routing instance. Any other traffic not destined for `10.1.100.0/24` will continue to the primary routing table (`inet.0`) as it falls outside the scope of the firewall filter configured in the next section below.

Leaving the destination subnet as `0.0.0.0/0` eases some administrative burden as you only need to modify the firewall filter to specify which traffic is destined for Magic WAN.

```txt
set routing-instances MAGIC_WAN_RI instance-type forwarding
set routing-instances MAGIC_WAN_RI routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.252.2.20
set routing-instances MAGIC_WAN_RI routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 10.252.2.22
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration routing-instances
```
```txt output
MAGIC_WAN_RI {
    instance-type forwarding;
    routing-options {
        static {
            route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop [ 10.252.2.20 10.252.2.22 ];
        }
    }
}
```

**Firewall Filter:**

In this step, we create a stateless firewall filter to ensure only packets from `10.1.20.0/24` destined for `10.1.100.0/24` are sent to the `MAGIC_WAN_RI` routing instance.

- **Term 1** - `MAGIC_WAN_NETS` ensures only packets from `10.1.20.0/24` destined for `10.1.100.0/24` are sent to the `MAGIC_WAN_RI` routing instance. Take note of the `count` statement defined in this term. [Count](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/routing-policy/topics/example/firewall-filter-stateless-example-act-on-sampling.html) allows you to view how many packets are processed by this term in the firewall filter. An example of how to view the Counter is included below.
- **Term 2** - `ALLOW_EVERYTHING_ELSE` ensures all other traffic continues to the primary routing table (`inet.0`).

```txt
set firewall family inet filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF term MAGIC_WAN_NETS from source-address 10.1.20.0/24
set firewall family inet filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF term MAGIC_WAN_NETS from destination-address 10.1.100.0/24
set firewall family inet filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF term MAGIC_WAN_NETS then count MAGIC_WAN_GATEWAY_FBF_count
set firewall family inet filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF term MAGIC_WAN_NETS then routing-instance MAGIC_WAN_RI
set firewall family inet filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF term ALLOW_EVERYTHING_ELSE then accept
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration firewall
```
```txt output
family inet {
    filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF {
        term MAGIC_WAN_NETS {
            from {
                source-address {
                    10.1.20.0/24;
                }
                destination-address {
                    10.1.100.0/24;
                }
            }
            then {
                count MAGIC_WAN_FBF_count;
                routing-instance MAGIC_WAN_RI;
            }
        }
        term ALLOW_EVERYTHING_ELSE {
            then accept;
        }
    }
}
```

**View Firewall Filter Counters**

To view the firewall filter counter:

```txt
admin@srx300> show firewall filter MAGIC_WAN_FBF counter MAGIC_WAN_FBF_count
```
```txt output
Filter: MAGIC_WAN_FBF

Counters:

Name                                      Bytes       Packets
MAGIC_WAN_FBF_count                       760174478   1940954
```

**Bind Firewall Filter to the interface in the** **trust** **zone:**

```txt
set interfaces ge-0/0/7 unit 0 family inet filter input MAGIC_WAN_FBF
set interfaces ge-0/0/7 unit 0 family inet address 10.1.20.1/24
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration interfaces ge-0/0/7 unit 0
```
```txt output
family inet {
    filter {
        input MAGIC_WAN_FBF;
    }
    address 10.1.20.1/24;
}
```

**RIB Group:**

RIB Groups allow you to concatenate the contents of multiple routing tables into a routing table group.

The primary routing table in the RIB group should be `inet.0` followed by the secondary routing table `MAGIC_WAN_RI.inet.0`  which is the `MAGIC_WAN_RI` routing-instance created above.

[Interface Routes](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/interface-routes-edit-routing-options.html) referenced below by the `interface-routes` statement determines which interfaces and Routing Instances are bound to the RIB Group.

```txt
set routing-options static route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop <DEFAULT GATEWAY VIA ISP>
set routing-options rib-groups MAGIC_WAN_RG import-rib [ inet.0 MAGIC_WAN_RI.inet.0 ]
set routing-options interface-routes rib-group inet MAGIC_WAN_RG
set routing-options interface-routes rib-group inet MAGIC_WAN_RG
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration routing-options
```
```txt output
interface-routes {
    rib-group inet MAGIC_WAN_GW_RG;
}
static {
    route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop <DEFAULT GATEWAY VIA ISP>;
}
rib-groups {
    MAGIC_WAN_GW_RG {
        import-rib [ inet.0 MAGIC_WAN_RI.inet.0 ];
    }
}
```

### Security policies

Define security policies to permit traffic flows destined for Magic WAN-protected resources. The source/destination zones must incorporate the zone containing the tunnel interfaces.

There are two very simple rules to allow traffic bidirectionally — it is generally recommended to start with a similar policy and then add more stringent rules once general connectivity is established successfully.

**From Zone:** *Cloudflare* **To Zone:** *trust*

```txt
set security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust policy cloudflare_to_trust match source-address any
set security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust policy cloudflare_to_trust match destination-address any
set security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust policy cloudflare_to_trust match application any
set security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust policy cloudflare_to_trust then permit
set security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust policy cloudflare_to_trust then log session-close
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security policies from-zone cloudflare to-zone trust
```
```txt output
policy cloudflare_to_trust_permit {
    match {
        source-address any;
        destination-address any;
        application any;
    }
    then {
        permit;
        log {
            session-close;
        }
    }
}
```

**From Zone:** *trust* **To Zone:** *Cloudflare*

```txt
set security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit match source-address any
set security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit match destination-address any
set security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit match application any
set security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit then permit
set security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit then log session-close
```

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security policies from-zone trust to-zone cloudflare
```
```txt output
policy trust_to_cloudflare_permit {
    match {
        source-address any;
        destination-address any;
        application any;
    }
    then {
        permit;
        log {
            session-close;
        }
    }
}
```

## Troubleshooting

### Validate tunnel connectivity

There are several diagnostic commands available to view the status of IPsec tunnels.

#### Ping across virtual tunnel interfaces

Use ping to test connectivity from the SRX side of the tunnel to the Cloudflare side of the tunnel. Ensure you use the source option to specify the IP address associated with tunnel interfaces `st0.0` and `st0.1`, respectively:

**Tunnel 1** - `st0.0 - 10.252.2.21`

```txt
admin@srx300> ping source 10.252.2.21 10.252.2.20
```
```txt output
PING 10.252.2.20 (10.252.2.20): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.252.2.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=8.429 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=4.134 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=4.028 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=3.855 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.20: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=3.811 ms
```

**Tunnel 2** - `st0.1 - 10.252.2.23`

```txt
admin@srx300> ping source 10.252.2.23 10.252.2.22
```
```txt output
PING 10.252.2.22 (10.252.2.22): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 10.252.2.22: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=7.405 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=3.685 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.22: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=3.666 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.22: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=3.888 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.22: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=3.814 ms
```

#### Phase 1 - View Active Peers

[`show security ike active-peer`](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/command/show-security-ike-active-peer.html)

```txt
admin@srx300> show security ike active-peer
```
```txt output
Remote Address            Port     Peer IKE-ID     XAUTH username    Assigned IP
162.XXX.XX.164            500      162.XX.XXX.164  not available     0.0.0.0
172.XX.XXX.164            500      172.XX.XXX.164  not available     0.0.0.0
```

#### Phase 1 - View IKE Security Associations

[`show security ike security-associations`](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/command/show-security-ike-security-associations.html)

```txt
admin@srx300> show security ike security-associations
```
```txt output
Index  State Initiator cookie Responder cookie Mode      Remote Address
3628774 UP   51078ae37b319d23 1475e3b48ca89a9a IKEv2     162.XXX.XX.164
3628775 UP   b2d9a698b6224fc9 7fb1a9f81db0611c IKEv2     172.XX.XXX.164
```

#### Phase 2 - View IPsec Security Associations

[`show security ipsec security-associations`](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/vpn-ipsec/topics/ref/command/show-security-ipsec-security-associations.html)

```txt
admin@srx300> show security ipsec security-associations
```
```txt output
Total active tunnels: 2
ID    Algorithm       SPI      Life:sec/kb  Mon lsys Port  Gateway
<131073 ESP:aes-cbc-256/sha256 d28e709e 28565/unlim - root 500 162.XXX.66.164
>131073 ESP:aes-cbc-256/sha256 25aed8ae 28565/unlim - root 500 162.XXX.XX.164
<131074 ESP:aes-cbc-256/sha256 3f13176d 28566/unlim - root 500 172.XX.XXX.164
>131074 ESP:aes-cbc-256/sha256 965169e9 28566/unlim - root 500 172.XX.XXX.164
```

### IKE `traceoptions`

It can be very helpful to enable debug logging via traceoptions while setting up the tunnels. The log data can help determine if there are issues and, if so, where they might be occurring.

Please note that some errors in the log are benign. The types of errors to look for are those related to authentication or encryption/integrity (that is, no proposal chosen).

#### Enable IKE `traceoptions`

[traceoptions (Security IKE)](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/security-edit-traceoptions-ike.html)

```txt
set security ike traceoptions file ike-debug.log
set security ike traceoptions file size 1m
set security ike traceoptions file files 3
set security ike traceoptions file world-readable
set security ike traceoptions flag all
```

The log file can be viewed by doing the following:

1. From an operational mode, run **start shell**.
2. Use the `tail` command to view the contents of the log file in real-time:

	```txt
	tail -f /var/log/ike-debug.log
	```

3. Press `CTRL + C` when finished.
4. Type `exit` to return to the operational mode prompt.

Either deactivate `traceoptions` or delete `traceoptions` once debugging is complete.

#### Deactivate IKE `traceoptions`

```txt
deactivate security ike traceoptions
```

Confirm `traceoptions` is deactivated with:

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ike traceoptions
```
```txt output
##
## inactive: security ike traceoptions
##
file ike-debug.log size 1m files 3 world-readable;
flag all;
```

### IPsec `traceoptions`

Refer to [traceoptions (Security IPsec)](https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/cli-reference/topics/ref/statement/security-edit-traceoptions-ipsec.html) for more information on this topic.

#### Enable IPsec `traceoptions`

```txt
set security ipsec traceoptions file ipsec-debug.log
set security ipsec traceoptions file size 1m
set security ipsec traceoptions file files 3
set security ipsec traceoptions file world-readable
set security ipsec traceoptions flag all
```

To view the log file:

1. From an operational mode, run `start shell`.
2. Use the tail command to view the contents of the log file in real time:
   `tail -f /var/log/ipsec-debug.log`
3. Press `CTRL + C` when finished.
4. Type `exit` to return to the operational mode prompt.

Either deactivate `traceoptions` or delete `traceoptions` once debugging is complete.

#### Delete IPsec `traceoptions`

```txt
delete security ipsec traceoptions
```

#### Deactivate IPsec `traceoptions`

```txt
deactivate security ipsec traceoptions
```

Confirm `traceoptions` is deactivated:

```txt
admin@srx300> show configuration security ipsec traceoptions
```
```txt output
##
## inactive: security ipsec traceoptions
##
file ipsec-debug.log size 1m files 3 world-readable;
flag all;
```

---

# Oracle Cloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/oracle/

This tutorial provides information and examples of how to configure IPsec between Cloudflare Magic WAN and an Oracle Cloud Site-to-site VPN.

## Prerequisites

You need a pre-shared key to establish the IPsec tunnel. You can use the following code to create a random key:

```js
		const a = new Uint8Array(48);
		crypto.getRandomValues(a);
		let base64String = btoa(String.fromCharCode.apply(null, a));

		base64String = base64String.replace(/\+/g, '')
								   .replace(/\//g, '')
								   .replace(/=/g, '');

		console.log(base64String.substring(0, 32));
```

:::caution
The code above is an example of how you might generate a random key. However, make sure you generate a key that is strong enough to comply with your security needs.
:::

You can try this code in the [Workers playground](https://workers.cloudflare.com/playground#LYVwNgLglgDghgJwgegGYHsHALQBM4RwDcABAEbogB2+CAngLzbPYDqApmQNJQQBimYACFKNRHSoBzAB4ArAEoBBANYR5AEVYAJAOJCAagA0AXCxYduvAVhHVaEmQpVrNug4YCwAKADC6KhDsAdjqUADOMOhhvFD+xiQYWHgExCRUcMDsDABEUDTs0gB0smHZpKhQYEEZWbn5RSXZ3n4BQRDYACp0MOzxcDAwYFAAxgSxVMiycABucGHDCLAQANTA6Ljg7N7eBZFIJLjsqHDgECQA3l4AkHMSwwnsEMMAFgAUAJQXXtdXw-5hZzgJAYaXYAHcSABVPIQAAcigQCDgdFeABZYe8iD8Ft0IOhCpJHvI4DR0MB9HAwCB2GFXnBMT8qmcyHN2AA2VEAZQgiykwPIeLgr25vMkhVQCDJPmeiD8h0K-UGKKo4DAABoSPSGT8WWF2VyeXlJPzdfqRUbCgh2IM4MN2K9kAAdZbISQagDk7vePyuvr9JADlutYFt9qdyFdHq9Pr9voDJCDNrtDoYkZInu1vr+VABCTylPNfJBpo5hbFYRAZABoteAAYNQBmABMmauVogIAQVFBEPkNMiOftFXSYDLGsufue7DghwQYXiE792WzgWCEG67Gy8WygWkKGeEGAYGyap9AF9T76zwyrhevGesd4zMwLDx+IJbGJ6FI5EpVBptD0Ixmn8Vd2lCCIohiOIEkEZJCFIdJMhyTJCHwQgyjzKokNqMgwHQMgml8UC2k6Dc+gGIZRmgfxJjCfxti8c5lzJeBoDISpeDoAB9dDN2MbIm1rJtUWwWsGzEgB2E8WOANioA4oZ1241AQ0kUpjAAbWyKh1nYEpuL+OSCGyABdNVsmAOA8m4tYNiqLc6kOBpSjPJ9n1fKwP1Eewfycf9XCAwxmG8IA).

## Oracle Cloud

### 1. Create Oracle Cloud customer-premises equipment

1. Go to **Networking** > **Customer connectivity**, and select **Customer-premises equipment**.
2. Select **Create CPE**.
3. Select the following settings (you can leave settings not mentioned here with their default values):
   - **Name**: Enter a name.
   - **IP Address**: Enter your Cloudflare anycast IP address.
   - **CPE vendor information**: Select **Other**.
4. Select **Create CPE**.

### 2. Create Oracle Cloud dynamic routing gateways

1. Go to **Networking** > **Customer connectivity**, and select **Dynamic routing gateways**.
2. Select **Create Dynamic routing gateways**.
3. Select the following settings (you can leave settings not mentioned here with their default values):
   - **Name**: Enter a name.
4. Select **Create Dynamic routing gateways**.

### 3. Create an IPsec connection

1. Go to **Networking** > **Customer connectivity**, and select **Site-to-Site VPN**.
2. Select **Create IPsec connection**.
3. Select the following settings (you can leave settings not mentioned here with their default values):
   - **Name**: Enter a name.
   - **Customer-premises equipment**: Select the CPE you have created in step 1.
   - **Dynamic routing gateways**: Select the DRG you have created in step 2.
   - **Routes to your on-premises network**: Enter a CIDR range you want to route to Magic WAN.
   - **Tunnel 1**
      - **Name**: Enter a name.
      - Select **Provide custom shared secret**.
      - Enter the **pre-shared key** you created in the Prerequisites section.
      - **IKE version**: **IKEv2**
      - **Routing type**: **Static routing**
      - **IPv4 inside tunnel interface - CPE**:  Enter the internal tunnel IP on the Cloudflare side of the IPsec tunnel. In this example, it is `10.200.1.0/31`.
      - **IPv4 inside tunnel interface - Oracle**: Enter the internal tunnel IP on the Oracle side of the IPsec tunnel. In this example, it is `10.200.1.1/31`. This matches with the Cloudflare side for this tunnel.
         1. Select **Show advanced options**
         2. Select **Phase one (ISAKMP) configuration**
            - Select **Set custom configurations**
            - **Custom encryption algorithm**: **AES_256_CBC**
            - **Custom authentication algorithm**: **SHA2_256**
            - **Custom Diffie-Hellman group**: **GROUP20**
            - **IKE session key lifetime in seconds**: **86400**
         3. Select **Phase two (IPsec) configuration**
            - Select **Set custom configurations**
            - **Custom encryption algorithm**: **AES_256_CBC**
            - **HMAC_SHA2_256_128**: **HMAC_SHA2_256_128**
            - **IPsec session key lifetime in seconds**: **28800**
            - **Perfect forward secrecy Diffie-Hellman group**: **GROUP20**
    - **Tunnel 2**
      - Repeat the above steps for Tunnel 2. Select the right IP for **IPv4 inside tunnel interface - CPE**: `10.200.2.0/31` and **IPv4 inside tunnel interface - Oracle**: `10.200.2.1/31`
4. Select **Create IPsec connection**

## Magic WAN

After configuring the Oracle Site-to-site VPN connection and the tunnels as mentioned above, go to the Cloudflare dashboard and create the corresponding IPsec tunnel and static routes on the Magic WAN side.

### IPsec tunnels

1. Refer to [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) to learn how to add an IPsec tunnel. When creating your IPsec tunnel, make sure you define the following settings:
   - **Tunnel name**: Enter a name.
   - **Interface address**: Enter the internal tunnel IP on the Cloudflare side of the IPsec tunnel. In this example, it is `10.200.1.0/31`.
   - **Customer endpoint**: The Oracle VPN public IP address.
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter your Cloudflare anycast IP address.
   - **Health check type**: **Request**
   - **Health check direction**: **Unidirectional**
   - **Health check target**: **Default**
   - **Pre-shared key**: Choose **Use my own pre-shared key**, and enter the pre-shared key you created in the Prerequisites section.
   - **Replay protection**: **Enabled**.
2. Select **Add tunnels**.
3. Repeat the above steps for Tunnel 2. Chose the same Cloudflare anycast IP address and select the right IP for **Interface address**: `10.200.2.0/31`

### Static routes

The static route in Magic WAN should point to the appropriate virtual machine (VM) subnet you created inside your Oracle Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). For example, if your VM has a subnet of  `192.168.192.0/26`, you should use it as the prefix for your static route.

To create a static route:

1. Refer to [Create a static route](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) to learn how to create one.
2. In **Prefix**, enter the subnet for your VM. For example, `192.xx.xx.xx/24`.
3. For the **Tunnel/Next hop**, choose the IPsec tunnel you created in the previous step.
4. Repeat the steps above for the second IPsec tunnel you created.

---

# Palo Alto Networks NGFW

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/palo-alto/

This tutorial includes the steps required to configure IPsec tunnels to connect a Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) to Cloudflare Magic WAN through a Layer 3 deployment.

## Software version tested

- PAN-OS 9.1.14-h4

## Use Cases

- **Magic WAN**: Connecting two or more locations with [RFC-1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) private non-routable address space.
- **Magic WAN with Cloudflare Zero Trust (Gateway egress)**: Same as Magic WAN, with the addition of outbound Internet access from Magic WAN protected sites egressing the Cloudflare edge network.

## Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes you have a standalone NGFW with two network interfaces:

- One in a trust security zone (`Trust_L3_Zone`) with an [RFC-1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) non-Internet routable IP address (internal network);
- And the other in an untrust security zone (`Untrust_L3_Zone`) with a legally routable IP address (Internet facing).

Additionally, there must be a default gateway set on the Virtual Router (default) pointing to the router of your Internet service provider(s).

## Environment

The following IP addresses are used throughout this tutorial. Any legally routable IP addresses have been replaced with IPv4 Address Blocks Reserved for Documentation ([RFC5737](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5737)) addresses within the `203.0.113.0/24` subnet.

| Description                       | Address                            | Address                      |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
| NGFW external interface           | `203.0.113.254/24`                 |                              |
| NGFW internal interface           | `10.1.100.254/24`                  |                              |
| Local trust subnet (LAN)          | `10.1.100.0/24`                    |                              |
| NGFW tunnel interface 01          | `10.252.2.26/31` (Cloudflare side) | `10.252.2.27/31` (NGFW side) |
| NGFW tunnel interface 02          | `10.252.2.28/31` (Cloudflare side) | `10.252.2.29/31` (NGFW side) |
| Magic WAN anycast IP              | `162.159.66.164`                   | `172.64.242.164`             |
| Magic WAN health check anycast IP | `172.64.240.253`                   | `172.64.240.254`             |
| VLAN0010 - remote Magic WAN site  | `10.1.10.0/24`                     |                              |
| VLAN0020 - remote Magic WAN site  | `10.1.20.0/24`                     |                              |

---

## Cloudflare Magic WAN

### Magic IPsec Tunnels

Use the Cloudflare dashboard or API to [configure two IPsec Tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels). The settings mentioned in [Add IPsec tunnels](#add-ipsec-tunnels) below are used for the IPsec tunnels referenced throughout the remainder of this guide.

These are the target IP addresses for bidirectional tunnel health checks:

- `172.64.240.253`: Use with the primary IPsec tunnel.
- `172.64.240.254`: Use with the secondary IPsec tunnel.

:::caution
You need to [configure bidirectional health checks](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) with Magic WAN. The settings must include custom target IP addresses for each tunnel. Additionally, Cloudflare recommends that you lower the rate at which health check probes are sent.
:::

#### Add IPsec tunnels

1. Follow the [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) instructions to create the required IPsec tunnels with the following options:
   - **Tunnel name**: `SFO_IPSEC_TUN01`
   - **Interface address**: `10.252.2.96/31`
   - **Customer endpoint**: `203.0.113.254`
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: `162.159.66.164`
   - **Health check rate**: _Low_ (default value is _Medium_)
   - **Health check type**: _Reply_
   - **Health check target**: _Custom_ (default is _Default_)
   - **Target address**: `172.64.240.253`

2. Select **Add pre-shared key later** > **Add tunnels**.

3. Repeat the process to create a second IPsec tunnel with the following options:
   - **Tunnel name**: `SFO_IPSEC_TUN02`
   - **Interface address**: `10.252.2.98/31`
   - **Customer endpoint**: `203.0.113.254`
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: `172.64.242.164`
   - **Health check rate**: _Low_ (default value is _Medium_)
   - **Health check type**: _Reply_
   - **Health check target**: _Custom_ (default is _Default_)
   - **Target address**: `172.64.240.254`

#### Generate Pre-shared keys

When you create IPsec tunnels with the option **Add pre-shared key later**, the Cloudflare dashboard will show you a warning indicator:

![Magic IPsec Tunnels - No PSK](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/cloudflare_dash_ipsec/03_magic_ipsec_tun_no_psk.png)

1. Select **Edit** to edit the properties of each tunnel.
2. Select **Generate a new pre-shared key** > **Update and generate pre-shared key**.
   ![Generatre a new pre-shared key for each of your IPsec tunnels](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/cloudflare_dash_ipsec/04_magic_ipsec_tun_01_gen_psk.png)
3. Copy the pre-shared key value for each of your IPsec tunnels, and save these values somewhere safe. Then, select **Done**.
   ![Take note of your pre-shared key, and keep it in a safe place](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/cloudflare_dash_ipsec/05_magic_ipsec_tun_01_show_psk.png)

#### IPsec identifier - FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name)

After creating your IPsec tunnels, the Cloudflare dashboard will list them under the **Tunnels** tab. Select the arrow (**>**) on each of your IPsec tunnel to collect the FQDN ID value from each of them. The FQDN ID value will be required when configuring IKE Phase 1 on the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall.

![Take note of the FQDN ID value for each of your IPsec tunnels](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/cloudflare_dash_ipsec/08_magic_ipsec_tun_01_fqdn.png)

### Magic Static Routes

If you refer to the [Environment section](#environment), you will notice there is one subnet within `Trust_L3_Zone`: `10.1.100.0/24`.

Create a [static route](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) for each of the two IPsec tunnels configured in the previous section, with the following settings (settings not mentioned here can be left with their default settings):

#### Tunnel 01

- **Description**: `SFO_VLAN100_01`
- **Prefix**: `10.1.100.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: `SFO_IPSEC_TUN01`

#### Tunnel 02

- **Description**: `SFO_VLAN100_02`
- **Prefix**: `10.1.100.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: `SFO_IPSEC_TUN02`

![Add static routes for each of the IPsec tunnels you created in the previous step](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/cloudflare_dash_ipsec/10_magic_ipsec_static_routes.png)

## Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall

### Tags

While [Tags are optional](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/policy/use-tags-to-group-and-visually-distinguish-objects/create-and-apply-tags), they can greatly improve object and policy visibility. The following color scheme was implemented in this configuration:

| Tag                  | Color  |
| -------------------- | ------ |
| `Trust_L3_Zone`      | Green  |
| `Untrust_L3_Zone`    | Red    |
| `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` | Orange |

Use the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall command-Line to set the tags:

```bash
set tag Trust_L3_Zone color color2
set tag Untrust_L3_Zone color color1
set tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone color color6
```

### Objects

The use of **Address** and **Address Group** objects wherever possible is strongly encouraged. These objects ensure that configuration elements that reference them are defined accurately and consistently.

Any configuration changes should be applied to the objects and will automatically be applied throughout the remainder of the configuration.

#### Address Objects

:::note
Any objects without a netmask specified are `/32`.
:::

| Name                            | Type       | Address            | Tags                 |
| ------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------ | -------------------- |
| `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01`    | IP Netmask | `172.64.240.253`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02`    | IP Netmask | `172.64.240.254`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_01`       | IP Netmask | `162.159.66.164`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_02`       | IP Netmask | `172.64.242.164`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Local`    | IP Netmask | `10.252.2.27/31`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote`   | IP Netmask | `10.252.2.26`      | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Local`    | IP Netmask | `10.252.2.29/31`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote`   | IP Netmask | `10.252.2.28`      | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `CF_WARP_Client_Prefix`         | IP Netmask | `100.96.0.0/12`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_01`            | IP Netmask | `173.245.48.0/20`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_02`            | IP Netmask | `103.21.244.0/22`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_03`            | IP Netmask | `103.22.200.0/22`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_04`            | IP Netmask | `103.31.4.0/22`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_05`            | IP Netmask | `141.101.64.0/18`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_06`            | IP Netmask | `108.162.192.0/18` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_07`            | IP Netmask | `190.93.240.0/20`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_08`            | IP Netmask | `188.114.96.0/20`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_09`            | IP Netmask | `197.234.240.0/22` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_10`            | IP Netmask | `198.41.128.0/17`  | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_11`            | IP Netmask | `162.158.0.0/15`   | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_12`            | IP Netmask | `104.16.0.0/13`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_13`            | IP Netmask | `104.24.0.0/14`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_14`            | IP Netmask | `172.64.0.0/13`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_15`            | IP Netmask | `131.0.72.0/22`    | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24` | IP Netmask | `203.0.113.254/24` | `Untrust_L3_Zone`    |
| `VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24`        | IP Netmask | `10.1.10.0/24`     | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24`        | IP Netmask | `10.1.20.0/24`     | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24`       | IP Netmask | `10.1.100.0/24`    | `Trust_L3_Zone`      |
| `VLAN0100_L3_10-1-100-254--24`  | IP Netmask | `10.1.10.254/24`   | `Trust_L3_Zone`      |

Use the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall command-Line to set the objects:

```bash
set address CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01 ip-netmask 172.64.240.253
set address CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02 ip-netmask 172.64.240.254
set address CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_01 ip-netmask 162.159.66.164
set address CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_01 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_02 ip-netmask 172.64.242.164
set address CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_02 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Local ip-netmask 10.252.2.27/31
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Local tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Local ip-netmask 10.252.2.29/31
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Local tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote ip-netmask 10.252.2.26
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote ip-netmask 10.252.2.28
set address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address CF_WARP_Client_Prefix ip-netmask 100.96.0.0/12
set address CF_WARP_Client_Prefix tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_01 ip-netmask 173.245.48.0/20
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_01 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_02 ip-netmask 103.21.244.0/22
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_02 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_03 ip-netmask 103.22.200.0/22
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_03 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_04 ip-netmask 103.31.4.0/22
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_04 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_05 ip-netmask 141.101.64.0/18
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_05 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_06 ip-netmask 108.162.192.0/18
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_06 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_07 ip-netmask 190.93.240.0/20
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_07 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_08 ip-netmask 188.114.96.0/20
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_08 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_09 ip-netmask 197.234.240.0/22
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_09 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_10 ip-netmask 198.41.128.0/17
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_10 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_11 ip-netmask 162.158.0.0/15
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_11 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_12 ip-netmask 104.16.0.0/13
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_12 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_13 ip-netmask 104.24.0.0/14
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_13 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_14 ip-netmask 172.64.0.0/13
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_14 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_15 ip-netmask 131.0.72.0/22
set address Cloudflare_IPv4_15 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set address Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24 ip-netmask 203.0.113.254/24
set address Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24 tag Untrust_L3_Zone
set address VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 ip-netmask 10.1.10.0/24
set address VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 tag Trust_L3_Zone
set address VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ip-netmask 10.1.20.0/24
set address VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 tag Trust_L3_Zone
set address VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24 ip-netmask 10.1.100.0/24
set address VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24 tag Trust_L3_Zone
set address VLAN0100_L3_10-1-100-254--24 ip-netmask 10.1.100.254/24
set address VLAN0100_L3_10-1-100-254--24 tag Trust_L3_Zone
```

#### Address Group object

The **Address Group** object used in this configuration provides a single object representation of the entire Cloudflare IPv4 public address space.

| Name                         | Type   | Addresses            | Tags                 |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | -------------------- | -------------------- |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_01` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_02` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_03` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_04` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_05` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_06` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_07` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_08` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_09` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_10` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_11` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_12` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_13` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_14` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |
| `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp` | Static | `Cloudflare_IPv4_15` | `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` |

Use the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall command-Line to set the address group object:

```bash
set address-group Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp static [ Cloudflare_IPv4_01 Cloudflare_IPv4_02 Cloudflare_IPv4_03 Cloudflare_IPv4_04 Cloudflare_IPv4_05 Cloudflare_IPv4_06 Cloudflare_IPv4_07 Cloudflare_IPv4_08 Cloudflare_IPv4_09 Cloudflare_IPv4_10 Cloudflare_IPv4_11 Cloudflare_IPv4_12 Cloudflare_IPv4_13 Cloudflare_IPv4_14 Cloudflare_IPv4_15 ]
set address-group Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
```

:::note
While not covered by this tutorial, it is also possible to use External Dynamic Lists to automatically obtain the most current list of Cloudflare IPv4 addresses by periodically polling [https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v4](https://www.cloudflare.com/ips-v4).
:::

### Interface Mgmt - Network Profiles

**Interface Mgmt** profiles control what traffic is allowed _to_ the firewall, as opposed to _through_ the firewall.

Adding an Interface Mgmt profile to the tunnel interfaces will provide the ability to ping the Virtual Tunnel Interface on your firewall(s).

#### Set up via dashboard

You can define an Interface Management Profile to allow ping from the dashboard:

1. Go to **Network Profiles** > **Interface Mgmt**.
2. In the **Network** tab select **Add**.
3. Create profiles to allow Ping, and in the **Network Services** group select **Ping**.

![Interface Mgmt Profile](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/01_int_mgmt_prof.png)

![Interface Mgmt Profile](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/02_int_mgmt_prof.png)

#### Set up via command line

You can also use the command line to allow ping:

```bash
set network profiles interface-management-profile Allow_Ping userid-service no
set network profiles interface-management-profile Allow_Ping ping yes
```

### Network Interfaces

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is configured with two Ethernet interfaces:

| Interface   | Interface Type | IP Address         | Virtual Router |
| ----------- | -------------- | ------------------ | -------------- |
| ethernet1/1 | Layer3         | `10.1.100.254/24`  | default        |
| ethernet1/2 | Layer3         | `203.0.113.254/24` | default        |

#### Set up via dashboard

Follow the guidance on the images below to set up the Ethernet interfaces through the dashboard.

##### ethernet1/1: `Trust_L3_Zone`

| Name             | Option             | Value                                               |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **ethernet1/1**  | Interface Type     | _Layer3_                                            |
|                  | Netflow Profile    | _None_                                              |
| **Config tab**   | Virtual Router     | _default_                                           |
|                  | Security Zone      | _Trust_L3_Zone_                                   |
| **IPv4 tab**     | Type               | **Static**                                          |
|                  | IP                 | `VLAN0100_L3_10-1-100-254--24` <br/> address object |
| **Advanced tab** | Management Profile | _Mgmt_Services_                                    |

![Set up ethernet1/1 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/01_ethernet-1-1_page1.png)
![Set up ethernet1/1 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/02_ethernet-1-1_page2.png)
![Set up ethernet1/1 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/03_ethernet-1-1_page3.png)

##### ethernet1/2: `Untrust_L3_Zone`

| Name             | Option              | Value                                                |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **ethernet1/2**  | Interface Type      | _Layer3_                                             |
|                  | Netflow Profile     | _None_                                               |
| **Config tab**   | Virtual Router      | _default_                                            |
|                  | Security Zone       | _Untrust_L3_Zone_                                  |
| **IPv4 tab**     | Type                | **Static**                                           |
|                  | IP                  | `Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24` <br/> address object |
| **Advanced tab** | Management Profile  | _Allow_Ping_                                        |
|                  | MTU                 | `576 - 1500`                                         |
|                  | Adjust TCP MSS      | **Enable**                                           |
|                  | IPv4 MSS Adjustment | `64`                                                 |

![Set up ethernet1/2 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/04_ethernet-1-2_page1.png)
![Set up ethernet1/2 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/05_ethernet-1-2_page2.png)
![Set up ethernet1/2 on the dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/06_ethernet-1-2_page3.png)

After setting up your Ethernet interfaces, they should show up on the overview page:

![Ethernet Interfaces - Overview](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Ethernet_Interfaces/07_ethernet_interfaces_overview.png)

#### Set up via command line

You can also use the command line to set up the Ethernet interfaces.

```bash
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/1 layer3 ndp-proxy enabled no
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/1 layer3 lldp enable no
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/1 layer3 ip VLAN0100_L3_10-1-100-254--24
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/1 layer3 interface-management-profile Mgmt_Services
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 ndp-proxy enabled no
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 lldp enable no
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 ip Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 interface-management-profile Allow_Ping
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 adjust-tcp-mss enable yes
set network interface ethernet ethernet1/2 layer3 adjust-tcp-mss ipv4-mss-adjustment 64
```

### Tunnel interfaces

Establishing IPsec Tunnels to Cloudflare Magic WAN requires two tunnel interfaces - one to each of the two Cloudflare anycast IP addresses. You also have to ensure that `Allow_Ping` is bound to both tunnel adapters in **Advanced** > **Managementt Profile**.

Review the images below for more information.

:::note
MTU is set to `1450`. This value may need to be adjusted for optimal performance on your network.
:::

#### Set up via dashboard

##### tunnel.1 - `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`

| Name             | Option             | Value                                             |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **tunnel.1**     | Netflow Profile    | _None_                                            |
| **Config tab**   | Virtual Router     | _default_                                         |
|                  | Security Zone      | _Cloudflare_L3_Zone_                            |
| **IPv4 tab**     | IP                 | `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Local` <br/> address object |
| **Advanced tab** | Management Profile | _Allow_Ping_                                     |
|                  | MTU                | `1450`                                            |

![Set up tunnel 1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/01_tunnel_1_page1.png)
![Set up tunnel 1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/02_tunnel_1_page2.png)
![Set up tunnel 1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/03_tunnel_1_page3.png)

##### tunnel.2 - `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`

| Name             | Option             | Value                                             |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| **tunnel.2**     | Netflow Profile    | _None_                                            |
| **Config tab**   | Virtual Router     | _default_                                         |
|                  | Security Zone      | _Cloudflare_L3_Zone_                            |
| **IPv4 tab**     | IP                 | `CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Local` <br/> address object |
| **Advanced tab** | Management Profile | _Allow_Ping_                                     |
|                  | MTU                | `1450`                                            |

![Set up tunnel 2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/04_tunnel_2_page1.png)
![Set up tunnel 2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/05_tunnel_2_page2.png)
![Set up tunnel 2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/06_tunnel_2_page3.png)

After setting up your Tunnel interfaces, they should show up on the overview page:

![Tunnel Interfaces - Overview](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_interfaces/Tunnel_Interfaces/07_tunnel_interfaces_overview.png)

#### Set up via command line

You can also set up your tunnels in the command line:

```bash
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.1 ip CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Local
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.1 mtu 1450
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.1 interface-management-profile Allow_Ping
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.2 ip CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Local
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.2 mtu 1450
set network interface tunnel units tunnel.2 interface-management-profile Allow_Ping
```

### Zones

The Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) used to create this tutorial includes the following zones and corresponding network interfaces:

| Zone                 | Interface   | Interface |
| -------------------- | ----------- | --------- |
| `Trust_L3_Zone`      | ethernet1/1 |           |
| `Untrust_L3_Zone`    | ethernet1/2 |           |
| `Cloudflare_L3_Zone` | tunnel.1    | tunnel.2  |

The tunnel interfaces are placed in a separate zone to facilitate the configuration of more granular security policies. The use of any other zone for the tunnel interfaces will require adapting the configuration accordingly.

:::note
Any Magic WAN protected networks that are not local should be considered part of the `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`.
:::

#### Set up via dashboard

##### `Trust_L3_zone`

| Name            | Option                  | Value           |
| --------------- | ----------------------- | --------------- |
| `Trust_L3_zone` | Log setting             | _None_          |
|                 | Type                    | _Layer3_        |
|                 | Interfaces              | **ethernet1/1** |
|                 | Zone Protection Profile | _None_          |

![The Palo Alto interface showing the Trust_L3_Zone](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_zones/01_trust_zone.png)

##### `Untrust_L3_zone`

| Name              | Option                  | Value                 |
| ----------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------- |
| `Untrust_L3_zone` | Log setting             | _None_                |
|                   | Type                    | _Layer3_              |
|                   | Interfaces              | **ethernet1/2**       |
|                   | Zone Protection Profile | _Untrust_Zone_Prof_ |

![The Palo Alto interface showing the Untrust_L3_Zone](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_zones/02_untrust_zone.png)

##### `Cloudflare_L3_zone`

| Name                 | Option                  | Value                           |
| -------------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| `Cloudflare_L3_zone` | Log setting             | _None_                          |
|                      | Type                    | _Layer3_                        |
|                      | Interfaces              | **tunnel.1** <br/> **tunnel.2** |
|                      | Zone Protection Profile | _None_                          |

![The Palo Alto interface showing the Cloudflare_L3_Zone](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_zones/03_cloudflare_zone.png)
![The Palo Alto interface showing the Tunnel Interfaces overview section](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_zones/04_zones_overview.png)

#### Set up via command line

You can also use the command line to associate zones and interfaces:

```bash
set zone Trust_L3_Zone network layer3 ethernet1/1
set zone Untrust_L3_Zone network layer3 ethernet1/2
set zone Cloudflare_L3_Zone network layer3 [ tunnel.1 tunnel.2 ]
```

### Apply Changes

This would be a good time to save and commit the configuration changes made so far. Once complete, make sure you test basic connectivity to and from the firewall.

### IKE crypto profile Phase 1

Add a new IKE crypto profile to support the required parameters for Phase 1.

Multiple DH groups and authentication settings are defined in the desired order. Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) will automatically negotiate the optimal settings based on specified values.

#### Set up via dashboard

| Name                | Option                        | Value                                        |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC` | DH Group                      | **group20**                                  |
|                     | Authentication                | **sha512** <br/> **sha384** <br/> **sha256** |
|                     | Encryption                    | **aes-256-cbc**                              |
|                     | Key Lifetime                  | 24 hours                                      |
|                     | IKEv2 Authentication Multiple | `0`                                          |

#### Set up via command line

You can also set up the crypto profile for Phase 1 via the command line:

```bash
set network ike crypto-profiles ike-crypto-profiles CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC hash [ sha512 sha384 sha256 ]
set network ike crypto-profiles ike-crypto-profiles CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC dh-group [ group20 ]
set network ike crypto-profiles ike-crypto-profiles CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC encryption aes-256-cbc
set network ike crypto-profiles ike-crypto-profiles CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC lifetime hours 24
set network ike crypto-profiles ike-crypto-profiles CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC authentication-multiple 0
```

### IPsec crypto profile Phase 2

Add a new IPsec crypto profile to support the required parameters for Phase 2.

Multiple Authentication settings are defined in the desired order. Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) will automatically negotiate the optimal settings based on specified values.

#### Set up via dashboard

| Name                  | Option         | Value                     |
| --------------------- | -------------- | ------------------------- |
| `CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC` | Encryption     | **aes-256-cbc**           |
|                       | Authentication | **sha256** <br/> **sha1** |
|                       | DH Group       | **group20**               |
|                       | Lifetime       | 8 hours                   |

#### Set up via command line

You can also set up the IPsec crypto profile for Phase 2 via the command line:

```bash
set network ike crypto-profiles ipsec-crypto-profiles CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC esp authentication [ sha256 sha1 ]
set network ike crypto-profiles ipsec-crypto-profiles CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC esp encryption aes-256-cbc
set network ike crypto-profiles ipsec-crypto-profiles CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC lifetime hours 8
set network ike crypto-profiles ipsec-crypto-profiles CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC dh-group group20
```

### IKE Gateways

:::note
Any other settings not specified should be left at their default values. Any deviation may lead to undesirable behavior and are not supported.
:::

Define two IKE Gateways to establish the two IPsec tunnels to Cloudflare. Make sure to define the following values:

#### Set up via dashboard

##### Tunnel 1 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01`

:::note
Make sure you select `CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC` as the IKE Crypto profile.
:::

| Tab 					  	| Option  | Value 							 |
| ----------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| **General tab**   | Name 		|`CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01` |
|                   | Version | _IKEv2 only mode_. <br/> Make sure both IKE Gateways are based only on this setting. |
|                   | Local IP Address     | `Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24`  |
|                   | Peer address         | `CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_01` |
|                   | Pre-Shared Key       | This value can be obtained from the Cloudflare dashboard - value is unique per tunnel. |
|                   | Local Identification | _FQDN (hostname)_. <br/> You can obtain this value from the Cloudflare Dashboard - value is unique per tunnel. |
|                   | Peer Identification  | _None_ |
| **Advanced tab**  | IKE Crypto Profile   | _CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC_ |
|                   | Liveness Check       | The default value (five seconds) is sufficient. This setting is used to periodically determine if there are any underlying connectivity issues that may adversely affect the creation of Phase 1 Security Associations. |

![IKE gateway settings for tunnel 1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/03_ike_gw01_page1.png)
![IKE gateway settings for tunnel 1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/04_ike_gw01_page2.png)

##### Tunnel 2 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02`

:::note
Make sure you select `CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC` as the IKE Crypto profile.
:::

| Tab              | Option               | Value |
| ---------------- | -------------------- |------ |
| **General tab**  | Name                 | `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02` |
|                  | Version              | _IKEv2 only mode_. <br/> Make sure both IKE Gateways are based only on this setting. |
|                  | Local IP Address     | `Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24` |
|                  | Peer address         | `CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_02` |
|                  | Pre-Shared Key       | This value can be obtained from the Cloudflare dashboard - value is unique per tunnel. |
|                  | Local Identification | _FQDN (hostname)_. <br/> You can obtain this value from the Cloudflare Dashboard - value is unique per tunnel. |
|                  | Peer Identification  | _None_ |
| **Advanced tab** | IKE crypto profile   | _CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC_ |
|                  | Liveness Check       | The default value (five seconds) is sufficient. This setting is used to periodically determine if there are any underlying connectivity issues that may adversely affect the creation of Phase 1 Security Associations. |

![IKE gateway settings for tunnel 2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/05_ike_gw02_page1.png)
![IKE gateway settings for tunnel 2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/06_ike_gw02_page2.png)

#### Set up via command line

##### Tunnel 1 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01`

```bash
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol ikev1 dpd enable yes
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol ikev2 dpd enable yes
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol ikev2 ike-crypto-profile CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol version ikev2
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 local-address ip Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 local-address interface ethernet1/2
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol-common nat-traversal enable no
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 protocol-common fragmentation enable no
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 peer-address ip CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_01
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 authentication pre-shared-key key -AQ==Xdcd9ir5o5xhjuIH---------------------HsRoVf+M0TTG4ja3EzulN37zMOwGs
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 local-id id 28de99ee57424ee0a1591384193982fa.33145236.ipsec.cloudflare.com
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 local-id type fqdn
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01 disabled no
```

##### Tunnel 2 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02`

```bash
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol ikev1 dpd enable yes
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol ikev2 dpd enable yes
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol ikev2 ike-crypto-profile CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol version ikev2
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 local-address ip Internet_L3_203-0-113-254--24
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 local-address interface ethernet1/2
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol-common nat-traversal enable no
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 protocol-common fragmentation enable no
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 peer-address ip CF_Magic_WAN_Anycast_02
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 authentication pre-shared-key key -AQ==rvwEulxx7wLBl---------------------swSeJPXxxM2cfPbt7q4HZZGZZ8
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 local-id id b87322b0915b47158667bf1653990e66.33145236.ipsec.cloudflare.com
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 local-id type fqdn
set network ike gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02 disabled no
```

### IPsec Tunnels

With the IKE Gateways defined, the next step is to configure two IPsec Tunnels - one corresponding to each of the two IKE Gateways configured in the previous section.

#### Prerequisites

There are a few prerequisites you should be aware of before continuing:

- Do not configure Proxy IDs. Magic WAN IPsec tunnels are based on the route-based VPN model. Proxy IDs are used with policy-based VPNs.
- Disable Replay Protection, under the Advanced Options.
- Disable Tunnel Monitor. It can cause undesirable results. Tunnel Monitor is a Palo Alto Networks proprietary feature that assumes there are Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall devices on both sides of the IPsec tunnel. Also, Tunnel Monitor is intended for use with IPsec tunnels based on IKEv1 (Magic WAN IPsec tunnels are based on IKEv2).

#### Set up via dashboard

##### Tunnel 1 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01`

| Name                    | Option                   | Value                     |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------- |
| `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01` | Tunnel interface         | tunnel.1                  |
|                         | IKE Gateway              | _CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01_ |
|                         | IPsec crypto profile     | _CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC_    |
|                         | Enable Replay Protection | **Disable**               |

![Set up the IPsec tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/07_ipsec_tun01_page1.png)
![Set up the IPsec tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/08_ipsec_tun01_page2.png)

##### Tunnel 2 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02`

| Name                    | Option                   | Value                     |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------- |
| `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02` | Tunnel interface         | tunnel.2                  |
|                         | IKE Gateway              | _CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02_ |
|                         | IPsec crypto profile     | _CF_IKE_Crypto_CBC_    |
|                         | Enable Replay Protection | **Disable**               |

![Set up the IPsec tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/09_ipsec_tun02_page1.png)
![Set up the IPsec tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_ipsec_tunnels/10_ipsec_tun02_page2.png)

#### Set up via command line

##### Tunnel 1 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01`

```bash
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 auto-key ike-gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 auto-key ipsec-crypto-profile CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 tunnel-monitor destination-ip 10.252.2.26
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 tunnel-monitor tunnel-monitor-profile default
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 tunnel-interface tunnel.1
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 anti-replay no
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01 disabled no
```

##### Tunnel 2 settings: `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02`

```bash
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 auto-key ike-gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 auto-key ipsec-crypto-profile CF_IPsec_Crypto_CBC
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 tunnel-monitor destination-ip 10.252.2.28
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 tunnel-monitor tunnel-monitor-profile default
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 tunnel-interface tunnel.2
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 anti-replay no
set network tunnel ipsec CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02 disabled no
```

### Apply Changes

This would be a good time to save and commit the configuration changes made thus far. Once complete, make sure you test basic connectivity across the IPsec tunnels.

### IPsec tunnel connectivity tests

This is a good time to ensure the IPsec tunnels are established and to validate basic connectivity.

:::note
Tunnel health checks will not function until security policies and policy-based forwarding are configured. This series of tests is focused on testing IPsec connectivity exclusively.
:::

#### Verify IKE Phase 1 Communications

The first step is to verify IKE Phase 1 completed successfully:

##### Syntax

```bash
show vpn ike-sa gateway [value]
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01`

```bash
admin@panvm03> show vpn ike-sa gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01

There is no IKEv1 phase-1 SA found.

There is no IKEv1 phase-2 SA found.

IKEv2 SAs
Gateway ID      Peer-Address           Gateway Name           Role SN       Algorithm             Established     Expiration      Xt Child  ST

----------      ------------           ------------           ---- --       ---------             -----------     ----------      -- -----  --

2               162.159.66.164         CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01    Init 67       PSK/DH20/A256/SHA256  Jun.04 21:09:13 Jun.05 05:09:13 0  1      Established

IKEv2 IPsec Child SAs
Gateway Name           TnID     Tunnel                    ID       Parent   Role SPI(in)  SPI(out) MsgID    ST

------------           ----     ------                    --       ------   ---- -------  -------- -----    --

CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01    2        CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01     322550   67       Init FCAEE176 1EF41BA9 000007B4 Mature

Show IKEv2 SA: Total 2 gateways found. 1 ike sa found.
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02`

```bash
admin@panvm03> show vpn ike-sa gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02

There is no IKEv1 phase-1 SA found.

There is no IKEv1 phase-2 SA found.

IKEv2 SAs
Gateway ID      Peer-Address           Gateway Name           Role SN       Algorithm             Established     Expiration      Xt Child  ST

----------      ------------           ------------           ---- --       ---------             -----------     ----------      -- -----  --

3               172.64.242.164         CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02    Init 66       PSK/DH20/A256/SHA256  Jun.04 20:37:42 Jun.05 04:37:42 0  2      Established

IKEv2 IPsec Child SAs
Gateway Name           TnID     Tunnel                    ID       Parent   Role SPI(in)  SPI(out) MsgID    ST

------------           ----     ------                    --       ------   ---- -------  -------- -----    --

CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02    3        CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02     323145   66       Init B6EDA356 43F71BC5 00000A52 Mature

Show IKEv2 SA: Total 2 gateways found. 1 ike sa found.
```

#### Troubleshooting IKE Phase 1 Communications

Magic WAN IPsec tunnels expect the customer device will initiate the IPsec tunnels. The tunnels may not establish if there is no traffic that would traverse the tunnel under normal conditions. In this case, it may be necessary to force IKE Phase 1.

##### Syntax

```bash
test vpn ike-sa gateway [value]
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01`

```bash
admin@panvm03> test vpn ike-sa gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01

Start time: Jun.05 00:30:29
Initiate 1 IKE SA.
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02`

```bash
admin@panvm03> test vpn ike-sa gateway CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02

Start time: Jun.05 00:30:33
Initiate 1 IKE SA.
```

Repeat these commands for the respective tunnel to ensure the IKE SA(s) display as expected.

#### Verify IPsec Phase 2 Communications

To ensure the IPsec tunnels are established, ping the remote Virtual Tunnel Interface (Cloudflare side) from the command line on the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall. Ensure you specify the source IP address of the ping from the local side of the Virtual Tunnel Interface:

##### Syntax

```bash
show vpn ipsec-sa tunnel [value]
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01`

```bash
admin@panvm03> show vpn ipsec-sa tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01

GwID/client IP  TnID   Peer-Address           Tunnel(Gateway)                                Algorithm          SPI(in)  SPI(out) life(Sec/KB)             remain-time(Sec)

--------------  ----   ------------           ---------------                                ---------          -------  -------- ------------             ----------------

2               2      162.159.66.164         CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01(CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_01)     ESP/A256/SHA256    B5D09AB8 9FA69407 3600/Unlimited           3445

Show IPsec SA: Total 1 tunnels found. 1 ipsec sa found.
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02`

```bash
admin@panvm03> show vpn ipsec-sa tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02

GwID/client IP  TnID   Peer-Address           Tunnel(Gateway)                                Algorithm          SPI(in)  SPI(out) life(Sec/KB)             remain-time(Sec)

--------------  ----   ------------           ---------------                                ---------          -------  -------- ------------             ----------------

3               3      172.64.242.164         CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02(CF_Magic_WAN_IKE_02)     ESP/A256/SHA256    CAEA6F09 EC6ACC7A 3600/Unlimited           3361

Show IPsec SA: Total 1 tunnels found. 1 ipsec sa found.
```

#### Troubleshooting IPsec Phase 2 Communications

Magic WAN IPsec tunnels expect the customer device will initiate the IPsec tunnels. The tunnels may not establish if there is no traffic that would traverse the tunnel under normal conditions. In this case, it may be necessary to force IPsec Phase 2. This is typically unnecessary as once IKE Phase 1 negotiates successfully, IPsec Phase 2 automatically establishes the tunnel. The test is still worth performing.

##### Syntax

```bash
test vpn ipsec-sa tunnel [value]
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01`

```bash
admin@panvm03> test vpn ipsec-sa tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01

Start time: Jun.05 00:37:50
Initiate 1 IPsec SA for tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_01.
```

##### Example for `CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02`

```bash
admin@panvm03> test vpn ipsec-sa tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02

Start time: Jun.05 00:38:52
Initiate 1 IPsec SA for tunnel CF_Magic_WAN_IPsec_02.
```

Repeat these commands for the respective tunnel to ensure the IPsec SA(s) display as expected.

#### Ping Remote Virtual Tunnel interfaces

Use ping to source traffic from the IP address of the Virtual Tunnel interface on Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) to the IP address of the Virtual Tunnel Interface on the Cloudflare side of the IPsec tunnel.

:::note
The interface address is defined with a `/31` netmask. There have been isolated cases where NGFW exhibited issues when using ping to verify connectivity between the local and remote Virtual Tunnel interfaces. This behavior can vary depending on the version of PAN-OS installed on the firewall. If you encounter this issue, either switch to a `/30` netmask, or contact Palo Alto Networks support for assistance.
:::

##### Syntax

```bash
ping source [value src IP] host [value dst IP]
```

##### Example for Tunnel 1

```bash
admin@panvm03> ping source 10.252.2.27 host 10.252.2.26
PING 10.252.2.26 (10.252.2.26) from 10.252.2.27 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.252.2.26: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.71 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.26: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.03 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.26: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.98 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.26: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.98 ms
^C
--- 10.252.2.26 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.980/2.180/2.719/0.312 ms
```

##### Example for Tunnel 2

```bash
admin@panvm03> ping source 10.252.2.29 host 10.252.2.28
PING 10.252.2.28 (10.252.2.28) from 10.252.2.29 : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 10.252.2.28: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.90 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.28: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.92 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.28: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.76 ms
64 bytes from 10.252.2.28: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=1.97 ms
^C
--- 10.252.2.28 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 1.765/2.141/2.900/0.446 ms
```

### Virtual Router

While we will leverage policy-based forwarding to implement policy-based routing, it is still a good idea to configure routing on the Virtual Router.

Cloudflare Magic WAN implements [equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routing](/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/#equal-cost-multi-path-routing) to steer traffic across IPsec tunnels. The default behavior is to load balance traffic equally across both tunnels.

:::note
ECMP is disabled on the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall by default. Enabling ECMP will force the Virtual Router to restart. While a restart of the Virtual Router is much faster than restarting the entire firewall, it is still recommended that you make this change during a scheduled maintenance window.
:::

#### Enable ECMP

First, ensure the General tab displays both the Ethernet and tunnel interfaces. If any of the interfaces are not displayed, either use **Add** to specify the missing interface(s), or visit the Interfaces menu to ensure the relevant Virtual Router is selected.

![Make sure the Ethernet and tunnel interfaces show up in Virtual Router](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/01_virtual_router_interfaces.png)

1. Open the **Router settings** for the default Virtual Router and select the **ECMP** tab.
2. Select the checkboxes next to **Enable**, **Symmetric Return**, and **Strict Source Path** (all three checkboxes should be selected).
3. Under **Load Balance**, change the **Method** from _IP Modulo_ to _Weighted Round Robin_ and add both tunnel interfaces. Ensure the weights match the weights defined in Magic WAN Static Routes (reference the Cloudflare Dashboard).

![Make sure all checkboxes are selected](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/02_virtual_router_ecmp.png)

You can also use the command line to make these changes:

```bash
set network virtual-router default ecmp algorithm weighted-round-robin interface tunnel.1 weight 100
set network virtual-router default ecmp algorithm weighted-round-robin interface tunnel.2 weight 100
set network virtual-router default ecmp enable yes
set network virtual-router default ecmp symmetric-return yes
set network virtual-router default ecmp strict-source-path yes
```

#### Add static routes

Add two static routes for each Magic WAN Protected Network - one for each of the two tunnel interfaces.

:::note
Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall will not allow for configuring two routes to the same destination with equal metrics - even if they reference different interfaces and ECMP is enabled. The examples provided here use Metric 10 for the route via interface tunnel.1 and Metric 11 for the route via interface tunnel.2.
:::

The environment used for this tutorial assumes two Magic WAN Protected Networks:

- **VLAN0010**: `10.1.10.0/24`
- **VLAN0020**: `10.1.20.0/24`

##### VLAN0010 (`10.1.10.0/24`) via tunnel.1

| Name                       | Option      | Value                              |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01` | Destination | _VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24_          |
|                            | Interface   | _tunnel.1_                         |
|                            | Next hop    | _IP Address_                       |
|                            |             | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote_ |
|                            | Metric      | `10`                               |
|                            | Route Table | _Unicast_                          |
|                            | BFD Profile | _Disable BFD_                      |

![Static Route - VLAN0010 (10.1.10.0/24 via tunnel.1)](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/03_virtual_router_static_vlan0010_tun01.png)

##### VLAN0010 (`10.1.10.0/24`) via tunnel.2

| Name                       | Option      | Value                              |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02` | Destination | _VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24_          |
|                            | Interface   | _tunnel.2_                         |
|                            | Next hop    | _IP Address_                       |
|                            |             | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote_ |
|                            | Metric      | `11`                               |
|                            | Route Table | _Unicast_                          |
|                            | BFD Profile | _Disable BFD_                      |

![Static Route - VLAN0010 (10.1.10.0/24 via tunnel.2)](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/04_virtual_router_static_vlan0010_tun02.png)

##### VLAN0020 (`10.1.20.0/24`) via tunnel.1

| Name                       | Option      | Value                              |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01` | Destination | _VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24_          |
|                            | Interface   | _tunnel.1_                         |
|                            | Next hop    | _IP Address_                       |
|                            |             | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote_ |
|                            | Metric      | `10`                               |
|                            | Route Table | _Unicast_                          |
|                            | BFD Profile | _Disable BFD_                      |

![Static Route - VLAN0020 (10.1.20.0/24 via tunnel.1)](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/05_virtual_router_static_vlan0020_tun01.png)

##### VLAN0020 (`10.1.20.0/24`) via tunnel.2

| Name                       | Option      | Value                              |
| -------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02` | Destination | _VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24_          |
|                            | Interface   | _tunnel.2_                         |
|                            | Next hop    | _IP Address_                       |
|                            |             | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote_ |
|                            | Metric      | `11`                               |
|                            | Route Table | _Unicast_                          |
|                            | BFD Profile | _Disable BFD_                      |

![Static Route - VLAN0020 (10.1.20.0/24 via tunnel.1)](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_virtual_router/06_virtual_router_static_vlan0020_tun02.png)

You can also configure these settings via command line:

##### VLAN0010 - `10.1.10.0/24`

```bash
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 bfd profile None
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 interface tunnel.1
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 metric 10
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 destination VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun01 route-table unicast
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 bfd profile None
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 interface tunnel.2
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 metric 11
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 destination VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0010_Tun02 route-table unicast
```

##### VLAN0020 - `10.1.20.0/24`

```bash
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 bfd profile None
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 interface tunnel.1
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 metric 10
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 destination VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun01 route-table unicast
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 bfd profile None
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 interface tunnel.2
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 metric 11
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 destination VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24
set network virtual-router default routing-table ip static-route Magic_WAN_VLAN0020_Tun02 route-table unicast
```

### Magic health checks

Cloudflare crafts ICMP probes which are sent through the IPsec tunnels from random servers across Cloudflare's global anycast network. These ICMP probes are unique because an ICMP reply packet is sent (as opposed to an ICMP Request).

:::note
The construct of the security policies may seem counter-intuitive - this is due to the use of ICMP reply probes. As long as you adhere to the recommended policies in this documentation, the bi-directional health checks will work as expected.
:::

Cloudflare Magic WAN customers must configure IPsec tunnels to use custom anycast IP addresses for the health check endpoints:

- **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01**: `172.64.240.253`
- **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02**: `172.64.240.254`

#### Security Policy - Tunnel health checks

You must define a rule to allow the ICMP reply probes as Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall's default behavior will drop the health checks.

:::note
Cloudflare health checks are sent from random servers across Cloudflare's global network and can originate from any addresses within the Cloudflare IPv4 address space represented by the `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp`.
:::

##### Setup via dashboard

| Name                            | Option              | Value                                                                       |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC` | Rule Type           | _universal (default)_                                                       |
|                                 | Description         | `Permit bidirectional HCs`                                                  |
|                                 | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                                                                      |
| **Source tab**                  | Source Zone         | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**                                                    |
|                                 | Source Address      | **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01** <br/> **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02** |
| **Destination tab**             | Destination Zone    | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**                                                    |
|                                 | Destination Address | **Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp**                                           |
| **Application tab**             | Applications        | **icmp** <br/> **ping**                                                     |
| **Actions tab**                 | Action              | _Allow_                                                                     |
|                                 | Log Setting         | **Log at Session End**                                                      |
|                                 | Profile type        | _None_                                                                      |
|                                 | Schedule            | _None_                                                                      |
|                                 | QoS Marking         | _None_                                                                      |

![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/01_bidirect_hc_general.png)
![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/02_bidirect_hc_source.png)
![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/03_bidirect_hc_dest.png)
![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - Apps](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/04_bidirect_hc_apps.png)
![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - Service/URL Category](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/05_bidirect_hc_service-url.png)
![Bidirectioanl Health Check Rule - Action](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/06_bidirect_hc_action.png)

##### Setup via command line

```bash
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC to Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC from Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC source [ CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01 CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02 ]
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC destination Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC source-user any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC category any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC application [ icmp ping ]
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC service application-default
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC hip-profiles any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC action allow
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC rule-type universal
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC description "Permit bidirectional HCs"
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC disabled no
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC log-end yes
```

:::note
Logging is enabled on the rule to permit heath checks. While the amount of bandwidth consumed by health checks is negligible, the flows generate a significant number of log entries. You may want to disable logging on this rule once in production, and only enable it if any troubleshooting becomes necessary.
:::

#### Policy-based forwarding - tunnel health checks

Traffic matching the Security Rule defined in the last step must be routed symmetrically across the tunnel the ingress traffic was received through. Two policy-based forwarding rules ensure the traffic is routed accordingly.

Ensure have the following:

- **Source Zone**: `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`
- **Source Addresses**: `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01` and `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02`
- **Destination Zone**: `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`
- **Destination Addresses**: `Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp`
- **Application**: `icmp` and `ping`

##### Set up via dashboard tunnel.1

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                              |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `PBF_Cloudflare_Health_Check_01`        | Tags                | _Cloudflare_L3_Zone_             |
|                                         | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                             |
| **Source tab**                          | Type                | _Zone_                             |
|                                         | Zone                | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**           |
|                                         | Source Address      | **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01** |
| **Destination/Application/Service tab** | Destination Address | **Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp**  |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                          |
|                                         | Egress interface    | _tunnel.1_                         |
|                                         | Next Hop            | _IP Address_                       |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote_ |

![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.1 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/01_pbf_hc_01_general.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.1 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/02_pbf_hc_01_source.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.1 - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/03_pbf_hc_01_dest-app-service.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.1 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/04_pbf_hc_01_forwarding.png)

##### Set up via dashboard tunnel.2

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                              |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `PBF_Cloudflare_Health_Check_02`        | Tags                | _Cloudflare_L3_Zone_             |
|                                         | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                             |
| **Source tab**                          | Type                | _Zone_                             |
|                                         | Zone                | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**           |
|                                         | Source Address      | **CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02** |
| **Destination/Application/service tab** | Destination Address | **Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp**  |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                          |
|                                         | Egress interface    | _tunnel.2_                         |
|                                         | Next Hop            | _IP Address_                       |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote_ |

![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.2 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/05_pbf_hc_02_general.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.2 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/06_pbf_hc_02_source.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.2 - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/07_pbf_hc_02_dest-app-service.png)
![Bidirectional Health Checks via tunnel.2 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/08_pbf_hc_02_forwarding.png)

##### Set up via command line tunnel.1

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 action forward egress-interface tunnel.1
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 from zone Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 source CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 destination Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_01 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
```

##### Set up via command line tunnel.2

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 action forward egress-interface tunnel.2
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 from zone Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 source CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 destination Cloudflare_IPv4_Static_Grp
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Cloudflare_Healthcheck_02 tag Cloudflare_L3_Zone
```

### Troubleshooting tunnel health checks

#### Security Policy

Use the Traffic log viewer to ensure that the health check traffic is allowed. Start by adding a rule to filter the logs based on the name of the Security Policy rule permitting the applicable traffic.

##### Filter by rule name

```bash
rule eq Cloudflare_Tunnel_Bidirect_HC
```

![Bidirectional health check logging - Filter by rule name](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_logging/02_logging_tunnel_hc_filter_rulename.png)

If you do not see any traffic matching the filter, replace the filter with one that displays log entries based on the addresses associated with the `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01` and `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02` Address objects.

##### Filter by health check anycast IPs

```bash
( addr.src in 172.64.240.253 ) or ( addr.src in 172.64.240.254 )
```

![Bidirectional health check logging - filter by health check anycast IPs](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_logging/01_logging_tunnel_hc_filter_ip.png)

#### Policy-based forwarding

Troubleshooting policy-based forwarding can be a bit challenging. The ideal way to determine if traffic is flowing through the intended path is to select the detailed view for a log entry.

1. Select the magnifying glass next to one of the log entries with source IP address `172.64.240.253`.

2. Traffic originating from `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_01` (`172.64.240.253`) should ingress and egress interface tunnel.1.

![Bidirectional Health Check Logging - tunnel.1](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_logging/03_logging_tunnel_hc_tun01.png)

3. Select the magnifying glass next to one of the log entries with source IP address `172.64.240.254`.

4. Traffic originating from `CF_Health_Check_Anycast_02` (`172.64.240.254`) should ingress and egress interface tunnel.2.

![Bidirectional Health Check Logging - tunnel.2](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_logging/04_logging_tunnel_hc_tun02.png)

If the traffic is not ingressing/egressing the same interface, you likely have an issue with the policy-based forwarding rule(s) not matching.

### Security Policies - Production Traffic

As mentioned earlier, this tutorial includes examples for two different use-cases:

- **Magic WAN**: permit traffic between two or more locations with [RFC-1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) private non-routable address space.
- **Magic WAN with Cloudflare Zero Trust (Gateway egress)**: same as Magic WAN with the addition of outbound Internet access from Magic WAN protected sites egressing the Cloudflare edge network.

#### Magic WAN only

Rules must be defined to facilitate traffic from the trust network to the Magic WAN protected sites. While it may be possible to define one rule for traffic in both directions, this example includes two rules:

- From Trust to Magic WAN protected sites.

- From Magic WAN protected sites to Trust.

##### Trust to Magic WAN dashboard

| Name                                  | Option              | Value                                                         |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow` | Rule Type           | _universal (default)_                                         |
|                                       | Group Rules by Tag  | _None_                                                        |
| **Source tab**                        | Source Zone         | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                           |
|                                       | Source Address      | **VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24**                                  |
| **Destination tab**                   | Destination Zone    | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**                                      |
|                                       | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** |
| **Actions tab**                       | Action              | _Allow_                                                       |
|                                       | Log Setting         | **Log at Session End**                                        |
|                                       | Profile type        | _None_                                                        |
|                                       | Schedule            | _None_                                                        |
|                                       | QoS Marking         | _None_                                                        |

![Trust to Magic WAN - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/07_trust_to_mwan_general.png)
![Trust to Magic WAN - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/08_trust_to_mwan_source.png)
![Trust to Magic WAN - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/09_trust_to_mwan_dest.png)
![Trust to Magic WAN - Applications](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/10_trust_to_mwan_apps.png)
![Trust to Magic WAN - Services/URL Categories](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/11_trust_to_mwan_service-url.png)
![Trust to Magic WAN - Action](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/12_trust_to_mwan_action.png)

##### Trust to Magic WAN command line

```bash
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow to Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow from Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow source VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow source-user any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow category any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow application any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow service application-default
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow hip-profiles any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow action allow
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow rule-type universal
```

##### Magic WAN to Trust dashboard

| Name                                  | Option              | Value                                                         |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow` | Rule Type           | _universal (default)_                                         |
|                                       | Group Rules by Tag  | _None_                                                        |
| Source tab                            | Source Zone         | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**                                      |
|                                       | Source Address      | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** |
| Destination tab                       | Destination Zone    | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                           |
|                                       | Destination Address | **VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24**                                  |
| Actions tab                           | Action              | _Allow_                                                       |
|                                       | Log Setting         | **Log at Session End**                                        |
|                                       | Profile type        | _None_                                                        |
|                                       | Schedule            | _None_                                                        |
|                                       | QoS Marking         | _None_                                                        |

![Magic WAN to Trust - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/13_mwan_to_trust_general.png)
![Magic WAN to Trust - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/14_mwan_to_trust_source.png)
![Magic WAN to Trust - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/15_mwan_to_trust_dest.png)
![Magic WAN to Trust - Applications](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/16_mwan_to_trust_apps.png)
![Magic WAN to Trust - Services/URL Categories](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/17_mwan_to_trust_service-url.png)
![Magic WAN to Trust - Action](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_security_rules/18_mwan_to_trust_action.png)

##### Magic WAN to Trust command line

```bash
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow to Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow from Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow source [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow destination VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow source-user any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow category any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow application any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow service application-default
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow hip-profiles any
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow action allow
set rulebase security rules Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_to_Trust_Allow rule-type universal
```

### Policy-based forwarding - production traffic

Whether traffic ingresses or egresses Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewall, it is important to ensure that traffic is routed symmetrically. This is accomplished through the use of policy-based forwarding.

Policy-based forwarding rules are only required for egress traffic.

Any traffic destined for Magic WAN protected sites or Magic WAN protected sites with Gateway egress must be routed across the IPsec tunnels.

:::note
Security rules match traffic flows based on source and destination zone. Policy-based forwarding rules are applied per interface. Therefore, two policy-based forwarding rules are required for every one security rule - one for tunnel.1 and one for tunnel.2.
:::

#### Dashboard policy-based forwarding - Magic WAN production traffic via tunnel.1

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                                                         |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01`                | Group Rules by Tag  | _None_                                                        |
| **Source tab**                          | Type                | _Zone_                                                        |
|                                         | Zone                | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                           |
|                                         | Source Address      | **VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24**                                  |
| **Destination/Application/Service tab** | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                                                     |
|                                         | Egress Interface    | _tunnel.1_                                                    |
|                                         | Next hop            | _IP Address_                                                  |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote_                            |

![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/09_pbf_mwan_sites_tun01_general.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/10_pbf_mwan_sites_tun01_source.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Destinations](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/11_pbf_mwan_sites_tun01_dest-app-service.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/12_pbf_mwan_sites_tun01_forwarding.png)

#### Command line policy-based forwarding - Magic WAN production traffic via tunnel.1

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 action forward egress-interface tunnel.1
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 from zone Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 source VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 disabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01 negate-destination no
```

#### Dashboard policy-based forwarding - Magic WAN production traffic via tunnel.2

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                                                         |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `PBF_Magic_WAN_sites_02`                | Group Rules by Tag  | _None_                                                        |
| **Source tab**                          | Type                | _Zone_                                                        |
|                                         | Zone                | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                           |
|                                         | Source Address      | **VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24**                                  |
| **Destination/Application/Service tab** | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                                                     |
|                                         | Egress Interface    | _tunnel.2_                                                    |
|                                         | Next hop            | _IP Address_                                                  |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote_                            |

![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/13_pbf_mwan_sites_tun02_general.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/14_pbf_mwan_sites_tun02_source.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Destinations](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/15_pbf_mwan_sites_tun02_dest-app-service.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_pbf/16_pbf_mwan_sites_tun02_forwarding.png)

#### Command line policy-based forwarding - tunnel.2

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 action forward egress-interface tunnel.2
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 from zone Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 source VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 disabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02 negate-destination no
```

## Magic WAN with Cloudflare Zero Trust (Gateway egress)

This section covers adding in support for the use of Cloudflare Gateway. Adding Cloudflare Gateway allows you to set up policies to inspect outbound traffic to the Internet through DNS, network, HTTP and egress filtering.

This use case can be supported in one of two ways:

- **Option 1**
  - **Security Rule**: Extend the scope of the `Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow` rule to allow any destination address.
  - **Policy-Based Forwarding**: Extend the scope of `PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01` and `PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02` to allow any destination address.

- **Option 2**
  - **Security Rule**: Add a new rule below `Trust_to_Cloudflare_Magic_WAN_Allow` called `Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow` to allow traffic to any destination address except for the Magic WAN Protected Sites (using the Negate option).
  - **Policy-Based Forwarding**: Add a new rule below `PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_01` and `PBF_Magic_WAN_Sites_02` to allow any destination address except for the Magic WAN Protected Sites (using the Negate option).

The following examples are based on Option 2.

:::note

This example assumes the security rules and policy-based forwarding rules from the previous sections have been configured and are directly above the rules configured in this section.

Also, traffic from Trust to the Internet would typically be defined as `Trust_L3_Zone` to `Untrust_L3_Zone`. However, since egress Internet traffic will be routed through the Magic IPsec tunnels, the rule must reference `Trust_L3_Zone` to `Cloudflare_L3_Zone`.
:::

### Security Rule: Trust to Gateway Egress

#### Dashboard

| Name                                 | Option              | Value                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------ | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow` | Rule Type           | _universal (default)_                                                          |
|                                      | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                                                                         |
| **Source tab**                       | Source Zone         | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                                            |
| **Destination tab**                  | Destination Zone    | **Cloudflare_L3_Zone**                                                       |
|                                      | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** <br/> **Negate** |
| **Actions tab**                      | Action              | _Allow_                                                                        |
|                                      | Log Setting         | **Log at Session End**                                                         |
|                                      | Profile Type        | _None_                                                                         |
|                                      | Schedule            | _None_                                                                         |
|                                      | QoS Marking         | _None_                                                                         |

![Trust to MWAN Egress - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/01_trust_mwan_egress_general.png)
![Trust to MWAN Egress - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/02_trust_mwan_egress_source.png)
![Trust to MWAN Egress - Destination](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/03__trust_mwan_egress_destination.png)
![Trust to MWAN Egress - Applications](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/04_trust_mwan_egress_apps.png)
![Trust to MWAN Egress - Services/URL Categories](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/05_trust_mwan_egress_service-url.png)
![Trust to MWAN Egress - Action](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/06_trust_mwan_egress_actions.png)

#### Command line

```bash
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow to Cloudflare_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow from Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow source any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow source-user any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow category any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow application any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow service application-default
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow hip-profiles any
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow action allow
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow rule-type universal
set rulebase security rules Trust_to_MWAN_Gateway_Egress_Allow negate-destination yes
```

### Policy-based forwarding: Trust to Gateway egress via tunnel.1

#### Dashboard

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `PBF_MWAN_Egress01`                     | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                                                                         |
| **Source tab**                          | Source Zone         | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                                            |
| **Destination/Application/Service tab** | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** <br/> **Negate** |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                                                                      |
|                                         | Egress Interface    | _tunnel.1_                                                                     |
|                                         | Next Hop            | _IP Address_                                                                   |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote_                                             |

![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN Egress via tunnel.1 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/07_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun01_general.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/02_trust_mwan_egress_source.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Destinations](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/09_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun01_dest.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.1 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/10_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun01_forward.png)

#### Command line

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_01_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 action forward egress-interface tunnel.1
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 from zone Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 source VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 disabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_01 negate-destination yes
```

### Policy-based forwarding: Trust to Gateway egress via tunnel.2

#### Dashboard

| Name                                    | Option              | Value                                                                          |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `PBF_MWAN_Egress02`                     | Group Rules By Tag  | _None_                                                                         |
| **Source tab**                          | Source Zone         | **Trust_L3_Zone**                                                            |
|                                         | Source Address      | **VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24**                                                   |
| **Destination/Application/Service tab** | Destination Address | **VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24** <br/> **VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24** <br/> **Negate** |
| **Forwarding tab**                      | Action              | _Forward_                                                                      |
|                                         | Egress Interface    | _tunnel.2_                                                                     |
|                                         | Next Hop            | _IP Address_                                                                   |
|                                         |                     | _CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote_                                             |

![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN Egress via tunnel.2 - General](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/11_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun02_general.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Source](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/12_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun02_source.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Destinations](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/13_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun02_dest.png)
![PBF: Trust to Magic WAN via tunnel.2 - Forwarding](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/palo-alto/panw_mwan_egress/14_pbf_trust_mwan_egress_tun02_forward.png)

#### Command line

```bash
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 action forward nexthop ip-address CF_MWAN_IPsec_VTI_02_Remote
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 action forward egress-interface tunnel.2
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 from zone Trust_L3_Zone
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 enforce-symmetric-return enabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 source VLAN0100_10-1-100-0--24
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 destination [ VLAN0010_10-1-10-0--24 VLAN0020_10-1-20-0--24 ]
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 source-user any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 application any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 service any
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 disabled no
set rulebase pbf rules PBF_MWAN_Egress_02 negate-destination yes
```

## Troubleshooting

Cloudflare recommends you consult [PAN-OS 9.1 Administrators Guide - Interpret VPN Error Messages](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-1/pan-os-admin/vpns/set-up-site-to-site-vpn/interpret-vpn-error-messages) and [PAN-OS 10.2 Administrators Guide - Interpret VPN Error Messages](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-admin/vpns/set-up-site-to-site-vpn/interpret-vpn-error-messages) for general troubleshooting.

---

# pfSense

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/pfsense/

This tutorial includes the steps required to configure IPsec tunnels to connect a pfSense firewall to Cloudflare Magic WAN.

## Software tested

| Manufacturer | Firmware revision |
| ------------ | ----------------- |
| pfSense      | 24.03             |

## Prerequisites

For this tutorial, you will need to know the following information:

- Your Anycast IP addresses (given to you by Cloudflare)
- External IP addresses
- Internal IP address ranges
- Inside tunnel `/31` ranges

## Example scenario

The following IP addresses are used throughout this tutorial. Any legally routable IP addresses have been replaced with IPv4 Address Blocks Reserved for Documentation ([RFC 5737](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5737)) addresses within the `203.0.113.0/24` subnet.

| Tunnel name                        | `PF_TUNNEL_01`                | `PF_TUNNEL_02`                |
| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Interface address                  | `10.252.2.26/31`              | `10.252.2.28/31`              |
| Customer endpoint                  | `203.0.113.254`               | `203.0.113.254`               |
| Cloudflare endpoint                | `<YOUR_ANYCAST_IP_ADDRESS_1>` | `<YOUR_ANYCAST_IP_ADDRESS_2>` |
| Pfsense IPsec Phase 2 Local IP     | `10.252.2.27`                 | `10.252.2.29`                 |
| Pfsense IPsec Phase 2 Remote IP    | `10.252.2.26`                 | `10.252.2.28`                 |
| Magic WAN static routes - Prefix   | `10.1.100.0/24`               | `10.1.100.0/24`               |
| Magic WAN static routes - Next hop | `PF_TUNNEL_01`                | `PF_TUNNEL_02`                |

## 1. Configure Magic WAN IPsec tunnels

Use the Cloudflare dashboard or API to [configure two IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels). The settings mentioned below are used for the IPsec tunnels referenced throughout the remainder of this guide.

### Add IPsec tunnels

1. Follow the [Add tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) instructions to create the required IPsec tunnels with the following options:
   - **Tunnel name**: `PF_TUNNEL_01`
   - **Interface address**: `10.252.2.26/31`
   - **Customer endpoint**: `203.0.113.254`
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the Anycast IP address provided by Cloudflare.
   - **Health check rate**: _Medium_
   - **Health check type**: _Request_
   - **Health check direction**: _Bidirectional_
2. Select **Add pre-shared key later** > **Add tunnels**.
3. Repeat the process to create a second IPsec tunnel with the following options:
   - **Tunnel name**: `PF_TUNNEL_02`
   - **Interface address**: `10.252.2.28/31`
   - **Customer endpoint**: `203.0.113.254`
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the Anycast IP address provided by Cloudflare.
   - **Health check rate**: _Medium_
   - **Health check type**: _Request_
   - **Health check direction**: _Bidirectional_
4. Select **Add pre-shared key later** > **Add tunnels**.

### Generate pre-shared keys

When you create IPsec tunnels with the option **Add pre-shared key later**, the Cloudflare dashboard will show you a warning indicator.

1. Select **Edit** to edit the properties of each IPsec tunnel you have created.
2. Select **Generate a new pre-shared key** > **Update and generate pre-shared key**.
3. Copy the pre-shared key value for each of your IPsec tunnels, and save these values somewhere safe. Then, select **Done**.

:::note
Take note of your pre-shared keys, and keep them in a safe place to use later in pfSense.
:::

### IPsec identifier - User ID

After creating your IPsec tunnels, the Cloudflare dashboard will list them under **Tunnels**. To retrieve your IPsec tunnel's user ID:

1. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Configuration**.
2. Select **Tunnels**.
3. Select the IPsec tunnel.
4. Scroll to **User ID** and copy the string. For example, `ipsec@long_string_of_letters_and_numbers`.

The User ID will be required when configuring IKE Phase 1 on the pfSense firewall.

## 2. Create Magic WAN static routes

Create a [static route](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route) for each of the two IPsec tunnels configured in the previous section, with the following settings (settings not mentioned here can be left with their default values):

### Tunnel 01

- **Description**: `PF_TUNNEL_01`
- **Prefix**: `10.1.100.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: `PF_TUNNEL_01`

### Tunnel 02

- **Description**: `PF_TUNNEL_02`
- **Prefix**: `10.1.100.0/24`
- **Tunnel/Next hop**: `PF_TUNNEL_02`

## 3. Configure the pfSense firewall

Install pfSense and boot up. Then, assign and set LAN and WAN interfaces, as well as IP addresses. For example:

- **LAN**: `203.0.113.254`
- **WAN**: `<YOUR_WAN_ADDRESS>`

### Configure IPsec Phase 1

Add a new IPsec tunnel [Phase 1 entry](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/ipsec/configure-p1.html), with the following settings:

- **General Information**
  - **Description**: `CF1_IPsec_P1`
- **IKE Endpoint Configuration**
  - **Key exchange version**: _IKE_v2_
  - **Internet Protocol**: _IPv4_
  - **Interface**: _WAN_
  - **Remote gateway**: Enter your Cloudflare Anycast IP address.
- **Phase 1 Proposal (Authentication)**
  - **Authentication method**: _Mutual PSK_
  - **My identifier**: _User Fully qualified domain name_ > `ipsec@long_string_of_letters_and_numbers` <br/> (You can get this identifier from your Cloudflare IPsec tunnel configuration > **User ID**)
  - **Peer identifier**: _Peer IP Address_ (your Cloudflare Anycast IP)
  - **Pre-Shared Key**: Enter the PSK you have on your Cloudflare IPsec tunnel.
- **Phase 1 proposal (Encryption algorithm)**
  - **Encryption algorithm**: _AES 256 bits_
  - **Key length**: _256 bits_
  - **Hash algorithm**: _SHA256_
  - **DH key group**: _20_
  - **Lifetime**: `86400`


### Configure IPsec Phase 2

Add a new IPsec tunnel [Phase 2 entry](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/vpn/ipsec/configure-p2.html), with the following settings. You need to create an entry for tunnel 1 and 2, making the appropriate changes for the IP addresses for local and remote network:

- **General Information**
  - **Description**: `CF1_IPsec_P2`
  - **Mode**: _Routed (VTI)_
- **Networks**
  - **Local Network**: _Address_ > Upper IP address in the `/31` assigned in Cloudflare tunnel. For example, `10.252.2.27` for tunnel 1 and `10.252.2.29` for tunnel 2.
  - **Remote Network**: _Address_ > Lower IP address in the `/31` for Cloudflare side. For example, `10.252.2.26` for tunnel 1, and `10.252.2.28` for tunnel 2.
- **Phase 2 Proposal (SA/Key Exchange)**
  - **Protocol**: _ESP_
  - **Encryption algorithm**: _AES 256 bits_
  - **Hash algorithm**: _SHA256_
  - **DH key group**: _20_
  - **Lifetime**: `28800`

When you are finished, apply your changes. If you go to **Status** > **IPsec**, you should be able to check that both Phase 1 and Phase 2 are connected.

<div class="full-img">

![pfSense IPsec overview](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/ipsec-overview.png)

</div>

### Interface assignments

In **Interfaces** > **Assignments** > **Add**, create a new interface to assign to the first IPsec tunnel, with the following settings:

- **General configuration**
  - **Description**: `CF1_IPsec_1`
  - **MSS**: `1446`
- **Interface Assignments**
  - **WAN**: Add your WAN interface. For example, `vnet1`.
  - **LAN**: Add your LAN interface. For example, `vnet0`.
  - Add your **CF_IPsec_1** that you have created above for Phase 1.

Select **Save** when you are finished.

<div class="full-img">

![Assign a new interface to the first IPsec tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/interfaces.png)

</div>

<div class="full-img">

![Configuring interface assignments](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/interface-assignments.png)

</div>

### Gateway

In **System** > **Routing** > **Gateways** there should already be a gateway. For this example, it is named `CF1_IPSEC_1_VTIV4`.

<div class="full-img">

![There should already be a gateway configured in the interface](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/gateways.png)

</div>

### Firewall Rules IPsec

1. In **Firewall Rules** > **IPsec interface**, allow any type of traffic.

<div class="full-img">

![Allow all traffic for IPsec](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/firewall-ipsec.png)

</div>

2. Navigate to **Status** > **Gateways**. `CF1_IPSEC_1_VTIV4` should now be online.

<div class="full-img">

![The gateway should now be online](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/status-gateways.png)

</div>

### Firewall Rules LAN

1. In **Firewall** > **Rules** > **LAN**, allow any type of traffic.
2. Expand the **Advanced** section.
3. Change the Gateway to `CF1_IPSEC_1_VTIV4`.

<div class="full-img">

![Change the gateway in the firewall rules for LAN traffic](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/pfsense/firewall-lan.png)

</div>

---

# SonicWall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/sonicwall/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This tutorial shows you how to use Magic WAN with the following versions of the SonicWall appliances:

- **Hardware tested**:
  - SonicWall NSv 470
  - SonicWal 3700
- **Software versions tested**:
  - SonicOS 7.0.1

You can connect your SonicWall appliance through [IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) to Magic WAN. Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is not supported on SonicWall.

## Topology

![Topology diagram showing how to connect SonicWall appliances to Magic WAN](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/topology.png)

The following instructions show how to setup an IPsec connection on your SonicWall device. We will use the IP ranges from the above topology example to create the connections needed. Settings not explicitly mentioned can be left with their default values.

## 1. Create an IPsec tunnel on your Cloudflare account

1. Start by [creating your IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) on Cloudflare. Name and describe the tunnels as needed, and add the following settings:

   - **Interface address**: Enter the internal tunnel IP on the Cloudflare side of the IPsec tunnel. In this example, it is `10.200.1.0/31`.
   - **Customer endpoint**: Enter the WAN IP address of your SonicWall device. In our example, this is `198.51.100.2`.
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Enter the IP address provided by Cloudflare. In our example, this is `1.2.3.4`.
   - **Pre-shared key**: Select **Use my own pre-shared key** and paste a secure key of your own.

2. Select **Add tunnels** when you are finished.

3. After you create your tunnel, Cloudflare dashboard will load a list of tunnels set up for your account. Select the arrow to expand the tunnels you have just created, and check the following settings:

   - **Customer endpoint**: Refers to the SonicWall WAN IP that the VPN policy is bound to (in red).
   - **Cloudflare endpoint**: Refers to the anycast IP provided by Cloudflare (in blue).
   - **FQDN ID**: The ID used in the VPN policy for the SonicWall's Local IKE ID. Copy this ID and save it. You will need it when configuring the tunnel on your SonicWall (in green).

   ![An example of what your IPsec tunnel should look like](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/step3.png)

:::note
The interface address on the Cloudflare side of the tunnel is `10.200.1.0/31`. You will need to use `10.200.1.1/31` on the SonicWall side of the tunnel.
:::

## 2. Create static routes on Cloudflare dashboard

Static routes are required for any networks that will be reached via the IPsec tunnel. In our example, there are two networks: `172.31.3.0/24` and the tunnel network `10.200.1.0/31`.

1. [Create your static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/#create-a-static-route). Name and describe them as needed, and add the following settings:

   - **First tunnel**: Following our example, add `10.200.1.0/31` as the **Prefix** and `10.200.1.1` for the **Tunnel/Next hop**.
   - **Second tunnel**: Following our example, add `172.31.3.0/24` as the **Prefix** and `10.200.1.1` for the **Tunnel/Next hop**.

2. Select **Add routes** when you are finished.

## 3. Add a VPN configuration in SonicWall

1. Go to **Network** > **IPsec VPN** > **Rules and Settings**.
2. Select **Add**.
3. In **General** > **Security Policy** group, add the following settings:
   - **Authentication Method**: _IKE Using Preshared Secret_.
   - **IPsec Primary Gateway Name or Address**: Enter Cloudflare's anycast IP address for the primary gateway (in blue).
4. In the **IKE Authentication** group, add the following settings:
   - **Shared secret**: Paste the pre-shared key you use to create the IPsec tunnel in step 1 (in purple).
   - **Local IKE ID**: Select _Domain name_ from the dropdown menu, and paste here the **FQDN ID** you saved from step 1, after creating the IPsec tunnel (in green).
   - **Peer IKE IDE**: Select _IPv4_ Address from the dropdown menu, and enter the Cloudflare anycast IP address (in blue).

<div class="large-img">

![Configure a VPN policy on your SonicWall device](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/3-vpn-config.png)

</div>

5. Select **Proposals**. VPN Policy is somewhat flexible. Adjust these settings to match your organization's preferred security policy. As an example, you can use the settings in the examples below.
6. In the **IKE (Phase 1) Proposal** group, select the following settings:
   - **Exchange**: _IKEv2 Mode_
   - **DH Group**: _Group 20_
   - **Encryption**: _AES-256_
   - **Authentication**: _SHA256_
   - **Life Time (seconds)**: `86400`
7. In the **IPsec (Phase 2) Proposal** group, add the following settings:
   - **Protocol**: _ESP_
   - **Encryption**: _AESGCM16-256_
   - **Authentication**: _None_
   - **Enable Perfect Forward Secrecy**: Enabled
   - **DH Group**: _Group 20_
   - **Life Time (seconds)**: `28800`
8. Select **Advanced**.
9. Enable **Disable IPsec Anti-Replay**.
10. In **VPN Policy bound to** select your WAN interface from the dropdown menu, to bind it to your VPN.
11. Select **Save**.

<div class="large-img">

![Enable anti-replay on your SonicWall device](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/5-anti-replay.png)

</div>

## 4. Add a VPN tunnel interface

SonicOS requires a VPN tunnel interface to route traffic via Magic WAN. When creating the interface, use the prefix `10.200.1.1/31`. This matches with the Cloudflare side for this tunnel, which is `10.200.1.0`.

:::note
You will need to use a different IP pair for each tunnel/site.
:::

1. Go to **Network** > **System** > **Interfaces**.
2. Select **Add interface** > **VPN Tunnel Interface**.
3. For IP Address, use `10.200.1.1`.
4. Enable **Ping**. This is required so the interface can be pinged for debugging and Magic WAN health checks.

<div class="large-img">

![Enable ping to that your interface can be pinged for debugging and Magic WAN health checks](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/6-vpn-ping.png)

</div>

5. Select **Advanced**.
6. Enable the **Enable Asymmetric Route Support** option. This is required for the Magic WAN tunnel health check.

<div class="large-img">

![Enable Asymmetric Route Support. It is required for Magic WAN health checks](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/6-vpn-assymetric.png)

</div>

7. Select **OK**.

## 5. Add address object(s)

Address objects are necessary for route policies. In our example, we have one other site that will be reached via Magic WAN. First, you need to create address objects for each network. Then, you need to create an address group that contains all the remote networks. This address group will be used in the next step to create the correct route policies.

To add an address object:

1. Select **Object** > **Match Objects** > **Addresses**
2. Select **Address Objects** > **Add**.
3. Enter the information for your address object - refer to the topology image for the examples this tutorial is using. Since the addresses are in the VPN zone, set the **Zone Assignment** for the object to _VPN_.
4. Select **Save**. The window will stay on to facilitate multiple entries. Select **X** to close it.

<div class="large-img">

![Enter the appropriate settings for you object](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/7-address-objects-settings.png)

</div>

5. Select **Address Groups** > **Add** to add a new address group.
6. Enter a **Name** for your address group.
7. Select the individual network objects you have created on the left menu, and add them to the group by selecting the right-facing arrow in the middle column.
8. Select **Save**.

<div class="large-img">

![Copy the individual network objects and add them to your group](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sonicwall/7-add-objects-group.png)

</div>

## 6. Set up routing

Add a route using the address object or group just created as the destination.

1. Select **Policy** > **Rules and Policies** > **Routing Rules**.
2. Select **Add** to add your route policy.
3. The **Next Hop** should be the VPN tunnel interface that was previously created in the interface panel.

## 7. Add access rule for health checks

An additional access rule is required for Magic WAN health checks to work properly. This will enable the WAN IP to receive ICMP pings via the tunnel, and return them over the WAN.

1. Select **Policy** > **Rules and Policies**.
2. Select **Access Rules** > **Add**.
3. Enter a descriptive name for your policy.
4. In **Source / Destination** > **Destination > Port/Services**, select _ICMP_ from the dropdown.
5. Select **Optional Settings**.
6. In **Others**, enable **Allow Management traffic**.

## 8. Setup health checks

You have to [configure Magic WAN health checks](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) correctly. Here is an example of how to set up health checks:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels/{tunnel_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "health_check": {
    "direction": "bidirectional",
    "enabled": true,
    "type": "request",
    "rate": "low"
  }
}'
```

Health checks might take some time to stabilize after the configuration is changed.

## 9. Verify tunnel status on Cloudflare dashboard

<Render
	file="tunnel-healthchecks-dash"
	product="magic-wan"
	params={{
		dashInfo:
			"The dashboard shows the view of tunnel health as measured from each Cloudflare location where your traffic is likely to land.",
		productPath: "**Magic WAN** > **Tunnel health**",
	}}
/>

---

# strongSwan

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/strongswan/

This tutorial explains how to set up strongSwan along with Magic WAN. You will learn how to configure strongSwan, configure an IPsec tunnel and create a Policy Based Routing.

## 1. Health checks configuration

Start by configuring the [bidirectional health checks](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) target for Magic WAN. For this particular tutorial, we are using `172.64.240.252` as the target IP address, and `type` as the request.

This can be set up [with the API](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/ipsec_tunnels/methods/update/). For example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels/{tunnel_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "health_check": {
    "enabled": true,
    "target": "172.64.240.252",
    "type": "request",
    "rate": "mid"
  }
}'
```

## 2. Configure StrongSwan

1. Start by [installing StrongSwan](https://docs.strongswan.org/docs/5.9/install/install.html). For example, open the console and run:

```sh
sudo apt-get install strongswan -y
```

2. After StrongSwan finishes installing, go to `/etc/strongswan.conf` to edit the configuration file and add the following settings:

```txt
charon {
    load_modular = yes
    install_routes = no
    install_virtual_ip = no

    plugins {
        include strongswan.d/charon/*.conf
    }
}

include strongswan.d/*.conf
```

## 3. Configure IPsec file

1. Go to `/etc/ipsec.conf` and add the following settings:

```txt
# ipsec.conf - strongSwan IPsec configuration file
config setup
    charondebug="all"
    uniqueids = yes

conn %default
    ikelifetime=24h
    rekey=yes
    reauth=no
    keyexchange=ikev2
    authby=secret
    dpdaction=restart
    closeaction=restart

# Sample VPN connections
conn cloudflare-ipsec
    auto=start
    type=tunnel
    fragmentation=no
    leftauth=psk
    # Private IP of the VM
    left=%any
    # Tunnel ID from dashboard, in this example FQDN is used
    leftid=<YOUR_TUNNEL_ID>.<YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID>.ipsec.cloudflare.com
    leftsubnet=0.0.0.0/0
    # Cloudflare Anycast IP
    right=<YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_ANYCAST_IP>
    rightid=<YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_ANYCAST_IP>
    rightsubnet=0.0.0.0/0
    rightauth=psk
    ike=aes256-sha256-ecp384!
    esp=aes256-sha256-ecp384!
    replay_window=0
    mark_in=42
    mark_out=42
    leftupdown=/etc/strongswan.d/ipsec-vti.sh
```

2. Now, you need to create a virtual tunnel interface (VTI) with the IP we configured earlier as the target for Cloudflare's health checks (`172.64.240.252`) to route IPsec packets. Go to `/etc/strongswan.d/`.

3. Create a script called `ipsec-vti.sh` and add the following:

```txt
#!/bin/bash

set -o nounset
set -o errexit

VTI_IF="vti0"

case "${PLUTO_VERB}" in
    up-client)
        ip tunnel add "${VTI_IF}" local "${PLUTO_ME}" remote "${PLUTO_PEER}" mode vti \
        key "${PLUTO_MARK_OUT%%/*}"
        ip link set "${VTI_IF}" up
        ip addr add 172.64.240.252/32 dev vti0
        sysctl -w "net.ipv4.conf.${VTI_IF}.disable_policy=1"
        sysctl -w "net.ipv4.conf.${VTI_IF}.rp_filter=0"
        sysctl -w "net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0"
        ip rule add from 172.64.240.252 lookup viatunicmp
        ip route add default dev vti0 table viatunicmp
        ;;
    down-client)
        ip tunnel del "${VTI_IF}"
        ip rule del from 172.64.240.252 lookup viatunicmp
        ip route del default dev vti0 table viatunicmp
        ;;
esac
echo "executed"
```

## 4. Add Policy Based Routing (PBR)

Although the IPsec tunnel is working as is, we need to create Policy Based Routing (PBR) to redirect returning traffic via the IPsec tunnel. Without it, the ICMP replies to the health probes sent by Cloudflare will be returned via the Internet, instead of the same IPsec tunnel. This is required to avoid any potential issues.

To accomplish this, the tutorial uses [iproute2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iproute2) to route IP packets from `172.63.240.252` to the tunnel interface.

1. Go to `/etc/iproute2/`.

2. Edit the `rt_tables` file to add a routing table number and name. In this example, we used `viatunicmp` as the name and `200` as the number for the routing table.

```txt
#
# reserved values
#
255 local
254 main
253 default
0   unspec
200 viatunicmp
#
# local
#
#1  inr.ruhep
```

3. Open the console and add a rule to match the routing table just created. This rule instructs the system to use routing table `viatunicmp` if the packet's source address is `172.64.240.252`:

```sh
ip rule add from 172.64.240.252 lookup viatunicmp
```

4. Add a route to the newly created routing table `viatunicmp`. This is the default route via the interface `vti0` in the `viatunicmp` table.

```sh
ip route add default dev vti0 table viatunicmp
```

5. Now, you can `start` IPsec. You can also `stop`, `restart` and show the `status` for the IPsec connection:

```bash
ipsec start
```

```bash output
Security Associations (1 up, 0 connecting):
cloudflare-ipsec[1]: ESTABLISHED 96 minutes ago, <IPSEC_TUNNEL_IDENTIFIER>.ipsec.cloudflare.com]...162.159.67.88[162.159.67.88]
cloudflare-ipsec{4}:  INSTALLED, TUNNEL, reqid 1, ESP SPIs: c4e20a95_i c5373d00_o
cloudflare-ipsec{4}:   0.0.0.0/0 === 0.0.0.0/0
```

## 5. Check connection status

After you finish configuring StrongSwan with Magic WAN, you can use tcpdump to investigate the status of health checks originated from Cloudflare.

```sh
sudo tcpdump -i <OUTGOING_INTERFACE> esp and host <TUNNEL_CLOUDFLARE_ENDPOINT_IP>
```

In this example, the outgoing Internet interface shows that the IPsec encrypted packets (ESP) from Cloudflare's health check probes (both the request and response) are going through the IPsec tunnel we configured.

![tcpdump shows the IPsec encrypted packets from Cloudflare's health probbes](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/strongswan/ipsec.png)

You can also run tcpdump on `vti0` to check the decrypted packets.

```sh
sudo tcpdump -i vti0 host 172.64.240.252
```

![If you run tcpdump on vti0 you can check for decrypted packets](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/strongswan/tcpdump.png)

---

# Sophos Firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/sophos-firewall/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This tutorial shows you how to use Magic WAN with the following versions of the Sophos Firewall:

- **Sophos form factor tested:**

  - Sophos Firewall XGS and XG series hardware
  - Sophos Firewall virtual appliance on VMware

- **Sophos software versions tested:**
  - SFOS Version 19.0 MR2-Build 472
  - SFOS Version 19.5.1 MR1-Build 278

You can connect through[ Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) or IPsec tunnels](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) to Magic WAN.

## IPsec connection

The following instructions show how to setup an IPsec connection on your Sophos Firewall device. Settings not explicitly mentioned can be left with their default values.

### 1. Add an IPsec profile

1. Go to **System** > **Profiles**.
2. In **IPsec profiles**, select **Add**.
3. In the **General settings** group, make sure you have the following settings:
   - **Name**: Give your profile a descriptive name.
   - **Key exchange**: **IKEv2**
   - **Authentication mode**: **Main mode**
4. In the **Phase 1** group, make sure you have the following settings:
   - **DH group (key group)**: _20_
   - **Encryption**: _AES256_
   - **Authentication**: _SHA2 256_
5. In the **Phase 2** group, select the following:
   - **PFS group (DH group)**: _Same as phase-1_
   - **Key life**: _28800_
   - **Encryption**: _AES256_
   - **Authentication**: _SHA2 256_
6. Enable **Dead Peer Detection**.
7. In **When peer unreachable**, select _Re-initiate_.
8. Select **Save**.

### 2. Create IPsec connection tunnel

The next step involves configuring a site-to-site IPsec VPN connection on your Sophos Firewall device.

1. Go to **Configure** > **Site-to-site VPN**.
2. In **IPsec**, select **Add**.
3. In the **General settings** group, make sure you have the following settings:
   - **Name**: Give your site-to-site VPN a descriptive name.
   - **Connection type**: _Tunnel interface_
   - **Gateway type**: _Initiate the connection_
4. In the **Encryption** group, make sure you have the following settings:
   - **Authentication type**: **Preshared key**
5. In **Gateway settings**, make sure you have the following settings:
   - **Gateway address**: Enter your Cloudflare anycast IP address provided by Cloudflare.
   - **Local ID type**: Add the [IKE ID](/magic-wan/reference/tunnels/#supported-ike-id-formats) provided by Cloudflare.

![Configure an IPsec tunnel.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2-ipsec-tunnel.png)

After setting up your IPsec tunnel, it will show up on the IPsec connections list with an **Active** status.

![The IPsec tunnel should show up on the IPsec connections list.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2b-ipsec-tunnel.png)

### 3. Assign the XFRM interface address

You must use an interface address from the `/31` subnet required to [configure tunnel endpoints](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) on Magic WAN.

1. Go to **Configure** > **Network**.
2. In **Interfaces**, select the corresponding interface to the IPsec tunnel you created in [step 2](#2-create-ipsec-connection-tunnel).
3. Edit the interface to assign an address from the `/31` subnet required to [configure tunnel endpoints](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/). When you are finished, it should look similar to the following:

![Configure a XFRM interface.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/3-xfrm-interface.png)

### 4. Add a firewall rule

1. Go to **Protect** > **Rules and policies**.
2. In **Firewall rules**, create a firewall rule with the criteria and security policies from your company that allows traffic to flow between Sophos and Magic WAN.

![Create a firewall rule with the criteria and security policies from your company](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/4-firewall-rule.png)

### 5. Disable IPsec anti-replay

You will have to disable IPsec Anti-Replay on your Sophos Firewall. Changing the anti-replay settings restarts the IPsec service, which causes tunnel-flap for all IPsec tunnels. This will also disable IPsec anti-replay protection for all VPN connections globally. Plan these changes accordingly.

Below are instruction on how to achieve this on SFOS version 19 and SFOS version 19.5:

#### SFOS 19.0 MR2-Build 472 or 19.5 MR1-Build278 or later versions:

1. Sign in to the CLI.
2. Enter **4** to choose **Device console**, and enter the following command:

   ```bash
   set vpn ipsec-performance anti-replay window-size 0
   ```

   ![Access the CLI to disable anti-replay](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/5-sfos-19.png)

#### Older SFOS versions

Contact Sophos support.

## GRE connection

### 1. Configure a GRE tunnel between SFOS and Cloudflare

Start by configuring a GRE tunnel between SFOS and the Cloudflare anycast IP address.

1. Sign in to the CLI.
2. Enter **4** to choose **Device console**, and enter the following command:

   ```bash
   system gre tunnel add name <NAME_OF_YOUR_GRE_TUNNEL> local-gw <WAN_PORT> remote-gw <REMOTE_GATEWAY_IP_ADDRESS> local-ip <LOCAL_IP_ADDRESS> remote-ip <REMOTE_IP_ADDRESS>
   ```

   ![Access the CLI to configure a GRE tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/1-gre-connection.png)

   For more details, refer to the [Sophos Firewall knowledge base](https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KB-000035813?language=en_US).

### 2. Add a GRE or SD-WAN route to redirect traffic through the GRE tunnel

The detailed information on how to add a GRE or SD-WAN route to redirect traffic through the GRE tunnel, is in the next section ([Traffic redirection mechanism on Sophos Firewall](#traffic-redirection-mechanism-on-sophos-firewall)).

### 3. Add a firewall rule for LAN/DMZ to VPN

Create a firewall rule with the criteria and security policies from your company that allows traffic to flow between Sophos and Magic WAN. This firewall rule should include the required networks and services.

1. Go to **Protect** > **Rules and policies**.
2. In **Firewall rules**, select **IPv4** > **Add firewall rule**.

![Create a firewall rule with the criteria and security policies from your company](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/4-firewall-rule.png)

## Traffic redirection mechanism on Sophos Firewall

To redirect traffic, you can add a static or an SD-WAN route.

### IPsec

#### Static route

Go to **Configure** > **Routing** > **Static routes** to add an XFRM interface-based route. The interface will be automatically created when you set up a tunnel interface based on IPsec (such as the Cloudflare_MWAN example from above).

![Go to static routes to add an XFRM interface-based route](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/static-route.png)

#### SD-WAN route

1. Go to **Configure** > **Routing** > **Gateways** to create a custom gateway on the XFRM interface. The interface will be automatically created when you set up a tunnel interface based on IPsec (such as the Cloudflare_MWAN example from above).

![Go to Gateways to add an XFRM interface-based route](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/1-sd-wan-gateway.png)

2. In **Configure** > **Routing** > **SD-WAN routes**, select **Add** to add the desired networks and services in the route to redirect traffic to Cloudflare. Enter a descriptive name for your connection, and the IP addresses you set up for your IPsec tunnels in **Incoming interface** and **Source networks**. Do not forget to choose the correct **Primary gateway** option.

![Go to SD-WAN to add the desired networks and services in the route.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2-sd-wan-routes.png)

### GRE

Add a GRE or SD-WAN route or both.

#### GRE route

Add the route on the CLI.

1. Sign in to the CLI.
2. Enter **4** to choose **Device console**, and enter the following command to create the tunnel:

```bash
system gre route add net <IP_ADDRESS> tunnelname <TUNNEL_NAME>
```

![Add the route on the CLI.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/gre-route-cli.png)

#### SD-WAN route

1. Add a custom gateway on GRE with the peer IP address (from the `/31` subnet you chose earlier) as the Gateway IP address, and disable **Health check**.

![Add a custom gateway on GRE.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/sd-wan-1-gre.png)

2. Add an SD-WAN route with the desired networks and services in the route to redirect traffic to Cloudflare.

![Add an SD-WAN route.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2-sd-wan-routes.png)

## Verify tunnel status on Cloudflare dashboard

<Render
	file="tunnel-healthchecks-dash"
	params={{
		dashInfo:
			"The dashboard shows the view of tunnel health as measured from each Cloudflare location where your traffic is likely to land.",
		productPath: "**Magic WAN** > **Tunnel health**",
	}}
/>

### Make Cloudflare health checks work

1. The ICMP probe packet from Cloudflare must be the type ICMP request, with anycast source IP. In the following example, we have used `172.64.240.252` as a target example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/ipsec_tunnels/{tunnel_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "health_check": {
    "enabled": true,
    "target": "172.64.240.252",
    "type": "request",
    "rate": "mid"
  }
}'
```

2. Go to **Configure** > **Network** > **Interfaces** > **Add alias**. Add the IP address provided by Cloudflare for the ICMP probe traffic. This is needed to prevent Sophos firewall from dropping them as spoof packets. This is not the same IP used to create VPN. This is the special IP address for probe traffic only.

![Add the IP address provided by Cloudflare to prevent the probe from being dropped by the firewall.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2-icmp-probe-firewall.png)

3. ICMP reply from SFOS should go back via the same tunnel on which the probe packets are received. You will need to create an additional SD-WAN policy route.

![Configure an SD-WAN route so the ICMP reply goes back to Cloudflare via the same tunnel.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/3-icmp-probe-reply.png)

Packet flow will look like the following:

```sh
tcpdump -nn proto 1
```

```sh output
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked v1), capture size 262144 bytes

13:09:55.500453 xfrm1, IN: IP 172.70.51.31 > 172.64.240.252: ICMP echo request, id 33504, seq 0, length 64
13:09:55.500480 xfrm1, OUT: IP 172.64.240.252 > 172.70.51.31: ICMP echo reply, id 33504, seq 0, length 64

13:09:55.504669 xfrm1, IN: IP 172.71.29.66 > 172.64.240.252: ICMP echo request, id 60828, seq 0, length 64
13:09:55.504695 xfrm1, OUT: IP 172.64.240.252 > 172.71.29.66: ICMP echo reply, id 60828, seq 0, length 64
```

## Verify tunnel status on Sophos Firewall dashboard

### IPsec

When the tunnel is working, its **Status** will be green.

![If the tunnel is working, it will show up with a green status.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/2b-ipsec-tunnel.png)

The corresponding XFRM interface will also show a **Connected** status.

![The XFRM interface will also show a connected status.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/1-sd-wan-gateway.png)

### GRE

Access the CLI and type `system gre tunnel show` to check the status of a GRE tunnel. When the tunnel is working, its Status will show up as **Enabled**.

![The GRE tunnel will show a status of Enabled when working.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/gre-status-enabled.png)

![The GRE tunnel will show a status of Enabled when working.](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/sophos-firewall/gre-status-enabled-b.png)

## Troubleshooting

If a tunnel shows a connected status at both ends, but is not established:

- Check if the IPsec profile configuration is correct.
- Make sure the corresponding tunnel interfaces are up.
- Make sure routing configuration and route precedence are correctly set on SFOS.
- Make sure a static back route is added on Cloudflare.
- Firewall rules for specific zones and host or service must be added in SFOS. GRE and IPsec belong to the VPN zone.
- Perform `tcpdump` to check if packets are going through the VPN or GRE tunnel as expected.
- Perform a packet capture on Cloudflare to see if traffic is reaching the Cloudflare platform.

---

# Cisco SD-WAN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/viptela/

Cloudflare partners with Cisco's SD-WAN solution to provide users with an integrated SASE solution. The Cisco SD-WAN appliances (physical and virtual) manage subnets associated with branch offices and cloud instances. Anycast Tunnels are set up between these SD-WAN edge devices and Cloudflare to securely route Internet-bound traffic. This tutorial describes how to configure the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms (physical or virtual) in the SD-WAN mode for north-south (Internet-bound) use cases.

## Prerequisites

Before setting up a connection between Cisco SD-WAN and Cloudflare, you must have:

- Purchased Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway.
- Cloudflare provision Magic WAN and Secure Web Gateway.
- Received two Cloudflare tunnel endpoints (anycast IP address) assigned to Magic WAN.
- Cisco SD-WAN appliances (physical or virtual). This ensures specific Internet-bound traffic from the sites' private networks is routed over the anycast GRE tunnels to Secure Web Gateway to enforce a user's specific web access policies.
- A static IP pair to use with the tunnel endpoints. The static IPs should be /31 addresses separate from the IPs used in the subnet deployment.
- Release 20.6 Controllers and vEdge Device Builds. You should also pair them with devices that are on at least version Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN 17.6. Refer to [Cisco documentation](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/routers/sd-wan/215676-cisco-tac-and-bu-recommended-sd-wan-soft.html) to learn more Cisco softweare versions.

:::note[Note]
The SASE integration between Cisco SD-WAN and Cloudflare SSE was validated with Cisco SD-WAN 20.6.2 version with Catalyst 8kv router. For connectivity, we used GRE tunnels.
:::

## 1. Create a SIG template on Cisco vManage

Cisco vManage is Cisco's SD-WAN management tool that is used to manage all the SD-WAN appliances in branch offices.

For this example scenario, a generic template for `SIG-Branch` was created.

![Traffic flow diagram for GRE](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-flow-diagram-gre.png)

To create a Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) using vManage:

1. From **Cisco vManage** under **Configuration**, select **Generic** and **Add Tunnel**.
2. Refer to the table below for the setting fields and their options.

| Setting             | Type/Detail                               |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| **Global Template** | Factory_Default_Global_CISCO_Template |
| **Cisco Banner**    | Factory_Default_Retail_Banner          |
| **Policy**          | Branch-Local-Policy                       |

**Transport & Management VPN settings**

| Setting                           | Type/Detail                         |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **Cisco VPN 0**                   | GCP-Branch-VPN0                     |
| **Cisco Secure Internet Gateway** | Branch-SIG-GRE-Template             |
| **Cisco VPN Interface Ethernet**  | GCP-Branch-Public-Internet-TLOC     |
| **Cisco VPN Interface Ethernet**  | GCP-VPN0-Interface                  |
| **Cisco VPN 512**                 | Default_AWS_TGW_CSR_VPN512_V01 |

**Basic Information settings**

| Setting            | Type/Detail                                 |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| **Cisco System**   | Default_BootStrap_Cisco_System_Template |
| **Cisco Logging**  | Default_Logging_Cisco_V01                |
| **Cisco AAA**      | AWS-Branch-AAA-Template                     |
| **Cisco BFD**      | Default_BFD_Cisco-V01                     |
| **Cisco OMP**      | Default_AWS_TGW_CSR_OMP_IPv46_...     |
| **Cisco Security** | Default_Security_Cisco_V01               |

When creating the Feature Template, you can choose values that apply globally or that are device specific. For example, the **Tunnel Source IP Address**, **Interface Name** and fields from **Update Tunnel** are device specific and should be chosen accordingly.

## 2. Create tunnels in vManage

From vManage, select **Configuration** > **Templates**. You should see the newly created template where you will update the device values.

Because the template was created to add GRE tunnels, you only need to update the device values. Note that **VPN0** is the default, and the WAN interface used to build the tunnel must be part of **VPN0**.

![Update template fields for GRE tunnel](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-update-device-template-gre.png)

## 3. Create tunnels in Cloudflare

Refer to [Configure tunnel endpoints](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) for more information on creating a GRE tunnel.

![Established GRE tunne in Cloudflash dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-gre-tunnel.png)

## 4. Define static routes

Refer to [Configure static routes](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-static-routes/) for more information on configuring your static routes.

![Established GRE static routes in Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-gre-static-routes.png)

## 5. Validate traffic flow

In the example below, a request for `neverssl.com` was issued, which has a Cloudflare policy blocking traffic to `neverssl`.com.

On the client VM (192.168.30.3), a blocked response is visible.

![cURL example for a request to neverssl.com](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-curl-traffic-flow.png)

A matching blocked log line is visible from the Cloudflare logs.

![A blocked log from Gateway Activity Log in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/magic-wan/third-party/viptela/viptela-gre-swg-traffic.png)

## Add new tunnels using IPsec

IPsec tunnels to Cloudflare can only be created on Cisco 8000v in the router mode today. Refer to the [Cisco IOS XE](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/cisco-ios-xe/) for more information.

---

# VyOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/vyos/

This tutorial contains configuration information and a sample template for using a VyOS device with an IPsec configuration.

## Notes

- `vti <NAME_OF_VTI_INTERFACE` - Specifies the virtual tunnel interface of the IPsec tunnel.
- `esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP>` - Defines the ESP group for encrypted traffic defined by the tunnel or defines a particular ESP policy or profile.
- `ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP>` - Defines IKE group to use for key exchanges or defines a particular IKE policy or profile.
- The IP addresses of the IPsec tunnel interfaces on both ends of the tunnel should be a pair of private IP addresses (RFC 1918) on the same /31 or /30 subnet, essentially specifying a point-to-point link.
- The IPsec tunnel endpoint on this VyOS router is the `<IP_ADDR_OF_UPLINK_INTF_TO_INTERNET/WAN>`.
- The IP address of the IPsec tunnel endpoint on the Cloudflare side is the anycast IP address provided by Cloudflare.
- This router is configured to initiate the IPsec tunnel connection.

## Configuration parameters

### Phase 1

- **Encryption**
  - AES-GCM with 128-bit or 256-bit key length

- **Integrity**
  - SHA512

### Phase 2

- **Encryption**
  - AES-GCM with 128-bit or 256-bit key length

- **Integrity**
  - SHA512

- **PFS group**
  - DH group 20 (348-bit random ECP group)

## Configuration template

```bash
set interfaces vti <name of the vti interface> address
'<PRIVATE_IP_ADDRESS_OF_IPSEC_TUNNEL_INTERFACE>'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> compression 'disable'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> lifetime '86400'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> mode 'tunnel'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> pfs 'enable'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> proposal 1 encryption 'aes256gcm128'
set vpn ipsec esp-group <NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP> proposal 1 hash 'sha512'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> close-action 'none'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> dead-peer-detection action 'restart'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> dead-peer-detection interval '30'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> dead-peer-detection timeout '120'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> ikev2-reauth 'no'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> key-exchange 'ikev2'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> lifetime '28800'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> mobike 'disable'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> proposal 1 dh-group '20'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> proposal 1 encryption 'aes256gcm128'
set vpn ipsec ike-group <NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP> proposal 1 hash 'sha512'
set vpn ipsec ipsec-interfaces interface '<UPLINK_INTF_TO_INTERNET/WAN>'
set vpn ipsec logging log-level '2'
set vpn ipsec options disable-route-autoinstall
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> authentication id '<IPSEC_ID_STRING_IN_RESULT_OF_PSK_KEY-GEN_VIA_CF_API>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> authentication pre-shared-secret '<PSK_KEY_STRING_GENERATED_VIA_CF_API>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> authentication remote-id '<CF_ANYCAST_IP>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> connection-type 'initiate'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> ike-group '<NAME_OF_IKE_GROUP>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> ikev2-reauth 'no'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> local-address '<IP_ADDR_OF_UPLINK_INTF_TO_INTERNET/WAN>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> vti bind '<NAME_OF_VTI_INTERFACE>'
set vpn ipsec site-to-site peer <CF_ANYCAST_IP> vti esp-group '<NAME_OF_ESP_GROUP>'
```

---

# Console Connect

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/console-connect/

1. Select **+** to create a new connection.
2. From the **Choose source port** dropdown, choose your source port.
3. Select **Another Company**, and then enter **Cloudflare**.
4. For **Rate Limit (speed)**, choose your rate limit.
5. Select **Next**.
6. Review the pricing information, and when you are done, select **Save Payment**.
7. Cloudflare will accept the connection and your account team will get in touch with next steps for BGP session establishment.

---

# Equinix Fabric

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/equinix-fabric/

## Order an Equinix Fabric Connection

After you confirm the locations and speed with your account team, order the Equinix Fabric connections to Cloudflare.

1. Go to [Equinix Fabric](https://fabric.equinix.com/)
2. Under **I want to connect to:**, select **A Service Provider**.
3. Under **Select a Service Provider**, search for **Cloudflare** > **Select**.
4. Select **Magic Transit** or **Cloudflare NaaS**. If you are unsure, select **Cloudflare NaaS** which can be used to configure any service.
5. Under **Origin** > **Connect Using**, select your port.
6. Under **Destination**, select your location. If the location you want is not listed, contact your Cloudflare account team to request a new location under the Interconnect Anywhere program.
7. Under **Connection Information** > **VLAN ID**, enter a VLAN ID. Cloudflare chooses its own VLAN ID and Equinix Fabric maps between the two. To use the same VLAN ID as Cloudflare, ask your account team for Cloudflare's VLAN ID and they will provide it.
8. Select **Next** and then **Submit Order**.

Cloudflare will accept the connection and your account team will contact you to establish the BGP session.

---

# Technology Partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/

## Classic CNI (Partner)

Cloudflare partners with multiple network fabric providers to offer as many connectivity options and locations as possible. During the [configure the cross-connect](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/configure-cross-connect/) step, you will initiate a connection from your chosen provider's admin portal.

:::note
You can read more about the partner program on our website. Refer to
the [Cloudflare Network Interconnect Partner Program](https://www.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect-partnerships/).
:::

- [365 Partners](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/365-data-centers/)
- [Console Connect](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/console-connect/)
- [CoreSite](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/coresite/)
- [Cyxtera](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/cyxtera/)
- [Digital Realty](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/digital-realty/)
- [Edge Connex](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/edgeconnex/)
- [Epsilon](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/epsilon/)
- [Equinix Fabric](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/equinix-fabric/)
- [Megaport](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/megaport/)
- [Netrality](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/netrality/)
- [PacketFabric](/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/packet-fabric/)
- [Teraco](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/teraco/)
- BBIX
- Databrink
- Zayo

:::note
If you cannot find a Cloudflare port close to your infrastructure from your fabric provider's dashboard, contact `interconnection@cloudflare.com` to request a port closer to your location under the Interconnect Anywhere program.
:::

---

# Megaport

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/megaport/

## Create a VXC with a service key

The Cloudflare account team creates the Service Key and sends it to you via email. After the Service Key is sent, anyone who has the key can use it to create a connection.

1. Log in to the [Megaport Portal](https://portal.megaport.com/).

2. Select **Megaport Marketplace** as the destination type.

3. Search the destination ports for the service provider.

4. Select a destination port. Typically, you should select the destination port closest to your port.

5. Select **Next**.

6. Specify these connection details:
   - **Name your connection** - The name of your VXC shown in the Megaport Portal.
   - **Invoice Reference (Optional)** - This can be any text, such as a PO number or billing reference number.
   - **Rate Limit** - The speed of your connection in Mbps up to the maximum limit defined by the key.
   - **Preferred A-End VLAN (Optional)** - Specifies an unused VLAN ID for the connection. This must be a unique VLAN ID on the Megaport and can range from `2` to `4093`. If you do not specify a value, Megaport assigns one.

     The B-End VLAN for the Cloudflare side termination automatically populates based on the service key.

7. Select **Next**. A summary page appears that includes the monthly cost.

8. Select **Back** to make changes or select **Add VXC** to move this configuration to your cart. Once you have finished this configuration, you can configure additional VXCs or proceed through the checkout process.

Cloudflare will accept the connection and your account team will contact you to establish the BGP session.

---

# PacketFabric

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/network-interconnect/classic-cni/set-up/partners/packet-fabric/

1. From the PacketFabric dashboard, select **Marketplace**.
2. In the Search bar, enter **Cloudflare**.
3. Select **Cloudflare** as the provider.
4. From **Choose a Location**, choose a location from the dropdown.
5. Under **Select Source Port**, choose a port.
6. Under **Select Virtual Circuit Speed**, choose a speed from the dropdown.
7. Select **Place Order**.
8. Select **Okay** in the Virtual Circuit Request Dispatched notice.
9. Cloudflare will accept the connection and your account team will contact you to establish the BGP session.

---

# Advanced Usage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/advanced/

## Custom Worker Entrypoint

If you need to run code before or after your Next.js application, create your own Worker entrypoint and forward requests to your Next.js application.

This can help you intercept logs from your app, catch and handle uncaught exceptions, or add additional context to incoming requests or outgoing responses.

1. Create a new file in your Next.js project, with a [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/), that looks like this:

```ts
import nextOnPagesHandler from "@cloudflare/next-on-pages/fetch-handler";

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// do something before running the next-on-pages handler

		const response = await nextOnPagesHandler.fetch(request, env, ctx);

		// do something after running the next-on-pages handler

		return response;
	},
} as ExportedHandler<{ ASSETS: Fetcher }>;
```

This looks like a Worker — but it does not need its own Wrangler file. You can think of it purely as code that `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` will then use to wrap the output of the build that is deployed to your Cloudflare Pages project.

2. Pass the entrypoint argument to the next-on-pages CLI with the path to your handler.

```sh
npx @cloudflare/next-on-pages --custom-entrypoint=./custom-entrypoint.ts
```

---

# Caching

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/caching/

[`@cloudflare/next-on-pages`](https://github.com/cloudflare/next-on-pages) supports [caching](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/data-fetching/fetching-caching-and-revalidating#caching-data) and [revalidating](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/data-fetching/fetching-caching-and-revalidating#revalidating-data) data returned by subrequests you make in your app by calling [`fetch()`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/).

By default, all `fetch()` subrequests made in your Next.js app are cached. Refer to the [Next.js documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/caching#opting-out-1) for information about how to disable caching for an individual subrequest, or for an entire route.

[The cache persists across deployments](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/caching#data-cache). You are responsible for revalidating/purging this cache.

## Storage options

You can configure your Next.js app to write cache entries to and read from either [Workers KV](/kv/) or the [Cache API](/workers/runtime-apis/cache/).

### Workers KV (recommended)

It takes an extra step to enable, but Cloudflare recommends caching data using [Workers KV](/kv/).

When you write cached data to Workers KV, you write to storage that can be read by any Cloudflare location. This means your app can fetch data, cache it in KV, and then subsequent requests anywhere around the world can read from this cache.

:::note


Workers KV is eventually consistent, which means that it can take up to 60 seconds for updates to be reflected globally.


:::

To use Workers KV as the cache for your Next.js app, [add a KV binding](/pages/functions/bindings/#kv-namespaces) to your Pages project, and set the name of the binding to `__NEXT_ON_PAGES__KV_SUSPENSE_CACHE`.

### Cache API (default)

The [Cache API](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/cache/) is the default option for caching data in your Next.js app. You do not need to take any action to enable the Cache API.

In contrast with Workers KV, when you write data using the Cache API, data is only cached in the Cloudflare location that you are writing data from.

---

# Bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/bindings/

Once you have [set up next-on-pages](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/get-started/), you can access [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) from any route of your Next.js app via `getRequestContext`:

```js
import { getRequestContext } from "@cloudflare/next-on-pages";

export const runtime = "edge";

export async function GET(request) {
	let responseText = "Hello World";

	const myKv = getRequestContext().env.MY_KV_NAMESPACE;
	await myKv.put("foo", "bar");
	const foo = await myKv.get("foo");

	return new Response(foo);
}
```

Add bindings to your Pages project by [adding them to your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/).

## TypeScript type declarations for bindings

To ensure that the `env` object from `getRequestContext().env` above has accurate TypeScript types, install [`@cloudflare/workers-types`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/workers-types) and create a [TypeScript declaration file](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/type-declarations.html).

Install Workers Types:

```sh
npm install --save-dev @cloudflare/workers-types
```

Add Workers Types to your `tsconfig.json` file, replacing the date below with your project's [compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/):

```diff title="tsconfig.json"
    "types": [
+        "@cloudflare/workers-types/2024-07-29"
    ]
```

Create an `env.d.ts` file in the root directory of your Next.js app, and explicitly declare the type of each binding:

```ts title="env.d.ts"
interface CloudflareEnv {
	MY_KV_1: KVNamespace;
	MY_KV_2: KVNamespace;
	MY_R2: R2Bucket;
	MY_DO: DurableObjectNamespace;
}
```

## Other Cloudflare APIs (`cf`, `ctx`)

Access context about the incoming request from the [`cf` object](/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties), as well as [lifecycle methods from the `ctx` object](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/#lifecycle-methods) from the return value of [`getRequestContext()`](https://github.com/cloudflare/next-on-pages/blob/main/packages/next-on-pages/src/api/getRequestContext.ts):

```js
import { getRequestContext } from "@cloudflare/next-on-pages";

export const runtime = "edge";

export async function GET(request) {
	const { env, cf, ctx } = getRequestContext();

	// ...
}
```

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/get-started/

import { PackageManagers, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Learn how to deploy full-stack (SSR) Next.js apps to Cloudflare Pages.

:::note
You can now also deploy Next.js apps to [Cloudflare Workers](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/frameworks/), including apps that use the Node.js "runtime" from Next.js. This allows you to use the [Node.js APIs that Cloudflare Workers provides](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/#built-in-nodejs-runtime-apis), and ensures compatibility with a broader set of Next.js features and rendering modes.

Refer to the [OpenNext docs for the `@opennextjs/cloudflare` adapter](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) to learn how to get started.
:::

## New apps

To create a new Next.js app, pre-configured to run on Cloudflare, run:

<PackageManagers
	type="create"
	pkg="cloudflare@latest"
	args="my-next-app --framework=next"
/>

For more guidance on developing your app, refer to [Bindings](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/bindings/) or the [Next.js documentation](https://nextjs.org).

---

## Existing apps

### 1. Install next-on-pages

First, install [@cloudflare/next-on-pages](https://github.com/cloudflare/next-on-pages):

```sh
npm install --save-dev @cloudflare/next-on-pages
```

### 2. Add Wrangler file

Then, add a [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/pages/functions/wrangler-configuration/) to the root directory of your Next.js app:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-app"
compatibility_date = "2024-07-29"
compatibility_flags = ["nodejs_compat"]
pages_build_output_dir = ".vercel/output/static"
```

</WranglerConfig>

This is where you configure your Pages project and define what resources it can access via [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).

### 3. Update `next.config.mjs`

Next, update the content in your `next.config.mjs` file.

```diff title="next.config.mjs"
+ import { setupDevPlatform } from '@cloudflare/next-on-pages/next-dev';

/** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
const nextConfig = {};

+ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+   await setupDevPlatform();
+ }

export default nextConfig;
```

These changes allow you to access [bindings](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/bindings/) in local development.

### 4. Ensure all server-rendered routes use the Edge Runtime

Next.js has [two "runtimes"](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) — "Edge" and "Node.js". When you run your Next.js app on Cloudflare, you [can use available Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) — but you currently can only use Next.js' "Edge" runtime.

This means that for each server-rendered route — ex: an API route or one that uses `getServerSideProps` — you must configure it to use the "Edge" runtime:

```js
export const runtime = "edge";
```

### 5. Update `package.json`

Add the following to the scripts field of your `package.json` file:

```json title="package.json"
"pages:build": "npx @cloudflare/next-on-pages",
"preview": "npm run pages:build && wrangler pages dev",
"deploy": "npm run pages:build && wrangler pages deploy"
```

- `npm run pages:build`: Runs `next build`, and then transforms its output to be compatible with Cloudflare Pages.
- `npm run preview`: Builds your app, and runs it locally in [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), the open-source Workers Runtime. (`next dev` will only run your app in Node.js)
- `npm run deploy`: Builds your app, and then deploys it to Cloudflare

### 6. Deploy to Cloudflare Pages

Either deploy via the command line:

```sh
npm run deploy
```

Or [connect a Github or Gitlab repository](/pages/get-started/git-integration/), and Cloudflare will automatically build and deploy each pull request you merge to your production branch.

### 7. (Optional) Add `eslint-plugin-next-on-pages`

Optionally, you might want to add `eslint-plugin-next-on-pages`, which lints your Next.js app to ensure it is configured correctly to run on Cloudflare Pages.

```sh
npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-next-on-pages
```

Once it is installed, add the following to `.eslintrc.json`:

```diff title=".eslintrc.json"
{
  "extends": [
    "next/core-web-vitals",
+    "plugin:eslint-plugin-next-on-pages/recommended"
  ],
  "plugins": [
+    "eslint-plugin-next-on-pages"
  ]
}
```

## Related resources

- [Bindings](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/bindings/)
- [Troubleshooting](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/troubleshooting/)

---

# Full-stack (SSR)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

[Next.js](https://nextjs.org) is an open-source React.js framework for building full-stack applications. This section helps you deploy a full-stack Next.js project to Cloudflare Pages using [`@cloudflare/next-on-pages`](https://github.com/cloudflare/next-on-pages/tree/main/packages/next-on-pages/docs).

:::note
You may want to consider using [`@opennextjs/cloudflare`](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare), which allows you to build and deploy Next.js apps to [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/static-assets/), use [Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) that Cloudflare Workers supports, and supports additional Next.js features.

Refer to the [OpenNext docs](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) and the [Workers vs. Pages compatibility matrix](/workers/static-assets/compatibility-matrix/) for more information to help you decide whether Workers or Pages currently fits best for your Next.js app.
:::

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Routing static assets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/static-assets/

When you use a JavaScript framework like Next.js on Cloudflare Pages, the framework adapter (ex: `@cloudflare/next-on-pages`) automatically generates a [`_routes.json` file](/pages/functions/routing/#create-a-_routesjson-file), which defines specific paths of your app's static assets. This file tells Cloudflare, `for these paths, don't run the Worker, you can just serve the static asset on this path` (an image, a chunk of client-side JavaScript, etc.)

The framework adapter handles this for you — you typically shouldn't need to create your own `_routes.json` file.

If you need to, you can define your own `_routes.json` file in the root directory of your project. For example, you might want to declare the `/favicon.ico` path as a static asset where the Worker should not be invoked.

You would add it to the `excludes` filed of your `_routes.json` file:

```json title="_routes.json"
{
	"version": 1,
	"exclude": ["/favicon.ico"]
}
```

During the build process, `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` will automatically generate its own `_routes.json` file in the output directory. Any entries that are provided in your own `_routes.json` file (in the project's root directory) will be merged with the generated file.

---

# Supported features

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/supported-features/

import { Details } from "~/components"

## Supported Next.js versions

`@cloudflare/next-on-pages` supports all minor and patch version of Next.js 13 and 14. We regularly run manual and automated tests to ensure compatibility.

### Node.js API support

Next.js has [two "runtimes"](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) — "Edge" and "Node.js".

The `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` adapter supports only the edge "runtime".

The [`@opennextjs/cloudflare` adapter](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare), which lets you build and deploy Next.js apps to [Cloudflare Workers](/workers/), supports the Node.js "runtime" from Next.js. When you use it, you can use the [full set of Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) that Cloudflare Workers provide.

`@opennextjs/cloudflare` is pre 1.0, and still in active development. As it approaches 1.0, it will become the clearly better choice for most Next.js apps, since Next.js has been engineered to only support its Node.js "runtime" for many newly introduced features.

Refer to the [OpenNext docs](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) and the [Workers vs. Pages compatibility matrix](/workers/static-assets/compatibility-matrix/) for more information to help you decide which to use.

#### Supported Node.js APIs when using `@cloudflare/next-on-pages`

When you use `@cloudflare/next-on-pages`, your Next.js app must use the "edge" runtime from Next.js. The Workers runtime [supports a broad set of Node.js APIs](/workers/runtime-apis/nodejs/) — but [the Next.js Edge Runtime code intentionally constrains this](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/canary/packages/next/src/build/webpack/plugins/middleware-plugin.ts#L820). As a result, only the following Node.js APIs will work in your Next.js app:

* `buffer`
* `events`
* `assert`
* `util`
* `async_hooks`

If you need to use other APIs from Node.js, you should use [`@opennextjs/cloudflare`](https://opennext.js.org/cloudflare) instead.

## Supported Features

### Routers

Cloudlflare recommends using the [App router](https://nextjs.org/docs/app) from Next.js.

Cloudflare also supports the older [Pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages) router from Next.js.

### next.config.mjs Properties

[`next.config.js` — app router](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js) and [\`next.config.js - pages router](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js)

| Option                              | Next Docs                                                                                                                                                                                    | Support     |
| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| appDir                              | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/appDir)                                                                                                                       | ✅           |
| assetPrefix                         | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/assetPrefix), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/assetPrefix)                                 | 🔄          |
| basePath                            | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/basePath), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/basePath)                                       | ✅           |
| compress                            | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/compress), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/compress)                                       | `N/A`[^1]   |
| devIndicators                       | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/devIndicators), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/devIndicators)                             | `N/A`[^2]   |
| distDir                             | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/distDir), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/distDir)                                         | `N/A`[^3]   |
| env                                 | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/env), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/env)                                                 | ✅           |
| eslint                              | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/eslint), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/eslint)                                           | ✅           |
| exportPathMap                       | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/exportPathMap), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/exportPathMap)                             | `N/A`[^4]   |
| generateBuildId                     | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/generateBuildId), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/generateBuildId)                         | ✅           |
| generateEtags                       | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/generateEtags), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/generateEtags)                             | 🔄          |
| headers                             | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/headers), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/headers)                                         | ✅           |
| httpAgentOptions                    | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/httpAgentOptions), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/httpAgentOptions)                       | `N/A`       |
| images                              | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/images), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/images)                                           | ✅           |
| incrementalCacheHandlerPath         | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/incrementalCacheHandlerPath)                                                                                                  | 🔄          |
| logging                             | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/logging)                                                                                                                      | `N/A`[^5]   |
| mdxRs                               | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/mdxRs)                                                                                                                        | ✅           |
| onDemandEntries                     | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/onDemandEntries), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/onDemandEntries)                         | `N/A`[^6]   |
| optimizePackageImports              | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/optimizePackageImports)                                                                                                       | ✅/`N/A`[^7] |
| output                              | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/output), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/output)                                           | `N/A`[^8]   |
| pageExtensions                      | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/pageExtensions), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/pageExtensions)                           | ✅           |
| Partial Prerendering (experimental) | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/partial-prerendering)                                                                                                         | ❌[^9]       |
| poweredByHeader                     | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/poweredByHeader), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/poweredByHeader)                         | 🔄          |
| productionBrowserSourceMaps         | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/productionBrowserSourceMaps), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/productionBrowserSourceMaps) | 🔄[^10]     |
| reactStrictMode                     | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/reactStrictMode), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/reactStrictMode)                         | ❌[^11]      |
| redirects                           | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/redirects), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/redirects)                                     | ✅           |
| rewrites                            | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/rewrites), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/rewrites)                                       | ✅           |
| Runtime Config                      | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/runtime-configuration), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/runtime-configuration)             | ❌[^12]      |
| serverActions                       | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/serverActions)                                                                                                                | ✅           |
| serverComponentsExternalPackages    | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/serverComponentsExternalPackages)                                                                                             | `N/A`[^13]  |
| trailingSlash                       | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/trailingSlash), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/trailingSlash)                             | ✅           |
| transpilePackages                   | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/transpilePackages), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/transpilePackages)                     | ✅           |
| turbo                               | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/turbo), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/turbo)                                             | 🔄          |
| typedRoutes                         | [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/typedRoutes)                                                                                                                  | ✅           |
| typescript                          | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/typescript), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/typescript)                                   | ✅           |
| urlImports                          | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/urlImports), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/urlImports)                                   | ✅           |
| webpack                             | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/webpack), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/webpack)                                         | ✅           |
| webVitalsAttribution                | [pages](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/next-config-js/webVitalsAttribution), [app](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/webVitalsAttribution)               | ✅           |

```
- ✅: Supported
- 🔄: Not currently supported
- ❌: Not supported
- N/A: Not applicable
```

[^1]: **compression**: [Cloudflare applies Brotli or Gzip compression](/speed/optimization/content/compression/) automatically. When developing locally with Wrangler, no compression is applied.

[^2]: **dev indicators**: If you're developing using `wrangler pages dev`, it hard refreshes your application the dev indicator doesn't appear. If you run your app locally using `next dev`, this option works fine.

[^3]: **setting custom build directory**: Applications built using `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` don't rely on the `.next` directory so this option isn't really applicable (the `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` equivalent is to use the `--outdir` flag).

[^4]: **exportPathMap**: Option used for SSG not applicable for apps built using `@cloudflare/next-on-pages`.

[^5]: **logging**: If you're developing using `wrangler pages dev`, the extra logging is not applied (since you are effectively running a production build). If you run your app locally using `next dev`, this option works fine.

[^6]: **onDemandEntries**: Not applicable since it's an option for the Next.js server during development which we don't rely on.

[^7]: **optimizePackageImports**: `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` performs chunks deduplication and provides an implementation based on modules lazy loading, based on this applying an `optimizePackageImports` doesn't have an impact on the output produced by the CLI. This configuration can still however be used to speed up the build process (both when running `next dev` or when generating a production build).

[^8]: **output**: `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` works with the standard Next.js output, `standalone` is incompatible with it, `export` is used to generate a static site which doesn't need `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` to run.

[^9]: **Partial Prerendering (experimental)**: As presented in the official [Next.js documentation](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/next-config-js/partial-prerendering): `Partial Prerendering is designed for the Node.js runtime only.`, as such it is fundamentally incompatibly with `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` (which only works on the edge runtime).

[^10]: **productionBrowserSourceMaps**: The webpack chunks deduplication performed by `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` doesn't currently preserve source maps in any case so this option can't be implemented either. In the future we might try to preserver source maps, in such case it should be simple to also support this option.

[^11]: **reactStrictMode**: Currently we build the application so react strict mode (being a local dev feature) doesn't work either way. If we can make strict mode work, this option will most likely work straight away.

[^12]: **runtime configuration**: We could look into implementing the runtime configuration but it is probably not worth it since it is a legacy configuration and environment variables should be used instead.

[^13]: **serverComponentsExternalPackages**: This option is for applications running on Node.js so it's not relevant to applications running on Cloudflare Pages.

### Internationalization

Cloudflare also supports Next.js' [internationalized (`i18n`) routing](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/routing/internationalization).

### Rendering and Data Fetching

#### Incremental Static Regeneration

If you use Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)[^14], `@cloudflare/next-on-pages` will use static fallback files that are generated by the build process.

This means that your application will still correctly serve your ISR/prerendered pages (but without the regeneration aspect). If this causes issues for your application, change your pages to use server side rendering (SSR) instead.


<Details header="Background">

ISR pages are built by the Vercel CLI to generate Vercel [Prerender Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/build-output-api/v3/primitives#prerender-functions). These are Node.js serverless functions that can be called in the background while serving the page from the cache.

It is not possible to use these with Cloudflare Pages and they are not compatible with the [edge runtime](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/edge) currently.


</Details>

[^14]: [Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)](https://vercel.com/docs/incremental-static-regeneration) is a rendering mode in Next.js that allows you to automatically cache and periodically regenerate pages with fresh data.

#### Dynamic handling of static routes

`@cloudflare/next-on-pages` supports standard statically generated routes.

It does not support dynamic Node.js-based on-demand handling of such routes.

For more details see:

* [troubleshooting `generateStaticParams`](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/troubleshooting/#generatestaticparams)
* [troubleshooting `getStaticPaths` ](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/troubleshooting/#getstaticpaths)

#### Caching and Data Revalidation

Revalidation and `next/cache` are supported on Cloudflare Pages and can use various bindings. For more information, see our [caching documentation](/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/caching/).

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/framework-guides/nextjs/ssr/troubleshooting/

Learn more about troubleshooting issues with your Full-stack (SSR) Next.js apps using Cloudflare.

## Edge runtime

You must configure all server-side routes in your Next.js project as [Edge runtime](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) routes, by adding the following to each route:

```js
export const runtime = "edge";
```

:::note

If you are still using the Next.js [Pages router](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages), for page routes, you must use `'experimental-edge'` instead of `'edge'`. 
:::

***

## App router

### Not found

Next.js generates a `not-found` route for your application under the hood during the build process. In some circumstances, Next.js can detect that the route requires server-side logic (particularly if computation is being performed in the root layout component) and Next.js automatically creates a [Node.js runtime serverless function](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) that is not compatible with Cloudflare Pages.

To prevent this, you can provide a custom `not-found` route that explicitly uses the edge runtime:

```ts
export const runtime = 'edge'

export default async function NotFound() {
    // ...
    return (
        // ...
    )
}
```

### `generateStaticParams`

When you use [static site generation (SSG)](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/rendering/static-site-generation) in the [`/app` directory](https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started/project-structure) and also use the [`generateStaticParams`](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/generate-static-params) function, Next.js tries to handle requests for non statically generated routes automatically, and creates a [Node.js runtime serverless function](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) that is not compatible with Cloudflare Pages.

You can opt out of this behavior by setting [`dynamicParams`](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/route-segment-config#dynamicparams) to `false`:

```diff
+ export const dynamicParams = false

// ...
```

### Top-level `getRequestContext`

You must call `getRequestContext` within the function that handles your route — it cannot be called in global scope.

Don't do this:

```js null {5}
import { getRequestContext } from '@cloudflare/next-on-pages'

export const runtime = 'edge'

const myVariable = getRequestContext().env.MY_VARIABLE

export async function GET(request) {
  return new Response(myVariable)
}
```

Instead, do this:

```js null {6}
import { getRequestContext } from '@cloudflare/next-on-pages'

export const runtime = 'edge'

export async function GET(request) {
  const myVariable = getRequestContext().env.MY_VARIABLE
  return new Response(myVariable)
}
```

***

## Pages router

### `getStaticPaths`

When you use [static site generation (SSG)](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/rendering/static-site-generation) in the [`/pages` directory](https://nextjs.org/docs/getting-started/project-structure) and also use the [`getStaticPaths`](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/functions/get-static-paths) function, Next.js by default tries to handle requests for non statically generated routes automatically, and creates a [Node.js runtime serverless function](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/rendering/edge-and-nodejs-runtimes) that is not compatible with Cloudflare Pages.

You can opt out of this behavior by specifying a [false `fallback`](https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/api-reference/functions/get-static-paths#fallback-false):

```diff
// ...

export async function getStaticPaths() {
    // ...

    return {
        paths,
+       fallback: false,
	}
}
```

:::caution


Note that the `paths` array cannot be empty since an empty `paths` array causes Next.js to ignore the provided `fallback` value.


:::

---

# Available fields and functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The available fields when setting an HTTP request header value using an expression are the following:

<Render file="transform/header-modification-fields" />

For information on the available functions, refer to [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/).

---

# Format of header names and values

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/header-format/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The **name** of the HTTP request header you want to set or remove can only contain:

<Render file="transform/header-valid-names" />

The **value** of the HTTP request header you want to set can only contain:

<Render file="transform/header-valid-values" />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

This section contains reference information on HTTP request header modification rules.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Format of header names and values

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/reference/header-format/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The **name** of the HTTP response header you want to set or remove can only contain:

<Render file="transform/header-valid-names" />

The **value** of the HTTP response header you want to set can only contain:

<Render file="transform/header-valid-values" />

---

# API parameter reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/parameters/

To set an HTTP request header via API, set the following parameters in the `action_parameters` field:

* **operation**: `set`
* Include one of the following parameters to define a static or dynamic value:

  * **value**: Specifies a static value for the HTTP request header.
  * **expression**: Specifies the expression that defines a value for the HTTP request header.

To remove an HTTP request header via API, set the following parameter in the `action_parameters` field:

* **operation**: `remove`

For step-by-step instructions, refer to [Create an HTTP request header modification rule via API](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/create-api/).

## Static header value parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to define a static HTTP request header value is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "set",
      "value": "<URI_PATH_VALUE>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Dynamic header value parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to define a dynamic HTTP request header value using an expression is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "set",
      "expression": "<EXPRESSION>"
    }
  }
}
```

:::note


Check the [available fields and functions](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/) you can use in an expression.


:::

## Header removal parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to remove an HTTP request header is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "remove"
    }
  }
}
```

## Different header modifications in the same rule

The same rule can modify different HTTP request headers using different operations (set or remove a header). For example, a single rule can set the value of a header and remove a different header. The syntax of such a rule could be the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME_1>": {
      "operation": "set",
      "value": "<HEADER_VALUE_1>"
    },
    "<HEADER_NAME_2>": {
      "operation": "remove"
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Available fields and functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The available fields when setting an HTTP response header value using an expression are the following:

<Render file="transform/header-modification-fields" />

For information on the available functions, refer to [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/).

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

This section contains reference information on HTTP Response Header Modification Rules.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# API parameter reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/response-header-modification/reference/parameters/

To set an HTTP response header, overwriting any headers with the same name, use the following parameters in the `action_parameters` field:

* **operation**: `set`
* Include one of the following parameters to define a static or dynamic value:

  * **value**: Specifies a static value for the HTTP response header.
  * **expression**: Specifies the expression that defines a value for the HTTP response header.

To add an HTTP response header, keeping any existing headers with the same name, use the following parameters in the `action_parameters` field:

* **operation**: `add`
* **value**: Specifies a static value for the HTTP response header.

To remove an HTTP response header, set the following parameter in the `action_parameters` field:

* **operation**: `remove`

## Static header value parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to define a static HTTP response header value is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "<set|add>",
      "value": "<URI_PATH_VALUE>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Dynamic header value parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to define a dynamic HTTP response header value using an expression is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "set",
      "expression": "<EXPRESSION>"
    }
  }
}
```

:::note


Check the [available fields and functions](/rules/transform/request-header-modification/reference/fields-functions/) you can use in an expression.


:::

## Header removal parameters

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field to remove an HTTP response header is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME>": {
      "operation": "remove"
    }
  }
}
```

## Different header modifications in the same rule

The same rule can modify different HTTP response headers using different operations. For example, a single rule can set the value of a header and remove a different header. The syntax of such a rule could be the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "headers": {
    "<HEADER_NAME_1>": {
      "operation": "set",
      "value": "<HEADER_VALUE_1>"
    },
    "<HEADER_NAME_2>": {
      "operation": "remove"
    }
  }
}
```

---

# Available fields and functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/fields-functions/

import { Render } from "~/components";

## Filter expressions

A rewrite URL rule [filter expression](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/) (that is, the expression that defines which incoming requests match the rule) can include the following fields:

<Render file="transform/transform-phase-fields" />

For information on the available functions, refer to [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/).

## Rewrite expressions

A rewrite expression (that is, the expression that defines the dynamic URL rewrite to perform) can only include the following fields:

- `http.request.uri.*`
- `http.request.headers.*`
- `http.request.accepted_languages`

Refer to the [Fields reference](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/) for more information on these fields.

The [`concat()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#concat), [`regex_replace()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#regex_replace), and [`wildcard_replace()`](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/#wildcard_replace) functions can appear only **once** in a rewrite expression.

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

This section contains reference information for rewrite URL rules.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# URL rewrite parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/url-rewrite/reference/parameters/

Static and dynamic URL rewrites have different parameters:

- A static URL rewrite requires a static value for the target URL.
- A dynamic URL rewrite requires an expression that, when evaluated, will define the target URL.

A URL rewrite with wildcard patterns is a simplified interface in the Cloudflare dashboard for creating dynamic URL rewrites with [wildcard matching and replacement](#wildcard-matching-and-replacement).

The maximum length of all parameter values in a URL rewrite (combined) is 4,096 characters. For example, you could provide a static value (or an expression) for the URI path with 2,048 characters and a static value (or expression) for the query string with 2,048 characters.

## API information

### Static URL rewrites

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field for a static rewrite URL rule that rewrites both the URI path and the query string is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "uri": {
    "path": {
      "value": "<URI_PATH_VALUE>"
    },
    "query": {
      "value": "<QUERY_STRING_VALUE>"
    }
  }
}
```

If you are only rewriting the URI path or the query string, omit the `query` or `path` parameter, respectively.

### Dynamic URL rewrites

The full syntax of the `action_parameters` field for a dynamic rewrite URL rule that rewrites both the URI path and the query string is the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "uri": {
    "path": {
      "expression": "<URI_PATH_EXPRESSION>"
    },
    "query": {
      "expression": "<QUERY_STRING_EXPRESSION>"
    }
  }
}
```

If you are only rewriting the URI path or the query string, omit the `query` or `path` parameter, respectively.

#### Wildcard matching and replacement

The syntax of a dynamic rewrite URL rule that rewrites both the URI path and the query string based on wildcard matching and replacement is the following:

```json
{
	"expression": "(http.request.full_uri wildcard r\"<REQUEST_URL>\")",
	"action_parameters": {
		"uri": {
			"path": {
				"expression": "wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.path, r\"<PATH_TARGET_PATH>\", r\"<PATH_REWRITE_TO>\")"
			},
			"query": {
				"expression": "wildcard_replace(http.request.uri.query, r\"<QUERY_TARGET_QUERY>\", r\"<QUERY_REWRITE_TO>\")"
			}
		}
	},
	"action": "rewrite"
	// ...
}
```

The `<REQUEST_URL>`, `<PATH_TARGET_PATH>`, `<PATH_REWRITE_TO>`, `<QUERY_TARGET_QUERY>`, and `<QUERY_REWRITE_TO>` value placeholders correspond to the fields available in the Cloudflare dashboard when you select the **Wildcard pattern** option. For more information, refer to [Wildcard pattern parameters](/rules/transform/url-rewrite/create-dashboard/#wildcard-pattern-parameters).

:::note
The `http.request.uri.query` field does not include the `?` delimiter at the beginning, which means that your `<QUERY_TARGET_QUERY>` value should not try to match an initial `?`.
:::

### Different URL rewrite types in the same rule

The same rule can have different types of URL rewrites for the URI path and the query string. For example, a single rule can perform a **dynamic** URL rewrite of the URI path and a **static** URL rewrite of the query string. The syntax of such a rule would be the following:

```json
"action_parameters": {
  "uri": {
    "path": {
      "expression": "<URI_PATH_EXPRESSION>"
    },
    "query": {
      "value": "<QUERY_STRING_VALUE>"
    }
  }
}
```

---

# CSV file format

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/csv-file-format/

You can use a CSV file to import URL redirects into a Bulk Redirect List [using the Cloudflare dashboard](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/create-dashboard/#1-create-a-bulk-redirect-list). Each line in the CSV file must follow this format:

```txt
<SOURCE_URL>,<TARGET_URL>[,<STATUS_CODE>,<PRESERVE_QUERY_STRING>,<INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS>,<SUBPATH_MATCHING>,<PRESERVE_PATH_SUFFIX>]
```

Only the `<SOURCE_URL>` and `<TARGET_URL>` values are mandatory. The default value of `<STATUS_CODE>` is `301` and the default value for all the boolean parameters is `FALSE`.

To enable one of the URL redirect parameters, use one of the following values: `TRUE` or `true`. To keep an option disabled, use one of `FALSE` or `false`, or enter a comma (delimiter) without entering any value.

## Example CSV file

All the lines in this example are valid lines that you can import in the dashboard:

```txt
example.com/contacts,https://example.net/contact-us,301,,,,
example.com/about,https://example.net/about-us,,FALSE,TRUE,,
example.com/docs,https://example.com/draft-docs,302,,TRUE
```

## Important remarks

* The CSV file must not include a header row with column names.
* A source/target URL must be enclosed in quotes (`"`) when it includes a comma (`,`). You can always enclose URL values in quotes, but it is not required.
* You can skip an optional value by immediately entering a comma (the delimiter) without entering any value.
* You do not need to include trailing commas.

---

# Available fields and functions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/fields-functions/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The available fields when defining a Bulk Redirect Rule filter expression are the following:

<Render file="transform/transform-phase-fields" />

For information on the available functions, refer to [Functions](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/functions/).

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Refer to the following pages for more information about Bulk Redirects:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# API JSON objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/json-objects/

## Bulk Redirect Rule

A fully populated Bulk Redirect Rule object has the following JSON structure:

```json
{
  "action": "redirect",
  "expression": "http.request.full_uri in $<LIST_NAME>",
  "action_parameters": {
    "from_list": {
      "name": "<LIST_NAME>",
      "key": "http.request.full_uri"
    }
  }
}
```

The JSON object properties must comply with the following:

* `action` must be `redirect`

* `action_parameters` must contain a `from_list` object with additional settings.

* `from_list` must contain the following properties:

  * `name`: The name of an existing Bulk Redirect List to associate with the current Bulk Redirect Rule.
  * `key`: An expression that defines the value that will be matched against the configured URL redirect’s source URL values, following the rules of the [URL matching algorithm](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#url-matching-algorithm). Refer to [Concepts](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#bulk-redirect-rules) for more information.

* `expression` must reference the request field used in the `key` property. Refer to [Concepts](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#bulk-redirect-rules) for more information.

## URL redirect list item

A fully populated URL redirect list item object has the following JSON structure:

```json
{
  "id": "7c5dae5552338874e5053f2534d2767a",
  "redirect": {
    "source_url": "https://example.com/blog",
    "target_url": "https://example.com/blog/latest",
    "status_code": 301,
    "include_subdomains": false,
    "subpath_matching": false,
    "preserve_query_string": false,
    "preserve_path_suffix": true
  },
  "created_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z"
}
```

For details on the `redirect` object properties, refer to [URL redirect parameters](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/).

---

# URL redirect parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/

import { Type, MetaInfo } from "~/components";

A URL redirect has a source URL, a target URL, a status code, and some additional parameters that affect its URL matching behavior and runtime behavior.

## Source URL

API field: `source_url` <Type text="String" />

The URL string that the incoming request URL must match for the redirect to be applied. This property is mandatory. The maximum length of the source URL is 32 KB.

The value must be a valid URL, but the URL scheme is not required (for example, `https`); when the scheme is omitted, the redirect applies to both `http` and `https` URL schemes.

A Bulk Redirect List cannot contain several URL redirects with the exact same source URL.
The exact behavior of the [URL matching algorithm](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#url-matching-algorithm), which matches an incoming request with the redirect's source URL, depends on the values of the [**Include subdomains**](#include-subdomains) and [**Subpath matching**](#subpath-matching) parameters.

For more information on the supported URL components, refer to [Supported URL components](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/).

## Target URL

API field: `target_url` <Type text="String" />

The URL where the client will be redirected to when there is a match for the URL redirect. This property is mandatory. The maximum length of the target URL is 32 KB.

The value must be a valid URL. The final target URL depends on the values of the [**Preserve query string**](#preserve-query-string) and [**Preserve path suffix**](#preserve-path-suffix) parameters.

For more information on the supported URL components, refer to [Supported URL components](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/).

## Subpath matching

API field: `subpath_matching` <Type text="Boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="default: false" />

If `true`, the current redirect will apply the subpath matching algorithm to the request URL when determining if there is a match for the current URL redirect.

For example, a URL redirect from `/my-folder/` to `/other-folder/` with **Subpath matching** enabled will also redirect a request from `/my-folder/item` to `/other-folder/item`. However, the redirect will only include the `item` part when [**Preserve path suffix**](#preserve-path-suffix) is `true`.

For more information, refer to [Matching the source URL of redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#matching-the-source-url-of-redirects).

## Include subdomains

API field: `include_subdomains` <Type text="Boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="default: false" />

If `true`, the source URL hostname will also apply to any subdomains — the redirect will match for all subdomains to the left of the domain portion of the source URL, as well as the specified domain.

For example, a redirect with source URL defined as `http://example.com/about` will also apply to requests with source URL `http://a.example.com/about` or `http://a.b.example.com/about`.

For more information, refer to [Matching the source URL of redirects](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#matching-the-source-url-of-redirects).

## Preserve query string

API field: `preserve_query_string` <Type text="Boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="default: false" />

If `true`, the redirect URL will keep the query string of the original request.

For example, a URL redirect from `/my-folder/` to `/other-folder/` with **Preserve query string** enabled will redirect a request from `/my-folder/?name=value` to `/other-folder/?name=value`. If **Preserve query string** is disabled, the request will be redirected from `/my-folder/?name=value` to `/other-folder/`.

## Preserve path suffix

API field: `preserve_path_suffix` <Type text="Boolean" /> <MetaInfo text="default: true" />

Applicable only when [**Subpath matching**](#subpath-matching) is enabled. If `true`, defines that the redirect URL will include the remaining (non-matched) path elements of the source URL, if any.

For example, when both **Subpath matching** and **Preserve path suffix** are enabled, a URL redirect from `/my-folder/` to `/another-folder/` will redirect an incoming request from `/my-folder/foo` to `/another-folder/foo`. If **Preserve path suffix** is disabled, the same request would still match the URL redirect, but it would redirect from `/my-folder/foo` to `/another-folder/`.

## Status code

API field: `status_code` <Type text="Integer" /> <MetaInfo text="default: 301" />

The HTTP status code returned to the client when redirecting.

The value must be one of the following:

- `301` (Moved permanently)
- `302` (Found, also known as Moved temporarily)
- `307` (Temporary redirect)
- `308` (Permanent redirect)

---

# Fields reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/

import FieldCatalog from "~/pages/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/index.astro";

<FieldCatalog />

---

# Supported URL components

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/url-components/

The source and target URLs of a URL redirect support different URL components.

The provided URL component examples in the reference table are based on the following URL:

```txt
https://user:password@www.example.com:443/search?q=term#results
```

| URL component                                             | Supported in source URL [^1]               | Supported in target URL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Scheme**<br/>For example:<br/>`https`                   | Yes, `http` or `https` only<br/>(optional) | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **User information**<br/>For example:<br/>`user:password` | No                                         | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Host**<br/>For example:<br/>`www.example.com`           | Yes                                        | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Port**<br/>For example:<br/>`443`                       | No                                         | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Path**<br/>For example:<br/>`/search`                   | Yes                                        | Yes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Query string**<br/>For example:<br/>`q=term`            | No                                         | Yes, if [**Preserve query string**](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/reference/parameters/#preserve-query-string) is `false` (optional)<br/><br/>You can only add a query string to the target URL if you do not keep the original query string (that is, if **Preserve query string** is `false`). If you set **Preserve query string** to `true`, the query string of the request will be passed along [when there is a match for the source URL](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/how-it-works/#matching-the-source-url-of-redirects). |
| **Fragment**<br/>For example:<br/>`results`               | No                                         | Yes (optional)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

[^1]: **Supported in source URL** = **No** means that you cannot include the component in the source URL to match against the URL of incoming requests.

Bulk Redirects also support target URLs without an authority component [^2], like the following URL:

```txt
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2bd9d334e8d1e5bd7768755173222db5c6dea13b&dn=archlinux-2021.07.01-x86_64.iso
```

[^2]: The URL authority is the combination of user information, host, and port components.

---

# FAQ

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/fonts/faq/

In the following sections, you can find frequently asked questions about performance, privacy, security, implementation and integration.

## Performance

### How does Cloudflare Fonts improve website performance?

By serving fonts from your own domain through Cloudflare's optimized infrastructure, Cloudflare Fonts reduces DNS lookups, TLS connection setups and latency. This leads to faster page load times, enhancing the overall performance of your website.

## Privacy and security

### Does Cloudflare Fonts collect or log user data?

No, Cloudflare Fonts does not collect or log user data during the font delivery process. Cloudflare is committed to a [privacy-first](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) approach, ensuring that your users' data remains confidential.

## Implementation and integration

### Do I need to host my font files separately when using Cloudflare Fonts?

No, Cloudflare Fonts simplifies the font delivery process. You do not need to host font files separately. The service works by rewriting the webpage’s HTML. It removes Google Fonts links and replaces them with inline CSS.

### Are there any code changes required to use Cloudflare Fonts?

No, you do not need any code changes to use Cloudflare Fonts.

### Can I see analytics of font files served via Cloudflare Fonts?

Yes, as Cloudflare will be serving these fonts via your zone, analytics will appear within your Cloudflare dashboard. This allows you to analyze requests for font files that you would not have otherwise known about without Cloudflare Fonts.

### Which path are Cloudflare Fonts requests made to?

Font requests will be made to your origin with the `/cf-fonts/` path prefix.

### What other transformations are made?

Cloudflare will strip any preconnect headers for Google Fonts domains from the HTML response body. This will improve performance by removing unnecessary connections.

---

# Cloudflare Fonts (beta)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/fonts/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Fonts is a feature designed for websites that use Google Fonts. It rewrites Google Fonts to be delivered from a website’s own origin, eliminating the need to rely on third-party font providers. Cloudflare Fonts is tailored to improve website performance and user privacy without the need for any code changes or self-hosting of fonts.

## How Cloudflare Fonts works

Cloudflare Fonts works by rewriting your webpage’s HTML. It removes Google Fonts links and replaces them with inline CSS. This CSS includes links to fonts from your own Cloudflare zone rather than from Google servers. This ensures that font files are served from your domain through Cloudflare's infrastructure, optimizing performance and enhancing user privacy.

### Browser support

Cloudflare Fonts is compatible with browsers that support Unicode-range subsetting and WOFF or WOFF2 formats, including:

```
Chrome 36+
Edge 16+
Safari 10+
Firefox 44+
Opera 22+
IE 9+
Chrome for Android 115+
Safari on iOS 10+
Samsung Internet 5+
```

## Get started

To enable Cloudflare Fonts for your entire domain:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/login), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
3. For **Cloudflare Fonts**, switch the toggle to **On**.

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

## Limitations

While Cloudflare Fonts offers powerful font optimization capabilities, it is important to be aware of its limitations:

* **Font transformation**: Currently, Cloudflare Fonts exclusively supports Google Fonts transformation.
* **APO compatibility**: Cloudflare Fonts does not operate when [Automatic Platform Optimization](/automatic-platform-optimization/) (APO) is enabled. Cloudflare APO automatically optimizes Google Fonts in a similar way.
* **CSS import**: Cloudflare Fonts is compatible only with the `<link>` setup for Google Fonts and does not support the CSS `@import` method.
* **CSP headers**: Cloudflare Fonts does not modify <GlossaryTooltip term="content security policy (CSP)" link="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy">Content Security Policy (CSP)</GlossaryTooltip> headers. Certain CSP configurations may make Cloudflare Fonts stop working, such as restrictions on inline styles through [`style-src`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/style-src), or restriction of fonts originating from the site's own origin via [`font-src`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/font-src).
* **Fallback mechanism**: In cases where Cloudflare Fonts does not support a specific page, it will gracefully fallback to using Google Fonts.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/fonts/troubleshooting/

## Validate the Fonts feature is working

To test that the Fonts feature is working correctly, follow these steps:

1. With the Fonts feature disabled, navigate to your webpage and open the network panel in your browser's developer tools. For Chrome, right click on the webpage and select **Inspect**, which open the developer tools. Next, navigate to the **Network** tab within the console.
2. Reload the page.
3. In the Network tab, you should have a request to `fonts.googleapis.com`, and a request to `fonts.gstatic.com`. This means that Google Fonts are being downloaded for this page. If you do not have these requests in the list, either your webpage is not using Google Fonts, or your hosting provider might be optimizing the Google Fonts in some other way.
4. Enable the Fonts feature and wait for a few seconds.
5. In the inspect window, toggle **Disable cache** on and reload the page.
6. In the network panel, you should now have a request to your zone on the `/cf-fonts/` path prefix. The requests to `fonts.googleapis.com` and `fonts.gstatic.com` should have disappeared. This means the feature is working correctly.

## Feature is not working

For the feature to work, the response HTML (when the feature is disabled) must include a link tag with `href` pointing to `fonts.googleapis.com`. You can check this on the browser by viewing the source code of the webpage. As an example of what to look for, the following link tag is for the Roboto Google Font:

```html
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
```

If the tag does not exist in the HTML, but you are still sure that your page is using Google Fonts, it might be that your hosting provider is optimizing your Google Fonts on the server. This can prevent Cloudflare Fonts from working properly.

## Other issues with Cloudflare Fonts

If you experience any issues or have questions while using Cloudflare Fonts, refer to the [Cloudflare Community](https://community.cloudflare.com/) pages or contact [Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/) for assistance.

---

# Enable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/enable/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

To enable or disable Rocket Loader, use the following instructions.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable or disable **Rocket Loader** in the dashboard:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Select your account and domain.
3. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization**.
4. For **Rocket Loader**, switch the toggle to **On**.

<Render file="rocket-loader-csp" />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable or disable **Rocket Loader** with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) request with `rocket_loader` as the setting name in the URI path, and the `value` parameter set to `"on"` or `"off"`.

<Render file="rocket-loader-csp" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

# Ignore JavaScripts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/ignore-javascripts/

You can have Rocket Loader ignore individual scripts by adding the `data-cfasync="false"` attribute to the relevant script tag:

```html
<script data-cfasync="false" src="/javascript.js"></script>      
```

Rocket Loader will still optimize the loading of all other scripts on the page.

:::note


If Rocket Loader is only impacting a specific page, use a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to exclude that page by URL.


:::

## Limitations

* Adding this attribute within JavaScript will not work if you wish to exclude the script from Rocket Loader.
* If the script you want Rocket Loader to ignore has dependency on other JavaScript(s) on the page, those dependencies must also have the `data-cfasync="false"` attribute.
* The `data-cfasync` attribute must be added before the `src` attribute.
* Rocket Loader will recognize the tag when either single or double quotes are placed around the attribute value.

---

# Rocket Loader

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/

import { DirectoryListing, FeatureTable, Render } from "~/components"

Rocket Loader prioritizes your website's content (text, images, fonts, and more) by deferring the loading of all of your JavaScript until after rendering.

This type of loading (known as asynchronous loading) leads to earlier rendering of your page content. Rocket Loader handles both inline and external scripts, while maintaining order of execution. Cloudflare will detect incompatible browsers and disable Rocket Loader.

On pages with JavaScript, this results in a [much faster loading experience](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/performance/test-the-speed-of-a-website/) for your users and improves the following performance metrics:

* Time to First Paint (TTFP)
* Time to First Contentful Paint (TTFCP)
* Time to First Meaningful Paint (TTFMP)
* Document Load

## How to

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.rocket_loader" />

## Limitations

Some of Cloudflare's optional features, including Rocket Loader and Email Obfuscation, use non standard tags that fail strict HTML validation via tools like [w3.org](https://validator.w3.org/). These failures do not correlate to issues for your site visitors.

If you observe JavaScript or jQuery issues for your website, [disable Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/enable/) and retest your website.

<Render file="rocket-loader-csp" /> <br/>

---

# Content encoding issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/troubleshooting/content-encoding-issues/

If you are noticing any encoding errors with your HTML pages, we recommend verifying that the impacted pages are explicitly setting the correct charset in the `Content-Type` header from your origin for all text/html pages, for example `Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8`. This is particularly important if you are not using UTF-8 encoding. Alternatively you can set the correct charset within the HTML.

If you believe these settings are correct, please inform us. You can find more information in [setting the HTTP charset parameter](https://www.w3.org/International/articles/http-charset/index) and in [HTML charset attribute](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_meta_charset.asp).

Alternatively, you can use a [Configuration Rule](/rules/configuration-rules/) to disable features that rewrite HTML. This will send the content as-is to the browser.

You also have the option to turn off these features site-wide within the dashboard:

- [Email Obfuscation](/waf/tools/scrape-shield/email-address-obfuscation/), located in the **Scrape Shield** section.
- [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/), located in **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Content Optimization** section.
- [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/), located in **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Image Optimization**. section.
- [Automatic HTTPS Rewrites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/automatic-https-rewrites/), located in the **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates** section.

Misconfiguring the `Content-Type` or charset within HTML, or leaving them unspecified can lead to unintended consequences. This can disrupt the intended content presentation, resulting in disorganized rendering and potentially unclear characters. Properly configuring these elements ensures consistent and accurate interpretation, correct HTML modifications, and accurate rendering for browsers. This creates a seamless user experience and aligns with best practices in web development.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Turn off Auto Minify via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/content/troubleshooting/disable-auto-minify/

If your site is still using deprecated features for [Auto Minify](/fundamentals/api/reference/deprecations/#2024-08-05), turn off Auto Minify via API.

## Before you begin

You will need an [API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with the following permissions:

- _Zone_ > _Zone Settings_ > _Edit_
- _Zone_ > _Zone Settings_ > _Read_

## (Optional) Check zone status

To check your zone's Auto Minify status, send a `GET` request to the `/zones/{zone_id}/settings/minify` endpoint.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/minify" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
```

```json output {4}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "minify",
		"value": { "css": "off", "html": "off", "js": "off" },
		"modified_on": null,
		"editable": true
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

If any of the values in the highlighted line are `"on"`, then you need to turn them off.

## Turn off Auto Minify using the API

To turn off Auto Minify for your zone, send a `PATCH` request to the `/zones/{zone_id}/settings/minify` endpoint. The value for `success` in the response should be `true`.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/minify" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{ "value": { "css": "off","html": "off","js": "off" } }'
```

```json output {8}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "minify",
		"value": { "js": "off", "css": "off", "html": "off" },
		"modified_on": "2024-11-15T19:32:20.882640Z",
		"editable": true
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/images/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Image optimization on optimized images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/images/troubleshooting/multiple-optimizations/

Cloudflare's [image optimization features](/speed/optimization/images/) will likely not help much if you are already optimizing your images in some way (Smush.it, etc.).

Cloudflare recommends not activating other services on top of Cloudflare, because this setup can lead to unexpected outcomes and potential issues.

---

# Troubleshoot missing images

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/images/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-missing-images/

If images are missing from your website, other Cloudflare features may be interfering with those images.

To troubleshoot:

1. Perform one of the following actions:

   * [Purge cache](/cache/how-to/purge-cache) for the URL of the missing image file.
   * [Temporarily pause Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/pause-cloudflare/).
   * Disable [Rocket Loader](/speed/optimization/content/rocket-loader/enable/).
   * Disable [Mirage](/speed/optimization/images/mirage/#enable-mirage).
2. Retest the image load in a private browser tab.
3. If the issue is not fixed, try another of the actions suggested in Step 1.

---

# Enable AMP Real URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/amp-real-url/enable-amp-real-url/

## Requirements

AMP Real URL is available for all plans. However, refer to the following requirements before enabling this feature:

* AMP Real URL relies on signed exchanges so all [requirements for signed exchanges must be met](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/enable-signed-exchange/).
* The origin server [must support AMP responses](https://amp.dev/about/how-amp-works/).

## Enable AMP Real URL

If your account satisfies the requirements to enable AMP Real URL:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Other**.
3. Scroll to **AMP Real URL** and toggle the button to enable it.

## Limitations

Since AMP Real URL responses are packaged in a signed exchange (SXG), the [limitations for SXGs apply](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/signed-exchanges-caveats/).

---

# AMP Real URL

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/amp-real-url/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Cloudflare AMP Real URL leverages signed exchanges to authenticate content when served from Google’s AMP cache. When a supported crawler is detected, AMP Real URL will create a signed exchange for content that is requested from your domain. When using a supported Chromium browser, the page is validated using a signed exchange and is displayed on the user’s device with the original URL of your site.

## Difference between AMP Real URL and AMP

Without AMP Real URL, clicking on a search result for an AMP page takes visitors to a cached page served from `google.com/amp/`. AMP Real URL allows mobile browsers to show the actual URL of your website while still serving the content from Google’s AMP cache. This is accomplished through signed exchanges. AMP Real URL only works on pages that are compatible with the AMP specification, and only applies to visitors coming from Chrome on Android at this time.

Showing the actual URL to your website's visitors offers several advantages:

* **Brand fidelity**: Visitors to your site see your brand, not Google’s, at the top of all your pages.
* **More accurate analytics**: Keeping AMP and non-AMP content in the same domain facilitates more accurate analytics attribution.
* **Reduced bounce rates**: Showing your actual URL may encourage users to remain on your site, instead of returning to the search results page.
* **Security**: AMP Real URL uses signed exchanges to sign your AMP pages with a publicly verifiable certificate, ensuring no one can add, remove, or modify your content.

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.amp" />

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/amp-real-url/reference/

## Verify that AMP Real URL is working

After the feature is enabled, it takes Google AMP Cache about a week to detect and serve the new URL. After this period of time, visit your AMP pages from Google search results on Chrome for Android, and you should be able to see your actual URL. You can also go to `https://<YOUR_DOMAIN>/cdn-fpw/sxg/cert.pem.msg` to verify that the feature is working. If the page does not return a `404` error and instead prompts you to download a certificate, AMP Real URL is working.

## Search Console errors

Even when the Search Console (AMP Pages) is returning a `The dates for the signed exchange are invalid` error message, Google can still parse the signed exchange and treat it like regular HTML. In the case of an AMP page, Google should fall back to treat it like it would treat a regular AMP page. This should not be a problem.

---

# Signed exchanges

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/

import { FeatureTable } from "~/components"

Signed exchanges (SXG) is an open standard that makes it possible to cryptographically authenticate the origin of a resource independently of how it is delivered. This authentication allows for a variety of use cases. For example, with SXGs, a search engine can download signed exchanges while users are navigating their search pages. Thus, when a user selects a link to a website, the search engine can serve a cached version of that webpage instead of fetching content from the origin server, improving performance.

This performance improvement also has consequences for SEO. SXGs improve [Core Web Vitals](/web-analytics/data-metrics/core-web-vitals/), such as the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). Cloudflare found that SXGs improve LCP for 85% of the sites tested and time to first byte (TTFB) for 98% of websites.

For more information about signed exchanges, [refer to our blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/automatic-signed-exchanges/).

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="speed.automatic_signed_exchanges" />

---

# Enable SXGs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/enable-signed-exchange/

import { Render } from "~/components"

## Requirements

Before enabling Cloudflare Automatic Signed Exchange, refer to the following requirements:

* Read the [SXGs caveats](/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/signed-exchanges-caveats/) to check requirements regarding request and response headers.
* SXGs are available for zones with a Pro or higher plan. SXGs are also available for zones on a Free plan with an APO subscription.
* SXGs only work with zones that have their nameservers managed by Cloudflare. Refer to [Change your nameservers](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/setup/) to learn how to change your domain nameservers to Cloudflare. You will also have to confirm that Cloudflare is [proxying your traffic](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/).
* Zone certificates need to be managed by Cloudflare.

:::note

For SXGs to be enabled, a CAA record (Certification Authority Authorization) is required to allowlist the CA (Certificate Authority) permitted to issue Certificates for signing the Signed Exchange. Cloudflare will automatically add the corresponding CAA records in DNS on behalf of users after they enable SXGs. This is to ensure that SSL certificate issuance is not blocked. If you would like to obtain SSL certificates that are issued by other CAs, make sure that you manually add the required CAA records after enabling SXGs. 
:::

* Content needs to be cached for 120 seconds or longer, as Google checks this setting to generate an SXG. To ensure that content is cached for 120 seconds or more, go to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) > select your account and domain > **Caching** > **Configuration** > **Browser Cache TTL** and check the period of time Cloudflare instructs a browser to cache files.

## Enable SXGs

If your account satisfies all the requirements, follow the steps below to enable SXGs. Be aware that, currently, signed exchanges are only used on Chromium browsers on Android and desktop.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Speed** > **Optimization** > **Other**.
3. Scroll to **Automatic Signed Exchanges (SXGs)** and enable it.

<Render file="configuration-rule-promotion" product="rules" />

---

# SXGs caveats

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/signed-exchanges-caveats/

## Allowed request headers

Signed exchanges remove cookies and headers from HTTP requests, which can create problems with dynamic or personalized content. This is intentional since signed exchanges can be distributed to multiple browsers. Therefore, packaging any personalized or dynamic content into a signed exchange could be a security risk. The only request headers that are not removed are the following:

* `AMP-Cache-Transform`
* `Accept`
* `From`
* `User-Agent`
* `Accept`
* `Via`
* `CF-Connecting-IP`
* `True-Client-IP`
* `X-Forwarded-For`
* `CF-RAY`
* `CF-IPCountry`
* `CF-Visitor`
* `CF-Loop`
* `CF-Worker`
* `CF-Threat-Score`
* `X-Bot-Score`
* `X-Static-Bot`
* `X-Threat-Score`
* `X-Tlsclientauth`
* `X-Verified-Bot`

## Response headers

Since Cloudflare cannot be sure whether a signed exchange includes private information or not, a signed exchange will not be generated in the presence of the following [response headers](https://wicg.github.io/webpackage/draft-yasskin-httpbis-origin-signed-exchanges-impl.html#name-stateful-header-fields):

* `Authentication-Control`
* `Authentication-Info`
* `Clear-Site-Data`
* `Optional-WWW-Authenticate`
* `Proxy-Authenticate`
* `Proxy-Authentication-Info`
* `Public-Key-Pins`
* `Sec-WebSocket-Accept`
* `Set-Cookie`
* `Set-Cookie2`
* `SetProfile`
* `Strict-Transport-Security`
* `WWW-Authenticate`

Signed exchanges will not be created if the response headers contain a `cache-control` header with one of the following values:

* `private`
* `no-store`
* `no-cache`
* `max-age=0 `

For example, `cache-control=private` would mean that a signed exchange is not created.

:::note

The `cache-control` response header can have one of the following names:

* `cache-control`
* `cdn-cache-control`
* `cloudflare-cdn-cache-control`
* `surrogate-control`

For example, `cdn-cache-control=no-cache` would mean that a signed exchange is not created. 
:::

---

# Reference

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/other/signed-exchanges/reference/

## Verify that signed exchanges are working

Make a request with the signed exchange request header:

1. Open a terminal and run the following command, replacing `https://example.com` with your domain:

```sh
curl -svo /dev/null https://example.com -H "Accept: application/signed-exchange;v=b3"
```

2. Verify that the `Content-Type` in the response headers is `application/signed-exchange;v=b3` rather than `text/html`.

## Certificate authority used with SXGs

Cloudflare uses [Google for SXGs' certificate issuance](https://web.dev/signed-exchanges/#certificates). Once SXGs is enabled, Cloudflare automatically adds the Certification Authority Authorization records on behalf of the zones. Refer to the following example below:

```bash
dig example.com caa
```

```bash output
;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com. 3600 IN CAA 0 issue "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
example.com. 3600 IN CAA 0 issuewild "pki.goog; cansignhttpexchanges=yes"
```

---

# Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization negatively affects iOS/Safari devices

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/troubleshooting/enhanced-http2-prioritization-ios-safari/

Occasionally, [Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization](/speed/optimization/protocol/enhanced-http2-prioritization/) can negatively affect the experience of visitors using Safari on macOS or any browser on iOS.

These visitors may notice not being able to load the site properly, such as images not displaying or content taking too long to load.

## Solution

If visitors using using Safari on macOS or any browser on iOS are experiencing issues with your site loading properly, try [disabling Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization](/speed/optimization/protocol/enhanced-http2-prioritization/#enable-enhanced-http2-prioritization).

:::note


Sometimes, [HTTP/2](/speed/optimization/protocol/http2/) will cause **Enhanced HTTP/2 Prioritization** to be re-enabled automatically.

If you notice this happening, also disable **HTTP/2**.


:::

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/speed/optimization/protocol/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Compliance standards

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Consider the following recommendations on custom [cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) for when your organization needs to comply with regulatory standards.

Refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) to learn how to specify cipher suites at zone level or per hostname.

Also [enable TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/#enable-tls-13) on your zone and, when opting for [PCI DSS](#pci-dss), make sure to up your [Minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) to `1.2`. Refer to [Cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) and [TLS protocols](/ssl/reference/protocols/) to learn more.

## PCI DSS

Recommended cipher suites for compliance with the [Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)](https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/standards/pci-dss/). Enhances payment card data security.

* Cipher suites:

`AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`[^1], `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`[^2], `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256`[^3], `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`

* Formatted array to copy:

<Render file="ciphers-tls-13-array-callout" />

```txt
["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305"]
```

## FIPS-140-2

Recommended cipher suites for compliance with the [Federal Information Processing Standard (140-2)](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/140-2/upd2/final). Used to approve cryptographic modules.

* Cipher suites:

`AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `AES128-SHA`, `AES128-SHA256`, `AES256-SHA`, `AES256-SHA256`, `DES-CBC3-SHA`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`

* Formatted array to copy:

```txt
["AES128-GCM-SHA256", "AES128-SHA", "AES128-SHA256", "AES256-SHA", "AES256-SHA256", "DES-CBC3-SHA", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384"]
```

[^1]: Same as `TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.
[^2]: Same as `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.
[^3]: Same as `TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.

---

# Customize cipher suites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

With [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) or within [Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/), you can restrict connections between Cloudflare and clients — such as your visitor's browser — to specific [cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/).

You may want to do this to follow specific [recommendations](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/), to [disable weak cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/troubleshooting/#ssl-labs-weak-ciphers-report), or to comply with [industry standards](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/).

Customizing cipher suites will not lead to any downtime in your SSL/TLS protection.

:::note
This documentation only refers to connections [between clients and the Cloudflare network](/ssl/concepts/#edge-certificate). For connections between Cloudflare and your origin server, refer to [Origin server > Cipher suites](/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/).
:::

## How it works

Custom cipher suites is a hostname-level setting, which implies that:

* When you customize cipher suites for a [zone](/fundamentals/setup/accounts-and-zones/#zones), this will affect all hostnames within that zone.
* The configuration is applicable to all edge certificates used to connect to the hostname(s), regardless of [certificate type](/ssl/edge-certificates/) (universal, advanced, or custom).
* If you need to use a per-hostname cipher suite customization, you must ensure that the hostname is specified on the certificate.

### Scope

Currently, you can only customize cipher suites when using the API:

* [Zone](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) (using `ciphers` as the setting name in the URI path)
* [Per-hostname](/api/resources/hostnames/subresources/settings/subresources/tls/methods/update/) (regular zones only)
* [Custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/enforce-mtls/#cipher-suites) (Cloudflare for SaaS zones only)

### Settings priority and ciphers order

Cloudflare uses the [hostname priority logic](/ssl/reference/certificate-and-hostname-priority/) to determine which setting to apply.

ECDSA cipher suites are prioritized over RSA, and Cloudflare preserves the specified cipher suites in the order they are set. This means that, if both ECDSA and RSA are used, Cloudflare presents the ECDSA ciphers first - in the order they were set - and then the RSA ciphers, also in the order they were set.

## Set up


:::note
For guidance around custom hostnames, refer to [TLS settings - Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/enforce-mtls/#cipher-suites).
:::

### Before you begin

Note that:

* Cipher suites are used in combination with other [SSL/TLS settings](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#related-ssltls-settings).
* You cannot set specific TLS 1.3 ciphers. Instead, you can [enable TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/#enable-tls-13) for your entire zone and Cloudflare will use all applicable [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/).
* Each cipher suite also supports a specific algorithm (RSA or ECDSA) so you should consider the algorithms in use by your edge certificates when making your ciphers selection. You can find this information under each certificate listed in [**SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/edge-certificates).
* It is not possible to configure minimum TLS version nor cipher suites for [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) hostnames.

### Steps and API examples

1. Decide which cipher suites you want to specify and which ones you want to disable (meaning they will not be included in your selection).

   Below you will find samples covering the recommended ciphers [by security level](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/) and [compliance standards](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/), but you can also refer to the [full list](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/) of supported ciphers and customize your choice.

2. Log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and get your Global API Key in [**My Profile** > **API Tokens**](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/profile/api-tokens/).

3. Get the Zone ID from the [Overview page](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/) of the domain you want to specify cipher suites for.

4. Make an API call to either the [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint or the [Edit TLS setting for hostname](/api/resources/hostnames/subresources/settings/subresources/tls/methods/update/) endpoint, specifying `ciphers` in the URL. List your array of chosen cipher suites in the `value` field.

:::note
Updating the cipher suites will result in certificates being redeployed.
:::

<Tabs> <TabItem label="modern">

<Render file="ciphers-api-general-notes" />

```bash
# To configure cipher suites per hostname, replace the first two lines by the following
# curl --request PUT \
# "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/ciphers/{hostname}" \

curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/ciphers" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value": ["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384"]}'
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="compatible">

<Render file="ciphers-api-general-notes" />

```bash
# To configure cipher suites per hostname, replace the first two lines by the following
# curl --request PUT \
# "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/ciphers/{hostname}" \

curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/ciphers" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value": ["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384"]}'
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="pci dss">

<Render file="ciphers-api-general-notes" />

```bash
# To configure cipher suites per hostname, replace the first two lines by the following
# curl --request PUT \
# "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/ciphers/{hostname}" \

curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/ciphers" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value": ["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305"]}'
```

:::caution

For compliance with PCI DSS, also [enable TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/#enable-tls-13) on your zone and make sure to up your [Minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) to `1.2`.
:::

</TabItem> <TabItem label="fips-140-2">

<Render file="ciphers-api-general-notes" />

```bash
# To configure cipher suites per hostname, replace the first two lines by the following
# curl --request PUT \
# "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/ciphers/{hostname}" \

curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/ciphers" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value":["AES128-GCM-SHA256", "AES128-SHA", "AES128-SHA256", "AES256-SHA", "AES256-SHA256", "DES-CBC3-SHA", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384"]}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Reset to default values

<Tabs> <TabItem label="zone">

To reset to the default cipher suites at zone level, use the [Edit zone setting](/api/resources/zones/subresources/settings/methods/edit/) endpoint, specifying `ciphers` as the setting name in the URL, and send an empty array in the `value` field.

```bash
curl --request PATCH \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/settings/ciphers" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"value": []}'
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="per-hostname">

For specific hostname settings, use the [Delete TLS setting for hostname](/api/resources/hostnames/subresources/settings/subresources/tls/methods/delete/) endpoint.

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/hostnames/settings/ciphers/{hostname}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

For guidance around custom hostnames, refer to [TLS settings - Cloudflare for SaaS](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/enforce-mtls/#cipher-suites).

---

# Cipher suites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="cipher-suites-definition" /><br />

This section covers cipher suites used in connections between clients — such as your visitor's browser — and the Cloudflare network. For information about cipher suites used between Cloudflare and your origin server, refer to [Origin server > Cipher suites](/ssl/origin-configuration/cipher-suites/).

:::note

Cloudflare maintains a [public repository of our SSL/TLS configurations](https://github.com/cloudflare/sslconfig) on GitHub, where you can find changes in the commit history.

[RC4 cipher suites](https://blog.cloudflare.com/end-of-the-road-for-rc4/) or [SSLv3](https://blog.cloudflare.com/sslv3-support-disabled-by-default-due-to-vulnerability/) are no longer supported.
:::

## Cipher suites and edge certificates

While the cipher suites used by default for all Cloudflare domains/zones are meant to balance security and compatibility, some of them might be considered weak by third-party testing tools, such as the Qualys SSL Labs test.

If the default option ([Legacy](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/)) does not meet your business requirements, you can [purchase the Advanced Certificate Manager add-on](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/ssl-tls/acm/) to be able to [specify more secure cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/).

Custom cipher suites is a hostname-level setting. Once specified, the configuration is applicable to all edge certificates used to connect to the hostname(s), regardless of [certificate type](/ssl/edge-certificates/) (universal, advanced, or custom).

## Related SSL/TLS settings

Although configured independently, cipher suites interact with other SSL/TLS settings.

### Minimum TLS Version

You can specify a [minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) that is required for a client to connect to your website or application.

For example, if TLS 1.1 is selected as the minimum, visitors attempting to connect using TLS 1.0 will be rejected while visitors attempting to connect using TLS 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (if enabled) will be allowed.

Each cipher suite relates to a specific minimum protocol that it supports. This means that if you use a [higher security level](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/) for your cipher suites and stop supporting TLS 1.0, you should also adjust your minimum TLS version accordingly.

[Compliance standards](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/compliance-status/) can also require you to up the minimum TLS version accepted in connections to your website or application.

### TLS 1.3

<Render file="tls-13-cipher-limitations" />

Cloudflare may return the following names for TLS 1.3 cipher suites. This is how they map to [RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html) names:

| Cloudflare                      | RFC 8446                           |
| ------------------------------  | -----------------------------------|
| `AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`        | `TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256`           |
| `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`        | `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`           |
| `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256` | `TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256`     |


## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

## Limitations

It is not possible to configure cipher suites for [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) hostnames.

---

# Recommendations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Refer to the sections below for three different security levels and how Cloudflare recommends that you set them up if you need to restrict the [cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/) used between Cloudflare and clients that access your website or application.

Refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) to learn how to specify cipher suites at zone level or per hostname.

When opting for [compatible](#compatible) or [modern](#modern), make sure to up your [Minimum TLS version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) to `1.2` and [enable TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/#enable-tls-13) on your zone.

## Modern

Offers the best security and performance, limiting your range of clients to modern devices and browsers. Supports TLS 1.2-1.3 cipher suites. All suites are forward-secret and support authenticated encryption (AEAD).

* Cipher suites:

`AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`[^1], `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`[^2], `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256`[^3],`ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`

* Formatted array to copy:

<Render file="ciphers-tls-13-array-callout" />

```txt
["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384"]
```

## Compatible

Provides broader compatibility with somewhat weaker security. Supports TLS 1.2-1.3 cipher suites. All suites are forward-secret.

* Cipher suites:

`AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`

* Formatted array to copy:

<Render file="ciphers-tls-13-array-callout" />

```txt
["ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256", "ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384", "ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384"]
```

## Legacy (default)

Includes all cipher suites that Cloudflare supports today. Broadest compatibility with the weakest security. Supports TLS 1.0-1.3 cipher suites.

* Cipher suites:

`AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`, `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA`, `AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `AES128-SHA256`, `AES128-SHA`, `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA`, `AES256-GCM-SHA384`, `AES256-SHA256`, `AES256-SHA`, `DES-CBC3-SHA`

To reset your option to the default, [use an empty array](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/#reset-to-default-values).

[^1]: Same as `TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.
[^2]: Same as `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.
[^3]: Same as `TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256`. Refer to [TLS 1.3 cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/#tls-13) for details.

---

# Supported cipher suites

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/

Cloudflare supports the following cipher suites by default. If needed, you can [restrict your website or application](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) to only use specific cipher suites.

| Cipher name | Minimum protocol | [Security recommendation](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/recommendations/) | Cipher suite | IANA name |
| -------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256    | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xc02b]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_GCM\_SHA256      |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305    | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xcca9]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_CHACHA20\_POLY1305\_SHA256 |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256      | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xc02f]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_GCM\_SHA256        |
| ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305      | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xcca8]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_CHACHA20\_POLY1305\_SHA256   |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256        | TLS 1.2          | Compatible                                                               | \[0xc023]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA256      |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA           | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0xc009]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA         |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256          | TLS 1.2          | Compatible                                                               | \[0xc027]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA256        |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA             | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0xc013]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA           |
| AES128-GCM-SHA256                | TLS 1.2          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x9c]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_GCM\_SHA256               |
| AES128-SHA256                    | TLS 1.2          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x3c]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA256               |
| AES128-SHA                       | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x2f]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_128\_CBC\_SHA                  |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384    | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xc02c]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_GCM\_SHA384      |
| ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384        | TLS 1.2          | Compatible                                                               | \[0xc024]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_ECDSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_CBC\_SHA384      |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384      | TLS 1.2          | Modern                                                                   | \[0xc030]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_GCM\_SHA384        |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384          | TLS 1.2          | Compatible                                                               | \[0xc028]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_CBC\_SHA384        |
| ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA             | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0xc014]    | TLS\_ECDHE\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_CBC\_SHA           |
| AES256-GCM-SHA384                | TLS 1.2          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x9d]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_GCM\_SHA384               |
| AES256-SHA256                    | TLS 1.2          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x3d]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_CBC\_SHA256               |
| AES256-SHA                       | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x35]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_AES\_256\_CBC\_SHA                  |
| DES-CBC3-SHA                     | TLS 1.0          | Legacy                                                                   | \[0x0a]      | TLS\_RSA\_WITH\_3DES\_EDE\_CBC\_SHA                 |
| AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256 \*        | TLS 1.3          | Modern                                                                   | \{0x13,0x01}  | TLS\_AES\_128\_GCM\_SHA256                          |
| AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384 \*        | TLS 1.3          | Modern                                                                   | \{0x13,0x02}  | TLS\_AES\_256\_GCM\_SHA384                          |
| AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256 \* | TLS 1.3          | Modern                                                                   | \{0x13,0x03}  | TLS\_CHACHA20\_POLY1305\_SHA256                     |

:::note[* TLS 1.3 minimum protocol]

Ciphers `AEAD-AES128-GCM-SHA256`, `AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384`, and `AEAD-CHACHA20-POLY1305-SHA256` are automatically supported by your zone if you [enable TLS 1.3](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/tls-13/#enable-tls-13).

TLS 1.3 uses the same cipher suite space as previous versions of TLS, but defines these cipher suites differently. TLS 1.3 only specifies the symmetric ciphers and cannot be used for TLS 1.2. Similarly, TLS 1.2 and lower cipher suites cannot be used with TLS 1.3 ([RFC 8446](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8446.html)). BoringSSL also hard-codes cipher preferences in this order for TLS 1.3.
:::

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/troubleshooting/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If you encounter issues with edge certificate cipher suites, refer to the following scenarios.

## Compatibility with Minimum TLS Version

When you adjust the setting used for your domain's [Minimum TLS Version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/), your domain only allows HTTPS connections using that TLS protocol version.

This setting can cause issues if you are not supporting TLS 1.2 ciphers on your domain. If you experience issues, review your domain's [Minimum TLS Version](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/minimum-tls/) setting and Cloudflare's [supported ciphers list](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/supported-cipher-suites/).

## Compatibility with certificate encryption

If you [upload a custom certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/), make sure the certificate is compatible with the chosen cipher suites for your zone or hostname.

For example, if you upload an RSA certificate, your cipher suite selection cannot only support ECDSA certificates.

## Compatibility with Cloudflare Pages

It is not possible to configure minimum TLS version nor cipher suites for [Cloudflare Pages](/pages/) hostnames.

## API requirements for custom hostname certificate

When using the [Edit Custom Hostname endpoint](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/), make sure to include `type` and `method` within the `ssl` object, as well as the `settings` specifications.

Including the `settings` only will result in the error message `The SSL attribute is invalid. Please refer to the API documentation, check your input and try again`.

## TLS 1.3 settings

<Render file="tls-13-cipher-limitations" />

## SSL Labs weak ciphers report

If you try to [disable](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) all of the `WEAK` cipher suites according to what is listed on a [Qualys SSL Labs](https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/) report, you might notice that the naming conventions are not the same.

This is because SSL Labs follows RFC cipher naming convention while Cloudflare follows OpenSSL cipher naming convention. The cipher suite names list in the [OpenSSL documentation](https://www.openssl.org/docs/man1.0.2/man1/ciphers.html) may help you map the names.

## Warnings related to CVE-2019-1559

Even though applications on Cloudflare are not vulnerable to [CVE-2019-1559](/ssl/reference/cloudflare-and-cve-2019-1559/), some security scanners may flag your application erroneously.

To remove these warnings, refer to [Customize cipher suites](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/cipher-suites/customize-cipher-suites/) and exclude the following ciphers:

* `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384`
* `ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256`
* `ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384`

---

# Enable

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/enable/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

To enable [Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/) - which issues individual certificates for your proxied hostnames - follow these instructions:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

To enable Total TLS in the dashboard:

1. Log into the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).
2. Choose your account and domain.
3. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**.
4. For **Total TLS**, switch the toggle to **On** and - if desired - choose an issuing **Certificate Authority**.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

To enable Total TLS with the API, send a [`PATCH`](/api/resources/acm/subresources/total_tls/methods/create/) request with the `enabled` parameter set to your desired setting (`true` or `false`).

You can also specify a desired certificate authority by adding a value to the `certificate_authority` parameter.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Aspects to consider

- <Render file="total-tls-character-limitation" />

---

# Error messages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/error-messages/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To help avoid [`ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH`](/ssl/troubleshooting/version-cipher-mismatch/) errors, Cloudflare automatically shows an error message - `This hostname is not covered by a certificate` - on proxied DNS records not covered by a TLS certificate.

## Pending domains

If you recently [added your domain](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/) to Cloudflare - meaning that your zone is in a [pending state](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) - you can often ignore this warning.

Once most domains becomes **Active**, Cloudflare will automatically issue a Universal SSL certificate, which will provide SSL/TLS coverage and remove the warning message.

:::note


Since there are a few nuances to certificate coverage and issuance timing, review [Enable Universal SSL certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/enable-universal-ssl/) to make sure your domain will receive SSL/TLS coverage automatically.


:::

## Active domains

If your zone is already active on Cloudflare, this warning identifies subdomains that are not covered by your current SSL/TLS certificate.

<Render file="ussl-limitations-table" />

<Render file="ussl-limitations-solutions" />

---

# Total TLS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

Total TLS allows Cloudflare to issue individual certificates for your proxied hostnames. These certificates will protect proxied hostnames not covered by [Universal certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/).

:::caution
 <Render file="total-tls-character-limitation" /> 
:::

When issued, these certificates will have a type of **Advanced - Total TLS**, and their default validity period is 90 days.

## Reference

<DirectoryListing />

## Availability

Total TLS is available for domains that have purchased [Advanced Certificate Manager](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/) and are currently using a [full DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/full-setup/).

## Limitations

### Hostnames used with other Cloudflare products

Total TLS does not issue certificates for any hostnames used with:

* [Cloudflare Load Balancing](/load-balancing/)
* [Cloudflare Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/)

You can use other types of certificates or manually [order advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/#create-a-certificate) for these hostnames.

### Deleting certificates

Once you [enable Total TLS](/ssl/edge-certificates/additional-options/total-tls/enable/), be careful deleting any Total TLS certificates associated with proxied hostnames.

If you do, our system assumes you want to opt that hostname out of Total TLS certificate and will not order new certificates for the hostname in the future. This behavior applies even if you delete and re-create the hostname's DNS record.

---

# Delegated

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/

import { Example, FeatureTable } from "~/components";

Delegated DCV allows zones with [partial DNS setups](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/) - meaning authoritative DNS is not provided by Cloudflare - to delegate the DCV process to Cloudflare.

DCV Delegation requires you to place a one-time record that allows Cloudflare to auto-renew all future certificate orders, so that there’s no manual intervention at the time of the renewal.

:::note

DCV Delegation will not work with Universal Certificates and requires the use of an [Advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).
:::

## Availability

<FeatureTable id="ssl.delegated_dcv" />

## When to use

You should use Delegated DCV when all of the following conditions are true:

- Your zone is using a [partial DNS setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/).
- Cloudflare is not already [performing DCV automatically](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).
- Your zone is using an [Advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).
- Your zone is not using multiple CDN providers.
- The Certificate Authority is either Google Trust Services, SSL.com, or Let's Encrypt

:::note[Delegated DCV and origin certificates]

As explained in the [announcement blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-dcv-delegation/), currently, you can only delegate DCV to one provider at a time. If you also issue publicly trusted certificates for the same hostname for your [origin server](/ssl/concepts/#origin-certificate), this will no longer be possible. You can use [Cloudflare origin CA certificates](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/) instead.
:::

## Setup

To set up Delegated DCV:

1. Order an [advanced certificate](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/manage-certificates/) for your zone, choosing `TXT` as the **Certificate validation method**.
2. On **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates**, go to **DCV Delegation for Partial Zones**.
3. Copy the Cloudflare validation URL.
4. At your authoritative DNS provider, create `CNAME` record(s) considering the following:

- If your certificate only covers the apex domain and a wildcard, you only need to create a single `CNAME` record for your apex domain. Any direct subdomains will be covered as well.

<Example>

```txt
_acme-challenge.example.com CNAME example.com.<COPIED_VALIDATION_URL>.
```

</Example>

- If your certificate also covers subdomains specified by their name, you will need to add multiple `CNAME` records to your authoritative DNS provider, one for each specific subdomain.

<Example>

For example, a certificate covering `example.com`, `*.example.com`, and `sub.example.com` would require the following records.

```txt
_acme-challenge.example.com CNAME example.com.<COPIED_VALIDATION_URL>.
_acme-challenge.sub.example.com CNAME sub.example.com.<COPIED_VALIDATION_URL>.
```

</Example>

:::caution[Remove previous TXT records]

Existing TXT records for `_acme-challenge` will conflict with the delegated DCV CNAME record. Make sure to check and remove records such as the following:

```txt
_acme-challenge.example.com TXT <CERTIFICATE_VALIDATION_VALUE>
```

:::

Once the `CNAME` records are in place, Cloudflare will add TXT DCV tokens for every hostname on the Advanced certificate that has a DCV delegation record in place, as long as the zone is [active](/dns/zone-setups/reference/domain-status/) on Cloudflare.

Because DCV happens regularly, do not remove the `CNAME` record(s) at your authoritative DNS provider. Otherwise, Cloudflare will not be able to perform DCV on your behalf and your certificate will not be issued.

## Further details

### Testing

If you use a `dig` command to test, you should only be able see the placed tokens if the certificate is up for issuance.

This is because Cloudflare places the tokens when needed and then cleans them up.

```sh
dig TXT +noadditional +noquestion +nocomments +nocmd +nostats _acme-challenge.example.com. @1.1.1.1_acme-challenge.example.com. 3600    IN    CNAME    example.com.<COPIED_VALIDATION_URL>
```

### Renewal

Currently, at certificate renewal, Cloudflare attempts to automatically perform DCV via HTTP if your certificate matches certain criteria:

- Hostnames are proxied.
- Hostnames on the certificate resolve to the IPs assigned to the zone.
- The certificate does not contain wildcards.

Note that settings that interfere with the validation URLs can cause issues in this case. Refer to [Troubleshooting](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/) for guidance.

:::note

If a hostname becomes unreachable during certificate renewal time, the certificate will not be able to be renewed automatically via Delegated DCV. Should you need to renew a certificate for a hostname that is not resolving currently, you can send a PATCH request to [the changing DCV method API endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/verification/methods/edit/) and change the method to TXT to proceed with manual renewal per [the TXT DCV method](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/txt/).

Once the hostname becomes resolvable again, [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/) will resume working as expected.
:::

### Moved domains

If you [move your zone to another account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/), you will need to update the `CNAME` record at your authoritative DNS provider with a new validation URL.

---

# HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/http/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

When you choose HTTP DCV, Cloudflare automatically adds a verification HTTP token to your domain.

Only use this method if your domain can tolerate a few minutes of downtime.

:::note


If you encounter issues with HTTP DCV, refer to the [troubleshooting guide](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/).


:::

## Limitations

HTTP DCV is only available for [proxied domains](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). It is possible to manually add the DCV token to the `.well-known/pki-validation/` directory on your origin web server to pre-validate your certificates.

HTTP DCV validation does not work for wildcard certificates. If you want to use wildcard certificates, use [TXT validation](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/txt/).

Based on your chosen certificate authority (CA), you may also not be able to use HTTP verification with [advanced certificates](/ssl/edge-certificates/advanced-certificate-manager/).

## Setup

### Specify DCV method

<Render file="http-cname-validation-process" />

In either case, you would need to set a `"validation_method":"http"` parameter.

### Review other Cloudflare settings

To make sure your domain does not accidentally block HTTP DCV, review your Cloudflare settings for [common setup issues](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/troubleshooting/).

### Complete DCV

Your HTTP token will be available for the certificate authority as soon as you finish your [partial domain setup](/dns/zone-setups/partial-setup/setup/#3-add-dns-records).

This means that you need to add a CNAME record to Cloudflare in your authoritative DNS and create [proxied DNS records](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/) for your hostname within Cloudflare.

This process may involve a few minutes of downtime.


<Details header="What happens after you create your records">

<Render file="cname-cert-verification" />


</Details>

<Render file="acm-validate-cert" />

## Renewal

<Render file="dcv-certificate-renewal" />

---

# Methods

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dcv-definition" />

## Perform DCV

For details on each method available for DCV, refer to the following resources:

<DirectoryListing />

:::note


For guidance on when you need to perform DCV, refer to [Domain Control Validation](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/).


:::

***

## Verify DCV status

To verify the [DCV status](/ssl/reference/certificate-statuses/) of a certificate, either monitor the certificate's status in the dashboard at **SSL/TLS** > **Edge Certificates** or use the [Verification Status endpoint](/api/resources/ssl/subresources/verification/methods/get/).

A status of `active` means that the certificate has been deployed to Cloudflare’s global network and will be served as soon as HTTP traffic is proxied to Cloudflare.

## Update DCV methods

You cannot update the DCV method for an active certificate. To update the DCV method for a subdomain, wait until the DCV expires and then change the DCV method.

[^1]: Meaning that Cloudflare is your Authoritative DNS provider.

[^2]: Meaning that another DNS provider - not Cloudflare - maintains your Authoritative DNS.

---

# TXT

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/txt/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="txt-validation-definition" /> <br />

---

## When to use

Generally, you need to perform TXT-based DCV when your certificate [requires DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/) and you cannot perform [Delegated DCV](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/methods/delegated-dcv/).

---

## Setup

### Specify DCV method

<Render file="generic-validation-process" />

### Get DCV values

<Render file="txt-validation-preamble" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="txt-validation-api" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="txt-validation-dashboard" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### Update DNS records

At your authoritative DNS provider, create a TXT record named the `txt_name` and containing the `txt_value`.

Repeat this process for all the DCV records returned in the `validation_records` field to your Authoritative DNS provider.

If one or more of the hostnames on the certificate fail to validate, the certificate will not be issued or renewed.

This means that a wildcard certificate covering `example.com` and `*.example.com` will require two DCV tokens to be placed at the authoritative DNS provider. Similarly, a certificate with five hostnames in the SAN (including a wildcard) will require five DCV tokens to be placed at the authoritative DNS provider.

### Complete DCV

Once you update your DNS records, you can either [wait for the next retry](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/) or request an immediate recheck.

<Render file="dcv-validate-patch" />

TXT records used for DCV can be removed from your authoritative DNS provider as soon as the certificate is issued.

## Renewal

<Render file="dcv-certificate-renewal" />

<Render file="dcv-renewal-fallback" />

[^2]: Meaning that another DNS provider - not Cloudflare - maintains your Authoritative DNS.

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manage certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/manage-certificates/

Refer to the following sections to learn how to manage certificates used with the different Authenticated Origin Pulls setups.

## Use specialized certificates

To apply different client certificates simultaneously at both the zone and hostname level, you can combine zone-level and per-hostname custom certificates.

First set up [zone-level pulls](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/) using a certificate. Then, upload multiple, specialized certificates for [individual hostnames](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/).

:::note[Note]


Since per-hostname certificates are more specific, they take precedence over zone certificates.


:::

## Delete a certificate

Client certificates are not deleted from Cloudflare upon expiration unless a [delete](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/delete/) or [replace](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/create/) request is sent to the Cloudflare API.

However, requests are dropped at your origin if your origin only accepts a valid client certificate.

## Replace a client cert (without downtime)

For hostname:

1. [Upload the new certificate](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/subresources/certificates/methods/create/).

2. [Enable Authenticated Origin Pulls for that specific hostname](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/methods/update/).

For global:

1. [Upload the new certificate](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/create/).

2. [Check whether new certificate is Active](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/get/).

3. Once certificate is active, [delete the previous certificate](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/delete/).

---

# Per-hostname

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render, Details } from "~/components"

When you enable Authenticated Origin Pulls per hostname, all proxied traffic to the specified hostname is authenticated at the origin web server. You can use client certificates from your Private PKI to authenticate connections from Cloudflare.

## Before you begin

:::caution[Warning]
 <Render file="aop-per-hostname-cert-requirement" />
:::

Refer to the steps below for an example of how to generate a custom certificate using OpenSSL. The CA root certificate that you use to issue the custom certificate should be the same CA that you will [upload to your origin](#2-configure-origin-to-accept-client-certificates).

<Details header="OpenSSL example">
<Render file="custom-cert-openssl-commands" />
</Details>

## 1. Upload custom certificate

Use the [`/origin_tls_client_auth/hostnames/certificates`](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/subresources/certificates/methods/create/) endpoint to upload your custom certificate.

:::note

You must upload a [leaf certificate](/ssl/concepts/#chain-of-trust). If you upload a root CA instead, the API will return a `missing leaf certificate` error.
:::

<Render file="aop-per-hostname-upload-cert" />

In the API response, save the certificate `id` since it will be required in step 4.

## 2. Configure origin to accept client certificates

<Render file="aop-configure-origin" params={{ one: " ", two: " " }} />

## 3. Enable Authenticated Origin Pulls (globally)

<Render file="aop-enable-feature" />

## 4. Enable Authenticated Origin Pulls for the hostname

Use the Cloudflare API to send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/hostnames/methods/update/) request to enable Authenticated Origin Pulls for specific hostnames.

If you had set up logging on your origin during step 2, test and confirm that Authenticated Origin Pulls is working.

## 5. Enforce validation check on your origin

<Render file="aop-enforce-validation" />

## 6. (Optional) Set up alerts for hostname-level Authenticated Origin Pulls certificates

You can configure alerts to receive notifications before your AOP certificates expire.

<AvailableNotifications product="SSL/TLS" notificationFilter="Hostname-level Authenticated Origin Pulls Certificate Expiration Alert" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Zone-level

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/zone-level/

import { AvailableNotifications, Render } from "~/components"

When you enable Authenticated Origin Pulls (AOP) for a zone, all proxied traffic to your zone is authenticated at the origin web server.

## Before you begin

Make sure your zone is using an [SSL/TLS encryption mode](/ssl/origin-configuration/ssl-modes/) of **Full** or higher.

:::caution

Zone-level AOP certificates are also applied to [custom hostnames](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/) configured on a Cloudflare for SaaS zone.
If you need a different AOP certificate to apply to different custom hostnames, use [Per-hostname AOP](/ssl/origin-configuration/authenticated-origin-pull/set-up/per-hostname/).

:::

## 1. Upload certificate to origin

First, upload a certificate to your origin.

To use a Cloudflare certificate (which uses a specific CA), [download the .PEM file](/ssl/static/authenticated_origin_pull_ca.pem) and upload it to your origin. This certificate is **not** the same as the [Cloudflare origin CA certificate](/ssl/origin-configuration/origin-ca/) and will not appear on your Dashboard.

To use a custom certificate, follow the API instructions to [upload a custom certificate to Cloudflare](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/uploading/#upload-a-custom-certificate), but use the [`origin_tls_client_auth` endpoint](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/methods/create/). Then, upload the certificate to your origin.

:::caution


Although Cloudflare provides you a certificate to easily configure zone-level authenticated origin pulls, this certificate is not exclusive to your account and only guarantees that a request is coming from the Cloudflare network. If you want more strict security, you should upload your own certificate.

Using a custom certificate is required if you need your domain to be [FIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards) compliant.


:::

## 2. Configure origin to accept client certificates

<Render file="aop-configure-origin" params={{ one: "To use the Cloudflare certificate, download it from step 1 above, rename the .PEM file, and then upload it to `/path/to/origin-pull-ca.pem` before applying the settings.", two: " To use the Cloudflare certificate, download it from step 1 above, rename the .PEM file, and then upload it to `/etc/nginx/certs/cloudflare.crt` before applying the settings." }} />

## 3. Configure Cloudflare to use client certificate

<Render file="aop-enable-feature" />

## 4. Enable Authenticated Origin Pulls for all hostnames in a zone

Use the Cloudflare API to send a [`PUT`](/api/resources/origin_tls_client_auth/subresources/settings/methods/update/) request to enable zone-level authenticated origin pulls.

If you had set up logging on your origin during [step 2](#2-configure-origin-to-accept-client-certificates), test and confirm that Authenticated Origin Pulls is working.

## 5. Enforce validation check on your origin

<Render file="aop-enforce-validation" />

## 6. (Optional) Set up alerts for zone-level Authenticated Origin Pulls certificates

You can configure alerts to receive notifications before your AOP certificates expire.

<AvailableNotifications product="SSL/TLS" notificationFilter="Zone-level Authenticated Origin Pulls Certificate Expiration Alert" />

<Render file="get-started" product="notifications" />

---

# Decrypt the payload content

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/decrypt-payload/

Use the `matched-data-cli` tool to decrypt a payload in the command line.

1. [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli/releases) the `matched-data-cli` tool for your platform from the **Releases** page on GitHub, under **Assets**.

2. Extract the content of the downloaded `.tar.gz` file to a local folder.

3. Open a command line window and change to the local folder containing the `matched-data-cli` binary.

   ```sh
   cd matched-data-cli
   ```

4. Create two files: one with your private key and another one with the encrypted payload:

   ```sh
   printf "<PRIVATE_KEY>" > private_key.txt && chmod 400 private_key.txt

   printf "<ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD>" > encrypted_payload.txt
   ```

   Replace `<PRIVATE_KEY>` with your private key and `<ENCRYPTED_PAYLOAD>` with the encrypted payload.

   Note: The first `printf` command will make your private key visible in your command history.

5. Run the following command to decrypt the payload:

   ```sh
   decrypt -k private_key.txt encrypted_payload.txt
   ```

:::note

If you are using macOS and you get an error when running the `matched-data-cli` tool, refer to [Troubleshooting macOS errors](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/generate-key-pair/#troubleshooting-macos-errors).
:::

## Example

The following example creates two files — one with the private key and another one with the encrypted payload — and runs the `matched-data-cli` tool to decrypt the payload in the `encrypted_payload.txt` file:

```sh
~ cd matched-data-cli

printf "uBS5eBttHrqkdY41kbZPdvYnNz8Vj0TvKIUpjB1y/GA=" > private_key.txt && chmod 400 private_key.txt

printf "AzTY6FHajXYXuDMUte82wrd+1n5CEHPoydYiyd3FMg5IEQAAAAAAAAA0lOhGXBclw8pWU5jbbYuepSIJN5JohTtZekLliJBlVWk=" > encrypted_payload.txt

decrypt -k private_key.txt encrypted_payload.txt
```

```sh output
test matched data
```

:::note[Encryption formats]

The format of the encrypted payload can change over time. The `matched-data-cli` tool returns an error if it cannot decrypt a new encryption format.

To fix this error, [download](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli/releases) a newer version of the tool from GitHub and try again.

:::

---

# Generate a key pair

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/generate-key-pair/

Generate a public/private key pair using the Cloudflare [`matched-data-cli`](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli) command-line tool. After generating a key pair, enter the generated public key in the payload logging configuration.

Do the following:

1. [Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli/releases) the `matched-data-cli` tool for your platform from the **Releases** page on GitHub, under **Assets**.

2. Extract the content of the downloaded `.tar.gz` file to a local folder.

3. Open a terminal and go to the local folder containing the `matched-data-cli` tool.

   ```sh
   cd matched-data-cli
   ```

4. Run the following command:

   ```sh
   ./matched-data-cli generate-key-pair
   ```

   ```sh output
   {
    "private_key": "uBS5eBttHrqkdY41kbZPdvYnNz8Vj0TvKIUpjB1y/GA=",
    "public_key": "Ycig/Zr/pZmklmFUN99nr+taURlYItL91g+NcHGYpB8="
   }
   ```

After generating the key pair, copy the public key value and enter it in the payload logging configuration.

## Troubleshooting macOS errors

If you are using macOS, the operating system may block the `matched-data-cli` tool, depending on your security settings.

For instructions on how to execute unsigned binaries like the `matched-data-cli` tool in macOS, refer to the [Safely open apps on your Mac](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20to%20open%20an%20app%20that%20hasn%E2%80%99t%20been%20notarized%20or%20is%20from%20an%20unidentified%20developer) page in Apple Support.

---

# Command-line operations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/command-line/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare [`matched-data-cli`](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli) command-line tool supports several tasks related to payload logging.

[Download](https://github.com/cloudflare/matched-data-cli/releases) the `matched-data-cli` tool for your platform from the **Releases** page on GitHub. Alternatively, build the tool from source by following the instructions in the GitHub repository.

Use the tool to:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Concepts

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/

## Paranoia level

The paranoia level (PL) classifies OWASP rules according to their aggressiveness. Paranoia levels vary from PL1 to PL4, where PL4 is the most strict level:

- PL1 (default value)
- PL2
- PL3
- PL4

Each rule in the OWASP managed ruleset is associated with a paranoia level. Rules associated with higher paranoia levels are considered more aggressive and provide increased protection. However, they might cause more legitimate traffic to get blocked due to false positives.

When you configure the paranoia level of the OWASP ruleset, you are enabling all the rules belonging to all paranoia levels up to the level you select. For example, if you configure the ruleset paranoia level to PL3, you are enabling rules belonging to paranoia levels PL1, PL2, and PL3.

When you set the ruleset paranoia level, the WAF enables the corresponding rules in bulk. You then can disable specific rules individually or by tag, if needed. If you use the highest paranoia level (PL4) you will probably need to disable some of its rules for applications that need to receive complex input patterns.

## Request threat score

Each OWASP rule that matches the current request has an associated score. The request threat score is the sum of the individual scores of all OWASP rules that matched the request.

## Score threshold

The score threshold (or anomaly threshold) defines the minimum cumulative score — obtained from matching OWASP rules — for the WAF to apply the configured OWASP ruleset action.

The available score thresholds are the following:

- _Low – 60 and higher_
- _Medium – 40 and higher_ (default value)
- _High – 25 and higher_

Each threshold (_Low_, _Medium_, and _High_) has an associated value (_60_, _40_, and _25_, respectively). Configuring a _Low_ threshold means that more rules will have to match the current request for the WAF to apply the configured ruleset action. For an example, refer to [OWASP evaluation example](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/example/).

---

# Configure via API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/configure-api/

import { Details, RuleID } from "~/components";

To enable the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset for a given zone using the API, create a rule with `execute` action in the entry point ruleset for the `http_request_firewall_managed` phase. For more information on deploying a managed ruleset, refer to [Deploy a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/deploy-managed-ruleset/).

To configure the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset using the API, create [overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/) using the Rulesets API. You can perform the following configurations:

- [Set the paranoia level](#set-the-paranoia-level).
- [Configure the score threshold](#configure-the-score-threshold-and-the-action).
- [Specify the action to perform](#configure-the-score-threshold-and-the-action) when the threat score is greater than the threshold.

You can also disable specific rules in the managed ruleset using [rule overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

## Set the paranoia level

To enable all the rules up to a specific [paranoia level](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#paranoia-level), create [tag overrides](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/#working-with-overrides) that disable all the rules associated with higher paranoia levels.

The tags associated with the different paranoia levels are the following:

- `paranoia-level-1`
- `paranoia-level-2`
- `paranoia-level-3`
- `paranoia-level-4`

For example, to enable all the rules associated with Paranoia Level 2 (PL2), disable the rules associated with tags `paranoia-level-3` and `paranoia-level-4`. All rules associated with paranoia levels up to the desired paranoia level will be enabled (in this example, all the rules associated with PL1 and PL2).

### Example

This example sets the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset's paranoia level for a zone to PL2. To perform this configuration, you must disable the tags associated with levels PL3 and PL4 (`paranoia-level-3` and `paranoia-level-4`) using tag overrides.

1.  Get the ID of the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset using the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) method, since WAF's managed rulesets exist at the account level. Alternatively, use the following ruleset ID directly: <RuleID id="4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f" />.

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {4-5}
    {
    	"result": [
    		{
    			"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
    			"name": "Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset",
    			"description": "Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ModSecurity Core  Rule Set. We routinely monitor for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official  code repository",
    			"source": "firewall_managed",
    			"kind": "managed",
    			"version": "35",
    			"last_updated": "2022-01-24T21:08:20.293196Z",
    			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    		}
    		// (...)
    	],
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

2.  Get the ID of the rule that deploys the OWASP ruleset to your zone using the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/). Search for a rule with `"action": "execute"` configured with the OWASP ruleset's ID in the `action_parameters` object. This rule will only exist if you have already deployed the OWASP ruleset.

    ```bash
    curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
    ```

    ```json output {12,14-16}
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "<ENTRY_POINT_RULESET_ID>",
    		"name": "zone",
    		"description": "",
    		"source": "firewall_managed",
    		"kind": "zone",
    		"version": "3",
    		"rules": [
    			// (...)
    			{
    				"id": "<EXECUTE_RULE_ID>",
    				"version": "1",
    				"action": "execute",
    				"action_parameters": {
    					"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
    					"version": "latest"
    				},
    				"expression": "true",
    				"last_updated": "2022-02-04T16:27:58.930927Z",
    				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
    				"enabled": true
    			}
    			// (...)
    		],
    		"last_updated": "2022-02-07T10:41:31.702744Z",
    		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

3.  Update the rule you identified using the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation, adding tag overrides that disable the rules with tags `paranoia-level-3` and `paranoia-level-4`.

    ```bash null {9-20}
    curl --request PATCH \
    "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entry_point_ruleset_id}/rules/{execute_rule_id}" \
    --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
    	"action": "execute",
    	"action_parameters": {
    		"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
    		"overrides": {
    			"categories": [
    				{
    					"category": "paranoia-level-3",
    					"enabled": false
    				},
    				{
    					"category": "paranoia-level-4",
    					"enabled": false
    				}
    			]
    		}
    	},
    	"expression": "true",
    	"enabled": true
    }'
    ```

For more information on creating overrides, refer to [Override a managed ruleset](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/).

## Configure the score threshold and the action

To define the [score threshold](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#score-threshold), or to specify the [action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) to perform when the threat score is greater than the threshold, create a [rule override](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-managed-ruleset/#working-with-overrides) for the last rule in the managed ruleset that:

- Specifies the action to take in the `action` property. The available actions are: `block` (default), `managed_challenge`, `js_challenge`, `log`, and `challenge`.
- Defines the desired anomaly score threshold (an integer value) in the `score_threshold` property.

### Example

This example configures the managed ruleset score threshold and the performed action by creating a rule override for the last rule of the managed ruleset.

1. Get the ID of the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset using the [List account rulesets](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/list/) method, since WAF's managed rulesets exist at the account level. Alternatively, use the following ruleset ID directly: <RuleID id="4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f" />.

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   ```json output {4-5}
   {
   	"result": [
   		{
   			"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
   			"name": "Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset",
   			"description": "Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ModSecurity Core Rule Set. We routinely monitor for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository",
   			"source": "firewall_managed",
   			"kind": "managed",
   			"version": "35",
   			"last_updated": "2022-01-24T21:08:20.293196Z",
   			"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
   		}
   		// (...)
   	],
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

2. Get the ID of the **last rule** in the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset. Use the [Get an account ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/get/) method to obtain the list of rules in the ruleset. Alternatively, use the following rule ID directly: <RuleID id="6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c" />.

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/rulesets/{owasp_ruleset_id}" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   ```json output {12}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
   		"name": "Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset",
   		"description": "Cloudflare's implementation of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) ModSecurity Core Rule Set. We routinely monitor for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository",
   		"source": "firewall_managed",
   		"kind": "managed",
   		"version": "36",
   		"rules": [
   			// (...)
   			{
   				"id": "6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c",
   				"version": "35",
   				"action": "block",
   				"score_threshold": 40,
   				"description": "949110: Inbound Anomaly Score Exceeded",
   				"last_updated": "2022-02-08T16:11:18.236676Z",
   				"ref": "ad0beb2fce9f149e565ee78d6e659d47",
   				"enabled": true
   			}
   		],
   		"last_updated": "2022-02-08T16:11:18.236676Z",
   		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

3. Get the ID of the rule that deploys the OWASP ruleset to your zone using the [Get a zone entry point ruleset](/api/resources/rulesets/subresources/phases/methods/get/) (in this example, `<EXECUTE_RULE_ID>`). Search for a rule with `"action": "execute"` configured with the OWASP ruleset's ID in the `action_parameters` object. This rule will only exist if you have already deployed the OWASP ruleset.

   ```bash
   curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/phases/http_request_firewall_managed/entrypoint" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>"
   ```

   ```json output {12,14-16}
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "<ENTRY_POINT_RULESET_ID>",
   		"name": "zone",
   		"description": "",
   		"source": "firewall_managed",
   		"kind": "zone",
   		"version": "3",
   		"rules": [
   			// (...)
   			{
   				"id": "<EXECUTE_RULE_ID>",
   				"version": "1",
   				"action": "execute",
   				"action_parameters": {
   					"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
   					"version": "latest"
   				},
   				"expression": "true",
   				"last_updated": "2022-02-04T16:27:58.930927Z",
   				"ref": "<RULE_REF>",
   				"enabled": true
   			}
   			// (...)
   		],
   		"last_updated": "2022-02-07T10:41:31.702744Z",
   		"phase": "http_request_firewall_managed"
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

4. Update the rule you identified in the entry point ruleset using the [Update a zone ruleset rule](/api/resources/rulesets/methods/update/) operation, adding a rule override for the last rule in the OWASP ruleset (identified in step 2) with the following properties and values:

   - `"score_threshold": 60`
   - `"action": "managed_challenge"`

   ```bash null {9-17}
   curl --request PATCH \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/rulesets/{entry_point_ruleset_id}/rules/{execute_rule_id}" \
   --header "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
   	"action": "execute",
   	"action_parameters": {
   		"id": "4814384a9e5d4991b9815dcfc25d2f1f",
   		"overrides": {
   			"rules": [
   				{
   					"id": "6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c",
   					"score_threshold": 60,
   					"action": "managed_challenge"
   				}
   			]
   		}
   	},
   	"expression": "true",
   	"enabled": true
   }'
   ```

## More resources

For more API examples, refer to [Managed ruleset override examples](/ruleset-engine/managed-rulesets/override-examples/) in the Ruleset Engine documentation.

---

# Configure in the dashboard

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/configure-dashboard/

You can configure the following settings of the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset in the dashboard:

* **Set the [paranoia level](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#paranoia-level).** The available levels are *PL1* (default), *PL2*, *PL3*, and *PL4*.
* **Set the [score threshold](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#score-threshold).** The available thresholds are: *Low - 60 and higher*, *Medium - 40 and higher* (default), or *High - 25 and higher*.
* **Set the [action](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/actions/) to perform.** The action is executed when the calculated request threat score is greater than the score threshold. The available actions are: *Block* (default), *Managed Challenge*, *JS Challenge*, *Log*, and *Interactive Challenge*.
* **Disable specific rules or rules with specific tags.**
* **Customize the filter expression.** With a custom expression, the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset applies only to a subset of the incoming requests.
* **Configure [payload logging](/waf/managed-rules/payload-logging/configure/)**.

For details on configuring a managed ruleset in the dashboard, refer to [Configure a managed ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/deploy-zone-dashboard/#configure-a-managed-ruleset).

---

# Evaluation example

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/example/

import { RuleID } from "~/components";

The following example calculates the OWASP request threat score for an incoming request. The OWASP managed ruleset configuration is the following:

- OWASP Anomaly Score Threshold: _High - 25 and higher_
- OWASP Paranoia Level: _PL3_
- OWASP Action: _Managed Challenge_

This table shows the progress of the OWASP ruleset evaluation:

| Rule ID       | Paranoia level | Rule matched?   | Rule score | Cumulative<br/>threat score |
| ------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ---------: | --------------------------: |
| –             | –              | –               |          – |                           0 |
| `...1813a269` | PL3            | Yes             |         +5 |                           5 |
| `...ccc02be6` | PL3            | No              |          – |                           5 |
| `...96bfe867` | PL2            | Yes             |         +5 |                          10 |
| `...48b74690` | PL1            | Yes             |         +5 |                          15 |
| `...3297003f` | PL2            | Yes             |         +3 |                          18 |
| `...317f28e1` | PL1            | No              |          – |                          18 |
| `...682bb405` | PL2            | Yes             |         +5 |                          23 |
| `...56bb8946` | PL2            | No              |          – |                          23 |
| `...e5f94216` | PL3            | Yes             |         +3 |                          26 |
| (...)         | (...)          | (...)           |      (...) |                       (...) |
| `...f3b37cb1` | PL4            | (not evaluated) |          – |                          26 |

Final request threat score: `26`

Since `26` >= `25` — that is, the threat score is greater than the configured score threshold — the WAF will apply the configured action (_Managed Challenge_). If you had configured a score threshold of _Medium - 40 and higher_, the WAF would not apply the action, since the request threat score would be lower than the score threshold (`26` < `40`).

The [**Activity log** in Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) would display the following details for the example incoming request handled by the OWASP Core Ruleset:

![Event log for example incoming request mitigated by the WAF's OWASP Core Ruleset](~/assets/images/waf/owasp-example-event-log.png)

In the activity log, the rule associated with requests mitigated by the Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is the last rule in this managed ruleset: `949110: Inbound Anomaly Score Exceeded`, with rule ID <RuleID id="6179ae15870a4bb7b2d480d4843b323c" />. To get the scores of individual rules contributing to the final request threat score, expand **Additional logs** in the event details.

---

# Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

The Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is Cloudflare's implementation of the [OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set](https://owasp.org/www-project-modsecurity-core-rule-set/) (CRS). Cloudflare routinely monitors for updates from OWASP based on the latest version available from the official code repository.

The Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is designed to work as a single entity to calculate a [threat score](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#request-threat-score) and execute an action based on that score. When a rule in the ruleset matches a request, the threat score increases according to the rule score. If the final threat score is greater than the configured [score threshold](/waf/managed-rules/reference/owasp-core-ruleset/concepts/#score-threshold), Cloudflare executes the action configured in the last rule of the ruleset.

:::note

The Cloudflare OWASP Core Ruleset is Cloudflare's implementation of the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set, which is different from the [OWASP Top 10](https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/).

The OWASP Top 10 is a list of the most severe security risks that can affect applications. Some of the identified security risks can be addressed by the OWASP Core Ruleset, but other risks cannot be protected by a web application firewall, such as the following:

- Insecure Design
- Identification and Authentication Failures
- Security Logging and Monitoring Failures

These risks depend more on how the application is built or how the entire monitoring pipeline is set up.

:::

## Resources

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Rate Limiting (previous version)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/

Cloudflare Rate Limiting automatically identifies and mitigates excessive request rates for specific URLs or for an entire domain.

:::caution

The information in this page refers to the previous version of rate limiting rules (now deprecated), which are billed based on usage.

To benefit from unmetered rate limiting, rewrite your current rules in the [new version of rate limiting rules](/waf/rate-limiting-rules/). For more information, refer to the [migration guide](/waf/reference/migration-guides/old-rate-limiting-deprecation/).

:::

Request rates are calculated locally for individual Cloudflare data centers. The most common uses for Rate Limiting are:

- Protect against [DDoS attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/glossary/denial-of-service/)
- Protect against [Brute-force attack](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/bots/brute-force-attack/)
- Limit access to forum searches, API calls, or resources that involve database-intensive operations at your origin

Once an individual IPv4 address or IPv6 `/64` IP range exceeds a rule threshold, further requests to the origin server are blocked with an `HTTP 429` response status code. The response includes a `Retry-After` header to indicate when the client can resume sending requests.

:::note
Are you trying to enable Rate Limiting? [Enable Rate Limiting](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?to=/:account/:zone/firewall/tools).
:::

### Rate limiting and SEO

Cached resources and known Search Engine crawlers are exempted from your rate limiting rules (previous version only). Therefore, they do not affect your website's [SEO ranking](/fundamentals/basic-tasks/improve-seo/).

---

## Availability

:::note
Cloudflare Rate Limiting (previous version) is an add-on service for all customer plans, available in **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**.
:::

The number of allowed rate limiting rules depends on the domain's plan:

| Plan       | Rules | Rules matching response headers | Actions                                                               | Action Duration                                                       | Request Period                                                  |
| ---------- | ----- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Free       | 1     | 1                               | Block                                                                 | 1 minute or 1 hour                                                    | 10 seconds or 1 minute                                          |
| Pro        | 10    | 1                               | Block, Interactive Challenge, JS Challenge, Managed Challenge, or Log | 1 minute or 1 hour                                                    | 10 seconds or 1 minute                                          |
| Business   | 15    | 10                              | Block, Interactive Challenge, JS Challenge, Managed Challenge, or Log | 1 minute, 1 hour, or 24 hours                                         | 10 seconds, 1 minute, or 10 minutes                             |
| Enterprise | 100   | 10                              | Block, Interactive Challenge, JS Challenge, Managed Challenge, or Log | Any duration entered between 10 seconds and 86,400 seconds (24 hours) | Any value entered between 10 seconds and 3,600 seconds (1 hour) |

Cloudflare Rate Limiting supports multiple levels of configuration control depending on the domain’s Cloudflare plan. The table below maps out what you can do based on your plan:

| Order | Task                                                                                                  | Available in                  |
| ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| 1     | [Configure a basic rate limiting rule](#task-1-configure-a-basic-rate-limiting-rule)                  | All plans                     |
| 2     | [Configure Advanced Criteria](#task-2-configure-advanced-criteria-only-business-and-enterprise-plans) | Business and Enterprise plans |
| 3     | [Configure Advanced Response](#task-3-configure-advanced-response-only-business-and-enterprise-plans) | Business and Enterprise plans |
| 4     | [Configure the Bypass option](#task-4-configure-the-bypass-option-enterprise-plans-only)              | Enterprise plan               |

---

## Components of a rate limiting rule

A rate limiting rule consists of three distinct components:

- [Request matching criteria](#request-matching-criteria)
- [Rate matching criteria](#rate-matching-criteria)
- [Rule mitigation](#rule-mitigation)

### Request matching criteria

Incoming requests are matched based on request path, request scheme, request method, and (optionally) origin response code.

#### Request path

For example:

- `http://example.com/example`
- `http://example.com/example/*`

The request path is case insensitive. Patterns cannot match content after query strings (`?`) or anchors (`#`). An asterisk (`*`) matches any sequence of characters, including an empty sequence. For example:

- `*.example.com/*` matches any path on any subdomain of `example.com`.
- `*example.com/example.html` matches `example.html` on `example.com` or any subdomain of `example.com`.
- `*` matches any page on your site.

A request for `example.com/path` is not the same as `example.com/path/`. The only exception to this rule is the homepage: `example.com` matches `example.com/`.

#### Request scheme

_HTTP_ or _HTTPS_. If none is specified, both are matched, and the rule will list \_\_ALL\_\_.

#### Request method

_POST_ or _GET_. If none is specified, all methods are matched, and the rule will list \_\_ALL\_\_.

#### (Optional) Origin response code

For example, match a rate limiting rule only when the origin server returns an `HTTP 401` or `403` status code. A triggered rule matching the response code criteria blocks subsequent requests from that client regardless of origin response code.

### Rate matching criteria

A rule can match on the number and time period of all requests coming from the same client.

#### Number of requests

Specify a minimum of two requests. For single request blocking, make the path unavailable — for example, configure your origin server to return an `HTTP 403` status code.

#### Request period

A rule triggers once a client’s requests exceed the threshold for the specified duration.

### Rule mitigation

Rule mitigations consist of mitigation action and ban duration.

#### Mitigation action

Rate limit actions are based on the domain plan as mentioned in [Availability](#availability):

- **Block**: Cloudflare issues an `HTTP 429` error when the threshold is exceeded.
- **JS Challenge**: Visitor must pass a Cloudflare JavaScript Challenge. If passed, Cloudflare allows the request.
- **Managed Challenge (recommended)**: Visitor must pass a challenge dynamically chosen by Cloudflare based on the characteristics of the request. If passed, Cloudflare allows the request.
- **Interactive Challenge**: Visitor must pass an Interactive Challenge. If passed, Cloudflare allows the request.
- **Log**: Requests are logged in [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/). This helps test rules before applying to production.

For more information on challenge actions, refer to [Cloudflare challenges](/waf/reference/cloudflare-challenges/).

#### Ban duration

Setting a timeout shorter than the threshold causes the API to automatically increase the timeout to equal the threshold.

Visitors hitting a rate limit receive a default HTML page if a [custom error page](/support/more-dashboard-apps/cloudflare-custom-pages/configuring-custom-pages-error-and-challenge/) is not specified. In addition, Business and Enterprise customers can specify a response in the rule itself. Refer to [Configure Advanced Response](#task-3-configure-advanced-response-only-business-and-enterprise-plans) for details.

---

## Identify rate-limit thresholds

To identify a general threshold for Cloudflare Rate Limiting, divide 24 hours of uncached website requests by the unique visitors for the same 24 hours. Then, divide by the estimated average minutes of a visit. Finally, multiply by 4 (or larger) to establish an estimated threshold per minute for your website. A value higher than 4 is fine since most attacks are an order of magnitude above typical traffic rates.

To identify URL rate limits for specific URLs, use 24 hours of uncached requests and unique visitors for the specific URL. Adjust thresholds based on user reports and your own monitoring.

---

## Task 1: Configure a basic rate limiting rule

The following sections cover two common types of rate limiting rules.

### Enable Protect your login

Rate Limiting features a one-click **Protect your login** tool that creates a rule to block the client for 15 minutes when sending more than 5 POST requests within 5 minutes. This is sufficient to block most brute-force attempts.

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.
2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**.
3. Under **Rate Limiting**, select **Protect your login**.
4. Enter **Rule Name** and **Enter your login URL** in the **Protect your login** dialog that appears.
5. Select **Save**.
6. The **Rule Name** appears in your **Rate Limiting** rules list.

### Create a custom rate limiting rule

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), and select your account and domain.

2. Go to **Security** > **WAF** > **Rate limiting rules**.

3. Select **Create rate limiting rule**. A dialog opens where you specify the details of your new rule.

   ![Create rate limiting rule pop-up dialog with an example rule configuration. The rule will block requests from IP addresses that exceed 150 requests per minute for one hour.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting-create-rule.png)

4. Enter a descriptive name for the rule in **Rule Name**.

5. For **If Traffic Matching the URL**, select an HTTP scheme from the dropdown and enter a URL.

6. In **from the same IP address exceeds**, enter an integer greater than 1 to represent the number of requests in a sampling period.

7. For **requests per**, select the sampling period (the period during which requests are counted). Domains on Enterprise plans can enter manually any duration between 10 seconds and 3,600 seconds (one hour).

8. For **Then**, pick one of the available actions based on your plan. Review the [Rule mitigation](#rule-mitigation) section for details.

9. If you selected _Block_ or _Log_, for **matching traffic from that visitor for**, select how long to apply the option once a threshold has been triggered. Domains on Enterprise plans can enter any value between 10 seconds and 86,400 seconds (24 hours).

10. To activate your new rule, select **Save and Deploy**.

The new rule appears in the rate limiting rules list.

:::note
Any change to a rate limiting rule clears that rule's currently triggered actions. Take care when editing rate limiting rules to mitigate an ongoing attack.
:::

In general, when setting a lower threshold:

1. Leave existing rules in place and add a new rule with the lower threshold.
2. Once the new rule is in place, wait for the action duration of the old rule to pass before deleting the old rule.

When setting a higher threshold (due to legitimate client blocking), increase the threshold within the existing rule.

---

## Task 2: Configure Advanced Criteria (only Business and Enterprise plans)

The **Advanced Criteria** option configures which HTTP methods, header responses, and origin response codes to match for your rate limiting rule.

To configure your advanced criteria for a new or existing rule:

1. Expand **Advanced Criteria**.

   ![Available fields when configuring Advanced Criteria for a rate limiting rule.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting-advanced-criteria.png)

2. Select a value from **Method(s)**. The default value is _ANY_, which matches all HTTP methods.

3. Filter by **HTTP Response Header(s)**. Select **Add header response field** to include headers returned by your origin web server.

   The `CF-Cache-Status` header appears by default so that Cloudflare serves cached resources rather than rate limit those resources. To also rate limit cached resources, remove this header by selecting **X** or enable **Also apply rate limit to cached assets**.

   If you have more than one header under **HTTP Response Header(s)**, an _AND_ boolean logic applies. To exclude a header, use the _Not Equals_ option. Each header is case insensitive.

4. Under **Origin Response code(s)**, enter the numerical value of each HTTP response code to match. Separate two or more HTTP codes with a comma (for example: `401, 403`).

5. (Optional) Configure additional rate limiting features, based on your plan.

6. Select **Save and Deploy**.

---

## Task 3: Configure Advanced Response (only Business and Enterprise plans)

The **Advanced Response** option configures the information format returned by Cloudflare when a rule's threshold is exceeded. Use **Advanced Response** when you wish to return static plain text or JSON content.

To configure a plain text or JSON response:

1. Expand **Advanced Response**.

   ![Available fields when configuring an Advance Response for a rate limiting rule.](~/assets/images/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting-advanced-response.png)

2. Select a **Response type** format other than the default: _Custom JSON_ or _Custom TEXT_.

3. Enter the plain text or JSON response you wish to return. The maximum response size is 32 KB.

4. (Optional) Configure additional rate limiting features, based on your plan.

5. Select **Save and Deploy**.

### Using a custom HTML page or a redirect

If you wish to display a custom HTML page, configure an custom page for `HTTP 429` errors (`Too many requests`) in the dashboard. Cloudflare will display this page when you select _Default Cloudflare Rate Limiting Page_ in **Response type** (the default value for the field).

You can use the following method to redirect a rate-limited client to a specific URL:

1. Create an HTML page on your server that will redirect to the final URL of the page you wish to display. Include a [meta `refresh`](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H76.html) tag in the page content, like in the following example:

   ```html
   <!doctype html>
   <html>
   	<head>
   		<meta charset="utf-8" />
   		<title>Custom RL page</title>
   		<meta
   			http-equiv="refresh"
   			content="0; url='https://yourzonename/block'"
   		/>
   	</head>

   	<body></body>
   </html>
   ```

   Take note of the public URL of the page you created.

2. In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to Account Home > **Configurations** > **Custom Pages**.

3. Under **429 errors**, select **Custom Pages**.

4. Enter the URL of the page you created on your server — the page containing the meta `refresh` tag — and select **Publish**.

Follow the same approach if you wish to return plain text or JSON content but the response is larger than 32 KB. In this case, the redirect URL would be the URL of the plain text or JSON resource you would like to display.

:::note[Notes]

- Your rate limiting rule must not match the redirect URL you included in the custom HTML page for `429` errors.
- To protect from denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, the page for the redirect should only include resources cached by Cloudflare.

:::

---

## Task 4: Configure the Bypass option (Enterprise plans only)

**Bypass** creates an allowlist or exception so that no actions apply to a specific set of URLs even if the rate limit is matched.

To configure **Bypass**:

1. Expand **Bypass**.

2. In **Bypass rule for these URLs**, enter the URL(s) to exempt from the rate limiting rule. Enter each URL on its own line. An HTTP or HTTPS specified in the URL is automatically removed when the rule is saved and instead applies to both HTTP and HTTPS.

   ![Configuring two URLs to bypass for a rate limiting rule (one per line).](~/assets/images/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting-bypass.png)

3. (Optional) Configure additional rate limiting features, based on your plan.

4. Select **Save and Deploy**.

---

## Analytics

View rate limiting analytics in **Analytics** > **Security**. Rate Limiting analytics uses solid lines to represent traffic that matches simulated requests and dotted lines to portray actual blocked requests. Logs generated by a rate limiting rule are only visible to Enterprise customers via [Cloudflare Logs](/logs/).

Cloudflare returns an `HTTP 429` error for blocked requests. Details on blocked requests per location are provided to Enterprise customers under **Status codes** in the analytics dashboard available at **Analytics** > **Traffic**.

:::note
`HTTP 429` responses sent to website visitors will include any `HTTP 429` responses returned from the origin if the origin server also applies its own rate limiting.
:::

---

## Order of rule execution

Rate limiting rules are evaluated from the most recently created rule to the oldest rule.

For example, if a request matches the following two rules:

- Rule #1: Matching with `test.example.com` (created on 2024-03-01)
- Rule #2: Matching with `*.example.com*` (created on 2024-03-12)

Then rule #2 will trigger first because it was created last.

Additionally, when there is a match and the WAF applies a _Log_ action, it continues evaluating other rate limiting rules, since _Log_ is a non-terminating action. If the WAF applies any other action, no other rules will be evaluated.

---

## Limitations

Rate Limiting is designed to limit surges in traffic that exceed a user-defined rate. The system is not designed to allow a precise number of requests to reach the origin server. There might be cases where a delay is introduced between detecting the request and updating the internal counter. Because of this delay, which can be up to a few seconds, excess requests could still reach the origin before an action such as blocking or challenging is enforced.

---

## Related resources

- [Troubleshooting Rate Limiting (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/troubleshooting/)
- [Configure Rate Limiting via the Cloudflare API](/api/resources/rate_limits/methods/create/)

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-rate-limiting/troubleshooting/

A few common rate limiting configuration issues prevent proper request matches:

* **Including HTTP or HTTPS protocol schemes in rule patterns** (such as `https://example.com/*`). To restrict rules to match only HTTP or HTTPS traffic, use the schemes array in the request match. For example, `"schemes": [ "HTTPS" ]`.
* **Forgetting a trailing slash character (`/`)**. Cloudflare Rate Limiting only treats requests for the homepage (such as `example.com` and `example.com/`) as equivalent, but not any other path (such as `example.com/path/` and `example.com/path`). To match request paths both with and without the trailing slash, use a wildcard match (for example, `example.com/path*`).
* **Including a query string or anchor** (such as `example.com/path?foo=bar` or `example.com/path#section1`). A rule like `example.com/path` will match requests for `example.com/path?foo=bar`.
* **Overriding a rate limit with [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/)**.
* **Including a port number** (such as `example.com:8443/api/`). Rate Limiting does not consider port numbers within rules. Remove the port number from the URL so that the rate limit rule triggers as expected.

## Common API errors

The following common errors may prevent configuring rate limiting rules via the [Cloudflare API](/api/resources/rate_limits/methods/create/):  

* `Decoding is not yet implemented` – Indicates that your request is missing the `Content-Type: application/json` header. Add the header to your API request to fix the issue.
* `Ratelimit.api.not_entitled` – Enterprise customers must contact their account team before adding rules.

:::note

The `origin_traffic` parameter can only be set on Enterprise plans. Setting `"origin_traffic" = false` for a rule on a Free, Pro, or Business domain is automatically converted into `"origin_traffic" = true`. 
:::

---

# WAF managed rules (previous version)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/

Managed rules, a feature of Cloudflare WAF (Web Application Firewall), identifies and removes suspicious activity for HTTP `GET` and `POST` requests.

:::caution


* This page contains documentation about the previous implementation of WAF Managed Rules. For more information on the new version, refer to [WAF Managed Rules](/waf/managed-rules/).
* All customers with access to the previous version of WAF managed rules can [migrate to the new version](/waf/reference/migration-guides/waf-managed-rules-migration/).
* The new WAF Managed Rules provide the [Cloudflare Free Managed Ruleset](/waf/managed-rules/) to all customers, including customers on a Free plan. Refer to the [announcement blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/waf-for-everyone/) for details. 
  :::

Examples of [malicious content](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-web-application-security/) that managed rules identify include: 

* Common keywords used in comment spam (`XX`, `Rolex`, `Viagra`, etc.)
* Cross-site scripting attacks (XSS)
* SQL injections (SQLi)

WAF managed rules (previous version) are available to Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans for any [subdomains proxied to Cloudflare](/dns/manage-dns-records/reference/proxied-dns-records/). Control managed rules settings in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**. 

Managed rules includes three packages: 

* [Cloudflare Managed Ruleset ](#cloudflare-managed-ruleset)
* [OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set](#owasp-modsecurity-core-rule-set)
* Customer requested rules 

You can use the activity log in the [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/) dashboard, available at **Security** > **Events**, to review threats blocked by WAF managed rules.

***

## Cloudflare Managed Ruleset

The Cloudflare Managed Ruleset contains security rules written and curated by Cloudflare. Select a ruleset name under **Group** to reveal the rule descriptions.

**Cloudflare Specials** is a group that provides core firewall security against [common attacks](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/what-is-web-application-security/).   

:::note

Cloudflare recommends that you always leave **Cloudflare Specials** enabled. Additionally, only enable rule groups that correspond to your technology stack. For example, if you use WordPress, enable the **Cloudflare WordPress** group. 
:::

When viewing a ruleset, Cloudflare shows default actions for each rule listed under **Default mode**. The **Mode** available for individual rules within a specific **Cloudflare Managed Ruleset** are:

* **Default**: Takes the default action listed under **Default mode** when viewing a specific rule.
* **Disable**: Turns off the specific rule within the group.
* **Block**: Discards the request. 
* **Interactive Challenge**: The visitor receives a challenge page that requires interaction.
* **Simulate**: The request is allowed through but is logged in the [**Activity log**](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log).

Cloudflare’s [WAF changelog](/waf/change-log/) allows customers to monitor ongoing changes to the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset.

***

## OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set

The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set package assigns a score to each request based on how many OWASP rules trigger. Some OWASP rules have a higher sensitivity score than others.

After OWASP evaluates a request, Cloudflare compares the final score to the **Sensitivity** configured for the zone.  If the score exceeds the sensitivity, the request is actioned based on the **Action** configured within **Package: OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set**:

* **Block**: The request is discarded.
* **Challenge**: The visitor receives an interactive challenge page.
* **Simulate**: The request is allowed through but is logged in the [**Activity log**](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log).

The sensitivity score required to trigger the WAF for a specific **Sensitivity** is as follows:

* **Low**: 60 and higher
* **Medium**: 40 and higher
* **High**: 25 and higher

For AJAX requests, the following scores are applied instead:

* **Low**: 120 and higher
* **Medium**: 80 and higher
* **High**: 65 and higher

Review the [Activity log](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) for the final score and for the individual triggered rules.

### Control the OWASP package

The OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set package contains several rules from the [OWASP project](https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_ModSecurity_Core_Rule_Set_Project). Cloudflare does not write or curate OWASP rules. Unlike the Cloudflare Managed Ruleset, specific OWASP rules are either turned *On* or *Off.*

To manage OWASP thresholds, set the **Sensitivity** to *Low*, *Medium*, or *High* under **Package: OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set**.

Setting the **Sensitivity** to *Off* will disable the entire OWASP package including all its rules. Determining the appropriate **Sensitivity** depends on your business industry and operations. For instance, a *Low* setting is appropriate for:

* Certain business industries more likely to trigger the WAF.
* Large file uploads. 

With a high sensitivity, large file uploads will trigger the WAF.

Cloudflare recommends initially setting the sensitivity to *Low* and reviewing for false positives before further increasing the sensitivity.

:::note

The Activity log displays rule ID `981176` when a request is blocked by OWASP. Also, some OWASP rules listed in the
Activity log do not appear in the OWASP list of rules because disabling those rules is not recommended. 
:::

***

## Important remarks

* Managed rules introduce a limited amount of latency. 

* Changes to WAF managed rules take about 30 seconds to update globally.

* Cloudflare uses proprietary rules to filter traffic. 

* Established Websockets do not trigger managed rules for subsequent requests.

* Managed rules parse JSON responses to identify vulnerabilities targeted at APIs. JSON payload parsing is limited to 128 KB.

* Managed rules mitigate padding techniques. Cloudflare recommends the following:

  1. Turn on rule with ID `100048`. This rule protects against padding type attacks, but it is not deployed by default because there is a high probability of causing false positives in customer environments. It is, however, important that customers tune their managed rules configuration.

  2. Create a WAF custom rule using the [Expression Editor](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/expressions/edit-expressions/#expression-editor) depending on the need to check headers and/or body to block larger payloads (> 128 KB). Use the following fields for this purpose:

     * `http.request.body.truncated`
     * `http.request.headers.truncated`

     You should test your rule in *Log* mode first (if available), since the rule might generate false positives.

* There are a handful of managed rules that Cloudflare does not disable even if you turn off **Managed rules** in the Cloudflare dashboard, such as rules with IDs `WP0025B`, `100043A`, and `100030`.

***

## Related resources

* [Troubleshoot WAF managed rules (previous version)](/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/troubleshooting/)
* [Security Events](/waf/analytics/security-events/)
* [Cloudflare WAF](/waf/)
* [Cloudflare’s WAF changelog](/waf/change-log/)
* [WAF custom rules](/waf/custom-rules/)

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/reference/legacy/old-waf-managed-rules/troubleshooting/

By default, WAF managed rules are fully managed via the Cloudflare dashboard and are compatible with most websites and web applications. However, false positives and false negatives may occur:

* **False positives**: Legitimate requests detected and filtered as malicious.
* **False negatives**: Malicious requests not filtered.

## Troubleshoot false positives

The definition of suspicious content is subjective for each website. For example, PHP code posted to your website is normally suspicious. However, your website may be teaching how to code and it may require PHP code submissions from visitors. In this situation, you should disable related managed rules for this website, since they would interfere with normal website operation.

To test for false positives, set WAF managed rules to *Simulate* mode. This mode allows you to record the response to possible attacks without challenging or blocking incoming requests. Also, use the Firewall Analytics [**Activity log**](/waf/analytics/security-events/paid-plans/#activity-log) to determine which managed rules caused false positives.

If you find a false positive, there are several potential resolutions:

* **Add the client’s IP addresses to the [IP Access Rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) allowlist:** If the browser or client visits from the same IP addresses, allowing is recommended. 
* **Disable the corresponding managed rule(s)**: Stops blocking or challenging false positives, but reduces overall site security. A request blocked by Rule ID `981176` refers to OWASP rules. Decrease OWASP sensitivity to resolve the issue.
* **Bypass WAF managed rules with a firewall rule (deprecated):** [Create a firewall rule](/firewall/cf-dashboard/create-edit-delete-rules/#create-a-firewall-rule) with the *Bypass* action to deactivate WAF managed rules for a specific combination of parameters. For example, [bypass managed rules](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/) for a specific URL and a specific IP address or user agent.
* **(Not recommended) Disable WAF managed rules for traffic to a URL:** Lowers security on the particular URL endpoint. Configured via [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/).

Additional guidelines are as follows:

* If one specific rule causes false positives, set rule’s **Mode** to *Disable* rather than turning *Off* the entire rule **Group**.
* For false positives with the administrator section of your website, create a [page rule](/rules/page-rules/) to **Disable Security** for the admin section of your site resources — for example, `example.com/admin`.

## Troubleshoot false negatives

To identify false negatives, review the HTTP logs on your origin web server. To reduce false negatives, use the following checklist:

* Are WAF managed rules enabled in **Security** > **WAF** > **Managed rules**?

* Are WAF managed rules being disabled via [Page Rules](/rules/page-rules/)?

* Not all managed rules are enabled by default, so review individual managed rule default actions.

  * For example, Cloudflare allows requests with empty user agents by default. To block requests with an empty user agent, change the rule **Mode** to *Block*.
  * Another example: if you are looking to block unmitigated SQL injection attacks, make sure the relevant SQLi rules are enabled and set to *Block* under the **Cloudflare Specials** group.

* Are DNS records that serve HTTP traffic proxied through Cloudflare?

* Is a firewall rule [bypassing](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/actions/#supported-actions) managed rules? 

* Does an allowed country, ASN, IP range, or IP address in [IP Access rules](/waf/tools/ip-access-rules/) or [firewall rules](/firewall/cf-firewall-rules/) match the attack traffic?

* Is the malicious traffic reaching your origin IP addresses directly to bypass Cloudflare protection? Block all traffic except from [Cloudflare's IP addresses](/fundamentals/concepts/cloudflare-ip-addresses/) at your origin web server.

---

# Endpoints

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/endpoints/

To invoke a [Lists API](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/list/) operation, append the endpoint to the Cloudflare API base URL:

`https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/`

For authentication instructions, refer to [Cloudflare's API: Getting Started](/fundamentals/api/get-started/).

For help with making API calls and paginating results, refer to [Make API calls](/fundamentals/api/how-to/make-api-calls/).

:::note


The Lists API endpoints require a value for `{account_id}`.

To retrieve a list of accounts to which you have access, use the [List Accounts](/api/resources/accounts/methods/list/) operation and note the IDs of the accounts you want to manage.


:::

The Lists API supports the operations outlined below. Visit the associated links for examples.



## Manage lists

| Operation | Endpoint | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Create a list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/create/) | `POST accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists` | Creates an empty list |
| [Get lists](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/list/) | `GET accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists` | Fetch all lists for the account. (This request does not fetch the items in the lists.) |
| [Get a list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/get/) | `GET accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}` | Fetches a list by its ID. (This request does not display the items in the list.) |
| [Update a list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/update/) | `PUT accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}` | Updates the `description` of a list. You cannot edit the `name` or `kind`, and you cannot update items in a list. To update an item in a list, use the [Update all list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/update/) operation. |
| [Delete a list](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/delete/) | `DELETE accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}` | Deletes the list, but only when no filters reference it. |

## Manage items in a list



Nearly all the operations for managing items in a list are asynchronous. When you add or delete a large amount of items to or from a list, there may be a delay before the bulk operation is complete.

Asynchronous list operations return an `operation_id`, which you can use to monitor the status of an API operation. To monitor the status of an asynchronous operation, use the [Get bulk operation status](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/bulk_operations/methods/get/) endpoint and specify the ID of the operation you want to monitor.

When you make requests to a list while a bulk operation on that list is in progress, the requests are queued and processed in sequence (first in, first out). Requests for successful asynchronous operations return an `HTTP 201` status code.

### Get list items

- **Operation**: [Get list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/list/)
- **Method and endpoints**: `GET accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items[?search={query}]`
- **Notes**: 
  - Fetches items in a list (all items, by default).
  - Items are sorted in ascending order.
  - In the case of IP lists, CIDRs are sorted by IP address, then by the subnet mask.
  - To filter returned items, use the optional `search` query string parameter. For more information, refer to the [Get list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/list/) API operation.

### Get a list item

- **Operation**: [Get a list item](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/get/)
- **Method and endpoints**: `GET accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items/{item_id}`
- **Notes**: Fetches an item from a list by ID
     
### Create list items

- **Operation**: [Create list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/create/)
- **Method and endpoints**: `POST accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items`
- **Notes**: 
  - Appends a new item or items to a list.
  - Replaces entries that already exist in the list, does not delete any items.
  - Overwrites the `comment` of the original item.
  - The response includes an `operation_id`.
   
### Update all list items

- **Operation**: [Update all list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/update/)
- **Method and endpoints**: `PUT accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items`
- **Notes**: 
  - Deletes all current items in the list and replaces them with `items`.
  - When `items` is empty, deletes **all** items in the list.
  - The response includes an `operation_id`.

### Delete list items

- **Operation**: [Delete list items](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/subresources/items/methods/delete/)
- **Method and endpoints**: `DELETE accounts/{account_id}/rules/lists/{list_id}/items`
- **Notes**: 
  - Deletes specified list items.
  - The response includes an `operation_id`.

---

# Lists API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/

The [Lists API](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/list/) provides an interface for programmatically managing the following types of lists:

- [Custom lists](/waf/tools/lists/custom-lists/): Contain one or more strings of the same type (such as IP addresses or hostnames) that you can reference collectively, by name, in rule expressions.

- [Bulk Redirect Lists](/rules/url-forwarding/bulk-redirects/concepts/#bulk-redirect-lists): Contain URL redirects that you enable by creating a Bulk Redirect Rule.

To use a list in a rule expression, refer to [Values: Lists](/ruleset-engine/rules-language/values/#lists) in the Rules language documentation.

## Get started

To get started, review the Lists [JSON object](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/json-object/) and [Endpoints](/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/endpoints/).

---

## Rate limiting for Lists API requests

Cloudflare may apply rate limiting to your API requests creating or deleting list items in custom lists and Bulk Redirect Lists.

Each operation (create or delete) on a list item counts as a change. The existing rate limit is based on the number of list changes over time. You can request a maximum of 10,000 list changes in five minutes.

Once the system has processed enough list changes so that they are under the threshold mentioned above, you can make additional API requests with more changes.

---

# JSON object

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/waf/tools/lists/lists-api/json-object/

## List object structure and properties

A JSON response for the [Lists API](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/list/) has this structure:

```json
{
  "id": "2c0fc9fa937b11eaa1b71c4d701ab86e",
  "name": "my_list_name",
  "description": "List description.",
  "kind": "(ip|hostname|asn|redirect)",
  "num_items": 10,
  "num_referencing_filters": 2,
  "created_on": "2021-01-01T08:00:00Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-01-10T14:00:00Z"
}
```

This table summarizes the object properties:



## List item object structure and properties

Each list type (IP address, hostname, ASN, redirects) can only contain items of the same type.

### IP address

A fully populated JSON object for an IP address list item has the following structure:

```json
{
  "id": "7c5dae5552338874e5053f2534d2767a",
  "ip": "10.0.0.1/32",
  "comment": "CF DNS server",
  "created_on": "2021-10-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
}
```

### Hostname

A fully populated JSON object for a hostname list item has the following structure:

```json
{
  "id": "7c5dae5552338874e5053f2534d2767a",
  "hostname": {
    "url_hostname": "*.example.com"
  },
  "created_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z"
}
```

### ASN

A fully populated JSON object for an ASN list item has the following structure:

```json
{
  "id": "7c5dae5552338874e5053f2534d2767a",
  "asn": 13335,
  "comment": "My provider's ASN",
  "created_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z"
}
```

### URL redirect

A fully populated JSON object for a Bulk Redirect List item has the following structure:

```json
{
  "id": "7c5dae5552338874e5053f2534d2767a",
  "redirect": {
    "source_url": "https://example.com/blog",
    "target_url": "https://example.com/blog/latest",
    "status_code": 301,
    "include_subdomains": false,
    "subpath_matching": false,
    "preserve_query_string": false,
    "preserve_path_suffix": true
  },
  "created_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z",
  "modified_on": "2021-10-11T12:39:02Z"
}
```

### Properties reference

The JSON object properties for a list item are defined as follows:



For a detailed specification, refer to the [Lists API](/api/resources/rules/subresources/lists/methods/list/) documentation.

---

# GitHub integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/

Cloudflare supports connecting your GitHub repository to your Cloudflare Worker, and will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a selected branch.

## Features

Beyond automatic builds and deployments, the Cloudflare GitHub integration lets you monitor builds directly in GitHub, keeping you informed without leaving your workflow.

:::note[Upcoming features]
In Beta, Workers Builds supports automatic builds and deployments only from a single selected branch (e.g. `main`).

Support for building and deploying preview versions from multiple branches will be added soon, along with the ability to generate [Preview URLs](/workers/configuration/previews/) for pull requests (PRs).
:::

### Check run

If you have one or multiple Workers connected to a repository (i.e. a [monorepo](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#monorepos)), you can check on the status of each build within GitHub via [GitHub check runs](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/collaborating-on-repositories-with-code-quality-features/about-status-checks#checks).

You can see the checks by selecting on the status icon next to a commit within your GitHub repository. In the example below, you can select the green check mark to see the results of the check run.

![GitHub status](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/gh-status-check-runs.png)

Check runs will appear like the following in your repository. You can select **Details** to view the build (Build ID) and project (Script) associated with each check.

![GitHub check runs](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/workers-builds-gh-check-runs.png)

Note that when using [build watch paths](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/), only projects that trigger a build will generate a check run.

## Manage access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Workers from your company or side project on GitHub using the [Cloudflare Workers & Pages GitHub App](https://github.com/apps/cloudflare-workers-and-pages).

### Organizational access

When authorizing Cloudflare Workers to access a GitHub account, you can specify access to your individual account or an organization that you belong to on GitHub.

To add Cloudflare Workers installation to an organization, your user account must be an owner or have the appropriate role within the organization (i.e. the GitHub Apps Manager role). More information on these roles can be seen on [GitHub's documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/roles-in-an-organization#github-app-managers).

:::caution[GitHub security consideration]

A GitHub account should only point to one Cloudflare account. If you are setting up Cloudflare with GitHub for your organization, Cloudflare recommends that you limit the scope of the application to only the repositories you intend to build with Pages. To modify these permissions, go to the [Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) on GitHub and select **Switch settings context** to access your GitHub organization settings. Then, select **Cloudflare Workers & Pages** > For **Repository access**, select **Only select repositories** > select your repositories.

:::

### Remove access

You can remove Cloudflare Workers' access to your GitHub repository or account by going to the [Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) on GitHub (if you are in an organization, select Switch settings context to access your GitHub organization settings). The GitHub App is named Cloudflare Workers and Pages, and it is shared between Workers and Pages projects.

#### Remove Cloudflare access to a GitHub repository

To remove access to an individual GitHub repository, you can navigate to **Repository access**. Select the **Only select repositories** option, and configure which repositories you would like Cloudflare to have access to.

![GitHub Repository Access](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/github-repository-access.png)

#### Remove Cloudflare access to the entire GitHub account

To remove Cloudflare Workers and Pages access to your entire Git account, you can navigate to **Uninstall "Cloudflare Workers and Pages"**, then select **Uninstall**. Removing access to the Cloudflare Workers and Pages app will revoke Cloudflare's access to _all repositories_ from that GitHub account. If you want to only disable automatic builds and deployments, follow the [Disable Build](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#disabling-builds) instructions.

Note that removing access to GitHub will disable new builds for Workers and Pages project that were connected to those repositories, though your previous deployments will continue to be hosted by Cloudflare Workers.

### Reinstall the Cloudflare GitHub App

When encountering Git integration related issues, one potential troubleshooting step is attempting to uninstall and reinstall the GitHub or GitLab application associated with the Cloudflare Pages installation. The process for each Git provider is provided below.

1. Go to the installation settings page on GitHub:
   - Navigate to **Settings > Builds** for the Workers or Pages project and select **Manage** under Git Repository.
   - Alternatively, visit these links to find the Cloudflare Workers and Pages installation and select **Configure**:

|                  |                                                                                    |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Individual**   | `https://github.com/settings/installations`                                        |
| **Organization** | `https://github.com/organizations/<YOUR_ORGANIZATION_NAME>/settings/installations` |

2. In the Cloudflare Workers and Pages GitHub App settings page, navigate to **Uninstall "Cloudflare Workers and Pages"** and select **Uninstall**.
3. Go back to the [**Workers & Pages** overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) page. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
4. Select the **+ Add account** button, select the GitHub account you want to add, and then select **Install & Authorize**.
5. You should be redirected to the create project page with your GitHub account or organization in the account list.
6. Attempt to make a new deployment with your project which was previously broken.

---

# GitLab integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/

Cloudflare supports connecting your GitLab repository to your Cloudflare Worker, and will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a selected branch.

## Features

Beyond automatic builds and deployments, the Cloudflare GitLab integration lets you monitor builds directly in GitLab, keeping you informed without leaving your workflow.

:::note[Upcoming features]
In Beta, Workers Builds supports automatic builds and deployments only from a single selected branch (e.g. `main`).

Support for building and deploying preview versions from multiple branches will be added soon, along with the ability to generate [Preview URLs](/workers/configuration/previews/) for pull requests (PRs).
:::

### Commit Status

If you have one or multiple Workers connected to a repository (i.e. a [monorepo](/workers/ci-cd/builds/advanced-setups/#monorepos)), you can check on the status of each build within GitLab via [GitLab commit status](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/merge_requests/status_checks.html).

You can see the statuses by selecting the status icon next to a commit or by going to **Build** > **Pipelines** within your GitLab repository. In the example below, you can select on the green check mark to see the results of the check run.

![GitLab Status](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/gl-status-checks.png)

Check runs will appear like the following in your repository. You can select one of the statuses to view the build on the Cloudflare Dashboard.

![GitLab Commit Status](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/gl-commit-status.png)

Note that when using [build watch paths](/workers/ci-cd/builds/build-watch-paths/), only projects that trigger a build will generate a commit status.

## Manage access

You can deploy projects to Cloudflare Workers from your company or side project on GitLab using the Cloudflare Pages app.

### Organizational access

When you authorize Cloudflare Workers to access your GitLab account, you automatically give Cloudflare Workers access to organizations, groups, and namespaces accessed by your GitLab account.  Managing access to these organizations and groups is handled by GitLab.

### Remove access

You can remove Cloudflare Workers' access to your GitLab account by navigating to [Authorized Applications page](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications) on GitLab. Find the applications called Cloudflare Pages and select the **Revoke** button to revoke access.

Note that the GitLab application Cloudflare Workers is shared between Workers and Pages projects, and removing access to GitLab will disable new builds for Workers and Pages, though your previous deployments will continue to be hosted by Cloudflare Workers.

### Reinstall the Cloudflare GitLab App

1. Go to your application settings page on GitLab: [https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications)
2. Click the "Revoke" button on your Cloudflare Workers installation if it exists.
3. Go back to the [**Workers & Pages** overview](https://dash.cloudflare.com) page. Select **Create application** > **Pages** > **Connect to Git**.
4. Select the **+ Add account** button, select the GitLab account you want to add, and then select **Install & Authorize**.
5. You should be redirected to the create project page with your GitLab account or organization in the account list.
6. Attempt to make a new deployment with your project which was previously broken.

---

# Git integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/

Cloudflare supports connecting your [GitHub](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/) and [GitLab](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/) repository to your Cloudflare Worker, and will automatically deploy your code every time you push a change to a selected branch.

Adding a Git integration also lets you monitor build statuses directly in your Git provider using [check runs](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/#check-run) or [commit statuses](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#commit-status), so you can manage deployments without leaving your workflow.

## Supported Git Providers

Cloudflare supports connecting Cloudflare Workers to your GitHub and GitLab repositories. Workers Builds does not currently support connecting self-hosted instances of GitHub or GitLab.

If you using a different Git provider (e.g. Bitbucket), you can use an [external CI/CD provider (e.g. GitHub Actions)](/workers/ci-cd/external-cicd/) and deploy using [Wrangler CLI](/workers/wrangler/commands/#deploy).

## Add a Git Integration

Workers Builds provides direct integration with GitHub and GitLab accounts, including both individual and organization accounts, that are _not_ self-hosted.

If you do not have a Git account linked to your Cloudflare account, you will be prompted to set up an installation to GitHub or GitLab when [connecting a repository](/workers/ci-cd/builds/#get-started) for the first time, or when adding a new Git account. Follow the prompts and authorize the Cloudflare Git integration.

![Git providers](~/assets/images/workers/platform/ci-cd/workers-git-provider.png)

You can check the following pages to see if your Git integration has been installed:

- [GitHub Applications page](https://github.com/settings/installations) (if you are in an organization, select **Switch settings context** to access your GitHub organization settings)
- [GitLab Authorized Applications page](https://gitlab.com/-/profile/applications)

For details on providing access to organization accounts, see [GitHub organizational access](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration/#organizational-access) and [GitLab organizational access](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration/#organizational-access).

## Manage a Git Integration

You can manage the Git installation associated with your repository connection by navigating to the Worker, then going to **Settings** > **Builds** and selecting **Manage** under **Git Repository**.

This can be useful for managing repository access or troubleshooting installation issues by reinstalling. For more details, see the [GitHub](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/github-integration) and [GitLab](/workers/ci-cd/builds/git-integration/gitlab-integration) guides for how to manage your installation.

---

# FastAPI

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/packages/fastapi/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The FastAPI package is supported in Python Workers.

FastAPI applications use a protocol called the [Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface (ASGI)](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/). This means that FastAPI never reads from or writes to a socket itself. An ASGI application expects to be hooked up to an ASGI server, typically [uvicorn](https://www.uvicorn.org/). The ASGI server handles all of the raw sockets on the application’s behalf.

The Workers runtime provides [an ASGI server](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/blob/main/src/pyodide/internal/asgi.py) directly to your Python Worker, which lets you use FastAPI in Python Workers.

## Get Started

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Clone the `cloudflare/python-workers-examples` repository and run the FastAPI example:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/python-workers-examples
cd python-workers-examples/03-fastapi
npx wrangler@latest dev
```

### Example code

```python
from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
from pydantic import BaseModel

async def on_fetch(request, env):
    import asgi

    return await asgi.fetch(app, request, env)

app = FastAPI()

@app.get("/")
async def root():
    return {"message": "Hello, World!"}

@app.get("/env")
async def root(req: Request):
    env = req.scope["env"]
    return {"message": "Here is an example of getting an environment variable: " + env.MESSAGE}

class Item(BaseModel):
    name: str
    description: str | None = None
    price: float
    tax: float | None = None

@app.post("/items/")
async def create_item(item: Item):
    return item

@app.put("/items/{item_id}")
async def create_item(item_id: int, item: Item, q: str | None = None):
    result = {"item_id": item_id, **item.dict()}
    if q:
        result.update({"q": q})
    return result

@app.get("/items/{item_id}")
async def read_item(item_id: int):
    return {"item_id": item_id}
```

---

# Packages

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/packages/

import { Render } from "~/components";

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To import a Python package, add the package name to the `requirements.txt` file within the same directory as your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

For example, if your Worker depends on [FastAPI](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/), you would add the following:

```
fastapi
```

## Package versioning

In the example above, you likely noticed that there is no explicit version of the Python package declared in `requirements.txt`.

In Workers, Python package versions are set via [Compatibility Dates](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) and [Compatibility Flags](/workers/configuration/compatibility-flags/). Given a particular compatibility date, a specific version of the [Pyodide Python runtime](https://pyodide.org/en/stable/project/changelog.html) is provided to your Worker, providing a specific set of Python packages pinned to specific versions.

As new versions of Pyodide and additional Python packages become available in Workers, we will publish compatibility flags and their associated compatibility dates here on this page.

## Supported Packages

A subset of the [Python packages that Pyodide supports](https://pyodide.org/en/latest/usage/packages-in-pyodide.html) are provided directly by the Workers runtime:

- aiohttp: 3.9.3
- aiohttp-tests: 3.9.3
- aiosignal: 1.3.1
- annotated-types: 0.6.0
- annotated-types-tests: 0.6.0
- anyio: 4.2.0
- async-timeout: 4.0.3
- attrs: 23.2.0
- certifi: 2024.2.2
- charset-normalizer: 3.3.2
- distro: 1.9.0
- [fastapi](/workers/languages/python/packages/fastapi): 0.110.0
- frozenlist: 1.4.1
- h11: 0.14.0
- h11-tests: 0.14.0
- hashlib: 1.0.0
- httpcore: 1.0.4
- httpx: 0.27.0
- idna: 3.6
- jsonpatch: 1.33
- jsonpointer: 2.4
- langchain: 0.1.8
- langchain-core: 0.1.25
- langchain-openai: 0.0.6
- langsmith: 0.1.5
- lzma: 1.0.0
- micropip: 0.6.0
- multidict: 6.0.5
- numpy: 1.26.4
- numpy-tests: 1.26.4
- openai: 1.12.0
- openssl: 1.1.1n
- packaging: 23.2
- pydantic: 2.6.1
- pydantic-core: 2.16.2
- pydecimal: 1.0.0
- pydoc-data: 1.0.0
- pyyaml: 6.0.1
- regex: 2023.12.25
- regex-tests: 2023.12.25
- requests: 2.31.0
- six: 1.16.0
- sniffio: 1.3.0
- sniffio-tests: 1.3.0
- sqlite3: 1.0.0
- ssl: 1.0.0
- starlette: 0.36.3

Looking for a package not listed here? Tell us what you'd like us to support by [opening a discussion on Github](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd/discussions/new?category=python-packages).

## HTTP Client Libraries

Only HTTP libraries that are able to make requests asynchronously are supported. Currently, these include [`aiohttp`](https://docs.aiohttp.org/en/stable/index.html) and [`httpx`](https://www.python-httpx.org/). You can also use the [`fetch()` API](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) from JavaScript, using Python Workers' [foreign function interface](/workers/languages/python/ffi) to make HTTP requests.

---

# Langchain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/packages/langchain/

import { Render } from "~/components"

[LangChain](https://www.langchain.com/) is the most popular framework for building AI applications powered by large language models (LLMs).

LangChain publishes multiple Python packages. The following are provided by the Workers runtime:

* [`langchain`](https://pypi.org/project/langchain/) (version `0.1.8`)
* [`langchain-core`](https://pypi.org/project/langchain-core/) (version `0.1.25`)
* [`langchain-openai`](https://pypi.org/project/langchain-openai/) (version `0.0.6`)

## Get Started

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Clone the `cloudflare/python-workers-examples` repository and run the LangChain example:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/python-workers-examples
cd 04-langchain
npx wrangler@latest dev
```

### Example code

```python
from js import Response
from langchain_core.prompts import PromptTemplate
from langchain_openai import OpenAI

async def on_fetch(request, env):
  prompt = PromptTemplate.from_template("Complete the following sentence: I am a {profession} and ")
  llm = OpenAI(api_key=env.API_KEY)
  chain = prompt | llm

  res = await chain.ainvoke({"profession": "electrician"})
  return Response.new(res.split(".")[0].strip())
```

---

# HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/http/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

Worker A that declares a Service binding to Worker B can forward a [`Request`](/workers/runtime-apis/request/) object to Worker B, by calling the `fetch()` method that is exposed on the binding object.

For example, consider the following Worker that implements a [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/):

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker_b"
main = "./src/workerB.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    return new Response("Hello World!");
  }
}
```

The following Worker declares a binding to the Worker above:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker_a"
main = "./src/workerA.js"
services = [
  { binding = "WORKER_B", service = "worker_b" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

And then can forward a request to it:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		return await env.WORKER_B.fetch(request);
	},
};
```

---

# Service bindings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

## About Service bindings

[Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) allow one worker to call into another, without going through a publicly-accessible URL. A Service binding allows Worker A to call a method on Worker B, or to forward a request from Worker A to Worker B.

Service bindings provide the separation of concerns that microservice or service-oriented architectures provide, without configuration pain, performance overhead or need to learn RPC protocols.

- **Service bindings are fast.** When you use Service Bindings, there is zero overhead or added latency. By default, both Workers run on the same thread of the same Cloudflare server. And when you enable [Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/), each Worker runs in the optimal location for overall performance.
- **Service bindings are not just HTTP.** Worker A can expose methods that can be directly called by Worker B. Communicating between services only requires writing JavaScript methods and classes.
- **Service bindings don't increase costs.** You can split apart functionality into multiple Workers, without incurring additional costs. Learn more about [pricing for Service Bindings](/workers/platform/pricing/#service-bindings).

![Service bindings are a zero-cost abstraction](~/assets/images/workers/platform/bindings/service-bindings-comparison.png)

Service bindings are commonly used to:

* **Provide a shared internal service to multiple Workers.** For example, you can deploy an authentication service as its own Worker, and then have any number of separate Workers communicate with it via Service bindings.
* **Isolate services from the public Internet.** You can deploy a Worker that is not reachable via the public Internet, and can only be reached via an explicit Service binding that another Worker declares.
* **Allow teams to deploy code independently.** Team A can deploy their Worker on their own release schedule, and Team B can deploy their Worker separately.

## Configuration

You add a Service binding by modifying the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file of the caller — the Worker that you want to be able to initiate requests.

For example, if you want Worker A to be able to call Worker B — you'd add the following to the `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file for Worker A:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
services = [
  { binding = "<BINDING_NAME>", service = "<WORKER_NAME>" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

* `binding`: The name of the key you want to expose on the `env` object.
* `service`: The name of the target Worker you would like to communicate with. This Worker must be on your Cloudflare account.

## Interfaces

Worker A that declares a Service binding to Worker B can call Worker B in two different ways:

1. [RPC](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc) lets you communicate between Workers using function calls that you define. For example, `await env.BINDING_NAME.myMethod(arg1)`. This is recommended for most use cases, and allows you to create your own internal APIs that your Worker makes available to other Workers.
2. [HTTP](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/http) lets you communicate between Workers by calling the [`fetch()` handler](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch) from other Workers, sending `Request` objects and receiving `Response` objects back. For example, `env.BINDING_NAME.fetch(request)`.

## Example — build your first Service binding using RPC

First, create the Worker that you want to communicate with. Let's call this "Worker B". Worker B exposes the public method, `add(a, b)`:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker_b"
main = "./src/workerB.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export default class WorkerB extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  // Currently, entrypoints without a named handler are not supported
  async fetch() { return new Response(null, {status: 404}); }

  async add(a, b) { return a + b; }
}
```

Next, create the Worker that will call Worker B. Let's call this "Worker A". Worker A declares a binding to Worker B. This is what gives it permission to call public methods on Worker B.



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "worker_a"
main = "./src/workerA.js"
services = [
  { binding = "WORKER_B", service = "worker_b" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    const result = await env.WORKER_B.add(1, 2);
    return new Response(result);
  }
}
```

To run both Worker A and Worker B in local development, you must run two instances of [Wrangler](/workers/wrangler) in your terminal. For each Worker, open a new terminal and run [`npx wrangler@latest dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands#dev).

Each Worker is deployed separately.

## Lifecycle

The Service bindings API is asynchronous — you must `await` any method you call. If Worker A invokes Worker B via a Service binding, and Worker A does not await the completion of Worker B, Worker B will be terminated early.

For more about the lifecycle of calling a Worker over a Service Binding via RPC, refer to the [RPC Lifecycle](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc/lifecycle) docs.

## Local development

Local development is supported for Service bindings. For each Worker, open a new terminal and use [`wrangler dev`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) in the relevant directory. When running `wrangler dev`, service bindings will show as `connected`/`not connected` depending on whether Wrangler can find a running `wrangler dev` session for that Worker. For example:

```sh
$ wrangler dev
...
Your worker has access to the following bindings:
- Services:
  - SOME_OTHER_WORKER: some-other-worker [connected]
  - ANOTHER_WORKER: another-worker [not connected]
```

Wrangler also supports running multiple Workers at once with one command. To try it out, pass multiple `-c` flags to Wrangler, like this: `wrangler dev -c wrangler.json -c ../other-worker/wrangler.json`. The first config will be treated as the _primary_ worker, which will be exposed over HTTP as usual at `http://localhost:8787`. The remaining config files will be treated as _secondary_ and will only be accessible via a service binding from the primary worker.

:::caution

Support for running multiple Workers at once with one Wrangler command is experimental, and subject to change as we work on the experience. If you run into bugs or have any feedback, [open an issue on the workers-sdk repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new)

:::
## Deployment

Workers using Service bindings are deployed separately.

When getting started and deploying for the first time, this means that the target Worker (Worker B in the examples above) must be deployed first, before Worker A. Otherwise, when you attempt to deploy Worker A, deployment will fail, because Worker A declares a binding to Worker B, which does not yet exist.

When making changes to existing Workers, in most cases you should:

* Deploy changes to Worker B first, in a way that is compatible with the existing Worker A. For example, add a new method to Worker B.
* Next, deploy changes to Worker A. For example, call the new method on Worker B, from Worker A.
* Finally, remove any unused code. For example, delete the previously used method on Worker B.

## Smart Placement

[Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement) automatically places your Worker in an optimal location that minimizes latency.

You can use Smart Placement together with Service bindings to split your Worker into two services:

![Smart Placement and Service Bindings](~/assets/images/workers/platform/smart-placement-service-bindings.png)

Refer to the [docs on Smart Placement](/workers/configuration/smart-placement/#best-practices) for more.

## Limits

Service bindings have the following limits:

* Each request to a Worker via a Service binding counts toward your [subrequest limit](/workers/platform/limits/#subrequests).
* A single request has a maximum of 32 Worker invocations, and each call to a Service binding counts towards this limit. Subsequent calls will throw an exception.
* Calling a service binding does not count towards [simultaneous open connection limits](/workers/platform/limits/#simultaneous-open-connections)

---

# RPC (WorkerEntrypoint)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/rpc/

import { DirectoryListing, Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

[Service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings) allow one Worker to call into another, without going through a publicly-accessible URL.

You can use Service bindings to create your own internal APIs that your Worker makes available to other Workers. This can be done by extending the built-in `WorkerEntrypoint` class, and adding your own public methods. These public methods can then be directly called by other Workers on your Cloudflare account that declare a [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) to this Worker.

The [RPC system in Workers](/workers/runtime-apis/rpc) is designed feel as similar as possible to calling a JavaScript function in the same Worker. In most cases, you should be able to write code in the same way you would if everything was in a single Worker.

:::note

You can also use RPC to communicate between Workers and [Durable Objects](/durable-objects/best-practices/create-durable-object-stubs-and-send-requests/#call-rpc-methods).
:::

## Example

For example, the following Worker implements the public method `add(a, b)`:

<Render file="service-binding-rpc-example" product="workers" />

You do not need to learn, implement, or think about special protocols to use the RPC system. The client, in this case Worker A, calls Worker B and tells it to execute a specific procedure using specific arguments that the client provides. This is accomplished with standard JavaScript classes.

## The `WorkerEntrypoint` Class

To provide RPC methods from your Worker, you must extend the `WorkerEntrypoint` class, as shown in the example below:

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export default class extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async add(a, b) { return a + b; }
}
```

A new instance of the class is created every time the Worker is called. Note that even though the Worker is implemented as a class, it is still stateless — the class instance only lasts for the duration of the invocation. If you need to persist or coordinate state in Workers, you should use [Durable Objects](/durable-objects).

### Bindings (`env`)

The [`env`](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) object is exposed as a class property of the `WorkerEntrypoint` class.

For example, a Worker that declares a binding to the [environment variable](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) `GREETING`:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "my-worker"

[vars]
GREETING = "Hello"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Can access it by calling `this.env.GREETING`:

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export default class extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  fetch() { return new Response("Hello from my-worker"); }

  async greet(name) {
    return this.env.GREETING + name;
  }
}
```

You can use any type of [binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings) this way.

### Lifecycle methods (`ctx`)

The [`ctx`](/workers/runtime-apis/context) object is exposed as a class property of the `WorkerEntrypoint` class.

For example, you can extend the lifetime of the invocation context by calling the `waitUntil()` method:

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export default class extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  fetch() { return new Response("Hello from my-worker"); }

  async signup(email, name) {
    // sendEvent() will continue running, even after this method returns a value to the caller
    this.ctx.waitUntil(this.#sendEvent("signup", email))
    // Perform any other work
    return "Success";
  }

  async #sendEvent(eventName, email) {
    //...
  }
}
```

## Named entrypoints

You can also export any number of named `WorkerEntrypoint` classes from within a single Worker, in addition to the default export. You can then declare a Service binding to a specific named entrypoint.

You can use this to group multiple pieces of compute together. For example, you might create a distinct `WorkerEntrypoint` for each permission role in your application, and use these to provide role-specific RPC methods:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "todo-app"

[[d1_databases]]
binding = "D1"
database_name = "todo-app-db"
database_id = "<unique-ID-for-your-database>"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
import { WorkerEntrypoint } from "cloudflare:workers";

export class AdminEntrypoint extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async createUser(username) {
    await this.env.D1.prepare("INSERT INTO users (username) VALUES (?)")
      .bind(username)
      .run();
  }

  async deleteUser(username) {
    await this.env.D1.prepare("DELETE FROM users WHERE username = ?")
      .bind(username)
      .run();
  }
}

export class UserEntrypoint extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async getTasks(userId) {
    return await this.env.D1.prepare(
      "SELECT title FROM tasks WHERE user_id = ?"
    )
      .bind(userId)
      .all();
  }

  async createTask(userId, title) {
    await this.env.D1.prepare(
      "INSERT INTO tasks (user_id, title) VALUES (?, ?)"
    )
      .bind(userId, title)
      .run();
  }
}

export default class extends WorkerEntrypoint {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    return new Response("Hello from my to do app");
  }
}
```

You can then declare a Service binding directly to `AdminEntrypoint` in another Worker:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "admin-app"

[[services]]
binding = "ADMIN"
service = "todo-app"
entrypoint = "AdminEntrypoint"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
export default {
  async fetch(request, env) {
    await env.ADMIN.createUser("aNewUser");
    return new Response("Hello from admin app");
  },
};
```

You can learn more about how to configure D1 in the [D1 documentation](/d1/get-started/#3-bind-your-worker-to-your-d1-database).

You can try out a complete example of this to do app, as well as a Discord bot built with named entrypoints, by cloning the [cloudflare/js-rpc-and-entrypoints-demo repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/js-rpc-and-entrypoints-demo) from GitHub.

## Further reading

<DirectoryListing folder="workers/runtime-apis/rpc" />

---

# 📅 Compatibility Dates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/compatibility/

- [Compatibility Dates Reference](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates)

## Compatibility Dates

Miniflare uses compatibility dates to opt-into backwards-incompatible changes
from a specific date. If one isn't set, it will default to some time far in the
past.

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	compatibilityDate: "2021-11-12",
});
```

## Compatibility Flags

Miniflare also lets you opt-in/out of specific changes using compatibility
flags:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	compatibilityFlags: [
		"formdata_parser_supports_files",
		"durable_object_fetch_allows_relative_url",
	],
});
```

---

# 📨 Fetch Events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/fetch/

- [`FetchEvent` Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch/)

## HTTP Requests

Whenever an HTTP request is made, a `Request` object is dispatched to your worker, then the generated `Response` is returned. The
`Request` object will include a
[`cf` object](/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties).
Miniflare will log the method, path, status, and the time it took to respond.

If the Worker throws an error whilst generating a response, an error page
containing the stack trace is returned instead.

## Dispatching Events

When using the API, the `dispatchFetch` function can be used to dispatch `fetch`
events to your Worker. This can be used for testing responses. `dispatchFetch`
has the same API as the regular `fetch` method: it either takes a `Request`
object, or a URL and optional `RequestInit` object:

```js
import { Miniflare, Request } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      const body = JSON.stringify({
        url: event.request.url,
        header: event.request.headers.get("X-Message"),
      });
      return new Response(body, {
        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
      });
    })
  }
  `,
});

let res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.json()); // { url: "http://localhost:8787/", header: null }

res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/1", {
	headers: { "X-Message": "1" },
});
console.log(await res.json()); // { url: "http://localhost:8787/1", header: "1" }

res = await mf.dispatchFetch(
	new Request("http://localhost:8787/2", {
		headers: { "X-Message": "2" },
	}),
);
console.log(await res.json()); // { url: "http://localhost:8787/2", header: "2" }
```

When dispatching events, you are responsible for adding
[`CF-*` headers](https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170986-How-does-Cloudflare-handle-HTTP-Request-headers-)
and the
[`cf` object](/workers/runtime-apis/request#incomingrequestcfproperties).
This lets you control their values for testing:

```js
const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787", {
	headers: {
		"CF-IPCountry": "GB",
	},
	cf: {
		country: "GB",
	},
});
```

## Upstream

Miniflare will call each `fetch` listener until a response is returned. If no
response is returned, or an exception is thrown and `passThroughOnException()`
has been called, the response will be fetched from the specified upstream
instead:

```js
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	script: `
  addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
    event.passThroughOnException();
    throw new Error();
  });
  `,
	upstream: "https://miniflare.dev",
});
// If you don't use the same upstream URL when dispatching, Miniflare will
// rewrite it to match the upstream
const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("https://miniflare.dev/core/fetch");
console.log(await res.text()); // Source code of this page
```

---

# Core

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing path="/core" />

---

# 📚 Modules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/modules/

- [Modules Reference](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/)

## Enabling Modules

Miniflare supports both the traditional `service-worker` and the newer `modules` formats for writing workers. To use the `modules` format, enable it with:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
});
```

You can then use `modules` worker scripts like the following:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// - `request` is the incoming `Request` instance
		// - `env` contains bindings, KV namespaces, Durable Objects, etc
		// - `ctx` contains `waitUntil` and `passThroughOnException` methods
		return new Response("Hello Miniflare!");
	},
	async scheduled(controller, env, ctx) {
		// - `controller` contains `scheduledTime` and `cron` properties
		// - `env` contains bindings, KV namespaces, Durable Objects, etc
		// - `ctx` contains the `waitUntil` method
		console.log("Doing something scheduled...");
	},
};
```

<Aside type="warning" header="Warning">

String scripts via the `script` option are supported using
the `modules` format, but you cannot import other modules using them. You must
use a script file via the `scriptPath` option for this.

</Aside>

## Module Rules

Miniflare supports all module types: `ESModule`, `CommonJS`, `Text`, `Data` and
`CompiledWasm`. You can specify additional module resolution rules as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	modulesRules: [
		{ type: "ESModule", include: ["**/*.js"], fallthrough: true },
		{ type: "Text", include: ["**/*.txt"] },
	],
});
```

### Default Rules

The following rules are automatically added to the end of your modules rules
list. You can override them by specifying rules matching the same `globs`:

```js
[
	{ type: "ESModule", include: ["**/*.mjs"] },
	{ type: "CommonJS", include: ["**/*.js", "**/*.cjs"] },
];
```

---

# Developing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/developing/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing path="/developing" />

---

# ⬆️ Migrating from Version 2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/migrations/from-v2/

Miniflare v3 now uses [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), the
open-source Cloudflare Workers runtime. This is the same runtime that's deployed
on Cloudflare's network, giving bug-for-bug compatibility and practically
eliminating behavior mismatches. Refer to the
[Miniflare v3](https://blog.cloudflare.com/miniflare-and-workerd/) and
[Wrangler v3 announcements](https://blog.cloudflare.com/wrangler3/) for more
information.

## CLI Changes

Miniflare v3 no longer includes a standalone CLI. To get the same functionality,
you will need to switch over to
[Wrangler](/workers/wrangler/). Wrangler v3
uses Miniflare v3 by default. To start a local development server, run:

```sh
$ npx wrangler@3 dev
```

If there are features from the Miniflare CLI you would like to see in Wrangler,
please open an issue on
[GitHub](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose).

## API Changes

We have tried to keep Miniflare v3's API close to Miniflare v2 where possible,
but many options and methods have been removed or changed with the switch to the
open-source `workerd` runtime. See the [Getting Started guide for the new API docs](/workers/testing/miniflare/get-started)

### Updated Options

- `kvNamespaces/r2Buckets/d1Databases`
  - In addition to `string[]`s, these options now accept
    `Record<string, string>`s, mapping binding names to namespace IDs/bucket
    names/database IDs. This means multiple Workers can bind to the same
    namespace/bucket/database under different names.
- `queueBindings`
  - Renamed to `queueProducers`. This either accepts a `Record<string, string>`
    mapping binding names to queue names, or a `string[]` of binding names to
    queues of the same name.
- `queueConsumers`

  - Either accepts a `Record<string, QueueConsumerOptions>` mapping queue names
    to consumer options, or a `string[]` of queue names to consume with default
    options. `QueueConsumerOptions` has the following type:

    ```ts
    interface QueueConsumerOptions {
    	// /queues/platform/configuration/#consumer
    	maxBatchSize?: number; // default: 5
    	maxBatchTimeout?: number /* seconds */; // default: 1
    	maxRetries?: number; // default: 2
    	deadLetterQueue?: string; // default: none
    }
    ```

- `cfFetch`
  - Renamed to `cf`. Either accepts a `boolean`, `string` (as before), or an
    object to use a the `cf` object for incoming requests.

### Removed Options

- `wranglerConfigPath/wranglerConfigEnv`
  - Miniflare no longer handles Wrangler's configuration. To programmatically
    start up a Worker based on Wrangler configuration, use the
    [`unstable_dev()`](/workers/wrangler/api/#unstable_dev)
    API.
- `packagePath`
  - Miniflare no longer loads script paths from `package.json` files. Use the
    `scriptPath` option to specify your script instead.
- `watch`
  - Miniflare's API is primarily intended for testing use cases, where file
    watching isn't usually required. This option was here to enable Miniflare's
    CLI which has now been removed. If you need to watch files, consider using a
    separate file watcher like
    [`fs.watch()`](https://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fswatchfilename-options-listener)
    or [`chokidar`](https://github.com/paulmillr/chokidar), and calling
    `setOptions()` with your original configuration on change.
- `logUnhandledRejections`
  - Unhandled rejections can be handled in Workers with
    [`addEventListener("unhandledrejection")`](https://community.cloudflare.com/t/2021-10-21-workers-runtime-release-notes/318571).
- `globals`
  - Injecting arbitrary globals is not supported by
    [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd). If you're using a
    service worker, `bindings` will be injected as globals, but these must be
    JSON-serialisable.
- `https/httpsKey(Path)/httpsCert(Path)/httpsPfx(Path)/httpsPassphrase`
  - Miniflare does not support starting HTTPS servers yet. These options may be
    added back in a future release.
- `crons`
  - [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) does not support
    triggering scheduled events yet. This option may be added back in a future
    release.
- `mounts`

  - Miniflare no longer has the concept of parent and child Workers. Instead,
    all Workers can be defined at the same level, using the new `workers`
    option. Here's an example that uses a service binding to increment a value
    in a shared KV namespace:

    ```ts
    import { Miniflare, Response } from "miniflare";

    const message = "The count is ";
    const mf = new Miniflare({
    	// Options shared between Workers such as HTTP and persistence configuration
    	// should always be defined at the top level.
    	host: "0.0.0.0",
    	port: 8787,
    	kvPersist: true,

    	workers: [
    		{
    			name: "worker",
    			kvNamespaces: { COUNTS: "counts" },
    			serviceBindings: {
    				INCREMENTER: "incrementer",
    				// Service bindings can also be defined as custom functions, with access
    				// to anything defined outside Miniflare.
    				async CUSTOM(request) {
    					// `request` is the incoming `Request` object.
    					return new Response(message);
    				},
    			},
    			modules: true,
    			script: `export default {
            async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
              // Get the message defined outside
              const response = await env.CUSTOM.fetch("http://host/");
              const message = await response.text();

              // Increment the count 3 times
              await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
              await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
              await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
              const count = await env.COUNTS.get("count");

              return new Response(message + count);
            }
          }`,
    		},
    		{
    			name: "incrementer",
    			// Note we're using the same `COUNTS` namespace as before, but binding it
    			// to `NUMBERS` instead.
    			kvNamespaces: { NUMBERS: "counts" },
    			// Worker formats can be mixed-and-matched
    			script: `addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
            event.respondWith(handleRequest());
          })
          async function handleRequest() {
            const count = parseInt((await NUMBERS.get("count")) ?? "0") + 1;
            await NUMBERS.put("count", count.toString());
            return new Response(count.toString());
          }`,
    		},
    	],
    });
    const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost");
    console.log(await res.text()); // "The count is 3"
    await mf.dispose();
    ```

- `metaProvider`
  - The `cf` object and `X-Forwarded-Proto`/`X-Real-IP` headers can be specified
    when calling `dispatchFetch()` instead. A default `cf` object can be
    specified using the new `cf` option too.
- `durableObjectAlarms`
  - Miniflare now always enables Durable Object alarms.
- `globalAsyncIO/globalTimers/globalRandom`
  - [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) cannot support these
    options without fundamental changes.
- `actualTime`
  - Miniflare now always returns the current time.
- `inaccurateCpu`
  - Set the `inspectorPort: 9229` option to enable the V8 inspector. Visit
    `chrome://inspect` in Google Chrome to open DevTools and perform CPU
    profiling.

### Updated Methods

- `setOptions()`
  - Miniflare v3 now requires a full configuration object to be passed, instead
    of a partial patch.

### Removed Methods

- `reload()`
  - Call `setOptions()` with the original configuration object to reload
    Miniflare.
- `createServer()/startServer()`
  - Miniflare now always starts a
    [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) server listening on the
    configured `host` and `port`, so these methods are redundant.
- `dispatchScheduled()/startScheduled()`
  - The functionality of `dispatchScheduled` can now be done via `getWorker()`. For more information read the [scheduled events documentation](/workers/testing/miniflare/core/scheduled#dispatching-events).
- `dispatchQueue()`
  - Use the `queue()` method on
    [service bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings)
    or
    [queue producer bindings](/queues/configuration/configure-queues/#producer)
    instead.
- `getGlobalScope()/getBindings()/getModuleExports()`
  - These methods returned objects from inside the Workers sandbox. Since
    Miniflare now uses [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd), which
    runs in a different process, these methods can no longer be supported.
- `addEventListener()`/`removeEventListener()`
  - Miniflare no longer emits `reload` events. As Miniflare no longer watches
    files, reloads are only triggered by initialisation or `setOptions()` calls.
    In these cases, it's possible to wait for the reload with either
    `await mf.ready` or `await mf.setOptions()` respectively.
- `Response#waitUntil()`
  - [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) does not support waiting
    for all `waitUntil()`ed promises yet.

### Removed Packages

- `@miniflare/*`
  - Miniflare is now contained within a single `miniflare` package.

---

# Migrations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/migrations/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 🐛 Attaching a Debugger

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/developing/debugger/

:::caution
This documentation describes breakpoint debugging when using Miniflare directly, which is only relevant for advanced use cases. Instead, most users should refer to the [Workers Observability documentation for how to set this up when using Wrangler](/workers/observability/dev-tools/breakpoints/).
:::

You can use regular Node.js tools to debug your Workers. Setting breakpoints,
watching values and inspecting the call stack are all examples of things you can
do with a debugger.

## Visual Studio Code

### Create configuration

The easiest way to debug a Worker in VSCode is to create a new configuration.

Open the **Run and Debug** menu in the VSCode activity bar and create a
`.vscode/launch.json` file that contains the following:

```json
---
filename: .vscode/launch.json
---
{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Miniflare",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "attach",
      "port": 9229,
      "cwd": "/",
      "resolveSourceMapLocations": null,
      "attachExistingChildren": false,
      "autoAttachChildProcesses": false,
    }
  ]
}
```

From the **Run and Debug** menu in the activity bar, select the `Miniflare`
configuration, and click the green play button to start debugging.

## WebStorm

Create a new configuration, by clicking **Add Configuration** in the top right.

![WebStorm add configuration button](./debugger-webstorm-node-add.png)

Click the **plus** button in the top left of the popup and create a new
**Node.js/Chrome** configuration. Set the **Host** field to `localhost` and the
**Port** field to `9229`. Then click **OK**.

![WebStorm Node.js debug configuration](./debugger-webstorm-settings.png)

With the new configuration selected, click the green debug button to start
debugging.

![WebStorm configuration debug button](./debugger-webstorm-node-run.png)

## DevTools

Breakpoints can also be added via the Workers DevTools. For more information,
[read the guide](/workers/observability/dev-tools)
in the Cloudflare Workers docs.

---

# 🕸 Web Standards

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/standards/

- [Web Standards Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/web-standards)
- [Encoding Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/encoding)
- [Fetch Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch)
- [Request Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/request)
- [Response Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/response)
- [Streams Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/streams)
- [Web Crypto Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/web-crypto)

## Mocking Outbound `fetch` Requests

When using the API, Miniflare allows you to substitute custom `Response`s for
`fetch()` calls using `undici`'s
[`MockAgent` API](https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockAgent?id=mockagentgetorigin).
This is useful for testing Workers that make HTTP requests to other services. To
enable `fetch` mocking, create a
[`MockAgent`](https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockAgent?id=mockagentgetorigin)
using the `createFetchMock()` function, then set this using the `fetchMock`
option.

```js
import { Miniflare, createFetchMock } from "miniflare";

// Create `MockAgent` and connect it to the `Miniflare` instance
const fetchMock = createFetchMock();
const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      const res = await fetch("https://example.com/thing");
      const text = await res.text();
      return new Response(\`response:\${text}\`);
    }
  }
  `,
	fetchMock,
});

// Throw when no matching mocked request is found
// (see https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockAgent?id=mockagentdisablenetconnect)
fetchMock.disableNetConnect();

// Mock request to https://example.com/thing
// (see https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockAgent?id=mockagentgetorigin)
const origin = fetchMock.get("https://example.com");
// (see https://undici.nodejs.org/#/docs/api/MockPool?id=mockpoolinterceptoptions)
origin
	.intercept({ method: "GET", path: "/thing" })
	.reply(200, "Mocked response!");

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.text()); // "response:Mocked response!"
```

## Subrequests

Miniflare does not support limiting the amount of
[subrequests](/workers/platform/limits#account-plan-limits).
Please keep this in mind if you make a large amount of subrequests from your
Worker.

---

# 🔌 Multiple Workers

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/multiple-workers/

Miniflare allows you to run multiple workers in the same instance. All Workers can be defined at the same level, using the `workers` option.

Here's an example that uses a service binding to increment a value in a shared KV namespace:

```js
import { Miniflare, Response } from "miniflare";

const message = "The count is ";
const mf = new Miniflare({
	// Options shared between workers such as HTTP and persistence configuration
	// should always be defined at the top level.
	host: "0.0.0.0",
	port: 8787,
	kvPersist: true,

	workers: [
		{
			name: "worker",
			kvNamespaces: { COUNTS: "counts" },
			serviceBindings: {
				INCREMENTER: "incrementer",
				// Service bindings can also be defined as custom functions, with access
				// to anything defined outside Miniflare.
				async CUSTOM(request) {
					// `request` is the incoming `Request` object.
					return new Response(message);
				},
			},
			modules: true,
			script: `export default {
        async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
          // Get the message defined outside
          const response = await env.CUSTOM.fetch("http://host/");
          const message = await response.text();

          // Increment the count 3 times
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          await env.INCREMENTER.fetch("http://host/");
          const count = await env.COUNTS.get("count");

          return new Response(message + count);
        }
      }`,
		},
		{
			name: "incrementer",
			// Note we're using the same `COUNTS` namespace as before, but binding it
			// to `NUMBERS` instead.
			kvNamespaces: { NUMBERS: "counts" },
			// Worker formats can be mixed-and-matched
			script: `addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
        event.respondWith(handleRequest());
      })
      async function handleRequest() {
        const count = parseInt((await NUMBERS.get("count")) ?? "0") + 1;
        await NUMBERS.put("count", count.toString());
        return new Response(count.toString());
      }`,
		},
	],
});
const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost");
console.log(await res.text()); // "The count is 3"
await mf.dispose();
```

## Routing

You can enable routing by specifying `routes` via the API,
using the
[standard route syntax](/workers/configuration/routing/routes/#matching-behavior).
Note port numbers are ignored:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	workers: [
		{
			scriptPath: "./api/worker.js",
			routes: ["http://127.0.0.1/api*", "api.mf/*"],
		},
	],
});
```

When using hostnames that aren't `localhost` or `127.0.0.1`, you
may need to edit your computer's `hosts` file, so those hostnames resolve to
`localhost`. On Linux and macOS, this is usually at `/etc/hosts`. On Windows,
it's at `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`. For the routes above, we would
need to append the following entries to the file:

```
127.0.0.1 miniflare.test
127.0.0.1 api.mf
```

Alternatively, you can customise the `Host` header when sending the request:

```sh
# Dispatches to the "api" worker
$ curl "http://localhost:8787/todos/update/1" -H "Host: api.mf"
```

When using the API, Miniflare will use the request's URL to determine which
Worker to dispatch to.

```js
// Dispatches to the "api" worker
const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://api.mf/todos/update/1", { ... });
```

## Durable Objects

Miniflare supports the `script_name` option for accessing Durable Objects
exported by other scripts. See
[📌 Durable Objects](/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/durable-objects#using-a-class-exported-by-another-script)
for more details.

---

# 🔑 Variables and Secrets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/variables-secrets/

## Bindings

Variable and secrets are bound as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	bindings: {
		KEY1: "value1",
		KEY2: "value2",
	},
});
```

## Text and Data Blobs

Text and data blobs can be loaded from files. File contents will be read and
bound as `string`s and `ArrayBuffer`s respectively.

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	textBlobBindings: { TEXT: "text.txt" },
	dataBlobBindings: { DATA: "data.bin" },
});
```

## Globals

Injecting arbitrary globals is not supported by [workerd](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd). If you're using a service Worker, bindings will be injected as globals, but these must be JSON-serialisable.

---

# ⚡️ Live Reload

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/developing/live-reload/

Miniflare automatically refreshes your browser when your Worker script
changes when `liveReload` is set to `true`.

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	liveReload: true,
});
```

Miniflare will only inject the `<script>` tag required for live-reload at the
end of responses with the `Content-Type` header set to `text/html`:

```js
export default {
	fetch() {
		const body = `
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html>
      <body>
        <p>Try update me!</p>
      </body>
      </html>
    `;

		return new Response(body, {
			headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" },
		});
	},
};
```

---

# ✉️ WebSockets

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/web-sockets/

- [WebSockets Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/websockets)
- [Using WebSockets](/workers/examples/websockets/)

## Server

Miniflare will always upgrade Web Socket connections. The Worker must respond
with a status `101 Switching Protocols` response including a `webSocket`. For
example, the Worker below implements an echo WebSocket server:

```js
export default {
	fetch(request) {
		const [client, server] = Object.values(new WebSocketPair());

		server.accept();
		server.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
			server.send(event.data);
		});

		return new Response(null, {
			status: 101,
			webSocket: client,
		});
	},
};
```

When using `dispatchFetch`, you are responsible for handling WebSockets by using
the `webSocket` property on `Response`. As an example, if the above worker
script was stored in `echo.mjs`:

```js {13-17}
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	scriptPath: "echo.mjs",
});

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("https://example.com", {
	headers: {
		Upgrade: "websocket",
	},
});
const webSocket = res.webSocket;
webSocket.accept();
webSocket.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
	console.log(event.data);
});

webSocket.send("Hello!"); // Above listener logs "Hello!"
```

---

# 🚥 Queues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/queues/

- [Queues Reference](/queues/)

## Producers

Specify Queue producers to add to your environment as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	queueProducers: { MY_QUEUE: "my-queue" },
	queueProducers: ["MY_QUEUE"], // If binding and queue names are the same
});
```

## Consumers

Specify Workers to consume messages from your Queues as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	queueConsumers: {
		"my-queue": {
			maxBatchSize: 5, // default: 5
			maxBatchTimeout: 1 /* second(s) */, // default: 1
			maxRetries: 2, // default: 2
			deadLetterQueue: "my-dead-letter-queue", // default: none
		},
	},
	queueConsumers: ["my-queue"], // If using default consumer options
});
```

## Manipulating Outside Workers

For testing, it can be valuable to interact with Queues outside a Worker. You can do this by using the `workers` option to run multiple Workers in the same instance:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	workers: [
		{
			name: "a",
			modules: true,
			script: `
			export default {
				async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
					await env.QUEUE.send(await request.text());
				}
			}
			`,
			queueProducers: { QUEUE: "my-queue" },
		},
		{
			name: "b",
			modules: true,
			script: `
			export default {
				async queue(batch, env, ctx) {
					console.log(batch);
				}
			}
			`,
			queueConsumers: { "my-queue": { maxBatchTimeout: 1 } },
		},
	],
});

const queue = await mf.getQueueProducer("QUEUE", "a"); // Get from worker "a"
await queue.send("message"); // Logs "message" 1 second later
```

---

# ⏰ Scheduled Events

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/core/scheduled/

- [`ScheduledEvent` Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/scheduled/)

## Cron Triggers

`scheduled` events are automatically dispatched according to the specified cron
triggers:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	crons: ["15 * * * *", "45 * * * *"],
});
```

## HTTP Triggers

Because waiting for cron triggers is annoying, you can also make HTTP requests
to `/cdn-cgi/mf/scheduled` to trigger `scheduled` events:

```sh
$ curl "http://localhost:8787/cdn-cgi/mf/scheduled"
```

To simulate different values of `scheduledTime` and `cron` in the dispatched
event, use the `time` and `cron` query parameters:

```sh
$ curl "http://localhost:8787/cdn-cgi/mf/scheduled?time=1000"
$ curl "http://localhost:8787/cdn-cgi/mf/scheduled?cron=*+*+*+*+*"
```

## Dispatching Events

When using the API, the `getWorker` function can be used to dispatch
`scheduled` events to your Worker. This can be used for testing responses. It
takes optional `scheduledTime` and `cron` parameters, which default to the
current time and the empty string respectively. It will return a promise which
resolves to an array containing data returned by all waited promises:

```js
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async scheduled(controller, env, ctx) {
      const lastScheduledController = controller;
      if (controller.cron === "* * * * *") controller.noRetry();
    }
  }
  `,
});

const worker = await mf.getWorker();

let scheduledResult = await worker.scheduled({
	cron: "* * * * *",
});
console.log(scheduledResult); // { outcome: 'ok', noRetry: true }

scheduledResult = await worker.scheduled({
	scheduledTime: new Date(1000),
	cron: "30 * * * *",
});

console.log(scheduledResult); // { outcome: 'ok', noRetry: false }
```

---

# ✨ Cache

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/cache/

- [Cache Reference](/workers/runtime-apis/cache)
- [How the Cache works](/workers/reference/how-the-cache-works/#cache-api)
  (note that cache using `fetch` is unsupported)

## Default Cache

Access to the default cache is enabled by default:

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (e) => {
	e.respondWith(caches.default.match("http://miniflare.dev"));
});
```

## Named Caches

You can access a namespaced cache using `open`. Note that you cannot name your
cache `default`, trying to do so will throw an error:

```js
await caches.open("cache_name");
```

## Persistence

By default, cached data is stored in memory. It will persist between reloads,
but not different `Miniflare` instances. To enable
persistence to the file system, specify the cache persistence option:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	cachePersist: true, // Defaults to ./.mf/cache
	cachePersist: "./data", // Custom path
});
```

## Manipulating Outside Workers

For testing, it can be useful to put/match data from cache outside a Worker. You
can do this with the `getCaches` method:

```js {23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32}
import { Miniflare, Response } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request) {
      const url = new URL(request.url);
      const cache = caches.default;
      if(url.pathname === "/put") {
        await cache.put("https://miniflare.dev/", new Response("1", {
          headers: { "Cache-Control": "max-age=3600" },
        }));
      }
      return cache.match("https://miniflare.dev/");
    }
  }
  `,
});
let res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/put");
console.log(await res.text()); // 1

const caches = await mf.getCaches(); // Gets the global caches object
const cachedRes = await caches.default.match("https://miniflare.dev/");
console.log(await cachedRes.text()); // 1

await caches.default.put(
	"https://miniflare.dev",
	new Response("2", {
		headers: { "Cache-Control": "max-age=3600" },
	}),
);
res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787");
console.log(await res.text()); // 2
```

## Disabling

Both default and named caches can be disabled with the `disableCache` option.
When disabled, the caches will still be available in the sandbox, they just
won't cache anything. This may be useful during development:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	cache: false,
});
```

---

# 💾 D1

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/d1/

- [D1 Reference](/d1/)

## Databases

Specify D1 Databases to add to your environment as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
  d1Databases:{
    DB:"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
  }
});
```

## Working with D1 Databases

For testing, it can be useful to put/get data from D1 storage
bound to a Worker. You can do this with the `getD1Database` method:

```js
const db = await mf.getD1Database("DB");
const stmt = await db.prepare("<Query>");
const returnValue = await stmt.run();

return Response.json(returnValue.results);
```

---

# 📌 Durable Objects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/durable-objects/

- [Durable Objects Reference](/durable-objects/api/)
- [Using Durable Objects](/durable-objects/)

## Objects

Specify Durable Objects to add to your environment as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export class Object1 {
    async fetch(request) {
      ...
    }
  }
  export default {
    fetch(request) {
      ...
    }
  }
  `,
	durableObjects: {
		// Note Object1 is exported from main (string) script
		OBJECT1: "Object1",
	},
});
```

## Persistence

By default, Durable Object data is stored in memory. It will persist between
reloads, but not different `Miniflare` instances. To enable persistence to the
file system, specify the Durable Object persistence option:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	durableObjectsPersist: true, // Defaults to ./.mf/do
	durableObjectsPersist: "./data", // Custom path
});
```

## Manipulating Outside Workers

For testing, it can be useful to make requests to your Durable Objects from
outside a worker. You can do this with the `getDurableObjectNamespace` method.

```js {28,29,30,31,32}
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	durableObjects: { TEST_OBJECT: "TestObject" },
	script: `
  export class TestObject {
    constructor(state) {
      this.storage = state.storage;
    }

    async fetch(request) {
      const url = new URL(request.url);
      if (url.pathname === "/put") await this.storage.put("key", 1);
      return new Response((await this.storage.get("key")).toString());
    }
  }

  export default {
    async fetch(request, env) {
      const stub = env.TEST_OBJECT.get(env.TEST_OBJECT.idFromName("test"));
      return stub.fetch(request);
    }
  }
  `,
});

const ns = await mf.getDurableObjectNamespace("TEST_OBJECT");
const id = ns.idFromName("test");
const stub = ns.get(id);
const doRes = await stub.fetch("http://localhost:8787/put");
console.log(await doRes.text()); // "1"

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.text()); // "1"
```

## Using a Class Exported by Another Script

Miniflare supports the `script_name` option for accessing Durable Objects
exported by other scripts. This requires mounting the other worker as described
in [🔌 Multiple Workers](/workers/testing/miniflare/core/multiple-workers).

---

# Storage

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing path="/storage" />

---

# 📦 KV

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/kv/

- [KV Reference](/kv/api/)

## Namespaces

Specify KV namespaces to add to your environment as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE1", "TEST_NAMESPACE2"],
});
```

You can now access KV namespaces in your workers:

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env) {
		return new Response(await env.TEST_NAMESPACE1.get("key"));
	},
};
```

Miniflare supports all KV operations and data types.

## Manipulating Outside Workers

For testing, it can be useful to put/get data from KV outside a worker. You can
do this with the `getKVNamespace` method:

```js {17,18,22}
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      const value = parseInt(await env.TEST_NAMESPACE.get("count")) + 1;
      await env.TEST_NAMESPACE.put("count", value.toString());
      return new Response(value.toString());
    },
  }
  `,
	kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE"],
});

const ns = await mf.getKVNamespace("TEST_NAMESPACE");
await ns.put("count", "1");

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.text()); // 2
console.log(await ns.get("count")); // 2
```

---

# 🪣 R2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/miniflare/storage/r2/

- [R2 Reference](/r2/api/workers/workers-api-reference/)

## Buckets

Specify R2 Buckets to add to your environment as follows:

```js
const mf = new Miniflare({
	r2Buckets: ["BUCKET1", "BUCKET2"],
});
```

## Manipulating Outside Workers

For testing, it can be useful to put/get data from R2 storage
outside a worker. You can do this with the `getR2Bucket` method:

```js {18,19,23}
import { Miniflare } from "miniflare";

const mf = new Miniflare({
	modules: true,
	script: `
  export default {
    async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
      const object = await env.BUCKET.get("count");
      const value = parseInt(await object.text()) + 1;
      await env.BUCKET.put("count", value.toString());
      return new Response(value.toString());
    }
  }
  `,
	r2Buckets: ["BUCKET"],
});

const bucket = await mf.getR2Bucket("BUCKET");
await bucket.put("count", "1");

const res = await mf.dispatchFetch("http://localhost:8787/");
console.log(await res.text()); // 2
console.log(await (await bucket.get("count")).text()); // 2
```

---

# Get started

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

For most users, Cloudflare recommends using the Workers Vitest integration for testing Workers and [Pages Functions](/pages/functions/) projects. [Vitest](https://vitest.dev/) is a popular JavaScript testing framework featuring a very fast watch mode, Jest compatibility, and out-of-the-box support for TypeScript. In this integration, Cloudflare provides a custom pool that allows your Vitest tests to run *inside* the Workers runtime.

The Workers Vitest integration:

* Supports both **unit tests** and **integration tests**.
* Provides direct access to Workers runtime APIs and bindings.
* Implements isolated per-test storage.
* Runs tests fully-locally using [Miniflare](https://miniflare.dev/).
* Leverages Vitest's hot-module reloading for near instant reruns.
* Provides a declarative interface for mocking outbound requests.
* Supports projects with multiple Workers.

Get started with one of the available guides:

<DirectoryListing />

:::caution


The Workers Vitest integration does not support testing Workers using the service worker format. [Migrate to the ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) to use the Workers Vitest integration.


:::

---

# Migrate from Miniflare 2's test environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/migrate-from-miniflare-2/

[Miniflare 2](https://github.com/cloudflare/miniflare?tab=readme-ov-file) provided custom environments for Jest and Vitest in the `jest-environment-miniflare` and `vitest-environment-miniflare` packages respectively.
The `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package provides similar functionality using modern Miniflare versions and the [`workerd` runtime](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd). `workerd` is the same JavaScript/WebAssembly runtime that powers Cloudflare Workers. Using `workerd` practically eliminates behavior mismatches between your tests and deployed code. Refer to the [Miniflare 3 announcement](https://blog.cloudflare.com/miniflare-and-workerd) for more information.

:::caution

Cloudflare no longer provides a Jest testing environment for Workers. If you previously used Jest, you will need to [migrate to Vitest](https://vitest.dev/guide/migration.html#migrating-from-jest) first, then follow the rest of this guide. Vitest provides built-in support for TypeScript, ES modules, and hot-module reloading for tests out-of-the-box.

:::

:::caution

The Workers Vitest integration does not support testing Workers using the service worker format. [Migrate to ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) first.

:::

## Install the Workers Vitest integration

First, you will need to uninstall the old environment and install the new pool. Vitest environments can only customize the global scope, whereas pools can run tests using a completely different runtime. In this case, the pool runs your tests inside [`workerd`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workerd) instead of Node.js.

```sh
npm uninstall vitest-environment-miniflare
npm install --save-dev --save-exact vitest@2.1.8
npm install --save-dev @cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers
```

## Update your Vitest configuration file

After installing the Workers Vitest configuration, update your Vitest configuration file to use the pool instead. Most Miniflare configuration previously specified `environmentOptions` can be moved to `poolOptions.workers.miniflare` instead. Refer to [Miniflare's `WorkerOptions` interface](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/blob/main/packages/miniflare/README.md#interface-workeroptions) for supported options and the [Miniflare version 2 to 3 migration guide](https://miniflare.dev/get-started/migrating#api-changes) for more information. If you relied on configuration stored in a Wrangler file, set `wrangler.configPath` too.

```diff
+ import { defineWorkersConfig } from "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config";

  export default defineWorkersConfig({
    test: {
-     environment: "miniflare",
-     environmentOptions: { ... },
+     poolOptions: {
+       workers: {
+         miniflare: { ... },
+         wrangler: { configPath: "./wrangler.toml" },
+       },
+     },
    },
  });
```

## Update your TypeScript configuration file

If you are using TypeScript, update your `tsconfig.json` to include the correct ambient `types`:

```diff
  {
    "compilerOptions": {
      ...,
      "types": [
        "@cloudflare/workers-types/experimental"
-       "vitest-environment-miniflare/globals"
+       "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers"
      ]
    },
  }
```

## Access bindings

To access [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/) in your tests, use the `env` helper from the `cloudflare:test` module.

```diff
  import { it } from "vitest";
+ import { env } from "cloudflare:test";

  it("does something", () => {
-   const env = getMiniflareBindings();
    // ...
  });
```

If you are using TypeScript, add an ambient `.d.ts` declaration file defining a `ProvidedEnv` `interface` in the `cloudflare:test` module to control the type of `env`:

```ts
declare module "cloudflare:test" {
	interface ProvidedEnv {
		NAMESPACE: KVNamespace;
	}
	// ...or if you have an existing `Env` type...
	interface ProvidedEnv extends Env {}
}
```

## Use isolated storage

Isolated storage is now enabled by default. You no longer need to include `setupMiniflareIsolatedStorage()` in your tests.

```diff
- const describe = setupMiniflareIsolatedStorage();
+ import { describe } from "vitest";
```

## Work with `waitUntil()`

The `new ExecutionContext()` constructor and `getMiniflareWaitUntil()` function are now `createExecutionContext()` and `waitOnExecutionContext()` respectively. Note `waitOnExecutionContext()` now returns an empty `Promise<void>` instead of a `Promise` resolving to the results of all `waitUntil()`ed `Promise`s.

```diff
+ import { createExecutionContext, waitOnExecutionContext } from "cloudflare:test";

  it("does something", () => {
    // ...
-   const ctx = new ExecutionContext();
+   const ctx = createExecutionContext();
    const response = worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
-   await getMiniflareWaitUntil(ctx);
+   await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
  });
```

## Mock outbound requests

The `getMiniflareFetchMock()` function has been replaced with the new `fetchMock` helper from the `cloudflare:test` module. `fetchMock` has the same type as the return type of `getMiniflareFetchMock()`. There are a couple of differences between `fetchMock` and the previous return value of `getMiniflareFetchMock()`:

- `fetchMock` is deactivated by default, whereas previously it would start activated. This deactivation prevents unnecessary buffering of request bodies if you are not using `fetchMock`. You will need to call `fetchMock.activate()` before calling `fetch()` to enable it.
- `fetchMock` is reset at the start of each test run, whereas previously, interceptors added in previous runs would apply to the current one. This ensures test runs are not affected by previous runs.

```diff
  import { beforeAll, afterAll } from "vitest";
+ import { fetchMock } from "cloudflare:test";

- const fetchMock = getMiniflareFetchMock();
  beforeAll(() => {
+   fetchMock.activate();
    fetchMock.disableNetConnect();
    fetchMock
      .get("https://example.com")
      .intercept({ path: "/" })
      .reply(200, "data");
  });
  afterAll(() => fetchMock.assertNoPendingInterceptors());
```

## Use Durable Object helpers

The `getMiniflareDurableObjectStorage()`, `getMiniflareDurableObjectState()`, `getMiniflareDurableObjectInstance()`, and `runWithMiniflareDurableObjectGates()` functions have all been replaced with a single `runInDurableObject()` function from the `cloudflare:test` module. The `runInDurableObject()` function accepts a `DurableObjectStub` with a callback accepting the Durable Object and corresponding `DurableObjectState` as arguments. Consolidating these functions into a single function simplifies the API surface, and ensures instances are accessed with the correct request context and [gating behavior](https://blog.cloudflare.com/durable-objects-easy-fast-correct-choose-three/). Refer to the [Test APIs page](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/test-apis/) for more details.

```diff
+ import { env, runInDurableObject } from "cloudflare:test";

  it("does something", async () => {
-   const env = getMiniflareBindings();
    const id = env.OBJECT.newUniqueId();
+   const stub = env.OBJECT.get(id);

-   const storage = await getMiniflareDurableObjectStorage(id);
-   doSomethingWith(storage);
+   await runInDurableObject(stub, async (instance, state) => {
+     doSomethingWith(state.storage);
+   });

-   const state = await getMiniflareDurableObjectState(id);
-   doSomethingWith(state);
+   await runInDurableObject(stub, async (instance, state) => {
+     doSomethingWith(state);
+   });

-   const instance = await getMiniflareDurableObjectInstance(id);
-   await runWithMiniflareDurableObjectGates(state, async () => {
-     doSomethingWith(instance);
-   });
+   await runInDurableObject(stub, async (instance) => {
+     doSomethingWith(instance);
+   });
  });
```

The `flushMiniflareDurableObjectAlarms()` function has been replaced with the `runDurableObjectAlarm()` function from the `cloudflare:test` module. The `runDurableObjectAlarm()` function accepts a single `DurableObjectStub` and returns a `Promise` that resolves to `true` if an alarm was scheduled and the `alarm()` handler was executed, or `false` otherwise. To "flush" multiple instances' alarms, call `runDurableObjectAlarm()` in a loop.

```diff
+ import { env, runDurableObjectAlarm } from "cloudflare:test";

  it("does something", async () => {
-   const env = getMiniflareBindings();
    const id = env.OBJECT.newUniqueId();
-   await flushMiniflareDurableObjectAlarms([id]);
+   const stub = env.OBJECT.get(id);
+   const ran = await runDurableObjectAlarm(stub);
  });
```

Finally, the `getMiniflareDurableObjectIds()` function has been replaced with the `listDurableObjectIds()` function from the `cloudflare:test` module. The `listDurableObjectIds()` function now accepts a `DurableObjectNamespace` instance instead of a namespace `string` to provide stricter typing. Note the `listDurableObjectIds()` function now respects isolated storage. If enabled, IDs of objects created in other tests will not be returned.

```diff
+ import { env, listDurableObjectIds } from "cloudflare:test";

  it("does something", async () => {
-   const ids = await getMiniflareDurableObjectIds("OBJECT");
+   const ids = await listDurableObjectIds(env.OBJECT);
  });
```

---

# Migrate from unstable_dev

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/migrate-from-unstable-dev/

The [`unstable_dev`](/workers/wrangler/api/#unstable_dev) API has been a recommended approach to run integration tests. The `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package integrates directly with Vitest for fast re-runs, supports both unit and integration tests, all whilst providing isolated per-test storage.

This guide demonstrates key differences between tests written with the `unstable_dev` API and the Workers Vitest integration. For more information on writing tests with the Workers Vitest integration, refer to [Write your first test](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/write-your-first-test/).

## Reference a Worker for integration testing

With `unstable_dev`, to trigger a `fetch` event, you would do this:

```js
import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler"

it("dispatches fetch event", () => {
  const worker = await unstable_dev("src/index.ts");
  const resp = await worker.fetch("http://example.com");
  ...
})
```

With the Workers Vitest integration, you can accomplish the same goal using `SELF` from `cloudflare:test`. `SELF` is a [service binding](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/service-bindings/) to the default export defined by the `main` option in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file. This `main` Worker runs in the same isolate as tests so any global mocks will apply to it too.

```js
import { SELF } from "cloudflare:test";
import "../src/"; // Currently required to automatically rerun tests when `main` changes

it("dispatches fetch event", async () => {
	const response = await SELF.fetch("http://example.com");
	...
});
```

## Stop a Worker

With the Workers Vitest integration, there is no need to stop a Worker via `worker.stop()`. This functionality is handled automatically after tests run.

## Import Wrangler configuration

Via the `unstable_dev` API, you can reference a `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file by adding it as an option:

```js
await unstable_dev("src/index.ts", {
  config: "wrangler.toml",
});
```

With the Workers Vitest integration, you can now set this reference to `wrangler.toml` in `vitest.config.js` for all of your tests:

```js null {5-7}
export default defineWorkersConfig({
  test: {
    poolOptions: {
      workers: {
        wrangler: {
          configPath: "wrangler.toml",
        },
      },
    },
  },
});
---
```

## Test service Workers

Unlike the `unstable_dev` API, the Workers Vitest integration does not support testing Workers using the service worker format. You will need to first [migrate to the ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) in order to use the Workers Vitest integration.

## Define types

You can remove `UnstableDevWorker` imports from your code. Instead, follow the [Write your first test guide](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/write-your-first-test/#define-types) to define types for all of your tests.

```diff
- import { unstable_dev } from "wrangler";
- import type { UnstableDevWorker } from "wrangler";
+ import worker from "src/index.ts";

  describe("Worker", () => {
-   let worker: UnstableDevWorker;
    ...
  });
```

## Related resources

* [Write your first test](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/write-your-first-test/#define-types) - Write unit tests against Workers.

---

# Write your first test

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/get-started/write-your-first-test/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This guide will instruct you through installing and setting up the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package. This will help you get started writing tests against your Workers using Vitest. The `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package works by running code inside a Cloudflare Worker that Vitest would usually run inside a [Node.js worker thread](https://nodejs.org/api/worker_threads.html). For examples of tests using `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers`, refer to [Recipes](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/recipes/).

## Prerequisites

- Open the root directory of your Worker or [create a new Worker](/workers/get-started/guide/#1-create-a-new-worker-project).

- Make sure that your Worker is developed using the ES modules format. To migrate from the service worker format to the ES modules format, refer to the [Migrate to the ES modules format](/workers/reference/migrate-to-module-workers/) guide.

- In your project's `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, define a [compatibility date](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/) of `2022-10-31` or higher, and include `nodejs_compat` in your [compatibility flags](/workers/wrangler/configuration/#use-runtime-apis-directly).

## Install Vitest and `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers`

Open a terminal window and make sure you are in your project's root directory. Once you have confirmed that, run:

```sh
npm install vitest@2.1.8 --save-dev --save-exact
npm install @cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers --save-dev
```

The above commands will add the packages to your `package.json` file and install them as dev dependencies.

:::note

Currently, the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package _only_ works with Vitest 2.0.x - 2.1.8.

:::

## Define Vitest configuration

If you do not already have a `vitest.config.js` or `vitest.config.ts` file, you will need to create one and define the following configuration.
You can reference a Wrangler file to leverage its `main` entry point, [compatibility settings](/workers/configuration/compatibility-dates/), and [bindings](/workers/runtime-apis/bindings/).

```js
import { defineWorkersConfig } from "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config";

export default defineWorkersConfig({
	test: {
		poolOptions: {
			workers: {
				wrangler: { configPath: "./wrangler.toml" },
			},
		},
	},
});
```

:::note

For a full list of available configuration options, refer to [Configuration](/workers/testing/vitest-integration/configuration/).

:::

### Add configuration options via Miniflare

Under the hood, the Workers Vitest integration uses [Miniflare](https://miniflare.dev), the same simulator that powers [`wrangler dev`'s](/workers/wrangler/commands/#dev) local mode. Options can be passed directly to Miniflare for advanced configuration.

For example, to add bindings that will be used in tests, you can add `miniflare` to `defineWorkersConfig`:

```js null {6-8}
export default defineWorkersConfig({
	test: {
		poolOptions: {
			workers: {
				main: "./src/index.ts",
				miniflare: {
					kvNamespaces: ["TEST_NAMESPACE"],
				},
			},
		},
	},
});
```

This configuration would add a KV namespace `TEST_NAMESPACE` that was only accessible in tests. Using this method, you can add or override existing bindings like Durable Objects or service bindings.

:::note

For a full list of available Miniflare options, refer to the [Miniflare `WorkersOptions` API documentation](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/packages/miniflare#interface-workeroptions).

:::

## Define types

If you are using TypeScript, you will need to define types for Cloudflare Workers and `cloudflare:test` to make sure they are detected appropriately. Add a `tsconfig.json` in the same folder as your tests (that is, `test`) and add the following:

```js
{
  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
    "types": [
      "@cloudflare/workers-types/experimental",
      "@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers"
    ]
  },
  "include": ["./**/*.ts", "../src/env.d.ts"]
}
```

Save this file, and you are ready to write your first test.

## Write tests

If you created a basic Worker via the guide listed above, you should have the following fetch handler in the `src` folder:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

This Worker receives a request, and returns a response of `"Hello World!"`. In order to test this, create a `test` folder with the following test file:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
import {
	env,
	createExecutionContext,
	waitOnExecutionContext,
} from "cloudflare:test";
import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
// Could import any other source file/function here
import worker from "../src";

describe("Hello World worker", () => {
	it("responds with Hello World!", async () => {
		const request = new Request("http://example.com");
		// Create an empty context to pass to `worker.fetch()`
		const ctx = createExecutionContext();
		const response = await worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
		// Wait for all `Promise`s passed to `ctx.waitUntil()` to settle before running test assertions
		await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
		expect(await response.text()).toBe("Hello World!");
	});
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
import {
	env,
	createExecutionContext,
	waitOnExecutionContext,
} from "cloudflare:test";
import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
// Could import any other source file/function here
import worker from "../src";

// For now, you'll need to do something like this to get a correctly-typed
// `Request` to pass to `worker.fetch()`.
const IncomingRequest = Request<unknown, IncomingRequestCfProperties>;

describe("Hello World worker", () => {
	it("responds with Hello World!", async () => {
		const request = new IncomingRequest("http://example.com");
		// Create an empty context to pass to `worker.fetch()`
		const ctx = createExecutionContext();
		const response = await worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
		// Wait for all `Promise`s passed to `ctx.waitUntil()` to settle before running test assertions
		await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
		expect(await response.text()).toBe("Hello World!");
	});
});
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Add functionality to handle a `404` path on the Worker. This functionality will return the text `Not found` as well as the status code `404`.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

		if (pathname === "/404") {
			return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
		}

		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
};
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx): Promise<Response> {
		const { pathname } = new URL(request.url);

		if (pathname === "/404") {
			return new Response("Not found", { status: 404 });
		}

		return new Response("Hello World!");
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

To test this, add the following to your test file:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="JavaScript" icon="seti:javascript">

```js
it("responds with not found and proper status for /404", async () => {
	const request = new Request("http://example.com/404");
	// Create an empty context to pass to `worker.fetch()`
	const ctx = createExecutionContext();
	const response = await worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
	// Wait for all `Promise`s passed to `ctx.waitUntil()` to settle before running test assertions
	await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
	expect(await response.status).toBe(404);
	expect(await response.text()).toBe("Not found");
});
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="TypeScript" icon="seti:typescript">

```ts
it("responds with not found and proper status for /404", async () => {
	const request = new IncomingRequest("http://example.com/404");
	// Create an empty context to pass to `worker.fetch()`
	const ctx = createExecutionContext();
	const response = await worker.fetch(request, env, ctx);
	// Wait for all `Promise`s passed to `ctx.waitUntil()` to settle before running test assertions
	await waitOnExecutionContext(ctx);
	expect(await response.status).toBe(404);
	expect(await response.text()).toBe("Not found");
});
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Related resources

- [`@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` GitHub repository](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/fixtures/vitest-pool-workers-examples) - Examples of tests using the `@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers` package.

---

# 1. Migrate webpack projects

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/

import { WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

This guide describes the steps to migrate a webpack project from Wrangler v1 to Wrangler v2. After completing this guide, [update your Wrangler version](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/update-v1-to-v2/).

Previous versions of Wrangler offered rudimentary support for [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) with the `type` and `webpack_config` keys in the [`wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file](/workers/wrangler/configuration/). Starting with Wrangler v2, Wrangler no longer supports the `type` and `webpack_config` keys, but you can still use webpack with your Workers.

As a developer using webpack with Workers, you may be in one of four categories:

1. [I use `[build]` to run webpack (or another bundler) external to `wrangler`.](#i-use-build-to-run-webpack-or-another-bundler-external-to-wrangler).

2. [I use `type = webpack`, but do not provide my own configuration and let Wrangler take care of it.](#i-use-type--webpack-but-do-not-provide-my-own-configuration-and-let-wrangler-take-care-of-it).

3. [I use `type = webpack` and `webpack_config = <path/to/webpack.config.js>` to handle JSX, TypeScript, WebAssembly, HTML files, and other non-standard filetypes.](#i-use-type--webpack-and-webpack_config--pathtowebpackconfigjs-to-handle-jsx-typescript-webassembly-html-files-and-other-non-standard-filetypes).

4. [I use `type = webpack` and `webpack_config = <path/to/webpack.config.js>` to perform code-transforms and/or other code-modifying functionality.](#i-use-type--webpack-and-webpack_config--pathtowebpackconfigjs-to-perform-code-transforms-andor-other-code-modifying-functionality).

If you do not see yourself represented, [file an issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/issues/new/choose) and we can assist you with your specific situation and improve this guide for future readers.

### I use `[build]` to run webpack (or another bundler) external to Wrangler.

Wrangler v2 supports the `[build]` key, so your Workers will continue to build using your own setup.

### I use `type = webpack`, but do not provide my own configuration and let Wrangler take care of it.

Wrangler will continue to take care of it. Remove `type = webpack` from your Wrangler file.

### I use `type = webpack` and `webpack_config = <path/to/webpack.config.js>` to handle JSX, TypeScript, WebAssembly, HTML files, and other non-standard filetypes.

As of Wrangler v2, Wrangler has built-in support for this use case. Refer to [Bundling](/workers/wrangler/bundling/) for more details.

The Workers runtime handles JSX and TypeScript. You can `import` any modules you need into your code and the Workers runtime includes them in the built Worker automatically.

You should remove the `type` and `webpack_config` keys from your Wrangler file.

### I use `type = webpack` and `webpack_config = <path/to/webpack.config.js>` to perform code-transforms and/or other code-modifying functionality.

Wrangler v2 drops support for project types, including `type = webpack` and configuration via the `webpack_config` key. If your webpack configuration performs operations beyond adding loaders (for example, for TypeScript) you will need to maintain your custom webpack configuration. In the long term, you should [migrate to an external `[build]` process](/workers/wrangler/custom-builds/). In the short term, it is still possible to reproduce Wrangler v1's build steps in newer versions of Wrangler by following the instructions below.

1. Add [wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin) as a `devDependency`.

[wrangler-js](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wrangler-js), shipped as a separate library from [Wrangler v1](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/wrangler/v/1.19.11), is a Node script that configures and executes [webpack 4](https://unpkg.com/browse/wrangler-js@0.1.11/package.json) for you. When you set `type = webpack`, Wrangler v1 would execute this script for you. We have ported the functionality over to a new package, [wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin), which you can use as a [webpack plugin](https://v4.webpack.js.org/configuration/plugins/).

To do that, you will need to add it as a dependency:

```
npm install --save-dev webpack@^4.46.0 webpack-cli wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin
# or
yarn add --dev webpack@4.46.0 webpack-cli wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin
```

You should see this reflected in your `package.json` file:

```json
{
  "name": "my-worker",
  "version": "x.y.z",
  // ...
  "devDependencies": {
    // ...
    "wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin": "^x.y.z",
    "webpack": "^4.46.0",
    "webpack-cli": "^x.y.z"
  }
}
```

2. Add `wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin` to `webpack.config.js`.

Modify your `webpack.config.js` file to include the plugin you just installed.

```js
const {
  WranglerJsCompatWebpackPlugin,
} = require("wranglerjs-compat-webpack-plugin");

module.exports = {
  // ...
  plugins: [new WranglerJsCompatWebpackPlugin()],
};
```

3. Add a build script your `package.json`.

```json
{
  "name": "my-worker",
  "version": "2.0.0",
  // ...
  "scripts": {
    "build": "webpack" // <-- Add this line!
    // ...
  }
}
```

4. Remove unsupported entries from your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file.

Remove the `type` and `webpack_config` keys from your Wrangler file, as they are not supported anymore.

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# Remove these!
type = "webpack"
webpack_config = "webpack.config.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

5. Tell Wrangler how to bundle your Worker.

Wrangler no longer has any knowledge of how to build your Worker. You will need to tell it how to call webpack and where to look for webpack's output. This translates into two fields:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
main = "./worker/script.js" # by default, or whatever file webpack outputs
[build]
command = "npm run build" # or "yarn build"
# ...
```

</WranglerConfig>

6. Test your project.

Try running `npx wrangler deploy` to test that your configuration works as expected.

---

# Migrate from Wrangler v1 to v2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

This guide details how to migrate from Wrangler v1 to v2.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 2. Update to Wrangler v2

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/update-v1-to-v2/

This document describes the steps to migrate a project from Wrangler v1 to Wrangler v2. Before updating your Wrangler version, review and complete [Migrate webpack projects from Wrangler version 1](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/) if it applies to your project.

Wrangler v2 ships with new features and improvements that may require some changes to your configuration.

The CLI itself will guide you through the upgrade process.

<div style="position: relative; padding-top: 56.25%;">
	<iframe
		src="https://iframe.videodelivery.net/2a60561afea1159f7dd270fd9dce999f?poster=https%3A%2F%2Fcloudflarestream.com%2F2a60561afea1159f7dd270fd9dce999f%2Fthumbnails%2Fthumbnail.jpg%3Ftime%3D%26height%3D600"
		style="border: none; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;"
		allow="accelerometer; gyroscope; autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture;"
		allowfullscreen="true"
	></iframe>
</div>

:::note

To learn more about the improvements to Wrangler, refer to [Wrangler v1 and v2 comparison](/workers/wrangler/deprecations/#wrangler-v1-and-v2-comparison-tables).
:::

## Update Wrangler version

### 1. Uninstall Wrangler v1

If you had previously installed Wrangler v1 globally using npm, you can uninstall it with:

```sh
npm uninstall -g @cloudflare/wrangler
```

If you used Cargo to install Wrangler v1, you can uninstall it with:

```sh
cargo uninstall wrangler
```

### 2. Install Wrangler

Now, install the latest version of Wrangler.

```sh
npm install -g wrangler
```

### 3. Verify your install

To check that you have installed the correct Wrangler version, run:

```sh
npx wrangler --version
```

## Test Wrangler v2 on your previous projects

Now you will test that Wrangler v2 can build your Wrangler v1 project. In most cases, it will build just fine. If there are errors, the command line should instruct you with exactly what to change to get it to build.

If you would like to read more on the deprecated `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file fields that cause Wrangler v2 to error, refer to [Deprecations](/workers/wrangler/deprecations/).

Run the `wrangler dev` command. This will show any warnings or errors that should be addressed.
Note that in most cases, the messages will include actionable instructions on how to resolve the issue.

```sh
npx wrangler dev
```

- Errors need to be fixed before Wrangler can build your Worker.
- In most cases, you will only see warnings.
  These do not stop Wrangler from building your Worker, but consider updating the configuration to remove them.

Here is an example of some warnings and errors:

```bash
 ⛅️ wrangler 2.x
-------------------------------------------------------
▲ [WARNING] Processing wrangler.toml configuration:
  - 😶 Ignored: "type":
    Most common features now work out of the box with wrangler, including modules, jsx,
  typescript, etc. If you need anything more, use a custom build.
  - Deprecation: "zone_id":
    This is unnecessary since we can deduce this from routes directly.
  - Deprecation: "build.upload.format":
    The format is inferred automatically from the code.


✘ [ERROR] Processing wrangler.toml configuration:
  - Expected "route" to be either a string, or an object with shape { pattern, zone_id | zone_name }, but got "".
```

## Deprecations

Refer to [Deprecations](/workers/wrangler/deprecations/) for more details on what is no longer supported.

---

# Examples

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/examples/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Use KV API

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/examples/kv/

Interact with persistent storage to retrieve or store information enables for powerful use cases.

In this example we show how embedded function calling can interact with other resources on the Cloudflare Developer Platform with a few lines of code.

## Pre-Requisites

For this example to work, you need to provision a [KV](/kv/) namespace first. To do so, follow the [KV - Get started ](/kv/get-started/) guide.

Importantly, your Wrangler file must be updated to include the `KV` binding definition to your respective namespace.

## Worker code

```ts title="Embedded function calling example with KV API"
import { runWithTools } from "@cloudflare/ai-utils";

type Env = {
	AI: Ai;
	KV: KVNamespace;
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Define function
		const updateKvValue = async ({
			key,
			value,
		}: {
			key: string;
			value: string;
		}) => {
			const response = await env.KV.put(key, value);
			return `Successfully updated key-value pair in database: ${response}`;
		};

		// Run AI inference with function calling
		const response = await runWithTools(
			env.AI,
			"@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b",
			{
				messages: [
					{ role: "system", content: "Put user given values in KV" },
					{ role: "user", content: "Set the value of banana to yellow." },
				],
				tools: [
					{
						name: "KV update",
						description: "Update a key-value pair in the database",
						parameters: {
							type: "object",
							properties: {
								key: {
									type: "string",
									description: "The key to update",
								},
								value: {
									type: "string",
									description: "The value to update",
								},
							},
							required: ["key", "value"],
						},
						function: updateKvValue,
					},
				],
			},
		);
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;
```

## Verify results

To verify the results, run the following command

```sh
npx wrangler kv:key get banana --binding KV --local
```

---

# Use fetch() handler

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/examples/fetch/

A very common use case is to provide the LLM with the ability to perform API calls via function calling.

In this example the LLM will retrieve the weather forecast for the next 5 days.
To do so a `getWeather` function is defined that is passed to the LLM as tool.

The `getWeather`function extracts the user's location from the request and calls the external weather API via the Workers' [`Fetch API`](/workers/runtime-apis/fetch/) and returns the result.

```ts title="Embedded function calling example with fetch()"
import { runWithTools } from '@cloudflare/ai-utils';

type Env = {
	AI: Ai;
};

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		// Define function
		const getWeather = async (args: { numDays: number }) => {
			const { numDays } = args;
      // Location is extracted from request based on
      // https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/runtime-apis/request/#incomingrequestcfproperties
      const lat = request.cf?.latitude
      const long = request.cf?.longitude

      // Interpolate values for external API call
			const response = await fetch(
				`https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?latitude=${lat}&longitude=${long}&daily=temperature_2m_max,precipitation_sum&timezone=GMT&forecast_days=${numDays}`
			);
			return response.text();
		};
		// Run AI inference with function calling
		const response = await runWithTools(
			env.AI,
			// Model with function calling support
			'@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b',
			{
				// Messages
				messages: [
					{
						role: 'user',
						content: 'What the weather like the next 5 days? Respond as text',
					},
				],
				// Definition of available tools the AI model can leverage
				tools: [
					{
						name: 'getWeather',
						description: 'Get the weather for the next [numDays] days',
						parameters: {
							type: 'object',
							properties: {
								numDays: { type: 'numDays', description: 'number of days for the weather forecast' },
							},
							required: ['numDays'],
						},
						// reference to previously defined function
						function: getWeather,
					},
				],
			}
		);
		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

```

---

# Tools based on OpenAPI Spec

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai/function-calling/embedded/examples/openapi/

Oftentimes APIs are defined and documented via [OpenAPI specification](https://swagger.io/specification/). The Cloudflare `ai-utils` package's `createToolsFromOpenAPISpec` function creates tools from the OpenAPI spec, which the LLM can then leverage to fulfill the prompt.

In this example the LLM will describe the a Github user, based Github's API and its OpenAPI spec.

```ts title="Embedded function calling example from OpenAPI Spec"
import { createToolsFromOpenAPISpec, runWithTools } from '@cloudflare/ai-utils';

type Env = {
	AI: Ai;
};

const APP_NAME = 'cf-fn-calling-example-app';

export default {
	async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
		const toolsFromOpenAPISpec = [
			// You can pass the OpenAPI spec link or contents directly
			...(await createToolsFromOpenAPISpec(
				'https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mchenco/fd8f20c8f06d50af40b94b0671273dc1/raw/f9d4b5cd5944cc32d6b34cad0406d96fd3acaca6/partial_api.github.com.json',
				{
					overrides: [
						{
							matcher: ({ url }) => {
								return url.hostname === 'api.github.com';
							},
							// for all requests on *.github.com, we'll need to add a User-Agent.
							values: {
								headers: {
									'User-Agent': APP_NAME,
								},
							},
						},
					],
				}
			)),
		];

		const response = await runWithTools(
			env.AI,
			'@hf/nousresearch/hermes-2-pro-mistral-7b',
			{
				messages: [
					{
						role: 'user',
						content: 'Who is cloudflare on Github and how many repos does the organization have?',
					},
				],
				tools: toolsFromOpenAPISpec,
			}
		);

		return new Response(JSON.stringify(response));
	},
} satisfies ExportedHandler<Env>;

```

---

# Certificate signing requests (CSRs)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/certificate-signing-requests/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="csr-definition" product="ssl" />

Once the CSR has been generated, provide it to your customer. Your customer will then pass it along to their preferred CA to obtain a certificate and return it to you. After you receive the certificate, you should upload it to Cloudflare and reference the unique CSR ID that was provided to you during CSR creation.

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-plan-limitation" />

***

## Generate the private key and CSR

### 1. Build the CSR payload

All fields except for organizational\_unit and key\_type are required. If you do not specify a `key_type`, the default of `rsa2048` (RSA 2048 bit) will be used; the other option is `p256v1` (NIST P-256).

Common names are restricted to 64 characters and subject alternative names (SANs) are limited to 255 characters, [per RFC 5280](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5280). You must specify at least one SAN, and the list of SANs should include the common name.

```bash
request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "country": "US",
  "state": "MA",
  "locality": "Boston",
  "organization": "City of Boston",
  "organizational_unit": "Championship Parade Detail",
  "common_name": "app.example.com",
  "sans": [
    "app.example.com",
    "www.example.com",
    "blog.example.com",
    "example.com"
  ],
  "key_type": "p256v1"
}
EOF
))
```

### 2. Generate a CSR

Now, you want to generate a CSR that you can provide to your customer.

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_csrs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$request_body"

# Response:
{
  "result": {
    "id": "7b163417-1d2b-4c84-a38a-2fb7a0cd7752",
    "country": "US",
    "state": "MA",
    "locality": "Boston",
    "organization": "City of Boston",
    "organizational_unit": "Championship Parade Detail",
    "common_name": "app.example.com",
    "sans": [
      "app.example.com",
      "www.example.com",
      "blog.example.com",
      "example.com",
    ],
    "key_type": "p256v1",
    "csr": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\nMIIBSzCB8gIBADBiMQswaQYDVQQGEwJVUzELMAkGA1UECBMCTUExDzANBgNVBAcT\nBkJvc3RvbjEaMBgGA1UEChMRQ2l0eSBvZiBDaGFtcGlvbnMxGTAXBgNVBAMTEGNz\nci1wcm9kLnRscy5mdW4wWTATBgcqhkjOPQIBBggqhkjOPQMBBwNCAaTKf70NYlwr\n20P6P8xj8/4mTN5q28dbZR/gM3u4m/RPs24+PxAfMZCNvkVKAPVWYfUAadZI4Ha/\ndxLh5Q6X5bhIoC4wLAYJKoZIhvcNAQkOMR8wHTAbBqNVHREEFDASghBjc3ItcHJv\nZC50bHMuZnVuMAoGCCqGSM49BAMCA0gAMEUCIQDgtFUZav466SbT2FGBsIBlahDI\nVkg4y+u+V/K5DlY1+gIgQ9xLfUSKnSnJYbM9TwWr4Z964+lBtB9af4O5pp7/PSA=\n-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----\n"
  },
  "success": true
}
```

Replace the `\n` characters with actual newlines before passing to your customer. This can be accomplished by piping the output of the prior call to a tool like jq and perl, such as:

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_csrs \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data "$request_body" | jq .result.csr | perl -npe s'/\\n/\n/g; s/"//g' > csr.txt
```

### 3. Customer obtains certificate

Your customer will take the provided CSR and work with their CA to obtain a signed, publicly trusted certificate.

### 4. Upload the certificate

Upload the certificate and reference the ID that was provided when you generated the CSR.

You should replace newlines in the certificate with literal `\n` characters, as illustrated above in the custom certificate upload example. After doing so, build the request body and provide the ID that was returned in a previous step.

Cloudflare only accepts publicly trusted certificates. If you attempt to upload a self-signed certificate, it will be rejected.

```bash
$ MYCERT="$(cat app_example_com.pem|perl -pe 's/\r?\n/\\n/'|sed -e 's/..$//')"

$ request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "hostname": "app.example.com",
  "ssl": {
    "custom_csr_id": "7b163417-1d2b-4c84-a38a-2fb7a0cd7752",
    "custom_certificate": "$MYCERT"
  }
}
EOF
))
```

With the request body built, [create the custom hostname](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/) with the supplied custom certificate. If you intend to use the certificate with multiple hostnames, make multiple API calls replacing the `hostname` field.

***

## Other actions

### List all CSRs

You can request the (paginated) collection of all previously generated custom CSRs by making a `GET` request to `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_csrs`.

### Delete a CSR

Delete one or more of the CSRs to delete the underlying private key by making a `DELETE` request to `https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/custom_csrs/{csr_id}`.

You may delete a CSR provided there are no custom certificates using the private key that was generated for the CSR. If you attempt to delete a CSR whose private key is still in use, you will receive an error.

---

# Custom certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

If your customers need to provide their own key material, you may want to [upload a custom certificate](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/uploading-certificates/). Cloudflare will automatically bundle the certificate with a certificate chain [optimized for maximum browser compatibility](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/#compatible).

As part of this process, you may also want to [generate a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/certificate-signing-requests/) for your customer so they do not have to manage the private key on their own.

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-plan-limitation" />

## Use cases

This situation commonly occurs when your customers use Extended Validation (EV) certificates (the “green bar”) or when their information security policy prohibits third parties from generating private keys on their behalf.

## Limitations

If you use custom certificates, you are responsible for the entire certificate lifecycle (initial upload, renewal, subsequent upload).

Cloudflare also only accepts publicly trusted certificates of these types:

* `SHA256WithRSA`
* `SHA1WithRSA`
* `ECDSAWithSHA256`

You can only use one of the different supported types. For example, you cannot upload an `SHA256WithRSA` + `ECDSAWithSHA256` certificate.

If you attempt to upload another type of certificate or a certificate that has been self-signed, it will be rejected.

---

# Manage custom certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/uploading-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

For use cases and limitations, refer to [custom certificates](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/).

:::caution

You can only use one of the different [supported types](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/custom-certificates/#limitations). For example, you cannot upload an `SHA256WithRSA` + `ECDSAWithSHA256` certificate.
:::

## Upload certificates

### With the dashboard

To upload a custom certificate in the dashboard, follow the steps for [issuing new certificates](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/issue-certificates/), but change the **Certificate type** to **Custom certificate**.

For more details on bundle method, refer to [Bundle Methodologies](/ssl/edge-certificates/custom-certificates/bundling-methodologies/)

### With the API

The call below will upload a certificate for use with `app.example.com`.

Note that if you are using an ECC key generated by OpenSSL, you will need to first remove the `-----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----...-----END EC PARAMETERS-----` section of the file.

#### 1. Update the file and build the payload

<Render file="custom-cert-file-example" product="ssl" />

```bash
$ echo $MYCERT
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIFJDCCBAygAwIBAgIQD0ifmj/Yi5NP/2gdUySbfzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBN\nMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEVMBMGA1UEChMMRGlnaUNlcnQgSW5jMScwJQYDVQQDEx5E...SzSHfXp5lnu/3V08I72q1QNzOCgY1XeL4GKVcj4or6cT6tX6oJH7ePPmfrBfqI/O\nOeH8gMJ+FuwtXYEPa4hBf38M5eU5xWG7\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n

$ request_body=$(< <(cat <<EOF
{
  "hostname": "app.example.com",
  "ssl": {
    "custom_certificate": "$MYCERT",
    "custom_key": "$MYKEY"
  }
}
EOF
))
```

#### 2. Upload your certificate and key

Use a [POST request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/create/) to upload your certificate and key.

The serial number returned is unique to the issuer, but not globally unique. Additionally, it is returned as a string, not an integer.

***

## Move to a Cloudflare certificate

If you want to switch from maintaining a custom certificate to using one issued by Cloudflare, you can migrate that certificate with zero downtime.

Send a [PATCH request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) to your custom hostname with a value for the DCV `method`. As soon as the [certificate is validated](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/) and the [hostname is validated](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/hostname-validation/), Cloudflare will remove the old custom certificate and begin serving the new one.

---

# Issue and validate certificates

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

Once you have [set up your Cloudflare for SaaS application](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/), you can start issuing and validating certificates for your customers.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Issue

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/issue-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Cloudflare automatically issues certificates when you [create a custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/).

:::note


There are several required steps before a custom hostname and its certificate can become active. For more details, refer to our [Get started guide](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/).


:::

## Certificate authorities

If you create the custom hostname via API, you can leave the `certificate_authority` parameter empty to set it to “default CA”. With this option, Cloudflare checks the CAA records before requesting the certificates, which helps ensure the certificates can be issued from the CA.

Refer to [this certificate authorities reference page](/ssl/reference/certificate-authorities/) to learn more about the CAs that Cloudflare uses to issue SSL/TLS certificates.

## Certificate details and compatibility

<Render file="issue-certs-preamble" />

---

# Apex proxying

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Apex proxying allows your customers to use their apex domains (`example.com`) with your SaaS application.

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-plan-limitation" />

## Benefits

In a normal Cloudflare for SaaS [setup](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/), your customers route traffic to your hostname by creating a `CNAME` record pointing to your CNAME target.

However, most DNS providers do not allow `CNAME` records at the zone's root[^1]. This means that your customers have to use a subdomain as a vanity domain (`shop.example.com`) instead of their domain apex (`example.com`).

This limitation does not apply with apex proxying. Cloudflare assigns a set of IP prefixes - cost associated, reach out to your account team - to your account (or uses your own if you have [BYOIP](/byoip/)). This means that customers can create a standard `A` record to route traffic to your domain, which can support the domain apex.

[^1]: Cloudflare offers this functionality through [CNAME flattening](/dns/cname-flattening/).

## Setup

- [Set up Apex Proxying](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/setup/)

---

# Renew

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/renew-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The exact method for certificate renewal depends on whether that hostname is proxying traffic through Cloudflare and whether it is a wildcard certificate.

Custom hostnames certificates have a 90-day validity period and are available for renewal 30 days before their expiration.

## Non-wildcard hostnames

If you are using a non-wildcard hostname and proxying traffic through Cloudflare, Cloudflare will try to perform DCV automatically on the hostname’s behalf by serving the [HTTP token](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/).

If the custom hostname is not proxying traffic through Cloudflare, then the custom hostname domain owner will need to add the TXT or HTTP DCV token for the new certificate to validate and issue. As the SaaS provider, you will be responsible for sharing this token with the custom hostname domain owner.

## Wildcard hostnames

<Render file="txt-validation_preamble" /> <br/>

<Render file="update-dcv-method" /> <br/>

After this step, follow the normal steps for [TXT validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/).

---

# Setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/setup/

import { Render } from "~/components"

To set up Cloudflare for SaaS for [apex proxying](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/advanced-settings/apex-proxying/) - as opposed to the [normal setup](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) - perform the following steps.

***

<Render file="get-started-prereqs" params={{ one: "(this should be within the account associated with your IP prefixes)." }} />

***

## Initial setup

<Render file="get-started-initial-setup-preamble" /> <br/>

### 1. Get IP range

With apex proxying, you can either [bring your own IP range](/byoip/) or use a set of IP addresses provided by Cloudflare.

For more details on this step, reach out to your account team.

:::caution


These IP addresses are different than those associated with your Cloudflare zone.


:::

### 2. Create fallback origin

<Render file="get-started-fallback-origin" />

***

## Per-hostname setup

<Render file="get-started-per-hostname" />

### 3. Have customer create DNS record

To finish the custom hostname setup, your customer can set up either an A or CNAME record at their authoritative DNS provider.

:::note


If you want your customers to be able to use CNAME records, you will need to complete the [normal setup process](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/) as well.


:::

#### A record

If your customer uses an A record at their authoritative DNS provider, they need to point their hostname to the IP prefixed allocated for your account.

<Render file="get-started-check-statuses" />

Your customer's A record might look like the following:

```txt
example.com.  60  IN  A   192.0.2.1
```

#### CNAME record

If your customer uses a CNAME record at their authoritative DNS, they need to point their hostname to your [CNAME target](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/start/getting-started/#2-optional-create-cname-target) [^1].

<Render file="get-started-check-statuses" />

Your customer's CNAME record might look like the following:

```txt
mystore.com CNAME customers.saasprovider.com
```

[^1]: <Render file="regional-services" />

#### Service continuation

<Render file="get-started-service-continuation" />

---

# Gmail

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/gmail/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Gmail", two: "Google Workspace account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/google/google-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "google-workspace" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Gmail", two: "google-workspace/gmail" }}
/>

### Gmail administrator settings

<Render file="casb/google/gmail-admin-settings" />

### Email forwarding

<Render file="casb/google/email-forwarding" />

---

# Google Admin

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-admin/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Google Admin", two: "Google Workspace account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/google/google-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "google-workspace" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Google Admin", two: "google-workspace/google-admin" }}
/>

### User account settings

<Render file="casb/google/user-account-settings" />

### Inactive or suspended users

<Render file="casb/google/inactive-suspended-users" />

### Third-party apps

<Render file="casb/google/third-party-apps" />

---

# Google Calendar

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-calendar/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Google Calendar", two: "Google Workspace account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/google/google-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "google-workspace" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Google Calendar", two: "google-workspace/google-calendar" }}
/>

### Calendar sharing

<Render file="casb/google/calendar-sharing" />

---

# Google Drive

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/google-drive/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Google Drive", two: "Google Workspace account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/google/google-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "google-workspace" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Google Drive", two: "google-workspace/google-drive" }}
/>

### File sharing

<Render file="casb/google/file-sharing" />

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

<Render file="casb/google/google-dlp" />

---

# Google Workspace

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/google-workspace/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "Google Workspace account" }}
/>

This integration covers the following Google Workspace products:

<DirectoryListing />

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/google/google-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

For the Google Workspace integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following Google API permissions:

- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.domain.readonly`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.readonly`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.security`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`
- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Google Workspace Admin SDK Directory API](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/guides/authorizing).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Google Workspace", two: "google-workspace" }}
/>

### User account settings

<Render file="casb/google/user-account-settings" />

### Inactive or suspended users

<Render file="casb/google/inactive-suspended-users" />

### File sharing

<Render file="casb/google/file-sharing" />

### Calendar sharing

<Render file="casb/google/calendar-sharing" />

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

<Render file="casb/google/google-dlp" />

### Third-party apps

<Render file="casb/google/third-party-apps" />

### Gmail administrator settings

<Render file="casb/google/gmail-admin-settings" />

### Email forwarding

<Render file="casb/google/email-forwarding" />

---

# Admin Center

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/admin-center/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Admin Center", two: "Microsoft 365 account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365", two: "microsoft-365" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Admin Center", two: "microsoft-365/admin-center" }}
/>

### User account settings

<Render file="casb/microsoft/user-account-settings" />

### Third-party apps

<Render file="casb/microsoft/third-party-apps" />

---

# Microsoft 365

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/

import { DirectoryListing, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365 (M365)", two: "Microsoft 365 account" }}
/>

This integration covers the following Microsoft 365 products:

<DirectoryListing />

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

For the Microsoft 365 integration to function, Cloudflare CASB requires the following delegated Microsoft Graph API permissions:

- `Application.Read.All`
- `Calendars.Read`
- `Domain.Read.All`
- `Group.Read.All`
- `InformationProtectionPolicy.Read.All`
- `MailboxSettings.Read`
- `offline_access`
- `RoleManagement.Read.All`
- `User.Read.All`
- `UserAuthenticationMethod.Read.All`
- `Files.Read.All`
- `AuditLog.Read.All`

These permissions follow the principle of least privilege to ensure that only the minimum required access is granted. To learn more about each permission, refer to the [Microsoft Graph permissions documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/permissions-reference).

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365", two: "microsoft-365" }}
/>

### User account settings

<Render file="casb/microsoft/user-account-settings" />

### File sharing

<Render file="casb/microsoft/file-sharing" />

<Render file="casb/shared-links" />

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-dlp-findings" />

### Third-party apps

<Render file="casb/microsoft/third-party-apps" />

### Calendar sharing

<Render file="casb/microsoft/calendar-sharing" />

### Email administrator settings

<Render file="casb/microsoft/email-admin-settings" />

### Email forwarding

<Render file="casb/microsoft/email-forwarding" />

## Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) sensitivity labels

:::note

Requires [Cloudflare DLP](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/).

:::

Microsoft provides [MIP sensitivity labels](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide) to classify and protect sensitive data. When you add the CASB Microsoft 365 integration, Cloudflare will automatically retrieve the labels from your Microsoft account and populate them in a [DLP Profile](/cloudflare-one/policies/data-loss-prevention/dlp-profiles/integration-profiles/).

---

# OneDrive

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/onedrive/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "OneDrive", two: "Microsoft 365 account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365", two: "microsoft-365" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "OneDrive", two: "microsoft-365/onedrive" }}
/>

### File sharing

<Render file="casb/microsoft/file-sharing" />

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-dlp-findings" />

---

# Outlook

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/outlook/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "Outlook", two: "Microsoft 365 account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365", two: "microsoft-365" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "Outlook", two: "microsoft-365/outlook" }}
/>

### Calendar sharing

<Render file="casb/microsoft/calendar-sharing" />

### Email administrator settings

<Render file="casb/microsoft/email-admin-settings" />

### Email forwarding

<Render file="casb/microsoft/email-forwarding" />

---

# SharePoint

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/applications/casb/casb-integrations/microsoft-365/sharepoint/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render
  file="casb/integration-description"
  params={{ one: "SharePoint", two: "Microsoft 365 account" }}
/>

## Integration prerequisites

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-prereqs" />

## Integration permissions

<Render
  file="casb/integration-perms"
  params={{ one: "Microsoft 365", two: "microsoft-365" }}
/>

## Security findings

<Render
  file="casb/security-findings"
  params={{ one: "SharePoint", two: "microsoft-365/sharepoint" }}
/>

### File sharing

<Render file="casb/microsoft/file-sharing" />

### Data Loss Prevention (optional)

<Render file="casb/data-loss-prevention" />

<Render file="casb/microsoft/m365-dlp-findings" />

---

# DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

With Cloudflare Gateway, you can filter DNS over HTTPS (DoH) requests by [DNS location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) or by user without needing to install the WARP client on your devices.

Location-based policies require that you send DNS requests to a [location-specific DoH endpoint](#filter-doh-requests-by-location), while identity-based policies require that requests include a [user-specific DoH token](#filter-doh-requests-by-user).

## Filter DoH requests by location

Location-based policies require that you send DNS requests to a unique <GlossaryTooltip term="DoH subdomain">DoH endpoint</GlossaryTooltip> assigned to the location:

```txt
https://<YOUR_DOH_SUBDOMAIN>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query
```

### Prerequisites

Obtain your location's <GlossaryTooltip term="DoH subdomain">DoH subdomain</GlossaryTooltip>.

### Configure browser for DoH

Browsers can be configured to use any DNS over HTTPS (DoH) endpoint. If you choose to configure DoH directly in your browser, you must choose a Gateway DNS location as your DoH endpoint, otherwise DNS filtering will not occur in that browser.

<Render file="gateway/doh-instructions" />

Your DNS queries will now be sent to Gateway for filtering. To filter these requests, build a DNS policy using the [**DNS Location**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/) selector.

### Configure operating system for DoH

<Details header="Windows 11">

1. Obtain the `A` and `AAAA` record values associated with your location's DoH endpoint.

   1. Run the following command to obtain your `A` record values:

   ```powershell
   nslookup -type=A <your-subdomain>.cloudflare-gateway.com
   ```

   2. Obtain your `AAAA` record values.

   ```powershell
   nslookup -type=AAAA <your-subdomain>.cloudflare-gateway.com
   ```

   3. Copy the resulting IP addresses.

2. Add the addresses to your list of known DoH servers.

   1. Run the following command for each address:

   ```powershell
   Add-DnsClientDohServerAddress -ServerAddress <IP-address> -DohTemplate https://<your-subdomain>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query -AllowFallbackToUdp $False -AutoUpgrade $False
   ```

   2. Confirm the addresses were added.

   ```powershell
   Get-DnsClientDohServerAddress
   ```

3. In Windows, go to **Settings** > **Network & internet** > your active Internet connection. This option may be either **Ethernet** or **Wi-Fi**.

4. Under **DNS server assignment**, select **Edit**.

5. In the drop-down menu, choose _Manual_.

6. Enable **IPv4**.

7. In **Preferred DNS** and **Alternate DNS**, enter the IPv4 addresses from your `A` record command. Set **DNS over HTTPS** to _On (automatic template)_.

8. Enable **IPv6**.

9. In **Preferred DNS** and **Alternate DNS**, enter the IPv6 addresses from your `AAAA` record command. Set **DNS over HTTPS** to _On (automatic template)_.

</Details>

<Details header="Windows Server 2022">

Obtain the `A` and `AAAA` record values associated with your location's DoH endpoint.

1. Run the following command to obtain your `A` record values:

```powershell
nslookup -type=A <your-subdomain>.cloudflare-gateway.com
```

2. Obtain your `AAAA` record values.

```powershell
nslookup -type=AAAA <your-subdomain>.cloudflare-gateway.com
```

3. Copy the resulting IP addresses.
4. [Add the addresses](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/doh-client-support#add-a-new-doh-server-to-the-list-of-known-servers) to your list of known DoH servers.
5. [Configure the Windows Server client](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/doh-client-support#configure-the-dns-client-to-support-doh) or [set up a Group Policy](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/doh-client-support#configuring-doh-through-group-policy) to use DoH.

For more information, refer to [Microsoft's DoH guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/dns/doh-client-support) for Windows Server 2022 and newer.

</Details>

## Filter DoH requests by user

In order to filter DoH queries based on user identity, each query must include a user-specific authentication token. If you have several devices per user and want to apply device-specific policies, you will need to map each device to a different email.

Currently, authentication tokens can only be generated through the API. You can run this [interactive Python script](/cloudflare-one/static/authenticated-doh.py) which automates the setup procedure, or follow the steps described below.

### 1. Create a service token for the account

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/service_tokens" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"name":"ACME Corporation service token"}'
```

Save the service token's `client_id`, `client_secret`, and `id`.

<Details header="Example response">

```json null {3,4,7}
{
	"result": {
		"client_id": "88bf3b6d86161464f6509f7219099e57.access",
		"client_secret": "bdd31cbc4dec990953e39163fbbb194c93313ca9f0a6e420346af9d326b1d2a5",
		"created_at": "2022-06-09T01:59:17Z",
		"expires_at": "2023-06-09T01:59:17Z",
		"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
		"name": "ACME Corporation service token",
		"updated_at": "2022-06-09T01:59:17Z"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### 2. Enable DoH functionality for the service token

```bash
curl --request PUT \
"https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/organizations/doh/{service_token_id}" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
```

If you get an `access.api.error.service_token_not_found` error, check that `{service_token_id}` is the value of `id` and not `client_id`.

<Details header="Example response">

```json
{
	"result": {
		"client_id": "88bf3b6d86161464f6509f7219099e57.access",
		"created_at": "2022-06-09T01:59:17Z",
		"expires_at": "2023-06-09T01:59:17Z",
		"id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
		"name": "ACME Corporation service token",
		"updated_at": "2022-06-09T01:59:17Z",
		"duration": "8760h"
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

### 3. Create a user

Create a new user and optionally add them to a group.

```bash
curl "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/access/users" \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "jdoe@acme.com",
  "custom": {"groups":[{"id": "02fk6b3p3majl10", "email": "finance@acme.com", "name": "Finance"}]}
}'
```

Save the user's `id` returned in the response.

<Details header="Example response">

```json null {3}
{
	"result": {
		"id": "54d425de-7a78-4186-9975-d43c88ee7899",
		"created_at": "2022-03-16T21:18:39.93598Z",
		"updated_at": "2022-05-17T23:50:39.598345Z",
		"uid": "54d425de-7a78-4186-9975-d43c88ee7899",
		"name": "John Doe",
		"email": "jdoe@acme.com",
		"custom": {
			"groups": [
				{
					"email": "finance@acme.com",
					"id": "02fk6b3p3majl10",
					"name": "Finance"
				}
			]
		}
	},
	"success": true,
	"errors": [],
	"messages": []
}
```

</Details>

:::note

Steps 1-3 above only need to be completed once, while Steps 4-5 below would occur during normal operation.

:::

### 4. Generate a DoH token for the user

Request a DoH token for the user, using your service token to authenticate into your <GlossaryTooltip term="team domain">team domain</GlossaryTooltip>.

```bash
curl "https://<TEAM_NAME>.cloudflareaccess.com/cdn-cgi/access/doh-token?account-id=<ACCOUNT_ID>&user-id=<USER_ID>&auth-domain=<TEAM_NAME>.cloudflareaccess.com" \
--header "Cf-Access-Client-Id: <CLIENT_ID>" \
--header "Cf-Access-Client-Secret: <CLIENT_SECRET>"
```

The response contains a unique DoH token associated with the user. This token expires in 24 hours. We recommend setting up a refresh flow for the DoH token instead of generating a new one for every DoH query.

<Details header="Example response">

```json
{
	"token": "y2khbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6ImJlZjVkYjg4ZTEwMjk3ZDEwNzhkMmEyYjE0MjMxZTljYTQwMjQ2NjAwOTQzNmJhOTQwOGJkODY3ZmI4OWFiOGQifQ.eyJ0eXBlIjoiZG9oIiwiYXVkIjoiY2xvdWRmbGFyZS1nYXRld2F5LmNvbSIsImlhdCI6MTY1NDc1MTg3NSwiZXhwIjoxNjU0ODM4Mjc1LCJhY2NvdW50LWlkIjoiMTA4MDM0OGIyZGYzYmQwN2QxZmI1MjM3Y2Q1ZDU5M2EiLCJ1c2VyLWlkIjoiNTRkNDI1ZGUtN2E3OC00MTg2LTk5NzUtZDQzYzg4ZWU3ODk5In0.I5p4WsH2dPhQ8vwy84zF05PsoBHCsUSXAaMpNhEH36oFZ3tXcs9ksLz7OzpZ_x3HxUfO3n57LlpAF1VehaBt2i94XCkvSgtHpYcwd_qZydLp-BGtcyfU1LbdXQC3m6zxKcIWu5VySi8I-J25UYlpyJhYgZ4DQUZIpqbSSt6WcVRKvA7OBa7xjkTux4OcqWAViO_ZS-GLwl-fqhvolmiwk37seBD3YuV1zG06VeWXfrMkZ5MbhooHD1DZDBHOZpTtmN8MbeKeI4tlY1mb_O3-jE-um6F9Hrl4NQm89MKFzsum-_Rywi5m4PTSlDza7fjdJs7RzFgJd3VWgzG-jgyQKw"
}
```

</Details>

### 5. Send an authenticated DoH query

Send DoH queries to the resolver at `https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`, making sure to include the user's DoH token in the `CF-Authorization` header.

```bash
curl --silent "https://<ACCOUNT_ID>.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query?name=example.com" \
--header "accept: application/dns-json" \
--header "CF-Authorization: <USER_DOH_TOKEN>" | jq
```

If the site is blocked and you have enabled [**Display block page**](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/block-page/#turn-on-the-block-page) for the policy, the query will return `162.159.36.12` (the IP address of the Gateway block page). If the block page is disabled, the response will be `0.0.0.0`.

<Details header="Example response">

```json
{
	"Status": 0,
	"TC": false,
	"RD": true,
	"RA": true,
	"AD": false,
	"CD": false,
	"Question": [
		{
			"name": "example.com",
			"type": 1
		}
	],
	"Answer": [
		{
			"name": "example.com",
			"type": 1,
			"TTL": 60,
			"data": "162.159.36.12"
		}
	]
}
```

</Details>

You can verify that the request was associated with the correct user email by checking your [Gateway DNS logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/). To filter these requests, build a DNS policy using any of the Gateway [identity-based selectors](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/).

---

# DNS over TLS (DoT)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-tls/

By default, DNS is sent over a plaintext connection. DNS over TLS (DoT) is a standard for encrypting DNS queries to keep them secure and private. DoT uses the same security protocol, TLS, that HTTPS websites use to encrypt and authenticate communications.

Cloudflare supports DoT on standard port `853` and is compliant with [RFC7858](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7858).

## 1. Obtain your DoT hostname

Each Gateway DNS location has a unique DoT hostname. DNS locations and corresponding DoT hostnames have policies associated with them.

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **DNS locations**.
2. If you have more than one location set up, you will see a list of all your locations.
3. Expand the location card for the location whose DoT hostname you'd like to retrieve.
4. Get the **DoT hostname** for the location.

In the example below, the DoT hostname is: `9y65g5srsm.cloudflare-gateway.com`.

![Getting the DoT hostname for a DNS location from the dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/get-unique-subdomain.png)

Next, configure your DoT client with the DoT hostname.

## 2. Configure your DoT client

Depending on your operating system, you can choose from a variety of standalone DoT clients.

To configure your DoT client, enter the following IP address and the DoT hostname for your location (for example, `9y65g5srsm.cloudflare-gateway.com`):

```txt
Hostname: <DoT hostname>
IP address: 162.159.36.5
```

Alternatively, stub resolvers (e.g., Unbound) support DoT natively. An example configuration is shown below.

```txt
# Unbound TLS Config
tls-cert-bundle: "/etc/ssl/cert.pem"
# Forwarding Config
forward-zone:
 name: "."
 forward-tls-upstream: yes
 forward-addr: 172.64.36.1@853#9y65g5srsm.cloudflare-gateway.com
 forward-addr: <IPv6 address>#<DoT hostname>
```

:::note

Each DNS location has a unique DoT hostname and IPv6 address. Remember to substitute your location's values into the `<IPv6 address>` and `<DoT hostname>` fields.
:::

## Supported TLS versions

Cloudflare's DNS over TLS supports TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2.

---

# DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Device profiles

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="warp/device-profiles-intro" />

## Create a new profile

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. In the **Profile settings** card, select **Create profile**. This will make a copy of the **Default** profile.
3. Enter any name for the profile.
4. Create rules to define the devices that will use this profile. Learn more about the available [Selectors](#selectors), [Operators](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#comparison-operators), and [Values](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/#value).
5. Configure [WARP settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#device-settings) for these devices.

:::note

At this time, **Split Tunnels** and **Local Domain Fallback** can only be modified after you save the profile.
:::

6. Select **Create profile**.

Your profile will appear in the **Profile settings** list. You can rearrange the profiles in the list according to your desired [order of precedence](#order-of-precedence).

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="API">

Send a `POST` request to the [Devices endpoint](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/devices/subresources/policies/subresources/custom/methods/create/):

```bash
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/devices/policy \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "allow_mode_switch": false,
  "allow_updates": false,
  "allowed_to_leave": false,
  "auto_connect": 900,
  "captive_portal": 180,
  "description": "Cloudflare'\''s basic device settings profile, recommended in the implementation documentation. For details, refer to https://developers.cloudflare.com/learning-paths/replace-vpn/configure-device-agent/device-profiles/",
  "disable_auto_fallback": true,
  "enabled": true,
  "exclude_office_ips": false,
  "match": "identity.email == \"me@mycompany.com\"",
  "name": "Cloudflare basic device profile",
  "precedence": 101,
  "service_mode_v2": {
    "mode": "warp"
  },
  "support_url": "https://it.company.com/help",
  "switch_locked": true
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Edit profile settings

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. In the **Profile settings** card, find the profile you want to update and select **Configure**.
3. Modify [WARP settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#device-settings) for this profile.
   :::note

   Changing any of the settings below will cause the WARP connection to restart. The user may experience a brief period of connectivity loss while the new settings are being applied.

   - [Service mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#service-mode)
   - [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#local-domain-fallback)
   - [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#split-tunnels)

   :::

4. Select **Save profile**.

The new settings will immediately propagate to devices that match this profile.

## Verify settings

To check WARP client settings on a specific device, open a terminal on the device and run:

```sh
warp-cli settings
```

## Selectors

| Selector                 | Description                                                                                                                                      | WARP mode required |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ |
| User email               | Email address of a user <br /> `user-name@company.com`                                                                                           | Gateway with WARP  |
| User group emails        | Email address of an [IdP group](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#idp-groups-in-gateway) <br /> `contractors@company.com`     | Gateway with WARP  |
| User group IDs           | ID of an [IdP group](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#idp-groups-in-gateway) <br /> `12jf495bhjd7893ml09o`                   | Gateway with WARP  |
| User group names         | Name of an [IdP group](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#idp-groups-in-gateway) <br /> `developers`                           | Gateway with WARP  |
| Operating system         | Operating system of the device <br /> `macOS`                                                                                                    | Any mode           |
| Operating system version | [OS version](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/os-version/#determine-the-os-version) specified in Semver format <br /> `1.2.0` | Any mode           |
| Managed network          | [Network location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/managed-networks/) of the device                              | Any mode           |
| SAML Attributes          | Attribute name and value from a [SAML IdP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/identity-selectors/#generic-saml-idp)                                | Gateway with WARP  |

## Comparison operators

| Operator | Meaning                                    |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| is       | equals the defined value                   |
| in       | matches at least one of the defined values |

## Logical operators

To evaluate multiple conditions in an expression, select a logical operator:

| Operator | Meaning                                       |
| -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| And      | match all of the conditions in the expression |
| Or       | match any of the conditions in the expression |

## Order of precedence

Profiles are evaluated from top to bottom as shown in the UI and follows the first match principle — once a device matches a profile, evaluation stops and no subsequent profiles can override the decision.

The **Default** profile is always at the bottom of the list, meaning that it will only apply if the device does not match any of the previous profiles. If you make another custom profile the default, all settings will be copied over into the **Default** profile.

---

# Configure WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

You can configure WARP client settings to work alongside existing infrastructure and provide users with differential access to resources.

:::note[Managed deployments]

If you are deploying [WARP with device management software](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/), we recommend only supplying `organization` in your [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) and managing all other settings via the dashboard. Any settings you configure on the dashboard will be overridden by the local policy deployed by your management software. To ensure dashboard settings are applied as intended, remove the corresponding parameters from your managed deployment configuration. 
:::

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Managed networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/managed-networks/

import { Details, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Cloudflare WARP allows you to selectively apply WARP client settings if the device is connected to a secure network location such as an office.

## 1. Choose a TLS endpoint

A TLS endpoint is a host on your network that serves a TLS certificate. The TLS endpoint acts like a network location beacon — when a device connects to a network, WARP detects the TLS endpoint and validates its certificate against an uploaded SHA-256 fingerprint.

The TLS certificate can be hosted by any device on your network. However, the endpoint must be inaccessible to users outside of the network location. WARP will automatically exclude the managed network endpoint from all device profiles to ensure that users cannot connect to this endpoint over Cloudflare Tunnel. We recommend choosing a host that is physically in the office which remote users do not need to access, such as a printer.

### Create a new TLS endpoint

If you do not already have a TLS endpoint on your network, you can set one up as follows:

1. Generate a TLS certificate:

```sh
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -days 3650 -nodes -keyout example.key -out example.pem -subj "/CN=example.com" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:example.com"
```

The command will output a certificate in PEM format and its private key. Store these files in a secure place.

:::note

The WARP client requires certificates to include `CN` and `subjectAltName` metadata. You can use `example.com` or any other domain.
:::

2. Next, configure an HTTPS server on your network to use this certificate and key. The examples below demonstrate how to run a barebones HTTPS server that responds to requests with a `200` status code:

<Details header="nginx in Docker">

To serve the TLS certificate from an nginx container in Docker:

1. Create an nginx configuration file called `nginx.conf`:

   ```txt
   events {
   worker_connections  1024;
   }

   http {
      server {
         listen              443 ssl;
         ssl_certificate     /certs/example.pem;
         ssl_certificate_key /certs/example.key;
         location / {
               return 200;
         }
      }
   }
   ```

If needed, replace `/certs/example.pem` and `/certs/example.key` with the locations of your certificate and key.

2. Add the nginx image to your Docker compose file:

   ```yml
   version: "3.3"
   services:
   nginx:
     image: nginx:latest
     ports:
       - 3333:443
     volumes:
       - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
       - ./certs:/certs:ro
   ```

   If needed, replace `./nginx.conf` and `./certs` with the locations of your nginx configuration file and certificate.

3. Start the server:

   ```sh
   docker-compose up -d
   ```

</Details>

<Details header="Python">

:::caution

This Python script is intended for a quick proof of concept (PoC) and should not be used in production environments.
:::

To serve the TLS certificate using Python:

1. Create a Python 3 script called `myserver.py`:

   ```txt
   import ssl, http.server

   class BasicHandler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         def do_GET(self):
            self.send_response(200)
            self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
            self.end_headers()
            self.wfile.write(b'OK')
            return

   server = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(('0.0.0.0', 3333), BasicHandler)
   sslcontext = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
   sslcontext.load_cert_chain(certfile='./example.pem', keyfile='./example.key')
   server.socket = sslcontext.wrap_socket(server.socket, server_side=True)
   server.serve_forever()
   ```

2. Run the script:

   ```sh
   python3 myserver.py
   ```

</Details>

3. To test that the server is working, run a curl command from the end user's device:

```sh
curl --verbose --insecure https://<private-server-IP>:3333/
```

You need to pass the `insecure` option because we are using a self-signed certificate. If the device is connected to the network, the request should return a `200` status code.

### Supported cipher suites

The WARP client establishes a TLS connection using [Rustls](https://github.com/rustls/rustls). Make sure your TLS endpoint accepts one of the [cipher suites supported by Rustls](https://docs.rs/rustls/0.21.10/src/rustls/suites.rs.html#125-143).

## 2. Extract the SHA-256 fingerprint

<Tabs> <TabItem label="local certificate">

To obtain the SHA-256 fingerprint of a local certificate:

```sh
openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 -inform pem -in example.pem | tr -d :
```

The output will look something like:

```txt
SHA256 Fingerprint=DD4F4806C57A5BBAF1AA5B080F0541DA75DB468D0A1FE731310149500CCD8662
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="remote server">

To obtain the SHA-256 fingerprint of a remote server:

```sh
openssl s_client -connect <private-server-IP>:443 < /dev/null 2> /dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -fingerprint -sha256 | tr -d :
```

The output will look something like:

```txt
SHA256 Fingerprint=DD4F4806C57A5BBAF1AA5B080F0541DA75DB468D0A1FE731310149500CCD8662
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## 3. Add managed network to Zero Trust

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Scroll down to **Network locations** and select **Add new**.
3. Name your network location.
4. In **Host and Port**, enter the private IP address and port number of your [TLS endpoint](#create-a-new-tls-endpoint) (for example, `192.168.185.198:3333`).

	:::note
	We recommend using the private IP of your managed network endpoint and not a hostname to prevent issues related to DNS lookups resolving the incorrect IP.
	:::
5. (Optional) In **TLS Cert SHA-256**, enter the [SHA-256 fingerprint](#2-extract-the-sha-256-fingerprint) of the TLS certificate. This field is only needed for self-signed certificates. If a TLS fingerprint is not supplied, WARP validates the certificate against the local certificate store and checks that it is signed by a public certificate authority.

WARP will automatically exclude the TLS endpoint from all device profiles. This prevents remote users from accessing the endpoint through the WARP tunnel on any port. If a device profile uses [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) in **Include** mode, make sure that the Split Tunnel entries do not contain the TLS endpoint IP address; otherwise, the entire IP range will be excluded from the WARP tunnel.

## 4. Configure device profile

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

2. Under **Profile settings**, create a new [settings profile](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) or edit an existing profile.

3. To apply this profile whenever a device connects to your network, add the following rule:

   | Selector        | Operator | Value            |
   | --------------- | -------- | ---------------- |
   | Managed network | is       | `<NETWORK-NAME>` |

4. Save the profile.

Managed networks are now enabled. Every time a device in your organization connects to a network (for example, when waking up the device or changing Wi-Fi networks), the WARP client will determine its network location and apply the corresponding settings profile.

## 5. Verify managed network

To check if the WARP client detects the network location:

1. Turn on WARP.
2. Disconnect and reconnect to the network.
3. Open a terminal and run `warp-cli debug alternate-network`.

## Best practices

- The WARP client scans all managed networks every time it detects a network change event from the operating system. To minimize performance impact, we recommend reusing the same TLS endpoint across multiple locations unless you require distinct settings profiles for each location.
- Ensure that the device can only reach one managed network at any given time. If multiple managed networks are configured and reachable, there is no way to determine which settings profile the device will receive.

---

# WARP sessions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/

import { Render, Badge } from "~/components";

Cloudflare Zero Trust enforces WARP client reauthentication on a per-application basis, unlike legacy VPNs which treat it as a global setting. You can configure WARP session timeouts for your [Access applications](#configure-warp-sessions-in-access) or as part of your [Gateway policies](#configure-warp-sessions-in-gateway).

<Render file="warp/warp-sessions-intro" />

## Prerequisites

Ensure that traffic can reach your IdP and `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` through WARP.

## Configure WARP sessions in Gateway

<Render file="warp/warp-sessions-gateway" />

:::note[Enforce a global timeout]

To enforce a global reauthentication event, set each of your Network or HTTP policies to the same WARP session duration.
:::

## Configure WARP sessions in Access <Badge text="Beta" variant="caution" size="small" />

You can allow users to log in to Access applications using their WARP session. WARP authentication is only supported for Access applications protected by Allow or Block policies.

To configure WARP sessions for Access applications:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. In **Device enrollment permissions**, select **Manage**.
3. Go to the **Authentication** tab and enable **WARP authentication identity**.
4. Under **Session duration**, choose a session timeout value. This timeout will apply to all Access applications that have WARP authentication enabled.

:::note

This timeout value does not apply to [WARP session checks in Gateway policies](#configure-warp-sessions-in-gateway).
:::

5. (Optional) To enable WARP authentication by default for all existing and new applications, select **Apply to all Access applications**. You can override this default setting on a per-application basis when you [create](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/) or modify an Access application.
6. Select **Save**.

Users can now authenticate once with WARP and have access to your Access applications for the configured period of time. The session timer resets when the user re-authenticates with the IdP used to enroll in WARP.

## Force user interaction with IdP

If the user has an active browser session with the IdP, WARP will use the existing browser cookies to re-authenticate and the user will not be prompted to re-enter their credentials. You can override this behavior to require explicit user interaction in the IdP.

### Supported IdPs

- [Microsoft Entra ID](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/entra-id/#force-user-interaction-during-warp-reauthentication)

## Limitations

- **Only one user per device** — If a device is already registered with User A, User B will not be able to log in on that device through the re-authentication flow. To switch the device registration to a different user, User A must first log out from Zero Trust (if [Allow device to leave organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#allow-device-to-leave-organization) is enabled), or an admin can revoke the registration from **My Team** > **Devices**. User B can then properly [enroll](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/).
- **Active connections are not terminated** — Active sessions such as SSH and RDP will remain connected beyond the timeout limit.
- **Binding Cookie is not supported** - WARP authentication will not work for Access applications that have the [Binding Cookie](/cloudflare-one/identity/authorization-cookie/#binding-cookie) enabled.

---

# Device enrollment permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Device enrollment permissions determine which users can connect new devices to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance.

## Set device enrollment permissions

<Render file="warp/device-enrollment" />

Users can now [enroll their device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) by logging in to your identity provider. To prevent users from logging out of your organization after they enroll, disable [Allow devices to leave organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#allow-device-to-leave-organization) in your WARP client settings.

## Example policies

### Check for service token

Instead of requiring users to authenticate with their credentials, you can use a [service token](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/) to enroll devices without any user interaction. Because users are not required to log in to an identity provider, identity-based policies cannot be enforced on these devices.

To enroll devices using a service token:

<Render file="warp/service-token-enrollment" />

You can verify which devices have enrolled by going to **My Team** > **Devices**. Devices that enrolled using a service token (or any other Service Auth policy) will have the **Email** field show as `non_identity@<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`.

### Check for mTLS certificate

Enterprise customers can enforce [mutual TLS authentication](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/access-integrations/mutual-tls-authentication/) during device enrollment.

<Render file="warp/device-enrollment-mtls" />

When users [log in to your Zero Trust organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) from the WARP client, their device must present a valid client certificate in order to connect.

---

# WARP with firewall

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/

import { Render } from "~/components";

If your organization uses a firewall or other policies to restrict or intercept Internet traffic, you may need to exempt the following IP addresses and domains to allow the WARP client to connect.

## Client orchestration API

The WARP client connects to Cloudflare via a standard HTTPS connection outside the tunnel for operations like registration or settings changes. To perform these operations, you must allow `zero-trust-client.cloudflareclient.com` which will lookup the following IP addresses:

<Render file="warp/client-orchestration-ips" />

## DoH IP

All DNS requests through WARP are sent outside the tunnel via DoH (DNS over HTTPS). In your organization's firewall, you must allow the following host: `<ACCOUNT_ID>.cloudflare-gateway.com`. WARP will connect to the following IPs, which must be reachable for DNS to work correctly.

<Render file="warp/doh-ips" />

### Android devices

If you are deploying the Cloudflare One Agent on Android/ChromeOS, you must also add `cloudflare-dns.com` to your firewall exception list. On Android/ChromeOS devices, WARP uses `cloudflare-dns.com` to resolve domains on your [Split Tunnel list](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#domain-based-split-tunnels).

## Client authentication endpoint

When you [log in to your Zero Trust organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/), you will have to complete the authentication steps required by your organization in the browser window that opens. To perform these operations, you must allow the following domains:

- The IdP used to authenticate to Cloudflare Zero Trust
- `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`

## WARP ingress IP

WARP connects to the following IP addresses, depending on which [tunnel protocol](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#device-tunnel-protocol) is configured for your device (WireGuard or MASQUE). All network traffic from your device to Cloudflare goes through these IPs and ports over UDP.

### WireGuard

|                |                                             |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| IPv4 address   | `162.159.193.0/24`                          |
| IPv6 address   | `2606:4700:100::/48`                        |
| Default port   | `UDP 2408`                                  |
| Fallback ports | `UDP 500` <br/> `UDP 1701` <br/> `UDP 4500` |

### MASQUE

|                |                                                                                                |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| IPv4 address   | `162.159.197.0/24`                                                                             |
| IPv6 address   | `2606:4700:102::/48`                                                                           |
| Default port   | `UDP 443`                                                                                      |
| Fallback ports | `UDP 500` <br/> `UDP 1701` <br/> `UDP 4500` <br/> `UDP 4443` <br/> `UDP 8443` <br/> `UDP 8095` |

:::note

Before you [log in to your Zero Trust organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/), you may see the IPv4 range `162.159.192.0/24`. This IP is used for consumer WARP services ([1.1.1.1 w/ WARP](/warp-client/)) and is not required for Zero Trust deployments.
:::

## Captive portal

The following domains are used as part of our captive portal check:

- `cloudflareportal.com`
- `cloudflareok.com`
- `cloudflarecp.com`

## Connectivity check

As part of establishing the WARP connection, the client will check the following HTTPS URLs to validate a successful connection:

- `engage.cloudflareclient.com` verifies general Internet connectivity outside of the WARP tunnel. These requests are always sent directly to an IP in the [WARP ingress IPv4 or IPv6 range](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip) (or to your [`override_warp_endpoint`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/#override_warp_endpoint) if set). Requests will not use a proxy server, even if one is configured for the system.

- `connectivity.cloudflareclient.com` verifies connectivity inside of the WARP tunnel. Because this check happens inside of the tunnel, you do not need to add `connectivity.cloudflareclient.com` to your firewall allowlist.

## NEL reporting (optional)

The WARP client reports connectivity issues to our NEL endpoint via `a.nel.cloudflare.com`. This is not technically required to operate but will result in errors in our logs if not excluded properly.

## Latency statistics (optional)

The WARP client generates ICMP traffic to the [WARP ingress IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip) when running tunnel latency tests. This is not technically required to operate but will result in errors in our logs if not excluded properly.

## Time synchronization (optional)

The WARP client attempts to synchronize the exact time by NTP (`UDP 123`) to [Cloudflare's Time Service](/time-services/ntp/usage/) via `time.cloudflare.com`. This is not technically required to operate but will result in errors in our logs if not excluded properly.

## Scope of firewall rules

### Required scopes

If your organization does not currently allow inbound/outbound communication over the IP addresses, ports, and domains described above, you must manually add an exception. The rule at a minimum needs to be scoped to the following process based on your platform:

- Windows: `C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\warp-svc.exe`
- macOS: `/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Resources/CloudflareWARP`

### Optional scopes

#### DEX tests

To run [Digital Experience Monitoring tests](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/), you will need to allow the `warp-dex` process to generate network traffic to your target destinations:

- Windows: `C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\warp-dex.exe`
- macOS: `/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app/Contents/Resources/warp-dex`

#### WARP network statistics

To use the network connectivity tests built into the WARP GUI, you will need to allow the GUI application to generate network traffic:

- Windows: `C:\Program Files\Cloudflare\Cloudflare WARP\Cloudflare WARP.exe`
- macOS: `/Applications/Cloudflare WARP.app`

---

# Deploy WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/

Depending on how your organization is structured, you can deploy WARP in one of two ways:

* [Manual deployment](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) — If you are a small organization, asking your users to download the client themselves and type in the required settings is the ideal way to get started with WARP.

* [Managed deployment](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/) — Bigger organizations with MDM tools like Intune or JAMF can deploy WARP to their entire fleet of devices from a single operation.

---

# Manual deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/

import { Details, GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

If you plan to direct your users to manually download and configure the WARP client, users will need to connect the client to your organization's Cloudflare Zero Trust instance.

## Prerequisites

- [Set device enrollment permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to specify which users can connect.

## Windows, macOS, and Linux

### Enroll via the GUI

<Render file="warp/enroll-desktop" />

The device is now protected by your organization's Zero Trust policies.

### Enroll via the CLI

To enroll your device using the terminal:

1. [Download](https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/) and install the WARP package.

2. Open a terminal window. Ensure that you are logged into the terminal as the current user and not as root.

3. Enroll into Cloudflare Zero Trust using your organization's <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>:

   ```sh
   warp-cli registration new <your-team-name>
   ```

4. In the browser window that opens, complete the authentication steps required by your organization.

   Once authenticated, you will see a success page and a dialog prompting you to open a link.

5. Select **Open Link**.

6. Verify the registration in the terminal:

   ```sh
   warp-cli registration show
   ```

<Details header="Troubleshoot missing registration">

The registration process may take a few minutes to complete. If the registration continues to be missing, then manually copy the authentication token from the browser to the WARP client:

1. On the success page, right-click and select **View Page Source**.
2. Find the HTML metadata tag that contains the token. For example, `<meta http-equiv="refresh" content"=0;url=com.cloudflare.warp://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/auth?token=yeooilknmasdlfnlnsadfojDSFJndf_kjnasdf..." />`
3. Copy the URL field: `com.cloudflare.warp://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/auth?token=<your-token>`
4. In the terminal, run the following command using the URL obtained in the previous step.

   ```sh
   warp-cli registration token "com.cloudflare.warp://<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com/auth?token=<your-token>"
   ```

If you get a `401` error, then the token has expired. Generate a new one by refreshing the web page and quickly grab the new token from the page source.

</Details>

7. If you did not configure WARP to [auto-connect](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#auto-connect), manually turn on WARP:

   ```sh
   warp-cli connect
   ```

The device is now protected by your organization's Zero Trust policies. For more information on all available commands, run `warp-cli --help`.

## iOS, Android, and ChromeOS

<Render file="warp/enroll-ios-android" />

The device is now protected by your organization's Zero Trust policies.

## Virtual machines

By default, virtual machines (VMs) are subject to the WARP client settings of the host. If you want to deploy a separate instance of WARP in a VM, you must configure the VM to operate in bridged networking mode.

---

# WARP with legacy VPN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/vpn/

import { Render } from "~/components"

The Cloudflare WARP client can run alongside most legacy third-party VPNs. Because the WARP client and third-party VPN client both enforce firewall, routing, and DNS rules on your local device, the two products will compete with each other for control over IP and DNS traffic. To ensure compatibility make sure that:

* IP traffic is split tunneled between WARP and the VPN. All VPN traffic must bypass WARP and vice versa.
* The VPN bypasses/allows/excludes all domains, IPs, and ports listed in [WARP with firewall](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).
* DNS resolution is handled by either WARP or the VPN. You must disable DNS filtering in one of the two products.

For the most stable and consistent connection, we recommend connecting your [private network or individual applications](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) to Cloudflare instead of using a legacy VPN. However, until you can migrate, the following guidelines will help get your Zero Trust deployment up and running.

## Gateway with WARP

In [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default) mode, WARP must be allowed to capture and route all DNS traffic on the device. You can use [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) to send DNS requests to a server behind your third-party VPN or firewall, but the request must first go through WARP's local DNS proxy. Refer to [WARP architecture](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/) for more information about this requirement.

If you cannot disable DNS on your VPN, switch to [Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering](#secure-web-gateway-without-dns-filtering) mode to disable DNS in WARP.

### 1. Configure the VPN

Perform these steps in your third-party VPN software. Refer to your VPN's documentation for specific instructions on how to configure these settings.

1. Enable split tunneling in the third-party VPN.

2. Disable DNS configuration in the third-party VPN.

### 2. Configure WARP

<Render file="warp/vpn-ip-traffic" />

3. (Optional) In [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/), add the domains that you want to resolve using your VPN's private DNS servers. For example,
   | Domain                   | DNS Servers                      |
   | ------------------------ | -------------------------------- |
   | `internal.wiki.intranet` | `172.31.26.130`, `172.31.23.120` |

You can now [test](#test-the-configuration) if WARP runs alongside the VPN.

## Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering

In [Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#secure-web-gateway-without-dns-filtering) mode, WARP does not perform any DNS functions on the device. Therefore, all you need to do is split tunnel your IP traffic.

### 1. Configure the VPN

Enable split tunneling in your third-party VPN software. Refer to your VPN's documentation for specific instructions on how to configure this setting.

### 2. Configure WARP

<Render file="warp/vpn-ip-traffic" />

3. In your device profile, verify that **Service mode** is set to **Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering**.

## Test the configuration

We recommend enabling the WARP client before enabling your third-party VPN. Some third-party VPNs must be the last to edit a network's configuration or they will fail.

1. Connect the WARP client.
2. Connect the third-party VPN client.
3. To test your Split Tunnel configuration, connect to a private IP address that is behind the VPN. For example, you can open a terminal and run `ping <SERVER-IP>`.
4. To test your DNS configuration, connect to an internal domain that is behind the VPN. For example, you can open a browser and go to `internal.wiki.intranet`.

:::caution[Test before updates]


Once you have a configuration in place and working, make sure to thoroughly test compatibility before updating your VPN software. Compatibility testing with what are essentially competing software will need to be done with each new version.


:::

---

# Download WARP beta releases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/beta-releases/

import { Render, Details, LinkButton, WARPReleases } from "~/components";

Cloudflare tests new WARP features and improvements in an unstable beta release before adding them to the [stable release](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/). Beta releases are not recommended for production environments. To get early access to new features, download the latest beta client from the links below.

## Windows

<LinkButton href="https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/windows/beta">Download latest beta release</LinkButton>

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/windows" />

<WARPReleases track="windows/beta" />

## macOS

<LinkButton href="https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/macos/beta">Download latest beta release</LinkButton>

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/macos" />

<WARPReleases track="macos/beta" />

---

# Migrate 1.1.1.1 app

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/cloudflare-one-agent-migration/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Users can connect to Cloudflare Zero Trust services through an agent that runs on their device. Cloudflare previously bundled that functionality into the [WARP client](/warp-client/), an application that also provides privacy-focused DNS and VPN services for consumers (known as 1.1.1.1 w/ WARP). Supporting both enterprise and consumer functionality in the same application allowed us to build Zero Trust upon the same foundation used by millions of consumers across the globe, but has limited the pace at which changes could be released. As a result, we are launching a dedicated Cloudflare One Agent that replaces the WARP client for Zero Trust deployments.

The Cloudflare One Agent supports all existing Zero Trust functionality. The underlying connection technology remains the same, and improvements made to performance and reliability based on feedback from 1.1.1.1 w/ WARP users will continue to be built into the Cloudflare One Agent.

## macOS, Windows, and Linux

No action is required for desktop clients at this time. The existing Cloudflare WARP client will continue to support both Zero Trust and 1.1.1.1 functionality.

## iOS and Android

Zero Trust users must migrate from the 1.1.1.1 app to the Cloudflare One Agent app. Cloudflare is no longer supporting customers using the 1.1.1.1 app for Zero Trust features.

Organizations can migrate their teams with minimal disruption in one of two modes: [manually](#migrate-manual-deployments) or via a [managed endpoint solution](#migrate-managed-deployments).

### Migrate manual deployments

If you downloaded and installed the 1.1.1.1 app manually, here are the recommended migration steps:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="android">

1. Update the **1.1.1.1** app to version 6.29 or above. The update ensures that 1.1.1.1 can [co-exist](#what-to-do-with-the-old-app) with the new Cloudflare One Agent app.

2. If you have enabled [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/), ensure that you have a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/initial-setup/http/) in place for the following applications:

   * *Google Services (Do Not Inspect)*
   * *Google Play Store (Do Not Inspect)*
   * *Google (Do Not Inspect)*
   * *Google Drive (Do Not Inspect)*
   * *Google Chat (Do Not Inspect)*
   * *Google Meet (Do Not Inspect)*

   This prevents certificate pinning issues when performing the Android migration.

3. Follow [these instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/#ios-android-and-chromeos) to install and enroll the Cloudflare One Agent.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="ios">

1. Update the **1.1.1.1** app to version 6.22 or above. The update ensures that 1.1.1.1 can [co-exist](#what-to-do-with-the-old-app) with the new Cloudflare One Agent app.
2. [Download](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#ios) the **Cloudflare One Agent** app.
3. Launch the Cloudflare One Agent app. All settings from 1.1.1.1 will automatically migrate over to the Cloudflare One Agent. The user does not need to reauthenticate.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

If you enrolled the Cloudflare One Agent in the same Zero Trust organization as 1.1.1.1, you will be automatically logged out of Zero Trust on 1.1.1.1. The 1.1.1.1 app will revert to consumer mode, and the **Login with Cloudflare Zero Trust**  button on the old app will redirect to the new app.

If you enrolled the Cloudflare One Agent in a different Zero Trust organization, you will remain logged into your other Zero Trust organization on 1.1.1.1.

#### What to do with the old app

While both 1.1.1.1 and Cloudflare One Agent can exist on the device, iOS and Android will only allow one of these applications to connect at a time.

To access your company's resources, you must use the Cloudflare One Agent app.

You can use the 1.1.1.1 app for personal browsing. When connected to 1.1.1.1 w/ WARP, your traffic will be encrypted and privately routed via Cloudflare's network, and your employer will not be able to see any of your browsing activity. To learn more about consumer WARP services, refer to [WARP client](/warp-client/).

If you do not wish to use the old 1.1.1.1 app for personal browsing, you may [uninstall](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/remove-warp/#ios-and-android) it.

### Migrate managed deployments

If you deployed the 1.1.1.1 app with an [MDM provider](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/), perform the migration as follows:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="android">

1. Using your MDM tool, update the **1.1.1.1** app to version 6.29 or above. The update ensures that 1.1.1.1 can co-exist with the new Cloudflare One Agent app during the migration.

2. Add the **Cloudflare One Agent** app from the Google Play store. Its application ID is `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`.

3. Copy your [MDM deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#android--chromeos) for the **1.1.1.1** app.

4. Paste the MDM deployment parameters into the **Cloudflare One Agent** app configuration. Make sure that you do not accidentally overwrite the application ID (`com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`).

5. Using your MDM tool, install the **Cloudflare One Agent** on your devices.

6. On Android, the user will need to [re-authenticate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/#ios-android-and-chromeos) to the new application, following the same onboarding steps they went through initially.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="ios">

1. Using your MDM tool, update the **1.1.1.1** app to version 6.22 or above. The update ensures that 1.1.1.1 can co-exist with the new Cloudflare One Agent app during the migration.

2. Add the **Cloudflare One Agent** app from the App store. Its application ID is `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`.

3. Copy your [MDM deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#ios) for the **1.1.1.1** app.

4. Paste the MDM deployment parameters into the **Cloudflare One Agent** app configuration. Make sure that you do not accidentally overwrite the application ID (`com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`).

5. Using your MDM tool, install the **Cloudflare One Agent** on your devices.

On iOS, the user does not need to re-authenticate — registration data from the 1.1.1.1 app is automatically migrated to the new Cloudflare One Agent app.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

Once users have enrolled, the migration process is complete. The 1.1.1.1 app will revert to [consumer mode](#what-to-do-with-the-old-app) and ignore the existing MDM configuration profile. If you do not wish to keep the 1.1.1.1 app, you may uninstall it and delete its MDM configuration.

### Verify migration

To check whether a user has migrated, go to **My Team** > **Devices**. A device enrolled through the Cloudflare One Agent will appear as a new device with a new device ID. Their old 1.1.1.1 registration will remain as an inactive device.

---

# Download WARP stable releases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/

import { Render, Details, LinkButton, WARPReleases } from "~/components";

This page contains the stable WARP client releases currently supported by Cloudflare. We recommend using stable releases for production environments. You can download stable releases from the links below after checking requirements.

Cloudflare also offers an unstable beta release track with the latest features and improvements. To preview new features before they are available in a stable release, refer to the [beta release page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/beta-releases/).

## Windows

<LinkButton href="https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/windows/ga">Download latest stable release</LinkButton>

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/windows" />

<WARPReleases track="windows/ga" />

## macOS

<LinkButton href="https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/macos/ga">Download latest stable release</LinkButton>

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/macos" />

<WARPReleases track="macos/ga" />

## Linux

<LinkButton href="https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/">Package repository</LinkButton>

<Render file="warp/system-requirements/linux" />

<WARPReleases track="linux/ga" />

## iOS

|                |         |
| -------------- | ------- |
| **OS version** | iOS 11+ |

[Download from the iOS App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudflare-one-agent/id6443476492) or search for "Cloudflare One Agent".

:::note[Migrate from 1.1.1.1]

The legacy iOS client, [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1-1-1-1-faster-internet/id1423538627), has been replaced by the Cloudflare One Agent. Learn more in our [migration guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/cloudflare-one-agent-migration/).

:::

## Android

|                |      |
| -------------- | ---- |
| **OS version** | 5.0+ |

[Download from the Google Play store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent) or search for "Cloudflare One Agent".

:::note[Migrate from 1.1.1.1]

The legacy Android client, [1.1.1.1 + WARP: Safer Internet](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone), has been replaced by the Cloudflare One Agent. Learn more in our [migration guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/cloudflare-one-agent-migration/).

:::

## ChromeOS

|                |                                     |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| **OS version** | Chromebooks manufactured after 2019 |

Chromebooks are supported by our [Android app](#android). All Chromebooks made after 2019 should fully support our Android app. If you have a Chromebook made before 2019, [refer to this list](https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chrome-os-systems-supporting-android-apps/) to verify that your device is supported.

---

# Update WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/update-warp/

This guide covers best practices for updating the WARP client.

## When to update WARP

Cloudflare recommends keeping your WARP deployment as up-to-date as possible. If you run into issues that require troubleshooting or support tickets, one of the first requested actions by our support team will be to update your clients to the latest version.

We also recognize that there is a cost associated for a business to go through an update cycle, potentially related to change management, QA version testing, and other critical activities for software updates. For customers with limited software update cycles, we recommend updating the client on a quarterly basis if possible. This will address ongoing bug fixes, performance improvements, and new feature development at a reasonable cadence. If quarterly updates are not possible, we recommend a minimum of twice a year update cycles.

### Release schedule

Cloudflare does not operate on a major-release upgrade cycle; all releases for the WARP client are incremental. With this in mind, you should choose which releases make the most sense for your business.

Cloudflare publishes release notes for WARP on the [Downloads page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) and in the [WARP changelog](/cloudflare-one/changelog/warp/). You can look at the release notes to determine whether there is an explicit reason for updating to the latest release.

### Support lifecycle

Cloudflare supports WARP client versions for at least one year from release. After one year, WARP clients could potentially be unable to connect. Cloudflare will make every effort to communicate in advance through emails and in dash notifications if such a breaking change will occur.

## How to update WARP

### Windows, macOS, and Linux

#### Managed devices

JAMF, InTune, and other MDM tools perform software updates by installing a new binary file. If you deployed WARP using a [device management tool](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/), the update procedure will look exactly the same as your initial installation. To update WARP, simply push the [latest binary file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) with the same deployment parameters. End users will not be signed out of their client, and they will not have to manually engage with the update.

#### Unmanaged devices

If your users have local administration rights on their device, you can allow them to update WARP on their own via the WARP GUI. [**Allow updates**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#allow-updates) is usually disabled on managed devices, as it can introduce version consistency control issues if WARP versions are centrally managed by IT.

### iOS, Android, and ChromeOS

The iOS App Store and Google Play store can automatically push automatic updates to devices which have auto update enabled. We recommend using this method to keep the Cloudflare One Agent up-to-date on your mobile devices (managed or unmanaged).

## Test before updates

Most issues that occur after an update are due to compatibility issues between WARP and third party security software. Before rolling out an update to your organization, be sure to test the new WARP release alongside your other software.

To deploy an update incrementally:

1. Install the latest version of WARP on a single device.
2. Verify connectivity in your Gateway logs, and verify that your third party software still works as expected.
3. Deploy the update to a few more devices that represent a broad set of configurations within your organization. For example, you could include devices from a variety of departments such as Engineering, Human Resources, and IT.
4. Verify connectivity for these devices.
5. Once everything is working, deploy the update to the rest of your organization.

---

# Client errors

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/client-errors/

import { Details } from "~/components"

This page lists the error codes that can appear in the WARP client GUI. If you do not see your error below, refer to [common issues](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/) or [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

<div class="medium-img">

![Example of error message in WARP GUI](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/warp-gui-error.png)

</div>

## CF\_CAPTIVE\_PORTAL\_TIMED\_OUT

### Symptoms

* Unable to login to a captive portal network
* No Internet connectivity

### Cause

[Captive portal detection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#captive-portal-detection) is turned on and one of the following issues occurred:

* The user did not complete the captive portal login process within the time limit set by WARP.
* The captive portal redirected the user to a flow that is not yet supported by the captive portal detection feature.

### Resolution

1. Increase the [captive portal timeout](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#captive-portal-detection) to allow users more time to login.
2. If this does not resolve the issue, allow users to manually [turn off WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#lock-warp-switch). We recommend setting an [auto connect](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#auto-connect) value so that the client turns itself back on after a few minutes.

## CF\_CONNECTIVITY\_FAILURE\_UNKNOWN

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* No Internet connectivity
* User may be behind a captive portal

### Cause

The initial [connectivity check](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#connectivity-check) failed for an unknown reason. Refer to [Unable to connect WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#unable-to-connect-warp) for the most common reasons why this error occurs.

### Resolution

1. Retrieve [WARP debug logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/) for the device.
2. Follow the troubleshooting steps in [Unable to connect WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#unable-to-connect-warp).

## CF\_DNS\_LOOKUP\_FAILURE

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* Unable to browse the Internet
* `nslookup` and `dig` commands fail on the device

### Cause

WARP was unable to resolve hostnames via its [local DNS proxy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#dns-traffic).

### Resolution

1. Verify that the network the user is on has DNS connectivity.
2. Verify that DNS resolution works when WARP is disabled.
3. Ensure that no third-party tools are interfering with WARP for control of DNS.
4. Ensure that no third-party tools are [performing TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#a-third-party-security-product-is-interfering-with-gateway) on traffic to the [WARP IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

## CF\_DNS\_PROXY\_FAILURE

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP in a [mode that enables DNS filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/).

### Cause

A third-party process (usually a third-party DNS software) is bound to port `53`, which is used by WARP's [local DNS proxy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#dns-traffic) to perform DNS resolution. The name of third-party process will appear in the GUI error message.

On macOS, you may see `mDNSResponder` instead of the specific application name -- `mDNSResponder` is a macOS system process that handles DNS requests on behalf of other processes. There is no known way to determine which process caused `mDNSResponder` to bind to port `53`, but the most common culprits are virtual machine software (for example, Docker and VMware Workstation) and the macOS Internet Sharing feature.

### Resolution

1. Remove or disable DNS interception in the third-party process.


<Details header="mDNSResponder">

Below is a non-exhaustive list of third-party software that are known to cause `mDNSResponder` to bind to port `53`. Rather than try to stop `mDNSResponder`, you should either configure the third-party software so that they no longer use port `53`, or temporarily disable them before connecting to WARP.

* **Docker**: [Turn off kernel networking for UDP](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/7008#issuecomment-1746653802) in Docker.
* **Internet Sharing feature**: To disable Internet Sharing:
  1. On macOS, go to **System Settings** > **General** > **Sharing**.
  2. Turn off **Internet Sharing**.
* **Certain VM software (such as VMware Workstation or Parallels)**: The presence of VM software does not guarantee that it is the offending program, since compatibility with WARP is highly dependent on the VM's configuration. To work around the issue, connect to WARP before running any VMs:
  1. Stop/quit all VMs.
  2. Connect to WARP.
  3. Start the VMs again.


</Details>

2. Alternatively, switch WARP to [Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#secure-web-gateway-without-dns-filtering) mode.

## CF\_FAILED\_READ\_SYSTEM\_DNS\_CONFIG

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* Unable to browse the Internet

### Cause

WARP could not read the system DNS configuration, most likely because it contains an invalid nameserver or search domain.

### Resolution

On macOS and Linux, validate that `/etc/resolv.conf` is [formatted correctly](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/resolv.conf.5.html) and check for [invalid characters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#maclinux-the-devices-etcresolvconf-file-has-an-invalid-character).

On Windows, validate that the registry entry `HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\TCPIP\Parameters\SearchList` contains only valid search domains. Examples of invalid entries include IP addresses and domains that start with a period (such as `.local`).

## CF\_FAILED\_TO\_SET\_MTLS

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP

### Cause

The device failed to present a [valid mTLS certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/#check-for-mtls-certificate) during device enrollment.

### Resolution

1. Ensure that there are no admin restrictions on certificate installation.
2. Re-install the client certificate on the device.

## CF\_HAPPY\_EYEBALLS\_MITM\_FAILURE

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP

### Cause

A router, firewall, antivirus software, or other third-party security product is blocking UDP on the WARP ports.

### Resolution
 
1. Configure the third-party security product to allow the [WARP ingress IPs and ports](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip).
2. Ensure that your Internet router is working properly and try rebooting the router.
3. Check that the device is not revoked by going to **My team** > **Devices**. 

## CF\_HOST\_UNREACHABLE\_CHECK

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* No Internet connectivity
* User may be behind a captive portal

### Cause

The [connectivity check](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#connectivity-check) inside of the WARP tunnel has failed.

### Resolution

1. Check for the presence of third-party HTTP filtering software (AV, DLP, or firewall) that could be intercepting traffic to the [WARP IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall).
2. In the third-party software, bypass inspection for all IP traffic going through WARP. To find out what traffic routes through the WARP tunnel, refer to [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/).

## CF\_INSUFFICIENT\_DISK

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* OS warns that the disk is full

### Cause

The hard drive is full or has incorrect permissions for WARP to write data.

### Resolution

1. Ensure that your device meets the [HD space requirements](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) for WARP.
2. Check for disk permissions that may prevent WARP from using disk space.
3. Empty trash or remove large files.

## CF\_INSUFFICIENT\_FILE\_DESCRIPTORS

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* Unable to open files on the device

### Cause

The device does not have sufficient file descriptors to create network sockets or open files.

### Resolution

Increase the file descriptor limit in your system settings.

## CF\_INSUFFICIENT\_MEMORY

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* Device is very slow

### Cause

The device does not have enough memory to run WARP.

### Resolution

1. Ensure that your device meets the [minimum memory requirements](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) for WARP.
2. List all running processes to check memory usage.

## CF\_LOCAL\_POLICY\_FILE\_FAILED\_TO\_PARSE

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP

### Cause

The WARP client was deployed on the device using an invalid MDM configuration file.

### Resolution

1. Review the [managed deployment guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/) for your operating system.
2. Locate the MDM configuration file on your device.
3. Ensure that the file is formatted correctly and only contains [accepted arguments](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/).

## CF\_NO\_NETWORK

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP
* No Internet connectivity

### Cause

The device is not connected to a Wi-Fi network or LAN that has connectivity to the Internet.

### Resolution

1. Launch the network settings panel on your device.
2. Ensure that you are connected to a valid network.
3. Check that your device is retrieving a valid IP address.
4. If this does not resolve the error, try rebooting your device or running your system's network diagnostics tool.

## CF\_REGISTRATION\_MISSING

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP

### Cause

The device is not authenticated to a Zero Trust organization because:

* The device was revoked in Zero Trust.
* The registration was corrupted or deleted for an unknown reason.

### Resolution

1. Launch the WARP client.
2. Select the gear icon and go to **Preferences** > **Account**.
3. Select **Re-Authenticate Session**.
4. Complete the authentication steps required by your organization.
5. If this does not resolve the error, select **Logout from Cloudflare Zero Trust** and then log back in. Logging out is only possible if [Allow device to leave organization](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#allow-device-to-leave-organization) is enabled for your device.

## CF\_TLS\_INTERCEPTION\_BLOCKING\_DOH

### Symptoms

* DNS requests fail to resolve when WARP is turned on.

### Cause

A third-party application or service is intercepting DNS over HTTPS traffic from WARP.

### Resolution

Configure the third-party application to exempt the [WARP DoH IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#doh-ip).

## CF\_TLS\_INTERCEPTION\_CHECK

### Symptoms

* Unable to connect WARP

### Cause

A third-party security product on the device or network is performing TLS decryption on HTTPS traffic. For more information, refer to the [Troubleshooting guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#a-third-party-security-product-is-interfering-with-gateway).

### Resolution

In the third-party security product, disable HTTPS inspection and TLS decryption for the [WARP IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

---

# Common issues

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This section covers the most common issues you might encounter as you deploy the WARP client in your organization, or turn on new features that interact with the client. If you do not see your issue listed below, refer to the [troubleshooting FAQ](/cloudflare-one/faq/troubleshooting/) or [contact Cloudflare Support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/).

## Unable to connect WARP

If WARP is stuck in the `Disconnected` state or frequently changes between `Connected` and `Disconnected`, this indicates that the client cannot establish a connection to Cloudflare's global network.

<div class="medium-img">

![Example of WARP client UI when unable to turn on WARP](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/warp-stuck-on-disconnected.png)

</div>

In your [WARP debug logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/), `daemon.log` will typically show one or more of the following errors:

- Happy Eyeball checks failing:

  ```txt
  ERROR main_loop: warp::warp::happy_eyeballs: Happy eyeballs error Custom { kind: NotConnected, error: "All Happy Eyeballs checks failed" }
  ```

- Many other checks timing out:

  ```txt
  ERROR warp::warp::connectivity_check: DNS check failed error=ResolveError { kind: Timeout }
  WARN warp::warp::connectivity_check: Tunnel trace failed request::Error { kind: Request, url: Url { scheme: "https", cannot_be_a_base: false, username: "", password: None, host: Some(Domain("connectivity.cloudflareclient.com")), port: None, path: "/cdn-cgi/trace", query: None, fragment: None }, source: TimedOut }
  ```

Here are the most common reasons why this issue occurs:

### A third-party service is blocking WARP

A third-party service (such as a hardware or software firewall, router, MDM/group policy configuration, or other networking interface) may have a security policy in place which blocks WARP from connecting.

#### Solution

Configure the third-party service to exempt the [IP addresses required by WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

### A third-party VPN is interfering with WARP

The most common places we see interference with WARP from VPNs are:

- **Control of traffic routing:** In `daemon.log`, you will see a large number of routing table changes. For example,

  ```txt
  DEBUG warp::warp_service: Routes changed:
      Added; Interface: 8; Destination: 10.133.27.201/32; Next hop: 100.64.0.2;
      Added; Interface: 8; Destination: 10.133.27.202/32; Next hop: 100.64.0.2;
  DEBUG warp::warp_service: Routes changed:
      Added; Interface: 8; Destination: 10.133.27.203/32; Next hop: 100.64.0.2;
      Added; Interface: 8; Destination: 10.133.27.204/32; Next hop: 100.64.0.2;
  DEBUG warp::warp_service: Routes changed:
      Added; Interface: 8; Destination: 10.133.27.205/32; Next hop: 100.64.0.2;
  ```

  This indicates that a third-party VPN is fighting WARP for control over the routing table.

- **Control of DNS:** In `daemon.log`, you will see a large number of DNS changes followed by this warning:

  ```txt
  WARN main_loop: warp::warp_service: Reinforcing DNS settings. Is something else fighting us?
  ```

  The daemon may also note that some other process has already bound to the UDP and TCP sockets:

  ```txt
  WARN warp::warp: Unable to bind local UDP socket error=Os { code: 48, kind: AddrInUse, message: "Address already in use" } sockaddr=127.0.2.2:53
  WARN warp::warp: Unable to bind local TCP socket error=Os { code: 48, kind: AddrInUse, message: "Address already in use" } sockaddr=127.0.2.2:53
  ```

To confirm that the VPN is the source of the issue, temporarily uninstall (not disable or disconnect) the VPN.

#### Solution

1. Disable all DNS enforcement on the VPN. WARP must be the last client to touch the primary and secondary DNS server on the default interface.
2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), create a [Split Tunnel rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) to exclude the VPN server you are connecting to (for example, `vpnserver.3rdpartyvpn.example.com`).
3. Configure your VPN to only include routes to your internal resources. Make sure that the VPN routes do not overlap with the routes [included in the WARP tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/).

For more information, refer to our [guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/vpn/) for running VPNs alongside the WARP client.

### Your ISP or country is blocking WARP

Some countries explicitly block the use of VPN or VPN-like software that intentionally encrypts traffic. These blocks are often inconsistently enforced and you may sometimes see successful connections.

If you suspect your country may be blocking WARP traffic, contact your ISP to verify.

### (Mac/Linux) The device's `/etc/resolv.conf` file has an invalid character

WARP cannot parse `resolv.conf` files which contain an invalid hostname. In `daemon.log`, you will see an `unrecognized char` warning:

```txt
WARN main_loop: warp::warp_service: Tunnel connection experienced error error=Custom { kind: Other, error: ProtoError { kind: Msg("unrecognized char:  ") } }
```

#### Solution

1. Open the `/etc/resolv.conf` file on your device.
2. In the `search` directives, check for invalid URL characters such as `!@#$%^&*()<>?`.
3. Remove the invalid lines and rely on WARP and Gateway for DNS services.

## Turned on WARP and can no longer browse the Internet

If WARP shows as `Connected` but you cannot reach any websites or internal resources, this is likely due to one of the following configuration issues.

### A Gateway firewall policy is blocking traffic

A misconfigured Gateway firewall policy can result in traffic to some or all sites being restricted.

#### Solution

<Render file="gateway/debugging-policies" />

### The device does not have a root certificate installed

Installing and trusting a [root CA](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) is a necessary step to enable advanced security features such as Browser Isolation, [TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/), AV scanning, and device posture.

If the root CA is not installed on the device, you will see untrusted certificate warnings on every website. Example warnings include `Certificate not trusted`, `Not trusted identity` or `SSL Error`.

#### Solution

[Install a Cloudflare certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/) on all of your devices, or [upload your own certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/custom-certificate/) to Cloudflare.

:::note

More and more applications (including browsers) are relying on their own certificate stores. In addition to ensuring a root certificate is trusted at the device level, you may also need to [add the certificate to individual applications](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#add-the-certificate-to-applications). For example, to use Firefox on Linux, you must install the certificate on both the system and on Firefox.

:::

### A third-party security product is interfering with Gateway

WARP does not allow third-party DLP or proxy services to perform TLS decryption on traffic sent to Gateway.

To diagnose the issue, go to `https://zero-trust-client.cloudflareclient.com/v0/client_config` and verify the certificate the HTTPS traffic is signed with. If the certificate is issued by your organization or a third-party service, the third-party service is performing TLS decryption on WARP traffic and re-signing with a certificate that we do not trust.

#### Solution

In the third-party security product, disable HTTPS inspection and TLS decryption for the [WARP IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

### Docker container is failing DNS resolution

If you are using WARP and running a CI/CD pipeline inside a Docker container on Microsoft hardware to provide GitHub Actions with an egress IP, your container's `/etc/resolv.conf` file might be injecting a [custom nameserver with the IP address `168.63.129.16`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/what-is-ip-address-168-63-129-16) (specific to Azure infrastructure.)
The `168.63.129.16` IP address is only accessible to Azure VMs and causes the container's traffic to fail when routed through the Cloudflare WARP tunnel.

#### Solution

To fix this issue, you must exclude the Azure-specific nameserver IP (`168.63.129.16`) from being routed through WARP tunnel. Refer to [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#change-split-tunnels-mode) and follow the instructions to exclude the Azure-specific IP.

## Cannot connect to a specific app or website

Below are the most common reasons why turning on WARP blocks a specific application from loading.

### TLS Decryption is enabled and the app or site does certificate pinning

Some applications do not support SSL inspection or are otherwise [incompatible with TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/#inspection-limitations). Gateway provides a [list of applications known to perform certificate pinning](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/#do-not-inspect-applications).

#### Solution (if the app has a private certificate store)

Applications such as Firefox, Docker, Python, and npm rely on their own certificate store and the Cloudflare root certificate must be trusted in each.

Refer to [our instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/manual-deployment/#add-the-certificate-to-applications) for adding a root certificate to common applications. For applications not on our list, try searching the Internet for `<app-name> proxy support` or `<app-name> proxy certificate`.

#### Solution (last resort)

If you cannot install the certificate on the application, create a [Do Not Inspect policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/#do-not-inspect) to exclude the application from Gateway inspection.

### A Gateway firewall policy is blocking the app or site

You may have a Gateway DNS, Network, or HTTP in place that accidentally blocks a port, IP, or domain that the app or site relies on.

#### Solution

<Render file="gateway/debugging-policies" />

### Split Tunnel settings are misconfigured for the app or site

Some applications require traffic to flow either all inside or all outside of the WARP tunnel. For instance, in order to use AirDrop or communicate with a local printer, traffic must be outside the tunnel. For applications like Microsoft Teams to function properly, all Microsoft Teams traffic must be either fully inside the tunnel or fully outside the tunnel.

#### Solution

1. Determine the IP addresses and/or domains required for your application to function. Common Internet search terms include `<app-name> split tunnel list`, `<app-name> allow list`, or `<app-name> firewall ips`.
2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to your [Split Tunnel settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/).
3. Depending on the application, either include or exclude all of the necessary IPs and/or domains. For Microsoft applications, we provide a [one-click action](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#directly-route-microsoft-365-traffic) to exclude all Microsoft 365 IPs.

---

# Known limitations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/known-limitations/

Below, you will find information on devices, software, and configurations that are incompatible with Cloudflare WARP.

## Windows Server

The WARP client does not run on Windows Server. Refer to the [downloads page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) for a list of supported operating systems.

## Managed network on legacy Windows Server

[Managed network detection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/managed-networks/) will not work when the TLS certificate is served from IIS 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2. To work around the limitation, move the certificate to a different host.

## nslookup on Windows in DoH mode

On Windows devices in [Gateway with DoH mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-doh), `nslookup` by default sends DNS requests to the [WARP local DNS proxy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#dns-traffic) over IPv6. However, because WARP uses an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (instead of a real IPv6 address), `nslookup` will not recognize this address type and the query will fail:

```txt
C:\Users\JohnDoe>nslookup google.com
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  ::ffff:127.0.2.2

*** UnKnown can't find google.com: No response from server
```

To work around the issue, specify the IPv4 address of the [WARP local DNS proxy](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#dns-traffic) in your query:

```bash
C:\Users\JohnDoe>nslookup google.com 127.0.2.2
```

Alternatively, use PowerShell:

```powershell
Resolve-DnsName -Name google.com
```

## 4G/5G embedded modules

Because of how the WARP client instantiates the local DNS Proxy, it is incompatible with 4G/5G cellular adaptors which have IPv6 enabled. To run WARP on these devices, you will need to disable IPv6 on the system.

:::note

This limitation does not apply to mobile phones, only desktop machines with cellular connectivity.
:::

## Comcast DNS servers

Comcast DNS traffic (to the IPs below) cannot be proxied through WARP. This is because Comcast rejects DNS traffic that is not sent directly from the user's device.

- IPv4 Addresses: `75.75.75.75` and `75.75.76.76`
- IPv6 Addresses: `2001:558:feed::1` and `2001:558:feed::2`

To work around the issue, you can either:

- Create a [Split Tunnel rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) that excludes the above IPs from WARP.
- Configure your device or router to use a public DNS server such as [`1.1.1.1`](https://1.1.1.1/dns/).

## Cox DNS servers

Similar to the [Comcast DNS servers](#comcast-dns-servers) limitation listed above, Cox DNS servers will not respond to traffic from the WARP egress IPs (or any IP that is not a Cox IP). The workaround is nearly identical, except that Cox DNS servers may be specific to the individual end user. You can either:

- Create a [Split Tunnel rule](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) that excludes all Cox DNS servers. For business customers, refer to the [COX documentation](https://www.cox.com/business/support/cox-business-dns-and-mail-exchange-hosting-services.html) for the DNS server IPs. For residential customers, check your local DNS servers. The residential DNS servers typically fall under `68.105.28.0/24` and `68.105.29.0/24`.
- Configure your device or router to use a public DNS server such as [`1.1.1.1`](https://1.1.1.1/dns/).

## HP Velocity

The HP Velocity driver has a bug which will cause a blue screen error on devices running WARP. HP recommends [uninstalling this driver](https://support.hp.com/gb-en/document/c06266198).

## Cisco Meraki

Cisco Meraki devices have a bug where WARP traffic can sometimes be identified as [`Statistical-P2P`](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/qos_nbar/prot_lib/config_library/pp4600/nbar-prot-pack4600/s.html#wp1488575851) and de-prioritised or dropped entirely. To resolve the issue, disable `Statistical-P2P` on the Cisco Meraki device.

## Windows Teredo

The [Windows Teredo](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/teredo/about-teredo) interface conflicts with the WARP client. Since Teredo and WARP will fight for control over IPv6 traffic routing, you must disable Teredo on your Windows device. This allows the WARP client to provide IPv6 connectivity on the device.

## Docker on Linux with bridged networking

Currently [Docker](https://www.docker.com/products/container-runtime/) on Linux does not perform the underlying network tunnel MTU changes required by WARP. This can cause connectivity issues inside of a Docker container when WARP is enabled on the host machine. For example, `curl -v https://cloudflare.com > /dev/null` will fail if run from a Docker container that is using the default bridge network driver.

Until Docker changes this behaviour, WARP + Docker users on Linux can manually reconfigure the MTU on Docker's network interface. You can either modify `/etc/docker/daemon.json` to include:

```json
{
	"mtu": 1420
}
```

or create a Docker network with a working MTU value:

```sh
docker network create -o "com.docker.network.driver.mtu=1420" my-docker-network
```

The MTU value should be set to the MTU of your host's default interface minus 80 bytes for the WARP protocol overhead. Most MTUs are 1500, therefore 1420 should work for most people.

## Windows 10 in Microsoft 365 Cloud PC is not supported

Use of the WARP client in a Microsoft 365 Windows 10 Cloud PC is not supported. To work around this limitation, use Windows 11.

---

# Troubleshoot WARP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# WARP diagnostic logs

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/warp-logs/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

The WARP client provides diagnostic logs that you can use to troubleshoot connectivity issues on a device.

## macOS/Windows/Linux

### Retrieve logs

To view WARP logs on desktop devices:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macOS">

1. Open a Terminal window.
2. Run the `warp-diag` tool:
   ```sh
   warp-diag
   ```

This will place a `warp-debugging-info-<date>-<time>.zip` on your Desktop.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

1. Open a Command Prompt or PowerShell window.
2. Run the `warp-diag` tool:
   ```bash
   C:\Users\JohnDoe>warp-diag
   ```

This will place a `warp-debugging-info-<date>-<time>.zip` on your Desktop.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Linux">

1. Open a Terminal window.
2. Run the `warp-diag` tool:
   ```sh
   warp-diag
   ```

This will place a `warp-debugging-info-<date>-<time>.zip` in the same folder you ran the command from.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

:::note
You can also use Digital Experience Monitoring to run `warp-diag` commands on remote devices. For more information, refer to [Remote captures](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/remote-captures/).
:::

### `warp-diag` logs

The `warp-debugging-info-<date>-<time>.zip` archive contains the following files:

| File name                                                                                           | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `.qlog`                                                                                             | QLog files used to debug MASQUE connection issues.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `.pcap`                                                                                             | Packet capture (PCAP) files that were manually generated using `warp-cli debug pcap` commands.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `alternate-networks-check.txt`                                                                      | Connectivity status for each [managed network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/managed-networks/).                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `boringtun.log`                                                                                     | Log for the WARP tunnel that serves traffic from the device to Cloudflare's global network.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `bound-dns-ports.txt`                                                                               | Active processes on port `53`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `captive-portal-hotspot-detect.txt`                                                                 | HTTP response of `captive.apple.com`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `connectivity.txt`                                                                                  | DNS resolution and HTTP trace requests to [validate a successful connection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#connectivity-check). Can be used to determine whether traffic is routing through the WARP tunnel.                                                                                        |
| `daemon_dns.log`                                                                                    | Contains detailed DNS logs if **Log DNS queries** is enabled in the WARP client.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `daemon.log`                                                                                        | Detailed log of all actions performed by the WARP client, including all communication between the device and Cloudflare's global network. **Note:** This is the most useful debug log.                                                                                                                                                      |
| `date.txt`                                                                                          | Date and time (UTC) when you ran the `warp-diag` command.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `dex.log`                                                                                           | Logs related to [DEX test](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/) execution.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `dhcp-lease-plists.txt`                                                                             | DHCP lease information from `/var/db/dhcpclient/leases/` for each interface that has a DHCP lease.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `dhcp-lease.txt`                                                                                    | DHCP lease information from `ipconfig` (macOS) or `nmcli` (Linux).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `dig.txt`                                                                                           | DNS lookup query output for `cloudflare.com` and `apple.com`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `dns_stats.log`                                                                                     | Statistics on the DNS queries received and resolved by WARP, generated every two minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `dns-check.txt`                                                                                     | Verifies that the WARP DNS servers are set as system default. For [operating modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) where DNS filtering is enabled, this file contains the IPs of the local WARP DNS proxy (`127.0.2.2:0`, `127.0.2.3:0`, `[fd01:db8:1111::2]:0`, and `[fd01:db8:1111::3]:0`). |
| `dynamic.log`                                                                                       | Reserved for use by Cloudflare Support.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `etc-hosts.txt`                                                                                     | Static DNS config of device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `firewall-pfctl-all.txt`                                                                            | Packet filter (pf) firewall configuration (macOS only).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `firewall-rules.txt`                                                                                | The [system firewall rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#system-firewall) configured by WARP.                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `gui-launcher.log`                                                                                  | macOS console log showing application launch.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `gui-log.log`                                                                                       | Log file for the GUI app that users interact with.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `hostname.txt`                                                                                      | Name of the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `ifconfig.txt` <br/> `ipconfig.txt`                                                                 | IP configuration of each network interface.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `installed_applications.txt`                                                                        | List of installed applications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `installed_cert.pem`                                                                                | [Root certificate](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) installed on the system.                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `installer.log` <br/> `msi-installer.log`                                                           | MSI or PKG installation log.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `InstallHistory.plist` <br/> `macos_installer.log`                                                  | macOS software installation logs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `ipc.log`                                                                                           | Logs IPC communication between the GUI and daemon. Useful for situations where the GUI crashes or is unable to communicate with the daemon.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `kernel-modules.txt`                                                                                | List of loaded kernel modules (macOS and Linux) or drivers (Windows).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `launchd-dumpstate.txt`                                                                             | Current state of the macOS `launchd system` including the loaded jobs, their status, and dependencies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `local_policy.redacted.txt`<br/> `mdm.plist` <br/> `mdm.xml`                                        | [Managed deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) on the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `lsb-release.txt`                                                                                   | Output from the `lsb_release` command (Linux only).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `netstat.txt` <br/> `routetable.txt`                                                                | Routing table used by the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `netstat-v6.txt`                                                                                    | IPv6 routing table (Linux only).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `platform.txt`                                                                                      | Operating system of the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `ps.txt` <br/> `processes.txt`                                                                      | List of all active processes on the device when `warp-diag` was run.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `resolv.conf`                                                                                       | The contents of the `/etc/resolv.conf` file on Mac/Linux, where system DNS servers are configured.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `route.txt`                                                                                         | Output from the `ip route get` command, used to verify that network traffic is going over the correct interface. You can optionally use the `warp-diag --enable-all-routes` flag to include tests for all IPs and domains in your Split Tunnel configuration.                                                                               |
| `scutil-dns.txt`                                                                                    | DNS configuration on macOS/Linux (available in `ipconfig.txt` on Windows).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `scutil-networkinfo.txt`                                                                            | IPv4 and IPv6 network interface configuration on macOS (available in `interfaces-config.txt` on Windows).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `scutil-proxy.txt`                                                                                  | Proxy configuration on macOS/Linux (available in `ipconfig.txt` on Windows).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `snapshots-collection.log`                                                                          | Logs generated when collecting `snapshots/*.log`. Used to debug why WARP failed to collect a snapshot.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `snapshots/*.log`                                                                                   | Diagnostics generated when an error occurs.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `stats.log`                                                                                         | Uptime and throughput stats for the WARP tunnel, generated every two minutes.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `sw-vers.txt`                                                                                       | Operating system of the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `sysinfo.json`                                                                                      | CPU and memory usage when `warp-diag` was run. This information is useful for determining whether slow speeds are due to heavy system load.                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `system-extension-diagnostics.txt`                                                                  | Status and health of loaded system extensions (macOS only).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `systeminfo.txt` <br/> `system-profile.txt`                                                         | System software overview.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `System.evtx`                                                                                       | Windows system event log.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `taskdump.log`                                                                                      | If the daemon hangs, this file will contain a dump of the currently running processes. This is helpful in debugging hangs, deadlocks, and tasks.                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `timezone.txt`                                                                                      | Local timezone of the device specified as a UTC offset.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `traceroute.txt`                                                                                    | Traceroute to the [WARP ingress IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip) showing the path from the device to Cloudflare's global network.                                                                                                                                                |
| `uname.txt`                                                                                         | Linux-only system information including kernel version.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `v4interfaces.txt` <br/> `v4subinterfaces.txt` <br/> `v6interfaces.txt` <br/> `v6subinterfaces.txt` | IPv4 and IPv6 network configuration on Windows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `version.txt`                                                                                       | [WARP client version](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/) installed on the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `warp-account.txt`                                                                                  | WARP client device enrollment information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `warp-bus-metrics.txt`                                                                              | Metrics for the internal message bus framework used by the WARP client.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `warp-device-posture.txt`                                                                           | Current [device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) status.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `warp-dex-data.txt`                                                                                 | Currently configured [DEX tests](/cloudflare-one/insights/dex/tests/) and their most recent statuses.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `warp-dns-fallbacks.txt`                                                                            | List of default DNS fallbacks used by the WARP DNS proxy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `warp-dns-lock.json`                                                                                | Default DNS providers and network interface information.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `warp-dns-stats.txt`                                                                                | Summary of recent DNS queries on the device since `dns-stats.log` was generated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `warp-network.txt`                                                                                  | Network settings on the device detected by WARP.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| `warp-settings.txt`                                                                                 | [WARP client settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/) applied to the device.                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `warp-stats.txt`                                                                                    | Uptime and throughput of the WARP tunnel since `stats.log` was generated.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `warp-status.txt`                                                                                   | Status of WARP switch (`Connected` or `Disconnected`).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `wdutil-info.txt`                                                                                   | Wi-Fi diagnostics (macOS only).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `xpc-launchd.log`                                                                                   | Most recent log file for the `launchd` process on macOS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

#### Multiple versions of the same log

The `warp-debugging-info` folder may contain multiple versions of the same log, such as `daemon.log`, `daemon.1.log`, and `daemon.2.log`. Since logs can get very long, they are rotated either daily or when they exceed a certain size.

- `<logfile>.log` is the most current log. This is almost always the log you should be looking at, as it shows events that occurred on the day you ran the `warp-diag` command.
- `<logfile>.1.log` shows events from the previous day.
- `<logfile>.2.log` shows events from two days before.

:::note

In timestamped logs such as `daemon.log`, the most recent events will appear at the end of the file.
:::

## iOS/Android/ChromeOS

### Retrieve logs

To view WARP logs on mobile devices:

1. Open the 1.1.1.1 app.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Advanced** > **Diagnostics**.
3. Scroll down to **Debug logs** and choose from the [available logs](#mobile-app-logs).

### Mobile app logs

Mobile app logs contain a subset of the information available for desktop clients. To learn more about these files, refer to their equivalent [warp-diag logs](#warp-diag-logs).

#### iOS

| Name                                    | Equivalent warp-diag log             |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| **DNS logs**                            | `daemon_dns.log`                     |
| **Console logs** > **Extension logs**   | `daemon.log`                         |
| **Console logs** > **Application logs** | `connectivity.txt` and `gui-log.log` |
| **Routing table**                       | `netstat.txt`                        |

#### Android/ChromeOS

| Name             | Equivalent warp-diag log                             |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **DNS logs**     | `daemon_dns.log`                                     |
| **Console logs** | `connectivity.txt`, `netstat.log`, and `gui-log.log` |
| **Native logs**  | `daemon.log`                                         |

---

# Configuration file

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/

:::note

[Quick tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#quick-tunnels) do not need a configuration file.

:::

The tunnel [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#4-create-a-configuration-file) allows you to have fine-grained control over how an instance of `cloudflared` will operate. In your configuration file, you can specify top-level properties for your `cloudflared` instance as well as configure [origin-specific properties](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/). For a full list of configuration options, type `cloudflared tunnel help` in your terminal.

In the absence of a configuration file, `cloudflared` will proxy outbound traffic through port `8080`.

## File structure for private networks

If you are [exposing a private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/) to end users running WARP, you need to add the `warp-routing` key and set it to `true`:

```yml
tunnel: <Tunnel-UUID>
credentials-file: /path/<Tunnel-UUID>.json
warp-routing:
  enabled: true
```

## File structure for public hostnames

If you are exposing local services to the Internet, you can assign a public hostname to each service:

```yml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json

ingress:
  - hostname: gitlab.widgetcorp.tech
    service: http://localhost:80
  - hostname: gitlab-ssh.widgetcorp.tech
    service: ssh://localhost:22
  - service: http_status:404
```

Configuration files that contain ingress rules must always include a catch-all rule that concludes the file. In this example, `cloudflared` will respond with a `404` status code when the request does not match any of the previous hostnames.

### How traffic is matched

When `cloudflared` receives an incoming request, it evaluates each ingress rule from top to bottom to find which rule matches the request. Rules can match either the hostname or path of an incoming request, or both.

:::note[Wildcards]

You can use wildcards to match traffic to multiple subdomains or paths. For example, if you set the `hostname` key to `*.example.com`, both `test.example.com` and `try.example.com` will route traffic to your origin.

:::

If a rule does not specify a hostname, all hostnames will be matched. If a rule does not specify a path, all paths will be matched.

The last ingress rule must be a catch-all rule that matches all traffic.

Here is an example configuration file that specifies several rules:

```yml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json

ingress:
  # Rules map traffic from a hostname to a local service:
  - hostname: example.com
    service: https://localhost:8000
  # Rules can match the request's path to a regular expression:
  - hostname: static.example.com
    path: \.(jpg|png|css|js)$
    service: https://localhost:8001
  # Rules can match the request's hostname to a wildcard character:
  - hostname: "*.example.com"
    service: https://localhost:8002
  # An example of a catch-all rule:
  - service: https://localhost:8003
```

### Supported protocols

In addition to HTTP, `cloudflared` supports protocols like SSH, RDP, arbitrary TCP services, and Unix sockets. You can also route traffic to the built-in `Hello World` test server or respond to traffic with an HTTP status.

```yml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json

ingress:
  # Example of a request over TCP:
  - hostname: example.com
    service: tcp://localhost:8000
  # Example of an HTTP request over a Unix socket:
  - hostname: staging.example.com
    service: unix:/home/production/echo.sock
  # Example of a request mapping to the Hello World test server:
  - hostname: test.example.com
    service: hello_world
  # Example of a rule responding to traffic with an HTTP status:
  - service: http_status:404
```

| Service                | Description                                                                                                                   | Example `service` value               |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| HTTP/S                 | Incoming HTTP requests are proxied directly to your local service.                                                            | `https://localhost:8000`              |
| HTTP over Unix socket  | Just like HTTP, but using a Unix socket instead.                                                                              | `unix:/home/production/echo.sock`     |
| HTTPS over Unix socket | Just like HTTPS, but using a Unix socket instead.                                                                             | `unix+tls:/home/production/echo.sock` |
| TCP                    | TCP connections are proxied to your local service.                                                                            | `tcp://localhost:2222`                |
| SSH                    | SSH connections are proxied to your local service. [Learn more](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/). | `ssh://localhost:22`                  |
| RDP                    | RDP connections are proxied to your local service. [Learn more](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/). | `rdp://localhost:3389`                |
| kubectl bastion mode   | `cloudflared` will act like a jumphost, allowing access to any local address.                                                 | `bastion`                             |
| Hello World            | Test server for validating your Cloudflare Tunnel setup.                                                                      | `hello_world`                         |
| HTTP status            | Responds to all requests with the given HTTP status.                                                                          | `http_status:404`                     |

### Origin configuration

If you need to proxy traffic to multiple origins within one instance of `cloudflared`, you can define the way `cloudflared` sends requests to each service by specifying [configuration options](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/origin-configuration/) as part of your ingress rules.

In the following example, the top-level configuration `connectTimeout: 30s` sets a 30-second connection timeout for all services within that instance of `cloudflared`. The ingress rule for `service: localhost:8002` then configures an exception to the top-level configuration by setting `connectTimeout` for that service at `10s`. The 30-second connection timeout still applies to all other services.

```yml
tunnel: 6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef
credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/6ff42ae2-765d-4adf-8112-31c55c1551ef.json
originRequest: # Top-level configuration
  connectTimeout: 30s

ingress:
  # The localhost:8000 service inherits all root-level configuration.
  # In other words, it will use a connectTimeout of 30 seconds.
  - hostname: example.com
    service: localhost:8000
  - hostname: example2.com
    service: localhost:8001
  # The localhost:8002 service overrides some root-level config.
  - service: localhost:8002
    originRequest:
      connectTimeout: 10s
      disableChunkedEncoding: true
  # Some built-in services such as `http_status` do not use any configuration.
  # The service below will simply respond with HTTP 404.
  - service: http_status:404
```

### Validate ingress rules

To validate the ingress rules in your configuration file, run:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel ingress validate
```

This will ensure that the set of ingress rules specified in your config file is valid.

### Test ingress rules

To verify that `cloudflared` will proxy the right traffic to the right local service, use `cloudflared tunnel ingress rule`. This checks a URL against every rule, from first to last, and shows the first rule that matches. For example:

```sh
cloudflared tunnel ingress rule https://foo.example.com
```

```sh output
Using rules from /usr/local/etc/cloudflared/config.yml
Matched rule #3
	hostname: *.example.com
	service: https://localhost:8000
```

## Update a configuration file

When making changes to the configuration file for a given tunnel, we suggest relying on [`cloudflared` replicas](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) to propagate the new configuration with minimal downtime.

1. Have a `cloudflared` instance running with the original version of the configuration file.
2. Start a `cloudflared` replica running with the updated version of the configuration file.
3. Wait for the replica to be fully running and usable.
4. Stop the first instance of `cloudflared`.

Your `cloudflared` will now be running with the updated version of your configuration file.

:::note[Traffic handling]

When the first instance of `cloudflared` is stopped, long-lived HTTP requests (for example, Websocket) and TCP connections (for example, SSH) will be dropped. UDP flows will also be dropped, as they are modeled based on timeouts. When the new replica connects, it will handle all new traffic, including new HTTP requests, TCP connections, and UDP flows.

:::

---

# Locally-managed tunnel

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

If you set up your tunnel [through the CLI](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/), the tunnel runs as an instance of `cloudflared` on your machine.  You can configure `cloudflared` properties by modifying [command line parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/) or by editing the tunnel configuration file.

The CLI provides a quick way to handle configurations if you are connecting a single service through `cloudflared`. If you are connecting multiple services and you need to configure properties or exceptions for specific origins, you can do so by defining ingress rules in your configuration file.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Tunnel permissions

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/tunnel-permissions/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Tunnel permissions determine who can run and manage a Cloudflare Tunnel. Two files control permissions for a locally-managed tunnel:

* **An account certificate** (`cert.pem`) is issued for a Cloudflare account when you login to `cloudflared`.  Make sure you are intentional about the locations and machines you store this certificate on, as this certificate allows users to create, delete, and manage all tunnels for the account.
* **A tunnel credentials file** (`<TUNNEL-UUID>.json`) is issued for a tunnel when you create the tunnel. The credentials file only allows the user to run that specific tunnel, and do nothing else. Hence, as an admin, you can share tunnel credentials with users who will run the tunnel.

Refer to the table below for a comparison between the two files and the purposes for which they are intended.



|                         | Account certificate                                                                                                              | Tunnel credential                                                                                                                |
| ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **File name**           | `cert.pem`                                                                                                                       | `<TUNNEL-UUID>.json`                                                                                                             |
| **Purpose**             | Authenticates your instance of `cloudflared` against your Cloudflare account                                                     | Authenticates the tunnel it is associated with                                                                                   |
| **Scope**               | Account-wide                                                                                                                     | Tunnel-specific                                                                                                                  |
| **File type**           | `.pem`                                                                                                                           | `.json`                                                                                                                          |
| **Stored in**           | [Default directory](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#default-cloudflared-directory) | [Default directory](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#default-cloudflared-directory) |
| **Issued when running** | `cloudflared tunnel login`                                                                                                       | `cloudflared tunnel create <NAME>`                                                                                               |
| **Valid for**           | At least 10 years, and the service token it contains is valid until revoked                                                      | Does not expire                                                                                                                  |
| **Needed to**           | Manage tunnels (for example, create, route, delete and list tunnels)                                                             | Run a tunnel. Create a config file.                                                                                              |

## Tunnel ownership

Tunnel ownership is bound to the Cloudflare account for which the `cert.pem` file was issued upon authenticating `cloudflared`. If a user in a Cloudflare account creates a tunnel, any other user in the same account who has access to the `cert.pem` file for the account can delete, list, or otherwise manage tunnels within it.

## Account-scoped roles

<Render file="tunnel/account-scoped-roles" />

---

# Useful commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/tunnel-useful-commands/

This page lists the most commonly used commands for managing local tunnels.

To view all CLI commands, refer to the CLI help text in your terminal. For example, to view all options for the `cloudflared tunnel` subcommand, type `cloudflared tunnel help`.

## Manage tunnels

| Command                                                                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `cloudflared tunnel login`                                                             | Prompts a browser window where you can authenticate your tunnel to your Cloudflare account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `cloudflared tunnel list`                                                              | Displays all active tunnels, their creation time, and associated connections. Use the `-d` flag to include deleted tunnels.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `cloudflared tunnel create <NAME or UUID>`                                             | Creates a tunnel, registers it with the Cloudflare edge and generates a credential file to run this tunnel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `cloudflared tunnel route`                                                             | Routes traffic through a tunnel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `cloudflared tunnel route lb <NAME or UUID> <load balancer name> <load balancer pool>` | Creates a Load Balancer with a pool that points to the tunnel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `cloudflared tunnel route ip add <IP/CIDR> <NAME or UUID>`                             | Adds any network route space (represented as a CIDR) to your routing table. That network space becomes reachable for requests egressing from a user's machine as long as it is using Cloudflare WARP and is enrolled in the same account that is running the tunnel chosen here. Further, those requests will be proxied to the specified tunnel, and reach an IP in the given CIDR, as long as that IP is reachable from the tunnel. To assign the IP route to a specific [Virtual Network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/), use the `--vnet` option. |
| `cloudflared tunnel route ip show` (or `list`)                                         | Shows your organization's private routing table. You can use additional flags to filter the results.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `cloudflared tunnel route ip delete`                                                   | Deletes the row for a given CIDR from your routing table. That portion of your network will no longer be reachable by the WARP client.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `cloudflared tunnel route ip get <IP/CIDR>`                                            | Checks which row of the routing table will be used to proxy a given IP. This helps check and validate your configuration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `cloudflared tunnel route dns`                                                         | Creates a DNS CNAME record hostname that points to the tunnel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `cloudflared tunnel --config path/config.yaml run <NAME or UUID>`                      | Runs a tunnel, creating highly available connections between your server and the Cloudflare edge. You can provide name or UUID of the tunnel to run either as the last command line argument or in the configuration file using `tunnel: <NAME>`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `cloudflared tunnel info <NAME or UUID>`                                               | Displays details about the active connectors for a given tunnel identified by name of UUID.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `cloudflared tunnel cleanup <NAME or UUID>`                                            | Deletes connections for tunnels with the given UUIDs or names. This is useful if you get an error trying to delete or run a tunnel after `cloudflared` is not shut down gracefully (for example, if a `kill` command is issued).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `cloudflared tunnel cleanup --connector-id <CONNECTOR-ID> <NAME or UUID>`              | Disconnects and deletes a [cloudflared replica](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deploy-cloudflared-replicas/) with the given connector ID. You can view all replicas for a tunnel by running `cloudflared tunnel info <NAME or UUID>`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `cloudflared tunnel delete <NAME or UUID>`                                             | Deletes tunnels with the given name or UUID. A tunnel cannot be deleted if it has active connections. To delete the tunnel unconditionally, use the `-f` flag.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `cloudflared tunnel vnet add <NAME or UUID>`                                           | Creates a Virtual Network to which IP routes can be assigned. To make this Virtual Network the default for your Zero Trust organization, use the `-d` flag.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `cloudflared tunnel vnet delete <NAME or UUID>`                                        | Deletes the Virtual Network with the given name or UUID. Before you can delete a Virtual Network, you must first delete all IP routes assigned to the Virtual Network.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `cloudflared tunnel vnet list`                                                         | Displays all active Virtual Networks, the default Virtual Network, and their creation times.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `cloudflared tail <UUID>`                                                              | Start a session to livestream logs from a specific tunnel. For more information, refer to [Tunnel logs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/monitor-tunnels/logs/).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

## Manage `cloudflared`

| Command               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `cloudflared update`  | Looks for a new version on the official download server. If a new version exists, it updates the agent binary and quits. Otherwise, no action is performed. This command only works if `cloudflared` was installed from GitHub binaries or from source. For more information, refer to the [update instructions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/update-cloudflared/). |
| `cloudflared version` | Prints the `cloudflared` version number and build date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `cloudflared help`    | Shows a list of all top-level commands for `cloudflared`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

---

# Ansible

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/ansible/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Ansible is a software tool that enables at scale management of infrastructure. Ansible is agentless — all it needs to function is the ability to SSH to the target and Python installed on the target.

Ansible works alongside Terraform to streamline the Cloudflare Tunnel setup process. In this guide, you will use Terraform to deploy an SSH server on Google Cloud and create a [locally-managed tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/) that makes the server available over the Internet. Terraform will automatically run an Ansible playbook that installs and configures `cloudflared` on the server.

## Prerequisites

To complete the steps in this guide, you will need:

- [A Google Cloud Project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#creating_a_project) and [GCP CLI installed and authenticated](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install).
- [Basic knowledge of Terraform](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/terraform/) and[Terraform installed](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/certification-associate-tutorials/install-cli).
- [A zone on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/).
- [A Cloudflare API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) with `Cloudflare Tunnel` and `DNS` permissions.

## 1. Install Ansible

Refer to the [Ansible installation instructions](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/index.html).

## 2. (Optional) Create an SSH key pair

Terraform and Ansible require an unencrypted SSH key to connect to the GCP server. If you do not already have a key, you can generate one as follows:

1. Open a terminal and type the following command:

   ```sh
   ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/gcp_ssh -C <username in GCP>
   ```

2. When prompted for a passphrase, press the `Enter` key twice to leave it blank. Terraform cannot decode encrypted private keys.

Two files will be generated: `gcp_ssh` which contains the private key, and `gcp_ssh.pub` which contains the public key.

## 3. Create a configuration directory

1. Create a folder for your Terraform and Ansible configuration files:

   ```sh
   mkdir ansible-tunnel
   ```

2. Change to the new directory:

   ```sh
   cd ansible-tunnel
   ```

## 4. Create Terraform configuration files

### Define input variables

<Render file="terraform/input-variables" />

### Assign values to the variables

<Render file="terraform/variable-values" />

### Configure Terraform providers

You will need to declare the [providers](https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers) used to provision the infrastructure.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch providers.tf
   ```

2. Add the following providers to `providers.tf`. The `random` provider is used to generate a tunnel secret.

   ```txt
   terraform {
     required_providers {
       cloudflare = {
         source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
       }
       google = {
         source = "hashicorp/google"
       }
       random = {
         source = "hashicorp/random"
       }
     }
     required_version = ">= 0.13"
   }

   # Providers
   provider "cloudflare" {
     api_token    = var.cloudflare_token
   }
   provider "google" {
     project    = var.gcp_project_id
   }
   provider "random" {
   }
   ```

### Configure Cloudflare resources

The following configuration will modify settings in your Cloudflare account.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch Cloudflare-config.tf
   ```

2. Add the following resources to `Cloudflare-config.tf`:

   ```txt
   # Generates a 64-character secret for the tunnel.
   # Using `random_password` means the result is treated as sensitive and, thus,
   # not displayed in console output. Refer to: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/password
   resource "random_password" "tunnel_secret" {
     length = 64
   }

   # Creates a new locally-managed tunnel for the GCP VM.
   resource "cloudflare_tunnel" "auto_tunnel" {
     account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id
     name       = "Ansible GCP tunnel"
     secret     = base64sha256(random_password.tunnel_secret.result)
   }

   # Creates the CNAME record that routes ssh_app.${var.cloudflare_zone} to the tunnel.
   resource "cloudflare_record" "ssh_app" {
     zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
     name    = "ssh_app"
     value   = "${cloudflare_argo_tunnel.auto_tunnel.id}.cfargotunnel.com"
     type    = "CNAME"
     proxied = true
   }
   ```

### Configure GCP resources

The following configuration defines the specifications for the GCP virtual machine and installs Python3 on the machine. Python3 allows Ansible to configure the GCP instance instead of having to run a [startup script](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/terraform/#create-a-startup-script) on boot.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch GCP-config.tf
   ```

2. Open the file in a text editor and copy and paste the following example. Be sure to insert your own GCP username and SSH key pair.

   ```txt
   # Selects the OS for the GCP VM.
   data "google_compute_image" "image" {
   family  = "ubuntu-minimal-2004-lts"
   project = "ubuntu-os-cloud"
   }

   # Sets up a GCP VM instance.
   resource "google_compute_instance" "origin" {
   name         = "ansible-inst"
   machine_type = var.machine_type
   zone         = var.zone
   tags         = []
   boot_disk {
       initialize_params {
       image = data.google_compute_image.image.self_link
       }
   }
   network_interface {
       network = "default"
       access_config {
       // Ephemeral IP
       }
   }
   scheduling {
       preemptible = true
       automatic_restart = false
   }

   // Installs Python3 on the VM.
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
       inline = [
       "sudo apt update", "sudo apt install python3 -y",  "echo Done!"
       ]
       connection {
       host = self.network_interface.0.access_config.0.nat_ip
       user = "<username in GCP>"
       type = "ssh"
       private_key= file("<path to private key>")
       }
   }
   provisioner "local-exec" {
       // If specifying an SSH key and user, add `--private-key <path to private key> -u var.name`
       command = "ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=False ansible-playbook -u <username in GCP> --private-key <path to private key> -i ${self.network_interface.0.access_config.0.nat_ip}, playbook.yml"
   }

   metadata = {
       cf-email     = var.cloudflare_email
       cf-zone      = var.cloudflare_zone
       ssh-keys     = "<username in GCP>:${file("<path to public key>")}"
   }
   depends_on = [
       local_file.tf_ansible_vars_file
   ]
   }
   ```

### Export variables to Ansible

The following Terraform resource exports the tunnel ID and other variables to `tf_ansible_vars_file.yml`. Ansible will use this data to configure and run `cloudflared` on the server.

1. In your configuration directory, create a new `tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch export.tf
   ```

2. Copy and paste the following content into `export.tf`:

   ```txt
   resource "local_file" "tf_ansible_vars_file" {
     content = <<-DOC
       # Ansible vars_file containing variable values from Terraform.
       tunnel_id: ${cloudflare_argo_tunnel.auto_tunnel.id}
       account: ${var.cloudflare_account_id}
       tunnel_name: ${cloudflare_argo_tunnel.auto_tunnel.name}
       secret: ${random_id.tunnel_secret.b64_std}
       zone: ${var.cloudflare_zone}
       DOC

     filename = "./tf_ansible_vars_file.yml"
   }
   ```

## 5. Create the Ansible playbook

Ansible playbooks are YAML files that declare the configuration Ansible will deploy.

1. Create a new `.yml` file:

   ```sh
   touch playbook.yml
   ```

2. Open the file in a text editor and copy and paste the following content:

```yml
---
- hosts: all
  become: yes
  # Import tunnel variables into the VM.
  vars_files:
    - ./tf_ansible_vars_file.yml
  # Execute the following commands on the VM.
  tasks:
    - name: Download the cloudflared Linux package.
      shell: wget https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflared/releases/latest/download/cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
    - name: Depackage cloudflared.
      shell: sudo dpkg -i cloudflared-linux-amd64.deb
    - name: Create a cloudflared service directory.
      shell: mkdir -p /etc/cloudflared/
    - name: Create the config file for cloudflared and define the ingress rules for the tunnel.
      copy:
        dest: "/etc/cloudflared/config.yml"
        content: |
          tunnel: "{{ tunnel_id }}"
          credentials-file: /etc/cloudflared/cert.json
          logfile: /var/log/cloudflared.log
          loglevel: info
          ingress:
            - hostname: "ssh_app.{{ zone }}"
              service: ssh://localhost:22
            - service: http_status:404
    - name: Create the tunnel credentials file for cloudflared.
      copy:
        dest: "/etc/cloudflared/cert.json"
        content: |
          {
            "AccountTag"   : "{{ account | quote }}",
            "TunnelID"     : "{{ tunnel_id | quote }}",
            "TunnelName"   : "{{ tunnel_name | quote }}",
            "TunnelSecret" : "{{ secret | quote }}"
          }
    - name: Install the tunnel as a systemd service.
      shell: cloudflared service install
    - name: Start the tunnel.
      systemd:
        name: cloudflared
        state: started
        enabled: true
        masked: no
```

[Keywords](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/playbooks_keywords.html#play) define how Ansible will execute the configuration. In the example above, the `vars_files` keyword specifies where variable definitions are stored, and the `tasks` keyword specifies the actions Ansible will perform.

[Modules](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/user_guide/modules.html) specify what tasks to complete. In this example, the `copy` module creates a file and populates it with content.

## 6. Deploy the configuration

Once you have created the configuration files, you can deploy them through Terraform. The Ansible deployment happens within the Terraform deployment when the `ansible-playbook` command is run.

1. Initialize your configuration directory:

   ```sh
   terraform init
   ```

2. (Optional) Preview everything that will be created:

   ```sh
   terraform plan
   ```

3. Deploy the configuration:

   ```sh
   terraform apply
   ```

It may take several minutes for the GCP instance and tunnel to come online. You can view your new tunnel in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com) under **Networks** > **Tunnels**.

## 7. Test the connection

You can now SSH to the GCP server through the new `ssh_app.<zone>` hostname. For instructions on how to connect, refer to our [SSH guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/).

---

# AWS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/aws/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to connect an Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtual machine to Cloudflare using our lightweight connector, `cloudflared`.

We will deploy:

- An EC2 virtual machine that runs a basic HTTP server.
- A Cloudflare Tunnel that allows users to connect to the service via either a public hostname or a private IP address.

### Prerequisites

To complete the following procedure, you will need to:

- [Add a website to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)
- [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) on an end-user device

## 1. Create a VM instance in AWS

1. From the AWS console, go to **Compute** > **EC2** > **Instances**

2. Select **Launch instance**.

3. Name your VM instance. In this example we will name it `http-test-server`.

4. For \*_Amazon Machine Image (AMI)_ choose your desired operating system and specifications. For this example, we will use _Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type_.

5. For **Instance type:**, you can select _t2.micro_ which is available on the free tier.

6. In **Key pair (login)**, create a new key pair to use for SSH. You will need to download the `.pem` file onto your local machine.

7. In **Network settings**, select **Create security group**.

8. Turn on the following Security Group rules:

   - **Allow SSH traffic from _My IP_** to prevent the instance from being publicly accessible.
   - **Allow HTTPS traffic from the internet**
   - **Allow HTTP traffic from the internet**

9. Select **Launch instance**.

10. Once the instance is up and running, go to the **Instances** summary page and copy its **Public IPv4 DNS** hostname (for example, `ec2-44-202-59-16.compute-1.amazonaws.com`).

11. To log in to the instance over SSH, open a terminal and run the following commands:

```sh
cd Downloads
```

```
chmod 400 "YourKeyPair.pem"
```

```sh
ssh -i "YourKeyPair.pem" ubuntu@ec2-44-202-59-16.compute-1.amazonaws.com
```

12. Run `sudo su` to gain full admin rights to the instance.

13. For testing purposes, you can deploy a basic Apache web server on port `80`:

```bash
$ apt update

$ apt -y install apache2

$ cat <<EOF > /var/www/html/index.html
<html><body><h1>Hello Cloudflare!</h1>
<p>This page was created for a Cloudflare demo.</p>
</body></html>
EOF
```

14. To verify that the Apache server is running, open a browser and go to `http://ec2-44-202-59-16.compute-1.amazonaws.com` (make sure to connect over `http`, not `https`). You should see the **Hello Cloudflare!** test page.

## 2. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel

<Render
	file="tunnel/cloud-create-tunnel"
	params={{ one: "AWS instance", two: "aws" }}
/>

## 3. Connect using a public hostname

<Render file="tunnel/cloud-public-hostname" />

## 4. Connect using a private IP

[Private network routes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/) allow users to connect to your virtual private cloud (VPC) using the WARP client. To add a private network route for your Cloudflare Tunnel:

1. In the **Private Network** tab, enter the **Private IPv4 address** of your AWS instance (for example, `172.31.19.0`). You can expand the IP range later if necessary.
2. In your [Split Tunnel configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#add-a-route), make sure the private IP is routing through WARP. For example, if you are using Split Tunnels in Exclude mode, delete `172.16.0.0/12`. We recommend re-adding the IPs that are not explicitly used by your AWS instance -- you can use [this calculator](https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/2021/03/wireguard-allowedips-calculator/) to determine which IP addresses to re-add.
3. To test on a user device:

   1. [Log in to the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/).
   2. Open a terminal window and connect to the service using its private IP:

   ```sh
   $ curl 172.31.19.0
   <html><body><h1>Hello Cloudflare!</h1>
   <p>This page was created for a Cloudflare demo.</p>
   </body></html>
   ```

You can optionally [create Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#4-recommended-filter-network-traffic-with-gateway) to control who can access the instance via its private IP.

## Firewall configuration

To secure your AWS instance, you can configure your [Security Group rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/security-group-rules.html) to deny all inbound traffic and allow only outbound traffic to the [Cloudflare Tunnel IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/#required-for-tunnel-operation). All Security Group rules are Allow rules; traffic that does not match a rule is blocked. Therefore, you can delete all inbound rules and leave only the relevant outbound rules.

:::note

If you delete the inbound rule for port `22`, you will be unable to SSH back into the instance.
:::

After configuring your Security Group rules, verify that you can still access the service through Cloudflare Tunnel via its [public hostname](#3-connect-using-a-public-hostname) or [private IP](#4-connect-using-a-private-ip). The service should no longer be accessible from outside Cloudflare Tunnel -- for example, if you go to `http://ec2-44-202-59-16.compute-1.amazonaws.com` the test page should no longer load.

---

# Azure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/azure/

import { Render } from "~/components";

The purpose of this guide is to walk through some best practices for accessing private resources on Azure by deploying Cloudflare's lightweight connector, `cloudflared`.

We will walk through how to initialize a service on a Linux VM in Azure, and route to it from another VM running `cloudflared`. This deployment guide does not take into account routing beyond basic security groups and default VPCs.

## Prerequisites

- In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), create a Cloudflare Zero Trust account.
- [Enroll an end-user device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) into your Cloudflare Zero Trust account.

## Create your environment

Make sure you sign up for Azure and create a new subscription.

1. First, create your first resource group.

   ![Azure group](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/azure-1.png)

2. In addition, create your first keypair as well. You will be using the keypair to SSH into your Virtual Machine.

   ![Azure keypair](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/azure-2.png)

3. Next, define your inbound and outbound ports to the VM. If these ports are not configured properly, the solution will not function as intended. For testing purposes, we will leave access open.

   ![Azure keypair](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/azure-3.png)

Create two Ubuntu 20.04 LTS VMs, and make sure you record their internal IP addresses. Azure by default uses the `10.0.0.0/8` subnet.

## Deploy `cloudflared`

1. SSH into your Azure instance using the command line.

   ```sh
   cd Downloads
   ```

   ```sh
   ssh -i <private key path> azureuser@20.115.124.241
   ```

2. Run `sudo su` to gain full admin rights to the Virtual Machine.

3. Install `cloudflared` on your instance. In this example, we are running a Debian-based instance, so use the Debian package of `cloudflared`:

   <Render file="tunnel/cloudflared-debian-install" />

4. Run the following command to authenticate `cloudflared` with your Cloudflare account. The command will launch a browser window where you will be prompted to log in with your Cloudflare account and pick any zone you have added to Cloudflare.

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel login
   ```

5. Create a tunnel.

   ```sh
   cloudflared tunnel create Azure-01
   ```

## Complete tunnel configuration

1. Make a directory for your configuration file.

   ```sh
   mkdir /etc/cloudflared
   ```

   ```sh
   cd /etc/cloudflared
   ```

2. Build a configuration file. Before moving forward and entering vim, copy your Tunnel ID and credentials path to a notepad.

   ```sh
   vim config.yml
   ```

3. Type `i` to begin editing the file and copy-paste the following settings in it.

   ```txt
   tunnel: <Tunnel ID/name>
   credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/<Tunnel ID>.json
   protocol: quic
   warp-routing:
      enabled: true
   logfile: /var/log/cloudflared.log
   #cloudflared to the origin debug
   loglevel: debug
   #cloudflared to cloudflare debug
   transport-loglevel: info
   ```

4. Press `esc` and then enter `:x` to save and exit.

5. Run `cloudflared` as a service.

```sh
cloudflared service install
```

```sh
systemctl start cloudflared
```

```sh
systemctl status cloudflared
```

Next, visit Zero Trust and ensure your new tunnel shows as **active**. Optionally, begin creating [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) to secure your private resources.

---

# GCP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/google-cloud-platform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to connect a Google Cloud Project (GCP) virtual machine to Cloudflare using our lightweight connector, `cloudflared`.

We will deploy:

- A Google Cloud Project (GCP) virtual machine that runs a basic HTTP server.
- A Cloudflare Tunnel that allows users to connect to the service via either a public hostname or a private IP address.

### Prerequisites

To complete the following procedure, you will need to:

- [Add a website to Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)
- [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) on an end-user device

## 1. Create a VM instance in GCP

1. In your [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/), [create a new project](https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-project).

2. Go to **Compute Engine** > **VM instances**.

3. Select **Create instance**.

4. Name your VM instance. In this example we will name it `http-test-server`.

5. Choose your desired operating system and specifications. For this example, you can use the following settings:

   - **Machine family:** General Purpose
   - **Series:** E2
   - **Machine type:** e2-micro
   - **Boot disk image:** Debian GNU/Linux 12
   - **Firewalls**: Allow HTTP and HTTPS traffic

6. Under **Advanced options** > **Management** > **Automation**, add the following startup script. This example deploys a basic Apache web server on port `80`.

   ```bash
   #!/bin/bash
   apt update
   apt -y install apache2
   cat <<EOF > /var/www/html/index.html
   <html><body><h1>Hello Cloudflare!</h1>
   <p>This page was created for a Cloudflare demo.</p>
   </body></html>
   EOF
   ```

7. Select **Create**.

8. The operating system automatically starts the Apache HTTP server. To verify that the server is running:

   1. Copy the **External IP** for the VM instance.
   2. Open a browser and go to `http://<EXTERNAL IP>`. You should see the **Hello Cloudflare!** test page.

9. To login to the VM instance, open the dropdown next to **SSH** and select _Open in browser window_.

## 2. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel

<Render
	file="tunnel/cloud-create-tunnel"
	params={{ one: "GCP VM", two: "gcp" }}
/>

## 3. Connect using a public hostname

<Render file="tunnel/cloud-public-hostname" />

## 4. Connect using a private IP

To configure a private network route for your Cloudflare Tunnel:

1. In the **Private Network** tab, enter the **Internal IP** of your GCP VM instance (for example, `10.0.0.2`). You can expand the IP range later if necessary.
2. In your [Split Tunnel configuration](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#add-a-route), make sure the internal IP is routing through WARP. For example, if you are using Split Tunnels in Exclude mode, delete `10.0.0.0/8`. We recommend re-adding the IPs that are not explicitly used by your GCP VM -- you can use [this calculator](https://www.procustodibus.com/blog/2021/03/wireguard-allowedips-calculator/) to determine which IP addresses to re-add.
3. To test on a user device:

   1. [Log in to the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/).
   2. Open a terminal window and connect to the service using its private IP:

   ```sh
   curl 10.0.0.2
   ```

   ```sh output
   <html><body><h1>Hello Cloudflare!</h1>
   <p>This page was created for a Cloudflare demo.</p>
   </body></html>
   ```

You can optionally [create Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#4-recommended-filter-network-traffic-with-gateway) to control who can access the VM via its private IP.

## Firewall configuration

To secure your VM instance, you can [configure your VPC firewall rules](https://cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/using-firewalls) to deny all ingress traffic and allow only egress traffic to the [Cloudflare Tunnel IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/tunnel-with-firewall/#required-for-tunnel-operation). Since GCP denies ingress traffic by [default](https://cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewalls#default_firewall_rules), you can delete all ingress rules and leave only the relevant egress rules.

:::note

If you delete the default `allow-ssh` rule, you will be unable to SSH back into the VM.
:::

After configuring your VPC firewall rules, verify that you can still access the service through Cloudflare Tunnel via its [public hostname](#3-connect-using-a-public-hostname) or [private IP](#4-connect-using-a-private-ip). The service should no longer be accessible from outside Cloudflare Tunnel -- for example, if you go to `http://<EXTERNAL IP>` the test page should no longer load.

---

# Environments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Kubernetes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/kubernetes/

[Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/) is a container orchestration and management tool. Kubernetes is declarative, so you define the end state in a .yml file. A Kubernetes cluster has two components, the master, and the workers. The master is the control plane that the user interacts with to manage the containers. Worker nodes are where the containers are deployed and run. A Kubernetes cluster is connected internally through a private network. Cloudflare Tunnel can be used to expose services running inside the Kubernetes cluster to the public.

## Creating the Kubernetes Cluster

This guide will use a Google managed Kubernetes GKE.
To get started, perform the following steps:

- Install the [gcloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install) and [kubectl CLI](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/cluster-access-for-kubectl).
- In the GCP console create a new Kubernetes cluster.
- In order to connect to the cluster, select the three dots and then connect from the drop down.
- Copy the command that appears and paste it into your local terminal.

## Creating the Pods

A pod is the basic deployable object that Kubernetes creates. It represents an instance of a running process in the cluster. The following .yml file ( httpbin-app.yml) will create a pod that contains the httpbin application. It will create two replicas so as to prevent any downtime. The application will be accessible inside the cluster at web-service:80.

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: httpbin-deployment
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: httpbin
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: httpbin
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: httpbin
          image: kennethreitz/httpbin:latest
          ports:
            - containerPort: 80
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: web-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: httpbin
  ports:
    - protocol: TCP
      port: 80
```

Using the following command the application will begin to run inside the cluster.

```sh
kubectl create -f httpbin-app.yml
```

The pods' status can be seen through the console or using the kubectl get pod command.

```sh
kubectl get pods
```

## Routing with Cloudflare Tunnel

The tunnel can be created through the dashboard using [this guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). Instead of running the command to install a connector you will select docker as the environment and copy just the token rather than the whole command. Configure the tunnel to route to k8.example.com from the service [http://web-service:80](http://web-service:80). Create the cloudflared-deployment.yml file with the following content.

```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    app: cloudflared
  name: cloudflared-deployment
  namespace: default
spec:
  replicas: 2
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      pod: cloudflared
  template:
    metadata:
      creationTimestamp: null
      labels:
        pod: cloudflared
    spec:
      containers:
        - command:
            - cloudflared
            - tunnel
            - --no-autoupdate
            # In a k8s environment, the metrics server needs to listen outside the pod it runs on.
            # The address 0.0.0.0:2000 allows any pod in the namespace.
            - --metrics
            - 0.0.0.0:2000
            - run
          args:
            - --token
            - <token value>
          image: cloudflare/cloudflared:latest
          name: cloudflared
          livenessProbe:
            httpGet:
              # Cloudflared has a /ready endpoint which returns 200 if and only if
              # it has an active connection to the edge.
              path: /ready
              port: 2000
            failureThreshold: 1
            initialDelaySeconds: 10
            periodSeconds: 10
```

This file will be deployed with the following command.

```sh
kubectl create -f cloudflared-deployment.yml
```

The application within the cluster will now be accessible through the domain name as configured.

---

# Terraform

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/deploy-tunnels/deployment-guides/terraform/

import { Render } from "~/components";

[Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/) is an infrastructure as code software tool that allows you to deploy services from different providers using a standardized configuration syntax. When creating a Terraform configuration file, you define the final state of the configuration rather than the step-by-step procedure. This allows you to easily deploy, modify, and manage your Tunnels alongside your other infrastructure.

In this guide, you will use Terraform to deploy:

- A Google Cloud Project (GCP) virtual machine that runs an HTTP test server
- A Cloudflare Tunnel that makes the server available over the Internet
- A Cloudflare Access policy that defines who can connect to the server

## Prerequisites

To complete the following procedure, you will need:

- [A Google Cloud Project](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-projects#creating_a_project)
- [A zone on Cloudflare](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/add-site/)

## 1. Install Terraform

Refer to the [Terraform installation guide](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/aws-get-started/install-cli) for your operating system.

## 2. Install the gcloud CLI

1. [Install the gcloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install) so that Terraform can interact with your GCP account.

2. Authenticate with the CLI by running:

   ```sh
   gcloud auth application-default login
   ```

## 3. Create a Cloudflare API token

[Create an API token](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/) so that Terraform can interact with your Cloudflare account. At minimum, your token should include the following permissions:

| Permission type | Permission                | Access level |
| --------------- | ------------------------- | ------------ |
| Account         | Cloudflare Tunnel         | Edit         |
| Account         | Access: Apps and Policies | Edit         |
| Zone            | DNS                       | Edit         |

## 4. Create a configuration directory

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## 5. Create Terraform configuration files

### Define input variables

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### Assign values to the variables

<Render file="terraform/variable-values" />

### Configure Terraform providers

You will need to declare the [providers](https://registry.terraform.io/browse/providers) used to provision the infrastructure.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch providers.tf
   ```

2. Add the following providers to `providers.tf`. The `random` provider is used to generate a tunnel secret.

   ```txt
   terraform {
     required_providers {
       cloudflare = {
         source = "cloudflare/cloudflare"
         version = ">= 4.40.0"
       }
       google = {
         source = "hashicorp/google"
       }
       random = {
         source = "hashicorp/random"
       }
     }
     required_version = ">= 1.2"
   }

   # Providers
   provider "cloudflare" {
     api_token    = var.cloudflare_token
   }
   provider "google" {
     project    = var.gcp_project_id
   }
   provider "random" {
   }
   ```

### Configure Cloudflare resources

The following configuration will modify settings in your Cloudflare account.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch Cloudflare-config.tf
   ```

2. Add the following resources to `Cloudflare-config.tf`:

   ```txt
   # Generates a 64-character secret for the tunnel.
   # Using `random_password` means the result is treated as sensitive and, thus,
   # not displayed in console output. Refer to: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/password
   resource "random_password" "tunnel_secret" {
     length = 64
   }

   # Creates a new locally-managed tunnel for the GCP VM.
   resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_tunnel_cloudflared" "auto_tunnel" {
     account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id
     name       = "Terraform GCP tunnel"
     secret     = base64sha256(random_password.tunnel_secret.result)
   }

   # Creates the CNAME record that routes http_app.${var.cloudflare_zone} to the tunnel.
   resource "cloudflare_record" "http_app" {
     zone_id = var.cloudflare_zone_id
     name    = "http_app"
     content   = "${cloudflare_zero_trust_tunnel_cloudflared.auto_tunnel.cname}"
     type    = "CNAME"
     proxied = true
   }

   # Creates the configuration for the tunnel.
   resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_tunnel_cloudflared_config" "auto_tunnel" {
     tunnel_id = cloudflare_zero_trust_tunnel_cloudflared.auto_tunnel.id
     account_id = var.cloudflare_account_id
     config {
      ingress_rule {
        hostname = "${cloudflare_record.http_app.hostname}"
        service  = "http://httpbin:8080"
        origin_request {
          connect_timeout = "2m0s"
          access {
            required  = true
            team_name = "myteam"
            aud_tag   = [cloudflare_zero_trust_access_application.http_app.aud]
          }
        }
      }
      ingress_rule {
        service  = "http_status:404"
      }
     }
   }

   # Creates an Access application to control who can connect.
   resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_access_application" "http_app" {
     zone_id          = var.cloudflare_zone_id
     name             = "Access application for http_app.${var.cloudflare_zone}"
     domain           = "http_app.${var.cloudflare_zone}"
     session_duration = "1h"
   }

   # Creates an Access policy for the application.
   resource "cloudflare_zero_trust_access_policy" "http_policy" {
     application_id = cloudflare_zero_trust_access_application.http_app.id
     zone_id        = var.cloudflare_zone_id
     name           = "Example policy for http_app.${var.cloudflare_zone}"
     precedence     = "1"
     decision       = "allow"
     include {
       email = [var.cloudflare_email]
     }
   }
   ```

   To learn more about these resources, refer to the [Cloudflare provider documentation](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/cloudflare/cloudflare/latest/docs).

### Configure GCP resources

The following configuration defines the specifications for the GCP virtual machine and creates a startup script to run upon boot.

1. In your configuration directory, create a `.tf` file:

   ```sh
   touch GCP-config.tf
   ```

2. Add the following content to `GCP-config.tf`:

   ```txt
   # Selects the OS for the GCP VM.
   data "google_compute_image" "image" {
     family  = "ubuntu-minimal-2004-lts"
     project = "ubuntu-os-cloud"
   }

   # Sets up a GCP VM instance.
   resource "google_compute_instance" "origin" {
     name         = "test"
     machine_type = var.machine_type
     zone         = var.zone
     tags         = []
     boot_disk {
       initialize_params {
         image = data.google_compute_image.image.self_link
       }
     }

     network_interface {
       network = "default"
       access_config {
         // Ephemeral IP
       }
     }
     // Optional config to make the instance ephemeral
     scheduling {
       preemptible       = true
       automatic_restart = false
     }
     // Configures the VM to run a startup script that takes in the Terraform variables.
     metadata_startup_script = templatefile("./install-tunnel.tftpl",
       {
         tunnel_token = cloudflare_zero_trust_tunnel_cloudflared.auto_tunnel.tunnel_token
       })
   }
   ```

### Create a startup script

The following script will install `cloudflared`, create a permissions and configuration file for the tunnel, and set up the tunnel to run as a service. This example also installs a lightweight HTTP application that you can use to test connectivity.

1. In your configuration directory, create a Terraform template file:

   ```sh
   touch install-tunnel.tftpl
   ```

2. Open the file in a text editor and copy and paste the following bash script:

   ```bash
   # Script to install Cloudflare Tunnel and Docker resources

   # Docker configuration
   cd /tmp
   sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
   # Retrieving the docker repository for this OS
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"
   # The OS is updated and docker is installed
   sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
   sudo apt install docker docker-compose -y
   # Add the HTTPBin application and run it on localhost:8080.
   cat > /tmp/docker-compose.yml << "EOF"
   version: '3'
   services:
     httpbin:
       image: kennethreitz/httpbin
       restart: always
       container_name: httpbin
       ports:
         - 8080:80

     cloudflared:
       image: cloudflare/cloudflared:latest
       restart: always
       container_name: cloudflared
       command: tunnel run --token ${tunnel_token}
   EOF
   cd /tmp
   sudo docker-compose up -d
   ```

## 6. Deploy Terraform

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It may take several minutes for the GCP instance and tunnel to come online. You can view your new tunnel, Access application, and Access policy in [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com). The new DNS records are available in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

:::note

If you need to roll back the configuration, run `terraform destroy` to delete everything created through Terraform. Both `terraform apply` and `terraform destroy` prompt for user input before applying the changes. To run without requiring user input, you can add the `-auto-approve` flag to the command.
:::

## 7. Test the connection

1. In **Networks** > **Tunnels**, verify that your tunnel is active.

2. In **Access** > **Applications**, verify that your Cloudflare email is allowed by the Access policy.

3. From any device, open a browser and go to `http_app.<cloudflare_zone>` (for example, `http_app.example.com`).

   You will see the Access login page if you have not recently logged in.

4. Log in with your Cloudflare email.

   You should see the [HTTPBin](https://httpbin.org/) homepage.

---

# Load balancing

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/load-balancing/

You can use Cloudflare Private Network Load Balancing to distribute traffic across private endpoints connected via Cloudflare Tunnel. Common use cases include:

* Load balancing internal employee traffic to internal applications
* Geosteering WARP traffic to internal applications
* Load balancing internal API calls

To set up load balancing for private IP addresses, refer to the [Private Network Load Balancing documentation](/load-balancing/private-network/tunnels-setup/).

---

# Private DNS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/private-dns/

By default, the WARP client sends DNS requests to [1.1.1.1](/1.1.1.1/), Cloudflare's public DNS resolver, for resolution. With Cloudflare Tunnel, you can connect an internal DNS resolver to Cloudflare and use it to resolve non-publicly routed domains.

## Configure private DNS

1. [Connect your private network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/) with Cloudflare Tunnel.

2. Under **Networks** > **Routes**, verify that the IP address of your internal DNS resolver is included in the tunnel.

3. [Enable the Gateway proxy](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/#turn-on-the-gateway-proxy) for TCP and UDP.

4. Next, [create a Local Domain Fallback entry](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) that points to the internal DNS resolver. For example, you can instruct the WARP client to resolve all requests for `myorg.privatecorp` through an internal resolver at `10.0.0.25` rather than attempting to resolve this publicly.

:::note

Ensure that **Split Tunnels** are configured to [include traffic to private IPs and hostnames](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/#3-route-private-network-ips-through-warp).

:::

5. Finally, ensure that your tunnel uses QUIC as the default [transport protocol](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/tunnel-run-parameters/#protocol). This will enable `cloudflared` to proxy UDP-based traffic which is required in most cases to resolve DNS queries.

The WARP client will now resolve requests through the internal DNS server you set up in your private network.

## Test the setup

For testing, run a `dig` command for the internal DNS service:

```sh
dig AAAA www.myorg.privatecorp
```

The `dig` command will work because `myorg.privatecorp` was configured above as a fallback domain. If you skip that step, you can still force `dig` to use your private DNS resolver:

```sh
dig @10.0.0.25 AAAA www.myorg.privatecorp
```

Both `dig` commands will fail if the WARP client is disabled on your end user's device.

## Troubleshooting

Use the following troubleshooting strategies if you are running into issues while configuring your private network with Cloudflare Tunnel.

- Ensure that `cloudflared` is connected to Cloudflare by visiting **Networks** > **Tunnels** in Zero Trust.

- Ensure that `cloudflared` is running with the `quic` protocol (search for `Initial protocol quic` in its logs).

- Ensure that the machine where `cloudflared` is running is allowed to egress via UDP to port 7844 to talk out to Cloudflare.

- Ensure that end-user devices are enrolled into WARP by visiting [https://help.teams.cloudflare.com](https://help.teams.cloudflare.com).

- Double-check the precedence of your application policies in the Gateway Network policies tab. Ensure that a more global Block or Allow policy will not supersede the application policies.

- Check the Gateway Audit Logs Network tab to see whether your UDP DNS resolutions are being allowed or blocked.

- Ensure that your Private DNS resolver is available over a routable private IP address. You can check that by trying the `dig` commands on your machine running `cloudflared`.

- Check your set up by using `dig ... +tcp` to force the DNS resolution to use TCP instead of UDP.

---

# Connect private networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/

import { Render } from "~/components";

A private network has two primary components: the server and the client. The server's infrastructure (whether that is a single application, multiple applications, or a network segment) is connected to Cloudflare's global network by Cloudflare Tunnel. This is done by running the `cloudflared` daemon on the server.

On the client side, end users connect to Cloudflare's global network using the Cloudflare WARP client. The WARP client can be rolled out to your entire organization in just a few minutes using your in-house MDM tooling. When users connect to an IP made available through Cloudflare Tunnel, WARP sends their connection through Cloudflare's network to the corresponding tunnel.

![Diagram displaying connections between a device, Cloudflare, and a public cloud.](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/private-ips-diagram.png)

To enable remote access to your private network, follow the guide below.

## 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

To connect your infrastructure with Cloudflare Tunnel:

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel for your server by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). You can skip the connect an application step and go straight to connecting a network.
2. In the **Private Networks** tab for the tunnel, enter the IP/CIDR range that you wish to route through the tunnel (for example `10.0.0.0/8`).

## 2. Set up the client

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## 3. Route private network IPs through WARP

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## 4. (Recommended) Filter network traffic with Gateway

By default, all WARP devices enrolled in your Zero Trust organization can connect to your private network through Cloudflare Tunnel. You can configure Gateway inspect your network traffic and either block or allow access based on user identity and device posture.

### Enable the Gateway proxy

<Render file="tunnel/enable-gateway-proxy" />

### Zero Trust policies

Cloudflare Zero Trust allows you to configure security policies using either Access or Gateway. If you have applications clearly defined by IPs or hostnames, we recommend [creating an Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/self-hosted-private-app/) and managing user access alongside your SaaS and other web apps. Alternatively, if you prefer to secure a private network using a traditional firewall model, you can build Gateway [network and DNS policies](/learning-paths/replace-vpn/build-policies/) for IP ranges and domains.

## 5. Connect as a user

End users can now reach HTTP or TCP-based services on your network by visiting any IP address in the range you have specified.

### Troubleshooting

#### Device configuration

To check that their device is properly configured, the user can visit `https://help.teams.cloudflare.com/` to ensure that:

- The page returns **Your network is fully protected**.
- In **HTTP filtering**, both **WARP** and **Gateway Proxy** are enabled.
- The **Team name** matches the Zero Trust organization from which you created the tunnel.

#### Router configuration

Check the local IP address of the device and ensure that it does not fall within the IP/CIDR range of your private network. For example, some home routers will make DHCP assignments in the `10.0.0.0/24` range, which overlaps with the `10.0.0.0/8` range used by most corporate private networks. When a user's home network shares the same IP addresses as the routes in your tunnel, their device will be unable to connect to your application.

To resolve the IP conflict, you can either:

- Reconfigure the user's router to use a non-overlapping IP range. Compatible routers typically use `192.168.1.0/24`, `192.168.0.0/24` or `172.16.0.0/24`.
- Tighten the IP range in your Split Tunnel configuration to exclude the `10.0.0.0/24` range. This will only work if your private network does not have any hosts within `10.0.0.0/24`.
- Change the IP/CIDR of your private network so that it does not overlap with a range commonly used by home networks.

---

# Virtual networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/

import { Details, Render, Tabs, TabItem } from "~/components";

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul><li> Gateway with WARP</li><li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering </li></ul>   | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability |
| -------- | ------------ |
| Windows  | ✅           |
| macOS    | ✅           |
| Linux    | ✅           |
| iOS      | ✅           |
| Android  | ✅           |
| ChromeOS | ✅           |

</Details>

<Render file="tunnel/virtual-networks-intro" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Use cases

Here are a few scenarios where virtual networks may prove useful:

- Manage production and staging environments that use the same address space.
- Manage acquisitions or mergers between organizations that use the same address space.
- Allow IT professional services to access their customer's network for various administration and management purposes.
- Allow developers or homelab users to deterministically route traffic through their home network to enforce additional security controls.
- Guarantee additional segmentation (beyond just policy enforcement) between networks and resources for security reasons, while keeping all configuration within a single Cloudflare account.

## Prerequisites

- [Install `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#1-download-and-install-cloudflared) on each private network.
- [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on user devices.

## Create a virtual network

The following example demonstrates how to add two overlapping IP routes to Cloudflare (`10.128.0.1/32` staging and `10.128.0.1/32` production).

<Tabs>
   <TabItem label="Dashboard">
      To route overlapping IPs over virtual networks:

      1. First, create two unique virtual networks:
         1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
         2. Find the **Virtual networks** setting and select **Manage**.
         3. Select **Create virtual network**.
         4. Name your virtual network `staging-vnet` and select **Save**.
         5. Repeat Steps 1a-1d to create another virtual network called `production-vnet`.
      2. Next, create a Cloudflare Tunnel for each private network:
         1. Go to **Networks** > **Tunnels**.
         2. Select **Create a tunnel**.
         3. Name your tunnel `Staging tunnel` and select **Save tunnel**.
         4. Install the connector within your staging environment.
         5. In the **Private Network** tab, add `10.128.0.1/32`.
         6. Select **Additional settings**. Under **Virtual networks**, select *staging-vnet*.
         7. Save the tunnel.
         8. Repeat Steps 2a-2g to create another tunnel called `Production tunnel`. Be sure to install the connector within your production environment and assign the route to *production-vnet*.

      We now have two overlapping IP addresses routed over `staging-vnet` and `production-vnet` respectively. You can use the Cloudflare WARP client to [switch between virtual networks](#connect-to-a-virtual-network).

   </TabItem>

   <TabItem label="cli">
      To route overlapping IPs over virtual networks:

      1. Create a tunnel for each private network:

         1. Within your staging environment, authenticate `cloudflared`:

            ```sh
            cloudflared login
            ```

         2. Create a tunnel to connect your staging network to Cloudflare.

            ```sh
            cloudflared tunnel create staging-tunnel
            ```

         3. Within your production environment, authenticate `cloudflared`:

            ```sh
            cloudflared login
            ```

         4. Create a tunnel to connect your production network to Cloudflare.

            ```sh
            cloudflared tunnel create production-tunnel
            ```

      The following steps may be executed from any `cloudflared` instance.

      2. Create two unique virtual networks.

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel vnet add staging-vnet
         cloudflared tunnel vnet add production-vnet
         ```

      3. Before moving on, run the following command to verify that your newly created virtual networks are listed correctly:

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel vnet list
         ```

    	{/* Commenting out notes within tabs for now
    	:::note[Default virtual network]
    	All accounts come pre-configured with a virtual network named `default`. You can choose a new default by typing `cloudflared tunnel vnet update --default <virtual-network-name>`.
    	::: */}

4.  Configure your tunnels with the IP/CIDR range of your private networks, and assign the tunnels to their respective virtual networks.

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel route ip add --vnet staging-vnet 10.128.0.3/32 staging-tunnel
         cloudflared tunnel route ip add --vnet production-vnet 10.128.0.3/32 production-tunnel
         ```

        {/* :::note
        If no `--vnet` option is specified, the tunnel will be assigned to the default virtual network; this applies to any pre-existing private networks in your account.
        ::: */}

5.  Verify that the IP routes are listed correctly:

             ```sh
             cloudflared tunnel route ip list
             ```

          We now have two overlapping IP addresses routed over `staging-vnet` and `production-vnet` respectively.

          6. Within your staging environment, create a [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/) for `staging-tunnel`. The configuration file will be structured as follows:

             ```txt
             tunnel: <Tunnel-UUID>
             credentials-file: /root/.cloudflared/credentials-file.json
             warp-routing:
                enabled: true
             ```

          7. Run your tunnel.

             ```sh
             cloudflared tunnel run staging-tunnel
             ```

          8. Within your production environment, repeat Steps 6 and 7 for `production-tunnel`.

          You can use now the Cloudflare WARP client to [switch between virtual networks](#connect-to-a-virtual-network).

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Delete a virtual network

<Tabs>
   <TabItem label="Dashboard">
      To delete a virtual network:

      1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Networks** > **Tunnels** and ensure that no IP routes are assigned to the virtual network you are trying to delete. If your virtual network is in use, delete the route or reassign it to a different virtual network.

      2. Next, go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

      3. Find the **Virtual networks** setting and select **Manage**.

      4. Select the three-dot menu for your virtual network and select **Delete**.

      You can optionally delete the tunnel associated with your virtual network.

   </TabItem>

   <TabItem label="cli">
      To delete a virtual network:

      1. Delete all IP routes in the virtual network. For example,

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel route ip delete --vnet staging-vnet 10.128.0.3/32
         ```

      2. (Optional) Delete the tunnel associated with the virtual network.

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel delete staging-tunnel
         ```

      3. Delete the virtual network.

         ```sh
         cloudflared tunnel vnet delete staging-vnet
         ```

      You can verify that the virtual network was successfully deleted by typing `cloudflared tunnel vnet list`.

   </TabItem>
</Tabs>

## Connect to a virtual network

### Windows, macOS, and Linux

1. Open the WARP client.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Gateway with WARP** > **Virtual Networks**.
3. Choose the virtual network you want to connect to, for example `staging-vnet`.

When you visit `10.128.0.3/32`, WARP will route your request to the staging environment.

### iOS, Android, and ChromeOS

1. Launch the Cloudflare One Agent app.
2. Go to **Advanced** > **Connection options** > **Virtual networks**.
3. Choose the virtual network you want to connect to, for example `staging-vnet`.

When you visit `10.128.0.3/32`, WARP will route your request to the staging environment.

---

# WARP Connector

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/

import { Render, Details} from "~/components";

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Gateway with WARP                                                                         | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability |
| -------- | ------------ |
| Windows  | ❌           |
| macOS    | ❌           |
| Linux    | ✅           |
| iOS      | ❌           |
| Android  | ❌           |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |

</Details>

:::note
WARP Connector is not currently supported in accounts that have [Magic WAN](/magic-wan/) enabled.
:::

Cloudflare WARP Connector is a software client[^1] that enables site-to-site, bidirectional, and mesh networking connectivity without requiring changes to underlying network routing infrastructure. WARP Connector establishes a secure Layer 3 proxy between a private network and Cloudflare, allowing you to:

- Connect two or more private networks to each other.
- Connect IoT devices that cannot run external software, such as printers and IP phones.
- Filter and log server-initiated traffic, such as VoIP and SIP traffic.
- Apply Zero Trust security policies based on the source IP of the request.

![Two subnets connected with WARP Connector](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-apps/warp-connector/overview.png)

As shown in the diagram, WARP Connector acts as a router for a subnet within the private network to on-ramp and off-ramp traffic through Cloudflare. All devices on the subnet can access any services connected to Cloudflare, and all devices connected to Cloudflare can access any services on the subnet. Each subnet runs a WARP Connector on a designated Linux machine (typically the [default gateway router](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/site-to-internet/#3-route-traffic-from-subnet-to-warp-connector)), but other devices on the network do not need to install software.

To set up WARP Connector, refer to the guide for your use case:

- **[Site-to-Internet](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/site-to-internet/)**: Send requests from your private network to the Internet.
- **[Site-to-site](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/site-to-site/)**: Send requests between two or more private networks.
- **[User-to-site](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/user-to-site/)**: Allow WARP client devices to send requests to your private network.
- **Internet-to-site**: Not supported by WARP Connector. To provide clientless access to applications on your private network, set up a [Cloudflare Tunnel with `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/) and configure a [public hostname route](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/routing-to-tunnel/).

[^1]: WARP Connector is an extension of the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).

---

# Connect private network to Internet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/site-to-internet/

import { Render, Details, GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to connect a private network to the Internet using WARP Connector. In this example, we will create a WARP Connector for subnet `10.0.0.0/24` and install it on `10.0.0.1`.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
        device1["Device
        10.0.0.2"]-->router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      router1-->C((Cloudflare))-->I{Internet}
```

## Prerequisites

- A Linux host [^1] on the subnet
- Verify that your firewall allows inbound/outbound traffic over the [WARP IP addresses, ports, and domains](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

## 1. Install a WARP Connector

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-install" />

## 2. (Recommended) Create a device profile

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-device-profile" />

## 3. Route traffic from subnet to WARP Connector

Depending on where you installed the WARP Connector, you may need to configure other devices on the subnet to route outbound requests through WARP Connector.

### Option 1: Default gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-default-gateway" />

### Option 2: Alternate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway" />

#### Add route to router

For example, for all traffic from the subnet to egress through WARP Connector, add a rule on the router that routes `0.0.0.0` to the WARP Connector host machine (`10.0.0.100`).

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway-flow" />

### Option 3: Intermediate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-intermediate-gateway" />

#### Add route to devices

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-route-all-traffic" />

#### Verify routes

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-verify-routes" />

## 4. Test the WARP Connector

You can now test if traffic from your subnet routes through Cloudflare. For example,

1. On the `10.0.0.2` device, run `curl --ipv4 www.google.com`.
2. Check your [Gateway DNS logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/) for queries from `warp_connector@<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`. Logs may take a few minutes to populate.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
        device1["Device
        10.0.0.2"]--Request-->router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      router1-->C((Cloudflare))-->I{Internet}
```

[^1]: <Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-linux-packages" />

---

# Connect two or more private networks

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/site-to-site/

import { Render, Details, GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to connect two independent subnets with WARP Connector. Each subnet must run its own WARP Connector on a Linux host. Installing on your router is the simplest setup, but if you do not have access to the router, you may choose any other machine on the subnet.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
      router1["WARP Connector #1
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      subgraph subnet2[Subnet 192.168.1.0/24]
        router2["WARP Connector #2
        192.168.1.97"]
      end
      router1<-->C((Cloudflare))<-->router2
```

In this example, we will create a WARP Connector for subnet `10.0.0.0/24` and install it on `10.0.0.1`. We will then create a second WARP Connector for subnet `192.168.1.0/24` and install it on `192.168.1.97`.

## Prerequisites

- A Linux host [^1] on each subnet.
- Verify that your firewall allows inbound/outbound traffic over the [WARP IP addresses, ports, and domains](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

## 1. Install a WARP Connector

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-install" />

## 2. (Recommended) Create a device profile

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-device-profile" />

## 3. Route traffic from WARP Connector to subnet

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Networks** > **Routes**.
2. Select **Create route**.
3. In **CIDR**, enter the private IPv4 address range that you wish to route through this WARP Connector (for example, `10.0.0.0/24`). WARP Connector does not currently support IPv6 routes.
    :::note
    If you do not already have a private network range, you can choose a subnet from one of these [pre-defined CIDRs](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918#section-3).
    :::
4. For **Tunnel**, select the name of your WARP Connector (_Subnet-10.0.0.0/24_).
5. Select **Create**.
6. In your WARP Connector device profile, [configure Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) so that traffic to your private network CIDR (`10.0.0.0/24`) routes through the WARP tunnel. For example, if you are using **Exclude** mode, delete `10.0.0.0/8` from Split Tunnels and re-add the following IPs: `10.0.1.0/24`, `10.0.2.0/23`, `10.0.4.0/22`, `10.0.8.0/21`, `10.0.16.0/20`, `10.0.32.0/19`, `10.0.64.0/18`, `10.0.128.0/17`, `10.1.0.0/16`, `10.2.0.0/15`, `10.4.0.0/14`, `10.8.0.0/13`, `10.16.0.0/12`, `10.32.0.0/11`, `10.64.0.0/10`, `10.128.0.0/9`

The WARP Connector will now forward inbound requests to devices on the subnet.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
      router1["WARP Connector #1
        10.0.0.1"]
			device["Device
        10.0.0.2"]
      end

      C((Cloudflare))--Requests to 10.0.0.2--> router1 --> device

```

## 4. Route traffic from subnet to WARP Connector

Depending on where you installed the WARP Connector, you may need to configure other devices on the subnet to route outbound requests through WARP Connector.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
      router1["WARP Connector #1
        10.0.0.1"]
			device["Device
        10.0.0.2"]
      end

      device --Requests to
			192.168.1.0/24 --> router1 --> C((Cloudflare))

```

### Option 1: Default gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-default-gateway" />

### Option 2: Alternate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway" />

#### Add route to router

For example, for devices on subnet `10.0.0.0/24` to reach applications behind subnet `192.168.1.0/24`, add a rule on the router that routes `192.168.1.0/24` to the WARP Connector host machine (`10.0.0.100`).

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway-flow" />

### Option 3: Intermediate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-intermediate-gateway" />

#### Add route to devices

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-route-all-traffic" />

Alternatively, you can configure only certain routes to egress through WARP Connector. For example, you may only want to filter traffic destined to internal applications and devices, but allow public Internet traffic to bypass Cloudflare.

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Linux">

```sh
sudo ip route add <DESTINATION-IP> via <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP> dev eth0
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

```sh
sudo route -n add -net <DESTINATION-IP> <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP>
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows">

```bash
route /p add <DESTINATION-IP> mask 255.255.255.255 <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP>
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>


#### Verify routes

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-verify-routes" />

## 5. Install another WARP Connector

Repeat steps 1, 3, and 4 above to install an additional WARP Connector on subnet `192.168.1.0/24`. The device profile created in Step 2 will apply to all WARP Connectors.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
      router1["WARP Connector #1
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      subgraph subnet2[Subnet 192.168.1.0/24]
        router2["WARP Connector #2
        192.168.1.97"]
      end
      router1<-->C((Cloudflare))<-->router2
```

## 6. Test the WARP Connector

You can now test the connection between the two subnets. For example, on the `10.0.0.2` device run `ping 192.168.1.100`.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
        device1["Device
        10.0.0.2"]--"ping
        192.168.1.100"-->router1["WARP Connector #1
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      subgraph subnet2[Subnet 192.168.1.0/24]
        router2["WARP Connector #2
        192.168.1.97"]-->device2["Device
        192.168.1.100"]
      end
      router1-->C((Cloudflare))-->router2
```

:::note

If you are testing with curl using private hostnames, add the `--ipv4` flag to your curl commands.
:::

[^1]: <Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-linux-packages" />

---

# Connect private network to WARP clients

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/user-to-site/

import { Render, Details, GlossaryTooltip, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This guide covers how to connect WARP client user devices to a private network behind WARP Connector. In this example, we will create a WARP Connector for subnet `10.0.0.0/24` and install it on `10.0.0.1`.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
				router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]--> device1["Device
        10.0.0.2"]
      router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      W[WARP clients]-->C((Cloudflare))-->router1
```

## Prerequisites

- A Linux host [^1] on the subnet.
- Verify that your firewall allows inbound/outbound traffic over the [WARP IP addresses, ports, and domains](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/).

## 1. Install a WARP Connector

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-install" />

## 2. (Recommended) Create a device profile

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-device-profile" />

## 3. Route CGNAT IPs through Cloudflare

WARP clients and WARP Connectors are accessed using their  <GlossaryTooltip term="CGNAT IP">CGNAT IP</GlossaryTooltip>. Therefore, CGNAT IP traffic must route through Cloudflare on both the WARP Connector host and WARP client devices.

1. In your WARP Connector device profile, go to [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/).
2. Ensure that `100.96.0.0/12` routes through the WARP tunnel. For example, if you are using **Exclude** mode, delete `100.64.0.0/10` from the list and re-add `100.64.0.0/11` and `100.112.0.0/12`.
3. Repeat the previous steps for all WARP client device profiles.

## 4. Route traffic from subnet to WARP Connector

Depending on where you installed the WARP Connector, you may need to configure other devices on the subnet to route requests through WARP Connector.

### Option 1: Default gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-default-gateway" />

### Option 2: Alternate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway" />

#### Add route to router

`100.96.0.0/12` is the default CIDR for all user devices running the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/). On your router, add a rule that routes the destination IP `100.96.0.0/12` to the WARP Connector host machine (`10.0.0.100`).

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-alternate-gateway-flow" />

### Option 3: Intermediate gateway

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-intermediate-gateway" />

#### Add route to devices

To route all <GlossaryTooltip term="CGNAT IP">CGNAT IP</GlossaryTooltip> traffic through WARP Connector:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Linux">

```sh
sudo ip route add 100.96.0.0/12 via <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP> dev eth0
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

```sh
sudo route -n add -net 100.96.0.0/12 <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP>
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Windows">

```bash
route /p add 100.96.0.0/12 mask 255.255.255.255 <WARP-CONNECTOR-IP>
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

#### Verify routes

<Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-verify-routes" />

## 5. Test the WARP Connector

You can now send a request from a WARP client user device to a device behind WARP connector. For example, on the WARP client device run `ping 10.0.0.2`.

```mermaid
    flowchart LR
      subgraph subnet1[Subnet 10.0.0.0/24]
				router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]--> device1["Device
        10.0.0.2"]
      router1["WARP Connector
        10.0.0.1"]
      end
      W[WARP client]--ping 10.0.0.2 -->C((Cloudflare))-->router1
```

[^1]: <Render file="tunnel/warp-connector-linux-packages" />

---

# Tips for VPC deployments

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/vpc-deployments/

When setting up WARP Connector on a virtual private cloud (VPC), you may need to configure additional settings in the cloud service provider.

## GCP

For Google Cloud Project (GCP) deployments, [enable IP forwarding](https://cloud.google.com/vpc/docs/using-routes#canipforward) on the VM instance where you installed WARP Connector.

## AWS

For Amazon Web Services (AWS) deployments:
- Stop [source/destination checking](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-eni.html) on the EC2 instance where you installed WARP Connector.
- In your [subnet route table](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/subnet-route-tables.html), route all IPv4 traffic to the EC2 instance where you installed WARP Connector. For example,

		| Destination | Target |
		| ----------- | ------ |
		| `0.0.0.0/0` | `eni-11223344556677889` |

---

# SSH

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/

The Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) enables users to remotely access devices through the command line. With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can make your SSH server available over the Internet without the risk of opening inbound ports on the server.

Cloudflare offers four ways to secure SSH:

- [SSH with Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) (recommended)
- [Self-managed SSH keys](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-warp-to-tunnel/)
- [Browser-rendered SSH terminal](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-browser-rendering/)
- [SSH with client-side cloudflared](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-cloudflared-authentication/) (legacy)

For an overview of these connection options, refer to [non-HTTP applications](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/).

---

# Connect to SSH in the browser

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-browser-rendering/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Cloudflare's browser-based terminal allows end users to connect to an SSH server without managing SSH keys or installing the WARP client.

This method requires routing SSH access to the server through a public hostname. The traffic is proxied over this connection, and the user logs in to the server with their Cloudflare Access credentials.

The browser-based terminal can be used in conjunction with [routing over WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-warp-to-tunnel/) and [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) so that there are multiple ways to connect to the server. You can reuse the same Cloudflare Tunnel when configuring each connection method.

## 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

<Render file="ssh/tunnel-public-hostname" />

## 2. Connect as a user

To enable browser-rendering for SSH, refer to [Browser-rendered terminal](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/browser-rendering/).

When users visit the public hostname URL (for example, `https://ssh.example.com`) and log in with their Access credentials, Cloudflare will render a terminal in their browser.

---

# Connect to SSH with client-side cloudflared (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-cloudflared-authentication/

import { Render } from "~/components";

:::note
Not recommended for new deployments. We recommend using [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) to connect to SSH.
:::

End users can connect to an SSH server without the WARP client by authenticating through `cloudflared` in their native terminal. This method requires having `cloudflared` installed on both the server machine and on the client machine, as well as an active zone on Cloudflare. The traffic is proxied over this connection, and the user logs in to the server with their Cloudflare Access credentials.

Client-side `cloudflared` can be used in conjunction with [routing over WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-warp-to-tunnel/) and [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) so that there are multiple ways to connect to the server. You can reuse the same Cloudflare Tunnel when configuring each connection method.

## 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

<Render file="ssh/tunnel-public-hostname" />

## 2. Connect as a user

1. [Install `cloudflared`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) on the client machine.

2. Make a one-time change to your SSH configuration file:

   ```sh
   vim ~/.ssh/config
   ```

3. Input the following values; replacing `ssh.example.com` with the hostname you created.

   ```txt
   Host ssh.example.com
   ProxyCommand /usr/local/bin/cloudflared access ssh --hostname %h
   ```

   The `cloudflared` path may be different depending on your OS and package manager. For example, if you installed `cloudflared` on macOS with Homebrew, the path is `/opt/homebrew/bin/cloudflared`.

4. You can now test the connection by running a command to reach the service:

   ```sh
   ssh <username>@ssh.example.com
   ```

   When the command is run, `cloudflared` will launch a browser window to prompt you to authenticate with your identity provider before establishing the connection from your terminal.

---

# Connect with self-managed SSH keys

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-warp-to-tunnel/

import { Render } from "~/components";

If you want to manage your own SSH keys, you can use Cloudflare Tunnel to create a secure, outbound-only connection from your server to Cloudflare's global network. This requires running the `cloudflared` daemon on the server (or any other host machine within the private network). Users with SSH keys that are trusted by the SSH server can access the server by installing the [Cloudflare WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/) on their device and enrolling in your Zero Trust organization. Remote devices will be able to connect as if they were on your private network. By default, all devices enrolled in your organization can SSH to the server unless you build policies to allow or block specific users.

:::note

If you want to create more granular access policies, allow Cloudflare to manage SSH keys for you, or to obtain command logs, consider using [Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/) instead.
:::

This example walks through how to set up an SSH server on a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) virtual machine (VM), but you can use any machine that supports SSH connections.

## 1. Create an SSH key pair

Before creating your VM instance you will need to create an SSH key pair.

1. Open a terminal and type the following command:

   ```sh
   ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/gcp_ssh -C <username in GCP>
   ```

2. Enter your passphrase when prompted. It will need to be entered twice.

   Two files will be generated: `gcp_ssh` which contains the private key, and `gcp_ssh.pub` which contains the public key.

3. In the command line, enter:

   ```sh
   cat ~/.ssh/gcp_ssh.pub
   ```

4. Copy the output. This will be used when creating the VM instance in GCP.

## 2. Create a VM instance in GCP

Now that the SSH key pair has been created, you can create a VM instance.

1. In your [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/), [create a new project](https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-project).
2. Go to **Compute Engine** > **VM instances**.
3. Select **Create instance**.
4. Name your VM instance, for example `ssh-server`.
5. Scroll down to **Advanced options** > **Security** > **Manage Access**.
6. Under **Add manually generated SSH keys**, select **Add item** and paste the public key that you have created.
7. Select **Create**.
8. Once your VM instance is running, open the dropdown next to **SSH** and select _Open in browser window_.

:::note

In order to be able to establish an SSH connection, do not enable [OS Login](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/oslogin) on the VM instance.
:::

## 3. Connect the server to Cloudflare

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## 4. Set up the client

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## 5. Route private network IPs through WARP

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## 6. Connect as a user

Once you have set up the application and the user device, the user can now SSH into the machine using its private IP address. If your SSH server requires an SSH key, the key should be included in the command.

```sh
ssh -i ~/.ssh/gcp_ssh <username>@<server IP>
```

---

# SSH with Access for Infrastructure (recommended)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-infrastructure-access/

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[Access for Infrastructure](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/) provides granular control over how users can connect to your SSH servers. This feature uses the same deployment model as [WARP-to-Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/ssh/ssh-warp-to-tunnel/) but unlocks more policy options and command logging functionality.

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## 1. Connect the server to Cloudflare

1. Create a Cloudflare Tunnel for your server by following our [dashboard setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-remote-tunnel/). You can skip the connect an application step and go straight to connecting a network.

2. In the **Private Networks** tab for the tunnel, enter the IP address of your server (or a range that includes the server IP). Typically this would be a private IP, but public IPs are also allowed.

## 2. Set up the client

To connect your devices to Cloudflare:

1. [Deploy the WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/) on your devices in Gateway with WARP mode.
2. [Enable the Gateway proxy for TCP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/proxy/#turn-on-the-gateway-proxy).
3. [Create device enrollment rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/) to determine which devices can enroll to your Zero Trust organization.

## 3. Route server IPs through WARP

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## 4. Add a target

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## 5. Add an infrastructure application

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## 6. Configure SSH server

Next, configure your SSH server to trust the Cloudflare SSH CA. This allows Access to authenticate using short-lived certificates instead of traditional SSH keys.

### Generate a Cloudflare SSH CA

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To generate a Cloudflare SSH CA and get its public key:

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### Save the public key
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### Modify your SSHD config
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:::note
For certain distributions, such as Amazon Linux 1 (based on RHEL), the certificate file permissions must be set to `600`. You can set file permissions with the following command:

```sh
chmod 600 /etc/ssh/ca.pub
```
:::

### Restart your SSH server
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## 7. Connect as a user

Users can use any SSH client to connect to the target, as long as they are logged into the WARP client on their device. If the target is located within a particular virtual network, ensure that the WARP client is [connected to that virtual network](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/cloudflared/tunnel-virtual-networks/#connect-to-a-virtual-network) before initiating the connection. Users do not need to modify any SSH configs on their device. For example, to SSH from a terminal:

```sh
ssh <username>@<target IP>
```

SSH with Access for Infrastructure also supports `scp` and `rsync` commands. At this time, `sftp` is not supported. Note that `scp` commands that utilize OpenSSH versions > 9.0 will not work at this time because OpenSSH 9.0+ leverages `sftp` to execute the command.

To learn more about user connections, refer to the [Access for Infrastructure documentation](/cloudflare-one/applications/non-http/infrastructure-apps/#4-connect-as-a-user).

## SSH command logs

SSH command logs contain the actual SSH commands that a user ran on the target. These logs are encrypted using a public key provided by the customer and are not visible to Cloudflare.

### Enable SSH command logging

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### Disable SSH command logging

To turn off SSH command logging, delete your uploaded public key:

<Tabs>
<TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **Network** > **SSH encryption public key**.

2. Select **Remove**.

3. Select **Remove key** to confirm.

Cloudflare will stop logging SSH commands to your targets, as well as any commands subject to [Gateway Audit SSH](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/ssh-logging/) policies.

</TabItem>
<TabItem label="API">

To delete the SSH encryption public key using the [API](/api/resources/zero_trust/subresources/gateway/subresources/audit_ssh_settings/methods/update/):

```sh
curl --request PUT https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/gateway/audit_ssh_settings \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--data '{
  "public_key": ""
}'
```
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

### View SSH logs

SSH command logs are not visible from the dashboard itself and must be exported and decrypted.

To manually retrieve logs:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Logs** > **Access**.
2. Select a user who was allowed to access the target.
3. Select **Download** to download the session's command log.
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Enterprise customers can also export command logs using [Logpush](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/logpush/).

---

# API deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/

When you choose an API deployment, email messages only reach Email Security after they have already reached a user's inbox.

Then, through an integration with your email provider, Email Security can [auto-move messages](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) based on your organization's policies.

![With API deployment, messages travel through Email Security's email filter after reaching your users.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/e-sec-api-deployment-diagram.png)

## Benefits

When you choose API deployment, you get the following benefits:

- Easy protection for complex email architectures, without requiring any change to mailflow operations.
- Agentless deployment for Microsoft 365.

## Limitations

However, API deployment also has the following disadvantages:

- Email Security is dependent on Microsoft's Graph API, and outages will increase the message dwell time in the inbox.
- Your email provider may throttle API requests from Email Security.
- Email Security requires read and write access to mailboxes.
- Requires API support from your email provider (does not typically support on-premise providers).
- Detection rates may be lower if multiple solutions exist.
- Messages cannot be modified or quarantined.

---

# BCC/Journaling

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/

BCC/Journaling deployment is a post-delivery type of deployment. Every time you receive an email, your email provider will send a blind copy to Cloudflare for an analysis.


![Journaling deployment M365](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/journaling/CF_Email_Security_DeploymentAPI_Diagram.png)

---

# Set up with Microsoft 365

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/office365-api/

This guide will instruct you through setting up Microsoft Office 365 with Email Security via the Cloudflare dashboard.

## Prerequisites

* A [Cloudflare account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up).
* A domain to protect.

## Enable Email Security via the dashboard

To enable Email Security:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Email Security**.
3. Select **Monitoring**. If you are a first time user, select **Contact sales**. Otherwise, select **Connect an integration**.

Continue with [Enable Microsoft integration](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/office365-api/#enable-microsoft-integration) for the next steps.

### Enable Microsoft integration

To enable Microsoft integration:

1. **Name integration**: Add your integration name, then select **Continue**.
2. **Authorize integration**:
   - Select **Authorize**. Selecting **Authorize** will take you to the Microsoft Sign in page where you will have to enter your email address.
   - Once you enter your email address, select **Next**.
   - After selecting **Next**, the system will show a dialog box with a list of requested permissions. Select **Accept** to authorize Email Security. Upon authorization, you will be redirected to a page where you can review details and enroll integration.
3. **Review details**: Review your integration details, then:
   - Select **Complete Email Security set up** where you will be able to connect your domains and configure auto-moves.
   - Select **Continue to Email Security**.

Continue with [Connect your domains](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/api/office365-api/#connect-your-domains) for the next steps.

### Connect your domains

On the **Set up Email Security** page, you will be able to connect your domains. To connect your domains:

1. **Connect domains**: Select at least one domain. Then, select **Continue**.
2. (**Optional**, select **Skip for now** to skip this step) **Configure auto-move**: Refer to [Auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to configure auto-moves.
3. **Review details**: Review your connected domains, then select **Go to domains**. 

Your domains are now connected successfully.
 
### Connect new domains

To connect new domains:

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Zero Trust**.
3. Select **Email security**.
4. Select **Settings**.
5. On the **Integrated domains** page, select **Connect a domain**.
6. Select the domains you want Email Security to scan.
7. Select **Save**.

## Prevent Cloudflare from scanning a domain

If you want to prevent Cloudflare from scanning a domain:

1. On the **Integrated domains** page, select the domain you do not want to be scanned.
2. Select the three dots > **Stop scanning**.

## View an integration

To view the integration for each connected domain:

1. Select a domain.
2. Select the three dots > **View integration**.

Once you have set up Email Security to scan through your inbox, Email Security will display detailed information about your inbox. Refer to [Monitor your inbox](/cloudflare-one/insights/email-monitoring/) to learn more.

---

# Find BCC address and add domain

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-domain/

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:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]
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:::

To set up Email Security (formerly Area 1) for Gmail:

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).
2. Select the question mark, where you will be able to find your BCC address.
3. Once you found your address, select **Settings** (the gear icon), then select **New Domain**.
4. Fill in the information needed to add your domain:
  - **Domain**: Enter the domain you want to set up BCC from Google.
  - **Configured As**: Select Hops, enter `2`.
  - **Forwarding To**: Enter `google.com`.
  - **Outbound TLS**: Select **Forward all messages over TLS**.
  - **Quarantine policy**: Ensure no policy is selected.
5. Select **Publish Domain**.

## Next steps

Now that you have found your BCC address and added your domain, continue with [Add BCC rules](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/bcc-rules-to-area1/) to add BCC rules to Email Security.

---

# Add retraction

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. On the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/), select **Domains** under **DOMAINS & ROUTING**, then select **NEW DOMAIN**. Fill in the information to add a new domain:
    - On **FORWARDING TO**: Enter `Google.com`.
    - Adjust **Hops** to 2.
    - On **Outbound TLS**: Ensure you select **Forward all messages over TLS**.
2. Select **Publish Domain**.
3. Select **RETRACT SETTINGS** > **Authorize Gmail**.
4. Upload the JSON file [previously generated](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-service-account/).
5. Under **DOMAINS**, select the domain you added previously, then select **SAVE**.

## Post delivery retractions for new threats

Email Security (formerly Area 1) is continuously gathering new information about phishing campaigns. Users might have email messages in their inboxes that were scanned by Email Security but not retracted initially because, at the time of scan, these email messages had not been identified as a threat. To mitigate risk, Email Security offers you tools to re-evaluate email messages at a fixed time interval based on knowledge Cloudflare may have acquired since initial delivery. Any email messages that fit this new threat knowledge will be retracted.

You can enable two options:

- **Post Delivery Response**: Email Security will continue to re-evaluate emails already delivered to your users' inboxes at a fixed time interval in search for phishing sites or campaigns not previously known to Cloudflare. If any email messages fitting these new criteria are found, Email Security retracts them.
- **Phish Submission Response**: Email Security will retract emails already delivered that are reported by your users as phishing, and are found to be malicious by Email Security. Retraction will occur according to your configuration.

---

# Add BCC rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/bcc-rules-to-area1/

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1. In the [Google Admin console](https://admin.google.com/), go to **Menu** > **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail** > **Compliance**.
2. Go to **Content Compliance** > Select **Edit**.
3. Add a **Content Compliance** filter, and name it `Email Security (Area 1) - BCC`.
4. In **Email messages to affect**, select **Inbound**.
5. Select the recipients you want to send emails to Email Security (formerly Area 1) via BCC. Under **Add expressions that describe the content you want to search for in each message**:
    - Select **If ANY of the following match the message**.
    - Select **Add** to configure the expression.
      - Select **Advanced content match**.
      - In **Location**, select **Headers + Body**.
      - In **Match type**, select **Matches regex**.
      - In **Regexp** input `.*`. You can customize the regex as needed and test within the admin page or on sites like [Regexr](https://regexr.com/).
      - Select **SAVE**.
6. In **If the above expressions match, do the following**:
    - Select **Modify message**.
      - Ensure that **Envelope recipient** > **Change envelope recipient** is unselected, to ensure that emails will not be dropped as an unintended consequence. You will select this option at a later stage.
      - Go to **Also deliver to**, select **Add more recipients** > **ADD** > Choose **Advanced**.
        - Under **Envelope recipient**, select **Change envelope recipient** > **Replace recipient** > Enter the email of the recipient.
        - Under **Spam and delivery options**, select **Suppress bounces from this recipient**.
        - Under **Headers**, select **Add X-Gm-Spam and X-Gm-Phishy headers**.
        - Select **SAVE**.
7. In **Account types to affect**, select **Users** and **Groups**.
8. Select **SAVE**.

## Next steps

Now that you have added BCC rules on the Area 1 portal, you need to [create a project on Google Cloud Console](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-project-gcp/).

---

# Create a project on Google Cloud Console

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-project-gcp/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. Log in to the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome/new). From the dashboard, select **CREATE OR SELECT PROJECT**.
2. Provide the details for the new project, and select **CREATE** to start your new project.
3. Once the new project has been created, the Google Cloud Platform console will automatically redirect you to the Project console. If not, you can use the Project selector to change to the project you created.
4. In **Getting Started**, select **Explore and enable APIs** > Select **ENABLE APIs & SERVICES**.
5. On search bar, search for `Admin SDK API`. Select **Admin SDK API**, then select **ENABLE**.
6. Go back to the sidebar, select **Library**, and search for Gmail API. Select **Gmail API**, then select **ENABLE**.

## Next steps

Now that you have created a project on Google Cloud Console, you need to [create a service account](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-service-account/) on Google Cloud Console.

---

# Create service account

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-service-account/

import { Render } from "~/components"

1. On the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome/new), select **Credentials**.
2. Select **CREATE CREDENTIALS** > **Service account**.
3. Fill in the details to create a service account:
    - **Service account name**: Enter `Message Retraction Service Account`.
    - **Service account ID**: Enter `message-retraction-service-acc`.
    - **Service account description**: Enter `Email Security Message Retraction`.
    - Select **CREATE AND CONTINUE**.
4. In **Grant this service account access to project**, select **Select a role** > Choose **Owner**. Select **CONTINUE**, then **DONE**.
5. Go back to **Credentials**, and select your service account under **Service Accounts**. In **Details**, take note of the **Unique ID**.
6. Select **Advanced settings** > **VIEW GOOGLE WORKSPACE ADMIN CONSOLE**, then enter your password.
7. On the sidebar, select **Security** > **Access and data control** > **API controls** > Select **MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION**.
8. Select **Add new** > Add a new client ID:
    - **Client ID**: Enter the **Unique ID** you took note of.
    - **OAuth scopes**: Enter the following URLs:

      ```txt
      https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.alias.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labels, https://mail.google.com/
      ```
    - Select **AUTHORIZE**.

9. Go back to the sidebar > **Service Accounts**.
10. Select the three dots > **Manage keys** > **ADD KEY** > **Create new key** > Select **JSON** > Select **CREATE**. This downloads a `.json` file which you will use at a later stage.

## Next steps

Now that you have created a service account, proceed to [adding retractions](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/) to your email.

---

# Geographic locations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/geographic-locations/

import { Render } from "~/components"

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---

# Gmail BCC setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/

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:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]

<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />

:::

For customers using Gmail, setting up Email Security via BCC is quick and easy. All you need to do is create a content compliance filter to send emails to Email Security through BCC. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up a phishing assessment risk for Gmail with Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/gmail/gmail-bcc-flow.png)

To set up Gmail with Email Security:

1. [Find your BCC address and add a domain](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-domain/).
2. [Add BCC rules](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/bcc-rules-to-area1/).
3. [Create a project on Google Cloud Console](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-project-gcp/).
4. [Create a service account](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/create-service-account/).
5. [Add retraction](/email-security/deployment/api/setup/gsuite-bcc-setup/add-retraction/).

---

# Breakout traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/application-based-policies/breakout-traffic/

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Breakout traffic allows you to define which applications should bypass Cloudflare's security filtering, and go directly to the Internet. It works via DNS requests inspection. This means that if your network is caching DNS requests, Breakout traffic will only take effect after you cache entries expire and your client issues a new DNS request that the Magic WAN Connector can detect. This can take several minutes.

:::caution
Breakout traffic will not work for applications that use DNS-over-HTTPs.
:::

<br />

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: In this example, the applications go directly to the Internet, skipping Cloudflare's security. filtering
    a(Magic WAN Connector) --> b(Cloudflare) -->|Filtered traffic|c(Internet)

    a-- Breakout traffic ---d(Application1) & e(Application2) --> c

    classDef orange fill:#f48120,color: black
    class a,b orange
```

_In the graph above, Applications 1 and 2 are configured to bypass Cloudflare's security filtering, and go straight to the Internet_

:::note[A note on security]
We recommend routing all traffic through our global network for comprehensive security filtering and access controls. However, there may be specific cases where you want a subset of traffic to bypass Cloudflare's security filtering and route it directly to the Internet. You can scope this breakout traffic to specific applications from the Cloudflare dashboard.

Refer to [Traffic steering](/magic-wan/reference/traffic-steering/) to learn how Cloudflare routes traffic.
:::

## Add an application

You need to configure Breakout traffic for each of your existing sites, as it is a per-site configuration.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="connector/app-aware-policies/add-app"
	params={{ featureName: "Breakout traffic" }}
/>

6. Select one or more applications that should bypass Cloudflare filtering from the list. You can also use the search box.
7. Select **Add applications**.

The traffic for that application will now go directly to the Internet and bypass Cloudflare's filtering.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

1.  Send a [`GET` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/apps/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with an account.

    Example:

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/apps \
    --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
    --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
    ```

    ```json output
    {
    	"result": [
    		{
    			"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
    			"name": "<APP_NAME>",
    			"type": "<TYPE_OF_APP>",
    			"hostnames": ["<HOSTNAME1.com>", "<HOSTNAME2.info>"]
    		}
    	],
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

    Take note of the `"managed_app_id"` value for any application you want to configure.

2.  Send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/create/) to add new apps the breakout traffic policy.

    Example:

    ```bash
    curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs \
    --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
    --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
    	"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
    	"breakout": true
    }'
    ```

    ```json output
    {
    	"result": {
    		"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    		"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    		"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
    		"breakout": true
    	},
    	"success": true,
    	"errors": [],
    	"messages": []
    }
    ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Delete an application

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="connector/app-aware-policies/delete-app"
	params={{ featureName: "Breakout traffic" }}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

1. Send a [`GET` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with a site.

   Example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": [
   		{
   			"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   			"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   			"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   			"breakout": true
   		}
   	],
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

Take note of the `"id"` value for the application that want to delete.

2. Send a [`DELETE` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/delete/) to delete an application from the breakout traffic policy.

   ```bash
   curl --request DELETE \
   https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs/{id} \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   		"breakout": true
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## WARP traffic

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---

# Office 365 - Email Security (formerly Area 1) as MX Record

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components";

:::caution[Area 1 has been renamed]

<Render file="rename-area1-to-ces" />

:::

![A schematic showing where Email Security is in the life cycle of an email received](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/office365-mx.png)

In this tutorial, you will learn how to configure Microsoft Office 365 with Email Security as its MX record. This tutorial is broken down into several steps. If at any steps during this tutorial you receive a message saying that you need to run the `Enable-OrganizationCustomization` cmdlet, [refer to section 6](#6-execute-enable-organizationcustomization-if-required).

<Render file="deployment/o365-gcc" />

For the purposes of this guide, Office 365 and Microsoft 365 are equivalent.

<Render file="outbound-email" />

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-prerequisites" />

## 1. Add Email Security IP addresses to Allow List

1. Go to the [Microsoft Security admin center](https://security.microsoft.com/homepage).

2. Go to **Email & collaboration** > **Policies & Rules** > **Threat policies**.

3. Select the [Anti-spam option](https://security.microsoft.com/antispam).

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select the anti-spam option](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step3-anti-spam.png)

    </div>

4. Select **Connection filter policy (Default)** > **Edit connection filter policy**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select edit connection filter policy](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step4-edit-filter-policy.png)

    </div>

5. In **Always allow messages from the following IP addresses or address range** add the IP addresses and CIDR blocks mentioned in [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/).

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enter the egress IP addresses](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step5-egress-ips.png)

    </div>

6. Select **Save**.

7. Microsoft recommends disabling SPF Hard fail when an email solution is placed in front of it. Return to the [Anti-spam option](https://security.microsoft.com/antispam).

8. Select **Anti-spam inbound policy (Default)**.

9. At the end of the **Bulk email threshold & spam properties** section, select **Edit spam threshold and properties**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select the spam threshold and properties button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step9-spam-threshold.png)

    </div>

10. Scroll to **Mark as spam** > **SPF record: hard fail**, and ensure it is set to **Off**.

    <div class="large-img">

    ![Make sure SPF record: hard fail is set to off](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step10-spf-record-hard-fail.png)

    </div>

11. Select **Save**.

## 2. Enhanced Filtering configuration

This option will allow Office 365 to properly identify the original connecting IP before the message was received by Email Security (formerly Area 1). This helps with SPF analysis. This has two steps:

- Creating an inbound connector.
- Enabling the enhanced filtering configuration of the connector.

### Create an inbound connector

1. Go to the new [**Exchange admin center**](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/homepage).

2. Select **Mail flow** > **Connectors**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select Connectors from Mail flow](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step2-mailflow-conectors.png)

    </div>

3. Select **Add a connector**.

4. In **Connection from**, select **Partner organization**.

5. Select **Next**.

6. Set the following options:

   - **Name** - `Email Security Inbound Connector`
   - **Description** - `Inbound connector for Enhanced Filtering`

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enter a name and descriptions for your connector](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step6-connector-options.png)

    </div>

7. Select **Next**.

8. In **Authenticating sent email**, select **By verifying that the IP address of the sending server matches one of the following IP addresses, which belongs to your partner organization.**

9. Enter all of the egress IPs in the [Egress IPs](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/) page.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enter all of Email Security's Egress IPs](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step9-egress-ips.png)

    </div>

10. Select **Next**.

11. In **Security restrictions**, accept the default **Reject email messages if they aren't sent over TLS** setting.

12. Select **Next**.

13. Review your settings and select **Create connector**.

### Enable enhanced filtering

Now that the inbound connector has been configured, you will need to enable the enhanced filtering configuration of the connector in the [Security admin console](https://security.microsoft.com/homepage).

1. Go to [Security Admin console](https://security.microsoft.com/homepage) > **Email & collaboration** > **Policy & Rules**.

2. Go to **Threat policies** > **Rules**, and select **Enhanced filtering**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Go to Enhanced filtering](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step2-enhanced-filtering.png)

    </div>

3. Select the `Email Security Inbound Connector` that you configured previously to edit its configuration parameters.

4. Select **Automatically detect and skip the last IP address** and **Apply to entire organization**.

   ![Select Automatically detect and skip the last IP address, and Apply to entire organization](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step3-selectors.png)

5. Select **Save**.

## 3. Configure Email Security quarantine policies

### Select the disposition you want to quarantine

Quarantining messages is a per domain configuration. To modify which domains will have their messages quarantined, access the domain configuration:

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon) > **Domains**.

3. Locate the domain you want to edit.

4. Select the **...** > **Edit**.

5. Select the additional <GlossaryTooltip term="disposition">dispositions</GlossaryTooltip> you want to quarantine.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Manage domain quarantines](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step4-area1-dispositions.png)

    </div>

:::note
When Email Security is deployed as the MX record and protecting Office 365, `MALICIOUS` and `SPAM` detections will automatically be quarantined. This behavior cannot be modified.
:::

### Manage the Admin Quarantine

1. Log in to the [Email Security dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Email** > **Admin Quarantine**.

3. Locate the message you want to manage, and select the `...` icon next to it. This will let you preview, download, or release the quarantined message.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Manage admin quarantines](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step4-manage-admin-quarantine.png)

    </div>

## 4. Message handling

There may be scenarios where use of the Office 365 (O365) email quarantine or a combination with Email Security is preferred. The following are the best practices for using the O365 quarantine [by disposition](/email-security/reference/dispositions-and-attributes/):

| Disposition  | Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `MALICIOUS`  | Should always be quarantined. If the user requires notification, they should require administrator approval to release messages. Users should never have the ability to self remediate `MALICIOUS` emails without approval from an administrator. Emails should be body and subject tagged.                                                                                                                                                                          |
| `SUSPICIOUS` | Should not be quarantined. Emails should be body and subject tagged, and delivered to the user’s inbox or junk mail folder. Advantage customers should use [`URL defang`](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/) with this disposition, while all Enterprise customers should always enable [Email Link Isolation](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/#email-link-isolation).                                |
| `SPAM`       | Should always be quarantined. If the user requires notification, they may or may not require administrator approval to release emails. Emails should be subject tagged.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `BULK`       | Should not be quarantined. Emails should be subject tagged and delivered to the inbox or junk mail folder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| `SPOOF`      | If `SPOOF` detections are clean and well managed [in the Allow List](/email-security/email-configuration/lists/), emails should always be quarantined. If the `SPOOF` detections are not clean, they should have the same treatment as `SPAM` dispositions if you have [Enhanced Detections](/email-security/email-configuration/enhanced-detections/) configured. If not, `SPOOF` detections should be treated as `BULK`. Emails should be body and subject tagged. |

Office 365 (O365) has various options, as well as limitations, as to how quarantine email messages. Refer to [Office 365 use cases](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/) for more information.

The Email Security dashboard has an [Admin quarantine](/email-security/email-configuration/admin-quarantine/), and you can also use the Office 365 quarantine for when a user quarantine is needed. While there are many quarantine options, the following are the primary use cases the Office 365 [example tutorials](/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/) will cover:

- **Use case 1**: Deliver emails to Office 365 junk email folder and Admin Quarantine in Email Security (Recommended)
- **Use case 2**: Deliver emails to junk email folder and user managed quarantine (this use case requires that `MALICIOUS` emails be quarantined within the Email Security dashboard)
- **Use case 3**: Deliver emails to junk email and administrative quarantine
- **Use case 4**: Deliver emails to the user managed quarantine and administrative quarantine
- **Use case 5**: Deliver emails to the user junk email folder and administrative quarantine

## 5. Update your domain MX records

Instructions to update your MX records will depend on the DNS provider you are using. You will need to update and replace your existing MX record with the Email Security hosts. For example:

<Render file="deployment/mx-deployment-values" /> <Render file="deployment/mx-geographic-locations" />

DNS changes will reach the major DNS servers in about an hour or follow the TTL value as described in the [Prerequisites section](#prerequisites).

### Secure Office 365 from MX records bypass (recommended)

One method of DNS attacks is to search for old MX records and send <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> emails directly to the mail server. To secure the email flow, you will want to enforce an email flow where inbound messages are accepted by Office 365 only when they originate from Email Security. This can be done by adding a connector to only allow email from Email Security with TLS encryption. This step is optional but recommended.

:::caution[Important]
This step should not be performed until 24 hours after all domains (excluding your `<on_microsoft.com>` domain) in your Office 365 organization have been onboarded to Email Security, and Email Security is their MX record. If a domain has not been onboarded or DNS is still propagating, you will impact production email flow for that domain.
:::

#### Configure domains

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. In **Email Configuration** > **Domains**, make sure each domain you are onboarding has been added.

4. Set the following options for each domain:
   - **Domain**: `<YOUR_DOMAIN>`
   - **Configured as**: `MX Records`
   - **Forwarding to**: This should match the expected MX record for each domain in the [Domains section](https://admin.microsoft.com/#/Domains/) of Office 365
   - **IP Restrictions**: Leave empty
   - **Outbound TLS**: `Forward all messages over TLS`
   - **Quarantine Policy**: Varies by deployment.

#### Create Connector

1. Go to the new [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/homepage).

2. Go to **Mail flow** > **Connectors**.

3. Select **Add a connector**.

4. Select **Connection from** > **Partner organization**.

5. Select **Next**.

6. Set the following options:

   - **Name** - `Secure O365 Inbound`
   - **Description** - `Only accept inbound email from Email Security (formerly Area 1)`

7. Select **Next**.

8. Make sure **By Verifying that the sender domain matches one of the following domains** is selected.

9. Enter `*` in the text field, and select **+**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enter an asterisk in the text box, and select the plus button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step9-create-conector.png)

    </div>

10. Select **Next**.

11. Make sure **Reject email messages if they aren't sent over TLS** is selected.

12. Still in the same screen, select **Reject email messages if they aren’t sent from within this IP address range**, and enter all the egress IPs in the [Egress IPs page](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/).

    <div class="large-img">

    ![Enter all the egress IPs for Office 365](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step12-egress-ips.png)

    </div>

13. Select **Next**.

14. Review your settings and select **Create connector**.

## 6 Execute `Enable-OrganizationCustomization` (if required)

The following steps are only required if you have not previously customized your Office 365 instance. If you received the message to run this cmdlet in any of the previous steps, you will need to execute it in order to proceed with the configuration. This change may take as long as 24 hours to take effect.

1. Run PowerShell as administrator, and execute the following command. Reply `Yes` when prompted:

```powershell
Install-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
```

![Run the install-module command in PowerShell](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step1-install-module.png)

:::note
This module is a Microsoft module.
:::

2. Run the following commands to execute the policy change and connect to the Office 365 instance:

   ```powershell
   set-executionpolicy remotesigned
   ```

   Confirm that you want to execute the policy change, and then run the following command:

   ```powershell
   Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
   ```

   Finally, run the following to authenticate against your Office 365 instance:

   ```powershell
   Connect-ExchangeOnline
   ```

   ![Run the commands to execute the policy change](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step2-set-executionpolicy.png)

3. The `Connect-ExchangeOnline` cmdlet will prompt you to login. Log in using an Office 365 administrator account. Once authenticated, you will be returned to the PowerShell prompt.

   ![Log in with an Office 365 admin account](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step3-connect-exchange.png)

4. You can verify that the `OrganizationCustomization` is enabled by running the command:

```powershell
Get-OrganizationConfig | FL isDehydrated
```

![Run the get-organizationconfig command](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step4-get-organizationconfig.png)

If the result is `false`, `OrganizationCustomization` is already enabled and no further actions are required. If it is true, you need to enable it:

```powershell
Enable-OrganizationCustomization
```

![If the previous result is true, enable the organization customization mode](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/step4-enable-organizationcustomization.png)

---

# Prioritized traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/application-based-policies/prioritized-traffic/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

Prioritized traffic allows you to define which applications Magic WAN Connector should process first. Applications not in the list will be queued behind prioritized traffic.

Similarly to breakout traffic, prioritized traffic also works via DNS requests inspection.

:::caution
Prioritized traffic will not work for applications that use DNS-over-HTTPS.
:::

## Add an application

You need to configure Prioritized traffic for each of your existing sites, as it is a per-site configuration.

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="connector/app-aware-policies/add-app"
	params={{ featureName: "Prioritized traffic" }}
/>

6. Select one or more applications that should take precedence over other traffic. You can also use the search box.
7. Select **Add applications**.

The traffic for the applications you chose are now processed first by Connector.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

1. Send a [`GET` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/apps/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with an account.

   Example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/apps \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": [
   		{
   			"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   			"name": "<APP_NAME>",
   			"type": "<TYPE_OF_APP>",
   			"hostnames": ["<HOSTNAME1.com>", "<HOSTNAME2.info>"]
   		}
   	],
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

   Take note of the `"managed_app_id"` value for any application you want to configure.

2. Send a [`POST` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/create/) to add new apps the priority traffic policy.

   Example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{
   	"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   	"priority": 1
   }'
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   		"breakout": true
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Delete an application

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render
	file="connector/app-aware-policies/delete-app"
	params={{ featureName: "Prioritized traffic" }}
/>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

1. Send a [`GET` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/list/) to list the applications associated with a site.

   Example:

   ```bash
   curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": [
   		{
   			"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   			"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   			"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   			"breakout": true
   		}
   	],
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

   Take note of the `"id"` value for the application that want to delete.

2. Send a `DELETE` request [using the API](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/app_configuration/methods/delete/) to delete an application from the breakout traffic policy.

   ```bash
   curl --request DELETE \
   https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/app_configs/{id} \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>"
   ```

   ```json output
   {
   	"result": {
   		"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"site_id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
   		"managed_app_id": "<MANAGED_APP_ID>",
   		"breakout": true
   	},
   	"success": true,
   	"errors": [],
   	"messages": []
   }
   ```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Application-aware policies

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/application-based-policies/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

In addition to traffic policies based on network-layer attributes like IP and port ranges, the Magic WAN Connector supports the ability to classify traffic based on well-known applications. Application-aware policies provide easier management and more granularity over traffic flows.

Cloudflare's implementation of application awareness leverages the intelligence of our global network, using the same categorization/classification already shared across security tools like our [Secure Web Gateway](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/), so IT and security teams can expect consistent behavior across routing and inspection decisions.

For more information, refer to [Applications and app types](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/).

Magic WAN Connector's ability to classify traffic allows you to define which applications should bypass Cloudflare's security filtering, and go directly to the Internet. You can also give some applications a higher priority, and Connector will process them first. This is useful when your network is at capacity, for example.

Refer to the following pages for more information.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# DHCP relay

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/dhcp/dhcp-relay/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

DHCP Relay provides a way for DHCP clients to communicate with DHCP servers that are not available on the same local subnet/broadcast domain. When you enable DHCP Relay, Magic WAN Connector forwards DHCP discover messages to a predefined DHCP server, and routes the responses back to the original device that sent the discover message.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
accTitle: An example of Connector in DHCP Relay mode
    a(Magic WAN Connector) --> b(Internet) --> c(DHCP server)

    subgraph Customer site
    d[LAN 1] <--> a
    e[LAN 2] <--> a
    end

    c --> a
    classDef orange fill:#f48120,color: black
    class a orange
```

_The above graph shows Connector sending DHCP discover messages to a DHCP server offsite._

To configure DHCP relay:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
3. Select your site > **Edit**.
4. Select **Network**.
5. In **LAN configuration**, select the LAN where you need to configure DHCP relay.
6. Select **Edit**.
7. Select **This is a DHCP Relay**.
8. In **Upstream DHCP server addresses**, enter the IP address of your DHCP server.
9. (Optional) If you need to add more DHCP server addresses, select **Add upstream DHCP server address** as many times as needed, and enter the new values.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a [`PUT` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/lans/methods/update/) to update the LAN where you want to enable DHCP relay:

Example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/lans/{lan_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "lan": {
    "static_addressing": {
      "dhcp_relay": {
        "server_addresses": [
          "192.0.2.1"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# DHCP server

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/dhcp/dhcp-server/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

When you use a static IP address, Magic WAN Connector can also act as a DHCP server in your network. To enable this feature:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Go to **Magic WAN** > **Sites**.
3. Select your site > **Edit**.
4. Select **Network**.
5. In **LAN configuration**, select the LAN where you want to enable DHCP server.
6. Select **Edit**.
7. Under **Static addressing**, select **This is a DHCP Server**. You also have to specify:

   - The DNS server address
   - The DHCP pool start
   - The DHCP pool end

   For example:

    <div class="medium-img">

   ![An example of how to configure you Magic WAN Connector LAN](~/assets/images/magic-wan/connector/lan-static.png)

    </div>

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a [`PUT` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/lans/methods/update/) to update the LAN where you want to enable DHCP server:

Example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/lans/{lan_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "lan": {
    "static_addressing": {
      "dhcp_server": {
        "dhcp_pool_end": "<IP_ADDRESS>",
        "dhcp_pool_start": "<IP_ADDRESS>",
        "dns_server": "<IP_ADDRESS>"
      }
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# DHCP static address reservation

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/dhcp/dhcp-static-address-reservation/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

If you configure your Connector to be a DHCP server, you can also assign IP addresses to specific devices on your network. To reserve IP addresses:

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="Dashboard">

1. Configure your Connector to be a [DHCP server](/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/dhcp/dhcp-server/).
2. Select **Add DHCP Reservation**.
3. In **Hardware Address** enter the [MAC address](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address) for the device you want a specific IP address for.
4. In **IP Address**, enter the IP address for that device.
5. (Optional) If you need to reserve more IP addresses, select **Add DHCP Reservation** as many times as needed, and enter the new values.

</TabItem> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="connector/account-id-api-key" />

Create a [`PUT` request](/api/resources/magic_transit/subresources/sites/subresources/lans/methods/update/) to update the LAN where you want to reserve addresses:

Example:

```bash
curl --request PUT \
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/magic/sites/{site_id}/lans/{lan_id} \
--header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
--header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
  "lan": {
    "static_addressing": {
      "dhcp_server": {
        "reservations": {
          "<HARDWARE_MAC_ADDRESS>": "<IP_ADDRESS>",
          "<HARDWARE_MAC_ADDRESS_2>": "<IP_ADDRESS>"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# DHCP options

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/connector/network-options/dhcp/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components";

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/azure/azure-virtual-wan/

This tutorial provides information on how to connect Magic WAN to a Microsoft Azure Virtual WAN hub.

## Prerequisites

You will need to have an existing Resource group, Virtual Network, and Virtual Machine created in your Azure account. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/) to learn more on how to create these.

## Start Azure configuration

### 1. Create a Virtual WAN

To connect one or more VNets to Magic WAN via a Virtual WAN hub, you first need to create a Virtual WAN (vWAN) resource representing your Azure network. If you already have a vWAN that you wish to connect to Magic WAN, continue to the next step. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-site-to-site-portal#openvwan) to learn more.

1. In the Azure portal, go to your **Virtual WANs** page.
2. Select the option to create a **Virtual WAN**.
3. Create a Virtual WAN with the **Type** set to **Standard**.

### 2. Create a Virtual WAN Hub

Using traditional hub and spoke terminology, a Virtual WAN Hub deployed within a vWAN is the hub to which your VNet(s) and Magic WAN attach as spokes. The vWAN hub deployed in this step will contain a VPN Gateway for connecting to Magic WAN.

1. Create a **Virtual WAN Hub**.
2. In **Basics**:
   1. Select your resource group as well as your desired region, capacity, and hub routing preference. Microsoft recommends using the default hub routing preference of **ExpressRoute** unless you have a specific need to change this setting. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/about-virtual-hub-routing-preference) to learn more about Azure hub routing preferences.
   2. Configure the **Hub Private Address Space**. Choose an [address space with a subnet mask of `/24` or greater](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-wan/virtual-wan-site-to-site-portal#hub) that does not overlap with the address spaces of any VNets you wish to attach to the vWAN Hub, nor with any of your Magic WAN sites.
3. In **Site to Site**:
   1. In **Do you want to create a Site to site (VPN gateway)?** select **Yes**.
   2. Select your desired **Gateway scale units** and **Routing Preference**. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/ip-services/routing-preference-overview#routing-via-microsoft-global-network) to learn more about Azure routing preferences.
4. Select **Create**. Note that the deployment time for the vWAN Hub and VPN Gateway may take 30 minutes or more.
5. After the VPN Gateway has finished provisioning, go to **Virtual WAN** > **Hubs** > **Your vHub** > **Connectivity** > **VPN (Site to site)**.
6. In the **Essentials** dropdown select the VPN Gateway listed.
7. Select the JSON View for the VPN Gateway and take note of the JSON attributes at the paths `properties.ipConfigurations[0].publicIpAddress` and  `properties.ipConfigurations[1].publicIpAddress`. These will be the customer endpoints needed when configuring IPsec tunnels for Magic WAN.

### 3. Create a VPN site

A VPN site represents the remote site your Azure vWAN can reach through a VPN connection. This is typically an on-premises location. In this case, the VPN site represents Magic WAN.

1. Go to **Virtual WAN** > **VPN sites** > **Create site**.
2. In **Basics**:
   1. Configure your desired region and name.
   2. Configure the **Device vendor** as Cloudflare.
   3. In **Private address space**, specify the address range(s) you wish to access from your vWAN through Magic WAN. This could include other private networks connected to your Magic WAN, or a default route (`0.0.0.0/0`) if you want Internet egress traffic to traverse Magic WAN (that is, to be scanned by Cloudflare Gateway). The address space can be modified after VPN site creation.
3. In **Links**:
   1. Configure a single link. Provide a name, speed (in Mbps), and provider name (here, enter `Cloudflare`) for your link. For the **Link IP address**, enter your Cloudflare anycast address. The **BGP address** and **ASN** fields should be left empty. BGP is not supported at the time of writing this tutorial.
4. Select **Create**.

### 4. Configure VPN site for Magic IPsec tunnel health checks

Magic WAN uses [Tunnel Health Checks](/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/) to monitor whether a tunnel is available.

Tunnel health checks make use of ICMP probes sent from the Cloudflare side of the Magic IPsec tunnel to the remote endpoint (Azure). Probes are sent from the tunnel's interface address, which you specify in two places:

- **Cloudflare Dashboard:** In your Magic IPsec tunnel configuration as the address of the virtual tunnel interface (VTI) (so that Cloudflare knows what address to send probes from). Cloudflare requires this address in CIDR notation with a `/31` netmask.
- **Azure Portal:** In your VPN site's address space (so that Azure routes probe responses back over the tunnel). Azure requires this address in CIDR notation with a `/32` netmask.

Cloudflare recommends that you select a unique `/31` subnet ([RFC 1918 — Address Allocation for Private Internets](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918)) for each IPsec tunnel which is treated as a Point-to-Point Link and provides the ideal addressing scheme to satisfy both requirements.

Example:

- Select `169.254.251.137/31` as your unique Point-to-Point Link subnet.
- In the Cloudflare dashboard, set `169.254.251.137/31` as your tunnel's **IPv4 Interface address**. (Refer to [Configure Magic WAN](#configure-magic-wan) below.)
- In the Azure portal, add `169.254.251.137/32` to your VPN site's **Private address space**.

:::note
It is important to ensure the subnet selected for the Interface Address does not overlap with any other subnet.

You should also refer to RFC 3021 for more information on using 31-bit prefixes on [IPv4 Point-to-Point Links](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3021).
:::

To configure the Address Space for the Local Network Gateway to support Tunnel Health Checks:

1. Go to **Virtual WAN** > **VPN sites** > **Your VPN Site** > **Edit site** to edit the VPN site configured in the previous section.
2. Update the **Private address space** to include two `/32` subnets in CIDR notation as described above. When using Azure VPN Gateways with vWAN Hubs, a single VPN Gateway Connection maps to two Magic WAN IPsec Tunnels. For this reason, we need to select two unique `/31` subnets, one for each Cloudflare IPsec Tunnel. The upper address of each `/31` is then added to the VPN Site's Private address space as a `/32`subnet.
3. Select **Confirm**.

### 5. Create a Virtual Network Connection

To connect your existing VNet to your newly created vHub:

1. Go to **Virtual WAN** > **Virtual network connections** and select **Add connection**.
2. Configure the connection to connect the desired VNet to the vHub created above.
3. Ensure that within the connection's **Routing configuration**:
   1. **Propagate to none** is set to **No.**
   2. **Bypass Next Hop IP for workloads within this VNet** is set to **No**
   3. And **Propagate static route** is set to **Yes**.
4. Select **Create**.

## Configure Magic WAN

When connecting your Azure vHub VPN Gateway to Magic WAN, two Cloudflare tunnels are required to map to the single Azure VPN Gateway Connection created above. This is because Azure VPN Gateways are deployed with two public IP addresses.

1. Create an [IPsec tunnel](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) in the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Make sure you have the following settings:
   1. **Interface address**: Add the upper IP address within the first `/31` subnet selected in step 4 of the Start Azure Configuration section. Refer to [Tunnel endpoints](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) for more details.
   2. **Customer endpoint**: The first public IP associated with your Azure VPN Gateway. For example, `40.xxx.xxx.xxx`.
   3. **Cloudflare endpoint**: Use the Cloudflare anycast address you have received from your account team. This will also be the IP address corresponding to the VPN Site in Azure. For example, `162.xxx.xxx.xxx`.
   4. **Health check rate**: Medium (default).
   5. **Health check type**: Reply (default).
   6. **Health check direction**: Bidirectional (default).
   7. **Health check target**: Custom; enter the customer endpoint.
   8. **Add pre-shared key later**: Select this option to create a PSK that will be used later in Azure.
   9. **Replay protection**: **Enable**.
3. Edit the tunnel. Generate a new pre-shared key and copy the key to a safe location.
4. Create static routes for your Azure Virtual Network subnets, specifying the newly created tunnel as the next hop.
5. Create the second IPsec tunnel in the Cloudflare dashboard. Copy the configuration of the first tunnel with the following exceptions:
   1. **Interface address**: Add the upper IP address within the **second** `/31` subnet selected in step 4 of the Start Azure Configuration section.
   2. **Customer endpoint**: The **second** Public IP associated with your Azure VPN Gateway.
   3. **Health check target**: Enter the new customer endpoint as a custom target.
   4. **Use my own pre-shared key**: Select this option and enter the key generated for the first tunnel.
6. Create static routes for your Azure Virtual Network subnets, specifying the newly created tunnel as the next hop. To use one tunnel as primary and the other as backup, give the primary tunnel's route a lower priority. To ECMP load balance across both tunnels, assign both routes the same priority.

## Finish Azure Configuration

### 1. Create an IPsec VPN Gateway Connection

To create a **VPN Gateway Connection**:

1. Go to **Virtual WAN** > **Hubs** > **Your vHub** > **Connectivity** > **VPN (Site to site)** and remove the default filter **Hub association: Connected** to display the **VPN Site** created above.
2. Check the box next to your VPN Site and select **Connect VPN sites**.

Choose the following settings when creating your VPN Connection:

1. **PSK**: Provide the PSK generated by Cloudflare for your Magic WAN Tunnels.
2. **Protocol**: *IKEv2*
3. **IPsec**: *Custom*
   1. **IPsec SA lifetime in seconds**: 28800
   2. **IKE Phase 1**
      1. **Encryption**: *AES256*
      2. **Integrity/PRF**: *SHA256*
      3. **DH Group**: *ECP384*
   3. **IKE Phase 2(IPsec)**
      1. **IPsec Encryption**: *AES256*
      2. **IPsec Integrity**: *SHA256*
      3. **PFS Group**: *ECP384*
   4. **Propagate Default Route:** **Disable**
   5. **Use policy based traffic selector**: **Disable**
   6. **Connection mode**: **Initiator Only**
   7. **Configure traffic selector?**: **Disabled**

4. Select **Connect**.

---

# Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/azure/azure-vpn-gateway/

This tutorial provides information on how to connect Cloudflare Magic WAN to your Azure Virtual Network, using the Azure Virtual Network Gateway.

:::note
This configuration guide applies to Azure Virtual Network Gateway in an Active/Standby configuration. Active/Active configuration is not currently supported.
:::

## Prerequisites

You will need to have an existing Resource group, Virtual Network, and Virtual Machine created in your Azure account. Refer to [Microsoft's documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/) to learn more on how to create these.

## Configure Azure

### 1. Create a Gateway subnet

You should already have a Virtual Network (VNET) created with a subnet assigned to it. The next step is to create a gateway subnet that Azure will use for addressing services related to Azure's Virtual Network Gateway. If you already have a gateway subnet, Azure will prevent you from creating a second one. If that is your case, update your gateway subnet settings.

1. Go to your **Virtual Network** > **Subnets**.
2. Select the option to add a **Gateway subnet**.
3. Configure the subnet address range. The gateway subnet must be contained by the address space of the virtual network, and have a subnet mask of `/27` or greater.
4. Make sure all other settings are set to **None**.

### 2. Create a Virtual Network Gateway

The Virtual Network Gateway is used to form the tunnel to the devices on your premises.

:::note
This configuration guide applies to Azure Virtual Network Gateway which includes the functionality found in the Azure VPN Gateway.
:::

1. Create a Virtual Network Gateway.
2. Create a new public IP address or use an existing IP. Take note of the public IP address assigned to the Virtual Network Gateway as this will be the **Customer endpoint** for Magic WAN's IPsec tunnels configuration.
3. Select the resource group and VNET you have already created.
4. In **Configuration**, disable **Active-active mode** and **Gateway Private IPs**.
5. Select **Create**.

:::note
The time it takes for Azure to fully provision the Virtual Network Gateway depends on the deployment region.
:::

### 3. Create a Local Network Gateway

The Local Network Gateway typically refers to your on-premises location. In this case, the Local Network Gateway represents the Cloudflare side of the connection.

We recommend creating a Local Network Gateway for your Cloudflare IPsec tunnel.

1. Create a new local network gateway.
2. In **Instance details** > **Endpoint**, select **IP address** and enter the Cloudflare anycast address in the IP address field.
3. In **Address space(s)**, specify the address range of any subnets you wish to access remotely through the Magic WAN connection. For example, if you want to reach a network with an IP range of `192.168.1.0/24`, and this network is connected to your Magic WAN tenant, you would add `192.168.1.0/24` to the local network gateway address space.
4. Go to the **Advanced** tab > **BGP settings**, and make sure you select **No**.

### 4. Configure Local Network Gateway for Magic IPsec tunnel health checks

Magic WAN uses [Tunnel Health Checks](/magic-wan/reference/tunnel-health-checks/) to ensure the tunnel is available.

Tunnel health checks make use of ICMP probes sent from the Cloudflare side of the Magic IPsec tunnel to the remote endpoint (Azure).

There is an important distinction between how to configure Cloudflare and Azure to support the health checks:

- Magic IPsec Tunnel configuration settings requires specifying a discrete IP address (`/31` netmask recommended)
- Azure Local Network Gateway settings require specifying a subnet (in CIDR notation)

Cloudflare recommends customers select a unique `/31` subnet ([RFC 1918 - Address Allocation for Private Internets](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918)) for each IPsec tunnel which is treated as a Point-to-Point Link and provides the ideal addressing scheme to satisfy both requirements.

Example:

```txt
10.252.3.54/31 - Define as the subnet (in CIDR notation) in Azure Local Network Gateway in the Azure Portal.
10.252.3.55/31 - Define as the discrete IP Address assigned to the Interface Address (VTI - Virtual Tunnel Interface) of the Magic IPsec Tunnel in the Cloudflare Dashboard (see Configure Magic WAN below).
```

:::note
It is important to ensure the subnet selected for the Interface Address does not overlap with any other subnet.
:::

:::note
Refer to RFC 3021 for more information on using 31-bit prefixes on [IPv4 Point-to-Point Links](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3021).
:::

To configure the Address Space for the Local Network Gateway to support Tunnel Health Checks:

1. Edit the Local Network Gateway configured in the previous section.
2. Select **Connections**.
3. Add the`/31` subnet in CIDR notation (for example, `10.252.3.54/31`) under **Address Space(s)**.
4. Select **Save**.

### 5. Create an IPsec VPN Connection

Choose the following settings when creating your VPN Connection:

1. **Virtual network gateway**: Select the Virtual Network Gateway you have created in step 2.
2. **Local network gateway**: Select the Local Network Gateway created in step 3.
3. **Use Azure Private IP Address**: **Disabled**
4. **BGP**: **Disabled**
5. **IPsec / IKE policy**: **Custom**
   1. **IKE Phase 1**
      1. **Encryption**: _GCMAES256_ or _AES256_
      2. **Integrity/PRF**: _SHA256_
      3. **DH Group**: _DHGroup20_
   2. **IKE Phase 2(IPsec)**
      1. **IPsec Encryption**: _GCMAES256_ or _AES256_
      2. **IPsec Integrity**: _SHA256_
      3. **PFS Group**: _PFS2048_
   3. **IPsec SA lifetime in KiloBytes**: `0`
   4. **IPsec SA lifetime in seconds**: `28800`
   5. **Use policy based traffic selector**: **Disable**
   6. **DPD timeout in seconds**: `45`
   7. **Connection mode**: **Default**
   8. **Use custom traffic selectors**: **Disabled**
6. After the connection is created, select **Settings** > **Authentication**, and input your PSK (this will need to match the PSK used by the Magic WAN configuration).

Repeat this process to define the settings for the Connection to the Local Network Gateway that corresponds to the redundant Cloudflare anycast IP address.

### 6. Route all Internet traffic through Magic WAN and Cloudflare Gateway

Cloudflare Zero Trust customers can route Internet-bound traffic through Magic WAN to the Internet through Cloudflare Gateway.

Microsoft does not permit specifying a default route (`0.0.0.0/0`) under Address Space in the Local Network Gateway. However, it is possible to work around this limitation through the use of route summarization.

1. Go to **Local network gateways** and select the desired object.
2. Go to **Configuration** > **Address Space(s)** and specify the following two subnets: `0.0.0.0/1` & `128.0.0.0/1`.
3. Do not remove the subnet configured to support the Tunnel Health Checks.
4. Select **Save**

## Install Cloudflare Zero Trust CA Certificate

If you opt to route all Internet bound traffic through Magic WAN and want to take advantage of [HTTPS TLS decryption](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/tls-decryption/), it will be necessary to install and trust the Cloudflare Zero Trust root CA certificate on your user's devices. You can either install the certificate provided by Cloudflare (default option), or generate your own custom certificate and upload it to Cloudflare.

More details on how to install the root CA certificate can be found in [User-side certificates](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/) in the Cloudflare Zero Trust documentation.

Once the root CA certificate is installed, open a web browser or use curl to validate Internet connectivity:

```sh
curl https://ipinfo.io
```

```json output
{
	"ip": "104.xxx.xxx.225",
	"city": "Reston",
	"region": "Virginia",
	"country": "US",
	"loc": "xx.xxxx,-xx.xxxx",
	"org": "AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc.",
	"postal": "20190",
	"timezone": "America/New_York",
	"readme": "https://ipinfo.io/missingauth"
}
```

:::note
ICMP (ping/traceroute) will work to remote Magic WAN sites, but is not forwarded to the Internet. Please ensure you validate connectivity via HTTP.
:::

## Configure Magic WAN

1. Create an [IPsec tunnel](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/#add-tunnels) in the Cloudflare dashboard.
2. Make sure you have the following settings:
   1. **Interface address**: As the Azure Local Network Gateway will only permit specifying the lower IP address in a `/31` subnet, add the upper IP address within the `/31` subnet selected in [step 4 of the Configure Azure section](#4-configure-local-network-gateway-for-magic-ipsec-tunnel-health-checks). Refer to [Tunnel endpoints](/magic-wan/configuration/manually/how-to/configure-tunnels/) for more details.
   2. **Customer endpoint**: The Public IP associated with your Azure Virtual Network Gateway. For example, `40.xxx.xxx.xxx`.
   3. **Cloudflare endpoint**: Use the Cloudflare anycast address you have received from your account team. This will also be the IP address corresponding to the Local Network Gateway in Azure. For example, `162.xxx.xxx.xxx`.
   4. **Health check rate**: Leave the default option (Medium) selected.
   5. **Health check type**: Leave the default option (Reply) selected.
   6. **Health check direction**: Leave default option.
   7. **Add pre-shared key later**: Select this option to create a PSK that will be used later in Azure.
   8. **Replay protection**: **Enable**.
3. Create static routes for your Azure Virtual Network subnets, specifying the newly created tunnel as the next hop.

## Validate connectivity and disable Azure Virtual Network Gateway anti-replay protection

Once you have determined that connectivity has been established, Cloudflare recommends you disable anti-replay protection for the Azure Virtual Network Gateway site-to-site VPN connection. This can be accomplished through Microsoft Azure API.

1. Determine the API token via PowerShell:

```powershell
Get-AzAccessToken
```

```txt output
Token: eyJ0e<REDACTED>AH-PdSPg
ExpiresOn : 04/08/2024 23:32:47 +00:00
Type      : Bearer
TenantId  : xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
UserId    : user@domain.com
```

2. Issue the API call to display the details of the site-to-site VPN Connection associated with the Azure Virtual Network Gateway (`GET` request):

```bash
curl --location 'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}?api-version=2022-05-01' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer eyJ0e<REDACTED>AH-PdSPg'
```

3. Copy/paste the entire response into a text editor:

```json
{
    "name": "{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}",
    "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}",
    "etag": "W/\"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\"",
    "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways",
    "location": "eastus"
    },
    "properties": {
        "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
        "resourceGuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "packetCaptureDiagnosticState": "None",
        "enablePrivateIpAddress": false,
        "isMigrateToCSES": false,
        "ipConfigurations": [
            {
                "name": "default",
                "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/ipConfigurations/default",
                "etag": "W/\"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\"",
                "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/ipConfigurations",
                "properties": {
                    "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
                    "privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
                    "publicIPAddress": {
                        "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/{{virtualNetworkGatewayPublicIpAddress}}"
                    },
                    "subnet": {
                        "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/subnets/GatewaySubnet"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "natRules": [],
        "virtualNetworkGatewayPolicyGroups": [],
        "enableBgpRouteTranslationForNat": false,
        "disableIPSecReplayProtection": false,
        "sku": {
            "name": "VpnGw2AZ",
            "tier": "VpnGw2AZ",
            "capacity": 2
        },
        "gatewayType": "Vpn",
        "vpnType": "RouteBased",
        "enableBgp": false,
        "activeActive": false,
        "bgpSettings": {
            "asn": 65515,
            "bgpPeeringAddress": "172.25.40.30",
            "peerWeight": 0,
            "bgpPeeringAddresses": [
                {
                    "ipconfigurationId": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/ipConfigurations/default",
                    "defaultBgpIpAddresses": [
                        "172.25.40.30"
                    ],
                    "customBgpIpAddresses": [],
                    "tunnelIpAddresses": [
                        "{{CF ANYCAST IP}}"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "gatewayDefaultSite": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/localNetworkGateways/{{localNetworkGatewayName}}"
        },
        "vpnGatewayGeneration": "Generation2",
        "allowRemoteVnetTraffic": false,
        "allowVirtualWanTraffic": false
    }
}
```

4. Locate the line that controls disabling IPsec anti-replay protection, and change it from `false` to `true`:

```txt
"disableIPSecReplayProtection": true
```

5. Upload the entire response in a subsequent API call (`PUT` request):

```bash
curl --location --request PUT \
'https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}?api-version=2022-05-01' \
--header "Authorization: Bearer eyJ0e<REDACTED>AH-PdSPg" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{
    "name": "{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}",
    "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}",
    "etag": "W/\"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\"",
    "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways",
    "location": "eastus"
    },
    "properties": {
        "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
        "resourceGuid": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "packetCaptureDiagnosticState": "None",
        "enablePrivateIpAddress": false,
        "isMigrateToCSES": false,
        "ipConfigurations": [
            {
                "name": "default",
                "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/ipConfigurations/default",
                "etag": "W/\"xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\"",
                "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/ipConfigurations",
                "properties": {
                    "provisioningState": "Succeeded",
                    "privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
                    "publicIPAddress": {
                        "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/{{virtualNetworkGatewayPublicIpAddress}}"
                    },
                    "subnet": {
                        "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/subnets/GatewaySubnet"
                    }
                }
            }
        ],
        "natRules": [],
        "virtualNetworkGatewayPolicyGroups": [],
        "enableBgpRouteTranslationForNat": false,
        "disableIPSecReplayProtection": true,
        "sku": {
            "name": "VpnGw2AZ",
            "tier": "VpnGw2AZ",
            "capacity": 2
        },
        "gatewayType": "Vpn",
        "vpnType": "RouteBased",
        "enableBgp": false,
        "activeActive": false,
        "bgpSettings": {
            "asn": 65515,
            "bgpPeeringAddress": "172.25.40.30",
            "peerWeight": 0,
            "bgpPeeringAddresses": [
                {
                    "ipconfigurationId": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworkGateways/{{virtualNetworkGatewayName}}/ipConfigurations/default",
                    "defaultBgpIpAddresses": [
                        "172.25.40.30"
                    ],
                    "customBgpIpAddresses": [],
                    "tunnelIpAddresses": [
                        "{{CF ANYCAST IP}}"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "gatewayDefaultSite": {
            "id": "/subscriptions/{{subscriptionId}}/resourceGroups/{{resourceGroupName}}/providers/Microsoft.Network/localNetworkGateways/{{localNetworkGatewayName}}"
        },
        "vpnGatewayGeneration": "Generation2",
        "allowRemoteVnetTraffic": false,
        "allowVirtualWanTraffic": false
    }
}'
```

6. Leave the replay protection setting checked in the Cloudflare dashboard, and wait several minutes before validating connectivity again.

## Tunnel health checks and Azure

We have identified cases where the IPsec Tunnels configured on the Azure Virtual Network Gateway need to be restarted one time before the tunnel health checks start passing.

### Restart Azure tunnels

1. Open the Virtual Network Gateway.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Connections**.
3. Open the properties of the tunnel.
4. Go to **Help** > **Reset**.
5. Select **Reset**.

It may take several minutes for the tunnels to reset from the Azure side. Monitor the [tunnel health checks section](/magic-wan/configuration/common-settings/check-tunnel-health-dashboard/) in the Cloudflare dashboard to determine the status.

:::note
Tunnel Health Check percentages are calculated over a one hour period.
:::

---

# Microsoft Azure

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/magic-wan/configuration/manually/third-party/azure/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Microsoft Azure integration guides currently available:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Authentication

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/authentication/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

## Background

In Cloudflare’s system, a user can have multiple accounts and zones. As a result, your user is configured globally on your machine via a single Cloudflare Token. Your account(s) and zone(s) will be configured per project, but will use your Cloudflare Token to authenticate all API calls. A configuration file is created in a `.wrangler` directory in your computer’s home directory.

---

### Using commands

To set up Wrangler to work with your Cloudflare user, use the following commands:

- `login`: a command that opens a Cloudflare account login page to authorize Wrangler.
- `config`: an alternative to `login` that prompts you to enter your `email` and `api` key.
- `whoami`: run this command to confirm that your configuration is appropriately set up. When successful, this command will print out your account email and your `account_id` needed for your project's Wrangler file.

### Using environment variables

You can also configure your global user with environment variables. This is the preferred method for using Wrangler in CI (continuous integration) environments.

To customize the authentication tokens that Wrangler uses, you may provide the `CF_ACCOUNT_ID` and `CF_API_TOKEN` environment variables when running any Wrangler command. The account ID may be obtained from the Cloudflare dashboard in **Overview** and you may [create or reuse an existing API token](#generate-tokens).

```sh
CF_ACCOUNT_ID=accountID CF_API_TOKEN=veryLongAPIToken wrangler publish
```

Alternatively, you may use the `CF_EMAIL` and `CF_API_KEY` environment variable combination instead:

```sh
CF_EMAIL=cloudflareEmail CF_API_KEY=veryLongAPI wrangler publish
```

You can also specify or override the target Zone ID by defining the `CF_ZONE_ID` environment variable.

Defining environment variables inline will override the default credentials stored in `wrangler config` or in your Wrangler file.

---

## Generate Tokens

### API token

1. In **Overview**, select [**Get your API token**](/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
2. After being taken to the **Profile** page, select **Create token**.
3. Under the **API token templates** section, find the **Edit Cloudflare Workers** template and select **Use template**.
4. Fill out the rest of the fields and then select **Continue to summary**, where you can select **Create Token** and issue your token for use.

### Global API Key

1. In **Overview**, select **Get your API token**.
2. After being taken to the **Profile** page, scroll to **API Keys**.
3. Select **View** to copy your **Global API Key**.\*

:::caution[Warning]

\* Treat your Global API Key like a password. It should not be stored in version control or in your code – use environment variables if possible.

:::

---

## Use Tokens

After getting your token or key, you can set up your default credentials on your local machine by running `wrangler config`:

```sh
wrangler config
```

```sh output
Enter API token:
superlongapitoken
```

Use the `--api-key` flag to instead configure with email and global API key:

```sh
wrangler config --api-key
```

```sh output
Enter email:
testuser@example.com
Enter global API key:
superlongapikey
```

---

# Commands

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/commands/

import { Render, Type, MetaInfo, WranglerConfig } from "~/components";

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

Complete list of all commands available for [`wrangler`](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy), the Workers CLI.

---

## generate

Scaffold a Cloudflare Workers project from a public GitHub repository.

```sh
wrangler generate [$NAME] [$TEMPLATE] [--type=$TYPE] [--site]
```

Default values indicated by =value.

- `$NAME` =worker optional

  - The name of the Workers project. This is both the directory name and `name` property in the generated [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/) file.

- `$TEMPLATE` =[https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template) optional

  - The GitHub URL of the [repository to use as the template](https://github.com/cloudflare/worker-template) for generating the project.

- `--type=$TYPE` =webpack optional

  - The type of project; one of `webpack`, `javascript`, or `rust`.

- `--site` optional
  - When defined, the default `$TEMPLATE` value is changed to [`cloudflare/workers-sdk/templates/worker-sites`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-sites). This scaffolds a [Workers Site](/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch) project.

---

## init

Create a skeleton `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file in an existing directory. This command can be used as an alternative to `generate` if you prefer to clone a template repository yourself or you already have a JavaScript project and would like to use Wrangler.

```sh
wrangler init [$NAME] [--type=$TYPE] [--site]
```

Default values indicated by =value.

- `$NAME` =(Name of working directory) optional

  - The name of the Workers project. This is both the directory name and `name` property in the generated [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/) file.

- `--type=$TYPE` =webpack optional

  - The type of project; one of `webpack`, `javascript`, or `rust`.

- `--site` optional
  - When defined, the default `$TEMPLATE` value is changed to [`cloudflare/workers-sdk/templates/worker-sites`](https://github.com/cloudflare/workers-sdk/tree/main/templates/worker-sites). This scaffolds a [Workers Site](/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch) project.

---

## build

Build your project (if applicable). This command looks at your Wrangler file and reacts to the [`"type"` value](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#keys) specified.

When using `type = "webpack"`, Wrangler will build the Worker using its internal webpack installation. When using `type = "javascript"` , the [`build.command`](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#build-1), if defined, will run.

```sh
wrangler build [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME]
```

- `--env` optional
  - If defined, Wrangler will load the matching environment's configuration before building. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

---

## login

Authorize Wrangler with your Cloudflare account. This will open a login page in your browser and request your account access permissions. This command is the alternative to `wrangler config` and it uses OAuth tokens.

```sh
wrangler login [--scopes-list] [--scopes $SCOPES]
```

All of the arguments and flags to this command are optional:

- `--scopes-list` optional
  - List all the available OAuth scopes with descriptions.
- `--scopes $SCOPES` optional
  - Allows to choose your set of OAuth scopes. The set of scopes must be entered in a whitespace-separated list,
    for example, `wrangler login --scopes account:read user:read`.

`wrangler login` uses all the available scopes by default if no flags are provided.

---

## logout

Remove Wrangler's authorization for accessing your account. This command will invalidate your current OAuth token and delete the configuration file, if present.

```sh
wrangler logout
```

This command only invalidates OAuth tokens acquired through the `wrangler login` command. However, it will try to delete the configuration file regardless of your authorization method.

If you wish to delete your API token, log in to the Cloudflare dashboard and go to **Overview** > **Get your API token** in the right side menu > select the three-dot menu on your Wrangler token and select **Delete** if you wish to delete your API token.

---

## config

Configure Wrangler so that it may acquire a Cloudflare API Token or Global API key, instead of OAuth tokens, in order to access and manage account resources.

```sh
wrangler config [--api-key]
```

- `--api-key` optional
  - To provide your email and global API key instead of a token. (This is not recommended for security reasons.)

You can also use environment variables to authenticate, or `wrangler login` to authorize with OAuth tokens.

---

## publish

Publish your Worker to Cloudflare. Several keys in your Wrangler file determine whether you are publishing to a `*.workers.dev` subdomain or a custom domain. However, custom domains must be proxied (orange-clouded) through Cloudflare. Refer to the [Get started guide](/workers/configuration/routing/custom-domains/) for more information.

```sh
wrangler publish [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME]
```

- `--env` optional
  - If defined, Wrangler will load the matching environment's configuration before building and deploying. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

To use this command, the following fields are required in your Wrangler file:

- `name` string

  - The name of the Workers project. This is both the directory name and `name` property in the generated [Wrangler configuration](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/) file.

- `type` string

  - The type of project; one of `webpack`, `javascript`, or `rust`.

- `account_id` string
  - The Cloudflare account ID. This can be found in the Cloudflare dashboard, for example, `account_id = "a655bacaf2b4cad0e2b51c5236a6b974"`.

You can publish to [\<your-worker>.\<your-subdomain>.workers.dev](https://workers.dev) or to a custom domain.

When you publish changes to an existing Worker script, all new requests will automatically route to the updated version of the Worker without downtime. Any inflight requests will continue running on the previous version until completion. Once all inflight requests have finished complete, the previous Worker version will be purged and will no longer handle requests.

### Publishing to workers.dev

To publish to [`*.workers.dev`](https://workers.dev), you will first need to have a subdomain registered. You can register a subdomain by executing the [`wrangler subdomain`](#subdomain) command.

After you have registered a subdomain, add `workers_dev` to your Wrangler file.

- `workers_dev` bool
  - When `true`, indicates that the Worker should be deployed to a `*.workers.dev` domain.

### Publishing to your own domain

To publish to your own domain, specify these three fields in your Wrangler file.

- `zone_id` string

  - The Cloudflare zone ID, for example, `zone_id = "b6558acaf2b4cad1f2b51c5236a6b972"`, which can be found in the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com).

- `route` string

  - The route you would like to publish to, for example, `route = "example.com/my-worker/*"`.

- `routes` Array
  - The routes you would like to publish to, for example, `routes = ["example.com/foo/*", example.com/bar/*]`.

:::note

Make sure to use only `route` or `routes`, not both.

:::

### Publishing the same code to multiple domains

To publish your code to multiple domains, refer to the [documentation for environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/).

---

## dev

`wrangler dev` is a command that establishes a connection between `localhost` and a global network server that operates your Worker in development. A `cloudflared` tunnel forwards all requests to the global network server, which continuously updates as your Worker code changes. This allows full access to Workers KV, Durable Objects and other Cloudflare developer platform products. The `dev` command is a way to test your Worker while developing.

```sh
wrangler dev [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME] [--ip <ip>] [--port <port>] [--host <host>] [--local-protocol <http|https>] [--upstream-protocol <http|https>]
```

- `--env` optional

  - If defined, Wrangler will load the matching environment's configuration. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--ip` optional

  - The IP to listen on, defaults to `127.0.0.1`.

- `--port` optional

  - The port to listen on, defaults to `8787`.

- `--host` optional

  - The host to forward requests to, defaults to the zone of the project or to `tutorial.cloudflareworkers.com` if unauthenticated.

- `--local-protocol` optional

  - The protocol to listen to requests on, defaults to `http`.

- `--upstream-protocol` optional
  - The protocol to forward requests to host on, defaults to `https`.

These arguments can also be set in your Wrangler file. Refer to the [`wrangler dev` configuration](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#dev) documentation for more information.

### Usage

You should run `wrangler dev` from your Worker directory. Wrangler will run a local server accepting requests, executing your Worker, and forwarding them to a host. If you want to use another host other than your zone or `tutorials.cloudflare.com`, you can specify with `--host example.com`.

```sh
wrangler dev
```

```sh output
💁  JavaScript project found. Skipping unnecessary build!
💁  watching "./"
👂  Listening on http://127.0.0.1:8787
```

With `wrangler dev` running, you can send HTTP requests to `localhost:8787` and your Worker should execute as expected. You will also see `console.log` messages and exceptions appearing in your terminal. If either of these things do not happen, or you think the output is incorrect, [file an issue](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy).

---

## tail

Start a session to livestream logs from a deployed Worker.

```sh
wrangler tail [--format $FORMAT] [--status $STATUS] [OPTIONS]
```

- `--format $FORMAT` json|pretty
  - The format of the log entries.
- `--status $STATUS`
  - Filter by invocation status \[possible values: `ok`, `error`, `canceled`].
- `--header $HEADER`
  - Filter by HTTP header.
- `--method $METHOD`
  - Filter by HTTP method.
- `--sampling-rate $RATE`
  - Add a percentage of requests to log sampling rate.
- `--search $SEARCH`
  - Filter by a text match in `console.log` messages.

After starting `wrangler tail` in a directory with a project, you will receive a live feed of console and exception logs for each request your Worker receives.

Like all Wrangler commands, run `wrangler tail` from your Worker’s root directory (the directory with your Wrangler file).

:::caution[Legacy issues with existing cloudflared configuration]

`wrangler tail` versions older than version 1.19.0 use `cloudflared` to run. Update to the [latest Wrangler version](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/install-update/) to avoid any issues.

:::

---

## preview

Preview your project using the [Cloudflare Workers preview service](https://cloudflareworkers.com/).

```sh
wrangler preview [--watch] [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME] [ --url $URL] [$METHOD] [$BODY]
```

Default values indicated by =value.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, Wrangler will load the matching environment's configuration. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--watch` recommended

  - When enabled, any changes to the Worker project will continually update the preview service with the newest version of your project. By default, `wrangler preview` will only bundle your project a single time.

- `$METHOD` ="GET" optional

  - The type of request to preview your Worker with (`GET`, `POST`).

- `$BODY` ="Null" optional
  - The body string to post to your preview Worker request. For example, `wrangler preview post hello=hello`.

### kv_namespaces

If you are using [kv_namespaces](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#kv_namespaces) with `wrangler preview`, you will need to specify a `preview_id` in your Wrangler file before you can start the session. This is so that you do not accidentally write changes to your production namespace while you are developing. You may make `preview_id` equal to `id` if you would like to preview with your production namespace, but you should ensure that you are not writing values to KV that would break your production Worker.

To create a `preview_id` run:

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace create --preview "NAMESPACE"
```

### Previewing on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 1/2)

#### Setting $BROWSER to your browser binary

WSL is a Linux environment, so Wrangler attempts to invoke `xdg-open` to open your browser. To make `wrangler preview` work with WSL, you should set your `$BROWSER` to the path of your browser binary:

```sh
export BROWSER="/mnt/c/tools/firefox.exe"
wrangler preview
```

Spaces in filepaths are not common in Linux, and some programs like `xdg-open` will break on [paths with spaces](https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/3632#issuecomment-432821522). You can work around this by linking the binary to your `/usr/local/bin`:

```sh
ln -s "/mnt/c/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe" firefox
export BROWSER=firefox
```

#### Setting $BROWSER to `wsl-open`

Another option is to install [wsl-open](https://github.com/4U6U57/wsl-open#standalone) and set the `$BROWSER` env variable to `wsl-open` via `wsl-open -w`. This ensures that `xdg-open` uses `wsl-open` when it attempts to open your browser.

If you are using WSL 2, you will need to install `wsl-open` following their [standalone method](https://github.com/4U6U57/wsl-open#standalone) rather than through `npm`. This is because their npm package has not yet been updated with WSL 2 support.

---

## `route`

List or delete a route associated with a domain:

```sh
wrangler route list [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME]
```

Default values indicated by =value.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional
  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

This command will forward the JSON response from the [List Routes API](/api/resources/workers/subresources/routes/methods/list/). Each object within the JSON list will include the route id, route pattern, and the assigned Worker name for the route. Piping this through a tool such as `jq` will render the output nicely.

```sh
wrangler route delete $ID [--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME]
```

Default values indicated by =value.

- `$ID` required

  - The hash of the route ID to delete.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional
  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

---

## subdomain

Create or change your [`*.workers.dev`](https://workers.dev) subdomain.

```sh
wrangler subdomain <name>
```

---

## secret

Interact with your secrets.

### `put`

Create or replace a secret.

```sh
wrangler secret put <name> --env ENVIRONMENT_NAME
Enter the secret text you would like assigned to the variable name on the Worker named my-worker-ENVIRONMENT_NAME:
```

You will be prompted to input the secret's value. This command can receive piped input, so the following example is also possible:

```sh
echo "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nM...==\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n" | wrangler secret put PRIVATE_KEY
```

- `name`

  - The variable name to be accessible in the script.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional
  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

### `delete`

Delete a secret from a specific script.

```sh
wrangler secret delete <name> --env ENVIRONMENT_NAME
```

- `name`

  - The variable name to be accessible in the script.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional
  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

### `list`

List all the secret names bound to a specific script.

```sh
wrangler secret list --env ENVIRONMENT_NAME
```

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional
  - If defined, only the specified environment's secrets will be listed. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

---

## kv

The `kv` subcommand allows you to store application data in the Cloudflare network to be accessed from Workers using [Workers KV](https://www.cloudflare.com/products/workers-kv/). KV operations are scoped to your account, so in order to use any of these commands, you:

- must configure an `account_id` in your project's Wrangler file.
- run all `wrangler kv:<command>` operations in your terminal from the project's root directory.

### Getting started

To use Workers KV with your Worker, the first thing you must do is create a KV namespace. This is done with
the `kv:namespace` subcommand.

The `kv:namespace` subcommand takes a new binding name as its argument. A Workers KV namespace will be created using a concatenation of your Worker’s name (from your Wrangler file) and the binding name you provide:

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace create "MY_KV"
```

```sh output
🌀  Creating namespace with title "my-site-MY_KV"
✨  Success!
Add the following to your configuration file:
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8" }
]
```

Successful operations will print a new configuration block that should be copied into your Wrangler file. Add the output to the existing `kv_namespaces` configuration if already present. You can now access the binding from within a Worker:

```js
let value = await MY_KV.get("my-key");
```

To write a value to your KV namespace using Wrangler, run the `wrangler kv:key put` subcommand.

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding=MY_KV "key" "value"
```

```sh output
✨  Success
```

Instead of `--binding`, you may use `--namespace-id` to specify which KV namespace should receive the operation:

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --namespace-id=e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8 "key" "value"
```

```sh output
✨  Success
```

Additionally, KV namespaces can be used with environments. This is useful for when you have code that refers to
a KV binding like `MY_KV`, and you want to be able to have these bindings point to different namespaces (like
one for staging and one for production).

A Wrangler file with two environments:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[env.staging]
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8" }
]

[env.production]
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "a825455ce00f4f7282403da85269f8ea" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

To insert a value into a specific KV namespace, you can use:

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --env=staging --binding=MY_MV "key" "value"
```

```sh output
✨  Success
```

Since `--namespace-id` is always unique (unlike binding names), you do not need to specify an `--env` argument.

### Concepts

Most `kv` commands require you to specify a namespace. A namespace can be specified in two ways:

1. With a `--binding`:

   ```sh
   wrangler kv:key get --binding=MY_KV "my key"
   ```

   - This can be combined with `--preview` flag to interact with a preview namespace instead of a production namespace.

2. With a `--namespace-id`:

   ```sh
   wrangler kv:key get --namespace-id=06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db "my key"
   ```

Most `kv` subcommands also allow you to specify an environment with the optional `--env` flag. This allows you to publish Workers running the same code but with different namespaces. For example, you could use separate staging and production namespaces for KV data in your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
type = "webpack"
name = "my-worker"
account_id = "<account id here>"
route = "staging.example.com/*"
workers_dev = false

kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db" }
]

[env.production]
route = "example.com/*"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "07bc1f3d1f2a4fd8a45a7e026e2681c6" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

With the Wrangler file above, you can specify `--env production` when you want to perform a KV action on the namespace `MY_KV` under `env.production`. For example, with the Wrangler file above, you can get a value out of a production KV instance with:

```sh
wrangler kv:key get --binding "MY_KV" --env=production "my key"
```

To learn more about environments, refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/).

### `kv:namespace`

#### `create`

Create a new namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace create $NAME [--env=$ENVIRONMENT_NAME] [--preview]
```

- `$NAME`

  - The name of the new namespace.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace (the `preview_id` value) instead of production.

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace create "MY_KV"
🌀  Creating namespace with title "worker-MY_KV"
✨  Add the following to your wrangler.toml:
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", id = "e29b263ab50e42ce9b637fa8370175e8" }
]
```

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace create "MY_KV" --preview
🌀  Creating namespace with title "my-site-MY_KV_preview"
✨  Success!
Add the following to your wrangler.toml:
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "MY_KV", preview_id = "15137f8edf6c09742227e99b08aaf273" }
]
```

#### `list`

List all KV namespaces associated with an account ID.

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace list
```

##### Usage

This example passes the Wrangler command through the `jq` command:

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace list | jq "."
[
  {
    "id": "06779da6940b431db6e566b4846d64db",
    "title": "TEST_NAMESPACE"
  },
  {
    "id": "32ac1b3c2ed34ed3b397268817dea9ea",
    "title": "STATIC_CONTENT"
  }
]
```

#### `delete`

Delete a given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace delete --binding= [--namespace-id=]
```

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to delete.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The ID of the namespace to delete.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production.

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace delete --binding=MY_KV
Are you sure you want to delete namespace f7b02e7fc70443149ac906dd81ec1791? [y/n]
yes
🌀  Deleting namespace f7b02e7fc70443149ac906dd81ec1791
✨  Success
```

```sh
wrangler kv:namespace delete --binding=MY_KV --preview
Are you sure you want to delete namespace 15137f8edf6c09742227e99b08aaf273? [y/n]
yes
🌀  Deleting namespace 15137f8edf6c09742227e99b08aaf273
✨  Success
```

### `kv:key`

#### `put`

Write a single key-value pair to a particular namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding= [--namespace-id=] $KEY $VALUE
✨  Success
```

- `$KEY` required

  - The key to write to.

- `$VALUE` required

  - The value to write.

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to write to.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The ID of the namespace to write to.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional

  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production. Pass this to the Wrangler file’s `kv_namespaces.preview_id` instead of `kv_namespaces.id`.

- `--ttl` optional

  - The lifetime (in number of seconds) the document should exist before expiring. Must be at least `60` seconds. This option takes precedence over the `expiration` option.

- `--expiration` optional

  - The timestamp, in UNIX seconds, indicating when the key-value pair should expire.

- `--path` optional
  - When defined, Wrangler reads the `--path` file location to upload its contents as KV documents. This is ideal for security-sensitive operations because it avoids saving keys and values into your terminal history.

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding=MY_KV "key" "value"
✨  Success
```

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding=MY_KV --preview "key" "value"
✨  Success
```

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding=MY_KV "key" "value" --ttl=10000
✨  Success
```

```sh
wrangler kv:key put --binding=MY_KV "key" value.txt --path
✨  Success
```

#### `list`

Output a list of all keys in a given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:key list --binding= [--namespace-id=] [--prefix] [--env]
```

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to list.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The ID of the namespace to list.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--prefix` optional
  - A prefix to filter listed keys.

##### Usage

This example passes the Wrangler command through the `jq` command:

```sh
wrangler kv:key list --binding=MY_KV --prefix="public" | jq "."
[
  {
    "name": "public_key"
  },
  {
    "name": "public_key_with_expiration",
    "expiration": "2019-09-10T23:18:58Z"
  }
]
```

#### `get`

Read a single value by key from the given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:key get --binding= [--env=] [--preview] [--namespace-id=] "$KEY"
```

- `$KEY` required

  - The key value to get.

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to get from.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The ID of the namespace to get from.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the operation will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production. Pass this to use your Wrangler file’s `kv_namespaces.preview_id` instead of `kv_namespaces.id`

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:key get --binding=MY_KV "key"
value
```

#### `delete`

Removes a single key value pair from the given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:key delete --binding= [--env=] [--preview] [--namespace-id=] "$KEY"
```

- `$KEY` required

  - The key value to delete.

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to delete from.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The id of the namespace to delete from.

- `--env` optional

  - Perform on a specific environment specified as `$ENVIRONMENT_NAME`.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production. Pass this to use your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file's `kv_namespaces.preview_id` instead of `kv_namespaces.id`

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:key delete --binding=MY_KV "key"
Are you sure you want to delete key "key"? [y/n]
yes
🌀  Deleting key "key"
✨  Success
```

### `kv:bulk`

#### `put`

Write a file full of key-value pairs to the given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:bulk put --binding= [--env=] [--preview] [--namespace-id=] $FILENAME
```

- `$FILENAME` required

  - The file to write to the namespace

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to put to.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The id of the namespace to put to.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production. Pass this to use your Wrangler file’s `kv_namespaces.preview_id` instead of `kv_namespaces.id`

This command takes a JSON file as an argument with a list of key-value pairs to upload. An example of JSON input:

```json
[
	{
		"key": "test_key",
		"value": "test_value",
		"expiration_ttl": 3600
	}
]
```

In order to save JSON data, cast `value` to a string:

```json
[
	{
		"key": "test_key",
		"value": "{\"name\": \"test_value\"}",
		"expiration_ttl": 3600
	}
]
```

The schema below is the full schema for key-value entries uploaded via the bulk API:

- `key` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The key’s name. The name may be 512 bytes maximum. All printable, non-whitespace characters are valid.

- `value` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The UTF-8 encoded string to be stored, up to 25 MB in length.

- `expiration` int optional

  - The time, measured in number of seconds since the UNIX epoch, at which the key should expire.

- `expiration_ttl` int optional

  - The number of seconds the document should exist before expiring. Must be at least `60` seconds.

- `base64` bool optional
  - When true, the server will decode the value as base64 before storing it. This is useful for writing values that would otherwise be invalid JSON strings, such as images. Defaults to `false`.

If both `expiration` and `expiration_ttl` are specified for a given key, the API will prefer `expiration_ttl`.

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:bulk put --binding=MY_KV allthethingsupload.json
🌀  uploading 1 key value pairs
✨  Success
```

#### `delete`

Delete all specified keys within a given namespace.

```sh
wrangler kv:bulk delete --binding= [--env=] [--preview] [--namespace-id=] $FILENAME
```

- `$FILENAME` required

  - The file with key-value pairs to delete.

- `--binding` required (if no <code>--namespace-id</code>)

  - The name of the namespace to delete from.

- `--namespace-id` required (if no <code>--binding</code>)

  - The ID of the namespace to delete from.

- `--env $ENVIRONMENT_NAME` optional

  - If defined, the changes will only apply to the specified environment. Refer to [Environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/) for more information.

- `--preview` optional
  - Interact with a preview namespace instead of production. Pass this to use your Wrangler file’s `kv_namespaces.preview_id` instead of `kv_namespaces.id`

This command takes a JSON file as an argument with a list of key-value pairs to delete. An example of JSON input:

```json
[
	{
		"key": "test_key",
		"value": ""
	}
]
```

- `key` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - The key’s name. The name may be at most 512 bytes. All printable, non-whitespace characters are valid.

- `value` <Type text="string" /> <MetaInfo text="required" />

  - This field must be specified for deserialization purposes, but is unused because the provided keys are being deleted, not written.

##### Usage

```sh
wrangler kv:bulk delete --binding=MY_KV allthethingsdelete.json
```

```sh output
Are you sure you want to delete all keys in allthethingsdelete.json? [y/n]
y
🌀  deleting 1 key value pairs
✨  Success
```

---

## Environment variables

Wrangler supports any `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file keys passed in as environment variables. This works by passing in `CF_` + any uppercased TOML key. For example:

`CF_NAME=my-worker CF_ACCOUNT_ID=1234 wrangler dev`

---

## --help

```sh
wrangler --help
```

```sh output
👷 ✨  wrangler 1.12.3
The Wrangler Team <wrangler@cloudflare.com>

USAGE:
    wrangler [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    kv:namespace    🗂️  Interact with your Workers KV Namespaces
    kv:key          🔑  Individually manage Workers KV key-value pairs
    kv:bulk         💪  Interact with multiple Workers KV key-value pairs at once
    route           ➡️  List or delete worker routes.
    secret          🤫  Generate a secret that can be referenced in the worker script
    generate        👯  Generate a new worker project
    init            📥  Create a wrangler.toml for an existing project
    build           🦀  Build your worker
    preview         🔬  Preview your code temporarily on cloudflareworkers.com
    dev             👂  Start a local server for developing your worker
    publish         🆙  Publish your worker to the orange cloud
    config          🕵️  Authenticate Wrangler with a Cloudflare API Token or Global API Key
    subdomain       👷  Configure your workers.dev subdomain
    whoami          🕵️  Retrieve your user info and test your auth config
    tail            🦚  Aggregate logs from production worker
    login           🔓  Authorize Wrangler with your Cloudflare username and password
    logout          ⚙️  Remove authorization from Wrangler.
    help            Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
```

---

# Configuration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

## Background

Your project will need some configuration before you can publish your Worker. Configuration is done through changes to keys and values stored in a Wrangler file located in the root of your project directory. You must manually edit this file to edit your keys and values before you can publish.

***

## Environments

The top-level configuration is the collection of values you specify at the top of your Wrangler file. These values will be inherited by all environments, unless otherwise defined in the environment.

The layout of a top-level configuration in a Wrangler file is displayed below:

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
name = "your-worker"
type = "javascript"
account_id = "your-account-id"

# This field specifies that the Worker
# will be deployed to a *.workers.dev domain
workers_dev = true

# -- OR --

# These fields specify that the Worker
# will deploy to a custom domain
zone_id = "your-zone-id"
routes = ["example.com/*"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Environment configuration (optional): the configuration values you specify under an `[env.name]` in your Wrangler file.

Environments allow you to deploy the same project to multiple places under multiple names. These environments are utilized with the `--env` or `-e` flag on the [commands](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/commands/) that are deploying live Workers:

* `build`
* `dev`
* `preview`
* `publish`
* `secret`

Some environment properties can be [*inherited*](#keys) from the top-level configuration, but if new values are configured in an environment, they will always override those at the top level.

An example of an `[env.name]` configuration looks like this:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
type = "javascript"

name = "your-worker"
account_id = "your-account-id"

[vars]
FOO = "default FOO value"
BAR = "default BAR value"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "FOO"
id = "1a..."
preview_id = "1b..."

[env.helloworld]
# Now adding configuration keys for the "helloworld" environment.
# These new values will override the top-level configuration.
name = "your-worker-helloworld"
account_id = "your-other-account-id"

[env.helloworld.vars]
FOO = "env-helloworld FOO value"
BAR = "env-helloworld BAR value"

[[env.helloworld.kv_namespaces]]
  # Redeclare kv namespace bindings for each environment
  # NOTE: In this case, passing new IDs because new `account_id` value.
binding = "FOO"
id = "888..."
preview_id = "999..."
```

</WranglerConfig>

To deploy this example Worker to the `helloworld` environment, you would run `wrangler publish --env helloworld`.

***

## Keys

There are three types of keys in a Wrangler file:

* Top level only keys are required to be configured at the top level of your Wrangler file only; multiple environments on the same project must share this key's value.

* Inherited keys can be configured at the top level and/or environment. If the key is defined only at the top level, the environment will use the key's value from the top level. If the key is defined in the environment, the environment value will override the top-level value.

* Non-inherited keys must be defined for every environment individually.



* `name` inherited required

  * The name of your Worker script. If inherited, your environment name will be appended to the top level.

* `type` top level required

  * Specifies how `wrangler build` will build your project. There are three options: `javascript`, `webpack`, and `rust`. `javascript` checks for a build command specified in the `[build]` section, `webpack` builds your project using webpack v4, and `rust` compiles the Rust in your project to WebAssembly.

:::note


Cloudflare will continue to support `rust` and `webpack` project types, but recommends using the `javascript` project type and specifying a custom [`build`](#build) section.


:::

* `account_id` inherited required

  * This is the ID of the account associated with your zone. You might have more than one account, so make sure to use the ID of the account associated with the `zone_id` you provide, if you provide one. It can also be specified through the `CF_ACCOUNT_ID` environment variable.

* `zone_id` inherited optional

  * This is the ID of the zone or domain you want to run your Worker on. It can also be specified through the `CF_ZONE_ID` environment variable. This key is optional if you are using only a `*.workers.dev` subdomain.

* `workers_dev` inherited optional

  * This is a boolean flag that specifies if your Worker will be deployed to your [`*.workers.dev`](https://workers.dev) subdomain. If omitted, it defaults to false.

* `route` not inherited optional

  * A route, specified by URL pattern, on your zone that you would like to run your Worker on. <br />`route = "http://example.com/*"`. A `route` OR `routes` key is only required if you are not using a [`*.workers.dev`](https://workers.dev) subdomain.

* `routes` not inherited optional

  * A list of routes you would like to use your Worker on. These follow exactly the same rules a `route`, but you can specify a list of them.<br />`routes = ["http://example.com/hello", "http://example.com/goodbye"]`. A `route` OR `routes` key is only required if you are not using a `*.workers.dev` subdomain.

* `webpack_config` inherited optional

  * This is the path to a custom webpack configuration file for your Worker. You must specify this field to use a custom webpack configuration, otherwise Wrangler will use a default configuration for you. Refer to the [Wrangler webpack page](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/) for more information.

* `vars` not inherited optional

  * An object containing text variables that can be directly accessed in a Worker script.

* `kv_namespaces` not inherited optional

  * These specify any [Workers KV](#kv_namespaces) Namespaces you want to access from inside your Worker.

* `site` inherited optional

  * Determines the local folder to upload and serve from a Worker.

* `dev` not inherited optional

  * Arguments for `wrangler dev` that configure local server.

* `triggers` inherited optional

  * Configures cron triggers for running a Worker on a schedule.

* `usage_model` inherited optional

  * Specifies the [Usage Model](/workers/platform/pricing/#workers) for your Worker. There are two options - [`bundled`](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-limits) and [`unbound`](/workers/platform/limits/#worker-limits). For newly created Workers, if the Usage Model is omitted it will be set to the [default Usage Model set on the account](https://dash.cloudflare.com/?account=workers/default-usage-model). For existing Workers, if the Usage Model is omitted, it will be set to the Usage Model configured in the dashboard for that Worker.

* `build` top level optional

  * Configures a custom build step to be run by Wrangler when building your Worker. Refer to the [custom builds documentation](#build) for more details.



### vars

The `vars` key defines a table of [environment variables](/workers/configuration/environment-variables/) provided to your Worker script. All values are plaintext values.

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[vars]
FOO = "some value"
BAR = "some other string"
```

</WranglerConfig>

The table keys are available to your Worker as global variables, which will contain their associated values.

```js
// Worker code:
console.log(FOO);
//=> "some value"

console.log(BAR);
//=> "some other string"
```

Alternatively, you can define `vars` using an inline table format. This style should not include any new lines to be considered a valid TOML configuration:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
vars = { FOO = "some value", BAR = "some other string" }
```

</WranglerConfig>

:::note


Secrets should be handled using the [`wrangler secret`](/workers/wrangler/commands/#secret) command.


:::

### kv\_namespaces

`kv_namespaces` defines a list of KV namespace bindings for your Worker.

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "FOO", id = "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279", preview_id = "6a1ddb03f3ec250963f0a1e46820076f" },
  { binding = "BAR", id = "068c101e168d03c65bddf4ba75150fb0", preview_id = "fb69528dbc7336525313f2e8c3b17db0" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

Alternatively, you can define `kv namespaces` like so:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "FOO"
preview_id = "abc456"
id = "abc123"

[[kv_namespaces]]
binding = "BAR"
preview_id = "xyz456"
id = "xyz123"
```

</WranglerConfig>

Much like environment variables and secrets, the `binding` names are available to your Worker as global variables.

```js
// Worker script:

let value = await FOO.get("keyname");
//=> gets the value for "keyname" from
//=> the FOO variable, which points to
//=> the "0f2ac...e279" KV namespace
```



* `binding` required

  * The name of the global variable your code will reference. It will be provided as a [KV runtime instance](/kv/api/).

* `id` required

  * The ID of the KV namespace that your `binding` should represent. Required for `wrangler publish`.

* `preview_id` required

  * The ID of the KV namespace that your `binding` should represent during `wrangler dev` or `wrangler preview`. Required for `wrangler dev` and `wrangler preview`.



:::note


Creating your KV namespaces can be handled using Wrangler’s [KV Commands](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/commands/#kv).

You can also define your `kv_namespaces` using an [alternative TOML syntax](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/blob/master/toml.md#user-content-table).


:::

### site

A [Workers Site](/workers/configuration/sites/start-from-scratch) generated with [`wrangler generate --site`](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/commands/#generate) or [`wrangler init --site`](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/commands/#init).

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[site]
bucket = "./public"
entry-point = "workers-site"
```

</WranglerConfig>



* `bucket` required

  * The directory containing your static assets. It must be a path relative to your Wrangler file. Example: `bucket = "./public"`

* `entry-point` optional

  * The location of your Worker script. The default location is `workers-site`. Example: `entry-point = "./workers-site"`

* `include` optional

  * An exclusive list of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match file or directory names from your `bucket` location. Only matched items will be uploaded. Example: `include = ["upload_dir"]`

* `exclude` optional

  * A list of `.gitignore`-style patterns that match files or directories in your `bucket` that should be excluded from uploads. Example: `exclude = ["ignore_dir"]`



You can also define your `site` using an [alternative TOML syntax](https://github.com/toml-lang/toml/blob/master/toml.md#user-content-inline-table).

#### Storage Limits

For exceptionally large pages, Workers Sites may not be ideal. There is a 25 MiB limit per page or file. Additionally, Wrangler will create an asset manifest for your files that will count towards your script’s size limit. If you have too many files, you may not be able to use Workers Sites.

#### Exclusively including files/directories

If you want to include only a certain set of files or directories in your `bucket`, add an `include` field to your
`[site]` section of your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[site]
bucket = "./public"
entry-point = "workers-site"
include = ["included_dir"] # must be an array.
```

</WranglerConfig>

Wrangler will only upload files or directories matching the patterns in the `include` array.

#### Excluding files/directories

If you want to exclude files or directories in your `bucket`, add an `exclude` field to your `[site]` section of your Wrangler file:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[site]
bucket = "./public"
entry-point = "workers-site"
exclude = ["excluded_dir"] # must be an array.
```

</WranglerConfig>

Wrangler will ignore files or directories matching the patterns in the `exclude` array when uploading assets to Workers KV.

#### Include > Exclude

If you provide both `include` and `exclude` fields, the `include` field will be used and the `exclude` field will be ignored.

#### Default ignored entries

Wrangler will always ignore:

* `node_modules`
* Hidden files and directories
* Symlinks

#### More about include/exclude patterns

Refer to the [gitignore documentation](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore) to learn more about the standard matching patterns.

#### Customizing your Sites Build

Workers Sites projects use webpack by default. Though you can [bring your own webpack configuration](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/eject-webpack/), be aware of your `entry` and `context` settings.

You can also use the `[build]` section with Workers Sites, as long as your build step will resolve dependencies in `node_modules`. Refer to the [custom builds](#build) section for more information.

### triggers

A set of cron triggers used to call a Worker on a schedule.

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[triggers]
crons = ["0 0 * JAN-JUN FRI", "0 0 LW JUL-DEC *"]
```

</WranglerConfig>



* `crons` optional
  * A set of [cron expressions](https://crontab.guru/), where each expression is a separate schedule to run the Worker on.



### dev

Arguments for `wrangler dev` can be configured here so you do not have to repeatedly pass them.

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[dev]
port = 9000
local_protocol = "https"
```

</WranglerConfig>



* `ip` optional

  * IP address for the local `wrangler dev` server to listen on, defaults to `127.0.0.1`.

* `port` optional

  * Port for local `wrangler dev` server to listen on, defaults to `8787`.

* `local_protocol` optional

  * Protocol that local `wrangler dev` server listen to requests on, defaults to `http`.

* `upstream_protocol` optional

  * Protocol that `wrangler dev` forwards requests on, defaults to `https`.



### build

A custom build command for your project. There are two configurations based on the format of your Worker: `service-worker` and `modules`.

#### Service Workers

This section is for customizing Workers with the `service-worker` format. These Workers use `addEventListener` and look like the following:

```js
addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
  event.respondWith(new Response("I'm a service Worker!"));
});
```

Usage:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[build]
command = "npm install && npm run build"

[build.upload]
format = "service-worker"
```

</WranglerConfig>

##### `[build]`



* `command` optional

  * The command used to build your Worker. On Linux and macOS, the command is executed in the `sh` shell and the `cmd` shell for Windows. The `&&` and `||` shell operators may be used.

* `cwd` optional

  * The working directory for commands, defaults to the project root directory.

* `watch_dir` optional

  * The directory to watch for changes while using `wrangler dev`, defaults to the `src` relative to the project root directory.



##### `[build.upload]`



* `format` required

  * The format of the Worker script, must be `"service-worker"`.



:::note


Ensure the `main` field in your `package.json` references the Worker you want to publish.


:::

#### Modules

Workers now supports the ES Modules syntax. This format allows you to export a collection of files and/or modules, unlike the Service Worker format which requires a single file to be uploaded.

Module Workers `export` their event handlers instead of using `addEventListener` calls.

Modules receive all bindings (KV Namespaces, Environment Variables, and Secrets) as arguments to the exported handlers. With the Service Worker format, these bindings are available as global variables.

:::note


Refer to the [`fetch()` handler documentation](/workers/runtime-apis/handlers/fetch) to learn more about the differences between the Service Worker and Module worker formats.


:::

An uploaded module may `import` other uploaded ES Modules. If using the CommonJS format, you may `require` other uploaded CommonJS modules.

```js
import html from "./index.html";

export default {
  // * request is the same as `event.request` from the service worker format
  // * waitUntil() and passThroughOnException() are accessible from `ctx` instead of `event` from the service worker format
  // * env is where bindings like KV namespaces, Durable Object namespaces, Config variables, and Secrets
  // are exposed, instead of them being placed in global scope.
  async fetch(request, env, ctx) {
    const headers = { "Content-Type": "text/html;charset=UTF-8" };
    return new Response(html, { headers });
  },
};
```

To create a Workers project using Wrangler and Modules, add a `[build]` section:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[build]
command = "npm install && npm run build"

[build.upload]
format = "modules"
main = "./worker.mjs"
```

</WranglerConfig>

##### `[build]`



* `command` optional

  * The command used to build your Worker. On Linux and macOS system, the command is executed in the `sh` shell and the `cmd` shell for Windows. The `&&` and `||` shell operators may be used.

* `cwd` optional

  * The working directory for commands, defaults to the project root directory.

* `watch_dir` optional

  * The directory to watch for changes while using `wrangler dev`, defaults to the `src` relative to the project root directory.



##### `[build.upload]`



* `format` required

  * The format of the Workers script, must be `"modules"`.

* `dir` optional

  * The directory you wish to upload your modules from, defaults to the `dist` relative to the project root directory.

* `main` required

  * The relative path of the main module from `dir`, including the `./` prefix. The main module must be an ES module. For projects with a build script, this usually refers to the output of your JavaScript bundler.

:::note


If your project is written using CommonJS modules, you will need to re-export your handlers and Durable Object classes using an ES module shim. Refer to the [modules-webpack-commonjs](https://github.com/cloudflare/modules-webpack-commonjs) template as an example.


:::

* `rules` optional

  * An ordered list of rules that define which modules to import, and what type to import them as.
    You will need to specify rules to use Text, Data, and CompiledWasm modules, or when you wish to
    have a `.js` file be treated as an `ESModule` instead of `CommonJS`.

Defaults:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
[build.upload]
format = "modules"
main = "./worker.mjs"

# You do not need to include these default rules in your `wrangler.toml / wrangler.json` file, they are implicit.
# The default rules are treated as the last two rules in the list.

[[build.upload.rules]]
type = "ESModule"
globs = ["**/*.mjs"]

[[build.upload.rules]]
type = "CommonJS"
globs = ["**/*.js", "**/*.cjs"]
```

</WranglerConfig>

* `type` required

  * The module type, see the table below for acceptable options:

* `globs` required

  * UNIX-style [glob rules](https://docs.rs/globset/0.4.6/globset/#syntax) that are used to determine the module type to use for a given file in `dir`. Globs are matched against the module's relative path from `build.upload.dir` without the `./` prefix. Rules are evaluated in order, starting at the top.

* `fallthrough` optional

  * This option allows further rules for this module type to be considered if set to true. If not specified or set to false, further rules for this module type will be ignored.



***

## Example

To illustrate how these levels are applied, here is a Wrangler file using multiple environments:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
# top level configuration
type = "javascript"
name = "my-worker-dev"
account_id = "12345678901234567890"
zone_id = "09876543210987654321"
route = "dev.example.com/*"
usage_model = "unbound"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "FOO", id = "b941aabb520e61dcaaeaa64b4d8f8358", preview_id = "03c8c8dd3b032b0528f6547d0e1a83f3" },
  { binding = "BAR", id = "90e6f6abd5b4f981c748c532844461ae", preview_id = "e5011a026c5032c09af62c55ecc3f438" }
]

[build]
command = "webpack"
[build.upload]
format = "service-worker"

[site]
bucket = "./public"
entry-point = "workers-site"

[dev]
ip = "0.0.0.0"
port = 9000
local_protocol="http"
upstream_protocol="https"

# environment configuration
[env.staging]
name = "my-worker-staging"
route = "staging.example.com/*"
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "FOO", id = "0f2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e279" },
  { binding = "BAR", id = "068c101e168d03c65bddf4ba75150fb0" }
]

# environment configuration
[env.production]
workers_dev= true
kv_namespaces = [
  { binding = "FOO", id = "0d2ac74b498b48028cb68387c421e233" },
  { binding = "BAR", id = "0d8c101e168d03c65bddf4ba75150f33" }
]
```

</WranglerConfig>

---

# Wrangler v1 (legacy)

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/

import { DirectoryListing, Render } from "~/components"

The following documentation applied to Wrangler v1 usage.

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Webpack

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/webpack/

import { Render, WranglerConfig } from "~/components"

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

Wrangler allows you to develop modern ES6 applications with support for modules. This support is possible because of Wrangler's [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) integration. This document describes how Wrangler uses webpack to build your Workers and how you can bring your own configuration.

:::note[Configuration and webpack version]


Wrangler includes `webpack@4`. If you want to use `webpack@5`, or another bundler like esbuild or Rollup, you must set up [custom builds](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/configuration/#build) in your Wrangler file.

You must set `type = "webpack"` in your Wrangler file to use Wrangler's webpack integration. If you are encountering warnings about specifying `webpack_config`, refer to [backwards compatibility](#backwards-compatibility).


:::

## Sensible defaults

This is the default webpack configuration that Wrangler uses to build your Worker:

```js
module.exports = {
  target: "webworker",
  entry: "./index.js", // inferred from "main" in package.json
};
```

The `"main"` field in the `package.json` file determines the `entry` configuration value. When undefined or missing, `"main"` defaults to `index.js`, meaning that `entry` also defaults to `index.js`.

The default configuration sets `target` to `webworker`. This is the correct value because Cloudflare Workers are built to match the [Service Worker API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API). Refer to the [webpack documentation](https://webpack.js.org/concepts/targets/) for an explanation of this `target` value.

## Bring your own configuration

You can tell Wrangler to use a custom webpack configuration file by setting `webpack_config` in your Wrangler file. Always set `target` to `webworker`.

### Example

```js
module.exports = {
  target: 'webworker',
  entry: './index.js',
  mode: 'production',
};
```

<WranglerConfig>

```toml
type = "webpack"
name = "my-worker"
account_id = "12345678901234567890"
workers_dev = true
webpack_config = "webpack.config.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

### Example with multiple environments

It is possible to use different webpack configuration files within different [Wrangler environments](/workers/wrangler/environments/). For example, the `"webpack.development.js"` configuration file is used during `wrangler dev` for development, but other, more production-ready configurations are used when building for the staging or production environments:



<WranglerConfig>

```toml
type = "webpack"
name = "my-worker-dev"
account_id = "12345678901234567890"
workers_dev = true
webpack_config = "webpack.development.js"

[env.staging]
name = "my-worker-staging"
webpack_config = "webpack.staging.js"

[env.production]
name = "my-worker-production"
webpack_config = "webpack.production.js"
```

</WranglerConfig>

```js
module.exports = {
  target: 'webworker',
  devtool: 'cheap-module-source-map', // avoid "eval": Workers environment doesn’t allow it
  entry: './index.js',
  mode: 'development',
};
```

```js
module.exports = {
  target: 'webworker',
  entry: './index.js',
  mode: 'production',
};
```

### Using with Workers Sites

Wrangler commands are run from the project root. Ensure your `entry` and `context` are set appropriately. For a project with structure:

```txt
.
├── public
│   ├── 404.html
│   └── index.html
├── workers-site
│   ├── index.js
│   ├── package-lock.json
│   ├── package.json
│   └── webpack.config.js
└── wrangler.toml
```

The corresponding `webpack.config.js` file should look like this:

```js
module.exports = {
  context: __dirname,
  target: 'webworker',
  entry: './index.js',
  mode: 'production',
};
```

## Shimming globals

When you want to bring your own implementation of an existing global API, you may [shim](https://webpack.js.org/guides/shimming/#shimming-globals) a third-party module in its place as a webpack plugin.

For example, you may want to replace the `URL` global class with the `url-polyfill` npm package. After defining the package as a dependency in your `package.json` file and installing it, add a plugin entry to your webpack configuration.

### Example with webpack plugin

```js null {1,7,8,9,10,11}
const webpack = require('webpack');

module.exports = {
  target: 'webworker',
  entry: './index.js',
  mode: 'production',
  plugins: [
    new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
      URL: 'url-polyfill',
    }),
  ],
};
```

## Backwards compatibility

If you are using `wrangler@1.6.0` or earlier, a `webpack.config.js` file at the root of your project is loaded automatically. This is not always obvious, which is why versions of Wrangler after `wrangler@1.6.0` require you to specify a `webpack_config` value in your Wrangler file.

When [upgrading from `wrangler@1.6.0`](/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/install-update/), you may encounter webpack configuration warnings. To resolve this, add `webpack_config = "webpack.config.js"` to your Wrangler file.

---

# Delegated

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/delegated-dcv/

import { Render } from "~/components"

Delegated DCV allows SaaS providers to delegate the DCV process to Cloudflare.

DCV Delegation requires your customers to place a one-time record at their authoritative DNS that allows Cloudflare to auto-renew all future certificate orders, so that there is no manual intervention from you or your customers at the time of the renewal.

***

## When to use

### HTTP DCV

<Render file="http-dcv-situation" />

### TXT DCV

<Render file="txt-dcv-situation" /> <br/>

* [DCV Delegation](#setup) (generally recommended)
* [Manual](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/)

***

## Setup

To set up Delegated DCV:

1. Add a [custom hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/domain-support/create-custom-hostnames/) for your zone, choosing `TXT` as the **Certificate validation method**.
2. On **SSL/TLS** > **Custom Hostnames**, go to **DCV Delegation for Custom Hostnames**.
3. Copy the hostname value.
4. For each hostname, the domain owner needs to place a `CNAME` record at their authoritative DNS. In this example, the SaaS zone is `example.com`.
   ```txt
   _acme-challenge.example.com CNAME example.com.<COPIED_HOSTNAME>.
   ```

Once this is complete, Cloudflare will place two TXT DCV records - one for `example.com` and one for `*.example.com` - at the `example.com.<COPIED_HOSTNAME>` hostname. The CNAME record will need to stay in place in order to allow Cloudflare to continue placing the records for the renewals.

If desired, you could also manually fetch the DCV tokens and share them with your customers.

## Moved domains

If you [move your SaaS zone to another account](/fundamentals/setup/manage-domains/move-domain/), you will need to update the `CNAME` record with a new hostname value.

---

# HTTP

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components"

HTTP validation involves adding a DCV token to your customer's origin.

***

## Non-wildcard custom hostnames

If your custom hostname does not include a wildcard, Cloudflare will always and automatically attempt to complete DCV through [HTTP validation](#http-automatic), even if you have selected **TXT** for your validation method.

This HTTP validation should succeed as long as your customer is pointing to your custom hostname and they do not have any [CAA records](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/troubleshooting/#certificate-authority-authorization-caa-records) blocking your chosen certificate authority.

## Wildcard custom hostnames

HTTP DCV validation is not allowed for wildcard certificates. You must use [TXT validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/) instead.

***

## Validation methods

### HTTP (automatic)

If you value simplicity and your customers can handle a few minutes of downtime, you can rely on Cloudflare automatic HTTP validation.

Once you [create a new hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/issue-certificates/) and choose the `http` validation method, all your customers have to do is add a CNAME to your `$CNAME_TARGET` and Cloudflare will take care of the rest.


<Details header="What happens after you create the custom hostname">

<Render file="cname-cert-verification" product="ssl" />


</Details>

:::note


Cloudflare is able to serve a random token from our edge due to the fact that `site.example.com` has a CNAME in place to `$CNAME_TARGET`, which ultimately resolves to Cloudflare IPs. If your customer has not yet added the CNAME, the CA will not be able to retrieve the token and the process will not complete.

We will attempt to retry this validation check for a finite period before timing out. Refer to [Validation Retry Schedule](/ssl/edge-certificates/changing-dcv-method/validation-backoff-schedule/) for more details.


:::

If you would like to complete the issuance process before asking your customer to update their CNAME (or before changing the resolution of your target CNAME to be proxied by Cloudflare), choose another validation method.

### HTTP (manual)

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-create-hostname" /> <br/>

* [**API**](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/get/): Within the `ssl` object, store the values present in the `validation_records` array (specifically `http_url` and `http_body`).
* **Dashboard**: When viewing an individual certificate at **SSL/TLS** > **Custom Hostnames**, refer to the values for **Certificate validation request** and **Certificate validation response**.

At your origin, make the `http_body` available in a TXT record at the path specified in `http_url`. This path should also be publicly accessible to anyone on the Internet so your CA can access it.

Here is an example NGINX configuration that would return a token:

```txt
location "/.well-known/pki-validation/ca3-0052344e54074d9693e89e27486692d6.txt" {
       return 200 "ca3-be794c5f757b468eba805d1a705e44f6\n";
}
```

Once your configuration is live, test that the DCV text file is in place with `curl`:

```sh
$ curl "http://http-preval.example.com/.well-known/pki-validation/ca3-0052344e54074d9693e89e27486692d6.txt"
ca3-be794c5f757b468eba805d1a705e44f6
```

The token is valid for one check cycle. On the next check cycle, Cloudflare will ask the CA to recheck the URL, complete validation, and issue the certificate.

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-validate-patch" />

---

# Install / Update

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/wrangler/migration/v1-to-v2/wrangler-legacy/install-update/

import { Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="wrangler-v1-deprecation" />

## Install

### Install with `npm`

```sh
npm i @cloudflare/wrangler -g
```

:::note[EACCESS error]

You may have already installed npm. It is possible that an `EACCES` error may be thrown while installing Wrangler. This is related to how many systems install the npm binary. It is recommended that you reinstall npm using a Node version manager like [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#installing-and-updating) or [Volta](https://volta.sh/).

:::

### Install with `cargo`

Assuming you have Rust’s package manager, [Cargo](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo), installed, run:

```sh
cargo install wrangler
```

Otherwise, to install Cargo, you must first install rustup. On Linux and macOS systems, `rustup` can be installed as follows:

```sh
curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh
```

Additional installation methods are available [on the Rust site](https://forge.rust-lang.org/other-installation-methods.html).

Windows users will need to install Perl as a dependency for `openssl-sys` — [Strawberry Perl](https://www.perl.org/get.html) is recommended.

After Cargo is installed, you may now install Wrangler:

```sh
cargo install wrangler
```

:::note[Customize OpenSSL]

By default, a copy of OpenSSL is included to make things easier during installation, but this can make the binary size larger. If you want to use your system's OpenSSL installation, provide the feature flag `sys-openssl` when running install:

```sh
cargo install wrangler --features sys-openssl
```

:::

### Manual install

1. Download the binary tarball for your platform from the [releases page](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy/releases). You do not need the `wranglerjs-*.tar.gz` download – Wrangler will install that for you.

2. Unpack the tarball and place the Wrangler binary somewhere on your `PATH`, preferably `/usr/local/bin` for Linux/macOS or `Program Files` for Windows.

## Update

To update [Wrangler](https://github.com/cloudflare/wrangler-legacy), run one of the following:

### Update with `npm`

```sh
npm update -g @cloudflare/wrangler
```

### Update with `cargo`

```sh
cargo install wrangler --force
```

---

# Validate

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/

import { Render } from "~/components"

<Render file="dcv-definition" product="ssl" /> <br/>

## DCV situations

### Non-wildcard certificates

<Render file="http-dcv-situation" />

### Wildcard certificates

<Render file="txt-dcv-situation" /> <br/>

* [DCV Delegation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/delegated-dcv/) (auto-issuance)
* [Manual](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/)

### Minimize downtime

If you want to minimize downtime, explore one of the following methods to issue and deploy the certificate before onboarding your customers:

* [Delegated DCV](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/delegated-dcv/): Place a one-time record at your authoritative DNS that allows Cloudflare to auto-renew all future certificate orders.
* [TXT validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/): Have your customers add a `TXT` record to their authoritative DNS.
* [Manual HTTP validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/#http-manual): Add a `TXT` record at your origin.

### Minimize customer effort

If you value simplicity and your customers can handle a few minutes of downtime, you can rely on Cloudflare [automatic HTTP validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/#http-automatic).

## Potential issues

To avoid or solve potential issues, refer to our [troubleshooting guide](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/troubleshooting/).

---

# TXT

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/txt/

import { Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

<Render file="txt-validation-definition" product="ssl" /> <br />

## When to use

Generally, you should use TXT-based DCV when you cannot use [HTTP validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/) or [Delegated DCV](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/delegated-dcv/).

### Non-wildcard custom hostnames

If your custom hostname does not include a wildcard, Cloudflare will always and automatically attempt to complete DCV through [HTTP validation](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/http/#http-automatic), even if you have selected **TXT** for your validation method.

This HTTP validation should succeed as long as your customer is pointing to your custom hostname and they do not have any [CAA records](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/troubleshooting/#certificate-authority-authorization-caa-records) blocking your chosen certificate authority.

### Wildcard custom hostnames

<Render file="wildcard-hostname-reqs" />

This means that - if you choose to use wildcard custom hostnames - you will need a way to share these DCV tokens with your customer.

---

### 1. Get TXT tokens

Once you [create a new hostname](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/issue-certificates/) and choose this validation method, your tokens will be ready after a few seconds.

<Render file="txt-validation_preamble" />

<Tabs syncKey="dashPlusAPI"> <TabItem label="API">

<Render file="txt-validation_api" />

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Dashboard">

<Render file="txt-validation_dashboard" />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### 2. Share with your customer

You will then need to share these TXT tokens with your customers.

### 3. Add DNS records (customer)

<Render file="txt-validation_post" />

<Render file="ssl-for-saas-validate-patch" />

### 4. (Optional) Fetch new tokens

Your DCV tokens expire after a [certain amount of time](/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/reference/token-validity-periods/), depending on your certificate authority.

This means that, if your customers take too long to place their tokens at their authoritative DNS provider, you may need to [get new tokens](#1-get-txt-tokens) and re-share them with your customer.

---

# Troubleshooting

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-for-platforms/cloudflare-for-saas/security/certificate-management/issue-and-validate/validate-certificates/troubleshooting/

## High-risk domains

Occasionally, a domain will be flagged as “high risk” by Cloudflare’s CA partners. Typically this is done only for domains with an Alexa ranking of 1-1,000 and domains that have been flagged for phishing or malware by Google’s Safe Browsing service.

If a domain is flagged by the CA, you need to contact Support before validation can finish. The API call will return indicating the failure, along with a link to where the ticket can be filed.

***

## Certificate Authority Authorization (CAA) records

CAA is a DNS resource record type defined in [RFC 6844](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6844) that allows a domain owner to indicate which CAs are allowed to issue certificates for them.

### For SaaS providers

If your customer has CAA records set on their domain, they will either need to add the following or remove CAA entirely:

```txt
example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "pki.goog"
example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"
example.com. IN CAA 0 issue "ssl.com"
```

While it is possible for CAA records to be set on the subdomain your customer wishes to use with your service, it will usually be set on the domain apex. If they have CAA records on the subdomain, those will also have to be removed.

### For SaaS customers

In some cases, the validation may be prevented because your hostname points to a CNAME target where CAA records are defined.

In this case you would need to either select a Certificate Authority whose CAA records are present at the target, or review the configuration with the service provider that owns the target.

***

## Time outs

If a certificate issuance times out, the error message will indicate where the timeout occurred:

* Timed Out (Initializing)
* Timed Out (Validation)
* Timed Out (Issuance)
* Timed Out (Deployment)
* Timed Out (Deletion)

To fix this error, send a [PATCH request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) through the API or select **Refresh** for the specific custom hostname in the dashboard. Please make sure that the `--data` field is not empty in your request.
If these return an error, delete and recreate the custom hostname.

***

## Immediate validation checks

You can send a [PATCH request](/api/resources/custom_hostnames/methods/edit/) to request an immediate validation check on any certificate. The PATCH data only needs include the same `ssl` object as the original request.

***

---

# DNS resolver IPs and hostnames

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/

When you create a DNS location, Gateway assigns IPv4/IPv6 addresses and DoT/DoH hostnames to that location. These are the IP addresses and hostnames you send your DNS queries to for Gateway to resolve.

To view the resolver endpoint IP addresses and hostnames for a DNS location:

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Gateway** > **DNS locations**.
2. Locate the DNS location, then select **Configure**.
3. Go to **Setup instructions**. The addresses and hostnames will appear in **Your configuration**.

## DNS query location matching

Gateway uses different methods to match a DNS query to DNS locations depending on the type of request and network:

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    %% Accessibility
    accTitle: How Gateway matches queries to DNS locations
    accDescr: Flowchart describing the order of checks Cloudflare Gateway performs to determine the DNS location of a DNS query.

    %% Flowchart
    router(["Router"])-->gateway["Cloudflare Gateway"]

    gateway-->query{{"Is the DNS query sent over HTTPS?"}}

    query--"Yes"-->hostname["Look up location by<br />unique hostname"]
    query--"No"-->ipv4{{"Is it over IPv4?"}}

    ipv4--"Yes"-->source["Look up location by<br />source IPv4 address"]
    ipv4--"No"-->destination["Look up location by<br />destination IPv6 address"]
```

1. First, Gateway checks whether the query was sent using DNS over HTTPS. If yes, Gateway looks up the DNS location by its unique hostname.
2. Next, if the query was not sent with DNS over HTTPS, Gateway checks whether it was sent over IPv4. If yes, it looks up the DNS location by the source IPv4 address.
3. Last, if the query was not sent over IPv4, it means it was sent over IPv6. Gateway will look up the DNS location associated with the query based on the unique DNS resolver IPv6 address.

## IPv4/IPv6 address

### Source IP

Gateway uses the public source IPv4 address of your network to identify your DNS location, apply policies, and log DNS requests. Unless you have purchased a [dedicated IPv4 resolver IP](#dedicated-dns-resolver-ip), you must provide source IP addresses for the IPv4 traffic you want to filter with DNS policies. Otherwise, Gateway will not be able to attribute the traffic to your account.

If you are on an Enterprise plan, you have the option of manually entering one or more source IP addresses of your choice. This enables you to create Gateway DNS locations even if you are not connecting from any of those networks' IP addresses.

### DNS resolver IP

When you create a DNS location, Gateway will resolve queries over IPv4 with the default DNS resolver IP addresses. These addresses are anycast IP addresses shared across every Cloudflare Zero Trust account. To resolve queries over IPv6, your location will receive and use a unique DNS resolver IPv6 address. These IP addresses are how Gateway will match DNS queries to locations and apply the appropriate filtering rules.

#### Dedicated DNS resolver IP

Enterprise users can request a dedicated DNS resolver IPv4 address to be provisioned for a DNS location instead of the default anycast addresses. Queries forwarded to that address will be identified using the dedicated DNS resolver IPv4 address.

Cloudflare will only assign resolver IP addresses to the Zero Trust account you request. For more information on requesting dedicated DNS resolver IPv4 addresses, contact your account team.

#### Bring your own DNS resolver IP

Enterprise users can use their own authority-provided IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as DNS endpoints for a location. Gateway can resolve UDP, TCP, DoT, and DoH queries through the IPv4 addresses provided, as well as UDP and TCP queries through the IPv6 addresses provided.

After you onboard your IP addresses, the IP addresses will appear under the associated endpoint when you create a new DNS location. If you did not provide IP addresses for a specific endpoint type, you can use the default Cloudflare resolver IPs or dedicated resolver IPs alongside your own resolver IPs. For example, if you want to use the IPv6 endpoint but only provided IPv4 addresses, you can use your own resolver IPs for IPv4 and the default Cloudflare IPs for IPv6.

For more information, refer to [Cloudflare BYOIP](/byoip/) or contact your account team.

## DNS over TLS (DoT)

Each DNS location is assigned a unique hostname for DNS over TLS (DoT). Gateway will identify your location based on its DoT hostname.

## DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

Each DNS location is assigned a unique hostname for DNS over HTTPS (DoH). Gateway will identify your location based on its DoH hostname.

### DoH subdomain

Each DNS location in Cloudflare Zero Trust has a unique DoH subdomain (previously known as unique ID). If your organization uses DNS policies, you can enter your location's DoH subdomain as part of the WARP client settings.

For example, for the DoH hostname `https://65y9p2vm1u.cloudflare-gateway.com/dns-query`, the DoH subdomain is `65y9p2vm1u`.

## Send specific queries to Gateway

By default, all queries from a configured DNS location will be sent to its DNS resolver IP address to be inspected by Gateway. You can configure Gateway to only filter queries originating from specific networks within a location:

1. [Create an IP list](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/lists/) with the IPv4 and/or IPv6 addresses that your organization will source queries from.
2. Add a [Source IP](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#source-ip) condition to your DNS policies.

For example, to block security threats for specific networks, you could create the following policy:

| Selector            | Operator | Value                                                           | Logic | Action |
| ------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ |
| Security Categories | in       | Select all categories that apply                                | And   | Block  |
| Source IP           | in list  | The name of the IP list containing your organization's networks |       |        |

DNS queries made from IP addresses that are not in your IP list will not be filtered or populate your organization's [Gateway activity logs](/cloudflare-one/insights/logs/gateway-logs/).

---

# Locations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/

import { GlossaryDefinition, Render } from "~/components";

<Render file="gateway/add-locations" />

10. Change the DNS resolvers on your router, browser, or OS by following the setup instructions in the UI.
11. Select **Go to DNS Location**. Your location will appear in your list of locations.

You can now apply [DNS policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/) to your location using the [Location selector](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/dns-policies/#location).

## DNS endpoints

### IPv4 and IPv6 DNS

Cloudflare will prefill the [**Source IPv4 Address**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#source-ip) based on the network you are on. Additionally, Enterprise users can use [dedicated DNS resolver IP addresses](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#dns-resolver-ip) assigned to their account or [resolver IP addresses they provide (BYOIP)](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/dns-resolver-ips/#bring-your-own-dns-resolver-ip).

You do not need to configure the IPv4 DNS endpoint if:

- Your network only uses IPv6.
- Your users will send all DNS requests from this location using [DNS over HTTPS](#dns-over-https-doh) via a browser.
- You will deploy the [WARP client](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/).

:::note[Your IPv4 address is taken error]
When you try to configure a DNS location over IPv4, Gateway may display a **Your source IPv4 address is taken** error. This may mean someone else in the same network configured Gateway before you did. If your network supports IPv6, you can still use Gateway's DNS filtering by sending DNS queries over IPv6. You can also use the DNS over HTTPS hostname to send queries using a DNS over HTTPS client.

If you think someone else is wrongfully using this IPv4 address, [contact Cloudflare support](/support/contacting-cloudflare-support/#getting-help-with-an-issue).
:::

### DNS over TLS (DoT)

<GlossaryDefinition term="DNS over TLS" />

For more information, refer to [DNS over TLS](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-tls/).

### DNS over HTTPS (DoH)

<GlossaryDefinition term="DNS over HTTPS" />

Gateway requires a DoH endpoint for default DNS locations. For more information, refer to [DNS over HTTPS](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/dns-over-https/).

## Limitations

### Captive portals

<Render file="gateway/add-locations-static-ip-warning" />

### Third-party filtering

<Render file="gateway/third-party-warning" />

---

# Route traffic

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/

When the WARP client is deployed on a device, Cloudflare will process all DNS queries and network traffic by default. However, under certain circumstances, you may need to exclude specific DNS queries or network traffic from WARP. For example, you may need to resolve an internal hostname with a private DNS resolver instead of Cloudflare's [public DNS resolver](/1.1.1.1/).

Cloudflare recommends Enterprise users configure [Gateway resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/) to resolve traffic with custom resolvers. WARP will send private DNS queries to Gateway, then Gateway will send the queries to custom resolvers based on matching policies.

Additionally, there are three options you can configure to exclude traffic from WARP:

- [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/): Use Local Domain Fallback to instruct the WARP client to proxy DNS requests for a specified domain to a resolver that is not Cloudflare Gateway. This is useful when you have private hostnames that would not otherwise resolve on the public Internet.
  :::caution
  Gateway will not encrypt, monitor, or apply DNS policies to DNS queries to domain names entered in Local Domain Fallback.
  :::
- [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) Exclude mode: Use Exclude mode to instruct the WARP client to ignore traffic to a specified set of IP addresses or domains. Any traffic that is destined to an IP address or domain defined in the Split Tunnels Exclude configuration will be ignored by the WARP client and handled by the local machine. Use this mode when you want the majority of your traffic encrypted and processed by Gateway, but need to exclude certain routes due to app compatibility, or if you need WARP to run alongside a VPN.
- [Split Tunnels](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) Include mode: Use Include mode to instruct the WARP client to only handle traffic to a specified set of IP addresses or domains. Any traffic that is not included by an IP address or domain defined in the Split Tunnel Include configuration will be ignored by the WARP client and handled by the local machine. Use this mode when you only want specific traffic processed by Gateway, such as when using Tunnels for a specific resource.
  :::caution
  Gateway will not encrypt, manage, or monitor traffic excluded from WARP by a Split Tunnel configuration.
  :::

## How the WARP client handles DNS requests

When you use the WARP client together with `cloudflared` Tunnels or third-party VPNs, Cloudflare evaluates each request and routes it according to the following traffic flow:

```mermaid
flowchart TD
    D["WARP client proxies DNS traffic to specified fallback server"] -- Resolver IP included in Tunnel per Split Tunnel configuration --> E["Query sent via WARP Tunnel to be resolved"]
    D -- Resolver IP not included in Tunnel per Split Tunnel configuration --> F["Query sent to resolver IP outside WARP Tunnel"]
    E -- Blocked by Gateway --> G["Traffic blocked by Cloudflare"]
    E -- Allowed by Gateway --> H["Evaluated by Cloudflare Tunnel routes"]
    H -- Tunnel routes do not include resolver IP --> I["Gateway proxies query to resolver IP via normal WARP egress route"]
    H -- Tunnel routes include resolver IP --> J["Cloudflare Tunnel advertises route that includes Resolver IP"]
    J --> L["Private resolver returns IP address to WARP client"]
    n1["Local Domain Fallback"] -- Matches domain --> C["WARP client resolves query according to Gateway policies"]
    n1 -- Does not match domain --> D
    A["WARP user requests resource"] --> n2["Gateway resolver policies"]
    n2 -- Does not match traffic --> n1
    n2 -- Matches traffic --> C

    D@{ shape: rect}
    E@{ shape: hex}
    F@{ shape: terminal}
    G@{ shape: terminal}
    H@{ shape: hex}
    I@{ shape: terminal}
    L@{ shape: terminal}
    n1@{ shape: hex}
    C@{ shape: terminal}
    A@{ shape: in-out}
    n2@{ shape: proc}
```

---

# Local Domain Fallback

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/

import { Render } from "~/components";

By default, Cloudflare Zero Trust excludes common top-level domains, used for local resolution, from being sent to Gateway for processing. These top-level domains are resolved by the local DNS resolver configured for the device on its primary interface.

You can add additional domains to the Local Domain Fallback list and specify a DNS server to use in place of the Gateway resolver. The WARP client proxies these requests directly to the configured fallback servers.

## Limitations

Local Domain Fallback only applies to devices running the WARP client.

Because DNS requests subject to Local Domain Fallback bypass the Gateway resolver, they are not subject to Gateway DNS policies or DNS logging. If you want to route DNS queries to custom resolvers and apply Gateway filtering, use [resolver policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/resolver-policies/). If both Local Domain Fallback and resolver policies are configured for the same device, Cloudflare will apply client-side Local Domain Fallback rules first.

## Manage local domains

### View domains

To view the domains subject to Local Domain Fallback:

<Render file="warp/view-local-domains" product="cloudflare-one" />

On this page, you will see a list of domains excluded from Gateway. You can [add](#add-a-domain) or [remove](#delete-a-domain) domains from the list at any time.

:::caution

Local Domain Fallback configuration only impacts where DNS requests get resolved, not the flow of traffic destined to those domains. If you want to prevent traffic from being sent to a specific domain or IP address, you must add those domains or IPs to your [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) configuration.

:::

### Add a domain

<Render file="warp/view-local-domains" product="cloudflare-one" />
4\. In **Domain**, enter the domain that you want to exclude from Gateway. All
prefixes under the domain are subject to the local domain fallback rule (in
other words, `example.com` is interpreted as `*.example.com`).

5. <Render file="warp/add-local-domain-ip" product="cloudflare-one" />

6. Enter an optional description and select **Save domain**.

7. DNS traffic to the local domain fallback server is routed according to your [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) configuration. To ensure that queries can reach your private DNS server:
   - If your DNS server is only reachable outside of the WARP tunnel (for example, via a third-party VPN), [exclude](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#add-a-route) the server's IP.
   - If your DNS server is only reachable through the WARP tunnel (for example, if it is connected to Cloudflare via `cloudflared` or Magic WAN), [include](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#add-a-route) the server's IP.

[Learn more](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/#how-the-warp-client-handles-dns-requests) about how WARP handles DNS requests.

### Delete a domain

<Render file="warp/view-local-domains" product="cloudflare-one" />

4. Find the domain in the list and select **Delete**.

The domain will no longer be excluded from Gateway DNS policies, effective immediately.

---

# Split Tunnels

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/

import { Render } from "~/components";

Split Tunnels can be configured to exclude or include IP addresses or domains from going through WARP. This feature is commonly used to run WARP alongside a VPN (in Exclude mode) or to provide access to a specific private network (in Include mode).

:::caution
Split Tunnels only impacts the flow of IP traffic. DNS requests are still resolved by Gateway and subject to DNS policies unless you add the domains to your [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) configuration.
:::

Because Split Tunnels controls what Gateway has visibility on at the network level, we recommend testing all changes before rolling out updates to end users. It may take up to 24 hours for changes to propagate to clients, depending on how many devices are connected to your organization.

## Change Split Tunnels mode

<Render file="warp/change-split-tunnels-mode" product="cloudflare-one" />

## Add a route

<Render file="warp/add-split-tunnels-route" product="cloudflare-one" />

### When to use Split Tunnels

Use Split Tunnels when you need to bypass Gateway entirely for a site or allow traffic through the [firewall that WARP creates](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#system-firewall). Common scenarios include:

- Connect to a third-party application which requires the actual IP address of the end-user device (for example, [Microsoft 365](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#directly-route-microsoft-365-traffic)).
- Optimize voice and video.
- Connect to a [third-party VPN](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/vpn/) endpoint.

### When not to use Split Tunnels

Do not exclude a site from Split Tunnels if you want to see the traffic in your Gateway logs. In particular, we do not recommend using Split Tunnels to:

- Solve connectivity issues with a specific website. For configuration guidance, refer to our [troubleshooting guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/common-issues/#cannot-connect-to-a-specific-app-or-website).
- Solve performance issues with a specific website. Since Cloudflare operates within 50 milliseconds of 95% of the Internet-connected population, it is usually faster to send traffic through us. If you are encountering a performance-related issue, it is best to first explore your Gateway policies or reach out to Support.

## Cloudflare Zero Trust domains

Many Cloudflare Zero Trust services rely on traffic going through WARP, such as [device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/) and [WARP session durations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/). If you are using Split Tunnels in Include mode, you will need to manually add the following domains in order for these features to function:

- The IdP used to authenticate to Cloudflare Zero Trust
- `<your-team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`
- The application protected by the Access or Gateway policy
- `edge.browser.run` if using [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/)

## Domain-based Split Tunnels

Domain-based split tunneling has a few ramifications you should be aware of before deploying in your organization:.

- Routes excluded or included from WARP and Gateway visibility may change day to day, and may be different for each user depending on where they are.
- You may inadvertently exclude or include additional hostnames that happen to share an IP address. This commonly occurs if you add a domain hosted by a CDN or large Internet provider such as Cloudflare, AWS, or Azure. For example, if you wanted to exclude a VPN hosted on AWS, do not add `*.amazonaws.com` as that will open up your devices to all traffic on AWS. Instead, add the specific VPN endpoint (`*.cvpn-endpoint-<UUID>.prod.clientvpn.us-west-2.amazonaws.com`).
- Most services are a collection of hostnames. Until Split Tunnels mode supports [App Types](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/application-app-types/), you will need to manually add all domains used by a particular app or service.
- WARP must handle the DNS lookup request for the domain. If a DNS result has been previously cached by the operating system or otherwise intercepted (for example, via your browser's secure DNS settings), the IP address will not be dynamically added to your Split Tunnel.

### Valid domains

| Split tunnel domain   | Matches                                                          | Does not match                                                |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `example.com`         | exact match of `example.com`                                     | subdomains such as `www.example.com`                          |
| `example.example.com` | exact match of `example.example.com`                             | `example.com` or subdomains such as `www.example.example.com` |
| `*.example.com`       | subdomains such as `www.example.com` and `sub2.sub1.example.com` | `example.com`                                                 |

### Platform differences

Domain-based Split Tunnels work differently on mobile clients than on desktop clients. If both mobile and desktop clients will connect to your organization, it is recommended to use Split Tunnels based on IP addresses or CIDR, which work the same across all platforms.

#### Windows, Linux and macOS

Clients on these platforms work by dynamically inserting the IP address of the domain immediately after it is resolved into the routing table for split tunneling. This allows the desktop clients to support wildcard domain prefixes (for example, `*.example.com`), not just a singular domain (like `example.com` or `www.example.com`).

#### iOS, Android and ChromeOS

Due to platform differences, mobile clients can only apply Split Tunnels rules when the tunnel is initially started. This means:

- Domain-based Split Tunnels rules are created when the tunnel is established based on the IP address for that domain at that time. The route is refreshed each time the tunnel is established.
- Wildcard domain prefixes (for example, `*.example.com`) are supported only if they have valid wildcard DNS records. Other wildcard domains are not supported because the client is unable to match wildcard domains to hostnames when starting up the tunnel. Unsupported wildcard domain prefixes can still exist in your configuration, but they will be ignored on mobile platforms.

## Remove a route

:::caution
Removing default Split Tunnel entries may cause users to lose Internet connectivity or block their access to local resources.
:::

1. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
2. Under **Device settings**, locate the [device profile](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) you would like to modify and select **Configure**.
3. Under **Split Tunnels**. select **Manage**.
4. Find the IP address or hostname in the list and select **Delete**.

If you need to revert to the default Split Tunnel entries recommended by Cloudflare, select **Restore default entries**.

---

# WARP architecture

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components";

This guide explains how the Cloudflare WARP client interacts with a device's operating system to route traffic in [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default) mode.

In [Gateway with DoH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-doh) mode, the IP traffic information does not apply. In [Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#secure-web-gateway-without-dns-filtering) mode, the DNS traffic information does not apply.

## Overview

The WARP client allows organizations to have granular control over the applications an end user device can access. The client forwards DNS and network traffic from the device to Cloudflare's global network, where Zero Trust policies are applied in the cloud. On all operating systems, the WARP daemon maintains three connections between the device and Cloudflare:

| Connection                                                                                                                                     | Protocol | Purpose                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Device orchestration                                                                                                                           | HTTPS    | Perform user registration, check device posture, apply WARP profile settings.                                   |
| [DoH](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/dns-over-tls/)                                                                                   | HTTPS    | Send DNS requests to Gateway for DNS policy enforcement.                                                        |
| WARP tunnel ([via WireGuard or MASQUE](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#device-tunnel-protocol)) | UDP      | Send IP packets to Gateway for network policy enforcement, HTTP policy enforcement, and private network access. |

```mermaid
flowchart LR
subgraph Device
W[WARP client] -.-> D
D[DNS proxy]
W -.-> V[Virtual interface]
end
subgraph Cloudflare
A[Zero Trust account]
subgraph Gateway
G[DNS resolver]
N[L3/L4 firewall]
end
end
W<--Device orchestration-->A
D<--DoH-->G
V<--WARP tunnel-->N
N --> O[(Application)]
```

Your [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) configuration determines what traffic is sent down the WARP tunnel. Your [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) configuration determines which DNS requests are sent to Gateway via DoH. Traffic to the [DoH endpoint](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#doh-ip) and [device orchestration API](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#client-orchestration-api) endpoint do not obey Split Tunnel rules, since those connections always operate outside of the WARP tunnel.

Next, you will learn how WARP configures your operating system to apply your Local Domain Fallback and Split Tunnel routing rules. Implementation details differ between desktop and mobile clients.

## Windows, macOS, and Linux

The desktop client consists of two components: a service/daemon that handles all WARP functionality on your device, and a GUI wrapper that makes it easier for a user to interact with the daemon.

### DNS traffic

When you turn on WARP, WARP creates a local DNS proxy on the device and binds it to these IP addresses on port 53 (the port designated for DNS traffic):

- **IPv4**: `127.0.2.2` and `127.0.2.3`
- **IPv6**:
  - macOS and Linux: `fd01:db8:1111::2` and `fd01:db8:1111::3`
  - Windows: `::ffff:127.0.2.2`

WARP then configures the operating system to send all DNS requests to these IP addresses. All network interfaces on the device will now use this local DNS proxy for DNS resolution. In other words, all DNS traffic will now be handled by the WARP client.

:::note

Browsers with DoH configured will bypass the local DNS proxy. You may need to disable DoH settings in the browser.
:::

Based on your Local Domain Fallback configuration, WARP will either forward the request to Gateway for DNS policy enforcement or forward the request to your private DNS resolver.

- Requests to Gateway are sent over our [DoH connection](#overview) (outside of the WARP tunnel).
- Requests to your private DNS resolver are sent either inside or outside of the tunnel depending on your Split Tunnel configuration. For more information, refer to [How the WARP client handles DNS requests](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/#how-the-warp-client-handles-dns-requests).

```mermaid
flowchart LR
D{{DNS request}}-->L["Local DNS proxy <br> (127.0.2.2 and 127.0.2.3)"]-->R{In local domain fallback?}
R -- Yes --> F[Private DNS resolver]
R -- No --> G[Cloudflare Gateway]
```

You can verify that the operating system is using WARP's local DNS proxy:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macOS">

On macOS, open a terminal window and run `scutil --dns`. The DNS servers should be set to WARP's local DNS proxy IPs.

```sh
scutil --dns
```

```sh {4-5} output
DNS configuration (for scoped queries)
resolver #1
  search domain[0] : <DNS-SEARCH-DOMAIN>
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.2.2
  nameserver[1] : 127.0.2.3
  if_index : 15 (en0)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)
resolver #2
  nameserver[0] : 127.0.2.2
  nameserver[1] : 127.0.2.3
  nameserver[2] : fd01:db8:1111::2
  nameserver[3] : fd01:db8:1111::3
  if_index : 23 (utun3)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records, Request AAAA records
  reach    : 0x00030002 (Reachable,Local Address,Directly Reachable Address)
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

On Windows, open a PowerShell window and run `ipconfig`. The DNS servers should be set to WARP's local DNS proxy IPs.

```powershell
ipconfig
```

```txt {15-16} output
Windows IP Configuration

Unknown adapter CloudflareWARP:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cloudflare WARP Interface Tunnel
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2606:4700:110:8f79:145:f180:fc4:8106(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::83b:d647:4bed:d388%49(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.2(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.2.2
                                       127.0.2.3
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

On Linux, check the `/etc/resolv.conf` file. The DNS servers should be set to WARP's local DNS proxy IPs.

```sh
cat /etc/resolv.conf
```

```sh {2-3} output
# This file was generated by cloudflare-warp.
nameserver 127.0.2.2
nameserver 127.0.2.3
nameserver fd01:db8:1111::2
nameserver fd01:db8:1111::3
search <DNS-SEARCH-DOMAIN>
options edns0
options trust-ad
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

### IP traffic

When you turn on WARP, WARP makes three changes on the device to control if traffic is sent inside or outside of the WARP tunnel:

- Creates a [virtual network interface](#virtual-interface).
- Modifies the operating system [routing table](#routing-table) according to your Split Tunnel rules.
- Modifies the operating system [firewall](#system-firewall) according to your Split Tunnel rules.

```mermaid
flowchart LR
P{{IP packet}}-->R["OS routing table"]-->F["OS firewall"] --> S{Excluded from Split Tunnels?}
S -- Yes --> A[(Application)]
S -- No --> U["Virtual interface<br> (172.16.0.2)"] --> G[Cloudflare Gateway]
```

#### Virtual interface

Virtual interfaces allow the operating system to logically subdivide a physical interface, such as a network interface controller (NIC), into separate interfaces for the purposes of routing IP traffic. WARP's virtual interface is what maintains the WireGuard/MASQUE connection between the device and Cloudflare. By default, its IP address is hardcoded as `172.16.0.2`. You can use [**Override local interface IP**](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#override-local-interface-ip) to assign unique IPs per device.

To view a list of all network interfaces on the operating system:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macOS">

On macOS, run `ifconfig`. When WARP is turned on, you will see a `utun` interface with IP address `172.16.0.2`.

```sh
ifconfig
```

```sh {3} output
<redacted>
utun3: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
	inet 172.16.0.2 --> 172.16.0.2 netmask 0xffffffff
	inet6 fe80::f6d4:88ff:fe82:6d9e%utun3 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x17
	inet6 2606:4700:110:8c7d:7369:7526:a59b:5636 prefixlen 128
	nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

On Windows, run `ipconfig`. When WARP is turned on, you will see an adapter called `CloudflareWARP` with IP address `172.16.0.2`.

```powershell
ipconfig
```

```txt {12} output
Windows IP Configuration

Unknown adapter CloudflareWARP:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cloudflare WARP Interface Tunnel
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2606:4700:110:8f79:145:f180:fc4:8106(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::83b:d647:4bed:d388%49(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.2(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.2.2
                                       127.0.2.3
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

On Linux, run `ifconfig` or `ip addr`. When WARP is turned on, you will see a `utun` interface with IP address `172.16.0.2`.

```sh null
ip addr
```

```sh {4} output
<redacted>
3: CloudflareWARP: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1280 qdisc mq state UNKNOWN group default qlen 500
    link/none
    inet 172.16.0.2/32 scope global CloudflareWARP
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 2606:4700:110:8a2e:a5f7:a8de:a1f9:919/128 scope global
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::117e:276b:8a79:c498/64 scope link stable-privacy
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

#### Routing table

WARP edits the system routing table to control what IP traffic goes to Gateway. The routing table indicates which network interface should handle packets to a particular IP address. By default, all traffic routes through WARP's virtual interface except for the IPs and domains on your Split Tunnel exclude list (which use the default interface on your device).

You can verify that the routing table matches your Split Tunnel rules:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macOS">

To view the entire routing table on macOS, run `netstat -r`.

You can also search the routing table for a domain or IP address. In this example, we see that traffic to `google.com` is sent through `utun3`, which is the WARP virtual interface on this device:

```sh
route get google.com
```

```sh {4} output
   route to: lga25s81-in-f14.1e100.net
destination: 136.0.0.0
       mask: 248.0.0.0
  interface: utun3
      flags: <UP,DONE,PRCLONING>
 recvpipe  sendpipe  ssthresh  rtt,msec    rttvar  hopcount      mtu     expire
       0         0         0         0         0         0      1280         0
```

In contrast, this DHCP address is excluded from WARP and uses the default interface:

```sh
route get 169.254.0.0
```

```sh {4} output
   route to: 169.254.0.0
destination: 169.254.0.0
       mask: 255.255.0.0
  interface: en0
      flags: <UP,DONE,CLONING,STATIC>
 recvpipe  sendpipe  ssthresh  rtt,msec    rttvar  hopcount      mtu     expire
       0         0         0         0         0         0      1500   -210842
```

</TabItem> <TabItem label="Windows">

To view the entire routing table on Windows, run `netstat -r`.

You can also search the routing table for an IP address. In this example, we see that traffic to `1.1.1.1` is sent through the WARP virtual interface:

```powershell
Find-NetRoute -RemoteIPAddress "1.1.1.1" | Select-Object InterfaceAlias -Last 1
```

```txt output
InterfaceAlias
--------------
CloudflareWARP
```

In contrast, this DHCP address is excluded from WARP and uses the default interface:

```powershell
Find-NetRoute -RemoteIPAddress "169.254.0.0" | Select-Object InterfaceAlias -Last 1
```

```txt output
InterfaceAlias
--------------
Wi-Fi
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

To view the entire routing table on Linux, run `ip -6 route show table all` or `ip -4 route show table all`.

You can also search the routing table for an IP address. In this example, we see that traffic to `1.1.1.1` is sent through the WARP virtual interface:

```sh
ip route get 1.1.1.1
```

```sh output
1.1.1.1 dev CloudflareWARP table 65743 src 172.16.0.2 uid 1000
    cache
```

In contrast, this DHCP address is excluded from WARP and uses the default interface:

```sh
ip route get 169.254.0.0
```

```sh output
169.254.0.0 dev ens18 src 172.24.8.6 uid 1000
    cache
```

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

#### System firewall

WARP modifies the operating system firewall to enforce your Split Tunnel rules. This adds a layer of protection in case a service bypasses the routing table and tries to send traffic directly through another interface. For example, if traffic to `203.0.113.0` is supposed to be inspected by Gateway, we create a firewall rule that blocks `203.0.113.0` on all interfaces except for `utun`.

## iOS, Android, and ChromeOS

On iOS and Android/ChromeOS, the Cloudflare One Agent installs itself as a VPN client to capture and route all traffic. The app is built on the official VPN framework for iOS and Android. For more information, refer to Apple's [NetworkExtension documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/networkextension) and Google's [Android developer documentation](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/vpn).

Note that ChromeOS runs the Android app in a virtual machine, rather than running a native Chrome app.

---

# Enable Device Information Only

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/device-information-only/

import { TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

Device Information Only mode allows you to enforce device posture rules when a user connects to your [self-hosted Access application](/cloudflare-one/applications/configure-apps/self-hosted-public-app/). This mode relies on a client certificate generated from your account to establish trust between the Access application and the device.

To set up Device Information Only mode:

1. Enable client certificate provisioning for [your zone](/fundamentals/setup/find-account-and-zone-ids/):

   ```bash
   curl --request PATCH \
   "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/{zone_id}/devices/policy/certificates" \
   --header "X-Auth-Email: <EMAIL>" \
   --header "X-Auth-Key: <API_KEY>" \
   --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
   --data '{"enabled": true}'
   ```

2. In [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com), go to **Settings** > **WARP Client**.

3. In the **Profile settings** card, choose a [device profile](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) and select **Configure**.

4. For **Service mode**, select **Device Information Only**.

5. Next, [enroll your device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/) into your Zero Trust organization.

   When enrolled in Device Information Only mode, the WARP client will automatically generate a client certificate and install the certificate on the device. This certificate is necessary to confirm the source of outgoing traffic.

6. (Optional) Verify the client certificate on the device:

<Tabs> <TabItem label="Windows">

1. Open the Start menu and select **Run**.
2. Enter `certlm.msc`.
3. Go to **Personal** > **Certificates**.

The certificate name should match the **Device ID** in your WARP client **Preferences**.
![Verifying the Device Information Only mode certificate in Windows](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/device-information-only-windows.png)

</TabItem> <TabItem label="macOS">

1. Open **Keychain Access**.
2. Go to **System** > **My Certificates**.

The certificate name should match the **Device ID** in your WARP client **Preferences**.

</TabItem> </Tabs>

7. (Optional) Verify the client certificate in your Cloudflare account:

   1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), select the zone for which you enabled client certificates.
   2. Go to **SSL/TLS** > **Client Certificates**.

   The certificate name is the WARP enrollment **Device ID**.
   ![Example client certificate in the Cloudflare dashboard](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/device-information-only-cert.png)

8. Lastly, block traffic from devices that do not have a valid client certificate:
   1. In the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/), go to **SSL/TLS** > **Client Certificates**.
   2. Under **Hosts**, add the domain you want to protect with device posture rules.
   3. Select **Create mTLS rule**.
   4. Change the **URI path** field to **Hostname**, and enter the domain you want to protect.
   5. Select **Deploy**. This creates a WAF custom rule that checks all requests to your domain for a valid client certificate.

Device Information Only mode is now enabled on the device. To start enforcing device posture, set up a [WARP client check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) and add a *Require* device posture rule to your [Access policy](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/). When the device connects to the Access application for the first time, the browser will ask to use the client certificate installed by WARP.

<div class="large-img">

![Browser prompts for client certificate](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/device-information-only-browser.png)

</div>

---

# WARP modes

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/

You can deploy the WARP client in different modes to control the types of traffic sent to Cloudflare Gateway. The WARP mode determines which Zero Trust features are available on the device.

## Gateway with WARP (default)

This mode is best suited for organizations that want to use advanced firewall/proxy functionalities and enforce device posture rules.

| DNS filtering | HTTP filtering | Features enabled                                                                                                                      |
| ------------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Yes           | Yes            | DNS policies, HTTP policies, Browser Isolation, identity-based policies, device posture checks, AV scanning, and Data Loss Prevention |

## Gateway with DoH

This mode is best suited for organizations that only want to apply DNS filtering to outbound traffic from their company devices. Network and HTTP traffic is handled by the default mechanisms on your devices.

| DNS filtering | HTTP filtering | Features enabled |
| ------------- | -------------- | ---------------- |
| Yes           | No             | DNS policies     |

## Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering

This mode is best suited for organizations that want to proxy network and HTTP traffic but keep their existing DNS filtering software. DNS traffic is handled by the default mechanism on your device.

| DNS filtering | HTTP filtering | Features enabled                                                                                                        |
| ------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| No            | Yes            | HTTP policies, Browser Isolation, identity-based policies, device posture checks, AV scanning, and Data Loss Prevention |

:::note


* This mode disables all features that rely on WARP for DNS resolution, including [domain-based split tunneling](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/#domain-based-split-tunnels) and [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/).
* Only available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.


:::

## Proxy mode

This mode is best suited for organizations that want to filter traffic directed to specific applications.

| DNS filtering | HTTP filtering | Features enabled                                                                                                                          |
| ------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| No            | Yes            | HTTP policies, Browser Isolation, identity-based policies, AV scanning, and Data Loss Prevention for traffic sent through localhost proxy |

:::note


* Proxy mode can only be used by applications/operating systems that support SOCKS5/HTTPS proxy communication.
* Only available on Windows, Linux, and macOS.


:::

## Device Information Only

This mode is best suited for organizations that only want to enforce [WARP client device posture checks](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/) for zones in your account. DNS, Network and HTTP traffic is handled by the default mechanisms on your devices. To setup Device Information Only mode, refer to the [dedicated page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/device-information-only/).

| DNS filtering | HTTP filtering | Features enabled                                                            |
| ------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| No            | No             | Device posture rules in [Access policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/access/) |

---

# Captive portal detection

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/captive-portals/

Captive portals are used by public Wi-Fi networks (such as airports, coffee shops, and hotels) to make a user agree to their Terms of Service or provide payment before allowing access to the Internet. When a user connects to the Wi-Fi, the captive portal blocks all HTTPS traffic until the user completes a captive portal login flow in their browser. This prevents the WARP client from connecting to Cloudflare. At the same time, WARP creates [firewall rules](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#ip-traffic) on the device to send all traffic to Cloudflare. The user is therefore unable to access the captive portal login screen unless they temporarily disable WARP.

## Allow users to connect to captive portals

To allow users to connect through a captive portal, administrators can configure the following WARP settings:

### No user interaction required

- Enable [Captive portal detection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#captive-portal-detection). This allows WARP to temporarily turn off when it detects a captive portal on the network. For more details, refer to [how captive portal detection works](#how-captive-portal-detection-works) and its [limitations](#limitations).
- Set [Device tunnel protocol](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#device-tunnel-protocol) to **MASQUE**. When using MASQUE, WARP traffic will look like standard HTTPS traffic and is therefore less likely to be blocked by captive portals.

### User interaction required

- Enable [Lock WARP switch](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#lock-warp-switch) and enable [Admin override](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#admin-override). Users can contact the IT administrator for a one-time code that allows them to manually turn off WARP and connect to a portal.
- For employees who travel, disable [Lock WARP switch](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#lock-warp-switch) and set an [Auto connect](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#auto-connect) duration. This allows the user to manually turn off WARP without contacting IT.

## How captive portal detection works

If WARP cannot establish a connection to Cloudflare, it will:

1. Start the captive portal timer.

2. Send a series of requests to the [Cloudflare captive portal URLs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#captive-portal) and other OS and browser-specific captive portal URLs. These requests are sent outside of the WARP tunnel.

3. If a request is intercepted, WARP assumes the network is behind a captive portal and fully opens the [system firewall](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#ip-traffic). While the firewall is open, all device traffic will bypass WARP.

4. Re-enable the firewall after the user successfully connects to the portal or after the timeout period expires.

## Limitations

- Due to [how captive portal detection works](#how-captive-portal-detection-works), it may be possible for an employee to spoof a captive portal in order to turn off WARP.
- Some captive portals, particularly those on airlines, may be slow to respond and exceed the captive portal detection timeout. Users will likely see a [CF_CAPTIVE_PORTAL_TIMED_OUT](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/client-errors/#cf_captive_portal_timed_out) error when they try to connect.
- WARP may not be able to detect multi-stage captive portals, which redirect the user to different networks during the login process. Users will need to manually turn off WARP to get through the captive portal.
- Some public Wi-Fi networks are incompatible with running WARP:

  - Captive portals that intercept all DNS traffic will block WARP's [DoH connection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#overview). Users will likely see a [CF_NO_NETWORK](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/client-errors/#cf_no_network) error after they login to the captive portal.
  - Captive portals that only allow HTTPS traffic will block WARP's [Wireguard UDP connection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#overview). Users will likely see a [CF_HAPPY_EYEBALLS_MITM_FAILURE](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/troubleshooting/client-errors/#cf_happy_eyeballs_mitm_failure) error after they login to the captive portal.

---

# WARP settings

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/

import {
	Details,
	GlossaryTooltip,
	InlineBadge,
	Render,
	Tabs,
	TabItem,
} from "~/components";

WARP settings define the WARP client modes and permissions available to end users.

- [Global settings](#global-settings) apply to all devices enrolled in your Zero Trust organization.
- [Device settings](#device-settings) may vary across devices depending on which [device profile](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) is applied.

## Global settings

### Admin override

<Render file="warp/all-systems-modes-plans" />

:::note

In order to enable **Admin override**, [**Lock WARP switch**](#lock-warp-switch) must also be enabled.

:::

When `Enabled`, end users can turn off the WARP client using an override code provided by an admin. This feature allows users to work around a temporary network issue (for example, an incompatible public Wi-Fi, or a firewall at a customer site blocking the connection).

You can set a **Timeout** to define how long a user can toggle on or off the WARP switch. The timer starts when the user first enters their code into the WARP client. The code remains valid and can be reused anytime during this time period. For example, if **Timeout** is 24 hours, the user can re-enter the code at 23:59:00 and continue to turn off WARP until 47:59:00 (up to 48 hours total).

#### Retrieve the override code

To retrieve the one-time code for a user:

1. Enable **Admin override**.
2. Go to **My Team** > **Devices**.
3. Select **View** for a connected device.
4. Scroll down to **User details** and copy the 7-digit **Override code**.
5. Share this code with the end user for them to enter on their device.

The user will have an unlimited amount of time to activate their code.

#### Enter the override code

To turn off the WARP client on a user device:

1. In the WARP client, go to **Settings** > **Preferences** > **Advanced**.
2. Select **Enter code**.
3. Enter the override code. The WARP client will display a pop-up window showing when the override expires.
4. Turn off the WARP switch.

The client will automatically reconnect after the [Auto connect period](#auto-connect), but the user can continue to turn off WARP until the override expires.

### Install CA to system certificate store

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Gateway with WARP, Proxy mode                                                             | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| macOS    | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| Linux    | ✅           | 2024.12.554.0        |
| iOS      | ❌           |                      |
| Android  | ❌           |                      |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |                      |

</Details>

When `Enabled`, the WARP client will [automatically install](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/user-side-certificates/automated-deployment/) your organization's root certificate on the device.

### Override local interface IP

<Details header="Feature availability">

| Operating Systems     | [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Windows, macOS, Linux | Gateway with WARP, Secure Web Gateway without DNS Filtering                               | All plans                                                     |

</Details>

Overrides the default IP address of WARP's [virtual network interface](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/warp-architecture/#ip-traffic) such that each device has its own unique local interface IP.

This setting is primarily used as a prerequisite for [WARP Connector](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/warp-connector/) and [MASQUE](#device-tunnel-protocol). You can also use it when the default IP conflicts with other local services on your network.

**Value:**

- `Disabled`: (default) Sets the local interface IP to `172.16.0.2` on all devices. This configuration is only respected by devices using [WireGuard](#device-tunnel-protocol) and does not affect devices using [MASQUE](#device-tunnel-protocol).

- `Enabled`: Sets the local interface IP on each device to its <GlossaryTooltip term="CGNAT IP">CGNAT IP</GlossaryTooltip>. The change takes effect within 24 hours.

The CGNAT IP assigned to a WARP device is permanent until the device unregisters from your Zero Trust organization. Disconnects and reconnects do not change the IP address assignment.

## Device settings

### Captive portal detection

<Render file="warp/all-systems-modes-plans" />

When `Enabled`, the WARP client will automatically turn off when it detects a <GlossaryTooltip term="captive portal">captive portal</GlossaryTooltip>, and it will automatically turn back on after the **Timeout** duration.

Since captive portal implementations vary, WARP may not detect all captive portals. For more information, refer to [Captive portal detection](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/captive-portals/).

### Mode switch

<Details header="Feature availability">

| Operating Systems | [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All systems       | Any mode                                                                                  | All plans                                                     |

</Details>

When `Enabled`, users have the option to switch between [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default) mode and [Gateway with DoH mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-doh). This feature does not support switching between any other modes.

### Device tunnel protocol

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul><li> Gateway with WARP</li><li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering </li></ul>   | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.6.415.0         |
| macOS    | ✅           | 2024.6.416.0         |
| Linux    | ✅           | 2024.6.497.0         |
| iOS      | ✅           | 1.7                  |
| Android  | ✅           | 2.0                  |
| ChromeOS | ✅           | 2.0                  |

</Details>

Configures the protocol used to route IP traffic from the device to Cloudflare Gateway. It may take up to 24 hours for all devices to switch to the new protocol. To check the active protocol on a device, open a terminal and run `warp-cli settings | grep protocol`.

**Value**:

- **WireGuard**: (default) Establishes a [WireGuard](https://www.wireguard.com/) connection to Cloudflare. The WARP client will encrypt traffic using a non-FIPs compliant cipher suite, `TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256`. When switching from MASQUE to WireGuard, users may lose Internet connectivity if their Wi-Fi network blocks the [ports and IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip) required for WireGuard to function.
- **MASQUE**: Establishes an HTTP/3 connection to Cloudflare. The WARP client will encrypt traffic using TLS 1.3 and a [FIPS 140-2](https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/fips/140-2/upd2/final) compliant cipher suite, `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`. [Override local interface IP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-settings/#override-local-interface-ip) is enabled by default for devices with MASQUE enabled.

For more details on WireGuard versus MASQUE, refer to our [blog post](https://blog.cloudflare.com/zero-trust-warp-with-a-masque).

### Lock WARP switch

<Details header="Feature availability">

| Operating Systems | [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All systems       | Any mode                                                                                  | All plans                                                     |

</Details>

Allows the user to turn off the WARP switch and disconnect the client.

**Value:**

- `Disabled`: (default) The user is able to turn the switch on or off at their discretion. When the switch is off, the user will not have the ability to reach sites protected by Access that leverage certain device posture checks.
- `Enabled`: The user is prevented from turning off the switch. The WARP client will always start in the connected state.

On MDM deployments, you must also include the `auto_connect` parameter with at least a value of `0`. This will prevent clients from being deployed in the off state without a way for users to manually enable them.

### Allow device to leave organization

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When `Enabled`, users can log out from your Zero Trust organization by selecting **Logout from Zero Trust** in the WARP client UI. The **Logout from Zero Trust** button is only available for devices that were [enrolled manually](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/). Devices that enrolled using an <GlossaryTooltip term="MDM file">MDM file</GlossaryTooltip> are always prevented from leaving your Zero Trust organization.

### Allow updates

<Details header="Feature availability">

| Operating Systems     | [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| macOS, Windows, Linux | Any mode                                                                                  | All plans                                                     |

</Details>

When `Enabled`, users will receive update notifications when a new version of the client is available. Only turn this on if your users are local administrators with the ability to add or remove software from their device.

### Auto connect

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When `Enabled`, the client will automatically reconnect if it has been disabled for the specified **Timeout** value. This setting is best used in conjunction with [Lock WARP Switch](#lock-warp-switch) above.

We recommend keeping this set to a very low value — usually just enough time for a user to log in to hotel or airport Wi-Fi. If any value is specified, the client defaults to the Connected state (for example, after a reboot or the initial install).

**Value:**

- `0`: Allow the switch to stay in the off position indefinitely until the user turns it back on.
- `1` to `1440`: Turn switch back on automatically after the specified number of minutes.

### Support URL

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When `Enabled`, the **Send Feedback** button in the WARP client appears and will launch the URL specified. Example **Support URL** values are:

- `https://support.example.com`: Use an https\:// link to open your companies internal help site.
- `mailto:yoursupport@example.com`: Use a `mailto:` link to open your default mail client.

### Service mode

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Allows you to choose the operational mode of the client. Refer to [WARP Modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes) for a detailed description of each mode.

### Local Domain Fallback

<Details header="Feature availability">

| Operating Systems | [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All systems       | Gateway with WARP, Gateway with DoH                                                       | All plans                                                     |

</Details>

Configures the WARP client to redirect DNS requests to a private DNS resolver. For more information, refer to our [Local Domain Fallback](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/local-domains/) documentation.

### Split Tunnels

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Configures the WARP client to exclude or include traffic to specific IP addresses or domains. For more information, refer to our [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) documentation.

### Directly route Microsoft 365 traffic

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Creates [Split Tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/route-traffic/split-tunnels/) Exclude entries for all [Microsoft 365 IP addresses specified by Microsoft](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/microsoft-365-ip-web-service). To use this setting, **Split Tunnels** must be set to **Exclude IPs and domains**. Once enabled, all Microsoft 365 network traffic will bypass WARP and Gateway.

### Allow users to enable local network exclusion

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <ul><li> Gateway with WARP</li><li> Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering </li></ul>   | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.1.159.0         |
| macOS    | ✅           | 2024.1.160.0         |
| Linux    | ✅           | 2024.2.62.0          |
| iOS      | ❌           | N/A[^1]              |
| Android  | ✅           | 1.4                  |
| ChromeOS | ✅           | 1.4                  |

[^1]: Current versions of iOS do not allow LAN traffic to route through the WARP tunnel. Therefore, this feature is not needed on iOS.

</Details>

This setting is intended as a workaround for users whose home network uses the same set of IP addresses as your corporate private network. To use this setting, **Split Tunnels** must be set to **Exclude IPs and domains**.

When `Enabled`, users have the option to access local network resources (such as printers and storage devices) while connected to WARP. When the user turns on [**Access Local Network**](#access-local-network-as-a-user), WARP will detect the local IP range advertised by the user's home network (for example, `10.0.0.0/24`) and temporarily exclude this range from the WARP tunnel. The user will need to re-request access after the **Timeout** expires. Setting **Timeout** to `0 minutes` will allow LAN access until the next WARP reconnection, such as a reboot or a laptop waking from sleep.

:::caution[Warning]

Enabling this setting comes with two major consequences:

- **Device is exposed to security threats.** The user may be unaware that traffic to what used to be their company's private network is now actually being routed to their local network. This leaves the device vulnerable to [on-path attackers](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/threats/on-path-attack/) and other security vulnerabilities. For example, imagine that a user's typical workflow involves logging into a remote desktop on the corporate network at `10.0.0.30`. A bad actor could set up a fake server on the local network at `10.0.0.30`. If the user goes to `10.0.0.30` while **Access local network** is enabled, the attacker can now steal their credentials.
- **User loses access to corporate resources.** — While accessing their local network, the user will be unable to connect to corporate resources that fall within the same IP/CIDR range.

:::

#### Access local network as a user

To turn on local network access in the WARP client:

<Tabs>

<TabItem label="Windows and macOS">

1. Select the Cloudflare logo in the menu bar.
2. Select the gear icon.
3. Select **Access Local Network**.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Run `warp-cli override local-network start`.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Android and ChromeOS">

1. Open the Cloudflare One Agent app.
2. Go to **Settings** > **Advanced** > **Connection Options**.
3. Select **Access Local Network**.

</TabItem>

</Tabs>

#### Limitations

- WARP will only exclude local networks in the [RFC 1918](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1918) address space. Other IP addresses such as CGNAT are not supported.
- The maximum excluded subnet size is `/24`.
- If a device has multiple network interfaces with distinct local IP ranges, WARP will only exclude one of those networks. To access a specific local network, disable the other interfaces and disconnect/reconnect WARP.

---

# Managed deployment

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/

import { Render } from "~/components";

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This page provides generic instructions for an automated deployment. If you want to deploy the WARP client manually, refer to the [instructions for manual deployment](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/manual-deployment/).

:::caution

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:::

## Prerequisites

Visit the [Download page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#windows) to review system requirements and download the installer for your operating system.

## Windows

The WARP Client for Windows allows for an automated install via tools like Intune, AD, or any script or management tool that can execute a `.msi` file.

### Install WARP

To install the WARP client, run the following command:

```bash
msiexec /i "Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.msi" /qn ORGANIZATION="your-team-name" SUPPORT_URL="http://support.example.com"
```

Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a description of each argument.

### Uninstall WARP

To uninstall the WARP client:

1. First, locate the `.msi` package with the following PowerShell command:

```powershell
Get-WmiObject Win32_Product | Where-Object { $_.Name -match "WARP" } | Sort-Object -Property Name | Format-Table IdentifyingNumber, Name, LocalPackage -AutoSize
```

```txt output
IdentifyingNumber                      Name            LocalPackage
-----------------                      ----            ------------
{5RA4DJWK-13D8-2NSX-QRF8-UANLODWD6D90} Cloudflare WARP C:\WINDOWS\Installer\3f476db.msi
```

2. You can then use the LocalPackage output in the uninstall command. For example,

```powershell
msiexec /x C:\WINDOWS\Installer\<WARP_RELEASE>.msi /quiet
```

### Update the configuration

The on-disk configuration of the Windows client can be changed at any time by modifying or replacing the contents of `C:\ProgramData\Cloudflare\mdm.xml`. The format of this file is as follows:

```xml
<dict>
  <key>organization</key>
  <string>your-team-name</string>
	<key>onboarding</key>
	<false/>
</dict>
```

Changes to this file are processed immediately by the WARP client.

### Authenticate in embedded browser

By default WARP will use the user's default browser to perform registration. You can override the default setting to instead authenticate users in an embedded browser. The embedded browser will work around any protocol handler issues that may prevent the default browser from launching.

To use an embedded browser:

1. Download and install WebView2 by following the [Microsoft instructions](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download-section).
2. Add a registry key with the following command:
   ```txt
   REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Cloudflare\CloudflareWARP /f /v UseWebView2 /t REG_SZ /d y
   ```

The WARP client will now launch WebView2 when the user is registering their device with Zero Trust.

## macOS

The Cloudflare WARP macOS client allows for an automated install via tools like Jamf, Intune, Kandji, or JumpCloud or any script or management tool that can place a `com.cloudflare.warp.plist` file in `/Library/Managed Preferences` on a supported macOS device. Additionally this plist can be wrapped in a `.mobileconfig`.

### Create `plist` file

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/static/mdm/com.cloudflare.warp.plist) an example `com.cloudflare.warp.plist` file.

2. Modify the file with your desired [deployment arguments](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/).

3. (Optional) If you want to manually place the file in `/Library/Managed Preferences` (rather than use a management tool), convert the `plist` into binary format:

```sh
plutil -convert binary1 com.cloudflare.warp.plist
```

The plist must be pushed by an MDM tool in order to persist after reboot. Manually-placed files will be automatically deleted by the OS.

### Create `mobileconfig` file

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/static/mdm/CloudflareWARP.mobileconfig) an example `.mobileconfig` file.

2. Run `uuidgen` from your macOS Terminal. This will generate a value for `PayloadUUID`, which you can use to replace the default value used for `PayloadUUID`.

3. Modify the file with your desired [deployment arguments](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/).

## Linux

The WARP Client for Linux allows for an automated install via the presence of an `mdm.xml` file in `/var/lib/cloudflare-warp`.

The format of `/var/lib/cloudflare-warp/mdm.xml` is as follows:

```xml
<dict>
  <key>organization</key>
  <string>your-team-name</string>
</dict>
```

Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a list of accepted arguments.

## iOS

:::note[Migrate from 1.1.1.1]

The legacy iOS client, [1.1.1.1: Faster Internet](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1-1-1-1-faster-internet/id1423538627), has been replaced by the Cloudflare One Agent. Learn more in our [migration guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/cloudflare-one-agent-migration/).
:::

The Cloudflare WARP iOS client, known in the App Store as [Cloudflare One Agent](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudflare-one-agent/id6443476492), allows for an automated install via tools like Jamf, Intune, or SimpleMDM.

To proceed with the installation, here is an example of the XML code you will need:

```xml
<dict>
    <key>organization</key>
    <string>your-team-name</string>
    <key>auto_connect</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>switch_locked</key>
    <false />
    <key>service_mode</key>
    <string>warp</string>
    <key>support_url</key>
    <string>https://support.example.com</string>
</dict>
```

Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a description of each argument.

## Android / ChromeOS

:::note[Migrate from 1.1.1.1]

The legacy Android client, [1.1.1.1 + WARP: Safer Internet](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.onedotonedotonedotone), has been replaced by the Cloudflare One Agent. Learn more in our [migration guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/cloudflare-one-agent-migration/).
:::

The Cloudflare WARP Android client, known in the Google Play store as [Cloudflare One Agent](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent), allows for an automated install via tools like Intune, Google Endpoint Manager, and others.

To proceed with the installation, here is an example of the XML code you will need:

```xml
<key>organization</key>
<string>your-team-name</string>
<key>enable</key>
<true />
<key>gateway_unique_id</key>
<string>your_gateway_doh_subdomain</string>
<key>service_mode</key>
<string>warp</string>
<key>support_url</key>
<string>https://support.example.com</string>
```

If your MDM tool does not support XML, you may need to convert the XML to JSON. Here is an example below:

```json
{
	"organization": "your-team-name",
	"gateway_unique_id": "your_gateway_doh_subdomain",
	"onboarding": true,
	"switch_locked": true,
	"auto_connect": 0,
	"service_mode": "warp",
	"support_url": "https://support.example.com"
}
```

Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a description of each value.

---

# Parameters

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

Each client supports the following set of parameters as part of their deployment, regardless of the deployment mechanism.

:::note


Most of the parameters listed below are also configurable in Zero Trust under **Settings** > **Devices**. In the event of conflicting settings, the WARP client will always give precedence to settings on the local device (for example, in your `mdm.xml` or `com.cloudflare.warp.plist` files).


:::

## Required for full Cloudflare Zero Trust features

For the majority of Cloudflare Zero Trust features to work, you need to specify a team name. Examples of Cloudflare Zero Trust features which depend on the team name are [HTTP policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/http-policies/), [Browser Isolation](/cloudflare-one/policies/browser-isolation/), and [device posture](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/).

### `organization`

Instructs the client to register the device with your organization. Registration requires authentication via an [IdP](/cloudflare-one/identity/idp-integration/) or [Service Auth](/cloudflare-one/identity/service-tokens/).

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** Your <GlossaryTooltip term="team name">team name</GlossaryTooltip>.

## Required for DNS-only policy enforcement

This field is used to enforce DNS policies when deploying the client in DoH-only mode.

### `gateway_unique_id`

Instructs the client to direct all DNS queries to a specific [Gateway DNS location](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/agentless/dns/locations/). This value is only necessary if deploying without a [team name](#organization) or in an organization with multiple DNS locations.  If you do not supply a DoH subdomain, we will automatically use the default Gateway DNS location for your organization.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** Your <GlossaryTooltip term="DoH subdomain">DoH subdomain</GlossaryTooltip>.

## Organization parameters

You can use the following parameters to configure a specific Zero Trust organization.

### `auth_client_id`

Enrolls the device in your Zero Trust organization using a [service token](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/#check-for-service-token).
Requires the `auth_client_secret` parameter.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** Client ID of the service token.

Example configuration:

```xml
<key>auth_client_id</key>
<string>88bf3b6d86161464f6509f7219099e57.access</string>
<key>auth_client_secret</key>
<string>bdd31cbc4dec990953e39163fbbb194c93313ca9f0a6e420346af9d326b1d2a5</string>
```

### `auth_client_secret`

Enrolls the device in your Zero Trust organization using a [service token](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/#check-for-service-token).
Requires the `auth_client_id` parameter.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** Client Secret of the service token.

### `auto_connect`

If switch has been turned off by user, the client will automatically turn itself back on after the specified number of minutes. We recommend keeping this set to a very low value — usually just enough time for a user to log in to hotel or airport Wi-Fi. If any value is specified for `auto_connect` the default state of the WARP client will always be Connected (for example, after the initial install or a reboot).

**Value Type:** `integer`

**Value:**

* `0` — Allow the switch to stay in the off position indefinitely until the user turns it back on.
* `1` to `1440` — Turn switch back on automatically after the specified number of minutes.

:::note

This parameter replaces the old `enabled` property, which can no longer be used in conjunction with the new `switch_locked` and `auto_connect`. If you want to use these parameters, you must remove `enabled`.
:::


### `display_name`

Identifies a Zero Trust organization in the WARP GUI when WARP is deployed with [multiple organizations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/switch-organizations/). Required if the `organization` parameter is specified within a [`configs` array](#configs).

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** Organization nickname shown to users in the WARP GUI (for example, `Test environment`).

### `onboarding`

Controls the visibility of the onboarding screens that ask the user to review the privacy policy during an application's first launch.

**Value Type:** `boolean`

**Value:**

* `false` — Screens hidden.
* `true` — (default) Screens visible.

### `override_api_endpoint`

Overrides the [IP address](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#client-orchestration-api) used by the WARP client to communicate with the client orchestration API. If you set this parameter, be sure to update your organization's firewall to ensure the new IP is allowed through.

This functionality is intended for use with a Cloudflare China local network partner or any other third-party network partner that can maintain the integrity of network traffic. Most IT admins should not set this setting as it will redirect all API traffic to a new IP.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** `1.2.3.4` — Redirect all client orchestration API calls to `1.2.3.4`.

The string must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, otherwise the WARP client will fail to parse the entire MDM file.

### `override_doh_endpoint`

Overrides the [IP address](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#doh-ip) used by the WARP client to resolve DNS queries via DNS over HTTPS (DoH). If you set this parameter, be sure to update your organization's firewall to ensure the new IP is allowed through.

This functionality is intended for use with a Cloudflare China local network partner or any other third-party network partner that can maintain the integrity of network traffic. Most IT admins should not set this setting as it will redirect all DoH traffic to a new IP.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** `1.2.3.4` — Redirect all DNS over HTTPS lookups to `1.2.3.4`.

The string must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, otherwise the WARP client will fail to parse the entire MDM file.

### `override_warp_endpoint`

Overrides the [IP address and UDP port](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/firewall/#warp-ingress-ip) used by the WARP client to send traffic to Cloudflare's edge.  If you set this parameter, be sure to update your organization's firewall to ensure the new IP is allowed through.

This functionality is intended for use with a Cloudflare China local network partner or any other third-party network partner that can maintain the integrity of network traffic. Most IT admins should not set this setting as it will redirect all WARP traffic to a new IP.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** `203.0.113.0:500` — Redirect all WARP traffic to `203.0.113.0` on port `500`.

The string must be a valid IPv4 or IPv6 socket address (containing the IP address and port number), otherwise the WARP client will fail to parse the entire MDM file.

### `service_mode`

Allows you to choose the operational mode of the client.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:**

* `warp` — (default) [Gateway with WARP](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-warp-default).
* `1dot1` — [Gateway with DoH](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#gateway-with-doh).
* `proxy` — [Proxy mode](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#proxy-mode). Use the `proxy_port` parameter to specify the localhost SOCKS proxy port (between `0`-`66535`). For example,
  ```xml
  <key>service_mode</key>
  <string>proxy</string>
  <key>proxy_port</key>
  <integer>44444</integer>
  ```
* `postureonly` — [Device Information Only](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#device-information-only).

The service mode [Secure Web Gateway without DNS filtering](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/#secure-web-gateway-without-dns-filtering) is not currently supported as a value and must be configured in Zero Trust.


### `support_url`

When the WARP client is deployed via MDM, the in-app **Send Feedback** button is disabled by default. This parameter allows you to re-enable the button and direct feedback towards your organization.

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:**

* `https://<support.example.com>` — Use an `https://` link to open your company's internal help site.
* `mailto:<yoursupport@example.com>` — Use a `mailto:` link to open your default mail client.


### `switch_locked`

Allows the user to turn off the WARP switch and disconnect the client.

**Value Type:** `boolean`

**Value:**

* `false` — (default) The user is able to turn the switch on/off at their discretion. When the switch is off, the user will not have the ability to reach sites protected by Access that leverage certain device posture checks.
* `true` — The user is prevented from turning off the switch. The WARP client will automatically start in the connected state.

On new deployments, you must also include the `auto_connect` parameter with at least a value of `0`. This will prevent clients from being deployed in the off state without a way for users to manually enable them.

:::note
This parameter replaces the old `enabled` property, which can no longer be used in conjunction with the new `switch_locked` and `auto_connect`. If you want to use these parameters, you must remove `enabled`.
:::

### `unique_client_id`

Assigns a unique identifier to the device for the [device UUID posture check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid).

**Value Type:** `string`

**Value:** UUID for the device (for example, `496c6124-db89-4735-bc4e-7f759109a6f1`).

## Top-level parameters

Top-level parameters determine how WARP manages device registrations.

### `configs`

Allows a user to [switch between Zero Trust organizations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/switch-organizations/) in the WARP client GUI. The `configs` array is also required when using another [top-level parameter](#top-level-parameters) such as `multi_user` or `pre_login`, even if only one organization is specified.

**Value Type:** `array`

**Value:** An array containing one or more Zero Trust organizations.

### `multi_user`

Enables multiple user registrations on a Windows device.

**Value Type:** `boolean`

**Value:**

* `false` — (default) Only one WARP registration is stored per device. After a user logs in to WARP, their settings and identity will apply to all traffic from the device.
* `true` — Each Windows user has their own WARP registration. For more information, refer to [Multiple users on a Windows device](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/windows-multiuser/).

### `pre_login`

Allows WARP to connect with a service token before a user completes the initial Windows login. For more information, refer to [Connect WARP before Windows login](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/windows-prelogin/).

## Per-App VPN parameters (Android)

To support the per-app VPN for Android devices, Cloudflare has introduced new MDM parameters. The admin can configure these new MDM parameters via any MDM tool that supports deploying an Android app to managed devices or work profiles.

### `app_identifier`

An application package name/bundle identifier which uniquely identifies the app on the Google Play Store. This application will be tunneled through the WARP service.

**Value Type**: `string`

**Value**: The app identifier can be found in the ID query parameter of the specific app's Play Store URL. For example: in the case of `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`, the app identifier for the Cloudflare One Agent app is `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`.

### `is_browser`

An optional property. `is_browser` will help the Cloudflare One Agent application decide which browser to open instead of the default browser for specific features such as re-authentication and Gateway block notifications. If needed, admins should explicitly indicate that a given `tunneled_app` is a browser, rather than relying on automatic browser detection.

**Value Type**: `boolean`

**Value**: If the value is `true`, identifies the application defined in `app_identifier` as a browser. The default value is `false` and `is_browser` is an optional property.

---

# Switch between Zero Trust organizations

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/switch-organizations/

import { Details, Render, TabItem, Tabs } from "~/components"

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All modes                                                                                 | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅            | 2024.1.159.0         |
| macOS    | ✅            | 2024.1.160.0         |
| Linux    | ✅            | 2024.2.62.0          |
| iOS      | ✅            | 1.7                  |
| Android  | ✅            | 1.4                  |
| ChromeOS | ✅            | 1.4                  |


</Details>

In Cloudflare WARP, users can switch between multiple Zero Trust organizations (or other [MDM parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/)) that administrators specify in an MDM file. Common use cases include:

* Allow IT security staff to switch between test and production environments.
* Allow Managed Service Providers to support multiple customer accounts.
* Allow users to switch between the default WARP ingress IPs and the [Cloudflare China ingress IPs](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/#override_warp_endpoint).

## MDM file format

To enable multiple organizations, administrators need to modify their [MDM file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/) to take an array of configurations.  Each configuration must include a `display_name` parameter that will be visible to users in the WARP client GUI. Because display names are listed in the same order as they appear in the MDM file, we recommend putting the most used configurations at the top of the file. When a user opens the WARP client for the first time, they will be prompted to log into the first configuration in the list.

An MDM file supports a maximum of 25 configurations. The following example includes three configurations.

<Tabs>

<TabItem label="Windows">

```xml
<dict>
	<key>configs</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>mycompany</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Production environment</string>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>mycompany</string>
			<key>override_api_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0</string>
			<key>override_doh_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0</string>
			<key>override_warp_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0:2408</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Cloudflare China network</string>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>test-org</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Test environment</string>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
```

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="macOS">

**plist**

[Download](/cloudflare-one/static/mdm/multiple-orgs/com.cloudflare.warp.plist) an example `.plist` file. If placing the file manually, be sure to [convert the file into binary format](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#create-plist-file).

**mobileconfig**

[Download](/cloudflare-one/static/mdm/multiple-orgs/CloudflareWARP.mobileconfig) an example `.mobileconfig` file.

</TabItem>

<TabItem label="Linux">

```xml
<dict>
	<key>configs</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>mycompany</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Production environment</string>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>mycompany</string>
			<key>override_api_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0</string>
			<key>override_doh_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0</string>
			<key>override_warp_endpoint</key>
			<string>203.0.113.0:2408</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Cloudflare China network</string>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>test-org</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Test environment</string>
		</dict>
	</array>
</dict>
```

</TabItem> </Tabs>

## Switch organizations in WARP

<Tabs> <TabItem label="macos, windows, and linux">

<Render file="warp/switch-orgs" params={{ one: "Select the gear icon.", two: "Preferences > Account" }} />

</TabItem> <TabItem label="ios and android">

<Render file="warp/switch-orgs" params={{ one: "Go to Settings > Advanced.", two: "Settings > Account" }} />

</TabItem> </Tabs>

---

# Multiple users on a Windows device

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/windows-multiuser/

import { Details, Render, Badge } from "~/components";

:::note
To request participation in this beta, contact your account team.
:::

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All modes                                                                                 | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.12.326.1        |
| macOS    | ❌           |                      |
| Linux    | ❌           |                      |
| iOS      | ❌           |                      |
| Android  | ❌           |                      |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |                      |

</Details>

Cloudflare WARP supports multiple user registrations on a single Windows device. When deployed in multi-user mode, the WARP client will automatically switch user registrations after a user logs in to their Windows account. All traffic to Cloudflare will be attributed to the currently active Windows user. This allows administrators to apply identity-based policies and device settings, audit user activity, and remove individual users from a shared workstation.

:::note
A user must log out of their Windows account before switching to another account. A user cannot lock the screen and log in to another account, use the **Switch users** option in Windows, or have any other type of concurrent sessions.
:::

## Enable multi-user mode

To enable multi-user support on Windows, [deploy an MDM file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#windows) onto the device with the `multi_user` key set to `true`. For example:

```xml
<dict>
  <key>multi_user</key>
  <true/>
  <key>configs</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>organization</key>
      <string>your-team-name</string>
      <key>display_name</key>
      <string>Default</string>
    </dict>
  </array>
</dict>
```

To use multi-user mode alongside the [Windows pre-login](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/windows-prelogin/) and [Switch between Zero Trust organizations](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/switch-organizations/) options:

```xml
<dict>
  <key>multi_user</key>
	<true/>
  <key>pre_login</key>
  <dict>
    <key>organization</key>
    <string>mycompany</string>
    <key>auth_client_id</key>
    <string>88bf3b6d86161464f6509f7219099e57.access</string>
    <key>auth_client_secret</key>
    <string>bdd31cbc4dec990953e39163fbbb194c93313ca9f0a6e420346af9d326b1d2a5</string>
  </dict>
  <key>configs</key>
  <array>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>mycompany</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Production environment</string>
  	</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>organization</key>
			<string>test-org</string>
			<key>display_name</key>
			<string>Test environment</string>
		</dict>
  </array>
</dict>
```

When enabling multi-user mode for the first time, users will need to re-register even if they had a previous registration.

## WARP registration logic

The following flowchart shows how WARP registration settings take effect as users log in and out:

```mermaid
flowchart TB
    start(["Enable multi-user mode"])-->reg["Active Windows user is prompted to register WARP"]
		reg--"Log out of Windows"-->prelogin

    subgraph preloginbehavior["Windows login screen"]
		prelogin{{"Is there a pre-login <br />registration?"}}
    preloginyes["Use pre-login settings"]
		prelogin--"Yes"-->preloginyes
		prelogin-. "No" .->preloginno
		preloginno["Stay registered as <br />previous Windows user"]
		end

		preloginbehavior--"Log in to Windows"---->regexists{{"Has the user already registered with WARP?"}}
		regexists--"Yes"-->user["Switch to that user's registration"]
		regexists-. "No" .->reg
```

---

# Run as a service

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

You can install `cloudflared` as a system service on Linux and Windows, and as a launch agent on macOS. In most cases, we recommend running `cloudflared` as a service. Running as a service helps ensure the availability of `cloudflared` to your origin by allowing the program to start at boot and continue running while your origin is online.

Follow our guides to set up and run `cloudflared` as a service in your environment:

<DirectoryListing />

---

# Connect WARP before Windows login

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/windows-prelogin/

import { Details, Render } from "~/components";

<Details header="Feature availability">

| [WARP modes](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-modes/) | [Zero Trust plans](https://www.cloudflare.com/teams-pricing/) |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| All modes                                                                                 | All plans                                                     |

| System   | Availability | Minimum WARP version |
| -------- | ------------ | -------------------- |
| Windows  | ✅           | 2024.6.415.0         |
| macOS    | ❌           |                      |
| Linux    | ❌           |                      |
| iOS      | ❌           |                      |
| Android  | ❌           |                      |
| ChromeOS | ❌           |                      |

</Details>

With Cloudflare Zero Trust, you can use an on-premise Active Directory (or similar) server to validate a remote user's Windows login credentials. Before the user enters their Windows login information for the first time, the WARP client establishes a connection using a service token. This initial connection is not associated with a user identity. Once the user completes the Windows login, WARP switches to an identity-based session and applies the user registration to all future logins.

## Prerequisites

- Active Directory resources are [connected to Cloudflare](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/private-net/).

## 1. Create a service token

<Render file="access/create-service-token" />

## 2. Create a device enrollment policy

In your [device enrollment permissions](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/device-enrollment/#set-device-enrollment-permissions), create the following policy:

| Rule Action  | Rule type | Selector      | Value          |
| ------------ | --------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| Service Auth | Include   | Service Token | `<TOKEN-NAME>` |

## 2. (Optional) Restrict access during pre-login

Devices enrolled via a service token are identified by the email address `non_identity@<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`. Using this email address, you can apply specific [device profile settings](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/device-profiles/) and [Gateway network policies](/cloudflare-one/policies/gateway/network-policies/) during the pre-login state. For example, you could provide access to only those resources necessary to complete the Windows login and/or device management activities.

<Details header="Example device profile rule">

| Selector         | Operator | Value                                           | Logic |
| ---------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| User email       | in       | `non_identity@<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` | And   |
| Operating system | is       | Windows                                         |       |

</Details>

<Details header="Example Gateway network policy">

| Selector                     | Operator | Value                                           | Logic |
| ---------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Destination IP               | in list  | `Active Directory servers`                      | And   |
| User email                   | in       | `non_identity@<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com` | And   |
| Passed Device Posture Checks | in       | `Windows 10 or higher (OS version)`             |       |

| Action |
| ------ |
| Allow  |

</Details>

## 3. Configure the MDM file

To enable the Windows pre-login feature, an MDM file in the following format must be [deployed](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#windows) on the device. In the following example, the `pre_login` key allows the device to connect using the service token, while `configs` contains your default Zero Trust configuration.

```xml
<dict>
  <key>pre_login</key>
  <dict>
    <key>organization</key>
    <string>mycompany</string>
    <key>auth_client_id</key>
    <string>TOKEN-ID</string>
    <key>auth_client_secret</key>
    <string>TOKEN-SECRET</string>
  </dict>
  <key>configs</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>organization</key>
      <string>mycompany</string>
      <key>display_name</key>
      <string>Default</string>
    </dict>
  </array>
</dict>
```

WARP will only apply the pre-login configuration when no other WARP registration exists and the user has not yet logged into Windows. When the pre-login configuration is in effect, the device will appear on **My Team** > **Devices** with the email `non_identity@<team-name>.cloudflareaccess.com`.

After the user logs into Windows, WARP will automatically switch to the default MDM configuration and prompt the user to authenticate with the IdP. Once authenticated, WARP registers and connects with the user identity. The **My Team** > **Devices** page will now show a new device associated with the user's email. This user registration will then be used for any subsequent connections, including before the next Windows user login.

Deleting the user registration would cause WARP to switch back to the pre-login configuration as soon as the user logs out of Windows.

---

# Linux

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/linux/

You can install `cloudflared` as a system service on Linux.

## Prerequisites

Before you install Cloudflare Tunnel as a service on Linux, follow Steps 1 through 4 of the [Tunnel CLI setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/). At this point you should have a named tunnel and a `config.yml` file in your `.cloudflared` directory.

## 1. Configure `cloudflared` as a service

By default, Cloudflare Tunnel expects all of the configuration to exist in the `$HOME/.cloudflared/config.yml` [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/). At a minimum you must specify the following arguments to run as a service:

| Argument           | Description                                          |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `tunnel`           | The UUID of your tunnel                              |
| `credentials-file` | The location of the credentials file for your Tunnel |

## 2. Run `cloudflared` as a service

1. Install the `cloudflared` service.

   ```sh
   cloudflared service install
   ```

2. Start the service.

   ```sh
   systemctl start cloudflared
   ```

3. (Optional) View the status of the service.

   ```sh
   systemctl status cloudflared
   ```

## Next steps

You can now [route traffic through your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#5-start-routing-traffic). If you add IP routes or otherwise change the configuration, restart the service to load the new configuration:

```sh
systemctl restart cloudflared
```

---

# macOS

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/macos/

You can install `cloudflared` as a system service on macOS.

## Prerequisites

Before you install Cloudflare Tunnel as a service on your OS, follow Steps 1 through 4 of the [Tunnel CLI setup guide](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/). At this point you should have a named tunnel and a `config.yml` file in your `$HOME/.cloudflared` directory.

## 1. Configure `cloudflared` as a service

By default, Cloudflare Tunnel expects all of the configuration to exist in the `$HOME/.cloudflared/config.yml` [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/). At a minimum you must specify the following arguments to run as a service:

| Argument           | Description                                          |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `tunnel`           | The UUID of your tunnel                              |
| `credentials-file` | The location of the credentials file for your tunnel |

## 2. Run `cloudflared` as a service

You can install the service to either run at login or at boot.

### Run at login

Open a terminal window and run the following command:

```sh
cloudflared service install
```

Cloudflare Tunnel will be installed as a launch agent and start whenever you log in, using your local user configuration found in `~/.cloudflared/`.

### Run at boot

Open a terminal window and run the following command:

```sh
sudo cloudflared service install
```

Cloudflare Tunnel will be installed as a launch daemon and start whenever your system boots, using your configuration found in `/etc/cloudflared`.

## 3. Manually start the service

Run the following command:

```sh
sudo launchctl start com.cloudflare.cloudflared
```

The output will be logged to `/Library/Logs/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.err.log` and `/Library/Logs/com.cloudflare.cloudflared.out.log`.

## Next steps

You can now [route traffic through your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#5-start-routing-traffic). If you add IP routes or otherwise change the configuration, restart the service to load the new configuration:

```sh
sudo launchctl stop com.cloudflare.cloudflared
sudo launchctl start com.cloudflare.cloudflared
```

---

# Windows

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/as-a-service/windows/

You can install `cloudflared` as a system service on Windows.

## Configure `cloudflared` as a service

By default, Cloudflare Tunnel expects all of the configuration to exist in the `%USERPROFILE%\.cloudflared\config.yml` [configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/configure-tunnels/local-management/configuration-file/). At a minimum you must specify the following arguments to run as a service:

| Argument           | Description                                          |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `tunnel`           | The UUID of your tunnel                              |
| `credentials-file` | The location of the credentials file for your tunnel |

## Run `cloudflared` as a service

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/downloads/) the latest `cloudflared` version.

2. Create a new directory:

   ```bash
   C:\Cloudflared\bin
   ```

3. Copy the `.exe` file you downloaded in step 1 to the new directory and rename it to `cloudflared.exe`.

4. Open CMD as an administrator and go to `C:\Cloudflared\bin`.

5. Run this command to install `cloudflared`:

   ```bash
   cloudflared.exe service install
   ```

6. Next, run this command to create another directory:

   ```bash
   mkdir C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\.cloudflared
   ```

7. Log in and authenticate `cloudflared`:

   ```bash
   cloudflared.exe login
   ```

8. The login command will generate a `cert.pem` file and save it to your user profile by default. Copy the file to the `.cloudflared` folder created in step 5 using this command:

   ```bash
   copy C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.cloudflared\cert.pem C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\.cloudflared\cert.pem
   ```

9. Next, create a tunnel:

   ```bash
   cloudflared.exe tunnel create <Tunnel Name>
   ```

   This will generate a [credentials file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/tunnel-useful-terms/#credentials-file) in `.json` format.

10. [Create a configuration file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#4-create-a-configuration-file) with the following content:

    ```txt
    tunnel: <Tunnel ID>
    credentials-file: C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\.cloudflared\<Tunnel-ID>.json
    # Uncomment the following two lines if you are using self-signed certificates in your origin server
    # originRequest:
    #   noTLSVerify: true

    ingress:
      - hostname: app.mydomain.com
        service: https://internal.mydomain.com
      - service: http_status:404
    logfile:  C:\Cloudflared\cloudflared.log
    ```

11. Copy the credentials file to the folder created in step 6:

    ```bash
    copy C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.cloudflared\<Tunnel-ID>.json C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\.cloudflared\<Tunnel-ID>.json
    ```

12. Validate the ingress rule entries in your configuration file using the command:

    ```bash
    cloudflared.exe tunnel ingress validate
    ```

13. In the Registry Editor, go to `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cloudflared`.

14. In the Cloudflared registry entry, modify `ImagePath` to point to the `cloudflared.exe` and `config.yml` files. Make sure that there are no extra spaces or characters while you modify the registry entry, as this could cause problems with starting the service.

    ```bash
    C:\Cloudflared\bin\cloudflared.exe --config=C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.cloudflared\config.yml tunnel run
    ```

15. If the service does not start, run the following command from `C:\Cloudflared\bin`:

    ```bash
    sc start cloudflared
    ```

    You will see the output below:

    ```txt
    SERVICE_NAME: cloudflared
            TYPE               : 10  WIN32_OWN_PROCESS
            STATE              : 2  START_PENDING
                                    (NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)
            WIN32_EXIT_CODE    : 0  (0x0)
            SERVICE_EXIT_CODE  : 0  (0x0)
            CHECKPOINT         : 0x0
            WAIT_HINT          : 0x7d0
            PID                : 3548
            FLAGS              :
    ```

## Next steps

You can now [route traffic through your tunnel](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/get-started/create-local-tunnel/#5-start-routing-traffic). If you add IP routes or otherwise change the configuration, restart the service to load the new configuration:

```bash
sc stop cloudflared
sc start cloudflared
```

---

# Microsoft Exchange BCC setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/bcc-microsoft-exchange/

import { GlossaryTooltip, Render } from "~/components"

For customers using Microsoft Exchange, setting up Email Security via BCC is quick and easy. You need to configure an inbound rule to send emails to Email Security via BCC for processing and detection of potential <GlossaryTooltip term="phishing">phishing</GlossaryTooltip> attacks. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up a phishing assessment risk for Microsoft Exchange with Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/bcc-exchange-flow.png)

## Configure Inbound Rule

1. Access Exchange's **Management Console**, and go to **Organization Configuration** > **Hub Transport**.

   ![Access Hub transport](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step1.png)

2. On the **Actions** pane, select **New Transport Rule**.

3. Give the transport rule a name and a description and select **Next**.

   ![Give transport rule a name and description](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step3.png)

4. In the **Condition** configuration panel, select the option **from users that are inside or outside the organization** option. In the dropdown that opens, select **Outside the organization**.

   ![Select scope of transport rule](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step4.png)

5. Still in the same **Condition** configuration panel, add a second condition to the transport rule. Select **sent to users that are inside or outside the organization, or partners**. Keep the default value of **Inside the organization**.

   ![Select where to send emails](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step5.png)

6. Select **Next**.

7. In the **Action** configuration panel, select **Blind carbon copy (Bcc) the message to addresses**. Edit the **addresses** variable to add the addresses you want to copy as BCC.

   ![Select BCC and edit email addresses](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step7.png)

8. In **Specify Recipient**, select the **down arrow** next to the **Add** button > **External E-Mail Address**.

   ![Select external e-mail address](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step8.png)

9. Enter the BCC address provided by Email Security. This address is specific to your account.

   ![Enter the BCC address provided by Email Security](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step9.png)

10. Select **OK** > **OK** to return to the main configuration page of the transport rule.

11. At the main configuration page of the transport rule, select **Next** to continue to the Exception configuration panel.

12. You do not need to configure an exception rule. Select **Next**.

    ![You do not need to configure an exception rule](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step12.png)

13. In **Create Rule**, select the **New** button.

    ![Select the new button](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step13.png)

14. Select **Finish** to close the transport rule configuration panel. This will return you to the Exchange Management Console.

    ![Select finish](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/exchange/step14.png)

:::note

If you have multiple rules, you may need to change the order of the BCC rule and move it to the right location in your rule sequence. This is needed so you can send BCC messages to Email Security. Usually, the Email Security BCC rule will be at the top of the ruleset. The configured conditions of the Email Security BCC rule will only trigger for inbound messages. 
:::

## Email processing and reports

In BCC mode, all emails are put through automated phishing detections by Email Security. Emails that trigger phishing detections are logged for reporting via product portal, email and Slack. Emails that do not trigger any detections are deleted.

---

# Journaling setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"


<DirectoryListing />

---

# BCC setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"


<DirectoryListing />

---

# Manually add domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/manual-add/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

To manually add domains:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Zero Trust**.
3. Select **Email Security**.
4. Select **Monitoring**: If you have not purchased Email Security, select **Contact Sales**. Otherwise, select **Connect a domain**.
5. Select **BCC/Journaling**.
6. Select **Manual add**.

## Users with domains on Cloudflare

On the **Set up Email Security** page:

1. **Connect domains**: Select at least one domain. Then, select **Continue**.
2. (**Optional**) **Add manual domains**: Manually enter additional domains. Then, select **Continue**.
3. (**Optional**) **Adjust hop count**: Enter the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Hops">hops</GlossaryTooltip>, and then select **Continue**.
4. **Configure service address with your third party email provider**: Copy and paste the service address into your third-party email provider to allow BCC/Journaling: `<account tag>@CF-emailsecurity.com`
5. **Review details**: Review your connected domains. Then, select **Go to domains.** 

## Users who do not have domains with Cloudflare

If you do not have domains with Cloudflare, the dashboard will display two options:

* Add a domain to Cloudflare.
* Enter domain manually.

### Add a domain to Cloudflare

Selecting **Add a domain to Cloudflare** will redirect you to a new page where you will connect your domain to Cloudflare. Once you have entered an existing domain, select **Continue**.

### Enter domain manually

On the **Set up Email Security** page:

1. **Connect domains**: Select at least one domain. Then, select **Continue**.
2. (**Optional**) **Add manual domains**: Manually enter additional domains. Then, select **Continue**.
3. (**Optional**) **Adjust hop count**: Enter the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Hops">hops</GlossaryTooltip>, and then select **Continue**.
4. **Configure service address with your third party email provider**: Copy and paste the service address into your third-party email provider to allow BCC/Journaling: `<account tag>@CF-emailsecurity.com`.
5. **Review details**: Review your connected domains. Then, select **Go to domains.**

## Enable auto-moves

To enable auto-move events, you will have to connect and associate an integration:

1. Go to **Settings** > **Domain management** > **Integrated domains** > Select **View**.
2. On the **Domains** page, select the three dots, then select **Associate an integration**.
3. Select **Connect an integration**. Follow the steps to [enable the Microsoft Office 365 integration](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/office365-journaling/#integrate-with-microsoft-o365).
4. Once you completed the steps to enable the integration, select **Continue to Email Security**. You will be redirected to the **Domains** page, where you will connect the integration to your specified domain.
5. Select the three dots, then select **Associate an integration**. Select the integration, then select **Associate**.
6. Now that your domain has an associated integration, enable [auto-move events](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) on your domain.

---

# Office 365 journaling setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/office365-journaling/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

When you receive an email, the email lands on your Microsoft O365 inbox, and then Email Security receives a copy of that email. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Email flow when setting up Office 365 with Email Security.](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/journaling/Email_Security_MS365_Journaling_Diagram.png)

To enable Microsoft 365 journaling deployment:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Zero Trust**.
3. Select **Email Security**.
4. Select **Monitoring**: If you have not purchased Email Security, select **Contact Sales**. Otherwise, select **Connect a domain**.
5. Select **BCC/Journaling**.
6. Select **Integrate with MS** > **Authorize**.

## Integrate with Microsoft O365

To integrate with Microsoft O365:

1. **Name integration**: Add your integration name, then select **Continue**.
2. **Authorize integration**:
   - Select **Authorize**. Selecting **Authorize** will take you to the **Microsoft Sign in** page where you will have to enter your email address.
   - Once you enter your email address, select **Next**.
   - After selecting **Next**, the dashboard will show you a dialog box with a list of requested permissions. Select **Accept to authorize Email Security**. Upon authorization, you will be redirected to a page where you can review details and enroll the integration.
3. **Review details**: Review your integration details, then:
   - Select **Complete Email Security set up** where you will be able to connect your domains and configure auto-moves.
   - Select **Continue to Email Security**.

Continue with [**Connect your domains**](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/office365-journaling/#connect-your-domains) for the next steps.

### Connect your domains

On the **Set up Email Security** page:

1. **Connect domains**: Select at least one domain. Then, select **Continue**.
2. (**Optional**) **Add manual domains**: Select **Add domain name** to manually enter additional domains. Then, select **Continue**.
3. (**Optional**) **Adjust hop count**: Enter the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Hops">hops</GlossaryTooltip>. Then, select **Continue**.
4. (**Optional**, select **Skip for now** to skip this step) **Move messages**: Refer to [Auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to configure auto-moves. Then, select **Continue**.
5. **Configure service address with your third party email provider**: Copy and paste the service address into your third-party email provider to allow BCC/Journaling: `<account tag>@CF-emailsecurity.com`.
6. **Review details**: Review your connected domains. Then, select **Go to domains.** 

Your domains are now added successfully. 

To view your connected domains:

1. Go to **Settings**.
2. Locate your domain, select the three dots > **View domain**. Selecting **View domain** will display information about your domain.

---

# 5 - Junk email folder and administrative quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/five-junk-admin-quarantine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial, you will learn to deliver `SUSPICIOUS` and `BULK` messages to the user's junk email folder, and `MALICIOUS`, `SPAM`, and `SPOOF` messages to the Administrative Quarantine (this requires an administrator to release the emails).

## Configure domains

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-domain" params={{ one: "Do not check any dispositions." }} />

## Configure anti-spam policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-cases-antispam" params={{ one: "_AdminOnlyAccessPolicy_", two: "_AdminOnlyAccessPolicy_", three: "_AdminOnlyAccessPolicy_", four: "step7-adminonly-case5.png" }} />

## Create transport rules

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-transport-rules" params={{ one: "Email Security Deliver to Junk Email folder`", two: "`SUSPICIOUS`, `BULK`", three: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _5_", four: "step4-rules.png", five: "`Area 1 Admin Managed Host Quarantine`", six: " `MALICIOUS`, `UCE`, `SPOOF`", seven: "_Redirect the message to_ > _hosted quarantine_", eight: "step10-hosted-quarantine-case5.png" }} />

---

# Manage domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/journaling-setup/manage-domains/

## Filter domains

To filter your domains:

1. Select **Settings**.
2. Select **Configured method** and/or **Status**:
    * If you select **Configured method**, choose among the following:
        * **All**: To view all the domains.
        * **MS Graph API**: To view domains connected via MS Graph API.
        * **BCC/Journaling**: To view domains connected via BCC/Journaling.
    * If you select **Status**, choose among the following:
        * **All**: To view Active and No mail flow domains.
        * **Active**: To view active domains. A domain is active when the connection is running, and Email Security is able to scan email messages.
        * **No mail flow**: To view no mail flow domains. A domain has a "No mail flow" status when no mail flow is detected. You may not have any email traffic or your BCC/Journaling configuration is incomplete. 

## Edit domains

To edit your domains:

1. On the **Domains** page, locate your domain, select the three dots > **Edit**.
2. If you did not manually add your domain, you will only be able to edit **Hops**. If you manually added your domain, you will be able to edit **Domain name** and **Hops**.
3. Select **Save**.

## Prevent Cloudflare from scanning a domain

To unscan domains:

1. On the **Domains** page, locate your domain, select the three dots > **Unscan**.
2. Select **Unscan** again to stop Cloudflare from scanning your domain.

---

# 4 - User managed quarantine and administrative quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/four-user-quarantine-admin-quarantine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial, you will learn to deliver `SPAM` and `SPOOF` messages to the user managed quarantine, and `MALICIOUS` messages to the administrative quarantine (this requires an administrator to release the emails).

## Configure domains

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-domain" params={{ one: "Do not check any dispositions." }} />

## Create quarantine policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-2-4-create-quarantine-policy" />

## Configure quarantine notifications

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-quarantine-notifications" />

## Configure anti-spam policies

To configure anti-spam policies:

1. Open the [Microsoft 365 Defender console](https://security.microsoft.com/)

2. Go to **Email & collaboration** > **Policies & rules**.

3. Select **Threat policies**.

4. Under **Policies**, select **Anti-spam**.

5. Select the **Anti-spam inbound policy (Default)** text (not the checkbox).

6. In the **Actions** section, scroll down and select **Edit actions**.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Go to Actions and find Edit actions](~/assets/email-security/static/flexible-partial-images/o365-area1-mx/step6-edit-actions.png)

    </div>

7. Set the following conditions and actions (you might need to scroll up or down to find them):

   * **Spam**: *Quarantine message*.
     * **Select quarantine policy**: *UserNotifyUserRelease*.
   * **High confidence spam**: *Quarantine message*.
     * **Select quarantine policy**: *UserNotifyAdminRelease*.
   * **Phishing**: *Quarantine message*.
     * **Select quarantine policy**: *UserNotifyAdminRelease*.
   * **High confidence phishing**: *Quarantine message*.
     * **Select quarantine policy**: *UserNotifyAdminRelease*.
   * **Retain spam in quarantine for this many days**: Default is 15 days. Email Security recommends 15-30 days.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Select the spam actions in the above step](~/assets/email-security/static/flexible-partial-images/o365-area1-mx/step7-quarantine-message-case4.png)

    </div>

8. Select **Save**.

## Create transport rules

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-transport-rules" params={{ one: "`Email Security User Quarantine Message`", two: "`UCE`, `SPOOF`", three: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _5_", four: "step4-rules-case4.png", five: "`Email Security User Quarantine Message Admin Release`", six: "`MALICIOUS`", seven: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _9_", eight: "step10-admin-release-case4.png" }} />

---

# Use cases

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Before following our use case tutorials, read through this how-to guide related to best practices. This will show you how to prepare your Email Security dashboard and enable options such as tagging and [defanging emails](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/), as well as [Email Link Isolation](/email-security/email-configuration/email-policies/link-actions/#email-link-isolation), before setting up Office 365.

1. Log in to the [Email Security (formerly Area 1) dashboard](https://horizon.area1security.com/).

2. Go to **Settings** (the gear icon).

3. Go to **Email Configuration** > **Email Policies** > **Link Actions**.

4. What you do next depends on if you are an Advantage or Enterprise customer:
   1. If you are an **Advantage** customer:

      1. In **Disposition Actions**, select **Edit**.
      2. In the `SUSPICIOUS` disposition drop-down menu, change the action to `URL Defang`.

       <div class="large-img">

      ![Defang suspicious emails](~/assets/email-security/static/flexible-partial-images/o365-area1-mx/defang-suspicious.png)

       </div>

      3. Select **Save Disposition Actions**.

   2. If you are an **Enterprise** customer:

      1. Enable **Email Link Isolation**.

       <div class="large-img">

      ![Enable Email Link Isolation](~/assets/email-security/static/flexible-partial-images/o365-area1-mx/step4-enterprise-advantage-customer.png)

       </div>

5. Under **Email Policies**, select **Text add-Ons**.

6. Select **Edit**.

7. Enable the following options under **Add Prefix To Subject**:

   * **Malicious** - Enabled.
   * **Suspicious** - Enabled.
   * **Spam** - Enabled.
   * **Bulk** - Enabled.
   * **Spoof** - Enabled.
   * **Originated Outside of Company** - Optional.
   * **Contains Encrypted Content** - Optional.
   * **Subject Prefix** - Format as desired.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enable all the options mentioned in step 9](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/prefix-subject.png)

    </div>

8. In the same window, scroll down and enable the following options under **Add Prefix To Body**:

   * **Malicious** - Enabled.
   * **Suspicious** - Enabled.
   * **Spam** - Disabled.
   * **Bulk** - Disabled.
   * **Spoof** - Enabled.
   * **Originated Outside of Company** - Optional.
   * **Body Prefix** - Format as desired. You can use the default settings. The body prefix supports HTML tags for formatting.

    <div class="large-img">

   ![Enable all the options mentioned in step 7](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/inline-setup/o365-area1-mx/prefix-subject-enterprise.png)

    </div>

9. Select **Update Text Add-Ons**.

### Use cases

Refer to the following use cases to learn how to set up your environment for different scenarios.

<DirectoryListing />

---

# 1 - Junk email and Email Security (formerly Area 1) Admin Quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/one-junk-admin-quarantine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial, you will learn how to deliver emails to the Office 365 junk email folder and the Admin Quarantine in Email Security.

## Configure domains

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-domain" params={{ one: "Check the `MALICIOUS`, `SPAM`, and `SPOOF` dispositions." }} />

## Create quarantine policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-1-3-create-quarantine-policy" />

## Configure quarantine notifications

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-quarantine-notifications" />

## Configure anti-spam policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-cases-antispam" params={{ one: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_", two: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_", three: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_" }} />

## Create transport rules

To create the transport rules that will send emails with certain dispositions to Email Security:

1. Open the new [Exchange admin center](https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/homepage).

2. Go to **Mail flow** > **Rules**.

3. Select **Add a Rule** > **Create a new rule**.

4. Set the following rule conditions:

   * **Name**: `Email Security Deliver to Junk Email folder`.
   * **Apply this rule if**: *The message headers* > *includes any of these words*.
     * **Enter text**: `X-Area1Security-Disposition` > **Save**.
     * **Enter words**: `SUSPICIOUS`, `BULK` > **Add** > **Save**.
   * **Apply this rule if**: Select **+** to add a second condition.
   * **And**: *The sender* > *IP address is in any of these ranges or exactly matches* > enter the egress IPs in the [Egress IPs page](/email-security/deployment/inline/reference/egress-ips/).
   * **Do the following** - *Modify the message properties* > *Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)* > *5*.

   ![Set the rules in the above step](~/assets/email-security/static/flexible-partial-images/o365-area1-mx/step4-rules.png)

5. Select **Next**.

6. You can use the default values on this screen. Select **Next**.

7. Review your settings and select **Finish** > **Done**.

8. Select the rule `Email Security Deliver to Junk Email folder` you have just created, and select **Enable**.

---

# 3 - Junk email and administrative quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/three-junk-admin-quarantine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial, you will learn how to deliver `SUSPICIOUS` and `BULK` messages to the users's junk email folder, and `MALICIOUS`, `SPAM`, and `SPOOF` messages to the administrative quarantine (this requires an administrator to release the emails).

## Configure domains

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-domain" params={{ one: "Do not check any dispositions." }} />

## Create quarantine policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-1-3-create-quarantine-policy" />

## Configure quarantine notifications

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-quarantine-notifications" />

## Configure anti-spam policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-cases-antispam" params={{ one: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_", two: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_", three: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_" }} />

## Create transport rules

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-transport-rules" params={{ one: "`Area 1 Deliver to Junk Email folder`", two: "`SUSPICIOUS`, `BULK`", three: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _5_", four: "step4-rules.png", five: "`Area 1 User Quarantine Message`", six: "`MALICIOUS`, `UCE`, `SPOOF`", seven: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _9_", eight: "step10-user-quarantine.png" }} />

---

# 2 - Junk email and user managed quarantine

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/email-security/deployment/inline/setup/office-365-area1-mx/use-cases/two-junk-user-quarantine/

import { Render } from "~/components"

In this tutorial, you will learn how to deliver `SUSPICIOUS` and `BULK` messages to the user's junk folder, and `SPAM` and `SPOOF` messages to the user managed quarantine.

## Configure domains

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-domain" params={{ one: "Only MALICIOUS dispotions should be checked." }} />

## Create quarantine policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-2-4-create-quarantine-policy" />

## Configure quarantine notifications

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-configure-quarantine-notifications" />

## Configure anti-spam policies

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-cases-antispam" params={{ one: "_UserNotifyUserRelease_", two: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_", three: "_UserNotifyAdminRelease_" }} />

## Create transport rules

<Render file="deployment/o365-use-case-transport-rules" params={{ one: "`Area 1 Deliver to Junk Email folder`", two: "`SUSPICIOUS`, `BULK`", three: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _5_", four: "step4-rules.png", five: "`Area 1 User Quarantine Message`", six: "`UCE`, `SPOOF`", seven: "_Modify the message properties_ > _Set the Spam Confidence Level (SCL)_ > _9_", eight: "step10-user-quarantine.png" }} />

---

# Fleet

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/fleet/

This guide covers how to deploy the Cloudflare WARP client using [Fleet](https://fleetdm.com/) device management software.

## macOS

### 1. Create a custom MDM file

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/static/mdm/CloudflareWARP.mobileconfig) an example `.mobileconfig` file.
2. Modify the file with your desired [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/).

### 2. Upload MDM file to Fleet

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Controls**.
2. From the **Teams** dropdown, select the team (group of hosts) that requires Cloudflare WARP.
3. Select **OS settings** > **Custom settings**.
4. Select **Add profile** and upload the custom `.mobileconfig`.
5. Select the hosts which require Cloudflare WARP:
		- **All hosts**: Deploys WARP to all hosts in the team.
		- **Custom**: Deploys WARP to a subset of the hosts in the team. Use [labels](https://fleetdm.com/guides/managing-labels-in-fleet#basic-article) to define the hosts that should be included or excluded.
6. Select **Add profile**.

The defined hosts will immediately receive the deployment profile, but WARP is not yet installed.

### 3. Download WARP package for macOS

Visit the [Download page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#macos) to review system requirements and download the installer for your operating system.

### 4. Upload WARP package to Fleet

To add the WARP client installer package for distribution to your hosts enrolled in Fleet:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Software**.
2. From the **Teams** dropdown, select the team (group of hosts) that requires Cloudflare WARP.
3. Select **Add Software** and upload the `.pkg` file that was previously downloaded.

### 5. Install WARP with Fleet

To deploy the uploaded `.pkg` file to your hosts:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Hosts**.
2. Select the host that requires the WARP client.
3. Go to **Software** and search for `Cloudflare`.
4. Select **Actions** > **Install**.

Installation will happen automatically when the host comes online. To deploy with REST API or GitOps, refer to the [Fleet documentation](https://fleetdm.com/guides/deploy-software-packages).

### 6. Uninstall WARP with Fleet

To uninstall the Fleet-deployed WARP client:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Hosts**.
2. Select the host that requires the WARP client to be uninstalled.
3. Go to **Software** and search for `Cloudflare`.
4. Select **Actions** > **Uninstall**.

## Windows

### 1. Download WARP package for Windows

Visit the [Download page](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#windows) to review system requirements and download the installer for your operating system.

### 2. Upload WARP package to Fleet

To add the WARP client installer package for distribution to your hosts enrolled in Fleet:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Software**.
2. From the **Teams** dropdown, select the team (group of hosts) that requires Cloudflare WARP.
3. Select **Add Software** and upload the `.msi` file that was previously downloaded.
4. (Optional) To allow users to install WARP from Fleet Desktop, select **Self-service**.
5. Select **Advanced options**.
6. In **Install script**, replace the default script with the following:

```bash
$logFile = "${env:TEMP}/fleet-install-software.log"

try {

$installProcess = Start-Process msiexec.exe `
  -ArgumentList "/quiet /norestart ORGANIZATION=your-team-name SUPPORT_URL=https://example.com /lv ${logFile} /i `"${env:INSTALLER_PATH}`"" `
  -PassThru -Verb RunAs -Wait

Get-Content $logFile -Tail 500

Exit $installProcess.ExitCode

} catch {
  Write-Host "Error: $_"
  Exit 1
}
```

Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a description of each argument.

### 3. Install WARP with Fleet

To deploy the uploaded `.pkg` file to your hosts:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Hosts**.
2. Select the host that requires the WARP client.
3. Go to **Software** and search for `Cloudflare`.
4. Select **Actions** > **Install**.

Installation will happen automatically when the host comes online. To deploy with REST API or GitOps, refer to the [Fleet documentation](https://fleetdm.com/guides/deploy-software-packages).

### 4. Uninstall WARP with Fleet

To uninstall the Fleet-deployed WARP client:

1. In the Fleet admin console, go to **Hosts**.
2. Select the host that requires the WARP client to be uninstalled.
3. Go to **Software** and search for `Cloudflare`.
4. Select **Actions** > **Uninstall**.

## Linux

Fleet allows you to [execute custom scripts](https://fleetdm.com/guides/scripts) on Linux hosts. The following example script creates an [MDM file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#linux) and installs WARP on an Ubuntu 22.04 host:

```sh
#!/bin/sh

# Write the mdm.xml file
touch /var/lib/cloudflare-warp/mdm.xml
echo -e "<dict>\n   <key>organization</key>\n   <string>your-team-name</string>\n</dict>
" > /var/lib/cloudflare-warp/mdm.xml

# Add cloudflare gpg key
curl -fsSL https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/pubkey.gpg | sudo gpg --yes --dearmor --output /usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-warp-archive-keyring.gpg

# Add this repo to your apt repositories
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-warp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/ any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflare-client.list

# Install
sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get -y install cloudflare-warp
```

To install WARP on other Linux distributions, refer to the [package repository](https://pkg.cloudflareclient.com/).

---

# Hexnode

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/hexnode/

## Windows

:::note[Requirements]


* A 64-bit machine with Windows 10 or Windows 8
* 184 MB hard disk space and 3 MB memory
* Wi-Fi or LAN connection


:::

1. Create a script file with `.bat`, `.cmd`, and `.ps1` file formats to download, install and configure the Cloudflare WARP client Windows application on the device. Listed below is a sample script with all of the configurable parameters:

   ```python
   <# Choose file name for downloading application #>
   $filename = filename.msi'

   <# Download URL of the installer. #>
   $url = 'https://downloads.cloudflareclient.com/v1/download/windows/ga'
   Write-Host 'Downloading App from' $url
   Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -OutFile $filename

   <# Run the installer and wait for the installation to finish #>
   $arguments = "ORGANIZATION="exampleorg" SERVICE_MODE="warp" GATEWAY_UNIQUE_ID="fmxk762nrj" SUPPORT_URL="http://support.example.com""

   $installProcess = (Start-Process $filename -ArgumentList $arguments -PassThru -Wait)

   <# Check if installation was successful #>
   if ($installProcess.ExitCode -ne 0) {
       Write-Host "Installation failed!"
       exit $installProcess.ExitCode
   }
   else {
       Write-Host "Installation completed successfully!"
   }
   ```

2. Push the script file to the devices using Hexnode.

3. On your Hexnode console, go to **Manage** > **Devices**.

4. Select your device name. This will take you to the **Device Summary**.

5. Select **Actions** > **Execute Custom Script**.

6. Choose the script file source as *Upload file*, then upload the script file.

7. Select **Execute**.

## macOS

:::note[Requirements]


* macOS Catalina, High Sierra or Big Sur with a 64-bit CPU
* Minimum hard disk space 75 MB and memory 35 MB.
* Wi-Fi or LAN connection


:::

1. [Download](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#macos) the Cloudflare WARP client for macOS.

2. On your Hexnode console, go to **Apps** > **Add Apps** > **Enterprise App**.

3. Select *macOS* as the app platform.

4. Add an app name, category and description.

5. Upload the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.pkg` file and select **Add**.

6. Set up an XML file with the supported app configurations for the app.
   Here is a sample XML file with the accepted parameters.

   ```xml
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
   <plist version="1.0">
   <dict>
   <key>organization</key>
   <string>organizationname</string>
   <key>auto_connect</key>
   <integer>1</integer>
   <key>switch_locked</key>
   <false />
   <key>service_mode</key>
   <string>warp</string>
   <key>support_url</key>
   <string>https://support.example.com</string>
   </dict>
   </plist>
   ```

7. On your Hexnode console, go to **Policies**.

8. Create a new policy and provide a policy name.

9. Go to **macOS** > **App Management** > **Mandatory Apps** and start setting up the policy.

10. Select **Add** and select the previously uploaded WARP client app.

11. Go to **App Configurations** > **Add new configuration**.

12. Select the *WARP client* app and upload the XML file from Step 6.

13. Now go to **Policy Targets** and associate the policy with the target entities.

This will push the app along with the configurations to the selected devices.

## iOS

:::note[Requirements]


* Devices running iOS v11+


:::

1. On your Hexnode console, go to **Apps** > **Add Apps** > **Store App**.

2. Select *iOS* as the app platform.

3. Search for [**Cloudflare One Agent**](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudflare-one-agent/id6443476492) and **Add** the app.

4. Set up an XML file with the supported app configurations for the app. Refer this sample XML code to identify the supported arguments:

   ```xml
   <dict>
   <key>organization</key>
   <string>yourorganization</string>
   <key>auto_connect</key>
   <integer>1</integer>
   <key>switch_locked</key>
   <false />
   <key>service_mode</key>
   <string>warp</string>
   <key>support_url</key
   <string>https://support.example.com</string>
   </dict>
   ```

5. Upload the app configurations in Hexnode:
   1. On your Hexnode console, go to the **Apps** tab.
   2. Find the Cloudflare One Agent app and select its name.
   3. Select the settings icon and choose **App Configuration**.
   4. Upload the XML file in the corresponding field.
   5. Select **Save**.

6. Push the app to the target devices using Hexnode.
   1. On your Hexnode console, go to **Policies** and create a new policy.
   2. Provide a name for the policy and go to **iOS**.
   3. Go to **Mandatory Apps** > **Configure**.
   4. Select **Add** > **Add app**, check the required app, and select **Done**.
   5. Go to **Policy Targets** and associate the policy with the required target devices.

This will push the app along with the configurations to the selected devices.

## Android

:::note[Requirements]


* Devices enrolled in the Android Enterprise program.


:::

1. On your Hexnode console, go to **Apps** > **Add Apps** > **Managed Google Apps**.
2. Search for the app [**Cloudflare One Agent**](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent).
3. Approve the app as a Managed Google Play app.
4. Go to **Policies** and create a new policy.
5. Go to **Android** > **App Configurations** > **Add new configuration**.
6. Find the **Cloudflare One Agent** app and set up your custom configurations.
7. Go to **Policy Targets** and associate the policy with the required target devices.
8. Save the policy.

This will push the app along with the configurations to the selected devices.

---

# Partners

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"

Cloudflare Zero Trust integrates with [Cloudflare Technology Partner](https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/technology-partners/) tools to help you deploy the WARP client to bigger fleets of devices. Thanks to these collaborations, you can distribute the WARP client application to end-user devices and remotely set up advanced configurations in real time.

This is a list of Technology Partners Cloudflare Zero Trust works with:

<DirectoryListing />

If you do not see your management software listed above, we can almost certainly still work with it. Refer to our [instructions for managed deployments](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/) to understand what configuration files are required.

---

# Intune

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/intune/

This guide covers how to deploy the Cloudflare WARP client using Microsoft Intune.

## Windows

### Prerequisites

[Download the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.msi` installer](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#windows).

### Configure Intune for Windows

1. Log in to your Microsoft Intune account.
2. Go to **Apps** > **All Apps** > **Add**.
3. In **App type**, select *Line-of-business app* from the drop-down menu. Select **Select**.
4. Select **Select app package file** and upload the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.msi` installer you downloaded previously.
5. Select **OK**.
6. In the **Name** field, we recommend entering the version number of the package being uploaded.
7. In the **Publisher** field, we recommend entering `Cloudflare, Inc`.
8. In the **Command-line arguments** field, enter a valid installation command. For example,
   ```txt
   /qn ORGANIZATION="your-team-name" SUPPORT_URL="http://support.example.com"
   ```
   Refer to [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) for a description of each argument.
9. Select **Next**.
10. Add the users or groups who require Cloudflare WARP and select **Next**.
11. Review your configuration and select **Create**.

Intune is now configured to deploy the WARP client.

## macOS

Refer to the [generic instructions for macOS](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#macos).

## iOS

Refer to the [generic instructions for iOS](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#ios).

Intune allows you to insert [predefined variables](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/apps/app-configuration-policies-use-ios#tokens-used-in-the-property-list) into the XML configuration file. For example, you can set the [`unique_client_id`](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/#unique_client_id) key to `{{deviceid}}` for a [device UUID posture check](/cloudflare-one/identity/devices/warp-client-checks/device-uuid/) deployment.

### Per-app VPN for iOS

:::note
Per-app VPN is supported on Cloudflare One Agent version `1.8` or greater for iOS.
:::

Before proceeding with per-app VPN configuration, you must make sure Auto connect is disabled for your organization in the Cloudflare dashboard. To disable Auto connect:
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Zero Trust** > **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
3. Go to **Device Settings** > select your profile and select **Edit** > toggle **Auto Connect** off.

To configure per-app VPN:

1. Log in to Microsoft Intune admin center for your organization.
2. Go to **Devices** > **iOS/iPadOS Devices** > **Manage Devices** > **Configuration** > select **+ Create** > **New Policy.**
3. Select _Templates_ in the **Profile Type** dropdown menu, then select **VPN** as the **Template Name** and select **Create**.
4. Give the configuration a name, and an optional description, if you desire, then select **Next**.
5. Select _Custom VPN_ from the **Connection Type** dropdown menu.
6. Expand the **Base VPN** section.
	- Give the VPN connection a name.
	- Enter "1.1.1.1" as the VPN server address (this value is not actually used.)
	- Set _Username and password_ as the **Authentication method**.
	- Enter "com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent" as the VPN identifier.
	- Enter any Key and Value into the custom VPN attributes (Cloudflare One does not use these but Intunes requires at least one entry.)
7. Expand the **Automatic VPN** section.
	- Select _Per-app VPN_ as the **Type of automatic VPN**.
	- Select _packet-tunnel_ as the **Provider Type**. Select **Next**.
8. Add any Groups, Users, or Devices to which you want to distribute this configuration and select **Next**.
9. Review the settings and select **Create**.
10. Go to **Apps** > **iOS/iPadOS Apps** and select **+ Add**.
11. Select _iOS store app_ from the **App Type** dropdown > **Select**.
12. Select **Search the App Store**, then search for the app whose traffic you want to go through the VPN > select the desired app > **Select**.
13. Review the selected app settings and select **Next**.
14. Select **+ Add Group** to add the group of users to which to distribute this app. Then select **None** underneath VPN.
15. Select the configuration you just created from the VPN dropdown menu and select **OK**.
16. Select **Next**, review the settings, then select **Create**.
17. Repeat steps 10-16 for each app you want to use the VPN with.

:::note

To support re-authentication, you must include a third-party browser that Cloudflare One can use to re-authenticate the user. The following third-party browsers are supported:

- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Firefox Focus
- Microsoft Edge
- Brave
- Opera

Cloudflare One will continue to use a Safari window for initial authentication per-security best practices.
:::

:::note
Cloudflare One cannot apply split tunnel setting for a per app VPN. Included or excluded domains can be added to the Configuration Profile under Associated Domains and Excluded Domains sections respectively.
:::

## Android

To deploy WARP on Android devices:

1. Log in to your Microsoft Intune account.
2. Go to **Apps** > **Android** >**Add**.
3. In **App type**, select _Managed Google Play app_.
4. Add the **Cloudflare One Agent** app from the Google Play store. Its application ID is `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent`.
5. Go to **Apps** > **App Configuration policies** > **Add**.
6. Select _Managed devices_.
7. In **Name**, enter `Cloudflare One Agent`.
8. For **Platform**, select _Android Enterprise_.
9. Choose your desired  **Profile Type**.
10. For **Targeted app**, select **Cloudflare One Agent**. Select **Next**.
11. For **Configuration settings format**, select _Enter JSON data_. Enter your desired [deployment parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/) in the `managedProperty` field. For example:

	```json
	{
		"kind": "androidenterprise#managedConfiguration",
		"productId": "app:com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent",
		"managedProperty": [
			{
				"key": "app_config_bundle_list",
				"valueBundleArray": [
					{
						"managedProperty": [
							{
								"key": "organization",
								"valueString": "your-team-name"
							},
							{
								"key": "display_name",
								"valueString": "Production environment"
							},
							{
								"key": "service_mode",
								"valueString": "warp"
							},
							{
								"key": "onboarding",
								"valueBool": false
							},
							{
								"key": "support_url",
								"valueString": "https://support.example.com/"
							}
						]
					},
					{
						"managedProperty": [
							{
								"key": "organization",
								"valueString": "test-org"
							},
							{
								"key": "display_name",
								"valueString": "Test environment"
							}
						]
					}
				]
			}
		]
	}
	```

    Alternatively, if you do not want to copy and paste the JSON data, you can change **Configuration settings format** to _Use configuration designer_ and manually configure each deployment parameter.

    Once you have configured the deployment parameters, select **Next**.

12. Assign users or groups to this policy and select **Next**.
13. Save the app configuration policy.
14. Assign users or groups to the application:
    1. Go to **Apps** > **Android** > **Cloudflare One Agent** > **Manage Properties**.
    2. Select **Edit** and add users or groups.
    3. Select **Review + save** > **Save**.

Intune will now deploy the Cloudflare One Agent to user devices.

### Per-app VPN for Android

:::note
Per-app VPN is supported on the Cloudflare One Agent app version `2.3` or greater for Android.
:::

Review the following steps to approve and deploy the Cloudflare One Agent application in Microsoft Intune and use a configuration policy to set up the per-app VPN. To use the per-app VPN, the admin must have linked the Microsoft Intune account with the Google-managed Play account. For more information, refer to [Connect your Intune account to your managed Google Play account in the Microsoft documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/intune/enrollment/connect-intune-android-enterprise).

#### Approve the Cloudflare One Agent app within Microsoft Intune

1. Log into the Microsoft Intune admin center.
2. Go to **Apps** > **All apps** > select **Add**.
3. In App type, select _Managed Google Play_.
4. Search for _Cloudflare One Agent_ > select the app > select **Sync**.
5. Once the sync is successful, admin will see the Cloudflare One Agent app within the **All apps** view in the Microsoft Intune admin center.

#### Configure your Cloudflare One Agent app policy

To configure your Cloudflare One Agent app policy:

1. In the Microsoft Intune admin center, go to **Apps** > **App configuration policies** > select **Add** > **Managed Devices**.
2. Fill out the basic details of your configuration policy:
	1. Enter the **Name** of the profile. (For example: Cloudflare One Agent - configuration policy)
	2. Select the Platform as **Android Enterprise**.
	3. Select the desired **Profile Type**. (For example: Personally-Owned Work Profile Only)
	4. Select **Cloudflare One Agent** as the **Targeted app**.
	5. Select **Next**.

3. Fill out the settings for the configuration policy.
	1. Select **Configuration setting format** as **Enter JSON data**.
	2. Enter your desired deployment parameters in the `managedProperty` field. For example:

		```sh
			{
			"kind": "androidenterprise#managedConfiguration",
			"productId": "app:com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent",
			"managedProperty": [
				{
					"key": "app_config_bundle_list",
					"valueBundleArray": [
						{
							"managedProperty": [
								{
									"key": "organization",
									"valueString": "${ORGANIZATION_NAME-1}"
								},
								{
									"key": "service_mode",
									"valueString": "warp"
								},
								{
									"key": "onboarding",
									"valueBool": true
								},
								{
									"key": "display_name",
									"valueString": "${UNIQUE_DISPLAY_NAME-1}"
								},
								{
									"key": "warp_tunnel_protocol",
									"valueString": "MASQUE"
								},
								{
									"key": "tunneled_apps",
									"valueBundleArray" :[
										{
											"managedProperty": [
												{
													"key": "app_identifier",
													"valueString": "com.android.chrome" # Application package name/unique bundle identifier for the Chrome app browser
												},
												{
													"key": "is_browser",
													"valueBool": true
												}
											]
										},
										{
											"managedProperty": [
												{
													"key": "app_identifier",
													"valueString": "com.google.android.gm" # Application package name/unique bundle identifier for the Gmail app
												},
												{
													"key": "is_browser",
													"valueBool": false # Default value is false, if a user does not define `is_browser` property our app would not treat `app_identifier` package name as a browser.
												}
											]
										}
									]
								}
							]
						},
						{
							"managedProperty": [
								{
									"key": "organization",
									"valueString": "${ORGANIZATION_NAME-1}"
								},
								{
									"key": "service_mode",
									"valueString": "warp"
								},
								{
									"key": "display_name",
									"valueString": "${UNIQUE_DISPLAY_NAME-2}"
								},
								{
									"key": "warp_tunnel_protocol",
									"valueString": "wireguard"
								}
							]
						}
					]
				}
			]
		}
		```
		Refer to [Per-app VPN parameters](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/parameters/#per-app-vpn-parameters-android) to learn more about the MDM parameters introduced to support the per-app VPN for Android devices.

	3. After you have configured the deployment parameters, click **Next**.
4. Fill out the assignments for the configuration policy. The admin can `Include` or `Exclude` specific groups of users to this policy. After you finish, select **Next**.
5. Review the policy and select **Create**.

#### Assign users to the Cloudflare One Agent application

1. Go to **Apps** > **All Apps** > select **Cloudflare One Agent**.
2. Under **Manage**, select **Properties** and near **Assignments**, select **Edit**.
3. Add the groups of users in the assignments > select **Review + Save** > select **Save**.

Intune will now deploy the Cloudflare One Agent application on a user's device with the managed parameters.

---

# JumpCloud

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/jumpcloud/

## Windows

1. Log in to the [JumpCloud Admin Portal](https://console.jumpcloud.com).

2. Go to **Device Management** > **Software Management**.

3. Select the **Windows** tab, then select **(+)**.

   ![Configuring WARP in the JumpCloud Windows tab](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/jumpcloud.png)

4. In the **Software Name** field, enter a unique display name.

5. In the **Package ID** field, enter `warp`.

6. Select **Install this software**.

7. (Optional) Select **Keep software package up to date** to automatically update this app as updates become available.

8. (Optional) Select **Allow end users to delay updates for up to one week** to avoid updates during a busy time.

9. Select **save**.

10. Select the device(s) you want to deploy the app to:

    * **Single device**: Go to the **Devices** tab and select the target device.
    * **Device group**: Go to the **Device Groups** tab and select the target device group.

11. Select **save**.

12. Select **save** again.

Verify that Cloudflare WARP was installed by selecting the app and viewing the **Status** tab.

## macOS

1. Log in to the [JumpCloud Admin Portal](https://console.jumpcloud.com).

2. Go to **Device Management** > **Software Management**.

3. Select the **Apple** tab, then select **(+)**.

   ![Configuring WARP in the JumpCloud Apple tab](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/jumpcloud-mac.png)

4. In the **Software Description** field, enter a unique display name.

5. In the **Software Package URL**, enter the URL location of the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.pkg` file. If you do not already have the installer package, [download it here](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#macos).

6. Select the device(s) you want to deploy the app to:

   * **Single device**: Go to the **Devices** tab and select the target device. To select all devices, select the checkbox next to **Type**.
   * **Device group**: Go to the **Device Groups** tab and select the target device group. To select all device groups, select the checkbox next to **Type**.

7. Select **save** to install the client.

Verify that Cloudflare WARP was installed by selecting the app and viewing the **Status** tab.

---

# Jamf

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/jamf/

## macOS

### Prerequisites

* [Download the `Cloudflare_WARP.pkg` file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#macos)

* [Create a `plist` file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#create-plist-file)

### 1. Upload the WARP package

1. Log in to your [Jamf](https://www.jamf.com/) account.
2. Go to **Computer** > **All Settings** (gear icon).
3. Select **Computer Management** > **Packages** > **New**.
4. Upload the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.pkg` file.
   For the Display name, we recommend entering the version number of the package being uploaded.
5. Select **Save** to complete the upload.

### 2. Create the policy

1. Go to **Computers** > **Policies** > **+ New**.
2. Enter a Display name such as `Cloudflare WARP Client`.\
   For **Triggers**, our recommendation is to select *Startup*, *Login*, *Enrollment Complete* and *Recurring Check-in*, but you can select the value that works best for your organization.
3. Select **Packages** > **Configure**.
4. Select **Add** next to the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.pkg` file you previously uploaded.
5. Select **Save**.

### 3. Add a Configuration Profile

1. Go to **Configuration Profiles** > **New**.
2. Enter a name for your new profile, such as `Cloudflare Zero Trust`.
3. Scroll through the options list and select **Application & Custom Settings** > **Configure**.
4. In **Preference Domain**, enter `com.cloudflare.warp`.
5. Upload your `plist` file and select **Save**.
6. Go to **Scope** to configure which devices in your organization will receive this profile.
7. Select **Save**.

Jamf is now configured to deploy the Cloudflare WARP client.

## iOS

The Cloudflare One Agent allows for an automated install via Jamf.

### Prerequisites

Create an [XML file](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/#ios) with your custom deployment preferences.

### Configure Jamf for iOS

1. Log in to your [Jamf](https://www.jamf.com/) account.
2. Go to **Devices** > **Mobile Device Apps** > **+ New**.
3. Select *App store app or apps purchased in volume* and select **Next**.
4. In the search box, enter `Cloudflare One Agent`. Select **Next**.
5. In the row for *Cloudflare One Agent by Cloudflare Inc.*, select **Add**. To verify that it is the correct application, view it in the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudflare-one-agent/id6443476492).
6. Go to **Scope** and specify the devices in your organization that will receive the application.
7. Go to **App Configuration** and copy/paste your XML file.
8. Select **Save**.

Jamf is now configured to deploy the Cloudflare One Agent.

### Per-app VPN

:::note
Per-app VPN is supported on Cloudflare One Agent version `1.8` or greater for iOS.
:::

Before proceeding with per-app VPN configuration, you must make sure Auto connect is disabled for your organization in the Cloudflare dashboard. To disable Auto connect:
1. Log in to the [Cloudflare dashboard](https://dash.cloudflare.com/) and select your account.
2. Select **Zero Trust** > **Settings** > **WARP Client**.
3. Go to **Device Settings** > select your profile and select **Edit** > toggle **Auto Connect** off.

To configure per-app VPN:

1. Log in to the Jamf dashboard for your organization.
2. Go to **Devices** > **Configuration Policies** > select **+ New**.
3. Under **Options**, select **VPN**. Then:
   - Give the VPN a **Connection Name**.
   - Select *Per-App VPN* from the **VPN Type** dropdown menu. 
   - Check the box for **Automatically start Per-App VPN connection**.
4. Under Per-App VPN Connection Type, set the **Connection Type** to _Custom SSL_ via the dropdown menu. Then, enter `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent` as the **Identifier**,  `1.1.1.1` as the **Server**, and `com.cloudflare.cloudflareoneagent.worker` as the **Provider Bundle Identifier**.
5. Set the **Provider Type** to _Packet-Tunnel_ and select the checkboxes for **Include All Networks** and **Enable VPN on Demand**.
6. Go to the **Scope** tab and add the devices that will use the Per-App VPN.
7. Save the Configuration Profile.
8. Go to **Devices** > **Mobile Device Apps** > select **+ New**.
9. As the **App Type**, select **App Store app or apps purchased in volume** and select **Next**.
10. In the search bar, enter the name of the app that you want to use the VPN for and select **Next**.

:::note
Alternatively, if you already know the **Bundle Identifier** of the app you want to go through the VPN, select **Enter Manually**.
:::

11. Find the app you are looking for in the search results and select **Add**.
12. Select your preferred **Distribution Method** and under **Per-App Networking**, select the VPN connection you just configured.
13. Repeat steps 8-12 for each app you want to use the VPN.

:::note

To support re-authentication, you must include a third-party browser that Cloudflare One can use to re-authenticate the user. The following third-party browsers are supported:

- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Firefox Focus
- Microsoft Edge
- Brave
- Opera

Cloudflare One will continue to use a Safari window for initial authentication per-security best practices.
:::

:::note
Cloudflare One cannot apply split tunnel setting for a per app VPN. Included or excluded domains can be added to the Configuration Profile under Safelisted Domains and Blocklisted Domains sections respectively.
:::

---

# Kandji

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/deployment/mdm-deployment/partners/kandji/

Kandji deploys Cloudflare WARP as a custom app. For an overview of how Kandji deploys custom apps, refer to their [knowledge base article](https://support.kandji.io/custom-apps-overview).

## macOS

For the simplest deployment, Kandji has created a downloadable configuration profile that enables Cloudflare WARP's user notifications and configures its Privacy Preference Policy Control ([PPPC](https://support.kandji.io/create-a-privacy-preferences-policy-control-profile)) to have Full Disk Access.

1. Download the [custom profile](https://github.com/kandji-inc/support/blob/64e0d8c8fa393d0967d2519aea60b5c834754563/Configuration%20Profiles/cloudflare_warp.mobileconfig).

2. Add the custom profile:

   1. Go to **Library** > **Add New** > **Add Library Item** > **Custom Profile**.
   2. Select **Add & Configure**.

3. Configure the custom profile:

   1. Enter a **Name** for the custom configuration profile.
   2. Assign your custom profile to a test Blueprint.
   3. Set **Device Families** to _Mac_.
   4. Upload the `cloudflare_warp.mobileconfig` file you previously downloaded.
   5. Save the custom profile.

   ![Configuring custom profile for WARP in Kandji](~/assets/images/cloudflare-one/connections/custom-profile.png)

4. Add a custom app:

   1. Go to **Library** > **Add New** > **Add Library Item** > **Custom App**.
   2. Select **Add & Configure**.

5. Configure the custom app:

   1. Name the custom app.

   2. Assign the custom app to the same test Blueprint used for the profile.

   3. Select **Audit and Enforce** as the installation type.

   4. Copy the **Audit and Enforce Script** [below](#audit-and-enforce-script) and paste it into the **Audit Script** text field.

   5. To enforce a minimum app version, update the **ENFORCED_VERSION** variable in the audit script with the version number the audit script should enforce (for example, `1.5.207.0`).

      If **ENFORCED_VERSION** is left blank (`""`), the audit script will not check for a version and will only check for the presence of the Cloudflare WARP app in the Applications folder or a subfolder within **Applications**. Refer to the script comments for more details.

   6. In the **Install Details** section, select **Installer Package**.

   7. Under **Installer Package**, upload the `Cloudflare_WARP_<VERSION>.pkg` file. If you do not already have the installer package, [download it here](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/download-warp/#macos).

   8. Select **Save**.

To verify that Cloudflare WARP was installed, select the app in the **Custom App** library and view its **Status** tab.

## Audit and Enforce Script

The following audit script checks if the WARP client is installed and optionally enforces a minimum version number.

```python
#!/bin/zsh

###################################################################################################
# Created by Matt Wilson | se@kandji.io | Kandji, Inc. | Solutions Engineering
###################################################################################################
# Created on 07/30/2021
###################################################################################################
# Software Information
###################################################################################################
# This script is designed to check if an application is present. If the app is present, the
# script will check to see if a minimum version is being enforced. If a minimum app version is not
# being enforced, the script will only check to see if the app is installed or not.
###################################################################################################
# License Information
###################################################################################################
# Copyright 2021 Kandji, Inc.
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this
# software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software
# without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
# publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
# to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
#
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
# substantial portions of the Software.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
# INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
# FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
# OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
# DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
###################################################################################################

# Script version
_VERSION="1.0.0"

###################################################################################################
###################################### VARIABLES ##################################################
###################################################################################################
# If you would like to enforce a minimum version, be sure to update the ENFORCED_VERSION variable
# with the version number that the audit script should enforce. (Example version number
# 1.5.207.0). If ENFORCED_VERSION is left blank, the audit script will not check for a version and
# will only check for the presence of the Cloudflare WARP app at the defined APP_PATH.
ENFORCED_VERSION="1.5.207.0"

###################################################################################################

# Make sure that the application matches the name of the app that will be installed.
# This script will dynamically search for the application in the Applications folder. So
# there is no need to define an application path. The app must either install in the
# Applications folder or up to 3 sub-directories deep.
#   For example Applications/<app_folder_name>/<app_name.app>
APP_NAME="Cloudflare WARP.app"

# Change the PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX variable to the profile prefix you want to wait on before
# running the installer. If the profile is not found, this audit and enforce script will exit 00
# and do nothing until the next kandji agent check-in.
PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX="io.kandji.cloudflare.C59FD67"

###################################################################################################
###################################### FUNCTIONS ##################################################
###################################################################################################

return_installed_app_version() {
    # Return the currently installed application version
    #
    # $1 - Is the name of the application.
    local app_name="$1"
    local installed_version="" # Initialize local variable

    # Uses the find binary to look for the app inside of the Applications directory and
    # any subdirectories up to 3 levels deep.
    local find_app="$(/usr/bin/find /Applications -maxdepth 3 -name $app_name)"
    local ret="$?"

    # Check to see if the app is installed.
    if [[ "$ret" -eq 0 ]] && [[ -d "$find_app" ]] &&
        [[ "$app_name" == "$(/usr/bin/basename $find_app)" ]]; then
        # If the previous command returns true and the returned object is a directory
        # and the app name that we are looking for is exactly equal to the app name
        # found by the find command.

        # Gets the installed app version and replaces any "-" with "."
        installed_version=$(/usr/bin/defaults read \
            "$find_app/Contents/Info.plist" CFBundleShortVersionString |
            /usr/bin/sed "s/-/./g")

    else
        installed_version="None"
    fi

    echo "$installed_version"
}

###################################################################################################
###################################### MAIN LOGIC #################################################
###################################################################################################

# All of the main logic be here ... modify at your own risk.

# The profiles variable will be set to an array of profiles that match the prefix in
# the PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX variable
profiles=$(/usr/bin/profiles show | grep "$PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX" | sed 's/.*\ //')

# If the PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX is not found, exit 0 to wait for the next agent run.
if [[ ${#profiles[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
    echo "no profiles with ID $PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX were found ..."
    echo "Waiting until the profile is installed before proceeding ..."
    echo "Will check again at the next Kandji agent check-in ..."
    exit 0

else
    echo "Profile prefix $PROFILE_PAYLOAD_ID_PREFIX present ..."

    # Uses the find binary to look for the app inside of the Applications directory and
    # any subdirectories up to 3 levels deep.
    find_app="$(/usr/bin/find /Applications -maxdepth 3 -name $APP_NAME)"
    ret="$?"

    # Check to see if the app is installed.
    if [[ "$ret" -eq 0 ]] && [[ -d "$find_app" ]] &&
        [[ "$APP_NAME" == "$(/usr/bin/basename $find_app)" ]]; then
        # If the previous command returns true and the returned object is a directory
        # and the app name that we are looking for is exactly equal to the app name
        # found by the find command.
        echo "$find_app was found ..."

        # Check to see if an ENFORCED_VERSION is set. If not, exit 0.
        if [[ "$ENFORCED_VERSION" == "" ]]; then
            echo "A minimum enforced version is not set ..."
            exit 0
        fi

        # Get the currently install version
        # Pass the APP_NAME variable from above to the return_installed_app_version function
        # Removing the periods from the version number so that we can make a comparison.
        installed_version="$(return_installed_app_version $APP_NAME | /usr/bin/sed 's/\.//g')"

        # Removing the periods from the version number so that we can make a comparison.
        enforced_version="$(echo $ENFORCED_VERSION | /usr/bin/sed 's/\.//g')"

        # Check to see if the installed_version is less than the enforced_version. If it is then
        # exit 1 to initiate the installation process.
        if [[ "$installed_version" -lt "$enforced_version" ]]; then
            echo "Installed app version $installed_version less than enforced version $ENFORCED_VERSION"
            echo "Starting the app install process ..."
            exit 1

        else
            echo "Enforced vers: $enforced_version"
            echo "Installed app version: $installed_version"
            echo "Minimum app version enforcement met ..."
            echo "No need to run the installer ..."
            exit 0
        fi

    else
        echo "$APP_NAME was not found in the Applications folder ..."
        echo "Need to install $APP_NAME ..."
        exit 1

    fi

fi

exit 0
```

---

# Add BCC rules

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/add-bcc-rules/

1. Log in to the [Google Admin Console](https://admin.google.com/).
2. On the sidebar, go to **Apps** > **Google Workspace** > **Gmail** > **Compliance**.
3. Go to **Content Compliance** > Select **Edit**.
4. Add a **Content Compliance** filter, and name it `Email Security - BCC`.
5. In **Email messages to affect**, select **Inbound**.
6. Select the recipients you want to send emails to Email Security via BCC. Under **Add expressions that describe the content you want to search for in each message**:
    - Select **If ANY of the following match the message**.
    - Select **Add** to configure the expression.
        - Select **Advanced content match**.
        - In **Location**, select **Headers + Body**.
        - In **Match type**, select **Matches regex**.
        - In **Regexp**, input `.*`. You can customize the regex as needed and test within the admin page or on sites like [Regexr](https://regexr.com/).
        - Select **SAVE**.
7. In **If the above expressions match, do the following**:
    - Select **Modify message**.
        - Ensure that **Envelope recipient** > **Change envelope recipient** is unselected, so that emails will not be dropped as an unintended consequence. You will select this option at a later stage.
        - Go to **Also deliver to**, select **Add more recipients** > **ADD** > Choose **Advanced**:
            - Under **Envelope recipient**, select **Change envelope recipient** > **Replace recipient** > Enter the email of the recipient.
            - Under **Spam and delivery options**, select **Suppress bounces from this recipient**.
            - Under **Headers**, select **Add X-Gm-Spam and X-Gm-Phishy headers**.
            - Select **SAVE**.
8. In **Account types to affect**, select **Users** and **Groups**.
9. Select **SAVE**.

---

# Connect your domains

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/connect-domains/

import { GlossaryTooltip } from "~/components"

On the **Set up Email Security** page:

1. **Connect domains**: Select at least one domain. Then, select **Continue**.
2. (**Optional**) **Add manual domains**: Select **Add domain name** to manually enter additional domains. Then, select **Continue**.
3. (**Optional**) **Adjust hop count**: Enter the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Hops">hops</GlossaryTooltip>. Then, select **Continue**.
4. (**Optional**, select **Skip for now** to skip this step) **Move messages**: Refer to [Auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to configure auto-moves. Then, select **Continue**.
5. **Configure service address with your third party email provider**: Copy and paste the service address into your third-party email provider to allow BCC/Journaling: `<account tag>@CF-emailsecurity.com`.
6. **Review details**: Review your connected domains. Then, select **Go to domains.** 

Your domains are now added successfully.

On the **Domains** page, select the three dots > **View integration**. The dashboard will display your [domain information](/cloudflare-one/email-security/reference/domain-information/). 

Under **Source**, the dashboard will display **Google integration**, along with the **Integration name**.

## Add additional domains

To add additional domains:

1. Go to **Settings**.
2. Select **Connect an integration** > **BCC/Journaling** > **Integrate with Google** > **Authorize**.
3. **Connect domains**: Select the domains you want to add, then select **Next**.
4. (Optional) Select **Add manual domains**: Enter additional domains manually, then select **Next**.
5. (Optional) Select **Adjust hop count**: Enter the number of <GlossaryTooltip term="Hops">hops</GlossaryTooltip>.
6. **Review details**: Review your selected domains, then use the following email to configure the service address with your third-party email provider:    
      ```txt
      <account tag>@CF-emailsecurity.com
      ```
7. Select **Save**.

---

# Enable auto-moves

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/enable-auto-moves/

If you do not have an integration:

1. Go to **Settings** > **Integrated domains** > Select **View**.
2. Select the three dots > Select **Associate an integration**.
3. Select **Connect an integration**. You will then be redirected to a page where you will enable your Google integration.
4. Once you have enabled your Google integration, select **Complete Email Security set up**.

---

# Enable Gmail BCC integration

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/enable-gmail-integration/

To enable Gmail BCC integration:

1. Log in to [Zero Trust](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/).
2. Select **Zero Trust** > **Settings**.
3. Select **SaaS Integrations**.
4. Select **Add integration** > **Google Workspace**.
5. Select **Select Integration**.

## Create an integration

Name your integration, then select **Next**.

### 1. Create a Service Account in your GCP Project

1. Once you have named your integration, select **Next**.
2. On the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome/new), go to the sidebar, select **APIs & Services**, then select **Credentials**.
3. Select **CREATE CREDENTIALS** > **Service account**.
4. Fill in the details to create a service account:
    - **Service account name**: Enter `Message Retraction Service Account`.
    - **Service account ID**: Enter `message-retraction-service-acc`.
    - **Service account description**: Enter `Email Security Message Retraction`.
    - Select **CREATE AND CONTINUE**.
5. In **Grant this service account access to project**, select **Select a role** > Choose **Owner**. Select **CONTINUE**, then select **DONE**.
6. Go back to **Credentials** on the sidebar, and select your service account under **Service Accounts**. In **Details**, take note of the **Unique ID**.
7. Select **Advanced settings** > **VIEW GOOGLE WORKSPACE ADMIN CONSOLE**, then enter your password. This will redirect you to the Google admin portal.
8. On the sidebar, select **Security** > **Access and data control** > **API controls** > Select **MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION**.
9. Select **Add new** > Add a new client ID:
    - **Client ID**: Enter the **Unique ID** you took note of in step 5.
    - **OAuth scopes**: Enter the following URLs:
    
        ```txt
        https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.group.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/admin.directory.user.alias.readonly, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labels, https://mail.google.com/
        ```
    - Select **AUTHORIZE**.

### 2. Create a JSON Key for your Service Account

On the [Google Cloud Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome/new), select **Service Accounts** on the sidebar:
    - Select the three dots, then:
        - Select **Manage keys**.
        - Select **ADD KEY** > **Create new key**.
        - Select **JSON** > Select **CREATE**. This downloads a `.json` file which you will use at a later stage.

### 3. Upload JSON Key

On the [Zero Trust dashboard](https://one.dash.cloudflare.com/), upload the `.json` file downloaded on step 3.

### 4. Enable Necessary Google Workspace APIs in GCP

Enable the following APIs on the Google Cloud Console:
    - [Enable Google Calendar API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/calendar-json.googleapis.com?project=winter-surf-439414-h1)
    - [Enable Google Drive API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/drive.googleapis.com?project=winter-surf-439414-h1)
    - [Enable Google Admin SDK API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/admin.googleapis.com?project=winter-surf-439414-h1)
    - [Enable Gmail API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/gmail.googleapis.com?project=winter-surf-439414-h1)
    - [Enable Google Service Usage API](https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/serviceusage.googleapis.com?project=winter-surf-439414-h1)

### 5. Log in to Google Workspace Admin Console

Log in to Google Workspace Admin Console: Enter your password and log in to the Google Workspace Admin Console.

### 6. Create a Domain-Wide Delegation API Client

1. Copy the **Client ID** and **Scopes** displayed on the Zero Trust dashboard.
2. On Google Admin, go to **Security** > **Access and data control** > **API controls**.
3. Select **MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION** > **Add new**.
4. Use the Client ID and copy the scopes to create a new API client. Refer to [Delegate domain-wide authority to your service account](https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/soar/marketplace-integrations/google-alert-center?_gl=1*skktsb*_ga*MTMxODg5NDExMy4xNzI5NjA1MzYy*_ga_WH2QY8WWF5*MTcyOTc3MDg2Ny40LjEuMTcyOTc3MDg5OC4yOS4wLjA.#delegate_domain-wide_authority_to_your_service_account). Then, select **Next**.

### 7. Confirm Workspace Administrator Email

Enter the email associated with the Google Workspace Administrator account. Your email must match the email associated with your Google Workspace account, or else your integration will not work.

### 8. Create integration

1. Select **Create integration**.
2. Once you created your integration, you will be redirected to the **Review details** page, where you will be able to review **Integration details**. 
3. Review your details, then select **Complete Email Security set up** > **Continue to Email Security**.

## Next steps

Now that you have created an integration, you will need to [connect your domains](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/connect-domains/) for Email Security to start scanning your inbox.

---

# Overview

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/

For customers using Gmail as their email provider, setting up Email Security is quick and easy. 

You will need to [enable Gmail BCC on the Zero Trust dashboard](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/enable-gmail-integration/), [create an integration](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/enable-gmail-integration/), [add BCC rules](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/add-bcc-rules/), and [connect your domain(s)](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/connect-domains/). You can choose to [add additional domains](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/connect-domains/) at a later stage.

Once you set up Gmail BCC integration, Email Security will receive a copy of your email messages. The following email flow shows how this works:

![Gmail BCC deployment flow](~/assets/images/email-security/deployment/api-setup/gmail-bcc-deployment.png)

---

# Gmail BCC setup

URL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/post-delivery-deployment/bcc-journaling/bcc-setup/gmail-bcc-setup/

import { DirectoryListing } from "~/components"


<DirectoryListing />

---